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City of Portsmouth 350th Anniversary
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City of Portsmouth, NH Anniversary
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Maplewood Avenue
Portsmouth, NH
In 1907 a text was published from the work
of Oliver Horton Locke who had recorded dates
from same 2000 of the oldest tombstones in
Portsmouth.
North Cemetery was included in this
effort.
Around 1954, John Eldridge Frost added
to Locke's work.
Mr Frost noted the markers in
sequence which became invaluable in identifying
the location of missing markers.
Both of these studies were included in this
project to update data.
North Cemetery and Union Cemetery are adjacent
to each other.
NORTH CEMETERY
UPDATE 1992-1993
CYNTHIA PRIDHAM-THOMAS
Field Notes
LOUISE H. TALLMAN
Camputar Entry
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Cemeteries
Burial grounds
Gravestones
Portsmouth (N.H.)
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Portsmouth's historic cemeteries serve as gateways to the past. The records in this collection will be useful to genealogists, historians, and family members of the deceased. Our collection includes information about the following cemeteries, including maps and plot locations: Cotton Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, Harmony Grove Cemetery, North Cemetery, Proprietor's Cemetery, Sagamore Cemetery, and Union Cemetery.<br /><br />To view a complete record book or to see a map in more detail, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the image on the next page. The record books in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. <br /><br />Much of the information in these records has been added to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. Look there for more information about individual plots. <a href="https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/local-history-genealogy#contact" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Contact Special Collections</a> for information about cemeteries not in this collection. <br /><br />Many thanks to the volunteers who spent countless hours collecting this data, including Louise Tallman, Cynthia Pridham Thomas, June Spezzano, and Ginny Jakoubek.
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North Cemetery information and maps
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Cemeteries
Maps
Portsmouth (N.H.)
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Information, including a map, for North Cemetery, located on Maplewood Avenue. See also the North Cemetery record books <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3507" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1993</a> and <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3508" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2006</a> for specific plot locations. See also <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3509" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Inscriptions at North Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.: Epitaphs and Long Texts</a>. This information was compiled by Cynthia Pridham-Thomas and Louise Tallman completed the computer entry.
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PORT VITAL RECORDS 925.5 NORTH CEMETERY 1993
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
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1993
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Abbott, Mary
d.1834-8-23
76y
"M.A."
D-4,a13 pg11
slate, good,
Adams, Aaron
d.1864-7-27
B-2,f-3 pg3
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27y
"A.A."
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Adams, Benjamin
d.1831-7-31
58y
"B.A."
F-4,a-8 pg21
marble, eroded
Adams, Benning
d.1854-7-5
84y
A-3,b-5 pg36
marble, eroded, epitaph-2
Adams, Elizabeth
Relict of Nathaniel Adams
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"E. A. II
d.1814-11-20
Bly
B-6,a-3 pg39
slate, low, willow & urn
Adams, Elizabeth
Wife of Benjamin Adams
II
d. 1838-5-1
61 y
E. A. 11
F-4,a-7 pg21
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Adams, Georgiana
Dau. of George & Deborah Adams
d.1850-1-16
17y 2m
F-6,a-2 marble, reset
Adams, Nathaniel
f, c 1 7Lt,
d.1768-10-13
42y
"Nathaniel Adams, 1768"
B-6,a-2 pg39
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Adams, Sarah
Wife of Benning Adams
d.1840-8-29
68y
"S. A."
A-3,b-6 pg36
marble, eroded
Aitchison, George C.
U.S. Navy Veteran
d.1864-4-26
55y
G-6,a-4 pg33
marble, eroded, repaired, reset
Akerman, Amy
d.1846-3-23
C-2,a-2 pg4
Wife of Samuel Akerman
66y
"A.A."
marble, almost illegible
Akerman, Barnet
With wife Sarah
d.1824-3-27
74y
"B.A."
G-3,b-5 pg34
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Akerman, Benjamin
d.1783-8-24
69y
"Benjamin Akerman"
B-4,d-4 pg29
slate, good, reset, winged cherub
Akerman, Elizabeth
Dau. of Samuel & Sally Akerman
d.1805-3-4
3y
"E.A. 11
B-3,a-1
pg1
slate, low, willow & urn
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Akerman, Henry
Son Samuel & Sally Akerman
d.1806-7-14
3y
B-2,d-1
pg2
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Akerman, Phebe
d.1774-10-14
"Mrs. Phebe Akerman"
B-4,c-7 pg29
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Akerman, Sally
Consort of Samuel Akerman
d.1805-11-16
30y
"S. A. 11
C-2,a-3 pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
Akerman, Samuel
d.1847-1-8
76y
C-2,a-1
pg4
marble, eroded
Akerman, Sarah
Wife of Barnet Akerman
d.1833-1-7
79y
"S.A. 11
G-3,b-5 pg34
slate, repaired. parts lost, willow & urn
Akerman, Walter
d.1809-12-11
71st yr.
B-4,d-7 pg28
slate, good,
urn 8< drapery
Allcock, Jane
Wife of Joseph Allcock
d.1766-7-27
47th yr.
"Mrs. Jane Allcock"
A-5,e-6 pg38
slate, good, death head
Allcock, Joseph
Merchant
d.1795-2-14
77th yr.
"J. Allcock, 1795"
D-6,b-3 pg26
slate, low, broken top, epitaph-2
Allen, Mary
Relict of Thomas Allen of Boston
d.1810-2-2
78y
"M.A."
F-3,alO pg20
slate, low, willow & urn
Allen, Sarah
b.1768-3-4
F-3,a11
"Our Mother, Aunt", born Boston
d.1856-4-23
pg20
11
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11
marble, eroded
Anderson, Mary
Wife of Swen Anderson
d.1818-11-5
33y
F-2,f-1
pg23
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph
Ashley, Catherine Eliza
Wife of A. Ashley, comedian
d.1829-2-6
32y
"C.E.A."
A-1,c-7 pg!
slate, good, willow & urn
Ashworth, Ann
Dau. Thomas & Eliza Ashworth, drowned
d.1818-7-16
!By
H-4,b-6 pg31
marble, almost illegible, with Margaret
Ashworth, Margaret A.
Dau. Thomas & Eliza Ashworth, drowned
d.1818-7-16
21y
H-4,b-6 pg31
marble, almost illegible, with Ann
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Atkinson, Hannah
Wife of Timothy Atkinson
d.1825-9-29
37y
F-3,h-5 pg23
marble, eroded, with Timothy
Atkinson, Timothy
With wife Hannah
d.1818-4-2O
36y
F-3,h-5 pg23
marble, eroded
Austin, Abigail L.
Dau. Samuel & Abigail Austin
d.18O1-9-19
3y
B-3,d-6 pg3
slate, good, urn & wreath
Ayers, Mary
Wife of Phinehas Ayers
d.1863-5-29
BOy
"M.A."
A-3,c-1
pg36
slate, good, urn & willows, epitaph-2
Ayers, Olive H.
d.1821-9-25
33y
E-6,a-8 pg5
marble, eroded, repaired, epitaph-4
Ayers, Phinehas
d.1821-7-8
36y
"Mr. P.A."
A-4,d-5 pg36
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Ayers, Sarah
"Miss"
d.1829-4-12
71y
"S.A."
C-5-e-4 slate, good, willow & urn
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Badger, Susanna P.
Widow of John Badger
d.184O-1O-7
66y
E-4,g-1
pg21
marble, almost illegible
Balch, Hannah
Wife of S. Balch
d.1817-1-29
44y
F-2,d-8 pg22
slate, good, urn
Bancker, Mary Ann
Youngest dau. John Durang, comedian
d.1833-8-24
26y
A-1,a-1
pgl
slate, good, willow & urn
Banks, Ann
Wife of Edward Banks
d.1857-9-8
76y
G-4,c-4 pg34
marble, eroded
Banks, Edward
d.1835-2-3
44y
G-4,c-7 pg34
slate, good, willow & urn
Banks, Elizabeth
Wife of Edward Banks
d. 1825-9-8
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d.1854-2-1
31y 6m
G-4,c-5 pg34
marble, eroded
Barnes, John
"J.B.
d.1834-4-15
49y
G-4,e13 pg32
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-1
II
"Mrs."
Barrell, Elizabeth
d.1823
86y
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Barry, Lucy Ann
Wife of Bartholomew Barry (or Berry)
d.1843-11-23
3Oy
"L.A.B."
F-1,e-4 pg22
slate, good, willow & urn
Barter, Elizabeth
d.18O5-1-9
B-2,e-8 pg2
Eldest dau.
Amdrew Tombs, Esq.
Bartlett, Abigail
Wife of William Bartlett
d.1823-8-6
51y
H-3,a-1
pg32
marble, repaired, with William
Bartlett, Henry Martyn
d.1852-7-18
21y
B-4,a-8 marble, eroded
Son of James & Lucy Bartlett
Bartlett, Henry Smith
Son of James & Lucy Bartlett
d.1831-5-2O
2y
"H.S.B."
B-4,a-9 marble, eroded
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Bartlett, Horace Kenney
d.1839-3-4
2y
B-4,a10 marble, eroded
Son of James & Lucy Bartlett
Bartlett, Jonathan
Son Enoch & Mary Bartlett, Amesbur y
d.1819-8-15
20y
F-4,a-4 pg21
slate, good, willow & urn
Bartlett, Margaret Hall
Dau. James & Lucy Bartlett
d.1852-7-18
21y
"M.H.B."
B-4,a11
pg37
marble, eroded
Bartlett, William
With wife Abigail
d.1834-3-15
67y
H-3,a-1
pg32
marble, repaired
Bass, Abigail
Consort of Joseph Bass
d.1780-3-22
57y
"Mrs. Abigciil Bass"
D-2,e-6 pg10
slate, low, willow & urn
Bass, Sarah
Consort of Joseph Bass
d.1817-10-25
62y
"Mrs. S. B."
D-2,e-5 pg10
slate, good, willow & urn
Bass, Sarah
Dau. of Joseph Bass
d.1819-10-4
24y
"Miss S.B."
D-2,e-8 pg10
slate, good, willow ~,. urn
Bayley, Cazneau
d.1808-1-27
41y
"Mr. C.B. 11
E-3,e-3 pg19
slate, tipped, tree & cherub
Bazin, John, Jr.
d.1819-12-9
30y
A-3,a-2 pg36
slate, tipped,
willow & urn, epitaph-4
Beahan, John
Native of Ireland, emigrated here 1809
d.1816-7-31
31y
A-4,b-1
pg37
slate, willow & urn, masonic emblems, epitaph-4
Beal, Zachariah
d.1818-2-22
46y
A-4,d-1
slate, low, willow & urn
Beck, Angela Streeter
Dau. of Henry Beck
d.1825-1-30
26m
"A.S.B."
F-1,c-2 slate, low, willow & urn
Beck, Ann
Widow of Samuel Beck
b.1769-2-22 d.1842-12-24
F-3,b-1
pg21
slate, repaired, batten lost, willow & urn
Bell, Cecelia Adala
Dau. Andrew W. & Sophia A.A. Bell
d.1832-3-29
5m
C-4,f-3 slate, good, willow & urn, with Charles
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Bel 1 , Char- 1 es W:i 11 i am
S on Andr-ew W. & Sophia A.A. Bell
d.1832-4-2
22m
C-4,f-3 slate , good, willow & ur-n, with Cecel i a
Bell, Dor-othy
Relict Capt. Matthew Bell of New Castle
d.1819-7-9
70y
"Mr-s. D.B.
C-1,d-5 pg5
slate, good, willow & ur-n
11
Bell, Mar-y
Dau. of Rober-t & Rebecca Bell
d.1826-8-10
5y
M.B.
F-2,c-2 pg21
mar-ble, er-oded, with Rebecca
11
11
Bell, Rebecca
Wife of Rober-t T. Bell
d.1826-7-2
24y
"R.B.
F-2,c-2 pg21
mar-ble, er-oded, with dau. Mar-y
11
Bell, Rober-t T.
d.1873-3-19
79y
F-2,c-1
pg21
mar-bl e, er-oded
Ber-r-y, Bar-tholomew
d.1831-10-15
71y
G-2,b-6 pg33
slate, br-oken, top lost
Ber-r-y, Marry
Wife of Bar-thomew Ber-r-y
d.1832-11-23
62y
G-1, d-2 pg33
slate, good, no design
Berr-y, Nancy P.
Wife of Barthomew Berr-y
d.1832-5-13
30y
F-1,e-3 pg22
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Bigelow, Joseph
Son of Benjamin & Mar-y Bigelow
d.1783-8-26
17th yr-.
"Joseph Bigelow, 1783"
C-4,b-2 pg3
slate, good, cher-ub
Dau. Benjamin & Salome Bigelow
Bigelow, Mar-y Ann
d.1806-4-26
14y
C-3,e-2 pg12
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Bigelow, Mary Ann M.
Dau. John Mann, wife Henr-y A. Bigelow
d.1852-2-1
47y
M.A.M.B.
F-3,a-6 pg20
mar-ble, broken, r-eset low, with M.L. Mann
11
11
"Miss"
Billings, Elizabeth
"E. B. II
d.1811-4-5
63y
D-4,b-11
pg13
slate, good, wi 11 ow
~i
urn
Billings, Hannah
Wife Richard Billings, dau. John Newmar-ch
d.1781-8-21
45y 5m
"Mr-s. Hannah Billings, 1781"
C-4,a-2 pg28
slate, good, winged cher-ub
Billings, Mar-y
Relict of Richar-d Billings
d.1815-11-8
78y
"Mr-s. M.B."
C-1,a-6 pg5
slate, good, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Billings, Richard
Veteran of the Revo l ution
d.18O8-12-19
75y
"Mr. R.B."
E-2,e-3 pg19
slate, good, willow & urn
Bishop, Sarah
"Widow"
d.1824-7-19
7 Oy
C-5,b-1
pg27
slate, good, willow~( urn
Blaisdell, John H.
Son of Samuel & Hannah Blaisdell
d.1842-7-23
19y 6m
D-3,d-8 pg11
slate, top broken off, willow & 2 urns
Blake, Catherine M.
Dau. Alfred P. & Margaret E. Blake
d.186O-2-16
1Om
G-4,e-2 pg32
marble, almost illegible
Blake, George A.
Son Alfred P. & Margaret E. Blake
d.1865-2-16
7m 16d
G-4,e-3 pg32
marble, almost illegible
Blake, Joshua
d.18O4-2-7
3Oy
"Mr. J. Blake"
C-2,c-6 pg4
marble, almost illegible
Bl asdel 1, Abner
"Capt."
d.1832-1-1
61y
D-4,a-1 pg13
marble, almost illegible
Blasdell, Elizabeth
Wife of Capt. Abner Blasdell
d.18O5-1O-1
31y
D-4,a-5 pg13
slate, good, willow & urn
Blasdell, J.N. & J.N.
Infant brothers, parents not stated
no dates
D-4,a-4 slate, tipped, urn
Blunt, Angelica
Dau. John S. & Esther Blunt
d.1829-6-23
7y
A-6,c-6 marble, almost illegible
Blunt, Elizabeth
Relict William Blunt, dau. Edmund March
d.1828-9-15
85y
"E. B."
D-1,c-3 pg1O
marble, almost illegible
Blunt, George
d.1796-1O-24
D-4,b-2 pg13
Son of George F. & Mary Blunt
4y
"G. Blunt"
slate, good, urn
Blunt, George
Son George F. & Mary Blunt, died New York
d.1831-8-8
32y
D-4,b-5 pg13
marble, eroded, with George F. Blunt, epitaph-2
Blunt, George F.
With son George
d.1831-4-26
69y
"G.F.B."
D-4,b-5 pg13
marble, eroded, epi~aph-2
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Blunt, Mary
Consort of Mark S. Blunt
d.1829-6-23
53y
"M.B."
F-2,a-2 marble, eroded
Blunt, Mary
Wife of George F. Blunt
d.1831-2-2
64y
"M.B. 11
D-4,b-3 pg13
marble, eroded, epitaph-2
Blunt, Mary Ann
II
d. 1845-9-21
55y
M.A. B. 11
D-4,b-7 pg13
marble, almost illegible
Blunt, Sarah S.
Dau. of George F. & Mary Blunt
d.1869-6-29
62y
D-4,b-4 pg13
marble, eroded, epitaph-1
Bodge, Charlotte
Wife of Joseph Bodge
d.1830-12-17
30y
"C.B."
G-2,a-8 pg23
slate, repaired. willow & urn
Bowl es, {:ibi gai 1
"Widow", formerly of Hamilton, Mass.
d.1826-12-28
86y
B-4,a-5 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowles, Charles
Wife Frances same stone
d.1831-8-4
32y
B-4,a-4 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowles, Eunice
Wife of Deacon Samuel Bowles
d.1827-6-9
59y
lost pgl
Date noted Locke 1907, & Frost 1954
Bowles, Frances B.
Wife of Charles Bowles
d.1840-9-12
39y
B-4,a-4 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn, with Charles
Wife of Deacon Samuel Bowles
Bowles, Hannah
d.1831-8-20
Bly
"H.B."
B-6,c-1
pg29
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowles, Hannah
Wife of Thomas S. Bowles
d.1811-6-5
21y
"H.B."
B-6,c-4 pg29
slate, good, willow & urn, with infant
Bowles, Infant
d.1811-8-16
B-6,c-4 pg29
Son of Thomas & Hannah Bowles
marble, almost illegible, with mother
Bowles, John
d.1837-7-8
72y
B-4,a-3 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowles, John Walles
d.1834-3-27
37y
"J.W.B. 11
B-5,a-7 slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-3
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Bowles, Lydia
Wife of John Bowles
d.1832-3-5
7 1y
B-4,a-2 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowles, Lydia A.
Dau. of Charles & Frances Bowles
d.1835-3-4
10y
B-4,a-7 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowles, Nabby
Dau. of John & Lydia Bowles
d.1821-8-22
28y
B-4,a-6 pg37
marble, er-oded
Bowles, Samuel
"Dea."
d.1802-11-3
63y
B-6,c-2 pg29
marble, almost illegible
Bowles, Samuel
"Dea."
d.1840-10-30
70y
"S. B.
A-1,b-4 pgl
marble, repaired,
11
reset
Boyd, George
"Esq."
d.1787-10-6
54y
C-4,d-3 table tomb, shattered, words recorded,
block lost
Boyd, George
d.1790-5-20
32y
"Mr. George Boyd, 1790"
C-4,d-1
pg12
slate, good, willow, urn, pillars, epitaph-6
Boyd, Henry Cruger
Son of George & Jane Boyd
d.1784-3-25
11y Sm
"Henry Cruger Boyd, 1784"
C-4,c-2 pg12
slate, tipped, winged cherub, epitaph-6
Boyd, Jane
Wife of George Boyd
d.1800
"Madam Jane Boyd, 1800"
C-4,f-4 pg12
slate footstone, headstone lost
Boyd, Joseph
d.1782-10-14
C-4,b-l
pg28
Oldest son of Hon. George Boyd
27y - "Joseph Boyd, 1782"
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Boyd, Phebe
Dau. of George & Jane Boyd
d.1777-10-17
10y
B-5,d-1
pg28
slate, good, winged cherub, epitaph-4
Boyd, Supply
Son of George & Jane Boyd
d.1786-5-9
14y
"Supply Boyd, 1786"
C- 4,d-4 pg12
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-5
Brackett, Ann
Dau. of Dr. Joshua Brackett
d. 1833-11-6
27y
"A.B."
E-1,d-1
pg19
marble, eroded
Brackett, Hannah
Widow of Dr. Joshua Brackett
d.1805-4-24
71y
D-3,c-2 pgll
marble slab, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY,
Brackett, Joshua
"Dr.
d.1802-7-17
69th y r.
D-3,c-3 pg11
marble slab,
PORTSMOUTH
11
long text, almost i llegible
Brackett, Joshua M.
Son Dr. Joshua Brackett, died at sea
d.1829-12-1
l<;>y
"J.M.B.
E-1,d-1
pg16
marble, almost illegible, with sister Ann
11
Brackett, Margaret
Wife of Dr. Joshua Brackett
d.1815-1-10
28y
" M.B.
E-1,c-1
pg16
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-9
11
Bragdon, Jeremiah
Son Jeremiah & Olive Bragdon
d.1830-8-14
13y
E-2,f-5 pg19
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Bragdon, Jeremiah
d.1833-8-26
48y
"J.B."
E-2,f-6 pg19
slate, good, willow
&
urn
Bragdon, Jeremiah
Son Jeremiah ~~ Mary Ann Bra · Jon
d.1834-2-28
10m
E-2,f-3 pg19
slate, good, willow & urn
Bragdon, John William
Son Jer~miah & Mar y Ann Bragdon
d.1829-10-1
4y
"J. W.B.
E-2,f-4 pg19
sla te, repair ed, willow & urn
11
Bragdon, Mary Ann
Wife of Jeremiah Bragdon
d.1822-7-29
31y
E-2,f-2 pg19
gray marble, almost illegible
Bragdon, Olive E.
Dau. of Jeremiah Bragdon
d. 1811-4-8
13y
0. E. B.
E-2,f-7 pg19
marble, almost illegible
11
11
Brewster, Joseph
d.1766-12-4
66y
"Joseph Brewster, 1766"
A-4,d-3 pg37
slate, good, death head
Wife of Samuel Brewster
Brewster, Mary
d.1833-10-18
62y
"M. B.
D-1,e-2 pg18
marble, almost illegible, with Samuel
11
Brewster, Phebe
Wife of Joseph Brewster
d.1767-8-16
67y
"Mrs. Phebe Brewster"
A-4,d-4 pg36
slate, wings & ?, part design lost
Brewster, Samuel
Housewright, with wife Mary
d.1833-9-11
64y
"S.B.
D-1,e-2 pg18
marble, almost illegible
11
Brewster, William
"Col.
d.1818-4-29
77y
C-5,e-3 pg26
slate, poor repair, willow & urn
11
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Briard, Ann Maria
Dau. Oliver & Sally Briard, died Great Falls
d. 1846-2-11
33y
"A. M. B."
C-3,e-6 pg12
slate, good, willow & urn
Briard, Elizabeth
Relict of Samuel Briard, Sr.
d.1831-12-12
97y
"E.B."
C-4,e-1
pg12
slate, good, willow & urn
Briard, George
Son of Oliver & Sally Briard
d.1829-12-15
27y
"G. B. 11
C-3,e-7 pg12
slate, good, willow & urn
Briard, Oliver
Son of Oliver & Sally Briard
d.1804-12-19
4m
C-3,e-9 pg12
slate, low, urn
Briard, Oliver
"Esq.", died at Great Falls
d. 1844-1-4
69y
"O. B."
C-3,e-8 pg12
marble, eroded
Briard, Samuel Jr.
"Capt."
d.1806-4-21
44y
"S.B."
C-3,e-4 pg12
marble, eroded, willow & urn
Briard, Sarah
Wife of Capt. Samuel Briard, Jr.
d.1825-6-9
62y
"S.B."
C-3,e-5 pg12
marble, eroded, low, tipped
Briard, Sarah
d.1855-10-19
C-3,elO pg12
Widow of Oliver Briard, died at Great Falls
83y
"S. B. 11
marble, eroded
Briggs, John
d.1830-9-3
77y
"J.B."
A-6,a-1
pg40
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Briggs, William
Son of William & Elizabeth Briggs
d.1811-3-8
3w 2d
B-3,d-3 slate, low, reset, no design
Brown, Amos
d.1849-12-14
G-2,a-6 pg24
55y
"A. B."
marble, eroded
Brown, Caroline A.S.
Dau. Haskell & Sarah Brown
d.1833-4-21
7y 2m
"C.A.S.B."
H-2,a12 pg32
marble, eroded, broken, reset low, willow & urn
Brown, Caroline A.S.
Dau. Haskell & Sarah Brown
d.after 1833 (date lost)
"C.A.S.B."
H-2,a12 pg32
marble, eroded, broken, reset low, willow & urn
Brown, Daniel Walter
d.1817-9-4
ly 9m
B-3,d-5 pg3
slate,
Son Daniel & Rebecca W. Brown
low, reset, willows, epitaph-2
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Brown, George M.
Son of Nathaniel Brown
d.1825-5-2
38y
"G.M.B."
E-1,b-1
pg16
slate, face flaking, willow & urn
Brown, George W.
Son of Benjamin & Betsey Brown
d.1828-12-25
19y
lost Noted by Locke in 1907
Brown, Hannah
d.1810-11-11
E-1,b-2 pg16
Wife of Nathaniel Brown
44th y r.
"H.B."
marble, eroded, epitaph-6 (i llegible)
Brown, Ira
Son of Haskell & Sarah Brown
d.1833-4-28
2y 2m
"I. B.
H-2,all
pg32
marble, eroded
11
Brown, John
Merchant, native of Scotland
d.1800-1-15
34y
"Mr. John Brown, 1800"
E-4,d-3 pg20
marble, eroded
Brovm, Walter 8.
"Lieut.", Veteran War of 1812
d.1816-3-23
25y
A-4,b-7 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Brown, William
Son of William & Sarah Brown
d.1821-11-25
By
"W.B."
G-2,a-3 pg24
slate, low, willow & urn
Buckminster, Abigail
Wid. Eliphalet Ladd & Joseph Buckminster
b.1750-9-7 d.1838-9-17
"A.B."
E-2,a13 pg17
marble, eroded, dau. Elisha Hill of Berwick
Buckminster, Frances
"Miss", dau. Rev. Joseph Buckminster
d.1814-3-12
18y
"F.B."
C-1,b-3 gray marble, almost illegible
Buckminster, Lucy
Relict Rev. Joseph Buckminster of Rutland, MA
d.1803-5-20
82y
"Mdm. L.B."
E-2,b-7 pg16
slate, good, willow & urn
Buckminster, Mary
Consort of Rev. Joseph Buckminster
d.1805-6-8
40y
"M.B.
E-2,b-6 pg16
marble, almost illegible
11
Burgin, Franklin B.
Son of Joseph Y & Charity Burgin
d.1828-10-30
17y
F-1,a-2 pg18
marble, eroded, epitaph-4 (illegible)
Burgin, Jeremiah
d.1831-5-27
43y
F-1,a-3 pg18
marble, eroded
Burgin, Joseph Y.
"Esq."
d.1820-1-21
47y
"J.Y.8.
F-1,b-2 pg18
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
11
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Burleigh, Charlotte
Dau. Henry & Elizabeth Burleigh
d.18O2-2-18
Bm
D-4,g-6 pg15
slate, good, circle design, with mother
Wife of Henry Burleigh
Burleigh, Elizabeth
d.18O2-5-1
32y
D-4,g-6 pg15
slate, good, circle design, with dau.
Charlotte
Burnes, Charles E.
Only son of Edward & Alice Burnes
d.1836-12-16
7y
G-1,e-3 pg33
marble, almost illegible
Burnes, Ellis Ann
Widow of Filward Burnes
d.1846-1-29
56y
G-1,e-4 pg33
marble, eroded, reset
Burnham, Benjamin M.
Died Boston, wrote Anti-Swearing Pledge
d. 1845-11-14
58y
B. M. B.
D-5,d-1
marble, eroded
II
11
Wife of Benjamin M. Burnham
Burnham, Eliza Jane
d. 1855-4-12
58y
E. J.B.
D-6,e-4 marble, repaired
11
11
Butler, Joseph
Son of N.K. & M. Butler
d.182O-9-21
2m 25d
lost pg24
noted near F-4
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Call, Elizabeth
d.1832-1-7
78y
G-3,c-4 pg34
marble, good
Call, Mary
d.1840-11-10
G-3,c-5 pg34
79y
"M.C. 11
marble, almost illegible
Cameron, Mary E.
Dau. Martin H. & Clarissa Cameron
d.1840-12-3
4m
B-6,f-1
pg28
marble, eroded
Campbell, Charlotte A.
Dau. Nicholas J. & Mary A. Campbell
d.1864-2-3
14y 9m
D-6,a-2 pg26
marble, eroded
Campbell, Charlotte G.
Dau. Nicholas J. & Mary A. Campbell
d.1847-9-4
11m
D-6,a-1
pg26
marble, eroded
Campbell, John N.
Native of Scotland
d.1890-7-28
75y
D-6,a-3 pg26
marble, eroded
Campbell, Mary A.
Wife of John Nicholas Campbell
d.1867-4-11
46y
C-6,a-1
pg26
marble, eroded
Canney, Hannah
Wife of Isaac Canney
d.1844-12-31
50y
"H. c. 11
G-4,e-9 pg32
slate, good, willow & urn
Son J.M. & Sarah E. Carleton
Carleton, Stanley Polk
d.1847-8-30
17m
G-2,b-2 pg33
marble, almost illegible
Cate, Bethshure
"Mrs."
d.1831-12-29
73y
"B.C."
G-1,d-1
pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
Cate, Dorothy
Wife of George Cate
d.1848-5-14
68y
G-1 a-1
pg22
marble, almost illegible
'
Cate, Salome
Widow of Henry Cate
d.1845-10-8
64y
B-3,c-1
pg28
marble, repaired, reset
Cate, Samuel W.
d.1834-5-6
56y
G-1,d-3 pg33
slate, low, willow & urn
Relict Jonathan Chadbourn, dau. Samuel Hale
Chadbourn, Ann
d.1806-11-3
53y
"A. C. 1806"
D-4,e-7 pg16
slate, good, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Chadbourn, Mary
Widow of Thomas Chadbourn
d.1826-12-29
47y
"M.C.
E-2,c-7 pg16
slate, goad, willow & urn
11
Chadbour-n, Thomas
"Esq."
d.181O-3-7
7 4y
E-2,b-8 pg16
gr-ay mar-ble, almost illegible
Chadbaur-n, Thomas
d.1825-7-11
49y
"T.C.
E-2,c-6 pg16
slate, good, willow & ur-n
11
Chamber-lain, Cather-ine
Relict Capt. John Chamber-lain
d.18O4-4-3
53y
"Mrs. C. Chamber-lain"
C-2,a-5 pg5
slate, cracked, ur-n & garland, epitaph-4
Champney, Richar-d
d.1819-9-18
74y
"R.C. Esq. 11
A-6,c-4 pg39
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Chase, Benjamin P.
d.188O-5-12
86y 4m
H-4,d-6 pg31
mar-ble, almost illegible
Chase, Drusilla D.
Wife of Benjamin P. Chase
d.189O-1-7
84y
H-4,d-5 pg31
mar-ble, broken
Chase, Eunice G.
Wife of Benjamin P. Chase
d.186O-6-23
57y
"E.G.C.
H-4,d-7 pg31
marble, eroded
11
Chase, Margaret C.
d.1839-2-13
64y
"M.C.C. 11
E-3,c-4 pg2O
mar-ble, br-oken fr-agment,
most lost
Widow of Stephen Chase
Chase, Mary
d.1819-9-15
66y
"Mrs. M. C."
E-3,b-1
pg15
slate, good, willow & urn
Chase, Sarah E.
Dau. Asahel P. & Sophia B. Chase
d.1841-1O-22
7y 6m
D-6,d-2 marble, repair-ed, with Sophia & William
Chase, Sophia B.
Wife of Asahel P. Chase
d.1841-12-15
3Oy
"S.B.C."
D-6,d-2 mar-ble, r-epaired, with Sar-ah & William
Chase, Stephen
Mer-chant
d.18O5-3-31
61y
"S.C. 11
E-3,b-2 pg15
slate, headstone lost
Chase, William
Merchant of Portsmouth
d.1834-8-3O
6Oy
"W.C."
E-3,b-3 pg15
marble, repaired, r-eset
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Chase, William K.
Son of Asahel & Sophia B. Chase
d.1840-4-17
6m
D-6,d-2 marble, repaired, with Sarah & Sophia
Chauncy, Betsy
Widow Samuel Chauncy, dau. Eliphalet Ladd
d.1821-11-17
45y
"B.C. 11
D-2,h-9 pg17
marble, eroded, epitaph (illegible)
Claggett, Harriet
Dau. Clifton & Margaret Claggett
d.1818-12-25
20y
"H.C."
F-2,e-6 pg22
marble, almost illegible
Claggett, Sarah F.
Wife William Claggett, dau.
d.1818-9-18
28y
"S.F.C. 11
F-2,e-4 pg23
marble, almost illegible
Gov. Plummer
Clap, Supply
"Esq."
d.1811-3-24
69y
"S.C."
E-2,blO pg16
marble, eroded
Clark, Elizabeth
Relict of Ichabod W. Clark
d.1828-7-5
31y
E-4,e-1
pg20
slate, repaired, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Clark, Enoch M.
d.1815-9-20
51 y
"Mr • E. M. C. "
E-1,b-5 pg16
slate, old iron repair, willow~( urn
Clark, Hannah
"Widow"
d.1819-11-6
82y
"H. c. 11
A-2,b-3 pg36
slate, low, wi 11 ow ~,. urn
Clark, Ichabod W.
d.1825-4-3
31y
E-4,e-2 slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Clark, Jonathan
"Master"
d.1797-4-21
3y 7m
D-4,d-1
pg14
slate, low, winged cherub, epitaph-4
Clark, Mary Greenleaf
Dau. Enoch Moody & Mary Clark
d.1820-3-25
13y
"M.G.C."
E-1,b-7 pgl/ lt slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-6
Clark, Samuel
"A wife, a child~,. a babe are left"
d.1807-2-22
27y
Mr. S. C. 1807"
E-3,e-1
pg19
slate, good, urn
Clark, Sarah
Dau. of John & Sarah Clark
d.1766-5-25
7y Bm 8d
A-2,a-1
pg36
slate, good, death head
Clark, Sarah Ann
"Miss"
11
d.1856-1-17
46y
S.A.C."
A-4,b-9 pg36
slate, good, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Co. c, 26th Mass.
Clar-k, T.I< . (Thomas)
no dates
G-6,a-3 pg33
marble, eroded
Inf.
(Civ il War-)
Clements, Alice Jane
Dau. Samuel Clements
d.1822-1-6
C-3,c-4 marble, low, almost illegible
Clements, Mary Elizabeth
Dau.
d.1825-8-6
17y
G-3,c-2 pg34
marble, er-oded
Pier-ce P.
&
Louisa Clements
Clements, Pierce P.
On stone with Louisa Perkins
d.1824-10-24
45y
G-3,c-3 pg34
marble, r-epair-ed
Coffin, Albertine Giles
d.1849-4-29
Bm
H-3,a-7 marble, eroded
Dau. William G.
&
Caroline Coffin
Coffin, Car-oline
Dau. Charles & Dor-cas Coffin
d.1811-10-1
10y
C-2,b-2 pg5
slate, low, willow & ur-n, epitaph-4
Coffin, Charles A.
d.1830
22y
D-4,f-2 marble table plaque, see also E-4,a-1
Coffin, Charles Augustus
d.1830-9-5
22y
E-4,a-1
pg14
marble, good
Coffin, Francis
d.1828-5-13
18y
E-4,a-3 pg14
marble, good
Coffin, Francis
18y
d.1828
D-4,f-2 marble table plaque, see also E-4,a-3
Coffin, Horatio
d.1859
47y
D-4,f-2 marble table plaque, see also D-4,e-1
Cof f i n , Hor- at i o
d.1859-11-26
47y
"H.C.
D-4,e-1
pg14
mar-ble, good
11
Coffin, Mary E.
"Miss"
d.1827-7-7
21y
E-4,a-4 pg14
marble, er-oded
Coffin, Mary E.
d.1827
21y
D-4,f-2 marble table plaque, see also E-4,a-4
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Coffin, Mehitable
"Mrs."
d.1829-7-25
53y
E-4,a-2 pg14
marble, eroded
Coffin, Mehitable
d.1829
53y
D-4,f-2 marble table plaque, see also E-4,a-2
Cox, Frances Emily
Dau. of Capt. William Cox
d.1855-8-22
19y
"F.E.C ."
F-2,d-5 pg22
marble, almost illegible
Co>:, Phebe
Wife of William Cox
11
d.1828-7-12
46y
P.C. 11
F-2,d-4 pg22
marble, almost illegible
Ca>:e, William
W. c. II
d.1840-3-14
68y
F-2,f-4 pg23
marble, almost illegible
11
Creel, John
Son of Richard & Sarah Creel
d.1829-7-14
24y
G-1,e-2 pg33
marble, almost illegible, with Richard & Sarah
I
Creel, Richard
d.1839-5-7
63y
G-1,e-2 pg33
marble, almost illegible, with Sarah & John
II
IJ
Creel, Sarah
Wife of Richard Creel
d.1831-4-25
49y
G-1,e-2 pg33
marble, almost illegible, with Richard & John
II
II
Crosby, Olive Jane
Dau. of James & Olive Crosby
d.1863-7-2
2y
F-1,d-6 pg22
mar-ble, almost illegible
Cross, Geor-ge H.
Son Nathaniel S. & Elizabeth Cross
no dates
lost Shown without dates by Locke, 1907
Cro>:ton, Ann
Dau. of Richard Cr-eel
d.1838-9-20
34y
H-1,a-1 pg31
mar-ble, eroded
Cunningham, Tommy
Son of Owen & Anna Cunningham
d.1855-1-1
4y Bm
G-5,b-10 pg35
marble, eroded, found back fence
Cur-tis, Joseph
Wife Mary same stone
d.1822-12-11
71y
B-5,e-3 pg28
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Curtis, Mar-y
d.1825-12-14
B-5,e-3 pg28
On stone with husband Joseph
66y
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
L
-
-
-
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Cutter-, Ammi R.
"M. D."
d.1820-12-8
85y
"A. M. D., M. D.
F-2,d12 pg22
mar-ble, almost illegible, willow & urn
11
Cutter, Daniel
d.1832-10-26
65y
"D. C.
F-1,d-2 pg22
mar-b 1 e, er-oded
11
Cutter-, Hannah
Widow of Dr-. Ammi R. Cutterd.1832-1-20
97y
"H.C."
F-2,d15 pg22
mar-ble, er-oded
Cutter-, William
d.1817-5-22
48y
"W.C. 1817"
F-2,d11
pg22
marble, eroded, low, wording 16 lines
Cutts, Anna Holyoke
Dau. of Edward & Mary Cutts
d.1830-4-7
22y
D-5,c-8 pg25
slate, good, willow & ur-n, epitaph-6
Cutts, Anna Holyoke
On stone with brother- Edwar-d
d.1805-5-7
5y 4m
"A.H.C."
D-5,c-7 pg25
slate, good, willow & ur-n, epitaph-8
Cutts, Anna Holyoke
Dau. of Samuel Cutts
d.1788-8-28
2C>y
"Anna H. Cutts"
C-3,e-1
pg12
slate, good, cherub, epitaph-6
Cutts, Edwar-d Holyoke
On stone with sister- Anna
d.1805-5-3
11m
"E.H.C."
D-5,c-7 pg25
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Cutts, Ella Scott
Dau. of J.S. & M.M. Cutts
d. 1845-5-5
1y
lost Noted by A.H. Locke, 1907
Cutts, Mary
Dau. of Edwar-d & Mary Cutts
d.1797-8-12
5w
"M. Cutts, 1797"
D-5,c-6 pg25
slate, good, cherub, epitaph-2
Cutts, Samuel
Son of Edwar-d & Mary Cutts
d.1798-9-15
6w
D-5,c-4 pg25
slate, good, cherub
Cutts, Sidney
d.1792-10-17
D-5,c-5 pg25
Youngest dau. of Samuel Cutts
17y
"Miss Sidney Cutts, 1792"
slate, low, winged cher-ub, epitaph-2
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Dal ling, Samuel
"Capt."
d.1788-1O-15
77y
C-5,d-4 pg27
slate, good, winged cherub, epitaph-2
Dame, Catherine
Dau. of Timothy & Nancy Dame
d.1814-3-3O
ly 9m
"C.D."
C-2,e-1
slate, low, urn
Dame, Elizabeth
"Mrs."
d. 1847-11-20
82y
C-1,e-6 pg5
slate, good,
Dame, Emilla
d.181O-8-25
C-1,e-1
pg6
Dau. of William & Margaret Dame
17m
"E.D."
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Dame, George
d.1813-7-7
2By
"G.G."
C-1,e-3 pg6
marble, almost illegible
Dame, William
d.18O7-3-21
5Oy
"W.D."
E-3,e-2 pg19
marble, eroded, urn
Davis, Daniel
d.1826-11-5
45y
"D. D."
E-4,a1O pg15
slate, headstone lost
Davis, Martha S.F.
Wife of Obediah R. Davis
d.1866-12-29
26y
D-6,e-1
pg25
marble, repaired, reset
Day, Dorcas
Name identity from newspaper
d.1825-9-3
82nd yr.
E-4,f-7 slate, top part lost, epitaph-6
Day, Frances M.P.
Wife of Joseph Day
d.1828-12-18
3Oy
"F.M.P.D."
E-3,d-1
pg2O
slate, repaired, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Day, Joseph
d.1822-1O-16
29y
E-4,e-3 slate, broken
Day, Susan P.
d.1837-12-24
E-4,g-3 pg21
Dau. of Joseph & Frances M. Day
16y
"S.P.D."
marble, broken, reset low
Dearbon, Asa
d.1829-6-8
58y
G-3,d-3 pg33
slate,
low, willow & urn, epitaph-6
Dearbon, Ruhama
Widow of Asa Dearbon
d.1847-7-21
74y
"R.D."
G-3,d-4 pg33
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Dearborn, A. L.
Son Nathaniel & Lucy Dearborn
II
-9-2
41 y
A. L. D. "
G-2,a-7 pg24
marble, part name & date broken off
d. 18
Dearborn, BenjcHnin
"Dr."
d.1755-4-9
30y
A-4,a-3 pg36
slate, good, death head
Dearborn, Lucy
Wife of Nathaniel Dearborn
d.1824-7-2
44y
"L.D."
G-2,a-7 pg23
marble, eroded, part lost, with Nath. & A.L.D.
Dearborn, Nathaniel
With wife Lucy & son A.L.D.
d.1852-1-18
77y
"N.D."
G-2,a-7 pg23
marble, eroded, broken, part lost
Dearing, Joseph
d.1847-2-11
51y
lost pg26
noted between D-6 & C-6
Dennett, Ann Eliza
Dau. of J. Plumer & Dolly Dennett
d.1837-10-27
21y
"A.E.D.
F-2,f-9 pg23
marble, eroded, epitaph-4
11
Dennett, Catherine
Dau. of Nathaniel & Catherine Dennett
b.1810-3-18 d.1810-5-28
"C.D."
C-3,c-6 pg4
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Dennett, Dolly
Wife of J. Plumer Dennett
d.1819-6-7
28y
F-2,f-8 pg23
marble, eroded
Dennett, Elizabeth C.
Dau. of James & Elizabeth Dennett
d.1837-10-27
22y
"E.C.D.
G-3,d-5 pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Dennett, Mary Shorey
Dau. of Nathaniel & Catherine Dennett
d.1824-3-26
16m
"M.S.D.
C-3,c-7 pg4
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-1
11
Dennett, Sarah
d.1825-11-25
59th yr.
"S. D.
G-3,b-4 pg34
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Dennie, Alber-t
d.1795-10-2
46y
"Albert Dennie, 1795"
D-5,d-8 pg25
slate, good, death head
Dever-son, Henry
Son of Joshua & Mehitable Deverson
d.1828-10-19
21y
"H.D. 11
D-5,a-6 pg26
slate, broken top, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Deverson, Joshua
d.1826-9-23
53y
"J.D. 11
D-5,a-5 pg26
slate, broken,
low, willow & urn, epitaph-5
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Deverson, Mehitable
Wife of Joshua Deverson
d.18O8-8-3O
31y
D-5,a-4 pg26
slate, good, willow g,: urn, epitaph-4
Ditson, John
Of Le>: i ngton, Mass.
IIJ. D. II
d.1811-7
41y
C-1,a-3 pg5
slate, good, willow
~,:
Dockum, Ephraim
d.1841-4-26
57y
A-3,a-3 pg36
slate, low, flaking,
urn, epitaph-2
willow & urn, epitaph-4
Dockum, Mary
Wife of Ephraim Dockum
11
d.1817-1-21
52y
M. D. 11
A-3,a-5 pg36
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Dockum, Sarah Ann
Wife of Ephraim Dockum
d.1833-2-12
41y
"S.A.D. 11
A-3,a-4 pg36
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Dore, Betsy
Widow of John Dore
d.1854-5-17
7Oy
"B. D. 11
C-6,c-2 pg27
marble, eroded
Dore, William H.
d.186O-9-12
4Oy
C-6,c-4 pg26
marble, eroded
Downing, Ann
Veteran Mexican War, Co. C-9
d.19O3-4-25
83y
H-4,d-8 pg31
marble, good, reversed
Downing, Havilah F.
Veteran Mexican War
b.1823-7-25 d.1874-6-12
H-4,d-9 pg31
marble, eroded, reversed
Downing, Jno
no dates
B-2,f-1
pg3
United States Navy, name John
marble, eroded
Draper, William Cutter
Son of Lemuel & Hannah Draper
d/1812-1O-26
Bw
E-2,f-8 pg18
slate, good, urn
Drew, Jerome
d.1846-6-15
C-1,d-6 pg5
Son of Samuel & Sarah Drew of Durham
33y
"J.D. 11
marble, almost illegible
Drowrr;; Samuel Jr.
d.1797-12-2O
18y
"S.D."
A-6,c-5 pg39
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Dunn, Mary Frances
Dau. of Joshua g,. Mary H. Dunn
d.1834-7-3O
5m 1Od
"M.F.D."
B-2,b-1
pg2
marble, eroded
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Dunn, Mary H.
Wife of Joshua Dunn
d.1839-5-15
28y
M.H.D.
B-2,b-3 pg2
marble, eroded
11
11
Dunn, Oscar
Son of Joshua & Mary H. Dunn
d.1835-5-25
2y 6w
0.D.
B-2,b-2 marble, eroded
11
11
Durgin, Mary Ann
d.1821-4-21
28y
M.A.D.
A-3,b-4 pg36
slate, good, urn in circle, epitaph-!
11
11
Dwight, John Thompson
Son of Josiah & Susan Dwight
d.1811-10-13
14m
D-3,e-1
pg14
marble, almost illegible
Dyer, Eliza
Widow of Ezekiel Dyer
d.1864-3-17
55y
E. D.
C-6,a-3 pg27
marble, eroded
11
11
Dyer, Ezekiel
d.1832-7-21
25y
E.D.
C-6,a-2 pg27
marble, eroded
11
11
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Edwards. Elisabeth
Relict Capt. Abraham Edwards of Newbury
d.1778-7-27
78y
"Elisabeth Edwards"
B-5,e-2 pg28
slate, good, head with wings, script letters
Ela, Joseph
d.1825-2-23
J.E.
53y
G-4,c-9 pg34
slate, repaired, no design
II
II
Ela, Sarah
Wife of Joseph Ela
d.1840-11-7
71y
"S.E. 11
G-3,c-1
pg34
slate, good, no design
Ela, Thomas Jefferson
d.1817-6-18
By
F-2,e-1
pg23
slate,
Son of Joseph & Sarah Ela, drowned
low, willow & urn
Elliott, Annie S.
Wife of Philip Elliott
d.1863-3-10
21y 7m
G-2,d-3 pg33
marble, eroded
Elwyn, Catherine Cecelia
b.1798-5-4 d.1833-3-14
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Elwyn, Charles Henry
b.1807 d.1848-1
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Elwyn, Elizabeth Langdon
b.1777-12-4 d.1860-8-8
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Elwyn, Thomas
"Esq."
b.1775 d.1816-3-22
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Elwyn, Thomas Octavius
Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Elwyn
b.1811-10-22 d.1831-8-1
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Elwyn, William Octavius
Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Elwyn
b.1811-10-22 d.1828
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Emery, Almira
Dau. of Peter & Lydia Emery
d.1824-12-5
7m
B-3,c-2 pg28
slate, good, willow & urn
Emery, Daniel
d.1835-3-13
25y
"D.E. 11
H-3,a-2 pg32
marble, eroded, hands pointing to hour-glass
Emery, Ira
Son of Shem & Mary Emery
d.1819-7-24
5y 2m
lost Shown by A.H. Locke, 1907
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Emer-y, Mar-y
Wife of Shem Emer-y
d.1862-11-5
77y
"M.E.
H-3,a-4 pg32
mar-b 1 e, er-oded
11
Emer-y, Shem
d.1847-6-30
62y
"S. E.
H-3,a-3 pg32
mar-b 1 e, r-epai r-ed
11
Evans, Seth Pr-att
Son of Nathaniel & Hannah Evans
d.1831-4-27
3y 7m
G-2,c-5 pg34
slate, good. willow & ur-n
Ewen, AlexanderWith wife & daughterd.1815-12-14
68th yr-.
E-2,b-9 pg16
mar-ble, er-oded
Ewen, Mehitable
On stone with Alexander- & Mehitable Ewen
d.1852-3-27
E-2,b-9 pg16
mar-b 1 e, er-oded
Ewen, Mehitable Fer-nald
Wife of Alexander- Ewen
d.1837-10-20
79y
E-2,b-9 pg16
mar-ble, er-oded, with Alexander- & Mehitable
�NORTH CEMETERY.
PORTSMOUTH
Fernald, Ann L.
Dau. John W. & Ann Fernald
d.1834-2-2
16y
"A.L.F."
D-5,c-1
pg26
slate, low, willow & urn, with Samuel
Fernald, Elizabeth
Dau. of Nathaniel W. & Elizabeth Fernald
d.1821-10-18
14y 9m
E-3,b-6 pg15
slate, goad, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Fernald, Elizabeth
Wife of Nathaniel W. Fernald
d.1809-10-5
36y
"Mrs. E.F."
E-3,b-7 pg15
slate, goad, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Fernald, Frederick
Son of Parker & Lydia Fernald
d.1860-5-21
2y 7m
"F.F."
E-5,b-4 pg24
marble, eroded, carved wilted rose bud
Fernald, Frederick
Son of Parker & Lydia Fernald
d.1861-9-22
3m
E-5,b-3 pg24
marble, eroded, wilted rose bud
Fernald, Harriet
Died at Faith House
b.1798-4-3 d.1884-9-18
marble, eroded
Fernald, Jane
d.1831-11-26
A-6,a-3 pgB
Wife of Rendal Fernald
61y
slate, good, willow & urn
Fernald, John
d.1792-11-23
D-5,c-3 pg26
Veteran of the Revolution
50y
slate, repaired, low, winged cherub, epitaph-4
Fernald, John
d.1860-3-10
53y
E-5,b-6 pg24
marble, almost illegible
Fernald, Julia C.
Dau. of John & Sarah Ann Fernald
II
d. 1862-4-19
15y
J.C. F. 11
E-5,b-2 pg24
marble, eroded
Fernald, Mary
Widow of Capt. Mark Fernald
d.1812-5-28
79y
"M. F."
E-2,c-B pg16
slate, cracking, low, willow & urn, epitaph-6
Fernald, Mary
"M. F. II
date illegible
marble, illegible
D-1,a-2 pg6
Fernald, Nathaniel W.
II
d. 1836-1-1
68y
M. W. F. "
G-2,c-3 pg34
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Fernald, Nathaniel W. Jr.
Died at New York City
d.1831-5
22y 6m
"N.W.F."
G-2,c-2 pg34
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Fernald, Olive
Widow of Nathaniel W. Fernald
d.1862-11-26
87y
lost Noted by A.H. Locke, 1907
Fernald, Samuel
Grandaughter Ann same stone
d.1830-6-4
74y
S.F.
D-5,c-1
pg26
slate, low, willow & urn
11
11
Fernald, Sarah Ann
Wife of John Fernald
d.1871-1-25
60y
E-5,b-5 pg24
marble, eroded, repaired
Fitch, Elizabeth
Wife of Rev. Jabez Fitch
d.1765-10-18
84y
A-5,e-3 pg38
slate, cracked, cherub
Fitch, Jabez
d.1746-11-22
A-5,e-3 pg38
Pastor of 1st Church of Portsmouth
73y
slate, cracked, cherub
Fitzgerald, Abigail
Wife of Richard Fitzgerald
d. 1809-3-1
39y
A. F.
D-5,a-3 pg26
slate, good, urn & drapery
II
11
Fitzgerald, Ezekiel
Born at Little Harbor
b.1780-10-16 d.1829-2-25
B-5,b-4 pg29
marble, good
Fitzgerald, Margaret
Wife of Ezekiel Fitzgerald
d.1866-8-9
82y
M.F."
B-5,b-2 pg29
marble, good
11
Fitzgerald, Richard
d.1858-11-24
87y
"R. t: S.F.
D-5,a-8 pg26
marble, old repair
11
Fitzgerald, Susan
Wife of Richard Fernald, died same day
d. 1858-11-24
78y
"R. g,. S. F. "
D-5,a-8 pg26
marble, old repair
Flagg, John
"Capt.
d.1814-12-23
50y
F-4,a-9 pg21
gray marble, almost illegible
11
Flynn, Honora L.
Dau. Edward & Mary Flynn
d.1853-1-30
2y 6m
G-5,b-11
marble, eroded, reset low
Flynn, Mary
Dau. Edward & Mary Flynn
d.1853-4-13
4m
G-5,b-11
marble, eroded, reset low
Folsom, Hannah
Dau. Nathaniel B. & Sarah Folsom
d. between 1817 and 1826
A-5,e-2 marble, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Folsom, Jonathan
d.1825-10-20
40y
"J.F."
B-1,d-5 pg2
slate, split, willow & urn
Folsom, Mary
Wife of Nathaniel Folsom
d.1784-5-27
31y
"Mrs. Mary Folsom"
C-5,c-4 pg27
slate, good, portrait
I
!
Folsom, Mary
Dau. of Nathaniel & Mary Folsom
d.1820-2-12
Sy
"M.F."
B-5,c-1
pg29
slate, good, urn
Folsom, Nathaniel Jr.
Son of Nathaniel & Mary Folsom
d.1783-12-7
5y
"Nathaniel Folsom"
C-5,c-3 pg27
slate, headstone lost
Folsom, Olive Husk
d.1801-12-15
By
E-5,c-3 pg35
slate, good, urn
Folsom, Olive Husk
Wife of Nathaniel Folsom
d.1808-11-22
42y
" □ .H.F."
D-4,a-7 pg13
slate, good, willow & urn
Foster, Ann Mary
Dau. of David C. & L.M. Foster
d.1823-2-8
5y 6m
D-5,d-6 pg25
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-6
I
Foster, Charles B.
Son of J.D. & E.K. Foster
d.1841-12-25
11m
B-1,e-2 pg2
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Foster, David C.
"Major"
d.1823-10-20
31y
G-3,b-3 pg34
slate, good, masonic emblems, epitaph-1
Foster, Fannie E.
On stone with Martha Foster
b.1824-1-27 d.1904-1-19
D-5,d-2 pg25
marble, repaired
II
II
11
II
II
Foster, Frances
Wife of Robert Foster
d.1827-9-17
40y
"F.F."
D-5,d-3 pg25
marble, eroded
Foster, John
Late of Ipswich
d.1781-3-9
28y 11m
"Mr. John Foster, 1781"
C-4,a-1
pg27
slate, old iron repair, winged cherub, epitaph-6
On stone with Fannie Foster
Foster, Martha A.
d.1837-10
18y
D-5,d-2 pg25
marble, repaired
II
:,
Foster, Rebekah
Wife of James Foster
d.1797-4-5
41y
"Rebekah Foster"
D-5,d-5 pg25
slate, good, winged cherub, epitaph-8
:,
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Foster, Robert
R. F.
d.1835-10-14
46y
D-5,d-4 pg25
marble, br-oken
11
II
Foster, Robert Nichols
Son of Jessey & Eliza Foster
b.1820-11-6 d.1821-1-10
2m
B-3,d-1
pg3
slate, low, willow & urn
Fowler, Jerome
Son of Paul & Phebe Fowler
d.1824-9-14
5y
"J. F.
A-2,a-3 pg36
slate, headstone lost
11
Fowler, Paul
On stone with wife Phebe
d.1847-4-20
70y
A-2,a-4 pg36
double slate, good, willow & urn
Fowler, Phebe
Wife of Paul Fowlerd. 1846-11-3
54y
A-2,a-4 pg36
double slate, good, willow
~i
urn
Fowler, Xavier
Son of Paul & Phebe Fowler
d.1816-9-12
ly 4m
X.F."
A-2,a-3 pg36
slate, headstone lost
11
Fr-eeman, Thomas
"T. F.
d.1827-6-13
47y
E-5,a-1
pg25
slate, low, willow & ur-n, epitaph-4
II
Mr-s.
Fr-ench, Mar-y
d.1825-6-27
67y
M. F.
G-3,c-6 pg34
slate, low, willow
II
II
11
11
~i
ur-n
Dau. of William & Sar-ah Fr-ost
Fr-ost, Emeline
d.1823-8-31
2y 2m
E. F.
C-2,d-5 pg5
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
11
Fr-ost, Samuel
d.1828-12-27
B-5,a-6 pg37
11
68y
S. F.
slate, good,
11
11
Fr-ost, Sar-ah
Widow of Capt. George Fr-ost
d.1857-4-7
84y 3m
S.F.
B-6,c-3 pg29
mar-ble, eroded
11
11
Of Digby, Nova Scotia
Fr-ost, Stephen H.
d.1848-9-2
23y
G-4,b-7 pg24
mar-ble, er-oded
Fr-othingham, John
d.1825-8-20
60y
J.F.
A-6,blO pg39
slate, good, willow & urn
11
11
Wife of John Frothingham
Fr-othingham, Margery
d.1817-9-16
54y
slate, good, willow & ur-n
A-6,b12 pg39
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Frothingham, Sarah W.
Wife of John Frothingham
d.4.823-6-16
39y
"Mrs. S.W.F."
A-6,bll
pg39
slate, good, willow & urn
Furber, Lydia
Wife of Theodore Furber
d. 1841-1-3
78y
"L. F. 11
E-2,e-1
pg19
marble, eroded, repaired
Furber, Mary
Wife of William Furber
d.1842-3-24
74y
"M. F. 11
B-5,a-4 pg38
double slate, good, willow
&
urn, epitaph-4
Furber, Mary B.
Dau. of William Furber
d.1884-11-24
9C>y 10m
"M.B.F."
B-5,a-3 pg38
marble, repaired, reset
Furber, Theodore
d.1809-1-14
68y
"Capt. T.F.
E-2,e-2 pg19
slate, good, urn & drapery,
11
long text
Furber, Theodore
Oldest son Theodore & Lydia Furber, drowned
d.1813-5-12
19y
"T.F."
B-1,f-1
pg5
slate, broken, top lost
Furber, William
Wife Mary same stone
d.1842-3-18
74y
"W.F."
B-5,a-4 pg38
double slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Furnald, Ann
d.1825-11-24
A-4,e-1
pg37
Wife of Samuel Furnald
38y
marble, eroded, same clas as Fernald
Furnald, Nancy
Wife of Samuel Furnald
d.1816-2-11
27y
A-4,blO pg36
marble, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Gains, George
"Esq.", Veteran of the Revolution
11
d.1809-4-25
73y
G.G. Esq. 11
C-5,e-2 pg26
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Garland, Irena A.
Wife of Jonathan Garland
d.1875-2-2
64y
C-5,a-7 pg27
marble, eroded, tipped over, reset
Gates, Warren G.
Veteran of the Civil War
d.1863-11-20
D-1,b-4 pg6
marble, eroded, sleeping baby
Gavett, Elizabeth
Widow Joseph Gavett, dau. Henry Tredick
d.1858-4-26
78y 3m
F-5,a-3 pg21
marble, viewed outside fence 1986
Gerrish, Daniel
Died at New York
11
d.1838-10-5
46y
D.G."
B-5,c-4 pg29
marble, good
Gibbs, Lydia
d.1808-11-29
F-3,a-4 pg20
Wife of William Gibbs
11
44y
L. G. 11
slate, cracked, willow & urn
Gibbs, Mary
Wife of William Gibbs
d.1851-7-31
67y
"M. G."
F-3,a-2 pg20
marble, broken, decayed
Gibbs, Oliver
d.1829-1-21
25y
F-3,a-5 pg20
slate, good, willow
g~
Gibbs, William
"W. G. II
d.1836-1-18
48y
F-3,a-3 pg20
marble, eroded, broken corner
Giles, Josiah
d.1813-12-3
33y
"J. G."
F-2,f-7 pg23
marble, eroded
Giles, Susan
d.1831-11-30
F-2,f-6 pg23
"Miss."
20y
"S. G.
marble, almost illegible
11
Goddard, Jonathan
d.1807-3-4
37y
"J.G. 1807"
E-2,c-3 pg45
marble, almost illegible, willow & urn, epitaph- 7
Gooch, Elizabeth
d.1875-7-7
82y 6m
E-1,b-8 pg16
marble, broken, reset low
Goodrich, Anna
Wife of James Goodrich
d.1818-3-23
42y
"A.G."
F-3,i-1
pg29
slate, headstone lost
�·1
NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Goodrich, Anna
Widow of James Goodrich & John Moses
d.1842-10-19
62y
"A.G."
B-5,b-3 pg29
marble, eroded
Goodrich, Irena
Dau. of James D. & Olive L. Goodrich
d.1845-2-4
16y
E-5,c-7 pg36
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Goodrich, James D.
d.1842-8-22
40y
E-5,c-8 pg36
slate, repaired, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Goold, Margaret
Dau. of John & Martha Goold
d.1818-7-17
18m
"M.G."
B-4,e-3 pg28
slate, good. urn & circles
Gove, Ebenezer
Son of William A. & Hannah Gove
d.1834-2-4
Bm
"E.G."
H-2,a-9 slate, good, willow & urn
Gove, Hannah
Wife of William A. Gove
d.1836-4-16
34y
"H.G."
H-2,a-6 pg32
slate, good, willow & urn,
with son Samuel
Gove, Joseph W.
Son of Joseph L. & Mahala Gove
d.1833-10-27
5m
H-2,a10 pg32
slate, good, willow & urn
II
II
Gove, Samuel
Son William A. & Hannah Gove
d.1836-4-21
11d
H-2,a-6 pg32
slate, good, willow & urn, with mother
Grant, James
d.1824-12-1
C-4,c-4 pg3
I
I
49y
"J.G."
marble, eroded
Grant, James A.
Son of Jamers & Sarah Grant
d. 1819-8-1
19m
C-4,c-5 pg3
slate, tipped, willow & urn
Grant, Sarah
d.1864-5-22
C-4,c-3 pg3
I
I
Widow of James Grant
91y
marble, eroded
Graves, William
d.1820-10-17
18y
"W.G."
A-5,c-1
pg38
slate, shattered,
low, partial repair, epitaph-7
Gray, John Greenleaf
d. 1803-10-14
15m
"J. G. G."
B-2,a-1
pg2
slate, good, willow & urn
Green, Charles P.
d.1836-1-23
24y
H-2,a-2 pg32
marble, eroded, cracked
Ii
Ii
II
.....
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Green, Elizabeth M.D.
Dau. of John
d.1837-10-6
Bm 12d
G-5,b-9 pg34
marble, eroded, low
&
Mary Green
Green, ~~ehemi ah
d.1824-6-21
58y
"N.G. 11
H-2,a-1
pg32
marble, repaired, reset
Green, Nehemiah
d.1840-10-18
31y
H-2,a-3 marble, repaired, reset
Green, Sarah
Widow of Nehemiah Green
d.1860-7-9
86y
H-2,a-4 marble, broken, bottom lost, set law
Greenleaf, John
d.1804-5-26
6y 4m
J. G.
C-2,a-4 pg5
slate, repaired, urn
II
II
Greenleaf, Mary
"Mrs."
d.1815-10-31
86y
"Mrs. M.G."
E-1,b-6 pg16
slate, good, willow & urn
Greenough, Charles
Son an same marker
d.1845-5-21
36y
"C.G. 11
A-6.d-6 slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Greenough, Charles Henry
On marker with father Charles Greenough
d.1845-3-24
5y
"C.H.G. 11
A-6,d-6 slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Greenough, Robert F.
Co. H, 29th Regt., M.V., died at Antietam
d.1862-9-17
23y
D-6,e-2 pg25
marble, repaired, reset
Greenville, William
Son of Charles & Mary Ann Greenville
d.1833-10-17
6y 6m
B-3,d-2 marble, almost illegible, law, reset higher
Griffith, Charlotte H.
"Miss"
d.1825-12-27
21y
A-3,a-7 pg36
slate, low, willow & urn
Griffith, Mary
"Miss"
d.1801-11-16
32y
"Miss M. Griffith"
D-2,c-5 pg10
slate, goad, urn & wreath, epitaph-4
Griffith, Sarah
Relict of David Griffith "of this town"
d.1780-3-29
42y
B-6,d-1
pg28
slate, good, death head
Grimshaw, George B. McClellan
Son John & Jane Grimshaw
d.1861-4-1
15m
C-6,b-1
marble, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Grimshaw, Jane Seavey
Wife of John Grimshaw
d.1866-1-4
33y
C-6,c-1
pg12
marble, good
Grouard, Eunice
Consort of James Grouard
d.1792-9-17
55y
C-4,f-2 pg12
slate, good, winged cherub, epitaph-7
Gurley, John Ward
Son Joseph & Ann M. Grafton Gurley
d.1822-8-12
11m
lost pg39
noted near B-6
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Hale, Ann Mary
DaLl. of SamLlel & Ann W. Hale
d.1824-5-18
2y
"A.M.H.
D-4,g-5 marble, illegible
11
Son of Samuel Hale
Hale, John
d.1796-7-13
-~.::.,y
"John Hale Esq. 1796"
D-4,g-4 pg14
slate, good, willow & Llrn, epitaph-16
Hale, Lydia
"Miss"
d.1815-11-24
55y
"L. H.
F-4,a-5 pg21
slate, headstone lost
11
Hale, Mary
"Miss"
d.1831-4-25
78y
"M. H.
F-4,a-3 pg21
gray marble, eroded
11
Hale, Mary
Relict of SamLlel Hale
d.1811-3-11
83y
D-4,e-6 pg14
slate, good, spirit ascending, epitaph-3
Hale, SamLlel
"A.A.S.
d.1807-7-10
89y
"S.H., Esq., A.A.S. 11
D-4,e-8 pg14
slate, good, monLlment design, epitaph-4
11
Haley, Ann
Wife of John Haley
d.1823-8-3
62y
"A.H.
D-1,a-5 pg6
slate, good, willow & Llrn
11
Haley, John
d.1822-7-9
70y
"J. H.
D-1,a-4 pg6
slate, good, willow~< urn
11
Haley, Sarah
d.1826-10-7
33y
S. H.
A-3,d-1
pg30
marble, eroded, epitaph-!
11
11
Haley, William
d.1815-10-31
22y
D-1,a-3 pg6
slate, 1 ow, Llrn, epitaph-3
Hall, Ammi R.
Veteran of the RevolLltion
d.1833-6-9
75y
"Mr. A.R.H. 11
F-2,d16 pg22
marble, eroded, epitaph-4
Hall, Eliza D.
DaLl. of Ammi R. & Elizabeth Hall
d.1869-4-12
78y
"E.D.H. 11
F-1,d-5 pg22
marble, eroded
Hall, Elizabeth
Wife of Ammi R. Hall
d.1822-9-19
61y
F-1,d-1
pg22
marble, almost illegible
Hall, Martha S.
DaLl. of William & Mary A. Hall
d.1845-9-20
14m
C-5,e-1
pg26
slate, good, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Hall, Mary W.
Dau. of Ammi R.
d.1866-2-4
66y
"M.W.H."
F-1,d-4 pg22
marble, eroded
&
Elizabeth Hall
Halliburton, Anna
Wife of George Halliburton
d.18O2-8-22
55y
"A. Halliburton"
C-2,i-9 pg6
slate, low, urn, epitaph-6
Halliburton, Elizabeth
Dau. of Andrew & Elizabeth Halliburton
d.18O7-5-22
6y
C-2,i-8 slate, low, urn & bird
Halliburton, Elizabeth
Wife of Andrew Halliburton
d.182O-6-3
54y
"Mrs. E.H."
C-2,i-7 pg6
slate, part top broken, willow & urn
Ham, Ann
"Miss"
d.1825-4-3O
52y
"A.H.
C-1,dlO pg5
slate, good, willow
11
~~
urn
Ham, Ann
Consort of William Ham
d.1812-11-24
47y
D-2,d-2 pg1O
marble, almost illegible
Ham, Benjamin
d.1825-2-14
67y
B.H.
G-4,b-3 pg24
slate, broken, design part lost
11
11
Ham, Caroline Elizabeth
Dau. of Tim & Nancy Ham
d.1821-1O-2
15m
"C.E.M."
C-1,e-5 pg5
slate, low, urn & willows
Ham, Charles E.
Son of Supply & Eliza W. Ham
d.182O-8-19
14m
B-4,f-2 pg3
slate, top broken & lost
Ham, Charlotte
Wife of Robert Ham
d.1837-8-19
7Oy
E-4,f-1
pg2O
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Ham, Elizabeth
Dau. of George & Joanna Ham
d.1857-1O-7
56y
E-3,a-6 pg15
marble, eroded, part illegible
Ham, Elizabeth
d.1882-8-2
73y 7m
F-5,c-2 pg24
marble, good
Ham, Elizabeth
"Miss"
d.1849-6-13
8Oy
"E.H."
C-1,c-5 pg5
slate, good, willow & urn
Ham, Elizabeth W.
Dau. of Supply & Eliza W. Ham
d.1824-1O-1O
19m
B-4,f-3 pg3
slate, low, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Ham, George
d.1832-12-19
E-3,a-3 pg15
65y
G. H.
slate, good, willow & urn
11
11
Ham, Henry
Son of Timothy & Mary Ham
d.18O3-1-7
11y
C-1,c-2 pg25
slate, good, urn, epitaph-4
Ham, James
With wife Sarah
d.1831-5-18
59y
G-4,b-4 pg24
slate, good, no design
Ham, Joanna
Widow of George Ham
d.1853-5-29
79y
E-3,a-5 pg15
slate, good, willow
Ham, Joseph
d.1879-5-1
lost pg24
~<
urn
72y
noted near F-5
Ham, Lydia H.
Wife of William Ham
d.1857-3-7
83y
D-2,d-1
pg1O
marble, almost illegible, with William
Ham, Mary
Wife of Timothy Ham
d.1838-1O-9
93y
C-1, c-3 pg5
slate, good, willow & urn
Ham, Mary
Wife of Col. Samuel Ham
d.1842-1-21
92y
"M.H.
G-4,b-5 pg24
slate, repaired, willow & urn, with Samuel
Ham, Oliver
Youngest son of George & Joanna Ham
d.1836-9-23
26y 5m
0. H. II
E-3,a-4 pg15
marble, eroded, willow & urn
11
Ham, Rebecca
d.1834-11-27
E-5,c-1
pg35
Widow of Benjamin Ham
69y
slate, low, willow & urn
Ham, Robert
d.1823-9-19
85y
"R.H.
E-4,f-2 pg2O
slate, broken, par-ts lost
11
Ham, Samuel
"Col.
d.1825-8-23
83y
"S. H.
G-4,b-5 pg24
slate, repaired, with wife Mary
11
11
Ham, Sarah
d.1823-7-29
lost pg24
Dau. of William & Nancy Ham
2y 11m
noted near F-5
Ham, Sarah
Widow of James Ham
d.1855-1-16
82y
G-4,b-4 pg24
slate, good, no design, with James
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Ham, Timothy
d. 182,4-6-5
7 9y .
C71,c-4 pg5
~late, good, willow & urn
Ham, William
"Hon.", with wife Lydia
d.1845-4-3
82y
D-2,d-1
pglO
marble, almost illegible
Ham, William 4th
d.1820-9-1
31y
"Mr. W.H. 4th"
F-4,d-1 pg24
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Hammond, Pierpont
Co. G, 10th N.H. Inf.
(d, 1864-9)
(40y)
G-6,a-2 pg31
marble, almost illegible
Handy, Nancy
d.1819-5-22
C-2,i-2 pg6
(Civil War)
Relict of the late Capt. S.C. Handy
26th yr.
"N. H."
slate, good, willow & urn
Hardy, George
d.1836-1-11
48y
"G. H. "
E-4,b-3 pg20
marble, eroded
Hardy, Rebecca
d.1839-5-28
94y
E-4,b-2 pg20
marble, eroded
Hardy, Rebecca B.
d.1863-8
73y
E-4,b-1
pg20
marble, eroded
Hardy, Stephen
d.1797-12-17
68y
"S. H. 11
E-4,b-4 pg20
marble, repaired, reset
Harrill, Margaret J.
Wife of James Harrill
d.1857-5-26
52y
"M.J.H. 11
·H-4,a-1
marble, eroded
Harrill, Mary S.E.
Dau. of James & Margaret Harrill
d.1837-10-4
9m
G-5,b-8 pg34
slate, part top broken, willow & urn,
Harrill, Victoria
Dau. of James & Margaret Harrill
d.1857-12-1
G-5,b-7 marble, eroded
Harrold, Elizabeth
Wife of Joseph Harrold
d.1803-3-22
21y
"Mrs. E. Harrold"
C-2,i-5 pg5
slate, good urn & wreath, epitaph-2
Harrold, Joseph
"Capt.", died in Boston
d.1850-8-8
79y
lost Noted by A.H. Locke, 1907
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Harrold, Martha W.
Wife of Capt. Joseph Harrold
d.1845-7-5
58y
G-4,d-1
pg33
marble, flat, almost illegible
Harrold, Nancy
d.1869-3-5
95y
G-4,d-2 pg33
marble, repaired, reset
Harrold, Sukey
Wife of Capt. Joseph Harrold
d. 1822-1-11
38y
"Mrs. S. H."
B-5,a-1
pg38
slate, good, willow & urn
Hart, Abigail
Wife of Hanson M. Hart
d.1831-4-29
54y
"A.H. 11
A-6,b-4 pg40
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Hart, Ann M.
d.1855-12-8
84y 2m
A-6,b-5 pg40
marble, broken, decayed, flat
Hart, Benjamin
d.1834-5-9
66y
"B.H."
B-6,a-1
pg39
slate, good, willow
&
urn, epitaph-4
Hart, Daniel
d.1791-12-11
D-5,a-7 pg26
50y
"Mr. Daniel Hart"
slate, good, winged cherub
Hart, Edward
d.1825-10-18
E-4,c-1
pg20
With wife Elizabeth
Bly
"E.H. II
marble, eroded
Hart, Elizabeth
Consort of Edward Hart
d.1804-9-23
57y
"E.H."
E-4,c-1
pg20
marble, eroded, on stone with Edward
Hart, Elizabeth
Wife of Thomas Hart
d.1760-9-18
49th yr.
"Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, 1760"
A-4,c-1
pg37
poor quality slate, cracking, face & wings
Hart, Elizabeth
Wife of Benjamin Hart
d.1805-2-22
39y
B-2,e-7 pg2
slate, good, sprig in circle, with Esther
Hart, Elizabeth
Dau. of Richard & Marcy Hart
b.1778-12-5 d.1863-5-28
D-2,f-5 pg10
marble, eroded
Hart, Elizabeth M.
Wife of Hanson M. Hart
d.1855-6-11
72y
A-6,b-6 pg39
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Hart, Elizabeth P.
d.1882-10-18
84y
"E.P.H. 11
A-6,b-7 pg39
marble, eroded
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Hart, Esther M.
Dau. of Benjamin & Elizabeth Hart
d.1805-1-26
14m
slate, good, s prig in circle, with mother
B-2,e-7 pg2
Hart, George
d.1807-4-14
77y
"G. H. Esq. 1807"
B-5.c-6 pg29
slate, part top lost, flowers
~~
.
Hart, Hannah
"Mrs."
d.1845-9-1
95y
"H.H."
D-4,d-5 pg14
slate, good, willow & urn
Hart, John
d.1790-5-24
57y
"Mr. John Hart"
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
C-3,f-3 pg12
"Col."
Hart, John
d.1777-10-30
72y
"Col. John Hart, 1777"
A-6,b-3 pg40
slate, good, death head
Hart, Marcy Collings
Wife of Richard Hart
b.1739-5-31
d.1790-6-17
"Mrs. M.C. Hart"
D-2,f-2 pg10
slate, good, winged cherub
Hart, Martha H.
Widow of George Hart, Jr.
d.1805-4-5
50y
"Mrs. M.H."
E-2,b-3 pg17
slate, good. willow & urn, epitaph-4
Hart, Mary Joanna
Dau. of Richard & Marcy Hart
b.1796-9-5 d.1842-5-3
D-2,f-3 pg10
marble, eroded
Dau. of John & Sarah Hart
Hart, Mehitable
d.1753-7-2
5y
"M.H.
A-6,b-1
pg40
slate, headstone lost
11
Hart, Phebe
Wife of George Hart
d.1773-7-4
41y
"Mr-s. Phebe Hart, 1773"
B-5,c-5 pg29
slate, low, death head
Wife of Elisha C. Hart
Hart, Phebe
d.1800-3-24
33y
"P.H."
E-4,f-5 pg20
slate, broken, bottom r-eset 1992
"Esq."
Hart, Richard
87y
"R. Har-t, Esq."
d.1820-2-20
slate, good, winged cher-ub, epitaph-2
D-2,f-1
pg10
Wife of Col. John Har-t
Hart, Sarah
42y
"Mr-s. Sar-ah Hart"
d.1757-4-24
slate, good, death head
A-6,b-2 pg40
Hart, Sarah
Sau. of Richard & Mar-cy Hart
b.1765-1-1 d.1842-9-12
D-2,f-4 pg10
marble, er-oded
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s\a:\e 1 \
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�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Hart, William
d.1811-7-15
28y
C-1,b-1
pg5
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Hart, William
Instrument maker
11
d.1812-1-13
78y
W.H. 11
B-1,d-2 pg2
slate, reversed, willow & urn
Hartt, Mary Elizabeth
Dau. of Samuel & Mary Hartt
d.1821-2-7
ly
B-4,b-1
pg30
slate, good, willow & urn
Harvey, Lyman S.
Son of Thomas & Mary Harvey
d.1813-7-18
B-1,b-1
slate, good, willow & urn
Harvey, Susan S.
Dau. of Thomas & Mary Harvey
d.1817-3-3
6y
A-2,a-6 pgl
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Harvey, Thomas
Veteran of the Revolution
11
d.1837-1-18
84y
T.H. 11
A-2,a-7 pgl
slate, good, willow & urn
Henderson, Alexander
Merchant, native of Scotland
d.1783-12-1
27th yr.
C-4,c-1
pg27
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Henderson, Hugh
Merchant of Portsmouth
d.1794-8-4
47th yr.
"Hugh Henderson, 1794"
D-4,d-4 pg14
slate, good, winged cherub, epitaph-2
Henderson, James
d.1818-1-7
38y
D-4,d-3 pg14
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Hill, Andrew J.
Son of Alfred J. & Elizabeth Hill
d.1844-6-3
9d
B-6,e-1
pg28
marble, eroded
Hill, Charles
Son of John & Eunice Hill
d.1798-6-15
9m
Hi 11, Charles
d.1805-9-14
2y 7m
C-3,d-4 slate, good, sprig in circle
Hill, Daniel
Son of Elisha & Elizabeth Hill
11
d.1798-9-5
16th yr
D. Hill, 1798"
D-2,h-8 pg17
slate, good, winged cherub
Hill, Elisha
"Dea.
II
d.1798-9-15
55y
Dea. E. Hi 11 , 1798 11
D-2,h-6 pg17
slate, broken top corner, draped urn, epitaph-6
11
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Hill, Elizabeth
Widow of Deacon Elisha Hill
d. 1822-3-23
78y
"Mr-s. E. H."
D-2,h-5 pg17
slate, good, willow & urn
Hill, Elizabeth S.
Widow of William Hill
d.1876-5-22
72y
E-1,alO pg18
mar-ble, er-oded
Hill, Eunice
Wife of James Hill
d.1801-2-26
43y
"Eunice Hill, 1801"
E-2,a-8 pg17
slate, good, willow & ur-n, epitaph-5
Hill, Geor-ge
d.1820-9-16
C-2,d-4 pg5
36y
Mr. G. H. "
slate, good, willow & ur-n
11
Hi 11, Geor-ge M.
Son of James & Eunice Hill
d.1798-8-26
lOy
"G. Hill, 1798"
E-5,b-1
slate, rever-sed, cherub
Hill, Horace
Son of John & Eunice Hill
d.1817-8-23
23m 6d
C-3,d-2 slate, good, circle design
Hi 11, Ichabod
d.1827-11-20
E-1,a-7 pg18
69y
"I. H."
marble, almost illegible
Hi 11 , J.
(Son of James Hill)
d.1791
J. Hi 11 , 1 791"
C-2,g-2 slate, headstone lost
11
Hill, James
Veteran of the Revolution
d.1811-12-29
58y
"J. H."
E-1,a-3 pg17
slate, good, urn & drapery, epitaph-2
Hill, James D.
Son of William & Nancy Hill
d.1865-12-24
52y
"J • D. H.
E-1,a-9 pg18
marble, broken, top lost, with father11
Hill, Jane
Wife of Elisha Hill
d.1773-5-18
29y
"Mr-s. Jane Hill, 1773"
B-4,c-1 pg29
slate, good, death head
Hill, Jeremiah
"Esq."
d.1800-5-5
48th yr.
"J. Hill, Esq."
D-2,h-3 pg17
slate, good, willow & ur-n, epitaph-2
Hill, John
Son of Elisha & Elizabeth Hill
d.1790=5=4
9y
C-2,g-1 slate, low, cherub
Hill, John
Son of John & Eunice Hill
d.1806-12-5
16d
C-3,d-1 slate, low, circle design, reset higher
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Hill, Joseph Sherburne
Son Samuel & Mary Hill
d.1798-5-24
18y 3m
"Joseph Sher-bLwne Hi 11"
D-2,h-1
pg17
slate, good, willow & urn
Hill, Mary
Wife of Jeremiah Hill
II M. H. 11
d. 1811-4-3
58y
E-1,a-1
pg17
slate, broken, top lost
Hi 11, Mary C.
Dau. of John & Eunice Hill
d.1806-1-28
Bm
C-3,d-3 slate, good, leaf design
Hill, Mary L.
Consort of J. Burley Hill
d.1823-12-4
41y
"M.L.H. 11
E-1,c-2 pg19
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-5
Hill, Mary Meloan
d.1826-1-22
20y
"M.M.H."
E-2,e-6 pg19
slate, top broken off, willow & urn, epitaph- 1
Hill, Nancy
Wife of William Hill
d.1819-1-21
31y
E-1,a-6 pg18
marble, eroded
Hill, Samuel
Son of William~ Elizabeth S. Hill
d.1849-9-28
21y 6,n
D-1,e-3 pg18
marble, broken, top lost
Hill, Samuel
Oldest son Elisha & Elizabeth Hill
d.1798-9-27
27y
"S. Hi 11 , 1 798"
D-2,h-4 pg17
slate, broken top corner, winged cherub
Hi 11, SamLtel
d.1840-1-19
67y
"S.H."
E-1,a-5 pg18
marble, eroded
Hill, Samuel
Veteran of the Revolution, merchant
b.1745-2-12 d.1812-3-19
E-1,a-4 pg18
marble slab on table tomb, epitaph-22
Hill, Sarah M.
Relict of James Hill
d.1834-11-12
62y
"S. M. H. "
E-1,a-2 pg17
slate, good, willow & urn
Hi 11 , Wi 11 i am
Son James D. Hill same stone
d.1849-2-22
66y
"W.D."
E-1,a-9 pg18
marble, broken, top lost
Hoar, Anna
Wife of Samuel Hoar, with Infant dau.
d.1805-2-26
26y
"A.H."
B-2,g-3 pg3
slate, good, willow & urn
Hodgdon, H.P. <Harlan P.)
Co. G. '
(d.1865-10-11)
F-1,b-4 pg18
marble, eroded
10th N.H.
Inf.
(Civil War)
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Hoit, Caroline
Dau. of Timothy & Rebecca Hoit
d.1842-6-20
7y 6m
G-4,e-1
pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
Holbrook, Abigail
Widow of Robert Holbrook
d.1831-12-19
71y
"A.H.
E-6,a-3 pg35
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Holbrook, Benjamin
d.1839-12-29
68y
E-6,b-2 pg35
marble,
eroded
Holbrook, Catherine
Wife of Robert Holbrook
d.1822-12-29
22y
"C.H."
E-6,a-4 pg35
marble, eroded, repaired, reset
Holbrook, Martha
Widow of Samuel Holbrook
d.1846-12-24
84y
E-6,a-1
pg35
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Holbrook, Miriam
Widow of Benjamin Holbrook
d.1852-6-26
80y
E-6,b-1
pg35
space for marble marker, now lost
Holbrook, Robert
d.1848-7-28
59y
"R.H."
E-6,a-6 pg35
marble, illegible
Holbrook, Robert
d.1821-10-15
61y
"Mr. R.H."
E-6,a-5 pg35
marble, repaired, willow & urn
Holbrook, Samuel
Veteran of the Revolution
d.1836-9-15
79y
"S.H."
E-6,a-2 pg35
slate, good, willow & urn
Holman, George S.
Son of Silas & Sarah Holman
d.1835-7-15
28y
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Holman, Joseph S.
Son of Silas Holman, on his stone
d.1818-7-21
16y
F-3,i-2 pg23
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-3
Holman, Sarah
Widow of Silas Holman
d.1858-4-25
BOy
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Holman, Silas
Merchant, died Charlestown, S.C.
d.1807-3-18
29y
F-3,i-2 pg23
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-3
Horney, Theodora
Of Cork, Ireland, relict Capt. Gilbert Horney
d.1808-5-26
37y
"T.H."
D-4,e-9 pg15
sandstone, broken, top lost, epitaph-4
�I
NORTH CEMETERY , PORTSMOUTH
I
Howe, Otis
Born Brookfield, Mass.
d.1825-10-24
35y
"O.H.
C-5,a-8 pg27
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Huntress, Ella T.
Dau. of Seth W. & Catherine Huntress
d.1856-9-6
7m
G-5,b-4 pg35
marble, repaired, reset, Emilla same stone
Huntress, Emilla
Dau. of Seth W. & Catherine Huntress
d.1856-12-6
7m
G-5,b-4 pg35
marble, repaired, reset, Ella same stone
Huntress, Frederick E.
d.1857-11-3
G-5,b-3 pg35
marble,
Son of Seth W.
repaired, reset,
& Catherine Huntress
Ida same stone
Huntress, Ida F.
Dau. of Seth W. & Catherine Huntress
d.1856-12-6
5y
G-5,b-3 pg35
marble, repaired, reset, Fred same stone
Huntress, Seth
(d. 1874-9-5)
F-4,c-1
pg21
4th N.H . Infantry ( Civil War)
(48y)
marble, er-oded
I
11·
11
II
11
1.1
Hutchins, Rebecca
d.1852-5-19
67y
lost Noted by A.H.
Locke in 1907
I
I
I
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Isaac. Abraham
Native of Prussia
d.1803-2-15
49y
"Abraham Isaac"
C-2,i-6 pg6
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
I
I
I,
I
I
I
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Jackman, Elizabeth
"Mrs."
E. J.
d.1835-9-16
66y
E-3,d-2 pg20
marble, eroded, repaired
II
II
Jackson, Charles
Son of Daniel & Lydia Jackson
d.1808-12-19
2y
E-3,b-9 pg15
slate, low, urn & drapery, epitaph-4
Jackson, Clement
"Esq.", physician
d.1788-10-10
83y
"Clement Jackson, Esq."
C-5,d-6 pg27
slate, good, winged cherub, epitaph-6
Jackson, Esther
d.1828-6-2
73y
"E.J."
B-5,a-5 pg37
slate, willow & urn, old repair, part lost
Jackson, Hall
Veteran of the Revolution, physician
d.1797-9-28
58y
"Hal 1 Jackson Esq., M. D."
C-5,d-5 pg27
slate, good, urn & drapery, epitaph-6
Jackson, Jane F.
Dau. of Richard & Martha J. Jackson
d.1833-8-13
ly
G-1,c-2 pg23
marble, eroded
Jackson, Joseph
Only son Rev. Joseph Jackson, Brookline
d.1790-8-19
23y
"Joseph Jackson, A.M."
C-5,c-1
pg27
slate, low, winged cherub, long wording
Jackson, Katherine
Wife of Nathaniel Jackson
d.1799-3-29
59y
"l<atherine Jackson, 1799"
E-2,alO pg17
slate, good, urn & wreath, epitaph-4
Jackson, Martha J.
Wife of
d.1849-4-29
43y 6m
D-1,clO pg6
marble, good
;r./J.
Jackson, Mary
Wife of Dr. Hall Jackson
d.1805-3-30
62y
"M. J."
C-5,d-3 pg27
slate, willow & urn, old iron repair, epitaph-2
Jackson, Mary
d.1809-12-15
B-4,d-8 pg28
"Mrs."
77y
slate, good, willow & urn
Jackson, Nathaniel
d.1810-2-19
69y
"N.J."
E-2,a11
pg17
slate, good, willow & urn
Jackson, Nathaniel
d.1824-8-22
60y
D-3,a-6 pg12
slate, good, willow & urn
Jackson, Richard
Erected by Daniel & Gilman D. Jackson
d.1863-3-6
59y 5m
1 os t
Noted b A. H. Loe k e in 1 907 6t!JJy 11t~11e!(f /Jf tU,r IC/()"?; t(
Ir: -.
t,( bur- r,
r I
o
r d!j e, />1
f
1
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Jackson, S amuel
Son of Dr. Hall & Mary Jack s on
d. 1774-2-13
2 y 2 5d
"Samuel J ackson, 1774"
8-6,c-6 pg29
slate, good, cherub
Jackson~ Theodore
Son of Dr. Hall & Mary Jackson
II
d. 1784-12-5
1 By
Theodore Jackson, 1784"
C-5,c-2 pg27
slate, l ow, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Jeffares, Christopher
"Capt. "
d.1825-5-10
38y
A-5,a-1
pg38
slate, good, willow & urn
Jenkins, Elizabeth
Wife Richard Jenkins, dau. Benjamin Akerman
d.1809-4-12
63y
"E.J."
8-4,d-5 pg29
slate, low, cracking, willow & urn
Jewett, Sarah
Wife of Theodore Jewett
d.1819-6-15
25y
"Mr-s. S. J. 11
E-2,b-1
pg17
slate, low, willow & ur-n, epitaph-4
Johnson, Ly dia
Wife of Joshua Johnson
d.1837-5-11
56y
"L.J."
D-3,c-1
pg11
marble, eroded
Johnson, Sar-ah
Wife of Tar-al Johnson
11
d.1825-9-17
71y
S.J. 11
C-1,a-1
pg5
slate, good, willow & urn
Jones, Har-riet
Wife Hiram Jones, dau. Joseph Deverson
d.1829-1-2
31y
D-6,a-4 pg26
slate, good, willow & ur-n, epitaph-4
Jones, John A.
Son Capt. Samuel & Mar-y H. Jones
d.1804-10-30
ly
B-2,c-1
pg2
slate, low, chipped, willow & urn
Jones, Mary
d.1831-5-12
D-2,a-3 pg6
Wife of William Jones
67y
"M. J. 11
slate, good, no design
Jones, Mar-y H.
Wife of Capt. Samuel Jones
d.1807-4-28
44y
"M.H.J. 11
E-2,c-2 pg15
slate, good, willow & urn
Joy, Benjamin F.
Son of William & Hannah Joy
11
d.1836-5-4
9m
8.F.J. 11
H-2,a13 pg32
slate, good, willow & urn
Junkins, Hiram
Son of Hiram & Sarah Junkins
d. 1840-8-6
7y
"H.J. 11
H-2,a-8 pg32
slate, low, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Kane, Bridget
Dau. of Dennie & Mary Kane
d.1858-9-15
7m
H-4,b-7 marble. eroded
Kennard, Margaret
Wife of Capt. Nathaniel Kennard
d.1817-3-2
62y
"M.I<.
C-1,b-5 pg5
slate. good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
11
Kennard, Nathaniel
Veteran of the Revolution
d.1823-6-24
68y
"Capt. N.K."
C-1,b-6 pg5
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Ladd, Caroline
Dau. of Eliphalet & Abigail Ladd
d.1803-3-1O
17y
"Miss Caroline Ladd"
D-2,h-2 pg17
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-6
Ladd, Cecilia Elouisa
d.182O-8-29
15m
F-2,f-3 pg23
slate,
Dau. of James & Lucy Ladd
low,
willow & urn, epitaph-4
Ladd, Eliphalet
Merchant
d.18O6-2-21
62y
D-2,i-1
pg17
marble slab on square table tomb,
illegible
Ladd, Harriot
Dau. of Eliphalet & Abigail Ladd
d.1799-2-1
7y
"H. Ladd"
E-2,a-9 pg17
slate, low, winged cherub
Ladd, Lydia
d.1811-1O-1
C-1,d-2 pg5
"Mrs."
35y
"L.L. 11
slate, good,
willow & urn
Ladd, Mary L.H.
Wife of Eliphalet Ladd, dau. Joseph Hurd
II
d. 1836-12-27
4 7y
M. L. H. L. 11
D-1,e-1
pg17
marble, eroded, repaired, part lost
Laighton, William H.
d.1836-7-25
48y
"W.H.L."
F-4,b-1
pg21
slate, good, willow & urn
Lakeman, Aaron
Son of Aaron & Elizabeth Lakeman
d.18O3-3-2O
3y
"A.L."
marble, good
Lakeman, Abigail
II A. L. 11
d. 1833-3-16
82y
B-4,e-1
pg28
slate, repaired,
willow & urn
Lang, Theodosia
Widow of John Lang
d.1845-6-12
55y
H-4,d-2 pg31
marble, eroded
Langdon, Elizabeth Sherburne
Wife of Gov. John Langdon
b.1761
d.1813-3-2
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Langdon, Henry Sherburne
with Woodbury Langdon Family
no dates
D-3,e-2 marble plaque on mound tomb
Langdon, John
"Gov.", \)eter-an of the Revolution
b.1739 d.1819-9-18
E-1,c-3 pgl6
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Langdon, John Jr.
d.1789-5-21
41y
"Mr. John Langdon, Jr."
C-3,clO pg4
slate, low, winged cherub, long wording
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Langdon, Mary
Wife of William Langdon
d.1802-2-8
52y
"Mrs. M. Langdon"
E-2,a-7 pg17
slate, good, willow & urn,
epitaph-8
Langdon, Mary
Widow of John Langdon
d. 1825-3-10
61 y
M. L.
C-3,c-11
pg17
slate, good, willow & urn
11
11
Langdon, William
d. 1820-9-30
82y
Mr. W. L.
E-2,a-6 pg17
slate, good, willow & urn,
II
11
long wording
Langdon, Woodbury
Son of Henry S. & Ann Langdon
d.1801-10-24
ly
D-3,c-8 pgll
slate, good, urn
Langdon, Woodbury - Family
no dates
D-3,e-2 marble plaque on mound tomb
Langton, Olive
Wife of Capt. Samuel Langton
d.1828-5-19
68y
E-2,c-4 pg15
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Langton, Samuel
"Capt.", wife Olive same stone
d.1807-2-6
45y
"S.L."
E-2,c-4 pg15
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Lapish, Elizabeth
Dau. of Robert & Abiah Lapish
d.1805-8-31
9m
C-3,a-6 pg4
slate, good, urn & wreath
Latapy, Stephen
Native of Fr-ance
d.1809-11-21
67y
"Mr. S.L.
D-2,e-2 pglO
slate, low, skull & bones, hour-glass
11
Lawry, Benjamin
Son of Benjamin & Eliza B. Lawry
d. 1836-1-12
14y
B. L.
A-3,b-3 pg36
marble, eroded
II
11
Lawry, George S.
d.1852-5-16
83y
G.S.L."
A-3,b-2 pg36
marble, eroded
11
Lawry, Sarah
Wife of George S.
d.1850-3-15
76y
"S.L."
A-3,b-1
pg36
marble, eroded
Lawry
Leavitt, Charlie
Son of Charles W. & Mary A. Leavitt
d.1860-7-24
A-2,c-6 pg2
marble, low, sleeping child, with Lizzie
Leavitt, Lizzie A.
Dau. of Charles W. & Mary A. Leavitt
d.1859-11-15
15m 10d
A-2,c-6 pg2
marble, low, sleeping child, with Charlie
�NORTH CEMETERY,
P ORTSMOUTH
Leblanc, John F.
d.1811-8-22
5y 2 m
C-2,i-3 pg6
slate, good, willow & urn
Leonard, Mary
"Mrs."
d.1814-6-13
75y
lost
Noted by A.H. Loc k e in 1907
Son of Thomas & Sarah Lester
Lester, Benjamin Joseph
d.1864-2-16
6y 8m
G-5,b-6 marble, eroded
Lewis, Emily H.
"Miss"
d.1852-8-12
37y
"E.H.L."
D-4,d-6 pg14
marble, almost illegible
Lewis, James Stoodley Lewis
Son of Capt. Thomas & Sarah Lewis
d.1783-10-21
5y 4m
"James Stoodley Lewis"
C-5,a-1
pg27
slate, broken, part missing, adult figure
Libbey, Dennis
d.1861-4-13
72y 10m
B-6,e-3 pg28
marble, broken,
Libbey, Jeremiah
"Esq.
d.1824-9-4
76y
A-4,a-2 pg36
slate, good,
bottom lost, set low
11
willow & urn
Libbey, Mary Elizabeth
Dau. of David & Betsey Libbey
d.1827-1-31
4y
"M.E.L.
A-1,c-1
pgl
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Lolley, Samuel A.
Son of Samuel & Olive Lolley
d.1847-8-24
16y
C-5,d-7 pg27
marble, almost illegible
Dau. of Edward J. & Dorothy A. Long
Long, Dorothy
d.1814-4-19
5y
"D. L.
F-2,d-2 pg22
marble, low, flower, epitaph-4
11
Long, Dorothy A.
Wife of Edward J. Long
d.1816-6-18
35y
F-3,f-2 pg22
marble, eroded
Long, Edward
Son of Edward ~( Dorothy Long
d.1803-7-18
5w
"E. Long"
F-2,d-3 pg22
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-1
Long, Edward J.
Veteran War of 1812
d.1824-2-27
53y
F-3,f-1
pg21
marble, eroded
Long, Edward Jennings
Master St. John ' s Lodge
d.1824-2-27
53y
F-3,d-1
pg21
marble, good, small cross
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Long, Mar-y E.
d.1815-12-30
F-2,d-1
pg21
Dau. of Edwar-d & Dor-othy Long
3y
M.E.L."
mar-ble, low, urn
11
Lonner-gan, Ann
d.1820-12-26
64y
A.L.
G-4,a-2 pg24
slate, good, willow
11
11
~~
urn
Lonner-gan, Mar-y
d.1830-12-18
77y
"M.L."
G-1,c-1
pg23
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Lord, Samuel Perkins
Son of John P. & Sophia Lord
d.1815-4-5
13m
"S. P. L. "
D-2,h-7 pg17
gr-ay mar-ble, almost illegible
Low, Elisabeth
Wife of Joseph Low
d.1808-8-22
40y
E.L."
E-3,e-5 pg19
slate, good, willow & ur-n, epitaph-4
11
Low, Mary Pear-ne
Dau. of Joseph & Elizabeth Low
d.1806-8-28
4y
"M.P.L.
C-3,a-5 slate, willow & ur-n, r-epaired, epitaph-4
11
Lowd, Cather-ine M.
Dau. of Hunking & Hannah Lowd
d.1851-10-9
37y
D-6,b-2 pg25
marble, eroded
Lowd, Hannah D.
Wide of Hunking Lowd
d.1850-5-25
67y
"H.D.L.
D-6,b-1
pg25
mar-ble, er-oded
11
Lowd, Hunking
d.1869-1-25
82y
D-6,c-1
pg25
mar-ble, almost illegible
Lowe, Augustus G.
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Lowe
d.1825-4-27
22y
"Mr-. A.G.L."
F-3,a13 pg19
marble, eroded, willow & urn, long wording
Lowe, Joseph
d.1823-10-22
F-3,a12 pg20
Mer-chant
59y
"J. L.
slate, good, willow & ur-n
11
Lowe, Joseph Stephens
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Lowe
d. 1806-4-17
10y
J. s. L.
C-3,a-3 pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
11
11
Lowell, Elizabeth
"Madam", widow of Rev. John Lowell
d.1805-9-22
97y
"E.L.
D-3,d-6 pg11
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Lynch, Margaret
d.1857-12-9
19y 9m
H-4,b-5 pg31
marble,
low, eroded
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Lynn, Ann Eline
Dau. of Andrew & Ann Lynn
d.1878-7-30
71y
"A.L.
C-6,a-5 pg27
marble, eroded, low, with mother
11
Lynn, Ann Elizabeth
Widow of Andrew Lynn
d.1853-7-17
80y
"A.E.L.
C-6,a-5 pg27
marble, eroded, low, with dau. Ann
11
Lyons, Emma F.
Dau. of John & Mary Lyons
d.1862-9-13
6w
lost pg31
Noted near H-5
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
MacClintock, Elizabeth
Wife Rev. Samuel MacClintock, Greenl a nd
d.1813-8-13
6By
"E.M."
D-5,c-2 gray marble, eroded
Maine, Sarah Ann
Dau. Ammi R. & Hannah Cutter
"S.A.M. II
d.1811-3-6
35y
E-2,f-9 pg18
slate, good, willow & urn
Manent, Hannah A.
Wife George Manent, dau. John Moulton
d.1884-3-22
S4y 5m
E-5,c-6 pg35
marble, eroded
Mann, Emma Holt
Dau. John & Martha Mann
"E.H.M. II
d.1S35-9-6
Sm
F-3,a-8 marble, eroded
Mann, John
Son of John Mann, late of Portsmouth
d.1S29-4-13
16y
"J.M."
F-3,a-9 pg2O
slate, good, willow & urn
Mann, Nary Leslie
Dau. of Thomas Mann
d.1848-9-1O
1Sy
F-3,a-6 pg2O
marble, low, top corner broken off
Mann, Sarah Ann
Dau. John & Martha Mann
II
d. 1 S36-11-1 9
2Oy
S. A. M. 11
F-3,a-7 pg2O
marble, eroded
Manning, Edward Sherburne
Merchant, son Thomas Manning
d.1821-6-16
26y
C-4,f-1 pg26
gray marble, almost illegible
Manning, Lucretia
Dau. of Ephraim & Hannah Manning
d.1821-1O-31
27m
"L.M. 11
B-5,e-1 pg28
slate, good, willow & urn
Manning, Statira
Wife of Capt. Thomas Manning
d.18O7-6-8
54y
C-4,f-6 pg13
marble, almost illegible
Mansfield, Samuel
d. 1816-5-8
19y
S. M.
A-4,b-6 pg37
marble, eroded, faint tree design
11
Manson, Emily
d.1821-1O-16
F-2,f12 pg23
11
Dau. of Theodore & Mary Manson
2y Sm
"E. M. 11
slate, good, willow & urn
Manson, Susan P.
Wife of Parker Manson
d.1821-9-21
19y
Mr-s. S.P.M."
F-2,f1O pg23
slate, low, split, willow & ur-n, epitaph-4
11
Manson, Theodor-e
d.1822-1-27
36y
"Mr-. T. M.
F-2,f11 pg23
slate, low, willow, ur-n, pillar-s, epitaph-6
11
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
March, Catherine
d.1837-10-26
42y
"C.M.
D-4,c-1
pg12
slate, repaired,
11
willow & urn
March, John
d.1813-6-12
53y
"J.M.
D-3,a-2 pg17
slate, good, wi 11 ow g~ urn
11
March, Margaret
Dau. of John & Sarah March
d.1810-3-11
13y
"M.M.
E-2,a12 pg12
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-2
11
March, Nathaniel J.
d.1827-4-6
27y
"N.M.
D-3,d-1
pg12
slate, good, willow & urn
11
March, Sarah
Widow of John March
d.1815-4-28
45y
D-3,a-1
pg12
slate, good, willow & urn
March, Sarah,
d.1834-2-28
42y
D-4,c-2 pg12
slate, repaired, willow & urn
March, Stephen
d. 1772-3-1
51 y
"Mr. Stephen March, 1 772"
B-5,b-7 pg29
slate, cracked, skull & crossbones
Marden, Daniel
"Capt."
d.1816-9-16
38y
"D.M.
F-3,g-1
marble headstone lost
11
Marden, J.H. (John H.)
Co. G,
(d.1877-12-31)
(54y)
8-2,f-2 pg3
marble, eroded
10th N.H.
Inf.
(Civil War)
Marden, Margaret T.
d.1848-11-15
78y
F-3,a-1
pg20
slate, good, willow & urn
Marden, Mary
d.1816-10-30
F-3,g-2 pg23
Consort of David Marden
30y
"Mrs. M. M."
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Marden, Rachel
Married to William Marden 58 yrs.
d.1834-1-19
78y
"R.M.
F-3,g-3 pg23
marble, eroded
11
Marden, Sarah
Widow of Jonathan Marden
d.1842-8-7
77y
G-3,d-8 pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
Marden, Sarah H.
"Miss"
d.1820-7-5
17y
"S.H.M."
F-3,h-4 slate, good, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Marden, William
Veteran of the Revolution
d.1838-3-11
83y
"W.M."
F-3,g-4 pg23
marble, almost illegible
1'1arsh, John
Merchant
d.1814-1O-21
43y
"J.M."
B-4,c-2 pg29
sandstone, eroded, willow
~<
urn
Marsh, Zebulon
d.18O6-6-29
76y
"Z. Marsh"
E-6,a-7 pg5
slate, low, broken, top lost, epitaph-2
Marshall, Hannah
"H. M.
d.1821-12-22
79y
C-1,a-7 pg5
slate, good, urn
II
Marshall, Thankful
Dau. of Capt. William Marshall
d.179O-12-5
24y
"Miss Thankful Marshall"
D-2,f-6 pg1O
slate, good, willow & urn, long text
Martin, Abraham
d.1846-11-18
78y
"A. M. 11
G-2,b-3 pg33
willow ~< urn
Martin, Ann
Widow of Thomas Martin
d.1811-7-6
68th yr.
"A.M."
E-1,b-3 pg16
gray marble, eroded
Martin, George Thomas
Only son of Jeremiah & Olive C. Martin
d. 1834-11-9
6y
"G. T. M."
B-1,d-1
pg3
marble, almost illegible
Martin, Mary
Wife of Abraham Martin
d.1829-1-22
63y
"M.M."
G-2,b-4 pg33
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Martin, Sarah
Wife of Capt. William M. Martin
d.182O-3-5
32y
"Mrs. S.M."
C-2,h-1
pg6
gray marble, eroded
Martin, Thomas
"Esq."
d.18O5-2-4
73y
"T.M. Esq."
E-2,a-4 pg17
slate, good, circle with leaves
"Capt."
Martin, William M.
d.1833-5-3
54y
"W.M.M."
C-2,h-2 pg6
marble, eroded
I
Massey, George
d.1821-8-4
7Oy
E-2,a-1
pg17
marble, eroded, willow & urn, epitaph-!
Massey, Hannah
Wife of George Massey
d.1852-1-26
85y
E-2,a-2 pg17
marble, eroded
!....
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Massey, Mehitable
Wife of George Massey
d.18O4-11-3
49y
"M.M."
E-2,a-5 pg17
marble, almost illegible
McHard, Elizabeth
Wife of William McHard
d.1791-1-21
7Oy
"Mrs. Elizabeth McHard"
D-2,e-9 pg1O
slate, low, winged cherub
McIntire, Andrew
Son of Neil & Mary McIntire
1791 (?)
1w
B-6,f-3 pg28
slate, good, death head, with Clarissa
McIntire, Clarissa
Dau. of Neil & Mary McIntire
d.1791-11-28
19m
"Clarissa McIntire, 1791"
B-6,f-3 pg28
slate, good, death head, with Andrew
McIntire, Katherine
Dau. of Neil & Mary McIntire
d.1781-7-27
4y 1Om
"Katherine McIntire"
B-6,f-4 pg28
slate, good, headstone stolen 1986
McIntire, Mary
Wife of Neil McIntire
d.1814
"M.M.I."
D-1,c-5 pg1O
marble, illegible
McIntire, Neil
d.1812-4-7
87y 7m 22d
"N.M.I."
D-1,b-1
pg6
marble, illegible
Melcher, Catherine
Wife of Catherine Melcher
d.1815-12-1O
78y
"C.M.
E-3,a-2 pg15
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-5
11
Melcher, Gershom F.
d.1821-7-28
25y
"G.F.M."
C-6,a-4 pg27
marble, eroded
Melcher, Nathaniel
"Capt."
d.1822-1-5
79y
E-3,a-1
slate, good, willow & urn
Melcher, Nathaniel Jr.
d.18O8-4-15
4Oy
"N.M."
E-3,e-4 pg19
slate, low, tipped, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Melcher, Samuel
d.1831-1-23
29y
C-5,a-2 pg27
marble, almost illegible
Melcher, Woodbury
d.18O5-12-27
25y
"W.M."
E-3,b-5 pg15
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-6
Meloan, Abraham
d.1852-9-28
6Oy
"A.M."
A-6, b-8
\'~ 1> ~ ~ ' d e 1_~oo d.
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Meloan, Enoch
With wife Mary
d. 1793-2-17
"E. M.
C-2,d-3 marble, almost illegible
11
Meloan, Mary
Widow of Enoch Meloan
d.1839-10-11
Bly
C-2,d-3 marble, almost illegible, with Enoch
Meloan, Paulina
Wife of Abraham Meloan
d.1848-8-10
59y
"P.M.
A-6,b-9 pg39
marble, eroded
11
Mendum, Charlotte
Dau. of Robert & Mary Mendum
d.1826-12-13
17y
lost pgl
Noted by Frost near A-1
Mendum, Clementine
Dau. of Jonathan & Nancy Mendum
d.1820-4-18
2y
C-3,c-5 pg3
slate, good, willow & urn
Mendum, Eliza U.
Wife of Jonathan Mendum
d.1834-9-5
46y
"E.U.M.
C-4,c-2 pg3
slate, low, willow & urn
11
Mendum, Elizabeth E.
Dau. of Samuel & Adaline Mendum
d.1831-5-18
6m
"E.E.M."
C-4,c-1 pg3
slate, good, no design, with Sarah
Mendum, John
d.1850-1-6
62y
A-5,c-4 pg38
marble, eroded
Mendum, John
"Capt.", veteran of the Revolution
d.1806-4-3
86y
"Capt. J.M."
E-3,c-1
pg20
sandstone, spalling, long wording
Mendum, Mary
d.1823-12-15
A-1,a-2 pgl
Wife of Robert Mendum
42y
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Mendum, Mary H.
Wife of John Mendum
d.1855-8-29
66y
"M.H.M."
A-5,d-1
pg38
marble, eroded
Mendum, Nancy
Wife of Jonathan Mendum
d.1820-11-20
41y
"Mrs. N.M."
C-3,c-3 slate, good, willow & urn
Mendum, Samuel
d.1844-2-9
37y
"S.M."
C-3,b-1
pg3
slate, good, willow & urn
Mendum, Sarah E.
Dau. of Samuel & Adaline Mendum
d. 1832-6-31
S. E. M.
C-3,c-1
pg3
slate, good, no design, with Elizabeth
11
11
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Mendum, Susannah
Wife of Capt. John Mendum
d.1820-1-21
73y
A-5,e-4 pg38
slate, good, urn
Merriam, Mehitable
d.1848-10-28
84y
B-5,a12 pg37
slate, good, willow & urn
Merriam, Nathaniel
"Capt."
d.1821-12-4
54y
"Capt. N.M."
B-5,all pg37
slate, broken, top lost
Merrill, Charles A.
Son of Albert & Abby Merrill
d.1863-8-9
3m 21d
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Merrill, Hannah
Wife of Benjamin Merrill
d.1816-9-26
44y
B-5,b-1
pg29
marble, almost illegible
Meserve, Esther
Dau. of George Meserve
d.1799-5-1
37y
"Miss Esther Meserve"
E-4,d-4 pg20
slate, good, urn & drapery
Miller, John
d.1813-7-10
D-1,b-3 pg6
Wife Ruth on back
40y
marble, eroded
Miller, Ruth
d.1841-1-16
D-1,b-3 pg6
Wife of John Miller
63y
marble, eroded, on back of John's stone
Moffatt, John
d.1786-2-22
92y
"Mr. John Moffatt, Esq.
D-2,e-3 pg11
slate, low, willow & urn
1786"
Moffatt, Katherine
Wife of John Moffatt of Portsmouth
d.1769-12-7
69y
D-3,clO pg11
slate, good, cherub
Moffatt, Sarah Catherine
Wife of Samuel Moffatt, merchant
d.1802-11-5
60y
lost pg11
May have been D-2 or D-3
Monroe, Elizabeth R.P.
Wife of Henry Monroe
d.1835-2-26
33y
"E. R.P.M."
A-5,d-5 pg38
marble, eroded
Monroe, Henry
d.1849-10-11
A-5,d-6 pg38
"H. M.
48y
marble, eroded
II
Monroe, Isadore O.P.
Dau. of Henry & Elizabeth Monroe
d.1849-12-20
17y
A-5,d-7 pg38
marble, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Moore, Mary Ann
Wife of John Moore
d.1821-9-24
26y
"M.A.M."
B-5,c-3 pg29
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Moore, William Archibald
Son of John & Mary Ann Moore
b.1821-7-1
d.1829-1-27
"W.A.M."
B-5,c-2 pg29
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Morse, Sarah
"Mrs.
d.1878-4-10
74y
S.M.
G-1,e-1
pg33
marble, good
11
11
11
Moses, Anna Goodrich
Widow of James Goodrich & John Moses
d.1842-10-19
62y
"A.G."
B-5,b-3 pg29
marble, eroded, with John Moses
Moses, Charles E.
Son of Nehemiah~( Elizabeth Moses
d.1828-10-3
3y 6m
G-4,c-3 pg34
marble, eroded, with George
Moses, Elizabeth
Wife of Nehemiah Moses
d.1835-7-3
28y
E.M."
G-4,c-2 pg34
marble, repaired. reset low,
11
with son M,:1.rk
Moses, George W.
Son of Nehemiah & Elizabeth Moses
d.1824-2-23
22h
G-4,c-3 pg34
marble, eroded, with Charles
Moses, John
On stone with Anna Goodrich Moses
d.1816-4-12
40y
J. M.
B-5,b-3 pg29
marble, eroded
11
11
Moses, Mark Edward
Son of Nehemiah & Elizabeth Moses
d.1834-7-12
27m
"M.E.M."
G-4,c-2 pg34
marble, repaired, set low, with mother
Moses, Sar- ah E.
Dau. of Nehemiah & Elizabeth Moses
d.1835-11-22
5y 9m
"S.E.M."
G-4,c-1
pg34
mar-ble, er-oded, br-oken, r-eset low
Moses, Thomas G.
d. 1825-1-19
38y
"T. G. M. "
B-6,c-5 pg29
slate, good, masonic emblems, epitaph-4
Moses, William
Son of William & Elizabeth Moses
d.1805-12-8
6m
B-2,a-2 slate, low, sprig in cir-cle, reset higherMoulton, Ann Watts
Dau. of John & Nancy Moulton
d.1846-7-2
43y
"M.A.W.
D-2,e-1
stub of mar-ble headstone
11
Moulton, Ann Watts
Dau. of John & Nancy Moulton
d.1846-7-2
43y
E-5,c-4 pg35
mar-ble, almost illegible, name, no date
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Moulton, C.W. (C h a rles)
Co. K, 3rd N.H.
(d.1872-3-14)
G-6,a-1
pg35
marble, eroded
Inf.
(Civil War )
Moulton, Ernaline Lydia
Dau. of Nathaniel T. & Lydia Moulton
d.1828-1O-18
9m
"E.L.M."
B-3,b-4 pg3O
slate, low, repaired, part lost, willow & urn
Moulton, George Edwin
Son of John P. & Susan H. Moulton
d.1844-7-28
18m
D-5,b-3 pg27
slate, poor, willow & urn
Moulton, Hannah
Wife of Capt. John Watts Moulton
d.1799-1O-25
32y
E-5,c-2 pg1O
marble, broken, reset low, with John & Nancy
Moulton, John E.
Son of Nathaniel T. & Lydia Moulton
d.1826-9-3
1Ow
B-3,b-2 slate, low, top part lost
Moulton, John Watts
"Capt. " , died at Norfolk, Va.
d.18O2-9-16
36y
E-5,c-2 pg1O
marble, repaired, set low, with Hannah & Nanc y
Moulton, Nancy
Widow of John Watts Moulton
d.1875-3-9
96y 4m
E-5,c-5 marble, eroded, see also E-5,c-2
Moulton, Nancy
Widow of John Watts Moulton
d.1875-3-9
96y 4m
E-5,c-2 pg11
marble, repaired, set low, with Hannah & John
Moulton, Sarah Emery
Dau. of Nathaniel T. & Lydia Moulton
d.1826-12-13
14y
"S.E.M."
B-3,b-1
pg3O
slate, low, willow & urn
Muchemore, Meshack
d.1872-8-2O
35y
G-4,e-8 pg32
marble, broken, decayed
Muchemore, William H.
Son of M.T. & L. Muchemore
d.1852-6-14
17y
G-4,e-7 pg32
marble, eroded, cross & winged harp
Mullineaux , Esther
d.1868-8-2
83y 9m
F-3,e-1
pg21
marble, eroded
Murphy, Charlie
Son of Weymouth & Eliza J. Murphy
d. 1864
18y
D-1,b-4 pg6
marble, eroded, sleeping baby, with Warren Gates
Murphy, Levi Woodbury
Son of Weymouth & Eliza J. Murphy
d.185O-12-18
2y
D-1,b-5 pg6
marble, · eroded, with Samuel P. Wiggin
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Mushaway, John
d.1826-4-4
72y
"J.M."
A-2,b-1
pg36
slate, cracked,
willow & urn
Mushaway, Mary
Wife of John Mushaway
d.1819-7-13
67y
"M.M.
A-2,b-4 pg36
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
11
Myers, Dolly
d.1868-2-14
C-2,f-3 pg4
60y
"D.M."
marble, good
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Nay, Charles Clinton
S on S tanley & Sophia Nay, died Port land. Me.
d.1860-6-11
30y
A-2,c-7 pg!
marble, repaired
Nay, Edwin
Son of S tanley & Sophia Nay, born Boston
b.1837-1-11
d.1841-1-30
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Marshall Stanley
Son Stanley & Sophia Nay, died Alban y , Me.
d.1861-10-24
3 3y
A-2,c-7 pgl
marble, repaired
Nay,
Nay, Stanley
d.1842-10-24
A-2,c-7 pg!
Son Dea, Raymond Nay, died Buffalo, NY
47y
marble, repaired
Elizabeth
Wife of Thomas Neal
d.1839-3-3
73y
B-1,d-3 pg2
slate, good, willow & urn
Neal,
Neal, Joshua
"Capt."
d.1831-2-1
64y
"J.N. "
8-6,b-2 pg29
marble, good
Neal, Sarah Ann
Dau. Capt. Joshua & Nancy Neal
d.1806-4-17
21m
C-3,a-1
pg4
slate, low, urn
Thomas
d.1810-2-21
56y
B-1,d-4 pg22
slate, broken, part lost, epitaph- 2
Neal,
Neil, Sarah
Wife of Thomas Neil
d.1821-12-12
49y
"Mrs. S. N."
F-2,e-7 pg22
slate, low, willow & urn,
with William
Neil, Thomas
d.1850-6-24
77y
"T.N."
F-2,e-8 pg22
slate, good, willow & urn
William Jr.
Son of Thomas & Sarah Neil, drowned
d.1820-6-29
23y
"W.N., Jr."
F-2,e-7 pg22
slate, low, willow & urn, with mother
Neil,
Nelson, John
d.1818-1-31
C-2,i-l.
pg6
Long member NH Mechanic Assoc.
49y
"J. N."
gray marble, repaired, part lost
Nelson, Margaret
Wife of John Nelson
d.1807-6-30
34y
C-2,i-4 pg6
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Newell, Martha Emily
Only child James & Sarah Newell
d.1840-9-10
11m
marble, eroded
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Newhall, Lucy Ann
Dau. Samuel & Ruth Newhall
d.1829-1-19
19y
F-2,d-7 pg22
marble, almost illegible, with Ruths
Newhall, Mercy
Eldest dau. late Capt. Samuel Newhall
d.1803-7-6
35y
C-2,h-4 marble, eroded, low, of Newburyport
Newhall. Ruth
Dau. of Samuel Newhall
d.1816-10-13
15m
F-2,d-7 marble, eroded, with Ruth & Lucy Ann
Newhall, Ruth
Wife of Samuel Newhall
d.1829-10-12
43y
F-2,d-7 marble, eroded, with Ruth & Lucy Ann
Newhall, Samuel
Merchant
d.1820-12-2
36y
"S.N."
F-2,d-6 pg22
marble, eroded
Newton, John
d.1811-1-26
C-1,e-2 pg6
Native of Gosport
48y
"J. N."
marble, almost illegible
Noble, John
"Dea."
d.1801-10-19
66y
D-5,b-4 pg13
slate, low, broken, urn & wreath, epitaph-4
Noble, John
"Capt."
II
d. 1819-1-23
43y
J. N. 11
D-5,a-13 pg26
slate, good, willow & urn
Noble, Mary
Wife of Dea. John Noble
d.1793-4-16
36y
"Mrs. Mary Noble"
D-4,a-2 pg13
slate, low, cherub
Noble, Pamelia
Wife of Capt. John Noble
d.1818-8-28
27y
D-4,a-3 pg13
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-3
Norton, Anna
Widow of Josiah Norton
d.1822-5-19
49y
"A.N."
8-5,a-2 pg38
slate, cracked, willow & urn
Nute, Charity
"Mrs."
d.1846-3-29
Bly
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Nutter, James M.
"Master"
no dates
lost pg31
Noted between H-2 and H-3
Nutter, Nancy
Consort of John Nutter
d.1823-4-23
55y
"N.N."
D-1,c-1
marble, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Odior-ne, John
d.1825-7-12
42y
C-2,b-1
pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
Oldest tomb at North Cemeter-y
Odior-ne, Jotham
d.1751
48y
sandstone slab on mound tomb
C-4,f10 pg13
Oliver, Susannah
Dau. of Daniel & Bethia Oliver of Boston
d.1768-8-12
20th yr.
"Mr-s. Susannah Oliver"
B-6,b-1
pg17
slate, good, death head
Youngest son of James & Sarah Orne
Orne, Joseph
d.1820-8-26
14y
"J.O."
E-2,b-2 pg17
marble, eroded, willow & urn
Osborne, Geor-ge
Family of George Osborne
no dates
F-6,a-3 pg35
slate, top broken off, epitaph-4
Osborne, Margaret
d.1837-4-19
23y
"M.J.O."
C-1,e-8 pg5
marble, r-epaired, top corner off
Osgood, Charles Edward
Son of S. & Julia Ann Osgood
d.1833-6-23
7y
"C.E.O."
E-1,b-9 pg16
marble, almost illegible
Oxford, Susan Ellen
Only dau. of John R. & Lydia S. Oxford
d.1842-8-3
16m
A-2,b-5 pg1
marble, eroded, reset 1992
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Packer, Thomas
d.1793-12-16
63y
D-4,d-2 pg14
slate, good, urn & drapery,
Paddleford, Margaret
d.1847-2-4
83y
"M.P. 11
D-5,all
pg26
slate, good,
epitaph- 7
willow & urn
Palfrey, Abbigail
Widow of John Palfrey of Boston
d.1812-11-2
64y
"A.P. 11
C-1,d-4 pg5
slate, good, willow & urn
Pal mer, Dorothea S.
"Miss", with mother ~( 2 sisters
d.1834-8-6
19y
"D.S.P. 11
F-2,e-5 pg22
marble, eroded
11
Pal mer, Mary C.
Mrs. 11 , with 3 daughters
d.183O-11-28
49y
F-2,e-5 pg22
marble, eroded
Palmer, Mary S.
"Miss", vJith mother~( 2 sisters
d.1836-1-19
27y
"M.S.P."
F-2,e-5 pg22
marble, eroded
Palmer, Sarah E,
"Miss", with mother ~( 2 sister-s
d.1833-12-28
22y
f-2,e-5 pg22
marble, eroded
Par-ke, Jane
Widow Capt. Matthew Parke of Boston
d.1824-5-27
62y
A-5,b-5 pg19
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Par-kens, Thomas
Native of Wor-r-ingham, England
d.1843-12-15
73y
"T.P. 11
E-2,f-1
pg19
marble, almost illegible
Parks, Drewsilla
Wife of Elisha Par-ks
d.1857-4-3
42y
H-5,a-4 pg31
space, stone lost
Parks, Eliza A.
Dau. of Elisha & Drewsilla Par-ks
d.1866-11-2O
26y
H-5,a-3 pg31
marble, eroded
Parks, Ida B.
d.1865-11-3O
H-5,a-1
pg31
Dau. of Elisha & Dr-ewsilla Par-ks
5y 1Om
marble, broken, top lost
Par-ks, Thomas B.
Son of Elisha & Dr-ewsilla Par-ks
d.1863-3-16
18y 6m
H-5,a-2 pg31
marble, eroded, veter-an Civil WarParrott, Debor-ah
Wife Capt. John Parrott of Portsmouth
d.1779-2-21
37y
B-4,f-1
pg28
slate, good, death head, wording-8
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Parry, Edward Owen
Son of Edward & Joanna Parry
d.1798-8-19
12m 6d
"Edward Owen Parry"
Parry, Joanna
Wife of Edward Parry
d.1800-6-10
27y
"Mrs. Joanna Parry"
D-2,c-3 pglO
slate, low, old repair, design lost
Parry, Louisa A..
Only child Edward Parry, merchant
d.1803-6-18
4y 4m
"L.A. Parry"
D-2,c-2 pglO
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-12
Parry, Martha Ann Lane
Dau. Samuel & Mary Barry Lane Parry
d.1824-5-1
lOy
G-4,b-6 slate, good, willow & urn
Parry, Richmond
d.1828-9-24
85y
A-2,c-5 pgl
slate,
low, willow & urn
Parry, Samuel
d.1861-5-15
73y
A-2,c-2 marble, almost illegible
Paul, Elizabeth
Wife of Capt. John Paul
d.1803-10-29
"Mrs. E. Paul"
22y
C-2,f-4 pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
Payson, Jonathan
b.1752-3-21
d.1826-2-8
"J.P."
B-6,a-6 pg39
marble, eroded
Payson, Sarah
Wife of Jonathan Payson
b. 1757-10-9 d . 1820-9-6
"Mrs. S. P. "
B-6,a-5 pg39
marble, good
Pearne, Ann
d.1788-9-20
C-3,b-6 pg4
Dau. of William & Mary Pearne
21y
"Ann Pearne"
slate, good, winged cherub, carver Enoch Noyes
Pearne, Mary
d.1788-6-30
C-3,a-4 pg4
Wife of William Pearne, Merchant
54y
"Mary Pearne, 1788"
slate, good, cherub
Pearse, George
Son of Stephen & Sarah Pearse
b.1815-8-18 d.1868-7-1
E-1,e-3 pg18
marble, eroded
Pearse, Mary
Wife Peter Pearse, dau. Jotham Odiorne
d.1817-7-22
75y
C-4,f-9 pg13
marble plaque, side Odiorne Tomb
Pearse, Mary F.
Son of Stephen & Sarah Pearse
d.1865-9-3
60y
E-1,e-1
pg18
marble, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Pearse, Oliver Peabody
Drowned at Cape May
d.1848-8-8
40y
C-4,f-9 pg13
marble plaque, side Odiorne tomb
Pearse, Peter
Son Thomas Pearse of Salcombe, Eng.
d.1812-3-8
75y
C-4,f-9 pg13
marble plaque, side Odiorne tomb
Pearse, Sarah H.
Wife Stephen Pearse, dau. Oliver Peabody
b.1783-8-21
d.1848-9-14
C-4,f-9 pg13
marble plaque, side Odiorne tomb
Pearse, Stephen
b.1779-5-17 d.1861-3-26
C-4,f-9 pg13
marble plaque, side Odiorne tomb
Pearse, Stephen Jr.
Son of Stephen & Sarah Pearse
d.1830-3-26
19y
"S.P."
E-1,e-2 slate, good, willow & urn
Pearson, Israel Putnam
d.1816-5-3
7m
A-2,a-5 pg36
slate, good, willow
&
urn
Peavey, Abigail
Mother of the late George Boyd
d. 1800-9-8
96y
"Madam Abigai 1 Peavey, 18(H)"
C-4,d-2 pg12
slate, old iron repair, willow & urn, epi taph--4
Peavey, Hannah
Wife of Anthony Peavey
d.1840-6-13
43y
F-5,c-3 slate, good, willow & urn, with Infant
Peavey, Infant
b.1840 d.1840
F-5,c-3 slate,
Child of Hannah & Anthony Peavey
good,
willow & urn,
with mother
F'eduz z i, Domenick
Native of Val-di -Integl um, Italy
d.1840-2-16
65y
"D.P."
C-4,a-3 pg28
marble, eroded, with wife Jane
Peduzzi, Jane
d.1811-12-13
C-4,a-3 pg28
Of Amherst, NH, wife of Domenick Peduzzi
30y
marble, eroded, with husband
Peduzzi, Margaret
Wife of Domenick Peduzzi
d.1839-6-21
58y
"M.P."
A-5,c-3 pg38
marble, eroded
Peduzzi, Margaret T.
Dau. of Domenick & Margaret Peduzzi
d.1826-7-6
4y Bm
"M.T.P."
A-5,c-2 pg38
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Peirce, Edward J.
d.1818-9-13
49y
"Mr . E. J • P. "
E-4,e-4 pg20
slate, good, willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Peir-ce, Lydia
IIL. p.
d.1844-8-14
64y
F-5,c-1
pg21
marble stub, r-emainder- lost
II
Pender-, Ale:-:
Son of Abraham & S.P. Pender
d.1847-7-20
4m
B-6,d-2 double mar-ble, almost illegible, with Fr-ances
Pender-, Fr-ances A.
Dau. of Abr-aham & S.P. Penderd.1852-10-2
2m Bd
B-6,d-2 double mar-ble, almost illegible, with Alex
Penhallow, Andr-ew Jackson
b.1815-3-1
d.1890-1-15
E-2,e-5 pg19
sandstone slab on table tomb, part lost
Penhallow, Har-riet
Widow of Hunking Penhallow
d.1861
E-2,e-5 pg19
sandstone slab on table tomb, part lost
Penhal 1 ow, Hunking
"Hon.
d.1826-9-24
60y
E-2,e-5 pg19
sandstone slab on table tomb,
11
part lost
Pepper, Joseph
20y
IIJ op o II
d.1849-5-27
E-3,e-6 pg19
mar-ble, eroded
Perkins, Jer-emy M.
Son of Jeremy & Ann Perkins
d.1831-10-19
10m
D-6,a-5 pg26
slate, good, willow & 2 urns
Perkins, Jeremy M.
d.1836-12-12
34y
C-6,d-2 pg26
slate, good, willow & urn
Perkins, Louisa
For-mer- wife Pierce P. Clements
d.1838-9-1
52y
G-3,c-3 marble, repaired, with Pierce P. Clements
Perkins, Mary Ann
Dau. of Jeremy & Ann Perkins
d.1830-3-9
7y
C-6,c-5 mar-ble, eroded
Perkins, Nancy
Wife of Noah Perkins
d.1854-12-19
64y
F-1,b-3 pg18
marble, eroded
Perkins, Sar-ah D.
Dau. of Jeremy & Ann Perkins
d.1842-11-7
6y 7m
C-6,d-1
pg26
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Perry, Geor-ge N.
United States Navy
no dates
A-2,c-3 pgl
marble, almost illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Pettigrew, Mary R.
Wife of William Pettigrew
d.1879-6-8
79y 10m 12d
H-4,d-4 pg31
marble, eroded, with William
Pettigrew, Susan Emeline
Wife Francis F. Pettigrew
d.1845-3-21
21y
H-4,d12 pg31
marble, eroded
Pettigrew, William
Veteran of Mexican War
d.1865-2-9
59y 9m
H-4,d-4 pg31
marble, eroded, with wife Mary
Philbrick, David
d.18 -8-27
6m
A-2,a-2 pg36
slate, broken, part date lost
Philbrick, Lynthia Ann
Dau. John C. & Sarah A. Philbrick
date part lost
"L.A.P."
H-2,a-5 pg32
marble, broken, reset low, with Sarah Ann
Philbrick, Sarah Ann
Wife of John C. Philbrick
d. 1837-11-14
30y
"S. A. P. "
H-2,a-5 pg32
marble, broken set low, with Lynthia Ann
Phinney, H. Clement
Son of Stephen
d.1841-4-14
7y
G-1,b-1
pg23
marble, eroded
&
Ann Phinney
Pickering, Abigail
Wife John Pickering, dau. Jacob Sheafe
d.1805-12-12
62y
"Mrs. A. Pickering"
B-4,c-3 pg29
marble, eroded
Pickering, Benjamin D.A.
Son Ephraim & Maria Pickering
d.1841-3-15
5y 3m
G-4,e-5 pg32
slate, good, willow & urn
Pickering, Frances
d.1822-11-3
46y
"F.P."
B-4,d-3 marble, eroded
Pickering, John
"Hon."
d.1805-4-11
67y
"Hon. John Pickering, LLD"
B-4,c-4 pg29
marble, almost illegible, long text
Wife of Joshua Pike
Pike, Elizabeth D.
d.1825-8-23
35y
G-4,c-8 pg34
slate, good, wi 11 ow 8< urn
'
Pillow, Elizabeth
Dau. of John & Mary Pillow
d.1822-10-4
21y
G-3,b-1
pg34
slate, low, willow & urn, with 3 others
Pillow, John
With wife, son & daughter
d.1802-4-10
32y
G-3,b-1
pg34
slate, low, willow & urn, with 3 others
�NORTH CEMETERY , PORTSMOUTH
Pillow, John M.
Son John & Mary Pillow, died Co ncord
d.1821-9-6
28y
G-3,b-1
pg34
slate, low, willow & urn, with 3 others
Pillow, Mary
Widow of John Pillow
d.1812-9-23
42y
G-3,b-1
pg34
slate, low, willow & urn, with 3 others
Pillow, Mary Jane
"Miss"
d.1818-6-27
22y
F-3,h-3 pg21
slate, good, urn & circles
Pinkham, Ruth Ann
b.1814-9-3O d.182O-9-11
"R.A.P."
B-6,a-7 pg39
slate, good, willow & urn
Place, George T.
Son of Leonard & Ann E. Place
d.1861-11-12
2w
lost pg35
Should be E-6
Place, James
d.1835-11-13
D-2,a-2 pg6
26y
"J.P."
marble, low, almost illegible
Place, Mary Jane
Wife of John S. Place
d.1833-8-7
37y
C-1,e-7 pg5
marble, eroded
Place, Mary T. Walker
Widow of James Place
d.1837-2-18
D-2,a-1
pg6
marble, almost illegible
Wife of John S. Place
Place, Nancy Jones
d.1814-3-2O
28y 7m
"N.J.P."
C-1,d-9 pg5
marble, eroded
Wife of Samuel Place of Portsmouth
Place, Sarah
d.1793-7-12
27y
"Mrs. Sarah Place"
D-4, b-1
pg13
slate, good, cherub
Plummer, William
d. 1798-8-3
25y
"Wi 11 iam Plummer, 1798"
E-4,b-5 pg2O
slate, good, willow & urn
Prescott, Sarah
Wife of John Prescott
d.1849-1-6
37y
H-4,d-1
pg31
marble, broken, almost illegible
Purkins, Elizabeth
"Mrs."
d.1822-9-5
47y
"E.P."
D-5,a-2 pg26
slate, flaw in stone, willow & urn
Putnam, Harriet
Wife of Rev. Israel W. Putnam
d. 1832-6-10
41y
"H.P."
E-1,bll
pg16
marble, eroded, urn & pillars
�NORTH CEMETERY~ PORTSMOUTH
Putnam~ Horace Morse
Son Rev.
d.1832-12-21
7y
"H.M.P."
E-1~b1O pg16
marble~ eroded
Israel & Harriet Putnam
�NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Quincy, Sarah
Relict of Edmund H. Quincy
d.1826-12-7
77y
A-5,e-2 marble, illegible, with grdau. Hannah Folsom
�NORTH CE METERY,
P ORTSMOUTH
Rand, Caroline Esther
Dau. of Harr y Rand
d. 1841-10-3 1
2y 3m
C. E. R. "
G-5,b-2 marble, eroded
II
Randall, Abigail
Relict of Capt. Paul Randall
d.1824-9-14
84y
D-5,a-9 pg26
space for lost marker
Randall, Sarah
Wife of Edward Randall
d.1845-1-26
85y
C-2,f-2 pg4
marble, eroded
Reding, Almira
"Miss"
d.1831-8-20
33y
"A.R.
E-4,d-2 pg20
slate, gppd, willow 81. ur-n
11
Reding, Charles
Wife Phebe same stonw
d.1838-11-14
57y
E-4,d-1
pg20
marble, repaired, part lost
Reding, John
d.1825-11-15
E-4,f-4 pg20
Wife Mary same stone
81y
slate, good, urn, drapery, cherubs
Reding, Mary
Noted with husband John Reding
d.1799-7-23
47y
"Mary, Wife of John Reding, 1799"
E-4,f-4 pg20
slate, good, urn, drapery, cherubs
Reding, Phebe
Noted with husband Charles Reding
d.1848-12-2
69y
E-4,d-1
pg20
marble, repaired, part lost
Reed, Sarah
"Widow"
d.1821-6-25
70y
A-3,a-6 pg36
slate,
1 ow,
wi 11 ow 81. urn, epitaph-4
Rober-ts, Edmund
"Capt.
d. 1787-11-15
44y
"Capt. Edmund Roberts"
C-3,e-3 pg12
slate, low, willow, ur-n, pillars
11
Rober-ts, Evaline L.C.
Dau. of James & Elizabeth Rober-ts
d.1844-8-27
21y
F-6,a-1
pg35
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Robinson, Geor-ge W.
Son of Joseph & Mar-y Robinson
d.1820-9-24
17y 9m
C-2,d-1
pg4
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Roger-s, Mar-y S. Holman
d.1888-10-25
84y Sm
F-2,f-2 marble, eroded
Widow of Cyr-us Rogers
Rohl, Rebecca A.T.
Widow of John L. Rohl
d.1839-7-29
34y
"R.A. T.R.
F-5,a-2 pg21
marble top seen outside fence '86, now lost
11
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Ross, Emily Olevia
Wife of John Ross
d.1853-9-3
48y
F-3,e-2 slate, good, willow & urn
Rousoe, Frederick
Son of Joseph & Jane Rousoe
d.1851-1-17
5y 4m
H-4,dlO marble, eroded
Rowe, Ebenezer Jr.
d.1825-2-26
27y
E.R.
G-4,b-2 pg24
slate, good, wi 11 ow
11
11
~~
urn
Rowe, Jabez
Son of Jabez & Nancy Rowe
d.1836-5-20
ly 6m 15d
G-5,a-1
pg24
marble, eroded
Rowe, Jabez
Capt.
d.1837-5-7
33y
J.R.
G-4,ell
pg32
slate, good,
II
11
11
11
willow~~ urn
Rowe, Thomas F.
b.1807-4-3 d.1827-6-13
T.F.R.
G-4,b-1
pg24
slate, willow & urn, broken, part lost
11
11
Rowell, Nehemiah
A Worthy Citizen"
d.1779-9-7
30y
"Mr. Nehemiah Rowell,
B-4,e-2 pg28
slate, good, death head
11
1779
11
Rugg, Ann Emily Jane
Dau. of Ivah & Olive A. Rugg
d.1832-1-26
2y 3m 13d
B-4,a-1
pg37
slate, good, willow & urn
Rugg, Ivah N.
d.1878-12-21
B-5,a13 pg37
74y !Om
marb 1 e, good
Rugg, Olive Ann
Wife of Ivah N. Rugg
d.1875-12-10
75y
B-5,a14 pg37
marble, good
Rundlet, Edward
Son of James & Jane Rundlet
d.1805-1-1
1y
E-2,b-4 pg17
slate, good, urn
Rundlet, Elizabeth
Dau. of James & Jane Rundlet
d. 1810-4-22
By
"E. R.
D-2,g-1
pg10
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Rundlet, John
Son of James & Jane Rundlet
d.1804-9-28
17y
"J. Rundlet"
E-2,b-5 pg17
slate, top broken off
Rundlett, Frances W.
Wife of William Rundlett
d.1825-4-17
20y
"F.W.R.
D-3,d-3 pg12
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-3
11
�NORTH CEMETER Y, PORTSMOUTH
Russell, Eleazer
Collector of Customs, etc.
d.1798-9-18
76y
"Eleazer- Russell, Esq."
A-6,c-1
pg39
slate, part of side broken off
Russel 1, l"lartha
"Miss
d. 1798-9-21
65v
"t1. R.
A-6,c-2 pg39
slate, good,
11
11
urn,
wording
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Salter, Abigail
Widow of Capt. John Salter
d. 1806-4-4
50y
"Mrs. A. S. 1806"
C-4,f-5 pg13
marble, almost illegible
Salter, Elizabeth
Widow of Capt. Richard Salter
d.1836-6-17
82y
"E.S."
D-3,f-2 pg15
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph -1
Salter, Elizabeth
Wife of Richard Salter
d.1805-7-25
54y
E-3,b-4 pg15
slate, good, willow 8~ urn, epitaph--4
Salter, Richard
d.1820-8-12
47y
E-4,a-5 pg15
slate, good, willow & urn
Salter, Richard
Veteran of the Revolution
d.1812-5-2
68y
D-3,f-1
pg15
slate, good, willow & urn
Salter, Sarah Ann
Wife of Capt. Henry Salter
d.1810-11-11
27y
"S.A.S. 11
D-4,a-8 pg13
marble, eroded, willow & urn
Saunders, Charles H.
Son Capt. Richard & Charlotte Saunder s
d. 1828-7-17
7y
"C.H. s. 11
F-1,e-2 pg22
slate, low, willow & urn
Saunders, Charlotte H.
With husband Richard Saunders
d.1827-4-29
47y
F-1,e-1
pg22
double slate, good, willow & urn
Saunders, Richard
"Capt.", with wife Charlotte
d.1827-8-10
47y
"R.S. 11
F-1,e-1
pg22
double slate, good, willow & urn
Sawyer, Selvesta J.
Son of Moses & Mary Sawyer
d.1841-5-17
3y Bm
G-4,e-4 pg32
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Scriggins, George A.
Son of John & Maria Scriggins
d.1847-6-25
6y
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Scriggins, Harriet A.
Dau. of Stephen & Lydia Scriggins
d.1846-7-22
6y
"H.A.S. 11
B-4,d-2 pg28
slate, good, willow & urn, with Lydia
Scriggins, Lydia E.
Wife of Stephen D. Scriggins
d.1842-8-26
24y
"L.E.S."
B-4,d-2 pg28
slate, good, willow & urn, with Harriet
Scriggins, William
d.1825-7-29
33y
D-5,a12 pg26
slate, good, willow
&
urn
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Seavey, Wil lia m
"C apt."
d.1845-1O-29
41y
F-5,b-1
pg21
slate, good,
leaf rope edging
Seawards, George J.
Son of William & Susan Seawards
d. 1833-5-:3 1
16y
C-3,f-1
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-3
Seawards, Theodore Sheafe
Son of William & Susan Seawards
d.1825-11-11
4y
C-3,f-2 pg12
slate, repaired, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Sellers, Pamelia
Widow of Capt. James Sellers
d.184O-6-22
26y
D-5,alO pg26
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Senter, Elizabeth S.
Wife of William Senter
d.1835-4-16
29y
"E.S.S."
F-2,a-1
pg19
slate, good, willow & urn
Serratt, Elizabeth
Dau. of Leonard & Margaret Se rrat t
d.181O-8-18
4m 18d
C-2,c-3 pg4
slate, low, urn
Sewall, Jonathan Sewall
Councillor at Law
d.18O8-3-29
6Oy
"J.M.S., Esq."
E-2,a-3 pg17
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Dau. of John & Jane Shackford
Shackford, Caroline
d.1818-9-18
4y
B-1.,f-3 pg5
marble, eroded, low, carved rose
Shackford, John
"Major"
d.1.766-1O-25
58y
"Major John Shackford"
A-4,d-2 pg37
slate, good, winged cherub
Shackford, Mary
Wife of Samuel Shackford
d.1826-6-3
27y
"M.S. 11
G-2,c-1
pg34
marble, almost illegible
Shannon, Elizabeth
Wife of Richard Cutts Shannon
d.1814-6-14
6Oy
"E.S. 11
D-1,c-4 pg1O
marble, almost illegible
Shannon, John L.
Supposed lost at sea, with Sarah
d.1818-9-18
35y
"J.L.S."
D-1,b-2 pg6
marble, almost illegible
Shannon, Richard Cutts
d.1.822-4-7
77y
"R.C.S."
D-1,c-2 pg1O
slate, repaired,
willow & urn, epitaph-1
Shannon, Sarah
Wife of John L. Shannon
11
d.1835-7-26
52y
S.F.S. 11
D-1,b-2 pg6
marble, eroded, John noted also
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Shapley, Thankful
Wife of James Shapley
d.18O6-8-7
45y
"T.S."
A-6,c-3 pg39
slate, good, willow & urn
Shattuck, William C.
Son of Chester & Miriam Shattuck
d.1827-3-1
21y
"W. C. s."
G-3,d-1
pg33
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-5
Shea, Ellen
Dau. of Timothy & Mary Shea
d. 1857-3-11
15y
H-4,b-2 marble, eroded
Sheafe, Abigail
Widow of Jacob Sheafe
d.18O5-9-18
73y
"A.S."
E-4,b-6 pg2O
slate, good, willow & urn
Sheafe, Abigail
Dau. of Thomas Sheafe
d.1843-9-7
65y
"A.S."
D-4,e-5 pg14
marble, eroded
Sheafe, Abigail
d.1843
65y
D-4,f-2 pg14
marble table plaque,
see also D-4,e-5
Sheafe, Charles
d.1816
26y
D-4,f-2 pg14
marble table plaque
Sheafe, Elizabeth Bunbury
d.1795-3-17
27y
"Elizabeth Bunbury Sheafe,
D-4,f-1
pg14
slate, good, death head
1795"
Sheafe, Francis
d.1816
29y
D-4,f-2 pg14
marble table plaque
Sheafe, Hannah
Wife of Jacob Sheafe, Esq.
d.1773-11-12
55th yr.
"Mrs. Hannah Sheaf e,
B-4,c-5 pg29
slate, good, winged cherub
1773"
Sheafe, Hannah S.
d. 1804-10-3
15y
"H, Sheafe"
C-2,f-5 pg4
slate, poor, urn & wreath, Latin epitaph-3
Sheafe, Horatio
d.1798
6y
D-4,f-2 pg14
marble table plaque
Sheafe, Jacob
Merchant
d.1829-1-25
84y
"J • s •
E-4,a-9 pg15
marble, almost illegible
II
Sheafe, Jacob
d.1791-6-26
76th yr.
"Jacob Sheafe, Esq. 1791"
8-4,c-6 pg29
slate, good, winged cherub, epitaph-9
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Sheafe, James
Son of Thomas Sheafe
d.1845-2-7
53y
"J.S.
D-4,e-4 pg14
marble, good
11
Sheafe, James
d. 1845
56y
D-4,f-2 pf14
Sheafe, John
d.1812-1-24
C-1,a-4 pg5
marble table plaque,
see also D-4,e-4
Mer-chant
50y
sandstone, most of surface lost
Sheafe, John Hale
d.1840
46y
D-4, f-2 pg14
marble table plaque
Sheafe, Mary
Wife of Thomas Sheafe
d.1784-2-20
29y
"Mr-s. Mar-y Sheafe"
C-5,c-5 pg27
slate, good, death head
Sheafe, Mary
d.1784
29y
D-4,f-2 pg14
Wife of Thomas Sheafe
mar-ble table plaque,
see also C-5,c-5
Sheafe, Mary
Wife of Thomas Sheafe
d.1817-4-21
61 y
"Mr-s. M. S.
E-4,a-7 pg15
mar-ble, er-oded, willow & urn
11
Sheafe, Mary
d.1817
61y
D-4,f-2 pg14
Wife of Thomas Sheafe
mar-ble table plaque, see also E-4,a-7
Sheafe, Mary
Wife of Jacob Sheafe
d.1833-4-23
82y
"M. s.
E-4,a-8 pg15
marble, good, r-eset, epitaph-3
11
Sheafe, Mary C.
Dau. of Thomas & Mary Sheafe
d.1797-7-7
16m
E-4,a-6 pg14
slate, good, willow & urn
Sheafe, Mar-y C.
d. 1797
16m
D-4,f-2 pg14
mar-ble table plaque, see also E-4,a-6
Sheafe, Oliverd.1825
27y
D-4,f-2 pg14
mar-ble table plaque, see also D-4,g-3
Sheafe, OliverSon of Thomas Sheafe
d.1825-9-17
27y
D-4,g-3 pg14
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Sheafe, Samuel
Mer-chant
d.1857-11-13
72y
"S.S."
D-4,g-1
pg14
mar-ble, r-epair-ed
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
S heafe, Samuel
d.1857
72y
D-4,f-2 pg14
marble table plaque, see also D-4,g-1
Sheafe, Sarah
d.1798
17y
D-4,f-2 pg14
marble table plaque
Wife of James S heafe
Sheafe, Sarah
d.1799-9-19
30y
"Mrs. Sarah Sheafe"
E-4,f-6 pg20
slate, good, urn & drapery
Sheafe, Thomas
d. 1831-9-4
BOy
"T. s."
D-4,g-2 pg14
marble, eroded, poor
Sheafe, Thomas
d.1831
BOy
D-4,f-2 pg14
"Esq."
marble table plaque, see also D-4,g-2
Sheafe, Thomas Jr·.
d.1798
14y
D-4,f-2 pg14
marble table plaque
Shelden, Fidelia
Dau. of Amos & Lucy Shelden
d.1820-11-25
16y
"Miss Fidelia Shelden"
A-1,c-3 pgl
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Shelden, John Henry
Son of John & Elexabeth Shelden
d.1822-1-1
7y
"John Henry Shelden"
A-1,c-5 pg1
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Shelden, Mary Ann
With Mary Ann E. Shelden
d.1814-1-13
15y
B-1,a-1
pgl
slate, low, willow & urns
Shelden, Mary Ann E.
With Mary Ann Shelden,
d.1815-1-8
3m
B-1,a-1
pgl
slate, low, willow & urns
1814
Sheldon, John
d.1821-12-5
31y
A-1,c-4 pgl
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-6
Sheldon, John Henry
Son of John & Elizabeth Sheldon
d.1823-9-9
15m
"John Henry Sheldon"
A-1,c-6 pgl
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Sheldon, Lucy
Wife of Amos Sheldon
d.1819-4-9
48y
"Mrs. Lucy Sheldon, 1819"
A-1,c-2 pg1
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Wife John S. Sherburne, dau. George Boyd
Sherburne, Submit
d.1807-2-23
28y
D-3,b-1
pgll
marble plaque on mound tomb, illegible
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Shillaber, Joseph
"Capt."
d.1849-7-20
50y
"Father"
B-4,d-1
pg28
marble, eroded
Shores, Rachel
Dau. Andrew Tombs, with Mary Stafford
d.1818-1-12
78y
A-2,c-4 pg2
marb 1 e, er-oded
Shortr-idge, Joseph
d.1802-11-1
9y
D-6,f-1
pg25
slate, face flaking,
Shute, Charles
d.1841-4-28
22y
D-3,d-7 pg11
slate, good,
Shute, Fanny
D.1821-12-31
D-3,a-5 pg12
part lost, urn
willow & ur-n
Wife of John A. Shute
32y
slate, low, willow & ur-n, John noted on bac k
Shute, John
Noted on back of wife' s stone
d.1859-5-25
70y
D-3,a-5 slate, low, willow & urn
Shute, John Jr.
d.1854-2-2
24y
D-3,a-4 pg12
marble, broken, reset
Shute, Mary
Wife of John Shute
d.1847-8-23
52y
"M. s."
D-3,a-3 pg12
marble, eroded
Sides, Sarah Jane
DaL1. of Richard 8( Bel ind ~
d.1855-12-5
19y 6m
"S.J.S."
F-2,f-5 pg23
marble, almost illegible
ides
Simes, Ann
Widow of Joseph Simes
d.1802-11-22
65y
"A. s.
D-2,a-4 pg6
marble, almost illegible
11
Simes, Elizabeth
"Mrs.
d.1817-12-21
55y
"E.S.
C-3,c-9 pg4
marble, eroded, willow & urn
11
11
Simes, Joseph
d.1801-2-15
31y
"J.S.
D-2,a-6 pg6
marble, eroded, epitaph-4 (Illegible)
11
Simes, Olivia
d. 1810-:3-11
2y
D-2,a-5 pg6
slate, good,
wi 11 ow 81. urn, epitaph-4
Simonds, Martha
"Mrs."
d.1858-7-10
45y
"M.S.
C-6,c-3 pg26
marble, eroded
11
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Slade, Benjamin
d.1815-1-28
BOy
8.S.
E-2,d-1
pg15
marble, repaired, epitaph-4 (illegible)
11
11
Slade, Susanna
Wife of Benjamin Slade
d.1808-2-2
69y
E-3,d-3 pg15
marble, eroded
"Mrs."
Smallcorn, Jane
65y
IIJ s. II
d.1816-5-25
B-1,f-2 pg5
marble, eroded,
o
faint design
Smart, Eva St.Clair
Dau. of Ivory & Mary Smart
d.1853-11-19
2y 4m
G-5,b-5 marble, eroded
Smith, Daniel
d.1811-11-21
C-1,a-2 pg5
50y
"D. s.
sandstone, part surface lost
11
Smith, Daniel A.
"Elder"
d.1827-3-13
43y
"D.A.S."
F-1,b-1
pg18
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Smith, Hannah
Wife of the 1 ate John Smith of E:-:eter
d.1822-12-8
58y
A-5,b-3 pg38
marble, eroded
Smith, Hannah Au1Justa
Dau. of James ~,: Eliza F. Smith
d.1826-8-18
ly
A-5,b-4 pg38
marble, eroded, set low
"Capt."
Smith, James
d.1856-7-1
70y
"J.S."
A-1,b-2 pgl
marble, top outside fence 1986,
170W
1 ost
Smith, James William
Son of James & Eliza F. Smith
d.1825-2-24
18m
A-5,b-2 marble, almost illegible
Smith, Lydia Jane
Dau. of Noah & Laura Smith
d.1818-4-2
15m
F-2,e-3 pg23
marble, eroded
Smith, Mary
Widow of Capt. James Smith
d.1873-4-7
76y
"M. s.
A-1,b-1
pgl
marble, eroded, reset 1992
11
Smith, Sarah
d.1840-12-16
A-1,b-3 pgl
Wife of Capt. James Smith
55y
"S.S."
marble, broken at base, set up 1992
Somer-by, Charles L.
Infant Child
d.1818-10-23
11w
F-3,h-2 pg21
slate, shattered
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NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Somerby, Mary
"Miss"
d.1842-12-4
46y
G-1,b-2 pg23
marble, eroded
Southerin, Angella Louisa
Dau. of W.J. & A.L.C. Souther1n
d.1833-2-23
14m
C-5,a-5 pg27
slate, good, willow & urn
Southerin, John E.
11
d.1829-7-12
25y
J.E.S. 11
C-5,a-3 pg27
slate, good, willow & urn
Southerin, Rosamond J.
Wife of James Southerin
11
d.1838-1-22
63y
R.J.S."
C-5,a-6 pg27
marble, illegible
Southerin, William Johnson
Son of W.J. & A.L.C. Southerin
II
d. 1829-10-17
16m
W. J. S. 11
C-5,a-4 pg27
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Sowersby, Eliza E.
b.1802-3-31
d.1892-2-2
D-1,c-6 pg9
marble, good
Sowersby, Sarah
Wife of William Sowersby
d.1827-9-25
64y
D-1,c-8 pg9
marble, eroded
Sowersby, William
d.1838-11-2
85y
D-1,c-7 pg9
marble, eroded
Spalding, Alfred P.
Son Dr. Lyman & Eliz. Spalding,
b.1815-12 d.1844-12
G-3,a-3 pg24
marble, eroded, noted with Elizabeth
Spalding, Champin Jr.
d.1814-10-28
26y
F-5,a-1
pg21
slate,
lost at sea
Son Champin & Ruth Spalding, Vet. War 1812
low, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Spalding, Edward Jenner
Son of Dr. Lyman & Elizabeth Spalding
11
b.1819-3-3 d.1833-7-14
E.J.S. 11
G-2,a-2 pg24
slate, good, no design
Spalding, Elizabeth
Wife Dr. Lyman Spalding, dau. Peter Coues
b.1779-12-16 d.1838-6-2
G-3,a-4 pg24
slate, good, no design
Spalding, Elizabeth P.
Dau.
b.1803-8-11
d.1878-7-16
G-3,a-3 pg24
marble, good,
Dr. Lyman & Elizabeth Spalding
with Alfred
11
Spalding, Lyman
M.D. 11 , born Cornish, N.H.
11
b.1775-6-5 d.1821-10-30
L.S. 11
G-2,a-1
pg24
slate, good, no design, career notes
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Spence, Mary
Widow Keith Spence, dau. Robert Traill
d.1824-1-10
69y
"M.S."
D-3,c-5 pg11
marble, almost illegible
Spinney, Daniel T.H.
Son of Samuel & Sybel Spinney
d.1836-1-20
4y
"D.T.H.S."
B-2,e-3 pg2
slate, good~ willow & urn
Spinney, Izette
b.1810-11-10 d.1893-3-30
B-2,d-2 pg2
heavy marble, 3-part, good
Spinney, John R.
Son of John D. & Sophia Spinney
d.1852-9-24
26y Bm
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Spinney, Levi W.
d.1852-4-20
14m
lost Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Spinney, Mary
Wife of Thomas Spinney
d.1846-2-19
75y
B-2,e-5 marble, eroded, noted with son William
Spinney, Mary W.
Dau. of Thomas & Mary Spinney
d.1812-10-22
20y
"M.W.S."
B-2,e-4 pg2
slate, good, sunburst design
Spinney, Phebe H.
Dau. of Thomas & Mary Spinney
d.1823-8-28
24y
"P.H.S."
H-1,b-1
pg31
slate, good, willow & urn
Spinney, Robert H.
Died at Boston
d.1824-12-2
27y
"R.H.S."
B-2,e-6 pg2
marble, low, eroded, with Thomas
Spinney, Thomas
Robert Spinney noted same stone
d.1848-8-22
82y
"T.S. 11
B-2,e-6 pg2
marble, low, eroded
Spinney, William C.
Died at Rio de Janiero
d.182908-18
25y
B-2,e-5 pg2
marble, eroded, noted with mother Mary
Spring, Candace
Wife of Pomp Spring
d.1807-11-4
45y
"C.S."
F-3,c-2 pg21
slate, reversed, willow & urn
Spring, Pomp
d.1807-7-3
41y
"P.S."
F-3,c-1
pg21
slate, reversed, willow & urn
Stackrnan, John H.
Son of John & Sarah Stackman
d.1833-3-25
1y 7rn
"J.H.S. 11
B-1,e-1 double marble, illegible, with Sarah Ann
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Slackman, Sarah Ann
Dau. of John & Sarah Slackman
d. 1833-3-31
5m
S. {1. S.
B-1,e-1
double marble, illegible, with John H.
II
11
Stafford, Mary
Dau. Rachel Shores, grdau.
d.1865-10-4
88y
A-2,c-4 pg2
marble, eroded
Andrew Tomb s
Stafford, Sarah A.R. Shores
Dau.of Mary Stafford
d.1874-5-3
77y 8m
B-:~, e10 pg2
marble, repaired, grdau. Rachel Shores
Staples, Elizabeth W.P.
d.1797-1-10
10m
A-5,d-3 pg38
marble,
Dau. of John & Margaret Staples
eroded
Staples, Ivory
Son of John & Margaret Staples
d.1844-3-8
23y
H-3,c-1
marble, eroded
Staples, Jame!::.
d.1850-3-24
51y
H-4,b-4 pg:31
marble,
Staples, John
d.1839-7-8
67y
A-5,d-3 pg38
marble,
eroded
Staples, Margaret
Wife of John Staples
d.1845-3-27
74y
A-5,d-2 pg38
marble, eroded
Staples, Mary
Widow of James Staples
d.1856-9-12
H-4,b-3 marble, illegible, next to James
Stearns, Sophronia F.
d.1852-6-7
18y 2m
A-4,b-5 pg37
marble,
Dau. of Edwin & Harret Stearns
broken,
reset
Stephens, Sarah Frances
Dau. of Nathaniel & Sarah Stephens
d.1819-9-4
16m
slate, low, urn, epitaph-2
Stickney, Charles Henry
Son of Samuel & Mehitable Stickne y
d.1838-9-29
4y
C-6,d-4 slate, good, willow & urn
Stickney, Daniel S.
Son of William & Mary Stickney
d.1837-8-30
4m
C-6,d-3 pg26
slate, good, willow & urn, with mother
Stickney, Martha
Wife of Samuel Stickney
d.1824-5-1
47y
D-5,a-1
pg26
slate, shattered, willow & urn,
epitaph-2
�NORTH CEMETERY . PORTSMOUTH
Stickne y , Mary Ann B.
Wi fe of Will ia m S t ickn e v
d.1837-6-15
31 y
s late, g ood, willow & urn, with Daniel
Stickney, Mehi t able
Wif e of Samue l S tickney
d. 1857 -11-16
6U y
"M. s .
D-5,b-l
pg25
marble, t ipped, a lmost illegible
11
Stickney, S amuel
d.1859-1-1
83y
D-5,b-2
pg25
marble , repaired
Stickney, William
d.1845-8-23
39 y
lost
Noted by A.H. Locke in 1907
Stiles, Edward
Son of Simeon & Jane Stiles, with Jane
d.1805-12-14
2y
"E. S. "
C-3,a- 2
pg4
slate, low, tipped, s prig in circle
Stiles, .J ane
d.180 5 -1 2 -31
C-3,a-2 pg4
Dau. o f S imeon & Jane St il e s, with Edw.
7w
J ■ s•
slate, low, tipped, sprig with circle
II
II
Stiles, Jane Mar y Ann
Wife of Simeon S tiles
d.1826-10-7
59y
c"J.M.A.S.
A-5,e-5 pg38
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-9
11
Stiles, Joseph
d.1827-12-16
26y
A-5,e- 7
pg38
s late, good,
11
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Stiles, Mary Ann
Dau. of Simeon & Jane Stiles
d.1807-10-15
7m 15d
"M.A.S."
C-3,b-5 pg4
slate, low, leaf sprays
Stinson, Sylvester S.
Son of William & Hannah S tinson
d.1832-2-4
20m
lost pg11
Would have been D-3
Stinson, William
d.1842-4-25
38y
"W.S."
C-2,c-2 pg4
marble, eroded,
Stoodley, James
"Esq."
d.1779-6-6
62y
B-6,e-2 pg28
slate, good,
broken
cherubs with crown
Stoodley, William
d.1795-8-4
34y
"William S toodle y , .1.795"
D-2,f-7 pg10
slate, low, urn & drapery
Stoodly , Elizabeth
Dau. of James & Elizabeth S toodl y
d.1857-3-30
By
"Elizabeth Stoodly, 1757"
A-5,b-1
pg38
slate, good, bust of woman
q
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Stor-er-, Clement
b.1760-9-20 d.1830-11-21
E-2,f-10 pg18
mar-ble. almost illegible,
long text
Star-er-, Dorothy
Wife of Clement Storerd. 1841-3-18
75v
"D.S.
mar-ble, low, almost illegible
11
Stor-ey. Daniel
Born Dunbar-ton, noted with Sophia Stor-e y
b.1780-9-1 :3 cl.1El44-4-16
"D.S."
C-2,c-1
pg4
marble, almost illegible
Son of Daniel & Sophia Storey
Stor-ey, Daniel B.
d.1813-11-20
20m
"D. B. S.
C-2,d-2 pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Stor-ey, Sophia C.
Wife Daniel Stor-ey, born Topsfield
b. 1787-7-12 d. 1845-1-2
"S. C. s.
C-2,c-1
pg4
marble, eroded, with Daniel
11
Stor-ey, Sylvester P.
Son of Daniel & Sophia Storev
d. 1830-8-5
20y
S. F'. S.
C-2,f-1
pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
II
11
Streeter, Sophia Ruth
Dau. Rev. Sebastian & Ruth Streeter
d.1816-9-17
2y
B-3,d-4 pg3
slate, good, ur-n
Stringer, Catherine
d.1868-4-12
87y
H-4,b-1
pg31
marble,
I
I
er-oded
Str-inger, Joseph W.
US Navy, son of John & Elizabeth Stringer
d.1862-9-27
21y !Om
H-5,a-5 pg31
mar-ble, broken, reset, epitaph-4 (illeg. 1
Sullivan, Mar-y
Wife of John Sullivan
d.1813-9-18
36y
Wife of John Sullivan
D-1,a-1
pg6
marble, almost illegible
Swanson, Olive
Wife of William Swanson
d.1825-7-25
74y
B-1,c-1
pg2
marble, eroded, epitaph-1
Swett, Benjamin
Merchant, cir-owned in r-iver
d. 1808-5-14
49y
B. S.
C-4,f-7 pg13
marble, eroded, willow & urn
II
I
11
Swett, Jemima
Wife of Benjamin Swett
d. 1821-5-8
60y
Mrs. J . S.
C-4,f-8 pg13
mar-ble, eroded
II
11
Swett, Joshua Blake
Son of Benjamin & Jemima Swett
d.1807-4-14
7y
"J.B.S.
C-2,c-7 pg4
slate, low, willow & urn
11
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Symmes, Elizabeth G.
d.1803-1-16
10y
C-3,c-8 pg4
slate,
good, willow & urn
Symmes, Marv Elizabeth
Wid. Joshua G. Symmes, dau.
d. 1808-11-6
39y
M. E. S.
C-5,d-1
pg27
slate, good, urn on pedistal
II
11
Hall Jack s on
�NORTH CEMETERY.
PORTSMOUTH
Tappan~ Isabel
Wife of Amos Tappan
d. 1814-4-23
49y
I. T.
C-1,b-4 sandstone, face lost
II
11
Tappan, Samuel
"Instructor of Youth"
d.18O6-4-29
48y
"Mr. Samuel Tappan"
E-2,c-5 pg16
marble, almost illegible
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
Teague, Alvin
d.1855-9-22
6y 5m
"A. T."
B-5,b-6 pg29
marble, eroded, with Edwin
Teague, Annah Bell
Dau. of John & Mary J.
d.186O-4-24
5y 7m
"A.B.
B-5,b-5 pg29
marble, eroded
Teague
11
Teague, Edwin
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
d. 1861)-4-8
11 m
"E. T. "
8-5,b-6 pg29
marble, eroded, with Alvin
Teague, Frank H.
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
d.1847-1O-23
9m
B-5,a-8 pg37
marble, eroded, with Howard
Teague, George N.
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
d.1847-1-8
18m
B-5,alO pg37
marble, eroded, with Martha
Teague~ Howard J.
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
d.1853-11-28
2y 4m
B-5,a-8 pg37
marble, eroded, with Frank
Teague, Martha E.
Dau. of John & Mary J. Teague
d.1844-5-14
5m
B-5,alO pg37
marble, eroded, with George
Teague, Mary A.
Dau. of John & Mary J.
d.1842-12-2O
6m
B-5,a-9 marble, eroded
Teague
Tetherly, Eliza
Dau. George & Nancy Tetherly
d.182O-12-6
14y
A-6,d-2 pg39
marble, eroded, noted with father
Tetherly, George
Three children noted on stone
d.1872-4-14
94y 2m
"G.T.
A-6,d-2 pg39
marble, eroded, epitaph-2 (illegible)
11
Tetherly, George
Son George & Nancy Tetherly
d.1843-8-3O
21y
"G.T."
A-6,d-4 pg39
marble, eroded
Tetherly, George
Son George & Nancy Tetherly
d.182O-11-5
16y
A-6,d-2 pg39
marble, eroded, noted with father
�NORTH CEMETER Y. P ORTSMOUTH
Tetherl y , John He nr y
Son o f Geor g e & Nanc y Te t herly
d. 1834-9-19
1 Oy 8 d
J. H. T.
A-6,d - 5
pg 3 9
marble, eroded
II
11
Tetherl y , John P .
Son o f Geor g e & Nancy Te ther ly
d.1820-11-9
4y
A-6,d-2 pg 39
marble, eroded, noted with fa ther
Tetherl y , Nanc y
Wife o f George Tetherl y
d.1854-3 -26
7 4y
"N.T. "
A-6,d-3 pg39
marble, broken, t op lost
Tetherly, Oliver
d. 1863-9-12
5 1y
"O. T.
A-6,d-1
pg39
marble, eroded
11
Thompson, Ann
Widow of Capt. William Thompson
d.1814-4-18
50y
F-4 , a-1
p g21
marble. eroded, dau. J ames & Ma r y Tut te l l
Thompson, Char l es
d.1798-9- 2 6
16y
D-6,d-1
pg 2 5
f ieldstone, oval head, c rude l etter s
Thompson, Ebenezer
"Col.
d.1828- 2 -4
66y
D-4,d-7 pg14
marble, eroded
11
Thompson, Elizabeth Hale
Wife of Col. Ebenezer Thompson
b.1768-8-26 d.1826-12-1
"E.H.T.
D-4,e-3 pg14
marble, i 11 eg i b 1 e, dau. Samue l Ha l e
11
Thompson, John B.
d. 1840-10-7
2 3y
J. B. T.
D-4,d-8 pg14
marble. repaired,
II
Thompson,
Margaret
d. 18()7-8-8
D-3 ,d-4
11
willow & urn , e pi t aph- 2
Wife of Thomas Thompson
52y
marble s lab,
table tomb,
eroded
Thompson, Mary
Wife of Col. Ebenezer Thomp s on
d.1815-11-15
43y
"M. T."
D-4,d-9 pg14
marble, eroded
Thompson, Thomas
Veteran of the Revolution
(d.1809-2-22)
(68y)
D-3,d-5 pg11
marble, g ood, masonic emblem
Tilton, Clarissa
Wife of Timothy Tilton
d.1820-9-16
2 7y
"C.T.
G-4,a-1
pg24
slate, split top, willow & urn
11
Tilton, Edwin
Son of Timoth y & Nancy Tilton
d.1826-2-22
22m
lost pg24
Should have been F-5
�NORTH CEMETERY~
PORTSMOUTH
"Esq. "
Tilton, Jacob
d.1776-11-7
40y
"--ton, Esq."
B-5,d-2 pg28
slate, good, death head
!vier c: h ant
Titcomb, -John
d.1822-6-1
::::4y
Mr. c). T.
G-2,d-2 pg33
gray marble, eroded
II
Tombs, Andr-ew
no dates
B-2,e-8 pg2
Dau.
11
Elizabeth Barter noted on stone
Relict of Robert Traill
Traill, Mary
d.1791-10-3
6:1.y
"Mrs. Mary Traill, 1791"
D-3,c-4 pg1:I.
slate, old iron repair, urn
Treadi ck, Henry
"Capt.
d.1816-1-6
64y
"Capt. H. T.
A-4,b-8 pg36
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
11
11
Treadwell, jacob
d.1~70-4-17
7:1.y
F-2.b-1
pg19
table tomb,
:
sandstone slab,
part lost
Treadwell, John
Son of Jacon & Sarah Treadwell
d. 1 759-6
13v
F-2,b-1
pg19
table tomb, sandstone slab, part lost
I
I
Treadwell, Robert Odiorne
d.1804-4-22
38y
D-1,d-1
pg9
granite plaque front of mound tomb
Treadwell, Sarah
Wife of Jacob Treadwell
d.1770-3-10
68y
F-2.b-1
pg19
table tomb, sandstone slab, part lost
Tredick, Rebecca
Wife of Henry Tredick
d.1826-3-3
76y
"R.T."
G-2,d-1
pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
Trickey, Olive M.
Widow of Capt. John Trickey
d.1866-3-13
69y 9m
H-3,b-1
pg31
marb 1 e, eroded
Tue ker, Mark
d.1843-11-30
G-3,d-6 pg33
55y
"M. T.
marble, almost illegible, epitaph-3
11
Tucker, Martha
Wife of William Tucker
d.1840-8-18
Bly
"M.T."
marble, eroded, epitaph-4
C-3,b-3 pg3
Tucker, Mary
Wife of Mark Tucker
d.1829-8-8
40y
"M.T."
G-3,d-7 pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
(illegible)
I
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Tucker, Mehitable
Dau. William & Martha Tucker, with Olive Ann
d. 1816-6-10
23y
"M. T."
C-3,b-4 pg3
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-1
Tucker, Olive Ann
Dau. v-Jm. ~~ Martha Tucker, with 1·1ehitable
d. 1821-12-9
31 y
"0. A. T. "
C-3,b-4 pg3
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-1
Tucker, William
"W. T.
d.1849-1-17
89y
C-3,b-2 pg3
marble, almost illegible
II
Dau. George W. & Catherine Tuckerman
Tuckerman, Evelina
d.1817-9-12
13m
F-2,e-2 pg23
slate, low, willow & urn
Tullock, Eunice
Widow of Capt. William Tullock
d.1807-2-4
27
"E.T. 1807"
E-3,c-5 pg20
slate, good, no design, epitaph-10
Turrell, Elizabeth P.
d.1816-7-28
Sy
A-4,b-2 pg37
marble,
Dau. of Charles & Eliza Turrell
eroded,
tipped
Turrell, Elizabeth Page
Dau. of Charles & Eliza Turrell
d.1821-10-28
1y 9m
A-4,b-3 pg37
marble, eroded
Turrell, Elizabeth Page
d.1828-11-13
3y 10m
A-4,b-4 pg37
marble, eroded, reset
Tuttell, Priscilla
Wife of Capt. Hugh H. Tuttell
d.1806-7=8
31y
C-2,h-3 pg6
slate, low, rising sun, epitaph-4
Relict of James Tuttle
Tuttle, Mary
d.1830-5-21
86y
"M.T."
F-4,a-2 pg21
slate, good, willow & urn
Twombly, Hannah R.
Wife of Ezekiel Twombly
d.1824-8-28
31y
lost pgl
Should have been A-1 or A-2
Twombly, James M.
Son of Martin L. & Dorothy Twombly
d.1843-10-19
4m
F-3,b-2 pg21
slate, good, willow & urn
�.
NORTH CEMETERY. PORTSMOUTH
Vaughan.
William
d. U:315-2-1
C-1,d-7
pg5
II
w. V.
slate.
Veazey, Margaret
d. 1819-11-27
E-4,g-4
pg21
Erected by his father
34v
II
good.
urn
Wife of John Veazey
"Mrs. 1'1. ',i."
slate. low. willow & urn
45y
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Walden, Abigail
Wife of Jacob Walden
d. 1824-9-5
77v
P1. W.
H-::, a-6 pg32
marble, eroded, with Sophia
II
Walden,
11
Anna Treadwell
d. 1806
El2y
F-2,b-1
pg19
Mother of Jacob Walden
table tomb,
sandstone slab,
part lost
Walden, Elizabeth
Wife of Nathan Walden
d.1843-6-9
54y
"E.W."
C-1,d-8 pg5
marble, eroded
Wal den, ,Jacob
d.1831-12-21
H-3,a-5 pg32
Veteran of the Revolution
83y
"J • w. II
marble, almost illegible
Walden, Sophia
Noted with Abigail,
d. 1842-10-5
::i7y
"S. w.
H-3,a-6 pg32
marble, eroded
wife of Jacob Walden
11
Walden, Sylvester M.
d.1817-9-6
9y
C-1,d-3 slate, good,
Son of Nathan & Elizabeth Walden
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Walker, Andrew J.
Son of John S. & Sarah Walker
d.1835-2-8
19y
"A.J.W."
G-4,e14 pg32
slate, good, willow
Walker, Ann
Wife of Tobias Walker
d.1808-6-10
60y
"A. w.
D-4,a-6 pg13
marble, eroded, urn
11
Walker, Eleanor
Wife of Joseph Walker
d.1823-11.-24
86y
"Mrs. E.W."
C-1,a-8 slate, good, willow & urn, long text
Walker, Elizabeth
d. 1871-2-1
84y 6m
"E. t,.J. "
D-4,all
pg13
marble, eroded
Walker, Elizabeth J.
Wife of Alfred W.
d.1842-12-23
'.26y
G-4~d-3
pg33
marble stub, top lost
Walker
Walker, Frank
Son Gideon W. & Mary Arelle Walker
d.1847-9-9
~:lm
"F.W."
H-4,e-3 pg31
marble, almost illegible
Walker, Gideon
"Col.", wife Lydic:1 noted also
d.l.829-5-2
63v
"G.W."
H-4,e-2 pg31
marble, eroded
Walker, John
d.1834-4-3
G-4,e15
pg32
Son John S. & Sarah Walker,
23y
"J.W.
with Samuel
11
slate, good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
�NORTH CEMETERY.
ker, ,.John
d.1849-3-J.5
D-4,blO pg13
l>Jcd
Son of Capt.
II
J • l>J •
PORTSMOUTH
John Walker
II
marblE~,
eroded
Walker, John S.
d.1852-2-15
64y
"Mr. J.S.
G-2,a-4 pg24
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Walker, ,Joseph
d.1814-1-29
BOy
"J • W,
C-l,a-5 pg5
slate, face flaked off in 1985
II
Walker, Lavina
Oldest dau. John S. & Sarah Walker
d. J.821-12-31
c,y
L. W.
G-2,a-5 pg24
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
II
11
Walker, Lydia
Wife of Col. Gideon Walker
d. 1841-3-2
70y
H-4,e-2 pg3l
marble, eroded, with Gilman
Walker, Maria
Dau. of Tobi. as !>Jal ker
d.l.828-4-21
40y
D-4,a-9 pg13
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Walker, Mark
d.l.858-1-15
75y
"M. w.
D-4,b-9 pg13
marble, eroded
11
Walker, Mary
d.1854-9-27
C-l,b-2 pg5
79y
M. w.
marble, i]ood
II
II
Walker-, Nancy
d.1798-3
l2y
D-5,e-l
pg25
Dau. Seth & Temperance Walker
"Nancy, Temperance -~, Samuel Walker 11
slate, urn with sprays, long text
W,::il ker, SamuEd
d.1798-3
4y
D-5,e-1
pg25
Son Seth & Temperance Walker
"Nancy, Temperance 8, Samuel Walker-"
slate, urn with sprays, long text
Walker, Samuel
Son ,John S. Walker, died Buenos Ayres
d.1829-6-21
14y
"S.W."
G-4,e15 pg32
sl atE•, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Walker, Samuel P.
11
d. 1840-3-J.7
33y
S.F'.W."
A-3,b-7 pg36
marble, almost illegible
Walker, Sarah A.
Dau. Samuel P.
d.1847-8-7
lly 5m
A-3,b-8 pg36
marble, eroded
Walker, Seth
d.1813-12-12
F-4,a-6 pg21
&
Elizabeth A.
Walker
Son William & Eliz. Walker of Barnstead
1 9y
II
Mr.
S. W.
slate, good,
11
willow & urn
�NORTH CEMETERY,
\>Jal ker-, Susan
d.1837-3-17
69y
C-1,a-9 mar-ble, er-oded,
PORTSMOUTH
tipped
Walker, Temper-ance
Dau. Seth & Temper-ance Walkerd.1798-3
6y
"Nancy, Temper-ance ~-: Sam1,1el l.-Jalker-"
D-5,e-1
pg25
slate, urn with spr-ays, long text
Walker-, Tobi as
d.1836-7-8
84y
D-4,alO pg13
mar-ble,
er-oded
Walton, Car-oline
d.1814-8-4
22y
"C.W."
D-2,b-1
pg6
mar-ble, er-oded
War-ner-, Agnes
"Miss"
d.18O9-11-5
32y
C-1,c-1
pg5
slate, good,
willow & ur-n,
~,Jar-ner-, Mar-y Ann
Miss
d.1797-8-28
22y
M.A.W.
E-4,g-5 pg21
slate, good,
II
epitaph-2
11
11
11
Warr-en, Benjamin
d.1832-9-13
49y
C-2,c-5 pg4
slate,
low,
willow & ur-n,
epitaph-2
willow & ur-n
War-r-en, Elizabeth
Widow of Benjamin War-r-en
d.1874-7-26
88y
slate, good, no design
War-r-en, Elizabeth
Dau. of Benjamin
E. \>J.
d.1811-12-13
14m
B-2,g-2 pg3
slate, 1 ow, ur-n
II
~i
Betsey ~\Jar-r-en
II
War-r-en, Elizabeth M.
Dau. Benjamin & Elizabeth Warren
d.1824-9-7
By
"E.M.W."
B-2,g-1
slate, low, br-oken, top lost
Webb, Char-les T.
Son of John & Par-thenia Webb
d.1823-1-11
11y
G-3,b-2
pg34
slate, good, willow & ur-n
Webster-, Mar-garet
Only child John & Sarah Webster
d.1845-9-11
G-5,b-1
marble, r-epair-ed, reset
Weldon, Cornelius
d.1856-7-24
25y
lost
pg31
Weldon, Hannah
Wife of Andrew Weldon
d.1857-4-24
52y
lost
pg31
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Weldon, Mary
d.1849-9-6
12y
lost pg31
Wentworth, Elizabeth
d.1762-8-31
11m
A-3,a-1
pg36
slate, good,
death head
Wentworth, Henry Howard
Son John B, & Olive Wentworth
d. 1840-9-5
5m
"H. H. W. 11
B-4,d-6 pg28
marble, eroded
Wentworth, Mary
Widow of Daniel Wentworth
d.1843-5-20
69y
"M.W. 11
F-1,d-3 pg22
marble, eroded
Wentworth, Rebecca
Dau. Moses & Jane Wentworth
d.1845-7-28
10y 6m
D-1,c-9 pg9
marble stub, top lost
Wetherbee, Anna Maria
Wife Frank W. Wetherbee
d.1854-12-4
26y
"A.M.W."
D-6,e-3 marble, repaired, reset, dau. Robert Foster
Wheelwright, Mary Cadman
Dau. Ebenezer & Sarah Wheelwright
b.1832-7-20 d.1833-9-2
"M.C.W."
B-4,e-4 pg28
marble, eroded, epitaph-3
Whidden, Benjamin
Noted with sister Mary Ann
d.1816-3-27
4y
lost pgl
Noted near A-2
Whidden, Mary
d.1818-10-30
F-2,d10 pg22
Widow of Capt. Michael Whidden
80y
slate, good, willow & urn
Whidden, Mary Ann
Noted with brother Benjamin
d.1816-3-24
21m
lost pg1
Noted near A-2
Whidden, Michael
"Capt. 11
d.1818-3-17
87y
F-2,d-9 pg22
slate, good,
willow & urn
Whidden, Robert C.
Son Elisha & Sarah A. Whidden
d.1815-4-1
By
"R.C.W. 11
E-1,b-4 pg16
slate, good, urn, epitaph-4
Whipple, Catherine
"Mrs."
b.1723 d.1823
lOOy
E-1,c-3 pg16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Whipple, Hannah
Wife of Joseph Whipple
d.1811-1-30
75y
D-4,b-8 pg12
marble, old repair, willow
'
�NORTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Whipple, Joseph
d.1816-2-26
78y
",J.W. Esq."
D-4,b-12 pg13
marble, eroded
Whipple, Mary
Relict Capt. William Whipple of Kittery
d.1783-2-24
84y
"Mrs. Mary l>Jhipple"
D-3,c-7 pgll
slate, repaired, urn, epitaph- 2
Whipple, F'rince
Veteran of the Revolution
(d.1796-11-18)
E-2,c-1
pg15
marble, eroded
Whipple, William
Son of William Whipple
d.1773-4-29
ly
"W.W."
D-3,c-9 pgll
slate, low, winged cherub
Whipple, William
Veteran Revolution, Signer Dec. Indep.
d.1785-11-28
55y
D-3,c-6 pg11
table tomb, granite slab, long text
White, Jane
Wife of John White
d. 1.828-2-27
43y
",J. w.
F-2,f14 slate, repaired, willow & urn
11
White, John
d.1845-5-19
59y 1Om
"J.W."
F-2,f13 pg23
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
White, Mary
Widow William White & Samuel Hill
d.1828-3-2O
84y
"M.W.
E-1.,a-8 pg18
marble, almost illegible
11
Wi bi rd, Richard
Noted with Penhallows
d.1765
63y
E-2,e-5 pg19
table tomb, sandstone slab, part lost
Wibird, Thomas
Noted with Penhallows
d.l.765-11-12
59y
E-2,e-5 pg19
table tomb, sandstone slab, part 1 cist
!
Wiggin, Eliza W.
Wife of Samuel P. Wiggin
d . 1877-6-16
78y 3m
D-1,b-7 pg6
marble, broken, reset low
Wiggin, Lydia
Wife of Thomas Wiggin
d.1853-9-16
76y
"L.W.
G-3,a-1
pg24
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Wiggin, Olivia A. B.
Dau. Samuel P. & Eliza W.
d.1838-4-11
9y
D-1,b-6 pg6
marble, broken, top lost
Wiggin, Samuel P.
Veteran War of 1812
d.1.853-5-16
56y
S.P.W.
D-1,b-5 pg6
marble, eroded, with L.W. Murphy
11
11
Wiggin
�NORTH CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH
Wiggin, Stephen
d.1827-2-28
39y
S.W.
G-4,d-4 pg33
slate, good,
11
11
willow & urn
Wigqin, Thomas
d.1869-7-27
86y 4m
"T.W."
G-3,a-2 pg24
slate, good, willow & urn
Willard, Mary
Widow Joseph Willard, Pres.
d.1826-3-6
72y
"M.W."
D-4,e-2 pg14
marble, eroded
Harvard
Willey, Elizabeth A.
Dau. David H. & Elizabeth A. Willey
d.1848-9-15
6m
G-3,d-2 marble, eroded, with John W. & John E.
Willey, John E.
Son David H. & Elizabeth A. Willey
d.1852-1-22
7d
G-3,d-2 marble, eroded, with Elizabeth & John W.
Willey, John W.
Son David H. & Elizabeth A. Willey
d.1.850-6-23
7rn
G-3,d-2 marble, eroded, with Elizabeth & John E.
Wingate, James
"Capt."
37y
IIJ • w. II
d.1825-12-28
G-2,b-1
pg34
slate, good,
wi 1 1 ow ~' urn
Woodward, Eunice
Wife of Capt. Moses Woodward
d.1789-3-29
19y
"Mrs. Eunice Woodward"
D-2,e-7 pg10
slate, low, willow & urn
Woodward, Sarah
Wife of Col. Moses Woodward
d.1801-6-20
43y
"Mrs. S. Woodward"
D-2,c-4 pglO
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Wortman, George H.
Died New Orleans, with J.
d.1838-4-16
37y
A-5, d-:, pg38
marble, eroded
&
E. Staples
Wortman, Mary Ann
Wife George Wortman, dau. J. & M. Staples-,
d.1827-7-8
20y
"M.A.~~-"
A-5,d-4 pg38
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-16
Wyatt, Elizabeth
d.1811-:2-14
27y
"E.W.
C-1,d-1
pg6
slate, repaired,
11
willow & urn,
epitaph-2
�l'-IDRTH CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH
Of G,~enada
Yard, Edward
d. 1806-'?-29
34y
E. Y.
E-3,c-3 pg10
slate, good,
11
11
Yeaton, Comfort
Consort of Capt. Hopley Yeaton
d.1788-6-29
40y
"Mrs. Hopley Yeaton"
D-2,e-4 pg10
slate, low, willow, urn, pillars
Yeaton, Mary
Dau. of Robert & Mary Yeaton
d.1826-12-7
29y
M. Y.
A-3,b-9 pg36
marble, eroded
11
11
Yeaton, Robert
Son Charles & Nancy Yeaton,
d.1826-4-18
3y
"R.Y.
E-2,e-4 pg19
slate, good, urn & leaves
with cousin
11
Yeaton, Robert
Son Robert & Mary Yeaton, v,i th cousin
d.1808-11-19
14y
"R.Y.
E-2,e-4 pg19
slate, good, urn & leaves
11
Young, Asa
d.1835-9-22
50y
"A. Y."
G-4,e12 pg32
slate, good,
urns, masonic, epitaph-2
Young, Caroline Cecelia
Dau. Ezra & Ruth Young
d. 1820-10-20
14m
"C. C. Y. "
E-4,f-3 pg20
slate, low, willow & urn
Young, George M.
Son of Elijah & Mary Young
d.1836-5-12
2y
G-2,e-1
pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
Young, Lucy A.
d.1831-8-19
24y
G-2,b-5 pg33
slate,
low,
willow & urn, epitaph-4
Young, William J,
U.S. Navy, Mexican War
(d.1869-6-6)
(50y)
G-4,e10 pg32
marble, eroded
�NORTH CEMETERY
Block A-1
a-1. Mary Ann Bancker, 1833
a-2. Mary Mendum, 1823
b-1.
b-2.
b-3.
b-4.
c-1.
c-2.
c-3.
c-4.
Mary Elizabeth Libbey, 1827
Lucy Sheldon, 1819
Fidelia Shelden, 1820
John Sheldon, 1821
c-5. John Henry Sheldon, 1822
c-6. John Henry Shelden, 1823
c-7. Catherine Eliza Ashley, 1829
Mary Smith, 1873
"J.S." (James Smith, 1836)
Sarah Smith, 1840
Samuel Bowles, 1840
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Block A-2
b-4, Mary Mushawayp 1819
a-1, Sarah Clark, 1766
a-2, David Philbrook, 18
(3 slate footstones "H")a- 3 , "X ,F , & J ,F , "
(Xavier Fowler, 1816
& Jerome Fowler, 1846)
a-4, Paul Fowlerp 1847
& Phebe Fowlerp 1846
a-5, Israel Putnam Pearson, 1816
a-6, Susan S, Harveyp 1817
a-7, Thomas Harveyp 1837
(Samuel Bowles - move to A-1)
b-5, Susan Ellen Oxford, 1842
c-1,
c-2,
c-3,
c-4,
(slate stub)
Samuel Parry, 1861
G,N, Perryp Navy
Rachel Shores, 1818
& Mary Stafford, 1865
c-5, Richmond Parryp 1828
c-6, Lizzie Leavitt, 1858
& Charlie Leavitt, 1860
c-7, Stanley Nay, 1842
& Marshall Nay, 1861
& Charles Nay, 1860
b-1, John Mushaway, 1826
b-2, "R ,H,"
b-3, Hannah Clark, 1819
d-1, Sarah Frances Stevens, 1819
d-2, (sandstone stub)
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NORTH CEMEI'ERY
a-1.
a-2.
a-3.
a-4.
a-5.
a-6.
a-7.
b-J.
b-4.
b-5.
b-6.
b-7.
b-8.
b-9.
Elizabeth Wentworth, 1762
John Bazin, 1819
Ephraim llickum, 1841
Sarah Ann llickum, 1833
Mary Dockum, 1817
Sarah Reed, 1821
Charlotte H. Griffith, 1825
c-1. Mary Ayers, 1863
d-1. Sarah Haley, 1826
b-1. Sarah Lawry, 1850
b-2. George S. Lawry, 1852
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Benjamin Lawry, 1836
Mary Ann Durgin, 1821
Benning Adams, 1854
Sarah Adams, 1840
Samuel P. Walker, 1840
Sarah A. Walker, 1847
Mary Yeaton, 1826
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NORTH CEMETERY
c-1. Elizabeth Hart, 1760
a-1. (slate stub)
a-2. Jeremiah Libbey, 1824
a-J. Benjamin Dearborn, 1755
d-1.
d-2.
d-J.
d-4.
d-5.
e-1.
e-2.
b-1. John Beahan, 1816
b-2. Elizabeth Page Turrell, 1816
b-J. Elizabeth Page Turrell, 1821
b-4. Elizabeth Page Turrell, 1828
b-5. Sophronia Stearnsg 1852
b-6. Samuel Mansfield, 1816
b-7. Walter B. Brown, 1816
b-8. Henry Treadick, 1816
b-9. Sarah Ann Clark, 1856
b-10. Nancy Fernald, 1816
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Zachariah Beal, 1818
John Shackford, 1766
Joseph Brewster, 1766
Phebe Brewster, 1767
Phinehas Ayers, 1821
~nn Furnald~ 1825
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a-1,
b-1,
b-2.
b-3,
b-4,
b-5,
Christopher Jeffares, 1757
Elizabeth Stoodiy, 1757
James William Smith, 1825
Hannah Smith, 1826
Hannah Augusta Smith, 1826
Jane Parke, 1824
c-1,
c-2,
c-3,
c-4.
William Graves, 1820
Margaret Peduzzi, 1826
Margaret Peduzzi, 1839
John Mendum, 1850
Block A-5
d-4.
d-5,
d-6,
d-7,
e-1.
e-2,
e-3,
e-4,
e-5,
d-1, Mary H, Mendum, 1855
d-2, Margaret Staples, 1845
d-3, John Staples, 1839
& George Wortman, 1838
& Elizabeth Staples, 1797
e-6,
e-7,
Mary Ann Wortman, 1827
Elizabeth R,P, Monroe, 1837
Henry Monroe, 1849
Isadore Monroe, 1849
Mary Mendum ( ?)
Sarah Quincy, 1826
& Hannah Folsom, Inf,
Elizabeth Fitch, 1765
& Rev, Jabez Fitch, 1746
Susannah Mendum, 1820
Jane Mary Ann Stiles, 1766
Jane Allcock, 1766
Joseph Stilesg 1827
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Block A-6
a-1, John Briggs, 1830
a-2, (slate stub)
a-3, .Jane Fernald, 1831
c-1,
c-2,
c-3,
c-4,
Eleazar Russell, 1798
Martha Russell, 1798
Thankful Shapley, 1806
Richard Champney, 1810
c-5, Samuel Drown Jr,, 1797
c-6, Angelica Blunt, 1829
b-1. ''M, H, " (Mehi table Hart, 1753)
b-2, Sarah Hart, 1757
b-3, .John Hart, 1777
b-4, Abigail Hart, 1831
b-5, Ann M, Hart, 1885
b-6, Elizabeth M, Hart, 1853
b-7, Elizabeth P, Hart, 1882
b-8, Abraham Me loon, 18.52
b-9, Paulina Meloon, 1848
b-10, John Frothingham., 1825
b-11. Sarah W, Frothingham, 1823
b-12, Margery Frothingham, 1817
d-1, Oliver Tetherly, 1868
d-2, George Teyherly, 1872
& Eliza Tetherly, 1820
& George Tetherly, 1820
& John P, Tetherly, 1820
d-3, Nancy Tetherly, 1854
d-4, George Tetherly .Jr,, 1843
d-5, .John Henry Tetherly, 1834
d-6, Charles Greenough, 1843
& Charles Henry G,, 1845
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a-1. Mary Ann Shelden, 1814
& Mary Ann E, Shelden, 1815
b-1. Lyman S, Harvey, 1813
b-2, "A.L.N. ", headstone lost
b-3, "C,E,N,", headstone lost
e-1. John H. Stockman, 1833
& Sarah Ann Stockman, 1833
e-2. Charles B. Foster, 1841
f-1. Theodore Furber, 1813
f-2. Jane Smallcorn, 1816
f-3, Caroline Shackford, 1818
c-1. Olive Swanson, 1825
d-1.
d-2.
d-3,
d-4.
d-5,
Block B-1
George Thomas Martin, 1834
William Hart, 1812
Elizabeth Neal, 1839
Thomas Neal, 1819
Jonathan Folsom, 1825
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a-1, John Greenleaf' Gray, 1805
a-2, William Moses, 1805
e-6, Thomas Spinney, 1848
& Robert H, Spinney, 1824
e-7, Elizabeth Hart, 1805
& Esther Hart, 1805
e-8, Andrew Tombs
& Elizabeth Barter, 1805
e-9, (marble stub)
e-10, Sarah A,R, Shores Staf'ford, 1874
f-1. John Downing
f-2, J,H, Marden (1877)
f-3. Aaron Adams, 1804
b-1, Mary Frances Dunn, 1834
b-2, Oscar Dunn, 1835
b-3, Mary H, Dunn, 1839
c-1, John A, Adams, 1804
d-1. Henry Akerman, 1806
d-2, Izette Spinney, 1893
e-1, (low marble)
e-2, Aaron Lakeman, 1803
e-3, Daniel T.H. Spinney, 1836
e-4, Mary W, Spinney, 1812
e-5, Mary Spinney, 1846
& William C, Spinney, 1829
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g-1. Elizabeth M. Warren, 1824
g-2. Elizabeth Warren, 1811
g-3. Anna Hoar, 1805
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a-1. Elizabeth Akerman, 1805
b-1. Sarah Emery Moulton, 1826
b-2. John E, Moulton, 1826 (top lost)
b-3. Emeline Lydia Moulton, 1828
c-1. Salome Cate, 1845
c-2. Almira Emery, 1824
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William Greenville, 1833
William Briggs, 1811
Sophia Ruth Streeter, 1816
Daniel Walter Brown, 1817
Abigail Austin, 1801
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d-1, Joseph Shillaber, 1849
d-2, Lydia E, Scriggins, 1842
& Harriet Scriggins, 1846
d-3, Frances Pickering, 1822
d-4, Benjamin Akerman, 1783
d-5, Elizabeth Jenkins, 1809
d-6, Henry Howard Wentworth, 1840
d-7, Walter Akerman, 1809
d-8, Mary Jackson, 1809
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a-2,
a-3,
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Ann Emily Jane Rugg, 1832
Lydia Bowles, 1832
John Bowles, 1837
Charles Bowles, 1831
& Frances B, Bowles, 1840
a-5, Abigail Bowles, 1826
a-6, Miss Nabby Bowles, 1821
a-7, Lydia A, Bowles, 1835
a-8, Henry M, Bartlett, 18.52
a-9, Henry Smith Bartlett, 1831
a-10, Horace Kenney Bartlett, 1839
a-11. Margaret Hall Bartlett, 18.52
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b-1, Mary Elizabeth Hartt, 1821
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f-1, Deborah Parrott, 1779
f-2, Charles E, Ham, 1820
f-3, Elizabeth W, Ham, 1824
Jane Hill, 1773
John Marsh, 1814
Abigail Pickering, 1805
John Pickering, 1805
Hannah Sheafe, 1773
Jacob Sheafe, 1791
Phebe Akerman, 1774
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Margaret Goold, 1818
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Sukey Harrold, 1822
Anna Norton, 1822
Mary B, Furber, 1884
William Furber, 1842
& Mary Furber, 1842
a-5. Esther Jackson, 1828
a-6. Samuel Frost, 1828
a-7. John Walles Bowles, 1834
a-8.Frank H. Teague, 1847
& Howard J. Teague, 1853
a-9. Mary A, Teague, 1842
a-10. George N, Teague, 1847
& Martha E. Teague, 1844
a-11. Capt. Nathaniel Merriam, 1821
a-12. Mehitable Merriam, 1848
a-13. Ivah N. Rugg, 1878
a-14. Olive Ann Rugg, 1875
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b-2. Margaret Fitzgerald, 1866
b-3, John Moses, 1816
& Anna Goodrichp 1842
b-4. Ezekiel Fitzgerald, 1829
b-5, Annah Bell Teague, 1860
b-6. Alvin Teague, 1855
& F.d.win Teague, 1860
b-7, Stephen March, 1772
c-1. Mary Folsom, 1820
c-2, William Archibald Moore, 1829
c-3, Mary Ann Moore, 1821
c-4. Daniel Gerrish, 1838
c-5. Phebe Hart, 1773
c-6. George Hart, 1807
d-1. Phebe Boyd, 1777
d-2. Jacob Tilton, 1776
e-1. Lucretia Manning, 1821
e-2. Elisabeth F.d.wards, 1778
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Benjamin Hart, 1834
Nathaniel Adams, 1768
Elizabeth Adams, 1814
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Sarah Payson, 1820
Jonathan Payson, 1826
Ruth Ann Pinkham, 1820
c-5. Thomas G. Moses, 1825
c-6. Samuel Jackson, 1774
d-1. Sarah Griffith, 1780
d-2, Frances A, Pender, 18_52
& Alex Pender, 1847
e-1, Andrew J, Hill, 1844
e-2. James Stoodley, 1779
e-3. Dennis Libbey, 1861
b-1. Susannah Oliver, 1768
b-2. Joshua Neal, 1831
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c-4.
Block B-6
f-1. Mary Cameron, 1840
f-2. (granite stub)
f-3. Clarissa McIntire, 1791
& Andrew McIntire, 1791
f-4, Katherine McIntire, 1781
(headstone stolen)
Hannah Bowles, 1831
SdJlluel Bowles, 1802
.S~r-c..h Frost, 1857
Hannah Bowles, 1811
& "Infant" Bowles
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Agnes Warner, 1809
Henry Ham, 1805
Mary Ham, 1838
Timothy Ham, 1824
Elizabeth Ham, 1849
d-1. Elizabeth Wyatt, 1811
d-2. Lydia Ladd, 1811
d-3. Sylvester Walden, 1817
d-4. Abigail Palfrey, 1812
d-5. llirothy Bell, 1819
d-6. Jerome Drew, 1846
d-7. William Vaughan, 1815
d-8. Elizabeth Walden, 1843
d-9. Mary Jones Placep 1814
d-10. Ann Ham, 1825
Daniel Smith, 1811
John Ditson, 1811
John Sheafe, 1812
Joseph Walker, 1814
Mary Billings, 1815
Hannah Marshall, 1821
Eleanor Walker, 1833
Susan Walker, 1837
William Hart, 1811
Mary Walker, 1854
Frances Buckminster, 1812
Isabel Tappan, 1814
Margaret Kennard, 1817
Nathaniel Kennard, 1823
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Margaret Osborne, 1837
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e-1. Catherine Dame, 1814
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Samuel Akerman, 1847
Amy Akerman, 1846
Sally Akerman, 1805
John Greenleaf, 1804
Catherine Chamberlain, 1804
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f-2.
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f-4.
f-5.
b-1. John Odiorne, 1825
b-2. Caroline Coffin, 1811
c-1. Daniel Storey, 1844
& Sophia C, Storey, 1845
c-2. William Stinsonp 1842
c-3. Elizabeth Serratt, 1810
c-4. Elizabeth Warren, 1874
c-5. Benjamin Warren, 1874
c-6. Joshua Blake, 1804
c-7. Joshua Blake Swett, 1807
g-1. John Hill, 1790
g-2. J, Hill, 1791 (headstone lost)
h-1.
h-2.
h-3,
h-4.
Sarah Martin, 1820
William H. Martinp 1833
Priscilla Tuttell, 1806
Mercy Newhall, 1803
i-1. John Nelson, 1818
Nancy Handy, 1819
John F. Leblanc, 1811
Margaret Nelson, 1807
Elizabeth Harrold, 1803
Abraham Isaac, 1803
Elizabeth Halliburton, 1820
Elizabeth Halliburton, 1807
Anna Halliburton, 1802
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i-3.
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i-5,
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i-7.
i-8.
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d-1. George W. Robinson, 1820
d-2. Daniel B. Storey, 1813
d-3• Enoch Meloan, 1798
& Mary Meloan, 1839
d-4. George Hill, 1820
d-5. Emeline Frost, 1823
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Sarah Randall, 1845
Dolly Myers, 1868
Elizabeth Paul, 1803
Hannah S. Sheafe, 1804
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c-6. Catherine Dennett, 1810
c-7. Mary Shorey Dennett 0 1824
c-8. Elizabeth G. Symmes, 1803
c-9. Elizabeth Simes, 1817
c-10. John Langdon, Jr.
c-11. Mary Langdon, 1825
a-1. Sarah Ann Neal, 1806
a-2. Edward Stiles, :\:805
& Jane Stiles, 1805
a-J. Joseph Stevens Lowe, 1806
a-4. Mary Pearne, 1788
a-5. Mary Pearne Low, 1806
a-6. Elizabeth Lapish, 1805
John Hill, 1806
Horace Hill, 1817
Mary C. Jill, 1806
Charles Hill, 1805
Charles Hill 0 1798
e-1. Anna Holyoke Cutts, 1788
e-2. Mary Ann Bigelow, 1806
e-3. Edmund Roberts, 1787
e-4. Samuel Briard, Jr•' 1806
e-5. Sarah Briard, 1825
e-6. Ann Maria Briard, 1846
e-7. George Briard, 1829
e-8. Oliver Briard, 184-4e-9. Oliver Briard, 1804
e-10. Sarah Briard, 1855
f-1. George J. Seawards, 1833
f-2. Theodore Sheafe Seawards, 1825
f-3. John Hart, 1790
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d-2.
d-3.
d-4.
d-5.
Samuel Mendum, 184-4William Tucker, 1849
Martha Tucker, 184-0
Mehitable Tucker, 1816
& Olive Ann Tucker, 1821
b-5. Mary Ann Stiles, 1807
b-6. Ann Pearne, 1788
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b-4.
c-1. Sarah E. Mendum, 1832
& Elizabeth E. Mendum, 1831
Eliza
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c-4. Alice Jane Clements, 1822
c-5. Clementine Mendum, 1820
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e-1. Elizabeth Bria.rd, 1831
a-1, John Foster, 1781
a-2, Hannah Billings, 1781
a-3, Domenick Peduzzi, 1840
& Jane Peduzzi, 1811
f-1. Ed.ward Sherburne Manning, 1821
f-2. Eunice Grouard, 1792
f-3, Cecelia Adala Bell, 1832
& Charles William. Bell, 1832
f-4. Madam Jane Boyd, 1800
f-5, Abigail Salter, 1806
f-6. Statira Manning, 1807
f-7, Benjamin Swett, 1808
f-8. Jemima Swett, 1821
f-9, Peter Pearse, 1812
& Mary Pearse, 1817
& Stephen Pearse, 1861
& Sa.rah H. Pearse, 1848
& Oliver P. Pearse, 1848
f-10 Jotham Odiorne, 1751 (Tomb)
b-1. Joseph Boyd, 1782
b-2, Joseph Bigelow, 1783
c-1. Alexander Henderson, 1783
c-2, Henry S,uger Boyd, 1784
c-3, Sa.rah Grant, 1864
c-4. James Grant, 1824
c-5, James A. Grant, 1819
d-1. George Boyd, 1790
d-2. Abigail Peavey, 1800
d-3, George Bo yd , 1787 (Tomb)
d-4. Supply Boyd, 1786
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James Stoodley Lewis, 1783
Samuel Melcher, 1831
John E, Southerin, 1829
William Johnson Southerin, 1829
Angella Louisa Southerin, 1829
Rosamond J, Southerinp 1838
Irena A, Garland, 1875
Otis Howe, 1825
b-1, Sarah Bishop, 1824
c-1, Joseph Jacksonp 1790
c-2, Theodore Jackson, 1784
c-3, Nathaniel Folsom, 1783
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c-4, Mary Folsom, 1784
c-5, Mary Shea£e, 1784
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Mary Jacksonp 1805
Samuel Dalling, 1788
Hall Jackson, 1797
Clement Jackson, 1788
Samuel A, Lolley, 1847
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George Gains, 1809
William Brewster, 1818
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Mary Campbell, 1867
Ezekiel Dyer, 1832
Eliza Dyer, 1864
Gershom F. Melcher, 1821
Ann Elizabeth Lynn, 1853
& Ann Eline Lynn, 1878
b-1. George B. McClellen Grimshaw, 1861
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c-2.
c-3.
c-4.
c-5.
Jane Seavey Grimshaw, 1866
Betsy Dore, 1856
Martha Simonds, 1858
William H. Dore, 1860
Mary Ann Perkins, 1839
d-1. Sarah D. Perkins, 1842
d-2. Jeremy Perkins, 1836
d-3. Mary Ann Stickney, 1837
& Daniel Stickney, 1837
d-4. Charles Henry Stickney, 1838
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Mary Fernald
William Haley, 1822
John Haley, 1822
Ann Haley, 1823
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c-3,
c-4,
b-1. Neil McIntire, 1812, "N.M.I."
b-2. John L. Shannon, 1818
& Sarah F. Shannon, 1835
b-3. John Miller, 1813
& Ruth Miller, 1841
b-4. Charlie Murphy, 1864
& Warren G. Gates, 1863
b-5. Levi Woodbury Murphy, 1850
& Samuel P. Wiggin, 1853
b-6. Olivia Ann B. Wiggin, 1838
b-7. Eliza W. Wiggin, 1877
Nancy Nutter, 1823
Richard Cutts Shannon, 1822
Elizabeth Blunt, 1828
Elizabeth Shannon, 1814
c-5. Mary McIntire, 1814, "M.M. I."
c-6, Eliza E, Sowersby, 1827
c-7, William Sowersby, 1838
c-8, Sarah Sowersby, 1827
c-9. Rebecca Wentworth, 1845
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c-10. Martha J. Jackson, 1849
d-1, Robert Odiorne Treadwell, 1804
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e-1. Mary L,H, Ladd, 1836
e-2. Samuel Brewster, 1833
& Mary Brewster, 1833
e-3, Samuel Hill, 1849 (top lost)
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Marcy Collings Hart, 1790
Mary Joanna Hart, 1842
Sarah Hart, 1842
f-5. Elizabeth Hart, 1863
f-6. Thankful Marshall, 1790
f-7. William Stoodley, 1795
Mary T. Walker Place, 1837
James Place, 1835
Mary Jones, 1831
Ann Simes, 1802
Olivia Simes, 1810
Joseph Simes, 1801
b-1. Caroline Walton, 1814
g-1. Elizabeth Rundlet, 1810
c-1. Edward Owen Parry p 1798
c-2.wuisa Ann Parryp 1803
c-3. Joanna Parry, 1800
c-4. Sarah Woodward, 1801
c-5. Mary Griffith, 1801
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d-1. William Ham, 1845
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d-2. Ann Ham, 1812
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e-2. Stephen Latapy, 1809
e-3. John Moffatt, 1786
e-4. Comfort Yeaton, 1788
e-5. Sarah Bass, 1817
e-6. Abigail Bass, 1780
e-7. Eunice Woodward, 1789
e-8. Sarah Bass, 1819
e-9. Elizabeth McHard, 1791
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Caroline Ladd, 1803
Jeremiah Hill, 1800
Samuel Hill, 1798
Elizabeth Hill, 1822
Eliaha Hill, 1798
Samuel Perkins wrd, 1815
Daniel Hill, 1798
Betsy Chauncy, 1821
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a-4.
a-5.
Sarah March, 1815
John March, 1813
Mary Shute, 1847
John Shute, Jr., 18.54
Fanny Shute, 1821
& John Shute, 1859 (on back)
a-6. Nathaniel Jackson, 1824
c-6. William Whipple, 1785
(Table Tomb)
c-7. Mary Whipple, 1783
c-8. Woodbury Langdon, 1801
c-9. William Whipple, 1773
c-10. Katherine Moffatt, 1869
d-1.
d-2.
d-3.
d-4.
b-1. Submit Sherburne, 1807
(Mound Tomb)
c-1. Lydia Johnson, 1837
c-2. Hannah Brackett, 1805
(Table Tomb)
c-3. Joshua Brackett, 1802
(Table Tomb)
c-4. Mary Traill, 1791
c-5. Mary Spence, 1824
d-5.
d-6.
d-7.
d-8.
Nathaniel J. March, 1827
Martha Emily Newell, 1840
Frances W. Rundlett, 1825
Margaret Thompson, 1807
(Table Tomb)
Thomas Thompson (1809)
Elizabeth Lowell, 1805
Charles Shute, 1841
John H. Blaisdell, 1842
e-1. John Thompson Dwight, 1811
e-2. Woodbury Langdon Family
(Mound Tomb)
& Henry Sherburne Langdon
f-1. Richard Salter, 1812
f-2. Elizabeth Salter, 1836
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NORTH CEMEI'ERY
a-1, Abner Blasdell, 1832
a-2, Mary Noble, 1793
a-3, Pamelia Noble, 1818
a-4, J,N, & J,N, Blasdell
a-5, Elizabeth Blasdell, 1805
a-6, Ann Walker, 1808
a-7, Olive Huske Folsom, 1808
a-8, Sarah Ann Salter, 1810
a-9, Maria Walker, 1828
a-10, Tobias Walker, 1836
a-11, Elizabeth Walker, 1871
a-12, (marble stub)
a-13, Mary Abbott, 1834
b-1,
b-2,
b-3,
b-4,
b-5,
Sarah Place, 1793
George Blunt, 1796
Mary Blunt, 1831
Sarah S, Blunt, 1869
George F, Blunt, 1831
& George Blunt, 1831
b-6, (lost slate marker, no
initials footstone)
b-7, Mary Ann Blunt, 1845
b-8, Hannah Whipple, 1811
b-9, Mark Walker, 1858
b-10, John Walker, 1849
b-11, Elizabeth Billings, 1811
b-12, Joseph Whipple, 1816
Block D-4
d-1,
d-2,
d-3,
d-4,
d-5,
d-6,
d-7,
d-8,
d-9,
Jonathan Clark, 1797
Thomas Packer, 1793
James Henderson, 1818
Hugh Henderson, 1794
Hannah Hart, 1845
Emily H, Lewis, 1852
Ebenezer Thompson, 1828
John B, Thompson, 1810
Mary Thompson, 1815
e-1,
e-2,
e-3,
e-4,
e-5,
e-6,
e-7,
e-8,
e-9,
Horatio Coffin, 1859
Mary Willard, 1826
Elizabeth Hale Thompson, 1826
James Sheafe, 1845
Abigail Sheafe, 1843
Mary Hale, 1811
Ann Chadbourne, 1806
Samuel Hale, 1807
Theodora Horney, 1808
f-1. Elizabeth Bunbury Sheafe, 1795
f-2, Sheafe-Coffin Table Plaque
g-1,
g-2,
g-3,
g-4,
g-5,
g-6,
c-1, Catherine March, 1837
c-2. Sarah March, 1834
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Samuel Sheafe, 1857
Thomas Sheafe, 1831
Oliver Sheafe, 1825
John Hale, 1796
Ann Mary Hale (illegible)
Elizabeth Burleigh, 1802
& Charlotte Burleigh, 1802
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c-3.
c-4.
c-5.
c-6.
c-7.
John Fernald, 1792
Samuel Cutts, 1798
Sidney Cutts, 1792
Mary Cutts, 1797
Anna Holyoke Cutts, 1805
& Edward Holyoke Cutts, 1805
c-8 Anna Holyoke Cutts, 1830
a-1.
a-2.
a-3.
a-4.
a-5.
a-6.
a-7.
a-8.
Martha Stickney, 1824
Elizabeth Purkins, 1822
Abigail Fitzgerald, 1809
Mehitable Deverson, 1808
Joshua Deverson, 1826
Henry Deverson, 1828
Daniel Hart, 1791
Richard Fitzgerald, 1858
& Susan Fitzgerald, 1858
a-9. Abigail Randall, 1824 (lost)
a-10. Pamelia Sellers, 1840
a-11. Margaret Paddleford, 1847
a-12. William Scriggins, 1825
a-13. John Noble, 1819
b-1.
b-2.
b-3.
b-4.
d-1. Benjamin M. Burnham, 1845
d-2. Martha A. Foster, 1837
& Fannie F. Foster, 1904
d-3. Frances Foster, 1835
d-4. Robert Foster, 1835
d-5. Rebekah Foster, 1797
d-6. Ann Mary Foster, 1823
d-7. fieldstone marker & footstone
d-8. Albert Dennie, 1795
Mehitable Stickneyp 1857
Samuel Stickney, 1859
George Edwin Moulton, 1844
John Noble, 1801 (may be moved)
e-1. Nancy Walker, 1798
& Temperance Walker, 1798
& Samuel Walker, 1798
c-1. Samuel Fernald, 1830
& Ann L. Fernald, 1834
c-2. Elizabeth MacClintock, 1813
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a-1.
a-2.
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a-4.
a-5.
Charlotte G. Campbell, 1847
Charlotte A. Campbell, 1864
John N. Campbell, 1890
Harriet Jones, 1829
Jeremy M. Perkins, 1831
b-1. Hannah D, Lowd, 1850
b-2, Catherine M, Lowd, 1851
b-3, Joseph Allcock, 1795
Block D-6
c-1, Hunking Lowd, 1869
d-1. Charles Thompson, 1798
d-2. Sophia B, Chase, 1841
& Sarah E. Chase, 1841
& William K, Chase, 1840
e-1,
e-2,
e-3,
e-4,
Martha S,F, Davis, 1866
Robert F, Greenough, 1862
Anna Maria Wetherbee, 1854
Eliza Jane Burnham, 1855
f-1, Joseph Shortridge, 1802
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NORTH CEMETERY
c-1. Margaret Brackett, 1815
c-2. Mary L. Hill, 1823
c-3. Gov, John Langdon Family
Tomb (marble plaque)*
a-1.
a-2.
a-3.
a-4.
Mary Hill, 1811
Sarah M. Hillp 1834
James Hill, 1811
Samuel Hillp 1812
Table Tomb
a-5. Samuel Hill, 1840
a-6. Nancy Hill, 1819
a-7, Ichabod Hill, 1827
a-8. Mary White, 1828
a-9. William Hillp 1849
& James D. Hillp 1865
a-10. Elizabeth S. Hill, 1876
d-1. Joshua M, Brackett, 1829
& Ann Brackett, 1833
e-1. Mary F. Pearse, 1865
e-2. Stephen Pearse, Jr., 1830
e-3. Geor~e Pearse, 1868
b-1. George M. Brown, 1825
b-2. Hannah Brown, 1810
b-3. Ann Martin, 1811
b-4. Robert C. Whidden, 1815
b-5. Eno~h M. Clarkp 1815
b-6. Mary Greenleaf, 1815
b-7. Mary Greenleaf Clarkp 1820
b-8. Elizabeth Gooch, 1875
b-9. Charles Edward Osgood, 1833
b-10. Horace Morse Putnam, 1832
b-11. Harriet Putnamp 1832
b-12. slate stub (no identity)
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Gov. John Langdon, 1819
Elizabeth Sherburne Langdonp 1813
Thomas Elwyn, 1816
Elizabeth Langdon Elwyn, 1860
William Octavius Elwyn, 1828
Thomas Octavius Elwyn, 1831
Catherine Cecelia Elwyn
Charles Henry Elwyn, 1848
Elizabeth Barrell, 1823
Catherine Whipple, 1823
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c-3. Jonathan Goddard, 1807
c-4. Samuel Langton, 1807
& Olive Langton, 1828
c-5. Samuel Tappan, 1806
c-6. Thomas Chadbourn, 1825
c-7. Mary Chadbourn, 1826
c-8. Mary Fernald, 1812
a-1. George Massey, 1821
a-2. Hannah Massey, 18..52
a-3. Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, 1808
a-4. Thomas Martin, 1805
a- 5. Mehi table Massey, - 1804
a-6. William ·Langdon, 1820
a-7. Mary Langdon, 1802
a-8. Eunice Hill, 1801
a-9. Harriot Ladd, 1799
a-10. Katherine Jackson, 1799
a-11. Nathaniel Jackson, 1810
a-12. Margaret March, 1810
a-13. Abigail Buckminster, 1838
d-1. Benjamin Slade, 1815
e-1.
e-2.
e-3.
e-4.
Lydia Furber, 1841
Theodore Furber, 1609
Richard Billings, 1808
Robert Yeaton, 1826
& Robert Yeaton, 1808
e-5. Wibird-Penhallow Table Tomb*
e-6. Mary Meloan Hill, 1826
b-1.
b-2.
b-3.
b-4.
b-5.
b-6.
b-7.
b-8,
b-9.
Sarah Jewett, 1819
Joseph Orne, 1820
Martha H. Hart, 1805
F.d.ward Rundlet, 1805
John Rundlet, 1804
Mary Buckminster, 1805
Lucy Buckminster, 1803
Thomas Chadbourn, 1810
Mehitable Ewen, 18.52
& Alexander Ewen, 1815
& Mehitable Fernald Ewen, 1837
b-10. Supply Clap, 1811
f-1.
f-2.
f-3.
f-4.
Thomas Parkens, 1843
Mary Ann Bragdon, 1822
Jeremiah Bragdon, 1834
John William Bragdon, 1829
f-5. Jeremiah Bragdon, 1830
f-6. Jeremiah Bragdon, 1833
f-7. Olive E. Bragdon, 1811
f-8. William Cutter Draper, 1812
f-9. Sarah Ann Maine, 1811
f-10. Clement Storer, 1830
f-11, Torothy Storer, 1841
c-1. Prince Whipple (1796)
c-2. Mary H. Jones, 1807
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NORTH CEMETERY
c-1. John Mendl.llll, 1806
a-1.
a-2.
a-3•
a-4.
a-5.
a-6.
Nathaniel Melcher, 1822
Catherine Melcher, 1815
George Ham, 1832
Oliver Ham, 1836
Joanna Ham, 1853
Elizabeth Ham, 1857
b-1.
b-2.
b-3•
b-4.
b-5.
b-6.
b-7.
b-8.
b-9.
Mary Chase, 1819
Stephen Chase, 1805 (lost)
William Chase, 1834
Elizabeth Salter, 1805
Woodbury Melcher, 1805
Elizabeth Fernald, 1821
Elizabeth Fernald, 1809
Harriet Fernald, 1884
Charles Jackson, 1808
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c-3. F.dward Yard, 1806
c-4. Margaret C. Chase, 1839
c-5. Eunice Tullock, 1807
d-1. Frances M. Day, 1828
d-2. Elizabeth Jackman, 1835
d-3. Susanna Slade, 1808
e-1. Samuel Clark, 1807
e-2. William Dame, 1807
e-3• Caznea Bayley, 1808
e-4. Nathaniel Melcher Jr. , 1808
e-5. Elisabeth Low, 1808
e-6. Joseph Pepper, 1848
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a-1. Charles Augustus Coffin, 1830
a-2, Mehitable Coffin. 1829
a-3, Francis Coffin, 1828
a-4. Mary E. Coffin, 1827
a-5, Richard Salter, 1820
a-6. Mary C, Sheafe, 1797
a-7, Mary Sheafe, _1817
a-8. Mary Sheafe, 1833
a-9, Jacob Sheafe, 1829
a-10, Daniel Davis, 1826
(marker lost)
a-11, Nathaniel T. Sheafep 1802
b-1.
b-2.
b-3,
b-4.
b-5,
b-6.
Rebecca B. Hardy, 1863
Rebecca Hardy, 1839
George Hardy, 1836
Stephen Hardy, 1797
William Plummer, 1798
Abigail Sheafe, 1805
Block E-4
d-2. Almira Reding, 1831
d-3, John Brownp 1800
d-4, Esther Meserve, 1799
e-1.
e-2.
e-3,
e-4.
Elizabeth Clark, 1828
Ichabod W. Clark, 1825
Joseph Day, 1822
Edward J, Peirce, 1818
f-1.
f-2,
f-3,
f-4,
Charlotte Ham, 1837
Robert Ham, 1823
Caroline Cecelia Young, 1820
Mary Reding, 1799
& John Reding, 1825
f-5, Phebe Hart, 1800 (missing)
f-6. Sarah Sheafe, 1799
f-7, Dorcas Day, 1825
(name part lost)
g-1.
g-2.
g-3,
g-4.
g-5,
c-1. Elizabeth Hart, 1804
& Edward Hart, 1825
d-1, Charles Reding, 1838
& Phebe Reding, 1848
Susanna P, Badger, 1840
Frances M,P. Day, 1828
Susan P. Day, 1837
Margaret Veazey, 1819
Mary Ann Warner, 1797
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a-1. Thomas Freeman, 1827
Block E-5
c-1. Rebecca Ham, 1834
c-2. Nancy Moulton, 1875
b-1. George M. Hill, 1798
b-2. Julia c. Fernald, 1862
b-J. Frederick Fernald, 1861
b-4. Frederick Fernald, 1860
b-_5. Sarah Ann Fernald, 1871
b-6. John Fernald, 1860
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c-5.
c-6,
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c-8.
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John Watts Moulton, 1802
Hannah Moulton, 1799
Olive Husk Folsom, 1801
Ann Watts Moulton, 1846
(no date on marker)
Nancy Moulton, 1875
Hannah A, Manent, 1884
Irena Goodrich, 1845
James D. Goodrich, 1842
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a-5,
a-6.
a-7,
a-8.
Block E-6
Martha Holbrook, 1846
Samuel Holbrook, 1836
Abigail Holbrook, 1831
Catherine Holbrook, 1822
Robert Holbrook, 1821
probably Robert Holbrook, 1848
Zebulon Marsh, 1806
Olive H. Ayers, 1821
b-1. probably Miriam Holbrook, 1852
b-2. Benjamin Holbrook, 1839
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a-2. Franklin B. Burgin, 1828
a-3. Jeremiah Burgin, 1831
b-1. Daniel A. Smith, 1827
b-2. Joseph Y. Burgin, 1820
b-3, Nancy Perkins, 1854
b-4, H.P. Jodgdon
(Harlan, d, 1845)
c-1. broken slate stub
c-2, Angela Streeter Beck, 1825
Block F-1
Elizabeth Hall, 1822
Daniel Cutter, 1832
Mary Wentworth, 1843
Mary W. Hall, 1866
Eliza D, Hall, 1869
Olive Jane Crosby, 1813
d-1.
d-2.
d-3,
d-4.
d-5,
d-6,
e-1. Richard Saunders, 1827
& Charlotte H, Saunders, 1827
e-2, Charles H, Saunders, 1828
e-3, Nancy P. Berry, 1832
e-4, Lucy Ann Barry, 1843
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e-1.
e-2.
e-3,
e-4.
e- 5.
Thomas Jefferson Ela, 1817
Evelina Tuckerman, 1817
Lydia Jane Smith, 1818
Sarah F. Claggett, 1818
Mary C. Palmer, 1830
& Sarah E. Palmer, 1833
& Dorothea.. S. Palmer, 1834
& Mary S. Palmer, 1836
e-6. Harriet Claggett, 1818
e-7. Sarah Neil, 1821
& William Neil, Jr., 1820
e-8. Thomas Neil, 1850
a-1. Elizabeth Senter, 1835
a-2. Mary Blunt, 1829
a-3, granite slab, probably
top of a mound tomb
b-1. Treadwell Tomb
Jacob Treadwell, 1770
Sarah Treadwell, 1770
John Treadwell, 1759
Anna Treadwell Walden, 1806
c-1. Robert T. Bell, 1873
c-2. Rebecca Bell, 1826
& Mary Bell, 1826
d-1. Mary E. Long, 1815
d-2. Dorothy Long, 1814
d-3, &!ward Long, 1803
d-4. Phebe Coxe, 1828
d-5, Frances Emily Coxp 1855
d-6. Samuel Newhall, 1820
d-7, Ruth Newhall, 1816
& Lucy Ann Newhall, 1829
& Ruth Newhall, 1829
d-8. Hannah Balch, 1817
d-9. Michael Whidden, 1818
d-10. Mary Whidden, 1818
d-11. William Cutter, 1817
d-12. Ammi R. Cutter, 1820
d-13, pair fieldstone markers
d-14. pair fieldstone markers
d-15, Hannah Cutter, 1832
d-16. Ammi R. Cutter, 1833
f-1. Mary Andersonp 1818
f-2. Mary S. Holman Rogers, 1888
f-3, Cecelia Elouisa Ladd, 1820
f-4. William Coxe, 1840
f-5, Sarah Jane Sides, 1855
f-6. Susan Giles, 1831
f-7. Josiah Gilesp 1813
f-8. Dolly Dennett, 1819
f-9, Ann Eliza Dennett, 1837
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f-11. Theodore Manson, 1822
f-12. Emily Manson p 1821
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Mary Gibbs, 1851
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a-8, Emma Holt Mann, 1835
a-9, John Mann, 1829
a-10, Mary Allen, 1810
a-11, Sarah Allen, 1856
a-12, Joseph Lowe, 1823
a-13, Augustus G, Lowe p 1825
f-1, Ed.ward J, Long, 1824
f-2, furothy A, Long, 1816
g-1, Daniel Marden, 1816
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g-2, Mary Marden, 1816
g-3, Rachel Marden, 1834
g-4, William Marden, 1838
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Charles L, Somerby, 1818
Mary Jane Pillow, 1818
Sarah H, Marden, 1820
Timothy Atkinson, 1818
& Hannah Atkinson, 1825
i-1, Anna Goodrich, 1818
i-2, Silas Holman, 1807
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a-1. Champin Spalding, Jr., 1814
a-2. Rebecca A.T. Rohl, 1839 (lost)
a-J. Elizabeth Gavett, 18_58 (lost)
b-1. William Seavey, 1845
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Georgiana Adams, 1850
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b-1, H, Clement Phinney, 1841
b-2, Mary Somerby, 1842
c-1. Mary Lonnergan, 1830
c-2, Jane F, Jackson, 1833
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Bethshure Cate, 1831
Mary Berry, 1832
Samuel W. Cate, 1834
Sarah Morse, 1878
Richard Creel, 1839
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& John Creel, 1829
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F.d.ward Jenner Spalding, 1833
William Brown, 1821
John S. Walker, 1852
Lavina Walker, 1821
Amos Brown, 1849
Nathaniel Dearborn, 1852
& Lucy Dearborn, 1824
& A.L.D. (name & date broken)
a-8. Charlotte Bodge, 1830
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James Wingate, 1825
Stanley Polk Carleton, 1847
Abraham Martin, 1846
Mary Martin, 1829
Lucy A. Young, 1831
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a-2. Thomas Wiggin, 1869
a-3. Elizabeth P. Spaldingp 1878
& Alfred P. Spalding, 1844
a-4. Elizabeth Spalding, 1838
c-3. Louisa Perkins, 1838
& Pierce P. Clements, 1824
c-4. Elizabeth Callp 1840
c-5. Mary Call, 1840
c-6. Mary French, 1825
b-1. John Pillow, 1802
& Mary Pillow, 1812
& John M. Pillow, 1821
& Elizabeth Pillow,
b-2. Charles T. Webb, 1823
b-3. David C. Foster, 1823
b-4. Sarah Dennett, 1825
b-5. Barnet Akerman, 1824
& Sarah Akermanp 1833
d-1. William C. Shattuck, 1827
d-2. Elizabeth A. Willey, 1848
& John W, Willey, 185()
& John E. Willey, 1852
d-3. Asa Dearbon, 1829
d-4. Ruhamah Dearbon, 1847
d-5. Elizabeth C, Dennett, 1837
d-6. Mark Tucker, 1843
d-7. Mary Tucker, 1829
d-8. Sarah Marden, 1842
c-1. Sarah Ela, 1840
c-2. Mary Elizabeth Clements, 1825
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a-2. Ann Lonnergan, 1820
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Thomas F. Rowe, 1827
Ebenezer Rowe Jr., 1825
Benjamin \-\Am, 1825
James Ham, 1831
& Sarah Ham, 1855
b-5. Samuel Ham, 1825
& Mary Ham, 1842
b-6, Mary Ann Lane Parry, 1824
b-7, Stephen H, Frost, 1848
c-1, Sarah E, Moses, 1835
c-2, Elizabeth Moses, 1835
& Mark Edwin Moses, 1834
c-3, Charles E, Moses, 1828
& George W, Moses, 1824
c-4, Ann Banks, 1857
c-5, John E, Banks, 1854
c-6, Elizabeth Banks, 1825
c-7. Fil.ward Banks, 1835
c-8, Elizabeth D, Pike, 1825
c-9, Joseph Ela, 1825
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Nancy Harrold, 1869
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e-2, Catherine M, Blake, 1860
e-3, George A, Blake, 1865
e-4, Selvesta J, Sawyer, 1841
e-5, Benjamin D.S. Pickering, 1841
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e-7, William H, Muchemore, 1852
e-8, Meshach Muchemore, 1872
e-9, Hannah Canney, 1844
e-10, William J, Young, 1869
e-11. Jabez Rowe, 1837
e-12, Asa Young, 1835
e-13, John Barnes, 1834
e-14, Andrew J, Walker, 1835
e-15, John Walker, 1834
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Margaret Webster, 1845
Caroline Esther Rand, 1841
Ida F. Huntress, 1856
& Frederick E. Huntress, 1857
b-4. Ella T. Huntress, 1856
& Emila Huntress, 1856
b-5. Eva St Clair Smart, 1853
b-6. Benjamin Joseph Lester, 1864
b-7. Victoria Harrill, 1857
b-8. Mary S,E, Harrill, 1837
b-9. Elizabeth M.D, Green, 1837
b-10. Tommy Cunningham, 1855
b-11. Honora L, Flynn, 1853
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a-2. Pierpont Hammond (1864)
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a-J. T. K. Clark (Civil War)
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a-3,
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a-5,
Nehemiah Green, 1824
Charles P, Green, 1836
Nehemiah Green, 1840
Sarah Green, 186o
Sarah Ann Plilbrick, 1837
& Lynthia Ann Philbrick,
a-6, Hannah Gove, 1836
& Samuel Gove, 1836
a-7, rock (no initials)
a-8, Hiram Junkins, 1840
a-9, Ebenezer Gove, 1834
a-10, Joseph W. Gove, 1833
a-11, Ira Brown, 1833
a-12. Caroline A,S, Brown, 1833
& Caroline A,S, Brown,
a-13, Benjamin F, Joy, 1836
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a-1. William Bartlett, 1834
& Abigail Bartlett, 1823
a-2. Daniel Emery, 1835
a-3. Shem Emery, 1847
a-4. Mary Emery, 1862
a-5. Jacob Walden, 1831
a-6. Abigail Walden, 1824
& Sophia Walden, 1842
a-7. Albertine Giles Coffin, 1849
b-1. Olive Trickey, 1866
c-1. Ivory Staples, 1844
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Block H-4
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a-1, Margaret J, Harrill, 1857
d-4, William Pettigrew, 1865
& Mary R, Pettigrew, 1879
d-5, Drusella D, Chase, 1890
d-6, Benjamin P, Chase, 1880
d-7, Eunice G, Chase, 1860 (or 1850)
d-8, Ann Downing, 1903
d-9, Havilah F, Downing, 1874
d-10, Frederick Rousoe, 1851
d-11, marble stub, no identity
d-12, Susan Emeli ne Pettigrew, 1845
e-1, slate stub, footstone "T,L.
e-2, Gideon Walker, 1829
& Lydia Walker, 1841
e-3, Frank Walker, 1847
b- 1.
b-2,
b-3,
b-4,
b-5,
b-6,
Catherine Stringer, 1868
Ellen Shea, 1857
Mary Staples, 1850
James Staples, 1850
Margaret Lynch, 1857
Margaret A, Ashworth, 1818
& Ann Ashworth, 1818
b-7, Bridget Kane, 1858
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d-2, Theodosia Lang, 1845
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Ida B. Parks, 1865
Thomas B. Parks, 1863
Eliza A. Parks, 1866
Drewsilla Parks, 1857 (missing)
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Record book of North Cemetery, located on Maplewood Avenue. Indexed alphabetically by last name. For general information about the cemetery, including a map, see <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3519" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this page</a>. See also the <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3508" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2006 record book</a> and <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3509" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Inscriptions at North Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.: Epitaphs and Long Texts</a>. Field notes by Cynthia Pridham-Thomas and computer entry by Louise H. Tallman.
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North Cemetery, 1993
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Pridham-Thomas, Cynthia
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PORT VITAL RECORDS 925.5 NORTH CEMETERY 1993
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Index of
NORTH CEMETERY
Listed by plot
This is a PLOT listing for North Cemetery located on Maplewood
Ave. This volume will be useful for identifying connections by burial
proximity.
Please see Green Volumes for ALPHABETIC listings (same shelf).
Please see Grey Volume for INSCRIPTIONS (same shelf).
Provided by:
CYNTHIA PRIDHAM-THOMAS
Volunteer
December 2006
PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
REFERENCE
FOR USE IN THE LIBRARY ONLY
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Wife of Amos Sheldon
11
M1···s:.• l....uc:y ShE?ldon, lB19"
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-H
Shelden, Fidelia
Dau. of Amos & Lucy Shelden
cl. 1 El'./0-··· :I. :I. ·-··2i:5
:I. 6y
'' f·•f :i. si; Fi clE! l :i i,i bhE• 1 d E."'!n ''
A-:t,c-3
pql
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-H
Shf::!ldcin,, .John
d.:1.821-:1.2-5
31y
A-:l.,c-4
pol
slate, good, willow & urn,
epitaph-6
~3h<·?l den,, Jc::,hn Henry
Bon of Jahn & Elexabeth Shelden
cl" :I. f:32:2·-·· :I.··- :I.
"/y
'' ,J Dhn l···li:-=:,nr-· v ':::;hf,? l c:li:-::in ''
P,··-· 1 ,, c ·--'.::i
pq l
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
1:>hE·' l don,,
Jc:,hn Henry
Son of .John
&
Elizabeth Sheldon
d • :I. El::'.::::;-- C_? --· 9
:l.~.':.irn
''John Hf2nr~-y, ShE•ldon''
P,·--:1.,c::·-·6
pg:!.
slate, qciod, willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Ashley, Catherine Eliza
Wife of A. Ashley,
El :·.? C_}i :·,?
~:? :/
I c:: 1:::: " ,::·:l
A-:l.,c-7
pq:I.
slate, goad, willow & urn
cl
fl
].
Cl i::11r· k,
MHO
•MM { : ;
E>E11r• ah
d. l 76h-'."5··-·2~5
l
:~::
Dau.
]\/
If
rt
Df .Jahn & Sarah Clark
Hm Eld
slate, qood,
F'h:i. lbl'-ic:k,
cl .. l El
·--fr-·-'.[?
comedian
II
death head
Dc1vid
6m
slate,
broken,
part date lcist
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
F C)~'.) 1 f:lf..
X 2°1 \/ i
:1
Son of Paul & Phebe Fowler
(?Ir·
cl .. 181<::;·····9·--12
·'l rn
:I.\/
'' X .. F" ,,
slate, headstone lost
Fowler,
Jerome
d. :I. H24-···9··-· :I. 4
Son of Paul & Phebe Fowler
'.:iy
JI
,J. i:::·"
11
slate, headstone lost
Fowler,
Phebe
Wife of Paul Fowler
54y
double slate, good,
d .. 1H46-11-3
i:::· o~,,1 l f,2r·· , P 2'1.u l
cl . 1847-··4···-20
On stone with wife Phebe
'?(l'y'
double slate, good,
Pearson,
7m
slate, good,
Busan S.
d .. :I. l:l l 7 -·- ::~; ..... :::::
pg:!.
Dau. of Thomas & Mary Harvey
slate, good,
Harvey,
Thomas
d. :I.EJ:::::7-·:l.····:I.B
pq:I.
Mu1:;ha.i/-J,;:1y ,,
''T. H. ''
slate, qood,
11
7'.?y
,J. 1·-,1.
11
"H .. C ..
slate,
<::11,. \/
d.:1.8:1.9-7-13
11
low,
11
67y
1''1. l,...I,,
11
slate , good,
Susan Ellen
willow & urn,
Only dau.
of John R.
marble, eroded,
reset 1992
epitaph-2
&
Lydia 8 .. Oxford
:l.6m
pg:!.
p,3_1,..r-·\, 1, '.::\,;1.mue,1
d .. :1.86:1.-5-:1.5
/Jy
marble,
pr::;,1r•r-·y,
willow & urn
~'-.):i.fe, of ,John
1··1 1
d .. :1.842-H-3
willow & urn
''l,1Ji dnv,J 11
d. :!. 8 :1. 9···· :I. :I. ·-6
no
willow & urn
slate, crackecl,
Cl;;:-1.1,..l-:: 1, Hann.:,\h
A-2,b-5
epitaph-2
Veteran of the Revolution
H4v
pq::::oh
Oxford,
willow & urn,
,John
d. 1 ::326····· 4-···4
:1
willow & urn
6y
A-2,a-6
1·,·1u 1,; h <:'11/·.) <::\ "y'
willow & urn
Israel Putnam
cl. :1.i:l:1.6-···~:i···••::::
Harvey,
willow & urn
hE'!ci1--·qe N.
almost illegible
United States Navy
dc.",1.t1:::.,1;;
pq:I.
Shores,
marble,
Rachel
ci.:1.818-:1.-12
almost illegible
Dau. Andrew Tombs,
with Mary Stafford
/Hy
pg2
+
Dau .. Rachel Shores,
'.:> t i::1 f or· d !' i-··1 i,:t r- ·"/
d. :l.f36~5-·-·:l.0·····4
Bf:ly
mi::"11"· b l <=-~ 1, F,i 1--· o cl <'=) cl
1::-:i·-·-2 :1 c:·····4
pg2
grdau.
Anclrew Tombs
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Pa.r. r··/, Ri c:hmonc!
c!.1828-9-24
85y
A-2,c-5
pg1
slate,
Leavitt, Charlie
cl. 1 f360·--7 ·····24
low,
willow & urn
Son of Charles W.
& Mary A.
Leavitt
Dau . of Charles W. & Mary A. l....<=::a-...ii t t
Leavitt, Lizzie A.
d.1859-11-15
15m :I.Oc:I
pq'..?
marble, low, sleeping child, with Charlie
Nay, Stanley
d.1842-10-24
A-2,c-7
pg:!.
Son Dea,
47y
marble,
kaymond Nay,
died Buffalo,
repaired
Son Stanley & Sophia Nay,
Nay, Charles Clinton
d.1860-6-11
30y
A-2,c-7
pg1
marble, repaired
Nay, Marshall Stanley
d.186:1.-10-24
~~y
A-2,c-7
pq:I.
marble,
NY
Son Stanley & Sophia Nay,
died Portland,
died Albany,
repaired
Stephens, Sarah Frances
Dau. of Nathaniel & Sarah Stephens
cl. 1 El 19-··9···-4
l -:::im
A-2,d-1
pq:I.
slate, low, urn, epitaph-2
Wentworth, Elizabeth
cl.1762-8-31
11m
slate,
Bazin, John,
cl. 1819-12-9
good,
death head
Jr.
30y
slate,
tipped,
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Dockum!, Ephr·aim
d.1841-4-26
57y
Wife of Ephraim Dockum
"i::.. (:,. D. "
slate, good, willow & urn,
E?pi taph·--4
Wife of Ephraim Dockum
':'52y
'' 1"1. D . ''
slate, qo □ d, willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Dockum, Sarah Ann
d.1833-2-12
4:1.y
Dockum!'
Mal'"'/
d .. 1fll7·····l-···:?:I.
F<E·E•d !' E.;:a.1'· ah
cl. 1i:i2l-···<::)·····'.?~:i
"l,,Ji. cl c:,~,J"
"'/()v
. .. /
slate,
low,
willow & urn,
Griffith, Charlotte H .
cl.1825-12-27
2:1.y
L,:1.~Jr· \l,
SEir.. c,ih
d. :I. H'.:'iO--/:•-·· l ~:i
0
t1 ·-- :::; , b ··- :I.
p (;} ~::: 6
Wife of George S.
epitaph-4
Me.
Me.
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
1.... c1. t,•.1 r· y ,,
r; .
83y
f:-3 <~ o ,,.. 9 r"
d.1852-5-16
Bt?.nj
LE:1l;\llr·•/,
d.1836-1-12
II El
f:) L.. Ii
mE,.1··· b l f,,! ,, E? ,,- o d E-? cl
,1
ti
::::;un of BE>nj ;;;1m:i n
i,1m :i. n
B. I..••
14y
m ,,·1,,.. b .l E·' , E~ 1·· o d 1-:: cl
II
II
0
Durgin, Mary Ann
1f::l:"Z:l.---4--·?l
:?H\/
M. (i. D.
A-3,b-4
pg36
slate, good,
11
cl.
11
urn :in circle, epitaph-1
B!-?nn :i. ng
d. lB'.:'.i4···-7·····~'.i
E34y
P1d,,1mi,;; ,,
marble,
eroded,
epitaph-2
Wife of Benning Adams
d
n
l {':l-4(} •-·•fl ·-.. :·2,~;;
A-3,b-6
{::)!:~$·/
pg36
Ji~=)
n
(:j
II
ii
marble,
eroded
marble,
almost illegible
Walk er, Samuel P.
d.1840-3-17
33y
Walker, Sarah A.
Dau. Samuel P. & Elizabeth A.
d. 1B47-8-7
11y 5m
A-3,b-8
pg36
marble, eroded
\(E-:•c:1 ton
!l
Walker
YE:,,iton
M;;;,_1r• °)./
cl. :I. i:l2tl···· :l. 2·-··7
Wife of Phinehas Ayers
d.:l.863-5-29
BOy
1""1. P,.
f'.2i --- :::,; , c: ···· 1
p g ::':: h
S:- 1 <::\ t. !'::! ,,
•.] D O c:l !I
11
Ha. l t'?y,
11
ep:i. tEiph·-2
~:,,=.i.r· ah
cl. :I. 826-- :l. 0···-7
A-3,d-:l.
:::,;:::::·':/
pg30
H.
marble, eroded,
11
11
·::; .
e pitaph-l
Ha,,.·t., H,::innah
''l. .J:i clov-J''
cl.1819-:1.1-6
82y
A-4
slate, low, willow & urn
1
I.... i bbey, .:J E=r·f2rn:i. 63.h
cl. :I. fl2.l~.---·(?·····4
7 6y
slate,
Dearborn,
cl • :I. 7'.::i 15-·· 4 -- c;>
Benjamin
11
g □□ d,
:0r·.
willow & urn
11
::,; 0 y
slate,
good,
death head
BF!ahan ,, ,Jc,hn
Native of Ireland, emigrated here 1809
d.1fl16-7-31
3:1.y
pq ··"1·····t
. ::, /
P1·····4 !' 1::,--·· :I.
slate, willow & urn, masonic: emblems,
Dau. of Charles & Eliza Turrell
Turrell, Elizabeth P.
cl. :l.Dl<::)-··7·····2!::3
'::'iy
marble, eroded, tipped
epitaph-4
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Turr ell, ~li~~heth Paqe
d.1821-10-28
ly 9m
Dau. of Charles & Eliza Turrel l
Turrell, Elizabeth Page
d.1828-11-13
3y 10m
P,·-··4, b···-4
marble,
eroded,
re set
Stearns, Sophronia F.
Dau. of Edwin & Harret Stearns
d.1852-6-7
lB y 2m
A-4,b-5
pgJ/
marble, broken, reset
Mansfield,
Samuel
II'.:; • i""'I. II
d. I. H 16-···'.5····· El
1 Sly
P, ··- 4 !I b ···- (::,
p g :::. 7
m,:::1.r-bl1::?, E11--·od1:-2d,
Eln::i1.1,m, l1-JEdtr.,!r- Et.
d.1816-3-23
25y
pq ..::./
slate, good,
faint tree design
willow & urn, epitaph-4
cl. :1.d16···-:l.--6
h4y
''Capt. H. T. ''
A-4,b-8
pg36
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Cl,,,11r•k, \:ii::11--·,;;1h hnn
d.:1.856-1-17
46y
slate, goocl,
willow & urn
Furnald, Nancy
Wife of Samuel Furnalcl
cl.1816-2-:1.1
27y
marble, a lmos t illeqible
Hart, Elizabeth
Wife of Thomas Hart
.,1.,::_;ith yr-.
''M1r·c,;;. Eli;''.i::1b1:::: th HE1t--·t, 1760''
poor quality s late, c:rac:kinq, face & wings
cl. :l.76:l.-··9···-1fl
Pi·-- 4 !I c: ···- 1
:8('2<:':11 !I Z-:::\C:hdlr•:i i::lh
d.:1.818-2-22
46y
slate, low,
!:3hi:1c::kfDF·d,
willow & urn
"Mc.·1.joF· II
~John
''M,::1..i □ r-- ,John !3hi:"'IC::kfoF·d''
slate, good, winged cherub
'.:iHy
d. 176<:)-·· 10·---'.?'.5
P,·-·4, c:1--2
Brewster, Joseph
'',.JO!:i('c;ph :ur-·f',;l_rJ!::', ter-, 176<::i''
d.1766-12-4
bbY
P1··-·-<'.J., d---::~;
slate, good, death head
E<1' . E:t,•Jste1··· !' Phc:::1bt:-i
Wife of Joseph Brewster
,, t· 1f .. i,.;. F· h E:•b £-? Br- f2\,\lfa:; t €':!Ir· ,,
d.1767-H-16
~7v
P,·--4 !I d·····.'.1pq:::::6
slat e, wings & 7, part desiqn
1
.. M
•
P1\tt:-,•r·r:, , F'h i n0?has
cl " l f:l :·? :I. ..... ·7 f:!
:~:i -::) . l
t-; - -· 4 , d -··'.3
UNO
F1...w-r-1i::d d !' (inn
d. 1 f::l?!.'5 ···- :I. :I. -'.:?4
P,···-4, f,? ····· :I.
~•
ll1v1i,•·
■
F' • fl ■ II
slate , good,
wil l ow & urn,
epitaph-4
Wife of Samuel Furnald
marble,
eroded,
same c::las as Fernald
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Jeffares,
Christopher
d. 1825-5-10
38v
slate,
I
11
C,:1pt .
good,
Ii
willow & urn
Dau. of James & Elizabeth Stoodly
Stoodly, Elizabeth
d .. l El !:'i 7 ---:::::-----:::!; 0
(:! y
El i :,; E!h F:it. h St OCld l y, :I. 7!':'i7
slate, good, bust Df woman
II
Smith,
II
8Dn of James & Eliza F.
18m
marble, almost illegible
James William
Smith
d. 1825-2-24
Smith,
H"'1_nn;_,,1_h
Wife of the late John Smith of Exeter
d .. 1822-12-8
A-5,b-3
58y
pg38
marble,
eroded
Dau .. of James & Eliza F ..
Smith, Hannah Augusta
d.1826-8-18
ly
marble, eroded, set. low
Pa1,·kr.::.• 11 ,Ji:1ne
Widow Capt .
d. :I. El24---- '.5---·27
pq:1.9
slate,
f3 1r- <::\VF.>~:- !I l,\!i 11 i ;3_m
:1.Eiy
cl. :I. El:20 ---· :I. 0 ---- :I. 7
1
Matthew Parke of Boston
gDDd,
'L,-J .. c:;,.
slate,
Smith
willow & u r n
Ii
shattered,
l
ic.:1p:i_ t_;;.\ph----7
01.1--.1,
Peduzzi, Margaret T.
Dau. of Domenick & Margaret Peduzzi
11
cl. :1_ H26··-7--6
4y Elm
1v1. T. P. 11
A-5,c-2
pg3H
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Peduzzi,
t,,J :i +<;;i D-f DDmF!n i ck
Margaret
58y
d.:1.839-6-21
II
ffl <::l Ir-
l"-'1E-?ndum,
I'll• p"
I:::, ]. ,:?
!I
II
(;;> I'.. 0
d E! cl
John
d. :I. E!!':_i0--1-----6
h::?y
1-·IF.>n cl um'
H"
1"IE11r- y
d.1855-8-29
Staples,
1
John Mendum
1·1. H,. 1·,1. 11
Wife of John Staples
74y
,John
cl. 18'.:::9-----7 ----Ei
Wortman,
11
Margaret
cl .. :1.845-3-27
'.-3tdpl~::iS:- 1
W:i+e of
66y
iJ"/\/
George H.
d . :1.838-4-:1.6
Died New Orleans,
with J.
& E.
Staples
37y
pg::':.H
Stdples,
Elizabeth W.P..
d .. 1797-1-:1.0
A-5,d-3
pg38
Ddu.
:I.Om
marble,
eroded
of John & Margaret Staples
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Wortman, Mary Ann
Wife George Wortman, dau. J. & M. Staples
d" :I. 827 ·--7-·-b
20y
II M. t·~. i,J. II
A-5,d-4
pg38
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-16
Monroe,
Elizabeth R.P.
r,·Ion I"' C)f:;!,
HE•n I'.. '/
Wife of Henry Monroe
11
d,, 1 ::3i.1·9···- :L 0-·· l l
41:l/
H.M. 11
m;;:i1·· bl e !I
F,il'.. c:;cl F,:d
Pi·····~:5 !I d·····6
pg::;EJ
Monroe, Isadore O.P.
Dau. of Henry & Elizabeth Monroe
d.:1.849-12-20
17y
A-5,d-7
pg38
marble, a l most illegible
Quincy, Sarah
Relict of Edmund H. Quincy
d.1826-12-7
77y
marble, illegible, with grdau. Hannah Folsom
Fc::,l sorr, !I Hanncih
Dau. Nathaniel B. & Sarah Folsom
d. between 1817 and 1826
A-5,e-2
marble, almost illegible
F :i. t Ch ' J E1.bE~:.:•'.
d. :L 7.46··- :I. 1 ·-··'.??
Pastor of
I.st Church of Portsmouth
7::~: . ./
slate,
cracked,
cherub
Wife of Rev. Jabez Fitch
Fitch!' Eli-:.'. c.1.bF:::th
d.1765-10-18
84y
slate, cracked, cherub
Mendum, Susannah
d.1820-1-21
73y
Wife of Capt.
John Mendum
Stiles, Jane Mary Ann
Wife of Simeon Stiles
11
d. :I. 826·- 10·--7
'.::i'fy'
,J.M. ,::~. H. 11
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-9
Allcock, Jane
Wife of ,Jo~c-E-ph P,llr.::ock
11 Mr.. 1:=;. ,J,,1ni:,i (illc:oc:k''
d.1766-7-27
47th yr.
A-5,e-6
pg~Ll
slate, qood, dE•,,d.:h tH•?ad
E; t :i. 1 f,' '.ci !' ,J o '.-:'if:,: p h
d.1827-:1.2-16
26y
slate,
f31·- i qq '.5, John
d . :I. 8 :::!; 0 ···- 9 -·- :::::
pq40
F(·::'r.. n.,?.tl d !' J;;::tr, 1?.
d • :I. f::l ::::: :I. ···- :I. 1 ····· :~·16
r'.::i···-6, ,,t·····'.'!;
pq8
l ·7 ~:.~ ::::: ..... ·7 ···- ~;:·:
~:; -~./
(:1•·-·6 !, b···-:1.
pq40
cl
II
good,
willow & urn,
",}. B. II
F2 !'
1 c:,i,J ,
::.1 a. t
ep i tc.iph--4
Wife c:,f Rendal
Fernald
/;:l.y
slate,
good,
willow & urn
Dau.
of John & Sarah Hart
"I"I.H.
11
slate,
~pitaph-4
headstone lost
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Wife of Col. John Hart
d.1757-4-24
42y
M1--··~,. f.:1 ii:\rE•.h H;;:i.i--··t ''
P,·-··6, b--2
p q .i'.!-0
slate, good, death head
11
"Col.
c:I. 1 TT/····· :I. O···<:;o
7'.?y
Col. ,:John l···l<,°lt-t.!, :1.777
1'."1 ··-· 6 !I b ..... :::;
pq40
slate, good, death head
11
11
Har··t !I {1b :i. g,;:1i l
Wife of Hanson M.
:54y
II(.."\
H. II
d. :l u::'!; l --4--·29
A·-·· 6 , b ····-4
pg40
'='-1 i:":i t e, l CltAJ !I tAJ i 11
11
Hart
It
H.-:u-t,
t:
Cl~·-;
<·,? pi taph·····4
P,nn M.
d • :I. 8 ~':i '.::i-··· :l 2 ·-+l
pq40
84y 2m
marble,
broken,
decayed,
flat
Hart, Elizabeth M.
Wife of Han s Dn M. Hart
d.:1.855-6-11
72y
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Hart, Elizabeth P.
El4\i
cl. Jfl82 ·--·· :l0·-··J:]
11
E. P.H.
II
pr- oc:! Pd
rni::tr-· b .I. E~,
oDn !' {~br--E\hE1m
d.1852-9-28
60y
l·lr=!l
1··..-!p 1 D □ n
P ,0·1. u l in i:'\
!'
d.184:::l-8-10
Frothingham,
59y
WifP of Abraham Meloan
"P" I"!.
ma1--- bl E•,
II
E,)l' .. od c=,)d
John
II
J" F' "
<:=;l at.Ei !'
II
qo □ cl,
1/\1
:i. l l
O l_.-\1
Frothingham, Sarah W..
Wife of John Frothingham
..:!,,,iy
"M,.... ~,; . f.:;. ltj. F .. "
slate, good, willow & urn
cl. :I. (-3'.Z:'!; ..... 6·-- :I. 6
Fr □ thinqham,
Margery
Wife of John Fr □ thinqham
d.:1817-9-16
54v
A-6,b:l.2
pq~~
slat e, gD □ d, willow & urn
Russell, Eleazer
d.:1798-9-1:]
76y
Coll E:ctrnr• o-f Cu.~; tom!;j. !I i:-2tc::.
11
E l t,•? i:'. "s:'. f°::! fr· i=;:u1:;c.,;f.?. l l !I Eis q. 11
!::;l atF!,
F~ u !:; !5 E~ l 1
!'
,.,a,.... t h ;,,. _
,..
d.1798-9-21
65y
Thankful
d. :I. tl06----·f:3·--7
A-6,c-3
4~iy
pg39
o-f side broken of-f
"M:i. s;s"
"1'-'I.R."
s late,
Shapley,
pti1·-·t
goad,
urn,
wordinq
Wife of James Shapley
11
T .. H.
slate,
II
good,
willow & urn
Champney, Richard
d .. :LE<:1.9--·--r:.?·-··ltl
7-4y
H .. C .. Esq.
A-6,c-4
pgJ~
slate, goad, willow & urn
11
11
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
,.
-
Drawn, Samuel Jr.
II~} f)
d.1797-12-20
18y
·r.;
pq.. ··.....:,-.
.
slate, good,
11
Blunt, (.~nqEil i Ci:1
d. 1829-6-23
1y
A-6,c-6
marble,
i,
jj
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Dau. Jahn S. & Esther Blunt
almost illeqible
Tetherly, Oliver
cl .. :I. Elt::):::,:--••9····· 12
'.'.'i :t y
O .. T.
A-6,cl-1
pg39
marble, eroded
Ii
Ii
Tetherly, John P..
Son of George & Nancy Tetherly
4y
A-6,cl-2
pg39
marble, eroded, noted with father
cl. :I. 820···- :I. 1 ·-··9
Tetherly, George
Three children noted on s tone
cl .. 1 i:i7:·.?·····4···- l 4
,::;; 4y ::?m
'' G .. T ..
A-6,cl-2
pg39
marble, eroded, epitaph-2 (illegible)
Ii
Tetherly,
George
Son Georqe & Nancy Tetherly
16y
pg39
marble, eroded, noted with father
d .. :1.820-11-5
A-6,d-2
Tetherly, Eliza
Dau . George & Nancy Tetherly
d .. :1.820-12-6
14v
marble, e rod ed, noted with father
Tetherly, Nancy
Wife of George Tetherly
d .. :I. i::i~54·•-::=:,---:26
74y
'' N .. T ..
marble, broken, top lost
11
T et h r,r· l y , f:.1<'201··· q c?.
d.:1.843-8-30
2:1.y
r;on
8(?.0r- g E~
;;;,
(3 .. T" II
mEtl'·b .I. E" ,, er··odt:'-cl
II
Tetherly, John Henry
cl .. :l.ff::0.4····9····:l.9
A-6,cl-5
Son of George & Nancy Tetherly
" ..J.H.T."
marble, erocled
:I.Oy fld
pg39
Greenough, Charles Henry
On marker with father Charles Greenouqh
d" 1 H.i.!'.':'.i··-~~;--24
~=:;y
C" H. G.
slate, good, willow & urn, ep itaph-2
11
II
Greenough, Charles
cl
II
l El -<l '._:_:_; "'"' '. :5 -·- :·? l
A-6 . d-6
::::; ,:": -; '•/
slate,
Son on same marker
11
low,
c:
If
(3 :,
11
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Shelden,
Mary Ann E.
cl • 1 8 :I. '.:i ·-· l -·· El
8-l,a-l
:::,; m
pgl
slate,
f~;hf:::l. dc-::.•n ,, Ma,~·/ Ann
cl. :I. fl 14-·· l ··-:I.::::;
:I. '.'::iy
8···-l , ;;·1·····:l
pq:I.
low, willow & urns
With Mary Ann E.
slate,
low, willow &
Harvey, Lyman 8.
Son of Thomas & Mary Harvey
cl. :I. !:l :I. ::::-·····7 ·-:I.El
B··-·l,,b·····:I.
slate, good, willow & urn
Swanson, Olive
Wife of William Swanson
cl.:1.825-7-25
74y
B-:1.,c-:I.
pg2
marble, eroded, epitaph-I.
Ma.1·-ti n, GE?org<-:? Thomas
Only son of Jeremiah
cl. :I. EJ::s4-· :I. :I. ..... c;i
bY
"G.T.M.
B·-- :I., cl-··· :I.
pq::::
m,::•.r·· blE• ,, ,,i.lmos.t illE-:giblE-1
11
H;;:1r--t, [;.J:i. 11 i i:H"O
I ns:,tr··t.tm(-? nt m;=.1ke1··
d. :I.El:l.2 ·--:1.··-•l::=;
7!:ly
l,.J. H.
pq2
sla te, reversed,
11
11
1
w:i.ll □ w
& urn
NE:a.l , El :i. z ,:i1bE2th
W:i.f e of Thomas Neal
d.:l.fl39-3-3
;~y
B-:l.,d-3
pq2
slate, good, wi llow & urn
l\k:-:•i::•.l, ThDmas.
d.:1.8:1.0-2-2:1.
I3····· :I., d·--4
56y
slate, broken,
,Jonathan
d.:1.825-:1.0-20
40y
slc,itE::, split :,
B·····l, d···-1.:".i
pg'.?
part lost,
epitaph-2
F··ci.1. som,,
t,,J:i.llovJ ~:,: ur--n
Dau. of John & Sarah Stackman
Slackman, Sarah Ann
d ., :l t.➔ :~:; :::; ····· ::~; ·-·· :~::. l
~:=; ffl
EJ t~, t:) "
B-:1.,e-:I.
double marble, illeg:i.ble, with John H.
11
11
tr
II
Stackman, John H.
Son of John & Sarah Stackman
:I. y 7m
'' J. H. S. ''
double marble, illegible, with Sarah Ann
cl. :I. H::=;:::,:---::::; ..... 2'.:5
Foster, Charles B.
Son of J.D. & E.K. Foster
d.:1.841-12-25
1:1.m
pq'..?
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Furber, TheodDre
Oldest son Theodore & Lydia Furber,
d. :1. H:1.::>···'5···-:1.2
:l.9v
"T.F,.
8-:1.,f-:I.
pg5
slate, broken, top lost
11
ll
a
11
marble,
~3
n
II
eroded,
faint design
Dau. of John & Jane Shackford
Shackford, CarDline
cl. :I.El:1.fl-··9·--:1.El
4.,/
marble, er □ decl, law, carved rose
drowned
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Gray, John Greenleaf
d., :I. (:30::~--..· l 0·-· 14
:I. ~5m
J .. (3., G.
B-2,a-1
pg2
slate, good,
II
11
willow & urn
Son of William & Elizabeth Moses
6m
slate, low, sprig in circle, r eset higher
d . :I. EiO~."i·-·· :I. 2·--Ei
B-2,a-2
Dau .. of Joshua & Mary H ..
Dunn, Mary Frances
M .. i:::· .. D ..
d .. :1.834-7-30
5m :I.Od
11
Dunn
II
8·····'.2, b-···:I.
Son of Joshua & Mary H ..
d., :l Ei:::!;'.:_':i·····~.:i-···2'..:i
'.?y l'::)l,•J
II D., o" II
8-2,b-2
marble, eroded
Dunn,
Ma1,-y H ..
Dunn
~,J:i.fi=.• of iJ01:c.hua Dunn
cl .. :I. B :3 9 -··'.':"i ···- :I. ;: _:_;
'..?By
" M.. H .. D. II
B·--:·,?, b ---:::!;
p q :;;:
mD.1'-ble, E0 1~od<2d
,.} on<=.:<::;!'
John
Son Capt. Samuel & Mary H.
(i.
d. :I. H04····· 10 --::>)
B····2 !I c:·--:1.
pg2
Jones
l'/
slate,
low,
chipped, willow & urn
Akerman, Henry
S □ n Samuel & Sally Akerman
cl. :I.H0<:>-···7·····1.4
:::!;y
B-2,d-:I.
pg2
slate, good, circle design
Sp:i.nnPy, Iz.E~t.t.e
b. :1.8:1.0-1:1.-10
d . :1.893-3-30
pq'.?
heavy marble,
3-part,
q □ od
L_ \::t k E·! in -t:':l n '.' 1::-i <="~ ,,•. c:; r·,
I:> on o ,c (~ i:1 t-· on & Elizabeth Lakeman
:::::y
"h .. L .. II
d., :I. Ho::::.--5-<:'0
B·-·2, ,~•---2
pg2
mE1rbl,::i!, good
f3p:i.nn<,~y, Dc,.n:i.F!!l T .. H.
Son of Samuel & Bybel Spinney
"D. T . H. \:;,.
cl., :I. B::'!;h-· :I. ···-20
4·/
H···-2, f:2---::::.
pq2
slate, good, willow & urn
II
Sp:i. nnf2y !I Mc1l'"Y 1.,,.,1.
Dau. of Thomas & Mary Spinney
"M .. [J..)., s.
d.:1.8:1.2-:1.0-22
20y
slate, good, sunburst de sign
II
Died at Rio de Janiero
Spinney, William C.
d .. :1.82908-:1.H
~~y
marble, eroded, noted with mother Mary
pq2
Spinney, Mary
Wife of Thomas Spinney
d .. 1846-2-:1.9
75y
marble, eroded , noted with son William
Spinney,
Thomas
cl .. :I. !:l4H····El-··22
H·-·· 2,e·····h
Robert Spinney noted same stone
T. 13.
marble, low, Pr □ ded
H2y
II
11
:O:i. <-::icl cit BDs,ton
Spinney, Robert H ..
d .. :I.H24-:l.2-2
27y
marble, low , eroded,
pq2
with Thomas
�□f
GRAVESTONES
Hart, Esther M.
Dau.
d.1805-1-26
14m
pq2
slate,
□f
NORTH CEMETERY
Benjamin & Elizabeth Hart
qa □ cl,
sprig in circle,
with mother
I::. I 1 z. ab E•t h
Wife of Benjamin Hart
d.1805-2-22
39y
pq2
slate, good, sprig in circle,
with Esther
H,::1.1--· t: ,
Barter, Elizabeth
Eldest clau. Amclrew Tombs, ~sq.
d. 180~'.) · . l ···9
slate, law, urn & wreath, with Tombs
pq2
·romb~::.,
n O cl i:·l t
P1ndi'"("f!\,\I
Dau.
Elizabeth Barter noted on stone
E:'!:5
B·····'.,? !I i:'2 ····:::l
slate,
low,
cracked,
urn & wreath,
career notes
Stafford, Sarah A.R. Shores
Dau.of Mary Stafford
d.1874-5-3
77y Bm
B-2,elO
pq2
marble, repaired, grdau. Rachel Shores
Downing,
no cl,::1.tE~i::;
8-2,f-1
Jn □
pg3
United States Navy,
marble,
eroded
M-::t.r·d<'2n!, iJ.H. (John H.)
(d.1877-12-31)
(54y)
8-2,f-2
pq3
marble,
(icli:'t:"ii!,-;, (1dr· un
cl. :1.864···7-·:2:7
IJ
'\
Co.
1:3,
10th N.H.
Inf.
(Civil
~·J,,:ir)
eroded
'\
H.H.
slate,
name John
II
cracked,
urn in circle,
epitaph-6
Warren,
Elizabeth M.
Dau. Benjamin & Elizabeth Warren
Ely
'' E. M. 11-J. ''
slate, low, broken, top lost
8····2!, q···:I.
cl. :I. FJ2-<'.1····9···.. 7
Warren,
Elizabeth
14m
cl • 1 E3 :I. 1 ··-1 :>··· 1 ::,;
Hoi,:1r
!'
Wife of Samuel
t,nn2:i
cl. :I. tlO'.'.:i-·2···26
B ..... 2,
t;i ..-:=;
Dau. of Benjamin & Betsey Warren
II
E. \1J. 11
'.:::fry-
11
(1.
H.
Hoar,
with
Infant dau.
11
pq:::-
1...1rn
Akerman, Elizabeth
Dau. of Samuel & Sally Akerman
d. 1 ElO~.i---::::; •... 4
.::,y
'' E. A.
B-3,a-1
pgl
slate, low, willow & urn
II
1v1c,ul ton,
~::;i=.tl'"i::th Emery
Dau. of Nathaniel T.
:l.4y
"8,, E,, M. 11
slate, low, willow & urn
&
cl. 1 B26 ..·.. :I. '.2 ·-· 1 :::=.
Son of Nathaniel T .
Mo1...11ton,, ,John f:::: ..
d.:1.826-9-3
10w
slate, low, top part last
& Lydia Moulton
Moulton, Emeline Lydia
Dau. of Nathaniel T. & Lydia Moulton
II
d. :I. ff?f:3-·· 1 o .... J H
9m
E,, L... 1·1. 11
slate, low, repaired, part lost, willow & urn
pq:::C:O
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Cate, Salome
Widow of Henry Cate
d.1845-10-8
64y
marble, repaired, re~et
pg2El
Emery,
Almira
Dau.
d. 1 !:l '..24·- :l ::?---~.i
B-3,c-2
of Peter & Lydia Emery
7m
pg28
sla t e,
good,
willow & urn
Foster, Robert Nichols
Son of Jessey & Eliza Foster
b.1820-11-6
d.1821-1-10
8-3,d-l
pg3
slate, low, willow & urn
Greenville, William
Son of Charles & Mary Ann Greenville
d.1833-10-17
6y 6m
marble, almost illegible, low, re set higher
Briggs, William
Son of William & Elizabeth Briggs
d.1811-3-8
3w 2d
slate, low, reset, no design
Streeter, Sophia Ruth
cl. 1d1b·--9···-17
Dau.
Rev.
Seba stian & Ruth Streeter
?y
Brown, Daniel Walter
d.1817-9-4
1y 9m
slate,
Son Daniel & Rebecca W.
low, reset,
willows,
Brown
epitaph-2
Austin, Abiqail L.
Dau. Samuel & Abigail Austin
::'::y
slate, good, urn & wreath
d. :I. BO 1 ·-··9··-· I. 9
Rugg, Ann Emilv Jane
Dau. of Ivah & Olive A.
d.:1.832-1-26
2y 3m 13d
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowles, Lydia
Wife of John Bowles
71 y
d. l 8~:;:,:---::'..·-!5
slate,
E{o~·-d.
E•i;; :,
Rugg
good,
willow & urn
slate, good,
willow & urn
,J c:,h n
cl. :I. El::::7--7·--B
?'.?y
Bowles, Charles
cl . 1 EJ::':- :I. -·-B--4
::::::?y
Wife Frances same stone
slate, good,
willow & urn
Bowles, Frances 8.
Wife of Charles Bowles
cl.1840-9-12
39y
slate, good, willow & urn, with Charles
Bc:,~•Jl E~r:=,:, {~bi ~Jai 1
''(,,Ji do1/•..t'' ~ for·rr1f.?.t' .. l y of Harni l ton,
d.1826-12-28
86y
slate, good, willow & urn
Bowle s, Nabby
Dau.
cl.182:1.-8-22
28y
pq . :;,/
of John & Lydia Bowles
1''1<'3.s.s.
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Bowles, Lydia A.
cl • :l. Ef:!: !'::i--- :s---4
B-4,a-7
Dau.
pg37
slate, goad,
Bartlett, Henry Martyn
d.:l.852-7-18
B-4,a-8
Charles & Frances Bowles
□f
:l. 0 -y·
willow & urn
Son of James & Lucy Bartlett
21y
marble,
eroded
Bartlett, Henry Smith
:1. fn 1----s--20
..·•··.::., .;/.
Son of James & Lucy Bartlett
c1.
Bartlett, Horace Kenney
Son of James & Lucy Bartlett
Bartlett, Margaret Hall
Dau.
James & Lucy Bartlett
cl. 1H!:i2---7----1f.:l
2:1.v
"M.H.B."
B----4, i!:i_l :I.
pg-_:'../
mc"r.!'"blr?!, F:.•1·-odi:?.d
Hartt,
Mary Elizabeth
d. :I_ 8'.:;: 1-----:;:-----7
1y
B----4, b---- :I.
pg::=:;o
Dau.
of Samuel & Mary Hartt
slate, good, willow & urn
Hi 11, .Jan<-,~
Wife of Elisha Hill
''M1r-s;_,, ,Ji:-,nr::! H:i_ l l !'
cl.1773-5-:1.8
29th yr.
8-4,c-1
pg29
slate, qooc:I !' c:IE?,,~th hE•c.~.d
M,;:,r--s;h !' ,.John
cl. :I.El:1.4----10---2:1.
B---- 4 !I c::----'..?
P:i_c:kE~1--inq,
M<','I'- C: h ;;;,n t
4:::i;-/
II
II
sandstone, eroded,
r.-~big;;:i:i_l
d.1805-12-:1.2
ii. M.
willow & urn
Wife John Pickering, dau.
"1v1rs. P,. P:i. c: kE~!''" :i_ nq"
62y
Jacob Sheafe
Picki;::11•-in,;J, ,John
"Hon."
"Hon. ,John F'icki,~r-ir,q, LI....D''
d.1805-4-11
67v
B----- 4!,c--4
pq29
mc:11·-ble, E1lmo ,:-t illE?.q:i.bl(-?., lonq
1
Sheafe, Hannah
d. 1 -T/;:!:----1 :I. -----1 ::"::
f3hec.:,_f<::>,
Wife of Jacob Sheafe, Esq.
'yT.
M1,-<:,-. He-,1nnc,ih ShE:a+ E':,
s late, goad, winged cherub
'.5~_)i_:h
l T?:::!:"
Ja_c::ob
cl. 1791-,:S---26
B-----4,c:---6
Pd-,:E:•1---m;=.,n !' PhE~bf-:?
d .. J.774--10---J.4
B----4 !I c: ---7
76th y1r-.
''.Jacob '.::1hee,+c~!' Es;q.
s;l a_te, qood, winqed cherub,
11
pg'..?El
17'::_?j_"
E-,ip :i_ t ,;;i_p h ---.:;
Ph(eb('::: P,ker--mi::1r. , 11
1.,..lr· !::- ..
Shillaber, Joseph
d .. :1.849-7-20
50y
B----4 !I cl----- :I.
11
headstone lost, date A. H. l....oc::ke
sandstone,
Ci::1pt ..
''F,,~_th f'!!!''"
11
ffl<":;11'-- h
11
1 E! !I
f:?I'-
II
Cid (0'cl
Sc:rigqins, l....ydia E.
Wife of Stephen D. Sc::riqg:i.ns
cl. :I. fl4::?-----8--:2b
'.:?4y
L.. .. E. '.::! ..
B-4,cl-2
pq28
slate, qood, willow & urn, with Harriet
II
II
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Scriggins, Harriet A.
cl .. 1846-----7 -··'.,?2
B--4, d ----- '.2
;..,
.... \/;
11
Dau.
H. {1. :::;,,
sl ,:3_tE.~,
pq28
of Stephen & Lydia Scriggins
11
oood !I
willow & urn,
with Lydia
Pickering, Frances
IIF,, F'. II
d.1822-1:1.-3
46y
B-----4,,d·---::,:
(":: 1r- o d (::! d
Akerman, Benjamin
BEin j ,,_m :i_ n Ake1~m,:;:-,_n
d.1783-8-24
69y
B-·--4, d-----4
sl c3_te ,, qood, r·1::?.i'::-et, t,~:i_nqi?.d c::hF.~r·u_b
11
Jenkins, Elizabeth
d.1809-4-12
63y
11
1
Wife Richard Jenkins, dau.
IIE. J" II
ic,-1
i::i
t
f2'
Wentworth, Henry Howard
Son John B,
d .. :I. B40--·-9----~'_
;
!:5m
H. H. 1/-.J.
8-4,d-6
pg28
marble, eroded
II
l'1 la_1•.. \i
II
Olive Wentworth
&
11
P, k <-::i 1-·- m ,,~ r"i , IA! e1 1 t <i?.• r-d. :1.E309 --·-12 -··1:I.
71. !::,t YI'".
B---4 , d -----7
pq28
i;.; 1 ,,:1t f::! '
aac: k !'::-On,
willow & u_1---n
cracking,
1 Q\A_I ;1
Mir-<::;,,
good
,1
u1~n
11
d.1B09-12-15
;;y
B-4,d-8
pg2B
slate,
goad,
willow & urn
Lakeman, Abigail
cl 1(-=r::;~:', -•..:::::--16
ff?y
(1 I....•
B-4,e-:I.
pg28
slate, repaired,
n
II
n
JI
willow & urn
{:i l,\101--thy C:i ti. z t=.•n
Rowell, Nehemiah
1-- 11,.. ,,
l'--lt=.•hi:2ff,:i. ,,,_h i=,:ot,-,1<=.!l l ,
d,, :I. T/9-··9·-·7
:::=.O-y
B-·--4 !I f::1-·--2
pg'?tl
slate, goad, death heacl
11
11
11
1
1
Goold, Margaret
cl,, 18 U:3-·7 ·-1 7
H:lm
pg2B
Dau.
II
of John & Martha Goalcl
M. G.
slate,
11
good ..
urn & circles
Wheelwright, Mary Codman
Dau. Ebenezer & Sarah Wheelwright
M. c. ti..),,
b .. 1832-7-20
d .. 1833-9-2
8-4,e-4
pg28
marble, eroded, epitaph -3
11
Wife Capt.
cl. 1779-2-21
B-4,f-1
pg28
II
John Parrott of Portsmouth
J;y
slate, goad,
death head,
San of Supply & Eliza W.
d.1820-8-19
14m
8-4,f-2
pg3
slate, tap broken & last
wording-8
Ham
Ham, Elizabeth W.
Dau .. of Supply & Eliza W.
d .. 1824-10-10
19m
8-4,f-3
pg3
slate, low, willow & urn
Har- r- o l cl,
r;u k E1y
d. lH:2:-:?-----:1.-----l l
Wife of Capt.
11
Mir- ~s.
slate,
f.3,, 1--1 ..
good,
Joseph Harrold
11
willow & urn
Ham
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
i'---Jor-· t Dr-·, 1, tin n ii:1
d. lti22 ····'.:".i···:l. 9
Widow of Josiah Norton
4(/·y
"(~. I\I.
slate,
cracked,
F'i.J r-· t:H-? r · ,, l"'l <:1T ·/ :8 •
Dau. of
90y :I. Om
d. :i. El84····· :I. l ···24
marble,
Fl...t!'"'bf21'"'
1··1-:::,,···/
!I
cl. :I. B42-----::~:---24
:8--···:":i!, i::1•···-<t
11
William Furber
11
1v1 .. B. F.
11
repaired,
reset
Wife of William Furber
"lvl. F.
double slate, go □ c:1, willow & urn ,
'?4\/
)'.<'.f.y
11
Wife Mary same stone
1,A,i F
cloublf2 sl;;;,te 1, q o o cl ,, I.A) i 1 l
11
u
n
II
i:::: u ,.J •
<,;l <::ttf:!!'
t,
C::• If•.)
/,f:l\/
II~==}
11
~:;li::.t<,':,
John Jackson
t,.1i
11
r:•
II
C)\A)
& urn,
Bowles,
n
olc:I repair,
1...trn
qood 1,
1
John Walles
..::, /y
''iJ. i~. B.
slate, low, willow & urn,
d. :1.B:::i;4 .... ::=.--·27
fl
epitaph-3
Teague, Howard J.
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
d.:1.853-11-28
~y 4m
pg ..:=./
marble, eroded, with Frank
Son of John & Mary J.
Teague, Frank H.
d.1847-10-23
9m
pq ..::,/
marble,
Teague, Mary A.
Dau.
d. 1842-12-20
6m
Teaque,
Dau.
Martha E.
eroded,
Teague
with Howard
of John & Mary J.
d. :I. ::.~44··-'.".:i···· l -4
'.'5m
pq ..:!,/
marble,
Teague
of JDhn & Mary J.
eroded,
Teague
with George
Teague, George N.
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
d. 1847-1-8
:I.Sm
pg . ::,/
B·····~.'i,c:1:I.O
marble, eroded, with Martha
Merriam, Nathaniel
"Ca.pt.
Ci::q::it n j\j., Mn
d.:1.82:1.-:1.2 -4
54y
B-·'.'.':i, c:1 :I.:!.
slate, broken,
11
11
Merriam,
Mehitable
fl4y
I?.···· ':.'.'.i , a l 2
!'
I \/i::"i.h I\I"
d. :I. El/t:l··-· :I. 2-··2 :I.
•c; l
i:'1-l:::F,• 1,
HUl]I]
74\1 :I. Om
m;;;1r·l::ilf:?,
f..->p:i. t;;,i.ph--···4
II
f.3~;·,.muel
d. :I. H'..~'El·--·· :I. 2····27
epitaph-4
11
Widow of Dr.
d. :I. El2fl····6--···'?
Fr··ost 1,
willow & urn
qood
11
top lost
p;:~1--·t 1 ost
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Rugg, Olive Ann
d.1875-12-10
Merrill,
Ivah N. Rugg
Wife of
75y
Hannah
Wife of Benjamin Merrill
44y
marble, almost illegible
d.1816-9-26
Fitzgerald,
Margaret
cl. :I. Fi<~16····[:3 .....9
B-5,b-2
El'.?'/
II
pg29
Wife of Ezekiel Fitzgerald
M. F.
II
marble,
G0Dd1~:ic:h, hnni::\
good
Widow of James Goodrich &
d. :1.842····10···19
11
6~1~·:: ·y1
f~11
E:i"
mEll'. bl<'':!:•
Mo~"·E•s.,
11
E!r··
ud~,2d
On stone with Anna Goodrich Moses
4()y
J. M.
m,::,.r·· b 11::2 1, f:7!r· oded
,] ohn
d. :I. El 16···4-:I. :2
11
11
Moses, hnna Goodrich
d.1H42····10···19
Widow of James Goodrich & John Moses
''A .G.''
/.,':::Ov
marble,
eroded, with John Moses
Born at Little Harbor
Fitzgerald, Ezekiel
b. :1. ·:n30-· :L 0··· 16
d. :I. t:i:·.?9····2-'..?'.:i
rr,a,r•b.l.F!,
goc:,c:I
Teague, Annah Bell
Dau. of John
d. 1 f:360-·4····24
::".iy· 7m
,:1. B.
8-5,b-5
pg29
marble, eroded
11
&
Mary J.
Teague
11
T<=!!aguE-? 1, Edv.1i n
Son of John & Mary J. Teague
d.:1.860-4-8
:L:l.m
F. T"
B····· !'.:i,b····f.::.
pq:~?9
marble, eroded, with hlvin
11
II
TFJr.:i.qu<,2, (..:1lv :i.n
Son of John & Mary J.
11
d. 18!5~:5····c."./ .-··22
f.::.y ~5m
(::i. T. 11
pq29
marble, e roded,
with
Mar·ch 1, StE=.•phE•n
cl. :I. 77'.:::--:~!,-··· 1
'.:'.i 1 y
pq29
!::;.
Folsom, Mary
1·•k·.
1 a t f.•? !I
11
Dau.
c:I. 1 ff.?0-·2 ·-1 :;?
B ···-~'.';, c: -·· :I.
::3-/
i::;tr;;ip h 1::2n
c: 1"· ,0.\c: k E~d
B-5,c-2
M. F.,
slate,
Moore, Mary Ann
';;:6y
8-5,c-4
pq29
4<:,y
11
[1.J.,(1.lv).,
&
Mary Ann Maure
11
low, willow & urn,
epitaph-H
Wife of John Moore
''M .. h.M. ''
slate,
cl. :I ff:\H·-· :I. 0·-~5
1772''
f,: c r· os;.<:;,b on es
urn
Son of John
d. :l.i:l2Sl····:l···-:·,?7
cl .. 1H2:l.···rt-:;:4
ll
11
slate, good,
pq29
<=;, k u
of Nathaniel & Mary Folsom
11
Moore, William Archibald
I:::,. :1.fl?:1. ·-··7-···l
MEtl'.. c::h,
,,
good,
"D. G.
marble,
11
good
willDw & urn,
epitaph-4
�GRAVESTONES
Hart,
Phebe
d. :i77~',:-••7···4
8-5,c-5
H ,::\ r.. t:. ,
NORTH CEMETERY
□f
Wife of George Hart
4:1.y
''M,,·i::; .. Phr::?bF..• Hi::\1···t,, J.77:~:;••
pg29
slate, low, death head
Fi(·?. c:i 1"· g <·?.
cl. :I. Elo'"/· _.. 4 .•• 1.1.1.
Boye! , Phebp
cl. 1777·..·:l.0·-17.
Fi::;q. :I.El07''
part top lost,
''C:1 .. H.
sla te,
Dau.
of George & Jane Boye!
:I.Uy
pq2El
slate, goocl,
Tilton,
winged cherub,
ep itaph-4
Jacob
Es,.q.
cl .. :1.·1·/6·-<I. :l. ···7
40y
" ....... ·l::.orL, E~:;q ..
B-5,d-2
pg28
sl at e, good, death head
11
11
11
Manning , Lucretia
Dau . of Ephraim & Hannah Manning
d.1B :?:l.-·l0·-• ~:,;J.
:27m
''I.... .. M.
8-5,e-:I.
pg28
slate, low, willow & urn
11
++ards,
Elisabeth
78y
cl.:1.778-7-27
Relict Capt. Abraham Edwards of Newbury
E 1 i c,;c\l:if,•:•th EclWi::\I'. di:;
slate, good, head with wings, script letters
Ii
II
Curtis, Mary
On stone with husband Joseph
d . :1.825-12-:1.4
66y
B-5,e-3
pg28
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Cuir·t is,, ,J o~=·<~ph
Wife Mary same stone
cl .. l El22-.. :1. :2·-· :I. :I.
7:1.v
pq2El
s lat e, good, willow & urn,
Hc11·..
t,
epitaph -4
Bf2nj ami n
"E-1 .. H.
slate, good,
II
8···6,
ci:\ -
:I.
willow & urn, epitaph-4
Adams, Nathaniel
cl .. :I. 7 <:i 8 -.. :I. 0 ·- :I. ::::;
4 :·,;-: y
I'·..!,=.it:. h r·, :i. e,d (~ ci i::\lll is ,, :!. 7 <::; B
8-6,a-2
pg39
slate, good, winged cherub,
II
Adams, Elizabeth
d
n
:I. 8 :f 4-· 1 :I. ·---'..?(i
Payson, Sarah
Payson,
ep itaph-4
Relict of Nathaniel Adams
t_~ J y
II
E" A"
slate,
b. :I. 7'.57-.. :I. 0·-·9
11
i=.1
11
low,
willow & urn
Wife of Jonathan Payson
c:I,. :I. El:·.?o·-.. (jl-·6
II
Mr.. ':,..
II
J
f3 .. F'.
II
Jonathan
d. 18::?6··. '.:?·••::3
a
Fl"
!I
mE\rb 1 (",1,
Pinkham, Ruth Ann
b .. :1.814-9-30
d .. :1.820-9-1:1.
slate, good,
Oliver, Susannah
Dau.
d.1768-B-:l.2
20th yr ..
B-6,b-1
pg:1.7
slate,
willow & urn
Daniel & Bethia Oliver of Boston
.. Eu.c.;annah Dl i v1::2r.. ''
good, death head
□f
11
1·,.l1·.. s
�GRAVESTONES
Ne.-::·11,
,Joish uE1
d . l E<::: l ···<>- l
B·····h, b···-2
r..,
Bci~'-1 l
E•~;
II
CEtpt.
,:::,4\/
He~nn ah
1,
11
cl. :I. El::::; :1. ····8·-··20
B-•·••6 !IC: ••• :I.
l,1J:i. ·f
tl:l.y
II
iJ. N.
<=:'
11
NORTH CEMETERY
of
11
of DE?,,~. c c::, n
!-·I.B. 11
slate, good,
E1,::1mu.E•l
willow & urn
Boh1 l ~::if: ;, \:;,3mu<-:.•i 1
d,. l !30'.:,::--- l :l --::::pq29
Fr··o~:-t :,
mEirble,
almost illegible
Widow of Capt ..
S,::tr ah
George Frost
ll ~3
i:::· !I
cl,. :I. tl~'.i7-·4-7
84y :~:;fn
m,:'<.rb 1 <-:=:, E=:r-·odf,?d
8·····6, c:··-5
p,.;.J:?9
n
n
Bowles,
Hannah
Wife of ThomEis S .. Bowles
:,:: :I. y
H. B.
)3···-6, c:--4
pq29
s late, good, wi ll ow & urn,
c:I .. :I. El :I. :I. -·-6-··-~5
II
801.-J 1 f,?<,;, Inf ,:::tn t
:l.-·H·-·:l6
11
with infant
Son of Thomas & Hannah Bowles
cl. :1.l:ll
marble,
11
T ..
almost illegible, with mother
u. f"·-'I.
sl €,i_te,
II
good,
m;;1sonic: emblems,
epitaph-4
Son of Dr. Hall & Mary Jackson
"Samuel ,J EH:: k r:::.on, J.774"
slate, good, cherub
?~:1c:I
pg29
E-:i1•·:i.ff:i.th
,
1
Sa.,·--,,~h
cl .. :1.780-5-29
B-6,d-:I.
PEirHif2r·
1,
PE;•l:i.c:t of De~.v:i.d Gr-·if·fith
11
0+
thi~; to1,\1n ''
42y
pg2H
slate, good,
death head
Al E•>:
Son of Abraham & S.P. Pender
4m
double marble, almost illegible, with Frances
cl. :1.H47····7·-··20
Pender,
Frances A..
d.:1.852-:1.0-2
B-6,d-2
Dau .. of Abraham & S .. P.
Pender
2m Hd
double marble,
almost illegible,
Son of Alfred J,,
d. :I. f344····6··••:~;
9cl
B-6,e-:l
pg28
EitoDdlEi\l, clicimes;
cl,, :I. 779·····6-·6
6::?y
&
with Alex
Elizabeth Hill
marble , eroded
''Esq ..
11
slate, good,
cherubs with crown
Li bbE•y 1, DE•nn i. ' =·
cl. lH6l·-·4·····1.:::::
T.?\,,
:I.Om
lili:,1r· bl t:1
C;;imE?ron,
l'1la. ,~y E.
cl,, :I. 840····· :1. :?---~:4m
B·-··6, +-:I.
pg2f:l
Dau.
,
brDken,
bottom lost, set low
Martin H ..
& Clarissa Cameron
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
McIntire,
Dau. of Neil & Mary McIntire
Cl ii:11'" :i. i;:;isa Mc: Int :i. r.. 1:::, 1, :I. 79 :I.''
slate, good, death head, with Andrew
Clarissa
c:I. :I. 79 :l.-·-:l :l.--2H
B-6,f-3
pg28
:I. Slm
11
,.,.--....
McIntire,
179:1.
Andrew
('',:•)
p .J2El
1
McIntire,
Son of Neil & Mary McIntire
:l.1,,\1
slate,
good,
death head,
with Clarissa
Katherine
Dau. of Neil & Marv McIntire
.,'.J.y :I.Om
'K.,:;\ th(,2r.. in<,:> i"'lc:Int :i.r-F2
slate, good, headstone stolen :1.986
cl .. :1.781-.. 7--27
1
11
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Johnson,
Sarah
cl" :I. H:2~.",; ..... 9-,. 17
C-1,a-1
'.:.,m:i. th!'
Wife
·71 y
pg5
11
Taral Johnson
□f
1=.;,. ,.J .
11
slate , good,
willow & urn
D<:1n:i. c~l
cl .. 1 B 1 1 .._ :I. l ·--21
II[)
11
'.~::,;.,
II
sandstone, part surface lost
Ditson, John
d .. 1!:l:l.:i.--7'
Of Lexington,
''J .:O .
4:1.y
slate, good,
Sheafe, John
Mass .
II
willow & urn, epitaph-2
Merchant
d.:I.H:1.2-1-24
50y
C--·1,a--4
sandstone, most of surface lost
1,,.,<::d h';?r !! JC) S(7?p h
cl .. 1 fl :I. 4-· 1 --:2c;;
80y
",.J . l>-.1."
C ..... 1, E1··-~.:i
~; 1 a. t E• , f ,,~. C: t:?.
Billings, Mary
d .. :I.B:l.1.'5 ·- 11·--f.~l
:i.n
Relict of Richard Billings
"Mr·;=..•
7i::➔ y
M. B."
slate, good,
pg':i
willow & urn
Marshall, Hannah
cl. 1H21 -.. 1 :·.?·-·22
C·-1 ,
l>J,,1lk<-2r,
79y
pq~.)
.;::1-7
E::leanor..
d .. :I. B2:}; ..... 1 :I. ..... ;;!•ii·
"H .. M."
slate, qood,
urn
!,,Ji +t,1 o+ Joi=.;eph
11
Mr- s... E .. t,.J . ''
good, willow & urn,
f.?.6\/
slate,
long text
t•.Ja. 1 he:• r..
!'
Fi us. 2U"i
d.:I.H37-3-17
69y
c . . . 1, 2.--9
marble, eroded,
tipped
H<::t r .. t :• !,,Ji l 1 :i. 0.1m
d.1B11-7-15
28y
C-:l.,b-1
pg5
sla te,
good,
willow & urn, epitaph-2
l,1Jc:1.l kE•t'" !' ME1ry
cl .. :I. 954 ..... 9 ..... :·;;;:7
pq:'.:i
Bue: km:i. nstf.',-r,
d.
:l.f.➔ 14-...:::, ..,..
12
C-1,b-3
Fl'"i:'1nc<7':! '.-5
:I.Hy
''Miss'', di:'1U.
11
i:::r,::,,v.. ,.J o<=;eph Bue: kmi nstt:?.I'"
i::·. B."
gray marble,
almost ill eg ible
Tappan, Isabel
Wife of Amos Tappan
cl .. 1 fl 1.,l-.. 4 ...-:-;:;,:::=:
49y
"I . T . "
C-1,b-4
sandstone, face lost
Kennard,
Margaret
d. 1 B 1 7 ..-:::; ....·'.?
c . . . 1 , b-.. ~.=.;
Kennard,
6'.::::y
Nathaniel Kennard
II
sla te, good,
Nathaniel
d.:1.823-6-24
Wife of Capt .
"!"In!<,.
willow & urn,
epitaph-2
Veteran of the Revolution
"Capt. hi . I<."
sla t e, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
68y
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
!,Jcir--ni?t... ,
hqn<-2s
11
1.,li s; s ''
d.1809-11-5
32y
C-1,c-1
pg5
slate,
H-:::1.m,
HF2nr-y
Ham,
Mary
d .. 1838-:1.0-9
slate, good,
epitaph-4
79y
pg5
slate, good,
1--·la.m, El :i. ;,: r.:1b E•t. h
1·· 1 i
cl. :I. Ei49--6···- :I.:~;;
HOy
11
£-c-i=;
II
willow & urn
11
F. H.
11
slate, good,
willow & urn
Elizabeth
cl .. 1 El :I. :t --2---1 '-1-
C-1,d-:I.
pg6
l....c•.ckl, Lydia
cl • :I. El :I. :I.····· :l 0---- :I.
C·····:l.,cl·--2
Walden,
urn,
Wife of Timothy Ham
93y
slate, good, willow & urn
H;,1.m, T:i. mothy
cl .. :I. 8:24---6---!'::i
Wyatt.,
epitaph-2
1 :1. y
pg~~
C-1,c-4
willow & urn,
Son of Timothy & Mary Ham
c1 .. 1 so:::!:- :1. --7
C-1,c-2
good,
pg~5
E .. [,,J ..
slate, repaired,
::;!7y
II
II
willow & urn,
epitaph-2
"l',.lri::-. "
II L.. L. I I
,5J. i::1.t.E~ !I good,
:~:;'.:iy
Sylvester M.
9y
s late, good,
i,--,1:i.
11 O\aJ f,: urn
San of Nathan & Elizabeth Walden
d. :t Ell 7 ·····9--f)
willow & urn,
epit.aph-4
Palfrey, Abbigail
Widow of John Palfrey of Boston
64y
P.
C-l,d-4
pg5
slate , good, willow & urn
cl. :1.812-···:l. :1.-··2
11
11
{:,.
81"-?l l ;1 DDl'""Ot.l"""i"y'
Relict Capt .. Matthew Bell of New Cast.le
cl. :l.t3:l.9---7---9
70y
"Mt'"'£.;; .. D. B. II
C····· :I., d·····~:i
pq~."i
slate, qood, willow & urn
Dr·· E? 1_,i , ,J E? r · c::iin E~
cl. :I. Ei-46---6--- :I.~=;
C----1, d--.i_:_,
pq~.)
Son of Samuel & Sarah Drew of Durham
::::.::::;•.:-/
ti,,]
Jr
I) ..
rn,::11'-hlE?!1
II
almo~:-t
:i. 11 E1g j_ bl
f:?
!'
VJ i 11 :i. ,::1m
Erected by his fat.her
11 i\l
II
cl. :1.815-2-1
34y
C·-- :I., d--- 7
pq;."i
s late, gciod, urn
'-) i::11...tq h i,1n
11
Walden,
Elizabeth
\/"
Wife of Nathan Walden
"E.l.,1.J. II
cl .. :I. 94:::::----6----9
~'54y
C--- :t, d·····f:3
pq'.:.i
mar-bl E~, f::?r··odE•cl
\;_Jj_ +Ei of .John
Place, Nancy Jones
d.1814-3-20
28y 7m
"N. a. P .. "
c----:1., c1-----9
mr.:11--·b l
F!,
fc!l'"'Dclt:::•cl
Ham, f4nn
"Mi •5s"
cl. 182;:'i--·4·•--:::!:(l
~5'.?y
H. "
C-:t,d:tO
pg5
slate, qoocl,
11
(..~ .
willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Dau .. of William & Margaret Dame
:l.7m
"E,, D .. "
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Ui:'<.m,,=., :• Em i 1 1 .~-.
cl,, :I. H :I. 0--H·-<2!":i
C-1, E•··- :I.
pqh
NE11.,,Jton 1, ,John
Native of Gosport
ci" :l.t:l:I. :1, ..-:1. --26
.-:'.J.f:3y
",J.N."
C::·--:1., ~?. ""•2
pg6
marble, almost
Da.me,
GEiOl'"qEi
d. :I. 8 :I. :::; ..... 7--7
2i3y
m,,~.r-b l
pq6
a.I mof::,.t :i 11 f2q i h le
E•,
Ham, C;::,1,·cl:I. in.-:,, Eli:;::. i::11:::ir::!th
c:1 ..
:1.
illegible
ff? 1 ..... 1 o . . .?
Di::'\U,,
1.~5m
"C. F.~. M."
i:;l;::1t1:::,, lcn.-,,1 1, t...lt"·n
El :i. z ,;:1b f.!!t h
'' Mr. r.:..;. ''
d .. 1H47-11-20
82y
slate, good,
D,::1mE•,
Wife of John S.
Place, Mary Jane
d " l El :~:: ::::; -- ~3 .._·7
C-1,e-7
willow & urn
pq5
marble,
erodec:I
Osborne, Margaret
cl.1.f.3~:;7 ..... 4 ..... :1.9
:,,: . ::,y
''M ,,iJ.Ci.''
C-1,e-8
pg5
marble, repaired,
(:1k<'21'"ffli:l.n,
Place
:~; ~? \/
top corner off
t:]amu.i::>l
;oy
d.1.847-:1.-8
rnar·b l
pg4
r:::1 k f.,! I'" 1T1 ;::, n :• (:1 m\/
cl,. 1 fl46--:::; ·-- ::7:3
c . •-2:, ,::, ..... 2
pq4
1'.4ker·man :,
1:·111
P,
m,:11'"1:::, 1 f.,!,
SE,11 y
cl" :I. l:lO~S-.. :I. :I.·-.. :I. 6
c; ....,:,~' <:~ ..... ::,:;
pq4
11
/:>t..,)/
PF"Dc:lf.:>cl
f.? :•
II
JI
i::'11 mo•";t :i. 11 E'g i b 1 E"'
Con sort of Samuel Akerman
::::O()•y'
II~)"
;:71 n
II
slate, qood,
hy 4m
11
slate,
~J (3
11
11
willow & urn
II
repaired,
urn
Relict Capt. John Chamberlain
Chamberlain, Catherine
cl .. :I. EiO.<'.J.--.,:i. ..<:;
'.:;_;:::r.y
" l·,.lr~,,.. C. Ch,::1ml::iE'!I'" 1 a:i. n
C-2,a-5
pq5
slate, crac::kec:I, urn & qarianc:I, ep it aph-4
11
Odi Ol'"nE•!• .John
d. 1825-7-:1.2
42y
pq4
slate, qooc:I,
Coffin, Caroline
cl .. :I. El :I. :I. -- J. 0-.. :I.
c; ....,2:,1:::, ·""2
8t.01'"E•Y:,
pq'.::i
Danir,?l
Dau ..
willow & urn
Charles & Dorcas Coffin
:I. Oy
slate,
low, willow & urn, ep:itaph-4
Born Dunbarton,
noted with
h. :I. 7HU-... ,::~ ..... :I.::::;
c:1 .. :1. tl44·-.. 4·-.. :!. 6
":o . r;. "
C-.. 2, c:: ..... :1,
P(i4
marble, almost illeqible
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Storey, Sophia C.
Wife Daniel Storey, born Topsfield
b. :1.7H7-·7·····l2
cl. :I.H4'..:i····1-··:i!
' 1 8. C. h. ''
C-2,c-1
pg4
marble, eroded, with Daniel
'.~\ t :i. n !:, on !I l1-.J:i. 1 1 :i. -'::Hn
d.:1.842-4-25
38y
marble, eroded,
pq4
broken
herratt, Elizabeth
Dau. of Leonard & Margaret Serratt
d.1810-8-18
4m 18d
C-2,c-3
pg4
slate, low, urn
Warren, Elizabeth
Widow of Benjamin Warren
d.1874 - 7-26
88y
slate, good, no design
pq4
I_J..)i:\lr•,,-- (=:)n,
B<-2nj i::lmi n
d.1832-9-13
49y
C-2,c - 5
pg4
slate,
Blake!,
Josc-hu_;;:,_
::~:oy
cl .. :I. l~l04-··:"? ··· 7
C-2 , c-6
pg4
low,
11 1··111--·· ..
willow & urn
,J. Bl i,:,_ k f::: 11
almost illegible
marble,
Swett, Joshua Bla k e
Son of Benjamin & Jemima Swett
11 iJ.B.f.3.' 1
d .. :lH07 ·-4··-:i.4
7v
C ···· ?, c ·····7
pg4
slate, law, willow & urn
Robinson, George W..
Son of Joseph & Mary Robinson
d.:1.820-9-24
:l.7y 9m
C- 2,d-:i.
pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
Storey, Daniel B.
::•:()fff
d . :I. E3 l :::.---· l 1 ··· 20
slate,
C ····· 2!1 d-··2
pq4
ii
i"i('?l oDn,
:E~ f:3
qoocl,
11
11
n
I!
willow &
Enoch
cl .. :I. 79::'::---2···· :1. 7·
C-2,d-3
I:)
E. M.
marble, almost illegible
II
II
!'1('? 1 oon !I 1·,·1ar--y
d. l :::l~':-9 ····· :i. O···· :l :I.
Widow of Enoch Meloon
t31 y
marble, almost illegible, with
~n □ ch
Hi 11 ! Dt~o1r•gi:-:-)
cl. 18'.'.>) --'-=ii - . J 6
1
pq:.".i
slate,
good,
willow & urn
Frost, Eme l ine
Dau . of William & Sarah Frost
cl. 1 :::i2 :}:---B--•-::'!: l
:.,::y :?m
E. F.
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
C-···2, c:1-···'.5
11
Dame,
Catherine
Dau.
l y 9m
c:I .. l (:l :I. 4 ---::~:----:::!;()
II
11
of Timothy & Nancy Dame
C. D. 11
Storey, Sylvester P.
San of Daniel & Sophia Stor ey
11
11
cJ. 1 tr:~:o --8 ·····~-':.i
2oy
:=.:; .. p . r:;.
C-2,f-l
pq4
slate, good, willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Wife of Edward Randall
d.1845-1-26
85y
C-2,f-2
pg4
marble, eroded
M'/f-?.1'··s;., Dolly
d.1868-2-14
60y
pq4
F\c1ul
!'
Eli:::: e:1b<=:!th
d • :I. f:lO ::::.-- :I. O ·--:,:: 9
C··-2 !I f-·4
pq4
11:u
■
M•
II
Wife of Capt. John Paul
1··1lr.. s. F. F·,::1u.l ''
slate, good, willow & urn
11
:;:::;:: ..../
Sheafe, Hannah S.
II
cl. 1 B04-·· :l 0·-••:::!:
:I. :Sy
H !' 1:;he;:,1f f::! 11
pg4
slate, poor, urn &
Hill,
,John
Hill,
J,,
11
C-2,g-2
low,
cherub
(Son of Jame s Hill)
Hi 11 !' 1791 11
slate, headstone lost
,J,,
t·1I;:,ir t. :i. n !' S ,,:'Ir.. ;:~ h
cl .. :I. Ei:?O-·•?:-••'.:::i
C·--2!,h-···:I.
pq6
William M.
Wife of Capt.
II
Mt- s"
'.;:). M"
gray marble,
William M.
;:5 4 v
Martin,
i::1 p
9v
sla te,
d. :I. 791
t
Son of Elisha & Elizabeth Hill
cl,, :I. 790·····'.::i-•-i.f.
C-2,g-:l
f:::p :i.
d • :I. f3 ::::: :~:. ..... '.::.i ..... ::~;
11
''C,::1pt"
~,J • l"I .. r,1. 11
Mart.in
II
eroded
II
C·····'.2,h·····2
Tut:tf.:!l l
!'
Pr:i. sc::i.11
C-2,h-3
EI
Wife of Capt ..
pg6
slate,
low,
ri s ing s un,
Eldest: dau.
cl ,, 1 ti U ::>- 7 ···-<:)
C-2,h-4
Hugh H.
Tutt.ell
?: :I. y
cl. 1 H06--7:::::EJ
late Capt ..
epitaph-4
Samuel
Newhall
..::, :::! y
marble,
eroded,
low,
of Newburyport
Nel s:;.on, ,John
Long member NH Mechanic:
4ii'v
11,J" I\I,, II
d. l E! :I. 8·-- :I.•-::~: :I.
C-···2!,i--l
pq6
qray marble, repaired,
Handy,
Nancy
Relict of the late Capt ..
S.C.
cl• U:319··-'3··-'.:?2
:•::::6th \ff"
C·····:2, :i. -··2
pqb
slate,
good,
willow & urn
L.t2blD.nc:, John F.
d.18:1.1-8-22
5y 2m
C-2,i-3
pqb
slate,
good,
willow & urn
Nelson,
Margaret
d .. 1807-6-30
C-2,i-4
pg6
II
N■ H
n
Handy
II
Wife of John Nel s on
34y
slate,
low,
willow & urn,
epitaph-2
Harrold, Elizabeth
Wife of Joseph Harrold
d" :I. El0/; •... :::,:••···22
'..?:I.·/
'' 1·,·1r··1;;" E" HE1r·•1r·o]. d
C-2,i-5
pg5
slate, good urn & wreath, epitaph-2
11
h ..... '.'!;
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Isaac, Abraham
c:I" :I. t)o ::~:----:·,:::-- :I. '.:i
Native of Prussia
II Pibr- i~\hi:':1.m
I s;i::1.i:1.C 11
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
49y
pq6
Hal liburto n , Elizabeth
Wife of Andrew Halliburton
d. :I. ff.?0·--6--:::!;
E. 1-1.
C-2,i-7
~54y
pg6
II
Mt'"" c,:.. .
slate,
11
part top broken, willow & urn
Dau. of Andrew & Elizabeth Halliburton
Halliburton, Elizabeth
d,, :I. ti07--!::i ··-'.?2
6y
C-2,i-8
slate, low, urn & bird
Wife of George Halliburton
11
A. Ha.llibur··ton''
slate, low, urn, epitaph-6
Halliburton, Anna
C···-?, :i. -9
Neal, Sarah Ann
d. :1.806-4-17
C-3,a-1
Dau.
Capt.
Joshua & Nancy Neal
2:1.m
pg4
f:;t :i. 1 E'':.;, ,.J i:1nE1
d. :I. 80'.:i-- :I.'.,?•--:~; :I.
c--·~), c:\ ··-2
p1J4
slate,
Dau.
low,
urn
of Simeon & Jane Stiles, with Edw.
spr ig with circle
;:) t. :i. 1 (;:) s !I E cl \,'J <::\ I'" cl
d. :I. 80!::i---12-14
C ·-- ::::: !I i,,1 ···- 2
pq4
Son of Simeon & Jane Stiles, with Jane
slate,
low,
tipped,
sprig in c ircle
Lowe, Joseph Stephens
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Lowe
cl,, :I. ti06---·4····· :1. '7
:1. Oy
,.J,, ::;; ,, 1....,,
C-3,a-3
pg4
slate, good, willow & urn
11
11
Pr2i::11~ne !' 1···IE:1r· y
Wife of William Pearne, Merchant
11
!:':i4y
Ma1~y P(-,•E:1r··ne, l7BH 11
d. 17f.-3B-·<::,··<V:>
C·--•:}: !' ,,1··--4
pq4
slate, qood, cherub
Dau.
Low, Mary Pearne
of Joseph & Elizabeth Low
"lvl,, F,, L... • 11
d. :I. Ei06-El--2B
4y
c---:3, <!~-:::i
£-:-1 c~te !I willow & urn,
Dau ..
!....apish, Elizabeth
d .. :1.805-8-31
pq4
M1::?ndu.m,
r epaired, epitaph-4
of Robert & Abiah Lapish
9m
slate, qood,
f:3c:,.muE?l
d,, l 844--2·-· 9
:!:7-/
C ··- :::!: , b -- 1
p iJ ::~:
s=.l
II
s. !"-'I.
i:1t.e,
urn & wreath
II
qoocl,
Ltr"n
Tuc::kl'?.-'r.. !I !>Ji 11 :i. E:im
d .. :1.849-1-17
89y
C·--•:::!:, b-···2
marble,
Tuck1c::•1·· !' 1··,-lart.ha
d. l B40··-·8·-·· :1. B
c-:~;, b--:::::
Tucker,
pq:~:;
almost illegible
Wife of William Tucker
1·-,1 " T.
marble, eroded, epitaph-4 ( i 11 <:?.q :i. bl e)
f:l :!. y
Olive Ann
11
Dau.
II
Wm.
d. lECl--:l.2·---9
:::::ly
"Cl .P1.T. 11
c---:~:: !' t.::.-4
pq:::::
1=.:.lE,1tE?, 9oucl!,
& Martha Tucker,
willow & urn,
with Mehitable
epitaph-:!.
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Tucker, Mehitable
Dau. Wi lli am & Martha Tucker, with Olive Ann
11
2;:::y
1··,-1. T."
C···••:::::, b·····4
p,J::,;
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-1
d. l t3 :I. 6·-·6·- 10
Stiles, Mary Ann
Dau. of Simeon & Jane Stiles
1v1" h. f,;.
d.l807-10-15
7m :I. '.::.id
slate, low, leaf sprays
II
Pf::) ;,,1 r.. r·, e !' t,r·, n
c:I. l 7t38··-9--·:2:0
pg4
II
Dau. of William & Mary Pearne
slate, good, winged cherub, carver Enoch Noyes
Mendum, Sarah E.
Dau. of Samuel & Adal ine Mendum
":;. E. M. "
slate, good, no design, with Elizabeth
c:1. :1. En?-·<':;··<:!: 1
Langdon, Mary
Widow of John Langdon
d.:1.82'.':.'i--<:':.••··· 10
,'.':)1y
"M.1..... "
C-3,c-11
pg:1.7
slate, good, willow & urn
Mendum, Nancy
Wife of Jonathan Mendum
"Mt'·~;. N.M."
slate, good, willow & urn
d. 1F:l20--:l. :l.--·20
L~ly
Clements, Alice Jane
Dau. Samuel Clements
c:I. :I. G'..22 ·-1--h
C-3,c-4
marble,
low, almost illegible
Mendum, Clementine
Dau. of Jonathan & Nancy Mendum
d. 1ff:?0····4 ··- 18
:,c'.y
slate, good, willow & urn
Dennett, Catherine
Dau. of Nathaniel & Catherine Dennett
b. :I.El:l.o--::::>·U3
cL :l.tl:I.O··-·~:=i-·:28
2m
"C. D."
C-3,c-6
pg4
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Dennett, Mary Shorey
Dau. of Nathaniel & Catherine Dennett
16m
'' M. S. D. ''
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-:!.
pq4
cl. :I. 824•--;~:--:?6
Symmes, Elizabeth G.
d.1803-1-16
10y
C-3,c-8
pq4
slate,
b:i.mr:;.•~:•, Eli2'.i::1bf:?th
cl. :I. El :I. 7 ·-· :1. '..?·····'..? :I.
!5;":iy
C-3,c-9
pg4
good,
''l',.lr··r:;. ''
Ii F. 13.
willow & urn
11
marble, eroded,
willow & urn
Langdon, John Jr.
cl .. :1.7139-!':-i-2:I.
4:i.y
1··1r-- . ,John L;::1nqdon, ,Jt·· ..
C-3,c:I.O
pg4
slate, low, winged cherub,
11
H:i.11,
John
1
long wordinq
Son of John & Eunice Hill
:l.6d
slate, low, circle design, reset higher
cl. :1.806-:1.2-5
C-3,d-1
11
Hill, Horace
Son of John & Eunice Hill
d.:1.8:1.7-8-23
23m 6d
C-3,d-2
slate, good, circle design
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Hill, Mary C.
Dau. of John & Eunice Hill
d. :I. 1:106·-- :I. ···-:2H
Elm
slate, good, leaf design
Son of John & Eunice Hill
2y 7m
s lat e, good, sprig in circle
d.:1.805-9-14
C-3,d-4
Son of John & Eunice Hill
9m
slate, good, winged cherub
cl. :I. 798-··h···- l ~:;
C-3,d-5
Cutts, Anna Holyoke
Dau. of Samuel Cutts
d. l 78E3···-!3--2t3
20··1
(lnnr:i. H. Cutt i,;
C-3,e-:I.
pg12
slate, goad, cherub, epitaph-6
11
11
Bigelow, Mary Ann
Dau. Benjamin & Salome Bigelow
14y
C-3,e-2
pgl2
slate, goad, willow & urn
d.1806-4-26
Hober-·t!::-, Edmund
Ci:Ipt.
cl.:l.7El7·--11·--l~5
44y·
''Ci::\pt. Edmund i:;:Db(;,11,··t~:;'
pq:1.2
11
11
Br i 2"1r-·c:I !I flt,1mu<-?. l Jr··.
cl. :I. 806--4--21
44y
pq:1.2
marble,
eroc:lec:I,
1
willDw & urn
Briare:!, Sarah
Wife of Capt. Samuel Briard, Jr.
d. :I. 82'.:5·-··6·····(",'
62nd "/Ir•.
Fi. B.
C-3,e-5
pg12
marble, eroded, low, tipped
11
ll
Briare!, Ann Maria
d. 1846-2-11
33y
pq12
Dau. Oliver & Sally Briard,
"A.M.B."
slate, qood, willow & urn
BI'" :i. i:). I'" d !I Gf?. 0 Ir• I] /'£•
Son of Oliver & Sally
:•?·7-."l
(:-J J::{"
18'..?9-· :I. ?·-1 ~:5
c---::r., E•-7
pq :1. ::::
slate, qDod, willow & 1...1.r--n
cl ..
II
ll
n
B1--ia,,··c1, Cll:i.vE 1-E s;q .
dif?.d E1t E-),,··(?.at Falli,;
c:1.1844·-:l.···-4
69'/
0.B.
m;,,1 ,,- b l e !I e r-· o d f::~ cl
pg12
1
11
11
11
!1
11
Briard, Oliver
Son of Oliver & Sally Briard
d.1804-12-19
4m
C-3,e-9
pg:1.2
slate, low, urn
Br·· :i. ,:i11~d !I
f:lar-- i::ih
l;.J:i. dCJv\' o·f Cll :i. vpr-·
died at Great Falls
d .. 1f:-3:"5~'i·--10--19
C---:::::, .-210
PO :I. '.2:
Son of William & Susan Seawards
Seawards, GeCJrge J.
cl.1833-5-31
16y
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-3
Seawards, Theodore Sheafe
Son of William & Susan Seawards
d.1825-11-11
4y
pq 1'.?
slate, rPpaired, willow & urn, epitaph-4
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Hi::11,-t,
d
n
ilohn
:I. 7c;;0···- 1.S·-··'.?•'+
C-3,f-3
~.'i7y
pg:1.2
II
1v1r-·"
slate,
l.... i=.!t<",' nf
:I. :I. m
,.J C1hn H,;:1r-·t
low,
II
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
I p<;:;v~i c::h
c:I .. 17B :I. ·-•::;--9
::,~f3y
C--4, a-··· 1
pg~/
Mr. ,.John Foi;:;te,,-, l 7B:I."
slate, old iron n=.ipdi r··, wi ng<'::~d cherub, epitaph-6
Billings, Hannah
Wife Richard Billings, dau. ,.J c:ihn
11
M,,.·,,;. Hc:1nn,::1h Bi 11 i nq~.:;, :I. 7f:l1"
slate, good, winged cherub
d . 1781-8-21
Peduzzi, Jane
1.B:l.:l.·-··12-•:l.:s
c:I.
II
45y :::im
Of Amherst, NH, wife of Domenick Peduzzi
:::,;ov
marble, eroded, with husband
Peduzzi, Domenick
J\lat:i.VE·? of )al·····d:i.-··Int&?qlum, Italy
d. :I. B40·····:".?-- :I. 6
l,:::iy
"D .. P. "
C-4,a-3
pg28
marble, eroded, with wife Jane
1
Boyd ,1
iJ D'3Eiph
Oldest son of ~on.
George Boyd
d. :l.7t32-·-10-:l.4
::?"?·/
",J o~;<c,!ph Boyd ,1 :I. 7::32"
C·--4 :I b·-- :I.
pg:·:~8
slate, good, willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Bigelow, Joseph
Son of Benjamin & Mary Bigelow
d. :l.7Ej/;--B·--26
:I.7t h ·yr·.
',.Joic:;fc!ph B:i.gc::,)lot.sJ,, :1.78:::\
C-4,b-::?
pg3
slate, good, cherub
1
1
'
Mendum, Elizabeth E.
Dau .. of Samuel & Adaline Mendum
d .. 1 ff::,; :I. ··-15 ····· :1. B
.Sm
"E .. E. M. "
slate, good, no design, with Sarah
Henderson, Alexander
Merchant, native of Scotland
d.:1.783-:1.2-:1.
::?7th yr .
C·-··4, c·-:1.
pq27
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Mendum, Eliza U.
Wife of Jonathan Mendum
cl. 1 [i::;4 ..... (:il·--~':.i
41"'.)y
E . U. M.
C-4,c-2
pg3
slate, low, willow & urn
ll
ll
Boyd, Henry Cruqer
San of Georqe & Jane Boyd
"1-i(c~ rn'·· y Ci--- ,..HJ E·' I,.. Boyd, l ·/Ei4"
:1.784-3-25
1:1.y Bm
C-4,c-2
pg12
slate, tipped, winged cherub, epitaph-6
cl ..
Ei r· ,;~ n t ' s ,:":i. ,r· E\ h
IA) :i. cl o 1/·J o +
d .. 1 ti64··-':.i--::?::
9:1. '/
C·-·4, c·•-:::;
pq~::;
f"iiic!l'-1:::, l f::''
Gr- E1nt., J c:•.rnt=.•~,.
ci. :I. fl24-··· :l 2 ··- l
49y
"iJ. Ei."
C-·4,1 c--.i:1.
pq:::;
m,,:tr··blr,•,, er··odE,d
Grant., James A..
Son of James & Sarah Grant
d. :l B :l C:1··-E3··-· 1.
:I. 9m
C-4,c-5
pg3
slate, tipped, willow & urn
Boyd,, GE.,or··qe
cl. :I. "/90···-~S··-·'.?O
C-4,d-:l
pg:1.2
:::;2y
Mr··.. Gr:::01·-·qE, Boyc:I, :I. 7'::Y0'
slate, low , willow, urn, pillars, epitaph-6
11
1
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
PF2,,,1vey, Pib :i. go~. i 1
Mother of the late Georqe Boyd
cl. :I. flOO-·_;-i-·f:l
9by
'' 1··1!-=-(c:!am {4b :i qai 1 F'E~av('!:!\', :l HO(>,;
C·--4, cl--2
pq :I. 2
slate, old iron repair, willow & urn,
E.<oyd 1, G(20,,.. q (2
'' 1::: ':::'• q. ''
c:1.:1.787-:1.0-6
54y
C-4,d-3
table tomb, shattered,
Boyd,
words recorded,
E:p:i. tc~ph-·4
block lo st
Supply
cl. :I. 7!:l6-··1.5-Sl
c . . . 4, d--4
Son of George & Jane Boyd
II
14y
Supp 1 y Boyd 1, :I. "i'Hh"
pg12
slate, good, willow & urn,
Br:iard, Eli zabeth
Relict of Samuel Briare!,
c:! ■ 1 ff:':: J ••-1 :?•--12
97y
En B n
C-4,e-1
pq12
slate, qooc:!, willow & urn
II
Sr.
II
Manninq, Edward Sherburne
Merchant, son Thomas Manninq
d.1821-6-lb
26y
C-4,f-1
pg26
gray marble, almost illeqible
Grouard, Eunice
Consort of James Grouard
d.1792-9-17
55y
C-4, f-2
pg12
slate, qoad, winqed cherub,
Bell ,
Charles William
22m
C-4,f-3
slate, qood,
Son Andrew W.
ep:itaph-7
& Sophia A.A.
Bell
cl. :I. H:::::;?---4···-2
willow & urn,
Bell,
r
Cecelia Adala
Dau. Andrew W.
~."i m
C-4,f-3
slate, q □ oc:!, willow & urn,
with Cecelia
& Sophia
A.A. Bell
cl ., :I. (:j :::, '.,? -- ::::; ..... 2 C?
Boyd, Jane
Wife of George Boyd
d. :I. ElO(>
"ME1ciam ,J i:ine Boyd 1, :I. 1300"
C-4,f-4
pgl2
slate footstone,
with Charles
headstone lost
E:;a1 tf,:>1,.., hb:i. qe1:i. l
Widow of Capt. John Salter
c:I. :I. B06-···4--·4
~-':iOy
II Mr·'=·.
A. ~:) n l HOh"
C·--4 1, f -···1::i
pq :I. :s
marble, almost :illeq:ible
Manning, Statira
ci. :I. (30 7 ·-/:i--H
C-4,f-6
Swett,
pg13
C-4,f-7
Thomas Manning
Jemima
almost illegible
Merchant,
-1l-9y
pg13
d. l B:? 1 ·--'.::i--8
C-4,f-H
marble,
Benjamin
cl. :I. 1.::lOB···<:i····· l 4
Swett,
Wife of Capt.
'.':'.i 4y
drowned :in river
"B .. H. "
marble,
eroded,
willow & urn
Wife of Benjamin Swett
60y
pg:1.3
"M!'.. 1:::-.
marble,
,J • E;. "
eroded
cl. :I. 86 :!. --:::!:--- 26
b. l 779-··· 1.:' i·-- l 7
C···-4 !If ···-9
pq l ::::.
meH" l:l 1 E·' p l "~-q u. (i'.? ,
s:ide Odiorne tomb
Pearse, Harah H.
Wife Htephen Pearse, dau. 01:iver Peabody
b. 1783-8-21
d. 1848-9-:1.4
C-4,f-9
pq:1.3
marble plaque, s:ide Odiorne tomb
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
P(i?dr·sEi 1,
Ma.r··'/
Wife Peter Pearse,
dau.
Jotham Odiorne
d. 1~:l:l."/·····7-:?2
marble plaque,
rr--
side Odiorne Tomb
Pearse , Peter
Son Thomas Pearse of Salcombe, Eng.
d. 1812-3-8
/~y
marble plaqu e, side Odiorne tomb
Pearse, Oliver Peabody
Drowned at Cape May
d. 1848-8-8
40y
C-4,f-9
pg13
marble plaque, side Odiorne tomb
Odiorne,
d. l".l'::1:l
C-4 ,f:lO
Lewis,
Jotham
4f:ly
pg:1.3
Oldest tomb at North Cemetery
sandstone s lab on mound tomb
James Stoodley Lewis
d. 17/:l::::;·--10·-'.:? :i.
C-5,a-1
pg~/
Son of Capt.
Thomas & Sarah Lewis
'' ,.J ,::1.mf::!'.S Stocid 1 F:'\/ I.... Pl'-Ji is''
4m
!jy
slate,
broken,
Me l c h E~ 1'"· 1, \:; c:Hnt..H"' J
d.1831-1-23
29y
marb l e,
p 1.J27
part missing,
adult figure
almost illegible
John E.
Southerin,
s l ate,
good,
willow & urn
Southerin, William Johnson
Son of W.J. & A.L.C. Southerin
d. :I. (-329···- :l 0··-· 1 ·7
:I. 6m
"f,,J. ,J. t~;. "
pg:,::'./
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Southerin, Angella Louisa
Dau. of W.J. & A.L.C.
d.1833-2-23
14m
slate, qood, willow & urn
Southerin,
Rosamond J.
ci. 1 ff:!;\:3·-1 ···-22
C-5,a-6
pg27
{:l-.Y/
11
i::;:.
Wife of James
,:r. f;.
marble,
S □ utherin
/I
illegible
Wife of Jonathan Garland
Garland, Irena A.
c:1 • :I. H7 1.:5 ·-- :2 ·-- ::,~
6-4 y
pq27
marble, eroded, tipped over,
Born Brookfield,
Ho1.,•J E.• i1 Dt i s
d. :I. f:l?~'i····· :I. 0·-'?4
::~:::.'iy
I I u" H. "
s.l r,,i.tf?, qood 1,
11
Bif:';hop, '.-3E,1r·21h
~•-J:i.cloh1 11
d.182-4-7-:1.9
70y
c:: ···- ~:.'i h ..... :I.
pq27
slate, qood,
!I
Southerin
reset
Mass.
willow & urn
Only son Rev. Joseph Jackson, Brookline
il,::1ck1::,.nn 1, Jo s;f."Ph
",j C)<5,?.p h ,.J ,:,, C: k 5CW!
?"i. 1"·11 •
d.:1.790-8-19
23y
slate, low, winged cherub, lonq wordinq
pq27
1
!I
II
Son of Dr . Hall & Mary Jackson
Jackson, Theodore
Th(·c!Ocl □ 1'"·*',' ..J,,tc::k1,3on 1,
:1. "71:i4''
d. 1784-12-5
18y
C:::---:.5 , c···-?
pq?7
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
11
�GRAVESTONES
□f
NORTH CEMETERY
Folsom, Nathaniel Jr.
Son of Nathaniel & Mary Folsom
:1.7(3:::,;-.. :l.2·····7
~:'iy
'NE1th-::1n:i.E)l Fol !':,.om
C-5,c-3
pg27
slate. headstone lost
cl.
1
11
Wife of Nathaniel Folsom
::::;:l.y
''Mr-~;. Ma.r-y Folsom''
d. :1. 784 ··-~:.i·-'.:?7
pq:,::'./
C···-;:.'i :• c ·····4
s late, good, portrait
I- 0 .I.
i:; 0
1vt <::\ !'" y
m :I
E• !I
1v1 a r- \/
Wife of Thomas Sheafe
29y
!\k·1:;. Mat··y 8hE~<"::tfe
d. l 7(34-·2 ···20
C·-~5,c·--~i
pq:.:::/
slate, qood, death head
!:3 h €-? ci. f
11
11
Symmes, Mary Elizabeth
cl. 1 BOB·-- l :l ·--6
C·····~"i ,1 cl ··· :I.
Wid. Joshua G.
Symmes, dau.
Hall Jackson
slate, good, urn an pedistal
,J ac: k ~:.on , i"'ia1r \/
Wife of Dr. Hall Jackson
11
b:/y
M. sJ. II
cl • l El O'."'i-- :3 -- ;'!; 0
~::. 1 E:\ t. e , 1......, :i. 1 l c:; 1r.t ~:,: U!'"rl, Dld
C·····~'.i, d-···::O:
pq:.:'./
1
Dall:i.n1;1, f.:>a.muE•l
Cii:l.pt.
cl.:1.788-:1.0-:1.5
77y
slate, qood,
pq'..?7
11
ep:i. t:.,,1ph····:2
11
winqed cherub, epitaph-'.?
,J 2).C: k r..;on ,
Ha.11
Veteran of the Revolution, physician
d. :1. 7Si7-·9···2fi
~.'i(Jy
H,,d. l ,L,tckr.s;on Ei,;q., l"•L D.
C··•-!:'5,cl··-'.75
pq'..27
slate, good, urn & drapery, epitaph-6
11
11
Cl (":'ln (":'n t
E:.<;:;q .
phys;:l c:i i:~n
d. l7B8·····:I.0···-10
B::::.\/
ClE?mE"!nt ,J2\cks.on, 1:::s.q.
C-5,d-6
pg27
slate, good, w1nqecl cherub, ep:i.taph-6
11
,J,::1c:ki:;on ,,
11
,
11
11
Lolley, Samuel A.
Son of Samuel & Olive Lolley
d.1847-8-24
:I.by
C-5,d-7
pq27
marble, almost illegible
Hall, Martha S.
Dau. □ f William & Mary A.
d. 1845-9-20
14m
C-5,e-1
pg26
slate, good, will0w & urn
G21. i. n s ,,
DE•?or·.. qr.:;.,
cl. 1 B09·-4-·-2~:i
''Ei;:;q.
/.:',y
11
,
\./E•ter·c.·~.n of thE'
,, l;3. b"
E:i:,;q.
slate, qoocl,
Brewster, William
cl.1818-4-29
/ly
'.-32\.I'.. ,:'\h
II
u t :i. c:,n
JI
willow & ur··n,
<'?.p:ttaph-4
"Col."
slate, poor repair,
P1ye1r S,
PE~\/O l
Hall
willow & urn
!'·Ii. c.:,.s:, II
d.:l.82c;;-4-1'Z
7:1.y
13.(:i.''
C-5-e-4
slate, good, willow & urn
11
Campbell, Mary A.
d.1867-4-11
46y
pq26
E:.zek:i. e1
cl. 1832-7-21
25y
Wife of John Nicholas Campbell
Dyf21··,,
P(J27
11
E. D."
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
DyE21'.. !• Eli:;,'.d
Widow of Ezekiel Dyer
cl .. l f.364··•-::=!;-· l 7
~=-.t~)::l
II
E::"
J.)
ll
II
pg:27
Melcher, GershDm r
:··; 1::: . .
G.F:uMu"
••:•..•.J y
d" J.f::l:?:l.·····7-·28
mar--bl,,':_., e1--·od<:-?d
11
Lynn,
Ann Elizdbeth
HO--:,/
cl " 1 El '.:'.'.i ::::. ···· 7 ···· 1 7
Widow of Andrew Lynn
11
f.:1 .. F" I...."
md1--·hl E" !•
pq'.27
(';)l'..
II
Ocli:::)d !I
l ov•.!,
v·.Ji th dE:1.U.u
Lynn, (1nn Eli n1;2
Ddu . of Andrew & Ann Lynn
II(:)" I...." II
d . :1.878-7-30
71y
7
C::: •-- (~'J !I Cr. •·- ~:5
[.:'.f
marble, eroded, low, with
1]
~::~ •:
C-6,h-1
George B .. McClellan
Son John & Jane Grimshaw
:1. '."5m
marble, almost illeqible
Grimshaw,
Jane Sedvey
Grimshaw,
d .. 186 :i. ···4··· 1.
Wife of John Grimshaw
cl .. :I. t:k) 6 ···· :I. ···· 4
T':. y
C····h!1 c····J.
pol'.::::
DDr·· i::?, B('::! t. i;;; \l
cl. :I. 8~54·····'.:.i··· :I. 7
Sirnond~:.,
Widow of John Dore
70y
M,::1.1··thE:•.
11
B .. D. 11
ro ; ;-,. ,. . b l 1,?:1 !' r21.-· o cl <-2 cl
'' lvtr·s.. ''
II
J 81''.'.i/:J•-•7-·• :I.()
4'.":iy
M •Su 11
C-6,c-3
pg26
marble, eroded
d
n
Dore, William H.
d.:1.860-9-:1.2
40y
C···-6,c····4
Perkins,
Mary Ann
cl. :I. El:=:;o-••:::,;-..9
C-6,c-5
Perkins,
Dau. of Jeremy & Ann Perkins
7y
marble,
eroded
Sarah D.
6y 7m
sl ;;::..t<:;'!•
of Jeremy
&
Ann Perkins
d. l El42···· 1 :1. ····7
Perkins,
good,
willow & urn
Jeremy M.
34y
pq26
slate, good,
willow & urn
d .. :1.836-:1.2-:1.2
C·····6!,cl····2
Stickney, Mary Ann B.
Wife of William Stickney
d .. 1837-6-15
3:1.y
slate, good, willow & urn, with Daniel
Stickney,
Daniel S.
Son of William & Mary Stickney
cl. :I. ffS7····H ··<!;o
4m
pq26
slate,
Stickney, Charles Henry
d .. :I. s:;!;f:l····9····29
C-6,d - 4
g □□ d,
willow & urn,
Son of Samuel & Mehitable Stickney
4y
slate, good,
with mother
willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
SullivE1.n, M,::i.rv
Wife of John Sullivan
cl. l l:l :I. :::,: ..... 9 ..... :I. f3
~oy
Wife of John Sullivan
m,,,.,.,,.. bl f:i! !' c.-\ 1 mo£;.t :i. 11 F::q i bl E•
D·-·· :l, E\···-1
pq6
Fr21····n21.l d !' Mar··y
dc:l.tf:? illr.?.qihlE·?
:O··- :I., cl·--:?
p J6
"M .. F.
II
marble,
1
<':1y !' v..l:i. 11 i am
d.18:1.5-10-31
22y
slate,
illegible
Hr.:i.l
low, urn,
epitaph-3
l·-IE•.ley!, ,John
11
cl,, :1.822-···7--9
](ly
,J" H 11
<::,l,::-..t0?, qood,
D··· l !I ,::\···4
pg6
n
H,::-..1 <ey, hnn
d. 1 E{:2::~;----El---:::!;
Wife of John Haley
6'.?y
pq6
Mc:Intir·<=:•!•
u.r-n
"Pi. H."
slate ,
q □ od,
willow & urn
l\lr.?.il
d,, :I. El :I. ::?--4---7
8'/·/ 7m :?2d
"1\1,, i""I. I • "
m;::1.r· bl c,?, i 1 l f.,!q :i. I:) 1 E•
D----·:l.!1 b···:I.
pgh
Wife of John L.
\3h2\nnon, Sa,~'""lh
c:I. :l El::!.1."5--7---•::?6
D····:I., b···--2
pq6
marble, eroded,
Shannon
John noted
Shannon, John L.
Supposed lost at sea, with Sarah
11 .J ., L. r~;,, 11
:1. !:l :I. i:l·--·9 ·-1 El
::!: 1.::iy
D-:l.,b-2
pg6
marble, almost illegible
c1.
Wife of John Miller
d.:1.84:1.-:1.-16
63y
D···· :I. ;I b----::!;
pq6
marble, eroded, on back of John's stone
M:i.llf.•,•r·!I
John
Wife Ruth on back
cl,, :I. El :I. :~:: •-·7···· :I. 0
D···· l, b··••::;
Murphy,
cl.lB6 -4
:O-l,b-4
Gates,
40y
pq6
rn E-1.r· b J. <'::),
Charlie
er·· od E•d
Son of Weymouth & Eliza J,, Murphy
:I.By
pqo
Warren G..
marble,
eroded,
sleepinq baby,
with Warren Gates
Veteran of the Civil War
cl. l i:16::::; ..•. :I. l -··20
D-l,b-4
pq6
marble,
eroded,
Murphy, Levi Woodbury
sleepinq baby
Son of Weymouth & Eliza J. Murphy
d .. :I. 8 1.".'iO··· :I.'.?··- :I. El
pq6
marble, eroded,
l~J i q g i n !I '.:),.::i.i'flUE?.1 r·
;:5(~} \/
l l f'.):, t=:
lAJ I I
cl .. :I. B '.':.i :::1: -·· 1.5- :I. 6
ma_,,. bl e !• E?.1··· oc:l<,=!d !I
pq6
1
11
with Samuel P
Wiqqin
n
~•,Ii
th I....,.
IAI.
Mur·phy
Dau. Samuel P. & Eliza W.
Wiggin, Olivia A. B.
d. 1838-4-11
9y
marble, broken, top lost
Wiggin
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
,.,.. ....
Wiggin, Eliza W.
Wife of Samuel P. Wiggin
d.1877-6-16
78y 3m
D-1,b-7
pg6
marble, broken, reset law
Nutter,
Nancy
Consort of John Nutter
~"i 15 \I
N • 1\1 •
marble, almost illegible
cl • 11:l '.,? :::!: -- 4 ·-·· :·,? :::;
D-1,c-1
11
11
Shannan, k1chard Cutts
d.lEL:t:?---4·--7
"F< . C.f:3 .. "
././ V
slate, repaired, willow & urn,
/
Blunt,
Elizabeth
cl .. 1 H:·,:::B--•::;i ..... 1 ~.)
D-1,c-3
El!:'5·/
pg10
Relict William Blunt, dau.
II
E .. B.
marble,
epitaph-l
Edmund March
II
almost illegible
Shannan, Elizabeth
Wife of Richard Cutts Shannon
d.l814-6-14
AOv
.... ...
pg10
marble, almo s t illegible
~
McIntire, Mary
Wife of Neil McIntire
cl.11314
"M .. M.I."
D···-1 , c:: ···-~:.i
Sowersby, Eliza E.
b.1802-3-31
d.1892-2-2
D-1,c-6
pg9
marble, good
Sowersby, William
d. 1838-11-2
85y
D-1,c::-7
pg9
marble,
eroded
Sowersby, Sarah
Wife of William Sowersby
d.1827-9-25
64y
D-1,c-8
pg9
marble, eroded
Wentworth,
Rebecca
Dau. Moses~ Jane Wentworth
lOy 6m
pq9
marble stub, top lost
cl .. 184~5·-7 ·-··'?El
D·····:1., c::·--9
Jackson, Martha J.
Wife of Richard Jackson
d.1849-4-29
43y 6m
:(}-- :I.
!I
c: :I. 0
Treadwell, Robert Odiorne
d. 1 El04-·4·····22
:~:By
q,,--::-:\n:i.
D·-··l!1d···-:I.
pg9
Ladd,
Mary L.H.
tli::!
pl ,::\qUE•i front of mound tomb
Wife of Eliphalet Ladd, dau.
cl. :I. H:::-6·-- :I. '?·····'.,?7
4 7y
I I M. 1..... H .. 1..... II
D-·- l , 1::,,--1
pq:1.7
marble, eroded,
repaired,
Joseph Hurd
part lost
J3 ,.... f:,: t,J is t 1=...1,,.. , M,:.\ t- y
[,,.J :i. ·h::) of '.~; i:'\ m1.. Hcd.
d. :I. ::3:::;::~:-•- l O····· l f3
6:2y
"M. B. 11
D···-1 , ('::i·····2
pqlH
marble, almost
illegible, with Samuel
Brewster, Samuel
with wife Mary
Housewright,
d" l iL:::~; .._c;)..... l :I.
64y
II\;:;. B. 11
ma.r·· I::; J. E•, c~ I moE t
pglf3
i 11 0c•g :i. l::i l
E?
�I
GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Son of William & Elizabeth S. Hill
d.1849-9-28
21y 6m
D-1,e-3
pg18
marble, broken, top lost
Place, Mary T.
Walker
Widow of James Place
d,, 19::~:7--:?--·:l.8
marble,
F' 1 ac: f:?, J amf.?.r.";
d ,, 1 ff~:; ~':i ·-· 1 1 -·· l ::::.
D ··-· '.;;~ , e·~-·-- 2
pq6
,.Jones ,1
almost illegible
'.;;~6y
"iJ,, P."
marble, low,
r·1E1r·'/
almost illegible
Wife of William Jones
d ,, 1 8 ::':. 1 ·-··1."5 ·-·· :I. '..?
67\l
pg6
"M,,,J."
slate, good,
no desiqn
l;J:i. d C:H,,J crf ,J o i;;;. £?. p h
Si mE?.s ,1 (1nn
{:'.)!.:.i•y
d,, 1 f302····· :I. 1 ·-··22
D·····2, a.··-LI.
marble, almost illegible
II(~
\:; :i.
mt:::!!::; '
C) l
i Vi
~:)
If
11
i:\
c:I. 1810---::~:•- l 1
:::'::\/
pg<::>
slate,
!:3 i ffiE'~,,
11
good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
,J O~,-E?p h
d.1801-2-15
3:1.y
pg6
marble, eroded,
epitaph-4 (Illegible)
Walton,
Caroline
11 c;. VJ.
'..?2y
D-2,b-1
pg6
marble, eroded
cl. 1814···-B··-·4
II
Parr y,
Edward Owen
Son of Edward & Joanna Parry
11 Fdwar··d Dtr.1<0'n Pci.r.. ,,··y 11
:1.:·,:::m 6d
D-2,c-1
pglO
slate, good, urn
cl. 179B·-··H-··:l.ci'
Parry, Louisa A .•
:0·····2,1c-···2
Only child Edward Parry, merchant
"L..,, i::,. Pa.r,,..,/"
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-12
4y 4m
d. 1 f.:Jo::::-··-·6·- l f:l
pq:1.0
Wife of Edward Parry
d.1800-6- 10
27y
1' 11"· s. ,.J oann,:;:1 F'a.r·· r·· y 11
D-··:::, c::---:::,:
pg :I. 0
slate, low, old repair,
11
1
lost
l. ,J o o d 1,•.1 ;:·1 r· cl ,1 S ; .-. r·· E1 h
Wife of Col. Moses Woodward
11 l"lr· ~:::-. b. i\lood t,-.1€~r- d 11
d.1801-6-20
43y
D···-'..? ,1c::·····4
pqlO
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
G1r•:i.ffith,1 M2T\i
"Mis-~,"
11Mi sr:; tv·1,,
cl. 1130 :1.-· 11 ···-16
~,:2y
pq 1.0
slate, qood,
Ham, Lydia H,,
cl ,, :I f:3 ~:_; 7 ·-- ::; ·- 7
:0-2,d-:I.
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++:i. th 11
urn & wreath, epitaph-4
Wife of William Ham
f3 ::::. y
pglO
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marble,
11 Hon., 11 ,1
almost illegible,
with ~\1:i. +e l....yd i. a
B'.i'.y
marble,
pi.::JlO
almost illeqible
with William
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Ham, Ann
Consort of William Ham
d.1812-11-24
47y
:0 ·--2 , cl ..... 2
pq:1.0
marble, almost illeqible
,,,...
Moulton, Ann Watts
Dau. of John & Nancy Moulton
.,'.J.:~;v
"M. r1. l_;J."
D-2,e-1
stub of marble headstone
cl. ltl4b·--7 ..·<?
Latapy, Stephen
Native of France
d.1E<09--l:l.·-2:L
67y
'1 M 1r•. H.L.''
slate, law, skull & banes, hour-glass
pq:LO
Mciff ,,~.t t, ,Joh n
,,i2y
''Mr... ,.John MDff,,,·itt!, Esq.
d. l 7B6·--?·..-'.??
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1
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1 01.,,J, 1,',, i l l 01,•J f:,: u.r-- n
pq11
17Bh ''
\{i'::!i':\t.cin, Com+ Dt'"t
Consort of Capt. Hopley
JI Mir· S.
Hc;p l I::?''/ Ye,3.ton
d.1788-6-?9
40y
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c..;l'"·ite,,
lcit,-J,,
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pq:1.0
ll
Bei~~s :, b,?.,.r- c:\h
Consort of Joseph Bass
d. 11317--1 O·-.. '.?'::.'.i
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slate, good, willow &
p9:I.O
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Consort of Joseph Bass
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Wife of Capt. Mases Woodward
ci.17(:i(,i_..:::!;.-'.?9
19y
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D-2,e-7
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slate, low, willow & urn
fl ,,:i 1r• ,?.i h
Dau. of Joseph Bass
d. :I.Ei:1.9 ....·l0-.. 4
::?4y
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:o . . . '.;? !I E-!""'tj
pq :I. 0
slate, qood, willow &
B .;,~ s; 1; ,
ll
McHarc:I, Elizabeth
Wife of William McHard
'' Mt" 1•,;. El .:i. :;,'. ,::\bEith Mc::Hi:!r"d ''
d.:1.791-:1.-21
70y
pqlO
slate, low, w:i.nqed cherub
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W:i.fe of Richard Hart
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d .. 1790 ..-·6 ....·17
!5:1.y lm :l.7'd
''Mi•-•:;, .
D-2,f-2
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slate, gDod, w:i.nqed cherub
Hart, Mary Joanna
Dau.
b.:1.796-9-5
d. 1Fl42-5-3
D-2,f-3
pq10
marble,
Har-t, f:;i:11'- 21h
Dau. of Richard &
d . 1 f:)42·--9-..· :I.:·;:;:
b .. :1. 76"5·-.. :I.·-- l
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pq:1.0
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Dau. of Richard & Marcy Hart
b.1778-12-5
d.1863-5-2B
D-2,f-5
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marble, eroded
t?.1 p
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l. . .i .. C. H,-;:,.r.. t''
of Richard & Marcy Hart
eroded
t
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Marshall, Thankful
Dau. of Capt .. William Marshall
d.1790-12-5
24y
''M:i. ~,-s Th,,~.nk+ul ME\r-~:-ha.11 ''
pci:1.0
slate, good, willow & urn, long text
Stoodley,
William
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slate, low, urn & c:lrapery
11
,
1
Rundlet, Elizabeth
Dau .. of James & Jane Runc:llet
"E .. H.
c:I .. 1810-4···-22
Hy
slate, good, willow & urn
:O·····:i":"'.,g ·····:I.
pq:1.0
II
Hill, Joseph Sherburne
Son Samuel & Mary Hill
d" J. 791:l--'.':i·--24
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",Jos;f:,iph r:il--,E~r··1:::,1...ll,.T°lf:?. Hill
D-2,h-1
pgl.7
slate, good, willow & urn
11
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cl. :I. Fio:::;---~1:---· l 0
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:I. 7y
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of Eliphalet & Abigail Ladd
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slate, low, willow & urn,
Hi 11
J E?r"<?.mi E•.h
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d. :I. 800·-··'.'."i····~'i
.<'.1-Hth yr·.
,.J.. Hi I l , Esq,,
D-2,h-3
pg:1.7
slate, good, willow & urn,
epitaph-6
11
1,
11
Hill,
SamuE)l
11
epitaph-2
Oldest son Elisha & Elizabeth Hill
11
8 .. H:i.11, 179E-l 11
broken top corner, winged cherub
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slate,
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Widow o+ Deacon Elisha Hill
11
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slate, good,
11
11
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d.:l.7ri'f3-9·-··l~:i
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slate,
Lord,
Samuel Perkins
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l
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11
11
willow & urn
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broken top corner, draped urn,
11
epitaph-6
Son of John P .. & Sophia Lord
B,, P,, 1. ...
11
gray marble,
almost illegible
Son of Elisha & Elizabeth Hill
Hi 11, Daniel
cl .. :1. 79El·····9··-·'.:.i
"D .. H:i 11
:l.79H
pql7
slate, qood, winged cherub
11
!I
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cl .. l i:321 ··- l 1 ·- l 7
4~:i\l
"B . C.
Chaunc:y,
cL,\U.
El :i. phal f:::t L..;:-:<.c:lcl
11
p1J l 7
marble,
eroded, epitaph
(illeqiblel
Lade:!,
Fliphalet
Merchant
62y
D-2,i-1
pgl7
marble slab on square table tomb,
cl .. 1806-2-21
1·-,1 €:l. ,~ c: h
i1
f:; "~ r· ,3. h
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4':5y
cl" :I. f:l :I. ~:-i···-4·-:2H
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i,; l E:\t 1::? ,,
Jahn Mdrch
Mc.:.. r·c:h, -:.lohn
cl .. :I. f.l l :::1:---6·-·· l 2
pg:1.7
11
J.M ..
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11
qoud
1,
tJ.r·n
illegible
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
E, h u t
,.,a,,. y
d. :1. t:l47•--:::l··..•2::~;
E•
!•
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Wife of John Shute
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II
f:::1·-oded
\3hub;,'!• ~John J,,....
:I. t354-···:?-···2
24y
D-3,a-4
pg:1.2
marble,
cl ..
~:lhutr::?, F21nn·y,
D. :I. B:·;;:: :I.-·· 12·•-::!: :I.
broken,
reset
Wife of John A. Shute
slate,
low,
willow & urn,
John noted on back
Noted on back of wife's stone
c:1.:1.859-5-25
70y
slate, low, willow & urn
Jackson, Nathaniel
c:1.1824-8-22
60y
pq:1.2
slate, good, willow & urn
Sherburne, Submit
Wife John S. Sherburne, dau. George Boyd
d.:1.807-2-23
28y
D-3,b-1
pg:L:I.
marble plaque an mound tomb, illegible
IAli -ff::! o+ ,.Jof,,h1...1a John ~:-on
,Johni,~on, l..yd:i.a
!.... .J •
d.1837-5 - :1.1
56y
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pq:1.:1.
mcH" b 1 F,, f.0r- od f:'.1d
ll
ll
n
Brackett, Hannah
Widow of Dr. Joshua Brackett
d. 1805-4-24
71y
D-3,c-2
pq1:I.
marble slab, almost illegible
:or•· II
Brackett, Joshua
d.:1.802-7-17
69th yr.
D-3,c-3
pg11
marble slab,
II
n
long text,
almost illegible
Relict of Robert Traill
cl. :I.](:;) :I.·-· :I. o-:::61 y
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D-3,c::-4
pg:1.:1.
sla te, old iron repair, urn
n
;.::_;pf::)nc:: Fi! !I 1··1a1r• y
Widow Keith Spence, dau. Robert
(°:JC'j\/
Jvj., ~3
c:I. 18::?4···-1.-·-10
D···••::~;' c:: ..... 1_::5
pq :I. :I.
marble, almost illegible
II
n
II
l,1Jh :i. pp 1 E• !I
~,J:i. l l i. dffl
Veteran Revolution, Signer Dec:. Indep.
cl.1.785-:1.:1.-28
55y
D-3,c::-6
pg:1.:1.
table tomb, granite slab, long text
l;Jh i pp l f.·? !I Ma.1r• y
Relict Capt .. William Whipple of Kittery
tl4y
1v1,,.. s. 1v!i::ll'.. Y I.A)h:i.ppl E•
cl .. 110:::::•-·2·····24
D···••:::!:,c::--7
pq:1.:1.
slate, repaired, urn, epitaph-2
11
11
Langdon, W □ oclbury
Son of Henry 8.
d.180:1.-1.0-24
Jv
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D-3,c::-8
pg1.:I.
slate, good, urn
& Ann Langdon
/
Whipple,
William
d .. 1.]'?:~; ..... 4 ..... '..?9
D-3,c-9
pgl:I.
:l.y
Son of William Whipple
11
!.A).t.-J ..
slate,
11
low,
winqed cherub
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Moffatt, Katherine
Wife of Jahn Moffatt of Portsmouth
d . 1769··-:l.:2····7
b9y
D---::~;,c:1.0
pq:l.l
i0: l a. t E• 1,
March, Natha~iel J ..
d .. :I. E~:,::7--- .:'. ~--6
D-3,d-1
:,:: ./ "/
pg:1.2
11
N .. M. "
s lat e, good, willow & urn
Newell, Martha Emily
Only child James & Sarah Newell
d.:1.840-9-10
1:1.m
D-3,d-2
pg12
marble, eroded
Rundlett, Frances W.
Wife of William Rundlett
d. 18::;:i.'5-·-4···· :1. 7
'.:?Oy
'' F. 1.,,J. R. ''
D-3,d-3
pg:1.2
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-3
Thc;mpsan,
Thc:;rnE~s Thomp1::-on
d. 1 i::l07-··i::l····fl
D-··::::; 1, d ···· 4
marble slab,
table
Thompson, Thomas
Veteran of the Revolution
( c:I. :I. 809·-2··-·22)
( 6tly)
D-3,d-5
pg:1.:1.
marble, good, masonic emblem
1
1
Lowell, Elizabeth
' l.,,li::1dE1m' ,
1riido1r..1 of i::;;f.':!\/. ,.John l.. .c:i1.,-.Jf;;)ll
d.:1.805-9-22
97y
E" L .. "
:0····3, cl--·6
pq 1 :I.
slate, good, willow & urn
II
~3hu.t E), Char--]. ec.;,.
cl .. :I. i:l41 ····4····2El
pq 11
slate, good,
willow & urn
Blaisdell, John H.
Son of Samuel & Hannah Blaisdell
d.1842-7-23
19y 6m
D-3,c:1-8
pql:I.
s late, top broken off, willow & 2 urns
Dwight, John Thompson
Son of Josiah & Susan Dwiqht
d.18:1.1-:1.0-13
14m
pq:1.4
marble, almost illegible
Langdon, Woodbury - Family
cl ,,·1 t <~' <,;
marble plaque on mound tomb
no
Langdon, Henry Sherburne
with Woodbury Langdon Family
no cl i::•. t 0:iis
D-3,e-2
marble plaque on mound tomb
Salter, Ri c hard
Veteran of the Revolution
cl .. 1 f::l :I. :·.?····· .'.5···2
6fl·/
slate , good, willow & urn
P•.J :1. ' :.'i
1
Salter, Elizabeth
d. :I. H:::::6-·- 6····· l 7
D·•--::~;, f ·--2
Bl ,::11sd<"fl l
1,
d • :I. u. Y,,>·- :I.··- l
D·-··4 !I
,::i.••··:I.
Widow of Capt. Richard Salter
slate, good,
willow & urn,
P,bnE)r
,:S :I. y
pq:1.::::marble, almost illegible
epitaph-1
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
hl Db l F2 :' ,..., .:,:11··· y
Wife of Dea. JDhn Noble
..::,t:;·/
l'-'l1r•i;:... Mi::1I'.. \/ !\lob l r::::
d" :I. 79:~: ---·4··- l 6
:0·····4 ,, a ····2
pq 1 ::~;
slate, l □ w, cherub
1
1
'
'
Noble, Pamelia
Wife of Capt. John Noble
d.1818-8-28
27y
D-4,a-3
pq13
slate, qood, willow & urn,
Infant brothers,
110
epitaph -3
parents not stated
cl.:,1tE!S
D-4,a-4
slate,
tipped,
urn
Blasdell, Elizabeth
Wife of Capt. Abner Blasdell
d.1805-10-1
31y
D-4,a-5
pg13
slate, good, willDw & urn
l,,.J i,:1. l k E• 1·--
An n
,
Wife of Tobias Walker
d .. 1BOH-···6··-10
D··-4, ,,:i.--·6
6(l·y•
pq 1::=:;
ll
(.'.":1"
l;J"
marble,
ll
eroded,
urn
Wife of Nathaniel Folsom
~olsom, Olive Husk
11 D .. l···I. F. II
d .. 1808-11-22
42y
D·····4,, E1·····7
slate , good, willow & urn
Salter, Sarah Ann
Wife of Capt. Henry Salter
:,,:/y
' 8 " Pl .. :=.; ..
marble, eroded, willow & urn
cl .. 1810-··11·-··:l. :I.
Walker,
1
11
Maria
Dau .. of Tobias Walker
40y
pg13
sla te, repaired, willow & urn
d" 182H-4-21
D-4,a-9
l,\lc·1.l kE~r·, Tob:i. a~,..
cl. 1 H:::=;6--7····H
84\/
D-4,a10
pg13
marble, eroded
Walker, Elizabeth
cl. 1871-2-:1.
84y 6m
II
E:"
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ll
(1bbott ,1 1· IE,i.r·y
cl .. :I. i.::;:~::4--··t::i····2~~;
7/:iy
'' M .. n .. '
D-4,al3
pgl:I.
slate, good, willow & urn
1
1
Pl ace, i=.;,,H-· E1h
Wife of Samuel Place of Portsmouth
c:I. :I. 79::=; ..... 7 -·· 12
D-4,b-:I.
pg13
slate, good, cherub
11
Gi:i. I J. i nqs, Eli:;~ abr::::th
Mis-~:- ' 1
11
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pg 1 :::::
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-Jh:i.pplEi, ,Jos,eph
;I .. 1i::!1.6··-:?·-··26
'.?Ely
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:81 unt,
pg13
Ei1::2orgf:2
d. 1796·-·· :I. 0···'.:?4
D·····4,,b···-2
1
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marble,
E:!,;q.
\,-.Ji
11
eroded
Son of George F.
4-\/
11
l3n
11 C:il"-J 1;,,: u.rn
I31t...1.nt.
slate , good,
11
urn
& Mary Blunt
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Blunt.,
Wife of George F. Blunt
6.<'.l, ·yII l"'I. El. II
pg13
marble, eroded, epitaph-2
l·IE11'··y
d .. 1 8 ?: :i. .... ::·:: ..... ::-::
E;ar·Eth S ..
Dau. of George F. & Mary Blunt
d . 1869-6-29
62y
D----·4,1 b-----.ll
marble, eroded, epitaph-1
F)lunt:!1
Blunt,
Gf.:0n1···gp
F.
t: MEtf"Y Blunt,
d .. 1 f:l::::: 1 ·-·f:l --·-H
marble,
Blunt, George F..
d . 1 Er::: :1. --- 4---·'.?6
<:;9y
with George F.
Blunt, epitaph-2
With son George
II
G.
i:::-.
marble,
Blunt,
eroded,
s.
11
eroded,
epitaph-2
r·,.ldr--y Pinn
d .. l U4:j----·9···21
D-4,b-7
1
".'.'.:.iy
pg13
II
M. h. B ..
marble,
II
almost illegible
Whipple, Hannah
Wife of Joseph Whipple
d.:1.81:1.-1-30
75y
D ··--4 , I:::, ·--- 1::l
pg12
marble, old repair, willow
l,1.Jal kf.:01,..
!I
l''li::i.r- k
M. 1,,.J.
d.1858-:1.-:1.5
75y
D--·--4 :1 b---c-:1
pg l ::::
m,:;1r--blE•, er--odE-)d
11
11
Son of Capt. John Walker
c:I. 1849----::::; .... 1 '.:.)
II
J. l,\I.
II
pq :1.:::::
March,
Catherine
11
42y
c . M. 11
D-4,c-1
pg:1.2
slate, repaired,
c1. 1 s:::!;7 .... :1. 0----26
,.,., ,::t,,.. c: h , '.::; i,H"' a h
d .. 1834-2-28
:0·----4 !I c ..... '.?
!I
42y
cl. 1797-4-21
D-4,d-:I.
slate,
pq:1.2
s late,
Hcen d f:?I"' S'c-Dn'
a i:'l.f'flE•S'-
d .. 11:l :I. H··- 1 --?
::;Ely
sla te,
pg:1.4
Hendersnn,
D-4,d-4
willnw & urn
3y 7m
pg14
t-=•;;,.c: ker-, Thomi:,1.s.
d.1793-12-16
63y
D-4,d-2
pg14
sla te,
d. :1.794---H ··--4
repaired,
low,
winqed cherub, epitaph-4
qond,
urn & drapery,
epitaph-7
good,
willow & urn, epitaph-4
Hugh
Merchant of Portsmouth
1
47-1::.h y1,...
'Huqh HFJnclE)J'"!:5 □ n!I 179-ll- 11
pq14
slate, qood, winqed cherub, epitaph-2
H,::1l'"t :1 l--·IE•.nn-::1h
11
1··1
lr--s ..
11
11
d .. 1 f::l4;:.'5 ---9--·· 1
9'.''.iy·
H .. H. 11
:0 ..... 4 !I cl·"":5
pq14
slate, qood,
willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
!....€',' ·"-' :i. s !' Em i 1 y H.
cl. :I. i:ll.:.j:·.?·····B·-· 12
'.:!:]y
"i"I :i. s",f.;"
E:. H. 1.....
marble, almost illegible
II
D-4,d-6
pg:1.4
Thompson,
Ebenezer
d. :L t3'..?E3····2--·4
:0 ····4 !I d·--7
II
"Cc;l,."
6/:,··.,..-
p9:1.4
Thompson, John B.
d.:1.840-10-7
23y
"J.B.T."
D·-··4,d ·--8
pg:l.•'.J.
marble, repaired,
ThDmp i:=
.on, ME:\r···"/
Wife of Col. Ebenezer Thompson
11
4:::y
l''I. T. II
d • :L H 1 ;:5-- :I. :I.···· :I. !.:i
ma 1r· b .I. ('::! !' <'::! I'" 0 c:I 1;::) cl
:0·····4,cl··"9
pg:1.4
C:::of f i n !' Hc::,r·· at :i. o
cl. :I. Hl:'59- :I. :I. ..··2h
47y
D-.. 4!,C'C!"'":I.
''H.C.''
mar·b .I. E•, qood
P(1:l.4
l>-.1 i 11 ,::\1··· cl!'
Ma1'.. y
cl. :I. B26•-:::::--•f:,
pq :I.LI,
Widow Joseph Willard,
Pres.
Harvard
"M.l,i.J."
m<':'! 1··· b 1 i:.~ , <?. 1,·· o d <01 c:I
Thompson, Elizabeth Hale
Wife of Col. Ebenezer Thompson
b. J.76i:3-.. H·-··'..?6
d. :l.tl:?6·····:!.2 ..···:I.
''E.H .T. ''
D-4,e-3
pq:1.4
marble, illegible, dau. Samuel Hale
Son of Thomas Bheafe
d. l 94~5 ..... 2 ..... 7
D-4,e-4
'.".'!'.:::y
11
pgJ.4
Sheafe , Abigail
cl
II
:I. r:}.{:t-::::;..... C_.) ••.•• ·7
D-4,e-5
,J. S.
II
marble,
good
Dau. of Thomas Sheafe
,:::>!5\l
1
pq:1.4
'
i:·.➔ "
f.;;"
II
marble,
eroded
Hale, Mary
Relict of Samuel Hale
d.:1.81:1.-3-:1.l
83y
s late, good, sp irit ascending,
pg:1.4
C::h,:\clbou.r·n , ,:1nn
cl. :I. El06·-.. :1. :I. ....<!;
pq:l.h
Half::!,,
f.;; _,:,1iTH ..H::d
d. 1807·-7-··10
Relict Jonathan Chadbourn,
(:j c;
l r:~{){:J
s late, qood, willow & urn
11 ,l\
i"i
t:3'i"y'
D-4,e-9
pq:1.5
■
/'·.
II
n
1•-•,
11
r··I • ,::) •
::::7y
II
11
Ec.;q., A .. (Ls.
good, monument design, epitaph-4
"'.::,. H.
sl ate,
piJ :I. 4
cl. :I. tlOEl·-<:i···-26
epitaph-3
11
!I
Of Cork,
II
T. H.
Ireland,
relict Capt.
Gilbert Horney
11
sandstone,
broken,
top lost, epitaph-4
Sheafe, Elizabeth Bunbury
cl. :I. "/9!~:.i ..... ::::; .... 17
27/
El :i. :.:: €,1.bt:::,t.h Bunbui'"Y Sh1::?af <-:?,
D-4,f-:I.
pg14
slate, good, death head
11
Coffin, Charles A.
cl .. :I. H:::;o
:.:::.,::y
marble table plaque,
~~~
also E-4,a-l
l 79~:i''
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
ShE~c~.fE·?, hbigE,\:i.1
d. :I. tl4::::;
6~:'iy
pq:1.4
Sh£::c3.fe!, Cha1~1 <,?',,
26y
pqJ.4
cl. J.H16
J) ..... 4, f, .... ::;;:
C::Ci+ fin!'
cl.1d2B
D-4,f-2
marble table plaque,
see also D-4,e-5
marble table plaque
Fr.. Dnc:: :i. i:.,
:I.By
marble table plaque,
f3h eE,. f t:2 !' Fr.. an c:: :i. !::d. :I. Hl6
29y
D-4,f-2
pq:1.4
Hrn·· €:1 ti o
<:)y
D-4,f-2
pq:1.4
see also E-4,a-3
marble table plaque
f3l·i e.>c\ f E' !'
cl. 1 T?El
marble table plaque
Coffin!, Hor.. ,::1 tic::,
cl. :I. H':::, '/
47y
D-4,f-2
marble table plaque,
SheE\fe,
cl • :I. El 4 ~.:'i
Ja.mE•S:.
'.:'i h ·/
pf:1.4
see also D-4,e-:I.
marble table plaque,
Coffin, Mehitable
::) ..::,y
cl. :I. u:.,~'/
D-..·4!, +·-.. 2
marble table plaque,
see also D-4,e-4
see also E-4,a-2
Sheafe, Thomas Jr.
d. :I. 791:l
:1. 4y
D-4,+-2
pq14
marble table plaque
Shea+e, John Hale
cl. lH40
4h:,,,
D-4,f-2
pq:1.4
marble table plaque
t3heD.fF,,
d. J. 7tl4
:u . . . 4, +·-.. '.?
MEt1~y
2-::;;y
p(J :I. 4
Wife o+ Thomas Sheafe
marble table plaque,
Sh(·?.•;.~.f<•"'!, Sa.r. ah
cl. :1./'/d
:l.7y
:o . . . (j., f-2
pq:1.4
marble table plaque
f3h E• ,:.-\ +E• !I M,::l. F" y C.
cl. :I. 797
:I. .Sm
r::, ..... 4!,+·. -'..?
p,J:1.4
marble table plaque,
f3hea+£'2!,
"Esq."
cl. :I. ff:':. :I.
Sh £'2€:l. f e,
d. :I. t::i'.::i /
I horoo,,.i;:;
see also C-5,c::-5
see also E-4,a-h
!:lOy
pq:1.4
marble table plaque,
see also D-4,q-2
Sc:,.mu.<-:'21
/ :,,::y
pq:1.4
marble table plaque,
see also D-4,q-1
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Coffin ,1
ME1l'"Y
d .. J.B:27
F.::...
2:1.y
D-··4 :I+·-·'?
marble table plaque, see
als □
E-4,a-4
ShF:afE.i,, Dli\/E~,,..
d" :I. 8'.,;~~.':i
27y
pci14
Shf:::,af E·,',
cl. :I.Ei:1.7
:0 ..... 4,1 f•»»:;;!
1v1,::1r·y
6:1.y
pq J.
f;heaf F:1,
S,:1.mUE!l
marble table plaque,
see also D-4,g-3
Wife of Thomas Sheafe
marble table plaque,
,'.j.
cl. :I. H!".)7--· :l :I.·-· :l :::;
:0 .....4, g·-.. l
pg:1.4
II(::,
·... } n
C•
~J
II
i:
!:3hE•afE?, Thome',\~~
cl" :I. El:::=; :I. •--Cji ......,:j.
D-4,g-2
HOy
pg:1.4
II
T n r;"
II
marble,
eroc:led,
po □ r
Sheafe, Oliver
S □ n o+ Thomas Sheafe
c:1.1825-':ii-:l.7
27y
D-4,g-3
pg:1.4
slate, good, willow & urn
H,:::1.l E•,
John
Son of Samuel Hale
11 Jnhn Hc1lE• 1:: :,,;q,, :1.'/'9h 11
.::, ..::,v
slate, good, willow & urn,
po:1.4
d .. :1.796·--7·-.. :I.::::;
D·--4,i~J·-4
Hal<=', Pinn 1..,.1,:\i'" Y
d" :I. B:?4·--15···-1 t3
'.:,~y
D-4,g-5
Eipi t .E:l.ph•»»:1.6
D,-;:,u,, of f>i::1muE•l
h. 1·,1. H. 11
:i. 1 1 ei:;:i :i. b 1 El
11
marble,
Dau. Henry & Elizabeth Burleigh
Burleigh, Charlotte
Bm
slate, good, circle design, with mother
d" l B02 -·-2 ·-·· :I. 13
Burleigh, Elizabeth
Wife of Henry Burleigh
d .. lB02-5-1
32y
pg 11_:::j
D·-··4, g ..·-6
slate, good, circle design, with dau. Charlotte
'.:3t :i. ck nE~Y, Ma,,. th ,::1.
d. 1824-5-:1.
47y
Wife of Samuel Stickney
slate, shattered, willow & urn,
Pu.r.. kins,1 Eli;,:.abE·i::h
cl n :I. 8:22·•-<':y ·--'.:;i
47y
D-5,a-2
11 Mr·1:=.... 11
E• P •
slate, flaw in stone,
pg26
F:i.t:z.qE1r;:1.ld, ?':ibig-::,1il
II
II
Devers □ n,
Mehitable
urn & drapery
Wife of Joshua Deverson
3:1.y
pq :26
Deverson,
willow & urn
Wife of Richard Fitzgerald
slate, good,
d,,:1.808-8-30
epitaph - 2
slate, qood,
Joshua
I IJ n
slate,
:o"
willow & urn, epitaph-4
II
broken,
low,
willow & urn,
epitaph-5
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Di•::~\,,et-·s,.on,
HE':!n1~y
cl. 1 f:l2i:3··- :I. O····· J. 9
Bon of Joshua & Mehitable Deverson
H.D.
slate, broken top, willow & urn, epitaph-4
::?:l.y
11
11
H,:·1.r.. t!1 Daniel
cl. l79:l.-·-:l.2 ··-1 :I.
slate,
good,
winged cherub
Fitzgerald, Susan
Wife of Richard F ernald,
d • J. B~.".iB· ··· l J. ·-2.-:'.J.
•;.:•[)y
Ii f'.;'."
~,; (:;., F n 11
marble, old repair
Fitzgerald, Richard
cl., :I. H.,_~iB···- :I. :I. -···'.24
R
marble,
?,: S F 11
old repair
11
n
Randall,
Abigail
d. 1B24-9-:l.4
n
n
Relict of Capt.
Paul
Randall
B4y
space far
lost marker
Sellers, Pamelia
Widow of Capt.
cl.:1.840-6-22
26y
D·-··15! i::1:I.O
slate, repaired,
1
Paddleford,
James Sellers
willow & urn
Margaret
cl., :I.El47·-··2 ·····4
11
pq'..?6
Sc:,,.. iqq:i.ni;;; ,
clied same day
1
1"-
1n
P
11
n
slate,
good,
will.ow & urn
q □ oc:1,
,.,.Ji 11 ot.-··J ,:,,: u,,. n
v-J:i.lliE1m
::;:::;y
sl ,;;1tE?! !'
l'·k1b l E', ,John
cl .. :I. i:l :I. 9-·· :I. ····•2:::::
Cc1pt .
.,'.f:::!:y
J" hi. II
s=.1 at c?
g c:iocl !•
11
11
11
0
Stickney,
i1
Mehitable
Wife of Samuel Stickney
II
60y
M .. b.
marble, tipped, almost illeqible
d .. 1 El'.:'.i"?-- l :I.--· 16
11
Stickney, Samuel
cl. :1.859-1-:1.
83y
marble,
Moulton,
repaired
Son of John P
George Edw i n
18m
pg27
slate,
& Susan
H. Moulton
c:I. 1844-7-28
D-5,b-3
d.lBOl-10-19
D-5,b-4
pg13
poor,
willow & urn
66y
s late ,
low,
broken,
urn & wreath,
epitaph-4
Granclaughter Ann same stone
D···-1::.'i, c:--:i.
pq26
slate,
low,
willow & urn
Fernald, Ann L.
Dau. Joh n W.. & Ann Fernald
c:J 1 (:J :::!:.lf-·-'.;?--:-;?
l 6y
I.... F
D-5,c-l
pg26
slate, low, willow & urn, with Samuel
n
II(.\ n
n
n
JI
�hl:l c::hol as; Ci,Hnpt:H,~.I. .I.
Campbell, Charlotte G.
cl. :l.tl-47---C/---4
D·-6, a-- :I.
Dau.
Nicholas J.
&
Mary A.
Campbell
Dau.
Nicholas J.
& Mary A.
Campbell
:l :1.m
Campbell, Charlotte A.
d. :1.864-2-3
14y 9m
Campbell, John N.
Native of Scotland
d.:1.890-7-28
75y
D-6, a-3
pg26
marble, eroded
�GRAVESTONES
NORTH CEMETERY
□f
MacClintock, Elizabeth
Wife Rev.
d. :I. EU ::::.-----8--- :I.::::;
68y
"E. l'L 11
gray marble, eroded
Samuel MacClintock,
Greenland
F0,,,---nal d, ii nhn
of the Revolution
~:5(>·y1
J. 792--- J :I. ---2::::.
'"l c•_tc;:, 1, repaired, lnw, winged
pq26
cl
n
Son of Edward & Mary Cutts
d.:1.798-9-:1.5
6w
D-5,c-4
pg~~
slate, qnod, cherub
Youngest dau. of Samuel Cutts
:l7y
''M:i_::-c.;:, Sidnf'i!Y Cutts=,, 1792''
slate, low, winged cherub, epitaph-2
Cutt1:.:;, 13:i_ c:ln<:"'Y
d . :I. 79:2--- l 0---17
Cutt~-:=- 1, Mc3_r--y
Dau.
of Edward & Mary Cutts
~-'iit--'
''!vi. Cutts, J. 797 ''
slate, good, cherub, epitaph-2
cl. :1.797-----(3----:1.:'?
Cutts,
On stone with sister Anna
Edward Holyoke
cl. 1 BO'::i--':5--::::;
D-5,c-7
:I. :I. m
pg25
II
E. H. C.
slate,
11
qood,
willow & urn,
epitaph-8
Cutts, Anna Holyoke
On stone with brother Edward
"ti. H. C. II
cl. 1805-5-7
5y 4m
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Cutts,
Anna Holyoke
cl. 1830-4-7
:0--- '.'_"i !I C -----El
Dau.
of Edward & Mary Cutts
??v
slate,
good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-6
D j_ E~d Bos=, ton 1, wrote Anti-Swearinq Pledqe
Burnham, Benjamin M.
d.:1.845-1:1.-14
58y
"B.M.B.
D----'::i !I cl ----1
e1·-odE•c:I
11
Foster,
Martha A.
:I. 1:3y
On stone with Fannie Foster
d. l ff~:-7··-:I. 0
marble,
repaired
Foster, Fannie E.
On stone with Martha Foster
b.1824-1-27
d.1904-J.-:l.9
D---'.'5 1, d ----?
marble, repaired
F Ci !:i t. i::? ,--- !I F ,..-i::\ n C: ,:,) r.0;
[,,J :i_ -f f?. C) + R Ci b i::! I'" t.
"F. F.
d.:1.827-9-17
40y
mE11'"- b 1 t:i, E)f.. od E•cl
0----'.::i !Id---:::::
pq2~::i
II
Foc.;,ter-, F<Dl:iE•1·-t
-46-/
II i:;; • i:::-" II
cl. J. H::::-~:i--·- l O·-- :L 4
IT1ar·-h:I.E•, br-okr:.·n
Fu,;;; t ,:,: r-- 1, i:;; (2 hi,? k -,:1 h
d. :I. 79'/·--.<'.f·--':.)
4 :I.\-'
Foster,
D-----'.'."i 1,c:!·---6
Wife of James Foster
'' Fif.'i'h 1::-1 k c:ih F c:,1:=, t. F! I'- ''
slate, good, winged cherub,
epit.aph-8
Ann Mary
slate,
low,
willow & urn,
epitaph - 6
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Df?nniE_., 1.:-:iJ.be-:ir-t
d. :I. 791:'.'i-·-:I. 0·····2
46y
"(H beF·t D(;;)nr, i <-:,i
:I. 79 .'5"
D-5,d-8
pg25
slate, good, death head
1
!I
l>.Ji::d. k eF·,
8-F.:tmUE1 1
d . :t 79H•- ::::
D·····~5, f:.> ·-··:1.
4,/
11
pg:?5
Dau.
!,\la l
k E·?I'- , Nc1rlC\/
ci .. :I. 79Fl···••::~;
:l.2y
11
pg2~.':.i
D-·'..'5, e--· 1
Walker,
Bon Seth & Temperance Walker
Nan C:'/ 1 ·r l!::!mpe1r• <:~.nc f:? ~:,: Si::11llU€!! l l_,1Jc.3. l k f.·,•I' ..
slate , urn with sprays, long text
Beth & Temperance Walker
1\J,::,i_nc-y' !•
slate,
Temperance
d. :I. 79f.3·--•::::
D-5,e-:I.
6y
11
pg~~
!I
Campbell, Charlotte G.
d~~~8i~f~4Chailmtte A.
~-,~~4!2-3pg?44y ~ ■ rble,
D-6,a-~
pg~b
marble,
Jones,
Harriet
d. :I. 829·-- :t ·--2
Tf:'impFc.'f.. i::1nC(','
b;::1mu1:::il
!?:<
urn with spra y s,
Dau.
r·-.!c:1.n C: y
slate,
Campbell, John N.
d.:1.890-7-28
/~y
II
ll•.i-::-tl
kc:;;11·-
1
'
long text
Seth & Temperance Walker
T E•mp 1;::,F· i::1n c:: E-:•
f:3E:l.mUE•1
i;:,:
urn with sprays,
l-\li:1.l k ('::'r··
II
long text
Dau. Nicholas J.
Dau. Nicholas J.
er- ocl c. d
121--· o cl e d
& Mary
& Mary
A.
A.
Campbell
Campbell
Native of Scotland
Wife Hiram Jone s,
clau.
Joseph Deverson
:::!; :I. y
slate,
good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Perkins, Jeremy M.
Son of Jeremy & Ann Perkins
d.:1.83:1.-10-19
:I.Om
slate, good, willow & 2 urns
Wide of Hunking Lowd
cl. :I. f3'.:i0-···1."'i··-'.,?'.:"i
D-6,b-:t
pg25
67y
II
H. D. 1.....
marble,
11
eroded
Lowd, Catherine M..
Dau . of Hunking & Hannah l....owcl
d.:1.85:1.-10-9
~;y
D-6,b-2
pg25
marble, eroded
Allcock, Joseph
Merchant
cl" :I. }9:::i••••2•- J 4
]]th \'I·••"
,J
D-6,b-3
pg26
slate, low,
11
Hunk :i. nq
d . :1.869-1-25
82y
:0·--6 C:: ..... :I.
marble,
L.01,.Jd
!I
n
{:il J
C::OC
k
!I
:I. 791."".i 11
broken top,
epitaph-2
!I
almost illegible
Thompson, Charles
d.:1.798-9-26
:l.6y
:0-6,d-:I.
pg25
fieldstone,
oval head,
crude letters
Chase, Sarah E.
Dau .. Asahel P .. & Sophia 8. Chase
cl.:1.84:1.-:1.0-22
7y 6m
D-6,d-2
marble, repaired, with Sophia & William
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Chase, William K.
r
Bon of Asahel & Sophia B. Chase
d. lf340····4·--:l.7
6m
marble,
D·-··l.:i!I c:1····2
ChdS:-€~!1
c:1.
:1.
repaired,
SophiD. 8,,
El4 :1. ·---12--- :1. : _:_;
::~:o·,-
marble,
:0 -•· (':; !I
(:;! .....
:I.
pg :,::'. '.:.:.1
li-JifE: of r:,~:-i::"\h(;?l F'.
"~:;. B. c. "
repaired,
Davis, Martha S.F.
d. :I. 866·-- l 2--::~9
with Sarah & Sophia
Chc:~.-,:-E•
with Sarah & William
Wife of Obediah R.
Davis
::?6y
marble,
repaired,
Greenough, Robert F.
Co. H, 29th Regt., M.V.,
d.:1.862-9-17
23y
marble, repaired, reset
died at Antietam
Wetherbee, Anna Maria
Wife Frank W. Wetherbee
11 (1. M. IJ...I. II
d. lE<~.),i.j.---12 ----4
2hy
:0-6,e-3
marble, r epa ired, reset, dau. Robert Foster
Burnham, Eli za Jane
Wife of Benjamin M.
1.758'/
11 E. ~J .. B . 11
c:I. l B1:'.'i~.':.i-·-4·-- :t :"2
D·-••6 !I E······.f.l.
marble, repairec:I
Shortridge, Joseph
cl .. l HO'.:?-·-· 1 :I. ·-- :I.
9--:,,·
slate,
face flaking,
Burnham
part lost,
urn
�Hi. 11, Mc:\t~y
cl. :I. El :I. :I. ·-·4·•-::~;
Wife of Jeremiah Hill
'.~:iEly
11
H:i. J J ,
bi::i.f'.. E\h
1··/j
1·1 .. H ..
slate,
pql7
II
broken,
top lost
Relict o f James Hill
n
d ,, :I. ff:::;.<l ·-· :I. :I. -··· l :·:;::
,!<>::1
II
r:; " l''I
n
H"
II
slate, qood,
pgl
willow~ urn
I··~ i 1 l ~ .J t'::i, ffl €·:' ::.
Veteran of the Revolution
ci. :I.Ei:I. :1.·····:1.:.?······;:::9
'."'.iFly
II ,} " H" "
E···- :I., a.···••::::;
pg 1
urn & drapery,
epitaph-2
HiJl, Samuel
Veteran of the Revolution, merchant
b. :1.745-2-12
d. 1812-3-19
E-1,a-4
pg18
marble slab on table tomb, epitaph-22
Hi 11,
:::;,:1.muE•l
cl,. :!. H4U·-·· :I.····· :1. 9
p~J lb
Hi J l,
N2,nc::y
Wife of Willi.am Hill
:::,;:1. "/
cl .. :l.8:l.9 ·-··:1.···-21
pq :I.El
Hi 11,
I c:hahod
cl .. :I. El :·.::'7····· :I. :1. ·····20
E·-··:l.
pq:1.8
1<':i•··-7
1
(sc;i-y
":r . H .. "
rn ,0,i ,,.. b 1 E• i1 i:1. 1 r11 c:, s; t.
i. 1 1 f,?q :i. bl
F!
l>.J h :i. t. e ,1 Mi:1 t·· y
Widow William White & Samuel
11
84v
1·,1 .. t1.J. 11
d. :I. 82U·····::':;···<:::O
marble,
almost illeqible
pq:I.H
Hill, ~,J:i.lli.am
cl,, 1 t'.)49·-··:2 ·--'.?2
pq :1. f:3
H:i. 11
Son James D .. Hill same stone
11
1.J,)
n
D
11
n
marble,
broken,
top lost
Son of William & Nancy Hill
H :i. 11 !I .:r i!HYlE::s; D,,
c:I,, :I. 86~5···- J. 2·····',?.<'.I.
~:i '.:?y
",j" D. H .. ll
1:::···- l, ,::1····C/
pq :1.8
mi::l.rble, broken, top lost, I.A):i.th
H:i. l. l, Eli. ·z,abE:th f3 ..
Widow of William Hill
cl.:1.876-5-22
72y
E-1,a:I.O
pg:1.8
marble, eroded
Bon of Nathaniel Brown
11
pq:1.6
E:·····:1. !I b·····:I.
B,•. 01.Nn,
H,'.1nn<':\h
i"l,'.il' .. tir.., 11
p1J lb
P1r·1n
cl .. :LU 1 :I. ···-7--(;:,
fi::l.c::e flaking,
willow
&
urn
Wife of Nathaniel Brown
4.<'.1-t.h
cl .. :I.H:1.0-·:I. :l.·-··1 :I.
E····· :1., h·-··'..?
C:-1 .. M. B . "
slate,
y,,. .,
n
l.,\!h i c:idE:!n' HobE•1· .. t
H-,j
cl,, :I. H :I. 15-··4 ..·- :I.
.... /
pq:l.b
E ··-·:I. :I b·····4
H.
:o .
II
marble, eroded,
l,,.J:i. cloH u+
hHth YI'".
pg:1.6
11
ll
(1
u
i"J
n
qri::l.y marble,
epitaph-6
ll
eroded
Son Elisha & Si::i.rah A.
C ..
"F;;"
c:"
slate,
!.1.J"
( i 11 E•q :i. b 1 E·')
Whidden
II
qo □ d,
urn,
epitaph-.<'.!-
�L.. .l.e:\l'"k, Enoch M.,
cl .. :I. 8 :I. 1."'i·--9··-'.,?0
~.'i :I.\/
E-1,b-5
pg16
"!··'Ii'.. .,
slate,
E., 1·•1,, C,, "
old iron repair,
"Mt'"<;;;.,
G1r• E:/ (,? n l (;) i:: f !I i"'I i::\ 1··· \,'
II IVIJ'" <,;"
d .. :1.8:1.5-:1.0-3:1.
86y
E·---:1.,b--·-c':.,
pg:1.6
slate, good,
1,
willow & urn
II
willow & urn
Clark, Marv Greenleaf
Dau. Enoch Moody & Mary Clark
d" :l 820-----:::::•--?'.'5
:I.:::!:\/
'' M., G,, C,, II
E-1,b-7
pg:1.6
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-6
Gooch,
Elizabeth
cl., 1 ff7~'5-·--'/--·-7
E---:l.!1b·-·8
:::l'?y 6m
pq:1.6
mE1.r bl E'' ,
Ci·=~.gDocl, C::h.=.1r JC!<=.; E cl '/·.J a,,. d
uc: . E ..
c1 .. 1 u::::::;----6---2:s
'/y
E--·-:l.!1b·---'?
pgl.h
'.:::;on of
u.
m,,·,1r--b 1 E·' !I
II
i::11 must:.
i:::, LI. t l"i c':\ m , 1---i O I'" i::•. C (,? l"'lor· ~,;Ei
Son FE•\1 ..
c1., :1. u:::!:2----- 1. 2-----21
'/·/
"I..L 1··11. P .. 11
pq16
fff ,::\ I'" b 1 E~ !I
E·?I'" c::, d F:! c:I
E·-"1 !I b:1.0
:i. 1 1 (;;iq i b 1 (0.'
Israel & Harriet
!•ii:':\ l''T :i. (-=! t
l,,.J :i. +~=! of Pev ., J s~v-- ,,H::' 1 l,1.J,, Put r--, .,,1m
"H .. r:• .
d.,:1.832-6 - 10
41y
E--·-:l.!,b:1.:1.
p,,:::i:I..::)
marble, erocled, urn & pillars
F' U t n i::•. ill ,
11
cl., :I. 8 :I. '.'.~.i--.. :i. ..... j_ 0
E·-.. l!,c--·- :1.
l,1J:i. f E·? 0
"M., :o., II
+
pq16
Hi 11, ME:'i.f"Y L...,
d. 1 H'.::"::::; .... l 2·--4
willow & urn,
Consort of J.
s late,
E----· 1 !' c·---2
Dr . Joshua Brackett
good,
epitaph-9
Burley H:i.11
willow & urn,
epitaph-5
Elwyn, Elizabeth Lanqdon
b.1777-12-4
d.1860-8-8
E-1,c-3
pq16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
L..i',1nqclon,
h,, 1 /::y:_;;
[ •·• 1 !I c:•----::::
,John
II Gc::,v. II!' ) F:!'l':.( ?1r'icin of th<-::-> i:;:(0!\/011...tt :i. or·,
d,, :i.8:i.c:; ..... r;i .... 18
pg:1.6
marble plaque on Langdon m □ und tomb
1
0
Elwyn, Catherine Cecelia
b . 1798-5-4
d,,1833-3-:1.4
E-1,c-3
pq:i.6
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Elwyn, Charles Henry
b . 180'/
d.1848-1
E: ----- 1 ~ c:: ..... :::::
pq16
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Bar-- 1"' <:-,:l l !I
cl. :I. d:.?:::;
E·---1 !I c:----:::::
pq16
marble plaque on L..anqclon mound tomb
El \,\tyn !I ·rhc::,m,:!.S
II Fic:-q. II
b.1775
d,,1816-3 -2?
pqlh
marb.l.e plaque on L..anqdon mound tomb
�i....-:::inqclc,n 1,
Elizabeth Sh e rburne
iJohn i.... anqclnn
cl " 1. :3 1. ::::; ·-· ::::; ·-· :·; :
pq:1.h
marble plaque on Lan g don mnund tomb
b.17'61
E ..·-1, c•--:::;
Elwyn, Thomas Octavius
Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Elwyn
b .. :1.811.-10-22
d.1.831-:3-:1.
pql.6
marble plaque on Lanqdon mound tomb
Elwyn, William Octavius
Son □ f Thoma s & Elizabeth Elwyn
b.1811-10-22
d .. lH~LJ
pg:1.6
marble plaque an Langdon mound tomb
[;..Jh :i. pp 1 i!::: !I
b. 17:,~::~:
E-... 1, c::•--:::i;
cl .. l fl2::'!;
pgi.6
i. 00/
marble plaque on Langdon mound tomb
Brackett, Joshua M.
d.i.829-12-l
19y
F·--1 1,d-·- l
pqlh
Brackett,
Ann
Son Dr ..
'
Dau ..
d • 1 H:T::::--- :I. 1 '""(:::,
E-1,cl-1
1
of Dr.
11
pg19
Joshua Brackett,
died at
,.J. r·1. B. ' 1
(1 •
B,,
marble,
Joshua Brackett
11
eroded
Son of Stephen & Sarah Pearse
marble,
pq:I.El
almost illeqible
Pearse,
Stephen Jr.
Son of Stephen & Sarah Pearse
:1. 9-..,i
s. P. JI
E-:l.,e-2
slate, good, willow & urn
c1 • 1 B::'0;0 ....-::>·<?6
II
Pearse, Ge □ rqe
S □ n of Stephen & Sarah Pearse
b.1815-8-18
d.1868-7-1
E-1,e-3
pg18
marble, eroded
M,:t.i::-!:>f:?.'Y11
hE".•0!'"9F!
ci. :i. 821-.. :3 ..... 4
70y
E-2,a-1
pg17
marble, eroded, willow & urn,
epitaph-1
Ma ssey, Hannah
Wife of GPorge Massey
ci.1852-1-26
LJ~y
E-2,a -2
pg17
marble, eroded
Sewall,
Jonathan Sewall
Councillor at Law
E!":,q.
□ w,
willow & urn , epitaph-8
"i). i"i. f3.,
pg:1.7
slate,
t·'I a.1'· t :i. n 11 Th c1 ,n ;;,1. ~,
cl,, :i. El0~~:; ....•2--4
/ ..:',y
pg17
Massey,
E-2,a-5
Langdon,
-<:-
pg17
II
T. 1"1!.
goad,
Wife
11
□f
1··1! .. 1·-,1.
marble,
circle with leaves
George Massey
JI
almost ill egible
William
c1. :!. H20-.. 9 ...-::::;n
E-2,a-6
49y
II
IIE~=:.q .. II
s late,
Mehitable
d. :I. t304"·• :I. l
l
pg17
::::r.:::v
JI, ....,,... . ..
slate,
!.J,J .. 1......
good,
11
willow & urn,
long wording
�l....i::'1.nq cl c::,n ,, 1•,1 i::'1.r· v
Wife of William Lanqdon
II l·-'l1r· :,.; "
l"-'I,. L..E1.n (1 cl c:,n !I
d. :I. 80:2--2··-i:l
:::1 .•,::y
E ..··'.2 ,, c:1.·--·7
pq 17
slate, good, willow & urn,
H:i.11, Euni CE!
c:i .. lf30:1. . ··:?-..·26
E-2,a-8
l"-)i. -fE) of ,J.;;:,.me!,, H:i.11
43y
E::uni.c:F,! Hi. 11 ,1 :I.HO:!.''
pg:1.7
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-5
11
Dau. o+ Eliphalet & Abigail Ladd
cl. :I. 7·99,.... :·,;-;: ..... :1,
E-2,a-9
7y
pg:1.7
II
H,,
1....-;;:,dd II
slate,
low,
winged cherub
Jackson, Katherine
11 Ki::1thE•r·i.nE• ,Ja.c::ks;.c::in, :1,7c;c;:,,,
d.:1.799-3-29
~9v
.....
slate, good, urn & wreath, epitaph-4
/
Jackson, Nathaniel
cl .. :i. H 10 ....,2,-- :I. 9
69y
1\1. ,.J"
E-2,al :I.
pg:1.7
slate, good,
II
Mi::'1.F.. c::h ,,
l.,.IE•.I'"'] €:1.r .. F!t
d.:I.H:1.0-3-11
:l.3y
II
Dau ..
Buckminster, Abigail
E-2,a:l.3
urn
of John & Sarah
low,
willow & urn,
JI Pi. B,, "
marble,
eroded , dau. Elisha Hill of Berwick
Wife of Theodore Jewett
JI i"lf•"' !c;
8 ,.J
d.:1.819-6-15
/~y
E·.... 2,,b·--1
p,;.:.J:1.7
slate, low, willow & urn,
a
Orne,
Joseph
n
u
ll
l 4y
pg17
II
J. U,, 11
marble, eroded,
willow & urn
Hart, Martha
Widow of George Hart, Jr ..
cl .. :I. f:30~:'.i·-.. 4 ..... ':.i
::iOv
"Mt"·"".. M. H. JI
slate, good. willow & urn,
pi.]:l.7
San
cl .. :I. flU::.'i·-- :I...... 1
E-2,b-4
ep :i. t ,:,1.ph ·-·4
Youngest so n of James & Sarah Orne
d. 1 H:20-..·El•--:,::6
E-2,b-2
epitaph-2
Wid .. Eliphalet Ladd & Joseph Buckminster
d .. :I. H::',;H ..... 9 ..... 1 7
pg17
&
JIM,.l"I. JI
slate,
b. 1 /;75(i ....,9 ..... -:_:;·
willow
□f
epitaph-4
James & Jane Rundlet
:I.\/
pg:1.7
slate, good,
urn
Hundl€-~t, ,John
Son of James & Jane Rundlet
:i.7y
J1,J,, Rundl(:,:t"
d. :I. H04·-9·--2B
E·--2, b---1.':.'i
pq:1.·7·
slate, top broken off
Buckminster, Mary
Consort □ f Rev. Joseph
Jll,,.I. B .. JI
cl , 1 f.)()'."5 ..... fr ..-::3
40\-'
pq:1.6
marble, almost illegible
Buckminster, L..ucy
cl .. :l.80::::; ..... •.3 ..... 20
E-2,b-7
Chadbourn,
d .. :l.f.ll0·.. ••:~:; ..... 7
F-2,b-8
f:3'.2-y'
pg16
Thoma s
Relict Rev.
11 1·,1c1m ..
L.. .. Ei .. 11
slate , goocl,
Joseph Buckminster of Hutlancl,
willow & urn
11F,o,.q .. 11
74y
pq16
gray marble,
almost illegible
MA
�\._o l ·•. l"'"I -._.. 1.,.. •,..,,
Ei/·-J<""n
Mf:::h :i. t ,;:1b 1 ii::1
cl . 1 Bl.''i2•-::~:••···27
E·-:·:? ,b ·····9
pq:l.b
1 \,.,, l "•I],.,.\,"'
•.,~• 1
I 'i
1, ,,.'
I ~.
I
I
I
I. ...• l., .. I 11 .... 1 I,... I ',_
I
On stone with Alexander & Mehitable Ewen
:1
Ewen, Mehitable Fernald
cl.1837-10-20
79y
E-2,b-9
pq:1.6
marble,
E:1.,,J<0:n,
() l. E•;-: a.n d F:::l'With
d • 1 f:l 1 ::.'i -·- :I. :·.;-: ·-· :I. 4
68th Yi'-.
Wife of Alexander Ewen
eroded,
with Alexander & Mehitable
wife & daughter
ma,,-bl£-?,
E?!~ □ df:?d
Cl .:=:,p
:1
Supply
cl .. :I. El :I. :I. ···- ::~; -··· '..? 4
pq:1.6
1.,-Jh i pp l E~, p,r• i nc:(c?
( d .. :I. 796-·- :I. :1. ·-·· 1 H)
E·····'..? 11 c:--:I.
pql~':i
Veteran of th e Revolution
l"l,:~r·y H.
Wife of Capt .. Samuel Jones
"M .. H .. J. II
d .. :1.807-4-28
44y
1:::·····':?:1C:·····:·2
pq:1.15
slate, qoocl, willow & urn
,J or-,Ps :1
Goddard,
Jonathan
d. 1807 ·-•/:•-··.<'.J.
::'!;7.._,,,
JJ
II
(Tli:;\lr·b
1.... €:l.nqton :1 '.::;;,1.mu.el
d .. :1.1:io7···-2·--6
4 1.'.':.i·y
E-2,c:-4
pg:i.5
11
:i.807 11
l.:J (:3"
1 E:.•
i::\ l
'I
8 . L.
slate,
mc:;ist
11
qo □ d,
willow & urn, e pit aph-2
L..i::lnqton 1, Cil i VF!::
Wife of Capt. Samuel Langton
d. :1.828-5- :1.9
68y
E-2,c:-4
pq:1.5
slate, qood, willow & urn, epitaph-2
In ~;t t-u.c tor- o+ \iou.th
" 1-..k. • ::=.; ,i:1 ,m..t <0: 1 •r,c.,ppi::{rl
4Hv
m;,
,
r
..
b
J. F,•, ;,\ 1 mo1::; t. illE,.,JiblE?.•
pq:1.6
TE•.ppE•.n,
HE,.muE•l
11
11
d .. l tl06-·•.•:l•····29
II
Chadbourn, Thomas
d .. 1825-7-11
49y
"T" c::: .. II
:,:_ 1 , :1 t f,;
qOOd
pq:1.6
0
!I
!!
Chadbourn, Mary
Widow of Thomas Chadbourn
11 M .. C .. '1
cl. :I. H:2h·-- :I. 2 ·-··'?c_;i
47-y'
E-2,c:-7
pg:1.6
slate, qoocl, willow & urn
Fernald,
Mary
Widow of Capt .. Mark Fernald
/ 'i/
"M" F.
pg:1.6
slate, cracking, low, willow & urn, epitaph-6
d" :l H l ?···- 1::i·--:::::H
bl
.;-~.dE•,
bE•nj
I!
,,...,_min
ci. :i.H:l.::5-·:1.·--2i:i
HOy
"Fl .. H .. "
E-2,d-:i.
pg15
marble, repaired,
Furber,
Lydia
d .. 1 H41 ···-:I.···<!;
ep itaph-4 (illeqible)
Wife of Theodore Furber
7Hy
"L. F ..
marble,
11
eroded,
repaired
�Furber,
Theodore
cl. :I. f!09·-·· :I.····· :i. 4
E-2,e-2
r
6Hv
pg:1.9
T. F.• "
good, urn & drapery,
"C:"1.pt,.
slate,
long text
Et:i. l 1 i nqi;=,, R:i. chE\l'"ci
Veteran of the Revolution
d.:1.808-12-19
;~y
1··1r., P.H .. "
pq :I.<:;;
slate, qood, willow & urn
11
·.-/E:,c~t.on :1 Hohc=:r·t
'.:3 on H c::d::i (i:i r · t
1 ·4V
"R. \i. 11
cl .. :I. bOEl ·-- :I. :I.·-·· :I.(:;>
pq19
VJ].
slate, good,
Yeaton, Robert.
Bon Charles
::':v
d. :I. 1326--·4-- :I. f.3
i\:
pg:1.9
urn
&
&
th
leaves
Nancy Yeaton, with cousin
"i:;;., ··--(., "
slate, good,
urn & leaves
[,,Ji.bi r·d, Thom,3~,.
Noted t,,.1:i. th P<=.>nhal l o~··J~,..
cl. :I. 7 6'."5--1 I.·- :I.'.?
'::i9y
E ···-'.? :1 (:,;,-·'.75
pq 19
ti'.l.bl E:, t.c:iml:::i :1 ,,;;,,,\nds t .on<:::!
[,,Ji bi ,,-cJ
:1
d. :I. 7(~)~:'i
Pi c:ha1·--d
6:3y
pq:1.9
Noted with Penhallows
table tomb,
sandstone slab,
part lost
Penhallow, Harriet
Widow of Hunk i ng Penhall □ w
cl .. :1.86:1.
p(.j :1.9
sandstone slab on table tomb, part lost
Penhallow, Andrew Jackson
b .. :1. 8:1.5-3 - 1
cl .. :1.890-:1.-:1.5
E-2,e-5
pq:1.9
sandstone slab on table tomb,
part lost
"Ho n ,,
Hunking
d .. :1.826-9-24
60y
sandstone slab on table tomb,
part lost
Penhall □ w,
11
Hill,
Mary Meloon
11 1··1. i"I. H,.
20y
E-2,e-6
pg:1.9
slate, top broken off, willow & urn,
cl .. :I. El:2:h-· 1 ·--2::·:'
Pei.,~ kF:ni;;,,
II
"f"homE,\S
cl. :I. i:34:::::-- :l 2- :I. '.5
E--·'..?,f-·-1
(
l
II
\3to1r•i::)lr•
Cl f2mf::!nt
b.:1.760-9-20
d.1830-:1.1-21
,~-·Ic
•1·i,•..-11-l·.·.·.1l~.·..•,
I=-? .c1·1~
almost illeqible,
,t_-J .. \.. /
!I
-·
!
pq:1.c;,
Native of Worringham, Enqland
"T . P.
m;"'.r-b J. F!, al. mo~;;t i. l 1 f2Q i. b 1 E?
/.::,y
., ••• •I
)
•• •.. •
••
I
\C
long
Storer, Dorothy
Wife of CJ. E·ment Et.u1··F2r·
cl. 1 El4 :I. ---:>- 1 U
7'.~iy
"D., b.
.... !I ·t-.. ...L :L 1
....
I ·1
~
I..... ·--:,,::
..
pg:.I H
ffli'.\I'" ::i .. EJ !I
11
Braqdon, Mary Ann
Wife of Jeremiah Bragclon
d. :1.822-7-29
3:ly
E-2,f-2
pg :1. 9
qray marble, almost illegible
Bragdon, Jeremiah
Bon Jeremiah & Mary Ann Bragdon
d .. :1.834-2-28
:I.Om
E-2,f-3
pg19
slate, q □□ d, willow & urn
epitaph-:!.
�1,. ..11 \ r•·1 VI .•.. , .. > I •... }I 'ii. ... , .. .'
Bragdon,
\ . _, I
I -.,,_..,f \
l I I
\ ..,•I ... , I 11•••. I I..., I \ I
John William
Son Jeremiah & Mary Ann Bragdon
11
4y
,J. \i-,I. B . 11
pg:1.9
slate, repaired, willow & u r n
d. :I.H::?9···-lO""':I.
E-2,f-4
Bragdon, Jeremiah
Bon Jeremiah & Mary Ann Bragdon
d. :1.830-8-:1.4
13y
pq:1.9
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Bragdon, Jeremiah
d.:1.833-8-26
48y
Olive~-
E-2,f-7
E)"
pg:1.9
11
II
good,
Dau.
:I. ::y./
d • l :3 1 1 ··-4-·8
II
slate ,
pql.9
Bragdon,
11,.J
of Jeremiah Bragdon
iJ. E. B.
marble,
Draper, William Cutter
d.18:1.2-10-26
Bw
E-2,f-8
pg18
slate,
willow & urn
11
almost illegible
Son of Lemuel & Hannah Draper
good,
urn
R.
slate,
Melcher,
Wife of Catherine Melcher
"L.M ..
s late, good, willow & urn, epitaph-5
/t:J,,.,
II
GF.•01··q1:.?
c1. 1 u::,:2---12--1 9
pg 1'5
Ham,
willow & urn
Catherine
d.18:l.~:;·--12·-.. :1.0
Ham,
good,
& Hannah Cutter
Cl1:i.v1:::•r..
d. 1 ::::i,::::.6-·-CJ-.. :2~':,
pq:l.'.:i
{=}~~.)~/
II
[Ju
J-1 n
II
•::,-1 c::i.t€•? ,, qood,
u.r.. n
Youngest son of George & Joanna Ham
"D.H ..
marble, eroded, willow & urn
II
iJc)a.nni:~
Widow of George Ham
d. 1853-5-29
/~y
pg :l. '.:'i
slate, good, willow & urn
Ham,,
H.;:-1.m, Eli:;•:i:,,br::.•th
Dau. of George~ Joanna Ham
d.1857-10-7
56y
pg 1:::;
ma rble, eroded, part illegible
Cht1•,;r2, Ma 1··y
Widow of Stephen Chase
11
(::)(:) ",!
l•"lt'" 13.. ,.•., .. C • 11
c:I. 1 tl 1 •::;i·-9-·- l ~.7.;
[---:::.,b-·1
pq:I.~'.)
slate, gooci, willow &
Chase, Stephen
Merchant
c:I. :I. t30~":i·-.. ~::,•--::!; 1
6 :I. y
i~-. C.
E-3,b-2
pg15
slate, headstone lost
II
Ch,:1;;;1:::~ ,, \;..l:i. 1 l i am
ci .. 1 H:S4·--B•-.. ::'::o
I!
Merchant of Portsmouth
\A/ n C
marble, repaired,
II
n
II
�Salter, Elizabeth
Wife of Richard Salter
d.1805-7-25
54y
E-3,b-4
pg15
slate, good, willow & urn,
Melcher,
Woodbury
'.,?'..:.'iy
II l,s.1. M. II
cl., 1 bO':::.i····· :I. '.?·-·27
,,,, 1 a.t <?. ,, q ood ,,
E ·····:::; , b ···-'.:.';
p q :I. '.'::.i
Fernald,
epitaph-4
(':'.•pi t a.p h ··-· h
Elizabeth
Dau. of Nathaniel W. & Elizabeth Fernald
:1.4y 9m
slate, good, willow & urn, epitaph-4
d. :1.821-10-18
Fernald,
Elizabeth
cl., :I. fl()C;i ..... 10·--'.'5
E-3,b-7
pg:1.5
H Ei r· 1·- :i.
□f
Wife
slate,
E' t
Nathaniel W.
~ernald
1:::.. F., "
" 1v1r· ~,;.
:\<':iy
good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Died at Faith House
pq :l.'.."5
Son of Daniel & Lydia Jackson
d .. :1.808-12-19
2y
E-3,b-9
pg:1.5
slate, low, urn & drapery, epitaph-4
i"IE•ndum,,
John
''Cc·,;.pt. '' ,
\/F::'tE)r·c:~.n c:i+ thF!! R<-,?·•.;olu.t.:i.c::in
(".:$,:.~)::/
Jl [:;::•tr::it. 11
J 11, .....111 IJ
cl., :I. HOh·-··4····· ~=:
E··•-::":, c ··- :I.
pg20
sandstone, spalling,
Yard,
r
Edward
long wording
Of Grenada
d ., 1 HO(:, ..... c,,.-.~:!9
:::::.ll y
pg:1.0
"E •./. "
slate,
goad,
urn
Chase, Margaret C.
c:1 .. 1 H:::=:c.;;·····:'?···- :1. :~=;
64\,,
'' i--11. c. c. ,,
E-3,c-4
pg20
marble, b roken fragment,
Tullock,,
Eunic:<=.·'
d. 1 so ·7 ·--'.:::: ·--4
:.,:: .1
pg20
most
Widow of Capt . William Tu llock
"E .T. 1807"
slate, good, no design, epitaph-:1.0
!.,\Ii +E• of ~! o~:.F!!p h
Day, Frances M.P.
"F,.1""·1.P.D."
d.:1.828-12-:1.8
30y
E:·-••:::=:, cl···- l
pq'.?O
slate, repaired, willow & urn,
Jackman,
Elizabeth
II
Slade,
Susanna
cl .. 1 t:l O!:3--·-'.;2---- 2
E-3,c:1-3
n
J"
II
eroded,
repaired
Wife of Benjamin Blade
69y
pg15
c:I .. 1 El0?·--2·····22
E-3,e-1
1::::
marble,
pq20
pg19
l;..J:i. 11 :i. E,iH
d • 1 HO 7 ··-· :::=: •-- 2 :I.
marble,
27y
lost
i--,·11·-·.
slate,
eroded
E;. C.
good,
1 El07"
urn
:0EtiH<"? 1
"~·L D."
m,:i1r··b 1 f::',
E•i'·oclecl ,,
epitaph-4
�B,::i.yl i:-?y 1, Caz nEic~.u.
"M,,. .. C . B.
d.1808-1-27
41v
pgl9
slate, tipped,
II
Melcher, Nathaniel Jr.
c:I .. 180d·-·A··-· 1 ;5
lj.(i,:/
N. iv, ..
E-3,e-4
pg19
slate, low,
11
tr
11
tipped,
willow & urn,
epitaph-3
LC)hl,
El :i. SE1.bE•th
Wi fe of Joseph Low
II E. L. II
d. 1808-8-22
40y
E·····::':;, F:.•·····'..:.i
pq 19
slate, good,
willow &
Lll'"n,
ep:t. t.aph·-·•.lj.
F'E"pp<=::1'. , ,Jos;E,ph
d. 1849··<'.i·-·2'.7
E .....:::;' <?.····h
p ,J l9
Coffin, Charles Augustus
cl. 1 H::::.0····9··-'.:'i
'.:?:?y
E-4,a-1
pq:l4
marble, good
Coffin, Mehitable
d . 1829-7-25
53y
pg14
Cof f :i. n i1 Fr··anc:: :i. ,,;;.
d.1828-5-13
18y
E-4,a-3
pg14
marble,
Cof f :i. n 1, !' iE\r-· y E.
d .. 1t3::~7···7···7
'.:;:1v
0
good
"M·ic.c.:. 11
S;,:1. l t f.':!I' .. , i=;: i ch ,,1r·· cl
d.1820-8-12
47y
E-4,a-5
pg15
slate,
good, willow & urn
Sheafe, Mary C.
Dau. of Thomas & Mary Sheafe
d.1797-7-7
16m
E-4,a-6
pgi.4
slate, good, willow & urn
i:3h(".',,\+E', Ma,,·y
cl. 1H17·-··4····21
Wi+e of Thomas Shea+e
61 v
Mv-,:=... 1··,1 . i::;.
marble, e r oded, willow & urn
pq 1 ;"'i
E; h E·' a f E: , 1·,1 ,::\ r·· ·/
cl. 1 El3:::i; ..... _il···•2::1;
11
Wife of Jacob Sheafe
11
pq:l.'.'.'.'i
d ., l
~~l :·:?
C? ..... :l ..... ~I;·:' . ~::5
E-4,a-9
E-4,a10
pq15
4'.:Jy
pg15
/ ..::,y
11
,J ::
f~}
marble,
Hardy, Rebecca B.
cl" 1 Hh::':.--Fl
E·--4, h····:1.
1""1. 13 ..
marble,
El.(~ ·~l
DE\\i:i. ~"-;, :oan:i. (=::l
d,.lEi.26····11·-..I:'5
11
11
11
good, reset,
ti
Ii
almost illegible
D .. D."
slate,
E!p :i. t.E:\ph···••::i;
headstone lost
�i···iar· cl y, Fi'.E•h ec:: ca
,::;;4y
d. l s::::;9 ..... ·2H
1
.'.:_; ....
E ..... 4, b·--2
Hi:il'"dy !I
mcH·· b 1 <'? !'
Cit:.>Of"r:)E'
d.1836-1-11
"G.H .. JI
4By
E .... 4!1h•-.. ::::
H,::1.t··dy' StE•phE•l"i
cl .. 17•:;;7-.. 12··" :I. 7
6i:ly
JI::::;,. H. JI
E: ..--4, b--4
pq'..?O
marble, repaired,
Plummer,
William
cl. :I. 7c;;B_.. 9 ..... ::~:
2 1.'.'.'_;,.,.,.
,, !.,\Ii 1 1 :i. Elm
Pl ummE-)1•"' !I :I. )'9El I I
E-4,b-5
pq20
slate, good. willow & urn
Widow of
d .. 1 ElOl.::; .... c,;... :l El
E ..... 4,
1::, ..... 6
ll /\
t··I
p,.J::?O
,::J
slate,
JEtc □ b
Sheafe
11
!"'•
rr
n
good,
willow &
Hs":\1··t, EdHc~.r.. d
With wife Elizabeth
cl. :I. ff?'::.\ ..... l O·- l El
8:1.y
JIE .. H."
E--·4, c: .... :I.
pq ::?O
i'i'l,::if"h l (':2 ,,
f.i' l'"OdE?.d
Consort of Edward
"E.H.
d .. 1804-9-23
~;y
E ......i.l., c: ..... 1
pq20
marble, eroded, on stone with Edward
II
RPdinq,
Cha.,,·1£':!f,
Wife Phebe same
cl .. J i:l::!:8--· :I. 1 '"" :I. 4
i::;: ..... 4 !I cl-.. :I.
pq20
marble,
repaired,
st □ nw
pEtrt lost
Noted with husband Charles Reding
d . :1.848-:1.2-2
69y
F:-4,d-1
pq20
marble, repaired, part lo st
n q, ,:11 mi ,... ,: ;,.
'' 1·· 1:i. '::-S-''
11
d. :I. u:::!; :I. ··"'H"·"20
::i;:::::y
(:i .. H.
i:;;;E,d :i.
1
pq20
:01--·Dt,Jn, John
cJ. l (300 ..·- :I.·-.. :l.1''5
slate,
pg20
l"I r:0 s. e I'" v f:? , i:::: c.:, -1::. h E' ,,.
cl u J '7<;;9 ..... '.'."j -.. J
. ::, / \l
Clark,
E lizabe th
d. :I. El~?B ·--7·-·':'5
gppd,
Merchant,
/ :4'::/
:::!; l
11
"M ,-- ..
iii <°::i ,,.. I:::. 1 (;;) !'
willow & urn
native of Sc: □ tland
,J nhn :Ck oh1n !' :I. f.3()O"
(~) I'" 0
cl f.~ d
Dau.
of George Meserve
1·,·1i i;,,. ,;; F s; t h E: ,.... 1·1!i':) ,;; i,;, r"· \/ (·'::: 11
slate, qood, urn & drapery
11
Relict of
Ichabod W.
Clark
v
slate,
Clii.-..r·k, Ic:hdbod !_,,J,.
cl .. :I. d2~:.'i ---- 4 ..--:::::
:~:: :I. y
F--.. 4!1e ..--·2
slate, good,
Os":-..y' ii DS:-f::!ph
cl .. :1.822-:1.0-16
29y
E-4,e-3
slate, broken
repaired,
willow & urn,
willow & urn,
epitaph-8
epitaph-4
�Peirce, Edward J.
d.1818-9-13
49y
r
F. ii. p. II
q C) C) cl , {A.I :i. 1 1 C:) \,'.J
~;,:
Wife of Robert Ham
d.1837-8-19
70v
E-4,f-1
pg20
slate, repaired, willow & urn
Ham,, Hoi:JE,1'--t
i:;;; H"
d.1823-9-19
85y
s. l ,,,i. t F,: , !:::i 1'· o k F.• n ,,
E··--·4, f·····2
p9'.?0
II
·v c)l___ m 9 , c ,,,u-· c; 1 i rH0'
cl. 1820···-1 O-<?O
14rn
II
n
Yo1...tn(.)
II
C. C. \ 1 •
,=.,.li::1t<',:,
11
V·.J:i.llov-J t, 1...t1···n
lc::i1,-.1,,
Noted with husband ,Jc::ihn F<E:din(J
'' 1··!D1'.. \', 1.Ai:i. f (,': of ,John F<i·:.~d i nq, :1. 79,:;; ''
slate, good, urn, d r-- i:3. p F! r-- \/ ,, c h E-? I'" u. b ~~=-
47\1
1:;:r:::dinq, iJcihn
Wife Mary same stone
d . 1 f:l::?:.".'i-·· 1 1 ···· :i. ~.i
Elly
pq:20
slate, qood, urn, drapery,
Ha1,·t,
F'hr:::bP
Wife of Flisha C.
d. 1 H00·-<:::••···:?4
II
pg:20
8 h <·':',:'I+ <·::: ,
\:; a
cherubs
1;:;.].
r·· i::1h
i:=•" I·••! n
c:i.t:.e,,
II
hroki:::.•n ,
bottom
Wife of James Sheafe
11
..::, '·..i'/
lvl I"' ~:- " ~; .,:tr· ,::\ h :=.; h F! E~. f E' 11
cl. 1799···-9····· l 9
E·-·4,, f·····6
pq:·.?o
slate, qood, urn & drapery
Day, Dorcas
Name identity +rom newspaper
d.1825-9-3
82nd yr.
E-4,f-7
slate, top part lost, epitaph-6
Badger, Susanna P.
Widow of John Badger
66y
F···-4, g·-··1
marble, almost illegible
d.1840-10-7
Dau. of Joseph & Frances M.
11
H. F'. D.
marble,
Day
II
broken, reset low
Veazey, Margaret
Wife of John Veazey
d n 1 H :I. 9••• j 1-<?7
4':'.iy
!•/11,• S:. • Mn\)"
E-4,g-4
pg21
slate, l □ w, willow & urn
II
11
d. 179-:;.:·•-··H···-2f:l
pq21
1=· 1···· r:,: <"': m i':i n ,,
,::i••···
l
!'-··1:i. SC.:,"
11
1'··1,, h.1.A),, "
slate, good,
willow & urn,
·r h ci m ;;:1 s;
d.1827-6-13
E·····~".i ;I
II
47y
11
T. F . "
pq:,::'.'.7)
S□n
:i.Oy
slate,
of Jame s & Eunice Hill
"G,,
Hi J J
;I
l7,;;?H 11
reversed, cherub
epitaph-2
�Fernald,
Julia C.
Dau. of John & Sarah Ann Fernald
11
:I. '.'::1y
,.J • C. F. "
m,:•.t' . bl Fi, fc:r··odF:>d
pi:::.J24
cl. 186'.:?·····4····· :l.9
l::··-':':.i, b·--2
Fernald, Frederick
Son □ f Parker & Lydia Fernald
c:!. :I. B6 l ·-··9·-- 2::?
::=::!T1
E-5,b-3
pg24
marble, erode d, wilted r □ se bud
Fernald,
Frederick
cl. :1.860-5 - 2:1.
2y
E··-!.:i!, b···-<+
pq24
□f
Son
11
/m
ffli,1.1' ..
bl
Parker & Lydia Fernald
F·. F."
F~!' .. Odi:-2d,
e'!,
r □ se
carved wilted
bud
Fernald, Sarah Ann
Wife □ f Jahn Fernald
d.1B71-1-25
60y
marble, e roded, repaired
i::·<;21~n,,,-. l d, .John
d.:1.860-3-10
53y
E- 5 ,b-6
pg24
marble,
H,,,.m, PF:'bt=.,cc,::l.
d. :I. El:~;4····· :i. :I. ·-·· '..?7
E·····~::i, c:····· J
almost illegible
Widow of Benjamin Ham
,c. Cl·.,
y
\,.> ·'
sla te,
law,
willow & urn
Widow of John Watts Moulton
d.:1875-3-9
96y 4m
E-5,c-2
pg:1.1
marble, repaired, set l □ w, with Hannah & Jahn
Wife of Capt. John Watts Moulton
d.:1799-10-25
32y
E-5,c:-2
pg:10
marble, broken, reset low, with John & Nancy
iJohn l,\l2itt.~,.
''Ca.pt.• ''!, d:i.E•c:1 a.t l'-Jo1r·folk, ',/a.•
d.:1802-9-:1.6
36y
E-5,c-2
pg:10
marble, repaired, se t low, with Hannah & Nancy
i''lou.lt.on!,
Folsom, Olive Husk
d.180:1.-12-:1.5
By
Moulton,
Ann Watts
d. :I. :::l46·····7-··2
Dau.
of John & Nancy Moulton
4::=; •y-
E·····~.'.i!, c: ·····4
marble,
almost ill egible,
name,
no date
Widow of John Watts Moulton
marble,
Manent,
Hannah A.
Gooc:11--.. ic:h!, :i:1,·,-:;;in,;:1.
cl .. :I. El4'.".'.i···-'?··-·4
l 6--:,,·
eroded,
see also E-5,c-2
Wife George Manent,
D,;Ju.
slate,
Goodrich, James D.
d. :1. 842-8-22
40y
E·····l.".'i!, C ····fl
slate,
of ,Ja.m.-:,? i:,. D.
good,
dau.
t: Dli\/E• L .
willow & urn,
repaired,
John Moulton
[ioodr.. :i.ch
epitaph-4
willow & urn,
epi taph-4
�Holbrook, Martha
Widow of Samuel Holbrook
d.1846-12-24
84y
slate, rep aired , willow & urn
Holbrook, Samuel
d.1836-9-15
/~y
'v'et. E-!r-· ;::\n o f
"f::; .. H. II
~":-1 a.t!-:? , ()C)Oci ,,
t.hE• F<F,•v·ol u.t :i. on
Holbrook, Abigail
Widow of Robert Holbrook
d. 1 ff~~; l ····· l 2····· :i. ,::?
/ 1y
"(1. H. 11
slate, qoocl, willow & urn
Hol brook, Catherine
Wife of Robert Holbrook
cl. 1 H2:·,-;;: ..... :i. 2 ·····2c;>
?2v
'' c. H. ''
E-6,a-4
pg~~
marble, eroded, repaired, reset
Ho l b1'--ook, F<obE•t-·t
d.1821-10-15
61.y
"Mr·· • h:. H • 11
marble, repaired,
wil low & urn
HoJ. b1·-ook ,, t=lob(":!l' . t
d.1848-/-28
o~y
slate,
low,
f1y(":!l'-s, DlivE-2 H ..
d.1821-9-25
33y
E·····6,, i::i••·-D
marble,
broken,
eroded,
top
last,
repaired,
epitaph-2
epitaph-4
Holbrook, Miriam
Widow of Benjamin Holbrook
d.1852-6-26
80y
E-6,b-1
pg35
space far marble marker, now last
Holbrook, Benjamin
d.1839-12-29
68y
E-6,b-2
pg35
marble,
eroded
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Burgin, Franklin B.
Son of Joseph Y. & Charity Burgin
d. 1828- 10-30
17y
F-1,a-2
pg18
marble, eroded, epitaph-4 (illegible)
Durgin, Jeremiah
d.1831-5-27
43y
F-1,a-3
pglB
marble,
l:im:i.th, :OE!n:i.el
d.1827-3-13
''El cle::•1-·· ''
" D. P1. s.
(.),.
43y
i::•···· 1, b····· 1
eroded
s; l
,:'1 t E• ,
11
i.::) o cH::I
F,•pi taph ·····.,l
!'
Burgin, Joseph Y.
d.1820-1-21
47y
i:::·-···1 1,b-::?
p(;lt3
F::!pi taph-···2
Per k ins, Nancy
Wife of Noah Perkins
d.lt354-12-19
64y
F - 1,b-3
pgl8
marble, eroded
Co.
t··loc:lqdon,
l·-1.P. (Hi:!.1°· lan P.)
(cl. 1 Ek:>~.'.; ..... 1 O···- 1 1 )
F·-··1 !I h-·-4
Beck,
cl
u
G.,
10th N. H.
Inf.
(Ci
pg 1t3
Angela Streeter
l ff? ~.':i ..... l ·-<V)
F - l,c-2
:a:) m
slate,
II
low,
Dau.
i::➔ • '.;::; •
B"
□f
Henry Beck
II
willow & urn
H,:~.l l 1, Eliz c~beth
Wife of Ammi R. Hall
d.1822-9-19
6ly
F-l,d-1
pg22
marble, almost illegible
Cutte::•r-, Dci.n:i1~2l
d.1832-10-26
11:0 .. [:ff
65v
11
Wen t worth, Mary
Widow of Daniel
c:I. 1 f:=j.4:::::.-<.'.i···<?O
69y
"M. 1..,J.
F-1,d-3
pg22
marble, eroded
Wentworth
11
Di:,\U.. of P1mm :i. H. t: E 1 :i. ;.,'. c~b F.!th H,,,i.l 1
1··,1. [!. ) . H.
ci l i~~ (°:) {::) - ·· ::::'. ·-·· -~l
(:) l:i ·y
m ,,!. I'" h l ('? 1, <=::.• r- o cl E" d
F·-··:i., d ·-4
pq?'.?
II
II
Hal 1 ,, El :i. :;•:'. i,1 D.
cl. l t:i69 ..... 4 ..... :I.?
F ..... 1, cl ..·.. :.:'i
Crosby,
II
Dau. of Ammi
"E.D.H."
Dau.
Olive Jane
2y
P
& Elizabeth Hall
of James & Olive Crosby
cl. 1 H,::>::::; ..... 7 ..... :2
F ..... :I. ,, d-.... 6
Saunders,
Richard
47--:,,'
H,. i::;,.
pg22
double slate,
cl" :I. i:J27 ·----!:3--·- :I. 0
F-1,e-1
II
II
qooc:I,
willow & urn
Saunders, Cha r lotte H.
With husband Richard Saunders
d . 1827-4-29
47y
F-1,e-1
pg22
double slate, good, willow & urn
\/i
l
!.,\!,,,!r.. )
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Saunders, Charles H.
Son Capt. Richard & Charlotte Saunder s
d.lt32t3-·-7-···:!.7.
7y
C:: .. H.t3."
F····· :i. !le·····2
pq:Z:2
slate, low, willow & urn
11
Berry, Nancy P.
Wife of Barthomew Berry
d.1832-5 -13
30y
slate, goad, willow & urn
BB.,,.-,,··y, l.. .ucy (~nn
Wife of Bartholomew Barry
c1. :1. u4:::=:---· :l 1•···•:z:::::
::::o·/
II I.... ■ (i" :o" 1l
F····· :1. ;! E•·--4
pq::?:2
slate, good, willow & urn
Senter, Elizabeth S.
Wife of William Senter
d. :I. El:Y:"i-·-4·--16
29y
E. '.:3. f3.
F-2,a-1
pq:1.9
slate, good, willow & urn
II
11
Consort of Mark 8.
Walden,
d • :l :::lOh
Anna Treadwell
Blunt
Mather of Jacob Walden
E{'.?--,,,
F·····2,1b·····J.
pg:1.9
table tomb,
sandstone slab,
part last
Treadwell, jac □ b
d.1770-4-17
7:1.y
F-2,b-1
pg:1.9
table tomb,
s andstone slab,
part lost
Treadwell, Sarah
Wife of Jacob Treadwell
d.1 770-3-10
68y
F·····'..?, b···-:1.
pg:1.9
table tomb, sandstone slab,
part last
Treadwell, Jahn
d .. :1. 71'.:i9·--,S
:l :::=:y
F-2,b-1
pg19
part lost
Son of Jacon & Sarah Treadwell
table tomb,
RobE,:r··t T.
d.1873-3-19
79y
F-2,c-1
pg21
marble,
[{(,2 11
sandstone slab,
,1
Dau.
d . :i. H26·-··Fl····· l 0
F·····2,, c·····:?
pq'.?1
Bell,
of Robert & Rebecca Bell
!"! .. EL
marble, eroded, with
11
II
Rebecca
d .. :I. H:·;;::i.:)·-··7-·-2
F-2,c-2
Wife of Robert T .. Bell
24v
R. B ..
pg21
marble, eroded, with dau.
11
L.. □ nq,
M,:11,.·y E::.
cl • 1 fl 1 ~5-··- l '.;;:----:>::>
F····· 2, d····· :I.
pq2:!.
l....onq,
eroded
OoF--othy
cl .. :I.H:l.4·--4·····:1.9
11
Mary
Dau.
::::y
of Edward & Dorathy 1....onq
E. 1......
marble, low, urn
111•-11 ..
Dau ..
II
of Edward J.
"U .. l.....
marble,
& Dorathy A ..
low,
flower,
epitaph-4
F-···?, d·-·•:::!
pq?2
L..onq
Son of Edward & D □ r □ thv L.un .J
11
~:=5\,\t
E::." l....c)n,.J
slate, qood, willow &
pq2'..?
;I
Ecl1;-i,::1.1r·cl
d .. :1. uo::=:.-··7···- :1. u
F·····2,1 d·····'.: 1:
l....ong
II
1
11
E2p
:i. t.c.:\ph····· :I.
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Co:,-:
,1
F'h<-?bEi
d. :l.b28 ····7·•-1:?
F····:-:C·:',1 d·····4
C □ x,
Wife
46y
William
□f
P .. c .
ma1'·i::i 1 E,!,
11
Frances Emily
F····2,1d···S
pq:?::,::
Newhall,
Samuel
c:I., 1 H::20···· 1 ::::---2
i::i 1
Dau .
19y
d .. :I.B!:5 1:':i·····El·-22
11
1_;.2
mof";t :i 11 Eiq :i bl <·2
Capt.
□f
F.E:.c.
rr1,31'"·b J.
C□x
II
William
C□x
11
al mo1::;t i 11 E•q i b 1 e
,1
Merchant
II
.::,t:;y
S. N ..
11
F ·····2 d ····h
;I
Wife of Samuel Newhall
d. 1829-10-12
F-2,d-7
Newhall,
43y
marble, eroded, with Ruth & Lucy Ann
F·····2 ;I d··-7
Dau .
Lucy Ann
d .. 1829-1-19
Samuel & Ruth Newhall
19v
pg:2:2
marble,
almost illegible, with Ruths
Newhall, Ruth
Dau. of Samuel Newhall
d.1816-10-13
15m
F - 2,d-7
marble, eroded, with Ruth & Lucy Ann
bi:~.lch, Hanni::r.h
d .. 1817-1-29
44y
slate,
good,
Wh i dden, Michael
d . 1818- 3-17
87y
F-2,d-9
pg22
slate,
Whidden,
Ma r y
urn
good, willow & urn
Widow of Capt .. Mic h ael Whidden
cl., 181 El···· :I. O···- ~~:;o
i30y
F·····'.?, cl 10
pg::?'..?
slate,
cl ., :I. El 17·····::3·····2'.?
11
g □□ d,
t,J.C.
willow
&
:I.B:1.7"
F1'"·(·,-inc::r·"i !i,, Incl . l;Ji,"lr-· i:, R~::1volutic::ri···1
"t'~. !'-"!. D. ,, M. :0 ..
d . 1820-12-8
85v
marble, almost illegible, wi llow & urn
F····:2 ;I cl :I. :?
pq'..?2
C:1...tt. t(e r· ,1
1::1mm:i.
1:;;.
"M. D ..
11
,1
II
Cut tEir··
,1
!···!ann,;;1.h
Widow of Dr .
"H., C.
rn ,::1 ,,- b l F! ,,
cl .. l H5'..?-· 1 ···-:"?0
pq22
Ammi
II
<?.1'- o
cl E•d
HEr.ll,1 P,mm:i. r~ .
Veteran of the Revolution
d .. :I. ff::;::::.·-6--9
/ '.·::,y
j'illr· " (1 R" H •
F ·····'..?, cl :I. 6
marble, eroded, epitaph-4
II
Ela,
Thomas Jefferson
cl .. 1 El :I. 7-··h ···- :I. El
F-2,e-:I.
pg~~
u
11
Son of Joseph & Sarah Ela, drowned
By
slate,
l ow,
willow & urn
Dau .. George W. & Cathe r ine Tuckerman
Tuckerman, Evelina
d.:1.8:1.7-9-12
:l.3m
slate, low, willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Smith, Lydia Jane
Dau. of Noah & Laura Smith
d. 1818-4-2
15m
F-2,e-3
pg23
marble, eroded
Claggett, Sarah
d. :I. H :I. fj--(ji---- :1. H
F-2,e-4
r
Wife William Claggett, dau.
_,:::-!'/
pg23
ll
Gov.
Plummer
8. F. C. JI
marble,
almost illegible
Pal iTl(-?.r-- !' 1-.-1,::'!1,.--/ C.
c1. :L Eno----- :1.
1-<::s
_q_.::_,;\/
mi,\ r-· h 1 f,:i !'
Pa 1 mE•1-··
!'
Doi-- ot h E?-,~. S.
:I. C?y
c:i .. :I. ff:=Jl---!:l----6
F-2,e-5
pg22
i::, i=.11 ml,~1~, M;:;,_,,-· y
d. l ff:!;,:=,---· 1 --- :L 9
''Mi
II
E• ,..- o
cl (?. c:I
~;i:.; ''
!'
D .. '.::). p.
marble,
'.~;.
JIM :i. s,_,,,_ '' , v--J i th moth F,11,·- t: 2 s
27\1
II M. 1:3. p.
hiE•i l
!I
£:.- t er- s
:i_
st c': 11--· i:,;
V-,1 i
th moth F!I'"
:\:
_,:_,
!:::- i S:- t
(?r-- s
0
Harriet
Dau. Clifton & Margaret Claggett
20y
H. C. "
pq22
marble, almost illegible
f.3c:\r-i'.:'1h
d • l B:2 :I. .. -·- :I.:-? ..·- :I. "?
II
Wife of Thomas Neil
49-y
11
1·•1t---·s.
slate,
J\le:i. l, 11-Ji 11 :i. ,:1m Ji,--.
d. :I. FL?0 --·-- 6-----29
'.?:Sy
F-2,e-7
f.-:'- :i_
II
cl. :I. 8 :I. 8---- :I. 2 ----:::'."-~
F-2,e-6
i th moth E'r-- ~:,: 2
eroded
pa 1 ff1f.01~ !J l:.ii:•r· ;;i_h E !'
II 1v1 :i_ S~!c"- IJ '
d. :I.H33-:l.2 -2 8
22y
pq22
Clagqett,
1.,\1
11
pg22
8. N."
low,
willow & urn,
with VJ:i_11 j_ am
Son of Thomas & Sarah Neil,
II
l,,1. 1\1. ,
slate ,
drowned
,J ,,.- • "
low, willow & urn,
,1
Thoma_-,.:'II
d. :1. H~::;o--·6-·--·'..?4
/ /y
T. r.1. "
F-2,e-8
pg22
slate, good,
with mother
NE,•i l
willow & urn
Anderson, Mary
Wife of Swen Anderson
d.:1.818 -:1.:1.-5
33y
F·---2,1 +·-·--1
slate, good, willow & urn,
epitaph
Royer=, Mary S. Holman
Widow o+ Cyrus Rogers
d.:1.888-:1.0-25
84y 8m
F-2,f-2
marble, eroded
LE1_c:ld,, C(=C:: :i_l:i_i;.'\ Fln1...\:i_<:,;;:;1
:Oi,H_\ . o+ ,Jc:1.111,.c!:::, t: !..._UC:\/ I...E1cld
d.:1.820-8-29
15m
F-2,+-3
pg23
slate, low, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Co :,-: Ii::!,
l>J:i_ 11 i "~-m
cl .. :I. 840--..::'=:----- :I. 4
hHy
"l,,_I., C. "
F-2,+-4
pg23
marble, almost illegible
Sides, Sarah Jane
d. l El~:.i 15 ..·- l ::i --:::i
F-2,+-5
pq23
Dau.
:I. 9v 6m
o+ Richard & Belincls Sides
11 :::3. ,.J. f3. 1'
marble,
almost illegible
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
(3i l t?.S-, bui:;E~n
d ., :l ff::!: :I. · ·· l :I. ··-<'!;()
:·,?()'/
fl
'.'.:3"
(3"
ff1E\1--·bl<:~!'
Gi 1 c-2s,.!, Jos:i. ci.h
d.:1.813-12-3
33y
I!
II
almos;t
,J" C-3"
11
Dennett, Dolly
Wife of J. Plumer Dennett
d .. :I.El19·····h·····7
2t3y
F-2,f-8
pg23
marble, eroded
Dennett, Ann Eliza
Dau .. of J . Plumer & Dolly Dennett
11 t1. E. :o. 11
d .. :1.s:::;7--··:1.U·-··27
21y
F-2,f-9
pg23
marble, eroded, epitaph-4
Manson, Susan P.
Wife of Parker Manson
d .. :I. t3:-::: :l ···-9-<? :l
:I. 9/
"Mr·--f,. ., ::; . F'. l"I. "
F·--2,+10
slate, low, split, willow & urn,
Manson, Theodore
:~;6y
II M,,.... T,, M. II
F-2,f1:I.
pg~~
slate, low, willow,
epitaph-4
d .. :i. El2.:2·-· :1. ····'..?7
Manson, Emily
d. :I. U2 :1. ····· 10·-·· 16
Dau ..
urn,
pillars,
epitaph-6
of Theodore & Mary Manson
2y i:lm
II
slate,
E., M.
11
good,
I...Jh :i. t<~ ! John
d.:1.845-5-19
59y 1Um
" iJ " ~•J.
F-2,f13
pg23
slate, good,
willow & urn
1
Wife
cl" :I. 828···•::;~-•-•:·;;;:7
F-2,+14
□f
repairec:I,
bl::i !S !I
willow & urn
good,
willow & urn
Wife of William Gibbs
11
67"/
pq20
[i j_
1""'1 .. F.i ..
marble,
11
broken,
decayed
l;.J i 1 1 :i. ,:~Hi
c:I , :I. t3::'!; 6 ..... :I. ····· l t3
.l~.:::ly
II
~•J" Gu
m;:-11'·b 1 E~,
II
f:?r··oclecl !I
Uibbs.;;.!I l.yc:l:i.E1.
Wife of William Gibbs
.,'.J..<'.1·'/
"L.. .. G."
cl .. :I. ElOB·-1 :I. ·-·29
F-----:::;, i::i.••-4
pq20
slate , cracked, willow &
E-:i:i. bhs !l Ul i Vi::'!lr
d . 1829-:1.-21
slate,
Bigelow, Mary Ann M..
d,, l Ell.::i2-··2····· 1.
urn
~~y
pq'..?O
F-3,a-6
epitaph-4
John White
Marden, Margaret T.
c:1 .. :1.848-11-15
/8y
pg:20
slate,
(3i bbs!, Md1···y
cl. :I. 8 1:'i 1 ····"/ ·--:::!; 1
willow & u rn,
II ~J • ~\J" II
4:::!;y
slate,
!I
4'7y
pg20
qooc:I,
Dau.
willow & urn
John Mann,
wife Henry A .. Bigelow
' 1 M. Pl., 1-.-1. Et .. ' 1
marble,
broken, reset low,
with M.. L... Mann
�GRAVESTONE~ o+ NORTH CEMETERY
Mann,
Leslie
Nar y
d.1848-9-10
Dau.
of Thomas Mann
18v
r
marble,
low,
top corner broken off
1'1 lc=..nn, ::":;arc:•.h Ann
Dau. John & Martha Mann
cl. 1:=;:::::h-11·-19
20·y,
"'.:3. Pi. 1·1I. "
pq20
ma.,~ b 1 e.
er-oded
Dau. John & Martha Mann
"E.H.M."
eroded
d. 1835-9-6
Bm
1=---3, ,=1-E-l
marble,
Mc.:.nn, John
Son of John
d. 18:29-4-13
16y
"J.M."
F-3,a-9
pg20
slate, good,
1 ,=1te of F'ortsmouth
1
Allen,
Mary
d.l810-2-2
willow & urn
Relict o-f Thomas Allen of Boston
78y
"1' I. A. "
slate, low, willow & urn
1
F-3,a10
,:::illen, Sa.rah
"Our Mother, Aunt",
i•s . A .. IJ
b. 1 7/:i8-3-4
d. 185,S-4-23
F-3,ali
p,;i20
ma.r-bl e, er-oded
born Boston
LOl"-J/:2 !' .J DS-•=1ph
i"lerchant
d. 1::323-10-22
59~-✓JJJ .. L. 11
F-3, ,=112
pg:20
slate, good,
Lowe, Augustus G.
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Lowe
d.1825-4-27
22y
"M1~. A. f3. L. "
F-:3 1,a:L3
pg19
marble, eroded, willow & urn,
Widow of Samuel Beck
b.1769-2-22
d.1842-12-24
F-3,b-1
pg21
slate, repaired,
botton lost,
willow & urn
Twombly, James M.
Son of Martin L. & Dorothy Twombly
d.1843-10-19
4m
F-3,b-2
pg21
slate, good, willow & urn
~;pr i. nq, F'omp
cl. 1El07-7--3
41.v
F·--3,c--J.
II
t=•
tt
s
n
slate.
II
reversed,
willow & urn
Spring, Candace
Wife of Pomp Spring
d. 1807·-l 1-4
45v
"C:::. S."
F-3,c-2
pg21
slate, reversed, willow & urn
Long. Edward Jennings
Master St. John's Lodge
d.1824-2-27
53v
F-3,d-1
pg21
marble, good, small cross
Mullineaux,
d.1868-8-2
Ross,
Esther
8~y 9m
rnarb l <,? ,,
Emily Olevia
d. l ::35~.3·-'7'-3
er··oded
Wife of John Ross
4:=.3\i
slate,
good,
willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Long, Edward J.
Veteran War
d.1824-2-27
53v
F·---::: ;I +--1.
pg21
Long, Dorothy A.
d. 1816-6-1.8
35v
□f
1812
Wife of Edward J.
Long
'' C,:::tpt.
ME1r-·den, Dani E>l
11
d.1.816-9-16
38y
D. M. 11
marble headstone lost
11
Ma_,,-den, l'·lary
Consort of David Marden
30y
t·"trs.. M. 1··1. "
d.1816-:L0-30
pg23
slate, good, willow & urn,
II
1··1<=1t'""den , 1::;:achel
d.1834-1-19
F-3,q-3
1tl\1
epitaph-2
Mar--ried to William Marden 58 yrs.
11
R.M. 11
mi::ir-·bl e,, eroded
Marden, William
Veteran of the Revolution
d.1838-3-1:L
~Cy
"l;J.M.
F-3,g-4
pg23
marble, almost illegible
11
Somerby, Charles L.
Infant Child
d.1818-10-23
11w
F-3,h-2
pg21
slate, shattered
F'illov-.i, Mary Ja.ne
"Miss."
d.1818-6-27
22y
F-3,h-3
pg2:L
slate, good,
urn & circles
Marden, Sarah H.
"i"hss"
11
S. H. t1. II
d. :L 8:20-7-5
1 7y
F-:3,h-4
slate, good, willow & urn
Atkinson, Timothy
With 1eJi ·fe HannE1h
d. 1818-4-20
~oy
pq23
mar-ble, eroded
Atkins.on, Hannah
Wife of Timothy Atkinson
d.1825-9-29
37y
F-3,h-5
pg23
marble, eroded, with Timothy
(3oodrich, Anna
Wife of James Goodrich
d. l 8 U3-3-23
42y
"A.G. 11
F--3,i--1
pg:29
slate, headstone lost
Holman, Silas
Mer-chant, died Charlestown, S.C.
d.1807-3-18
29v
pq:23
slate, low, willow & ur-n, epitaph-3
Holman, Joseph S.
Son of Silas Holman, on his stone
d.1818-7-21
16y
F-3,i-2
pg23
slate, low, willow & ur-n, epitaph-3
Thompson, Ann
Widow of Capt. William Thompson
d.1814-4-18
50y
pq2l
marble, er-oded, dau. James & Mar-v Tuttell
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETE RY
Tutt.IE•,
i""ic::._t--y
Relict of James Tuttle
8,~.,,'
II M . T .. II
::=r=~u-:s-21
F-4, i:'1·-:2
p1;.i':,: :L
slate, good, willow &
d.
:1.
Hc.➔.l e,
1'11a1~y
7 El v
" 1'··1, H •
d. 1El3:L-4-2:5
grav marble,
pq2:L
11
eroded
Bartlett, Jonathan
Son Enoch & Mary Bartlett,
d.:1.819-8-15
20y
F-4,a-4
pg2:L
slate, good, willow & urn
Amesbury
"Miss."
Hale, Lydia.
:S5y
"L_.H."
d.1815-11-24
F-4,a-5
pg21
slate, headstone lost
Wa.l kt02r, Seth
d.181:5-1'.2-12
Son William & Eliz. Walker of BE1rnstead
1 9\1
"Mr . S. l;J. "
slate, good, willow & urn
Adams., Eli:: abeth
Wife of Benjamin Adams
d.1838-'.S-1
61.y
"E.A."
F-4,a-7
pg21
marble, good
i;dams, B<-2n..i c'lmi n
d.1831-7-31
58y
marble,
pq21
Flagq, John
d. J.814-:L2-Z3
eroded
"Capt."
5() -.._./
gray marble,
1=--4,a-9
Laighton, William H.
d. :1.836-7-25
4f3y
"l;J. H. L."
F-4,b-:L
pg21
slate, good,
Hunt1resi5, Seth
(d.1874-9-5)
F-4,c-1
almost illegible
willow & urn
4th r,1. H. Infantry
(48v)
marble, <-2roded
i,Ji 11 i a.m 4th
d.:1.820-(?-:L
31.y
(Ci vi 1 lAl,::1T)
Ha.m,
F-4,d-1
pg24
"Mr.
slate,
Spalding, Champin Jr .
d.l8:L4-10-28
26y
slate,
pg21
4th"
repaired, willow & urn
1.A).H.
Son Champin & Ruth Spaldinq,
low,
willow & urn,
Eli z abeth
piJ:21
Widow Joseph Gavett,
marble,
dau .
'86,
leaf rope edging
now lost
Henry Tredick
viewed outside fence :L985
S0?avey, ~\! i l 1 i a.m
' 1Capt .. 11
d.J.845-10-29
41v
F-5,b-1
pg2I
slate, good,
War 1812
epitaph-2
Widow of John L. Rohl
Rohl, Rebecca A.T.
d . lff::.9-7-29
34v
"FL,;. T . F:."
F-5,a-2
pg21
marble top seen outside fence
Gavett,
Vet.
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
F't=.!i r-cf.-? 1, L..-/cli ,::\
ci .. :I. 844 -----8---- :I. 4
64 \/
"I..._ .. F· . "
rna1·-- bl E• s,-t1...tb
1 CiS:-t
,
1
d .. l f3El:2-----H----:~?
Peavey, Hannah
Wife of Anthony Peavey
d.:1.840-6-:1.3
43y
slate, good, willow & urn, with Infant
pi::.' ,3_ \/ f:? \/ ,,
b. :I_El40
Infc",_nt
cl. :1.840
s;l
,::1tE01 ,,
Child of Hannah & Anthony Peavey
g □ ocl,
Roberts, Evaline L.C.
d.:1.844-8-27
2:1.y
slate,
willow & urn,
Dau.
good,
with mother
of James & Elizabeth Roberts
willow & urn
Adams, Georgiana
Dau. of George & Deborah Adams
cl. :1.850-:1.-16
17y 2m
F-6,a-2
marble, reset
Di,sbu1-· n 1:::1 1,
no d ,;c,_ t
b1=1Dr--qf::1
Family uf George Osburne
(21:=.0
slate,
tup broken off,
epitaph-4
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Cate, Dorothy
Wife □ f George Cate
d.1848-5-14
6By
G-1,a-1
pg22
marble, almost illegible
Phinney,
H. Clement
cl. :I. 84 :I. ·--4-- J. 4
G···-1, b···-:1.
8 om E' 1···· i::, \,,
,1
Mi'.\ 1~ y
d.1842-12-4
Son
Stephen & Ann Phinney
□f
7\l
1·11:i.
11
i:; i:;
11
46y
(:::;---·1 !I b·····2
mi::11. .· b J. E-1,
cer· c:)c:I f2d
l....onnc::,,r·gE1n' 1vlc:\f"Y
c:1.1830-12-18
11y
G-·-1, c:-··:1.
slate, good,
Jackson,
Dau.
Jane F.
:I. y
willow & urn
of Richard & Martha J.
Jackson
c:I. :I. t=i::::::;;---B·--1 ::;
Cc:\tE•,
BE•thshur··p
cl . :I. ti::::.1 •-· J. 2·---'.::!9
G-···1 !I d····:I.
)·:~::,l
P(J:::!:::=:
BPrry, Mary
d.:1.832-:1.:1.-23
(3 -• :I. ;I cl ·••• 2
!lf.:{11
<:=;l
a.t<~?! ,1
Wife of Barth □ mew Berry
62y
slate, good, no design
11
Mr·· s .•
C1···1::?el !I ,J c:ihn
Creel, Sarah
d.:1.83:1.-4-25
willow & urn
low,
11
ma1r•hlE•,
(.)OOc:I
C1--·E'(7.>l, F:i ch,,1r•· c:1
d. :I. ::,-3::=,;9 .... ~i--7
6:::::y
G-:l.,e-2
pg33
marble,
cl. :I. El29·-·· 7·-- I. .t.1.
G····· :I. ,1 i:e·-··2
II
good ,1
Cat c?., S<?.1mue 1 \;.J.
cl . :I. El::::4--~:i·-·6
::;6\l
G-:l.,c:1-3
pg33
slate,
Mo 1'· ~; r:.• ,, S r.:l. 1,·· ah
cl. :I.H7f.:l-4·····10
(3--· :I. , Fi.'•·· :I.
pg::=,;:::;
c::u
almost illegible, with Sarah & John
Sein c:if Richard & Sarah Creel
24y
marble, almost illegible, with Richard & Sarah
Wife of Richard Creel
49y
, marble, almost illegible, with Richard & John
Only son of Edward & Alice Burnes
Burnes, Charles E.
"7 •.
d. :1.i:J:::.6·-··J.2·····1.6
marble, almost illegible
~
!
)'
Burnes, Ellis Ann
Widow of Filward Burnes
d.1846-:1.-29
56y
G-:l.,e-4
pg33
marble, eroded, reset
:::;p,;;1ld:i.n1J, !....ymi::1n
1"1.:0.
bor·n Co1,·nii::;.h, N.H.
h. :I. 77~5 ---6-·<'.'i
c1. :1. rr::! :I.····· :I. o--- :=;o
1.... s.
G-2,a-1
pg24
slate, good, no design, career notes
11
11
,
11
11
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Spalding, Edward Jenner
Bon of Dr. Lyman & Elizabeth Spalding
11 i::::. -::i. :::; • 11
b. 1t3 :1. 9---::,:----:::::
c:1. 1s::~~'=:---7 ···- :1. ..q.
G-2,a-2
pg24
slate, good, no de s ign
Br·o~•-.tn, i\l:i. l 1 i. ,;:i.m
Son of William & Sarah Brown
El:/
Jl l;..j n :(::{
If
cl. 1t:l2l·····:I. 1--2~'.'i
G·--2, '"-..--::~
pq::;!4
slate, low, willow & urn
n
I.AJalki:?.1r•, ,JCJhn 8.
d.:1.852-2-:1.5
64y
slate,
pq24
g □□ d,
01 dest d,,,1.u.
1/J,:-..l kr:•1·- ,1 I....Dvi na
9,/
It I....• I.A.I. ''
cl. :I. 82 l ·-· :I.'..? •--:::=: :I.
~,. J. i'.l. t ('·? !I ]. Ql,'J,
Bi--·o\A.tn,
John S.
& ~arah Walker
willow & urn, epitaph-4
Amos
!::;~:.):/
i;::; E{
p,;~24
ma.r·bJ. 0?, E>l'-odE·!d
d. l El-49-- :I. :2·- :I. -4
G·--2,
willow & urn
i:\•·-6
11
11
u
n
Lucy & son A.L.D.
Dearborn, Nathaniel
d.1852-:1.-:1.8
l!y
"N. D. "
marble, erDded, brDken, part
Wife of Na thaniel Dearborn
d. 1824·-··7-···2
11 1..... D. It
44y
G-2,a-7
pg23
DE!•c1r·born,
(1.
marble,
eroded,
part lost,
with Nath. & A.L.D.
Son Nathaniel & Lucy Dearborn
L.
d .. lEl
-9-··2
4:1.·/
"A. I....• D."
G···-2, .:::i.-·-7
Pi_:)24
marble, part name & date broken
Charlotte
Wife of Joseph B □ dge
f.r~:o--- l '.?····· :I. 7
:~=:oy
"c. B. "
G-2,a-8
pg/~
slate, repaired, willow & urn
B □ dge,
d.
:1.
"C:apt."
1.A.l inqa.tF:•, clamf?~c:T?y
"J. l.1-.i. II
d. :!. i:l:2~5--·· 12·····28
(:i ·-- :2 , t:, ··- 1
pg :~:: 4
s,la.tf.':',1 good,,
Son J.M. & Sarah~- Carleton
Carleton, Stanley Polk
d.1847-8-30
17m
marble, almo s t illegible
!I
r~·1 b r- c:\ h c:l ffl
d.1846-1:1.-18
78y
M,::1. 1r• t :i n
l"-J i
ivl ,::11--· t :i n , 1·.-1 c•.1r· y
d. :I. :=329--1 ··•-::;!2
(3·····'.?,, b·-··4
l 1 o '"' ;~,: u ,.... n
Wife of Abraham Martin
c"<:.y
"M. 1. . 1."
slate, good,
willow & urn,
·vc::iung, L..uc:y {.),.
d . 183:1.-8-19
24y
G-2,b-5
pg33
slate,
l □w ,
Berry, Barthc::ilomew
d.1831-10-15
71y
slate,
brc::iken,
willow & urn,
top lost
ep:itaph-2
epitaph-4
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Wife of Samuel Shackford
G-2,c-1
pg34
marble,
F ,,;,, r·· r--1 ,::1 1 d ,
cl • 1 F.f:!; l ···· !'5
C:.:i ····-:·~ ;, c:·····2
almost illegible
Died at New York City
11
N .. l>.I.F.
slate,
11
good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Fernald, Nathaniel W..
c1 .. :1.tr,;6-·:l.·····:I.
-:::.,By
M.t>J .. F.
G-2,c:-3
pg34
slate, good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-8
11
H
Evans, Seth Pratt
San of Nathaniel & Hannah Evans
d . 1831-4-27
~y 7m
slate, good, willow & urn
Wife of Henry Tredick
11
pgJ . ::,
F;;. T"
slate,
II
good,
Titcomb, John
Merchant
II
cl. J. 8:~::::,>-h--- l
:::u;.y
Mr·. .:J. T.
(3·····:2, cl"·"'..?
gray marble,
willow & urn
11
er □ decl
Elliott, Annie S.
Wife of Philip Elliott
d .. :1.863-3-10
2:1.y 7m
Son of Elijah & Mary Young
George M.
2y
G-2,e-1
pg33
slate, good, willow & urn
Young,
d. 1 i:.3~:=.6 ..-·'.:.)··-· l 2
Wiggin,
Lydia
Wife of Thomas Wiggin
11
76y
l....• ~~. 11
p(J2i~
slate, good, willow & urn
cl .. J. El'.'S::::; --,:-:; ..... 16
G·•--::::; ,,
,.::1-···
1
lfJ :i. 1;:ig in, Tho,n,,,,::::d. 1869-7-27
86y 4m
slate,
11
T. t,,.1. 11
goocl, willow & urn
Spalding, Elizabeth P.
Dau. Dr. Lyman & Elizabeth Spalding
b. 1803-8-11
d.1878-7-16
G-3,a-3
pg24
marble, good, with Alfred
Spalding, Alfred P
Son Dr. Lyman & Eliz. Spalding, lost at sea
b.1815-12
d . 1844-12
marble, er □ cled, noted with Elizabeth
p•.J24
Spalding, Elizabeth
Wife Dr. Lyman Spalding,
b.1779-12-16
d.1838-6-2
G-3,a-4
pg24
slate, good, no design
P :i. l 1 ow,,
I::: 1 :i. z i::\h E.':t h
d.1822-10-4
Dau.
dau.,
Peter Coues
of John & Mary Pillow
21y
slate,
low,
willow & urn,
with 3 others
Pillow, John M.
Son John & Mary Pillow, died Concord
cl .. :I.f:l21 -··9·····-::i
'?H-.../
G-3,b-1
pg34
slate, low, willow & urn, with 3 others
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Mi::\lr•y
Widow of Jahn Pillow
d.1812-9-23
42y
G-3,b-1
pg34
slate, law, willow & urn,
with 3 others
Pillow, John
With wife, s on & daughter
d.1802-4-10
~~y
G-3,b-1
pg34
slate, law, willow & urn,
with 3 other s
P:i. l lov•.J,
I
Webb, Charles T.
d.1~~~-1-11
11y
Son of John & Parthenia Webb
slate,
Fo~;tc:::!I'- , Dci.Vi cl C.
'!'-··1aj
d.1823-10-20
31y
G-3,b-3
pg34
slate,
1
good,
01·..
11
good,
Dr,,nnE0t t, E::a.1'- ah
cl. :!. 82!':.'i ···- :I. 1 ·····'.i!''5
':'.;9th YI'...
G-3,b-4
pg34
!I S .
slate,
good,
(~ k1::::r·m;,,\n !' 13i:,\1... o:\h
Wife of
II ~J
cl. 1833-1-7
79y
n
(.::, n
slate,
Akerman,
masonic emblems,
:0 .
epitaph-1
II
willow & urn
Barnet Akerman
II
parts lost,
willow & urn
Barnet
With wife Sarah
74y
B. h.
pq::=;4
slate, repaired, parts los t,
willow & urn
d. :I. tl24--:::!; ..... 27
Eli:,,., !3ar.. i:~h
d. 1 El40·--11 ·····7
repaired.
11
II
Wife of Joseph Ela
7:1.y
11
E;.E.
G ·-- :::!; , c ···- 1
p o . : , L~
Clements,
d.:1.825-8-6
Mary Elizabeth
17y
Clements,
Pierce P
d. l B:?4 ···- :I. 0··-:24
G ..... ~:; , c ···- :::::
11
Dau.
Pierce P.
& Louisa Clements
On stone with Louisa Perkins
4'.'::iy
rr1 ,,·u· b .I. E? ,
p q ~::: 4
F(·?:!F.. k i n1:;,
l....oui <:;;,,:\
d. 1838-9-1
52y
marble,
C,,~.l l,
willow & urn
Former wife Pierce P
repaired,
Clements
with Pierce F.
Clement s
Eli :.:::E:1bE-~th
d. :I. ff:':-'..?·-·· 1 ···-7
G-3,c-4
7Ely
pq34
marble,
qood
CE\l l, M.:,1r.. y
11
7-=_-1y
!"'!. C. 11
d. 1840--:l.l·-·:1.0
1
G···· :::!; , c -··· .'.'.)
p q /: 4
rr, ;:-1.1•· b 1 F:! !' ,~i. 1 mo r.-=.. t
F ,.-· f::! n c:: 1·..1 ,
1..-1,::1 I'.. \I
d. :l. f:32:.::; ..... 6 •-::::7
bhci.ttuck,
11
CJ I
!'-'I 1-- ';,;;. •
y
William C.
11
II
M. F.
11
Son of Chester & Miriam Shattuck
11
21y
1,,J. C. f;:,. 11
d. l [1'.:C:'7 ···••::::-•--l
b--· ::~; !I d ··- :t
pq33
slate, good,
willow & urn,
epitaph-5
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
<01y, ,} ohn ~,.,1.
cl. 1 El'.:50--6--2::~;
7m
marble,
Son Davie! H.
!A.I :i. 11.
&
Elizabeth A.
Willey
eroclecl, with Elizabeth & John E.
Willey, John E.
Son Davie! H. & Elizabeth A. Willey
cl. 1852-1-22
7d
marble, eroded, with Elizabeth & John W.
t,.
[_.,J :i. 11 E?y !I
E 1 :i. :,: i::\b E•t h
cl. 1 El48·-.. c;.-- l 1:5
6m
Dau.
David H.
&
Elizabeth A.
Willey
with John W. & Ja hn E.
marble, eroded,
D r-2 ,:',.t'" b on , ,::·,!:-,.a.
cl. 1.829-6-8
58y
slate,
low,
willow & urn,
epitaph-6
Dearban, Ruhama
Wiclaw of Asa Dearbon
74y
''Fi'.. D.
slate, low, willow & urn,
epitaph-4
cl. 1 847--•7"-·'..?:I.
II
Da1...t. of ,J -'::tf'O(?.S & Elizabeth Dennett
"E.C.D. 11
slate, good, willow & urn
Dennett, Elizabeth C.
d.1837-10-27
??v
T LI. C k E'! I' " !I i",'I i:':'I f" k
cl. 1 fi4::::: •-11 ..-50
m,3. t'" I:l ..·1 f,2,
,,1...·1 mos,;· t:. :i. 11 E•q i I:; l
(=.!,
Tue:: k,:011·-·, rT·lary
Wife of Mark Tucker
11
d. 1829·..-8·--E3
40y
1'-"I. T. 11
slate, good, willow & urn
Marden, Sarah
cl. 1842-8-7
Widow of Jonathan Marden
//',/
slate,
Tilton, Clarissa
cl. 1 Ei20 ..-·9·- :I. 6
good, willow & urn
Wife of Timothy Tilton
II
C. T.
slate,
II
split top, wil low & urn
L.c,nnt2r·qi::'1n, 121nn
d.1820-12-26
64y
"P1. I....• "
slate, q □□ d,
Thc:imas F.
b. 1807-4-3
cl. 1827-6-13
willow & urn
Fi'.c.it,\11=.•,
b·-4 ,, b-·-1
Po1."1e ,
pq24
"T" F. F:.
I 1 c:M ~,,: urT, ,,
II
~,Ji
Eb<:.>nt2-;;.: <?.r.. Jr·.
c:I • 1 8 2 '.:5-·<? ··-::? b
'.?7y
''E.h'..
f::i ..... 4, b--2
pq24
1::.l E1t<01 , qooc:I,
11
H,::i.m,
BE"!n j i::•.m i. n
11
d. 1H2'.:i-'..2"·"14
(:l/'y'
B. H .. 11
G-4,b-3
pq24
slate, brc:iken,
Ham, James
With wife Sarah
cl.1831-5-18
~~y
(3 .... /I, ;I 1:::,-·-4
pq'.?4
slate, good,
design part lost
no desiqn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Ham, Sarah
Widow □ f James Ham
d. 1855-1-16
82y
G-4,b-4
pg24
slate, good, no design,
with James
Ham, l'-'lar· ·/
Wife of Col. Samuel Ham
El42·-· 1 ·-·· 2 l
92y
"M .. H.
slate, repaired, willow & urn,
cl. J.
with Samuel
Heim, f:3amU(•::•l
"Col. 11
11
cl • J. U 2 :'::i--El ···- '.i! ::~;
i:J3y
8. H. 11
G·--4, b·-5
pg24
slate, repaired,
Parry , Martha Ann Lane
d. 1821.l.··-~:i·-·· J.
:I. Oy
G··-·4, b·-··6
slate, good,
Frost, Stephen H.
d. :I. 84Fi-··9·-··2
G-4,b-7
Dau. Samuel & Mary Barry Lane Parry
willow & urn
Of Digby,
Nova Scotia
c.:::::=!;y
pg24
marble,
eroded
MoisE~s 1, Sar-- E1h E.
:o i::! u • of hi<·::: h (=! m:i. .,,°! h
S. Fi. 1·,·1.
d.:1.835-11-22
5y 9m
(3-••4 !I C: ..... J_
marble, eroded, broken,
II
Moses,
Mark Edward
11
pg:::::4
1·1. E. M.
marble,
Moses, El:i.zabeth
II
repaired, set l
O\r..l'
(A.I
:i. th
Wife of Nehemiah Moses
"E . l""I.
II
marble,
G····· 4!, c::-·-2
reset low
Son of Nehem:i.ah &
d .. :I. f:l:::!;4 ..... 7 ..... l :2
G···-4, c::···-2
11
repaired.
reset low,
with son Mark
Moses, Charles E..
Son of Nehemiah & Elizabeth Moses
d.:1.828-10-3
~y 6m
G·-··4!, c:···••::!;
marble, eroded, with George
Moses, George W.
d.:1.824-2-23
22h
Son of Nehemiah & Elizabeth Moses
marble, eroded, with Charles
d.:1.H~.'i7·-··9·····El
G-···4, c-·-4
Wife of Edward Banks
76\/
pq:::!;4
e r··oclf,Jd
El;,,"!nk<,;, ,.John
I::..
d. l f::l~:i4·--2····· 1
~~;
J. y
6m
fYii'."\l' .. h
1 f:'>,
Banks, Elizab eth
Wife o f Edward Banks
cl. 182::.)-·Ci--\:l
II
G-4,c:-6
:::::::y
pg34
E., B.,
11
slate , broken,
parts lost,
B,::1nks, E::dt.,\lc.3.r--cl
cl • J. El:::!; '.:.'i ..... :·;::: ..... :::::
.<'./- 4 \/
G-4,c:-7
pg34
slate,
Pike, Elizabeth D ..
g □□ d,
willow & urn
Wife of Joshua Pike
d.:I.El25-8-23
35y
G-4,c::-8
pg3.<'./slate,
g □ od,
willow & urn
willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
d :t. 8 :·: : ~:5 ··-· :·:2. -- :2 ::::;
~. , ..::s \l
J
G-4,c-9
pg34
slate,
11
II
r
II
Harrold,
Martha W.
d • 1 8 4 ~.':i ..... '/ ·- 1.~'.i
G-4,d-1
;":.i 8
11
tr
n□
repaired,
□f
Wife
Capt.
design
Joseph Harrold
·/
pg~~
Har·r--ol d,
t::::
marble,
flat
almost illegible
marble,
repaired,
Nr.~.ncy
d. :I. Bh'}---:5--'.:i
9'.:'iy
reset
Walker, Elizabeth J.
Wife of Alfred W.
d.:1.842-:1.2-23
26y
(3---·4, d-::;
marble stub, top lost
!1-..l:i. qg :i. n,
Walker
f:;tf,:>phE•n
::::.C/y
pq . ::,.,::,
(3---·4, cl·---4
II
'.;J • 1,,J"
good
II
,;;J i::'itE',
11
Ho :i. t . , C,:,J1·· c:i 1 i n "-"-'
Dau. c:if Timothy & Rebecca Hc:iit
d. :I. El4:2·---6---20
?y 6m
G·---4, ('.·,·-- :I.
pg::=;::=:.
slate, good, willow & urn
Blake,
Catherine M.
d.:I.B60-2-:l.6
G-4,e-2
Alfred P.
Dau.
& Margaret
E.
Blake
:I.Om
pg32
marb.l.e,
almost illegible
Blake, George A.
Son Alfred P. & Margaret E.
d.:1.865-2-:1.6
?m lhd
G-4,e-3
pg32
marble, almost illegible
Blake
Son of Moses & Mary Sawyer
Sawyer, Selvesta J.
d.:1.841-5-1'/
~y Bm
slate, repaired, willow & urn
P i ckering, Benjamin D.A.
Son Ephraim & Maria Pickering
d.:1.841-3-15
5y 3m
slate, good, willow & urn
Muchem □ re,
d.1852-6-14
G--·-4 !I E, ..... 7
Son of M.T. & L. Muchem □ re
William H.
1'/y
marble, erode d, crc:iss & winged harp
Muchemore, Meshack
d.1872-8-20
35y
G-4,e-8
pg32
marble,
CannF!'/,
Young,
Wife of
Hannah
cl. :I. f:344·-· :I. 2---<:. 1
C:i·---4 1 E, ..... 9
::_;() "/
H"
slate,
Isaac Canney
c::"
II
good,
willow & u.r·n
( ~:=j()";-1 )
m ,£i ,,.. h l (""
F:c:i!-\IE•, J a.br:,. ·z
c:1. l t3::=!;7 ..... i_:::; ..... 7
decayed
U.S. Navy, Mexican War
William J,
( d. :I. Fl6r:;•---6--·-6)
II
broken,
"C;:,q::d:.•
!I
E~ 1-·· c:i cl i:0! c:I
II
slate,
good,
willc:iw & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
r.)u.nq, As.<::·1•
d :I. i3 ::::; ;::5 ··-· c:; ·-··:::~ :·::?
\
1
~5 () "/
II
G-4,e12
r
pg32
1
11
' {~ "
\/ u
slate ,
good,
urns,
masonic,
slate,
goad,
willow & urn,
epitaph-2
,} oh n
F3 ,::r. 1r· n 1:::1 1=,; ,
d.1834-4-15
49y
epitaph-1
Walker, Andrew J.
Son of John S. & Sarah
11,,:). J" l_i.J. II
d. 1835-2-8
19y
G---- 4, P 14
slate, good, willow & urn
SEtmUi0) 1
Bon John S. Walker,
11
1-<ly
\:;.,l.1-J. 11
d. l 829·····b·····2 :I.
slate, good, willow & urn,
l,1.),:;~ 1
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!I
epitaph-4
Son John S. & Sarah Walker, with
JI ,.J • ~,.). JI
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2:/;y
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Samuel
San of Jabez & Nancy
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l ··/ l:>m :I. '.":.id
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pq24
Webster,
MargarPt
Only child John & Sarah Webster
d. 1 f:l4;:.'.i---·':?-·· :I. :I.
G-5,b-:I.
marble,
Cunninqham,
d.1855-:1.-:1.
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Flynn!'
Ma1,--y
c:I. 1 i:)i:::_;:::::---4-- :I.:~:
repaired,
Tommy
4y Bm
Snn of Owen & Anna Cunningham
marble,
Dau.
.<'.!-m
marble,
reset
eroded,
found back fence
Edward & Mary Flynn
eroded,
reset low
Honora L.
Dau. Edward & Mary Flynn
2y 6m
G·····i:::i, b·--··1 :I.
marble, eroded , reset low
Flynn,
c:1.:1.853-1-30
Rand,
Caroline Esther
cl. :I. f:l41 ·--·· :I. O·<::- :I.
G-5,b-2
II
2y ..::,m
marble,
eroded
Huntress, Frederick E.
d. l f:3i:5"/--- :I. :I. -·--3
marble,
1-··lu.ntr·F:,~ss!, IdD. F.
d. :I. 8!'::i6····· i. 2·····•~>
"-'-'iy
Dau.
marble,
Huntr-E•f~<:::-!, Em:i.11 ;;,·,.
c!. :I. i:1'56···- :I. :?·-··6
7m
Ei····-~i, b·····4
Huntress,
cl • :I. H':'.'.i /:) ···-9 ···- b
G-5,b-4
Dau ..
marble,
Ella T.
Dau. of Harry Rand
C. E .. R .. "
Dau.
Son of Seth W.
repaired,
of Seth W..
repaired,
of Seth W.
repaired,
of Seth W.
° Catherine Huntress
reset,
Ic:la same stone
& Catherine Huntress
r eset,
Freel same stone
& Catherine Huntress
reset,
Ella same stone
& Catherine Huntress
7m
pq35
marble,
repaired,
reset,
Emilla sa me stone
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Smart,
Eva St.Clair
d.1853-11-19
Dau. of Ivory & Mary Smart
2y 4m
Lester,
Benjamin Joseph
6y Bm
G-5,b-6
marble, eroded
Son of Thomas & Sarah Lester
d.1864-2-16
Har.. r·· :i.11, Victor·i,,J
d. :I. El~:i7 ···· :I. 2····· 1
Dau. of James & Margaret Harrill
Harrill, Mary B.E.
Dau. of James & Margaret Harrill
c:I . :I. El::::; 7 ·-· 1 0-· .i:1.
(;:- m
G-5,b-8
pg34
slate, part top broken, willow & urn,
Green,
~l1zabeth M.D.
Dau. of John & Mary Green
Bm 12d
G-5,b-9
pg34
marble, eroc:lec:I, low
d.1837-10-6
Mou J ton:, C. 1,,J.
(cl. 187:;;:-::; ..... :I. 4)
Ei·····h, ,:.:i.•··· 1
( Ch i,\t... 1 (·,·)'5)
Co. G, 10th ,-.1.H. Inf. (C:i.v:i. l
Hammond, Pierpont
(cl!' 1 H64···9)
( 40y)
G-6,a-2
pg31
marble, almost illegible
T.~:::.
cl,:;itE~S
Cl,,:i.1rk,
170
(Thomc:".s)
1
Co •
C !•
26th Ma f; !5 •
I n -f •
U.S. Navy Veteran
Aitchison, George C.
cl.1864-4-26
55y
marble, eroded, repaired,
l,1J,,.1r·)
( C :i. v 1 .I.
reset
l,\i a. r· )
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Cr·o>i ton ,
Ann
Dau . of Richard Creel
:::,:4y
cl • :I. (:r:::: 8 ·-·· 9 ·-·· 2 0
m;,:i_i,.. blf?,
H-··:I., Et.-·-:1.
pq::=):1.
t=.<r-odr::2d
Sp i nney,
of Thomas & Mary Spinney
cj •
Phebe H.
J f3:?:S •-··f}•--2f:3
H-:l.,b-1
Dau.
24y
pg31
II
P., H., fl
s late,
n
II
good,
willow & urn
br·<-..,,en, Nehe=.•m:i. i::th
N. G ..
d.1824-6-21
58y
H·····'.,?, c:\ ··-1
p O:~~::?
marble, repaired,
11
II
Green, Charles P ..
d.1836-:1.-23
24y
marble, eroded, cracked
Dl,..f.?E':.•n, Nt-:~hE-,•mi ah
d.1840-:1.0-18
3:1. y
marble, repaired,
Widow
d. l f:360···-7--··9
H·-··:?, .,,l ··-4
reset.
Nehemiah Green
□f
f.36\/
marble,
broken,
bot.tom lost,
Philbrick, Sarah Ann
Wife of John C. Philb r ick
cl. :I. E.l:::)7·-- :I. l -- 14
. : ,uy
S. Pi. p.
marble, broken s et. low, with Lynthia Ann
11
11
Philbrick, Lyn t hia Ann
Dau. John C. & Sarah A. Philbrick
111.... ■ ('f., p"
datf=:) pa,,· t 1 o s t
H·-·2 ,, ;;·1·····~:1
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marble, broken, reset low, with Sarah Ann
II
Fiovc;:, , Hannah
Wife of Will i am A. Dove
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:::,:4y
H., r;.
H- 2,a-6
pq32
slate, good, willow & urn,
1
JI
cl ..
II
Son Wi l liam A .
11d
s l at e , good,
1836-4-2:1.
J u.n k i. n i;:; ,1 l···I i ,,.. ,,~rn
cl. :I. 8<'1-0--H ·-6
7y
Ebeneze r
cl .. :I. ff:':4-·-·2 · -/I
Sm
slate,
& Hannah Gove
willow & urn,
wi t h mother
Son of Hiram & Sarah Junkins
II
l···I .. ,J.
II
slate,
Go ve,
with s on Samuel
low,
willow & urn
Son of William A.
II
E.G.
& Hannah hove
11
willow & urn
qo □ d ,
hove, ,Jo s eph \A.I .,
Ban of Joseph L. & Mahala Gove
d .. :l.833- 10-27
5m
H-2 , a:I.O
pg32
slate, good, willow & urn
Br o~,m,
I,,.. ;.,1
cl ., 1 Fl :::) ::::. ·····.-:'.J. -·· ',? i3
Son of Haskell & Sarah Brown
:?m
II
I .. B .
rr1a.r· b 1 f.'. !,
11
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Dau. Haskell & Sarah Brown
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marble, eroded, broken, reset law, willow & urn
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Brown,
Caroline A.S.
Dau. Haskell
11
C . ,~,,. 8. EL
marble,
,Jc:,y, 1:k:.njamin F.
d .. :I. f:1::".6-<5·-··•l
9m
H--::~, a 1 :::.
p~~ :~::2
& Sarah Brown
11
eroded,
broken, reset low, willow & urn
Bon of William & Hannah Joy
11
E{,, F" ,.J.
II
slate, good,
willow & urn
Bartlett, Abigail
Wife of William Bartlett
c:I • 1 B2:3-··-f3-··6
'."-51 y
H-3,a-1
pg32
marble, repaired, wit h William
Bartlett, William
With wife Abigail
cl • :I. tl ::::: 4 ..... :~:; ·-·- :1. 1.::.i
67y
H··- :::; , c:i. ··- J.
p q :::r, 2
mE\I'" b 1 E'!!,
Em<-:~1--·y 1, :0-::iniEil
d,,1835-3-13
25y
marble,
eroded,
marble,
repaired
hands pointing to hour-glass
Em<-:?r-y !' Shii:::m
d,, :I. 1347···-,:::i··••:~::o
EmE1 1'" y,
jvf ,'i\l'' '/
d,, :I. t.~62···- :I. :I. ·---~.:i
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Wife of Shem Emery
77y
iJac::ob
cl,, 1 H:::1: 1 ····· :I. :2····2 :I.
11
M.E .
m,:ii r·· b l c: ,
11
<=:: ,.... o cl f2 cl
Veteran of the Revolution
13:::::y
11
,J" lA.1.
marble,
11
almost illegible
Walden, Sophia
Noted with Abigail,
d. :I. FJ42··- l O····~:.i
~:.:, / y
1:3,, (,,j,, ,,
H-3,a-6
pg32
marble, e roclecl
wife of Jacob Walden
!I
~·Jalden!, ,~~,b:i.g,::1:i.l
Wife of Jacob Walden
d,, :I. H:·?4-··9·····'.:.i
.i / y
(1.~'-l."
H··•-::1:,E!.·-·6
pq::':::;::
marble, eroded, with Sophia
11
Coffin,
Albertine Giles
d. l E~4c/·····4···-'.?9
H-3,a-7
Tric::key,
Dau.
William G.
&
Caroline Coffin
t3m
marble,
eroded
Olive M.
Widow of Capt.
John Trickey
Staples, Ivory
Son of John & Margaret Staples
d. :I. H.t:J.i! •··••::::; ..... H
:;,::::'\y
H-3,c-1
marble, eroded
Harrill, Margaret J..
Wife of James Harrill
cl,, :I. i:l'.:)7 ·-'.":5·-··26
~.'.i'.2 ·/
M. J,, H. ''
H-4,a-:I.
marble, eroded
11
Stringer, Catherine
d .. :1.:368-4-12
H-4,b-:I.
pg3:I.
87y
marble,
eroded
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Dau.
15y
d.1857-3-11
of Timothy & Marv Shea
Staples, Mary
Widow of James Staples
cl. :I. B!'::i6·····9··- :l 2
H-4,b-3
marble, illegible, next t □ James
Ht i:'ip l (25 !I ,J c:\m(~!~;
cl .. :I. El ~.':i O -· ::::: ···· :,~ 4
~'i:I. y
H·-·4 !I b ·--4
pg:~:; :I.
mcH" b 1 E•,
L\1nc:h 11 ME1t~i:,]ar-·E1t
d. 1857-:1.2-9
19y 9m
H-4,b-5
pg31
marble,
low,
eroded
Ashworth, Ann
Dau. Thomas & Eliza Ashworth, drowned
c:1.1818-7-16
:I.By
H-4,b-6
pg31
marble, almost illegible, with Margaret
Ashworth, Margaret A..
Dau. Thomas & Eliza Ashworth,
cl.1818-7-16
21y
H-4,b-6
pg31
marble, almost illegible, with Ann
Dau. of Dennie & Mary Kane
cl. l S!:'iH-··9···-1 !:'i
7m
H-4,b-7
marble, eroded
t t !I f:l i:°\ fr• i::I h
Wife of John Prescott
19.lj.9--1 ·--6
:::;7y
pg3:I.
marble, broken, almost illegible
Pf'.. E'! !:, C: 0
cl•
Lang, Theodosia
Widow of John Lang
d.1845-6-12
55y
H-4,d-2
pg31
marble, eroded
Pettigrew, Mary R
Wife of William Pettigrew
d .. 1879-6-8
79y :I.Om 12d
H-4,d-4
pg3:l
marble, eroded, with William
Pettigrew,
William
H·--4 !I cl-4
Veteran of Mexican War
marble,
eroded,
with wife Mary
Chase, Drusilla D.
Wife of Benjamin P.
d .. l (-390·-· l ·--7
!34y
H-4,d-5
pg3:l
marble, broken
Chase, Benjamin P
d.1880-5-12
86y 4m
H-4,cl-6
pg31
marble,
Downing,
Ann
Chase
Veteran Mexican War, Co .. C-9
83y
pg31
marble, good, reversed
cl .. 1903-4-25
H-4,cl-8
almost illegible
Wife of Benjamin P ..
~'i"/y
"E. c; .. c. "
mar-· bl e, e1~ od E-?cl
H--4, d···-7
Chase
drowned
�GRAVESTONES of NORTH CEMETERY
Downing, Havilah F.
Veteran Mexican War
b.1823-7-25
d.1874-6-12
pg:::::1
marble, eroded, reversed
Rou soe, Frederick
Son of Joseph & Jane Rousoe
d.1851-1-17
5y 4m
H-4,dlO
marble, eroded
Pettigrew, Susan Em eline
Wife Francis
d. 1845-3-21
21y
H-4,d12
pg31
marble, eroded
''Col.
cl • 1 H ',:·: ,::,:,..... '.'5 ..... :?
H-4,e-2
l>JEtlki::?r-,
6 ~::: \/
pg31
Pettigrew
li fE,• Lydi '"\· notr::?d a.I. ~;;o
11
\r..
,
G • !;',) •
11
marble,
eroded
Wife of Col.
l...yc:lic:t
c:I • 1 8 4 1 ..... :~:; ·-· ::?
H ···-4 ;I (2 ..... 2
11
r
Gideon
/ ("i\i
!
•
marble,
eroded,
with Gilman
Walker, Frank
Son Gideon W. & Mary Arelle Walker
cl. :I. El-<'.J.7 ·····9···-(;;
:·,: : 1 m
"F. lAJ. "
rna1·--blE':!, cilmc:,~;t :i.lleq:i.blE·
Dau. of Elisha & Drewsilla Parks
d .1865 -11-30
5y 10m
H-5,a-1
pg31
marble, broken, top lost
p E:l.l' .. k ~:-, Th Offli::"t s B.
Son of Elisha & Drewsilla Parks
d • 1 8 6 ::::: ..... ::':; -· 1 -:':)
:l. f~~ ·/ l:> Hi
mEtr·· b 1 0:1, e,,.. uc:I f:?c:I , VF3t,::?r·an Ci v:i. 1
H ..... ~-'.i ,, Et-··:?
p t:J ::::: 1
Parks, Eliza A.
Dau.
c:1.1866-11-20
26y
Parks,
Drewsilla
d. 1 H~:i7 ·····4··•-::::;
H----~:i.,
Et·-··4
of
Elisha & Drewsilla Parks
Wife of Elisha Parks
42y
pq:::,:1
US Navy, son of John & Elizabeth Stringer
Strinqer, Joseph W.
d.:1.862-9-27
21y 10m
H-5,a-5
pg31
marb.l.e, broken, reset, epitaph-4 (illeq.)
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Cemetery Records
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Cemeteries
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Portsmouth (N.H.)
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Portsmouth's historic cemeteries serve as gateways to the past. The records in this collection will be useful to genealogists, historians, and family members of the deceased. Our collection includes information about the following cemeteries, including maps and plot locations: Cotton Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, Harmony Grove Cemetery, North Cemetery, Proprietor's Cemetery, Sagamore Cemetery, and Union Cemetery.<br /><br />To view a complete record book or to see a map in more detail, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the image on the next page. The record books in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. <br /><br />Much of the information in these records has been added to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. Look there for more information about individual plots. <a href="https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/local-history-genealogy#contact" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Contact Special Collections</a> for information about cemeteries not in this collection. <br /><br />Many thanks to the volunteers who spent countless hours collecting this data, including Louise Tallman, Cynthia Pridham Thomas, June Spezzano, and Ginny Jakoubek.
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North Cemetery, 2006
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Cemeteries
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Portsmouth (N.H.)
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Record book of North Cemetery, located on Maplewood Avenue. Indexed by plot. For general information about the cemetery, including a map, see <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3519" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this page</a>. <span>See also the <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3507" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1993 record book</a> and </span><a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3509" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Inscriptions at North Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.: Epitaphs and Long Texts</a><span>.</span>
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PORT VITAL RECORDS 925.5 NORTH CEMETERY 2006
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Portsmouth 350, Inc.: 350th Anniversary Materials
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Historic materials from the 350th anniversary of the City of Portsmouth, celebrated in 1973.
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Parade Map, Portsmouth 350, Inc.
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City of Portsmouth, NH Anniversary
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POINT OF GRAVES
Record Compiled by
L. H • Tallman
��RECORDING CEMETERY DATA
"Point Of Graves"
Bart C Ferrell
Survey of American Literature
Final Project
.Potter, \'/atters
12/17/79
��A Compiled Record
of
POINT OF GRAVES
Many persons have examined the old gravestones at Point of Graves, Mechanic
Street in Portsmouth. This is the oldest assemblage of inscribed gravestones
known in New Hampshire. With the passing of time, parts of the record are
lost. Stones are broken or eroded. We are fortunate that several persons
left notes of what could be read of these markers many years ago. Their work
serves to fill out and interpret what remains today.
In 1904 a meticulous set of marker readings for Point of Graves was
published in The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Vol. I. No author is
stated. This material fills 17 pages. The precision and completeness of
this recording makes this source of great value.
In 1907, Arthur H. Locke published a pamphlet, Cemetery Inscriptions,
giving an abstract of the names and dates of the 2,000 oldest gravestones
of Portsmouth. This reference adds quite a few markers that he was able
to identify at Point of Graves.
In 1902, Caleb S. Gurney published his Portsmouth, Historic & Picturesque.
In this, he shows two pages of gravestone photos, of markers at Point of
Graves. Good prints of the original photos are on file at the Strawbery
Banke Library, the Patch Collection. Inscriptions were easy to read from
these photos.
A recent project was done in 1979 by U.N,H. student, Bart C. Ferrell.
His important contribution was a good charting for Point of Graves. He
shows 120 marker locations, though some numbers refer to footstones. For
each he has an analysis sheet, with condition notes, measurements and marker
inscription copy. His description of the site as a whole is of particular
interest, and a print is included with this notebook. The marker sheets
are difficult to read, as he apparently used a carbon which got pretty faint
for the later numbers. Clearest readings are for markers nearest Marcy
Street, at the west end. For some reason, markers at the west end were
not included in the 1904 publication, so the two sources suppllmented each
other. This student report was loaned by Prof. David Watters of the U.N.H.
English Department.
My work, started 1983, is a recording of early gravestones of Portc:T110" .• ,
using an 8x5 card for each marker. This file will be kept at +~1~ ?ortsmouth
Athenaeum, adding units as sites are completed. What Y~s never shown in
the older notes was any reference to material, de~ ~nor condition. Nor
was there any reasonable way to find a_ Iti ular marker except to examine
them a ll. Before the Ferrell cha..Tting was in hand, I had started a crude
location reference of letter d rows. However, each marker is now noted with
Bart Ferrell's numbering, such as "BF - #58".
Another project is in progress by Prof. Watters. He is making a photo
recor of gravestones of Portsmouth that date before 1800. His interest is
interpreta .ion of designs, and identity of stone carvers. These points
express much of the culture of their times. The photos will eventually be
coordinated with the record cards.
In compiling this material on Point of Graves, I have been able to
identify several markers that were almost illegible. For genealogical search g
even those that are completely gone can be noted on a card. Ferrell did
not mention or show on his chart the many fieldstone grave markers at Point
of Graves, pairs that fill seeming blanks on the chart. Those families of
means had cut stones prepared, while poor folks settled for unlettered stones
of local selection.
This notebook is prepared for Portsmouth Library so that the charting for
Point of Graves can be available, along with a print of the record cards.
Louise H. Tallman, 1984.
�MASTER SURVEY CARD
Name of Cemetery "Points Of Graves"
Name of recorder Bart C Ferrell
Date recorded Dec. 1, 1979
Location
Condition
Position
St./Rd. _M_e_c~h-a-n~i_c_s___
City/Town Portsmouth
County
Rockingham
Easy/difficult to locate
¥as /di.fficult access
ated/near habitation
Overgrown/tended-neither
Jumbled/orderly
Bare/treed
Deciduous/evergreen-both
Hilly/level
Open1fenced/landscaped
1
Stones (circle appropriate designations)
Fallen chi ed broken worn
ee s restoration some restoration done--metal pins & rods/
cement/eposies or other plastics
Vandalized/Thiefs
Footstones yes x no
Estimated totairiumb~of stones
105
Earliest death date 1682
Latest death date ~1=s=o=2_ _ __
Number of fieldstones
?
Do stones appear to b-e-=-i_n_o_r~i-g~in-al locations yes_ no x
Estimated percentages of stone types:
sandstones
4%
-------slate
85%
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Directions Facing
(carved face of stone)
N S
E
schist
marble
granite
2%
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2%
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quartzite
4%
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Remarks: The ''Point Of Graves" graveyard in Portsmouth is indeed a fine cultural attraction. It hosts stones from the late
1600's to the early 1890 1 s. Nearly two centuries of history!
The cemetery is, at this very moment, in need of vast repair. Both headstones and footstones are out of place. Grass
and dirt have become lodged against the stones; obscuring letters,
words, and even whole sentences. Some stones are laying face-up
or face-down--becoming even more worn by the public and the elements.
�There are also small amounts of trash and dgg feces. Trees
need to be pruned and leaves should be raRed.
It should be stressed that the graveyard has great potential for public attraction and support. The faces of the
stones range from deep, grimacing skulls with picks and hour
glasses above them to flying angels with smiling faces and
flowers about them. \~at an exce l lent cultural attraction for
both the layman and the expertl Graveyards may enable us to
plot trade patterns by determining the areas in which tombstones
were carved and their ultimate destination. Regional wealth
can c .1.'!.1,) be reconstructed based upon the differnnces in costs
and size of stones in various communities. The status of individuals or families may be determined from information such
as the cost of the stone and its size. It is important, as we
should all know, to preserve our heritage.
"Points Of Graves" is located on Mechanics Road in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mechanics Rd. runs perpendicular to
Marcy Lane Hhich is adjacent to State Street. Marcy Lane joins
State Street (a main street in Portsmouth) just before it runs
over the Pastataqua River. If at any ti~e you are unable to
find your way there, sicply ask for directions to Strawberry
Banke (another fine cultural attraction). The graveyard is
kiddy-corner to this.
After spending a great number of houss trancsribing the
one-huadred some odd stones, I have two suggestions. First,
the "Condition" of the stone. I often found that the characteristics available did an injustice to the stone. They were
not able to descriue it accurately. I suggest that a space be
provided for remarks concerning the stone. i.e. "\fords are very
worn and illegible" or 111rhe stone appears to be in excellent
condition (easily read) except ••• " The whole point of transcription of description is to do a good dob.
The footstone description also needs expansion. Besides
sketching and recording the inscription, the measurements of
it should also be taken,(height, width, thickness). I realize
that measurements take an awesome amount of time to do. However;
an accurate record is needed •for all components of a graveyard.
Note- The measurements between the stones on the diagram were
taken from right edge to right edge. On a few occasions, confusion took place and distance may be o~f by a foot or two.
Generally~they are quite accurate. I should also ment~ion that
at one time I mistook large, very worn footstones to be headstones. I discovered this after making my final cemetary diagram. You will notice this where a thin line connects seemingly two headstones i.e. #5-#6. These errors are practically
negligible as compa red to the enormity of this project undertaken by a single person.
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�Point of Graves - Map Reference, as drawn by Bart C, Ferrell, UNH, in 1979,
1, Frances Messer, d, 1692, a, 58 slate
2. Mary Ingraham, d, 1720, 41st, slate
3, Mary Cameron, d , 1742, a. 33, slate
4. Elener Lord, d, 1716, slate
5, Eleanor Shackford, 1804, 90, slate
6,
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Footstone
7, John Dennett , d, 1709, sandstone slab
8. Vaughan Monument, granite & marble
9, Wentworth Tomb, sandstone slab
10, Elisha Briard, d, 1718, 57th, slate
11, Margaret Gardner, d, 1725, 10m, slate
12. Sarah Macphaedris, d, 1719, 2m, slate
13, Obadiah Marshall, d, 1746, a, 37 , slate
14. Richard Jose, d, 1707, a. 48, slate
& Hannah Ayers, d, 1718/9, a, 54 "
15 , Jethro Furber, d, 1738, 56th, slate
16. William Button, d. 1693, a, 37, slate
t 7 , Mary Hart, d, 1714, a, 38, slate
LB. Footstone to #13, slate (Marshall)
l9. Foo-tstone to #16, slate (Button)
~O. Maty Blagdon, d . 1735, a. 75 , slate
~1. Joseph Small, d, 1720, 40th, slate
'.2, Phillip Siveret, d, 1689, a, 20, slate
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Footstone , slate
4. Thomas Collings, d, 1729, a, 16, slate
:5, Footstone to #21, slate (Small)
26. Illegible slate
26A. Lucey Moulton, d, 1733, 37th, slate
27, Tobias langdon, d, 1727/8, a, 2 yr,, slate
28, Joseph langdon, d, 1749, a, 25, slate
29, Marble slab - illegible
30. Footstone for #27, slate (I.angdon)
31, Mehitable langdon, d, 1769, a, 63, slate
32, Mary Jackson, d, 1763, 90th, slate
33. Foots tone for "27, slate (I.angdon)
34, Alexander Swett, d, 1715/6, a. 3 days, slate
35, Footstone for #31, slate (I.angdon)
36. John Moulton, d, 1719, 7th , slate
37, John Simes, d, 1725, 3 mos,, slate
38, Illegible slate
39, Broken stub of slate marker
40, Footstone for "#37, slate (Simes)
41. Illegible slate
42. Illegible slate
43, Allice Ayers, d, 1718/8, a. 53, slate
44 . Daniel lang, d, 1757, a, 36th, slate
45 . Elizabeth Lear, d. 1774, a, 58, quartzite
46 ,.Tobias Lear, d, 1781, a. 45, slate
47, Mary Lear, d. 1829, a, 90, marble
48. Mary Safford, d. 1832, a. 88, marble, faint
49. Illegible marble
50, Sarah Ayers, d. 1827, a, 66, slate
Point of Graves - Map Reference, continued
51. William Safford, d, 1826, a, 26, slate
52. Elizabeth Ayers, d. 1821, a. 81, slate
53, Elizabeth Blunt, d, 1802, a. 32, slate
51i,. Footstone for #51, slate (Safford)
55, Footstone for #52, slate (Ayers)
56, Nathaniel S. Nelson, 1846, a. 47, slate
57. Illegible slate
58, William Fellows, d, 1737, 71st, slate
;SA, Sarah Loud, d, 1738, a. 27, slate
~ranee
59, Illegible slate slab ( or ledge)
io, Robert Handesyde, d. 1705, a, 28, slate
>1. Richard Webber, d. 1721, a. 69, slate
& Lyddia Webber, d., 1721, 82,
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12, John Libbey, d. 1785, 4th, slate
,3, Benjamin Allcock, d, 1726, 5 mos,, slate
,4., Illegible marble (Daniel Huntress, 1820)
5, Joshua lang Huntress , d. 1802, 50, slate
6. Anna Huntress, d, 1847, a. 98, slate
7, Daniel Huntress, d, 1807, a, 24, slate
8. Daniel Jackson, d, 1738 , 7 mos., slate
9, John Jackson, d, 1690/1, a. 33, slate
0, Anne Jaffrey, d, 1682, a, 18, slate
1. John Shackford, d, 1738, a, &:J, slate
2. Sandstone slab, name block missing
Portsmouth, N.H.
73. Sarah Redf'ord, d. 1693, 29th, slate
& Eliz, Frost, d. 1696, a. 14th,
"
74. Agnis Shurburn, d. 1726, a. 33, slate
75. Illegible slate
76, Abigail Cario, d. 1767, 41st, slate
77. Mary Jackson, d, 1729, 1 yr,, slate
78, Samuel Jackson, d, 1732, a. 53, sla.te
79. Eliz. Elatson, d. 1704, a. 43, slate
& Eliz. Rogers, d. 1704,
17 mos,,
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80. John Rogers, d, 1719, a. 5, slate
81. John Hoddy, d. 1684, a. 36, double slate
& Mary Kea is , d, 1711 , a. 58,
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82. Elizabeth Beck, d, 1746, a. 62, fieldstone
83, Abigail Hart, d, 173, 31st, slate
84. Nathaniel Griffith, 1737, a. 21 days, slate
85. Hannah Grant, d, 1769, a. 38, slate
86. Griffith Family, Deborah 1771, etc,, slate
87. Samuel Griffith, d. 1773, a. 44, alate
88. Samuel Griffith, d. 1759, a, 3, slate
& Miles W. Griffith, d. 1759, a. 2,
"
89, Footstone to #86, slate, misplaced
90. Thomas Phipps, d, 1712, a. ? , slate
91. Footstone for #87, slate (Griffith)
92, Mary March, d. 1759, a. 80, slate
93. Sarah Sargent, d. 1771, a. 74, slate
�Point of Graves - Map Reference, continued
Portsmouth, N,H,
94, Elizabeth Peirce, d, 1717/8, a, 42nd, slate
95, Sandstone slab with name block missing
96, Sandstone slab with name block missing
97, (No marker shown for this number)
98, Jane Meserve, d, 1747, a, 30th, slate
99, "
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Footstone, slate
100, Elizabeth Pike, d, 1719/20, a. 27, slate
101. Mehitable Gerrish, d, 1715, a, 21, slate
102, John Plaisted, d, 1712, a, 29, slate
103,
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Foots tone, slate
104, Elizabeth Peirce, d, 1732, 45th, slate
105, Samuel Waterhouse, d, 1744/5, a, 38, slate
& Elizabeth Waterhouse, d, 1736, a, 29,
"
106, Nehemiah Partridge, d, 1709, a, 46th, slate
& William Partridge, d, 1718, a, 47th,
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107, James Lovett, d, 1718, 65th, slate
108, Abraham Shaw, d, 1817, a. 4 mo, slate
& Elizabeth Shaw, d, 1825, a, 26 mo, "
109, Illegible marble
110, Illegible marble
111. Footstone to #108, slate (Shaw)
112, John Clark, d, 1694, a, 29, slate
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D, 1720/1 , A, 5 mos ,
Material : slate , fairly small
Condition : fair - has a deep crack
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N. H.
Row R, #J
Gr-
tfb.3
Benjamin , Son
of Mr Jo f eph
& Mrs K~turah
Allcocks Aged
5 Month & 25 Ds
Deed Febry 28 , 1720/1
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 19 ,
Marker was cut by Caleb Lamson of Charlestown , Mass ., and signed "CL" ,
Viewed by L.H. Tallman, Apr , 13 , 1984 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Ayers , Allice
D, 1717/8 , A, 53
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : triple arches
Design : early style death head wi th hour- glass
Text :
HERE LYES ENTERD
ye BODY OF ALLICE
AYERS WIFE TO
EDWARD AYERS AGED
5~ YEARS DIED ye
9 h OF FEBRUARY
1717/8 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg , 16 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
The Genealogical Dictionary of Me , & N, H,, 1928 , notes that Alice was the first wife
of Edward Ayers . His second wife was Hannah (Martyn) Jose , widow of Richard
Jose , A reference is made to a broken gravestone for Edward , next to Alice ,
with remnant of inscription : "JO day , , , , . , 172 (J) in , , , 65th year", This
might be #41 , an illegible slate ,
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d.
1723, a. 65
Portsmouth, N.H,
Point of Graves
J.pst before 1904.
Notes of 18851
Edward Ayers, died 30th of November, 1723, aged 65 years.
Sources The Daily Evening Times, Sept. 29, 1885.
�Ayers , Elizabeth
D. 1821 , A, 81
Portsmouth , N. H.
Rev~ f\l 1-tt. 5
Material : :; LO:G e
Condition : ~c-C'c\
Sha~e : ~(ce)L'- ce,.,~L er- o.r-ch
Design : w \ l\ ClN f( 1...u---"'
Text :
Point of Graves
BF' :!s-2.
In memory of
Mrs , ELIZABETH AYERS,
died
Jan , 29, 1821 ,
aged 81 years ,
Source: The New Hampshire Genealogical Record ' 1904 ' V0 1 • I ' pg . 18 ,
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Ayers, Hannah
Portsmouth , N. H.
d , 1718/9 , a , 54
Point of Graves
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Marker: slate
Condition : good
Shape: double pattern of arches
Design : death heads
Text of right hand portion :
HERE LYES ye
BODY OF Mrs
HANNAH AYRS
AGED 54 YEARS
DIED JANr ye
12 th 1718/19 ,
l
(Left hand portion had notes for her first
husband , Richard Jose , )
Identity : Richard Jose was married Oct , 16 , 1683 to Hannah Martyn . He died 1707,
She was married 2nd Oct , 2 , 1718 to Edward Ayers .
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N.H. )
Marker viewed by L,H, Tallman , Apr . 4 , 1984 .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
�Ayers , Sarah
D,
1827 ,
A,
66
Portsmouth , N,H,
Point of Graves
Material : ~ to'\e
Condition : rcc1~ - p"1eC€.
Shape : h,0i ~ C.G-,{lie..Design : 'v-!) \ \ ~ a110
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Text :
In memory of
Mrs , SARAH AYERS ,
died Jan , 12 , 1827 ,
aged 66 years ,
/
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg , 18 ,
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Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Baxter , John
Rebecca
II
d . 1697/8, a , 1 yr ,
Portsmouth , N. H.
d , 1697/8, age J mos , S't'r-,1:>., 7
Point of Graves
Marker lost
Marker for these children could not be found in 1984,
or illegible slate ,
It could be one of the broken
Arthur H, Locke, "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , has noted the names and dates ,
John Baxter died Feb , 15 , 1697/8 , age 1 year,
Rebecca Baxter died Feb , 21, 1697/8 , age J mos ,
Srno!.7)
Identity :
These are children of Dr , John Baxter of Suffolk County, Mass , and Portsmouth , N. H.
He married Rebecca (Mayer) Nossiter of Salem & Boston .
(Gen , Diet , of Me , & N.H. )
�Beck, Elizabeth
1746 ,
D,
A,
62
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material : fieldstone (quartzite ?)
Condition : fairly good - leaning , low
Shape : irregular
Design : none
Text :
Point of Graves
BF - #82
HERE LYES
BUERYID ye BODY
OF ELIZEBTH
BECK Dcd JULY
Ye 7 1746 E 62 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol. I , pg , 15 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
He noted this marker as illegible ,
Exami nation May 1, 1984 by L. H. Tallman enabled reading of enough words
to enable identity as Eli zabeth Beck , This marker is of particul ar
interest as the only inscribed fieldstone marker at Point of Graves ,
Guide lines for the letters are cl early visib l e ,
Blagdon , Mary
d,
1735 ,
a,
75
Portsmouth , N. H.
Marker : slate
Condition : good
Shape : triple arches
Des i gn : death head
Text :
Point of Graves
BF - #20
HERE LYES THE BODY
OF Mrs MARY BLAGDON
WIFE TO DOCtr SAMUEL
BLAGDON AGED 75
YEARS DIED DECf ye
11 th 1735
Copied by Bart C, Ferrell , UNH , Dec , 2 , 1979 ,
Identity : Dr , Samuel Blagdon was a surgeon in Portsmouth by 1686 , By 1688 he had
married Mary , daughter of Richard Seward , and widow of Dodoval Hull ,
In 1696 , they were living in Boston , She was a second time a widow i n 1713
in Portsmouth , living with daughter Hannah Follett , (Gen , Diet , Me , & N.H. )
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D, 1802, A, 32
Blunt , Elizabeth
Material : 3\ c--'.Le.
Condition: '<\ c:.,cc\
Shape : ;-, (. (:' s k el
Design : llr "l'\ v-.'.)l'\)l\
Point of Graves
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Here lies Buried
Mrs ELIZABETH
BLUNT t~e amiable Consort
of Cap ROBERT BLUNT ,
who Departed this Life
Febr 12th 1802,
Aged 32 Years .
Text :
Life is but a moment ,
And the longest Earthly Felicity
Is but a pleasing Dream ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Vol. I , 1904, pg , 20 ,
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Briard, Elisha
d , 1718 , a , 57th year
Portsmouth, N. H.
Marker: slate
Condition: fair - heavy lichen growth had been partially
cleaned , center of top broken off ,
Shape : originally triple arches
Design : round face
Text :
Point of Graves
BF - #10
HERE LYES BURIED ye BODY
OF M~ ELISHA BRIARD
WHO DIED MAY ye 27
1718 IN ye (57 th ) YEAR OF
HIS AGE ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart C, Ferrell , UNH , He stated condition as illegible due to
lichen g~owth now partially cleaned,
Copied by L.H. Tallman, May 1, 1984 .
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Year of death was noted 1907 by A.H. Locke, in
his "Cemetery Inscriptions" ,
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�Boyd, Andrew
d.
1797
Portsmouth, N. H.
Point of Graves
lost before 1904.
Notes of 18851
Andrew Boyd, son of James and Margaret Boys,
died May 8th, 1797,
Source&
The Daily Evening Times, Sept. 29, 1885.
�Button , William
D, 1693 , A, 37
Portsmouth, N.H .
Marker : slate
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Condition: good v1 f\? ev-- f o ,s.t/u,"" j 'a,,o \<,:ev, {t\'> Gro,'-,c\_ \ e1,,J
Shape : triple arches
Design : Urn , Dagons, & floral designs ,
very complex , (Dagons are half - human figures)
Carving by "J,N," Attributed to John Noyes of Boston ,
Text :
Point of Graves
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HERE LYETH BURIED ye BODY
· OF WILLIAM BUTTON OF
JERSEY AGED 37 YEARS
DIED ye 19 DAY OF OCTOBER
1 6 9 3
BURIED BY CIEMENT
IEMPRIERE - EN - THO - BUTTON
Source : Photo by David Watters , published in MARKERS II , 1983 , pg , 116 .
Mapping done 1979 by Ba.rt Ferrell, UNH ,
Cameron , Mary
d . 1742 ,
a•
33
Portsmouth, N, H,
Marker : slate
Condition : fair - chipped, part under ground
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
Point of Graves
BF - #3
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
Mrs MARY CAMERON
WIFE OF Mr WILLIAM
CAMERON AGED 33
YEARS 6 M0 & 12 Ds
WHO DIED MARCH
(underground - Locke gives date
of death March 1J , 1742 . )
Copied by Bart Ferre·ll, Dec , 1, 1979,
Abstract by Arthur H, Locke , 1907 ,
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Portsmouth , N.H.
D. 1767 , A. 41st year
Row T, #4
Materi al : slate
Cond i tion : good , slight side lean
Shape : triple arches
Des i gn : death head with bones over
Text :
Point of Graves
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Here lies Buried
the Body of
Mrs ABIGAIL CARIO , wife
of Mr WILLIAM CARIO ,
who Departed this Life
Septr 17 th 1767
in the 41 st YEAR of' her Age .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , V0 1 • I , pg . 15 .
Mappi ng 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
Viewed by L.H. Tal lman , Apr , 13 , 1984 .
Cl ark , John
D. 1694 , A. 29
Portsmouth , N.H.
Point of Graves
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
JOHN Cl.ARK
AGED 29 YEARS
DIED APRIL
ye 13 ,
1694 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 14 ,
Identity : John was a son of Edward Clark , They lived on Do ctor ' s or Clark ' s Island ,
Edw. was married 1st to Elizabeth Fernal d , 2nd to Mary Farrow ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H. )
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
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Portsmouth , N, H.
(date illegible)
Point of Graves
Arthur H, Locke , "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , gave
',
some partial notes on this mark~r , date illegible even then ,
John Cochran , son of John
&
Mrs , J , Sable Cochran - - -- - --
This coul d be broken slate or eroded mar bl e ,
early 1800 ' s ,
Marker l ost ,
(remai nder i llegi bl e )
Date could range from before 1700 to
e
Co llings , Thomas
Marker : slate
Condition : fair - somewhat broken
Shape : tri pl e arches
Des i gn : death head
Text :
Portsmouth , N.H,
d , 1729 , a , 16
Point of Graves
BF - #24
&
chipped
HERE LYES Ye BODY
OF THOMAS COLLINGS
SON TO Mr JOHN &
Mrs SARAH COLLINGS
AGED 16 YEARS
3 MONTHS & 7 Ds
DECd FEBRUARY ye
1st 1729
Copied By Bart C , Ferre 11 , UNH , Dec , 2 , 1979 ,
�Corcoran, John
d.
1736, a. 3
Portsmouth, N.H.
(cvf- S-?)
Notes of 18851
John Corcoran, son of John and Isabel Corcoran,
died August 9, 1736, aged 3 years.
Sources
The Daily Evening Times, Sept. 29, 1885.
Point of Graves
Lost before 1904.
(Name was noted as John
Cochran, but with no date.)
�d. 1709, a . 63
Dennett , John
Portsmouth , N.H .
Point of Graves
Row C, #1.
Marker : sandstone slab
Condition : poor - largely illegible
Shape : rectangular
Design : none
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Text: about all that can be read is on the second line :
_ _ _ _ DENNETT , Esq .
(with two more lines illegible)
Arthur H, Locke , "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , has this abstract :
DENNETT , John , d , May 5, 1709 , a . 63 .
(We will have to assume that the sandstone could still be read in 1907,)
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr. 4, 1984 .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
Drisco , Elizabeth
D•
180 5 ,
A,
54
Portsmouth, N,H .
marker
lost
Material :
Condition :
Shape :
Design :
Text:
Point of Graves
Here lies
deposited the body of
Mrs , Elizabeth Drisco ,
consort of
Capt . James Drisco,
who departed this life
August 25 , 1805 ,
AEtat 54,
In her was united the amiable &
affectionate wife a tender & indulgent
mother & an agreeable friend ,
Sleep on sweet friend & take thy
rest,
God called the home , he thought i t
best ,
Source: The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904, Vol . I , pg . 16 .
Jot found 1984, would be broken slate or illegible marble .
�Portsmouth , N. H.
D. 1812 , A. 62
Drisco , James
marker lost
Materi al:
Condition :
Shape :
Design :
Text :
Point of Graves
Sacred
to the Memory of
Capt James Drisco ,
who died
March 19 , 1812 ,
AEt 62 .
Softly his dying head he lay
Upon his makers breast .
His maker called his soul away ,
And here ' s his flesh at rest ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 16 .
Marker was not found 1984 .
Elatson , Elizabeth
Could be one of the broken slate , or illegible marble ,
Portsmouth , N. H.
D. 1704/5 , A, 45
Material : slate
Condition : poor - portions of top broken
Shape : double arch pattern
Design :death heads
Text :
(left
side)
HERE LYES
ye BODY OF Mrs
ELIZABETH
EIATSON ,
AGED 4 5 YEARS
DIED JANry
1704/5
Point of Graves
Row U, #3
BF · t1..,l'.J
(on right side
Eliz , Rogers)
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 17 ,
Identity : Elizabeth Pemberton was married 1st to George Purkis , Was Wid, Purkis by 1682 .
She married 2nd Warner Wessendonk , Widow again by 1690 ,
Her third marriage was to Jonathan Elatson , merchant of Boston .
(He had buried hi s 1st wife Mar . 6 , 1694/5 , )
She lost her life along with a grandchild in the burning of a house .
(Gen , Diet , of Me , & N.H. )
Viewed by L.H . Tallman , Apr . 13 , 1984 .
Mapping by Bart Ferrell, UNH , in 1979 ,
�Fa bins , George
"
Elizabeth
d , 1692/J
d , 1698 , a ,
Portsmouth , N.H.
Point of Graves
Marker lost
George was a weaver in Portsmouth , His will was written Feb , 19 , 1692/2 and was
proved Dec , 11 , 1693 ,
Elizabeth , his wife , died Jan , 23 , 1698 ,
(Identity Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H,)
Arthur H, Locke , "Cemetery Inscriptions", 1907, noted the date for Elizabeth , and
indicated that both were buried at Point of Graves , This would have been slate
for one or two early markers ,
Fellows , William
D, 1737 , A, 71st year
d , 1732 , a , 61 - now gone)
(Fellows , Elizabeth
Material : s La..<t e.
Conditi~n: -z.;.e:,-~ c;co c\
Shape : -t, 1, 1 ~) le o. r---c Ir. e s
Design : c.\. e ~G~\
he CL<:l .
Text :
Portsmouth , N, H,
Point of Grave s
Rc:,v-.:, ?; tr 1.
BF-
-rr
52
Here Lyes Bried the
Body of Cap WILLIAM
FELLOWS , Who Departed
this Life April ye 12
1737 : in the 71 st
YEAR of His Age ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 20 ,
Identity : Capt . William Fellows was son of Ephraim Fellows of Ipswich , He was
married Dec , 7 , 1693 , Ipswich , to Elizabeth Rust of Ipswich ,
(Gen , Diet . Me , & N. H. )
\/ieL--: eJ
b~ \__, w.-~~lw,O\Y1, \j-1"'· 4 , ,c_'\84,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Arthur H, Locke , "Cemetery Inscriptions", 1907 , noted Elizabeth Fellows , wife of Wm ,,
who di ed Oct , 3 , 1732 , age 61, buri ed Po i nt of Graves , Not found 1984 .
�Frost , El izabeth
D, 1696 , A, 14th year
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
Marker : double slate
Condition: good in 1983
Shape : broad triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
Row S, #6
BF-
-J:1
"13
(Left side has Sarah Redford who died 1695)
Right s i de :
HERE LYETH
ye BODY OF
ELIZABETH FROST
DIED MAY Ye 21
1696
IN ye 14 YEAR
OF HER AGE
Source : photo in Patch Collection , Strawbery Banke , Thi s was taken by Caleb S , Gurney ,
and published in Por tsmouth , Historic & Picturesque , pg, 104 ,
This double marker viewed Nov . 1983 by L, H, Tallman ,
Ident i ty : She was a daughter of Major Charles
is shown on the same marker ,
&
Mary (Bowles) Frost , Her sister Sarah
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H. )
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
''·
I
d , 1738, a , 56th year
Furber , Jethro
Point of Graves
Portsmouth, N. H.
Marker: slate
Condition: fair - some chipping of top
Shepe : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
BF - #15
HERE LYES BURIED
BODY OF
CAP. JETHRO FUR BER
DEC1 APRIL ye 9
1738 IN ye 56
YEAR OF HIS AGE
tHE
Copied By Bart C, Ferrell, UNH, Dec , 2 , 1979 ,
Identity : Jethro was son of Jethro & Amy (Cowell) Furber. He was
married by 1708 to Elizabeth Morrill ,
(Gen , Diet , Me .
&
N. H. )
�Gardner , Margaret
d , 1725 , a , 10 mos .
Portsmouth , N. H.
Marker : slate
Condition : fair - some lichen growth , some
chipping , & set low .
Shape : triple arches
Desi gn : death head
Text :
Point of Graves
BF - #11
Margaret , Daug er
of Mr David
& Mrs Margaret
Gardner Aged
10 Monts & 11 Days
Dec~ Janry
(underground - Locke gives date
as Jan , 22 , 1723)
(Kelly
&
Williams give 1725)
Copi ed by Bart C, Ferrell , UNH , Dec , 2 , 1979 ,
Date from "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , by Arthur H, Locke ,
Stone Cutter "CL" is Caleb Lamson of Charlestown , Mass , Noted in MARKERS II , 1983 ,
pg , 84 , article by Sue Kelly and Anne Williams , They give date as 1725 , and
condition as good ,
I
'
Gerrish , Mehi table
Text :
D, 1715 , A, 21
Portsmouth , N,H.
Point of Graves
HERE LYES ye BODY OF Mrs
MEHEI'ABIB GERRISH WIFE
TO Mr BENJAMIN GERRISH
AGED 21 YEARS EHO
DECEASED JANY ye 3d 1715
SHE LIVED BELOVED
AND DIED LA.MENTED ,
SOURCE : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vo l. I , pg , 14 .
Identity : Mehitable was daughter of Col , John & Mary (Pickering) Plaisted . She was
baptized at No . Church Dec , 16 , 1694 , She was married about 1711 to
Benjamin Gerrish . He was married 2nd June 1716 to Martha Foxcroft of
Cambridge , and 3rd June 1738 to Abigail (Fowle) Bunker of Charlestown ,
(Gen , Di et , Me , & N. H,)
Mappi ng done 1979 by Bart Ferr el l , UNH ,
�Grant , Hannah
D,
1769 ,
A,
38
Portsmouth , N.H .
Row U, #10
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : triple arches
Des i gn : death head
Text:
Point of Graves
fl
BF - 8S-
Here lies buried
the Body of
Mrs HANNAH GRANT ,
Wife of
Capt JOHN GRANT ,
who departed this Lif e
Sepr the 18 th 1769 ,
Aged 38 Years .
"Our Life contains a thoufand
springs,
"And dies if one be gone :
"Strange that a harp of thou\and
strings
"Should keep in tune so long , "
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol. I , pg , 15 ,
Viewed by L,H, Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
�D. 1771 , A, 65
D, 1771 , A , 31
Griffith , Deborah
Griff',th , Nathaniel
and other chi ldren
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material : slate
Condition : poor - broken , inscr i bed portion underground
Shape : ?
Des i gn : ?
Text :
Point of Grave::
Headstone BF - #86
(BF - #89 for
foots tone)
To the Memory
of Mrs DEBORAH GRIFFITH , wife of
Mr JOHN GRIFFITH , ¥Ho departed
this Li fe March 20
A. D, 1771 Aged 65 Years ,
And the follow i ng Chi l dren of Mr JOHN
and Mrs DEBORAH GRIFFITH
Viz ,
MOSES GRIFFITH Aged 20 Years , died A. D. 1747
NATHANIEL GRIF{iFH Aged 31 Years , died
February 26
A. D. 1771 , Also
NATHANIEL , MARY , and WILLIAM
GRIFFITH , who died in Infancy , A. D.
1737 , 1738 , 1742 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol. I , pg . 18 ,
Identity : Deborah was daughter of Nat haniel & Eli zabeth Lang . She was married
Jan , 28 , 1724/5 to John Griffith ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N.H. )
Mappi ng 1979 by Bart Fer rell , UNH ,
GRIFFITH Family
D.
1737 to 1771
Material:
s l ate
Condition : good
Shape : triple arches
Des i gn : none
Text :
Portsmouth , N.H .
Point of Graves
BF - #89
(footstone for #86)
Mrs DEBORAH GRIFFITH , 1771
MOSES GRIFFITH , 1747
NATHANIEL GRIFFITH , 1771
NATHANIEL , MARY , and
WILLIAM GRIFFITH ,
1737 , 1738 , 1742 .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg . 15 ,
This is probably the footstone for the Deborah Griffith marker with children , listed
on page 18 ,
As a footstone , this is quite elaborate , but does not have the detail of a headstone ,
The compl ete reading of the matching headstone was noted 1904 , That marker is now
broken , with the top half in the ground so no part can be read , the identity from the
nearness to other Griffith markers , This footstone is now out of line , and has been
reversed ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
�Griffeth , Miles W.
D. 1759 , A, 2 yrs ,
Portsmouth , N. H.
( Row U,
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : double pattern of arches
Design :
death heads
Text :
(r~~gt)
Po int of Gra V l
\.
#9\
Here lies the Body of
MIIES WARD GRIFFETH
son of Mr SAMUEL &
Mrs ABIGAIL GRIFF~H
who Died April 25
1759 Aged 2 Years
3 Months & 1 Day ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogica l Record , 1904 , Vol. I , pg , 17 ,
Brother Samuel is noted on the left side of the marker ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 ,
Griffith , Nathaniel
Griffith , Mary
D, 1737 , A, 21 days
D, 1738 , A, 21 days
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Grave:
Row T , #1
Material : slate
Condition : poor - on ground , had probably been broken, corner chipped ,
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
NATHANAEL SON TO
JOHN & DEBORAH
GRIFFETH AGED 21
DAYs DECd AUG st 1737
MARY DAUr TO
JOHN & DEBORAH
GRIFFET~ AGED 21
DAYS DEC oCTr 18th 1738
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol. I , pg , 15
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
Viewed by L. H. Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 ,
BP' - 11 64
�Gr iffeth , Samuel
D, 1759 , A. 3 yrs .
Portsmouth , N. H.
Row U, #9
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : double pattern of arches
Design : death heads
Text :
(left
side )
Point of Graves
Here lies the Body of
SAMUEL GRJFFETH
son of Mr SAMUEL &
Mrs ABIGAIL GRJFFETH
who Died April 21st
1759 Aged 3 Years
10 Months & 21 Ds
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol. I , pg . 17 ,
Brother Miles Ward Griffeth is noted on the right side of the marker .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 ,
Griffith , Samuel
D. 1773 , A, 44
Portsmouth, N.H.
( I +-i-5"?)
Material : slate
Condition : very good
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
In Memory of
SAMUEL GRJFFITH Esqr
departed this Life
Decemr 11 th , 1773 ,
Aged 44 Years .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol . I , pg . 15 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr . 13 , 1984 .
Point of Graves
Row U, #8
\3f' - ±'8 ' /
�Handesyde , Robbert
Portsmouth , N, H.
D. 1705, A , 28
Row Q, #1
Material: slate , medium size
Condition : fair - some chipping at side
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text:
Point of Graves
BF -
-±1:
'=, O
HERE LYES
ye BODY OF
Mr ROBBERT
HANDESYDE
AGED 28 YEARS
DIED JULY Ye
23d 1705,
Source: The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vol . I , pg . 20 .
Viewed by L,H, Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984.
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH,
Hart , Abigail
D. 173_, A. 31st year
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material : slate
Condition : poor - broken before 1904
Shape : ?
Design : ?
Text of foots tone :
Point of Graves
Row U, #7
Mrs ABIGAIL
HART
Text , part of headstone remaining:
HART
Ye 21 st 173
IN ye 3 1st YEAR OF
HER AGE
Source : The New Hampshi re Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vo l. I , pg . 15 ,
Identity : Col. John Hart was married Mar , 23, 1729 to Abigail landall at Newington ,
He was married 2nd to Sarah (Savell) Cutts , His third marriage was
to Mary (Dennett) Stoodley, widow of Jonathan . (Gen . Diet , Me , & N. H. )
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH,
Viewed by L.H, Tallman , Apr , 13, 1984 ,
------. -
-
-.- - - -
�Hart , Mary
d,
Portsmouth , N. H.
1714, a . 38
Point of Graves
BF - #17
Marker : slate
Condition : poor - badly broken
Shape: triple arches
Design :
?
&
cracked, leaning
HERE LYES ye BODY
OF Mrs MARY , WIFE
OF CAPt SAMUEL HART
DIED JUNE ye 23
(underground - Locke gives date as
June 23 , 1714, age 38) .
?Sit'\'
1
2
~ ~
~opied by Bart C. Ferrell , UNH , Dec , 2, 1979 ,
?_
His map #17 ,
Date from "Cemetery Inscriptions" by Arthur H, Locke , 1907 .
Identity: Samuel was married firs\, 2 May 1699 to Mary Evans , daughter of Robert and
Elizabeth (Colcord) Evans of Dover , Mary was born 1676,
His second marriage was 13 Jan , 1714/5 to Mary Booth who died 1755 ,
(Gen . Diet , Me , & N.H. )
Hoddy , John
Keais , Mary
D,
D,
1684,
1711 ,
A , 36
A , _58
Portsmouth , N,H.
Point of Graves
Row U, #5
Bf" _-±± 8 (
Material : slate
Condition : poor - badly broken on top
Shape : once had triple arches
Design : ?
Text :
JOHN HODDY AGED
36 YEARS DECESED
JULY, THE 17 ,
1684 .
MARY KEAIS AGED
58 YEARS DECESED
th
AUGUST , THE 17
1711.
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol . I, pg , 16 ,
Relation between John & Mary is not clear, Probably he was her first husband ,
Identity : John Hoddy , mariner , was born about 1675 , Me was married June 21 , 1675 to
Mary Riddan , daughter of Thadeus, After his death , she was married
second to Samuel Keais ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N.H. )
Viewed by L.H. Tallman, Apr , 13 , 1984.
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
�D. 1847, A. 98
Huntress , Anna
Portsmouth, N.H .
Row R, #7
Material : slate
Condition: good
Shape : arch top
Design : willow & urn
Text :
Point of Graves
Bf=" _-±L'°6
ANNA HUNTRESS
widow of the late
Capt . Joshua L. Huntress ,
died April 17 , 1847 ,
Aged 98 Years,
"A goo d name is
. better than :precious
ointment; and the day of death
than the day of one ' s birth . "
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vol. I , :pg . 20 .
Mappinh 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Viewed by L. H. Tallman , Apr , 13, 1984.
Huntress , Daniel Jr .
D. 1807 , A. 24
Portsmouth, N.H.
Point of Graves
Row R, #8
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape: high center arch
Design : willow & urn
Text:
Sacred
to the Memory
of
DANIEL HUNTRESS Jr
who Departed
this Life Suddenly,
August 26, 1807 ,
Aged 24 ,
Stop my friends, the reason why ,
As you are , so once was I ,
As I am now so you must be,
And now :prepare to follow me .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vol. I, :pg . 20 .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH .
Viewed by L. H. Tallman, Apr . 13, 1984.
�Portsmouth, N, H.
D. 1820 , A, 65
Huntress , Daniel
Point of Graves
Material : marble
Condition: poor - completely illegible , 1984 .
Shape : elaborate as originally cut
Design : ?
Text :
At his own special re~uest we have
Here deposited the remains of
CAPT . DANIEL HUNTRESS
who departed this life
May 5, 1820
Aged 65 Years .
A WORTHY HONEST MAN
(A verse illegible by 1904)
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 17 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Viewed by L. H. Tallman , Apr . 13, 1984 .
Huntress , Joshua Lang
Identity by proximity to other Huntress markers .
D. 1802 , A, 50
Portsmouth , N,H .
Material : slate
Condition: fairly good, long crack repaired ,
Shape : high center arch
Design :. willow & urn
Text :
Sacred
To the memory of
Mr Joshua Lang Huntress ,
who died Deer 21 , 1802 ,
AEt , 50
He bore a lingering sickness with
patience ,
And met the King of terrors with a
smile ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol . I , pg . 20 .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 .
Point of Graves
Row R, #6
0F _ttGS-
�ingraham , Mary
d , 1720 , a , 41st year
Portsmouth , N. H.
BF - #2
Marker: slate
condition : poor - top chipped
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
"ext :
Here Lyes ye Body of
Mrs Mary Ingraham
Wife To W Moles
Ingr~am Dece
Decem r 5th 1720 ye
41 st Year of her Age
Point of Graves
( ?~d , )
:dentity : Moses Ingraham was a tailor of Portsmouth & York , He was married 1st
25 July 1706 to Mary Walton , and married 2nd 23 Feb , 1720/1 to
Elizabeth Ayers , wodow of Caleb Griffith & Henry Lyen .
(Gen , Diet , Me . & N. H.)
Copied by Bart C, Ferrell, UNH , Dec , 1 , 1979 ,
Portsmouth, N.H.
D, 1738 , A, 13
Jackson , Daniel
Point of Graves
Row S , #1
,aterial : slate
Condition: good
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
6F _:ttG.b
DANIEL JACKSON SON
TO Mr DANIEL JACKSON JUNr
Mrs JOANNA JACKSON
AGED 1J YEARS &
th
7 M0 DEc°- NOVr Ye 27
1738 ,
&
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol . I , pg , 19 ,
Identity : Parents, Daniel Jackson
of Ipswich .
&
Joanna Bennet were married Dec , 30 , 1722 ,
(Gen , Diet . Me . & N.H. )
She was
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
I
i
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr . 13 , 1984 .
I
�Jackson , John
D . 1690 , A , 33
Portsmouth , N.H.
Point of Graves
Marker : probably slate
Condition : good in 1900
Shape: flat top , thick
Design : cherubs in corners
Text :
(l ettering in circle on face)
HERE
LYEI'H BURIED
ye BODY OF
JOHN JACKSON :
AGED 33 YEARS
DYED JANUARY
ye 26 169°;;
, \
Footstone :
JOHN JACKSON
Source : photo in Patch Collect io n , Strawbery Banke , This was taken by Caleb S . Gurney ,
and published 1902 in Portsmouth , Historic & Picturesque , pg , 104.
Footstone noted pg . 20 , New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol. I, pg . 20,
Headstone noted pg . 19 , (Year given as 1690/1)
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Vi ewed by L. H. Tallman, Apr, 13, 1984 ,
Jackson , Mary
D, 1729 , A , 1 yr ,
Portsmouth , N.H.
Material :
small slate
Condition : fair - some cracks , may have had repairs .
Shape : triple arches
Des ign: death head
Text :
MARY JACKSON
DA Ur T~ SAMUEL
& ELIZ h JACKSON
AGED 1 YEAR &t
3 M0 DYED AUG
ye 9 1729
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 19 ,
Date was incorrectly noted as 1799 by Arthur H. Locke in 1907 ,
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
Viewed by L. H. Tallman , Apr. 13, 1984.
Point of Graves
Row U, #1
6V - --r1°/''/
�Jackson , Mary
D, 1763 , A, 90th year
Portsmouth , N. H.
Po int of Grave~.
Material : 5 l o..~e
Condi ti(?n : °c)
Shape : ~tr\\JLe (}1--~1'es
Design : '-Led~~\ ~e<>d .
ccc\
Text :
Here lyes ye Body of
Mrs MARY JACKSON , fidow
to Mr JOSEPH JACKSON ,
who departed this life on ye
15 th DAY OF JUNE , 1763 , IN ye
90 th YEAR OF HER AGE ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol. I , pg , 18 ,
Identity : Mary was a daughter of John Sargent ,
Viev-:i ~~ \;"'j l---, ~
:TC'-Ll
'v).'\.0-.'V'\. ,
~
r,~. 4
.. )
(G e n , Di' c t , Me , & NH
1 '~ 6 l{ .
Mappi ng 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
D, 1732 , A, 53
Jackson , Samuel
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
Row U, #2
Material : slate
but
has
piece
broken
on
side
near
ground
.
Condition : fairly good ,
Bt='
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
ext :
-- -t1- "/B
HERE LYES ye BODY
OF Mr SAMUEL JACKSON
AgED 53 YEARS
DEC APRIL ye 13th
1732
Text of foots tone :
Mr SAMUEL
JACKSON
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol . I , pg . 16 .
Identity : Samuel Jackson was married Oct , 12 , 1693 to Mary Melcher , She was married
2nd to Peter Mann ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H.)
M
apping 1979 by Bart Ferre 11 , UNH .
Viewed by L. H. Tallman , Apr . 13 , 1984 .
�Jackson , Thomas
"
Sarah
Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N, H,
d , 1833, a , 68
d, 1831 , a , 68
Marker lost
In his abstract , "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , Arthur H, Locke has names
and dates for this couple, They could have been noted on one of the missing
name blocks of the several sandstone slabs ,
Thomas Jackson died Jan , 29 , 1833 , age 68 ,
Sarah Jackson died June 16 , 1831 , age 68 ,
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-
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Jaffrey I Anne
D, 1682 , A, 18
Portsmouth, N,H ,
Point of Graves
Row S , #2
Material : slate
Condition : fairly good , some cracking at top ,
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head with bones over skull
Text :
6~ _-t:i<'/0
ANNE , Ye WIFE
OF GEORGE
JAFFREY ESQr
AGED 18 YEARS
DECd DECMBr ye 6
1682 .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogi·cal Record I 1904 I Vol ' I I pg ' 19
Identity : In one deed her name is given as Agnes ,
Mrs , Hannah Porter of Boston ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
Viewed by L.H, Tallman, Apr , 13 , 1984,
-------
1
George was married second 1694 to
(Gen , Diet, Me , & N, H, )
�Jose , Richard
d , 1707, a , 48
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
8F-iillt
Row E , #2
Marker: slate
Condition : good
Shape : double pattern of arches
Design : death heads
.,,-
,
'r
I
Text of left hand portion :
HERE LYES ye
BODY OF M~
RICHARD JOSE
AGED 43 YEARS DIED SEPt ye
23d 1707 ,
.........
(Right hand portion has notes for
Hannah Ayers who died 1718/19)
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4
,,,
Identity : He was a merchant of Portsmouth , with some Shoals property ,
He was married Oct , 16 , 1683 to Mannah Martyn , After his death she
was marri ed 2nd to Edward Ayers ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H. )
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr , 4 , 1984 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
',·
Keais , Mary
d • 1711 , a , 58
Portsmouth , N. H.
Marker : slate
Condition - poor - badly broken on top
Shape : once had triple arches
Des i gn :
?
Text :
Point of Graves
BF - #81
(top portion has notes for John Hoddy
who died 1684 , )
MARY KEAIS AGED
Ai~u~~RiH~E~~~tD
1711.
Identity : John Hoddy , mariner , was married 1675 to Mary Riddan . After his death
she was married 2nd to Samuel Keais , (Gen , Diet , Me , & N.H. )
Source of wording : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 16 ,
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 .
I
Mapping by Bart Ferrell , UNH , in 1979 ,
�D, 1757, A, J6th year
Lang , Daniel
Portsmouth , N,H ,
Point of Graves
Material : f>b"Ce
Condition : t oc-·ci.
Shape : ·by--1 rl e (\.rd, es
Design : c.\__ee1..' Ui ~eo..c\.
Text :
Here lies Buriei
the Body of Cap
DANIEL IANG
who departlli this Life
July ye 24
1757
In the J6th Year
of his Age ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol. I , pg , 20 ,
V1ev.::>
e c\_
\,;~ \.... H,"T"'-'-ll1')'\ °'Y\., F\ pr. y 1 lc.)f, L{
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
d,
Langdon , Joseph
Portsmouth , N. H.
1749 , a , 25
Point of Graves
Row H, #2 ,
Marker : slate
Condition : very poor - broken with pieces
missing , identity from fragments of
wording on remainder ,
Shape : originally triple arches
Design : ?
Text of what remains :
/
/
/
/
/ mainstof
/ Merch ,
/NGDON)
AEtatis 25
once avails ye not
y whom begot,
remains of thee
that WE must be ,
Identity : Parents are Mark & Mehitable (Jackson) Langdon , m, 1722,
Joseph was married Dec . 20 , 1747 to Mary Hunking, at Rochester ,
His full date of death was Oct , JO , 1749 , age 25 ,
t
Source : "Captain Joe" , Langdon Genealogy manuscript by Alice Langdon of Epping ,
Locke , 1907 , indicates that the marker was broken in his day ,
Examined by L.H. Tallman, Apr , 4, 1984.
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
�Portsmouth, N, H.
d , 1769 , a. 63
Langdon, Mehetable
BF - #31
Marker: slate
Condition : stained
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
Point of Graves
Here lies intered ye remains
of Mrs MEHETABIE IANGDON
late Wife of Deacon MARK
IANGDON Who departed this
Life Octo~ ye 7 1769
Aged 63 Years ,
Mark was married 7 June 1722 to Mehitable Jackson,
He had a second wife Mary ,
(Langdon Genealogy)
Copied by Bart C, Ferrell, UNH , Dec , 1979 ,
Langdon, To bias
d,
1727/8, a . 2 yrs ,
Marker : slate
Condition : fa ir - chipped top
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
Row I , #4
Bf - i!..2-.',
f-'oc;G <;5G0Y\ ~ ~ ·:) v
TOBIAS IANGDON
SON TO Mr MARK
& Mrs MEHITABIE
IANGDON AGED 2
~ARS & 8 MONTHS
D, AUG , ye 28 , 1727/8
Identity, Father Deacon Mark Langdon was married 1722 to Mehitab l e Jackson ,
Read by L.H. Tallman, Apr , 12, 1984 ,
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
�Portsmouth, N. H.
D, 1774, A, 58
Lear , Elizabeth
Point of Graves
Marker : elat0 Lc,ll-o.r-Cz. 'd:.-.e
Condition : good in 1983
Shape : triple arches
Design : cherub
Text , read from photo :
In Memory of
w.s ELIZABETH LEAR
wife of
Cap1 TOBIAS LEAR
who died July 21~t 1774
Aged 58 Years
Source : photo in Patch Collection, Strawbery Banke , This was taken by Caleb S . Gurney ,
and published 1902 in Portsmouth , Historic & Picturesque , pg , 104 ,
Marker checked at Point of Graves , Nov, 1983 by L, H. Tallman ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Lear , Mary
D, 1829 , A, 90
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
n
J,01.10
Material : Y)\ 1,lo\-e..
Condi tion : roe '('- - · ;-eel
Shape: c;; CC .:.:;kel:c.~,
Design :
·2
Text :
1
po~l, icy, ~J.-,cl--: e""-, L,l...,"'-c.:.l ·l\~cci,Ue
Here lies the remains of
ws MARY LEAR I
the widow of
Captn Tobiastkear ,
she died the 24
of Nov , 1829 ,
Age:i 90 years ,
""'
lt..l, n3 ,
BF - ti4"!,
\ ~t\,l{
'-,
"
,..l
o,~-I.L~·\v-0-.1
s ~ \ C\ ~e.
Devoted in her attachments
Ardent in her affections
and
Sincere in her piety
She was long an example that
The hoary head is a crown of
Glory if it be found in the way of
righteousness ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol, I , pg , 19 ,
Vi C:.\J0e~ \,j h, ht , ~l\.l\ nA"-YI
1
~ -rr-.
lj > ( ~ S
4. . Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
�Tobias
D.
1781,
A,
45
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material : ,:; lc;1..<t e,
Condition : 5\\ c~Lt s ;_le: t·1 lt I o'l1.e t-v--'.)\ 3 e C'::,cc:-c\ .
Shape : c.~1,·q ·le (.\v-<.h~':l
DesigI: : '::iKv.~\ ~ C..r·c:,-c;-::; bci,,e'3 1 l,lrY\. o-- \J ;--o-,,c\",
Point of Graves
Ro"-.::
\\1
1
"'.J:t.2- .
f.YF•-.:tt'ib
In Memory
of
CAPt TOBIA~hLEAR
obt Novr 6
1781 ,
AE
45 ,
A wit ' s a feather , & a Cheif a Rod :
An honest man ' s the noblest work of
God ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904, Vol , I , pg . 18 ,
c'iev--:.-e
S<Gov, e
b..,1 \,,_, H, ~ll\,..,o....,,,
ClA\\i er ',
1
~~" .
4 1 \'jc,4. .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
'
Libbey , John
d,
1785, a , 4
.
J
yrs ,
Portsmouth , N, H.
Marker : slate
Condition : fairly good , some chippi ng top corner
Shape : triple arches
Design : cherub
Point of Graves
BF - #62
Text : in script lettering
In Memory of
John Libbey
son of John & Mary
Libbey Died Marcg
28 th 1785 In ye 4t
Year of his Age ,
Copied by Bart C, Ferrell, UNH, Dec , 1979 ,
Locke , A.H., in "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , also lists a Mary Libbey , wife of John,
who died July 21 , 1785 , age 35 , This was not found by Farrell , 1979, or
Tallman, 1984 . There might be a nearby slate stub, with inscribed part gon~.
�Libbey, Mary
d.
1705, a. 35
Portsmouth, N.H.
Point of Graves
Lost before 1904,
Notes of 1885 t
Mary Libbey, wife of John Libbey,
aged 35 years, died July 21, 1705,
Sourcet The Daily Evening Times, Sept. 29, 1885,
�1716, a .
d.
:.Ord , Elener
?
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
BF - #4
larker : slate
Condition: fair - chipped , set low
Shape :
Design :
EIENER
IDRD
DIED APRIL
:ext :
(underground - Locke gives
date as Apr . 11 , 1716)
8opied by Bart C, Ferrell , UNH , Dec . 1, 1979 ,
~ate from "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , by Arthur H, Locke ,
D,
Loud , Sarah
1738 ,
A,
27
Portsmouth , N.H.
Point of Graves
Rev-..:- ? , u '2..
Material : s\. a.~e
Condition : t~cu:\
Shape : .S.L.:£l:i <tc.. r
Design : ·rcu."'-<i - ~e
Bf' --:e5E.
c\e,,Lk ~ e"-c\. 1 1: \e 1;1 r- - c\e- - l.., ~'->
', ""-
cc -,. .:Y\-c ,-~ ,
Lyes : buried : ye :
Body
of : Sarah : Loud : ye
Wife
of : John : Loi.rl : Who
Departed : This : Life :
August : ye : 25 : 1738
Adged : 27 : years :
HERE
Text :
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 20 ,
There is a footstone that reads :
\/i e
3<lc.~ e
e\
\;
0
h·
(>,{l tr•,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
SARAH IDUD
ABIGAIL LOUD
p._
�Loud, Eleanor
d.
1697
Portsmouth, N.H.
Point of Graves
I.ost before 1904,
Notes of 18851
Eleanor Loud, died April 23, 1697,
Sources
The Daily Evening Times, Sept, 29, 1885,
�Lovett , James
D. 1718 , A. 65th
year
Portsmouth , N.H .
Point of Graves
Material : slate
Condition : fairly good · - some top chipping
Shape : triple arches
Design : ancient style death head
Text :
JAMES LOVETT
DIED APRIL ye
4 th 1718 IN Ye
65 YEAR OF
HIS AGE .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol . I , pg , 14 .
Identity: James was son of Thomas & Elizabeth (Atkinson) Leavitt . He was born
Nov , 10, 1652 , His wife Sarah was widow of Nehemiah Partridge .
(Gen , Diet . Me . & N.H. )
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
Macphaedris , Sarah
d . 1719 , a , 2 mos .
Marker : small slate
condition : top somewhat chipped
shape : triple arches
design : death head
Text :
Sarah Macphaedri
Daughtr of cait
Arch ' ard & Mrs
Sarah ~cphaedr~s
Aged 2 Mon s & 3 W s
Died April 11, 1719,
Copied May 1, 1984 by L, H, Tallman .
Mappi ng 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
BF - #12
�March , Mary
D,
17 59 , A , 80
Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N.H.
Material: slate
Condition : good
Shape : triple arches
Design : skull & crossbones
Text :
Here lies Interr 'd
the Body of
Mrs MARY MARCH
Relict of
' Doc tr CI.EMENT MARCH
who Departed this Life
April 7th 1759 ,
Aetatis 80 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I, pg , 15 ,
Identity : She is daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Hall , and was born about 1679 ,
She married Dr , Clement March of Greenland , otherwise known as Dr , Israel
March , They had a son Clement March , (Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H. )
Mappi ng 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Footstone of slate is broken at an angle , leaving "Mrs , M
II
Stone Carver :
Marshall , Nathaniel
D,
1812 , A , 68
Material :
Condition :
Shape :
Design :
Text :
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
Marker lost
Sacred
to the Memory
of
Nath 1 Marshall Esqr ,
who died
March 22 , 1812 ,
AEt , 68 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 15 ,
Marker not found 1984 ,
This could be one of the broken slate or illegible marble ,
�Marshall , Obadiah
d , 1746 , a, 37
Portsmouth , N. H.
BF- #1J
Marker : broad slate
Condition : fair - chipped , lichen growth
Shape : triple arches
Design : round face
Text :
Point of Graves
HERE LIES BURIED THE
BODY OF Mr OBADIAH
MARSHALL WHO DIED SEPt 12
1746 AGED (J7) YEARS
Copied by Bart Ferrell , UNH , Dec , 2 , 1979 ,
Age given by Arthur H, Locke , 1907 ,
Identity : Obadiah was a son of George & Elizabeth (Hill) Marshall , He was
a blockmaker , He married Martha Cotten, daughter of William .
was married 2nd to Edward Cate ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N.H . ) ·
She
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Meserve , Jane
D, 1747 , A, JOth year
Portsmouth , N.H.
Marker : broad slate
Condition I good
Shape : triple arches
Design : cherub
Text :
Here Lyes Interrd ye
Body of Mrs JANE
MESERUE , Wife to COLL0
NATHANIEL MESERUE ,
Who departed this Life
th Anno Domni 1747,
June ye
in ye JO
Year of Her Age ,
t~
Source : New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg . 14 .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Point of Graves
�Messer , Francis
d,
1692 ,
a,
58
Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N. H.
BF - #1
Marker : slate
Condition : fair - chipped , set low
Shape : triple arches
design : death head
Here Lyeth Buried
The Body Of
Francis Messer
Aged 58 Years
Departed This Life
Text :
(underground - Locke gives date of
Dec , 19 , 1692)
Copied by Bart C, Ferrell , UNH, Dec , 1, 1979 ,
Date from "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , by Arthur H, Locke ,
Identity : Francis was a carpenter in Portsmouth, He had a widow Gertrude ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N.H. )
Moffatt , John
Marker lost
Material :
Condition :
Shape :
Design :
Text :
Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N. H.
D, 1736 , A, 11
JOHN MOFFATT SON
TO Mr JOHN & Mrs
KATHERINE MOFFATT
A GED 11 YEARS 8 Mo
& 12 Ds DIED DEcr
ye 17th 1736
(Nearby is a remnant for someone
who died Dec , 10 , 1736)
Source: The New Hampshire Geneal ogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 19 ,
This marker was not found i n 1984 .
It could be one of the broken slate stubs ,
�Moul ton , John
D. 1719 , A, 7th year
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material : :3rno...U. sLc~ e
Condi t i on : t· i" e.
Shape : ·b r-'i le L Y'cke 3
Design : t\ ecfllA \,eo.J
Point of Gr aves
'R,e;L--"'
BP
j
)-J:t.
1,
_-:t:'3(:
HERE LYES ye
BODY OF JOHN
MOULTON SON
TO JOSEPH
& ABIGAIL
MOULTON DECd
OCTOBER ye
7th 1719
IN 7th YEAR
OF HIS AGE
Text :
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 16 .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Moulton , Lucy
d . 1733 , a . 3?th year
Marker : slate
Condition : quite good
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
Row I , #1
BF - #26A
HERE LYES ye BODY OF
Mrs LU~EY MOULTON WIFE
OF CAP , DANIEL MOULTON
WHO DECd FEBRUARY
ye 27th 1l~3
IN THE 37
YEAR
OF HER AGE .
Identity :
Read by L.H. Tal lman , Apr . 4 , 1984 .
Thi s f i ne marker was overlooked in 1979 by Bart C, Ferrell , UNH student , in making
his chart . It i s fairly near the wall and in line with Langdon markers . Thi s
number is added to fit in with the other numbering , It might even have been
underground ,
(Noted by L. H.T. )
Marker was noted 1907 by Arthur H, Locke i n "Cemetery Inscriptions ", with name and date .
�D, 1846 , A, 47
Nelson , Nathaniel
Portsmouth , N, H.
Point of Graves
.
R
Materia l: ~\~'Ge
Condition : ~ c c , c\
Shape : &:.-l c-~'-G ~t>o\?
Design : '--t>u-::-c, v.:.:,\ llo l.0 '-brees,
Dv0
0 J:rt,1 .
BF -
-tt
S-b
NATH~ S , NELSON
died
June 21 , 1846 ,
Aged 47 years ,
Text :
He was a friend to the needy ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904, Vol , I , pg , 20 ,
\L 1e1>-?e~
'al~ \..,,H, ~-~\l,n~ 1
~~v-,
4 1 !'384,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Nicholson , William
D, 1718, A, 12 days
Point of Grave
Marker lost
Materi al :
Condition:
Shape :
Design :
Text :
Portsmouth , N. H,
WILLIAM SON TO
HENRY & SARAH
NICHOLSON AGED 12
DAYs DECd MARCH
ye 19th 1718
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol. I -, pg , 19 ,
This marker was not found in 1984 .
It could be one of the broken slate stubs .
�Partridge , Nehemiah
Partridge, William
D. 1709 , A, 46th year
D, 1718, A, 47th year
Portsmouth , N.H .
6F -
Material: slate
Condition : some chipping of top
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text:
Point of Grave~
:l:i
lD1o
NEHEMIAH PARTRIDGE
DIED FEBry Ye 12
1709 IN ye 46
YEAR OF HIS AGE
WILLIAM PARTRIDGE
DIED MAY ye 13
1718 IN ye ·47
YEAR OF HIS AGE
Source: The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vol, I, pg . 14 .
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
·Pierce, Elizabeth
(Peirce)
D. 1717 , A. 42nd year
Marker : slate
Condition: good in 1983
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head with hour glass
Text:
Portsmouth , N.H .
Point of Graves
\3F-i±.'Jl{
HERE LYES BURIED
ye BODY OF Mr,s
ELIZABETH PIERCE
WIFE TO M~
JOSHUA PIERCE
DECJ4 JAN~Y 13 1717 , IN
ye 42 YEAR OF HER AGE
Source : photo in the Patch Collection , Strawbery Banke, This was taken by Caleb S. Gurney,
and published 1902 in Portsmouth , Historic & Picturesg .ue , pg . 105 .
Marker viewed Nov , 1983 by L, H. Tallman ,
Identity : She was a daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth (Smith) Hall, aorl born 1675/6 .
She was married Jan , 24 , 1694/5 to Joshua Pierce , (Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H.)
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
Correction : name on marker as "PEIRCE" , a point noted 1979 by Ferrell , confirmed 1984 .
�Pierce , Elizabeth
(Peirce)
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
D, 1732 , A, 45th year
Portsmouth , N.H.
Point of Grave.
HERE LYES ye BODY OJ!l'
Mrs ELIZABETH PIERCE
WIFE TO Mr GEORGE
PIERCE DECd MAY
ye 4th 1732 IN ye
45th YEAR OF HER AGE
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 14 ,
Identity :
Correction : Name appears as : "PEIRCE", a point noted by Ferrell 1979, confirmed 1984 .
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Phipps , Thomas
D, 1712
Portsmouth , N.H.
Material : slate
Condition : fair - some chipping at top ,
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text :
HERE LYES ye BODY
OF THOMAS SON
TO THOMAS & MARY
PHIPPS ~~cd JANry
ye 6
1712 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol . I , pg . 14 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
Viewed by L.H, Tallman , Apr , 1J , 1984 ,
Point of Graves
Row V, #2
Bf' - -tt. ~o
�Pike , Elizabeth
D. 1719/20 , A, 27
Portsmouth , N.H .
Material : slate
Condition: fairly good - part of one knob broken
Shape: triple arches
Des i gn : death head , extra borders around inscription
Text :
Point of Graves
Gt-=- - 11 100
&
designs
HERE LYES BURIED
ye BODY OF Mrs
ELIZABETH · PIKE
Ye WIFE OF DOCTOR
ROBERT PIKE AGED
27 YEARS
DECEASED ye 5
OF
FEBRUARY IN ye YEAR
1719 OR 20.
w~g
.t'
Source : The New Hamnshire
Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vol • . I , Pg , 14 •
Identity: She was a daughter of Theodore & Mary Atkinson , and was born Nov , 28 , 1692 in
Boston . Her husband Robert Pike was son of Rev . John Pike .
(Gen , Diet , of Me , & N. H. )
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Plaisted , John
D, 1712 , A. 29
Portsmouth , N. H.
Point of Graves
Material : slate
Condition : fair - some small breakage at top
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head with small bones over
Text :
HERE LYES BURIED ,
THE BODY OF Mr
JOHN FLA ISTED JUNr
AGED 29 YEARS ,
DIED OCTOBER ye
12th 1712 ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 14,
Identity : John was a son of Col , John & Mary (Pickering) Plaisted , He was born
Jan , 2 , 1682/3 , and was married in Boston Oct , 31 , 1707 to Jane Pemberton .
(Gen , Diet, Me , & N. H.)
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH,
1,....- -
---
�D, 1695 , A, 29th year
Red.ford , Sarah
Portsmouth , N, H,
Row S, #6
]:) f= - -ti '1 f,
Marker : double slate
Condition : good in 1983
Shape : broad triple arches
Design : death head
Text , left side :
Point of Graves
HERE LYETH
ye BODY OF
SARAH RE DFORD
DIED MAY ye 16
1695
IN Ye 29 YEAR
OF HER AGE
(Right side has Elizabeth Frost who died 1696 ,
See separate card , )
Source : photo in Patch Collection , Strawbery Banke , This was taken by Caleb S , Gurney ,
and published 1902 in Portsmouth , Historic & Picturesque , pg , 104. •
Marker viewed Nov , 1983 by L. H. Tallman ,
Identity : She was a daughter of Major Charles & Mary (Bowles) Frost , and sister of
Elizabeth shown on the same marker , Sarah was married 1st to John Shipway , and
2nd to Will iam Red.ford ,
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N. H.)
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Rogers, Elizabeth
D, 1704, A. 17 mos .
Portsmouth , N.H.
Material : slate
Condition: poor - portions of top broken
Design : double arch pattern
Shape : death heads
Text :
(right
side)
ELIZABETH
DAUr TO ye
REVERAND Mr
NATHANIEL &
SARAH ROGERS
AGED 17 MONTHS
DIED OCT br ye
30 1 1704
Point of Graves
Ro w U, #3
(on left side
Eliz , Elatson)
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 17 ,
Identity : Sarah Purkis was married to Rev . Nathaniel Rogers , This child was burned in
a house fire which a l so cost the life of Sarah ' s mother , Eliz , Elatson ,
(Gen . Diet , Me , & N.H. )
Mapping done 1979 by Bart C, Ferrell , UNH .
Viewed by L. H. Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 .
�Rogers , John
Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N. H.
D. 1719 , A. 5 yrs .
Row U, #4
Marker : slate
Condition : good in 1900
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text , read from photo :
B P- -
:rt
u
John Rogersd Son
of ye Reverl': M:'
Nathaniel &
Mr.s Sarah
Rogers , Aged 5
Years & 6 M~ Dec~
February 13 th 1719
Source : Photo in Patch Collection , Strawbery Banke , This was taken by Caleb S . Gurney ,
and published 1902 in Portsmouth , Historic & Picturesque , pg . 105 ,
Identity : Rev . Nathaniel Rogers had married Sarah Purkis , Thi s son John was
born Aug , 5 , 1714 .
(Gen . Diet . Me . & N.H. )
Marker was cut by Caleb Lamson of Charlestown , Mass ., and signed "CL",
Viewed by L.H. Tallman , Apr , 13 , 1984 ,
Condition still good .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrel
..
Safford , Alice
D. 180 5, A. 26
Point of Graves
Marker lost
Material :
Condition :
Shape :
Design :
Text :
Portsmouth , N.H.
Mrs , Alice Safford ,
consort of
Mr Thomas Sa{tord ,
died Jan , 14 , 1805 ,
AEtat 26 ,
Epitaph :
She died in faith believing she
was going to be with Christ ,
longing for glory & immortality ,
Forbear my friend to weep ,
Since death hath lost its sting ,
Those Christians , that in Jesus slee,
Our God will with him bring ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg , 18 ,
This marker was not found in 1984 ,
It could be one of the broken slate or illegible
marble ,
�Safford , John
D.
1827, A, 25
Marker lost
Material :
Condition :
Shape :
Design :
Text :
Po i nt of Gr aves
Portsmouth , N.H.
JOHN SAFFORD ,
departed this life
Oct . 29 , 1827 ,
Aged 25 years .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg . 18 ,
Thi s marker wa s not found in 1984. It could be a broken slate stub , ill egib l e marbl e ,
or sandstone s l ab mi ssing its name block ,
..
Safford , Mary
D, 1832 , A, 88
'·:,
Portsmouth , N,H.
Mat erial : marble
Condition : poor - a lmost completely i l legible
Shape :
Des i gn : ?
Text :
Point of Graves
BF - #48
Mrs . MARY SAFFORD ,
died
March 1, 1832 ,
aged 88 years .
Source : The New Hampshire Geneal ogi ca l Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 18 .
Only the age of 88 years can be read , Thus the i denti ty can be determi ned by
checki ng those notes of markers not yet l ocated ,
(Ident i ty L. H. Ta l lman , 1984) ,
Ma ppi ng 1979 by Bart C, Ferrell, UNH ,
( Marker ill egi bl e . )
�Safford, William
Portsmouth , N.H.
D. 1826 , A. 26
Point of GraveE
Re:-v..:, N, -tt l/. .
Material : ~ldtx::
Condition : 9:.c.c cC
Shape : see .-_J..:et~l\
Design : \,~ 'l UO IN C{ ~ r-n
~f" -
-ti
5 l
Mr . WILLIAM SAFFORD ,
Text :
departed this life
June 6 , 1826 ,
aged 26 years ,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg . 18 .
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,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
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Sargent , Sarah
D. 1771 , A, 74
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material : slate
Cond i tion : good
Shape : triple arches
Design : skull & crossbones
Text :
Here lies Interr ' d the Body of
Mrs SARAH SARGENT
who Departed thts Life
August 21s 1771 ,
AEtat 74 ,
In Honor of , & Filial Respect
& Affection to her Memory ,
this Stone is here Placed
by her Children ,
The Memory of the Just is Blessed .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol . I , pg . 15 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH .
Footstone of slate is snapped near ground level,
Stone Carver :
Point of Graves
�Shackford, Eleanor
d . 1804 , a . 90
Portsmo uth, N, H.
BF - #5
Marker : s l ate
Conditi on : poor - much of top broken,
otherwise cl ear ,
Shape , originally tripl e arches
Design : urn in ci rcle, also urn on f ootstone
Text :
Po i nt of GraveE'
At her own special reQuest
we here deposited the remains
of that respected character
Mrs . Eleanor Shackford
who lived to the age of 90 years .
She died on the 4tn of Feb , 1804 .
Footstone : high center arch :
Mrs E , Shackford
Read by L. H. Tallman , Apr . 4 , 1984 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
Shackford , John
D,
1738 , A. 60
Portsmouth , N.H.
Material : slate
Condition : poor - most of top broken off
Shape : originally triple arches
Des i gn :
?
Text :
Point of Grav
Row S , #J
~
B~ -1!
HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
Mr JOHN SHACKFORD
AGED 60 YEARS
DIED OCTr ye 3d
1738 ,
Source : The New Hampshi re Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol , I , pg . 19 ,
Identity , John was a blockmaker , and part owner of one of the Portsmouth wharfs ,
His will , written 1738 , names wi fe Sarah , and s i x children ,
(Gen , Diet . Me . & N.H. )
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Vi ewed by L. H, Tallman , Apr . 13 , 1984 ,
�Material : slate
Condition : fair - some cracking top layers
Shape : high center arch
Design I willow & urn
Text :
Portsmouth , N. H.
D. 1817 , A, 4½ mo .
D. 1825 , A. 26 mo ,
Shaw , Abraham
Shaw , Elizabeth
&
Point of Graves
chipped
IN
MEMORY OF
TWO INFANT CHILDREN
OF
WILLIAM & NANCY SHAW ,
ABRAHAM DIED MAY 4, 1817 ,
AGED 4½ MOs
ELIZABETH DIED MARCH 23
1825 , AGED 26 MOs .
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg . 16 .
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
.
';,
Shurburn , Agnis
D,
1726,
A,
33
Portsmouth , N.H .
Material : slate
Condition : fair - some chipping , mower scratches
Shape : triple arches
Design : primative death head
Text :
Point of Graves
Row S , #4
BF-1!_74:
HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
Mrs AGNIS SHURBURN
AGED 33 YEARS
DECd OCTr ye 10 th
1
7
2
6.
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg , 19 ,
Identity : She was a daughter of William & Sarah (Partridge)Hunking , m, 1692 , Her
marriage was July 25 , 1716 to Edward Sherburne . (Gen , Diet , Me ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Viewed by L,H, Tallman , Apr . 13 , 1984 ,
&
N.H . )
�Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N. H.
D. 1725, A. 13 mos ,
Simes , John
{\
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Material : slo:te
Condition: Dt'1';~ ;\cc-cl
Shape : ir.Ly\e.. .;:,--c.~,e?.,
Design : cleC\1.:~t heo...c\.
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BF- Y7
JOHN SIMES Ye
SON OF JOHN &
HANNAH SIMES
AGED 13 MONTH~
2 Ds ~Ecf AUG
ye 2
1725
Text :
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&
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol. I , pg , 16 ,
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Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Simpson , Susannah
D,
1739 ,
A,
72
Material :
Condition :
Shape :
Design :
Text :
Portsmouth , N,H,
Point of Graves
Marker lost
HERE LYES THE BODY OF
Mrs SUSANNAH SIMPSON
WIFE TO Mr THOMAS
SIMPSON AGED 72
YEARS DIED MARCH ye
12 th 1 7 3 9,
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol , I , pg , 20 ,
Identity : She was a daughter of Richard
to Thomas Simpson ,
This marker was not found in 1984 ,
&
Mary Seward , She was married Sept , 17 , 1718
(Gen , Diet . Me , & N. H. )
It could be one of the broken slate stubs ,
�D• t689, A• 40
Siveret , Phillip
Marker : slate
Condition : fairly good 1983 1 ,'.:J1~1J,
Shape : flat top
Design : trace of design in corners ,
(not visible in photo)
Text.:
Portsmouth , N.H .
Point of Graves
cl, 1 ,, \'\. Y\':i,
HERE LYETH BURIED ye
BODY OF Mr PHILLIP SIVERET
AGED 40 YEARS DECd
ye 20 OF MARCH 1689
Source : photo in Patch Collection , Strawbery Banke, This was taken by Caleb S, Gurney ,
and published 1902 in Portsmouth, Historic & PicturesQue , pg , 104 ,
Marker viewed Nov, 1983 by L,H, Tallman ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
Small , Joseph
D, 1720, A, 40th year
Marker : slate
Condition : good in 1900 ;{'i \ tee\.
Shape : triple arches
Design : Death Head
Point of Graves
Portsmouth , N.H .
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Cf-C'-•(\
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Text , read from photo :
Here Lyes the
Body of Mf
JOSEPH S~LLth
Dec4 Octo F 4 ·h
1720 in ye 40 t_
Year of His Age
Source : photo in Patch Collection , Strawbery Banke , This was taken by Caleb 8 , Gurney ,
and published 1902 in Portsmouth , Historic & ~ic~uresque , pg , 105,
~
was married 2nd
Identity: Joseph Small married Susannah Packer , After his death , she
(Gen , Diet , Me , & N . H.)
to Benjamin Rust ,
Marker was cut by Caleb Lamson of Charlestown , Mass ,, and signed "CL" .
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
�Swett , Alexander
d , 1715/16, a , 5 days
Portsmouth , N.H.
Point of Graves
Row J, #4
Marker : small slate
Condition : poor
most of top broken
Shape : originally triple arches
Design : ?
Text :
ALEXANDER
SON TO JOSEPH
& JANE SWE'IT
DECd MARCH ye
20 th 1715/16
(age 5 days)
- below ground , note from Locke , 1907,
Read by L.H. Tallman , Apr , 4 , 1984 ,
Part of date from "Cemetery Inscriptions " by Arthur H, Locke , 1907 ,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
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�Tarins, George
and Wife
d. 1798
Portsmouth, N,H.
Point of Graves
Lost before 1904
Notes, 18851
George Tarins and his wife, died Jan. 23, 1798,
Source1 The Daily Evening Times, Sept, 29, 1885.
�Portsmouth, N.H.
VAUGHAN Tomb
Point of Graves
The Tomb, 4'x4'x8' is comprised of granite sides with a marble slab top. BF_ # 8
There had been individual markers consolidated into the one unit in
the one unit in 1885, with the marble slab renewed in 1906.
Marble, reading first around the edge, and continuing in the center:
Here Lyeth the Body/ of Margaret the wife of William Vaughan and .Daughter/
of the late Richard/ Cutt Esq, who departed this life the 22 nd January A.D. 1690 /
Aged 40 years, / Also ye Body's of/ Mary wife of George/ Vaughan Esq, & Daut, /
of Andrew Belcher Esq,/ who Dec1 Febry 3rd / 1699 in ye 20 year of hef /
Age & ye Daut, at J Dayes / old & were interred together,
THIS TABIEI' RESTORED/ AND MONUMENT ERECTED/ 1885 / BY A DESCENDANT,
BROKEN TABIET REPIACED WITH/ ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION BY THE/ SOCIETY OF COIDNIAL
WARS IN/ THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE/ 1906 /
North face of granite:
VAUGHAN
(large letters)
South face granite:
In memoriam/ COL WILLIAM VAUGHAN/ SON OF GOV, GEORGE AND
ELIZABETH VAUGHAN/ BORN SEPT. 12, 1703 / GRADUATED AT HARVARD COLL, 1722 /
PROJECTED THE EXPEDITION AGAINST / IDUISBOURG 1745 AND SUCCESSFULLY IED THE
ASSAULTING COLUMN, / DIED IN IDNDON DEC, 1746
East face granite, left column:
WILLIAM VAUGHAN / EMIGRATED FROM ENGIAND ABOUT 166o / MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COUNCIL
FOR N.H. 168o - 1715 / MAJOR COMANDANT PROVINCIAL FORTS/ JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF
COMMON PIEAS 1680 - 1686 / CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT 1680 - 1686/
DIED 1719,
( George Vaughan - next card)
Point of Graves
VAUGHAN TOMB - continued
East face granite, right column:
GEORGE VAUGHAN
SON OF WM. AND MARGARET VAUGHAN
BORN APR. 10, 1676,
GRADUATED AT HARVARD COLL. 1696
JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PIEAS 1707-1715
LT. GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1715-1717
DIED DEC.
1724,
ELIZABETH, WIFE OF LT. GOV. GEORGE VAUGHAN
AND DAUGHTER OF ROBERT ELIOT,
DIED DEC, 7, 1750, AGED 68,
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH,
Copied by L.H. Tallman, May 1, 1984,
Review VAUGHAN names & datesi
Margaret, wife of William, d, 1690, a, 40.
Mary, wife of George, d, 1699, a, 20th year.
William, d, 1719
William, d, 1746
George, d, 1724
Elizabeth, wife of George, d. 1750, a, 68.
BF - #8
�Portsmouth, N. H.
D. 1744/5 , A, J8
Waterhouse , Samuel
D.
1736,
A.
29
Waterhouse, Elizabeth
Material : slate
Condition: fairly good - some chipping top
Shape : triple arches
Design : death head
Text:
Point of Graves
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
Mr SAMUEL WATERHOUSE
WHO DYED iANUARY
THE ls 1744/5
AGED J8 YEAR~
allso Mrs ELIZ h WATERHOUSE
the wife of Mr SAMUEL
WATERHOUSE Aged 29
Years Dyed 1736
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, 1904, Vol , I , pg . 14 .
Mapping done 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
Webber, Lyddia
D.
1721 ,
A,
69
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : double with arches
Design : death heads
Text :
(right half
of marker)
Point of Graves
Row R, #1
Here Lyes
ye Body of
Mrs Lyddia
Webber , Wife
to Mr Richard
Webber , Aged
69 Years ,
who Deed
April 30 th 1721.
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904 , Vol . I , pg , 17 ,
Identity : Lydia was daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Trickey , She married first
Edmund Green , and second Richard Webber .
(Gen , Diet . Me . & N. H. )
Marker was cut by Caleb Lamson of Charlestown , Mass , , and signed "CL" ,
Viewed by L. H. Tallman, Apr . 13 , 1984.
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
�Webber , Richard
D. 1720 , A, 82
Portsmouth, N.H .
Point of Graves
Row R, #1
Material : slate
Condition : good
Shape : double with arches
Design : death heads
Here Lyes
ye Body of
(left half Mr RICHARD
WEBBER ,
of marker)
Aged 82
Years Deed
May 25
1720 ,
Text :
th
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol. I , pg . 17 ,
Identity : Richard Webber was married by 1674 to Lydia (Trickey) Green ,
Marker was cut by Caleb Lamson of Charlestown , Mass ,(Gen , Diet , of Me , & N. H. )
Signed "CL" ,
Viewed by L. H. Tallman, Apr . 1J , 1984 .
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell , UNH ,
entworth , Mary
d , 184J, a ,
Portsmouth, N.H .
Point of Graves
Marker lost
rthur H, Locke , "Cemetery Inscriptions" , 1907 , includes this abstract :
Mary Wentworth , wife of Daniel , died 20 May 184J.
.dentity : Her maiden name was Mary Hardy ,
Daniel Wentworth , son of George ,
She was married 1J Oct , 1798 to
(Wentworth Genealogy)
'rom the four Wentworth names given by Locke , a first impression is that they are all
n the faint sandstone slab , With the date of 184J , she does not fit with the others
if this date is correct , With identity to back up the date, we must assume her marker
is pr obab l y an i l legi ble marble ,
�Wentworth , Samuel
Daniel
Hannah
11
II
d , 1690 , a , .50
Portsmouth , N. H.
d , 1690 , a , 22
d,
, a , 24th year
Point of Graves
BF - #9
Marker : sandstone slab
Condition : poor - almost illegible ,
·
heavily eroded ,
Shape : rectangular, horizontal
Design : none
Text :
SAMUELL WENTWORTH , SEN ,
Died March ye (25th) 1690 ,
in ye fiftieth year of his age,
'-
DANIEL WENTWORTH his son
died ye (Sth) of January
IN ye 22na YEAR (OF HIS AGE 1690/1
HANNAH WIFE TO
SAMUEL WENTWORTH JN , DIED
FEBRUARY ye 21 IN ye 24 YEAR OF HER AGE,
Identity : Samuel Senior was married 1664 to Mary Benning , She was married 2nd
to Richard Martyn , Son Daniel was born 21 Oct , 1669, and died 1690 , unmarried ,
Son Samuel Wentworth , Junior , was married first to Hannah (Bradstreet) Wiggin of
Exeter ,
(Wentworth Genealogy)
Mapping 1979 by Bart Ferrell, UNH ,
Arthur H, locke , 1907, showed •$r-.~
Winkley, El ,
Read April 1984 by L.H . Tallman,
er 2 for Samuel. Can be read as "SEN , "
!!ii, 11
D, 1723
Portsmouth , N. H.
Material :
Condition : poor - broken by 1904
Shape :
Design :
Text , partial :
Point of Graves
Marker lost
HERE
MI'S EL
WIFE
WINKLEY AGED
& 11 MONTHS DECE
APRIL ye 6th
1723
Source : The New Hampshire Genealogical Record , 1904, Vol . I , pg . 19 ,
Identity : Elizabeth (Hunking) Fernald was married Nov. 1712 to Capt . Samuel Winkley ,
(Gen , Diet . Me , & N. H, )
There were no remnants of this marcoknderi·tfioonun~ni~9014~4 , Re~!i~f~gp~~~~~;Yh!v!l;~~b:~I~arr ,
and was obviously poor
now been disposed of ,
�Portsmout~, N.H.
Point of Graves - Alphabetical Listing
Showing name , year of death , and map location
Allcock, Benjamin, 1720/1 ....... #63
Ayers, Allice, 1717/8 .••......•• #43
"
Elizabeth, 1821 •.....•..• #52
"
Hannah, 1718/9 .........•• #14 •
Sarah, 1827 •...........•• #50 ,
Baxter, John, 1697/8 ......... J..ost '
"
Rebecca, 1697/8 •...•• lost
Beck, Elizabeth, 1746 •..•.•••.•• #82
.Blagdon, Mary, 1735 •...........• #20
Blunt, Elizabeth, 1802 •.......•. #53
Briard, Elisha, 1718 ..........•• #10
Button , William, 1693 ..........• #16
Cameron, Mary, 1742 ••.........•• #3 •
Caria, Abigail, 1767 ........•••. #76
2lark, John, 1694 ...•.......... #112
Cochran, John, no date ••.•••.• lost
Collings, Thomas, 1729 .......... #24
Dennett , John, 1709 ............• #7
Drisco, Elizabeth, 1805 ....... lost
"
James, 1812 •.........• lost
Elatson , Elizabeth, 1704/5 ..•.•• #79
Fabins, George, 1692/3 .......•• lost
"
Elizabeth, 1698 ........ los t
Fellows, William, 1737 •....•••.• #58
Frost. Elizabeth', 1696 •......•• #73
Furber, Jethro, 1738 .......•..• #15
Gardner, Margaret, 1725 •....... #11
Gerrish, Mehitable, 1715 ...• #101
Grant, Hannah, 1769 •.......•••. #85
Griffith, Deborah, 1771 .....•.• #86
"
Moses, 1747 •.••.••••• #86 •
"
Nathaniel, 1771, ..... #86
Nathaniel, 1737 ...... #86 & #84
Mary, 1738, ......... ,#86 & #84
"
"
"
"
"
William, 1742 ........ #86
Miles W., 1759 ....... #88
, Samuel, 1759 ... .... .. # 88
Samuel , 1773, ........ # 87
"
Handesyde, Robbert, 1705 ....... #6o
Hart, Abigail, 173_, ........... #BJ
"
Mary, 1714 ............. ,.#17
Hoddy, John , 1684 ...........••. #81
Huntress, Anna, 1847 •.......... #66
"
Daniel Jr., 1807 •.... #8
"
Daniel, 1820 . ....... ,#61.4
Joshua Lang, 18o2 .... # 65
"
Ingraham, Mary, 1720 ••.......... #2
continued
Elizabeth, 1732,, .... ,lost
"
Point of Graves - Alphabetical Listing
Jackson, Daniel, 1738 ............ #68
John, 1690
I ■■
,#69
"
Mary, 1729 . ............ ,#77
"
• Mary f 1763
,#32
"
Samuel, 1732 ... ........ .#78
"
Thomas, 1833 . ........ lost
II
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I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
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Sarah, 1831, .... , .... lost.
Jaffrey, Anne, 1682 •........••••• #70
Jose, Richard, 1707, ....•.•••.•• #14
Keais, Mary, 1711. ...........•••• #81
Lang, Daniel, 1757 ............••• #44
Langdon, Joseph, 1749 •....••••••• #28
"
Mehi table, 1769 •..•...•. #31
"
Tobias, 1727/8 •...•••..• #27
Lear, Elizabeth, 1774 .•....•••.•• #45
''
Mary, 182 9 , ................ # 47
"
Tobias, 178 1 ............... #46
Libbey, John, 1785 •.....•....•••• #62
Lord, Elener, 1716 .••.....•.••.•• #4
Loud, Sarah, 1738 ••.....•.•..•••• #58A
Lovett, James, 1718 •...........•• #107
Macphaedris, Sarah , 1719 •....••.• #12
March, Mary, 17 59 ................ #92
Marshall, Nathaniel, 1812 •....• lost
"
Obadiah, 1746 .. ....... ,#1 3 •
Portsmouth, N.H,
Meserve, Ja.~e, 1747 •.....•...•.•. #98
Messer, Francis, 1692 ......••.••. #1
Moffatt, John, 1736 •..... . ....• lost
Moulton, John, 1719 •..•.•....•..• #36
"
Lucey, 1733 . .... , ...... . /12 6h
Nelson, Nathaniel, 1846 •.......• •#56
Nicholson, William, 1718 .....•• lost
Partridge, Nehemiah, 1709 ......•. #106
"
Willlam, 1718 •...•• • •• #106
Peirce, Elizabeth, 1717 ••.......• #94
"
Elizabeth, 1732 .. ....... . #104
Phipps, Thomas, 1712 •..........•• #90
Pike, Elizabeth, 1719/20 •......• #100
Plaisted, John, 1712 •........••• #102
Redford, Sarah, 1695 •..........•• #76
Rogers, Elizabeth, 1704 .......•.. #79
John, 1719. • • • • • • • • • • • • • .#80
Safford, Alice, 1805 •...•.....••• lost
"
John, 1827 •........•••.• lost
Mary 1832 • • • •
,#48
"
William, 1826 . ......... ,#51
Sargent , Sarah, 1771 •.......••..• #93
Shackford, Eleanor, 1804 •..•...•• #5
"
John, 1738 .......... , ,#71
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continued
�Point of Graves - Alphabetical Listing
Shaw, Abraham, 1817 •............. #108
Elizabeth, 1825 •........•.• #108
Shurburn, Agnis, 1726 .•.•.....•••• #74
Simes, John, 1725 •......••.. •• •••• #37
Simpson, Susannah, 1739 ...•...•.•• lost
Siveret, Phillip, 1689 •.•...•. , ••• #22
Small, Joseph, 1720 ••.... ••·••••••#21
Swett, Alexander, 1715/6 •........• #34
Vaughan, Margaret, 1690,., •....•••• #8
"
Mary, 1699 •...••• , , • ••• .•• #8
"
William, 1719 .. , ........ , .#8
"
William, 1746, ........... ,#8
"
"
George, 1724 ........... ,, ,#8
Elizabeth, 1750 ... , , .. , .. . #8
Waterhouse, Samuel, 1744/5 •...•••• #105
"
Elizabeth, 1736 ......• #105
Webber, Lyddia, 1721 •• , ...... ~ ••• ,#61
"
Richard, 1720 •.........••• #61
Wentworth, Mary, 1843 •.•.....•.•• lost
"
Samuel, 1690 •......••••• #9
"
Daniel, 1690 ........ , .. ,#9
Hannal1 • •.•••.••.•••• , •• ,#9
"
Winkley, Elizabeth 1 1723 ••....•..• lost
LOST MARKERS that had been
recorded in 18851
LOST MARKERS that had been
recorded in 1885:
Ayers, Edward, d. 1723, a. 65
Boyd, Andrew, d. 1797
Corcoran, John, d. 1736, a. 3
Libbey, Mary, d. 1705, a. 35
Loud, Eleanor, d. 1697
Tarins, George, d. 1798
and Wife
"
Portsmouth, N.H.
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Portsmouth Directory showing Sons & Daughters of Portsmouth.
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PORTSMOUI'H GRAVESTONE RECORDS
from the
Smaller Cemeteries
and
Family Graveyards
noted by
Louise H. Tallman
1995
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�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Listed under separate cover :
North Cemetery, Maplewood Avenue
Union Cemetery, Maplewood Avenue, next to North
South Street Complex1
Proprietors' Cemetery, South Street
&
Sagamore Avenue
Cotton Cemetery, South Street
Harmony Grove Cemetery, Sagamore Avenue
Sagamore Cemetery, Sagamore Avenue
Listing of smaller cemeteries and family graveyards1
Pt, Graves, Mechanic Street, oldest marked gravestones of N,H,
Pl, St, - Pleasant Street Cemetery
St, Johns, Chapel Street, St, Johns churchyard as well as notes
on memorial plaques within the church
Family Graveyards with marked stones1
Beck, Greenland Avenue
Hall, rear 280 South Street
Huntress, Echo Avenue
Lang, rear Lang Road
Langdon-1, Elwyn Road, at Urban Forestry Center
Langdon-2, Lafayette Road, rear of 271
Marden-1, off La£ayette Road, at Weatherstone Condominiums
Marden-2, Wallis Road, near 17, Maple Haven Development
Marden-3, Wallis Roadp between 12 and 14
Marden-4, off Lafayette Road, rear of Aamco Transmissions
Marston-1, off Suzanne Drive, era 58, Maple Haven
Marston-2, off Cutts Avenue
Moses, off Elwyn Road
~ Norton, off Lafayette Road, at Ralph's Truck Sales
Otis, Banfield Road
Perkins, rear Lang Road
Rand, off Lafayette Road at Colonial Appa.rtments
Sherburne, Islington Street, rear 1821
Whidden-1, west side of Lafayette Road
Whidden-2, east side of Lafayette Road
White, off Spinney Road
Other Cemeteries not covered1
St, Mary's, Greenland Road - see text by John Frost
Calvary Cemetery, Greenland Road - see Catholic Church office
Temple Israel Cemetery, Banfield Road - see Temple Israel office
For complete text and epitaphs of all gravestones before 1800, see
record cards on file at Portsmouth Athenaeum,
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Adams, Deborah
d.1755-5-13
20y
Pl. St.
Wife of Nathaniel Adams, part below ground
Adams, Nathaniel
b. 1756
d.1829
St. Johns
marble, long career te>:t.
d.1804-1-15
19y
Akerman, Mary
Pl. St.
Consort of Mark Akerman, slate, 1 ow, epitaph-4
Allcock, Benjamin
d.1720/1-2-28
3m 25d
Pt. Graves
Son of Joseph & Keturah Allcock, slate, death head
Ayers, Allice
d.1717/8-2-9
53y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Edward Ayers, slate, death head & hour glass
Ayers, Edward
d.1723-11-30
65y
Pt. Graves
Reported 1885, lost before 1904
Ayers, Elizabeth
d.1821-1-29
Bly
Pt. Graves
slate, willow & urn
Ayers, Hannah
d.1718/9-1-12
54y
Pt. Graves
double slate, death head, other half Richard Jose
Ayers, Sarah
d.1827-1-12
66y
Pt. Graves
slate, willow & urn, piece broken out at side
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Babb, Elizabeth N.
d.1807-9-10
18y
Pl. St.
Eldest dau. Benjamin & Abigail Babb, slate, urn, epitaph-4
d.1834-1-15
70y
Barrell, Ann L.
Pl. St.
"Miss", marble barely legible
Barrell, Annah
d.1764-3-4
25y
Pl. St.
First wife Colborn Barrell, part marble word block lost
Barrell, Colborn
d.1802-9-23
67y
Pl. St.
Died in London, table tomb, part wording lost
d.1763-3-4
Barrell, Jeremiah
Pl. St.
slate, cher-ub
19y
Bar-tlon, John
d.1746-11-1
63y
St. Johns
slate, death head, most below ground, recor-ded 1985
d.1697-2-15
ly
Bal•:ter, John
Noted 1907, not found 1984
Pt. Graves
Baxter, Rebecca
d.1697/8-2-21
3m
Pt. Graves
Noted 1907, not found 1984
Bean, Reuel Henry
d.1840-9-22
4y 6m
Whidden-1
Son Reuel J. & Sarah L. Bean, died Milton, Mass., ep-4
d.1882-10-9
Beck, Abigail
marker missing
Beck
Beck, Eliza L.
Beck
"Miss"
d.1882-10-9
75y
75y
Beck, Elizabeth
d.1746-7-7
62y
Pt. Graves
Inscr-ibed fieldstone
Beck, Ellen A.
d.1848-1-24
19y
Beck
Dau. of William & Lydia Beck
Beck, George F.
d.1847-1-18 (or 1848-1-13)
4y
Beck
Son William & Lydia Beck, date illegible
Beck, Hannah
Beck
d.1862-4-16
69y
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Beck, Lydia
d.1844-7-8
44y
Beck
Wife of William Beck
Beck, Mary F.
d.1836-10-9
17d
Beck
Dau. of William & Lydia Beck
d.1835-4-13
3y
Beck, Mary Tabor
Dau. William & Lydia Beck, almost illegible
Beck
76y
d. 1848-10·-6
Beck, Sally B.
Beck
Wife of ,John Beck
Beck, Sarah
Beck
Beck, William
Beck
d.1851-9-13
d.1878-6-8
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BOy
Blagdon, Mary
d.1735-12-11
75y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Dr. Samuel Blagdon, slate, death head
Blunt, Elizabeth
d.1802-2-12
32y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Capt. Robert Blunt, epitaph-3
Blunt, Hannah
d.1803
72y
Pl. St.
Wife of John Blunt, headstone removed, footstone left
Blunt, John
d.1798
64y
Pl. St.
headstone removed to New Castle, footstone left
Boyd, Andrew
d.1797-5-8
Pt. Graves
Son James & Margaret Boyd, reported 1885, not found 1984
d.1736-9
Bradford, Dorcas
St. Johns
Dau. of John 8,: Dorcas Bradford, slate, death head
d.1769-6-27
74y
Bradford, Dorcas
Wife o·f John Bradford, slate, death head
St. Johns
Bradford, John
d.1745-2-11
57y
St. Johns
slate, low, death head,
with wife & daughters
Bradford, Mary
d.1736-9
St. Johns
Dau. of John & Dorcas Bradford, slate, death head
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Bradford, Robert Forbes
d.1892-1-9
55y
St. Johns
"Capt.
memorial plaque, long te>:t
11
,
Briard, Elisha
d.1718-5-27
57th yr.
Pt. Graves
slate, crude round face
Brown, John
d.1772-3-3
48y
Pl. St.
slate, death head, epitaph-4
Brown, Mary
d.1812-2-19
82y
Pl. St.
Wife Capt. John Brown, slate, willow & urn, epitaph-8
Browne, Arthur
St. Johns
Memorial plaque, served parish 1736-1773, long text
Browne, Mary Coxe
St. Johns
Wife of Rev. Arthur Browne, memorial plaque, long text
Button, William
d.1693-10-19
37y
Pt. Graves
of Jersey, fine slate carving, expert repair
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Cameron, Mary
d.1742-3-13
33y
Pt. Graves
Wife of William Cameron, slate, death head,
low
Caria, Abigail
d.1767-9-17
41st yr.
Pt. Graves
Wife of William Caria, slate, death head, bones
Clark, Elizabeth
d.1798-12-12
16y
St. Johns
Dau. of Jonathan Clark, slate, urn, epitaph-4
Clark, John
Pt. Graves
d.1694-4-29
29y
slate, death head (Son of Edward Clark)
Clarkson, Benjamin N.
d.1811-9-15
14y
St. Johns
Son C.c1pt. Hugh & Martha Clarkson, slate,
epitaph-L!
Cochran, Frances Sarah Ann
d.1803-5-28
14d
St. Johns
slate, willow & urn, with sister Sarah
Cochran, Sarah
d.1811-8-1
St. Johns
slate, willow & urn, with sister
Collings, Thomas
d.1729-2-1
16y
Pt. Graves
Son of John & Sarah Collings
Corcoran, John
d.1736-8-9
3y
Pt. Graves
Son John & Isabel Corcoran (or Cochran)
lost
Coues, Charlotte
d.1809-2-9
22y
Pl. St.
Dau. of Capt. Peter Coues, slate, draped urn
Coues, Maria
d.1797-9-13
9y
Pl. St.
Dau. Peter & Rebecca Coues, slate, epitaph-8
Coues, Peter
d.1818-11-29
Pl. St.
slate, urn
86y
Coues, Rebecca
d.1799-2-22
37y
Pl. St.
Wife Capt. Peter Coues, marble almost illegible
Crewe, John A. W.
b.1910
d.1977
St. Johns
granite ground-level plaque
Cullings, Christopher
d.1873-3-20
35y
St. Johns
rough slate, winged cherub
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Daniel, Thomas
d.1683-11-13
49y
Pt. Graves
Recorded 1714 by Judge Sewall, mention 1856, lost by 1904
Davenport, Elizabeth
d.1801-2-3
54y
St. Johns
Wife John Davenport, slate, low, cherub, epitaph-4
Davenport, John
d.1842-3-28
90y
St. Johns
marble, Master St. John's Lodge 1815-1816
Davenport, Sarah
d.1843-3-12
Bly
St. Johns
Wife John Davenport, marble, eroded, broken
Dearing, Elihu
d.1769-7-16
Pl. St.
slate, death head
23rd yr.
Dennet, Harriet
d.1850-4-2
29y
Beck
Wife James Dennet, broken, parts lost
Dennett, John
d.1709-5-5
63y
Pt. Graves
sandstone, only "DENNETT" legible 1984, noted 1907
Dorr, Celia M.
b.1847-3-30
d.1941-2-3
Marden-2
Noted by John Frost, not found 1983
Dorr, Charlotte A.
d.1893-5-10
75y 6m
Marden-2
Wife Joseph A. Dorr, "Mother" raised letters chipped off
Dorr, Florentine
d.1876-6-26
26y
Marden-2
top part of marker on ground
Dorr, Oscar L.
b.1855-7-20
Marden-2
top part on ground
d.1944-2-12
Dorr, Raymond
d.1893-6-23
7y Bm
Marden-2
Son Norman L. Dorr, raised letters of name chipped off
Dorr, Stanley L.
d.1888-6-9
7m
Marden-2
Son Norman L. & Josie R. Dorr, raised letters chipped off
Drisco, Elizabeth
d.1805-8-25
54y
Pt. Graves
Wife Capt. James Drisco, recorded 1904, not found, ep-5
Drisco, James
d.1812-3-19
62y
Pt. Graves
Recorded 1904, not found 1984, epitaph-4
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Drown, Fanny
d.1811-5-14
26
St. Johns
Dau. Benjamin & Frances Drown, slate, epitaph-2
Drown, Mary W.
d.1871-3-1
82y Bm
St. Johns
Dau. Benjamin & Frances Drown, eroded marble
75y
Drowne, Frances
d.1833-6-12
St. Johns
slate, willow & urn (Wife of Benjamin Drowne)
Dunn, Frederick D.
b.1932
d.1961
St. Johns
granite ground level plaque
Dunn, Robert Hayes
b.1896
d.1960
St. Johns
Granite cross, Rector St. John's Church 1842-1960
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Elatson, Elizabeth
d.1704/5-1
45y
Pt. Graves
double slate, death heads, with Elizabeth Rogers
Elwyn, John Langdon
b.1801 - 2-1
Langdon-!
Granite monument
d.1876-1-30
Elwyn, Thomas Langdon
d.1816-3-22
40y
St. Johns
memorial plaque, long wording
Evans, John
d.1791-12-14
54y
Pl. St.
slate, cherub, epitaph-2
Evans, Mary
d.1801-5
27y
Pl. St.
Eldest dau. John Evans,
illegible marble, date read 1907
Evans, Susanna
d.1801
26y
Pl. St.
Illegible marble, date read 1907
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Fabins, Elizabeth
(d.1698-1-23)
Pt. Graves
marker lost, (Wife of George Fabins)
Fabins, George
d.1692/3
Pt. Graves
marker lost
Fall, Thomas John
b.1803-3-20
d.1825-12-6
Hall
Son of Thomas & Nancy Fall, slate, epitaph-4
Fellows, Elizabeth
d.1732-10-3
61y
Pt. Graves
Wife William Fellows, noted 1907, not found 1984
Fellows, William
d.1737-4-12
71st yr.
Pt. Graves
"Capt.", slate, death head
d.1815-11-10
46y
Fernald, Beulah Nichols
Wife
of
Daniel
Fernald
,
epitaph-4
Pl. St.
Folsom, Hannah Sheafe
d.1881-5-13
78y
St. Johns
Wife of Nathaniel Rindge Folsom
Folsom, Nathaniel Rindge
d.1859-5-5
68y
St. Johns
Son william noted same stone
Folsom, Sally Boardman
d.1811-9-8
11w
St. Johns
Dau. of Nathan & Sally Folsom, eroded marble,
low
Folsom, Thomas
d.1814-8-2
24d
St. Johns
Son of Nathaniel & Sally Folsom, eroded marble, data 1907
Folsom, William
d.1817-5-25
St. Johns
Son of Nathaniel & Sally Folsom, eroded marble, data 1907
Folsom, William N.
d.1878-8-9
St. Johns
Died in Chefoo, China, son of Nathaniel Rindge Folsom
Frost, Elizabeth
d.1696-5-21
14th yr.
Pt. Graves
double slate, death head, with Sarah Redford
Furber, Jethro
d.1738-4-9
Pt. Graves
"Capt."
56th yr.
I 'i 3 l{ ,
Furniss, Margret
d. _!Jl-5'4-5-26
92y
St. Johns
Relict of Robert Furniss, Esq.
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Furniss, Robert
d.1800-7-1
68y
St. Johns
granite monument with iron fencing
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Gardner, Elizabeth
d.1794-4-10
74y
St . Johns
Consort of John Gardner , slate, low, willow & urn
60y
Gardner, Elizabeth
d.1818-7-12
St. Johns
Wife William Gardner, slate, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Gardner, John
d.1797-1-7
82y
St. Johns
slate, willow & urn
d.1723-1-22
10m 11d
Gardner, Margaret
Pt. Graves
Dau. David & Margaret Gardner, cut by CL, Caleb Lamson
Gardner, Sarah
d.1841-8-13
72y
St. Johns
Wife William Gardner, marble, epitaph-7
Gardner, Sarah
d.1782 - 12-29
28y
St. Johns
Consort of William Gardner, slate, death head
Gardner, William
d.1834-4-29
83y
St. Johns
eroded marble & memorial plaque
Gerrish, Mehitable
d.1715-1-3
21y
Pt . Graves
Wife of Benjamin Gerrish, slate, death head
Grant, Hannah
d.1769-9-18
38y
Pt. Graves
Wife Capt. John Grant, slate, death head, epitaph-4
Griffeth, Miles Ward
d.1759-4-25
2y 3m 1d
Pt. Graves
Son of Samuel & Abigail Griffeth, slate, death head
Griffeth, Samuel
d.1759-4-21
3y 10m 21d
Pt. Graves
Son of Samuel & Abigail Griffeth, slate, death head
Griffith, Deborah
d.1771-3-20
65y
Pt. Graves
Wife of John Griffith, slate , broken
Griffith, Mary
d.1738-10-18
21d
Pt. Graves
Infant dau. of John & Deborah Griffith, broken slate
Griffith, Moses
d.1747
20y
Pt. Graves
Son of John & Deborah Griffith, broken slate
Griffith, Nathaniel
d.1737-8
21d
Pt. Graves
Infant son of John & Deborah Griffith, broken slate
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Griffith, Nathaniel
d.1771-2-26
31y
Pt. Graves
Son of John & Deborah Griffith, broken slate
Griffith, Samuel
d.1773-12-11
44y
Pt. Graves
"Esq.", slate, death head
Griffith, Samuel
d.1773-12-11
44y
Pt. Graves
"Esq.", slate, death head
Griffith, William
d.1742
Pt. Graves
Infant son of John & Deborah Griffith, broken slate
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Hall, Abby
d.1840-1-30
32y
Hall
Died at New York, marker not found
Hall, Abigail
d.1822-6-6
66y
Hall
Consort of Stacy Hall, epitaph-4, slate. willow & urn
d.1817-3-26
17m
Hall, Alexander
Hall
Son of Samuel & Lucy Hall, repaired
d.1820-5-6
6m
Hall, Barnabas Y.
Son of John & Nancy Hall, slate, epitaph-4
Hall
Hall, Charles
d.1829-8-7
18y
Hall
Hall,f Stacy & Sarah Hall, broken,
a
low, epitaph-8
Hall, Charles Carroll
b.1830-9-18
d.1909-7-2
St. Johns
Granite Celtic cross, Warden St. John's 1900-1909
Hall, Elijah
d.1830-6-22
84y
St. Johns
memorial plaque, officer of the Ranger, long wording
Hall, Evalina
d.1806-7-4
12m
Hall
Dau. Samuel & Lucy Hall, partial repair
Hall, Henry
d.1821-7-12
2y 5m
Son of Samuel & Lucy Hall, broken, top part lost
Hall
Hall, John
Hall
d.1848-11-23
62y
Hall, Joseph
d.1818-11-19
31y
Hall
Son of Stacy & Abigail Hall, marker lost
Hall, Lucy
d.1834-8-19
Hall
broken marble
30y
Hall, Lucy S.
d.1809-10-6
16m
Hall
Dau. of Samuel & Lucy Hall, shattered slate
Hall, Margaret
d.1803-6-6
73y
Hall
Consort of Capt. Samuel Hall, slate, sunburst, broken
Hall, Mary Ann F.
d.1864-4-19
Hall
On ground, face up
53y
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Hall, Nancy
d.1844-9-3
78y
Hall
Widow of Stacy Hall, eroded
Hall, Nancy
d.1859-4-1
73y
Hall
Widow of John Hall, eroded
d.1806-6-20
76y
Hall, Samuel
"Capt.", shattered slate, parts last
Hall
49y
d.1827-7-21
Hall, Sarah
epitaph-4,
Wife of Stacy Hall,
broken, low
Hall
39y
d.1844-7-7
Hall, Sarah A.
g,:
Hall
Dau. of Stacy
Sarah Hall
Hall, Stacy
d.1830-7-8
76y
Hall
Slate, long diagonal break, epitaph-6
Hall, Stacy
d.1853-10-8
76y
Hall
Died in Boston, broken marble
Hall, William
d.1820-12-20
35y
Hall
Son of Stacy & Abigail Hall, slate, repaired
Ham, Abigail
d.1828-3-8
60y
St. Johns
Relict of Samuel Ham
Ham, Benjamin D.
Whidden-1
d.1901-10-19
62y 6m
Ham, Elizabeth
d.1790-3-20
19y
Pl. St.
Dau. of Capt. Ephraim & Mary Ham
Ham, Ephraim
d.1798-11-12
69y
Pl. St.
"Capt.",slate, urn in wreath, epitaph-2
Ham, Helen W.
d.1912-1-24
74y 9m
Whidden-1
Wife of Benjamin D. Ham
d.1777-2-11
41y
Ham, Mary
Consort of Capt. Ephraim Ham, slate, death head
Pl. St.
Ham, SamLtel
d.1813-5-14
43y
Date 1907 by Locke, had name as Hall in error
St. Johns
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
d.1836-2-8
47y
Ham, Susan
Widow of Robert Ham
Beck
d.1705-7-23
Handesyde, Robert
Pt. Graves
slate, death head
Hardy, Ann
St. Johns
28y
b.1810-11-21
d.1833-4-30
Dau. Charles & Mary Hardy, date read 1907, now illegible
Hardy, Charles
d.1842-11-14
63y
St. Johns
Date read 1907, now illegible
Hardy, Charles Crosby
d.1825-2-3, at sea
St. Johns
Son Charles & Mary Hardy, date read 1907, now illegible
Hardy, Frances S.A.
d.1803-5-28
14d
St. Johns
Dau. Charles & Mary Hardy, date read 1907, now illegible
Hardy, John Atkinson
b.1801-6-7
d.1831-3-25
St. Johns
Son Charles & Mary Hardy, date read 1907, now illegible
Hardy, Sarah C.
d.1811-8-1
21m
St. Johns
Dau. Charles & Mary Hardy, date read 1907, now illegible
Hardy, Thomas S.
b.1808-2-19
d.1833-11-2
St. Johns
Son Charles & Mary Hardy, date read 1907, now illegible
Hardy, William
b.1810-11-21
d.1829-11-12
St. Johns
Son Charles & Mary Hardy, date read 1907, now illegible
Harris, James Louis
b.1842
d.1906
St. Johns
memorial plaque, long text, officer in the Civil War
Hart, Abigail
d.173
31st yr.
Pt. Graves
Slate, parts lost
Hart, Mary
Pt. Graves
d.1714-6-23
38y
Wife of Capt. Samuel Hart, slate, low, broken
Haven, Louisa Sheafe
d.1828-1-31
24y
St. Johns
Wife Alfred W. Haven, dau. James & Sarah Sheafe, memorial
Hawkesworth, Ellen
b.1840
d.1920
St. Johns
Wendell memorial plaque
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
d.1783-9 - 19
14y
Hickey, Elizabeth
St. Johns
slate, cherub, epitaph-7
Hoddy, John
Pt. Graves
d.1684-7-17
36y
slate, broken, with Mary Keais (wife)
Hodgins, W. Charles
b.1903
d.1982
St. Johns
granite ground level plaque
Hoit, Elizabeth
d.1820-5-25
Beck
"Mrs.", epitaph-4
28y
HooJ_:: er , Elizabeth
d . 1799-4-=-1-3- -2 5-¥- Relict of Capt. Michael Hooker, slate, draped urn
Pl. St.
Horney, Ann
d.1820-1-17
St. Johns
slate, willow
&
23y
urn
Horney, Gilbert
d.1802-9-11
52y
St. Johns
slate, willow & urn
Hovey, Charles Emerson
b.1885-1-10
d.1911-9-24
St. Johns
Son Rev. Henry & Louise Hovey, memorial plaque
Hovey, Henry Emerson
b.1844
d.1909
St. Johns
granite monument, rector 26 years, text noted
Hovey, Louise Folsom
d.1927-6-29
St. Johns
Wife Rev. Henry Emerson Hovey, dau. C. & S. Folsom
Huntress, Anna
d.1847-4-17
98y
Pt. Graves
Wife Capt. Joshua L. Huntress, slate, epitaph-3
5m
d.1836-9-1
Huntress, Charles A.
Son
John
&
Deborah
Huntress,
Huntress
epitaph-4
Huntress, Daniel
d.1820-5-5
65y
Pt. Gr-aves
"Capt.
"A Worthy Honest Man",
11
-
illegible marble
Huntress, Daniel Jr-.
d.1807-8=26
24y
Pt. Gr-aves
slate, willow & ur-n, epitaph - 4
d.1891-4-19
Huntress, Deborah Chesley
Wife of John Huntr-ess
Huntr-ess
96y 9m
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Huntress, George Henry
d.1829-4-19
8m
Huntress
Son John & Deborah Huntress, slate, epitaph-4
Huntress, John
Huntress
d.1854-7-14
55y
d.1829-2-1O
8w
Huntress, Joseph Henry
Son of Joseph & Sally Huntress, slate, willow & urn
Huntress
Huntress, Joshua Lang
d.18O2-12-21
5Oy
Pt. Graves
slate, willow & urn, epitaph-2
Huntress, Temperance
d.1841-12-5
77y
Huntress
Widow of Mark Huntress, slate, willow & urn
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Ingraham, Mary
d.1720-12-5
41st yr.
Pt. Graves
Wife of Moses Ingraham, slate, death head
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Jackson, Daniel
d.1738-11-27
13y 7m
Pt. Graves
Son of Daniel & Joanna Jackson, slate, death head
Jackson, John
d.1690/1-1-26
Pt. Graves
slate, cherubs
33y
Jackson, Mary
d.1729-8-9
ly 3m
Pt. Graves
Dau. Samuel & Elizabeth Jackson, slate, death head
Jackson, Mary
d.1763-6-15
90th yr.
Pt. Graves
Widow of Joseph Jackson, slate, death head
Jackson, Samuel
d.1732-4-13
Pt. Graves
slate, death head
53y
Jackson, Sarah
d.1831-6-16
68y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Thomas Jackson, noted 1907, lost by 1984
Jackson, Thomas
d.1833-1-29
68y
Pt. Graves
Noted 1907, lost by 1984
Jaffrey, Anne
d.1682-12-6
18y
Pt. Graves
Wife George Jaffrey; death head; oldest dated NH gravesto
ne
Jaffrey, George
d.1801-12-26
St. Johns
wall plaque noting family tomb
Janverin, George
d.1831-2-11
58y
Hall
"Capt.", slate, willow~< urn, epitaph-4
d.1809-8-30
35y
Janverin, Hannah
Wife Capt. George Janverin, slate, willow & urn, epitaph-4
Pl. St.
Janvrin, Nancy
d.1855-10-29
90y
Hall
Wife of Capt. George Janvrin
Jenkins, Harriet Ann Langdon
d.1877-2-19
49y Sm 11d
Langdon-2
Wife Mark L. Jenkins, dau. Samuel & Hannah Langdon
d.1807-2-1
54y
Jenkins, Samuel
"Capt.", slate, v,illow ~< urn, epitaph-4
Pl. St.
d.1816
11y
Jones, Augustus
Son of James & Mary H. Jones
Hall
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
d.1820-6-19
Jones, James
Hall
Died at sea
d.1843-6-14
Jones, Joshua
Hall
marble, epitaph-4
42y
71y
22y 6m
d.1829-1-20
Jones, Leonard
Hall
Son of Joshua ~< Sally Jones, died at sea
Jones, Lucy Hall
d.1825-5-4
25y
Hall
Dau. Joshua & Sally Jones, slate, epitaph-4
d.1818-10-15
Jones, Mary H.
Wife of James Jones
Hall
39y
Jones, Nathaniel
b.1803-12-21
Hall
Died at New Orleans
d.1829-1-18
Jones, Sally
Hall
Wife of Joshua Jones
Jones, Thomas
Hall
b. 1811-8-16
d.1825
84y
d.1865-8-11
Jose, Richard
d.1707-9-23
43y
Pt. Graves
Double slate with wife Hannah Ayers, death heads
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Keais, Mary
Pt. Graves
d.1711-8-17
58y
Her first m. to John Hoddy, 2nd m. Samuel Keais
78y
Kirby, Cornelius Johns
d.1819-2-22
St. Johns
Native of London, slate, willow & urn
Klyge, Ethelreda D. Hovey
b.1880-10-18
d.1917-2-21
St. Johns
Wife of Lt. Scudder Klyge, U.S.N.
Klyge, Stephen Downing
b.1909-12-12
d.1966-4-13
St. Johns
Son of Lt. Scudder & Ethelreda Klyge
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
d.19O3-3-3
67y lm
Lancaster-, Har-r-iet W.
Whidden-1
Wife of William D. Lancasterd.1888-11-1
Lang, Aar-on
Lang
Lang, Daniel
Pt. Gr-aves
11
d.1757-7-36
36th yr-.
Capt.
slate, death head
11
,
d.1855-3-29
Lang, Hannah
Lang
Widow of Mar-k Lang
Lang, John
Lang
75y
d.1833-8-27
83y
24y
d.1845-8-3
75y
Lang, Mar-k
Lang
T.K. Dar-t (cutter-), br-oken,
Lang, Sar-ah A.
Lang
d.1879-1-9
Langdon, Bessie E.
Langdon-2
almost illegible
73y
b.1881-6-1
d.1881-9-16
Langdon, Elizabeth Elwyn
b.1871-8-1
Langdon-1
Wife of Woodbur-y Langdon
d.1945-8-22
Langdon, Elizabeth Sherbur-ne
Langdon-!
On mar-ble stone with Tobias, no dates for- herLangdon, Flor-ence E.
b.1848-12-21
Langdon-2
Wife of Samuel Langdon
d.1937-5-23
Langdon, Hannah
b.18O5-3-16
d.1839-12-15
Langdon-2
Wife Samuel Langdon, dau. Rev. Joseph Langdon, epitaph-4
Langdon, Hattie A.
Langdon-2
Langdon, Ida F.
Langdon-2
b.1878-8-8
b.188O
d.1878-9-16
d.1963
Langdon, John
d.186O-9-22
27y 9m 25d
Langdon-2
Son Samuel & Hannah Langdon, last wor-ds pr-ose & ver-se
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Langdon, John
d.1780-2-27
Langdon-!
slate, no design
73y
Langdon, John
b.1741-6-25
d.1819-9-18
St. Johns
Governor of N.H., memorial plaque, long wording
Langdon, Joseph
d.1821-7-27
66y
Whidden-2
"Rev.", served Newington, notes in text
Langdon, Joseph
(d.1749-10-30)
25y
Pt. Graves
Broken slate, part lost
Langdon, Joseph
d.1838-3-10
4y
Langdon-2
Second son of Samuel L Hannah Langdon
Langdon, Lydia
d.1840-5-21
62y
Langdan-2
Relict of Lieut Col. Samuel Langdon, epitaph-8
Langdon, Mary
d.1789-4-11
72y
Langdon-1
Wife of John Langdon, slate, winged cherub, epitaph-3
Langdon, Mehitable
d.1769-10-7
63y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Deacon Mark Langdon, slate, death head
Langdon, Patience
d.1846-4-8
88y
Whidden-2
Widow of Rev. Joseph Langdon, epitaph-2
Langdon, Sadie
Langdon-2
b.1882-11-8
Langdon, Samuel
b.1811-5-13
Langdon-2
"Esq.", epitaph-6
d.1886-9-9
d.1881-11-27
Langdon, Samuel
b.1838-8-17
d.1913-10-31
Langdon-2
Son of Samuel & Hannah Langdon, epitaph-2
Langdon, Samuel
Langdon-2
b. 1881
d.1959
Langdon, Samuel
d.1834-7-5
Bly 26y
Langdon-2
"Lieut Col.", long te>:t
Langdon, Tobias
d.1728/9-8-28
2y 8m
Pt. Graves
Son of Mark & Mehitable Langdon, slate, death head
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Langdon, Tobias
d.1664
Langdon-1
marble memorial or replacement
Langdon, Tobias
d.1724/5-2-20
Langdon-1
"Capt."
Langdon, William
d.1871-8-19
Langdon-2
marker on ground
64y
53y 6m
Larkin, Edwin G.
d.1839-6-15
32y
St. Johns
Notes on memorial plaque, died at Macao
d.1829-5-17
19y
Larkin, Joshua Wentworth
St. Johns
Died on ship, son Samuel Larkin, long memorial wording
Lear, Elizabeth
d.1774-7-21
58y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Tobias Lear, quartzite, cherub
Lear, Mary
Pt. Graves
d.1829-11-24
90y
Widow Capt. Tobias Lear, eroded marble, epitaph-8
45y
Lear, Tobias
d.1781-11-6
Pt. Graves
"Capt.", slate, skul 1 8,. bones,
epitaph-3
LeBlanc, John F.
d.1807-10-2
46y
Sherburne
Native of Grenoble, France, slate, rising sun
d.1785-3-28
4th yr.
Libbey, John
Pt. Graves
Son of John & Mary Libbey, slate, cherub
Libbey, Mary
d.1705-7-21
35y
Pt. Graves
Wife John Libbey, noted 1885,
lost befor-e 1904
Laid, Elener
Pt. Graves
d.1697-4-23
(Wife Allen Lyde or Lloyd), dug for date, name r-echecked
Loud, Sarah
Pt. Graves
d.1738-8-25
27y
Wife of John Loud, slate, r-ound death head
Lovett, James
d.1718-4-65
65y
Pt. Graves
slate, ancient style death head
Low, Franklin
d.1790-9-14
Bm
Pl. St.
Son Capt. Elisha Low, slate,
low, cher-ub, epitaph-4
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
,--
Low, Thomas Janverin
d.1796-6-2
ly
Pl. St.
Son of Richard & Mary Low, slate, cherub
Lowe, Charles
d.1818-3-13
22y
Pl. St.
slate, low, willow ~( urn, epitaph-8
Lowe, Elisha
d.1797-4-3
9y
Pl. St.
Son of Richard & Mary Lowe, slate, urn
Lowe, Eliza
d.1799-1O-27
2y
Pl. St.
Dau. Richard & Mary Lowe, broken slate, most parts lost
Lowe, Elizabeth
d.1817-1-29
49y
Pl. St.
Conso~t Elisha Lowe, slate, willow
&
urn, epitaph-4
Lowe, George
d.1816-12-17
27y
Pl. St.
"Capt.", slate, willow g< urn, repaired, epitaph-4
Lowe, Olive
d.1797-3-25
4y
Pl. St.
Dau. of Richard g( Mary Lowe, slate,
Lowther, G. Howard
d.1883-8-6
3m
Rand
Son G.W. & C. Lowther, noted by Frost, not found 1982
Lyde, Nathaniel
d.1828-7-7
45y
St. Johns
Purser, US Navy, with Parrott memorial notes
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Macphaedris, Sarah
d.1719-4-11
2m 3w
Pt. Graves
Dau. Capt. Archibald & Sarah Macphaedris, slate, death hd
Manning, Margaret
d.1830-7-9
65y
St. Johns
Relict of Thomas Manning,
Manning,
Pl.
St.
Mary
d.177~-10-22
Wife Thomas Manning,
marble slab, dates read 1907
56th yr.
slate, grim reaper, repaired, epitaph-4
Manning, Thomas
d.1819-3-24
70y
St. Johns
Marble slab, broken, parts illegible
March, Mary
Pt. Graves
d.1759-4-7
80y
Relict of Dr. Clement March, slate, skull & crossbones
Marden, Francis
d.1841-1-13
Marden-4
"Capt ."
77y
Marden, Hannah
d.1892-3-13
88y
Marden-1
Wife of Simon Marden
Marden, Israel
d.1865-6-11
76y
Marden-3
Noted 1938, not found 1983
Ma1··den, .:.1 ohn
Matrd<~n-·-4
d.1843-6-2
Marden, Joseph P.
Marden-l.
63y
d.1891-7-15
70y 10m
Marden, Kate Main
d.1866-9-4
2y 4m 21d
Marden-1
Dau. of Joseph P. & Emily B. Marden, epitaph-4
Marden, Mary
d.1760-3
Marden-4
Consort of Thomas Marden,
eroded, crude
Marden, Mary Ann
d.1855-5-19
57y
Marden-2
Wife of Thomas Marden, letters chipped, epitaph illegible
26y 6m
Mard<~n, ~~ancy L.
d.1856-12-28
Marden-3
Wife of Benjamin Marden, epitaph-4
Marden, Sarah
d.1832-2-2
71y
Marden-4
Wife of Capt. Francis Marden
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Marden, Simon
Marden-4
d.1841-3-8
54y
(51y 9m)
Marden, Simon
(d.1869-2-12)
Marden-1
Broken marble, top lost, footstone: S.M.
Marden, Thomas
d.1866-8-25
74y
Marden-2
Noted 1938, not found 1983
Marsh, Matthew Sheafe
d.1814-6-2
St. Johns
Memorial plaque
Marshall, Anna
d.1789-6-13
Hall
Wife of John Marshall
41y
35th yr.
Marshall, Catherine
d.1801-4-6
15y 7m
Hall
Dau. of John & Anna Marshall
Marshall, Elizabeth
d.1826-10-31
63y
Hall
Wife of John Marshall, slate, broken, epitaph-4
Marshall, John
d.1831-10-29
Hall
slate, willow & urn
82y
Marshall, Nathaniel
d.1812-3-22
68y
Pt. Graves
Noted 1904, not found 1984
Marshall, Obadiah
Pt. Graves
slate,
d.1746-9-12
round face
Marston, Caroline A.
d.1921-3-9
81y
Marston-1
Widow of Alphonso Marston
Marston, David
d.1839-12-8
53y
Marston - 2
marble, eroded, epitaph-5
Marston, Louise H.
Marston-1
b.1867-10-21
d.1934-12-1
Marston, Lydia
d.1825-2-28
37y
Marston-2
Wife of David Marston, slate
Meserve, Jane
d.1747-6-18
30th yr.
Pt. Graves
Wife of Col. Nathaniel Meserve, slate, cherub
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Messer, Francis
d.1692-12-19
58y
Pt. Graves
slate, death head, part below ground
Miller, James
d.1801-1-29
82y
Hall
"Capt.", native of Great Britain
Moffatt, John
d.1736-12-17
11y Bm 12d
Pt. Graves
Son John & Katherine Moffatt, noted 1904, not found 1984
d.1857-6-6
77y
Moses, Mary
Wife of James Moses, epitaph-3
Mo!:;es
Moulton, John
d.1719-10-7
7th yr.
Pt. Graves
Son John & Abigail Moulton, small slate, death head
Moulton, Lucey
d.1733-2-27
37th yr.
Pt. Graves
Wife of Capt. Daniel Moulton, slate, death head
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Nelson, Nathaniel S.
d.1846-6-21
Pt. Graves
slate, willow trees
47y
d.1718-3-19
12d
Nicholson, William
Pt. Graves
Son Henry & Sarah Nicholson, noted 1904, not found 1984
'N~rton, Betsey
(d. 1868-10-30)
(93y 10m)
Norton
"Mother", badly eroded marble on ground,
i-,,
Norton, Jefferson
Norton
epi taph-2
d.1898-7-21
notes 1938
91y 7m
(d.1835-4-26)
(66y 12d)
Nor-ton, William
Norton
"Father", broken marble, part lost, notes 1938
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Odiorne, Abigail
d.1825-10-4
44y
Hall
Wife Capt. Samuel Odiorne, dau. Stacy Hall, epitaph-4
Odiorne, Katherine
d.1793-9-30
30y
Pl. St.
Dau. Ebenezer & Sarah Odiorne, illebible marble, data 1907
Odiorne, Martha A.
Moses
d.1899-2-2
Odiorne, Simeon S.
d.1881-5-4
Moses
broken marble, epitaph-3
58y 1m
72y
Oliver, Anna M.
d.1893-9-8
St. Johns
Wife of Dr. Nathan W. Oliver
Oliver, Nathan W.
d.1868-9-22
St. Johns
Granite monument, Celtic cross, physician
Otis, Adeline W.
d.1881-10-1
Otis
Wife of Auren Otis
Otis, Auren
Otis
b.1816
d.1900
54y
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Palmer, Frances
d.1855-5-5
3Oy
Whidden-1
Dau. of Joseph & Abby Whidden
Palmer, Hattie Hoyt
Otis
b.1853
d.19O6
Parrott, Charles Frederick
d.1822-8-14
6m
St. Johns
Son Enoch & Susan Parrott, in tomb under church
21y 4m
Parrott, Elizabeth Toscan
d.1841-7-21
St. Johns
Dau. Enoch & Susan Parrott, in tomb under church
Parrott, Enoch Greenleaf
d.1879-5-1O
63y
St. Johns
Table tomb, Rear Admiral, career notes
Parrott, Enoch Greenleafe
d.1828-6-13
47y 6m
St. Johns
Plaque noting persons in tomb ynder church
Parrott, James Brackett
b.1817-11-26
St. Johns
Eroded marble
d.189O-1-29
Parrott, Mary Parker
d.1849-1-27
37y 1m
St. Johns
Dau. Enoch & Susan Parrott, in tomb under church
Parrott, Susan Parker
d.1852-4-21
72y 3m
St. Johns
Wife Enoch G. Parrott, in tomb under church
Parsons, Mary
d.1884-2-1
92y
Whidden-2
Wid. Col. Amos Parsons, dau. Rev. Joseph Langdon, ep-4
Partridge, Benjamin
d.1796-8-2O
Pl. St.
slate, cherub, ep i taph-2
55y
Partridge, Nehemiah
d.17O9-2-12
Pt. Graves
slate, death head
46th yr.
Partridge, vJi 11 i am
d.1718-5-13
Pt. Graves
slate, death head
47th yr.
Pearson, Louisa
b.18O3-3-27
d.1816-5-17
St. Johns
Dau. of George E. & Ellen Pearson, eroded marble
Peirce, Elizabeth
d.1732-5-4
45th yr.
Pt. Graves
Wife of George Peirce, slate, death head
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Peirce, Elizabeth
d.1717-1-13
42nd yr.
Pt. Graves
Wife of Joshua Peirce, slate, death head & hour glass
Peirce, Roberts Cutts
d.1893-8-24
54th yr.
St. Johns
Son Joshua W. & Emily Sheafe Peirce, Civil War, memorial
d.1865-4-15
24y
F·erkins, Caroline E.
Dau. of Elias & Mary Perkins, epitaph-4
Perkins
d.1865-9-14
33y
Perkins, Charles E.
Son of Elias & Mary Perkins, epitaph-3
Perkins
Perkins, Elias
Perkins
d.1881-3-20
84y 4d
37y
d.1863-2-2
Perkins, John E.
Perkins
Son of Elias & Mary Perkins
Perkins, Mary
d.1888-2-13
84y
Wife
of
Elias
Perkins,
epitaph-4
Perkins
d.1859-1-1
31y 7m
Perkins, Mary A.
Perkins
Dau. of Elias & Mary Perkins
Phipps, Thomas
d.1712-1-6
Pt. Graves
Son of Thomas & Mary Phipps, slate, death head
Pike, Elizabeth
d.1719/20-2-5
27y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Dr. Robert Pike, slate, death head
Pillow, Sally
d.1823-3-17
22y
Hall
Wife Joseph D. Pillow, dau. Joshua & Sally Jones, epitaph-6
Plaisred, John Jr.
d.1712-10-12
29y
Pt. Graves
slate, death head & bones
Purcell, Gregory
d.1788-5-18
18y
St. Johns
slate, death head, epitaph-4
Purcell, Mary
d.1788-12-24
21y
St. Johns
Dau. Gregory & Sarah Purcell, slate, willow, etc., ep-4
Purviss, Mary
d.1799-11-17
54y
Pl. St.
Widow of Matthew Purviss, slate, urn, epitaph-4
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
d.1914-5-20
Rand, Alonzo R.
Rand
82y
Rand, Charles E.
d.1907-2-13
65y
Marston-1
He served in the Civil War
d.1827-12-16
5y Sm
Rand, Cornelia Warren
DaL\. of Reuben & Mary Rand, epitaph-4
Rand
Rand, David S.
d.1851-10-15
Rand
Epitaph-2
79y
d.1847-11-5
4y 10m
Rand, Edwin L.
Son of ReLtben & Mary Rand, epitaph-4
Rand
d.1842-3-14
13y
Rand, Edwin Leverett
Son of Reuben & Mary Rand, epitaph-4
Rand
Rand, Ernest Howard
Marston-1
d.1923-2-13
76y
Rand, Freddie Oscar
b.1879-3-25
d.1879-12-26
Rand
Son ReLtben & Maria Rand, noted by Frost, not foLtnd 1982
Rand, Ida Cheever
Marston-1
Rand,
Rand
d.1930-1-31
78y
Irving W.
d.1864-8-2
25y
Civil WarSgt. Co. H, 6th Regt. N.H. Vols., text noted
Rand, John G.
Marston-1
d.1882-10-29
73y
b.1833
Rand, Maria
Rand
Wife of F:euben Rand, no date of death shown
d.1877-5-28
20y 7m
Rand, Maria Theresa
Maria
epitaph-4
Rand
of
Reuben
Rand,
DaLt.
~{
Rand, Mary
d.1866-6-21
89y
Rand
"Our Mother", epitaph-4
Rand, Mary E.
d.1882-6-11
44y
Rand
Wife of Alonzo R. Rand
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Rand, Mary S.
d.1885-8-17
86y
Wife Reuben Rand, poor cement repair, epitaph-4
Rand
Rand, Reuben
d.1866-11-25
Rand
Epitaph-5
Rand, Reuben
Rand
b.1823
68y lm 6d
d.1906
Rand, Sarah A.
d.1885-12-24
76y
Marston-!
Widow of John G. Rand
Rand, Sarah E.
d.1856-8-5
9m
Marden-3
Dau. of William W. & S.W. Rand, noted 1938, not found 1983
Rand, Simeon
(b.1774)
(d.1860-1-11)
Marston-!
Long"s N.H. Militia, War of 1812, no dates marker
Redford, Sarah
d.1695-5-16
29th yr.
Pt. Graves
double slate, death head, with sister Elizabeth Frost
Remey, George Collier
b.1841
d.1928
St. Johns
Rear Admiral, memorial plaque, very long wording
Remey, Mary Josephine Mason
b.1845
d.1938
St. Johns
Wife of Admiral George C. Remey, noted memorial plaque
Rice, Charles Augustus
d.1831-8-25
22m
St. Johns
Son of John & Elizabeth Rice
Rice, Elizabeth
d.1824-11-17
74y
St. Johns
Relict of Capt. Samuel Rice
Rice, Elizabeth
St. Johns
b.1790-8-29
d.1842-7-9
Rice, Elizabeth Sarah
d.1825-1-15
14m
St. Johns
Dau. of John & Elizabeth Rice
Rice, Samuel
d.1802-5-14
51y
St. Johns
slate, willow & urn
Rider, John
d.1818-12-22
52y
St. Johns
eroded marble, dates recorded 1907
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d.1863-3-3
94y 3m 6d
Rider, Mary
St. Johns
Wife of John Rider, dates recorded 1907
Rindge, William Henry
Beck
d.1840-6-29
23y
Rogers, Elizabeth
d.1704-10-30
17m
Pt. Graves
Dau. Rev. Nathaniel & Sarah Rogers, on double slate
Rogers, Grace Helen
b.1871
St. Johns
low granite block
d.1956
d.1719-2-13
5y 6m
Rogers, John
Pt. Graves
Son Rev. Nathaniel & Sarah Rogers, slate, death head
Rowe, Elvira Whitehouse
Langdon-2
b.1900-10-30
d.1978-5-14
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Safford, Alice
d.1805-1-14
26y
Pt . Graves
Consort Thomas Safford, noted 1904, not 1984, epitaph-7
Safford, John
d.1827-10-25
25y
Pt. Graves
Noted 1904, not found 1984
Safford, Mary
d.1832-3-1
88y
Pt. Graves
"Mrs.", marble, al most i 11 egi bl e
d.1826-6-6
26y
Safford, William
Pt. Graves
slate, willow ~( urn
Salter, Lucy
d.1805-12-1
23y
Pl. St.
Consort Henry Salter, shate, epitaph-6
34y
Salter, Samuel
1807-2-1
Pl. St.
"Capt.", noted 1907, not found 1984
Sargent, Sarah
d.1771-8-21
74y
Pt. Graves
slate, skull & crossbones, epitaph-5
Seaward, Elizabeth
d.1847~3-26
82y
St. Johns
Wife of John H. Seaward
Seaward, John H.
St. Johns
d.1845-1-29
83y
Seaward, John Stavers
d.1797-3-30
4y
St. Johns
Son of John & Elizabeth Seaward, slate, willow & urn
Seaward, Lucy
b.1795-2-6
d.1877-10-19
St. Johns
Dau. of John H. & Elizabeth Seaward
Shackford, Eleanor
d.1804-2-4
90y
Pt. Graves
slate, urn in circle
Shackford, John
d.1738-10-3
60y
Pt. Graves
slate, most of top broken off
Shannon, Baby
b.1888-11-21
d.1889-1-13
Huntress
Dau. of Woodbury E. & Genie Shannon
Shannon, Everett
Huntress
Infant son of George H. Shannon, no dates
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Shannon, Floyd Arthur
b.1891-12-28
d.1896-8-13
Huntress
Son of Woodbury E. & Genie Shannon
b.1854-4-13
d.1887-3-27
Shannon, George H.
Son of George D. & Sarah Shannon
Huntress
Shannon, John
Huntress
b.1790-6-10
d.1868-8-11
d.1885-9-9
Shannon, Maria Marsh
Wife of William Shannon
Huntress
66y 7m 5d
d.1860-4-17
Shannon, Sarah
b.1830-3-27
"Mother", wife of George D. Shannon
Huntress
d.1869-11-17
b.1790-7-18
Shannon, Sarah
Huntress
Wufe of John Shannon
Shannon, Sarah Jane
b.182504018
d.1840-8-21
Huntress
Dau. of John & Sarah Shannon
Shannon, William
Huntress
d.1899-10-28
Shannon, Woodbury E.
Huntress
"Father"
d.1900-10-6
84y 4m 2d
46y Sm
Shapley, Lydia
d.1800-4-27
68y
St. Johns
Wife of Reuben Shapley, marble slab
Shapley, Nancy
d.1802-3-26
St. Johns
Only child of Reuben & Lydia Shapley, marble slab
Shapley, Reuben
d.1825-1-10
St. Johns
memorial plaque, long text
Shaw, Abraham
d.1817-5-4
4m 2w
Pt. Graves
Son of William & Nancy Shaw
d.1825-3-23
26m
Shaw, Elizabeth
Pt. Graves
Dau. of William & Nancy Shaw
Sheafe, Elizabeth Wentworth
d.1814-1-27
10y
St. Johns
Youngest dau. James & Sarah Sheafe, memorial plaque
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Sheafe, George
d.1825-11-22
19y
St. Johns
Son of James & Sarah Sheafe, memorial plaque
74y
Sheafe, James
d.1829-12-5
St. Johns
memorial plaque, 1 ong te>:t
Sheafe, James Edward
d.1830-2-7
19y
St. Johns
Son James & Sarah Sheafe, memorial, died St.
Sherburne, Alice M.
Sherburne
b.1852-8-8
d.1940-5-6
Sherburne, Andrew
b.1819-9-15
Sherburne
"Father"
d.1909-2-4
d.1819-10-15
4y
Sher-burne, Andr-ew
Son of Joseph & Hepzibah Sherburne
Sherburne
Sherburne, Andrew B.
Sherburne
b.1847-2-13
Sherburne, Andrew E.
Sherburne
b.1873
d.1917-11-24
d.1949
Sherburne, Arthur J.
b.1896-3-20
d.1976-4-18
Sherburne
SFC US Army, World War I
Sherburne, Edward P.
Sherburne
b.1844-5-3
d.1927-1-4
d,1863-6-11
55y
Sherburne, Eliza
Widow of William Badger Sherburne
Sherburne
Sherburne, Emerson
d.1861-9-8
39y
Sherburne
Son of Joseph & Hepzibah Sherburne
Sherburne, Emma F.
Sherburne
Sherburne, Frank G.
Sherburne
b.1849-2-8
b.1845-5-29
d.1928-3-26
d.1902-8-5
b.1819-1-27
Sherburne, Hannah R. George
Wife of Andrew Sherburne
Sherburne
d.1900-3-1
Augustine
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Sherburne, Hannah T .
d.1843-10-2
Sherburne
Wife of Joseph Sherburne
d.1859-11-13
BOy
Sherburne, Hepsibah
Sherburne
Widow of Joseph Sherburne
Sherburne, Joseph
Sherburne
d.1851-6-7
Sherburne, Joseph
Sherburne
d.1835-9-24
35y
56y
Sherburne, Louise W.
b.1878
d.1968
Sherburne
Wife of Andrew E. Sherburne
Sherburne, Mary E.
b.1848-2-6
d.1930-11-7
Sherburne
Wife of Frank G. Sherburne
Sherburne, Samuel
Sherburne
d.1858-9-20
46y
Sherburne, Sarah Jane
b.1845-8-2
d.1928-10-19
Sherburne
Wife of Andrew B. Sherburne
Sherburne, Thomas
d.1724-12-21
Sherburne
slate, death head
36th yr.
Sherburne, Trudy
b.1902-12-31
Sherburne
Wife of Arthur J. Sherburne, no death date 1983
Sherburne, William Badger
Sherburne
d.1845-10-10
33y
Shores, Elizabeth
77y
d.1823-10-3
Pl. St.
Relict of Capt. James Shores, slate, willoi,,, 8< urn
Shores, Franklin
d.1883-5-31
Hall
broken marble
57y
Shores, James
d.1814-6-29
75y
Pl • St.
"Capt.", slate, willow & urn
Shores, Lucy
d.1859-8-21
100y 6d
Hall
Widow of Peter Shores, eroded, broken marble
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
d.1796-3-17
58y
Shores, Lydia
Consort
of
Capt.
James
Shores, slate, draped urn
Pl. St.
Shores, Mark M.
d.1867-11-18
Hall
marble, out of its base
Shores, Mary A.
Hall
d.1869-4-9
Shores, Peter
d.1788-2
Hall
Lost at sea
Shores, Peter
Hall
54y
d.1853-1-9
62y
27y
69
Shores. Statira
b.1788-3-9
d.1863-12-30
Hall
Wife of Peter Shores, on ground
Shurburn, Agnes
d.1726-10-10
33y
Pt. Graves
"Mrs.", slate, primative death head
Simes, John
Pt. Graves
d.1725-8-2
13m 2d
Son of John & Hannah Simes
Simpson, Susannah
d,1739-3-12
72y
Pt. Graves
Wife of Thomas Simpson, noted 1904, not found 1984
Siver-et, Phillip
d.1689-3-20
40y
Pt. Graves
slate, trace design in corners
Small, Joseph
d.1720-10-4
40th yr.
Pt. Graves
slate, death head
Smith, Sarah
d.1870-1-24
69y
Whidden-1
Wife of Isaac Smith
Spudic, Robert Nicholas
b.1932-1-28
Sherburne
Bronze plazue, epitaph-8
Stavers, John
d.1797-9-30
St. Johns
slate, cherub
d.1980-2-25
83y
Stavers, Katherine
d.1790-5-9
63y
St. Johns
Wife of John Stavers, slate, cherub
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Stevens, John Gardner
d.1799-2-15
5y
St. Johns
slate, willow & urn, too low
Stevens, Mary
d.1853-8-23
91y
St. Johns
Widow of Capt. Thomas B. Stevens, age as noted 1907
Stone, John Elwyn
Langdon-1
b.1922-2-15
d.1974-5-16
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
I
d.1832-9-8
Tabor, Eben
Beck
broken, parts lost
38y
Tabor, James
d.1829-4-21
Beck
broken, part lost
26y
d.1833-8-33
26y
Tabor, Job
Son Job & Mary Tabor, epitaph-4
Beck
Tabor, Job
Beck
Tabor, John
Beck
d.1839-10-9
69y
d.1845-1-29
77y
Tabor, Mary
d.1847-6-19
Beck
Widow of Job Tabor
77y
d.1867-9-29
Tabor, Mary Ann
Wife of John Tabor
Beck
52y
Tapley, Sarah
b.1736
d.1821
Sherburne
Dau. Samuel & Mary Sherburne, m.lst Odiorne, 2nd Tapley
Tarins, George
d.1798-1-23
Pt. Graves
Noted 1885, not found 1904, wife died this date also
Towle, Mary
Beck
d.1840-2-10
28y
d.1877-4-20
48y
Tucker, Elizabeth W.
Perkins
Dau. Elias & Mary Perkins, wife Alvan Tucker, epitaph-4
Tullock, Statira
d.1813-12-20
38y
Pl. St.
Wife William Tullock, slate, low, willow & urn,
epitaph-4
Turner, Elizabeth
d.1790-5-24
39y
St. Johns
Consort of Capt. George Turner, slate, fine willow & urn
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
r
Varrell, Margaret
Hall
"Miss"
b. 1798-8-19
d.1875-5-19
Vaughan, Elizabeth
d.1750-12-7
68y
Pt. Graves
Wife of George Vaughan, dau. Robert Eliot
Vaughan, George
b.1676-4-10
d.1724-12
Pt. Graves
Son William & Mary Vaughan, Harvard 1696, career notes
Vaughan, Margaret
d.1690-1-22
40y
Pt. Graves
Wife of William Vaughan, dau. Richard Cutt
Vaughan, Mary
d.1699-2-3
20th yr.
Pt. Graves
Wife George Vaughan, dau. Andrew Belcher, & 3 day dau.
Vaughan, William
b.1703-9-12
d.1746
Pt. Graves
Son George & Elizabeth Vaughan, Louisbourg Exp. etc,
Vaughan, William
d.1719
Pt. Graves
From England about 1660, extensive career notes
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Wadleigh, John Winthrop
b.1879-12-27
d.1923-4-3
St. Johns
Lt. Col. Marine Corps, memorial plaque
Walker, Mary
d.1734-6-1
62y
Langdon-1
Wife of Capt. George Walker, slate, no design
Wardrobe, John
d.1804-10-29
42y
St. Johns
illegible marble, dates 1907
d.1736
29y
Waterhouse, Elizabeth
Wife of Samuel Waterhouse, slate, death head
Pt. Graves
Waterhouse, Samuel
d.1744/5-1-1
Pt. Graves
slate, death head
38y
Watson, Hannah Sheafe
d.1833-5-23
11y 10m
St. Johns
Dau. of S.E. & M.A. Watson, memorial plaque
Watson, Mary Quincy
d.1835-12-30
12y 11m
St. Johns
Dau. of S.E. & M.A. Watson, memorial plaque
Watson, William
d.1833 - 5-24
By 1 lm
St. Johns
Son of M.E. & M.A. Watson, memorial plaque
Webber, Lyddia
d.1721-4-30
69y
Pt. Graves
Wife Richard Webber, double slate, death heads
Webber, Richard
d.1720-5-25
82y
Pt. Graves
double slate with wife Lyddia, death heads,
"CL" cutter
Welch, David Shackford
d.1795-7-8
23y
St. Johns
slate, cherub, broken, epitaph-4
Wendell Tomb
Pl. St.
For John Wendell and Family
Wendell, Barrett
b.1855
d.1921
St. Johns
Eldest son of Jacob & Mary Wendell, memorial plaque
Wendell, Evert
b.1860
d.1917
St. Johns
Son Jacob & Mary Wendell, memorial plaque
Wendell, Gordon
b.1859
d.1910
St. Johns
Son Jacob & Mary Wendell, memorial plaque
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Wendell, Jabob
b.1826
d.1898
St. Johns
memorial plaque
Wendell, Jacob
b.1869
d.1911
St. Johns
Son Jacob & Mary Wendell, memorial plaque
Wendell, Mary Bertody Barrett
b.1832
d.1912
St. Johns
Wife of Jacob Wendell, memorial plaque
b.1788-9-8
d.1865-12-26
Wentworth, Catherine Henshaw Hall
Wife of Ebenezer Wentworth, memorial plaque
St. Johns
b.1815-1-12
d.1831-12-2
Wentworth, Charles Ebenezer
Son of Ebenezer Wentworth, memorial plaque
St. Johns
d.1690/1-1-22
22nd yr.
Wentworth, Daniel
Pt. Graves
Son of Samuell Wentworth, Senior, eroded sandstone slab
b.1779-9-4
Wentworth, Ebenezer
St. Johns
memorial plaque
d.1860-8-13
Wentworth, George Joshua
b.1817-2-6
d.1872-11-19
Son of Ebenezer Wentworth, memor-ial plaque
St. Johns
24th yr.
Wentworth, Hannah
Pt. Graves
Died Feb. 21, no year, wife Samuel Wentworth Jr.
Wentworth, Mary
d.1843-5-20
Pt. Graves
Wife of Daniel Wentworth, noted 1907, not found 1984
d.1690-3-25
Wentworth, Samuell, Sen.
eroded sandstone slab
Pt. Graves
50th yr.
West, Edward Sr.
b.1904-3-13
d.1968-5-3
Sher-burne
Sherburne Coat of Arms on granite monument
Whidden, Abby
d.1854-7-24
63y
Whidden-!
Wife of Joseph Whidden, replacement with epitaph-2
Whidden, Annah L.
b.1825-7-6
Whi dden-1
"OL1r sister sleeps"
d.1853-7-31
28y
Whidden, Charles
b.1828-4-22
d.1834-1-4
Whidden-2
Son of Samuel & Elizabeth Whidden
·•. , e,
�PORTSMOUTH GRAVESTONE RECORDS
Whidden, Charlotte
d.1840-8-20
41y
Whidden-!
Wife of Daniel R. Whidden
Whidden, Daniel R.
t,,.Jhidden-1
d.1866-9-18
75y Bm
Whidden, Elizabeth
d.1875-12-12
80y 4m
Whidden-2
Wife of Samuel Whidden, epitaph-4
Whidden, Hannah
d.1846-6-22
65y
Whidden-2
Widow of William Whidden
Whidden, Hannah
b.1770-6-17
d.1810-6-5
Whidden-2
Widow of William Whidden
Whidden, Joseph
d.1860-8-24
79y
Whidden-1
Epitaph noted 1938, not used on replacement
Whidden, Joseph
d.1794-1-5
48y
Whidden-!
slate, willow & urn
Whidden, Mary
d.1829-4-9
Bly
Whidden-!
(Wife of Joseph Whidden),slate, willow & urn
Whidden, Nancy
d.1847-11-14
82y
Whidden-!
Wife of Thomas Whidden
Whidden, Samuel
d.1875-1-5
Whidden-2
Epitaph-4
Whidden, Thomas
Whidden-1
73y llm
d.1847-10-17
75y
Whidden, William
b.1830-4-28
Whidden-2
Epitaph-4
d.1881-11-4
b.1772-2-29
d. 184~3-9-27
Whidden, William
Whidden-2
White, Joseph
White
d.1829-7-13
87y
Winkley, Elizabeth
d.1723-4-6
Pt. Graves
Wife Samuel Winkley, broken before 1904, not found 1984
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Cemetery Records
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Cemeteries
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Portsmouth (N.H.)
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Portsmouth's historic cemeteries serve as gateways to the past. The records in this collection will be useful to genealogists, historians, and family members of the deceased. Our collection includes information about the following cemeteries, including maps and plot locations: Cotton Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, Harmony Grove Cemetery, North Cemetery, Proprietor's Cemetery, Sagamore Cemetery, and Union Cemetery.<br /><br />To view a complete record book or to see a map in more detail, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the image on the next page. The record books in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. <br /><br />Much of the information in these records has been added to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. Look there for more information about individual plots. <a href="https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/local-history-genealogy#contact" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Contact Special Collections</a> for information about cemeteries not in this collection. <br /><br />Many thanks to the volunteers who spent countless hours collecting this data, including Louise Tallman, Cynthia Pridham Thomas, June Spezzano, and Ginny Jakoubek.
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Portsmouth Gravestone Records From the Smaller Cemeteries and Family Graveyards, 1995
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Cemeteries
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Portsmouth (N.H.)
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Record book of family gravesites in Portsmouth, N.H. compiled by Louise H. Tallman. Alphabetical by last name.
The family sites include Balch Graveyard, Beck-Tabor Graveyard, Fieldstone Graveyard, Hall Graveyard, Huntress-Shannon Graveyard, Lang Graveyard, Langdon Graveyard, Marden Graveyard, Marden-Dorr Graveyard, Marden-Rand Graveyard, Marston-Rand Graveyard, Moses-Odiorne Graveyard, Norton Graveyard, Perkins Graveyard, Rand Graveyard, Sherburne Graveyard, Whidden Graveyard, and White Gravestone.
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PORT VITAL RECORDS 929.5 FAMILY GRAVES 1995
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The Sunday nrternoon ,;rniso scrvice for ll-.e rn!istecl men In the lent
nt tho Y. •l\1. C. A. garilen brought
nllendnnre or over 100 men
It wnR held at ;;
o'clock, the usurul hour, aud the men
Joined In the singing of hymns from
the army and navy song boo!< with
enthusiasm. l\lr. Ri;tes wa!l in charge
or the service. M r!l. l•:!'!tes 11reRhle1I nt
tho plnuo null Mis!! llell'n Mclnllre
assisted nR vlollnlst. The ))raise service occu1,ied nearly an hour and was
thoroughly Pnjoye1l. To vary the
11rogram Mr. l~stes 11t limo~ nsl<NI thl'
men to whistle the chorus after 11ln;{!ng a verse of some well known hymn
and It certainly was pleasing to hevr
almost J 00 men whistle the airs lo
the accompaniment of the 1;inno and
v!oilln. The service ended with the
singing of the "Star Spangled IBanner" In which all heartily joined.
[lefore closing l\Jr. l~ste!l oga!n told
the enlisted men or the nne 0111>or-
lunilics for recrealion given lhem at
lhe Y. l\L C. A. b1:ilding and in the
lout and gar cl en al!d urged them to
tell their shlpmnlei; all abcut It ~,,
lhal rull would gel the henent of thi!l
splendid undertaking in their behalf.
lie also told or future entertainments
and motion •)licture shows whi<'h arc
to b<' givPn free for the men. That :ill
lh!s ls nppror.!ntod by thone 11rc11onl.
wns evident hy three rousing rhcrr~
given for Mrs. llarrctl Wende)) anti
her able commiltcc in charge o( the
recreation tent.
Tho ll!lnal !iundny l'Vl'nlng lunrh
foliowed an<l wa!! much enjoyed, and
then the men sat around in grou11s
and rhatled. All agree that J>ortsmouth goos ahead o[ any olher place
as lo open-hearted h0SJ)ilallty for
the enlisted men and the appreciation shown by the soldier and sailor
boys for what is !ielng don~ in thrir
behnlf ls most 11lra11ing to the committee In charge or this s1,Iendid work.
TO START .AT ONCE Al
~~'° SHIPBUILDING ·PLANT
L. H. $hattuck, ;\faurlce L. Builard nnd Chester A. Smith, officials of
the L. H. Shattuck & Co., Inc., suee:essors to the J. H. Mendell Co., of
;\Janchester who are to erect the llig
shipbuilding plant on the shores or
the Plscataqua river at Newington
were hero yesterday and announced
that the actual work will soon be under way.
Somo operations have already
started at the site and a number of
surveyors are there and at work.
There Is at least 60 acres In the proporty to be utilized for the plant and
a considerable amount of work wlll
bEi necessary to get It In readiness.
'The surveying force Is quartered nt
the Nancy Drew place In Newington.
The s,1!ps to be built will each bs
of 3600 tons and the contract Is said
10 be the largest that has ever come
Into New Hampshire. Officials of tho
company state that the present contract will last over a year and a half.
Thi! new plant will probably employ
2600 men and possibly mo re. One or
the biggest problems to be solved by
the company Is that of housing the
wor kmen and orrtclals and PortsIs due to
Start ·Work at
),?\ Ship Yard Site,
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--In s1)ile or the hol weather, work
a1t lhe Coleman properly al Newington on which the ship yard Is t'> be
ewected, started busily yesterday and
a large gang or workmen were occupied in cutting down a number or
t1·ee!l which stood on the river bank
ll'nd In t'learlng the ground for operAccor11ing to the J>lnll!I ways nre
to be constructed on which the keels
or ten ships cnn be laid
11n1lerstoo<l that no
h!nse hns passed rrom l\lrs. VulPntlne
Coleman to the J. H. Shattuck Co:npermlssion was r,ranted to
go ahPnd with the prelfmlnnry wori<
nnd th<' arrangements will proh,1bly be completed within a $hort lime.
�LASS AMEN READY
fOR SECOND DRAFT
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1<:rucsl D. Janvrln ,
'iVlllla.m E. Stlcknei•
Waller E. Oodfrcr, e. f.
Cato! 'o. Stockbr.ldi:o
Harry Smith
Ooorge w. CrltchetL
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·1t.r lh11t Cldrman
Ed. L. Fov.ler
.James M. Lamprey •
Clarence R. Blancha.re\
• W1lltam p. :Morrissey
Arthur L. Bl!rgeron
Julius .\!. Dutton
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Pietro A nan lo.
Charl"S w. W. I'. lloffcuger
. Freel C. West
Floyd .J. Ram!
\\'lllinm II. L1unproy
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.\l<1h·l11 w. Jllckrord
Thf'll\lOrc N. J<~llctu, au
.lamefl F'al\'O
.\larlln I!, Klruball
Harry .\Janson
l)a\'l<I F. Adam:-1
Navlgno Dionne
1'~11. Publlcovcr
Ralph Gove
Arthur A.. l'ctcrson
Henry D. Haley
Albert W. Hanscom
John II. Downer
Harold A. Trefethen
Arthur ,~. Ilnd<lock
Ito rold S. Sargent
S1wcrlo Santosl-.•osso
gd, F'. Quirk
Jamcfi ,J. Dowo, o. f.
Elrlde 1'~. Drlsson
Ahne A. Pcllotll'r '
.\Canrlce J. Spillane
'J'homas Kane
Walter 1~. Owen
Arthur L. Jarvis, e. f.
George Moulton
Benjamin F . .Beane
William C. Crltchett
Wallace s. Jackso n
Ha sil Paras ,
Alfred Malo
Charles S. Simpson
flalph H. Parker
John W. Dow, Jr.
Edwin W. Colline
William M. Conners
Ira A . .\[eeks.
nonJarnln l<'lf\elcl
Wllllnm K Ward
. Jlonorlus Malo
William G. A111atec1n,
C. [.
nichnrd Vandcrholu
Ransom S. Carlton
:llorrls Goloyan
John Il. :\lillf;r
Richard .J. Fullam, c.
Edgar F. Wood
Jos. I<rook
.Tno. P. Connor
Henn B. Dov.•
Frank W. Plumer
Garland F. WynoU,
Harold C. Morri!'!Oll
Polar A. :\forrlson
George J,. O'Rcgau
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Philip II. Green
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!'lydney Green .
Ameclco Florl
Walter Rlanch0lto
Charlc11 A. Girton, o. t .
!'lperos Boson
Donal!l F. Ycal o11
Eugene E . .\farslon
Harold J. Lltllo
Orilwnd C. Da vco p,o rt
.Jno. H. Mccann
Leslie B. Sanborn
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lloy F:. Fogg
D<'nnls f'. o·Lcary
Paul Spanalas
ua,·id I<. lrvlng
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Carl S. Stevon!I
Gonion S. Chitmhcr laln
A. Sl10a, o. t.
Jos. A. Vozolla
Samuel H. Klogsbur1
;\1nurlce 0. ntcha.tds, 6 .
Saul SUSADlan
Franc!!'! C. Fitzgerald, e. t.
Reginald R. Ham, e .. r. •
Gussie Hebert
Nelson Langlois
1111.told B. ' Stanley, o. C. •
Perley C. Martin
Charles
i\lcKenna,, o. f.
Elmer C. Durard
Reginald C. Jones, o. f.
Souren J\Jemlan
Frank W. Amee, c. It
Dennis .J. Driscoll
Ed. R. Warburton
Augustus Coughlin
Waller H. Plckcrio1;
WIiiiam H. Cullen
Patrick J. Connor:-1
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Forrest L. J<'nnc:1s
~tlchael J. Crov.•l<'r., e. r.
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Rhlrlc•y G. Ooclfrn,v
Hamid I'. WehHter
Tlmoth:\' .I. J)ris('Oll, 0. r.
ThomRR .J. Quinn
Homf"r .J. Lenlcux
Cipolla Antonio
mrnest I,. Potter
Charles H. Sanborn, e. r.
AIIJerl E. Condon, •D. C.
Rudolph Lesage
Francis K Dean
Jrorrf>st W. Blake
George Il. Gove, e. r.
Ernest H. Dumb rack
Leonard P. Philbrick
James S. L<'ach
John V. Mog, c. C.
James T. Oownlpg
Sydne)" n.. Pickles
Philip n. Bennett
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IN U. S. SERVICE
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J•atrlollHm ha11 ahn1ys _i1oen nn lm.11urlant raclor In the hlsturi of l'orltimouth and Portsmouth patriotism h
Jusl a11 evident In lhlK grcnt \\'oriel
\\'ar ab It has been In the pasl. Port:.111011th has rc11ponded nobl) 10 ca('h
uml ovory call that the country ha:;
made and thh1 time Portsmouth boys
lnl\·e re1;ponded prolmhl) In grcal.-r
11umbcr11 than over berorc.
Jleellng that thest• bo)s should
hl\l'e due recognition 'fhe J>o r bmou lh
'l'Jm es ls to publh1h a Port1mouth
!!oil or Honor and It Is hoped 1hat 111.n~me or overy Por tsmouth boy In the
1··rvlce or tho Unlled States will app~a r on the list. A start Is made lo,hy w i th a part or the names and
t:1ero are mnny more lo come. IC an)
:•re omitted 1' h o Tlmei, would lie ver)
i lad to add them to the ll!;t tr auenLlon le called lo the omission.
T he Hat below does not t1tk1• In any
,. ho are In the :-.'a,al Reserve Thei.o
'11111 bo prlntecl with lhe next list.
,\rlillory .\. 1-:. ~·• ltu
G t•ori;e •11· 11 1uu
,,, .\la11cht•sler, ~~
II , Uauor) U, I 11:lrtl Heg. Field .\ rtiller), .\. K I•'.
(.'apt. Clarence 'I' Bod wl'II, wlf,e,
4h Orchard ,;trcct, !Ith to , C A. l' ••
at S1>rlngflcld.
Lt. Geo. W. Coran1, wife, Woocl,, orth avenue, !Hh l'o., C . .\. l., ordcr('cl to Watertown, .\lass.
Sergi Harris W. .\lorrlll, wlft•,
\tare) street, !Ith Co., C.•\
C., ,.ll
Sprlni;fleld.
John II. Dow, 9th Cu., C. ,\. C. ,al
S1>rlni;llel<I
f,'rodorlck L. Uunkur, Oerwlck, .\le.
l•'leld Arllllory; tra1111f!'rrecl buck to
9th Co., C. ,\. C., at Springfield.
\\'111. J. Holland,
mother, .\In.
.\lary G. llollund, 220 Cass l!treot.
llallt•r) D, I 03rd Heg. Fidel .\rlllJer), A K I•'.
!<'rank ll. B1111ker, lather, Winitr,ed
Bunk,•r, :--cw Vaughan 11treet, 9th Co.
C. A. C'., at Springfield.
llerlJer~ A. uroo1111lolcl, n1olh•~r.
These were 111e111ber11 or 1110 rormor
('o. C or l'ort~mouth. They now cla:;, Mrs. l•:dilh llroomllcld, llotcl L>e.111 9th Co., C. A. C. al 8prlni;llcld a:; \\'itt, !Ith Co., (' .\. L'. at S11rlngfteld .
,\lion n. Bridge,;, Yorlc, :.le., 91th
n part of lhe Nt\llonal Guard.
James K O'BrlLn, Kluery, )le., Co., t'. ,\. ('. at Sprlni;held.
!Janlrl J. Browley, 11\lher, !Janie!
!ll h Co., C. ,\. ('. al S11rin;;llelcl.
('larcnce Norton, aunt, .\Ir:.. 111•0 , ('rowluy, 4 (J DO\'Cr street, !lth Co., C.
•·• nan, 21 Cab:, ,,trect, !Ith Co., l'. .\ I.\. (' .. nl S11rlni;lield
C. at S11rlngllel1I.
lh•rnmn \\' l·h111k,•r, disl'11urgod.
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Jt'rnnk ,\. Nolnn, l<lttery, .llu., !Ith
1..-11 h S. \1ull!rHun, l,it1cry, .\lie..
l'o., (', A. C., al S11rlni;llelcl
!Ith ('o., C' .\ (', at S11rlni;llt•lcl.
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Chl\rlos 1•:111erson .\llh•i;, •nolhur, I .\r1h11r I•;, ('.irr, :! I llolnic,,i co ~1rt,
~lrs. J,ucy .\lllc:1, lit llnnking sin•< t, wile, l'leld .\rlillery, lranslerred lo
1 u ht Reg. lJ. s. Engineer,;, l'o. l>, .\, !ith C'ornpan). !' .\. ('. at S11rlnglic1ld.
K l•'.
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lferh<'rt .J . .\lason, !Jlh Co., C . .\.
Jose1>h 11. .\loulton, fatht•r, \\'In~at Sprlngtleld.
Jow Moulton, Kilter), .\le.
Tre,clyn ,.;, f,'c,·:::-:,:, ,,1tcerr, .11 I'.
,frlhur Sanborn.
1~<11,urd J. :-.-e,·illu, f,llill'r, l'alrlck
ErneHt L. Ila,, hroth••r, llal'i<l J. I 'sf'l'illc-, l llocklni;ham street, 9th
Ual, 1 KO <:ute .. stn•ct, !Jlh ('o, t'..\. ('o., t' \. t'. at S11r11 ,.;liultl
C., at Sprlnglil'ld.
J•:uu \\'. Sawyer, t..iltery, .\le.
Hurlrlgh Joh111;011, Hyt•, :-S II.. !Ith
1,:11•.,ar,1 (' llolmt•l', ·;;!tc, 1•:..1111)' G .
C'o., C. A. C. ill S11rinj:hdcl.
llolmu:,, -190 l:,lington stl'C'Pl, 10 Isl
1,1\\\' rence K lln\\nlng, fathcir, 111'11 , H<!/:. 1·. s. 1•:ni:ilwcrs, ('c,. I>, J\. K. 1''.
1 llownlng, 17:l Flol'l 'llrct·t !llh <:o.
John .J. 'J'roy_ aunt, .\lrs. .\lich,acl
(' ..,. C, al S11rlngliel<I
I Connors, Islington 11tn·d, Ttrs 1-'ield
John ..\ . .\lat'O, Kltttlrl', )I .... 9l!: .\rlillcry; tt'r,;. baclc to !Hh ('o,, c .. ,\.
Co., ('. \, C., 111 Sprini:licld.
('. 111 Sprin;;Jlc•ld.
John F. C'l11n1•y, lllOlhcr, l(ip(I)'
J,tlllt'll \
.\ll'l'arlhy seri;t., trnn~] 'lace, ~1•ercll, .\lass.
iorri•tl to l•'ort Oglethorpe, 6th Co.,
(:he.sler 1'I. Uolby, dlsch11rg••<I.
.\lllltar) rt o T. ('., 1athc1 Jamcu A.
Chris .\I. Conlon, ratht•r, I> J t'on- ~ld'arthr. :!H .\filler ;l\en(u·.
Ion, 2 ◄ 5 Wlhircl strcc•I, Battery D,
1''ra11k ('rai:ln, dl!whnrged.
l 113rd Rei:. l•'le!d Artllh!ry, .\. i,;, I>'.
8eri:t. l•:dward .\. \\'e1•ks, w il'c, ~32
.101101111 r'. C'off'e>, Nt•w Cd tlC!, :..; Ile,,~ 1lrf'Ct, trr:; lo !,'lehl \rllllory;
trr!I ha•·k to !lth to., (". .\. C. nl
Paul s. (:011110\'er, l'nl her, II. I>. S1>rl111,lleld.
C'onnovor, .\fare) i.lrcet, !Ith ('o, <
.\rthur I. .\ll'Caffery,
wlfo,
!ti
.\, <'., nt St>rlnglleld.
Bro,, i.ter strt!lll, 9th ('o., e ..\. C. at
Rl\y a. CMwell, Wit(', 160 ~;lwyn S)lringlleld.
avenue, Dall<'r y D, 103rd Ito;; J,'ield
WIifred .\rcliamhcault, from l.1i1J-
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anon, N. II ,, !llh Cu., C. A. C. al
S11rlngficld.
St•rgl. Le:;lio 1-1. Gardner, "ife, 17
:\lyrtlo street, 9th Co., ('. A. C. al
S11ringfteld.
Omer J . Comeau, molhcr, :\I rs. Comc•au, i2 .\lklnson 11treel, !Ith Co., C.
A. (' 111 S11rlni:,fteld.
,\l'lhur L. llerht-Y, wile, I:! I llan0\C'f 11trect, !Ith ('u., c.::
,\. C. al
Springfield.
'('OrJl. Oco..\. \\'cudell, ,Jones 11,unue, wife, !llh Co., C ..\. C. at Sprlnglleltl.
Jlarold .\. \\'ilsou, Kilter) Pol11t,
.\le., !llh C'o , C. ,\. l'-. at Sprlngllel<I.
Walter U ThOlllllijOn, 4 6 Roi;Orb
street, ordered to l"ort Oglelhorpo,
R. 0. T. C.
\\ alter \\'arburlon, Catlll'-,
\\'m ,
Warburton, l I 91 IHlington al reel, !lth
Co. l'. A. C al Sprlnglichl.
Kingsley .lacobs from Ohio, !Hh Co.
C. A. C. at S11ringlleld.
Louis Paquette, wife, :lGG
Dec•r
street, 9th Co , C. A. C. al Springfield.
Hay H urlhurt from :\lanct.t:slcr,
sister, Rosie llurlliurt, l OI• t Reg. ti
S. Engineers, Co. D, .\. E. I<'.
Jl\mes U ,\lahoney, aunt,
:\largaret
Heeney,
339
lianover
i.trc-el, Ballery D, I 03rd Ile;;. l<'lelcl
Artillery, A. E. F.
John J. K1!lleher, father, Bui;h
Kelleher, 111
Wa11hingto11 s1rel'I.
Battery D, l 03rd Reg. field Arllller)'. A. E. F.
i,;rnest IL lloltl, 1nincr, i inrr;~on
0. lloltl, 6S High Klrecl, Uullery I),
I O!lrd Reg Field .\rtlller). ,\. f,;, ~'.
('or1ioral Ira Small, mother, Isling
ton street, !lth Co., (' A. C. at Sprl11g1iclll
('harles II. Pt::urson,
I hb
street, rather, !<'rank l'ear.,011,
Co., t'. .\. <:. al Sprlnglichl
.\Iden Syphers, Stratham, :--:. II.,
9th ('o., ('. \. C. at Springlleld.
l'l•rley .\. (2111111 h)', 11l1;lcr, ;\I rs. l•:rnest Bai;sett, 2lH )IC'lln11011i;h streC'l,
1 OlHl Reg IJ. S. t:,,nglncers, Co. D,
A. K I<'.
Jame,; Gillos11ie, wife, 33 lllchmund
St., !lth ('o., (' . ..\.. ('' Ill Rprln~fielcl
('hn-t<:s \\". Gerrhh, mother, ,1rs.
J:mbollc Clnrlsh, :19 Rugnnwre avt:•
nm•, !llh Co.,
A. (' . .(ll 811rlngftcltl
Charles E Dunton, mother, :\Ir~.
.\li1•0 Dunlon, 361
:\larcy street, _,,_..,...,..c
101111 Reg. ll. S. gnglneorH, Co. D, \,
J,~. f,'
Corp. I ,aw re nee 'J'. Do,,. :! 8 llloi;som i;treet, father, John Dow, 9th Co.
C. A. C. at S11rlnglluld.
John fl. Dow, !lth Co., C.•\. C.~ 11l
Springfield
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'''llliam II Parks, rater, Wm . A .
ParkH, 14 Atkinson Ktreet, natter) I>,
I 0:lrd Reg. l•'ield i\rtlllery, .\. K I•'.
l•:ch1anl
llerrr,
430
Islington
strl'et. sl!iler, .\lr11. Harry Furber,
nallt•ry fl, 1 103rd !leg. I•'leld Artillery, .'\, E. F.
T h,• Holl or Honor.
Adams, Halph c:., :io ~larcr St.
Ll'ach, .\ rlhur l', 705 llurkelt St.
c.
�Souter, ,v1111am N., nc-!ilgned.
Walker, Wallnre D., · 181 J.,ieut.
;\leclical Coqm, 116 ;\I itld l e St.
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Mltosole, Jo$Cph; · ··
Vln<>iquerra, l•'rank, I 22 Da11i\'I Sl.
Stevens, 7\lannlng I'., 81 \\'a:-;hington SI.
Lemke, i\rlhur It.
Lrar.,·, .John T .. ;; I Clinton Sl.
.\l cCarthy, Ralph (.;., 274 .lliller
l'ark,•r, g(lwarcl C., ::s:; l'uion SL
Ballard. Robert J ., 25 La iaycttc
Road.
Woods. Peter .J., !12 Cass Sl.
Katz, Simon .J., 169 Jlill Sl.
;\1c·.llnst<>r, Daniel A., 30 Pinc Sl.
Latourelle, 'Octave B., 114 .\laplewoocl Av<>.
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Noi1eworthy, .James llowarcl
2::i
Sparhawk St.
, •
Bos!<, George Victor. 7 9 fi .II icld le St.
Paul, Orman ll., 9G CheRtnut St.
Sussman, .Joseph A .• 72 Islington
St.
.\lcl•'arland, Reuben. 147 State St.
.\I a tn1<sla11, ;\1 oses, 4 9 Daniel St.
O'J,rary, Owen .\I., 713 · Sagamore
ltowanl, William I'., 101
,\lillcr
Sumner F., 1210 Isling-
,\lonzo N., 135 l-lano1•cr
T l0mJ>son, Walter D., 45 Rogers
st.
,varburton, Walter, 119 l Islington
st.
.Jacobs, l(lngsl,..~·. from Ohio.
Paquette. Lo,1ls, 256 DePr st.
~la honey, James IJ, 33 !l Tian over
st.
Kelleher, .Joh11 J., 111 Washington
st.
•II ulhhrl, Ito.,·, ~lanche!<ler.
lloltl, l~rnf'~I R., 58 High st.
Small, Ora, Islington st.
l'<'A rson, Charles B., ;\larcy st.
quimby, Perley A., 284 ;\lcDon011gh st.
Syphers, Alden ,J., Stratham.
Gillispie, .Jame1,, 3:l Richmond st.
Gerrish, Charles Wacls"·orth, 3()
Sagamore a re.
Dunton, Gharles 8., :{51 :\lnrey st.
Uow, Lawren<'e T., 21! Hlossom st.
Dow, . .John H., 49 .\ll. \'ernon st.
Parks, William II., 44 Atkinson st.
Norton, Clarence, 21 Cai;s st.
.\Jiles, Charles F.., 16 Jlhnking st.
Sanborn, Arthur.
Day, Erne!!t !.,., Gales st.
Dow11i11g, Lawrence Jo~.; Flf'<>l st.
1
C'olby, Chesler IJ., <llrwharp;ecl. ,
Clancr, John F., 17 Chestnut sL
Conlon, Chris M. 245 Wlbird st.
Coffey_ .Joseph F'. New Ca11tle.
Connornr, Paul S., ;\larcy st.
C'aswell, llAy
1 60 l<~llvyn
• llplland, William J., 220 Cass h.
Bunker, Fra~k 'R., New • Vaut;bn
st.
.
9:,·
ave.
Jlnll , Urorge H .. 2!Hi South SI.
\\"rilkcr. Harold C., 3 Walker St.
J•'aulknf'r, nolaud S., Myrtle Ave.
fo'iish. ('harles c., t \\'!bird St.
Rroomfield, Herbert A.. llotel ·De•
li'uliam. Peter ,\ ., 557 lslln!!,1011 St.
Witt.
C'rai;.;-, florarr 1,·., 889 South St.
Crowley, Daniel J ., Dover st.
('amphrll, Edwin .\!.,
GO ShcrBunker, Hel'Dl3ll W., disrharged.
t,urnr In'.
Carr, Arthul' K. 4 Jloltncs Court.
ll11clson, Leon K, 21: Vaughn St.
Mason. Jlerhert J.
D11tlo11, llarold !.,., 308 Broad Sl.
Neville, Edward .J., I Ttockinghan
C'roni11 , William Ji'., Chapel St.
/farmon, George I.., 11 lluriiphreys st rcct.
Sl.
.Johnson, El'erctt 11.. 301 Hanover
St.
Donah1H', Jeremiah .r., 340 Thornton !'.t.
llegi\ll, Lawrence V., 230 Thorton
St.
Do1111<'ll, WarrC'n C., 77 l{anov~r
St.
C.:rn<I.,·, Pal.rick .J., 467 Islington St.
Snrotto, r•:ciward 1.,., 75 Atlantic St.
1'0R1•r. GilbC'rt V., 104 Cougro~s St.
:II orris, Frank.
Troy, John .T., .llldcllc Hoad.
McCarlhr: ,James 11 .. 274 .\liller
A,·e.
c.,
490 is1ington
;
WePks, Edward A., 232 DC'er St.
~fcCaffery, Arthur L.; 16°B\:ewsler
St.
Archambeault, Wilfred, Lebanon,
Ilolt11cs, f~dward
Sl.
·N. fl.
Stirkles, Abram V., (discharged.)
Gardner, IA'slie II., 117 :llyrtle
Ave.
Comeau, Omer .J., 72 Atkinson st.
('rngln, F'rank G., discharged.
Hersey, Arthur L., Pl nario,·er st.
\\'ondcll, George A.
·
�r
nm
PORTSMOUTII HERALD. TUESDAY.
PORTSMOUTH BRANCH WOMEN'S
NATIONAL DEFENSE fiEI BUSY.
Sixty Members Start Work Under Hoover Food Saving Plan.
The Various Committees Named- Who They Are.
./
The cam11.1l1'11 for the Hoover 1,ledgo Conlon, l\Jrs. Cranvlllo Durns.
l)lstrlcl 8-l\lls11 }:;mm:.. Hartford,
chairman; l\lrs. Hamid Smith, l\1 lst1
and more than sixty women are acFlorence ,vanl, :\!rs. Laura Sumner.
tively engagetl In securing names ot
J>lstrlct 4.-Mhu, May llerfenger,
lt:~,'l!l.:l~ housewives. Under the leader11hl1> or c-halrman; Mrs. <.:hurtes Hrcwi!ler, M lss
Mr•. Josiah Bartlett the city has been Anna l\f. Hand, :Miss Helen L<!li:-hton.
dlvlJetl Into llftcen districts; t·ach dlsl>ll;tricl ~- l\llss ::,;,,lly Hovey, chaira,,1,...:..-•1&,. trlct In char1,.i ot a 1lh1tricl chairman, man; Mr.,.. U,lvl1l Lewy, l\frs. ,\lex
euch chairman havl111, several usslR - Salllen.
The women who are actively
J>lstrlct l-Mis11 F'lorenco • Hewitt,
en1,'llged In this work are:
dmlrman; ::\lls,i Edna Wlllcy, Miss J.01!1
City chalTmnn, l\lri1. ,Josiah Hurtlett; l::il•>hull, Jill~,; Huth Hl'yholt.
~ecretary, l\lhs,1 gmma llarltonl; treasDistrit•l 11- l'II r11. Murgurct E. Kil-•
urer, l\lrs. ,v. P. l\ll~kell; directors, roe, c-h11lrman.
l\lrM. A. C. Herrenger, Mrs. n. W. DadJ>i,itrlcl 7- l\lrs.
ger, 1\lr,i. Samuel W. J,;mery, Jr.
ch,1irman; Jlfrs. Jllyer P. A Ikon, 1\lr11.
J•'or the Jewish ))Cople-l\lr,::1. S. M. I-'lorenco Hatch.
Coh('n.
l>i:;lrkl 3- .\tlss Clyde
Thrift department-::\frs. L. JI. Thay- chairman; l\lrs. Ollvt:r l'rlea.t, l\1ra1. i:-:.
H. Sand:<, Miss Anna Win11low, J\lri1. ll:.
service
department-Miss 111. Fisher, !lllss Oeorglne Moses.
l1artha. Kimball.
District ll-l\lr11. FrcJ. S. Towl«i,
Hallan people-Mrs. Raphael Paola. chairman; l\frs. t:harle,i Towle, l\lr,t.
Di1trict Committees.
l'aul Whitcomb.
District 13- Mrs. l•'lorenco a. CumDlstrl<'l 15-llfrs. Harry K. Torre:y,
chairman; ai;slsted by l\!rs chairman
Schurman,
l\lrs. Ylolet "'·
Dl:slrh"l 6-::\fls~ A vis Yarrell, chal.-\
mun; MrH. Willl11 Adam11, Miss 1'"l01:10-Mlss Susan Borthwick, cnce Pattcnion.
Miss ::\larlon Cr.ii~. ::\llss
T>tstrkL
6- :\llss
J•~mery,
l\11:ss
Florence dinlrmu n; l\l lss Eh•,rnor Gooding, M 1,~s
I•'. A. lh'lllt•n.
~-l\lr11. .John
('. l>olttn,
J>l:drh-t l~- !llr,i. Jo11luh
::\lndellne T,,nner, Cat harlne 1
ClUdll Is wtll underway In Portsmouth,
Another Local
. 'S'Boy Enlists
~\~
Oeorge · ·E."Jones has
the n;.,y as a machinist's mate, 2d
class, and left this morning for Boston to report on board the r eceiving
ship at the Charlestown navy yard.
:\tr. Jones Is well known and popular
throughout the city and bas been employed at the c lothing store oC F. W.
I,ydston for several years.
RECREATION FOR
MEN IN UNIFORM
~ \l 1 •(\ - - -
Porlamouth Residents
pitable to Soldiers
!
and Sailors.
A grc.,t amount ot ho»11ltality has
been extended to the enlhited men or
the at my l\nd nu.vy l.)y tho cllizcn:i of
l'orl1m1outh and now more i;oo,t thiug>l
are In 1>to1·e for them.
For WC(ks th•: loC:\l Clllll"C'll es In turn
have ('O-O)leratcd with lhu Y. JI!. C. A.
and furnl:ihed !l tree J::iu111lay lunrh at
and a 11ucial affair one e\'cnin~ c,,ch
week. A volunteer committee lwu1lcd
l>y Prnfo11sor and llfrs. Han·ett Wcn,1ell of l.:(\SlOn, summc·,· l'<"'>ident of
thi'i ,·,ty lfan·1•y E. ,vcn:u•I, cul'lao1· of
the l'l•ahody !l(US('Ulll, Boston, and
othe1·11 will from now on serve the free
fl'llOW~hl(l hlll("hCs eadl :::un1lay nntl
has nll:lo 11lanned various ,tcti\•lties to
lnlerclit the hoys. Tho principal i,roJcct ·nt 1,rescnt I:; to mako u,;e ot the
epa~lmu, anti h.:,1ut1ru1 i;anlcn in the
rear of the Y ~I. C:. ,\, hnlhlln1, 01111
to Ht Jt up with a tent whcro cntcrt:tinmcnt,; may hP hcltl 111111 with lahles
and chulrs a1-r.111i;t•d In tho open, wlwt e
the boys may have lu11d11•s an,I hrln,;
theti- rclatlve11 UIHl frlCIHls.
•_rl)c, gard1•n h1 largo .,1111 J,1
with trees and 11hrubs ,11111 ro:st·d und
peonlc.i In full hloom which a1hl11 to
ltr,, aurncllvcnc~11. The urulcrgrowth Is
to bo cleared up nnd lhie gunlcn 11ut
In prOJll'r condition as soon as po~ lihlc
A tony l•Y sixty foot ten. has ht·1•11 donated und wnH erecte<I today for recreation J)lll")lClMNI. Home \'OOl,ctl foo1l ls
to be llOld lO the boyOJ f(\l'
Is Lieutenant
in U. S. Army
Cecil l\f. Neal, son of Dr. and lllr:i.
John JI. Neal, received this mor11lni;
his first communication nddrcssod to
Lieut. Cecil Neal, U. S. A. l lo wlll
undoubtedly receive his commission
m a few days.
~-.36-l7
�Local Branch /tn I LOCAL MARINE
Local Dentist
Doing Fine Work NOW IN FRANCE
to Enter Navy
The local Hed Cross orgnnlznUon
Is nrromI>ll!1hlng a great deal. With
henclt111nrterR In lh<' corn mod ious
hulldlng known a!I lhe "Olcl CourthonRn," on ('ourl 11lrrrt, nrRrly 100
worn1•n are 1>rl"Rcnt each day working
lo rnnkP lh(' varlou!I Hll))()IICS needed
for the orcl!'I'. Ov<'r 2r. sewing mRchlnes are ronslantly at work and
mnny are taking mnl<'rlals from the
hraclqunrlC'rR nnd are doing the work
at home. With the work being do'le
and 11lannrd and wllh lhC' largo Rnanclal gifts rrom thl!I 1•1ty, It Is apparent that PortRrnoulh ts deslinecl to oe
In thr front rank or those who arc
heartily coOJ)<'ratlng with tho nuthorl-
Cross
\
Workers Busy
I
/
Di>R)lite thr lnlensr heat today
llccl C'ros!I workers nre busy nt th"
old ('onrt llou!IC' on Court strf'<ll for
th<'rr Is muc·h need to lab'.>r for this
~rrat ('ause.
Thr ladles arc busy
finishing U'P the work on l:31HI. EYerylhlng PORRlble i!I utilized. PIPC!'S
of cloth cut when maklni; 11ajnmns
arc made Into hot waler bottle covers or bed Rocks. Ravelings of cotton
are URC'd In knilllng Roor cloths and
r.mnll bits of cloth are <'Ul up lo till
pillows. Two boxes of arllclos havr
been 11acked and are ready lo ship
today to lhr Red Cross state headquarlers al Concord.
Miss Cameron of Concord, a Red
CroRII nurRe, I!! lo bo In this city next
TuMday and Wcdn!'!lday to give lnstruC'llon In the c-laR!I In Rurglcal
drr!l!llni;.
Unrlng lho hot weath1>r
lit!' !li>wlng meeting!! or lite Rrd CrosR
will be hold only once a week, <>n
WcdnesdayR from 10 !l. m. to !i 1'· m.
at Y. M. C. A. Ten
A movln.r: I1lcluro show was given
for the enlisted men at tho tent In
tho 1v. M, C. A. _r:11,rclon la11t. ovonlng,
lhlR hrlng tho nrst entertainment oi
tho kind h<'hl th<'r<'. An entcrlalrimen ls bcln.r: I1lanncd to lako 11lace
In tho tent on l?rlday ovonln .
~~\l..',~(S)
Earl Smith, a gunnery sergeant
or
the 66th 0ompany, whoso home ,s
123 Stale str(•Ot, Is With the first oxl)&oiLIO". 'Jf U. S. l\larlncs lo plal'e
the A:uerican Rag on tho firing llue
In Frnn<'e, according to ,~dvlcos Just
made (lubllc.
The "do-all-dare-all" Marines a re
always ready, I1re1>ared to start :at
onC'o, anxious to llr,ht, fully competent to represent us wherever thC!y
may be needed, and It 11hould be a
source of pride lo our readers to
know that a local young man ifl with
the arm o[ our defensh·<' establishment which Is Rtly enr,aged In tho
war for democracy, and which has
always been ''First to Fight." T lhe
record or the "Soldiers or tho Sea"
has always been ndmlrr.ble, they sutstaln hC'rolcally today the finest tradltlon11 of the past, doRervo the u nqueslloncd conRdence tho Nation rereposes In them, and the local YOU'llg
man will doubl1011s be a credit lo his
country, his corps, his home and
himself.
Gy. Sorgt. Smith enlisted In tho
United Stales Marino Corps on Sc :>t.
11, 1915, at Ho Detroit, l\llch., tre-
Dr. Joseph A. Tartre or 39 Congress street Is OQ8 or 16 auccess!ul
candidates who passed examlnaUone
on July l G-26 for appointment as asSIRtant dental surgeon In tho navy.
At that time, 33 ap11llcanls look tho
exnmlnn.llons, of which lli wore sucC<'ssful nnd wlll bo recommended for
200 Attend
Fort Service
An Interesting service WAS held nt
the Y. M. C. 'A . tent n.l F'ort Constitution, New Castle with nn attendance
or over 200 enlisted men. Hev. William ·Forgrave delivered an address
and Miss Barrett rendered vocal solos. Al the close of hte service lee
cream and assorted cake were served.
\\4'1.---
on Committ•~
,v.
Dr. Thomas
Luce or thls<'lty has
t>een made a momher or tho executh•e
<:ommltloe o! tho subc-ommltlc11 on
:hygiene, public hoallh and sanllntlon
or lho State Commltleo or Pu bllc
Safet:JW'llhls 1111hciltnmlltce and t ,l uil
Qppolntocl by tho natlo11nl commit.to"
on medical preI1aredness has· consoll'dated.
As only 50 or lhc state's
·q uota of 100 physlclan11 have enl~ire,t
t he Govero men t
st'r\'lco tho 11 rst
work or tho <'Ommllle<' will be lo Induce practicing •11hyslrlnns to on roll
and arrangements will bo made, to
1ako care of. their prarlke. Qt.her
members o[ the oxOfullvc ccmmlllco
are Dr. Frank •Ill. Klttrrdgc or N1~shua Or. William A. Young of C'onoeo~cl and Dr. II. A. Faulkner of
l{oono.
..
�Ot\·"\ - -
If you <'annot ftght at t'1o rronl,
you can send a book to tho man yr,u
are semlln& to the rront to do your
fti;hllni; (or you.
The C:O\"Crllllll'llt
11aK a sked the American Library uwrlatlon to assume rc11pon11IIJlllty ro,
a1111plylni; the cnmpa and cantonments
with n•udlni; material. I-;~cry i;ronp
or aoll.l ler11, small us woll as largo, Is
to haHI book11. Tho 1mbllc lll,r111y
In thl11 city has Ileen 1111kcd I<' /;Cl 110.
nations or l,ook11 11111I m111tulr1l'H ,11
l'ortumouth. TheH0 \\Ill IJO aont Ill
the \,1rlou11 Cl\111111 111111 cu11ton1111·11ta
throurhout the rountry l\ncl \\Ill hn
11111110 arnll11blo to tho Kolcllura, clthc•r
dlrcrtlY, or thro1111:h such agencies ,, ,
hn\ e rMllltlc11 ror dlstrlbullon ,.r
book&.
If )Oil "Ill
your nnmo nnd nllclress tho 11ol<ll<'r
who reads It wlll know that someone
.....,1:-..e,..<cu In Portumouth
Is his rrlen,t an,\
1tand1 ready to help him.
Po orly µrlntecl, unlntcrcsllni;, outa,i,,.ii,7.,.1II or-date book• aro not worth 11hh111lni;
to the men. Type ahouhl
n111t clear and thu books In
,llllon.
Dooka or good etorlcs will be "ante1t most: booL for the 1t11 1ly or ror•
elgn lansuages, eepeclu lly Frend,
grammars and dictionaries, t1re mu•h
needed; rreah, al tractive magnzlnc 1
are also deslrecl. None over two yea1s
old should bu lnchuled.
The material 111 neod111I at ont·o. 11 1
not give worlhleas and unattrartl~o
books, but aomo of your guort, rrea,1.
lnterostlng and vat11ahle ones.
Send the 'book• lo the public llbra
ry between 10 a. m. uml 9 >. m.
Y.
RUSHING WORK AT
SHIP BUILDING PLANT
Constructi. on Wil .Cost $500,000 and
2,000 Men Wil he Employed
.
...
.
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\'"1
Great 1,rogrllSB has bctn mn,\u In ting the 1llrl removud rrom
tl,o 11rellmlnary work ul the site or r1 ont to lll11 rear or tlu, lot, arter
tl•ll 11hl11lrnlltllng 11lanl at Nowlni;ton which 111 Jenillld orr and over 500 curt
during the w •·Ilk w hlch ,as 11a&lled loatl11 ,,...,ru transrerred ycsturduy .
srnc,• the ground waa 1.Jroken uucl
\t l>fl , 1 t a concrete house Is I.Jei:~t>at l"hllngt'll have be<'11 111ad1! In the 11.g ('0Ulltl'Uctctl by lhu caqll'nlurs
•i:1rnurancu or the ('oh 111a11 1iro11ert) ,~ hie ,1 '" ould 1,.. cu1111,1urn,1 w Ith in 11
which was chosen u11 the location for few day to allow t 1. ..1,rt or l 1e contlcc uew lndu:,try.
noto work while work on 11loroAt prl!l!ent there are ahout 90 men hous1..,, wood i;hud , and other bulldom11lo) c,I In tho work or gr:illlni; aucl ln1,11 11111 start lmmcdla11sl
It 111 procll'arlng tho i;ite w lclle 12 tca11111 have 1,o,i1.:d to inclosc tho plunt In a lllockbLen usetl In the \!oork ,:>t remo\ lug ulle whllll guard11
the 11rav1•l until today when the nu111- duly at 111 tlmt:11
b1:r wa11 lncreasl!tl to 15,
It is planne,I now to construct
Durlnt the past week, all the trctlS eight \\ii.ys to allow ror th4, cou 1rncnncl IJllKhtl>l Oli the lot weru flllllOVCll t!1111 or ulghL !!hlp11 at onet unJ It l:J
and tho lluld pluwe,I arll,r whlo:h lhll l!Xlll'Ctecl thut 1 ISOO to :moo llll'll will
"'ork or 1,ra1ll111, tho lan,I ror thu WllYi l,c CIIIJIIO) eJ at Lhu 1,lanl "htn
was 11t:1rtetl lmmedlatuly,
Hl,l11liu l11ll111 opcratlOJUI slnrt.
Thi! land 111 bt Inc i;radud to tho w,1Work on tho bulldln1,:1 for the
lcr front In 11 long lndhu. lo allow Cur i;toruge or lumber and 111aterlal11 I~ to
the construction or tho ways "hh'h J;o rushed 111 once as C'ontract11 b.l\ e
are to conllnuu out Into ,bu water on b<:>en mnde for 1 s,000,000 r1•ut or
c1,ncrete roundntlouu. These ue to Uc ,rgia pluo \\ 1.:h I:, upuctcd to ., rlw constructed niter the shallows rl\-e within u short llnw.
1,ear tho bank have been deept.nl!d b)
l. tluc.llell figures on tho coni.trucdredging 011eratlous \I h lch 1lrP lo 1101 of • . ._ J,lunt art. In the nelchborcommence al once, tho contrarl ror hootl or $500,0U0. The engineer In
the work h;uln1, been awarded. W lie ~ ar1,e 111 the 1·011 tructlon Is H.
theru ls.a natural lncli11e at tho point llor 1g
h1 e 11ea,lqunrters are
ll,ll ~radu la being lncruai;1,1I by l)lll· 1,re111•nt In llovur.
m. c. A. YJORKERS BUSY
~.L~
AT THE HARBOR. FOR1rs
Tnlnge are lively al the torts this
Tonight the men will enJoy:i.movlo
week end. Within the 1,aat week the show consisting or a llve reel picture,
"Cod'■ Halt Acrn", and one comecly
population hu practl<'ally double,!.
reel. La11t week over 100 were presThree new com\)anles or coast arlll- ont nntl with the lncrea11ed populalory have been atlded to the tol.1I lion there la no telling what wnl
mo.king In all 1,000 men. Thoy ar.., 1tu11pen tonli;ht. Sunday at !I 11. 111.
distributed In thl1 manner;
One the lllble class meets nnd nt 7 .30
co11111any nt I?ort 1''oster, iwo at For> the Sunday evening service wl l hu
Stnrl, 11nd rour nt Fort Con11tltullon. I helll ut which hour Mr. I<'orgravc,
The Y. M. C. A. tent Is a busy cen- one or the secretaries, will s1>ca1:.
ter, tho two secretaries hn\"ing their Good music will be rurn1&he1l oml
hands rull tryln,: to meet the nee1.\ Ice cream and cake wlll IJe serve,!
or the men. One day this last week by the ladle, or St. John'• E11lsco11nl
fully 300 letter• were written at the church. The nne service 11 nnth!l1m:tent at Fort Con!llllutlon.
ed.
�DRAFTED MEN APPEAR
BEFORE LO~l BOARD
The Jocnl <>xempt!on board opened
il~ sessio1111 at the Rockingham coun1 v court house this morning at 9
,;'clock with 37 or the first 50 called
011 hnncl.
It was expected that the
others would report during the tlay
<'ilh<'r in (Jf'rson or by communicntiog
with th<' hMnl in some other way.
/1f! th<' lll<'ll :issPmhlt'1l in tho corridor or tl1e llnlilli11g, their number
w:rn rlH•1·ketl off aff<'r which
they
werl' rall<'d in nrdt•r lo appear before
"\,'}illiam I~. ~lnrvin, cierk of the
bu:trcJ, for a preliminary examination
in which cPrtaln forms were filled out
for the information or the board. Af.l<'r this they were callc>d for physlrnl
b<'fore Dr. George E.
examining ruembe.r or
The board is to publlsb t~e natru\s
of those asking for exemption and
their reasons for the same, but' the
names of those rejected dn 'account f
physical defl'ciencles will not be announced until later. If the dlstrl ,t
quota of 75 Is not secured trom th s
draft a further call will be made u11tll It Is lllled.
ONE HUNDRED
MEN NOW AT
r1 " ·, · SHIP PLANir
< lnP
11loyP,'
Jeremiah Joseph Donahue of
340
Thornton street, number 3 on the list
was the first man to appear before
the board after which the others were
called in sequence. As the physical
examinations had to be conducted by
nr. l'cndor alone, no other physicians
having been appointed ias his assistants, it wns round impossible to complete all today and men from ou t of
town were callc>d first In order to allow them to leave for their homes today, a!l they would be <1uarlered at
tho Gov<'rnmenrs expense If held ovN.
Results of the physical examlnal1cns are not to be announced until
reviowE'd by th<' board later.
lt is expected that:-4~~,
ante will be appointed
work of examining
as otherwise it will bill c nsldeiabJi
time to complete" th~ list. H t~t
mateV,ho.i It takes .an iavirage Ol
minutes to complete the examination
which Is strict In its requirements,
Thoso who fall to meet these requirements are to be called before a sec01,d physician for a supplementary
examination to check the first.
According to Mr. Marvin more
than half of the men ,Jtad slg~U!.ed
their Intentions of asking for ex._emp.
lion. There were no t.reak rea.aona
a8stgned, but simply depen~nt wives
children, or parents.
Threo aliens
were on the list all of who'rp stated
that they would seek exemptl.on. One
man, a Pole, at first though t '·;hat he
wou Id like to be a soldier but fl"lally
decided to ask .for exemption
hAd a wife and family,
hu11d1·,,,1 l:l ho1·1 1 rf; n1·t- now enn:>n
lh<'
~hlphulldin~ 111tr at
t ra 11~ 1 1)('\'tn-
~t'Will~I Oil Tilt• 111:1 I I l' t' or
tion f1·on1 lhi !t ,.. 1,.v lt: 1 '1 •:otllf'Whot im-
tPrfPtT<•d with plan,:. Th" mnln nfticP
or lh!' ('1)1 )ll)l';lliun will "" lcw:tl1 • I 11,
Porli<mouth 111111 all ll11· olllri:1li< w,11
l't~.si,tc- h<•t'P it lllt y ,·nu gf\t ac ·totn o,l llio11s ~ev,..,·al wharf hulltlr1·R h:IV" nrri\'1•<1 n111l wlll !<C•On st'\rl W<'rl< on th,.
\va1·i<. 'l'hP rou111lalio11, whl<'h wit! hi'
.-;11;,•rl'lr, wl 11 ii<' ><In 1'11'<1 wi lhln t hr
1ll'xt w!'ek.
1
BOOKS ARE
NEEDED FOR THE
1><1•~~11 WAR CAMPS
JC you ,·,11111ot llghl al lhc front you
c-nn S!'tHI a hook lo lhP mnn you are
sending to the front to do your fighting f0r y-11. Th!' e-o,·P.rnmtnt luw asked
tl1<' ,\ merlcan J.lb,·ary rrn~oclatlon to
r('sponsih1llty for SUPJ>lrinIT
the camp~ and cantonments with reading ma teri:t I. 1<:,·ery group of soldiers,
sma 11. Ml well a" la1 ge, Is to have
hoo lus. 'l'h<' t'ul,lic Llb.-a1·y
In this
<'ilY hart hl'C'n askNl to gel donations
oC books anti magazines in l'ortsmouth.
ThPSC will bc- !S!'nt to the various
,.,, mp~ n 1ul ra ntonm!'nl~ thrnui:-hout
1111• t•o1111try nn,I will hi' 1111\tlCI nvnllahl" lo th<' Rohllr>m, C'llh!'l· <lh·ectly or
tlu·ough snrh ng!'n<·le!< ns hnvo facllltlei, for dl!<tdhut1011 or hooks.
If you will write In each book your
n:1mp nnd a<ldrP.ss, the soldier who
rends It wll\ know that l'!Omeone Jn
1·!'acly to help him .
l'•>ol'ly printed, uninteresting bool<s
c,re 11ot worth shl)lplng to the men.
Type should be good and clear :ind the
hr,oJ:11 in fair <'Otvlltlc-:i.
Bool<R of i::ood ><lot·I!'!< will hP wantNI most: hooks for lhC' i.t1uly or Cor... ;.,.11
lnni;ufli;<'s, t'!<Jleclally
Fren!'h
grammar!'! :-,1ul <llcllonar lPS, nn! much
nl'PdPcl: frl'iah, allractl\'O magazines
,.,,.,. nlso dt'slrNI. Non(• over two year;i
01,1 i<h1111l1l lw lncludPtl.
Th(' lllflf('rial ill nerlletl nl once. Why
not s"ll'N today lile llc.ok11 you are
wllli111: to ~ii·<'. no not give worthies!'!
and unallrnctlve hooks, but some of
your good, fresh, Interesting and valuable ones.
,
S<'•11I the book!'! to the !'ubllo Lil>•
ary iil•twt'en 10 n. m and 9 p • .t&,
If :1ou w11nt to help win the llnl"',
you C'an do It by helping the go,·em-.
ment kee)I up the mornle-ns well ~"
thr m,11·:ih-nf the h<W!I In the cnm.,,;
:111d rnntonments SC'!\llere1I nll .wer th 1t
cou11t,·y. You can helJ) In furnishing
· lhC'm with reacll nit matp1•l:1 I ns suggested in lhe R)lpeal printed In t•ijs
Cive the hoys good hool<s In goocl
conllltion, and write in each volume
Y:.>11r n:1me and address, so that eaech
~ohll<'r who t·Ntrls it wll\
a ft·I"ncl in this town.
Give ·th<'m the lnn<'st and best or
)'<'Ur nrn,:rnzlne!< nnd 11erio1llcals.
Tt
will! C'heer up tlu~ Cc>llow who rPacls
them in <'nmp to know thl'rt' Is somPIJody llack hHe who ls thinking o! his
nee.iR.
. H<'llCII lhC' IIC'lallC'd dlt·ecllons and ac,
Oil th('lll. f)(J Jt loclny.
�OCAL BOARD. BUSY -
WITH SECOND 59,. M,
46 men from tho second 50 called over ,velght, Beauchaine put up a ti
to rc1iorl !Jcforo lhc local exemption c!ded objecllon and stated that '1¼
wanted to bo ,passed. Among oth
I.JOard tod:1y appeared th!;; morning stunts that he performed to show h
01 tho county court house and went physical abilities was hopping on o
through the} preliminary examination foot ,all over tho probate court roo
bc•rorc the t:lcrl( of tho board prov- not showing any evidence of lac~
lou;; lo taking tho phy!llcal examina- VI ind or 1ioor condition ,by this seve
Lion. 'l'he same method or procedure exertion which would tax any ma
i,, to be taken In their cases a;; was lils good condition and evident d
dono yesterda}. all out or town men siro to servo the colors was reward
l>t:ing oxamlne1I linil to allow them by hi:; being passed by the board.
t<' relurn to their homei; today i[ vms- slated that he was going to reduce
l!ible. Tho machinery or the ex11111- weight all that he could before bei
lug board has sctlle1I down Into or1lered to the mobilization ·. ca
smooth ru nning order and il I;; ox- a1i<1 1,tavted out to walk to Newma
11ected that many or the \'exlng de- lcct as a preliminary stunt. He le t
la)'s or tho tlrst day will !Je avoided. about noon with a broad smile on h
r,,.,~ei,"]!iCll l was round l11111ossiblo to shorten face and was plainly pleased at, b ll,e lime taken in the physical ex- lug finally passe<l by t he bo;i.rd.
Dr. John J. Berry Of t his clty h s
amination by any perceptible amount
h<'Cll
appointed by the board as t
1,.c,·.~~~-a:; tho regulations 111·e,;('ri be a com11lele examination and record of tho assistant physical ()xamlner and
,i:11110 in each individual ca:so regard- persons rejected at the first. examl
lion wlll be called befor e him for a
less or lhe phyi>ical dctlciencies.
19 men out or the 34 examined in ~ cone! examination before being
yesterday's quota passed the 11hysical ally rejected on this account.
oxemtnatlon given l>Y Or. PelHlor and
The 12 men who claim dlschllr e
J:; or these claim discharge. 38 re- after passing the physical exam! •
11orted to tho hoard yesterday, but lion with their r easons f~r seekl
four were aliens who claimed exom1>- the Ramo are as follows:
tlon on thl>1 ground and whoso phy.\torrls Salden. P or tsmouth, .w 11lc·al examination was llO!ll(H)ne1l for owed and lnllrm moLhor, dAPl)nden
tho time being. 12 men have not re:\larvin E. Perkins, No r th Ha
porl<'d t,ut moi;t or them have com- ton, widowed ruother, de pendeot
munlcalod with the board rei;arding
A1lolph Zanucoll, Por tsmouth,
their a11pcarauce. Oue alien appeared P<'ndl'nl wHo and child an d em.plo
11 ho waived cxcm))liun ancl who ,;tal· 101' II. S. navy yard.
011 that nothing would give him any
l'aul Haynes, fiye, depen dent w
,..__.a-u,-•.,.., mOrl! 1il<ia!luro than a ehan!'tl lo i;ol nnl child.
al tho Germans, but this little liro
Frank DrackoU, Newmark&t, jn
enter failed to 11at!,; 11hysically, being\ S. service, construction at Ga
,,._ _ . , . too uhort, 100 light, delicient in eye- Oe\ens, Ayer, Mass.
1
,_.,,._,._,.., sight, and hard or henrlng. Othern. \V. K1:owlo!I, Nort h I\a.rupt
,,..,..,..,,,,. wl110 ho wuH 0. J<., !Jul Dr. l'l'lltlor 1lo1,e1Hlont wltlowocl mother.
whllo ho 11dmlrc1l his :it1iril, \I.HI UII·
Jacob J\1,UHIClbaum, Portsmo
al>lo to give him tho desired d1a11c1J 1lc11en1lont, aged and in fi rm paten
lo ro11 rescnt this country.
Charles A. Beane, N ewton J
Wltrred Doauchainc of l\ewmarket, lion, dependent, wife a nd child,
numher 66 on today's list, wat1 a
Jeremiah J . Donah ue, Portsmo
g<'~rl example or a 1iatrlollc citizen, d<'pen<lent widowed mother
who wished to clo his duty.
Beau- brother under 16.
ehalno weighs 253 pounds, and Is a lnalph J . Otis, Newfields, fatll.e
most 100 pounds over the weight Jim- motherless child under 16,
u'. Ho was r ejected on t his acco unt W lllla1u B. Mates, Por tsmouth,
although his examination showed penden t wife a nd child.
that he was physically sound. W hen
ncqua lntcd with the ract that he was-
I
I
Commission
For Local Man
Adjutant General ~fcCaln, U. S. A.
today notlllect tho commanding officer
or lhe llrn1crve Officers Tralnlni;l'f'i''~W..b,
camp at Plattsburg, N. Y. concerning
the commissions that have
awarded.
Three Portsmouth boys
commissions as follows: Phili1i D.
Badger and Phlllp J. Grlrfln, second
lieutenanls in tho Infantry secllon of
the Officer s neser ve Corps, and I•'rank
Booma, second lieutenant in the field
artillery section of the Officers' Ile-
�LOCAL BOARD TO~~MAKE
SECOND CALL AT ONCE
A se('Ond call for men on the dra.(l I y:i r<l workman.
list is ex11ectcd to be sent out within
Orman Il. Paul, Portsmouth, exa few <lays by the local board In or- 1;mptlon claimed by wife.
der Lo satisfy the quota oC 7 5 from
Joseph Jl Drake, Rye, dopenclen'ls.
I h Is d istrkt, n11 ll is not b<'l ieve<l that
AI fre<l H. Barsantce, Portsmouth,
~0% or that purnber will lie obtained navy yard workman.
from the 150 already called.
J~rnest l\T. Ward, Portsmouth, dieThe members of the board stated pendent wife.
11.h; mornin~ I hat only about half tho
All oC the men who fail physl<:allly
1•a111lhlnl1•s JH\Hsccl tl1r 11hyslcal exam- will bo callc1I br.foro Dr. J. J. Bon:y,
l,1ation while clnlms for oxompllon assistant examiner or the board, for
from those are numerous.
a second examination ' to verHy the
Dut l l 111011 out or 85 who ap1iear- lirst rejection. With t he lot down of
rrl before the local boar<! on Wecl!les- LJ:o strict requirements It Is expected
1!ay and Thursday i1asRed the physical that a few men will be
examination without filing claims for from those r C'jocted first.
C.>'0lllJ>lion. 1'11 the first day's r111ota hoard ill to act on all claims (or 1ix3!s men reported and 1() passed the cmptlonr; i1111necliately,
considering
))!tyslcal E'xamlnation, 12 llllng claims each case individually with the alltlfor C'xemptions while out of 45 who davits submlUocl In each case. The
n 1,pearC'cl on the second day, 1 O oq action o( lite local board is by ,no
tho successful l 4 flied claims. The means final as they will be submitted
l·xem11llon claims of tho 22 who filed to a district board which In
Mier passing the physical examlna- n:akos a decision which afterwa!'ds
r Ion will be considered by the board i~ referred to Washington for final
l,\lcr. Most of tho claims are on ac- action. ln many dlRtricls, claims ![or
c..iunt oC alkp,cd clepon<lonls.
c-xempllons are being turned clown
Al the rale that the examinations ti1ick and fast anrl It Is believed that
arc now going, the local board would it will be much more difficult to :so1:n ve lo call at least 500 men to so- rvre exemption or discharge than at
cure tho quota of 75.
i..:.:
tl.:.rs:,t:..,:s:.;,u:,:I>:,:P:.;o:.;,s~e.:;
d.;,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I■
4 0 men reported today In tho last
batch o( 50 and four of the missing
l O ha1•0 communlcato<l with the board
l
wILLGO TO
rogarrltng their future appearance.
To date 11 out of 23 missing havo
hl•en accounted for, while 12 are to
he looked up by tho local board. In
lhe first day's quota, four out of the
ti who failed to rcJ)ort arc unacrounlecl [or whi le throe out of five
on tho second day arc chocked up.
3 7 men were examined yesterday,
:ill of tho examinations being cleaned
up by 7 o'doC'k last night.
Eight
:,_Ji~•ni1 WC'rr c~cu~ed from examination
11Ptll further 1iolice. 14 mc11 wero accc11lr1I t,y !Jr. l'r111ler, tho examining
11hy1<l<:ian, anti 1 o or lhose lllod claims
for exom 11tlo11 as follows:
l~lvln N. nicker, Port,m10uth, dependent wire.
Jnstln t\f. llanscom, Portsmouth,
l~tlwarli J. O'Ilourkc,
.. ,,rndonts.
Unorgo I,alJcllo, Newmarket, d
ndl'nta.
PLArrr~BUR,
G
l ':'
"R alph G. McCarthy or Miller a·venu e, who for sonte time 1H1st has
been connected with the staff o( '.l'he
'l'lmes received notice this morn Ing
that he was one of the successful candidates rrom this state Cor the seco,nd
officers' training camp at Plattsburg.
New Hampshire's quota at the ca101p
ts about 90 while there were nearly
�....
111
TWENTY MEN READY ~fOR NATIONAL ARM~t
Twenty men or the 150 called ror l!.lrnest D. Doisvert, Newmarket, diependents.
examination by the local cx <1 mpl1011
Thomas JiJ. Keaveney, North Hampboard have been a<:ceuted by th e exton, dependents.
am Ing board without any claim for William •F. l\f_clntyre, Portsmont h,
exen1ptlon or discharge and their
dependents, navy yard workman.
~ames will probably be certified lO·
Eleven men or the 150 on the fir·st
day to the district board by the lo- call are at present nnacconntecl -for;
cal board. They are as follows:
all others who have not a1111eamd
Serial.
Name and Address.
, before the local board having corn1878-Seth E. Rand, 1Rye.
munlcatcd with them in some mnn783-Wllliam -P. Warner, Jr., l'larn-1 ner, either to ask for a d1ange 0 r
tow
.
venue or to inform them that th ey
J 748-Wllllam F. Cronin, l'or:s- ,vere already in 11ome branch or lthe
mouth.
service.
An investigation or ilhe
1185-!Jarold L. Dutton, Ports- "!hereabouts or the 11 dellnQue·pts
mouth.
will be made at once by tho Federal
945-Everett II. ,Johnson, PorlH• authoi:-lJ s.
.
7
mouth.
•Ree~minations Of the men clis1546--Laurenre V. !Reagan, 'Ports- qualified on the first physical exa,rumouth.
!nation ,nave already started and 21
1·5G3--Jose11h A. Sussman, iPorts- went before Dr. Thomas Luce this
mouth.
morning who l:1 actlnl{ as a11slst1~nt
1 !l8G--Werley A. Randall, SMllrook. examiner as Or. J. J. Berry found It
507-Paul K O'Gara, Newmarket. Impossible to serve on account or his
309-Wllfred Ueauchaino, Newmar- health. But one reversal was made1 !n
kel.
the llnding or th e assh1tunt examiner
1 i '78-Warren C.
Donnell, Ports- and a llnnl do('. ision will oe made, in
mouth.
ihls case as In any others found late.
18--ILlncoln S. Ilytle, East KingsIt is IH'Ollable that the board will
ton.
start to pass on the claims ror exemp513-Andrezy Pclezar, Newmarket, Lion this artern oon as vroor has b•e~n
1636-.George 1L. Harmon. Porlti- com 111eted in the cosc of three clal:ms.
mouth.
The board Is to clear up the ca.ses
t,l'M.''"'11- 1818--'Edward
L. Sorote, 'Ports- where exemption claims have b,cen
mouth.
llled as fa st as the n ecessa,y altidavs:,.,.,·.,.>~.ll~ J 456---1Patrlck J. Grady, !Portsmouth. its have Ileen filed by the <-Jalrnants.
1649--James M. Robinson, Ports- The majority or the claims so far
"'"''"''••·,,,~,,.
mouth.
280-Thomas n. Sheehy, Newfields.
757---,IJenry A. Martin, Plaistow.
642--Joseiih A. Bousseau, Newmar.
ket.
Firty-three or the third 50 appear,.••-.,..,. eel before the local hoard yesterday,
41 being examined by Dr. Pender.
Two aliens were excused until further notice. Blghleen men were acce11ted by the examining Jihysiclan
and 11 or these claimed exem11tlo11.
They were as follows:
Bertram E. Gray, -Stratham, dependents.
Charles •F. Vetter, Portsmouth, <lependents.
Charles o. Ewen, 'Portsmouth, depcn<lents.
Godfrey M. 'Dearborn, Hampton, dependents.
WIiliam o. Cleary, 'Portsmouth,
pendents.
Simon Isaacson, Portsmouth, dependents, navy yard em11Joyee.
iReuben McFarland, Portsmouth,
pendents.
Wllllam B. Mates, Portsmouth,
penden ts.
ho.ve been on account ot tlepende nts
1
anti It Is 1irobaJle that there will be
but few denied.
a lr,h
,. 1lcCarlhy,
local nc,wspape1· man on Saturday recel ved wo1"1 that he had been sele<:lA<I
for the ,;ccoa d olllccrs' training c:rn111
Hl l'lnlt,;h111·g-. 'l'hc hcst wishes or hi~
lric111I,; ill the 11cwspapcr fraternity· go
with him. lle is ordered to 1·ci,ort on
A.1 1g ust :!7.
The many fri ends of Victor Boss,
who recently enlh;ted in the navy will
be 1>ieaseu to know that he is ptriasantty J<1ca .t ed on the U. S. S. Geo rg e
\Vashinglon at the P.1·ooklyn ~,avy
yard, and Is taking a coun;c with •tllO
others In electri cal instruction. \\1'h<'n
11 ff <lnty ho s11••i11h1 mo~t uf Id~ ,ware
lime al lh':' Y. I\{, c. A
Local Boys A1.,
Are Alternates
r~
, In add Ilion to the local boys rccci vlng ap1>olntments to lite second
officers• training camp at Plattsburg,
two from this city are among the ten
11lternates selected In case any or the
11rlnclpals fail to report on time.
·t'hose are Sergt. James A. McCa1·thy
:r. or the 4th Co.,
llraudon Wright.
Sergt. McCarthy,
lernate has been a member of
4th Co. for some lime and has a. lino
record In lhe service. He Is a gradtrn te or Portsmouth High school and
while there was acknowledged to be
oi;.e or the fastest football players in
this section. Sergt. McCarthy is so
high on the list or alternates that It
Is thought that he will have an opportunity to attend the can111. If ho
does It will mean that one
mouth family will ha vo two rc1H·cscn tatlves at Plattsbur,e:. as Serg!mJ.l
;\fcCarthy Is a brother or Ralph G
McCarthy who received his appoint
ment Saturday.
Mr. Wright Is a graduate or Portsmouth High school and 1'11lon
!nary, starring al football
Ila Ii at both schools.
�Nlnely men are to be called by ti e e,1 three exemptions to local men as
local exemption board today to re- complete proof was tiled by Saturday.
port 011 Saturday o[ this week, and The exemptions and the reasons are
as follows:
~londay and Tuesday of next week to
William B. i\lates, dependent wife
supJJly the number sllll lacking from and child.
the first batch for the district quota
Leon w. Thompson,
oi 75. 16 non-resident men are to be wife and child.
called In n<ld!Uon to the 90 from this
Or man R. Paul, dependent wife.
district, 4G r eporting the first day
In stating their position as regards
and 30 on the two clays following.
lv exemptions, William E. Marvin,
At present lhe board Is busy r e- cler k or the local boo.rel, stated that
examining the men rejected on the the board had agreed on a definite
first physical examination and it is stand to apply to all cases and would
expected that this work will be clear- live up to the ru Jes and their spirit.
e<i up Tuesday. 3 9 have been re-ex- He- stated that all men with depenamined by Dr. T. W. Luce with but dents, whether a widowed • mother,
few cases of reversal which will be wife, or child would be exempted by
taken to a higher board while 30 are the local board if satisfactory pro()(
le[t which wil l be completed today ,~as furnished, as they felt that this
d tomorrow.
was the spirit of the law which govI board has already gran erncd the selective draft.
Tobacco
' to the Soldiers
1ror th<l convonlcnco of those wish Ing lo send tobacco to soldiers o[ the
l lnitrcl 8tntrs In FJurope the Portsmouth Times has arranged to send
and cl isl rihnlo among them through
perrl'clly reliable channels leading
brancls of cigarettes and tobacco.
It Is made possible for any person
to send the liberal amount of 60
rf'nts worth ror 25 cents because the
expense of carrying Is contributed, the
1•xpensc o[ clistributlng to the sol<li<'rR iR contributed, and there Is no
int crnal rev en uc tnx or d II ty on tobacco sr.nt to our soldiers In 1.:uro11c.
A roupon ap11ears in another 11art
o[ the paper and all you have to do
111 1111 It out, desiii;nato the k it you
w:\llt and Rend 26 cents. We wlll do
tho rrst. Each kit contains n card
which will be signed by the soldier
rrcr.lvlng the tobacco and returned to
you .Ro that yon wll! know that your
cN1lrlb11lio11 has reached the right
J>lare.
,
J~nch of the kits costs you but 25
cents and will provide 50
worth or 11moklng material for a solcllrr. mt No. 1 contains three packages of F'atlmas ancl one package or
Pieclmonts, 70 cigarettes; kit 2 contains llvo packages o[ Chesterfields,
100 cigarettes; kit 3 contains ft'vo
packages of Piedmont cigarettes and
kit No. 4 contains ten five cent packages o[ Velvet smoking t obacco.
�...
~IX PORTSMOUTH BOYS
-~;.Jl'..
GOING TO PLATTSBURG
Stoddard, Walter A., Merrimac.
Tower, Alfred L., Charlestown.
Visconti, Peter, Battery A., 1st. N.
H. F. A., Concord.
1,111!"11'··•·~~-.i,:~ta..Whlttemore, Hollie L., Derry,
Walker, Everett E., -Farmington.
Westover, Kyle C., Manchester.
Walker, Byron D., Amherst.
Willand, !Pitts £., Man.chester.
Young, Harry IP., \oVoodeVlllo
H11ls, Frank l3.,
.
0
In Six
the Portsmouth
ll&t or 92 boys were lnclude1I I Humr>hrey, Ernest iP., Sprlngllel(l,
announ ced Saturday Mass.
,y tho Northea11tern department who\ Henley, Harold D. Washington D.
ere selected for the New llampshlro
quota !or the Second omcen1' '!'rain
·1
h
D
Ing Camp at Plattsbur
.
«ngra am, onald.A., \Rindge.
27 to Nov 2G 'l'l1cy g, N.1•' ;: Atu.,T.
Jenness, Thornton W., Ryo Beach,
.
.
arc ,oucr . .
•
Ba Ila rd, llcm Ick La lg h to , w a Ila te , -,,J-;;-o-::-n-;;-cs';;',""T'lc::aT1~>1'"1'(!)i:;-,,-.,'I;-;(-:-e-:-en"."e_____ ,__
le
'
'
11
Garrett, Ralph G. l\lcC'arthy, J•;d ward
G. Parker and l•'rnnklln s. ,Raynes.
John M. 0. Parker, recently attached
to the patrol -boat "Venture" at the
navy yard as a member or the ~aval
·Reserve who Is a well known summer
resident or •R ye, and 'I'hornlon w.
Jenness o! •Rye were alt:;o «l>J>ointed.
New Ham1>shlre's quota ror the
Second Cami, was 92 ancl over 400
applied and look examlnalions ror
the appointments. '!'ho majority of
these who received appointments will
be rouncl to be hetwoon tho age!! of
25 and 35 as the Government wished
men or more mature years lt the Second Camp than at the First Cami>
where the average age was considerably younger. The iNew Han111:cJ1lre
a1111olntments are as rollows:
Ballard, Robert .J., Portsmouth.
Bowman, Harold M., Salmon J:i'alls.
Ilrann, 'Millon A., Dover.
lllrldge, Harold W., Concord.
Brown, tPhilh> M., Cambridge,
?,~ass., care of Harvard Regiment.
Branch, Frederick W., Manchester.
Burrum, Warren H., \Vinch oster.
C'hlltenden, Gerald, Concord.
Chase, Robert 1\1., Concord.
Cheney, Archibald F., Nashua:
Codalre, E,rnest W., Manchester.
•Devine, Mauri<·e •F., 11Ianche1<ter.
Dickinson, •Roy W., Plymouth.
Dole, John W., Jlurvard R. O. 'I'.
C., Cambridge, Mas11.
Elliott, John S., M1ttlb11ry.
lDmrlck, John JI., Claremont.
l~merson, Dean A., Milford.
!English, Alpheus '!'., Rochetter.
Eggleston, Herbert C., •Lancaster.
Eames, Max 'Pick, Manchester.
F'.rost, Carlton IP., Hanover.
'Field, John H. Jr. Nashua
•Felton, James B.,' Manchester.
Folsle, Pl)lllp S., IJelham.
Grant, Arnold J., !North Berwlc!<,
fe.
Garrett, Wallace H., Harvard -R. o.
, C., Cambridge, Mass.
Grant, John W., Keene.
. Grater, Edwin H., Manchester.
Haywood, Orlswold S., Plalnfleld.
Hamburger, Amos F., South 'Doerfield.
Kellogg, Albert S., Jllanchester.
Kittredge, 11enry C., Concorcl.
Keating, 1~1:anl, n., Hooksett.
1Llndscy, '!'hayer, l'etcrboro. ·
iLovejol, John 0., Bristol.
'Laighton, Remick If., ,Portsmouth.
1
Lc11age, I~elix, l\tanchestcr.
Labine, Louis U., Nashua.
Mclntyro, Donald R., Med. Dept.
Tr., Co. A, Fort ·Ethan Allen, Vt.
Mallicc, llarold G., Cambridge,
Mass.
l'llaynarcl, David II., Uoston, Mtass.
Moore, l<'rederick W., ·Laconia.
lllarsh, ;J!'red 'J'. Nashuu.
Jllurdock, Armond L., Dover.
McGuire, Francis E., Claremont.
McAllister, William n., Manc:IH•ster.
Messler, Auguste A., Manchest,er.
'McCarthy, -Ral1>h G., l'ortsmc1uth.
Manter, 1Ral11h, .Manchester.
Nolette, Arthur B. Salmon Fa,lls.
Ofll<•er, Charle11 U., Claremon t..
O'Malley, Henry, Manchester.
Oconnor, Maurice P., Biddelrord,
life.
l'arker, Edward 0., Portsmouth.
1Parker, John 11[. G., Patrol bo'.lt
"Venture."
Quimby, Charles W, llfod. Dept.•,
19th Cav., Fort Ethan Allen, VIL
Quimby, Ro\Jert S., West Campton.
Richmond, Allen P., Dover.
Ramsey, Donald, Nashua.
1R11cker, Vincent n., Brentwood.
ollovoll, 1•1most G., 29 1Pnrkvale av.
Allston, !\lass.
Raynes, Franklin S., Portsmouth.
•Robinson, William H., Elmwood.
!Robinson, William 0., Dureau ot
Soils, Washington, D. C.
Russell, .Tames IL, Co. )\., Harvar,,
Regiment, Cambridge, M&ss.
Reardon, Jeremiah 1I. Con~iorcl.
Sanborn, •Ral1>h, Hanover.
'Scott, Alexander H., Manchestor.
Swenson, Guy A., · Concord.
·Sundareland, John Jr., Dover.
Sleeper, Perley ll., Exeter.
Smith, Stephen H., Millon.
Sargent, William A., P lymouth.
Sbatlurk, Maxwell · C., Bristol.
Sharp, Nathan S., Manchester•.
Shepard, Alan B., Derry.
,Stevens, George •R., New Canaan,
.
�SEVEN PORTSMOUTH
BOYS iAPPOINTED TO
OFFICER'S TRAINING CAMP
'"-- - - - - - - - - - - -w.-
Second Training Camp to Open at Plattsburg
Last of Month Will Include Ninety-Two Men
from this State
The 1i:1me~ oC
i,c, ,,n
Port,,,mouth
Fie-Id .John lT. Jr., Na,;hua.
Felton, .lames C., Jllancheslcr.
winning places in New HampFol:il<', l 'hilip R, I't'lh'l.m.
s•llr,.·s ,nwta f•>1· the S<-cond 'J'raining
nrn11t, Ar11ol(I J .• No,·th BC'l'Wi<•l;,J\[1>,
Cam!' al Plallshm·g, Aur:. 27 to i'i<'J>l.
<Jarrett, ,va!lacc 11., 11,1rvanl H. 0
2r., were announc')d on Saturday at the
T. C., Portsmouth.
Northeastern Departmcmt Hcadquart •
r:rant, John W., Kt'ene.
c,rs in J'oston . They arc Robert J. BalGrater, Eclwl11 JI., J\1::tnchei<t<' r .
lard, llemiclc I!. Lnighton, ·wallace. A.
Hayward, Griswold S., Plalnllelcl.
c:anett, llalph CL McCarthy, Ed-wa.rcl
HamL,urge1·, Amos F., Soulh T'e'lr••
c:. l'arl<cr, John J\!. G. Parker anc\
l~rnnl<Hn S. Rnynos. Thornton ,v. Jen- field.
.Humphrey, Ernest P., 1-prlr.gflcl(l.
nes!l of Rye Reach was also named.
Henley, Hnrolc1 n., "\Vashlngton, 11.C.
NC\w l!ampRhlr,:,'s quota for the Sc-cIngraham, Donald .A., Hlncl,::e
oncl Training Camp for Officers or the
,Jc-nnN1~. 'l'hornton ,v., Hye Hen<•h,
HNIC'l'V!' nrmy waq !12. They 1tro:
Jones, Hnlph K, Keene.
Balin rel, Hobrrt .I., P ortsmouth.
Kellogg, Albert S., M:mchest<'r.
Bowman Harold !If., 8almon Falls.
J<iltrc>dge. Henry C., Concord.
J1rann, J\lilton ,\., Dovc-r.
Kenlln,;, Frank R., Hoolcsett.
Bridge, Harold ,v., Concord.
Lincl~ey, Thayer, Pete1·horo.
P.rown, Philip M., Cambridge, Mass.,
Lovejoy, John 0., Bristol.
c·are of llan·anl Hor, inni1t.
Laighton, Hornick Ji., Han•a rd o.n.
Brnnch. Frcclcrlclc ,v., Manchester.
T. C., Portsmouth.
P.•1ffum, ,varren II., "\Vlnchcster.
Lepage, Felix, Manchester.
Chittenden, Gerald, Concord.
Labine, Lo11l!! U .. Nashua.
Chase, Rob rt JI!., Concord.
I J\lclntyre, Donald n .. i\l('cl. D~11t. T,·.
Cheney, .Archibald F., Nnshua.
t::o. A., l•'ort Ethan Allon, Vl.
<:'o<ls!rc, Ernest "\V., Manc-hcstf'r.
M!\ttlee, Harold 0., Carnhrlclgr>,Mas~1.
Devine, Maurice F., Manchester.
J\Jaynarcl, David 11., Boston, l\lass.
Dickinson. Hoy
Plymouth.
:'>tooro, Frederick ,v., Laconia.
Dole, ,John W ., Harvard R. O. T. <::.,
:'>1,.arsh, Frf'd T., Nashua.
lltur<lock, Armond L., Dover.
Elliott, John S., Madhur~·.
McGulrE', Francis E., Claremont.
Emrick, John H .. Claremont.
McAllister, WIiiiam R., Manchester.
Emerson, Dean .A.. MIiford.
Meesler,rAugit:-te ..\..: ,l\fanc!iiie
a .r.
English, Alpheus T., Rochester.
Mc-<;!arthy, Tul.lph 0 ., Portarno h,
Eggleston, Herber.t C., Lanca~tl'.lr..
. ~~~~ .z&fpb.i¥i nc~~•tt.,. ,
Eames; 1\fax Pick, Manchester. r ·
Fro~~. ,Cariton P .,
hor"
0
,v..
7PORTSMOUTH ·.,
BOYS APPOINTED.
1
TO CAM~
(Continued from Pns-e One)
Nolette, .Arthur D., Salmon Falls.
Offic<?r, Charles B., Claremont.
O'Malley, Henrr, Manchester.
O'Connor, I\Iaurlce P., Biddeford, Me.
Parker, F.dwanl G., Portsmouth.
Park<'r, Joh11 M. G.,
patrol
boat
"V<'ntul'e," Portsmouth mivy ynrd.
Quimby, Chnrlt's \V.,
Mccl.
Dept,
19th Cav., Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
Quimby, Robert S., West Campton.
Richmond, Allen P., Dover.
RamsPy, D"11!1lcl, Nashua.
Rucker, Vlnc<?nl D., Brentwood.
Ro\'C•II, Ernest G., 29 Parkvale
All<·ton, )lass.
Raynes. Franklin R, Port1<mouth.
Hol>!nson, "\\'llllam H .. Jo~lmwood.
noblnson, ,villl'.lm 0., Bureau
oils, "'ashini,;ton, D. C.
,nuss<'ll, James JI., Co. L, Harvard
Rfglm<'n, Cambridge, :\fass.
Heanlon, Jeremiah I I., Concol'd.
S:111born, Halph, Hanov1>r,
Scott, Alexander fl., I\Ianche>iter.
Swenson, Guy A, Concord.
Suncle1·land, John Jr., Dover.
Slce11Pr, l'el'ley D., Exeter.
Smith, Stephen H., I\Illlon.
Sargent WIiiiam A., Plymouth.
1-hatluck, Mnxwcll C., Urli<tol.
8hru·p, Nnthnn g., Mn1,chr•ster.
Shepard, Alan B., DCITY
!'ltevens, neorge n., New Canaan,
.0nn.
Slcddara, ,\railer A., M~rrlmar.
Towe,·, Alfred L., Charl'.l!! town.
Vl~contl, Peter, Battery .A., l st
r. F. A., Concord.
\Vh!ttemnrc, Hollle L., D<'rry.
,vall<cr, Everett E .. Farmington.
"'estnvcr, Kyle C., J\fanch<?stcr.
,vallcl'r, By1·on J3., Amh.-1·11t.
,vmand, Pitts S .. Manchester.
Young, Harry P., \Voortsvllle.
Hills, Frank B., Pcterhoro.
�CONTRACTS
ARE SIGNED
FOR THE SHIPS
Worlc nt the United
States
Bulltlln;:- 111:int at Newington Is pro•
gresslng rapidly :ind Iumhe1· and other
mntl'rl11ls tor the ne-w ynrd Is 1uTlvl11g
dully. ()11 Snlurcl:ly to11trncli1 \1AJ1i\'il1l11t
fc,r a numbe1· ot vellsCl>i 10 lie lrnlll l~\l~
the wol"I, ot building will bc.;ln,1 a~
aoon as the ynrd Is ready.
•rho work of laying the trncks wns
started on Saturday orter110011 and
several loads of lum'ber and shi11 t!m•
hers have already arrived. In the lower har'bor on Sundny, two large barges
laden with lumbe1· which l>1 d<>.stined
to go Int o vessels tor the American
merchant marine, dro11ped anchor and
will be towed lo the plant today.
0
~OR~ WORKERS
ARE NEEDED ·ij
f\t.,,ey RED CROSS
'J.'he lo<'al hranc-n of tl,o Hed C'rosu
has se'n1 the toilowlng ar1lclcs to the
>:1tRto hcad11uartcn1 In Concord whore
1hev will ::iliorlly Lo shipped to l•'.-a11ce:
. l;ajama,i, n doz; hOSJ)ilal i;hlrl:1, G
doz: 111lngs, G tloz; abdomln:li banani.-cll; 3 doz; 1Ju11dages, 1 doz; wlll(;S,
3 doz; wushlng i;Iove>:1, 2 doz; t;andagci1 (rolled,) 153: comfort plllow,;,
17, t.-ac.ture pillows, 3; hot waler bottle COVC'l'S, 6; wrl'il'?l"S, lb pain,; socks,
11; floor cloths. 3: mnffl<:1·>1,' 7: ~wt'alcn;, 8; comfo1·t bags, 6~.
Jn ac:k110wlccl,;ln,; tho i:;hltJment, l\ln1.
n, mlck, chairman of tho ga1·me11t>:1 an,I
surgical dreslli11gs says: "\Vo a1111r<'c-l:Hc tho patl"lot!ttm shown by yout·
member>! in sendini; lo headquarters
lhls large Sillptt,(lll represe11ll11g SIi
much tilne and energy and wish Lo
thauk you in the 11amo of the Hcd
('re,s:1. 'J'he 11hlpmc11t t,i very acccptalil<•
n nd tho k11ILtcct a1·tlcles particularly
'1eslqhle anrl well made."
'I'i1C',;C wo1·ct:; of 11ralse shonlcl net a,i
nn ltH·ettlvo lo tho worhcn1 In l'ort11mouth lo do more WOl'k. l'ort1llll\/Ulh
hl\'i alwllys been liehlnd somewhat 111
meml>en1hl11 or the nod Cross and t'.11::!
set'ms a good Lime to Increase tho
membership, the work apd workers, to,
though one of the Boston p'lpen; h11n•
ore<I us by saying that "l'orlsml)uth
hncl a hundred worke,·s aud Lw1•ntyflve sewing mat'hilics," tllo lrnth 1-. a
different story and an avcnigc of ::o
l:1 all that ean ho co1111tcli on at Lite
I:<:(: C'ross hc:idq11arlcri:; and Lhc sewi11i; 111achi11cs are a rnmlcst eight
11umht>1·.
During tho last week a class
!;Urgical dres~lng,; was held at
Red Cross rooms and ovc1·
women availed tl1cmselvc•>1 of Lho up11nrlu111ly Lo become 1H·otlcicnL In tho
1nakl111-: llf ,lllf<>1·cnl drcl!11ll1gs :;<>Ill OIi~
Wednesday afternoon from 2 u:ntll u
and It' Is hoped that many othe1: women will helJl In this particular work
for u11 to this time only a !ew dressings have Ileen sent from Portsmou\h.
The sewing will be carried on all day.
Monday as usual, and yarn for' the'
dlfl'Prenl knitted art!cles may hie 6btal11c,1 hy ap11lylng at the headquurter3
aml t ltt: H1•tl ero::111 di reel Ions for soclu1
mvcaleni ~•111 mufl'len1 wlll be given
out.
'
It SeC'lllS :Ill JC ll ought not lo be ne- 1
,·<•ssary to urge wornl!n to work at t his
11111c..Mun lll'll \\'Ol'lllllfi'. J\lcn an, J;Olni;
lo. the front UJul >:1oon mo1: aro going
lo bo WOUIHll',l. Jl may be yOUI" 13011,
y,1111· husha11d, your hrullwt· ot· It may
ht> th,· l\lall whu has 1111 rcbtl\·c:i, hut ,
whucvc1· it l,i the Hc,t Cros,i I~ i;oln,,
to ,·each him, ,;olng t" holi> 'hlln, go~
lug to <·u1nfurt hi1n :111tl CVCJ")' wornan
wants lo feel lhn t she ii, 'cloln,g her
bll" 111 the s-reat work for 1·(•1ieC.
�LARGEST CONTRACT ·IS
AWARDED NEW PLANT
The 30 Wooden Vessels to be Built
at Newington Will 1Cost $16,500,-
000.
cwr\'\ .\°'~
Tho contract for the construction 000 feet of yellow pine will be used,
of tho 30 wooden ships by the J. II. re,quiring 3,000 freight cars to convey
•.Mendel! gnglneorlng Company of that amount of lumber or 60 trains
c,( 50 cars each.
1\lanchostor wall the biggest contract
According to the contract,
Jet, by the United Slates for the con- must be the best possible fi'rc protecslructlon of wooden ships.
lion and in carrying out the governTo facilitate the handling or the ment's request, $20,000 is being spent
contract a subsidiary company has/ by the company. The plant will albeen formed, to be known as L. 11. so be well guarded, armed guards to
Shntluck, Inc.
be kepl on duty clay and night.
Tho ships which arc soon to be
The site 11clcctcd Is considered the
<t.urnetl out by the new company, best In tho country, which was a big
which iR now erccllnA' ltR plant In fnclor In goltlnA' lhe lnrA"e contrnct
Newlnglon, will be 286 feet long, 46 awarded to lhe New Hampshire comfl'oet beam and will draw 19 feet of pany. Defore the work of erecting
water, each to cost the government I J.he plant could be commenced
I
$660,000, making a total cost for houRos had to be removed.
,the urHll'rlaklng or $16,500,000. All .
The terms or the contract call for
ships will be or the freighter class.
j tho launching of the first ship on or
The lumber for the erection or the bc,fore the first of April, 1918, when
(building lo be used by the new con- it should be all completed with the
cern h:i!! been delivered and to en-' exception or the Installation o[ the
oahle the company to handle tho macl>lnery and the rquipment. The
amount of material ordered two and 30 11hips should be delivered no later
one half miles Of side track aro now' t'rnn Oct. 1 of next year.
'l,C'ing laid by the railroad.
'l'o enab,le tho company lo rush the
In speaking of the magnitude or work of Installing the machinery ancl
1110 undertaking Attorney Robert L. 1 equl1111fng the ships 011tions have been
Jackson of Concord, a member of tho ! taken on all wharves In the vicinity
compnny Raid that when the work or1' o'. Portsmouth where the ships will
bulhllnl\' lhc ~hips started 3,600 men be :111chored while tho work Is being
woul,I ho needed.
done.
gfght!'!'n F1hlpi; will he under conAs an lnducomcnt to get men o.nd
slrnctlon at the Hamo llmc,t he sh Ip also pay them what they earn the
yard to have 18 ways and the cost of company is now working out a profitthe plant will be In the v\clnlty of sharing scheme In which
JMo,ooo.
which save material and
I
Monday Is sewing Oay at tile head<1 uarlcrs or the Portsmouth Branch
of tho Reel Cross at the old Court
Ilouse on Court -street.
The
aro from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Monday.
Yesterday
ther e
were
nearly 50 women engaged there In
1 this work to aid In alleviating suffering. 'Each Wednesday fr om 2 lo :;
P. m. the work will be on surgical
dressings. Any woman who Is ready
I to enlist for service In th\q humanitarian woi,k will be warmly wel comecl. There Is no expense to It, but
each worker Is asked to provide her.
self with apron wit h ·bib. Head CO"·
nln~!l will he worn for th!' work, hut
lh!'~e Will ho pro,·1,INI hr the loC'n)
board,
�market.
204- Ralph G. Adams, 290
st., Portsmo11th.
206- Phl111> Lipsk, Greenland.
206- Willlam J. Downing, 136
st., Portsmout~.
207- Harry T. Wendell,
st., Portsmouth.
208-Dmitrl Lechowlck, 4 Elm st.,
Newmarket.
Tho local selection board yesterGeorge W. 'Sime, ,Clarendon, Va.
209-Ralph W. Darr, 92 Wlllard ave.
dny h:11Juod Its second call In Its enCharles 0. Fry, 1Cathage, N. c.
Portsmouth.
23
cl<'avor to f\11 this district's quota of 0-llugh B. Hope, St. Louis, Mo.
210-Mdward l,ambert, Lamprey st.,
,75 r:or the new national army. The
Alfred C. Duran, Haverhill,
Newmarket.
'fhose reporting on Aug. 21 are as
flrs'. examinations will be held on
'Mass.
.A rig. 18, 20 and 21.
l4 71-Stophen D. Hagerty, Jllorrls•• follows:
Those who will report on Aug. 18
, town, N. J.
211- George W. Lamonde, 2!l!l Dart:nre as follows:
Fred S. Cantrell, Lynn, Mass.
Jett st., Portsmouth.
161-Aleck SawanskY. So. Hampton. 6'i0-Wllllam L. Jones, Cleveland, 0. 2:i 2- George E. Odiorne, Jr.,
152-Adolph Bruneau, Newmarke t. 144-Lewis L. ClaJ>P, Beverly, Mass.
Marcy st., Portsmouth.
J 53-Ray P. Buxton, So. Hampton.
28-Charles F. GuggislJerg, Mln- 213-Claucle P. Holmes, Plaistow.
164-llarrlson A. deCourcy, 55 Salneapolls, Minn.
2 l4-John P. Riney, 231 IInnover
tor st. Portsmouth.
232-Frank A. Hulshoff, New Yorlc
st., Portsmouth.
iH-6-Albert Martell, ,92 Langdon st.,
city.
215- John G. J<oures, 104
Portsmouth.
!146-Otto J. Klatt, St. Louh:1, Mo.
st., Portsmouth.
::~~.;./'t~ J fi6-~dgar A. Davis, Plaistow.
Winthrop D. Lano, Omaha, Neb. 216 - Joseph W. Carter, Plaistow.
,1 57.......llarvln F. aooq;e, B. Kingston.
Raymond A. lllcCabe, \Vcllesle:y 217- Willlam Penney, 16 School st.
158-Adolfo Gobbi, 4 O Deer st.,
Mass.
Portsmouth.
Portsmouth.
Allen Seymour New York city·. 218- Dennls Carey, 791 Maplewood
169-Carlos O. Hobbs, 87 Hill st.,
Joseph F. Blake Everett, Massi.
ave. Portsmouth.
Portsmouth.
Those to ro1>ort on Aug. 20 arc as 219- Ernest W. Pippin,
.,...,...,.""'"360-Arthur N. Page, 19 Stark st., follows:
~ Junction .
Portsmouth.
181- l\lerton A. Drake, Rye.
220- Charles Penlls, 169
p.61-Moses ::lfatasslan, 4!l Daniel st. ,182-Guy C. Trueman, 24 Columbia
st., Portsmouth.
Portsmouth.
st., Portsmouth.
221-Earle C. Ingalls, Plaistow.
J fi2-Arthur Lonioux, 24 Elm st., ,1 83- Ernest A. Spinney, 9!l Gates st:. 222-Gorden M. Hayden, Newflelds.
Newmarket.
Portsmouth.
223-0eo.rge A. Moore, North Hamp'.163-Joseph W. Cote, 12 No. i\lalu 184-Allan W. Sawyer, Plaistow.
ton.
st., Newmarket.
185-Roland S. J•'aulku er, Myrtle
P.64-Gay E. Caswell, Ryo.
ave., Portsmouth.
,,.. ,.~-.IY,.. _1 66-Wllllam J~ Provencher, Water 186-Leon M. Knowles, North Hampst., Newmarket.
ton.
l t.6-Walter A. Badger, 165 ,l\laple- 187- Marcle La Donte, Westvllle P. tiG Giorgi Paola,
wood ave., Portsmouth.
0., Plaistow.
-Portsmouth.
167-John H. Winslow, 149 Islington ]88- Percy A. Moulton, Rye.
227-Mack Potter,
st., Portsmouth.
HO- Kenneth F. )[clnnls, 528 Denst.; Portsmouth.
·228-Fldmond Bouchard, Main
J68-Ralph J. Hersey, 4 Dearborn
nelt st., Portsmouth.
, Newmarket. •
st., Portsmouth.
190_;.John R. Gamester, 175 Austlln
229-Daniel Cullanane, 3 Bartlett st.
1 G9 - Raymond A. Sargent, Newton.
st., Portsmouth.
17 0-lloward ll. McC11rt11oy, Klug- 1 !ll- Nltholas Popn!!, River st., NowPortsmouth.
2:\0- Wlllle E. Young, Seabrook.
ston.
mnrkot.
l 71- l•'rancls a ray, Newton.
192-Polcr Chopallo, 13 Uarllett st., 231- Oliver Morin, Newmarket. 232- Minot R. Shaw, 4 C~auncoy st.,
172-Olll>ert a. Posey, 104 Congress
Portsmouth.
Portsmouth.
st., Portsmouth.
193-John K Warburton, ll!ll ls233-Charels W. Ham, 373 Islington
173-Ralph W. Sewall, Newmarket.
llnglon st., Portsmouth.
st. Portsmouth.
174~Chnrles A. Dame, Greenland l:!4-Robert If. Gowen, Stratham.
234-Willlam C. Murch, 140 Sumroad, Portsmouth.
195- Napoleon i\Ie!chaud, ,vestv'lllo
mer st. Portsmouth.
17 6-Ji'red P. Turcotte, Main st.,
P. 0., Plaistow.
235-John F. Dro,~n. Newmarket.
Newmarket.
• J 96- Elmer N. Wad e, Kensington.
236- Iloward E. Obroy, 58 IIIII st.,
176-Elmer A. Berry, Greenland.
}Vi-Andrew i\Ilchelchock, Groen1,7-Irvlng A. Davis; 273 Woodbury
lancl.
Portsmouth.
ave., Portsmouth .
l98- Rcmick lf. Lalg htou, 261 Rock- 237-Louls Freeman, 14 Jefferson st.
.,....,-,.•_,..,178-Herbert W. Brewster, 103 Waland st., Portsmouth.
I
Pqrtsmoulh.
-ter st., Portsmouth.
l!)!J-,lohn J . .Marlin, 35 Charles st. 238- Paul A. Fortier, Elm st., Newmarket.
17 9-..<.W\rdlo P.v~a. 'ilUll'l)J uo){,.
Portsmouth.
18().....!fos:irc!'.I M1trlo. 4 McDonough
239- George J. Soucie, Port smouth
200-llarry A. French, Seabrook.
Naval Bospltal, Portim1oulh.
~'I,.. Portsmo..:u_,.t..,h~.,..YI
201-Etlward J. Ahearn, 2 Autumn
StunJey "ifargl
24 0- Peter Ciufo, Newmarket.
st., Portsmouth.
J.
202-Mlchael F. Drennan, E. King-
LOCAL BOARD ISSUES
~;~SECOND DRAFT CALl.
�Tll\lIBS. \VEDNERDAY. AUGUST 15. 19
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TO PROVIDE LIBRARIES
FOR AMERICAN ARMY
Washington, Aug. 15.-Plans to recuperate front physical fallgue, and
provide libraries, both buildings and i11 these hours they seek mental diversion and refreshment-and if this
books, for the soldiers at the cantonls not provided through good readments and training camps were dis- ing, it is apt to be songht in the botcnssed yesterday at a series of meet- tie or games o[ chance.
lug!! or l'C'(lrC'sent.alll'es o[ the Amer!According lo the planR of th<' War
t·an 1,lbrary Mso!'iatlon from the llrpnrtm<'nl. <•ac'h camp or
1,;,u;t and South, and a c;un1,algn was PICnt hi lo J.,e a real ell). lhl! areragl!
starle,I Lo raise at leaRl $1,000,1100 population \Jeing Crom 40,000 to 50,for the Camp Li\Jrary fund.
The 000 men. Pro\'iSlon has been made
work was entrusted to tho American for postoffices, churches, ofClce buildLibrary J\ssoclallon by the Commis- ings and even \Janks; only libraries
sion on Training Camp Activities, In are needed, and th~se the relatives
coop<'rn lion with the War Dovarl- and other friends ot tho soldiers are
mrnt, and will he In direct charge or asked by the J\ merlcan Library assolht> ('ommitlee <111 l'amp Llbrarlrs, of ciation to provide. Ono dollar, It Is
which .T. L Wyer, .Tr. director o[ the figured, wlll furnish a book, keep it
New York State Library, is chairman. i11 circulation until it is worn out, and
The first meeting of the day was rPplace it when retired for physical
that or the lleld staff, which discussed disability.
and adopted a line o[ campaign deThe field lo \Je covered by the II
~ignC'<I to cover e,·ery city and town brarles embraces the widest range,
and ,·lllage o( the land. 1,,,,en remote including service ror r ecruits, for
hamlets will be represented In tho men In training, for men in 1110\JillNatlonal Army, and it was rel( that zation, garrisons, oulposts, fo~ the
lhe people or such places also "·oulcl men In their rest periods while on the
wish lo help furnish \Jooks to the march, and even for thP. men at the
young men they have sent to the war. front. The libraries will serve lhe
Following a session of the execu- crippled and maimed men returned
live hoard of the association, the war from service, and wounded soldiers
11nance committee, under Dr. Frank nnd prisoners of war, men awaiting
P. HIil, or Brooklyn, N. Y., consld- tl:e muster-out, sailors on shipboard
ered wars and means for getting the a11d sailors 11.t the various naval stasreatest results at lowest figures, and tlons-not a man In any branch of
the day was closed with a meeting of uncle S11.m's war service is to be nethe 250 librarians present, at which glcrtecl.
the flnal cletalls of lhe t:ampalgn were
As thE>re wlll be 32 camps or canpcrft>rted.
tonments, library service in
From reports presented at the alone must provide !or virlnally 1,rnr!ous sessions It appo:irecl , that 500,000 men.
i.P •kR 1111d been proved to be the best
For ils very minim nm contribution,
antidotes, or preventives, for the evils each city and town and village wlll be
of dr inki11g and gambling, and also asked \Jy the association lo transmute
that ap1,roxlmalely !l!l % of the men 6 % or Its populallon Into dollars.
prefc:- a goocl book to cards or dice or That Is, a city oC 10,000 residents will
"booze" la their oIT hours. Despite bE: asked to give a minimum or $500,
their severe trainin g, the men have and so 011, up ancl down the scale, but
much time [or themselves In which to r.o limit Is set on a maximum.
An enjoyable entertainment
hold last evening In th~ town hall,
Rye, ror the \Joneflt of tho Red Cross.
The program conRlsted of
numbers and readings, the latter
being by Miss Anna ,Vinslow or this
city. Ice cream and assorted cake
l\·as on sale and general dancing completed the evening's pro;ram.
A
good sum was netted for the Red
Cross.
�MANY CALLED FROM
KITTERY AND YORK
Tho aeconcl call for tho 2ncl York
county di:itrlct under tho dratl law
Included tho following from Kittery
.7,.:k,a!'!".. and Kittery Point, Eliot ancl York:
205-Howard Taylor, York.
208-Warren L. S'plnney,,Soulh Eliot
216-Uoo. A. Hoo11or, York Corner.
222-August Nol"i, York.
224-l'arker D. Searle, York Beach.
226-Ellery II. 1'.:mory, I<lllery.
234-Nupoll Giacomo, York Harbor.
236-Duncan S. :'llclnllre, l<iltery.
23 9-Charles "\V. l<'rost, Eliot.
300-Frank J. Kimball, York.
314-Jobn A. Nowell, York.
315-Suvarso Salerno, York Harbor.
268-Ciaude R. Colby, l{lllery.
259-Yvlllle c. Franklin, l!;llot.
260-Phlllp E. Brooks, Kittery.
282-John F. Stevens, Kittery.
292-Francls L. Hatch, Killcry.
364-Edward M. Drooks, So. Eliot.
24 6- Waller D. I~ernald, Klllery.
:lti0- Henry N. Goodwin, Jmot.
284- Oti:; A. ::\lorgridge, l!:llot.
266- \Vllllam H. O'Brien, Kittery .
297-George A. Erne:it, York Beac:11.
317- John s. Chase, York Beach.
!l,2- J~tlw,ud K 1'l1111111ton, l~llot.
30(i- Aaron l'. l'rall, York.
324- Walter A. Blake, Kittery.
!! •I 3- Clifton U. Stone, York Village.
343- Waller K Pettigrew, Kittery.
34-1-Theodoro Tucker, Klllery.
:175- llalph W. Sterling, Killery. ,
380- Walter N. Norton, York Beach.
~29- Arthur 11. Southard, Kittery.
330- Guy D. ::\rilchell, Klllery Poln.t.
370-Wallace E. Patch, Kittery. '
362- Allen D. Lewis, Kittery.
327- IIerbert I,. Herth, Eliot.
286-John S. Waldron, Kittery.
287-Raymond B. Gerry, Kfltery.
27!>- Nelson L. :lloulton, Klttorr.
277- Guiseppe C. Carmine, York.
fOUR MORE SECURED
1?,.,
\
FOR DIVISION· OUOTJ\
'Four more names were added to- vice. The remaining were on accou.ut
day to the list or 19 who have be~n of de11endents. They are a!l follows:
certified to the district board by the Coztawzo Vecchio, Portsmouth, resilocal board as being physically flt
dent alien.
!or service without claims for dis- Antonio Camlna.tl, Portsmouth,
charge or exemption, making a total
dent alien.
or 23 In all rrom the first draft or Ralph J. Otis, Newfields, dopendElll!
150 men from this district. In the
child under 16, without mothe:r.
case or three, a second physical ex- Samuel T. ,Pilgrim, Portsmouth, deam lnatlon caused a reversal or the
11endent wife, claim flied by Mrs.
rejection at the 'first ex&mlnatlon,
Mary Pilgrim.
while a fourth man who was missing 1''renk Mercik, Newmarket,
up to yesterday reJJOrted for examalien.
!nation, having a. reasonable excm;e Dormand ,P. Anllro, Portsmouth, reafor his non-appearance.
ident alien.
The four names addecl to tho roll Donato DI Glamba Isista, Newm1uor honor are as follows:
ket, resident alien.
Walter Elmer Clough, Newton June- Bertram E. Gray, Stratham, marr:led
tlon.
J
man.
Louis Francis Strout, Kensington.
C)larles F. Vetter, Portsmouth, muGuy Carl Wiggin, Plaistow.
rled man.
Ralph Oliver Dragg, Seabrook.
William ·F . Fowler, Seabrook, In U.
•Fourteen discharges and exempS. service.
lions were granted yesterday by the William 0. Cleary, Portsmouth, marboard In session alter consideration
rled man.
or the proofs ottered. Six cast's were E1·11est B. Boisvert, Newmarl.et, mnr.
Bl.►.:111~~• or resldt>nt nt1e11R whlll' I wo ml'n
rled man.
were already· In U, S. military ser -. John F. Durgin Newmarket, In U. S.
�LOCAL BOARD REFUSES
IWO EXEMPTION CLAIMS
1
Thr !oral exemption board refused cerlilied to the clist.rict board as havtc nllow the first C'laims to elate yes- Ing qualified 1>l1ysically, not claiming
exemption. The board received iioll'l'day, denying exP.mption petitions
lice this morning that Thomas Moro~ :\!orris Sal<len and .Jacob i\Ta.ndel- rls, serial number 258 and call numh:111111, holh of this
tily.
Saltlen ber 1, had been examlnctl by the exrlaimrd that he was tlw only support emption board at Dover, Me., and
o:· his mother, while i\landelbaum round physically qualiOed. i\forris,
clalmNI age1I and ipflrm parents who who is a full blooded Indian, did not
WE,rc !H11111orlC'd by him. These claims claim exemption on any grounds. The
wPre 11crerred after the first 1>roo(s name of one man on the list was
wC're Hied as the board demanded dropped this mo.r ning as exemption
ft•rlhc-r proofR which wero furnished claims were discovered which had
lrnt lhey were denied yesterday by been overlooked. They will be acted
I 110 hoard whil'h stated that the 011 later by the board.
proofs clid not come within the law.
'fho following discharges were
Tl1r hoartl 11ent out a new oall to- granted yesterday: Fromelrrck Orlop,
cl:.y for l 1 0 men, !llarting nt call Newmarket; Josejh Roberge;
numlwr 241 and running lo call market; Perry Barna.bee,
1111111ber 350. A call for 90 was sent mouth; Silvio Scarponl, Portsmouth;
out on Monday 1vho are to report on Charles Peterson, Portsmouth; AnSatnrday or this week and Monday ton! Kurtra, Newmarket; Benny K r yn1t<l Ti1esday of next and the third slaiv, Portsmouth; Arch Ip Darchlk,
call will reporl immediately after- Portsmouth; Antonio Fon11eca, ~New•ro date, but 23 men
market, resident aliens.
�•
rnms. FRIDAY.AUGUST
THIRD CALL ISSUED
BY 'THE L AL BOARD
..
•
to, Nowmarke>
322-Vernon C. Bond, Strntham .
3!!3-Altred T . Jenkin,, Por1sru1111
32 4-'l'homns D. Macl,aughllu, n
Deach.
326-Abraharu
Richman ,
11111uth.
\l.,-ron D. Felch, Seabrook.
\ mos 'l'. Hedman, lla11111t1111.
Allen ll. l{c1:11, J•ortsmouth ,
:i •• u-.:-fonu1111 J . Howull, ~u\1-ton.
331-Leou J,:. lludsou, Port11mo11th.
,
.l7G-John
J.
Barrott,
Portsmouth.
~
Tho local exem ptlon b11,11 ,1 1, ., 1
128-Robort J. Carlaon, New York 3:!:!-0oori;a D. llatt, Port11111outh .
»ucJ • thlrJ call In II 11 url. uf ,
a:ia- l•'r1111k t:, Mor11a11, 11:111g11tu11.
city,
kctllllC this llltslrlcl'B 01101.1 1111 I 111• 167G-Arlhur W. Drown, Concord.
:1:14-1•:lmt-r K . Wuuhold,
1111111th.
'-•·w :-.. ..uonal ar111), th, 111111hcra<
Thoio ordered to roport on 1\ u.:-.
lr.g rrom 241 to 350 lnclu l1t•. I 111 23 nro ne rollow ■:
3:16-llgo llobbl, Portsmouth.
tc,llow lug 11; Ill re11orl for i,L.
:Jall-llana If. l'rovcncho,
277-John g l{nla;ht, Portamouth.
mouth.
examination on Aug. 22.
2711-l'orcy Smoll, Portsmouth.
20-Wall41r J. l,oach, l'ort&IIIOlllh, 279-Thomna J,~. C'olll1111, Port1m111111h
337-l•'rank A. Tnylor, !'forth
LOU.
242-l~arlo B. NlcholN, Nt!WtOII.
:!110-Nathnnlcl L. Win,,. l't11 to•
!:O-Ow1m .\t, O'Leary, l'or111111oulh.
338- <Jay ~ . llorrocka, Portemouth.
mouth
3::l1-Chnrle11 C. J•'lsh, Portsmouth.
:4 4-Hua,11111 P. Chapman, Stratham. l!lll-ll011ry Cnmlro, !l.o\\ 111.,rk, I
Varwlno D'Conzo, Newmnrk1•l. 282-llarry
Burllng:unP
I', rls• 340-Wlllls II. Hoyt, :-:ewlnglon.
l,)mau P. llacUonald, l'ort1341- \nlony Boako11, :-:ew11111rkPI.
111011th.
111outh.
342-1-~dmund
J. Goo,lrenu, l'l:\ls2S3-James \V. SC'Oll, 1'01 t &111111 I,
tow.
-~~.!4i. Uou,111 J. Gould, Portemou11 . · ◄ -Jame, .\. ~I anion, ll,11111111111.
'.l4 8-Tolos11horo TourlKIIY, Now1nur ~IIG-l>unlel S. Atwell. 1'1111 1111,11111.
3 ◄ 3-Jullae W. Clll111a11, Portsmouth .
ket
!i
H - l'hlnoua L. Bl•ede, Plnlstow .
.!!>6-Charlua \\'. Chas:.i, :--, ,11 rool,
:I l6 - l•:1lwnrd J. ('oonoy, PorlBlllOlllh.
2 49-UonJamln F. Peek, It> o.
2!>7-Wlllls f'. Gray, l'ort ..1111111111
3 4 C -l•)lmor J<:. NQ80II, l'orltilllOllth,
HO-John \forclk, Newmarkt:t.
288-John J . Walsh.
:!bl-Cornelius H. Reardon, Ports• 2!i9-Joo Gahts, Portsmouth .
3 47-1•:dwln \L ~am11bcll, Portsmouth.
mouth.
%90-Jlarry Siwek), Nuwm.1rkel.
2G2-llahlon ll. Anderson, l'lals :rn I-Antony Trnnskl, Portsmouth. 3411-lluroltl C, Wnlkcr, l'orta111011th.
tow.
2!12- Hny C. F;Jkll111, lla11111Lon lt'ulls. :l4!1-Wllllam nurouln, NP1111111rk1•1,
Percy B. Drown, llam1,ton
!!1:S-U1rnnl11 I.. l,ung, Portsmouth.
~5 1 1<:mcry J<~. Il11 ck111n11, Suabrook. :!!H-l•'loyd W. l.nmbortsou, Urt,cn:!f.6-\\ lllla J,' Tll,l,1,tt ,, l'ort moutl
land,
2&G-Evurotl I,. Nudd, llu1111itu11.
:!!IG-Cllfton J,:. ('olllnK, l'lnlHlOW.
:!f.7-Jm1e11h Arthur ('ournoyur, :o;u\\ . !llli l~r tratenus SmnrtJI,
l'orlllllarket.
mouth.
2Ci8-John A. Sculley, l'ortamouth.
!!97-Joaoph P. Hunter, Portsmouth .
-~9-lrven Stanle), Hampton.
~!lb Clouri;u Soulo, Portsmouth.
260-Wlllls J. £vans, South Hump- ~!19-l~~orolt W. Dcnnull,
Greentoo
land.
201-0oorgo Lnnglole, Drndford, VI :l00-1'~dwln n. Clnrk, Kingston.
2C!!-Oangl Fernl, Port mouth
301-Joseph Fisher, Nown1arket .
2li3-Rnymond E. Currier, Bnr.t IU2-'l'lmothy \\'. Connors, 1'01rlnKlnc1ton.
mouth,
264-Erthlnloe S. Gannie, Porte- 103-JameH B. WIibur, Portamou th.
mouth.
'It ◄ Guy \ Smith, Plaistow.
265-llenry 0. Perkins, Seabrook.
:lll6-Crnnvlllo 'I. l~ml!ry, Nuwton.
266-Wosloy P. Downing, Porl11• JOli-Jumea 11 Grlltln, Newrnartut.
mout .
3<,7-llorlwrt G. Phllhrlck, Nuw111ur•
207-Nazare Deauleullle, Newmar•
kcl.
ket
308-\\'llllam J . Hure.rn,
!!118- llnrold A. Marston, Portsmouth.
,.!Ii
mouth
Jt•9-1.eo Hoy llabkirk, Oreenlnnd ,
2G9-Herbert N.
Brad lee,
Port11- :I 10- A rchangulo l•'rnnclHco, Nim mnrmouth.
kct.
270-- Qeor1e H. Fuller, Portamouth. 311-Sora Frnnrlacho, l'ortemout h.
27 1-Ralph H Duawell, Eut Klnga- JI:!- l•'rt:d ,,: 1'.:dK••rly, NO\\ mnrket~
too.
Those will re1111rt on Aug, !!4, 11re
272-Aurole J. Dlanchetle. Newmar- 1~ follows:
ket.
313-lloracc W. Craig, l'ort1mo11 th.
!?73-\Vllllnm H.
North 314-Solh W. Trl111>e, 1'ort11111outlr,
Hampton.
316-l•'r:urk \Va1IJ11, ~l!\\11111rket.
Thom111 H. l{lerst
· -- - , ·116-.\ lonzo N. Crowell, Port11111011 th.
ton.
·
J 17-Hnl)ih P. llnllor, l'lalstow.
J 18- Atvln J,'. no,lden, Port,1111011 th.
31 !I -Sumner F . l>ennoll,
-
�BUT fEW .REJECTED ~\
fOR PHYSICAL REASONS
Thirty-eight men out of a tolal of cal board yesterday and wll! go auto4:; reported to the local board at the matically up to the district boa1·d
ronrt house t111s morning on the s,)t:- on appeal. This was Marvin E. Perkins of North Hampton, call numbP.r
nnc! tall for the selective <lraft and
4 9, claiming dependents. The board
24 hail bNm oxamin<'d nt J o'clock.
also received word that John R. MillTh<' physical average of lhc men exer, 39 Cass street, being held by
amined this morning ran higher than
the cirnadiau authorities at "lt.
in tho 11revlo11!! lot an,1 hut few were
.Joh nii, N. n., ancl wn!l refused JlPrhc-ini-; rejc-c·IC'I) Oil 11hysi<'a) diflahllity
m lHslon lo enter this <·ountry. Miller,
althon1~h many claims for <'Xen111tion
whoso occ111mt1011 !R Lhnt or lln•ma:1,
wen, •h<'i111: lil<'tl with the !Joan!.
is of Cannclian 'birth but has 11\ccl
To date 27 men have been rertlflocl
his nrst papers and has declared his
to lhe district board •by the local
intention of becoming an American
board, Ji:,aving a total of 48 lo i,e
citizen.
obtained from the second and third
The following men of this district
!'alls. Thrrl' appeals had bel'n filed
a11pcared betore the board this mornfrom the- clr<"islon or the board which
h•g and filed ('!aims for exemption:
Jta,J crrtllie,1 thl'm for service. llaroltl
A leek Sawansky, South Hampton,
l,. llntton, passNI phy!IICally, appealr<•sident alien.
I'd from the rPsult of the cxamin'.lAlbert ~(artell, Portsmouth, mart lon, as hi' had previously ·been reried man.
jl'<'tc(\ on at•co1111t of defective vision
Edgar A. Davis, P!aist.ow, married.
by the examining J)hysirians as a can:Marvin F. George, East Kingston,
diclate for an appointment to the secdependents.
ond omrcrs' training camp at Platte,.
Adol(o Gobbi, Portsmouth,
hurg and also for the navy. Monls
dl'nt alien.
Raiden whose claim for exenll)tion
Arthur N. Page, Portsmouth,
:ui the· ROie 1111pport or hlR mother
yard workman.
was <1e11lc1l by the hoard, has 11etiArthur Lenieux, Newmarket, resit1oned to file a claim as :i resident
dent alien.
Salden claims that his rather.
William J. Provencher,
whose rra I name was llarris Zelzner ket, resident alien.
waR not a citizen of this country and
Ralph J. Hersey, Portsmouth, nuhad taken on . only his first papers vy yard workman, marriec! man.
before his death in 1!l08, never hav- , Char!:::s A. Dame,
Portsmouth,
int; 'b<'en naturalized. Jle stales that marrlecl.
he bt>came aware or thi9 fact only
mmer Berry, Grcenlan,1, marrlPd.
within the last few doys alfhough he
Irving A. Davis, Portsmonth, marhas al ways ronsidere<l himsel( to be l , n ~ · e ~ d ~ - - - - - - - - - - - • • • •
a citizen of thii; conntry and has vol- Iii
ed as irnrh.
.Jac<>'h Mandlehanm,
whose claim that he was the sole support or his aged and infirm parents
was r1>jertc1l, al!lo lil<>d an appeal
from thl' -dccii;lon o( the •board.
Our alirn Adolph ,Bruneau
or
Newmarket, 'call number 1 !i2, apVictor Boss of this city Is located
pc:trcd before the ·board !his morning
on the u. s. s. Georr,:e Washington
nn<l waived exem11tlon, staling that
and eats on the ·Kaiser Wilhelm 11 ~l
he wnnlrd to gc-t Into the light. Jle
the Brookl yn, N. Y., navy yar<I. He l:i
11as1>ed the physical examination with
in electrical class compan1 No. 6 ·
flying colors and will be certified by
He has live night a week, Salurclny
tho board. Brunean is the first alien
afternoon and Sunday of( ancl Is taklo get hy and the second who waivPd
ing in the sightR of ,New York. There
exemption, the •first fnillng i.,hyRicnlly.
are nearly 400 men in the clrctrlc:ll
One claim was refused 1,y the 'IOclasseR nt the llrool<lyn ynnl.. Mr.
Hoss s11e111ls a 1,;rent cleat or hl11 nparo
time at tho navy Y. J\-l. C. A. Jui;t
outsi de the navy yard ~ates.
Local Boy In
,/'Electrical Class
~'
-
�....
,ANY ENLISTED 'MEN
1
~ ·{\
ENJOY DANCING PARTY
'J'ho danrlng )larly yesterday ut the
Y. M. C. A. tent In the ganlen or the
Aiisoclallon t,ulhllng proved even
more or a success than the 1>rcvlous
ones. '!'hero was a large gathering or
enlisted men and young misses with
c haperons and the commillee In
charge omilled no detail which woultl
nltl In nrnklng all enjoy tho event.
'l'ho orchestra came over from York
Harbor and furnished brilliant musical selections Including popular airs
or the day which gave zest to the dancers. I<'rom •l .'30 to li.30 o'clock <1anrl11g was enjoyed and then the strulns
or "Tho Star ::;pangled Danner" played by tho orchestra told that tho
event had come to a close. During thr
aflt•rnoon refreshments or Ice cream,
t•ake and lemonade were served all.
'l'hat the enlisted men appreciate
lho great things being done In this
city for their enjoyment Is Jllalnly
cvltlent. They seem to never Ure of
talking alJout It and express their
ap1>reclation again and again to the
committee In charge. l\l·any letters
written to their home folks are lilied
with details of the hos pi ta lily exten!lml Ill the Y. M. C. A. and many a
mother or a soldier or sailor boy
who Is called to duty here feels grateful that her boy can take advantage
oC this splendid OPJl0rtunlty and find
social lire an!I good cheer at the Y.
M. C. A. tent whore the environments
are nil that coulcl be wished ,for
1.;ach arternoon dancing ma~ be en:
joyed al lhe Y. M. C. A. tent but
the Thursday afternoon party Is especially popular and always largely
attended.
John It. Gamester, Portsmouth,
married, navy iard workman .
.J,1111es \\'. Stcoll, Portsmouth, married.
llarry '1'. \Vc•n,lcll,
Ill.I rrl<•cl.
Has Reached
\)(M\1-0 -France Safely~,,hdil.~
~~
Snpl. W. rn. now,lell
month 1,;1ectric Hallway has received
word from his son, Ralph Dowdell,
who is a corporal in the railroad
1egimenl recently encamped at Salt>m, that ho l,aM arrived sarely
Fra11,:e and that lJolh he an d all the
other Portsmouth members or the
l'ort1rn1outh members or the regiment
arc in good health and ready for the
work required of lhom. Mr. Dowdell.
where his son Is
Tll\'.lES. ~IONDAY . .AUGUST 20. 1917.
ANOTHER DRAFT CALL
Will BE NECESSARY
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Thre hundred and elghty-rour men lllo~~,.~•l!'''ij/~'J'~';:;,.
were employed on the navy yard Sun-.
•
day on rush worlc in the boat sho}), ...·.•·""·'""""
power plnnt, machine shops, shlpfilters' gang, and other
('ontinuous shifts are being worked
i11 tho machine sh-01> where the work
Is specially important and overtime
Is being obtained ·by many men In
every department. The rush work
has never been so pressing at the
yard and Joca1 employes are
the benefit as never ·before.
Thlrly-fonr out or a total or 37
C:uy C. 'l'rlll' tlHLn, T'orlHmo11Lh, mar-1
men reported lo the local board ror ricd .
E:xaminatlon this morning, 11 passing
P. Llpsk, Greeuland, resident althe physical tests out or :!2 examined. Ion.
R. G. Adams, Portsmouth, marri ed.
:\(any clltlma for, exem plion or d lsnemick II. Laighton, J'orlHJJ\OHth,
charge were l\lcd with the board, the
majority bt:ing 011 account or depen- married.
Levi Kuowlcs, North
d(;nt wives or as resident aliens. l•'rom
married.
Saturday's batcb, l G residents out of
Peter Cho11allo, Ports m o uth, rc •:;126 passed physically while 13 no11dc
•nl
alien.
rtsldents passed out o r I li designated
l<cnnelh T~. Mclnni:;, l'ort:;monlh,
to take their exarninalion here. To
date the total 11umber ce rlilied to th e ~on or widow.
,\ !Ian \V. Rawyc•r, Plais tow, mar- ,.,~,,..a,M,,
district board as availalJlc withou t
rl,,cl.
filing clnlms ror cxe11wlion after
N. :\tichaud, Plaistow,
passing lhe physiral examination i~
tl:e same us 011 Saturday when a to- ow.
)I. Labonte, l'lablow,
'tul or 27 was reported. Heveral acl icn.
dlllons to this number a r c expected
llarry A. French, Seabrook, mar ..
shortly but rrom every ludlcalion, a
rletl.
fourth call will be macle shorlly to
l~tl war(! Lam berl, Nc11 market, res ..
make up [lie district's CJU0ln of 75.
ldcnl
nllen.
The following claims ror exem11L. J. Cote, NewmarkElt, mnrrled.
t1on were fl led previous to lhe physiFJ. A. Solnney, PorlSIJ)llllth,
cal examination:
yard workman.
'
\Villlam Penn.?)', Portsmouth, marJohn J. Martin, Portsmouth,
·locl.
\Varb11rto111 l'ortRmnuth, 11a- aud Infirm parents.
E. N. Wade, Kensington,
workman.
Monlton, nye, marri1>1l.
�fACE DIFFICULT TASK
~~~ IN SELECTING
QUOTA
I
Slow 1iro,;ress has been made hy ow .and brother of a ci1ild under 16,
the local war board which has 0111:v I dependent on him for 11u11port. Proof
certllled 26 men lo dale out of ap- has not been filed In this caso ancl
proximately .ZJ l who have passed a Government ruling made It uRelesr.
through !ls hands. This Is a little as they reside outside this country.
better than 10 % and, from all indiPeter Cinfo, ,a resident alien, a:1catlons, this rallo will not he better- peared before the ·board this morning
ed. At this rate, about 700 men and waived claim for exemption on
would have to be called t-> gel the this ground. Clnfo who halls from
district's c1uola of 7!i. The fourth iNewmarkel Ala.led that he had lived
call which Is to be ma.de will proba- In this country for 18 yearn and had
bly ·be \lORlponecl until next week as enjoyed all the privileges of a cillzen
the rest of this week wlll be taken so that he felt that It wa11 his duty
up by the examinations of those on to follow the flag. He g'Jt a clear
the third call while exemption and bill of health at the hands or the oxdischarge claims will take up the a.mining physician and will be verltime or the board fully for severa l fled ,to the district 'b oard. Cinfo Is the
days next week.
second allen In this district to get
'Several changes were made in the by after waiving his claim and hh1
official list or those cerUHed :vester- example should be held u~i emt>hatday, two names being dropped until lcally to others.
further action has been taken while
Thirty of the 31 scheduled to reone name was added. This Is Jere- port this morning hacl reported :tt
mlnh .T. Donahue of thiR city who 12 o'clork nncl the 11hyRirnl examlnf1lr1d rlaim1=t of rxrmpt ion on thr nlio1rn 11·orr hring mnclr ns fa s t :is
ground that he was the son of n wid - possible.
NEW CASTLE PEOPLE
, 1,
\
ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS
1'hr <'1111.<'nll of Nr\\' cast:e exten,1- ' porn! Fraser of the Qnartermnslers·
eil 1111ho1111clC'd hos1titalily to lhe rn- C'Or))!l l)r<•slclcd Ill thf' J)inno ancl rcnll!1lPcl mf'n of t hr forlR last eve11in1,; der<>d JIOJ)nlar nirs ror lhr dance!\.
anil a Jarv;n 1111111ht>r v;alhernd .it
Tho affair 11·n!I a Rurce!l!I lieyond all
l'ythlan liall In that town where <'XJ)P.<'lntlom1 :incl thn r.nllstecl lll<'l1
th r. i;orial occasion in their honor rxprrRs<'ll much apprncialio:1 to lhOR<
took place.
in charv;e who planned the affljlr £01
' As the v;nestii arrived they were their plensure.
glvrn a conli:il greeting by the re ·
The l'Ommitlee was as follows:
crption rommittee and artcr an in'11ecepllon->llev. and i\l rs. I.
formol iiocial time a varieil and In·• Merry, lllrs . .Joseph Uoylston, MrllProRtlng 11rogrn111 was 11resented. Charil's Proha!lka, .Jr., Oliver
I!
Tho n11111br1·~ W!'rP ('f!p('cially pleas- Marvif1, .lPS!lO 0. While, .John Rmlth
tu1,; ancl at the condus\011 or en.Ii <.!hnrle!l l'rohnslrn.
ai1piause was hearty ancl prolonged.
l•,ntertainment- Ml!ls Huth
The ordrr wM as follows:
vin.
Solo c1:.1n ce- MiHs Y~onno ll~ynes.
llf'frPshmcnts-:-Mrs. J~hn ~~11th'
(!hararlcr !!01\l!;S - ll1char,1 ,Pooh', Mrs. l lrnry llN ker, MIS, ( h,ll'IP.
i\lli;s Maud Trefrt hrn, accom1n1nls!.
Hecker, l\lrs. Charles l'roh:u:lrn, Mr!<
RongR--'l,eon Parker, S!'cond Co .. G<>orge ,nnndall, Mrs . .TameR 8ylv es
Laronln; Miss Florrnco Marshall, n::- tor, Mrs. A. n. While, .Mr;1. Chester
necker.
COnlJl:tniRl.
ServerR- MliisN1 Marlon
tlefreHhmenls of aRsorlrd cake,
rnncy pies, ice <'rr:1.111 ancl coffee wcrr Ursurla Creighton, gva ('rrighlon
servecl after whirh dancing occupi'3tl Rut·h Varrell, Francis Kleilng, i\ll1
I
~hr re;11ain<lcr of thP evening. Cor-
NINE ADDED TO
, ItOLL OF HONOR
'fho local• exemption boar() ye~tertlay certified nine more men for this
district's quota for the new National
army.
These latest additions to
the roll of honor are as follows:
A dol11h Dru neau, Newmarket.
Roy P. Buxton, South Hampton.
~roses ~Iatassian, Portsmouth.
Gilbert B. Posey, Portsmouth.
Claudio Puglia, Portsmouth.
llolancl S. Faulkner, Portsmouth.
gdmund Bouchard, Newmarket.
Willie E. Young, Seabrook.
l'lrr r.tnro, Newnrnrket.
'l'h I rty-el1d1 t WC'ro rallecl today,
n -sideuts and two non residents. or
this number a.II but four were !>resent. The missing four Included two
from Portsmouth and two from New.
market, the two from this city being
Percy Small, 4 Ehn court, and Joe
Cahts, U. &. ir. workmen.
ThP rlnims for exemption filed this
n1orning lncllldPd the following:
llarry llnrllngame,
navy
workman, marrlecl man.
A rchangelo
Francisco,
alien.
Le roy Babkirk, married man.
Francisco Sorn, resident alien.
'Herbert G. Philbrick, ma r r I e d
man.
l lE>nry Cam11e, mnrrlPcl man.
Floyd W. Lambertson, student
ofdivinlly .
.Tames R. Wilbur, mnrrlecl man.
,John .T. Walsh, married man.
CIHton K Collins, married mnn.
Guy A. Smith, 111a1·J·led man.
�TO SEND PORTSMOUTH
.....'WJ., ......
AMBULANCE TO. FRANClt
LoCal Salvation Atmy Statts Cam-
paign to Raise Sullicient funds
Th!! 10,~11 ('or1111 or lhc S,11v.,1l1111
·rh:it lht• Snlv:lllOn J\rlllY line rise,,
A flllY h:111 l,1·1•11 11•,lt1•1I I I) ml ,\! $:I~. II ro I ht• 1)('1';11111111 ,I II rln~ 1111, pn•:ica l
\\,1r, 11111I l:1 1lol11i; hnal11a1,lu \\Ori,,
the• hnlh In 1,;11~la11d attll In l•'ralll'I', ror
$ I tl0,000 th,• a• Ill)' Ill ,,1:111nlng Ill 1hc snllllcrs golui; to 1he rro111 Is .1
ralne In Lhc llnll1·1l s1:11c~ rur w,1r ru,·L :ill ~houlll
a 111,rcclate.
'l'h••
H,1hull1111 Army Is rr111l ori;anl:tlni; Its
Ca[1l11ln \V .•I. L!lWl'CIIC't•, \\ ho hi In rurre!I to rt·llller \\ hal asHl~l:1111'0 it
rh:irgo of tho lor.1I work. IK aull,1- c.111 ul1111i; r,•lli;lons anti hn111a111tur1lo1111 to cnrry out ,1 i;r1,:ilci 11111l~r- la11 llr11•s ,lurlttg 1hc w,1r, men wh11111
taking :11111 rccld that l'urlBIIIOUI h, hron,l ciq1crh•111•c, 11hy11iral l'Olldll Ion
l11 lni; w1thl11 11 storu•'s 1hro ~ or hir; 111111 :11lu111ul,lllty will
make them
urniy nnd navy 1rul11l11i; 1·111111,,. 11h1111l1I 11111~1 n~urul aro lwlni; Hl'll•1·t1id ror
have 811Ch 11 ,lcCJI I l rt l 111 lhe \\tll• lh W rk
'l'ht• work or lhe ~:aln•
rare or tho 1•11lh1tcd 1111•11 tht1t the t11111 A1111r 11111 lrll'lullu the 1mr•huK<',
<;ahntlon ,\ •1y 11011 I ra
~1,r11111 111 111,,111
c, 1l11uw111, 1ra11,iportatlon
In thlH rlly whlrh II Ill 1111rch11111• tlllll u111l llllllllll!llllfll'll or alllhlllt1IICC!I tor
I ht• II 11111, I h,1 pnn·h:11111 t1111I 1•rt>1•tlt1ll
t·•1ul11 an • 111 11111111· 1, uu I h• I ,tc ltN
1tf l11)1l1ll11i;:. al 11wl11llz.allu11 <·,11111,,.
dcllvc-ry In 1"1a111·11.
t'aptan
l.:111
ri,nc11 I 1 <'· r1al11 tl,ul 1l1n 11u11plc• or tl1i11 11 l,lt-h will c•o11tal11 l't>a,ll11!,;
rlly nn,I , lc·lnlty will l,c 1111 u11th1111• r,::1t a1·1•11111111111l.1l11111,
111111'11 , ,rnn
lastlr. lo t;CIIII 1111 a111liulnnc•1• Ill t1•r11, u111lll1H l1111111 ror nwclhlg!I an,I
Prnnco thnl all v.111 rise lo tho oc- wrlllur; 1001118, a1IJ.1rc11t gronnJ will
<RUion nncl h1•l11 111 lhl:1 h11111i,11llarl:all h,• 111>1•tl l11r n•1rcatlo11 llllflt08C8. 'l'hP
r .. J e. 'II" .1
11:lnre \\011:,1 htno 11 ~•i.:111:rh 111·11,I olllrcra of tho Salvation
hrnss 11J11lo 011 II lc•lll'l'l'tl wllh thl' Arr11y will n•11ilc•r i;n•al :thl In th<
lty to show 1, was do time of danger, not only hclng nhh
1111t1HI hy tho pc1111le or l'nrttnnonlh to tlrlvo n111h11lum·e11 1111,I cnru for lhc
( 'a111:tln 1.u11•n nrc h1111 ulso ,.11...-, 11 10 v.01111,h·d II llh tcndcrut!)ls u111I raclll
s;u 10 Fr.inn• to h,t\tl char,;, ur ti,, t), l,111 they c·an ,;ho thu 11111fcrlng r e
ll!!IOll,I <'OIIS1thllon.
nmhulan,·c.
\ l.eagne of Mei ry Is LI• Ing 01gn,1
Tiu, n11101111l to be culllll'I< 1I \> II
lzeil .dso h}·th1• Halrntlon
A.rm,·
l1(' r.tli>1•1I I,) 11011111:ir Mllhtlrrltlllnn
.Jlrh "Ill e11ll t tbo &cl\itl's or it
n11 llll ,11111ortl11111111•11l
to\\artl
0
111111 :1l ri :1 h moue) Is being cout 1
\llCtl for thr ('llllHI'. .\ tug ,tny ,,. 111
t!lltlrt• oq•:111\i,,11011 1hro111:houl
11r ·a1we1I tor this 1111rtH>sc to Ile conn try. MP111lwrs ur lhc Army C\
In Lh1• lll'llf f111urc. l11s11•u1l ,,r l'rYWht•n• \\Ill vlt11l, r111111ort nn1I COIi
1s11,
1• 1ch 1u•rso11 who con solu 1l bmhlt•,I
sul,11,•rs
rel II rul111
trl hules for this gr1•,1l cause will rl' hOIIII!. ' I hey "Ill 11l1111 mm for L tlu
<'OIV~ a 1,1111011 on y, hl<'h la th11 Sllll'II
I hllijl! who lay 1l0111
)1('1ll
an(I Stripes.
�SIXTEEN NAMES ADDED
TO ROLL Of HONOR
The local cxf'mpllon board tod11~
Amltrl Lf'ckovlch, N!'wmarket.
1
;ulcl<'cl Ir, 11amcii to lhe honor roll oC · Gordon M. llaylC'n, Newfields.
lhm;c ph~ slrally fil for 11crvlce "ho
George V. noss, Porl11mouth.
J:a,·c walvrcl all ('(aims for ex!'mpllon
It Is said that some of these
rnakin,I\' 5:l certified townrd this dl!I• 111 lhr t<en-ice, but tho board
trlrt's quola for the new Nalional hc·ar<I nothing from them.
Army.
Tho lntrRt adrllllons to the role of
hc,nor are n11 follow11:
l•:nrl 13. Nirhol11, Nrwton.
IJOU,l\'la!; .r. G<,1>lcl, l'ort11111011th.
T!'IM11hore Tourl,l\'UY, Newmarket.
Ralph H. fl1111wcll, foJ!Ult Kingston.
Peter A. l~ullam, Portsmouth.
J~v<'rctt .\1. Bennett, Orcenland.
llornce \V. Craig, l'ortRmouth.
Rurnnor I~. nrnnetl, l'ortRmonth.
Alonzo N. Crowell, Port11mouth.
Anothor call will be made by the
J.eo J. Turcotte, Newmarket.
local army draft board tho last uf
I.con P.. llocl~on, l'ortc-moulh.
C'harleR C. Fl!!h, l'ort1m1oulh.
thl\weok for 200 men and tho meml~rlrn11n1l J. (loorlrrau, l'h1l11tow.
bcrR of the board bcllC\"C that th 111
J'hlnca!I I,. lll'Nll', PlaiRlow.
will be the Inst call necessary, 111al<Ech, In ~r. Camphell. l'orl11moulh.
f:ig n total or 550 called. Tho lllE'n
Harold (' Walker, Port11mo11th.
Thr IJorinl today turnf'd over lo will be required to report for c>xamll,r cll•lrirl attornf'y the n:tmPR or Rix lr.atlon sometime after Sept. 6, 11robwho have fnlh•cl lo ans\\l'I' tho call to ably on the 6th, 7th and 8th of thr
a1111ear before thr board a!I follows:
month.
JoReJlh .\I. Cote, Newmarket.
A change has been made In the or.John H \\'in<>low. Port11moulh.
ders calling for the transporlnllon of
nn.nnoncl 11. Snrr.<'nt. Nl'\\ mnrkrt.
the ftrsl quota to the moblllzatlc>n
:--IC'hola, Papas, :-icwmnrkct.
cRmps and wllh the receipt or tlhe
______,;.....,,..............--4111ast orders only 6% or the district
LOCAL BOARD TO CALL
~tTWO HUNDRED .. MORE
TO Leave for
~:: . Ayer Shortiy
~
J'
~
--Ll11ul. Phllllp Griffin and Llf'ut.
Phllll1l B. Badger will lc>ave shortly
for the contonment of the '\cw national army at Ayer, Mass., having rocr-lvcd orders lo report there for duFrank llooma will leave
Local Boy in
Aviation Corps
Edward Parker or this city
lninl'fl I h11 A\ !al Ion ('orps an1I
t calnlng at BORton. Arter a few
week11 Instruction there he 111 l'o go to
:\llneola. 1,. J. where he wlll rrcC'lve
Instructions In Hying and handllng a
.•,,.._a..,,i.c.-:"',.. machine \lr. Parker received an appolnlmE'nt to the 11econd reserve olYlrrr-1' I rn tnl ng rn m11 nt Pin t111h11 rr;, hut
prororrcd to try the nvlallon brnnch.
quota will be sent away on Sept. 6.
Tho fl'rst rour men certified by the !local boar<I will be cnllccl Into tho nr~y In direct charge of the loc•al
b0nrd to reJlOrt here on Srpt. 4, itogether with five nltcrnalea. They 01ro
to report In the afternoon and "•retrea~ roll call" will bo hcl<I at 6.30
o'clock, the Hnal call before trans rcr
to the train.
From then the men called arc In
the army and In charge of the men
the Joe-al board deslgnnle!! R!I commander. They will be glvc>n loclgling
and lranaportatlon tlckl'ls In addition
to meal llckels for the journey.
Fh·c alternates, the next Hve mrn
rallrd and acceptrd, will be at thr
train to servo ehould any or the quo-
ta fall to rcu,ort 16 minutes
train limo.
The local board has cerlltlcd for
senlcc 63 men and of this numbor
the> lltnte CXl'll1JltlOn board ha!I mado
but 0011 chani;o, allowing the claim 'or
\\·1111am Perle Warren or Plalsto"'',
rcjrcted by the local board. Warren
I~ discharged by the state board "for
vocational reasons." This leaves tho
district quota with 52 men certified
for 11ervlce. The quota Is 76 .
Todnr was glvon over to the ex•
amlnatlon or non-reslclents transCerred to the local board by their own
locnl bonrds under rulo 16. Tills al-
low11 the local board to make only a
phy11lcal examination.
The men oxnmlnod nnd tho dlspo•
11Hlo11 of the case!! wore:
C'hnrll's O. Frye, Chntllnge, N. C.,
accr1,tccl.
Lowis L. Clapp, Devorly, Masa., uc•
ceptod.
Frank A. Ilolshor, Now York city,
accrptcd.
Wllllnm Leo Joues, Cleveland, 0.,
rejected.
Otto J. Clapp, Ct. Louis, Mo., acceptNI.
Ten more nro to br cxamlnc>cl. Tho
local bonrcl has already reported tho
re11ults l)f th!' e,u\mlnatlon In th"
fcrrgolng six case11 to their own local
�LOCAL SOLDIER .BOYS
LEAVE TODAY FOR
CAMP DEVENS Al AYEll
Coast Artillery company is to Receive
final.Training for Duty at the
Battlt froqt in franuc
Tho last <!ctachmcnl or tho 1st diors that Portsmouth has
Con11iany, :-J. JI. C. A., now a part of contrilrntcd lo tho nation's
entrained this , .. ho11 the call came. 1'hoy wore tho
IJ<,is that we have known inlimat~ily
afternoon for Camp Devens, Ayer,
for :·ean;, sons o( our own
:\lass., to remain there for further born here and the product
training before being sent lo ,~ranee. l!chools.
\\'Ith I Item 1,op:, the pride of Porl!lMl111;!ctl with th~' pi"l!lc In Lho C'ILJf'u
mouth In her lioys who volunteered oll'oring was the rnallzation that 1ierto do their bit In the world stru~- haps we were loolr. ing al some or
glo roi· liberty against Pru,;slaniw1. them ror the last time a11d the knovvlTho boyi; arrived from l•'orl. Con- tHl~e lliat the war Is heing
slll11llon, where they have heeu on nearer lo us with each day.
duly for the ,past two months, al.Juul a few tlars four more, members
2.00 aud marched through Congress the 11cw 11alional army, will leave amd
to Vaughan lo Deer streets to the shortly after 71 moro, the full quota
1Josto11 and ~talne station where they ot the newly drafled uallonal ar1111y,
boarded a :;pecial train from 1'01·1- will be In training al Cami> Deve11s
lend carrying tho i\lalne Coa:,l ,\rtil- for a few months and will then be
!cry which goes Into cam11 at Ayer sent to tho battle fronts In Europe.
this evening.
At the station a crowd had asi;e111The worrl that tho boys
were hll'cl anti remained with tho soldie,rs
departing was sent lo the city in llrn tonlil the arrival or their train
morning and a Jarge number of the tl,ey were scwt aboard. 'l'hoy were in
c!tlze11s were on hand to gil·e them to1:11nand or C:a11t. Clarence I'. noda sond-olT.
·,1cll, com111a1Hlcr or the
'fhrough the klnd11css of Captain 1\ ho wont with them.
Howard, commandant of the l'orl:iRemaining at Forts
mouth navy ya'rd, the naval band was a1:d Stark arc threu moro com 1'-"'lfcrr';
detailed lo meet the comnurn,l at I ne boys ri-0111 Dover, ci>. ~-:·~ a111l LaMarket square and with martial ,•011ia. Whether these will be sont lo
flags flying l)tarched ll:e national camp or whether th•CY
streets to the train were to remain here In charge or tl110
the capable, flt sol- harbor defenses could not be learne,d.
�FIVE APPEAL FROM
DECISION Of BOARD
,
I
Alfred W. I\aywarcl of Arlington,
Five ap)leals from thn local army
dra(t board lo the district l'X<'lllPtlon Mass., ll!'1kcd discharge a11 n.
board by men certified (or mllitar~· man In the government service at tho
navy yard.
11orvlce have boon filed. M :trvin B.
,Paul Martin Paulson, Lake Forest,
Perkins o( North Ham11ton claimed Ill., asked discharge as a marrlJ1l
cllschargn as the only support of a
mother. Falling to file
proof in l<'n clays, which was late1
exlondecl two more clays. hit- claim
was not allowecl by tho local board.
Morrl!I Raiden or
Portsmouth
claimed c\l!lcharge for similar reasons.
The local board found hP hacl a
brother and sister contributing to th«:
support or th('(r mother and rcfusP.o
the claim. l\lr. Salden al'>o claims,
in his appeal, that he Is an alien.
Guy ('. Wiggin of Portsmouth aP·
pealccl from th€\ cleelslon 0£ the ex
amlnlng physician certifying him fi.t
'P-i'\i~ai'tl ror mllllary Ren-Ire.
JRcoh Mandelhorm of Portsmouth,
aJlPe>:tlod to the district board afle1
certification hy tho local hoard, aF
the only RHPl>Ort of al?,cd parents.
Harold L. Dutton of Portsmouth
_·,ii'!,-,..:.~ appcalecl, claiming he is not fit fo1
military 11ervice.
Today tPn non-reslcle>nts \\1 ere ca.11·
ed for Pxamlnallon all but one, G. F
Dickens, aI1pearlng. Fh•e or the nine
cxamlnl'Cl were qualified.
William .T. ('oynp of ,Pittston, Pa.,
l'lninH•tl l'XC>lll)lllon :Ht n 11:11')' )':-trtl
man with two children.
The claims for exemption
Ion H. Anderson o! Plaistow, an1\
John J. Marlin of Portsmouth, examinC'cl with the second call,
denied by the local board and they
wore certlned for military service toclay.
A third m:tn already examinocl an1\
accepted for tho army by the local
board has asked to be Included In tho
first contingent to be sent lo
training camp on Sept. 5. Flar\ R
Nichols of Newton appealecl. by letter
received today (or selection. l-!e It
a graduate or New Hampshire Col•
Jep:e and •ha!I had military training
there for .!our years. Dr. Pender llalo
t.hat he 11assed tho )lhYRicaJ oxamln::t•
lion with the first call with an almost
perfect recotd.
The board will make the call for
the next 200 men to be examlnC'd on
Saturday. They will be j\Xamln<'d on
Tuesday, \Veclncsday nncl Thursdl\Y o(
next week, 61 the f\rRt day aud 66 f!'!tlll!t'.cJ~~~
on each of the following days. Thi:
will hE> the largE>Rt numbor callE>d for
pxamin:itlon on nny onP clay ti) clato,
WANT TO Bf AMONG"
THE--------fIRST TO GO
Cl()
!Leon K Hudson of Vaughan street,\ ders from the provost marshal genPortsmouth, and L. Spencer Hycle of era! spccllically stales that
gast Kingston, both certified by the men accepted wltl he
'-J;i:lt.~~ local nrmy clrnft hoard (or service in first ordered away.
the 'NRlional Army today made appllcation to the board for selection as
l N 17'J'll REGlMENT.
a part of the II rst lncremen t to he ~
,._.$'-- - - Hont to ti1e training camp on So)lt.
na111h a. McCarthy, lale>ly a. mem.....,....,.,,..,. G.
Iludson was in the first call
Lor of the staff of 1'he 'r imes, now al
while Hyde wll!! one of thP last called the Officers' Training Cam11, Platts•
t,ut both appear anxious to get Into burg, N. Y., has been attached to
the sC'rvlce and ar<' wllllag to be Company 8, 17th reglmC'nt. He r e•
among the firRt selected.
purls that all of the boys Crom Ports•
1)r. Pender, the examining physi• mouth are working hard ancl are enclan, said today that he would he Joying the work.
1>\eased Ir it were possible that elth,;ir
or both could be selected as they
were each perfect examples or physleal fitness. The board will not be
n\lowl'tl to 111:ilrn nnr imrh !IOll'<'lion, .............:.,.,
how<'V<'r, ritr. ~lnnln said as the or·
,,o .
c<._
�SELECTED MEN Will
SOON BE SUMMONED
Evlclence that LIie actual moh!Jiza- to the olllce of the local board ,111
tlon or the lif:st <1uotas ror tho nation- onc:e the prlntecl upplicution tor thl£J,._ ..•...,,..,..,_
al army Is but a shorl way oll' will 1wrrnis:;io11 at tho encl or this shc,~t.
You will not ho permitted to talrn
~10 nl hand In a <lay or two when wllh you 011 tho tral11 a11ythlng Ulill
the loral boards receive the "r.:i<I hu11cl baggage. You do not need bedMrtl~" whlth will ho Us<•d to !llllll· 1li11i;- <ll" l'hangO!! of clothing llXCOlll
mon the selectecl men to the colon;. ns !lllecHiutl below. You may talke(
The ra)'(l!I aro t11e first preliminary with you only the following arlicle,s :
to the order that will soou be llashc>cl Soa1i, shaving accessories, comb and
\VuHhington
directing the brnsh, tooth brush and tooth powdetr
boar,IR to "turn out your quota8."
towels, underclothing and socks, an,i
The receipt of the red card by the Ir yon 1leslre, changes of collars anti
eelected man ts a noli11calion that he shirts, but you will have no use r,or
"'"~.-..._,,_ Is ontclally enrolled In the military these artcr arrival at the mohillzatlon
service of lhe country, 'l'hencc,forll1 camp.
Since you will not be })Crmitted tt
he Is subject lo military orders.
retain uny trunks after yonr arrival
The "red cards" read:
By direction or the secretary of al the railroad station thP. articl,es
war, you are herchy orclere,I to re- listed ahove should be brought in a
1rnrt to the olllce
thii. !oral board hand bundle.
If you desire to do so you may r •J·
at ... .'M. on the .... clay or ....
1 \l t •• , for military duty an,I for turn the civilian clothes you an
tranwortatlon to the army mohiliza- wearing when you arrive at tho mob-.
tlon camp at . . . . . . . . . .
ilizallon cam1i lo your home by ei)
From the date herein spN:itic,l for presi. or otherwise, but if :·011 desilrc
you to report you will ho In the mill- to make no snch arrangement it wiill
tary service or the llnitctl l-Halt,s ant! he heller lo a))))enr In civilian clolh,ei
suhjec:t to military law. l~ailure t<' that yon do not care to keep.
re11ort or un))nncluality are ~rave
II' the selected map 1lesires lo re•
milll.:u·y nffl'IIHt>ll 111111lllhal,Jp hY 1·011rt main at homo In tho Interval bemnrtlnl.
WIiful failure to rci11orl tween tho ('UII from tho local honr<l
with Intention to evatlo military scr- and tho actual entraining for th •'
vice constitute!! desertion, which is a camp he will be required to malce
cai11tal offense In time or war. Pre- out another card to be malled back 'l<
~--:-•~ sent yourselt at the precise hour the local board. On this card he
specifle<I In order that you may not 11ledges himself to eat at his home
be~ln your military rccor,I In the and s11eiHl the night there and at nr
service of your rountry with a delin- lime to be more than an hour's jour,
quency.
ney from the office of the local
,You will be held under the orders b~ard. He has also to give a Lele·
,,...clfl::11'1'1 of this board untll the hour of de- phone number where he can be reach11nrture of your train. During thi~ c•tl.
period the local board will furnish
As fast as th(l names are c erlil\ed
yon roocl and lodging. If you live hack by the district board the local
within -0ne hour's travel of tho olllce hoal'(l will make out the red cards.
of the locnl board you may obtain Cards will be made out In the ord,ar
permission to sleep and cat at home, In which tho numbers were drawn a t
l1ut only If you fill out and forward Washington.
,r
I
�a eorgc
Leroy
Harmon,
lllOUtlh.
fIRST DRAFTED MEN
"
l~dwitr<I J,ouis Sarote, Porl11mouth.
Patrick Joseph Grady, Portsmouth.
JJ[cnry, Alme ,\lnrlln, Newmurket.
,Joseph Alonzo ltousseau, Newmarket.
llalph 011,·er Bragg, Seabrook.
The hoard will IRsue a ll\ll tomorrow for tho n<>xt 200 lo rl'port for PX·
nmi nation on Thur~day,
Snt urda)• or next \\t>ek.
Will. LEAVE- SEPT~ 6
Anoth<'r ap1>li<'nllon ha11 been made ily outranking any othor young man
hy a l'ortflmoulh boy to the local a1·- in/ tho city so rar examined.
mr tlrnrt board ror seloctlon l\!I a
The war bonrd now has several applications or young mPn who wl!lh to
nu•m h<'r of the fl rst inrroment lo be ,:;o with the flrRt lnrr!'ment.
The
1·,r•nl to tho nallonnl army training first 11uota will be ronr men and five
1·'.11111>.
WIiiiam J. Cronin, 100 Cha11- aileruo.tes, any one or them likely lo
, 1 !lt root, made a personal appeal lo be sclecled al the trnln, to leave on
\ hP board today ror a chance lo get 15 minutes' notice.
Tho board wns notified today that
l!llo the army.
While without actual military tl,e dale !or entraining the first drart
training Cronin should be a valuable s1:lection for Portsmouth will be
1111111 1111 hlM line or work for the pn11t Thursday, Sept. G, Instead of Sept. 6.
f1•w years has fitted him for one of
l\lahlon H. Anderson or Plaistow
ti,,, d<'t>artmenls. lie has been in the has nppealed to the district cxemprummlRsnry department with the Uon board, th<> local board having del!nrn111n nnd Balley show11 and In nled his clnlm for exemption. The
claim Is made by him as being the
<hnrll<' of tram1porlnllon.
C'rouln IR a flno speclmf'n physical- orlY, support or aged or Infi r m
ly, and pai-ise,l tho exnmlnnllon ens- ents.
SELECT FIRST SQUAD
r, ..
fOR NATIONAL ARMY
Jt<,11 of 11 0 11 0 1'.
The
following
Is the list of namo!'
1,l ncoln S11em•f'r ll y tle, Jo:u!<t l<ln i:certified by both the local and disRlou .
trict boards and now In the hands or
\\' 111111111 l<'. ( '1·011 in , l'ort-imouth.
the adjutant general as a part or the
Reth Ed,\l n ltn 111l , ltle,
l'o r ls• -National Army.
lt 1\J'lll011 1
(leoq1,o
Thom!\!! Stewart Morris, Now CaR•
mouth.
tie.
1\ II ('rnnl t'.
Jeremiah .J. Donoh11f', Porl~moulh .
J,n,, 1·cnce \ 'i m•cnt Ht'g1111, l'01·ts•
Soth F.dwln Hand, Hye.
1110 11th.
William F'. Cronin, l'ortR:nouth.
T,, ~ 1oca1 war draft hoard has se•
J~v<>retl H Johnson, Port11moulh.
lct'led the first Increment of the Na•
Lawrence Vincent negan,
tlonaJ Army of the l!lt nocklngham mouth.
county district from n ll!lt of 22
Joseph Ai,rnm S11!1sma11,
men certified by the dl!llrlct boar<) mouth.
and now In the army. The ent!Je
)larvl!i r;;,Jgar PcrkinR,
IIRt hn!I been given to the adjutant
lla11111ton.
general nod~ the pien are now In the
Perley AuRlin Hnnflall, S,·nhrook.
army uncle,• onlers of the local boar<
/'au I F.11\\ nrd O'llarn, NI'\\ mnrkel
until 1111nt to tho training camp.
Wilfrl'II llraul'hllhlf', Nl'l\'111:lrkcl.
Four men, two from lhh1 clly, h11v1·
\\'nrron ('llflon 1>111111Pll, Port~·
been Rclecled by the local board lo
mouth.
leave here for the cantonment ot
Lincoln Spencer Hyde, Ro11t KlngAyer, ~lass. on Thur111Jay, Sept. 6.
•lon.
They are Llucoln Spenrer Hyde, East
Waller l~Jmer Clough,
Klng11lon; Wllllam F. Cronin, PortsJunctlon.
mouth; Seth l•Jdwln Hand, R ye; and
Louis Francis ~lroul, KN111tngt on.
Oeorgo l,eroy llnrmon, Por t11mo11th
A11drl'y l'elcznr, Newmnrkf'I.
Luwronco Vlnr!'11t Hegnn or Portsmouth was chosen a!I an alternnte.
Fl BS1' , -.c n E " l•:NT.
�LOCAL WAR. BOARDMORE
i
461 1 hllllps B. Badger, Portsmo.utl
·H2 Arthur W. -~Iuchmore,l'ortsmou
4 G3 Angelo Lattanzio, Portsmouth.
· 4 tl4 Arthur J. Labrecque, Newmarket.
465
F. Sanderson,
1"ntwistle, Portsmouth.
Portsmouth.
4GG Harr)'
Philip H.
4G7 Tommie Lambo, Newmarket.
CALLS 200
Tho local war draft board Issued
another call today summoning 200
11100 for oxaminallon to complete tho
quota of 7 5 ror tho National Army in
tl!e llrst Rockingham district. 'J'lte
numbers run from 360 to 550 an.I
tho member11 or tho boarcl bellovo
that thl11 will be the last call necessary for the first draft as but 23 men
remain to b~ certified by the local
board, 5 2 already ha vlng been solectcc,.
Twenty-two or this number have
been certlllcd Into tho i;orvlco by the>
district board and reported buck to
tho local board, their nai;nes having
been forwarded lo tho adjutant gon<,!'al's oITlce as a. part or the National
Army.
The IJoard yostonlay made Its tontutlvo selection of the first increment
or our men wilh one man chosen as
an alternate. These will report to
the locaJ board on Wednesday after11oon, Sept. 5 and will entrain tho
rcillowlng day to uo transferred to tho
training cam 11 at Camp Devens, Ayer,
Mass. {or training before being sent
to France.
At the training cnmp th<'y will be
examined for the last time by army
~urgeons and accepted or rejected as
1c p 1ys c ans determine. Jr any aro
r( jected tho local board will be callc1, upon to 1111 tho vacancy from tho
rncn already rertlfled by tho lccal and
district boa.rds.
351 Jacob Schwartz, Portsmouth.
352 Larry Barton, Newmarket.
:153 Thomas F. Kelley, Portsmouth.
354 Stephen Ilarnouskl, Portsmouth.
a,,;; Alexander Ogllvel, Portsmouth:
356 John D. Hammond, Rye.•
:!57 Bartolomeo Gulduccl, l'orti;mouth
368 Charles \V. Barton, >lo. llan11>to11.
36\J l~rnest I~. Crundnll, Soabrook.
360 James J. Quirk, Portsmouth.
31i I Achille Dnzzochhl, Portsmouth.
:H>:l Ah•ah l•'. Uo<·kharn. Portsmouth.
363 Albert 'l'. Skinner, Portsmouth.
364 Charles D. Harriman Plaistow.
365 John J. Crowley, Po~tsmouth.
366 Nicholas Vergados, Portsmouth.
367 Albert A. Fagan, Portsmouth.
368 LawrenceA.Hamllton,Portsmoutl1
369 Harry E. Johnson, Portsmouth.
370 Leo L. -Shea, Portsmouth.
371 Harry W. Chase, Portsmouth.
372 Alfredo Zammarchl, Portsmouth.
373 Oscar B. Pevear. Hampton.
374 Ira A. Meeks, Newton.
375 Herbert F. Pettigrew, Portsmouth
376 Robert E. Hunkins, Portsmouth.
:177 William S. Canty, Portsmouth.
378 Cecil Downing, Portsmouth ..
379 Phineas P. Coelman, Newington.
380 Homer D. Boggle, Portsmouth.
381 Thomas F. Norton, Newmarket.
4li8 George l•'artntos, l'or1smo11th.
46 9 gd ward C. !J lcks, Portsmouth. 11r.,111",f'uo:!i'llo~"
·170 Rodolphe R. Couture, Newmarket
4 71 Philip N. 'l'illon, East Kingston.
,---;,: ----,.....-,,,.--------- 472 Orel A. Dexter, Portsmouth.
382 Andri Scarponl, Portsmouth.
4 73 John Henry ilober, Newmarket.
383 .lose11h W. J•'ritz, l'ortl:!OlOuth.
474 George A. Hieb, Rye.
:184 Daniel A. Mc~laster, Porti;mouth. 476 l~dgar R. White, Portsmouth.
385 ~lontanorl Ubaldo, Portsmouth. ·476 Frank B. Carter, Seabrook.
386 l•'erdln11ntl t..i\lurcolle,Newmarket •477 George Morin, Newmarlcct.
387 Arthur J. Beaulieu Newmarket
478 Joseph ll. l•'lynn, l'ort!!mouth.
3 S 8 II cc tor J. McDonald l'ortsmoutii 47 !l 'l'rul•mnn i\1 er rill, Sea brook.
ai,9 llarry I~. Bullard, l;ortsmouth.
480 l•'rancl!!k Szclicjal, Newmarket.
3!10 George IL Gerard, Portsmouth.
481 Adolph C. Anderson, Portsmouth.
391 l~l:!Ca A. Maines Port:11 nouth
•482 John .J. Couhig, Portsmouth.
39~ Joshua lf, James, Hampton..
483 Harold 1'. l~reeman, Portsmouth.
393 Lewis H. Butler Kingston
484 Patrick J. Reagan, Portsmouth.
394 Paul ;\furtineau,' Newmark.et.
485 John H. Falvey, Portsmouth.
396 Thomas H. Edwards Portsmouth 486 Ral1>h C. Clark, Plaistow.
396 'I'homas J. Donovau 'Portsmouth •187 Agostino Laggara, Portsmouth.
:197 Mark Leavitt, Plaistow.
· •I 88 .\pJ>olllnalro Rondeau, Newmarket
398 Oscar 8. Steward, IJampton.
·189 William K Caswell, Newmarket.
399 Harold J. Cutting, Portomouth.
490 Jose1>h A. Burns, Portsmouth.
400 !•'red L. Souther, Seabrook.
49l Jacob Shriga, Newmarket.
401 Wm. Summerfield, llami1tonFalls 492 John Bill, Portsmouth.
4(,2 C'onstantus Petmezas, Portsmouth 493 William ~- Neal, Newmarket.
403 llerman P. l~aton, Seabrook.
494 .John A. ~lacAdams, Jr. Hampton.
404 Gerald 0. Hall, Portsmouth.
495 Warren D. Chapman, Stratham.
405 BaslJ L. Kenil;ton, Newmarket.
496 I•'orrest C. Chase, Seabrook.
4\Jli Ouise1>J>e {:ardinati, Portsmouth. 497 Ira A. Brown, Porllm1outh.
407 Halph :\I. Reed, Portsmouth.
498 Charles W. Noyes, Seabrook.
408 William g_ .\lerccr, Portsmouth.
499 Howard a. Duri;in, Portsmouth.
409 Hugh H. 1,:1clredge, Portsmouth. 600 George I~. J enness, Port1u11011th.
4 IO Chauncey Barton, No. Hampton. 50 l :\lcrlo Cheney, Plaistow.·
4 11 l~rnest P. Souther, Seabrook.
502 Everett D. Ot!s, Portsmouth.
·J 1:? Bert W. 1m1ot, 1-i:on;;lni;tou.
,6 03 Arnolcl I,. Gorlfrey, llampton.
4 I 3 Halph \V, ,\lorrison, N1:wlni;ton. ,604 l<'urmer H. Souther, Seabrook.
414 Iloland P. Otis, Newfields.
1505 J>eler Petron!, Portsmouth.
415 Chester Dyer, Portsmouth.
1606 RalJJh G. ;\lcCarthy, Portsmouth.
416 .John \\'. IJickey, Portsmouth.
1507 Harry R. Drew, Portsmouth.
417 \\'ilfl'lrl J. Poirier, Newmarket. 1508 Sidnoy Rand, Portsmouth.
418 J,:,lward Gorman, l'ortl:!mouth.
llO!l Ira V. Shuttleworth, Portsmouth.
419 Philip il. llennctt, Portsmouth. 1510 David F. Quirk, Portsmouth.
4 ~o ,Totieph Hajchcl, Newmarket.
Ii 11 Arthur J. Cloutier, Portsmouth.
l~l .John J. ~loran, Portsmouth.
1\12 Howard A. Eaton, Seabrook.
422 Hay II. Foss, Rye.
1>13 Leavitt B. Brown, Hampton.
423 Cilman B. Dow, Seabrook.
li14 .John W. Murphy, Portsmouth.
4 24 Hoy II. lllaney, Portsmouth.
Ii 15 '.\Corton F. Littlefield, Seabrook.
425 C'rawrord Gilbert, Portsmouth.
li16 Clyde G. Robluson, Portsruouth.
I 2G Lowis I~. Boucher, Newmarket. Ii 17 Cl:rlstlan Christensen.Portsmouth
427 Jessie J. Fowler, Seabrook.
lilS Claude P. Wyatt, Portsmouth.
42!> Leon W. llilliard, Kingston.
i;rn Lucius E. Buker, Portsmouth.
429 Louis L. Shapiro Portsmouth
fi20 Ernest C. Eaton, Rye.
430 .\loses A. lloward Greenland·
li21 ~loses J. Joubert So. Hampton.
431 \\'llliam II. ('001,~r, K Kings.ton.[fi22 Frank Sopel, Newmarket.
4 32 Ernest Jo:. Strafford, Portsmouth. 1>23 Attilio Manuzzl, Portsmouth.
433 .Joseph I~. Parks Stratham
fi2 4 Francis Hutchinson, Portsmouth.
434 .John J. c•onnolly: Portsmoi..th.
!i~5 Ignacy Oczkowiski, Newmarket.
4:lfi llavlil II. l•'u111lc11c>r, l'ortHmonth. 11~G Hobart A. Uonlc. Portsmouth.
43G l•'recl L. ~lurtlu, Dover.
r;~7 Lestor R. Browator, Portsmouth.
437 ,'\ Illa C. l•'o, Newmarket.
(in Simeon J. Brown, Seabrook.
4 38 Carl TI. Bragg, Portsmouth.
f!29 lWsworth B. Pierce, Portsmouth.
439 .\rthur St. llllaire, Newmarket. , !~30 Shirley J. Woods, Portsmouth.
440 Wallace K L,1ne Portsmouth.
b31 Joseph P. Kelley, Portsmouth.
441 George It. Dawson Portsmouth
fi3:l Daniel S. O'Brien, Portsmouth.
142 Howard ('. ll erse/ Portsmoulli: ci33 Palin! Edsando, Portsmouth.
143 Harry Nannls, Portsmouth.
6,34 Felix Labranche, Newmarket.
444 Charles II. 110,t, Newton.
!i35 :'llelvln P. Locke, No. Hampton.
445 Stephen Wall.;cc Newmarket.
fi36 Jerry J. Castle, Plaistow.
HG Timothy J. llarn~cly l'orti;mouth fi37 Everett A. Joy, Portsmouth.
-147 :\!orris S. Hurd, Portsmouth.
li38 Byron J. L. Eaton, Seabrook.
448 Augustus F. S1>inney, Port 8 moulh !!39 Ellsworth l\L Hoyt, Portsmouth.
H9 Alfred N. Gynan, Seabrook.
,,40 James R. Albert, Portsmouth.
450 Benjamin H. True, l'lal!!tow.
1541 Wllilam D. Cameron, Portsmouth
451 .John Chaka1skl, Portsmouth.
1542 George F. Leavitt, Newmarket.
-I 5 i '!'o:,i l- rin,e, rortsrnc11 Lil.
1543 Ralph 'l'. Wood, Portsn10uth.
453 Randall II. Greeley, Portsmouth. 15 44 ;\lo~cl:! P. Nudd, Hampton.
4 54 William S. Knight, Portsmouth. 1545 Roy A. :\lacdonald, Portsmouth.
455 Luka Bilida, Newmarket.
154G John Hott, Jr., Portsmouth.
45!i Wm. C. Raymond, Portsmouth.
154 7 Harrie R. Cushing, Plaistow.
457 John ,v. Durgin, Portsmouth.
1548 Albert l\1. Newell, Portsmouth.
4 58 Chas.C. Primmerman, Portl:!mou th, 1649 Jesse B. l\larshall, Seabrook.
1550 Au 11st !<_,. Neschlce Portsmouth.
I
�,
..,-_,....,c.'-
Kl''.>.i,w.N~
,
lanning for
s--~~-' Girls' League
The Girls' •l'alrlollc League nf
Portsmouth which Is lo be organized
In this city f\hOuhl have a whle !lprea(
inlere!lt among i;lrls and each should
reel It a patriotic duty lo enlist. At
the meeting held nt th<' ofllce or thr
Organized Charilirs In the Cour:
!louse ~'<'Rlord:iy forenoon i\lr!!. Darrell We111tell oC Boston :ind this city
an1I i\1l!!R l~rancea Brooks of Now
York were J>r<'!lcnl a111I lolrl of thr
work belni; done by lho Girls' Pa
lrlot League in Mas!!achnsetls. 1\trn
Ifushand, wife or Richard Welling
ton Husband a member of I he r:icnl
ty or Dartm'outh college, and slatr
chalrmnn of the S11ecial /I i<I 1,oclei}
connected with state work under lhr
Woman's Council or Natiou.11 DefrnF,
ramc to this city to be present at
the dlsctrnsion and will r c1rnrl Its re
suit to the stale committee.
Massachusetts nlready h::is a Jarr,1
or;,;anizatlon oC lhi!I kind r,nd it i•
hoped that Now lla11111shire wilt soon
have one• ah;o. ].;very girl In the
~lair 11ho11 l1l foot It her 11::ilrlollc duty
or this league
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X ' l ' I \ S c 111mn FOH St\ H ,OH B OYS
An appeal has come lo the Portsmouth Branch or the Woman's Seclivn or tho Navy League from
,hC'acl1111arters at Wasl,1t11gton
Christmas Good Cheer hags for our
s11ilors and marines on acli'!e service
tn Europe. The bags are to be made
C'f some ,Jurabte material and sent to
Mrs. I!effenger, 5:l Austin street. before the nrst or Orlohcr In order lhnt
they may be In Washington 011 that
dale. Thr follow{ng list of gift~ ha3
brcn sug,c:l'sl I'd as snit a hi<' from
whlrh lo srll'('l nol IN<S than ll\'e or
in ore than ten: 'l'oba<'co, pi pr, cl.c:n r•
ells, cigarette paprrs, stationary,
stamped f'll\'elopes, post-cards, indelible pencils, P<'ll holder and
pocket knife, tooth brll!<h, sl1:wln,c:
soap, metal mirror, com belt, coin
purse, military brushes, pocket comb,
wrist watch, beet boulllon cubes,
r'lalted milk tablets, playing cards,
dominoes, checkers and other games,
pocket ed illons or good books, foldir.g drinking cups, of metal or alumln um. The filling of the Christmas
Good Cheer Bags should be an easy
matter and a. pleasure to ea.ch ot us,
Xot only the members of the league
but to e1•eryone. We want our men
to t,o happy al Christmas. We want
ti'em rndlant, WC' want them smiling,
11ot bccauoe French maid or Drltlsh
mother has made them a fete 'Clay,
but because their own women have
thought of that other woman's soil
out there on the battle front, and hu
put that thought Into concrete form.
Let us have smiling at Christmas and
Jct It be a home-made smtle. Anr
further directions In reg a rd to the
Christmas Good Cheer Bags can be
obtained from l\lrs. ·Heftenger, 63
�LOCAL BOAR LACKS
½1.1
BUT 18 FOR QUOTA
Tho local nrmy tlraft board tod,1y lil'd IJy the lc,ca, ;,oart',. This makes
denied tho claim . ror cxc1I1ption or, a total or :n, certille:,I hy tl,e district
~torrl11 Ralduu who at llrHL clalllll'(I )JOltftl 1u1tl ll1olr lltllllOS aro lltllt'tl
cxemJ)tlon ns llie solo 1rnpJ)ort or hhi tloe adjutant general's. olllc!J all
mother, luter chnngl11g the claim to Lho 11r111y. '!'hey are:
being an alien. The board ruled that
.\dolf Brumeau. Newmarket.
he, wns not un alien. As to his l\rst
)loHCt! :\lulllSHillll, Portsmo11th.
claim the members or the boartl state
Gilbert Bra,llcy l'escy, l'orllllll011t:h.
they round him to be associated with
Clandia Paglia, Seabrook.
his brother, a Portsmouth business
Holland S. l~au lkner, l'ortsmouth.
man, and a sister, in the su))))Ort of
J~cl11111nd Bouchard, Newmarket.
Willie l~dward Young, Seabrook ..
their mother.
Claims tor exemption were also denied by the local board in the cases
o: Ralph George Adams, of Portsmouth, Oliver :.\forlu of Newmarket,
and Irven Stanley of Hampton. AU
had flied claims as being married
men with dependent children. In none
of the cases had the claimant tilec!
proof or his claim.
The bourd certified them tuto the
s<>rvice ns m1.nuher8 of the new 11atlo11al army.
F'loyd Wesley Lambertson
Greenland, Elmer K. Wcnhold
Portsmouth and Ugo Gobbi or l'ort:;mouth were granted exemption today
by the local board, having lilod proof
or their claims. the first two as having dependent wife and children, the
latter nil an alien.
Claims ror exemption were filed today as follows; •
Louis L. Shapiro, Portsmouth', dependent wife and child.
Harry 'r. Entwistle, Portsmouth,
dependent wife and child.
Moses A. Howard, Creenlancl, dependent wife and child.
James Alberts, Portsmouth, felon.
Adolf C. Anderson, Portsmouth,
Navy Yard workman, dependent wife
and child, and a member of a recognized rlllli;lous 8Ccl whoso creed forbids par1lcl1>utlon in war.
Joseph Arthur Burns, Portsmouth,
dependent wife and child.
An appeal from the decision of the
local board refusing exemption to
Fred S. Cantrell of Lynn for failure
to Ille proof ot his claim was made
tcclay. Cantrell In his letter asserts
that his aftidavits went astray in the
malls.
The loco! board 'now lacks hut 18
men of its <1uota, 5 for the first HockIngham district, 57 have been certified by the local board.
The district board today notified
I ho local board of its action in certifying eighL more men already certi•
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·at fort Star
The new Y. M. C. A. hut at Fort
Stark, New Castle, was dedicatet
Sunday evening wl'Lh a large atteu.1ance of enlisted men, rRev. Lucius
H. Thayer gave the dedicatory address and the service was one or
Interest. The hut has been wlrctl
for oloctriclty but all t ho equipmen t
has not yet been Installed. S \. '-\
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DRAFTED MEN WILLs~~
LEAVE HERE TOMORROW
C'lnlm ror f'XP1npfion a!\ ,1 marrl<'d
Jl<'foro nnolh<'r lwenly-rour hou'rs
are pn11sed Portsmouth'!\ quota of 5% man with de11E'ndl'nt!I wai> 1ll'nlt•d br
o' the full quota for the first draft of the lornl board today to Guy A. Smith
thE' national army will be on the way oo' Plaistow, hE' ha1·in~ railNl to fll!l
t'l Cami> Devens, Ayr>r, i\Jass. for their proor of hi!\ rlalm. Georg<' T.lenlon
training as a part of the army to Halt or Porti<mouth wns also reht11ed
France. The four men are to report <'X<'lll(lfion for Rimllnr rl'n~on!;. Th<'
t<., the !oral board at l O o'clock to- rln im of \lfrl'II T . .Tl'nkins of llochll'Orrow morning, ready lo leave nn- e 11 ter who was transferred to the !oder the orders of the board. 'l'he cal board was allowed today he havrocessnry transportation certificate Ing flied proof of his claim as a marl,as been filled out b~• the board and ried man with dependents.
will bl' gll·en to Lincoln Spencer
Tomorrow the board will begin the
Hyde of Kingston, who will be desig- examination of 200 more registrants,
nated by the board as the officer in probably the last to be called under
charge. Meal tickets will also be is- the present draft. The board has to
irned lo Mr. Hyde for the little draft find 18 more men to complete Its
party or four, all young 1111'11 who quota, although there Is the probah:11c rN)UP!':f P1l lhf' ho:tnl lo !1('t11l bility that the army surgeons
them early to the camp.
discharge some or the men now cerThey will be allowed to carry un- t ifled for !lervice by the local and disd<Jrwear, toilet articles, and some trict board.
In that case thP local
othrr small neressitie11 and will be re- board will hf' <'allcrl upon to 1111 lhe
' Cl'lvr<l at lhe ramp entrance by an placeR of lhe 111('11 so d!R()llallfled.
officer, aftf'r which time they will be
The examination will occupy thrt;?O
I directly under command or the army days, 68 tomorrow and 66 each
• officers, passing on t of control of the J•'rlday and Saturday. The memberR
local board. The four men are Lin- o~ the board fee( certain that the
coln Spencer Hyde of East Kingston, necessary l 8 can be secured from the
WIiiiam F. Cronin of Portsmouth, >resent call.
Reth Ed win Rand or Rye, and George
Leroy Harmon of Portsmouth, with
La wrenc<' Vincent RPgan of Portsmouth selected as alternate, ready to
take the place or anr or the four who
frdls at the last moment to report at
'\..·•~"-'l,;,7',i:H th<' rnin.
Thi' Jilli<' h:rnf! will r;o to to thf'
charge of the local board and at the
fltallon their linal Instructions will be
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given them and they will he placed
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I!: charge' or Hyde for their journey
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
t<• the moblllzntlon cam1>.
On their arrival at the camp they
Franklin D. Roosevelt who ·paid an
will be given final examination by
unannounced visit to the local navy
l'nlted StateR army surgeons, 60 yard Sunday said yesterday at Washr-.~;,_r:, ,...,;-.;~ surgrons having been detailed to
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Camp Devens for that purpose. They lngton that the war has shown thus
,1111 then be ai;i;!gn<'cl lo their quar- early that the Portsmoutll and Dosters, a few men in each barracks, oc- ton navy yards must be maintained
as they arc absolutely necessary to
·.-.or.,..,,,,rr..a cupying the end n<'arest headquarl<'rs, and the other men coming later our naval defense.
lt Is expected that l\lr. Roosevelt
and assigned to the sevrral cornpan..,.....,,.,,,_,. !es will occupy the remainder of each will recommend some beneficial work
at the yard as the result or his visharrarks.
Jn a ruling of the war department lt.
The e11tabllshment or a new plant
handed down yrsterday the men will
not hP rcqulrrd to lakf' any oath of at tho Cha rlestown nllvy yard, having
~ l!rglrnce to the c·c11111try or the nag
nii the conscription law does not requirP it or make It necessary.
Although the men are now under orders
or the local board as duly In the army they will not be required to report
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WAR PROVES NECESSITY
OF/PORTSNIOUTH ·- YARD
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a larger acre~ge and a better frontage
than the present yard, Is the big improvement contemplated at that yard
t,y the assistant secretary.
Tho new plant will be used for a-q,
operating base, Secretary Roosevelt
says, and all the manufacture\ and
repair work will bll left with the
existing yard., It Is said there Is Htlie likelihoocl of the enlargement beI Ing made this year. Secretary of the
I Navy Danklls said last week that Improvements must be made at CharJeatown, but that It will be Impossible
to conRlder tho matter tor definite
, ac.tlon before noxt RJ>rlng.
�Til\illS. 1'IllIB~D.\.Y SEPTE)I TIEH G.
LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
HAS ABUSY DAY
Tho Jocnl lloard hail n liUK) tJciisluu ,1l 1,::0 thh; .11tcrnuo11.
,(111 lhl'lr arr1vi,\l ut the
today 11tarll11., 1:arly v. llh tlll' cxu111• ,. ill la! u,u111l11ud hy urmy 11uq;,,,•011K
!nation or GI! uwu cnlhHl hy tho llu:ml , :11I 1a·11•111c1I or reJ1•1·tcd .
l<'rom
thl'lr
;q111caru111·0
It
IK
~cry
1louhtf~I
to COIi\ 111010 I ho II llllhl or i ~. IIIUII,
Sl;1;tee11 or 1hl11 1·:111 will llk,1\y liu IIC· IC u11} of tho four ,1ro ruJc.-t1•d. '!'hoy
lool1c1l Ill , ch•a11, l11tellh:onl und ca11ill com11h•tll thu
aL lo; aud with thul r deU1rrnln11tlo11
hoard's work or exu111111utlo11 11111II a11to work hard ll 111 very likely that
.. .A~.,...,.,,. othor call Is made lly the wur de11arl- all will recdve on lhtilr alilllty alone,
ment. The work or examlnutlon will
111111orlant no11-commh1aloneil
11oal1
contluue lhrouxh today, 1-'rlt\ay and
If not actually conunlulona us ofllcera
So.I urday.
or the now arllly.
FUty-i;lx or the 6b men calluJ re1
ported for oxamlnnt1011 01111 1111
11000 Dr. l'cnder u11d nr l,u ce h:111
rom\lleted lhe work o r ux:111111\lui; 311,
more than hal f of the du) ·a 1111111hcr
ralled.
Of l hlB number, 1-4 asked CXClllf)tlon. They are:
Stephen llarmouskl, Portsmou th,
to t--------------• --iili
fIRSl LOCAL QUOTA
alien.
Nlcholns
Vcrgados,
1'01 tsmon I h.
Wllll11m 'I'. Somurflc\1I, lla11111lo!1
Fall- marrh:. I
1111m.
Juco\J 8chwortz, 1'ort111111111lh, alll'I\ ,
Jo n \\ i t <I I rk11y, l'orl 111011th,
l>owulni;, l'orts111011lh, 111:ir•
rlt•d mun, nuvy yuril workman.
-Rouerl 1;mmull llunklu g, l'orlB·
mouth, marrlell man .
Jlugh Popu Eldredge, l'ortsrnouth,
Portsmouth,
Mc:llastur,
married man.
Leavitt llatchohlcr nrown, llamt•·
ton, Ii) his wife, Lucy Vinal Brown,
Carmattl,
l'ortsmout!1
l .1arlcs Wllll11m llartlcll, Nor:h
llu11111ton, 1lo110111lcn t 11arc11t.
\\'l1llam i-;verull Mercer,
PorlB•
moul11, navy yard workman .
Ralph :If. Reed, Portsmo11th, marr!ed m an.
Off fOR AYER CAMP~::.:
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wo Portsmouth Boys in first
tingcnt for Nt~wNational Army
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l.l11co\11 !-i:11. nrer 11),h• 11( 1: ~11111111 :11, :iuy district
rc1ul
l<lni;ston, Willl.1111 J. l'1011i11 or l'orts- 1a11111. Llucolu S111•1111•r llydo waH
mouth, Seth l•.11Y, In ltan,I 01 H:,c an,) 1' uC;,iguUlcJ by the buanl UH ('Ollllllil i-J
Ccorg,1 Lt roy ll,1ruwn or 1'01ta11wu1 11 ,·r 01 the llltlu party aud Mr. lly,to
rc11ortcd to tho local war 1lr.1rt hoard j uamc,I \\'1111,1111 1''. f''ronln a11 the ··•thh; forcnoou 1111 the 111111 lncn,1111 Ill onll In co111mt1111L
of the d it1trict'll 1111ota to tho 111•1·:
A h!W mou1cntK lalf•r they left
!'li,1tlu11ul ,\rm>
'I hey w,•r..i ac·1·111" the ufllt•o ur tht• war ho.ir,I with
1,an:,,,1 h> ll,1: 1oll't11l11 rs nr 1\,1• lu,.1r41 t'li:dn111111 gph1111•y wh,, 11111"' , Ith
In lh1• 1.1l!111,111 ~t.tllon 111111 l111:,1 l,•11 11,l'III tu tlw 11lall11n In Id~ t'ar . Al
t hu 12.1 b tr.Jit1 lur lloslou u~ t 11• 111 ,1 thu 111 .. llun th1•> ha,I th1•lr h11 t 1110.11
11art ur thl· trip 111 th1• 1111>l,illzatiou a<> 1111'11 111 lho army anll 11111111! llat1•l)'
tenllainc,I, leaving hno ,1l ·•
l'Jllllll, Ca11111 DOVl•DK, A)cr, ~I ll<>II,
'fl11• four men rc11ort1•1I at 'tho o!'lre rer th11 lin I ln11tructlons at 11 .311
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�LARGE NUMBER ·CLAIM
EXEMPTION fROM DRAf
Doginning with yesterday morn-
Those claiming exemption
lnp; the 10<.:u; W'lr draft ~oord startc,I the examination of zoo reglstrants, cxnmining ii6 whv reporte:i.
'I h<' greater part
of thi!l numlrnr
claim<'<I cxcmplion nncl the claims
made u11 to noon toilay hrought the
numh<'r very high. or thoso cxnml11cil yl'Rtcrday only six 1i;umlng lhti
f'Xamlnatlon failed to claim <>xcmplion.
l<'ourt<>en made claim of exemption during tho morning while Z3
examined In thc afternoon mntlc
clainrn. ru1 follows:
J.arry Harton Ncwmnrkl't alien
Bartoh11co G ;,idner, l'ort~mou
ali<'n.
('harles WIiiiam nnrton, North
llam11ton de11<'ndcnt wl£c
Ernl'!lt' Lesl!'y Crandall: 8enbrool<\
wife and chill!.
~""".~·i,r.•;;:-;~'.: (;corp.I' A. Jlnnl, Portsmouth, com•
missioned ofliccr, 11. S. Naval Re-
!nee! this morning are:
Howard Clifton Hersey,
mouth, dependent wife.
John
Chakofsky,
wife and child.
.John W. Durgin, Portsmouth, wifo
and child.
IJavlil Jlonry Fanlkn<'r,
mouth, navy ynrll workman, wlro all(!,
child.
'l'rueman l\ierriil, Seabroolt, wife
ancl child.
Edgar Ral11h White, Portsmouth,
navy yard workman, wife and child.
Charles w1i11am narton (Rccon1l
ll'u•~C!.•~.a.t
ti>:
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claim) North llamvton,
J)arcnts.
Angelo
Latlanjio,
alien.
,C:eorge A.
child.
Howard A. Eaton, Seabrook, wll
and child.
/\ If reel Newell Gznan,
;:· _,r.r..-:.-li.,,4
!<Cl'\' <'.
wife and chlh1.
Achille- nazzochl, alien.
Orel Arthur ,))exlcr, Portsmouth,
1' ll'xa11elcr 01'iiver,
Portsmouth,
dependent wifo and parents.
wif!' an1I chil~I.
Tosi Pnimo, Porliimouth. alien.
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And1·p {llrury) ~1·ar1rnnl, Ports•
Allessi Sltlimo, Portsmouth, wife
mouth, alien.
ancl
child.
Nicholas G. Vori:,:ades, Portsmouth,
Joseph Jlajlhel, Newmarket, alien.
aill'n.
IFranclsk Szell('jai, Newmarlrnt,
J,co Lconnrcl Shea, Portsmouth,
alien
.
wifc and children.
.Tosetlh C. N?,y es, Seabrook, de(lOll•
Alfrcclo Zammarch!, Portsmouth,
dent parents.
JJomer D. noggls, Portsmouth,
Luke Dllida, Newmarket, alien.
wifll and chll1l.
Thomas Francis Norton, Newmnr•
krt. wife ancl child.
lllontanrl llbaiclo,
Portsmouth,
Escn Allen Maines,
wife ancl child.
Fred Lowell Souther,
wire and child.
Eel warcl
Gorman,
navy yard workman.
Moses A. Howard, Greonlancl, dependent wife.
Joseph Edgerton
wife and child.
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Morris S. Hurd, Portsmouth, dapendent wlCe.
'
Charles Curtis Brim m er m an,
'Portsmouth, navy ~ard wor:km,n,
n child.
Joy, Portsmouth,
rltbtlt1!, wlft> and chlld.
a 1ee ·Richmond Albert, 'felon.
Sixty-six were called by .t.he board
today for examination, 66 having re•
ported at noon. Of them, 18 _made
claim of exenwllon, the greater number because of de1>endents.
�LACK Of LUMBER
HOLDS UP OPERATIONS
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Accorcllng lo rPport~ from tho that lho lirnt lo i;o wore lu!Jorors who 1
:--o,, l111,lu11 i.hlp!Juil1lln;; 1,1twl l)usi- quit who11 tho 111a11ugomc11t rofusod
ll t'SS il; rnthcr .;lack.
them frc,·
1111 lo a few l1• 1·011Li11uc f11r11h;lli11g
ti a11liJ>0rlalion fru111 this dty lo tlw
11::ys ago 1>ractically cvuryonu who ]llant.
apJ)lied ror n job was .;ivon worl< al
Thu reason for tho la\Off of llio
11.c 11lnnt nt good wnges. Yrsl1•nla) c·:ir11c•11toni 111111 lwl11cn, a:, i;ivon hy
n,nrnl11i;, howovor, It I!! suhl tl,i!l tho ol1it'lah1 ul lhu 11Ia11t was llmt tli.•
1
about r.o car)Jet1\<>rs wore lnid off at u co1111iany w11:1 unulJlo to got lumber
c,'clock. 'J'heso had nil been doing ll• co111i11uo the work. \Vhcn asked,
1:arpentors' _ work, some !Joing c:11·· 'whe n the lumber would arrive and,
punters and others helpers. Tho mon tho work Ile continued, the roreman
who cnmo under tho head or car11c11- :;Lated that ho did not know, and lolcl,
tr•rs' holp11rs had boon rcco\vlng $4.41 ti o mon lhal if tlo<iY conl<I get work
a day It Is said. According to ono of ol:i<!I\ hno tho) had iH'ttu 1111 :!O as
tho men who had t,een employed in ho 11ns not suro when Lho company
l11e c:upenlers' crew over l 00 mon would bo all le to got more lumber Lo
have been stricken from the payroll continue tho work or construcl111g,
<luring the past week.
He statccl the 11l11nt.
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LOCAL DRAFT BOA D
-Roland P. Olis, Newllolds, depen d ent paronts.
Eleven registrants accepted
physically flt by Dr. Ponder claimed
~xemptlon in the arter noon In add! •
tton lo theose listed In yesterday's
pap;::r. They are:
1•atrlck J. ineagan, P or tsi_,,outh,
nrnrrlod man.
l!Tarold T. Freeman,
married man.
John Couhlg, Portsmouth,
yarcl worl<man.
Frank Carter,
man.
.Tdin W. Mates, Portsmouth, marlod man.
Arthur La\Jrecquo,
oiarriecl man.
William Raymoncl,
navy yard workman.
Carl Dragg, Portsmouth, married
man, navy yarcl workman.
grnest E. Strafford, Portsmo u th,
,11arrlcd man and navy yard workman.
·11oy Foss, Rye, navy yard
man.
James ·J . Quirk, Portsmouth,
listed In U. S.
FIRST COLORED.
SECURES fUll QUOTAl ~~:~~~"'~~~:~~.~~
'l • 17'
was
---•~-- S.
will be the first colored man to Ile
With tho ending or yc11tord11y'11 la1 M 11111111/Clr
rutl-,-,-1-7-t-o,-1,-'l)··,>Rl cerlifiecl ror service In the national
Jocal army drart Loan! h:\d hy tho Illini;- of a claim hy Mrs. guza-·
army In all 11ro1Jablllly. U1> lo an•l
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including Saturday the district !Joard
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c·ompleted tho examination of its h<'lh Coleman of Now nglon n avor
li~lfak'l:l.!1'<:t/!;.
or her son, Phineas ,Piper Coleman, at Concord had certified more than
clay• call of registrants and had sef
·1·t
r:,r.:,f.:1.,1c~.-·,,,.,.,
8
a?J beiug tho solo support r,f herself,
800 men In the state or m1 1 ary
cured the cllvlslon's quota of 75 a dependent widow. Coleman was ar..
service and not one was colorecl. ln
men. At the Lime tho call was made ceptcil on Thursday \ind flied 1111
the Civil war Portsmouth sent to the
for tho la~t 200 rogistrant1, the clivl- claim.
front the only colored men In tho
slon Jacked 18 . 'rwo men, Morris
(Jp to noon today ·1:i of tloe 6G call•
state and this seems now likely lo bo
Salden of Portsmouth and rt. n. Bux- ' d had ro11orted for examination nncl
true in the !>resent war.
ton of North Hampton, were since a JargG 11orcenlago of those passel!
Hicks wns certlflecl by tho lo::'ll
certified Into the army .liY the district tho physical examination. It h1 Lh•e
draft board on Monday and his name
!Joard at Concord, mal<ing tho num- 0111nion of the hoard that befon~
was forwarded to the district board J:k'J..i,,·'/.,_"",,t~.:,""ller necos:sary to complete tho quol:L the full 200 are exhausted tho quotit
yesterday afternoon. He passed the
16.
or 75 for the first Rockingham dtvie xamlualion with credit and is a fine,•···"'·"'•·..,,.,
This was later changed hy tho dh;- slon will Ge i>assed by(a good number. clean cul young chap. As he did no t
Lrict board to 17 by the appeal or 'l'cn of these cxanilned today and
put in any clain1 for exemption the •c .,_..,..,,....,,
Guy Carl Wiggin of Newington who passed by tho J>hyslclan asked exomJI)·
district board Is bound to cerli CY
was denied discharge by the local lion from :service. '!'hey are:
him.
hoard as a married man ror failure
Ira A. Urown, Porstmouth, marto Huhmlt tlJ·oor before the spocilied ried man.
IO days had CXJ)ircd. Wli;g!n a11poalo,l
Sidney ll:111d, Portsmouth, marrlml
to tho cli:;trict hoard, as:;orllng his man.
11roor had gone astray In the malls.
Ciancio \Vyall, Portsmouth,
Ilia a11peal was sustained by tho dis- rlcd man.
trict and ho was g ranted a {11schar,;.:i
Attilio Manuzzl, Portsmouth,
from the service.
riod man.
On 'l'hnrsday six mon oxaminccl
Hollert nonlo, Portsmouth,
and passed by the local IJOnrcls maile riod man.
no claim for exemption ancl on I<'riSimeon Brown, Seabrook, married
<lay 12 wero secured as physically fit man.
anti mad<' no claim; mu king 18 for
Sh lr ley · Woods, 1Portsmoulh, mar- ,.,-,,.,..,..,_""
tho two days work with tiG more roi;· riod man.
Ile examined on the presJesso Marshal, Scabroolc, married
�BOARD RECEIVES QUEER
CLAIMS·-~.fOR·E .MPIION
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The local army draft board Is fac• J Rocorp Of the Por[!!mouth local
lr.g freak claims [or exemption ov9ry ch11rch or the same denomination
day, chiefly from out-of-town rogls- show' tha In 1690 a vote was taken
trnnts. Ot)e consclcntio11s objector on this q1 e.stlon and war was objectput in his appearance Loda) after be- cu to. He claimed that as a member
i11g ac·cc11tccl yesterday. Ills name is of the Hampton church of the same
withheld from publication but his creed the vote of the Portsmouth
rcf;ldence i~ given as Hampton.
branch covered him. Tho local board
The yo11ng man claimed to be a ruled tliat he must serve in the arllH'lllhrr of a rellglous sect which cm· my unless the army officers saw fill
bodlC'd in Its teachings that war was .fo allow him to go.
forblcl<IE>n it:; members. There was
,Moses Sarkis J\l atasslan of Portsnothing in the cr<>cd or the church mouth was certified into the army
which made this assrrUon nor was some weeks ago by the board which
there any record of any such teach- refused his claim for discharge or exiugs in any or the branches of the emption. He claimed that he was
<'hnrch.
over 31 on Juno 6, the day of rcglR•
With tho yc111ng man came ono o[ trntlon, but that ho d id not know It
t.ho c·h11rc•h offfc-lnlH who nHkrll for In nt tho tfmo. Tho Joc1tl board .rofui;od
Ile stall)cl that ho could ta entertain any such claim.
not sign tho young man's affidavl
:\f atassian then appealed to the
unlil he had secured official lnforma district board Crom the ruling o( the
lion on the subjrct.
local board, making the same claim.
Tho records of the local church ajThe district board today noliOed the
Jlampton W<'r_o gone o,·er, he stated, !oral board that they upheld the mland nothing bearing on the matte ing of this board, throwing out the
coulcl be round, although 11,-. saicl tha claim or the young man. He was ceri'. a vote of the churci1 membershipl tlfiecl into tho service by the adjutant
"as taken it would be against war.,general.
The !oral board ruled that this would
Another man not ovor anxious to
1,r only tho individual opinion of the \flght, an omcer In a State Guard, af111cmhors of tho church and not the ter being passed physically made a
opinion or crcP.cl of tho clenomlna- claim for oxomptlon m1 being now In
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I.ion, r11rthcr ruling that It could not~tl:e military service or tho United
h,: co11nted as the vote would not have tales. Asked to state the branch he
been taken llrior.to May 18, 1917. the vas serving with he asserted that he
aatc stated In the conscription act. was a commissioned officer In tho
Home or State Guard.
Ills claim
was don led, He made a second claim
ror clif1chargo as a married man and
Hied Immediate Jlroor by Rn affidavit
from his wife. His second claim was
accepted.
Tho local board today was notincct
through Attorney John L. J\1itcholl o[
this city, acting representative of
Provost 1Iarshal General Crowder,
that an appeal hacl been mado to tho
district board for the discharge or 22
n•gistrants [or having dependents.
This appeal Is made automatically by
tl,e provost mnrsh11 l'R office In Pvory
caso ~vhere exemption or cllschnt ge IR
granted by a local board men or men
having other dependents.
The appeal of Jacob Mancllebohm
ol Portsmouth to the district board
as the support of aged ancl lnnrm
parents wns grnntod today, t\10 local
t,oard receiving official notice this afternoon. He made two appeals from
the ruling of the local board, one as
the su pport or infirm parents and the
second in the local board
~wo Local Men
File Appeals
Edward Charles lltcks,
st.reel, and Patrick J oscph
s:i,eafe street have appealed from th•J
d,ecislon of the local board to the dlstr·tct board [or cxen;ptlon. Hicks, the
H:rRt colored man In the state to ',e
cortlned (so far as known) made no
claim for exemption at the time c,f
li:ts extminatlon but now appeals to
the district board as tho support of a
d,ependont mother.
Regan nlecl a claim of exemption
a11 a mnrried man which was denied
b:v tho exempllon hoard, his mar rla~e
h,avlng taken place after tho dat<
n:ilmed by the President In hlR rulings
BOARD ALLOWS
THIRTEEN CLAIMS
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i>111 The local draft hoard has allow-
ed the following claims of <'xemption
from service', the neceasary p,uur 1111y.
and accoptecl:
Charles Barton, North Ham11ton.
Leo Shea, Portsmouth.
llobert Hunkins, Portsmouth.
Ar thur Labrecque, Newmarket.
Orel Dexter, Portsmouth.
Francisk Scellejei, Newrnarl<et.
Jlohn Conhig, l'ortsmonth.
Howard 0. Dur~ln, l'ort!lmouth.
Attilio J\lanuzzl, Newmarket.
Jlgnacy Oczkowski, Newmarket.
]Robert A. Bonte, Portsmouth.
13imeon .T. Drown, Seabrook.
:Felix Labranche, Newmarket.
�LOCAL .BOYS 'ARE NOW
IN. NATIONAL ARMY
,_. !,h1coh1 3, Hy(\!) g.t,~st ,!S_ing~tou,
Wlllt&n. Cronin ,ot ,Po;tsmoufh, G.
Ler oy Harmon ot Portsmouth anJ
Bqi.h ''Rand '. of Rye li~ve beon ftuall,
Mrtilled Into the natlon(II IP'lllY .• Tl\1 >
o ... ~,al notice ,of their ac_ccptance by
the ,commanding ofHcer at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., was received toda}
by the local board for the army drutl.
nnd was signed bY Major J. M."Waln
wr ight, assistant . chlet of staff. Th~
reJ><>rt was signed on Sept. 10 .
. '.fhe firat t ncre~ent for tpe dh1trlcl
was composed of these fou r me11
practically the pick ot tboso who had
been ce rtified, and the uan1lnlng ara.ccepted them wllho11t
question . Tll!l gays reporte<I on.Sl!l>l,
6 at 4.3 0 p, m. and were examined
and accepteq pie following day.
Althoug.Jl,rio• official word had be<!n
recelvclL rr9111 the adjutant genera l
by the looal board to noon order!l arc
exl)ected al any momeul for
lranster lo the training camp of the
l!econd lncroml!nt on Sept. 19. The
order wlll call for 30 men from this.
flrel division for Rocklngha!" county..
lJJ) to noon only 28 men were avail•
able as the district board haa certified.
by 32 of l11e 90 men repar~ed by llit
local board as qualified for service.
An aqdillonal list of men certified h
also looked for lmmedlatelv by the.
local board.
PLAN TO ENTERTAIN
HEBREW ENLISTED IUE~I
A movement has been started i:i I lows;
tlih1 city lo entertain all lle!Jrcw enliiitetl men tlurln;; the Jewish New
Yea r which starts Sept. .17.
AII men from th ill city who arc
111 any branch of thti Uuited Stales
HCrvi ce, those who are stutionecl hl
rhc ncarl1y fort,; or the llU\Y yard, in
fact any Hebrew soldier or :,allor will
lie welcome and will IJe made lo feel
t hal they are welcome.
Any who come from a distance and
wish to slay over night will be i;ivei:
a cco mmodations for the three days
'fhe lllO\"C is a very commendable one
and thm1e In charge descrvu Lo :11
eo mplimented as it will mean mucl
to the Hebrew boys who a!'e servini
Uncle Sam. The notice issued hy
the committee In charge il:I as fol
•hllt¥:Yf.i?&:;.
ij',iijijliff' ._.,.,-,iM11-.,...
"All I lolirew enlisted men are co1:-~·,.,':ll"t,,..,r~,
{1\aliy iuvited to alleud the
Year's i;orviccs at the Hebrew syn.~gogue 011 State street, on Monday anti
Tuesday, Sept. L 7 and 18 and Wednesclay, S1c11H. 21i. All tbose availling themselves of this O))J)Ortunlty
\\ ill he ~iven a c:ordlal welcome and
will b·e rurnishecl with accommodo1• at'!""l"ii2.-,
ttons ror those th roe days. A speclml
committee Is tn char;;e to receive anti
care for the men.
P. SIIAPlHO,
D. FLEICIIMAN,
�BOARDi RECEIVES CALL.
fOR SECOND INCREMENT
.\ call for 30 men and five alter- dltions here. The local board
1:atcs to l>e transferred to Camp Dev- <.ertifted 97 men as qualified for ser!'1 s al Ayer, ~lass. for training in th1! Yice who have not asked exemption.
Palional army was received late yes•
The clerk or the district board astl-rday afternoon l>y the local board sured l\lr. ;\Tarvin that the
from the adjutant general, to leave would be s,traightened out today and
here on Sept. 21. This Is the second that 16 men would be certified at
11,('r!'mcnt to the national army for once, the names to be forwarded this
the llnst division of the Rockingham afternoon. It is likely that the list
cnnnly dlRtrlct, four men having al- will reach here lnte today when the
rl·ady Ileen sent to camp and arc now call for the men will be lsRued. The
Ir. training. Owing to the fact that hoard will l>e in session this afterthe district l>oard has railed lo cert!- noon at 3 o'clock.
f~ hut 3 2 men for this division the
Claims for exemption were allowed
local board will be short seven men hy the board yesterday afternoon to
111 th eir efforts to complete the call.
the following who flied the necessary
William E. Marvin, clerk of the 11roo[ of their claims:
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local board, has notified the adjutant
Alexander C. Ogllvle, Portsmouth.
general or the situation and this I Fred L. ·Smith, Portsmouth.
morning was in telephonic comm uni- ! Ernest E. Stafford, Portsmouth.
C&tion with th!' clerk o[ the district ) 1[oses A. Howard, Greenland.
hoard ace ualntiu him with the conLuke Bilida, Newmarket.
CERTIED INTO ARMY
WITHOUll EXAMINATION
Ernest Levesque o[ Newmarket
ancl Andrew Perkfns of Hampton
have been certiHed Into the national
army by Adjutant Ceueral Howard
without i>eing examined l>y any or
the !oral board!I. Hoth men were called by the local l>oar<l for this district
lrnt failed to report for their examinatlon at any time.
Under the regulations of the conscription act they may be arrested as
d~serters and tried l>y court martial,
but the adjutant general has no intention of acting In that manner as
l>oth meu n111ortrd Iat<'r lo him In
perRon nn<l J,y tclcgrnph, ns havl11g
Ileen away from home when tho call
\~as made.
,Chalrman Ceylon S1,lnney of the
local board today received a commu!cation from Adjutant General Howrel containing the orders to receive
the two men hero on Monday, Sept.
17 and transfer them to the training
camp at once. In his letter Genral
Howard rcommends that they be
treatotl as regular registrants because
o~ their having repo1·ted to him, con-
vincing him that they had no lntenlion of dodging service. Mr. Spinney
will arrange for their transfer to the
training camp this afternoon.
'.Attorney John L. ~lltchell of this
city, acting 1·epresentallve or Provost
Marshal General CrowdPr, today appealed £rom the decision or the Ioca' bo'\rd in granting diBcharge or
exemption lo 21 registrants making
their claim bemuse of dependents.
Th:s is done In ever.v CH,e where the
local hoards make th:s class of
exemption or dlscharg'il, tho appeal
r,olng t,, 1l•e district bcuntl for In\ esligation.
The list follows:
Charles W. Barton, Brnesl I,. Cra11dall, Leo L. Shea, flol>crt E. HunkIns, WIiliam F. Summerneld, Carl II.
Bragg, Morris S. Hurd, AHred N.
(.!ynan, John Chakafskl, Arthur J.
Lal>recque, Orel A. Dexter, Frank E.
c~rter, Adolph C. Anderson, Ira A.
Brown, Howard G. Durgin, (.'land P.
Wyatt, Ignacy Oczkowskl, Simeon J.
Brown, Robert A. Bonle, Felix
�LOCAL BOARD SELECTS
SECOND INCREMENl
The local hoard or 11olccllon (1)1 lion.
the .'llallonul Army today call.it! :J<
Louis J?. Strout, l,cusington.
men into the service lo n111ort l I
Andreiy Pc.,lczar, Ney, market.
lhc hoard 11t 3 o'clo<·k 110:.t Wcdno·
l~dwurd J.. $rote, l'ortsmouth.
tluy arternoou tor truns1101·tallo11 In
l'utrlck J. (;rally, l'ortijmouth.
lltr11ctlo11l1 und order,i lo t'.llllll lll'V
11,•ury A ~lartln, l'lal:illlW.
Jo:.,•11h ,\. ltou:1,.,•1111, Ncw111:1rl,1•l.
1i11:1 at Ay,ir, Mu:1:1., 1111 l•'rlduy. 'l'lll';,
llnl11h 0. Brag~. Sl•ahr<>Ok.
nre to leave here at 8.tu l•'rld11)
.\dol1>1t llruneau, Newmarket.
morning and should arrive at th,1
R. P. Buxton, South llampton.
training ca1111> to rel)ort at l 2.4!i Jl
Gilbert II. Posey, Portsmouth.
m. With the call ror :io men r.,
Claudia Puglia, Seaurook.
the army a call wn,; Issued for live
Rolland S. Faulkner, Portsmouth
nlleruatos to bo roa1ly nt 1;; minntos
1•:dmuutl llourhartl, Nl!Wlllllrlrnl.
uotlcc and to ro11or1 ut tho s:11110 111111
l~url II. Nichols, Newton.
lo the local uourd.
Peter ('t11fo, Nowmarket.
Before tho cnll cnultl uo matlo I,~
noui;las J. Gould, Portsmouth.
tho bonrtl It wns 111.lCC!illllry to ha\'I
Te11os11horc Tourlguy, NewmarkE,t
tl,e dhitrlct board l.i;ne a 1urthc1
Charlc!i l'. Fish, Portsmouth.
lh1t of men ror tho district as c<ir• I•
Leon I•:. ITudson, Portsmouth.
fled, only 28 men being aVllllal>lu :11
Etlwlu .111. C:um11lrnll, l'ortsmout h
the time the onlor:s for the call wun
•.\ I l Cl'IUIH'S,
received by the boartl Crom tho 1111
,Peter A. Fullam, Portsmouth.
Jutant general. The board recelvP(1•
Everett Bennett, ClretJnLrnd.
a list or men certified ym1terday a r.
Horace Graig, Portsmouth.
ternoon,
the lhit containing 11
Alon1.o ('rowell, l'orti,mouth.
names, !>ringing the db1trict's tota
Snnml"r },'. Donnell, Portsmouth.
tertifild men 1111 to ·18. The 1lhi1rlc;t
The 1 ti Cl"rtitietl yi:sterday l>y th
board still hos 49 n11111e11 of mun
rrom this district, cerlificd IJY tho lo, 1llslrlct hoard nre:
l~arl )I. Nichols, Newton.
cal bourd, to act 1111011.
Douglas .I. Gould, Portsmouth.
Tllo men called to the colon; 01
Telos1>horc Tourlguy, Newm11rk1•:
So1>t. 20 arc:
Ral11h Buswell, Eat.t Kingston.
Thomns S. i\lorris, New ra:itle.
Peter A. Fullam, l'ortsmouth.
Joromluh .J. Donahue, Portsmouth
Alonzo Crowell, Port111nouth.
Everolt II. Johnson, Port~smouth.
S11111ner 1''. Dennetl, Portsmouth.
Lawrence VC. Regan, Portsmouth.
Leo J. Turcotte, Newmarhet.
~Inn-In I~. Perkln>1, Norlh llnmu
Leon K Hudson, l'ort1m1outh.
LOil.
Charles C. Fish, Portsmouth.
. l'~rley A 1 llandall, Seabroolc,
l'ai11 l~. O'Garn, Newmarket.
, Edward J. Goodreau, Plaistow.
P. L. Beede, Pll\lstow.
,varren C. Donnell, Portsmouth.
Jo~vln Cl\mpbell, Portsmouth.
Wllrre,I Ueauchalne, Plaistow.
Harold Wnlker, Portsmouth.
Walter E. Clough Newton June-
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Tho local board ror the nnlionnl
army rccelvtJd notice today that ll11rold L. Uutton or Porti;moulh and
Thomas Sheehy of Newllelds had l>oen
c1;rlit\ed for service by the dlijtrict
board at Concord. 'l'hls brings the
total for the first division for llocklngham county up to 50 certified by
the dl!,trlct board from the list of !17
LOCAL SOCIETY
s.,,)~"\ RAISES $1400
It wau announced ia:;t evening tha1
tloo Navy .\Id Society, co11111osctl "'
tho ladles and omcers or the navy attached to the Portsmouth 11talion,
havo ueen dol11g excollent · work
n.!11l11g rundu for the 1111111,lylui; of
c1,111forts Lo the enlisted men In the
st•rvlt•o. Since thu wur IJei;un the sum
or $1400 has twon created, mainly
tl•1·ough their successful <·11rd pnrlie11,
ontortul11me11t.:1 unll 1lanc·••!i hcl1l Ill
Ll,o yu.rtl.
~tr11. Howard, wire of Capt. William I,. Howard, late commandant of
tho yurd, hns 1>0011 an active leader In
tl.e atl'airs or the society and h1;r efforts to erf:!ate Interest In tho work
hi;ve been unceasing. Hor du1>arture
from the yard will IJe rcgrettotl uy tho
other memuere of the ot'i;u.11lzalion,
ns her nullity to 11lan anti uccomplh1h
raults has Ileen g r oat.
WILT, 00 TO FRA N'Olil.
Dall ey VaQ Ness Emery ot Pqrtsmouth' who la r egistered under tlle
conscription a~~ and Is subject to call
for service has. applied to the local
board tor a Q.~osport to leave the
country to g~'\ Q F rance with a hospital unit. 'l"he hoe.rd will Issue tha
pll6sport on Monday.
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Is Director of
Home Econo1nics
:\!rs. 1lary I. \\'ood of thi i; dl}' hJ ·
hecn appointed home economics di IIIA/o'Oo.•~-~~..."'"
rector ror :-.uw U.imptihlre by JlerlJort 0. Hoover, nalionul food ad
mlnistrator. :\ll;;i. Wood will work
undor tho ~rectlon 01 l lu11lle> N.
S1>aulding, sl!lte food aclminlstrator.
l\lrs. Wood returned ycillerday from
Washington whore she had tho nature of her duties ex1>lnincd to IH'r,
and also attended several con!crenrc
and also attended several
ces on food problems.
�NEW -SHIPYARD IS
opts
French Village
SCENE Of ACTIVITY
The town of York has adopted the
little French VIiiage oC Fontenoy,
~~~~ one or the many devastated by the
Germans, not from military necessity, !Jut out of pure cussedness. Mon•
A visit lo tho uow shipbuilding
The limber for the saw mill arcy, seeds, farming Implements, ru rplant at Newington will reveal a sur- rived over n week ago and the frame
nlturc and clothing will be furnlshe-1
prising scene of acllvlty and the siii'it of th e immense building Is In posithe 40 inhabitants, a ll that remaln;:id
lion. The mill Is at the west side of
f
ih
800 110 JI d I F
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fa a very interesting 01ie. The visitor tlie ,·ard an(I near It Is a large bulld- lfrllf>l!ilW.t o more
an
w
ve n on.
11~,\.'.., ,ll!l;i-:-·.,.ii
,
lll.'lllt.."!'.l'..I tenoy and were comfortable and conai, ho enters tho yard is ll'rst struck h:g which will be used for compresstented before the coming of thi:
l)y lhe largo number of horse teams ea air purposes. The • copper
wire
Huns. Even tho school children and
th·1t arc busily ongngt'd about lhol 11 hlch will bring tho pier from this
tho Camri Fire ,Clrls of York a rc 1 •
11
·placc. They arc 1,robalJly 30 or 40 of city lo the mill are In position to be
tcreste(I In rt.his work ot mercy an,1
them. A team of six horses may be connected with the machinery as
are husy dressing dolls for llllle
seen pulling a big plow through the soon as it is in place.
claJ bank at tho west end of the
The machine shop and
Ai; a permanent acknowledgement
:i;101111t1s whcro tho ships arc to be sl:o p are both nearing completion and
or their gratitude tho villagers of
lbullt, while a large number of two some of tho machinery has arrived.
Fontenoy will have a Yo r k street in
h orse dump carts are busy hauling One side track has a lready been laid
honor of York, Me. Also signs will
tho plowed n1aterlnl away to reduce and another is to lie laid from the
be hung at the en!lrances of this villl:e river lmnk to the proper grade railroad direct lo the saw mill.
lage
saying that this town Is adopted
for the shl11s to slldo Into the river.
Tho company has leased about 40
by, York, Maine, United States or
About three quarters of an Inch to a acres of land for various uses. ConAmerica, and In the Fontenoy town
foot mak<'s a good grade according siderablc space will be needed for
halt will be hung a list of all Yor k
to tl1t• men In charge of the work, the storing of lumber for the ships
citizens who helped In the wor k ror
ar, this makes a good slant to tho wa- as It ls planned to keep an ample
Fonten~O:.,
tH.
supply on hand so that when the acy - \ . - - - - - -- 'fho most business like appearing tual work of shipbuilding Is started
!l::~~;1~11~· - i:art of the yard ls the cast side for it will not be necessary to suspend
'?~
~ J,ITTr,1;; J, ATE.
if1cre four of tho 18 ways to be bu lit operations and wait for 1umber.
The ,proposed party planned yesaro already completed. When all the
Ono of the fnrm houses on the
terday morning for "the conscripts,"
ways are romplelo 18 ships wllJ be main road to this city has been purtaking the form of a recel)tlon and
under construction at ono time pro- chased and ts being used for olrlce
dinner al the Army and Navy buildvidlng a sufClclent number or carpen- purposes, the draftsmen at present
ing on Friday evening looks a good
tc>rs can be i;ecured. It has been so being housed In a temporary buildd<•aJ like locking the stable door aflc,11,:; since there has been any ship- Ing.
ter thE' horse has been stolen, as the
b11lldl11g In this dclnlly that It may,
A well has been driven to get nn
"C'on~rrlJ)fs" will ho In ('amp at Ayer
..,....... '"''"'""'" bo wc1l to describe just what the ample sup[>ly of good water, not far
shortly arter noon or that day,
wa)S tha,t are being Installed at New- from the saw mill. A depth of 90 feet
l r.~ton plant a.re like. The ways arc llas already been reached, and all l'l'IIChcs three or four feet wlcle and though water has been struck, more
'll!l <lec•1> with large rocks covered with I!; wanted and tho digging wlll be..,, ,.,...1 "',.'"
ccmont 11t tho bottom. This gives a conlinuecl.
b!;,.,'ffll~ 'II solid foundation on which life vesThe first 20 feet was
SE-ls will rest while under construe- clay and hardpan, but then a ledge
lion and down which they will slide was struck through which the workEugene A. Daley leaves
Jnto the waler when they arc launch- PHm drilled 7 Ceet.
St.
Louis, Mo., where he goes into
cci.
Fresh water Is now hauled In large
training In tho aviation corps, Al
It will be necossary tb do some casks from a distance or two miles.
tho navy yard Mr. iDalcy was present.
dredglug along the shoi;e or tho riv- 'l he gravel used In making concrete
cd with a handsome military wrist
01· anti ahw to drive plies In the riv- for the ways Is hauled from u grn1•el
wa tch by his office associates.
er lied where the material Is too sort bank In Newington, three miles dlRto stand lho weight or the vesselR. l:cnco. Snit water Crom the ocean I.
'rite surveys for lho dredging are very used In mixing tho concrete.
m•urly completed and t ho actual work
Altogether the scene Is a busy one
will start shortly.
and tho visitor after inspecting the
Somo Idea of the size of the ship- work already_ done and the great
Yard may be gained when It Is stated preparations under way is assured
. ,..,,, - .00 ... th!\t the ways alone occu_py about 20
that the Newington shipbuilding
_,-_-;:ir..,..,..,, ac~os. ,...... , .. · ' · '
plant ls to be
r,
w·11
J . th
I OIIl e
AVia,
• t•lOil Corps
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~., by the Mayo
Clllzens:
I wish to announce that our
for the new army are scheduled to
assemble at the Rockingham County
Court Houso on State street at 8 a.
l!Yt1.-,~,..-J'll■ m, Friday, Sept. 21, or this woek, to
take the train at 8.40 for Camp Dev11,.-,,.,;.;,,..,."~l!•ens at Ayor, .Mass.
Their ca111ng Is one of the most
noble and honorable that our country
can make o! them. '!'his Is the call
r~-,r ..JIV,:1a>a'll or democracy for the whole world
ar,d they are to light not only the battles of this country but are to assist
111 the great world war that Is shaklllg Europe today. They are to be
your representatives In this world's
strife.
Portsmouth has never been round
wanting In the past when the state
01· nation has called !or
money or
men and she will not rail now. Let
every true American turn out on this
Friday morning and wish these young
men God Speed and show by your
presence that although we aro not In
tlielr ranks and shoulder to shoulder
with them, that we are with tllem In
11plrlt and that we will back them
and support them to our last
and It needed we will join
ranks,
· It will be the pride of every American, when the strife Is ended and
permanent peace Is obtained, that we
shall go down on the pages or history, as having done our part and our
...i!rm.,,.~~.ill!ull share of the work and sacrifice,
having fought like true
r;d God tearing men.
Show your colors and turn out to
·eo you.r new elected soldier bo_s,s.
SAMUEL T. LA.DD, Mayor.
DECISIONS Of LOCAL
BOARD ARE REVERSED
Two LoGal Men, Exempted on· Dependent Ruic, Certified Into Natioqa
Army ,,i) ,.
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llarry 'I'. \V emlell and Ctrm:lll It. on 1lhls depend eut rule the provost
marshal anpeals to the district boaru
Paul or Portsmouth have buen certi·
tor reversal. To date GO ap1iealli
tied by the dh1tr!cl board Into tho have heen filed In <U1e district IJoard
army, the local board was lnfo(met\ for me; discharged or gran-ted extod~y by·
~fflcl~l nQtlce from Ad· emption. by Lhe local board for this
.
Jutant General Howard of Concord. dlsttkL
A-ccordlng to ,the local board, Mr.
The district ,IJoard has rov,arsed the
decision of the local boo.rd In grant- Wendell and Mr. fn.ul still have the
Ing the clo.lm tor dli;chari;,~ In both opportunity of further appeal for disce.ses, the claim having been made nt charge •from the service by a11plyln~
the time they were •physlcal,ly paeseJ dlreat.ly to the President. This has
ns fit !or service when examined. 'l'he to be done In a special method
discharges were granted 0 1n the dn- through attorneys and Is the ,last a;1ru le, IJoth ·being married ()eal before being ordered Into tho
army. Should th~Y be able to conmen.
These are . the first two reversalll vince President Wilson thell wives
of decisions of the local bo,ard madl'. are de1>endent upon them tor supporl.
t,y the district board in thlis class 0f the 1Preslden4 will grant their appeal
exemption tor mllltary ee1'. vlce. Th ~ and order their discharge from the
district board made their d,eclsion ar- army. Until that time they are conter an appeal was made by Provo:1t sidered by General Crowder, comMarshal General Crowder, Attorney mander of the drafted man, until
J-0hn L .. Mitchell ·o r this c:lty acting they report to the training ca'11 P, a'I
already In the army and under th<'
his representative.
orders of t e local board
-;:;l
�WANJ/AUTOS TO TAKE
DRAFTED MEN TO AYER
from Rye, well known in the city. AlrPady one has distinguished himself
SC\'C'll pnt,·lotlc citizen~
since his arrival at the training camp
(II\ nlng ll\'C ()I ' SC\'Cll tl!L'i·
UJ his ability to lake hold of a difTl!<<•11gc1· 1111to111ohilc~, to rec1:ll situation and show how It should
1u11•t to t ho wn •· honl'(l nncl
h,, handled.
1l o 11at c, thelt· ('nt·s t o t•11 r1·yWhere oth e r cities are holding pal11~ th e• thlt·ty young mcn
rades [or their boys Portsmouth has
front t hii< d i«tt•h-t to <'111111►
done nothing and the altltllcle or the
111•,•t•n~, /\ yl't', i\111•"•·• 0 11
('!llzl'ns ,~ bclng crltlcl~ecl grl'ally by
Frhlny 111o r11i111{.
nol a [cw. This work Is not a part
l'orlsmouth, lite c<>nter of the dis- or the tlutll's o[ the war board and
lt let or division No. t, Rockingham on being questioned this morning all
ccH111ty, Is surely as able as any dis-· three members o[ the board expresslrlrt In the state to sup1>ly autos to ed themselves as willing to do anyrarry to the training camp the young tl:lng they can as individuals, their
men who arc called lo the national official position did not allow them
army. ('itizens of Dover and ;\Ian- to take any leadership or Initiative in
chester are sending their Increments any ec\monstratons.
of this first quota over the road next
That a mo,•ement is on foot
11'1 iclar, while unless somelhi11g is have some men volunteer
done at onre, PortRmouth's quota vices as drh·ers or their own cars Is
11111 go by train.
heard on the street but It lacks lead-
I
t!~~,
r
,
i
t
While the members of the war
board, lnclividually, are perfectly
willing lo do all that llH')" can in this
rl'sprcl, as a body they have no
c hoice In the matter and must follow
ll•<>ir orders of getting the men to
the camp be[ore sundown on Friday.
Their orders from the War Departml'nt provlcle them with the neces,,ary authority lo lrans1>ort tho men
by rail as the government does 1101
provide other transportation.
Two weeks ago yesterday the llr8t
Increment of the men left here in the
· d tcrnoon with no recognition fron•
1 h<' citizens although two o[ the boy~
' • me from the cily proper and a third
Drafted Man is
s9'?' 10 ·\\ Seriously Ill
t
llnr:1"" W. ''ral~ or thlA rlt_y, one
of th" altl'rnatr!I fll'IN'lec\ t,y the 1'o"::
cal hoard, wlll go awny with tlrn
troo p1< tomorrow In 1>laro of Doui::' <:onlcl who Is '!Crlo11Rly Ill with
typhol,1 fl'vl'r al Portlnrul , M<>. Mr.
"'◄~~;~,~; C'ralg ,•oluntcorcd lo rcph<•<' nny r.1an
not nhln to go, rN1110Al.lng the local
tho first chance to
ershlp and cooprratlon. The yresent
plans o[ the boanl call for the men
to .report lo them on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock when they will be
given their Instructions and will
port again In the morning lo
marched to the railroad station In
lime for the 8.40 train. They are to
arrive at the training camp at 12.45
in the afternoon.
The war board has not consented
a,J a board to take charge o[ any plan
lo transport the boys by auto, but it
is assured that as Individuals any of
th e members will gladly assist the
ritizl'uS In perfecting arrangements
if they arc started early enough.
Board ·Refuses
Five Claims
"'5-, for Exemption
v-...
1''ive claims (or exem1>llon were refused loday by the local board for
this cllstr1ct, the applicants failln;;
to submit proof of their claims. The
names of lhr men have hoen certliic<l
and forwa:-ded lo t,he district boar·.\.
They are Joseph . Parks, Stratham,
claiming ,lepenclen1t parents.
Thomas F. Norton, Newmarket, cir.pendent parent~.
Ray H. Foss, Rye, navy yard workC. Raymond, Portsmouth,
navy rar I w,1--v.:\•••
William E. Neal, Newmarket, depeu\1ent pn rer, l;;
,
TJ1e, claim for exemp'llou -0[ Shirley .T. Woods of ,Portsmouth as a
ru,irried man with a dependent chll,l
was allow,-d by th<• bo:i~d thli morn•
inr,.
'l'ho rlnim or .Tnroh Shrlga of Nl'wmarket, nccom11nn led by his proof.
seeking exemption as a resident all
on, was received by the board toda
,and was granted.
Makes Seven:
Iteversals
A llhoug-h no official notice
he<>n rer<>ivod by the local bonrd iL
IA r!'J)orled from Concorcl that soveral
rlaims for dlschar,i:e allowed by tl11!
!oral hoard in addition to the two rl'·
portecl ye11terclay, Hany T. Wendell
1111<1 Orman ll. Paul, have been rev<'t'sed by th" dl11trl<'t board.
Those
reported from Concord not conflrme,i
by officlnl r<>J)ort [rom tho adjutant
general are:
R. McFarland. Portsmouth.
1-:. L. Ntuhl, Ilampton.
M. JI. Antl<'rson, Plaistow.
.I. J. Jllnrtln, PortAmoulh.
Seth w. Trippe, Po~smouth.
Oay F:. CnRW<'ll, Rye.
T. F. K<>avney, North Hampton.
Thone men still hnvo an opportunity to n ppeal from tho decision or th11
,thtrlct hoard all() make lh<1lr appon.t
to lhPlr t·omi,uny r.ommnndcrs 0Cto1'
urrlval al can111 wh<>n their clalm•1
will hl' hr,arll hy a bonrd 1wesldc,l
over by Major General Harry F.
I ledges. The clalmanlls wil l be required to answer l 3 questions ~)ert.alnlng to their claim. '!'his was anat Camp Devens
�Will .fURN ISH AUTOS
fOR A.OCAL SOLDIERS
·>"><
In ros11on11e to the a11pcal made
yesterday by Tho 'rlmell ror public
s11lrltod mou owning automobiles to
volunteer their cars and their services
In carrying the I.Joys who leave here
Friday ror Cam)) Devens has mot
11 Ith a ready response.
As early as
the war board 011oned this morning
Charlei; W. Gray Informed Chairman
Ceylon Spinney or his willingness to
donate his car for the service. He
was referred to 'J'ho 'flmeti..
1''ollowlng Mr. Gray, Sidney True•
man olTerod his car and his services
to help In carrying tho boys to the
e11mp In a manner ftttlng with the
service they are glv!"Jg _to tho country. Tho third volunteer was Hapb·
ael L. Costello.
It la now assured that Portsmouth
wlll take her placo with the other
cities In New England and send her
boys to the training cam1> In a royal
manner. From the reports coming
trom tho camp it seems, In lho ab•
1,ence of any direct reports Crom tho
War Department, that these boys In
tho first contingent are going to be
sent to France shortly. Already one
o~ the men from this district, Seth
Rand of Rye, bas been detached from
Ct•mp Devens and Is now with the
26th division under l\fajor General
Clarence R. Edwards, who will be
(Paving within a few weeks with his
command ror tho battle 'rront Jn
F,rance. With little time at our command it moans speedy work If tho ar
rnn~11mentl\ arr ('OIIIJ1l11tNI 111 111111• 10
1110,·o tho lion o,·or :lie rontl 111 llm
tr ro11ort at tho training. camp Friday
morning.
Clitrord A. Lowd will furnish a
11oven J>ossengor car and Richmond
I'. Margeson has joined tho move11:onl wllh hl11 car. Others who have
alreudy offered their cars are Charles
l,. \Voods, George I<~ • .lt'ronch, Fred A.
llray, llarrr g_ Philbrook.
The automohllos II Ill be headed by
Dr. George E. Pender or tho board as
tho board's representative, who will
have charge of the transportation.
1'110 men will be In command of one
of their number to be designated by
tho board when tho nnal o,rde111
lt1l!Ued 'l'hursday artornoon.
Tho cars will I.Jo numbered,
Pender'11 as No. 1, and w!IJ maintain
their res11ectlvo positions In a · llnf
from tho limo or departure from the
court house on Stale 6treot shortly
atler 8 o'clock In the morning untl
their arrival at the camp wher
1nen are to 'report to lhe a '
.WILL HOLD RECEPTION
s~' ,\
fOR DRAFTED
MEN
Plans aro under wny tor a rocep- 81se, l~re<! A. Carc\nor,
lion and banquet to I.Jo held at the :-.ratthews, Jr., Capt. \V.
Army and Navy building on Thurs• others.
day evening to tho men In this disThe !Joys will be met at the heiultrlct who have been called into the 11narterl1 of tho local board as soon
sE:rvlco of tho national army and an: 11.1 the board has dl:rn1issed them ,Lflc.· leave here ro1· the training cam11 lcr gil•lng them their ordert1 and they
at Ayer, l\lat1s. on .lt'rlday morning. wlll Jook after them until tho O\'O·
1'ho committee having tho ,project in ning when tho reception will be holld.
charge mot this morning lo plan the
Tho war board hns also ('(>mploted
details and tho 31 young men who uro llt1 arrangemonts ror qunrtorlng tho
lo report lo the local board at 31 men over night, through Captndn
o'clock In the afternoon will become lllll the men are to be quartered at
tho guests of tho citizens.
the Army and Navy building, which
Among tho movers Of tho plan aro will allow their retiring ns soon
Rev. L. H. Thayer, D. D., Fred :II. they desire atlor tho banquet.
--·-.,!
�NEW SOLDIERS READY
TO ASSUME 'DUTIES
WITH NATIONAL ARMY
":,t)r;i°' ~-\\
Thirty-One;Rockingham County Young
Men RcpQrtcd .this Afternoon to
Jocal Board---Banquct Ionight
.
\
.
. ...
Thirty-one men, those from •, this
dlstrlcl In tho first call for the national army, reported this afternoon at
the war board off!co In th e count)·
rc.llroad, leavlnl here at. 8.45 a. tu.
aud arriving at the camp at 12.44 p.
m.
Tonight the boys will be tho
guests of the citizens at a banquet at
court house, a clean-cut, bright, flt the Army and Navy Association bulld1111d wllling body or young mon. 'l'heytlug at 7 o'clock and at. 8 o'clock a.
~vere received by the three members public receJ)tion will be held when
ot the board and their final lnstruc- the general public are Invite(! to aspons wore given them by \vllllam E. semble to pay their respects to tho
Marvin, clerk or the board. The ar- little army.
~angements for their qua'rters ar\l
Tlie arrangements Cor this were
perfected, those living In Portsmouth corn1lleled last evening at a moe-tlng
having been granted permission by helcl at the Chami;cr or Commerce, a
the boar(! to remain over night at committee holng appointed which
their own homes, those from other contracted with the National Hotel
towns In the district to be quartered for tho catering-at the banquet. Covat the Army and Navy building on em will be laid for 46 which wlll InDaniel street.
elude the 31 men in the quota, ll10
The men wlll report again tomor- mayor, members of the war board,
row morning at 7 o'clock when the a11d others.
body will ho put under the command , The war board hRs made arrnngeoZ the man selected by the board mcnts to have tho boys take their
and the start made for Camp Devens meals at tho Kearsarge Hotel, their
)Yhere they will train for the duties inst meal here to be served at 6
untU transferred to France for the ~'clock In the morning before they
final training.
report at 7 to the war board.
•Unless the united efforts of Mayor
With the probability of tho failure
Ladd and a number of other citizens of persuading General Howard to alare successful the plan of t~klng tho low his plan of transportation to be
sen to Camp Dtivens by automoblle changed the citizens' committee has
wlll have to be abandoned.
Mayor planned a parade and escort for tho
Ladd Is .making an effort this after- boys to the station, to leave tho ofnoon ' to have Adjutant General A. O. li<'c of the war board at 8 o'clock.
Howard at Concord change his lnThe parade will be, headod by tho
~tructlons 11nd allow the citizens ot naval band, loaned for the purpose by
Portsmouth to carry out the plan of the kindness of Rear Admiral Clifmoving the boys to the camp In the ford J. Boush, commandant of the
znany cars which have been offered Portsmouth navy yard. The parade
by· .PU bile spirited citizens for the pur- wlll carry the national colors and tho
pose. The otders to the war board citizens aro Invited to take part In
lnrt. night left ti\e board no choice In the demonstration, joining In the pathe matter, specifying that the men rade or at least turning out to witbe transported to th~ camp over the ness the departure.
�·,rnr no 11Pr:,on l':111 expect lo proccef
al-out his business
without
hanl:ihip. 'l'hc 11ueslion,
01:Jy q111;stlon coustdcred hy the boan
i.1 whether the dopcndenls left be
hi111I will hccome a charge UJIOll th,
slate or 111>011 the couutry. Tu the~,
i1rnt:1nees. also, tho condllion or th•
i"•rnun making the ap1ienl mrnlt lu
111aoln l'leur to the tlislrlcl board 1111
ll:1 oath."
The tlisch:1rgcs and cxom ption:
I grantetl by the district board, lllll!
EXEMPTIONS GRANTED _
c_;;.('i,1.1.1- 1 [
BY DISTRICT BOARD,
Chairmnn Oe01·p;o f'oolc n111I l-lcc•r1•l11ry lli1·l1anl W. lluaLJnnd
or
thn ,lb-
lrkt dr 1fl hoar,l )'l'Stcrday nftl'rnoon,
ga,o unt a llsl of l11n 1•xo111p1ionH anli
i\hwhnri;,•1-1 l'nlll1
military
S<'l'l'iN•,
\I h!C'h thP 111st ri,•t h11,1nl h:l!t i-:rnnt,•ol,
1111 f1·0111
tho lor11I
"'rllosc who 11.tVP
J'C<'Pi\'t~tl
1Ji:.;
charge on agrl<·11IL11ral ;;ro11111ls ha11
Ju·m1 granle1l l11l'ir disc-harge 11)!011
the belief that the 1'ar111i11g 01,urnlion:
in which tho person,; wero engage,
,·,onld ,;nffo1· seriously if these 11or•
SOIHI ll'lll't' ,lrnftc,I 111111 thl' milltal')
,;1 l'l'il'll. Ill 111a11y of th,•sn inst:111t·N
11,e persons disl'hargell were glvoi.
01'.ly tho limo required for gathering
tl,o ii;·cscnl season's crops.
·•111 tho cases or discharge 11pon ap
pral, the district board has reviewed
tho dol'isiouH roa ched by loc·al hoard~
anti h:1s ro,•ersl•d llwsc ,l<wisiow1• Ji,
I 110::ie inslallC('S, the hH'lll lwarols hu<'
11 , Id lhe men ror service and the distdcl !Joard, 1111011 review, di::ii·hargcd
the lllCII. 'l'hoy al'O allllO!il all Ca!lm
where tho drafletl man had depend·
cnts, usually n wife and child, who
would become a stale charge, prol'idcd lhe drafted Jllllll \\'01'0 taken
lncln1lcd In the m1111IJ1l l' arc sovcr:11
from thl:i ,llstril'l. WIiiiam I'. \Varnlndnslrial dis<·har;;c, :in,I appeals t'rum tho tlcclslon
,,r Lill' local lioanl grautctl tu lhll
1•:ittl'H of ,h1(•oh .\la11dcl11:111m, Uuy C.
\\' li;i;ln Hlltl J. Htanlcy,
'J'l1ere ha,i !Jee11 more or Jctts lndirCJct crltii:iHlll or some or the oxc111pllllllH aud discharges by tho 11islrkl
1.1,anl, as well as !Jy the Jol'al boanh:,
an,I c:encral C'ook deciclcd
that it
,•,ould he well ror the 1111blic to 111Hl<·r1,ta11d tl11' )Jl'Ol'('"lll'C or lhc board.
It injnslite ha,; !Jcen worketl ii, .1w:1y.
,,i:y 1·a~"8 • or IIIPII have het:u lOXl'llltH ''The district boar,I renl'h<'s its doe,I or tli>whnrgl'd when 11rupPrly they dsions upon the evidence <'Ot1lalne,I
nho11ld ·ho in lho• :;1•n·io-1•, It was 1wl ii· al'fhhwits only. 1l docs not grant
tl .roni;h ra\'ol'illsm, H1•1·r1•tnn
liw; ht'1trln1,:1 lo lhll persons whoso 1:n::ie:;
in 811 111110111 entiui; th '' ,,re hPiug dis1·11ssc1I. No tlischarnt' I,;
fl;atenll•lll a1•1·1lllllHlll)' illg' the )isl; an,t 1,ranlocl unksH at h•asl lwo ~ll'idavils
t 1,u tliK~l'it·l hoard wonl,I we1<-on1e an• aro s111J111il l••d ill HIIJIIJOl'l lof lhe
a,:,liliuual i11fon11atlo11 11:, lo any or d.iiui. 'l'hc,w :111'1,!avilH mnst ho rull,
tho c,1,;es whlrh ha\'C hcen pas,;cd 1111 · ,•:, J>lil'lt anti 111 a,h• out hy those who
1,11, or II ihch are 110w 1111tler 1·011siol·· ,h·tlarc IIJ)On oath that
lh<'Y
ar<'
crnlion. .\s a rnatlcr or fa1·t, l-l,•cn,la1y ll11shanll aoltlc1I, it i,; lhc ,July 11 1 1l1or11111·hly familiar with lh!' !ac·ll,
ail !'ilizcus tn ;;lie ,<·hat i111'or1natio1: 11111rn II hkl1 tl11, t'lailll i:; lia!wtl.
"In gi\ lug out thi>1 infor111at1011, tJI(•
tl •PY ha,,. wl1rro 11<-ci~ious ha\'C bce11
tli:lll'il"l hoard
wh;hPS
\II
makl•
l:! ad1• whi1·h 1l0 uot CIIIIIOrlll to L111·
p11hli1•, >ill !':tr as 11ossiiJh', lhe cl1·cis:1d11al I a1·ts in a gi\•eu 1·asc.
The buar,I i,; now inv<•sligalin;; it.m1 in all 1·:t:11•:;. '!'he lwartl i>1 a11x 1·a8es where it h1 charged l'alsc 1111 i io11 ,1 tl1at jni;t ice he done lo all who
are 1·011cc1·1wd in tho draft, anti fcclti
davits have hc<'n 1:111bn1ittod, :11111 ir
:iuy it1Hl.lllf'Mi aru \11t(•OVCl'<!fl,
war- lh:ll lh,, 1111hlit i:i t:nllllcd lO kuowl 1 :111tini; aC'.li<lll hy tho
CUlll'l~. tho Cllf(ll or tlw basi,; npon which llC:leli
fi.ct11 wlll )Jo turned Ol'er tho clb;I ri1·l
It Is also iilwly 11ml lher,1
will he H0lll0 rcvcrsall:I or the tlc1·lsi<,ns of tho lo<·nl t,oanls wh<!rc CXl.llllJI·
li11ns lmvo bt•(•ll grantt'tl, :tlllllll); lhll
C:IHl'H now p('llllillg'.
l'hatrman ('ook's stalenwnt folhn1•s:
"'l'ho 1'0ll011 ing li~I of lli:i!'liargl'S
from milil:H') i;l•n•irc has benu gi1·011
ont by 1lw tli::,lrit'l boartl. ll lncl111ks
tl,n,;e 1'1·11111 llll}' parlor the statu 11110
huvo beou granted a discharge berause thoy arc ongagcol In sumo in
:u·t: oll'l'i1lc1I.
"ll lllll>ll be shOWII hy affidav.il in
\'\'Cl'Y ju,;tanc:e thal Lho e11ler11riso ill
,. hich tho persou is engaged is It sell
llel'\!Sl!ary to the milllary estn.hlishlll\!111. or tho tlllbllc inlcresl, nnJ it
IJ111Hl rurlher IJl.l t1hown lhul the tJ01':;on who asks for a discharge Is nect•,-sury in lhnl enterprise, and that hii,
place cannot be taken by another. No
il'slauce or tlischargo ha:, bcon grautI'll 1111l1;ss Slll)IJOl'ted hy al least lWll
affidavits by 111!rso11:1, who 1111011 oath,
del'larc Lhal the ahov,J sploc:illcaliou~
la r, a re as rollows:
.\ ;.:l'lt· ulluru l l)is1·lu11•~(•s ( ; 1•untt'1l,
u. \\'.
l~ernnld, Carroll OQunty.
1'1,rloy I•'. H ii:hn nl:i, I~. \VHI well,.(·
\\'. ll11pl<l11s, 1,;. II. l(enth, \V. J. ('1,
1ell, ('nos county.
Ju111cs J. llarrington (untll Oct
1:;J, <:. S. Blair (1111li l 0<:t. l 6), G
II. llalwr, .\. U. l'cav<•)', C. B. Jlaync
<'. \V. t'nlantl, II. H. Ahll·it'h, .\.
Bnckliu, A. l(ing, I'. J.. llraper,
,\. < '111·1l c•n, llurvoy L. \\':1sllli11r11,
L. \\lill1111ghby, N. I•'. HlcarnH, \V,
Dcuuis, Grafton co11nty.
Nelson N. l'arl<huri;t ( until
IG), l•Mwar1I S. ll.1ns1111 (11nlil
If,). 1'a11l J. l<ay (11t11il Oct. Hi). H
C. \Vooolman (11nlil Oct. 1!i). llill~
.Jornugh Nu. 1.
ll011artl H. Legallcr
(1111lil
15), C:. I,. IJanforth, \V. II. \Vyelh
ll illshorough Nri . .!.
c:. I'. 1'11 l ucy, Mauchcslcr No. 2.
(:uy fl:. l,(rnersou (1111111 Ocl. 15)
I. II. \\'hilu, .I. CL Clwslt•Y,
c:.
1,·
i.l•avill, .John Colllns, :\Jerrlmack No
I.
ilaroiil :II. :\IPHSCI' (n11til Oct.
,IIH' 1•1galui:ih, .l. I' . .Jones, C. A.
!on, ~lcrrl111a1:k No::::.
William P. Warner, Jr., Hocking
lta111 No. 1.
\V. l•'ernal1l, llenry n. :llills, .\rlhu
I.. C11ll(•11, Hot:kingham No. 2.
ilaroltl J. Vickery, K I~. C lllrk,
\\ . l'a rich II rst, Slra [Ord COUii Ly.
I•'. J. Weare, Sullivan county.
lrulu,-,tt·ial llbl'hurgcs <Jr1111l1'<l.
.\. L. O'Le1111y, Uelkna1> county.
g_ ,\. ll erbert, Coos county.
.\. \\'. 1•:lliott (until Jan. 1), Graf
lon connty.
('harll's L. Stowell,
Coorgo
111·,\1111, C. II. Steven~.
No. 1.
.\. 11. Wright, N. C. 'l'rlngozis, I
1)11111:lirP, tlillshorongh No. 2.
.\ l'l'h i llo l•'orlier, Ma 111:hester Nu
.,
v.
J. 'I'. l•'oley, Edwarcl J. Conway
)lerri111ack No. 1.
llolan,1 ·r. Wilmot, -Thad Rhodes
i:. L. l'arker, St rarrord county.
.\ p(ll'u ls by 1'1\l'IY (ll'lllltecl.
r.. 1•'. I lolz, 0. R Harriman, R. C
Kili;-ore, I~. )I. ITayes, Uclknap
1l11stry whi<·h iH n<•cessary 10 Lhe mili aro· fnllilled.
1:1 ry l's la hlishnwn l or Io the i;1•11t'rat
"I 11 1111e~;lions of a pp ca l born nsc oi I;·.
n..\. rraines, n. T. Lcal'ilt,
, . ll•rcst or the country and arc llll<'l:S 1l<•1m1Hl1·11ls, I ho 1lec,irling point is nev ..
Twombley,
n. n. Mansfield, 1,, K
sary in that i11d11~tr)•.
_ _.,..,.. 1.:r that of hanlship to the i11dlvill11al
ll.inSl'O:ll,
1or il is re1:ognized lhal In U111e o!! \\'a,le, U. II. Doro, O.
Carroll l'Ollnly.
n.
�ceh ·ed an invitation from t he offlcers
.\f. A. Wheeler, G. \\'., Jsl
Urrgroir r, n. W. StovenA, W. K
~l l'l'l'llll', ,J. J,lnffikln, .T. I•~. l'ill olll'.
.J .\, 11,,lfi<I<', Coo!< ronnt,r.
)J(l'l'S,
c:.
ur.:,.io'll,:•,r ~•.,;•
I,. JJ. ('lough, .). l l. \Vllhlng-1011, I,.
,\. l'lanl. 1/.. ('.
llowanl, Grarto•1
~011nl,r.
\\'. <L l~in11, llillf;hfll'ongh No. 1.
Holaf Von llalrnhnrg, \Jitnchesler,
.--: ,,. :1.
J•'. 0. <:irnr i .r. ll. Had ford, C. C'.
\lorri~o11, ~lrrrimnrk. No. 2.
.J. ~l:111<lrlha11m, 0. C'. Wlg-g-fn, 1.
Sl:1nlPy, ltoc-kin,:ha111, No. l.
,J. II . Ka1•h:irl11ori:111, .\I . i\ . . \arm!<lron~. Hor•kinghan,, No. 2.
1
8. (1. Slf'PJl<'I', C.
\f:iri110, 11. l'lrty<'l',
Sfr:il,nrrJ 1·1111111,r.
The no new recruits f ro m thl1< ,11lstrlct to the national army who le ft
h ~ro this m o r'Jllng b)' autom obile arrh•ed at ('amp D e,·en s, A yer·, ~l nss. nt
12 .43 o'clock. ' ThJs luformntlon 1wns
t el ephon ed to The Ti m es b y Mnyor
J,n<ld fro m h ead<JUltl'tl'l·s a t lhe <·a,m11
jus t ns th e boy s w e re fon,·inll: for
I h('!r nwtt <1 u art er s I n r h n1•g(' of the
(: . I'.
offi cers
or mo
r nm1>. Tho dcl egn t Io n
G. I'. Pntnr,y, J. /\. ll<'alh, Sullivan
t1~ I\Cc ompn.ny the boys a n d Insp ect
t he ir quarters.
M11yor f,ndd rer>m'ted Lill en j oyable
t 1·l p with tho boys In i..rood SJ)h·lt.'I
1h1·011~hout • tJ1e Jom ·ney, s l11,ci11g
~on gii nnd 11h owln g I n t erest In t11ch•
s urt·omHll.ngs. . T h e trip was mado
w HJ1 ou t Incident, tJ1c w eathe r contll•
lions being Ideal a f ter a. short time,
th e tJ1r eate 11Jng 11k l es cle11rlng b efore
th e pa rty passed H 11mpt.on,
Majo r \\'a l nwrlg h t r eceived tho 1·0•
ct·ults who were t 111·ned over to hi m
hy I,eo n E. H udso n o f P or t <tmouth,
111·tl n g comm1111der fro m lhefr leaving
the Jurlsdk tlon of lho loca l board 1111•
t ll tJ1cy reported at tho cam)), The
oxamlnl\tlon hy tho 11r my p h ysklnn !l
wlll he made thi s afwrnoon,
Among those serving as waiters
1"<'1'!' ~layor Samuel 'I'. Ladd, H on .
.J,uhn II. Neal, Col. John II. Bartlett,
n. L. Costello, President Fred
S:!se of the Chamber of C'ommcrce, n.
Clyde :\largeson, John U. Sweetser,
Frank A. Deldcn, Fred A. Cray,
Chief Boatswain William l,. 11111, ll.
S .. N. and others.
llurlng the fiervlng or the dinner
and the recepllon that followed the
Nova! band, through the courtesy of
Jlear Admil'al ClilTord J. Doush, ll.
s. N., commandant of the Portnn,outh navy yard, rendered a line
concert program.
After the d i nner a general r eception was held when 200 or more
men and women 1mld their respects
le, the recruits.
The formal ceremonies WNO opener! by a Rhorl a,1rll:·e1111 IJy I~. \V. llartror<l, preiill.lent or
ll,e Anny l\llli Nnvy ARSOClatlon, In
welcoming lite young men
to the
home. The welcome lo the city was
llll'esentecl by ;\[ayor J,add In an add·~css in which he said that they were
t1.. king part hf the greatest crisis the
and the young men were convl'"n"'c""
e~<i'U nation has had to face and that while
that if the gener~I citizen body of
the occasion was solemn It was also
tl,e city was not to be with them in
one for celebration, in that they were
p(·rson In their great task at l east
b<, ing called upon to perform
the
t•:ey stood ttrrnly behind them In
l,llghest duties an American citizen
~plrlt, conv i nced that the faith of the
cnn be asked. to give his best efforts
city and the district was firm In !ls
a,,d his l !Ce If necessary, to 'presene
h•·llcf that they were going· to bo a
t1,e Institutions for which the nalfon
croclll lo the city, stale and nation In
slandR, worll.l-wlde liberty and Jusll,e greatest task yet racing them.
lice.
fINE BANQUET AND
RECEPTION GIVEN
DRAFTED SOLDIERS
Chamber of Commerce Directs Event
Held in Honor of New National
Army Members
With a body or the repr esentative
th
business men of Portsmou
actin;;
1
as w:iiters and lht..se men per•orm ni
tl·ls sen-ico i n no mean manner, but
showing e,·ery appearance of feelfng
!1onored because of their service, the
m<'n called to the
national army
uwny from this clislrlct
were
the
gnosls or the elliz<•ns of Por tsmouth
ll'sl ev<>nlng Rt a banquet Servel.I at
The dinner waR nndor the dlrecthe Army and
Navy
Association lion of a comr\1iltee of the Chamber
• .r.,.,,~·•,J":'"11 null dlng on Uanlcl street. The 35 o( Commerce who cllcl all
111011 who made up the llltle body of
sc l diers and a l ternates
were
the
.,.•_..,....,"•.,. ~nest~ or honor and .the heroes of
•_, .. ,-...:•'!! Ll:e c,c•rnslon at the banquet and the
11, nN11i r<'rr11tfon
which
fo llowed
·i,;~~)r.~
ll'he11 200 or more men an<I women
o• Porlsmonlh were present to pay
their res1rncts to the boys who are
l:>oon to lca\'e those shores to fight
"ur ballles for freedom and liber ty
w:lh the American Oveasea_s ari~les
in the fields of France and Ger m any.
A llhough the plans were hastily
fJl'rfected they were well carried out
lie assured the little band or
c,ni l ts that the entir e l.llstrlct
in·oud of them au d
renlfi:el.l
~lvq tho boyg a lime to
with pleasure when they reach
ll enches. The dinner was prepared
br the 1111111agement of Lho National
Liley would perform their duty
manner which would be a credit
the dlRtrlrl they rcpre11entcd.
('hlcr BoalRwaln 11111, Hev. f,. II.
!iot<'l, nn,l WM all lhn( conic! ho rlo~lrcrl, lh<' mP1111 lnclncllng 1ml:trlR, lob~Lor, chlckPn, roll! mPats, fr•<'s an,l
CPko. 'l'hl<1 1,·us S<'rved at 7 o'clock
aflPr LhP 111<'11 harl helm r<'cel\'rcl II}
9ei'retary naltPr of tho ('hamlJer of
Thayrr, IJ. 1>., RP<'rl'lnry 1,;11t<•11 or tho
Army nud Nnvy Y. M. C. A. anl.l othC1'R, presented short al.ldresses to t he
b,uis rontainlng worl.ls or cheer to the
men who would leave In the mornIng for their period or training nt • . ,"l-·,.Y-~•
�r.
lll)'Or etat<•d that ho foll glud
tho opportunity lo 1peak to them·
IH'ca1111e or tho bond existing betweon
him and tht'm, a11 ho haa a son now
In tho Held In France sen·lng In one
o:
or
tho nmhulanco
ror
A
wh ich
Is
v.oll UIJ to tl·e rron:-llne trcnche
)141 hllld thlll ht. l ookud u11un the
meu or tho new m'llooal umy a11 ho
woul~ look upon hi Honor tbe Mayor, a. boing ,,lectcd by the peu11le LU
u•1>r1111ent them. "You" said he, "ha,·E!
1,t.11 1:olt,ctf. I b) tllu 1,eo11lu or thi, na
Ion, liy nourly ono hundrlld million
,[ )Oll r h llt1'1\- cllliens to repn cnt
1t,ern In thh1 creat trugglu for llbcrt)·
,\!Id rlghl." Ho Hlllll, "You
men
i,rub11 h onh• cou I tcr l e fedh
or
}Our 11101hur11 on )our leaving homti
:or tho front, but don't torgt•t that
)ou r · ath1. . reel ror > u Ju ,t a>i
.a) 1111: "Tho Htar Hp11ngll1,I Banner."
Tho men from outside the 1·lty
"ere 1111artcn•II at the Army and
;,,;;" )' llomt. '.o the nla;ht, w hlle those
Hvlni; In 1'01l11mouth were given 11er11d1,1,lun by 1h1• war board to roturn
tc, their l11111ws, rc1mrlln& to
the
lloaril hc1ul111111rlor 11 this morning at
; o'clock. '!'hey took their final
n•eal in Port mouth at tho Kearaarge
lfolol nl 6 o'clock when broukfa~t wu1
,en ,-,1 to :!5 the 111ajorlty or thE•
PorllilllOUlh boy,; r1•111alnlng al
1, llh the families.
: lOnly, although l.tuing a 1\u111b i.or l
wr an animal, not i;lvcu tu ex11rc1111 hi~
{l•elln,. ;;Ulfllrll In .11c11cu, bnt I CJ
Ul'O with you now 1111d u.t 1111 tlllll!II,
"There 11re me . hero " he
aid,
"tlrnt wouhl bo cald to tako )our
I lace, but age places thom boyond
that, bu t thc:,y are back or you " lie
li~ld, that although tho men were
i.ll a(tod tbC)' OCCUIIY In ev1•ry way thfl
ame position as the ,·oh111teer. "You
1,0 tonger huve
uny unrest-) our
11.lnd1 are made u11 and 111 peare and
)OU are pr1:,pared to do your dul) ."
He rererrod lo tho ca11q1 at ,\yer
where where they will train aud aal,1
ti1at ther e would be lrrtt.ition ., but
t!wy IIIUl!l make the 1Jet1l or OVCl'Y·
lhlng until tllin, .,et
iralghtened
o nt und working 111nouthly,
thoy
mual all d o t heir part.
llit told them t11at l 18} hail aub·
111lllocl "tholr wlllH 10 tho nation, no
tc,nger l11t• lndl~ldual will, bul the
w 111 or the nation and that o the
1~a•r11al God ro r rlghl." Ho salt! that
the) ,.. ere golni; to a hie It r calling to
1irotect and to figh t tor 1111 t hat wai.
I', urth whllo In tho world.
Ile 1111okc
'or a time on th~ o rr lble rnf.ltlt. ol
tho Co rlllUIIII allll ' l' urkll 1111 lhll \\ umIn or 1-'ran,·1•, B••h;h1111 u111I of t ho dh1·
,01,oru-l ,u,d ,, Hu~ ell "omen of Ar1111•11la. "You urn golni; to rl i;hl
t !al e horrlhlo con,llllon "
lie mad 1: n co11warls11n or tho l'h II
War with tho 11rl•sout worh\'11 war;
o:.e Le uhl, "wa11 ror the libort) of
the negro 11eo1ilo, the 11n>sent war Is
(or the liberty of natlon11 that thO)'
Ula)' be made i;arc."
Jiu spoko of tho J)hy11lca l bonellts
t•1ey would r er,•lvo from tho 11r111y
life and then cl111,1;d \\Ith 1101110 ver)
kindly u.llvl co u11 to tholr r1•ll!;lum,
., tUare and pl.1 e,l In trout or them
1101110 or the rt,•J>Olltilbllllle11 thnt thll)
wore honored with.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
'l hi.! American Lihr,iry Assudation under the \\',tr Dcparlmenl has ,tddresscd a letter lo all libraries of the country, selling f orlh the need of li braries and reading matter in lhe
cantonments anll larger encampments where sailors and soldiers wi\1 assemble.
ll is desired to raise the sum of 1,000,000 in cash for this
purpose. The quota allotted lo Portsmouth is $600. Money
and ·subscriptions will be received at the Public Library.
M ,l} the prn>verhi.11 patriotic and liberal spiril of our community re-;poml lo this most worthy call. Sums from $1.00
up grale(ully received. 'l ht! c,unpaitn for this purpose will
last a weck, and a quick re-sponse will materially assist the
s
commillcc.
~~...-~---...J.H~A~N
~N
~AII G. FERNALD Librarian.
MEN Of FIRST
CONTINfiENT
PROMOTED
Cronin and Hyde S ergeants ;
Ho.rmon Clerking and Ran,d
on W ay to France.
The men In tho nr t c~ntlni;enl ot
the tlrntt army who ldt this city for
t:;1mv l>ovcn• huvo nlrendy been llion•
cu e1I by 111 vmnllona and a'1elgnme nt1.
\\'1111,un I· Cronin I• i.ctlnir a• aer-
gc:i nt In n conlllany of tho T lhreo
1Iur1tlrc,t on,\ Sec d Re11m1rnt
J.111, ,.. n S!•4uac... r ll)'du who was tn
co111mun1\ of tho C'ontlncent leaving
l'0rlBIII0Uth la II, lop aerceant In tha
Tur-cc llu n,treil nnd Thll'd Rcghne:,t,
Ceoriie Leroy Hni·mon 11, doing clerical work In tlie quartcrmnster'11 de1mrtm11nt and Seth E. Hand le on. hla
way to Frnnce with one of tho crack
t)ompanles.
�FUND CAMPAIGN FOR
DISTRICT'S RECRUITS
Mayor Ladd to Undertake to Raise
$250 this Week for the B01s
at Camp Devens
----·:·=====-
Tho l.Joys from New llampshirc, past performances whl're money r~
maklni:: up the state's quota. ,t. 0 the IIN'<lcd and J:(lvo her own boys th"
Cew little comforts that lhoy ncecl (o
new nalio11al nrmy enca11111ed an<l in
mnkn them happier while trninin1;
tralnlni:: al ('nnl'p llOVl'llij, will Aooa for lhc r,rr:tt haltlr~ which !(hoy must
hnno tho samo ::v:•·antn1:cs that. the fight for our safety_
h,J"R from thl' other Now J!:ngland
Al presrnt, without. this fund, th()
stairs arc cnjoyin~. Yesterday Mayor rom11any mess i,; conrlnctecl by thl'
Samnel T. La11d was one of the Ports- rompany commanclcr, who orcleri. his
mouth citlz!'ns who acrompa11iecl the supplies from the qnartermasll'r.
:io rrrrults from this district to the amount or money for his meals and
ram11 al Ayer, i\Tass., and he ma1le if the company commander can sur·\ thoroui::h Inspection of the great ccssfully provide for the mess h:,antonmcnl. mc<>tfng thl' men anrl car<'ful orclerin~ anrl adminlstratioa.
heir omrer11. It was through one there may be a i<light surplus :•I
,r the omrers. the commander of the tim<'11. This difference In the allotlO:lcl Cl. S. Li.l:(hl Field artillery lo ment is returned in a check to the
vhlch ~he New Hampshire l.Joys nrc rompany commander for the "ml's~
tltached; that he learned of their fund". Al nny time if the supplie~
i::reat need or company funds.
for the tahle exceecl the ·allotlecl
Thr mnny Jillie comforts and lnx- amount. the commander must mnkr
nrl<'s that are deRired by the Amor- up the ,11rrerence from this fund an-I
lean soldier and not provl-decl by the If no fund!! are availal.Jle, from hi!<
government must rorne from their own pockPt.
prlvat11 fnn,ls and every com11nny In
nut no matter how great lhl!l fnnrl
1111> Arnerlran army has Its company might be, tthe surplns rnnnot br
rund for Ah<'!le purpoi;cs.
spent for anything but the regular
Jn thiR !nstanco tho now rccrulti: mcs11 supplleii and does not allow th0
harn n~ f11n1ls Ml tholr com!)Rnle!l pnr<·hnsr of little luxuri es. such :is
arP not formed until after their ar- Ice cream, pastry, fruit or other rlclri,al al the camp. :Mayor Ladt!, after lcacles.
his ro111<ultatfon with the regimental
nooks, magazines. chairs, tabler.,
ommAn1l!'r, has roncluded 1hat tho games, and other nccessitLes an
'ltnonnt lo hP ralRed In this city for equipment for their roprea'tlon rooms
our own boys Is $2:\0. Anll this funcl I and their qua1·ters, must como from
Is nccclcd at 0J1cc. Mayor Ladd prom. the personal funds' or the enlisted
lsed 'tho colonel that he would make men. · And this .ts the ohj.i<:t of tho
,wery effort to raise the amount by company fund. Every rpenny which
one week from today so that It might Is contributed to this ca.use will go
l.Je In the hands of the company com- lo one of pi:r .own •boys and when
manders before the last of the the subscrl-ptlon paper Is handed lo
monlth.
,
you It Is fully expected that you will
A campaign to raise the $260 will do your share.
be started at once and overy man
Another thing noted by the MayM
" womnri In tho city w'll l:io nt rill• wns the la.ck ot Hwl'ator11 In tho comorly to donate any amount, no mat- mand.
tho Portsmouth mon In
tor how small, to this cause. A com- tho old 1st Com1ll\nY l.Jut six of rthem
mlltee to carry on the campaign posses:c sweaters although Portswill be appointed by tho mayor ,and mouth women have been making
r,,,C::.~~••:"..:1"',.,. ll Is reasonallly certain that tho $250 thorn and sending them away. Of the
will he far over !\ubscrib"n fo:- with recruits to the new national ,army
a population of over 1 r;,000, Ports- from this district only four ·boys
mouth ,.. Ill cerl.ainly ate11 1111 lo ltA
I
.or
po,ssessed aweruters. Mayor Ladd wlll
undertake to call this condition to
the attention or the officers of t~e
lo,cal branch or the Red Cross wlt!t
the hope · that the Portsmouth boy.a
will soon be supplied.
TO THE R ESID EN TS O F
PORTSMOUTH AN D VICI N IT Y
For thr comfort, entertainment and
lmprov~rncnt of our soldiers and sailors now asseniuled In large encampments, It 111 the purpose of the Amerlca.n Library Association, acting under
the approval and guidance oC the W~r
D,~partment or the United States, to
establish libraries, both bu ildings and
hooks.
There ts a large demand !or reading
matter In tho various camps. In no
ot h<'r wa.y can so much be done !or the
wrlfare oC our boys at so small exppnse. Tho Llhrary has asked the coopera.tlon and as!<lstance of nll libraries
In this country, nnd hai. asked them to
present tho suhJec-t to their peoplo conl1cfonl of n. favorahlo rei,pons<'. The
amount to br raised Is $1,000,000 and
It 111 <'~llmatNl th" l1ve P<'r cont In
monry ur th" populntlon will produce
tl:i!s "11111. Manchc-i.te1·, N. II., Is called
upon lo produce $~.000. The allotment
for l'ortsmouth Is $GOO. An early re~l><,nR<' i,; C'GP<'Clally dei<lr<'d.
Contributions maybe lrft tll the Plscr1tnq11:i. l'.ank. or wlll ue c>:iil,,cl for on
~111nnu1r.s hy tPIC'p11un<.".
nnl Pr n( g _ C.
('hc·r'!,~ lo lhc
ma~· hr m:tlh·cl.
Thnu~ancls of pntrlotlc women arc
working for the comfort o( the soldier,;. 'l'houi,ands h:w" sc-cn tho boy!
lr>avo for the' fr,1nt. noys In blue or
khaki n;-c 11ecn on onr streets, a dally
remln,lcr that they are J)rcparlng to
rrnd<'r suprrmr scr\"!Ce lo their counLrr. L<'t llfl hP forward In contrll.Jutlng
to th<'lr <'Olllfort and en co urn ge them
with the knowledge that the ho ine peoJ>lr nre back of them nnd appreclC1te
v1:h1lt they nro aoing Iof us.
l!l, C. M ATT~:&lW ~, Trea1urer,
~j-Jlo
~-~~
).I
Clean 'Slate
from this District
As a marked contrast lo some othdistricts It will be pleasing news
to, Portsmouth •people to know that
it Jue loC'nl war board Is doing Its work
In a thoroughly efficient manner.
This district has sent 35 men to
C1lmp Devens and none have yer been
TE1Jected although practically every
other district has hRd one or more
mon roJoclo<l In that thoy rntloll lo
S>llRS tho J>hyelcnl oxamlnallon. Tho
sturgeons at tho ea.mp stated that
the·boys from Portsmouth and vlclni>t•
�lOGAL BOYS MAKING
GOOD AT CAMP DEVEN..
exa111l11ed lhat day. In the secon,'
lot examined, nine from Keene, be,
tween the first two Portsmouth dis•
the army surgeons.
,After visitin g ai l or the bo·
this citL. Jncludiog 'the -1
Company, C. A. C.,
lion or the camp was mado, lmprrae
Ing the visitors with the wonderlttl
·.J,Y
system In which everything ls con•
ducted. Unless seen, they said, thl'
extent or the camp and Its general
orderliness, cannot be apprecia'ted.
The cantonment covers a territory
eight miles long and six miles wide
and is laicl out perfectly for Its pur11oso as a tralnini.; ground and cam\>
for its irrcat numl>or or soldiers. Sys•
te111, from the i.lme the men arc receil'Ccl at lho gate or the railroad sta•
lion, until they arc lllaced In com•
1ianies, ts univen;al. From lhe mo·1.. Spencer llydo of l~ast Kingston, ment the recruit is received he is
P orh1111011th has now llOIIIO ] GO
uion at Uamp l>ovens antl they arc!:,, graduate or New llampshiro col- lroalecl like a soldier, and before tile
e:ertainly working hard anti c11joy- IC';;o, on<I the co111nHt11<lcr of lho lit- vh1ilors left camp in the evening they
Ing tho lire. Yesterday the dh;tri<-t Uo body as it lert l'ortsmouth for tlw saw tho recruits who arrived at noon
i;Gnt :JO more recruiti; lO the national training cam11, is In the engineering drilling under olliccrs or the army
army anti tho thoroughness of tho cori>s al ('amp 1Jcvcm1, wearing the in company formation. Their perloc:
local board In Its examination or can- chevrons of a sergeant on his sleevell. or truiuiug began with their ,a rrival
1lidates was again demonslral~d with, Ile is assisting officers In training :11 tho camp.
Tho last point visited 1vas the obI.hey" ere ad passed by tho army sur- ,e>cruits as he hau hacl military trainservation .ewer, st~ing 75 feot
gfons without qucl:ilion. Tho exam- i1,g.
ining 11hysioians asscrlccl that they
William l•'. Cronin Of Portsmouth l1 igh and erected on !the bighest
11 er,, ull in ttno phy1;i<.:al condition and ,ha:.i Ileen made a 1st scrgca11l an1l put point of the cantonment. From here
no•,o coming rrom this dh;lrict hall ii, charge of a number o{ men in the I the entire surrounding country 11-P.·
F,t been rejected.
transportation work or the quarter• I [)cared as though looking at a.~,p-eat
relief map, the pert'ect . arrange:11ayor Samuel 'I'. Ladll, Ur. Georgr master's do1>arlment.
E'.. Pencler, John G. Sweellle, and
Cronin is a marked man and there ments of the buildings in the cantonH. L. Coi;tello, who accompanied tho is not a company commander in the ment showing to advantato, Ii :was
boy11 011 the trip over tho road to thlJ camp who has not made application dar k w)len the return trip w-ae gt.art~
l::tmp, were taken in low by alulf or- to l1ave him allachetl to his com- ed but the visitors were ent1reJ,y sat-'
licer11 or the camp und 111aclo a tour
isfled that the boys were belztg treat.
111a11d. I le mauc 111::i lir!!l mark a week
ol Inspection, visiting all of the ago with tho arrival of a number of eel finely, the sanitary arrangements
Portsmouth tioys, both the rocruil::i
guns by training, taking charge of being •perfect,_ that each and \jvery
to tho nationul 1u·111y, and the men the unloading with a large force of one or the boys were workl)lg ha-rd
, 11 ho wero enll11ted in the lllt Com- Ill'ivate:;, and IL ill said at the c;amp and enthusiastically with the"•oM oll·
1,any, C. A. C., now a ,,art or th0 that he e,·en showed some of the old ject In view, to do · ))It! bit l{l the
303d regiment, U. S. Light Ji'ield Ar- onicers new and better methods of greatest struggle ltbal,' his · country
,lillery, Lieutenanti, :-.:aylor and Corflat
'
' ~·
1111loadlng cannon from
cars, had entered.
am grcoteil tho Portsmouth 1•lsllor:;
\\' ithout further equi1Hnent than
a11d accomi,aniod them on their lour
brains an1l onc;-gy.
alio•.1t th0 camp.
._
The trip from Portsmouth Wdf
Portsmouth sent four men to the
matle in good time and they arrivell
camp as its lirst increment or the
a l tho ci:mp two minutes before their'
·district's quota, and all have made
orders required. At tho gate theJ·
good. It is confidently staled that Ile•
were met by oflicors from headquar ..
fore long they will be In line for comten; and throngh Mayor Ladd a pasr
misslpns In the national army and
from the Commandant of the cami:,
aiready they are proving their worth,
was issne,1 to allow all or the cilizonB
At a mass meeting held at the Synholding down important non-comaccon11ianyi11g the lloy::i to visit Uw agogue last evening just before the_._....,~..,.,,,
missioned jobs·. Roy Harmon Is In the
CUllll) a'l will.
opo11!11g service or Yon Kippur mempay-masters office, a non-commisThe boys were immediately lined 1:Hs or th o J ewish church in this city
sioned statt ol'ficer with the rank or
np for their preliminary cxamina - subscril>ecl over $300 In addition to ~'11!1111,.~'l:
pay clerk. He likes his work and his
lio11 whkh wa,; pa~l:ic1l by them al their previous gll'ts lo the fund tor
l!UJliJrlors ll.ro .11a~ed.,.~at,_q~3- a
in a rcw moments and then, In squacl11 tho relier or the suffering Jews In
;;•'l'!'d··uum for the job.
,
or
nine each, were marched to thei1r the warring nations. The appeal for
Seth W. nanu or Rye has been
transferred fro-qi. Camp Devens to <1uarter~ and were later taken to th,,· lhe co11tributio118 was made !.>y Louis
local com.::amp Bartlett where he becomes a hospital for their final examina
':.ember of the 2Gth division under lions.
The first 18 Portsmouth men wert•
"\'fn.Jor General Edwards and It at!•assccl
before tho l'ortsmonth vlsjl·
tachpd to tho engineering corps In
~ht> division 11 hlch- ls shortly lo leave tors left hearlrinartors, the surgeo1
aling that they woro the best
for l•'ranco.
'
Members of First Increment
Already Recognized as
uable Men <:~~~ ~~
ocal Hebrews
Subscribe $300
c}:,~~ for War Fund
�O'LEARY PROVES HE
IS NOT ASLACKER
Owen ~t. O'Leary or Portsmouth, Canaclian oITirers when able to conbranded as a "slacker" berause be v111ce them that that ls their one reahHr not responded to the call or the ::C'n ror wishing to get out.
local war board for examiHal!on, and
O'Leary was passed by Dr. Penordl'red into the army by Adjutant dH, the examining physician ror the
Cc>n<'ral llowar<I repon••cl to the l board and he claims no exemption.
boaril lo<lny for his <'xa m I nat inn a11cl 11 c h:rn a hrolhcr who Is a top !lcrpro,•ed b1•yond any possibility of a gcant In one or tho co111panicR 1101v
douhl that h<' \\·as not a sl:IC'krr. lie in training at AyC'r.
CC'rlalnly ,Ji,l all that 1,·aH possible to
O'i,e:1ry haH b<•en trying lo do (tis
reach here and had a number of in- I.it since beforn the actual war began,
terestinrr experiences on the road, ap)llying sPvP1·al limes at army and
having "beat" his way here from A 1- navy recruiting stations for enlistbnnr. N. Y. slopping first to report ment, but was turned down each
to the adjutant general at Concord lime, failing to pass the physical exwhere he applied for transportation nminalion. Ile had some Interesting
to l'ortsmonlh. lie had also firi;t re- storlM to tell of his recent expcriporling his case to the loeal hoard at cr.cei1, e~perlally of things that he had
Albany and 111• might have been encountered In seven trips to Europe
sa\'rd the trouble of the trip had tho in cattle steamers and other transAlbnny board lnform<'d him that he Atlantic bun.ts carrying munitions
could n.11ply by lrtter lo the local and roodsturcs from this city.
hoard for trnnsrer and take his exAsked by one of the members of
amlnatlon in that city.
the board if he had ever "seT\'ed
O'Leary has already seen service time'' In his jaunts about the counPl the front in Fn1nce, having been try he said that he had, seven days
f'>nlll,tcd In the Canadian army and 1,, an English "pen" for failure to
desertC'tl while in England on leave rarry his passports from the United
after the llniled States went Into the States. O'Leary suffers from the
war. !Tis only reason for deserting wanderlust and has been In nearly
~nd returning to the United States nil of the large cities In the United
WM to enlist with
the American Stales, making bis Jiving as a cook.
forccR and he i:iald that a large num- Ile was employed in a restaurant In
bcr or other young men from Amerl- Albany when he first learned that he
ca are doing the same, while In some h:1d been called to report to the Iocases they are being released by the cal board in this city.
I
I
I
LOSAL BOY~ ,
NEAR FRONT
IN FRANCE
I
.
The shells from tho Corman gun~,
110 imicl, arc dropping within two aud
llhrco miles or their camp and the
eommancl witnessed a battle a few
days before the letter was written
, ;J)('twecn French and German air-
r,lanes, a, shell Crom the German
m achine dropping and exploding
--,close lo the camp and driving them
In n letter nwoivccl this morning \ 1tll to seek shelter.
liy Chief Ilurl•::v from Corf). Ral1)it
g_ Oowdcll of t.hlR city, now Rcrvlng
with the American Railroad Engln,ecrs corps in France, It Is learned
•that the little command or men from
Portsmouth a.ncl vlrlnity are
very close to th<' firing lino "somewher<' in 'Fr1111cc."
The <'OrJ>R. he
said has not n11 a hody been yet ordered Into actual service nllho11gh it
number o[ them have been called for
.special <luty, ·a few at a time, ancl the
:rcmalncler wero expecting their blll ols at. any moment.
For Comfort of
the Soldiers
iror the comfo rt,
ar.dl Improvement of our soldiers and'.
sailors now assembled In largo encampments, it Is tho purpose of tho,
American Library association, acting
u·ider tho approval and guidance or
tt:e War Department of the United
Sta tcs, to establish libraries, both
i,1:ildings and books.
There is a large demand for
lug matter in the various camps. In
1111 ,o ther way can so much be done (or
tlic welfare of our boys al so small
cxponsr. Th<' J,lhrory association has
ntk<'<I tho coopt'rntion and asslslunco,
or :iill libraries In this country, and
has asked them to prraont tho Ruhject: to their people, confident o~ •
rn,·orablc response. The amount to
b" raised is $1,000,000 and It Is est•maled that 5 % or the population in
mo:ner will protlucc this sum. Ma1tchestcr Is asked to produce $ 5 0 0 o_
ThEl allotment for Portsmouth ls
$6010. 'An early response Is
ally desired.
C'ontrlbu lions may bo Jert
Piscataqna Bank, or wlll be called for
011 summons by telephone. Checks to
tl,e ord<'r or I~. c. !llntlhcws, Treasurnr, may be malled.
Thousands of patriotic women aro
\\ 01rking [or tho com Cort or the eolc\iers. Thousands have seen tho boys
kn v<' for the front. Doys In blue or
JcltaY.I are seen on our streets, a dally
rcn~lnder that they aro preparing lo
rerndrr supremo servke lo their countrJ. Let 1111 be forward In contrlbutlnl]; to their comfort and encouraii:e
l11C'111 with tho knowlcclgo that the
lw1nie people aro back or them ancJI
n1'1r>rcciato what they are doing [or
�WILL WORK FOR BOYS s
~I ~,,,\
FROM LOCAL OfSTRICT
------of 'the directors
Company Fund
~ Increasing at
Rapid Rate
G,~
l'url,;m1111 Ih hue a~u In 11how 11
willllli,llll>II{ lo 111g dowu 111 ill! 11ock-
ORto n
O
through
stalll IH'!Hl11uarters at
<·• fur her lioys at the front, men und
the Portsmouth branch ot the N. H Concord, and none ha~e i oun11 th e 1r
ro into the
11 vmen who cannot
o
Cha1Hcr ot the American Reel Cross wu.y to any or the !oral !Joys. It is
trenches wllh their sonH nncl daui;hheld yesterdo.y arternoon It was do- mnlo ly with the purpose or correcttc-rs continuing to back them with tho
<;hied that tor the present t he 10<::il jng this defect that the local branch
one t1i!ng tla•y can furnish, comforts
_,.:..;1e.-:1J_,;,.,,. branch will concentro.te on
worlc lias be, ercd Its connection with the
11 1ocl money. Three daYll after the u11-whlcb will go more or less tllrcct1,eiil for the com1,any fund for t he
stalo chn1>tc r as a llrnnch.
l Y to the boys at tho caml)t1 from
When the women aro wo rkin g 011
clh1lrlct's recrult,i ·wu!I made the du-this district rather than to the state this new l>lan t hey will be spu rred to
btrod amount of $ 260 was ovcr-ll11blleadquarten there to be a1111ortlon- a certain extent by the knowledge
:11•rlbcd and the 11urph111 will .ilw be
ed. This le the direct result of the that their work will go to Portsubcd ror Portsmouth's l!Ons servlni, at
t nvostlga.llon by MBY<>r Ladd which
ll,o front or tho trai-nlng camp!!, to be
boys, giving a persona 1 t ou~ I1
disclosed the fact. that while the
aclded to their company rund,i. The
Portsmouth branch ot the order has
u1,1ount 1rnllscrllled IJy 111111\ lcl11al~ b
•been busy In making sweaters anrl
now $339.76.
other •k nltlod comtorL clothing r,Jr nc,(•clccl for
A paper 1,a,motl among the nw111IH'rn
the l!Oldlers tho Portsmouth boy" at and more money hi neodcll. The comor Lhu llollrow soclclle1; 111 tho c-lly Iii
the training camp are Ill sn1>11lled. mllteo slated that the a d vance In th e
:\lax Goodman and Da,•ld Brovlch was
Mayor Ladd round that lluL six or 1irlcu of yarn made the co st or th e'
signed by all approached, the snm or
tho tioys In tho olll 191 ('ompany, now material In n sweater about $ 3, but
$33.76 being reallied and thl!!
f orming n. part of one of tho llntter- received tho as:rnr:ince that th0 monamount was br ought to 'l'ho 'J'lmes oties In tbe 303rd Light Field Artillery ey would Lu turnlijhecl as soon as
lice this morning to be added LO the
"ore supi>IICd with wnrm sweaters. 110~~1\Jle. Monuy Is nl:10 need ed for
fnncl.
one or tho most nectissary artldcll ot' othor !iUlllllln.1 lnclucllng ball d RKOH.
In adcllllon to $16 t111hscrit,c,cl hy
clothing to the soldier.
,11wzP, ho~,1tal sup1illcs n nd cJo th ln~
fl'1lil'idua1 nwmbers or Storer Hl'lluf
l<'cllowlng the action taken In oth-1 )nd others. The work room commli('1•r11s the organization at its 1111•1.'ler i;tates the Portsmouth bran<'h has tel' has been named I<> a rran ge tilans
Inv. la!!l evening voted $1 O to l111•
become a. cha11ter to be known as the for an entertainment, th e 1,roceecls
f1111t1 rrom thclr treasury, making a
l'ortsmouth rta1>ter or the Amerlcnn to be used ror this 1rnrpose.
t Gtal or $26 from the women who
llcd <'roa11, separating from Lhe New
The meeting also discussed to
ln·t,d througi\ another great .\merlllam pshlro chapter. Othl'r branches some extent the question or tu nd6
cun war tor liberty.
1n the state are altm bolng tor111ecl In- for de11e11cl1Jnb1 or s-oldlops but It w~s
'rl1o campalg11 appnarH to ho uuly
t o independent chapters. Chari<!~ 11. decided that only In cat1et1 of l!merg11tarllng and It now st•en111 likely that
,viilker, Frank A. lleltlen and Mr;. ency would the local rl<n11ter be caliIt will reach fully $500 before tho
John C. l\1oOonough were ~Pl•~lnte•I ud u11 on !or this work ns th0 state
end or the week. Mayor Ladt! haii ►•~-,~
m embe rs of a. committee at th e meet- alrm11ly has a fund ot $ I ,00O,0OO for
tel(•{"ruplwd Lt. Col. Stopforcl, ('.11111ing to con11truct the nrrangement1, for thl!! purpo~c.
mnndlng tho 30311 Light l•'leld J\rtllt he change.
Some crltlch;m was hen rd at th8
ll'r)". that tho l'und ol' ~~50 lor 1111,
The committee will make plans meeting because or tho relatively
r,,c,nlls, Portsmouth':i share 01 the
Cl.IHI arrangements for the Portsmouth small memllershlp of the local cha1>11Lalt' quota or $2000, Is reacly a11cl ...,_,_....,._
chapter to work directly with the ter, other cllles and towns of situ!will be se11t to the ca1111> on o!Yidal
-dlvl!ilon he:Hlquarters In Do11to11.
Jar 11011ulat1011 ha,·ini; membership or
notice from him of the 11roper utl'lce
The meeting clechled that l111• me!t at ll!ast 1.~,110. The members h h1 Is
to recei1•e the money. :'lluyor t.atl,1
•from this dlHtrlct who are In the nu- $1 a year.
_ ...
,t'f:'."'rr:J":t !lromised Col. Stoprorcl that the IIIIHI
tlonal army, 75 when tho draft Is
wnnld be In the hands or the olllt•er!l
1 111
•:-...-_&,:""' <:omi>leted, are to be furnished with
b)· next :\londay, reeling al;suroll that
sweaters made by the local brilnch
Portsmouth would th·e 1111 to its past
•provided sufllclent wool yarn can be
performances when monuy
secured. •rho worl< room commllte
worth)' causo wns nePtlcd. The ~l'llbas been gll'en an extra a1111ro11rle1 oslty of the citizens hall far exn•c·clatlon tor su11plies and told to go
cu 1·xpectatlons
ahead as raat as 11os11lble In gelling
lncllvldual rontrlbntlon~
~,.l't:JNI
this work out. The committee re11ort11
t<i date follow:
.;
that If sufficient wool Is at hand they
111 aid or the fund carnpalgn lor
the recruits from Lhls dharict tho \lv.lll have the sweaters ready within
lled Theatres ('ompany will give two
three wcol<a as they are working tl.L
special 11errormn11ce1:1 011 Sunday twP01ead<1uartors In tho old court house
nlng, beginning al ll and 8 o'clorl<.
t wo days n. week an!\ co11sldt1rablu
of the work Is being done outdlde or
On<' or the features or the 11lct11,·u
show will be the 11lctures taken under
th o regular working sessions.
That the work of tho l'ortsmoulh
the direction or the theatres or the
last lncremonts of recruit:1 to lt•a ,·e
"omen has been going to mun In
for the cam11 Two spt•clul Vitagra1,h
othor seulons of the country Is
renture photo-plays, J)lll!sed by tho
shown In lhll report of the committee.
MuMsach11s1•tt>1 board of censor11hlp,
Ju tho past three weeks over 50
will 111ako up t hu balance or th(• plc•sweaters have been matle and i;hi111,t11n• 1iroi;ram.
'I he committee in charge or lhe nrAl a meeting
01
C{
I
�-~--- "1t'!:tlt::
\; .. 1!' ~~~ ""'!!!!111!!!!!'!''1!11_..,
l'l\llSClllCllti; (:; also ))llllllllng
other special attractions with
tulent that should prove entertaining. No tickets will be sold and all
will be made welcome.
The usual
small price of admission charged at
tho theatres will be accepted as contributions to the ruud, but there will
be nothing to prevent any from making their contributions as large as
they wish. 'l'hEl theatres company is
<loualing the pictures and tne Olym11ia thentre so that the entire proCf,eds wil l go to the fund.
.\layor Samuel T. J,adcl ....... ;2.00
S.imu<>I W. l~mory .......... 1.00
John Yarwood ............. 1.00
LtJwis Soule ............... .
J.C. :\h'Donough ........... .
T. If. Palmer ..............•
,\1 irha<>I 11 urlry ............ .
llaphacl Paola ............. .
:\una ~I. Dowel ............ .
\Vult<'r 11.1•:i~o ............ .
J. ~- l'ringl<' .............. .
ll. J>. ;\lcDonou~h .......... .
Gc-o. 11. lltu:lcer ........... .
I•'rlcnd ............... _-, .. •
IJllnkl J. Srott ............. .
C. \V. Hannaford .......... .
fi'. A. D<>hlc•n .............. .
r.. \V. l,yclston ........ •.....
D. W. llatlger ............. .
If. T. Cox ................ .
F.. C. :\lallhews ............ .
fl<>nry 8. i\1urch, Jr ......... .
(;(;o. W. noar<lman ......... .
Alire :\I. Norton ........... .
('h:t!I. P. York ............. .
. J~rn 11st T,. Cook ............ .
John 11. Uowtl ............. .
Harold O. Russell .......... .
I I II. Washburn ........... .
lllilph B. Ifill ............. ,
I. (lomlwln (lriffln ......... .
Jnmr~ 11:tn<'y ............. .
J'pr,'P.!<l 1°:. l<nowlPH ......... .
I•' ('. Turker .............. .
F'. !\.<:my-<: Co . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Justin llcnry Shaw ......... .
J•:lln ,~. Lowd ............. .
~liss ('arri<' K :\lugd1lr;0 ..... .
'l'r111i L. NorriH ............. .
1: ich111011CI I'. l\larg,•son ..... .
llr. ll<>orgc I~. l'ontlcr ....... .
John G. Swl'elr.cr ........... .
:\lni. John U. Sweels<>r ......•
ll<>v. J\lfrccl Gooding ....... .
Frank n. Huller ........... .
\i'. G. :\Iarshall
\\'. 8. llonghton
Wi!:iam Conlon ........... .
(l. .l. Allinso11 ............. .
l~r. ll. I•'. Cronl11 ...... L .. .
l•rr•cl 11. Ward ............. .
r.'. \V. I f:irlforcl ............ .
Harry Pcys<>r ............. .
Ira A. Nrwirk ............. .
Charl!'S J•;. WootlS ......... .
.TamM Smith ............. .
llrury P. raynrJ ........... .
I! 1, rry Toclcl ...............•
I. ~f. ra lfr<'y ............. .
Wllllnm Nortou ........... .
I
Orman ll. Paul ............ .
A. IT. Clarice .... .......•...
Andrew Harrett .......... .
Miss Florence G. 11a.rshall ..
..
s, . .
M~n MQst Make Journey ,by Train~-~
· LoCal Board's Work DelaYed' ·by
.....Districlt Body li~'~;,\
. ,_
Orders were received this morning
at tho local war bo,anl to transfer
to Camp Devens on Oct. 3 the third
increment of the district's quota, 4 0
per cent, which will leave but 11
men to be sent In the present draft
from this cllst.rlct. 1r1t1rty men will
b11 called to tho colors by an order issued by the board this afternoon
when their notices are sfut out.
In the orders issued to Governor
Keyes the entire sta,le will send its
40 ,per cent to Camp Devens on thro
ono clay rather t.hnm a11reading it
over two or three cl,ays ni, ha!I hern
done on the two prnvlous occaslo111.
This will mean that 482 men from
New Hampshire will report to the
officers at the training camp some
time next Wednescla:1.
Governor Keyes has notified th<>
local 'board that arm ban<I~ bcarln~
"N. H." will be sent for each man In
each district to designate that the
men are from New Jla111pshlre. The
tag, which has been placed on each
or the recruits In tho past, bearin
the local :J>oarcl number and nam
will also be used.
The following sho,wa the numb
or men from each Jo,cal board In ti
state to leave for camp on Oct. 3:
Keene, 2; Ossipee 38; Portsmout
3 0; Dover fi 2; · Exeter 2 6; .M llfoi
21; Lancaster 75-;
Woodsvllle 5'
Laconia l O; Fran kliln 31; Conoor
22; Manchester, clivl.sions 1, 2, n1'
6, 73; Nashua 32; JNowport JS. •
The recruits for this district wl
·be called to report to the local boar
at 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoo1l,
Oct. 2, (or their first Instructions.
he orders will
the me
transported t
Broad, the gov
ils work of cerllrylng men from thlh
district already certified by tho local
l,oard the call will be delayed, the
local board not having enough men
on the list to 1111 this Increment. The
situation was called to the attention
or the district board this noon ,t,y the
local board by telegraph and w11.s 11.1-·
so called to the attention of Governor Keyes by telephone. Gover nor
•Keyes Is already taking the matter
up with the district board, in an attempt to learn the cause ot the deJay, the local board having eertlfted
nearly l 00 men to them aome week11
ttgo au<I several ho.ve 'been added
since that time.
The men will entrain at the Boston & Maine station at 8.45, a special
car to be attached to a regular train.
The men are due to report to the officers nt tho training camp at 12.H
r. m. on Wednesday.
�PORTSMOUTH MAN SAW
I
Nulson, the , hero
o f the
11u1,eme11t 'lf the Cn110 of 'frataigern
lietwecu lh~ llrilish tleoL .llHI thnt uf
Napoleon, looked dowu upon us
I
:1long Piccadilly, tho stand or th~
llnlled Stutes Embassy whore on the
l,nt<-ouy Arnnhnsllndor l'uge uni! Aoiulral ShnK 11tood to review us. Tho
i;reatest honor which <·ame lo U!i, was
,,hen wo swung Into the stree whlcn
~.'l."'\
leads
under the arch or West111lnstcr
Tho follc11vl11i; luttor from Sur!!I,
- - -the
- grout ma11uracturi11g
\
.. .ham,
city or
Aubey, lo pass In front or \Vc!illllhr, 11·!10 I.•., (',1·eat B1·ltnl11 , ..
J('l'Ullly \VQl,1rnn or thl:i cltt•,
~nd Oxforcl , ti10 sea t
i;t<•r Abbey hy ll11chl11gham l'alaco,
1 llh thu 11. S. oni;lneers "Somcwhure or one of the W0Fhl'11 oldest unlvers10 he reviewed by
l~ lng Oeori;,•,
ln J?rn111•0" shoulcl 11rovc uxtremulv Illes. l~vcrywhere we received the
Queen Alcxandrlu, T.loycl
luterc1Hl11~ to hl!i muny fi'toncli1 hel'!i: snme enth1111lnstlc rece!llion. l'eoplo
Prince or \VulC!! Oll1l lhll French VI,;.
"S0111ow!11;re 111 f•'ranM", of ull agos flocked to the card, while
count. 'fhls was one of tho greatest
~ugust 27, 1 !II;. 110 sto1111ed at tho stations, to get :1 moments of our lives when the comFriends:look at tho "Sammlos" and ran out
mnnd "E,Yl~S LEFT" was given ,by
The rnln is co1J lng <)owu 011 our or their homes to wave and cheer ,1•·
our ca11tnln and we looked upon the
Iron root and r1111lclly chuni;lng tht' they pnssed the llrst armed troo11!! 01r
dllltlngulshed group In rront"'or the
lioll Into a sea or mull. A little hit n rorelgn nation that had crossed!
noyal Palace, thnt beautiful re~ior the construction ot our huts. Im- J,}nglancl tor centuries.
dcnce of white marule stnudln"
The night was relieved Cl,f. Ills 11111..
agine 1111 living )l uder a roof lilui a
n:~ninsl the Bky. l'o Green
Par!;~
large lrnrrel cut In hair, coverc1I with nolony. by tho frc(Juent' a11pennincc: 1u•ar tho lloyat re!!lclence, wo hnd a
sheet Iron! Wo have a IJourd llooi· or i;reat 111rcams or 11~.;ht turned intc,
lunch 11rovicled by the ltoyul famibuilt six Inches from the ground. W<• I he sky in nn alloinr,t to dotect ene-•
ly. In thl!! gnrclen Is II statue or t he
are sleeping on cots with throe blan- my aero11lnnes, w'l'l«!!t, in the London
Into Queen Victoria, unveiled by
kets, and n poncho (the waterproof 1n1per of the nwxl 010,ning, we JearnKaiser Wilhelm several years ugo.
ntralr which serves ns a clonk In In- 1 II that a 11an &f U.o city or London
Arter lunch we continued our m11rch
clement weather ( •.. censored ... ) had bel!n atutokct1 causing a loss of
botween two rows or peo11le wildly
;Pvcra l llve11, anlt many l11j11rie1<.
and a be:tl-Rl\Ck at night). The night.'!
cheering tho new Ally, and over th<J
are very cold, and cl urlng tho day WI! \Vhen wo re:.rcflefl eur last st11t1011
Thames Hlver hack to tho railway
110 weru awake1wd by our ort'lt-cr~
ilo not feol the 11or11plration at all!
~talion, where we entrained ror c.,mp.
Yon J•robalJJy a re anxious to kno 11 who were commandlni; us to rorru
While In co.11111 we vlHted a nourhi
what wo have bee n dol111; 1l11rl11,; tho ranks, r<.mdy to march away. 111 thP.
cn11111, where Alllllralluns who wcr,
lust four weeks since we l11rt Salem. ourly ho11n1 of th() 1worni111;, )lrecec\- !lJ>Untllng ten weel<s on two oceans
\\'o were 17 llny11 on the Atlantic, ctl by a British mllftary bantl, "o
had come to 0110rate the railroads ill
zigzagging about the ocea11Thn•c marched nlong a roud which wa:i toL~ran<'e.
days were spent In llallrux llurhor t111ly dark, to tho t':llll)l whi<·h WUR 10
Two days Inter -Our regiment hrol<<'
rrom which 11ort wo sallod In th~ hu our r<,11ll11g vluco ror four day,;.
<'UnlJI, entrained for a por t on the•
early morning In a thick fog jullt One day we went to T.ondon to )larEnglish Channel, went .nbo:ird shl!J
a,·oldlng an Inbound sbl11 by a very ude through eight mlle11 or streets
an<l after nn all night voyage durfew feet. We to!lsed about for about which everyone has read nbout in
ing which we had t o keetl our life
10 days during which time sever*! many an l~ngllsh 11tory and 11oem.
bells on continually we a wakened
or the regiment exper lence1l 11eu-sicf,- Wo m:irch1•d from the Waterloo StaIn the morning, to Ond the shl11 nt
11ess. We travellod third class. The tion lo \\'cllin.;ton Barral'kb, to re- on<·hor In a French seaport. We 1andlime was spent with a little drill 011 main two hours. There in tho courte1l , and marched through the streel~
deck, but most of the lime we were yard WO (;(lllVerso,l with Llrllldh To111- to the camp which was to he 011~
loafing around :ll~nys on the alert mle:3, lrl:1hmen, Scotchmen in their home tor three tlay:1. We wo11l1l L« :11
ror the uppearanco of perf.,co11e,. kllllcs, and C'anadiam1 with tholr f.1- •>011 the name or thl11 J.'rench l'ity
Our wntchrulness was not rewarde•I mlllur Mn11le Lear 1~111hle111, ,\11strallrnt the censor would not allow It le
for we saw nothing but 11tretches ol l11ns, tho11M11111ls or miles away fro111
reuoh Ame,·lqa.
It Is e•1011gh to
There wore men who ha,l
water until one evening at sun~ct home.
.ay that th<' camp had :ill the ch:irncC ••• censored ... ) severnl llrltlsh de- ~N•n service in the lloer War: in the
terl!sllcs or one 11ltcheJ on the sands
stroyers. Still more welcome was thc 8011cla11, Indian a111I Afghan ca111- or •ro).as. In our trh> lo the city we
morning two daya later, whP.n we 11aigns, and if not a veteran or thes•i I saw many things 11uul11l an«l lnler
awoke to llncl oursolves at an<'l!or in t•arlier con Ilic ts h;\d experioncP in
e,illng, amt some day we will hrin~
the :\lerbey rht.r, with ,Llvnpool and mmleru w;irrare at Oalllpoli, l•:!.Yl•t.
home por.tcnr1ls !hat wo hought, hnt
lls great landing 11tnges 011 mw shit•, :\ll':iopo'aml,1 agalnht the Turl,N, or :n
c1111not ll«:nd them through tho mull
nnd Now Brighton, the beautiful re!I• tilo llalk111111 ngalnst tho U11lg11rh111s,
1111111 the war I~ ov1:r. D11rl11i; LIii:<
ldentlal city -011 the other. That aftor- and Aui;trlans; or against the worst
:ihort stay In cam11 we were 11ro1•ill
noon we were ,, hlsked through l~n.;, or all .trench warfare In France an I ed with i;teel helmets and gas mns!,s
land C •••• ce11sore1l ... ) to II ttaini ll'l.\ llcl:;ium against the Ger111011s.
al:!O havlug drills 111 the JlrO!► Cr 11:,f
From IH•re wo began our mnrrh
cam tl In ( ... censored ... ) T•: ni;lan•l.
of the taller.
S01110 of tho boyF
The word "6.eaullful" cannot do through tho streets or I,onclon, ov,!I'
thought It was a jol<O to allow their
Justico to the country place~ in thl· the ro.111011!! London Bridge. by the,
comvanlons to flre rocks al their
Interior or Bngland through which llo:isc or J'a:·l!anrnnt, up St. Jam ~,1
heads to test the effitlency of tho dri•
we 1rnssc1l. l~verywhere tho lantlsca1m s11·,•1•t . \\')'C'i'(' :ill tho llrltl!!h olllrlnls
vice, which serves to protect tho sol
IO C'~ JC' t!.
thrOll"h 'frnfnl!!:ll'
was dotted with whitewa!lheli raru1- arn
dler's head In modern warfare.
houses. Wonderful hedges i;urrouncl• S1111:ire, wl:erc the llgure of Lord
The clay we left thl>1 city we trnv•
1 11 each home. l~ach town was conelled in cars not unlll<e the o<rulpnected w llh roads, ninny or w h ic ,1 _,...,.,....,..,
ment used by Mexican soldiers, namewere built by the Romans wben they
ly box cars, on four wheels. Our desheld England in the first century A.
D. We made short stops In Dirmini;•
•
I
GERMANS IN TRENCHES
�Ing line, on a rather quiet rront. The
first night did not seem quiet to ue
who worP 11naccm1tomed to tho booio
of heavy artillery, and the whir of
aeroplanPs overhea,1. That night we
!lle11t 11ntlPr the 11tar11. It wa'I not one
or thoRP !!tarry nlghtR we were accus•
tomed 10 11~e on the Jlndson, b 1lf
one or those In which the rocl<etr
and the nnre of lhP Oro rrom thl'
hP:wy g11ns, com11etP<I with thP hcavrnly hocltr11, nncl lhrro l11 no doubt
that thr lmplem1>nlfl or modern wnr
rare won nrst 11lacr In lighting tllf
!lky. Jn'lt abo11t Rllll!I0t, the Recon"
nighl w" wltne!l!IC'cl a battle between
Hrlll;h anct Germnn ;\eroplanca, f
batttr In which nbont 1fi planes took
part. ThP llnn atrrraft guns altrm11l·
rd to clrl\'C the llrltl'lh airmen from
the skY, hut they 11ermcd unconsclou•
or thr hombnrclmt'nl which they werr
rerrlvtng. This tho "Tommies" call
qntcl! Two days we were rcvlowell
h\' Amhn!lsador Morganthau :tncl Mu
J~r ncnc-rnt Biddle of the U. S. Army
YcRlrrtlay afternoon we had 111·
extrnortltnary ex1>crlencc when 110111•
of 11!1 \\'Clll lo gel II loolt at Frll7.
Thi'! t'I thP eollocinlal name for th
CPrmnn !lohller. WP talked with an
officer nncl some nrttllerymt'n whr
hnve hnd charge of tl1c work or RPnd·
ing 01rd lhP grPnl llhCll!I which are
,:lied In pntling thf' nrrman artlllPr
ancl 1rr•11rl11•R ont of h1111h1P!l!I. 0111
of the arttllcrymen tnvltell 1111 lo µr
tnlo thr trrnche!I with him. We ro11l1'
nol ref11c;r the tnvtlntton be<',111!1<' W('
were r11rlo11a to sre the real trrnrh
cs. Wo cannot tell yo11 the !llrnngc
thlngR wo saw In the trenchrfl, o•
we would he giving nwav tnformntlo;
whlrh 110111(1 bP vnln'.lhlr lo lhe <'IIP
my. Somo or thr thlng!I we cnn lei'
yon nbont -are common knowledge le
the Orrmnns, ror they are not nt nJ1
1
backwnnl In thPlr raid!! at nlc;ht In
I romlng over to pay a visit to the
Tommy trench. It Is the kind or n
\ !I t tl llll'Alnr WOil C mn <e ,l'0II ,nrlt
In A1111•rtcu, h11I the 'J'o111mlr11 nrc
nleort nnct It mrnally t!I not long hrfon• l•'tlt7. 1~ hiking hnCI( lo hlR own
tr1:11rl11•<1. fl!IIIC'clnlly Ir hr getR a tn!lf.:l
or tho llrr rrom tho mnchlno g11n'I,
hone! Arfltrncle!I, or trrnch homh11 11r
\\'<' hlk<'d two 111ll1><;
thro11µh th1• labyrinth or trenchc>'I iO
n point 11P:irP!lt thc> Or11t line trenches
In whll•lr Pritz llveR 400 ynrdll nwny!
It. l!I 1101 tl 1,lnre whore one st11·k11 the
hr:-11I ovc•r Ll•P. Jta ra 11rl ! \\' e hall a
Alilllfl'II' of tl~c (lprnrnn!I through a
pert!l<'0J>I'. All the tlm<> we werP. lookIng nt them the nr1t111h arlillery wore
11endlng 101111 and to1111 of sl1ell~ ovPr
onr h<>acl11, trylnl!' to 11111 -ont or a::tlon thr horhe arttll1•ry In lhn renr
or lhP lntlPr'!I trenche!I. It makf'~
one a hit nl'rV0IIR when the "WIIIZUANC:~". ns thP, big llhf'IIS are commonly rnlled, go over one's helld thP
0rsl tlmr, bnt aflf'r one gct!I nccns-
I
I
Instrument to a
telrgrn ph 011Crntor.
( ... censored ... ) or the s1111erlorlty or the British artlllery ( ... censored ... ) In th!' news11aper11 or the
states. These battered emplacemenl;;
arc mute wllnrARPR or I.ho R11per!or1ty ot the allied guns. Taking o. la~t
peP11 at Fritz WO hadc goodbye to the
officer who had 1111ent two honri; or
hiR time Rhowlng us nround. \Vo IPft
tho trenches a11 the Ton11nleii wore
taking their "lea'', As far ns roocl
goP.s, litP In lhf' t renchcs Ree ms
equnlly agreeahlP nR that In <'nm11.
ThlR nftcrnoou: In the pourtn,• •!!.In,
we went out to 1hr road to sep tho'le
with whom we tolked yesterdoy coming from their tonr of cluty tn thr
trenc-heR bouncl ror their rest hlllets.
('an yon lmngtne n more 111 lrrrstlng four week!!? II IA hard to l>cllcve
that only a short time ogo wc> were
In a cam11 In n sleepy r-:-•\' JlatllilRhir.:i
towu. War Is everything that Sher111an 11nld It was. A sleepy sf.'rgeant,
who wos conductor of the Fttchlrnr)I"
llvl~lon, R. & :\I., just said ll l'J
oven worse than the hero or the
Georgia. campaign derlored It to be.
Another old~tlmer from the cnvnlry,
who has chased the "Grea!lrrs" up
and clown Texa!I and who Is now
pencefnlly resting In his cot near tu;.
IR setting 1111 a l(rrnt howl n!ionl th
rocket of this typewriter. We shnl
soon hnve to pul 011 our st, "I hrhnet1
to ))rolect us from the shocR that arc
about lo be nred nt us by thosr who
arc trying to sleep, 1,0 we 1111111t hrtn~
this letter to an nbrupt end 111 order
that we may rollrr peacefully.
\Ve hope to hPar from you
soon.
SF-nOT. WALDllO:--1.
uwctL nim cmo.~s
womc.
At tho Red Cross headqaurtcrs
thr old court house Wednesday tho
workers made aurglcnl dressings, 100
yardR oC gauze being used In the
work or the daY. It Is hoped that the
nnmhPr ot workl'r,1 at the old court
1-ouqe will lnrrP:t~I' nq there I!! great
nerd or snpplie!I anti warm knlttecl
r.armrnts for tho nrmy. The knitting
ti; In rharge of .M r11. Robert J. Iloyd,
and work Is now to be started first
on knitting garments for tho boys of
thP NPW IlnmJ)!lhlrc Nallonnl Guard,
C. A. C., In which are many or our
Portsmouth boys. Any person who
knows how to knit will bP glndly
welromed on Mondays at the ohl
court housr as more •knltler11 aro
nee<lrct.
Thof:I' who do not know
how lo knit swPnlers will be lnught
:incl It Is hoprcl n. largc number ot
womrn will rellflOnd to this appeal.
All nm welcomo whether members ot
the Red Cross or not. The old court
housr on ('ourt strret Is open weekly
for Rrd C"ross work on 1\Ionday11 nnit
Wednesdays from 10 a. m. to 6 p.
m. Clot Into tho uniform of war Um•
assist In this patriotic service. /
.
~<.\'\--, ,_?)
ELEVEN MORE
ARE REFUSED:
EXEMPTION.
Local Board Wires Governor
olr Conditions Today; One
Transfer Made.
Th,o local wnr i,oard hn~ not ns yrt
maclc) tho sl'leollon of the neict 30 men
w lco.v-c hero Jn tho thlru conllngent
or tho wnr drnrt on '\Vl'<lncsday next
owing to tho failure or the Stnto
honrcl to render 60r'no decision on thf'
several cases whcro men l1n.",e applied
tor exom1>tlon under n,o d.cpendnt
rule.
Tllo time Is ~ ehort nnd th<' hend"-RY o( the local boo.rd ls ohC'ckcd lo
tho ,c»tt>nl ot picking tho men In reg110.r order. Tho bonrtl Rent -a. teloram to Gov.Kf.'Yl'S Thurs. 11ta.llng tho
net,,- 118 thP)" ('l1l11te<l. •r,ho 1Ut'6SI\ C:C
eqursted some" prompt n.cllor on 1he
,ruit oC tho etnto hoord Jn order th-.t
tho dm rt IIV!'II 11houUI h:I.V(\ all
ltmi, poss1blo •hrfor" !roving lo
rnn,re their nttn.trs.
L11tc Thur11. the board wa" nouned
that 11 who wcro 3.lrcwed <'JCemptlon
by I.ho loo.'\I bonrd hn.d ~vl'rnnls mndo
In tlholr caRcR nncl were Cl'rttned for
~rvlcc by thl'I 11t:1tc honru nflcr th<'
nppeal mado b>• the pro,·o!lt mo.rsh11l
i;enl'rnl. Tho cn11es pn11~r<I upon a.re
ns follows:
Howard Durgin, 19 Pearl Rt., Portsmouth.
Jrn Brown, 1408 Islington 11t, PortsA lfrcd Oyma.n, 9(-:tbrnook.
Howarcl En.ton, Senlbrook.
1.£:1.rvltt Oeo1·ge, EnM Kl11g11ton.
1-losee Ilownrd, Greenland.
Chnrl8/J noon, Ne"'1on, Jct.
A lCred J<'nklns, 320 llnno,"Cr
Po1·tsmoulh.
rnowo.rd JT(lrscy, Mll.Jlntnsr
l'orL~moulh.
.loseph Carter, I'la.lstow.
· l>:tntei :McMniiter, 30 Pinc 11t., Po;rs.
111011th.
FMtC'I' i::,ldy Ycirr('\ with I\ tl'lllllCl
rn ry t"!'!lldl'n<."<' n t 64 Urltl,ro st., lhl.
cl'IY ·w1\R trnnsCcrr<l t.o tho lora.l ho11r1
boanl tn dt:Mrlc.-t 1, All!!l'llill
· .~l!;Ui;;;~
�;,.,,.~ The Times' r:,~-:i,<:o
Tobacco Fund
Only ono
morC' ilny rC'malt1R
for
contrlhullons to 'l'ho ' l'h11l•, T11h.1c•1•0
l•'llllll. fl "'""'' • at Ii ,,. rn. Su I II 11!11y,
Any I ()lltrlhullou!I malletl UI un~ llllll'
WIil be l'C'<'(•lvt•<I !IIHI <Inly
,\ ny J1PrflOll \\ ho ha ,i he,•11
lntc>1111!11g tc, h1•J11 the runt!, hur ha:1
Jllll IL 011 Bl Ill huH nu 011purL11nlty. \\'••
J c>IIOvt' that nothing l'OUl<I Im more
111'1co11w lo tho hoy11 ul the front than
tolmc1·0 rrum hn111e. '!' 1.wHu II ho 11i;r1•0
••Ith UH ll1'0 t•ur,lhlll)' tnvllt•<I to 1;lv1•
:l 1111nrlor, 11 h,llr, or Hlll'h olht•r 1!11111
t_--<i!rlf'::M OS lh(•Y muy 11•01 :1hlo lo.
'l'h1• 'l'h uci.
will H<'O that it lij i.opt 11111\ 11ollvuretl
thOKe ror whom IL IN l11teutll'1I. Nol
ll ('0111 Is llothH·le<l for
nc\ Vl'l'lh1l11g,
packiui;, ex11r1•t.11,11:o or 1111y other
ehar~e-ext"C'Jll the ('(JHt of tho lot,ocro 111111 l hnl i,i just one l1111C the•
to
11rtco chnrgetl b> the th:.der,i.
Tllo tonowlr,~ IS A n,t ut lllll l'OJ1trll•11lor11 to 'l'ho Times 'J'ubucco J•'urul
u11 to this morning:
Henellt Dunco •......•..... $!25.00
A Frieutl •.•.•••••......... $r..oo
Jlr. J. ,v. 8yrc11J11s, Hl J'len111111t Htreet . , . , , ... , , , , , , , , r,,00
A J•'rJe111l . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . • • . o.00
J \\'111',low l'drce, JO ("oui·t i.t. r..oo
\°OUllj.( lmly OJICl'Ultll'll in Po1·IH·
mouth 'l'olephono Exl'l1u11i.:o . •I.Oil
:\lllyor 8. '.I.'. l,ucld, City l l u ll • • • !1.00
l'J"!¥f,-,.-,,....ilP.AII Hev. 1\lfred Goolllng, •IO Court
1itr1>ct •••• , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2.00
Col. ,Tohu H. n,u·Uott, l'le11s11nt
1
1
"'"' .;..Jr;i..;:r,..A
street . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2.00
'l'ruo J,. Nord'!, TJme-'! hulllll11:; 2.00
A Non-Smoker ...........••. 2.00
\\'llllnm J. enter, J)nnlel street 2.00
Or. William O. Junkins, 32 Con•
ga-ess street . . • • . . • . . . • . . . 2.00
:\f. J. (ll'lll'in, 471> Jtlc h 111'dS IIVO, 2.00
:\Ir. 1111<1 :\Ir:,, J. 1'. If. (.'hundler,
22 1\l l<ltllo 1,1 rc,~t • • • • • • • • • • 2 .00
J)r. Jlenjnmln 'ruylor l'rc•!!cot.t . . 2.00
\\'llllum l'. 1111!.kcll, 8:.!0 StitLe
street ..... , ............ . 2.00
:,fr11. Joel H . Norton, l(Jttcry
Depot, J\fe, .... , ........ . 2.00
Or. 11. P, 8tnplc:i, 30 l'lcn11Jt11t
,trcot .................. . :too
Hnrry P. l\lowc, 31 J>unicl i,t. :.!.<JO
'l'hOlllUH r,. l •:twyn, r,ors Che.., 11111,
Sh't'Ct , J'hiluclclrhla , l'a•.•.. :.! .OIi
Robe1·t r. Sut,:<len, a C.rc·c11 " " 'N'l 2.00
.rumc11 I~. Jlnssctt, U. S. Ii.
Southery , ..•.••.•.......
Ju,..1111 Jleury Shaw, I'. O. Jlox
73, I,ltti>ry ••.•...... , ...
Wil\lam W. Collon, Now Ca;.tlo
1. " ' H ort, :Ul(I lslln~IOII litrC<'t
1<1ciwi{rd f'. Mooay, Iloit 00, ¥01·k
\ lllngo .....•••..
l•'redo1·lclc c. l\lcrrill, J11ten111l
Ho, e11110 ofTlco ... , ..•••.•.
l'upt. 8 . }f, lh11•cling, N('w Custlo .........••... • . • .•• ,
1.00
11trcct • . • • • • . • • • . • • • • • • • • 1.00
ft'rccl W. deRoc11cH1ont, Deor et. 1,00
lk. Herbert s. Jinytord, Clll'O I.ho
11111)11 & nowmn11 Co., Tol01lo,
Ohio ..•...••••••......•. 1 .00
r. T,. \V. lltnrston, 1020 South st 1.011
•.Jrs. J. l'. llurt, 300 li>Jlngt,o n
1;tr ect .........••.•.•..••.t.00
,li11s ('m·rlo Ji!. Mu,,,ridgo, tHO
J\fi,ldlo fjt rect . . • • . . . . . . • • 1.00
•frs. 'rrue J,, N1•r1·ls, 430 l\llcMlo
1;trcct • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • . J .00
,11-11. <1001·1,;o H. w1o1tt1cr, :tms
l\lltl<llo i,;t rent ..•.... , . . . . :1.00
llllss Ella F. Lowd, 3ri8 l'lcosant street •••••••••• , • • • • 1.00
~011s Fr1111cos s. Newton, H ,to
SoutJl 11treot •• , , ••. • •••••• 1.00
:\Jr11. E. W. Cull, 40 l'ark street 1.00
111'11.lm P. Onll, 2-l Eutaw ljtrE:et,
J ,ynn, llt1111s. • • . . . • . • . • • • • • 1.00
Ooor,;o II, J ,orc1, 311 l lltlllcr n,·o. l.00
Co••............•..••..• 1.00
.1 I•'l'lcncl from Hyo ••••.•• ., • • J .00
WIibur II. Shaw, !.!8 l'enhnllow
s treet • • . • • . . . • . . • . . . • .. • • 1.011
\\', G. Wli;gln, !.l/i2 Stato street l .Oo
,r. ll. l\1111•i,ton, l0i8 S011111 st. 1 .0 0
'il mon JC. SuncJ'I, 1:10:; South s t. J.00
\ Solcllc1••1,1 Willo,y • • • . . . . • • • J.0 11
\f1•s. 11. O. H oitt, rss lllgh s tr·eet 1.00
\lrs. lm'.1.abeth Jlnlller, Amesbury, Muss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
.r. S. noollttlc, 003 llro,Hl sh·eet 1.00
<::,nrles D. Prchlc•, J{lUery l't. 1.00
ll, M. Ak erma n , 000 State st. 1.0'\
I•'. A. Pnhncr, J{Hfcry, :u e. . • . . 1,00
.\ Pl'ic11cl , , , . , • • • • . • • • • . • • • l .00
llowc f'n ll, 732 South street • . l .00
Hrs. J o:,c•11h Fm,tcr, :30 :\lldtlle st l .00
I•'. D. 11.
l .OIJ
l•J. l'Cl'l'Y Slotld111·1l, HI lllnl'lcct
Sqmwo .................. J.O11
Un1•i1l Wllli11111s, 272 Cass S11rcct 1.00
:\In•. Oanlcl W. llatl;;e1·, Boy<I rel 1.011
\\'111111111 :\1. .\'c11'to11, 00 ll llghJun<I ,.,1 ,·t•ct . . . • . . . . . . . . . . l .00
:\l rs. \\'Jllin111 :\I, Xo1·to11, fl(l
lll g hlan tl i,tr cet. . . . • . . . . . . 1.00
I•:, \V. Tn•felhcn, 10;; Sou(h !.t l.00
,l m,l'ph I•', llel'l'y, ·111 I hll11 ~;10 11
htl'CC't . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
:\h•s.
street • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
l .00
t.00
:1.00
1 .00
.GO
1\11!, s Pearl U. Wc>od, 82 C11l>ot
lll1·cet .• , •.•..•• , ••••• , • •
,\ Solclkr'11 l\fotlH' r • • • • . • • • . •
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1,oui~ 1'. Cote, lnterun1 flovenuo
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lluy<le n \Vood, 82 C.il>ot
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1!1'\1'11 11 0 ull'lc-o ••• , ••••. , ,
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11111 Bovcmuo ofTlro •••.••• ••
l'i•lc•r A. l'auic, Jnl1•r1u11 H evl'II•
11 0 ofrtro ...........•.•..
Hnrry \V. Nt'lson, J11tc·r11:l) Ht•v•
en 110 ofl'lc•o .•.•••••..•.•••
:\fiduwt J{. l\l urn:uw, lnlf'1•1111I
B<•1·<'11110 olfl<'o .••••••••••
Phlll11 ,1. l\fc(lovc1·11, Jntc1•1111l
lt OVl'll116 ofl'll'e •••..•. , . , , ,
John ,J, l'crry, lnt r 1•n111 Hc1c11110
offfre ....••....•........
l\'011-u~cr, Jn tcrnul H1ive11110 of~C"t,
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n orothy Jlothvcll, ,I H
01·cl1111'd 1<1rcet
Soldiers• J•'rle 11cl •••• •
:\trs. \\'niter Brown, ,1:; l'J cuiu11t i,treot ..•..••........
:\lrs. 1•1·h,l'illn J,cwl11, !ICH \\'001J.
h111·y nvc•.....••........•
:\lr11. ('luu•le'I W. Chit-k, 0:1!) .Mnplcwootl 1wc. . . • • • . . . . . . . •
\'h•lnn (lalo,
l\l1111h•\\Cl<lll ave••..•.........••
:\11•s. \Villl11111 l'lc-rro, l{llt1•1·l
J1011ot, ' l\le. . ............ .
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.:w
Company Fund
May Reach $500
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Portsmouth pco1>lo have 1cs11ondcd
nobly to the n1111cal ror contrillullom,
lo tho com11nny fund for the
mouth boys In the Notional army and
It Is now ostrnred that the rnnd will
reach $600 after the 111·ococ1Js rro111
the lleneflt pe1·!ormanl'c to ho held al
the Ollllli>la Theatre on Sunday evening an<l tho <lance to be rontrlhuto,I
lly tho llloose Progressive committee
'his evening are received. l•'rom indivitlua\ conlrlbutions alone the runt!
ha~ now reachotl pracllcally $350.
Jr the $500 mork is
it
means
that
the
1Joyt1 al Ayo,·, ~lass, wlll recoivo $250
·uHI the memllors ol' tho local l'oast
.\rllllcry C'om11an)' will receive $:!50
as an addition to their comp~n>
rundii.
('1111trilrnl101111 will IH" n•N•lv1•1l al
rh o 'l'hm•~ on ko throni;hunt
I his -r-~_,,.,
WOO)( llllll It 111 ho1rnt1 that ev1•11 lilt
$600 mark will Ile JlUSHCtl.
'J'ho f nnd this nflernoon hat! reach.,d $344,00.
Now contributors aro as rollowo:
P reviously oclcnowle<lgecl ... $:l:rn.7:-. •t¥.;;:wiv::
~c,lllc ~r. 1''1etcher, W. R. C. .
LOU
iJarolll P, l~rlnk . . . . . . . , . .
I.Oi
C. L. W. :\farston ••••...•..
Kind1•rgartcn De11t.. :\l1;1hotlh1t Snnday School •••.••
�STATE BOARD MAKES
11 MOREfREVERSALS
ELEVEN MORE .
ARE REFUSED
EXEMPTION
The rnsrs pnssrd IIJ!Oll by lh<' !Joan!
J<•slrnlay
111 this <llst ri <'l werr:
ll<wl<in~ham co nntil'!l who hnd !Jeon
flow ard nurgl11, I !I l'rarl slrrel.
C'XC'tnfllPd rrom ,vnr se r vi rc by their
l'nrtRlllOll(h.
lontl ho:t rds had r rvP r i1a l i< mndr In
I rn llrowu, 14 07 l slinl,\lon
Thirty moro mC'n In Cnrro ll and
•.•,,,·ic,,,~,.....,
thC'i r raR<'R yrstrrday hy lil<' <llstricl
Portsmouth.
Alrred Gymnn, Reahrook.
llownnl T<>alnn, 8rnhrool<.
)lorvl11 C:ror·~e. 1,:a!ll l<ln~i<l<m.
•"'.·>•·,-,.,,...,,,..• hoard, 11 of tlH'lll hri11~ In this <lls•
Tltc•y 1\1"1' 110\\' ('f'TI lflPc]
in to
IIH' arm.r hut lltPy 111a) 1qqwal lo tho
r,ov,•rnor.
111 a ll cases in this division of
•n o,·kiugham clilltrl cl lho reversnls
,,·crC' 111:1<10 artrr diRrharr:r hY 1hr loral ho:ircl on c laim s11h111itlrd tts mar•
Thr aJJJ)eal to the clislri ct
-:•,,'lll!tc1,i:r:ahoanl was mncl r by /\UornPy .John I,.
.\ I il<-h el! rrpresenti11g Provost
sl:al Grneral Crowde r.
.\l oses I lo ward, (l recnl:11ul.
Charl es Bran, :-lPwton Junction.
Alfred .Jenkins, 320 Hanover strcr t,
Pnrlsmon th.
Howard !Jersey, :i :\l:111t1lng
Portsmouth.
JosC'J>h Cnrtr r, Plaistow.
Daniel ~lc)luster, 30 Pinc
)lnr-
Portsmouth.
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STATE BOARD REOPENS
SEVERAL ________
lOCAl_ CASES
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f,1•\t 1·:11
' '!l~P·:
in \\hi<'h 1hr ,li:,tri('I ,li,a•harr.r.
ho:t r<l h:is n'\ ,...,,.,cl 111,, t!N·isionq nf
111,, Jou·:tl ,,·ar hoard ill ~r:tnlit1!,, lhC'
<lhi·hnr:•,•s h1••·ausc nf <l<'IH'tHIC'nl!{, n:I
lh!' :tpttral of l 'nl\'o,:' lll arnhal U<-IH'r•
:ii t'r o,·: rl,•r, h:tv<' hPrn rrnprnrcl, an,!
hrr,n sr11I 1hr indiviclnal lhal
It<' h:ts h1•r11 rli ~<•h:11·I\<'cl allhou;·lt no
otn,•i:1 I 11111irr has IJl'l'II rPC'eivrcl II\
thr ln<·al hnnrcl in th<' rnsr.
Olliri~I nnlic'<' was rr<·Ci\'C';) ycsl<'r-
Tho local wn r board hns not as }"Ct
made tho selection of the next 30 men
to looxe here in tho third contingent
ot tho war draft on \Vednesdny next
owing to the failure oC the State
board to render eome d~lston on the
eeverol cases where men have a.pplled
for exeinptlon under the del)1!ndnt
rule.
The time Is so short and the heo.d~ay of tho loca l board is ohecked to
tho e,atent of picking the m en In regular order. The bon.rd ecnt a telegram to Gov.Keyes Thurs. stating the
facts as the)' existed. '!',hie n,eesa '°o
requested eomc J)rompt nctlon on ~he
pa.nt oC the eta.le board in order that
the dro.ft roon should have o.11
limo pos.,tbte •beforp Jro,·tng to
rnng-e their e.ffa.lre.
Late Thurs. tho board ,vas notl'flc9
that 11 who were a.!towed exemption
by the looo.l board had reversals mn,cio
In ,their CMCS -and WE'rO certtllcd tor
servleoe by the slate board after ot.'ho
appeal mado by the provost marsha,I
ge.neral. Tho cases p:u~sed upon a.re
as foUows:
H oward Durgin, 19 rear! et.,
mouth.
Ira Brown, 1408 Islington st., Porte.
8Pt h \\'. Tri ppr
of Porl i,rnon I It,
,:r:rntrd :1 •li~cl,arr,r a~ a m:1n-ir<I
111:111 hy thr lor•:11 ho:1rd. wan also <'"r.
liliP1I Into tho !H'l'l'i<·r hy 1hr cll!1lr i rt
hoarcl hy :i rl'vr•rs:1 I nt 1hr ,1r,•i!1lon.
mouth.
Alfred Qyman, Seabra.oolt.
Howard Eaton, Beolbroolc.
Marvin George, Ea.st Kingston. •
Moses Howard, Greenland.
II w1111ld fljl)t":11" lh:1I lhP 1111'll wou lcl IPH :tllll'':tl In fh<' r,t1\'<•r11or hafl hrc11
ho r• u•11I 11:illy di•wh:1n;<'cl hy llu• f.I:1I<' 1•r:111lrcl ar<'nrdi111: lo l1• IPr, ra111 fro11 1
hoa r,I.
I n on!' 1•:11:p not l1•p h:rn a I· 11 . I•:. 1111:1ha111I, ol!i,•I' 111111111;•r1· of I he
f"l':t<i_r
Local Board Wires Governor
of Conditions Today; One
Transfer Made.
Chnrlee Bean, New:ton, Jct.
Alrred Jenkins,
320
ortsmoU:tfl.
'
dislrlel ho:1r<I. rr<·<'IV<'d yrf.lCr<lay n.nd
loclay. Thi' nwss:1:,:r today f.nitl, • J
ha vr )"OIi r cli srha r;~r from 111 iii I :1 ry
Sl'l'\'il'c hy 1hr <lislrl cl ho:1nl." No
oflirial noli<·r h:1!< hrrn rel'rivC'd from
l!.1°1~",,',.•1,:. ,M\,~~-~., ,lny ·hy ltn J1•h ( '. Cray. run 11 ':Pl fol' l he' d ixt ri <'t hoanl hy I hr 1cH·a 1 hon r,1
<:n_v I•:. l';i,:w<•II of II ,\"<', Iha! \Ir. ('a'l
w<'ll'fl rasl' h111l hcPn rcoJlPll"<I :111<1
111 lhli1 <':IHI'.
A rn1111111111irnlton from
Mr. llua-
llt:tl. hr wonlcl 1111• :illowP<I to irnhmll ha11ct lo .Jntl1~r C:nJ)lill <•arrlt'!! lhr- i11,.,.•.-,.c·1.."",. r11 rl hrr pro or su pporliu~ h h; <·la.in, fornl:1 llou thal thf' rn~o of ~J ort'l:i
l or <Ii •·, harAC as thP only irn1111or l or ( Salclrn,
C'lniming <'xemptio11
as
an
~iiit~~~
a dr•lf•111lrnl wir<'. ('a~w!'ll, lhro11;.;11 alir•n, has heC'n l'<'OllCn<-d.
Ralclcn's
hi~ <·onn~rl. 11I1Iir•:1lr1l In the i.;o,,rrnor fir~l aI1pral lo thr dl::;lricl hoard wa.;
wh"n fir• wa:, nn'ifird lhal th<' cli~- not ~11~lai11NI an,I h<' wns rPrlific,, t
I r i•·I hn:t rel 11 acl l'l'Vrl'Sl'<I I h" <IN·i:<ion
hof h lh<' lor:1 I a11.I
of I h<' Inca I hon rel i11 ~iv Inc; him a
'~"'-11•;.,..
Hano,"Cr
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�fltitly ·Young Men from This. Division
Leave for C1mp· Devens With Cheer:~
Of Thousands Ringing in Their Ears:
()~ 'b
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George O. I lnl.l, Portsmouth.
Port11mouth and the Immediate
h:tlmund J. Goodneau, Plah1low.
vicinity were again called upon thlt1
Phineas L. lleedo, Plaistow.
morning to llld Gou spectl to the
Harold C. Walker, Portsmouth.
third increment to the Nalio11at Army
Louis H. Boyl, Newington.
when 30 more recrulls, one half from
Charles D. Harriman, Plaistow.
Portsmouth, lert here this morning
Phineas P. Coleman, Newlngto~,.
at 8.45 ror the training camp, Camp
Thomas l<'. Norton, Newmarket.
Devens, at Ayer, Mass. They were a
Daniel A. Mc:l[aster, Portsmouth.
flt, clean-cut looking llody or lloys,
After the roll call :llr. Marvin -sidtte equal or the other two little dre11sctl the boys briefly, telling thi!m
bands which preceded them and that the district was standing firmly
,'.•,.,/llit;»i.l have m11de so envl{lllle record in the llc,hlnd them secure in the knowledlgo
cam1> by their carnct;t attention to that they would prove a credit
their duties In tr> Ing to become elf!- tl,cmsolve11 and their people at home.
cient soldiers or tho Nalio11'11 i;reat Ill gave them their tlnaJ lnstrnctlons,
•a,.,a,,.....,.. De1nocratlc o.rmy.
infornting lhen1 that they \\ ere under
With weather contlitions ideal the 11,o commnntl or Mr. Sheehy just us
people in large numbers gathered much as though they had already
early at the court house, hundreds llccn accepted in the army and he
being there when the boys reported was their commanding officer apfor roll call at 7 o'clock.
pointed by the President. Shortly beThe rollowlng men answered to !'ore 8 o'clock they made their ap".'l!lilo>.- their names when called by Com- pearance on the stlfps of the court
mander Thomas Jl. Sheehy or New- house which was the signal tor hea.rty
t\elds, appointed in command of the a11plause by the hundreds crowding
detachment by the war board last.1the sidewalks and street. They were
evening:
formed in column or fours -at the
Morris Salden, Portsmouth.
rear or tbe line and the parade
Harold L. Dutton, Portsmouth.
moved -away immediately.
Charles A. Bean, Newton Jun~tion.
It is doubtful if a11 large a crowd
Joseph A. Sussman, Portsmouth. has ever jammed the Portsmouth
Orman n. Paul, Portsmouth.
titatlon or the Dostou & ?.falne RallThomas n. Sheehy, Nowllelds.
road. It Is conservatively estlm11tecl
Reuben :\lcl•'arlun,l, Porl~1no11th.
thut rully 3000 11ooplo were lu' 'aud
Thomas l•'. Keaveney, North Jla1np- allout the station.
ton.
With the departure o! this "secMarvin F. George, East Kingston. ontl forty", the third increment tro,u
;Moses Wetasslnn, Portsmouth.
Wis dh1tricl, the probable horr'ors,
na111h c.:. Alla111:1, Portsmouth.
heartache::1 and sorrows which will
Edmund llouchard, Newmarket.
fellow the l.lntry of these troops lnto ....,.,YR~
Oliver Morin, Newmarket.
actual hospitalities are brought close::~~•~=~
Owen M. O'Leary, Portsmouth.
to the people or the city, While de-r.... ,..-,...
Mahlon H. Anderson, East Kings parture or troops from Portsmouth
ton.
i~ not a novelty, Portsmouth sen,dlng
Ralph JI. Buswell, East Kingston. her share Into other recent wars,
Everett \V. Bennett, Greenland.
the Spanish-American war, the IsGuy A. Smith, Plaistow.
land Campaigns and the more reAlonzo Crowell, Portsmouth.
cent troubles on the Mexican BorSumner F. D81lnett, Portsmouth.
der, these troops were generalll' alLeo J. Turcotte, Newmarket.
l'eady enlisted men In the National
Alfred T, Jenkins, Jortsmoulh.
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�U 11:trcl or oll,ct· hra11chcR of l11c Rcrvll'P, whllo these ](•avl11g today nrc•
011r y<11111~ t'ill)\rns, <'ollllni; ft!! thcy
<lo rrom pC'n<•cf11J walks or life to ho
l11r11t'cl lulu soldierR with n r<•w
111011ths' intensi1e training 1rn<ll'r the
officr,·s or J\lllPrica11 n11<1
forcll\n
:u mi<•s II ho will lP:1ch them the new
trade to he follo11c•<I until the al111::
o[ the civilized worl<l nrn won or
lost.
The llltle detachment laclccd arms
n11<l 1111Horms but had C\'cry appearance or being soldiers to tho last
mnn; the citizen soldiers who have
always come lo time In the de[ensc
o( American right anr.J principles. ll
was tho departure or a part or our
(')tl7.Cnfl who hll\'(' IJC'en In tho city
I\IHI towns rur tho moRl part slnCP
ch I hi hoo<I, lorn a11 ay
rro111
th<'lr
hollll'!l and (riends, and II Is not to
br 11·01ulerC'<I al that
there
were
many eyes or a mother, sii;tcr, or
close friend dimmed with tear!!. nnt
ior tlH• most part it was a case of
··send me away with a smile" anti
the bo) s responded. with the same
kiurl or a brave smile.
Tl1e <lcmonstration at thr station
was lmprcssi\'(•, h11ndrrds crow1ling
,-Jo<.;e to the line after the !Ina! roll
rail lo shake the hant.l.s or the mPn.
Little time was lost and they wer"
soon In thc•ir rar which had bern r<'·
P<'rl'P<I !or them,
hundreds
lnlcr
bonrtllng the car for a final word or
rhrrr, Rpokrn generally on the parl
o/ thosr stnylng nt home with n husk;
\'()IC<> nlthough arcompanir<I wllh a
snille. 'J'h1• last of those r<'malnlng nl
111<• station as the train 11ulll'd out
wns I h<> 111 llo hllll () or the lloyfl of
'{; I who had actrd as nn escort of
honor.
Thf' streC'IR through
which
tho
boys J>USSP<I in the J)aracle was lined
with proplr who had t11n1cd out to
m•<• l hPm olT and the a]Jplause was
<'nnlin11ous trom the lime they lo[t
thr court house nnlil the parade hall·
NI at the railroad station.
Assistant :\1arshal Ducker was In
charge of the platoon or police
whlch included Officers Kelley, Conµvo, Philbrick, Murphy, McLean and
:,m,•rt, (oil owed by the Naval '"!;and,
'fho escon wa!I In commnad of •Mal'·
01· Ladd, with City r1orl( McDonough
at! his J)erapnal aid, followed by 0
1lt'lognl1011 from the Chamber or
Commerce and a large nnmbor of the•
r<'11resentalive business men and ell·
lzens.
Sen•ral members o[ Storer Post,
No. l, G. II. R., with their colors,
marched willt the boys or '1 7, fol
lowrd hy the members or the local
War board, Ceylon Spinney, chairman; William E. Marvin, clerk, and
llr. G!'orgo E. Pender.
Thr llnr was closed by tho little
bnnd o( recruits in column of
hea<le<I by Thomas Sheehy,
the colors being carried by
Adams of
Portsmouth
Marching with i\lr. Slleehy was his
second in command, Leo J. Turcotte of Newmarket.
The parade le[l the court house
promptly at 8 o'clock,
marching
through State lo :\liddle to Congress
lo i\Iarket square to Vaughan to
Deer street and then lo the railroad
i;talion where they were met by an
immrn!:I<' rrow<I who had asseml.Jled
lo R<'<' their departure. At the station tho final roll call was made by
Commander Sheehy, tho full in('rCment being found present. Daniel
J\. :lfc:\Iaster or Portsmouth,
the
Courlh alternate, was substituted in
place o[ Alfred T. Jenkins, who hat!
fnllo<I to report.
The trnln 1111IINI ont al 8.H. going
1Jy way of gJJping wherc tho lnrr<'•
mcnls from the other New Hampshire cities and towns were to be
mot, their special cars l.Jeing alached
lo this train. The train was due lo
arrive at Ayer Junction at 12.44 this
afternoon.
Contrarr to the arrangements In
tho de1>nrlure or the first two inc.remrnls this Increment will In a mcas11 re be In charge or uniformed ofrlcers
when they arrive at the
training
cam11. This was done because the entire lncrelnenl of 40 percent vf thE>
State's quota Is being sent on the
one day. :11ajor Arthur F. Cummings
o( Nashua mot the train at Epping
when the car from this city
joined to the train composed or
cars from' i\fanchester, Nashua, Strafrord county and the second. division
CJt Aocklngham county, Major Oeorge
W. Morrill of M1\llchester
havinll
1ncl the meu from the North Count "'
ind t)ie Merrimack Valley. Thore"ii:rf
· 4 51 men In the entire lnc.rement.
C. G. Robinson o<>-·v'
Gets Discharge
From The Army
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Clyde G. Robinson of this city, on•'
(If th<' rlenks
al the Portsmouth
Post olftce, has been
cllscharg~t.l.
from service In the National army
bccaui<c
Robinson l\'as ex:tmined some lime
hrransr hr rxprf'sSNI rxtrrmo wlllin~11rss lo hr nC<'PJll<'tl. llrr·n11Ro of
a !<lli;ht hrnrl tro11hl<'
the
lo<'al
board reccil·ed vermlssiou from Adjutant GenNal llowar<I to have his
case reop<>l1C' 'I and he was re-exam·
inecl ,t,)<iay by nrs. Pcndrr and Luce,
both declaring him unfit for service.
Tho local board has •been requestPd by the district board to send-to
Concord the medical certificates
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Hold All Day
Sewing Meeting~
The Inasmuch Circle of
Daughters o[ the North
sewing meelln"g yeslerchapel. 'l'ho
members
worked on p~jamas, surgical shirts
:lll<l bandaj\'l'H. II t. 110011 a
bnskct
lunch was 11artakcu of alltl hot cof-
or Jlhysical disability. J\lr.
ol
l'IJ candidates for the army who have
been rejected. This request will nP-c.
essitatc a groat amount or work on
I ho part of the local board members
a6 the rerliflcalos will all have to
he copie•d. J\lore than 200 men' were
rrjf'<'lcd by tho local
examining
ph yi.icinns.
�TO STARlAlRIVE fOR
CLUB fOR SOLDIERS
Chamber Of CommcrGc Asked Io Assist
In R~ising Portsmouth,s Allotmcnt
.\ new d, i\'e for ('Ol.l!l luudr;
lh"'lr 1•,·enllli;!l II hull
the)
throu1;lwut the countr) 11111 IJe ~t.1r1• Ayer" i;aid <'olonel !;to11tord.
eel ~ov. 6 to IO when nn effort will all know that the mayor or Lowell,
!Jo mail<' to Hecure, nt the s11i;g1•11tln,1 1·. h1•r1, h1111clrn1ls of our lJoy:1 l rom
or l 1 re11hh·nt \\.lh111n, at 1eu1>t $:I ror :-.u11 lhun1n1hlle and rrom all other
every man In the natlonlll service. 1,Ia<•ull, are flocldni; l'Uch cvenlni;, has
The rund will go to thu lJulldlng or nalrnll that a mllllary 1n·ovo:H i;111ard
dubs :rncl recreation ctmtcrs l"or the !Ju bent tl:cre to preserve order
It Is
men Ill the lralnlng camp!l, arrny :Cnow II that lil1uor lb being ,;olcl to
1,osts nnd o.t the rront-ln all prolM• tho :ioldlers and that women or IU0!le
Llllty-and the people arc urgt•d to moral:1 are there in grnut num'bers
.!IHI that condltlon11 OlllHlde the Cllll·
subscribe ce11<:!rout1ly.
The Portsmouth Chamber or Com- tonment In all directions aro
10erce has been nt1ked to set behind what they :.hould be. Our mt•n have
thl11 canwalgn to 1oecure thu allotm!!nt r;ot to hove rl'creatlon outside
for this district. The ('humbers or ('antonrnent In their h:l~ure hours,"
Commerce und the l,oards or trade in I the 111111,lre jawed fighlur went on,
the cities and towns or Nuw F.:nglnnrl "an1I ii good clean recreatiou ll!n't
have t,1-011 asked to con<lu1·t thtl driH•, 11ro1iclPd-ancl God k1101111 It's olmost
$700,000 bclni; the allotment for t!io entln•ly mhhlng now - the mun are
~----"4'i-Jl'II New England dllltrlct.
Thu allotmout 1>ou11tl to drift, u~ llwy nro now d,rl1L•
tor the Portsmouth district hus not ir.g Into nearby cities where vlce and
)el been announced but will be In h11uor aboundi;.
the nulghborhood or $1000.
'"'fhCbC two club h0UllCS are going
"Club houses are badly needed and to b<• ju!lt the thlugs that are needed
the two that have been started In and the sooner that they are built
Ayer by the War Camp Commnnlly nnd e1111if)J1Cd the sooner we am go1.-u11d 11 o all hope will b0 tollowod !Jy Ing to cease worrying where tho men
others," declared Lieut. Col. I~. W. are at nli;ht. Provide them
with
Stopford, the oll'lccr who Is directing clubs and make them feel, as they
the training or New Hampshire's men will reel, that these clubs are• "their
o·· the New England National army own' and they arn glng to BllW In
.11 C'u11111 Oeven!l, and who, w llb otlwr Ayer "
urmy officers has tear that unless
The remarks ~ere made during the
.,.~~;;,11 wholesome recreation on a lur.i;e • ceremony or breaking ground ror the
st'ale nt ,\yer Is Im med lately on crud $50,000 club houlle 11 hlch tho War
to the men that they will 1111 tlw l'u11111 Community Fund Is building
r11m1> with disease as tho roi;ult r,f 011 the• shores of Robbins pond Ju,t
, !sit» to l'ilies nearby w h1•re vlco outside or the camp. Still auothor Is
abounds.
being erected on We~l street In the
"The men have 110 place to spo,Hl heart of the town or Ayc>r.
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Planning for O,\
Speakers on
Patriots' Day
The 11uei;tio11 or speakers for the
)lrOP0bed Palrlot11 Day to be helcl ill
Portsmouth on Oct. 18 In the l'orlbmoulh thcatro WllS dlscustled al a
Meeting of the commllteo In charge
a' city hall rest<,rday afternoon. The
names or several men or national
reputation were presented lo bo de•
clded u11011 by a 1111eclal committee, U.
s Senators Lodi;e or ~lasbachusetts
und 1101111:1 or New Hampshire, Rep•
resentalive !llltchell Palmer or l'ennsylvanln, Secretary or War Dnker,
und Seactary Daniels being among
those sngi;ested.
A sp,•aker 1or tho Jle1I Cross
also bo present to be 11olectcd by a
committee composed or ~I is:1 Gooding
and ~lrs. Gustave Peyser
!lfa)Or Ladd, ns chairman or
g&neral commlllee a-ppolnted Henry
n. Tilton, Thomas F. l•'lanagan and
It'. C. Homlck members or tho
gram committee.
Sailors Enjoy ,i)'
Furlough Dinner
A "furloug11 dinner"' was enJoyotl
last evening al the Y. M. C. A. by
t 6 men of thll U, S. S. Montana, who
lived so rar uway that during their
res11lto from their duties they could
not go to their homes. It WllK tho
inst <lay of their furlough and
to
hrlng II lltl le oxt rn cheer to
this ro11ast was served.
Mrs. Alfred C 1,;stcs and Mrs. William M. Forgrave were In chari;o .,r
the arrangements and tho dinner wnH
served down stairs.
The enlh1te,I
men present re11resented 14 stuteu
one.I nil certainly a1>proclnlod
the r.. ~..........
hosplln llty extondod.
oJ. °\
to Ensig
Rnt11h :-.tcDonald, ~on or Mr an I
Mrs. George McDonald or this city!
1as been 11romoted to tho ranl1 01 unlgn In tho navy. Ensign :-.11"1>onalcl
was until recently, a, chief quarter•
master on the U. tS. •s. IIaJcyon.
�board as married men, Martin an
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•.-.- ----ISTRICT BOARD WORK
LOOKED AFTER BY AN
'~OffICE___MANAGER"
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Cook Admits that State Board
meets Scldom---fivc LoG~I Cases
Reopened
fl't_'A!,:~IChairman
were held, appea,Iing :to the
dist rlct board over this ruling. De•
nplte the ract that Governor Keyes
has st!\ted t_hat the cases are reopened llhe district board Insists that all
cnsEis are settled.
'))\ H F.I> IOROSS
O·
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womc.
The ncd ('ross meeting WR!! hchl
Mo1nday · nt the old Court IJouse on
Court street and a. good number c,f
wo1rkers were 11resenl. Many of the
school t'hlldren ont or school hours
are now engaged lu lrnlttlng seven
lnc-h squares or swpater wool ror th!'
Rel'I Cross. Thes!' squares will Inter
be crocheted together nt hc-ndqunrten~ and mnde lnlo blankets or <'OV•
erimgs for hosJ)ltal 1111pplles lo 11<>
sent abroad. An apJ)eal Is made lo
tho,se who clo not lrnlt l.rnt who havr
this swc-aler wool In any quantity
011 hnnd. however small, to donate
it 110 the- local branch of the Rccl
Cross, this wool to be used In themaking of thesr co,mn11nltr squares.
Ch llclren who have not yet learned
to knit could easily begin hy rna,klng
theiso Rq11ares for the Red Cross and
lhlls be doing a bit or patriotic service-. 'rhr s11n11res are made of all
color11 nncl hltR or left ovor 11wrater
he 11110<1 to ndvnn·tngo In
The mixn1> between the records of !two hoards. but no one of lhcse ,,ue~the district bo11rd ancl the local war tiflns ii! nns,,·crcd.
board for this dlslrlct i!I far Crom set- J>!aln!I 11hr immen•,f' ar101111I of work
l:'!-l.~~ill lfr•cl nnd thr• rPr<'lpl oi ic•ll"rH, !CIC'• hcfon• thr ofllrf' fnrrf' of !hi' cll•lrirl
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A'rllllll! and lel<•phono meHsai;eR l!ince honrcl llllcl al!!Cl lha I lllllllY or lhf' l'!l ·
Raturday rnnke this far
from llf'n! whlrh mnHI h<' 1.l1:11Nl hy lhf'
clear as to the standing of several clerk or the board arr sent lo him
cascH. t~lvc of the men 011 ithe lii:t by mall for ·his signature, then re·
rall<'d Joclay for servicc, lo leave malled to the district board berore
he-re \\'e'.lnesday morning at 8 _4 ;;, are being acted upon or malled to the lo·
in the do11blful <'lass and unlc-ss cal boa rd ·
In ia leLter <latNI Friclny, Sept. 28,
!:Omethlng is done in thc-ir cases bo
Governor Keyes informecl the local
fore- !i o'<'lock tomorrow afternoon
board that scven CM~s alrC'ally Sf'lThree Important lectures, of Inter•
they will be In the army and then
tled by the district hoard hod b!'~n
e:st to the women or the community
nothing bnt the war depantment can
reopened by him on a11peals. The
)\'ho are· coopenrling · wllb the govmove !hem out.
Moses Howard of
ern.menl In the campaign to conserve
IJCsJ)ilP the action or Governor! nrst Included
the, Nation's food· supply, · will be
lCeyes in these cases the d~strict Greenland, Gay E. Caswell of Rye,
.John J. Martin or Portsmo11th. Mor-.
given this week under the auspices
board lnsinls that ~ II Portsmouth carls Salden of Port:rn1011th, Orman
or tho local food cons·ervatlon com••e!! but one are completely settled
R. Paul or Portsmon4h ancl otherc;.
mlUee. The meetings · are open to
and that w•here no record has been
The Jetter was mailccl at Concord on
the,
public and the com1nlttec urges
offlcially n!cclved by the local board
Sort. 2!1 at 1.:io o'clock a11cl wa-i
all women lnlerestccl In the move•
from the- district b'oarcl the local
hoard Is to assume that lhc men aro rrcelvecl here this morning 11fl<'r thn
ment lo make an effort to attend.
cc-rill0<'d Into th<' :irmy.
liflt of lho rail hacl hN•u mnc!I' 011!.
.'.rho first mooting will be held at
Arrorcllng to the Jornl board 11 lot• With the c-vldrncc- ovl'r thr gov<lrthE1 Mission Chapel on Bartlett
nor'fl Rli::nnturr ,1 hnt thP. r:i'1C'!I W!'ff'
i;tr,r,nt 'thursday afternoon at 2.30
l<'r r<'<'!'lv!'cl trom nr. George Cook or
Concord, chairman or the district rcnJ)cnrcl on Frlclny, th<' dlstric•t
and the Roco111\ \viii be h~ld In !he
bo~rcl has :w1mrently not tal<en any
evonlng at 7.30 at tbe
boarcl, shows an odd stat" of affairs.
admitting that. the clislr;ct bonrd sits notice of this for on Saturday artersch100I.
vcry
seldom.
The
cl I s tr I ct noon about 3.30 :\fr. Husband in
On Friday evening a third meeting
hoard Is compOsNl of men from di!· formed the local boar,! by telegra))h,
will be he\cl at the High school.
Inter by telephone ,that all cases in
'rhe speaker at all three meetings
ferent JJnrls of the ntate and In his the district were settled and those
wil I be Miss Emerson, who bas been
Jr! tcr Dr. ('ook says thnt he goes to :1ot officially discharged already by
cl et.ailed to this service by the na• 11,:,-;,,1,,·,,@
the hoard office occar.ionally 'but ls the district bonrcl were to be connot there all th<' time." The letter !l.J. sldered by the local board .as cerllso staled that "we have an efficient ' fled for service.
office manager" who looks after all
Caswell, Marlin, Paul and Sa.Iden
detail!!.
·
are officially called by the local
The letter sent to tho local board board to report for duty tomorro.v
by Dr. Cook was In answer to a afternoon for transJ)ortation to Camp
letter from tho local board asking '.\ Oevens, with Howard on the list as '"°~"••Mr
n11111hor or spocinc qtteRillons relating
an alternate. Jloward, Cn!!well nnd
to d lfforonces In tho records of the Paul were discharged by the local R,;,;,-.~li'~
Lt~ctures For
oJi 1--'\ tocal Women
�1FOOD PLEDGE WEEK
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WILL OPEN OCT. 21l
Acknowledge
Receipt of
Company Fund
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Tho rood pJedgo weol< cumpalgn he-11;1~1 lt1 lho i.;roal conscrvallon work.
The bO) II of tho old l sl com ))all\.
gins In Now llu111pshlre, as in Lho
Tho chu rches haYC already r•a;:,.; 11. l!. A., or this city, now the !>th
nation, on Oct. 21. All lhe cnor;;y s1,onded lo Lile appeal for help an 4
company, U. S. N. G., C. A. C., i11
of lhe Federal Food Administration fraternal orgJnizalioni;, aoclollea an. it
training at Camv Devens, Ayer, Mass
of the granite stale Is IJclng 1Jcvolcd clubs have also got tho apirlt a n.d
th r,iugh thoir company commander,
lo porfoctlng Lho local orgaulzntlou jol11cd the 1·,1nks or tho coni;orva tlo,n
Capt. Cl:1r1)ncc I'. J101lwcll or 1'ortsund 11rovldl11g 11 11tro11g ,hncl,grnnud army. Valuublo 1111bllclly will aluo
111011th, hn1•0 ai:knowlod~l' cl tho rcof 1w11ular t1011tlmonl r11vor11lilo tu Lh•) hu i;al11c1l thro111,h tho moving piec·l.lpt of the dl11.cmi' contrlb11tlo11 to
vigorous 11ros.icutlou or thl:1 week uf turo:1. It 1:1 hopc1I lhat no ngoncy for
tho company fund 111 IL letter rccclvc!I
Intense campnigniui; for un tncreas - pulJllcity will IJo missecl in order 1to
IJ) :llayor Samuel T. r,alld \ai;t evencd number of household meml>crs in show the ))eople of New Ham1ishl:re
The Jcller follows:
the Jloover organization.
tho vital necc:isily of enlisting, durHis IJonor, the lllayor or
New Hampshire realizes thal then' Ing lho week or Oct. 21, every hou ■ e
the City or Portsmouth.
must be more than war munitions i ,1 hold In this i,rogram of conservation
Your teller of the 3rd,
Lhe hands we stretch across tho sea. and sulii.;lllutlon.
with enclosed check ror
The Cl\uso or democracy must be tell
The cause or rood conservatl1m
$277 received and In behalf
as well as nrmcd, anti It ts only offers to every American citizen a.
of the Company I wish to
through co1111ervul1011 u1HI su 1Jstlt11- chance to r ender patriolic service
Lhank )Oil and the citizens
t!on t hat we shall be alJle Lo share Lhnl doc11 nol entail a sacrifice ain1l
of Portsmoulh for tho same.
our normal supply of vital rood il Is unhcllcvalJlc that any
This money will be depositstuffs, such as wheal, sugar, mcati; Hampshire man, woman or
ed In lhe l<_.,irst Nnlional
woulcl full to render such 11orvl1:e.
und dairy 11rociucls, wllh the nallons
Bank and ui,ed as t,ecom es
numlJored among our Allies.
necc11sary for the com fort of
Cooperating with tho Admlnlslra•
the members of this comlion In this KtUto ill tho Now IIHIH P·
11any.
shire branch or Lho Women'u ('011111'1\
\Vo note what you !!UY l11
regard to sweaters, helor Na tlonal Defense. In fact, lh Is organization, headed by Mrs. lllary I.
mels, etc. and they will be
gratefully received by the
Wood, Is sup11 \ylng the workers- tho
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members of the Company.
women who will make the house io
Again thanking you,
1ouse canvas In every city, town untl
CLARENCF. P. BODWELL,
village for the purpose or onllstin:.:
Captain, U. S. N. G
every household in this wondor!ul
Tho cltlzene or Porlsmouth wlll IJe
Camp Devens,
rnm11algn of conservallon. AlrcaclY
Ayer, Mass.
some 4 0,000 pledges hnve been secur- ci.llcd upou Wednesday to pay tribute
Oct. 9, 191 7.
ed and It will IJe necessary to secure to tho "second !orly" recruils from
60,000 more It New Hampshire con- lhls district, the third increment or
tinues to hold lho high 11laco which the district's quota or men to the
It has always held among tho 11atri- new national army who are to ),eave
otlc stales of tho b':ast. No stone will here In the morning.
They will report at the war b,oard
be left unturned IJY Fcc\eral 1roocl Acloffice
at 5 o'clock Tuesday at'ternoon
L•,,s:;.c•'- mlnlstrator Spaulding, to secure for
this valiant corvs or workers a pro1,- tor their Instructions and will bc1 ener and filling background or scnti- tertained in the evening or Commierce
Harr y T. ,vendell was again given etjl!.R<.:tYr
Portsmoulh Chamber or Comll!lerce
a discharge from military service by ~"-~""""'-'
at
a
luncheon
at
the
Army
and·
Navy
The newsp:111crs have Ileen a>1kl'1\
U,c local exemption board whon on
tir.t,'J?:Ji.,,. tO cooperate l,y giving full publlcltr. a1;socialio11 home on Daniel street.
Saturday
Liley considered his secontl
The retail stores or Lhe citlc11 ar•; ,, 11u1Jllc reception will be held at 8
claim for exemplion made on the
o'clock
to
which
the
general
1ru1Jllc
already prominently dtsvlaylng po:it•
g1 ounds or being a municipal officor,
ers which have !Jeon dlstrllJulocl IJy will IJo made welcome, short :talks
n member or tho Portsmouth Cily
David K Murphy of Concord, the re• and addresses to be made IJy M.ayor
Council. Tho claim 11111\ proof wer e ~r,--:,s;; ....,.ir.
Lall merchant rc11rcsenlallvc.
Soon Ladd, President Sise of Lhe Cha1011Jer
filed on Friday and tho volo tatcon
t he town and country stores wlll ho o! Commerce, officer:; or the arm)r and
late Satur day artornoon. The nocosnaV)'
and
others.
supplied with the same posters ancl.
'fhe plans al present call for a citIn t ho course of a short tlmo, It Is
~oped that another window poster izens' escort to the station rron1 the
calling particular attention to Now court house on Wetlnes<lay mo,~nini;
H'ampshlro·s 11art In the cam11aign to be headed by the muyor andl city
will be distr ibuted oYer lho entire
officials, a band, and the men in the
Increment. Additional plans for their
The schools or lhe granite slate
euterlainment will be announced as
responded inslanlly to the a1>111•,1l
for cooperation, and shorlly there....,_ __
will IJc dislr11Jutcd to the toucher:,
, .. , ,,.,.,,",..,. • pa111phlets from
which valual>lc les0
sons wlll be laught to the little folk~. ~~;.,:,.;,r~Ji.~);,:./s
These lessons will be taken from t.h•i
schools Into the homes and lh 116
many families will be Induced to a~-
Plan Sendoff
For Men Going
To Camp neve:ns
Exempted As
City Ofticial
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�ng R OU d go In tho packal![which wlll not keep frt•sh, rrom
the time or 11acklng unlll Ch ri stmas.
Dried rrull11 a111I other Crull pro<lucts
should be 11ncked In 11m1tll tin or
wooden bnXl'S, one quule r to one
half pountl slzll. llanl cand)', Including chocolate, "ould 11rol>ahty be 11arr
In tin Coll or hM\'Y card board, hut
no !loft chocolaton nor anything that
l'OUI<! J>osslhly br. cr1111hod ghoulrl be
use!!, &!I thr. olhl'r contenh of the
11nckn~c might ho 1111olled thereby.
For " ' rapping the glfl11 u•P. a khaki
C'Oloretl handkr.rchlef. 27
1111uarr., an1I !orm thl' base of th,~
1•ncket by pll\clng on the center of
the handkerchief a plc>C'e o r writing
Jlllf)er l\hOlfl 7 hy 10 lnche!I, llarn
tho outslclr. wrn11111'r or hC!I\VY llglrl
hro\\·n manllh .,aper nncl tlo securely
with rr1I. green or gill C'or,t.
Amon~ the arllclc11 sugget1te<l ror
tho Chrl11tmns 1111ckl't11 ure tho follO\\'•
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LOCAL WAR BOARD.
.CALLS THIRTY MORE
. _.,_.;MElf"l(t:.tnE COLORS
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Increment Will Report at 5
O'GloGk Tomorrow Aftflrnoon and
Writing 111\11!'r pnd. on\·eloJ1!'11, pcn-
Leave Wednesday
Thi!! morning lhl' lol'al war boar1J
h,llued ll e call lo lho colo rll or thl•
dlalrlct'a "second 4 0 111•r c<'nt" :io
men, t o report to t 1e local hoard at
6 o'clock tomorrow 111ornl11g, 1>n'111\red to leave l'oruunout I for Camp
Ul'ven11 o.l 8.46 o'clock. In the list
are lleveral men
hbtP. C311<',S have
not been definitely actt11•tl by lhe district board, but thf' local board hall
n<• altern ative than to 11 raw them aR
they bad been certlflc>cl hy lhn dlstrlrt
boa rd and no order.
dlccharglng
' IIR, 11ostal!I, tonk (In pa11e r cover'I)
Bverc>lt W. Bennett, Greenl:rnd.
Our A Smith, Plalsto-,.•.
Al onzo N. Crowell, Portsmouth.
Sumner F, Denn<'ll, Portsmouth
Leo J . 'I'u::-C'otle, Nowmnrknt.
.\Urf'd T • .lenklnt, P ortsmouth .
Geor&e D. Hatt, Portsmouth.
Wlllll lladtfly Hoyt, Nowln1ttou.
Edmund J . Good roan, Plal1tow.
l'bl uoae L. Decile, Plaistow.
Haro ld L. \\''liker
AlteruRt<'!I.
Phlnoas Plr,er Coleman,
Newlng-
thl'm or holcllng t hem havo lwen rn- ton.
cel•ed
Daniel A . McMastor, Port11mouth.
or tho 30 m!'n 14 a11• from Port3 •
J ohn J. Mo ran, Portsmouth,
mouth, n,·e frort J>lat~to,·., three
Ray 11. Fos", Rye.
hom Newmnrket, two rrom fi:ast
MosN1 A . Howard, Green land.
Kln,:!lton, and one earh from :,:1,".
Joae11h E. Pnrk!I, Stratha m.
lngton, N1•wton Juncllon, ltll', North
Hampton, Orl'<'nlanll n111I N1>wllclds.
Thi' folio,, Ing la tho list of men
call eel:
;\lorrl11 Raldf'n, Porltlmouth
llnrold I,. nutlon, l'ort11rnouth.
CIHlrle'I \ J)l'tl.n, Nf'•~ ton Jurrtlon,
Jo11C1ph A. RUl\!111)(\1\, P ortsmouth.
Ormnn It. 1'11111, Portsmouth.
Thomall n. Rhl'ehy, NC1Wfi1'ld11.
ltf'11h!>11 :\l cFarland, Port11mouth.
Thomu F. K1>aveny, North llam11•
ton .
,\ larvln Fills George, J-:ast K lngstc,n ,
;\IOSPS \hlll Ian, Portsmouth.
Gl\y F.. Caswell, Hye.
John J \lnrtln, 1'11rt11mouth.
ltl\lph (L /\clam!!, Port1111w11fh.
JoNl'jlh \\'. ('artrr, l'll\llltO\\ ,
1-:clmuncl llouchnrd, Newmark11t.
Ollvc>r \lorln, Newmarkf't.
o , en :\tericllth • O'Le:irr, Portsmouth.
\lahlon II. \nder on, Phlsto-,.
tllllph 11. Du111vell, l~a11l IClngMton.
Gifts tor Men
in the Service
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Tho local bmnch or tho Red CroJs
In lln<' with all others I!! plnnnlni;
lo aert.l l'hr1M 111n11 ,:Hts to men In
the SPT\'lc(', for by thl\t tlml'! the l'nlt1'!(1 Stntes wlll ha\'e 111oro than 1,000,·
0U0
men u111lcr arms awl It
•eema every one '11111 be cai;rr to hf'IJ>
In gl\'ing them ('hrl!!lma!I cheer. :o;o
mattrr how g,-11rro1111 a 11111111ly of
i;lft11 110m1• oC the mf'n mar r ecelv.rrom families a111I frlc11 1Js, It 111 bellr.,·Nl that nil llNI ('rO~!I mr.mher~
will ll'&nt to nnllc In ""ntllng lo 1•ar.h
man n Chrl!!lmn!I 11nckct filled \\Ith
gooll thing!! and ,:ood will.
In order that tho men ml\Y be
equally r1•111f'mhr.re1: an,l )<'l that
thcrr m • be a 11lculng variety In
llw 1·011t<'ttt11, numerous R11ggc:;l!ou•1 I
are made
,rrnp book, homl' mnclc>, conlalnlnir
goo<! 11hort storr. joke11, etc, kntr,•
such llll floy Seoul!! use, mirror, steel
hnndkerchlors, khaki-colored, neck:
tic•, mouth organ, presenod ginger,
snlte,I nul11, prunl's, n,;a, dates, ral'I·
ln!I, hard ean,h·. choC'olata In tin roll,
llcorlcr., "l{at< h tho J<ah1cr" 1rnzzle
aud other n11 chl\nlcal 11uzzles.
Tho local branch will receive dlrcc•
1lon!I from the Dlvl~lon l\ta1\l\gcr11 r.11
lo tho dnle!I whrn pn cket11 11hould bo
11hl1111cd to Fr:IJ\cn ancl al110 as to tho
<lat es ,,.. hen those lnten,le,t for lh!>
home cantonment" 11houltl be ready
for dl11trlbullon. The post offiro omclnl11 have given out warning that
!lackagos for France must be> malled
before NO\', 1r., ltl'1l Cro11s memher,
11houl,t brrome enth1111lasllc In th l,i
• movflment ti' provltlo Chrlstma11
dic>er [or mru of the army nn,l navy.
111 thl11 work th!\ lqc:11 branch or tho
Hl'll ('ros~ \\ Ill n\l\ke 1\ll l'SPl'Cinl effort to r4•a r h mnny loclll enllsle<I
nu•n who h:nr rntNccl the service
sin, 1• ,,ar wal! ,trrlllro<l.
Munc>y for these ('hrl11tma11 girt
for thn enllst•·tl meu 111 not lo bo t nkt•n from tlw lll'tl C:ros!I fnncls but
r.nsh nn,I ,::lfl~ 11hnul,t bl' contrlbulNI
ror thl11 1111crlnc 1111r-
�READY FOR START OF
PATRIOTIC LEAGU
Tho Juul Jonos houso ha11 I.Jeon
put ln oxcollont condition nml everything Is ln readlnes11 ror the openln!:(
>t the homo for tho Girls' Patriotic
Longuo which 1\111 begin active work
on Thursday nftornoon whon the
house will !Jc 01wncd ror rei;lstration.
This II Ill extend 01•er l•'rlday nml
Saturday wllh tho hours from 3 to
10 p. m. An a1>11oal Is made for
uolh women und i;lrlt; to vli;it tho
homo on these <lay11 nnd teachers in
the dirtcrcnt d~11urt:mcntb 11l!1 be
much noclle1l. All thoso who aro
willing to give their services tlhoulfl
_,.,.,,...let this IJo known.
Mills :\lary Ingalls of Uo11ton, a
graduate of Wollesley collc;;e, who
has been assigned manni;or or the
club, hns taken 111) her rcsid<'nce ut
homo. Sho will 01111tnd 11lanu or tho
lou;;ue.
The largest room on tho fi rst floor
of this Colonial mansion has been
fitted up for social gatherings, another ror a reco1Hlon room, and an
office and r,heck room arc on tho
first floor. The second floor will bo
11vln1t nncl work rooms.
'l'hroui;h th,1 Navy tiorvice, rorrnor
Jy tho Navy Leuguo, yams will !Je
11ocure<1 ror lrnltllng for tho 11allors,
us the lensuu Is ronnded for war servlco. Thero nro many women nnd
glrlt; In this city who arc willing nncl
11nxions to 11,1 somo work of n 11ntrlulic uaturc and would do their bl(
could they h:1d the 01111ortunlly. Tbe
girls or tho Jeaguo will knit and
make surgical dresslui;s. An enlisted
man from lhc ua1y yard will drill
tho 111en1bcr.:1 nud ln11truction II Ill also I.lo gl1cn the girl11 in 1''lr11t Aid
und liomo Nursiug- by a person competcnt to tench in this line. Besides
the very dl'llnlle ar nctll'itles there
will '1ic class~.; in cooking, folk <lanclng, dress making 011 well as
matlc ancl singing de11artments.
Tho Girl:.' Patriotir Loaguo ls n
lmwch or th.i 110~1011 ori;anlzatlon
an,! thoro arc several branches lu
Now Engl,111<1. One large orgnnlz.ilion ha11 been perfectod at .\ycr and
tho idea will be carried nil ovor the
country. Mrs. Darrell Wendell Is the
honorary president of lhe local
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LOCAL··LIBERTY· LOAN
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TOTAL .OVER $400,000
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P ortaro ou t h now appears to have
s tr uck her str ide lu tbo secon d Llb'.lrtr Lonn campa ign and In the past 24
(business) hours more t ha n $90,000
bas been subscribed, bringing the total t o over $• 00,000. T.he bank s reported t his a fter noon that today had
been one of the busiest since the
campaign was ln Cull swing and it ls
now assu r ed that the city II Ill easily
reach Its m inimum allotmen t or
$700,000, althou gh t he committee ie
still fairly confldunt that the city will
live up t o Its r eputation and come
close lo touching the maximum,
which wa s placed al $1,163,000.
The subscriptions are still lar g.:ily
comi ng from the Individual In $50
and $100 bonds with t he large firms
and busi ness lnatll utlons doing thei r
() VJ I '1.."\-'
T he wor kmen or the
na v y yarcl are closer to thei r mar k,
wl1lch was set at $200,000, than !111
the city, the r epo r t r ecol veu .at the
First National Dank this noon brln!~lng t heir t otal up to $168,000, only
$32,000 short or their aims, and with
the r e mainder or the week to work ..
In the cam paign !or the first L ibe r ty L oan the last week was the
greatest and tile Inst three d a ys ,:ir
th a t week brought In nearly one-ll fllh
of the tota l su bscrlptlon with a good
part or t his percentage coming In on
the last day up to noon.
T he general committee !or Porltsmouth In charge or the canwalgn Is
working steadily with t he Idea or g1!tling at least t he mlnh_n um nllotment
anbscrl bed before noo n on Wednesday,
Eight Certified
by State Board
This morning the local war board
tor this dh;trict rocelved a list of
oh;ht names rrom tho dh;lrkt t.,oanl
cortl(ying the mon into tho army.
'I hat the n•cords or tho district boar,1
am not y1il t-tralght le shown l.,y the
I act that th re~ or the men on thll
lhst huvo nlrea<ly IJC'en ccrtiflecl vY
11,u dlstrirt board recently and 0110
or the men is already In ~raining at
C'am1i Devens, leaving hero with the
"llrst forty", tho second lncrt• mont
10 be sent from this district to Urn
training cam1>.
Charles Colgate Smith ot
mouth ls already at Cnm1> Devens but
his name was includoll ln the lh;t receil'ed today.
Holand 0. Olis or
Nowlielcls w~s alao lnchuletl In the
lint allho111,h he wall namecl nK on•'
or the alternates In the laRt Increment. Patrick J. Regan of l'ort,;mouth, lncludccl In today'll list ns
certified, has boen ,·ertllied by tile
dl!'trlct board on two previous ol'ca-
alons,
nc~pllo tho met that tho tlh;trlct
boar d has re1>enlcdiy atllrmod that
all Portsmou~h district coses bad
been cleaned up the following were
certified by ,the district board In today's list for the first tlme,-Willlam
c·. Raymond of Portsmouth. E,lwanl
c. Hicks or Portsmouth, Ralph K
Clark of l'lnistow, William K Neal
of Newmarket and Ralph 'l'. \Varel
of Portsmouth. These name11 wPr<'
certified up to tho district board hy
tho Jocnl board on Sept. 10, 19, anil
21.
The Navy Department,
the acting shotl 11111ll'rinlendent of th!'
local navy yarcl, ha11 requostco that
the examination for military Rcrvl,·c
of Her bert A. She1>oru of Clarkstown, Mich., bo transferred frc,•u hi;,
local board to tho local board for thli;
tlistrlcl. Mr. Shoperd Is a machinist
ask oxem 11Uon on those
Local Boy on
()di_,~ ~i~J!ansport
John Berry, well known
srlor tlng circles, hos enlh;tctl as J
ward room cook on the America, a
rormer Interned German stou111shi11,
\I ldch Is to do trans1iort dul)'. l3err~
is one or the best bowler11 In thiH seclton and pitched In the Sunset lcaguv
l 11:0 yon rs n~o.
Alt Hl V,oJB 8.\l~J~l ,Y ,
l '-'- \"'
----JI on. and Mrs. John W. l~mery
hav e ' rQcclvcd work o f tho 11aro arr ival In Fr.ance or their aon, Dalley
V. Emo •
�CAMPAIGN IS STARTED
j
i\lthou~h startin g a few days b<'· s1·con,I loan Is $800,000;
W.lrf8c~• hind many r;ccllous or New England n,ore than was subscribed [or the
It I!! held by bank o!Tlclals and oth- first bond Issue, but the offlcials are
confident that the city will live up
ers th at l'orlsmouth will do her share
tt, its re11utallon and that the al•
fo the second Lllierty Loan bond lsl{,tmcnt wil l be largely oversubscrlbr~uc and the campaign will be handled cu. The allotment for New England
111 a 1;ysl<'matic n1annor by a generai' itl $000,000,000, This Is the thlrrt
committee or 200 who will Ulld!'r- largest allotment In tho country an,J
take the task of seeing that Ports- e\'Cry city and town Is expected to
mou th [ully iiubsc;·ilies her allotment de Its full share.
o: $800,000. At a mcotin~ held last
Rolicrt A. Waters, a representative
<O\l•nin~ al the city hall )layor Ladd of Lce-lligginson Company of Bos~;~~~al named John I<. Oates, president of tc;n, was present at the meeting and
l,
the J?irst National Dank; Col. John addressed the assemblage, oulllnlng
L'•'"'"'..,..,.. Tl. Barllclt, and !•'red :'If. Sise, 1ires- s0me o[ the 11la11s ,yhlch are being
ldcnl or the Chamlicr of Commerce followed \n other sections o! New
a e, a C'Orumltteo to select the mcm- gnglancl.
-Hl!•.-.'1ifll lberRhlp o[ the general cornmlttcc.
The members
Tho 111rcting was called hy :'llayor named last evening have already
Ladd to discuss way!! and means o r starlcd work In lho campaign, posl•
the pro1>osNl rampaign following the ers being placed about the city to'l"eport of :llr. Bates who attenclccl day and a meeting held this after•
llho ml'ctlngs held Inst ,,•ep!r and ca riv noon will draft the names of the men
thl!l W<'Ck in Boi;tou when represor~- who will comprise the general comtati\•cs from all scctlonl! or Now Elng- mlttce.
land ·wero in conference wilh the
•Officials at the several banks reNc•w l•;n~lancl PulJllc Sn[oty commit• port that applications rot the new
lee ~,l thF Invitation or the governor bonds are already coming In a lar"'E'
0
of th e r'Cl1era! ncscn-e Dank.
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number having boon received
Port!11nouth'u allotment of tho! ear,ly as last Monday morning.
Y.O('TOBElt G. 1!)17.
!Jc drilling condnctncl by
;=:.::.:=============:::-;:I from the navy yard, also <:lasses In
First Aid and Home Nursing.
Besides these very definite war activities, classes In cooking, folk dancing and dressmaking are t,elr.g organized aii welt as dramatic and
singing depart men ts.
It Is •hoped that the ntrlR of PortRmou th will fePI that tJ1e .John Paul
The Girls' Patriotic League of Jones House ls a plat'C where they
Portsmouth, the first o( its sort to ran come at any time for any sort
bo organized In New Hampshire, will of work or recreation in which they
01,en next Thursday, Oct. 11, In the He Interested. The omclals of lbe
o!d John Paul Jones Ilouso at the :<>ague want It to bo the girls' ho~se
ccrncr or :lllddle and Stute street!!. :wd wi.nt them to feel that nil to!~very girl in Porlsmouth, 12 years gC;ther they are going to do solue
o!' age or ol'er, Is Invited to join l'E-:llly patriotic work this winter. In
the league. n<'glstrallon will take order to do this lhP league needs the
J)lace on 'l'hurr,tlay, J<'rltlay and Sat- Interest and help or <'very person lu
1mlay afternoons and evenings. The Portsmoullt and Is making a strong
membership fee is 25 cents and each appeal for women to help the girls In
girl who joins receives a pin, a white their work and to teach the classes.
.·=·=''"""" star on a bluo and reel background. The women are asked lo como to thfl
The five points of the star stand for ·1011sc on registration days or at any
the five Ideals of the league: 01itim- other time and register their ser"'•'"""'.. ..,,. Ism, Patriotism, Sympathy, Loyalty, vices or if they -cannot do thl!I come
Efficiency and Befog One's Best and see what the league Is trying to
do.
Seif.
Patriotic Girls'
League Starts
Next Week
'l'he league is 'founded for war se
knitting a
tocal Youth ·
Arrives Home
from Franee
Lucius Ellsworth Thayer reached
homo today, ha,·lng arrived a~ an
American port on Friday on a
F'rench liner. His coming was unexpected to his family, as his cablegram, announcing his changod pll'ne
flllled to get th rough. He nJs !JP.Oil
Im the American Field 5ervlce to'r
four and n halt months, being In
Section Sanltnlvc, Unit 68, attachE>d
to the 'Firth Army or the North of
F'ranco, holding a sector In Cham..
pague, with tho unit headquarters
four miles rrom the demolished
cathedral of Rheims. ·
His return is a source ot great
p,err,onal disappointment and 1s clue
to ·the fact that 1.ho United States
a:rmy has taken over tho American
F'olcl Service.
Thayer flllecl out his enlistment
p1~1iers for lhc new service, but he
was rejE>cled by the examining boar\]
on account of his reet.
T•he ~king over of the ~ervlco
1111s resulted In the disruption of
tvvo highly organized ancl
bodies of 'YOung Amer icans for
w,hose work the French solcllcrs nl•
,~re Discharged
from Service
Gay E. Caswe!i, Seth W.
John J. Marlin, Moses A. Howard,
Daniel A. McMaster have been discharged by the district board
mllllary service, the prope~ papers
being received by the local board this
morning. This makes the third set
cf papers to be sent In these eases bt
tlhe district b.oard, the t wo former sets
having been wrong.
Clock Reache~
~ \}J>i:')125,000 Mark
The 1,lberly Loan clock on
s,qnurc stood at approximately tlu~
$ t 2!i,OOO mnrk at noon today. Thiq
1~1 a gain or $Gr;,ooo over yesterday
n1ncl it i1i1ows !!:O<>d work on th<' pa.rt
0 1r those In charge or tho campaign In
this cltr.
�ASK GENERAL SUPPORT
Of NEW. LIBERTY LOAN
Prominent Mcn Spc3k at Meeting Held
in PiflrGe Half in Inttrtsts ol
. Campaign
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non. James 0. Lyford of Concord,
New Hampshire bank commlsslO)ler,
r•"--'- t1:o principal speaker at a meetin;;
-held last evening in Pierce hall 1<>
1>romote Interest in the Liberty Loan
th
campaign under t he auspices or
o
locall Liber ty Loan committee so.Id
th at Portsmouth, partly because or
th
her Increased prosperity due to
e
gre~t amount of work at the navy
yar cl caused by the war, should easily
subscr ibe its allotment to the loan
a,1d should largely over-subscribe It,
as was done ln the ft'rst campaign.
Mr. Lyford sald that Portsmouth
h ad prospered in a greater measi:re
t,y the war than any other city in the
slate with the possible exception of
:Manchester, which, through her !urge
n:111s has been awarded some valuable
army contracts.
Other speakers at the meeting were
c'llayor Samuel T. Ladd, who ()resiclell, Rev. L. H. Thayer, D. W. Bactger,
"Dill" Reed, former Harvard fo<?tball st ar a nd coach, Col. John I I.
Dartlett, and John K. Bates.
The band from the U. S. S. Monti:na opened the evening with a short
concert In ";-.1arket square ancl later
rendered several numbers In the hall.
Motion ptc'tures of tho review or the
.Atlo.ntlc fleet In New York' harbor by
President WIison wore also shown,
adding a jlatrlotlc touch to the meutiog.
One big point brought out by the
tnllcs was tho fact that Portsmou th
was not taking hold of this bond Is8118 as It did on the first issue anJ
the en'ort w!IJ be made by the com1Litteo to speed u1> subscriptions.
· Mr. Lyford presented a number of
new facts In connection wl~h the
value or the loan, Its worth from a
})nlrlotlc standpoint, and the method
ot taking up the bonds from current
ei,rnlngs rather than from i1avlngs.
· Ho urged that JlCOple taking out
bMldS do so from their earnings as a
'duty and not withdraw from their
savings accounts money that is al-
rrady bei~g used to produce some in:come.
Ile also pointed to the fact that an
efrort was being made to have subllcrlbers taking bon1s on a partial
payment plan to make their paymenti,
within three months rather than at
$ l a week on $60 bonds as was followed In the tlrst lni;tance.
Col. Lyford delivered a very convlncing and Interesting address on
the value of the bond as an investment, paying 4 %: with the entire goyernmont of tho United States !lS its
surety making It one of the safest Investments which could be ~ecured Im
the country today. In addition lo its
value as a i;at'e Investment, he said, It
was the duty or e·,ery cllizcn to take
up as much of the Joan as ho was
able to carry in order to back up the
men of the country who are daily
going O\'Crijeas to fight for the per-pctual ion 01 .l.me1 ican jlrinci11fes anoCI
to mak o th o countr) :incl the wor~cl a
:1ar,, Jllacc In which to live.
\Tnyoi· Ladd 01n•n 1cd the ineoling as
tho presiding officer :rnd said th11t
through talks wllil the bank officials
ill the city ho wa~ convfn'ced that
Portsmouth was not at present doing
her share In the Joan. He said that
hu hoi\cd T'ort:1niouth citizens would
rome to time and largely over-subsuibo hei· allotment of $800,000, addiug that he had perfect faith in
Portsmouth that she would do so.
• l•'ollowlng Col. Lyford Mayor Ladd
11,troducecl the Rev. L. H. Thayer, D.
D., as the third speaker.,· Dr. Thaym
said tbat he did not ·.· consider that
any man purchasing · a bond of thlis
loan was making any great sacrifice
as his money was only being loaned
t,, the government at a rate or lnte1:est higher than he would receive rr,,111
the average savings bank, makin1, .It
01:e of the sarest and best paying Invet;tments possible.
He urg~d th.c
people to take up tho loan as theiir
one means or doing their duty and
helping to l\ght the world battl.e
against mllltary rule and despoti11m.
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Dr. Thayer called attention to tho
fact th at d u,lng the first three years
ot tho war It was the fleets or Great
Drltain and France which had protected the United States from the awful ravages of war and he asked them
to picture the rate of this countn·
Hhould E:ngland nnd l"rnnce be doft.ated on tho Western front and
then Britain's great naval fleet be
wiped out. The success of the Liberty Joan, he said, would hel1> prevent this happening.
\
WiJJiam ("D!IJ") Reed, former
Harvard football star and .coach,_ was
presented nttcr Dr. Thayer.
Mr.
llee!d ts• giving up his entire limo to
tho Liberty Loan campaign with the
llllme energy which ho dlspl,ayed for
years on the gridiron.
In his opinion, he said, it
simply a question or whether the
pco1>le of the United States , wan t ed
tl> back up President Wilson in his
statement that this war was ,a battlet.:i~'~
for the liberty of the world.
He
oi,ened by stating that everybody
who subscribes to a Liberty
was going to get full value for his
money and was not making any great
si:crlll'Co In following only what was
his duty.
. He quoted Dr. Hillis In calllng attentlon to some of the cruelties and
atrocities followed by the German
armlo~ as proved by sworn stater.ients and photographs secured by
Dr. Hillis In his two .years spent In
the war zone. He also said that there
were but two ways In which a gove~nment could' raise money, through
a loan or by taxation. If the Liberty t :'tiil!."1.">"'I'.
Loan failed, he said, 'the money must
'Jc secured by direct taxes which
must !>e paid by the people so that
tl.e greater success gained by the
1,,an tho less taxes will i>e levied.
Col. Bartlett was called to address
the meeting, but said he would make
n<. lengthy talk owing to the lateness of the hour. He asked that :'\fr.
Bates might t-ako his time and give
a bri1,! outline of the plan 1adopted
b\' the committee tor the. hanpllng of
tiie loan in Portsmquth. Mr. Dates,
chairman or the Jo.cal Liberty Loan
committee, said that no_one plan had
been adop.ted In sUPJJQi-~ or .!he cam,algn but that t he several sub-com1mittees were working out ,the questlon in various ways, each handling
.the problem as they thought· best. He
announcecl that an effort was helng
n~ade Lo secure Senator Hollls to acldress Lho navy yard workmen at the
vard on the bond Issue early next
;veek.
'fhe last speaker of the
was D. ,v. Badger who said
duty every man owoo the coun0118
try was to possess one or more Liherty bonds and he could not see how
any man could justify himself in not
owning one or these bonds of the
secoiid Liberty Loan.
�INSTALL HONOR ROLL
Al HAVEN SCHOOL
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An honor roll or lhe Haven scnool will follow. In a number of other
boys, who have joined the colors has c.ill<'s honor rolls are placed in a con(:,!,;·,,~~,~~ been 11laced by the pupils in the hall- I sr,lc11011s place in the school buildings
way of the school.
1\J!d churches are falling into line in
The names appearing on the roll this resper,t also, some not only havare:
Ing the honor roll, but a "service
Hal1ih Adams, Cleveland Caswell, flag," showing how many of the men
ll1ty ('nRw<'II, Omor Coml'au, Christo-I of tho church havo bcl'n "callocl t.o
i ,.:y,J.-~4:1',;■ ()h<'r ('onion, Paul Conover,
Law- the colors." Pastors 1u1tl parishes in
renco Dow, John IJowd, Harris gm- some cities nre showing these men
ory,. Roy Harmon, :'llilledge Lee, Em- t~e appreciation of their patriotism
erson :'lllles, Hanis :M orrill, Ar thur by following them u1> with church
l'atch, Charles Pearson, Perley Quim- calendars week!}·, with cards, cheery
by, Louis Snroli, George Wendell.
notes and round robin letters, all to
It Is certainly to the crehlt of lh\3 show that the church is back of the
Haven school to have such an honor members who answered• their counroll and no doubt other local schools I try's call.
Much Interest in·_·
Patriotic League
otA- ,I'll ·'1
The Girls' Patriotic League, an organization which ex1leCtR to do able
"ork along patriotic lines, started Its
registration 011 Thursday afternoon,
contlnning on Friday and this after1:oon bet\veen the hours from 3 p, m.
to 10 p. m.
The opening day ga\·e promise of
much interest in the organization and
although the weather was stormy i:
good number or women and girls visited the historic Paul Jones House,
which will bo the homo or the Lc11gue
at!d many registered, '.\llss .Mary P
Ingalls, executive socrelnry or the or
gnnlzntlon being In charge or th
work ancl actives will start next week.
:'lluch time wlll be devoted at first
to war relief work such as knitting
articles for the comfort or the enlisted men. Classes in surgical dressings
nncl First Aid will soon be formed,
al!,o affairs ot a social nature will be
planned for tho club members. The
home is to be in the nature or a club
house for the girls and It Is hoped
t!ley will reel f;•cc:> to come and go
there.
The home will be OPP.ll this after-
TENDER RECEPTION°'TO
DRAFTED ~MEN TONIGHT 201 Girls .Join
noon anrl evening from 3
o·i,lock thnt all who wish may have
n chance to register.'
I
This arternoon at 5 o'clock 36 men tel, taking dinner tonight and break-
will report to the local war board, fast tomorrow morning there.
30 rccruils and six alternates, for
Tonight the boys will be
tho
transfer lo Camp Devens for train- guests of the cltlzous, tho Chambc~
Ing In the national army. Thirty or! of Commerce having made nrrangcl!icm will leave here at 8,45 tomor-1 menls for a luncheon at the ar~1y
rnw morning over tho Doston and and Navy association building at 7
~lalne to Ayer, ~lass., where they o'clock and a public reception will
will be examined by the army phys!- follow at 8 o'clock to which the gen~luns before they are finally accetpcd oral public ls invited.
In tho army.
Tomorrow morning the citizens nre
Tho war board today received from roc1uestecl to ai1scmb le at ll,10 Court
tho aclhllanl ge1ll'rnl tho arm IJands Ilouao on Slate street to take 11art In
wh !ch the boys will wear, n green the demonstration and to act as an
"N, II," on a wide white IJackground escort in tho parade which will be
to designate that they arc a part of hold, the recruits forming a part, in
the New Hampshire contingent. They I moving from the court house to tho
will also wear tho cardboard
tngl r.lntlon. Tho parade wlll bo hcadecl
hl'arlng lhr• seal or the stale and the by •a platoon o[ police, a band, the
officlal atamp or tho loca1· board.
mayor and other city oITlcials, repArrangements have been made by rcscnlalives of se\·eral of tho clubs,
lho war board to lodge the men over the recruits nnd citizens. The orders
11l~ht at the Army and Navy assocla-1 call for the recruits to report to the
lion home on Daniel street nncl tI!ey j war board (or llnnl instructl~ns at
,,, Ill be boarded at the Kcarsarge Ho- 7 o'clock.
I
i
Patriotic League
ov,
15'
The Girls'
Patriotic ½eague
ready -bids fair to be a flourishing
organwatlon and In the throe days
ror r egistration last week 201 visited the Paul Jones House to join t ho
'League. On Frldny nnd Sntnr dl\y
aQtarnoons tea was served to all
visitors.
'l'he Homo was opened yesterday
nnd about 4 O girls were present ancl
enjoyed social chats and the good
cheer the house a rrords. 1t Is expected the membership will grow
daily and much wll\ later be accomplished by the League.
W ll, L CO.STINUB SO('U TS.
o~ .1s-
A1thoui;h lhe recreation tent
the Y. i\1. C. A. gnrdcn J1as been
taken down social affairs for the
tenlistecl men will C<lntlnue to •be
held In tho Y. J\1. C. A. building,
somr sort or 1111 l'nt<>rlnlnment \Jelng
held f.everal limps l'SCh WPOk.
'l'hls evening: a social hour will
be held for tho men in the service
and hot chocolate will be ser ved.
�ER. TUESDAY.OCTOnEn
PLANS· COMPLETE fOR
LIBERTY LOAN DAY
Band Concert And Speeches Will fea-turc Big Out-Door M~~ting Tomorrow
Portsmouth la llflproach lng Its
minimum murk l11 the Liberty Loan
<lrlve a11<1 at noon toclay tho HnhHrrl;>lions for the ,llstrlct had totalh.11
~450,000. While the Liberty Loan
cornmllteo Is pleased that ti1e suhu~rlptlons are beginning to be tukc11
up with more rupl<llty that during I ht>
llrst few days of the campaign th•~Y
•·rel thu.l there 111 still a wide opvo~tunlty to have even more speed shown
and that It Is the moral duty, r.::1
i>Cll n11 patriotic duty, of every man,
11 oman ancl chllcl to take as
large•
amount or the bonds as they can car-
idly from 1.:io o"<:loek until the 'c: ro 8t 1
u' tlw 1111188 lll(H!llug at tho Y . .\1. l:.
A In the ovonlug.
The 1,IIJcrty Loan committee Is unx-lorn~ q1at Wctlnesclay will he the !Jan••
nt!r day in the drive and that tho ont••
o:·-town visilors who ure rightly :n,
tl:ls <listrlc:l an<I have uol ycl mad~,
their ,rnbsc:rlption 8 to tho loan, willl
do so 1,t thut time. lllankll for ap-pllcallons will be available at all ol'
lhe banks whlc:h havo agreed to n~main 011enl hroughout the aflernoorn
1111lll (i o'clock ror this oiui )lurposc.
'l'he uotctl war picture '"Three Bil -ry.
I lion In Thrne Weeks" will be !lhown1
Tomorrow, In accordance with tho l\!'ternoon ancl evculng at both I h'!•
Y. M. <\C. A. Tent
'
Ji~~- Taken'
0
Tho ·,volnntcor committee .which
has !Jeon In -charge ot the recreallon
tent at the Y. M. C. A. during the
summer and fall has concluded ltti
work ror the season and today the
tent Is ·being taken down and will bc.l
stored until needed
again
nexl
spring. The flooring or tlie te;i t will
remain. 'fho work ot this committee
or volunteers In •general· eharge or
Mrs. Darrett Wendell and Mr. Wetzel
was most praiseworthy, the members
giving both money and mu'ch of their
time to this patriotic service. Hundreds or enlisted men have enjoyed
the free entertainments, dances and
lunches here during tlui season and
much appreciated the hOSllltality.
Tho ·Fellowshlp lunches will ,he
served each Sunday evening at the Y.
M. C. A. to the enlisted men and be
in charge of different local organizntlons. The lunch tomorrow eventng will be In charge of ,the board
ot directors of the Y. M. C'. A., the
Woman's Auxiliary assistln•g .
Although the work ot the volunteer committee has concluded, plans
for the entertainment
of the ·enlisted
0
men will stlll go on and entertainments and sor.la l affai rs will be given
each week for men of the army
procla1111ttlon IHl!II0d hy
i'roslclent ( olo11iul and 01) lll)lia Theatrns, tlH!••rn•a•v•y•·-- - - - - - - - - - -- \Vllsou, will be Llherly Loun day l'l<'lure having IJCell !:iCCllf(,tl l,y th(!t
throughout the country uncl lh:i! .\!lied Thcutr1is Corn11a11y for this,
~
l'ortsmonth committee have made ox- S!Jcclal occasion.
tc.n,;ivo })Inns for a tolling driv.!.
Booths will IJe provided in i;evcr:il
There will be an "exhibition drill on jJlaces In the city at which up11licaCongress street In the early aftor- tion blanks for su1Jscri1>tlons may :rn
noon by a crack company or plckntl 1;c,c11rnd, these in addllion Lo the supmen from Fort Constllntlon ,lad ply on hand at the several banks. T:i
tl•ronghont the afternoon a military f,1rther ronvenlonre peoplt, who .,rn
bnnd wlli present a concert prugra1:,. unable to get down town dnrlni;- t!lc
Short open-air addresses wlll bed<.· regular banking hours the banks have
I.)
·-livered during the afternoon in vari- agreed to remain open from 7 to !)
William F. Cronin of this city Ir.
ous ))laces in the city by the 11,>n c.'clock on Thursday, Friday and S.iithe first Portsmouth boy training
•.\rthur :\lorrlll, SJ)Cnker of the >I. · 11. urclay for tho receipt or :1111,liculions
I\ ltl1 the national army at Camp DevHouse of Representatives; Naval Con- ,or bonds.
eus to be re-commen ded for a comt1tructor R. P. Schlabach, lJ. S. N.,
The program In this c:lty will he
mission and he will join the officers'
shop 1;uper lntendent or the
l'ort:i- BlC\rted at 2 o'clock with a band co11:"aining class nt the camp to be opmonth navy yard; and Dr. Cla·ts cert by lhe ll. S. S. :\fontana band
e1-ed iu January for three months' InOland t will nlso speak at the IJ!g or,d tho drill by the soldiers from
tensive training.
rHnrned to the United States afl!lr Port Constllullon will IJo held al 2 .30.
Cronin dlt.tlngulshcll himself early
18 months work with the Y. :\1. C. A. lmmodlately following the several
i'n tho prison camps In Germany. Dr. speakers wil l address the meeting nt the camp by the remarkable manOluudt will also speak at the hlg f1 om a raised platform near the ban,1 uer In which he succeeded in un lout!log a n artlllljl"Y train In three hours
public meeting to be held at tho Y. i,lantl ancl the commiltee express aswhen the officers were satisfied that
:\1. C. A. at 7.30 In tho evening.
&11ra111•e that Lhey will have a me~there
was a week's work In the job.
One of the ""war features" In co11- i;age or the greatest Interest to dellvCronin Is at present ht sergeant of
necllon with the campaign will 1Jc Er to the citizens of tho city.
the war-balloon ascension at the na,·y
Dr..John II. Neal spoke tor the C. Battery, 303d U. S. heavy artillery and was one of the four to leave
:;5,rd which will be easily visible from Portsmouth Chamber or Commerce at
for
the training camp In the first ~on11:1 secllons of the city. The time
the loca l theatres on :\lon<lay aftnrtinge11t
from this d istrict. He spout
these several features will be an- iwou and el'enlng clurlng tho lntertl:e week-end in Portsmouth with !ifs
nt1unced by J)~stors thi_s afternoon
mission of the show. lie delivered a
u r.cle an d aunt, Mr . an d
evening, but 1t Is the mtentton or tho i;l,ort. but stir;·ing talk on why evcr.,·I
Murphy Of Chapel street.
confti11ttee to have things move rap- hndy shonltl own a bond.
TOBER 22.
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f>17.
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William Cronin
I~ Rer 01n1nended
./f For Co1nmission
vfl
aad:
'
�Portsmouth Boys
DISCHARGES ARE
Bound For France
NOT CORRECT
c~-\.\-'~•S\The following Jetter bas been received Crom P rivate Ray Caswell, U.
S A., a member of the former 1st
Uo., C. A. C., who Is now "somewhere In tho Soullt" waiting to be
transported across the ocean to deft'llll the honor of Old Glory on ·the
blood stained \Jatllellelds or France.
g(lllor of lhe 'l'lmes:J uRl a wqrd to the Portsmouth peoJJI0 from some home town boys. \Ve
were once members of the old Coast
Artillery Company of Portsmouth. We
were called out AJJril l :i. to answer
tho call tu the colors and we are
some of the youngest of Portsmouth's
young men. The company was first
sent lo the northern part of New
llarnpshlro and Vermont
bridges. Then we came
were stationed at Old Fort Stark.·
Tho company had \Je,· n at the for t
about two months when one day a
request camo for volunteers. Nine
Portsmouth boys volunteered for the
Heavy Field Artillery and left all of
our friends \Johlnds. ·we were sent
to Boxford, i\lass., to join our battery.
\\'n r,imnln1id tilero ahoul a month
:111<1 the ]Jaltery moved soon after:
Tho rompany wag going one \VeclneRday and Tuesday night we got Into
an automobile and went 1101110 to
sE>e our folks and say goodbye heforo we left In tho journey towards
Thero is no town like our home
town and wo all wish wo were back
In lhc old COJlll)any to 500 the smile
on the face of our old first scrgE>ant.
Scrp;l. A. L. McCaffcry, when he gave
t111 "kitchen police" for a. few days
for "jumping the fence."
Now we are al he shipping
aud cxµecL lo leave very soon
F'ranro so wo bid all our Portsmouth
fri<'lldf! p;oodhye until we come home
agnlu. So goodbyo, good luck ancl
<loci bless you, J'orlsmouth till we
meet again.
Rcmembranrcs Crom R. G. Caswell,
F. n. Iloill, W. R. Parks, J. Mahoney, .T. Kelleher, C. Conlon, W. Holland, G. n. Tibbetts and C. Berry.
GAY G. CASWELL.
J>Hll , l, l ~G UNDER N A\'Au
OFFICElt.
The G iris' Patrlo.ic League In this
city has now reached a membership
or more ihnu 300, a record that Is encoumging lo tho officers and organ11.orA, co11Ahlf'rl11p; lhal It le but two
weeks old )~IISl&'n Madill, u. s. N.,
Is in chargo o[ the drilling and the
rirln arc fJhowlng a great Interest ln
tho work which accounts for their ex-
The local war hontd rcceiv~d 10,lay
lho o'11rial dischargE>s of the meu for•
rnorly c~crtiOed h/ thl' district hoaril
In reversal of tho decision ot the lo
c:il board iu lhcir cMeil on thn ,le
))Cndency g round. They arc .Joseph
W. Carl<'r of l'lais tow, itosc>s A.
flown.rd of Orecnlnntl, John .T. J\lnr
tin or l'orlsmoulh, Giiy g, l'a!lWl'll of
Ryo, Alfred N. Gynan and llowar<1
A. Eaton, both of Seabrook. The dis
carges are uot correct, however, ancl
will hi' rclnrne,1 by the local board le
lhc stale board al Concor<l, for rorrecUon. They were delayed In lransportation having been malled to the,
local board al Exeter and returned
lo Concord for correct address.
In the certificates of discharge Is•
sued by the district In these cases:
all stale that the action or the local'
board Is reverr.ed and the men arE?
discharged.
Jn reality, the district·
board is reversing Its first clecislo1:1
as In each of the six casl's the men
were discharged hy the local hoard ,
'an1\ thE>ir casns reopPned through aJl•·
peal lo l ho ~ovornor.
Peter Kusulls, l r11nllfl'rrecl to lh<'
jnris<llrtiou of the lorn! horLr<l \Jy lo-cal board for division 1. City of J'as•saic, N..T., wai, examined IJY l he local
board tocl:\Y, filing rl:.dm ror exemption as a resident alien. The claim
was granted ..
ChnrlE>s JT. Will<'Y of Ossipee,
transfE>rred u ncler section 1 G oC th<'
regulations, was ex:>.min<'d this mornIng and acce]lled as 1ihysically fi l
ror service. lie is a workman at th,e
navy yard and the certili<"ation or hi s
physical examination ·has b<'<'ll forwarded to the local board for Carroll county.
O, l 3
oca ·, qmen
Support Food
Pledge Work
Food Pledge Week, Oct. 28
Nov. 4, will bo waged with
In this oily, as well as all
places
throughout tho count ry when ' it 1£
planned to enroll the women or tlw
nation in a mighty army to fight tor
the cause of food
conservation
Those who pledge are not sup.\;osed
lo go hungry, rather they are to
eat J)lenty, 'but wisely and wit.bout
waste, thus saving 1Cor themselves ur
well as for our armies and allies:
There are many women In this
city who signed 1ihe Hoover pledg~
ca rd early In the summer when canvasser s In the Interest of the cam•
palgn called at their homes..
'
These car.;s were signed '1)6' the
1
housewife, and returned to t1ie dis•
trlbuter and largely attractive window ·cards have \Jcen received by tht>
signers to pl:ice jn a window of thelr
home,'. slgn'ifying that lhe housewHr
is helping Mr. Hoover In · his grea1
lnsk. Mnny of lhcso rood pledgl'
cards 1may now bo seen In the win dows or local homes.
With the window card each wo
man who Is given a pledge card re
reives what Is c:illed a "Home Card"
to hang up In her kitchen. ' Thi!
card tells what women are asked tr
<lo for their country and lioW' to de
it. It tell!f why lhe allles depen<l
'ln America for food as never befor,?
ancl \V'hy we lnust send ,them Ii1ore
wheat, meat, butter and sugar. The
er.rd also tells what each woman
can do In the way or food conservation to help win this war.
·
1
Rejecte~
'by
-$ ' .
Prison Camp:s oc1· :~j Arn1y Surgeons
• I
Harold Dutton of this city, who
Two opportunities will -be had ,by
·went fo the ·Nat_ional Army canton•
Portsmouth peo,ple to hear of· the
;mcnt at Ayer, .Mass., with the last
work of the Y. M. C. A. In the prls1ncrement from this district, hali
on camps In Germany when D'r . lbeen rejected; bl'. thE? army surgeons
Claus Cialndt ~/Peaks here 1to~10:i-~
at the. camp because ~f defective
row. Ile will address tbe meeting ·to
eyesltpt. ' • · · '•
be ,hel<I In connection with t he Ll'b· . .
-1111a.,.____________
erty lLoan campaign and In the evo•~- AT CAl\fP M EAD E.
enlng will S'()eak extensively on lhe
Gilbert B. Posey of this city has
work at a prnbllc meeting to be held t;een nnally accepted In the national
at Association Jiall! Y. M. C. .A. army an(! Is In training at Camp
building.
Meade, Washington, D. C. He was
Dr. Clandl has lately r etur ned to transferred by the local board to the
this country after spending sever'a l local board ·for division 1, district cf
mont11 9 a t work in tbe various Our- \Vnshlngton, D. c. · Posey counts to
the credit of this district as one member or the quota.
1
�LIBERTY LOAN--MEETING
HELD t AT PEIRCE- HAU
Because ot the disagreeable weather tho ela:boratoly !)lanned exertCl~es tor !Liberty Day In this city
l1Ad •a t the last moment to l>o greatly ,notll'fied, the exercises
holng
tl'ansftlrred to Pierce Hall apd n
number or ltho features were cl!::1<:ar<led. While the sudden rain and
cold •prevented the large attendance
which ha$ 'been expected the audi.ence w-as enthusiastic and attentive
to ,the speakers, who brought a message that was hardly poslble to Ignore.
The meeting was opened by selec-
lions by the ,U. S. ' S. Mon:tana 1b1m d,
an organization whi clt· ls •fast 'g81\ulng an envhtl>le reputation in the
city. ,,
•Mayor Samuel T. Ladd rorme1\ly
011enod the mooting with a 11hort 11\(\·
dress in which ho outlined t he object and he 1ntroduced the speakers
in their order, Hon. Arthur Mor r-Lil,
::1peaker ot the N. H. House or Rep,resentaltlves, Na.val
Construeto.r
Schlabach, U. S. N., and Dr. Cliu1s
Olandt, lately ·r eturned from
J8
1nont'hs' worlywlth the Y. M. C.
in the J)rison camps in Germany.
'IME~. MONDAY. OCTOllEll 2D. 1017.
ASKED TO RAISE FUND
fOR COMMUNITY CLUB
I
In the attemi>t lo ralso ';'° $700,-, l'ortsmonth Is now supporting ~l Y.
000 fund in New England for th.! M. C. A. whi ch has heen turned c,ver
Community Cnnw fund a. representa- uy lhe lo<:al org'laniiation to
live of tho or~anlzatlon was here r.rUly
Y. M. ('. A. Portsmouth has
this morning In consnltation •wiU1 built and i:$ conducting
Secretary fl-aker or the Chamber or meusuro the Al'tny nncl
<.:0111•111er,cP. 'l'lie
work is nation- soclatlon l>uildlt1.g which takes tile
wide In !ls plan~ wlti<'h inc:luclln;{ 1ilace of any onter.prl,;e the propc)sed
tho erection and malntalnance or rune! could clo hero. neslclc1; thet"O I!>
supt.able community houses
ancl the Y. M. C. A. hut at the ha1rbor
clu,bs tor the enlisted men or ti1c forts.
army and navy at
the trainin;,
In .view of this work,
camps. The org1a11lzat1on has the to the fact that the .citizens
approval ot President Wilson, It ls rcs1io1Hled In a more than noLlc
C!\almed, and the chamuors or com- f11shlo11 to tho ~wo Liberty Loans, the
mprco and boards or trades In , all Heel ~l"OMK, tho ramp runc111 ror the>
c!tles and towns in tho country urt' men of the Nalionul army and !lh!
being asked to conduct the can,- National Gnurd, and numerous oth11algn.
er war c harity enter1irlses,
The plans or tho C-0111.munlty Camp folt that the citizens cannot
organization Include the kind
of care of much more at tho present.
work now being done by the Y. l\l.
The ,matter has not been finaliy
C. A. except on a. larger scale an,! decided by the Chamber of C:omlhey hol)e to raise at this time sni- merce and will be presented to the
flclent money to take care of this board, ot directors for a.ction th!'>
work for at least one year. rrhe al- week. The field reµresentutive of the
lotment assessed for this city is camuaign, working from Washing$960 and the campaign week is ton through the Boston headquarfrom Nov. 5 to 10.
ters, stated this morning that he ha:!
As Port1nnouth is already doing a visited every city and town In New
great work along these Jines it Is Hampshire of over 1,000 popula.Uon
1teld by many that the city should I and that the work will be undertakhe exempt from thls particular fu111: en In each.
I
Lieut. Booma
is in France
Former Mayor Harry B. Yeaton Is
h, receipt or a cablegram from Lloute.nant F'rank Boomer, u. S. A. n.,
announcing his safe arrival In France
with other officers and men for a
period of intensive training In France
behind the firing lines. Closely following the cablegram_ were two letters written while enroute, telling or
tho Jlloasant trl·p but giving no deln Ile na to the strength or the troop
or the number or ships In the convoy,
One detail 'Which ls wor thy or mention and which must be a bitter pill
for the German to swallow is the
fact that one or the ships. which carried the boys was the former German
liner Kroonland which was Interned
at the beginning ot the war and has
been J)U t Into the troop carrying serlce by the United States
'~lass Three
~1 As .Deserte·rs
(°")
Rewards of $50 each were posted
by th~ local war board this morning
Signed by the adJut-ant general of
the United States tor the arrest
and return to army posts of th r ee
men classed as deserters from tlw
a r my in this distirlct. They are
George E. Jones, 922 State street.
P ercy Small, Elm Court, both
or
Portsmouth ;and Antony Deshop, 12
Ma.in street, Newmarket.
'l'he three men were called
service by the !<><:al board to be
transfered ito the training camp at
Ayer and failed to report.
Jones ds already in U1e Government service, having enlisted in the
navy 'before being called b·ut has n ot
reported thl.s to the 1~1 -board.
.Sm-all was a clvll1an em1>loye In the
naval h09plta.l, navy . yud. Beshop
worked .ror the Newmarket Mills
Manura.cturlng Co., at Newnl'arket.
,,,"'-..
,r
0
As Hospital
-
At the corporation meeting of
Portsmouth Lodge of Elks following
the regular meeting It was voted to
turn the Elks' Home over to the local chapter or the Red Cross to be
used as a hospital in case or necessity.
·rhe home ls substantially built with
concrete. floors and the latest sanitary conveniences and would make an
ideal building tor this purpose.
�ASKED TO RAISE- f UND
fOR COMMUNITY CLUBS
ln lhr atlem))t lo ral~o; $700,-, l'orts1;:;,t11 Is now Rlll'J)Orling a Y.
n,oo
fund In New Englnn,l for !h.J
Community Cami> fund 11. represenlat":..·~,;;;,::,•,,....• t1 1·e of the <>rganlzalion was here
r:r"t,,-,,_':i'/~t'r.r."-.."";a ~his morning in consullalion with
t?.;:;,,x,,¥i>-W:i11Secrotary flaker of lht' Chamber of
('0111 ml'rrf'.
Thf'
work. is nationwido in Its plans which includ!n;;tho erC'ctlon and maintainance
or
suplable community
houses
a:icl
cluhs for tho enlisted men or tn~
ar111y and navy at
the trainlrt!\
cnI11I1s. 'rho organization
has 'tho
approval of Prl'sldl'nl ·w11son, It Is
claimed, and the chambers of · commorco ancl b_oards of trades i In all
c!tles and towns in the country are
being asked to conduct the campalgn.
The JJlans of tho Community Camp
0rganlzal_lon lncludo tho klncl
of
work now being dono by the Y. M.
A. f'XC!'JJt on a Jaqr<'r scale an,I
they hop!' to rai~e nt thl~ Umr sniflclent money to take care or this
work for a.t least one ,Mr. The allolment assessed for this clly Is
$960 and the campaign week is
No1·. 5 to 1 O.
,
PorlRmouth Is alread,v doini~ a
IH<'at work alon~ th<'so ltn<'S It I~
helrl hy many that the city should
lJo exempt rrom this 11arllcular r.u111l
r.
M. C'. A. which hns. been turned 01·er
by the lo<'lll org'aniz:i.llon
to
th:!
r.rmy
Y. lll. C'. A. Portsmouth has
built and is conducting in lnr'.!e
moasurc the Army and
Navy Association hnlldln~ which tnkes ti1c
pince of any enterprise the propos d
fnnd could do hero. Besides there 1~
the Y. l\l. C. A. hut al the harbor
forts.
Jn view of this work, In acldltlou
to tho fact that the citizens have
I·N11>onded in a more
than uol,le
fashion to tho Lwo Liberty J,oan!I, lhr
fled Cross. tho camp funds for th"
men of the Nntionnl army and th.:
Nntlonal Guard, and numerous olber war c harlly cnteri>risos, it i~
felt th'at lhe citizens cannot tak~
cnrr of much more at the pre!lcnt
The matter has not boon finaliy
decl1le-d by the Chamber of Commerco and will he presented to thP
hoard or directors for action
th!•
week. The field representative or the
campaign, working from Washv111ton through the Doston headqua:tera, slated thhi morning that he ha l
visited every city and town In New
JlrunpRhlrc or ov<'r 1,000 population
and that the work wlll bo undortaken In each.
0
TIJ\tl~S. Tll UHS DA Y. OCTOBE H
LOCAL NAVY YARD
'l'he Porl!llllOUlh Chamber or Commerce, through lls president, Frederick M. Sise, has mn,lo n I1ersonnl
mppeal to tho citizens of Portsmouth
lo do th!'ir share In ,bn<'klng Uf> lhr
etty's honor mrn who nrc In training at ('allll) Dl'vens wilh the National army ancl nre soou to lea1·e
tl1<'S<' shorl's for thn halllc rront In
frrnncf'.
l'orlsmonlh'!. roll of honor al the
trai11i111-\ <·amp lnch11lcs the followi:ng-:
William F. C'ronln, George Leroy
I laiimon, Jeremiah J. Donahue, Ever<'lt Jl ..Johnson. Lawrence V. Rega11,
Warren C. Donnell, &!ward L. Sarotlc, Holnnd S. Faulkner, ChorleB
Col~alo I?l11h, Leon E. Hudson, Edwi11 ;\furry Campbell, Horace Willey
C'rnig, Peler A. Fullam, .Joseph <\..
!':nssmnn, Orman R. Pan!, Reuben
ll:lf'Farll'nd, l\lOR('S Mnllasslon, Ralph
(1. Adams, Owen ;\1. O'l,eary, Sumner F. Dennett, Alonzo N. Crowell;
c;eorge n. Halt, Daniel A. ;\fcMaster.
T,here ts one wny [hill Portsmouth
can back up her men at lhe front,
nmcl that ts to sec lhnl they aro proI>•
P1·l.v clot hNI, rc1J an<I equipped. All or
lliPSI' things rost money and tltt' I1enplf' or thp Untf Pd Statl'!I are beln:{
:wkNI to enli~t their dollars as the
!mys nrl' offering their lii'l'S, their
h1•nlth, thf'ir f'h:1111'1' or SIIC<'l'SR 11111I
rnm fort in rll·ll II f1•. to hPI p t hP ct vil li1.c1l world Stlllllt> onl th<' mliitary
menn<'e or n world-emptrc hcn<lrcl
hy an am,billon-mad mania<·. Kaisf'r
.:: Wilhelm or J>rm1sin.
' H our boys, the boys we hav~
known slnre they were children. can
sacrHice their all In the cause or d~rcnRo and 011r comfort, then 11urely
it Is not asking too much when hi'
asks U!I to do 011r share in mal<in:i
the work or lhc!le boys a11 enr.r a.;
1,0,sslblc by the purcha·se of Libert,
nond!I, which in themselve!I are goIng to prove o{ great material bPn-
LEADS FIRST DISTRICT
111 lhr UIJrrty Loan r:11nIHllg11 111
lhf' tlrsl 11a vn I dislrirt t hi' Port:,_...,,,,_,.,.,.._ 111011111 na,·y yard, ts far nht'!td of a11y
olher brnnch or station with its suhscripllon!! totaling $233,300 UJI to tll'?
<·loRc• or business last evening. Tho
111•urf'Rl <•mnpl'titor ror flrRt ho11ors Is
th,, lluHl1111 n111·y y11r1l with fl lolnl or
f I l)li,rif,IJ, llllcl from the Common\1 Pnlth t•ter thf' jal'klcs hnvo tnk•rn
H!l, ◄ fiO worth or bonds.
The total
for fl11• 1ll!!lrlct was $G43,300 at thll
clm,u or lrnslnesii yesterday.
or the irnbsrrlpllons al' the
Appeals FQr
Support Of
.,
Honor men
n,onlh navy yard llw grrntPr part
c1imes from I hf' yanl Pmployes who
easily passed iffi mark Rel at '$200,000, having subscribed $226,000 bef'Clre noon yesterday.
The figures
wne lnLnlaled late in the afternoon.
\\'lllle it I!! 11robuhlo that tho tot:il
wlll IJ<' rnlsed fl lltll,• befort' the rnrnpnig11 l'lo~cs 011 811turday tho officer!!
1,r the llllJll'OVement U!!SO<!lnllon b•!·
11<,ve I hat the C'mJ1loyes ·have nearly
1111 been solleitl'!d and have respowJed so that the figure!! will not grow
Yery much higher.
AT 0 1m,s• <C",Trn.
0, 1.
i
Thi' rooms or tho Girls' Palrioti1·
club wore opened i.o members on
Su111day afleTnoon and the atte111lnn.<'e nu_mbered about
70. Tbo:lo
prosent certainly enjoyed good cheer
and 11ocln blllty tonn d there. Secrct a:ry William M. Forgrave of tho Y.
.1£. C. A. war worl1 torC'e gave an
mble talk and loltl or what 'lhe Y.
M. C. A. Is doing lo aid In the war.
A musical program In which ml'!mber11 of the League J)ll.rtl,clpo.ted g.ave
a dded Interest to 4he a ClernO'on.
�LIBERTY LOAN fICURES ~ LOCAL VESSEL
IS SUNK BY
6
_ -i~_. :rPASS MILLION _
MARK ..\.\ SUBt4ARINE
\
With t he ot'Clcfal figures 11tlll m!ssing and bank o'trtclals asserting that
It will b~ at· least 24 hou';-s heroril
t he>· can be nnally nnnounced, It l11
an assu r ed 'tact, as announced In Saturd ay 's Times, t hat
Portsmouth
"went over tho top" with moro thun
$1,000,000 aa her contr ibution to the
S0CQnd Liberty I.oan. The unotrlclat
ftguros • e11t1ruatcd from tabulations
made ~Ince the ·close ot business Satllrday night 11how tho total to be In
t)1e neigh bor hood or $1,150,000 and
pank officer& believe that they may
go even higher .
The exec uUve committee on the
second L1borty loan consisted er
J ohn K. Bates, Mayor Samuel '!'.
Ladd, F r ed .M, Sise, E. H. llakn
and J ohn }I. lla.rllett. The work wa~
dh•lded up
that pracUca!Jy ovcry.Jiody In the vlt!lnlty who waii w1!1IQg to assist was given ·s.ome special
line. The board or tra do turnll>hcd
beadquar tel'll and Its otr1cer:1 workcJ
Incessantly, while ewry oll'i·'Cr an,l
shop leader on the na¥y yurcl did
yoomun serYICo. Each bank In tho
city lent 8'\'CTY j)OBMlble aid to th~
moYetntmt anti contrlbntecl
hnn<I ·
liOW0ly to t he final r('IIU!t. The .\Ille Theatres contJ)any opened all Its
theatres to th!! t r ~ usa or 1111ealle1 !I
and ran o.ll advertising
without
"°
charge. Portsmouth ·never
pulled
together better in Its history and tht:
rc:rult rollects gl'eat 'credit nnd wi1l
be noted In Washington.
Unlike many other cities 11nd towns
In New ~ngland Portsmouth wnN
"lthout nny great 1111bscrl1>llons tro111
Jerge corporations to help swell the
total and In tho main tho distrct's
c111otu. wn11 gained by Individual eulJ11criptlous. The one big Industrial
,,taut In tho city to take a gr1•at
amount of the bonds was the Port:-i111outh na\'Y yard, subscribing ;304,000 but even this Is the total or the
ludlvidunl subscrlpllons or the em11loyes or the yard, thus differing
greatly from 1he subscriptions or
mills and 111an11ractur lng corporations.
In )tancbester the big Amoskenf:
:\lanuracturlng Co. the :\lcElwaiuo
Shoe Co. and others subscribed lar1,e
nmounts, totaling Into tho sixth fig.
uro, and In Hochoster th1• S11auldl11;;
Drothen C"om1iany added to thal
city's quota with a substnn llnl 1rnrctiei;e or tho bonds.
l'ort1m1011th'11
Individual citizens did tho trick hert•,
proving thut Portsmouth iN one ot l1111
cities who11e cltl:.:cn11 can .. rtJcogntio
their patriotic duty and upproclalo
tl:e advantages 01 putt!n& their tuntl11
lt,to the trnt1l of t ho government.
( lly Jntcl'll ational Nows Sm•vfco. )
l ,01111011,
( k t.'1 . -Tho
A111c rku 11
sdioo nc r ,\1111l0 I•'. ('o nion hui, heeu
:,1111k by a Gt•r mu n M&IJ1mu ·i no o lT the
Srlllt13• l i.l111uls ii, wn:,i o ll'll'i nll y 11n111111 m •cd t 111l113.
T h e crow or cli;ht \\ ca·e
T h o t;ch oon o,· hailed
mouth, N. tr.
111\\ 'Cd.
T ho A.11 11 l0 I•'. Con lon
tl1l11 d l y In JH82 ruttl hud ul w 11y1, been
01\' D Cd h ere untH t \\0 mont h,i
UAO
\\ hen It wu1, i,oltl by Its O\\ 11e1·, F 1·ce111n n B. Ga rrot t , or th ls c ity t o the
:'ll o bllo Trn11s1101·t <:'o., of :'ll o bifo,
.\l a. S he wai. ;; 10 tom, · bu rden ancl
147 feet in ll•ngth. OJ• t his t.-111 the
<'0111011 em·1•lt'cl a gene1•11l c,wgo
Xl'W Yo1•k,
H OUS ~ WA IU IJX<l
'l'ONJ(lll'I'.
.\ "House- Warming" is lo he held
a~ the new hut at Fort Constllulion,
New Castle this !'V<'nlni;-. A short 1>ro
gram will bo given tor the enlisted
mnn, followed by 'tho serving or ref1•t•Hl11ncnt8, tho treat being 11lun11(l(J
through the klnclne ss or ~fr. Wetzel.
Patriotisro At
Whipple School
The pupllti or the Whipple
have shown
a patriotism
should be nn exum11lo for
other schoolii .• This morning
roung misses or tbe i.-chool, 8leauor
.\Ikon, Anna Flanagan, Isabel Marvin and Georgianna Duncan callo•l
at ' l'ho 1'i1111•s Offlco 11nd with f.1cct1
bean1lng with pleasure told or th
purcht1t1e o! the bonci.
The lltll..: s:roup co 1 ·1 they
to i;tale that tho pu1>ll~ or tho Willi>
pie school realized thal to win thl>
war America needed the heh>
every man, woman and child,
in order to "do their bit" the pupils had decided to r11lse the mone)
to 1rnrcbase a Liberty bond.
Tho bond Willi subscribed for thi,
morning and the four youni; misses
in charge or llM purchase wa.1.kecl 111
to 11 local bank with not a lllth•
reeling or 1>rlde tor the ertorts or
their school. '!'hey will be In cbarg"
of the collections which will he gl\on by the school ch ll<lren each wee!-.
unlll the money has £COD raised tc
pay for tho bond.
�GIRL MESSENGERS Al
TELEGRAPH ,OffICE
')
Cnll the We>slern Union and ask
lo hal'e a messenger boy sent to
your omce an,J sec what comes alon"'
No more will the 11icturesqne kid
the light blue uniform, ca1) on the
!ilcle of hi!! hl'nd burst In on you 1 ti
minutPs or more after you ha1•e made
your call, hut n hrighl looking young
latly wlll apjlear pro11111lly :11111 tal<c
your message or packagP.
Women arc ra1Jidly replacing men
in many walks oC life and now the
girls are lilling the places formerly
held by boys because business men
:tre unable to get the boys for the
johA. Tho \VN1ll'rn Uulon 111 l'ortsmouth has lillcd the vacancies causc•cl
by the rC'signalion or J)romolion o[
their messenger boys with girls, two
being now on the joh and they are
giving <>ompJr,te i;r.l'isfn<·t ion. TIH'Y
nre Miss /llnb1>I \\'il!<on of lllgh slrN1t.
who hns bel'11 working n!I n messcn-
i:;
C\·
ger girls for some weeks, and Miss
Dethenla ,ventworth of High street.
more recen Uy added to the staff. At
night the work is done by the junior
01,erator on duty.
In many cities the hoy is disappearing from thl' job which was always hl'ld by him. In Roston the
11111s In howling allr•y11 are> now bel111,;
set by girls. Street railway companles are enrolling young women and
training them as conductors and motormen in preparation for the time
when men will not he available for
the work.
As far as Is :Jrnown Portsmouth IR
the nrst city l11 which girls have been
Pm ployed as telC'graph messengers.
The question Is will knitting rl'place
the reading of "Dl'adwood Dick' and
".leRsc Jam1>s' in thl' spare moments
on lhc benches of the telegraph offi<'es?
MISSING MAN REPORTS
TO LOCAL WAR BOARD
()cl-. '6
Alfrfld T. Jflnkins Had No Intention of
Evadiqg Military Service
Albert T. Jenkins, formerly of this
city, now a resident or Rochester
who has been certiO:ed Into the na~
llonal army and classed ,as a deserter
for falling to report to the local
board with the Increment which left
for Camp Devens last Wednesday, reported In person today, satisfying the
local board that he had no intention
o: dodging military service, believing
tl,at he was safe as far as the draft
was concerned, having been discharged when first examined by the
ocal board as a married man. Jenkns was certified Into the army by the
!llstrlct board reversing the discharge
of t•he local board, the notice of his
Cf'rllflcat1011 arriving here late Saturday afternoon before the men were
ordered to leave for the training
camp. Because the district board
had failed to certify unlil q1e last
mbment, men from this district whose
names were before them for Revera!
weeks Jenkins was selected to coml>lete the Increment of 30 men, the
local board having only sufficient
names to complete the increment.
Jenkins' failure to report was due
• o the fact that he did not receive his
notices Crom the local board until
last Saturday evening, and he lost no
time In reporting, telephoning Chairman Spinney earlr this morning, and
J·eportlng In person at noon. He was
formerly employed as a machinist at
the navy ya.rd and Is working at his
trade (or a Rochester concern.
Because of the condition of
wife's health Jenkins has asked the
local board to reopen his case. Arter
consu ng w1 1
JU ant General C.
\V. Howard at Concord, placing the
facts before him, the local board has'
been granted permission to reopen
the case giving Jenkins the right to
subm It adcllllonal affidavits In support of his claltn for discharge as the
si:pport of a dependent wife. This
cours,e Is allowed under the regulations of the conscription act althoug:h he has -actually been Inducted
Into 1the army by the adjutant general because of his non-appearance
when called Cor duly.
Jcmklns removed to Rochester several weeks ago, having been discharged by the local board, and his
r!ew :address was not known here.
Tl:e district board reversed the de•
clslon ot tho local board, notifying
Lt.em only three days before the call
for Camp Devens was Issued by the
local board. The local board sent the
neces1sary Information to the Portsrnout,h address of the young man, lncludl ng a gree1,1 card reporting the
rever·sal of the decision and a. pink
card ordering him to report for transpoJta.tlon to camp on Wuesday afternoon. The malJ was held here 'for
five clays as he was not round a.t his
old address and was then returned w
the t,ocal board.
The police -were asked to locate
him when he failed to report Tues•
clay ovenlng and learned that he had
left Portsmouth ror Rochester. The
llochester police were asked to locate him but failed to do so. Last
Satul'tlay morning his papers iwere
remailcd by the local board addressed to, him at Rochester and were delivered on Saturday night.
If the additional proof to be flied
by J•wklns is satisfactory the local
board will Issue a second discharge
and the report will be sent with tbe
proolf, to the district board for consideration.
Plan Liberty
Loan Campaign
A mcetln~ or thl' executive commilt<•c ror the s1>conc1 Lil.Jerty Jonu,
consistin~ of Mayor Rnmn<>I T. l,ad,l,
John IC llal••~, Col. .lohn II. llarl1<-ll, Fred 1\1. SISl', and I~. 11. Ba k~r
was h<>l<l ycstcrcl ay II Cle>rnoon.
JI
was decided t:i a1ipolnt a large geni>r.
al committee to act on this new loan
and 1this committee will be named at
once. It is ()roposecl to hold a meetIng or the general committee In
Pierc:1> Ilall on Wednesday evenlnv;,
Oct. 10.
Dct:11Js concerning this
meeting will be nnnounre<l shortly.
�LIBERTY LOAN fIGURES
:rPASS MILLION MARK
With the ofrlclal figures still m!ss7
ing and bank o'fficlals ' asserting ·that
It. will b~ at" lea~t 24 hou'rs: herorP.
the'r can be finally announced, ft JK
a.ii assured 'fact, as announced in Sat•
1irday's Times, that
Portsmoutl;
"went over tho top" with more thun
$1,000,000 as her contribution to the
second Liberty Loan. · 'I'he unon'lclal
figures,' e~llmat~d _from . tabulatlo!JS
made since ·the close or business SatJ)rday night show the total to be in
(11e neighborhood of $1,150,000 and
)Jank officers believ'e that . they may
go even higher.
The ex~cuUve commUtee on the
second L1berty loan consisted· er
John lC. B·ates, Mayor Sam'llel '!',
Ladd, Fred M. Sise, E. H. ',Baker
and John H. Bartlett. The work wa;J
dlvlded \lfl so that pr-acUcally everyliody In the vl<!inlt-y who was wi!Jl~g to asals~ was ?lven ' s,ome special
line The board or trade furnbhed
headquarters a.nd Its ofticer!I worke:l
Incessantly, while e~ry ol'l'ic tlr an cl
shop leader on the nav:y yard did
vooman service. Each bank In · tho
~lty lent every l)OSMlble aid to th.i
movement and contrlb11te1l
h11nt1 11oruely lo the fi11u.l re11ult. The .\Ille Theatres company opened all it~
theatres to th!l free use or s1>ea1<en;
and ran all advertising
charge. Portiimouth · ·never · pull eel
together better in Its history and th!!
1
reimlt reflects great credit and wi1l
be rioted In Washington.
Unlike many other cities and towns
In New England Portsmouth was
without any groat llllbficrlptlonll trom
large corporations to help swell the
t~tal and ln the main the dil!trct's
quotu. was gained l.Jy Individual sul.JH'criptl0i1s. The one big Industrial
plant In tho city to lake a great
amount of the bonds was the Portsmouth navy· yard, subscribing $304,000 but even this is the total or the
individual subscriptions or the employee or the yard, · th us differing
greatly from the subscriptions or
mllls and manufacturing corporations.
In '.\1ancbesler the big Amoskea~
:\lanuracturlng Co. the :.IcElwaino
Shoe Co. and others subscribed large
amounts, totaling into the sixth fli;ure, and In lloc hester the Spa11ldi11:-:
nrolhers Company addtid to that
city's quota with a substantial purchase or tho bonds.
Portl!mouth'l!
indiv!dnal citizens did the trick here,
proving that Portsmouth i:-i oue of th11
cities wholle citizens can,. recognize
their patriotic duty and appreciate
tt:e advantages of putting their funds
h,to the lru8t ot tho gove rnm ent.
LOCAL VESSEL
IS SUNK BY
SUBt4ARINE
(By J11ter11utlonal News Sm·vfce.)
J,ondon,
Oct.1.-Tho
sd10011m· 1\111110 I•'. C'onlon hu.s been
sunk by a Gel'lnun submul'ine off the
St'ill!ly blnnds ii. wus offidully 11n110unccll todny.
1.'he c1·ew or eight wore 1mve<l.
The fiChoonor hailed
mouth, N. H.
Tho Annie I•'. Conlon wus
tl,is city in J 882 ru1d ha«l 11hv1tys been
owned here unUl two months ugo 1r··•:13ff'et.",;
when it was ·sold by Its ow11e1·, Ji'n~ernan ' n. G11rrett, of ihis city to the
lllobilo TI·nnspo1·t ,Co., of Mobile,
Ala. She was·GlO tons - burden nncl
J47 feet in lenglh. 0J1 this lrit> the
Conlon cnn·ied a ge11e1•11I c11rgo
New Ym·k.
HOUSl!l WAIHHNG
'.rONJGH1'.
A "House- Warming" is lo he hold
a : the new hut at Fort Constitution,
New Castle this evel)ing. A short Jll'O·
gram will be given for the enlisted
men, followed by 'the serving ol' re1'1·eshments, Lhe treat being planned
through the kindness of Mr. Wetzel.
Patriotism At
Whipple School
The pupils of the Whipple
have shown
a patriotism
should be an example for
other schools .• 'I'hls morning
fuur
young misses of the school, Elea11or
.-\Ikon, Anna Flanagan, Isabel l\Iurvin and Georgianna Duncan caPc•I
at 'l'ho 'l'imes Office and wilh faco s
ucandng with pleasure told of tl•t·
purchase of the bon<i.
The litlh: .c:roup eo\:l they wl~>h :1,1
to slate that the pupils of the "\Vhl1J
pie school realized that to win thl ~
war America needed the help
ol
every man, woman and child,
in order to "do their bit" the -pupils had decided to raise the mono,
to purchase a Liberty bond.
The bond was subscribed for this
morning and the four young misses
In eharge of its purcliase wal,ked in to a local bank with not a lilt ii'
feeling of pride for the efforts of
their school. 1'hey will 'be In charge
of the collecllons which will be ghon by the school children each weol-..
until the money has geen raised l(
·-~-"''"' pay tor the bond.
~~lfiilMl~...aiill,l.illiii.....&;.;.;,.Jw;;....,.~.....w,o-l.lloull
�GIRL MESSENGERS Al
TELEGRAPH ,_OffICE
C)·
Call the \Vestern Union and ask
to hare a messenger boy sent to
your oflice an,J see what comes alone;-.
No more will the picturesq11e kid in
the light bl11e uniform, ca1l on the
8i<le of his head b11rst in on yo11 lt.
min11tes or more after you have made
your call, hut n hrig-ht looki11g- young
l:l(ly will appear pro11111lly and take
your message or package.
\Vomen are ra•pidly replacing men
in many walks of life and now the
girls are tilling the places formerly
held by !Joys because business men
are 11nable to g-et the boys for the
jolJR. Tho \VN;tcrn ·l lnlon in Port!'!111011th has tilled the vacancies causcrl
by the rcsignalion or promolion of
their messenger boys with girls, two
being now on · the joh an<! they are
giving ,c,om'plele s~1usra<'tion. ThP y
are Miss Mabel \Vi!Ron of lligh slrect,
who hns beC'n worki11g aR a meRscn-
ger girls for some weeks, and Miss
Ilethenia Wentworth of Iligh street,
more recently added to the staff. At
night the work is done by the junior
operator on cluty.
In many cities the hoy is disa11pearing from thf' job which was always held hy him. Tn Roston the
pins in lrnwling- allPYS are now brlnl-\"
set by girls. Street railway companies are enrolling young women and
training them as conductors and motormen in preparation for the time
when men will not be avai lable for
the work.
As f:ir as is :Jrnown Portsmouth is
the first city ln which girls have been
emrployed as telegraph messengers.
The question is will knitting replace
the reading of "Deadwood Dick' anrl
"Jesse •.fames' in thn spare moments
on the benches of the Lelegraph offices?
MISSING MAN.REPORTS
TO LOCAL WAR BOARD
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Alfrtd T. J~nkins Had No lnt~ntion of
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Evadiqg Military Service
Albert T. Jenkins, formerly o·r this
city, now a reslden.t of Rochester,
who has been certlfl.'ed Into the national army and classed ,as a deserter
for ·railing to report to the local
board with the Increment which left
for Camp Devens last Wednesday, reported In person today, satisfying the
local board that he had no intention
or dodging military service, believing
tl,at he was safe as far as the draft
was concerned, having been discharged when first examined -by the
ocal board as a mar.rled man. Jenkns was certified into the army ·by the
!llstrlct board reversing the discharge
of t•he local board, the notice of his
cPrtlflcatlon arriving here late Saturday afternoon before the men were
ordered to leave ·for the training
camp. Because the district board
had failed to certify until t\Je last
mbment, men from this district whose
names were before them for several
weeks Jenkins was selected to complete the increment of 3 0 men, the
local board having only sufficient
names to complete the increment.
Jenkins' failure to report was due
t.o the fact that he did not receive his
notices from the local board until
last Saturday evening, and he lost no
time in reporting, telephoning Chairman Spinney earlr this morning, and
reporting in person at noon. He was
formerly employed as a machinist at
the navy yard and Is working at his
trade for a Rochester concern.
Because of the condition or
•wife's health Jenkins has asked
local board to reopen his case·. After
W. Howard at Concord, placing the
facts before him, the local board has'
been granted permission to reopen
lhe case giving Jenkins the right to
submit additional affldavits ln support of his claim for discharge as the
st:pport of a dependent wife. This
course ls allowed under the regulaconscrlption act
though he has actually been inducted
into the army by the adjutant general because o'f his non-appearance
when called for duty.
Jenkins removed to Rochester several weeks ago, having been discharged by the local board, and his
riew address was not known hero.
The district board reversed the decision of tho local board, notifying
tl:em only three days before the call
for Camp Devens was Issued •by the
local board. The local board sent the
necessary information to the Portsmouth address of the young man , i ncluding a greey. card reporting the
reversal or the decision and a ·p ink
card ordering him to report fo r tranepoxtatlon to camp on Wuesday afternoon. The mall was held here 'for
five days as he was not ·f ound a.t his
old address and was then retu rned 1e
the local board.
.
The police ,w ere asked to locate
him when he failed to report Tues•
day evening and learned that he had
left Portsmouth !or Rochester. The
Itochester police were asked to locate him but failed to do so. Last
Saturday morning his papers rwere
remaiied by the local board addressed to him at Rochester and were delivered on Saturday night.
If the additional l)roof to be flledl
by Jenkins is satisfactory the local
board will Issue a second discharge
and the report will be sent with the
district board for con-
Plan Liberty
Loan Campaign
A meeting of Lhe exerulivo committee for the second Liuerty Ioau,
consisting of Mayor 8n11111el T. Lad,!,
John IC ll:tlP8, (.'ol . .lohu 11. llnrtlctt, Fre<l M. Sise, ancl It II. llnlPr
was hPl<l yesterday nflernoon.
Jt
was decided t:i appoint a large genP.ral committee to act on this new loan
and this committee will be named at
once. It is 11roposed to hold a meeting of the g neral committee in
Pierce IJall on Wednesday evenln~,
Oct. 10.
DcLalls concerning this
meeting will be announred shortly.
�MINIMUM ALLOlMENT
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FOR4L0AN IS REACHED
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'I'he · jobs '))romlse lon.g time employment. <to the a.pplican_t11 with goo,l
wages and an clg·ht-npur day_ Il Is
I believed tbat the , campilign will uni timatelY. result ln . supplying 'all the
men necessary for the' continued increase In husines's at the navy yarrl.
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today. BeIt was r eported
at 1.30 this aftet- ly $100,000 was subscribed
cause
of
the
lie.a
vy
storm·
yesterday
noon that Portsmouth had proba,bly
roached tte mlnlmum allotment tor practically no business was done at
tlle socond Liberty Loan, the unotrlc- the ba.nks dl.lrlng the afternoon, ~!until 6
lal 1l1guree of.illng $700,00u. and that though afl' /lima.lned
o'clock
In
the
evening
for
that
purt'he subecrlptlons were well on tlie
pose.
The
buying
of
bonds
In
the
way toward the maximum of more
than $1,000,000. This will put the n1ornlng was very heavy and this was
clty on an even basis with ihe rest of d uplicatE:d this morning. The officers
.Kew 1<..::ngland which passed its mlul- o[ the cqrnmittee hope to ,b e able to
mum before the close of business yes- arinounce this evening that the maxl
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terday and the unofficial lndicatloQs mum allQtment ls In sight.
todar at the Federal Reserve bank In
noston were th.at the maximum of
$500,000,000 would be se~ured before
the campaign closed on Saturday evening.
To glv~
an opportunity to sul)a<:rlbe to the loan the 1ocal banks will
~{orris Saldon, w110 was sent to
t'il""'lllli!I be ,open rrom 7 to 9 o'clock toiiig'ht,
Cum11 Devens for training with the
Friday and Saturday and lt ,ls the deNntlonul ar111y wllh the "1,oco1Hl [orsire of the general .committee In
t.1," hal! been discharged \Jy the army
charge or the c,i.mpalgn In Port&surgeons from further service on :1cmouth that all make an effort to get cCJunt or J)hyslcal disa\Ji)ity. Ills distheir subscriptions Into the ba nks be<·harge wai:I given him on Saturday
fore the last day.
and ho has returned to Portsmouth.
When business opened this mornIng the total .for the clty :was $615,000 and It
hat near-
open -
all
Local Man
Is Discharged
etter From The
o?~ Battle Front
Charles Beaton of Orchar d
hns l1!Celved an Interesting 1letter
l'rom Capt. C. \V. ·L ewis or this city
In com·m and of one of the Boston &
Maine companies ot Engineers on
duty In France. Ills
as follows:
Dear Heaton:1 gness you will
forgotton you .but such
case, Arter. . . voyage we
landed In England where we stayed
for about ,a week. During the rneai\tlme the whole regiment paraded In
London, an account of which yon
no ,ctou,bt saw In the 'Papers.
Ours were the first foreign troops
to march through the streets or
London un<ler arms tor over 260
years and the ovation •we received·
was something that we will never
forget.
We crossed the channel and ,h ave
been located In three
different
places while In this country, I would
teH you whore we are If It were not
against ohe mll!tary Instructions. Wr,
Pore not allowed to say In what part
of France we are located.
At present I am officer In charge
of maintenance and construction of
eight railways just back of the
trenches and I assure
you that
things are quite lively. This Is · otrly
a temporary arrangement, however, and no doubt my· company will
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tlie yard•, Naval ,Constructor Sch la·they came ,here just as soon as the
bach sbop superin,tu nd ent; ,John A.
American force1;1 get here in suffi!'ethic !<~red A. Gray and a muncient numbers to take over a por•h er or' others, arrived
from th is
tlon of the front, which doubtless
city In Mancllester shorllY 'bef,ire
will •be very soon 'llS they are com11 o'<'loclc and a large nnmJber of
Ing over In large numbers at presmen wore ulrcudy asscmhlcd al lll.:i
ent time.
meeting room.
I could tell you many things or
'"f•••
~ n ger Adams made a brief
Interest It It were ,possLble but -will
statement of the. labor co nd itions to
have to wait until I get back' at
those ))resent and with th e asHiHtwlilch time we will Jook u,p the old
ance or the others In th e party r>lae"pipe or peace" and pass away thn,
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ed application blanks in th e ha n cls f
time very pleasantly. On receipt nr
th
the men. Before leaving more
an
this I hope you will write me a goorl,
200 rnon had appeared, seeking inlong letter and tell me all the new.:;,
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formation las to th e J)ay, hours
not only about Portsmouth, put th~
labor, labor cot1 d ltions, a nd Uie railroad as weB. I am not sorry that
11robable length or time that they J came and. no doubt everyth~ng
might be employed! it llley · wore will come out all right In the end.
called.
Remem'ber me to everyone that I
The clrlve is for second class la- know and, tell tllem that I am well
bor made nec:essary by the
great
lncroaHo In the manuracturln,g anti
lrnlldlng pTogram ass!~ned to the loral ,ynr<l by the navy depa.rLment.
0PEN CAMPAIGN TO
SECURE ===::.::,.
YARD
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can111~1·
L 1e open In,g h"lln of •lie
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condu<.:ted by the Industrial depart~,-..:.o-•• ment of the Portsmouth Navy Yard
and the Portsmouth Challllber o~
Commeroo to secure a ,large addltlou
•-·''Y>,I.,"""-"" to tho force of laborrrs for the yunl
was fired yesterday In Manchester
and resulted in securing applicatlons f or ,pos1'ti ons f rom '11101·0 tl1°11
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150 ,woi,kmen from Manchester un<l
t11e surrounding cities and towns. It
s the Intention or the department
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to carry on the drive In other <:ltlos
t-.l:',,1111'...,iil in New Hampshire and In
Mair.,•,
~~~'t~~= the next to be ppened in Nashua
within a few days.
Arrangements for the meetii,t:
had been ma d e bY ti1e .,..,I
" 1amber ,,,.
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Commerce in advance, a · large ro9,ii
in a ,h otel, and the event was wltlel.v
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ti ie 1' tty a11•l
nd vert11,e<l l' I1roug Irnnt
the surrounding territory. A.nt~m?hlles conveying Naval Construcll)1·
L. s. Ad,a,ms, Industrial manager ~r
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�NAVY YARD.ALLOTMENT
-t~fAR OV-ERSUBSCRIBED
When the campaign wah started
Tne Portsmouth Na,vy Yanl ha&
1,assed its mark fo~ the Liberty the Improvement Assoclaf!ion offiLoan by more than G~ percent or cials believed that $200,000 might
over $100,000 more .qian the Im- be raised and the mark was set there.
provement Association .hoped for. At this was figured out on the pay
noon today It was officiLlly announc- roll of the se_veral departr1ents and
ed that the employes or the ya rd h:io :;bops and the several ,allotments
subscribed $304,000 lo the seco1d made on that :basis, seven ver<jOnt
Liberty Loan and every shop on th e · of their pay roll ·for one 111\0nth. This
th11
yard had oversu'bscrlbod its alloL- wouldl'demand $13,000 f!iom
1b oat shop and their total subscripment.
In the individual shop\ contest the , tlon of $64,000 ,brings It to 400 perbJat shop win8, having' subscribed cent. FigtUr~d down to each man it
means that the average man has sub$64,4'60 to , the loan, an average o~
scribed 28 percent of his year's pay
f108 per man employed. A silver
np and a flag wlll be p.resen,ted to in Liberty •bonds; and is dollars and
this shop as a distlngul.shed mark cents It means that In th~ boat sho11
of honor. But the ,boat shop was not
alone and other departments of the
yard were only ·a few dollars per
man behind them.
Sailors Give
Big Amtnount
To The Loan
'That the sailors are sUIJ stand~ehlnd Uncle Sam as shown t,y
tho subscription to the Ll1berty Loan
of the enlisted men of the U. S. S.
San Diego, now •stationed at
Portsmouth Navy Yard, which totaled •$100,000. T11ls was stated officially to one o[ the ofiicers in the
First National ·BU)lk,
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l'fhe su bs611tpt1on has been forwarded to San Diego, Cal., the city
for which their ship ls named.
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,,"RN'.l'WOll,TH OAJ."-IE Ol'ENS
MONDAY.
Ernest Wentworth of Epping
be put on trial in the superior court
un Monday on a charge or'arson .
Went.worth will I.Jo represented b>
Stewart E. Rowe o[ Exeter as eou11•
sel, who was in conference with hit
at the jail this morning.
WILL CANVASS CIT\.'.
The Woman's Council o,f the 'Nnc
tlonal Defense
L&11gue Is to mak-:i'
,, •a.
recanvass or this city with the Hvc·.-er ·Pledge ~ards,· an'~ the · d,lstr(c:t
chnlrman desires that each housekeeper who · 11 alre'ady a memb'or
of the United States Food Aclmlnl~tration place · her card In be'i- w!li'dow as by so doing will keep the
ladles that ·a re mak!ng the cnnvai;s. It Is earnestly desired by 01lr
Government that every housekeevqr
In t•h ls city belome a member or the
Unnted .States Food Admlnlstratiou.
.
Portsmouth hll.s subscribed her. wagon so that "a Liberty Bond ls tu
million to !!lo L:t:erty Loan.' . This every home" mny be safely called t
was anno.inced n!loff'clr J~v this noon. the att~nllon of the nation's enemies.
and it WilS furth-et· (l~>ltrted that the -~ The office-rs or the Portsmouth Libtotal would probably :· go considerably c.rty Loan t;omniittee ' are far from
higher before the dose of business done in their efforts to drive the tothis evening;
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tai to an even •h igher mark and It is
At the Fir.s t ·National bank this hoped by them to' see Portsmouth's
noon It waa stated by officials that r~11irlbutloh " lo the · nation· at least
the subscriptions, had been brisk all $111,000 a!Jove the $1,000,000. The
morning, more so ' than on any other •9apks. will tEimatn · open this evening
day since the campaign .was · started for the last opportunity to the delln~nd reports ':I trom
the other banks•qµent subscriber to' get into the band
• J. ~
11howed similar conditions, pointing
unmistakably to ' th'e !act that the $1,- A WOJliD .,'F'HOM 'J11[F, il~llONT
oop,ooo was prob.a bly already sub, ,· FRANCE.
sc:ribed.
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;n response to re,q\Jests that
• At the clo~•,o!· business yesterday heen made, Blle,-,-rr-rth Thtiycr will
afternoon the ' tofu!
for the ,district RJ)eak at the North church chapoi,
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was·
$831,000, · le il.ving $169,000 to on Monday evening
al 8 o'clock ,
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be secured In a jittle more than 24
He wlll tel) or
conditions
hours. Last evening' all or the banks France, and nt the front as ho ohs
In tho city remained open for the ~orvcd them an<l of . h'ls ex11orlenco
convenience of ' purchasers Ol the as a member of the American F-!el<l"
bonds 1md a -fair , b~slnes!f wns done Service. All persons Interested are
which brought the · total close to the cordially Invited•· to attend. An of•
900 000 'mark.
ferlng for the local Red Cross, to he.
used for s,upplies, will be received
at the close or the evening.
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Loc~l Boy
In
Aviation
Corps
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Foiirest Robinson
'I 7, graduated last weoJt rrom the
llarv,ard Radio school and 1ias successfully J)assod un oxu\nlnnllon to
the -nvll1llon corps. 30 of the graduaten were 91osen to take the exam!nat ion and young Fogg was
of J 2 who were successful. He Is on
leave of a,bsence 'for a week and !s
visillng hls parents, Mr, nnd •Mrs.
George T. Fogg· of Richards avenue,
L11ion hl1:1 return he ,will enter the
aviation school at the Massachusetts
Instjtnte or Technology.
�LIBERTY. LOAN FIGURES
PA$$:MllLION . MARK
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, With the o~•i'c1a1- 1 p11ureli sllll .miss~ charge; Portsmouth never
1rnllccl
ing and bank :offtclals asserting ,that together better in its history and thu
It wiJI . be at least· 2 4 110urs beforn result reiie~ts great credit and ,wi1l
they.can., b·e ,finally• announced, it . is be noted in Washington.
all' •assured faj::t, as announced In Sat•
Unlike many other cities· and towns
urday•~ · , Times, , that . Portsmouth ~!1 New England Portsmouth was
"went O\'.Of the top" with more than without any great subscriptloni; lrom
$1,000,000 as her contribution to the large corporations to help swell the
secon'd . Liberty Lqa,n . . The unofficial total and In the main . the distrct's
figures, estimated from . tabulations ciuota was g~ined by · Individual submade since the close .of business Sat, scriptlons. The one big industrial
urday nl~ht show • the total to · be. In plant In the city to take a great
.the neighborhood or . $1,150.,000 and amount or tho bonds was tho Portijbank otri<;ers believe that. they . may m.o uth µavy yard, subscribing $304,ko even higher. , . ," ,· .
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,000, but even .t his is the total of the
'l'he executive , cQm•mittee on the i11dh•idual subscriptions of the e1nsecond L'tberty · 1?a~ consisted . cf ployes . of the . yard, thus differing
John K. Bates, Mayor Samuel . T, greatly 'from the suhscriplions of
Ladd, . Fred> M. · Sise, E. H. • ,Baker mljls and mnnufacturln/;) corporaand John H. Barqett. The wor.k waij lions.
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divided U'P s~ that practica.lly everyIn Manchester the big Amoskeag
,body in the vicinity.. who was. will- Manufacturing Co. the McElwaln~
in.g to assist ,wa~ given some .s;pe(:ial SIJ,oc Co. and others subscribed large
line, The board - or trade .furnished amouQts,' totaling . into the sixth fl:;sheadquarters and l~s officer.a worke :I ure, and In Roc\)est.cr the Spauldln;·
inccs&a.ntly, while every officer ancJ Brothers Company added to t!Jat
shop leader, on the navy. yard did city's quota with a substantial puryeoman serv,ice: J<J:1eh bank in ihe chase o! the bo_nds . , _Portsmouth's
city lent every possl,ble ,aid to . th.i indlYldual citizens did ti1e trick here,
movement and contributed
ha11d- proving that Portsmouth is one of the
soroely to the final. result. The Al• cities. whose .citizens .ca1~ recognize
lie Theat~ ,coi,npany opened all it~ their patriotic. duty and appreciate
theatres te thf. fre,e .1.1-se .~f &pea.1,ers I tl:e advantages of putHng their funds
and ran a.11 adTertising
11•ithout it,to tlltl trust of the government.
WILL NOT UNDERTAKE
CAMP fUNO
CAMPAIGN
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Chamber of Commerne Believes Portsmouth is Already 'Doing Its Sham
·of War Rtlitf Work ·
camp
and comfort
The Cham b er o,, Com niei·ce will not ! .for
. the community
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tie
campaign
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or
the
sold10rs
and
sailors
can be eas1
undertake to con d uc t
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was 1Jy disposed of 111 the sevaral 1n sl1tul1ere for th e War Camp f un d , it
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'fh Boaru of lions now in operat1011 here mcludmg
announced tlus noon.
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ity is certain- , the Y. M. C. A., the Army and Navi
Directors feel th a t ti10 C
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• th! s 1i· ne and that Assoc1at10n, the Y. M. C. A. rnts at
Jy doing its share 111
re availabl e the forts and at the navY yard.
any surplus sums w I1ic I1 a
representatlce
organization instituting the campaign called
on Mr. Sise auu Mr. •Baker, president
and secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce r .e spectively, yesterday anu
aHked taht the Chamber of .Commerce
nn1lertake the campaign, and $960
Portsmouth's allotment, -during the
week or Nov, 5 tol0. He asserted
tlrnt every city and town in the state
or more than 1000 population
been visited by him and that
Cahmber of Commerce, the Board or
Trad e, or the selectmen where there
.was no business men association, had
agreed to undertake the task of raisiu g the funds. Officers of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce have
since been in touch with the officers
o[ other boards in New Hampshire
cities, and state that they have
uqable to substantiate this.
Mass .M~eting
·FriO~y Night
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,\ mass mc~ti'ui,· ill ·, behalf qf 'Arnienlan and sr~lan ~~li!i'f will be hold
In ' the North cilll.rcii on l<'rlday ovonin'g at half pa'.~t seven ' o'clock. · 'the
spea.ker, Rev. ivl. · O . Papazian, is an
eloquent member of the Arnienian
ri1ce, who iu himse\f illustrates the
poi;sibilitles in this moi.1. distressed
people on the face of the earth . Pres•
ic'.en t Wilson has recentlr called upon
thl:i nation to maim a special offering
tu help save this p0-0ple . .
The Daplist, Methodist and Congre•
gal.ional chµrchos will omit the us1,al week night moet,ings : It Is hoped
th a t the general public wlll !J.e interei,ted to attend, as the opportunity to
hea r )lr. Papaiian Is an unusual one.
The treasurer or the local commit·
tc<) i,i John M. .Mcl'hee, who will re•
cfJI re donations at the Finn National
Bank.
"Y\ou-\S'
�·FIELD DAY TOMORROW
AT FT. CONSTITUTION
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The <!rive for lhe LII.Jcrly l,ortn 'n
wilh
vigor in all
I.Jranches of the government and the
\Var Department has anthorizcd 10morrow, Liberty Loan Day, as a holiciay for the soldiers. Arrangements
have I.Jren completed for a field day
al F'ort Constitution, the events to he
hrltl In the morning a11cl the after110011 will lio nllowtHl lo Ill<' Holdlm·H
to I.Jc nnr.d 11.1,1 they see flt .
Jn connection with this event the
Portsmouth Liberty Loan committee
has plannrcl with the nrmy officers at
l•'orl ('onslitntlon to further the campaign and s'peakers will I.Jc Rent lo the
tort In the morning to address the
men between the running of[ of the
varlons events.
The program I will
at 8.30 with a band concert by
the naval I.Janel, loanetl for the occasion t,y /\<lmirnl Honsh, .-ominandant
or the yarcl.
The sport,; events will include the
usual dash es and middle dista:ice
races for the men and two big fe;iture events.
These are the tug-o-·
war contest for a capital prize, to be
1i11lle<l In heals, the two nallonn.1
gnarcl 1•0111pn11lp~ llllil lhn twn 1°0111 punios or regnlnn; pnlllng, a,ul thr
winners of these preliminary lur;s,
one company of National GuardsmPn
and one of regulars, pulling for th e
prize.
Another or the fPalnres is
equipment race of l 00 yards.
contestants will !'llart from scratch
with full field equipment, at the 25
yard ma~k remove pack and gun, at
the 5 O remove hut and blouse, at the
75 remove leggings and shoes
run to the 100 yard mark in stockinged feet. They are to immediately roturn to the starting mark, replacing
the clothing and equipment aR they,
reach the marks where the/ removed
an,!
entertainment
1Vholc!lo111r.
amuse ment for the winter eve nings i,· them on the outward dash .
assurecl for the enlisted men of lh" ..
army, navy antl marine co rp s station
e<; nt the lo ca l slalions following ,,
no,•.
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To Entertain
Enlisted Men
mPetlng- held las t ('VP. Hing lH'ld at tit•
Y. M. C'. A. flrvcrnl of lhe clubs anti
Horinl orga11izatio11~ \1·0r0 r011r r~<'1tl
oil, and tho Ch:u11h0r of ('om·11r- ;·, •
was represenletl l.Jy its srocretary, ·i\1r
nak<>r, at tho in vilation of Secrrtary
F'orgrace o[ llw J\ rm y an,l Navy '{
\i C. A. 1t waH d1'ri1led al lhe meP.li1,g, in[orrnally, that 0ach or lhP club -:
and social orga11izalion8 would de\·01 0
or.o rv0nlng n wer-lr during the winrnlNlnl11111ent al their
1hr. 111!'1 I.
'l'hr future
:uran u• 1hr 8r h ecl ule.
A few of the lo cal iilo r08
"T•'ood Co11R0n·allon" window
plays, Rhowing what to use and
aid in the Hoover
no-r.1,.
h:r:e
<ll show
food
r=~-s:=:---~k:--~B~-------O pea
etore
> Enl,·sted Men
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r\~S. H•abJJ').1 Har.!•ow of
11ass Sunda,y In this city to give ad
<lTes~e-s before '!,he enlisted men at
the Y. M. ,C, A. ,bulldln•g at 't,he navy
yard and at the forl:s at New Castle.
Mr. Harlow's talks should ' be of
unusu·a.l Interest as 'h is su•bject, "Be(h1nd the Turkish Battle Lines 1n
Asia l\Hnor," is sure to a:ttract J.arge
au•dien•c es, ias lie some time since re1urned from Turkey. He will s,peak
at the local Y. M. 'C. A. building at
r, o'clock at the Sunidaiy afternoon
re,l1lgions service. At Its close the
Fol1'owsnilp Lunch
b~ served by
Mrs. Sid as' cla.ss or the Middle ·Street
B-a,ptdst ·parish.
w·m
The ma·rria!ge of Miss
ShHJaber, dau·gMer of M:r.
Ch'arle;; F . .Shilla.ber, •a nd
Ph1il,: tis ,Broolks Jl<aid,ger, U. •S. A.,
's•on of Former l\Ia.yor •a nd Mrs. D.
W. rBad,ge'l· of t.Jiis city, ,occurred at
;high noon todlay at the residence of
the •bride's 1).arents, on
Rockland
s·treet.
The wedding was a quiet
affair and witnessed by a,bout 30 or
l·he relative~ of the con traclin•g parties.
/l'the ceremony oocurre!d1 in the living r'oom, which w'as prettily decoratled with yellow and w.h!te chrysanthemums.
A lrrNl- •C1o'od1ng, pn•fltor
tho l lnllnrlnn church, per[ormrcl
mlarriagc serv'ice, ·which Included an
cxchlange of '!'imgs.
give n a'Way by ,her rather ,a nd• W'ore
.her ,go ing~awa;y gown •a nd ;Jn1!t 'to
mla lch. '!'here were no atitendanrts•.
llnoMowin,g the nu'[)lials the newly
wedded pair were the :recip1en·tis of
J1ea rt-y .felieita Lions and ·a wedding
1·op'ast wias served in
the
rdom.
•Lieut. •a nd Mrs. ,Ba,d,g er leH later
Westfield, Mass., where t1lw groom
is on duly •a t Caimp Bartlett.
,Dol'h 1 Jrltlc and ,g room ane gradua•tesi of •t•he Portsmio ut,h High s,chool.
., t ec1 f rom
The •bride also was glrauua
Nasson Institute, SpringVlale,
'Me.,
o8l)d the groom from 'New Hampsh'lre
college. IIe received his army tr!aofning ·at PlaVtsburg a111cl Jailer received
:his commission.
iHoth hrlde anrl grO'om are well
lrno,wn ,!local yo 1111-1~• p'.'opl e and 1h<'
bes't wishes or L:heir ho!'lls of frlenc18
follow them.
PAT!RIO'I'JC
Ten mem'be,rs of :the Glrb' Patriotic Leaiguo olLTe to give a da,nc1ng
pa.nty rel tiho Paul. Jon es Home thi:i
evenfog, with ten enliS:tod men as
specl•al ,g uests. On Sunday evening
2 0 meml.Jers of the Le-a,gue ~re to
enteruai:n 1 O enllste-d men at a supper at Vhe Home. Tlho Lea,g ue members d'O this ae one win y of showing
,paitrloMc service.
Many of these
m,en in tho service com'plain or loneliness w11en ftar frorrt home and refa,Uves -and friends and thooe 11We
social aflialrs arranged to ,give them
clleer are red-letter events t,o t,hem
an1c1 m •udh ,a,p,precl.ated.
·'\',!if.')
�BOARD Will SEND OUT
OUESTIONNl[RS SOON
prev ous y examin e an
1sc 1argec
01· whose number has not been reached to date, may uot become liable for ·
early induction Into tho service because of not receiving his papers
tbrough having changed his adtlroSB,
he should irun~edi1Ltely inform t1is local boa.rd or such change, i;lvlng his
name, Horial nu111ber anti order 1111111ber, and if th ose arc not k11011 n anrl
b(i ii; too distant ~o go to t ho lloaril
office to l earn theru, he shoulll give
the exact location or hh µ!arc of re;;ii:tration.
Every Registered Man, Not Alrnady in
Portsmouth
tbe Se1vice, Must Answtr the gives $119 To
Library Fund
Questions
Portsmouth contributed· $119 for
Local Doard ;>;o, l for llocl{ingha.111 ont legal 1u;sii;ta.11co and In each di sthe war s~rvice ,lilrrary fund accor(,('ouuty, with offices in this clty, will tri c t a lega l advisory board will be
ing to the report just made puoJ!ic
in all probability, begin sending ont appointed with nrnrnbern J'rom differuy Arthur C hase, state director.
the questlonnairos prepared for the e nt sectlonH to aHsi::it men In fllllng
'l'he report shows that the stare
!ircond call to the colors und er the out tho r ep li es. Thoi;e detaiiti will bo
fell $8 , 000 short of its quota, as ii
,;elective serv ice acl about Dec. 15, oxp lal ued through the 11rc·ss in t_h o
was ru;ked to raise $22,000 and th'}
nt•c·o rdlng to ox-Mayor "\Vlllinm
E. 11car fut un·.
total recolvc cl waR- $14,000. '!'he 11u111 -.\L.,rv ln, clurlc of tho board.
Tho
Thu <111ut:i tio111111iro is a H11 rinm1 :;ot
her or towns <'ontri!Juting w.is 117
ltoard will mull a cortain
nurub or of 1mpen; and must !Jo :;11u rn to a:J
while 111 failed
to res11ond.
nnch day to all rogh;trants in the clla- to the truth ancl currc:cl n mrn of the
those which cont'ributed 47 .ove~trict who have not actually bee n in- nuswerl:l, the oatl,t to be tak en beforu
su bscribed their quota, 2 9 reached
cl11cte<l h1to tho mililar r servit-e n11u a notary. l•'nl se statements as to ortheir quota and 41 fell below. T.1-.i
so ul to the training camp , whet ht ·r cupation, clllzcnr;hip, military sertotal amount con•Lributecl by th e 11 ~
tlniy hal'u beu11 cxaud11ed or Hut .
vice, conscientious objection to war
towns was wUhin $1,000 of the tol j ndor the ruling or the \\'a r Uc•- and clainu; for deferred clu:cis ifi callo ll
tal quota of th ose towns, showing
purtmcnt all dl~charg es an<l <·XPnq1- 11 Ill be Nrnlly detected as tho record11
that if the towns tha,t did notn ing
11om1 gnwtccl l,y LllfJ hoard in
Iii,: arc public 11roperty aud may l,c ex• bad been equally e nergetic th-e quotin;t draft will be rc:,·okcd, and llH'n aminetl by auy person, as a safeguard ta for the state would have
1,av lng received ~uch lli~cimrg,! or<.::,- again::;L fraud.
n early raised.
em ption will bu COllbide r t'd ti1~ H:Jt.lU
Ati faHL a:; Lhe llll[)ern arc return ee\
The quota asked from each pl:v:e
a1; ml.!n who havo not !Juen ca llt ·cl. lt tu the board the work of c lassifying was dive p-e rcent of the population .
iH not expected, however, that the fin- the registrants will be commenced so Pontsmouth fell considerably b,!al result wi ll be far different rroml b\· tho board. )Ion In Class 1 wi ll be low its allotment. Rye did well suothe result of tho first examination, c;cllecl first for exam in ation in th o !:Cribing $111.87, almost as mu ch a~
for wh ile no dlscharso or exomptlon orclur or their CLL II numbers us cstal.J- Ports moutlt and considerab ly morn.,.,,,.,,,..,,..,
wlll bu granted tho mon en tltl o, I to ' li i;hod by the clra wing of the master than its allotment of the other towns
Much In tho flr11t draft will be c lassecl numbers nt \Vashlngtou.
No m e n in this, vicinity, Hamp,ton contribute<l
In deferred claasos, ·four and
til'o, from ('Jasi; i will be call ed until Class $4 0, Newington
$16. 7 5, North
11 hich will virtually amount to th e
I i:; 1•xha11uled, and the throe olh('(' Hampton $11, and Stratham $19.
same.
clas>it-s 1, ill follow as tile low e r numTho registrant hns ::;oven days from bered C'la::;s fo completely examined.
the clato of 111alllng In which to return l>cfl'IT1·rl 1'111:;s ifi calion wil l have tlll '
tile questlonualro to his local !Joarcl I i,a 1111: uffud a~ the olll uxcm ptlon or
l 1 1'PBi1!011t Lewis l' Crl'y ol'
complete ly filled out and failure lo dh1ehargo.
:trad1·111Y, crne of lit<: 111.!St orator,: in
do this will result in the immediate
If a rei;istf'l'r.tl man feels that h,· :,r;w !lamp~hire, wil l be th o lead in g
induction Into the service cuttiui; off !1a H 1Jc1:n placi:cl In tho wrong cla~s ,; 1,eakcr at t:1e big war rally to be hclcl
the possibility of 11uch to claim for h ,ia>i tile• right lo ar,11oa l to hi s diH - it! the Colonial Theatre 11 exL Sn nciay
deferred clas11lflcation. Further than tri<:t board am! if 11ot satislic1l witii e•·ening, in tl,c internstr; of Lile ll e1l
that It makes him liabl e to a you.r' s that decision he may a111>1.ml to I h, 'J"ria11g!e ,1 ar work f1111cl, it. !Jr, iug l111•
Pre~dent on the approval of on~ l1rst day or tlw big- wt•,-k's clrivl' lo
imprisonment.
Tho quesdionnalrc
contains
14 member of !Ji,1 local board and 1:1 l lllaintai11 with (he: armie:; thc, :tlisopages of questions and two pages of ucljutant general. Tho local or dis lut e l y n ecessa ry work c,I' the Y. \!. ('.
Instruction and those must be i;ono trlct board has tho right to tl e 111a1111 .\. :-{o fund :; will !Jc so li cit ecl al thi::;.-, .... ,,.......... ,
over carefully that th e replies may the immediate presence or any reg- 1:1eeli11g a111l no collec ti on will !Jc takbE' correctly r ecorded. Otherwi se the li;trnnt for furthe r tuterrogation if <·n. An nfl'ort Is being mad e lo get
registrant may be caused great incon- th e ir answors a r e not satlsfaclory . ~'.cr:;eunt 1,:mpy, tiw famous autl:or
venience and und o r the personal ex- lLllll to nvolll this tho re1:1it;trn11t or "Over the Top" as another speakpense or appearing before the board sho uld oxorcl110 tho g1·eatest •: arc in (i,
It is ce rtain that there will be
for examination and
questioning.
r,ll,er spea lwn;
VPTY row mon will find It practicable
to answer n il of tlw CJ uoHtlon:i wit l1- ~~'?.~~':"!!~j'""--:--::"'."1::'.-:-:'[t.ia;"?.'.;i:~L..,.....-::_~~•""~"•\~,,'ll:S~~T:1--l:'l':;,;~:;:m:!:I
�owns surrounding 'Exeter aud Portsmouth, th ,3
local committee for 't11e :district appointed by Gov . . Floyd being Tb.eodcre W. Lnw, William J. Cater and
Co l. II. Clinton Tnylor.
The committee has hC'ld
rnPotlngR and has made a careru1
ROCKINGHAM ,GIRLS
HOLD BENEFIT DANC
YPS!igalion into the condil:ons in
W!1ile expressing hope!\
t>at tho local altuntion qiny be made
l•ett<'r they also expn•1:1s the ' opinion
that the pre~ont prices will not 1,e
raised during , the winter.
On the
other hanrl thoy hold out no hope that
the 11rices are to drop. The committee's efforts for the ))resent will be
direc ted mainly toward lncrea~lng the
RllJJJ1ly or both hnn.l ntHI 110ft coal.
over $250 Is Secured. for The Ports
n1outh BranGh of the Red Cross
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'1'!11• x11111 ol' $2iill or 111orn for tl:t•,
hPnr>lit ol' tho ,Jo.cal llrd ('ross war.
i:P<·11r,,l through the efforts or the
.; ,irl cmployes of the Jlotel Hockingham who scored a de cide,! social sue<' PSS with their clancing par-ly hcl:I
Inst 1•venlng in the billiard room at
the hotE!I. Manager W:irren gave h:~
llparty assistance in malling the af•
fair a success'. The hall was fiml)•
clecor~ted for the occasion, and l'he
at1P11<ld1re was \' Cry large, abou ,
2.",0 heing present.
Through the courtesy of 'Captain
Wells of thp U. ,s. S. Montana, ,i.
<'rcw of clC'corotors w:is sent o\·er
irom the ship, with a liheral helping
from the Rhips' signal lockers, and
t!:eir <lc>corative efforts were greatly
a pprrd:itcd. In thr rorrldor to the
Pn t ru nre the word "Welcome" wa !o
m:idr. with signal
flags.
Captain
Wells also sent ornr the ship's orc·hPstrn whirh gave a concert p,·o;mun early in -the evening anl1
~:
t'ls
111:nccl for cl'a ncing until mldnlgh~.
Dancing was from 9 to 12.
IJ11rl11g- thr ovonlng t.l\11M .,r1111le
Quinn rendered "Somewhere
V,olce is ('ailing" and J\Llsg 'Ma1y
Flanagan sang "Farewell to Thee."
As an encore Mrs. Quinn and :i\JI ,;.,
l!'lanagau rendered "Indiana".
.La{ter Miss· Katherine
O'LeaF
pleased the laTge audience
wit11
"Awearing for You" and then sang
by request "The Rosary" and finally
as an encore "The Star _S panglerl
13anner."
The committee in charge of th•~
affair were •Misses Mollie K,nox.
Mary Jlickey and Nora Gi,bbons, anil
they were ably nssisted by eve:-)·
C'mployee of the hotel. The com1mttee is greatly indebted to Captain
Wells, l\Ir. Robert Capstick and Ric:1anl .I~. Hannaford for the floral dll<.:orations and all others who generously helped.
'From various clubs and organlz::;lions gifts of flowers were recelvo<l
for the young ladles and for decoralions, and at midnight the committee, In fact, everybody conneclccl
with the ·hotel, were happy, but •tired.
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i ;,i " l.U COMMlllEE PROBES
LOCAL GOAL SITUATION
'(\d"\1'• ' \ ', \
Thal thr coal Rlluntlon In Portrimouth and vicinity Is not any too
hrlghl Is lhfl statement of the fuel
atlmlnistrators for the district to.. T h e
Times this mo r ning, but they believe
that the situation will not grow
worse and hold hopes that It will
shortly be improved.
' As to hard
coal · Portsrnonth
is
very
welt
s11'pplied provided the peop'ie will exerclse due consideration of others In
orpElring. There Is, howev~r, a dectderl scarcity of sort coa.l and the .if:{ofts <\f 'the commitlM ' a r e alo ng Jines
wlJ!ch will remedy this conditio n. ·
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Two Alleged
Slackers ~ow
In The Ar1ny
llpnj,unln OoadaH
and
Small, Loth registrants for t'l.Je NaLlon:il arm y I from l1lls district, arc
now al Carmp Devens although they
.
c1trl 'their ,best to keep out. Goodall
of New market, failed to report to th El
local ·board when c.alted to the col0Ts an<l was arrested In his hometown sevoral days later ns he r o1urned to his hom.o over tile wee,kcnd. Ile was taken to Fort Const\tutlon •by the Newmarket chief of
police and wa.s later transfered to
the tralnlu.g <:amp. Ile Is now attaehed to 'I.he Depot ibrlgade
l
·
Sma.l•l, a resident of PorlsmoutiJ,
falloo to report to the loca1 'boarr.1
when called for examination -and for
several ·weeks, was mlssln,g. He rw~
arrested some days ago .ll'y the local J>0lice and turned' over t o the
army autth orltles wiho later transfered 'him to Cami> Deve ns.
Ol'RN HOl'Sli:.
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VS°
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I'\
The G Iris,. Patriotic League
keep O}len house on Sunrlay,
rnonrn heln1t OJl<'ll that th<' member~
mny hn\'O the privilege of romlug al
nny lime, thlR being much npprcl'lntPtl, l'Rp!'rlally hy thoso who nre
The situation In E:-rntor Is far
worse than here, tho comnilttoe flnds,
a!' its investigations have been extensive and thorough. There is very littie coal of any description in Exeter,
the dealers being compelled to limit
customers to Arnall Jots on all orderR
In order to conserve the supply.
Ex-Governor Charles M. Fiord of
:\fanchester has heen appointed state
fuel· administrator for New HamJ_l- .,_,,,-..~•,...,..,
shire and has completed his work of ..
dividing the state iuto dlstrictR, eaeh
under the direction of n sub-commlttPo. The Portsmouth distr ict In-
(ii~ii~•~~-
�RGANIZED CHARITIES
,via.r oc1t1dltlons h<ave
luoreased \ ed 0011 t, by Lhe war and the demands
lhe worlc for seve•ral or the ,l'Oral nl'a.de u1>on th eir rundi:il arc very
charily org111lzaUons and several largo. Mr.;. Ilull, tho general secrcmore funds. ta.i·y, ,repo•rts case after case tha,t is
directly atlrilbuted lo the •war and
This is cspe<.ially ~rue 1n the cases this 1n uddition ot the work ~r ,the
or the uisuricl N11rsli1g Assoclalio11 Hee~ Crossi 'C ivilia.n relief for w,hich
and: the Por:tsmouth
Organized she isi iacting m;, inve,;tlg•ator.
Charities, bo~h organizations doing
Du•r'llng the past week. Mrs. Hull
practically double the work neces- has been ca1led to Investi gate several
sairY before Lire war, and because of ca;ies or young girls, married and
the many dem:inds made llY national unmarried, where sympathy and ad an'Cl! war relief charities, their sour- vice were needed• .anid1 in several o[
ces IOf funds h<ave •been cut, so that 'these the ,o,r g.anizaUon's funds weire
'the diroctors find themselves in a necoosa,ry to take care or them, uilfor Instant ac- tlls the young .wome1{ could
lle
placed In ·h ospitals for treatment the
,ru(uds 1of the 1011g:a.nlza~ion µ1a'y1ng
Pensan s 1111terested in t:hese organeven li\1e 1h1os•p1,t,al bills.
lzaitions •urge citizens not to forget
'nhe Dlstrlct Nursing asso clat\'on
or neglect the loca,l cha.rllable 1nIs doing a ,great deal of ,work ou
stltutlons which is likely boctw se of
similar lines and their funds •a rc
the many demand!! mU:cle 011 them
rapidly diminishing,
for funds for other things , Including
In the ,annua.l' reports of the two
the Red ,Cross, the Ul·berlY Lmrn, the
o~g.a niza'lions, recdnltlY •iss-ued, th 'i!
Y. M . -C. A., Liil>ra1ry Funds, w:ar
need!l for funds were an•nounced and
Camp Communi>Ly Fun:ds, foreign
the p~ople ungcd to give as freely
war sufferers reliefs, and others.
as they coulq to ~n1ese worthy obll'he w•ork ,of the O!'gianlzed ChariIt is point- jects.
I
local Girl to
Drive Ainbulance
. r-·<rv _..~ at the Fron~
i\llGS Ka.lhl ee l Sulllv:lll of this clly
an d friend, i\fiss Illlll:i A111bler ot
Ll rid gcport, <Conn., are among the
first to Join tho Volunteer Amb ulanc,)
d ivis ion ' to dlivc ambulance.; aLro:HI.
Thoy arc al the Army and Navy
llazaar in the Grand (' nt ra l Palace,
:slow Yo rk and are doln~ all Lhoy c:.11
to ndd Lo tho suece~~- The glrL; nr,
each 19 years old and arc nlil
1:rs :111d m .c·ha nlcs. Thoy lrn ow ho\\'
lo r •pair their lll:l('hllWR. 'l'ltll girl:i
are wearing Lhl: British l•' lyinb ('ur,1,;
unif or m a nd .ire n,ac\y to !,"<I when
called upon.
Girls Make rt-~ ·
tomtort Bags
For Soldiers
T,bc soldiers a.t •Fort
are to recie'VU g\ft!I that will undoubtedly 'be very welcome [rom th•1
girls· cmiployed at the Gale Shoe
I<'actorY w'ho arc mem•bers of th.!
Girls' Patriotic League. The girls
have started the task! of ,making autl
filling 300 comforts kils ror the soldiers at tbe rort. These kits will con3\!;t of cretonne bags 11\letl with totooth
bacco, cigarettes, tooth ·brush,
artl11nste, soap and manY other
T11e
cles needed 'by the &oldlers.
girls aro making the bags anti are
raising Lbe money fo r tho contents
by IH>'l>ula r subscr iption throughout
t.he facto r y. Ill is estimated that t11e.
cost of the con1ents of the ,bags will
be near ly 1$2fi0, tho ,girls being givIn tho •flbures recenllY compile,\ camD as a delinquent, counting as en tile advantage of the who lesale
....... .,,....., __ by Adjutant General }Ioward glv- ! one or t:be q,uota. The local board price on many of the articles. Over
ing the 11erconta ge of the men or\ has on record. as certitled [or ser- l 00 of t110 lbagi1 havo a.ll·eadY ,b een
J.""'~:<1~Sl't!MI 'the st.ale who had heon .rejected by vice 28 men. 'fho remaining 15 will
tho army surgoo11 s nt Cam II DovenH, bo sel<'CteLI from th l~ list accol'(\1n~
Portsmoui,h was char11od with dghi 1•to priority In their ,-a ll 1! 11111,berl!.
1,ouiR Penta!, George Soucie an(\
percent rejec~e<l. These 1ii;urcs we,ti A1·thur ncauli e r, all ronnerly attachwrong, according to thp 1,Cflcial rec:- ed to the l'ortsmouth naval hospital,
:,.11il!':•"~'ll ords or }1r. Marvin, clerk or th e lo - were transfered to the Juristllctlon
cal board, who reports that of G•I or the local 'board for Dlvis1on 1 or
m ent sent 'to the training cam11 but Lowell , 'Mass . Penta!, it Is reported
A big s h ipment ot' 1nat<:rla.ls for
vo ·bave been rejected,. making the l:>y the Lowell board, has failed to
1;1 r centage of rejecting f or tnis dis- r epor t [or ,his examination, Soucla uso at tho government shJp builcl lng
asked exenwlion as the support or 1il~nL at Ne\\~ington was roryvarded bl'
r lct 7.8 percent.
P ortsmouth !d istrict is now ca!le<l a widowed mother but tailed to fll 1! .ill! over the Dover bran.ch from this
u,pon to turnleh 1 5 men to complete vrllO f ' and was held . Beau1ler ,was city this n:+-irning . Th~ t.raln contuined 15 di.Lrs
loaded with I Limber
f
•·.;:,fl'il','•:W:!lllB quota of 75, ,nenjamin H. Goocl•
r ejected a s no t 'P'h,ysically fl t .
and steel. \ ShiJ1me11ls of 1nateriab
1, who w as recently sent to t h o
for the con fi. ru c tlou o r ships i1uo being rece ivPd at the pla.nt en\n ; row
days, although this Is tlu, Jar~l t s l11i;le ship111unt tu be r1weiv1
I
Material For
Ship Plant
0
�(Lieuten.a,nt Booma closed his · letter lby s:::i,ylng he was well a~q ·h av·'PY, and gave- his address ·a.s ''Fra.n k
Hooma, 2d Lieutenant, .Fiekl A~~
ti'l-le!'y. U. ,s. R., •French ·
·
School of Instruction.''. ,
::ocal Boy ~-~·'' Writes Froin ryitf,5
Ilears Shells
Behind Frent hWhistle By
Firing Lines To Ta e p 1\ciO:\
Headquarters
At Elks Home
Another interesting Jetter has been
received by Attorney Arthur E. -Sewall from Sergt. Jeremy Waldron who
is with the 14th Railway Engineers
"Somewhere in France." The following is an extract:
To tell you the truth things outside o[ military matters are very
Of cou r se we get the prescribed number of ordern from headquartc•rn ear.h day, nud obey them , even
though we gru m blc and kick all the
v;!Jlle we are doing thom. But we
!Jave a saying that just fits, that
"J{ ick you may, but go you must."
There Is Yery littl e excitement
here. vVe are at the same camp that
we first land ed in when we came up
I.<, the front, and now that we have
nccustomed ourselves to the sound of
the guns, the air-planes (both Allies'
ar.d Boches) and the observation
balloons which nre everywhere about,
it Is just the same as though
we
wore at home. Once In a while we !lee
a little air fight, or something or
t!lat sort, but mostly it ls quiet.
I had the pleasure of being in one
of the towns that .Fritz shells every
dny, .and saw just how they come
over. They kept me under cover for
about three-quarters of an hour. It
i~• interesting to sit there and speculate on how near they are. coming.
You know you can hear them for
some I.Imo before they get to you.
They sort of whistle nnd unless you
n,re adept In the art of listening you
think everyone is headed right your
war. I don't think that any of these
I saw Iancled nearer than a hundred
yards, but I aHsnre you that was
qnite near enough '. At that, you so.rt
o: wiRh yon were abont as big as a
marble and could find a hole to sink
Into!
Ilow are the boys at the club? Give
tl'om al! my regards, and tell them
thnt tho captain often Rays at night
when ho comes into our tent, "How
would you like to Jrn sitting up In the
Warwick club tonight?" I te ll you,
I hnve hut one answer!
Tell II. P. that I have some stamps
for his stamp collection. They were
taken off a dead ''.Hun."
A while ago I saw an unexploded
1(i inch shel] which had been
sent
over by Fritz, and some facetious
por11on had written upon it: "Don't
put. this in your pocket, it only
weighR a thousand IJOunds!"
)[y <'Rndle is getting very
shore.
Diel you ever think that candles would
ho your one means o[ illumination?
0
,JERRY.
A letter was received this· mornIng rrom ,Lieu'tenant 1F ran,k Hooma,
now wlLh t'he . Amerio.an officers reserve in training in Fran·c e belifn J
the ill-r!.ng lines, ,!}y. former-Mayor
Harry, Il. Yea.ton, in which he reports
that all of the .boys wlt'h him are
feelin.g; 'fine. '!'he letter wa9' ma!.le<l
on tJ1e l Gtih of last month, wi't'h. an
American two-cent ~tamr, and wa~
'I)Oflitmarkod· "Saumur, J\lnl111, (1( Lolro,
18.45 {6.45 J). m.) H-10-17".
It is dated
",Somew,here
i;1
ha.nee, Oct. 14, l 91 7."
"\Ve nre alJ. settled here" he said,
"In a place far from the •front. ·we
·will 'be here aibout as long ns I was
away a.t the training co.mp :before
and after that I\Ve may go to t1ie
rront with some .battery ·here or may
be sent borne to train the boys in
Fren~h Ar'tillery fighting.
"vVe are divide-d into sect·i ons, 20
to eaclJ. section, in ,c,11arge of a
French officer as .instructor. \V e ent,
i;le(',JJ, rJ.<le aud. worlt together. TblH
town Is In a very old part or Franre
and is very 11Jea11ti.r1rl, as well as lntorestlng. It Is, very. qu·let here and
al,l lig'hts are out after 9 o'clock.
Mc must •b e in our rooms after that.
There are no lights on the streets
and very few peo·ple are seen on tho
streets at any :timil.
"T'h e Y. M. C . A. has succee<le<l
in ,getting a ·bea,utiful summer ,h ome
the qJroperty -o f a countess, for the
officers of the school. They had the
opening yeste-rday with singing by
Frenc11, .g irls and, off'iC€rs and
tonight we ·had ·vesper ser-vice which
was fine.
"We 1ha.ve 'wine served a't tho moss
with every meal, one ,bottle for each
man. I tried it for two or
t'hree
_d ays, b·ut didn't like it.
"I am rooming with three men,
one from 1Massachusetts and: two
from Texas. They are splendid follows.
"'f-l rreo or the fellcrws have 'been
'thrown .from thoi.r horses and ,! Jave
1lru rt their arms, and :many othors
'h·a ve been -thrown without ·getting
hurt.
"The roughest ,part of our t:-lp
'W'as In crossing t11e channel
and
more than ha.If of the men
were
seasick, I rumong, tha:t. numiber. The
crossing· only ta,kes six or
hO'UrS.
· "I nm to start taking_ more lessons in French next week, ibegl_n ning on Thursday, the lessons to be
•given us :b y a Mlle. Du,mas,
· the
daughter of th~
,The Portsmouth Brunel,
Iled ·C ross is to take u•p
q na.rlern for work
In tho
Home, through tho courtesy of thnt
organlza.l!on. The la.st Rewing meetinR" <nt tho old •C ourt Honse was held
011 Mon<l11y and
todny tho workorn
have moved· in to the l~l1k,s' Home
where 1lhey a.ro to ·havo tho use of
t.hc whole second floor, and
rnor() r oom !f llC'C<'Rsary, The sowing
cln,· l1:1s ·henn changed frorn
!Mo::i<lay to Thurnrlar or ea ch week, the
i' nt1r c 'hllln:s frolll 10 n. 111. to r. p.
111. 'lt;ntra11ce will ho l'rorn the side
dooi·. whore a &tairway leads directly Lu the rooms. 'f:he s11r11:ical dressing- cl:rns will meet on Wednesdays,
as ~1sual, ruHI il may be arranged to
h:i vn rnore rlnys l~lPr, as dressini:;s
:: r,, tho :,11ppli<'s mn s t nC'edcd. Sawin,: 1111tvhl11P :< arP a.'s o ll<'<'cl!'d
11· lf ·h :t 1:ood
n II Ill hf'r or workers
lll Drr' machl11os nrn nrP~lcd. Any one
ha1·i111' a mn<'hiuo anti is willing to
!oa11 it f;.: r fhn ,·n11sr will
a l'an1r to fho committee in charga
~:id if any such will telephone J\'Irs.
J\rtl1ur H. Locli~. who Is in charge
of fh() work, it will lw called for.
Tlin rrn·<•'tlcrs mncl<: •hy t.ho ,:i:t,el.l
('ro~ ~ JnPn.llJ<> rn we re sh i/JJ'llCtl last
·.,· rr 1, lo (' i; :. llo rlwf'll o[ the Fir~t
f' omp a n.r, {'. A. ('... at ,Sprlngflold,
Ma ss .. that onn cou,' cl 'be girnn each
nnrn in this our lo cal company. A
num '!JPr of ot.licrn li~vo 'bPen kopt to
rnrni8h one to each local ·man who
~oes from thlH r.11)" in the remaining lncrcmcra of l r, or Ibo ll\St
draft . .
0
GlllU,S' PJ\'llrlHYl'IC J,Ei\faJ·I~.
'Nearly 50 members of the leagno
·vlsitr-cl, tho .John Paul ,Jones .1101110
on Sun<lny clnrlng- tho clay. In the crc,n!n,g 10 yo·nng women mo1111Jcn; cntortalnecl 1:1 onll8lOd men at n Hupper.
,tr;<- -- \
·Classes 'Wero 110!<1 Yf'~tortlay
co&king, surgical dressing,
111a.kl11,g and dm1cing.
The league has conrr-'etcd
comfort bags and tl!csc are Jn:tPr to
bo flllo<I, this being a ,•,·ork planner!
ror ·Christmas ,glrts.
�WIN THE WAR
'Ir, the l:tUzon!I of 1•urt.smouth, men,
women and chllclren:
Plea1.o bear in mln1I thut tho Hed
'frlanglo huts lu tho l 'HJnJ~. the lle,t\
L'-l~.•<,.,....11 '1J 'rlangle ('rllM'lj ln tJ10 ti·cnch(ltj in
J,)-11,noo, and chcwhero, must be dis.. •: .,,,.,.,__ couUnued unlei,s we ruL'IO U10 fun<1
tlmt we are on thl!I 1t'cok. It 1~111
m,t !IUIM in tho 1>11mo du~'< 1\lth 111111d•"l"ls Of oll1<'r r(l(1l«!st.-; for money, 1111
wt1kh hlRf htl 1-fUUll. 'J'o kC<'II tho
Jl)Ct\UDI( i;plrll · ln 'our 110,rr.., RUii to
kt<"{J t.belr rotll'll~e u.p, 11nll to kec11
f.beJR clean lll\d rle<'.4'nt t.0 they 1-:n11
t~ht. and wlu thiq wa.r, WO DIU!<t COD•
o·r
tiJ1uo those "huts," The money can.,
01
"" l ~~n
not•·-·
'u·om
th e Na ti ona 1 t reasury, it mu.st come from money ,•oluntccr,i. 'l' ho mim who ,,Ill 1,co h1!1
neighbor's hoy ,·olunt<--er hi;i "life"
Irncl not, bo willing to gh•e som~thlng
of his "money" to hel1, ko<'p thr com·•
t♦llfl 111 th11t hoy to Hi.;ht Is too 111c11r1
tu oujoy tho pr1 ►lt'<· llu11 of 0111· l'lnA ,
Thlt1 monor, 1111,l th,1 hut,'i aull hom<,
lifo 111,Jch It pro•h1<~•,; 111 tho front.
1tl'O O<Jllllllf
<:njoyc,J h)· <'utholk
bo3·s, Jewish l)()JS, a.11d 011r un,l
c,·ory buy 1ulke. 'l'h o K11i11.h\>1 of
Columbus rund is dolnl{ thu F>IUIIC
Jund of work and ls just as pl'8Jsc•
and all 1111triots stiould NIIJl•
Iworthr,
JlOrt tJ1ls kind of work unde1· what•
m ·ct· numc.
~j~~:l'M,:~r,i.l!li
C. .\." met111;i 1
the Knlse1·, "\.."ou "i'll"ust "C"om11
".\ "t' i-os'I. The 11eo1>le of Portsmouth
11111st 11\·orngo at loust !!O\'enty-fh"e
<C'llt'< 111,lc1·0. \Vo mui;t l'Rlse $10,00ij,
01· else wo Rt'o nol dolo~ our slmro.
l'le11so t;CIH.l your contributions to
Cll11rlc.s I•'. ShlllRber, 'frr-11surcr, Lt I hcc•11111m!ttcc!'I o,·-erlook yon.
JOH:'11 H. BARTLETT,
County Chnlrman.
I
JUST LIKE TAXES
Boys to Begin
Money Must be Raised to Win the
war
.__...,_____
'fo the Oltlzens of rorlsroonlh 11,l'ld
tl,ing to whkh they &lve tJ10 n.an1•
Vlcln1t7:
tJie "mol'1l)o" or 11n ,:ll'my is Ju!!t a!l Im•
The ,var Fund which we must port.ant as ammunition.
The ab,_dWlllil railso now to tielp 1t·i11 tJ10 ,var Is sa 1>ence ot th111 among the Italian boJ•,
large that wo mu11t trellt It much a!i who hun, boon In tJ1e Alps for the
we W'OUlcl our taxM. Ir PO!'t!lmouth h1Ht ;vo111• or two, I!:! till.Id to bo ono of
And tho Portsmouth Dit1t.l1cL doOII Us the 1·ell.'loD!i why the<y 1>0 rc11111ly fled.
11bout seventy-the 'fl.t!I Is II C!ISO where those of u1:1 who
cenll!I ror each person, tJ1at Ii., for 0111· n1·0 ut hontc can muko ou1· money
<'ntlre populi~tlon. Thi~ mcuns th11L fight.
t.here must bo i;omo gift!i porhapH RS
" ' c mu~t µ.et in Portsmouth some
high 111:1 Twonty-fh·e llun<l,c<l J>ollu1·:1. ~o00, then we mm,t get a lot of $200,
111 ~ashua last nlg11t ther round threo th e n we must huYe many $100, uuc1
men that gave $2,i>00 each. Even In mnny moro $i'i0 1111d $25 payments. 1
~ewm.arket la8t ntght, a ~lft or e500 don't like to cull them b'1fts. You ure
wns rocelvcd l'rom tl10 )lnnutucturlng only pa) lug to fight tJ10 Knl!!Cr you1•
Compnny. We sl10ultl rai~e In Po11s - . !!hUl'e, We owo it In J)l'Opor11on to
mouth altogether not IO!!!l than $10,· our nblllty, more t.J1an we owe our
000. It l11 generally r0<·konecl th11t tau~.
tho dtll'!I mw,t clo mor:o ll11m ttl4'fr
Tiu, collcwtnrs will 1;t111·t lu tomo1·•
pl'oportlon to mako up for 1mua II, po01· row 1u11l "o 11111:.l nil bu ro11dy pro11111tconunun1t1eH.
·
11.r to muko our plcdgc!l, Flfly Jlel'
This work dono by the Hcd 'frlan- cent oC tho ploclge Is to be 11alcl with•
gle Is to keop up tJ1e coura;;ll of onr in :JO dafN, 21i % by ,January 1, and
boJs on tJie battleftold.
rnless wo 25 % by Apl'll t. I feel confident tJ1at
keep up their 11plrlt and keep tbt>m Portsmouth ~111 keep up Its roput.a•
f1·om ,;ettlng des1)()ndont and suicidnl, tton for being one of tho most patriot•
they cunnot ~ght und llin our battl°"'· \ lc cttles in the l'nHed States.
Mllluu-y authoritJos sa7 tlt.a-t thtH
JOUN H. BARTLE'rl'.
I
Their Campaign
The campaign ror Lbe Red Triangle
fund w111 start In earnest In Portismouth tomorrow morning and tho
boys or the Y. M. C. A. are ready ror
t1\elr share In the drive. Al a. meeting held at Portsmouth High school
t he boys were addressed . by Loub
Perry, principal of Lhe Phllli1H1 Exeter Acadumy and the details uf their
plans were settled at this moellng .
There will be six• Learns, each compo3ed o r Urve boys, performing th e
work and they wlll mot1t each evening
at the Y. M. C. A. at 5 o'clock to
make their r oport and r oturn11 to I!:.
Curtis :Matthews, Jr., treasurer or tho
fund collected by the boys.
,\::i :i. special prize ro. the team doIng the greatest work Albert HlslOJI
hRH announced that ho will take th o
nrnmb.e rs or th e winning team hy auto lo Camp Devens on Saturd11y whoro
they will have a. chance to visit with_,,,,_.,._.,-...,the men tor whom they hnvo beou
working. Th~y will alBo witness ~h<;i
re lny rac!) ,,:J..t tb,Q St~te House whlcl1
i.; being cond1rcted by tho Red T~la.nr, lo \\'ar l<'unll committee tor
) 011 n g11 r mom born or l hu Y. :\I. C. A.
~h rou g hout nreator Uoston .
Thu
boys appear to bo enthusiastic about
Lb o work and are expected to make a
goo d s howln
I
Mr. and Mre . Horace 13.
ha Te received & cablegram from their
son, Edward 0 . Parker, who hne gone
In the aviation service, of his
at some foreign port, and Is
�OPEN CAMPAIGN fOR
RED TRIANGLE fUND
1,;mpoy In his
.
diers sent from this ro
.
haltlc fronl.~ c·oul<l not win tho ·1\'
alouc aull lhal 111 his oplulou lh
make u11 but 40 percent of the very
essential part of the ,fighting machine t:he people who must remain
at ho~1e making up the remaining 6 0
percent. A 1>art of the wonk of the
remaining 60 percent, he said, Mr.
Burrough~ stated, was that of doing all things poss~ale io make the
life of the soldier a llltle less hard
and the ,g iving of funds for t hi.<
Red Triangle war fund was one of
the means to this end. He said !hat
Mr. 'Empey expressed himself as entirely In accord wit, the efforts ur
lhc Y. M. C. A. ns ho harl ISCOn It
- - - - -r-_-_-:_-_-_-_-_-:,_~------:-':'"":'-:"."'.7::-::::---II worl1 out on tho ,halllo fronlR ' !11
"l'ortm11011lh will ra!Ro lier allotIn order to carry on lhlR tmpor
Ji'rnnco in surrouiHllng- tho soldiers
mcnt oC $8,000 for tile Lllcd 'l'runglo Lant wofik 1, he imlcl , it wn,R IIC'CC'SHar.,
with little comforts and tour.hes of
war fund as she raised her quota to havr m.oncy, much more th an h· home interests which
helped
t>
for el'rry other vurposc in this great now available, and this cam1rnigr
hearten the men and keep up thoir
war," Mayor Ladd said last even- is for that 'J)Urpose. He then in~rn · ,plrits in the trying times.
ing at the big mass meeting held in durcd ·Cone;rossman Burroughs as I.hr
Congressman Burroughs said that
the Interests o[ the l!locl Triangle r1hief of the Cl'ening.
America was sending the flower Clf
(Y. M. C. A.) war fnnd ramvalgn
A[cr explainin!\' how
the
fir~t
her manhood to France to ·fight In
which opens here next \\'eek. The mrelinr; held 6n !Manchcs:cr
ha~
the Interests of democracy and that
meeting was held al the Army and divided the state into districts in
it wa& entirely the duty of those nNavy asr.ociation build,t'ng on Daniel planning for the campaign Congres:;- main!ng at 'home in comfort and se1
street with a :rarge atten aance o f 111 "", 11 nurro11gl1s--1·111inecllately launc 1- "urity to make every effort to kee::i
representative citizens and •business eel into the su·bject of the great goo ,l
:hese boys clean in mind and ,b ody
men.
that the organization had •been do- ,o that they might return at the <:>n•l
,'he rampaign Is nation-wide anrl lnp; and would continue to do i:i of the war a, credit to themselves
this Rlale is called upon to
ral~r caring Cor the American solrlicrn au d ind their nation. The work of the.
;30,000, the allotment based on 1hc sailors in their 'hours of ease. fol- Y. M. c. A. he said, was direcltly aimpopulalion, 7i'i cents for every mfln. lowing them to the very front line ed al this. He said that this work
woman and child In the country. lronches In l<'ranre from th eir tralu- was as essential as any part of t11-1
Portsmouth, ~ith Its ·population a[ Ing ramps, and practically surrouncl- woi,kt in tlte groat war and could lie
t2,000 Is asked to su'bscrl-be $8,000. Ing them from the ir entry Into th e uccom,iilished only through the inTo mnny the reason for the ca•n- service of tiie country, at the train- rllvlclna l efforts of all the nation's
palgn was not clear until after the Ing camps and dnrlng their prrloJ "itizens In supplying the money tf'
m<'ollng ,Jrnt the ncnch, for tho moll - of transportation from tho Unitid rnrrv It on no nrg-ocl nil to do their
r-y wero <'lcnrly sot forth 1by the scv- Slitlos to overseas.
~har·o and ~nicl thnl thry were doing
era l speakers, including Mayor i':lar,1He said that there was a dlSllnc.t their share when th ey helped In
uel T. Ladd who presided, Congress- need for this work both In the train- 'iccping the mora)e of the men at
man Sherman J~. Burroughs of thif ing ~anlonmcnts and in the
fie],] 'he front as high as possible. "Thi'l,"'
111
,-~•~ ","<ll."II di s trict, and ,Col. '. John H. Bartlett. and the Y. M. •C. A., the Knights of
1 said. "Is one of the ways we can
10
l':•';11.;~v.a chairmnn or· the cam11aign rommlt- Colnmhns , tho Rrcreation Commit!I. II take in helping to win the war.''
teo for the district of Portsmout11.
toe ·a11el others were tho orr,nnl7.a.Follllowlng
Congressman
Bur'' fhe meeting was held In the au - lions which were :l!ookecl to for tl1iF roughs, Harold T. ,Chase, a worker
rlitorium of the
Home
fol:!'owinr ·branch of the service. necessary an rl in the Y. M. ,c, A. and in charg-e of
i;crvinr, of supper. Mayor Ladd op- Important, but for which th e wnr lhc rampaign in Now· Tla!U'pshlro,
ened thP meC'ling speaking brten:v doparlrnent and the navy depart•mcnt was introduced 'by Mn.var Ladd. ,M:·.
· l s o r' ti 10 mee ti ng 0.11•·' l1arl 110 means or time to accomplish Ohnsc spoke of t 1e P ff or t s o r ti 1e ,.• ·
on the su 1IJPC
I
tho campaign 'but expressing
hif In acldillon to their other important \f. r. A. to look after the welf.ue
firm ronvlctlon that the rilizens of 1 ,business. that of making R snrc"s'i- ·if thP boys in the training canto11l'ortR<111011lh wo11l1l livo up lo their ful Oghting- machine out of th r liors ·nenls anti in the camps al the front.
r<'corcl rarly PRlahlls11ed In the pre'l• who compose the Amorlrnn nrm: 0 s !To snlcl thnt rh!'ranso or tho lncronsnnt war 11 11<1
f11ll.v Rnhs Tlho thr nn<l 1mvy_
, 11 011101111 t of work plnnn!'tl ~>Y tho
1
amount nxpnr.tncl or It. llo spoke r,f
SNgoant Cny Mmpey,
a ~olcl!N ·tssoc latlon mu ch money was neod<'tl
lhf1 l.!Tf'nt work thnt thn Y. M. r. . .\
who llltR 11rrvc1l with thn nrll! Rh fnrlh<•.Y W01'(1 lo ('()ntlnuo. Mr. f!h!lflO
was doing Cor the boys or Amer!··:.i crn In •l<'ranco for two or moro yrarn. i;nvo a, grnfflc account or tho Y. M.
' n1eac11re
of tl11• 1•·,·1~
in 1bring Ing a ccr t a1n
~
, .,, to h," vn•· IJOC'll one of the Rl1eak!' r r4 r:. A, work as car Ie1I on among '1111·
Entlmsiastic Meeting Held Last Evening
At Iht Army and Navy Home.
,r
0
comforts of elean companionship anrl
lcl•-:--,.,0!.'J!!HII asRoriations Into their Jives •both 111
tr..,; ..!;f!,i;~the trainin g camps and In the hattie fil'lds of France by lhe esta·b
Jishing of the Y. M. C. A. huts, a1~d
whilr it is i11111>ossi,ble to transport
"home" to the solclirrs in the field
it is possible to scnrl to them somr
.........,G:"~•• lltt;l'c measure of home associatlom
the Y. l\I. 1c. A. was doing jus/
but conic! not comr. In view of thi s
('ongressman flurroup;hf1 rrrorrlcd 1
part of •Srrgeant F:mpry·s talk as i::ii·.
rn at a mass mPeling- in i\lancheRtor
in the Interests of this fund. Sni:reant
1,;mpe,v is an author as well as a
fighter nnd several of his war ~torlr 'f arr ronsirlr.rn,l amoniJ; tho hrs! to
he written on tho present
worl·l·
,wn 'boys at the great training camp,
('amp Dcvrns, and said
that t'll'
iiold should lb<' extended
to oV"I!
(\'realer .proportions that are poss:ble
now.
Ile said that the country
made four drafts. rach as i111po1·Lant as the other. 'First the draft of
voung men to take their places 011
the nring line, second the funds for
�health and comfort of the sick
wounded, third, tho money or
nation to successfully carry on the
government and its war aims, a1irl
fourth tho resources of the Y. M. C.
A. tha't the s1ilrit of the •men might
ho k pt -nt tho highest pitch. \Vl•h
tho Y. M. C. A. Mr. Chase gavo e111rnl
rredlt to tho Knights or Col11mb11&,
the l~lka, and other war camp organizations, all engaged In the 0110 great
work of seeking to surround
thn
so.tidier and sailor with clean amusement and recreation cenlern for hi~
personal com.torts in his few Hours
and leisure. He said that this fourth
draft was as Importan t as any or
the other three and that money, donated and subscribed by the citizen s
of the nation was necessary to t,1
car rying on of this Important wor tc
Col. Bartlett, the chairman of L!IC
committee In charge of the campalgi.
in -Rooktingham County district, fol ·
lowed Mr. •Chase. 'lie detailed in ~
measure the plans of 1tho committee
to raise this sum of $8,000, for thr
Important work, informing
tho
meeting as to the means emploreo
to arrive at tho allotment of tho sev.
ora l cllstrlr:s In tho state unrl tho nation, r, cents for ouch pen1on In t !tt•
dlstrlrt. •'ol. Bartlett said that ir
was the Intention of :ho genei ,:
eommllleo to effect an organizatir,n
l11 eacl1- city and town in all tho d !,.tricts 1o do tho lmnH•tliatn work d
sen1ri 11 g tho (JIIOIU in tl1dr re·, pt'( ·
ti vo tli 1•i~ion ;;.
Tho lo;·;i,I co111111lttcc.
iw Haid,
\\'Ollld work l11 r•ortf;nH>llth and 'If;
one obJe<·t was to secure rrom ra,·11
i1111ivltl 11.1l his propnrtiouult• Rharc of
tile city'J allotment. He aunouucoll
that a mass meeting would iiJe he:tl
at the ,Colonial Theatre on 1Sund11.1
evening, the opening day of the
campaign, when a numver ot prominent s1icakers woultl deliver short
addresses and the complete details
of tho committee's cam'\)algn plan!!
would be announced.
Following CoJ,. Itartlett an orga!1izat1on was efl'e(;ted with Mayor Ladrl.
as chairman, K Curtis Matthews,
.Jr., secretary anrl. Charles F. ShlllaJ;er as tre!lsuror. An executive committee composed of Mayor Ladd, Rev .
Dr. ThP.yer and D. F. Borthwick, empowered to select a campaign manager and such other committees as
to them necessary, was also
:alled to
LOCAL BOARD HAS
ITS RECORD COMPLETE
In case a call shoulcl be issued by
I
the War Department for the final i11-1
crcment or 16 % or the /irst drafl to
tl;c Nalloua1 Army l11e !Joarll for divi~l011 I of thiti county would be able
to iss ue its notices lo the m1:,n immediately.. This district owes lo tho
Nalionnl Army 15 men, l l as the flual l 5 % of the quota, and four lo rer,:ace men who were rejected by tho
army surgeons ror ph) sical defects.
Ii'ive men were returned berause of
these rejections and their ])laces n111Hl
be filled, but the
distri ct receiv es
credit for one man who had failed to
report when called and has since been
st>nt, Lo the training camp.
A JHtrtiaJ summary of lho tirn 1
t!raft from thl1-1 district follows.
Num bur of rncu in quota 7 5.
Nu1111Jer ca ll ed for examlnatlo 1
550.
Number failin~ to report for examination 54.
. u1111.Jer finally certitlod
107.
Number sent to Camp Devens
thrne increments 63.
Number sent Lo Camp ~1eade 1.
Number rejected by army surgeons
5.
.'lumber now at training cam1H1 60.
:slumber to !Je sent Lo comp lete
quota 15.
Number of men certified
of quota 28.
Eliot Soldier ncnr. a Enters Service
Dies in France Tl@·s As Engineer
The name of an Eliot boy, Chester
!Shapleigh, has gained a place on
li,o '.'salicin's roll o[ honor of those
II l:o havo given their lives while in
t!H·i ,· l'Ountr) 's flOrvke.
Shapleigh
1·.u:i 110L killed in battle, but the hono ; i,; just ,11; great, as ho volunteered
a1,d whrn tho call came to cross the
owa11 1: 1: Ll tako hi:; placP. on the battle rro11t in !<'ranee Ito wont enthusiai;ticallr, hapJlY In the thoughl that
he 11·a~ to clo his share In the grea .
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/Lo uis E. Fetter of 591
slre~'t'; 't his city',' h'a s 'entered the em,ploy of the United ,S tates shipping
board as a marine engineer ancl
will serve in t'he transport service be0
tween this country and France •provided the War Department, throui;-h
the N, If. district board, gives bim
permission. He appeared before thJ
local ,board this morning and made
application for _permission to leave
bdlle against German autocracy. the country, this being necessary as
s:1orlly after his arrival on l~rench 'he Is registered under the selective
soi l to join General John .J. Persh-service act.
i11g'i; force he conlractcll !Jnc11111011ln,
This application
J'ro111 which he died on Nov. 4, word
'brings , his case immediately forwal',1
lo that effect being received by hi ~
and 'he was examined and declared
rE-latives yesterday.
~11iyslca!Jly iflt [or military service by
Young Shapleigh, who enlisted i11
Dr. George E. Pe1nder, exam>lnlng
a ~lai110 :·l•gi111ent II hl'II the r;ill lo
phyBlclan for tho local bonr<l. He
lll'lllS 11ml ('UlllC, 11a :1
alalio11e<I al
filed a olalm for dlscbari;e on tho
(';i 111 p IJartlclt for some time, crossde-pendent ru Iii.
ini; to Fran co with a rcconl inc reThe local board 1belleves that he
me n!. I lo wa s :! 2 ) ears old.
1s not likely to be Immediately callTito youn;; soldier iH survived l>y
ed tor service and his al)'pllcatlon
!tit: mother, .\lrs. ~r. Siloplei;;h or l~li
has been forwarded to the district
ot. lhreu brotl1orH and Lwo si~ters,
board for consideration with the
~rrn. Guy 1~. l'hii!Jrick ur :10111crviil<' ,
recommendation that It be granted. .
.\. ~lannin;; Hu111kh
I'\\ 1:)
the Colors
A. l!Bnnlng Remick or Rye Beach,
;ho enlisted In the ~aval Reserve at
he outbreak or the wa!' has boen
.1.lled to the coloris and wm report at
.umldu Island, Roijton Harbor, on
'hursday. Mr. R'e mlck ranks as a
ler u1a1:hlnlst's mate.
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�CIVIC LEAGUE: ATTACKS!\!~;:dihe Service
,o::PU.8IJ!;-_,SMOU-.T,tt.' MORALS ;:iiYhIE:,;:,;:•,:,;::· ~;,,:::
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States as ·a deserter from the army,
"Spotless Town 'Or i3,~s,t" app~rs ·\YAs\ ev.14?,n ce. that · t!i.e <:lty is be1
to be lhe slogan of the Civic Asso- l~-g ~01)
.·
as _.,ordqrly · a~ most of the
has reported to tile lo ca,J, ,lJoard and
m1U~ :1n ,tlia, country n: statemen,t : .b y
asilood that .his time . for filing claim
elation and its latest assa·ult againi;t ~tt,tir'4 -' •tittence -~ll tlt~t peNons for discharge be extended. The necthe, "immoralities" of Portsmouth,
'
essary papers claiming discharge and
following · .the · la.te ,attack on the Lieute~:ant !Robinso~, .'··is. N., ·coni-- the affidavits in support of his clalrn
theatres, was pres.etited n.t a special ma n.a·ant of th e na~al ji;.,lrol duly Iii accompanied the request.
ri1'iito'lrig · of· tlie 'J)ol!co commission- Portsmou th , mad:e, a,t the ·1,oJ i<'e Rt.JJones enlisted In tho navy on ,h1ly
hii:IJ tl\llt evening wl1on lion th lA morning is a croclfl to lli:t' :lO boforo ho wnR cal!O!I for QXnmlnn,tho'y' 'J)rOtlontod numerous cbmplnlnts pollco dot)arbnont, 110 Ralil . tllu.t hl• Uon by tho loco.I bonrd nnd had rebut failed to ·p-tod·uce ,but hearsay had been on duty every rilght fcfr' ceived no notice that he was called.
evidence. •In the .· 11arty who ap- nearly a month a nd · he believed thr,;t
Tho afl'idavit in support of
pea.red wore Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Dr. Portsmou th was lqoking after ' th b do.Im for discharge is signed
M. I. Boger, Mrs. Locke Miss Mar.- moral . issues far· ~,Eitter . t b~nComm. ,Charles J. Lang, U. S. N. comtha. Klmba)I and Mrs. Hull.
town , he h.a<l visltfl, 3nd' th ?t th ~
mantling the U. S. S. Raleigh, and is
Lren,t work in.
Tl10 1ocal b oar d ·Is
. Previous to tho visit to the police P olice were doing ., ,,J;
date-d N ov. 4 .
commissioners ~ meetln.g was held keeplng ·,:tbe
ofj' th e liavy st raigh't
considering the claim and a discharge
tn tbe a~ernoon when this- commit- b · Yth eir work. ag$-fn 5t th e illeg:i.l
will be granted on the grounds that
iooe -was appointed to act ·before the l1quor trMfio a nd fjmmoral ,yome~.
he Is already In the service of tho
commission. · . The~ made specific ----~-...=='""--'~-La-. =j~ ~ - -- -. United States.
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ors 'nt1:·~tty·
nn~
m~n
:charges that the moral O fthe town
G'W'U •golng down because Q(the wide:oJX}n liquor traffic to the enllrrted
men 'an~· that there ,wa's m,uch street
wa~kdng which the police are ·no~
preventing. , It was .vol~ted -~ t to
tbe committee ;by the commissioners
that this w,ork · wias being looked nfter ,l>y·. the police department as ably
as' posstble and thilt e'-v-ldence was
at hand that the city was as clean as
any : seaport c-ity In the _country.
IJ'he ·p0:11ce offleers, ithe oommlsa1oners said, were looking ,after the
"bootlegging" in Portsmouth as well
all, lf •not ,b etter than, the otber .cities
In ·the ' country, having secured since
the law went into effect, a large
number of convictions. The ccimirilsRlonors ·admitte.d . that there was
1Hlll llle!?'al sales being made hut the
police ·could not convict unless thev
under st1E1p'clon '\\·ere 'b eing -watched
so as· to })tevent :them continuing tho
En11· sts In
,...Tw_o_D_1·s-c-h-ar_g_e_s__
Naval Reserve Are Granted By -.
°' Loca
. I Board
Joseph P. Chaso of this dt-y hm! enlisted at the navy yard as 11. coxswain
In the Naval Reserve.
Reports Ready
For War Service
Douglas J. Goold or Porti;mot,th ,
who was called to tlrn coJors by tile
local war board when the eecon :I
contingent was sent to Camp Devens has reported to tile local •board
na ready to go when they rogulrc
htm. Mr. ·Goold W8-6 ono or the flrs1
examined and selected ·by tho 'c1rade. .
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_
cat :board for mllltary 1;ernce and a:
. The women made S])eclflc chargef! the time he made a request that hr
1~· some lnstA.nc~, sth.tin.g that "Mrs. bo sent early. Because t11e district
&>-nncUio p,n,ld she lfriew · t.hat this bonrd failed to cortlry him In Um!'
1><m1on ·w11R .eell!ng llonor to sa1.1ors" It was lmposslb-Jo to nllnw him te
btlt w·h en tbo -commissioners asked go as a memlHlr or thfl ·flratcontlugenl
'\\"hY thlii . w:omitn who know of this , ,but ho was selected to ,go wlth th e
'r affle w,s not -present the wonien I second.
.
said' t,ha.t' thfy"· couldn't testify' ' In
After receiving his call he wa~
police couMs in such matters. The , ta/loon ill with typhoid fever in ,P ortI
rommissl.o ners informed them that land where he wa,s working at that
unless the rlgM evidence "11-ias pre- time and he has been under the car'"
sooted· convictions could not ,b e se- of Dr. Dyson, a member of the Maine
District ·board: until yesterday whau
, 'IJ'he ,meetlng lai!ted more -than .an he was .reported! as fully recovered.
hour,. tbe· coin,r hlssloners tnforming Ooold wlll likely •be one of those to
last contingent of the
the ' delegation thalt they nnci the 'J)Ollce department- were making every
~frorti to ·lk1e-ep-the city clean a.nd that
uuless , help . was : secured from ' tho
~ltlzf!nl! •~o'r e fOUld . no>t be done ..:
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'The local war draft
granted a diAcbarge in tho eases · of
George l'J . .Tones, U , 18. N., from sarvlce In tho national army nuder I.he>
selectlve ,c onscription act. Mr. Jo!tM
having {IJ<)d cla;lm, su;pported' h;;
proof, that 110 was In tbe navy. A
<llscharge ·was also granted to LoulP
E Feiler of this city on the depericl~ncy, rule, ·h e bav!ng a wHo and
children. · Fotler fa a marine engineor in tho 11Jnite!l istates f!hlpplu~
bon.rd· in tho tra.nR"port scrvlco and
has ibcon called t.o duty a.board aht :1
to leave for Franco shortly,
tAttorney .John L. :1.[ltche~l, representative of Provost Marshal 'Genernl Crowdf',r for this district, !111mcclin.toly I\J}p<'nle1l this tl!Achn.l"V'
t.o tllfl dlRtrlrt bonrcl. •A t tho R8lllC
time ho fonrnrdotr .:l.ppenlR
coses of ,n1r-11mond R Mulnnoy and
Forster E . Varrell. two non-reRidonts, who were discharged ~JY tlh'
local ,board on the ,g round of hai-lng dependents.
�RED TRIANGLE FUND
!Seryite ·Flag·.:
. .With 100:sia.is·:·
-For·Eagle _Lodge
DRIVE IS STARTED
Teams Begin campaign to Raise $10,-
ooo for the Y. M..C. A. War
fund in Portsmouth--Subscriptions
Coming Strong
'Vhe drive -for
$•10.,000
lletr Ith,:
IR. C. Dickey, '
~1naln;
D.
F.
boys or tho American rtgllting forclu north wick, W. J. ,catur, C. It. Walkconducted 1by the Red Triangle War er and E. I,_ Chaney.
:F;und and tho \Var \York ,Council, fa
I.Spocla.l aaslgnments
were also
now under way Jn Portsmouth, tho made, as follow.s:
organization of •~he camapign bein_g
Col. H. C. II"ayJ-or, Gale S'hoe Co.
com.plated at meetings of the joint
H. B. Tilton, Morley Button Co.
·bodies · held yesterday afternoon and
Amos S. Rundlett, Navy Yard.
e-venlng, Cam1}algn .Manager l!'redLouis Shapiro ia.nd Harry Cohen,
erlc M. !Sise, ,preshling.
I:n
tho Jewish merchan,ts.
afternoon tho city was districted,
A thermometer hal> · been p'llt In
/the ·business section ,being divided pf.ace at the Natlonai IJ\,Iechanlcs ancl
in-to five district.a, one assigned t·.J Traders' Hank with the -h igh mark
each tea.m ca11tain, who wlil su·bdi - at $10,000. The "1\ilercur)'" in the
vlde his district and assign a part thermometer will ,be moved- eacl: day
of ea.ch ,to the members of his _te:i1u. of the four days of the campaign as
,T he tea.m captains, meeting ln tl1t : -t he sums for the fund are r eported
eyenlng, reported to the manage;· at tho clo,:e of business. ,Ea.ch team
the names of the men to compos,! captain "ffilJ report in the forenoon
tboir teams, and they . \\_.ere · ha.rd a: to 'S-Ocret:1.ry Baker, o"l' tl.Hl Gllam,ber
work this morning on their firs :. of ·Commerce, in charge of tho pu,bday's work. rrhe team captains ;;w:l !!city of t.he campaign'. His office
members are as follows:
bas been made the headquarters for
J. P. Conner, car>t.aln; L. G. Pey- ::he campaign wo11\ilers.
ser, L. \V. Ewald, ¥. W . Rauclal.l,
rr·hat tho member,i of the teams
H. W. ,P eyser a.nd Frederick Gard·· are ·enthusiastic about the wor.k lil
ner.
'1hown 1by i,cveral p;oltlng on the joti
'Fred A. Gray, cn.ptain; H. l'. i\Iai-- as soon as they .h:td IH) flll named and
geson, E. L . Patterson, Harry \\'. j a, start ·was really made yesiterday af, vcndell, F . .A. Belden.
I teruoon in a small ·way. They met
1-I. 0. 1Pr1me c-a ptain; Dr. ·F . S. i wit.h some success, enough to indiTowle, Thomas H. Palmer, Harry S, c.ate Uiat the citizens realize the lm•Caswell, ·i'rL J. Griffin Jr., H-arold :u. po~tanco o[ th is campaign and that
:Smith. ·
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.every do"·lar coulrLbuted• is going to
n. L. Costello, captaiu: 11
malw tho lot of the soJd·!er, sailor or
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Margeson, C . A.
Lowd, !Tta,J}ha,~! i marlue fl·gjht!ng for this nation a
Paola, Willarcl Dra.k.e, D. A. Clar:t \: l!ttlo ensier, a lit-tie happier an~ a
and IR. D. , McDonough .'
. little clca.ner.
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The ser:vi~ fla,g, of (Mercedes Aerie
Fr,Mornal Order o-f ,J<Ja,g.lea ot th!~
city, cqntalnlng l 00 stars,: :wui l>e
naised 1tomorrow ev~ning a-t their
cruarters -011 Daniel street, tho order
now J1av!ng m~re or its. me~,bers enroll~ in the serv-ke .of -the.- country
than apy olher in the dty. ' T.110 e:xercl.oo~ will include -. a ,b and concert
·a nd addresses.
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-M,a yor !Samuel T. ·Ladd v.111 · open
the exercises ··. md· tho address of the
, evening will be delivered ,by Col.
I John H. Bartlett.
. M ercedcs .Aerie now ha.s a · little
OYer ~_00 ID"l_ni?.ers , <atld - n~1r,Jy flfty
per cent a.re in some br,..nch ·Qf the
I mlllt;iry lifl.rvlce . . or the rem,i.lhde'r
· mo·re , th,rn , t w-o-tb.lrds are · o.Ifliploye·d
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a-t _the IP:°rtsmol!'Lh navy }~~1f rfhe
\'.ll'C!O:
~as
·b een
, pa.trlotlc
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treme,' .. e$P~cta.Jly so s-ln;ee ·the op-~rl/ni ?<·th~ W(t! . ~nd •;Amerl~s,'
i'nto the, struggle . . T·h o ,, loca,J -or-gan,~~~tlon'' epJ<>Yi t~~ ;di&iin~tioii ,f/'r- b.fl!ng the first, aij a secret · order to
a1,111'y_ for o~e: :of
bon~ o( the
f!l'st Liberty' .Loan, ,be~tin~ i out .
sooond , 1-odge,:· of ,Cqn-c ord , i\)y two
fl.aye.
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Qtltry
t~,e:
'J'O FJ
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1'1•:R AVU.TlON . SERVICI<:.
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8he1fman Preble Newt01;, _ the, _
s on
o~ Mr. 1and Mr~.' Sherman·. ,r_, Ne_w to_n
or thif! citY, . is•.to _tak13 .an · exami_n11Uon lrj Iloston tomorrow for pe·rmision to enter the army aviation ~er:
vice. He has secured the necflssary
pt,pers from the local board certifying that he has been registered for
sc,t·vice but uot yet called for examina tlon.
,. lie Is a !l'l'adoate or the Portsmoull1
H<; hools and' Phillips Exeter Academy.
�.o e
en
donated t9 t'be R,oo tJ.ross.
.
Tl10 work of tbe· Junior
Cr~s. an organization for Red Crex1S
work among chLldren of the school"
was left to a comml<tteo conslstlug
of Mlss Mildram, principal of tb.c
Farragut school, ~fies M~rris<?n
the Lafayette and 'Miea Mc.Daniel
the Ila.ven school.
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PORTSMOUTH CHAPTER
AMERICAN RED CROSS !
IS NOW ORGANIZED
Branch of the State Organization Herc
Becomes Independent Body and
Heads Branches in Surrounding
,i
Towns
The Qi·ganizatlon of ,t he Ports-r'!Freder1ck lVI. Sise, · chairman of
mout,h Chapter of tho A.ruerlca~ lle,l Civilian (Relief work commltt<'e.
ft. D. McDonough, cha!rm:rn or
-Cross was effected at a meeting bel:l
pu•b llotty committ<'e .
.at the Elks' Home yesterday afterTh-0 heads of the several depa.rtnoon with Col. JI. Clinton Taylor aa menrls antli committees, \\·ho form
permanent chairman. Th_e organiza- the executive commiHee, will namo
tion grew out or the desire of the their own comorlttees at the nei-i.
mem ber11 of tho old I'orl..'!m'Ou t'h meeting and tho ad...-lsory boartl '\1/111.
Drnnch of the New IJan1,11sl1lre Chap- be named at th.at time.
T11C1 work room commltteo and tho
ter for n. larKer (lold for work nB an
Independent body than as a !Jrnnch civlllau roller committee bavo beou
of the larger chapter when head- very · active during tho ,past few
quar.ters were so distant.
The monthfl and their fields are d:aily
-""~Y•:,Ll.-,ll
Chapter will !Jave jurisdiction over growing In 1tlze. The clvllia.n relier
it.be several brunches In this district, department is rapidly extendln.g HR
includin g :Rye, New Castle, Green- services and all caoes )lroug!Lt to the
lancl, and others, which wore for- attention of this, Nmmittee a.re •be~••;,,._,.._,.,,.,.. merly directly associated with . -the ing dealt with quickly and ell'E'A:t\vRStato Chapter with headquarters at 1y. The workroom committee, which
Is now occupying the entire 6"COlld
· In the organization of the chapter floor of the Eltk~' Home several da:n,
tho sma11 executive committee plan, each week, are rushing to get their
which has 11roved very success[ul In large amount of necessary work
111-i,ll ....,;:.11 several chapters, was adopted, this completed as soon 11s possible.
"'"'".c,,.,.,. committee to Include the heads of
Plans are being perfected by
tho sevoral depal"tments or commit- B1)l'Cial committees to look after tho
toes.
There will also •be a larger sRlo or the CbriBtmas Rod ~ross
committoe rE>preflentatlve of the gen- stampH.
era! membership, to -bo known a~
Tho workroom committee repor~P1I
the advisory •board. The fo!lowlnf: as having furnished sweailera and
"·:-,,-...., .... aro the otrlclals of U10 new chap- other knitted goodn for all of the
ter:
members of the local company coast
H. Clinton Taylor, chairman.
artillery, ancl for ;ill of tho drRftec\
!Mrs. Wallis D. WaLkler: secre- men In this dlslrlr.t -who had i:i-ot eotary.
cured sweaters at Ayer, and il:Jley wlll
have enough for °lho next quota who
Jackson ·M. \lfashburu, treasurer.
Josoph
Conner, chairman of fl- will ~"<> to Ayer from this city.
A '\--Ote' of thanks was exteode·l
na.nco com'ml<ttee.
·
Mrs. A.rtbur ,II. Lo~k,e, chairman the employers of the Roo"kingharu
hotel
their lbenefirt. dance at the
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L(lcal War Board
Nearly Finished
With Records
' fho lor.'½I war board Ill mn.l<lnit
i;oocl h<'aci"·ay on °tho stoU~tic;il work
of tho '·nrst draft, deman<l<'tl by the
wa.r <lc1,artment. and while
·they
v,•ore g-lven six <l a.rs in which t o
C01ll•\>lct<i . t11e '\\'o'rk 'Ll !fl IU\/ely that
_th1vy win be aU throu.glJ 'boforo tomorrow rtoon a.nd tho sin-oral · sum<na.r:r sheets . ~-:ill ·oo ' immedla.tt1ly
fon,a,rd<>d to the- · act_f·utant ~ner-.i.1
of tltl! ,U nited ' St~.teir at .~\r~shington"
before n Lgbt .
.' wb_
Ue tho ,··o rk MR . m'~J.e 'big
dem.a.11ds on ,.all of tho 100.-w bo~ds
tlJC rncords -r.·111 be or groa.t \-a.tub tel
tl10 wnr dopa.rtn\ont and will- i>p>b11.bly bo tl10 rnost cotnplet~ r~l'<l· oC
it.ho men of Uio cotlotry · bebVcM lbo
a~('<; or 21 ancl :lO
hai, CYOr be&n
attempted.
The wa.r <1<n~art01ent
/1.,que.sted
tha.t tlib <'Omh\llt~e on pubHc ~foty
in tho !!e,·oml i,Ultell a.<:ltist the }ocal
bo-a,rd!I in tbl!I work a.n 1d In many
clivlsiotrn t11e l~a.l · <".ommittr-<--s
:;lvlnj!: YA lua.l>lo Mslsl..'1.1100 In
clerica I c1etalls. ~he exci,llont conclll.ion 1n whl<'h tho .local board for
th.i.<i district had maintained . lhol::
reror<ls has hia.<10 tho -work bore
much easier tha.11 many other ·bO'a.r<ls
n.re encounterin,g.
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· iltlm cn.o,s.r., WOHi(,
Tl;e Joc.i.1 bra.uch or tho 1ted Cross
met Monday for work on irurg.kal
dressing -v.'ltb about ·30 In attend;ince, :i.nd 4 50 different
dT&11sings
were made . Yesterday the branctJ sent
out t~n swoa.tera, helmets o.nd wristera to that nllm,b<lr of Portsmouth
ho)"$ n.t Ca.m1l !)ovens who clid not
ha.vo thetlo artlcloo, 'T'ocla.:r tho Rorl
Cro11s I!; ho!fllng a. mooting ror i;~1tgl,
<'-" ,clrcS$lng and nnd sowing n.t Ll\O
hc:a<lqua.rtc-t"ll -a,t. the F.lk11' Homo a.n ·J
Cbristma.<1 1)8.okl\.ges ror tho t'He<I
Croi,.q aro ·ooiug RC\nt tn by
1>001>lo. ffhc.se are soui to tho ill<ttrton
Red , C.1'06s i;u.ppl}· houso to bo so~t
abroad for tho soldiers.
�RED TRIANGLE fUNO
GROWING RAP.IDLY
Five A-.e Called
to the Colors
Orders received by the local lioard
for this cllslric l from Adjutant General Howard calla for the tilling or
va can cies at Camp Devens caused by
-·~ ·- .·- - - .
discharges at the training camp and
Tbo urlvo for lhe !tell Triauglc War 111Hlor lhn womRn's dnµartmcul or the I the local board bas called ruve more
runt! In l'orlsmoulh, aimed at $10,- ·a111paig11, will lJo at tho lo cal thcat- men to the colors to report at Lhe
000, now t1ccms assured or huccc~!:t, r t•s in tho lobliios wh c rn coutrtbullous board office at 3 o 'clock next l\Ionday
nucl at noon totlay Secretary llukcr 1r.ar be matlo . Ano t hor :;ourco from alternoon, ready to leave Tuesday
announced Lhe total u11 to Lhc t lQj~••oF _
1~/.:i<'h :10 r c_~,v~t . h:1~ } }!~ .,bll,l!p 9~~\- morn Ing for the camp .
bu~inmss tlii:; morning \\US $3,!i,O0. t· u I~ the /u~lP.£ 'ticc1 _Tril~ni;lc >fOrjlIn the onl or11 LIHl board
Tpc t,•nn\ c11ptalnt1 urc , clrivin;i; their nri;, ' t.h <.: bdy s n1Hf'· yo11~!,{ nrnn or· th~
I\Ske<l ror HIX 1110ll, !Jul thl!i
m n at top upe d and the bnsin\!s!-; Y .. ~I. (' . :\. of i'ortsmouth who nre modltlcd !Jy tolophonlc ordern when
tllstrict js being cornrctl in n. thnr- 1,·orkin g in • teams througti
Ports- It was brought to tho atlentlon of
ough nncL systematic m;nucr . The mouth, lly e , ~t!w Cat1lle, Gi·cc ut.incl, General 1low1ud tbat this di : 1 trl ct
1ncmber11 . of tho several tcamt1 arc N,, ,1·lnglon ancl :'>/orth llomptou .
s hould havo credit ror GIibert Dradmoctlng with n rcasonablo amount of
lc ;• Posey, who is In training at Camp
aucccSll and whllo subscrlpllons i11
'.\lcndc, Annapollll Junction, "Md.
~omo cases arc not all lari;c as · wc ro
The following men will report,
1\,()~ ,'\...
expected, all pcri;ons so far solicited
n·ady for transportation on Monday
bu Yo . mnde their contributions v.· illafternoon.
·1ngly and without noccs>1itating mu ch
Frank II. Drackett, Newmark e t.
urging on tho part or the w.orkoni'.
Douglas J . Goold, Portsmouth.'
Mrs. Elizabeth Ulllls, residing at the
Tho drlre slartlid yesterday morn l•'erdinand L. 1\larcotte, Newmarket
Ing although some of the team 8 hall corner ot South and Marcy street11,
Harry E. Dullartl, Portsmouth.
treir _nwn on tho job by Tuc~da r uvo- Is anoth er ot the bllnd patriots ot
Paul l\fa.rtlnoau, Newmarket.
1 'ort,;mouth. Thls lady, allhough totalnini,;, tho members got ting · liu:,y aH
Holland P. Otis, Newfields.
ly blind, l::1 doing her bit tor the wa
t1oon as tlloy hall been name<) by their and has com1,loted inanY knitted arJo1m J . Moran, Portsmouth.
captains.
Tho \alter two, Moran and
ticles tor the American soldlern In
Her work with the re port as alternates and will
The $ 3 5 OO reported io uoou today the trenches.
n •presents only the rei;ults or thu so- needles and yarn wlll stand the In• lf'ave for the training camp unless
li<:itatlons of tho ' fl ve teams in the spectlon ot any expert and would bt: some or the other llve fall to appear.
a credit to one with good eyesight.
J1· the ordc\s General Howard sugbusiness section and tho ofrlcialli of
She also makes u se ot a typewriter
the committee liclievo that ncarlr ono and many encouraging n otes to the gf's ts to tho !o r al board that the
ba If or the amount is already
ti<}boys on tho flrln~ Jlne accompani es the l.J cy!I bo in:-itrnc·ted to bring warru
cnrod as tho navy yard, the :\loricy goods whi ch Mrs. Hillis hall been do- c·l0thing, allhouglt tho war departDutton Co., tho Galo Shoo Co ., anu nating. Her gifts In clude, stockings, m unt has announced that ev e rything
tho Jewish l\-lcrch1rnts, all be ing in
the training camp Is in
Hcparato dopu.rtmonts, haYC not as yet
lr, take full care of them .
reported.
Deglnnini; tonight
volunteered
r
I
EXCELLENT WORK
-v BY BLIND LADY
Mrs. Hillis Doing Her Bit for
the Boya in the Trenches.
·\\'ll-;:-;,;,it1
MONEY
MUST
f
IGHT
l
IIIO l<Hbtw.
10
~6U
l'ntil tho wa1· i,i wo11 or
111·k~s, unless tho boys kotW 111, their
Jost, WO mu:,t MIJlpOrt the Ht.'(\ 'l'rinnt'l'~ldent.
Ills offld11l ra- l11l't·nUvc to uso thom . Tlw Heil 'l't1· ~,c mul tho Hoo Cross, Thtiy 111·0 till)
JlOclty, ,tppenls ~o tho Jl<'Ot)IO to volun• \ lllllf,lo follows tht h<l)'II in en~ry bat,. two g1't'nl itHll,-.pt•m,lbl<'!i to , i<'tory.
ti1c-r th<'lr 11HHl('J to ~uppm·t tho lk<I \ Ur. 'fh,l)' ha,·t• cc,llar nunps cnuncctl'ortsmoutJ1's share to kl-'6\l this golllf\
Oros.'l uucl tJi'o H-0el Tl'i1U1~fo in onlN' £•,I with the trcucheti. They jlat tho 11111 II next Jnl~· is only seventy-Ovo
tc, •' win the wa.r." Tho Hod Trlunglo l,03·!! on tJ1c bade to koop UJl their lClltl< npl(•1•p. It is no OX<'U8e thnt, we
••Hitt:." uud ~c1·vko are not. f'lhn11lr a com·ago IJc,frn·o going "o,·c1· t.ht' top" IHi\'tl rontdtmt<'d to somo ch1trit)'. \\' o
Jdn1lnc~,i to tho~e boys who ha\'t~ got t., tl,o ,~wrul ,,ncrillt-c. '[he)' lug- cof• must" in tho war anyway .. All else Is
to 1110 for )1s,-thcy nro not sl11111ly to l'e(' to them, who11 tlghthtg-, un<l a.~sisl :.nbor<tlnatc. Let. n.s ull "get tJ,e sl)lr•
J.cep up tl1clr 1,plrlL-. until the tlme them buck 1\·01111tkd n1ul L1e.. 1d, nud it" of ,John L1L11gdon, John Sullivan
com1-s whe11 tltcy a1·0 culllid npou •to hd1> get wor·tl houw 10 tht•lJ•
folks. nud Oen. 8t11rk, 1m<l ~rHlco ull thut
kill u111l ho l!Jilf<l (;uthough that C\'Cll They holp kOCJl t.110 IHI) S straig-111, h necessal'y to win thl;, w1u·.
ught to -ope,n tho tiwu-t. or a. Mono), whkh mukcs thl'm l>cttt.•r fll,\·ht(1rs. II
HemCJnber Ulllt you e1111 pay one•
mt these thh11,1s 1tro <10110 abo, irn,1 t h11y put a spark of "hopo for tJ1e t'U·
half your pledge in 30 <h,ys,
trom a m.Jllt.nry stantl11olnt, prlu<'ipRl- 111ro" Into 1110 hoyt1 before they g'O
fourth Jnn11ui1• 1st, and one-fourth
)J', t,ecnnse It nut.kcs our boys ll~hl "m·cr tho top," thcy ,u·o bettei· for· It,
April 1st.
Let ulJ 1'01-u;mouth bo
l,ptt-Or un<l wllh w·Oltlt.'t· dt ten11ln1t.- 1111d 1111 y m0t•t <truth more herokly,
loyul and "go o,·01· the top" t-01,;eth<'J',
tlon, und tJ1ereb)' holp1> win tho wur. 01· win a victory with 11101-c splJ'lt. "'o
Ill t>lll'C,
ho dlft'orcnco between victory nrnl must. not be money i:;l11.Cke1·s. Uy coo,JOHN JI. IlAltTLl<~TT,
,lotout, Js oft~n in tho "splrlt" or tho tl'ilJuUug to thls <lc-pa.rtmont of tho
NI,
Anus u.nd nnunuuitlon ure val•
�·:.m~'l'.lsJ-a
.
SUMMARY
'Of ]SJ ORA
er cmµJoycs at Lho navy y:,.rd 111 Lhe
h!dustrlal department lncludln.; tho
30 days' annual Jc.ave and vacation,
f;i;turday hair hollclays during Lho
summer and 110 loss or pay on legal
.
IN DISTRICT
- - -~
'9COMPLETED
~
holidays
the yard
is is
closed.
As
far
as canwhen
be learned
this
tho fir~t
government yard to employ women
'l::::i
-_ _ _
. ..:.:~~~il:.du:.!::;~:.:.~.:.:::::.:l:..in.:d.:~.!:;.;;::.:.r~.:.:m.:.:oc.;;e.:.:l~.;.~-;..1'·1._c_a_1_e__~_d_o...r_f_h~c
Tho local war drafl board has com-, Awedon . . . . . . . . . ,. :i TO 0
3· 0
pl tc•d the summa ry of the tlrst draft Austria Hungary . 24
11 l
36 1'.!
rPgls,l rnlion and has already fon\"arcl- ·Turkey ... ...... 11
0 0
11 0
e1J' .t11r. reµort to tlie provoRL marshal ·Grrmany . . . . . . . .
1
0 0
1 0
;;euernl'i; office in Washington, clolng
th work without assistance in three
clays. The final report was sent on Total Aliens .... 273 no 6 :lG4 91
\Voclnrsday , The ,v,u· Department, in African, rit!r,on11 . ,
G
l!
llMklng thal this work l,o <lone, l l a v o t - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- -
To Equip The
New Reciuits
With Sweaters
the lo(':t.! IJourcl alx tll\YS In which to
ooruplete it, but the excellent coudltion or th e board 's records made It
posalblo to com plete th e work much
ahencl of the nllotled time.
locnl chaµtPr or tho Heel Cross
1n,titlPd the lo cal war drall
J\ partlnl summary of the final r e-
pc>rt •ro_llo\l's:
Tabk 1, Qnottt.
Total registrants . . . . . . . . . . .. 2053
Quota due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :- 75
(:ollort for ex.a.minatlon.s . . . . . . 663
l,'nlled to report for examlnatlon ... • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Acc!lptecl physically . . . . . . . . . . 228
lt('joctecl physically .........• 210
C1::rt1l1ed to district board
106
Orclerod to training ca.mp . . . .
G7
IlcJocted at training co.mp . . . .
6
Tobi<> 2, 1<:xempU011.<1 ond Dlschot-ges,
Clalnrn flied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
('JalmR nllowod . . . . . . . . . . . .. • 179
Girls May be
Electricians'
1,:,\Helpers at Yard
'
.
I~
\
..,
12
7
R6
20
4
8G
----
l9
Girls who coro to ap11l r fo r po!-1lions in this clopnrtmenl mu~t first
24 , rrgi ster, a~ ll'Olllcl a mnn 1;c,eklng cm-
' ploymont nt the 111\ry ynrd, at tho la129 2063 563 bor board office, lilling out nnd fl!·
Nntlonii nnd nae-es (AllPnR).
ing nn application In proper form .
Oelgium .. . .... . 1 0 f)
1 0 Direct appeal to Mr. Adams or other
England ...... . . J 0 0
0 · oCficers ' lri the Industrial department
f;
3 2 0
2 1, ill iain °the applicant noth!i1g.
2 0 0
2 0
The maximum pay for the work 1s
63 22 3 l!S 26 ~2.72 a day, the minimum being
25 G 0 31 6 $1.68. In the opinion or :i.1r. 1\dama
78 25 1 104
u·,e work will 'be permanent and t~e
0 1 0
l
girls will be entitled to the same con59 18
l!ideration ancl condlllonfl as all oth-
Total
... . 1600 486
ll,nt ther aro proparctl to supply the
the young men who learn here Tuestlay ror <.:amp Dcn'ns with sweaters
and helmets and other comfo rtf;!. J\
committee wi ll be at tbe court house
when the boys r eport to tho board
equip00 :\lonclay :\lld . tho comfor t
.\n otl1cr new field of labor Ila ~; been
m<'nt 11ill !Je allotted to them at that
opc•ncd to women aud girls in this distilll<'.
trl ct throu gh N:w:11 Constructor L . S.
Th<' <·ommitt<'c !Jcllcrod that it was
Adams, industrial rnanai:or or tho
o !Jelt<'r pl:111 to provldo the boys
Pcrtsmouth nav y yard, who has just
with thPsr before they lea re for tho
c:,mp rn!hrr thnn wailing until they
1-r-celv('d permiRHion from i:;ocretary
Dnnl<'ls to ('mploy thl'm in assemlJly :ire finally acceptecl by the officers a11
\\Ork i n the ele ctrical shoi> at
the r;,omb<'n; of the ormr, thus running
:;ord. TJ1e permission from the dethe risk of thrm catch ing co)ds or
parlmc•nt was ~ranted yestnday, :\Ir. Ht·r lou s illness through lack of
,\dom 8 sni d . Ho urlle,·r!l that a pc- clothin r,- .
cul\ar condition will I.Jc oyercomc . .;...;._....;.;..._ _ _ _ _ _,_,_,..._ __
Claims disallowed . . . . . . . . • •,
28 t h rou flh the nclopting of the plan anrl
DIAcharged by district board on
the ·work at the shop , ,1 hich is crow<lappc-al . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 110 eel to en paclty, w Ill 1Je greatly RpeeclDl.scharg11cl b>· district board on
eil u).) .
lnd1rntrlal claim . . . . . . . . .. .
2
A~ to his r easo ns ror :.sklng pcrTahlc n, Marriage,
mis 3 ion of tho department for '" put:N'otc - In the following throe ta- ting worrien Into the Ind us(r)al deb I cs the seYeral columns are as fol- :~_.a.rtJ,le~t~ ' Mt-. J\clah1s said that h(!
lows : 1st, reglRtered but not callee!; 11 as expc-riencing difflculty in getting
1
21.d, called but not acce pted;
:lei, men and bo)·s to do \his work ns it
<'Riled end acrcpted; 4th, total regls- did -not lend up to· a trade. The work
tc•rocl: lith, total <'allecl.
,~ c ioan and light, · ho Rnicl, :incl is
1
2
3
4
5
such thnt tho average young woman
:\larriccl men 668 248 10 916 258 can rcacllly '!e~ rn. They nre_ to be
flln~ir men
842 238 67 1137 296 classed .as eleclrlcinnH' hclpern, Ile
NatlveR . .. . 1103 2G8 5 1 1619 419 said.
Naturalized
67
I
Alion rloc larants
llrRt pnporn GO
Tl11' Work lloo111 t·o111111iltP11
(~amp Devens
Visited By
-, .,-, Five Boys
.John
8P)
hoit.
Henry
l,osrne li"o11Rl, \\"allnce del1ochcmonl
a1c<l c:rorgc l'arnons, as n reward for
c· :, crlenl wo r k in srcurin.; r;n bsc-rlplilnR iu the .Jnnior ('ampaii.;11 ro:· tho
lcC'tl Trhtlll\lC \\'ar l<'11n cl, le ft
ht'r0
this morning ror Boston and Ayer,
11,nlcin g !hn trip \Jy automobile . At
1:m;tP11 lhl'y 11 Ill 11 itnr!IR tho
Noll'
t•:n11,la11tl Y. ,\ I. (' .. \. t:n~·R' rclny ra<il'
11hlc-h linishP~ a! lh'1 !·ilal1• <:n111p nr11l
i1 · !he :ll u 'rlll>llll will l'iRil tho Uflll)'
t1:1i11i11g- 1•:11111> at t'amp llrrpnq _
Thc- boy s will be llCCOlllj)aniecl by I•:,
l'nrti s :\lntlhrw~ .. Ir., and :\Ir .. \lhM-l
1fi slop 1, ho ts lhc hos! for !ho cla.1•,
r1irnifdi111p, tho mac-hi11c and the trip
a ~ a p:irtlnl rrll'anl r:,r the line i11llivill 11al work 1,crl"ornl<'d by th e hoi !I.
�Warning ,igns,
at Navy _Yard
~:;gn'.:, w:trniup;- n:tv ,\' ~ar<l
1
t,, a.,:-ii-il th, · ,.'.11 \ cr1111ll1i l i11 U1v a l·
it. ~n.p t l o j)!' l'\lllL 1·11111:, I,).: illllll'lll.t·
rt.ion cu wl1 g ~u ilw c ar:; ,,r , 11 •:) m)
t,fJi<•,;, ~, r e l1 ui,1g IJU ;; l<,d iu tJw :;cv•
cnti sl,up~ 111 1,1 ali,Jlll I 11,,) 111(I al. ti ,u
l uc: al 11a,y ya/d.
11n •tHIJ'Cll }J)' ,J.. i,:11 l1:1,n ;,i. \\' Jl i.11 1,
e :>
' . /J-17-l'fl
Ouly
0110
more day remains In the [ tlla-t 'the ,nwu can aml . will flg\1t. '' A
cnmpa4\"11 tq : raiso.. , $l0,000 in Ports- ~::Jtiier oannot - fight without spirit
moulli for tl.\e Hett 'l'rinnglo WarlI any moro titan a foot,ba.11 ·µ layer ·can
play wllhollt i,plrlt and no games
l•'u!lll. Thu ·r1inll
ls far from uetni:; a.ro wou 1111 1m;s ,•11o o11l'r"
· tcan1 has
·,
, "
onir-:mll:;crll>od and tl10 ut'ficials la •tho necei;,,ary :;J>lriL to - go_ i11Lo the
chargo of pie c.,im1>ai.J;11 are LryJn.:.; ga.me with his tralnlng and, fitness. ;
to lm11res.s ·a n the minus of ti.le peo- • "The a:rmy officers lo91lu after •t lle
1'10 that tli'is Is a necessity
if tho tr.iiuiug of the soldler.s," • Colonel
American a11·111ies ...re to go Juto bat- Bartlott i;.a.ld, "out t.he 'morale', Is
tlo U,!,"lllnst - t.)le
nation 's enemies
an,! not in their line and in .a great measr
.
come away( victorious.
ure these very officers are in . need
Col Jo.h.ri tr. Hartlett., cllairmnu or tllis stren.gt.h.enlng_ of the sr,irlt
of the !Ro,c klu,gham County '\Var In order to rem.a.in efficient fight~
Council 1s ·especially active in hill al- crs.
tempt to pfosent -u.> tbo · people tho
".T o win U1e war our a.nnies m~'t
id~i tbat . this fund \, is someth1ng bo alllo to tight , and to fight ·p-0tter
tlrnt must bo subscribed, only !lC that tho armies 'of the enemy. Two
calls It "paitl." :r;i.llfor tli.au : "sub- ai-i1iios . 0qua.l ill' . numuor, , .. aql~itY
'
'
'. ' ....,,
.....,1
i;crlhcd."
arms ,111<1 equipment and In tra.lnln s,pcakltig ur ·tl;1i 11"urk ntl!l the Ing will fight ~<tually 'well untl.li on~
need for the · worl, Colon e l llarllc:.t loses its 'manila' and ·tihe }led Tri~
said, "Tllo fled ' frlangle and the angle fund is U.1~ _. ono ;m ethod of preJl.ed Crossthe l\\'<? flag-s which veu-tlng tho 'Drea.k ·oolng_made ·by the
follo;v our ,boys Into el"ery b-attle American arm;~es. .
. . : /1 ;-.,:, .
nnd look, aftor them then and after
"This mon~; .' which ·, i,!I ·./~tifa
'l'hoy also look after them 'before, from tile -peaplo ii; not a· gitt;" )10
nud it ill through th ese two gre:i.t continued. "It ls a payn1ent, the peoorg·anlzat101rn tltat what !'~ · 'te rmotl, ,pie paying their shar~ t<>: ,f,be .
the 'mpralo" of · tho troops is main- dier who is -clolng the actual _flgl\tta.ined. It If! inJPC)TlanL 1..to look aflor ing- in the field. It 1s necessary <to vi~the men when tho,>· come b'a c k irolll Lo ry . It Is a case of pa.y or s~rr.en.•,
battle wo~tnded, uroken, 11 orve-shaL- : der, anrl the -time. to pay.. 1.8 now. Th~
terod and used up. Largely this is i man wlro is fi:rn.ncially-: t1,ble ·and
•
I
,
-· " "
,
look ed to ' by the .Hod Cross.
ftises to J)aY mone:{ into' this furid la
"Tho Hod Triang-le" lie con1inuell, a money .sl:1c.lrnr . :ui'ct shou.ld .
be
"is •a s ni\ces:;n ry a,~ am1111111ltio.11 lo pu'inl.e<l out lly his f-cllows as such.
an ar1ny ',1Jcr·aus e .l l l!i thr,nii;h th,' • .''. Tho;;,c wb~ , ~up_ payln.g, the~
1
" ' Ork of tho Heel Trlan g- lb corp~ that' sh.are a.r e doing their .. duty ,· to tbE)'
'
i
'
tho •mln1li; ,IUl<I 'uotliei1 of tho ,;olllll•rn1 nar.lO)l a.nrl In rCl,UTll 'W~.)l f.0<;0,!:V!\t~'.
· ore c-,a.retl for <luring t.lto Jung pnrlo<L; lle~I. t11a.t •tJ10 American ,:soldier ,~J
of r~st and wait botwoen a cLions. · It . .rriv O" in tho way .• o·c a1i efficient "and
li, ·to lrnop the ,;plrlt In tho 111 0 11 i;c1 willing tig-htiug machine."
I
arc
sd.1-
I
re-
I
1"00.0 SA l ,H .
(;tltl i:-i· l'.\.'l'HH>TIC 1,1-; .u,n-:.
'() .J'l-1117 - - A ' sale or ,var nread and otlwr
plain rood will: 1)o held in connc<:t.lon
with the Food Conservation ·Sale and
Exchange on ·S aturda:y, Nov. 2-1, at
the Woman's Building· on Middle
street. · An opportunity Is -here ni•
fe1•ecl •f or those who cnnni>rt an 01 Prsupply of ani one product to sell :ir
excl1an.l(e. 'l'bn small
commi ss ion
charged for · selling will go to the
Food !Conservation commltlee.
•Gltts of food and ,:anne,l product!'.
are also solicited to he hold t'or I.he
henfll'lt ..f :thls con1mlt.t.~e. l•'or furl he r Information telephone l :n or 14 l·
R.
A
p:il' l: ll Jasf C\'C lllll g hy
or Girls' l'a t l'iotic tL1cagu o
rn r mh e rs al tho clnli hou:rn on :.\litldle s tre e t ·'.'!'itl1 enllst etl m ,;:1 Ji; :;pc-t···
:al v,um,tH. Anothor ls to 'be , ginm
this eveni~g.
'
lflie ;foem,bors will have ove:1
.ltouso ,o n Sunday afte rnoon . aucl e;·
~ning tlth a mu~ical program in the
(,
d •lllC'C w:111
g-ru11p
,attern◊on.
1--~~-===--------AND IT WENT QUICK
t
'
,Sugar sold at $4.25 a pound In
Portsmouth on a recent day and thl'
food authorltles made no oojectlon.
You see, It was a ten pound! lot, sold
at auction as a gift to the Red Triangle war fund.-Concord Monitor.
K: ar vn r, U. S. N., eu ll 111111 D icat·iu11 ,, L'I,
to (.;:.,. ptain 1t11 s h, C0l!llllfl l.ldallt
ast uavnl
u[
tn<:
dist1·j r; l.
'l 'lte rdgll I,; lal'.;1•, a11,I i,:, iu ,ad1 J<l
~·nE,wAJIH!] U,1•' :Sl'U~N."
.l!'he rest of the si,gn read::;:
"Don't talk a,bout what YO'l\
l'.l,oin-g or are _going to •.-r.
"The eneilly ·has ears everywhere .
"Don't <,lis.c uss Na.val atl'airs or th,·
niu1· c inent
ship s or their {!:l.rgo.:i~
or t:o urses with ~tran;;ers or foreign.
.r · ,
~rs .
" i>on't trust a:11:r\)DC: yon . <lo no i
or
know.
" iB nemy spies at ··h.ome and a!Jron ,:
.w ill try to draw into arguments au,:
('II Lrn,p y on Ill t :i 1~11111~ thN~ 1\'hOll I
nl' s llilrn; ' Lhdr ea r
''0( ,;, I h o eOlll' Hl)H !:lc1; r etl 'all([ t !l<·.
; t, ·p!, l11.b,•tt te, 1l Pl'e.1l Ulll' ~h i p:;.
·•· fli,ll ' l f,irf,(•( lo l'l·jlUJ'I. al 01,c ·
11ny 111, 1.-; ,Jn who t ri r!: to g ,,t ini'u r ma
,ti(1J1 ir11m yo u 11 r rru m a) ,y. 11n,,, d -;r
i11 .)'U \ll' J,.-arill/; .
,n,l, . 111011) 1111 •111
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v ,)11t·
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c:, n, r11ay help th e, <-r,t-lil)' :u,, J h,;u'
~u tLfl l r,i,.; l1i· All 1v ri1·;-.,i ,;!, i ('," ;1 11d 'h,
il t!dLh,-; Ut' tlwir cn;W:-;,
· "' Secrecy m uan,-; ~afetr/'
' I hu ca r,l :; l!a1·1 , be,, n di sl ri lrn1r<I
all l a r,l.;, d epqL,;,· _sta l1on» an,1 li,,s c '•
in ihe d ii:t r lct ant.I aro · l1e ing JH1.; t l' <I
ju t:on s1>icuo11~ ,1,laees a :; all · a,l11i
,jj,1113.l 1ueu.11,; oi impressing
~ioye.; -Llie i1,1fHH'ta11 ~~ of
auy inforurn.lion th ey may
tli1?1llSelV08. ,
FREE DEMONSTRATION
BREADS
The second In the series of tree food
demonstrations by Miss Emerson, emergency demonstrator for the ·state
Food Administration, will be \given
this w,ek, Thursday afternoon at 2.33
at the Creel{ mission chapel; Thurs"1ay, evening at 7.30 at tho Farragut
school; Friday afternoon at 2.30 at the
High school. The subject ls War
Breads. All women _Interested In food
conservation are urged to come.
GETS ARMY COMMISSION
' --Robert N. Margeson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Clyde Margeson, has received
11 commi;sion Jn th,;i a:my following a
training period at Fort O~lethorpe, Ga.
lie Is 23 years of age and . Is a graduate of the Georgia -Mllltary academy
at Atlanta/
�TUE RED CROSS SHOW ,A,-T THE
(XH,;ONIAL PRIDAY P. M.
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'fOR CAMP DEVEN
Frank If. Urackolt or , ewmarket, / J~ollowing the por[or111auce
Ue>old of l'orlsmouth. tlJr e :-:cwmark t
J'Mdinand L. :l,larcolle of Newmar- lo Lh e Army and • avy Association
krt. Ilarry J. D11llard of Portsmouth building where they were quartered
.ir:tl Paul :\lartineau of Newmarket for the night,' the two boys fro m
c;~trainrtl lhis morning al the Ports- rorlsmonlh being excused until 7
r,•outh station of the D. & :\I. for c'clo ck this morn,lng and allowed to
('amp Devens, leav ing the city al 8.30 spend the nigh t al their homes.
Al 7 o'cl)>Ck this morning all seven
l,y 11·oy of ltoc kln~han1.
Thoy nre
H(• IJL tu lhe trai11l11g ,C(lllll) from thlH :q~llln. rr•porlcd al tho \\'Ill' board for
dl vl1-du11 Lu Jill \'!lCandrH Cll ll HC tl by Ll:e lt· ll1rn1 in Hlr11clio11s and
d ischarges at the camp because of p!acctl In com mand of Frank
ph ys ical di!;abllity or other r easo ns, 13rackett with Goold as second · in
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i.nd if accepted, will bring this rli s- co mn11nd.
:\Ir. ,rardn , cle rk u[ the board, i111Lrict Ill! lo dale as lo number or men
Ii. Lhe 8ii % so fa r ca ll d to the col- p1 eHsed 11))011 the boys Lhe fact that
they were now in the army and
departu r e was quiet, and in they were expected to respect
to tho olaborato wishes and orde r s issued by
were ca rri ed out Drackoll and conduct th env,elvcs in a
when the l ll'o large r in cromonls were manner which would throw no distrnn s portcd to tho C[llll ]).
A m ore cre dit on themselves or thei r district.
h1 1 ndl'nl of people assemblod at the All fiy e a:-e cloau cut, bright looking
oo urt honso this morn l11 g Lo see tho chaps and tho board will be greatly
lllOn oft', bul ther e was some Improve- disappointed if anr are returned bemPnl made in comparh:1on with the cau1;e of· rejections by the armr phylltllo party which first loft hno when sicians.
fonr boys we re escorted to tho station
Raphael L. Costello and Fred
b,· Cha irman Spinney of the boa rd Gray, represe nting the Chamber
"ithout a word from any but mom- C'omomrco, carried the boys to thh
llns of their own families.
And of r.tatlo'1 in automobiles. Chai rman
tLls flrnt !'our orory one hns mad e Spin ney of tho board accompanying
hOOd In a way to bring credit tu them- them and comp leling arrang e m ontF
'I t il'OR nncl their dis tri ct.'
for tran spo rtation . A,,_ they ontrainThr fi1· 0 men , together with Ito!- c<'. Otis nud :\loran wero excused from
land I'. OtiR of !\'owfiol<is and .Joh n .T. fu rther attendance until called by the
~loran of this city_ Ufl nlternntes, ro- boarcl for service. A s mall n11111be1
porlc<t al LIH' board office yesterday o·· people were al the s tation to bid
•ltornoon al 3 o'clock. A committee Ll.n boyi; "good lu ck."
trum tho Work Jloorn committee of
The final 15 % or the first draft
Lho !or.al chaple r of th Jled Cross wi ll lik e ly go to camp before tho end
,-.ns ou hancl Lo moel them and lit tctl of the present month and will num<•ut lhfl five boys wilh knitte d com - I ber 10 men. Tho numl.Jor is red need
forts i11cluding sweate rs anu holm ols, lo 10 from 11 by the qualifying for
:~Iler which they ll'erc excuse(] until 5 oe rvice of Benjamin II. Goodall of
p'clock.
Newmarket, r ece ntly sent to the
So that at least some r ecognition\ camp as a dellnqnent. He is crodit111lght bo made tho Chamber of Com- ct'. to the district In th o quota.
norco arrnnged with tho managers o r l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tlie Allied Theatres Co. and a flag ~XUS,TI; I:'\ )i,\\-.\.1, fll•:SEH\'K
drapnd box at the Colonial was cu- - - ~ ·'\.\
i;agod for their UHO ua guests of tho'· William llrck r , .Jr. , ~i)li or \\1r.
l.'.ha mbor for tho evening. Col. John and _,In;. Wllllnm n eclcer of Wlblrd
H. Bartlett made a short address street, ha.s onllstotl In tho nnYal rofrom the stage, speaking on behalf serYe as a first clai:;s mnchinisl.
of Mayor Ladd who was unable to be
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'J.'ho local Red Cross under the
lead ershLt> of Chairman Taylor uf
the working squad is working 'l1anrl
In hand wiot.h 'Manager Greely of the
Colonia,l to complete what will c~rtainly be -a. grand entertainment and
llna11cial s uccess for the
flt on •F riday afternoon.
The management has
the matinee performance In order
that the Red Cross may have all tho
OJl·JJOrtunity possible to make
•·<·'<~ nf ll•r> affai r.
lh1• th,•·ltl'CS all {)\'Cr th('
1? ,' .•.ili11g :• llkl' h,•11,.lit 011 this da,r;
fh1· 1,111d 1 •1·ill1• 11t ,•atrc~ in tho morn1111:· :111 ii 11, 1• l1 •gi ti 111a le theatrcs In
I 1, .. :o 11 Pr 110011. Jlowovor, as Port~11111111 h is 11 11t ono of those •pl11c<JII
1111 h :1. J1 1111dr<'d thousand to draw
11 as tho foresight and •gen,• ru :;i ty on the part of the Allied
'J'hoaitre owners to make this suggestion that the Red .Cross accept the
afternoon.
'fhere wilil •be local talent; there
will be additional musicians from
Portsmouth w'ho wlll no dout>t gladly
volunteer their servfoe ,to this splendid cause.
Desldes all this, speaking by tl:e
m~J•or, ~nd tho usual big show or
rn11clev l!lle and pictures as furnish•
,.,1 h.1· tho theatre.
The local committee of the Red
1 I'" .i in busily e ngaged In placing
ticke•t s which will 1be sold oat a 'POJJular price a.nd even if you don't
happen to attend, you may . do n
double service ,by glvln1g the ticket to Rome worthy ,person who cannot afford to buy a ticket.
rrhat Portsmou•th wl!J, show the
right sp irit In t'hls project Is cert ain and no doubt t'he 'blg 'ben€1flt
will net a ·g oodly sum for a division
between the !National!
the local chapter.
Conunissions For
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, J~ Two_!_~cal
BPys
HP.mlck II. Lalghton, son of Mr.
ond :\I n,. Jflhu I.,afghton , and torlll'lrl. ,id .\ndlto r ror Portn1:1out'•,
an,l Waliuc-n Garrett, son or 1\Ir. and
:\Ir.,. JT~ren ~n H. '(l!Hrott, bolh cf
tbl11 ei:r. :t;:vo uoon <'Ommlsslone,I
ir. tho ordnanl'o <le(Jartment or the
o: r;y_ r :"1.:1:ntl:1!( frcm tho omcers'
tral,1lu;r c:unp at •Platteb11rg. Word
to tb!!J cflc~t has bc1! 11 rocleved by
their rosrur.U,·o fomllleK. The official
nnnou ucoment or graduates or the
ca1up In tho ordnance and quarterrna.stcrs' departments will not be
�DTRIANGLE fUNO
A~.~f_
SJ_8000 MARK
·with Herera! 80llrces
y1!l
to
h c1
UuO fa iletl, I.Jut co11sitlering that the
Portsmouth l'\i%·i \
Raised Its
Full Share
,Col. .J 0l11i II.
Uart11,1 t,
conn ty
chairman of the H.ed 'J'rlanglP clrive,
garn 011L tho following fal'l:J, basi!cl
on preliminary re)lorts sent In 10
, 1 'arrnll L. (!hasP, slate campaign ,11-
J,~mrd from tho o/ficlal tabulation~ uf 1 c·i '. y has I.Jarcly _rc~ovcre~ from
i lH
U:c ncu Triangle \\'ar l•' uutl Catll- g1Pal oversnl.J:,c ript1011 ol the allotI
n,ent for the seco11t1 Liberty Loan it
Jl il Kil p~tH the total well over tho al - 1 i>: not to I.Jc wontlerctl at.
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''The lot.a l ' raised 111 the Hlalo was
Jut.otl q11otLt or $1JOOO a11t1 Hocrctary
Tl1t: greatest umonnt or credit ii:!
$287,711ti.
Tho Lotal allotment to
Jo:ogar f l. llakl'r or tho l'ha1111.Jer of <luo t11u 111c1111lers or the ca111jiaign
the state hy the Now C:nglaucl comCommcn·o, acting i:l,icretary of the lo- , 1·n111111itt1•c rro111 ('ampui;;n ~lana;;or
ta! war work council, aunoun cc d this Si~e do11·11 to the last appointed mo111- , rnitte e, ,,s our quota, _wa!l $2G7,000,
rrom whi<•i1 it will !'flPC'ar that WC'
uoo11 that he I.Jolievctl that Lhn total IH·r or the tnst named team.
Tho
exceec!Pll our quota. Tho s tat~ colllwhen tal.Julatcd tomorrow would I.Jc 11eople who have ~ul.Jscrlbcd to this
try
to
11omowhorc about $ :iUO. Tbo caw- 1 fund can feel that they ham done, n1lllor, however, vot e d to
Jl,tlgn cloHod hltll night and on t11el ti•cir ,(uty in the effort of tho countryj mak e th e total In the i;tate $327,000.
On th o ,iJOsls of 0111· uci11al quota ,,f
Inst clay's drivo the l'.'Orker:, HllCC"Cll- 1 tc, :ts~isl in 11111king th e !Joy:; al thu
$21i7,0llll in 1hr. slate, l'o1·tf11no11:1,
<:<I In ruit;lng more thun $:!200 us al front )Jc,ttcl' lighters by i;upplylng tl,o
with nhonl 1$8 ,'fi 0II, ralso<I ltR 1'111'
tl:o dose Of htt:;lncs:; tho lo l u l suh-j )11,1110 to11cl1 !hut will lrnc]l thum cloa11
td1arn and ttockin~ham COII II IY, ll'il I
111 rlptlonH, (offlclu l ) wnre onlr $Ci, - ,11111 in the H]llril to wprk uncl tlght for
al,011 1t
$~8,000,
inc l nrli 11 :;
SUO. Thll utlom]ll l o increa:;e tlie al-: 1; nation which thcr know Is standing
acad,imr, whi c h rnif,ecl ;~;;on r :d t1e ,l
lotmu11t to a m aximum quota of !ti,- b1 hind them.
II.: q110Ut.
,\s I 1i g 11r,, ii, llocl,in .~lia1,1 ('011111.1' fl lOOd l'ifl il ill tli" 11 ilhl1 trlt-t s. l:1 LhP :11110111,t 1·:1i.:.• d prr rap
it:t.
Ti11' .\/:;:l: 11, L d!s , ;., l•·d 1·. ltl•
:,t .' l'l'o :· d :;i> ·01Hl, lio: 11 , i, ti,•. liu
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PLAN TO ENLARGE
RtD CROSS MEMBERSHIP
Al a meeting or tl,e Portsmoutli L. llill.
(,'ha)lto1· or tho floe! C,·oss, hel1l ye:;An uttompl will he macle to interclay nt tho Elks Ilome,. )llans wot·.:i, (; rease the momhor:;hip or Lhe cha!•lnan~urated for enlarging the mc:n -J ter from 700 lo 2000 bC'lwceu now
➔ ,c•rshlp of the work room assistant--; and tho first or the 1ww year and a
ancl worl<O l'fl nncl ('ol. 11.
Cllnlon tlrive llcvotrd to thh; purpose w ill
'htyior, chairman or tho chapter
ho ln:;tltntcd 1l11rin1-1 the Chrlstmuti
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JIOinted a special ('Olllllllllee lo thh Wl'Ck.
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1111rpose. 1Slnco tho llorl !Cross movc :l
'!"he information that some of Lho
!1\to the l•:lks Jlomc they arc abl ,1 1 N •w l lampshire hoy:; wern la t· klng
t,~ increase Lhe numl>er of workers :;weator~ uucl other k:1illell comforts
t11rough the ndde<l spnco and the 1 wa:; received at the mo ci ting- null this
<Lcmanus. u1>on the local chapter :ne will l)e romodiecl. lt wa::; !!Lated at
li<\comlng hoavicr.
the me e ting thaL the 1111m'he1· asked
'T'he meeting ravorod devoting two for hy Ca)llai11 lloclwell, commanding
days \o tho work ol' preparing suri;i- thr. llt'lh ('0111p1111r, N. c:. c•. A ., rorral dressings in~toacl or one as a1 mcrly the 1:;t Company, N . 11. C. A.,
j1rosent, one day to general sowing, I b11t hb command has lrne n in c reased
ancl the suggestion that much or t:w hy tho aclclilio11 or new men ancl 1·
\milting can Ile clone by th-:i nrnmlie ,·:; nnm,he r ol' the o ld 1i1en have hoen
·.11 Lhcir homes. On l\[onday or Lhi,; "SPIit acTo~s."
week 487 l!urgical <lres,;lngs we!·e
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Tho Chapter has complototl Its o:· 1o(·al f'haplC'r of .Lho Red c,·oss Is Ill
i;H.nlzntion for tho i;ulri or Ile,! t'l'Os !'. se~sion this ufler110011 at their sew
C:brlstmas Bea ls, tile 1irocoecls
,ir I <iuni·t o rs in tho l~lks' Home.
which hnve been clevotecl for the l
past several years to the fighting ,it
tho Great While Plag11e-t11llorcul o·Tielurning hunters are
sis. 'T'he ,comm i ttee in charge or
that game is hard to gel in
in Portsmouth is Miss Odell, Joys on the souther n side
chairman; 1rs. ,v. J, Cater, Mrs., ,vhite Mountains, although
C h a rl es S. L ovell a n d Mrs. William )llenty or feed.
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j pi e• ill ,•1·,·1 ,v 1'll 01l!y 18 rc-:111;- rP:n:.irJ, .
alil,•. 11 hen yo11 co11,;icler, th:.it al 1111
IH gi 11nl11 ;.; or 1111., c·an1 p.1 lg11, th e \\"Ol' ];
was v1 •ry lilllf' nnd O!'sloocl.
J!IO llili h:lCJ 110 lltnXillllllll a111]
mi11in111lll.
'!'h r. COllllll'y town s ,Ji u
l'l!lllarl,,all ly 11<'11. Ouls ido
111 011ti 1 ::11tl 11:xi>tc:·, (which raised i'.:
([II Ola) i hl'rn. \l' l 1'11 111.Jout 2:i SllHlll,
towns wlilc·l1 rals<>d lwlwor.n $ I 0,- 1
, non :ill,! ~ I ~.11011. l think Hyo wa s
, thn hu.ntH't' town. llampton, I fa111ptn11
f•'a 11»,
Nn wmai-1, el,
Nnwton,
' Green land, Ilam•r>~tead;'Da.nvtlle, E •P•
ping• an d· 'Fre m ont did
eapectalli
well wl1 1Je all the others, consider"'
Ing ~he elr<mmstances und e r whlc•
they labored,_ deser v e ~ r ea t cred lt .'
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c'\. food demonstratio n was give'l
by .Miss I, 111erson at the Farragut
!School Friday evenin;;. Th r ee kind:,
of war bread were ma 'cle a ncl "red ·
dog" ginger bread, the · latter llo i ng
made of wheat before i t was bolted .
Samples were !liven those in attendan ce and 1>rlnled recoiplB . of thl!S
war-time rood.
A similar food demo n stratio n waH
given at the Creek chapel yesterda;
a.!tl)rn oon and wlll Ile giv11n at the
Hig h sch oo l t h is aftern oo n .
�OUTFITS FOR LOCAL
~-~BOYS IN THE SOUTH
Sl'<li\ll 8CAHCl'I'\' CO~Tl:-:lTF.S.
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'l'h<1 R\ll:n1· ~c::ll'r.lly Allll co11l11111i:11
In l'orlRlllOll f h 1111<1 tho lor.u.l 111erchn11 ts lmvr. Jillie or 110 1rngnr, hut fl
l8 l'Xpertc<I hy the !utter part or next
wer.k there will be n shipment ' to
Porlsmo11th which will be r.nough to
tide over the :c1carcily anrl to 1rnpply
the local rlealors each with n
-~~~. , ..Jlll1,I
quantity.
C'n111J)l<'t0 n1111;i_R _of lrnil!P1I goods req11ir<·rl to t: .kl' !'arc nr nil ni' the
1t Is cxpecte,l artr.r two or
n111I oillf•r 1•011,rorls wNe shipped ~;es- wnrlrnrn, 01·c1r :.ii rl'porting i11 :qiilr
1, eelrn tho beet s11gar crop wilt
With
:t fl t•f'lll>OII t O ( he !l i11r, l'ort8- o[ tl111 1lisagrP<'ahle wcath,:r.
into tlrn \narket and
relieve
the exreptio11 or 110xt wC'rk the llecl
,tress. The southern Lou lslana an'ct
rno11t h I.Jo~·s :ti, Nl'wpor! NowR, Va.,
CroRs \\'orkl'rs will hol1I thrt:t: work
r.11ban sugar rrop ' will come later. It
1<ho hnvc volttnl<H•r1•d
for ~crvlee <inys a week in the r11t11rc, \lnlt(i:t)
I:~
im poss Ible to tell now what the
willt 11,c• .\11H•ril':u1
t•:x1H•ditio11ary t111cl '\Ve1lues1lay hl'ing giv<'n ovPr to
011t1>ut of those districts will pro(01'('(', lhP \\'\)l'l<l'OO!ll ('OllllllitteP or the the prr.parnlion of s1trgil'a l dressings
vide. New England will get Its share
itl'd C'1r, , •· p11fll11g th,i gno1ls l11 1•ar•J and Th11rsday to S<",l'ing. ~"~t 11·,,,.1<,
nr,I the supply wlll be ,llrlded among
nl' i\ 1!11:1111 llnll:111d, 0111' of tl11i ltoyH. 1,l'!'llllHO of lhP holld:1ys, :i s1• H:do11 will
the wholei;nlern, retailers and conth<• 1st c·o.111m11Y, :-.l. II. C. A. 1111d are I.Jc held on \londay only.
sumers in order to get the sugar sup1,ow alt:,c•h<'cl to llattr.ry I>, 10411 lteg.
Ji'ollowlng thr. lllf'Pfing y1•strrcl1L.\
ply back to nearly normal conditions.
l<'l1ild J\rtillPry.
l10ra11Rc o[ their (ho la1lil'S :i1ljo11rnP1l to thn ~rlf :
A
representative Crom the American
t1a11Hfnr to the 80111h awnitin:.;- trans- room whnro n ln11rhC'OII, 111·0pn.rPrl h.1
Sugar nellnlng Company In this city
Jlfll'lnl 1011 overseas Rriveral \1·er-lrn ago
'!'hey wrrr• ror1110rly 11w111hcr., o !
yesterday stated that the sugar shortthl'ir 11ce1ls wNe not nolcd in the tho J:i11ies hnl11g tltP g110sts or i h1
age
will probnbly be over In about a
('llllllllllllil'alio11 lo 1111• !'h:tplo r lty C:tp- lodge. The off I corn · or l 110 lorlge nrt
month or six weeks.
t,dn llo1lwcll who m:uln m1t l.ho II Rt trying in every way poR~ihlc lo mak<
The lo cal co)lfectloners have been
for the Hcd Cro:rn or lite nnmher or things comfortahlc a1Hl pleasant foi
:ianl
hit, not having been able to get
011tflts wanle1l.
the members or the orgnnirntion and
ecough sugar for several weeks to
At yrsler<l:iy'H lll('f'li11g-, held at. the thl'lr effortR are being- app1·0rlate1l hy
make the quantities of candy
1:lks' lloml', :in a1l<lllionnl room was the ladies.
heretofore.
Thohnve
boarding
houses
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restaurants
In a number
of
PLEDGE NEARLY
" $1500
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ERICAN RELIEF
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1\t a sn1a,Jl meeting al tho North
It contorC'd about a charch with
clturch Inst cYonlng, Jlov.
i\l.
!>00 mombor.s, with
cong-rcgal.io!JH
Papazian gave an interesting account of 1300 people, witlt a Sund.a.y schoo}
of the historical rel.Jtion or ihw Ar-Io! 11000, wllh day scl1ools and an
menian r r,cn to tho religious a.ll ,1 I ontreadin.g missionary work. Thi:;
l)O!flical condition~ in 1.ho near East, out r eaclilng missionary work. Thi~
ror the recent massncrps and depor- /
Thero a.r.c now some
2,000,000
t.iliong 011 ll\e ruling forces al Der• 'j destitute surv ivors of the Armeni;in
!in.
people, including 400,000 children,
' fhc s peaker illustrated th . results who arc the J1ope of tbe race. OnJ1·
of this enmity by telling of tho com-I the· abundant help_ oC compnss ion a '.c
munity which he once served .in people in thiH country can save these
Alut,Lb.
! from starvation.
0.1·
Girls at Work
~\1·1- at Navy Yard
1
to
•
Twelve young ladies started this
morning to work in the industrial depr.rtment or the Portsmouth navy
yard, the first women. to be so ,. emp!oyed. They are classed as remafe
operators and are assigned to the
electrical shop where they work at as11'.lli!',t';l;.J~ sembllng amal !Industrial apparatus.
The call Is the result of Industrial
.,.,_,,.,-,••.,.,. Manager Adams' plan to overcome a
situation made through the difficulty
le securing men and boys to do this
work, tht"y preferring other branches
of labor as this leads to no
Naval C0nstructor Adams · received
permission from Secretary Daniels to
use woo1en and girls in this work.
Whe!l the fact that this work was
open for women became known
through the press a large number or
girls and young woihen flied appllcatfons at the labor board. Naval Construc~or Schlabach said that tho n uml:.er of applicants was far in excess of
the number needed and that not
morn than 26 would be required for
I
~ases found It necessary to do away
with the sugar bowl and serve the
sugar Individually.
Sugar syrups In cans and bottles
have sold rapidly since the sugar
ramlne and retail dealers have not
been able to buy more at present, alti1011gh r,ome have yet a supply •on
huntl.
~lolasses has had the call
Rlnco the sngnr SC'llrclty and the price
has sharply ndrnnced.
What used
to Sl'll nt 60 contR a gallon the dealer now gets 85 cents for and lho
priro IR liable to advance even more.
The local denlns will find it <llffl~ult
to get more at 11resent after their
stock, on hand Is sold, as owing to
the lack o[ irngar, the large
rants ancl bakers are buying
lasses In Jarge quantities,
�Are Commissioned
,/}if) As Lieutenants
I
Ralpll 0. m~Carthy, son of Mr. ·ana
::Ure. Jnmee A. McCarthy or Mllle1
11.venuo, who resigned 11, position 01.
'fl.le TlmoH last August to accept an
nppoln true!1t to the Officers' Train Int
Cu.mp :it Plattsburg, has been com
missioned a second lieutenant In the
army. When the official announce
n1ent of the list or graduates wat
made Saturday afternoon Mr, McCarthy stood eighth In the list of secon1
F. Shaw Raynes, formerly enllste1
In the U. 8, Coast Artillery attache{
to the Portsmouth harbor de.tense
and later employed as a motorman 01
the Portsmouth electric road, wad also comml3sloned 2d lieutenant, ma.k
lug two men from this city to graduate from the same camp,
•
Warren Hayford, 110n or r,7,._ Ant
Mre. George Hayford or KlttfJry, an
a former resident of Por',&roouth, Ii
the third man from this d'.~trlct to b£
commissioned f.rom this camp.
Lieutenants McCarthy and Raynee
'nre certlfled for Immediate eervlc,
~nd are to report for duty on 'Dec. 16.
Utt,'Q
tl1 that time they are on furlough
an are expected to arrive In Ports
m th tomor.rdw E>venlng. Lleutenan . McCarthy ha~ been ordered to
d ty at the training camp at Yap
ank, N. Y. on Long Island.
Lieutenant ~cCarthy Is a gradual,
ot tho Portsmouth High school anc
w~s a student at aHrvard Unlverelt:
tor two years, leaving school to go In
to business. Hie, younger brotho1
James McCarthy, Is also In the eerv1co, a sergeant In 6th company, United States Heavy Artillery, former!:,
the 1st Company, N, H. C. A., or thlf
<rtty,
Lieutenant Hayford was given r
provisional appointment In the fl.el,
artlllery and wl!i probably be sent t
one ot the training camps and attach
ed to o fl.'eld artillery company now 11
poatotl'lcCii In t o country,
on
1111d ln m1ny Instances will be sole!
drug stores and other stores.
·The war savings ~rtificatcs a ro actu0ally miniature 11berty loan bondd
ai:.d are redeemable on Jan. 1, 19 23
for $6, but they may be taken at any
tlmo to any po;;totl'ice In th,P. country
nr~d coshed for their l'aco voluo plu:;
t110 In torcst duo as the>• go 011 111 t<-re!it with Jon. 1.
1'ho thrift flt.limps at 26 ('('DI!! Nlch
will remain tho samo prlco a r' IC!" Jan.
I ·:ind mar bo -exchan1,tcil nt tho poi;loftlco ror war savings e:c rtllicatc11 at
their faco v3:lue. This will onuble
all to loan their money to tho govornmont in small amounti;, 25 <"ents ,1
da Y or 11 week ai; one is u blo, and
tho money so loaned will c-o on Interest lmme<llately.
Tho p11rcha11-0 of ~ 4 11·or !1-.1 ,·tnuB
oorl1Uc:1lo~ bclwcon now ,lod .Jau .· J
vdll C<>Bl $8:t.•o and this mon11y will
br; usod br the government in the
same manner that the liberty loan
bonds are being used. In 1ive years,
0:1 .la:1 . I , l fl~:J. th u holder 0t' the
L·,·rtilic.at1•a will receinl $100 for thoir
rrt 11ru to uur po8tol'fl cc.
0
Teachers ;ind
fJn· ~ 1 Parents Meet
A meeting or the Lafayette
School •Parent-freacher Association
lrnl1l at the school 'I'hurs<lay evening,
the nttentlanca bolng near 100. A
feature of the evenmg wan the music
by 'lbe l,yrlc Male Qual"tet,
the
members singiug several selections
In an ospeclally vleasln!{ manner.
nr. 'Murtha I. ,Boger spo'kre :in
'"l'he Phyt;ICul tDevelopmeut of tile
Child," ex,pla.ln!ng ,what could 'bo
eJCpecterl under normal conditions.
and mentioning some o[ the condltlons which retarded rleveloJJmeut.
During the social hour which tollowod .general singing of some of
,j(}-"!!!'!!!!!!!!•!!!!!".!"!'.!!!
.-!"!.!'!'."!'."!'.- - ~ ~ ~
--===-. . . the old familiar songs was enjoyed
by all.
rrhere was on exhibition a. JcnHte<l
comforter, t!Je i;qnares of whlc!:i
have been made by the cltlldren nn,l
put together 'lly !Miss Katherine Con.
J
'•
..
lon. This comforter/ Is to IJe given
to 1he !Red Cross for lluspiLal u~~ A second comforter is nearly comJJleted. This uot only teaches the
children to k11it hut lh<-y hnvo 1111
,
Savlng-s
C'c,titica t <'s
a nrl
?rift Stamps wlll go on i,a.lo at the opportunity or 1lolng a. little patriocal 'postoff'1co on the ttrst of · De- otic service. The sq11ares are mado
yarn and any colors mny
co>:uber and until the end of the
hrift Stan1ps
Go on Sale on
rupnth may be 'purchased at 2(j cent~
tor tile thrift sta!llps and $•·I -J. for
tl:le war sa,·lngs _cortltlcntes.
After
tbe fiMit or Jon ua.ry the cortlflca t£'l1
wl!I increase In prlco) at the 1"!1.tO of
ono cent ll month. The stamps
cerUlloeatos wUI be on sale at
WILL JOIN THE
AVIATION CORPS
Sorgt. Charles Colgate Wish, 1:. 8,
!\, A. of Wlbird street, who Jet't horu
for Camp Devens at Ayer, :\Tass. with
the second Increment of drafted men
has succossful!y passed the ex.nminullon~ for Iha ti . S, aviation cori1s and
has rec:elvecl his appointment.
Bergt Fish will l:lpend two months
lu training at the )lassachusetts Institute o r Technology after wi1lch he
ri'III be ordered to acllve duty.
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WAR TAX ON
ADMISSIONcp
TU DANCES
(lj-'~
,The internal revenue de1)artment
wlsh~a to make it known that tho
war rovene admissions tax { le on
each l 0ceac h 1 0c or fraction theroof
charged) ,al)l)lies to dances, skating
rln_k r;, whi.;it ,partle;:i and overychl11 0
else to which udm.bsion Is char;;-cll.
lt ho.-. bO<?n rou11<1 th.a.t tho tax ·lnrn
Mt 'been collcctec.l in many cases,
ttluoo November 1, when tho la .v
took. ell'ect. J'artieH an'ectod llhoul<l
w.r1to tho colk·ctor at !'ortsmouth.
for particulars, forms and in:,lrurlions. The HrsL monthly return
tax~ collected in Novo1n:ber will :., 0
due December 1.
1--------------•-•III
w•t H
\
fl
es ome cp~c .
L'rom
Fr'ance
f
i\Irs. Miles of Hunking
receiYcd a. letter from her son, Privc1 to }<;mcrsou ;\I il cs, \\'ho. Is a membEJr of Co . D. 101st regiment, U. S,
Engineers, American
Force in Fran ce.
Private :\liles says
pany had a very successful trip to
l<'ra,nce and that he is boarding with
sc,me Fre·nch people.
He Is much
1,leased with the quart~rs ,.a.nd says
they ha,·c good becls anti thut It
very ni ce 1>lace.
The letter was written
hi' says that it was snowing bord at
the time. He says that he has plenty
to cat and ls ha vlni; a tine time.
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�WANT-AID INef~- :
WAR WORK
(
' The locn,] .branch of the Woman ·s
Council for National Deronso tlesinh1
the aid c;r 90 wu'm
. en as volunte,ir
workeril to carry out the <lesire.'I ,) f
the g'OYC'l'n•m ent 1n wii.r 1\-ork In thfo
city .and thei r lielp rwlll lHl gra!l¼fu ll)I accepted.
·
·,I · •
Mr. Kenyon, Meets ·Committee ·.,of ; Sixty Citize"s
at the Army and Nav)· Home·
!
1~·,-1
. -'TJ ,-
1( - -
.
1
r
R. A. Kenyon of the War ·antl ' Navy
After Mr. Kenyon; Rev. Mr. Thayer
'.Association, 'met some sixty citizens at spoke regarding ~lean amusements for
the Army and Navy Home Wednesday the boys and Lt. Command er Thomas
evening. The citizens came represent- Motf Osborne of the Naval Prison gave
1ng the various religious, social and a most Interesting tailc on the same
secret societies of the, city, to cooper- lines; claiming that one of the chief
ate in the work of caring for the men causes of crime was due to the lack of
of ·~he service •
good wholesome and clean amusement
Mr. Kenyon was Introduced by Pre- for the young m en.
He plctured·' the
asldent F. W. Hartford of the Army '& · ~ eeds.·in this city as well as everl, city
:Navy Association. . •.
and town. Miss
Martha S. Kimball
Mr. Kenyon went Into details as to talked on the same lines. John C. Dow.hat, the association was doing else- 1an re.presenting the Knights of Columwhere.' It ' takes up ah tbe · work now bus, assured the citizens that his asbeing done by the various associations so~iatlon w~uld gladly offer Its horrte
so that there Is .no · d·uplication of the for the use of the committee for the
work.' It ls proposed to interest every entertainment of the men. The meeting
society ln Portsmouth to . help. In the was• marked by much interest and en1
enlertalnment of the men.
· .tl:J,uslasm.
·
the8'0 tWIO b-o•ysi are from almost everybody tha:t has come dow11 here anp.
a,sked for work. We usually have men
whd merely beg and ,v'ant to 1Je
helped. It makes one feel good to flnd
than ·we still •h ave real men ,In America.
'" I was sorry' that I oould n'Ot per· ~~
suade the~e ,b oys to stop and work for
and Billirlgs me, because they ·are men who really
WORK WITH DOCK
.MEN IN fRANC
,
Young .Thayer
I ' Detained in Port Fjll Their
Time Usefully~
o
dt
S f ere
O
th
pl lay
e gdame,"
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Cj:r'J:.,.::,
· Washington
Tho Paris edition of the New York , f
.erald has the fol'iowing iot<irestlng · '.
~em J'elative to Ellswlorth Thayer oi . l
this city and Dwight B . Billingir who·
have been: connected! with the Aqt-'
First Licnt . nohcrt J . na!lar1l, who
erlcan Ambulance Corps. 1n France: ·
''T,he correspondent of · the 'Bulle-· J;aR been ·visiting his paren IR, Mr. nncl
Un' at B--writes of the work . of :\!rs. ,v. ~I. Dullard of: Yafnyctte ro:i :l,
two unusuar American boys, Mr. waR or1lc1'<'tl lo Washington ycste1·Dwlght B. Billings and Mr. Lucius day,
E. Thayer a.a follbws: "Two AmeriMr. Tlallar<I ls oun of tlrn ynun1~
can boys, and I am pleased to un~ !'Jen appoiutc<I to the trainln~ ca mp
derllne American, happened to come r.t l'lattsbnrg from thi s city last
' Audawn, from the Flold"'Servlce expect - gust.
After being at Plattsb11rg
Ing to take the boat for America Iii.st' short Ume ho ll'aR se1cctctl with olh Saturda,y. When t,hey found that the
er~ and transferred to tho Coast Arboat would' not 1eave they Immediate~
l,y looked up a cheap hotel here, not tlll e n · at Fort Monroe, Va., and al
Asking the flel'd aervit:e, or. an!}'one tl:e close or the camp wns commist:lso to ad'vance them any mon ey. sioned a First Lieutenant and asigned to immediate duty.
They then came up to the Red Cross
office and Ias>ked for work. We toM , WOM•EN "ARE -.VoLUNTEER IN G,
t'hcm wo hn.d nothing but common I
dock labor to give ihe.m. They said ', Jrt t e11ponse to 'tht\ call rbr WO)r\◊11 to
that did not !natter; whatever it was volunteer !or war· wodc, .quite a numthey were glad to get anyt!hlng to do. ber · h'a ve alt!lady called on Mrs, A, 0.
still mofo
They took of'f their coats a:n<l pitched •Shaw . a n d · registered, , but
right in and worked with the Negroes •are· n'eMe'd ·and as so~n as· they • arc·
secu·r ed a·meeting will be held andJ the·
and Spaniard'S for· 7fr a day.
' "I am dropping you this personal work' outlined . .,
• Th'e· wbrk will emo~•ace a large tie1cl'
note merely to show· yau •h ow different
and 'lherEI .ts opp.q rtu·nlty for. all to do
something,,'
Dr. aMrtba I. ,Dogt,r has !J.ecn apna.rtlott,
who ls to mo;-e from tho C'lty.
other·· olilclaJs 11,re as [o~low s:
Secretary, Mrs, -A. O. .Shaw.
Treasurer, Mrs. \Vllllam ,P.
kt-11., ,
,F\oard bf dlrectorll, i\TrH . A, (',
II_efl'.engct, M.r.s. D. \\". _ J:;id~<Jr, .Mu:.
1
R. \V. Ecry, Mrs. S. M • Cohen, :\{n.
.Lucius · 1-i .
1ia.yer, ,}! iss 1\.la.rt.'1:1
Kliilball .
ln ;place · of M.rs. · .Josiah
l
1
A ' meot.in.g will .bo held Sn~urd :~Y
at'tornoon at
of Dr. ,Doger to start an elTort,. to 'l llll ~llt the 90 YOhlllteer w:orkt•j·s . .'·.!]
I ·.vho arc wlHlng to lfc~p
to c~ll Mt'S. Shaw at fi0.
i
NAVIYARD'JilYES':
SUM
Of $1·'·500,.
~
·' .FOR -SUFFERERS
-~ -g.,~,,·.
·~
'
Monef Collected in Shops for
'
-. I : H lilif
ax' · in Short .
'
pen
' 'od."'•· ;
The , Portsmouth navy yard
and .;.;orkmen today showed thii spirit
once more In coming .to the !aid of 'the
Halifax- sufferers. Under . th e direction of Naval Co~.s truct.or Schlaba?~j,
s hop superlnten·dent, a collection was
made amon g thf employes and . up :\o
2.30, the sum of $1500 had been colJected
for this ' most worthy purpose. The
m en gave generously and the collectors:
expect to a:dd· several more hundredH:
before t'he fund Is closed.
y
um .FO.H
'rlllll.FT ~l',\)U":i. ,
:'i() Glll<;,r\.T l)}t\t
6o Car at tho local postolric~ tbe•:o
ha.11 boon but very Ullin dcmni:cl
for the now thrlft savlnl(' stamps id1,11!'d 'oy tho g0V(l1'nlllOllt . T:11.1 RLll.llli'K
:i.re lssue·d for a goou purJ1090 ns
well ns lnvestment n.nd no dou,bt 'the
defantl will bo greater wlrnn our po0plo .g et better acqualntctl with this
plau of saviflp;_
�ILL ·SEND
,
RELIEF FROM:
L'OCAL YARD
Urgently ·Neede
t>
in Great W
"\~o - \
111...-
A meeting of all women who are
truly Interested in our boyo at the
front will be held In the Probate
Court room on State street, Tuesday
I
All women are Invited who have
America's welfare at heart and who
Secretar) Daniels Offers Red Cross 25,
ooo ·Blankets and 600 Stoves from
the ~ortsmouth Navy Yard for Relief
Work _
in Halqax ~-i,
I
,vashlngton, D. C., Dec. 8-Sccrctary · direction of the navy de11arlment.
Dn.nleles or the Navy today ofrered 'l'heMe ships have been directed tu dJ
the Red Cruss a quantity or impplies all that they can to relleve suffedng
.
,
.
anu aMslst In the rescue worlc.
at the Portsmouth, N. II., navy ya1·d
A .· th
.
no e1· s 1I-1p w1-11 1eave p rovmceat Hali- town, Mass., tomorrow with a husµltul
unit and supplies aboard.
T en ships are now · nearing the devThe supplies at , th e Portsmouth yard
itMtated cltyand will work under the 'Include 25,000 blankets and 600 stoves.
I
wnl be carr o on l1l tho
roomN thltt forenoon.
'Tho Elks' Charity Th!.li for
Red Cross and the Organized .Char
ltle;i will bo the big afl'o.ir of thl!
kind or the yea.r.
The 'fled Cross auction w111 be n
O,•er !ll'ty women woro p,-1,Bont un good chance to see what some
:'\fon,lay at rho J::lk~' lloinl: and 1,p('1.t thoso prize -preserves you put up last
In the g,-eater part ot' ti10 day ill !'all will bring in tbo hands ol' a.
malting 1111rglcal dree..'iln.{(JI for th-, ll'OOd .auotlonoor. Just give a. jar and
Rs<l L'TOfff!. Much timo is behi.g d e- como and i;oo tho result on Tllursda:v
voted to this work .is tho demand ror cvonlng.
this kind of material Is over 1nc-r~14:;...
T he/'Red Cr oss gave a. wonderful
Ing from_ tho battle front.
demonstration of offlclency
last
Tho work roorn comm1ttoe wlll week In connection with the Ho.11soou start ma.king trench candle~ an•l tax disaster. Tboy were -well under
for this purpo~ they r~JU0Ht that way and working before tlre smolce
everybody having tlmall cud~ nr or tho fire had i-leared a,vay,
candles and paraline to i;ond thom to
The taa.m captains fo r tho
the E lk.~' Home. Those a.ro n11~lt0<.i Cross m-ember shlp '<l rl ve a.re to
and tt)on newspapers rolled u eurl:.l.!n named shom ly, No o ne can I ll affo r d
way are soa.'k,ed In th o wn.'< und they tp re~uee membership 'i n th!Js wondermalro ldoa.l candle11 !'or the trnnclll8 . ful organization.
lu .ll'ranco and ~nirland tho wome1 ...__ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __,
.\ T \', ~I . C . ,\ . llU'f:
hn~e been making tlll:i kind 0 1
___
--pu to
ca.ntlles !or the past two yearn .
An eutertalnment unuer the uu;Another t!Jl11g tho
commiltt•( plccs or llliss Florence G. Marshall
would npprecl-'lte 11:1 that all sm l l was 1n·eseuted last eve ning
pieces of clot h, no matter what kl ,v
Y..M. C. A. hut at Fort ,(;onstitulio~
bo saved anJ left nt -the worlc room before a large and a.JJprcclatlvc audlThe!!o aro cut f\lf) Into tine pleoo;i n.od e11cc.
they make tbe stull'lng for plllom
'l'ho •program included vocal solos
for the solclloro In tho •bnttlo aroa.
by .Mrs. Cros.by, readlng1:1 by Mls:i
Tho work ror the l<'ronch woundc< Agnes Mcln.tlro and fancy
With the Red
Cross WClrkers
by :Miss Zylthla "'oods.
~~~~~;;~;~
e.re concerned in the final outcome
of the great world conflict which is
br, ing waged In Europe.
This is the flrst time In the lllstory
or the world when women have been
r,dled upon to do other than relief
,, o rlc Toi.lay II omen, as well as men,
),.11b~ respond to their country's call
:i11tl r hey must respond as quickly and
I
Et :-mrel} as men.
'l'l.e war mothers will respond, for
ii, them the war Is a stern reality!
It ls no long~r possible for any
\\ oman who really deslies victory for
A mcricn. and her Allies, to glvo an
excuse that she is too busy or that
t.hat other things are more Im portant. • othlng is more vital uhtil
Kaiser is defeated.
The boys who have gone to
front had other things to do, but at
their country's call, they marche•l
without a nnirmnr, though they knelt
1rnme would not return.
,vom e n ! the time ha scome when
yon rnnst be co unted on thi; side of
thos e brave boys or against them .
Your count ry calls you. You are not
;, lu,d Lo go to the front, but since on1, 4 O% of this war is fought in the
trenches 60 % must be fought at
home and this must be !ought by women as welJ as men.
!led Cross, Food Conservation,
War Savings, Home -Service for \Var
Families, all appeal to you! :\[any
women have responded but not a suffici ent number. Do not be found
wanting but let this appeal Jay hold
on your hearts and make America's
,var your business and do whatever
i3 ask ed of you.
)<o one knows at what moment
Halifax's fate may be duplicated in
ai: American seaport citr. Must we
wait for s nch an awakening?
Let women Jill the Court Room to
overflowing!
Let every woman who loves
country and her home respond to this
call!
(Signed)
"'\VO:\rnN'S COM:\fITTE]U COUNCIL
NATIONAL DEFENSE,
�Red Cross Will,
Conduct Auction
UNfURL SERVICE fLAG
~rAT BAPTIST
CHURCH
I
A \"ery in (CNl~tlng patriotic sor1·J~('
Ll<'UlC'IHlll t
n~org(' \\' · ('om
Bl,
15<t._\ 1.-
!l ' !J
wm, hold at t110 lllddlo !ltl'cct IJ:rpli st Co., C. A. (' .. '.,p rlngfl e!d , Afohs.
church on Sunday <• Yr nln-1~ in C'<rn- 1 ( Jiarles H:in1011, Co . D, 1111.a 10::: r,N: . ton 1·lth the unf11l"llnl( of a srr-1 !{lP.c!·rH, A. E. 1~.. Yin .\'•;11· ~-,,~1,.
v ie,~ fia.g with the stnr•i for tho nrnrn-1
c . .('o l·_,11-to ~' lt; h, ltat l nr:, A , :;flJ :i.
ON·i; of llin i,,irli;.t •iio M'i1 at t!)P j !<;_ A .. ('arnp 111,vpn,i, '.\tans.
front or in th,i .. rm}' r>.· naY}". Tll•i
Jlu;,~h Jill!, l' . ;;, N .. I' . ~l. !1. !'. .111flo g1Yo.q prM!'UtP.cl to th(\ church bf nll>al, <'ll l"f1 of PoHtm:uit~• r, N,•w Yo1 ·:'..
lhc Oold<'n Jlule
C'1rr lc
lClng-\i
Wlllhi ll . llo yl , <'o. 1. l11t Hnll.11io11, D,• J.Hii. Bl'i,1:u\1•, (' r. m p Jn,1·1•11: 1 •
Thcr!' "YI--U!I u. l.argt\ attc11d-a.uco .' .t :,-ln!'ls.
the sPr"l-t<!o which, aftor the 1,ing-l~;.1;
O<>orgo .H .•Jou (\s, ll. 8. N., L'. ~0 r ":rhe Stn.r Spangle d
Unnner ", 8. 1t~lelgh, e,aro l'Oiltmttflter, N•!11·
op<"ne<l -with tho prC6<1 ntntio11 of lh•i I York.
flo.g was prcsonted to the church by
Paul ll . Le~·l11, Co. A, Hth Rn·
;1rt11l!}l\nt or tho Klng'M I.l'ut1g'Mc•:s . 11inoor.1, A. l•). J•'., ,l:i. NM...,. York.
1'ho n-n.g- "Wll-!l un-t'urlc<.1 ove-r tho pulRalph )lnd)onald, ll . fl . N. H. l•'..
pit u,ud \\"'3.<; arc1•pt11d tly nev . \\'tl• .School for }.'n-;lguti,
!'nmllt1d;.-:, .
~l:i.m J>. S't(lnloy, tho pa stor .
::\lnii-s.
A prl'tty f(l:ilure W(\.,q the un ,of lL.lcrntona.nt W. 0. c\fartln,
Ar!o
!ng of !'a.ch Atat by somn r<11>ro!;(Jnt•1- co,-p~, F'ort SIii, Oklr..hor,1u.
'tlvo of tho fnmfly or tho men in th e
Charles A . O'Ha.rra, l.' . 8. ~-. l'. f .
r.ez-i-lce llll Lhe namoo were re.a d.
8 . J.A•onlda!!, Navy Yard, J>orIBmouth .
~r-!:1T "\'.V. :it:. ForgraYo of th f)
Pl1illp Oulto □, U. S. ~- R F., 1:.
}.rm)· and N:wy Y. }I _<'. A . d1il1Y cr- s . ,s. E 11 tell.a, ?.-o,-y •Yard, Port.~monlh .
c•tl n gf,o<l audro.49 and R. A. H Fny on
Jlrnry F;-oi:rvlnlie, tJ. · .S. N., c:11~r
or ~ho l<'oscliclt -Comm'l11s!on
.ib"J Mas ter a,t ArmA, U. S . S.
:llnrtha
~poko of tho war nnd the work of Washtng•ton, C.'.ll'O l'ostmaRte r, New
the commli;:~ton.
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•T bo oon"ice <:lor,ed with s inging of
lllenteno.nt ·w. I! . AtevoTIA, 1· . S. \1.
''.i\-ly {'ounlry 'tis of Thoo" and tho c .. Hlth Co., ·i,th Regt. n. A. "'.'l'I:lrl11u,
bone-d iotion ,by tho 1>a~tol'.
c·at·e l'ostmaster N~w York.
The following a.ra tho men
for
Lieutolno..nt
JL Willlon, H,:. Dh·.
whom Rlarfl havo been pltu:od on the Am. '!'rain, Motor .S~ctlo:i, A. 1'~. l•' .,
fin.{!:
v1a iNew York.
L!eutenaut W. IF. Docker, U.S . .M.
)'. 11.. W1so, •U . S . N., Navy Yu.rrl,
c., :Navy ;y-iu•d, PhUatleJ,t>hla, Pa.
Portsmouth.
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To Train For. . · 112 More Men
~':-') Co1nm1~s1ons a;;y\'\ Go on Dec. 21
Sorgt. Jame3 A. }lcCar th y, .Jr., \ The lo cal war hoard hltY e been di
nod Corp. Wnlt.e r Th ompso n of th o rectod to forward to Fort \\'lllla111 .
9th Compani, C. :\. C., ro rru c rl y th Portland, .l \lc., on Fritlay Dec . 21.
lnt CompnnY, :--1 . ll. , C. :\. C., of ll.Ji _; twelve men ancl th e following !lav ~
cit y, !Jav e been nppoinl c tl to lhe 3rd been selected:
Officf'rB Trnbl ·tg C~n •p which will
Hola1nl P. (Jlis of Ports mouth .
bo held at l<'o rt Og'o'ho,pc, Georgia.
John J . Moron or Ports mouth.
Sergt. ~l cCn rthy is th e i;on of
flay ·Foss or IR~·e.
}Ir. !lnd :\1rn . .Jnmrs -"· ~lc Ca, th y ot'
Lewis P~. Tlonchcr or 8nnth New;\{lller An.ioue anti Ille broti1er of market.
Ltou t. H. 0 . .\f cCrirlhy, l".S.R., ·wh o
Arthur St. llil a ire of Newmarkol.
r ece ived
com1u! :1llion ,a t the 2nd
Georg!l "ll. Dawson of Portsmouth.
Officers Training _ Comp at
Plntt sHoward C. Herf;ey, Portsmouth.
1:ur,::.
C harl es n. Hoyt, Newton.
('orp . Tholl1 p~ rrn . is tho s on of :ARStephen Walla.co. Newmarkel.
11luta~ t Con~:I rt: r: o:· Chnrlea Thom,)•A ugustus F . Spinney, ,Portsmouth.
FO Ii, 1·. 8. ~-. Of the local ll !l. l'Y rap.I.
AlternateH, William 0. lla;-111011<1,
!1 0t h rrrnng me n hl\VO fine reco rtlH ln
.Jeremiah G. Crowl!'.\',
tl: fl 1·w,,·ir,, aau were the succosuhl
{·untliilatt>11 !o r (ho appointm ent [ro .u
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Arraugements are practically completed for the Red Cross auction at
Freeman's hall on Thursday evening.
The entire proceedsi of the auction
wil l go towards the funds of the local Hod Cross and for use in the
wo rk room an d for
relief.
The admission to
free n.nd cveryl.Jo cl y is welcome. Arran gements have been ruatle for an
e>xhil.Ji llon of the work done at the
lc. ra t"worlc ' 1·oom an1f these will be
oxplnin o1l hy the la1ll es who will nppear !11 their work room cos tume, that
i'I a costume n Messa ry while · workini; over surgical dressings. In audition there will l.J e some music;
The contributio n of articles for the
auctio n ue corning in rapidly auu
there will be a ·{:ll'icty of goods offN('<l fo r sale , so that eve rybody can
get a chance lo purch a se, perhaps a
Christmas gift or a household necessity . There will I.Jc sugar, vegetables
anil other things that will be useful
as well a.s considerable canned goo_ds,
all local goods and the very best.
The ladies are asked to come and
brinn- their knitting. They will have
time tu knit and enjoy the live lr bidding that is sure to follow th e orrerin g of some of t1ie articles.
Tries to Enlist
F'lurth Tin1c
Harold B. W endell. w11
T. Wendell o! this ci ty
fourth attempt to got into the field
service this ·week, but falled in the
phyelcal examination. :He ,vas . recommended •b y the Ordnance department for service at the Ordnance
•base depot In Franco and would ha.ve
received quick prorno'tion. Mr. Wendell since he cannot enter the fleltl
service, wlll remain with the lnspe<:tlon eectlon, gun divl sio'n, . offler oC
the chie! . of Ordnance. will! !toad~
I~ New Yoril.
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Dream of Freeman's . Point Comes
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True--Big Plant W!II Be Taken Over For Steel
Ship Construction--Ten Ships to Cost Fifteen
;Millions to Be Built There
For Uncle Sam
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The Herald presents to the people of 'l'he work to provide the
Portsmouth and vi c inity , a Chri s tmas will start at once. .•
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present-that It has been worldng on
The man who has been on the job·
fo r months. rt will prove the biggest In securing the contract ls Mr. H. · C.
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hoom that this city hu11 had in twenty- Hayn es . He ls one or the ablest ,englTh~ c~rn~ercl9:I • 4epar\Jrent ot the
Jlve yearn.
ncers In the country and le faJillll}ar
l)lgh achoo) l}.l\ve b ~ .q olng tlp~Jr bit
tor the war ,york In 11everal ra~<; help , 'l'he Herald, through its publisher, Is I with everything at Freeman's ~olnt.
Ing' qut with ,letters ~'¥1 envelop13 ad- 1 more t.han pleased to, make the an- 'l'he organization of the companr will
nouncement as It has had no small part \ be completed on Thursday and, then
dressll)g.
title wlll be taken.
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For lnslUI)ce, qn Tuesday , tpe War In bringing the big deal to a close.
Board · ha~d pressed', 8$ked if the deHerald readers know , perfectly of the
Thi::i deal means permanently cstabpartment could a,ddress 1500 tep-lnch ' faith we h a ve had in the ultimate use ,Jlshlng ship building on the Piscalactua
en~eiop~e. They . could ~np wouljl , qe' of the Immense plant at Preeman's river. The big plant will recelvr lots
glad to and: during the d-ay . the worl, point. known as the l'\lbllshers' Paper ( of new permantmt buildings. Hilt hi.aw~•s done and 4ellvered.
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. _P l~' It has said from . time to time chine corporations in Brockton~ 'flnd
The, ~8!1 qrqSIS hl!,d µ. batcp. pf fifty ~hat jt · would be us,ed . .: In fact, the Fitch bur~ ,-a.re ldemtified with th~ ~ew
'1)/ld letterS' to get 0 ut, the departmen~ Herald has said so ~µch 'about it that enterprise.
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dJµ a , neat n/ece, of the stories were labelled ' "hot air" by , 'l'he Herald will give detal)s
work.
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, i ~ few lmoclcers. So much for the early day to day of this vast new.. f\Ilte r~
Th,e V(qrk ,aff.of{la pra<;tlcal exer<;lses history, but here ls the deal.
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prise. : '.rhe work of, tearing off '" the '
a\ong P)e lines t)1ey are l;Je1ng lpstrucThe big plant wlll be 1~ken over in a high front of land and filling In. the
ted and all that hlVl t4rn1¥1 q4t r~e<!t few days ' by the Atlantic Engine and flat~ In froi;~ _2f_the offle& ,buildlri'Z:-;- ·ill
gre11:t. cre,q lt qn , the teac;her anp .achoj- Sh•p Uuilulng c,1. '.rl1ls comiiany will I be the first work undeTtalt'en. , Co11bulld ten ·steel stllps of ~000 tqns each . tractors are now here going over the
Ot course only work ot a public or for the United States government.
'. plums. The contracts for the ~hips
war n.ature ls bc-ir.g taki;n, a!I , t11ere ls sIIow does that sound?
be announced from Washington In a
l/P qeslre to i~rlnge on ~he ;wor_k o~ These ships will cost $1,600,000 ea.'bh. few days.
public 11tenogro.phers.
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war aga111s a 1 , pecu liar syste~ of
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~r~:~c~:'~n~ vo~rng:~:l~;, :o~~
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WOMEN CANVASSERS '."')MEMBE~S
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S[cu.ijE. 1,250
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d:,~n~n:~~~ l~l~ow~~~~~t::a:~~:. to
The committee declared that "the
majority of the German people, if
properly Informed about their own
L;o,·!'1·nmenl an<l ll1a mlscll!rd"l, will not
wail u11lii the Oerman ,,nllon Is com-
- progress1n
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ur• oss Drave
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Yard Tearns Will Try For Yard Em~·
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pletely C'rU«hed t,y rurce of arms, but
will sooner or later l'ise against the
-- l,:ilis!'r an,1 lht• .lunkPr!< antl 1'Stnbllsl1
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n tlrm0crnllc govC'rnment In <lr>rmany,"
"PrP~_ident 'Wilson has clearly polnt rd out, the statcmC'nt added, "that tho
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no longer debalcablc.
All American
cili:r.ens of German birth 01· descent
must now rnallze, that they are fad!
to face with a known fact and not an
open (]UPl'llon. America nnd her nlllC's :tl'!' ,::olni:; to win this wnr nl{nln~t
tho Isn1pt>ro1· and tho rulin g classes o~
places (1~:·mai~y.
A~ n. rt'sull oC l wo
days canvas of all of the stores and business
Dunng- the past 70 years over 500,b.v
Frid1.y
night.
t he city by the,
women's commiller,
000 r:ermans have come to America.
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nolhc:>r
team
wjll
start
work
on
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t he TINl er,~
mernhershlp (or this
\\'c On,1 lhnt the principles for which
nnvy Yl'.l'l1 and lhls is ln charge 1,f mnny or our immediate ancestors, o)•
city has h I'll illCl'C':lSC'd by 1250.
fl' lwso \\'Pl'l' lh" lc11t:1tlve Ogurps 1·0- President '.Phomas I•'. ·1•'1nnngnn of the \\'(' oursr\v!'s suffered C"Xile, a1·e Lhreat11orl<'cl \a~l !'venlng by Chnirman D,·. N:ivy Yan\ \Vorkmrn's As;.;ocir,llon.
PIH'cl hy the' ve1·y powers which forcecl
):oge1· bnseh 011• the rC'JHHls o[ all 0~
Clnirman Ji:. C. J\v1ltlww~ ha« also us as n. proplp out or Germany,
Wo
lhe, team captain!!, but not all or the arrnngrd lo have a [l<cd
c,·oss hul 11111st rally wllh olll· fp!Jow Amerlcnrt::>
i<ollcitor!<. They have not complel t1
,·ecled on J\larl,ct Square Co1· l•'riclay :i;~,,i,rnl lhr tyranny which hn!I so ]Qn/!'
their work as yet, but will ornil toclay P.nd Sntu1·dny n.11d
pos-sihly l\1011 '.J ay cu1·f'cd lho country of our fathers, and
:ind tomorrow while, the mens team3 I ancl I here will be young lnd,v allcnd- which now rises as a. clange1·ous threat
nre canvassing the bu~incss section of 111.nls lo solicit members, so that there a~ninst the liberty of lhe whole world.
tho clly, and on I~riday and Salurdny will hf' cvc:>ry opportunity to b ~ome a
"1'hl' Friends of German Democracy·
they will clear up the remainder or mPmhe1· of the Jletl Cross.
urge our Uerman people ln America
their canvafis and also conduct a camCounty Chairman Frede-rick l\I.Slsr by e\·e1·y means In their power to asJ)aign In the business section of tho I wn<, in Bo~lon on Tuesday making th~ se1·l thPmselvrs on the side or right
city for the shoppers.
trip specially lo secure more b'lllon, · ln lhis conflict.
,The women hope
lo materially in- ancl other supplies which had run 0 ut.
crror.e their
numb~r of members Jn
From al!o parts of the county comes
"Let u~ t'mpha~ize that
the llme allolcd to them ln the re- reports of a good canvass and there Frielllls or
maind~r of the woek and there is a ls a strong probability of the county SC<"ldng lo unify lhe people of Amerlstr-0ni:; hopr, that the city will go well going well over tho quota.
, \ c~ in lhe common cause as well a!! to
ovc-1· ltq quoln.
A !led C.ross senice fln,r will be fur-1 ai ou,ie tho PCOlj)le of Germany to a.
Tht' lro m captains nnd the members nl~hN\ I h<' stores
wherever requh· d S••n~c of lhC'lr duty nn l1 their opporo r the ll'ams will meet at ninr o'C'lock and small slnrs to show the 11111nhrr t,:nlty. \\'<.> know that 0 J1· action her!:
this morning at the Chamber of Com- of employes in thi., slo1·c:>
thnt art' and in Germnny will prove a. bles..<;lng
)li ercc rooms for final i:islrudions and mP~bers of the P.ecl Cro~s. Jn some 0 r lQ bolh counlrlC's.
for the nPCi>ssary supp\ie~. an<\ in tho the cilles this has lleen maclP a hi;::
"\\"e hope above nil, to hasten the
different districts thry hope to clear up . froturr. .,
rnd of the \\"'tr by bringing an "arller
r:-':::-:-=-::-;;---::::-;-------------,-- - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- -- 1,·Jctory for l!1e fort'es of fre<>dom that
turo bOUf.(' rnn in the city, will run ,·oulc\ olhPrwise be secured. Slll'PIY QUI'
r'f
; tlrn very h,ighcut r:r:ide ]Jlcturrs thal purµosPs a1·e impo11lant enough to
C'ltll I.lo purchntJPd, and, will run con- trmrh lhe conscienco and the s))lrll
or eYery f)lle who loves d!'mncrnc.\'."
tlnnous each clnr f;·om 2 o'clock p
m until the cnrl or the rvl'nl'lg q!1ow,
that Is. will run tour shn11 J ~ cln~·
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Locdl Theatre
On arron n t of tho scar city of coal , 'l'hlg ~ct:an on the IJ:i.rt or tie c ·111
ant1 fo r tho pu r pose or assistl:1g as prony wns pnt\-rl" voluntnrv :1·111
fa r as posslb'e in the policy of ro n- out s11i;rrs'ion lrom an· onP
1,erva l Ion of coal, t he Alli e d Thealr~
TO TnAiN FOR COM!llSSJON.
Com pa ny at a m £'etl n g of Its boucl
':)Q.M~ - o r ell rector s held In t h is clly todav,
Sergt, Wllliatt>. J. Cronin 1a the on\· otecl to close Its t hea tr es in t his ly PoHaxhouth hoy atnong the IHS
city , 1>xcept the Ol ympia Thea tre, be- privates 'and non-cob!mls~oned. Oil•
g inni ng on n ext :c\1ondo.Y.
'l'h'3 cers selected to train for a commie
Co lonial Th eatre has a bi g musi cal eion at the offtcer&• trainin g camp t
co med y runnin g th is week , bu t on be opened at Camp
It w111 sh ut clown for t he day,
Pier ce H a ll , whi ch Is h e a tt he build in g In wh ich It Is
ocatett , will have Its us ua l F rid a y
•nd Saturd A.y n igh t d1.nces with h igh
grndQ ]Jlctur es. The Olympia Th eatre
whic h fo r the pr esent beginn ing on
i\.1o n day n ext, will be t b o onl y pie-,
�RED CROSS EXPECTS TO
IO ENROLL OVER 3500
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Have .rou Joined the Red Cr0t1s ?
T oday le the ltu; t day o! the driv,i
t · r mom borship In thi1:1 city and Ir
,,,u nm not o. member make It a
,· lut to becomo one before nlghlta\l.
l'ortumoutll hno m1ule a most · xllent showing In tb!a drive and It
:: • expected that over 3600 m omboro
• ill w enrolled by ton!ght.
Up to Saturday night 312C enroll\! Ute bad bee n s ecured, wllh eomu
~omplete roport11, so that with to' y'e drlVfl, ulong with what tho n:\•
yard Is oxpectPd to do today, will
• Lag the total to ot leat1t 3600.
, The Red Cross bot on Marke t Sq .
-~d the beet day Saturday when 21 u
,1 embers were secured, the groat.:r
: , rt during tho afternoon when thu
, lirlstma11 shoppers bad every oppor" unit; of contributing for this greJJ.t
•· use. Thia makes a total oC 600 that
: 1H l hut bas slg~ed up and toda y It Is
t•~ peeled that another largo ll1:1t will
f
bl' adtled, at1 the l!ut will be In operati on until the end or the drl co.
The navy yard made a partial return Saturday evening whon they reported 360 n11;mbere. They still bavo
oue day lo work · on tho dri ve at tho
yard .
The Oalo Shoe Company r e porte1
Silturday night 17 9 memben1 • taken
in the factory In the past three du ys
and with a few more to como. Whe n
It Is considered the number or peo11l,e
omployod tbltl Is a. r e mark11blo llbowing, but these employee who have '.l.1wayR evinced a big Interest In
the
Red Cross.
The Morley Button list was not
com loted Saturday night but lliu
Ou l\'eci11Psday th e men';; te:u n
took JJ.Jss,•s~ion or t ho hus inoss SC!:·
tion or the c- ity in the rt r ivc ror nell
Cr oss 11\ e lll bc rship a n rt whi le the)
l111 1·e not ro ni ple ted thc> ir wo r lc, t !1P._1
made fine headway a n <! a re g r,•a tl )
...it1c·o nragc>LI by the r ea ciy response nl
ti:c> men:hants an<! t he ir c l<·rks, a•
1,>Jf,i,Ji;:n:.''•'PI I as t he ell\ ploy es or the postoffic·c
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committee . th e re reported that they
hoped to roach tho 200 mark by this
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Tho busJnet11:1 m'co 'e tenm stlll hau
a few out und thoy will bi colsed by
tblH nflornoou und It IH oet!mat<id that
tho buHlnoes soct!on wlll net a little
over 600.
The Rhlpplng p1ant at Newington
bas be-en making a good showing and
thoy hnvo nlro11dy HOCllred 00 men1bers.
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Jo tho report of fi'rlday 's a ctivities
l•orn wnH £l miHtakl\ mado In tho
ce.11~ nf Lhu
r ard, wbcro it wa,
~lal)ld t lint a yuuug lady had nec ured
c,vor GO mambcni from the, ofl'lcerH '
qu a rtu,..H. Till~ Wn!I au orror,' a co.:-t.. in numbe r wc r!l Stie uu,d in tho offl•
ccrs' q uRrlf•r H, but th o great per cent
or tho nw rul.J e r~ wore ,from ~he crnw
oi th e l,(louldas, who, although ongn god In coallng ship, found time for
tho sailors to choe r rully flign the appll catlous.
County Chulrman F . M. Sise from
\hlH <ll ll tric l whi ch loclud.ea this city
nnd tb o gruater rnirt of Rockingham
i:011nty, wltj1 tho ox i::eptlon or Derry,
Huyrnond and 'othe.r towns which
111•ent with the Manchester district,
4200 m embetij or whlob thle city hl\cl
3100. F.xeter iii not making a very
good showing, only 312 beln~ reportoa, but Nowmarkot on the ·other
btlud, hRI! gono over tho top lb tlqe
tt bRpe with 6~1 me mbe rs up to Sar.•
urday rmd Rt\11 going.
Tho oth e r towns or the county fl.re
not doing rery we ll nod tl1ey wlll
have to makti a i;Te11t huatl'o
to "'6t
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ai:ci t he inte r nal re\'enne fo r ces , i n
f;\1· 1 a ll go 1·ernmenl e inp loyes.
The team captains estimated that
tl•1•y hall scl'urecJ 41e r 300 clu r ing th<
d;,y wi th a t'a ir socliou o( the <Iii!·
1rict8 to be roverccl so th at las t ni gh t
l liere ,1erc a!Jout 1700 memlJprs sc•L'lll'C'tl cinr ing the cl ril·e.
Ti,e tean1s wil l ('l(>ar up their ciist ri C'ls liy tn ui ght or Wriclay at tlic
l,itest.
on \Verlnesday , bu t no fi g ures
,Ll"ailab le las t even ing.
I n this city the r e we r e a numb er of
JOO% scored. 'rite la r ges t w a s t hat
or tlw C:ra n!l e 8 La t e !<, ire l mrnran ct
('o m pany, ll'ere in a r om a rknl.J lc
1il t0rt t ime eve r y em pl o;·~ of t hr
1·orn11:rny from ColO \l e l l l owarcl, rlo 1vn
1-;f·re en r ollC'll and tlley rere ived
ltPd C'ross s(•rvi,·e Clag of ~4 s tar~
The flai l way .\J a il Cle rl< s a sHoria li on
ort icP force \\'ere a lo;o c: lasserl ll'ith tlH
I UO <
;; class, 8e('ertary Rosii aucl :\!rs
i:oos s tar t ing the li st whi ch inrlu rl ec!
"' Pry g ir l in the oft'ire.
The ~ew Jl a m pshire. a ti ona l ll a ntt
:t ll d t ill' l'o rt8lll0 11th 1'r11 ,; t l' OlllJ)nn )
1,ere al:o g ive n a 100% rati ng • a ,
was the Portsmo u th Savings Aanlc
whore e1·£>n the ja n it or was ~n r oll ecl
'Che employes of t he po;;tolrice cam1
11 Par gottin g the full rn ti nis, but ladi 1,c , a f ew or tll e fo r ce to ge t all
tl.e_v d id th e Federa l build ing .
'.\ !any Of t he 11t or es a lso r· Rmc
11;.-nngh with a fnll qu ota a nd the oft
fico force of the F irs t Dis t rict roast
U uard 1•;ere rated 100 % .
On \\' ed u esday the Re d Cross hu t
was er ec ted OJ\ the square and fro m
now until Christmas it will be used to
s ec ure memben,. This w!ll be uud er
lhe dir ec tion of th e women's commit:
t ee a nd t he ru ·:.: bc?I! who \V!ll b~ l u
charge tod a y , ill be !
:\Iorn ing- '.\{ts. H. L . Tayl or , '.\irs.
Ha rry Torrer, :.(rs. S. D. Gilki ~. Taggers, ?IIisi; Tl elen ·w a lker , '.\fi ss GJ r,. rl yE
Pat t ee, J:l lss '.\Iary Ji, ill lll) HOil , .llisf
ll c lcn F ur bish, :\Iiss lao u iso Dlaisdcll.
Aflc rn oo n- .llrs.
l'.
.\I m. K C. Dla isclell , '.\frs. K L. l'attrrson, '.\fru. ?l!a r y Pos t.
members or Girl s' Patr iotic Lon.g 11 0.
Evening-Do y Scoutn under Scou tmas ter Jl aro lcl Sm ith.
Tbe foll ow in g we r e th e me m bP, r s ot
t he ladies' tea m!> wh ich d id such va li;int work i11 the !le d C' ross me m be rsldp dri1·0:
Team :-So. l-Captain, '.\ [i ss l~lo rc: 1:ce ll ewi t t; dep u tr, ~li ss Be rtha
Don ne ll, assislcci by .llisi; gdlth Drew ster, .l li 8s Mabel .ll a r gaso n , ~Ii i;s Ali ce
'> . .l l ildram, .lliss .\lli sun Kirke, .\l iss
ilurhara 11am, .llhJs i•'ran!'es Leary.
Teall\ :-lo. ~- Ca pta in , .\ In,. J ohn
llo la ll . as8 if,lP d hy .\I n,. (l ra nv illl'
Unrn :;, .\l bs .ll a ry Bu ckl ey, .\trs. :Viar'\,t r et ('on•y, >lrs . Char les T ay lor.
Team . o. 3- Cap tain , .llrs. 11 oruc·c•
Lock lin, assis ted by .II rs. 11 ichar d
Ha n naro rtl , .\! rs . .ll a rtin T ill ey, .\!rs.
f,) 11 wa r d l·Ul e ). .11l's. J. W. Barrett ,
\!rs. l•' retl .I o hu son , .lf)·s. J : D.
1elius, :1-lrs. llolland .
Team :s;o. 4-C apta ln, .lli ss
\ lay lle ff e uger; dep ut r, :\1rn. F .
fansco111, a:;s ist od by ,'.\Im . .llargar!!l
.'a t te<j, .ll rs. Loui se Kaut z, .l i rn. Gc,o.
•'ogg, .II iss Ge rtrncl e Lu ce.
:r ea m :-lo. 5-Ca ptain . .llrs. F. S .
ro wl e, ass islecl l.J y .lli i;s Bra dl ee, '.\II Hs
•'iorP nce .l larsha ll, .\!rs. Some r by,
\I rs. E rl i I h Tor r l'y, .\1 rs.
"r·
�::\J'
' 1ss H e I ~n
1u
'r ea m .,o
" . u
~ - C', ap t am,
·
e1·e m
- -1 1 or 1
_e .n eces_s,_a~
I . · lnforma~. 6 ' Mding steel' ships for the goverhWa lk e r. as~isted -by Mrs. Ray Foye, tion n~d · 1\s~isi'an::e,' f~:ee -~(cbai·~e/ •'wjj11&_t··. -.'·, ·• , · • , .. ·,,' .. · ..
\1rs. Curlis Matthews, 1drs, DeCnrtcr- ni'a/be· ~b't~i~~d. ,, ~lal'l'iOO \\'Olll(m:nl·1· (L~ince ,
r~i1ure' of ' th,e _" Pa,!)iJl"
, t, Mrs. Beede, .\liss Dorothy Thayer. rcqu~sted to bring ~-cet•ttfie.d cop~•,?
~oi>fi'party the .' p!Ji.'nf has lfeen own~,:!
Team "<O. i - Captain, Miss Edith tJu;ir Jl)~t'!)ag~. !'~1•,Ufl~~t? a~d, ;~':h~~ \ ~:ttne EquH~ble Tri.1st . compan·y Of' lcrrish, assisle<l hr :\1rs. Frnnk :West, the1·e 111·~ c•~1lldr_e n I\, C<?l1Y of Uacb, 'N~w'.'Yorlc a,{d ,ih_e . sale lticludes ' 'rl4
ii l'f', Ed wa rel Pn tt0.rson, Mrs. Horne ll bidh record.
.
.
.I
of . Pf.R.~ ~~ty ,. at . the Point and
~!rs. Wm.
Hillmnn,
i\1rs. ·. ,.All ~,.e ,:sons :1.ll'ected by ' ~he ahov
m'vblves a tr1i'nsaction of $660,000.
1 'TH lwr,
:)own in g- , i\ l rs. A. W, Horton. Mrs. ,c()n(litio!1s, who desh·e ireclent _ni,11.
· ::Papers ·recording the change of
Mrt l<'rPn<'h.
Rhoul<l mnke nppllrntion at O t·e a
~~~ershlp . werl) flle<l at the office
Team No. 8--Capluin , .11rs. E. D. tlils plnce. , ,
city ciei,ic ·1n this city and ' nl·
,torlclnrcl , assisted !Jy ·i\[iss Nlo.i'µ;net·F. i\J. RISE,
so· :a:t°' the 'feglstry - of deed's office ln
it,~ Stodclarcl. .\-li ss Helen Uavis, i\lrs.
C'l11.1i1·mau ' Civllian Hclit'f.
EXEfter.
.J. P. Conner , Mrs. D. W. Adams, .\Jrf!,
Poi·tsmonth Chn1;i.~t• Hed Cl'O~.
·.'fhe Atlantic Cor·p oration which
Cle r trucl e Blnis<lrll, .\'I r ~. W. F:. Tipn, .__ _..:..:_:__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _11111111afriiidy has a contract for the con-
~i1~:;'
acres
ci(ii'f1e
Dur1•ed With
Team :--Jo. n- Captai n , .\lrs. S . .II.
!)
' 'ohr n. assistc>cl by :llrs ..ll. P . . \Ikon ,
.l irn. W. E : llya.11 , :\Iiss Mar y ~'!nlayi< 11, .l li R!{ l!Pi en l<,urbish.
"<t,
'i' <•,i1;1 No. 1 U-- Cop tain , .\'Liss Susan
1:orthwick, assistecl l.J y .\1iss .1 1uriel
~,.l'b1 fu n era l sernces Of J\rlhur T,
U, nc:e . .I I iss .Ila rgurrlte I~rner.r , !llrs.
-l'a[,·'.1, 11·ho clic<l at th e :--:uval ilospit :11
•\ mrn, Lo cke . .\!rs. W. l~rank Clark,
•.'. :S:r!wport, were helcl at the houir
.\ [rs. W . .El. Ryan, Mrs. :'ilillie Hobbs., · Ii°h; mothe r, ~Im. F.rn1:1:1 l'atch on
TE>:1m No. 11- Captain, :vrrs.· G. L.
'ou ~:, ~111 1 strc>ct lhis mO"ni11g at 11
'• n!,';g, assisted by .lfrs. C. E. Grover,
,r lock, iY011ng Patch, " ·ho is the
\[rs. John Wright.
'
·· ·s~ l'~rt~month ho)· lo clic in (hf'
· Tea111 No. 12-Captaln, Mrs. Mabel
fr,·!c-r. waf. gi\·c!1 a n1i:itary bnrinl
ri rosby, assisted by .Mrs. W. A. Dra.g:n~i~·u n. !{. \[adill, t'. S. "< ., w:1n i'l
-1~;1. :\!rs . Charles 'yV lggin , .\'liss El\_z_
harge anrl Chap lain JI. 1.;. !1. 1)nntre 11.
1 beth Hett.
,'. S, ~- H. Ti'. officialetl. Polifnriu~
T eam No., 13-- Capto.in, ·:1rrs. F. C.
he sC'ni:·es at the house the bocly
~ 11 111mings, assisted by ' ;\lrs. :r . . L.
.,-u,,, e8:-o rt ecl to the South cemetl• ry
'lch urnrnn, .lfrs. Henry Reigel, ?vlrs.
v here ti1e body was placed in the reJ~:n1nr.
ol l'in g tomb after taps hacl been
Teom No. 1 4- Captain, Mrs. S. W.
t>lllHleil by• Bugler E. l<' . Humphrey
'!:mery, assisted by :\frs . .John P:ige,
u,cl a farewell vo lley fir ed by a sq naLI
\ Im. T. n. S t e rlin g, ~'.Ira. A. E. Bar•
,: eight in charise or JJoatswai11 .\[at.e
r,11, .\.Irs . fl. B. Merrifield.
· . .\Ie,·er. The squad was compose::l
T ~a m ~o. J 6-Captain, , Mrs. D .
[ .T.
.\filler, J. K J, yn c h , .r. Luk ◄
\\". Badger, assisted by Mrs. .\fay
1Yit7., J. C, Daly, J. ,v. White, w. F.
Sp inne.):, Mrs , Dlan che Runnels, Mrs.
:11eehan , H. F . .\'lann, A. F . Elli s.
Samuel Carkln, :M rs, Susie Delano,
' Th e following actecl as pall bea:~t1·H. Ecllth Torrey, Mrs . Haven Paul,
·,rs; .J. IT. Dashner, fl. C . .\[nn s ing er,
\Trs. Im iVhlrlclen, :\frs. Prank Splckl~ . A. H t•y 1rn lrl s , H . Posti e r , J. H.
plg-,
Trader. ,J. C . .llad sei'i.
The bod:,
,\nv new memb e rs who did not reguard was com posed of D. \V. Scheec<; in1 ·fSer vire fla gs and small r e el flngR
le y, .\<f. L . .\Tills, ·w. C. Barton, P. R .
~a n obtain them by calling at Dr.
Lyn ch, C. N. Sternns, A. C'o !e, 1~. C .
llo ~Pr'R hou se, 146 Middl e street.
:vra.ckin, S. C. Buckley. with C . .1 e rnrn as color bearer.
, The· detail wa s from t he e n g ineerIng for ce of th e l l. S, S, L eo nidas, as
the de cea sed was attached to the 11•
3/ .
I
s. S. Baltimore in the capacity of a
~
<ler the JH;t of •Coug1·ess, wbkh ! fireman when taken sick.
t•f'quh·es u mnn in the nl'my or navy ;
There was a wealth o[ floral tribto Ah'c p:wt , or his l'IIIY to hi~ wHo m·i utes which fully nttrstPcl the popucl11ldf'IID, 01· ot het· dPponJcnt1<, I het·e! larity of the young mnn.
O. W. Ha:m was the funeral ,lircchas been 111·0,·lt.lell 11 J•'cdernl .aid, !
which gln•l-l to t_
he enlist~ men's! tor.
\, :•t.\f' , '
~
•
I
ri1111lly or de1·10111:lent1</ an allowaucu:
while ho Is in the set'Vke.
OthN· IH'ftl' 1·el11tives have a l'lghti
to rel'eh·e money from the g-o\-ern-1
m~nt. Jr thi,y have been ·dei1e'i1clent u11-;
ou , the 11111~ enlisted.
·
·
~~
1'he Pm·ttilmou_th Chavter of_ th1
Red C1·oss, thl'ough t.110 Civilian Re- / ..;';° ., .-:-;. .,,
1
li~f _Committee, will have all of thC:
1
. :.· "., _. _·., •
,:
infol'matlon and npplicatlou blankir
the o~ke o( tho· ~~A1\lliz,e!1 ~ bn~1 1i ,\ ~ '~:-;w;«inesci:~y ·, afternoon • pape~s
tics, in C.he C_oul't house, Sta~ sU•~e,t,: w~re ·p~J~~11:wt{ereby, tbe pla~it of the
Coloti.1al : P.'li:i>er. '. Comp•a ny at F:re~wUh office hout·s 'from 10 to 12.
tiian:'8 :point-:ue~~e . the · p\operty of
the ·-,Atlantio<· corporaUon -which . was
formed .' for the ·, purpose of
~ Military
('. rl' (".
Honors
C.
Famities of Enlisted Men
NOTICE.
~a,p~rs:
·Passed )\
,. , .... ,·' . ·, , :ior"'tt·~:>Fo~-; Freeman·s·.
i •fS'i~~J. ~~;._~~~\~\--"\•Bo1nt , Plant
i
·l
!?\iir\J,;.,:r1-t1·~.-1· :·
,;t
·ree~tly
!
stru'ction of a number of steel ships
fot" 'the gov~rnment, have had pr~1im111ary ·surveys made and found
the:·. . property adinlrably suited for
th~!~ purpos'es and -officials of the
o'onipany are expected to arrive here
ddui ~arly dO:te and start operations
at:-t.1\e ne'w ptai1t;
,
... •Th°c>se who ar~, in . a . posllion
I14·o_yt elal~ -t hat' t.he taking ov~r tl);i
pr6perty at Freeman's Point 1i,y the
A.tian'ti~ Corpor*t _o n for a -steel sh!_,
building plant ·will mean
iness for our city.
j
- - -- - - -- --~
Letter Fron1 r
~
Lc1cal Boy
___In Fance
...,_
The [ullowiug le tte r was r cccirntl
today rrum Private lt~y Ca~wdl
t hi s city, who is s.o mewhcre
!<'ranee,
I~Llito r of the l'm•ts mouth 'l'im<'s:
We l andecl safe a n,! . s0111Hl and
hall a !111e trip. ] SUfl]lOSe Lhat ltlC
old l'orlsmouth company
th e Rtate~ anLI we wish
were willt n~.
This is just lo remin(l
mouth }l('0]1)P that SOJIIC of her boys
ure ''Su 111<nvlH1 rc in 11,ranco"~ Thoy
am l' rirnles llay G. Caswel l, H. E .
floi t.l \\'. H. !'arks, \V. JI. Jlo!Ltncl,
C. ,\I., l'unlon, I.•,. 11. i\<l orsr, F. P .
Ken11ie nn(l Sergt, llerry. ,We lei•.
the l' ort,:;mo 11 th company in An6llS~,
anll w•'11 L lo the 103cl R e:;. F. A ..
an<l we' :.ire> ready io 1~et the Hm1.
ThP l' tall, aho11l thiiir l•;u1'1JjlPl1:1
co nn tric>i;, IJ11t giv/1 111,1 tl10 slate~ :inti
the Oi(l cit~· or l'orts llOUth. Tl>:il'~
not so ll.111 aflp1• all. \"c also h,nc
G, n. 'J'i 1JIJPlt~: wit.It 118.
\\'pl! f will close wishlnµ; all thr
l'orl:, 11\0lllh pPO}lll' [hp !Jei;t or W!~hcs n ,\11•rry Xmas ancl
a
llal'p,
New Year.
1\
!' HIV. ll-,\ Y CAS>-'1Ji: l,L,
lll('l'ic.:.11 E:xpe1lilion:1ry J>'O'.'•. (;~.
�START WORK SOON
Al fREEMAN'S P01Nl
T
(M;{
_s-, IE
Draft Quota
Are Accepted
The . last quota of men from
JWr-t.~ :
city se nt to Fort \Vllllams have be•m
• 'Io N
Work is to be ' pushed to comp!,
accepted, according to word r eceive,!
,· Doubts as to the establi'shing or a
lion
at the earliest possllile dato, l
by the local war board. All of the 1 l
.;;, ipbuilding plant at li'reewan ·s
I~ is expected to Jay the first keel !J l'men we re aec:<ipt e<l a o 11hys lcally ri g ht
lh.e- Calou.ia.l.. P.;i.fore April.
·
and it Is expected that Dawson, urn
per Company's plant were 11lspclle_il
The headquarters or U1e Atlu 111 le
],2th mnn who reported on Wedn~stoday whon ,•epresentallvea or the Corporutlon, which hall the geMra:
day will also bo paRsetl.
National },~nglnetirlng C~rpOl'UllUll of contract with the U. S. Shlppln;.
The board ii- dllll busy on
Boston, who have the sub contract Board Em e rgencr 1', leet Corporation
q11estio11J1alres and up to last evrnrrom the Atlantic Corporation to are rit present in Boston, but it l! c.~
lng numb e rs up to 1816 had been
build the launching way~ and r opair peeled that I<' . 0. Barrows, vloo prnstsent out. They are being sent out at
and extend the present bulldlngf!, ar- dent or the Atlantic Corporation, and
the rate or about a hundred a ,by
rl,•ed on the site and estabJ113)1ed IL C. Rayne11 .. chief ~ngln~r, wtll ~?- with only 2'00 more to go.
c.:ite pe rmanently in Portsmouth lil
'l'he board Is ttndlng a Jot of mis1mperinten- an early date.
takes and misunderstandin g in the
d11nt for the contractors, states that
Among the members of the 1,na_i- answers of the questio n naires, a11J
several cars of equipment have al- neering for ce Is G. M . Thomp&NI,
as the classifications go qut they :ire
ready arrived in Portsmouth and who was In charge of the con11tro_1•
,begJ~nlng to •make , th e mselv~n
that many more are on the way . He lion of the Portsmouth street rallro:1./ shown. People who classed themw!ll employ about 2QO lp.borerfl at and who ha.s many f.riends In th·
selves lower than their a ctual condition are receiving the class A
occe and also as many mechanic•.
cit .
cards, this ap1ilylng to navy yari:\
very welcome ot all tim es as wn
and oth e r government em11Joyes uµon
don't get It very often.
who the governmen,t have not asked
I expect to run across Ro.lph Dow
waivers.
dell arid Jere Waldron sometime. it
The mere fact that a navy ya~l
of"'~ ·
s our luck once iu a while ,t o meet
someone we know .
employe signs himself third cla~3
The followng Is a letter re ceived
Ir anY of Mr. Holland'3 fri ends
does not have any weight In the ey"s
l\t The Times ofTlce from \\' llllam wish to write to him, they just have
of the board, which only accepts 1:1ud1
J. Holland of thlt1 city, who Is with to address their letters to William
classltlcatlon when bacl<ed by the
the American hlx\ lldltloua r / 1''ur: o J. llollnncl, Battery D, 103rd Fle!rl
navy tle11artment waiver for the 111<1:1
"Somewhero in .B"rauco":
Artillery, and he will receive them
as being Indispensable. ,
We arrved safely over here in all righ.t.
The board has also received ~otl< e
France and llko the· country v e ryl-----------------i■ that 110 more men are to be lndu cte:l
the basketball a.nd
ri)
Into the aviation, quartermaster or
rootball season In Portsmouth getl• } ''\, •
signal corps, for the present at Jeast.
.ting along t hh1 fall. We never hear
The board Is classifying and seudI
aliuut the athlete events that arc goIng out the cards to the men as fa3t
nig 011 back home and are glad •.o
as possible In anticipation of .!ie
draft which Is expected to be giv en
"over here" from
ba cii
Miss Dorothy Foster, daughter <.f th e preliminary call by the mid<1.Je
next
month.
now a.t the artllery truiu- Pay Director Joseph Foster, lJ. S. N ,.__or _
__
__ __ _ __ __ _ __
lng cam11 and are soon to get down retired, of this city, for the past s•x
to hard work. The fellows wo are months "theater sister" (operating
with are ldnd and good natured tv nurse) at the American Women ·s
each other and seem to be In goo
hospital for ofl'lcers, 9 8 Lanca~tcr
spirits and to loo'k 1 at th e ir 1,mllln
Gate, London, };n.gland, has rece 11tly
races you would never thin k [ha enrolled as an American Red Cross
our country is a.t war.
nurse and recivecl her card and pin.
We never hear what Is going on
Miss li'oster has been a war nu1·sa
over here while in the states you abroad •for more than two year•; ;
get all of tho news. They tell us here part or the time in U1e Hoyal Anny
'fhis c ity will -receive 250 tons uf
we were sup11osed to be drown~d Medical Corps ot the Brllh;h Army
long ago but such Is not the case. at a bas e hospital in
northern soft coal ea ch wek,, during the presThe jackles are to o smart tor the France, ancl later al the Ameri,1a11 ent shortag e, from the navy yai·J.
Hun to get us yet awhile.
Ambulance hospital, Nevilly, Pari~. Word to thi s effect was received on
·1 su~)pose they are drafting man France, and will remain at the Am- S aturday by Mayor Samuel 'r. Lac'.d
every day now an•d the Camp at erican hospital at London, which, it lrom Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Ayer ls some camp from what I ls understood, will be taken ovEtr Dan.leis. The delivery will be ma ;le
hear.
,by the American Red Cross e-arly 111 through Commandant Bouch and the
Paymaster's department and will
Will you tlell all the fellows
1918,
be of great benefit d urlng tho preswrite to ·m e and that mail here
I
Writes From
1
Over There
EnroIIS AS
Red Cross Nurse
Will Receive
Coal From
Navy Yard
�Coal Situation
Is ·Very Acute
MPO
BYy, fUE
J
¥" ,$" _
I½
\\"hilo LlHJ coa l siluatiou in !his and tl1P pub li e errning se r l'icr will be·
•·it .1· is rxlt·cmf' ly gr.no it js not :rn combinecl, Lile serl'ice begi1l1l ing al 7
IJ:l<l as in so111e part~ u[ the sla'.,•, o'elock h>· a ollC'-half hour song Sf'l'owi111.; to L110 ror,•!; i;:?.ht o[ al lc:1st Oil':! ,ic·c•, 11:;i,1;:; th" 11p 1•: l!ynrnal. .\11 apul th~ d c•al 1 •r:-; who lai<l in a l,i •; prupri,,_{ r aildr,• i;;-; ,·.-ill b<' ~il(• ll 1.,_,
supp ly lasL st1m111er. llowever in t•r- the paslor.
d Pr lo conserve the coa l as n~u cl1 a~
1~
· l a,v 7 ..,,, IJ JJ. 111. - llegu:a r
•.Til
pm:slldt' a n <l protert the poor p!••1- wrl'lc r l'li:.:ions SN\ iC'l'.
Plr wl10 is a g-1<'al 1110as11 ro n re d·'- ~- - / -- -- -------pr,11 1J111 :~ 011 IJ1 " k i p; xyste m of ,•o:•i,
') ,\ l'l~ll"I .. DI.\TIO'i .
t he loC'n l [ ut•I cumm itl<•o o n fi' rl ll n·
D11 e t o lh C' s h or tage of' <'on ! in
lss 11 e<l th P fo ll owi ng- onlPr:
c- it y a nd t hr o n g h oul ~ e w E: n g la n d ,
l'o r tsmo ulh , .! a ll . 4, I \11 :!.
wi_:, h to ra ll t o t h e citi zen s ' a tt enlio
,\ l :t m eeti n g of Lhe L oca l F 11 e: l
u , at a ll 11111 st co n se rv e l hP ir c-oa l a:1,1
C' om mi llee, a cti 11 p; w it h Mayo r L ~rl ll ,
wo ocl so r.1r as possib le.
It 1,·a<i d l'c ill cd n ecessary t o C'O n se r •;c
ccnl co mp a n y l1 ns inf or m e d 111 0 lh , t
Lhc Hlllall a111 u 11n t or ('Ua l II O W ill tlw
t h e ou ll oo k fo r 111 o r c ePn l is n nt 1.; 00 1
J1ands oif o ur lo ca l d ea le r s.
a n d no- tlp fin it P Li m e ca n he g- il'C' ll ar
Th e ro ll o win g or,l c r h afl bee n i st') wh e i1 th ey m ay ob tai ll Ill ()!'( ' , [ (' :Ill ·
s u ed l o t h e local dealc r s :noL too f'nn· ihl >· Ray LhaL lhig ~ilu ~
"U ntll fnrth e r n otice all
lo.~a l
li on j g rr itif'a l an d tha t earh fa 111il )
coa l d ealers a r e o r lle r cd t o sel l cu,•l
mu s t r ea li zr, il a n cl acl arc•11·cli 11 g ly.
0 11 ly fo r u se in h o nseho ld il,
sto l'<'S
.'dl ch nr elH?g, organiza li o n ~. ~or ir- li Ps.
am! offi ce bnildln gs."
clubs, a 111 usPmP 11 f pl aecs an :! ot,1r r
Thi s act io u ha s been takr n [rnu1
'.lll!J li r plaC'P~ exc·e piin g sto r es an d of'an humanit a rian poi n t of view ;1.11•1
·icc buil d ings sho 11ld !nkP sur h stew
all o th e r fu e l n sC'r~ mu st conser ,e
·1; w ill m eet t h is s il 1intil111. T h is con
th e ir prese n t Slll}Jl lies a n d r eso r t t::;
Ji tio n is o nl y approach ing wh,tt ollH' l
the use o r woo d.
·o un t ri es lrn 1·0 lo ng cxpe ri en••cd an1l
JI. CLINTO ~ T AY LOR.
WC' lll11st face LliiH fu e l shortage :1°
\V, J . C J\T F}lt.
tr ue .• 111er ira ns a 11 ll he l p o u t in C' 1·e , 1
T. W, LAW.
wa y \\" (' (' :tll , :ll w:-iyP J' ('l11Clllh()r i11 :i
Lo cal Fu e l C omm il Le1i .
lil a t O lli' poo r 111\lSt h lirst S1I JI J1l i1•1l.
,Th e r ecC' nt orde r o f th e
lo··al
S. \ .\l l "E L 1.-. i, .\ llll , .\l::y u r.
committ ee malcln g it n e cessa r y for
'JtlL'\l~S T .-U a, N OJi'P.
all to sig n blan ks aud pay fo r th <' .
o. ' ----
coal wh e n purchasing ha s pro ved
of great benefit and l;a s preve n ted
hoarding. No m a tte r ho w go ort
a
customer or how muC'h m o n ey :1- o u
have, you have lo follo w th e ru le
of a11plicatlon in writing and ~oi
the sam e as an y b ody
e lse.
'1' J1ld
handling coal in s u c h s m a ll amoun ts
Is, how e ve r , m or e expe n sive to t h e
dea le r nnd it was o ne o f t h e ca usPs
wh y t hey we r e a ll owed a n inc r o:,s")
'r!rn n e w ord e r a ff ec t s t h e t't,ea i n 's
who w ill h ave to use wood, al so du?
churches ancl all other pl aces
l;l conn ec tion wlLh the ru~l i1U j 1ply, Mayor Ladd has wired Senat..ir
Hollls asking 'th~t he secure Seer':!tary of War Baker's permission io
ha.ve the ~ity clear off the wood on
the government Jot on Saganrnre
road at a reasonable price. If this l s
secured· tlie wood would be cut an<! '
used' tor the poor department and ior
he public bulldings nex_!ll'!rmkcr
vlnter.
.
tract of land is In bad n.:!ed
mrnecl p nnd
~(),... , ~ \G,\'Z - - -
The Chamber of Comm e r ce ha s
1:C'en advi sed by Mr. Gleason, rl)1l··
l"lRnting the passenger de partment
of t~ fl.oston and Maine Railroad,
t h a.t owin g lo l11e prese nt n eed for
c·c:. nserva lion o r fu e l and
c urt ailr.; e nt or service, the following t r;i-i11s
lic twl!en Portsmouth and Bos ton w ill
1,c clfscontlnued :
Train lea ving Bor.ton at 8,'3 ~ a.
•" for Portsmouth.
!' rain leaving Ports mouth at 10 .fi ::
:•. nt. for Boston
fn the case of the lalter train, the
, r ::\ln leaving IJ>ortsrnouth al 10.43
a. m. will rnalce the stops now ,•overcd by the 10.5 2. It is unrt e r1, ton .i
that this change goes Into effe ct 01.
f:nnday, Jan . 20.
It was als o announ ced today 1 ha t
the noon train on the Portsmouth
~1Hl Concord Branch was lo be dl ~~~ntinued.
The coal situation in this city itl
the present lime ls very a cute, In fa c t
th e most serious of any time dunug
the preson t 1shortage,
Th e s uppl y of hard coal ln
,r nr cls of th e
Consolidation
c,rnl
fO mpany and C. )c. Walker company
is ve r y lim i ted, so much so that 011ly one quarte r o r a ton,of coal is s:Jlll
to each c u s tomer.
1n conv e rsation with , a gentle::11a:i
well posted on th e coal situation d:
th e rity, he s tated that while the ;;u11ply o f hard coa l was very llmteli,
the cleal01'ij by 011ly allowing a quartrr of a ton to each customer, hO tl•
eel to ke e p the su,pply well divi ;luu
a nd not beco m e exhausted. A su:i·
1)1,Y ~f coal is Ue in g· ni ghed here l;,.
rail and it Is con!ldentl y expe ; te:l
t o r e a c h h ere be fore the supply on
hand is exhau s t ed . Th e t eam s of tho
coal conlpanies are k e pt very bu,y
in filling th e o rd e r s, the s mallnesH vf
tho snme 111alcl11,;:- addit1011al wurk
fo r th_e t eam s te r s, who are obli ge,!
t o tak e two and tllr ee orders on 9 ,1,ch
trip . Jn · some instances the coal !11
pla ced ill 100 -pounds or bags In or<.lf3:•
to facilitate delivery .
The coal dealers ar e exercising the
g reatest care to conserve their Ju,11ply and no telephone ord e rs
,ll'e
ta<!<en . Jf you want coal you ha;t'3
go t. t o go in pe rson and be able to
covince th e deal e r that your rea"y
need it.
'I'he supply of sort coal Is ais,J
lim led, owing to tho fact that lll()
s teamer Inland with a cargo
3000 tons or soft coal for here, IQ
s till ice bound at Baltimore
au1
with very little prospects of getting
out unless _there ls a great change In
weather , r.ondltlons.
In · the meantime all . our uouenholders can do Is )-o conserve their
coal supply hnd rn~ke It go as I far
as possible, as everything Is be 1ng
done by the local dealers
sufficient supply to
these trying times.
0
.
NUT AN ALIEN HAS
-ti9J,~ YET REGISTEREP
Police Kn~w· of None 'in ·the
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y
so ,rar._,
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Tho _local poli ce h av e not
ob liged t o wo rk a n y ove rtime on the
r<'glstr atio n of Germa n a ll e ns a s ordered by the Attorney General The
r egis tratio n closes t om orrow and up to
noon today not o. sing le a lien had 1appear c1l lo co m ply w ith th e law.
�Will CONSIDER LOCAL
fUEl SIJUAJION
1360 T'lns··
J- ·For Portsmouth
~
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•, ewport, IL I., Jan. i 1..__::_.'l'hrou!;l:
Dr. Horace l'. Deck; clialrmau or thl
Newport C'oal Committee, or.tiirL
came to New}lort yesterday cancalling previous. instruction to cteltve1 ,,~. .~~~
IA meeting to consider the fuel stores, offices, restaurants and thea:t portion or the sort cargo from the
situation has been ca'lled for 7 .a O, 'lres and other places. 'l'he theatre
barge Francis ,sc 11 lly to the Hodmi 1n
this evening when the mer-) have already closed one house, but .\!ills al Wickford. H has been fouud
chants and business men will for- ~teep the other on continuous per- Jm110sslblc1 to take tho bari;-c th()re
mulate plans for the greater conser- formance from two to ten o'clock, so because of tho iced-up coodlllon , of
vatlon of coa l In thiR city.
thnt they are not liable to •be afl'ect- \Yickford llarhor. It ii:; thought ,he
The meeting wnR called by Chair- ed as Chairman Tay lor said 1 ~ast rntlls there will receive a su 1)ply of
man JI. C . .Taylor of the local fuel night that he considered prope r that coal by rail. The coal {rom the Scnlcommlttee on receipt of the follow- one of the theatres should be kept ,ly has been diverted to the lnternaing telegra'!l1 received late Monday open .
tlonul Rubher Company l\Jllls
at
afternoon:
The whole matter w\tl however be llrlstol. Today this company
Manchester, N. IT., Jan. •1 4, 1918. thrashed out at the meeting this ev- hut two days' supply or coal. It
Local Fnel Committee,
ening, so If you have any sugges- ploys ,1700 hand8, working- on Go'.·
Po r tsmo u th, N. H. _
lions, or any grievances this will be nrnment tracts.
I want you to study the conditions the time to.be J)resent and air them.
'l'he tug North America, with ti\·,,
In your community and advise with It is a ,public meeting and every- barges, arriv:ed yesterday. One harl
merchants in regard to shortening lrndy is welcome.
1360 tons of soft coal for l'rovlden<.P
1
business hours in stores, offices, reslf this city had to follow the orbut this has lieen diverted to Ports
taurants an·d theatres ,and In other ders that have 'been enforced in Bos. mouth, N. n. 'Phc other barge
places Jn order to save light and ton it would be considera•lJle of a
1,e sent to Providence.
,power.
hardship. To open the business ,places·gi.;;.:::...:;:;;:;.:.::...:.::...:..::.:.:.::.:.::.::.::~:._---- - • •
FlliOY!D, Fuel Administrator.
The order of State Administrator
Floyd is along th, line of. ihe orders that have ,been lssuecl by the
National Fuel administrator to all of
the state administrators In the East
to prepare for them most dra,1llc orders of the war on coal co11a1ervatlon which It Is predicted will 11e Issued shortly,
The or<ler ot the stale tuol admlnlstrator calls for shortening hours or
at 9 o'clock in the morning would be
like the middle of the day to many
for in sma'IJ cities there is more
business done in the early hours than
many times during the mid·dle of the
day. The same holds true if closing
was made compulsory at 5 o'cloC'k.
There is no doubt however, that
many or the stores that remain open
every night in the week until almost
midnight could be Just as well
closed.
Affects
Local
11
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'\()]'(I.· n - ln_
d_.
4,•
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ustr1_
e_s
.
,T he local fuel administrators Col.
II. Clinton 1)lylor, William j_ Cater
and Theodore W. Law will hold a
meeting t-hls afternoon. Up to th l:i
n oon they had not received any of1ficla l
notice of the drastic order
- ~ - - - - - - - - - - - • - - - • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -..... promulgated by National Fuel Adm inistrator Gar.field, regarding the
closing of the countries' industries
for the next five days. T\10 new order will , affect this city to a considera·ble extent, although not so much
as
in the purely manufacturing
cities of the state.
The manufacturing plants in this
city that are affect.Pd, include the
,Gale •Shoe company, Morley Button
company, the Frank Jones
and
Portsmouth Brewing company, EastUnder ngreemen t with the lc,>col or wood can ho 1. 11 t 1·h thout i11 'u
ern Oil and Rendering comJ)any and
fuel committee :Mayor Ladct a row the property, and l !i .. 1 he co11s1dered some smaller concerns.
days ago took up with Senator Henry that a fair price would bo $~.50 for
'!'he order means the laying off for
Hollis the matter of obtaining wood pine and $3.50 for hard wood In the five days of several hundred emp lOYror the city poor from the . gororn- stump.
es of the manufacturing plants or
ment reservation on Sagamore aveIt is understood lhat :\layor Ladd this city and It will be a conslderab!eu;:;w;,.,,...,11!'.
nue, and the Sennto.r took the matter will take the matter up with the hardship to them all. One day
up with Secretary or War llaker.
council as to tho appropriation or
week would be bad enough, but tiv\l
:\fayor Ladd has received a tele- money for thit wood.
days without pay with the prevailing
gram trom Senator Hollis i-;talin~ 111ence at 9 o'clock, Saturday morn· cost of living ls a positive hardshin.
that details had been arranged with in;:-.
The hig stock of men's, woThe orders will be bitterly asthe commanding· oft'icer at Fort Con- men's unct childron's clothing · and sailed by the manufact u rers of New
stitution and for the mayor to i;et In furnishings will be sold at a rema,.k- England, who had already started ;i
touch with General Patterson, and ably low prlca Don't forget the d11y vigorous protest against the ,propostllat the amount of wood to be cut ancl date aH this will be an -opportun- ed Monday holiday, on the ground
Will SECURE WOOD_
FROM GOVERNMENT
0
for the city be at the order or theL..'.~~_:,~li~r·;;o'..t;:~i;m,iile~-.,!i,..lt~~j~~/,~",,.~i'\~~ !1!."!'i~!fJ th-at every industry was needed to be
commanding nffic·er at the fort.
,::;1
kept going at t o p speed to catch u1>
Mayor Laci,! ho~ seen the comwith demands.
mantling ofiiccr who has
that probably ft un1 ·> n O to
14
�RYE.
Seth Rand Is~~·''<>
Made ACorporal
The following letter has been received from Seth Rand of Rye, who
11 with the American Expeditionary
forces, "somewhere in ' France."
Rand was one of the four who
made up the first contingent from
this district in the first draft to be
serit to Camp Devens. A few days after their arrival volunteers were asked vacancl<>s
fra.m among
theranks
drafted
to
fill
In the
or a men
•Massa-
company. We have been with another company for a few days, but we
bad some dinner for the army. 27
Hosmer ,St. Is the only place where I
could have had a better one, for we
•ro 1~nt.,1 tH HI) onoss UNIT.
had turkey, and pumpkin pie too.
,...~QJ'l\,1,V
I received two books from Aunt
The
members of the Portsmouth
Abbie today 'that were sent to Westfield, and please thank her , for me, 11:edical society have voted to form
and I will write to her soon myself :,s t Hect Cro·ss unit and a committee
soon as I can get where there ls soml'I 1as been appoln'led to complete the
Ink, but I don't think you will mind _> !ans.
At the
pencil, under the circumstances.
Must stop now with Jots of love for .er the members of the local
everyone, and save a whole lot for )ross chapter began to consider wliat
.hry cou Id do In case or a similar
yourself.
happc:!ing in this city. The mat'ter
Lovingly,
SETH E . RAND,
was brought before the physlclallll
1st Co. 101st Supply Train, 26th Div. nnd they promptly agreed to form
American Expeditionary Forces the unit, which will also take In the
Abroad. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.local
•-.;,;~;.;,;;;.;..
_ _ _nurses.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
chus.ctt!i rc-1,(lment al Westfield for
Immediate duly In France and Mr.
Rand was one of those who volunteered to go, having the unique dlstlnctlc1n of being on French_soil within n very short time 3:fter he was
drafted.
In his letter Mr. Rand slates that
he has been promoted lo the rank of
corporal which will be pleasing news
.:.
to his friends.
Somewhere in France,
'•~ number c,f the merchants ot down in Boston, a
\
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.
.
Nov. 30, 1917.
PortSQlOl1~h met with the local fuel ,m erchants stating that they . ~ere.
~!oth er:
c9~mlttee at the Chamber of Com-, ready, to open their places ot buslnMs
necelved your more than welcome
merce
rooms last evening .to consider at ·9 o'clock In the mo.r:ntng aM close
letter of the 20th and 23rd of October and surely was more than glad
the, !uel situation in this city and it at 5 lo the atternoon. The shoe dealto hear from you. It is some time
was the sentiment of the tnooting th'lt ers stated that between 6 and 6
since I wrote to you, for we have
the merchapts will be satisfied to~ o'clock in the afternoon was their
been moving about a good . part of
, best hour of the day, but that this
al.Jlde b,, any rules th at may be laid would not deter them from abiding
the time and l am now in the rear
down by the nation or state fuel ad- by the decision or the majority,
of my, truck writing this, so please
excuse pencil. I received a box from
ll.linlstrators or tho local commtt-..ee.
General Manager F. A. Belden of
you the other day, and tr I had been
· Tho throe members of the commit~ the Rockingham County , Light &
there to tell you what I noeclecl you
toe, Col. H. C. Taylor, William J. Power company slated that he was
could not have sent bettor things, for
Cater and Theodore Vv. Law were unable to state definitely ·how much
those stockings are just what !want,
present, as was R. C. Gllllspee, gon- was being' saved by the present cut~
and thank you very, much, and bee.ral manager or the New England ting off of street lights and show wlnlieve QlC, that box of candy and all
branch of the Consolidation Coal Co. dows, that the rallroads had made a
the other things looked good to me.
· In opening the meeting Colond cut of 11 % and as his boilers carry•
I received a birthday present too,
Taylor, chairman of the committee, the load for power for street. ralleven If I am some ways from home,
stated that while the situation In this roads and lighting at the same time
for on my birthday, they appointed
cilty was much better than It Is in he could not very readily separate
1110 corporal, which Is two ,.steps up;
many ·others, there is no relief in them, but of course all had shown o.
first I was buck private, tf1en cotnes
~lght and the time .may come when aJvlng in coal.
private first class, then corporal,
the city will be without coal and that
General Manager Se~·•bolt admltwhich· Is the rate of yours truly, It
the committee considered this a prop- ted that his company had gas coal
means a little more money, and a liter time to make plans to con.serve the enough to carry them thiyugh severtie better job, for now I will be tlr11t city's supply of coal as much as poo- al weeks and Jhey were In good con~
driver on a truck.
~Ible so that it might serve the great- dltlon. '
It Is quite warm here for the time est number for the longest perlorl
The decision of the matter was that
or year. and It hardly seems that IL
possible.
the entire question could be safely
IA so late. Wo carry everything ,vlth
Thero was considerable sentiment ·1eft to the judgment of the local fuel
us, and sleep right In our trucks, so
in favor of following the rules laid committee.
It is a Imost Ii ke "ca mp! ng out."
....::.A:::,T__
O_F.F_J_C_l.rl•tS-,-T•Ri•A••I•N•I,•,N•G-•C•A•~•,•1••.""ll""""""T'■-1"'\e"""'""m""a•n•y-f!!"r"!'l-en'""!'rl1<--o~f~L"!'ie•u'"'t•u•n•a•111!11
Yesterday was Thanksgiving, but
Phillips B. Badger, son of Mr. and
we have our holiday todar,, and I
~1)./'(\-ISS\
MrA. D, W. Badger, who IA with the
gneAs they are going to give us a good
Joseph A. Sussman, son or Mr
National army at CamJ) Groene, will
dinner. Mess call has just sounded,
and Mrs. Harry Sussman, of thl~
,
be pleased to learn that ,h e has been
so when I come back will tell you
city, ·who is with the National :urn,·
promoted from second to first lieuwhat wo had for dinner.
at Camp Gordon, has been select(Later, Dec. 1, after dinner).
ed for promotion and assi'gned to tile•
We had dinner yesterday, but I
officers' training camp which wili
could not fi'nlsh this letter because be pleasing news to his many frimlll ··.
MERCHANTS.DISCUSS
·r~ fU[[ CONSERY'AllflN:
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I
�OCAL PLANTS CLOSED
UNTIL .WEDNESDAY
Plan Evening
l{]ed Cross Work
\In o;de~ to aid the women of this
city, who would like to assls~ ~n the
Red Cross work, but are prevented
owing to the fact they are busy duri~-1-• l
ing the day, it has decided to ope!l
the Red Cross work )'Ooms at the
Elks' Home one evening a week from
7 to .1 O o'clock for surgical dressing
,
3a~- ~-~
beginning Tuesday, Jan. 29.
This will be under the direction of
l\Irs. IT. C. Taylor and llfrs. K L.
Chaney whu will give the necessary
Instructions and supervise the work.
In accordancfl with the order issued , selling food only, for which puri10Jo
There i:i a great demand being_,_...,,.",,""
lJy Fuel Administrator Garfield the stores may maintain necessary heat
made by the National Red Cross on
n;anufactur!ng plants 1 or Portsmouth until noon. For the purpose of sell- all chapters to increase their output
aro closed today and . w!ll remain Ing drugs and medical supplies only, of surgical dressings.
The Portsclosed until next Wednesday morn- heat mny be maintained throughout mouth Chapter with two days a week
!.ig. The establishments at'fec~ed ar!! the day and evening.
Is turning out weekly an average of
the plants or the Morely Butt,on ManAll theatres,
motion
plctuM 2000 dressings which Is very gootl,
uructur!ng company,, the Gale Shoe houses, bowling alley s ,
billiar,I lmt with the night session it Is hopeci
Co,, . tile frank Jones ~nd Portsmouth rooms, private or public dance halls in time to increase this by another
Drewing companies, the Eastern Oil ancl all otlier pla ces or amuscm!.:nt thousand.
and Rendering Co., and the other must close.
The work is ;nost particular and of
.;;mailer places.
No rue1 car 11e burned In bulld,ngs a J11ghly uatriollc nature and every,The Morley Bqtton Co. ls lighten- whore
sold on these :\fons body should devote one
ing the Qurde·n on its employes by days.
we.ek whenever possible, to the work.
paying all employed at the plant w h o • - - The workers are required lo wear the
are affected by the order two-thirds
81'1-)01,\,1, (lll.\ !HJ)!-;_
regular Red Cross costume
µny. Quite a number of the outsld•~
Jrur l. 3
working on surgical dressing,
..workmen an.d those working where
There are special guards at the
cc,nsisting of a cap and long w'hile
!Jeat
not ne~ded ·are at work to- shill yard at Newington to 11revent
apron with long sleeves. The ladies
day.
tho Intrusion of strangers and sus,
may furnish their costume themlt is understood that the manufac- picous persons. These •watchmen are
selves or they ma)r be purchased at
luring plants w!II be operated on Sa~- ilalloned 011 a broad platform which
cost al the Red Cross rooms for
urday afternoons, which. ara now overlooks the eutire yard anll as
$1.25.
Jialr holidays, during the ten weeks they know the workmen, it would
It is hoped that there will be a
on which Monday is a holiday, and Je a liif1icult taHk for a slrangP. r to
big respon se to this call for evening
perhaps some extra hours during the ~Jude them.
workers, and it affords an opportuniweek to make up the time lost on
ty to those young ladles who teach
1;on
l'
:VnBIO'J'l(J
S
l~ltVlf'K
.Mo nday.
school, work in stor(;!s -or the shoJrn,
Chairman Taylor of the local fu~I
or at the navy yarcl, to give one eveT.he following call for practica I
committee last evenlnp' rectiived lhe
ning a week to this good work. It is
followlrig telegram from State A1l- rnd pa'triot:c service has been made
pleasing and instructive work and
minlstrator Charles :\L l<,!oyd of :llan- u11on the American public:
each one has al ways that before her
.
\Vil)
yon
Supply
Eyes
for
thiJ
hester:
that a bandage properly made may be
~avy?
State Administrator Floyd.
the saving or the life of a soldier or
binoculars
The
navy
ships
need
Manchester. Jan. 17.
11a!lor.
H. Clinton Taylor:md eyeglasses, old or new. Glasses . .~ . ; . . ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - Storrow Interprets Garfield's order will lie returned at the termi11al1011
as not Including plants which obtain of tho wur ii' pus~i!Jlo. $ I will lHJ
'l'a~
their fuel from their own waste o r paid for eaeh oue accepted .
from water power. 1Sufflcient heat or ,~ach arlicle with your name and 'adpower may be maintained to safe- lress and send t'l Mrs. A. t:. Ilefguard materials and plants from seri- Zenger, 53 Austin street, who will
ous damage. Plants burning wood not lorwa.rd them by express to WashMalden people have been
ington.
waste must close.
claim to having the youngest soldier
Will you help ns "stand watch" in the U. S. service In France, but
FLOYD,
State Administrator. on a destroyer?
the friends of . Emerson Miles of this
•Saw mills are about the only plants
rrhle urgent plea sl1ould be answer- city believe that he can claim that
In tbls section burning waste from ed by the 11ubllc and by every chap- djstinction. Young Miles enlisted ,in
the!~ own plant so they would be the tor of tbe Woman's Naval Service, the militia when he was only fifteen
only places' affected by this.
Inc. We .have pledged ourselves lo years old and he only recently passThe local stores and amusement give special service to the American ed his slx'teenth birthday. In addition
places are not included in the flJve- navy and this call presents an inune- It . may be said ,that he weighs over
day closing order, but they 111-ust diate 0111,ortun!ty to fulfill the prom- 200 pounds~ He is with the enginclose on each or the ten Mondays ,so.
designated as holidays. All business
(Signed)
houses, wholesale and retail etorns,
MRJS GE'ORJGE DEWEY, Pres.
must close with the exception or
ELIZABETH E. POE, Sec-gen.
those maintained fol' the ·purpQse of IJ-.r-,,i~~\~~.='!~:-::,.,.i,,,.~i._i:°l'T~,;-7"".':'!".".'::'2r.ll
I
Several Local Establishments Affected
By Order Of Fuel Administrator Garfield
0
0
\~
Portsmouth Boy
Youngest Soldier
�LL OUl MEMBERS~.v
Of LOCALSTATE GUARD
All Public Plants .And RailroJd Bridge
Guarded As Precautionary Measure
On Monday evening the members on the screen at the Olympia Theatre,
of •Company D, Home Guard, which which was crowded at the time the
Is composed of men from Dover, announcement was made, created
considerable excitement and all sorts
Hampton and this city were called of rumors were rife.
out and sworn In as special police.
After the members of the Guard
Under the direction of Captain Wyatt had been assembled they were sworn
they were assigned to do guard duty in by Police Commissioner George B.
at the standpipe, the several pumping Wallace.
stations, the two oil company plants
The' members of the Guard residing
on Noble's Island and the power In Dover reported for duty at midplant of the Portsmouth street rail- night and were sent out to relieve the
road.
first guard.
This action was taken as the re- • The Rockingham County Light &
sult of warnings flashed along the Power Company ordered out their
coast of a widespread plot to terror- own guard which was augmented by
ize the coast towns and cities.
four regular police ofrlcers who were
The Information which came direct assigned for extra duty.
from government sources,
caused
The railroad bridge was also under
Chief Hurley to get busy at once and guard and the police were especlall}7
at first through Mayor Ladd an at- vigilant along the water front.
tempt was made to have the forts nt
Shortly after 10 o'clock the exciteNew Castle take over the guard ment was further Increased by a blMt
work for 2 4 hours, as they · were as which was set of'I' at the Daniel street
much affected as anybody, but Col. power plant where a crew Is engag_ed
Patterson being away nothing could In removing some heavy machinery
be accomplished.
and Captain Burke at the police staAn appeal was next made to Gov. tlon was kept busy tor a time anKeyes lo have the Home Guard or- swerlng telephone queries ail lo
dered ~ut. but after a conference whether there ahd been an explosloa
with Adjutant General Howard It was or not.
decided lo order the men out for duAt the shipbuilding plant at Newly as special police.
lngton a new zone has been estabThe fact that the Home Guard was llshed and a guard furnished by a
called out by a notice being flashed Boston detective agency posted.
1ave een trn1ring the st -a .,....
le-•....,t_P_a_e,.1-'ng people how to coopernte with
the for! aclministrrtion by using decreased amounts or meat,
wheat,
fats, Rng-ar and dairy proclncts. These,
demonstrators have told how easy
It ls to substitute certain cereals for
wheat In bread a1/,1 other articles
of rood. In fact the Administralio11
his had particularly in mind
for
some months the pencl'.ng shortage
F,very grocer in the city today re- of wheat flour and has been particelved word from 'State Food Admin- rnlarly anxious that the people of
lstrator TJunlley Spaulding not t, the rlale learn how to hake substitu.
Hell mo;o than a bag of flour to : U,111s for this most lniportant of all
cu~tomer and only when ac t omj'l:• n cereals.
!eel hy nu equal amount or snl n; L!
The new regulatlon·s make It nectute cereal. These new 'ru!e!l ~hoult" essary for the retailers
to
sell
not mean a great sacrifice in thi~ wheat flour only with an
equal
,;ta.le.
v:eight of the substitute ceral which
For several months
emergency Includes corn meal, corn starch, corn
,lemonRtrators in home economicf flour, hominy, corn grits,
barley
flot!_!', rice, rice flour, oatmeal, roll-
B~t One Bag
Of Flour To
A Cust'lmer
'Company., D.
Called Out
By The St~te
The militia call was soundecl shortly before 6 o'clock on Thursday evening calling out Company D, State
Guard, as a military organization, A
portion of t11e command had been on
duty for several clays past, actin)!
in the capacity of s11ecial police.
The order calling out the men was
l'ssued by Adjutant General Charles
W. Howard and was the outcome of
the .conference held by Governor
Keyes In thl11 city on 'l'uesday even!ng, b.nd It means that hereafter the
state will assume the expense
guarding the city.
In addition to guarding the water
works and standpipe, the 111011 wll1
protect th~ plants of the Standard
and Texas oil companies at Noble'~
Island and the plant of the .Rockingham Light and :Power
company,
which have been under guard of their
own men and at least two police officers at a. time.
Co. n. or the Slate Guard is composed of men or this city, Dover and
the surrounding towns, and it Is far
from Its required strength, there beIng hardly enough men to cover all
of the territory. They will live nt the
i.tale armory and herenrter he subject
to military discipline and orders
a state organization.
Pel oalR, buckwheat flour,
our, sweet potato flour, soy
flour and frterlte flours and
'fhe food ndmllnlstratlon for New
Jlarnpshiro has endeavored to leach
the housewife how to use these proclncts either separately or In lht> makng of hrt>ad, cake or pastry, so no
pnrl0,t'ularly hanlshit> will I.le r.111posed on the ho usewives of New
fTampshire who In the fntnro w!ll hr
:1bligecl to huy the SllhHtitutrs.
Wholesale dealers In food com
nodities will be required under 11:ensed regulations not to buy mor,,
' han 70% of their 1rnrchases of flom
1,; hnsed on their purchases of th~
·cr!'<'f1Jtondlng months of tho pro'0 1'!-i.~ year, and their sales to the
~: 11 :1 tra,le must be in proportion
, one po1111tl of wheat flour to one
1ou'n1l or ot :1rr cereals, this being Jn
the snmr ;1:·oportlon as the retailer
-;ells lo t he consumer unless th~
•vholesaler satisfies himself that the
1uhst1l11lcs hnvc heP.n nlrencly
·hnHell frolll nnotitf'I" 30lll'CC,
nrpea tell ln'!nirlt>s hnve , been
macle to Mr. Spanlcling by wholesalers as to what they should do In the
case of flour which they had purchased and sold but which had not
yet been deliYered to them. The food
adm:nistrator told them that he dM
r.ot wish to see them break
0
�ni>- comparison." The first oi>ject to
nrrnngecl about the fireplace. Grn11hgreet my eyes was a cheery fireplace,
nplione 11elecllonfl took up the time
blazing !)rightly and its heat struclc
unlll midnight. Hurry Lander preone as a pleasing note In a song.
cloml nated though .many wero Amer. The room w~s gaily decorated; ~
lrnn ragllme Rolos.
m11Ize of paper i>untlng, paper lamp
At midnight we toaster! the New
1,i1ades over the electric bulbs, picYPar, the King, President Wilson.
tl!res of the I<lng and Queen, the seal
l~ollowlng waH "Oocl Save the King,"
of Ille Royal Engineers, and lastly, In
ar.tl "'!'he Star Spangled Banner."
my honor, an American flag draped
I'll never forget that "watch.;, It
about the picture or our President.
was English hospitality wltll p. "good
·. The seal of the Engineers was
f1:llow" crew. And ,then, after awa\cmade jointly by my 13ergeant friend
euing a.t,4 ancl trnclglng back to camp
and the sergeant farrier.
Laurel
1'U1.Yflll ma.de-from tin cans uod mor1P I learned that we were to
holiday, ancl I haven't qone
so well tha,t they ,,.ere reallsttc, cer•
clnrnecl thing all day,
talnly sho~d the work ot an expert.
A piano was conspicuous In one
The following latter was written
corner, or the room and a graphajust 11revlous to Chrls~mas day,
11hone with Innumerable records restI just smiled! You would too,
ed . on a table In another corner.
Gentle
Reader, if you could see me
A long table covered with a snow
pounding out this letter. I'm seatn.d
while table cloth was a. sight for sore
on tho edgeist encl of my bunk wllh
eyes. Eighteen plates, forks. knives
.and spoons were precisely arranged my bunkle's Inverted biscuit
boudoir as a table. I've rubber boots
thereon and after n rew songs the
on
my feet, fatigue overalls envelope
The following are two lntere;;tln~
"batm11n" announced "the feast.''
my uniform and with a smoke;•, &melletters just received
from
Corp.
Roast beef, mashed potatoes, tomaly il-lillumlnating candle at my !er
Ralph K Uow!lcl~. · The flr:it tells how
toes, fruit, sweets, tea and toast. The
elbow
I present-well-what one
lte pasf!ed New Year's ,lay "somebread was toasted over the fireplace
might terll) a spectacle. :\1y smile I
where In France."
-blaze and was delicious.
.January 1, 1918.
How I studied each man there! To not wholly due -to my redlculous nt!Tow nf'ar I carno to making l!Htt
begin, there was tho regimental ser- titucle or a1)11earance, for l ,Inst got
Ju st !lgnre a 7 ! It would have l.1tmu
geant-major, A. V. C. man w!th ror- mail rrom hql)le, C!1rlstmas mall,
a neetlle1rn error for I have much in
elgn service ribbons galore. He was 1dth the beauti,ful c;irds, big boxes
mind concerning this :slew Year's
about 4 0 years of age, reserved and containing s~·eets, tobacco, decorations-and laslly-the · Stars ancl
tlay-Qo much thal I'll never ror~r.l
a thorough English gentleman. InStripes.
I wor,·t tell who sent that
I'. . A tiny o[ leisure generally predia, Africa, China and Egypt itad
dicts a day or plea~urc, and it ha<i
seen his services. ·when he talked- flag but it was someone very dear to
me and do you know-I think it the ai•~..Jbeen one, more pleabnre than leisure.
.and seldom he did-everyone of us
:\1y personal celebralion commence,l
listened In silence. He dwelt on sub- IJest, JJresent ot the lot. We're going
yesler<lay .o.flernoou at 4 o'cloch.
jects of extreme difficult situations to have a flag-raising Christmas Day
Tbat hour saw rno hiking along the
in signal work and his knowledge outside or our hut-all of our ownJ·oad towards - - - with a 14-hour
was amazing. No prophecy of the and I'll bet there'll be more
pass tucked securely in a com1iarlwar's end would he make; no false mony, more patriotic cheering anrl
ment of my wallel. ll was the lirsl
hopes did he foster, all was merely :i more of .tha.t funny running thrill up
and down the spines or 18 soldier& l
over-nlghl paRH I had appliHtl for
day's work to him.
since leaving Camp llocklngham In
There was another: a man well know than there ever was ut
Salem. and it meaut more Lq me than
nen,r the allotted three score and ten. "revlllo" we ever saw.
n $1 O gold piece. · ~o "taps," no
You see, we're looking rorwa,·d to
]le was a telegrapher, retired, but
"reveille," absolutely nothing on my
came out to do his bit and he is the Christmas for Thanksgiving's promind except my cam paii,:n hat. I hat1
dadtly of the mess. Witlr, and there gram became muddled. Several weel<l
been Invited to see the Olt..1 Year w. ne -wat1 no chance of the conversation before Thanksgiving t110 Paris ediand the New One arrlvt;l by Jl;ll T~n~tion of the New York Herald anuragging with him about.
Jlsh 11ergeant. The •·watch" \\'tlfl ,lt
On my lert sat a former light- nounced that all American troops In
n sergoan tfl'. meHK.
weight champion boxer of England, !~ranee would taste tho appetizing
Now the sergeant, who wuR my
came forty miles through_ a cut- bird so raflllllar to Yankee-land.
hoRt, wafl a ten your service ma:1
ting. icy wind over Iced road!! on a namely: tm·key. Now a soldier's rare
nnd has charge or the sig~al repair
motorcycle to be at the celebration. Ir; wholesome and sci en t.lfl'c ally disAhOP I n - . About my age, cos- 1r'i~· duty in the "great game" Is cartributed, but a great deal of samenese
mopolitan and ready at any time to xler -pigeons and his talk was e1•enly i'> apt to bring on a yearning for
asslst me with parts of telephones, divided between the birds and box- something else. Turkey would be, ·1~
batteries, etc., we had become fast
l 011 can 11lainly see,
an extrem1
ers.
friends months ago, I ~ever v·isit
Arter cl lnner the piano was again cl1ange from the usual diet. Vve lookthe village without looking him 11p the center or attraction and the Irish ed forward counting the , minutes to
nnd he never rails to call when pas•- sergeant who played-played.
He the holiday. As this Is war time,
transportation Is difficult and th~
lng our camp.
~as really wonderful and song after
When I entered the repair shop he song rang out and re-echoed in the birds arrived too late-far too lnte-greeted mo warmly and Immediately
fo r had the wind been blowing In the
l'OOITI.
turned the business over to an asOut or the clear sky came a sug- right direction Fritz would ' certain!)
sistant and we went forth towards gestion or movies. We went. Roscoe
have thought someone h!'d Jqventet'
t~ie mess honse.
Arbuckle, :\lary Pickford and Bill a. new and deadly gas. Now yester. ' Imagine my surprise when he en- Hart were on the bi11. I was home lo d/LY the same paper prlntea an arUcle
..,.,,",__.,. tared .a. dQorway or a French house! .America tor two whole hours.
11,ta. \r,g tJu:i.t we --are to tr t
nf
Our bleak mess hall here In camp wns
m~t ..a.<lf!ed t.o tho ~nit
. When we returned the "batman"
11-ad clearecl away all evidence of tht'l ·menu, which, or course,
dinner and chairs and benches were turkey. Gentle Reader, you can
u~rcement or contract and he r,,questcd that they confer with retail
.lealers to whom they had sold the
flour n~klng them to accept a n1titrlcted quantity together with an
i.mount of wheat !tilistltue~ equal t,1
the wheat quantity. Ile nclvised the
wholesalers further that it'
any
retailer was not willing to allow
the regulation~ to apply to flour
which he had previously 1rnrchasot1
the name of that retailer shoul(J IJe:
Immrdiately l'orwanlf't! to the ort'i<''\
of the Fccleral Foot! At! m In Isl ral or
for New Jlam11shire.
How local Boy
In France Spent
..
Ne~ Year's Day
ra..... . ,._ ,-:r;-v-
He
0
�derstand now w 1y we are
forward to Christmas, can you not?
And, Dear Gentle Reader, does mince
:\larne has n. very different view
the Allies as does his brother of late.
I had a personal Interview with on,:i ,dvice and slip beneath the cove
of the old-timers, though he was Goodnight, Old Strawberry Bank, ti
Leaving the smiles, the turkey :tnrt about my age and talkerl French a1hl we meet again.
the mince meat aside do you kno ~ F;nglish fhiently. He • had escaped
what a big thing the little word "if ' from a prison clown the line and had
l'l over here. One hears it on every worked up to the "line" ' before caphand. It Is the self-same "if" that ture. His attitude was clearly Pr:usFritz mel al the - - - . The - - 1ian. Nobody, In his estimation,
and !lo yo11 know that there is a lit • :ould defeat Germany and German
tie "I[" that keeps one pair of well- methods. He felt himself superior lo
oiled marching shoes with a pair of all other races In all trends of llfe.
heavy socks tucked securely within Prussian militarism was· his Goel beunder my bed. Somehow, when the fore God Himself.
Thr exrcutivp commitlee of l'ortsLater I had a short comersatio~
big guns hoom their indescribabh
monl.h C:l:aplPr oi' the ltP<l C'ross hel I
earth-shaking roar at night, I lay an<i with a prisoner ·'who was capturerl
a mPeti11J!. on lllonday aflPrnoon and
picture the exact spot \\·here those very lately. He admitted conditons In
tra11 snrlr<l <·on s i!lprnhlr routine llu~ishoes lie and don't figure what I'll Germany were strained and that with
nPs ,;.
take with me hut whal I'll lea\·e be• America In the war '"there seem
The• w()rk r0om rommllt"l' rrporlhlncl. I clo not mean I'm a coward b ·J· him - - - - - '. He was a sc
Pd that whllr I hrrr ha!-1 hPPn IL )!.OOcl
lhis thing over here ts so big, so ter- !tppearing chap of six fe(;lt ar, =,.._.r,vam ir,<· l'_<':IS() in t hu ll'll!'i'.l' l'S al til'J \\'Ori{.
rible, so incomprehensible that onE :ortoise shell glas.!IGS. . ; •
roo111s in thr 11:llrn' I lomc, there !s
We-thls regiment-have
t
figures if a little "if" sto11ped the
still
room and neP1\ for more, an<I
,!
,,
dinner in - -why what would s or of holding tlle 11ecord. a
t.l1Py wi s h it 11nclprsloo<l that every~f st
little "if" up above du to an lndivld· lowest m
hody will hr w1•lc:0111rd. ThcrP
of any
·
plenty of work on hoth the surgical
However, let's get away from edi<lrPssin gs :rn1l thP ho~pilal garmen•
torial "we" that tends so mu.:h to
llPp:irtment.
•
<!escrllrn lhe inner fueling of the in11 w:1~ ~t:1tr1l lhnl thr lrniltrrf will
dividual and not the events lhat are
in the l'ut11re bn a~kr<l lo turn their
actual. There is a great deal that l
attention from s weaters to socks a:;
woulcl like lo write IJ11t censorship ter concerningedical unit at- at Lhe present lime there is a surplu~
forbids. Possibly by now the Ameri- tached to tbTo rel!iment., thei.r work or sw l:! aters. There i;, however, a crycan pnblic has seen accounts of the and, their care.~e lieutenant doctor ing need of more socks. It will be noAmerican - - - their work, their to the buckiest prlva.t'e in the detach- ticed in every arl icle on lhe condition
wonclerfnl courage and
the high ment, work night ~n~ day for our of the men at tl-:c front anJ in e ·,
praise volunteered br the British welfare.
•, :
-ery lPtler home t'1e <;oldiers ask f0r
high command for an American deTomorrow, Sunday, is pay day and extra socks.
tach men l's bra very in face of unsur- the majority of the boys in this· hut The lari~e order for hospital
mountable odds. lf the report I have 1re planning the afternoon and early ments i~ being rnshed along and the
in mind has reacfied home-why ~venlng in a village nearby. You see l'0111millce sthte that It Will he shlpthere can be no doubt in any mind we have to be in bed at 9.30, but JH'cl 011 time.
that all hrnnchrs of the service see what's an hour's walk after a goo·
Tl1c organiz:~lion of the
action in some form.
Jteak and French fried potatoes. Jus
Hr1l ('ross n111011g the school chiltlren
I don't believe Old Strawberri• about walks off the excess, does ,It will he perfected po ~sil•ly this wee!,
Bank knows that one of her sons has not? Week~days we slip down lale in !.nil active work started. The Nationbeen [PliminatPd by censor] and h<;! the afternoon to the movies.
Th' al Council is laying out work fo;· JL.•·,·'-A,~:ahll.,•,"'-'
lust a month's pay and his stripe~ for Jmall theatre is run by a British de- the .l11niorn which will he very heljlso doing. I got the story from a - - . tachment and a week ago I saw l'ul.
The ni .! \ht cla!;S in 811rgical
It seemR that - - - at a camp some Charlie Chaplin and be seeriis more
miles in behind the line and having laughable over here than 'at home. Ing to be he!fl thiH cveninl!:
considerable time on his hands, ac- Nearly all the pictures are American crPu s inl,\ i11 nnmbcrs anti it
companied two other guards who 1nd sometime·s they tend to make JlPClNI lhal this clni:;f! will
were off duty at the time, to the one homesick-more homesiclr than ._c ff e111c11
li~v~e~w~o~r~k~."T'---:!!l""~----rrf.~
1111
scene of a - . They made them- usual.
f!elvC's wrlromf1 with a - - - an,1
We are all well and gaining weight.
l
whC'n lnvitecl to participate in th/3 Plenty of hearty food and good bi!·
13!!•--,.,.•---------..i~·
~lore Worliers
Needed. fQr
The Red Cro~s
'!1.!>!nlng's activities, assented. Th~ lets are certainly flesh producers. The
8cotch man told me he never saw regiment 18 split up over an aren covirlng twenty square miles and I
bral'rr lads.
J have seen many German prison- have seen neither Capt. Lewis, 'Seri;eant Waldron or P~ivate Whalen for
ers-ones taken a'I far back as the
.nonlhs. Bickford and myself have
- - - t o those of the latest lot. .If
luckily kept together anlf swap pathe reportH are true tllat these men
pers and scraps or news after every
are invalids, convalescents, too young
mail.
01 too olcl, l'd hate awfully to mee
Well, my bunkie wants to · go to
a. well CPnnan of the right age. He'd
1leep (he's the greatest sleeper I ever
be gigantic. Though, of course, one
met) and I must stop pounding.
sees a slrny youngster now und then
Somehow one acquires the sleep halJand a man of 45 sandwiched in. th9
lt in the army, that is, he sleeps evvast majority are of the usual mtllt.nry age with a very military appear-•--.::-eD~!'r"''""1'--~~,:o-,,--I"""'-ance.
Onr imprrssion I gained, however,
thnt the German prisoner of the
omm·1s~'o·n Fo
p" o·rt's
·mouth Boy
fl'anleY. M<.D'.lnk1l who ha;. heon
Bl)Onc;llng the past few days with his
11arents on •Wlblrd street, leaves !or
Boston today to accept · n. commission
:,,a E1~slgn in the U. S. Naval Reserv~
for~.
On receiving his co111m1ss10n, !\Ir.
McDaniel leaves - for Annapolis for
a two months' course or
study. He enlisted on November 30
at Iloston as second-class
�PRIVATE ALFRED E. WHALEN
I
Board Considers
Fuel .Problem
---
~,\:>
~tilt\.
'!'he.executive board of the Organized .Charities at lts meeting last evening considered -t he problem
of
~upplYl,ng the -poor with ruel. ·
Presjdent Chaney stated that
ready
cords of wood had
brought over from the . navy yard
and distributed 1n load lots io the
some ~Q tainllles who have been in•
vestlgawd by Mrs. Hull, the •general
secrot~r'y. This wood -has been giV0ll
by u{e Navy Dep11rtmeni and through
tho kindn01!5 of near Admiral Bouch
the _p risoners , ha.ve . cut the ,wood.
The _.problem has been lo- got
oyar , to -this city. !<"'or a time
tho
navy 'ya.rd Huck brought It over . but
t,1ey ·.were needed on other worl; and
last waok Mr. Chaney charted a
freight car aiul had a load ·l lrought
over ·by the ,allroad
but
tha
freight . and expense . or delivery Oil
this side has been rather larger tha:1
he anticipated, but still cheap for
wood at the pre!lent time.
Tho society is also ln rccoiJJi. of
aomo five tons of hard coal, which
the donor wishes dlstrllluted, but only to thoso who can not get coal. This
would not apply to city, co!.lnt)' or
Red Cross cases.
7'he Red -Cross Cl~llan
relief
Is carried out througll this office an!!
ther(l are n,o w some 20 families •balng
11lded until they ·receive th<!ir l<'cdcral allotment. The Government hati
been very .slow In the allotments,
families of men In the service who
made · over their allotmonti- months
l!.go have not rocolvecl · a cont as yet
from · the ·•C'Overnment and tho Itcu
has · bu.cl to tide
I
·zo
serving in Company A, Ulh nailway
Engineers. ln a Jetter dated Jan. 16,
he says the company had not up to
then seen much snow and Lhe weath~r
was not so cold as th e men were ex!JeCtln;;. Up to then only 5 Inches of
Private Alfred E. Whalen of this city snow had fallen. Every child In tho:?
the American
l<JXJpcdlllonary cities and towns of France talrns tlic
Forces in France, writes the i;everal American soldier for their friends un/1
railroad men for their kind remem- they mal<e a great deal of the men
brances at Christmas and New Year's, with U. S. uniforms and the men in
and says the •boys from Portsmouth khaki are strong with the youngsters
with his company were delighted with everywhere. Private Whalen writes
the varie ty of gifts. Whalen was for- 1 Lhat all the Portsmouth boys with tne
merly In the Boston & Maine Hignal I engineers are well and happy, but Am•
department and enlisted with other erica will look -g,ood to them when
last June and Is now they g t baclc.
FEW LINES FROM
PRIVATE WHALEN
SERVING IN FRANCE
I
E. C. Tarbell
Service Flag 1w• 1
At Warwick Club
Made Captain
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Edmund c. Tarbell
Tho Warwi ck club has put out a
service flag with ten stars in honor
of tha te n m •mbers of the club who
now in the government service. T!1e
se rvice flag and a large American
flag are suspenclod at the head of
Dan icl street.
\ H.\IJ.'-;B s 1mv1cE li'l,J\<l,
of Beston and
New Castle, was yesterday commissioned an army captain by War Secretary Baker and nppolnte/1 as o:ic
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of eight ol hP.r artists to RPrve as a
otticlal committee to sell'ct Amerlrnn arllsti, [or servict- In France. The
committee was created al the suggestion or Genera.I Pershing,
for
camouflage work at ~he tront~
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LIEUT. M'CARTHY ASSIGNED.
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. Second Lieut. '· Ralph G. McCarthy
u. s. Reserve ArmY, has been formally
assigned to Company F, :l06th Infantry,
camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y.
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A handsome ::,ervlcc flag containin"O seventeen stars is now cllsplaYocl at the entrance of tho Morley
nutto'n com111any's ~ilant, denoting
he number of men from that industry now in the Unitea St'.ll!l-1 service.
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'EEO ~[~NITJ'ERS.
'l'he Woman's Naval Service would
be glad or more knitters or helmets,
sweaters and wrlsters as there has
ueen an unusual demand for warm
clothl,1g of la te. Mrs . IIeffenger, 53
Austin str eet, will furnish wool any
evening from 6.30 lo 9 and from l
to 2 p. m. Mrs. Heffenger woulcl be
glacl to have garments already begun finished and returned as soon as
possible. ,
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Wll,l, UN,J<'UIU, SlOft.V(f't•; FL.\( ;.
The Lr,yal Order or ' Moose 1s to
display a service flag from their hall
on High street"oi1 .lirlday evanln;;.,
Feb. 22, at 7.30 11. m. 'l'he flag ,~ill
contain In the vicinity of 14 .-1 ::,lar;;, 1/
representing members of the order
~l'hO are in the service.
�' ~{ L IIITTER 1''11-0~t l<'RA.N<,).li:.
WAR INDUSTRIES MAK
CHANGES IN TttlS_,, CITY
The war has brought changes t O
ev0ry city and town In this state, b u t
U n tll lh e
110 more than this town.
war, for GO years the town had gone
on its quiet life far remove d f rom tl ie
·
hurry and progress of mocI ern b u st d
t
t
ness, and had been conten o epen d
npon a moderate a.mount of work at
tho n1tvy .rnnl , the wor k ti ia l ti 10
i.JrowPrloR supplied, 11JHI tho shoo sho11
and hulton factory,
·with the war, how eve r, there has
come, an awakening, and at no time
has It been more. apparent than now ,
for with the shipping plant at Newlngton beginning the construction or
wood en vessels [or the government
and the great plant of the Atlantic
Co rporation at Freeman 's Point being equi pped for the work of turning
out steel ships, and both places employing large numbers of men, with
the ce rlalnly that the latter company
is n permanent addition to the town's
lndustries and will employ several
thou sa nd men as soon as it is fully
equl11ped and besides all this, with
the navy yard employing some 3600
men with a paJ·roll or about $4,000 ,000 a year, the change from the 011
tlays Is plainly apparent and its effe et ran l.Je seen in the general awakening of tho town s people from the
apathy or other years.
Some of
townspeople have always said t :iat the ancient shipbuilding industri · of th e city would some
<lay l.Je revhPd, and it would again
have Its old-time prestige; but they
were la ughed at as dr eamers, a nd
·,1c
now they are seeing their dreams
come true.
\Vlth the great mcrease In pvpulalion which .is the result of thes~
changes the problem of housing them
ls dally more diffi cult, for it is saf13
to say that in the past six months the
population of the town has increased
l!O % with every prospect of a greater Increase In the next half year.
A.s a res ul t or the scar city of accomthodations prices for rooms hav'l
risen, and they are now fr om two to
b r e times what they were a year
gb'.
:O . not _work such r.
g ea ha
,n.,m-o\.ild be thought
See the inauguration or a practical
Sc heme of housebullding that will
Come somewhere near meeting the dema nd .
T he Atlantic Corporation is about
to build accommodations for 1000
workmen at Its plant at Freeman's
Point, to serve th e m until better acare provided here in
Co mmodatlons
the city,
L-F-'r_o_m
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_r__L_o_c_a-:1:--...
;>tBoy;: In France
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Waller
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Hoach has r eceived a 'Id' ter froth Pr! vate' Wlllla1n J. Iloliand
wl1o ts· ''Somewhere in
trrartce"
which ' \although brier Is an i11tc,rest:
Ing mi~slve from the front. 'f!1c. le tter Is
follow&:
.
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Frl~-nd Walter:-How
Portsmoulh.
now 1h thls c•,11.tn·
try far across lhe sea and had som,:i
trip. This ls a s11lendld coun.trY, t•Jr
,
scenery but It Is bad on your ' health.
,
· You · have to 1keei> in good condltioi;
or you' will go to pieces. There a'.re a
lot .of days· when I have
headache
.
or some minor troubie but I alway.•
reµort to the hospllal for treatmen'
and keep my feet on tl:\e grou11d.
1
as
Am
a
r honr thal "back homo" Is a n'lw
city. ·w ith IL llocl Cross hut on tho
Parado, and tho l~lks' Jlomo a 'pJ'aco
for Red CrosR work. Such spirit Is
good at this lime. We ap11reclale the
work of the Reel Cross, Knights o[
Columbus and l~lks.
I acne! my regarch to all tho fcllows •back home and ant always ,da',!
to hear' from theln. We are all glnr!
to hear from our old friends In
sta.tes.
•P rivate William J. Jlolland,
llaltcry D, 103rd, F. A .,
American F:x. Forces.
Editor of The l'ort.o,;mouth TinH's: Just a few Jin es lo the home fo lk8
as a little remembran ce of the hoy,;
in France. The bo ys a rc in goo.I
health and lik e lite co untry t ll at 11·"
are in. Enclosed is a litllc pi ece tha l
we four fellows ma.de up while s i~ting l.Jy the lire thinking of tl1c clay•; R----ff-~-N-O_<l_l_tu\_·_l'_l_f.li_~1Ui
--N-.1<-J-g~,n:-:F)=J>=-.8
back hom e. It is a parod y on "Tip'¥3-s ~ ___
perray."
:Ralpb n. Hill, the local rep r eseu Just rcmemb r. r that we will be tatlve of the ,united ,States Civil Serback some day and hope to soc ;),II our vice Commission at the Portsmouth
old fri e nrl s.•
pos toffice has received ' information
The !Joys all se nd our I.Jest wishes today that the Government urgently
needs thousands of stenographers
2 nd for pros 11e rit y to all. ,ve will ho
marching lhrough Dos lon in Se1,tem- and typewriters at Washington and
ber.
that the commission has modified Its
RAY G. CASWELL.
posltlon3.
1 equirements for these
llallery A, 103 ref. F. A..
Competitors who do not desire to
American Ex. Forces.
take the whole examlnallon need take
January 20.
lhe parctical tests in stenography
\ Ve' ll Ji'jght l'oi· the- lJ. S. ,\.
and typewriting only. rrhese subjects
Out a cross lit e sea lhcy came,
consume ordinarily not more than
About two million slrong,
one hour and If passed the prospects
lleca use som0011e told our !'resident of appointment are {lXCellent.
Thal Kaiser Bill wa:; wrong.
The examination will be held evHe sunk the Lu silan ia,
ery Tuesday at the Portsmouth postInvad ed Celglnm, too;
office beginning at 9 a . m. Mr. Hill
nut when o:ir peop le heard it,
states that those pe r sons who canThey :;a id ''\Vilson we're with not take the examination during the
you ."
day may he examined In the evenCho ru s.
lug H a. suf[lcleut number ap11!;):'.
WP're going over to light lho llelnleR,
This is a g reat opport11nlly for
We're g~ing over to whip tho amblt:011s · young men and women' to
Dutch.
sNvc their c•o1mtrr. Th e nsual ~11It's a lon g war iro m here to Berlin Lranr·c salary for these positions now
D11 t we l\·on't :;top for much. ,
ranges from $1000 to $1200.
Good-by to all our sweethearts,
1u,;CEl\'ES l' HO.\IOT ION.
\Vc 'I; ror.rn I.Jack to you some clay,
, , lion . aud ~trs. John II. Neal
So, con H' ho.vs. let's get the spirit,
Stal(• s l rel'L, tod ay rec,olve<l
And we'll fi g ht for tho U. S. A.
pl eas ing inform a li on that l11eir son,
lt.\Y Cl. l'AR\VF.: l,L,
Cecil :\I. Neal, who was in Scptcml.Jer
'\'.'ILLIA.\l Tl . l'J\IlKS.
la.st appointed a lieutenant in the
('lffllS CON LO~.
regular arm y, had l.Jeen promoted to
E. rr. HOITT,
first lieutenant. Liutenenat Neal is
Battery A, 103 Feg.
at prcHent at Jacksonville, Florida,
and his man y friends will be pleased
�.1t1zens Asked .
Raise
To Cooperate
Service f,lag
YOUNG MEN FROM
KITTERY, ELIOT AND
YORK WHO PASSED
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'fhe following young men, registrants
for the war dratt In Kittery, Eliot and
The majority of the local re!ltau- York, have passed the 1,hq;lcal
examOn l•'rhlay afternoon ti 10 I ,oya I O r,
rlor or ~loose qnfurletl u i;orvlco lhq,;
rant 11roprietors are aidini; the go~ - ination: ll1alph Baker, Kltteq, 'l'oinl;
crnment lly ollservil1"
Oeori;e Miller, York Cornet·; Brne:;t C.
G x 1 o feet null I ho Nal101rnl
o the rule8 lss11ecl
in the effort to conlierve the natlon',i Liebman, Eliot; Marril:I Handall, • Kit- l"~li.1'<'.t,.a1-,·~
from their quarters on lligh street.
supply or wheat and meat, and th ey tery l->oint; Jooeph Doyer, 1(itt;,ry
Tho service flag- which contains about
Point; ,Joseph L . Sawyer,
are
asking the citizens to cooperat•~ Point; Hugh McCarthy, York Corner;
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115 stars 18 a very c ever conco(l 011
tho t>lars llcing arranged lo for111 the
with tnem in th ts movement. 'rin Oliver Starkey, York Corn er ;/ Arthur
inllial::1 or tho order, L. O. 0 . ~I. ,
rul es work no great ha rd shl,p on E. Springer, guot; He1·bert qimpman,
anct wa,i dci,li;nc<I and m1ulc lly Mrti.
nnyooo and while the amount
of York Corner; 'Forest B . Bmm·y, Kilme; n save<J l.Jy eaclt person 1.Jy 0•1•- tery; Raymond il. Yorke, l:;outh gJlol;
IL C:. ,\louton.
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'l' h o Hcpalrnrn or lho liny worn :'11ny.,·orvin ..,"· one meatlei;s meal a day mfy Leroy Plaisted, York Cornc1·;.' Jlenr):
110 ,, lie o"l'eat In tti;elf, llu t when te11 ; Walllngfonl, Kittery; Arthur M,· l'a lne,
or La1l1I, ,\1. JI. Hell, Co111111an1 Iur
of thousands of pe ople throughon•. York Village ; Charles B . Hu.ntress,
SI orcr l'ost, !';o. 1, U . /1. ll. ; Ullli SecSouth Eliot; El.-oy Hanscom, S outh
" 'f ,, A
the connt1'} do the same thing th o Eliot; R<1,ymond l\Iclntire, Yorlc >C ornI
rolt1ry l<'orgravo oft 1c • · •• • '-'·
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~[usic was fnrul s hcd by Lho :--lav y
saving Is enormous.
er; Leslie R. Rowe, Eliot,, Chari l's
Yartl hand and rofresi11u c 11ts of
E\' ery pors~n should con s ider i: Sterling, Kittery Depot; .Jos ep~1
nac kurs , chce:;c, cookies , coffee anti
their patriotic duty to live np t(' Woodward, York Corner; • Ralph
the rttl es to the letter and In this Gunnison, . Kittery Point·, ·:Samuel
sort drink:; were 1:rnrvod. 'l'ho· com"'ay
add a little more to the bit thP. / Estes, K•ittery l'olnt; Harry Seaward ,
mlltco In charge wcro a cori;c A .
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are already doln 0<> toward helplnfi L
Kittery M.Point;
M. l\fc>2 a 1·l, T<:li
C'ato, w. F. ;\1lcott, assisted l1y
,.
.Harry
,
\ ut ;
the country in its struggle for th e
owell '1 • .Vy1ie, h 1iot; J a nle,; 'J' . Vchl~rnnk Duly _
and
A._Stearn
~..;.;,;.;.;.;.;..;,;...;,;,.
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_ _ _. _ _ _ ___,, ll re servatlon or democracy .
And ber, Kittery ; Willis L. H.oo1>er, Yo1·1<
Corner; Simeo n Dentrenibnt,
th ey s hould als o consider it their n.venu c, 1>ort;;mouth; Mi';ton
patriotic duty to
patronize on ly J°sles of Shoals, N. II.
those restaurants which are a b i d l o g a . - - - - - - -....~----Lf.
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l.Jy the rules. If their usual eating
,
places cannot SUJJPlY them with ham
Amoni: the's ~ 1 l candlda te H lo nnd eggs for breal1fai;t It h1 far from
re ceive commi ssion s as Becond lie n- )latriotic for them to go to some ot!it Pnant In th e 11 . 8 . arm y at the 1con - er place where the prqfit de r ived 1~
clusiQ~l '";;r th'e course at the govern- placed llefore duly to the country .
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n'lent ser.vice school at l~ort Leav e n- The man who does that Is just ns
worth, Kansas las t wee k was Chei;- much a slacker a11 the man wha
ter Lawrence Conlon o r this city, son <lodges the draft.
11he phys ical examination or t!1L•
of ~fr. and :'11rs. William L . Co nlon oi'
The local restaurant proprietors
Class l men in this · district will ue
.\licldle street.
havo agreed to servo one mea.tles~
comple te d by the Ideal war l.Joar<l
Lieut. Conlon is a g ra lluatc o f th n meat each clay . '!'hat wlll lie ar
n ex t Tues day when the la s t al1JlPortsmo,1th High scliool, class Qt breakfas t lime and no meats will !Jo
111trnl will g o ll\lt'Ore Dr. Ueorg e T .
' J2, of Phillips-};xeter Acad e m y, clas!l served until after 11 o'r.lock. From
Pende r. Tw enty men have lle i:! a e x-~~~r..
of '14 and a member of the cla ss o f 1 t o' clock, until midnight meat will
amined each day and the percentage
'll! of Dartmouth college, leavin g be sen•ed on six d.a ys of the we e k .
or' a cceJ)tances has lleen very hlg-!1,
that lnstltn lion lust year 11re1iarntor.v TneBday will lie u mea Lloss duy. Turaveraging over 1i O% .
to attend the army s e rvi ce s ehool.
key und chicken can be i;erved but no
There are now 2GG men or
Lieut. Conlon wus among the 11nn1- hoof, lamll or · pork . On SaturdC\y 110
1lrurt age In th e emergen cy fleet
b·o r of candidates who attained th e pork p~oducts will I.le served.
from the navy yard alone . This i11hlghest average in the examlnationsa,;_ _.;.._______________ eludes all of the classes, althourh
LocaI BOy IS
~~ Made L1·eutenant
E.Jxam1na
• t•J()IlS 1"~ 1
Ot Class 1
1,early over
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which were n ecessary to ente1· th e
school. He has bee n as s igne d to Field
Artillery, Second Regim ent, ; talioneel at San Francisco, Cal.
Lieut. Conlon is a well known local young man and his (riend s are
pleased to hear of his su ccess.
Brackett Called
~
he setv1ce
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Willi a m ll. Braclre t t, \\' :1,i re ,·e ntl .v
at
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D,-r, rin g ll ' !; :: s ·l :ool, 1'01'l~a111l,
~~~-~;.;;.;;;.;;,;;.;;.,..;.___-.--:-:-:"'."'.".-:".'".":-::::-:-:;:----1,, t.)e JJl u<I the J Milion o : niacli
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1.· 11()\' l 'l'CH
' I O 'l'Eh .
( I •.,· l11 1~1·1111tional :'oi<'ws 81•1 ·vi<"<')
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'·,1n111 IJ e ,·e11f., , A1•e r, ~la ss ., :\l11rc~1 .
t ;~ -- Privates George I.. ilarnwn o f
1'01·1•. •.1: 0111h , :--: . · Jl .,' a11<1 .lann·s 1.1.
:\lcl'ann of Porllanrl , har e
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'J' II E 11 01\0lt, HOl.r,.
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I 'ur l b11I0ll l:1
Au ali<l1t1011 to tho
Holl of llonor today i1-1
c:,•ori.;-c N . l,u11urgu11 or tho , .. lfl'a<l•
1111arlors l'o., I01L11 II . H. l11fc1111.ry,
Ho111cwl1t•rc in 1< q1111: e .
, 8 3llle,
1..,(!P. h 01J . i :.; , 1 c1 to l' t3 h, g, li· •. i1e
1l[\\'-
ing rc1·e iv c t1 ord <.!rs to re port lo t 11n
.l!ecli cul Hese n'e CorJ)s at Hos ton not
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late r thau March l O l\lr. Brae 1rn vt
enli s ted In this branch of the i;c r-
vl ce in .Jilly las t a11d has bee n await1;, a call 1111 to th e prese nt time. ll 1J
nssl.;n c<I lo ha se h0 H)lltll I
, ,,
many of them are from class 1. There
arc in aclditlon a good numL e r on tll e
e me rge ncy list l'rom the two shipping JJlauts.
The following local men
granted industrial classification, Lut
this will not hav e" a great deal or
bearin g on their cases at present as
th ey were all in cla ss 4; Millon Jl.
Schurman, fa rmer;
Wilmot
II .
S mart , coal c lerk ; Thomas \V . Wii;g in . tel e phone lineman;
Sherman,
B. \Varel, manufacturing war snpplies; B. Curtis l\latthews( Jr., llanke rs ; !Iowa rd E . Estabrook, n. L. &
P. Co . ; Seth \V. Tripp, te legraph op.
erator; John l\lcKenzie, farmer.
�The following- In trrestin~ lellers
have rec<>nllJ' "been received ' from
Privntc "\\"illlam Jlolktntl who is wllh
the American lt;xpeditionary Force,
"some\vhrre in France":
Dear l\lolhcr:!lave rerelved nil your ll'tle-r: up
to dat<>, also boxes, and <>njl)y hearinJ?; from nil Ro often. 1-l~PEI you 1vlll
Ilk<' tho Hnuvr11frH I tt111 Hf'lltlfnl\' nnd
thr1·r will hr rnorr whrt1 r have: n
rh!lll('(' to !!:Pl them.
norofr,. mnny clays we arc going: to
a nrw 1lrstlnal1011, r;o,n<'what different from our prrc;cnt on<'. Some rlrop
from a nlre hrcl lo any place yon can
fincl: 11rrhnps a shed, or nri bltl
[.-..,f-!1:.::1.il church or an abanclone<l house. "\Ve
are going to ~ee a few fln,workf! to
complpfp our tralni1111,. Dou'L lmow
•·•-"-'""'...,. whal my cl11tl<>s will ht> in l11r> fnture.
!lave hl'<?n .lark ,if all T1aclrs so far
l
but am rl'acly to clo my part n~ Ion~
as I holcl out, so don't wony about
me a111l krep np your ronragl', as l
..,i~HP';!"JI !lo. r know how you 11111st f<>el, but
11
"'""';,.,IN''I■ c•hrer up. Th Pre are scores of mothers who 'frel lh<> Rnme, but rPme,mhPr "a d11ty well done is a duly
worth doing·· and wo came over here.
lo fight. ancl fight we will.
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I met a \·ery n Ire frllow yesterday
from th<' ~Pvrnth Fi<>lil Artillery and
h<' g-arr lllf' n ring for good luck.
wishing it on. llis regimerit was call .
rt! lh<' "Lucky Seventh." lie imid J
was thr firnl fellow wl10 ever I.Jr
trlcnllrcl lllm becnnsc I gnve him
some ~mokl's. All he had was French
lobarro .anti [he smell ot Jt
war
enough to knock yon ov<>r.
I coul,l write hnrrels or stuff, bu'
IL wonlcl n<>vc1· g,rt hy so will rlosr
:t111I write often.
TI ILL.
Somrwhc-rc in Frnnce, Jrlll. :ti
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.Jus t a few linr~ lo lrt you knO\\
,,.,.. arr whPrn lhe 11111:;lc of 111<' gun,
iH lhP s11<'l'IPst :rntl hnllrls "nr ortrn." 'l'ltC'rr arl' aeroplan<'s R<'ari11f
aho1•p !ti all limes. Tonight. we," part
or thr. 2fith lllrlslon. ,ire· on one ol
tlH' famous hattloflctds ol
Frnnc<
whl'l'P nnp or the hlondlest hatt!N
I
of tl1P war was fought, and RO'lH
d11~•p II 111a.1· ht• rPJ)C'atrtl.
TltC' fPIIOll's Pnjoy golnp; arou11<l
]llrklng 11p rrllrs. One feilow fonnr
a Ocrman helmet anti prizes it veri
highly. · We go th rough ga~ tel>t 11 rilh
every clar .' anrt nre vury keen ahoul
it, for it. is a great proterlio,1 in 1hls
war. The roa1· of t111• guns is nothing
now. Every little while thern are ri")lorts from over the hills
haem,
boom, hoofu-lhen it dies ,awa~-- Th<'
machine guns are also "m:1ldng a
noise." TJ\is is our liie thP~c 1Jars.
Tho followfl uil rlaim ih(i"l'A !R nothing lllif the IIPl<l lll'lillP1')' In 1h!~
game 1111(1 lilnt. lR i\·hnl.) thl111<.
Hard work is farl!:g 11s, 1111 l. W<'
have an even chance. Our life is nq
safe here as any ])lace, we thin\-.. Yo11
take a chance back in the St:ite. ·. r
miss the movies now. "\Ye went a Jot
back Jn the old place, hut reckon wn
can get nlong without lhem. Am now
far awn.v from . e\\ t Spinney. \\'e
Mic! goocll)y at the olcl pJace-"1111lil
after the war."
KellihQr, l\lahone~·. C'nswell, Coulon, Parks anti l1o_yt are all herP.
Some of the fellows ar<> In h11nga loll's
but I am In u barraC'ks w<'II c11111ouflaged from 1;1e cnenw. \Ylll h_e
able to receive mail, even In the 1J11gouts so keep on '".riling. Doi,'t worry if you cl•Jn't tir.a:· from 1:10 often
from here. l ran take rare 01' mysplf
all right. Lorn lo a 11.
Somcwhcrl' In Fran'!r, Frh. In .
- ,- -
"Fourth of July every day.'' We like
It but woula much preicr It hack ' 111
tho good old ll. S. ,\, I am gl.ncl thnt
I nm giving my life fo1· my couutry,
I wish I roultl glvo more; am trlle
blue for ct gootl muse. "Down with
the Huns" Is· our ~logan and thPy
will -have to go some when Battery
D hits lite trail.
\
Holmes and the reist are uow al
the front, I hear and doing 1=;01110
hard work/ but g~lllng on · nncly.
Brother, if you could only see the
Y. 1\1. C. A. tonight; r. gra)lhophone
is playing popular .luues, ' sr1111e' are
playing- carclR, others talking abqut
the war. A big sign 011 the wall rearlR,
"Do not forget the drar 011es bo<!U
Jiome are always thinkll/g of you,"
\\·Jshlng all ·at home lh<' best of
luck nn1l hoping- I may ~re you nll
,ROOll.
JliLL.
Tho following letter
Emerson Miles haA just been rPcelvctl
by hi s mother i11ihls city:
Dear :;\lother:.lust a fpw llµcs to le~ r nu lrno,v
how I am a~ I harn not written bc<'ause I Ira rn hl'lln tra veiling for n
few days. I r.m nt the front now, ·and
llrnre are Gl'n11an i;lrnll~ flying nll
ar011nrl ns. I han• found whf'rn .John
rtelliher iis. lie Is Ju"lt arroq:; ' tho hill
from me. 1 nm p;o!ng over tomorrow.
\Ve · nrr Jh•lng- utHIH::p·ountl uhon\
:10 fert.
How is rvl'rything nt 1to1110 · ,lonicht.'/ l hope ·y ou will rec'.'lvc the
pirtmP I sent yo\l. See ' Ir I ham
I
~ainr1l any :;lnre you saw me Inst.
They nro Orit1g at au aeroplane
h!'l"c now an1l It •Is some fight. A
shC'll just \l'C'lll OV<'r our li<>allq, Well,
lllOthrr I am nce·nA" r.c111('t!lili'! now,
\\'hen I SC'('. a shell llOW J 1u ·11~h at
thC'm. T]trrn isn' ~ murh to ~:J.Y just
110w. I am in thP. kitchen so don't
worry al.Joni. me r.t ::ilJ. J weigh 2,00
po1111cls now with my clothes oIT. )V-e
!'Xpert
an attack
tonight. I wlll
close now wishing the b<>sl of tuck to
P\'Pry OnP.
Denr Brother:.Yours reeelH1I a:1d was glacl lo
hear from you. Always watrl,inp; for
the mall. The same old tlope as In the
last rilace. 11 Is isome life, up cnrlr
in the morning, carlr, to i1cll a 11d always ready to go because wr arP 11rl'ltr tired by that lime. Unt a cliffPrent
'ife is , coming lJ<>forn Jong- t·ery
g~10H.SON ::\I l~l~S.
much cllffcront- :iny plac·e our }l(lJ\i<'.
Amrl'iran J•:x11rrlitlonary Force.
We ' hnv<> nlclrnametl JL "tramp Jlfl'" FC'h 1 :;_
or you might call II, cami)tn·g in th<' 1--~
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nue. s1;1elaut Jnstl'IHilvr.
forest; bombs are
exploding, nil
Capt. Charles J. Nolan, formerly ol
aro11n1J us anti sheils bursting any 305 ~ridge
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street, statlonod with lh~
old J)lare they hnppr,n 111 lnn,J. \\'<> l()lh Compa11y, Depot llrlgade a ;
are well protert Ptl If we follow or- Camp Dev_ens has been a11polutod an(lers all(] nre n, 1°. O V"('l'Y '\'Oil f'(('l]Jl- 8lstant lnstructo, to Captllln Aman1:
ped In C'1•ery wa.r ant\ hoJl<' to do at ~he gun school at which a ,•ew
goon work nA we hrar tlrn other re~l- rcnch cannon, designed, made at!u
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mctnts are doing. Tho fellow~ ani•all
sad In France Is l.Jclng atucllcd. The
well ancl happy; alwa~·A fooling- and
study of the new gun began last
Jaughfnp; As'-in thl' old <lnyi' haclc
1.
Monday and was lrlctl out recently, I:
homr . .Johnnie l<Plllhrr nncl
shooting on a doad
nrE' aA "fat. ns pig,.'' au1l AO nrl'
than GOO
and ('aswel I.
Belleve me something is go
ha,ppen thi~ spring; nil tho nrrw
you wo1ilcl want lo SP<'.
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�til\'E BOOKS 'fO SOl,DIEH8 .\XI>
US ANNOUNCED fOR
; SPECIALJIB!fl CALL
All ar thcHe 111011 wel'E:l rojetle,l Oil
'rho men who will loavc here 011
the
Jiri;t, draft on J)hy;;ical grounds
March 29 ns this district's c1uola [or
bnl
\\' !We acc•eptoll as Ill und er
Lile
the special cull l'or the National Ar-·
modified r egulations.
my just h;s ucd, arc' a::i .follows :
Albert 0. Swlnortc,rn, Kingston .
All1erl ::lwinerton of Kingsto11 , the
Costawzo Vecchio, 1'orls01oulll .
lirs1 mun on the lh;t, came consi<lerl larolcl L. Dutton, 1'ortsmoul11.
J•'ranklln J~. BullPr, J'ortsmouth.
ahly farther down IJut rcr1uesl c<I tile
OH<:ar 11: ,)OhllHOII, l'orls~\Ollth .
l•oPrd lo Id liin1 i;o ai; f',irly a~ ,,,,:1Uarriso11 A.<le(.;011rcey, l'orti;111011lt1.1 ~i 1Jtc :,o was macle o. t.
!11.1.\' :n
cliarlos l'ouliH, l'orlsmouth .
men were r 1111ire!l to suture the 11110·
George J. Soucie, l'orlsn1011th.
ta; five were passed by as lhc:y cami
Thomas r~. Collins, l'orli;mo'uth.
under lhe emcrge11cy fl ee t c:lassifh.. alion and three were !'armers. This IH
Hay K l~lkins, 1lamt1lon 1ratls.
a i;11ecial urllcr for this di:;trlct an<l
J~verell 11. Good win, S a brook .
Nicholas Vergardoes, Portsmoulii. crellll for lhe J 3 men will be given
on the next draft.
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Jra A. .\leeks, Newton.
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SAILOltS.
The Library War Service o[ the
American Library Association Is extending ·its work already established
In thirty-four camps, by sending
books to the men "over there." With
soveral hundred thousand books in
IL8 rree circulating cam1> llbr11rlci; and
branches, IL ncodt;
more to meet the uemands
made upon It. Jll:; fund, generous!)
given by the public last autumn, Is
being used to purchase books which
will not come to it through gifts, and
for purchasing great quantllles of
books in England for our troops in
!<'ranee, to save transportation across
the ocean.
During the week or :\larch 18, a
great out11ourlng o[ books from prlvale collections will supply the books
needed to extend the humanizing
work or the Library War Service, to
the coni;lanlly Increasing number of
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Plan To Aid
~1m
-E-,L.:nlisted lWen
men under arms; lo furnish books
and magazines to lhc sailors on naval
vessels at home and In foreign waters; and to place boqks on tra11s11orls for lhc men going abroad.
Generous owners of prlvalo · collecLions of books are asked to tako such
of their volumes as they would llko
to givo for the uso of soldiers and
sailors to th e Public Library, marked "Library \Var Service." They will
m~eting or the executive cyn1 -Osrar Johnson, a c•lerk at tho ~to1c
mitlee Qt' the Ile,! ~rus:i was helcl or \\"hiLe & lloclgdon, who is u le.i,e
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last eveni,ig when Mrs. !lushand. on March 29 with the (Juota from this lie taken caro of by tra~nod library
workc ,·s and J)Ut to work at once upreJ)resentlng the home service or civdistrict which goes to Camp Deven,; on cam11 library shelves.
ilian- relief division of the rte.d Cro3s was given n farewell party by Lhe•,;;..;;....;:.;~,:;...;.;.,;;,.;.::.;..:...~~~:.....----spoke on the home ~er.Ice work n1}ll
mcm bers of the firm and fellow omalso on the .:?stablishmenl of a ~u- ployes last evening. At the .conclureau of Information for ti1e men wh J sion of work they hacl enppor at n.
ure in tile , serv.lce. This bureau, she local cafe und i\fr . .Tohnsr, 1 was p1·eexplained, would furnish the men sMted with a handsome \\rlst \\atch.
with the necessary Information and
Lo tor the entire party al.nnd\lrl th!l ~ ' L u
blunki; ror making their dep endents
porrormnnce at the Coloni,l lheatro
a11otmenU; arnl for taldng out goYns guestti of .\lessrs While 1.11cl llocl;,ernment Insurance anll ,vould a.nswer
I
all questions perLninlng to re\let. The don who were !llr:10 the ,ho;;ts nt tl,e
name "Civilian Relief" Is heing dro11-a.::s.:u.:.p.:,p.:e,;.r;_
. -------------1■ The following loller has been reped for. •·Home Service"· as It 1s, fell
celved from Private 1''rank Vinclgthat the word ." relief" is not proper
uerra, i;on of J.,ugl Vinciguerra of
In the case of dependents of enlistthis city, wh~ Is a member of Battery
ed men, who are entitled to go\'ernF, 6th Field Artillery, who Is Samet'
whore In France:
Jan. 1, 1918.
'J'END1"B ED A l•'J\ IU~W 1~1,1,,
Uear Mothor:-1 J)ray you not to
A transportation expert y.,111 arthink of me; 1 am all ,;lght . . You
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On Wednesday eveul11g tho mem - rive from Washington in a few day3 ought ~o be proud to have a son who
bers of the Warwick cl11 u Lendercl to take u11 tile matter o[ beLter trans- is fighting ag3:lnst those barbarians
Harold L. Dutton, who ui to leave portatlou facilities for the navy yarll w'ho ha,ve violated the right of clvi!il}IJortly \o, joi1~t the Na,t~onal army, and the ship plants. H It Is roun<! zatiou aud bothered the whole world .
a fitting1 ra.tcwell. A pleasing reatur•: that there is lack of railroad. equip- I will fight with a whole heart to get
of tho occasion was tho roceit1t or a ment that wlll be remedied by trans- \Jack our rights and am hoping that
1ct11.blognam from Jeremy \V,11,dron, rorrlng It from other section:; In or- ne:1:t summer we wlll march with triwho Is with the Engineer Corps i11 der tlJat the workmen may have 110 umph on Berlin. With many kisses
l<'rance, congratulalini; Mr. J)11llo11 further trouble and delay In getting tor _mother and all the family. ,vrlte
on his recent marriage to Miss Gif- to their work.
me , often and send the home paper.
When I receive news from home I
wlll 40 happy and CJl.\let .
. From your son,
Letter From
· Italian Boy
. At The Front
O
Look .Atter
•rransf\ortati•on
�Call ls,ued For
The Ports·mouth .·
Claim Sanitary
-'0~~~,)
Thirteen Men
Roll Of HoJ]or.
Con~itiQns Her~
Are Detrimental
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The locnl ll'ar board
this morning from Adjutant General
Charles \\·. Howard that they would
as their proportionate share of the
slate's quota to en train for Cn nq>
Dc,·ons on Fritlay, March 29. No farmcn; will IJc taken on this tlrafl. The
onlcr · is ::tt prC'scnl held up until further lnl'ormntion I:-; receive<\ from the
,\djulant GellC'ral. As lllis district
hns ::tlren<iy l'urnlshC'<l hm· full quota
for lhc firfll drnrt, these 1rl1I he crcditc<l lo the H'COIHI. The local hoard
11:u, co111plr~lnd lls tabulation or the
111011 :Hailahl<' in Lile' sc,•11ral clas:;cs
1rhi<'h is as follows: ClaHs 1, G07;
class 2, 43; clns~ 3, .121: claim 4,
~ 19; rlass 5, 472, a tc>t::tl of 19G2.
The total enrollment or tho di:•trlcl
is 2070 and the difference is made
up by those who ho.re enlister] in
of ~rrvicc or arc cl~sscd
New ·NatioJial
.
Army Men Leave
For L"\·Camp
Devens
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T h is distr ict's latest J contqibution
to tli"e : grea.t National Army which is
train i ng t o do its part in the great
wa r left this city this morning for
Camp Devens, Aye r , Mass.
There were 13 in the ·pa,rty and
they were under the leadership of
They left the
hee.dquarlers ?f the war board at the
R ockingham countr court house or:
S t ate street about 8.15 o'clock and
marched to the Btation, each wear ing
on his a r m a white arm ba n d with a
blue N. II. Arriving at the station the
boys said good-by to the relatives and
friends who had gathered . to, , sec
them off nncl boarded tho 8.44 train
ror fidc'ldnghant ' Junction,
\V•here
they changed for Aye r .
The memhorn of the quota leaving
1
this n1orning were as follows:
Albert 0. Swinerton, Kingston.
Costawzo Vecchio, l'ortsnioutll .
Harold L. Dutton, Portsmo.uth. '
Frankli n E . Butler, Ports~;·?~~i~. \
Oscnr H . .Johnson, Portsmou 't h.
Ila rrison A. dcCourcoy, Porlstl)outh.
Charles Poulis, Portsmouth '.'! '
George J. Soucie, Po r tsm·o·uth '.'
Thomas E. Co llins, Ports1'nciuth.'
nay E. F.:lkins, Hampton Fall s. ·
Bvcrolt IT. Good win, Sea brook
Nicho las Vorgardoos, Po r tsmouth.
Ira A. Meeks, Ne1rton.
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Thr fo ll owing -arc adtlit1011!:i .l o 'the.
llunor !toll or J>orlsmuutl.l boys Ju 'tl10
U. S. ~crvicc:
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Cecil Neal, fatb(!r, ,John .II . Nea l,
4fi2 Slat<1 1-ltrcet, Isl Lieut. U. S .- A.
Calllp .Johnston, Jacksonvi ll e, J<' la.
Chesler L. Con lon, rat h e r , Wil liam
L. Coll lon, 84G Middle Rtrcct, l•'o r t
Leavenworth .
.laJllPS I<.. Cogswl' ll, wlfP, 32
morn :;t rccl, 2n d liculena n t, C. A. , c. ,
l•'orlrPsi; ~lonru<!, Va.
,
William ',\J. ' Grir~'; •f11.tinir; •,Willa r d,
(:my, l<'rnnklin Htrc"t., orcl11Hnco dept.
WHshinglou, lJ. ('.
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Gu~- Bracctt, father, llcrrnan : A.
nraclcelt, Soi.1th st reel, Ca ru p Devens:
l'crcr Snml l, Camp bovcns.
J\lhert Lo1101:p;a,n, 76!) Stale street,
8th Cu., C. A. C., Fort Foster, Kit-
A conference was held at
Portsmouth Navy Yard tod 1y
repre sentatives of the hea lth boards
of
and
New
represent:, Li vos
nav:il medical department. IL was
unanimous agroocl that
sanlt.iry
condll.lo ns in this
vlcl1illy
1v<'rn
dclrlmC'nla l tu IIH, h<'alh or tlH· 111il llar_y ancl l11d11 :,l ri:il IH'rsonnrl of llir
local II.IVY .\':tl'cl,
Moreuv('r ill l11• :lll11 in th<' n:1 vy
yard is an c(JtHII mrnaee to t l:o ril'il 1·0111m11intiPs irnrro11nrlin~ it. Th»
co111'1•r<'IIC1• l'PII Iha!. - l'nr thp :rl'l111I
protrl'lion or all p:rrtir l':, an rx•.r:r
ca11lo11111rnl ho,tlth :r.onc !limilar 111
that whieh has
hcet;J.
cstahlisl1Pd
around Camp Devens ancl other ar111y
C'amps :;houl<l be Instituted.
Those participatin~ _in the conl'erPnre were Dr. D. E. · Sullh an of
Conconl.
represnnting the
hoarcl of l111allh o[ Npw llampshirr-;
lJr. L. D. Rrihlol of A11gtrnt:1, ,\IP ..
lhe sl;1tc commissioner of hmtlt.h of
t.hn slalP of Mai11r1; A. I'. l'rall of
l'orlla11cl, clist.rict health offi('cr or
80 11 1.hwi,slcrn
l>islri<'t of
J'a,sef! .l\ssisla II I Su rgpon \\".
llr_ya,i ·or tli'P llnilcrl SlillPS 1'11 .hli<' 11,~alllr sPrvice , tlir dislril't ~.w italion offi('rr or thn firsl 11;1va1 di::trlcl an<! J\lcrllca l t11sp cclu r
I•'. l\T.
li'ur long, lf. S. Navy, the
mcdie:li
officer of the yard.
Charles JJowarJ, L' . S.
Corps.
Charles Urovcr, rather, p,_
rnr, gas and flame I.Jattalion,
30th 11:ngineors, in F'rance.
Clar<'nce IL Hoil,t , father, JiarrlHOn 0. Ho itt, 58 Iligh streot, en li sted
No. 1, 1917, at Chattanooga, Tenn .,
I 17th Infantry Band, Camp Ge r rio r .
.Jeremiah G. Crowley, wife, 195
Washington street, na\•al reserve.
John E. Eldridge, Naval reserve .
Jc r om<' Connors, na.va.l reserve.
Joseph Connors, naval resen-e.
Charles A. Hand, wife, 38 ~lanning street. keeper coast guard station, Booth I.Jay Harbor, :\le.
·william N. Hanel, father, Charles
<;, 11 ,rh- nl',
An appropriation of *fiOO 1ra:
nacle for thP carrying 011 of th<' wai
A. Hand, 36 :\fanning street, en l istAugust, 1917 as electrician
coast guard service at
t..:.·· _,"-, ·11 .\ id of' \\' :u•
cu
gardens at the City P'arm, ~la;-or
lll<l J)JSCII .\Hl,I•; 01; :II TI:"i.
Ladd explaining that he considerqd
k'r , -\'o
that the 111011ey approp;·iated lnsl
SrvpraJ lllliiClr<' cl 1111'11, lllORlly lt:ypa r was the best in ,·es t 11·1011 t the city
ho r<' t s, who 11·rrc em p lnrt-<l on 1ila11 t
had made for the welfare of the rity
con :; trnr.tio11 nL tl,o Atlantic Col']ioraThc appropriation makes the committion WPI'(' ,fr,r ilarg<'<l y<'strrclar an<I
IN' on City Lands
anti
Huildi11g .,
todn_r. Four stPam 8hOVC'IS
w,•n\
111e111bers or the Citizens Cornmittec•
Rh11t tlo\\'n :iud t'l•'1·p 11 or thC' hig mowhich will have charge or the lots a s
tor truck 8 IPI go.
last Year. The rP was so 1m, di SC ll ss i' )11 • ·1"':-;·
· ·s··,·,:·n.;.,.,-, (-,;.;,~.;..;\:.; ,H;,;.';.,-.,-,-(-)"_l'_()_(_il_C_.,-,-.-ll-1
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o,·c-r lhe q11e!-itl011 or allotill!!
the
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- p ie who ha<! lol8 last year the Rnme
Sa m uel Kln~sbu:·y of Llils city ha11
lots this yea r, as some or the 111ern - hr.en indncl<'cl Into R<'rl'lrn aR a 1·ohrn1Jers stated they had cultivated and
leer Jihplo~rapher and left this morncared for the lots and were entitled
ing for :'l l a<lison Darracks, Snckclt
Jlarl.Jor, Long Is land. A call was
to that benefit, antl C'ounrilman
made a short time ag·o for ten phoLC'ckey o!Tere,1 a l"\'8nlution to that
tographcrs from I cw Jla111pshlrc, one
effect, bnt It 1ras finall .v left with thP
to come Crom this distri c t and :\Ir.
understanding that the commilter
J<ingsbu r r, who has had five years'
experience in • this sort o( work, vo lshon lcl use their judgment · in
1mtocrcd ror tho service.
matter and. if they saw fit to
preference to those who \\'ere suc·rosi:ful last year.
��This preservation copy
was printed and bound at
Bridgeport National Bindery, Inc.,
in compliance with U.S. copyright law.
The paper used meets the requirements
of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992
(Permanence of Paper) .
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Portsmouth Scrapbooks
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World War II
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Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature.
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World War I
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�American Legion. Frank E. Booma Post
American Red Cross
Armistice
Atlantic Heights
see also Housing
Atlantic Shipbuilding Corp.
Books and Libraries
see also Portsmouth Public Library
Bridge, Kittery-Portsmouth
Coal Shortage
Draft Boa.rd Lists - Throughout book
Dunsany, Lord
Food Conservation
Gardens, War
Girls' Fatriotic League
Hanscom Shipyard. Eliot.
Clipper Ship Nightingale
Honor Rolls
see also War iemorials:
H01.ls ing ~ho rt age
Hovey, c. Emerson. Destroyer Named for
Influenza Epidemic
Letters from France
Liberty Loan Campaign
Nurses, meed for
Plattsburg N.Y. Officers Training Camp
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth Coast Patrol
Portsmouth Community Board. Labor ~upply
Portsmouth Public Library
Portsmouth, Wartime
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Registration, All men Between 18 and 42 yrs
Service Flags:
Shattuck Shipyard
Submarines, Launching
Submarine, German
Troops. Returning
War f.femorials
see also Honor Rolla
War Service Community Camp
YMCA
Weneha.sa Club>
68,90,91
19,28,51,70
65-67, 110
52,73,80,83,89
17,29,31,75,76,81,82,90,103-5
24,39,80
9,14,17
86
3,64!:
106
16,63,69
14,22,25,75
11
95
4,5,6,9,16,34,42,45,49,72,93,
108,109
7,8,10,ll,24,25,34,38,44,57,72
89
59
7,8,12,29,36,60,78
11,62,76,94
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50
55
22,69,107
15,40
22,101,102
58
13,43,64,85
20,22,35,37,40,45,59,75,77,89
90,91,92
76,94,100
89
86
90,96,97,98,99
87,88,89
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OM LEFT TO RIGHT-Ma :,or Alhcrt Hislop, Chaplain Hopkins of the U. S. S. Kentu
- tuck.y, Capt. Wells of the K~nlucky, Admira·I - W. ,B.--Caperton, commander-in-~hief
of the Pittsburg, Major W il!i:~m J. Cater, Gov. John H, Bartlett, · Rear Admit'al ·C.r·,;
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Whalen, Alfred R. (motliPr, .\I.rs .
Whalen, Jackson st.)
Grover, Edgar (father, Chas.
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::-,,revllle, Edward J. (father, Patri,
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:-leville, 1 Rocking-ham st.J
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. · ~~lfr<•d lT. • Oarsantee, porlsmouth, i.-.,.~J..\Jr~::'!-"~-:-:;-~~,-t,
Tho New Hampshire district draft I sn ~taine<l class 1.
board has sustain~d the appeal of,At- .. PnC'ifi'co Bathistelli. Portsmon th,
toi-ney John L. :.\.Iitchefl, the depart- s'nslained rln,ss 1.
ment -representative or this district,
Charles E. Brackett
in all but three of the cases or n1en
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who ,were married since :\lay, 18 ant! s11stai11ec! clas s 1. '·
{vho-irncl been placed in clnss 4 by' the
J>hilfp 0. Yoaton, · Portxmonth, sm;.
']'.:·ocal Doard. 1 ·
1ainc<l class 1. ·
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lt is' believed that tho d !strict
1Je1111iH ,I. K~:floy, _l'ortsmout11,
&'oa.rd has made .rather cl rnstic ru l- taine<l class 1.
Cedric L. Wood, yortsu1011th,
ings as {n the majorlt.v · of these. cases
~fter .t'.1oro1igl1 _ investigation by the tnined class· 1. .
local board, ·: it was found that the
marriages were not. rontracted l'or
the purpose or evading war service,
and therefore it is not just to classi(y them as ",'slacker'' , marriages, as
the district . board has done.
· The following are the cases that
were ·appealed antl the ruling:
: a ·e orge A. :\-fcPheters, Portsmouth,
Class4; appeal ~of government not
s11staine<l.
, Charles Leon y,·eaver, Port:;mouth,
s~1stained anr] placed in class 2 d.
· Albert C. Thompson ::'llewfields,
sustained class 3, a.
\V. H. Sliney, Portsmouth,
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R. E. Slater Portsmouth, not sustainerl, remain s in claHH 4 a.
. Thomas S. :\-1ardnn, l'or1srnouth,
mrntainccl class 1.
· Harold L. Dow, Ifamplon, sustain J... eslie r....
Lovett,
Portsmouth,
stistalnerl class 'I. ,
J~rc<I L. Tloyt, Portsmouth, Hustainc<I c lass 1.
Arthur I<', Drown, Dove r, sustained
class 1.
.\fillarcl K Dalton, Hampton l•'alls,
snstaincd class 1.
Neri S. nan ci, Rye, snHlarncct c·lt.ss
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F'recl C. Proc·to1·, llartrord , C'onn.,
ims(uined c·lass 1.
:\fyron J. :-.lorton, Tlampton, s ustained class 1.
Or:icar C. Bowley, En.s t Kin~ston,
not sustained, class 4 a.
Charles D. \loon, flampton, :rnstained class 1.
. Arthur II. Crnlg, Jr., Porti;monlh,
s11stainerl class 1.
Thomas ,v. \Viggin, Portsmouth,
sustained cl~ss 2 d.
Harold I. ,vinn, Portsmouth, sustained class 1.
Clyde G. Robinson, Portsmouth,
snstafned class l.
Joh1i. H,. Bailey, Po.rtsmou1h, sus•
G iflespie, 4 !l Sheai'e st.)
Col'l'iHh, CharlPs \\'. (mother,
.lsahe lle Gerri~h, 3 fl Sag-am or~ ave.)
.l>unton, Charles E. (motliel', ;\frs.
/\lir.1:: Dunton, 351 .\larcy st.) -:
(Corp.) .Dow, Lawrence T. (father,
.John Dow, 28 lllossom st.)
Dow, John JI. (mother \frs, \fargaret Fos ter, 200 Bow st.)
?arks, William H. (father :Wm. A.
Pai·ks, 4 4 · Atkinson st.)
:'\orton, Clarence (aunt, \'I.rs.
fernan, 302 Dartlett st.)
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:\files, Char les E. (mother,
Lury \files, lfi Hunking st.)
DaY, Ernest L. (brother, Davie! .J.
DaY, 180 Gate st.)
Downing-, Lawrence B.
IIPnry Downing, 173 l•'leet st.)
('Janey, John T<'. (] 7 Chestnut st.)
Conlon, Chris :\[. (father, D . .1.
Con lon, 245 Wibird st.)
Conover, Paul S. (father, H.
Conol'er. :\farcy st.)
CaHwel:, Hay G. (Wire, ] Gu
ave.)
l lolland, William J . (mother,
\lary J. Holland, 220 C'ass st.)
Dunker, F'rank R. (father, iVin
fl-ed Dunker, New Vaughan st.)
Bunker, Herman \V, (father, Win
l'reli 1Ju11ker, New Vau.;han st.)
Broomfield, Herbert A. (moth
\frs. IGrlif.h IJl'O\llllfielcl, Hotel , D
Witt.>
Crowley_ Daniel J. (Father, Danie'.
~; rnwle}·, 40 Dover st.)
( Seq;t.) Derry, Cl if ton
.1frH. Jla1T,1· l•'urber, 430 Islington st. ,
. (Corp.) \l<:Carthy, Paul D. (cousi1
Thomas \IC'('artliy, 404 l'nion st.)
.\frCarlhr, .John (cousin, Thoma
,rccart11y, 404 l'nion st.)
(Lieut.) nooma, l•'rank
.\!rs. Dooma, Pleasant st.)
(Capt.) Lewis, Charles
Woodbury ave.)
(Se~·gt.J
Waldron, Jeremy
(mother, :\frs. iValdron, 115 Court
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(Corp.) Dowdell, Ralph E. (fathe
\Vm. E. DO\'{dell, 229 ;\£iller ave.)
Bickford, E. P. (wife, 122 Dennett
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�LOCAL PE PLE fACING
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SHORTAGE ·Of COAL
'l'hc people of lids counlry, Ports- then that we had the first tou<;h of
111011th in cluded, will do well to watch e\·en dooi weather for this fall 'l'he
their coal bins carefully ror, accord- house/10lclers went to their retailers
to get coal and, much to their suriug to all authorities they are facing prise, were informed that the full
a shorta?e which may prove serious orders could not be· filled. The news
before spring.
spre1dy from neighbor to ne'ighbor
A local coal clcaler made the fol- :J.1,d I even from city to city. ·Before
lowing statement to a Times rc[lorter titc , news[!apers had hardly said a
today which will be of interest:
word about it, gossip had <:arried the
"In order that our customers may IIO)~S to ever y part of the country.
fully appreciate the precarious con di:'The explanation of this situation
tion in which we find ourselves by is found under two headings. 'l'he
reason of the inability of our su·p- first is the most important. There
pliers to furnish us with an ade- has not been a time in twenty years,
quate supply of hard coal, due to until this year, when cars were scarce
severe shortage in labor, shortage of all through the summer. Such a
cars, poor movement of vessel trans- thing has not been known. Yet we
portation, we feel it no more than Iiad a car shortage all summer, in the
r;ght to ~ake this opportunity to no- east. This could be due to' but one
tify the public at large of our in- thing: The country bad a sudden
ability to accept any additional or- spurt of productive activity In its
dP.rs for hard coal for future deliv- mills and factories at the
cry until tho orders which have al- time when tho railroads 1vore not
1eady bee n p!:i.cecl and accepted by equipped to handle a1-iy material inus have bee n filled.
c,·ease in business. The railroad fail"\Ve believe with the co-operation ure in the presence of an enormous
o:· the public that we will be able to demand for transportation facili"es
handle the situation without any i,; enough to throw any big market
actual suffering for lack of coal, and snch as that in coal completely out of
by this we · mean that people that joint. It did.
have coal in their cellars must not
"The second may be of secondary
expect to receive additio1~a l coal un- i:J:portance, but it is having a big inti! such time as it may be actually re- fltience just the same. The people
quired. vVe are going to make a were so bothered by the heat of last
study of the situation with a view to summer they t110:.1ght nothing of progive everyone suffi- tecting themselveil against the cold
their immediate re- of the coming winter. It is now
qt:irements.
upon the public conscience that it
"We do not make this statement neglected its duty.
Like the man
t,i alarm any one, but with an inten- who delays his Christmas shOQ- .,.',:;·•,":"'•.:«},_;.,_ :z,'-" 1
t.ion or having tho 11nblic unclcrstallll p:ng until the last moment, the peotl;o situation so that they will not be- pie arc now gofog abont getting In
come panicy in event of their not t'ieir coal in feverish haste.
being able to secure the full amount
"Those two things-if you a·d d
o~ coal that they may order."
them the alarm of the operator when
··111 connection with the loc:i.l situa- he tries to get additional men ·a nd
lion we qnoto from "Tho D!ack 'Dia- c~nnot-cxplain tho present feverish
monll," a paper having a nation wide movement in the coal market. The
circulation:
m: tion is simply behind schedule in
"The outstanding fact of the week the matter of getting in the winter's
i:, that the nation is face to face with supply, Whether it will succeed must
tLe danger of :t severe coal shortage de pend 1.1pon how long the cold
aJtd is doing its utmost to reduce it. weather hangs off and how
.
"The alarm hit the country in all success the -carrie1'S have in regain- 1
It was ing their efficiency."
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�J:,hn H. Bartlett,. Illstorlo.n.)
Dennett, Sumner Ii',
Donnell, \Varren C.
f -r,.e .tho news continues to come to lJow, Corp. Lawrence T.
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·te1rtsmoutl1 of our ooys reaching Dow, _J ohn I-I.
'fort.lice, '•rtle Times wlll adct their D0wdell, Corp. Ralph E.
to th~ list. Thti c11suo.1uo11 wtll Lownlng, Donjumln F.
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Downing, Sergt. Lawrence E.
al,v, 1 be recorded.
Downs; Horace S.
r' Families and relatives of boys w110 . Driscoll, Dennis ,J.
1taive rgone across should send in all
Dunton, Char)es E.
tntormo.tlon lo Mrs. Bartlett.
Durard, Elmer C.
·; 1..~ams, David F,
"'Durard, Geori;;e .tt.
· .'-\dams, Ralph G.
Dutton, Harold T, . ..
, ; ·a~dger, Lieut. Phn'lps B.
· Emery, Balley Van Ness, (French
' , -~~r, Ralph W.
rmy).
;' .\ lallard, Lieut. Robert J.
Faulkner, Corp. Roland S.
<Barrett, Daniel F. ·
Flanigan, Arthur J.
; :Bennett, Philip B.
· Gardner, Ser~t. Harold .
:,'. n~rry, Clifton.
: Gardner, Leslie H.
"1t!ck_f6rd, Edward P.
Gerrish; Sergt. Henr.v K
t.tooma, Lieut. Frank E.
Gerrish, Corp. Charles W .
Broomtleld, Herbert A.
Greer, 'r robert W.
Bunker,, Frank R.
G!lbert, George W.
·' Bunker, H,::,rman W.
Gillespie, Corp. Ja.mcs.
Harold E.
(Cu.naalan • Gooding, Frederic.
·.. Gorman, Corp. Arthur.
Burke, Sherman F.
(Canadian _r.ouse, ,Charles.
-.rmy)',
Gradr, Patrick J.
i:'Butler, Franklin E, 1
• Green, Philip B.
;: Il;ackett, Corp. Oharles E.
Griffin,' Lieut. Philip J .
rt· Campbell, Corp. Edwin M.
Grover, Edgar . R.
'- Campbell, · Ralph , C.
Hanscom, Carl W.
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· Carr, Arthur E.
Hatt, Fay E.
·; Caswell, Earle W.
Hersey, Harold W.
Caswell, Ray O.
-Hersey, Howard c.
Coltey, Cornelius E.
Hersey, Perley D.
:·· CoI)leau, Sergt. Omer i.
Hlcki>y, John w.
J Conlon, Christopher 111'
lllc:cs Ed ward c.
Collins, Sergt. Thomas E.
Hlll, Corp. Cyril D .
•·coram, Lieut. George W.
Hlll, Corp. Hugh C.
: c:;onnoily, John J.
Hoitt, Sergt. Clarence 11 .
.'. Conway, Patrick.
Jloitt, Ernest R .
. ·.Connor,. ,John C.
Hoyt, John S.
' Connors, John J.
Holland, WJl\iam J.
, Qornlsh, · Frank L. !
Holmes, Sergt. Ed ward C
· Cornish, Wilbur G.
Hudson, Leon E.
, Craig; Arthur H.· Jr.
Jankouskl, Felix.
· -.;ralg, Horace W.
Johnson, Oscar H.
: Cronin, Sorgt. William F.
Kelleher, John J.
~Crowley, Daniel J:
Kellogg, Lieut. francls F .
Cullen, William H. ·
Kennedy, Henry W.
':Q,a.')'BOJ)·;. heorge_' R /.;;.
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King, Frederick U.
H!i:1, . E'tnest,'L '. ' ,,.....
Kingsbury, Samuel TI .
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DoCour.cy, Harrison , A,
. Dennett, Philip B.
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Lang, Sergt. Hezekiah P .
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Law ess, ames
Lear, Calvin W.
' Lewis, Capt. Charles W,
Little, Harold J.
Lonergan, Albert J.
Lonergan, George \V.
Lowd, Percy A .
.Mahoney, James B.
Marlin, Fred L.
McCal'thr, Corp. John l-1
McCarthy, Sergt. Paul 13.
McCarthy, Ralph G.
•M cDonough, John L.
Mclsaac, Hector A.
Mc.Master, Corp. Daniel A•
.\files, C. Emerson.
Miller, John R.
Moran, John J.
Morrissey, William P.
Murphy, Cornelius D.
O'nrlen, James E.
Olsen, Oscar T.
Parker. Lieut. g(lwnrd d.
l'nrlt1:1, \Vllllu.m lf.
Paul, Orman R.
Pearson, Charlos n .
Petro nni, Peter.
Pickles, Sydney Il.
Quimby, Perley A.
Qninn, Jmmph F.
Quinn, Thomas J.
nand, Floyd J.
!leg-an, La wrcnce.
Roberts, George H.
Roberts, Leon L.
Robinson, Clyde a ..
Schmidt, Llout. Theodore D.
*Scott, Capt. Francis A.
Spinney, Augustus F.
Sullivan, Sergt. Samuel P ..
Sullivan Harriet, Red Cross nurse.
Sussman, Sergt. Joseph A.
Thompson, Sergt. ·waiter D.
Taylor, Brig. Gen . Harry.
Vinequerra, Frank.
Warburton, Co rp. Waller \\",
Waldron, Sergt. Jeremy ll.
Walker, Ca11t. Wallis IJ.
Walt, James Y.
Wcnclcll, 8crgl. C:eor;;e ,\,
Whalen, Alfred E.
\Vilkinson, John D.
Wilson, Lieut. jar,..,.:l K.
\Vorlman, Harry JT.
\=.'right, Lieut. John n.
Ycato11, Donnld f•'.
't- Klllod in action.
*-Died from wounds .
xr~\\'INGTON HONOR HOl,IJJ.
Philip Simes Darn(is.
ll e nri Alden Dames.
8erg-t. l'hln eu8 Pipen Co!cman.
l•Mward Dewey Graham.
Capt. Simes T. I fo yt.
Lieut. Willis Hadley Hoyt.
l~I bridge Adams Knox.
Walter Harrison Pickerin 6 .
Joseph \Varron Pi cke:•ini;.
�STRATHAM'S
ROLL Of HONOR
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)UtS, IUCllARD l\l. SC.\:\lMOfJ,
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lllslorlau.
Wallaco Odell.
Harold P, Odoll.
Lewis .Odell.
Ralph E. Gowen.
Shirloy W. Gowen.
Philip W. Gowen.
Harry E. West.
Joseph Parks.
l•'re<I D. Sovorauc11.
Ed ward W. Tuttle.
George 'M. S,llckney.
Robert C. P!;..'!:::.
Leon P. Scammon.
·Corp. Harold Syphers.
Alden Syphers.
Ens'lgn John K. Dorr.
Percy B. Larral.Jeev.
l~rederick S, Beals. ,
Shirley Godfroy.
Lauris Godfrey,
Wagoner Lewis L. Lano.
Carl D. Stockl.Jridge.
Leonard Hill.
Vernon C. Donel.
Durton C. Caswell.
Etlwln II. Scnmmou.
Horace Craig.
Corp. Thomas Smith.
Harold Caverly.
Norman Edmunds.
Arthur Edmunds.
Nettle Edmunds, nun;o.
Warren P. Horton.
Itl"'E.
(Blake H. Rand. Hlstorurn')
Ed win Morrill Berry.
Brown, Arthur Lawrence
Brown, Charles R.
Brown, James Webster
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'3rown, "William
Davidson, Philip D.
J.•rake, Percy G.
mwell, John Russell
li'oss, Herbert 0
Foss, Ray Herbert
Un.n-cll, Wallace II.
,Ton llCSII, Forrot1l L.
Jenness, llcrl.Jert L.
Johnson, Burleigh
Kelchuer. Harry n.
Lear, Calvin War.ran
Morton, Rollo A.
Philbrick, George Oliver
Rand, Seth Edwin
Rand, Wallace Elroy
Remick, Albert M.
·Remick, Austin F.
Vnrroll, Ernest Millon
W:;nott, Garland Francis
Philip Willard Tucker.
Norris Tre[othon.
Willard II. Drake.
Thornton Weeks
/. Ernest C. Eatuu.
Jesse M. ·walker.
J\Iauulug l-1. Pllllbrick.
Charles W. Parsons . .
XEW CAS'fLE MEN IN ~mRVJCl!.:.
( Mrs. Oliver B. Marvin, Historian.)
Peter Aln us.
Wallace K Balson.
lleleu Duylstou.
A bi=aham Bul!ar:!.
Hoss Cnmpboll.
Charles W. Carson.
Ira L. Cochran.
Verne Free. .
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Chauncey Hackett. ·
John- W... Johnson.
Frederick King.
Hany n. Lan.oso.
George Henry Mauson, Jr.
Thomas Morris.
William Nagayra.
John W. Pridham.
George B. Ricker.
Bhillip Rland.
George P. Robinson.
George A. Simpsou.
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l<'ra.ucls Smith.
Edward C. ,Starr.
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Selden F. Wells.
Honry Wllklnson.
Chester A. Williams.
Oa&rl61 Edward Youug.
Omer A. Young.
11 ,Ull"J'U~'I:::! 110!.\0lt HULK
Wallace Pa.ul Racine.
Stanley C~a.rence l•'ogg.
Andrew J. Roberts.
.Rupert \V. Lindsey.
Percy Badger Brown.
Charles Uovey ,Stenger.
Albert Addison Brown.
llarold Russell Blake.
Clyde P. DeLancey.
Viclor J. Garland.
llaymontl A. Johnson.
Theodore S. Lamprey.
Eugene E. Marston.
Ernest Howard Dunbrack.
.Jamm; Munroe Lampr~y.
William Jlalo .l.Jamprey.
Kingsiey Uearoor.:: Oilu:c.: ,
Myron .Jcweli 1Norton.
Kou1111lh Hn.wlrn Man;lon.
llarr.1' Llowollyn Smart.
Edwin Hown.r1l llobb8;
Uoorgc Harold Uat<:holder.
Willia1i1 Elmer Stickney.
~Iarvlu F. Young.
Kenneth C. Buker.
Harold Emerson i\"ore,.
Otis Raymond Car.l aud.
Oscar L. Garland.
Leston Holmes.
l\fyrun Dlake.
Ilarold i\I. Keene.
Any further information re;;-:u."dlug
u r -boys In service will be grate[u lly
eceived by tho historian.
ALBEHT SHA V,'.
�KIT.JERY'S .- ROlt Of
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'()u~tln llenry Shaw, lliRI l&ll.)
Curtis Allon.
Lewis S. Anderson.
Ralph Il. Baker.
Roland G. Bedeli.
Frederick Blll1ugs.
Carl . Boyer.
Russell A. Drackolt ,
George W. Brown.
William 11. Brown, Jr
Wllliaru II. Brown.
Calvin Hayes Cobb.
Charles Cobb.
Joseph William Cutts.
John Costo11.
Ralph E. Dennett.
Norman LJ. Dunbar.
noscoo l:iliiu.
~dgar E. l!.:mory.
ll''orrest Dartlott Emory.
Samuel Estes.
Harry 'f. Fisher.
John Flanagan.
Henry l<'letcJ10r.
J, Maurice 1r1etthcr.
Wlllard M. 1r1otct,cr.
Melissa F. 1r1otchor (n1111rn).
George W. Godrroy.
Elmer A. Gerry.
Hnrry L. Goo a w~u.
, Ralph E. Gunnison.
Alonzo Graham Hearne.
Gay N. Horrocks (onrolle<J
Portsm:iuth).
Daniel Amos Hunter. ( •)
R9.lph Alden Hutchins.
Eruest James.
Benjamin Lentz.
Ray C. Littlefield.
~!!gene A. Lewis.
John A. Mace.
Duncan Stewart McIntire. ·
Frederick Hu l ernotd Marilee.
Guy D. Mltcl\elt
Carl A. lieyera.
Chester E. Moulton.
Jasper Moulton.
,Louis E. Nlcot!
Frank ~olan.
w ·auace Patel;.
Orman Remick Paul,
Portsmouth).
Charles E. Perry.
' Ensworth E, Pinkham ·
Charles W. Prince.
Arthur J. Pruett.
Guy A. Place.
Violet S. Pruett, (nurse).
, SJ1aw F. Raynes,
(enlisted
Portsmouth).
Charles E. Rudolph.
Floyd Hugh Rlcke/r.
gdward;R. Rohr.
Ezra Sawyer.
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George H, Scalr~rn.
William W. ,Scawa.r<l.
Newton R. Spinney, (cnrullod
Lewiston, ~1e.}
Frank M. Smith.
Robert H. Stanley,
Ralph W. Sterling.
Carroll H. Sterlin/!,,
1rrank Sullivan.
George E. 'ferry.
Walter L. Thompson.
Ilcnrrew A. Thompson.
John I. Tobey.
Theo<loTe R. J. Tobey.
Theodore Tucker.
Henry Wallingfor<..
Ernest M. Ward.
James Wellner.
Philip J. Wehher.
GhnrleH ':l. \Villlar:nq ,
llorac:o B. Wi11tama.
Harold A. \Vll~on.
nohert Jlarry ·.vii ha n .
George R. Woori .
Sl\tnllel D. Woo<!, .Jr.
\Vllllam Wurm.
11 l\!'tlon In l•'ronc:o.
( • ) Olcrl · from 11·uu11tl~
IIerbcrt A. Ycrke11 .
�OUR HOUSINfi
I
~~~-,sDlf f CULII Eu
Washington Considered
Necessity Found Here; Arrangements Made to
Reconsider.
no you think Portsmouth 1·<'ali1/.Ps
fully It:; Job"! That is th<• q1u' sllo11
fin;t pul to me hy one or th<' d<' partm<'nt hencls in ,Vashing-ton on !-,:tturday. 'l'hl:; c1ue:;tion was hn,11~:ht III)
when the matter of caring for the
workmen was being discussed.
Portsmouth must wake up. There
is a I.Jill' job to I.Jc dollt', and It is important -and in fact imperative that it
should IJe done now. \\' hal has J'orlsmouth got lo du ·1 Fin;L it 11111st proYldo for the immediate housing- for five
hundred families, and Inter for from
lwo to three lhousaud more.
Some bright ( ?) individual has informed the authorities in "\\'ashinglon
that these extra men can bo housed in
Dover, • ewburyport Ull(l other far
away points. \Vhen l called on the
proper officials they saitl, "\V<'ll, we
have beeq info1·mcd thal housing facilities are not needctl In Portsmouth as
there arc so many Yacant houses, etc.,
in nearby cities and towns.
A Mr. J3ossom or New Yori, made
lhls report and now, comes a battle to
chnns-o the i;ltuallon. TllP hOIIHillg
commission which will Pxpc11d i:,0.000,000 £or home~ fm· workm<'ll, will
send a personal re1H·esenlalivc here
within a few days to go !nlo Lhe matter again.
The writer assured th o eommi~sion
that the workmen would not live in
barra~ks without their families anti
lhat Portsmouth has a job lo make
I
GIVE UP THOSE
VACANT ROO S
IL i,; more patriotic right hero in
those vacant rooms lhan il is: to knit
or do any other charily work. Portsmouth has a great wn1· duty te> perform. lL has to buil l ships that may
tul"n the tide or victory on ou1· side.
\\' nshington expects us to wake up
and help 11uarter U}e worl<men that_
are romin;:\' here. ·wm you help win
1111, wal" h_v hrlping- lho Chronicle find
home~ fol" thes e wol"lrn1en '! Toll your
neighbo1· that you arc going to rent a
room a1ul thal 11 ill hclJ) her lo docirlc.
\Var Board Has r-:~,•1r
Worli Well Along
JJr. (~cor~c JG.
exami11er or Lhe
has praclic,dly cxa111i11cd three lluartcrs o[ the men i11 Class A~ So Car
the avcraise or acceptance fcir full
military service has bN'll sixty por
rnnt and of those rejected, [ul!y seve nty-Jive per cent arc bcinis assigned
for some work by the .Mdical Advisory board.
Arthu r Allen J'clcrson of Greenland, was the first of the volunteer
:n<iuctions into st>rvice from the local
\\'ar lloanl, under the 11cw rulln~. lie
was alivancecl for physical cxamin ;, I ion aud he is lo go lo the Medica l
l°1~11nrtment at
the
, .imp al Allentown , Pa. He
h the ambulance service.
i'wo men were taken from
l' '"~ency lleet list on Wednei.day, Rare.id 0. Lylle and Harold J. Cutting,
both being reported as noL engaged
<'ll nPccssary ship work.
One was
•1laced on the list, Cornelius J. Rea1,an rrom the na,·y yard. Under the
rule all men in the first class who
;'. re on the emergency fleet list, are
1·11ccked each month antl if they leave
the work they immediately go I.Jack
into their A-1 rating.
'!'here arc now forty-six cases
i 11 rl us trial classification IJefore
District Board, on appeals from
local board, but apparently no action has beet\ taken by Lhe distr[ct
!Joar,1 ar. they have been reported lo
the District board for sc1·eral we~lrn.
According to the report of
i\Ia1·shal
Gener,'1,
Jlampsllire stan,ls fourti1
country on the nurnbcr of
teer eulistments or 72 per cent. Thjs
is only exceeded by
P e nm;ylvani:1
with :JO ver / ~nt. District. or Columl.Jia with 7:i per ccul, Maine with , ,1
J>cr C<'nt and ·then thi s slate. ;\fa s::a-
chusetts had but fi2 per cent. '!'hat
is la this sta te the g ro ss quota CJf
1
men for the firgt draft wns •1,4 LO and
there were 3207 volunteer
The same rule will apply in this
JJ<•xt Llraft the slate receiving crcdils for the volunteer enlistmeals
1d11ce that dale, and the s '. ate will
hold up its percentage. A ii eal1stm ents in the army and navy outsid~
WUAL 110).' WHlTES
I \ f/l
Ji'.HOl\l IJ.<'lt,\NCJ<l.
. \ ·"'' ~
Mrs. Hu g h Kelliher has
the following lelter from
Priv. John J. Kelliher, who is "somewhere In France."
Dear Mother:-
! recei ve d your letters
from tbe Red Cross. It was good of
them to send it and we all thank
them very much. It seems so good
to hear from home. We are all well
and getting stout for we get good
"cats'' over here. We are beginning
to get used to France now. It isn't
co ld a;id we have only a little snow
so far. I wish you could see the
houses over here. 'l'hey are small anrl
made of stone. So1ne d!ITerent from
us in our tin hats, as we cc:."! them.
an d the gas maskb. ~ llave not ..met
my -of the 101st ll:nglneers as yet,
hut hope we will soon as we wlll be
~lad to aee them.
-A New York paper is sent to us
_rom Paris so we hear some of the
1ews from over there in the States.
it is hard to get accustomed to the
·11oney here and it will be good to
,;et somo of the U . .S. money again.
Write again soon and give my love
1u all that ask for me.
PRIV. J·ORN J. KELLIHER,
Bat. D., 103rd, Re,;.
Field Artillery,
�T,ettel's From l<'rall('O.
The following Interesting letters
have been received by his mother and
sister from Corp. Seth Ral'\d who Is
"Somewhere in France":
France, Feb. 4, 1918.
Dear Mother-Rece) ved two , ilice
Jong letters from you yesterday and
I surely was glad to hear ,from yon,
too, for It has been 11omo tlm'e since
I have heard from anyone o~ had any
mail.
It is quite s-prJng-like here,' quite
•>.,-•,rn warm and plenty of mud for that
seems to be the cheapest thing
this country, and It comes In
largest amounts ror the wl1ole camp
is Jlke one big mud puddle. 1 received lots of papers and sec by them
that you have had plenty of cold and
snow over there, but guess from what
~~;'.:t'l!,/:~ people say that this has been quite
an unusual winter allhough we have
had some quite cold weather. I reb~_,7!.flx..JI celved the Jetter with the money order in it, and thank you ever so
much but please do f!Ot send me any
more at -present anyway and if I do
J'l--'.,.,-,,:~;;,01 ever need any I will let ·yo u !mow
for we get quite enough for over
here for a fellow does not really need
to spend very rn~ch, and as you
know everything is furnished
us
either by the government or you people send it to us, and we have been
getting full •P/lY so tar, so I have
bought everything I need.
we have been working quite steadily driving for the French up until
about two weeks ago, then we were
=·~~~,sent to a seaport for trubks of our
own to drive· for the AmeJ"icans. ,ve
loaded them onto ' flat cars, and they
,,,,.,·,w.•.""•• had to be . run on to the cars uncler
their ow~ •power and the cars o~r
~--..,-~J....,..:A here are very short; just a very little
..~.,.~~-"""" longer th:a.n ii truck so they had to .
pick two "good'' drivers to just run
them on the r.ars, a.ncJ what cl\> ym1
lmow--=---I was one or tho two pirkect
and we loailed and. unloarled thP
wholo train withont a mi s hap; Home
speetJ to our Company 1 guess.
I had a letter from \\'allace nand
the last mail and come to ft11<l ont I
have driven my truc:k very near the
:mme front where he is but have
never seen him.
Thank Sue for me for my sweater,
helmet and wristers, so making this
a family letter, for we can only send
".''!l~y',,."!lff so many letters, and where we ar e
moving about so much it is sometimes
a . Jong time l.Jetween times we can
send mail.
Corp. SETH E. RAND.
1st Co., 101st Supply Train, A. K F.
Dear Sue-Received
your
.
long letter or Dec. 31, yesterday, and
surely was glad to get it, too, as I
am all of them ... :'lly boxes have been
corning along finely, and 1 want to
thank you all !'or the thing-s to wear
are just wh1tt I want, and as you
know, the things to eat a lways please
me for my stomach is still one of my
l.Je~t frienrls, ancl 1 have been treating it pretty well, better than one
might think rOJ·. Of conrse we don't
alwars eat like a first class hotel, but
onr';,0111pan y rnerlH a whole lot lwllm·j
than some and I l'or one have no
kick coming at ·au and to prove it I
am getting fat on it for r. weighed myself the other day on a pair of French
scales, and as near as I can figure l
weigh some over l !l O ponnds. I'll be
some help to my mother when I get
my full g rowth, won't l !
Jam still rlriving a tn1ck but I.here
is qnite a rlifferencc between the size
of this truck and "Lizzie" for our
trucks am nearer the size or a small
l.J onse. At least they get used for a
house quite often, for l have slept in
my trnclc quite a number or nights
and ·a fellow ~an be very comfortable,
too for there is another fellow that
-1:bles up with me when we sleep
11 t of doors, and I woulcl rath e r sleep
11 a truck· than in the barracks.
Not much chance of getting into
e l.Jad habit or staying 011t nights
r everyone has to be accounted for
nd if you have no J·eason for being
Jut it is much better to be in, for in
the army they give every man a
chance to be. a man, and then if he
can't be ·one they make a man of
him, and itis much .better not to have
to be "made over."
Hae! a letter from Miss - - - the
other day and she sure does write
"son{e" letter, for ' she puts as much
life in-her letters as in he1· conversation; which you kno,y ' js very intercsting, and I hope she can find time
to \'pound" off one real often, but I
was some ,;urprisetl for when I saw a
typewritten aclclrcss I thought It was
from you.
·we finisiled driving tr,u cks for the
French about two weeks ago, and
went to one of the seaports of France
and got new trucks, rode three or
four days in freight cars-side door
Pullmans-so you see we are getting
to ' be quite soldiers, anrl when r get
home vou will have to give me my
rne'als i11 a tin pv.u, let me eat and
sleep out in the back yard for a few
days so the shock won't be too much
for me to stand; yes, and be sure to
have about eight 011 inches or mud,
,too, for that would come in nice and
handy.
Write soon to yonr little brother,
SETH.
t
0
Now. Occupied By
Enlisted Men
'l'hc repairs lo l11e Y. ,\1. 1:.
building which was ha,Jl_v rtan1age,1
!Jy fire on Dec. 31, J!lli", have been
so rar co mpletc ci tllaL it was agai:1
occ:1;ph'rl J;y the e nlis trcl 111ca 0:1
:\1onr!n y nncl the men cnga,!(1HI in th ,;
Y, .\1. C. A. war work ha1•p takc11
np thri1 hPa1lq11artPrs rlit' re . l!rpai;·,;
lo ill!• H<•r·o11rl floor wlii ch 1·011tal11i;
the o{f'ice, parlor and
~1ssoc,aiio1,
hall a re practically completed. O.i
the q1ircl noor •Co ntrartoi· Ellwnr:I
L. Patte r so n who is in c harge of th,,
work. 1s makin g many cha nges of thr
the space here tofore use cl for 8torage purposes iR being conve!'lcd in.o
ten 8lePping rooms. Showr r hath,;
toilets and lavertories are be ing i,!s tall ed. \Vhrn the work on this fl oo r
is completecl it will furni sh accommorlation s , that heretofore hnv e hc•nn
g r ea tly n ecde cl and will no douhl i)n
great ly appreciated by those wh ()
m:1k e _their hr>:1rlq11nrl(•r~ at 1hr Y.
l\f. C. A.
..
'l'O A \ 'OH> CO.\"l•'l!8lOS.
,
l\fa1iy ho11seholcJ.ers In this city
hnvc been good enough to furnish
to the -Chaml.Jor ot' Commerce information , regarding- rooms
for renting 1rnr]Joses In the effort to
reli eve the congested housing conditions ,and such action Is very much
appreciated by the organization. it
would be further appreciated
if,
When such rooms ha vc been ll lied,
tho householder would nolify tlw
Chnml.Jer · Secretary or
that
fart,
(Tel. !J70) and thufi avoid the 11osslbillty ·or sending'. other applicants for
rooms to the tiame place, ,Some confusion has ariijei1 in the .past IJy reason o fnot huvi11g- lcnowlrrl;;-o that
rooms listed hacl been ta.ken, und II
IH bellevcn Jr tho nhove s11gg-eHtio11
iH l'o llowc,l thlH co11f'm;Jon 1·:111
he
�Ports1nouth's Qouta.
Ott For Camp Djx
---
Ap,}.b -lCJ
The Lhirt.y-four men, who made up
the quolu. from this cily, reporle~I
Thun;clai' aflernoou lo the local wnr
boar<! ror final instructions. Ther<i
werP three challgeH in thP personnel
or thC\ quota a~ previously published
In T iu., Thne/;. lh1gh Hill or this city
took tho place of ltor A. :'II u.c:<IQnald,
who is restricted to hiH home with
the mPa:;les; Ho!Jert L. 11:b r lch tool<
thf' pla1·1• or \\'lllanl :\I. Ur:1r, .lr. whu
had 111·1•,·iously <•11li~t11!1 In tho N:tv:tl
H1•se1T1·.~ and· lliclla nl
Va Ud(•rhoh•
look tlw place of Lewi:; W. Tawbe, It
having !JP en lt>arn111t hy
t !111 wa ,.
ho:trd that thr !alter was an aliPn,
h:1\'i11g been born in .\uslria.
8hr·riff R1,in11Py inlrocl11cecl Col.
.John II. llartlPtt to tho ''boys'' just
IJpfore thPy st:,rte!l rr0111 the court
ho11st' on their Ion~ and perilou,
jo11rn1•y. l'OI. 11:irtl<'tt, on ht>h:tlf ot
th,• 111ayor :tn<.l nil the pPoplr or the
distril't, · spok(• in n \'eln of ·'good
cl1Per" alld "I.Jon voyage," and sent
lhr lads off with a smile on thPir lip., ,
a ltho11;:,h therP was a :;rrlous loon
n111l!'l'l1t':ttl1. Jfc told tht•lll thPy wc·re
llit> llt•f'l)('S or our co1111trr, that all th•·
JJ('OPIP \\'('J'(l with thnm in hParl :\11(1
in spirit, anti would watc:h evPrf act
and t!EH'd or lheirn \lll[il they returned; that God looks out for h iH bcroeH,
ancl he helicvrcl all of them wouhl
romc hark home sa.l'P.' and as victors,
ovP.r tho horrlns or 1-1 nns w·ho - wcrP.
Bl riving to hrin~ l11f'!r mt1l'll1•rs to Olli'
own land. rlosing with the old wonlH:
011r hParls, our hopes am all ' with
th PP.
hParts, onr hopt>~, 0111· prayPrR
0111' lNtrn,
Our railh, lrl11111phant o'Pr our rears,
.\re all wilh th!'w, a.rn all with thee.
The 111e1r left I he con rl house short11· al'tcr 8 o'clork :rntl wt>rc in ch:l.l'g<'
~f Captain Grorge W. ;\lorrlll o[ the
Adjuta11l General's office. At the depot lhP1·c was quite a gathering of
friends ancl relatives to hicl the young
111<'11 gOO(l bye a.ncl as thP train 1mlh•cl
out or thP clepot three hearty cheers
were g-i\•en.
The mrn from Exeter will join the
local men a.t Rockingham Junction
ancl more will be taken at J~pping. Al
:\[a.nchester they will be transferred
to :i special train whirl! wi ll proceed
to C':tlllll Oix, Wrli;htsvillP, N. ,J.
whero tho men arP to train.
Tho young mon lea.Ying this mornIng wC'rc Ono s11ccluieus or manhood
and all Reo111Ptl pleased thnl. they
wne 11oing to Hcn·e their country.
l'OH'f8:\10l''r ll. BO Y G:L\ DU,\ 'l'W;.
John Philip Palmer of this city hus
i;ratluntecl from the officers' training
school at ramp Sb ridau, Ohio, nntl
is olii-:ible to :i J11lOint111e11t as second
lieutenant when a vacancy oceurn.
Mr. Palmer i~ a former wel l !mown
Portsmouth
Ports month
\\"x1•\
Y. M. C. A. War Work Council Has Distributed Them
at the Harbor Forts.
I
l'hc lo ·al public Iil.Jrnry '.l60 books
IJcPn• hrou:.rh t as tlona tions to the
sc-1·,·i<'P lii>nuie><. ].[ost of these
hn'n turnetl over to 8ccretary
'\\'. :-1. l•'orgr:t\'<' oC the Y. M. C. A.
'\Vn,· \\'ork Couneil and he has dist1·ihulNl tl,c•rn lo th<' al'my fol'tS< al
N 1n•,i•Rtle an,l to the- naval hospital
and h·a1Tae1,~ al the, nan' yanl. The
l,1111\0, 11 rc- 111111'11 a pp1·1•c·l11 Lt•d hy thclltl'n in tltc> s,•n·i,· • a111l airy ol'l ) •1·~ fol'
lhP, pUl'J)OSI' will still be ,·c-cei\·e<l al
Al
ha \'t.>
"a,.
ha,·('
thc, p111JliC' lilira1·y.
~lore Names For
·The Honor Roll
1\-p. \3-l'Z
To the Public:
I
Your good work in assistin~ mi'
ena!Jles mP to rcpo"t in aclditioll LO
my report pnblishccl i11 '\'lH' Time,;,
Wriclar. April 12th the
l'ollowillg
which ha.vc come to me, and which I
have secnred since yeslcrclay. Thi:;
ongh t lo ma.ke the list pretty nearly
perfect, bearing in ml11d tint lhe
hn Ill o[. my !isl was pn Iii ir;l1C•1l .\ p?·il
I Oll1 in The Times. the firsL hdci, o[
additions, snblractions and
tionH heia1\ p11hli:;!11•cl yrs\c;-cla.1, awl
the SCC.Olld batch of adclitio11:;,
trnclions alld c·orreclio11s hci111;
llshed belo\\' aH lollows:
);cw :\au1Ps (o hl' .\ dflc•ll.
nad~er, Ralph \V. (father, Uauh.il
\V. 13aclger, [loyd road), Camp Lewis,
Tacoma., ·washinglon.
necker, William (fathr.r, \\'illiam
BeC'kcr, 1;8 \\libird st.) Naval llcgerve.
llall, Ephraim ( \\'ife, Broat,
Keeper, Goast Guard, Wood lsland.
Littlefield, Samuel (" ifc,
\'Bio,:
st.) Suri' man, Coast Guarcl, \\'ood
l::;la111l.
Burns, ~l iehael 1•1.
(sisler,
:\lary JJurns, s2:: lslington st.)
.:-Joseworthy, .James 11.
( l'alher
.Tames ::sloseworthy, 25 Sparha\\'k sl.1
LT. S. N.
:Nam es t-c1 he take n off the fisL
Leach, Arthur C. (not in the service.)
Johnson, E,·erelt H. (is located
:i Rochester boy.)
(ls located
The [ollowlng names which .
appeared on my list, with some errors or, omissions, arc the way they
should appear in fhe official list:
(Lieut.) Daclger, Phillips B. ( wi[e,
Doyel road) First Army Heaclquar- r-.r,:•i-::,F:.;-,·-:;,;
ters Regiment, A. E. li'.
Durarcl, James :\l. (wi[e, 15 :\1-:ichanics st.) U.S. N., U.S. S. Chester.
Grady, Patrick J. (brother, :\lici1ael Grady, 4G7 Islington st.)·
Reardon, Daniel P. (mother, :\[rs.
Cornelius Reardon, 3 7 7 Bartlett st.)
, Woods. Peler J.
(father, 1 Petl!l'
Woods, 92 Ca.Rs st.)
Jlall, J•'redei'ick 11. (father, Louis
13. Ha.II, 21 Woodbury ave.)
,\I oonPy, :\l ichael .J. ( mother, :\[n:.
~! ic hael J. :\I ooney, Isl inglon st.)
Dollon, Edward (wife, 4!l Jllll st.)
~aval Reserve.
(Lieut.) Sch1hidt, Theodore
(aunt, :\1rs. Thomas
Rhea re r;t.)
Fi 1·st l) eal lt .
The name or Arthur T. Patch,
Soulh :\Iii! st., molhcr, :\1rs. l~mma G.
Patch, should ha\'e after it
Portsnioulh boy to die in the ser-
l,1;:;::.~~:~"-"'f;,><'.,\-
vice."
:--ote-1 shall continue my
ror new names a.nll correctionn. l am
keeping a complete list here, and a.m
,ending one to Profc5sor Richard W.
llusbantl, State Historian, office a.t
Concord, N. II. l earnestly solicit e·,to take a.n in lerest and assist
:\lllR .. IOIIN II. UJ\llTLl~'l'T,
19 :\1 iddlc Rt.
�HISTORIANS LIST THE
MEN IN SERVICE
Portsmouth Takes Lead
This Section With 549.
The historians for tho state of New
Hampshire has issued the fourth ll,it
of the number of men ser~·lng from
-each town and city In the state. 'l'he
11st Includes also the name or the historian for each city' nnd town. Thi•
lli,t 19 compil<'<l uncJp1• the nusplces or
the commltt!'o or l'ul,llc Snrety, nnll
tl1e count Is rn::i<l!' ur II II th o,-e know11
by the local hlstol'lans to lte in the
r,~:.;..ii:r.,.,il
thnt particular town 111·
s·ectlon l '01·tsmouth h:;is
sent 549 men, Mm. John H. B::irtlett
being the hi,itorlan. Dover ha!:! also
done a big pa rt In sending 453 men.
Miss Caroline lL Garland is the recorder. Newmarket has lG~ boys in
servke, Hein Klni;rn11n, rcrorclcr. Salem sends 54, 1\1 lss Cordelia M. Helli,
historian. Epping- has sent 50, Jenness S. Smith, historian.
Durham
t.ll,•ff.'cll'Mill lists 47, Dean C. H. Pattee, historian.
Seabrook sends 30, Ellsworth l:lrow11,
t~c!... -',,..!-;;;;:i recorder.
New Castle nnd Stratham
r;,;;,;;:,~~,,;;:A ea h send 27.
to'rmer ls Mrs. Oliver P. Marvin, of
the latter, ~frs. R l\l. Scammon.
1Hnmpto11,. JlstR 2G young men In sPrv!ce, 8. Albert Shaw recorder. Hye
has provided 26, Bia kc II. Rand, recorder. 'l'wcnty-two •men have gone
from Greenland, vVllllnm /\. O<lell having the listing In charg!'. Newllelcls
sends 21, Daniel n. Smith, recorclcr.
Hampton Fall!< is listed at 1 l, if•'rn nlc
H, Lord, historian. Newington provided G men, h!slorlan, ,lacl<son •:'If.
Jar 400
.Workers
Accommodations · !or · at least
400
persons
have
been
In
Portsmouth,
Groat
Falls and
Somersworth,
which
It Is hoped may be utilized to house
workers in the ship yards, These
are In unu1:1ed hotels and private
d welllngs, either without tenants or
closed by the owners.
State Director Enos K. Sa w)"er of the · federal employment service has
reported the ·matter to Washington
with a request that steps be taken
to obtain the hotels and houses for
the use of the ship builders.
Super~is~rs Edward K. Webst~~
of Concord and •Charles R. Quinn of
Portsmouth were assigned by Mr.
Sawyer to make a survey or the
territory within easy , riding distance or ,the shipyards, with a view
to ascertaining If 'there were house
quickly available and
the repor
made by his agents ) was pleasing t
him, In the existing serious hous!n
situation here.
One of the hotel
Is furnished and the other unfur
nlshed, while a number of ,th~
houses are furnished.
If arrangeL
ments can be made to open these
buildings it would be a big help I~
solving the problem which Is vexIng the shl11yards and the employment service, and which just now
is the greatest stumbling block in
the ship production.
• It is planned ,to establish dormitories In the . hotels, which
would
provide quarters for 100 or more
men and the dwellings would talc~
·care of 300 more, cnabl!ng
men
now at the shipyards to bring their
families hero sooner. than w!ll
bo
the case if they have to wait for
-tho new buildings under constrnc.tton. · Lack of . su!ta•ble habitation's
'
'
fol' farnilles has been a
o·r
discontent am'ong men
here Cully expecting to
their families In a short
Men \Vho Will
Be Called {n
Next War Draft
Tile l0c·nl \\'ar llonrd has mad ·: ;.c
ient.1tive list ol' the men wi1o will
J;e sent to Camp llix, \Vr1gl1t.,tow11,
'<. :i., titr l:illPr part or tl1<• mot,th.
The list iR lalien rrom el.ts~ .\, 111
1 llPir rPMnl;.r 01'(11'!' ,l S lill'y lta,1 J'f'11, ,.. , a"" I Ii, • I ,1 r11:, ·rh jl,I SS l'(i \I 1111(• 1'
, 1,,. r11l , 11;, ol' il !f' l'ro1w;l- ~lar ,l! ,1/
d ill ' l' . d.
1•0 11r
J! ll ' II
11 :•rn 1.1 J-1•11
on t
t !~t ·! r r~ •~ 11lar t>1 der ~l s Litt> _,. ill~cl
f ! 1: e ..;~{ {i Lil( ' \\' .l : · ? :c :! t (1
I;)
tl.e.ll
Ill /,\ , l 0 '1 Ill (' Iii',,! dra11, The , P
:ti'<' l'iolio /\11a1ii:1, l'nrl ~1:10111'1,
l:ichard
V:111clerilall', :'\ell"ll;\rki •:,
Hohcrl LPn l•:nrich ancl 1111 ~!1 ( 011,..-ay I /ill or thi s ritr.
The~ olhers ii1 tltPir ordpr arr•:
1:aul .\larli1wan, '.':P.1s· 111 :1ri<•' I.
1
( haun,·cy 11:irton. '.'lort i1 I lnmp- 1
Inn.
Hert \V . 11:lliof.1. 1-i:Pnsin~lon.
.John \\'. llicl;cy, l'nrt ,: rnonlh.
l'hilip II. Jh·nn e tt. l'orts111011tl•.
Gilman n. llow, 8P~hroo k
John ll. ('rrnnolly, l'orlsmonlh.
George l~nrunlos, 1•,,ni;inn111l1.
John H. J~nlvev, Por1Hmo11tli.
Appollinair<' .J. i: hHl1•a 11.
:nnrkel.
\\'illiam g_ . ·cal, :'\('\\'lll:trl:,' : .
Turner fl, South <'r, S1•.i hro ,,k.
Peter Petronui, l'on :; mo11tl1.
llarry Tt. Drew, Portsn1ontl1.
, :Merton F. Littlefi c l<l , Snahrook.
1Ghrislian
T. ('hri s LC'nsrn,
monlh.
.Terry J. C'nstle, l'!ais/>)W.
H o:v M:irclona lei, l'ortsn1011 t 11.
Cl1arles r.ou s e , ; -,.:·l~mn11th.
Tien ry Ln hrn uc!JP. :"lewmll ,·kct.
Felix .Tnnkonski, l'orlsrnon1!1.
\\' illarcl ~1. Gm.,·, .rr., l'ort$mo11t!J.
.Joseph I'. \\'hi,lt!Pn. l'orlsmn11t!1.
Pay l~ugene !fall, l'orl :,lll,ll'th.
Louis ,v. Tauile, l'ortsm1>11lh.
lll!'II
.\rlhlll' I). '1'ho111ps o11, .':1•111\Pl<ls.
lt:1y111on1l 1,;_ \Vallon, <:e:thl'nok.
.lames \V. Sanhon1, s,•a!irool, .
Otis t•:. '.\lcQuillin, Sr:tlirook .
. \ ltP1·11111t•~.
John 1.,, l'nrnons, Hye.
OJi\·pr 11. Dowel, !'ortsmon1 h.
1,:u<·idc l<'. Bia ntlH'tt<',
ket.
'J'!1Poilorr S. Lampre~. 1/amplon.
\\"hilP this is 11ot the
that will b,, finally ma.tr 1111, it i~
il will be, with n J)OSr;hlc one or two exceptions.
'fhe ilo,\J'tl have not l"Pl'Pi•;ecl an)
1 ol1111lf:'ern !'or photo;;raphers call or
other s1wcia 1 ca !Is l hat
�\l
PORTSMOUTH HJGH
SHOULD HAVE
SERVICE FLAG
,_.,.r:t:,.,-•·,.'!ill Grn.duates of Local School
Who Are in Country's Service, Should Be Fittingly
Honored.
It seems
as· tl1our,-h
High school should fly a sen·icc flag
as well as olhc,· h ig-h sehool,; o( lh c
l'Dlllll1·y :incl il is• 11111 ., , fil lin .c: :,11 ,l .. J)!'U))t'l' fh:it tht'ir alma mat e ,· shuul I
'llerc
~chnol
is a
elw11ce
1\ h11nni
cl!°' ti·Dl'ia lii>n, or
:some inclividunl lo present lhc scl1O'.ll
"·ii.Ii a service (lag-.
,\ml 11:is :i11yo11 c> sugg0sl1•cl
w:1r'! I f this iH 1•n111piit'd :ii1d gi\'1•11 111
lht• sdioto] Jil>ra1 ·y iL
will l•e pri><,•d
1·eacli111;
fo1·
I•)'
(11-
GIRLS HAVE
COMPLETED STUDIES
J
•.ro
'('{'l-\
The local War Board to/lay received a ca ll to furnish twenty- two
men as their quota·i to lJe entrained
on May 1 G ancl report to the commanding officer at Ne,v Hampshire
coUege. Only wh ite men ailcl men
•physically qualified ' for general
military 1serv:ice moy be inducte!l
under lhis call. Only white men
, . who have com11leted at
least
grammar school education u11d have
some experience along .mechanical
lines alld have some ap_tltude for
work s houlcl be inductThr men selected for this servic':>
will receive a cour8e of training n..l
the gov11r11111ent's expense,
fitting
them to serve in ~rmy positions; requiring knowl!lclge of concrete workJ
ing, ca-rpentry, electricity, ;bJaclcsmithing, automobile re1>airi11g, gas
engines an1l other mechan ica l clu1im; incicl<'nl to many kindH of mlilary Hervice al the frot a.ud behincl
the lines.
The men laking
receive thorough
slruction which will be of great
persona l value in wor,k,i ng their way
ahead in both the army nnd
In
'!'his Is an exceptiona l
opportunity · for energetic
men.
Inasmuch as
ent misunderstanding as
training the <men were to 'r eceive untlre call 19!'i at Tufts college, we
l1ave conferred with the officials at
Durham and they assure us that tl1t
Libe~ty.Loan
Quota.
____ ,Doubled
Portsmou th and °v-Jcinity ·did " weil
in s u bscri 11t-ions ·to the third Libertv
Lonn, tho total amount sub~crlbed
IJei ni $1,114,750. , ·
·
Between . '$800,000 :tnrl $900,000
will be credited to this city so that
it wi-JI be see.n '. that the cit;'s qucita
of $390,000 was more than doubled.
:which certainly reflects g r eat c;e<l it up.on those jn oha.rge of · soll citin'g
the sn bscription. In orcler to n.c:c ommodate many wh-o are 'olJ!ig'e d
to worl{ throughout the clay,
'
local 'banks are to keep · open
~aturday evenings from 6
to
o'cloelc to receive Liberty -Bond pay0
1918 ..
Council Discusses
Housing Situation
...
I
_Al a special meeting of
council last evening housing con~
ditions in this city · were disctissetl.
Manager Raynes or the Atlantic
Gorporation was vresen t and outlin ed the aim3 of the corporation, tellThe Girls' .l'nlriolic L e ngue hns helil
ing wlla' t it . must do in tlie matter of
F'ir,;t J\id cla ss e s at the J'au] .] on e s
havin g- housing facilities
for
its
IIonw the p::ist ,winter \\'i:h murh s11 c - .....
wo rkmen and of tile need of corport.'l':--~. Tllf'rc were ollicr c\;t:~,c,~. u11(1
ation in the ·ri1atle r.
t:tug-ht by Dr. ;\Jnrtha. .1;og e 1·, a11OLhe1 ·
1
Cou1}cilruan Gray offered a resoin ·c arpentry, concrete
by Dr. ,John IL Neal and a l11inl hy
lution by which the - council would
Dr. l•'1·0l1 S. 'l'n\\'le. The rh~s of ])1·.
electricity, !b fack\sm \thing,.
req U(}St the fuel com mission to ReUng-er \\"hiclt wax RlarlC'rl fir s t Ila~;
bile repairing, gas engines
cure coal for the Hett hotel. He excc,111pl ~• tc,I its coursC" a11<1 took its cx chinists' work.
plained that the people who had
nnlina tinn l 1 ,·i.cveni11g 'J'lH'rl' has nlbought the building on Culls street
,L ocal boards may accept volun,;o llrcn a cla:ss in home- nursing, thi s
had refurnished it and now had .4 5
iJt'l111, l llllg-ht first hy l\f iss l 'c'lrit', Lil :•
rooms ready to r ent, lrnt were \ Un'"""'"'·"·'" fo1·111cr <lisll'i< ·t
lllll'S t' , :t 1111 l:1 [01· 1,.,
able lo heat the huilding as they
;\llss l\:t 111sa.1· ot' I 111• I 'url ~11 11111! h l111scoulcl nol prncure coal. A discussion
plta I. '/'Iii,; cla:s~, is also 110w re:idy
as to the right of the city counci,
its cxr11nin~1li t n.
to take up such a matter . followed
and ti1e resolution was finally laid
on th e t~ble as being out of order.
·. A resolution was introduced· by
J•'Olllt \'OLUN'i'1<;1,;m•! , r'r\o..y
l•'la11igan of this city, Carland !.<'.
Councilman Gray to th e effect that
'l'ltc first or 1hr: spoc:ial dl'ltf:. n1n11 W.~nolt of ltyo.
th p cfl.y accept Aldrich street run{)all No. 20li for which the lot;,;!
who arc lo lalw collcgp l11slrnctio11
ning; IJetween '\Vest street and Freel'or a rll1y work lofl th is afte rnoon on War Doan! i~ to furnish lwe11 ly-t.wo . • man's avenue and , instal sewer and
u, 0 J.:i~ train' l'or Tufts collngo men lo be oulrainod on May 16 ·anil' ll'ater mains as fast as the' house;;
where lhcy wil.1 Lake a, i:i J1ccial vrc- report to tho com1mw<ling ol'f.l~ct)S
were ertected.. He stated that th€
paratory co urse. The detail of six at _New Hampshi_re, ,col!rge __a~ ..i.i'ur- · ~ Po11tsmouth
Building tapsociatiou
was planning to erect at least ·13
men wore in ch a rge · of ,John l~ . Dak - ll i1 111 for 'iuechanica1·,: ~raii1ing ' stro1ii;',
houses th ere to be completed in (i(J
cr o[ J•; asl l.(ing slo n a11,t l.Jcsic.lcs Mr. l,v ap11cals lo iuany and tip lo this
days and that GO might be built but
Baker were J~dwarc.l A.
Cole of noon the 'Local Board llad receivc<1
the association could not proceed
- Kingston, Myron L, ·nrown -or SP.a- four- volt.inlee~s a"iiiC inore a.re ()lC•
until lhe city council had acceptecl
J\ rth 11 r pected ,before
t,he street. -A fter considerable discussion the resolution was adopted
by a vote of four to two.
First Aid Ciasscs Arc Nm.•:
Ready to Take Their Exnminati.on for Diplomas.
7
0
�o'clock that Sunday afternoon we had orders to pack and hol<l
ourselves in readiness.
The commanding officer sent for me at twothirty and Informed me that all my
telephones must be smashe<l in th "
control boxes and wires rn t.
As I was leaving I was given fifty
rounds ol' ammnnltion with instrn<·tlons that should the company hr.
gone I shonld proceed southwa,tl lo
--and rejoin the unit.
I was four hours smashing- the in •
struments u1Hl cntt!ng wires. \\/lle :1
finished l was eight miles from c:.1mp
nerore goln!!; any fnrther it wo11l1I IJt ·
woll to explain that. these phones rontrolle1l tho light railway we were operating and a~ we were ronvcyin~
wounded from a forward rasnalt.:,
clearing station and carrying ammnnillon rrom a large rlump lo the gnns, '
they had to be left in until the last
moment in order that they· could be
operated without interferences.
Having become "habitizcd" to r.
six o'clock supper, I founrl my self '
very hungry and going down into my
paclc, I was equipped in heavy march-·
iug order, I l'ounrl my "iron rations."'
I ate my hard-tack biscuit whi ch
was not a bit like strawhcrry-short-
q11itlwncd my pace.
Al eight o'clock r arrived
to find It deserted.
Imagine my
feeelings. I looked into my hut and •
saw that the boys had taken my coat
b_arrack bag, extra blankets,
I,>e~
I
-ri,.\C\\'6
'(\\01-\
t1clc, etc., so 1 starle<l sonthwarcl nt
The following Interesting letter
!I. very rapid pace.
from Corp. Ralph F,. Dowdell of th Is
The road to- passes through
clly who h1 ' with the American Expetown or and then
rnus
ditionary Force In F'rance has been
11arallel with the main road. Across
received by Col. John H. Bartlett:
Jots, a course o( about 20 degrees
Apr1\ 11, 1918.
:rom Llw main road, was the s hortest
route and 1 took fl.
Dear Col~nol John:1 know yon will parclon the penThe tlelds were l'nll or trenches,
old ones, barbwire an<! shell holes.
cil, but I have an !dell that snm,~
Luckily the lllOOII gave 11\C light HUl'Hun l!I writing to his Gretchen now
fl1•lent to snrmonnt these ohst,u•lcs
with my "pl11me"-1n·obnhly telling
The guns were still roaring an,;
her the usual story-"1'11 soo11 be
You must under!ltand that
everything seemed in chaos.
A big black monster loomed up
I di<l nol prescn t the pen to anyone,
ahead or me, clanking and groaning
but having to leave the town of - - ·
as it waddled along. The tanks were
so suddenly I forgot It. I left several
going into action. A British officer
other things behind anrl among the
asked n1e where "they" were and my
lot was the start of a trail of <l.ust
that covered many k!)ometers before
answer must have puzzled him for
as I glance1l ba ck he was sl:1·111ling
It ended. Ir I remember correctly,
gapf)ing at me. :\ly reply was:
the fl.'rst problem, or explanation, in
"T <lo not know sir, but at present
my High school geometry, was "a
he is not here, but rlon'l
straight line Is the shortest distance
too much on that fact."
bet,~een two points." I followed ap1t was midnight when I got tn
proximately a very straight line,
Y- ancl no unit. A traffic ol'fl ccr
southward for numerouR kilos an<l
~~kc,- but Balisfle<l ror tnc t1,~--"i;;
informed me that the cleta chment
can ably vouch for the truthfulness
rng. lt was getting
dusk and 1
had been shelled ont n.n<l that they
of the ..rule.:
1could see the liquid fire glowing i.1
went on the road to - .
lt all happened two weeks ago
the sky over the ridge ahearl of m e
As I I\ as clearing the tow 11 .1 gun";
Sunday, a beautiful summerllke Rahand the guns were sc reeching hi<lor so ldiers werll clearin g up the re- i
bath day. 'rhe sun had been ont for
eonsly all al.Jont m<!.
mains of several trunsport hor~;eo,,
several days (a very unusual occurI <lid not worry about the guns for
victims of an air bomb.
rence In France) and there was 110
they wcrr. "our:;" not '•hii;'n" !Jut ii
lnl'antry was stea clil ,' m:irchin g n p
mnd (anotl1,e r very 11111ts11al thi11g).
was not. long licforc he i;lart.ccl niplyto
the Jin<!~. I slootl a grt>al t'.t,.tl ol
I had been on guarcl all night a11tl
ing. One hig one l:.intlPtl uhont twn
kitl1lin:i rrom 1he hoys goin · .
the thunder of the guns. aided b y nuhundred yartl!1 away and it was tl! e!1
Hll(;h :.ts,
merous visits of hostile air<!rait put
my thought s centered s outhward.
' ·This war, Yank.
.\rt• yn11
sleep oi1t of the question. The da-;
Cutting across lots I made 1he
that is le ft?", ctr..
"carried on," as the saying goes, an'.!
road that passed our camp at a point
Then, a s I was trn1I g in 1: aluni~. I
the countless thousands or troops,
seven l<ilos away. Guns rushed paBt
heard a very swent voil·e, H<•xl lo thP
autos, supply trains, gnns, ho s pitaJq
me and swung into place at thn roa<lsweetest one in the worltl i11qnir<' in
and ambnlanccs passel! our camp.
s i<lc a.nd immcdialely went into aca Rcotch !Jrogn<', " \Van t a ri1o1:''"
It had been thusly for three days.
tion. I qnickcned my pace.
Jt was Srolly \lru·llo:1:1ld. 0111·
Fritz had started his tlrivc ancl was
Revera! Ja.rge seige guns passcrl
t.orr:yelist, who had IH ·••11 :w:1n•hi11·; 1
i;a.crlflcing his army in the nnal atattachn<l lo tractors. The roar \':.1.s
for m e .
tempt for n German peace. I really
matltlrnin!?; for It secnietl as ii' ctt<'h
I rodr. tho r<•rnai11dt•r or t hP .rn:; 1
nm not capable or 1lescrlhlng tho wonJrnoll hit! a gun.
anrl
1'0111111 tlw tlela<·l11\11•nt r·a111111•tl in
der.ful retreat ot' the British for In
Thll rat-ta-lo-tat of ma.: '. ! i11.v :; nn :1
tents
ontf:illti lhP. vilhl/;C o!' -·- .
I
Itself It wa~ a victory.
rrom alrpl:rnmi cul into tilt'
roar
f,inrn t.l1<•n wn h:,v,, rnov,•d tltrt:r) \
The road In front of onr camp riveveq• now a111I then. Su<l1lc11ly out
time,: :ml! a:1 tho r.tiny ,;l'aso 11
alled any boulevard at home wid e.
of the clear sky, and it was cl ear for
a:-{ain hP.1'<', thin r,:, ar<' !, 1,it di,.agrrc-1
'1ard surfaced and as straight as an
the big 1'1:Il moon made things as
1th IP.
arrow. Day In and throughout the
li ght as rlar, a high explosive IJnmb
l>ig g i111•; trrn<·ltPS, l111illlin~
night for three days General Haig
railroa,h, 1·L<·. h:11; her.n 011r
had been sending all his -pioneer, exploder! and1 quickened my pace,
and tlo yon !,now, 11icl< anti s!tov l'l
railwa y hospital units f~om the forI could see the lights of our airwork, is the grnatrst ambition killer
ward area. It had been a· constant
planes signal every now and then.
in
1he world.
stream pouring from tho north anrl
s;uddenly there were many
purrs
l gel The 'l'imrs rrgnlarl;· :incl !W"
the rumble was of such a character
over my head and a g reat deal or ratthat yon will nndoubt edly lie
that It deadener! the terrible rumbta-ta-talting and I J, i1 cw a squadron
cantlitlute this fall. Well, goo<l luck,
lings of the guns. All manner of 1rn11had u Tinn airman corne rc<I. Ile 11nColonel .John, an<l I wish l was hom,i
plies passed down the road. Far too
loatlcd his cargo of bombs; a earlto help.
varied fo r me to describe. I can say,
load it seemed, all at 011cc in order
Givf: my rcganl s 10 all who l,?10\'/
however, that nothing was left beto lighten hb1 rnachinn an<l the roar
1110 11nd lt•ll t1!1•1n lltttl m y " qnl<'l. ,•.;i
hind of value and nothing br.tt.r.r
l was barel y alJl r!
JJ.t <' t,' was a miln In nothi11;; llut.
HALl'll.
lucal Boy Writ~s
From. The Front
mo•\
I
�Leave
'
For Fort Slocu1u
/ ,,,,'
-;~
Only a fe\) r,·ie1HIS a11tl rehiti\'C:i
1\"<'l'fl pre~CIIL at thf! P,m;lOII & .\[ai11e
r11.ilrna<1 station to hi1l ;.:ou<l bye to
I he C'i;.:hl <1r.1rle<',;
who
left
this
111ornini:- ror l~orl Slne11111. :-SP1\· Yori<.
:--:otwilhsla111ling the !'al't that LIH'
c•rowd was not so large as on r;ome
of the previous occasions when <lrafLeP:-i have left lor thPir
l'('SJ)eCtiVP
r·anlonmentH lhe rarewrlls were no:1P
'J'he drartees 11·C'r<' in charge
lloy A . .\lac<lonnl<I a111l consisle1l
Thomas D . .\lacLa11ghlin
or
1:yc
neach, Everett .\L Tiarllel.l, \\'illiJ.m
\. Henn esr.ey, C'orneli11s .I.
.John II. l~alvey, l)ani c,l .J. f,11lliv::11,
Owen .r. l•'erney or thi s city.
.All ol' the men were in :.1ood spirils and after rarnwells hail hce11 :mid
hoarde1l the 8.44 trnin for E11ping.
Al Jlockin~hum they will be joined
hY lhl' (\ raftpes from 1':xC'tl'r. 1\ I l•:pping they will cha11ge <'ars ror .:-.lashlllL where lhey will meet the remai111ler of lhe slale's quola and 11roceed
lo l~orl Slocum. An arco1111t or lhe
n11terlainm<•nt t<'ll<lcru<I lh<' llll'll ladt
cve11i11:; hy the t-m11loy••t':;
of
lh<'
Hocki11~ham ("onlll) l.ighl & l'0WPI'
('n. will h•' ro11111l i11 unol.h<•1· rol11m11.
t Br Distt·i('( Bo:tt·d, (;in•n J'h,rsit·al 'l'cst.
nr. G. K Pender yesler1lay examined lite 20 men, marrie<l sin('e Jasl
:\Iay, who were placed in class I hy
the district board nflC'r the Jorn!
board had given lhem <IC'ferrc<l !'I 1ssi ·
ncalion.
'J'he followini:; were \'o\lntl lo IJ\'
·ihysically Ill and ac<•eplC'1l ror gcner•il n1ilitary service:
,John II. llailc.r, .\ll'r1' <l II. llarsa11L<'<', 1':11·ili1•0 ll:1thi sl1•l11•. C'h:11'11•:; I•: .
llraC'kC'll. .\rthllr 11. ('1•,1i;.:, .Ir., ll<'nnis .I. Kt>ll<'.\', Lesli<' L. i,o\·<'lt. Thomas S. :\larrlcn ..\lyron °J. :--:orlon, F'reil
G. Proelor, .Jr., Clyde G. llobinson,
llaroltl .J. \l'inn.
The followi11p; wer<' r<:rerrctl lo thP
medical adrisory boar<! for [urlher
Arthur Jc. Drown . .\lillard E. Dalton, llarold L. lJow, l~red L. Hoyt,
Joseph .\. .\lcCarthy, \Villiam
':ilinc>Y. Cedric L. Woori and Phillip
POWER COMPAN
.\ tl('l'l'l('l' 11'1"
• ' ol' .llrs. o.
]Ja l el' 111
· lhe evenin:; . .the craft.eel
·" ti 1c gilt
A. l'el<•rson, with 20 stars was pl'e-lmen wel'e lhe guests o[ lhe ass~cio.sentc•d last night Lo the l~mployees' Ilion at the Colonial Theatre
or ti 1e J>,oc k.111gha111 co 11 n- .,, layor Ladd also spoke and the au••\t;~oc·hlion
· . '
ty Light & Power C'o. at a !Janq 11 et '<lience gave three cheers for lhe men
~!Piel al Lhc as:-iociation rooms on l);i n- who Loclay took their place in the
JC! Stl'PCt at which the eight 1lralt!! g r eat fight.
men who l eft to1lay ror lcorl Sloc: 11 1.,
One or the eight men l eaving tower<' the g11_ests of honor.
Su PIH'I' <lay is an employe of lhe nock ingham
was Hl'l'l'<'<l al Ii o'dcH"k,
l'ull111Vi11g Light & Power Co. and Jai;t night he
which the flag \\'Hs presl'nl<•il lo ll1P was presented wilh a soldiers' toilet
as~0('ial ion li,1' .ltrH. l ' l'll'l'HIIII, \\'ho kit from his fellow PllllJloyes, \V. F .
Tilton
mal<in.;
lhe
presentation
sai<I:
".\Ty rri1m<ls, the sorvire Ila!!, loclay speech .
is_ s.n_1o11y1n1111s wilh 0111 Glory. You
The stars in the service flo.g are in
w ill 1111d th,•111 /loafing sidP i,y side in honor or lho rollowing who are now1·
the Hlllallest han1let, as 11'C
! II a:-; ill lhC' jn the srrviee or the llnilc<l States:
largP8l <"ii.I' in thC' la11<l-'.' II' iL were 1(:Porgr rornm, l~<lwa1'<1 G . .Neville, C.
11ot for whal llir serl'i<'<' fla14 Hlands ( 'olgale l•'iHh,
.
Ch rislopher Con Ion, CJ.
for 011! Glory would not 111ea11 what Jr. Hol.Jerts, Victor Doss, Henry Patch
it dol•H loliay, lo the tr11, ,\111 eriea11. Joseph Delmont, lJ. fl. l~oss, n. Slcrl1':ach sla ,· spells the name of some ing, \V. Vo11<1y, Leon Hoberls, E . .\I.
)latriot. who, as in lhe day s of yore Harllell, L. K Pevoa r, 11. ll. llorne,
is willing an1l preparer! lo give np l•'rank
lheir lil'e's hlood ror a ca11sc of jus- llrl'w.
lice an<l humanity, and to rid this
earlh or lhe menace of Kaiserism.
"Goel grant that
n blc, hy !'Pason or
a<"tion, lo role! up
a11<1 plr.<'<' it safely away in our atlH'S, wilh olher relics o[ bravery, for
until we <·an do this the Hun will
Hlill be l'flllllllllll, and Oil!' honie:-i, UIIU
honor, in danger . . God hasten tile
tlay wlien we 111ay all be 1H•rmillr1l to
weleome back lo on r homes the boys
whom we hon?r here lonighl, and
overyonP present here tonight 11rar
for lhe sal,e return or onr <!ear boys,
anti that we shall :;alher here towel•
l'll1111' t lH•111, 1u11l thal P1t1•h star will
he hl11e, a11<l none o[ gol1l.
"ll ii; with lite greatest 1>loas11re, I
prese11 L lh is service flag lo lhe 11:m]Jloyees' Association of lhe Rocltingham Light & Power Co. in
onr en li slerl boys."
Tho Hag was acrepted by General
:llanager F. A. Belden and was 1111 veiled by 11 asters Peters.
:\layor Sarnnel T. La<ld lhen made
a brief address in which he congratulate<l the men abou l to enter lhe
Yealon.
The (';\SC'S of the 111('11 will prohahly
be r<lOIH'IIC'll h\' lhc lol'al !ioar1l :111(1
ll11• distri<'I !Jo:iril will h :111• :111 opport1111ily of looking ll\'l'I'
till'
('o:;
Light & Power
lllally or whom
Jnl't posilio11H
which _wou l<I
gained them deferred classilir:1.Uo11
lo enter the service, Remarks
also
by Dr. J. IT. Neal.
�'4r~~·;,t~~. ~,. - · ..,,..,_
Announce Next h(b
'
Dratt Quota
The list of selected service 111c:1
who wlil leave this city on . !\fay 1G
for New Hampshire college where
they will receive special training before leaving for France for work
with General Pershing~ army has
been ahno 111H.:ed by the war board.
Seven or the men voi11nteorell and
the r emainde r were draftee!
The list is as fol1011·s:
Charles Eel ward \Varn er,
Jct., factory worker.
Edwarcl \V .. \nstin, Kittery Point,
Linotype operator.
mton Gray George, Newton,. shoemaker.
George Pralle, !l S11rin:;Newmn rket, factory worlrnr.
Georc:e \Villiam Gilbert, 51 :\ianning street. Porlsmonth,
\\'a lter JI oward Jianso11,
ham, telephone operator.
\\'illiam Jll'nry ('11IIP11. :.!Oil (lat,.i·
i,i !l oly [JC
JosPph Delmont, 81 llill
Portsmouth, Ii neman.
Ransom Smith Carleton, 4-1 !Iig-:1
street, l'ortsmon th, electrician.
Frank Warren Plumer, 13:.! :\laplcwoocl :i.ve., rortsmonlh, elcctrieian.
, J,:;arlo \\'all<'r Cas\\'eli, 1 GO 1,:;Iwyn
ave., l'orlHrnonth, auto clriver.
,villiam Jlenry J IO\\'arcl, GO \\'a,;]1ington street, Portsmouth, sltucmak-
IlOOJC~ ABOUT THI.;
WAR. ,r,V' \_\ i
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To accommodate the many people
who wish to read the books about tile
war as they are Issued, the public
library has added a lending collection ot war books only, whlch may be
ronted at two cents a day. The volumes now on hand Include several of
Interest, which are promised for early pu blicatlon will be added as soon
The present collection includes "A
Flying Fighter." by E. M. Roberts,
erican aviator over the lines
France; "Over Periscope Pond"; entertaining and very hum·a n letters
from two young girls doing relief
work in Paris; "A Temporary Gentleman In Franco,'' another series of
lnllmato letters lleacrlbini; · 11ro aud
1.dventures in the I}'rench trenches;
"To Bagdad with the Drilish," a picturesque account of Lile gx:pedlliouin Black R11ssia,'' a woman'A vivicl
account of war-time conditions
Russia, "Comrades in Co11rage," by
Redler, and "Campnign11 and lnlorvals" by Redler, both trnnala tee!
from the French; o.nd extra copieg of
the -ever-popular "Over the Top,''
11.nd "Outwitting the Hun," bo4h ~t.111
in great demand. Scvenly-nvo "reserve" cards have been lert for "Over
the Top," and naturally
readers tire or wailing for the coveted volume. It is in the hopo of enabling the. public to secure the
books without annoylni; delar
this cxperiment is lo be tried.
no11Ja111ir1 l•'rnnkli11 l•'ilic•lc!,
\\'cli ~t('I' ~Ll'l'CI, llavcrhill,
Hoy l~. Tt'or.;..-;, North
Dennis Pel<'r O'1.rary,
ton street, Porfwronlh.
Dnvicl K. Irving, ll:111111!011 1•':111 :-; ,
1-1homnn k<•r.
('arl Stewart StcvcnK,
clraftsman.
Gorclon Sapfortl ('lrnmliel'lai11, IL
I~. D., Amesbury, .\lass.
Saul Sussman, 4 ;,!) Jsli11~to11 slre,il,
Porlsmo11lh, farlory worker.
•rhomas Jo::. \Villcll, (;U!j i;. J !5th
street, Philadelphia, a11to driver.
Augustus Coughlin, 85 G.1lcs st.,
Portsmouth, :'IL P. operator.
· Dexter Etlg"ar Gynan, 46 Prospect
sJt oem aker.
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WAR GARDENS
1'he garden plots in the Alms House Ficltl
probahly be ready for distribution early
next week . .. Notice will be given to each a11•
11licant when such distribution is to bl' mmi<'.
No gardens arc to be taken until allotment is
by the Chamber of Commerce.
E. II. BAKER, Secretary. ·
"u'i
�more ,fai,rly than over a single year,
made a:bnormal by the war as is
shown in the case of Portsmouth, the
following table of figures shows In
the fl,rsl colum lhc realty valuation
in 1912 and in the second column
the amount added since 1912, includii1g the present year.
City
Realty, 1912
Portsmouth
$ 297,349 $
Berlin . . . .
4,006,879
Keene . . . • 6,189,301
~Gain In Manchester . . . . 41,104,957 11,632,750
An examination o[ the financial City
Wealth
6,520,397 1,552,504
statistics or all the cities of New J\lanchester .......... $4 718,684 Dover . . . . .
4,104,439
859,397
llampshirc and a comparison of them Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . 2,007,32fi llochesl'r .
which has been mado, discloses some Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227,063 Nashua . . . 11,056,377 2,00~,719
Concord . .
1'4,998,612 1,551,837
hi,ghly Interesting figures as to the l<'rank lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
733,12
li'ranklin . . 2,812,396
277,309
condition of these cities ancl lh<! NashmL .. ·...... ·......
680,238
The city of Somersworth had a
l'aJ)idily or th<'ir dcvolO'Plllelll. To SC· Laconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
294,874
real estate valuation in 1912 o[ $4,cure a cumparisou between the cities Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . .
348,190
162,840 and this has decreased in
there is J>res-cn tcd first the tax rate of Somersworth . . . . . . . . . .
195,060
this seven-year :P<iriod ,by $1,661,I 918 and the new r;ilc n.n1101111ce1l Dovt•r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
622,579
358 or a loss o[ 39.90 per cent. La[or l!Jl!), I.Jeing !isled !11 the order of Keene (loss . . . . . . . . . .
lfi,874
conia has g,ained, but exact figures
an ascending scale.
Concord (loss) . . . . . . . .
69,785
The [a ct that Concord lost in val- are not yet available.
'l'ax Hntc of All Cities.
A.pportiomuent of (Jitic .
City
Tax Rate Increase uation instead of gaining is said to
The growth or decline of cities
l. Manchester ........ 2.06
.45' be due lo the fact that there was a
witli relation to t he entire slate is.
2. ,Dover ............ 2.17
,3 '1 big [ailing off in the amount of
shown in the apportionment figures
3. Franklin .......... 2.30
.30 money al interest which was subject
upon w1hich the slate fixes ils taxes
4. Keene ............ 2.40
.38 lo tax. The presumption is that this
upon local communities.
Laconia .......... 2.44
. u9 money was converted into goveTnapportionment represents the 1rnr1
Somersworth ...... 2.50
. 52, mcnt bonds and other non-taxable secenta,ge or wca·lth which that city has
,Rochester ......... 2.60
.55 curitics. Portsmouth shows
the
subject to tax In ,relation to the enBerlin ............ 2.60
.30 largest pro.portional increase and
tire wealth of the state.
In this
ashua . . ...... ·... 2.68
.71 Berlin and Franklin increased In
per,cenlage thtc cities 1have had· the
10. Porl1:1111outh ...... 2.70
.42 proportion more than did Manchesfollowing ' Tank at the last [our a,p11. Concord .......... 2.83
.70 ter.
porlionmenls:
Ji'i11,ures on Jlcnl l ~s tate.
ll ma.y bo noticed that Nashua hns
City
l :Jl 3 1915 l!Jl 7 1919
The
bulk
of
properly
in
every
city
I he l:~rgcst increase in the lax rate
Manchester ..,.. 17.5 18.2 18.9 19.5
is
In
real
estate
and
It
is
from
t,he
and Concord the highest rate, both
Nashua .... ... 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.6
last year and this.
ll'ranklin and amount of real estate that one can eoncord ....... 6.
6.1 6.
5.6
1Jcrli11 got off with tho smallest raise hest judge the development of a cil.v.
Portsmouth .... 3.
3.
2.9 3.
1following
The
table
s
1ows
l
tc
in the rate and F'ranklin
jumping
Doiver .. . ..... 3.
3.
2.9 2.9
fron1 2.00 lo $2.30 or only 15 per amount o[ real estate in 1918 and r...aconia . . . . . . 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5cent, has raised !ls mlo in the small- l!ll!l, lhc amount o[ incrense and Ke<'no . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4.
tho pcn:cnla.gc of incrca:rn the cilles Berlin ........ 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.4
est ,pro11ortlon.
'fhe valuation of all the property being ranked ill the per~enlage ot Rochester ..... 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7
in the cities ,l ast year and this yea1 increase during the year.
F,ran klin . . . . . . 1. 3 1. 4 1. 4 1.4
has been as [ollows, lhe cities being City
-Realty, 1919 In.crease Somersworth . . 1.3 1.3 1.3
numl.Jored in the order of their Ports·Manchester pays practically onemouth
$12,103,676 $1,fi72,41 ,,
weafth of valuation:
Valuation of Cities' Property.
Berlin . . . . .
_
,
:.:!J,!lll
fifth
of the public laxes, Nashua and
3
5 812 769
City
1918 Val
191!) Val
Concord one-uwentieth each and all
.- Rochester . .
4,963,836
147,!l7:I the other cities com'bined pay less
uat10n
uation Nashua . . . 13,0~!l,096
3ii8,3:.l •i tha one-fifth. The above table is
ManchcsFrnnklin . . .
3,089,70:i
67,020 based on the total equalized' va I uator .... $88,2:i8,0:i9 $!)2,!)76,743 MauchesKconc . . . .
8,047,808
74,139 tion of the cities, including not only
26,675,077 27,3:,6,315
ter . . . . . . 5 ,
,
real estate but money In savings
20,440,315 20,370,530
451156
2 737 717
Dover . . . .
8,0?2,!JOl
: 429 banks and securities of a taxable na-
PORTSMOUTH LEADS ALL
NEW HAMPSHIRE CITIES IN
GROWTH DURING WAR
1
1
1
66
16,5:i0,485
48,750 ture.
'lllOUlh . 12,;;26,814 14,534,139 Concord
!.Somel's- . .
It re resents more ;1,ccurately than
norliH ... 12,627,761 13,754,824
worth
.
.
.
2,uOl,182
2,610
any
other statistics the totl',l weallb
Dover .. .. J 2,417,GHi l :1,070,224
! (Lmu;).
of tho comm11nlllc1:1, Whoreali Con·
Laconia . , 11, :1 I !l, I 12 11, Ii I :I, !18 G
'fhe figures for Laconia arc nol cord was until this year tho second
Keene ... 11,481,824 ll,46G,U!i0
wealthiest city In the stale, ll is no\\
7,171,120 .• 7,519,3] 0 nvallable for the 'above table but i11
Roch'lor .
set at tho samo fl.gure as Nashua. La5,640,802
6,373,927 1918 Laconia had $7,441,18!> worth
l?ran k lin .
or real estate. W.hile Keene
conia' has passed Keene an<l Berlin
S O Ill e 1r Shas gained so as lo i be in the same
worth . .
5,430,050
u,62u,110 Concord both lost in the
The striking compa.rison o( the nmount of their taxable wealth, they J.l,.~cl:;a~s~s~w.,:.i~lh~l11
{~e~e1micw:.:..-~~"'!'II~~~~-~;~~
above lahle is lhal tho dly of Ports- gained slightly in tho amount of
mouth, on account of its shipbuilding their
real
wealth.
Portsmouth
iHclustry, has advanced from fifth gained more than twice as much prowealthiest city to [ourth and nerlin portionally as any other city on achas drop1>ed [rom [ourlh lo fifth. La- count of the building of s-Jiipyarcls
conia has 1lassed Keene in rank. The there.
progress or decline of the cities in
Comparison of l U1:! nntl J!JJIJ.
laxa:blc property is ~hown in tho ·folvVith the idea that the rapidity of
lowing table, showing the ,gain in development of a city may be estivaluation in 1919 over 1918
the mated over 11. ,period of seven years
cities this lime bei11g arranged '111 the
order In which they hwve increased.
1
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B
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PA'IRIOTic ' MEETING
The patrlollc mass meeting at
:Porlemuulh Theatre !ai;l night attracted a largo crowd o[ people who
ll ste11e<l wilh lntercHL
Lo
lloalrlco
only of the ,vomen !Jut many of the
men in llle nudie1t<·n. Iler ,Jc:;cri pLion of the 8a1:riiicc ,t11<I t11n wontlnrI 11t'' ~plril or I.ho l•'r1•11ch pcopio, t.h<i
' b
I
I• or tJ::s tohorlsun Ualc, lhc
tilurdy dctermi11at ion ol': Llw llrili:ih
and o( the patriotii;111 antl ,·oura~e or
L11c 11·011Hrn or all J,;urope, ma<le overyholly feel that the pcopln or
t11i8
rnunlry ll"erc trnl,1· prlvileged in lici ng al lowed to ta J(I: part In th is glor!om; i;Lr 11 gglo l'or right ;ind J11i;t.lc:c.
Coming to the q11estion
or
Lhe
neec.Js . of conscrl'ation i;he
plainly
told the audience that it was the
most imporl~nt agent or Lite
war,
they could gel along without the Lillerty l oan, because tl1c country coul<I
go in clout and the war go on, thoy
coultl gel :tlong . without the Y. :\I. ('.
A. and tho 1-C. c. and CV()ll the llctl
Cross and ·the\'war would go 011, hut
;.:real
:Eugli!!h actress, who gave a wonder(
•ful • heart to heart talk on tue war
coudilluns an<l what the Having or
.
food \\'OUl1l mean in tho lig-hl · to win.
'l'ho 111oetlni.; was held hy arra111:;o111e11L u[ Lho ~Litle fond admlnl~ll'Hlur,
that it sent out Lo
r esult in lots
of
good.
The meeting was opened by Tion,
'1Jn11iel W. Badger, county chairman
o( the committee, who spoke hrierly
in iutro<Jucing Stale Food Administrntor Huntley N. Spaulding,
who
yrcslded. A[ter slating the olJjecl of
the meeting Mr. Spaulding read the
following teleg-ram rrom Mr. noov-
j
stop the 'sl1ipmcnt o[ food to l~uro1lC!
for a short tin1e ancl the Germans
Gl\'R.\' A <_mm,SF..\'D~~~~·,c
James Y. Watt anrl Patrick Conwa~, who were callerl by the local
war board to 1111 vacan<'ies at Camn
Devens left this morning to join the
National Army. There was an exceptionally large crowd at the clepot an,!
the boys were given a hearty send
off.
'!'he '.\lorley Dutton Company
drum corps was also present
an:!
1en<lere<I some inspirin:?; m 11_H
_i_c_. _ __1
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IIO.\'OI:
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(\
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i:o1,1, ·.\llHl"IO.\'S.
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I
The fullo\\·ing- atlllitional names u
Portsmouth boys in the Gcrvice ha1·
·ome Lo 111<' an,! IH'Cll <'onlirmed L
ll<·! sinee fi',•i<lay, .\1iril 1 ~ wl1en
>nblisl!Pd Illy las~ list or :uldition;i
J:urns, .\liel1ul•I ,J. (aunt, ·"r:;. : 1 i1il
i> (lninn, 8~:l Jslinglun ,; t. l ~fa,·,.
~('l;Ql'l'e, \\'akctielli.
Sc hlegel. l•'recl ( wil'l•, 5:) S,lller st.)
L; . S. N., t·. S. S. l'a<lucalt.
Tlarlncll, F'ra11<'i,;
I•'.
( mother ,
.\ lr.; . .\largarel If art nett, Court s t. J
'\ ~ ntl Tle;;erv e.
Knott, Gcorgu ( r:il'l', ~ -' O I lano-.•er
,t. l 1· . S. :,;, L:enl. .Junior Gr:ule.
Saun:1a11, Char! P:; D. (wife,
la,10101· st.) t·. S, :--/. Cilicf .\b s tcr ,tt
\rms 1· . S. S. So11thery .
Ca sh, ,John L. (wil'n, l:!G ~'itate st.J
~;. Wtu;hin;lon, D. C., ~fay 1:l, 1()18.
will win. She cited !Jrave little ServH. N. Spaulding-.
ia as an exanrple of what c:oul<l lw
t·. S. :,;_
PorttH11.outh, N. TL
clone witlioul any. or the agents, hut
llnnter, ltoLhl'!lS !•'. (ll'il'c,
~si:
'".' American obligation today ii to even LJ1ci;e hardy pcoµle had to have 1
lauo\'l'I' SI.) l'hiet' 1•:il•l'tri~·i:111 at :-; :11::c;Jnccntrate all l1e1· resou recs anrl di- roorl.
val l'risull, l'orl~lllOll : h Iii:\')' _\"lli ' (I.
The only way that foot! could !Jc
reel all her energici; to the winning
J'r:1tt, GC!orgc J l. ( ll'il'e, Lin col:1
·of the war. America's opportunity 'is shipt)Cd1 to the armic8 in !~ranee and ll'C.) 1·. S. :,;,
to do this as a privilege and not as a Italy is b)" the co11se1·valion of rood
Sr·hiot. l'ctc:· I.. ( 11·1rc, G:-iti
We
would
demonstrate on the part or the great A111crica11 st. l , · . S . ;,,;,
that we are willing g-ivers to the public, t'or · there is not enough rood
Cr:iig, William ( ll'iJ°C. 300
cause of civilization anrl humanity available lo last until the n(•xl liar:t.) l'a1 ma,;ter.
f
and that we ask nothing in r eturn vest un les8 we conserve. Rile exCofre)'. ,Joseph I•'. (moth er, .\Im.
from those who need our help. In ca-r ploded the tallr or the people who 1,:11:l Coffer, Dennett
st.) !ltil Co. C.
rying out or the program
of the 8ay send corn to Europe, liy telling
,\.
c.,
SpringfiPld.
llnitetl States Food Administration the audience just how little Lile peoTo ho 1rithd1·,n1·11.
each individual anrl each home ca 11 ple of the allies know of corn, :;etting
The l'olloll'ing names, previously
surely and definitely participate ln asirle even tile ract that il c;annot IJ<i
appearing 011 my list, sl1onlil be ll'iththis national endeavor. Tn the home sh ipped in any great quantity in the
1lrawn.
city or l\Irs. :\fary I. Wood, who has meal without 8erious loss. Corn is
Cro1rnll, .\lon,H> :--/. (b; located as a
so tthly Rtoorl for these ideals, the not nse<l in E11roJH1 an<l thn people
<:rcenland Jioy.)
me~Rngo that i\1rs. Hale h;u; for you lrnow nollling- aliout it.
Wheat ls
Garvin, James l•'. (i:; loc,1Lc<l as a
toni;.ht will not he lost. Portsmouth, their stalllc Coo<l and wheat
th(ly
.\Iassachusetti; boy.)
wHh all or New Hampshire, will r e- must have ii' they are lo holcl h.ick
Note- The constant 11iscovery of
the Huns uni.ii this country has:, real
spond to the ca ll for service.
new 1rnmcs t'or the roll of l1onor leadl:l
army in France an1l r:an shoulder her
HEilBEilT JTOOVF:Il.
mo to still request e1·eryone to assiBt
~~
:\{rs. Tlalo spoke at grca t l ong'th on riglilful porliou of tho hnrrlen.
'l'lwy need wheal., ,;n);'ar an<I lllcat.i in a t;Lill fnrlher soarl'h in order that
coll(litionR across the water. much or
110 ono l>e o,nittuil. II :;l:oul<l contain
,whi ch she h:ul seen with hr•r own a111l ;111 nr tiHJ lard rats tlial Limy pm,silJly can !,:ct, tho latter hotl1 !'or food e\'eryono who claim,; l'o•·L,;muulh a,;
eyes. phe tolrl of con11itions · in Ilelhis ho111e and who is in any branch or
ginm an<l her dramatic recital of lhe anrl munition. This is the ~r11al way
the service.
lhal
lhn
pnopln
nl'
tlli,;
c·o1111lry
<:all
little children 111 the bread
lin e,
.\l.flS .. TOIi:'-< [[. U.\lt'l'LWl''l',
brought the tears to the eyes not help win the war and the 1110,;t cl'I !l }11". t:le St.,
~;.".l'~~:r:"':::::"::7!~~~:;:-:::r----:---:---:,:-;--~t fee ti ve way.
Portsmouth, :'-<. H.
\V111. N. Rogers of Concord
�The Portsmouth Public
which has been the headquarters for
the collection of books and magazines
!or the soldiers and sailors ls now lssuing a plea. for a further co-operation
on the pa1·t of the citizens.
Ma,gazinos arc especiall:y
wanted,
not over a yea1· old '.rhese arc sought
for the purpose of providing rpading
for the soldie-rs on lrains, or at cantonments where more rcaJing is d ~sired.
ll is thought that many persons may
be ttble to contribute th eir later m agazines with little sacrifice, and these
neet1t>c1 as a mc-o.ns of
(enter tainment for tliu i;oldicr,; or lh c
country.
'.fhc library has also been requested to collecl chilldren's magazines and
other literature that may entertain
children. Little folks isolnt<'d by contagious dlsooscs, while convalescing
sometimes lack entertainment and
this ls the reason why the llbrnry will
assist 111 accumulating magazines and
pictures with which the nurses may
keep the children happy.
'l'Jie Po1·tsmoulh Public library In
association with every othc1· similar
Institution in the country, is cxempli [y,lng its zeal in promoting war interests.
In val"ious parts or th e bulldlng an
excellent collection of literature bearIng on war topics, informa.tion as to
why the world · is at war, its progress.
and incidents pertaining lo tho same.
need not be lacking to tho ci tizons or
Portsmouth, if advanto.go ls taken or
what the library fully orrers.
The United States employment have had lo leave
tllelr
i;e rvi ce is asking Massachusetts for elsewhere.
1000 unskilled laborers immediately
Everett w. Lorcl,
to work in l'orlsmouth on •lrnilclings
for housing the employes of the At-,
.
SI·
IJ ·1d·
t·
11p u1 rng
corpora 1011.
Ian t 10
These builcli~gs are necessary . in
orde r tha;. .[. 0 men now
working
there may have good hou\!ing iacili-1
ties the
coming
winter. · Unless
these can bee onstructecl in a
few
monlhs an essential
part
of th<;
wo1'k will Juwe to !Jc suspended uutil
next ,spring. r.Iany of the met! new
cmployed in skilled crafts arc m en
of families and wero promised goocl
hou3ini:;- as an inducement to go lo
director for tile recleral employment
.
.
.
.
service, will have a conference rn
I
Boston to_day. ,1•'.th_ ~ repre~_entati~e
of the sl11pbmldm1, ..,,rrpora •• vu re!alive to recruiting the n'ecessary
labQI;Q.\"S, Men for thia-work ,.,111 l.H.;
11ired only · through the Boston office of
the
employment
These 1000 men aro merely one incrcmcnt of 2 :i0(; ... ~- Wiw an, aeedeel for essential war industries
~fow 1Jan_11n,hlre.
L. 11. Shattuck,
Inc., at Newington, ancl the Portsmoui,h Navy Yard here, are in need
of lli00 laborers of unskilled grades.
Thirty-Jhree Fr jm This District..--fou
Asked for ·special Adyance Positions-
l
·; .re1·lon F. Littl e field , Seabrooll:.
Christian T.Christen:,en, Portsmouth
.Terry J. Castle. Plaistow.
Dix lhe lntle1· pal"l of Apl'il. has bc<'n
ltoy A. 1Jacllo nalrl, l'ortsmoulh.
made, b)' lhC' local "\Var ,:uarcl. This
1 Cltarlcs Gouse, l'orl~moullt.
lisl or cou-rse ~~ lnkc-11 iii lhei1· on1<'1·
JIC'nry Labrauche, I\owma.rkcl.
f1·om Clas,; l, with lh C' entc'rl-\'CllCy llrc-t
l•'• •ll x .f:i nlrn11sl,i, f'orlsmoul h.
'WIiiard Jll. <lmy. J1·., Po1·tsmouth.
ing- of tho' l'rnvo~t l\Iarshal General.
Joseph ]'. "\Vh idllen, Po1·tsmouth.
Four men w<'re tal,en out of their
Fay Eugen<' Halt, Portsmouth.
rc,gular order as they hatl requesl·cd
Louis
Taub<', l'orlsmouth.
lhe "\V~r Doard to allO\\' them log? on
Arthui· D. Thompson, Newfields.
the fit st dr_aft. These _men_ are P10TI_o
Raymond E. ,Vallon, Seabrook.
Anania, Pot tsmouth, R1cha1 dl Vande1 James ,v. Sanborn, Seabrook.
hale, Ncwma1·l,el. Hobert Leo Enrich 1 Olis E. McQulllin, Seabrook.
and Hugh Conway Hill of this city.
1Allemates:
'l'he others in lhei1· order are:
i John L. Parsoris, Rye.
a:>aul Martineau,. Ne,ymarl<el.
Oliver II. Dowd, Portsmouth.
Chauncey Darton. North Hampton.
Euclde F. BJanchetle, Newmarl,et.
Be1·t W. l~lliott, Kensington.
a'heodore s. Lamprey, Hampton.
John "\V. Hickey, Portsmouth.
"\Vhile this is not the official list that
Ph-ili·p R. D<'nnett, Portsmouth.
will be ,finally made up, it is practi(;ilman D. Dow, Seabrook.
cally as it will be, with a possible one
John B. Con·nlolly, Portsmouth.
or two <'xcepllons.
Geoq;c- Fal'Elnlos, Portsmouth.
'l'hc Board haYc not received any
John 1-I. l•'alvey, Porlsmoulh.
volunteers for photogralphers call or
A11polllnalt·c- .J. Hin~lcau, Nt-\1"mn.rkel for the two other s-peclwl calls that
1Wlllhu111 K Neal, Ncwmarl<el.
worci made.
fl'urner II .Souther, Seal>rook.
The Board uncle1· the new call !or
Peter Pett·onni, Portsmouth.
12,000 sp~cial trades call will be called
tenlalive li st of lhc- m e n from
this disfrict who will be sc nl lo Camp
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·y:"'.R1",':;.'.'lDrr,r"e<!!wi-,"'IP;;,.;;o~r~t's~m~oriu~ti!ihiii.'l"'!!'l'l'll'll'!'lll'C!'l'lu po n· f O r a f e,w men.
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th o· t. t w·11 f . h L t
Portsmou IS flG I urUIS ijfOflS
lb
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Numb~r
,SinGC
The War Starttd
Pprtsmouth and other towns in
this district, ts called upon to furnish
55 men In a draft call issued ln.ie
yc:iterdny afternoon to i;o to 'amp
V::'rcris on Saturday, ~lay 25. Thi.;
is the largest number to be sent out
from this district· since the war ben. On top or this another call was
rt-celved by the local board on Thurnil::ty tor 15 men to leave ~fay 29 for
l•~ort Slocum.
•,I In the call or May 26th will be ineluded Charles E. Brackett or thlci
city • who lras volun teerecl and ha3
been.advanced to go at this time an'l
Arthur :\Te\·cler of 1 ewmarl<et likewise
volunteer.
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sell1218-James
st., Portsmouth,
factory worker.
'l'. Downing,
lG;l
liill st., l'ortsmout h , stableman.
1
1219-Sydney R eginald Pickle<;,
129 llurkitt st., Portsmouth, salesman.
l :!:lll - l 1 l11llp
llrooks
Benncll,
1 ~!)~ Son th st., l'orls111outl1, frei;;:1t
clerk.
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l'.l3G-Fred Grant Proctor Jr., HO
698-Ilodolph Ira Lamott,
Summer st., Dover. machinis t.
7 0S-James C. Lawless, llanoved .\claius st., IJart[orcl, Conn., opt.
HI., Hortsmou th ' hntclrnr.
l :!CiG-~lorri,; GoltJya11, :![i N1,r759_-Calvln Warren Luar,
ltyc, folk st., New York city, Ja!Jor<'r.
cook:
12fi8-Jolm Hobert ,\lillN,
l~()
76,fi-Wilfrcrl
Langlois, Jr., G C'axs st., l'orlsmouth, plumber.
Spring st. • Newmarket, machiniHl.
127 5-J oscph Krook, J n Jli ver
774 -·William Henry Sliney, Con- st., llavcrhill, ~Tass., tailor.
gress t1l., Portsmou th • factory work130G-llenr.r Brown Uow,
St•d.~r. .
brnok, lumlicrrnan.
782-.John ~lilaska, 24 Union st. ,
13:!0-llarolll ('hnrles, .\lorrlson,
laborer.
It. I•'. I>. 2 Newlon, slio1:malwr.
813-Harold I. Winn, Li lllc IJar
1:J 21-l'etcr J\ u;;usLus .\1 orrison,
bor road, Portsmouth, teamster.
c. o. Armour Co., JJoulton, .\le ., \Jool;8 51-PauJ Saanalas, 14 3 East 9 L11 keeper.
st., Cleveland, Ohio, cook.
1329-George
Leon
O'llC'agan.
993-Gnssie Hebert, Newmarket, 133 Pinc st., Cambridge, .\Jass., pain~The call will take In at least throe
er.
of the married men who have been factory worker.
1351 - Philip Burleigh Green, ;J81
placed In class one by the District
9 9 6-Nelson Langlois, 8 Spring
~fidcllo st., Portsmouth, phru·ma cist.
-BO 1:1 and o
d/the local boar•] st., Newmarket, factory ·worker.
1368-J\rthur llenry Crai;.; .Tr.,
in this respect. The call als6 takes
1000 Perley Collins :\1artin ,
889 South st., Portsmouth, c :1au1Teur.
three men out of the local postoffice, Kingston, laborer.
1372-Amedeo Ji'iori, 281 )lark-:it
a clerk and two carriers, who ·can ill
1004-Elmer Cleveland Duracl, 15
s t., Portsmouth, laborer.
alrord to be' spared from this office .\iechanics st., Portsmouth, laborer.
1377-\Valter Ulanchettc.
which is already overcrowrletl with
10 2 8-.\1ichael Starzek, 33 0 Essex
market, salesman.
work; but under tho rule they arc not st., Lawrence, :\Tass., cook.
1381i-1,m;llo
Linl'Oln
exempt, although the sume men ,tt
1 0:lli-llenniH Joseph Dris<'oll, 3:i O
North Hampton, blackw1ith.
the navy yard as general helper or State st., Port:;mouth, laborer.
HOO-John William Uow,
even common laborer would be cl.iss103---Oscar P. S. Anderson, 2li1
brook,
shoemaker.
1<.,;Dh't;;l:!rfl ed as emergency fleet and exempt.
.\fyrtio ave., Portsmouth, clrrk.
14 04-Dona Id l~erguson
The Local Board on Thursday re1063-:eatrick J. Connor~. 27 I
240 .\licldle st.,
calved two new registrants, ~Ir. ll_'l~- Hanover st .. Portsm'outh, cook.
tor .MacDonald Klngsbury, who reg1004-Louis Jacobs, 113 Islin;;- keeper.
1413-11 en ry W. Dickfonl,
1ster!ld at the American Embassy in ton st., Portsmouth, barber.
London ancl who has been given call
1 0li7-J?orrest Lester .Jenness, 9Gl Dennett st., laborer.
1425- 1•:ugene l~ttlnson ~rarston,
numb·er 20,774 . .Mr. Kingsbury was Droacl st., l'roviclencc, R. l., leamI~xeter road, Hampton.
1n R;ussla for somo years and ha<; ster.
l 44 5-TTarolcl John Little,
just ·got back to London. Another 1080-Cornolius Jose[)ll itcaga11, 23
Cass st., Portsmouth, engineer.
rei;i s.trant is Harry Smart of Hamp- Daniel st., Portsmouth, laborer.
1459-.John Henry i\IcCann,
ton who was in the coast guard and
10n3-Panfilo Dicenso, 306 HanWoodbury ave., Portsmouth. butt'ln
'-"··~"'""'•"" ·who , having resigned now co1ncs in- over s t., Boston, laborer.
_ -~to tire draft he gets number 20,775.
1104-Alfred Francois
Jlucl ti on _i1Htker.__ .
14 G5-Leslic Blake Sanborn, DaaThe following ',is the list of men Dox 156 Salmon Falls, section hand .
with their call numbers nncl occupa-.
1116-IIarold Prescott Webs ter, l"ille , shoeworkcr.
14 GG - l larolcl Garclner,
t;:.;..ar;~i!II tlons who wlll make up the call for: Kingston, auto mechanic.
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Mny 25 fo: Camp Devens:
I 1122-Thomas .J. Quinn, 3.!4 l'ar- kct st., Wheeling, W. Va., clerk.
1858-Charles Eclwin
Brackett,
5i6-Clyde Gilman llobiuson, 21 · rott ave., Portsmouth, cleric
·souLb st., Portsmouth, pharmac.ist.
11:)1-llomer Jos e ph
Lenieux, fiouth st., Portsmouth, butcher.
l 996-Arthur Mercier,
5!)3-Arthnr D. Thompson, 8 .'.'lcwmarkct, factory worker.
l 140-CipoJla Antonino, 285
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�Workers Named
For Bi~ Red
Cross Drive
Great pro11aralion arc 1Jci11g made
I.Jy those in charge o[ the local Hctl
Cross Dl'i ve ncrt week [or the colioclion o[ the largest sum o[ money
ever taken Ull in this city tor fled
Cross purposes.
Evcryl.Jody is expected to give and as Portsmouth
uevor tails in purposes o[ lhis kind
"Goinp; On•r the To))" will I.Jc easy.
'l'ht wo1nl'11 who will spn•n on thc>
ditferent co111111illeos in lhe house
to house caina :,s ha,·e been i;clcctcd
:ind will meet this ,,rtornuon fur nnal instructions. One complaint has
been that honsc,,·iycs re[use to come
_to the cloor when one or these ladies
The committee wishes that
every woman would answer the bell,
even ir they arc unal>lc tu i;ive. A
11leai;ant word or smile helps the
eanYasscr along even i[ money docs
not come freely.
Give what you
Thi' different committees are as
l'oilows:
Dl:;:ri<'l 1-1\lrs. Arthur lloward.
liculcnants, Mis,; l\Jallel
lllargcso11, llliss Allison Kirk c, i\iiss
Frances Leary, :Miss Barbara Ham,
lllrs. Taylor \Vaterhonsc, l\lrs. Jlarry
L .llillon, Mrs. Frederick 111. Uard-
8-Mrs. A. A. Fogg, captain; lieutenants, Mrs. Mal.Jel Cros1.Jy, Mrs. William Norton, Mrs. Amos
Rundlett. Mrs. Fred Watkins, Mrs.
Joseph Connor, Mrs. M. A. llarrett,
i\Irs. S. D. Gilkey, Mrs. C. E. Grover, 1\[rs. Marion Brown.
District 9-Mrs. W. E. Ryan, captain; 1ieutenants, Mrs. H. L. Taylor,
l\Irs. Hopkins, Mrs. E. ll. Ur!)w.
District I 0-Miss 'Su:san '. '•DorL·h:
wick, captain; lieutenant\;, Mrs. Carrie Adams, Mrs. ,G. W. Shapleigh,
i\Irs. R. E. Potter, Miss. M. Emery,
l\lrs. H. C. Black, l\lrs. C. Smart,
l\Irs. Frank Clark,
Mrs.
M.
D.
Hobbs, Mrs. Fred Tucker, Mrs. W.
G. Meloon, Mrs. Arthur Gardner,
Mrs. Amos Locke.
Dislrlcl 11--Mri:l. II . II .lluberls.
captain; lieutenants, J\lrs. Il. Ba)'
ney, Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. A. 0. Bonfield.
District 12-Mrs. T. B.
captain; lieutenants, Mrs.
Ferguson, Mrs. G. II. Wingate.
District
13-Mrs.
Cumming!!
captain; lieutenants, Mrs. Joseph
Schurman, Mrs. II. L. Elmer, .l\lrs.
nalph Bigger, Mrs. Milton Schurman, .Mrs. John •Durgin.
District 14-Mrs. S. \V. Emery,
captain; lieutenants, Mrs.
C.
E.
I loyt, Mm. 11. W. Merrifield, Mrs.
A. l.larton, Mrs. ,Th urslun
l'1rn . .John JI. Pago.
' District 1 ~-Mrs. •D. W.
rJ.ptaiu; lieutenants, Mrs.
Faul, Mrs. Charles Daclger,
Mrs.
.James M. i\IcNeil, Mrs. Justin Wendell.
District 16--Mrs. May
captain; lieutenants, Mrs.
llunnels, l\lrs. Frank S11ii::htig,
llarold Freeman, Mrs. George Dennison.
District 1'7-Mrs. Wililam
captain; lieutenants, Mrs.
l\lrs. J. ·C. McDonough.
District 18-Mrs. Herbert
Districl2.-l\lrs . .John C.
Dolan,
c11plai11; lieulrnanl~, Mr~. llarry
:\lcU11t', i\liss Gcrtn11lc !Uchanls,
i\lrs. C. I~. lloytc, i\Irs. II. F. Jflnlwistlo, Mrs. Allen <lcllochc111ont.
District 3-llirs. ll. W. Locklin,
ca11tain; lieutenants, Mrs. Fred F.
,Johnson, Mrs. J. \V. Darrell, l\lrs.
.Joseph Cornelius, Mrs. D . .J. Ilolland, l\Irs. Roland D. Fitz, Mrs. A.
A. Ilalluu, Mrs. l•J. JI. Ililcy, Mrs.
lloward Durgin, Mrs. Marlon Lilley,
Mrs. W. Moullon.
District 4-Miss J\Jar.v llclTcngr,r ,
rnptaln; licutenanls,
Mrs.
lllrs. llslna, Miss Priscilla
1Mlss Gla<lys PaLtce, .J\.lrs.
\Villani Howe.
District ;;-Mrs. Fred
caplain; licutenanls, l\lrs.
Bradley, ll[rs. Char les Amhufr, Mrs.
ncorgc Woods, J\lrs. Daniel l\Iclntirc.
District 0-1\Ilss Luce,
lieutenants, Mrs. ·wallace Walker,
l\lrs. Austin McCormick, Mn•. L. F.l::•;~it,£1;;,w
Grace, Mrs. George Pattee, J1rs. E.
C. l\latlhcws, Jr., Mrs. Franlc Muchmore, Mrs. Louis Phillips.
Uislrict 7-M.iss E. E.
captain; lieulenants, Mrs.
Hillman, Mrs. Burt French,
Chas. Taylor, Mrs.
Borden,
Goor~o Fifield, Mrs. James K.
Hon Mn1. Allen cle-Clochemonl.
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�WORLD~RECORD.BROKEN
· Al NEWINGTON PLANT
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Shattuck Carpenters Jrame 3,500 Ton
Vessel In Three And Half Days
Th€! framing of a 3,500-ton wood- tuck, "I .read in the , United
en ship in three and a half working Emergency Ji'leet Shipping News an
days, which is claimed _as a record article in which it was stated that a
fo.r the Ferris type carder, has been Pacifi'.c ship yard had raised
accomplished by the ship_ builders at frames in one da).
Yesr.eraay we
the Shattuck ship yard in Newington, .JJ'uilt 31 frames and raised 2'8. When
and sets a riew world .record in the· it is_taken into consideration that we,
construction of this style of ship. AC- are ·building the Ferris type -c arrier, ·
.cording to records the best previou3. ·which ·is supposed to . be a more difrecord for frarnln·g a ·wooden vesse\'
for the eme.rgency fleet was 11 days. ficult one to hull cl, than · those -of ' thk
,This puts Portsmouth again on the Ilongh type; upon whic'h the PacHI;~
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map ;-as -. a ship building center and coast record: was established, it may
·s how's . that the men of today are as be seen tl1at we have ~ crew or ' shiP:
good _at building ships ' as in the days builders that
-of · old •-when -some· of· the finest ·ships
in the ,vorld · were- launched on the
river Pfscat.aqna; •
, Robert Jackson, vice president or
the com11any In notffylng John
Vaughan,' district officer of the Emergency Fleet corporation or the
·achievement, said the work was ·done _
·o y a gang of 60 men and that, in
looking up the · figures ut Washing~
company hat! ma1le
such a record in framing a vessel of
this type.
· The gang received a bonus and a
special prize offered . by the compan;:
·1n ,an effort to· speed np work at .its
1
ya'~·c1, wher e:·2,000 men ar~ ~mployed.
·" \Pr~sldenf Shattuck, in a· statement
;alrl .':the· -r-ecor'd , establlsh~d b:>\ the
·sh'tp
:bulltler~, ln:~hls:•company's ya'r ds
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,v,a~-~ a wa,y · ah~a'd •.of , qi;ii Jmov,:u;\;
r;ec-",
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·.iestii.b~i~l~~}":,!f:;, ~f~i;i_ ~m erg'k ncy .
r.d!!,1,on: ~hf.':Pacy:Jc ·, coasL · .
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ag61'."'-l<;sajd: Mr'.-i Snat~
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�LOCAL DRAFT BOARD
. Will;REGISTER
,NEW MEN
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Governor Keyes, has r ceivetl notice from the provost marshal gC>neral that the act provitliug for the rc-gislration of all men who have lieCOllH'
21 years or age since June [i last has
been passed by Con gr 'SS anti that a
P!oclamation by the PJ'esident will
be issuecl soon making J11nc G next
the tlay for registration.
On .June 5, 1 \118, men arriving at
the age of 21 since June fi, l!l17,
shoultl 1eport in person ancl rngisler
al the placH spe,·if' ,~ cl. Ir th!'rc is any
1louht In Ilic> lllilltl of a lllllll as to lhe
proper plnre for him lo rPi.:isl<'r hr
sho11ltl i11q11lre of lhe towll or city
c!erk. It is not opliollal with
the
l"•'f istrant whern he shall rri~islr!r;
]:p lllUSI r<'1~istPr :it lilt? pl:ll't• tlt•slgLllt>cl for rPgistcri11g llll'll i'ro111 I ht'
lo1w11 ill whit-h hr rlaillts a p1•r1111111 , 111 1P.,itl1•11ee.
ThP rpgislralion is to IH' arrnm - 1
Jdisl11•<1 under the snpervi s ioll of lhl' /
J,1cal llraft boards. Anlicip:i.ti11g the
J>robable passage or this act by C'o11·, ress tho tlrafl machinery in New
Jlampshlro has been prepared, anti
for the convenieure <>f rcgislruntR ill
this county il has liePn arranged to
have regislralion offices in lhe following places:
Jlocki11~11n111 C-oun,.~.
Hoekiugham, Division
No,
T'rohalr, co11rt room, Portsmo11th, for
1,:1lsl KlngHton, Grnenl:lll(l, I la111plo11,
l l1t111plcrn l•'ulls, Ko11sl11glo11,
I( i11gston, New Castle, , ewlields, , cwington. Newmarket, Newlo11, i orth
Hampton, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Rye
Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham.
Jlockl11gl~ Divi~io1;-No. l - l~xpollcc ro11rl r1HH11, Adams i\1emorial
building, Derry, for Atkinson, A11l1ur11, Candia, Chesler, Jlampslead,
l,011do11tlerry, Salem, ,Sandown. \Vindl1am, Derry,
Local tlraft board office in Exeter
for Dro11lwood, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Nottingham, Northwooµ, DeerJicltl, Haymond, Dapville.
Although regislralion should
nccompl!shcd at the place prescribed
nntl although lhe buJ·den is on the
intllvldual to see that the regislralion
Is matlo under the supervision of the
local boartl having jurisdiction of lite
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area within which he
resides, yel, absentees (which in•
clulles persons absent from the state
such us al training cam1>s, schools,
colleges, and other similar institutions; iiersons in jails anll J'eforma
lories aud insane asylums) may ap
ply to the nearest local board t.....,,,\,...,.• 1 -.
have a registration cart! matle out by
the chief clerk, which cards shoulll
he forwarclecl I.Jr lhe individual lo lhe
local boartl hnving juristliclion of the
arl'a within whicli he
rnsitlm; in time lo reach the board on
.J1111e fi, 1918.
/\II 111ale persons, citizens or lhe
l"nit etl Slates. ancl nil male persons
l'<'sitlir :g in Iii<' l ' nilC'tl Slates, whc,
ha ve, since lhl' [ith of Juue, 1917 ,
:111tl 011 nr before .June 5, 1918, att:.ined the age of 21 years, rnusl
1· t gister.
Tho 0111:,- nxceplions are
perso11s i11 tho military or naval service of lhe United Stales, which incl utles all officers and enlisted men
or the regulaJ' army, the navy, the
marine corps, and lhe National Gnartl
a1id Naval :'llilitia, while in the service of lhe Uniletl Stales, and offiCC'r8 in the officers' reserve corpi
alltl enlistell men in the enlisted re-
�WILL HAVE (,'l[ARGE Oli' WAU
GARDJ~NS.
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MAM.
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Wllllam ·shutlleworth, a . BlUdO\lt
at ' New Hampshire College and a
graduate of lho Portsmouth lli~h
will ,have i;harge of ,~he war gartlenH
at Christian Shore anu· will shortly
- upon his duti'es.
N 11'\VJ:'.'JG'rON pr,AN'J'.
ln addres sing the members of
Dover ·City Coun cil lasl evening L .
H. Shattuck of the big ship yard at
N~wlngton said that at the present
time he could see business enough
ahead to keep the yard going for the
next eight years. He told them that
If Portsmouth was abl e to take care
of the' employes at the navy yard and
the shlpb11!ldlng plants they
have a city th.r ee tim es Its
,Mr. Shatt.uck sal<l -:
"\.Ve are working about two-third s
of the capacity of our plant at tho
present tim e.; We have from 2,100
to 2,300 or more men emplayed and
we need 1 ,2000 more men. We can
not get them because we cannot llnrl
suitable placet1 In whicl1 · to
house
them. We have about 25 tents erected at the plant and we are negotiating for 350 more to • accommodate
the men. If we can have · the force
that we require at the present time
it · means a payroll of 3,300 and we
can readily • find employment for 4,000 men if we
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• · ·, Dr . n . K S111li rn n of Co n cor<l r c pres cnli11J.; th e sta te ll oan l ot' hcu l th ,
was h er e to day in a tt cn<lan<:c at a
confer en ce o f th o \Var l >Ppar t m ent
:and th o nta l c of :\Ta in e i11 r el ati o n t o
th e es tablish m en t o f a ann ilary zonn
nrouncl t he P orts m o uth n avy ya nl.
Th e m a tt er h as been co nsi der ecl
prev i ou s cqn[crc n ces in t his city and
m ore or l ess cl ofi11i lc 11Jans h ave bcrn
m a pped o nl, whi ch prolJ :th l y will l w
))Ill int o eff ec t soo n. Dr . 8 11lli va n in
form etl th e o ther co 11 ro r om1 t ha t t1 11•
g overn o r ancl co un cil at th e m ce li n .l\
!j,5, 0 011
PUBLIC LIBRA.RY NOTES
A' pl easing gift has come lo the
Por ts mouth Lihrary r eccnlly or 1-wo
copi es of n.n interes ting novel, wrill on hy a for1J1 er r es id ent. Mrs. Gertn1cl e Tredi ck Griflith s, who h as r esid ed in Engl and sin ce her marriage
to '.\fr. P er civa l Dori s rGifli t h s.
i\f r s. Griffith s is n. y oung woman
charmin!{ per sonality, happily r em emher cd ,b ~· nrnny fl'i enll s, th e claughter
ol' M r. nnd l\Jrs. T . Salt er 'l'redick,
who gavo 1111 t h eir hom e h er e to join
th eir d a11 gh te 1· in F,11 g la11 ,l.
Th e titl e of lh e book i s " Th e Wed-
or
r each ed it s thircl eclilion, since publi ;ihecl in London a ,-;hort t.illle. ago. IL
i,-; a channin ~ Hlory or \'ir~lnia lit'c
anti clay s, d cllieal c d to her 111u chlov erl co11 ,; i11' s ehilclren. l\lr,-; . Gril'lith s show,-; ,L mark ed tal ent in cl c lincmling th e Southern lil'e, as also in
her fi1·st short story, " The Ln.ndy
h11 mor chara ct eri sti c o r th e nam e.
'l'h o av:1il,; of this were p;iv ou to
War lt l' li c l' f1111tl s, hPi ll~ wilhiu in
th e oal'l y pa r t 0 1' Iii <' w ar , and for
whi cll r eli r• f Ml'. anti l\[ 1·s. Uriflith ,-; ,
also i\ Lrn. \ Ve 11tlell arnl ,-;ons l1:1v e ca1cr ed so zea l om; l y and h elp1'11lly .
TL is a p leas ure 10 i11 cl11d e l\Trs.
Gr i tii l hs :lll! Oll J.; I ll e l iter a r y
l'orl KlllOll!h,
sl1011l<l ,-; lrn ('Olllillll C 1 0 ll KC h er f) Cll :l
hrilli:tll l f il l Ill'!' Sf'{) l!I S hP[Ol'P IH'l' " \
�fIfTY~fOUR MEN LEAVE
fOR CAMP DEVENS:
Mayor Ladd HeadedProcession Of Drattccs To The Dcpot--Music WNaval
Band
To the inspiring music or lh9 U.
·'· S. •'nval bnnt1 auct csrorletl by a
large 1111mber of citizeus hondccl uv
;\1ayor Snln11el 'f. Lntld,' the lar11Ps.t
body or mcu i11 tho HnlcctivP tlral'l
:vet to leave this cit.r, 111arche1l to
the/ Bo~ton and i\laine ra.ilrontl station at 8.30 o'clock this morning to
entrai11 for Camp DevP.ns anti with
every pro;q,<'P( of bPilll\ on thc>ir w:i.y
IO F1a111e ll'iliil11 a row
111011thH .
'1'110 d1arte,,s were givP11 a ro1rni11r,
n·teptlon all along thr. line or march
auct at the rnilrontl Htntion
llllll
thcrP wns a large gathering to bid
ti11•111 far!',1c>ll and Uod speecl.
'l hp quoln co11slRtc><I or ;;4 men
out or the r.:; called, the cxce>ption'
or l'aul :\lorrison, who has
IJeen
,;r:in.r1l pPrmission to go to cam,;
wllh the> lloulto11, ;\1P., quota, where
he has hPcn PIIIJ•loyed.
Llentcnant
E. II. F11rr.1r o[ the> :101st lnfantry
at Camp lJ,wens w:.1s in charge and
('l1arl<'q E. flrackett was a11poi11ted
IPcl,, 1· :111,1 Arthur D. Thompson
of
I
Cipola Antonino, Porlsmouli1.
Jt11clolph L es a11c, Lowell, Mas s .
Ernc>~l flowarcl D11mbrack,
ton.
Jolin ll:1n!cl \Vllkl11son,
1,1011 tl1.
l'hili!l ~iwrhik, Portsmouth .
.Jnnl()s T. Downing, Portsmouth.
Sydney 11cginald Pick:-':~.
111011th.
i'l1ilip llrooi;f] . HPllllP.11,
111011th.
l•'rod l.rni1L l'roctor, l'orLsmo11t.h.
I lr,11oriw1 Malo Newmarket.
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:\lol'l'is C:oloy:.111, Porlsmo11th.
.John Hoh c rt Miller, · l'orlsmo11lh.
.lo,;Ppll rc·ook, Jtavcrhill, Mass.
Henry Drown Dow, Seabrook.
11nrolcl ('has. Morrison, Newton.
Pct.er ,A11p,11 r. tus l\Torrison, Tloul 1011, ;\Tc.
c:corge
L eo n
O'llcag:1n,
hriilge, :\Tass.
i'hilip llnrlelrrh
Green,
mo1 1th.
Arthur Henry Craig, Jr.,
.
\VilfrPd L:111gluis, Jr., "1ewn1arl,rl. lllOlll.h .
\Vlllia, 11 llenry
Spi11111iy, J'ortsAmerco Flori. Portsmouth.
\\'alter nlnnclrnl'.e, Nowmnrket.
lllOlllli.
tcsllo
Lincoln
Lovett,
North
,1111111 :\llta:;!1:1, l\Prllu.
1':.1111 Spa11al:iH, I'orl:11no111li.
l!:11npton.
;'l,•l~w 11 I.:111:\lnis, :S:Pw111:ll'kl'l.
.lohn Willam Dow, ,Seabrook.
1·c•i· lPy ('ollins i\[artlu. 1,in).\'sto n.
Donalc\ l!'crgnson Yeaton, Porta•
1•:l111t1r ('lcveland n11rard,
l'ort~ - month.
Henry
Bickford, Portsmouth .
1110111 1,,
,v.
.\lkli:tt'I starzi,k, I.awr,•11t•1•, :\111~:1 .
Eugene Etllcson Marston, Humpllt>1111is .Jos. llrhH'oll, l 111rls111null1. 'ton.
tl sl':i r I' . s . .'\11d,T;:on, l'ortH1111111rl1.
TTarld John Little, 'Portsrpo u t h .
i'al ri l'k J. ('nui1tll'H, i'or1 s 1111J111 h.
.loltn Henry Mccann, Portsmouth.,
Loui s Ja<'niH:, 1'orl s 1110111l1.
Leslie Blake ,S anborn, Danville.
Haro ld Gardner, Portsmouth.
l'Ol'L Rl•'orrPSl l,l'S[l' r
.ll'lllll'SH,
F.harleR , Ed wln Drackl;',tt.- --Por.t&
lll!llllh.
mouth.
l'orls( 'or11Plius .I os.
llPagan,
lllllllth .
l'anfilo Uicenso, l'nrts t11011th.
A lfrc>d f•'r:\llcois 11111lso11,
Falb;.
f l:1:-1.ld l'rrsrolt Wcbslor,
~li.Oll.
'l'liomas .J. Quinn , ·Portsmo11Lh.
Uom~r Ju se pli Lenleux, :-lewm::ir-
Artl1ur
Arthur
�Norllt Mill
Has Commenced
bn!ldlng workmen's houses. Several fo11ndntions wern stttrted this
week on this centrnlly localed trnct. The majority or the house s will
be stucco with asphalt slate shingle roor. All 'the Interiors will he
finished in N. C. Pine with hardwood lloors and electric lights.
Several lots have been sold in the past week to investors, ns the
land can be used now for gardens and the building or these n ew
houses will be bound to increase the value of the land.
The engineers have completed their survey or t11e lots ancl have
laid ont the streets 40 ft wide with a five ft. sidewalk. Tlestrict lou!l
are placed on each lot ror houses to set back 20 feet, leaving a r;pare
in front f.or a lawn and garden in the rear, as each lot Is from 100
'to 200 reet deep. The first houses will be com11lc>ted In July an1l will
help relieve the honAln~ conditions.
The company Is erecting an ofl'lro at !.!10 llonnetl r; trr e t whrrn
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plans and. specifications can be seen dally and S11n<1ar .
GOVERNMENT Will
·10AN PORTSMOUTH
$70,000
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.'.\fayor 8amiicl . T. Ladd to1lay re- .'\RAt. ('011nsel, l~mngency Fle!'t Cor.
This means that tho government
the following telegram from
offirlals
are In favor ol' loaning th"
Edwin A, Bayles. asRi stavt rounsel
or the Emergency Fleet Corporation city $70,000 wilh which to go ahe::t<l
and Improve the property in the vi"Government lla:-; reacnen rleflnite cinity of Fre!'mnn's Point witicn is to
,
agreement with your tity lllaw; as he nse<l ror housing purpose~. The
lo, streets and utilities for the Atlan- cily, havi11g l'eached its 1lebt limit,
tic Corporat.1011 development.
ThP. was nnahle to raise the
undersigned will cull on yon to con- monr>y to rarry 011 thi~
clude the ,lea! :\Ton1lay, :\Tay 27. Sug- pif'ce of work, ancl at the suggeRtion
gest that the city solicit.or be in at- of :vfayor La1l1l an appeal was mad
to the government for funds. The
tendance If possible.
city or Portsmouth m11Rt pnv bnrk to
EDWIN A. BAYLES,
- - -~;.i1,1~~1)..l~'r() 81'JH.VJ<ll~,---~
Captain I. II. Washburn, U. S. R.
~~,M~..~ A. who was recenliy called into ser,.,.-•.•fl;·•=,. Yice, left on Sunday for Louisville,
Ky., where he will rc11ort for duty.
\Vith Captain Washburn being called
into service the local postol'fice is
hard hit, having on the previous day
lost two clerks and one carrier by
the gov!'rnment the amount lo,lll!'1l.
\Vorlc will Ile started Immediately
upon tlH• 1lovelopment or thi~ r,rop!'rty at C'hrl8tian 8hor<>, where: 11 grt>al
many . houses are soon to 1,e lrnilt.
~fayoi: Ladd Is to he congratuhlNl
nnon his success in interes li11g government offlrials in
this
lvlilch ~means so - much
to
mouth·.
�~w,1.-l
s1xT1mx :1rnx.
P.. .
The Local War DoaJ'.d loday issued
call G5G [or fifteen men lo leave [o~
Ji'ort Slocum next Saturday. In addition lo this number one volunteer,
Ralph Gove o[ Seabrook will go wilh
the detachment which is as follows:
Julls :\[ysky, lumberman, Northeast Carry, :.\Ic., care Gt. Northern
Paper Co., Burbank Camp 6.
1,;r1ward llale Walton, Jr., shoemaker, Seabrook.
J~rnest Daniel .Tanvrin, shoemaker,
Seabrook.
· • · C'at'ol ,Douglas Stockbridge,
machinist, Stratham.
Edward Lewis Fowler, sa.w
aulo
mill
man, Seabrook.
William Jo se ph :\Iorrissette, saw
mill man, Chapel Hl., Newmarket.
James :\1unroe Lamprer, painter,
Deach road, Hamplon.
Clarence Rosc oe Dlanchard, shoemaker, Seabrook.
William P. :\Iorrissey, )lacker, G7 4
Carroll st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Arthur Louis Dergeron, loom lixcr, box 373 , Newmarket.
.\rlhur Louis !Jergeron, loom fixer,
Dox 373, Newmarket.
Luigi ~lercuri, rigger, :-Sewmarkct.
Fred C!Hton \\'est, shoe cutter,
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'f he Portsmouth Athletic
its rnC'eting on Tuesday
voled to tender lhe une of
den In lhe rear of the club house to
the Fosdick Commission lo be used
by the enll~ted men for danc ing.
Last
summer
the
commission
malntnlnecl a tenl 111 tho Y. M. C.
A. gardous for dancing- nrternoon11,
for enll!ted men, and this tenl lhl~
year will be erected In the ·P. A. C.
garden and be managed by the
group of ladles as last ~eason.
dances were h ltl during the
ter at the Army ancl Navy Home.
The committee In charge of the P.
A. r. minstrel show rPported that
the nel receipts wo11)d be Home
$300 for the Red Cross ancl
the Allied Theatre COlll}Jl.lnY would
give their per cent. ror the u~e o!
lhe hall to the Red Cross making :!
total of upwards or $500 for the lo-
East Kin~slon.
J•'loyd .T. _R and, :i Linden
;J, .\ h;lon, ;\[ass.
William Ila!<' Lamprey,
.Nook Lane, llam11ton .
Perley Davit\ Hersey, painter; 54
Lincoln ave., Portsmouth.
Ralph Gove, shoemaker, Seabrook.
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a sp<•<·ial 1_11<•l'ti11 g or tit<• !'it.I' f!,>1,11 h:,. the national hoard,
1·011111·11 !:isl ,.,,,n111g thp 1·011n1·il loo k that in hi,; r e port to
:ill Sl(•ps IC' ga ll ,1· poss ihl<' to l'lll'Oltt- .llajor .\loses hacl n•con1111e1Hl l' 1! th:tt
:tJ!<' tit,• 1"' 1'111:ttH' nt ltonsing or ship- in lllC' 111:ttlrr or the' :'\rwington ship
11111 ld•ts 111 this !'ily :111<1 to 1·11-1>f1<•r• plant th,• gon•rnn1cnl assist · i11 NPrtal1• \\ith 1111• go1·r·rn t11L'ilt
ill
tl1is i111: tr'lllporary holl S( 'S [or thP work11ork.
1111•11 alo11g t1tc · !'anlo11menl li11r. In
Thl' g o\'Pl'll nH•11 l housi11 g in ,· .. ~ti- n •ganl to t hp . I tlanlil- Corporation at
gation board or whi<'h .llajor ~loses l•'re <' man's l'oint the boar<! ltarl re cis Lit<· 111·:1<1, 1·:1111,• lt,•r<' yestPr<la.1 anti 0111111<•tl(! f• cl that the government give
111a<I<· :111 i11 s 1H•tlio11 or I.he needs along fi11an,·ial aid for pPrn1t,nr1,>1 ho11sin~
this li111• or lltr :,c·,1 i11 ;.,.to 11 anrl l•'rP '·, on lit<• 1·orpornlio11's lancl or J ,, 1111
111an· s l'oi11t sltiphuildin_g plants and llt<'ll aucl th<'ir families, making nee;lh<' ~111•t•i:1l 111t•<'li11g was 1·al!Pd af't<'r l'Hsar) 1111• l'l'<'c:tion or i.Jelwc1 ·n f>OII
a ('01trl'l'l'lll'(' b<'lll'Pen tit(' reprPSPJlla- :tn1l (j(J(I ilo11Hes all o[ a per111anc11l
til·ps 01 lltis hoard and !ht• ('it:unhPr 11at11rc•. !Ir st at<'rl !Ital il was <'XJJCC'l
or l'olllllll'i'('e ('011llllitlet·.
.llayor I'd !l1at lit<' 1·ily or c-itizens \\'Ottlrl as,San111rl 'I'. 1,acl<I and CottnC'ilme11 sisl in the work hJ· financial asHiHlllay11l' s , Ura.r, LeC'l,ey_ \Vt•ck s , l,:llll <t :tnc<· or !Jy krPpi11~ tt)) with the clC' ·
:1111! llit-1,c) \\'C' I'(' prPHPnt.
relopnw11t or
till'
proprrt)·
wil11
Jo: . 1·111·tis )lalll1<•WH, scerrtury or slr<•<'ts, sldpw:.tlks, sewprs. and w,1lP,'
tit•• 1·itiZl'IIS'
ltow;i11g
r·o111111illl'C,
hril'f!,1 011tlit1l'cl tit' t·o1Hliti1111s :is laid L..,_....,_,.......,""",....~=-~"?-,~<;l"'f~~9'ii;:,,,.~',\1
when railed upon for an opinion ai;
whetltrr lhe cily conn.cil could legally ap1J1·opriate a lnmp sum of money
lo lake' Htor:k in a IJ11ilcl i11g corporation o,· lo assist liHanciall.,
lhat l11e law required that all money
obtained by laxes should be used for
public works and lhe city could not
legally enter into a11y private business with such money wilhoµt u spec-'
ial enabling· act on tho parl of the
Iegis1;1t11re. He slated, however, that
lhe cily coulrl legally encourage the
-~"'~-•..,._,..,.,. building operations by making the
necessary improvements to tho land
in question, that is, laying out road :; ,
,.:,,-~1"1~!.,,.-.,11 Iaying sidewalks, and installing water
and sewer mains, etc.
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President Sise of the Chamber of
=lll<'.•
Commerce went over briefly what had.....,.._,...,.....,
been done by the Chamber of CommQrce in this housiqg work and explainP1i lhat the principal delay had
been in i\'ashington, the government
not ynt adopting a general policy jn
lhis problen1. He explained lhat the..._-,,'"""",
fir;;t plan was for a citizens corporation to finance lhe housing with government assistance but lhis was hardly [e:isi blr, and the present methocl
seemed better.
Ma.VOi' La<ld slated ,lhal the govern me11 t wanted evi<lence from
lite
city or co-opera! ion ancl l11lerest iu
Co11nrilma.11 Raynes offered u resolution that in lhc .event of lhe Atlantic Corporation or government erecting 1 00 or more houses on their lanrl n:.vwc=
at F'reeman's Point lhal the city
would lay out the streets,
walks and lay lite waler
mains, the understanding
lhe A tlanlic Corporatiort should give
the city a ·qi'1il claim deed of all of
the land u se d for streeti; and sidewalks. This was passed by a
�22 :YOUNGMEN.lEAVE ·
{~~fOR/_N:
.H.:UOLtEGE
To the inspiring ·music cif the '.\Torley Flute and Drum band ' the 22
,draftees, who.are to undergo a course
.of special training a1long mechanical
lines for the National ,,..Army with
special reference to service with · Gen .
Pershing's armr, in _France at New
H _u mpshlro collego left the office 01
tl_\e Local ,War Board shortly after 8
o'clock for the . railroad . stat_ioq . to
entrain. William .H. Cullen of this
city was In command. On the way to
the railroad station the men . wero
given o. hearty farewell 1.Jy the store
keepers 11.n·c1 · others an,1 was a ·s triking _contrast tG ' ,the departure· ,01·
draftees for Camp Dix the other clay
who went away practically without
anl'. demonstration on the part of onr
citizens. At the --depot there was a
fair sized •crowd to bid the men good
bye and· as\ the train hauled out of
the ,depot · Sheriff Spinney called for
cheers and three lusty 011es .were
given.
This Is the second call that the
-government has made on this district
for men ror special training, the other being for Tufts College, and the
requirements are that the men must
have at least a grammar schoo_J <idncatlon and some mechanical !lbilit.y
and be physlc1tlly nt l'or general ser-
~ewmarket, factory _1'{orJl:er. '
.
George O:\f. GillJert,-,51. :\lan1~ing st.
·?ortsmouth, Linotyp~ 'orie~alor,
' Walter ;liowarll . Hanson, ,Rockingham, telegraph operator.'.
William Ilenry Cullen: 200 Gates
3t., Portsmouth, Li'ncitype 'operiltor. '
.Tos111ili Bol11it'rn't, ·SI i (111 H~ •• Port ~mouth, llr1emp.n, , . , , , , . , , , .
Ranso,m Smith , _Carleton,; 4 4 _ High
-it., Portsmouth, electrician. · , .
, F.ruuk Warren Plum)110r, , 132 .:\(a'plewoorl iive., Portsmoht11, ele'ctrlc;_
Ian.
11:arl!) Waller' CaH,~(JII, 11 GO 1,;'1{vyi'1
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avo., Portsmouth, auto driver.
William Henry Howard, GO Washington street, Portsmo1ith, shoemaker.
Shirley G. Goll[rey, Stratham.
Roy K l<'ogg, North . l lampton,
cle.rk .
'. Dennis Peter O'Leary, 340 Thornton st., Portsmouth. ·
, David IC Irving, · Iiampton Falls,
shoemaker.
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Carl .Stewart Stevens,
draftsman.
Gordon Sanford Chaml.Jerlaln, R.
F. D. 1, Amestrnry; l\Jass.
· Saul Sussman, 459 Isllng~on
Portsmouth, factory· worker.
'j'hos. E: ~llllett,.GG!J N. 15th
Phpaqelphia, auto driver .
.<\ugustqs Coughlin, · 85 Gates
The men with the exception of one
Portsmouth,
:'II. P. operator.
man who was last reported in PhilaDe~ter
'FM
gar
Gynan, 4 G ProspPct
delphia and possihly did not get lils
notice In time, reported to th\l Loca,l
Board 11.t 3 o'clock on Wec111·esd11,y i,,.........-:,,,---,,....---,...,.,.....,.._,_..;._~~
afternoon when they became members or the National .Army.
Chairman Spinney gave the men
their general instructions and· Chairman 1•'. M. Sise or the ned Cros~
Home Service Committee, addressed
the men on the qne::ilion of the ~overnmeut insurance, explaining- it and
urging every man to take it out to '
some extent, the sums 1.Jeing from
one to ten thousand dollal's at a · rate
that only the government can afford
to allow.
The matter of allotment
was also explained.
\Vith the volunteers and the draftees only one change was made,
Shirley G. Godfrey or Stratham taking the place of Benjamin F. Filielcl
of Haverhill who is ill.
The others were:
. Charles· Edward ,varner,
Junction, factory worker.
Edward \V. Aust.in, Kittery Point,
:\fe., Linotype operator.
Elton Gray George. Newton, shoe- .
maker.
George Pratte, 9 Spring
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.
••
j
�Doi othy U'o:;tc1· of Th is CIC l'
Sar!>
'.l'ltc1·e is Gt·cat Ncctl of \\'0111<· 11 at
the Ft·out.
'
operating
room in a hospital for officers. All
tho hospitals havo a most chcedul i.·;·'.-'..;i.,·,;:11l',..;
atmosphere.
I spent three Christ•· ·. "''"'""'-"'•
mas days In hospitals
and everybody holpcd to. make them
very merry. Enough cannot be sai1l
in praise or the wonderful spirit or
Lim Drltish and French, onr Allies,
who aro paying not only with .t.ho!r
men and money, I.Jut with their
homes anti women and chilclren.
Any nurse who rloses her eyes to
this marvelous professional opportunity will regret it in years to...,,,,_,,l',,,~:f.\'·'"'
come. Usually our work is most
narrowing and confining, hero ls a
branch which ls (]Uilo tho reverse
with every 01111orlunily for variety
of work anti surroundings.
Thorc
.~:\1;-p!ace~ to visit in of[ tluty
time which will l;il·c you life-Jong
memories.
Nurses, all of you who can lcavJ
hon;c. clo ;:o. G i ·. c ,·our~cl l'cs and
take with you t 11c illl'Jl"'3t or your
ramilit-:; :incl frit'mls.
Yunr influence is imu1cai; ural.Jlc :is ii; your
In tht hope of reaching the nurses
of Amf'rica who have not yet availctl
themselves of the privilege or 11ursl11g the .Allietl soldiers, I will tell
them of the things which seem tu
me most important in tho work over
there.
The mo st interesting work Is unrloui.JLcdly with the army in France.
I spent nine months with the Iiarrnrd Unit, which is No. 22, Goncral
I loHpital,
Drilish
l~Xpl'dilionary
7 orcc.
·J~ach day brought convoys
IHtlicnts,
somelimea
seventy,
;omelimos four hundrnd, sometimes
several convoys a day or night, and
in a corresponding number o[ pa
lion ls wert s n L a way to England.
To go 011 duty in a lnrr,e t.c nt .and
.find strange, haggard,
unshal'Cn
faces, to know that you alone arc
responri iblo for the w,:,11-1.Jcing of a
corlain number and to sec the
change in their general conclltion
and tho
improl'CIIIC11t
in
their
wo111H\<; after a fow 1lays' care Is rcwnnl for your work which no other
work 111 lhe world cnn glvP.
Of
tourno, It Is not always a quick rnr.ovory anti ofll'u none al all. !'>01111'
hHI m:,y COil!() Ill, a walldn~·
casn, and 11lc of gas, bacillus In fccl1011, or tetanus a few days later.
Thnu tho nurse has to hnlp this l;ul
over tho bur. Tho nurse ls cJ03er
Lo the soltllor than is anyone else
Th/J British 11ooplc call her "nistcr''
anti this tillc characterizes their utLlt11cle towards hnr.
knows what gifts arc welcome; so
many, many times have I seen
row cigarettes make pain cn1lurablc
:inti wished for unlimitccl funds or
tho power to divert thrm to the patients to case their first agonizing
dn)'H In hospital. Thi~ (!Ver)' lllll'S(1
can tlo on n small Henle.
At tho .A111cricn11
A 111 hn lanre, l
nur11r1l French ofli<'l'l'H an,! Hnlcli<'n:
anti know that tho fri1•n1lly allitllt!C'
ur t110Ro proplo in tha 1IayH when
Lho l111ll(lt! l-il11ler1 wnH 11r111l1·11! ! H 11
hontl, atl1lcd tn 111any otlwrn, which
will alwayH holcl ll!I Logl'lhor.
If
you have l~rcnchmen to 1111rsc )'Oil
uro, lntloecl, fortunato.
In l~nglnnd l worko,! for tho American \Vomon's \\Tar llm;pltals at
PalgnLon, Devonshire, an,! Lonclo11.
At Palgnton there arc two hu111lrccl
and lirty bccls for '1'0111111\l's, iclcal
surroundings where American snrgoons and nurses hnl'e i:;lvcn thc:-c
splondld I.Joys most excellc11t rosull:;
wartl.
The [ore::-,oi 11 1; is c:op:ctl from an
il\nstralcd arli<:lo by a Portsmoullt
girl in the "~lililary Nursing , umher, 1\r1ny. :'1av:t a111I llPd . Cross
Hl'ni1·1•" o[ '"l'ht' .Amnri<:an Jourual
or Nursing" ror May, 1918,
pub~
lished al 1Jtochcstcr, N, Y. Miss Foster has rcccnlly 'returned
two years service as a
FIVE PER-CENT
OF POPULATION
IN SERV(CE
/
' In ·a slalemont i;ivon out by Stale
Historian R . W. llusi.Jaud, tlio porccn tage o[ men in the service tu
J'ort11111011th's population ls u11proxi~'
11111 l cly Ill o 11orco11 t. 'l'hls Ill u
hir h porcoului;o as :iomc of
.,.,. 11s furnish loss than two
·1 l:r.rn is ono town, Str,nfortl,
1t1, lies seven porcont, 0110 lowu, SanilfJ11·11, six percent. seven towns,
in.. uJlng Exeter. Keene and LitUoton.
: h:it. furnlsl:\ five percent plus, and
! . ,·:1 tho group of towns fu ,nlshing
l i 1 •J percent minus, in which Portsruou th, Newmarket, Concord, l•'rank!111 and Stratham are included. , About
seven-eights of the towns
of the
staUi fall below this percentage. Ther
include Claremont, · Laconia,
chester,' Naslrua, Rochester,
wor.t1 and Dover.
The reconstruction work Is one
the biggest divisions of the hospital
and Captain Towle Is In charge of
th is section.
11lics, the reconstruction
wounded sodier so that he may make
tho most of his · condition,. such a1;1
by treatment 'bringing back the use
of arm or leg or the use of artificial
limbs. There ls a great amount of
wo;·k anti the hours are long frorii
5.30 in the morning until well into
tho nlght but Ca.plain Towle writea
thut he ls vory much lntorostc<l in
tho 11·orlc natl in excellent 'health.
�fOURTEEN MEN LEAVE
~INTODAY'S DRAfl
.u--1q1i
tHcd C'ross ('hnptcr
_J,nr~c A mount of :\\'01 k · to
'l'his .Month,
.\ _ \
--~
J>o
i
The Portsmouth cha\lll'r or tho
Red Cross has recelvrd its
allotment [or the month of .lune for
lrn\ttcd goods anu ll ts the lan;esl
that this chapter has ever \.Jeen
called u11011 to do, so th,\L there will
be ~real need or every woman who
r11n knit cloini;; her 1rnrt.
The call ls for !100 11airs
1,10 swcatcrH, :1~ helmcls,
of wristcrs and l O mumers.
The ·committee had been warned
of a big demand £or lrnittc<l good~
detachment of fourteen men In others [or a matter which the
charge of Carl Dotiglas Stockbridge part ment considered could be rcmcof .St-rath-am, with Perley D. Hersey died and upon which a new order
o[ this city second in command, Jc[t has hccn made since the men left
this morning at 8.4:i -o'clocl,. for this, clly. The men sent home arc
Nashua, where they join the other William II. Slincy a111l James
men from the slate and lhcn pro- Jones of this city, WiHred Lan!!:lois
ceed to E'ort Slocum, N. Y. The men of Newmarket and John W.
wtre escorted to the clepot by Sher- Jr., o[ Sea brook.
!ff Ceflon S11lnncy of the local war
The uoard recently refused
yarn, so that it ifl now rcatlY, and on
hoard and there were very l'cw pco- rlnct a man into service, who was
Monclay
arternoon tho commllll'C on
plo outside of the relatives of the given the alternative or c11llsling i11
knitting will be at. the work roomf\
two Portsmouth boys who went in the ;irmY or going to jail. It was
at the g1ks nomc lo g;lvo it out.
the dra[t 11rcscnt to bid the young in the case o[ John Palmc11inc, who
- These socks arc for the men in
men a farewell.
was arrested here !'or bringing in
in tense trainAll \Jul two men answered the roll liquor and Oneel in the lower court
ing back of the line and work in
call, .T111ins Myslcy, who!lo last ad- anrl sulrncquonl\y turned over lo the
the front lino trenches, the 111011 arc
dress was Northeast Carry, Mc., llnltctl States court. lie was a 1lcnslng a great many soclrn.
whoro ho was employed al a lumber linriucnl [rom the local board from
Owing to the rad that there has
camp _who hnM 11ol hnon hen rel l't'0\11, tho facl t.hal ho h:lll failntl lo make
been a shorlai;c of ~a u1.c an1l t ht'
Lugl Mercuri or Newmarlrnt, out his quesllonaire a[Lcr r<';;!Htnr chapter has not received Its shl11who Is employed at New Dell[ord ing, but ho had been reported as a
mont, there will not be anY work on_
and notified the board on Friday delinquent to the United Stales clison Monday
that lie did not get his mail. Ile trict attorney.
will probably report so111c time nex.L
FridaY on order from the district
E':~,:~:1:,;;..;;.;;~;::.:...__,,...,,.,,.,,.,.,...,.,.....-._.....,.,,..,..,.,,,,......-.,
wccl<. Ralvh Gove o[ Seabrook who attorney he was discharged
[rom
volunteered went with the detach- the Portsmouth jail and brought bemcnt. Those who left were:
[ore the local board and he
1468 Eclwanl IIale Walton, Jr., later be allowed to make
:;hocmaker, Seabrook, N . H.
line
1477
Ernest .Daniel Janvrin,
~hocmaker, Seabrook, N. U.
._,,.;;,.;;..,;:;..;.;;_,
1502 Carl Dour,las Stockbridge,
:a1to 111achlnisl, Stratham, N. TT.
l~clwnnl
Lewis
Fowler,
man, Sorihrook, N. 11.
l r,Gfi
.Jame:; Munrno LamprnY,
nnach ro.1.cl, llatnJ)lOn, N. JI.
Claronc~1 Jtoscoo 11\anchanl,
:;ltocmalrnr, '!'\cabrook, N. ll.
Hi7:i
Wlll!alll l'.
M.orrisscy,
674 Carroll Hlrecl, Brooklyn,
1576
Arthur Lonls ncrgeron,
loom fixer,' Box 373, Newmttr lrnt, N.
I·I.
1625
Freel Cl![ton West,
cutter, East~ •Kingston, N. II.
1.G:18
Floyd J. ltand, 3
:;trcct, sn ltc 3, Allston, Mas~.
164G Will!ar.1 lfalc Lamprey,
borer, Nook Laue, 11a11111ton, N.
16:,0 , J'crloy Davit\ IlerseY, painter G4 Lincoln avenue Portsmouth.
•The local hoard l1as' been noti!ierl
four or the men sent to
Cam11 Devens in the last call -were
rejected for physical rc:isons, one
n nil tho three
�]~Q,
~ ,\Q4~
WAH IlOAHn A nus\'. PT,ACK
\NW. ~ .S-\'o - - 'l'he office or the local
War Iloard
lrnsy ])lace todnY.,
many young 111e11 who hud 1·eachc<l
registralio11
day, appearing before the board to
register in accordauce with the orders recently promulgated.
l p lo
110011 nearly l 00 young men hn,l appeared before the bonnl n111l taken
out their cards.
~loth.~r' s Day
letter f ron1
Ray Caswell
Tito [ollo\\'i11,:; lottur [rom r.ay C.
Ctrnwcll, r, l1,l llri;•.adc, ~lilh Divi :;inn,
A. K 1,'. lo hi ,; !11olh1·r, i~; ur e:;pc c i:ll
hi IOl'Pl\l:
~11ty I'.!, 1 \JI S.
My l.lcarc:;l Mot.hm: -'fhlil is a upcdal teller Lo our dearest ones. Tomorrow which i!J .\Jay l:l,
19 i 8, i:; :\1olher's l)Jy [or Lhc sol•diers , i!l France, and every sold;e~
that iu lucky e11011,:;h to have 011 <1
writes. The let lcr is 1:u ppo:;ed t.o Ile
fl lieu with 10,:e a11d encouragcmeul.
Ji. h:ncn't been able to write for a
long lime so this one \\'ill make u,1
for it. l can't express my t.ruosl lov •J
tow,u·ds you and the i;re,tt lot:; of
trouble that you sn.Ycd mo from.
Mother, thcro arc tho11sands of beys
In t<'ranco ·to1lay th,tt arc wrilin;: anrT
I[ they think as l <lo it is lo,·e that
llowr; between you and me all Ll1')
time. Mother, llrnt iH what puts th ,~
spirit in the boy:; at tho rronl- is lho
loved ones at home thinl<in;; o[ them
nil tlio time. 'l'hi1; ll'lLCr iH 1;uppor;;:,\
to ~raYel fa:;tor tha.11 0L;1er letters i'l
tha ·1.J. S. l'osl.al ficrvlcc.
,\lot.her, 1 mu:;t H:,; Li1al the ho ; :;
1tt the [ronl arc ,;ellin;; u';cd v,•r)·
nlco 1111u they alwap have a smil':l
on thf'ir fa.co. Whrn ~·ou ask thc :1,
PATRIOTIC MEETING
Al fREE AN'S POINT
The plant of Lhc AilanL;c Corpora- a11d future or r;iviliialion. Today, lhc
lion at J<'rec111au',; Point was
the whole de111ocralic worlLl knows [nlly
.- rf'IIC of an impressi\'(' ai'1d patriotic antl to ils cost that 1les110tism seeks
11cmoJ1slralio11 this morning when. a to overthrow it and tu crush it· oul.
:1u1s:; meeting- was held and a larg-c ror ils greedy
adranl.age.
,.\nrnricau flag and tho flag of li1e thcreforn, never in all the
t: nited St;it('S ,;hipp11q; IJo.ird \\'.tt< since Ll!,9 I.Jalllcs of Lcxi11g-ton and
, 1 ung- to the hrcP,le.
Co11cortl· has this flag o[ ours stood
'l'he excreises W<'ro in accunl<111c1: moro firmly for Lho frrmlo111 of t.hL
;·:i,h those outll11<11l fol' all over tl1ci world tha11 in Llli$ present
( ountry where the lluitl~d States h,1s ! when German despotism
:, !tipbuilding- planl aud
were
wit-1 u,;; and 11evcr have the
IIOHSe1I by 1101. only lhl' offiC'ials or )IOOJJlC reali'l.Pll as fully as
·the co111pauy l'rrsident Arlhur H. it is the liberty and democracy symSharp o[ Boston,
Vice
l'residcntl bolized i 11 0111· national llai; \\'hich
Cl.ark o[ Boston, Thomas
l'e11der- is I.ho hope and security o[ the world.
g-ast. 'l'hL•ma~ !\lc])owell an1l ol.hers
"llul. if on_l.Y oue flag- may ny al
1
of Hosto11. Uov1•rnor
If Pnr.v
\\'. 1tw 111'al1 or our flag-,'41:tfi', lhoro I:;
1
Keye:-i, .IV!ayor l,add, nrn1ubers of ihe, another Jlag- which should fly on the
1·tty g-o,·ernnH'llt,
JJOlieo
conimis- same staff just beneath il; a flag lo
11ioners Griffin and
Lcavitl,
Ex- wliich -aJso we owe allegiance. InJ\layors •Calvin Page, .John Ponder, treed our allegiance to our country• ~
Da11iel \V. Badger and othei· prom- Jlag is an empty thing an1L au 11•1-, ..-.,c,.,.=,
1·
inent cilize11s, inclu1ling Comm. Hen- antiling- worcl unless thi s secondlf"H•,~;u,~~k;\,.~•,\'.~.~"'',:'<!~!J
ry: Paul and a 1lelegati~11 from Stor- 1 flag stirs us to high endeavor. 'J_'hi'.1
·"
er Post, G. A. n.
second llag is the flag or the United
1
The ,Portsmouth City hand, uncler, States 5hipping Board. And today, at
till' direction of Bandmaster flalph Lhis very hour. in tho presence of
L. Heinwald, furnishL'li music and! more than 21i0,000 shi,pbuiltlers in
led tho pari;de of the officPrs an1l 1 ::.:2 shipyards,
extellding
from
:;uests from the office buil<ling to Xorthorn i'llaine down our Atlantic
1
lhc st.and 1,·hcro the eerciscs took coast across the Gulf and up thr.
p!ac.
) l'acil;c, in all the ~hipyanls of the
After t.wo selecli1111,; IJy lhe IJ:rnd, t:rcnl Lakcs---tu1!ay, ,\pril (jlh, on
~l.i.,·or SamuPl T. l.url,1 \\'i:lS intro- thP nnnivPrw1ry ol' our entrance in1l111·r·d as l'l1ainna11 or
lite
111cd-1 to Lili~ war ror [rccdoni, thi,; f\a~ IR
illg.'
I rahed.
: :'ll<'Hllill:.t !lf (ht• Flag ;11ul Ila)·.
"An(\ il will lly a,; evidence Ll.n l
1
i\layor L;uld, :ii;, chairm.a11 o[ tl1r~ our anni!'~ r.lu not fi;.;ht. .alone, un
meeting made the followini; slate- supported by our nation; lhal you
ment. as lo Lho meaning of the flag the shipbuilders of our country, arc
and the <lay:
also an arm.Y ligh ti11,;- in su pporl of
"There I!-; one flag: a11d 011ly ouc that other army which fights in the 1c_-,·-·,.,,,,,.,
lhal should fl)- at the peak of our muddy trenches or France. Anti it :r,c,,·.,,...-·::c.:
nagst.aff. Thal flag is the fin,:,; of our will be an evidence that iL L~ a . hii:;h
one honor in ·l11esfl days to be n shiphuild\\'hat ma.lees l11cu1 so happy they say couulry which· for more than
I !Jal l hey had u letter from homo. hundre1l and forty yflarn has been er and to perform a task wilhout
Yon a~lc them who il is, It's all: ;\ly tho symbol of Domocracy to all Llw which tles\])Otism would OYOrthrow E·:,~~:i!tf'..~•oi'i;
nations of tho world, and the inspir- democracy. And [rom you, therefore.
Wei!, mother, I must close now at:ion toward the enlargement or the shipbuilders, there is duo
their ,freedom. It was a worltl lhat 11ecially an allegiance to our cou11a:1.J l will try and write later.
Lot:, aud lots or love to my darling a.t first distrusted Democracy and , try's flag a.nd also, in ordflr that your
-r'oug.ht it ~itlerly with /.t. selfish pur- allegiance be effective, lh('re is duC'
nud dearest, my mother.
Fro1l1 your doarc:;t u:1d truest son. pose; a world,' however, which in a full service and allep;iance to t!1P
t.hose lat.tor years has come to know fl;,,g of the United Stales Shi1111in~
IlAY G. CASWELL.
.that in Deml,cracy lies I.he safety Board."«
Glnt Brir;a,lc 11. A. F. A.
:!tilh Divitlion, A. K Ji'.
In conncclio1~ w:lh tho publication
Lol:; o[ /eve to all and from all the 0[ :vtr. Canwell's letter, atltled intercal i:, gi\·cn [rom tho [acl that a littic Hon l1as come to !Jlc:;s his home
which he loft last fall to fight for Un-
I
!
I
0
-------~-----.,,........,.,.,,.,,....,s
J st and is named Roger William
Cauwcll. "Daddy" will i:;ure be
w\: ~n ho 1\f'\S the ne,1·s.
.TU!lO
�entire business eommnnlly for the
accomplishment of good along busi
ness or civic lines. The Portsmoull
Chamber ol Commerce in its lniti11
stage Is such an organization. Thr
burden of its work shonld be born,
by 1111. A largo 111cmhershlp I
needed. Given the proper suppo•
such an orga nlza lion can clfoctlvel
lead a commnnlly In co11str11clfv,
work, not only for the welfare of It ·
- - -..- -- --t---f-l members, but for the welfare of ti
Iiere th e secur l ng anu a 11o 1ng o
w
rooms
wlll be thoroughly systoma- ontiro community.
'l'he rinoslior
t)zed. When this proposal Is car- of Joining such a llody ancl
rled Into e!Iect, it will mean a great into ils work is worthy of
i~crease In detail work in the Cham- cons!dcratlon
by every
.
,
Think il
ber office but it Is expected that It R':'.".:7';-""--:-~-'::"''!"""~,.,.....,.,,,..._.,..,..,.J
will- result In a moro satisfactory
Ij'lethod of , handlinr; · the
CHAMBEROPCOMMERCE
fl DOING GREAT WORK
1
•: . The .Portsmouth Chamber' of Com~erce has been an exr.cecllnsly busy
•place since January, To the gen;era! . public who aro not ontirely fa,~Ular wltl1 tho many ends served by
a commercial organization the work
' .i
'
d. ~me s not always a•pparont, llut
t_,he .' organization ts steadily on the
:jo'b, handing all sorts of matters anll
dlsp~nslng valuable Information in
sl\brt, performing the runr.tlon~ of
a/freo publlr service hocly.
/ ln January tho agitation for suitia,b\e housing for tho many workmen
~ming lo Portsmouth bc~arnc very
:a.ctive, such agitation having been
s'tai;tcd b-y the Chnmhor or Corn~~:cc, nncl tho · flrat governnrnnt In•
yeiillgat.or came to ~his rlty to look
ower. ·the ·sitti'atlon and rnport l.>ac!-:
t'b Washington. IIo came to tho
:yhim-b.or or Commerce, obtained his
-information . and made hla report.
.N little latei· another Investigator
came for the ·s ame purpose acrredited to the · Chamber of C~rnmerce
a 'nd a'l;'nln/ thE: facilities of the organ~
izatlon · w·ore placed at his disposal.
Several • 9ther government roprescntaHven,/bent upon the same errand
have/vls lt~d Portsmouth and eacl;
has / availed himself of tho Inform ati~r: carried by tho Chamber and its
1officjals have dovotorl much time
lio ' the' question or rncetlnA' the clomand ' for houses.
During this
period considerable correspondence
,has been carried on bearing upon
t-he housing question and the act Ivity ot tho Chamber haR had much to
rdo with bringing the great needs of
-~ ortsmouth to the attention of the
a·l!,thorltles at Wn8hlngton. ,One Inwstlgator stated that he ('amo to
tli'e Chamber of Commerce because
\le was h:iforrned at Washington that
lp ,Port.smouth they had a live wire
or~anlzatlon that could render him
valuable assistance.
;c ' To further hel1> relieve the congested ... condition ·· somewhat, the
(;hamber has continued its work in
the handling or tho rooming sltuaµon In this city. Every day there
·are received at the office request s
for· rooms and an effort is made in
-eyery way to place tho applicants in
satlsilactory locations. Several hun?-r.e d'' of ;rooms have bcon Jot, still
i:p.ord hundreds of 11 ooplo plac·oll,' ltn<l
the bhambcr Is paying much attonti,on , to .this work. It is now proposed by tha authorities at Washington to ·establish a central rooming
b\1reau in h ' Chamber of Commerce
1
question. Anything that can
done to bring more people intc.
Portsrnoulh and keep them hero iE
of clocirlcd a<lvantai;o to tho business
•Interests.
The credit bureau has been
nuccessful •operation since .January
and the bureau members arc dally
availing themselves of its service.
The records are very complete and
tho service offered hy this bureau ls
o[ snfliclont value to warrant every
retail merchant In the city heco111lng
a morn bcr.
The Chamber has been tho virtual
headquarters for both tho 3d Lillerty
Loan and 2nd Red Crons
and has handled a large )lortlon
both tho executive and detail work.
The handling of the city war gardens has also been taken up by the
Chamber of Commerce and nearly
200 Jots have been given out lly the
secretary and arc planted at
present time.
The supervision ol
these gardens will be done from thr
organization office by a trained su
pcrvlHor.
Many other matters or
Including the rcbuildini; of tho Doi'·
er Point bridge, have boon taken UI
hy this organiza lion.
Tho Chamber of Commerce har
attained practically the status of r
general Information bureau,
Is what It should be.
serve the people nn1I no mattnr
too small or too i;rcat to claim ll~
attention.
Inquiries of
kinds are received daily,
•phone and in person, and every cffort Is made to satisfy each Inquirer
During twelve consecutive clays il:
the last part of l\Iay more than 200
telephone calls were received
more than 450 personal calls werr
made at the Chamber of Commerce
office, all on matters of business. Nr
organization can do everything bu ·
tho Chamber of Commerce stands fo·
service first, last and all the
Every city or town of any
this country recognizes tho ncocl of
a central business body, open to all
catering to no special lnternsts, 1
body where may be gathered togethof
�SPEND $.2C-o,o·oo .
Il·i . .,.la I•At.i·.~ HOR•.[
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g
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City Will lay Out Strncts, Extend Water
Main And build Sewtrs At frncman's Point--Hria1t11 Zone May
Bt [stabiiS\lttl
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plained that the work has already
In connection with this, it was exstarted and that one o[ the fifty room
clorhitories was rel1,dY for the roof.
There ar c to be eight of these domitorics, of [rame antl stucco construclion,
200 houses
which
built
o[ brick,
[or one
antlwill
twobe [amilics, with no flats. This w~rk is well
under way and it is under the government inspectors.
Mayor Ladd read the resolution of
the Board of Instruction which they
agreed to approve the erection of a
school at the Point to conform with
the construction o[ the houses, etc.
Rcgulm· nu~incss 'l'rnnsactcd.
i\,Iayor Lacld read a petition for the
running or the line of the highway
rrom Pevcrly ll ill road to the Cath. olic cemetery and on motion
refe rred to the Board of
Works.
Portsmouth Lodge of i\,loosc were
granted a license lo maintain a tent
show [or one week in the Freeman's
Jot, the fee being fi:Xed at $1,0.
A petition or the water sprinkling
tllstrict [rom Pcnhallow to Water
explain e tl tha t th e pr-e-s e_t...,
tt- s-ix· _i_n_c_h,. streets on State street ,~as refcrrctl
to the solicitor.
waR hell\ la i;t p1·c nin g at whi<'I, tim e main i:, not large enou gh and that
The petition of the Moose for right
fin a l a r ra nge me nts II rrc m ad e wiJp n •- an eig ht inch main mu s t be laitl as to hold dances in their hall on High
by t he l•~ rn er;.;e11cy l•'l ec t (' o rp o ·ali on far back as the eight inch begins.
Se wNs P7 , 300; sidewalks $25,- street was granted, after the police
o f thP l' .' S. Hhippin l,\ Board will loan
000, con s truction o[ a sc hool house commissioners had withdrawn their
t.he city ol J'orts mouth t li e 111on ey
ll Pl' P~s a1 y Lo n!lll(e th e illl}ll'O\'('ntc•11 Ls $75,00 0.
objeet.ions.
l'f\r the hou s in g proj ec t alrea,l y un'l'h~ pump [or extra pressure atld
,vant $3500 for Henlth Zone.
der way at lh c .l\tlantic Corporation standpipe to be furni s h e d by the cor.c ., ptain \Valier of the U.S. Health
at l~ree mau' s L'oiut, des ig11 c tl to Utk e ])oration without cost, but to be taken Department was present and he stat- .
CJ r e or over a tho11 su11<1 worlrnrn u.
ove r and maintained by the city, as ed that the government had created
WhPn ~Tayor 1.atl<l cull ed thP m ee t- are the streets, etc.
bealt]1 zones about all the ship yards
in;; Lo or<I PI", th e l'ollowi11 g co11,11 cilCoutnlCt Explalne<l.
and navy yards and this city and
'l'he legal representative of the sec t·10n was 111c
llWn a11 i:w 1•re ,I to the roll ,•all : Ur:ty,
· 1U d e d . Tl 1eI p \ ans unlt a vnes , Kit lqHll ri1·k, Le<'k ey , l,aula , Emergency Fleet, Mr. H. G. Aron, derwa Y cnll
[or tl1e e x·pe 1dlt ur e o f
"
was present and explained the con di- $2G , 000 o f w hi c I1 th e govern men t
lli clr<' y and JTumphr c ys.
( ' ily Solldto1· 1,:,pl11i11s.
lions or the contrnct anti said that agrees to pay half and tile cities and
Cily Solil'i l or ~lit ch <.'11 app e ared be- whatever the nature of the risk to towns, as well as the slates in the
fore l it e Board and cxpla.i11 e<l that the city it was up to the Fleet Cor- zone
to contribute
the approprlateci
rest. Ne\v\
Hampshire
has alreadr
A 111 ee ti11 g or t hr <'ity µ; o vp r11111 P11t
th e city at lit e prese nt tim e has not poration and government rather than $6,0.0.0, Maine $3,000, York $1,500,
by law the ri g ht to uonow the mon- on the city. He stated that the At- nd agrees to allow the use of their
!antic Corporation has contracts for laboratory. and they ask rrom this
cy necessary to do the worl< required
$14,000,000 and that the government C'il) $:1,!i00. lie sn!d that there
und that the Eme rgen cy Fleet Corhas already expended $2,000,000 in wonld be a staff or thirte en me11, two
poration a g rees lo do the work a~
tile pla'nt and Is about lo expend an- ~:111itary inspectors, including the locost and to loan the city tlle money
other million on the' l10u;ing _project; t:11 ins pector, two nurs e~, on e medibased on a contract drawn up by the
so that there was I\O fi:ar o[ falling cal director, OIIP l.,n c loi'Ologi J l, Oll e
Federal Department of the Emerthrough. Of the $14,000,000 he said ,!airy In s pec tor, a clerk a11tl a 1,iesse11gency Fleet of the United States govthe estimate was one half for labor.
ernment agrees to loan tho city o!
)1r. Aron incidently stated that the
The :r,on c Jn clmles 011 this side o1
Portsmouth the sum not to exceed
ship yard looked like one of the best the 1:lv e r, Portsmonlh, Ne w Caslle,
$196,700 upon which they ask 5%
locations in the country.
ltye, 11 ::.mvton, Greenl:rntl and Newinterest.. The city to pay back the
A resolution approving of the· con~ i11g(on anti on the other s ide Kittery,
principal in uot less than l wo yetis
tract and authorizing the Mayor to mlot and York.
a.rte~ tile war ls over or more th n
sign the same in ' behalf of the city
The Department wishes to have a
ten years, the Emergency Fleet to
was offered by Councilman Raynes laborutory In this city, and asked
r e tain title to the property and th
r!ty agreeing to turn over all taxe- and passed without a dissenting vote._ that It be given tho use o[ the presAs )Ir. Aron was to leave by au- 1111t muni clpnl courl room, tho conrt
, l'Oll ct• I( d llll lit<' J)l'O}ll' l'I Y Ill pay111 011l to ror noslon to calch the midnight
tu 1101\l !ls 1,esslon In lhe
'. or t ill' i11t c res l tlllli prin cipal. 'J'hci train fer New York, a r ecess was takchamber .
l' il y ha,i11 ~ t he ri i; h t at a11y t1111 0 to e n until the Board of p ub 1ic Works
.
This laboratory would be
pa y th e f11 ll amount.
would consider the matter and pass
a
s
imilar
resolution.
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<'quipped
a ffair, that would
mak e
Th e es tim a t ed c;ost <,f th e work is
Some
of
the
members
did
not
apdaily
teSls
or
all
water,
milk
and
b<:> ,,_.,..;,,,no,;,-::,.~
tli vi,J ed ,ts follows ba~ed on th e cost
th
e physician s th e ir
to th e gov e rnm e nt : J~xt e n sion o f th e pare ntl y under stand the measure but alJ!e to return to
r ullur<'S wil h in n short time. instead
e ight in ch wate r main and co11nec- fin a lly th e y passed th e resolutio'n.
tin11s , $ tii,7 0 0. On thi s item it was
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�of being obliged to send them to oncord. It would be maintained 'In an til.~.,,,,1,.c;;
efficient manner during the war, and
then left to the city to carry on after
the war on a more moderate scale.
The m,tter was finally loft ror th<:!
Doard of Health to appear before thi,
nnance committee. It was suggoste,I
that the probate court room wonl•i
make an icleal laboratory, as it Is only used six times a year.
A contractor who is
houses on the land at the extension
of Dearborn street, petitioned tha'. ~li~.,.
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the city Jay water and sewer mains. 1;
The Board of Public Works esUmat~
the cost at about $!i,000. 1t wa:; ex
plained that twenty-six lots had been
-~t(j;,:~·;.;;;i~
1
rler way and about twenty-two contracted for at prices ranging from
$2,200 to $3,000. The matter was
finally left to a special commlttor
consisting of Councilmen
Kirkpatrick and Leckey.
The auditors reports ot
and bills contracted were received,
·accepted and ordered paid.
· Adjournment was taken to the call
of the chair.
The Local \Var Board on Weclnes- . - - -day afternoon issued a call for trrn ed as a deserter for not answering a
men to entrain 0 ~ June ::!& for Camp call, has heE>n hronght inln
Devens as a deserter.
to become memliers or the
Devens
.
'I'ho following notices were
N a t 10nal Army. 'I'he men included in
th ii. call aN:
eel:
Ben]. Franklin Fifield, l(i:l Webfi;<lwal'(I Puhl1cover hni; joinr<I thr
ster st., Havei•hill, ;\fa;;s., machini,;L. merchant marine.
James Falvo, 30 \Val! st., Port,;Herbert Flanigan has been plnrecl
mouth 121 El
t p·t
upon tho Emergency neet liHt.
.
' m s ., 1 tsburg, r:1..,
laborer.
nobort Delmont has been taken off
, tho Emergency flc.,.t li,;t.
Martin n. Kimball, Plaistow, N. H
'l'he Hoare: on -IVC<lnf'~<lay t'f'<'Pil'P<I
shoemaker.
official
not!ee t!Jai: al! 1!Ii 8 rcgiHAlbert William
llanscom,
142
t rants may enlist in the navy or marPortsmouth, cha.utfo;1r.
Chase Sargent, stenogra- ine corps and accordingly c. A. Archibald was given a certificate of enSaveJ'io Sautoswosso, 208 i\Tarket listment and he at once left for rhilst., Portsmouth, cleric
nrlelphia to report to · the ~rarin"
Aime Alexander l'ellet!er, :1 l•~lm CtJrps to go _to the ,training ralllJl."
st., Newmarket, weaver.
According to l\Trs . .r. 1r. l3artll'tl
Maurice ,lamns Spilhtn<', fi C::1loi-; Ht. who is the local historian ot' the mri;
Portsmouth, meal cutlrr.
1n service frnm thlH city, thorn aro
Thomas Kane, 1 100 Chapel st., now upward of 500 men from thli:i
The Local War Board today sen.t
Portsmouth, grocer.
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men to Fort Slocum to take the
Walter Lovell Owen, Seabrook, ~place of the men who were rejected
H., shoemaker.
for physical reasons. They J'eporte!1..
The Local Board has received wore
on Friday and left here this morn•
that Carmin Diceaio who w:is regis•"""'-~''~lng with A~stjJl H. Trueman as lead-k,~~~,t?1~~;!~~t~e~r!:.e~d-i~nµt~h,!,;is~c;!_it~y~,_;a~1~1~d-1~v~h~o~w~~a~s~c!.!la!_;s:.;s:,:-J
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er. The men who accompanied him
lt'-i!.,bf,..;,";lf\ve
were Theodore N. Fecteau, Haverhill,
John Palmerin!, and Julius Myskl of
this city and Lugi Mercuri of N~wm ark et. ·
, '\,{_,N'V\...,_, '6
'.!.'he men to t11ke 'tho · place ot those
ejected at Camp Devens w!ll
lbly be sent out next week.
city actually in the service. or these
over 200 have been sent from the
Local Board and the others have
1/een yolun_teers. She is completing
a1 rapidly as possible all or the tacts
about the men from this city rcgarclIng their life and
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eave To Train
At Dartmoutl,
Four draft!!es, Harry
David Forbes Adams, Fred Sulliva1i
Jones or this city antl Alcide
1 ewmarket,
left
morninl\' for a special tralnln,g a1
Dartmouth College !or the Nallona.
These men will make up part ot
a quota or over two hundred who
will be given a two months' lnten
training at Dar't
'ollege in preparation
fo,
services in France in that branch o:
the army.
Tho local board
ceived instrnctions
ror limited service men for
state for work with the aviation section at Vancouver would be conllnec
lo one railroad grade foreman, seven
Jocomoti ve repair men, six carpen•
ters ancl nine laborers and the loca,
IJonrcls of the stale are to recel\'(
volunteers for these positions. 'l'ht
local board here had received seven
volunteers [or the 'limited serice,
but it Included four clerks and otherr
or different branches of work.
Hereafter by the order of the Provost Marshall General, the calls fo1
special quotas will not be given out
until after they are in the hands of
the local boards and the men ca_lled.
Jt is asserted that the publication
of draft quotas in advance would
tend to have men try to get
noncom lJatant posi lions.
uot been the case in this
other than those who have sought
fleet.
PR SMOUTHBOY ON
M G A, E [l
f, rv,
/)
lieutenant Louis finglcton Attached Io
Collier Cyclops Now- Month o_vcrduc
.\lrs. t'. J•; dwurd lloyt of this city '
has received a ll'i<';;ran1 rron1 the rrnry li<'1mrlmenl HIJIIOllllCilli-; that tlio
naval collie;· Cyclops is now a moHlh
overdue from a We1-;t Indian port
and that her lJrolher, Lt. Louis .J.
l!'ingleton, 25 years olti, was an offi-
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Lt. l•'ini-;leton jo.i11etl the naval rnserves in this city al the outbreak of
tht' war wilh the rank or t•nslg11 an?!
was assigned lo tho engineering departmenl. Prior to that time he harl
been ,,tlached to the government army boat in thi!:i city. A [ew months
after his enlistment he was given a
commission as a lieutenant and was
assigned to the Cyclops as tho
neering officer.
Besides Mrs. lioyt, three
sisters reside in this city, the :\Ii!:ises
1 ettie, ,\fary a1\d. Georgie Fingleton.
:\-l rs. JI oyt said last night that the
last limo they heard from their brother was somewhat over a month ago,
tho letter being mailed from some
southern port, possibly in Brazil. He
wrote that ho was in excellent health,
was on his way nortl1 and would see
them all shortly.
The Cyclops left tJ1e West Indies
wilh one of her engines damaged, but
the department said this fact would
not have prevented her from communicating by radio and all efforts to
reach her by that means have been
unsuccessful. A thorough search or
the course which she would have followed in coming to port has
made, it was announced.
There ha1·e been no r,eports of Gorman submarines or 1·aiders in the
locality in which the collier was, the
uopartment's statement said.
The
weather hail not been stormy and
could hardly have given the colll')r
The Cyclops was one of the largest
and newest colliers in the navy. Sh::!
1,·as completed by \Villiam Cramps .I,,
Sons, J>hilarlolphia, Nov. 7, 1910. an<!
rogislerctl I !),:J7!J tons. She wits 542
feet long-, G5 feet broad and
speo!l ,,·hen fully loaclo1l o(
knols. J ler complete cost was $02;],000.
1i1e ra1·t that tnc 1·11!li('l' had hc c 11
missing .·.early a
month
became
Jrnown herr Thunnlay, .\pril t I. Tho
1rn1·a·I !' •nsor roqlle8te1l the pr!'SS 11ol
lo pnhlish the fact on the ;;rou11!1 thaL
th1• ship had not l.Jco11 given up ror
IW!t, ,lllll l11al lo ]lUblish the fact that l·,o;li/',•l"'.:cl<'.!i:
:;hf' was ov1•rd11i, 1ui;;hl cxpo:-io the ('y.
clups lo sulJJuariuc ur other c11c111y
attack while she might be
on the high seas.
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The oflicia! a111101111ce111eat by the
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i\1a1·y DC'partment today does not give
tlit• ship 1111 ror lost, I.Jul meroly says:
"The :'llavy Department [eels extremely anxi0us as lo hor safety."
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�Additional Names. Portsmouth
· On · Roll Ot Honorg
Will .Share·
....-- (':"1-'\
In Benefit
. \ \ 'L-1
" '11, 1, T ,\ l{F. OYJ,; 11 HO'J'J,;f.S.
The hou s ing committee of the
Board or Lahor hns 11otlll ed offlriRlF
·of . Lise Porli;m?ulh navy yard tltnt
lho gover11111i>11 l w111 fak" OVPr th (•
C'hn111pPrnow11 a11d Po11p(•rroll hole! ~
at l,lllrr.v Poinl !'or th e ac-co111111olia tlo11 o[ tho men omployc1l 111 lho navy
yard. lluth hou ses hav e been run au
s ummer hote ls nud have e11Jo.ret1 ,1
good patronage In yeurs past.
To the Publlc:ln obtaining and pert'celiug my ofltclal list of Portsmouth men in tho
service, together with the names and
Authority lo aclmlnislor lhe $60,addresses of their nearest relatl vca
000,000 fund recently provided by
at home, you have grcatlr assisted
Congress for housing war worke,s
me. On Wednesd ay, April 10th, ·the
was delegJted . by Pres ident Wilson
Portsmouth Times published for f:lC
yesterday to Secretary \\' ilson of the
the best res ult of my work UJJ to that
Department of Labor. Plan:i [or ustime, with an earnest appeal to all
ing tho money at various congested
patriotic Portsmouth citizens lo ai;Industrial cente r:; already have been
slst me In making that list, ::;o pubprepared. They include Bath, . Mc.,
llshed, more complete, if possibl«;i ,
Portsmouth, N. IL; Quin cy, Mass.,
l':ll!t~~~::i~ and more accurate. I wish lo Impress Lowell, i\1ass. a11CI Nowport, R. I.
·upon the pub.lie again that this list :r.,.,,,,,..,..,.,.,....,,,.,~.....-:-,;-----,.-,.----...,.......-.1
which I am preparing. as tho official
state historian for Portsmouth, will
be, when completed, the list u pOn
,t\\C\:,
{>>
which the public aut11oritles who arc
C'ort•t,,ctlons.
· trying to assist the soldier l.Joy8, will
The following n.amcs printed 011
rely. People who desire to have and
he IM of April 10th with some erThe lorn! war Loarcl totlay iss ue d
keep a complete and perfected 11st, ·or or omission in each castl, should
call 73 for nine men to go to New
should cut out tho list In tho Times ,c substlt.11tnd In the list In ordt'l' to
llampsh ire Colloi;o on Monday afof April 10th and then make the t'ol- 11ake the ll~t accurate.
.
.
torno'o n, July 1, for training for tho
tollowlng additions ancl change3,
Lato11rcllo, Octavo n. ( fatl.wr, 6cNational nrmy, The m en lncluclo<I
which have been communlcatctl . to 1tvo Latou·r olle, I 1-1 ~I.q.1lowootl a vo.)
in th e call ar c:
me authoritatively since then:
Fullam, Peter ll. ( father,
John
Minot Russell Shaw, No. 4 Cha un / J\(l(lltlonal ~amcs.
?ullam, 91 Wlbirtl gt.)
cey str eet, Portsmouth.
Haley, Wilbur ( wife, Marcy st.)
J?ogg, Robin so n A. (father, -GeurgP
Kenneth Horks Marston,
U.S. N.
r. J?ogg, 155 Richards avo'.)
s treet, Hampton.
Sabins, :\Iartln ( wife, 4 9 l'ickerin-'
Hanscom, Carl W.
( father,
William M.
Connors,
No .
st.) U. S. N., U. S. S. Anderton. f
Uwight IJansconi, .:!3 )1yrtle ave.)
Dr!dge street, Portsmouth.
Timmons, ThomaH .T . (t'ather, JlcnButler, Franklin E. (wife, ::!l, CabElbridge Lestor Shaw, West Pea·y Timmons, 186 .McDonough st./ o t, st.) ·•··, ,. · , ,.11 ~•, ., •,.
,
body, Mass.
Naval Reserve.
Kellogg, l•'rancis l•'. (mother. Mr.;.
Myron .I ewoll Norton, Hi g h slroot,
Connors, John J. ( rather, Ptttrick D. S. I<ellogg-, 101 Chapel st.) .:!nrl
Hampt on.
Connors, Bridge st.) 101st .\1achin•~ ;_,ieut. Co . H, 1·0:Jr<l lnfantrr, A. 8. ~•'.
· George Henry Manson, Jr., Nell'Gun Co. A. E. F.
Drnce, Earl H. (mother, ?11rs . .Tol1:1
Palmer. Thomas 11. (a1rnt, Mis t; W. Bruce, 3!J4 Pleasant st.)
Cla r ence
Jlcnjam!n
Wadleigh,
Anne Howard, 322 li;l!ngton st.) Na8011 th Kingston.
Tlmmon!I, Patrick J. (fn thor. ~1 i<.;i1val Reserve.
fTllrr .r f,lry c ll yn Smarl,. Tlampton.
acl TimJnons, ~7 ~ Lin coln a V\1 .)
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Connelly, ftobert I•' .
llarry Lafleur,
4G
Jlarvey, Wilbur t:. (father,
:::ourt st.) U.S. N.
:-./c\rnsarkel.
TJarvoy, 38 Pleasant st.)
175
(wll'c,
Malley
T•'ranci1:1
C.
Th o hoard has
Purrier,
William
D.
(
wife,
, - I
•
I :,rnrt st.) U.S. N.
Courtst.)
two men Lo go to New
Meehan, Michael D. (wife, !:lo
Cronin, \\filliam F. (aunt, ;,1rs .
l:'i and volunteers
Daniel st.) U. S .. M. C.
John .T. :vrurphy, I 00 Chape l 1:1t.)
to July
Early, Martin ( wife, Jat;kuou ::;t.)
Vecchio, Costarozo, 211 J\larke1Vi~NJ~r:~-...,.;-7':-'7""'-""7~~'"".""~"'Jr10
U.S. N.
st. ( fa th e r, Viloria Vecchio, Co:wrta,
Tingley, Harry (wHo; Cl1e::;l11ut Italy.)
st.) U. S. N.
Yoaver, Henry P . (father, Chas.
(Sergt.) ,\fanning, 1tuy111on!l (IVif<' W. Weaver, 168 Cabot st.)
'.l5 South i\I!ll st.)
,veaver, Char les L. (dlscharg·cd. _
. (Sergt.) .Griffin, I<'rederick (fallt- wife, 1'68 Cabol st.)
~r. John Griffin, 652 Stale st.) U. '3.
Lee, 1\lilledge (father, .Ta.m es
I\. Camp Funston.
L ee, 8:) Mar cy st.)
Nauws to be " 'iUult·11w11.
Durarcl. George R. (LroLher, l'] lThe following names were on lh c 111or C. Dura rel, I~ M_echan ics ~t.) l'. ,\I u r.r .\ . C:011 nor~. 7 :t H hli 11 i-;lo 11 s l ,
rnbllshed list of Avril 1 oth , hul s. M. c. In !<'ranee.
,\!P1T ha11l ~larine Hcrri<-1'.
1 11ould be taken of[:
Timmon s . .loirn P . (!'al he r . llenrr
I still 3olicit, in behalf of \I;,: l'ilY
O'Connell, Cornellul:! M. was re - Timivons, I 8(i MclJonuui;:h sl.) Na - .. 11d in j11Hli<·p lo the 111P•1 in 1.1111 s1•r•
ported fro~ Hotel nocklngham, but ,•al nescrvo .
·.
\'i ct1, any r11rll11'1' additlo 11 4 , s 11l>stra1·his home Is In Boston.
8learn s, Olis I' . (wl(c, 7:J :\ti,in don. or 1·orreclions, :11111 I lh.111li
,'- , McFarlami:1touben, Is loc atctl as" P. On ~t.)
lh e 1111hli c: ;111d '1 ' 111• 'l'i1111,s for ll111ir
t>orllailtl ·boy.
l>iwg·, flezeldah l' . (Hl1•p-1'11thi,r. hearl .Y <·o-opnratlon 11111 8 [;11·.
Barry, James c_., ii:! localed as a J.,;(]warcl Nl. Ho rry , 16 Uover sLl
J
i\irt!:i . .JOllN II. 11/\ltTLI•: 'l'T.
Connors, T. Jerome (father. T iml!l l\liddle :-il ..
c,(hy Connors, ;:; l'e11hallow :,t.) nh.r-
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More Men
To Durham
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�3:J (32) Lucius Elloworth Thayer,
GG1 . State street, Porl1m10uth.
3'1 (GG) Erneilt Lincoln llaywoou,·
The Lola! numbe1: of men now employecl at the L. · H. Shattuck, Inc., ,
shipyard at Newington reachecl 2,ii0i last week. The pay roll Ja~t
week exceeded ~95,000.
380 lticha.,·d:; avenue, l'ort:;moutil.
36 (lti) .\lucrt Lewil.i Keuulslo n,
Newmarket.
"3G (l[i:J) Scs~\Hl Latt211;,;i, Gl "\V,]-~llr slrcel, Portsmouth.
3!) (82) Francii:; Jmscph Timmonc,
1 S G :\iclJonou;:;h :;treeL.
38 (147) Ei ✓ i3SC :\1cncci,
sl rcol. .
3:J (Gu) .\.rlln1r Comad
East l\i ugstun.
40 (3~) ipugcue Wilfred
11cau, Stratham.
41 (5G) Davit! li'rascr
Ea8t Ki11;;stcn.
42 ( 10~) Shirlc) Drowllt:oltl ;Jimp•
l
80/1, 8 7 CalJot street.
1:1 (18) l•]rncst lJlanchr :lto, ;\1.uiu
:;trect, Newmarket.
DRAfI UABIUTY Of
s:c
~.
CAL
D I'STRANl·~-S·· ."'·'.H~,fr ; ~; ~!i \: :~: ": . : : ·:.:
H
Ill
lu
,
35 Clmlon street.
4G (G4) Halplt vVillis Downs, Ilyl\
'fl1e
J
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l " - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 47 (GS) James Hennessey, 12:J
•
on er ol the liability or l'orls:·('gi:.;l:'.rnls or the lLIIS cl.1;;~
11 (.122) Ambrose Sylvester Mcln-, Dow slrccl.
uls, G28 DenuelL street, Portsmouth.
46 1 (''7) o · I
'lb t L
to call for iJ1duction into the :;crvicc
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Vile " er
cvesque,
12 (87) George Harold Billilw-,
17 11·111 st·cct
O
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o[ lite Natiuual Army is shown ·by ham, 34!) Wibinl street, Portsmouth.
•
411 (1'"') , L · p·
1··1
500
the followiu;; list. As order number:;
J
DD
,~n omo rncoso Iuo,
13 (177) Mahlon Leslie Clough. C tt
L t
11r•rn drawn yc:;Lerday in \Va·hingl
u s s rec.
.
's
on 73 i\larkcl :;lrcet, Portsmouth.
.
tie n::uneii of lor;al re"i:;Lranls who
1
50 (158) Nickolius Amiaoiel,
14 ( 1) Ilcnry Newell Small, Sea1",d thrn;e 1111111bcrn were secun•d the
Daniel street.
•
1 brook.
·· ,.,·at 11un1b{·r drawn to be cal lod llrnt,
51 (11) Morris Trefethen, R.
t ht' r.cccnd next and so (Ill down Lite
Hi (130) Albert Chase Tilton, Ea~l D. No. 2, Porlsmouth.
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Jinl.
King~ton.
G2 (G!l) John Joseph Spillane, ,G
· '
]6 (70) l"rank Ilowaru Clifford. Gates street.
\vl 11·1 c tl11s
11:;t c:;lah lishc8 tho orucr
;a which men will be c;Lllell lo sor- :\Jain street, Newton.
53 (35) Ra.ymond Whitney Car, i-:e, there i:; yet to be rnm;iderod tho
17 (1(18) .John William l<'ly1111, 1; J'C ll, 11~ Cass street.
, i:issllicalio\1 <JC the new rc!',"istrants Hui;:;cll street, l'orlsmouth.
;
51 ( 113) Clarence Eu win Cullins,
.. ; d<1terlllino1l hy the q11estionnaircs
18 (28) Sewall Chase
Sawyc1\' lt. F. V. No. 1, Newlon.
1 hkh aro hPin;~ :;t•nl
1 t.hlH ll'l'Ok l'i ;li:; t uw.
55 (G!l) Paul .fcrncph Bailey, 232
011
: 'ltl by lillt•r ph.r:-;ical exarninatio 1rn.
J !I (8!J) J~wart Alllin:; II ester, J 01 . \Vi bird strcol.
it is exJH•ctP<I that a majority or lite JU,·harclfl ;i,vcnuc, Portsmouth.
56 (18) Ila,r_vey Stephen l"o'g g, Seu.1!JJ 8 regl:-;trants will he ;1b lc to pas:;
20 (lfil) Syl\·io Xaman;hi, 111 brook.
!or 'genera l sen-ice 11·ith dassificatiun Gre e n st rect.. l'ortsmoul h .
57 (143) Edward Jo seph Marcott,
;11 Class lJ\, but i:-; inevilahlc that
21 (~0) Ccorgo Eltlrcdho Smart.,: Newmarket.
r;,ime will fall helo11· the physical re- 17 :i G:ilrm :;treel., Ports•nou th ·
1
58 (54) Clinton A. Smith, Plaisr
quirements with resultant tldcrrc-d
22 (Cf.) :vrnnson Lenwood Fowler; tow.
rlassllication. The followi11p; (i:;t p 8- ~onl h Seabrook .
59 (81) l!:dwanl Sumner .Jone:;, 2:l
hth llsh rn, the ortll•r or lll()ir li:thilily
;;;) (12G) Charier; 1,;f!ward Wood .. Ca:;:; stroct.
to service so rar as it has l.Jccn deter- ma!1, 51 l,ln coln avcJtue, l'orts:noulh. :
uU (173) Joe Crlu10, 4:l Ueer st.
mined to clat,•:
24 (46) nalph Edwin llhll, Box
Gl (88) Pl1ilip Dradl'ord Seavey.
555 Lincoln avenue.
1 (151) (1111hcrto Valeriani, 21 L22, Newliellls.
62 (114) William Jennings Bry35 (72) Clyde Warren Archi.t.ia.ld,
Wall street. l'ortsn1ou th.
an Shannan, 11 Newcastle avenue.
2 (JO) ll:111iol l'hilip Jl0lla11cl, :l~I) lt. F. D. No. 1, Portsrno11th.
63 (3!J) Charles Stephen Conlon,
<'1:;:; :;tn•ol, f'orls11H)lllh.
:!Ii ( J:J[i) Uuy Anclrpw Davi:;, 5
:l4.5 Wihird street.
:l ( 2'.l) l 'harlos llan11nontl J~atou, ll11s,:rJ!I 8trcct, l'orts111outh.
l South Hoal,rnok.
:n (Gl) James Walker, 11 Dover • 64 (30) Edwaru Joseph Gratly, 521
lsli11 gton street.
;
1 ( l,) Charle:; l~dwi11 Cowa u, Ea:;t' :;! r ('(lt, l'ort:m10uth.
G5 (119) Frank Sherq1an
! l(i11gst.u11.
:!8 (01) James JEdwuru Butler, 33
1
(70
Gales street. ... ·
6 (71) Kenneth 1.aymutlli Knot-.Jc:ii '..: lintun street, l'ortsmouth.
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. GG ( 16 O) Arlh ur Geo'i·ge Pandeles,
I South Seabrook.
.
' · :.!O ([il) Edwaru A. Ingalls, New02
Vaughan
street.·
.
G (J:.JG) \\'111 . . lohn l,inchey, -;::; tun.
67 (98) Patrick Leo Butler, Park,
· lligh street, l'orl Hn1011th.
3U (G3) .11.a·x, Falk,
20 Manning·
e;• street.
, , . 'j'
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7 (HG) Uo111c11ico Dallcrini, 281 l'la1:e, Portsmouth.
1
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:(4!l:)
.
Antoni~
J~les
1-'larlicl stn•et., l'orlsmoutl1.
:ll (41) 1~rthur Pratte, 9 Spring,
Newmarket.
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8 ([i7) \Vind8or Charlo8 JJalcl1cl- ;lrcot, Portsmouth.
G!J ( 2G) l•'ran_k ,w~n Veroneau,
dcr, JI am pton 1ra11s.
3 2 ( S •1) William Henry Knowles,
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!J (7G) Willis llerhert
Ca:;8 :;trcet, PortSlllOII t11.
10 (78) Lewis ltay Clifford,
Westville.
G iVIcDonougll street.
7 2 (3 •I) Halph Auslin
�lEITERS fRO~\
307 Engineers Regiment.
July 12, 1918.
OVERSEAS 10, :
LAWYERSEWAll
Interesting Lines From J. R.
Waldron and Dr. W. F.
1Sewall.
Dear Father:
It may cheer you up a bit to know
that I am .safe'1y over here, have been
on the Front for some
weeks now·.
Have seen part of the show as far up
as ''No Man's Land" and am safe and
sound stlll. This is ..., great cause for
which we are fightin',''and we are he, }
no~e too s_o~ 'L'he fact tha:t we are
jrn1e and 111 1apidiy increasing num- """"'''·""'·•••-,.
bers gives us the assurance lllat soon
we will have men enous-h to wind up
the war, and straighten out the Hun ,,.,,,,_ .. ,,-,,N
menace, and come home again. 'l'he ,_,.,.,.-.,,,..,,, •.,,,
censor rules of course prevent w,·tting
muc"J ne,ws, but let me ' te•ll you the
Americans have taken hold here and
are doing things. '.rhey get along well
•w ith the l"reneh people and are no
cowards. I have stood a't a point bebveen the flre of both \ines and heard '
the shells singing ove1· head just to
get used to the sound, Arter a few
mome,nts one doesn't mind them in
the least, and the experiencfl is worth
while. A history of this war is 1,-C'ing
to be worth while. I trust you are stiii
improving. I've seen my family for
•hours only in the last year.
The following extract Is from a letter
written to Arthur E. Sewall of this city
by his law partner, Jeremy R. Waldron,
now serving with the American Expe
ditlonary •F orces in France.
Mr. -S ewall is also in receipt of another letter from his brother, Dr. Millard · F. Sewall, a graduate of rortllmouth high school, who has the ranl,
of major and is in charge of a base
hospital in J!'rance. Since the letter
was written his father, a prominent
resident .of Yori{, has been summoned
by death's call.
"Dear Gene-You know that the life
we lead at home is going to be much
.... ~?v~~"' tg ,an __
;r , ,.. ·• ' ·;. ,::::-,.-;. •;:r~,IJ;,-UA~D
more appreciated by us all when we
return. L\ttie thlngR which formerly
I have a M;~or'; C-~,m~lsslon· ~OIT!El;
we considered nece,isltles of life will
in the mail or in bhe se
h'enceforth •be counted great pleai,u'res
have arrived two month
and appreciated as such. I have just
been in Paris as you will know by the
time you get this and ate at the well
known rendezvous which Andy and I
,io often spoke of. On my return I met
An'd rew's brother Harry. Probably you
remember meeting him in Portsmouth
with Andrew. We reuned at som/
length. .Jt is ~mighty good to
someone you !mow now and then. Paul
Hurlburt and I were in the same town
two weel{s but never happened to meet.
But that is the fortunes of war. It
seems mighty strange but Am ericans
are thiclwr Llian l~renchmen here tJn
you will not be surpried. Things ar c
looking very prosperous with the wa.r
at this time and I am hoping that they
will continue so My only hope is that
I can acc9unt for at least one German
before It is over. Ynu Jcnow I wish to
keep my promise with Harry PcyHcr
and carry out his auggestion.
now I have met up with one '.rom
Nason, a former Portsmouth resident
whom the t1oys will remember If you
do not. He is a corldng good fellow
and we have had a mighty fine time
playing around together. Each evening we meet and talk it all over. You
know one of the chief sports over here
is deciding the war.
!eat a hundred peace tribunals; each t..-"~,•:·-:·:!:.:i.'.,1,.:.
one settling it a <liffercnt way but each
~""'''°"''"~ '
favorable to the Allies and Democracy.
"Well, Old Scout, take care of youraelf and remember me to all the friends
Your partner,
"JER·RY."
"Sgt. J. n. Waldron, Military Specialist fo., U. S. A. P. 0. 727, France.
�·w. 11Ll LAUNCH THREE
f,r qm a., IJal,e ~qr oakum , to I nch 1·
.s.'.• }!\alns -~Jl~ .~ln~a.llt,ei)r,~\p_t'
~}1.o v.~. a ,r~st!lV~·U.!; sll.~~}n,,~ Jo;~pi,~h,
S?ljS, offlc~•·~r~1a1,~g, i~tr~f\~.;.~roR)uJ,:
m~nt_ltl -.to,t.t,J ~~!~~n\z!i:if ~l;g)i,_,, boµ.,
cl
1
pouse,·1compre,sscir~hQuse.·\vhcire air' i~
tt'i~{J1)i'.
:
1
SHIPS ON TH[ fOURTH
.
• running
[urnishedth,roµ
fodi{e
'3 o°Q'tl1.e;'1a~d
·r~ot of air
.g hout
·a1idYt'i;'e
-<-;~.·_·-_' ~'._.··
,
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all of th~ ship{ pa.ln\.\ shop · g~:ard
house and · hospital. · :. •·' · · 1' ' ·• .,, ,
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\'or1:imouth will co mt. i,1 lo her own <"I'll! Mlil11-.i yards ano 1;1lt;dieu;· c11,r,~~
The plant represents au 1nves Lment
lifUlll on tile l•'ourlh of J nly us it, full y tho possibililies
of applying· ot $700,000 today and has. 11 ,vcekl.l'
111111ilrnll<ll11~ 1·lty wl1on 111 the )llant mo<IOJ'll methods t,o constrnctioi1 on puy roll of $90,000. There 'are i-5~~
Of tho Shattuck comp11ny al Ne11lng- a l11rge ncale. Convinced hlmsolr, he OOO,OOO feet ot . lumlJCr ~lored ' ln t'JI,!
ton threP !l ,!iOO ton sli ipc, will IJe net out lo interest·othors and his en-. )O.l'll ut 1>reseut. George ·s. He~Ji'i1 :J
J.11mrh e1l, IJreal< l11i; all r<'cordH along t11uslasm IJ11cked !Jy the lntormatlop who ranks . h!gl,1. a~ , o.n . englne~1.' and
th o Alla11lt<' coast hy I:rn11chlng three he hat.I go.therm!, was caught !Jy oth- has had wide experlonce lu .the om1
ohips In one t.lo.y from the same yard. ers, so that the organlzallon ot the. P,l oy o_r. J. G . \\'.~ ~tt, ~ Co. il5 the g~uThe plant al Newin gto n Is the J rg- comJiany was accomplished with only ernl manager ot tbe plant and° .Evc r1
11
ost wooden ship building plant In rcuR01w.!Jle difficulty.
ett :\TcDade of ,Seqttle, Is, the sppe1 ..,
"~1 11· >".~ tti·o IJ<i.,Ir.
· · or hulls.
· ·• ·
·,
•· , ·· , ·
the country, 0.1111 e·1.,l1t
,
SI' rnttuck, o. successful contrac- lntendent
1
ill". , h11ilt thcr<'. In tho ftiliii·c
It I•g tor, wau quick to see tho p~ssl!Jllitles
The Shattuck ,yard ., recenlly ·.e stabplanned Lo launch a ship a montil . or a plant equippell with lalJor-savlng llshcd n, world's repprd for. fram\ng a
:\lore than 6,000 persons, lncl11d- fevlcea, which could build ships Fe_rris Jype _!Jhlp, co,mplet!ng th~ jolJ
!ng GovQrnor Keyes and hi g h officials 9ulckly In lltls .time o.r great need. for In 70 workln,g
hours. ;rJ1e be!lt pro_rd
.ln
e .nation, will' I.le al ~ewington llew shipping to counte rbalance the vious reco
or seve·!l
rd dJlYS was heir!
t
th Thursday to see t\1e Chibiabos, doslrncllon by the U-boats,, and
next
by a Pacific coaS
ya ' . '.fw~
. fa,sle~·
1
rd
e - 1ilton and the lloy II ~ Ueattle, took hold with ;\fr. Jackson to assem- framing reco s have beep mad4:li In
1
th the
three ships have IJeen uamcll, hie what has developed ioto the larg~ the south and west but these record;i.
laun chect. The plans for the Juu~1ch- est wooden shipbuilding organization were r,or tlrtl Hough and' laminated
ing have been completed and every- on the Atlantl~ ~oa~t. It ma.y -b e said types pf ships .. ,:rhe Hough type l,1a.1:1
thlug has been done to c·,ti·ry
t •
th
th ere are now more only six pieces of wood In · a frun1e
011 in pass 1ng. at
the momentous event in o: mannPr al- than 2,!J00I men en_1 ployetl In · lb~" Iwhile the
. type has 16, ., ·The
t ., Ferrls
t
1
together filling.
am Ina eu YP• Is. eve.n · sirppler to
Shattuck yards and that .this num• ., build than the Hough type.
: ,1t will be a casa oi .;c ~lin .; around Iler will be nearly doulJled within a
early in the mm·nlng, us tho l1111nch- few months, to keep puce with the orlng musl be al tloo,1 tl~c. which ders now In hand antl lh~se comh1~.
i\lr. Jackson and :\Ir·. Shattuck were
means that the first hoat will go Into
Insistentth11,t the yards should ,be In
the w11ler ut 8 o'clock, the serond a
half or three-quarters or an hour lu- New Han;pshlre -~11d ' 1ook ed ' over· all
: th_e coast: Th~;~
te,r, oncl the third will follow after the avallal>le ~pot!i'.~li)ng
0
attention was broug1t(Jo ,.,Nl)wlngton
samo Interval or lime.
and the selection n{a'll~ 1',.JJ.i:e.po.rnt~o,1\S
,, The ~ponsors ror the shlpR will I.lo
;Vlli;s Althea Shulluck or ;\lanchester were ·11ustled _t9 geti ~t~t!~d .f.'!n' .3:¢t,,'\~
ship huilding:
The"Ern~rgency
'I
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I Fleet:
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f.or the Chiblabos, :\!rs. James Lawcorporation became lnter\lstE:{ an4 u:}t
rence for the :\[ilton and 1llss Holen
uiouglt the
·· corpp.ralio~
'clliiiheu·:tl:i~
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,
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BPaltle for tho Roy IL Ilcatlle, named
plant located ·either on .tile S9up1 . J:-'
!pr · he,r father, who is the assistant
or. llle q~lf ,c~as~s." .~hen •. ~~
'w.anuger or the Emergency Fleet cor- J:i,ntic
Hamps)1i,re
"(~S. ~elect,e ~,.. t~e c?rpur,a~
p9rat1on. The guests present, in ~tldltlon to Governor Keyes and b.~. tlon , g11.-vl! 11.i~ _a ·,c;o11tra,ct ~,o 'l,>P, lld
sliif(, .will lncludo Admiral Clifford J. woo,den shl)ls ,o! ._3,500 _ l?l}~ eru:h, •. , r
The con11truotlon .. 9t.Jhe t plunt Qe~
~ouch.,Col. G. C. Patterson, cornman1
,l!~t' ot ~he .' .rorts o.pout Portsmouth. gn; 10.st Aug~st and' the n1sf k~l . wai
laid Nov .' 1, less · tf1an llireo . ~i'ti;t\\a·
Ca11I. C. D. ~larsh or llie United art~r the construction of ' tlie' plant
!-Hates crn!Rer North Carolina and begun.
Transportation ,:dlfflculile·s
offl cNs or 0Lhe1· war vessols I; the
1
heltl up the worlt until ·:-.1arch, ~slnbe
h:u-bor.
when It has been · pushed '· .raJ1i111y~
,
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The idea C\I' reviving Rhlp IJuiltllng
'l'hore nre 12 shipways equipped with,
In :-.IC\\' llnmps hlrn WUR l'llnC('IVC<I by
overhcu.Li cu.Ille way'ii which hau,11e'
llolJert Jackson of Concord, who I~
the largest timbers
;
I "with ease ,., a'nu
•
the vi ce president or ' t11e com1>any~
thero arc throe and one-half xn\leB. of
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Th lit WUH in April, l !J 17, and four
rallroull track In the y:14·tl, a mill y;l(I\
months later L. JI . Shattuck Inc. had
C~fo.city t~' turn '_o°h't ' 3Q,O,J00 :• l)e_t _Q~!
IJecn organized and work was under
,l1mber-.ivery
24 h~W,,.a .,1,~.r e·
way on the coustrnction or the I.Ilg,
chine shop, store 1,ouse !or_-an lhh\!;,
ya rds. ~Ir ..Jackson looked over sev-
he
as
0
M
I
mh
�.
re
owne and Peppe
o emain in Hands
of the Owners.
Question'-A
Qne surprise follows another.
week the government sent out word
that the Hotels Champernowne
and
Pe'ppel'l•ell at Klttet•Y' Point
would
shortly· be taken over
by tlio lahor
i:l.epartmen t !01: housing. or navy ya1·d
i work'men.
Too'ay the owners of the re,s pective
' hoteis, Hon.
Homce 1\Tltchell
and
L. E. Farr, were
notlfledi that the
housing co mm'iss1on ha·d decidied, that
the hotel's' would not be rc<1ulre-cl owing to a change in policy at ,Vashing-
.
.
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Secretary Balt'er .1ot .t1{it°'C11hrh:her
cf Commence has ',qrganlz &f ·~ . con1:;
:mlttee on Ren't ,Profiteering · for this
city, at the requ~st
tlie Bureau or
or·
0
l<t,:i~uJli;,;.:-l,•Q.'.'1,'{ ..>
.
Industrial
and Transporta.. . H ousing
,.,
Uon of:,~he~filepartm,ent, of Labor, The
commlt~ee Is composed of Mayor S. I
T. Ladd, .Asst. Civil Engineer A. E. \
1ogg, 'u .. S. N., . Harry• L. '.Hartford, C.
JP. Downto·n , George Ringchrist, M.
tL . Ilullii.rd , P : A., Piiei'ps; ·Arthur . E.'
'For the past two weeks the propl'ie
tors or both house,s, have been puzzl ed ~,:.-.~.,;..;;,;,;.;~..;:;;.;.~_;,.;..;;;;.;..;.;;.;.,;,:..:;.;..;,.....;.,,...,.--:::--:---ll
~ as to ju st wlH:t•t wa,; to happen and
t•he absence or clit·ect
which they, sought from \Vashington
was a serlou~ hand1cap to the bus'ln e<sls. Now that the matter ls fl1mlly
stralg<htened ouit th e management w1;1
th eir orlg'lna l plans for t•he
�1ew seas protected . b.y new ;stand3:rd~,: and more i·secure~tha _i
.
i her ~red~cessors -w ho,h&ve saiie_d ·from~th.~~e' shores:jn)tne;in~Ti
fears 'that are ~ast. ·• ':• .. ,. · ',,:/.,.\ · --~~-;,., ..,, ·. · / :· ·:-.'. 1 • • ': .} • , 1"'1
.. "May .'she ai~o ' r_~ pr_~~ent · ~\iev/ P&rtsrn'outh' '~ th.'.m;\}Jtfply..
:ng p,e ace· activities -in ·a. seapo_r.t of -u~~urpassed"•qu~lity_., _, ..-. ~~,
"M~y she eve?) r_epr~s_e!1t a wonderful sta~e w~t~·!,l, w.o~~e~ul.l
past looking hopefully.to :a gre3:t'shai;:e in ,the.sure wospe.r,!ty· o:½
\
.--------the future. ·· · ·
· · · ··
· •. . I· _-:- .~. _: . · ) • .· -;., • ,-~ . , · : .·
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' ''.Bearing th~ ,flag"s '. of. ~11,:-ou_r 3:llie~ .ma~ s!le• r.epr~~~~t ,. ~,
ipirit of ~nternational 4,nde1;stardrng which,.will;. mean.happm~s-~
Navy
to the large -and small nation -a_s well. .
· . ' . .' / _ . · , '.
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· ",May the '.worthy, builAers of th~s-ship, loya~· in w,a~, .h~. equa.h,
ly successful in p_eace, A~d :- ~?-Y the bles~ings of Almi~hty ·Go
,,
be with· her and guide · us all as nqw she obeys the workman 1s
. The most important feature or Portsmouth's Four~h of ·command to 'go.' "
', : ·. ..; · ·
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July celebration .'Was the launching of the 8800 ion freighter .
Wh.en the word :was passed that the tide w~s r~g~~' 9-e:n
Portsmouth from the Atlantic Corporation shipyard which J 3 ral Manager Raynes gave the word and at his ~ignal the big
or more persons . who .3hip began to move ·and 'Mrs.' Hislop swu~g t~e, spyer. en.cased)
1was witnessed by, a crowd of 8000
swarmed the shipyard and lined the Portsmouth and Kittery bottle of champagne 'al}d as it suck over the bow· of the !}hi~
:u.ridge its entire length; as well as the Kit!ery shore .. There Ishe christened it the Portsmouth,. ·, The ship rapidly gai~ed
werealso a large numbe_r of motor boat parties ?n the riv_er.
speed and to the cheers of the,thousa~ds of spectators an~ the
The1:e.was ~ot a· h1tch to mar the. proceed1~gs and it was whistles of. the river-.bqats ,~hd ·the P_!ant she sl~d :,.:, gr~,c~fµllr,
one oi the prettie~t and most successful launchings ever held into th'e waters of the Pisc~JaquH. · · , ..
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The ship was moving· ;i.t ·great. sp~ed _w.h~p s_ha. stn~ck ~he
.. Th~ big craft started down the ways at 6.52 p. m. and hei water, but the snubbin·g lines·begari'to ch~ck her along .with th~
sp19~s9r ~W;l$ 1 Mrs., Christina Hislop, wife of Mayor Hislop an_d drag anthor and as the.linel> broke.and snubbed her-~he ~w~ng
' on :the launching stand were Gov. John H. Bartlett - and hi: up stream and the tugs were q.uickly·:alongside. .The entire af,.
I starr,;-in~luding his newly appointed_ Adju_ta~~.:Geperal, Franl- fair was timed to a minute, the ship only r3:n as f~r as deJJigI}at-:
. J. Abbott of Manchester, Rear Admiral C. J ......~i'rsch, U. S. N. ed, she started with the p~lling of .a rope which bro)ce the
uud staff 'from the navy yard, Col. F. A. Duck, U • S. A., com- . keel block and gracefully rode tl,le waters 'Vith all .flags s~~pmander
of the Portsmouth Artillery district- and . staff, Mayo 1 ping in the· breeze. Once ·clear'. of her cradle . and launc_h ing
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.uislop and members of the city. council, General Manage1 trappings the tugs towed her ,around 'to a positiop _at the dock.Raynes of the Atlantic Corporation and. other members of_t};l< ing pier:
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At t'he conclusion of the·launching th~ spqn~o\ with _tlle of·. Prior to th~ launching Mayor Hislop introduced Governo, ficers Jof the company a1,1d ui·e invited · guests, ·some··two· n~n . .
John H. Bartlett who presented the ship with a handsome a~c dred, enjoyed a buffet lunch ·consisting of chicken_,san,<jwichesj
costly silver platter, the gift of the city.
. iobster salad olives frozen pudding, cake, fruit punch. ,,i .
·. ·. Governor John H. Bartlett p_resented the gift in · thesr ··
The Po;tsmouth is the third 8800 ton steel vessel ·· to b
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,. · l~unched at' this yard a~d was named · Portsmouth"in•,r.~CO'g~i_1: · ''.Deeply appreciating the ' invitation . of His . Honor the tion of the good work of 'this· city in the Fourth Lib~rty Loan
Mayor, to pres~nt this beautiful ~hristening gift to the 'Ports when the city . secured 9'8 p~r cent of its population." The snip
·mouth' at this ·. moment ,before she takes her, firsrthril! ~f l.ife was named by the Liberty Loa_n· committ_ee who also _a q~~ saip
along her keel,' I venture only a . wo~·d of good luck to he1 time was named by: the Lib~_rty Bond committee ,who a!so at
. and to the great 'ship o~ state' which she typifies. ' ·
the same time selected the spo_nso:r. .-· . '
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New Hampshire is justly proud of her contrib~tions tc
Governor •Bartlett's pa,rty · at the launching consii;;t~d , of
the sea. That this newest offering is to commerce instead o'. Mrs. Bartlett, Adjutant-General F_rank J: Al>b_ott,'•.l\{~jo_!:!ana_
war gives us renewed joy and exaltation.
:Mrs. Robert M. Johnston~ Major an~ Mrs. Ivory ·· N . .. ~Eaton_,
"Bearing this gift she goes into a new world surrounded ' b) · Major ~nd Mrs. William ' J,._. Cater, . Major Burp.ee, C~U:n~~-~lor
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6ov Bartlett and Staff, Mayor and City Officials,
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aud Army Officers Witness
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�Portsmouth's gift to ,Uncle Sam ycstc1·<lay on the one hundredtli
nml forty-Sl'Cotl(} unniVCl'/!lll'Y ol' hill hulcpcmleu'ce took the fot'lll nl
th,~·ee, mighty 8:S00-ton wooden mci•chant ships from the big yard ot' the
L. }J, Shuttuck, Inc., 11ml they wc1·e 1•eceivecl in his behalf by the 1•h•e1•
Pisd1taqua with a · kiss.or the wate1·11 from the broad Atlantic ocean before II c1·0,nl of loya(Amerlcnn citizens who tm·netl out ao.ooo sti·oug
·, to witness the ceremony:
::fh'., ~The launchlng.::'.....the rurst to take place on the shores of this fa. mous river ror many years-went off without a hitch and established
a , world record of which the Shattuck officials and workmen may well
feel proud-that or puttlng Into the water tllree ships In the short time
of 108 ~lnutes. 'l'he weather was perfect and the task or sending_ the
mighty ships overboard was car.rled out without a hitch the thousands
, ·•.bt people \\'110 _lined ·the banks of the river on both side~ wishing them
" God-sp~ed wlt11 a mighty shout' anci the waving of flags, amid t.he
, screams o( automobile horns · and l!teamer • whistles and the noise· of
· . everything that goes to make the celel,rallon of the Fourth of July
. ·c omplete, ·
;• ·~-The-first · ship Into the water was_J.-he Chiblai,os, named after a
:· Character In Longfellow's "Hiawatha,''. a name sel.ected by :11.rn. \Vllsou,
_t; t_lie,;wlfo .of the P11esident. It w~s christened hy Miss Alther Shattuck,
, ,_daughter •or;J::
Shattuck, the president or the shipyartl. company, and
,. ' lti took the water at 8.40 a. m.
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,, Milt1:>n ·for·Roy H.' Beattie, the assistant manager of the wooden division
j\ ott,he,·e,lllergency fleet. This was a Red Cross na_metl. ship, Mr, Putman
hav/ng?een' the highest bidde~ at. the . last Hed Cross drive. It was
-~ ,christened by ~lss Helen Beattie of Fall River, a daughter of Roy IT.
Beattle; who was also present in the lauuching stand. Th is took the
water at 9.2i·.
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' or:;:vrpton, ::\'fass., an·d christened· by :\llrs. Jamm; Lnwreuc:e, Jr. This was
:· ;n~~~d by-the Red _.?ro,s s for the town .haviug the lnrgest perP.enta~e of
_-,s ubscrlP,tlQns aver its quota In the mef'ropolita11 nost.011 rli~lric:t. iu tho
1 rec~n~ Reel Cro~s drl~~- ·._ Mrs. Lawrnuce, 011e or lhe moHl"li.c live 01, the
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T,hht ship was l~unehed at l'0.03, in the fastest tim~ of any of the three:
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man or·p'telmlnence In the state attended the ·launching.
More · than
this, hundreds ; of ·' people who have
never exerted t'herriselves to attend
any SJ)~ctacular ev'ent found their
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mile long string of ·automobiles' the
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necessarily rigid regulations attendant upon entering a ya.rd where ships
were being built for the United States
government; the giving of a breakfast to more than
2,GOO
invited
guestsj , ancl the very early hour of
the l1111nchlng, . ner.l'ssltato1l i,y the
tlcle', tho ovout was 1>1·011/!;hl to
BIICCOllHfUl conclm1ion,
Portsmouth ltseir wa:,, crowded to
overflowinp'; although arrangements
had been made to care for as many
as possible of the incoming guests and
sightseers, many were compelled to
snutclt their brief rest 1111iler the canopy of their automobiles. For the
last month every energy of nearly
3,000 men had/been directed towarcl
the completion of the t.hree boats for
the launching. The task was no mean
one. The ships are of 3,500 tons
each; 285 feet,five inches from stem
to stern. In building them the Newington yarcl i,roke tho wooden Hhlp
record by planking a boat in 15 clays.
The launching was witnessed by a
representative ,g athering. Governor
Keres was there, Adjutant General
Howard and, the other members of
the governor's stuff who occupied conspicuous places upon the platform
from ,which the boats wero launche(l.
Federal li'oo1l Administrator Tlunlley
N. Spaulding was also there, seeing
the· three boats go Into the water. Later in the day he had a conference
with Mrs. Mary I. Wood, chairman of
the Woman's committee of the rood
administration at the Hotel Rockingham, when , they considered various
food problems. In the afternoon he
attended a pageant on the hospital
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· grounds which incl11ded in Its personnel reJ)rei;e11tativos or all tho allied 11atio11:;.
Before <laylig-ht the people began
hr.rtdl11i; for tlw Hhlpyard:s, lhn thrrw11111<' stretch lrntweu11 l'ort:m1011th a111I
~ewington i,eing lined with pedestrians while on the freshly oiled roads·
roads-to most people present it
�Suddenly there wo.s o. creaking or
Limbers o.nd the giant hull was seen
to move on the ways, gathering moment It slld gracefully down Into the
channel with a mighty splash, two
tugs towing it out of ~he way of the
other boats to a safe. anchoi;age. A
mighty cheer went up, and the officers of the company were seized by
their friends who congratl1lutod them
11 pon tho success of their l11 ital ef-
The launching party for the Roy
H. Beattie included Miss Helen Beat~
tie, sponsor; :\'lr. and Mrs. ,Roy H.
Deattie, Mr. and Mrs.' Edward A.
Bardol, Mr. and Mrs. George H. War•
ing, Miss Janice Waring, Miss :Vlargaret Waring, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
Borden, Jr., Mr. and :11rs. Bernard
W. T_rarrord, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Mac~r~gor, Miss Clare MacGregor,
Gen, aild Mrs. Edgar R. Champlin,
'ort.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hollis, Allen HolThe launching or the other two lis, Jr., and Franklin Hollis.
boats, wliich followed at intervals or
The launching party for the Milforty minutes, was a repetition o! ton included: Mrs. James Lawrence,
this performa11ce. 'l'hen the ship yard Jr., sponsor; James La~•rence, Jr.,
chor·us sang "The Star Spangled l\!iss Dor.otll)" _Lawrence, Mr. and M_rs.
Ban nor."
·Richard Lawrence, , . Jacob Turner,
Then the guests either filed into
:\laurice JP. Duffey, }1r. and :\-!rs.
tho <:ttl<'ror's 11avilion or went lo the .Tames :vtltcholl, Gen. Elbort Wheelhuge rnar(111oe Lent crectml ontsldr
er, Capt. and Mrs. W. L. Jllll, Lieut.
the yo.rd where lireak[ast wns served
Com. and Mrs. L. JI. Palmer, :\'lr. and
to 111oro than a t11011sa111l people.
:\1rs. Ueorge A. Fulr!Ju11ks, :\Ir. a11(l
After the launching the Ports:,lrs. George A. Dorr, :.[r. and }I rs.
mouth visitors seemed reluctant to
Hobert P . .Johnston, James :,IcGerry,
out Injury.
leave, and the dispersal from the yard
:lfr. and :\lrs. Aretas D. Carpenter,
The three steamships are of the
occupied very nearly two hours .
.the Misses Carpenter, }Ir. and. :\lrs.
standard I?erris type adopted by tho
While many returned to their homos
J\rancis E. Drake, Mayor and Mrs.;
emergency fleet for wooden ships, not
hundreds of others either attended
1;add, :llr. and '.\.lrs. E. G. Leach. ;Mr$.
over beautiful, bnl good cargo car- ·
the patriotic exercises 011 the hospiDexter, Gen. and Mrs. Ilarl'y II. Dudr·iers. 'l.'her are 2 81. G feet overall,
tal grounds or turned their automoley, :\[rs. F. S. Hight, the .
4G.3 feet beam and 2G feet depth of
biles toward the seacoast and form!light and James D. Wallace.
hold antl draw, when loaded, 18 feet
ed picnic parties along the beach
of waler. They have a, dead weight
from New Castle to Rye Beach an<1
capacity of 3 5 0 0 tons.
'l'hey were
oven beyond.
The conditions of
· Jaunche(l without their enJ?:lnos, and
weather, the light but
these wlll be lilted in Portland. Each
se:i breeze. and holiday freedom, the
will be equipped with triple expanusual activities combined to make
sion marine engines designed to give
New Hampshire's observance o[ the
a speed or 10 or more knots o.n hour.
fi'ourth memorable in its ann;tls.
The keels of the three ships were
The laun1thing 'pFt~' ,In the case of
aid about the same tune in :DecemLhe
·chibiabo~ included: Miss Althea
contlitions interLouise Shattuck, sponsor; Gov. and
e1 ell greatly with the arrival of ma, }fl'R. Tlonry W. Keyes, Admiral C. J.
1P1 tul. 'l ilo .\I llto11 waH rrnmed In lh'l
Uo11sh, Admiral J.'B. '.\!unlock, Brig .
.~orhl'M record Limo o[ 7ll
ho11rM.
Gen. C. W. Howard, Col. G. C. Pat'!'here lll'll 110\V live 111uro ol' Lhlll typo
terson, Captain :\tcDougall of the
o[ ships ail l'rtLllll'tl up In this ynrd
North Carolina, Capt. H. H. Christy
and more launchings arc exJ)ect.ed in
of the San Diego. Mrs. Frank W. RolA11g11sl. The yard C:IIIJ)lOYS at ))resent
lins. :\1r. and Mrs . .John D. Jameson,
a force of 2\JOO m<'n, which ho.cl to be
Clarence E. Carr, }Ir. and Mrs. Louis
recruited and organied as wooden
H. Shattuck, Mrs. Louise Sumner,
shi11lrnildtng IHHl boon so 011t of dale
Naval Constructor· and Mrs. Adams,
that thCl'l' were few HlJll!lOl1e1l shiJ)~Ir. and Mrs. James Lawrence, Jr.,
b11i11ier!I available.
:\lr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson: Mis:.
The lofty SUJ)CrSll'IICtllres Of \he
Sarah Jackson, l\Iiss Hope Jackson,
ships towered above three plati'onm
:\1:rs. David R. Francis, Mr. and Mrs.
~G loet high. gaily decorated with th<
Roy II. Beattie, 11.iss Helen Beattie,
national f'0lors on whi<"h Htood thei1
:\tr. and 11rs. E. H. Charlton, :Mr. and
I Ri(l!'Cl\l'C spOIIROJ'S. IL will IJP :t mat
:'llrs. Frederick A. Jones, :\liss Lillian
li>r or l11tercst In Ll1<'H0 prohi!Jllio11
.Tonos, Mr. anti ;\[rs. George G. Shetltl.
,lays in NP11· llan1p!>hlr<' to k11ow thnt
:\Tiss Virginia Shedd, :'llr. and :\Irs.
th<' tra11!llo11 of sallor-llll'II was ho11·
George S. Hewins, the ?llisses Hew~
or«'d an1l a bottle of rcnl wine wa~
ins. Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. Dow, Mrs.
s111ashed over each prow cxJ)lodi11g
Ida M. Trow, George C. Shl!,ttuck,
with u vehemence that left 110 <.1011 bl
John F. Vaughan, ?l<lr. and Mrs. Reuns lo its real character.
ben Green, Mr. and Mrs. William
At s.:10 o'<'lnck p,u11p,s or hraw11y
Green,' l\lrs. James R. Jackson, Miss
workm •11 IJ<'!,!;all \rnocldng away the
E:)lzubelh Jaclcson, ·.uiss
Rachel
~hores 0.11d spurs underneath the ChiJackson, Rev. -and Mrs. Lucius H .
biliahos which occ11pietl the cm1tral
Thayer, Lieut. Com. Thomas }Iott
position of the thrc>e ships.
The
Osborne, ·Arthur A. Sharpe, Walter
crowd which occ11pled every vn11tage
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Raynes,
point within the yard sur;>;ed forward
Judge and ;\lrs. Oliver W.
spilled on Rockingham
county roads-a cons tan Uy increasing string of automobiles bearing the
num!Jers of curs of all over New E:ngl11 nd and north Allan Lie states made
their way towunl the shipyard. On
the prows of the three ships, in !resh
coals of paint, lead gray above and
black below the water line were huge
signs !Jearing the names Chihlabos,
Iloy II. Beattie and }lilton.
The new
niled Slates guard assisted the regular shipyard force In
directing the crowds in and adjace11t
to the yartl. Across the Eliot shore,
over a half mile distance, were 5000
persons with about GOO automobiles
parked on the Green. Acre grounds,
the noted peuce convention place.
On thll river Wl!rP 1lll LypoH or river
steamers and b0tLLs, each crowded lo
Its capacity. Ono row !Jonl was overturned by the wash from the Uoattio,
but the occupants were rescued with-
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~·•rf~•":.i, Portsmouth Mk~o•·.IJ\11, to, be •E<l.ga.'r R. Grover .
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.itoYB are now and wlli continue to ho
t)iir some time where tne ttghtlng ls
Jlirce. One o! the boys whose name
ii,)pears' in ·the ' list, Lieut. · Frank
]looma, has been k!lled In action.
•·,.c•As ' the news conthrnes to come to
Portsmouth o! ' our boys · reaching
'i'rance The Times wlll add their
•ames to the list. The casualtfes will
ihjo be recorded.
· Famllies and relattves or boys who
gone a.cross should send In all
Jaiormatlon to The Times or the city
'lllltorlan, Mrs. Bartlett.
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·;, ,''i.iJ.»h G. Adam■.
,. ts,. !'!:!lips B. Baager.
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,ma.li,h. W. Badger,
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~~mp B. Bennett.
· ,O.l!ton Berry.
.":· :Jd)'·ard .p_ Bickford.
.· -it.t:'·;Frank , E. Booma.
; Qharliis E , Brackett.
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, i11.erman W. Bunker. 1
: '.'.li/1,rpld ,E .· Bu.rke.
',1Bh~rman, F. Burke.
·,' ~)·nnlcll~i, ' Tl:. Duller.
~p1:p 1•Edwln M'. camp iol!.
' Rn.lJ)h
C. CampUeu.
C~rl
"W_: Han scom .
/ .,·;,: · ·I!'~Y' N,
Hatt .
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J!qward C. Hersey .
,•,Sergt.
: corp·, Hugh
C. !~Ill.
Cla!'cnce h . Hoitt.
'. Rall)h E. Hoitt. .
Wllllam .J. Hollan rl.
Ser~t. Edward C. Holl ati11 .
Follie · .Tankouskl.
O~car.:'H : Johnson .
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L\. Francis F. T< cillogg.
Henry W. Kenn ocly.
-Sergt. Hezekiah P. Lang.
°Jiimes' C. Lawles11.
Galvin W. Lear.
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Charles W. Lewis.
'Pnnl H. Lewis. ,
J-Jf/.fold -~. Little.
George W . ' Lonerga.:-.
Percy ,A. Lowd .
J:ames B. · Mahoney.
F.re'd L: Martin .
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. .Tohn II. ,McCarthy .
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!lere:t. P aul B. McCarlhy .
2nd Lt: Ralph 0. ~IcCarthy.
E'e~~~=- ·•f•. Uc!saac.
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John R. Miller:
John .T. Moran.
,lobn· .T. Moran.
C?rnellus D. Murphy.
.Rolnhd P. Olis.
·oscar . T. Olsen. ·
Lt. :' Edward
· ·,:;)iy G. Caswell.
a. Parlrer.
· W"llllam I-I. Parlcs.
· :·11:lh-Ie :v-i. Caswell.
;•,Peter Petronnl.
: .'. Corneitu's :mu gen e Correy.
" Sydney R. Pi ckl es.
;.~ma~•-lil ~. Colllns.
:,Orman R. P a ul.
~ .llbur. 0-:_Cornish:
·rerley A. Quimby.
C:111ttopher M·. Conlon.
J 'o seph F. Quinn, J. Conn.o rs. ·
'i'homns J. Quinn.
•'·Arthur H. Craig, Jr.
Geqrge I-1. Roberta
·'1 Jo~ace W." Craig.
-Le9n T,. Rob erts.
'_1-Iafrison A. DeCourcy.
~!eut.·'.!'heodore D. ',,chm!dt.
'\pulllp B·., Dennett. '
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-' Sµmner F, "Dennett.
,.\· Abgustus E. ~plnney.
':·porp·. Rt>.lph E ..•Dowdoll.
,·" S~·\·g t. Josep h A. Su ssman.
· Dennis · Driscoll.
Brigadier-G en. H'arry Taylor.
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Frank Vin clqn erra. .
. '..;eo~~e R . Durard.
Sergt . .Jer emy : IL Wall\ro,•.
IJ!"I'"' "·I . Dttrard.
'James Y. WatL .· ·.· ···:i::.'.,
' iluotd L. DuttoL
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J:Jalley ,van,· Ness Emery, (ranch
First Lieut. James Knox Wilson .
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,Harold' ,G.e:rdnor.•'· ...
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Charles ; Gouse: ' . .
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A service flag of twr.nty-two stars
raised• at the l•'irnt i\lcthu1linl
<:hnrC'h 011 Snnllay evr11i11g a11tl the
was largely attentletl.
Hollin Simpson 'J'11ltle. the
llastur, was in char;!c rrntl th re was
a service especially for the tied ic'.1tlon of tl1c flag.
The address was mn1lc by L:elll.
r.ommantlcr Thomas :\loll Osllornc,
I. S. N. ll. F., of tlu• :slnl'I prison,
:111!1 it was a 11atriolic a111I slirri 11 µ;
address on the pnrl that this rou ntry is 1,laying in this µrr:ll
wo1·J:I
wnr.
The ling was the gift or the forwn I'll cl:iss and WflS Jll'CSen led by ILH
11resillrnt, ('hrster Cioutih.
The p1·ogra111:
Orgnu · l'relude.
l nvoc•ntio11.
Hcspo11se, solo,
:\1rs. (lporge E.
Jlymn, Rattle llymn o[ thf>
was
lie.
nesponsive rcn11tne;.
Anthem, Move Forw:ud,
11nle chorus
Anlhl'III, The lloys of the l. S. A.
Dedication of the 'lC·l'l'i<'P. llng,
~!ale chorus
llymn, Amerir:i.
Atltl ress, Thomas
11 oft
L!c11te11a11t C'ommnn,ler,
H.F.
!lym11, The Star Spangle<l Danner.
l1enc1l lct!on.
Our Holl of llonor.
Cn1~tai n Clarence
P. Bodwell,
army.
Licute11nnl Roy K. Mndi, navy.
•Lie11tP11a11t Harry Hilton, civil
1?;i11eer. U. S. N.
Ensign Philip Onlton, nn1·y.
Sergeant Eclwarcl A. ,vecks,
Walter Dryant, army.
Horace Cannon. army.
1,:,lwnrd Ccderlor, navy.
Sn11111rr nrnnrlt, nrmy.
Ja111es Uililspy, nrmy.
Georj,\'e C1!lhcrt, army.
lloln111l I~. c:rrhcr, 1 11nvy.
Frederick Harmon, navy.
lloy Hnrmon, army.
Elmer L. Howard, nnvy.
Osrar .Toltnson, army.
Cly1le G. flo\Jin~on, army.
Orin Skillings, n:\Vy,
Slllney C'. Smith, navy.
Otis .James Vantine, navy.
Y CO\\'OIIICll,
?vlae L. · warren, first to enter
ice in this stale.
Esther Carpen tcr.
C'npl. Kernan, in charge o[ mlliNcw llampshin:
yestcnlay
notifie1l
[our
Portsmouth stntle11ts that they hat!
been selected as part or the college's
quota of lG lo go to the Plattsburg
training camp July 18. The men selected are Theodore R. Butler, William Shultlcswort.h, John Shilla\Jcr
atHl Arthnr F. Davis.
Lawrence
Currier was chosen as an alternate.
With the exception of Shillaber,
all a r c prominent athletes at the
school. Arter the course of training they will be assigned lo the
serve officers' school
�poratlon.
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A · special meeting , of .the City
l\lnror to Bl'prcsent :City.
~ouncil was held this morning In reOn motion of Coun cilma n RnyncH
~pon~e to a. ~lograin frofu the Navy tho mn.yor was nppointecl to r onr n)apartment to cohsidef a, housing B<'nl the city's Int.cres t at n confer,.roposltion. involving an expon c.! lture once in ,vashin gton and given power
f two million '<lollars'.
to ap'J)oint, addi tio na l me mbers of his
When Ma~or Ladd called the meet- committe11.
ng to order there were present
A li<:ense fee o r ; 5 0 for :'1ain's
~ou~cilman Raynes, Gray, Weelcs,
circus whi ch exhibi ts her e today was
.Caula, Hickey and Humphreys.
11;grecd lll)Oll.
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The. .mayor called on City Solicitor
City Soli citor :\1itchell mad e a remtchell as to the' legality of con1truot1ng houses on the Almshouse 11 ort on th e ])e liti on of the r esid ents
Held, the government to furnish 8 0 % of th e low er par t of ~~ta l c st reet to
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:i.nd a private corpor ation 20 % o[ th e be pl acc cl in t he sp rinkli ng distri ct,
to th e effect t hat all of the a bu tto r i:l
money needed on constru ction .
Resolution Relating to the llulllllng. he g iv,en notice to ap pear a t a hea rin g t o be held oi1 T hu rsday , J.uno. 2 7 .
of Houses.
. Coun cilman \V oeks marl c a m olio11 lf."!<1o,",.i;~.-..;
Resolved, by the City Coun cil or
instru ctin g th o Doa rd of Pu bil e
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•he City of Portsmouth, N. H . assemWorks
to
In
ves
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ga
te
the
bull
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lni;nf
.i.ed, as follows:
That in the event t,.at the United a hou se over t ho Bicl owalk nt
3tates Naval Department shall assist foot of Cabot st reet.
_:n the building of houses by a corAdjourned.
9oratlon to be formed and organized
to lease the land known as the Almshouse Field of the City of Port&mouth and said proposed conioratlon
shall erect one hundred ' houses or
more on said ~Id, by loaning to said
'prop_oscd~ corporation an amount
equal to 8 0 % Of the total capital invested said capital ' to be computed by
an. appraisal of the said Almshouse
1fleld at a valu,e .1 0! $60,000 and.. the
building- of- ,Y'll.ter -an sewei' system-by sa,id city ~t $30,000 as a- part
the· 2·0 % to be raised by the proposed
corporation. Then the City of Portsmouth will lease to the said proposed
corporation the said field at a reasonable rental for tho term of 1 O
years or until 3 years after the close
of the fresent war with a clause in
said lease providing that said city
will at any• time during the term of
said lease sell and convey the whole
or any part of said field for the said
sum of $60,000 or proportionate part
thereof for any part· of said field to
the said proposed corporation or to
such person or persons as such corporation shall elect or appoint. The
City of Portsmouth further agrees
in the event of the -acceptance of th e
3:bove proposition that it will build
and construct suitable water and
sewer system at an expense not to
exceed tho said sum of $30 ,000 on
said field, and further provided that
one of the officers of the said city
shall be by virtue of· his office one of
£he ,directors of, said proposed cor-
of
�i vale George E. G ·
year overseas, a.rrive
me in this <;ilJY Sa.iurday.
oxcellont health antl his m
, arc oxtentllng him bef}t wlsl
ceit n.
(Jackson M:. Hoyt, mstorlan)
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Capt. Simms. T, Hoyt,' Fort Hum,
phrey, Virginia.
EllJridg:e Knox. Doston City Hos!
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pltal.
Walter Picke;-lng,
\Varron Pickering,
Dakota.
Lieut. Willis Hadley Hoyt. ~
Phineas Piper Coleman, Camp
WENTY-TWO WEN[HASA
MEMBERS IN SERVICE
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Owing lo tho war the Wenehasa bors, most o[ whorr1 nave attended
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Club has decided to omit its third various colioges y1nce graduating
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Portsmo_ul.,11
High.
The
club
annual outing this summer.
Last
has
a
service
flag
containing
twentyyear the club anud its lacly friends
mct and dined at tho Uotol Went- two stars.
worth, New •Castle, and the vrevious
Those in the service Include First
year the afCair wa:i held at the Hotel Lieut. Phillips B. Badger, A. E. F.;
Ash worth, llam11ton Beach.
Harold B. Wendell inspector, ordThc \Venehaaa Club wa8 [orm oJ nance deµ:utmcnt; ' Corporal .Paul
!\lay :J, llJ13, and hut [or _the war Conover, 9th Company, C. A. C.;
wouhl hnve been quite a social or<ler . .Sherman P. Newton, cadet M. 1.- 'r.
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Tho olllrcrs tho lirnt year year: aviation school; YP-oman Philip H.
-i;'hat the federal 'go"'.e,~nm,11nt plam
1 hlllp IL R:rndnrsou, president; Sanderson, U. S. N. R. F.;
to expend over _;60\0,QQ. ?n ~e,yicon
lla:,l:\otl, vice pro:;ldont; Frank J. Massey, IJ. S. N. It.
struction w'ork a.t the L. H:- Shattucl..
B. Wend0ll,• secretary and I Charles E. Brackett, National army;
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ship yard at ,Newington was thll inSherman P. Newton, treasurer.
_'.idol Lemuel Pope. 3d, West Point
formation ' re~ently givl)n by speakThe cluo 11umb(Jrs thirty-six wem- Mllltary Academy; Theo!!_ore It. Dut.
~r .to the . workme~ ,. ·at' , the pln.nt.
tern, Arthur F. Davis, Jack ShillaThese new building ··operations will
ber, Lawrence Currier, Paul Bailey,
Platts reserve onlcE1rs training corps;
start a.t, once 'an_d ·• the mnjo,rity, wUl
Walter E. Mulholland, Waldo Phinbe completed ' before extremely , col~
ney, midshipmen U. S. Na val Acadweather.
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1· Barracks 'will be erected for the u'.
emy,
·Coxswain
Clayton F. Mugrldge, Earl H. Bruce, U.
•,.,,.•ii~••:;<:I s. ·N. R. F ✓; Herbert Harrington, ...·~==-J"' S. troops who are now doing guartl;
duty at the yard. , These wi!l' cost
Reserve Militia;
$20,000. $17,000 . will be expended
Paterson, army aviation;
Dewey
for ·a sewerage system and th . balGra ham, Thomas Craig, .Shirley B.
ance wili°go [or ·other ' imp,roveii:{ents.
__ .,,.,,~~.,.,•,c.J Simpson, U. S. N. R. F. All of the
remaining mom bers are
The speaker also informed the• men
different branches o[
that there is now enough work ahead
to keep the Newington 1 plant operating from ~hr~e to five years w:ith th&
prospects v~ry bright that ,a,M11:i,onal
work. will be secured to mal{:e ; the
yard pe)'mnnont. He stated ; that,
troin· GOO to '10'0,o extra emp~oyl)s"
could b!3. plnc(ld in the yard l\t tbe_
pr,esent ·ume. .
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�MOW .·ouR CITY LOOKS
lN.lYES Of STRANGER
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Bo.,ton NewspaJ)er Man ·Finds Much.o
Interest ia War-Time· Rush ot Old To-wn
tion, has more than
tered over the grass, clay and blue .,,2~·-~ 1
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ledges of the high ground adjoining
the works. Two or three miles farther up the river .the Newington shipyard of the L. H. Shattuck Company
employs perhaps 2600 or 2700. Add
to these the enlistee] men-soldiers ~•.il,·•1>~'>~
and sailors from _camps and barracks
and calling battleships-and you will
see why the merchants, restaurant
l~eepers and landlords Lalk of "money in the air."
Tliis count ul rortoHte!.!th's new 1"'·,,, ·,~.,,_ .•,_
If ·a man thinks he knows Ports- safely keep his latchkey In. the door,
mouth because he spen\ a pleasant If he preferred, or ask the exi)ressweek there a summer or two ago, he man to lE:Jave the change on the.front
!,s deceiving himself. He knows Ports- porch, I swung out of the thinning
mout,h as men who sailed out of the crowd on the sidewalk and steppccl
Gold'en Gate, in ·18 4 5 knew the .San inside to see how [ar I could proceed
Francisco ot 1849. 1f you grant that unhalted. I was well to the rear bethe m ain thing in a community is not fore the owner came from an inner
brick or timber, but the' spirit of the room to greet me. He had been restplace, the Portsmouth of today is a ing. Business? Nothing like it. He
different city from the . Portsmouth had had to turn work ayrny. Money
of last year. Not that this old set- J was in the air, and Portsmouth "a1
tlement on the Plscataqua, or . as , her prime!"
Gov. Winthrop used to call It, the
"M:oney In the air" tells foe story .
Passcataquack, ever was a dead or Of course that Is nothing w'holly riew
dying town. It could always flt out for Poi-tsmouth. In the days of the
privateers on three days' notice. On- old sea trade, money flowed like
Iy a dozen years ago It tucked 50 west Indian molasses, if not like
tons of dynamite into a single charge Medford and Boston rum. These cost•
In a single ledge, just to give Its 7 0- ly· 1 three-story,
14-wlndow-front
foot sell. channel mor~ width. 'l'homas houses, built of the best in design
Bailey Aldrich, to be sure, liked to and materlal , were never paid for
speak of Portsmouth as a town ot with earnings by seine or scythe or
the past. Jle used to muse aloud lapstone .. But in those earlie.r dayE
about the ghosts of her prosperity. the money was in few handl?, It was
He went so far as to call her the in- a time of -merchant princes. Today
teresting widow of a once lively com- the·· common people, the mechanics,
merce. And In these later days "art tlie carpenters, the painters, th\! laphotographs" and magazine stories borers, even the boys and girls, have
have carried the fame of her ancient more money than they used to dream
mansions, her mouldered wharves, of. This new war-time wealth In
her murmuring gardens of mignon- Portsmouth is evenly distributed, and
ette,' larkspur and hollyhock. as far most of it is on the go.
Last summer the city had an • estias her taut square-riggers ever carmated population of about 12,000.
ried her cabin · boys and ca1)talns. All
Today the guesses run to 20,000. The'
thes'e picturesque antiquities remain,
people are too busy to lrnep count of
well cherished . But today, from Newaccessions. And the newcomers are
castle bridge to'Gosllng road, the visit or s In Portsmouth meet a new spir· ' not enter ing by the cradle route.
and a new expectancy. For Ports- They are men and women, all earntb, all in one, is a colonial sea-· ing wages I enpugh to draw and hold
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population does not Include over 2000
men In the naval 11rlson on Scavey's
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Island. The great stone bulllllng
there Is now flanked with emergency IPd ,.,;;.:w~
shelters ancl special \\'Orie shops. Dut ~~~~~-~,•~'tfii-1.".;:~•,i''i,:;,;~'
the to,vnspeoplP Include these poor
fellows in their sympathies, if not in fj/~;~:l~~,r-:,,~J;"\?.~r,..
their business dealings. Of this numerous community, Th0mud :'11ott Osborne is mayor and · big brother.
Portsmouth, across the swirling river
likes to hear his men cheering the
three-baggers at the sunset games of
baseball. A man who worked some
months in the prison after Lieut.Comdr. Osborne came, summed it all
up in this way: "Osborne's with the
prisoners, and the prisoners arc witli
him. He believes that Jr iL man has
half a will to make goo<! he should
have a whole chance."
But where do all the Incoming
thousands of new workmen, not to
mention their wives and children, llncl
roocl and shelter?
Portsmouth alono cannot
and [eccl them. They come In by
crowded trolley cars from the York
villages. They fill special tr;ins from
Dover and Rochester, even from Newburyport, Haverhi1! and Lowell.
\1any come and go in private automobiles and wide jitney trucks.
The
trolley service is not too goocl. Over
in Kittery, if you ask •how the
ire running, you get the reply, "On
the half-hour, 15 minutes late, barring breakdowns." And the special
He inadequate. The board of commerce in Manchester is now trying to
urange with the Iloston & Maino [or ·
i service that will allow several h11111lred •men to l<'ave for Newington ancl
r- ort11mouth overy mor;1ing an<l return every night .
,vhen the workmen's village on At.antic Heights is done It will arcord
1ight long dormitories and 300 cottages built nearly all. of brick. Across
·.he river in Kittery the government
;s taking for the workmen, or 'has al~eady taken, two summer hotels, the
Pepperell. and the Champernowne.
l'he h'u ndrecls ot'roomers in these two
buildings will get as fin~ air and out- ~..:.ca•·~•~"'··
'ook as any millionaire colonists
:<irt: in. industrial strong/10ld behind them.
the ~ar lines, and a town thp.t has
About 4600 persons are on the pay
st'ruck gold on Main street, says a roll at the navy yard across the chans'taff cor respondent of the Boston nel. The Atlantic Works, on the
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south bank of the river, above the old
Late · on Saturday mght I t.ooked I toll bridge, employs no ono knows
l'nto a jeweller's shop brightly light- just how many-perhaps 2000, with
ed on the central square and saw no more needed and arriving every week.
one behind any counter:
Knowing Merely to build these men a housing
Por tsmouth to have been the kind ol settlement-fr om the plans of the
Boston architects, Kilham & Hopkins
along the coast.
-the "N. E. C." as Portsmouth calls.
Of course the crowding
the National Engineering Corpora- · 1roblems. For instance: A rew hundred feet from the Atlantic Works
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�mg house, Jong, tall, fla roo[eci.
la.Les bacl~ to the building of the pa)er mill, now made over and enlarg•d in the shipyard. On the first floor
hi~ boarding house has kilchcn and
,llning room, panlries and a slore.
The next Lhrec floors hold about G0
men, one or t~o in a room. In the
basement, sloping [rom open windows
·trc two large piles o[ rubbish. Over
them wait splintery joists and floor
lrnarcls. Tho ligh Uy built Rlrucluro
has ouly one staircase, openly bulll
of varnished pine. There ls no fire escape, nor access to ll\e roof. One of
the lodgers..:...an arrival from Deland,
Fla.-and the proprietor himself, an
earnest Greek, agreed with me that
chance of escape in case o( fllre left
something to be wished. Tho Greek
said that he and his partner wore Intending to put a fire escape at one end
of the building. Until both ends are
equipped, the- Portsmouth fire• department ought lo order emergency
safeguards and empty the upper stories of their lodgers.
•In the closely-built parts of Portsmouth, ordinary rooms are hard to
find. They cost Croll\ $6 to $8 a week. b.i!n'.;~~S
were not priced by supply and demand. For a ma.a and his wHe, indignant at the rents pr~vaillng. had
taken an eight-room house and rented all tho space they could spare, al
$4 a double ro01p. A common sight
ls tho doorsleti Labloau o[ a young man
a barely opened door; the
man is always carrying a suit case;
sometimes he holds a baby, while his
wife does the talking.
An ordinary workman expects to
tlaY for room and board together al
a.bout $10 a week. By crowding he
may pay a ilollar or lwo less; in seeking comfort, he must pay much more.
There are many small lunchrooms in , ...,,w,¥-"ii(.;a!
town, managed usually by Greeks. At
"IIam's"-one or the best known
restaurants north of tho l\Ierrlmack
- the 11:·icc:i arc adnllll.odly on It high
i;ealc: ~leaks Crom $3 down, broiled
"live:;," $1.60; lobster slow, ~l;
wailt'rs Cow, but goocl-nnlurcd., Al
lhc llocking-lrnm care I saw a noncombn lanl pay 21) r,rnts for a small
hal<r(l polalo. without bulLer, as :t
SU bslllulo ilom !'1
�Six Limited
.Service Men
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·Are. Called
The •local war board has issueU 'a
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call for six men from the limited service , clas·s who will ~ntrain July 3 0
The men called are as follows:
Andrew Russell Perkins,
Lane, HamI,Jton.
Winfield Scott Clifford, :\'fain st.,
Newton. '
John Harry Perkins, 390 Richards
"v~nue, Por~smouth.
. Benjamin Harvey Taylor, Newton.
Louis JoseI,Jh Pintal, 3G7 Moody
street, Lowell, Mass.
Ernest M. Ward, r ti 3
street, Portsmouth.
The board was notifl'.ed
ing th~t the follo~vi'ng persons have
l)een taken from the Emergency
Fleet list at the L. H. Shattuck ship.
yard:
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Everett '\V . .Staples, Harold A. Trefethen, Ralph Coleman. Fr:ink H.
Tuxbury, Ralph vVallace :vr_orrlson,
Leonard Smith, Horace P. Seymour,
-clobert ::-,,,:, Bruce, Charles S. Benjamin, ·CharJ.,es Gouse, Raphael Riendeau, Charles George Ewen. , '
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~or"Camp Oeven
Six draftees who were
the local war boiu-d lert hero
:f. 4 5 o'clock for Camp
where they will train lor
tional army. The men were escort-.,,".·.•~•·•,.·
ed to the Boston and Maine railroad
station by Sheriff Ceylon Spinney of
tlie local board. Those leav,iug were
Ernest L. Potter, East Kingston.
George Moulton, North Hampton.
George E. Cawell, Newmarket.
' Wallace S. Jackson, Portsmouth.
llichard A. Clay, Rocldngham .
,Pacifico nathistelll, Biddeford.
This wHI be the last of the old
cl:1As 1, and beginning· In August tho
men of the 19,18 registrants will ·bo
The class of 1918 men are being
examined by the board physician,
Dr. G. E. Pender, at the rate of
twenty per day and the medical ad' J:c;oty board are in session every
11non to take the cases referred to
th cmfrom the board physician
Li1nited Service
Meo W1H Leave
Next IWonday
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WAR PERSONAL~.
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' Omer J. Comeau, 72 Atkinson st.
attached to the 9th Co., C. A. C. now
at Fort -Constitution, was made a ,
sergeant on Aug. 1.
John Joseph Connors, 271 Hanover st., Naval Reservi'st, is at tile
Training Camp .at Pelham Bay, N.
Y. -.:
Chaplain Curtis Hoyt Dickins Is at
tl~e Philadelphia Navy yard.
. Peter Petron!, formerly empJoyeu
at Whit~house barber shop, is now
with · co. ~, 309th Infantry, American Expedftionary Force in France.
On Monday next ten
r,re in the limited service class will
leave here for Syracuse, N. Y. 'l'his
i~ Urn second rail for the limilccl
::ervicc m ,) n- :tncl lhe me n who will
go are as foJJows:
Jeremiah J. Lynes, Portsmo11tl1.
Walter A. Bagder, Portsnionth.
F1~aucis Gray, J•ort~111outl1.
I<ennicth T. Mc1nnis, l'orlsmo11tl1
Napoleon Merchaull,
George E. Odiorn e, Jr.,
Dennis Carey, Portsmouth.
Daniel Cn JJahah c, l'ort;;mon t11.
Lyman T. MacDonall1, Portsmonll1.
Arthur Muchmore, Portsmouth.
Mr. Muchmore was lndu·c ted one
of !lis turn, havin~ . volunteer r-,-.
The board has a call for Ang. ,G
[or Fort Slocum and the three men
who will go are: George A. McPheters, Portsmouth; Oscnr C. nowJey, East Kingston, anu William Q.
.. Rouse, Portsmouth. The latter ha s
the ma~ine
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,\lHS. RlCIIArtD M. SCA~DION,'
Historlun.
So many people 11avc as ked for the,
aud resGes or variou3 men from hero,
who aro in the service that we are
printing a 11:it of Stratham men who
are in the Sl) rvlce with their present
addresses:
Pvt. Wallace Odell,
, ;\llsc. Quartermasters Co., Unit 2,
American Ex. Forces.
Pk IIarolcl P. Oclell,
~foauquarters Co. 10th l•'l"l<l Art.
Ani e r1~ai1 Ex. Forces.
Lewis Odell,
Thatcher's Island,
,:
no ckpqrt, Mass, I
P1•t. H.alph :U:. Cowen,
Co. A, 23rd lnfa11try,
A11erlcaO: l!:x, Forces.
Pvt. Slifrley "\V. Gowen,
~irtl A~ro Squadron,
Lincoln, England.
Pvt. Ph!llip W. laowen,
18th Co ., lu4th Depot DrlgaclE
Camp Meade, Mel.
Sgt, Harry E. West,
llatte ry D, GGth Artillery,
American Ex. Forces. /
Pvt. Joseph Parks,
Battery G. 51st Artillery,
American Ex. Forces.
Pvt. Ji're d D. Severance, .
.14th Engineers (Railway),
Carn Aclj. General, Washington, D. C.
Ame rican Ex. Forces. 1
Edward W. Tuttle, Cox.,
U. S. S. Remlick,
Care or New York Postmaster
George M. Stickney,
U, S, S, Matsonia,
Caro or New York Postmaster:
Corp, Robert C. Piper,
Uattery B, 21st Field Artillery,
American Ex. Forces.•
Pvt, Leon P. Scammon,
Oen. Hospital, .No. 12,
Dillmore, N, C.
· Corp, Harold Syphar::,
!Jth Co .. U. S. c.· A. C.
New Castlo, N. H.
Pvt. Alclen Syph ers,
9th Co ., U. S. C. A. C,
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are ·or New York Postmaster.
•rt. P'-ercy n. I&rraoee,
Battery F, 65th Field Artillery.
American Ex. Forces,
Freclerick S. Deals;
U. S. Suhmarme Cilaatar l'i,1. 13,
Care or New Yoi:k Postmaste'r;
Pvt. Sllirley Godfrey, -· _.,·•:
7th Dal, 2Gtb Co., Depot ,Briga<
Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass.
Pvt. Lauris Godfrey,
(
Co. · F, No. 84, 101st U. S. Eng.
American Ex- Forces.
Wagoner Lewis L. Lane,
Battery A, G6th Artll!e.ry,
li'ort Adams. Newport, R. I.
Pvt. Carl D. Stockbridge,
Trnck Co. D, 2ncl Corps,
Park,
American Ex. Forces.
Pvt. Leonard H!Jl, '
Battery B, GGth Art!llery.
Pvt. Vernon C. Boncl, '
103rcl U. S. Infantry (Mecllcul). 1 :
1
American Ex. Forces.
· 1
Pvt. Burton C. Caswell,
Battery D, 103rd Regiment,
' A rtlllery,
,\ merlcan Ex. Forces. •
l'vL. Edwin II. Scammon·, \
Co. D, 67th In fantry,
B<Jaumout, Texas. ·
Pvt. IIorncc Craig,
Hultcry A. :l03rd ITr.avy Artillery, .,
American Ex'.' Forcef!.
. ' I' r •
Corp. Thomas Smith,
Battery A, 303rd TTE1nvy Artlller/
American Ex. Forcos.
1
lJa,rold Caverly,
' .. : ,1
'l' ho.tcher's Island,·
llockport, Mass.
Pvt. Norman Edmunds,
26th Division,
101st U. S. Engineers
American Elx. Forces.
Arthur Edmunds,
Naval Hospital,
Chelsea, Mass.
Nettle Edmunds, Nurse,
Ba~e Hospital, No. 3,
American ~x. Forces.
f'vt. Warre..1 P. ~1>rlon,
!24th. Machine Gun
.
.(Simeon A. Sha.w, .Historian.)
Blake, Harold Russell
Blake, Percival M.
Brown, Abbott
Brown, .Albert Acldison
Brown, Percy Badger
Church, Kingsley Dearborn.
Dalton, Mlllarcl D . .
DeLancy, Clyde P.
Duubrnck, Er'n est Howard
Fogg, Stanley Clarence
Gallagher, Harry W,
• llarland, Victor J.
Hawkins. Leon H. ·
1-Iobbs, Edwin Howard
Johnson, Raymond A.
Lamprey, James Mun~o~
Lamprey, Theoclore S.
.',amprey,' Wllliam Hale
Linclsey, Rupert '\V.
,Marston, Eugene E.
Marston, Kenn e th Horks,
Norton, Myron Jowell 1
Raclno, Wallace Paul
Rockwell, Ernest H.
Smart, Harry L. '
Smith, Ear! J,
Stenger, Charles Hovey ·
- RYF,.
(Dlake H. Rand. Historian)
Brown, Arthur Lawrence
BrO)YU , Charle3 R.
Brown, .Turnes ·webster
Brown, William
Davidson, Philip D.
n~:i.ke, Pe.rcy G.
Elwell, John Russell
Foss, Herllcrt 0 .
FoRs, Ray Herbert
G urre lt, ,vallace 11.
Jenness, Forres t J..
,T11n11 ess, I-Ie rl.Jert J.
Johnson, Burleigh
· Kelchuer. ,Harry; R.
Le~r. Calvin Warren
Morton, Rollo A, ·
Philbrick George Oliver
Rand, Seth Edwin'
Rand,• Wallace Elroy
Remick, Albert• w.·Remlck, Austin F.
Varrell, Ernest Milton
w~·nott, Garlancl Francis
GREENLAND.
(Wllllam A. Odell, Hlstorlnn)
Archibald, Clycle W.
A rcltlbald, J oaep,h
, Bar..ry, James Otis
Bennett, Albe'rt W.
Bennett, · Ev,erett Vf.
Berry, ,Tames C. ·
Clare, Wendell P.
Crowell, Alonzo N.
Howard, William T.
LPary, George E.
Sheay, Barrie H.
Wilbur, -Merlln H.
· Woods, John A.
�Then the Topeka crew was transEach night the
ferred ,to various ships oof the flgh ting
we_nt (l.own ,to the ho.r'JX>1· mouth and
fleet, and Portsmouth was lett with
def:cd the Germans--wlth two revolvonly the pat•rol boats and crews to
ers and a Very pistol.
_,
represent the section. Commander
The Reservists a,board the Topeka,
Atwater was also detailed elsewhere
at the yard, were glad to see the Alearly in Augn•st, and l!.t. (J. (l.)
batros~ arrive in rortsmouth, ofor
Brown, who had been Section Com0the"9' had been taken -down the harbor
mander at Portland, Ma·lne, was asin the Penn.cook. thirty· at a time, •to
signed to Portsmouth as Section Com 1•
•bob up and down in the ground swell
mander.
-q.C.f~-Qunboat Shoal-to stand watches
Lt. Arey was put
-and haul the anchor in the morning,
charge of the patrol squadron- here
:1_ind. were feeding the fishes with
until Lt. Brown arrived.
mon·or.onous regularity.
The latter at once established a
An Intimate Narrative Con- _-_ ·tN·ot more than .four weeks- after this
barracl<s
for reserve patrol crews at
first patrol l>oat went on duty, anoth1 cernii;ig Sixth Section Now
the yard, and also a Seotlon iSuf\lllX
er little ci-aft--the "Orea," slipped up
Office-, where the rese-rves could buy
a Thing of the Past.
to the .navy yard, and collapsed. Iler
their ou tfl ts. The section expande'd
grate bill's had beE>n burned out on
so r::1~1·ldly dul'lng r..t. Brown's regime
(By Ensign C. W. Bigelow.)
h:or run up from lJoston, and she wns
that 1t became too big for the Navy
:(everal
weeks
overhaullng
at
PortsTh,, Portsmo uth sect·lon was born
::ard to take 'c are o!, as the Yard lttinder the bar elnlster. Lllte Topsy- J\'IOU[,b. before: taltfng ·her place on
~~:r w::is growing more and more conIt j\lst happened. And this • is the patrol.
'JC3ted.
Still
another
b=t,
the
"F.stclla,"
ar!> oiy of 1ts brief but checkered caIt was decided in March, 1918, to
rived, and the "Endlon," from Portn:er .
move the sectlon-bal'racks, boots and
land, was sent to the ya.rd for re!lt.At the outset of the war, the suball, down to Kittery 1Cove, using the
tlng. A dispute :Hose over the latter
dlvlsl-0n o! the various naval districts
Hotel Park.flleld as headquarters, anld
Jnto ,;;ections had not been entirely ~!I. ~9 whether the state or Navy dewhe1l the authorities at Washington
worked 0 ut, and Boston and Portland par,tment was to pay for her refit, but
disapproved of this p~n, the section
this
was
amicably
settled-the
Navy
wi:,re ,the two New England cities Imfound 1t,self crowded tn a very small
mediately c-hosen as patrol boat cen- paid, ,
place in the yard, with no hope of
ters, while the other places on the Capta.ln Peck of the Topeka, at the
obtaining room to expand furthe1·.
ii"uggestlon
of
Lt.
Ghent,
who
was
coast north of Provincetown, wer.e
At this date, th&e were iseaman
se,nio~.
pat•ol
officer,
chose
crews
for
1eft temporarily to shift !or •themloolrnu'ts stationed ae several of the
several of these patrol boats, and a
selves.
outlying lighthouses and coast guard
He·re at Portsmouth we grasped ,the regu1ar system oif i·oto.tlng -the boa ts
stations of the section, and these refaithful old tus· Penacook, and sent on dut:.;, was decided upon.
ported by telephone ,to the Section
Another patrol boat was sent hert
her down to the •harbor entrance evHeadquarters Jn the yard, the moveIn
May,
the
"Venture,"
from
Boston,
ery night, whHe one of our fast and
ments c,f every vessel in sight night
~.tii,uious thirty-five foot speed boats · and she wals in shape to at o·m:e' take
and day. 'l'he keep e rs ln charge of
her turn on patrol. She like the
.circled the .Navy Yard Island at regthese lighthouses and stations gave
A
\batross,
'had
a.·
Boston,
crew
aboard.
• Uli\'I' Intervals from sundown to suntho young re~e1·vPs invahmhle trainToo many thanlcs ca.nnot be given
,µp-~anned lly n. clvlllo.n crew from
Ing In sl.;nul!lng uml dl'II_I with smu.11
to the people of Portsmouth, anll par, th~,boat shop.
boa,ts:-and It wns the plan to send
ticularly,
to
the
IIefren.gers,
to
the
· ,C,ipta,ln Howard, then commandant
newly enrolled -men, aftet· a prelimin1
''or.. the yard, was far .from sntisele\l, Barrett-Wendells, and the 'I'arbeUs fo-r ary
pC"-l'lod of training, at thc barracl,s,
their .girts of warm clothing n.nd the-ir
with this makeshift patrol, and asl,ed
before placing them aboard
patrol.
hospitality to these ,tyro ,seamen,
for some re,gular patrol boa,ts to be
to th ese stations, as the final step
many of whom were away from home
stationed at ,the y11rd
boats.
!'<one, hownver, were.,,o.vailable, and
for the first time in their lives. Such
The Doston and f'rovince.town
1-indnesses
are
not
easily
oforgotten.
none could be ,promised for two
trol b oats had b een covering much of
fl'he sixth sJiip to be adde!1, to the
months.
th e sam e area in their tours of duty ,
patrol fleet was the "Alert," a -,tl'im
.\l."·,,nt!me, there was q Naval Reand wh e n it was se en that th e- Ports little craft eighty-two feet long, and
. ;r1·1. c·. cw Ir, Boston whose boat had
mouth S ection would n e ver be able to
as a reward for being the Clrst on the
~P~Jl ,-~Jcctetd as being too small for
grow larg er, and might
scene, the crew <Yf ,the Albatross with
tc\:ve work, and their comandlng ofhave to va•c a,te the yard, It was deterone or two acldHions, was transferred
ficer had v,lslons of himself and his
mined to have
the
Provlnce1own
to her and she was made the squadme/ being marooned at <the Ma~leboats talce over the area which they
head Training, with meagre chances
ron flagship.
I
and the Bos ton boats had been covLt. Ghent was detached from the
of getting afloat.
By a happy
ering together-letting the Boston panavy yard in the latter part of May.
thought, he telegraphed to Captain
trol extend as far N o rth ns the Esles
Due to his efforts the patrol fleet was
Howard, asklni; I! his boat and crew
of Shoals and the Portland Section
dignified as the sixth section patrolcould. \ be
used
at
!Portsmouth.
as fait· South as t110 J.sle~, abso,·hlna
the first official recognl tion of rorts•·•come at once, you wlll be immedibetwee n- them both the Portsmouth
mou th as the Sixth section of the
ately assigned here .on active duty"
patrol and patrol fleet.
was -the answer-and a week later, 1 First Naval district.
Lt. Bro wn was -deta c hed and EnHis successor was Commander Atthe "Albatross" and her huge crew of
sign Bige low, his Aid e, was appointed
water, ,a.od Lt. Arey was- detailed as
six • sava,ge hut sea-slclt enthusiasts
S ection CO'mmander to close up the
Aide to the Commander.
dropped ancho:- off the yard.
Section. Two weeks Inter the Sixth
Meantime the patrol had been holdThe system of paying reserves who
Section was officillllY closecl.
Ing up and examini; o.11 boats enterwere afloat! had not .b een perfected
Many or the oMlcers formerly atIng and Je-a.vlng the harbor~includlng
!~ April 1~·17, to which ofact any
tachecl to the Section are
·erving
some
Inoffensive
li.l,shermen,
who
promember of the original Albatross crew
with honor and g.allantry across the
tested loudly but without avail. 'J'wo
wLll bear loud and probably profane
big p o nd, and m a ny-perha1>s fiftysmugglers we-re ca~tured by the pawitness. The h11nd to mouth existof th e r ese-rv es who wer e enrolled or
t•rol, but no German submarines.
ls"tertoee these boys led rfor the first
station ed at Pol't'smouth have obl!'he
seasickness
had
wo1;n
off
by
few weel~s at Portsmouth, in a damp
tained commi s sions throui;h
this time, and the crews felt that they
and on-soaked boat, where mildew
ence obtained here, out tho.ugh in th e
were cond~ctin,g themselves lil~e old
would' ~orm on clothes le!t in the
lnte,·P~_ts or efficiency the S ection was
not
Joclters for a day or two, most of
salts, an opiplon which
was
ev e ntually d C"stlned to be discontlnuPd
e fellows sea sick, and cal!Lng on
shared, how e ve•r, by the regular
not on e of us, office rs or enlisted men ,
, a.
who were here a.t its inception,
help just a Ii ttle sigh of rei;ret
the Old Section ls no
REMINIS.GENGES
OP-PORTSMOUTH
'.\''tOAST PATROL
0
�Tho l'o,·tsmouth reserves ho.d · the
rii;ht stuff, too, and one J'ittle fortyfoot boat gave the Ii~ to its favorite
song,
"U-bont isn't meant <for U,
U-boat ls11 't ,meant for me,
lletcha-life that if I see a Hun
I'm going to let that U - boat be!"
by charging nn Americ:rn U-bonl
which It couldn't identify. and tryinr;
lo ram it! \Veil, enoug:1 is enoughthe story ts over.
I
TEN'MEN' LEAVE
TODAY ·f OR ,oA T..
'MOUTH COLLEGE
1
Ten young men will leave here this
morning for Dartmouth coll-ege for
special training for the national arm)'.
The ten men r<'porteu at tho Local
Do~u:cl at three o'clock on \ Vednesday
nfternoon for their instructions from
the lJoard. 'With two exceptions they
are fl'om the new l 918 classification
.and nrnclically all have been tnduc.ted
out o[ the'ir turn aCLh Ir own ,·equc.>sl.
'l'he men will leave on the 8.4G this
morning for I-Ianover and will nut In
at lea s t two mouths at Dartmouth before uqing se nt lo som e cantonement
or across the wat er to France.
The men anu their call numbers are:
5. Kenneth Rnymond Knowles, So.
Seabroolc
486. Ralp.h C. Clark, Portsmouth.
1 t07, Phillip \V. Tucker, Portsmouth.
!l. \Villis lI. Little, Portsmouth.
l l. Amu,·osC' 8. i\lclhnls, Pot·tsmouth.
Hl. Asa. 11am, Portsmouth.
no. Albert E. Quinn, Portsmouth.
126. florclon 1•'. Merrick, l'lalstow. 1
108. Harold C. Swe-etser, Por~smouth
131. James E. Colpil, Portsmouth.
Tho Local Board have received a
call for six limited service men to en train on August 30 fo1· Camp Upton,
Yaphank, N. Y. There are 100 called
ro,· the slate and
aoo·o· OR K
1
1
THESE'C
As a result of tho good work
Home Service J)e~artment · o! ithe
Portsmouth ,Chavter O~tld C1·oss, a n·
other young s~ilor who was conlfl'lled
at the naval hospital wit!'- tubercu losis
has been released lo hJs: 1µu'ents and
he Is now on his . way tb Arizona,
"'here tlH' re ts every h<lprs that hf
will once more bP wrll.
As a rcsuLt or n recent visit to the
hospital by Mrn. Lilrian Ham, asslst flnt at the Organized Charities who
loo!, after the acll ve work of the
Chairman Sise of the Red Cross, Mrs.
Ham at the requC'st of. the lad wrote
his parenLs i11 Pascaugola, Miss., tel.I·
ing them or the condition o! the boy
ancl what was be:ing done he1;e !or
'him.
'.l'ho •lnd~ father immediately acknowl
edged the Jette,· 1.Jy coming on to this
city and v,isltocl his son at tho hospi tal. Through the Red Cross ·he made
treatment for t,his scourge and arter
a few days the application
ed and the lad discharged.
er was extrl'mely grateful
Cross for their interest in the matter
as he said ,that he woulJ not probably
to 'have saved Lhe
IJle lmmediat<'ly
left for
climate tho
getting back
Th'is branch of the Red
in thi.s city is constantly increa sing
and there is seldom a da.y but w'hat
some very worthy case comes up. A
few days ago a young woman called
at the Orgo.nlzed Charities and stated
that her ·husband was a prisoner at
the Naval Prison. •She 'has j ust lost
her first chlld nad had come on to see
r.•:·•;'1-l.:•...-.J•s·,,,_ 1 h er husband , who 's ofCenso was t ha t
"""'"'·"'•:~•"'·~~!'1'/,,·•~:;l 'he had remained overtime so that he
-.~i;,:frit',:F-~:,jcould be with his w'ife when she was
slck. Her allotments
and she was almost
was taken caro of by the Red Cross
and Jt shortly after developed t.hnt M1i;,;:...;,-:::
s'ho wns lll with sympton
The Hed Cross in
was communicated with and
,promptly stated that they would
for the girl in a. sanita.rium if
would come back to New York:
agreed to and tho Red Cross sa,v tha.t
she was given the proper transporta•
,_,.,..,,".•:,·~ 1\~~:~~:;;~:iilt
of the Travel•
�'i
'iJtANTI£ HEIGHTS-WILL
BE AN IDEAL VILLAGE
(
'
~Government Housing Plan at- Freeman's Point Showing Re·. markable. Progress---PerJ11anent and Comfortable Houses
Provided
a?6'
,s
.J! -a. :magic hand had suddenly . trans-
d'ori'nei:Cfrom old England to the rolling fields of the Piscataqua, one of i•ts
;Prettiest and best Ja,id out villages, it ·
,would 11ot he much , mol'e wondel'ful
tthan what the United State., Emel'igenoy li'Jeet Hoihslng Depu,l'tme,nt IHI.VP
accompllshPd at l•'reem ::w's l'olnt, to
house the thousand s or employens of
ithe .Atlantic Corpornlion. ship buildi1A;
,company.
Here- ' In the short space of a littl e
'over a _month has arisen a village of
. !hous.eii, .. not ~hacks or mako shir.t tLf·falrs, ..but solldly
built and · well cte18lgned. ·.permanent
homes,
built of l
•orlck, with every appe-arance of l1;tst- ,
ing as .many centuries as some of the'
old En·gllsh villages . from which the r·twould be on permanent ·lines, for
idea, has been taken.
,
once t:he.y had Joolrnd over the magniUnlike however the English village
dicent prospects of this rapidly grow1the hous~ at Freeman's Point are of
ing plant, they had but one i·dea in
,the most modern structure, with heat, , view,-and th'at was that wa,r or no
electric lights and modern bath, while
•war, this ,plant was being built for all
instead of the narrow streets will be 1 •times to forever hold a place in the
ship building industries of •the Unithe broad modern stl'cet, so that out.1,;ide of the general app.ea1'ance as a
ted States.
,whole the mod ern hou s ing village of
Right at hand on
-the ship worlcers beal's no relation to
Plscatnqu11. river was an Jde:il site f or
a village, high
and ro1J.ing country
the sleepy old town·s 'of England.
W-hen the Emergency Fleet or the.
(\Vllb a picturesquo outl~olc that could
United States Shipping Board houshut a,1,1 ('OlllPllllll l' llt lo any tlWC'lll'I'
ing , experts decided that to succosswithin its l>Ol'lkl'. f•'Ul'lllnat e fu t· thi~
lfully carry on the great worlc of build city lite Govrl'n mPnt <>xpcl'ts sc,le.ctril
~ng .cargo ships at the .Atlan-lic Corafil'm of architects, Kilham and IIop,p oratlon, it would be ve-ry necessary
hncl
-to furnish
homes for the wodcm en,
they rlghtfu1ly
decided that if the!#.,_.,....,.,..._ _ _,,_~----.,.-~,---~~
government was going into the matter
�abilily lo lldrn advantage of evl'ry bll houses have three
rooms on each
o! natural-scenery and who conlln11al- floor. En.ch house wli! be./ furnished
' 1y kepl in mind the h'islo1·y ancl colon- with a range, screens and shades by
ial gio1·ies of Urn
cily or which thiR the government, the occupan.t to furvillage- was lo become n. part. vVith n!f>h tho remainder of;their furniture.
this nlways in mind L111•y went back
Thero ts no gas, it beiug impossilo the old gngllsh
slylc or village ble to hA.ve that furnished with the
houses, smnll but
n.tt1·actlve in depre~ent equipment of the local p)an.l.
sign, and inlo this t!H•y have rollowPtl
·In tho double houses arrangements
as far as possible the colonial !inC',
of the city, many of the houses hav- ha\'e been madc so tha,t some of them
\ .n , t.. _,... ,,...., lntn nnf\s hl'\nQo
lH · r(' ing r€production on. :L smalle1· sen.Ir
• I ll ! 11 • t lJ 111 '.\ II i11'11 11:11 • ll\•11-.,., I,\ , ,. _
of some of the best of the co Ionia I
11\fl\"lll~ .1
b1 ·1,·l,,·•I Ill
doo1·ways.
\\II"'" 1 d< t• 1·.1 :· l· 11( ;ti\\' ,•xra h1~•·
At ,the very
beginning they hacl
l. 11111:,
their men go over every bit or th<!
'l' li •· · :11 • l1 1t ·1 I •• lt.1\·" 1i 1d i11 1111111,,I 1lw
ground and carefully
fence !n nil 1\ •· •1q 11,~ .. r , .. ,, 11 1.,,111h tH , , ... ,.1 r. 1111d
trees, piclurcsquo ledges, clumps or 11: 1\· .. p111\i,\t•d lt11ll :-. 1• ~ ~H tliut 1t \\ill
bushes and In !act all of the naturnl t
I. , J1 • • :- :-.1l d •• to1 1' 1• 1• li t 1;1rd1-rs a n d
beaullC's or the ground that could bC' 1 1111 · 1" 1lw 11· h y d11:11g- ;i\\'11.\' \\Ill • :l11•
possibly prcservl'Cl lo add lo tho Ona! i.:,, , , ,· 1 1•· , , ·, 11 1 11r 1., nu:~ 11·11111i:, ..
lay out of the completed picture. This·
l :.i ,· !1 11f tlll •q11 -1·t, ,II" r11 r f~ r, ,, t
being accomplished lhey next laid thc
:.J •· \\ 1: 1i , 1 11r·,, 11 1111 ,t :-. ,• 1 lt.11 :, r ,,
vll!agc out $0 t!Hl.t evcl'y house would ,. i · 111 11 1... , • • \ \ f,:,•ti "1 !1 Ji,, 111 : 1d11 11 11..
get the maximum amount of sun and
l 11
\ \Ill
air, keepinge !n mincl nll of th£' l !me 11, \ \ 1 , I l' : • 1 1• .,f t· 1 11 : 1111 l 11' , i\,1111 • ll:t,
tho completed picture, and stri\'inh !n
1 1 d1 • p 1 1 1111:: t.:;1 1.i , 11-~!1 ,tl
e,vcry ,vay to break the monotony of ~11 .. iwn;,: .. in ., -. 11 ,. ! ,,. 11, 1 :-- :il l"-I H·d tlw
so many houses erecletl on a unite ,. 1 11 ., 1 ,, 1 it, ,1. 11, . , ~:• u 11 r t i ll 111111 , , •
1
plan.
• i' •'i"
1
1
1
11 t
1111
"l
\\
11
1
11
The space above the wharf on the
height overlooking the rlver, has been
held open, and in all probabl!ity thols
will be used for
more
•houses for officials
and employers
who want to put more money Into
their homes. In this way the buildlng
,cheme has been
left open for enla,rgements so that a hundred or more
houses could be eas!iy erected.
Plans are •being drawn for a school
house, and w!1lie these a.re not 'completeu as yet they are being worked
out by ~he a.rchiotect.s and the bu!idlng committee of the school department of this city, who will have the
Ona! acceptance of the plans. '.!.'he pi:eseu t plans call for a schoo'l house to
lake care of at Do.st 300 children- !n
till' elementary grades.
'l'he approach
to this
ward, which it will probably be, is
from Cutts street and this is an entir ely new lay out. From the junction
~II
road forty feet wide is being laid ou
to a. point above the .A!t1anllc plan
,JI .j
p .1:1,?:1·:.:: 1,
,I li d
1·. 1,·li }i , 111:-1•anct to the entrance
of the village
This was accompli s hed by varrini:; 11 ,1 11 I 111,1 \ I . I l\ t ' )1,-.;
·Thi~ will crosi, the railroad track on
the, designs o( the buildings. '\Vith the
Thf' stree ts
arc a.II named aflor an overhead bridge-, so that the railgambr<'l roo(,
they have mixed !n
,·h \ps that havo bPC'n built at Ports- rond crossing danger will be eliminthe pilchc,l roo( and with tho brick
mouth, such as Kea rsarge, Ranger, alr tl e11tirely.
h~uscs a. (ew frame hous<'s to break
S,11·ator,-a, Porpoise, Crescent etc.
The Ka.tionnl Engineering Company
up the sameness. T-his with tho difTho streets will al! be ta.rvia. top. under the direction of its vice-Pres.;
Ccrent ele,·ations
o( the houses has
\\'Oil graded o.nd a.t the present timP , l\fr. Barrows, have made a. rema.rkasucccss(ully brolcen up tho "built to
l'ho sewer pipes and water ma.ins are bie record in thc conslrucllo11 of this
Ol'der" effect that is so prevalent in
bC'ing l, id, a special eight inch water great housing proposHion. '!'hey have
al! o! such building schemes. '.!.'ho v!lthe cornet· of n. force or upwa.nls of two thousand
.lngo will hnvo nono of tho xct n.p- pipe hl'!ng laid from
mPn ant! they are worlcin,g pract!cally
11cnrnnco of tho mill town constru1·- J)ennl'tt slrc-.c t to the plant as the oltl
ail of th~ t!mP,
as long as daylight
six
inuh
main
wa.s
not
consldered
Llon, w!lh hu11urNls of houses lM11ll!asl5 and Su11days
with the result
large
enough.
The
wires
are
all
be- c111!y a.like nnd monotonous to a. pain~
that the progress being made is asful oxtr'eme.
· ,ini; laid In underground conduits.
!11 achlition to the houses there- arc toi1ishing. '.!.'hey have al! of the sup'rhe present order is for three huneight dormllor_ies, for the single men. plies needed, the
Emergency Fleet
dred houses, and a.t the present lime
These are all l1nishe-d
and a.re now purchasing a.ll or the materials, ium.-·
115 arc well unil e~·ay ancl one b
being occupied, the wo1·kmen !Jaying ber, brick, c€menl, etc, and shipping
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Ill' :t s,trcct,. has a ir<'n tly llccn tu
$3 per week for theit·
room. Ther;e it to the plant in great quanllt!es, In
ovcr, as b<'ing l'l acly fl'1· tho fam
builuings arc laid out at the e11d nea1· regards lo this there has been some
'l'hc conlracl for creeling- the ho
est the plant and racing ,the village. criticisms over the
fact that brick
They a.re 30 by 120 feet and two stor- 1rns shipped from Troy, N. Y., but it
int: cornµany and th ey rtl'<' makln
ies high and are very attractive look- is known that these bl'icl,s are landed
woncl<'rful rcconl, a n<l ron fiden lly
ing, the outside finish of stucco. They on the- job, freight and other expenses
hnY<' c nlire village comp
have none or the barracks appearance paid chea.pel' than any of the brick
wr-ath ":- .
that would he expected, but are pleas- yards in this secllon would Lid. The
'i'hPl'P :tl'l' t hi ~t." si~<' S or ltuUH('S
ant homes for the men. '.rhese build- Emel'gcncy Fleet is seekin•g to erect
room!!, fi\·e and six rooms. In the ings each of which will house forty the village at the cheapest possible
n1·st named tho rooms a.re all goocl men, each man having a single room. price consistent with good work a.n<l
:-il:.:e, or rather a comfortable size and On each floor there are three shower mateda'. and with this in view
based on the needs and usual desire baths, nncl one tub with the lavatories shopping all over
the country tor
of tho workingman. There arc single an,l toilet s , and there is also a lounge materials at the best price.
'l'he governme•nt inspector in charge
:wd uou!.tlc
hou ses
but the double or ,smoking room where the men ca.n
houses are so co11st1·uctecl, with their congregate for social life. The dor- of the work is A. C. Schenhoff, who
and will be has been on other housing proposi::;eparate c11tranc~::; and the fire anu milorics arc furnished
:,,ou11t1 proof wall::; between them that maintained by the i;ov(lrnment under tio11s and he states .that at no governthwy aro f11r bc~lL·r
than the mrnn! the cl!rcct!on of tho Atlantic Heally ment plant or ship yard 'hns tho work
been us well done as here. 'l'he dormldouble house !tka. leach houso hits a compa11y.
'l ho plans at present provide lh:i.t tories are more attractive o.nd better
flnc cellar, tho
fou11dat!on of rock
Ja!tl in cCl\lCIIL
a11Ll ll'llh :t ('Ulll' rotc •lhC' 'hollH<'s may be pu1·chnscd by the bullt o.nd the houses are fat• more pre - ..,_...,.~.....,,,.,•r
but this tentious and attractive than at
l!oor. They arc high ,;tutldcd a.nd well workmen on Installments,
there is a furnace, has not dcOnite·Iy been worked .out as housing plan
Yentilatcd. llcre
country,
house a.nd yet.
to the
the size varying
The architects have a plan for layThe accompanying cut is but a
laundry tubs. On the first floot· there
it
is a hall, al both ,tho front and rear Ing out a community cenle,r and with tion of one of the streets
entrance. A large well-lightetl kitchen this in view they have not allowed loolt when finished.
and a parlor or living room, size 11 the beautiful pine grove overlookin-g
1-2xl6 feet. On the second floor arc
two bedroom. and n bath room . One the river, to the south of the wharf
has an alcove so to be molested. It is the p1·esent plan
o( tho bedrooms
that it may be divided into two smal- to make a considerable fill adjacent
ler rooms. Over this floor under the ,to the wharf for a base ball and genroo! ls a Ja.rge storage room . The five era! play grounds,
room houses contain three rooms on will be
preserved
as a recreation
!'he gr -ound floor kitchen, dining room ground. A modern pier wi~h possibly
11 nd l!vin • room wh!io
the six room
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WAR PERSONALS .
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' Oscar T. Olsen, who ·lrns gone
·(crossi is with Ambulance Corps 314,
•Jrganlzatlon 304, Sanitary Train ln
79th divlsiOn, A. E. F. He enlisted
trom Holyoke, Mass. right alter we
entered the war 'and •was sent to Fort
3locum,· from there he went . to Fort
Oglethorpe ·and then to Camp :vread•1.
When in town he makes his home
with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Marshall.
Loukos Coussoule of 39A Danl-:il
street ls with the 1st Co., C. A. C.,
Fort Howard, Maryland.
Hugh Liljehult oe 92 Cns1:1 street i1:1
attached · to ·the Portsmouth
yard.
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Pern· L. Eaton of 5 6 8 Islington
,treet Is with the 39th Co., 10th Bat.
Depot ' Brigade, Camp Devens.
James Otis Berry' of Greenland !s
.r
wer across fighting the Huns.
John J. Moran, 6 Jewell court is ' ln
F1rance,
Fred L. Martin, 4 4 4 :;:>Jeasant street
s In France.
Orman R. Paul, OG Chestnut street
•·s· ln France.
, Patrick J. Crncly, 4C7
·h ·cet has gone acros9.
Oscar ·r. Olsen, 303 :vllller avenue.,
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.Fo'1fc·,ui,·0EVE'NS
Aq,
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Fobr men ,were sent from the local
,var ,Board on Tuesday, one, Jame&
Edward Butler, was sent to
Hampshire college to fill a vacancy
caused· by the rejection of
and three more were sent
Devens to fill vacancies.
They we're, Arthur 1Pratte, Newmar·
ltet, •1\Ianson li'owler, 1S0. Seabroolc, and
George E. Smart of Portsmuth.
The following men have been called
for August, 28 for Camp Dcven·s. \Vl,th
the •first three exce11llons they
from the 1918 class. Themen
their .order numbers are:
1593 Ray C. Brackett, Portsmouth.
1496 Hany J. Cronin, J"lor,tsmouth.
1651 Robert I. McCartney, Kingston
97 Bennett A. Decoste, Pol'lsmo,u th , ·
Volunteer.
43 Ernest IBlanchette, >Newmarket.
44 Clarence W. Warner, Newton Jct.
48 Ovlde A. Levesque, Portsmouth.
Nonis Trefethen, Portsmouth,
Paul J. •Bailey, P ,ortsmouth.
56 Harvey S. li'ogg, Seabroolc
57 Ed•ward J. Marcotte, Newmarket.
'59 Edward S. Jones, Portsmouth.
60 J.oe CrLmo, .Portsmouth.
6t Philflp E. ·Seavey, Portsmouth.
66 A1;thur G. Pandells, .:Portsmouth.
Patric!, L. Bu tier, Portsmouth.
Arthur J. Lefer, Portsmouth.
Mr. and Mrs.
Richard A. Klrvan,
Port1>mouth, have two son-s and two 7 .
daughters In the sc-rvice.
3
1Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur L. Hersey,
'.Portsmouth, have- three sons In
the
service.•
,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timmons.Ports
mouh, have three sons In the service.
Mr. Jacob' M. Durard, 'Portsmouth,
•has three brothers in the service.
Leave
for
. k, .1.~\ Camp Devens
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Sixteen dr:iftces lefl this
Devens, Ayer, MllHH.,
e11ter lite National army. Thn men
were aceomp:rni1i1l lo the rnllrood
station by siierif[ Spinney o[ lhe loPhilill HrarHord
Seavey o[ this cily was In command
and Harry James Cronin sPcond In
command.
The o'ther mGmhm·s of
the party were: Jlay C. llrarkell,
Portsmouth.
Hobert Irving_ Mcr.arlnGy,
Bennett Arlh nr
Decoste,
J~rnest Dlanchette, Newmarket.
Clarence William \\Tarner, Newton
Junction.
Ovidc Albert T.eves(lue,
Norris 'l'ret[elhcn, Hye.
Paul Joseph · Bailey, Portsmouth.
Ilarvey Stephen Fogg, SC'allrook.
Joseph Marcelle, Newl~dwar<l Sumner JoneR, Porll:11111.
_Arthur George Pandeles,
month.
Pa'trlck Leo Duller, Portsmonlh.
Antonio Jules Lefebre, Newmar-
ket.
Joe Crimo, the seventeenth man
, ...., ... , 1 , .• ·:.1 of the draft, entrainer! from Portland, whore he was employo<l.
Chase, Seabrook·.
Rowell, Newton.
330-Norman
Horrocks,
Ports238-Gay N.
mouth.
396-Oscar B: Steward,
1135-Carroil
W.
PorlR111011lh.
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mouth.
The following limited service men\
Two additional men were calleil
Jett at 8.45 this morning for Camp for Camp Devens to leave .Sept. 2.
Upton, N. _Y., to train for the na- They ·are: 1494, William A. SlickThe men and their or- ney, Hampton, a1~d 203!.i,
Coggiano, Portsmouth.
LlMITED SERVICE
MEN LEAVE FOR
(y\9ic up
~O\?j
Al,1 UPTON l
�w.~,1 . l,PPOl~J 1BO
ARD -TO
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SERVICE FOR . RGULATELABOR·SUPPL
THESE MEN
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The following men from Division
1 of Rockingham county havo been
selected for training .for limited
service in the army and will lcnve
on Sept. 5 for Camp Upton:
Edward Ames
Drown,
Portsmouth.
James Mccann, Portsmouth.
Frederick Gregory Smith~ Portsmouth.
Arthnr J. Trotlier, Newmarkel.
Josiah \V. Varney, •ewmarkot.
Charles , lf. ·Wal kor, L'ort1m10uth.
Charles Augus\us Ortla, Porlsmouth.
Ralph Douglass Marshall, SeaMarvin Fisher Young, IIampto'n.
Samuel Slacy Whidden, Portsmouth.
Hermon R. Eaton, Seabrook .
John \Valter Stevens Chase, Seabrook'.
Donald R.
l\IcDougall,
Portsmouth.
·wallace Joseph Ayer, Stratham.
,Charles Alllert S1>llkor, Portsmouth.
James Valentino Smith, Greenland.
Herbert Knight Doll.Jy, Portsmo1,1th,
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Ralph R. Drackctt, Greenland.
Austin Wallace Drown, Portsmoup1.
Jlarol,1 Pag-o Nuson, Kingston.
lluroltl LCl!oy Vow, l'ortHlllOULh.
Thurman Allen Priest, NowmarChester
Arthur
Dock,
Ports-
Sidney Harrison Estabrook,
Kimi.Jail,
ton.
Volney C. Dallgcr, Portsmouth .
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At n roprcscnlalivo gathering or gavo government's aims ' and
cmployon; and cmployocs or thl'> d•..r in the matlcr.
and Yicinity !Jeld at the l'vrt.,mouth
Doth ho and ,Mr. Sawyer polntec\
Theatre last evening State Direr:t.or out Lile great need of some rcgulaof Lal!or Enos Sawyer or Franklin liou o~ the labor supply between · ui[announced the appointment o[ the fcrent communities and e1•en states,
followitlg Portsmouth Community to prevci1t the flocking of labor from
Doan!: Dr. J. IL Neal, representing one place to :mother at the I.Jld ol
the United States Employwent Ser- higher wages. Mr. O'Connell pointvice; Col. IL C. Taylor of the Uale cd out as a concrete example of the
Sho1r' Co., representing the employers, nature of tho work, by relating what
and George A. Cate of the navy yar,l was done at a conference at Boston
r,~presenting the workmen.
011 Tuesday.
T!Jere has been a
Upon tbeso men will fall tho task great shortage of (umbermen in ll1c
o[ regulating the labor supply In the SJ)l'UCe ca111p in the northern part or
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Portsmouth tllstrict, which includeu this sLnto, where the spruco Is 1.Jelni:
all or_ the towns m1 far as Sea l!rook, made ready for tho hydroplanes !or ~,i;;,,:-.::1.:.,lc"J
Newington. Greenland,
l{Jye,
tho the navy. An application was madL
J lamp tons, New Castle and Strat- to Massachuset~s for unskilled la1
ham, so that the war work will not bor and It was refused on tile ground
)Jc deprived of needed workers, while th~ they needed It over there. At
tho non-csscnlial industries have la- the confereuco the government rep1
1.Jor in plenty.
rcscntatlves showecl that It
was
This organization ls in lino with more essential that tho spruce should
the government plan of organizing be secured and as a· result a large
the labor of every part of the number of men will be released from
United States for the United Slates :\1assachusetts for this work.
Employment Service. It ls conComing nearer to home, the Atsiderccl by the government the next !antic Corporation wants_ 1000 unmost important mat'ter to t·he actual skilled laborers for the shipyard and
miljtary 11rogram, for upon this or- housing work.
gani.r.ation of the workmen will in u fut;ed in Ma:;sach usetts
~real measure depend the success o.' have put the ma.~ter up to the UniteJ
he :;oldicrs who aro lighting thi;; States J!;mploymcnt Service and it
•reat hatile of Jil.Jcrty.
v;ill bo adjusted.
.\t the meeting Mayor Ladd pro,
:\Ir. Sawyer announced , that
itl cd 0. 111! cx1n·cs:,;cd his warmest av• p~rmanent employment office wil'
prov.ii o( the cnlirc program. An bo opened in this city, that it
other :;]leaker ,vas T. J•Jd ward Cua - I.Jc in charge , of Richard
Hingham of Munchcstor, uud Slato who will I.Jo · trans[orred
Director ]!]nos Sawyer,
\vho out- Dover office. Tho local community
lined tho government plan. They I board 1vill organize with Dr. ' Neal ll'. li.'ii~:.'.Z'illi'C:~
were followed by l•'!old Organizer I cha lrman and they will begin worl,
Daniel T. O'Connell of Boston, who ::i.t once.
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The local War Board today received a call for. six men to entrain
:or New Hampshire College at Durham on Sept. 19. T·he men are wanted as 'blacksmiths, carpenters, con~rete worke-rs, electricians, 33,se en~ine men, mach,n;!;l?S nnd truck driv·erii. Volunteers' ror t:1,.se p_osltlons
will be received up to Sept. l O. The
board· today issued a call for two
men who will serve as clerks for the
local Qboard. The men are Ernest
Carleton Mooney of 3 4 Highlanrl
street, l"urtsmouth, ana Arthur Furber Brown of Kingston. They will
leave here tor Camp Dcven'!I on Saturday, Sept. 7, and after receiving"
their clothing and necessary trainIng wlll take •up their duties at the
office of t,he local boa;rd.
TWENTY-SIX MEN OFF
'FOR CAMP UPTON
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This morning twenty-six limited
John Walter Stevens Chase, Seaservice men left on the 8.45 train brook.
for Camp Upton, New York. The
James L. Fields, Hampton.
men were In charge of TI.nssell D.
Wallace Joseph Ayer, Stratham.
Badger, lead er, with Charles If.
Charles Alhert 8J)ilker,
PortsWalker of this city and •rhurman A. mouth.
Priest of Newmarket as assistants.
Jnmes Vnlmitine Rmith, Greenland .
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The new arm bands were used for
Herbert Knight Dolby, Portsthe first tim e. They are of kh:i.kl month.
with the letters "U. S. . A." while \ Ralph cleR. Brackett, Greenlnncl .
PortsAustin Wallace Drown,
the leaders have bands with "S.
P." standing for special police, on month.
lfaroln Page NnRon, Kln~ston.
Under , the new regulal101rn
Haroltl Lertoy now, Portsmouth.
the leaders are rondo special miliThurman Allen Priest. Newmarket.
tary police while In charge or tho
Dock, Po rtaboard to tho ' Chesterr Ar~hu
mouth.
camp.
Sidney Harrison Estabrook, New'l'here was qufte' a good sizer!
crowd of friends and realtives at tho lon.
William Russell Kimball, Newton.
depot to •bid . them good-bye.
Volney C. Iladger, Portsmouth.
Included in the party were , two
r1ll,ll;s ot br~thers, Frederick Gregory h ........---,,.,.....-~--...-------..,
a11d J:imos. Valentine Smith, an<l
Russoll..D. -Alld. Volney C. Ilatlger.
The list or ,draftees was i;s fol1dws:
''Edward Ames Brown, Portsmout!1.
Russell D. Badger, Portsmoutl1.
Frederick Gregory Smith, Ports-
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Arthur J . Trottier, Newmarket.
Josiah W. '!arney, Newmarket.
'Charles H. Walker.
Charles -Augustus Ortla,
mouth.
Ralph Dougl dss Mn.rsh nJI,
Marvin Fisher Young, Hampton.
Stacy Whidclen,
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.Arrangements have ·been nuul e t,y
Wages are good; shower bath inH. Drann, representing th o 'Nat- stalled; single lleds provided-all for
ional Engineering , Co .• and Federal $ l .:iO Pill' week, and Nardini is furDirector Everett W. Lord or the n~shing good meals at the ra.te or
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3.ic for breakfast and supper and
Massachusetts U. S. Employment, 40c for dinner, wi 1th the privilege of•""',,._._.,,
Service, f~r the recruiting or at least\ paying ~ess if a,ppetite dictates.
600 unslolled laborers Lo work on•
It is tho '])urpose of the National
,houses at Por,tsmouth.
\ Engineering •Co., which· has charge
'l'he number µromiH<'ll IJy Director , or the general construction work at
Lord was the minimum, and if pos-1 -the Atlantic yard and several others
sil>le one thousand men will be re- in New Engl~ud, to •provide ,three
cruited to 1irovitle housrng or .the hundred ,h uuses with modern con.::
men working at the Atlanllc ~hip- veniences, imm ediately, • for · th~
.building corporation.
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wor,kers who wil go to the shipyard'.
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'l'he recruiting willr he I.lone It was the purpose to 11rovide fifty
through the four offices of .the u. s. of these houses ,by Au g. luth, but
];:m11loyment Service in Boston, an<l labor conditions made this imtiossiH Lhero arC' ll\(')I in ew illllll))Hh irl\ 'h lr..
With
the
11nders,landingr...,".'"~
n.
desirlous of ~ssisling in this va.Lriutic reached between Mr. Urann and Diwork they should get in Vouch im- rector Lord or the MasachuseLts 1!1mmediaLely with the nearest U. s. cm- pJoymcnt Service, this will be possiploymenL office in their vicinity.
At presen,t , men working at the
,A,t,!antic cor-poralion are living in
tents and these must be provided for
hefore the cold weather sets in.
.Otherwise, work essential to the
conduct or the wa.r mus,t be held u1/
until the spring. 1\1~. Brann says
tha.t new •barracks to accommodate
four hundred men are already ready
for the men who wil\ work on this
ble.
The importance o[ tlus wo:·k ean
•better be understood when
cd ,that two or three men would be
required to do one man's
these houses :\"e not ready for thE
men when cold weather sets 111 .
Mayor Ladd Is co:,?JJCraLing 11eo.rti!Y
with Mr. Drann and State Director
J~nos K. s~wyer and National Field
Organizer Daniel T. O'Connell,
�PORTSMOUTH EN-ANSWER
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Port::::nouth did her· duty yester- working on this for several days and the rooming house district as
•,1 t.cn nearly 6000 men between last week and the first of this week a:; the congested district about the
.. (; ;ca of 18 and 46 years dn-1 made a business of It al the Shattuck north end and the registers there had
,· Uncle Sam's call.
and Atlantic shipyards, whlle the their hands full the entire day, They
;,, single accident or unusual' men from the navy yard were taken practlcaly doubled their registration
:· .ppened throughout the day, 1 care of at the office of the local o( 1 !J 17 and the other wards all went
•-J.n without doubt stepped in '_board in this city.
over. In all of the wards there was
,, lace at the elbOJY of the regThey rather figured that they had veJ'y ' little delay_
,strE
with feeling in 'iiis heart that the work cleared ·,up but they were
The navy yard workmen were althe 11. ty he was performing was one rail ly swamped on Thursday, some lowed two hours time off ln differof which he was proud. In every men being as far away as California, ent relays and the men at the shipcase a \ sincere effort was made to so that it will be. weeks before their piu :; plants w.ere allowed the necesassist the registrars to make rapid cards get to them'. The b~ard had , ar y tim e off.
progress , In the, work of registration the a ssistance in addition to the
l ~ is to be expected that there arc
thus ke~plng no one in line waiting clerk, of l'ive ladies and ~hey worked son:e who failecl to register and who
any con slde_rable length of time.
steadily and it was well along to nine ,,.-ilJ come around tomorrow, · They
Somo of Portsmouth's most promi- o'cloclc when the last were disposed ~re the type who woultl be late, anynent L11siness and professional men of. 'l'horo were men from all 1iarts wny atHl nothing will be !lone to them
reglst ered, a great majority of them of the country, antl in adit!on some pro , i<llng they have any kind or an
·b eing well within ·the age limit.
men from steamers and fishing ves- exc'I.Jse.
The local board No. 1 estimated sels in port. A small estimate of the · 1 hrough the
last 11.•ght that the registration ha.cl number of cards Issued du.ring the mini Bousch the commandant of
gone .,.t least a half over the esti- clay in this office a}one is 900.
the navy yard, the naval band gave
mato ' :or this ' district. The estimate
The board have received / from out "two excellent concerts on Pleasant
rwas !.: 737 and the board's estimate of the city, th·e cards of 36 men who ,tl't·•' t afternoon and evening. This
!ast .right based ~n what meagre re- claim this city as their home and 19 ie::c, .lent band made a great hit with
iturn: they had receivetl and upon for the various towns in the district. the lar~e crowd that enjoyed the evt-he < 1: ls for extra registration cards,
ln 11.ddltion to this work the board eni1 ·g concert especially.
'Will ·Jc about 4000.
have been called upon for extra sup'i '.1e local board wish to have the
II was rather expected that this plies from nil parts of the district. mm, who were late sending in their
,city v ould exceed the estimate macl~ Prn cticnll:v every ward in this city cnr .· s lo their home cities and towns
o! 01 , and a. third over the fir~t ri,c;- i rn1 nut of cnr<ls and ha<l to call for unC ir:,;tan<l that there will be more
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tstr:-. ion and It will probably• go con- ::n ·nxtrn Jot and nt one time there ,or •s R clclay before they get their
slden.ble over that.
' H::·•, nn iclo11lific(l.tion carclH Jcrf'l!ntil rr,1:· -n e*nls, and for them not to i-;et
Practically none of tl}e chief re~- ti. :,1;:-ipl y arrived on the evening train 'wo:···ied and not to bother the local
1sterr. of the local w::t.rds, had made fro1 :1 Concord, brought clown per- ·~n;, 1-cl, who cannot help them at all.
their report last night, • they haying sow.illy by Adjutant General How- 'Th• :r cards will
'ltlltil this noon to complete It, for anl, who accompanied by Governor r:--....,.._ _...,,.,....,.,_.,..._.,.,...,...._ _ _ __ _ i
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ithero Is a considerable number o[ r<r.:v r.s made n tour or some of the
questions to be _answered npon the 'cltios, arrivin~ hero 'J'ltnrs!lay evcnreport. The figures nvallnble were: in~. 'l'hey visited the war board ant!
Wnrd 1, 721; Ward 2, 6Hi; Warrl 3, r,on, ri or the wnrdR.
262; War-d 4, ~88; ward ; 6, 210; a\ Tiley re11~rtccl that thero hn!l been
total of 191.6. ·
cnlJ·1 for extra supplies from many of
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In addition to this number of reg- ,the boards through the state . and
!strants In the wards, the local board tho11ght that the state would go way
lb.ave taken care of between four and ove•· its estimate by the provost marfive thousand absentees, possibly the shal general's office.
largest nun;iber (qr any one board in
Ill this city ward one ·h ad the larlhis state. The)'•'boarcf'- have · been1 goh regist~ation, it is
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Eight goncral service mllu left
l11is morning for Durham on the
8.45 Lrain whore they wlll/ tnlco n
course of special training for the
National arm.v. The draftees included Mark
Frederick
O'Brien,
113 1-2 Bartlett street, Portsmouth.
Otis Raymond Garland, Hampton.
WIiliam Everett Mercer, 161
Thronton street, Portsmouth.
Harold Emerson Noyes, Hampton.
Edward S. Lamie, Newnelds.
-Merlin Walker Noyes, 920 Middle road, Portsmouth.
'Frank William Veroncau, Westfield.
, Oral Allen Page, n. F. D. No. 1,
·NEWINCT
Tiu~ . 3,?00 ton wooden cargo
Ammonnosuc was launched at -the
yard , of the L. IL · Shattuck Inc. ·at
Newington this afternoon. •
The vessel ls th,e fifth one to b~
!aunchcd at rthis Yard this summer.
It is named •for .one qt :New · l;[ain'f
shires rivers. "
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. Mrs; Jackson, ·wif1 Of RolJert Jackson, vice president ' of the · corporation, acted all sponsor. -
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ilble to _' secure the services of any
,;,.;...;:..;...:..;;;:.~.:;,.....,:~.:..:.:.....i~"1;..:.:,;;.~~£~..;.,41ther nurse. Miss 'Elizabeth Murphy,
.he other Red Crpss' nurse, is ill in ·
ied with influenia ' a.nd ' Dr. \ A. L.
'tone, also attached to the local santary organization has been stricken
vitJ< thi malady. The health depart'1.~nt is crippled and makes an appeal
·or help.
It is understood that a number of
Portsmouth women have taken special training for home nursing. If this
Nurses, trained, experienced, grad- •s true, there is now a golden opporuate or otherwise, are urgently need• ~unl ty for some or all of them to vol~d at once at the Emergency Influen- mteer their services i{nmcdiately and
m Hospital opened Monday . by the 1ssist the health authorities in carIealth Department to care fo.r per- lng for ·these unfortunate cases that
;ons suffering from grippe or inf!uen- must be given medical ang nursing
;a and who 11ave no suitable place in ttention . .Let them show their met.vhich they could be cared for. There 1 ,by offering their services now .
are a large number in Portsmouth. rained or graduate nurses are not
who have come here to work- in the necessary. Anyone who ·can take orcare of the sick can help, Miss
iavy yard and in the ship yards. dinary
Rowell will • be able to rcmain on du\,lany are lodged in rooming or board- ty until Wednesday: morning 1 but it
ing houses and when they are taken will be necessary to relieve her at
sick they have absolutely: no one to that time.
care for them. Housing conditions
In addition to nursing care, generhere are lamentable. Many of the al house workers are needed, to ook
:asos of influenza have occurred [or the patients and to do general
imong these men and the hospital cleaning work about the hospital Invas opened in 9rder that the best cluding care of the laundry. A janiiossible care could be given them.
tor is also needed. Fancy sala,ries can
These men form part of our large not be Pl!rid and should not _be lool~~d
ndustrial army that is so vital in the [or In such an emergency. Some may
•Inning of this war.
Portsmouth object to serving In a hospital caring
hould be proud to extend itself to [or influenza cases but if a Red Cross
are for these men when they are nurse can give this service anyone
aken sick, and yet until this emere- else should be glad of the opportuniency hospital was opened they had ty. Influenza and pneumonia are
·o place to go.
much less dangiirous than many other
The hospital will care [or about 20 diseases and Red Cross nurs~s do not
1ases and more can be taken care of hesitate to go any,vhere.
f necessary. The patients will be exIt is hoped that this appeal for help
,ected to pay actual expenses and re- will reach those who have proclaimain their own physician but no one ed their desire to "do their bit" and
-vill be turned OU t.
help win this war. They are needed.
In order to care for these patients No better opportunity will offer itself
it the hospital, nurses will be needed in Portsmouth.
1,nd the demand for nurses has been
Applications or, requests for infor'.:1eavy. Miss Nora Rowell, ' a Red mation should' go to Dr. Paul Preble
Cross public health _ nurse on duty of the U. S. PubUc Health Service at , .._..,,.-.J•N~1:,1o,:;u
here, volunteered to stay at the hos- the -Cltyi Hall, telephone number
:iltnl Monclay night ns It was impos- R38-W.
eeded
�it's thrlll!ng to hear lhe ' JOYS l cscr!bo that drive-The Drive!
I shall be glnd to hear that yon
are having my letters'. I've half a
mind to cable. I've a lot of letters
to write for those boys who
died-to their mothers.'.__the hardest task yet.
many, but some of them were such
fine lads: and as one or my jobs ls
to report to Paris the weekly conrlit!on of the very sir:k, I get lo know
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The following letter from Miss They have loaned us the littlo them ,pretty well.
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Huldah Saller, who is now. dolng sohool for our · canteen. ·
It has
Just as I fancied, everything thal
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read with Interest by ,her many hnl1. We have writing , roo~ _of to me now in comparison. But J
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clays and "cinema" at night •and wish I could pull a boat load
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vicinity·'
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clgaretteB, chocolates,
chewing gum, holperB :o tile French si1or(,;;.
Amcl'icm1 Hell Cross.
' etc·., as Jong as they last to ,buy at
The tinge of autumn is In the
(Croix Rouge Amer!calne.)
1:ommlssary prices. I am going to here. It already, 11rcsage3 lhe French
.Sept. 1, 1918.
tell you that there is inuch ·b itter- winter though 'so!:10 days it has
Base Hospital.
ness ago.inst ·the "Y" • over the been tearfully hot. The heat ,va£
Dear Ruth 41 and Father:- ,
.harges, \ but every feilow every- so harcl on the poor gassed boy~
This ls my th!rcl Runday here. where -can't say onougll for tho untl ror tho 1mc11mo11la paltoulK, too.
Our hospital has .g rown from some- alvatlon Army. There ls one grand W'e"vc had an awful dose of ppnni~l ·
thing over five· hundred ,patients to glorification of it. I have my apart"flueo."
nearly sl;_teen and
promises
to mcnt over_.the cant~en and "WoOrleans ls tremendously interestdouble the size an-q,more, I've seen an's Bureau in the cloak room.
ing, but no time yet lo explore. l
the wdunded eome In over. five hun- rho chaplain has another · c/oal,
put· in very long days, but one jusl
dred at a time-fine splendid fel- room; the captain, Red Cross, ancan't get so tired because one get!·
lows-and/l've seen all but , a few other, and a "toute a fait" French
so much more than they give out or
of them steadily Improve .• The sur- couple out of a geure picture "conit, and every patient
gery ls _wonderful; the relief rrom cierges" us all. It's all tremendoustlni gas :is equally marvelous, but ly ·interesting, all bjlt the 'everlast- gr:.terul for ll>e least
done for him--you can't imagine
lhe pluck and grit ot them is worlh ing reports that have to be made
how intensely J1 uman, entirely flne
crossing many seas or going through and sent to Paris, and none can
in most eases all these lads arc,
anything to see and to feel, and in read my writing. Th~lrl at the
and I just wish I had full kit2 with
this work I come· to know many of cable desk in the "Paste' ~<positively
everything possible for their comthem well, hear their experlence3 refused to take another unless typefort to give every one ot the whole
and their description or things, In written. One of my jobs ls · cabling
l GOO, and all tho writing paper ant!
the drive· and out. The first oves for the patients; another Is cashing
cigarettes they could ever want and
that arrived were those that came checks and money orders.
Capt.
a mountain oC Lowney'R chorolates.
out of the fight going on when we Merrill, my C. 0. (Red Cross comI never dreamed anyone could conlanded. Our own New England mantling officer) said they woultl
sume so many chocolates or chew so
boys, many ot them, and many from soon , see in Paris I rieeded a typemuch gum. My clothes reel{ or
-all over everywhere.
One ot the writer. You do quickly learn to use
neeman's ,pe11sln and as for loolh
,pleasantest things to me Is that initials over here, and learn the
brushes-<licl you know, did
yon
with the majority I can speak ot ".S. 0. S.," the "A. s. A.," the "M.
clream, how doponclent the Ameritheir home states-aometimes home P.", the• "G. l\'f.", that used ~ to be
can Is on a loolh hrush. H's the
with them, having been Greek or worse. I now know that
first thing ho asks for coming in,
there. It makes. me very glad to "S. 0. S." isn't an emergency meshaving slung away every earlhly
have been so up and down the coun- sage in foreign military affairs, •b ut
possession in Belleair Wood, and
try.
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"Service of Supplies," and "M. P."
the sigh of satisfaction when , yon
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have begged, implored, toted and
quiet. along the American front. We "Military Police." When I had an
fin-ally handed It lo him is enough
i:re gathering ourselves In the lull, interview in Paris with someone in
to pay ror all the bother. Give him
and I hope I'll hav'e the beginning the provost marshal's office and he
tooth brush and paste, chocolates,
of' the hang or the work ,before we directed me to hunt up the "A. P.
tlgareltes and lho Satnrciay F.vonfill up again. They promise help M." on arriving at Orleans at once,
ing Post and a clean berl, and not a
from Paris, ,but just now there is I went away wondering what he was
protest until he wants to write
;but• three of us, including the saying so glibly and missed my inhome, then it's "sister, oh, sister,
·chaplaln, to represent the Red structions so had to have, them all
have you any writing paper?"
Cross h-0re, and the men need every- over again. I tell you, you cernow paper is scarce beyond dreamthlng imo.gl{\able.. I~~ - ~s an utter tainly do acquire a heap of informing and It's with drearl I go near
impossibility to keep l11em in wri~- atlon in a short while over here.
the wards. I tell you mothers can
Ing paper. A soldier ' t_rom; DorIt you should send this on to be
woll he 1iro11Cl of their fii;hting sons.
chester has .been dele~tod -t help read and it reaches Alice .Eldredge,
One day last week suddenly
me, to my everlasting gratitude. tell her I've met and talked with
real American military band apAnd I've foun a room, really a lots of 101st boys and today met a
peared and a gorgeous one.
You
!mite,:A.lled flo,<>r, -bed and table, sergeant of Battery C who knows
should have seen the •pajama parade.
plenty ot chairs and running water Rex but I've not located Rex himAll those that, could get out on their
In what· really is a, kitchenette. self yet.
Lieut. Flanagan's regifeet filled windows and halls and
Such luxury, but no earthly place ITHlnt was In the melee but haven't
one chap told me afterwards he just
to,.· put my duds save in the trunk.
yet.
but
couldn't endure his burned feet in
Shall
hope for some boxes ,~ out of
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I do so often.._ think how you, Fathband played he was right on the
er, would love the big things being
floor dancing. Dp · you know it did
done here and in such a big way.
lho whole hospilai so much good
ll e, er you could see the American
t~1ey've all beon getting well faslor
machinery, lhe miles and miles and
smce.
miles of yards and slo)·ehouses of
Some French girls help out in tho
docks, cranes and Yankee g~ins
offices. I happened along in one as
along tlle way- And all right in
the band was playing "Dixie." One
tho midst , of French landscapes,
of the lieutenants was beating time
French cottages and French slow
and singing', joy all over his face
moving eternity doing life. 'l'he
the words to a pretty little Frencl;
Frc;ich do •Jove the American solmaid. It me!l,nt absolulely nothing
diers, there is no doubt about thal
to her-such a mys ti fled expression..
They talk of lillle else. No wonIt was posilively funny.
der, for every American .boy is the
'!'hey have been having movies
most genial sp cimen.
I never
down in the hall tonight. I don't
realized what a good-hoarled, smilexactly know what the serial picing nation it is. Every-- last
ture was, ,but suddenly there was a
smiles the kindly jolly smile of
yell 'and a howl with "Oh again
happy youlh and it begins to he no
roll it bacl{ again." I Jo~ked
I
wonder that the
French
-New York sky scrapers from a
ha.vo articles in them about
,boat sailing down the bay. A ,boy
can teeth-and U nothing else
told me today tat if he got as far as
pr-ay for loath :brushes.
New York Harbor he was1 going
etc., etc.,
overboard when he saw th~ Statue
Faithfully,
of Liberty and climb up and hug
(Signed)
Huldah.
her.
P. S. Perhnps I should have exI could go on and on and If
plniucd in the beginning ·or my lcl-~•'"h;<·»·"...
can on)y store up the half to lell
ter thal I came over oxp~ctlng to
you. The head nurse is charming,
go into can teen work, but have been
such a pleasure to know, and to my
shifted over in the Home Communigreat comfort I find all the nurses
cation Service as a "searcher" or
here such a fiile lot. As I have to
"visitor," which moans being atbe a great deal with them, and
tached to a hospital, in this case a
"mess" with theiµ it's a great comhase hospital, to search ,for lhe hurt
fort.
.~nd missing-tho men who have
Father you can have this copied
l_!~nppear_ed, either as prisoners or
to send about if you like.
I've
n .a.clion, not reporte,d dead. Denevllr .found time to write about the <idcs I am Lo write lettor13 for those
intensely interesting trip over, the
who can't, to l!:Y and sup11ly their
first days in Paris so impressive,
needs of Red Cross comforts-to
and especially being there at just
keep track and report serious cai::e:i,
that time when it was so wildly ·exto "report worricA" and try :ind reciting !or all Americans. Did I loll
ll,ove lhem, lhal Is, not honri1;g fro;n
you the first I heard aloud. It came
home-mostly it is allotments not
in whispers first, w:!.S hearing Mrs.
,being paid or mail delayed.
In
W. K. Vanderbilt, and she is a very
fact, it's being just generally useful
handsome,
charming woman-as
apparently, But I like it and only,
she stood on lho stairs above me at
wish there were about six of
tho Red Cross hcadquarlers-to , a
Red Cross gen Lloman "They just stead of just
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juRl chased the1u-just think of it."
The Lone of the voice told me the
whole story and
the ·am bu lance
driver who took us ah to tho Profeclurc and went dead asleep while
wailing, saitl he had been b;tuging
tho wounded in all night for three
nights till he couitl not sec.
lights to drive by, you know, and he
just plain couldn't navigate at the
last. ~1y lwo girls worked in the
hospital three uighls, they wouldn't
let me go, worse luck, with my
"Spanish lluo" when it seemed as
if tho yarrls wore not large enough
for tho litters nntl they say every
clrnp joked unless ho was
scions.
And then it was 1 wonderfully
lovely down on the Driltany coast,
wi!cro I got pcrfeclly well, and saw
all that part o[ l~rance In the sunny
summer Limo that we knew in foggy
winter.
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short time 1·emal11.s in wltielt to redNim onr i>l('(Jge, wl'lieh, though unlVl'itte11 und perluq1.s even 1111voke<1 direrUy, Is neverth<'ll•ss bin1lh1:,:·
u11011 us, u11<I is to this cll'ct·t: thut we hu<·k 1111 0111· hors 11ho 111·c ov1•1·
there with CVl't·y 1lollu1· nskc,l for; und we nwy ho Slll't! thut 0111· <'01111tJ·,y ls not usking· for• <lol1111•s not needed, ,11·, us Sct•rctm·y .\11•.-\1100 s .1111
ol' this loau, not 11h·c111ly spc11t Jn p11l't f1w Hl'111s HIid 1111111ltlo11s or wur
ueeded hy onl' soltlic•,-s.
'l' ltey fig-ht directly with the unus 1111<1 wc•apons ol' wur; we cun only llght Jn<llrectly, with 0111• money, hut wh1•11 tho hoys 1·01111• hurk, run
we look -them Ju tho race 111111 Jct them suy, 111· cv1m thluk, thut we ,~c1·1i
l>;ss willing· to spe111l ou,• floll,11·-; than they th<'lr lh·es '? Jt:,•,•r.1· lj;IOO
4th T,ihe,•ty Bond you l111~' will dothtl u sol<lit•,·, p1·ovi1ic flv" l'illt•s, pily
• f1w fot•ty-th·e luuuJ ;p·c•1u11les, ot· fu1·11ish :111 ai·my hos11ltai witl1 0110 hunrh-ecl nn,1 l'orty-five hot wnter• hug-s. Buying· 11 $1000 hnnll is the snnrn
n:i flu•nishiug .,h: eas es of opel'Hting- l11 s t1 ·1mH·11ts, pr·m i<liug pistols ro,·
, an !lntir-e eomp :u1y , oi· huyha~ un equi1lpcl1 mo101· lcllch c 11.
l'cucc uauy he In sight und we ho11c it is, hut it is 110 tim<• to sl1wke11 our• efforts, 11ny 111111·e th1111 it would h<• right m· 1·0111111011 s1•11se t'or a
n111ner, the g·oal hl'lng- In sight, to let 1:p 111 hi~ stl'iflt•, 11 \'il'i o us 1111CI 1111fttir opponent in his rear.
Ir .vou have hou~ht, sr111·<'h Jn111· 1•c,11 sf'1P11r1• HIit] )'11111· pot'k<'tl1ook
m11I see ii' tl1e 1·es11l1 may not he tip t JCJII <·11 11 IHI.\' u g uin; if you lll1v1•
not hou _g·ht, huy lllHl lmy ffllit'kly.
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~·eek Ill! dctc1·rui.J1~ by tlao 1•ortlimouth l'rlc.- lutcr1ll'"ti11g,_ComwJtte~- i.;nd-.'i:
.~thorlt)· of tht; l<~ood Atl'IWiulst.rutor.
The prices that the consumer sho~la pay aevenas, m µ~rt, uu ,the ser.,
rice rendered by the retailer. In tho column unde1· "Consu11;1er" the firut
., rice given opposite a commodity Is the fair price at a "Cash and Carry''
Hore where the retailer does not del!V'er goods or extend credit. The second
price given is the fair price at a storet hat del!vers goods and extends credit.
Consum2rs are asked to report to· the Local Food Administrator a~y
raso In wh!ch a retailer charges a hlghel' price than those here quoted. -Tha
.on~umer should bring In or send In the sale slip covering the transaction.
Retallers Par.
Comiumer should pa;;
Jread flour ..•.•••......•....•• 1.50 ,p er 24 ½ -lb. sacll.. 1.58 to 1.7;
Pastry flour .•...............•.. 1.40 per 24 ½ lb s~ck
Pure r1e f!our .. ,, ...• : .•..••...• 1.80 per 24 ½ lb saclt
.. 87
lv"hite corn flour . . • . . • • . • • . . • . . • .ti¾, per lb
· .06 to
Granulated cornmeal .... , .•.. , . . .05 ½ per lb
. 07 to
Oatmeal and r'oUed oats • • . . . . . . . • .056 per lb
Barley flou.r ...... . ; . ·. •..•..••••• .04 1h •per •l b.
tilce flour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .11 ½ lb
Edible starcll ...... ·.••...• ,,, •.•. O~ por 11ki;l3ulk rice, ·mue Rose g1·ade ... ; ; . . . 10¾. per lb
Grnnulated sugar, bulk • • . . . • . . . . • .09 ½ lb
Pea Ilea.us, dried ................ . 12 % per lb
.32 to
'~ard, .bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • • . • • • .28 per 11>
.27'to
Lard substitutes in bulk . . . . . . • • . . .24 ½ per lb
Lard substitutes in tin . . . . • . . . . . . .29 11er lb
:13 to
Evaporated . milk. tall can . . . . . . . . . 1.25 per can
.1 l! to
Condensed milk, 14 oz can .. , •..... 1Ci5 to .16 can
. . 1 :l to
Geeded ral:,lnR, I b pkg ..... : . . . . . .12 % pkg. ·
.1.2 .to
. ,Jorn syrup, l½· lb can .....•...... 113 per can
,45 ,to
.. , Potatoes ....· ..•...••.•••• ·.••••. l. 7 5 per bushel
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Oleomargarine, (better grade) . . . . . :io per Hi ...
. 33hi ':-lo
Full cream cheeseI • • •·• •··• •·. •·•· • • •,.··.
· 32. per rn= · ·
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11am, best grade, sliced .•.. .·:., .. ' .39 per lb
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',Da1:on; l>ci; t grade •. ·. ;\ ..... : . . • • .4 7 per lb
l'omatoes, standard No. 3, can . . ... -. ·. . . 20
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36 DRAfTEES GO' TO
fORT CONSTIIUTIO
• 837-Willlam Elvin Ward,
mouth, merchant.
12A-Flurry Joseph Cronin, Porl~·
mouth.
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· 13A-John Francis Cronin, Portt• ·
mouth.
26A-Robert Pike, . P,ortsmoutl·,
shoemaker.
43A~Frank Joseph Bennett, Newmarket, laborer. .
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49A-EarJ
Caswoll
Amazeen,
Portsmouth, machlrtists helper.
57 A-H;en.r y Joseph Ross,
llOOU :
'rurcottc .' ma_rket, weaver.
17!:i- Fred Phllomc11
7 5-Wllbur John Clark,
F a ll River, mill operattive.
Ports- b.ookkeeper . .. ,
623-Walter H.
Spain,
, 75A-Sherburne Simes Wendell,
mouth,. machinist's helper.
Cloqgh, Portsmouth, ma.chlnlst.
744-George
Atwood
77-Leon .,E;lroy
Thompson,
Portsmouth, auto uncl gas engine
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This morning thirty-six draftees reported :1t the Local W.ar Board office
and later marched to Fort Constitution t.o take their place with the New
Hampshire quota who will all report
at thi s stat.ion. The call for the state
was [;60 m en and for this district 37
;1wn. Sin ce the call was Issued one
man, Adlor Joseph Gravelle of Newrn n kc t d! ed f.rom the Influenza.
Th e [ollowlng Is the li st of tho
. young , men who reported this fore-
: ,, 81-John, Edward Mowe, , Ports.;·
inouth, ~eam~t~r: ..·,,i: ..
; ·:: 8 3~Fr.~nll:/ ~ili.lei :;·Per.kins: Sea.,;·
brook, carpenter; /,:::
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ward .White,
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mouth, cha.u ~eur. ·, . , ·.. , ·• • · · ·1,
.. ' 9 l~He.< l(9t' y\'.tiii'e,l;\g!}~;. °' 'Bilsi;on,ii
Newmarket, , engine oiler:'
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', 92.....:.c11nton·· :!i~~d· -.~~i~g~b~ry; ·
Portsmoµ_th, ,. ele<;frlc, ~ar~conduc.tor.•;,
. 95_:_Romeo ; Lemleux;-, Netmark~t}
. mill o~~;ai-.ive~ ~ ·:____ ·,_ ''·.:...:,n·'.',;~ .1 :,
· .102-William Bruneau, Newmarket, mill oper'.3-Uve.
·107-Earl Clyde Fuller,
mouth, genera1 .,help~~- :
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· 110-Tlromas Francis
Portsmouth, cha.Inman.
112-Ca1l:xte: · ~alllai'geon,
market, chauffeur.
117-Arthur · , Frankl!n
fortsmouth, cler]j:.
123-A.sa Harry Parker,
farmer .
130-John Jog, O'Leary,
mouth•, expressman. ·
.:· 13G-Howard :tvtanson ·
Portsmouth, machinist.
148•-0sc~r Zotlq~e Fecteau,'Westvllle, stock ,c·l erk.
· 149-Albert Furl>er Snow, .
market, carpenter.
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. 16 5-Frank Garqner Ro.ndaH, S.o.
Seabrook ; £WOemaker.
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· 167.......:,Tohn .Joseph Hassett, Portsmouth, chauffeur.
168-Ernest Prescott · Bragdon,
Woburn, Mas$, ste'nog,a.pher .
1 G9-Frederlck Va\entine
thews, Portsmouth, . farmer .
176-Fred Si,nltp., ; Portsmouth,
�nn.AiFTT•:F.S
onmm1m
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SEPVICE
T O n.'\Bl)I •: ~.
"(l,[5'S .,-\tg
The foll ow in g youn g m e n who reg.
ls t e red prev iou s t o Se pt , 1 2 ror t h e
National arm y w ill be se nt t o u·arden Cit.y, L . I. , o n N ov. 12 by t he lo
r,a l w a r boa rd an d a r e for ge n e r a l
se rvi ce:
• Henry Butl e r Hal ey, N e wmarlcet .
Cha un cey Ba r ton, N or th Ha m pt o n .
R a lp\J l l . Pa r ker Kin gston .
E d win · S t acy Wa lton , Sea brook .
' Pa tric k J. Rea rd on , P or ts mou t h .
R ol a nd Bartl ett Ba ttl es ,. N<lwton.
Ch a rl es W il bur Gr ay, Por ts rnou tl1.
Jo h n Patr ick Ha foy, P o rt!rn10ut}1.
.T ac o b W es ley W it h e r ell, Plai s to w
FLAG\Ylill
··-"°'~70 STARS
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· A sp r v ice ro r r_aJ ly
t.he tkdieation o[ flag~ or the ,\ llktl
nat!a rrs -t oo k ,place at the ~o r th Con ~r <.>gational {'hu,ch o:i 811n<l ay rn•HnAt lhA S:lllll' ti lll O ,1 :;(\fVil'll !'la;;
cont2. ini 11 1s :;e 1P11t y :1t:1r,1 was
di fiTl'1erc was a. lar;.;c atte njl- """'"'''·'•-·>•••.•
a. n ee, the rong r eg:i.lion in clu di n g a
clo le;;at ion fro m Htor er Post, No. 1, tr'J1ilt,.'.•Bf..;.·:;,_~;,;;
c:. A. It., as W<' ll -as m a 11 y of,flc•P r:i 111111
()ll li sted Jl l(:ll 1' 1·0 111 ,tho
l' o l' lA lll0 ll I ll Eilli~t~'.•:,,..':::,!¼
n avy ya1'd. 'l'hr• sPrvlrcs wen'
cha r ge o[ th e 11astor, Rl!V. J,.
Tlw)e r , D. D. : an<! were or a n im pr,,ssivn d1a r a('l.er, llir: l'O II J.; l'f')!;ation
If you waate coal, some one
La I< i11 i:; part in t,lio . r P~p1111 ~H,s. On 1111'
else will have to do without.
-,, ,rvi ~e Uag a r e I hrf'C gol<I titars for
Save anthracite.
Lir1iten::nt Fr:u1k nooma w·ho was
kl11N1 t11 action In l•'r r· 11cc, 11\ss J·:vGeneral I nfluenza'a forces dec>l. 11 P c! 1i f', n Rerl Cro.;s 11ur~e. who
feated the anthracite coal miners
• WHH killetl in a run .tway acrldent ,:1
in their battle for big production.
Save what anthracite you have.
Fo,·t O!? lr>thorpe. na., and Cl1 r i::;Lonl1 i- r f, m art, .lr., U. S. N. Tl. F., who
The more wood you burn, the
difrl from the infl ue n za . Thr.
leas coal you need. Saw wood
r ol" is ,u; l'C' ll ow:5:
and aave anthracite.
* !<'rank Uuom:L, Vido r G.
Jlu,-s,
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'P.ohort .I. l\oy d, Hr!l't1 l l. l\n y h.;[1111,
l•!a rl 11. Urure. Th cod1l('f· IL rl:lll:-1',
Omer G. Camenu, tohn C'lnir, 'fhom;1,; \\'. ('-ai•;, ·willia111 (.'r:iii;, Ecl;ar
r:. rross1na11, llJlph ('. l)ic:1«-'Y, I lnr11l tl 11 . 1111.: ton, l•)c!•warrl t'. Ew e n , Ro')i110011 A. J~ui;g, \\'a r reu I,. !<' ri zzP !l,
!•'o r rP,;t I'. G0<Hre)", Phi l ip n. C:rte n , ~
l•; d1s,1r It. L: rol'el', J11sti11 l l. l!:1 1•\fonl,
,\Ian Jla r vey,
\Yl ll inm 1,:. J le r h<'r,
~ -"'- ~tp\\~- Arthur 1• . llers •,y , .T r ., Jfowarcl
. Almost wi thout exception <l o me.,rlc •
llcnw.v, !Ta r ol rl '\\'.
ll c nwy, Joh 11
water Is provided in the cit ies of th e
f lott, Jr ., C'a rl I). Jli ll , W il li am
. east by pumping plants whi ch t,u :-n
Hi ll, C'a rrol W. ll odi;kins ,
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.ll. Ki n gsbu r , 8:unu <~I 11. l,i 11 gti h11 ry, ~ ,,.;;,:,,.~_,,,,,
';rhere!ore, any of the hundred ways
-Octave H. Lu.toll ·ell •:, I IUl'Oitl ,\ . Lit- U-~,,.,,-... ,,._,,.;.
; \1' ·w'hh:b we habitually antl commonly
'. wasi.e water Is a direct waste or conl.
tle fi elll, llora cr- W. Lot lcl i n, ('harl es
so· !ar as cold water Is coucerued,
S. '.',,lcDa n iel , li r:· nlc .T . Mas~eY. J,' rc d ' t11ls ts a "l'ery small waste indeed, but
V.
:\.l att hCl\;S, ,\•r t hur \V. ,.,.,.~.:..~;;;,..:
lt ,!s a much more serious matter where
\ 111-r hemon', E,lwanl
G. , Parkor,
hot · water Is ' concerned, the United
.States I!'uel Administration points out.
'' l~1·ely11 !' I'll i<', .lames J. . l'<'l ri c, S itlA leaky tap on a hot water pipe will
11 y It.
l'i•·ldes , L<'t11111' 1 l' l'lll',
wa11te several gall ons o! wa ter-aud
!◄' r a n k S. Jt,1.yne:<, (' ly<I<' l: . l tub l nso n ,
several pounds o! coal-In an hour.
l'hi! i p 1 1. S:i11U"l"~IIJI, \[i11ot It. S,h ;, w.:.
SEE THAT ALL YOUR WATER
Hol:l 111I I' . Sh;tlV, .. ('lt r isl1.1plll' l" :-\ 111 11 1' 1,
PIPES AND FAUCETS ARID Wl'rli,J!'.
, 11:il'Old ('. :-,\wt•l'l h t! I' , l, 11t• i llH
OUT -LEA.KS.
, A little careful supervision lo t.!Je
Tl,ayPr, ('har l<•s II. W:i lkrr, ll aru l<I
kitchen will often cut In bal! the
\\'a l l<Pr, tsnH·l 11. \\' ;u, hh11n1,
quantity o! . hot water used, with an
$11 111 11cl S. \\'hillll<•n, J•:d::;ar 11' . \\' ootl ,
obvious saving In coal.
l1 a1[1h T . \\'ood, La11·:·PJ1CC 11. \\' ri p;hl.
I.l'kewlse, mnny of us nre spend•
Don::tl cl 1•'. Y eaton, l:. :'l lcll'ill Cla r k,
thrl!ts when we get Into a bathtub
.J oh n r-1. Cotto n , Ir vin ~ \V, Doo ll tt l r .
't t~d use two or three times ns mu ch
waler a11 necessary :tor a perfectly
.J11:;t111 D. l•' ;·p n ,.h , :-;t;in l1•y T . 1:ll lu'~'.
\V . ' I i;)l' Vl')', l' li iii 11 \\" . J".;.i'.•it'·'..•~~·•,,1;-~,,~
'. good bath,
· Don't let the water run after you
C. W esley S milh, lla rulll
bave enough In the tub for a bath.
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~:·\THROWN OUTDOOR
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�~Joy ·R~igtlS
in Portsm·o·Uth
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Pcrtsmoulh was wild yesterday.
It was mad with excitement and good natur:.
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;.,;,. taced the streets in one grand joy celebration.
: . t~.veryhody was happy and everything went.
Thousands of people crowded the down town..
streets .s inging, cheering and rejoicing with every
conceiv9.b1e instrqment for noise-making and
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It was the greatest celebration of any ·event
·,,.· . Lhat ever happened in Pori:smouth. Joy was un·: •:> restrained and the crowd ,~as so happy ~.n d good
. ~ ..... · natm:;d th,a t the polic~ had little me-re to do than I
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, on a ,:::mnday.
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The cclcbrat,jon of the sig·ning of the armis- 1
· L·icc was, so far as Portsmouth is concerned, a
· .sai:c and sane celebration, with.a splendjclly conducted civilian and military parade arranged at
the shortest notice, but c~frriecl out wjthout hitch
:· :.nd with the greatest enthusia~m imagjnable. Po,' iic:e estimates are to the effect that during the
c1mc ofthc parad~ _p f soldien; and sailors and ci. ibant\ there were 15,000 people in Potrsrnouth .
.r\ ny \VH.V, there was enoug·h noise, bustl~ and en·. ciJusias1n to do credit to tlfe con1binecl efforts of
, ' . c;:vjee that numbe1:·..
.,...,,,.,,.,.~,..,.· · · At.staled in .yesterday's TilvIES Portsn16uth,
;' ,. _ , began to celebrate at cbylight ye8terday and it
· ·;1 kept it up until -long after bed tin1e last night.
?eople cheered, automobiles honk.:.honked, whistles screamed, bands played and the crowd of pe,J.estria_ns ~hat thronged every street just we1~.t
n1ad ·w1th Joy. · .~. .--,---.. ,r
-:·-: - : ---·- ~--:-- . · The crowning glory of the day was the big pacade in the afternoon. Ji'ully 7,000 people march~,c1 to the sfrains of 1nusie froi;n 111any bands, the_
)i_n e qf n1a1·ch stretching out over two 1niles.
· The a1-r[mgcrnents for the parade were 1nade
il~ a fev/·hom-:..; and reflect gl'eat C1'cclit upon l\1ay-.
:>r L~~dcl w_ho as_sun1ed chai·ge. · . , ., .
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The · thousands of 111en a:t -work at the ship- .
yards an'd '. on the n_a vy y·a rd tl1rew. -clown -the.fr ·
, tools arid came· into the city fron1 all directioris.
:- . The mayor!s co111mittee. \Vas made up as follows: '
�H. B. Tilton of the· .Mol'ley Button Co., C. 1 •
.....,.,..,,.,,,...... Dowtrion ·of the. Atlantic Corporation, Col H . C.
T'aylor of the Ga1e•Shoe factory, M. L. Bullard of
the ·Shattuck Shipyard, F . M. Sise. R. C. Margeson, ' Albe1t Hilsop, Fred A. Gray, F. A . Belden, ·E., C.-'Matthews, r ., R. L. Costello, Frank W.
Handall, R::1.phael Paola, L. W. Ewald, Rev. L. H.
Thayer: .~ .. .J. 'Kirkpatl'ick, George l\'1. Thompson
of the U.· S. Shipping Board, C. A. Dodge of the
}(ational Engineering· Co., Chief Engineer VV. F.
1Noods, F.· W. Hartford, Ilarry 'I'rafton,• E. L.
Patten;on, J. A. Dorthwick, iVf. ·JG. Bailey 'Of the
Y. M. C. A. Mr. Ha.l'tforcl was cho~~en marshal pf
lhe parade.
To get a pc:u·c1,c1 G 1ined up and in their prope1'
{)laces in the short tin1e avaibble was some task,
but the1~e was no . delay ,1nd Ly noon everything
was under way. From CoL Buttrick, U. S. M. C.,
a battalion of Marines· with their bancl" was sec:u1~d. Rear Admiral Bouch with his usual lib<:rality tc'ndcred the naval band, the con1n1ancling officer of the Fo1~t sent up their milita1·y band,
;~ncl so it went on. The navy yard was quickly
in touch and the workmen's organization -promised a big crowd over and they kept their work,
v. ith them came the yeogirls 'and the female ern]Jioye_s. The Morley Button Con1pany turned out
:--dl of their· force, 'the Atlantic arid the Shattu'c k
c:bipyaids responded by marshaling their work!lten: office force and all, and with the Atlantic
nand.
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The marshal had as his chief aide lVIajor C. B.
Hoyt, and as aides, Dr. E. B. Eastman, Eugene
M.cCue .. Mrs. McCue, Russell Mccu·e, Secretary
G-o~nell of the K. C., J. vV .• ewell and Morris
Hl~rd and lVIiss-~C◊-rinne Pars·onsyocle at the head
of the yeogirls . ./4.idecl vvith the committee, they
~~oon had the line ·.fo1:med and shortly after 2
1
0 clock the gl'eatest parade this city had ever seen
swung. into l inc bel1inc1 a platoon of police uncle!'
cc mmnnd of De Juty DucJ.~<~1·. There ,va ~ l'ernarknbly little confusion and as the procession swung
into .line the different division took their places
until it extended nearly t,vo n1iles in length, and
il was variously estimated that there.were 700.0
veople in line, and there v,ras a crowd of at least
.twenty thousand people along· the line of march,
the crowd on the main streets being all that the
1,1olice could Lanelle.
The line o f march was lengthy, but the proeession n1ove acllong at a clip ~et by the Marines
that did not permit and ·c1rao-ging. The line of
march was f1 om Pleasant street to Congress, to
Cass, to M;iclc: le, to Richards avenue, to South, to
Pleasant to ~)tatc, to_NI-icldle, to Bridge, to Deer,
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�to VDughan, to Congre~s, to . easant, w ere ·1c
parade disbanded and this V:,~th the 1nini~1u1ni:'.Qf
eonfusion.· ~
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There \vere seven divisions ·n1ade up as :fo'l·lows:
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First Divisibn-l\1arshal and staff; platoon··· of
1JOlice; lVIadne Band; battalion of Unit~d States·
l\1arincs; color bearers with 1·l1e Flags of the .A:1·Jied Nations; Mayor S. T. Ladd 'a nd n1embers of
.the city' council; State Guard; United War W 01;]~
Comn1ittee; Naval Band: navy ·yard workmen-~"'"·''~"'···
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and female operators.
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Third Division- Women, teachers, etc.; .public
l7ealth auto with Red Cro~s nurses.
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Fourth Division-Atlantic- Band; Atlantic ~fiicers and workmen,• and National Engine.ering
officers and workn1en.
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Fifth Division-U. S. An,ny Band; Shattuck·Nt,,·.•:~~,\9~,l':,-"'
~hipyard officers and workmen.
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Sixth Division,-Morley Button Dr:um Corps;
, l'r1orlcy Button Con1pany employes; Gale Shoe
Co1npany employes.
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Seventh Division:-School children.
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Eighth Division-Autos and trucks with decorations.
In the evening there was a second spontaneous outbui-st of what will probably surpass anythin0· that Portsn1outh has ever witnessed.
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Two bands gave a continuous conc.ert 'pio·g-ram from 7 to 9 (o'clock, the Naval band fro:i:n
the band stand, and the Atlantic from t.he side\\ alk in front of the First National Bank. They alternated in their selections and they rendered ·a
very fine Goncert program, which was thoroughly
enjoyed by the big crowd.
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At 8 o'clock the whistles al;)Out the city opcn2cl up ·f or a fe wminutes as a pdrting saluation·. bf
a day that has been such an eventful one.
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PRESENTED TO:
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FRANK E. BOOMA POST
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AI FIRST ANNUAL BALL
'ifiov.~ Bartlett, 6i1est of Honor, Makes Presentation Speech
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~_Over One Thous~nd People In
Attendance
:vrqre than a
thousand persons
browded Freeinan's hall last evening
to1· tl1e first ahnual concert and !Jnll
pf Frank E. Booma 'Post, :No. 6', .Am-
orJcan LegiOn. The 1big Oallde \/ 'hall
was decoi:ate'd · with American · flags,
. -~•~ -~ '· flags ' of. all natlcins 'and red, . white
·{· I 'i ~· a~d_ blue bun't11;1g.' The _occnslon ·wci'~
_h~f!O_r,ed·•~ ~irpresenc-e ot ·0ov. and
., .•. Mrs, Joim H. Bartte,tt and Mayo'r and
•· · • Mt's) Albert IIislop and a dlsllngul»h ~
led company, o·f army nnd', navy oft'!:
"' clals.
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· . ,' .\ilarden's orchestra,' furnished liii1~
~i<(duri_ng ·the· everitn·g; and a pl~a~lng concert program was rendered·
from . eight ,untll -nlne o'clock. A11 , th·e'
governor · and "piirty entered the hall,
escorted , ,by s'allors' and'1 sOldlers, ·,the
assemblage , O:rose ·· and the orches'tra
played •· "Ha_n ·· to the' -Chief." It was
a _.very,prelty,.scene .. . , -:
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, ·· .Jn \ the i:eception ' party . with ' Governor ·and i\Irs·:, Bartlett were ,Mayor
i .1nd Mrs: H _l_s,io·p·, Captain ·a.net Mrs .. L.
_ H. Adams, ·:vrr . . and Mrs. N . . '11.
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Denne, )Tr. ant ·:,Im ..Ju 111 '-· ,ates.
:vrr. and ~.1rs. C. 1,•. S hlllab er, :vrr anti
Mrs. John
Emery, Dr. and ·:vrrs. E.
C. Blaisdell and :\frs. Ul:111ch e Dencham.
A very pretty fenlure of the e\'enln r; was tile pre£entntion of a :;t:tnd
of :-Jatlonal Colon; to tile poi1t, the
cll't of :\IJ'S, I. ILl. fllnlz, n, Bi::tm· of
I.l ent. Iloornn, for whom tile post h;
nam ed . Tho m en.l><• r s nr thn ]JOSI lilied up in company fu1·111al1011 wilh
t::omlllalllie r \Valdl'<lll at the he.1<1.
Th e co lor:; w<•rn e::i.nicd by- u. ri:tilor,
esco r te: tl by two lllt;11tlH•rs of the pu~t.
Tli e prcnc11t:Ltlon speecil W:1S maL!e by
Uov. Bartl ett, wllo wa:; esc:ortetl 1'1·0111
ills :cicat to the cenlc>1· or tile hall. Uuv.
U:i.rtlelt JJ1itl hig;h tribute to the valcu r ,o( Lieut. nooma, who lost llis
lll' e in 1,·,·a11t·c, ancl :ulnwnh;hccl l11t•
member,; of ·the Legio11 lo n•nuin a:-i
loyal to the flag as did this
man who ,rave 11p hir;
'Peace'' might rul" tlie wo:·lll.
Comr:1a11der Waltlro11 :i.r.ceJJLPd llie
1:--..g in bc>hall' of tl1u memlwrs or the
l'ost.
Th e 01·che!lf.ra I hC!I pbyetl lh<'
"Sttt r Spang led B:w1?e1·."
D:wr.i11,~ waB then talrn11 up and
thci Ieng progra111 l<u1it t lte large gath;:i rni g prt'sent until one o'C'lotk. Tile
progr:1111:
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1. One Slc>p
· 2. Waltz
a.
]?ox 'rrot
<Step
Waltz
Fox Trot
0?1e Ste p
Fox Trot
Waltz
Intermi sslon-30 :\1inules.
One ,S tep
J<' ox •rrot
Waltz
One .Stop
Fox Trot
W:iltz
One Slo p ·
Fox Trot
•Waltz
The officers of the ,lane<' wcrc:
.Tommy ll. vValclron , l'ost
mancl er ; Etlwartl .T. ,:'s!<!villc.
Post Commande r; Arthur L. ·McCaffr ey, Adjutant; Charles IT. Walker,
li'innnce Officer; Lym:rn i)facDona lcl ,
· 11 istorian; C. Waldo Pickett, Chaplain.
J•'loor l)irer.to r -nani c l S. O'Tirien.
Assista11 t l<' loor l llrcctor-l~cl ward
A. Weeks, .Jr .
Aicle:;- C, \Valdo Pi(:kcll, William
-~~-'·=·"'·~~•IT. ·Cu ll e n, William .r. 1l lolland,
Uharles H. Walker, .l ohn .T. Shillaber, T-larrJ .T. Uronin, ll e nry P. Wea~:.-:1~?~:!':}:J_tver. Harold .Sweetser, navi1l Wltite,
George A. Tredick, Char les Gouse,
1 Perley- D. H ersey, Bennet A. DcCoste,
Lyman F. MacDonald:.;..·___
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�fAIR ·fOOD PRICES
·For the Week Commencing Nov. 19, 1918.
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LJ.BltARY 10~ DIR,. TO\~'l.,Jt: 'I;-0·1 l!l
'GTVl.;N TO ·P,(,J'Jlil,10 LIDHARY.
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. It i~ understood that · the valua.b'le
modicu.l !ibNl.r-Y. : owµed by the Jo.te D·r.
Fred 'S. Towle . will • be ,pre2e11 ted l
the Portsmouth public iibrary. SuN,
~ ;\!ollecti~n. of ~edloa.l b_ooks wi'll bE
a :decil}ed,Iy v'.'/~1abl~ , ac.<Jnisitio.J! , t,~.
the library.
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'l'ho t111lo\\'i11g a"". co11l:llllc1·c!l fail- 1111!l 11·easouuble pri.,cs fot• tJ1e curren\.
• llck us dclc1·111J11,v,, hy tho l'o1·tsmoulh l'rico l.nt.c11ll·cUng Gol.llJlllttoo, under
..:ithol'ity or tlrn Food A1,.'n!li11istrator.
Tho prices that the consumer should pay· depends, In part, on tli,e ser1ice rendered by the retailer. In the column undei· "Consumer" the first
;rico given opposite a commodity is the fair price at a "Cash and Carry"
• ,tore where the retailer does not deliver goods or extend ci·edit. The secon<l
price given is the fair price at a storet hat delivers goods and extends credit.
Consumors are asked to report to the Local Food Administrator any
·.•ase in ll'h!ch a retailer charges a higher price than those here quoted. The
. ,1 nsumer should bring in or send in the sale slip covering the transaction.
notailers Pay,
Cornrnmer should pay
.Jrc:.ul flour . . . . . . . . . . . . , ...•... 1.G2 1101' 24 lj~ lh sack
Pastry nour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.42 per 24 ½ lb sack
The Hoston Transcript on
l'11rc rye flour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06G per lb.
had
an
interesting
count
of
the
record
of
1;111~0 corn llour .....•..... .• . . • . U5G per lh
26th Division, which has done
:;rauulaled cornq1oa.l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 ½ per lb
wonderful worlc in France. It is of
Oal111oal and rolled oats ... . . . • . . . . 045G per lh
special interest )1ere as the diivGion
lla.rloy llour . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • . 05G per lb.
.07 to
contained the New E111gland troops,
'!:{ice flour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 ½ lb
including . the New Hampshire former
1'1rJiblo s tarch . . . . . . . . . . . . . •... . • . O:J per pkg
National Guard, and there are many
flnlk ri ce, lJ!uo ltosc gra.do . . . . . . . . 11% 11orlb
....."""-'"'''local ,boys with llmt Division in the
103d regiment.
First Lieut. Phillip
Granuialod sugar, bulk .. ....•... , .O:J ½ lb
Griffin is an officer of ·the 1,03d regiPea. boan s, dried .. .. ,. .... , . . . . . . .12G per lb.
ment, which has ,been in some of the
'Jard, bulk ...... ... . . . . . . . . . • . . . 28 per lb
most important engagements, at ChaLard subslilutes !11 bulk . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ½ per lb
teau 'T hierry, St. Mihiel, the Meuse
Lard s ubi;lilutes in tiu .. . . . ... , . . .29 per lb
river and the Chemen des Dames
l~vapora.lcd milk. la.II can . . . . . . . . . 125 per can lo .145
Lieut. Griffin has recent1y
l'o111\onsod milk, 14 oi can ... .' .... . 16 per can
been promoted to personnel officer of
Hcwclcrl r :1.isi11~. lh pkg. Hi Oil . . . . . . . J :i l_)'ll' pkg.
the 103d regiment and ~ttached to the
,::orn syrup, l½ lb ca.11 ... •.- . '. . . . . . . 113 per can
?olatoes .. ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 6 8 JJer lrnshel
Oleomargarine, (better grade) . . . . . 32 pe.r lb
rull rroam l'hecse . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a2 per lb
11am. IJ,;,<1L i:;rarlc, sliced . . . . . . . . . . . 3'i to .38 per lb
Haco n. hP1,I grnrle .... ..... .. •.. . . 526 lo .[i4u per lb
Tuu1nlu L•fl , t:la11dunl Nu.
uz
·rt tt TROOP.S ·
·HAVE FINE
RECORD
t!e. left Monday a rteru·-- H [or l•'ortrcss ~I nu roe, Va .. .to attend I.he olliccrn· traillill~· ~chqo]. . .\llllllli\ Lite
number were \Vallacc Ak e rman nncl
('harlrs Perkins or L11i:,; c it y, former
I la1Ht1::liiro,
.101111 'JJur g in
•1\ Nov. I G:
l'v•t. Archio R i\forrill, Frankliu.
eported Nov. 1 G.
Pvt. John Sweeney,
Purlsmo11U1,
reported Nov. 12.
l'vt. l'hiJi,p .I. \Vehher, Ln11castPr,
reportr1\ Nov. 11.
l'vt. l~lmer C. Dnranl, Porl~month .
r eported Nov. 11 .
Pvt. Arm:i.nd Bergeron, Derry,
portPd Nov. 10.
Natle, Keene, re.,1orir,(l
�re11tlered in ,;1, .·.;ri 11~ 111, .11111,.. ,11" ..
an;d In a<lHition all or the 11rartccl men
were ,given ·help anrl aclvico • aho.ut
1 their allowanro nnrl im;uranrc. 'lhe
ChrlHtmas hox for Ilic hoys overseas
al~o ca.mo nn!ler lhiR (•0111mitlro ns
well as many other actjvltiPs in r·onnec·Uon ,w ith t'ho soldiPrs ancl sailorR. 'l'·he work ot' this rommitlce has
been or t-hc ut.most importanc·o.
· Tho report. of .\frs. L. JI. 'J'h,1 ~ er,
who was chairman of the Reil Cross
d1ti kitchen during the 'epidemic and
nuder whoso ablo management
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work, of Organization During Recent Epidemic
'c·o...,1·1es 111 for l\:Iuch Praise-Old Board
of Oiiicers is,Re-elected. Afl,
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such
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greal irnrcess, is given in
il.llO
llf:lr .rolumn.
treasurer
or t·he
Tl1tj kltchen
report. offund,
tlH'
clle!J
Mr. W. J. Cater, i;how~ thuL $3174.0·l
was recelv ecl· in co!ributlons
that $1281·.81 wns D td ont for mu-
The annual meeti1:g of Lh~ f'u nu-\ 11 ri,;lcrs, 9 2 mufilets and · 11- a1'ga- 1 torials used in the kitchen, wilh
mouth Chapter of the Rll'd Cross w.is hans from the knitting department; some small outstan ing accounts.
held on 'f,hursday . .afternoon at the\ 814 pairs pajamas, 795 _surgical
l t wair v.otccl tlu{I, the ,IJalaneP or
Council chamber at City Ha~l, with ohirts, 17 0 convalescent- robes', 3 3 this fund he made
separntc emerChairman ··H. C, Taylor ...:prealdlng:-jI bed · ja•ckets, 600 refugee gnrments, gency !uncl a111l 1101 become a part
- reports· of the various . depart-\ 2 24 ·p!ll~w cases, 250 towels, 281 of the regular runJs, which may be
men,ts ware ·mad<": showing a wide flannel socks, 500 navy kits, 80 prop- called •upon for such emergency
t
.P'e
range of act!vl:tyJiy the Chapter du.,·- erty •bags from t·he sewing , . depart- may arise.
in-g the year, pos~ibly' the most .active ment; , 1500 trench packets,- 1000
year su'ch an organlzri.tion ,w ill ever pads, 112~ ' packages of •gauze dresshave to- face ag~i!l,
in•gs, and 3100 •bandages of , various
The three ..prl'nclr>al. adlvltles 0 r lclnds from the surgical department.
th~ Oha:pter du~lng the year have
"Thm·e .\vero also :;evcral hnnclrecl
'been tl\roug,h the Work Room, Hie miscellaneous · articles► such ns layHome service committee, · which has ettes, hot water bag _.covers, -comfort
ch~rge d.t the work -for the families pillows, wash cloths, etc.
ot the: ~nllst~d m~n, ancl In .this
"We :have given a complete knitthere •has been a far g,eator amount tod ouHlt to 54' dr.a-rtees,, 26 ·helmets
of -work than cou~d ,b e disclosed In to Capt. , Dodwell's ,company , at
a ,r8'port, for t;he rea·s on t!liat the. work Springfield;• )'[ass., and a :box . to
is of a per~o,nal nature, in the -·~v,1,y• France containing' a'n 011l'flt for nine
of assistance ' pending tho arrtval of Portsmouth ·boys.'· · ·
A vote of thanks was also t~nclered
:Hrs. L. TT. Thayer and the women
and others who assisted •h er in the
Reel Cr~ss c11et kitchen.
'f-he same executive committee was
re~e~ectecl ancl 1a1: it H\lhf\ertnent meetln•g It 'organized ,wilh :\l r. I I. C. •ru.y\or •chairman, :vrrs. Wallis D. wnncer
secretary• and ::vrr: George B. J.orcl
treasurer. ' The other members of
the committee a.re .\I.rs. .:\labe l S.
Locke, :.lessrs. li"reil :'-1. Si~P, .J Of\C'ph
P. Conner, 1.-:. ~:nrt i~ :'-lat thews :11111
R. D. 11cnono11gl1.
allowances, ·pers~nal _wdvice .and a
'''Not>hin•g has !been given out to Uei1ort of 1ho Herl C1·oss nh•t l,:itdwn
gl!neral 1'rlend1y •h elp to all t:hose draftees -0r indivldtmis· since :i-ra'y · When the alarming character or
who~e hu_sbandf.. or main · supports 1st., .i.'c cording to o;rders receiver\ the recent el\ldemic hccame manifest
are fn ~he· service.' And the , thlrd from headquarters..
the local Rec\ Crm;s , ,without waitin~
a<:Uvitr has •be"en the conservation/\· "At t•ha time of the epidemic, the ror instr•uctions from Washington,
work .a nd oth~r t-hi;1g-s. that have bee!j'. Portsmout,h Ohaptet· : furnished the at once nndertook to meet the most
brought i:rnder the Rea Cross. The following artleles · to the Emergency obvious need, the snpJJlY or snilable
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Red Cross diet kitchen is also anoti11er Hospitals, ,the tlistrlct nurse ,and food for ln11ivldnals ancl · l'amilie~
thing that the organization may •w ell the Red Cross nurses: 50 cotton ,bed stricken with !nflnenza.
be ptoud .,of.
.
: shirts, 30 heaV'Y ,becl shirts, , r.a pairi;
The plan wn.H fi;-st ~n;..::.;estrcl ,1n
J h e' ~epojt of: _Tteaslirer G_e orge D. \ of p'ajamas, •lZf a_pro~1s, 10 •hea<'I the ~1orning oi F'riclay, Ocloher 4th,
Lord shows ·a members-hip of 4800 lnj· dresses for nurses, 60 'J)aper baclrnd and eleven families were irnpp\ied
this_, dt·Y with about five •l lundrecl 'Pads, 108 small pads, 3 laundry bags, on the arternoon o[ that day. 011
mdre in tl1e'_lbrancheR, and that there j io wash cloths, 2 . rolls 1 absorbent the -fol\owiup; tlay the numher rose
!\9.S ,bo'en, ex).len1lecl • durinp; the •paHt rollon, 2100 gn111.o mnf\lrn, 1fi~· p1ici11- to ·lhlrty-!;ix, :mil rt rnpi,1 inrrr:rne
year ior supplies ·tor the ·work ·rooms monia jackets, 3 ,pairs bed socks, !l brongh t the nu 111 lHH' or rn m Ill<'½
$8,984, and as all supplies were hot ,w ater bag covers.
served per cla·f to eighty-t'onr ,withbought at -cost price; including the
"'\Vo have worl<ed two days a week in the first weelc 'fhe numb er stayed
woo1, etc., it gives some idea of the on surgical dressings ancl one day a in that region for some time ancl ""-··.-=•"'·'a
amount; of ,worlc turned out.
weelc ,on sewing, almost contin 11011 Hly gradually [ell to a point where it
'f•he following is the report of from Novom ber l!l l 7, to Sept. '.ll'i, seemed -possible to c lose th e kil c:hen,
Mrs: ~ ·n·bel S. Locke, the c hairman when we closed on ac count of th e whi ch. ,111111 been in operation for five
of •t:he Work room committee, which epirlemic, and a great . clral of lhe wrPks anti 'l\\'O clnys. 'l'hr lolal nnm1
~l!O\VS, t'b,e, great amount or work yea1· we had the rooms open two r,·- ber o l' famili es 8erve1l 1lnring; that
•turne'd out -by the ladles of the work enings a!'so.
time was two hundr ed ~nil se ven - i-,,·,, ·-"~,t.,.-",.;,
room 111
"Ilespect[ully su,bmillecl,
teen. In a cl,litlon large cinanliti es
1 the past year.
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:\!rs:· l\faliel S. Locke's Report.
":\.1ABEL S. LOCKE,
or food were sent on order ror pat' "1;hls report .ls for the year be"Chairman ·workroom Committee." ienls in lhe two emergency hospital ~
ginning -Nbv. 13, 1!.117, when we
The re110rt o[ the name Ser,,ice a11d in the hos pital at .\Uanli r
shipped , o,ur. f!rst ,box tq Boston a111l committee of which :'-lrs. Freel .\I. Heights. lL is est imnted thal in all
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to; Nov. 13, 1918; W'hen we shipped Slso is chairman, and :urs. E. A. Hnll tho Diet Kitchen feel bet ween elcvel'
our las.t box ·to Boston.
assistant chairman, shows that clnr- and twelve ·hundred r,eople, some of
"In the' year we have shipped 108 lng the year 205 families ,were ,given them ·for a prriml of werlrn. The
boices: ·111 all, containing the follow-, assistance, some cases money was largest number or ind\drluals serve,!
"l)g: 1 1008 sweaters, 3508 -pairs , of \ loaned until 1a.l lowances were · re- in one clay •was about four h11n!l1<•1l
_ __ _ __ . , _ . . , ~ . . . . ,..........-i;,...i.i,o.i.L~~ 2 1 7 •~el~!!, 483 · ,pnirs of , colvoo, In all cases asslslnnrc ,wns 'an,\ fifty. Thirty-six_rn~e~
w<•re in
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�The 'folloi,\•ing artlcles of roou wore
K!tt<'r.v un,l l•;llol, SC'\"Cll ;11 , ·cw Colito tho provlsiond distributed 'from the ktt~hen, a large
on tile
llo, Newin~lou, ltye, Hamplon nn<l bought, large donations we.re rec,~ived oart of lhem being 'PremlTOll
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Seabrook, lhe reDJ1ainder holn~ 111 the of fresh eggs, groceries o~ m_any spot:
Broth of t11ree ltinds, grue f or four
city or l'orlsmonlh.
lcln<ls, mlllc, •home cooked •f ood In
When lho lcltchen was opGn<'<I Lhr great quantity and of great variety, kinds, soup -0f six kinds,
locnl physicians nnll I he l'ublic Liberal donations of provisions were j nice, g.rape juice, grape lemonade,
ill'allh l>!'parlmeut were nolil'ie<I ond •ent •from Kitlery, and bol1~ t:he Kit- malled milk, cocoa, eggnog, junkets
were aHkerl lo report caSC!l wh !ch tery and Eliot Red Cross Chapters rnd custards in largEl varle~y, baked
lhey wished lo harn cared ~(n·. 'lhi. · nade generous contributions
of ipples and pears, fruit and wine jel•waH ,ctono rvery ,<lay by man~· of the money. T•h ey ia.lso sent a daily con- !!es, home cannell
•goods; jellied
physldans. Inslruf'lions wcr<' :;en- tingent of helpe.rs, as it was thought chicken, ,b eer ~nd\eggs, •fish chowder
ctally gil'en as lo lh kin,l ol' rc,od wiser to turn both m?ney , and s.er- and mutton stew}, roast chicken,
required and members ' OL• lhe family vice Iulo lhe Porlsmoulh kilch~n. creamed foods including <Jhicken, po•
of the lYalienl, oflen bro•,1g\1l ·i1t wrl~- rn.ther tJhan lo organize on a large tatoes, celery, eggs and carrots, meat
loaf, baked .-potatoes, s_and,wiches,,
te,1 prescriptions ,for ,f,,oc\: J~v<:r? ,cale in Kittery.
case t.hus reported· waR .'olloweil llP
Owing to lh(l 1·act tl1at •all serv!cn~ bread, cake, browned crac k ers, co t , service and therefor!' tage. cheese, fros,h . qggs, m Ilk nn d
n;.r il assurance was giv•!n that. hl1lp ,as volunlar-·
w:1s no lon,gcr needed. Application ,lcked oonllnui!y a1~d that the work rrult. .
wa:1 often made in perso·1 Ly friends •vas cmergeu(·y work and was nece!',.
In addition to this general menu,
of lhoso slricken, and i1:1l~ )ho111! mes- mrily dono itl top iweecl ·during lll' some special meals were provided 11s
sages \\ere frequenlly· re"·-, 1vcd frolll i'lrst. Lwo Wl'liks, 110 romploto IIHI. WJ.l:l ordernd 'b f physicians ,:i.ud nurs,es·,
neighbors o.nd friends gil Ing lnfor- kopl of ~ionors a~cl clonalions, asldf! A Cler Lho first ,clay practically. all
111allon as lo places \'vhe10 [oo,I 1v:iR [rom gifls in cash, and no aclrnowl- food wu~ boxed in quo.r~ and pint
uet!dell. Frequenl inve11ti';ation wus edgement ls lhereforo 11ossiule o.sld<1 carlons and labelleLl This taslc kept
made in all . ca~e::; in orlle:· lhal the from this general one. l'rnbably the several people busy. Local dealers,
work might be intelli~enlly done an<I ~reale~l assel lo tho work was t.he ;o1tlrlbuted cartons or sold them at
lhat lhe rood sent might br- suffich'nt fact that :\liss Dorolhy J!:mcrso.n was cost :.\{~re Lhan lcn Lhou~and imch
and or a suilable charncler. In this secured to !Jako charge Q[ lhe kitcll- were used. Distribution or Lile food
part o·C the work :\I rs. Hull -or the '.' I\, Her services were •generously was made possible \.Jy generoui, ofRod Cross lJome Servi~e ·,vo,; i:: 1·al11- r;ive,n •by t-110 Urban Director of Urn rers of motor'service. ~'!any ,different
able. She often disroverert othe.i Home Exteusion Bureau of ~ew <'ars ,were In use at different limes,
heel\S besides food, ~l\(J :::i:; :.:. '.J'.c · lo IJampshiro College. :.\[iss F.merson rncl several d.riv.ers made 'the dislri·a!l vise and· •help.
100k •up the -work wilh splendid en- ,rnllon of rood a regular part of lheir
A careful record was :kept o[ eac 11 t·husiasm . Under her a large band Jally p1·ograru,
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cai;e, tho number or people ill, the of •volunteer helpers was organized.
:\<Ian>" words of appreciation have
kind or •food prescribed and the Jften twenty-five working at one 'li•eu spoken by those to whom the
amo1111l sent each clay. Liquid rood timo. Tho women or the city were ,ervlce of the kitchen was ~r,ost help~
was sent for lhose very, ill; convales- most generous in their service, many ' ,ul In lime a'r sore need. We 11as::;
cent food .-uitab le lo various stages of them •giving •pi•aclically lheir en- rn these words of thanks · to those
for lhose recoveriu•g from lho Lilsea8e tire time for ,weeks. Olhers ca.mo in ro r whom \.hey -were meant": Tn the
and ordina.ry roocl for those bur- for such lime as they could spare ~enerous glveTs or money and supdcuc,J with lhe care of lhe siclc and rrom their work. The •yeowomen plies, including various· organizations,
[or children unable to care [or them- and girls from some or the depart- hotels and merchants, citizens of all
sol\'ee.
wen!. slores and Camp Firn Girls classe.s, and even children; to tho3e
· · i\lany cases were reporlod ,by the came in at night to wash dishes anll women who al home or In ll\e kltch·1111hllc Ii alllt Dcparlmont iand hy clean. There was absolutely no paid en gladly gave their:. services, often
1•l1e llislrlcl nurses, and tho Public service ill' lho kllchen. All dny long .,t great. 11ersonal inconvenience; to
Health nurses .came every cln.y [or ono or t.wo •people we_re squeezing the motor drivers w,ho served on all
su11plics. On the Olher I.and the oranges, for orange juice was more days of the week and in all weathKilchu1 reported to t'" Public in demand than any one article. All ors; to the newspapers whose co-operHeallh Department cases wl!ere nurs- da)~ long coo½:lng of many kinds was ation was always willing and very
Ing or medical care was needed, and being done on the two slaves, in helpful; lo all who in any wa.)' served
prompt ni;slslancc was always given. I.heir stoves, in lh<'ll' o,,ens, and in t)1ls Pnterprlse.
Tho co-operation on the •part or the the CirclesK ·~ookers. At ,lhc end or
Thn actual need was undoubtedly
Pub)ic Health Department was greal- 1 hree weeks ~f.iss Emerson' was called not entirely met, for th,1 reason thaJ:
l)• appreciated, ,and. was invalua.ble to olher work, and :\liss Alice Grif- some people ·[~lt lhat the service had
to lhe work or the Diel Kitchen.
fin look charge of the Kitchen for in It a •hint o[ charily whioll 'they
The Norlh Church Parish Jloui;e ll week, giving a,ble service. One were naturally unwilling to accept.'
wtts given ror tho underlaking, aud room was reserved •for cold storage)
In some cases undoubletll)' further
LI.Jere for t wclve hours n, day 011 S~I'- .J.nd
tho. wln<lowo :wero kept. oponl '\Orl'ICO [J'Olll t110 Kitchen WU.fl , uee11 tlnys in the woek Lhe 11rcpnrllon night o.ncl day. 'L'he wen.tiler,· how_l cllned whlle lho convale8COnl ' was
ttnd dlstribulion of rood went 011. evor ,.,,o.s nol f;ufficie11llY cold · to\ sill! unable to propare pro11er food
Tho equipment wlt,lt oue Ja.r~e gaH r1:111der lhis, arrungcment entir~ly sat- and were In great need oC It., This
stove at once proved inadeo uatc, ls factory, and the Rockingham holel fell ling was of course due to a misand t.he J<.}leclric Lighl :i.nll Powe1 allowe<l lhe kitthen the use of llt: understanding.' The Red Cross could
Company inslalled an eleclrir; stov•~ cold. slorage. This generous arrange not go into the. food· business, but
for which they geuerouslr sup 11i,:itl ment was vital lo lho su~cess of th-81 furnished a channel through ,which
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tho oleclriclty. In response t.:i c. c11.ll work. At night uncl In l:he morning !!he community at l(l time of emergonCor fireless cooke.rs a large mw,ber boys [rom lhe lligh school and ot.her cy could serve ilselt in a s11lrit of
were loaned. 'l'hese were of upP.cla: 1gave their services In carrying food neighboruess and y!'t quil'3 impervaluo In reparlng rood for morniP.f' back and forth. Frequent reference eonally. The Diel Kitchen w~s Teal11
dlstribulion
An outfit of lcellle~ war wa~ made by those receiving rood lo ly one .wdy in which Portsmouth was
bought for Lhe Red Cross, and when the qualit)' of lhe · (looking. Tj10 righting for its life.
1hhi proved inadequate, the call ready ex1Jlanation was that t~e 'best
We all •hope that such service •w,m'
which wen.i out for 'such equipmont housewives and cooks of the city never again ·be·needed in Por-tsmout'h.
mot an immediate nncl generous rt.If, howev~r, the occasion ·should
1,,,-,.,..,,,~_,..~:,n"-----...,.,,..,.,,-,;._,...i arise, t.he Red Cross equipment is
here
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ONOR Ro
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.TO ATTEN'D
HOUSlriG
CONFERENCE
OF ''AbftBIDDLE ST
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Lyman l\lacdonald, 30~th Guard and
Jrlrc Co,, l'hlla<lclphla .
. Lieut. W. G. l\Ia1·tln, U. S. Aviation
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Mr. E. G. Balcer, secretl..ry of the
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce,
will attend a conference at Boston today on the housing situation. Thi.
conferen ce is called by the Federal
authorities and from it is expectc
that some definite p!ans will be mn.d
.about the housing about ship yard.
and naval stations now that the armistice h!16 been declared.
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School, Hampton, Va.
Helen Newton, Yeowoman,
Yard, Portsmouth.
Charles A. O'Hara, Chier Commlssnry
Steward, U. R S. Leonidai;.
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Enslgn Philip Oulton, New York.
IIownTCl T. rn.ine, J•'ort Con8tll11tlon.
Frank Paterson, New Ca!:!tlc.
Frnnk W. Plummer, Camp Dl'ven11.
Norman E. Rand, Yeoman, Co!:!l Jn- Pcetor';; office, l1ath, Mc.
Leon L. Roberts. Co. E, 315th Am.
At the ~liddle Street Daplist Church
Sunday evening the service wa~ o(
more 'than ordinary interest and ln
recognltlon ot those from this par!Gh
who by their efforts helped to mal,e
the peace possible. Three gold slam 'rain .
::ihlrley Simpson, Tindio School, Harhad been placed on the service flag and
twenty names added to the Honor Roll •ard Colle~c.
Earl Smart, S. A. T. C., N. H. College
of the church, making 52 names In all;
some are members of this church, othHarold Shaw, Radio
ers were formerly in the Sunday school, Navy Yard, _Portsmouth .
slill othern are connected with the
Henry S0uvielle, Chief
parish through family ties. The peace
we all thanlt God for is due to these Arms, U. S. S. Martha Wa s hington .
.T. Be.rt Sterling, U. S. Coast Guard
young men and thousands of otheru
who went uut, lea\•ing Lhose they loved Portsmouth, N. 11.
behind.
Leon 1'hompson. Fort
The three gold stars wore to the
Nl,w l'n,itle.
rncmory of C1111taln
Frederick , S.
· Capltlln Jo'reu S. Towle, ~I . H. C., tllrtl
'l'owle, U. S. A., Percy H. Balley, and
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Colonla, N. J., Oct. JO, 1918.
Corporal Hugh C. Hill., the word havLieut. G. A. Tredlck, 1\1. Il. C.,
ing come on Sunday that the latter
Devens.
young ma.n had been killed In action.
Garland Tu cker, Yeoman,
Th e pastor, Rev. William P. Stan
Y>trd,
Portsmouth.
ley, announced the dea~h of Corpora
Jose ph P. Whidd e n, 153 d Depot Br!
Hlll and paid a well deserved trlbut
gade, Camp Dix, N. J.
to his memory.
Lieut. J . IC Wilson,
The following ls the list of names
School, A. E. F.
to be placed on the Honor Roll:
Palmer R. Wi,;e, Yeoman,
..Wallace Al,e1·man, Forlres., Monroe,
Yard, Portsmouth.
Va.
Lieut. J. Brandon Vvrlght, American
Hope Al<erman, yeowoman, Navy
Air Service, A. E . F.
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Yaxd, Portsmouth.
Harvard Young, 6lh Co., Q. 111. C.,
J-larl Amazeen, Fort Constitution,
Fort Constitution.
N e w Caslle.
Carleton Badger, S. A.
College.
Percy II. Bailey, Co. B, 147th Infan1
try, A. K F. Died October, 1918.
Austin Durrett, S. A. 'l'. C., N. II. College
Ca11taln W. F. Becker, U. S. M. C.,
Somewhere in France.
Philip Bennett, Co. B. :102 Infantry.
Walter R. Ca.rkin, Somewhere
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Wrante, A . U~. L1';
Hansom Ca.,ltµn,v~amp Devens.
Ja:mes E. Colprlt, 208th Aero Squadron, Pittsburg, ra.
Lieut. George W.
45Lh Artillery, A. E. F.
_\.rthur ·H. Craig, Jr., Co. D,
Am. Train, A. E. r..
Arthur F. Davis, 9th Co., 1' ort
;;litution .
.1ohn E. Davis, Aero Squadron,
Diel<, Dallas, Texa,,.
Charles W . deRochemont, S. A. T.
C., N. II. College.
Charles Dunton, Co. D, 101 s t
nee r s , A. E. F., New York.
Li eu t. C. Colg-n.Le Fi,ih, Rich
\\';1co, T e xa;; .
Fred Folsom, Yeoman, Navy
Portsmouth.
rrretl Hall, U. S. S. Panama.
Hu g h Hill, Co. K, 359th Infantry,
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E. F.
Li eu t. Willis H. Hoyt, Personnel Office, Camp Sherman, Ohio.
George H. Jones, U. S . S. Raleigh.
Paul H. Lewis, Co. A, 14th Engineers.
Harold J. Little, Co. B, 302d In!a.ntry.
William H. LI ttle, Fortress Monroe,
Va..
Geo1,ge A. McPheters, Camp Taylor,
Kentucky.
Ensign Ralph Macdonald, U. S. S.
Florida.
�Officials Enthusiastic Sver Little Town or A.tlantic
lleights-U. S. nlake the Standard of Portsmouth the
Minimum Standard. .'yR
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federal action. Yet in fifteen mou
the barriers of ancient custom, the
obstacles of entrenched prejuclice ,
the dimcullies or undertaking
1111~.ccus,1-omctl have been overcome.,
The 111iulic, lhc al1111inlt1Lrntlon. ;111<!,
·~ finally, the Congress hn.vc boon ctlu--
The Unitecl States Government has been doing many
things that it never did before. It is doing some things cx·lrcmely well, In a special bulletin just issued by the Amer•
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ican Civic As:.ociation the vital standards set by t e new
War Suburbs and War Cities are commented upon ·with
calctl, and ;160 1 000,000 hn,ve
a~p1·011riated."
No Alleys in One Suburb.
The · Bulletin, whicb is writteu l>y
Andrew Wright Crawford, or Plliladel11hia, the recently appbinlcd Fielrl
Secret:1ry or the Association,
comments on the \Vilmington
much enthusiasm.
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The rciiort point :, out t!wt "lly a11-'mcut, ancl especially o( th e environ"The whole area is plauuccl
. .:, · " Fl/ 000 0011 for housi11;;. mcnt or their childlwo d ; so mauy counnunity, with a- school, a J)laylllOJllJ,lllll., ·, ·' •
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• - gronncl, 'a community builcllng; with
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eel the rc~ponsihility for setting the llnccl area aud move Ill su~h. uls Lit,\~ setback r.eslrictions, insuring
staudarcl for tho Jiving conditions of housiug i~ a chief clclcrnunmg factot Ya:r9s or gardens; with, incleed, curethe working people of the Unitecl in their lives. _
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Sta.te&. -Whatpver1 it docs, wl.l.eUlCI'
"Proper_ hou~iug mcludcs '.tot on architectural aJ)pearance or entire
good, incliffere11t, or had, will be ac- ly fresh air wiLllm Ut0 house but blocks has been appreciatecl. 'I'her.c
ceptod us good enough by real estate fro:;h air wi thO ut thO homio.
You are no alleys .
unless
No U g Iy Boar d F ences.
operators and by Urn musr, of the peo- c,.1 u uol hopo for tho former
.
J>le The towns it con:-Lrncl:; will he yon huvo th0 lattor. Yon c,rni•ot have
"A very excellent provision
of ~nuurin;; importance, uoL only for tho latter in. cities unlmis ,~ou con- Yorksl{lp Village, and ·one• thnl wo
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their jnhnhit~nts, ·but ror the citizcus aciotuily 1n·ovid? for it.
lho. op~J'. ask each member of the Americ:rn
o[ the Unilccl States gencrnlly."
011nces or Ll.10 city, a~o to th ~ city ' 18 Civic Association to get adoptod iu
u wholo what tho windows or th his town or city-not merely to try
The Best of Them.
hou:;o aro Lo tho ho1wo as <! ~vhul_c ." to get it ado1)ted, but to succoecl,-i5
.-\s exn nqilcs of 1he best or Lhc
'l'llo As1:1c;,ciation dra.w ::J itu illuS\ra that back and side yardo shall h!},VC
Lown r, , thu Bullclill .. reJH"OUllCCS the lions _not only from 1he America II only wire 6r iron fencci,.
Board
11 1a11H or the new sn lrnrb or Ports- towns l.Joing b\1i1L hut r~·uiu Lllo Low;is fences produce-(1) a fire risk, afmouth. N. JI. called ALlnnlic-Hcighls; alroudy built \Jy .l!Jni;laud for rnuiii- fol'di.ng iiasy lines of commu.Qication
,or , the new sul.Jurb of \Vi!mi11gton, lion workorn at \\'olllmll. :Wu~J,wtl, for fir.e; {2) a disease rlslc, atrorclµig
Del.: of Yorkship Vill:q;e, a commu- ttn< 'reL1w, Scollantl. As to Llus th e opportunities for accu·tnulatlon of Ul).•
nity [or shi11builders locatecl between re11ort says in IHHL:
detocted filth, or ,lt least ot un~eCamden and Gloucester, N. J.; ancl
Humanity Considered.
· moved flltl1; (3) a he~t condei1s.c1:,
of llilton. a Lown built for the New"When tl:c wur broke out, wiLliin a e .. use they pr(\vent the ~.h'culatiou
port News Dry Dock Co.
week, actual battle was raging bar_c- of air;· (4) a11 uglfficatio11 rlsk,-an
.'\ mo11:.:; thl' vital sta 11!.lal'(ls
ly nvc hours away from Lo n t1on it-lugliflcatlou certairity-becaU._se they
1,cl b)· tho Go,·l'rn111c11L aml quotsol[. With this terrible 11earncss o[ deny opportunity fo1· fto, er_:a,.ud
. ctl hy the .\111c1·ica11 ('i\'ic 1\s~othe comb:it, with tho more terrible plant growllt and inv1tc squalor. 0~1
dalio11 oC which ,I. llorace :Ilelaci: or pr c p.1 r~ Lio::. il w::w nccccsary the other hand, iron. fence~ iu•e (1)
t•':11·la11d, or lfani sb 111·~, Lo.; P1·cs•
for 1;nghrncl Lo huil(I up its_ war ma- :ibviously; n~t a 111'.c risk; '{2)° they
i1h•n1, is om· at l'o1·tsmouth, ~.
chine. not merely the men 111 th e ac- repel dieease, bec;auso they ·expose
JI. whc1·c thl•t·c urc to he onlr
_Luu! 11ervic.:is. :in: 1:: ancl navy, bu~ filth to , publlcit1y, the deadly nutill'll ho11s1·:-i to 1hu tH't. :u:1·e. 111
Lho whrJlc industrial i;ccon,l line of dole of filth; (3) they offor no O1>this 11u· l111lll'li11 :-mrs the Go\'•
<lc[en:-o fnrme<l hy llllll•ilious 1ilants ,tacle1:1 tot air currents; (4) thoy In1•r11111l'lll ur Chll L'nlt,•d
S!a11·s
anti other w:ir-ti111n intl118trics. H cv- vile flower aud ha.ck yard gardcuf:
er h.i rraclrn were 1o Im allnwctl, tliat ( 5) they spur competition in cleanliw:n; l he ti me to creel them. Scot- uess neatqess, and attractiveness."
Stagnant-Air Catch Basins
lan<l <lit! crnrl one ~roll p al G rci na,
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Sympathy or . u ercra rom
Abolishe d .
hill then :1b<11Hloncd their [llrlhcr
the Gridiron.
lnstcatl or the. misPr:ihlc little co11 ~1rnctioll :in1I has built lhc :;llhAs to one rectangular plan
Stale~. :,,paces that qui ckly hcconwlurb Hhown hy the illustralio11s.
BulleLiu says:
prevalent throui-;hout
the
United
"llecrc;ttion-crcalion anew of
"\Ve reJ)rodnce this scheme,
:,talcs, simccs that quickly !Jccomc bodily vigor and s11irilnal dclermin- because ,we lilto ils right angles,
gloomy catch-ln1 s ins for rnbhi:1h ancl ation-is provided for amply in just because il is po:;sil.Jlo•lhat there arc
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sLagnanL air, I.he Fccleral Govcrn- recognilion o[ its value. Pnrks, play- 3 ituations whore reclangularity is ''""'"·•~·cioc•,-,,
mcnt has J)rovillc<l for a minimum i;rounds, :illolmcnL gardens, all arc predetermined by neighboring street
distance o( lli [eel bclweun ho1n1es here.
llumanitr has \Jc?n con:;iil- systems wllh which it is necessary lo
or tho cuds of ucighboriui; groups of crcd."
, linl, up. Generally tltis necessary rcchouscs.
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tangularity exists only in the ipinll
The roporL says: "llo11sl11g 111cans1 America's Great Advance.
of the engineer.
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the entire environmcuL of thc occu-! "Let. it be s:iill al once th at 1_11 ·t
"If there must be a gri<liron, in
punt and lhe occupant's fa.mily. Mcn 1year .:ual a quarter we in th e U~uled which case ,·.-e have that deep
and women arc lo such a great ex- States have nm.de an extraorclrnary pathy for yon that comes from
tent the tH·oduct or their environ- advance in th i3 mailer. We had no iar suffering,' observe how in
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�a\Jove plan the plotting of. the Individual houses cle\·erly tends to conccal the disease. The predominance
of single houses and double houses is
good. So is the plotting of building~
to end the-vistas of the main street.
The river front ls rightly made a
l>ark."
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Human!
"The wisdom with which
towns are in some cases being con:;t1:i.icted is 's!iown by 'what may appear to be a m !nor . deta!l, but which
indicates an elasticity of mind that, 1.:,c.-.,...,,.,0-,r
twenty years ago, was uulmown to
No Bunk..Houses_fo·r Uncle Sam. il:_Unicipal civil engineers.' An outAs to a pamphlet on 'Housfng is- i' cropping of rock Is located just along'
sued by the Departme1H of Labor, Ji the ro:idway of a street in the Ports' tho Amei-ica.n Civic Association says: I:}otilll subu;b:· _Every city eng'lneor
"In this pamphlet the Unitocl, lh the United States would for'merStates government outlaws tho lnm1,' ly· ha're blasted the rock to provitlo
:1ousc and sets its face against lene- spn.co .tor· the sldewnlk. T.he town
; ments; we wish it had o_u tlawed them· ,. Ja usr;i.Jn ohai;[e ~':llllli ·u1e i,1.w:.loo. rt is to be noted that board . ,wa J, a vay from the face ot the rock,
I fences will not be accepted, but ,·ca ~Yi~~ he walli: up over. the bacl.. lll'W,,,-..it:irt'ili
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hedges or' opon metal fences will -be; fo!~ rt) thereby 1>reserving a ve1•y
,hat allotment gardens are to be pro- 01,:irm'in,i(.{1,lt or· natural 1Jceuory,"
'(idod; the rour yard do11th is to be
·It is 110 · wand.pr thnt the report
not l1J:;s than t!i'c height or the bnilll• concludes with tile stntemcnt:
inr;, t111tl in 110 case lc8s thnn 20 reel-;
· ''It will tllul! b6 seen U1a~ t.ho
1t!to minimum cllutance between the ' UullocJ !:ltntei) Is Iurnltth!ng tho
backs of houses is to be 50 feet, front
good, the bad, and tI{e indlf!:eryards or set hacl:s are desirable where
cnt as precedents. Ettt nlto;;ctll!)ractic,1ble; 1n•ivies and outdoor waor the cause of a h:ittcr Amerter cio::;ets will not be accepted; eY•
ica is being advanced mcro tl::in
cry room shall have _at least one win we could haYe hoped fnr in a
dow opening directly to tho outer
generation; without · the wa1·.
air; every h;lthrnom shall have a win•
The adoplion or adequate town
dow of not less tlnrn G sqnare feet in
plans, the 11asslng of tlrn grid•
area 011cni11g directly to the outer
iron, with Its i'lgitllty, the insist•
once upon side yanis- and back
yards of r.dcquate size, the creaExpet·ts Actu .. ::, Employed.
tion
of one agency composed or
The A::;sociation notes:
engineer, architect and town"In
all
of
this
development
one
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profoundly important element Is tho
It is ' the duty of every publicngoncy through which these result:;
spirited
citizen of America to
· arc being secnred-frnmely, througl!
sec to it l hal his city 1loes not
,he employment of an architect, enget a result one whit less good
gineer, and Lown planner for eacl1
than Portsmouth is securing.
]ob, who arc compelled to evolve a
Lot ns mn Im the ntandard of
unified plan, Evi;iry city and town
Pnrt:m1011Lh tho minimum 11land•
,111ght to ado11t this scheme iJ\ princiuni, anti let us admit no maxi•
11;il. The architect should not come
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town planner should not precede or
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follow the engineer or architect.
They should all work tocgther; and
that is what the Government is now
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Street Tree Plnnting Scheme
for Y orkship Village.
"The strnet tree 11lanting scheme
for a Rcction o[ Yorkship Village i,;
1 11resented as a type.
'!'he Government is here csta\Jlishing Lhe precedent or recognizing t11;1.t trees arc
as much a fundamental part of the
1,l.rect aB lbo acwcr or the pavement
-not merely something to be added
aflerwanl, if yon get around to It."
�The lir:; L all-slccl n1ercltaut
I.Jc lau11chc<.1 in this sLaLe will lake
Lhc waler at Lile Atlantic Ciorvoration, PorLsmouLh, next week.
'1'hc
vessel, which will take il.s placo in
tl>IIH, which is the Hlandal'(.lizod size
of all shit>s being built al the yards.
The name o[ Lhe shi[l Jias not
a1111ou 11ccd yeL.
son has beeu naming the new merchanL ships and one. will be taken
from her li st al the christening. 'l'he
exacL dale or the launching will be
given oul later.
'~'he Atlantic Coropratio11, which is one. or' the largest
shipi.Juilding concerns iu New I~ngland. has ic on tract s for vessels that
will keep Lile rorce busy for Lhe uext
five yearn.
'!'he company has made
arrangcnieulu to gi1•e e111ploy111ent to
rctu rned
i;old icrs and i s . co1111Ji11,-:
the labor marlu: L [or worl, men iu all
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�PORTS~IOUTH LE.ADS ALL NEW ENGLAND
IN FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN oi1vE
·WINNIN6 'PRIZE' OF NAMING SHIP
Portsmouth is on top again.
In, fact she is "over the top."
the recent Fourth Liberty Loan drive Portsmouth
stood the highest, (population considered) of any city, ,
In
town 01· village in New England.
This good news reached Frederick M. Sise, the local
chajrman of the drive, this morning.
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Portsmouth has every reason to feel proud of this
, great honor, and to Mr. Sise a great deal of credit due for.
· putting the city over/
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Portsmouth now will have the ·privilege of naming
· one of' ~he' many ~hips-'lhat rr.ay be launched on the coast
, in the near future. This was one of the "prizes" held out
o induce communities to exceea their quota.
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ROYS IN LIST
OF WOUNDED
The 11/lllll'S nr 1111·,,,.
hoys :1111w:ir in 10'1:1y's ,•as11al1y list
n" wo1111drd, tlr;.:rrp
n 11dc>1 p1•111 inrd
'l'hr~• :1rr:
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SUBMARINE
LAUNCHED
ON SATURDAY
From the Franklin Ship House
in the Presence of a Large
Crowd of Spetcators.
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Subma rin e S-:: whic:h reru~nd
leave l•he wa.rs 011 Tne~da•y Ja~t was
success[ully launched 011
Saturday
-,a'fternoon from the l~ranklin
ship
house.
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As the s1.1 Lima rine start eel ~I rs. WI 1Jiam L. l fill, Lhes ponwr, brolu~ a
lrnlllo of chaq1pagnl on
lltn
how,
christening it the S-:1. 'I hP 'bl;; cr:1r1
made a very Pf ell y pict II re ns she
went OIIL or H1o' l~rnnklin ship yard
lo the cheers of Ll1e .t,hon:·mntls or
spectators anti workmen and
the
shrieks or river boat wliisllcs. She
struck the w,aler with a i:;JJlash Lila l
sent a wave to the Killcry shore and
1,·ent well 0111 into the rirer 'befo re
her snubbing lines finally chei·krrl
her ani1 lhu yard tug- ran alo11;;sicln
and made fast.
The S-3 i s a credit Lo then avy yard
workmen. She is 800 tons displaccmnnt a1.1cl one of the largest .\merican su 1.Jmarines1 ·yet bu ill.
When
launched the 1iu bmarine was praclirall>: ready ,for trial, her batteri es anrl
engines In place and ,with only a few
I hings t, be done at her clock before
sl!e will be sent out on 'her trial. In
fuel , ~he is the nearest Lo completion
''f :t(ly _submarine erer !auuclterl in
this country.
She has. ,hcen In the
!i:i nds of the bullcl ers fot· l 7 1111J11t.hs,
a ve1·y credlla,ble Lime co11sitl<!ri11;\' the
size uf theb oat and the [Juality or
�SUCCESSFUL \itl.
LAUNCH N6
AI NEWINGTON
City o f Newton T::i.kcs \-Valer at
Yard of L. H. Sha lt udc Co.
on Saturday.
Thu ('il,r or :'\c11·Lo11, Llic
:;l.!•a111l'r oi" :l.~00 1011:; to ·I>-!
101:, w:•s ,:uccr~.;fully !nunchcd SRI
,1 1,L,y nrtPrnuo11. Thr !<po 11,;or of th
:r:, rt 1,·as ~I i~i-; .\i.1 ,·jori<' :S.-khols 01
\\';-f· 1 :S.-1•·.,·ton. 11 ho broke :1 holllc oi
.;::i111pn;;nr on her how as she be;;an
lo slit!o do\\ II ( hr\ 11 :l) f>.
The la1111<·l d11!.;' p:irty from :-.:ewto11 .
.\J,i,,:;., in wl101:e !10J1or t.he :ship \\'at'
n;, :nr:d. in l' illdt'tl ~lnyor
l~dwi11
0.
rLi!d,;, ~ .. n:itor Thomas \\'cston . .Jr ..
Hr;1-1• sc,: '·1I i ,·c
llr-nia rd ' Forh nal 1
,\rtlll:r \\'. llolli,;. rnprc1:c11ti11g tlw
1·it~· ur :,.: .. ,,·ton; .\Jr. :rntl .\Im. llurton .\lkn, .lliss Lu..:·
1;, 1 :1li11;.\' lhr. llefl Cro:-;s; ~Ir. nncl ~. \ rs
11. .I .. 'i:; l10\s, .\li:;s .\larjo:·:c~ .\"irhuh
.\tr. an,! .\lrs. llarry ·. \lalthe,rn, .\Ir.
·•nil .\Ir:•. \ 'c rn1111 I:. Sl'nlt. ,\Ir. anti
)l",·. C.h.trll•f; J•:. Kr~i~CY. William J:cr1 1·r,,, Jolin ('. IJrimhlclon.
0:1 t:1 r, s l:111<1 \\'ilh the out-ol'-t.own
~11< .'::•; ll'<'r<' ~l:111a;:r•r Ut•or~e 1,;, llcwi11,; and 11·ik. c:. ('. Hhr;rld . .\Ir. n11cl
.\Ir• ·. .'.I. I,. 111111;,rd, Cn1i'1ai11 I..
H.
.\,l:i111 H. I'. S. :-.:., ('0111111:111rlr•r It. .J.
1:0.11I. r. s. ;-; .. ('un11u.111l.lr.r
ll. \\' .
11,ll(•n, I '. s. :-.: .. and others.
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it fnnny how a thing 11kt' that wltt
get in and you can't (]nit.e ncconnt
for it-save in thi~ case T do reel
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he is gone. He;;\:e;~;\~:~;e;I~~~
and his goocl worl<
will he sorely missed.
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Poor Mrs. G.---lnteresting letter from Y11s;,. Hnldah ,Jne of the girls who came over with Could anyone have more
Saller, who has been "Over There" me has been put in the hut as direct-lments!
Poor Rmilie-she certainly
for some time. Miss Salter is a ress. She is the Texas girl anctl has suffered. One or our workers
clever writer, as readers of the 'l'lmes proves !\ wonder. The place just here has los_t a sister and, juf,t -a clay
will remember from her prevlons Jet- radlt\te!l good cheer and homines~ .1 or so ag?, word rame of a mol)ierters printed in these columns, ancl She had to be. t'ra srerred from "civil bolh gon'c of inOuenza. nut the ·sacl 11
what she has to s:iy make~ the hest affairs" to do it. You see "we arc\ ~est thing r_ have run on was a boy
of reading.
;nllltary nfl'alrs,"
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m our hospital-a medical corr,s orMy dear Ruth and
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Fatl:er:
We had the most wonderful Thai:l:~·- I clcrly. 'Such a splendid fellow. !Te
T certainly have hacl
tr'!a"is and 4lvlng dance for"tlle enl!steu men- has not ha<l word In months.
trli:>ulatlons trying to write ctnrlng the first they have had. Ry special wirecl
for him and just the other clay
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the past month .. As near as l ,can dispensatron, the 1111 rses were, al- e had a letter from his flnnce that
make out from my cllary, it is thll lowea to go so those. boys for one~· she had •been very Ill with pneumonia
last of Oct0.ber since 1 have written all had a chance to dance-'all who ---;-nearly died. During that time, her
a line to anybody-thosP- were the coulcl, /l'hey cut In 011 encores an,l father and mother both went and his
,days that the convoys came in thicl< It was a wild whirl. y think r count- own father ancl mother weren't <'X-.i.nd fast. 1\ly con!cna and myself ed seven or eight' different men danc- pected to Jive. Can you fancy that
were on the jump constantiy and Ing with me on one round of the hall boy? I hurried to him as soon P.3 I
heaps to do cven·where.
J.'d just and this happened nearly every heard-he just clung to me and tried
see daylight way a1rnad;-and there, dance
The music was wonderful lo tell me. Being a strong chap, he
·bang, would come another new job. provided by the soldiers.· themselves: helrl himself but yon conld see
: had planned to write you all about The hall (chapel Teally) was liter- heart was breaking.
,t on my vacation which came due ally hung with mistletoe ancl iia1 just wish T ,could write of all the
!lbout Nov. 13th 'but, as Jn ck would pered with big <'hrysanthemums- big hnman things that we come on
have It, after l started out I ,could the French have certainly gone into in this work and then there are all
not go where I wanted to-'-said place chrysanthemum culture and they are ~orts of little comedies
a small place in the Pyren'nees being ndicu\ously ehcap.
I it all, such a lot of
~Josed to the American E. F., so I
Tl1e colonel had a wonderful din-• chaffe and banter.
1
-,.,ent to, Tours to try to straighten ner ror the boys:_loacls of turlrny, I But I mnst get
out some affairs here. 1 managed to vegetables anrl pies. we had pies all I ters, real important ones,
th
.use up three days there. · At the end day In the canteen ancl Stella and I ,weeks
th
to
or that time, my bag was hopeless.)' h.acl a French rllnner with cham- : o er ings.
tost and after a flying trip after It, 1 pagne 011 top of It nil. Thero was a l Jnst thlR-two weeks ngo · today,
retu-rned home to my own fireside big mass in the cathedral for Ameri- i'I we spent In Dlois. '!'he two glrlH who
warmth, which began to seem· the cans and it was gorgeous. In the came over with me that l liked came
nicest possible place in all cold meantime, we were rushing about to' here to vi8it and we went on to
!<~ranee. Things and
experiences start a hut in one of the 'i>arrack 5 Tours together. 1 was fagged and
J,opp,ned on \l»l t<lp whlch wHl Jn·
the ,;ve,, The m,.alty ,amt>• glad lo go_ on n>, ,,acaUon then. llnl
terest Father__:._.and, just as soon as J of tho main hos\lital Is over thcro' first we did a. few chateanx.
ll is
<>ln, I w<nl to gel ll w,;tt,n fo, pass- and J',e b"n confining mY wo,k 10 '""'' Jnh these ,1ny, w;u, n pern,;t ·
<ng along to th• ,,i.n ds.
th,
1esoen ls ,; n e, ov. 1. l\', " " ' U me yon lake a ,,.; n, a """ n'
And you will want to hear what just have the hut ready [or a rea.l marshnl to s iin y/J11 in i•nrl out of'
when the arm is- opening ancl I'll tell yo\; ahout that. every town and importanl. P.'s wi, I.
certainly some
nnt, in the meantime, r am going rerl brai;s~rcls on lo sec yon clo it :u
~rand affair-really very thr!lling; to cable to take the. place of the lrl- some 1yp1ca\ly boarr!ec! gateway-,;o
.. i; Paris of course, but I've been ;em I've · not written for you will be i·Hy, very Frenc-h'
1f you sli<lP- lty
th
1
ehokey to the brim to tell you about anxious. The awful conditions at
e :II. P. anrl actunlly make
it and hope it ,all won't effervesce home must have n_carly nnncrvccl train, it11 may nrril·r not more than
and pop •before I get it on paper and everybody. I don't know when 1 fonr ho rn lnl e-yon have to ltc prrout of •my system.
.
was more sohY to hear about any- parecl !'or anything. Anyway, after
We were growing, still growing, thing than about Dr. Tow)e. Beside l1 gra nd rlan_ce in Tours (nn<l Tours
to huge degrees when peace came·. always admiring him greatly and . no,,· is onp.
1 Jam of American onirialV:,Then I was a way -they cJosecl th rce reeling so comfortnble to have him. clom l ·
t 1ts t hi' headqu:u-ters of tLe
ho3pltals and evacuated nearly I\ ne~r yon all, he was somehow Jinked IA:llt'l'i_c:11l 01.·~ . l•'. anr\ t'llll of S. 0. :,.
thousand men-many to go straight In •my mind
with
(S,•n·ct't'
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, my ·com·111g OVOl.. ''LI
1l ll I Supplies)
. ..
" l'on·t•s 1i~h1in~
home-what they call D Class ca\;es T~e Sunday he c11me' ont, he tnllterl . ic a c of I ours,
which
-unfit for ,uty, and some of them about,mY work over here ln such a 81sts mainly or tlinnNs. clnnce!l,
are pretty unfit, too-poor \ads, bnt way ttiat he has ·been constantly in champa)sne, etr.-rathcr Pari s ian on
n\J so awfully happy with the thought mind during 'man;v phases of the ac-1 a. ~mall scale ancl oh, so very, yery
of "Home for Christmas."
!lvltieP.. I ;ather felt without quitf1 cliltcrrnt trom the olrl cl,tys-nncl I
Since then, we arc busy gathering knowing wh{' that I was a hit r1:1spon- lnu:te>cl up 37 bis rue Sehasto;wl
'Jp the threads to close up. \Vith the slble t:> him .fol' the way 1 did Is 't Veiy much the same the more clcrndden Jct-down has come to ns
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n gant and ticly nnd occupied · by . a
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tup Red ,Cross force. Captain has a
c:,,.v..1~~~::.,•.1
who was most lnterestcrl
to sputter
necretary and· there are more worlrnrs
me
all ove1•.French-everyYou see l've
one seemed to need my poor assistanee, so I garble and mess it 'anrl
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�But a bit or lllois-we took a lJion
o so 1ope you are well-'.1'is
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early train (oh, the JJid;;in French of will reach you alJ011t° Clrrlstn~a~. 'all
soldierdom-)) but it didn't arrive on things going well. l hope it will lie
lin1e. \Ve ,vanted to go to Chntn- a. happy Christn1aR for you.
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1.Jord in the P. . 'rhcre is a perfectly
•As l read this over, I am
gbod trolley to Chambord now. but before my fire eating slices of a yard
all the American occupation of Tour- of/bread and eating it with tea, J)ll.l•~
aine has not succeeded. in hurrying <le foie gras, cream cheese. and g~nthese people-they only throw Ull erous blackberry jam from the comtheir hands In hopeless despair and m issary.
l have
wonderful
oak
calmly turn it over to the' poor be- wooq that 1 bougi1t.. l'.o 4 i5 fran '3 a
nighted Ya!l.ks and let them mudple domi somethiug, n.ll plied wl.,...,
r.
along as best they can-anu let me. square measure by German prtsor,er8,
tell you in spot~ it ls one grand mud- and, in tho chair across, ls my grnnn
die. But it, is. all so humorous (now wooly French blanket in which J
the tragedy of the war is stopped). sleep, all heating
A lbrowu covthat it is killingly funny. '\Vall, we eretl jug -of \1ot
never made ,Charnbord. ,ve had to warm in front of the lire.
have lunch and, as luck would have you I was Jiving in an Abbe's nous0 IJIJ),'.'.;,-_,;~,-,.;,/;,.-.,,:oi
it, the Hotel de France still has beau- right next to the cathedral, witi1 111t:riil. ~~-...·•t.::.ii-=~'ki::,.:;,coup good rood. It is still "men- niece and himself and they are ador,
-..-·
aged" by the French but' is a Y. M. -C, able to me-do the 1)icest thin,;;:; t.nd
A. qfllcers' clu!J. Can you picture wait on• me from 7.30 petit dej-:.'unc,:
oodles of convalescent and "waiting to hot water bottle in the bel1
for orders" A_Q.1erican uniforms sun- night. Talk about war conditions, .
ning -themselves iJt the ·big window~ was homesick on my leaYe. A Y. :--1 ,..,,.,.~-,,,,
of that dear little toute affalt French C. A. hotel was a barn beside i'
hotel. The park, the hilly streets, don't know !\ow long I shall stnr bu
th~ chateau, even the silver and for a while yet till trnnsferred
France shops are a.bout the same- the men all leave here. 'Miss tf.Jfff::·
and khaki everywhere-just every- flnger 1 my boss, at Tours, has p_c1~~'
where, and a big American band or work to do. The demobt)izHlo
playing below the ,c11ateaux walls,. makes great demands.
Love to you all,
ri~h t under the Catherine de Medici's
'·HULDAH
old poison cup!Joards-led around
with twenty-five convalescent dough.
!Joys by a distinctly i;choo lteachory Y. L.....,__...,..,....,.,..,..,,.,.,--:~-.--=-:~tlll"".'9!'~.~.i"~i.t1~.tt
J\1. C. A. maid, telling u~ tho tale~ of
the only' Royal days. It seemed to
me that the fireplaces were more l'esplendent than of old. A very like
oid man stayed with us, who so
tiently of old told us the stories an(
for once made me want to under•
stand l<'rench in tho old dnyR. Bu I
"Catherine had some grand dugout"
and who would have thought
guy" would fall for thatfrom that balcony on high r.ame the
strains -of "Who's
Dixie," "Lonk.];.o ,,. TJ'ail "
llll
you bent it- Can you reel how l felt
Beautiful old Blois Americanized.
Hod, Cross, Y. l\l. C. A., Y. W. l\lilitnry signs in plain American everywhere. And it's nicel,v done, too-so
rospcctrully done. 'l'hc Amcricnnlzalion is so much
than at Tours and
marine guards 1,1uck!11g every trnmc
corner to watch if you are 0. K.
' Amboisc> 11·c. visilccl next day and
it is just the same-save that one
wing is used or has been used as it
J• rench Red Cross hospital-Red
Cross flagg liy ol'er the 11 uguenot b::d -
u]).
13nt, speaking o[ flags-if you ever
had seen the quickness with
Orleans got up her flags after
whistles began to blow-some or <'Ur
1.Joys were ,ietailed lo ring the cath~dral bells. l3ut it's not go-it's going to be in the Qlller story.
Yery late now and I've beaul Jll\l
things to be done tomorrow.
�J,O.LAU1NCH
; .:flR'ST SHIP
i'\\?~~,s~TURDAY
The first ship built ait the Atlantic
shipyard will be launch ed on Saturday
afternoon at 1.30 at high water. The
big 8000-ton cargo carrier, one of llle
fabrlca~d ships, is now ,re~dy for her
maiden dip into the waters of the l:'iscataq'un! river . and she ls 'well along
toward ~completlon. Her hull is practlcaJly,1·a.n r doiie, and a good part ot
!her rii'achlnerY bas !Dready been Installed,~ arid '·the ' rest • Is r<.>ady so rt hat
-th'e 'ship a.rter •', J>e)ng la.unchetl will not
Ibo long \u! fore ' lt; ls 1\nlehecl aml really
:for sra-}:,~s1fo'•'1s c~tlrriated to be 80 per
finished.' ,
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Thfli,. coreft,•:1;nf h:l.VI' macJ''; CXC('pl\on•
nlly_:goop.,• t!me• on. thlR' ship and they
h;!-VO ;_qt}1ers •we11,'.along, ~o thnt there
-wm·•be!°fr'e quent ·launchings. · She will
ibe l\amed'. ~he'• Klsnop.
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_'FHE PORTsMUOTH ii&ilM.:D,
1U~e;;Clt~ :i~ eautiful
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Ill
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Portsmout
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Bird's-Eye View of Atlantic Heights.
The m ost perfect ho11sinA' project many of 011r people 1·cnlizt' whnl hns propo8ition was p11l
tlwo11gh on
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from an engineering and atchiteclural he>en done al tho J\llnntic, aml wh:tl a] sC'lwdnlc time hy ll " >l:1li<rn,l1 l•:ngl .
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.
ncc1·ing Co. nn<lcr th<' (lircc·tio:i of
poln! of view put through hy the.Gov- 1 gre·tt aRHCt this will J)l'OVC to our ('llY \'il'C l'l'!'Si (l!'nt l~fll'l'O\\',; :l!Hl ('hlcf F.n~ n t Is at Atlantic Heights, Ports- In the years to come?
g-lrH'<'l" \\'. c.. Holwrt~. who has hl'on
mouth')' thus spoke a rcprcsentnlin· 1 Jn r,n!Pr thnt tho~sc who ha\'<' n \'<'r 1he Jor:11 ,lil'l•ctlng lw:,d. 'l'hC' propMlor .the u R. Shipping J~oarcl.
Yi,dtc,1 ~Ill: "new _c ity," WC' to(lny p1·1•- \1_io11 h:1s g-,llH' through with a snnp nnd
1 Is nlao suhstanllalt'tl hy llrr. 1 st'nl IL h11·d,; eyC' \ "11'\V or lhf' S('tl11'1T1('lll. .Jl11T1J) lhnl ha s \\'tln t hr J)l':ti,;(' o( CVC'l'Y
Th e fact
various engineering so<:ietics. .111>11· 1.\nul h c r ppint to rcmcmlH•1· i>< that the I (lepartnwnl r,r the C:ovl'rnm cnt sr1'1'1Cc.
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�NOTABLE·GATHERING. SEE
MISS RAYNES CHRISTEN , . 1~ ·
BIG· STEEL CARGO sum
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In the presence of Gov. John H. Bartlett, members of the
'llew Hampshire -Senate and House as 'Yell as IJ1any. disting~ish•
d "pe1·sons from Boston and vicinity, i~cludi.~g Pr~~ide~t ArU~u~
Sharp ot the Atlantic Corporation, Assistant .Treasurer Thomas
M. Cox, Vi:e President L. A. Osborne \,f the· W estinghouse.M~nufacturing Company, Walter L. Clark,' of New York, the 8000- 11',.l<c-,:'~!kc~)~--i
ton steel cargo carrying steamship Kisnop was launched
, F1·eeman's Point ·a:t 2.02 o'clock this afternoon.
The launching was witnessed by a ·crowt:l of seve~al tho~-:
sand persons who li~ed the shore at Freeman's Point. The P~r·td~·
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mouth bridge and the Kittery shore were'also well lined with
l:
spectators.
At the given time Miss• Elizabeth Stillnan Raynes, dau gh~
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··er of General Manager Harry C. Raynes of Boston, brok~ a
bottle of champagne on the bow of · the big c~aft which gracJ·ully slid do~n the ways into the waters of th~ Piscataqu~ riv~J. .
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As the •lJi.!!." rrnft slid rlown lhe
ways a shont.. or applause went un
from the onlool:ers. as it marked :.
new era in _New ~{amp~hire shlpbulldin:;, the Klsnop being -tho first steel
ship t.o be built and launched from
the :-.:ew Hampshire shore.
In connection·· itl may be- s0;id that
five olhor steel ship.;. arc now ln ,proCOfll:1 or con1;lrucllon and the kccl1;
for flve olhers will ,be laid as soon
as J)OSl:!ible.
The ln.unchl11g wn.s Ju charge of
Sidney Lermond foreman shipwright
o[ tho Texas ste~mship yard at Bath,
1le., a man _ o( wide experience and
without, mishap . An interested spectator wns Grm eral l\tn,na~er George
n. Dralrn of I he> Te,-1s slcnrnsh I ti
yard, who whilr h e was hc>re was l\11°
g11 esL or William 1~. lligµ;ins, one of
the foremen nl. the Allanllc CorporaUou.
Amon g those who came down f1om
Concord to .witness the launchin g
were St>na."lors Tufts o[ l~xeter, Hor:in or :\lanch!'sl er, Keyser of Haverhill, n-nm sdeJl o r Dover, j\fa.rvin <-'
:\"ew Castle and t he sergeant-at-arms
' or lhe Senate, William Knox of ::\fa<lburr.
Among the r~presentatives were
t,:u~ene 1~1bhey, John W -heeler, Clnr-
c11co :\I. Woocl\Jury ct l.lnnchoster,
JameR 1~. Phllpott. or ,nolllnsrord a.n,l
·william N. Jlogers or
~ian:,' or the representatives were a·ccompaniect "by theit· ladies.
·;
On th eir arrival here they ' ;w,e,,
met by n. •citizens committee h·ea~ie,cl
by ~fayor Albert Hislop, consisting or
f<'red •::\I. .Sise, Louis Ewald, E. II.
Baker, 1R. Cly-de ::\fargeson ancl escorled to busses ancl n11tomobilc,1
which bore -n ,pl:i.carcl "The Mayor ol'
Portsmouth
,
. Welcomes the Members
or the Legis_Jature." -G-ov. ,John H.
Uartletl nnd Senalor Oliver n. :\InrYin also bestowed :i.JJ poss ible -a.ttention upon the visiti1'ig states man.
At J 2.30 -a. special train o( eiglH
parlor cars -b1·ought down from •D ost.ou_President •S har•p and his guests.
Tlte special trnlu with tho Boston
guesls returned at 3.:10 o'clock.
Following ~he launching the in
vited guests were ' served a lunob. :b
the Atlantic Corporation -and
~h
lauu·~hiug of the first steel ship built
in New Hampshire will go down as
an -eJ?OClt in Jocal ·, history.
,
i\lau.v of the out-or-town visitors
cxpressed great s urprise at the mag
nilnde pf the ,p laut of the ·Atlautie
Cor-poraljon and marveled at the
ideal site for suc h a big enterpris~.
To those of our citizens who have .
stoully maintained fro\n l!JO lJrs ·
that tho •J)U))Or mill plnnt. :LL
man's .l:'oiuL would some day come
into ltse own It wns ·extremely pl{clnslug iliat IL is now l>~lug used to cou~truct steel ~hif1s lo maintaiu,' Ille
prestige of tile early _<lays when the
wooden s hips •buill ou the Piscntaqur1.
river we re lo be found in all parts
of the world. lL is to be hoped thit
more lauuchiugs will follow
n<>ar 1'11 l u r r.
�NOTES -OF THE LAUNCHING
Kisnop, the First Steel Ship Built in New Hampshire,
· . Takes the Water ln Fine ·stvle.
.,
J'1·csont11,1,ious
, Evryone connected with the .'\ ti antic Corporat:oP. from General :\Ian<1~•·r T?;,i :.t·d 1l01\"11 lo t!w w::nl!: hJ~was highly el11trll on Satur(~a_1 OYi!:'
t:1'! ~ucceDsful .titm<'hin~ o' the !'.i!!nop, the first steel cargo carrying
s:.eamshlp built on ~ew Hampshire
soil. , All who witnessed the launch111 6 were of one opinion, that it was
YCry successful and reflected much
<: .~dit upon those who were directly
J-, ·charge of the big sh.ip going over-
·J,cirM?, ,·
· 's the Klsnop entered lhe water
i. ;:;tra.inerl nnd tugged at the •ha w-1
in
Ordc1·.
Previous to the launching, Uoneral
~rauagcr Raynes was presentecl with
a huge loving cnp ancl ;\fiss Haynes
i largo •bonqnet of red roses,
by tho
em ployes o( the company.
Sidney Lernard, ·the master shipwright of Lhe Texas steamship yard,
w~o ha•cl charge o[ the launching wn~
not forgotten, being presented w_ith
a co!itly gold watch by the workmon
e1~11loyed in t~e construction of the
•1hip. ;\fr. Lormand and a· crew of
. en picked men from the Dath, :\lo.,
ya.rel had been · at Freeman's Point
for ten days making the necc~sary
preparations ror the lnnnchin;;-. Tho
buildings In the yard nucl Lho slaud
where the gne!,tS
wituessod
the
rhrlt!lenlng wnro gaJly, tlC'<'Ol'lltocl' 111
Lhe .1rntional colors and the shl11 was
be<leckecl in all its pennants. 'l'he
shipya:·cl ban,1 enliven.eel the sce ne tiy
play:ing stir1·foi. airs.
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t-:stahlli<hctl ~cw Heco1·d.
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,. ••, until they pa-ted with the report
'i\ J a rifle shot. 'l'he sl~ip rlrif.tcrl
r·,,stream with the incom111g lido or
tile. Piscntaqua river, and it was
i'nar~d. sho would gronncl on the mud
bahlts opposite the ynrd. Dut the
tugs Penacook and :\[onomac took
'her In tow and brought her safely to
the dock.
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, An IndlMl Name.
'(rhe bl~ s'hlp was nam~d by 11 : 5 : I The ·entire progra1'.1 or t11r laun~h)\ 1ls?n, v.lfe of the pres1de1~t. Kl~ in~ wns under the direct snpervision
nop 1s an Indian name, meanmg B1 .• of Harry C. Tlnynos. the p;onrral manPond. The Iauncl1ing of this big steel _l11'<'1' or tho ,\tlantic corporation. JI,,
,i..,.,,_..,,,i.'11 ship marks a, now era in New Hamp-I is the man who is rpspunsihlo. for
s,hire sl1ip building. ,vhile it was th(' · the New JJ,nnpshirc yard making two
fi,·st steel. ship built at Fre.,man·~ ne\\' Tecords-a . world's reconl for
.'Point, it ·was not the first sl,ip as the cRtabHshnlen·t of a shipyard, and
l1ore 4.0 years ago was located Fer- a record in shiph nilcling in conslrnt:l·
: J\!1.ld's ship ,•anl "•here many wooden ltig- t.he Ki~nop. The ~ronnrl for the
,..,"iessels ·were constructecl. 'rho Atlan- shliiynnl wa1:; hrnlccn 1088 than:,. yc•ti:·
.' tlo ,Corporation has ·fo ur other ships n~o, 011 l•'cb. '.! 2 , 191 R. The Jrerl ror
· i~ process oC conslructiqn nncl Gen- tho Kl s noi> ,,·,is Jaicl lcsH lh:t11 sr1•en
. eral :'\fan ager Raynes slates that work months a.c;o on ;\lay '.! 3 . 1 (I 1 s.
• on ship' No. 2 will bo rushed with
When tho Kisnop· took the water
·t,he l1opos of launching her in twelve 011 Saliml:.tr· it wax \iic,rc thau so per
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month she iH e:,pcr.tctl lo .c;o Into com~
m,isslou, leaving lhc yard under her
own ~tr1m, which will mean anothrr record for fabricnlr.cl ships from
to sailiug.
\rc1·0 G,·cntlr Sm·11rh,cll.
Tho official New Tlnmpshlro party
arrl ve<I In this /it.y nt IO_o'clock and
l\J<'Y wrrc met nt lhe clopQl. by :\layor
!Ji slo11, Governor John TT. Ilartlott
a n1l a rornmittcc or ritizcns. Autos
'llHI moto1· ychielc~. bcar.ing
signs,
"Tile mayor of PortEmoulh welcomes
tho mP-mbrrs or the
lei;:islaturc,"
were boa rtlccl and the Yif;ilo•·s wrrc
lnken for n short trip 1brough the
city nncl then to the navy yard. At
the later placp the party was escortrtl through the naval }lrison by• i,ieut.
Commander Thomas ~1iitl Osborne,
ancl tho working or Lhe ;\Tutual Wei:
fare lca;:;uc '":-is r ,· plainccl ,1.nd wil·
ncssod. Governor ll,nllott actecl a.
personal guide to tho big party.
i\'hen the part~ arrived at tho .\tlant.ic corporation thrv wcro greatly
snrprisocl :it thc trnni;[ormatlon that
hacl IH,lrnn place at T1'rreman's Point
tl11rl11~ tho pnst yciir.
Whrrc nn
abnntlonotl paper mill hntl oner :itootl,
was now an euonnons in<lustry, of a
hustling and thriving nature.
buildings recently constructed were
i1oticccl and many others u11tler process of construction.
Spc<'iul Guc~ts.
,\mong tho logish•tivc party ,a nd
Hperial guests we:·<• .111\lgc Altlrll'h or
tho U. S. suprelll<' t·onrt, Councilor
John G. ·welplcy, Senators 0. U. l\Tarrin, J . .\. Tul'ts. F'. :-S. Keyser, Guy
TI. llubbarcl, C. :\f. ,,·ooc1bury, B. T.
llartlett, rt. 11. llorun nntl .\. T.
Rams<lcll; Olin ,Tl. Chase, .John A.
,\ luchling, l". :Ill, .Suillv:111, l•'irc Clliel's
Charles T•'rcnc·h or J\lanr.:hcslnr and
(ircnn of ronconl, :,ntl nu111enms represc11 tat.l\·~~Th<' r<'cord 'hrcnking ·s pl'ed of c·onstrnrtlng the Klsnop is crl'tllft•d to
I C1'1lt cn111p:1•tt·d. with ('111'ill<'H, •h01•l•Jl'S, tho thrce'forcme11, :\lillcr, ,\lurphy
,lJJ ;\llldrum. known as the three husllin.c; ~J's. 'l'hu Al!anlk i·orporali011
om11lo1s 2,GOO men, and S11pcrinle111lcnt. or •Supplies Joe l'owor, formo;·Jy
or l\1anchcster, stalmi that. tl1~ir capacity will be 1,000 ,in a rew 1110ul11:;.
]'leased \VIU1 '!'heir '1'1·ip.
?II cm l.Jcrs o( tho slate lc;;i:;lalurc
w.ho , isi-tocl this c ity to witness tile
launching ,,·cn1 grPnt ly plca~ccl ,, itlt
the trip and the entcrtaintllent arforclod tl1em whill' )lerc. During their
ontire stay Gov. nartloll and 7\Iayor
Hislop wCTe in close attcnclanco and
loft notJ ·, in.c; un<lono for their comfort ancl •hcforo tlto I.rain pnllocl nnl
or tho st.ullon lalo ,:,;11.t11rd:1y art1•1· 11oon, sovernl or Lho visiting slatesmen were outspoken in words of
praise for both tho 111ayor anti
chief executive or tltc sta..::.tc"'-.'-----
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CONSIDER SCHOOL CONTRACT
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not come with any ohve branch. He
th~t the ~tlantic Corporat1on had a Just grievance against
Lho city, and openly accused tho city
of bad faiLh in the matter of tax assessment.
He said that the city council has
I co~sidered
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Between the City and tho U. S. Ei mel'g·ency 11 leet
at Atlantic He~ghts.
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A meeting was held Thursday af- ciLy coun cil received the •project anti voted as it had voted other corporaternoon at the pro\Jale court room lo agreed lo rurnl s h the street worlc, a lions, an exemption of taxes for .ten
conEider lhe present contract be- sewers, waler and also the school.
,tears, in full for three _years, 2;; per
tl':cen the city and lhc l. S. !~merlie Hai!l the Allanlic Heights wns ,cent for three years, 50 per cont
ir:c.ncy Fleet which the finan c ing t111:• •r onHiclm·ec\ t.oclay the hc>st built anti :three more and 75 the. last ye!Lr, • It
AtlJnlir HPighls l,Pally ('ompany. rnoHl complt~le,l of all thn l_1onslng ·was •in the agreement on such · pro1)l\l:: r or llislop slat<'tl t.hnt thPro W<'l'l1 projccLs or lhc goverunwnL ancl iL erty .hitherto not exempt. He said
s r, 1r1 ?. 1.hing~ t.hat tlw ·<· ity wo111ll'liltf' w:is a community lhal wonld ho
a there was a question as to the interto c lianr;<> and hC' hacl i•allPrl t lrn mPPI- creel it to the city . Jn rei:;anls l.o lite pre la ti on or this but they were willIn:; so lhal lhE'rf' ('011ld hp a frPe diR- s<'houl hou ~e they had estimated that Ing to pass this, but the agreement
<:11' ion :lllcl Hu that thP. reprP sPn ra-1 thcrp won 1,1 be hcl ween three · and was that the old p~·operty was not t~
til'~; of lhe,l•:mH).\C'IH'Y J.'le<'I c·o11l1l ro 11 r · hundred chilc\rcn ancl thal tl be · taxed at more than it had been
l.r i.eard.
sc·hool house to take care or' that taxed th e year before. They wel·
·1 :10 first sprak<'r was i\lr. Aaron, 1111 m.1JCr was ncc,csi;ary. They had dum[ounded 1 lo find •that they had
t l (I represenlatll'e of the 1,;111er 1:oncy met with the IJoard or tnslrucl!on, hoeu assessed at $800,000 whcras
Fl,-ot, and the heac\ of all housing plans had been agreed upon, tho the .assosHed valuation in 1917 was
fl J jccts.
i\lr. Aaron made one or fo11ndation started, \Jut now word but $129,000. He could not see how
th,, most able talks on the s11hject of comes from the i\Iayor that they lhe properl)' could so Increase
tb, housing proposition ancl it s rcl:i- would like lo Jiolcl it up. Ile gave value in the [cw months they
had
tlon to Portsmo11 th I hat h:H; PVP.t' orders to that rffect. and Haid that he had il up to April 1, 19 l 8, when the
il.1 crn hP:J.r!I in this ciLY. !lo Hhnwcd was wflliui; to tel the school houstJI assessment was made. Ho snfcl thnl
.a 11illingness lo mc<'l the city half- res t for the time until it was proven they felt that they were not lre:1tcd
w::y anc\ at the i;amr tillle waulc<l to wh et her their estimate or that of the fairly and lhat the city had ar,tPd iu
n :serve to the government its rights mayor was right. If it came to p4ss bad faith or rather the assessors' dein the muller and to assure the l1011s- that by spring they were right and partment. They had not 1>aid it and
ir.g project fair treatment at the there were that number or scholarti would, of -course, .allow the court to
h:1:1<ls of the city. He said that th<'ro then they would ask the city to ,pro- ~d~ it: _11r. Wright was ver
" ·ere complaints against the city, ville the school. 'l'he present · tem- biunt in his arraignment of the city.
complaints made hy l he ITI('ll ron- ,porary school was all right [or a
Mayor Hislop called upon Mr.
JH, l<'d with th e housini:; proj,•cl anti s mall num.her of scl1olars \Jut they Boy_nton of 'the ·S il king 1<1.1np Coml.1v the tPn:inls at th e lleii.:hls th:il would re[use to assume the responsi- mission to answer Mr. \\"right and
1.licy were· uol bein~ treated r:iirly uility of having the upver floors used he explained tlle·NewHam1>shh·e l~w
l,y tire ci1y. llo rearl an alJ!;lract ::s it ,,·us \Ju t a temporary office build- that no property ·once e~erl!.11t from.
from a letter Ju8t recei vccl to the 01- Ing.
taxes could be given .another ex•
feel that their coal cost them a c\ollar
The question of the cily paylllg emption.. 1-Hi said that the asses o s
a ton more at I he lleigh l. an<I I he>rP hack the money adva.nced by the gov- -m:-tel!in goo
nit 1 or he llUt~hase
was an Increase in LhP prier of ihoir C'rnmenl lo do lhe work agreed upo 11 price of the property would have ~.
grocerleH. llo sn id lhal tho rrnople hy the city in l\l'o years' lime, waR a bearing on the ta)!. valuation and tliey
living at. tho Jleii;hlll had tho illl)ll'f'S- lllllllCI' lhal cou ld onsily be takon WOl'O _jusLified In -mnlng the Jlgures
sion that they \Yore not n part or t'are or. J le was JlOrfectly willing lo what they thought were fnlr.
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Portsmouth or onLitlccl lo tho iiUmO · aclvan<·e it lo ten yen rs, which ~vonln' also ex[llained lhat since l t117 an
rlghts as othE'r ciliz\ns. Ile briefly not ·be a 1;anlshi11 011 lhe citY. Tho old exemptio11 on some of lho
sketched tho l1istory or tho housing payment · of the taxes toward the erty had ,run out.
])rojoct and sai,\ th:i.t it hacl hoen \ debL was 110 mo1·e than fair, and hel J\lr. Aaron said lhat he was
i-cwlo11sly c·onRi,lorPd
111:il,lt1~ tlw said U1al the government woulcl be tlent Ll111L they , would come t'o Home
l lnlgh LH il gnl'l\l'lllll!'Jll. rl':-lNV!ll!Ou, 'willing that lhe prope r ly pay Its full agreement and thal Lhc•y WOt'O willwhkli, oC ,·011r:=1P. wo111,1 hn fl'"'' from 1Hharc of the city expense, but only, ing to waive lhc school house fol' tho
t:n.1'>1 :1111I frPn from any r11lf>B 01• iaws ' ili; share. Because it was a govern- 111roseul, givo a. ten ~ears' extension
I h:it Portsrno11t h cnnlcl rnnlw, hut it menl pro))oHllio.11 was no reason .whyrnd allow-_~rnt_ a porlton of lhc ta~es
was d,, cir\C'1l LhaL ill_ waH betlC'r lu ii 8ho11ld he taxed more than oth<'l' on the He1.,hts be turned to the city
ma Ice il a part or Lhc ·<:il.y nncl to Jtave properly o[ a lilrn nature about the lo defray the municipal expenses 1if
il ahHorbPcl hy th~ city like auy cil.Y. Tlrny simply wanled fair play. that section. ··
· 01her !lC'l'lion.
!Io sai,I that when
lfo said L11al in r<'l~ar<ls lo lhe AlMr. George \v. M-cCarLhy, a mem' the ho11 ),;i 111-: proj<'cl wm; 1,ronv;ht 11µ lanlic Corporation lhut w:tH :111,>thcr lJer or lite school ·bonrcl, talkecl as a
this cily was on<' of a great m:iny, ill maLter, hnl he was ~really surprised memlrnr or lhe Boarcl on the school
, rac·t far more than <on1'I he cared for lo lind lhal it had bc>et1 n,lvertised 11ro11osition ancl said that lhe Board
I with thc' isovc•rnmcnl a)lpropriation for a tax sale, ancl whnt was worse felt t.hal il Hhoulcl ho rcleasccl r1\om
'or $70,tJ00.IJ00, auc\ Lhe ;.;ranlinii of the idle gossip that had started th:i.ll llie ·primes lo erect :i. f;Clloo l Oil the
lho proposition lo 11tis rily waH cine because or lhis advertised sale that )llant. He
iu a ;.;rl!at m<'as11rc lo tho lilwral anti lhc shipyard was to be discontinued
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tile
�IJ, juRt nH satlRfactory if the
erected a school 1iouse outside
of the
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Heights and Lha,t the childre11 o[ LhR.t
section would not be required to wnllt
,any Carther to school than
other
children.
Mr. Aaron said that all they wanted was the same treatment that otl~er
school children got, but if it whs
erected outside or the Heights' they
could ,not advance the 'City any money
It must he on the• Heights if
'""'''"'"'""" .. tho money was Lo ,be advanced.
~~·ffl,:..,-A.J,~f',}1.11 Mr. Ji'. A. Delden spoke on the icleu
of llullding a school on the outside t!.-•~11!-,~.:,,,,:.
aucl . :Mayor Ilislap said that they ~-~;.\i,,..?.:•:..;,.i;~
would be willing to he released from_.,.,.-,.,,,,,::....:-,, .
.-.,,,;,:::;r,,:,,:1the school allowance, and · tr' t11'e
.b~~;.i~Y.,M erowth rtemanded
that the city
would build one big !;Choo! .building
fc:.~~~~113ain that section of the city that would
take In the Frnnklln and 11art of the
Spaulding district.
t:·;~i,,•-.i,·v;;..£<
Chairman Sise or the Donrcl
Trade said that it was the opinion of
the ·business men that the mallet· be
r;r,~.t,ii~trlfli.;i~-1 left with the Mayor to re.ach some"'·~·.....,,~.~
amicable agreement with Mr. Aaron
and also with the .ub,ntic Corporat;on. Dy this time Mr. Wright had
become more gracious and said that~';t.it,,~
he had experienced a -change or mintl
,while listening to the city's stde oi
the case and he, was. confident that"'.,~,,-,. ._...,
the city would be fair in regards to
the corporation and ,promised to do
all he could to make·some agreement
settle the rn~tter by- agreem~nt_ ,..,.,,_.,,."'•, ... ·.,• .•.
�WLl BE DEMOBILI .
I
O,t Snnli.iy aCternoon. Feb. 23, a
con1munit), sing ancl liemobiliza.tion
or service flag stars will be held in ,
:,1e Colonial .thealre under the aus-1
pi.'<•s of the \Var Camp Community:
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.\layor Hislop will !)reside and the\
will be as followi;:
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- - S_inging of "America."
- Invocation, Rev. AHrecl Goodin•~
- Ten minutes of Community Sing- !
:11g, Jed ,by AJfred Hallam of Bos-!
ton, :\1ass., community-song leader. j
- •Ten-minute address,
Governor j
.Johrl H Ba.rtletl
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,,.-Ten-minute address, Serg. John I
Leary, ,Co. A, 1st l~ngineers. ·
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fi.--Ten minutes of community si{1g:·1,;!ralll
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Ing.
7 .--Processionai,
"Unfurling
Flag." Two overseas men unfurl
,tho flag and slart ,proces~ion, led
1by ,cho,us director and [ollowed by
flags of allied nations •a nd all uniformed men in the au<lience making tour of aisles and retJrning to
their •places.
8.-Service flag unfurled.
will ilJe a -community .flag, upon
which •will .be a star representing
caoh man •discharged from service
lo tJhe ,present time.
!l. -Demo'bilization of service ,ua·g
i;lars for men w,ho have been mus10recl out. (Of soldier and sailor,
onQ holding lhe service flag and
the other the Stars and Stripes,
Blanding ,by front or platform;
members of Girl's Division, '\\Tar
Caypp ,Community S~rvice, s'ta11ding
on the floor lmmed!atel,YI 1below
platform.
As nnme of dlschnrged
clipped, and the young women pii
a silver or gold \Jar across starsilver for the men who remained
in lhis country, gold [or those who
,had seen overseas service. As the
nJrne or the man is read, Ill' will
ac',·ance to the front of_ tbeplatf-0rm
an.I recive the recognition or the
,:1Hlience. (hl l~irteen seconds of
silent tribute to the men who h'-1.Ve
fallen. Prior to the period ~f silence, gold stars exhibited s•hould
;be pointed out. As each star is
crossed by a chevron ,t•he name· or
~he man represented 1by that slar
and chevron should •be read. ,, 0.-,Singing of "Home Sweet Home"
anct "Star 'Spangled Danner."
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�RIDGE BILL
PASSES
MAINE HOUSE
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G.-'l'ho lt[lJ)roprll{ittery-Po1-Ls-
-'LOCAL ·BOYS:··
JU'ST BACK
FR'Otll FRANCE
SERGT. GEORGE A. WENDELL.
!<'ranee with lhe U. S. Engineers.
Scl'geant George A. Wendell is Urn
;;on of lhe late Geor;:,;e A. antl FlorencPG. Wendell of this city, and a formc1·
employe of lhc Portsmouth Herald office. At lhe lime lhe war l>rolrn oul he
enlisted in the Coast Artille1·y and i:;
a member of lhe 9th Co.
.John H. Jloyl is a Hon or ,:\Jr. aml
:\fr,; . . 1·:11;..:cne I loyl o[ .ll'i'l'l'l'SOll HI reel
Among the Holdicrs who lanueL1 in
Doslon from ovcr,;cas on the troopship
Veuic, Fl'iday, were Charles ,v. Ge1·rish, George A. Wenclell, John S. Hoyt
and Charles B. Pearson, well !mown
Portsmouth boys. 'J'hey were sent lo
Camp Devens, .t,.yer, Mass., where they
will 1·ecelve lh~ir disclu1,rgc and soon
expect lo n1Tive at their homes ln 'this
citY.
Corporal Charles Wnclsworlh Genisl,1
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JOHN S. HOYT.
and
ha:-i 1,<'l\11
sl•rvin~- o,·er::;cas
cn1·ly In the war.
, C'hul'lc,; U. I 'ear:;011 is tile son oC :\11·.
and ~lrs . l•' r ccman l'carson of :\lcll'CY
st reel and is rn yca1·:; of age.
served "·it h th e ~th Co., C . •\. C., in
l•rnnc· c fc,r some rnunths. Before go- I
in;; into tile ,-;crvil-c he was emptoi'cd
un tl1c 11:1\'Y yard. lli~ i-01111.;-L·r li•·othj ct·,
CORP. C. W. GERRISH.
Fn..!Llrrit'l'\
l'ct,r:-:on,
I or ½Ct:illM" hh 111·uthe1·
\ tTuwd ur
is the son of '.\1rs. C. C. Ueni:;h or
Sagamore avenue and has been scrYing
with the American forces in Fnln<:c.
Ilo enlisted in lhc Jt,;l Co., N. 11. l'. J\.
lhe Ulh co mpany. J leof Se1·geanl llenry J•;.
who has been
went
lo
1:os-
Lun Th11nHhl)' Ul1ll ,;a\\" tile , ·c,lic
' duckl'd. ll11L while Ill' had tl1<• iJl<.:":rnrt•
in
1l1e
gr~at
:-:uJdit•rs 011 ~-hip\,uard, hl' WU$
\ ~1_n'.1hlc ltJ l',lLCh hi :-- l"YL' and t•~ll' IHl hint
L!-!1C welc.:OlllC 1_:_e lio:,et.l LO gh·t·~
�VALUABLE WORK DONE
BY LOCAL WAR SERViCE
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CO MMUNIIY --CAMr
eport of li'inanccs.
RECEIPTS.
W. C. C. S . . . . . • . . . . . . . $2,000.00
Ca[clcrla . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
779.63
~11scbllaueous .......... .
l.iJXPENSES INCURRED.
( lncomplcle.)
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i'im~·i.:n»Uo 8cn·lce Clul,.
Worlrnr- ........ $GU.OU
Rout . . . . . . . . . . 18.0U
l,ighl . . . . . . . . . . ·,. 2A9
3.88
Tolepho11c
G. 10
----■I ,}lrugazine~
Tho llltll'llng or the boaru uf tli- . . - - - - ' - - - --.:\H<JNU.
I ~I u~lclans ....... , 15.50
reclorn
or wm;
lhe hclcl
\\'ar in
Sen·ice
Cummun22.68
ily
Camp
lhc Paul
Junes !toast Veal with ,dressing .. .... 25c Coal .......... .
lfouse \Vetlncsclay at 4 o'clock.' Dr. 1'0.-J< Chops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25c Uoughnuls.
co[Hanscom, ex-secretary, gavu an in- l<'rie<l Sweet ,Polalocs .. : ....... lOc
[cc, mllk, etc. 17.90
torcstlnp; atlclress in which ho gave I-Ia!4hC'd Drown Potatoes ....... lllc
ro:1so11H !'or lit(• l'Onllnuanco
lho ll1u11 1t11d 011P 1,;gi-: ......... .. . 2Uc 1'01•t1,1 moutl1 Ho1·vlco t:hth,
worl< !tore. .\Ir:,;. ,J. W. 13arrctl told ll'um and 'l'wo J~gp;s .......... :Hie Workers .. ..... $2G6.tiU
or I.he 11•orl, carrlccl on IJy the sorvico Two Wried 1•1i-:p;s .............. Uic llunnlng OXJJCnscs,
cl11h :ii :-Jew Ca:,llo, and olher rcporlH l)oughnnls .11111 Ulll\OHO .... 2 for ~,c
rCJ.1,[cloria, $G:l8.IJy lhe Uirls' Division and J'rincipal Chocolate l•'rosle<l Caito ........ Ge
50;
1Gcnoral
Gray o[ tho Jligh school committee
Club, $21.36 .. 659.81.i
on alhlolic!l for tho Girls' Division Apple Sauce ..............•... fil'
rolfoTl"co.
Snow P11<l<ling .... . .... .... .. oc ~l u s I c:
Dau ces
or
J\Iiss l<'raures Brnol~s read lhc reporl or lhc Porlsuioulh Service Club
as follows:
Al Dr. Il anscom'1:1 sugi;oslic,n,
•ha1·e prc[Ja.rc<l an outline or t'he ,work
.il the• l'orlsmoulh Service ClulJ •;rum
l•'clJruary 15th lo i\larch lulh incl usirn:
A pplc Pie • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Ul"
[lluclJcrrr Pie ............ .. . lUc
Coca.nut Custard l'io .......... lllc
Cuslar<l Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lOc
Mince Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10c
lee Cream ....... '. .......... lOc
l'ie anrl lee Crea.Ill ............ Hie
Coffee ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6c
$172.til; Sings
$1,4.UO ....... 186.51
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Special
<lances,
1l<'e1Jruary
22,
and ,March :l .. 228.76
8m·vlco {.;lul> .Exec. om.
;\]ilk . .... ...... .. .......· .... ;;c Postage , . . . . . . . .
3.UU
·J3esides lho excculil c commllloo,
3.GO
lhcro arc three sulJ-commillcos.
Equlpmont ••...•
Committee 011 <1~;1tos--iin1. Danloll, i\lrs. \V'Ulker, i\lrs. Noyes.
Office.
"l!JG.UU
Committee on admisslon-;\1rs. SalariO!l
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'4.00
Shaw, ,Mrs. oycs, ;\1rs. Daniell, Mrs. Papers .......•.
26,.0U
£tent ••••......
Hull and t.liss Brooks.
1.26
;\.!rs. Walker ha1:1 had c11liro charge Light ...•• _. ·/· .•
or making arranp;omcnl:.;' [or Ure carc- T!Jlc11huno ..... . 12.00
Supplies ....... , 3G.:l9
lcrlll, ',
On l?olJrual'Y 2211d a dance was glven at lhe armory lo lhc 111011 on board Girls' Work .... :JU. 70
lhe few ships lhon stationed at the
Navy Yard. 'lt was eslimatctl that UomolJiliza,tlou o[
IJolwecn 500 and 600 were present.
i\11unicl11al .Sqr•Ou ;\larch 3rd a dance •wa:i glv'cn
vicc l•'lag.
u2.GU
al Vhc armory lo the men on IJoal'd !?lag ( City) .....
lhc ,So!flh Vakolu. Tlicrc \•· ere nboul Priu ling, postage,
4
song I ea <le r,
limp Lhe 11d111issio11 tickets J:;suetl to
00 present.
elc . . . . . . . . . . . 12G.78
l ligh school girh; arc Jlmilecl to Fril have made t110 outiine or lho
clay ;u1cl ~alurclay evcnini-:s, ancl lo •work as concise as possllJlc, •!Jul wish
the ships tln11ces. :,,;inuly-0110 lollont lo add a wort! o[ grato[•ul apprecia11 C'l't• son L lo i-:i rli; ll'ho ticlclo11 1 allcu(], lion o[ lho work <lone since li'ebruar)'
Tola! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,98!;.;;U
1Hld11;.: I h1•111 to scud tholt· 11a111oii an rl lsl IJy Dr. nnd Mrs. ll~nscom. Dr.
Tolu.l actual IJELYIIIOlltB m11de, ~2.1·orr,.rt •a1lclruHH<'il lo l11t• w. c:. c:. H. 11:tni;com has IJoon lntorcslo<l and 41Hi.2U.
olTil'<' if Lhoy tarccl lo havo Lhrilr lie- helpful In all dolails at tho Sorvlco
Perhaps a sta.lomcnt of the . lnlfp(s n•110w(•tl.
J\lw11l Lwu-lhlrdH or ClulJ and lrnpl conslantly In touch
voHlllWlll or Porlirn10ulh
111 ·war
1
(hl'H<' l<'lll'rti ·havo !Jr,cm anHll"ere(l.
wilh, tho 111011, 1Jolng present nearly
Ca11111 Community 8orvlco •will !Jo lnII iH also nC inlerl'sl Lhal tho cll'.h e1·cry evening.
lorcsling.
has f11rni s hC'tl fre<', hot,WCl'II l•'clJn;ary
)lrs. Hanscom has given a greal
•l'orlsmuul11 co11lrl1Juletl
nothing
I :ii h a111l ~larC'h I ;,th, lo onllnll'il lll''ll 1iart o[ her time not only lo lhc work
toward lhc work during the . 1 !J 17
anti yeowo11tc11, 31100 shoots or wril- al the Service ·Club but In rvisillng drive, conscquenlly lhe amouut suui1r;.; 11:11wr.
Lhc men at t•hc Na.val Hospital anti
scribe<l in rNovewlJer l!J 18 roproseul!!
:l. Tlw 11crno1111ol of tho cafl'luria singing and playing for them on Sunlite en lire In vestment made IJy, llie
ro11Hisls of a clircclor, u cook aud a day. Last ·S unday •1'1rs. Hanscom led
hcl1n•r.
Lhc community singing. taking the
1. Tho )Jllr[JOSO u[ tho clulJ is lo
providu for enllslcd mon .radii lie:;
for rnalli11i;·, IITilini;-, galltCH, daH ·cs;
on S1111d,L)' afternoons, COIIIIIIUlllly
singini;; anti
Suntlay ei·eulngs in011
[ol'111al 'lllerlainmC'nls .
2. Tho 11erso1111ol o[ tho club consli;ls of lho executive commlllco. Ali.o lh11ro arc rout hostesses 011 duly
ovo1·y cl1ty front four lo tmrlor IJllII
ro;·o lllll o'clock. A j1t11llor hi Ollipluyccl to care for the IJuiltllng, anti
a uoy Lo cht•ck the coats 'lllld hats and
ui.tke himsC'H generally useful.
J>urinµ; the monl•h menlionou, 2 2 5 G
111e11 and I ~:IG girls allcndcd tho
cluh. lteccnlly the llsl o[ girls inritr.cl lo thr. scn-iec club was rcl'lscd,
anti 30G new UckelB issued. At this
Th .. 1·al'dorla serv1•cl I !HiO nwul:;.
ThP 111calH am o[ oxccllcul quality,
and lhc 111p1111s arc varlocl.
agl' meal served a111ou11ts
fair i;a111 Ille men II Is lhc
.-
plaoe or the usual ·w. C. C. S.
!caller [rom Boston.
:M isi:; Winnifred Ilod•g<lon read
[olloll'ing report or finances:
�Bosldos this spec!::.! 1•:0rk
enty-tiwo ofocr lollors co11aoct0<l with
regula,: offl<:41 routine wore written. "'·'~.\i'i<)';.,,~s::,,.:;
Ono hundred and twenty-four lcttorR
and notices conrrctc1l with 'the new
work _or Hie Girls' Division,
,..,,,,,_J,:.•.···
'boon
sent
out.
:•rhe number of ticli:ets an~i cnve\'
'l'o tl11s 01i1co come tl!e club dlrnctopes. wrltton [or the two dances dur'Total expenditures of ,v.
ing .this month was 8 00 each. Soveu- ors, and any other workers •who wish 1
. iC. C. S. -Feb. 1918loen ,hundred ,wore sent ln •plank to to purchase any kind or equipment
Iarch 16°, 1919 ..... $20,633.71
• I
the ships, to be fll_led iu as t,he men for tho two clubs, and no matter how
Spent ,butside or Ports" receive t1hem.
small an amount of money involved
.._ 936.18
mouth ........... .
The llst of glrls who have invita- l'here must bo an order written In
tlons to the :Service Club has r!jceut- rluplicate, or, if potlr cash is used, n
ly •been revised. JTI!gh ty•-slx: lotlors receipt written and entry made in the
!n" Portsmouth as
we~e soul out to those 1 -w_hom . tho petty ,cash book.
a roturn for tho Invest,Dnrln,g a month t hero nro mnny
commlttoo thought might not caro to
. !nent of W. c. C. S.
have tholr names conllnue 011 tho Interviews (some of which cnll ror
._ proportion ......... $2,277.5li:I2
list. As fn,vorablo ro1>lies comb In nn nnrnzlni; a111ount or tact), •with
Showing a 7.00G (t1llu1) "tum ovor."
now llckots_•a rc . Issued , to \;ho glrh1, 'strangers, with momborH or tho co1111
~ "Ml!is ,.Marlon Miller made t he - roland the number th'us far issued Is 111lttee, with girls who want llckets 11,,.,.'<•.•·:i.-~,,~,c"Jl'l.t,"->,::..,Jl:~.;>;r:Jo,!
to,vln_g, ,ra{l6rt o( the office. ·work:
30G. Thoi,e Jhave boon ,filled in In anrl have to •bo rorusod, ll'lth 110oplo
' Hc1,01·t of the. Office "'01·k.
one han·u-wrltlng, a.nu the names or \\',ho want us lo do Lhat l\n•!)OSSlblo
, Fow--pr,c;pl~ ho.V~ anr !poi o_f tho the v~uchors for each girl 'written thln;;--fincl rooms for light honso,yolume of clerical worlc that 1s nee- on tho •h'ac,k of tho ticket. Tho •l<coplng at a 1110<1·era le price, or to Jt,;;,;,,t;,,t-~!.Y.:i~1'
o,ssary In .connection with this ser- no.mos 9f all the girls arc kopt in a I find some particular nmn on one o~
vice. ::Perhaps the following facts card catalog which shows .in addi- , tho 8'hlps •ll'hO has been recommend
may give you some Idea of it.
tion, the address, arid tho names o[ i od to them •bY a friend or theirs ; or
Dail)" reports have to be . n1acie to
the'•people who ·ha,v e given references \ ·110rhaps at [Ive o'clock lo find :
tho :New York office, a carbon copy
place fur a sailor who would liko 11
for lhe girls.
of each sent to the district super;;o oi1l to sujl))er that evening; al ~ix .
. •On February 23rd a Demobilizavisor In •Boston, and 0110 •kept here 1
tion Service was !held In the Coloniu I I !Jcsides these items already menon file, In the case of reports ror the
Theatre, in honor of t•he Portsmouth lloncd lhoro is an extensive l'iliug
(:Iris' ,DI vision copies are sent to ·men already discharged· from ser- 1 systo111 to keep in order, ancl a scrapthree others, making a total of l!l5 vice. \ .M'ayor lflslop presided. 'l'ho \ book or ne11·s1rnper cllppingH tu he
reports ,ha1idle<l for the month. 'l'ho program consisted of Community 1kept u,1)-lo-dato.
~ame applies to weekly reports, and
Singing led ·b)" .Alfred ·Hallam, 'v\l. C. \ .\II \'he~o lhiugs aud many
t-tio total for tho month is t,wonty- C. S. song lead or or Jfoston; 1111 a<l- I with endless telephone call,;
.a'rm;ii by the Governor, re~ponse by , swcr, keep ll~o office l'orco
· Menus for the Cafeteria are writ- :Sergeant Leary, a.n overseas man; •pusy.
1
t~n' 11i1 duplicate every •day oxce11t procesi,ionn\ o[
serylco 111011 In the -Hqw1·t or Ne\\' Cast l1• Ht•1·,·h'c
'
ptrs. J, w. llal'l'l'll,
,Sunday, making a tolnl of fifty, for au<llence, led by the flags of tho .\ 1- I
,
J hal'C 1bce11 ' \'CfJUC3toll tu ,rntrn1!t. ,\
the month.
,
·
,
lied Nations; unfurling of the Munl- : report of tho work al tho New Castle
,IJlullotlns nro sont out each woolc, 1<· 1pa 1 •S orv i.,..,.,o l°'I
• ag; •realII r·g o r tlio i Service ·Club ror thn 111011th 0111l ini.;
giving a list or Sunday services at all names o [ ti1ose roprosen l ocI h y ti ~ .:-10.rch 15th.
the ,churches. Several, l!undrocl, of stars . . ,As the names ,were roar!,
those ,were printed a.t once, but ,t .young
· women f rom ti· 1c . a·1r Is'· l)lv'i The conpnltteo in chll'gC of
~-pace left at tbo bottom ror strncial slon pinned
,
,11· ~- •1·o~e 11h
acrqss the stars, service clu'·u arc Dr · I-Ta11sco111
·
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notices which arc flllcd
in each chevrons. A silent tribute of fit'loon Boylston, Mrs ..John SmiU1, ~Trs. \V.
weelc This necessitates callln" many
l. llaywood and ~Im . .I. W. llarrott.
"'
tiocondH wns palcl to . thoHo w'hose
people 0:1 tl1e telephone, •the arran;.;- stars have turned lo gold. 'J.,he pro- '\ 1 Ib have I hncl ti onliro
or1· tho
,,· char;;c
t·
ti 1
ing t-h e information obtained, In con- gram ended with sin;;lng or the Sla,· cu
, unl
or 10 urrce
1011open
o [rum0
auovo
co1nmltteo.
It Is
!l'olal
i,ubi;crlbed
Porl!ijllOU th for the
Yarlo1.1s war work or-_
ganlzatlons ....... . $25,BBL40
W. C. C. S. Proportion
j
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2,277.5633
8.80%
............
Whenever •B\ICcial dances aro glvcu', llckets :have· to be o r <leror\, _al 13 o
refreshments; ,a rrangements
m:,dc
for music anJI ror tho uso or tho arhlory·; 'for an officei·al71le door; aii<l
•for decoraling, otc.
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all
0
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7
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else
but arresting
form;
a trip
to Spangled l:lan'.1er.
:'11r. Dimiclc•s
to have
them
multi.
.
i 5.:JO to !l.30 11. m. each day.
~, C C S
ff' ' d t
,F or a s11ocial mass meet111g like I \Vo have 011tortai11ed !-18:\ men <lurgrap I10 d ; a ,v. . . . .sea I a ti1xe o this much work has to •be done m
• t 110 , Ing t I10 mont J1, w 111· 1e som e cvcnmi.;s
·
each at t 1e ' t op; an d f 111::1 11 Y 10 l11 s- ·
•
there arc not more tan fil'lecu who
I
h
trl•butlon of them by Winfield, , tho office. !l' e Hln_gle task of gelling sltty ror nny length of liuw, at olh' t tho names of tho dlsc\mrgoll meJI ancl
messenger oy, w110 t a Ims ti 1cm
o
.
'or limo~ there arc nrty. At the prosb
the NaY)" Yard,
tho Forts, the Y. M. writln•g lultors of mvltatlou to Uimu, 1ont limo thorn arc ,auoul llOO men at
A S
le Cl bs antl lo each or ·and to tho next of kin or thoHe whu , thiH poHt. '!'hey l,av(: •hcon <lischari;O
u •
C ·. ·, ·pserv Two
hundred
and fifty of died In service, wa1:1 nu 1;nmll 0110. ' Ingar cw each woolc over Hi11<·11 ,!11n'l'h
I
I tl
d
. l
IO ll 8 r•·
Slll .
tl\e
t1/ese have. been
r~on11meogrwphed
!ulll re_ an and
lllllC r
t. sent
It ti out this
t
.,month. ,were
sent to these" uar)'.
Owin•• to the sc,trcity or girls in
ay families, also lo all tho ministers
· of :-.low Castle,
,.,
. •F orty-01g
h 1I brnv a onsid od . .,unc1o.v
we ,i:-o una!Jln to have a
t
d e -an
,.,.
cl- the city and outlying tllstrlcls; to [ra- llanco ear:h night as -they lin her!! in
eon Sprov
d mner ', ave
erago OL I wo
•' ord ea t1 ternal
1
.
, l110 schoolti. to town, ·hnt we have l I.tll (; ing 011 \\I c(1ti 1ve af un ay. fill
orga111zallons,
nvta.ton 1r.oo ormi;aro
o ou,
1
111 r
1
I
1·1111·•11
I
traced In rod lnlc
officials al the Navy Yanl and l•'urts, nosl ay n i; 1 o l!HC
1 woo 1 1111 1
...
IalsoI directions
uni! thoy t't!rl:d 11 lY havea v,iry• ns, 011 antl lo ttll who were conneclolL with
a ma•p of the streets; and the ma11
,
Juyahle time. There arr ahnnt lhirly
then pasted on t)10 back of the invl- th ~ _\\I. C. C. ·S. ' •Much tolophonin;; ;;lrl:; whu come do wn a:; a rnle, an<I
talion card. This .work calls for was necessary; a nd arnrni;oments ror tho 11u1111Jer or bo p prcticnL averages
the use of the hall, the music, lhe 7
mucti ·telephoning, as tho1· rnumbor
f or ti 18 program an d ti10 ma
· k:i.Our Sundays have pro1·u11 1101,u·mr
G of ' Pans
1•
)1'l!}lng hostesses 1s not,
I t arge.by to0 11c- Ing of the service [lag took much owin~ to our so.-ving cortoe a11d
1
cal
iosl ng
css wee
. 1c, to- tlm;
p r 11 't we
ear lcatl
y 11. 10tiifell.
o ow
• and t•hought. 1''uur hundred I doughnuts during the evening. \\le
. 10110 ' ti t th
hplod t)"ie :l)rQgrams were ·printed, .anrl fitly -pos- have an average attendance o[ [Hty,
·b o ' tt
Huro
. were made and plaeed In 1•ann11~
.
tl ' 1a
de Ifmen
ti accu
di
l we ters
and alw,ayH a few girls come in, who
rnv to
a find
ons, out
an ,why, _and
1ey then
c1 noo.poll- arts of •}he olt-r• and at the Na,·y help to make tho time pas~ ploasantItry
1
_.gtze to the disappointed one. ,
,Ya rd •
~.1,.~::.P:.,-,..,=""""..,..:;7~;~7/.';~~--:--".':"'~--='f"'l,ot
c
�\Vo have Jiad vory liltlo in lho wo.y
of cnlertalnmenl lhls lasl month outi;ldo of lhl11, bul lhc boys soem lo enI Joy I ho evenings pia) Ing cards, and
other game11, wrltlug lellors,
and
11111111,!lng thom1;olvc1J :ui [hoy c:ui unLll ():JU, whon lhoy ulll'•JY!; seen\ Bur~prlscd and sorry Lo rinll IL ls Lime lo
go home.
v\'e harn tried lo 111ake lhu
homelike und uu :·1l<:l.ivu, nud lo IJo ,;
who ha.vo boon In Lho arllly for i; u1110
monl hs or yearn 1L11d i-;oldo111 ;;ol
homo, ll means u wbole lol lo lmvo
u place cf lhaL l<inrl to ~o lo.
Ai! n rule, hoys •ire dif[orcnl, 1111d
a111mrcnlly
unappreciative, \Jul I
know frnm lho many lotlors I have
rccelvcd [rom lhe )Joys who were
here, untl a :·e now ln ,!•'ranee, or, who
havo lien discharged and gonQ to
their homeu, lhal while lher said lilllo abo11l IL at. tho Limo Lho clu\J 111uHt.
Jtal'e a11uealcd lo Lhem strongly, or
they wouldn't lrnublc lo wrilc mo
••Her hclr1g away some wcukH or
monlhs, and •loll 1110 how nn,ch iL
mca.nl Lo lhcm.
It moans a lot lo the rcg11 lam, :ilso. One [cllow in particular, who
used lo drink lm1Jly, Lold 111e th.at ii
\\' ltH not lllU't he craved
liquor f,()
lllUC1l, bul. hoh atl 110 placo lo ho, and
tbc oply people who made Lho. bop;
1wolcome woro tho lJarlcrndcrR, 1111<1. it'
\\'a ~ quite ,a natural lhi11i; I.hat , they
shoultl hang o.roun1l
bar-roonn;,
wher 0 it •wall al ways wi\l'lll, and they
wore treated like hunrnn hcl11c;H.
Tho 111011 ,Lrn vory HenHlllvo, an<l
lhl11lc IL VOl'JI 1111J1rnl tlml hot'allH(l ()110
<F lwp i,;olcllor11 ~o llll' town, gql. l11toxlcato1l and lll;tl<o U scoue, peoµlo
i;hould cond0lllll lholll all.
."1nolher (c\low told 1110 ho h~d noL
\Jeon In a home i;incc he ,ioinc1\ Lhc
1
ar111y four yeari; a:::n a11d he wan
afruili' to come i11 t.hc hall al fin, 1.;
folL oul o[ IJ]acc. Now he co111es iu
nearl.1 · uv,ory 11\;;hl aml seonw a very
dlffcront follow.
l was lalki11i; 11 il a yo1111.: mau
qullo rccoulb who had 1Jec11 awa y
· from t IJ is vosl ror 111ontlrn an1l
told 1110 how i,;ur11!'isO(l ho was, when
ho rctur11e1l, Lo st•c Urn chan;;e lu
l;Olllll or tho Ill 'II, and ho [ell ll wai;
wholly due Io I ht• l'al'l l11al lhoy had
a pl0,l8tllll vlacu In which to Rl)OUd
lholr 1qmrc liint', a11d ll 1:ha11co lo
lllOlll. I h11 l'l~hl lllnd or poop lo,
l lhl11k tho 1H•o11\e of Ncwl'antle
fool Lh1tl the clnlJ ii; w111r.thlng lh•al
IHIR 1011g lJel'll ncrdcd. They hitvo
nol l1a 11 an opportunity lJcforo to
m •ol lhc ho,n;, lllld rrallp get lo
kl\0W tl10111, anu 1 fllll S Ul'O 1he ronllll I« ll 11!111 1' our, untl ll rnnch more
f1lf'111lly fE'rlin~ c xlnls bf'tweE'n lh'I
"-01 1\IE>rs and lhe .people than e l' er before.
AUNCHING
AT NEWINGTON
THIS NOON
UNDERS
CRAFI HE ·
. I
In the presence of a fair sized
crowd of s1>ectators another 3 5 0 0 cargo
wooden
carrying ship
was
launched at the L. H. Shattuck shipyard at ewington shortly before 1
o'clock this a[ternoon. Mrs. Hewins,
wire o[ General Manager George S.
Hewins was, lhe sponsor and
the
craft was christened the .Sylvanus.
Following the launching ' the official
party was enlertained at lunch .-by
General Manager and Mrs. Hewins.
Typical Hun Raider· Ties Up
at Steamboat Wharf
~~ This Morning
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The German submarine
flying the American flag with
tered Gerr,nan flag underneath came
up the river sl1ortly after 11 o'clock
,
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this morning under her own steam
and was docked o.t Steamboat wharf
oft' Market -street by the. na,h yard
\f
"Ng . Penacook. Afler the ,big unuer- · .. · .,1 ii
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JJ. .'
:;ea craft' was docked s'he was visltea
by' Chairman Sise 'and other members
.
•
- • ~;:-·.
-f • the.' ~iherly-Lo:in-eommtttn.·
Tho 11cxt launchlug , at tho Allautic
'l'ho U-lll . 13 226 feet ln lengt11
Corporalii,n w!Jl tal<e 11laco on Salu~nd draws 15 feet of wo.ler and 4s
,tla.Y,, ~f..l!l-1:11\!0..!~• -~\.:;~{ _3~ ..:!hon tile He~ypical Ger1no.n undersea craft. The
OU(l steel ship lJUIJt , Oil lhe Piscal.a•
lUll Is palnt~d grey and the side, of
nua· river will .be 11ut overboard. Tlie
the, .co,ning 'tower is ica~outtaged .
new· cra[l will uo christened tho n~.l'lle undersea -craft, ,caries two dtQll.'
boosic aiid -·tho launching will t~ie
guns, one forward an<l the other on
'place at high water about 2.40
the aft deck. The Interior of li1:
: .o'cloclc · 'l'li'o beaull[ul sl,;ht altonrl•·
big craft· resembles a machine shop
'. ini; lho Jaunchl11g of the Kisuop · hl\l
with its many valves and pipes.
'not been rorgollcn and no doubt .a
When submerged• the craft ,Is 11roI
1 large cro\~d ' or speclatorn will w)tpolled by electricity• •but when on
I .ness this launching.
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the surface her motor power is ~ur~~~:;,;;;;..,.;;;.;.:;;r.i'!~~:!!'!P'l"'l~~tll~f:r.ij?;J nlshed by gasoline. The captured
su bmarlne is sent here ' to stil)rni'ate·
t."?.ir'l'!l!!l_li:..w:5Y.,l;,;''~-~1 interest in the Victory Loan and
be open to the public from 1.30 this
afternoon and no doubt many "fill
avail tllemselves of tlie OJ,'>POrtunity
.to see a reo.1 German su'bmarine. The
·pleasing fact, however, remains l)1at
the crntl la m11,nnod ·by a Yankee
crew and "Old Glory" proudly floats
from hor mo.lnmast.
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LAUNCH(N6 ·Al A11J\NTIC1 :·
'RD NEXT S!'JURD !'\~
)
l ,, ··
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0
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a
0
will
SHIP LAUNCHED AI
PHILADELPHIA -TODA¥.
.\ li. H. lle:ilroyur launched at Isla1ids, he"·led- a rsmall · sklrmlshllrg .,:·••x.,•..,. .•
C:ra1111m ship y;ird, l'hilalielphia, this party agal,nst •~1.oro bandits and Cl\t"
morn in;;, w.i ,; named in honor of the lie thieves with [ive ·IJluc jackets ii,nd
late J~nsign C. Emerson llovey or this a -· f ,hil/ppjl)(), ipterr>,<:Ier. H~-~-\~a:;;.
cily.
surprised , by a band of thirty ,~Ioros
A laq;c party of rel a.lives aud who had . .been ~ying' in ambush. ·SevfriendH or the ynun:; officer look 1,a ,·t en ·Moros ,were kille,d and tho o~hqrs
iu tho christening , ceremony, The put · to tlig~t . . ,Ensign_.. Bovc_y ·t. wai:;
: ~pousor was ,\lrn. Au~lin l(autz o[ mortall,Y \voundod ~nd died after u
Ull:, city and - Washington, sh;tcr- o[ _fie.rce ·. combat. , .Hls .. last words•·w~r•
FnHlgn ,1 covey , ~-In; · 1 ouise L I lov- an encoura~emefit to his f!)llO-\VelrB., 11
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'l'l1e six survivor:i of lus liar Y a
9y, his mother, wa:; also presc11t.
roccivod congressional mcda)s for
'.'. Ensign Hover had many,fricnds ,ih brnve action. The guide : al lhaL
this city,' Ile was born here and limo . wa:; the on!)· Phili11pi110 ,,· wl'~,
. educated , },n our. JJJ.!~li<; _Rchoo_ls. JTo h,Jd t,cbn · uius· honorccl. · ·
graduated from lhc N!Lval Academy
, Hovey was the aulhor of a •1,ook,
in 1007. ln ScptcmbP.:• 19.l 1, w.f1ile 1 "'l'ho wa~ch Ofllc<.·r's. Manual" whlcll
, In actlvo sorvlco In tho l'hlll11pl110
boon throul-(h many odll]oll!l,
i
h·a~
__;__
_.,w.~-~~~'{:~~~~~~
�COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO
SELECT WAR ME~~ORIAL
AUNCHING
· ON RIVE
~
irst Occurrence
'
. of
Kind on Piscataqua for
a·Hali C~ntury
For thf; first. time i1~ a half century or more the Piscataqua river
was the scene of a donhle launching
Lhis afternoon, a wooden ship being
launched from the L. H. Shattuck
yard at Newington and the second of
~he steel ships from the Atlantic yard
at Frc•::!man's Point.
·weather conditions werfl all that
couhl hr, tlEdrC'tl :rncl a largP. crowil of
q,ectator:; witnessecl Lhe lannchi11g
.!t Freeman's Point, not only from
the yard itself, hnt lined the Portsmouth t.n<I Kltlery h!'ltlgf:.
Ar.tong the intP.rest.e<l spectato' rs at
both lannr.hings was Governor .John
H. Bartlett a11d a party or [rientlH.
The launching at Newington tool1
place at 3.20, the 3fi00-ton wootlP.n
cargo carrying sLeamer going over1,oarrl wiLhont. n miRhnp.
2or was Mrn. F. A. Jon es
craft was chrislf'IIP.<l the \Vinnipe.
The launching at. t.lle Allanlic yal'll
The matter or a suiLable memorial
for-tbe men from this city who tool1
11art in the great world war has been
taken u11 •by the city council and
Mayor Hislop has appointed a committee consisting of Counci lm en
Beane, Matthews antl Jltunphreys ro
look into the matter antl make .a r,eport at the next meeting, They will
at that time 11resent to the council
11lnnFt nntl recommen1lations for
memorial and JlOHsibly a site. 'l'ht•
s11ot which ts favored is the mound
on Haymark et Square ..
This Is centr,a lly local ell n111I nnC'
of Lhe most traveled parts of Lhe city
and 11 hro111.e tablet contnl11i11g th1'
11ames of all those who ,rnrve1I, wllh
special distinction ror thmrn
paid the g r eat price, woulll be
appropri~
·VETERANS OF WORLD WAR
TO FORM ALE6ION POST
A meeting of -the local veterans 01
the world's war will be held • this
evening at the oflice of City Solicito1
.Jeremy R. ·waldron to select delegates to attend a state meeti11g to be
held at ~lanchester on Sund3y to outline the work of the Legion or
World \Var Veterans.
'l'he meeting will also a11point a
committee to discuss the formation
or a local , .post or all' of the ex-service men of Lhls city and · vlc nity . 11a•""":,..;i.,Y.1.,='••
'l'here...ar.e. a great _me.11y loca) Jllen already discharged from the service
ancl a large post could ,be organized
In this c·ity, which would take in the
war. wltll essed by many ofl1cials of
the company, t'1e sponsor being Mr~.
F. A. ::;harpe of Boston, wife of the
Prc-sident of the compn~ Y- As tTie
big craft began to move down tile
~vays she broke a bottle of champaign
and christenel\ her the Babooslc. The
launching was in charge of Master
Shipwright Harry Janson, who -recently came here from the Newarkl,1/'..J~lli~.?-i•.·.
Submarine Boat Company, and went
off without a hitch. As the big ship
struck the water she was greeted
with the shrlll whistles of lhe river
craft and the cheers of those assembled to witness the launching.
It was a notable occasion for the
ship builders ot the Illscataqua river
and wlll be pleasantly r eme mberetl
by those who were fortunate enough
to witness the double launching.
�STEAMSHIP 1
1
LAUNCHED AT FORM POST ~•OF AMERICAN
J• ·~.\'NEWINGTON
WAR VETERANS
Christened the Yustan
2
·'
Miss Virginia
Shedd
The :!~00-ton Frrris type steamship
Yuslau
was
snccessfnl])
launched al the Shal•l·uck sh ipyur<.l a1
Newington on ,\l011<.lay after11oon,
thlB •beiug, the LwelHh craft la11nd1etl
rr_om the yard. It was shortly after.
4 o'clock whe11 tho ,big iihip lefl
I.he wars. 'l'hc s.ponsor was
VJ1;iinl:L Shc<.lcl •daughter or Civil
I~nginerr and it 1·s. G. C. Shecld ol
the Shatlu·rlc Company, and
tll '
young lady broke the tra<.li Uonal ,bottle of champagne on the bow of th
shl·p as sh(c: .st1rnlcd dow11 the ways.
It wus ideal weather and a ))el'fe1it
Jnunchlug.
'l'lierc ar·c three more ships to l;c•
launched before the first of Aug1!st,
makin,g 1 !i out of the 18 shiJJS contracteu for, which will be linishcu
and the others will be · allowed {o remain on the ways in their
pleted state for the time
lt•:u;L_
Thn 1ncmi1Ns or tho la1111rlil11;;
party i11cl11clc•tl: · -'1r;;. Jlovey Slayton,
.vll'fl. Edwin f(c,nncdy, .\1iss Catherine
· Coaker, :.!rs. L. 11. Shattuck, ,Vlrs.
S1111111cr, i\lrs. Fr:mces Jlartly, i\lrs.
Ur. l'erry, ?.lis,; Sampsou .\lajor Ullll
Mrs. Frank J<uox, .\'Ir. u;,<.l John H.
Muehll111{ or Mnnche;;tcr, Dr. Sibley
G. Morrill a11<.l llogcr l\lorrlll of Con,corcl, Dr. anci , Mrs. .SausHPr, l'ortsmouth, Mr.
·~11cl Mn;.
l1011ry
llrow11, llichar<.l Brow11, Mrs. Kean
and M lsH l~lore11co Kea11, Ural t lehoro,
Vl.
l,IEUT. FTIANK BOOMA
Will Be Named in Honor of
Lieut. Frank Booma,
.Killed in France
•
A Post o.r the American Legion of
th~ World• war was formed in. , this
_city last evening M a meeting· heltl
· at the Elks' Home. Th!lre were iiu
men present who saw service in the
war nncl .It waH vol.eel to adopt 1 ihe
name ·of Frank lloo111a Post , of the
American Legion, in honor of the
first Portsmouth ;boy 'killed in the
war. Lieutenant Booma was ,kille<.l
in one of the earlier engagemel}ts of
the American aromy.
A icharter wiU ,be aslte<.l' for and f,'.,;~'.!1-iif,
~his will be keprt open for a time so 1.~~:l_{~T
that all of the men who took ,part In
tho war may become charter melllllers.
'l',he following- ollicen were elected
who· will lie ratified after the charter is secure<.!:
Post Commander-:-Sergt.
R. \V~ldron.
Vice Collllll!IIHlor-Lleut.
r. Neville.
Post Adjutant-Sergt.
HcCaffery.
Finance Oflicer-Private
ff. Walker.
Historian-Private Lym'.'-n
)onald.
Chaplain-Private Waldo Pickett
The t[ollowing committees wer~
,pµointed:
On ·by-laws, Cor,p. Mark
W. Anthony, Sergit. E. A. Weeks, Jr.
Lieut. Bailey V. N. Emery, Privat~
Nelson 'l'. \Vright an<.! Robert Bruce;
on hall, Sergt. Arthur L. Hersey, Privates Harry E. Perki11s and Sherbu'rne Wendell.
The next meeting will
June lG.
�LAUNCHING
ATSHAITIJCK
YARD TODAY
The thirteenth wooden steamship
Sha1l,tuck s•hip ,yarcl
at
'Newington
was
sucessrully
launched shortly be rore 1 o'clock In
the presene or a large crowd of spectators Including ,Cover.nor John H.
Barl'lett, members of •the N e w Hampshire Bar Association and th·e New
Hampshire ·weekly P•ubli s'hers ,assolca1lion. Tho craft was christened
maka ,and• her sponsor was ,Mrs. Mary
I. Woo,! or this city.
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�HO:\'OH ROI.I,.
(Continued fro1;1 page 3.)
r,:. 81':tl'PY, 1 Li Orchanl !:I. ('l'11flo
l'ollege for lnstrucllun in t':trpcntry.)
Hohinson, Clyde Oilmau, wife, 2 J 1,
South sl. (Camp Deven s. )
J{egan, Cornelius .Josep1' ?.:i D:111 IC'l sl., IJrolher John Tte ,..J·1 How al.
(Camp Devens'.)
., · •
8tevcni:,
\1aHuiugI'..
fatl1u1.
<;Jiarles A. Steve!ls, 84 \\'a ~h i11gtu1,
'-'t. (ll. 8. A. :J3cl 1111'. Machine U1111
Co., Caual ~one, Panama.)
Sussman, J o~eph A., (3 the>r, I l:ur.1
Su ss man, 72 Islington st.
Sauds, Simon rr., wife, 1::1;~, Sou1:1
~I.
(~'l llJ)l'rintcndenl.
Cu:tsl
GHard.)
Smith, Arthur L. (Lie>HI.) wif,:.
•I I Wlllir1l st. (27th Arlillery, Wat ertown, Mass.)
Small, Oro, lsliug-ln 11 sl., famiJ,
moved to Bath, i\le>. (!Jlh C:o. <:. ,,;
('. 8prlnglielll.)
Sabins, i\lar(in, wife, 4!J Plcl.nrinr
sl. (ll. s. >I. II. 8. 8. AlltlPrlo11.)
Schmidt, Theodore
JJ. (l,icut.)
au11t,
\lrs.
Thomas
:\1orr::;ey .
Sheafe st. (1st L·lenl. 3!Jth J11fa1,tn
Ca1111i Gree11.)
·
Stevens, William IL (Ll<'ut.) w'.fl'
GS lligh st. (ll. :,. ~I. C'. 1 tilh Co
:;th !leg. IT. B. \!urines.)
Spinll<'Y.
Augustus
F .,
rathu1
l~11gcne 11. Spinney, 3:il Hanover st
( :latlery I•~- Ji'ort t\lcl<inlc_v . )
Sosvellle, Ilenry, wife, 82 Au s( i1
st. (l. S. N . Chief \las te r at Arm r.
l J. S. S. Martha Washington (transport.)
8l.1•a1·11n, Oi!H )'., wlfe,7:t Atkl11 :; 011
:t. ( ll. S. :--.)
Smart, Christophe>r
'I'.: father,
lhrlst 8111:irt, 70 Monn!. Vernon st.
·>lava I lle se nc.)
Spinney, I~morson S., fnther, .\1·iert 8. Spinney, 41 !l Richards ave>.
( Na v,ll llcsefve.)
8chlt'.~el, [i'red, wife>, ;;:~ Saller st.
\ll. 8. >I. \I. 8. S. l'a1lural1.)
Saurman, Charle>s D., wife, :11~
~Ian over st. ( ll. S. N. Chief Master
1l Arms, ll. S. 8. Sonthen.
Schiot, Peter L., wile, ii8G Broao
3t. (U. S. N.)
Schmidt, Alfre<l , A.,
wife,
1 l1
Wa't!'r st. ( lJ. S. N. M11sirla11, Naval
:Jand, l'orl smouth >la vy Yard.)
SumartJis, l'cle>r, !12 Vnug'han st.,
mother, I<ate
SmartJis,
?.lltylenc
Greece (l'. S. A. rump Dix).
Sweeney, l~1lward, wife, 429 Rich ards ave. (U. S. N.)
Marvin, 1 .Mulberry st. (t:.
S. N. Musician Naval Dand, Port::;moulh Navy Yard.)
Woo<!, E1lg;u1· Forrest, father, l•'re (!
L. Wood, 204 WIIJird st. ( l~11lf3tcl!
April 30, ] 918, Naval Reserve.
War<l, William E., father, 'rhomas
A. Ward, 20G Lafayette !load (Naval Reserve.)
·
Wortman, Harry llerlJert, father,
. . . . . . . . . . Wortman, l~lwyn lloc.d,
( l . S. A. C. A. C. Fort 8tark.)
'
Watt, .James Y., father, .John
Walt, 1 8 Tanner Alley ( U. S.
Camp Devens.)
Spanalas, Pan!, 1 ,;7 Congress s~ ..
brother,
John
Sp:rnalas,
Polan,'
((!an1p D1ive11s.)
Troy, John .J., uunl, Mrs. Micha,, ,
O'Connor, 37 Islington st. (9li.
Co. C. A. C. Springfield.)
Thompson, Walter D., 4:; Rogers
:L, family mover! to Drookly11, N. Y.
Timmon s,
Thomas
.J.,
father
1lcnry Timmons, 18H McD011011 6 h ~~:
(.Naval Reserve,
Machinist
Nava!
\ vialion.)
Timmons, .John P., fathPr, Henry
l'immons, 1 8G McDonough st. (, ·av:tl Resel'Ve.)
F.
Garland,
rat:,er.
Tucker,
Charles F. Tucker, Broad st. ( ·aval
.!.
'Winn, Harold Irving,
wife,
4G
Cridge st. (Enlisted May 17, 1918,
U.S. N.)
Wilkinson, John Daniel, wife, 101
\Vlblrd st. (Camp Devens.)
Yeatori, Donald Ferguson, father.
Hi:u:iry B. Yilaton, 240 Ml<l<lle sc.
' ( Camp Devens.) .'
Zangari, Frank, Wife, 8.Q _")lussE:ll
st. (B.and.,Master, Naval Band; Porfs:'
Navy Yard.)
I
Reserve.)
Tingley, llarry, wife, Chestnut st
(LJ.S .N .)
Trneman, l~rnesL, father, Thomas
li'. Trueman, 74G Mlddlo road (Nav·l! fleserve.)
Ti111111ons,
Patrick
.T.,
father,
:\lichael Timmons, 274 Lincoln ave.
Naval llese rve.)
Trerlick, George A. (Lieut.) wire.
·1•1 ll11111phrPyH Ht. (ll.
':orpii, C:a1111> Gordon.)
Vinclquerro, Frank, father, Luigi
1
Vinc!querra, 221 Daniel sl. ( l)attery
b~. !ith Fi e ld Artillery, A. E. F.)
Vecchio, Costawzo,
214 ' Market
sl. , father, Vitoria Vecchio, Cozerla.
IU!ly (Camp Devens.)
Walker, Wallis D. ( Lieut.)
I 16 ?.lirlclJc 1::t. (l•'orl Ililey.)
_:..,..;_
...(,,,:,~~
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___
WePks. Eclward A. (.SergL.
2 :: 2 Deer sl. ( !Jth Co.
C.
Rpringlield.J
Wendell, George A.
Jones ave. (!Jth Co.
Jlcl<l.)
Wc.l,urlo11, Waller, faL:H'r,
Wahurlon, 1 I 91 lH\jn gl.0 11 st.
('o. C. A. l!. 8pri11glield.
Waldron, Jeremy
rr.,
mollter, Mrs. \V:iltlron, 11.i
( Co. A. I 4 lh l•:111'.lll,•e r ~ It
l•'.)
Whn !Pu, /1l fre>il 1•1., mol her,
\Vli:llen, .Jal'l;:,n11 i:t. (\'11. A.
J•; 11g-lnccr!1 It. H. ,A. I•:. l~.)
Wa s hburn, l s rael II. (Cupl . )
nroud st. ( l l . s. IL A.)
Wilson, .J. I<. (L:,,nt.J wife,
\Vlblrd st.
:;3
Wright, .I. llran,1011, Lather, .Tniu,
II. Wri g ht, 8:.it,;a1:1ore> · llo:Hl \AVia
l:on Schou! at ~)a!lan, TPxas.)
\\lc:tVl' I', l!enr.v I'., l';L1l11•r,
IV. Wc:1vcr, 1 li 8 ('1tlJC>t
RI.
flescrvc.)
W riv,h t, La Wl' C II C'C
B.,
:.\!rs. Marion IJ. \Vright, :i24 llroa,:
Shntzman, Nathan, wife, 41 nrew.ll. ( lJ . .s. N. A:;siHUllll l'ay111a.;ter,
ster sl. (I. S. N. ?.11lslclun, :--aval
l'o:'lla11d, :\le.)
Uand, .Portsmouth , avy Yard.)
Wood. Halpll 'I' .. fatl1Pr, F'rcd L.
Sullivan, Samuel, wife, 29 MornWoocl, 20•t Wihi:·c1 st. (Nuval l~eing st. ( ll. S. A. C . A. C. I~ort Con3erve.)
stitution.
While, John P., ,·1ife,
Small, Percy, 4 Elm Conrl, broth(C. A. C. Fort Stark.)
ers an1l 3lslers, lsleslloro, Me. (-lJ. S.
Wlt:d1le11, .Tospplt
A. Camp Deve11s.)
Nellie V. \Vhld,len ,
Harr:
Sussman,
Saul,
father,
. l
S. A. r.:111111 ,Dix.)
'lussman. 4~,!l Islington st. ( ;-.. . !. l----r;;:~:;:;::r~r'!~6:5"':~:---':~":::t1~~
f 'nJJ,, !.'r for instr11clio;1.
•
�PORTSMOUTH AWARDED WAR'
,.
KEUC FOR GOOD WORK
..
Will Receive a 6erman·fiun In 'Recognition of Her Re=
. sponse to the .Last Liberty Loan
In recognition of tho good worlc
do~e in this city In the last Liberty
Loan Portsrnotith is one of tho . four!
.
.
Now England . cll1~s that _w ill _rocc.lvb
one of . the Captured Qermnn guna ns
a trophy, · This announcement ,vas
mado yeatoi;day. whon tho Fcdornl
Uesoi-ve .bail.le. stated that tho guns
were. r~ady,_ r9r· shipment.
Other
cl.ties t11at -wi11 ·receive sini'ilar guns
are Waterbury, Conn., Quincy, Mass.,
and Dillerica Mass.
Chairman ~isa'of tiie Liborly Loan
committee received word last wcell
that PortFm<¾th · was leading in the
raco for one of the gu~s. but that tho
liguros given by tho 1rot1eml rtesorve
1Ja11k of the number of subscriber:;
was so great they would liko to veriry, them. •rhc ncsorvo bank gave
the city over 10,000 subscribers, with
an accredited populalion or Joss than
.l 1,000. Clwlrmnn Rise lnl'ormocl the
board thul tho city's
nearer 16,000 now.
I
'fhis
ing iFm· C'amfl novf'n~.
Four more draftees left this morntng to join the N:±tiona I army al
Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass.
They
were accompanied to the Boston
and Maine railroad station by Sherilff eylon Spinney o[ tho loca j board.
The men are Andrnw Michelchook ,
Sonren Ajenlan, Mike neulH' n or
Portsmouth and Walter
Pickering or Newlni.:ton. Tho loc·al
board has lss11c1l a ca ll to Haymo111l
Eaton Currier , of l•~a st Kingston a1111
Thomas William Charles of
lua ve July
the main platform were the officers an1l their families, the
erno r's staff, the officers and
raml lies from the Shattuclc
Yard, the Atlantic Ship Yard
many from this city.
The launching was under the personal direction of Industrial :\tanager
Atlams, nsslstecl by a corps or assistants ancl onre the word was given the
wo1lgm1 weru q11lclcly tlrlv n
and tho ship rai sed off the
Without anything to mar the pro- Constructor L. S. Adams, U. S. N., blocks. At the word the last keel
the industrial manager of the yard. block was quickly sawed away and
gro.m the submarine 0-1 was success- tnd she christened
•
the boat with Am- as the sh ip began to move :vrrs. Adth
fully launched at · the Portsmou
.erlcan champagne, the bottle being ams broke the bottle ago.inst the
enclosed in handsomely engraved steel bow or the ship naming it 0-1,
nn.vy yard yesterday afternoon.
The launching was from the old mesh silver casing, the names of the Chaplain Roundtree having prevlotissponsor, boat and date being en- Jy aslrnd blessing.
Franklin ship honse, made famous by
graved on the casing.
As the ship started the ~aval Band
the several of the old type or woodMrs. Adams wore a hand some suit played the 8tar Spangled Banner.
en vessels of the navy, and was witof white jersey cloth embroidered
At the ('Onclnsion of the launchnessed by· a distinguished assembly
with navy blue and a blue picture hat ing :\I rs .. \llam s' was presentr,l with
of people Including Governor ll enry
She carried a hapdsome bouq uot of a hanclsome ~o ld wrist watch, the
\V. Keyes and his personal staff, naAmer Ican neau ty roses.
gll'I of thll workmen or \he navy yarcl
val and army omcers, to;;ethor with
On tho-•Jann chlng Htancl with Mm. In the Navy Varel lm1irov e mc nt So
their wives and families. The navy
Adams and :\>tr. Adams wore: Gov- ciety.
;ard bridge and the Kittery s hore In
ernor H. "\V. Keyes of New HampThe 0-1 is a sea-going submarine
the Immediate vicinity of the Frankshire,
Rear
Admiral
C.
J.
Bouch,
l
.
JI
and
she is praclically completed, and
also thronged
with spectators.
S. N., lhe yard commandant and '.\1rs. should be in commission within a
The submarine, which ls the sec- Bouch, Captain W. R. Rush, l . S. N., , month.
Previous to the la1;1~ching Rear
ond undersea crat't to be built nt tho of the Boston yanl, rhief of industry
local yard, slid gracefully clown tho of this naval district, :\1rs. Davill ll. Admiral an,! :\Trs. Bouch tend ered t\
ways at 1.42 o'cloclc and was greet- Franchi, wife or ll. 8. Amb:i~;a,lor ln11c·hco11 lo Gov. n1HI :\Trs. Kcyos,
ed bYi the whistles of the river <;raft David n. Francis, to Jtm;::;ia, Col. U. Captain "\V. R. Jlush, l' . S._N., lnclu5an!l Ute J10arty cheers of the large \V. Patterson. U. S. A., commanding trial :\1anager and }Trs. L. S. Adams,
thr'o ng · of spectators.
officer of the Portsmouth artillery ('ol. G. W. Patterson, U. S. A., a~d
, /The craft ran well out into the district and ~liss Patterson, )'[rs. Nor- \!i ss Patterson.
Following the launching :\fr. and
streiun ' before her snubbing lines man Kirk, wife of Captain Kirk, the
'checked her· so that the yard tugs commanding on'lcer of the 0-1, Com- \Trs. Adams entertained npwards or
eople
.i!(i'ula·-?un-arcmg.slde~ - - mandor and :\frs. Almy and Cornman-
SUBMARINE 0-1 ., :· · .(.
lAUNGH[D Al YARD
The sponsor or tbe 0-1 was Mrs. i;d;;e;..r;.a:.:n:,:d:,.,;:\1,:r:..:s:;·-';.;'!v;.y~m-::':-an'.'.i-.-::-:-:::~~r~....l
c.;·Isabelle Adams, wife or Naval
�STORY Of fAMOUS ·YES·
posing presence, ·but he had a keen 1,c.,...-:•••·••
and, active mind and gooO. judgment regarding business ventures ..
'Mr. J ones had many• of them besides
brewing.
I
_ Samuel I-Ianscom's younger son I
John F. · Hanscom and learned 'bis
trade in, his uncle \Villiaru's s 1 pyard, near Frankfort.
When a
young man he engaged in the government employ and rose lo be government naval constructor. He Is
now (1911) 69 years old,_ and although on the retired list, the government has kept him employed In
supervising this, that and the other
business connected with the navy
r-tl-1a_t_w_a_s_o_n_B
___a_d_g_e_r_'s_I_s,.la_n_d..,-o-p_p_o-d yards. Ile goes from one yard ·to
site Portsmouth. He bought this another; at present he is located at
place in 1780, and set u)l business the Norfolk yard.
,Villiam Hanscom had two
for himself, arranging his shi)lyard
at• the foot of the hill here, where he who were remarkably able and
found a suitable cove for the pur- ed in ship building. They won na. 1I plenty o [ d eep wa t er tional fame during the , Civil war
)lose, wit
right up to the shore. He was then as naval constructors. Their . names
about thirty-three; he knew how to were ,Villiam L., who was born In
plan and build a \s 11ip, from kee 1 to 1812, and died in 1881; and Isiaal1,
top-mast. Also he knew how to who was born in ,1815 and died ln
boss workmen. The Revolu_tionary l 880. They learned the ship car
war was tl;en near its close; bus!- µenter rtade with their father. They
ness was beginnini;,'to improve;, the made a specialty of coostrucling
tide ·or prosperity was setting in; plans [or other yards, as well as for
young Hanscom kept his eye on the their own. 'William L.' became emtide and took it at the proper time; ployed at the Portsmouth navy yard
it c:vried him on to fortune. . H Is and was boss of the construction of
shi)ls found a ready sale at a good the wooden dock that was in
-there for more than half a
profit.
John Ilnnscom hn<I two sons who,.,_.,.1t....,w..a..s-completed In 1862.
were the equal of their father . in
the ship building busine8s, William,l.~,:la',-<t>'oo#il
born in 1783, and Samuel, born in
18 04. Their father gave them good,
JHactiral ed uc,l!ltion, especially· in
regard to ship building.
They
learned the trade at his yard
supplemented that knowledge·
making a specialty of planning the
construction, in frame and finish.
They became experts in making
plans for fast sailing ships, Thb
elder son had a ship yard on the bank
above here, In the vici nity of F r nnkrot. 'l'he younger son, Samuel, staid
with his father and in herlled ' the
Greon Aero yard, and carried on the
work here until his death in 1859.
Ho built clipper ships, one of which
was the historic Nightingale.
Snmuel had two sons V(ho became
noted; one as lhe clerk and right
hand man of Frank Jones,
mouth's famous brewer and millionalre. IIis name was Justin V. Hanscom. Ile ,was an expert accountant,
as well as good husiness manager.
It was said of him, and was no
·
doubt true, that he knew more about
Mr . .Tones' buslnes,s than Jones did;
anyhow, he kept his employer posted in regard to the drift of business
and advised him what to do and
what lo let alone. Mr. Hanscom was
small
and not of an im-
SEL BUill Al ELIO l
Clipper Ship Nightin,gaJe Built By Samue
Hanscom, \Vas·One ot Finest Ship Atloa
The launching of three ships at
the Newington
shipyard
011
the
Fourth of July \1·ns made note or far
and near as a great event, but it was
new only to the present generation;
former generations here were fanliliar with shipbuilding on both shores
of ll1e Piscataqua, but those ships of
the Fourth were the first lo be
launched from the Newington shore.
Defore that many had been built on
the l~liot shore, and above JJover
Point on the Dover Neck shore,
"'.here, for more than a hundred and
fifty years, s)1ip builrli11g was extensively carried on in several shipyards. It is a matter of record
that a frigate for the Tiritish navy
was built heforo . 1 GiiO !11 a ·yard, in
a ·cove, above Isaac L. L11cas's urick
yard. Tit!!, cove is n Hhort <listnnce
helow where the Cocheco river
empties into the Newichwannock at
Thompson's Point.
There were shipyards at several
coves on the Tliot shore, but the
most f;tmous of these was in the
cove at the foot of the hill on which
the Green Acre hotel stands; where
the historic rl(.tJler ship NighUngale was built IJy Samuel Hanscom
in 1 8.iO; she was the fastest sailing
merchant ship that has any record.
N,o I ham Co lo!list \Illstorical Soci.
ely heicl its field day al Green Acre
in .Tune, 1911. At that meeting
.lohn Scalos read a paper which Is
given below. He ohtained his facts
· from 11Prsons then living, who wittH'ssecl the launching of tho Nlghlingale, so the story may IJe r lied on
~ - :orrnct,
11otwilhsta1Hli11g the
...,.. Jpedlas, and some other pnbll.·ions. state that the ship was
built at Portsmouth.
Mr. Scales
gave a sketch of the Ilanscom [am;!y, following which Is the story of
the wonderful Nightingale:
'l'h~ H11ns(·o111 8hj (J B n ildc1:..
The llanscoms, who succeeded the
Hammonds, have a great record a~
ship builders, and their shipyard
was at the foot of the hill on which
Creen Acre stands. John Hanscom
w'as born in the Eliot section of old
Kittery in 1648. .He learned his
trade as ship carpenter in the yard
�MEMORIAL Al "I
FOR FALLEN
TABLETS WAR HEROES
SOLDIER
MEMORIAL
Ap-1'\
Chairmnn Norman H. Dean of the
special committee on the Soldiers'
Memorial has ' awarded the contract
for the bronze tablets and the railing
about the mound al Haymarket
square to Heaton and Co., of Nashua.
The firm agrees to furnish the tablets
and set them up five weeks aCler the
list of names are given them .
Tho commilloe ifl very nnxiom1 to
secure the names of every man who
entered the service from this city.
They will Jeep the list open, as long
as possible and wishthat the relatives
or friends of the men, or the men
themselves would see that the committee gets a corerct slip with their
name and service on il. It is very
important• that every name should be
secured for once c:u1t there will he
no way of corecllng or acld ing a name
so they must he all in before the !isl
fs closed.
L-
PortsmouthPlains Improve=
ment Association Will
Dedicate Tablet On
August 10
· The Portsmouth Plains Imprbvemont Association will place a lironze
11wmorial lahlet, properly inscribed,
on the large boulder at the Plains
anrl twenty four maple trees recently
set out are to be dedicated to the
memory of these brave men, each to
he lellei:ed with the dead hero•~ ....-"''""'~••·.
name. The name of Miss li:velyn Pet
rlo, of 1.hl:, city, who wm1 l<lllucl whiil
serving as an army nurse is also in •
scribed on the tablet and a tree dedicated to her memory.
The dedicatory exercises ana u,t·
veiling of the tablet will take place
Sunday afternoon, Aug. 10, at 3.30
o'clock . The program which is being arranged will include nddresses
by prominent speakers and a band is·
to furnish music for the occasion. IL
is hoped al arge part of our citizens
will he present to assist in honoring
the memory of Portsmouth's brave
boys who died in the cause of right'l'heir names are as folJ\rlh u r •r. Patch, U. S. N ., H ugh
Conway Hill, U. S. A.; George R.
Durand, U. S. M. C.; Sydney Pickles,
U. S. A. ; Chesler nroclc, U. S. A.;
Michael Lynch , V, S. N.; Lieut. F r ank
Boo ma, U. S. A. ; Lieut. Edward
Mack, :U· S. A.; Carl Pearson, U. s. t:>ii~;,,!fito•""~:.::.-'::f.ir~s:
A.; Christopher Smart, U. S. N.;
John Tanko, U. S. A.; Captain Frederick S. Towle, U. S. Medical Corps ;
Captain Francis Scolt, U. S. A. ;
Lieut. Paul C. Denenlt, U. S. Medical
Corps; John P. Hoyt, U.S. A.; Lieut. 11.;,,.•,,.c........,,
Frank H. Grant, U. S. A. ; Floyd Dar- .-~..-"'.,:'·il',.,,.;._":.~·~::,~;-N...,,...,.i,
ker, U. S. M. C.; Lieut. Theodore
Schmidt, U. S. A.; John J. Connor,
U. s, A. ; Armedio Triori, U. S. A . ;
Eugene Fay Halt, U. S. A.; Stephen
Henry Taylor, aCnnclian Army; Hnr- ••.., •..,,, ·"''"··
old II. Dutton, U. S. A.; Harold M.
..._,,..,....,.,,.J,
Cur rier, U. S. ;;;A;;.·--.....,....,-
�LONG
usr Of NAMES
FOR HAniARKET SQ.,
~1Eri10RIAL TABLETS-
The Tim cs has sec u rct;l-::a:--;:c:o-;:11;-:11-:;11--=c~u:-,.~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.._ __,,_. .11::r:1:111m:c::=:~~
list of the Portsmoullt men a nd
Bickford, Henry W.
women who cnlisled anti Raw ser-' Blaisdell, Harry Wallace
\
vice dnring th e great world war,
Bock, Chester Arthur
There are nearly 700 names in Lhe , Bodwell, Clarence Porter
list.
Bolton, Edward F.
These nam ()s arc Lo ht' JJlacccl 011
Bonin, Jos. Raymond
the memo rial tnblels Lo he er!'cle<l in
Booma,' Frank EvereLL
Haymarket sq uarn aull :is il is very
Borden, Philip Pearce
imporl:rnl lhal lhe !isl lie COIT<'CI.
Boss, Geo. Victor
'J'he Times suggc:;Ls t Ital au,v reader
Bowe, Andrew Palrick Jr.
nolicing an e rror in the spc llin/~ or
Bowe, Wm. Fitzgerald
the omission of anamc, not.i[,v at once
Boyd, Howard Leslie
cilhcr Norman JJ. Ue: 1110 , ch:iirn1;1n
Boyd, Robert John
ot Lite com111 ittec, ur J\l rn ..J ultn IL
Boyer, Chas. Allen
Uarllotl, chair111:u1.
DrackeLL, Chas. Edwin
'!'ho list follows:
Brackett, Guy Herman
Brackett; ltay C.
Brooke, '\Vm. Henry
Broomfield, Herbert Arthur
Brown, Austin Wallace
Adams, David Ji'orl>es
Brown, Edward Ames
Adams, Jtalph Geo.
Brown, Harold Hubley
Ajemia11, Sonrc·n
Brown, Howard Manson
Akerman, 1 lope
Bruce, Earl Harrington
Akerman, '\Vallacc 81whlon
Bruce·, Robert Merritt
Amazcen, Ji;arl Caswell
Bryan, Harry '\Vm.
Anania, Pietro
Bullard, Harry E.
Anderson, Oscar P. S.
Bunker, Frank R.
Anlhony, Mark '\Valker
Bunker, Herman W.
Antonio, Cipolla
Burch, Chas. H.
"-'l..~'.r•'i't,-- -I. 1/ I I I· I
Burke, Harold E.
Burke, Sherman Frederick
, Burns, Michael Jos.
llaclger, Carllon Bnrlrigh
Butler, Franklin Mllsworlh
Jl:ulg-cr, Philip Broolrn
Butler, Jas. Edward
Burlg-er, H.aiph '\Ves ley
Butler, Patrick Leo
ll:tdger, H.nssell Di11m11orc
Butler, Theodore H.utledge
Badger, Una ·
11:tdgt•r, Volney Coleman
lladg"cr, '\Vallcr Arno](l
ll:tiloy, Geo. Edwin
ll:t i Icy, Pall I JOS.
Caggiano, Antonio
Jlallanl, ltol>ert Jeremiah
Gall, Richard T.
!larker, Jl'loyd
Campbe-ll, Edwin Murray
llo11Telt, ClarcncP. Austin
Campbell, H.alph Clayton
Barrett, Daniel F.
Canham, Alvah Burnham
Cannon, Geo. John
Jlarnliu, Chas. '\Voods
Carey, Dennis Jos.
lla(es, '\\Im. Arthur
Carkin, Waller ~eno
Hauer, Albert Poler
Carlton, Ransom Smith
Heaurc•ganl, Edwar<l Jos.
Carr, .Arthnr Eugene
Jlpr,l;c r, '\V 111 .
Cash, John Leabon
llcckcr, '\V111. l•'rcderick
Caswell, Earle Walter
ller>ker, Ellen i\'1:Lric
Caswell, H.ay Geo.
llcclrnr, l~l i,;ie Lonisc
Cavaretta, Guiseppa
J10!111011l, Jos.
Champagne, Leopold
Ben11ett, Philip Brooks
Chase, Jos. Patrick
B ·rry, Cliflon
Chick, Chas. W.
Bony, llalph Grant
Christenson, Christian Thos.
Bell on, Ma( thew Thornton
Claim, John
llirkfonl R<lwar<l P
Clancy, John Francis
Clark, Ge-o. Melvin
Clark, H.alph Clarence
Clough, Goo. Atwood
Clongh, Harold Carter
Clulton, Philip D.
Coffey, Jos. Frederick
Coffey, Cornelius Eugene
Cogswell, Jas. Kelsey
Cohen, Abraham Lewis
Collins, Camilla 1\1.
A.
B.
C.
ol Ins, I 10s. •'rnest
Colplt, Jns. Elwin
Corneau, Omer Jos.
Co11!011, Chas. Stephc-n
Conlon, Chesler Luwrenoe
Conlon, Christopher Michael,
Connelly, John T.
Connelly, Robert Francis J. ·
Connolly, John Jos.
Conor, John Patrick
Connors, John Jos.
Connors, John Jos.
Connors, Patrick Jos.
Connors, Timothy oJs.
Connors, Wm. Michael.
Conover, Paul ·stephen
Conway, Patrick
Cooney, Edward J.
Coram, Geo. William
Cornish, Frank Lewis Jr.
Cornish, '\Vilbur Gorden
Cotton, John Melville
Coughlin, Catherine F.
Coughlin, Patrick Augustine
Coussoule, Loukos
Cox, Chas. Lewis
Craig, Arthur Henry Jr.
Craig, Horace Willey
Craig, Thos. Jeffers
Craig, Wm.
Crnlgln, Franlt G.
Crlmo, Joe
Cronin, Flurry Jos.
Cronin, Dr. Harry Jas.
Cronin, Wm. Fracl11
Crowley, Daniel John
Crowley, Helen T.
Crowley, Jeremiah Golden
.Cullen, Wm. •Henry
Cullinan, John Francis.
Currier, Frederick Slyvester
Currier Lawrence Olis
D.
Daley, Eugene Francis
Damm, Geo.
Damm, Martin
Davis, Arthur Franklin
Davis, John Edgar
DaV(sOn, Geo. Richard
Day, Ernest Lee
Decatur, Storer G.
Decosta, Bennett Arthur
DeCourcy, Harrison Arthur
Dennett, Paul Carroll
Dennett, Philip Boyd
Dennett, Sumner Frank
Denny, Robert John
deRochemont, Chas. Wallace
Dickey, Ralph Cooper
'
Dickins, Curti11 Hoyt
DiFilippo, Jos. Geo.
Dodge, Arthur Howard
Dolan, John
Dolby, Herbert Knight
Donahue, Jeremiah Jos.
Donnell, '\Varren Clifton
Donnc•lly, Michael Patrick
Donnelly, Thos. Francis
Donovan, Paul Jas.
Doolittle, Dorothy Aldrich
Doolittle, Irvin Warren.
Dore; John Knight
Dow, Harold Leroy
Dow, John Henderson
Dow, Lawrence Taylor
Dowd, John Francis
Dowd, Oliver Henry
Dowdell, Ralph E.
Downey, John Henry
Downing, Benj. Franklin
Downing, Jas. Thompson
Downing, Lawrence Elliott
�Downs, .Horace Stacy
Dreller, Louis
Drew ,. Harry Russell
Driscoll, Dennis Jos.
Dunn, Henry Linwood ,
Dunn, Robert r....
Dunton, Chas. E.
Durard, Elmer Cleveland
Durard, Geo. Robert
Durard, Jacob Madox
Dutton, Harold Laforest
E.
Early, Martin
Eastner, Ralph Thos.
Easton, Perry Lyman
Eldridge, John Albert Ellory
Emery,-Bailey Van Ness
Emrick, Robert L.
( Contlnue•d 'fomorrow.)
AND -MAYOR
WILLSPE
~fomorial Tablet Will Be Un=
veiled At Plains
Sunday / 1u-1: ;.. l•j
The Portsmouth Plai11s
ment Assol'iation, Lite first organir.ation or the <'ily to honor Lite sol1li<>r
dna<I ol' I Ito wnrlcl war, wl 11 11 n vol I 11
lll Ull!Ol'l,11 ta'hlct al I it(' l'lai11;; ~llll·
clay a flernoon, Lite exerci;;us Lo bei,:in
at :l.30 o'clock. This is an iclcal
spot. situale1l in the center of Lill'
city limits an<! conneclecl with Lit<'
military. history or J'ortsrnoulh for
many i:;e11eraLions. Tier, Lite 'boys
wltowenttolherro11tin 1812 received LhC'lr ·e arly training-; again in
Lite sLrn g gle or 'Gl-'6:i Lite boys in
blue were seen 011 para<le and Lacli('s
on the same grounds and when Lho
grnat worlcl war came Lhe spot was
again usell 'by solcliers.
The program as arranged is as follows:
Ponsmouth City fland
'remarks.
i\Ir. K P. Sherburne,
Chaplain Rountree
under clirection · or Mr. Hat
Mayor 11 l,bert Tlislo1
Portsmouth Cit~ Han<
Address,
Gov. John lT. llarllel
Un veiling or markers by rel a Lives and
frion<ls or <leceasecl an<l la hlct by
•Miss Doris Pearson.
When L11e flag is being raii;ecl an<l
when at hal!-tnasl moment or sL
lent prayer will ,bo observed 'by all
ancl as it reaches the masthead all
will join in singing "'l'he 8tar
8pan~le1l Hanner."
llemarks by pastor~ or tho churches.
Presentation or memorial to the city.
Acceptance 11Jy tlte m,i.vor.
a
Singing,. "A1norica" . ..
8enenJction, •
Chaplain -Rountree
• The p1·ocessio11 will be formed
promptly at 2.30 at MaJiket Sq uare
"\IHI · will immediately Lake up . the
liue·i,or nrnrch to the PJ;;,il;s. l 1t is
h:i\.tnt:si.iy
desired
by ·th<iI commjtiee
in
l
.,,1,.,
.
•
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'<'.l/tti:iN_f_ h{iht;'; all ,,or~alli-'(aHt)IIS '' -:Vhic:h
1'llticj1it(lc oa rti !'iP\lting i,n U10 , pxerCis'ow 1vill turn oul.: as larµ; e a clel egalion'i,las :ifo~~ll> lo. :'-' 'l'ran~po1•ta.lit>n to
·110'.;'city wilr be \1ro,,~rnact'fo'ri\ the
I"
,.. ··:r.h/"1i.i11 . ..,~ :4t
:- ._:':;.i~i-~{ 1./ ~.- .{:">
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�·,ve say here is of passing moment,
hut what these men did, -their •deeds,
nreserved civilization: it/lelf, .-· and can
;1cvor perish f;·om t11e .,... ine111ory ,.. of
mc1n; nay, oven morn, they shall ln:;rcaso in im11ortanco as timo shall
1sivo ns clearer . vision of present-day
history.
· . ·
··..
\
"A part of these . boys actually
sleep under the sacred soil of
France, some in othei· places, but in
our hallowed memory of them, in a
vaguo but in~piring way wo shall foe!,
:is we 1mss this spot, that it belongs
to them, and that here is the imAn epoch in PorLsmouth'~ .history was the dedication at mortal shrine bearing their' stars of
the Plains on Sunday of a monument to her 24 young men gold and their names _of love, and
who paid the supreme sacrifice in the world \Var. Here are the . that here their s11irits lie or dwell,
names of our young heroes:
· hero their valor shines and here
THE DEAD.
Lheir influence shall radiate forever,
Private John J. Connors, U. S. A.
•1s an inspiration to the future lads
who follow with the same old flag.
Lieut. Fran l<: H • G rant, U · S · A ·
"'vVe have a trnst, we who live and
John Pan co, U • S. A.
,.
loll ow on in the procession of the livAr1nedio Priori, U. S. A.
-~~~1\
ing, to keep these historic 'Plains'
,: •,, Lieut. Paul C. Dennett U. S. :Medical Corps.
':f
.1oat, clean and attractive, as
be~··~ Private George R. Durand, U.S. M. C.
comes the place where our boys are
f !; Corp. Hugh Conway Hill, U. S. A.
,o be remembered. These are, more· •i. Michael Lynch, U. S. N.
wer,, scenes where other history of
Capt. Francis Scott, U .- S. A.
oar lier days appeals :to ,us, · scones
, Corp. John P. White, U.S. A.
wlicre! our fathers• .> and · mothers'
blood was pill by the savage
encCorp. Harold H. DutLon, U. S. A.
·\
mies of Lhior unprnloctotl homos.
Captain :Frederick S. Towle, U. S. Med .
J.
was' hero Lhal they first vrncllco(l
Private Carl Peterson, U. S. A.
nalional defense, and, as the primi. Lieut. Frank Booma, U. S. A.
live warriors of colonial history they
Private Sydney Pickles, U. S. A.
were drilled to fight. How fitting it
Private Arthur T. Patch, U. S. N.
~,
is therefore that this gra1iite boulder
Private Eugene Fay Hatt, U. S. A.
should at last be erected here, · that
Pri-vate Floyd Barker, U. S. M. C.
these ml.mes should be perpetuatecl
Lieut. Theodore Schmidt, U. S. A.
!1ere, and that this park should, again
·
·
and forever, be kept green to exemPrivate Christopher Smart, U.S. N.
plify Lho rightful keeping of the
, · -~ Privat~: Harold Currier, U. S. A.
:nemory of the brave deeds to be here
.._ •·.·Pr.i vate Chester Brock, U. S. A.
-1 ssociu.tod.
';-;<'--::-.•Lieut. Edward Mack, .U. S . .A,.
--,
"God bless these fallen boys, may
' Privat~. Stephen Henry Taylor; Canadian Army.
•· we ·never forget them. lVI.ay we never forget the sacrifice, nor the cost
COllll) cte(' :J.11( a 1 WI
JOlll
lll
On a , bpau.tiful bronze tablet·
of the · thing which they saved. May
:-;i11ginr.; "'l'ho Star Spangled Dan- onr Jovo [or tho flag be greater bemonntcll 011 ; ,1; hugo houl<lor may bo
ltc111a.rlrn by · pastors,
l'U:t(l I hi:, !IHI or fallllll h(H'0()8.
t:ause they diet! for it. May we- hate
It is the first, or one o[ the first, l>resentation of ME!morial,
the mob more and stand by the govEdward P. Sherburne
grnnite monn111e11ts erected iu this
ernment firmer. May we not allow
ltespo1rne of Acceptance,
state since tho w:ir.
another war to come to make other
/
Mayor Albert Hislop
The lllOll 111nc11l w~·] creeled by the
graves like these because wo
are
11
1
t,
Portsmouth l Iai11s l111provemo11t At:- Jinging, .A1nerica."
narrow or bigoted, because we arc
ilcnodict.ion, • Chaplain Roundtree
sociation in which Prof. l~llward P.
t'orgottul and careless, remembering
Prol. Sherburne's address gavo
Shorlrnrno is a 111oving spirit, n !:. hat these boys went to \var feeling
though ably assisto<l hy every resi- some interesting bits of history rela- ·' :.hat wars were to be ended by their
do11t of tho Plains, l\1ayor IIislo11 and tive to the spot )vhere the· memorial
sacrifices.
other:;.
i:-; placcll. J lo Mid that more than a
"May they resl in poaco, ant!
scoro of Porlsmouth men gathered
The formal program follows:
flc1g for which Lhey tlicd forever
Seloctio11,
Portsmouth City Band under an elm tree on the identical
·,vave, o'er tho land of the free and
:;1.1ot in 177 6 and marched from
Oponlng remarks,
L110 home of the braev."
~dward P. Sherburne there to Bunker Hill, that under this
Mayor Hislop gave an address co11Prayer,
Chaplain Roundtree elm President ·wa-shington was regratulating the association for its
Singing,
ceived when ho visited this city
wonderfu l work, eulogizing the solUnder direction of Mr. Ratcliffe 170!), and, tile speaker added, it
,liers aud sailors and promising his
Adtlross
Hon. Albert llislop comes preeminently the place for m;
,mt.iring efforts in serving the living
Portsmouth City Band to mark the sacrifice of the 2 4 new " 1.ud honoring the dead.
. ,.~Governor John H. Dartle-tt lloroes.
Governor Bartlett said ilr part:
of Markers,
"We never cease to get inspiration
By Nearest llclativos
from Abraham Lincoln. 'l'oday ther 1
Unveiling of Tablet,
By l\Iiss Doris Pearson comes to us with imperative pro· As tho flag comes to half-mast, it will priety his inspired words delivered
be held for a moment of silent 011 the battlefield of Gettysburg after
1>rn :11or; tho raising wi II I.ii en
GRANIIEBOULDER WITH
BRONZE MARKER .UNVEILED
·SUNDAY BEFOREVASICROWD,
i
�MRS. HOWARD
SPONSOR FOR
.
UNDERSEA BOAT LAUNCHED
°'°'.',.~-~~-AT NAVY YARD TODAY
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In ithe ;presence of a large con- and Industrial ,:\fana.g er Adams, ithe
course of people, including,Admiral navy yard workmen were dismissed at
CJ. Bousch, L. M-clloue, secretary to' 2.30 o'clock in season lo w·ilness the
Assistant . Secretary
of l'he Na,vy launching and were also given lho reRoosevelt. Gov. John IT. Bartlett o[ mainder of ti11 0 day of[. 'l'ho mow
New HampsMre anti members or his craft is 231 feel in length and nbout
council, t.lhe submarine S-4 was sue- 22 feet deep. For su rfa ce
sailing
cessfully Jiaunohed at 2.50 o'clock this Dresel engines arc used and for suba!ternoon.
merged t;·avel ele-clricity•. Room ls
T•his was tJhe first launching from avallall lo fo r 12 lorpedocs, each l 7
l,he new submarine shed,, ancl owing icC't long-. 'l'hc delnils of l'ho launchto Its open construction all 11rcut-nl l111; wcro ably canlcll out under the
had an excellent opportunity to sec direcllon or llutl,uslrlal
lhe undersea crart sli<lo into the water. The sponsor was :\frs. Howard,
wife ot Commander H. ,s. lloward, U.
S. N., .and at tlhe given signal
she
broke 'a ' bo'ttle of champagne on tho
bow or t'b.o craft. As the •big criart
st11u·ck the water she ·was gr eeted wrnh
II, round -oT cheers.. from
the farge
cro\vd o! spectators. Througih
the
t'hougihtfulness of Admiral Boulch
i,.;.;;==~-------:----:-~~--·
ft.,:'!.-'~nlllll!!"
�kind,s of . t:hing-s absolutely nocessayr qf ,greaJti he lip was the well known, na_t·,' The thet11'y that anything made bJ•
to •t ho' na,'V'Y, tlrnre -were only · 20·00 ural ap:titud•e of -the Yankee, ,w1herethe goH>rnmenit: ,would be -costly,
e·m ployes. T:his number 'hacl, been able ever 1h e is· fO'un.cJ:, to clo an1·,thing rewould_--take more time t,h,a,11 it oug·h t,
to 11:ieet the -si,mple requirements of q•uired. So -the men learned .r,apidlf. ,
and / would be of inferior
quality, JP·e ace ti,Jnes·, ·and that was all, Somo,C!as,ses ,s tud-led s·hip-fittin,g, rivet~ilq,!1g •with many: oLhcrs, •has been
·how tho Jl'umbe,r •lm-rl iLo bo !11-croaHccl, ting, d:r illin,g, chl,pping and caul1king, .
t)F.·ap,[iod hy the ovc1tls of :tho- war- a.nd ·as ,a, lllatler O'f I.a-cl just bo[oro electri-c weldiu,g, ,a,c etylene· ,,., welcllng,
';,t · least as Iar as t 1ho navy yanl at .-the a.rmisttce was sig11ecl t:here -were ,co.p,p ors,miths an.a other trades. , T,he
P,oi:1lsmouth is -c on,c ernorL !Such is the 57 00 employ-as. Of tho 20 0 0 who wore •a verage age of members of 1t.he dassei;,,proud claim of Vhis fmuous old gov- Teady in April of 1917,'just _six were was 215· an.cJ,.the ages ' variedfrom 15
~1·0:ment yard•. Auel H1e record of the mkilled shipfitters! An•d, t'here wore to to 70. 'or tarn members' 48 •were col~.
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:ntr•d sin-c c Aioril, 1 !J:l 7, is- em1p,h,a tic in be 13 ,s ubmarines to b•uild, 'besides ~,g e -m~n, ,a,nd nine 'Were illiterates.
lts : testimony.
en-cl-less repair ,work on shi1ps alrcJ,cly 'l'he -course was ,for thre·e monit'hs and
, ·'Ir1 U1e monLhs since -that ,d'n to the in •c ommission. -Of t,he 4 OOO employes merrnbe.r,s, were a.cJ,mitte-d at any time,
·aru lms \Jeen a\Jl~ to m,a1ke large re- no\V in the y,ar,cJ, _several hundred arc A total enrolment w,as reached , of
.-d~":-tion in 1\ 1hc ,price of manufacture ex:pert -s htp-fitters. Desld,cs, 11110 yard 1296. T•he sohool dosed: on March' l~,
'<>l ._. various arll clo~, oven lo a. point was ,Jimlte,cl In t'ho wu.go:i it might 191!)
-tioemed :hli'l1erto Im.possible !Jy ·IJoth •)Pay,, an-ii had, to contend' wgainst ·highTo relieve ,men from -certain kinds
i;overnment ,and private ·plants. 'It llas er . w,a,ges in ·p,rivate ·plants•. At the of labor and ',a llow :t:hem to do ' things
incrc-asecl procl1uction on a :rnalc_ that 1hei,giht of our ac:tlvlty in Ure wu.r 1000 that wor,o of immediate ,great impor-,
no onQ tlre,i111od o-f, aml that u.ga.i ns't: moi·o men -co•uld oaslly .have
been -tance, women to -ihe number of,,1000
atlvior,s e •C.:Ollll.il:ions. ll 1has in many, used, to ,g ood ,a.d vanta,ge.
\vero om1p,Joyod, and did1,·vallent ·ser·~wt11t In most ,cnscH, boon nhlo Lo -c om,,llnd to 1•:llncnhl it-s Wo1·!011cm.
vice In Lho I1n1
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,., h ior forms, o.f 1procluc})lole work bol'o.ro ,~ho cc,11Lrac.:t lime
,In t11,~ ,s econcl· pJ.a,co, tho equipment ilon In ,worl< especially ,well fitted [o,;·
'•had expired. And- 1perha111s Lhe most in ·buildings and ,ways -wu.s quite in- won;en. Tho p,J,:rn is to -continue 'ith eir
lm,portant ,point-fit; 'lHi:s not -allowed
·adequ-nite ·for tho work that •was to em,ployancnt, . though not in such '8:.
tiho _•11nal!Ly of Lhc ouLput to become
be :. done. Tlwug,h ,a lu.rge o!'der had way as lo interefre at all"'with t:he
ln 1i111y wa·y ill'ferior.
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,come. for submarines, onl'Y• itwo ways employment of men. Ono of t!he wo/ ~?roof of tho llUality is well seen In
.,, · ·
man ,claims the ,c:h-,m,pionshi,p of the
•U'io choosing of this y,ard by tho ,gov-- existed. The maC'hlne sho1p, Uh0 In- world· for woman riveVl·e rs, since s·he
'ornmen t .a,s t'he designer of many f,u- -d,ustrf.al buildin-g ; tho •hospital, · the ma-de ,,t.1 10 remarkable roco.rd of pla::::
11-uro sub-marincs~no sllgih-t compli- ,priso_n-many of tho llulld,lngs could ing 264 rivets 11,, irwlt 'by 3-16_tl1s in
m()lll. A·lMed: proof Is seen in the re- not u.fforcl1 tllH\.Ce ,for wlrnt was .requir- two hours. ·
·
quest th-a t tho 1:U::ngllsh government ro- ea.
Dut since workmen ,c annot stanr
~iently mado for .full ,plu.ns o-f the ·mo'In the tlrird ,pJ.ace, t1he making of in the rain ai1'd the .snow and be ,hu.p1to_r boats -constr-ucted: t'hrough the s-ubmarinos was a new kind of -work, PY new build•ili.gs were -i -equirerl. The
\\'ar u-l 1[•!10 y·ard. ,
u.nd -work of ,c onsidera;ble delicacy, su~ of $450,000 · has boon s<pent in
An IUxpcrimcntal Yat·cl Now.
w,hich ,requires great ,c are -and expert new -c ons,tru,c tion. T-hc m\lchine shop
T-hlu ,11irrl', together •with those at knowled,ge, work in wh-1-c h tho whole w.a,s d-oubled in size, the ind,ustrial
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P.rook .yn, Nof;fo!k u.nct 'New ·Orleans, boat m.a,y be ,hu.mpered lly sllg.h't, lack building was liPied one story, and a.
is kr:own ,as ·an ox111eriment.aJ
yard, of •lrno•wlecl,g e on the p-a rt of a J'ew new -wi11-g was -ad-d-ed.; sever~ storeiu. / lhe sonso l-hat the -rnanuf-a1cturing workmen. T:he su·bmarine is not Hie iwuses ,were built · eu.ch of -s ix of
.w'ork is· conllu,c tod in-dcpenclently of al-3irn1 clock of the navy, but l'at-her which ·Juul 1'5:oo-o feet of floor ' space;
.- ,he -ml!Mnry, imthorllles and
u-nder t•ho 'Wrist watdh,
' a new s11,wm1\l \;•ullding was orocte~,
tho cunlrol or Lho 'i11'lh1,sL1.rnL clop:1,rl'l'o ovoncome these obstacles was a and- a new receiving and shippin,g
inont, •wii'h an lncluslrlal ma.nager at tas-k of no ·s ligh't df!mands.
And room; vhe -c a,paclt~, of the restaunant
iLs hou.d. T:ho Vhoory unclor
whiclh prom:vt measures were il:aken. All ,t:he I w, ,s trobeJ.d, with , a : moving ,Picture,
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the ox11orlmont Is being tried' is -t'haJt available workmen · were •hired from hall added,; ,a1 new -p ump. house _ and
the -collocllon of all the •different -man- w,heuever they could- come-. ,B ut they, new hot water ,heaters ,ve:re made;
·u(acturlng- •<lt11>:1rlments into one, un- -were ncit en-ou.gih. So in April, 1018, 1::ho ca~rncity for ,c ompressed air was
dor a buHlnmrn ,hcru(I, iLo \Jo c.:onductod · tL lr,a,d cs school wa-s r;tu.rted, t.he lisrl doubled,; for t,,1re· increased num.ber
purely ,as tt ,g ood buslnmrn, will be of its kind, in ,a ny of the ,
yards, of marine bar.n1Jcks to ,accomoqate
.'bettor . 1t1h-a11 .to burd,en t•ho military tho.ugh ,co,p ied in ol,hc:rs at on-cc. 'l'hc 550 men were built; for the 'h os.w Jal
heu.d•s wlt.h- such questions So far the obij ec,t •of this sc'h ool _w as to ,tr.:i,.in -cor.ps J. 7 new 'buildings -were Ta,d~;
]Jlan seas to meet with hi-g'h favor. · employes. For t<hls purpose it ' was lire number of iprisoner,s wt t'he ·nav,a,l
Ilot•h U10 -c ommandant of the ya ;·d, c1ivi-dec1 into three cJ.u.sses men with prison was so greatly increase~ tha_t
Rear Admiral ,c, J. Bou&h, and the in- no provlous trainin,g or knewledeg; barracks and- iness -haiis-fo?!ioo men
·dustrial -mana.ger, C,a,pt. L. S. Adams men •witih knowledge 'of one ~ind· of were erected, which later were fo.rced
Of 0.the •consit:ruction cor.ps, ,are cnthu- me0hani·c al work ·but •with desire . to· to house 1000, and ,t.hen bu.rnacks for
sl~atfo over the results obtained in enter· a• d·iffe,rent kind; and men a-1- 500 more were added. 1::.1eanwhile, the
Por~sn10ut1t·:
re-ad,y, ,s omewhat accustomed t9 the ,water ,consu-mption, was so .g reatly iu·-<obs~a,c lcs ' to ' any suc-ccss In the work bu1t: eager to ln,o,w_ more.
creased, tha.t the• _g overam'rllt had , to
"y•a!'d ·wore numerous when t-ho war
T;he members of -the ·-schpol were lend $150,000 to tihe K1ttory \li,ll.ter
began. lt scorned almost Impossible d ;·awn mostly ;from within a ra.cJ'ius d'istr!Clt for botto.r facll!Uea.
houae
·· to tlo anytihh1g even to a-p:proximn'le of 75 miles o·f iPortsmout,h, many of the lncreasect number or workmen
.(:tie -demands Uta!I: wore sure lo come. them country lads and men. Ances·- three .hotel,~ at ·K ittery tPoln_t ,. were
111, '(,he fl:rst pla,ce,. the ,working force tors of many, :b,ltd sailed, the seas in leased two o~ ·w.hlah :havij, now been
w-u.a entirely, -inu.•doq-u,a.te. ·•ro carry old- .cJ,ays, but :there was ~o · in:~erited
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'out the enormous •clemiands for all salt -tang in t!helr make-u,p. '.W hat was
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•ro
�q van up. 11 \ for
foro be very stroug. 'l'ho .rlbff uro citizen of Now England ts pro, 11 0
marines, .tour ltllw Ways 11\rero con- 1)1noocl nbout 18 Inches wpnrt, and Its record. The spirit. 'of t·he omployeF
struct!ld, sll t1hat six keels coulcl be aM 10 l11oheii deo].). Fo1· surf.aco sail- is shown :by1 the offering to go to t.he
lai°cl, down at one •time, and• a mile of Ing' Olesel art~h10~ are llSGd ,a.nd for 'relief of Halifax, when t•he awful disrailroad ,~rack was laid, with such a submerged travel, electria~l'Y, Huotu aster occurred, and to work tihere for
scardty of •hetp that ,prisoners,.had to fs ·ava!lable for 12 tor,pedoe9, each 17 noVhing. A sign which reads "The
do the pick and shovel work.
feet long. One hundred and twenty Amerlcrn People Want Ship~, Not
Never n Day Bchln!l.
storage batteries are placed• in eaC'h ·Excuses," is significant.
!Ships began to arrive for nltcl'n- boat, and these batteries are huge ,r.~~-:-::-"'.""=""!!0...,.....--...----,.,,_,.._ _,..1,
tlons and repairs. ln nil, excluding fellowR, about four feet high. Since
the small yard -cr:1f t, 1'2 2 ves~els were hostllilllM ·wero declared, u submatreated, during t,~1e wo.r. rnmc at them rine iilt!ng,-out- 1.Jn.9!n hal! I.Jeen mndo, ""'·"'·'-a
from the Padfic •wntot·s. 'l ,hree i;hiNs to which t,ho boat.d;i are UJwiitl nClor
of workmen were necessary to get their launching.
t,he work d•o ne In time. ln no single · ,Ort one side of the yard is
~-Jse was the work of repJ iring a day Ccrhiltil 1:Juhmarine U-140, which is
behind the promised time, and In saicl ltl httvO sllfll! the Fire
Island
s~veral cases it was before the' elate 1,ightship. This wa!! 61Hl or ~h(J nsual
set. The q,ualit)1 was high, loo : The which the GermJns, •with th{!lt' •111!\Jal
Montana's ma,cMnery wia,s overhauled colossal stupidity, kept back
aftol'
early in 1('he •war, after wihlch she sail- promising to give it up.
ed! 50,000 miles In severe •war work, round In •a German h3!'bor,
.and wJlen she cgme back ,again pracmany others, and towed across
tically no work was necessary on her
_I\ mer:Ca. 1•~ wns 11 cl!stlnctly
ma.chlnery, none on tlfe Important
bo:tt thall thuHe bcl11g l.Jttllt In the
,parts. Tran51Ports ;Jiad to be manufacya r d, rnther or tho cruiser ty•po. In
tured from sMps of other kinds. One
its 1>reso11t diM111anttod con·dltlon it
'bo11,t was fitted with tempornr)' bu.nks - gives sllg1hl fcu!lrtg of tn10 Outil tnlt
tor 2000 men, bunks l'hat . would
l ns nrrogJnco or oLhcr <lay,a
Before the war this y,:tr(1 -had been
mnke, so 1thcy say, a sleeping car feel
used. to :1 lnr,g o extent to supply manlike the open .prairie for space.
This ,work ham,pered the main
ufa,cturcd materials for the navy in
thing of the yard's business. Just begeneral. The difference in amount
fore the war began a large ord.ir was
of prod•uctlon under war conditions
received, and since t•he declaration
and before ls worth noting.
tih!s work has su'I)erseded all other
For' example, the electric machine
shop had, In 1916, an avera,g c uttlh!ngs. The first oric to be ccfmplctod
riut of $5700 each monl'h', ,with 128
the L-8, w:hlch was bnllt. ,'.lt lcs3
c·m.ploycs. In July, August ancl Se11than the contract price, and 'Ins been
tember of 1918, with an Increase of
in 'Service for more than a year. Then
only five ,and hvo-tenths the number
ln Jul}\ 1918, t•he 0-1 was launched,
of omtp!oyes, Lho output was $110,
and left the yard In December, one
395 ·or 19 •limes t,h,:i.t of 1916! The
month a:heacl of ,contract time. The
ast one 1t'O be finished1 was the S-3,
brais roundrr, in 1915, ,h ad an aver
aunched J.'.1.st December. Of tho reggc oul•put of 23,574 pounds a month,
maining 1 O contracted ror six a re
but In July, August and 1Septembcr
now on the •ways, and one of these ls
of 1918, t'ho output was
316,!>98
to he launched on Aug, 27.
pounds, more than 13 times as much,
'fho lnd4strlal manager told thb
with only, seven times as many cm~ov~rnment,thitt 18 months..>vduld be
poyoes. The boat shop Increased Its """''"'."'-'"'''•;ii11;,~r·•!"1r,,, .. ,.....,,..~•,r
necessary for construction afe'er the
proc:•uctlon of 3 5-fo<Yt and· 4 o:toot mo~tructurnl material had !11.rr!ved. I( be-·
tor boats ·by five times from l!l16 to
e;an to come in J•unc, 1917, and by
1918, and when the armistice
Soptember 98 per cent h-Hl arrlvod
sighed• w,as -turning out boats
V:ven under ~·d,vorso con<IH\ons, then,
timeo ns fast with only 2.4 times as
the r,tomlscs havo been fulfilled.
mnny omploycs. At thwt t!mo two cv,1,oropver, t:hc s,pocd of construction
NY three d,:ty,s slid Into the water.
hns been greater than t.hat previously
These boats are of the yard's own
;;hqwn by private yards, though the
designing and arc the ones that ]!]ngde~!i;n for the S-boats was [or new
land has asked tho ;ilans of for study.
and larger 11!;•'.ls than any before, and
T,hey are admired for their ·high
1·!1crc[ore eallccl for great readjustspeed, strength ,:incl seaworthiness
ment. Tho S-1 and S-2, built in priOf the manufactured articles themyat~ y,rd arc not yet ready, for their
sel ves , fn 1917, 1000 rigging blocks
trials, though the S-3 had hers in
,,_ n1onth wa~ tho average; in Auust
June and has been in active service
or Ia18, 18600 were made. In JO
sln~e,d:hon.
months of l !l 18 wa tcrbrcakers,
hold drln•k ing 'Water on !:•hl•ps, were,._.. ,.,_,:-,,,:c:l.\;;4,,__~·:-:1!.z:F.-,:;,,fe
Solfl<' Jmprcsslvo Flg-urcs.
made to the number of 7480; G!l30
-~ rter tbe launching on Lhe coming
camp chairs were turned out; 16,200
Aug. 2'1, others will follow at , ~!'(camp stools; 37,880 ditty boxes ancl
week Intervals, and• the four not yet
80,850 bread and. roasting pns. !11any
laid clown on the ,,,ays are fabricated
of these were made. b)· the women ~"'-',.;1<,,.,)Joc''tf•l·
and reacl<y for 1c,rection as fast as t·he
omployes T·hcso figures 1givc an idea
ways are cle:>rcd. ,Contract plans were
of what tho yn'rd can clo' w.!len it realprepared In ,vash!ngton, but all ally sets its teeth
terations h1we been planned In Portsmouth, and plans for fu1ture submaR·urh a :·ccord would• be im[lo~,lble
rines are 011 the lines here ,worked
wllhout ,:he best of spirit among the
out. In January, 1917, there were. just
cmploycs That is exactly what one
rour draftsmen In the yard. Now
finds Old Admlnal Farrag,ut of dauntthere are ten times as manr, b-u t not
less memory, who died in the commore than half as many, as are used
mandant's house Jong since, would
for the same amount of work
in
bo justly •[lroud of the yard, wore In•
many other y,ards. 'fhc ' submarines
able to look In on it. Certainly every
are 231 feeJt in JengLh and .about 22
feet deep. on· every square Inch of
surface, at 200 feet below the surface of the water, the pressure Is
- - - 88 ,pounds-. Co2structlon must, there-
was
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�SHIPYARD Of THE ATLANTIC CORPORATION.
/
By C. E. DOWNTON.
The Atlantic Corporation, Portsmouth, · N. H., 'Yas organized in December, 1917, for the purpose of building steel cargo
ships for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet
Corporation. Ten vessels of the Robert Dollar type were allotted under a contract that called for the complete fabrication,construction and equipment of the ships ready to receive crew
and cargo.
· , The yard, which was secured through purchase of the
plant of the Colonial Paper Company, consists of 125 acres of
ln.nd located at Freeman's Point, one mile northwest of the city.""-~"-.. ,..,,
of Portsmouth on the bank~ of the Piscataqua River, a district
made famous through the shipbuilding achievements of our first
admiral, John Paul Jones, who personally supervised the construction of many nav·a1 vessels used in our -country's early
struggles for independence. Among them were the AmE}rica
and Ranger, which rank with the best of our early battleships.
Furthermore, the latter was the first ship to hoist the "Stars
and Stripes''. to its masthead . .
:
Famous Ships Built at Portsmouth.
. Later history records the building of the Kearsarge, -Ad-:
rniral Farragut's flagship, and many noted clipper ships of the
kind comprising- our early merchant marine in the days when
America proudly ranked among the foremost nations of the
earth in commerce bearers.
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'. In earlier days, Portsmouth was a rival of.Salem .and other
New England coast cities in their quest for. trade, arid many
landmarks remain of days when the toilets of the seas made up
the greater portion of our substantial population along the Atlantic coast. Under these circumstances it was but natural for
Portsmouth aeain to come to -the fore when sh,ipbuilding as. sumed such important proportions in the attempt of the "great
· generals of industry" to meet the war emergency. .
.
Shops and Office Buildings.
.
. The permanent structures used for manufacturing purposes ·at the yard are of substantial mill construction well located
and easily adapted to the requirements· of shipbuilding. The
bhildings under roof contain approximately 483,000 square feet
of floor space, 413,000 square feet 9f which •is now heir~ utilized, and plans have been formulated requiring additions to· the
·n rnchine shop and foundries. . The location of the main office
building interfered with the piacement of shipways Nas. 4 ana. .
5, necessitating its removal intact to a position two hundreq
yards west and directly in .front of the maufacturing buildings.-·
· · 'l'he yard has five ship ways,- each capableof accommodat- .., ... ,. ,-.,,..-,,.
ing a vessel 450 feet in length, but which can be extended -to
take a 600-foot ship ! The shipways consist of central keel •
blocks resting on piling, while the launching ways are laid on
concrete blocks and piling.
,,- _,. ·.' The gantry ways, used for serving materials of construction, rest on piling and are each equipped with two electric
boom revolving tower cranes. Brownhoist & Browning locomotive cranes are used in handling the materials in the yard. A
transfer table at the end of the ways permits the shifting of the
gantry cranes from one way to another. The excavation for the
ways was begun in Febr""ary, 1018, and the first keel was laid
Oll May 23, 1918.
The river in front of the ways has an average width of 500
:,ards and a depth at mean low tide of from sixty to seventyfive feet. The banks drop .off abruptly at the end of the launching ways to a depth of over thirty-five feet. The river empties
into the Atlantic ocean two miles east of the plant and the
depth of water throughout this distance ranges from forty-sev- 1.,;y,,;r••,, ...,_,,.
en to one hundred feet.
�Plate Shop.
, ..
The ship shed, which covers an area of 141,000 square
·-····"""'''·• feet, contains the plate and angle furnaces, bending slabs, hy'. d~aulic.presses, hammers, forges, shears, planers, bending roUs,
_punches,..-1-oggling 1>resses, etc. ·-rrhere is also· ample space for
nhe assembling of frames, brackets, smokestacks, spars, masts,
small bulkheads, shaft stool, etc. .
.
·· . - . The plate racks for storing incoming materials are located
:it the west side qf the ship shed. · Four rows of racks are arranged to receive plates on edge. The cars are run in on spurs·
.from the Boston & Maine railroad, each spur serving two rows
of racks. The plates are brought into the ship shed on cars to
the layfag out tables, .from which point they move,in the proper
sequence of operations, progressing toward the east side. Tw'o
OV<'rhead Nrothern Engineering electric traveling cranes of ten
tons capacity, a smal_l locomotive crane, numerous jib cranes
fastened to the building columns, several electric trucks ·and
platformtrucks are used in handling the material within the
ship shed, three sides of which, in addition to a -port;i~n o~ the
roof are of glass, thus giving full use of natural 1llummation.
(..T'.ft;.;_,;:•,"[~.,.,.ifl" 'A standard gage track enters the southwest corner of the
~,,.~;.;,-,,i,',~ ship shed and passes through the building to the seautheast ;
corner for the delivery of materials to the hulls, spur tracks I
radiating to each ship gantry way and outfitting dock.
Larger bulkheads, shaft tunnels and fantails are assembled
in the yard near the ship ways. Fabricated material , in small
allotments can be stored at the head of the ways.
with'
1 The machine shop is particularly..-well equipped
cranes and machine tools suited to the manufacture of mediumsizeci marine engines. Triple-expansion engines of 2,800 horsep()we1· are to be used in the present vessels.
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Power Plant.
All machine tools and other equipment are either electricall)• or. pneumatically operated, the power being generated in
a central power plant of 1,060 kilowatts capacity made up of
the following machines:
One 500-kilowatt, 600- · volt, 3-phase alternating current
Curtis g-enerating set.
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. One 400-kilowatt, 220-volt direct current General Electric ,
gp1:erator,-Corliss engine-driven.
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. One 100-kilowatt, 220-volt, direct current Sturtevant vcr- 1
tical Pngine-driven.
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One f\0-kilowatt, 600-volt, 3-phase alternating current gen- I
e~ator direct connected to Sturtevant high-speed horizontal en-_I
gmP.
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'The turbine is supplied with the necessary condensing ap- •,
paratus.
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The boiler house is equipped with four 500-horsepower I
Babcock & Wilcox boilers, fired with Rielly i;tockcrs; also mQd- 1
ern fuel and ash-handling apparatus.
!
The ground floor of building No. 2 '-ontains the general \
stores, electrical department, pneumatic tool room; second I
floor, the joiner shop, riggers' loft, division of mold loft, anc! ::. \
restaurant with a seating capacity of 400, and the third floor
contains the ship stores, engine and hull drafting rooms, blue ,
printing and main mold loft with a free area of 29,000 square
feet.
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Training of · Workmen.
Special attention has been given to educatbnal de 1,elopment; training of unskilled men for riveters, chippers and caulkers, holders-on, heaters, etc., following the plan used by the 1
Westinghouse companies through the use of skilled mechanics as instructors, Many of these men have had the advantage
afforded by the training centre established through the efforts
of the training- . department of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. 1
,
Skiiled and unskilled men are sent through the training department by the employment department, assignments . of
.skilled men being made to the various departments after they
have been tried, out by the training department. The unskilled
men are kept under instruction for · a sufficient time to enable
theni to do the work of the particular craft for which they have
been engaged, re-classification being made according to the I
schedule laid. down by the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment
Board.
�Classes in Blue Print Reading, Ship Terms and Symbols,
Shop Problems, Mold Lo.ft Practice, Mechanical Drawing and
Lectures, treating with subjects associated with scientific management are being organizdd and will be carried on throughout the coming winter.
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A special Engineering ·apprenticeship course, to include !
actual ship construction and Marine Engineering Practices for
Technical Colleg e Graduates has been plp.nned and men .~re
now being recruited for the course.
. ·, · , _ •,d•
' The schedule covers a period of 36 weeks of -intensive
training and affords an excellent opportunity for young engineers to become familiar with the technics of modern steel ship
constru"tion, :-ind the development of inherent executive qualities that are in such demand throughout the ·industrial world.
Attention has been given to promote the best interestd of
the workers, and any venture that tends to improve their ;~ontentment is encouraged. There is a branch bank for the con_.
venicnce of the workmen, the Employees' Referenc·eeommitte,!
antl a ·sug-gestion system.
Housing F aciliti.es.
The ho 11:,ing facilities of Portsmouth soon proved inadequate, a condition that as~urned VPry serious aspecta until the
Emergency :fleet Corporat:on undertook the development of a _
hqusing plan in an adjacent property of approximately . 60
acres, known as Atlantic Heights, where eight dormitories were
erected, each containing forty-eight single rooms furnished
complete. The buildings are steam heated and electrically
lighted, screened windows, three showers and a tub . bath on
each floor, lavatories and a large living and writing room, and,
in addition to the above, two hundred and seventy-six hous0s
were erected. varying in size from four to six rooms, containing every mo.dcrn improvement. These houses are of the be's t
building construction.
The vessels b-eing built are of the Robert Dollar type of
8,800 tons capadty, 42'1 feet in length, 54 feet beam and I 24
feet depth. The first 8hip, the Kisnop, was launched 70 percent
complete on .Tanua.ry 18, 1919, eight months from the laying of
the keel. This vessel was outfitted at the mooring dock at the
south i-ection of f:he yard, is now in commission, and is on her
way to Europe with her first cargo.
'l'he second Yer--;el, the Babboosic, was lii.unched l\.fay 3,
19HI and was turned over to its new owners on September 18tp,
1!)19,
The third vessel launched was the Portsmouth, named in
honor of this historic city, that went over the top in every war
service campaign, and Victory Loan Drive.
The launching day was a notable one and was coincident
with the anniversary of our Country's Independence. The people of Portsmouth turned out in numbers' to witness so import~
ant an event in its already interesting history, and the day will
be long remembered with satisfaction by those who have the
real interest of the city in mind, and realize the -importance of
the establishment and successful operation of the first steel
shipbuilding industry in the state of New Hampshire.
'
Let us all put forth our efforts toward the encouragement
of our industries that mean so muc·h to the welfare of this bea~tifully located city.
1
'1
1.,0":\ I, .S H l1'YAIU> 'O'l'B~ .
l t will boo r lnt oroo t to l' orts moutu
1~,H11 that t he s toel fre ig hter
"Ba.!Joo1ic," r e co11t1~· bullt at tho At1n ntir 3h iµyar d, is t o s ail tihortl y for
Booton to ent er t he se rvice of the
I\ tl nn tic Tran3po r t L in~ to Loudon.
sl1e will sai l fr om Doston a l.Jo u t
Seµt. 24 .
1
Ca pta in P atterso n is com mandin ~
the "Ne wton " l.J u ilt a t the Sha.Li.i;;:k
ya nl SO lll O li me s in ce. Sit o will carry
3 !, o ror rt\ its, it l3 :;aid .
Th o ."Wasavr;a" will be used as a
:;t alio n oi l f:h i p and is s oon to sail !':?',]i';,_';l'J'
for th e Azore:;. ~.\'\-(4'{q ..,
Tl1r "\Voyaca" sa ils ·in a s ho rt't.iln e
ro r 11:nr; !a ll(I 011 he r maid e n trip. S he
l!l 0110 or t ho n11 e2t s hips turned out
by th o Slmt lu ck co rporation.
�ORD-ANDtAD~·
DUNSANY
VISIT PRISON
With Booth rarkington They
Witness Performance of
"Fame and the Poet"
4:,t;1':f;j~'/lt·~1;;)t';~f'lcl'~ ~
Lord and Lady Dnnsany's party arriv ed in Portsmouth this forenoon
nnd proceeded to the navy yard where
they are to be entertained by Lieutenant-Commander Osborne, who is
to give a Teception in their honor,
following which the prisoners at the
naval prison will present "Fame and
the Poet," bi, Lord Dunsany, .\ccornpanying Lord Dunsany Is the
1101!'1! plnywright and atnhor, Booth
Tarkin gton.
The distinguished guests will Ie:ivc
J:itc this afternoon for Boston, where
Lord Dirnsany will deliver an address
.1 t the Copley-P laza this evening.
�'PUBLIC 'L'i'BR·llRY HAS
~ -,\NY ADVA'PffAtiE.
sislers or brothers
and
•bring
them
to
the
library. These little foll<s enjoy pictu,res
and (Miss !Fernald would he pleased i•f
there was a mo,re hearty response to
the appeal for bright -picLures for the
children's department. 'A childrens'
story telling course is given by 'Miss
Edith Brew~tcr each winter, this having ,been provided 1.he library by Lhe
Civic 'Associalion for six years
more. Miss !Brewster has
six
story
hour8 and aflcr the course Is comploLed she kindly repeats 1 Lhc slory Lhc
1 children like best. 'l'he library has a
1 radioptlcon to be used in LraYel talks
"" ......
to the children.
'l'he library buys a' good number of
books each year, there being a call !or
the new books, while some of the ol1f
:i:,cf< get worn out nnd 1 o! course, a.
LC\\' am lost. The 11ummcr visitor !)RR
the use of the libr11ry while sojourning in · this city by depositing $1.25
and upon leaving a doll11r Is re~urned
as the card ls given back to the ahrarian. Visitors take out a 'goocl numben, of books as with one story, a person Is a11o,wed to take out several other
books. Strangers are much interested
:n 'the history o_f Portsmouth and books
caped a most costly ani:) ~er/ous acrl'la tive lo .our old town are In demand
~q,ecially during the summer months.
fhc. idea that only• light reading Is popc1Ja1 during the summer is not ,1lways
l'Ue as many people do heavier l'Glld lng while on their vacation, ,vho could
,ol give the time lo study when bus11y
,mploycd, and books of ccl'llcaUoilal v.i.l~1-,.arc called for not a little during the
uirnner vacation. 4- few books are
p1·esented to \he librarian lJ:/ peopl.?
'caving the city after their summer
vac.i tion .· but since the war the ,lib1·ary
haR had few volumes given, ow!ng to
'he need of \J')oks for men in the ser1l'icc.
A boo,c, ".Practical Shipbuilding," by Holmes was ,given by a ship
rard worker a short lime ago, he havi;g cor.cluded his duties at the Atian.:c Corporalion. As the book had bee:,
'lCIJJful to him he gave it to the library
' ~oping others lnterestedi h) shipbuild.ng would appreciate its valu ._ The
1
price of the book was thirty "flOllar3
1nc1 the gift was_ much apprccl~t1:d.
The library is one of tho first plUCl'II
the stranger finds who comes here for
~n,plo~•ment and has few acquaintances
~otne upon 'g,:i'ing away hnve cxpresscll
'.o the lib1:arlan the!, app1re.ciatloa ..'or
it!: privileges while in· this clty, and i:i
3l•\ era! cases have asked lo 'bo allowec!
to keep_ their cards as romin'dcrs of
Lhelr stay hero and tho courtesy and
the obllgln-g dlspostions of thoso in
:t,nrgc Is often favorably commented UJ)0n.
The beauty of the public
.rarce has attracted the attention of
1.rchitects and artists from various
parts of the country; it has bc•m ll-~'il,~!l>L'ii
.,kelched many times ancl: snap sh9t:i
1.rc ta.ken of it almost daily dui-lng llw
:;ummcr when the woodbine which
partially covers the building gives ll
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PO kTSMOUTH PUt ·L IC LI BRA RY
While Portsmouth people much apPreciate 1he public library an.I make
the most of its advantages there are
;tli) some people in this vicinity who
1ardly rcallze the opportunity it offers
tnd what It means to the community.
Mr. Gist, ,who gave such a splendid
ecturc at tho 1Chauta:iqua gathering•'ridny afternoon, referred to the great
Ldvantages of n library in any town or
.illy, although hllvin,g been hero so
;hort a lime had not. seen that Portsnoulh had one of which it was proud.
2he following sketch of the public Ii>rary and some {acts about it will inerest readers of lhe Herald.
The iPortsmouth IPubiic library was
'. esigned 'by that celebrated architect,
:harlt's Bulfinch, who design ed the
Iassachusclts State House. and it wa s
reeled In 180a for an academy. lt waE
,ed as sueh until 1668 w11en it became
public school. In 1881 it was re1odelled and became the home of the
ublic library.
In the year 1861) Hon. 'Frank Jones,
1en l)Iayor Of the dty, ga\·e one year's
lary ($600), lhc money •to :be availa'. e fo1· a public llbrnry. when the citi:ens should raiso -$5,000. :ror tho sam e
purpose. r.rhe library was open('(l Jan
l, 1881, but hnd no sultablo Ornilding.ln
fay '1S81 the library was acceptc-cl by
he city, which provided a permanent
ome ln the acad emy, after rcmodelin;.
t in 18%, al nn C'XJ)Cnsc of $S,000. Thl'
·lty nnnu itlly appropriaLM a sum O'f
noncy for tho nf'rcssary running c,xi:m~es.Thl' l:1lc •Hobert E.lll c h serve,!
1'1
~
•r--i""!"'r-Y•
J ~JI..!...,
~ss spare time for many to read and
·ewer books were given out. !Summer
,isitors were less, the high cost o!
lving and the war strain being a -: ·ountalble for this in a good measure
,nd visitors to the library did no:
qua] that of pre-war times. Yet there
vc-re many who did come and much
·ijoy!'d tho privilege, espocially new·omers to the city whose homo wa s
mly a room in a hotel or lodging house'
is a pince where even the stro.n;;er
,n c;ijoy the reading room where th~
:i.Lest magazines a.re on the t:i.bles fo:·
ll lo r ad •who wish the opportunity.
\lany 1'ortsmouth people enjoy tho
·cading room where the latest thing in
, 0111111 magazines is found on the talles soon after it Is ,published.
'.rhc_ library is open each wee!< )day
tnd evening, when boolcs a:·!' i;iven
•ut and returned. On 'Sur.day afterwons 'from November to April from
three lo ,five it fs open
as a reading
room only. The busy season in the Ii•J rary is from early November to thE
'nd 0 ,r 'March. !About 500 books a.re
aken out on Saturdays at that time.
Now is the dull time, only about 300
':>eing now ,g iven out on 1saturday, the
big library day of tho wcelc
l'J.'he teaching staff
of
the local
ichools find the public library a great
help as its ·books
are sent
lo the
schools or the dlf(ercnt gradC's reguil trly for dass work, so111cli111C'~ ?.00 being out at a lime at the s chools, and
.
!
I
lh<'HC arc chnngc1l WCl'kiy. Tr a chcrs 11H
well as l)lll>ils us e the lilJ:·ary rcn Llln,:
s librarian after Lhc 11\Jrary was ac!ptcd, hold ing that position many room often.
ears.
Children, alone, take o ut ab out 20,,l \[iss Hannah G ...!Fernald is li:J)rarian, 000 library books a year,
An upper
position she has ably !filled there for room is fitted up for the children ancl
ho past 11 years. I-for assistants ar~ little folks from the age of •five years
~Iiss l~mtna Youug an,1 :\llss H e len up come ancl l'njoy it. A librarl:t11 is in
hompson.
chargl'. 'l'hc hooks a re on the opr,11
s hclvl's and the child has the priv 1ll'l'ho library conlalns about 23,000 ri.::o of lookini; al the bo ok he 11 !shes,
10oks and up to two years ago lhe cir- which ls moro satisfac-lory than eiloos·ulntion had nearly ctoubleJ since t:\1i s s Ing it 'by name only. ,T here arc also at'erna !d first took up her duties. Dur- lr::ictivc picture books whir.h the litllo
n,g •tho war wit!1 the varlous industries folks may lool< over while in the buildnd many women taking up business in,g. ISomo of the older children have to
lfc or engaged ln war work there waa a,.:.;~;_::~~.::.;~:.:;,.::.;~:;_;~~.:;:,;..:,::,;;:,..::;~.~efj,~!;:•t':,'~~~;:t.-)t:;~~,:
.
�OffIClAl HONORROLL
.Of POR SMOUTH BOYS
Hatt, George B. (296 South st.)
The following list is the result or
Faulkner, Roland S. O,fyrlle ave.)
my work, as war historian for PortsFish, Charles C. (mother, :\frs. O.
mouth. I am publishing this in order
to invite corrections, atlcliliom, or
.\. l'eterson, J \Vibircl st.)
erasures. This is stJpposetl Lo be,
l•'ulla111, Peter A. (brother, Hi<·hwhen perfectecl, the official record at
arcl l<'ullam, 537 Islington st.)
Concord. lt is snpposecl to contain
Craig, llorae;e W. (father, Arthur
the names ol' all the boys in Lhe serII. Craig Sr. 889 South st.)
vice or t11e l'nitecl States who claim
l'ampllell, l~clwin II. (mother, :'-lrs.
Pot tsmouth as their home, anrl only
R. A .. \nclerson, GO Sherburne ave.)
frnrh, together with their father or
Campbell, 11alph C. (mother '.llrn.
11e111 est relative ancl thPir a.cl dresses.
n..
A. Anclcrnon, liO Sherlrnrne ave.)
l'ortsmoutl1 people should rcacl this
Jimison, Leon JD. ( ~(j Vanghan ~t.)
over carefully ancl if they notice any
Cronin, William l~. ( Chap<'l st.)
mistakes, they would do service to
JI arm on, George L. ( fitther, Simon
their country ancl to the boys hy
P. Harmon, 44 Humphreys st.)
comnnicating to me such mistakes.
Johnson, 1-Jverelt 11. (301 llanover
There is no other official list than
st.)
thi:-i onn I am tryil)g to prepare.
Tlonahuc•, .lercmlah .l. ~40 ThornPleai:n uclclress me as below:
ton st. (aunt, .\lrs. John He;;:: n, now
:\!rs . .John JI. Dartlett,
st.)
l 9 :\!icldle St.
Regan, La wren cc V. ( father, Tim1·:ir,srnout11, ="· H.
othy Regan, 230 Thornton st.)
War I[ istorian for Portsmouth.
Donel!, Warren C. (77 Hanover
J\ilamR, Ralph G. (mother, :\1rs.
st.)
:\Turcia l. A dams, 21 9 :\la rcy st.)
Orarly, Patrick J. ( 4 G7 Islington
Leach, Arlhur C. (105 Burkitt st.)
st.)
.(Lieut.) Walker, Wallis D. (wife,
Posey, Gilbert n. (104 ( Onl!;rllHS
1 l G :\ri<.ldle st.)
st.)
Vinciguerra, Frank ( rather, Luigi
Troy, John .T. (aunt, :\!rs. \lirhncl
Vine;iguerra, 221 Daniel st.)
.T. O'Connor, 237 Is lington st.)
Stevens, :\fanning P. (father Chas.
Holmes, J~clward r. (wife, 490 IsJ\. Stevens, 84 Washington st.)
lington 51.)
( l,ie11t.)
.\lcCarthy,
Ralph
G.
(Capt.) noel well, Clarenre T. ( w i l'P
(father, James A. \lcCarthy, 274 \fil4 8 Orch an! st.)
ler ave.)
\forrill, Harris \V. (wii'o, \lnrry
:'11<:C'rtrthy, .Tames A.
(father,
st.)
.fames A . .\lcCarthy, 274 :\liller ave.)
(Lieut.) Coram, Geor~c \Y. ( wil'r,
Parker, Erlwurcl G. (father, Hora.re
\Voodworth nve.)
D. J';trlrnr, :18:.1 llnlon st.)
(Lieut.) S111ilh, Arthur I,, ( wife,
llallarcl, Tloherl J. (wife, 25 Lal'ny4 1 Wibinl st.)
cU 'l roar!.)
(('apt.) LoC'hl in, Horace \V. ( wifr
Woods, Peter J. (92 Cass st.)
2~9 Cass st.)
Katz, Simon .T. (father, Sam Katz.
Slickles, A hrn m ( cl ischarged.)
J 5!l Hill st.)
\\1ecks, Eclwarcl ,\. (wire, 232 Deer
:\fc:\rastcr, Daniel /\.
(wife,
GO
st.)
nrewstcr st.) .
Arthur
(Scrgt.) :\fcCaft'ery,
L.
Latoui·elle, Ortave n. (114 ~faple( wife, 1 G nrcwster st.)
woocl ave.)
Gardner, Leslie IT. (wif<>, :\fa.pie•
Doss, George Victor (father, Geo.
woocl ave.)
Vfloss, 79G )1iddle st.)
Comeau, Omer J. (mother, \[rs.
1
Paul, Orman Jl, ( wife, 9 6 Chcltn nt
A1111ic> Comeau, 72 Akinson st.)
'st.) -----...
~-~
Cragin, Frank a. (discharged.)
S\lSii~n n , joscph A. (rather,\
(Co r p. ) Wcn<lell , George A. (wife
~ ~ t_,,.on"-'!s~t..J.....---1
Jones ave,)
·: ~ FarTll"!ltl,,...'Re-u-bon' ·· {l 4--7 Thompson, Walte r
st,)
'· atii,i;~lan, )'! osetl ( 4!l 1)11 •iel
'\
IToward 1 Willinm P. (sister,
James P. Griffin, 4 O1 :\1iller ave.)
Dennett, Sumner F. (father, J;rank
S. Dennett, 1210 Islingto n st.) 29th
A. E. F.
A lonzo :--1. (135
c le lei', .John J. (futhcr, IT11g1,
Kelleher, 111 Washington st.)
Small, Ora, Islington st.
Pearson, Charles B. (father, Frank
Pearson, l G8 :\Tarcy st.)
Quimbr, Perley ..\. ( sister, \Trs .
Ernest Dassett, 281 .\frDono11gh st.)
Gillespie,
(father, Jacob
Dura.rd, George B. (156
;t.)
Roberts, George H. (GO Sherburne
we. sister, :\frs. Inman, :\filo, \le.
Latanzio, Angelo, 74 Deer st.
(mother Ami
Lattanzio,
ltqly.)
Vecelio, Costanzo, 214 \farket st
(father, Vitoria Vecelio., Cozerta
Italy.)
Poulis, George, 159 Congress
'brother, Pc>ter Poulis,
Pyrgos,
Greece.)
(Lieut.) Stevens, William IT. (wife
i8 High st.) U. S. :\f. C.
(Lieut.) Wilson, J. K.
Wibird st.)
(Capt.) Hoyt, F. Rolan cl (mother
:11:rs. gmily S. IT.oyt, 7 Northwest st.)
lT. S. .\l. C.
(Lieut.) Rice, Arthur TT.
180 ,\I Idelle• fl . ) r. S. :\1. C.
Chase, Jo:;eph 0. ( father,
Chase, 3 2 Partridge st.)
Connors, Timothy.
· Rearrlon, Daniel P. (:I 77
;t.)
:\lcDoualcl, John n. (Pinc
(Sergt.) .\Iason, William
State st.) ll. S. \[. C.
Dates, William ( 154
st.)
D11Jlard, llarry E:. (father, llarry
.\l. n n liar cl, (i 1 Water st.)
Fletcher, Charles A. ( father, John
I~. Ji'letchcr, 4 Ii 5 :\Taplewoocl ave.)
carpenter, Hcnt to Da lln8, 'l'Pxas .
C:11llinan, .John Ii'. (fathcr, ,John
Cullinan, 1 r.2 Stark st.)
Daley, Eugene (father, .\llchacl
Oaley, 55 Raynes ave.)
(J,;nsi/.\n) c:Mth, naJph
.\I.
Washin!!,lon st.)
\I arvin, William B. (l'alher, \\ ' i I limn I~. :\larvin, 152 .\liclcllc st.)
. Prazier, Alexander (l'ather,
Ci'razier, 315 H:icharcls ave.)
Trueman, l~rnest ( father, Tl1C1111a ~
I~. 'l'rueman, 746 .\licldle ruacl.J
Joseph I'. Kel ley, fttther , .\li c·ltal' l
Kelley, !GO Cass st.)
', JJall, I•recle·ri ck 11. (l'ath<•r, l,01ii s
]£all.)
\
l~ogg, no1.Ji1rnon .\ . (l'alh•·r , C:t •or: ;P
T: 11obinson, llf, Hi<"h:1rd s av<•.)
n.
en~
sM
Kit~rcclge, Lcrn_, I•'.
:\liclrlle st. J
(Ia I h1•··,
llanSC'0lll, ('arl II'.
Dwight llans<·o111, ~::
(wifl',
Bacl~er, 1>hilip s.
road . )
Griffin, Philip .1.
(l'al11,•1·,
Griffin, 5fi~ State sL.)
�Sm::t:.....SJu:.i-st1lphor (.father, ,Chris
Harvey, Wilhnr G. (;lJ l'irkPring 'Smart, "7 0 .\[ount Vernon st.) 1
st.)
Cooney, Ed 1yafd y- ~ filth er, RichBoyll, Rohert .r. ( wife. 3:l!l Lin- urel A. Cooney, 4~ Cass st.)
•,
coln ave.)
Leavitt, Arnol l E. (mother, 'Mrs.
\\'right, Lawrence II.
( 11101 her, ' Annie :VI. Leavit~ 1
Hanover 11t.)
1
\\'right, !i24 llroad ·
Timmons, ~
P., l.\IcDonough
st.)
llarry J.,, (wife, 74~ .\liclCrowley, Jer .mlall Q, (wife, 1~5
Wash in!jtOn st.)
Bolton, J~cl\rnrcl I~. ( 4 !) JI ill sl.)
Eldridge, Job~E. (7 West st,)
Cavurcttn G11ise1111a
( f.!i
ll11ssell
Connors, Jose~.
'
,
st.)
Connors. Jerome,
Dowel, John l~. (l"alhC'r, .l111i11 ll.
Weaver, Henry P. (lGS Cabot st.)
Dowel, G Ke11 t st.)
Weaver,: Charlei; ~. ( 168 Cabot st.)
Howe, :--.!ewe!! 0. (l'alher, :-lc•w"ll
Ca ll, Richard T, (mother,
K. HOl\"e, 192 Li11coln a\'e.)
Margaret Call, 320 loutb st.)
Craig, Thomas .J. ( rather,
Craig, r; OO Urnrul st. l
Garvin, .James I<'. (f, Haili:; co11rt.)
:lfooner. :lllchaeJ .l. (800 lsli11gln11
11t.)
Timmons , l'nlri<'k .T. (~7 11
nve.)
Charles W. ( I 511
a;;
No hie, Rohcrt A. ( mothPr,
flehecca Clark , !i21 :llarkt>I sl.)
Onlto11, Philip D. ( fall1<•r, Clt•orgf'
F. Ou Iton, G5 Kent sl.)
.\Iugridge, Clayton
W.
Denjamin .T. :11111?,riclge, 4:ll
st.)
Bruce, Earl II. (304 Pleasant st.)
Garant, Arlhm ( 1(;,, Dnnicl sl.)
White, Wilson A. ( I 80 :-lcwrasllr
:II asscy. Frank .J.
\. :IIasscy, 7 2 8 Stale ~t.)
Spinney, Emerson S. (fali1cr, ldbert S. SpinneY, 419 nicharels ave.)
Tharingtou, James C.
(Summer
st.)
Gibson, Frederick
A.
,:ugh Gibson, !!1 - Fliwyn· U\'C.) · Wooel, Ralph 'f. (father, Freel
·woocl, 204 "\Yibin! st.) • . .. 1
Patch, Arthur T. South .\Jill st.
Died Dec. 29, 1917, :slewport :-lava!
Hospitnl.
Lowd, Perry A. ( rather,
( '.
Lowd) ('amn Uol'(Jon. Atlanta, Ga.
To lhe Public: The following list or n.11111!R gil·pn
me as prohahly men !11 the service
[rom Porl8111011th, I ha\"c hecn unable
to verify. ThC' public will be cloing \
proper sef\"icc if they will nssisl 111()
on any of these names.
:II rn ..J 01111 11. B:1 rll<'II.
Banr, .lamps ('.
Blll'll8, :llirhael I~.
Jlarlncll, l•'rnnris F'.
Lemke, Arthur n.
:llorosole. Joseph.
(Sergt.) :\Janning Raymond.
Sanborn, Arthur.
Stickney, ~lauric•C' ~I.
Schmidt, ThcotlnrC' ll,
Cartier, \\'. L. ('
Ilowarcl, Charl<'s.
O'Brien, ·wmia111 Tl.
:\fason, Herbert .T.
:lfason, Herbert .T.
Goold, Donglns T.
Connors, Timothy.
Pendexter, Daniel.
�won, wit I I 1Pm ram<' thP)'Pog-i 1:i;;--;11(l
the r,•m:tl(' (•fllJlluyPH. Tf1(> ~lnr!P\' f :111ton Co111ra11y llll'llC(l Olll all O[ lh<'it·
for('C', lhe Allanlir. a11d• lltP Shaltttc·k
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Big Parade and Demonstration Over
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wa:s
Ht:t:lll"t'd
and llli11gs IJl"g-au to hurn.
Major Il:irlfol'(f us marshal had as
Iii,; cltlC'I' ai!lo 1\lujnt· ( :. ti. I loyt, a11!1
nr. l1J. I{. r~a :-1lrnan, l!iug-eno
Mc( 'tll'. ' M t' >l, J\l!•C'1.u', H11ss('[ ML'\ .;,L',
8ccretury 'Gosnell of lite K. l'., J. \V.
Newell and Morris JJur!l, and :\Tiss
Corinne Pa1·sons rode at the head of
the yeOlgirl,s. Aided wilh the committee, they soon had the line formed and
shortly a[ler ~ · o'clocl, the greatest
parade this city hnd rvl'r s<' en swung
i11to line- ·lle'hind a platoon, or police
unclPr commanrl of ])c,puty Duclcer.
1'hrrf' w:rn t·rmnrlrnhly lllllP Ponfu~lon
nrnl ::is the- prnPrssio11 .sw1111c:- inlo lillP
the tlifferrnl 1livh,iuns tnok their plat:L'"
unUl it exle nd eu nearly two miles in
n:-J aidcx,
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Nov. 11, 1918, \ "ictory !lit)', will gu
clown In tho glorlo11s hi<SI ory of lltis
city as one or the most evenll'ul 111 its
long annals of great events. A Llay
h
th
w en , e people of this city celehrate,l
in a most wonderful manner the closing of the wo1'ld's g1·eatest war ancl the
declara,,tion of what will be the peace
of the ,world, for we hare centuries to
c~me.
From Ghm·tly ,before six o'cloclc Mondaf morning, 1vhen with a wilcl 011t burst of bells and whistles the people
were awakenC"cl to the 1g-reat news that
u\e armistice hacl bern signe,l, to late
~ ••,.,.;·-.. •Inst night, they gave vent lo their <>Xpression, of joy over ~he viPtory nr the
iu,,, . ,,.,,.,,,,
fbl";~\,\!=>,,:;.iAllled governments in this g1·eal fight
for ifreedom. 'l'he city simply went
~;.:~lbi,,;O:t.il wild over the news and it was one con tlnuous holiday ,with a general su,;pension of ,business and everylbody out to
.,__
celebrn.te t'he gre(!t event with the hi,g,,,,~E"\1!11gest parade ever held in this city.
The great news first reacheclJ this
city 1'ram the Assoclatecl Press and wa>1
received .by the ,Chronicle at 3 o'clock'
...,,;,~:,,..•.-.iMonday morning, or just ttm minutes
after 1!he State Department made the
'first announcement in Washintgton. In
ten minutes this gre'at news organizationc had ,flashed over the entire country the news of the signing of the armistice. The Chronicle ~oon after notified Mayor Samuel 'T. Ladd of the
news and he al once arranged for the
opening of the demonstration at six
o'cloclc, when the watchmen at all of
the plants opened 11p thclt· stenm whiGties, after Chier ,voo1l.~ ltncl giv<'n fl.
preliminary alnrm nn the lire whistle.
'!'he bel19 then loulc 11p tllC" Phoru;; arnl
•
1n a short time thC" peoplC" IVf'l"e out on
tlrn streets nrnl lll"• f'Xll'!l edition uf the
•C'h ronlrle •WflR (Juic:ldy ,, n11,gllt ror lho
confirm:ttlon of the 1wws.
So late WOR l'iw l1l'WR gil'Cll 011t lhnl
l~e first Boston J)UIH'l'R 10 t'<'::tC'h this
-~-..~ ......_ ... ,_. dty dicl not hnve lhe new!-< of the signing of the armi>1tlce, lt11l latrr in tho
day the outside •pnper,, g-nt out ,;peeial
editions with the same dlspa.lchcs that
t•he Chronicle •Jave to the Portsmouth
pu(blic seven hours e'arller In the uay.
Morning Celebration.
The celebration 1v'hlch started as
soon as the people could gel into their
clothes and out on the street continued through the entire forenoon. It
tool< the _fonm of impromptu parades
and there
·portant" hanglngH
In which the that there were from GOOO to (iOOO peo"Kaiser" 'hacl tho most prominent pie in line, and there was o crowd of at
th
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t
11lace. <The school c'hlldren p::iraLlet.l lcaS twenty
ousa <.l people along lhe
h
nnd all schodls were elo;ed at noon.
line of march, t' e crowd onthe
streets being all that the
'The largest parade was lhat\of lhe handle.
men at the Atlantic shipyard', who
formed anrl with their excellent band
The Oine of march was lengthy, ll)ut
th
leading, marched about the city and at
e ,p rocession moved along at a cllp
th
the J.?ederal building were addresc-ecl by set lby
e Marines that did not tpermit
Mayor Ladd and Mr. Downton. Later ,and drag,ging. The line of m ·arch was
st
the plant along wilh the Shattuck plant from :Pleasant
reet to tCongress, to
where there was a rlomonstration on Cass, to Mid'dle, to RicharclH aver.ue,
th
the part of the workmen, closed fur to Sou ' to Pleasant, to Sl:Lle, to i\fi1lthe day. The Navy Yard men also dle, to Ilridige, to Deer, lo Vaughan, to
held! a demonstration at the yard and Congress, to Pleasant, where the Jllln
nd th
th
the yarcl was closed at noon for the raue dislJa cled a
is wi
the minday. All of the business ,places closed imum of confusion.
I There· were seven divisions
their doors.a ncl at noon there were
only a few oren ancl these were en- as follows:
t
gaged in selling fla1gs and imvlements, ! FirS Division~Marshal and staff;
1
such as hornlcl, ete., by which the platoon of police; :-. arine •nand; hntyoung people, and some old• could show talion of United Slates J\fnrincs; color hearet'l'I with the l~lngs or llw Allied
their patriotic enthusiasm.
NationR; Mnyor s. '!'. L:lll(l :1ntl· llll'lllAt 9 o'c!locl, c\layor Ladd calle,l a
th
meeting at his office al city hail aml hers of
e city council; ~late nnat·Ll;
the following .citi1/.en's committee was llnilpi] •W or vVorlc C'ommlltPr; N:1val
rd
11
formed lo arrange and cany out lite . Tlnncl; n:i.vy ya
worl<mL' nnu female,
parade which was schedukd at ·> opC'l'alors.
1
r
o'cloclc ' i\1ajor I•'. \V.. Hartford was
rrhi cl Division-Women,
eachers,
11
h
l'l10>1en marnlial or the )larade; l\fayor etc. ; public he::ill :rntn wiih Hrd C1· »,;
11111
S. 1'1'. L~1dLI presi1ling; ll. 11. 'l'ilton uf
·scs.
the Morley Button Co., •C. K Downton
FoHrlh Division-- Att:1,itic nan,1; .'\toC ttw .\ tlantic Curpornlion, Col. 1 r. l'. lanti,c officers aHrl' worlmwn, a111l National Engineering officers an·d workT;,ylor of the Gale Shoe factory, M.
L. IDLt'llard of t'he Shattucl, Shipyanl, men. th
F. '.\f. Sise, n. C. i\fargcGon, Al'bert
Fif
Division-U. S. Army Band;
llistor, F'red A. Gray, F. A. Belden, 1,:. men.
C. Matthews, .11·., R L Costello, Fran!, [Shattuck s'hipyard officers ancl workth
\V nanclall, Ra:p'hael !Paola, 1,. vV.
.Six
Division-Morley Hutton Drnm
Corps; Morley Dutton Compan_y C'llt··
1,:waltl, HL·v. L. I I. Thayc1·, H .. r. Kirkpatricl,, Ueorge .\1. Thompson or the ptoycs; Gale Shoe Company c-mplnyc-s.
l I. S. 8hipping Hou rel, l'. /\. Doclge uf
SevenVh Divilclion-Sehool childrPn ·
r
I Eighth
Division>-Autos ::ind tr11c-1,~
t 110 National gn,c;-ineering· Co., Chict' with decorations.
Engineer W. F. \Voods, R. D. :\!cDonough, Harry Trafton, E. L. Patterson, /
Evening Celebration.
.T. A. Borthwick, M. c:. Bailey of lhe
There were Vhousanc1's of people
Y. M. ('. A.
a.bout the city during the even in g, the
'I'o gel a parn,lc lined up ::ind in their streets about the cent r of the city
proper 11laces in the short time avail - being jammed with a goou nat11re,I.
n,ble was some task, hut there was nn fun-loving· crowd ::in!l lhL'Y m::i1le llll'
delay and by noon everything was un- most of the ce'lebralion.
cler wuy. l•'rnm Co l. Buttrick, lf. S. 1 Two •hands gave n c·onlinuou,; eonM. •C'., a battalion or l\lai'ines with their cert program from 7 lo n o'clock, the
hand was secured.
Hear .'\dmiral N:i.val I.Janel from lite ·band sl:rnu, and
Houch with 'hi,; 11s11al lilJernlity tL•n- the Allunlic from lhc sidewalk in front
clered the naval hnnd, the commanding of tho J.'irst National Hanle They alorrtce1· of the- l•'tl J'l st>nt up t11ci1· mili- te .nalecl In their selections ancl thC")'
tary 'harnl, :11111 ><n it wc-nt on. 'l'ltr rencleret~ a very ,tine conc·C'rt p1·n!,;"1··1m
navy ynrcl was quicl,ly in touch anti Which was lho1·onghly enjuycd 11·~; \h~
the workmen's organization promised n. big- crowcl.
hi ,c rowd over nncl they l,ept thei1·
At 8 o'clock the whistles about the
city opened up for a few minutes :.1,s a
1pa1ting salutation of a clay that 1,ns
heen such nn even~r,11 u." · _
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Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature.
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�SEAWARDS, WILLIAM WILLIAMS
SHILLABER, (LIEUT) JOHN J.
STARNS, OTIS P.
STEWART, (SARGE) W.J.
STRATHAM-WW-SERVICEMEN
SUSSMAN, (PRIV) JOSEPH A.
SUSSMAN, JOSEPH
TACCELTA, VINCENT
TAYLOR, STEPHAN HENRY (OBIT)
THAYER, LUCIUS E., JR.
TIMMINS, JOHN P.
TOBEY, JOHN IVORY (OBIT)
TOBEY, LESTER HERBERT
TOWLE, (CAPT) FRED S., M.D. (OBIT)
TREDICK, (LIEUT) GEORGE ANDREW
TROY, (CORP) JOHN J.
TRUEMAN, (SARGE) AUSTIN H.
TUCKER,THEODORELAWRENCE
WALDRON, (PRIV) JEREMY
WALDRON, JEREMY R.
WALKER, (MAJ) WALLIS D.
WALLINGFORD, HENRY
WARD, ERNEST MELVIN
WASHBURN, (CAPT) I.H.
WEAVER, HENRY P.
WEBBER, (LIEUT) PHILIP F.
WENDELL, (SARGE) GEORGE A.
WENTWORTH, CLAUDE ELLSWORTH
WEYMER, SEWARD M.
WILLIAMS, (LIEUT) CHARLES S.
WILSON, (CAPT) JAMES KNOX
WOODS, PETER PAUL
WRIGHT, (LIEUT) J. BRANDON
WYATT, (PRIV) JAMESY.
YOUNG, OSMER M.
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�MCINNIS, (CORP) KENNETH F.
MCINNIS, AMBROSE S.
MCISAAC, HECTOR A.
MCMASTER, (CORP) DANIEL A.
MCPHETERS, GEORGE A.
MILES, (PRIV) EMERSON
MILLER, JOHN R.
MONEYPENNY, (SARGE) E.J.
MOONEY, MICHAEL J.
MORAN, JOHN J.
NEAL, (CAPT) CECIL (OBIT)
NEVILLE, (SARGE) EDWARD J.
NEVILLE, MARK A.
NEW CASTLE-WW-SERVICEMEN
NEWINGTON-WW-SERVICEMEN
NORCROSS, (SARGE) RUSSELL J.
NORCROSS, PAUL EDGAR J. (OBIT)
O'BRIEN, DANIEL SCOTT
O'BRIEN, JAMES E.
O'BRIEN, WILLIAM H.
OSGOOD, (PRIV) JASON L.
OUL TON, (LIEUT) PHILIP
PALMER, (LIEUT) JOHN PHILIP
PARKER, (LIEUT) EDWARD GOOKIN
PARKS, WILLIAM H.
PATCH, ARTHUR T.
PAUL, ORMAN R.
PEARSON, CARL A. (OBIT)
PERKINS, (PRIV) MARVIN E.
PHILLIPS, (CAPT) ALBERT J.
PINKHAM, RICHARD A.
PLAISTED, GUY EDGAR
PORTSMOUTH SERVICE CLUB
PORTSMOUTH-WW-DEATHS
PORTSMOUTH-WW-MEM. TABLET
PORTSMOUTH-WW-SERVICEMEN
QUINN, JOSEPH
RAND, SETH E.
RAND, WALLACE E. (OBIT)
RAYNES, (LIEUT) FRANKLIN S.
REARDON, DANIEL P.
RILEY, (CORP) MARK
ROBERTS, LEON LESTER
ROBERTSON, (SARGE) JACK
ROBINSON, (LT COM) ERNEST F.
ROBINSON, (PRIV) CLYDE
ROGERS, CHARLES E.
ROWE, (SARGE) LESLIE R.
ROWE, ADDISON C.
ROWE, EDWARD L.
ROWE, GILMAN S.
RYE-WW-SERVICEMEN
SAWYER, (CORP) EZRA W.
SCHMIDT, (LIEUT) THEODORE (OBIT)
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HERSEY, (SARGE) ARTHUR L., JR.
HERSEY, ARTHUR
HERSEY, HOWARD C.
HERSEY, PERLEY D.
HICKS, EDWARD C.
HILL, (CORP) HUGH HILL (OBIT)
HILL, (LIEUT) CARL DANA
HILL, CYRUS
HODGES (PRIVATE)
HODGES, (CAPT.) WILLIAM C.
HODGES, C.B.
HOITT, (SARGE) CLARENCE H.
HOITT, ERNEST RALPH
HOLLAND, WILLIAM J.
HOLMES, (SARGE) EDWARD C.
HOYT, (LIEUT) WILLIS HADLEY
HOYT, (MAJ) F. ROLAND
HOYT, JOHNS.
HUTCHINS, HOWARD P.
HUTCHINS, MINARD S.
JOHNSTON, (DR.) CHARLES E.
JONES, (PRIV) FRED S.
KARIE, CORNELIUS J.
KELLEHER, (PRIV) JOHN J.
KEYS, (CAPT) DOUGLAS L.
KINGBURY, SAMUEL H.
KIRVAN, GEORGE W .
KIRVAN, JULIA M.
KIRVAN, MARYL.
KIRVAN, RICHARD A.
KITTERY-WW-SERVICEMEN
KITTREDGE, (DR.) P.J.
LADD, (PRIV) GEORGE EDWARD
LANG, (SARGE) H.P.
LATOURELLE, BENJAMIN
LEACH (PRIVATE)
LEE, MILLEDGE
LESSOR, (SARGE) WALTER
LITTLE, HAROLD
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LOWD, PERCY A.
MACDONALD, JOHN D.
MACDONALD, RALPH
MAHONEY, (CORP) JAMES B.
MANNING, R.J.
MARDEN, (CORP) FRED H.
MASON, JOHN A.
MCCARTHY, (LIEUT) JAMES A.
MCCARTHY, (SARGE) PAUL B.
MCCARTHY, JOHN B.
MCCARTHY, JOHN H.
MCCARTY, (LIEUT) RALPH G.
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�DICKEY, (LIEUT) RALPH COOPER
DIFILIPPO, JOSEPH G.
DIXON, HARRY W.
DONNELL, WARREN CLIFTON
DOUGLAS, (PRIV) ROSCOE A.
DOW, JOHN H.
DOWDELL, (CORP) RALPH E.
DOWDELL, (SARGE) RALPH E.
DOWN, HORACE STACEY
DOWNING, (SARGE) LAWRENCE E.
DOWNING, BENJAMIN F.
DRELLER, LOUIS
DREW, HARRY R.
DRISCOLL, (PRIV) DENNIS
DUARD,GEORGEROBERT
DURARO, ELMER CLEVELAND
DURARD, JACOB MADOX
DURARD, LUTON
DUTTON, (CORP) HAROLD C. (OBIT)
ELDRIDGE, JACK
EVERINGHAM, CARL DEWITT
FAULKNER,ROLANDSTANNARD
FERNALD, TREVELYN E.
FERNALD, VIVION A.
FETTER, LEWIS E.
FISH, C. COLGATE
FLANAGAN,ARTHURJAMES
FOSS, (PRIV) RAY H.
FOSTER.DOROTHY
FREEMAN, FRANK R.
GARDNER, (SARGE) LESLIE H.
GARRETT, (LIEUT) WALLACE H.
GERNIN, (SARGE) HENRY E.
GERRISH (CORP) CHARLES W.
GIBSON, FRED A .
GILBERT, GEORGE E.
GILLESPIE, JAMES
GODFREY, FORREST PIKE
GOODING, FREDERICK
GOODWIN, EARL
GOODWIN, LEONE.
GORMAN, (CORP) ARTHUR
GORMAN, (PRIV) ARTHUR
GRANT, ARTHUR R.
GRAY, (LIEUT) S. AUBREY
GRIFFIN, (LIEUT) PHILLIP
GROVER, EDGAR R.
HAMPTON-WW-SERVICEMEN
HANGHEY, CHARLES
HANSCOM,KARL
HARMON, GEORGE L.
HARTNETT, FRANCIS
HATT, (PRIV) FAY EUGENE (OBIT)
HATT, (PRIV) GEORGE
HAUGHEY, CHARLES
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�ARCHIBALD, (LIEUT) CLYDE W.
BADGER, (LIEUT) PHILIP 8.
BADGER,D.CHESTER
BADGER, RALPH
BADGER,UNA
BADGER, VOLNEY C.
BALLARD, (CAPT) ROBERT J.
BARKER, (SARGE) FLOYD (DEATH)
BARRETT, DANIEL
BATSON, (SARGE) WALLACE E.
BELL, (LIEUT) ERNEST L.
BENNETT, PHILIP
BERRY, (PRIV) CLIFFORD
BERRY, RALPH G.
BETTON, MATTHEW
BOOMA, (LIEUT) FRANK (OBIT)
BOSS, VICTOR
BRACKETT, (LIEIUT) GUY
BROWN, CHARLES RAND
BROWN, JAMES WEBSTER
BURKE, (PRIV) SHERMAN F.
BURKE, HAROLD E.
BUTLER, (CORP) FRANKLIN E.
CAMPBELL, RALPH
CANNON, GEORGE J.
CAREY, DENNIS J.
CARKIN, (PRIV) WALTER R.
CARSON (PRIV) CHARLES W.
CASH, (LIEUT) JOHN L.
CHICK, CHARLES W.
CLOUGH, HAROLD P ..
COFFEY, CORNELIUS E.
COFFEY, JOSEPH F.
COGSWELL, (LIEUT) FRANCIS
COLLINS, (SARGE) THOMAS ERNEST
COMEAU, (SARGE) OMER J.
CONNELLY, (PRIV) JOHN
CONNORS, JOHN (OBIT)
CONWAY (PRIVATE)
CONWAY, (PRIV) PATRICK
CORAN, (LIEUT) GEORGE W.
CORNISH, WILBUR G.
CRONIN, (SARGE) WILLIAM F.
CROWLEY, (PRIV) DANIEL J.
CROWLEY, JEREMIAH
CULLEN, (PRIV) WILLIAM H.
CULLINAN, (CADET) JOHN FRANCIS
CURRIER, FREDERICK
CURRIER, HAROLD N. (DEATH)
CURRIER, LAWRENCE
DAWSON, GEORGE RICHARD
DECATUR, (LIEUT) STEPHEN
DECOURCY, HARRISON A.
DENNETT, (LIEUT) PAUL C. (DEATH)
DEVOE,GEORGE
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���IN MEMORIAf\11
Portsmouth Men Who Died in the ~
Worl War.
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lluraii'd, Ueorgu ll., lJ. S.
Uuclc, Chester Arthur, TJ. 8 . Army. Corp!!, :!4th Co1r.p:rny, l<'irst
Died at Camp Upton, N. Y., alrnnl
placement nattalion. Killed in acOct. 1, 1918 . Jlarmony t:roV<' (S. tion ,J1111c 1~. 1918, age 21. "Pl·oh- fi'•,•1,1,.11:~
W.).
:i.iily the first nHlll from Portsmouth
• Lynch, J\lich:tel, l'. 8. Navy, lJ. S. to d ic In action."
S. "0kl:i.hom:i ." JJi<•<l nt nv:i.l hosl•'iorl, Amedio, U.S. Army, privat ·.
..,,.,"·"'·~·•1 pita], Brooklyll, N. Y., .lan. 23 , , illed
i11 action. Age 31. Casualty
:..·,,,1:.~c...,,,.., 1919, ago 49. 81. l\lary'i; (S. \V.).
Ii I priuletl Jan. 18, 1919.
i\laclc, Edward J ., (LiPlllPna11t ), LI.
J [alt, J<'ay Eugene, U. S.
Army .
S. Army. Dietl :it PolytP.chnic llospil'lllc>cl in action, Nov. 1918.
Age
tal, Now York, !q•IJ. 18 . l!)l!I . Cn.1'Ji
Uuirnally list printed D e ~
vary (Flo.st).
Poarso11, Carl A., 11. S. Army. A
I 1118.
member of 12th llivi :c;in11,
('o.
A,
11111, lluJ{h Conway, U. S. Army,
Mlli1;.iry police. Jlic><l al Ca mJ) Dev- l',1. 1~. :l!i!llh lnfantr y, A.
E.
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Pns, Mass., SP11t. i2, 1!118, ag,• 2fi. I illcrl in act ion at San l\lihi e l, Sc11t.
Jl:1r111ony Grove (South), Stone.
ll, 1918. Age 2G. JJurictl in the
Petrie,
Evelyn
Oli11sJ,
If.
S. A 1nc>l'i!'a ll CP!l1Ctery'
Com Ill ll llC· of
Army, Nurno's CorJ)!l.
Ar.cidPntally llilcay 8ur Trey, Mcurthe et Moselle,
J,illetl at F'ort 0gleLhnrp , U1•orgi:1. f•'rn nr<'.
May 26, 1918, age
2!).
Ilnrmony
l'i<'ldC'S, SiclnC'y n ., u. s. Army.
Grove (East).
Pri1·:11c, 1 8111 lnfantry . Kille<! 111 acS1hart, Christopher, 1'. S. Navy. lio11 Ucl. 8, l!ll8. Battle of ArUicd at Bnmlcin lsland 'rr:1inin,; Sla- gon11P.
Dm1ton~ Mans .. ,,HPp),., 11),. , I !11&,,
Taylor. 8trphC'n JIPnry, Cn.n:l<li:tn
·.. .'•t :··t}!>ti•;t11rii .~i..~A&~flt ,r:oit•li.' Ar111y, X711l J\lonlrnal
C:r,rnadicr 1
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ic:11 Corps). U. 8. An11y, 1\c•c idcnt
ugn :!8, at American Red Cross Milially killed rLt Army 11:t H" J fospllal
l:ny lTo sp ital No. 10, from wouncls
No. :.:, Colonla, rtahw:i y. N. J ., Oct
rcC'c>iv,..d in the battle of Argonne
l 0, 1918, age !i4. ~l:J!rJlllOl'C (S . W.)
l1 01'1'K1, 0r.t. 22, 1918.
Whit6, Johll I' . (l.i1 ·11IPll:Jlll ), t:
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( l.ic11tc11s. Anuy. llin<l llt ('11111p IJix, N. ,). l;, 11 !·k
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about 1\larch 1:1,
J~l!J. llal'IIIO! I,
I f'oi11l 1\fillla1·y Acaclemy, J !ll G. lsl
Grove (N. E.).
1 r ""I< .ia nl, Uo. i\f. 39tl1
l11Canlry.
1CJU1•1·y l'oiul C't•rn«'tf'1•r.
111i,•d of wo111HIK Ht?pt. 7, l!ll8. CasPalch, Arthur 'I'., li. 8 . Navy, l '
11 :• llv list prinlecl .Jan. 1r,, 1919.
S. S. Dalli more . "'I he fir st
l'orls I
~.,·,111, !•'ra 11ris Arl11111· (Captain).
,.,.._.,..,.-,,.,:.Jmonlh young man lo di<' In th<• U. ~ , I I !;, Ar111y, :.IU7th Infantr y. Woun<lservice In th e war." DiPcl at
Navu
Pd in :iction anti clied the i;a111e day,
Ilospllal, Newport, It. I., ll"<'. !l!J
~:, 11. t l, l!l18. Camrnlty lir;t prinll!J17, age 23. ThP F'irnl r,•mr-:ory
l ·d ()('I, lG , l!JIR.
H e had hecn in
Kittery Point, J\lalue.
1111• 1·,•g;11iar army for ~011 10 y<'ars a11d
'.\11<-hl~un ( '(' Jlll'f(•t·y.
i: 1 I\ Sl'l'ViC(· Oil 1he l\ l!'xican bor<ler.
Grant, Frank H. N., (Lieutenant),
1Ji1•1l of IJii.1·asr in fi'1 •:1nc•f'.
Army, Dl r• d at f•'urt. Apache,
ill'lllll'II,
Paul
c:, (Lic11le1:anl
Arizona, Oct. 14, 1918, age 32. llur- l\l•·•liC'a l C'or1rn), U. H. Ar111y,
Sr·r·•·•"";~,,..,...,.:.:,ietl at Richland, l\li<'hi~a11.
v,·:1111. 211d l\all;ilion, 7:.lh Arlilli•ry,
Hy<• ('1•111<'tt•1·.r.
c. \ . ('.
llif'cl o( dh•:i,;c at
Base
'fucker, Philip\\/ ., (Corporal), ti. 1111 pita) l\" G!i, ucar l\ri;r;l, l;,rancC',
. s. Army, llh•d al Ca111p J•] u Stifl, Vir- (, ,I JG, 1 !I I ii, rtJ{e 2Ci.
ginia, F£:h. 9, 191 !J, :JF,P 2 4. Central
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ce111elory, Hye, N. 11.
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F,11glnecrs.
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11,, w:rn in 1110 !,attic or ChatPau
I.larker, Floyd, (Hcrge;111t), U. fl. 'l'li1L•rry.
IJicd of disease Nov.
7,
Marino Corps.
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in
ar.tlon. 1fl18, af{C i1. Casually list printed
Casually list print e d O c t. 20, 1H 18.
JJPc. J !J, J !I I 8, Rye, N. II., man.
l:looma, !<'ra nk A,
(Lic11tc11anl), 1
S'l'0lUDfl POST, G. A. H.
U. 8. Army, l!il sl l•'ie ltl
Artillory.1
Portsmouth, N. JT.
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29, 1918, age !l•l.
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0w•n rlrtil!I from - 10 rr. m. to 10 p. 111,., week days
r fn ro p. ,n.
/) r11u·i11!J c,·cry cul'11i11!J l' .rcept Snndn,y .
('f//i•/ 1•1 i11 011e11 Ji·nm, :; fo 'l.
:,:1111<1,111 11i!Jhf suppers ,jO cents, from, 5 to 7 .
• 'i11JJi11!! Sunday afternoon.
811.nd(l!JS
)\ 'ewsf)npers, nir1,5;rizinrs, {moles, 5!,1 m,es, writing tables, stationery.
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OIJSE.
�THE PORTSMOUTH
"fhe •City of Portsmoutr is to erect a Memorial
women who
the World War, Every citizen is asked
mittee to see that no name is omitted.
-servea.·in
LONG LISI OF NAMES
FOR HAYMARKET SQ.,
'
MEMORIAL TABLETS
.
e imes has secured a complete 1
of· the Portsmouth men and
1
wom·en who enllste·d and saw ser~ice during the great . world war.
There are nearly 700 names in th!)
Beeker, Ellen Marie
Beeker, Elsie Louise
Belmont, Jos.
Bennett, Philip Brook,
Berry, Clifton
Berry, Ralph Grant.
Betton, Matthew Thornton
, Bickford, Edward P.
Bickford, Henry W.
Blaisdell, Harry ,vallace
Bock, Chester Arthur
Bodwell, Clarence Porter
Dolton, Eldward F.
Bo_nln, Jos. Raymond
·Booma, Frank Everett
B·orden, Philip Pearce
Boss, Geo. Victor
Bowe, Andrew Patrick Jr.
Bowe, Wm. Fitzgerald
Boyd, Howard Leslie
Boyd, Robert John
Boyer, Uhas. All en
Brackett, Chas. Edwin
, Brackett, Guy Herman
B.\·ackett, nay C .
Brooke, Wm. Henry
Broomfield, Herbert Arthur
Brown, Austin ,vallace
Brown, Edward Ames
Brown, Harold Hubley
Brown, Iloward Manson
Bruce, El!,rl Harrington
Bruce, Robert Merritt
Bryan, Harry Wm.
,Bull!).rd, Harry E.
Bunker, Frank R.
Bunker, Herman W.
Burch, Chas. H.
Burke, Harold E.
Burke, Sllerman Frederick
• Burno, 111 chael Jos.
Butler, Franklin Ellsworth
B.utler, Jas. Edward
Butler, Patrl<;k Loo
Butler, Theodore Rutledge
rust
-·11st.
.
·· These names aro to be placed on
·the memorial tablets to be erected In
:aaymarket square and as it Is very
1
important that the list be correct,
The Times suggests that any reader
'noticing an error in tho spP.lling or
iee omission of anamo, notify a~ once
:tilther Norman H • .Beane., cha1rmap
'Of the committee, or Mrs. John H.
: Bartlett, chairman.
· The list follows:
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A.
.Adams, David Forbes
.Adams, Ralph Geo,
.Ajemian, Sour&n
Akermani Hope
.Akerman, Wallace Sheldon
.Amazeen, Earl Caswell
, . Anania, Pietro ,
Anderson, Oscar P. S.
Anthony, Mark Walker
.. ':Antonio, Cipolla
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' · Baliger, Carlton Butlelgh
;. ,Badger, Philip Brooks
. Bao,ger, Ralp~ Wesley
,,; .· 'Bacl.J;er, Russell Dinsmore
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Badp;er, ,Una
.
Badger, ~Volney ,Coleman
. , Badger,· Walter Arnold
' 1 Ballr,Y, qeo. Edwin
BaiJl,lt, Paul Jos.
'1 Ball\i.rd, Robert Jeremiah•
,_'•' Barker, Floyd ·
' - ' Barxlett, Clarence Austin
· ' · Barrett, Daniel F.
.- .. 'Barn,tio, C,has. Woods
Bates, Wm. Arthur ,
Bau~r. Albert Poter
• Beaurc•gard, Edward Jos.
Becter, Wm.
.l3ecJ·er, Wm.
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Caggiano,. Antonio
•, ..:. call, Richard T.
Campbell, Edwin Murray
Campbell, Ral h Cla
Canham, Alvah Burnham
. Cannon, Geo. John
Carey, Dennis Jos.
Carkin, . Walter Reno
' Carlton, Ransom S mith
Carr, Arthur Jllugene
• Cash, John Leabon
Caswell, Earle 'IValter
Caswell, Ray Geo.
Cavaretta, Guis eppa
Champagne, Leopold
Chase, 'Jos. Patrick
Chick, Chas. W.
Christenson, Christian Thos.
Claim, John
Clancy, John Francis
Clark. Geo . Melvin
Clark, Ralph Clarence
Clough, Geo. Atwood
Clnngh, Harold Carter
Clnlton, Philip D .
Coffey, Jos. Frederick
Coffey, Cornelius Eugene
Cogswell, Jas. Kelsey
Cohen, Abraham Lowis
Collins, Camilla l\I.
Collins, Thos. E!'ncs t
Colpit, Jas. Elwin
Comeau, Omer Jos.
Conlon, Cha s. SI eph,;m
Conlon, Chesler Lawl' once
Conlon, Christopher l\1i chaol
Connelly, John 'r.
Connelly, H.ohert Francis J.
Connolly, John Jos .
Conor, John Patrick
Connors, John Jos.
Connors, John Jos.
Connors, Patrick Jos.
Connors, Timothy Jos .
'Connors, Wm. Micllael.
Conover, Paul Stephen
Conway, Patrick
Cooney, Edward J.
Coram, Goo. William
Cornish, Frank Lowis Jr.
Cornish, Wilbur Gorden
Cotton, John Me lville
Coughlin, Catherine F.
Coughlin, Patrick Augustine
Coussoule, Loukos
----
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the 700 Portsmouth meri:and
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b 0 ·t_ ·e·-·· corrito consider th0mselves
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Cox, Chas. Lewis
Craig, Arthur Henry Jr.
Craig, Horace Willey
Craig, Thos. Jeffers
Craig, Wm.
Craigin, Frank G.
Crlmo, Joe
Cronin, Flurry Jos.
Cronin, Dr. Hnrry Jas.
Cronin, Wm. Franci::;
Crowley, Daniel ,John
Crowley, Ilcl en T.
Crowley, Jeremiah Golden
Cu-lien, Wm. llcury
Cullinan, John l•'rancls.
Currier, }i'reclerick By! vesler
Currier L[,wrence ous
D.
Daley, Eugene l"rancls
Damm, Geo.
·Damm, Marlin
Davls,--Arthu1· F'rankiin
Davis , John 1'ldr;ar
Dawson, Geo . Richard
nay, Ernest Lee
Decatur, Storer G.
DeCo~Ln, Bonnell Art hur
n eCo urcy, HarriRon Arthur
Donnell, Paul Ca rr oll
Donnc·LL, Philip Boyd
Dennett, Sumner Frank
Denny, Robe.rt John
dcRochomont, Chas. \Vallace
Dickey, Ralph t'oopcr
Dickins, Curlis l loyt
DiFili11110, Jos. Geo.
Dodge, Arthur 1 Lowa rd
Dolan, John
llolb.\' , JlorhcrL l<.nir,ht
Donahue, JcroJlliah Jos.
Donnrll, Warren Clifton
Donnelly, Michael Patrick
Donaelly, Thoa. i"rancis
lJoHovan, Paul ,fas.
Doolillle, Doroll:y Aldrich
DooliLLlo, Irvin Warren.
Dore, John Knight
Dow, Harold Le ro y
llow, .John llonrlon;on
Dow, Lawrence Taylor
Dowe\, . John Franch;
Dowd, Oliver Horll'Y
Dowdell, Ralph EL
Downey , John lfenrv
· Downini:;, Denj. lt'ra;klin
Downinr,, .J as. Thn111 p~on
Downing, Lawrcnee J~lliott
Downs, Horace Slaey
Droller, Louis
Drew Harry H ur;r,oll
Driscoll, Dennis Jos .
llunn, Henry Linwood
Dunn. Rohort r..
J l lJun:on , Chas. !~ .
Durard, Elmer ('lcvelaud
Duranl, G eo . Robert
Durard, J aco b Jllallox
Dull on, Harold T,aforest
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Early, Martin
EaRlnor, H;ilph ' Thoo.
Easton, Perry Lyman
Eldridge, John Albert Ellory
Emory, Bailey Van Ness
Emrick, Hobert L.
F.
Falvey , .T nhn Henry
Falvo, JaR.
Far:rntos, GPO.
Faulkner, Ro land Stannard
Feeney, OwPn Jos.
Fernald, Ti evelyn E.
F'Puerhan, Herman
Ji'1nr; lelo11 . Ca therine Constance
Fingleton, .los. P.
Fing leton , 1,onis Jas.
Fink, BP11 j:unin
Fiori, An1 e rte 0.
li'iRh, Ch ,n ~. Co lgate
Flanigan, Arthur Jas.
Flanigan, Chas. Jones
Fletcher, Chas. A.
Fletcher, Ralph Dr.
Fl ux, Paul Albert Edward
Ji'or;i;, Robinson Annable
Folsom, Ji'r<'<l Jas .
Foster, Dorothy
French, Justin Dimick
Frizzell, Sylvester G.
Frizzell, Warron L.
F11 Ila m, .:-as . Aur;11sti1,e
Fullam, Pclr.r Augustine
Fullam, P ol<'r Raymond
Fullc-r, E;.irl Clycle
Gray, Geo. Odilon
Gra.y, Stephen Aubrey
Gray, Willard Morris, Jr.
Groen, Philip Burleigh
Greenway, Wm. Samuel
Gnier, John Pue
Grenier, Eugene
Gricin, P. J.
GriITin, Frederick A.
Griffin, Philip J . .
Grover, Chas.
Crover, E(lgar Roy
Guiney, Waller Daniel
H.·
Hacker, Arthur F. W. M.
Haley, John Jos.
llalo y, Wilbur Jas.
Hall, Ephraim Sanders
Hall, Frederick Harrison
H am, Asa
lfancl, Chas. Abram
Hand, Win. Munroe
Hanscom, Dwight
Harmon, Frederick Edward ·
Ha.rn\ou; Geo. Leroy·
I-forvey, Fra1ik Lewis
Hartnett, Francis F.
ll a rvey, .Jos. Adrien
Harvey, Wilbur Clough
Hassett, John Jos.
Hall, Fay Eugene
Halt, Geo. Burton
Hcfl'cnger, Chas: Wm.
Heisse], Geo. Ruppert
J-Ienncssey, Wm. Albert
Ilonson, John Jos.
H ersey, Arthur Lorin&
llers<:y, Harold Wallace
Hersey, Howard Clifton
Hersey, Perley David
Gammon, .Tohn
Hett, .John Jr.
Gar:1111, Arthur Robert
Hickey, Jas. Jos.
C:irrlnor, Jhrnld
Hickey, John Wiltred .
Gnrilner, f, cHlie Hayes
Hicks, Edward Chambers
C:er111an, Arthur
H!ll, Carl Dana
Gonish, Chas. Wadsworth
Hill, Cyril 1Jean
Gori h, Iln lph Maynard
Hill, 'Ethel Seavey
Gihh~, ItalJ>h V. .
Hill; Hugh Conway
Gil)('au, Gr.o. w.
Hill, v;rm. Lowell
Gih1<on, J<'rmlcricLc Aloxan,l r
Hilton, HfllTY LeGrand
UiJIJ,-,rL, Crawford J.
Hodgdon, Philip Winslow
Gillrnrt, G<'o. Wm.
Hodgk,ins, Carroll Wm.
Cilr!', li're,lc·t·icl, Alston
Hogan, Lucy A.
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Cillcey, Slanley Tracey
Hoitt, Ernest Ilalph
G i II i~p ic, ,J:1fl. J acolJ
Hoitt, Mae
Gndfrny, l•'ot-rc8t Pike
Holland, Jas. Ilalph
Goncling, Frederic
HoMand, Wm. John
Goo<ling, Wallor
Holmes, Edward Carl
Gorinan, Arthur
Horrocks, Gay Noland'
Gorman, I ,ucie Frances
Howard, Wm. Henry
Go use, Chas.
Howard, Wm. Paul
C o use, Jas. Jacob
Howe, Newell Orsamus
Gove, Geo. Ray
Iloyl, Frederick Roland
Grady, T'atrlck Jos.
Hoyt, John Stanwood
Grant, l ' r: :ulc Herbert N.
Hubbard, H erhP, rt Arthur
Gray, t\l f n-;-d Everett
Hudson, Loon JiJ dward
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Jacobs, Louis .
Jankouski, Felix
Jenkins, B. F.
Jenkins, Folsom F.
Johnson, Oscar Harlan
Johns ton, Chas. 1'Jdward
Jones, Edward Sumner
Jone5, Fred Sullivan
Jones, Geo. Ell:~er
K.
Kane, Cornelius John
Kane, Thoe.
Katz, Simon Jack
Keefe, Ellen Veronica
Kelleher, John Jos.
Kelley, Dennis John
Kelley, Jos. Patrick •
Kelley, Patrick John
Kellogg, Fr11.ncis Fellows
Kennedy, Henry ,vn1.
Kennedy, John Jos.
King, ChRS. Henry
King, Frederic1~ (jr;e,,
Kir,~sbury, ,Clinton lt,wcl
KlngaburY, Samuel lleury
Kirkp11.trick, John !3.
Kirvan, Goo. Wm. B.
Kirvan, Julia.
!{Irvan ,Richard Augustus
Kittredge, Leroy 1',rancis
Kittredge, Patrick Jas .
Knott, Geo.
Knox, John Thos.
Krook, Jos.
Kuhn, Poter Vroman
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Labelle, Frank
Lambertine, Guido
Lang, llozeklah Perry
Lalourello, Octavo Denjamln
Lattanzio, Angolo
Le:i.vitt, Arnoltl E ..
Lee, Milledge Parker
Lewis, Chas. Wesley
Lewis, Paul II.
Liljehult, Hugh
Limkey, .las. Edward
Lincoln, Frank Burnham
Little, Harold John
Little, Jas.
Little, Willis Herbert
Littlefield, Jas . Samuel
Lochlin, Horace Wm.
Locke, Isaac Wm.
Lonergan, Albert Jos.
Lonergan, Geo. Wm.
Long, Philip Raphael
Lothrop, Cummings Lincoln Jr.
Lowd, Percy Arthur
Lugareoi, •rerzo
Lyne::i; Jeremiah Jos.
M.
MacDonald, Lyman Francis
MacDonald,' Ralph Everett
MacDonald, Roy Albert
Maclnnls, John Daniel
MacWIIJlams, Anna·F.
MacWilliams, Isabella Agnes
MacWilliams, Sarah E.
t ward J.
Madill, Jtoy Kenneth
Mahoney, Jas. Dernard
Malloy, l•'rancls Christopher
Mann, ,vm. Loalto Jr.
Manning, Raymond Stephen
J\Tarriotl, Percival Geo.
Marshall, Fred vValdo
Marston, Harold Alexander
Marlin , Miclrn.ol Stephen
Marvin, Wm. Bent
Mason, John Arthur
Mason Wm. G.
Massey, Frank Jones
Matass·1un, Moses
Matthews, Frc-dorlclc Valentine
J\layes, Froderick Thos.
l\Iazzarella, Nicholas
McCaffery, Arthur Llnnehan
McCaffcry, Frederick Jos.
McCann, John Henry
McCarthy, Jas. Ambrose Jr.
McCarthy, John H.
l\lcCarlhy, Paul Burleigh
McCarthy, Ralph G.
McDaniol, Asa Stanley
McDermott, Harry Jos.
McDonald, Dan
McDonald, John Douglas
McDonough, John Leo
Mclnnis, Ambrose Sylvester
Mclnnis, Konneth Francis
. Mcisaac, Hector A.
l\lcl'en.:ie, Chas. Leon
McMaster, Daniel Angus
McMullen, Andrew Jas.
J\lcPhoters, Geo. Allen
McWilliams, Jos. Martin
Meehan, Michael Dominick
Mt:rcer, Wm. Everett
Miles, Chas. Emerson H.
Miller, John Robert
Mlteslrn, John
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Moneypenny, Edward Jos.
Mooney, Ernosl Car)eton
Mooney, Michael John
Moran, John Jos.
Morosole, Jos .
Morrill, Hai rls W.
·l\Iorriss, DonJamin Harvey
Morrissey, Wm. Patrick
I\Iowo, John Edward
Muchmore, Arthur Warren
Mugridge, Clayton Franklin
MU\'llhY, Cornelius Daniel
Murphy, Cornelius Patridge
N.
Neal, Cecil Maurice
Nelson, Howard Earl
Neville, .Edward Jos.
Neville, Mark Anthony
Nawton, Holen C.
Newton, Sherman Preble
Ni'Wchick, Philip
Noble·, Robert Austin
Nolan, Franlc A.
Norton, Clarence Sumner
Nosoworthy, Jas. Howard
Noyes, Merlin ·walker
o. '
Angus John
Da!liel Scott
Jns. Edward
John Andrew
Katherine T.
J\l,irk Frederick
O' Dric•u, \\'111. Jlcnry
Ocl1orne, <:co. Eben, Jr.
O'llnrr.i, <'ha:; . August us
0 r,eefe, l"lorence C.
O"Le~ry, Dennis Peler
0 I enry, John Jos .
O'Le,1ry, ~l ichael Francis
()'Leary, Owen ?II.
OJiver, Edward Poole
Olse-!1, Oscar Theodore
Ur Lia, Chaf1. Au11;ust us
Oultou, Philip IJ.
P.
Palmer, John rhili11
Palmer, '!'hos. Jlowar<l
l'andolos, Arthur Goo.
r'arp1 olto, Louis
l'ar:tH, ll:isil
Parker, Cha~. Alhorl
Parker, J,;(lwarcl Gookin
Parks, Wm. Henry
Parsons, Chas. S.
Patch, Arthur 'focl<l
l'alch, llonry 1\lhcrt
l'atorson, !•'rank l•Mwanl
1',111I, Konnolh Jull HOll
l'aul, Orman llomiclc
J';tll,',O, l'olc·r A.
Pea r.➔ on, ('arl ,\ I [red
l'carso n , ('ha8. Brown
Pcirro, 'J'OllHl8('0
l'cn!lcxtcr, Daniel JaH.
l'erkins, C'has. UiadBlone
l'orkins, Jessie ,v.
Perkins, John llarry
J'crry, La wronce ilcrnarcl
l'r '<•i::nn, !•'rank
Pc•t ric~, 1,; ~,c tyn
P .t lir, J.iH. Lyford
l'c·l roni, !''.'tor
l'evc:i r, L:: wrentc E.
J1 hi11 1: ••Y, ,\llison Waltlo
l'il'kctl, C'has. ,valdo
l'ickir,(l, Syclnoy lleginaltl
Pike, Hohert
l'ilgrim, l•'rank A.
l'inkham, Richard Allen
Plaisted, Guy gcigar
l'lnmcr, !•'rank \Varr cn
l'ost, Evan l\1erritt
f'oulls, ('has.
l'oulis, Geo.
Prall, Goo. llonry
Prall, Joanette
Proctor, Fred Grant, Jr.
Pnrrier, \Vm . Jlaymond
Pyoubbe, Mauko
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Quill, Jas.
q,, i mhy, rorloy /\lzo
Quinn, ,\lb0rt Edward
Quinn, .loB.
Quinn, Thos. Jefferson
Quirlc, 1'MmuJ1d l•'rancis
Q11irl,, Jamco Jos.
(Jnirk, .John Ignatius
R.
Jlammor, H a rry
Jtanrl, l•' Joycl Jas
Rand, Normnr
�ltaync~·, Franklin Shaw
ll..ogan . Cornolius_ Jos.
Ilearti,111, Daniel Patrick
Hegan, John Jos.
Regan, Lawrence Vincent
!lice, Arthur H.
Ricklers, !<'rank Chas.
Ilindeau, Apolllnai1:o J.
Illnti, Irving Everett.
Robor•.s, Geo. H.
Iloberls, Leon Leslor
Robinson, Clyde Gilman
Rogers, Chas. Eug ne
Ross, Goo. Edward
Rouse. \Vm. G.
Rutland, Mary Agn!'r-: (Scully)
Ryan, Ethyl Marie
s.
Sabins, l\larlin
Sarnartjis, Poter
Sanderson, Philil> Hadley
Sandford, Ethel Regina
Sands, Simon Ilay
Santoswosso, Savorio
Sargent, Harold Cha5e
Sarolto, Edward L.
Saurman, Chas. D.
Schiot, Peter Lawrence
Schlegel, Frederick
Schmidt, J\ lfred Al wien
Schmitlt, Theodore Denm ontl
Schnigle, \Vm. ll!'n ry
Scott, I•'r:,ncis Artl1 u r
Scully, W111.
Shaw, llarold Herlwrt
Shaw, J\linot Russell
Shaw, Hay Fred
Shillaber, John .Ja s .
Shuttleworth, Wm. l~d wartl
Shutzman, Nathan fiherman
Simpson, Shirley Drownrield
Sise, John
Small, Ira
Small, Percy
Smart, Christopher
Smart, J•:arl Thompr. •n
Smart, Geo. Eldr c1••·.••
Smith, Arthur Leu 11
Smith , Chas. \Vesl r"·
Smith, Narl
Smith, gtlilh
Smith, Frederick G1 Pg u1y
Smith, Jas. Valenli11 c
Sosvoi lie, Henry
Soucie, Geo. J •
Spain, Jlarry EloyRi us IL.
Spain, \Valfer l[rnry
SpanalaR, Paul
Spilker, Cl1a:1. Albert
Spillane, i\laurice ,las.
Spinney, Augustus Francis
Spinney, P.mernon fi11m11Pr
Srote, 1•1rl ward L.
Sterns, OliR Percival
StevenA, Manning riper
Stevens, Wm. H.
Stickles, Abram V.
Stott, Geo. Phillip
Stuart, i.\Ialcolm Dnngl as;s
Stulb. /1 lfred Engp,,e
Sulliv n 11 . Daniel J os.
Sullil ;,n. !<'red
Sulliv11 n, Jos. D.
Sulliv::l.Jl. Samuel P air ir 1
SuR:-;ma11,
811sR111an,
Sussman,
Swee ney,
Sweeney,
Sweetser,
Jos. Abraham
Lazarus
Saul
Edward
John
Harold Caswell
T.
Taft, Philip Henry
Tanco, John
Tawbe, Loui s \Vm.
Taylor, Harr y
Taylor, Mah lot, 1; irkbride
Taylor , Sl<•Jlh P11 ll<'nry
Tim rington, .J as. Olis
Th a yer, L11l'i11s ~:llsworth
'l'homar., C'J1:1s. J~dward
'l'homvson, I ,"n n Elroy
'l'ho111 11so n. \\· a lter D.
Thompson, \ illiford Napoleon
Ti 111 mons, J•' rn ucis Jos.
Ti111111011s, J r,1111 Pa.trick
Ti 1·, li1 011 S, P:1 I rick' J .
Tin, illO llS, 'l'llo,; . James
'l'i ni:;ler, l1 C' 11 ry Harrison
Tingle r , H arry
Towle, ·F rC'd r•ric k Seal rs
Ton e r, John Waller i\l.
Tr <'< lir k , G co. Andrew
Tro.v , John .Ins.
Trt1r ·n1an, A11slin Howard
TnH•man, J•Jrnest Franklin
'l'nl f'll lilll , Jl ;i rold Jos.
Tu ,.l«• r, J.<'n, ,1 C:arland
'l'udcr•r, Mark
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Vcr·rhio, Cu: la rozo
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W all«·r, l<'lovrl Jlalph
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Warl111l'lon, \Valtor "'111.
WHrrl, Ernest Melvin
W:inl. Wm. l~lvin
\V:tr rr n, Ma,) Leslie
\Va •· hhurn, Israel H.
Wa •t .fas. Y.
\\/C' aYc r, C'h:rn. Loon
\Vf' :tVC'1-, llcury Payne
\Vcrrl, Mnrvin
\\lr- Pks, Edwarcl A. Jr.
Well s , Thos. J.
\V cnrln ll, J<JI Aa A.
Wr- 11,l, dl, Geo. Almas
\V r:11dr ,II, Justin Hungerford
W<·1:<ip JJ, SJ1crburno Simes
WP11 1worth, l'crloy Mansflcl<l
Wt I l;ik e, Ilaymou<l Blair
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\Vl iinden, 8:1muol Stacy
\Vh itr, C. W.
Whi t<', Davi d
Wh ili,, E<lwa "rl Clark
\Vhi ;c, Jas . l•Mward
,vJH Lc, .Tolrn Patrick
White, Wil~nn A.
Widger, Benj ;, min Augustus
Wilkinson, .lc,h u Daniel
Wili<o11, Carl Carty·
Wilson, Jauies Knox
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Winn, llarold Irving
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Wood, , ' has . Frederick
\Voocl. gc1gar Forrest
Wood, Harold Barnett
Wood, Ralph Thompson
Woods, Peter Paul
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Woods, William Edward
Woods, 'vVm . Orin
Wortman, Harry Herber t
Wright, John Brandon
Wright, Lawrence B.
�'Dawson, qeorge R.
Da,i> Ernest L.
Dennett, Dr. Paul C.
Ae th1J news continues to corue to · DeCourcy, Harrison A.
l'urtsmouth or our uoys reaching
Dennett, Philip B.
DoJl,nelt, Sumner F.
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1Joniiell, Warren C.
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Dow, Corp. Lawrence 'r.
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Dow, John H.
Families anu rel a LI vcs or boJ s who
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l;ownlng,
Benja~in F.
lnlormatlon to Mrs. Bartlett.
Downing, Sergl. Lawrcuce E.
Adams. Davie! 11'.
Downs, Horace S.
.A.dams, Ralph . G.
Driscoll, Dennis J .
llatlger, Lieut. Phillps 8.1
Dunlon, Charles E.
~ e r , Ralph W.
Uurard, Elmer C.
,Ua1lard, Lieut,, Robert J .
••ourard, Ueo1·i;e 1L.
llarrett, Daniel F.
Dutlon, Harold r.,,
·~onne,tl, Philip B.
Emery,
Ualley Van Ness,
Berry, Clifton.
Army).
:Bicktord, Edward P.
Faulkner, Gorp. Roland 8.
tP,oorua, Lieut. Frank' E.
Flanigan, Arthur J.
BrO(;>mfiold, Herbert A.
Uarduer. Seret. Baroid.
Bunker, li'ra.nk R .
Ganluer. Leslie H.
~unker, H,:,rmau W.
Gerrish, Sergl. llenr.v I~
(Ca.uaQlan
Harold E.
Gerrish, Co rp. Charlc3 W .
Greer, Robert W.
Sherman F.
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Gilbert, George W.
Ulll esple, Corp. James.
Butler, Franklin :K
Uoolliug, J<'retlcrlc .
Brackett, Corp. Oharlos E.
Gorw an, Con.1. Arlhur .
Campbell, Corp. ' Edwin M,
tHJUt<C. Ch!irln~.
Campbell, Ralph C.
Grad;, Palr!ek J .
Carr, Arthur E.
Green, Philip B.
Caswell, Earle W. \
Griffin, Lleul. Phll!p J.
Caswell, Ray o.
Grover. Edgar H.
Coffey, Cornelius E.
Hanscom." Carl W.
Clancy, John F.
Hatt, T•'ay E.
Comeau, Sergt. Omer i.
Horsey, Harold W.
Coffey, Joseph 1''.
Horsey, Howard C.
Conlon, Christopher M .
Hersey, Perley D.
Collins, Sergt. Thoruas E.
HlckPy, John w.
C_oram, Lieut. George w.
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Connolly, John J.
Hill, Co rp . Cyril D.
Con way, Pa.trick.
Jilli , Curµ. Hugh C.
Carkln, Walter it.
lloill, 8ergt. Clarence n.
Connor, John C.
Hollt. Ernest It.
Connors, John J.
Hoyt. John )-;.
Cornish, Frank L.
Holland, William J .
Cornish, Wilbur G.
Holmes, Sergl. Edward C,
·•J ;alg, Arthur H. Jr.
Hudson, Leon E.
~raig, ,Horace W.
Jankousk!, i•'elix.
Cronin, Sergt. Wllliam F.
Johnson, Oaca r H.
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Kelleher, John J,
Kellogg, Lieut. Francia F.
Kennedy, Henry W.
l<ing,
l,i11gsu11r), Samuel ll.
Lang, 8crgt. 1lezcklah P.
La\\'less, .Ja11Jel) C.
Lear, Calvin W.
Lewis, Capt. Charles W.
Lillie, Harold J.
l,onergan, Alberl J.
Lonergan, George W.
l,owd, Perry A.
~lahonl)Y, Jamon l!,
l\1.i rt In, Fred 1.,,
lcCarth r , l'orp. John H
l\lcCarlhY, Sergt. Paul 'u.
l\lcCarthy, Ralph 0.
l\lcDonough, .John L.
l\Ii:l::iaac, ll uclo r /\.
t\kM,ai;tcr, Corp. 1Janlel A.
i.llleu, C. l~mcrGon .
l\Illler, Johu Il.
J\Ioran, John J.
l\lorrhmey, '\Villi;im P .
l\l urJJhY, C11rnoli110 IJ.
O' n rien, .James I~.
Olsen, Oscar T.
Pa rknr, 1.lru t. l~rl wal d (l
!'ark::, William ll.
Paul, Ornw11 Tt.
ro:1 rno11, Charlns U.
Pelron n i, Peter.
Pickleti, Sycl11ey lt.
tluimh y, l'crley A.
qnl1111, Joseph I•' .
Q11in11, 'l'hollHIS ,I.
nanrl, l•'loyrl .r.
H•l~(lll, l,aWl'CIICO ',,',
H.obcrl H, George 11.
noberlH, 1.110n !,.
Jlo1Ji11son, Clyde U.
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Snllivan, Serp,l. Samuel l'.
Sullivan J lurriol, Rell t:ro:;:;
8ussmun, Sergt. .Jose1ih /\.
Thompson, Sergt. Waller lJ.
Taylor, llrig. Gen. llarry,
Vlne11uerra, Frank.
WarlJnrl.on, C1,rp. '\Vall<'r W.
Wnlclron, Sergt. .Jorerny It.
'\Valker, Capt. Wallia D.
'\Vatt, .James Y.
\Vcndull, Scrgt. Goorge A.
·whalcn, Alfred E.
Wilkinson, J::-~:n D.
\Vlhmu, Llent. Ja1.a,.,o i\.
,,•/.,r: uian, Htur)' ii.
,•;ril\hl. l,icut. .lohn U.
YPal 11n, Donald F.
t-Kiliod ln ;icllo11,
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WOUllll S,
�(Blake II H:tll(I. lllRt0rJ~U)
Edwin MMrlll nrrry.
Browu, Arthur l,:iwreuce
Hrnwu, Charles R.
Browu, Jamcu Wcl.,s t<Jr
, ~Jrowu, Wllllaru
Davidson, l'ltlllp I).
_r .. ·ake, l'C'rt'V U
!Elwell, ,John llll f'l<'e ll
1''osR, llerll,..rl n
Wos~, R,1y 1Jnrhr11
Uarrelt. Walla.1•03 H .
Jenness, l'' orres t L.
Jenness. llf'riH'1 I L .
Johusuu, f'lurlfll,;h
Kelchnur. 1i;1rr.v II .
Lear, Calvln W;ineu
Morton, Rollo A.
Philbrick, C: e on;e Oli ver
Rand, Seth ~ri"·l11
Rand. Wal! a ro EJ, ov
Remick, Alh c t t l\l.
Remkk. Au stin F',
Varrell. Etn<>E: t Milfop
W:;notl, Garlllnd F Ii!!\' 1~
Fh!llp Wlllatd 'l u c k" t
Norrls Trcfrl l"' "
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Thurntou "\V" "·"·" ,l"! t !! ~, a.
Ernest l' . 1•: nf••fl
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H3 . JlJt.a{A.RU !\I. SC,l.l\lMON,
His torian.
\\'·dl rt c ri Odell.
lJ:rrul1l P. Odell.
J ,nwls Odoll.
11:o lph E . Gowen.
Sl1irlPy W. Goweu .
l'li : \ip W. Uowcu.
11:•rry K West.
.J .. •: rpb J'arks.
Fr,.,[ H. :-;everance.
J~> l w:ird W. Tuttle.
M. Slickll" ' ·
ll111><:lrL G. P!;x::.
LP• J II P. Scammon .
CP rp . llaruld :.;~ ph"l ·1.
,\ lol r•n Ry vhorn.
l•' w:igi: .John JC lJt11·1.
J'r,r,·y B. Lurral>cnv
J,'rPfl!'l·ick S. IJeali: .
S lri rh'Y Clod(rey.
(l•' Pl'JW
L :> a ris Goclfroy,
\V:i goncr Lewi s f. . 1 ,: 1110 .
c·., r1 D. Sloe le I.Jriu ;;•·.
i,,·on ard II 111.
\' ,. rno11 r . nonrl.
lturl,m C: . Cas1,oil.
1,; ,1 •· i11 Jr . 8 ca111nw 1,
J l11r;1co Crnig-.
('n rp. Thoma l" '11 1itl1.
11:r rnld Cuverl _v .
Nr , r11ra.11 1~<1111111·, l:I.
Arlh11r F.:dmuodn.
vVuliaco P;r,111 Racine.
Stonley Clarouce lfogg.
Andrew J. Roberts.
Rupert W. Llndsoy.
Percy Badger Brown.
Charles Hovey Stonge!'.
All.Jort i\dclfson Brown.
, Harold Rusi;ell Blak.e.
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Clydu P. DoLancer.
Victor J. Garland.
Raymond A Johnson.
'I'heodore S Lamprey.
Eugene E. Marston.
gmesl Howa1•d Dunbrack.
James Munroe Lampr3y,
William Hale l.Jaruprey.
Kingsley 1Jear1Jor~ C;nur::.::..
;\1yrou Jowell Norton. .
Kenneth Hawks Marston.
Harry Llewellyn Smart.
~dwlu Howard 1-:lobl.Js.
George Harold Batchelder.
William Elmer Stickney.
Marvin l•'. Young.
Kenneth c. Buker.
Hurold Emerson Noyes.
Otis Raymond Garland.
Osear L. Garland.
Lestou Holmes.
• i\lyron lllake.
Harol!.L M. Keene,
Auy further informatio,1 regartlin::
111r I.Jo.vs 111 servlee will tie gratefolly
·ecelved !Jy tlio historian.
S, ALBERT SHAW.
T
CASTLE J\lEN lN SJ,;R\'lCK
Oliver B. Marvin, Rlstorla.u.)
Peter Alnas.
Wallace E . Batson.
Helf'll Boybton.
AC,ra ham Bul!~'r!!.
Ross Campbell.
Charles W. Carson.
Ira L. Cochran.
Verne Free.
Chauncey Hackett.
John W. Johnson.
Frederick King.
llarry R . LaRose.
Cenri::o Henry Manson, Jr.
Tlt<• 111:1i; Morris.
William Nagayra,
.l oh II \V. "f'rldhau.1.
C:norge D. Itlcker.
l'hilllp Rand.
c:corgo P. H.ol.Jlusou.
George A. Simpson.
l<'rancis Smith.
Ed ward C. Sta:rr.
8elden 1!"'. Wells.
Henry Wllk!nso.u.
Chester A. Wllllarus.
Ck&rlu Edward Young.
Osmer M._ Young.
�Louis E. Nlcot,
(Justtn Henry · Sllaw, Hist lw.)
Frank J'!olan. ,
Curtis Alleu.
Wallace Patch.
Lewis ::qAndersou.
Orman Remick Pa u I, ( GD?Ulled
Ralph R: Balrnr.
Portsmouth).
Holantl G. Bedell.
Charles E. Perry.
Frederick Bllliugs.
l!:llswortlt k Pinkham
Carl Boyer.
Charles W. Prince.
Russell A. Dra.c lrntt,
ArL11ur J . l'runlt.
Ueorgo W. Brown.
Uuy A. Place.
\Vllliam H. Brown, Jr ,
Violet 8. Pruett, (uursc).
William H. Brown.
Shaw F. Raynes,
(enlisted
Calvin Hayoa Citbb.
Portsmouth).
Charles Cobb.
GharlcR E. i1ullolph .
Joseph William Cutts.
!;loytl
Hug~t lpcker:
John Coston. ·
1Cdwan1 :t?,. Rollr.
Ralph E. Dennett.
Ezra Sawyer.
No1:man u. Dunbar.
George ii. SerHl":n:'l.
Roscoe 'Cliio.
William 1 W. ,'3eawttrrl.
Edqar E. Emory.
Newton R. Sp1u11ey, (21nolled
Forro~t ' Bartlett Emery.
Lewiston, Mc.)
Samuel Estes . .
trfo11k M. S111il11.
Harry T. Flsller.
Hobert II. Stanley.
John Flanagan.
Jtalpll W. 'Slcrllng.
Henry Fletcher.
Carroll TJ. Sterlin~.
J. Maurice J<'letcher.
Frank Sullivau.
W.illard M. l.l'Jetcner.
George E. Terry.
Melissa F. Fletcher (n u,so ).
Waller IJ. Thom11son.
George W. Godfr.cy.
Renfrew 'A, 'l'hompsou.
Elmer A. Gerry.
,lohn 1. Tobey.
Harry L. Gooow\u.
Theodore H. J . '!'obey.
Ralph E. Gunnl5on.
Theodore 'l'ucker.
Alonzo Graham Hearne.
Hollt'Y Walllng[orc .
Gay N. ·11orroc1cb \eorollcll 111
l!:rnes t M. Ward.
Portsm:>uth J. '
Jawmi \Vellner.
Daniel Amos Hunter. ( •)
Pllllip J. Wellher.
Ralph Alden Hu lch i us.
Charles S. Wlllla!!l~ .
.Emost James.
Horace U. Willla111G.
Benjamin Lentz.
Harnltl A. Wilson.
Ray' C. Littlefield.
H.ol.Jerl Harry ·,vitllan .
S\:geni, A. Lewis.
George S. Woon .
John A. Mace.
Samuel B. Wood, Jr.
Duncan Stewart McIntire.
\Villiam Wurm .
Frederick llub:crlleld Mardor
In action in l•'rance .
Guy D. Mitchell
( *) Died ?·0111 wuirnd8
Carl A. Ueyers. ·
Herbert A . Yerkes .
Chester E. Moulton.
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PEN SKF.TCHES AND PICTURES.
Pl'ivatcs Leach, lio(lg-c:, anti Conway
formerly on duty at the marine bar racl<s at the navy yard. They are now
on the U. S. S. ,Montan:i. and are doing
their bit on the sea and
have had
numerous startling experiences since
�Lieut. ,~ 1~·de \\'arr<'n
1\ rchihaltl,
8. il\1. ' ., was horn i11
.Tune 17 th, l S!IG, nn1l is llll' s1111 nf •:lll r.
(L lld Mrs. Alt•X. Arehih•tld or (lrPPlllanol.
llo \HIS ,,uu1•atcd Ill til l' p11hl11· ,;l' hO l)l~
or Newlni:;tnn :ind f'ort •· uwuth, gra,1111)
CLYDE VAFlREM
B/\LD.
l!ll 1. I I r \\.ls 1:r:1<11 ·1• •,l from
N e w 11 a 1nµ JShln• l'oll !:!;l' ill 1'11 I in th('
Elr 1 •tr ie l~ng-i111'c·rin1 .. cn1tl".'" 1•;111islPtl
In th<• llnil<',1 St;it,•s
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,i
Jun (' ft , Ul\R, rPl'••iviHJ.!" hi~ ,•,11"1ni!-:~inn
l\S 2 th! Lirull'll :111 1 ~\,•pl. l !ll\
t h1• 1171 h
�A cable was received yesterday
trom Lieut. Philip B. Badger, U. S.
A., son of ex-Mayor D. W . Badger,
from Coblentz, Germany, stating that
·he is on his way to the states. Lieut.
•Badger has been In France for the
past year with headquarters at Chalindray, acting in the capacity of as11is.tant provo marshal general. He
was lately asslgnd to the First Army
Corps regulars and detached to ·Cobl!c!ntz, his last ,l'lort of duty,
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DANIEL BARRETT.
ON A. JlRlf,}F FURLOUGH.
Ralph Badger, eld~st ~on . of exM_ayor and Mrs. Daniel ·W. ·Badger,
·arrived hei;~ from .New '. yo;k on' a
·GO-hour .furlough., hav1µg ,arrlvec'! In
.N'ew York fr6m overseas. Whe'n , the
w-ar broke out ' he ' wasj in Cafffornla
a.ntl he enlisted• and w.etlt over's.eal!'
in• the 91st,regiment. ·. He wifl go to
l'i£!~.M18 eall!orhia to be·· mustered .. ~uti, of ,the
0
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'=t l,:·l•"\
·,
Daniel L!a1T~lt is
the son of Lite:
late Daniel and illllen Uan·ett. li e was
l>o1,n in ,Lhis cit)' I•'PIJ. 1a, J89ti. lie enlisted in tlic 301st infantl'y and
in France"
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HONOR FArtiILY,
The family of Wm. H.
ranks lfigh· in its war contribution.
having thre!=l sons, Volney.· C. Badger, Walter A. Badger and Russell
Badger, and one daughter, Una Daclger, · a yeowoman. D .. Chester Badger, another son, ls in the draft
·regl~t~tion.,,on Sept. 12,
. ':u .1 .11- 1-!t'~
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The Mehan News, a weekly
li c: hed in France lly the ordinan('e
t ,·nops al Atelier-rle-M ehan-,;11-Yeore
li:is the followin g to say allout Cap~
tn. in Rober,l J. Uallard of Lafayette
road, this city.
"The present electrical division began in a very olrncnre way on Nov.
H, 1918.
On that date a gronp of
r,ix oHlnance men took ovPr the telt!phone exchange from the :!8th l~_ngineers.
llowever, with the rapi1lly
growing demands ,the divi s ion quicl;Jy
ln ~reai;ed so that on I•'ch, 8, I !I I !I, I ho
telephone was rom•hincd witl1 1 powr>r
antl li ghting under the a·ble s 11penisio11 or Captain l1ol1ert .I. llall:ird,"
Captain llullard is the ia111 of ~Ir.
and ?.1rs. \Villam Ballard or
and has been in
�Sergeant '\Vallnce Edm
n of lllr·. and Mr1<. F.lm
ew Cai.lie, is a me111be1·
ero Squad. Jl, . l'ntrrec1
WALLACE E. BATSON
IN ·
been at F11rl Sloe-um, N. Y., ~·,, 1 Antonio, ancl \\-argo, Tex, ~. ::-.:o,·th Carolina, Lanr,·lc•.v l!'ielcli Va., a ncl i
the air service in J~ranr·C'.
Sc>rgl"nnt Bat.so,: is a );oung
excellent charactc·ritsiics and is popular with al! his acf\U::tin.tanC'l's. He
was born in East Candia in H!l:;_ He
attende>d tl1e schools or ,Ne w Castle
anc1 the l'ol'tsmnuth high school. For
two ;-en.rn he \I as employetl by the
r:eneral 1,;1ectric
Company of Ly,nn,
J\Iass., Jc:n·ing to €nter the service.
SI IU'HISM l',\RT\'.
Sc•r;:1•a11l l•'loycl t:arkPr, l!. 8. 1\l.
C., \\'ho was reportecl killed i11 action
in Sunday's paprni, ,n1s serving his
cscond enlistment. Ile was a native
or the south an<I wa:- attached to
the l\larine Guard at thC' Portsmouth
navy yard up to a YC'ar ago, when
be was transf Prr<'d to \\'ashington.
Wl11lc here he rcsidecl with his family of a wife and rhil<I at 114 .lcffrrson
1:1treet.
Sergeant Barker 1,;1<i here
about two monthR ago with ~ prisoner that he brought from \Va ~hington
and consequently coulci not l1ave bC'Pll
In li'rance any lnngth of tin11• .
\Vallrw,, K Bu tson, who served as
sergeant with the 499th aero squidron
OVPrseas
and
4'returned
home aftrr being discharged from
the servi(·P, was given a surprise
party at the home of his parents, Mr.
and :\frs. S. 1,; Jmer Batson or New
Castle, 'thur~clay
evening.
Miss
Marion Tarlton, Miss Ruth l\larvm
and l\1rs . .James Sylvester with Mr.
and Mrs. liaison arranged the affair
and l\lr, 1!;1tson was eomvletely surprised but greet ti his friends in I a
gracious n1a1111Pr.
Games, m usil· and daneing !Jeside
a few olcl-fashio1wcl reels which were
entered into wi1 h spirit and gusto
by all l)l'l'S('nl. made the time
all loo quickly.
Refreshments of ice crram,
and punch were Rerved. As a mark
of friendship a lPalher bill Cold was
presented to Mr. Batson from the
guests, I he prespntation hring rpade
!Jy Miss Ruth Marvin to which Mr.
Batson I h.i n kfn lly replied .
Those
present W<'rc Mr. and Mr~. Charles
Ilowl'l, Mr~ . .Tames Rylvest"r, Misses
Marion Tarlton, Ruth Marvin, Alice
Ryan, Ethel Ryan, Hazel
Rlcker,~v=...,.,-~-·
Marguerltr Merrill, Mildr(> ri Yeaton,
Mrs. ClaudP. Gilliam, William Gup~
till, James Sylvester, Charles Rever,
�PORTSMOUTH ROY HA.S
CLOSE CALL IN FRANCE.
~•,\·f<--
,
let ler received by !\Ir. and Mrs.
.._,,. ,,.~• .,,. Libbey
11. Bennett trom their i;on
0
Philip n 1rnett, who I wft11 tl1e , ·n~
Hu ,,. ~ '\.rtl ' n ' l nC' "st'dc~
·,Kl • t
wa:; recntely knocked · down by a
sltt;ll, ln;L esra11cd with only slight
injury as l l\el'e ~dere five oLheri;
ahead of him ih the walce of the
p•~(~~ l3hcll and its power was
·
when it r eached Mm.
His many friends will
o.t his narrow escnpe rrom a seriom;
:\L1llhn1 'I'. I: •llull
W!l-: 1Jt,rll ill
Po, t,,lllulllh 0,·t. ~Ll. I !)0 llllU i~ a de·
s,: 1 1111Jnt of :\l.llll,c•w Thnnl.lon, .si!\llt•r
till'
l)pc\arali1111 ol
J111klH 'tHIL·1,,·P
!','-om • ·," ll.1111p shir<'. llc was t•<lu,·a1i l!'<l al th<' \\ hippie and
local hii;h
I st·hools ancl ,·111\sle<l ill the navy J\prll
1 ol
j 2,
l!IUU and
has ~erved continuously
MATTHEW T. BETTON,
t'hat l mt·. In July )~17· It<• 11us
app,>lnl• d a p:ty <•!erk 11 hill• 11 11 duty
u.t th!' l'o rt:-111uuth na1·y yanl ancl has
:iC'l"VP< l
Ov< rsf•as
sinct-'
0arlv
in
1tll8
ll" also 11·<·,trs th e :\il:,xica11· ca mp,, ig ,;
h:id;.;<'. J: vth of hi~ i;1andfath1•,·s s• l'·
vrd in the Ci1·il \Var,
1\--F- ,,,_,
s1m ;\LOBB OF EUltOl•ti:
~·~'i Clifford
Berry or the 103rd F. A.'
Perley Quimb y· o[ the 101st En1 and
g\nters of the 26th Division <lid not
t~t,;;~.
r:
return lo this country with the Di ·
vision, \Jut volunteered to remaiu
wltlt th'! army of occupation for six
months. 'l'hoy aro !Jul11 rortsmou th
boys and were transfe.rred to , tho
military po1lce. They have 'beon over there for over a ;y ear .ind desirctl
i.o see wore of Europe before they .
returnee~ homo.
Private li[ford Berry, U. S. A.,
returned yesterday from the battle·
ficdlsl of Franco on th U. S. S. Santa Clara ariving in New York. He arrived home this mornig after his dis·
charge at Camp Devens. Private
Berry has seen much active service
during his twc11ty-two months across
~oas. Ile wears a wound stripe lmV·
ing been gassed at Verdun. He took
aclivo parti n the l)attles of St. ll'lil1iel and Chateau Thearry.
�Lieut. l~oo a Firs
Local 1 an to
Be Killed .n Acti
'i'
Porlim1n11th
wn1'
shocked
morn i 11 g lo 1Pa rn or the death
Fran r<' o[ Li1•11 t. Frank
who 11 :ts kill0d in
action
the fi<'l'Ce li .. hli11:{ Oil
the
Marn,· front.
Th e sad llC'\\"S wa~ received
moth r. r at ll0r 1101110 on l'l e as:inl
slr<'<'f. LIPnl l'oo na i!; the first
Forl "lll(\lllh ho:, Ill die in aclion 1l11rlng war.
ThC' 1lir:pat1 Ii •licl not stnl0 how or
1]r·1I I,
where Li<'11f. llonm~ met hi
only slal i11 ° ":;r11n1 'l'iif' rC in Vran,,. ·
but ii i--; saf<' to ,,,,_v hr p;avC' hii; iir,
fighlin •· hra1·• ''" for lhC' rn11nlr_1 ,,:·
which 11° \\"'·' •:n prou,1.
LiP11 ' llo1l11 , wns onr. or I hr h<'·sl
or all thn 1111•11 that l'nrt s mo11L11 li:1::
sent iHIO l hi·i >! !"Pat ~tr11,::gle; f:,•Jfmadr>, a llnr,l w11rl;Pr, hnnrsl, a :,111111
fellow all(l a grr:1,
lovrr of l, is
honlf\ and thnl ,,,. gave hi s lifr ro,
his ronntn· hrinp;s honor aud hn1P
to his nanw.
Li C'11l. Hoomn was horn in Porl.~monl h a111l 1111 Int. he l1111C' nf his, ning across to 1·1ance hi fl c11lirC' lif r
was sp,. nl in !Iii'-' vlel11ily.
II•· :ilLentle,I the p11hlic· srhoolfl, :.:rarl1,·:l1ng from 1'. 11. S.
_ He g; rntl11 at.c,' fr.Pm nurh n,n r11 1leg,, with honors anrl for a
work,..,1 for lhn <;!las l'irrc· 0 f"n111
pany, hPing; a valued empln~<·.
At the first call to arms ,,,, rrnccessf11ll_v 1i:1,s1•1l the exami11·1,i11n fo r
aclmi ssio n to 11,,. Plallsh11 ·· tr·,ining C:llllJ) an1l al"lp r Lhe 11 11;,l
month s co11r~" "radualell , i;h
commission of 1 "econ(] li 1 nl•'nanl.
Ile was :,11111111: thns<' "· 1,·i \\Cr,
sent to Fr:111c<' in the early 1:1·~rs or
AmNic-a' s lirst C'nlrance in 1110 Intlie an<l si111·n thrn r <'pn rl '' 1,li1·~"''l
tha.t h P w:1~ 111C'Plin~ ,vith gn'tlf ~:111:cess. lie w:1~ \";ii. II thP I., 1 • I Fi,.]11
A rlillf'l' Y.
]l p is snf\'i•."1i hy hi ,;
fon r sisters.
LiC'lll. Hr,01n, ,·:as killrrl .1111? 1 tih
in thr n,,,.,.<' 1, .. ,,t i11 1.: aro•: ,J L 1 •~vo11t wlll'11 I hi' Frrn<'h a11 d '•11r 1 ,1·- 1 11
trooi°• ~ first hM\:111 the acti" 1 lli al II,~
r(• :-rnJl.011 in driving
tho
,•,,r1,,·11,s
hack
BELL TOLD OF
·LIEUT. BOOMA'S DEATH
Nl'w Hamp ~h ire College, Durnam,
N. H., l\lay 15.-Lle11tenn11t Ernest
L. Bell or the 15 6th regiment of thellain how Division addressrcl the st,udenls al convoca.tion hero yesterday.
Lieutenant Dell is a me111hcr of the
class o[ 1918 and served with distinction on the· western front.
cil,•d for bravery and has been recorn 111r.11cled for the Distin,::uished SerHe was 0110 or the mo::,t
prominent students at Nr>w Hampshire College-· in his day where he
was for four years a member of the
[ootball team.
/,
ll i, ,.omes or a family of fighters,
his fa tiler being now a 111ajor in the
med ka l corps and his younger brother il; :, captain and still in France.
Li<'ulenanl Dell told tho sto,ries of
som" ot his experiences and was allle
lo give an account ,of the death of
Lie11Le11unt Frank Boo mu of Portsmouth, another N<' W: Hampshire man,
one of Lhe sevc•ral killed i11 action.
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STEill,L l~W QUAL,11·ms.
Lieut. Frank nooma, U. s. A.,
first Portsmouth man to make thr
supreme sacrillce In the battle
world rrneclom, cllsting11lRhed him
selt in athletics nt Portsmouth Hlgl
school and at New Ham11shlre Stat,
Collegr.
He captained the ' 19:\l
High school elev1m of the seapor' ...,..'3111!>!'••::
rit.y that won the N"ew I{ampshlr·
stale championship; which· title wa:
captured · in a p;a me with Manchester High, and this defeat for Manchesler was one of the two setback,
Granite State teafn:
in seven yPars ot coaching
Fred M. ~rice. Booma was
for his sterling qualities \o[
anrlheart and his coura!{e 'or schoo
11thletic day~ was
personified
battlefleld.-Mancheste;
1o·
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TRIBUTES 10,,-M[MOR
Of LIEUT. BOO
The death of Lieutenant Fr::.nk
Jlooma, who was kllleo on July 11
'I
Ir.In t 11e fl erce fi1g h _ ng aronnr ,, "rci-en.
,
f
j
T ar d eno s, liaa, cause, l u111versa 1 g,r 1e
among th<J friends o;' I.ho young man
__
!n this city,
Lleu·tenant Booma was selt made
in every respect. He was born in tllis
dty and up to the time of his going
,1cross to Franco· to take part in the
,•,orld's great struggle his entire life
was spent in- this city and vicinity.
While at tho High school no Pll[lil
J•;x-:1-fayor Harry n. Yealon palt
tho following tribute to l'orts1no11th'
!i rst mar~yr:
tire li[c he entered upon his n ew duti es and hecame a lieutenant. ,\nx! ions lo tlo ull lhal he could ft11· his
•
1
conntrv he was one of the tlrsl Lu vol·
unteer for overseas clnty ant! 11·0 helieve the fi1rst oclcer f'rnm thi s eily to
go
l•'r:111 ce. lie WilH asBi,;;11:d lo
tho [amens Itainhow Division aJ11! was
in the thickest or th o acllon.
;.o
Lie11tona1\t Dooma was
L11 0
first.
from this city, to give hi s litu up on
l~re,n ch S(Ji l for his country.
Dnt
those who knew him feel thut ho tlid
so with the loyalty to con11try and
homo thut has al ways characterize,)
his ontiro life.
I
The following tribute from F'r:i.nk
E. Leavitt shows the sterling wortl1
of the yonn·g man:
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I
FRANK 1100:\L\.
'l'he 1ut1ne of 011e, who, now
that ho hus . go11e will ttlwa.ys
stantl in by momo,·.v {ts ho stood
in Ji fe, as one or I he vc1·y 11 lghcst types or .•oun~ 1nanhoo<l.
Dl,ll'illg ill~· nine y1·1n•i,; that. r
knew him. four o( them ns a
close l'l'ien,l an1l companion of
, my hoys llf1tl four of them as rny
LilllJ'.1.'. l<'IU~J{.
n.sslstant in husinC's!':, T 1·a11w to
ield Arllllery Officer J•'rom Portslrnow him as he' really was. He
Killed in Action.
moved a111ong 111en wHh the utmost simplicity, doing his tlaily
was more 1101rnlar than Frank Booma.
work natm·ally, and quietly in a
He took a deep interest ill athletics
JIHlllllCI' that COIJIJlUUHlo<l ( he l'C•
and excelled in both basket ball and
spect of' all. I cannot 1·ecall tha~
foot ball. After leaying school he enT ever saw him 1111g1·y or 1na11ir1•st
tered the -e mploy of the Sila~ Pierce j il'l'itation Ot' tcntJH't', .\ Iwars g, ·11Company -and after three years of j
ial, chccl'ful and gh'lnµ; 1'111•ei·,
,thrift and economy llad saved enough
<'\'Cl' 1·eally to sec the good in
to carry out h)s ambitions. With this
ol hC':"s an,1 ·l',. !': •11:,• reit<ly to o,•p r•view he entered New Hampshi1'e collc.ok their l'a:dt.<;, his was a :r:1lege to take the prescribed course'.
turo (hut al1t·adc1l nil wilh
Then camo Amerlcn.'s entrance Into
\\'item ho 1·111n~ in 1•1111tac(. :•!lll
the great war and without heriil.ation
c:111scd thos,~ of 11 ::: wl:o kn l' 1,·
J1r. Boom:i. made appli_c:i.tio n for the !
him host to Jovo him.
first officers' training camp at Platts- ·1
T am t.h aak.rul that he liv c <l;
.burg. With the same energy and
T 1•111 deeply gl'icvcrl tltat, l,c hntl
I
.push that hacl characterlzoll his en-
glad! tlwt
a cause.
l•'HA N K K r,1,;, \ \ ' l'J"f.
:\II•. Ycaton's 'l'd hute.
811
1'111• su(•h
1"1·1111k wus 1n·ac( i<'ally II llll'lll•
b<••· of rny family I'm• live yc111·s.
He wo1·ked all tho time he was
altcmling the P0t·ts111011lh High
st'l,ool, being a sclt-matle man in
1w(•r·y rcsp<'et. ,\ ftct• ,·ompll'llng
hi1:1 educatlou at the llil,\h sl'l111ol
lrn wus about .to !he l111ivc1·sit)'
ol' l'<'unsylvania whcll he lu11I nu
nttnc•k of a.1>ru~1ullt'lt.ls, which
1•h1111g-od hi~ 11lans. .\rlt't' hl>i l'C•
l'ovory he went to wm·k fot• the
Silas Pierce t•o111pany and \\ot'k•
(•tl his way up r,·0111 11 nwniul position to ussislm1t. lo )It•. l,1'11\'•
Ht.
A fte1· being ont ol' sd1ool for
thr·ee yc1u·s he 1klc1·n1i111•<1 to 1·ar1·y nut his plans ol' i;ccul'ing· 1t <·ollcg-<l l'<lul'ation. H<l e111·ollc,l at
:-i'ew Hampshii·e colll'gn 1t11tl t·ompletcd one yciu· of' the <·<1111·s1•. lie
was p1·e1rn1·i11g to l1·ansfrr· to
lla,·I month when I he " ·ar· l11·oke
out. In kecpin;_!; with Id,, lll!tkt••
up he hccmne imhut• rl with the
wm· spirit and went to thn CT1·st
t 1·aiaing c::mp
at, Plat lsliu!'g,
g1•1,cluati11g as s,,1·011tl Ji cut t•naut.
l•'r·1t11k Booma was lwlov,•tl l1y
1111 \\'ho knew hitn. lie \I' ll~ nlwa rs 1·ca1ly and willi11g to 1!0 a
gooil t111·11 I'm· all)' Oll(', llis IIIC!ll•
111·,r will he ch,·1·isht•1l l'ol' 111a11y
,1·,·111·s by those \\'hO kllC\\' hhn'
l,<'sl 11111! 1ul111il'(•tl his manly qualit i<'S,
TT ,\HHY B. YR\'l'OV.
----
,ND MARl{ER
FO · GRAVE OF
LIEUT. BOOMA
'" i,e 45th Rainbc,w Di\i:;lon o! which
tl.e late Frank E. Booma was a membt-r, always sends a lirbute to his grave
on Memorial Day. In the past years,
tJ ,c custom has been to send a wreath,
\vbch is placed on tlle r(;:;Ling place ot
0,L man for whom the lucal American
l ,t lion post was named. This year a.
Dh!1-lon St.anda.rd was sen t to Mayor
11'. W. Hartford to be placed on the
gn,\e by the division. This is made of
metal. One one ~ide is lettered "47th
· division," Lieut. Frank E. Booma, 151st
Field Artlllery" On the other side ot
the standard were the names of the
battles in which the Rainbow Division
· participated,'' st. Mlchacl, Meuse, Argonne, Champagne, Mar11e, Deffensive
Sector, Aisne Marne." This is a permanent marker and wa. placed on the
�n \·ictor Bo~s, I'. S. ~-,
dlticharxPcl from sor \'i~e :rnd
homP ycslenlay. Jlp vol11n1ii; sP1Ti<'o.c; in .Juno l!ll7 and
n sL:itionr<l most of Lhe time
tho nrookln1 .'· ·• ·
of two well known young men of Rye.
Charles r..a nd Brown, son of 1''.l:r.
an d 11\Irs. George W. Brown enlisted
in the Aviation Co1'ps
Boston <in
ii\
March 10,1918.
Re was sent to TexJo'ield Ca.mp and later
Portsmouth Boy
Made I· utcnan f
-,.---/\ 11 ol1,c•1· l 'orl 1111n1lh ho)
aw;Lnlecl a co111n1i,-;sio11 in
of the Unitnd Hl~LPS in the
Guy llracketl. •;m 1 of Mr. ancl :\lrs.
Herman /j. , Bral'kPtl of f;ou th ~lrcet,
who was rnac!P ~ :-;pcond li Putonanl at
the- close or I lip offic·Prs·
Lrnining
:;choo l nL
Cn 11111
De, eni;.
Lieut.
llracketl ~nul11 ;1l0d from l'•>rLsmoulh
High schoo l wil11 the das s of l 904
and for sevcra I years has
calcd in Massac· I;.;•u;.s;:.,·e;.t:.;t;;,;s.;.._ ______,
CHARL!cS RAND BROWN
lrn nsfPrerd to the Wilbut·
school in Da ~·Lon, Ohio, for
work on ma chi ne i;uns. .At
ol si.· week:< he p,1 "sed lh e
o,"Cnw·:is sen· i ce ::ut<l wcnl Lo France
where he Is now ilt th e Ordnance
Armament ~chool as inslntctor on
He is Lwen1.y - six
LIi e Aviation Corps In Boston March
10,1918. Age 28 yeurn. He was se nt
Hockwell
J!'i!'icl .
.San
�Shct,,!han 1~. Bur1"~ wa11 bor11 in 'N ew
Ca!!llt>, Juno 17, 1880. He cnllsted In
the ~4lh Canadian V, n, C.• ov. 1016,
having previously 6erved In the U. S.
regula r army. Ile was sent directly
across to Frnnce and !ought in the
,battle o! Viney Ridge in April 1917
Harold E. ,Burke was born In New
CasUe, Dec. 4, '91. He enlisted In the
._,.,.,_,'°'_ 121st Canadian Fore~try Company In
Ja11Uary l!n7 and at the present time
ls ln Scotland,
!Before enllsllng
while a me.mbe1· o! the
crew of a salt steamer
bound for
Spain. The ';i1ip wa11 torpedoed by lhc
German•s oft tho
coast of rortui;al.
1ro1·tunatcly all the men · were saved
hy taking to tho boats and rowing to ,....,.,,.,,,,,__ .,
shore. On the return trip the , ship was
again torpedoed 1n •the English Channel and this time all were saved but
the Captain, who was unable lo get
off ,In tithe.
Upon hie return the youpg man en•
listed a! Montreal. Since he has been
doing service in England,
iireland,
SH ERM AN F. BUR KE
1>,>ien 1t was captured by the Cana:1:ans. iHe al so fought in the battle of
Hill 70 and Passchendalle. At the present time he ls with the 57th
1SlgGfll
N,......,;;_-,......~~"",,.,i::..-=...""........- - --
HAROLD E. BURKE
Scotland and Wales.
Both of ,the young
~!~. and Mrs.
George
Patridge street. Their relatives have
not heard from them for som e weeks
but believe 'both to be sate, Sh erma n
:Burke• havini; beenaway from ¼he
front line ,trenche'S
time.
for some little
;~:;;,i~1i
----
Private Sh e rman F. Burke or
city r e turn ed I hom e from Fran ce
Monclay, arriving in Portland on the
lrn1rnporl Olympia.
l'rivale llurke
enli s ted in th e Cann.cllan
1 !J 1 6
n.n cl
has
the
Ins t
year s
in ]~ranee and Ilol g ium and has see n
much activ e service. H e i,; the son
of Mr. and Mrs. 'Ge orge T . Burke of
7!l p t Id
5t
arr go
reet.
"3°~ , 12 . \
�FRANKLI N E . BU TLE R
<.'orporal Franl{lin E.
J:11!1 <'1·
his home on Cabot str<'<'l In this city.
~Ie was born in Columbu~, Ohio, on
May 12, 1888. 1He is a
D,
301st
Engineers
�ell, who has been serv
S. Eng-ine<'rs oversea
at his home in this cir~·.
released f.-om the sernc,.,.
T.
Cannon of :l
Libert~
e TJ. 8. S. San f?rnnci
[lCOME ·
Priva~e ,valter Reno C
ved hume from F~·ance, afte1· soo
rvlco overseas.
Private Ca1,kln
o son of 11\fr. oall'd· Mr-s. Frank E. Ca
n of •Woodbury avenue. He enli.s>t
·PRIVATE WALTER R.'CARKIN
vith\he l;t C~, N. · H., C. A . .C., and
:v~d at FQrt. Constitution, . New
.:astle, .receiving an honorable ; dis.::harge. In Ju'1y 1917 ·.!Je again, en•liS'ted
and served wit hthe Ninth .Comipany,
t
C. A. C. al J.~orl ' Con~llrtulion, Springfield, MasH. Camp .Merritt, N. 'J.,
later · sa l·ied for
DENNIS J. CAHEY.
was graduated from the local high
school In 1911 . .:He was employed as
file clerk a tthe navy ~ :1 rd and after
several attempts to enh .,t wn~ accPpted and sent to the caIT'p al s ;.-acuse,
N. Y. Ile was transfer, t'd t n ,\storia,
L. I., whrre he now is , t ati nnr <l.
He rc~icl"~ with his mother, :\l•·s.
Norah "'ade or 271 ( ' ou1·t street.
�Charles \Vlnfleld Chlclc ls the eltlel!t
son o! l\fr. and l\Irs. Caleb \V. <.:hick
o! 165 Market street. He is se1·\·lng In
the navy, a.t present a drlll instrul'lor
at Bumkin Jsland
training station,
llosLon, l\IaS'S. He enlisted in t,hc navy
as an appren.ll<:e seaman and wall JffO
moted to first class machinists' mate
In two years' time. Ile was hu1101,rhly
11ischa1 ged in 1911 arlcr compl1•ting
his first enllstmcnt ai;, n chi f petty
officer at Pensacola, Fla. lie was t,orn
In Kltte-1')', l\Ie., Nov. 13, 1880. At the
completion or his first enlistment he
returned home ancl served as a rnolor~ 1 1 011 ,t he l'ol'lsmouth Elcclrlc rnud
but at the outllreal< or the war he soon
1·c -cnll ·tcd again. He w.,s stationcu at
Private Charles ,v. Carson Jett New
Castle for overseas In September .wJth
Unit 8, American, Re1,1acement Division, C. A. C. with the Army of Occupation In France: He, .was ,b orn 1n
::\Iy.stlc, Conn., 1111 1895 and enlisted at
Fort Sl-0cum, N. Y. He served at Fort
Constitution
before
sailiJ1g
for
months and then transferretl 1to IJumkin Island where he is at the vresent
The !athl'r or young Chick is an l'lllployce of the navy yard, havini; ucrn
a sheet metal w-0rkc1· there for the
past 20 years. The son married ::\Iiss
Lorella K Ande1·son of Bat,h, ·:'l lt!.,!lnd
he an,! his wife al'e now rcsiclini; at
Hull, ~rass. He later inltends to Hettie
on ;1 farm in KillP1·y or Rye afte1·
service in the navy is complet d.
---.,
�f•nlist e,! in tlw 11.t\Y nl th<' local mt\ ~· a rcl.;\Iarc-h ~~.1!lt5asa qhlp
wright :,11.t was f'.l' lll tu l'ol'l s t11"nth,
Vn., 0 ,, Iu 1v on th<' I I .. , .i. l•r,uii.li1t,
a six
til ' ' trnin i 11 g 1·:tti11 p; liito t,l
"Wilbur G. Cornish was employLd at
the t,ludebaker plant in Detroit, Mich.
he entered into the service. He
·1 , ,,
WILBUR G. CORNISH
memb Pr of the
sailed on
for Fm 11r 1\ His wol'I~
is espcclally
dangerous bul he Jlkes it and Is 'lU~
H ' ROLD P. CLOUGH.
-'l'COntl ,· l·•,;s c:1rp <' t1l C' r .
011 Oc-t. ~!,
l:115 hi' wa•; trn n~ f!' t't'Cd, lo t i,. l'
S. Patu, , •·t . At !11,. li me .. r th e- i\lP .· ' can troui• I<' this s !i i p wa ., cloinp; du ly
lher-0 and he was al Ho 011 lh <' l'ntu",,-c,t,•:~~c2!!1 cet when it wn,; al llnyti al th •• time
of the diHturhanC() ill 1916. O t AJ)ril
~!l, 1n1s he sail 0 cl 01 1 the l'aluxr c>l for
ovenct:as.
Ile manicd Tia1T '' llillll'lll \. n wr-11
known lo c:al u r•:: ,n i ' :1 1111 voc·:1l!st :rnll
his wife aml l'.Y O , ·lti i1lr 1' 1t :tl'l' llvln~
i
l
fl t
( 'ii,\
to do his \Jest in the cause of democracy. He is the so>1 of Mrs. Eva C,rnlsh. of llanover street
and always
he went to Detroit.
�, Cornelius E. Cofft'y, son or Mrs. Elea
: nor and the late .John Cuff Y, has been
l 1n France fo1· morr lh:•n a Yt•a r. lie
I!~
l
J'
with the G8th
~~
·1
('
A
_:::5_:_ __·~--- •
on meas on Nov. 26, 1917, has recent!\ ~rrived nt his home in this
l1 a ving or r n discharged f,· ,1 111 the
\ •j4• I•.
tr en l P1"('(1 the service Oc t. 4, 1917
nn,l servP,1 at Comp D e vens, Ayer,
•Mass., o.nd from there was transfer -
JOSEPH F. COFFEY.
CO R
E LI US E. COF F E Y
Standard Cuag-r- np, ratin.~ nattalion.
lie wns in the hoi-pil'll som(' tim ·>, hav
Ing 1.Jc·en gassrd i11 f.\lay. ll t' writer,(
home often and sJy• h<• has not yet
seen any Port~mou • 11
oovs
"Over
There." He wns h,.,., In this city and ,·
rmp !oyed her<', :11111 !at<' r went to New
ouryport to work. TJ a vi11 1~ been d ra ft- I
ed he went t o Camp
lJ-,ven~;
was
listed in the service sometime before
war was declared. He, is in the
int'h
Company, C. A. C., serving as a cook.
Ile exp ec ts soon Lo see service
In
0
there less th a
t,
I wa
s sent to New
, v·,,e l' s wh e n he
,-~rv a nd then sail
u for Frsncl'. fl c is " yPar. of age
and has a wife and child living in
II
.I ,
CO RN ELIUS E. COFF E Y
rctl to ,Camp :!\Ierrilt. N. J . and sailed
for overst'as with l.'l1e 504th :Engineers,
Co. D. H e was tater transferred to the
63rd T. C., n. T. C Corps. He was
gassed not long after going across and
w,1~ three months in a ho s pital for
treatmenL After recovering he went
bn,·lt to duty as fireman .
I le was <lischargetl from Camp De vens :May 24. Ile is the son of l\Irs ._
l~! l'a nor and the late John Coffey of
ra.mily llvc
�0N0iEfFOR
Sergeant Thomas Ernest Collins Is
a member of Co. C, 52nd Engineering
Corps- and is with the Ajnerican Expeditionary •l •'orces
"somewhere In
France," having been
early In the war.
Sergeant Collins Is the son ~r,l\1rs.
Mary and the . late Thomas Collins of
this city and n well known • young m~" .
o>lHIS
HEROIS
--
Lt. Corn. Francis H. Cogs=.
well Receiyes French
legi9n of Honor
Lieut. Comdr. Francis Cogswell,
U. S. N., son of the late Rear Admiral
James •K. Cogswell, U. S. N., of t111~
city, was one of the naval officers
who was today honored 'by being pre3ented with the French Legion or
Honor by the ·French ambassador.
The ceremony took place on the U. 8.
Pennsylvania lying at anchor at New
York. ,L ieutenant -Commander Cogs--~~•-,
well received this dlstintlnguishetl
honor, which was also accorded to
Admiral Mayor, in recognition cif tnum~~lli?"
factJhat he saved 78 survivors of the
!'rench <:rulser Dupetlt 'fhuaro, wh1chlll!lli--•
was torpedoed and sunk. This distinguished honor coming to a son of
Pol'tsmbuth I'S certainly pleasing
all_hls friends.
THOMAS E. COLLINS.
He iearned the trade of a boiler maker on the navy yard and was employed the•re for some time and later at
the Charlestown navy yard.
At the
time of his enlistment
·he held the
position of cleric at the National Hotel.
�0~. ER J. CO Ml::AU .
He h::ts h,·,·n on ,111ty at
Camp 11t•vc11s :111d ,,;1,1·iugli<'l<.l,
u1:u expl'Cls
I
PORTSMOUTH BOY
CAPTURES HUN
'1 4 -i.~
OFFICE
John Connelly After
Battles About o Emb:wk
for Home.
:'Ill's. 'Wi lliam Lear)'
street
u(
,L
few days a!rn r ecci \'Cd a Jette,·
from J1Cr llrolhe1·, Privat,, John Cun\\'ilh
"· ll, H7th l:1-
The lt:lll'L" wati dated lh1.·. :;o ;J11d i11
\ it wus enc.;lo.;ed a .. 11le1·e 01· ;1 Pru ..<an
Guard 01fice r' f¼ uni for m !11 ,t ·h•~ :111 11
another --:1.._\hli~r r;1 p: urt 1l
1
Wodcl s. P, ivu.tc · · ,Con11 elly , rce!Yi.d ;i
slight wound J:,st iScpletn!,e, at J:>eaJ
:\fan's 11•!1 and was ill a. !tr, , '.thl for n
s hort Umf', burJelt he \',~ · ••x•rc mcly
ro1·tu11:1t" to · i;"t off'
L;O
,,a;;11:,-, He
\\'rites 1ll:1t · ltls company h.,s rccei\·rcl
~ail for the s:at <>~ ,11 Jan. ~~
mucl1 plcas~d
�PORTSMOUTH BOY
KILLED-INACTION
Official Letter to Father Announces Death of John J.
-::1-,5" Connors.
.Joh11 Connors of this. city, sou ol
l\tr. and ;\[rs. Patrick J, Connors ui
7 9 Rrldge street, a mem bcr or -the
ramou 101st reglmen't In the 26lh
dh·Mon h1 omclally declared rnlr.s'ng in 'action:
This ln!ormulion
: euched his parents on :Monday night
in a telegram· from the war 1Te11art11wnl.
John Connors joined llfe
IJ,,t .\ pr!l and has been in
ni11ce Pnrly sp1·lng and has tal;cn part
In ait of the battles that the 101 st
:·c~ lmcnl has been cngagcrl in :11111
means all or the Important en,agemcnls tho..!, the Amerlcmi arm)'
~a:, h::d anything' to do wilh.
I le
1,a<l gone through without IJclng
1-.·oun<le<l and It wa8 a great shock to
',is 1rnrenl~ to ver.eive word that he
l.:is uec11 mi~sln:~ slnc·e ;'{ov. 1.
In 1111 prol .. billty he IH by
time bacl, with hi.
regiment,
n:lsf;lng In action means taken prisoner, and all American . pr!Koners
nave by this time been released. 11.
is Jjl1cly that notice will be received
,i1ortly that he has been _returned,
1 hat Is, un'te1:s wounded and In some
German hospital.
.:ii,
•\
John J. Connor_;;, another of Pott:;mouth's ;ions, ha.s mado t!-io sreat sacl'ifico In the 'line or duty,', a 1,,ttN· 11r-·
i-iYing Tuesday from llis company
1:ommanderj cle':11,lnl:' ~ o-ve1:y U!!C[ ~taln.t:9' •Of his 1'atti. ·.
John J. Connors was · born In t!lls
city Aug. 3, 1894, an'<l was itho el<lest
son of JI.Ir. and l!r~. Patl'lck J. Connors o! Urldgo st1'eet. He at:cnd d
tho parochial schoqJ 'in this city and
later he attended school in Cha:·!t· ·town, 1,Ia~s., and was a graduate of
the Charlesto.\vn High school, c!:.ts:; of
1912. Ile attended tllo Suffollc Law
school !or two years. For thrco l ,-ars
ho held a position with the Unitc•d
Trust Company in Boston.
The family moved back lo Portsmouth in April, 1917, and the youn;;
I
man accepted a position as :t clcrl, at
,he Portsmouth navy yard. Ile felt
tho call or his country and wa s anx:ous to do 'his part in tho great war
for righteousness and, giving up his
position he went 'to Boston and en' 1sted on Aug, 3n. 1917 , in 1h 111J1 ·l.11w
:;-un comp:iny, 101st Infantry, nn,l I l'came a member of the famous 2Gth
Division and sailed Sept. 7 from Hoboken, N. J., for J!'rance. ,Ho was in
train.Ing · overs (!,!l_, u_piil.:r,'Dl),. p, J~J8 1
wh n' h(-s cotrlpaliy",l'i>ii?i' 'f~eo ·o.ctlofl. ·
He was in all the big battil's until ho
I
I
made the gr,eat sacrifice, having been
killed on Oct. 29 , 1918 ·
to~Nher served to !ntcnsiry lh:H fe!Clin·g; and 1 had gl'Ol','ll lo I)\'•• 1!1•·m,
l ;::rie\'e o\·er his d1:,1t,1 \\ 1th yc,u aml
oft'rr you all my sympath~- nu,l c·,nso'.atlon, Your 801:.J:OW in<ll'l·<I j t;Teat
anti yout· lo ·s ll'l'<:J)amhh• ,IJut ill the
m'dst of that so1T011,· you ha\'o the
COllbOlalion of knowing th,lt your ~on
wns :i. h, 1·0 or whom you may well bo
pi-out!. Ho ,1·os 0110 ,,r tho rnol!t•!:llth
ful soldiers lit my oompany, always
rea,ly and wlllln,; to put up with nn)'
hanlships an,l saet•ifkc, 111 th" fulfilln1C'P.t or hl,i dUt)', nn,l I Clllll<I always
rel)' upon 1hlm to tlO hl•1 rnll duty, In
an}· crlsls.
It was at 11oi,i J:c llieu northl'a~t
V<:rtlun, that ho was call<·<! uron
pay thr qa~t full mi:a,;urc or dt,·ollon
to his country ancl to lay down his
life for the flag. ·we were taking a
difficult position and It was whllo
advancing that he was strick,m down.
I know how lnacl quate any words
of mlno ron bo tO lc~s~n lour i;rlef
unu sorrow but it i,1 a <'<lllsolallon to
fet,I that the world today can thank
him and others like him for the ,peace
that has come to us.
His life has not been in vain; his
sacrifice has helped to mal10 th<: worl'cl
a better place to livo in, and his countr)' realizes and recognizes tho debt
it owes to him and to you.
°Afost sincerely yours,
DAVlll .T. Blt1('Kf,BY.
'!'ho youn,; mun 111,1s d,•votl'II to hl>i
country's causo and In all his letters
homo to hi8 par<"nls hr ma<le not ono
cornplninl or hardtihlJlll, hut fOlt proud
he was able to fight in tho, ~rl'Ut cu use.
s a young man nt th!.' Charlestown
High school he wa ,; a i1Putc11ant In
tht• compan)' or school l'aclets, Qnd won
an 1to 11or mP1la 1 ror ~fflcl<'ncy ~n drill- '
tni;, while Jhnt 1iam(\ y<·ar thl' s choo l
wo11 the• hon or flag competition with
the High st•hools of t:oston, at un rxhli>itlon given in )l<'cltunles building.
He was an amhit1ous younr: man, n.
de1·otecl on an'd 1h1·othc1·, 11opular with
his 1;luss mate.;, Ccllow wo1·kers.., and
friends antl much regret will bo !cit
for his death. ., r '
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The !in:t news t)le family had th.tt
nnythlni; lwul hefallen the young- tnau
was on Dec. 9, when u tcl l"~ram fl'on,
1ho wat· department st att:cl th at ht> had
bC'en missing in action sinco Xuv. l.
Another telegram on Dec. 16 ~ta tcd
that he had been "wou nd ed severely"
on Nov. 1, andl the: last mc:sago
ma·de tho family havo
hope that the
•·11u11;; sohiic1· 1111;,;ht still bo Jivi11•i-;. ~"'"".~"'.!:.....;i-=~==i=iF=:===..:i,rhe, l:tst faint hOpo that ' tho y(lllll!;
,11mn wa.~ allv<; was sh~tl lcr d Tuesday
111·hen o. letter was rect!lveu by his
father from the commander or the lt-,:~.z·e:. .-ll'.:i.~F'company to which tho young man belonged nnd told o! tho latter';; Jeath.
It wns as follows:
Jnnuary 11, l~i9.
Dl'llr ~Tr.
Connors-An
command<'r of the company to \\ hl<·h
your son belonged, I feel it a cluty and
an o'bllgatlon which I n.we ho1h to him
and to you to exrress my sreat sorrow
at his loss anrl to extend my dl"l•pe .; l
sympathy to you Jn your bereavemc•nt.
I can realize somelhln,g or you,· feeling us I had grown to •look u11011 the
m en of my company as memhrl's of
a !urge ram:ly; evC'rythlni-;- th.it afa?lY one of them was of intl'rst to me and livinig- a 11r of <1:.i ngt'I'
a
�of the brs: known Portsmouth
now serviH~ with the American army
He is the son of tl:c late
ii ; ~,,,__ '<ijj
L.
Company,
Doston.
local 9th Company.
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SE RGEAN T WILLIAM
Timothy V and ::\Iary
Cron'ln. For
several y .u ·;.; hr. travel ed the country
with the Ha, num and BailC'y
and
oll,er largo c,ircuses. \Vhile connected with t i r•~e sho\\'s he acted in many ..-~-~..,,c....~
positions, from :ulvance ageHt to trans
portation ni;tHlt ,· and was consiclrrcd
a mo~t valu:1 b,,, man In the handllng
or the Ia rge trains movI ng rrom coast
to coast. He ,-<ti at present attached
lo the 30:lrd l•'i·''rl
ArtiI-ll'1'y supply
company ni: :l l1. s .been
in
FrancP
about a month. JJc •is a pop11lar member or the Portsmouth Loa -; " of Biles.
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Ilcgl1t1<'nlal Supply S<'rh,,ant "Bill"
11 ho was tlisrhargcll from th"
service at Camp IJcvrns a werk ago,
is to takP up hi~ oil.I vocation in the....,,......•·~,,..
cil'l'US I.J11si111-ss.
J le was the first
man to lw dra ft!'d from the city
J>ortsmoul h, !P::1.l'ing here •ScJ)t.
Cronin,
LIEUT. GEORGE W. CORAM.
Lieut. Coram has b<'rn in lhc sc,·vicc 15 yearn and cxpPrts la Lrr to a id
In the fight for
dctnocracy
"Over
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ant.l ) ,tini;
'
I
(h1.1ghte1,
t
1917.
r«·"-1 t'2-· 1
JI is knowlcd i:;P of transJ)ortation
g.1thercd from experiences with variwon him an early pro-
I le lca1•cs tomorrow to join
Jlubinson Show whith is showing in
PeHn~ylvania at the present limo and
ho will I.Jc assistant treasurer of the
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�Crowley, a popular local
young man I~ the son ot Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Ct·owley or 40 Dovl'r street. and
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now serving in the National Army. HP
was born In Portsmouth, April 25, 1900
andi enlisted on Aug. 26, 1916; called
(or 11.ctive service Aug. 28, 1917. At
the time- he was called he was employed o.t the 1orloy Button Manufacturing Co. He \Inf! among tho soldier Inds who Jett Portsmouth recently
see service overseas he-
Private Daniel J. Crowley arrived
on Friday, having received his discharge at Camp Devens. Private
Crowley served with the 64Artillery
going overseas in September and he
saw active service on the other side.
He is the son of l\lr. and :\1rs. Daniel
Dover
warm grtielin1,; from hlH
great many friends hl!l'I', 11 c is in t•Xce1lent health and stales that t!n•y
had a rough voyage home but it woulu e.:-!·•~,Al!ll!l-11'':•
tal,e more than heavy seas lo dampen
their pleasure or getting home again.
He was born in this clly April 26, ._-.;,,•/~liol!!r.-'<·
1900. Ho enlisted on Aug. ~li, Jnlu and
was called !or acli vc service Aug. ~0,
19-17. At the time he was called ho was
employed at the l\.IrJrle)' nuttor, factory.
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Jerem!ah Ct'O\\ ley, brother of Daniel
Crowley enlisted In tile Naval l\ ~$e rve
Force In ]\[arch and hus bcl'n sta t1oned
at Quincy, Mass.
JEREMIAH CROWLEY
Portsmouth Pt'b. 2~, 1895 and be Corl'
entering the servlcu held a. position as
a clerk at the Portsmouth navy ya.rd .
�PORTSMOUTH BOY IS
"r.•---~-~AT Blfi fRENCH CAMP
/1. ictler rncoiv<'d
frn111
1'1 ll'aLe
Cullen 1101•.• !;rrving with
0- ('011111a11y, l 16Lh Engillt'Ol'i:l SlllLOH
that al the da Le or wri ling the loller, Oct. 2 7, Im had hcPn in J•'ra n<·c
two weeks an<I ha<I moved inLo one
of Lile largesL camps, which WH!I sairl
to be the best i11 Ji'rance, havi111,; heen
a big J•'rench military school before
lhe war. He said lhal Lhe barracks
were very pleasant ,111d everything
was being done for the men. 11.L tho
time or writing he expected lo he
sent up nenrer the front Hl n ny lime.
FHEDERICI
CURRIER
1"rrderick Curric-r C'nlistecl
in
nn1·y in June lOJS ;;.nd wa·s stationed
at llle !':a.val nasn ·~t Hing-ham; \\·aS
mntl<' 1;1111 11oinler Au:;ust l 'i. Released
from ·I<' 11,ivy ,J:>n.
6,tnIn. Ilr, now
LAWRENCE CURRIER
L: 11 rC'nce Currier enlisted June
101 ·, 111 tho .Kava! Aviation ~crvice and
became a student flyer of the Aviation
the entl of the w:i.r he was given an
indofinite furlough home and is now
empt. ye-cl by the Atlantic Corpo.ra-tion,
thi s
Ca<J.,t John l<"rn11<·1,; rullinan of
102 Slark slrrrt of
the
avialio11
section, has been pro111ot<'d to he a
second lioul<'nant iI! tile signal rorps
of that section. Li nt. Cullinan el}-
lisl<'d in Drrrmhrr or 1:1 st year al
I3oslon and ,pass,•<! special C'Olll'S!'S Ill
training at Conn<'ll and Columbia
Hrlin1rsities.
lle i~ a t:?;radnalc of
P. If. 8., class or I !I I 2, a11d al lh<'
1111,!I of hlH C!!!l"'''l<'l'l 1'.''.\2
nt ;\;rw Hn11111shlr<'
N. CUllRIER.
Jl:11·01<1 ·.'. <'•, ric··. 1'.'h'1 r:nv!I his
in th0 gr at , Jt::;.•-·, \;.'.lo.: :L ,,·1'!l known
J,,, ..11 ,·ouni; man ,,11 l rm1.Jn,·P1l f111· a
l>y lite l'ort~lll••llllt E ' , 1 •·lc l~:til11"1, ]:1t~r loa'.ving l,l ,l('!'r:,t :l jl0Hili0II
11 it h tho ,Yheeli·i·; 1,1
• l.u ·lti1rn Comp:•11_·,r o~ S -;..uth 1
lnn . 1 lt~ 011lisl(\<l
,J;in, 7, 1!)18 In ti·, \irrclt,,nt \lari1w
1
1
; 1
:ind w,•s ;,Hsi::nrcl tn dutr on the U.
S, ~- )ti.:J"! 1·d 1 ~-, IV' 1,ill,:.~ ~1"\"f•r:11 trips
l<, l•'r::i.ncc n.n-.l r · ·1rn. JI,, \\'as late:
\\'1 ~,
•en
�George Richard Daws, n joineu th e
nati onal .. rmr at Port! •11•1, •i\le., .Jnn.
1918. \Vh en he left rJlis rity he wn s
employed as a mail car, 1•·r nt the l••·
ca l poRt, rt'it'e.
He 1s 110w ov<'rsen~
with the I lenuquarters \ 'o mpany, 72d
Arti llery, C. A, C., Am1•rican Rxpeui-
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Lieut. Stephen Decatur: ll. S. N.,
so11 of Mr. and lllrs. Steph e n IJert,tur
of Kit te1·.v Poi11 t, former ii·
eily, is n 11avigatio11 otric:,;r
troopship
Mount
Verno!I,
tloclwtl at l!os1 un yesterday_ Sto r er,
Iii•; hrol11n, i s an aide 011 J\d1JJ1i·a1
Omar' s sla/T.
Tllis is a 1·;1s,.
two Portsmouth boys
lla vc
GEORGE R. DAWSON
He is 28 Ytift. rR
is al 11~ Cass
HARRISON A. DE COURCY.
GEORGE R. D/\ WSO N
<'I'S Cc,·11pa11y, 7~1111 .\rl ii]P1· ,·,
has tu tr-iy n 1-rh· e<l 1101111·. a 11d
hi s po,;i li on al th e }01·a ! po-;'
l{afri s on A. 'de Co urcy Is the son
·o r the late Mr: and )1rs. Wm. Henry
de Courcy of this city.
In Portsmouth Dec. 6, 1895, and was
eel ucated In the public schools here;
gracl uatlng from the
High school with the class of 1914.
After graduating hi' taught school at
Colch es t e r, Conn, uhtil March, 1918,
wllen lie entered lite service.
On
May 11, 1918, he went to I<',ance
w ith 'his com1>nny, the 11th Machine
Gun Battalion, and ls still In !<~ranee,
r e<'P rttlr taking part In the famous
battle of Chaleau Thierry.
�SACRIFICED HIS LIFE
TO HELP SHIPMATES
IN THE EPIDEMIC
Letter to Parents of Lieut. Paul
C. Dennett Recounts Particulars of His Death.
\ 'l'he snd ucws or the cloo.th
: Lieutono.nt l'nnl Carl Dennett, L. S.
! N .. wns rece!vrtl by his parents, l\lr.
and , Irs. Frnnk r. Oen nett br 1\1 iddlc> street last e1•enin1{.
J.,leut. Dennett sailed from Cam11
.•1. alJout Oct. 4th aud
WQl'd was rect•ived by his parents that
he hlLd nrri vod sn.fely In France.
Since then no word whatsoever has
been received and it is thought that
he contracted Influenza on his way
over as the camp had a number of
sailed.
deRlh occurred Oct. 18th.
Lieut. Dennett was twenty-six
· years old July 13th or this year. He
wus a graduate o[ the Portsmouth
High school nnd Tu Cts
school and for the ,IRst [our years
had been practicing medicine in Roston. About two years ago he married
i\Ilss Jacquelyn Scott or Boston.
Lieut. Denuett volunteered
services a. yea~ ago last September,
but was not called until J\1ay or this
year. Previous td his going across
ho 11•,1s in training camps at Angus1::i, Gn .nnd Savannah and became a
rucmlJer of· the '·Wild Cat" Regiment which was ti1e crack regiment
; >r the South.
i Lien't. Dennett wns a splendid example o~ young manhood and had a
fine J'uture nhen.<I or him.
on his wife and parent s,
eoming al thill 'ume or
Camp )lontolr,
Dase Section ."-:o. l, cFrance.
Janu al'y 14, 1919.
deal' 11-Ir. Dennl'tt:
You,. Jeltt'l' of Dec. 27th just
cclvE'tl and I can as.'mro ,you I
s-rea.t!y surpl'llsed to know that you
1-wd 1 ot beon informed oC Paul's de1tth
(':Ll'liCl' than J)PCPrn lic 1· ~:lnl.
The Doctor w1u; taken sick the Cl'Cn!ng we left Camp Merdtt, New Jersey, but fought against going to bed
until we w re out at !!ea one <.lay. He
wn.s in tho ship's hospital- I-i1· nbout
,four days with ,1 Jronchiai-p111:umonla,
and came fo1• duty oJiout October
tenth., -On October •fourtci!nU1, lhe day
before we arriveu at our J'ort oC debatkation ('Brest,
l•'l'ancc)
D.1ctor
Dennett went back tl>
tho h-ospital
·with an attacl< s!m!lal' lo the one from
•which he lmd just recovcrC<l. A'l the-re
were only fin~ or·
s!x
ph)·s!!:lans
aboard ship, all or them were working
cxcqitlonally ,hard both
day
nls-ht.
"'e had an eJ,idemic or innucnza on
boan.l and Paul, although not stroni;
afte1· reco1·e1·tns- from 11!s first attack,
tried to do· h!s ,ihare to help all other~ who w ere .;!ck, anu I believe thal
ihfa wa.s tho cause o! his rri11pso·.
The day wt.> acbarlced ui.' Brest, I'aul
'lrns taken to the lBase Hot1-pltai at
that Port, and l was with him until
he departed tor the ho~pilu!. llo did
not seem to think his case a serious
one and neither did r. I wa,;, 1,rcatly
shockc-<l a fi,w
~s::1ry·
pu~·s1,tl away.
I intcn·dcd to write to you imml'iliatcJy wilh refc,·rncc lo his ,i.-u.th , bul
was Informed that the ccns •r8!l!JJ 1·c •
guJal!on;; fo,.-ba<le anyone fn>m dolni;
so unle,<;s th ey knew that the friends
r relative8 of the de<:eascd had ,been -,..,,.., ......,
•I'ka.~e oc-rt•µt my i;;r<'atcr1t syll ,~a.,:ir:)r·:-;-:.;;t;
fo,· yu u !11 you1· lJ<'l'C,l\'CJIWllt,
lrusl lni; tho t 1 mar sumo t! ,,y
lhe pleasure of mel'llni; ) "U U, nmldn,
·t pos,;,!ble for me to i;o more into deal! with l'LfCl'l'll~l·
to 0111' trip untl
son's cll'ath.
Yvurs 1·<•ry truly,
Capt. Jolin J , 'l\lahc,·,
Atljutmn, 2ntl. ~;attalion,
75th Artlllc:·Y, C .•\.
U'run :, ::II. D C' lll\Ctt,
6~2 l)[ltld!e ·trePL,
Portsmouth, N. U.
�Harry
Dixon of So:.ith Ellot,1\le,
of \\'allace E. Dixon of that town
n listed at Portland, Me., July, 24, 1017
Ile was sent to Syracuse, N, Y,, and
trained there and was one of 1.1- plckeq
comps ny to give exhrbitlons In hand
j grenade throwit~g at the Ne,v York
Cl~J,;\' :11,\111,; 1,11•:l·'l'F. ·.\ ~'I'.
1 ,son
l'1>1'ls111011U1 .\11111 In :'\011-l•'lyi11g- .\\·i•
11lion SN·tlon or .\1•111,·.
,\111ong- tho appointments announrd hy lhn \Var l>rp:irft11C'11t yestrrday
wns that of llalph ('ooprr Dickr.r 0r
thh; < ity, who 11.is made a first liru-
1""" n t of the a I iatio11 sPc·lion of th".l
~lg-11111 rosorvo (11011-fl.rin~).
Evrrett J. Gra 1cs of l,xr tcr
Orde:·ly Geo'rge Devoe', who made
J,i,, home with his sistrr, )lrs . .Joseph
T i1 i hodcau, in Sou th J,;Jiot, rnlistNI
i11 C:0111pany F, 103d
Infantry, Jn
l11nr, J !Jl 7. After lr;iining, first In
,\ ugusta, then in a )faflsachusotts
c·:1mp, ho went lo France in October,
about a year ago, Ile ha:; hccn in th'e
110111 lrcnchos, but at present is In
'hf' Supply ('o . of the l 03d. A plcl 11ro srnt h o111,. rccrntly show11 him lo
i11• in vnr,v good health.
Bororo on1
rel for a r,,ar
¥
HARRY W. DIXON
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i;ta to fair. He has done guard duty at
.Krwa rk, N. J., Bush terminal,
and was at one time at Camp .:1-:[erritt
and Camp Upton, L. I. 11 June of th!~
y ar he was promotrtl
to company
Sailed for overseas duty. In
m mber of the 76th
e 3U~ru, Field Artillery.
to Camp
Devens,
JOSEPlI G. Di 1<'ll.l P 1'0.
Joseph G. lli l~ilip po Ir :wrv lng his
second enlistru eut on the l'. S. S. San
Francisco '3.ncl has bPc•n in European
waters since la~l i\lay. lf e was born
in ,vilmini:-;lo11 , Ucl:,\\'aro and In l•'cbruary last m nrriecl \liss Agnes ::11.
Hersey of thi s city. 11 .. i~ 1•·r II known
In this city ancl qui'" popular with
his a~so<' iates, who :·ay tl1al Joo can
be rlCJlCllclecl UJ)Oll to do his bit.
WARREN C. DONNELL
:\fo1<il., and later snlloo for "Somewht>re
in l•'rancl'." He ha~ recently arrived
overseas ::intl writes home to relatives
that ha Is well and enjoying his ex-
�Foster and was born In th
formerly, employed at the I
yard.
lsti:-d In the Coast Artillery
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HEARS'FR
'DOWDELL
JOHN H. DOW
1916. He has done service
evens, Keene, N. IH., a
old. He has, since been tran
o Bntt~ry "B" 73rd, .A.rtlllc
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Ralph E. Dowdell w
erseas the past two yo
merican Expedition
arrived home and is
arty greetin fr
s_uperlntendent W. E. Dow~ell 0
tho Por.tsmouth street railway, iuicl
vife have-returned from Camp Meirltt N. J., where tb,ey went to set<
their son, Ra:lph E. J?ow-dell, w~w
has recently returned (rom overseas.
They report him as ,being In excellent health. and w~ll plea.sed over beIng home again. He ex.p·ects to :eceive his discharge •from the service
this week.
Gov. John II. Dartlett has , received the following letter from
Sergt. Ralph K Dowdell:
Dear Governor John:-lt has been
a long tln'ie since_' I wrote you but
things are not the same since the
war ended. You see, I have been
leading the lire . of a casual unassigned which, to an enlisted man, ls
about the worst thing that could
happen. Without organization, without funds and wondering where I
was going next, nearly had me crazy.
However it ls an ill-wind that blows
nobody good, as the saying goes, and
at last I have struck a place where
[ will stick.
I have been a bit fortunate here,
with Base 120, having an 01iportunity thru~t upon me whereby 1 could
make good and I succeeded. Therefore, an 11.ppolntfent of sergeant first
class came my wuy ,\IHI l am In
charge or the rcgistmr's olllce, wh lch
is the nerves of the hospital. ,vo
, keep all ,records of yationts, both
' those who depart and those who are
patients. It ls lnterestin:,:- \!Jtt ver}
painstaking work.
l•'rom the m1clclle of November till
tltree clays ago I received no
from home, being sent from camp to
eamp and mail never catching up.
You can understand how anxious I
have been concerning tho folks ancl
though 1 have sent several cable~rame Jetting Dad and mother know
I was all right, I received nothing
in return and the Influenza epidemic
had me going.
.
i think I tolcl you that . my birth day last November would always tv
me be a memorable ev ent for (hl'
news of your election and that of tho
Kaiser's abdication came that clay.
I have often, at night day-dreamed
or the election and tiie campaign
leading up to it and wished that I
"had be&n tlH}re to help
However,
you did not need me, as r su Its
showed. Other~ evidently did their
part so emphatic was the result.
•rhe boys are all anxious to get
home but I am afraid it will he a
long time• before all ar e relieved.
I saw Bill Holland Lite other day
(Dennie Hollancl's so11) ancl Chris
Conlon. They ar e amon g the rew
Portsmouth boys that I havu seen
and needless to say the re1111io11 was
We are now s itunt d rt rew mileQ
outside or th e city of Tours. 1 a~
able to visit the c• ity any time I wish
nnd li_re Is no t s o hard a fter all. T.he
food _i s 1ilenliful in t his di s trict, not
only m the hospita l, but with French
civilians as well. This makes life
more easy as one can. lrny an .omelette
etc., to break the monotony of army
food,
Well, l mu s t cease. Give
gards to all and iook for
about July or Au g ust.
Yours as eve r,
RALPH.
�HoraC'e ~tace~: Downs 1~ a member
ot the Na linnaJ Arm• aiul 110 w serv ·
in~ "scr.1<. ·.·;h€rc in l~~ran. '' be; ng i;
B.1ttcry 1,·, 301,t Fie\d Ar .. llery. Af,er
a \·,cci(s trainln 6 at For t Cr,to n upon
hi. ,:-oir.,:- into t h e
ser v!ce he v:as
to Camp
BENJAMIN
r.
DOW NING
m nde bug-ler in tll" -Ith l'o .. C.
He ls now seeing- •,rn·i"E'
Both brothe1·s are "• 11 1rnull'n
H . STACEY DOWN S.
;\I::tss., anrl later
s1•11t ,;\.!'1 •:·as. 11 <? !S the son of i\l 1·. nn J
Mr~. Orr11 llow11s of So u th .,1 ·11 street.
Ue.forc,
c-11l ◄ 't'i11g-
tht3
s~r v i1·p
cmp:or r <I hy tlir> Scotl Grain
do t heir bit for
ti· Pir
country. Both
below the· ,lrn ft ae•', the younger
he
was
Reception to
-Ensign.·DrellfI
E nsign Louis Dre1lar, U. ·S. N.
was tendered a fi t ting reception on
Wed nesday evening by t'he new local
branch of the •J ewish Welfar~ League
on Wednesday ev~nlng,
Ensign Drcllar, •· who is
Mr. an d Mrs. Abrah am Drehar of
Dennett street, fa a . graduate of t11e
l'urtsm ou th High school and New
Ha mps hire College. He was · commissioned •~s an e·nsign on Mond ay
an d reported for duty this morn ing.
!'he m ee ting · 1ast e~enlng was held
' ln the syna gogue on . slate street
,'a n d there w·as a: large number of the
Jewis h r esi dents present to
tlle young , man.
• · The president, Mrs. Samuel
hen, preside d and in behalf of the
board presented Ensign Drellar with
a handsome navy kit.
Remarks
were made by Rev. Harry Lieber.:
son , Messrs. Louis Shaperio, David
G. :C rovlch , Harry Sussma'n, Mr. Yasuopp, H. Goldman, Joseph
Miss Dorn Cohen and others.
They a ll charged him to
full duty and som <c> charged him not
to come back until he had captured
'!lie Kaiser, or
least done his bit
to wi n th.is great war for justi ce
a,
his race:
Tho mooting clvaod ,w ith the singing o f tho "S tar Spangled Bannor
Jewish ,National anthem.
LAWREN C E E .
being but 18 ypv•··. yc•l
thrir deter-
mination to do
i•, the great
t!wi:·
pa•·t
fi ght for demol'r,1cy w,l~ mnrk,.d .
SPrgc:int I.,a,,·,·~n,•,,. J<:. 1),
1 •·
1l11g- wa.~
b orn in this ~ily .J ,1 ne !I, l ,- ,~ - He
JlstPd
fq11·i]
1:i, ln17 ,
ill t111• ••
\\'
t ll·
I llllllP
s hl reNutional'C1I1n 1,i'!. II(• 1•.1•; 111111!! a
oftl1<'!lli1<'" t ' A .C.
a1Hl i ➔ tHHV dvi1, 1
<l11 ~·
�Four Brothers
Fig ting For
Uncle Sam
~- .--":)
The Durnn1 family or this city had
:h1·ce m cmht'rs of its household in the
\',':lr with Cern1any and the young life
of one was cut shon in the performance or duty to his <'ountry. Th e yo ung
est of the thn•c brothers In the service, Geo.~.i l( c,hen Durard, was killed
In action on Jun<' Ll, 1018 "somewhere
Four brothers, all c::alming
:'irechanic street, Portsmouth ·as ·tbelr
home, are now serving In the government service. They are:
Jacob Mad ox Dnrard, J>orn • April
11, 1885, enlisted l~eb. 8, 1917., calle<l April 7, 1917, Naval lleserve, l!,
S. S. Chester. U. S. Naval Forces, J~uropean waters, ( wife, 15 :\fcchanlc
Sl.)
HARRY R. DR,EiW.
avenue, He entered the service April
26, 1918 and was sent to Camp Dix, ~·
J. for training. On Oct. 28 the com,pany of which ;tie ls a member was
sent to Old Bridge, N. J. for duty,
Luton Duran! in the Army.
Elmer Cleveland Uurard,
May 22, 1892, drafted ~ra.v 25,
(sister-In-law, :\Irs. .la<'ob
IJurard, 15 Mechanic st.)
George Robert Dnrard, born Sept.
10, 1896, enlistetl July 15, 1917, Marine Corps 134th Co., ll. S. Marines,
A. E. F., (sister-in-law, Mrs. Jacob
:\L Dnrard, 15 :\lecha11i c st.)
DRISCOLL HOME AFTER.
J ACOEl M. OURARD
J.'rn11<·L·,"
His brother, Elmer C. Durard, was
,lraftcd May 2G and lH' ('U me a 111crnher
of the National Army
on
duly al
Ayer, :lfass. He late1
ELEVEN MONTHS ABROAD
Private Donnis _, Driscoll
landed in this country from France
at Newport News, Va., May 27, was
discharged yesterday from the service at Camp Devens and arrived
home late yesterday afternoon. He r:f:J!:'%.·a,-QlkJI
saw <:!even months of active service
in France.
Uc served in tho 80th Division,
the famous "Blue Ridge" which was
composed moHtlY of mountain·eers .
Previous to his entering into the service he was in the employ of thelate 1'r. l!'. S. Towle. Ile is the son
of Mi's. Patrick ,Driscoll of , McDonou~h street.
I\- \ ~ .
Company,
ELMER C. DURARD.
for France wilh the 30-llh
The tlwec hrot\c1·s made lhcil
Duranl on l\Ie-
w
A telegra
ashington
11s city- was
een rece
!mer C.
ly woun
1,
,:1t'. 11i; in the :! Ith
nl•w,;
I• 1>,1 , l<J lhP family hy
whom l!L· I~ 1.. v1111:I;
mou1·11c(l. 'l'hc
<'a1111• 11,; a
11<·<
other t ll'O IJJ'Ullll'l's .i r:! now overseas.
.l·1coh :\l. l>urard <·nllsled in the Naval Reserve Force Feb. 17, 1017 and
w:is cnllc:ll lo active duty April 7 of
that yea1·. IIe was for m erly employed
as a rigg<'r at Llw Portsmouth navy
yard. I le is nuw on the U. S. S. Chesl<'r in
::r~ ,
\\';lli<'
ll. s . .,: ,l'i .. cs. Tho
�-12., 18
.
TTON IS
SAFE.AG
·w ord Received That Mis:1ing
Man Has Again Rejo~ncd
·· His Regiment.
co rru:iral Harold -C. 1)11 ttou
city, wn,:, wa:s reported .-1 s mlHsing in
France since Oct. · 13, ht1 9 re joi11e1l
:-its regiment and the oJTieial nolilication o[ his retu rn was rec rJ ivecl here
on Wednesday a rternoon from the
\V3r department.
Tuesday ~Irs. Dutton
rollowiug ,t i.legram fron1 the "·ar department:
"Regret ' to• inlorm ~-o u that your
hm;tmnd, Corporal Harold Dutton;
wai, reported miss ing in ac tio n on
Oct.. 13. \\'e will a(h ·isc furth er in
case of his being reported."
This was taken to iHlli ca te that fie
had ben ta:ken vrison e r il1 ::t<'lion, and .
this ,wa~ confirmed on
\\" cu ne~day j
'when word was r ecei,·ed that he hall'
been -r eleased from _th e German pri ~-:
011 camp and r et urn ed to his
rc;,:i - 1
This Is good n o1rn to 11 01 0111 ;· 1
his family, but the great
friends In this city.
.
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.
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.
DIES 0. ·WOUN SIN F .
Official Notice ·of His Death on November;, 23
Received :Frorri the War,. Departinent.
.
.......?'..:
.
not l;et word
.
.
)
.\. telegram n ,..::eived here on :'lion- w 1,v they uid
of some
da.i evening. ~ouyeyed the >'ad intel- ·sort froni Oct. 13 to · the -· present
Ji;.:;ence that Corvo ral Ha ,·old L. Dul- tim e. but the belief ls that ··he wa11
t.uu of thii; city had died in l~ranc e on wound·e d ancJ taken ·p rlsonet °and wa.s.
23 , from wounds rec.e ived prouably founcl i~ a German ,priso~
in action. The _tele grn·m 1rns as fol- hospital afreJ· , the armil'i't!ce
lows:
... -"
. signed.
,.
·'.\l!r . .J ulius L. Dutton, 308 , Br,oad ,
Corporal Dutto~, ·~ ~taduate ?f°~he
St., Portsm outh, N. l I.:
·
1 Cuivernity of .Pennsyiv-anla, ,was one
'"Coq,oral,_ Ha.rold L. Dutton, ih-1 or the ,bes t ltn'own young ,men. of, ~his
;fantry. prevlously r eported mis~lng I city. He •at the .beglnnil).'g of the war.
fll: a c,t~o11c· s,1~:c_e ,~c;Jobe( -i;J. n'ow .re- offefe.d, hi~ ~ervic_e·-~nd spughf an !l.p--;
·1portecl die4 Nov.: 23 from wo unds· r.e- : ,pointnient· to the Plattsburg cam:p,
actlo-ii._:_ . •
hut waa 'r ejected ,- He qrnn sought to
"I:'. c. H .\llRI~.
~m into the naval r eserves-, bt.itwas
'.'A.dj utarit Uenernl."
:.ISO rejecteh on ~-CCO\l;lt Of ,eyesighl.
, Corp-or.i.l :.t i u ttoa was ii ·men1lier : of . L;it e r -:; he was drrafted -~i;1q\ ~e nt.',,_ to
the 325th r egiment of .the 82 d- ili~l~ Camp ·Deven ,; where· ·,b e :was s~b.t;
sion and. he received his wounds du r- ! home !for the same reasoµ, ; but w1t-p,
ing the_battl~ of Mte Argonne ,forest./ the, 6han ge -in the r_ule~ ·h~. w:as "ac}l ls· faril.llY have 110 t receiY ed a lett er, cei;,ted the second t-1me ·and i,ent to
·•. frob1 h-i~ since .O.ctober 1. ,and only Ca.irtp Dix and shor;pY' .a·f~er · wen:t
last week word· was receirod tl;a L ·h e overseas t o . J,; ugland, -~v here he_
was mi ss ing in acuo_11. This , was fol- Lrah'.~d. a~id, t_h~n ;w,e nt_tq :pan~e and
lowed the nex t dar by a telegram soo n after :" as throVl.n i~to act~on
th a t he ·was· restored to his re"i•
I a}ong the, ~ieu~e and In the ,grea:t Ar0
m e nt. · .No <let-ails as to the nature of \ gonne forest."' ,
.
.,
l1J ;; wo un ds have been ,r eceived and I , H e was , the
son of the late
I:lenry
. ·.
'
·fia,m !l y are at loss to und er stand H. 1l II tton a:n·d •' w:as 29 ,years. old. H~,
I
I
I
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,
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was a member of: St. Andrews Lodge,'
No. 56, /\.. -F, and!_A. ·
the Port,s-
:vr.:
mouth Country club and the Warwic
a ~ife; hi11
'.b.ro~her.
�,.
WIFEELS TO GO OVER T T
IS TOLD IN INTERESflN6· LETTER TO'
_ .A. KYOUNG FROM HIS NEPHEWi
~
Lillie IJunchcs or men everywhere.
We rushed, tho ,first line trench
with theb aynet, and I ·want to oar,. ,
there is one thing the German soldi r can't sl:and, and that iH
Dough I.Joy with a IJayonct. \\"c
!!helled them ' so heavy_ ther coultl not
01
1
~::n J~t~! ss~t~~l s;;;:l.\dvi~~,,!ou~nlnto -such a sight.
never dreamed
thue~tll~~
;~:1;~~\~\~Lw,~:~ ,.
..
a there could ,be so many horses an!l
steady stream. We all knew tlrnt men. We had started on our march coming. It did not take lon g to 1
something was going to .happen soon. to the fr'Jn: line. Tile mud WlH hear "Kamrad" cries from
,,·cry- i
The day ofore we were to go Into half way to one's knEles but th,,t where and with their hands in tho '
what meant tho last ~hargo for somt did not matter, we· were going to gll O air we p11Hhod them ha('k or 11:. ror
of us. The Colonel o! our regiment "Fritz" tho surprise or his !He. J\s some one else to t-ake cart of, an<I 011
raL'l<' arour,<1 an,1 plck1::d the ntCI". wo neared tho •front line the flar.Js we went. We took the :-iecontl
11 ho were to loutl the way nnd I was ,rrom
man's land would lclntl or trench alJout the same way-IL sure
110
oHC: who wn'! call.o,l: ~hey sewed a lit- li;;-ht up tho road once in a while atHI
made us feel good to push those GerIle red rlbllon on o:.ir slecvr. so every you coulcl see tho men a1:1 lhlcli ah mans to the rear with Lhe bayonot'11·e would kno"' Ne were the bo~•;; iflles in slni;-le mo slowly moving u;,. they were sun, scared, some !Joys, 1
•,.J,O would lead t'n,:; way for our bat- Artillery and supplies almost !Jlocl<ed should U1inlc alloul sixteen. some old
lailon. Vl'o felt pretty proud that· the road. As we marchetl IJy the ur- men, some officers, I.Jul they all wenl ,
tlay as we walked around and knew I Lillerr boys .said good luclt to ~ 0 •1. the same way •for the y kne11· we
that we were going to lead an atl-1 we are ,I.Jack of you and if you hold meant business, and I thin k they
Yance on a certain hill where forty\ lhat 11111 thirty minutes until we ,·nn were glarl Lo be taken prlsom•r.-;.
thousand brave French boys foll In i mov,e up our guns we wlll do the rc~t.
·we then took tho thirtl trenci1 -thlrl)• minutes some t:hree years bo-1
"Fritz" was sending over a ~,),,. wn wnrc on lop of the hlll al last,
fore. Tho Ger~ans had said the hill shells ibut little did ,h e dream w!,at Lhc nc•:t thl11·;1 "Ills to hold Lh,H hill
would no,·or ·!Jo talten but he didn't was comlug soon. We reached onr until the "rlil cry coultl come up, but
kuow that when the "American rront lln at a little after twelve ' we did just lhe !lame. !Tere ls w'1lrJ
Doughboy" as they call us, started o'clock, :hey ,w ore full or mud anti 1 want to sar the horse is surr :-s
out that hill wultl ,[all. We all wrote water but ·we yldn't care, we were •I.Jig 11, 1_,ero as any 0110 eh;e iu ~his
·home that wfterruoon and as I sat to wait there tlll <lay light. At one war, for ·1 -~11 ud no sooner got ou
.there. and looked o'ver the rest of o'clock without a moment warning the to11 or that 11111, Lhen the
tihe ,boys I wondered -who would 'b e the air s~emed .to leave our face ,we: Jory lrnJ1.1
~'> ;no,,o. Those
1
able to wrlte home agaln. Of eour130, wti caught our breatii as tho'u santls horse·; r ·•::1e(I l"1 eatl jumping
we all wanted to but we knew for of our guns s_poke at once and IJe:;an hole:; ao,I ,lltl'l1<''', and with mact •in,i
some It was the last. I think we all hurllng tons and tons of lead !nl'> gun und ar:.i!h ry sholing at thr, v1
had a strange feeling-I know [ the German line. Our barrage ,l'aS all ~he time, they lca)lcd up Lhut hU:
ditl, but each one was anxious to on. It was not lol!g ·before we c;a w wlll1 their drlvP.r!' nnd gunners who
-have It over with. In the afternoon explosions and ,tires sprlnglJ)g up Ile- were strlppe_d tn thew aist •ror
we •began to get read),. We were only hind the German lines. "Fritz" t~ied had worked those guns since one
to carry our rain coat, a. ·can o! •bully Lo answer baclc but In one hour ,lur o'clock without a stop, ancl before
1beer. and two packages of bard tack, g!,JnS •uad
,.
the horses coulcl ,h o unhitched were
sllencf\d every ,battery, as shelling
the countr)' in !"rout of us
three hundred and thirty rounds ot a 'German prisoner told us the next so
could go on, It sure was gootl
ammunition, rHle, bayonet, eanteen morning. It was one con'tlnued roar work. .\11 that day we pushed on
of water and first aid .p~ket. We did all night long and we stood there lairing prisonerl:I.
Thal nli;hl we
not knov.· that 'tor three nights and waiting .for daylight. Then came tllal dug in to wait for daylight liut them
four days it was
we would have to zero hour as it Is called, the last houl'
t
before wo go over the top. '\Ve wi:iro was no reB or Hloev.
cold
and
wet,
I
think
most
every
,me
The
next
111orn in:; at tla•ylii;h l wo
As t.be artemoon went Jn, we went
was glad we were going to mo·ve out were i;ol11g ·again. The next nlghl
ver to the Y. M. C. ,A. .and got a
or those trenehos ever if It d!d m~a:1 found us so ,rar 11dvanced our kitchen
ake of chocolate• to take with us
death for some. How I should 1rnvc could 11ol get lo us so wu atn crackl . there Is qny thlnglha.t the- soll iuw I would
•
dier boys like it is chocolate).
Dark liked to have a \!up or good hot cof- on; anti ·lrnlly uecf.
ree
t11-.it
morning,
but
that
was
out
or
llkctl
lo
have
lwci
:;0111uth!n;;
hot to
eame at last and It rained worse than
the question.
drink hut no one !mew when that
ever. We had orde,rs to be ready to
ll'Ullltl ,!Jc.
Ve l11ul thu Uur111all'i:l on
At five mlnutei; before six our liarmove at any moment so there we Jay
th .. 1·1111 ,;o nuxt day wo pu~hed on,
on our rain coats In an 9ld French rage lifted their fire and our ma- ,,11<1 that ni;;hl <tu;; h1 0110 to11 of 11.
building no one knows ~tow old, but chine guns opened UJl for rive min- hill to wait fol' rolluf aH ,,~ worn
it kept the rain out so tbat helped utes ~•hlclt ,was the:; lgnal for us to 1110,; I alt 111 and wch all 11othl111, ll'l't
~o over at six o'clock. It was a great, lo ,. ,11 a11cl "at •r w,rn m<,:-.l i;ono. \Ve
omc.
Our thoughts, I think of all of us. but terrib)e slgllL, those big tanks did 1101 ,tarn to tlriuk walPr "·o round
et'e Of home, seemed like there was ~rushing everything in front of thom. "' ' i i ,,·a K 111•1nl al I p11l •m11r,1I.
Mr. JI. L. Young of this cl.~y has";,_ rrienclshiii among us like tile.re no~-~
received the rollowing interesting
er was befor. At tn o'elock the orletter from his nephew in which ht
tolls or his trip "over the top:"
der came to fall out. It was so dark
For two clays we were billeted ln and ralng very harcl but we were all
D. little French village near the [ront glad to start.
The street and roads
lino. lt rained night and day but were ero,vded with men ancl cannon
I
i;: ~;:;Y
~~l
I
I
we
all
�!or IL 111i:;hl'a r1><;t-ho"· ir,hd I\A ·•·:-- n'.
We weut b ·1tik ll lillJp ll"a,,· to;, lilt!~
■-..·· -.-~_..,, v:11a~e 1ve had l9.keu !11 rbe l!IPr11iug.
a,:d J1cre !~ wl!era ! l'.1 a1!t tu -~ · a
· ·ord fot· lhe Sa•vntlon ,\rmy ·wo:;c
licrc In a lfltle old b11lldiu~. one side
Jelng bl<1,111 UJJ every minute. W'?!l a
':i:dvntfon \rmy woman who had l•1t.
/ cllocolau • :or the hpys--lt was then
tll'o-thlt•( y a. 111., au,1 we were so wet
She s~ootl in the door an-1
onr of i..s i11 our c·1,p~ as we went bi·.
I think It •1 a:; the grea test thing, so
hot and uii-e, t11c first hot thing we
had slncr \I' started the drive, U: put
!'n· life in 11s.- We lll .11
droppod
back to a little wood and dropJled
Our
our clothe ~ ll'ere torn, but we kuow
we had don r a good work. Of course
tliore -was lots Q[ our friends g o ne,
·but war i« ll"ar, so we tri ed to
be
,bra,·c and 1.hccnful.
Next day our kitr.h,·n caught up
ll'ith us and we gut 0111e " a rn1 food,
a11d that 1d " ht back to tho front II'<'
we11t and from then 011 till I
11as
wounded on tho night or Oclnhcr '.!d,
was much the same as I ha,·c tried
to describe . We never "<:trr•atcd and
.i.m glncl I <·:in sa,1· I 11':IH in one o•
the grbtcHt drives or Iii<' ll"ar. I 011
ly want no,r to get wrl I so I ran ~o
back 11nd io i11 my compan).
Pi•t ate llOSCOE ,\. DOl .flL ,\~ '-:.
Co. B, 354 th lnfantrL .\morlcn11
podltio11:iry Purees .
F'.rnnco, Oc(olJpr 2S, 1!118.
�Jack Eldridge is the son o! Mellmore Eldridge and his home Is at 65
West street, this city, At the beginning or the war he was employed •by
a Boston contracting !lrm, and later
wa11 ai.algned work at Camp Devens,
Ayer, 1\Ia~s., when this camp was belni; conctructed.
He enl111ted In the Naval Reserves
la11t fo'ebt·urary at the local navy yard
as a first class shlp!lt~er, and wa~ ,m
duty the1·e, for the next two months.
He was then tran ► 'err ed to Bar Harbor, Me., where he 1s at present.
Jo.ck ·1s a popular Portsmouth boy
JACK ELDRIDGE
and the verses written ,by him for the
.Herald show the patriotic spirit typical of our American boys.
"They are as follows:
The Good Old U, S .Navy
I'm in the U. S . .Navy,
To do my little bit,
Llko :;1e rest of the sailor boys
With plenty of courage and grit.
We're
And
And a.
The
proud ·to protect Old Glory,
the rights of the :U. S, A.,
large price tor this trouble
Kaiser has got to pay.
We're going to meet that Get'man fleet
Out on the open sea,
And__ win this awful struggle,
·1ror our rights for Democracr.
Our. ships are of the best,
And our men cannot be beat,
So hero. we -s,o right up the· Kiel canal
With our good old Atlantic !leet.
ro:
We'll clenr the gun deck
action
And open up the oldl "ten-Inch guns,
And use the Old Kaiser
a target
With the rest of his ~rother H_uns.
tor
_.\nd arter we've completed this task,
',V~'II s:::11 back across the sea,
'l'o dt nr ohl America,
'l'he land of the Brnvc and
So here's good luck to every sailor boy
In the U. S. Navy today,
And may he return home unhurt,
A!ter this awful fray.
Sep~. 12, 191.'l.
ENS1b~ EYEH1NmL-n1
1lu;\rn.
En s ir;n (:arl DeWitt l•:veringham
wa£ recen lly enterlaiucd ;;.L the horne
of ltis pareuts, Mr. a1ul Mrs, J. I~.
l•]vrJringham, 77 Court ~t reet.
J•,r.s ign Evering.ham recencu 111s con:mlssion as assi3tant p:..) master, :.
S. N. 11. F., in Octoher, 1 !lJ 7, grn,111atlng from tlte naval 1,ay omcera
school, w;ashington, D. ('., the fol1,·w:n~ February. He made three
1,;p3 to l•'runcc on the transJJort \Viii r:,m ina and for (l!f• last
1,1oni li~ !,as IH~<'ll r·ta tio,1 e d at
:,1 1°111•:nl,lf' lia~f' Ill Key \\'c,;t l•'la.
ln !, a rl'!1, I :l I 8 he r.•;,:; lllll'r·rir.ll Ill
:-lcw Yori~ lo 1\ii!J~ Marjorie
1.:..lre .,[ l'rovitl1m1'(1, It, I. whom ill'
r:,et whNJ a !: t11dr.nt :•t. Hrow11 tlni•, :?!':ill:, frnni 1'.'liil·h i11:,litlll ion
. .-au,.at, d will, lht• cla:,:: or ·1:;, 'l'l1r>y
a'1'0 1inw rn<'ivi11t con,r,Ltulations O!l
Lhc !Jir:h of awn 'l'ue:-;day, April ii.
nerore entering the service Mr.
Everingham was associated with the
riaverh.ill Coal Supply Company. Ile
has returned to his former position
with that company and he anrl Mrs.
tpveringham and young so n will make
their home in Haverhill, Mass. The
new arrival has lleen named
DeWitt Everingham, Jr.
�is UH· ,
son of Thomas ,V. and A rabolla ~ru,·by Faulkner, born in Portsmouth. N.
H. Sept. 5, 1892. He attended the public schools here until he was twelve
years o( age wh~n the family moved j
to Hartford, Conn., and
where he
completed his education, graduating
'fro m th!' high SC'hOOI in that <'ilY,
: .Eight years ago he came to Portsmouth to r<'side with his uncle ancl
aunt, Mr. attd :\frs. Charles 1"aullrner.
The young man was ro,· a number or
years employed in the local freight
office as billing clerk 'awl later entered the employ of C:. Fred
Drew as
bookkeeper at the bottling establishment on Bow street until he entered
the service 111 Septemh<'r 1917.
He went i11t0 training al Camp De\·ens, Ayer, ;\lass., and was assigned
to Battery ,\. 303d Heavy Field Artillery and nppoinlecl Corporal Rhortly
after. Ho W<'llt ov<'rneas In July 1918
and is now some,vhtl're
in F'rance,
J\cting Instrument Sergeant of the
same company which is part or the
Depot Brlgad<' of the 76th Division.
A lelte1· rr<"eivcd (n,m him 011 Tues-
Trevelyn E. Fernald and brother,
Vivion A. Fernald are two ,well !mown
Eliot young men who are in
\\'ho last ye.ar took the ~ruergency
Fleet training school course at M. I.
T. iu Boston and since then has been
at the navy yard, has received a commission as ensign and is
tlers.
~-lo-~
TREVELYN E. FERNALD
vicf' of Uncle 'Sam. Tliry are the sons
ur ~Ir. ancl Mrs. Edwin H. J<'<•rnald c>C
Soul h 1,;liot and
wrrcLorn'
and
bro11;;lit up In that town. llnth were
rorrn<•t·ly employed
by ,Charl wick &
TrPfPthen in this ,city.
·
Trev<'lyn E. Fernald enlislC'<l in the
Coast Artillery in March 1:91fi and
Scpt. 15, 1918 sailed fut·
l 1.,ra11ce.
Sl'I
vice
ROLAND $. FAULKNER.
of last ,, <'CI, sL, trs he l · in good
health and having t line time. The
letter was writtPn 011 Oct. 24 and tells
VIVION A. FERNALD
111· wa, ~,, it Lo Camp De\'<'11,·, Ayer,
.\l·1ss., ~lay ZX, rn,118 an(l ,.~tied Cor
'"' ,.~,.,t~ duty on July ~- JI<> is now
, ... ' lt
I ht·
Engineers an<l
writ s hutne
hn t he and his brother are well and
a, ,, enjoying their experiencPs in the
n 1n1y. llot h :-: re no ·~v "so1newhcre
ARTHUR J, FLANAGAN.
Camp Mills, Long Island, and atta'Ched
to Co. B, •315 Ammunition Train. He
sailed for England on Jµly 4th, and a!ter a short training,
was sent to
Fran<:e as wagoner.
�FISHALIEUt
IIAVIATION
.
,CORPS
.
A tel egram was rec lvcd torlay
from Texas• by Mrs. 0. H. f'elcrse11 of
Wlblrd street, statjng tf1at her
C. Colgn.te Fish, had •. received
commiss ion as li~utenant in the
atlon Corps. Lieut. Fish
0
G. COLGATE. FISH.
C. Colgate Fl3h. was born In New
Yotk city Nov. 20, 1896 and Is tho
son o! Mrs. 0. A. Peterson, 1 Wlblru
street. · Ho Is a graduate of the Salem H~gJl school class of 1913. 1-r'o
soon afterward took a position with
the Rockingham Light & Powe, Co.,
and was drafted Sept. 2.0, 1917, just
one year apo today.
·
After one month at Camp Devens
he was ma.de a sergeant and in Janu·ary of this year was transferred to
the Aviation Corps _and ordered to
Cornell University, School "of Aeronautics from wltich s,chool he was
graduated March 1 and· ordoroci to
Dallas1 · Tex.
: ,
He is now flying a~ Waco, ,T ~x.,
·"Rlchfl.'eld," where he will receive hill
LIEUT. COLGATE FISH.
service Sept, 20, 1917, and was
transferred to Dallas, Tex., March 1st
of thl,s year, where he has been flying
ever since.
The news of his commission will
be gladly received by his
friends In this city.
While not a native of
e has lived here about
He Is the first young
ortsmouth to receive
n the Aviation Corps.
PTivate J.'lay H. Fo~,~. son of 'i\Irs.
Herman Tre.rethen o! nye, arrived In
Boston, on the troopship Vedic on Friday. Private Foss le!l home for l~orl
"McKinley, Me., Dec.
23,
1017. On
'March 22, 1918 'he sailed with the 54th
Coast Arllllerv for France.
�Mis,: Dorothy Fo:,t<'I", R. N., a rl.Lught er ol PortRmouth, and a m<'mher of
the Secom.I Harvard Surgical Unit, is
now serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Expeditionary Force,
France, and her rc>cc>nl letters from the
22nd Dr! tlsh General Jl ospital, somewh<" n on the seashore
F'ra111·<', "Passed by Field Censor 1560"
(ind malled at "Army Post Office, Station 3," give some interesting details
o't her experience
in this
hospital,
when• she Is on <luty in the operating
lhc>at1·,,. She writ<'·:":llo. L of the C'Oll\'OY8 Q( pat iPnls a rrivc> at nir,-ht, :i 1111 il ;,. inlc>rr ,: f ing- to
sec th e ))oor bo) " wh"n they ,::c>t in."
"\Ye have it1vrl'tcrl in a frw plants
now, and have IIH' tn in a small garden
out8iclc our opC'rn ting- room. YPsterday
was very wnrm . :incl it seemed vPry
sprlngliiH'. \Ve tn11k a 10,·ely walk ove1
lhC' 'cliff,;, \Valki11g j3 ou r chief oec11<luly.
I he 'Tnrn111ic•s· bro11g-ht down
H JI vc bomll (J'Olll I h<' ( J' ('Jl(' ]l('~ I h othtlay hy wny .. r ,-;nt tV<'trir-forl 11m1.leit wH ~; di~C'n\ ,. 1-p1 l in lln1p and senl
the ha,-,<'. Tlr "~· :t II SC'<'m
imuvcnir
crn:-.y. 011!' man tn lrl m e the olh C' r clay
F r ank n. Ji'reeman is the son or
1\lrs. 1':lizahelh and ti1e Jato .Jeremiah
Jo'rPc· man of Cape Ned cl lei<, 1\£:i inc. He
e11li~Led on .Tuly 30, 1018, In t:11' Nava.I
Hrs rr vo as ca'.'JJC'l~ter's ma: c arid was
~Pn t to Charln~ton , S. C., n rd la t<.1·
l1·an,fprred to tit" 11aval air station a\
·.vncro ho is now :ocnt-
0
ing it, or rn.thC't' P('('ll l'Yillg- fnz· half an
hour. f a s k e tl hi n, wlrnt ll,r•y fnuncl ,ancl
lwlnt r- ls all(] a h:iyoncl
for sou,·<,nirs.'
"Montlay \\'<' ••111 •r,, 1 I'd on a ntnn
fifty years, whu h:td hPC'II wounc! Pcl anc.l
;,ol a piece of >•hr:i fHtl'i, rath, •r shrap nel bullet ,rn hi ;.;- as thi s (rnuncl and
about onc-thlrcl of an in c h in diameter) which went in his car and along
the ~lrnll just und<'r th<' tis~ne~. cam•ing only a s11perfiri'l I
half irH·h wonl<l ha,·"
Ji114\
~ 111)\'flllll'!
"ThP palicnti; :ill \\'1''11' hri:;ht hill "
flnn11Pl •11ltn-:1. s: hir l "i' h n t111·11-11vrr
collar at ti a ilri ;.:ltl n· I tic-in nil lll'iti:sh hu :-: pitals. TlH'f:r•
c·ostume~i
most pir·t urc ~que. 'J' h<' l•oy~ from
;:,;o lo Eng-l,11nl, or "l!li~hli<'," as
c_all iti <'t' to convalP~:c-0 11! c:111111, and al
th lntt ,• t· thl'y do sn 1111 w,11 1,, and, aft lr<' y arc well I IH',\' an • ,. nt Crom
111att n•:,::"s nntl
hrd ,·, 1111til linatly t1ir,_v r:111 1 .. 11 11p in :r
biankC'I on<'<' mnr!', :11111 t h<'rt ·11 is 11p
"Vrida ~· I l1Pr"' w :i~; :i ,-1·ry c-ntrrtainf'OU<'Pl'f gi VC'll i II oJH" of l lH" ho~pi -
ing-
tat~ for ('011\'nlNH'f'IIIS :111cl lhC' H . ;\. ~l
(', f:prc-lnl im·il:iti"n. II \\' !I'< :i ]<1\'<'l .,·
hotrl, ,dtic-h i ~ 11 1 r .. ,. urr;r<>r·, an I
11u1· 1 P~.
pl.1cn in
Thi ~ 1 111 ·I
P:''lCI"
hP :1 v , 1·y
t i m l':0 .' '
-, •
p n p1llar
1 ·,.._, - '\
11
FRANK R. F11EEMAN
t•cl. He was born L,'1 D ec. 10,
ai tf' nded the Yori< Beacn gtammar
s<'hool\ and later a ttcnded th e Torl<
Jligh school.
llPOJt concludrnghi~
studies til'"re, i1-' 1;,nlc employment at
tl1C' navy Ycll'il ll'h" :·P he w,1rlrnJ
lhe time of his enlistment.
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�CORPOR,\L Cll.\.11LES \. ,il.:3iY ORTII GEllR!Sll.
SERGT. LESLIE H, GARDNER
and· has seen duty at Keene, N . H.,
and SpringfieM., Mass., with the 9th
Co., c. A. c. He i& now over 8'6a,S,
He ilas a. wife a.nd three chilldren
No. 33 Maplewood AvenJle
Corporal CharleJ Waclswortil Ge;·i·;I: b; the son ot :\!rs. ('J.arl:•H ''
G~rr i iJh or ~o .. an SagunH,r,\ ?..v0.:n:r·111i is :;erving with Urn A111e:·i~:l'l
1,;,q, ·•cliUonHy
Forcp in Fra1 ,c· •. TL
"::t3. mr.mher ol' he T•'irst Co:;1pa111.
:--. If. C . . \ .. aftcrw'lrch Ilic :"ilnth
1 u111pany ancl saw scrviri, with hir
co111 :1, ny in <loin ~ proteni\
1•:orl,
In 11,c northern purl or .:p1•: lla111p
~nd '\.t Sp!"ingf i c\1<1, ~ra~iS.
!I
was for a time r.tationed at F'o ri
Co1:.::til uli on.
l! e has a brother
Gcrgca:1t Henry Gerrish, ~-,1>0 in thr
ti0rl'ice in Franco.
l
-
Lieut. Wallace H. Garret
ho has been stationed at
nton, N. Y., for about six
s been l)romQted to 1st
SERGEAN'l' HENRY 1~. GERRISH. 1
Sergeant H nry E. C:er rl:;h, son of
Mrs. Charlea C. Gerrish of No. 39
Sagamore avenue, is attached lo' Co.
, To', Glh United Stales J~ngi neers and
j was one o f four men who enlis ted
i'rom the engineering department of
t!1c HHtford Steam Boiler Inspec1
\ lion and In s urance Co. without waiting for th e draft. Ile was first stallcnecl II t Washington Barracks, but
wa:i !!en l to F ran ee lrwt
und ht1R be .u In ucllvo service ever
since. Prior lo Je:ivin g this city Scr,geant Gerrish tlid some newspaper
' wo,k and was an <,xcello nt photog rapher. It would not be s urprising that
on
h Is return after tho victory
1
1 won he would hav e a collection of in teresting views.
I
B'ACK 'HOME WITHl
,~v'f"FINE ·RECORD
Sergt. Henry Gerrish who but recently returned from 1' ranee, ls v!s!t!ng • his mother Mrs. Isa.belle Gerrish
on Sagamore avenue. Sergt. Gerrish.
was with the Third Division of Regular Army In the ~hlrd Army and he
was ln France from Dec. 1917 to May
14, 1919, and at the tlme.· of his discharge he was with the army of occupation at Coblenz, Germany. His
discharge paper shows a •fine fecord
for service, having been with the AW!trallans and English at Amlensi¼.nd
In F'landers, and later transferred to
the Marne, and .,sa,w service with the
Third •Regulars at Chatcau Thierry, In
the Champagne, at St. /. Mlhlel, and
when the armlstfce was signed he was
In the ~rgonnl). He escaped without
wounds and since December has been
at Coblenze with the Army of occupation. His regjmen l Is stlll In Gerny and he was detached as a. cu
�SERfiEANT HENRY
Z'fiERRISU . HOME
✓•
~
FRO~I OVE SEA.S
S0rgeant Henry Gerri :;h, 11. ~- A.,
returned home la i; t evening,
,:·.·••·""'"-'.. l\litchell F'lold, Long I~land,
which station he w:1:: recently discharged from tho scrvJce, after h;iving scrv<'d eighteen months with the
Gth Regiment of Urn ~nl Division of
l.'.Jnglncorn .
He w,•::i
homo by hh wife.
Sorgt. Gerrish has had - probably
one of tho most vario<l careers ;ind
•=-e11=c,,,~.,., oxporionces or any young man that
lcrt here for the batlle[ields o[
F'rnnoe. Ho le[t the States Nov. 19,
l!ll 7, and was soon on the fighting [ront. Ho was in th!' Somme
sector off<'nsivc March Sth to June
8th with the British aucl J\ ustralia n~.
__,.,,,_,,J.-..•J and from July 15 to July 18 was in
the Champagne-Marne defensive battle.
Ile took pnrt
in
tho
Chaloa11-Thicrry hnttlo of .Juno and
July which laslcd over sovt'll week~,
ancl the Alsne-Marno of[onsivc clrive.
llc was at lho fronl linr during
tho biggest battle of tho war at St.
Mihiel, Sopt. 12 to 16. and later on
the Meusc-Arp;onno offrnslve o[ Sept.
26 lo Nov. 11.
A[ter tho armistice wns sip;1w1! his
regiment was ordered into <lrrmanv
and during the winter was stationo~I
in Coblenz with tho army 11f occupa-
James Gille8[)ie, who was a
ber of the Fir.st Company, N. H. C.
A., afterwards 1the Ninth Company,
1nd who has been overseas .with ~ho
American forces, arrived home last
wening. Gillespie is In fine healtl1
J.ncl was given a hearty greeting by
his friends.
G:EOHGE E. GILBERT.
George Ji.:. Gilbert, son of )1r. and
Mrs. George Vv. Gilbert or :\lannlng
but once wounde-d, that
l>oiug a RllHJ.11 shra1mcl wound in tho
loft halld. Ho sai.lod direct from
Germany and says lrn i:a; mighty glad
to he alive. After a hrid rest he will
tako up his former position with tho
lla1lfonl Steam Boiler and Insurance Co., of Jlartfonl, Conn .
Mr. and Mrs. GerriRh arc :it present visiting his mother, lllrs . Jsabollc Gerrish o[ Sagamore avenue.
street, Is one or the
boys "over there." George was em.-plor c d hy The Times Publishing Co.
(or a. 1111mbe · of years and at the
t1111c or liis enlistment, May lG, 19l8,
W,lS OJH' rntlng a llnotypu ma.chino.
With ab11ut 400 other draftees 110
was sent to Durham college_. [or ~
course of instruction in engineering.
Late in tho summer he was sent to
Camp I! umphreys in Virginia, anrl
from there was ort!Prcd to F'rnncc,
,vherc hr arrived ,aboni ten days a o.
Uc is in tho enginocrin~ division.
JAMES GILLESPIE
Corporal James Gi11espie en-listed in
the 9th Company, C. A. C. on April 4,
1n1s. lf<' has done duty at Kecnl'. N.
IL, Camp Devens, Ayer. Mass. and at
::;priugflcld, :'11ass.
for Uncle
Sam
"somewhere
1
I J. S. , ·,q·.1 ill lh c A ro pla ne Unit a tul
\\.. Is in U 1 i t 1 ni •r r1 S tu tes lone_~ en <H1 ~,h
to t ·il,;,\
',:u.,· 11 1~ })·• f o r e I• ·n:; seu1
lo \\.Jl'<i d y
...;l:i,_, d, l rrla n<.l. \'. '1urc lt i?
w i t h ot!i 1· 1· • js al prC'sent a ~ti• mblin g
t"
·1{'1·0 11 1a
n rs.
I ir wa~ h,,1· 11 1n Grecnlnnr1 but pas sr,1 n u»:t pf ilis Ii [<' in thi s .-ity wh eri'
1i~ , •,irP. s•, •ral ~is l Prs un,1 ,1 hro l h1· P.,c,illC-'. ( 1 1 his ~~evf'ntr.·enth l1'rU 1cJ ~:r
iu, ... , ,,.·t ld t·i lu1,.n t h e tra tl <' p 1· n 1J n~1t lJ11"<!"r at th<' l' l'l·ts mouth 11·11·y y~r11
wl ;,•!1 J:P r·+ nqil 0 l rtl :t n<l a
1+1;· t ji!'l' '
Pr
'lf~ 1• <·nlis'! d. ll P suce<1 !-isf11l1\· JH1~s d 1.<-e1,-,!d'ln
th·• • · 11ni11 a:i1111s a t th e n ~•\·,11 sla ' ; 1 ,11
at I, n;~han. :\!ass., a<, fir s t t' hlSti c-:1r Pt'" ' , r·~ n 1·· l •
r, .,. l' o1·t:
,,, ·t
h
JT nm 1(1
t" h i m ,1·• '•:
1,~ hi s
l1lf >L1 t
ll' ' n1 1 y l\(ll[I i n t t Jc• h w it II t',"
• ,n h is ho m e t o w n \\·hil t'
Gooding,
ornrscas, id expected
:lie Santa llosa which is cxiiected to
a.rrirn in Boston a!Jout Satur-lay. Mr.
and .\!rs. Goodin;; by lu1·1ta:,icm or
tho i;o1·ernor, will 'visit tho do~k and
lra.n~port immediately upon its ar·ri val and go down the harl>:>r In the
usual welcome.
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�The abovo cuts are those of two
well lrnown Eliot young men who are
serving Uncle Sam overseas.
LMn l'l. Good1win enlisted In th1l
last April, was St·nt to Camp
Florlda, ond then to
• ·ews. He left for overseas
I ,10
t
navy
Ylce .
~,'\...;ia::·•i""'·•
Earl Gooowl11 oC Eliot,
of Leon Goodwin,
' ca, entering th e service
~ Ie l!t .nineteen years .o f
I brother
Arthur ·R. Grant was
the foundry at the navy yard, but
the outbreak of the war he enlisted in
tpe Naval Re serve I•'orce and served
on the U. 'S. S. rropcka at this navy
yard and latet· was assigned duty
1
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ARTHUR R. GRAN,
Bumkln ,Island, Hull, -1\Iass., and Boston. He later was transferred to the
regular navy and Is now on a sub_marlne chaser in English wa'ters.
·when In this city he made his home
with his aunt, Mrs. Artliut· N, Point
at No. 1 •l\Iu Iberry street.
Arthur Go1,man
ls the son of 1Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Gorman of 347 Maplewood avenue and ls seeing service l'll
France with the U, IS. army. He
ARTHUR GORMAN.
I
born in Dover, Aug.~ 26, 18·95, but five
years later the family came to Portsmouth. :He is a graduate of the Portsmouth H!,g h School, class o•f 1913. Before entering the serv,ice he held a
position with the National Mechanics
& Traders Ba'llk. He ls a mE=ber of
Co. K, l04th Infantry, and left Ca,mp
Devens, Ayer, Mass., for overseas
vice early
July.
•
C'-,
•
CORP. GORMAN HO~ffi.
~
)
\'
'
\
, Corporal Artlrnr Uorman of Maplewoo_d avenue who has. been over
seas a . lit-tie over a year arrived at
Newporl News yeslerday. While in
the serivce he was connected with the
Classife<l Camp at St. Aican, France.
He leaevs today for Camp Devens
where he will receive his discharge.
�~JL~Y
,·b
,.!'11.-nms
GOO,.
'I,
Pu·t..m1.outh Iloy is · Promote(}
Set'<>11d LIC'utenant.
S, Aubrey Gray was one or the
first New Hamps hire boys to ansyrnr
tho call to colors, enlisting on April
16, 1917, and was assigned to the
105th C. A. C. at Fort Tot tan, N, Y.
r~nter he w as transferred to the 8th
l!"'leld ArtlllPry ut l•'ort l::lill OklahoWhill' there· he was on
mentioned
3everal times for the goo<! order on
his "run." When the se!Pcted men
was sent as a drill sergeant to Camr,
wa.s. detached from his rPgirnent and
a drill 1,ergr•an t to Cam]'
Lat e r he went to Camp
C., and thp tirnt of tht~
year join ed his r eginwut at Camp
Wheeler, Ga. On June 1 he wa~
transferred M f!rst serg-eant to th1
1G5th · Depot 1 Brigade at Camp McArthur, Texas, and wl,ile there was
recommended for the central Field
Artillery training school and
re,.,ort ed to Cami> Zachary Taylor, Ky.,
whPre he receiv ed his commission.
Mr. Gray. is wnll know11 in Manchester where he was with the A. A.
FurititurP C'o. for five yearH.
Hf' iH a gradual<' of the Portsmouth
schools and is we ll lik e,! hy both
.-\IWl\'MS FIW~l onm~rn.\8.
0r,>\· '1-'S' • l t\ l ~
Li e ut. Phillip Grirtin, 1'. S. A., lta,:
ll'rived in New York from Fran t P,
\'ltP1'e he ha s !tad two yr>ars' service.
: r<' was with <he 10:Jd regiment of
t l1e famous 27th division.
Ile remained in France a ncl at tended one
,r the I<'rench universilie~ [or s ix
·nonths and before hp ,.. 1mc home
was p;iven opportunity I o 'nur Franc~
and Italy. He will recciYc his clischa 1·g some time in the 111•ar future.
-!is bro the r, Sergt. 1-'re<i L: rilfin, who
was at Camp l'ike for ll<'arly two
years, has ·been di schar ged and has
joined hi s parents on State street.
J<Jclgar R. Crover, ,ion of ilfr. anrl
Mrs. Chwrles El. Grover of South street
is serving o,·ersea~ in the J~r-~t Ga11
Heglmont, First ·Battalion (H eadQuarte1·s. He \\'<'tt I across J:tsL Jun,. He
turned nml en list ee! aud was ,:ent
C:D GA R R. GROVER .
l•'ort Slocum. N'. Y., then Ir,
I r1·1H·l,c•s and was wounde,t and g-a~sed
on, .\T:uoh 9 at Vimy Ridge and two
f h i,; cousins in Eng-land were wound
ed in the .same trench the yea r before.
1fo was at Chateau-ThiC'rr;v and in tho
J,alllc of Arg on ne and tasted the privalions of war, having littto ~tecp for
days and very Iii tic lo c-a.t.
He now wean, Lwo set-Yice stripes, a
wound stripe, a big lelte-1· A, and a
mechanics chf>vron and thero is a pos
~ihililY of :i D . ::-. l\l. if tho m en re•
lceivo·li for l11<'ir brnn•ry there. Pl'ivalt' G1·ovcr \\HS born in this city ancl
iH 33 years o( n!s ('. ,no has 1b een em-
LilP Co11 s 1lli,lat('d Coal Com-
l<>ral
:,11tl
�KARL HANSCOM REPORTED
DEA.D, IS VERY MUCH .!LIVE
Friends or Karl N. Hanscom, HO il
Mi·. a nd Mrs. C. Dwight fl,rnscom
can Army in l~rn11ce, will be pleased
lo learn that he died from wounds
sustained in battle is incorrect.
A
letter received by his wire un d r clat e
or Nov. 2:{,_states that Ile Is all right
come homo sh<ll'I ly.
GETS DISOHA'RGE.
Oeorge L. Harmon who was discharged last week from Camp Devens where he served as sergent In
the finance and accounting oll'ice for
the last nineteen months Is passing a
few days with his parents In this
city, He goes back lo Camp Devens
to resume bis old position Tor
other month, but as a clvllan.
the present tim e lhoy arc discharging 1000 soldfors a day.
\b-f\
.
mas Hanghey of Ma
ood avenue and was born Oct. 2
1S87. He was employed as a mc;;scngcr
at the \Vestern Union Telegraph Office
and later learned telegraphy and trans
FRANCIS J. HARTNETT.
Prnncls J. Hartnett Is the son
Mrs. ,Margaret and the late "\Vllliarn
Ha1·tnett. He enlisted
in the U. S.
Naval Reserves ·In Ft•bruary, 1917 and
was called to active duty the twelth
now doing duty
CHARLES HANGHEY
ferred to the office In •D oston
telegrn ph operator. He enllstcu
service as a radio operator and lirst
was on duty at Bar Harbor, ,J\fo. Later
�Privato 'l<'ay Eugene 1 ,,tt !S another
of tho l'ohsmouth you1w men wh,i l,a.
ma cle the ..supreme
:;J crifice and ro1
years lo come l'orlsmuuth folk wil•
hand down from generation to generation to stories oC lh<' bravrrv and
heroism of local
boys in th.-· great
world and the sacrifices they ma ,te
for freedom and democracy. 1'he picture shows ,.him in nav•al uni Corm, he
hllvlng prevlou~ly servPd on a collier.
,rhe news that Private
Hatt had
been klljelj In nrtlon in France in November, was recrived on Tuesday afternoon oC this week in a telegram
Dl'ar Sister E\'a:
lteceivcd yc,,Ji' lcltcr date d Aug. 5
yeste1·day and "as g-lad tu hear from
you. l Just ca me back from the tront
line. We went over th<• tnp. ,\·" werC'
under shell ti •·" at all ti111r-s. \\'e am
uul for rest for a few da., s 1,r•fore wr
go back again. l would me to g(j (ntu
detail more, but am not all.,wed to
do ~o.
I suppose you know more ahuut the
IJ<':JN' question then we do o\·rr here
by the pap<'rs, as we don't ~el any
F'ay !!alt or this .clly
now. J am ii: ,,o pes
snpreme sacrifice for his
country,
~o,Jld lie with }OU by Christmas. lt ls
l,illed in action ~ln
certainly a ll'l'I iblo thing, this war,
'.'lovemher.
This sari
thr- most brut;i I th Irig that e\'{'r was.
nPws wns received hcrP. on 'I'uesd:ir I
llnve had tt,e !':q,cl'icuce
of my
aftrrnoo11 when his sls:P1', l\lr~. \Vil -'
1
r.xlst(•nce, w .. have seen awful sights
liam Varney o!' l\rid :.;e strrPI, 1·r
but hope soon i l wlll be over.
1
,•eil·rd ,l tclcgr:1111 fr01,1 1hf'
l suppose yuu think that you don't
• war dc- I
,>artmrnl nt "'nshlnt111n.
hear from me as often as you ought
l' rivatc llnlt \'Clll rrom U1b1 cit:.
but our tlmP i, limited
more than
your~ .. and the, e are sometimrs 3 or 4
in a sprcinl <Ira. ft call for C'amp Di.
wrC'k 8 at a time that we doll'l havo
a11d he w:i .-; not
there vPry Joni;,
a <'hRrH'P o write. Write a lettrr evct)l,
whP n he was se nt acros. to Frnnrrwerk and the news, don't wait for me'
in a rrpJnrrmcnt unit an,! he haii
to write as I will every chanre I get.
hrC'n in net ive scrvi<'r for some tlmt·.
I It !onl<s ba r! 111 see thr rci;t or boys
! Ir IPU\'<'H a fat lrnr In [.jy('J'JllOI','.
I r;<'lttng so mueh mall frnm home anrl
1.-.-,; 1s and one !liHLPr 1in Lhis l'ily :111,I
l no1 any and i( you wi~h you could
jll brother, l'rlvalc George llnll, 01
numhC'r them as (J, ,2, :I) so that, it
(' ~ 1,:p Tlr1·rns.
(?::y llatt h:iol livr-cl
woulrl let me. know it l yave lust one.
J am runn1ni.; into lot~ or rare Gerl,c :·1• for some yc.ars and was
man sou,•Pnirs now :,.ll(\ which l would
Alll!'l'i('!l 11
!ikP tn s<'rHI ,·ou hut do not have a
cha11,·e, 1.Ju am in hopes to do so soon.
We arC' not allowed to send ,inythlng lit.:r"'lMr-- ---..---,.-•
1
ov<•r 7 I ~ ihs. , 'uuvenlrs, tor C'xample,
helm< ts, napl,in rings, clock,;, table
cent"r piece,;. Some
oC the villages
FAY EUGENE HATT.
and rlug outs taken by Germans in the
early 1mrt of the war whloh were refrom the °\Var Departmrnt at WashLakrn hy u,; now are certainly the •pie- '
ington, D. C., and r(•r-Pivr,l by his sislure of luxury. The dug outs arc large
ter, Mrs. '\Villlam Varney. 113 Bridge
with all mocl<'rn (mprovem!'nts with
street with whom the y1-<llng - • 11111,n
elcl'lric lights and baths. You see t,h c
mado his home. l'ri\·ale llatt bccan~e
C:<'nnans hav" maintalneil this part
a member or the .Katlonal
Army in
~Int'<' early in the war. 'rh chateaus
April and was sent to C.1mp Dix, N. J.
arn nH»,t elaborate,
heavy tapestry,
In about two weclcs ht' was s•·nt ovl'rlhC' t,c•~t or Curnlturo and r,·t?rythlltl{.
SN~B.
\\'r• are now running In open warPri\·atc Halt wa ~ the ·son t, f .James
far<'. no tren<'hes, ar~d very little cover.
A. Hall of Livermore l•'alls. llis mothI si 1 pposc 1 don't have to tell you,
1
er died five years ago. He was 1.Jorn
to(l:iv i~ my birthday. l didu't reallzc·
In l~ra neon la. this state "t; years abo
unt il I a,;l,<'<l what dale it was. I fer!
and passed his boyhood there. He has
(,ii, h· well under tho situation I am
made his home In l'orts moulh since
111. hut nm g-oing lo pull through and
he was 16 years o( "l!C :• ncl Co,· some
sf'<' ~ou soon.
limo be(orn hC enlf'l'"<l hr <service he
C:<'n . Pernhing says "11 ra \'I'll, •Hell
was employed as a d i-iver for the Amo"i·lfohoken hy Christmas." I hope he
f'rlcan l~xpress. i\ ttlwugh
:~ young
is I i1;ht. \\'rlt sister this will be all
man ,ot quiet ta IC!> he ha<I
many
(or th is [im <' so will r losl) with love
friends and was held in high est r l·m
allll lds~<'s and best oC luclc (rum your
by all and the n <' W8 oC hi1, death was
luv lnr; hroth<'r,
h<'ard with much 1·C'grP t h~• his acFAY T~. HATT.
gualutanc<'s. •l ie died on tho Field of
~- Love to the Jdddics and
Honor and his memory \\ill Jong he
revered.
Slnrc going :11·ru><s hi ~ siste r , !rs.
Varney has wrill''n him many 1<'ll<'rs,
but evldPnlly he did not receive l h<'m,
She received several l< tters from the
young soldier o ncl thr last one tu be
r~celved
I
I
HATT
-~',ffli~'t' ...1111
DC'vcns for about 14 months, being a
m<'mbrr of the 4th Company, 1st Batta.
lion. Devot Brigade. He was driver for
·wood Drothers for some years, giving
up his position to go Into the s<'rvlc .
�homas Haughy or :\fapl
1837. He- wa s employed 11 ~ a mes se nger
at the ·w~ste-rn Unlon 'J',,Jeg1-aph Of•
.:.,..., .•~,-•• wood avenue and was Lorn Oct. 24,
, CHARLES HAU GHEY ,,11
and Jate-r lea rned te>l eg1•nphy an ,l
transferred to the office in Ro::i ton as
a telegrnph operator. lle enlisted In
tho service as a nHlio operatti1·
first was on duly at Hllr Harllor,
TO ATTEND OFFICERS'
TRAINING SCHOOL
Charles Heffenger and Gilman
S. R()we, on Duty at Ft.
Constitution, Will Try
For Commission.
Charles Ue1fenger , · son of Dr. anq
:Mrs. Arthur C. Heffet1ge<i· of th,ls clty,
a.nd Cilman S. ·Rowe or Ken~ngton ,
brother or County Treas\lrcr Stewa1·t
E. Rowe, are among the numbc:i.· cho•
sen fr om Fo1•t
Constitution, Neiw
Caslle, to enter the officer 1s training
school at Fortress ,Munroe, Va., and
they 1eave this week !or the south .
. Charles Heffenge1·
'Was a fo1·mer
'Ha.rva,rd student and at the . time or
1,h1,1 Mexlfra!} tr<>4'1./!e ~aw Sle!"V'i<;e on
-
' t he border. •Sorne time· slnce he en
ll wtod as a. prl'l'ale ,ln, the Coa~'t Artlllery- at l•'ort Con!!tltutlon. From Lhl·
beglnnlng of th.e }Var the young, man
has shown a splendlcl spirit or patriot
1°m and anxious lo enter th o service.
His rnan.y friends arc pleased to hear
he -i s to attend the office r s.' training
9Chool ind feel sure he will altaln
success.
Glim.an S. Rowe was the first ma1
to enll t from K e n,-,ington. Both ' his
ra~ E'r and• grandfather
fought for
lhe!i· country andt he Is imbu ed W'lth
the same patrli>tle spil'i t. He ·! ms-•been
on duty at
Ji'ort
some time.
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l•'R-0.\''r,
Hersey, !;on of M:
I i~~rsey, arrivetJ hoJU
morning from Fort Hamilton, . Y.,
1yhere he was :..lijscl1arged- yestenlay.
He came b:u·k on the U, S. _S. .Aigai
meunon, a converted Germau liner';
sailing from ·Brest. Young Hersey
was ,!rafted Dec: 22, 1917, and went
to l•'rance March 22, 1918, with the
,; 1st heavy artillery, He was at the·
front six months and one day and
,,·t...,,~.uwas one of lhe gun crew that
died l he big n. 7 guns.
He saw the heaviest fighting in the
Al'go1111e fol'est where the Sl. 'M ihlel
,.-....-.,.,,, drivP took pla<'e. The battl~ started the day after· peace was d~clared
and raged for three days, rcjsulting
In <hiving the Germans out or' Thillr:
-court, a dl;itrict J1eld for four years
by the enemy. He is in. the best of
ARTHUR L. HERSE Y,
Sergeant Arthur L. He,·sey, Jr. i.;
one of the few remainin g members or
the Ninth Company, for mcirly the
First Company, N. JT. C'. A. , at Forl
1<'f,,.:.r3)'1'ol~_1·,constitution, . the others having been
Sergeant Hersey i~; lhe son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur L. Hersey or Iran-
years of service in the New Hampshire State Gunrd. Si11ce b!'illg lllllfltered into the Uuiled Slat<'fl service
Sergeant Hersey saw service with his
company in doing · protective work in
the northe.r n part of New TTamp:c;hlre
incl at SprlngfiPlrl, Mas~. ITn has taken his ov1•rscas exam in al.Ion and expe~ts to ·be across before 1011.:.
He is married null has sevl'!'al children. Sergeant H ersey
has
two
brothers and a brother-in-In w who
are at present in tho service of their
c(!p.ntry 1 which ra11 be consfdcrC'•l a
spll'ndid record for, one fan1ily.
TIADOT.,D \V. HERSEY.
Harcld W. Hi rsey, son of Mr.
~lrn. Arthur L. Tlersey of
otrP,,t, io l h<> :, 011ngesl of three 1Jrolhers who ar<' se rving In the National
Army. fl,, : 1,li • l<'d In Bonton and
was assign<'ll lo the 8th Company, C.
A. al. l~ort na11lrn, \Vlnlhl'0JI, .\1a 2s. ,
prior to hP i1q•; given overuean ser,IIe :il :;o h.i:; a - brother-in-la.v
who 12 serv i 11 g h ii; second
in tho U. 8. ,\/:ivy . ,...,,__!'T!:-
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HOW ARD C. H~RSEY.
j
Among the' early drafteeo from this
city was Howard · C. Hersey,. son of,
Mr. and Mrs.· Arthu1· L. Hersey ofJ
Hanover street. He was sent to Fort
Williams: Portland harbor, whElre he
received his training prior to being 1
sent overseas. After a zho_rt time ho
was sent overseas and Is now In
France with Battery B, 51st C. A. C. j
H.:. has two brothers and a brother-inare in the United States
I
�· F'ort McKinley, Portland, l\
, 1917, for overseas March
e arrived in England April 2
France."
Private Hersey ls \he son or Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Hersey o! Hanover stteet
His home ls at 3 Manning street where
his wife. Mrs. Stella
M. Hersey re;ldes. He has two br.othe1,s and a brother-in-law in the service. Before enlisting in t,he army he was employed
by Dr. W. D. Inglis and later with the
Portsmouth Brewing .Company.
PERLEY D. Ill~HSEY.
One of the most popular boys "ovr:·
there" ls Perley D. Il crsey, son or
Mr. and ;\1:rs. Francis IT. Hersey. P<'rley went away early this summer and
after pass ing a number or month s at
training camps ,in tlli:, rountry was
sent across.
He h.a s a score or
friei;ids at home who wish him
kinds of luck in his fig!1t with
Hun.
Mr. Hcr3ey ls a member or Damon
lodge, K. of P., 0!5good Lodge, I. 0.
0. F., the Ji'. C. D. club and wns a fo;-mer member of the board of (lrc Pilginocrs and at one time c.1,ptain
Col. Sise Engine Company, No. 1.
l
�L
Ott to War l icks
Giv~n ·Fare ~ell
at ~ople's Church
IIIO_
RUSS
Tho Ynung i\lcn's
Lieut. C'nrl llill writes from .::,jlJeria . R11 ssia, to his n~oth~r ih Eliot
a most inlr1·psting letter, ns follows:
A 111erirn11 li::xped itionary Forces.
Vladivostok, Russia.
All!\USl \.;, 1n1s.
~l01l1er:-At last I'm almost
wht r •• I've 1Jee11 wanting to be ror a
Ion :; time, a place where there's
chan ,·e to play the big game.,
dlcln'I ~"I n rhance to write before
lea Ying: ~lnnila ,onr orders cnme in
a rn ,:1 and we had to get out in "a
dn r . rt wnf' a move we'd half
·
pert r•d bu L there werer 1!,_0
tho l'r.trl Rtrcct l'<'Cjli C'H
.Sunday s<' hool ga,·p a f:irc,well
ecptlon lo J~dwarcl C. Hicks ,
first colored r"gislranl ,·ailed frorn
this city In thp selrclivr. dr;i rt who
left !or ('amp l>rvcns this morning.
Thero was a large ~atlr ndance and
,,,, I It uslasti<· · remark~
werr
W. D. BlanlcR, teacher of the
c\ass, prPsented hi111 with a Hol,llrr's
comfort kit as a token
from
class :1·11! H. B. Burto11, supPri nl t• 1ul
ent of lhe school, a Hililr :is a lnl:e,
in a few well chosen wonb
sured hi ·· friends that it
w1s
lo give his sen· l<·eE
Refresh llH'll lS \\'Cl't
party adjourned at
l.IECT
r• \RL D.\~ :\
HU,L.
(' ,, rl n. llill is one of the Portsmoul h !:or~ that lrnve maclo good in
the Kt•rvir-<• of Uncle Sam. He was
_born Nov. 28, 18!J2, the so n of Mrs.
JI.I. ,\. llil! ancl tho late Charles 0.
Jlili or this city.
He graduated from
Portsmonl h
High school in l!JlO l_\ntl from Nor' wirh llnivcrnity at 'Northfield, Vt. In
1914 with honors. Ile P.ntered tho
Philippine Constabulary forces as 2nd
1
I Au1;11st of thh, ye:i.r when he was com.
I Au "ll~t of this city when he was comnJ issio nrcl ai'I i,lout. in .t he U.S. Army
a11tl :illac•horl lo tho :: I Rt nor.:. which
1, w:n: :,hortly n(le rward ordorc<l lo Sl1 I,r,;·i,1 for duty_
T ;, ,., Irir;l ,., onl received from
in :C:eptrmbrr. when he was
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LIEU'f. CARL D. HI .L
ON HIS WAY HO~IE
I .lr11lenant Carl D. 11111, U. S. A.,
II' the JJast three :u1<1 a
hall'.
ye:,, s has been with tlw American
l~Xfll'rlitionary Force in tne Phillll•
pinp·; and Siberin is 011
11 is way
ho111r. A tel egram wn8 ,·u•r,iv<'cl to•
day IJy his hrolher llalph Jl . JI ill
s:iyi11g that he lrnd urrivr,rl in San
l•'ra1Jl'isco nnd was leavi11g today for
his t1ip across the continent to
l'ol' l!,\IIOUth .
LiPntcmant Hill gr:ul11alell from
Norwi<·h Military
llniversity
at
Norlhl'ielcl, Vt., rind :;liorlly arterwanls was commissioned a lienlc-n•
ant in the regular army a1Hl was as•
Hig1wll to duty in the PhiliJll)ine:i. A
hearty welcomP ., waits the yu1111g
sol<lit'I' from his 111,ll~_Y friPllllS OU hill
wl11, r
.llf-.\lllll)lA~~ ..
i,t
V>r , that .l had sort of g-i,-'r·n 1111 lH,p
· lc:tving thl' islai\cl~.
()11 Aw;a~
3 howeYer. \\'t' lo:iclcd O;l the LI -11' •"
iort Sher111:l11, wcut abo:1rc1 tl,at ::fernoo n, pulled outt i11to the \J:1y r,nd
·ail"rl e:t1·•· . J' the 14th . It wr.s .,
•rf'hl trip, jnst the r<' ;!;i me11L al:oa:·d
rncl a [ew wome,, g-oing back lo the
tale~. ,\'ent to :S-agaski to Jea,·e the
>11~~Pngers for I he States and then
\'1:itliYo:.llock.
D,on't
k no\\' just how to describe the place.
11.'s like th" Sta1r-s in 't·!im'ate, thn.t
i~, U1e seasons arE> the same, e\'ery~hi11;,, urounrl IH'rE' i
grec~ ana
r11c,gt>cl 11C,w in thll summer; .thci dit-U11c:1.~:•-·c1,..:·
the' winter !~ golnp;
whn!P lot col<ler thnn
Is 1l1111
8-30 '18.
llad lo flreak ol'f, mother, but am
con ti nuingtoday.
\Yc've been .....,-('.,,,r.v.".
r11~i11'd to death . Just two companies ll!ff.cal&":,.
hrre. cloini.; all guard duty.
go on 1
rvrry third clay as O. D. and so get
l•'irst LieulPnant Carl D. Hil'I, U. s.
111y hands fnll orten. 1 h::tcl comA., arrin•d !Jome yeslel'()ay from Sima11cl of lhe r·o111pany U\1 till yPslc·•.
bt'ria \'ifl Sa11 l•'ranci~c-o. where ht' ha~
clay. The com pany commander was
b0t'11 slallnn P, J the lasl nine months
sick ::111d went to , the base ho3l)ilal, :
\\'ilh the ~Isl infantry. Ills regiment
J,.,:,ving me in chargu. 1 sure cnjo::r-Q
\\' .t~ the flrsl lri enter Siberia and hh
e:\"!)P ri t' nce~ ha\'C! been varied. Ile wa•
it.
I'll be .:!.larl II hen I get a runj
!rll':&l<'tl at \'latlivostoek. 'Prc-\'ln11s lo
c·om pany or my own.
l1 c•i11;:; Ol'lll'rC'rl lo Siberia he !lid co11- i
I can'l HPCl1l to write.. , vor:v well,,
sla1J ulary (July in the Phillppint'~ for
l hough ts a re
rnunin;\· r>verywl:0rc ,·
ll11·l'o years. This is his first visit to
nnd l can'! concentrate on this l.:!tlh,• Unltccl }-;talc,; jn (our yl'arn.
t •r.
I'll writ_c again soon and tell
'=', I
you more nbo11t it.
We're here
guarcllng- the haHe, that Is my co:11~
pa11y and onr nthC'r. 'l'hc reHt or the
1egimr11t are in garrison up in the
hills not rnr l'rom here. · C?.11't ~ell:
whether ,.,., ,. 11 i!." O1rl or not bnt I
Hllre. hOJlC' W C' rlo 111O\'C'. Recruits are I
C'Xpected lic•,•p so, >11 t.o Ill! 11p our'
companies :111cl to form a
hattal!on.
T've I.wr11 I1p town twice, IJoth times
. in the e1·1 i11111". The real .
I •
,aoout two mil": awr.y, up I
I
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r :s Hl6ll TRIBUTE TO
.
orsc rig-s, ono in th<' sh..1.rts 1
,, woodr.n c:1,IJnr stl<-kin:~ ti})<
ck. Lhc otl~cr Tlor~c a sort
People ncvor come on t
J 1 Ill night, sta.- Oil(
'l'h<'y
staJ'l ing
1
I
llll} 11·h1•r<'
till ahout
nigh 1.
All sorts of money here, thnt
varioli<1., need a hi;.; sack to rarr;cloll:1 r's worth of Tl. nsslan money .. 'n
s.lrnr, !\II 11.ipc.r, I cg·ilinlnp; with
k,opex, 1-10 or a C<'nt up t:> a ru·~1r
10c. Som!' or the mo1:cy Is th<' sam·
·!zc as a po;;tnge slamp, other :;ro.1
~::t~r~n big cerli!lt-ales ,size ot II ell pion,,
Rich country, but
not
mines, ril'h soil and e1·erylliiL
lying aro1:n
it. Aulo1·11,
lying arouut.,
sorts of property
loose, no one to claim
bile:;, still in the craies,
ors r.ntl everything
)Cd
th al ha d lie
here bot:11 C I he
H er
,. 'CORPOR.4L UU6tt HIil
J
y
Mi.
c.
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: I I'S. 11,Lytl 11 \\'oocl h;-.;
a I< tier from Chaplain ;\[.
man, r., of tho 3;,!Jth Inrantr~- A. 1,;,
J•'., <'xpressing- the symp,.llhy 'oi' the·
otlii-ns ancl men or that rornpaH.",
gil'ns the l11form;1lio11 lhat ('orp. IIIJI
was ltillc<I al SL. ,\lil1icl 011 Sept, D,
1918, and that he i~ hnrie,1 la lhHI
.eecto:-.
Another letter from Lieut.
IC. PJerce, · Q. M. C., Is even
more
clcfi11fle In saying hr Is IJ11ried in ti1c
American <"emctcry,
Dilccy-sur-Trey,
sellc, France.
A third lctl.l•r
I lie: Nalional l lcaclq uarL"TH
L
KILLED
An ol'flclal telegram w ,rn
Run1lay, . 'ov.
~-1, lly
;\J rs.
\Vou1l or <.\ll111l ,-,t1·P1-t, l11f11rmln:: h••r
lhal her 11rphPW, Corp. JI 11>:h C. Jllll.
K C'o., 3!i!tth Infantry,
action Srpl. Ii. L\.11·p. 11111 wa~ I.lorn
Jn Kennebunl,, ~[P., ,July ~1;, 1890, nnll
after obtainin;; his ellucution came to
Portsmouth anll wa;; cmployell for a
lime by A. I~. Hanf.I.
ln Ja1111a1·.1•, IOI I, he cnlistC'll In the
J\ty Ilea I' :\I I'S , \\' 0011 : ,
Yo11
of the
will have rct'.<' ivccl·
d1•ath
crt.
in
ac,tion
Jlug-11 ('.
your
Ifill, autl J
r.1·0 l:erc. J~ngli ,h llllCI l•'rt·n~11,
Inte1estlng to meet th •u1. _\\'c an
re:1• _1ldails th:it we l1arc re1·1•i1·1•t1 I/"·
,the only ones who do JJOt clrccs u11
All we wear'is 0. D. and tiler all gc,
around with clunking sp11rs,
and belts. Look mllit ry, all
Give my IO\'C' to all.
I'll
as soon as possible.
""ith 10,:e,
of11<·1a!IY fro111 a lllCJJllH•r of L111· Sillllt•
<'CJlllp:111.1•, lhitt )Oil will val11c: (111·111.
l'SJHlCiall.r ;1 :; lhi;-; ('Ollll'i:cle H:I,\"::.
''C'orJJ. 11111 11a1; Olll' or fhp lirst :atl1:inrs l:1 Ilic ('Olll)l:\11.\', 1111111,vs l!:1.",1'1' LO
;.;o 011 patrol or any tlan;,nro11s n1i.;
sion."
know tl1at
C.\ llL.
y·ou write
,:.;.:;...:.:.:.:,;;;.;;;;....__..,...,IIIIM!ll':"-'"'."rl.;~;iwhc11
i[ YOU
have
IIOL hac}
(!11•
Ilill was going- over t!Je lofl
assau It at 81. ,\I ic·h it•I.
l'illage or l•'<·y-cu-J la)l• .
011 Sept. J 2th a lll:t('hinc• ;.;1111
l\'Olllld of the head killed him insl1111(ly an(! he was 1J11ric1I liy his r:ont•
raclcs.
With the clccpcst sympat11y
ror your trouulc, I am, very siucercly
CORPORAL HUGH C. HILL.
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.1 · or lid, Yl' Hl', 11·.th lhc
Ja11u:u
ing- of carpcnlt!r':-; lllitlt, ::ti l'la:-;s .
.\p1·il 21.i lw ,,, .11t to <'anip l>ix a:-; a
<lraflet...1, ha, ing· voluntt-e1·pt( lo ~o a 1
1011;;- whil e l1cfut)! he 11'011111 have l.!cc11
caJled. J ll• went oversea:-, :1 t'ew weeks
laler an()
..-\ug:11:-;t
Id.;
was
lasl
lei t!'r
tlatPtl
w1·iltcn
~t1111Pwllere
I le wa~ an aellvP 111cmber
or thP
Young l\le11's Guild or t!,at parish and
Pver an aclive nwmh er or the Young
PPople's Societ~·- 11 e
things anfl ll'as Olll'
you11g- people ot' lilt· parish and there
lle was at one umc presif11•11L
was g-Pnui11t• :-:<11Tow in th<' ,·ongrega-
tion c,n S111ulay ,,·hti11 it was
announced that word lwll J11st ,-ome that
h•en 1<:11r1l Ill
Jkforc J1p <•11t1•n·d 1:11' ar111v
olht•rs, \\'ii,· ;;:1·en ,1 fill'C\\'Cil,
.·u pper hy ll11• ~-01111,;
punJJle c,r the j
~liu,lle 81rcet J:apl ,~L 1, 11·1~1, a111l in a
lcltl'r Lo th1• pastor. H •· v. \l'illiam P.
!iC\'('l';I}
Htanlcy, nul Inn~
:-;i1 ,·,,,
hf: 1·cferl'Cd to
that pleasa11t gull,._, Ill!;.
So anxious was !..- to enl!'r the army
at the compldion v( his l !'1· m in the
navy lhat h e, n>lu11ll'crccl
to go In
pl,1ee of a you11g llliln
who was 111.
While he wa · at ramp Dix, Hcv. l\Ir,
!:Hanley, wh,1 \1--t~ a trip, stopped· over
to grl'('l sc,·crn I or the loc;o I soldiers
a pl!-asant cull with the
�,1 re<•,·
,a rgo from the 1w \..
•t·a m " :t nwmher ot 11
Ill April, h:1vl11~ Y•JIUI
C. □. HODGES
:\ l ar i ne
yard.
HUGH C. HI L L
t CCl'C'tl for duty l.JC'fol'C' !,ring l'a)l,,,l ill
th o c1 rnf t. Af ter a f ew wcrl:s' trai11l n ~
a t Ca m p Dix hl' Wl'lll O\'('rfH'as. h' \'Ing
been m auc a Corporal in th,• 11t<•:111-
Cy r u" llill,
t hi' 1st :\fa i n<' II 1". A .
aftl'1· training al \' 1rious
or~nniz·1lio11
\\'a~ 1·hn1I;.:,
Pioneer lnfe1111ry and aflC'r nwn•
\\'nd;-\\·ort h,
H.
wort! having
~ ~...._....._ ......_..__..==-so
·:,;:;:;.;,;,:-<:::,
C A PT. W. L. HODGES.
Cap ta in V>'illin m 1, [lodges , a
the 141st
<'omp:1ny
CYRUS HI LL
his arrival 011 i·.,111.
H e was maclP c•o,·poral \·,it i1i11
from t he timr of his urn' h<•r',; promntion to that rnnk.
Tho. t wo l ounJ.{ nv'\n
1nadrh orno In th is r-lty with th<'11· :,uni, . 1.-,,
llay,l C' n \\'oocl of Cn hot !<tr<•f'l "ncl ., , ,.
arnnni; the youn,: l"""l'·"
and JJOl)U !fl r wl th ::t 11 th<'i1· a!SSOC'i:1 tr·s.
�Two more
Portsmouth
boys, E.
Ralph Hoitt and ~argent Clarence H. Hoitt, is a well known bandsma n . As
Hoitt are among those who have been a young boy he played in a local banJ
infantry
called from this city for overseas mili an d later joined the 117th
band of Chattanooga Tennessee. r'I u
ta r~· service.·
Ralph Hoitt formerly emploYed in served several years in the service i,1
E. RALPH HOITT
CLARENCE H. HOITT
Kerwin's ,Shoe store joined the New
Hamp9h1re National Guards under the
command O'f..._ Captain
Bodwell in Cuba and also put in a year on the
March 1917. ~hen war was declared! M ex ican 'borde r. He was mustered out
between the United States a'lld Ger- 1 of the fe-deral service in the summl'l'
many he and eight other Port&noulh of 1 1916, but was recallcct
tp _a ctlv<>
boys volun,teered, to 1!111 vacancies In a duty in ,Ma rch J918.
•l i e sailed for
:r.1assachusett11 cO'ffipany,
who were France on May 18th, 1918.
slated to go overseas. He is now so m e
They are sons of l\fr. and Mrs . H arwhere in France w1i th Battery D, 103d rlson 0. Hoitt and, are
very,
well
Regiment of Field .Artillery.
I
S:CRG . CLAREN CE H. HOITT.
lit•
i:;
nm,· at
a\\';,_liting hi.-; reh•~t:-:C'.
8,·n~Pa nt
llo;tt was a
well know n
lo..:a I h:i 11.I . ntan. l lc l1tter jninecl the
117th Infantry Baml at Chattanoog-a,
Tenn. JJe :,;1:r\'..: l seYera l rear:; in
Cul,a and :i !so :t ;,·::r on th e :\1exican
J ! .; was mustered out of the
Cell,•r:,I ,:,•1'\'i,·,, in 1!1c ,rnmnwr or 1916
:ind recalled to adi1·c ,luty in :\larch,
191 ~- If ,. ,;al lee! ro1· Frnnce i\fay 18,
Ills hrotlw1·, E. n::ilph Hoitt, is
1:att<>ry I>, 103d neg!-:
�Ser;:-eant Clarence II. lloill,
son of Mr. and ~lrs. llan-l HtJ n U.
of Jli.;J1 street, has n·,·ruliy re> 11rnC'<l
from oversea~, Jantlin ::· al Charl es ton,
SERG. CLARENCE H. HOITT.
II <• iH nnw al
a.,Ynitin g- his rc:lP ,'l FP .
Sergean t lloitl w ,1,; a 1,·c•ll kno wu
local li:111d::1man. lk lat"r .il d11t•tl lh
117th lnf:intry Hand al l'halla11006a,
Tenn. Ill' served Hl' \'Pral y<'nrs
CulJa and a}Ff} a, ~·<•:11· 011 !hr .\l• ·xiC'an
bonier. I le was 111 11/SterC' d out o[ th e
f erlc>ra l "•'!Tice in th <' ~11mm<'r n[ 191G
anti r c, .. ,llrd Lo acti,·r cl11t,· in .\lan ·h,
1918.
111• sailed for F1·:i11 •·r• .\1:iy LS,
1918. l!i-; brollwr. I·~. lblpl1 Iloill, i,,
JJallc>ry I 1. J1J3tl Rcgi-
turl:,r. l! r- 1•· 1-.; Uct' n r-:"rYing- i11 JPr:.1.n c2
willl U.1ll r1 ~- D, J O:lnl r"K1nw11'. , l•'. A.
li e J,11111 I tlw :--:cw :tam(l•hirn :--:aI ion a I t: 11:1 r l, uudcr t hi' <'P111111and o(
l'apt ·1 i11 J:ndwt• II [n .\hrch 11117.\Vhcn
wa 1• w.,s d• ••·larctl i.Jctw,·c u lhc United
~lalC',; a11<1 U e rrna11y
he aud eight
11ll1cr Joc.:.it I.Joys volunt t•e re(I to Jill
\d.<.:anPi cs
in
a
Jtas ~a<"husetts
,i.1ny tha l was ,;olng o vPrsca::1.
Christopher Conlon, son o( ,. \fr. and
ll~ .J. Conlon o[ ,nlJl nl street,
;, rrh·"tl r,·om ovcrncus today on the
1'! uni:;-olia, l,cing a m emhrr or the 21;u,
1Jivi8ion.
His 1, r11 lhcr, Chal'lcs Con•
Jon, Ir f t for D o.s,0 11 \Vcd11 csua~
110011 10 sec him on his arrival.
,\! rs.
Nrnest
Ral))h Hoitt, U. S. A., son
of lllr. nnrl Mrs. Harrison 0. Hoitt of
lli,;h st l'<'et nrrived in noston yesterday from overseas on the Mongolia.
Uh;irlcs Conlon was in Boston yesI crday to greet his brother Christopher Conlon, a memhcr oC the 26th
Division, who arri1·Nl from
on f h<' Mongolia.
�:!HOLLAND
·J ..TELLS HIS
. EXPE IENCES
The following Interesting
was rece·ntly received by J\'lr. Frederick . Holland from his brother, William · J. Holland, who is in France
with Battery D, 103d Fiolrl Artillery,
On this front there were a couple
or good scraps and while they lasted
there was something doing. .
You
probably have read_ or the Larchprey
and Xinay affair. \Veil brother, our
doughboys were lined up against a
famous division or Prussian guards
1 an
they were a dirty bunch, but
1
they got an awful boating. The 26th
Oiled them full of good old Yankee
1
lead and while the hattle lasted we
worked like tigers, many a doughboy
being out of ammunition and grcnudef! planted 'his list Into their faces.
This scrap lasted 48 hours, hut It is
~aid while it lasted It was the flerc- ·
cut rought so far In the whole war. ,,
After staying on this front tor 80
days, firing occasionally, 0111· division
went to a rest camp down near
Dljlon, _a place called Voulames, staying; only two weeks, when ordered to
Chateau-Thierry, when it took part
in the battle of the Marne, being the
second one on this !rout, holding tho
pivot position and road to Paris. I
was not with them here, •being serit
to a hospital in May, but know the
history frdm the fellows who were.
After making a big hole in the Hindenburg line the Division was re-.
lieved and sent to the Saint Michie!
front where it took part in the big ,
scrap liberating many towns ·and
people from the Huns.
We were located in a place
Dam Martin, all knocked to pieces,
but that could not be helped now,
sleeping out in "pup" tents lite was
merry, for it was not cold, no fires or
lights at night. Aeroplares of tho
enemy came over every night, tr_ying
to locate us, but were out of luck,
being relieved by the 7 7th Div. After a Jong time on this front we
hiked to Verdun, a distance of 45
miles, ta.king a day . and a night,
whore we were till the war ende-d on
Nov. 11th, on the musical hour··, 11
bells. I'll neve1· forget · it either,
some celebration that night, fire~.
works galore. The Huns next day
hrought American prh1011ers In trade
for Bull Durham. They made many
trades with the doughboys. A few
days · later they retreated and we left
the front, but we lost a lot of men in·
the scraps we had.
'
I'll write you many more stories
latev on, and in closing ho1>e to hear,
from you soon. The Tlme2 can have
this Jetter if you wish.
Your loving brother,
Pont Vallau, Soutbe.
Franco, l•'eb. 1.
;,
Dear
Brother:
WILLIAM J. HOLLAND.
. 1 ,vui' tell you my trip from NewOne of the first · of the Portsmouth
port
News. Leaving there we 1>roboys to go overseas was William J.
cec-ded
to St. Nazaire, landing Dec. 6,
Holland, the eldest son of .Mr. and
1917 and staying there five days 0 We
Mrs. D. J. Holland of Cass striet.
left for our training quarters at
"Bill" Holland, as he is ,best
Gue1-re, Western !<~ranee, where I was
known, received his education in the
two Christmases ago.
After going
public -schools in this city and when
through three we€:ks of hard training
qnite young became a member of tha
we ·boarded a train, horses, gun and
First Company, jN. H. C. A. He had
cassions · also for the Oberin des
served on the stat.a guard for three
I I)a1110s front, arriving the first week
years when the -c ompany was mus- - 1in ,Febrnary, 1918, detrained at Soistered fnto the United Slates service.
1sons, well marked by e11e:my aviators,
He went with the company · to the
· a· beautiful city; passing through we
northern New Hampshire wh.e n it
pro,c eeded _to the front at night, for
was assigned to protective work in
in the day time we would have been
tha.t section. After returning to Fort
targets for the enemy planef! and
Constitution he volunteered for acthis place had been born bed for a
tive service and was sent to the Boxlong time most every night.
ford camp to 'train In heavy artillery
. · Proceeding on our way we made f!
work later ·b eing sent to Newpo.rt I halt eight miles from the front at ,i
'New:. H~ went overseas the latter
place callod Bucey de Long, where
I
• •
•
part of iN'ovember; 1917 '. arrivrng 1D
we found a few barracks well &mFrance in December, 1917. Re is atouflaged and a place to keep
tached to the field .artillery branch of
horses. The· next night we hauled
ti1e 103d regiment. In a letter reriur iuns up to the front and
cently recei;ed by his pare1its . he
them in· .action. 'The next" day
fired." a few ·rounds at the Huns
states that he has· left the hospital
where he had been under treatment ,we · had some 'fine · targets. One was
for blood poisoning ancl had rejoined \ a barn . full of soldiers aud another
was· an observation post of tho enchis command. It is to be presumed
111y. · - We hit them both, the barn was
that he is now in the Jiidst of where
knocked for a foul, believe me, a
some of the most severe fi~hting is
g6od start. we· lived in a cave when
ld.kirlg place, but those . w?o know
not ·on the guns and it was nice and
"Bill" .f eel that , he can be depended
warm in there, 60 feet underground,
to give · a good account . of himself.
being with the- French. ,There was
some bunch · quartered in there; we
had good times, too. We stayed on
this front for two months, moving to
Premier· Lp Chateau where we 'hiked
to .' the Lone Sc-ctor.
I remember
WILLIAM J. HOLLAND . .
when I hiked t'hroug·h Lone, a beautiful city; I thought I was in Boslon as;·,.,_~~,.._
. on my way to a ball game, but nothing· like that happened.
We proceeded on and
stopped , in a little French town for
rest thre-e days, later arriving at the
front and relieving tho First division
doughboys rcllev- '
,
I
I
,
'
�~
J. JI• '
tre<'t and h:ul
for
thn•c yea,
l "11i ted St:it• ·s setvi,·~ 11 .. 11, 11l w llh ll ll'
eon1pi1.n.r tu north• ,
~ ,-w ll a ll lJt 'd 1·P
whe11 It <.lit.I gu iu ·.t ,, •,· 11 t 11 ,q """"'' 11
\flt>r 1e l11r11l111• 1, I , 'l l (' 1111°lll 11 tln 11 .
eo p1·
"pw
ny W!\S anw-; t, rt·tl :n•n t hl'
l'l\ "1. 1\tt,
111•
\ u ti 1l1 •11l d
cus serv lct: nnJ wa ~
4•
f !)t'
l J\t~ I'
1t Lu ca n1p :t l
1:oxford, '.\la'f~.• ant.I lat :•r to . ' e,:po rl
1 :..:ew i-. nnJ
th r n t o l 'ra n 'l'. ll r- 1~ ,1t 1aclwd t o the ,fi<' l<l ·1r1 ill• 1 ,. 1, n ,11rh o f
t hC'
r
i,·,
10:;r tl r t" g- i tn t•11 t.
11
p i 11"1·1'
1H
rC'
1 t ill' In s t ! d l l'r fr < : •1 hi,.1 , .• 1 O r t.
17. 'J'he ll' ll e r wa s s h 11 1 I h t ~t., l " d
l llllt h e was w e ll. 1\ s h r• i s -.il h th<'
~Gth Divi s ion thn t h as ,. 111 1, ·11 <'Is f ,>r
WI LLl/\',1 J. HOLLAND
'l'! ,c•
Y" ""t;"
sol <l i<' r
o,· ·r, ••ns si n r" ::,.;o,·. 20, 1Ul7 a 11:l is al·
ta ,: 1,,1 l o tl>r • Jn3rd regimen t. !•'. A.
26 L,o J>h·is io n. Ill s two hrolh C'ls , Fr eel
1::il ph :in, 111 Do s l o n t oday Lo
_
C. Holmes. He was a member ot the,
First Company, N. H. C. A. for th,ec
•nllstmeots and wao Inter transferred
o the 101st U. S. Engineers of Bosin :::.nd went across In September.
9 17, arriving there In October of
lle sr~mc year.
In the 1,,uer List received
·;,1 by his wife ho was
' !l !::t Cnnp, soll'tc 1111les
__,,~lilll inen, but his co1::ipan:,r w:J.R ' In thP
hlckest of the 'b'dttle of Jul, 18 auc.
!)
· \\'illian1 J. Holland, •: 011
11'.
and Mrs. D. J. Holland of <'aHS street,
who ha!l been overseaR ~i11 c·11 November, 1!117, arrived In noHton yesterday on l110 l\1onp;olla. lliR hrotht>r~,
and flalph
aucl wlll!OU!
�JOHN S. HOYT
gene s. ancl Annalt L. Hoyt, Ho was
emµloyed at the brass shop at the
navy yard when h e went into the service as a volunteer, enllstlng in t}1e
9th Company, C. A. C. on Oct. 20, 1917
and Is now "somewhere lo France," a
postal having been received by his
relatives recently saying he had arrived safely overseas.
I
MAJOR F. ROLAND HOYT.
Major F. Roland Hoyt, U. S. ~I. C
~ a son 1 or the late A. · C. lluyt anrl
Mrs. Hoyt or Northwest stn• •t , thl·.
·lty . He graduated from lhc l'orl3
nouth High scl:ooJ in th<! clusn c•
1899 with honors aflcr whit:h lie wu~
connected with the John Si~e 111 :;. Co.
fo r a number or years. Tle was a1, pointed to 2nd Lieutenant In the .\1a,·ine Coql from the Army a11d Navy
Preparatory school or "\Va s hington,
O. C., Jan. G, 1909 and oi·dered lo
Port Royal, S. C. April 25, 1910 Ju,
was ordered to the, Marine Barrack ;;
at this yard. July 21, 1911 he wa,
given his first »ca duly on tile Lou isiana. Since then he has Eec n much
active foreign service, being a m ember of several expeditionary forces in
wutiiern waters. Ile was a member
of the Nicaraguan, Panama and ~rexican expeditionary ,'for ces, and was
$latloned on the
battles hip ;,;<ew
Hampshire while that ship was ii
'Tera Cruz harbo;· at the lime of th,
\1exican trouble. He was again orlered to Portsmouth Jan. 9, 191,,
md stationed at the Naval l'rlson
He Is now stationed In flalllan waers, being ordered there two years
go next month.
His latest address in Hayti
ioca, Dominica Republic.
He
29, 1915 and
LIEUT. WILLIS HADLEY HOYT.
Lieutenant Willis Hadley Hoyt i~
lhe son of ~Ir. and :\Ir~. Jackson 11.
lloyt ol' Newington.
lle gruduatell
from tl1e Webster grnmmnr school
nt Cambridge, l\lass. in 1909 ni:id the
nindge Technic:.il school In 191:l anc!
from New Hampshire College 111
1916, being president of his class, also a member of Alpha Zeta and Theta
Cll i fraternities. He was drafted Oct.
3, 1917 and went to Camp Deven,,
1Jass. where he was later a graduat1,
of tho third offi cers' training camp
On Juue U, 1 !J 18 he was commissioned at Atlanta, Georgia, and a:
present iH In c·o111ma11cl of C'ompan)
C, 14th Replace ment Datalllon . a!
Camp Pike, ArkansaH. This batall!o!l
Is a separate organization known as
tho non-commissioned officers' school
ror colored army to turn out
commlsslonell ofr!cers for oversea!'.
service as rapidly as possible. Lieut
Hoyt married ~Liss :\label Young.
daughter of i\lr. and Mrs. A. Leon
Young of this city. At the time of
his entering the service he was supervisor or agriculture at North Attleboro, Mass., having accepted the position the previous April. His family consi»ts or a wife and a
son, Willis Hadley. lloyt, Jr.
~~---~it.:
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M inard S . Hu tchi n s was I.Jorn Ju'Iy
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1
MINARD S. ,HUTCHINS
n \' Cr-
ll'\l
pl a nt before enlisting. He
navy May 6, 1918
tion c cl at Fairhaven, Mas s ., on S.
No. 11. His wife resides
Eliot.
�,Private Fred . S. Jones ls a member
the National Army and on µut•y at
Ca..mp Jackson, 1S. C. He ' Is the son of
or
-
,;
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Dr. C. E. Johnson, former
physitlnn and now in the
corp.; of the National Army, is on a
fu.r_lo n.,lt 1rom Chicamauga, Camp
he has been attached
into the service. The ,
doctor statca tirnt thc,·e arc G5,000 , ·
more coming this week. They are all
connected with the me_d ical cor[ls for
training pur:poses and are all white.
lt will be remembered that duril}g
the Spnnlsh-Amcii c·'l n war when
Chicamauga was-the hea.dquarters fcJ
the army that an epidemic of typhoid
.. different, for there are no case$ at
all, fcir with the proper drainage; irrigation, etc., combined with inoculation, .have d one ·away with the mosquito to such an extent that there is
a bounty on them .
. The influenza whi ch ls so prevalent
in New England, arrived at the camp
prevjous to its visit here, and
ibeen fairly well stamped out.
The doctor appears ·to <be in 1
0
FRED
s.
JONES
~l!ou
o~
street and before going Into the service was a moving picture operator,
acting in this capacity at _the P_c:> rts-
J{\'\
Dr. ,Johnston Prmn'inent Locul Physklnn, \Vnltiug for Conun.lssion.
Dr. Charles E. Johnston, for n
number o! . years chairman ot the locai board of health, and one of the
city's most prominent physicians. has
volunteered fo.r service in the United
St'o.toH ' Army,
•
The doctor some time ago
out his questlonaire, as was required
of every , i1hyslcian, and he has also
passed the physical examiuation.
The doctor has asked for immedihe is now awaiting his
OGLE'l'HOilPE .
. : Dr. Charles E. Johnston,', who was
i·ece.n tly commissioned :1 lli;u(en:1.nt 1,:
the 'M edical Reser'v e CorJl8 hn.s l'·e
eeived · orders to report at Fort Ogle
2~: u.1 13-l'lP
�l"rivat<' !\ell ·l•<'t' \Vrltes to His )Ioth.
et· i\hout What He js Oning.
The rollowing letter from John J,
l<:ellehPr. an old C, A. C. buy, now
in Franc', is of Interest:
Somewfiere in France.
May 1 7, 1 !J 1 8.
Bear l\folhPr-Recoive,1 your let•
tNs anrl I am so glad you write so
ol'lc11, for It maeks one [eel good to
~ct lrltrrs from homo. We a re all
well an1l still at the fronl am! do not
know how much longer.
Wr. lia vo heen horo [or somo time.
\Vo a :·, having vory good
This is just like a summer's
day: makes one feel they would like
"J0'·
C'Olt'NELll: S J. L \. ·1,:.
Corn r llus J. l(anc, a Wl·ll kno wn
Porls111 ,111 lh boy, ;;3 doing id ., bit for
Uncle f am with
roop \
r·a n1lry :i.t
Forl l•:•h an Allen, Vl.
famili a rl ) called , is th e :rn , of )Irs.
)lary I•', anll lh<' late 1);1 :li P I Kane,
an,! ha s ma.de his home i n this city
practi<- ;illy all th e limo r i11 1·u boyhood. I I,• Jrarn <' •I lh<' trad e of a hakcr an l \\' as em1,lo ycd for a numhcr of
years ' 1) ,\rthnr B. Freeman. l l'ior
to goin g in to the ftcrdco he was <>mployed on the Port:;n,outh navy yard.
He le[t here in May with the drartees
for Camp Dix, N. J., and after
cclvin" his training wa11 trans[erred
with ono other Portsmo1 th boy t.::
Cam11 Ftha.n Alle n. At 11 rc •~ent he is
assiµ;n< ·•l to the !Jakery, where lee la
pnni11 g a valuahle man.
In u kller tu a fri<'1Hl ·" :;tat <':; that
he Iii«•~ arm:, Ji[o very 1,111ch, lint is
anxio11 , to be sPnt over
· an 1 take
conllicl I lmt is now
JOHN J. KELLEHER
is a membPr
103rd Regiment and is
.J. Kel! Pher
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- - -
g reen.
We do have somo pretty
hi rrls over here. T,1ere is one that
l!; OOS ('() - CO; WC do not like him.
.i11st camo frolll ma.SH, went to Holy
( 'on1111nnion. Th e chaplain o[ tho
1 o:id F. A. Is with us [or a while. He
i f: vc-ry 11ir·<'; you might have seen
hi s o;imr, in the paper, [or wln1.t he
tlirl ovc·r h<•re ho is going to get a
rros,; or war. '\Veil, I hear some of
th~ hPYS aro anxious to get over
hPre. They will !l.'nd it d!ffcreut than
\\hat they think it is. Give my love
10 all tho boys that arc le[t over
there anrl I[ you see any of the 9th
Co., C' . A . C., tell thorn all or the Co.
boys i-;entls best regards.
since we came over here; some pretty big fights and there is a. whole lot
I co11ld write you, but I will wait till
I get back home.
vJ--1,.~ \ b
With love to all at home, from
Priv. JOH J. KELLEHER.
Batt D, 103d Reg.
Field Artillery, A. E. F.
'J
•~•;Jit,W"~"
�.:Mr. and ?.Irs.
',Vashington street .have this week re-ce,ived a Jetter from overseas, wdtten
by )their son, John J,. Ke1lehe.r, who Is
in a base
hospital
"somewhere In
France." The young man writes lhal
he was recently in a big battle an
lost nll his equipment, eveh to a r)ng
on his finger. He, tells of some exciting experiences at tlie .front but , wail
glad, h ' wa,s there to do his part in
'5'
O Ve,
~;QNE
\'\\~
Cnpt. Douglas L. Keys Got's to
l<l'ancc to Take Important Posi- ·
_ _ _ _ _ _ ai
JOHN J. KELLl:.rlERthe flgh t for democracy.
The young man is but 20 years oltl I
I'
I
t
.and at the time of enlistment, wa.s em- I
ploylld as a shipfltter
on the navy I
yard. He enlisted in the Coast Artil- I
Jory and was on d-uty in Keene, this I
state for a month andJ after that at ·
Fort Constitution, New Castle. He was
later transferred >to Batte1;y D, 103rd
regime,nt, was on
d·uty at Boxford, i
Mass., and then two months at Norfolk, Va: He sai_led for overseas on
'Nov. 13 of last year.
I
has recently been received
Douglas L. Keys, that Capt.
now on h_is way to !<"'ranee
charge of
the I u bricatl011
department of tlle Allied Aeroplane
-fields.
Mrs. Keys, formerly Marlon
Ph.ilbric•k,, and youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William I. Philbrick,
Is ' now at Rye ·beach, where, with
her three children, she has been paHs!ng the summer at her old home.
·ca pl. Keys, who before he en tered the service last February wa~
dhfef engineer with the Texaco Co.,
and stationed at Norfolk, Va., is also . rated as chief engineer
marine service, having formerly been
with the Panama Steamship Co., in
that capacity.
Being an expert at engines and
oils, he was , called on by the govern- '
ment to take charge of the lubrication division at Kelley field, Texas,
then ·promoted to the supervisio,n or
aviation fields throughout the United : States, and now has received his
commission as captain
and
gone
\:t'lp:oad on very ;fm')lortan t
work .
Not , yet thirty years of age,
Capt.
Keyt has certainly attained his present •posilion through his own a·bility
and , the ·falthflll manner in which
he ,J1as pcrJ;ormed all duties assigned
to him.
Mrs. , Keys and her sister, Mrs. F.
. '\Vhitaker expect to return to New
�'
Tl1e peo,ple here like the Y,anks
vcrr much and .pclicve mo they ,were
certainly very happy 1wl1e11 t-he arm, '
ltico was s igned.
I
suppose
the
people I.Jack home ;were Yrry ha'pM'
to. Well Cad I ,1·ill dose for this
time hoping to see yo~ soon.
111y regards to all the fello n, at the
club ancl keep a lal'g'c ~hare ror your~
self.
From your 9lcl friend, SA:\L
PviYal<' Samuel H. Kingsburr,
.\mcrican Expeditionary l~orcc,
..
LL S Y
F' iNCE
F'r;in cc.
8anlllel T'I. r,ingsh111·y \\'l'ILl'R the
Ie1trr fro111 Fr-~nre:
Sf. ,raisri>nt , F'rnnce .
SA.\J liEL 11. KlNGSHU[l Y.
Samupl Henry Kingsh11ry is
son o( ~lr. anrl .lrs ..Jol111 G. l{ingshury of ('0111111rrcia1 st;•C'nl :i.nrl w:ts
1.Jorn Jan. 29th, 1895. lie was educated in public schools and th,: l'ortsmouth lligh school.
J\ftrr lca\'ing
school hr entered the employ of the
'.\1arclcn !-;tuclicrn n nd t!t,•rp
the i>hot ograph IJtrniness. 11 c
th~ scr\·ic·e this summer, l>Pin;.;r_lerect to {;amp Upton. N. Y .•
from tltC'rc . to lloclwsl<'r
· fJe · sailcd t'or !•'ranee Otl. fitl1 : a1\d
a· P<?Slal was rC'r·civrd hcrr ) Pi;t,, rrJ,ir
:;tali111~ that hf' ltarl arrivr•,t safely
;~e,~•~·tl
lie went with photo·i;ccNo. 1n whlrh is ('OllllHJ ~"C[
units o( 1750 nw11.
KIN6SBUR\'
ME
FRO~l FRANCE
Rn111n .. 1'u. l(ing-:,b11ry arrivNl home
from !"ranee last rvcninr,.
lie eatC'red the sc-rvlce last summr1· und
was ordered to (':1111p llpton, N. Y ..
ho hC'can1e att;ichrrl to photo scc:tion
No. 1:J :111d sajlecl for Vr;.,ncc Ocl. 6.
His s rct.or was conn, ·terl with the
aviation corps ,,nrl h:111 jt1Hf hccn or-.
dered to move to tho frnnf when th"
armistice was· signer!.
Ho was rort11m1.te in nol touching
at Brest In his hom11wa rd trip, as the
U. S. S. Kroonland irn iled frC1111 .::;L
Nazaire.
Sam looks the picture ,r
and ha:, g-ained considernli'e
in the Rorvice or which h•· Rpeaks in
tho highC'st or terms. Ii ·
~ .
Ile will immediately 1·r '. n1111" hi ,,
17
.Tan11· 11-y 1 IJ, l 919.
lk ,1r l•'rir 11 rl : -.Tu .,! a few linrs to
!rt y1J11 kno\\' that I am Rtill living:111rl hare not 1'01·goll1·11 .,·011.
stationed in f hr small 1.J11t vf'l'y quaint
lo\\'11 of Saint ~lo.isccnt.
thi c; lnll'n al'trr rlnrking at La Hrvrf'
and have I.Jeen l1Pre ever since. Saint
i\1aisce nt is qni lC' a distance froni the
front and from all indications
\\'ill never g-et there . \Ve aro
pef'tcd to l"n "" f or f he good old I 1 .
S. A. mo st : 111) da y :rnd alt-hough ,I
like Fran r· p :ti! ri,gh t l "dill certainly
:111i.io11H to !!Cl b~. tl lo Portsmouth
a 11tl ::I'<' 111y _dear full , ,i and fric11lls.
Th<' barracks here -are fine and
the r,,11, 1 is very ;;oocl. The only bud
r, :itnrc · •hprc is !iiri n1u1I. . l'p ,to thrcr
il:iyR :i l( o It rninP<l r,1r thr•·•! \\'Peks
: lPn.d ., ;111l1 thr 11111d :,round the c·:111111
j:; n, .._
,rl1· UJJ to th1• lops or
shoes. It is ·tho most friendly 111u<l
l ever sa\~, it cert:iinl·r sticks ll'itl1
\IS '\\'hl'II 'll'e stcp'ln il.
As I said Olif:;irlc of the 111i.1CI l l,,. ,·amp iR fine . We
i: a,A a pretty g<,11rl \' .\ I. t'. J\. in the
r- a111p 1\\'ihich gh cs 11 s a movie s how
ne arly every night.
Altho11g•h the
J)ictu res a re kind, of old "''" enjoy
Uhen1 \'<'r.1· mn c h . 'l'liC' Y' gave ea ch
of us frl lq-.,·s a Xrn:tR box containing
tll'o ,,ack a 's'CS of cil\'arcttes, lwo 1.Jars
or ,•11ocolale, one p,1cka,ge of gun,
an rl one p:icka•ge o r ~moking toba c·
co. \\' e area blo to get plrn ty P !
ci;.;ar!'tlos allll cigar~ at the co111111 b
sarr here at vPry s mnll ~·ost, .l.Ju t
m a t< hes aro vcn· ~,•a1·cc ,htre. The
gr:u,s is green 'here and we go around
1·.- it hnut overr·o1ts when it is
not
mining. The \1· ro.ther 1has been very
good for •the last t-hree days and we
pln:, ,·cl baseball last \\',0 d1w s day , ('an
you imagine ,p: rrpn gra !'< s and baseball
in .Ja11nary · over herP. whil,., at home
il i s ,·er.,· cold ,a nd lhCT ·,grn11nd 11rohalol .1 ,. o,·•• rod.witll s11q11·.
\ \' ,•111 1111 a ten 111ilf" 'hik" Tuesday
:ind IJcli",·e me 1 wa s som<' lalll t'. \\'c
ha,.,, 1.Jc;pn having it prdly eas>· hc ·,,
for 1hel a 8t six \\' PPlrn anrl limn 1,0
on,t on lite firsl i1il.c• for about four
mouth and doing 1::11 ste11r; ,pe r mi:1ut n ror ten 111llcs i t naturally 111:itle
tl1e 11·,hu ic bunch or us pretty• stiff
Ilut '"' \\'Ct1t out .a nd
I.Ja :;, hall
Four.Kirvail
Children··, Now
In The Service
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Klryan of
this city have !our children now In
the service . . So _far as , The Times
knows this. is· the record ·for any one
family in this part of tho state, and_
Portsmouth as well ns .Mr. and :\1rs.Kirvan, have every reason to feei
proud of them.
1.'he -two .boys, George W.
lllchard A. are serving on
S. North Carolina. The daughters,
Julia M. and Mary L.
on
RECEIVES
I
ms
COll-11\fiSSION.
:n.'1.5~V'.\ \'b
City Physician P. J. Kittredge h_as
1 cceivcd hls corp.mission as first lieunant in the Medical Reserve Co
bas not yet been
�Mrs. James 111•.'Kenzie of
1
stre-ct, received a letter a few days
a,go from lh r bl-other, Sergt. H. P.1
Lnn,:;-, Co. n, 18th Engineers. He'
stated that his regime;n t was .In art
em'barkat:on ~amp waiting for orden'
to land i--1 New York where he wil~
get released from the army· and will!
·••--•·,.,,_ return to this city to visit his sister
........~:,;.oiil
llul'l)ld Allson J,ltll!'flcld, son ot 1"1mcr J. l•'. Ullll Helen Llt.llefleld or [;57
Slate strc~t, was •1>01·1~
In Ogunquit,
:.\fo., and dame tolhis city when
he
was six Y"" 1·s of age , Ile graclua.ted
from the l'ortsmouth Iligh School in.-,..;,.,,...,,.,
the class or 19 H and after a course o.f
st11,ly at the Salem Commrrciai Colll- ,,, , ,111 rt:tl the employ of rl,e Little
li ,·, d Lurni)c1· Company.
In S!'ptcm he1· 1!J 17 he went
l'rivatu l,a.tld w.iH :l L y<•a rs ol u;.;e~!l,:li,;~.lll
< ;," r1111nl.. nt 8 t.! 1wicc
as tln inspet·-l<H
and a. uative or WcHt. Schuyler 1,a ls ,
a1 a i surv Pyor of 1umhe r for the U. S
'N. Y. I le had resillml in .\1a11 1• IJr':; t:-;,, , pping l\ourcl at the, Shattuck shi
cr J°O yuarH an<l was a i;haurrn11r lJy
;a .I at Newinr.-ton wh,•re he remained
oecupaliun. J:cHidm; his pan111t,1. h1•
1111LII July 11th, 1~18. lie then cnroJ.iecl
Is survived by three HiHte r H, ~1r~. ,\r-1.'-'!liil!~.:?I for sea service In tho U, tel.
:.\larine bnt11l!h of the navy,
thur llarriH, ~lrH. June l•'rascr ol tl1is
<·il.y tlll'll ~1rH. l•'rntl .Tohn:;011 of I. 1111.
1\JasH., and ouc urolhcr, Ari hur Ltflitl
u[ Lhh: ;·il)'. 111, 23~/8'
(korgo 1,;t1\\'11r<l J,11d1I.
J>rivalc peorgo J<.:dwartl J,alill
I.lie coJst artille:·y corps
tliCd
l'ortsmou th,
vneumonia, Thuri;<iay night.
J,au<f. the Hon _o[
~1r.
a11cl
Ch;ir!ei; II. Laci<! ot:
;;::4
street, l el'L :\1anellester with the dra[t
----- ------- ------
Benjamin Latou1·elle, son of l\lr. antl
Mrs. Octave J. Latourelle or l\Iapleavenue, enlisted in the navy
SERGT. H. P. LANG
before rclurnlng west again whcro lie
has mado bis homo for seven years.,
Ha was ~~ployed on the railroad! as,
a foreman and was among tbe first
that went across laS't April wiLh the
from California.
HAROLD A. LITTLEFIELD
a fe,w we eks' training on the U. S. S.
i\lcad~, took up his clulies on a U. S.
Army 'l'ra n8port at pr ~sen t eni;age<l
BENJAMIN LATOURELLE
January 10, 1917 and is now a
class baker on the U. S. S. Mississippi.
Before entering the service he had
been to sea on se,vera\ trips on barges
and was also formerly employed as a
baker at
'.Freeman's
Bakerys
on
Vaughan street.
PRESENT WREN fiER~lAN
FLEET SURRENDERED
\
:11.illedge Lee who h:is s.:!rve<t on
i.he hattleshlp 'rexns, which was part
<>f 1he /Ame ri can iH11i,adron, whicl,
wus ten months with 1hA ;.\l':LTirl flr:1•1
In Bnglnnd, is on :i ten days' lea\'{)
of nbsen~e whirh he iw passing with
his parent s, l\fr. und , [rs .. lames l.cc
i\Tarcy ' street. ·Y<rnn g Lee , h::.s .
h<ien in the senir.e fo11r yr:11•,; ::inct
0;1
no,-v rates a8 roxs,vnin.
lie ,v:1s pres~.,,.,..,.. . """'-
e nt when 1he GPrman imperial fleet
was surrencterecl ,llld he · '"~s on thf\
T exn~ when she wa~ 11srrt wilh olher
A1t1eric:i.n b:i.llleshi11s :is a de,;oy 10
try :i.nd clr:i.w out the Germ:w • flrrt,
ho wPve r, 1llrt not work .
..__,.,,..II:'
he !l I s ·L 1Ji viHion, has been
cd rrom the service a111l
(I Lo his lwn1c in this city,~
G. Zike and llerna rrl :l'kMnh
geant \ alter Lessor of the 26
·on, who has just returned fr
eas, passed last night in t'l
ith q1is ,brother ·wmiam Less
ing_ to ca.mp Devens,
�one1~an
Me ·oned i o
Gal antry
\mong the list of lll"IJ
of
the
Ill Ith Infnnl r.r, uow in F'raru;e, to he
11,,,ntlo ued i11 ordnrs f<1r gal!antn
;i11d especially 111eritorio11:1 i;enice in
n,·t ion againnt
enemy, April 2 to
J t. Is that of f>ri vale GPorge W. Lon"rc;an ot lhlfl city.
Private Loueri.;au is tlie i;on of
ti,,.
Patrick
n.
Lo11ori:;a11
or
l!Jl Stark
Geo;·ge ,v. LonC'rgan, the first Ports
mouth hoy to ho 1nr-ntioncrl for 'b rav•' ry 011 !he Jirench ,l,:1t1 :, 'i<'l<.l , is a 1,rivato in Utt> 104th U. :, . tnt'a11try and
the sn11 or ·;1.1,·. and l',I r -<
ergan ut' Starlc · strc~t
years olc1 la~t April.
Al thL, 'time of enl i ,nwnt he was
em1>luye·u \· i th the C:<-neru I J•' l cctt·lc
Company " '. Lynn, Ma .; . . He fo1111crly
was empl o_H' tl by Arlhur l)C'd<•s. He
was l'dul':1t •·d in tl11•
l0('1]
p1 1 bllc
school« :11111 Inter at••·11,1<: ,1 the Plymoullt Business school
lfo enlisted In !l\Iay, lfr I 7 in the old
Sixth :\1assachusetts r<'c; i m<'nt and, arrived overseas in OctolH•r of last year
going across as cleric
hr thP Signal
the drive (1 ·om Apl'il 2 to the
~I rPl't au<.! ll' llH 0110 o[ 1hp fl:rst lll CII
cily lo enlist aud be sent
will be a '/. home together. Ye~terday I
witnessed the funeral of an- avlat'or
who was kllled in actlon.
You don't !wow how good it makes
me feel to hear that
everybody at
home is w~ll. When I g,lt the mail the
fln,t I open is the le t ter from home.
\ Vo hu.vc as yo u know, a priest with
us, .fo'athC'1' Duval, a K. of C. chaplain.
Ile is fe:il"less. He was decoratedr by
the Frrnch government for brayery.
My arm ls entirely better now. Tt
was burned they say by some gas, f
must have stuck my arm on something
th e Germans Iefl behind.
That was quite a celebration about
our vlctor·y and I can say I was there
tu see tho Germans retre'l.t. I only
wi sh you could ·se,e th r thousands of
priso1wl's that come stroll ing In. 1
h <'a,· from .John Cronln, and also had a
letter from Jc,hnny
Moran
who Is
"Over here."
.nPmembPr me to m·other
chil rlrrn and write often too.
loving son,
GEORG<E W. LO:>lE:RGAN,
Headquarters Company,
104th Infantry,
A . E. F'. ·
The pictures in today's Chronicle are
of Paul B. ancL
.Tohn, H, McCarthy,
sun s or the late John H. and Margaret A. :\IcCarthy, two well known
and pop11l:J.r local young m ,en who are
in 1•'1 anL'C' doing theil' part in the wn r
for tl emu<'l'acy. They atTived in FrancE'
eu1 ly In :S.ovembcr 1917. At tile time
of tltP:1· , nlistmcnt they were students at C1r-orgetown
U niversity
in
D. ,C , Th ey are m embers
lodge of Elks and have
GEORGE W. LONER GAN
ALBERT
Private Alh l' rt
Lon ng-an
of
Rtate sll' cct whn sen·,.,1 \\'ith Da t t<'ry
B, fi6th .i\rlillc-ry A. J;, I•'., has- reseYell 111 ·, nl lts
Vilh of this year
h1·avery and meritorious w<>rk. !Ile, was
·c slwrt time ago reported ''miss,ing in
nctinn" 'but was Ialrr Iocatr·il in
a
liosp il ctl in France. 1 l i s partnts receiv<'rl a telegram fr om the " ' nr Departm"nt In Washing-tnn.
last weEJk
that h<' was Located A 11tl on Saturday
thp, · 1 f"Ceived a letter from their son
dat,,,l Rcpt. 3 an!l wri t tr>n "somewhere
in 1•'n nce." The, following is a copy o(
his ll'tlClr:
iSomowh <' re In France
Scpl. 3, 1918.
D<':ir li'ather:A f<'w lines to Jet ~-,1u know that I
am \\!' II and hO()O CV!'rybody at hOlll l'
is th" s ,me. Last nig-ht was quite colt!
,I.Jut l nda~· is a conli1,11ntlon
o r th e
good \,·rn t h<'r we ha v" been having.
·No ◄ l Q uht you rearl a lot about the
Alli<' s th ese days. 'l'hP Germans are
getting their medicine now and in a
year I thit,k il \\' i ll b ,· a.JI over and we
�01:01,:mm i,OC'I
'Lieut. Ralph G. i\lcCorty,
A., Is home on leave for a rcw days
from Camp Dix. N ..J. Ire lea,·es the
latter part of t11e week for (;amp
\Yileeler, i\lacon, Ga.. where ho Is
duty willl tile 90th 010 , ::!,() - I<.;
APl'OINTIW
a~ \2-
Sl<'.of'O~ H
J\.\T.
James A. McCarthy, Jr., son
!\fr. and Mrs. James A. McCarU1y ·or
Miller avenue, has 1.Jopn appointed a
secon1l lieutenant in [he army. Ho
has been at the officers' training
camp at Fort O~lothorpe, Ga., and
was commissioner! June 1. Ho is
now attached to tho J ~,th companr,
2d in fantry. rc:ilarement regiment,
at Camp Clo.-don, Ga. He enlisted
with the 1st coml!any, C. A. C. , now
tho ninth company, and hold tlrn
,AMBROSE S. MclNNIS
was called as a chauffeur Aur;. 11,
going to Dartmouth College for
months training. Ile later wa,:; sent tu
the Motor Ti-an,;p"o rtation Co. at Fortress ?\Ionroe, Va., where he 1·emaine,I
until he was discharged Dec. 12, 191 8.
SAILOR BOY
WRITES
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HOME
Tho mn ny f1 le111I:; or Ensign :\1p.-:donalcl, l". S. N. will !Jc pleased
hear or his trn vol!; abroad .
The rollowlng lctlcr
I'. S. S. Florida.
Euro1>()an Waters.
July 21, 1918.
I f:u pposn by now
f rom me by cablci;r:i.m and tho ca rd
from tho ofCice at New York. I am
safely landed and have reached my
t November and
on a transport, h
good
number
on of i\fr. and l\lr
voyngo over was very pleasant, only one !Jar! day.
We were
quite a long while getting here owing
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It seems queer to be so far away from
home and ,re realize it, because mail
is so lo.a g coming. I have been very
fortunate as I had a few days' furlough ln wh ich to travel around. I
visited quite a good deal of England,
Scotland and Ireland. Scotland l3 a
deal of suffering.
I am unable to tell you just where
I am o~ what work we are doing.
We get very littl e night In this part
of the world; the sun sets about 10
or 10.30 at night and is light again
about 2 a. m. Really you can r ead i:.
JOHN D. MACDONALD
KE•NNETH F. Mi;INNIS
Airter two months' training he wall
transforrcd to !•'Ire G u111;d Co. 30U a I
Philadelphia, Pa., where he remain.cu
until' his discharge March ·21, 1 nn. He
wat; promoted to the rank of Corporal
ln· lh,e Quartermasters Corps.
Ruclericlc 'Macdonalrl, of Pine
and was born in this city S ept. 7, 1893.
He attended the parochial school and
Iat<'r secu1·ed employment at the j\forle-y Button Factory. He played with
the- lmsc liull 1ll'Ulll
Ill till' Hun,;('(
Lt•ague. 'l'he paren·ts of the young 11111 n
1·ecelvC'd a letter from hlm thl~ we!'),
which stated he wns
well 111111 hull
It ls al.Jont like our 7 o'clock at ho:i1e.
One can certainly see how Engla nJ
feels the war while traveling around
There a r e many in mourning and a
great many wounded soldiers. The
gir ls are doing evcr,y kind of work,
and it is HO hard lo got anything to
eat there Is 1:0 butter or sugar to be
had. I am at sea 110w, but I cannot
tell whe r e, but the work
Ing Is marvelous. I will close now,
hoping ro1i are well and that I w111
soon an<1; send me all
or th e n ews.
Your lovin g son ,
�Flcl(l Signal nattalion ; ; new "Homr whc>ri- In ,France." I lo wn1, hn,.n "
<'l'Pg11ish, :No,·a Scot,a, \l rc'1 l ~ 1 ,,,11
H.e 1 ,ls employed hr t ht' S, \\' Eng-,w 11!
Tckphonc and Teleg-r1 "·1 company .n
c-ity for a:nnt ,, y '.tr nnd n hnlf
CC'rtPORAL
f'nrpnral .lamrs .n. 1'1ahonry is a
m<'llllH•:· of 1:,,acry D, 103rd Field Ar~
llllPt'Y anrt has hern ,J,,ini:; service for
r•'n1nc·1· fo1· sometime.
R. J. MANNING
Pa. JTn rnliste~ i11 tho army on April
14, Bl I:> . l"ort Slocum, N. Y. He has
b (.'fl stati-oned a.t e.:1ch ..of the forts
at New Cast!" nnd Is a mi.>mhcr of the
10th Company, C. A. C. He ls now on
d.ity at the new rc-sorvatl-011 at Kew
Castle. He marrird }.I!ss rffozel Patch,
a sister of the late Arthur T : Patch.
T!lhi ?norni11µ- thr~c nH 11. CPorg- ·,
A. :llcl'l:clcr:; of l'orls•1101111t, ()~(•rtr
Corporal Fred II.
llla nlcn, a w, 11
known and popular young man or Kittery Point, is anotht'r young man from
this vicinity, whose
heroism In the
wa1· has given him special
and he was cltC'd for bravPry in May.
In the battle of th MDrue he went
over the top and [r,st a 11 •his equip Inter wrote
home telllng
something or his , tt•rriblr'
C. llowlt•\ ur l•:w ·I l,i11g :·J o11 :it,d \\'ii
lia111 .). lluusc- of l'11 rts111011 1I, l••f: for
FO!'I Slocum \\ hf'l'f' I II",\' \\ ill 111111l• ;•.
go a roursc of lrai11ing in Jl1e :'\ati,,11al Army.
Yrslenlay Jr-11 1lr:iftr"'!< 11 l10 arr i11
thr limited scrl'lcr- lcfl
N.
)r.
(:por~" :'.l :· l'het Pr~ . who 11,1.,
charged fro 11 the sen·i"e 1:1,1
:11 Camp Taylor. Ln11iin·ill1 •·~ .• and
\\'ho ha" heen homr o,·c-r f"Hi.·tnrn•·
rPl11rne<1 tocl:i.y to thP :\IPll'O.'E' llih h
:il'hool.
I le has hreu rl' lirl'ecl of hi~
:1th!Ptlc 1l11tlPH at th<•
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111:-i
FRED H. MARD EN
(imi- Corpornl 1<!,.rden enlisted
at Alliston J11ne
2, 1917, in C. Co.,
101st I•'il'ld Hrtttalion,
Signal Corps
a.nd wc-11 t overseas ·t yc-,1 r
ago last
'i,plemhrr. He is th~ ~nn of Ca.plain
and •Mrs. Fred II . .\larrtcn of Kittery
l'oint a.nd was born anrl brought up
In that y!Jlage. Graduating from Traip
Acadl'my, Kittery, in 1912, he later ac ceptr•,l a position with
the Edison
Elect ri r Light Company and
its t>mploy for five years.
Corporal Marden has many
in th 's city and vicinity
who are
grea ti~· pleased t9' hear of his success
and bravery in th e fight for demo-
cracy .
�1\Hller, a popular
local
young ,man, Is the son or a\Irs. ·u~an
Mlller of ,139 Cass street and ls se1·vlng In the National Army "some\\ 1c1·e
ln France."
He was born In Scotland
SeJJl.
1892. He is a member of Damon
John J. Moran was called lnto service D ec. 21, 1917 und salled fol' some
where In France lust ::\1arch. Before
golng Into the servieo he was employ ed by the l\Iorlcy Uutton Ma.nufactur-
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JOHN J.
JOHN R. MILLER
ot P. and· Osgood Lodge, I. 0. 0. F,
and or Kearsarge Engine
Company
'No. 3. Before entering the service he
wa,s employed as a plumber at \V. E.
Paul's store on •Marlcet street. H e Is
a m ember of Co. B. 302d Infantry and
K.
,J ~ 1{, as he ls •uetter
{nown, was a Jllli>Ula1· player In t t e
3UIISCL LN1gue, pla y}ng on Lhe ,Morley
Button shOJJ team. lle Is now overseas wllh Battery B, 51st .\rlillery,
C. A. C.
fut' oversea~• :;er-
cal roung man, a member o! the Amerlcan txpedltlonary forces overseas.
where he has been
for some t1me,
Mi~hael J. l\Ioon y was born ,\ pril
2, 1881. He was fornwrly cmJ~loyed lJY
the Morley l\1anufac,turing Company.
Afte,· war was dc.clare,1 he was one of
the first local men to volun(ec1· hi·
servlces and enlisted in th• navy as
seaman gunner in .fpril 1917, having
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EMERSON MILES
sPrvlng as a private with the
Rr-g. Eng. Co. D. Ile ls the son of ~.rrs.
Lucy· l\flle-s of 11 unkl11g
street. nc
that he ts well and
lntercs~lr.g
En:, :·,on .II iles, son or ~I rs. I ,uc .
.\lil u• or I 7 11 nnkin:,; srrrct. h,\S lJt:Oll
in 1•·1a11 ,· t: 111 er a Yt' ar.' 111o~t of the
or l hi' I 11 1~· ~{t~~:.in1,:nt ol 1.;ngince1·s.
lie lias n• t·,• 111!y lwen tran~t'crre,l
MICHAEL J. MOONEY.
on Oct.
caHed to the colors
He is now first class gunners·
mate and is on a munition trantipo1·t.
He has made sc:vera.l trips a.:ross
�The following is a eopy of the Jetter
·"nt to the young man's fftther, by ofltePn; of his regiment :.ind received r e1,en, !r:
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Jlr1s . 3rd Datt 9th [nfantry .
A. El. 1''. Franc,, n 111 Oct.
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.f(li,n P. C. Neal,
7 ,'., lmei· Street,
,\·a tertown, . Mass
lh': r ~ir:•Permit me to extentl my sincere ~ym
palhy In the cvcnt of the denth on the
1° ,eld of iionor, of yonr son Lieuten·111t Ralph Neal. Sincere in purpose,
I l'lyai to duty, a most
conscientious
and efficient Officer, Lieut. NeaJ [<'ii
· in actinn like a tru<' Aoldier/ He was
nne of the ablest officers in the Reg-ii mPnl and 'was recogni:r,ed by both offi1 t·,,r~ ancl men as a leader and a ma11
of firm prlncipl<'s.
Lieut. N<'al w·ts :i. Jl"rsonaJ fricTJd as
,,.,. bol h had son, ,· lhini; Iii common, be
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s \. so11 n( D1·. ,J1>11, 1
fl .... eal now :-::: 1tinn"d nt .l ·1ck~un,i1lc,
ha~ hrPn p,.,.11, ,t, ti
lo t 11c> r 1 nk of
Jll?llll,I, l'. ;',~I.(', 1,1(1 IJr •r ' ' ":• i I
t'aptai11. Ile <·t oll'l'Pcl as ~l s<' Cond LiPUl
in l.,atl!C', but ,1·n: as rn•nl ., rt:i l>I,
•i nd ha •; 111a<1 ~ , a pid promotion up 1o
c•bul(I be eX!H•cte<l :ll ·: lrn., ;i i ,. I
his present g rr,,lc which d::utes
France. Lt,,
~I in,•,.
irnt•:. 11 iii I , 'June 19.
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h as he wa~ ., t alio;1<•<l
U lltl l 111JCr {)I
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LIEUT.
Mou , ,·p1•11u,v \\'Pill
Ille!
1.1-
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:AL IS
KILLED IN ACTIO
i."' ,:ion, ;
\V s Well Kr own Here and
\ Iii,\ 11 •·t.
1roueypcn1u-•.v m:1n, •ti .\Ii
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ac.sed M ny Summers at
Ne Castle.
gri111 ol' thi:; cit.v 111 r, ·c .' p:, rs
·. :\111neypen11y' i~
l'l'sidi1
sist1 r, _J -~ •• \. L.
":rt l'o
The news nf tlw death oC
Hn i ph T. Nl'u l, U.S.A., \\ l, o was killt•d in :iction a t Hlanc i.\[nncle H i d,::-<',
Ort. 3, was 111 arc! with m11ch sonow
h_y his many friends in "ew Castle
wlH're hP pas,· ,'n mo s t of. hi s summers
011<1 \\'lw r c h"
numerous relatives.
Lieut. Neat ,, a s t1fe son or John C.
N al. a nati\·ro 11f , ' ··w C;,stl<', and for
y1•ars " r<-'sid< ,i t ,1f M:itl .i pan, l\T-ass.
LiPUl. Neal v « s :i gradu:itL• ,.f J\mlwrst CollegP an<l ,•0lunt,•~n•u fvr serVi<:C' to his country. Ile was sl'nt lo an
c,tf'!c:ers' tl'ninln..; sthoot ,1t
amp Upton, N. Y., an<l Jast • lay was sent oV<'r
s<:as as corpr» a I o( IL Co. :rnsth Tiegiment. .He lat,.,. \\'UH made sergeant anrl
in July rCCl'iv,-,1 hi1: <·ommi :,sin11 ·,s "
li•·utPn :11,1 and 1,·:is :isslgnrcl l"
c ..
!:111 Hegiment, ln(:i11try. Ill' saw s,,m ..
~•pvcrc figh ti I1r:j 11 J1'· ·• 1 net\ writing
,,,is
1,
homr that he h;icl brcn " <•,·t•r the toP"
and h:1,l not h a rt 11is , 't> thes off for
from r,,ur to ~i' ,v,.P k ~ :-- nrl thPn only
l.J wash them in a hrook.
Lieut. Neal \\'as killed in nclion Oct.
., u111le,· shell fire and huri<-'<l where
he ft•II. His father rP<' " ived a letter
from th Captain of his company and
a noth<',· from the
l\Ia,iu,·
t:cnera I
comm~ncling his clivi,;inn. ,;l\' ing details of his 11\' nth.
The young lll: t ll \\':J ;; !ill • d wi t :1 a
ln1<' patriotic 8Jl i • i l and ~lll,uugh PX -
II
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"mptrct from tl, .. <lraft he left nothing
1t1 ,1lrr until
11"
could
wear
!he
uniform of n soldier a,:d he was i:;-iven
, ,,J,..cied overseas sron•,rp_
lit-fore• h<' Pnlpn•d th•' :,rmy In a let
t,·,· to his father
he \\'rote: "1 can't
• t:, ncl it Dad, to sPe tl1 <' boys going 1
:111<1 I at home. I :11
111 llOl yellow and
,,·ill not hp a sla ,·k r l'."
Iii~ Cather and , ,. lnlivrs aro greatly
,,a,JrlcnNl hy th<' y1111ng 1nan's dealh.
Jle was 011ro of exr>mplary habits and
~,·eme<l dPslinPd to a ful11re of mu"h
p ,·,,mlsc. lip and h io fa l"r \\'<'I"<' morP
like "chum , " than f ·ilh< r anrl s:on a nd
that ll1ro latter is 111•ver <o rdu . n, lrnt
h!s remains
in « rull 1 • grnve in the
, nil or !•'ranee has hl'ought g1·r•:i.t i;ril'f
. : n Ills )o\'ing pa1·,, nt.
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; iui, graduat es oC the sam~ college. I~
1,·:is my privilege to have
such an
,,fflcer n member of my company, and
i speak for th<' officers and men of the IMilnr~,-,;;~
cnmpany when I say his Joss is most
l< t·e nly felt hut we shall cherish his
memory-his example
will
inspire
others to achieve lhe de ·ired result,
the complclr• defoal of the enemy.
Again in I he n~ me of the- ("ompany
~ nd the officers of I he Re,;im<'nt I extend my heartfelt sympathy,
(Signed)
JAMES H. DAY.
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,Capt. 9th Jnf. Cmdg.
�.SER6T. NORCROSS HOME
Leave:; Parents Who Res ide ir.
1 h's Ctty, Also Two B1·o thcrs in the Service.
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Sergi. nusscll J. Norcross, son of
i\fr . and l\Jrs. I. A. Norcross of 288
Hanover street, has returned from
overseas, huv;ng served
fifteen
mon_ths with l he A. m. F. in France.
r fp JS •njoying a trip through the
·while :\lo11ntai11s and vistiing relat f~PH ancl friends in Hardwick, Vt.,
l11 s rormer home.
T pon his return, he will resume
hi,; ,IuticH as hookkeeper with
.\loore & Preston ('oaf Company
:\lanchcstrr, '. IL
l'rivatt, l•'.lli.:::u· J. :-.iorcn,.,s,
EDWARD J. NEVILLE
Sergeant Edward J. Neville
son o! Mr. an~ Mrs. ratrlck Neville of
Rockingham street. He was born In
this city and was graduated !ram the
Portsmouth high school, class o! 19.14.
He enlisted in the
New -Hampshire
State 'h-1ilitla tn July 1916. He is now
with the Coast Artillery Co mp any at
Fort Stark, N_ew Castle.
::s;orcross, sui,cr:11t1•1ul 'Ill
or the llhlop ::;tables ill lilis dli, <lieu
ma tran::;port IJ0111HI for l·':·anc:,•. l!e
was a
m·emller or 13attery U, 7:lrd
\riillc:·y, anu was empiO)L.~l in :\la11·hc stc:·. Ile l eft lhal eity l,,t-i ill Sep
e1,:1Jer . lo c11tPr the
»e1·dce,
ailed for 01·,~rncas d11ty.
cnz,\ brol«• 011t among till· troops anrl
.here were 11 u 111erou,; dvaLhs.
J'r ivatc Xorcross wa,; !Jorn in llani wick, Vt.; Feb. 13, and praclicall~
,·, cl•,l11 1!1at town ,all hi,; life up to
[our yeur,; ago.
!le was c1uploy<•<l
., 1·e as 111l't1L cutter for I he B.
ll .
~ore C.Jlllj)fln,V al the time Of ClltCr1!1, tile ,;crrice.
llis parent,; mo1·ecJ.
ro:u ~la11 C'hestcr lo l'orts1,?oullL lusl
la1111ary and all who made: the youll';
nan's al·c1uai,1lancc in this city were
·11ornlJl .1 impre,;scd wiih hi111.
tie
mil cx,:e!lcn t cha ractcrisUc::; ancJ was
~,·oil O'I :.-1c•11,
l>a11l\'I 0·1:rlt-11, wa~ horn In
.J unc 3, I S~-1. He was ed uthc l'aro,.hi.,I
antl
JTigl,
:lllLl prc·vi1111,; to his
or ldt.; JllObt pop11lar ·' uu11g l11C!I
in :;ocial r-irclc.; an,l had a host ol
l'rie11ds "ho will hear or
with 11111,·1 1 regret.
Beside:; his parents he is survil·ed
lJy two brothers, Russell .'\orr.ros,,
scn·lng in the [I, S. army in !?ran c:,·.
an<i Orio ::s;orC'ross, 11 ho i,; scn·in~
clltly on lhc t·
8.
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MARK A. NEVILLE.
Rocl(lngham street. He was IJor~ in
this cllY, and ls a graduate
of the
Portsmouth high school, class of 1917.
Be enlisted 111 the. navy Oct. •l, 1918 , 111111'!-r,.W~•·
o.nd Is now at the Naval R~hnol at
New llam pshire College, l>urhum. II ,•
has a bro,lher ul~o In the servlcP, s,•rgeant Edwa,·d J. Neville, it nwmber -"'
the C. A. C. and sL.'ltiOll d
:tt l•'llrl
N, w C,tstle, ::1111\ 11,iw ··8<11111·-
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mt• 11 l
11avy yar<l. 111 J>c,•,-n,ber of last year
lie t•11liste,L in the . 'a val Hcst1·vcs as
ilr:;l cla.;s m:1chi11i~l·8 mato ancl was
1·all1 ,I r.,,. a<:lll'o d11ly Api-11 f., !Dl~.Al
pn•:,o'll t ho I~ loc;a I t·,L
�Private Jason Lane Osgood, U. ~ IM. C., was born in Lee, N. II. Enlisted
In .Boston, Mass., N·o,·. 4, 1916.
j
JAMES E. O'BRIEN
now with the Ninth
1 ft this city not long
he expe<;ts to see overseas service
the nea/ futur e.
'William II. O'Brien and
O'D1,ien are two more brothers and local young men who are serving in the
Nation al Army. They arc sons of .Mrs.
WILLIAM H. O'BRIEN
Carrie A. Harvey of Hanove1· street.
"'William II. O'Brien enlisted In the
service In 1917 and ls now with the
3<>3 rtl Ileavy Field Artillery
stationed at the Portsmouth navy yaTtl
from Jan. 1, 19-17 to April
20, 1917.
Transferred to Portland, l\Ie., remain
in::; there until March 6, 19!S, nnll then
returned to l ortsmouth. lle lert here
Aui:;ust 20. His wife and baby !la ugh -
�~.;;..;;:.,.',!.~PARKS HAS
John Philip Palmer of this city,
now stationed at Camp Meade, Md.,
on Nov. 1 received a commission aii
aiptain. Cmpt. Palmer is a ,g raduat'e
of P. H. ~-. '09 and of Dartmouth f:
College, He . is a brother of Chie_! /
eoman Thomas H. Palmer. .
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LIEUT EDWARD GbOKIN PAR;KE"R
Lieutenant Edward Gookin Parkel'
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
B. Parker and was born Sept. 28,
1889. He graduated from the Portsr,,~uth High school in the class of
1907 ' and from New Hampshire co1lege in 1911. He took a post graduate course at Cornell in 1_9 12 and became a successful research chemist.
He enlisted in the a'viation servico
in August, 1917 and was instructe1
in-ground work at the Mh. 'l'., being
later assigned to the air school at
Foggia, Italy. He was commissione•J
a lieutenant Mqy 18, 1918.
First Lle\Jtenanl li:dward Park er
son Of ~fr. and :'lfrs. HorJce ~ark c r
or Union street arrived' al his home
'in this city yesterday, after l1
months' service abroad, and i~
ceiv,ing · warm g,lletlngs · from
many t'riencls.
. Lieutenant Parker Is i11 the aviation service ancl has been on duty in
England and in Italy.
afte r ar ough passage
ome for a t'ew days'
nce, after which eh
stcampatGa
across aud is
leave of abwill return
·
r r
\Vllliam IT. Parks, who anived home
on the :Mongoila, i8 a mem1Jer of the
26th Division and has been overseas
FRACTURE
OF SK LL
Had Just Returned to Camp
Devens From Home in
f\,:1. v'\Jhis City
-i
A Y-J~ll, A JJl'il 2 2- .Nille 1ior:;ons,
eight or the1H solcliers, wern :;ovore ly
injured early today when tho automobile in which
thor wore riding
crashed through lhe ralllni-; nt tho
fi:Rst Main street bridge bore and
plunged down a11 em ban kmen t.
'!'he injured were tal<en to the l.JaHe
hospital in jitneyH co111m1l11decrcd
and of)eratecl, 1.Jy l'atrolmcn G. S.
Hibbard and .Jamel:! l'eronl.
The screan1s of the injured men
aroused
several newspaper
who hurried to the :;cene of the accident, and with Dr. L on IJ . Sullll•an
£ave first aid.
The men were then r emoved to the
One is 011 the danger
Among the list or injured were:
J>rivate Williams l'arks, U flattery,
l 03rd Flelcl Artillery, No. I ~3 Jeffer8on street, Port smouth. N. I I., posor the skull; on t)n-
WILLIAM .-H. PARKS
-- ---,---aboU't a yeut'
8er,·i<'e when
is the son of
P~L'kS of thiJ
and a half, enlisting fo1
but 18 years of age. Il e
?.Ir. and :\Irs. George L.,c,,·~~..,-.fl•
cit}'.
�1:1.tf' hnm~ in th!s city
honor~. T he fun C'ral
services wore
cun,luct ,•tl by Chapin.in ltoundtree, U.
S. ·. A large GIiie American flag was
pl::u·,•d """ r I he <"askPt anJ bea utifu l
lloral ll'lbulPs , ave e\'idencc o r the
lovP n1•d estt•cn 1 11f re:atives, f1·ien <ki
the fln,t Pol'lsclie In lil<' U . S.
I I ls t!Path was
caused by m eningitis anti he pa8sed
away on D ec. ~9, J !tl7 tll lh c Naval
Hospital at Newport, K I., ot the age
or 23 years.
Arthur '1'. Patch \HI~
lh(' son of
J\lrs . .Emma 'Patch
or South
J\lill
><t reet. Ii i~ genial nal11re anrl kindly
}!Part m:i.Lle •h im lik('(l lty all hi s a8SOciates. ll e was 1l01'11 in Kilt('ry Point,
:.\le.,' but ·o m e YNlrs lal<'l' ~h<' family
moved to this clly.
After h e left school
hf' \\·as e mployed by a local exprC':-s c0mpany,
but soon after wn r was dt•clared h e
became anxious lo c·nl<'r thC' :,;c-rvi,·<'
and on July 9, lll 17
en li!<lcrl ,, t ',li e
e o! his country i
e was born in Kltter
e son elf 0. Sumner
wn . His" education
and assor.:-iatl.'H.
11 ,., is 1,•11,.h-rl~· rwiu1·ncd In the hCJlm('
cln·ic•, yet hi8
nwlhe1·
with
tearstainrcl eye~ looks lovin1:ly
at
h er
bo :.-·s pir·t uro in
h<'r home
and i;,
proud lo lll'inl< h" wn.s brave and true
to hi ,s ,•n11ntry'8 ting-,
'J'I"' fol!nwing lin<'s arr tal,en from
a J)llflll c•nlllletl, ··.rhe Unselfish i.\Iother's Ans\\·e,·," and wr>rP. wri,t l e'n •by
Dr ..Jnm Ps D. Hur,-hes, \\'hose own so n
wns killr•,l fli.;-h:in<:- fo,· !•'ranee some
tin , ·' :t 1;0. Th c-y <'XJ,)ress the feeling of
the nrnlhrr or t 11i~ Portsmouth sailor
larl who llie::J (nr lite fl a,g:
_"God's trst of manhood ls, l know
Nut 'will he rclul'll'?' 1..>i1t 'did he go'/'
ll'is pnrt unsrlf,8hly to do
My 11<':trt c~n frr'. xultant pride
T hal f111· 1t11111;1nity h died.
\ 71fy r<':tl ,·nn c-an n<''."<'1· die;
And I sha 11 kC('[> remembrance
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forC'\'t'r 11•:'t'p
\\'ithin 111 ~· lll':trl 1if m:: truP sn n,
B t•(',\ [IS(' of ll'illlllJ>hS that lie \\'On
Hos:rnn:rn I ·,viii sing- for him
E'en tlt •lllg h my pyes with tea r s
d im. "
ARTHUR T. PATCH
Portsmouth naV)' yard in the
navy ro,· four yearR. Ile was
n.s si s n ed to dut y as a flreman on
U. S. S. Jlaltimore.
H aving- I.Jeen awny from homl'
som e time n.ft<'t'
his rnlistment,
was anticlpatin~ a Curlour;lt and
a
visit to his m other o,•er Thanlrngiving,
b ut on 'ov. 22 he was taken ill and
his condition soon h"came se1'ious. All
t hro ugh his illn('SR h<' was a patient
3uffere r . He died n,-c. 2!J, 1917.
D eCorc his 'illn ess he
ing s0011 to sr> al'I i ve
ropran w:l l <'rn, h<'i ngRplrlt 'Of patrloliRlll,
Intl
lea th c-:1m<' ht Corp hi,; \\'i.sh
izecl, h<' ans\H'recl his c·nunlry's c-all
n.nd his couragt' and t11•yo:i 11 n to duly
in the ,gTeat en us macl <' h im a hero.
A physiC'ian
of the Naval IIospitnl
stare at NC'\\'port
saitl to the sailor
lad's clcvol!'d motlt c·r, who hurri <' d to
Newport when she- I nC-1\' hr-r ~1111 wns
lil,"Your boy Is as PlllC'h of :t h<'ro as if
he clie,l on the lo·, ttl<'!leld. Il r gave
uns elfif.h, cil'nsPcrat·nn lo J\mPrica."
Th e yuung m 'tn was ,burird from his
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ORMAN R. PAUL
nati~ pla.co and he ls
a graduate of Traipe Academy, ~Jass
or 1910. He married ~n 1s Marlon H.
Martin of this city,- since whLc'l time
he has made his home hero. J\fr P!l.nl
waJ employed, at Clark's !Branch as a
clerk, prior to his entering the service.
October 6, 19'17 he went to Camp Devens, where he remained until . the following • July, ~hen h·e wenf ·ove.rSe'::J.S
with the, 76th Dlvl~iol'!.,_Ho is with t he
�ORMAN PAUL
_WRITES Of
~ ·5 ·, fiERMANY
Is Now With Army of Occupation and Finds Germany
Beautiful to Look at.
Orman Paul, U. S. A., with the Am·
erlcan Army of Occupation now ln
'Germany, hQ.S written the following
letter to Mr. Kane of Dennett street.
Treves, Germany,
We are living in a Cerman, Army
Garrison and It is the finest lhin'g of
its kind _I ever saw. The barracks arn
bl 1g stone buildings divided into rooms
hu·ge enough for eight men-. Has e1ectric lights, heal, white tile baths and
every modern conYcnience. The German Army ,was well tal<en care of and
no wonder it was the fighting machine
that it proved to be.
German money is very low now. •B efore the wa1· a marl< was 2ac in ,\meric:an money and a,. franc (li'.r.) 19c.
But now .f or 100 fr we get 145 ma.rl,s.
\Ve get paid in French money and the
people hero will accept it but only allow tn •' sam l' va Jut• for a franc as a
murk so it is worth while to exchange
our money at the banlrn.
i>rea1·1y a month sinco I had :iny
mail and as letlers from home aro tho
most welcome t 'h ings we ,get it isn't
any too pleasant.
'\VJ1en. mail docs
come there should be a lot o.f it.
As ever,
o:rnrA!:\".
New address ,Co. ,r:, General IIdqlt'S.
::.Iii. ,Police a}u_ A. l'. o. no, A. E.
Looks as If we .were scheduled to
eat our Christmas dinner in the land
of the enemy, came here a ,veek ago
today as part or the 3rd Army of Occupation. Germany Is a very beautiful
country, that is what little 1 have seen
or it.
Treves, or Trie1.-, the pe,·man, name,
is_ a fine up-to-date city.
It 9-Jmost
?~\q \'b
makes ' you homc-siclc
to walk the
Carl A. Pearson, a rnern\Jer
streets, ev1Jrything lool,s Ho hom<>llke.
company, ,M!lltary Police at Cam
I was down town last ,Sunday· and it
looks ,just llko Boston at th-is tlmo or
Devens, died from pneumonia r•
year. All the -store-s a1·e deco1·ated, big
suiting from the
inf1uenza.
Hi..
·show ,windows trimmed " "ith oCh1istmother and sisters were with him
mas trees, jewelry windows full of
when he died, having been notified o[
gift suggestions, nnd- · tho
streets
his. serious illness. He was 25 years
crowded. It r·e ally seems impossible
old and was a native of this city. Ile
for a country tha.t. has been at ,1·:1 r
was in Boston working when the r eg!or four years. This pince Is so mue!l
istrations were made and wa!f sent to
dif(er-ent , from any places I saw In
Framce e.n.<1 •lt ce1·tal11ly shows the Ger
Camp Devens with a draft from that
mans to boa rwro ' :iin,hllious :111<1 In•
city. Besides his mother, Mrs. Henry
dust.rial raco or people.
Desbrow, he is su rvived by four sisThe.re seems to be no reeling
ters, Mrs. William Carlton, ;vrrs ., Eva
ward the Amei-icans ns you would exKindler, Mrs. Samuel ·white.house,
•pect of a conquere-d country. In fact I
rather tholnk most of the ,people warmly welcome the Yankees and are thank
fut toward them for en.ding the war.
A-s one lady said, "The Kaiser n~ver
,got me anything."
,
'To get hero we had a three day ride
in fr-eight cars, side door pullmans as
they are zpore commonly
called. It
,was a roug.h way to travel put . a flne
trip and a · tri.p bhM· wlll cost tlrousands of dollars when tourists are a 1Jowed to visit the ' battlefields. ·we
went through the Verdun, lb<attl-erfleld
and It Is nothing but a waste desolate
stretch. ,In the city itself there is not
one sin,gle house left, nothing but :1
-pllo of stone
and
plaster.
Going r...-·'~illlA,•it!II",
through th:e battlefield as far as you
can seo H is a networlc 10.f trenches,
barbed wire and shell hole!'. Thero
aro llttle ,bu1Ting grounds cverywhet'<'-,
where proba'bly hundreds
of French .... _..,,_·•=·,,.-.
are burled in one place. At a small
toovn of 14ndrj:1court )outh of Ve,<lun
and beside ·the last fort In tho V-ehlun
defenses there Is a. place about 100
feet square and covered with crosses.
They tell us that 100,-00-0 men are burled ·
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LET'.1.'Elt
noy
Po r 1smou
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' "\Vr·Hes Ft·om ·•
"Over
'i'hc1·e" to H'iH :\fotl1e1·.
The following letter from Private
}farvln E. Perkins, who is now In
France, will be read with Interest: '
Dear Mother:\Ve have got In a camp now to
stay, I gu!)ss; I hope so, anywa)' .
It Is _a small ,town or" about 200
pe?i>le, I ~uess. We drink onl; w!he
over !t?re: th.e, ~ater Is not good; we
·1tuv~ to lioll It ail be.for~
drink It.
~ . _Tlill I!ame, ot ,th~ town is· ;\ubiere.
:It is . In tqe:southl!rn part of Frande·.
, , We.do·.ve\'y llttle 'drllllng. We a.re
,ClJlanin'g up .lbe , tciwn; it Is very dir'ty._ There 11,te only women and .old
'men here. ·,,
• , Glri,s d_o E1yefYlhlng !1ere, work. on
eit'glne1;1,
on the, •• section I drive autos
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·1 nd everything. .
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~. We are right {n the town with the
lvlllans mixed right In with · them.
They are good people. We are a
long , way from the fighting line. ·
Well, I guess I will stop now and
el! It this goes through.
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· 91ve my· love to · every-body,
Your Loving Son,
. ) Pvt. Marvin E. Perkins
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�Marvin E. Perkins is the son o[ l\lrs
Edith G. Perkins and th<' late George
E. Perkins or .North HamJ)ton. Ue 1•11S<"pt. 21, 1017 und
was sent to Camp Devens, Ayrr, ,\lnss.
After being there nearly tl'n months
lie was sent overseas ancl ls "snmewhere-ln 1rra11cC'," arrlvlnr; lh"rc alJOUL
the first or Aui:;ust.
In a letter to his mothPr soon arter
his arrival ovcrlc!Cas he \\',Iles In part
as tollows:
"\Ve arriv<'ll in :imp laHl night. Tl
ls a rest camp In Engla11,l, a lar~e one
but
bi<; as Camp Devens. J
you but little a!Jout it, owing
Captain Albert J. Phillips, U. s. l\I.
C., a well kno\\'n local young man, w:i.s
born In llrookli11C', .l\lass., Dec. 31, 1893
and tho sun uf ~lary 1\1,
Phillip~.
J Ju 11·:is e,lu1·:1 tetl •in
th~
pub lie
schools or Nr-w,ngtun ::inil l'urt•·mouth
high ~t·l11,ul. I IP unlisl•·tl in LhE- nlletl
!Hates .11 11rlnp L'orps Nuv, l!l, 1912,
a11ll wa•; appoi1d!'tl
n Corpurnl In
l\larei1, 1~1:i; <:uunery SC'ri:;l'ant April
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Employes 11t ,v. E. Paul's J:ememl>c1·
.\ssociate Who H11s Ei.Jistc(l in
1\ ,1 \'al. ltcscn·es.
flicharil A. Pinkham, i;cn of oxConncilman and M.rs. E. Oscar Pinkhalll, who recently enlisted in the Naval Hornrv<'s and will shortly go to
J fingham, ;\1ass. for training, iras
;:;ivcn a 11lcasanL surprise by !tis fel;low workmen al Lho shop o[ Vo/. E.
Paul JasL evenin;:;, uoln;::; pro:<>ptcq.
with a. costly Hcrvicc kit.
Young
Pinkham, who is not yot i•t tl~o tlraft
age, had a desire Lo be or service to
his country and has en!lsled as a
oLcamULtcr anll oxpncts al tho completion or his training at Jllni;ham to
be sent Lo Charlotte, S. C., who~c ho
will be cmplcyccl on ao oplano work.
The ,bes t wishes o[ a largo circ:o o!
friends will accompany the
lt REPORTS
MARVIN E. PERKINS
censorship. ,ve· get g-oocl fon,1
e ven bellet· lha n we cli<l on the
On the trip over we saw su1bmarin"~
but they did not stand any show with
us. We lcavl' here for anolh<'t' place ;n
a few days. We had a ptlra<le Y!'Hl<'rday anil after ll was
over th<' c:-it:,,
Hervcd us a lunch or hi·<'acl, cake and
cof(ee-. The lunch concl11,lc1l we viHilr<l
an art gallery and enJorNl scci ng th<
paintings.
Now molh<'r, I hopo y011 will f<'C
lhl' way 1 <10 about my h!'i11g- o\'Prlcl<'aS
I du not mind it al all ancl l am a!HO
seeing som<' o! the country."
J.
U.S. M. C.
ALBERT
Pt·i'ILLIPS,
,;-'.II,
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Marine G11nnPr :March, i917; Sec
Lieutenant :\Cay, 1917; First Lieutenant June, 1917 and Captain in .July
011.d
C> ·Rlclrn.rd A. Pinlcham, son of M;·.
and :Mrs. E. Oscar , Pinkham, who eµllsted on the 1 7p1 'of June in , ti~·c
Naval, Reserve as ·• a. second
cla~s
shipfltte~, .l~tt.' thjs -, mor~lng for Hln;:;
ham, Mass. He • ls just recovering
from a. very severe attack or pneumonia which has confined him to h)s
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1917.
Ho took part in the following <'XPeclilions:
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Guantanamo J\ay, Cuha from Feh.
1913 to June l!)l :1, then hPing tra nsrerrP<l to l'hilacleiphia, remaining there
until Jan. 3, 1914 when he was ordered
for duly to Culcbra, Porto iRlco, Pensacola, N<'w Orleans
and Tampico,
;\(<'xi<'o. lie participated In the occufrom April 22,
then r el urni11g lo
ln Augu~t 1n1G he ,,·as ordered
llayli, cloi11g- informalio1~
S,111 Domingo until July
lranRfcrrNl lo ,vaishington, D. C., returning to Philadelphia in September.
He r mained there until F!'bruary 1918
\\'h!'n hr \\':IS transferred to Norroll,.
Y 1.; from then• to C.:al\·eston, '!'Pxas,
th<'n to Pon i{,iyal, Sunth Carolina.
Afr,,,. tl1rPP n1011ll1s hi¼ was t1·ans•
~] -. \<3
GINIA.
Guy Edgar Plaisted of Cass street,
left on Thursday morning for Camp
Lee, Virginia. He with 31 o1.hers
was selected for tralnng camps
Virginia, some going to Fort )Ionroe and Camp Meade. Harold Felker, of RocheRter, nephew of Amon
BPnfieln, Is one of the number to go
to Camp LPe. These boys were both
stnnents of N. H. col~ge, and joined
tbe S. A. F. C.
ll,'.o, \ .1., 11 h,.11 lie ll:ft 1111· li'rn111·~ o.
C:1pLti11 of ~la,·l1ill(' Gun IJ,tllu!IOII Co.
('apl:tin Phillips WUH lllC>~l a111hitiou~
frlllll :1 boy ~llll d!'lermlnC'tl lo mak"
go°'l :111tl his sluillous hahl:s
.IOSF.1'11 Ql'l'.'<'1 IIK\lW li'RQ\1.
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Mr. 11.nll ~fr!I. William Qtilnn
hav1•
ot•
n• ·PivC'Cl 'w(.1•1l1
from thc•ir so11, .lnsPph, who iR
Fr:111cc thal he is safe since the ar_111istice was signccl. lie has not 1Jer11
\lNl ru from [or t Wf'i ve weeks and cx\Jlttins this by stating that he was in
thP Argonne [ort'st campaign and
had no chance lo g'el out. He
•?orted that he was well ancl
�Corp. Seth E. Rand Writes to Mother
From France.
, 'rhe following letter from Corp.
Seth E, Rand, a former Rye boy, now
overseas, will be of interest to Tlmo':l
F,rance, Aug. 12, '18,
Dear Mother:- ~ :.V-J-/1 Ii'
;r'his is a fine . warm afternoon and
it is Sunday; I think It Is the 2Jb,
'but am not sure: don't know as it
makes ia.ny dlfl'.erence as lon.g as I
h,a,yen't anything to 'do-,hat's the
main thing.
It sure is some day and we are way
back of the lines. The divisidn ls
back on a rest and believe me, ~hey
need it. The supply train has about
tbe same amount of work to ..d~ to
feed them, for the different outfl.t?are
scattered all around with ~his-_town
but the infantry, artillery and the horses sure do need a
.~st for one artillery man told ' me
yesterday that he only had tho har·ness off his horse three hours in eight
qays; :!.or time and aga:in they moved
1,-<;:,.:,.,~~.11 -~ heir guns and by the time they 1had
._,'R'..~-•,11 ·them into ,position the Germ~ns
r would be out of range. They sure did
make some speed out of the Chateau
Thierry district and I guess no one
ik ashamed to say' they are in any
part of the twenty-sixth division.
Some of the company got permls/
·~ion ·to 'go to Paris· ju~t - befo_re we
moved this time. I forgot to say we
}lave just pulled in from: a three days '
trip over· the road, and say, one can
eat some- dust in three days on these
roads in convoy. I don't know how
many trucks we had, but they extended as far as we could see either way.
1 guess we were near the center, but
before it came my turn to ,go to gay
Paree we had to move, but they say
those who did not go before are goIng 1:o get a chance soon and a lonr :er time, too, for those that went on: ly had ·rorty-~lght hours. If they
1•don't hurry up and give me. mine I
will have been in the army a year
without a pass from the company or
any kind and it will only be a littl e
while be[ore I have two servi ce
stripes, then , they say I can go hom'.l
as soon as I like after this is finished
in the right way.
If you could see some or the thlng:i
I have seen you wouldn't want mo
or any other real American home until it is finished right. One thing,
of Chateau
Thierry. Last October we were thero
once and it was as nice a town as I
have seen in France, but now after
the Germans have held it and the
Americans have retaken it is on e
grand wreck, for there isn't hardly
a house that hasn't from one to a
dozen shell holes. I would like to
drive through Berlin in an American
truck In the same. condition.
An American railway runs into
this town and I am going to be fool
enough to walk down and see an American engine.
Please· give my love to everyone
with lots for yourself, from
Corporal SE'fII RAND,
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Pi-ivalCl Wallace E. Rand Suc·c.umbs to Bronchial
Pneumonia.
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J\I r. Ulld Jllrn. Jod cdiah lta11tl u[
J.tyc hare receiv ed tho sad ,i11tdli';;e uce that llloir sun, l'rivale Wallace
g_ Rand bad died or bronchial pncuinonla somewhere In )~ra nee on Nov.
1., llo e11listocl with tile 11th Hail'w uy J!,'nglnoors Unit anti went across
wllh r tbo l'lrst 25,000 wlclio saw acthio sorvico in I"ran ce .
u. yo,ir ago ]mil .July and \\'UH Sl,llt Lo
Salem, ·this stulc, for <111t)', tl11!11 to
N{)w York rro:u where he sa iled 011
t110 Adriatic for J1'ran uo. 011 Oul. ;;
ho last wrote ·home anti lie tul<l of !1i H
work, wh'ich was on LIIC light 1·a ilway, carryln;; munilion i; to tilo i'iri11 g
iiues. · He told lww thiH ll'0l'k 11·as
1Jono al nfght, with ;tirpla'n e:-; overl1oad to ;;uartl them 11·hi lc th1:, ;.:ot to
1ho rr'ottt:. Ile llpokc. or the ·h iflloric:
baltl(}
Chale.a u Thierry a11rl of heing <1iorc at the lime.
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The fataer o[ l'rintlc i1and h:id a
:'Jotter from •h is ,chum i11 1:onl •a11x,
Franco, written 011 Xov. to, 11 l1i<'h
sai,d that Wallace \\'as ill 11 ith pneua hospital in l~ ranc:c, but
although wonk at that tim e he cxijJQe.led ·he would• recover.
I le aI,,,,
~it! bit; nurso, ll'l!o 11as a S;ilv::thn
'Army woman, of ;tbo11l :l3 year~ ol
age, was YCl'Y kine! to him. 1-;vitl1:11I 1'
the frlou1l of younl-\ lt,llHI \i:111 t,, ... ;,
called el sew here ancl though 11,, 11·.;:;
Improving when he last saw hi111, ,,1though the youn~ Aoldicr hacl JH1 s,w rl
-on th:-~ days before his chu111',; 1,- 1-
J'ril·ate l{a11!1 11 m; liorn i11 1:ye and
\\'ilH :l I years old OIi ,July I ol' this
year. I It: atte11dorl the pulilic· schoo !H
Ill' H) t• :me! 11 .i s a st ucll·11l
at the
l'ol'ls111oulh high s'c hool
rearH. I re later was in Lile
i\Ir, fo'ullor of rtye Bench
nucl 11·.a s alHo e111ployecl as brakeman
on tho 1:u,1!0 11 & .\Iainc railroad.
was a yu1111 .e.:; 111an of fi111, charncteris1ic·H, illl II pri 1;h I, hc1111c•-lu1'ill -~ .)'01111~
lllall, with ;1 ht:;1rl r11ll of ld,1d 1u,1;:;
a11rl all ll'hu l,ne11 l1i111 11ill n lllt:lllhor
his plc:a,ia11t, kindly dispoailiun 11 hil'!1
111ad e rriu11ds for hi 111 t!l'ory ". hero.
li e is S\l l'l'il·e!l I,y hi,; J):Jl'(,11(s, 111'0
~isters, LouisP a111l lsl1•a11or ,a11cl a
yo11ng l1rotl11,r, 'l'hOlllilS , all or It\().
of
Addison C. 1:owc, uf lclio t, Me., son
l\f,·. ancl l\[rs. Jo'J'l·d !:owe of that
town, l•lllt•t·~•d t110 :-5l' rvi<·( • nn Hept. 19,·
1111<1 was s<'lll tn <',tmp Devens,
Ayer, ,\ la ss, li e w;1s a8 .•l~ 11ecl to cluty
ill the s uppl y dt·parllll!'lll of the lJt'tl\'Y
J,'icld Artillery ancl was s<>nt overseas
IYl7,
of
ADDISON
C.
in Ju'ly. J; erore entering the service,
he was in the <>mp'oy ol Justin Brooks
of South Eliot. He is ~O years of age
nnd a lways rcsicl c· ,l in Eliot.
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�PRIVATE RAND DIED
IN F,RENCH HOSPITAL
Daniel P. Reardon, enlisted In t . e
navy in January, 1918. He Is now serv
Ing on a large transpt;>rt as a gunner's
Pneumonia Ends Life of Rye
:-\·\~ Boy on Nov. 7.
A telegram trom tho ,var Departm ent received by Jedediah Rand of
Ryo •last evening- broug-ht the sad
essago that his son, l'rivate " 'allaco I~. Rand hail dlt•,l or l.Jronchial
pneum onia. on .Nov. 7, somewhere in
Francl!. 'Ihc news came as a cn1shing
blow to the famil y, who wore ho11ing
In tho not far distant future to have
the young soldier with them at home
again.
•Wallace E. Rand enlisted with the
14th Railway
IEn,ginrPrs
went arross will\ the first 25,000 who
saw act! ve servic!' in l•'ranC'e. He enlisted a year ago last .July and was
sent to Salem, this sl:1le, fo1· duty,
then to New York from where he
sa.iled on tho Adriatic for France. On
Oct. 5 ho last wrote home and he told
of his work, whiPh was on the light
railway, carrying- munitions to the firIng lines. Ho told how thi s work was
done at night, with airplanes overhead
to guard them while they got to the
fl-on t. He spoi,e of th<?' historic battle
of Chateau Thierr y and of being there
at the time.
'rhc rather of l'rivate
Rand had a Jetter from his chum in
Bordeaux, li'rance, written on Nov. 10,
which said that 'Wallace was iii with
pn eumonia in a hospital in li'rance,but
although we11k at that lime he expected he would recover. Ile a iRo said his
nurse, who was a Salvation Army wo•
man, of about 35 years of age, was
very kind to him. Evidently the friend
of young Rand had been called else..:.. -,.,,,,"''"" where and thought he was im1>roving
when he last sa\\' him. although the
young soldie1· had
nnsse<l on three
days before' his chum's
Jetter
written.
Private Rand was born
\\'U:! ·21 years old on July 4 or this
yp,ar. lie attencl ('d th<' pul.Jlic schoo'R
or ,Rye and was a stud('n t at the Ports
mouth high school for thrPP yPars.'ITo
T.IP.l'f'. F'llA:\!KL!:S: 8. TT .\Y.'J•::; .
l'.::w klin s. Raync!l l)ll
,i~t..,cl in 1!1117 in Company B,
2nd
n glmPnt, N. II . N. G., wliich <·•Jm•"111_, rtflr rwards 11 rn me tho
First
,, : , ,'. II.(' .. \. C' . l·le was uotad1eJ in 1 !lull and made ballallon
, ~ c . , I 1a,ajor ol the Arlill0 ry corps,
l1irh .,,fil·<• lir> llll d until
]~15,
when hP was tllschareecl at his own
1c·l{11Pnt. Tlr> wa IJorn In York, \fr>.,
iii L 81!, l!;P so n of
:\lrs.
nay11•·~ n 1w of '\a li sb u1y, :\lass, ::111d
LiP,111
DANIEL P. REARDON
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lhf' !alt> Fr:u1cis Hain s.
For llJJ
wa :·d!'\ (J[ 2C: 1en ) e:11 S he \\ us Ill thC'
!'Ill ploy
11f t hp l'orlHlllOlllh
sl r1·(•I
raill uaci a'; a 111otonnan, ('O IHinc·tor
a111I lin Psrnan. Last fall he ol>lai11r>1!
an :1ppoi11l111!•nl to l'iatlsb11r~
and
11':tH a111011;; th,• hi1;h ra11ki11g 111c,11
to !'PC• ir:• :i ,·onpn ig:o ion .is ii c11tPna11I. JJ0 has Hin!'e been slali01wd at
ramp Or>\'ens, :\lass. Ile was r ('Pnlly m::u riPCi to
.\tim,
~1:.lry
of :\fr. and .\[rs. Fi;e1l
later was in the <'mploy of Mr. Fuller
of Rye Beach in Boston and was also
employed as brnl:<>ma II nn tht) Cn;iton
e
Maine 1'aih·oad.
man of fine charactel'islics, an upright, home-loving- young man, with a
heart full of kin,lncss and nil who
knew him will remember his pleasant.
kindly disposillon whi<-h m:i.de frienrl s
Edward L. nowP, Younger son of
and Mrs. Fred_ Rowe, of _:::uot, Me.,
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entered the service at the same, time
that his brothe1·, Addison C. Rowe, became a 'member of the nation~! army.
I le is 23 years old an always lived In
his own town. Ile was formerly em-
,
EDWARD L. ROWE
ployed by George D. Boulter -0f
tPry and 1~r. Smart of this city. Upon
going to Camp Devens he was a:;signed to duty with the He-avy Field
Artillery. After going -to l~mnce ho
was tmnsfened to the 11th Englnei>rs.
Ile writes home that he is well anJ.
hanpy, admires the country and ls
having some great experiences.
He j:.; surl'i\Cd hy his p. rents, (\\'0
sisters, Louise and
1,,;it·anor u11t.l a
young brother, Thomas, ail of Rye.
The many acquaintances
of tho
young man both in H,ve and this city
will Je-arn o!, Iii" de~ th wlth regret
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mate. He ls the son of Mi's. Catherine
Reardon of 39•7 Bartlett s treet, th.ls
city. Before he entered the service he
was e~Ioyed at the Morley 1Bu tton
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A -SERGEANT
TANI( SJ';HV!CE.
Sergt. Jack Robertson, U. 3. A., of
the . Tank Serv!ce, ls passing a short
furlough with his pare11ts, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh J. Rober-tson,
Jr. , at
th~lr camp af the · Country Club.
Sergt. Robertson 'bas been stationed
at Gettysburg which is the -training
camp of the Tank Service, which is
a branch of the service that has been
created since the success or · the Driti3h -'.ank3.
Young Robertson l~as
been in the service since last winter
had _r apid
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;t/9'tia!!h:,'t1:J,e\RY:!lo . .I>e9pJ·e, _--·:.a:1,ru ~Y(hile. 1n ,and .1h1e ,-,unfolded. ·his ,s tory aofter fi1•s t
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l~tJei(1from hii;n., ab91,1 _t .a·., inonlh _ a~o. foo,m /1'1,faj_ Oen. <:eo1·go :B..1rnelt trn-H • is re.membove(l,. ;!)y , the , officer-s an.d nounced Lhat !he hatl been. killetl ·in
·, at ,the· y:fr& When;Jrn \arrived at action. A 1.1oq1i'iem ma,ss, •\V'a1s ·cele•b rat.ed
'~ine,' :Mrs. Ma._
1;k iH.jrre:y,' the:-,moth.• 'and {:.gold , st'a1· repla,ced ·o n.e ·oi t11e_
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"We i;ct trcsh mill, nearly every
'rhe pe0J)IC even try to give it to us. I
Thy are farmers and a far Huperlor :
class to the others we hav e m et. I got
(]uite a rcw letters yeslenlay, three of
yours among- them. The f<'llowH asked
me how I expectecl the mail 1\'oUlcl ,;11
around if I triecl tn take th em all. l .
average about 15 a week. l g·nt a v1·1·y
fine letter from cavtain
Wilso11. 1
know where he is and possibl.v '[ m ay
get lo see him. Arthur Flannagan
still ·with us and he ce1·lainly luoks
line. l used to see hhn every night !Jut
not so often now. Saw our artillery lay
down a banage a few nights ago. lt ·
was some ;,;ight. I am . going uut ;;0 1110
·day and sec how much damai;e l11cy
die! . lt was pitch dark
and rai1lin,;
hard when several o fus felldws wen l
1
out. I was all dressed up; l1ad on my !
overcoat,· steel helmet
and
lc al he1·
• gloves, so I was plenty warm and did
not get wel. '\Ve play dominoes quile 11
' Jot in the evenin.g. l Jost my razor a111l
I have the cutest misplac ed cyeiJrnw
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. · Leon L este,· !Roberts enlisted In this
:Cf'.ty last Aprii and left on 1Ma¥ 7_fo1;
l'ufts .College 1'.or
special
training
whete; he remained until J u ne 30, ,He
i;Vas then sent 'to .6amp Mills, -Long Island and att_ached to 90· Dlvlsloµ . .Co. E ,
316 Ammunition Train and sailed for
pverseas on J u ly 4th, He was Q.2,W1 in
¥ork', ·,Maine, " a.nd _ls 22 years .-of age.
)'ras made his home ,· here In Ports~iou t h ,f or .14 _. year s With
his siste~
.Mrs. Iter'bert E. Seavey -0f 115 Orchard
iltre~t. 'He · . attended
the Whipple
1~chool and is a graduate of the high
_school, class ·o f 1915 and . of
New
'Hampshire ",College, class '1917, taking
.~ ~wo years' electrical
engjnel)ring
course. He is an active member ,o f the
Middle ,street' 1Baptis,t' ,c hurch and has
h osts of frie_nds·, bein'g'a,favorite with
'both old an<l young. During his high
s·chool · and college day,s he was em~
Ji!oyed: 'by John
Pa·rsons as clerk in
'his store. At. <the time ·o-f his enlistment he was · employed as electrician
at the· Rockingham Light and Power
-, Co. Affer .his . arrival in <France he was
stationed f_or -nearly .3 months in th\l
,sputhe;n va;rt, near B~rdeaux_and has
written many interesting letters home
,·,describing . the various _places he ha·s
visited. .
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:~.·'l.,n a Jetter· dated Oct. 20 he ivrites '
in,!,part: '
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i;_I am in the
no~thern ·, part of
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France now. 10ur company is in a I
small town some. miles from the front.
'lt is a typical ,old p·lace like I used to
~8\l plc_tu res of \n my geography. It is
' S.unday and they are all dre-s sed up II~
.lllei ns ilks· ets. 11>fost of the ,people wear
'w-0oden -s-h oes at ,their
work.
'T he
's bhool is exceedingly odd to me. The
schoo').master is a big 'Frem::hman. He
c6rne-s o u t on · the s•teps and just lool,s
'a r ou nd •a nd the chilqren line up !'\..ear
the · d,oor. T he ,s choolmaster starts
'dpwn :tbe line a n d they all show t!lel'r
lia,n ds. I! any one has u nclean hands
or dirt; on ·h is clothing he has to go -o ut
tg the town_ pum p f.nd . wash it. off. 1The
a te ·
n looks at the head or
o:
the line and- they all turn around
march in; takin•g off
their
wooden
shoes when they reach the door and
carry them in their
hands . It sure
caused a laugh the ,f irst time we saw it
you ever sa~v.
"\Ve goL
lite Bot:>lo11
• Globe containing the ,worlu series to~ day. ,Needless to say they lmve been
very popular. You can mal,o up lilflt
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Cl1rb::il'UH1,.::; lJoX of I wlu.1 Lever yuu pleas?
aftet· you put in some el!oeolateH.
silould wol'l'Y, -make it a surprise.
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''£hings
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going along line uvcr
here. ·T ho war condilion8 arc hdlet·
than ever. I still think IL will be over
by Christmas. I expect to be home In
· Q,i;)ou~ a year perhaps gooner. ·we le.ft
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come back on the fou,·th.
"Just got another book from. the ,
M. C. A. I hnve read a whole
lot of
them since 1 came over. Some of them
LEON L. ROB ERT S
I had read before.
I manai;e to get
eno ugh lo eat alright, leave t11at lo me.
"I am up one flight in an old cha- ' .
That is about ail I spent my pay for
te'au. It is some ,p lace. It has :fine olrl · ·.
sin ce I came ac1·oss. Speaking of Hoochimneys with fire places, lar,g e rooms l
1 ver. The English have him bet1t 40
etc, and tomorrow we are going out to j
j ways, but since we struck l<'rance why
get some wood _and then we will be ·
: it h ies !Jeen different. 'vVe gel plenty of
able to have a fire most of .the- lime.
i white bread and hot bis cuits nea l'ly
have ou1· rolling kilchcns with us
'e very 1n orn ing, I
h~:ve
!Jec n
out
and the night we •c ame in we hall hot
thrnugh the woods. l t sure is .fine
coffee, bread and beans about midj when it doesn't rain .' One thing ' I have
night. -i got a pass so started out to
noted a,nd that is the beautiful sunsee a -f ew towns. I ran across severn ! ·
I sets. They are wonderfu I. T have quite
interesting points. I got a good fe e cl,
a few more Jetlers to write so I will
a few postals
and a large mar, or
ciose fo1· this time. Love to ,tll
i•'rance which I am ·goin,g ,to put UJ)Oll
LEON.
the wall of my Billett. We are about 8
k. m. to the nearest railroad and thero
are two towns about -~ k. m. on either
side. 'l'he nearest Y . .M. iC. A. is about
8 k. m. away. I was in a French restam·ant; got some steak,
potatoes,
with
large order or some ldnd of
all 'for 4 ft>ancs.
We
a
�Sergeant Leslie R. Rowe,
who is
serving with the Headquarte rs 4th Division Regulars, American J,;xpeclillonary Force, France, Is till' son of \Vatter ,v. Rowe or Eliot, ~le.
Ile wn~
born In Ellot Mey 5, 1 96. and was
gra.dualed from th e Eliot h•igh school
ln 1913 as president of the class. He
SION.
John J. Shl11aber, son ' ot Mr.
.
Charles F. Shlllaber o[ High,
lanu street, ,eceived his commission as second lieutenant in the
U. S. Infantry · today at ,Plattsburg, .
N. Y. Jack, · as 'he 'is better •k nown,
has been at the officers' train In g;
school since -last July with a num.ber of other boys from Por ts mouth.
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He will arrive • home tQIDorrow ' to
i; lo
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was
born in Kittery April 9, 1895, and is
the son of Daniel 0. and, the tale EHen
S. Seawards. He was educated, in the
public schools or Kittery and the Ply mouth Business School of Portsmouth,
Lieut. Theodore D. Schmidt
Re'c eived Decoration for
Bnivery.
Word wn!I r eceived ll~re ye~rerday by Mrs. 1<athe1'lne :\forrl ~~ e>y of
Shea[e ijtreet that her so n, Lieutenant Theodore D. ,Schmidt, T'. S. A. .
had cl leu In Ji'runce on _Se pt. 7 from
1Yo11nds r eceived in action.
Schmidt, who was a young man .of
jm a rked abi lity, was born In ~ew
York 23 years ago.
His boyhood
was rassed in this city where he at'. tended the /Parochia l sfhool.
He
graduated from -Po1~tsmo11th
and St. Anslem's College at ·Manchester: Soon a [ter he went •to West
Point from which he gradu ated as u
lir t lic11teI1ant lu August, l'!ll G. lle
,,:t~ a~aignecl to the 39th Inf:rntrr
and sent to Cam p Greene. CharlotteYille, N. C. He weBt overseas
France ill April, 1 !.llS. The last letter received from him by his mother was on .Tuly ::o and he stated be
had been In the thickest of ' the fight
ing and his company hau won honors
and he hnd received det-orntions for
braYet').
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nesideg his mother he Is survived
by--.!:_wo ·brothers, Ger~ld
~Iorrissey of this city.
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LESLIE R. ROWE
was a graduate of the Dovcr Hu~inc-ss
CoHege a yeat· later. l~or some timebefore he nlisted he was in the emplo)' of Uncle Sam al
the
Custom
House, Montreal, Canada. l re writei;
home interesting 1etters aho11t his experiences in France and is i;l:Hl lo be
serving with the colors overseas.
WILLIAM SEAWARDS.
CORPORAL EZRA W. SAWYER
Among the sol<lins who ani\·cd in
Doston trom oven;cas Friday on the
troo p shit) Vedic was Corporal Ezra
\Villiam Sawyct· or Kiltf'ry l'oinl,
is now a,t ,Camp l>Pv<'nis, Ayer, 1:llas~ ..
where he will 1-f'<'<'iVl' hi~ dischari::c.
-Corporal ,Sa•wyer
hns been, scn·ing
with the Americ:,n fot'C<'s in I•'rance.
Ho enilst!}(l in ~he 1,;,t CQmpany, N .1J [.
C. A. C., afterward the nth Company.
He is the son of ~trn. C. E. ''::twyer
of Kittery Point, :\1 e.
After compleling his education
he accepted a position with the 'Electric Co. in Portsmouth, and taler with
the New England Te1ephone Co.
In the fall of l!n6 he jQined the :!'~a. val llospilab Corps in Concord, N. IL,
aR cook, and was senl lo Deroin~. New
1Mc xico. He remainell there untH
the
following April, then returned to Con C'0rd and entered the employment of
th Telephone Co. of that cilf.
On ,Sep t. 27, Inl7 he enlislcll in the
I navy as cook, was sent lo the trainIng station
o.t ,Co mmonwealth Pier,
1 Boston, Mass., and a(ler completing
the course was assigned• lo duty on the
U. S. Cruiser Orga 1·elle.
In April 1918 he received a rating-;
was transferred , ordered to !•'ranee,
now somewhere in European
whol
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�,Se1•geant ·w. J. Stewart was em'Ployea,· in the department of supplies
at the navy yard, having '6ompleted
his first enlistment In
the
1\Iarine
.>Corps, wh('re he was on duty at the
)Marine Barracks at this navy yard, A
year ago last August •he re-enlisted ill
the 'service In the New
Hampshire
Field Artillery and is now with the
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OTIS P. STEARNS
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caue·d to active d,uty April 7, :1917 and
ls now chief water tender on the U. S.
Nebraska. He was formerly employed as a;pipe fttteor at the _Morley
Builin f~ory. His home ls at 73 At
kinson street, this city,\
,s.
SERGT. W. J. STEWART
Brigade (Headquarters detachment in
the 5-1s,t Field Artillery, 26th -Division,
A. E. F.
Sergeant Stewart was a member of
the Marine Ouardl
on the U. 1S. S.
Memphis at the -time that ship was
unk at Hayti. He was then transferred to shore duty at Hayti and remained there until the completion of
1is_ nl[stment. He was born at Colum
bus, Ohio, and is but 22 years of age.
'He 1s a hrother of Sergeant Robert
age, was one of the draftees who went
with the second quota from this city.
Ile was In training- al Dartmouth College and later was assig11ed duty in
the National Army at Camp Devens,
Ayer, :\fass., and tater at C:imp Gordon, Ga. He has been In l~rance since
last A11rll.
Ire l,i a graduate of the Portsmouth
high school and also studied a year at
the Lowell •.rextile School where he
won honors for excellence in chemistry. He later entered New Hampshire
College from whi 1·1 institution he was
graduated in Bl 7, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. ·while a: the
l'ocal high school he became a member of the school foot balL team and
also the basket ball. At NL·w Hampshire College he was on Lile freshman foot ball ,team.
'l'he following is an extra N from a
letter ho
w1·oto
"Somewhere
in
France" on Aug, 14 an<l received by
his 1H1rrnts In this city on !;;aturJay :
De:11· 1''olks:
According to nn Indian prophet In
our regiment ,tho war is suppo~ecl to
be over today ,but J am afi-aiJ it will
he good for a y<'ar and a llalf more.
We lmvc been bellind tho lines for
about a week now drilling an<l we expect to leave he1·e soon. 'l'Jrn weather
has been very good here but I orten
I
wish I were b:tcl, homo to enjoy the
•snmc wea then· the1·e.
"Three er us took a walk over to a
saw our first uirpiane tig-hl. Two Get·mans came over the city an<l Immediately nil the a11ti-;1ircrart guns 01/ene<l !Ire on tlH•,Jll u11d it luokcJ us
If
they \\'Onld 1Jri11;; ti,cm <lu11·11 , as the
shots were bn· aking- pre.tty close
to
thvm. '!'hen all at o·nce the g-ame stopped ancl two l•'1·ench ph111,•s c:1me cu-t
of tht> sky ancl WPnt art 01· thr,m. They
would Jivn u.nd th,11
up c•n up with
their machine guns and finally they
sent one German down in flames. All
the F1·ench people
were out in the
streets walchir.g it an<l th e y wern ae,lig,htecl \Vhl'n the li''renclnnan gol him.
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have been passing- some of my
time roaming around lhc country but
there is not much excitcmtnt as we
always g·et bill e ted in a small town
and the big towns are not like ours at
ail. They have no moving pictures or
entertainments of any kind and t,he
Americans furnish all the excitement.
"\Ve had a band concert the other
night nnd s<omc Ameril'an moving plctul'()s wri ttcn in ,l•'re-ncll. 1 t was pretty 111/il,.-~,,,:-,,':
good fun tryini; to 1·ead lhe l~rench
an<l then sec the meaning illustrnted
on th() sc1een. Love to all,
"JOB."
AVIA'J'ION COHP~.
JOSEPH SUSSMAN.
The above cut is that
of Joseph
Sussman, son of Harry Sussman, and
one of the popular Portsmouth boys
who is in the ,;,truggle for Democracy
Vincent Taccetta, eldest son or Mr.
and Mrs. Croce 'l'ar,cetta of School
~, rcet, !ms joine,I I ho aviation corps.
Heh as been employed for some time
with Wentworth and Stewart of Hanover strec-t and he enlisted with the
here last week recruiting for the air
ground flying circus when they were
service.. He left !'.al urday for Port.land with the reccuiling outfit. au1l
v,ill go from then to Minc-ola~\..$·
�PRO MINENT PORTS MOUTH
PHYSICIAN BU RNS TO DEATH
PORTSMOUTH, N II, Oct 11-Capt
Fred S. •.rowlc. U. R. A. , who was
burned to death nt Colonln, N J, early
ycstercln.y, had lived In this city nearly
25 years prior to entering the Rervlcc
about two months ago. lie was born In
AD SUPRE~t~
SAC IfICE fOj
~t HSCOUNLY
f""
llenry Tuylor, scn·lng in
ii1:i11c·" 11ilh the 87th .\lonLrcnl (Jrcnaclir •r t:uards, has 111;,clc th, supreme
sacrillc·p_ nc·c1•rcling- lo a tlisp.ilch rc::itl'phcn
CAl''l' ~'RED S. 'l'OWl,N, U. S. A.
Boston, 55 yea.rs a go, and was grnduatPd
from .Columbia J\INllcnl College in 1R~3.
I le served as city JJhysician, chalnnan
of the Board of I real th, Surgeon General on lhe stare o! Gov Gcor,;-o A. Ramsdell In 1897-n9, and wa,s a member 0r
Gov John l\lcLean'R c,rn,wll.
Ho was a 32d clel'(rN• ~rn~nn n mernher of the IC o[ I'., Od,1 l•'cllow,s F,lks
nnd SnnR o! the A111~1 lean nevoiullon
paHt prcRldcnt o! lhc \\":i ,wick Cluh nnci
other ,socin l organir.atlunx. lle married
~\~~s 11 ~f;;,t_ha Perry o! lloHton , who sur1
, L E TTER F HOi\l VJ\ l''.l'. '.l'O WI, F:.
" \~\ '\'\-'_1__
A letter receil•cd
from
Captain
S. T o w.e, ll. S. M .
C.. , states
is n ow In charg;c of the re-
n.
n rnstr uc tlon work of the wounded
t! Hl iers a t the big United Stales gen -
fl'U l hospital No. 3, al Rahway, N.
The name o[ tho hospi tal Is the
r·ol onla an1l it IH ono o( tho I rPmcn-
,T.
c' 011s hl'1 hmq1ltals that Llw govcrn·m Pn t has ·~ ullt for tho car e 11[ tho
wounded t hat arc bci11~ brou;::ht back
from Ji",.ancc and It now
lty or 1 GOO patlcn ts.
J'PC , •n~t n11·tinn \\"1 l I: 11f I: C' \\'onnclc,(l
B11lllit•1 1 ; ::l th,' Iii•· l'nil1•il ~t:il ••: •~·•11~
<'l'!il h11~• 11it:,l ' :,i. :: .. tt I: du1.1\", • ' . . I.
'l'hl' n 1'111<' nf ll\C' 1t,1,·pi1·il i~ i!"/ 1 '"l"ni:, :1nrl :t i, 1111,· ,,r tit,• tn•1,{ 11il,lll!-;
hig- h,vpitnl:: th ,I tl1P ! 111\, r1111H•nl h;1'>
I,11 ilt fnr lhP r· tr<' i,f l lH• WOIUIHh-ol l h \ t
rtl'(' \H'lll~ hr1,11ghl h;1l'k fr1nn 1·1"tt1C'P
a ,·:1p,1<•ity u[
The rl•co11 s1 r1H '
l11<• higg-r•:-.l di\' i •i•1ns 11f llu• 1\11'.'-pilal
anti l' pl·ti11 T1111 Ii• is i11 r·h:·: .. ,. or this
lL has. ;1 1 ; its n;;Jllf" 1n1plies,
thP l"<'l 'olll~tn1C'l io11 111' I IH' wou111lcl1 ~ol-
hringing- hnc-k lh•'
11sc-
of arm or l"g or
the u:-:c of artific-i II li111h>'. 'l'hcrr• is a
or wor!, a11d the hours
arc long fron1 5.:111 in Lhc 1norning un-
til well into l111• ni ·.'hi 1,111 Captain
Tow!,. \\Tiles th:il he is 1·pry muc·h inte1·esl<'d
h!'allh.
•·t•l n•cl I rn111 Ottawa hy his wt i'f', Lol1i<' .II. Taylor. or :;r, i'l!arl
slrect,
ij 1:1li11;.; Lhal
11<! 1138 killctl in ucliO!l
'Jc:1 . I~ . t•ri1·alt• Tarlor, who
born i11 (',11h11ncar, :--. F .. Junt•
I xx,;_ f'nli:-:l<'d 11•iLh I he British Ca111tli:111:-:. :-;ov. l li, 1!)17. goi11g back lo
his 11;1lil·p ,;11il 10 offer his st.:rvlcrs
'11 111,, c·ans,• of liberty.
l11 Fr:111L't' h" lws hcc11
O'IC «r lltr• IIICJ8t uan;;cruus lill('S
"oi-k. as ind aicl man. in thP front
!in•· ln•11rhr•s. 11 he•" the' first-alder~
sac ri.ii·n lht·ir all, 11n,H111PU. lo rcs-
(· 11 :, li1l'lr c·t11nra1lc,;.
1'1 il·atc Ta)·lor wa,; 11"e ll 1<11own in
i, 11 111. wlH•re ht' lms lil·ctl ror ihc p;ist
six 11•:1r:-:, and 11as :J s1wr-dr11n1nl''l"
"i:h lhp Saln,.ion army. On
n111i:i~ lo L~· nn lie was
,, ilh lhc•. C,t•111•ral I,;Ieclric
.,.,i l:11,..- with lhc l"nit.ccl
· in<'I' C'o. uf 1: 'l'lffl)'. from wl11•rt•
111• 1•11iisl,.,I.
11<' for1111•rll llv<'cl
1 0 :!-=111P11l Ii. when' hf' (':llltl'
, .... F111111cil:111cl at l111• u;;c or t 8. :incl
· ',·,, in l,01, Pit. I 111 11·:is
pl:int or th1• ~lorlc·,·
1
John Ivory Tobey of Kittery
wa•~ born in Kittery Jan. J;G, 1897 , is
'hn son of Charles ,V. 'and :\lrs. Addle
Tobey. and a formel' "newsie" of
l I,(' ,l I, was loducat d in the
, 11,>llt' ,, l1<JOb; of Ki ltt'l"Y and the p;y,, .. ,u th i)c..,in1·,., ~chool in Portsm-iuth.
(Oo,,
,l
C..l\
.:,
boy
PP ,,,,tml'lit ar.d acc.cµlcd a position
on the 11'1.l'Y yard with a higher salary.
I 11 March, 1917 he cnli,sted in U. S. N.
IL wilh the rating o[ a quarlerma~ter,
• 1,;,.,1 c:aqs and the following Septemr ,v·1~ 1 t,t lo t11
l;.
S. T •·:-,ln:rr.;
ug r
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a.,, o; ed to uuty on the
tlS bclln in,
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t \ ,, t·al Ya11l .. 1 1. t•l 1,~onc • •
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, -,l,,. It , e fl\11;;llt \11 al.iout , Vl"'· i
111 ,Ii~ ·,,un:ry 8itt1, tl:u i'u11Jin • 1
t" l'l';rrlm.,, aut! thi- ,. or hi:; earl:,
i::,. ·o up lh<.:ir iives on t!l()
A
th ,t
1
11 11 1 , maternal side he is a Inca:.
, 1•11cl 111t o( Richal'd \Varren, 'who:
,,,
;, ,h Maynowe r and num
, o, , .-al Joseph vVarren of Bun11.1,
<'lie or h:,,; anc,·stor~
d:1•1l-,ilter oC ,,:, Indian chief.
I I•• i,; ,1 ,, ,'.r<'~tt-grandson of the 1atf
" .v '.\" , le ~h or Dover, N. H., :who
l ~ons in the Civil War.
paternal s.de he is desc~nd 'd
m t'1 Tobey's, who settled on Cape
Cod in !Glfi and with the r.amous house
of Seven Kitchens. ?[oung 'l'obe,y( has
recently seen exciting
service and
11·an a stripe. He is a young man of ex
cellent character, and a m ember of the 1
Y. M. C. A . His only sister, Ma,1on, is
in the yeomanry at the Portsm:tuth
�• owe -e s
!Lieut. George Andrew Tredlcl<, U.
well known local young man
was born In New Castle, ·March 31,
1889, and Is the son of .Tulia A. and
the late John Locke Tredicl<. He was
educated In the public schools of New
Castle and Portsmouth,
graduating
trom the local high school, class of
1907 . He was graduated from the University ot Vermont College or .Medicine In 1913, was at the German Hospital, New York city, from 1913 to 1914
St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Conn.,
from 1914 lo 1915. HP. practised medl-
,S. A., a
Commission in
~ ~Medical Corps
'°' -
Dr. Fred S. Towle ·fias accepted a
commissio11 as captain }n the United
States Army Reserve :M:edlcal Corps,
and is now on waiting orders.
Dr. Towle some three weeks ago
I
ffered his service in the medical
corps to the government and he toolc
at that time the required examination. On Monday evening he recefved
a notice trom the Surgeon General
that he has been accepted and oITering him a commission in the medical
reserve corps with the rank of Captain. That same night. a
telegram
was received stating that .he he.d been
granted a commission and he prqmptly wired back his accept11-nce.
In all probability he will be given
so~e time in which to clear up ' his
practice in this c!ty and surrounding
country be!ore he ls called.
Dr. Towle has oeen acuve ,n all of
the war activities since
the
war
started. He ls the local member. 0f
the state medical public safety committee, the Chairman of the Medical
Advisory Board or the Local War
Board and the Medical mcmbelof .the
executive committee of the Portsmouth ChaIJter of the Red Cross.
·His leaving the city for service w!lhthe army will. be a distinct loss to the
community, but he will malce
most
creditable representative of the city
in the medical co'rps.
a
Auetin JJow, rd Trueman w:is born
at Portsmouth Dec:. 3\1, 1 ~9~, the son
of ·i\fr. and i\Ir·<. Rtnnton ;\[, 'J',•uemsn
or 7CS llfiuule Ho:icl, ihi,1 ,·ity. He w:i~
g1·3d111teu from the Purtsmouth high
school In 1 !ll~. Sho1 t ly ti l'te1· graduation he accl•JJl<'1l a position nl the office of the l"ranl, .f,rnes' 1:rewing Com
pany, whieh posiliup hC In te1· resigned
:111,1 Pn tered th<' on';ce of the i'ortsrnu•J l It Dre,·1ini; Compan}\ as shipping
clerk, and held that position until the
AUSTIN
GEORGE A.
cine In Jersey .City, N. J ., up to the
lime of receiving his commission in
the U. S. tl\Iedlcal Cor,ps September
W, 1917. He was called lo active duly
on April 14, 1917 and ord~red lo the
Medical Officers' Training · eam11 a.l
Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga. Pn1·k,
Ga. After six weeks In training Lieut.
Tredlck was ordered lo Motor Ambulance Worlc in Hospital and Sanitary
Train Division !or six weel,s, then to
Genera.I :1:1ospl ta! No. 14 for ct u ty, a II
these units In Chickamauga Park, Ga.
On Oct. 20 he was ordered to the nase
Hospital, Camp Devens, Ayer, C\Iass ..
where he Is now located. Lieut. Tredick was most ambitious fl'om a boy
and determined to mal<e good, and his
studious habits and his interest In and
close attention to his profession has
already won for him success. He at
one time was a popular player of the
Sunset L ea gue and
has
hosts or
friends who are glad to near of his
success. He married Miss l\Iarion llarinon, an estimable young woman, the
daughter of ':\fr. and l\lrs. Simon Harmon of this cU.Y,:,.·.,....-..........'!:'ff'~~-'""':'~
H . TRUEMAN.
close of the I.Jr wcry ;\fay l, 1918 .
Ill e cnlist<'tl in the U. 18. Army .Tun e
7, 1!118, and was sl·nt to .l•'url Slocum,
N. Y. and wa~ transfe1Tt•d to Camp
Jackson, So. Carolina, ahout June 15,
J9JS; was promoted lo 'urpo1·lLl July
30, J 918, and on Aui;ust 4, 19918, was
transferred to
amp ,:\ l caul', ,;\1<l. He
was promol<•u lo ::;erg-cant, Aug. 26,
l ~ 1 S, anti assii;nc1l to 111',lllq uarters Co.
:llsl Field .\1·tillcry, where he now is
training for ove1·s1•:.1s 1l11ty. Sergeant
'l'n1Prna11 ls a me111he1· of New Hampshitc' Lu,lge 17, I. 0. 0. I•'.
l'o rlstn,Jlllh Athlclie Cluh.
--,;~~~-
�ra l John J. Trny C'nllslc
Hampshlre National (:1
15, 1910. Previous lo 1
.lolln '!'l'oy, U. S. , \., who ldl here
wilh lhc Ulh Company, C. A. C., ancl
who was repodccl as ha\·ing- diccl lhrc<'
111 111!hY '1/F> ,;,, :din, nnd hn~ :,rrlycd
i 11 • 1 P\ Y,Jrl;, Ilo ltns bc~n i11 l1~t·:u1'C('
fu1· !sP\'C-11 rnonlhs :111-l the new.-. t·hat
lH' i·; ali '<' n 11,l well will lw learned
with mu,·h .p!rns11rl' 1,y many frlcncls .
'f't, .. , ,,1:1ti,·• • t1f 'l'roy ,vcirc,i o,·crjoye•t.l
wh1'11 ll1f.'Y H't·0iVf•d a. wirf' fn.11u N \\'
Y11rk .,f his arri\·:1I ns ii. was lhc J11·;il
11<·1\•; r,11111 him fo1• sC'\'Pral months.
THEODORE L. TUCKER
JO H N J. T ROY.
of Government street,
was born at l;i,Q u th Berwick, Me., Nov.
11, 1895 and is- nowi
"somewhere in
France. Before sailing,
for oversea
duly he was at the training camp at
Fort rreole, Portland, l\Ie., for about
two months. He .sailed for France -0n
Jan. ~9. 1918, and is in the Headquarters Co., 65th Artillery, C. A. C. Bef ore
going' into the servlce he was, employyard, having been ther e
callecl in the servico in April,
was employed by Anclrc-w 0.
Ho ts now with tho ·1nth
on duly al lho
Castle.
anrl Mrs. Charles 1'. Tobry or Killer~•
Point, cnlislcd at Kc1111cht111l, June to,
On Aug. 15, 1918, hf' was send
to
t he Wentworth In s lit11ll',
noslo11,
Mass., where he took a three months'
JOHN J. T ROY.
' John ,P. q'immops is the son of H enry I. Timmons of 186 'Ma-Donoughll:','"--Wlli:r:,~
street and one of three brothers to 'be
In the service. He is on duty on t he
U. S. S. Southcry, being rated a s a
,< '111i,11r;il ,J.,hn .f, 'l'r.oy C'llli~l<'tl in
L111• :-;<'w ·ll :1 1111,~hir<' ;-s;auon:il Cu:uds
-on Ol'l l~ 1910. l'reyious to hC'ing
C'allrrl i;t
sen·ice- in Apl'il, 10l7, he
\I as c rnployecl hy Andrew 0. C'aswell.
with l'he- ,'/inlh Compan)',
I
u/C'
LESTER H. T O BE Y
cou r se tn electricity. On. Oct.
he was transferred to Camp Johnston.
Jacksonvill<" , Florida. A(l<'r training
lhere he was lransfcrrerl lo Gt·aves
Rcglslcralion, Secli<>n No. :11 fi, Quar -
JOHN P. TIMMONS
cla~s yeoman. He was a p opular
mc>mbcr of the Portsmouth H igh
school, class of '16, and later attend ed -rn.i,;,......:·
the Plymouth Dusiness school.
�Lieut. Philip l•'urrlngton
was born ,i\lurch
2-l, 1876,
Harpswell, :\Ie., the
son of Captain
and Mrs. Thomas \\"ebber. "\Vhen
RETUR 'S FR()l\,l !FRANCE,
'3\.-
'i.'l.·\°\
Major Wallis D. Walker, M.
who has been overseas with
mbdlcal corJ)s since early in the war,
b-as arrived in New York. He was
promot'01i while in F.rence and he
came home In -command of a. medical
unit and as soon as •they are
dis,changed he will .return to bis home in
th is cl"ll:it~y·~_.....,
Portsmouth man, Lucius
Thayer, Jr., has sailed from :New
York for Constantinople with a
large .part,, o( r elief workers uncle!'
the direction or the Armenian cornruittee for relief in the 'near east.
•'M:r. Thayer sailed on the steamship "Pensacola" •witb a number of
former army oi'tl'.'e1·9 aµcl Ci1listoll
,,en, including aviators, who
s~rving with tlhe colors, desire
take part in the r<>ronstruction pro;:;ram whicb the American com111ittec
for relief in the near east in carrying out in Western Asia among 4,000,000 su:l'l'erinr; Armenians, Syrians,
Persians and Jews. ·
Shortly before the Pensacola sailed
)fr. Thayer stated that he had volunteered ·his services because· he
wished an· opportunity to help the
people of the near Ea!it aurl to gain
a b·ett.er understanding of their p;·obT•he f"e11s3cola !J a rormer. Rtimburg-Americau ijuer anc1 is now beIng used to C!!.ITY r°ilict- to the , victims of Prussian policy in the near
ast. Her car.go this trip contains
trucksJ ambulances, tractors, 'barrows, 15 completely equipped hospital tin Its, of 10 0 beds each, 4 5 tons
o( r:ihoes, 3,760 calls of condensed
.lllilk aucl many other commodities,
all intended for the su,fl'erers.
State headquarters for the
mo)li~n-Syrian drive reports
tered returns ·with an· increase numbor of towns over the top. Final return"il"{or the
Hampshire district
wlll n,ot be available before this afternoon· at the earliest.
.'ew
The above cut is that of Hcmy "\Val !lngford or Kittery, who is a member
of the National Army and be!ore going ove1·scas in July was
at Camp
Devens, .Ayor, ,Mu,ss. He Is now ":;ome
where in l~rance." Before going into
the service he was mployed al the
Boston and Maine round house. Ile
made his home with his uncle, S. Augustus .Jackson of Kittery an(l Is a
respected by all
1•1..f'EOT. PHILIP F. WEBBER.
young man, ht• was a ftsh!'rman
later gave il up to t.1•comi: a llreman,
a,1,1 evPntual!y, :ill ( ll!{ill('<'l".
In S•·JJl1•ml1t•r, 1!1118 he ,·ame- lo Kiltrry to he eni;i11cl'r or the steamer,
Allee Howard. In :\l:irch, 1917, he enrolle<\ in the :>:a va I Hc~en·c as an F.nS!KI\ ,IJeing amoni,: the first to l'nrnll.
()
Aprli fi, 1!117 h<' was call,•u to duty
11
al tho 1'0°rl:-11111uth navy yar<I, later
being transfcrp .l lo JJumkin Island,
Doston Harbor. Fr, >m there he was
stationed al Prov in<'e lu,, 11, .:\lt1ss., on
the U. S. S, Arcady. While there he
was promoted tn a junior lieutenant
and at prcst•nt he ls slatlonetl on the
U. S. S . East l'famplon.
ERNEST MELVIN WARD.
Ernest Melvin \1/ard w:rn born in
Eastport, ~e., ~1arclt 20, 1887 and
removed to Kittery with his paren tG
where he resided until l 904, when
he removed to Portsmouth. He en listed in tho N. H. State Guards in 1904
and remained in this service
years. He ls now at Syracuse, N. Y.,
'Training Camp. His father is a vetc-, nu or the Civil War.
,lel'OfllY. \Vu.ltlJ-Oll Umne, I
•
Sergeant Jeremy R. Waldron, , who
went overseas with the American
Engineers, has been' discharged from
the service and arrived here this
morniug. Jere is loQk!ng f\ne and
evidently army life agreed with him.
He' was given a hearty greeting by
his:. many frien~~I ;
Av ·}·
EARL WEBBER.
there until )e left for overseas
I le is a m<'m 1<:1· ,if the :!OJ Hl b'teld Artillery, Supp, Cu111pa11y. He was form
crly cmploye,1 at the EIC'l"lrical Shop
at th<' na ,·y )',tr•l an,1 m:t<lc his horn<'
in Kilter)', :\I ,., ,,ht•re his wife re-
�son of the late George A. an<l Florence
G. Wenclell of this .dty. He wa ~ 1sofif'
In England 2.1 years a go and at the
age of two years his parents came to
this cou11try, llc at ten lc<l th e ,:;-rummar an<l high sc hoo l,; of th is cit~' ancl
late1· ac ce pt ed a p os ili on at t he l' orts,.,.=,µ:~,... ,.1 mouth Herald office . .II t th e time the 1
war 'I.Jrolte out hP ,i ll in r cl ti,,. Co'.' st Artlllcry nnd was sllt1lfJf 1tn L' s ince m rtLl
a ser}:c::nt. ll c is a m e :n ln• ,·
or
tho
.'
'
i
I
CLAUDE E. WENTWORTH.
GEORGE A. WENDELL.
C<>mp;iny an,1 rxp ccls soon to
do sc1Tice overseas. The young- man's
friends in the Herald ,,ffic" and else whcre wish for him
HUC' CCSS in tho
fight 'and a safe rcturn hom e.
.\UHl\'ES
·Captain I. H. \\'nshl>urn, U. S. i.,
quartermaster's department, and i\Ji~.
" 7ashburn arrived home
yeslcrcldy
from ·washington Crom which place
he received his discharge.· Captflin
\Vashburu enterc(l the service Ja"'/lt.
?\fay and was ordered to tlie supP~r.
depot at .Jcffcr~o1Hillc. Jnd., and wil~'
~
later transferred lo Loni ~rlllc, K{,
in· chnr.~e or a su ,;_d<'POl. 'rho l~t fe1\: months he has hce11 in ,rashln~'tori on special dut.,·. , 'aptuiu \\·a~\1bt;i-11 r csumed his duties as assist;n·(
postmaster toclnr.
1
0
Chief Pharmacist's Mate
Bllsworth ·wentworth, U. S.
born in Dover, l\fay 24, 1894,
of Mr. and Mrs. George H.
worth. Ilis parents moved to thi:i
city when he was only four years ol i
and his eclucation was acquired in
the public schools of this city.
He is al present ;ttached lo the 11 •
S. S. Southery, having arrived he, o
rc ce11tly from France and has some
interesting stories to tell In regard ~o
co11clitions there.
1Ir. ,ven tworth has been in
navy seven years and since the
began has been stationed In Queeustown, Ireland; Paris and Lecrolsic,
France. He told about the refugcc3
coming to Paris from Amiens during
th e big fi.ght there and said tbp:·o
would be families of a mother and
several children with absolutely nol11lng with them but what they worn.
And these were not all of the poorrr
classes. but women of intelligence
who hail bC'E'll harcl hit by the fortu1w:: of war. ;\Ir. '\Vcntw·o rth speaks
ahoi:l the good work the Red Cross
is <loing for these refugees, attending
to their wants and speeding them on
their way.
"'fhe people over hcrr'
wan I lo realize that we are in l11c
war.'' said ~11·. \Ventwo,th, "and do
something to help along." He said
that J~nglan1l is suITering from lack
of foo1l and that France is on restricted rntio11 s an,!, just as all men have
s:-i.i<l who have come from
thNc," :\Tr . \Ventworth said
m nst hack tho boys up over there or
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�WEAVER IS ~-~~-\~
COMMENDED
FORBRAVERY
By aaptain of the U. S. S. Lake
Borgne Sunk O(f Coast of
Fra nce.
' 'l'hil following copy or a lPlt<•r o r
,ms been rece!ve,J hy
Mr.
Weaver, falher or the young man
entionecl In the lPLLer.
Henry P. \Veav e r; now rated as
chief boatswaii;i's male, joi11 <rl
the
navy whPn it Jook1)d as though this
going Lo ge t into tlH'
war, and he has heen promot eel
er a! Urnes.
I. •S. :-Java] Dase, 1!:11;.;lancl.
''To whom it ay c• oncern:
"Henry l'. "' e aver, ('. II .. I., l'.
N. served 11 llCl<•r Ill(' Oil I Ill' ll. 8. S.
Ldke r:orgne rro111 Rept. 2., 11118, to
Oct. 21, l!ll8, on whi ch clale \he
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'.. IEU T. C HA R LE S S.
I., ,.l. \V i:liams \\'as hum in K ittery
~. 1871 :ind is the su,1 or Captain
C. \\'illia m s, a 1etit·,J light
.,~cpcr wh o passed twenty-seven years
in f.llthru1 s,·rvice at 1: ,on
Island
Light, a br.1·1·c11 roe!, ahuut ten miles
ore the :.\,aine share.
T · .,, \V i'l:.1ms attc•ncl Pd th e
\✓ 1L:.1m
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"During that tim e he was in char;.;e
of the cl e ck farer> ancl cli s J)lHYl /
a
thorough knowJ,.cl ge or r\Pck wnrk ,
taking care or all routin e clpc·J, worn
i n a capab le manne r ctntl prr>8 <> 1·vi,1g
a good stn.te or rliH-~iplinc a11,011;.; th"
cr ew uncl o r hiH (·l1:1rgP.
"At the time o!' the ;ii 1ki11 1-\ ut' tit, ·
l'. IS. G. Lal:e tlorgne Ju, cli,:playrcl
coolness and courage i,, tlw pr rrorn ,_
:rnce of his duti es, ge llin g the cr rw
n.wny safely ancl then reporting on the
forecastle whei· c> he got on l
t l!rec
Jines to a tr:iwl c r before LhP ~h: J,
31111k, in an effort to to\' her into
~hoal water. li e was th e la!; l man off
he ship, with the exception of my S'Clf, having volnnteerrcl to stand by
until the last.
'I nnheR italing-!y reromnwncl
man tor fnrthPr aclvancPnw11t ill
·np; For h snre ly cl ese rves i,.
··(Signed)
"Lt. Comdr. U.S. 1 • TI.
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fJ'!owed the ,s-2 a for
al,o ut five
• ,i ., t tile ag<' or t1·,-:11ty - ont:
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six years
• ac,:• Plt·d a c:111 at the wea l navy
cl, v;h:n• he rem:1inct1
for nin-e
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JJ, rn;:.;tc,J :.\Ia1·ch
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. : l '.. F. at the Pol't ~mOUlh
yan'
rank of C'nsi;.n. !Jp has com
[Olli' ships al I (Ill J 11 ly la,,191£
1·,as advancrct to lhe r1111k or Lieutenant and• appointed Division Commanl c r in S,1uadron D, Division 3, and is
11 011' in co mm an d o f Scout Cruiser 268
L ieut. vVill iams is a man
whosJ
character is above question and on e
of Kittery's prnmising yound
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at Camp Devens .
fo u r y e ars in the n avy, his lime
])iring last November. He took
discharge and was later drafted
to the a r my.
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�Captain James Knox "Wilson, U, S.
A. received his commission as captain
on July 28 as a reward !or "gallantry
in action." Captain ,vuson was born r.,-,;;am"f;.~•··
in Middlesboro, Ky., April 7, 1882, was
commissioned second
lieutenant
June 2, 1917, in this city; was commissioned flrnt lieutennnt on the battlefield, Jan. 12, 1918. He wa11 on duty
with the First Division Moto1· Supply
Train Amerii!'an Exprrlitiono.ry Forces
h~vin~ been in ac-tive sen·ice on the
elcl of battle i;lncc Nov. 3, 1917. Re-
l>eter Paul 'Woods ig a: member of
the 9th Regiment andl IA:ssl&ta-nt lnr;tructor at tlie Naval ,Training Station
Newport, R., I., and is the son of'Mr.
and• Mr&. Pele1· J. ·wood& of 92 Cass
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PETER PAUL WOODS.
cen tly he has been transferred
Heavy Artlliery.
Captain \Vilson cnlislccl in the U. s.
Army al Midtllc-sboro, Ky., Nov. 14,
1903 and is now in his fiCtrrnth year
in the army. He wa~ formerly lnslruc
tor of military tactics
for the New
Hampshire National Guat·d. He is
and favorably known
in this
where hill family reside.
At
lime of cn•listment he
at the ii\Iol'ley Button
tcu-y. He nlisted in the Naval
s;-<'rve Forc<' and later was transferred
to the regular navy and wa·s made Assi~tnnt- lnstructor over a crew o,f ,men.
11 c xpects to see duty overseas soon.
�rnd we can pass for Frenchmen ::tl:nost anywhere.
This country seems far behind ours
things, except in the buildthey surely
do
Private .J ames Y. \Vall I!:! the son
of .:\1r. and l\lrs. John ·watt or Tanner
street. Ile left fot· Camp Devens-,
...,
1uartered neat· ::t very
ve have made ::t visit
~an nt·ver imagine how hig and grand
t Is. They :u-e mostly C::ttholics in
his country and they
have surely
:pc-nt some money to huil,l churche;i
.hroughout France for
every
c·ity
starling point.
Just imagine me sitling here in the
big 'I.Jarrael<s room writing to you with
my suitcase as a des!, ::llld one ca1ttlle
1or Iii.ht. It is all we have for li:.;-ht
!1ere, and l.JP!icve nH', we do not wast<'
:hem. It does not se<'m the cu,;tom of
.he French to have
bathrooms or
)lumblng of any kind. Even in the
Jiggest hotel In town they have no
Jath rooms or running watf'r. At in.ervals :ilong the strC'cts there an' w:1.er faucets to which people come n.nrl
;et thL'lr water in big pitchers. In
JAMES V. WATT
Jur harracks wo have running water,
1s the "Americans,"
as the French
mu us, ,sure do moderni:rn this coun:llass., on l\[ay Vi. On July 8 he sall~d
try wherevi,r they Jand. 'l'he ohl V. '.
overseas and is now "somewhet·c
A. Is some country, and I feel 111,e
whooping in grand style very time 1
see the U. S. A. printed on anything. 1,1.,,..,.---,,....._,___________ ,-~i,:--,...,,..,1
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Lieut. John •B randon Wright Is the
son. o.t Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wright
of this city. lle was 'born In 'Portsmouth and was educated In the P!)rtsmouth schools and graduated !rom
T-llton Seminary. He enlisted In the
Aviation Section of the Army in December 1917, and received instruction
at the
MS,&S.!chusetts
Institute of
Technology and at Cornell University,
after which he wa8 transferred to Kelley Fle'ld at San Antonio, Texas, and
to Camp Dick, Dayton, Ohio. He was
commlsstoned Second Lieutenant Juno
26, 1918,
.iHe was ordered to France tor extended field service early In September 1.918, and ls now undergoing advanced training at a training camp
near Tours, France. He writes entertalnly of the country there, and find
the French people very cordial toward the "Amerieans" as they ca\\
them.
The following ls an extract
letter written to his mother:
Dear Mother:/
I have ·b~n going to write you for a.
week but somehow I could not seem to
find the lime until now. It has been
rnch- g·ood · weathei: most 1of the time
,nd I have been doing a lot of wa.lk\n g arotmd the. couhtry here. I am feel
:ng fin e with the exception or a. :-;light
cold I caught. on the train ro,· r am
t a new station now ·somewhere near
Bordeaux, so get out your map a.nd
·maglne me anywhere within a con1lder11-bie distance of lhat city. ·some
teflnlte 1nformalion is it not?
I am still with Harrie and have been
since w~ first met at Brest and we
ue sleeping in adjoining bunl<s at this
camp. Did I tell you about meeting
Harrie? He went to Tilton with me,.
1nd It sure does seem good to have an
1ld friend like him with me here. At
•>resent I am waiting for my orders
'.o go to a training camp and then the
·eal work will 'b~g!n.
You can see we have changed stations, since my last • letter
and the
~ountry ls much prettier •here. I am
iee!ng a- good lot of France and am
earning to tallc French
very well,
hanks to my two years at old Tilton.
3:arrie · also has studied French a lot
Cheer up, it will not l.Je long before
we will all I.Jc home as thPY sure hav
lhe 1:oche on the run now and hu will
whine more yet before this is over.
President Wilson Is the great man In
this country and the Ft·ench thin\, he
Is wonderful. 'l'he •l•'r ench people sure
dQ. film the Americ::tns.
I played a game of baseball yesterday afternoon (first base) and had a '"'~"'""''"""
lot or run and a good work out as I
used lo once. We h::tve a foot ball here
too and usually l<eep it go! ng all over
the lot. It is pretty cold here and too
cold fo1· baseball-more Iilrn our Noremem·ber mail
goes through a lot of handling 1.Jeforc
it gets to the U. S. and do not wony
whPn you do not hear from nie. ".'.'lo
news is good news," remember. I am
surely glad I am here In this country iu;,,:,.c5115,11,;,.,.j)-~".!
and not a "stay at home." I must close
and dig Into betl, :is \ ·e seC'm to need
~f sleep here.
Your loving son,
�llsted u t the' Charlcs·low n navy yard
in :\farch , IV17 and served on the U .
,S. S. Seattle in th<' naval air scrvlcC'.
He Is now sta lion<'d at Key ,vest,1"ia.
cln~,i bon.ts.wain's 1nate
OSMER M. YOUNG
on II l>oat, which accompanies h\'dl'Ophnes. li e had t hC' honor of bcl111~ """
the sailors chos(•n to be In <l<'n~ntl
Per8'hlng's parade In Paris. Ile was
born jn, Seymour, this staite on Doc.
17. 18% and was l'clucalcd al lla,·erhill Academy and has been e mpl oyed
-0r
by the Dupont Powder Co mpany,
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T\lQ !oUowlng letter ,from Private
. A. ·sussmal).,· Co.
327th In!., A.
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Dear ~fo~~r_
. t~ '
I juat received your welcome letter dattd_ J11ti/ f~ from home n11d I
cerlalrtly was gh.11 to g@t 1uit1 111ipeclo.llt
'ptllttirt:"'f wli.f Mrr)" " -to
n;
your
hea.r ihd.t j()\l:Wiia iiOk~:t\[Eir 'fO'l{re~
turned rr'imi ilfew Ybt)t, hu1 t am glad
you are te~llng better. 11nd 1 hope you
wlll continue to enjoy good health
u~tll \ ret~rn. ,~hlo~1) h_ope won't be
very lc;,µg · . ,
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There ou~ht' to be a lot of letter11
coming to ytm from me all 1 wrote between two and three tlme11 everr
week while l ~"'.as In Enalo.nd · and ·
_sent one fr~m ~y_ery place we· atopped
at In F.rance. We had quite· a. ride
thrQugh France 'a nd enjoy~d the
country we ~ent-'ihrough but there Is
nothing her'e to compare with in· the
states. ·
,
. 'W~ .,·rode r·abOut
20Q :ihnes1, .iii''''I0:
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!rel&'b.t • car; ' they crowded thirty'th.reti ot us t'n' a· car w·hic~h 'only had'
room tor a·bout 16, btit we 'got along
the best. we .could and' had a good
time. ' The, iast · part p! the, trip we
made · In , tlllr<f class coa,cll,.e~•-.:.. which
were a little b~tt~r. · , ·
. ·
We are · llln:Iose· to-tM- fI'bht · and
kear the guns booml~g night and ' d~y'
and from 1what a rlot ot the boys say
they would rat~er: b~ in· the" trenches
&1 •they claim 'It is a lot safer there.
But whateve.r It 'is I knovl I am due
!pr it eoo~, ,but ' never ~~r-rr about
me.
What kind of 'a school is Saul in
up to ·. :Qurh~m a~d ~as lie_enlisted in
the iJ.imr, l waa 'eo.rry to hear that he
ha!!. bro'.k~~ar'o!),es· ani•I hope he wni
&et wen ' pretty soon. ·r,
send him
a letter_In a couple'ot days.
That was a fine·
Annie wrote
and. l ~!sh, c~uld w;lte one as good
as tbe "Little Retl~11ead." ~ I will have
~to ·w;1t8 .i.o . her
~h~ wni be mad
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ietter
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v.,lth me,
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1 wrote Blll Mates a letter .Quite a
while ago .and,
', he .ought to have received it by thi,11 •time. ·• There isn't .i
hi~~ -In_ tlle : "l;oi(il ~pu:,c~ul.d :se~d
to ·m• as ,l'f.e. ~all'.t pfmy .. ,a:. s!ngl~ . extra thlpg an~ ·1 ,wHLliave tq llirow a
lot ot -persona,l things away. The poetoffice departm:ent .' is not fully org~~lzed :yet and there is a feelin~ or uncl)rtainty ot -,, ., sending · valuables
through· th~. mail, •
The. weather is p.retty warm
here n.o w a~d· we will probably
anothJr month of it. . ,
t - Hav_
~ you been · receiving my mall
regular? It. you get a chance try and
·send me · the local paper.
• Love to a11.
· JOE.
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fur the First Army Corps until we
were callctl U\l to go and reln!orce the
~Glh Division at Charpentry.' Al>out
a week httcr we took our own position up In the Argonne, north of
\"arcnnes anu it was at Hill 180 near
}'leville that 1 ;;ol gassed.
:;ccu enough t1 ntl gone
enough hardships Lo last me a lifeti m and Lite q uickcr I get home the
happier [ wi 11 be. This is the l>est
town we have Ileen billeted in and
Says He Has Seen and Gone Lhc French pco1>le are very 1 good to
us. They invite us in their houses to
Through Hardships Enough
warm ournelvm; anti appreciate what
to Last a Life Time.
we have done l'o r !•'ranee. They do
Nol'. 24, 1 !Jl8.
111any little acts or kintlncss [or us as
Clw mplcttc, Tlautc-8aonc.
we :;omclimcs arc not al>le to \Je!p
l•'rance.
ourselves.
Dear J•'ather:-'l' hiH iH lle>1ig11:1tc<i
Now tllal I an1 hack [l'Olll l he ho:ia:; l~alhcr's Victory Day anu cvcrypital we hear all kinth; or rumors,
ouo i:; SUJ)[lOSCU LO ,nite home, anti
llul nolllin;; clcll11l10 aboul going
ror thi s occasion the rules of censor- 1 ho:nc. Th e !Jc:st I hope for is arounu
l'cl.Jrnary or .llareh. \\"e probably will
s hip are lifted a little and I can tell
where I have been si nee we crossed li,;rc Lo ;;o np 011 Lile line anc\ do
Lhe [)Olld. Also tuuay WC had a IIIC· ,~uarci duty fur :tl11>11t :;ix weeks and
morial service for our comrades who lhl!?l we t..:all CXIH.!cl to g-o hOlH C . '!'here
fell on the field of I.Jatlle in our last is talk ahout 11:-; getting new style
· drive, this was quite au affair as the u11iror111s and we will be a differnnt
· whole regiment and 1.Ja11u turned out , looking iol of :-;o ldicrs than any in the
anti our general spoke to us .
\ stales.
I have jus t got I.Jack from the hosl have rec •i\Cd a iut or mail from
pital
the outfit auu il is filled U[l j home and I hope lhcy will QC p-::i tient
wilh a lol or new mcu and there arc : a little while anti r will, havo a let- 1
very few or l he old 111011 left. A lot \ le r t'or Anuic , :-:ia1n111ic, Ethel, Leo, ,,-,,,.:•;i;•::-.i>
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a!·e sti ll in the ho:;pital rceovcring :-:ianl, 1110Lhcr :r11cl .\1111t ltosic. I will
from wonntls. The ho,;i>iLal that I :;c1 1>aicl in a couple of weeks and if I
w.is in iH situated al .\ll crc y, near do11't ;;ct a pa:;s I will send
Ch alo ns aud it was prelly good con- SOIIIC SOIIVCIJirs. I ca11·1 send . any
s id er ing the (act that it was in oper- German 011cs home \,ccause a II I have ' h1;;ic);j/c;;,:,.,
ation only about two 1;10nths. When got is a pistol and that is getting to '
WC i~Ol over we lauded at l.,ivcrJ)OOI, he a I.Jurden rur rue to carry around. :
England and took a train to Jtom- There arc so1nc nice silk things Lho.t '
:;cy where we got quaranlineci for I will he able lo send.
two months, we were fourteen days
Will Leu aud 8au i uc· discharged
crossing the 11ond and only hatl al1011l riglrl away. I expect Saul will hut
two <lays' rough weather. l<'rom Ilom- have my doubts ubout Leo.
Lo Sou tha Ill plon and LOO k
Love lo ail.
,, channel boat Lo Le lla.vre, France.
JOSEPH SUS81\IAN.
\Ve made th e trip !Jy night anti we
Co. D, 327 Infantry.
had fast s11b111ari11c chascrn guarding
us ail the way. We hiked a\Joul fh·c ,-.~~...,....'"T"'.....,,.,.,._-:-:-:-:;,:-;;:~-,..--..,.....,.J;
miles to the .\m eric:111 Hc:;t Camp
INTERESTING
LEITER FR-OM
JOE SUSSMAN
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we took a lr:>in au<i caught n11 with
our Divi sio n al Lucey in the Toul
They hall already
mon ths' training and w,is
National Army division in
trcnclicH, g-oing in on the
Jnly ;} and hav e bec u practically in
lhe lines all the time llJl to Nov. 11.
'fhe 'foul secto r was very quiet
, nnd. ns T look back on it now it was
Just rlay com po.retl to the light u11 in
, the Argonne Corcst. \Vo Look part in
1
e Saint :\lihiel sallenl tlrive anu
our division \YaS very lu cky in l>eiug
on tho pivot of tile swing at Pont-aMous::;on. From this place we wcl'e
only auont 20 mile:; from the Ger-
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it any day l'rorn one or Lile hills near
us. \-\'c held our own here and one
regiment made a daylight attack.
From h~ro ye went up in the woods
near Rarecourt and laitl in reserve
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�,ra.ul JJ . anJ .f,)hn ,II. •:-.: ccar lhy rccen t Iv a,-ri ved fro111 m·c1·st':1 s .nn the
Susq;te!,nnn:t, nd are al C,1•11p 1:\1 01-rH l
N, ,I., wailin1' to he 11' ·ch.11"1'P<l from
lhe service. 1n a lctlc1· rN'ci\ •'cl in this
Pcrfey D. Hersey, son or l\Ir. and
,\Irs. F. H. Hersey o! Lincoln avenue,
Is serving with Battery C, 77th Field
Artillery now with the 4th army
occupation located in Germany
Z ettlng n , Germany,
1 Jan. 16th, •19'19
John, II, :i\tcCarthy is now an ordnance sergeant of the Corps of which
he is a member and Paul B. 11\,fcCarthy
has been, promoted to
Class.
The follo11·i11g ls an extract from a
letter writte n, in Fran<:e on Oct, 15, by
Scri;ea nt Paul B. McCarthy and' recent
ly r <'C<' ivecl !Jy his cousin,, Mrs. John
J. ,H·mart or 15 Manning Place, this
of
Just a few lines, dear,
know that I am all J·lght. This is a
cold rainy day. Not much sunshine Jn
Germany, Give me old U. S. A. every
time. I sent some money home, so you
keep it 'for me
until I get back. I
Cit)1:
"My d ear Cousin,:
"I have been so busy. lately that to
havo time to write a letter was a real
luxury, l•'in; t or all I had my, seven
d'a.rs tea vc a.nd• spent them al the St.
1;,.falo Leave Area on the north coast
of Dritlany, and which includes the
towns of Ht. Malo, St. ,Scrvaln,, Dinard
a ntl l'a rn mPr>, a II won-clerful• summer
it 11":l >< :t
plc; our
lieve, we
think, a,
tn wn
holr>I
sure
r e,1I
just full of summer pcnwas a real one, and be<'njoyed ourselves. Just
bed to on<: e more sleep
in, th<' fil' ~t for n.
no-calls to ans\ver;
come autl go when you ple:tse! I'll sny
eY t· n r hcuyh ,,·\~ :.tL·e E....i:u;ers , ll, at ta ~
sry,, 11 d .1n:; ~1• ~ nt th 0 t',"'- ,·v· ;:;1re th · be~t
ser\ p yo111· 1-nPal:.; ;
PAUL 0. r.1cCARTHY.
-------------------cit:; yr •s lr:-l, ~ Y hy 1·t'~~tll"d'~. P au1 \\'r: 1l 0
that 1hcy \'.(' !',' ,both 1·:ell '1111 r;-lacl to
I)~ :1 t h 11 1n r on ct' ng-:1i11. lit' \\T<il•· alRo
Urnl h .· .h ..rl I ti "::; lll t'l \\" ill!,1n1 l'11!l1•:1
Jo'r ,:!:ce '.Ille\ that the Jal -
i
sli :1 •,, j ni11i11·g th is n1:in s
r1rn1y .
\Ye
111 :1 ~.• 11·uIt1I •rou.:; ~;i dt' trip:-i, ,, lii,·h ~r 0
n,11.\lll l{•cl hy the \ ..\[. l'. A , a111l rhis
c,1·,..:;111i~:1tin u. surl•I),
d,ese rvrs a lnrge.
!\lll"lllll of pnt, S(' for the splr11ditl way
in ,, ,iiiC'h il asRi~.tR u s l,oys..
Un our way bacl,
w ,i stoppetl in
J 'ari!i, the first time r h:iv<> b een• there,
an<l "-~ ce.-tainly njoyetl all th e s!ghts
TJ,c, c·ily al n!,;ht is pitch d~rl, on ac cou nl of air raid~. uul il is still lh<'
gay city you ·hea r so mu c h about.
T,,· 0 da;·3 aflf'I' 1 was
bark who
can1" in h n' (or an, ex 3 m !nation• f o r
th e highest n on-co mmis s io ned rank in
ou1· Corps but brother J<>hn. He surely lonke<l finl', a n,l pas sed 0. K., and is
1Hll ',' one of (111• high nt11king n o n,- t•Om111i,-;,-;io11e<1 officers
of the Army. He
lik<'s hi,; n ew station
r eal w ell a.nd
should• be going up for a Commiss ion
soon. Ile o ut - ran!,s me by one grade,
!Jcing- an Ordnance S e rgeant.
\\' e ll , t'h e German Pea ce Nole w a s
sure a joke. Pr es id e nt ,vilso n certainly answerC"d them direct fr om the
sho11itlP 1· hut o ur opinion is that it is
a qhorl war f ro nl!
111()\V on, nncl ,v c
lhinl, that peace will he- with u s by
Jnn. 1st, 1Qln.
f l,,pi1,;.; lo h ea r from ynu a ll ~nn1,,
:tlld \\"ilh LhP i,('Q( of wishes
l"!'lllP1nh1·n11cP~ to nil.
J:J l 1'l
Lt r ,·,
1.;
11 . f•,'.cCARTHY
t·nJ oyi11g ti n· ·
:-;np s· tll,' 111\f\
L·nn ,
llJ
f' •ul ll. r•1., .J:1!111 -11
1,~r.nH•1
•d 1,.rlr•'.'"if.:~ ~t
1lot1\11
~1-,1'11t hy
1n11 . Attil "
il1 .· ~ ,-Ill
J\ i-;
II
l
ll ·.-.;: l ':\': ll
C. Ti1c•y
,,c: 1 j,.:l.;1' ,: l~!I~~ ant
of ( ,·:e1 1 -;
in t·'.·: "'• thc'<i'
( ~1
1V trnhing l n11, 1'.
f'\"f'l' 1
PERLEY D. HERSEY.
don't know when that will bb,
will be some time.
•Ye do not need much money ov~r
here, so I will send home all that
<:an, then I will have it when I get
home. I see In the Portsmouth Herald
a IOt of th e boys pictures who went
away and they look familiar.
I am sending you a cut of the Ar•I was on. I was in the 4th Division.
Believe me mother, 1t was some 'flght.
I will tell you all about it some day.
You have heard or the Meuse river.
Well, I went over that river.
It is very lonesome here j us t
All 'the boys will be glad to get
to the old U. S. A. I se1i t ;,.It-s,
broo,: a post card from G c1·many, J
hope that ..sl:le. . wi.JI get it alright
I have not received my Christma,;
box yet, I think· that it got lost all
1·ight. I ,,·oulu have liked lo have got
the candy that was in• it. ,vo· do not
get much here. l\Iy two pals are waiting for the good lime the)' are go!ng
to have in old Portsmouth. IThat ia all
they Lalk about. Sb we will have to
give Jt t{} them all right .. Tell J3raiuard to tell Jim Hogan to get, that· pen
and ink of .his busy. I have wl'itlen lo
him three or four times but get no
a.nswor, so ' J will not w.rile any morn
until I hea.1· n-om him. I have just got
a. German pipe, so I wlll have a iood
. ~moke before I go to
, about 8 o'clock e,·cry night. Then u ;J ,.._,."'."'!'...,,'1!-""1:F"'l!-:.IPM
I ag-ai11 al G a. m.
" 'e ll, clrar, there ts not much more
!'Cw.; to 1 'I yoa. J hope lhal this loller will l:nrl you an tl all th e rest we il
:inLl lmp111·. i\"ow don't , ·01-ry about
PIP. 1 wlll co m e hom e lo you all some
dny, and then we will have one big
lime. Gin• my rc.;ard s lo all that as!,
lo y ou all
I
I
�TM following Jetter
received from !Hector
this city who ts now with the American Army of O<:cupatlon • In Germany:
Neuenahr, Jan. 14, 1:nn
Dear Sister Euphen!a:
Your welcome Jetter at hand and I
wo~ more than pleased to hear from
you. I am baclc again with my division in Germany and this town where
we are ts very pretty, a !amous,511mmer resort. There
are hot springs
here and 1t ls surely fine 'bathing. We
'have the use o! them
once a ,wee!,.
r.rhts 1s a very pretty <:ountrY, vei·y
much like the ~talcs. The weather I.;
,quite warm here, no winter at a1l. 1
e.m going to send you
some postal
-cards or Germany
,q uite soon. The
;PORTSMOUTH OYS IN FRANCE
I
I
l•'J:0:\1 Ll~l•"l' 'l'O HH;tl'l'-l•' it·st l't·i\·atc ( 'lr1h• Hohin,.,011; 'J'hit·tl l'l"in11i·
At·thul' (]01•111an .
· HECTOR A. MclSAAC
people are very klnd to us. OC course
they have to behave themselv es whllc
we are here. They most all can spe::1.lc
some Engli!lh. I vi sited a Dutch d en Wit yesterday and had a to ot:1 filled.
He used m e ve1·y kind, but it 1,eem,;
Gtrango to be among these pe◊ple so
soon after giving th em a whipping: I
have not received your Christmas box
yet, but I thin!, it will show up soon.
You asked me
\'.'hen 1 thought I
would be home. lt Is very hard to say
when we wlTI·sail•fo1: home but when
-pea-ce i& !'lli;ned, we 'will be looking
for "· start. "\Yell, dear slste1·, this !t.J
nil J will say for this time.
Good bye from youi· brother
HEC'r-0-r-t A. ,:\Ie~SAA,C.
.\ pl easa nt reunio11 ~ook pla<"e in r .. r1ne,I and •lr~aniz1•d :'1 ('amp 1)!•1·r'ronce rece111Jy when l'rivalc l'lyt!P ,·ns. Il e ,·0111plot!'d his 1rai11i11i; at one
Hol.Jinson. for111erly a I •lier carri1•1· or 111,~ lr:iining ('a111;n;
lwhind
lhc
connected wilh the Ponsmonth pm;t-l liw•:; i1; Franl'c a111l
oltice walked a clistanr.e of I~ mill's\ h:.:l 1101 l1<'e11 ,;i.;nt'u
from Jarriollc lo Clrntca111ie11s II ht•n·:I ,-,,,nit! have hl'l'll 011
he 111et Corporal Arthnr Gorman, a11-jLv.o tl:ay,; la11·r.
other Port::;mo11tl1 hoy a111l s1ic11t a
.\Ir. ltohi11so11
11':is
111arri1·d
1·!lrY cnjoyaiJic arternu:i11.
1Si,!ll. ~ti. J !117 10 .lli~s 11<-:llri<:c•
During his vi,;i't he also 111cl Or-j'lil'ld, cld,•.;I da11!,\ilt,·r 1,r :'111·. an<! :'llrs.
.na n Paul, another l'orlsmo11lh hoy.: ·•n·cl Ol,lficld or l•'riclll: ~Jr;.!et :wd 10
One can picl11rc that mcetini:: or l 1\li:: 1111'011 wa,-; horn q11 i':111•. ~!I, 1!11::i
he local boy,, t:1011:;,u11L; or
1,1111!, , 1l .. 1n;h,t,r Lilli.111 Lois.
ro111 home anti friends, :ind what joy , w, 1lw lil I IP ~I i,-;s i,; :1 nxio11sly :Lwa ii -
I
,:;w"".'3~~--:,,i:i!~
hrought to the111 us they ex1·h:111~;1•,l 111:t ilH' n:tnrn or her daddy,
'!llliniscences a,-; to whut had 11.iplie•::, :i 1:1t'lnher or St . . \11drcll'':;
'! nod si nc e Jnavin;; holllc and lo-.rt•<I
ncs.
11.,11!;;•·. ,:n. ~di ..\.
\\'hilc there· ~lcHsrs. l~obi:1 ,;011 and
I•'. 8: .\ ..\I.
.lrtl·ur t:n1·11wn, son or .llr.
~!rs.
ll . 11. c:orlll:tll
,;r ::-17
anti
,1 1:tplc:-
j ·..
:orman 11osc1l for :t picl11n' wh i•·h
·HHI a~1•11n1•, wa:; llor:1 in llo1·1•r,
~ht· 'l'illtl'S i s pri~ilc;;t)d to l'('j)l'Ocllln• • ,\1q..;. :tli. IX!l;i, J'in, years i:tll'r IIH·
'rinltc llohin ~o n is now ,;t:itinnt)tl at t':irnily lllOVl!d to l'orl s:11011th. lie a;.t. .'.'Jazairc a ntl i,; a cl<'rl<
in
I li e lc11clc,cl I he p11hli1· st·hool,; h1·ri•, ;.;ra1l11atin1.; r, 0111 l'ortHlllOlll h
!Ji1.;h
in
1uartenna::;te r's <lcpartmcnt.
The following arc sl;ctchcts or th" 1 ~I::. il• rorc l'.lllering I ht• hl'l'Vi<:t • he
I h,•
:\:1I ional
.'wo Porlsmonth hoys in lht) pklnn·· !11•!cl a po:;it io11 11 ti h
('iyclc 011111.111 ltohin:rnn \\::i,-; l>nrn
iu Dover Oct. i::. lS)l•I. th,• so1 1 or
lllr. ancl J\ln;. l•'rctlericl, :\. llohi1, so11.
\\'hen young lhC t'a111ily 11101·,•d
1,
,\lc·l'il:ini, ..,
I
,1, Tr:1d1•r,; 1::111 1,.
1111• 111l>i,r or 1·0 . i,, ::11-!1h 111r:,111r y :inti
1.. r1 ('a111p l>l'v1•11;7 'rur ov,•rsc•,rs ,-.irly
ill .1111 _, 1·.i1h th1• 7tilh J)i11,;1•:1.
In
Lhls city, rcsidin;.; 011 Solllh :;tn·1·t. I ii- !-'r:111c1 '"' •1.1, i11·11111oJit:d 111 ,1111111r:il.
attended the 1111htic school>; here at:d
1:,·sidl's l1is p:ir1•111·,. <'or,,.
(:111
was · gradual1.HI
l'rolll
l'orl,;mo11l h ;11:,n h:1., '.'111• sisl('r, Lti<•.,. a yi,o,1·1:, 1
H!glt school in 1912. l•'rorn then Hit- ,111 al 111<' :\al',il ll11 spi1;11.
:incl
:
1
t!f enteri11g the service last '.\lay he! :1roth<'r 1:i1-.rarcl, 11ho is 1·taL•h1y1•d 01·
was emp\oyctl at the postolticc and I iw 11,1 v ~- :,art! ..
was regarded us a very eOicient 1:lcrk
'.\11. <:or111a11 is also a 1nc111l1cr or
an<l canie1·.
St. ,\utlrew·:; Lotli;e, , 'o. ;;c;, .\. !•'. &
l\lr. lloblrn;on wen\ across with Lhe \. ~l. as well as I he l'ort smo ut h
7Glh DiviRion in July,
which
wa,;
'I. (' .. \
�PRIV. WALDRON
DELEG IE IO
SI.LOUIS
t
,........ ., - - - - Seuside-..Coµncil, Jr. 0. 'U. A.
M. Ro'noY Member Who
Lost Life in France.
Cu Sunday
afternoon
.; 111 prei;~ i I' <'
:,1<' ·norial SC'rvi ('es were he,";i · iitti'i°C'
i',, gregational
church,
ltyP,
11 •rnory of l'rivate \Vallact' I~. llan<I,
1
~ die cl in Franeo 011 :-Jov. i, tltP
s , vices bcin;J; u11der the auspices , ol
~casidc Council, :-;o, 20, .Jr. 0. 1·. A.
, l., oC which dccC'asetl was·a pupular
me.:nber.
nev. J. W. Flaim, 11astor
church opened the service
pr:i.yer :i.ncl Alvah I,. Caswell, COllll ·
~llor or the .lunior Order of American Mechanics, read the Scripture .
after which a voc,11 selection waH reu <1e1 cd by the church choir.
,
nev. Mr. Flagg in his memorial a1ld rcss upoke or the great cau Ho in
which the youn~ man ro11i!;h.t and ha1t
made the supreme' sn<rifice. l'rivutl'
Rand was a young man of fine char acteristics, upright and home Jovin f!
and the pastor spol,C' o·r his liu <·
1,1aoly quallliC's a111I the sorrow hi ·
1; Jath caused his family nru1 friend s.
A prayqer followed the arldr ess anti
11,0 choir ~sa.ui:- on a11rropriat<1 sC'lcr 1,
Thr <.'Onp.r1,g:.L1ion rc:n n i:i r <l s1 :11i. l
h1g while tho pare nts nu1l rclatil'c, o l
the young soldier pasi;ccl ou :.
lowed b~ the lodge i11 a body.
Private "'allacr. E. Rantl enlist<'c.
wit h th\ 14th nai11;•ny l~ngineers·
l nit a~~ went across . with t·h c lir s 1
2:';,000j;)'l'hO .saw a <'tlve sPrv\cc in
Franci?,: Ile e nli f' ted a year ago la sl
.July al)d was sent to Salem, tili f·
state, 'for duty, then to New York ,
from 'Xl~ere he 'sail eel on th!> Adria titfor France.
In l1tttfo~t;lef!!)l'S 'home he told o l
the great battle or Chateau Thierry
and o! his experiences there.
Private Rand was the son or :\Ir.
and Mrs. Jedediah Rand and was
born i'u ' nye· 21 years ago the Fount :
of July of last year. He attended th "
public sc)1ools of Hye and was wel l
known a.nd popular in his home toWJ~
He was a student al. the Port_s mouth
High school for three -years. Later
he entered the employ of Mr. Fult.~r
of Rye Beach in Boston and he was
also at on(l 'tilne em ployed as a brak"the Boston and :\Iainc r :til-
Twelve from This SJate to
Attend American legio~
Convention
l'rolimln;1ry plans ror the pcrm;rneut organization of a New Jia.m)lshirc
branch of the Am ricau Legion,
compoRed Of ex-service men of the
\\'ol'ld ,var, 11 as dhrnusscd at a :;;talc
meeting of the "vC'ls" at the l'leasar.t street armorr in •ManC'hcster yestenlay and 12 de legates and four al1ernates were c!cctcd to
represent
the ~tate at the national caucus or
the Legion at St. Louis, .\lo., ,i\iay 8,
9 and 10.
1 he clC'legates 1ilcctecl at Ute stale
C'au,c us ~re 1\l:i,ior l•'rank .T. Abbott,
l\lajor Frank l(nox o[ l\Tanchcstcr;
Pvt. Jm·E, ,valdron o[ Portirn1onth, ll.
I Ucscheuis of Jaffrey, C. Fred Mayer c;· Laconia, Sergt. Jlerve L'IIeureux, Lt. •Elliot Carter o[ !Nashua. and
Sergt. William J. Murphy. Four
delegates at large will accompany the
delegates to 'St. •L ouis. They aro Col.
George V. Fiske of Manchester,
~foch. John Santos of Mancheste r l''ll'tll/i..W,:uw•;~
1'1·t. Arthur 'J'rnfant or Nashua
Seri::t. William J. llogan of
chester. The alternates are Sergt.
i\f atLhcw .T. ~fa honey of 1'1anchcster, ~:~::.:~:,
~1artin .J. Kidder of East Jaffrey,
Ser gt. llarry A in scow o[ Nnsh ua and
Scrgt. George Wingate or i\Ianchcster.
Although I.Jut about hal[
drecl veterans altcmled the
ence yesterday, enthusiasm in the
movement was evidenced by those
present, •who roted to act as a committee in furthering the foundation
or the state branch. With the return
of the dC'lcgatcs, who arc expe<"ted to
leave today for the national caucus,
a state wide meeting will bC' called
to take active steps in the [ormation
of the L<'::;lon in all localities in the
state where sufficient ex-ser vice men
reside, to warrant such. The delegates to the caucus will be [inanced
hy the state fund o[ the soldiers' and
sailors' weHarc com mil tee. lt. is estimated that the expenses or each
dolci;atc will approximate $100.
The con fcrcncc opened at
o'clock with i\lcij. Jl'rank J . Ahbott
a ~t~ng as teml)or;i I')' chairman. Afto,·
a \Jrief outline of 1 h<' rrin ciplr. 'lf the
f,"r:ion, Major .\ 1iuott was r er.ued ~<'rl
lo ,crvc as ten;r,0rar-1 chairman nr:d
L;E'ut. Richard 1,L t) lJowc! wa:;; eJo··lc,1 tcml)orary 1ie \ •Jt;,ry. A comniittPe, consisting or L r. r.01. ,villlam H.
Sulll\•an, ::\1aj. F •·a.nl< Knox '\IHI
Lieut. Tohmas ,Cheney, was elected
to 1bring in the names of delega te·,
and alternates to the national caucu1:1
a.t •st. iLouis.
a.mi
�Lieut. Comm:rndcr Ernest l•'. Rob-/ command of the U. 8. 8. Suppy Ship
t'nson, a well 1-:nown New Casllc youn;:: and Colit·1· ":-Jno." lie ,milt' d for 1E uman was born in New Castle May Gth, 1·opcun waters in September 19l7 and
1889.,He is the son of I~abins "\V. and has been doing aeti\·e duty in the war
Annie L . Robinson of New !Castle. 1n zone fol' the past
fifte"n
months .
1
.September 1906 he enteretl the 1!\las-sa- Lieut. CommantlC'r Tiohi11sun holds an
Trn_inlng School, unlimit<'tl l\faste1··s license in .1'\::.ivl~:1Enterprise," gradunllng th ore l11 lion antl is, _ono c,C the you1q;f'st ill I h,·
19Q8, ranking third In his class. Tllo He1·,•i,•f' to l1olil ,Iii,; llccn s i,.
In l~lG he m:ll'ri c.! l\Ils ~ Carrie J.1• 1na.n vr G ,·eenyill, ·, ,r.f. ·11.,
:J
tc:u·h,·1 iri Nr\,· 1t\1.•; tP · 'f'l11 · ,
th1•ii l111l11r-' 1n ( i) t·(•l)\'illc•, .N, 11 ·.
L'li:11·h..•:-:; I•~- Hogt•1·s uC <::11 ·d11Pt· strr·el
1
lhis city, \\' :l!-1 iltlr11 al \Vu ll:tslon, YI.,
un,l is ~~ years of age. li p is the so11
of the la-le :\fr. and l\Irs. Albert K
Rogers. Last April he entered the service and has heen in France for some
time, serving with Co. n, 3:!5lh 11.egiment. 'riH' yonnt-; man waH in the Jasl
of the lighting before the armistice
and was wounded in
- - - - ------··-·
..
COMMANDER
ROBINSON.
ro.llowirrg year ho ente1·{'(l the <:overn 1
men t service as Quartermaster on l he
U. S. S. Collier and ,supply ship "Caeser" A year later he was made '.rh inl
Otficer on the U. S. S. Hannibal antl
later assigned to the U. S. S. Sterling. In 1913 he was transferred to the
U. S. S. Sllpply ship ".Justi_n" on the
.Pacific Coast as Second Of-fice1·, rem aining there for a. year, when he ret u rr_ed to the Atlantic coast and \\'::tS
assigned to th e U. ·S. S. Cyclops, the
•s hir, that the Navy Deparlme11l rep orted as lost about a year ago . •In J n nuary 1916 he was made ,First Officer
on the U. S. ,S. :Sterling and sent to
the l\Iedite1Tancan, where tht' Y w :c' re
l<ept for several montlrn. The ~te1·ling
was th e relief ship carrying supplies
to the Jews In Assyl'ia. In 1917 Lieut.
Comd1·. Robinson was transferred to
the U. ,S. S. Hospital tShip "Solace,"
for three months an<l in April of LhP
same year was transferred 1 to lhe Cyclops He wa,g First Officer on the ,Cyc lor,s when thal ship went as one of
lho convoy for the :first of ou1· t1·oops
to be sent lo I•'ranc,' . \Vhen war \\:lS
declarerl ho received his commission
as Lieutenant. Tn August 1917 he was
rriade Lieut. C6mmnndc1·
I
CHARLES E. ROGERS
battle of A1·gonne, 200 of his
ment going inlo the •fight · and
returned the men having litllc
slN· p for several <lays.
I 'riva le Hogt'r,; is now
jn l•'rance, where he has been since
Oct. 16, recovering from his \\'OtnHls, a
lelle1· having been received from him
a f<'w days ag-o by his brother, Charles
K Hogcrs of this city.
1'ri va to Hoge rs passed
life in Yermonl, bul claims l'ortsmouth as his home and hns bc•011 <'111ployed her<' at tlie ~rotor ~l :1rl. Al th,'
tilllO vf his ('11ii:slllll'lll lll' h~lil a 11u~ilio11 :ls an all!'!HlallL :d th!' }l()HJ)ilal
�blankets. You'd neve.r real ze
ow can and that America came to e•.\ ~
;oft and comfortable the ground is this part or the world from destrucuntil thoroughly tired .•
tion before it was too late. You ;ie,:i.
It was while building tne roa:', ~!.:it I came over here before our army Wd.S
I had my first taste of trencr. fever in reality. mobilized, and, as days
.vhich sent me to a hospital and awa'y lengthenod ·l~to weeks and weeks'rn'.rom my unit for the remainder of ~o months I saw the effort Uiat was
: he war. l believe It has been con- being made to put America on, tl.iP.
~luslvely prov<>n that the trench fev- rooting 'with these m!litt.stiP. Euru'Jr germ is carried by "chal1,1" and pean countries and though never fal.he Good Lord knows that I was tering in confidence there were timNl'
lous 1y as a cookoo when I reached I became impatlen't at time itsell, but
The following letter has been re- ,he casualty clearing station.
now t~at America ha_s
ceivell by Col. John Jr. BarllPtl from
At the base hospital they told me of herself I feel Jl'ke
Corp. ll:i lph E. Dow1lcll, formerly 0•1 .hat I would not be flt for, service fo_r highest mountain and 11.cclaimin;; to
the staff of 'J'hc 'l'lmPs:
~everal months t9 come. After awhile clvllization tl)at "I am an · AEez:lc<.1n,
·i.rrangements were made effectlni my born •and bred."
_It has IJeen 'some time since l last transfer to permanent dnty with a
Whoa! 'Th~t•s a. ~rP•.t
wrote, but I will not ol"ftor exc11s<>s for IJas_e hospital, name{J
Harva.rd ~hap to , talk down at the
there arP times that 1 am the laziest Umt, No. 5 1'1ase I I ~ , U. S. A., not? But never mind, I have
of lazr. However, many things have 1nd for the relll.alndlll' of tbe war I doubts as to staying here forever.
happene(l in the last few months and will have no~r; to dodge bat 'something seems to tell me that I'm
I will try to put each event in it:i bombs and pound a type.writer.
loo adventurous to ke·p idle .n°iid::::,_
JJroper place In this leltPr.
If my
I like here. It gives me a ch-ce darn those chats, any,vay'..'fr it \~:isn'.t
memory Is conect tlrn laHt leltPr (·on- Io brush up my 1rl'$1cl, 11.nd to sl·udy for them I woul,dn't be here. · ·
tulnetl an accouht or 011r retreat lhe civilian paipulaMon or the counWith best pf luclc to yo~, and
.•,,,,,,,._.,, when the enemy broke through. It try. Rea.lly the,, are very tl111r1oustra- rest, I will close, as ever,
took a few clays to ussemhle the vari- Live. So woudel'luM.y confident of the
Your friend, '
ous detachments 0.1111 thnn I l<>arnnJ outcome and so petjllleverine- in their
,
RALPH.
:iorrow. J'IJ nevar forg·et the Fourth Ralph E. Dowdell, 1G4383:
what "camouflage" mc>ant.
Now my experience with camou- of July or the Fourtee~ or July as No . 6 (Harvard ·unit) U. S. A. Base
flage was extensive. Strangely I was long as I !he. 'Pb.ey d ~ d everyHospital,
not given a paint brush or evi!n a. c11.n 1.hing, their sorrow aRu aH, to help No. 13 General Hospital B. E. F.
or paint. At the same time, however, us make our lndepenctence Day- a ftUC- July 23, 1918.
I hold the honor, and of course the cess and with their wonderful conr-1--...,........,...,....,...__~,:o,,,"!!l"-,,'.""ir.t':::'l':'!'!:"!ll:P':'.
remainder of the reglmPnt assisted tesy insisted that we He their
slightly, of c~mouflaglng most or on their ".Tour de Fete."
Northern France, single handed. ".\l;'
No. I'll never ·forget the Fourwork was with a pick anti shovel and teenth of July, nineteen hundred and
I> rsonally I . 1;1ovell
s<>v<>ral large eighteen. Where I am there was a
hills, filled up several vo.lley~, built parade and all the Allies participated.
several hills and excavateu several It was then that the news of 'eneral
valleys. If an enem)" airman ever Foch's wonderful and decisive viecame over the ground after I got tory was made public and the Amer!'. hrough he certainly thought his cans, having proved
themselve~
~ompass had gone awry for thf' Janel worthy comrades of their allies, were
clld not resemble Its former contour the idols of the occasion.
in any way, shape or manner.
:'Jothing was too good for the AmWhen the regiment assembled and erlcan soldier. I was standing on a
lo see if we corner when the parade passed antl
were ,whole, an order came, and a the regiment of Americans, just out
hurry order at that, to move at once of the trenches, were showe.red with
:o - -and dig trenches. Did we ( flowers. ·what cheering! "Vive l' Am1
,llg! I say yes. For the lirnt time in erique" and "Saviours de France."
my lite I envied the four-foot five Yes, they call ns the Saviors
.nn,n. Ile clitlnt' have to dig half so France now.
Jeep a'!! the rest of us b<>fore he was
The <>xcltement was so intense that
rnt of danger. We were on a very I became a partirlpant in a very peuusy front and shells were clroppin;; culiar incident. As · the
:rncomfortably close. Part of the cli 6 - passed a beautiful French girl stand1\'ing was thr.ough woods and shells ing beside me, in deep mourning, eshave a peculiar sound when tea.ring cortetl by an el.lerly man, evidently
through t~~es. \Ve were the whole 10r ~rnnclfalher, suddenly threv,,
month or April on the tre nches and olh arms around my neck and lcissed
then moved again to - - - , RIJout me 0 11 lioth cheeks. Iler eyes w~rc
we had to literally- tunnel ridges filled with tears and I swallowed har 1
,tarted. building a railroad . Not being three limE's to k eep the tears
<.1110\ved over a two t>Cr cent. grade coming and then said, "Yierci,
we had to Jltera_ll)" tunneled ridges aruis, rnerci bea11eoup ." Then
and. when night-time came needless Ing around to hide your agita7
but the lion you would have muttered as I
}•·_.•l-~...---..,...--1!7-"----------'1 dill: "Thank God lam an American ."
Ye~, thank God, I A~l an Ameri-
orp. Dowdell
Writ~s to
Col. Bartl~tt
Ill
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�INDEX.
CABLE STATION, RYE BEACH
P. 89
NEWSPAPERS . .:.HERALD OF G0SPEL LIBERTY
CENTRAL FIRE STATION
P.39, 42
NORTH CHURCH.-HISTORY
P 50--81
CHURCHES
P. 70
NORTH CHURCH.-SmTDAY SCHOOL
CONSTITUTION (FRIGATE )
p. 81-82
PEACE WEEK
P.44
FOSTER;J. H. HOUSE
SEPT. 5, 1~07
PEPPERRELL; SIR WILLIAM
FARRAGUT, DAVID
p • 37-38
PISCATAQUA PIONEERS
GLEBE LANDS
P. 71
PORTER, FITZ JOHN
GOODING, REV. ALFRED
PORTSHOUTH,
FAREWELL ADDRESS
P
P.6
P,54-56
P.7
P, 45
p. 92-95
( STATUE)
P.35
P.44
E WLAND
85-86.
PORTm.~OUTH
P. 8-12
FLAG
P,38, 43
HACKETT HOUSE
PORTSMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P
17-34
p, 36
HENDERSON'S POINT
ST. JOHN'S LODGE
P 38, 43
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
LANGDON HOUSE
JOHN PAUL JONES HOUSE
P 8-12
.8.EAVEY, HELEN
P 23-25, 27-28, 3I
KITTERY, MAINE
p, 46-47
LAFAYETTE ROAD
P,41
LAFAYETTE'S COADH
SARATOGA ( SLOOP OF WAR ) P 13
P,13
SLA Vli::RY IN PORTSMOUTH
p. 73
TREATY OF PORTSHOUTH
P. 5
WARD PARK
P,48
p,
LORD HOUSE
P .14 ', 13
SEE
JOHN PAUL JONES HOUSE
r
1
t.
E
-~
41
WENTWORTH HOUSE (HUNKING)
LANGDON MANSION
'l
6
J\
p 49
....
I
..••.
·3
���After hr icf ·, ponses by the '.11ssian
1 nnd .Jn1,n 111>sP P11voys, the 11lenipolen•
liaries d•qi:Hle1l 111 antomobiles fnr the
hotel 1\'"11Lwo rLh,
NewcasLle, where
they wer f' ,JuarLered d111'ing- their s lay in
this city.
NeKt <lay, August 2!1, Lile first confpronce bt"tweC'n Lhe envoys was held.
the s11ssi1111s wttro Ll11rn cont i1111e1i, with
ol'rn s ional intPrrnis~ions o[ a ,lay ot· two,
until Aug11sL ~!I. when an a1~reement as
to peace terms was renched.
At :J.47, on September '>, the treaty of
peacP was sig11rd !Jy tho envoys 111 thf'
co11f!'rE nee rnom in the gennal st:ireh ouse, a salnte Sbeing /ired f1 om the
guns just outside imr.nerliately afler the
las t signatnre was all, xrd .
'l'he ronference roo111 1 in whieh peace
was madn and L!,o t1•paty signed, is Ll1e
large room on lite south, s ide of the
j second
lloor, to the left on enteri!,g from
the centre stairway. The three r ooms
to thP wHst of thti conference room were
assig-11('1! to the 11se o[ the Jtussian envoys and their s11ittrn of :attaches ancl
secrel:iriPS ; hut nsed alnwst exdn~ively
1.,y holl, ~he er.voys alld tl, e ir assistants
when not e11gagP;l with U1 <1 .Japanese in
the <'tJ11fe rence rronm. The room on the
cenLrr slairway wr~ 11sed ;is a joint .. rec·e1,tion room; and the three, new of11ces
Lo tli•• 1·ast ,,r l11i ~ room were alluLLed
[or the use or t!1,, Japanese, althoug!J,
as in the ra~e ,1f lire Russi:111s, thti easter11111nsL or cor11c•r room was used almost exclus1Tely hy both tlB Japanese
The empires n[ ltn ss in n111l .Japan be011\'nys and th Pi r a~sis tants, ;vh en not
in (· .. 1,r,,re11c·e ",ti, ti n l~nssians.
ing at war, anrl l:avi11 1: 1•n 11 s o11Ll'd tn apTlw <·•nferen•., f-llilo ex tendrd east and
point 11leni polenLiarirs Lo mrP l in thr
west a 11cl wa ~ pr,.,· tirally in Lh P centre of
lJ nito<l Slatrs ln arranl!o a pr:11·,• , lhr
the room . J<' ive ch? irs were 1,lacecl on
president se l,•clerl, with Llto ap1 r, ·,•al of
each s ide and one at either Pnd . The
chair s at the ends were never nser!. The
those co1111Lrirs, the w•nmal sLorr-ltnu~r,
.fa nanese sat on Lite south si,le of the
li11ildi11g Kr;, in tho 11av.v yard nt l',,rls ·
tahlP Baron Knm11rain thecenur, with
mouth as the i;lar·e for tl!r rm1fen!llf'f'.
J\lini~ter 'l'akahira on his ~ight Llie other
At that lime .. July l!lll\ LIii' g-PnPral
three chairs bPi11:r orcupied l1y sflcretaries. On the 11, •rlh side of the table sat
s tor ekeepP.r had j11 st started Lo 111ovf'
tho
Hussians, l\fr. Witte ;in the ce1~tE'r,
into the IJnil•lina. All wnrk n[ moving
Ppposite Earnn Komnra, 1 iLh Jlar?n
was stoppPd, an<\ th11 lt11ildi11g was pre
HosPn nn his ]Pf! , the otl1er three clta,rs
pared, 11111ler di rerLion of rrprern11taJ.,eing ,1rc11pip1\ hr l{ussian S<'('[etaries.
ThP rnti re nort.1 1"· eRt part of the ~ecLives of tho stale do1,arLmenL, for n sPs
oncl Jlcu,r was 11 ~1Jcl as a <lining roon,,
o [ the conference.
Throo a<' ditio11n I
whero Jnnch was served e~ery day and
omces were add ed " n tho snutheasL
occasin11all.Y at protracted sessions, din1•ori1er nf the
. 1•1·<· 1111
11,,or,
l hr•
tie1·. ;--,,. Sf1SSillll nf the ('i•llff'ronro ovor
l:1~ti'd 1,, I .. ,:,1 j p 111.
11101'11anic:s working d:i:{
a11d
11i1;IIL.
T '111 fl'"i.in:,s gone rally h~gan abou L 1U
!'rival<• loiloL rooms '"Ore pla1 ·1•d in 11,' ar
a. i11., sn 111rf i111es oven "arl,er. A reces,,
ly all the nli'1:os.
.
wa~ Lnl.,•11 lielwaEn l a11d ~ p. m.
j!
011 A11g11st8, Jr11:; , Lhf' e111roys, w1Ll
'1':1e s:•ace in the 11nrtheast and second
lheir su1Lt's, arrived at LIH' yard ,,11 LII('
Oool' was nsed as a kitchen, wher~ cheffi
"MayilnwPr" arul "lhlphi11_·• n11d 11_oro
from lintel \Vcntvw rth prepa red the
rnceive,l at a spnr:ially hurll. la nd111 /.!,
foo<l.
rl llcoraLP,d with [)1111ti11g, lty Lim (,l/111
The slnrage hins r, f the space just ontnianrlant and Lhll princi1i:il nlli<' l'rs nf tltr
si1le L111 o nthw es t ,, flice on the llr,t
yard nml 11scorLP1l Lto Liu• (!Pllf'r~I RL<,r"
floor ,1 .1~ 11sed for the wines anr'!. liquors,
1lons11.
TltPre a rn1·01•l1n11 was Irr lei aucl
anrl 011l,;r\e this spar,, a sentry was kept
breakfast ~11 1";e1I.
<iny nwl night. Adjoining sh ·, lving was
11111110.tiaLely [1111 111\i ng at two , '1·l11r.k
11 st•rl l, .1 the stalri :lt>parlmenL for storing
the p1t,uip :1 lcrnli:1rn·s PnLPrP«l nuv,moslalio11Pr,Y, elr. Thfl space n l the northhilPs and were es<•nrlPd t" Ll11· 111:u11 gal.I'
east rornn of tho Jirs t ll nor was t!sed
o f the 11a1·y yard hy lhe _rr :_:iri ne _gm1rd,
for slePping quarLPrs fnr th'. sergea~1t's
rro111 wlwre tltry wrr<• ,lnven rap1clly lo
g 11 :1r1l nf n,ari11E1s rp1artrred 111 Lhfl l.>111ltlLl,1s r:ity .
1ng d11ri11~ lhA (•onfPrRnre. 'l ll(ci re were
At tlir Nnbl11's islan d en d ,,f thr l'.o_n~ ·
thrPn s P11LriE1s 1111 tho cn1Ls 1de of the
monlh l,ridl!e was drn\\'11 11 11 a pmv1s1011 lH:ildi1111 :1L all Li111es.
al rngi11rnnt co11sisli11g of :,110 111011 o[ tho
The J11wer_va11IL was nfsignecl
N1,w ll:Ht1J,.-.hirA '-ia~·;,1rnl g 11 11:! 1 111111<-r
ron1111a11d o[ U1,I. l•: cl1111111 ti 'lPLII Y, :!11ol
Infantry, who ai:trd as rsr-11rt ~o Lhr
disLin,:;11i s he1l
visiLnrs
nn Lhe,r way
Lhrongh the city to meet Litt' g,,vernnr
of this cmnmonwea!Llt.
The procession movA•l 11 11 :t>Ja•·krt,
Congrefi s , Middln tn SLaL1· street~ ~o L!1(•
cou nty r.ourt housr..
'l'h n11 ~a•111s
of
people line,! the sidewalks _of tho streets
through whi<·h the pr11PP ss 11111 passr<l..
At the ('01:irt hon sP, in tho s11pr.r1nr
court rnom, UoY . .Jo hn JIL!'l,ane ,1t1lcomed the visitors to Lhr ~Vile 1Jf )few
Hampshire.
PO IlTBl\f OUT l l
s. . , 1
"TREATY OF
•;ORT r\MOU ~'HH
\Vas Signml at mo Navy
Yarrl Se11t. 5, '19 05
Endetl Long War Between nus.
sia and Japan
Brief History of the Doings of the
Peace Envoys Durinp; Their Stay
in This Cily
I
.Tapanrsfl , and the ~Pconrl slnl'y vault to
thtt,J:11:.sia;1s, b11L WHre ntJvc,1• n,ed. Hoth
I sides c:arriP.d LltPir ,loenme11Ls bnck nnrl
. fnnl1 1bily lrnlw<'en Lhfl lintel WerilworLI, nL Nf'\\'Ca~llll, and th o navy yarr!.
f1' ir11prn11f saf11s prnvid111l in the nllices
wern alsn nllvtlr 11se1l,
'l'hn rncm at tlw soulhwest cornor cf
lhfl fi,· ~L lloor ;was Jitte<l np as a ,;nh le
nllicP, n11<1 opP.rators o f the Wl'slf'rn
1111io11 an<l Postal telegraph were on rlnty
there d11ring tlw sflss ions.
'l'ho 1111voys nnd the members of their
snitl's were l.Jro11ght from the Wentworth
hoLel daily in sLParu lannches or automobiles, nr.r:ording- lo choicfl,
Five mirlship1111•11 were spec ially detailed fr om
Lhn haLLIAship s:p1a<lro11, cruising along
Lite roast, for tlio Jlllrpose ~of handling
tloo~e la111whe,3.
Wlti!e at the yard,
thesfl ynnng gentlemen were ']Uarter:ed
in lln11se C, then vacant on ac"onnt oi
dP.tach11lflnt of thr equipment oflicer.
"·"·""'""-·,,.
No rPpresentaLi ve~ of the pres~ were
allowPd in the llllilcling or Lhe yanl during thn Lime tho envoys Ytere at Ports
mo11Lh.
, Whiln tl,e confe ren ce lasted all r.ivil
emplny<'P.S o[ the yard were reqnired to
have wl'itten passes signe(! by the he&d
of tho ,:eimrtment for which Lh<iy
work,.,!. ); o visitors were allowerl in
Lhe yarcl witho11t a special 1,aRs signed
by lhP c•orn111n11dant. Besides tho general sl11rekeepor, the only ciJicers admilled f1eely to the conference bnilcling
at all Limes were the commandant and
,·a1,Lain of the yard. No employees wAre J.'-.tMJH•f.:;;Ji
a<lmittrrl withont a special pass. '.!'her;,
we•r ,•mpl,,ysrl regularly i11 tbe build•
ing,
the learli11~rnan laborer or the
general storekee11er's der,artn_ient. three
janitors whose wages were paid by the
stale de11artment, and a few laborers or
the general storekeeper's department.
!(very ua1·t o f Lh'l building was inspecLe,l
twice a day lJy the general stnrnkeeper,
and extreme cleanline~s and order were
P.xacted
This working force acquitted
itsel[ splenrlilily.
The fumitnre of the rooms was leased
by the state clep~rtment fr o m a Washi11gtor. furniture rlealer, and after tlie
cc11ference it was put on 1,ale as it
stood; Ii t·st ccme, first served Most
every article that was used in the con ference room proper was sold arnl about
h:1 If the uLluirs. That not sol<l was
shippe,t ha<'k to Wnsiiington.
No article or furniture was left in the builuing.
The force c,fthe c:eneral Stocekeeper's
ll11parL111ent on the occasion of Lhe use
11[ its main 1>11ildi11g for the memorable
pn rpose was as follows:J'av l11spect11r-.r. A. l\lu<ld, U.
Navy, c:ene ral Storeketip11r.
l'aymaster's Clr1k-,J. . E. Colcord, U.
8. Navy, Chier Ulerk.
Chiefs of Sr.clim~-W. I. Ilaywood,
F. W. Wilmot, W, LL noodhne.
Clerks-KL. Chaney, ,J. W. Leavitt,
r;, II. l\LcC:uire .. I . ll. l:icharclson, J\L G
Font, A. ,J . .Mel\! 1Ill<Jn, H. L. Kelly, ,I. C
McKenncv. A. ~I ·r,ang, A. c;.. Hoo<! \Vin,
.J. 1,. Cnrti,, , ,1. r:.
WliaiJi,•y, Jt; iL
Kirvan, \.\'. /1.. Hall, R T. Allis, .J. E.
llatlger.
Sper.ia l lllPr.hanif' - ,1. W. narlow.
.l'a1dcer- \'i. A. l;arte r.
Leadingman-\V. Y. !•'.vans.
Lahornrs-L . n. (}e1-rish, S. H. J\lars
Lon, V. J[. (}no1lwin, .]. C. Burnham, E
A. Chesley, o. B. n,,ss, .J. F. Leavitt, F.
. . Spencer, C. A. (}ray, W. U. Gooden,
Patrick DnfTy, Andrew Peter, Reuben
Worster.
I
�FIRST RELIGIOUS PAPER
Had One In 1808,
First on Record.
Dr. L~uis F. Henson, a most carefnl,
painstaking and accnrate llistorical
student anrl the learling authority on
homaology in this country, has none a
useful service to the history or journalism and to the his torical repn ·,e or
Philadelpl1in by marshaling in the last
number of tho ,Journal of the Presbyteria11 IJistorical Society the eviden r e
;vhich J!Oes to establish the claim or
John Wellwo:id Scott, buried in t!,e Pine
Street Presbyterian church yard, to the
founder of the first religious j c, 1:rnal
ever published.
'l'he Hoston Hecor<ler, whose successor
and representative, the Congregationalist, is a mc>st useful, artive anrl v1gorons
sheet, has always claimed to be, in 1 JG,
the first religi'.Jns r.ew3paper. Scc tt's
paper, wh.:.se lirst nnmber appeared
Sept. J, 1813, it has been claimed w!!s
_.,.•.Y,s-11 1 nc,t a religious newspaper,
\>nt a mere
periodical pamphte't. Its Hie is in existence and Dr. Benson has no dilliculty
in showing it in every fair sense or the
word a religious newspaper,
Philadelphia may fairly claim to have
begun religious journalirn1, or the
Herald of Gos11el Liberty. published in
Portsmouth, N. II., September, 1 O , no
tile survives, and Dr. Ilens,11 refrains i:,:,.,:·,.,.,!I;,
from the c:mclnsioa reached by less
careful students ·tbat it was a mere k'n'!!'c",JUi'.organ or a religious entr.usiast, a 11ropaganda for ltiR views, though for this -P.·e1,,·-~
evidence exists.
, , Tbe lirst number or the ITeral<l of
Gospel Liberty appeared, Sept. 1 l 07,
at Essex, Mass., the ollices being soon
after moved to l'ortsmouih. It measured only abcnt !l inches wide by JO or
1-2 inches long (this including the margia ) and of fonr pages. The Herald ~~,P...-0 ~,
was published evP.rv l!'riday for many
years in Portsm0t,th; at one dollar per
year, half o[ this s11 ui being in advance
and the balance at tho end n[ the year,
or ninety cents if paid in advan co ; and
"conntry produce :a: the market price
in the town" was received from those
who were indebted for paper or books.
The noterl Elder Elias Smith was the
orignator anrl erlitor o[ the Jlsral1l and
who orga,iized the Christion church in
this town on ,lanua!'y l, 180:l .
.Nearly every page of the early numbers of the paper fairly bristle<! with
theological, discussion-a clecisiveness
of laneuage and an am rmai.ion of beliefs
which wonld do credit to John Calvin
anrl Jonathan Edwards themselves.
Before ' Elder Smith's death he
ebaaged his theolo)?ical views several
times. He was ordained to the Baptist
ministry and at ooe time was a Universalist, rireaching from that pulpit for
almost ten years, aml a[L.:irwar1ls renrmnced those vi6ws.· Ile wrote a book
entitled "The Life, Conversion, Proa.:hing, Travels and Sufferings of ]Was
Smith," and poblisbed the rnme. It
contained aLont 400 dnoclecimo 1iages, -.u,,_.._,;,,.··,.,._..,.._.,
and in it he gave a general view of th~
doctrines he once embraced and considered "thP, misrepresentations of his en emies, particularly that or David Benerlick in his Listory or the Baptists." or
their conduct toward J1im. of the mobs
and turmoils he had etdured; with a
general account ot the people and
preachers who camsl.. out with him ,
cal!ed lChristiaos. Tho book created
something of a sensation in the theolcgical world.
The elrler was an exceedingly controversial man and the copies of the papers
before us show on nearly every J)age
't hat he could deal sledge-hammer blows
at his opponents whenever J1e thought
tit to do so.
The llerald o[ Gospel Liberty: is
:iblished aa in the est.
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Thi~ delaye<l the bancl 'eoncert on
l\larkt'L sq11aro !Jy t.be aval banrl whirh
0
was s<"h ·d11le1l to ~t.art at !J,:Jo, an,l it
was an Ji.,11r lat.Pr l>eforn the musicians
Look spats in the band stand.
In
t.he
111ea11li111" ih" s11n hail 1rnt fn appoaran<'e, l111l only for a few mirrntes.
'l'hi ~ 1flflrnoon from i.::I) to ii o'!'lock
J•:mer., ~ military hantl or Dover will
g;,e a , ,1111•9rt on the square, anrl this
e"e11i11•_ from 7 t ,, n o'<'lock thn Naval
band ,,ill \Jo 11.-.a,cl again.
The principai 1wPnt oft.he tlay will be
t!1e obsenr.iion f t.ho sig 11ing o[ the
TrPal~• of l'nrtsmo11th, whi"li will ue
nel,I at firn o'clock at the Christ. churrh.
The sprvire will lw a (luplkat.e 0£ t.he Te
Tloum sung by th Hussian tpriest a[Ler
the signi11g of the
Treaty, with t.lrn
() \'.Cf' ptiol'
t.ha L tlu,
1':11glisli
'l'<'
J)rum will he ,,m;;.
The lrnnrlsomo
brass cPmmornlive tahlot. will 1,p unveiled ,,t, t.he hegi11ni11g or the i;rrvices
by Bi ~h''l' l'olt.er o[ New York, t.he
learlin:• l•' pisconal bishop ort.his ,·01111try
!lishop J'oltor will also deliver the
l'tia~e sm 111011. Atlrni~sion is 0nly by
lick et.
Tlus 1•1·eni11g at !-\ o'cloek on
para,lo, a r!lprorl11r ion in Moving Pic•
t11res will he give11 ,,r t. 1111 grancl procession welC'r•mi11g tho Pnvoys of thP two
countries 011 their mi,sinn of l'Pi.ce.
I\ t two o'clock tomol'rnw aftf'rPOO!~
thf'rP " ·ii! bo held on Market square,
bir·yd" races, running rnees, threelegged ra1·0 and sa1,k races. There will
be t.wn rnr•Ps i-1 e;ich eYenl, one for hoys
11mk1· s1'\Lne11 yf'rtrs of ago ·u11l tho other
f,,r 111P11. t;uilal.Jlf prizt>,: will ht• award<'d ii e:wh (ll'ent. Fnll'ifls i,hnnld
he left with \V. J•'. ,·. C. Jo:. \\"ocds. The
rari,s will all \Jo rn11 aro11nct:the sr11;are
honnr!Pd hy Co11g-n•ss, l\lidrlle, St:,L<1 and
l'lnn~a11l strf'ol. 'io cltrtrCP to e11Lrr.
Tli1·,,. will al l.l,11 s:i111w I i1110 bea banrl
C'011c•Prt "11 ihfl sq11arfl h1 the 1 orth
Jlerwir-1 lt:in<l and an exliil,it.ion on the
high"''" j;, feel :ibove t.h11 ground.
011 lit <' ri vC'r lltfll'e will be S'.lilin,r,
111otor :,11•! rowin,!' ra!'es for all classr•s o[
boats. ~11 itahl11 prizt1s will be g!ven,
:rnrl all ·1<·1>1; wiil ho under the rlil'"f'tion
of ill<' tt•g;iLt.a r•,1111mittre of the J'ortsrr1011t.h ) ,H•ht cl111J with whom eulriPS
can UH rnadP.
()n ·.1l •1nLn ·l(t,11 11HHll1 lhrre will bfla
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par:1111 • •, ill slart from tho l'iains 'Ii lwn
o'cln!'k :1111I rnovo down Jllidrlle slr••<'t lo
l'!<'rt~:,nt slrPPL to St.at!' street l, : thti
l'lai11s.
Thti ,•P!Phr:iiinn "ill close Sunday
with l'earf' r.erl'i!'l'S al all t.he rhurchPs.
A ~l:t!:.1li11~ :1 i 111y HO\\ \\"" 111•,., I
'l'o l;1k1 l'f•:tCt~ hs 1..111 1 l1;111ol
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co11111H•mnratinn o[ Lill' r;'gnrnr, o[ U,
"Tn:1ly r,f l'nrls111 "lit, w!111·'1
sign<'rl at ihe navy yard Sflpi. ~,,
and t.hus endo,l tli!l lnni.r n11d
b11t1H!Pn llnssia and .J:111:in.
The IJ11ard of trade haYe bee11
aclive in 1,r inging thi s rPld.rat.im1 aunut.,
anrl fro111 now nnt.il Saturclny thnm will
be plenty or am11.,Pment for r,vnryho•l},
The !oral merchants harn mnrle a loirl
{or 011 t of town : cusl .. 11\f•rs hy o1Te rin 1~
S['8l'ial in,lu('enlflnt.s in thPir line.
'rhe wf'at.her this morning "as not
jnst whnt the pen1,ls of l'nrlrmonth
wo1;Jcl liked Lo have h:111 for Urn opening
clay of tha celPIJrat.ion,
b11t 1101Jody
kic1eed and all ma<le reilcly t.n enjoy t.hr
[un. A very heavy fng t'll'feln:,ed t.lin
city ihis morning al\(1 rain fell np in t e n
,
�Ohio,
Correspondent
Writes Some lnterestlni Facts ou
Subject.
Eoaon P O R'l 'S \1O1 I'll T l~IE8-T!Jrough
the couri.esy of nn nlil fr ieud in M1ioP;
I have before me several co pies of Tm::
Turns. containing vari ous articles trom
ynnr corresp<indents relating tn tl1 t1
lraclitional "iJelen Seavey'· Quilliug
J'arty ancl, the origin n f th e f:bg of tl,ti
Ranger.
I nm aslcerl by my fa ir r nrre spcnclent,
i{ I have, in my memory, any tradition
relating to Paul .J ones aa,l his famous
ship, tits Hanger, :rn<l parLi r nlnrly o f
CTelen Seavey, and if so, t o au l Wl'l'
through your columns.
h,v P a dim rer.oll ertinn o[ beari111~.
in my hcyhoocl days, tlte name of llelt111
Seavey mentic,r,etl in connection "ith
some important event, hnt I nm 11 ul
~ure. Traditions however, or P:1111
,Jones, the batthls he fought, the origin
of the olcl, or rather the new ilal? or the
Range~ are prominent in my memory.
The crew of tl:e Hanger wer m 0slly
from Horwi r k and Killery, a1:d the SUI•
vivors o[ tl1e various batLles tol,I their
stories at 1wighborly ~atheri11~s, in taverns and village groceri es nncl npnn
mee ting house ~teps, long l.>"elieire Lhe
history o[ our conntry was wtiltirc.
Ona of tl:e crew or the Hanger was
Thomas llammst, or Kittery, n l.Jrolh~r
of my paternal great grandmother. He
was captured and <:onfined-toge tbar
with others of the crt<w-in Old :Mill
Prison.
(twas seventy-eight years ago, while
sitting upon my grandfather's knee, be
told me stories of Pan! Jones and the
Ranger anti incirlents in his bcy bood
life connected therewith:
"l have o[ten seen Pan! Jones" - said
tny. grandfather, "and I have been on
boar:l the Ranger. When I was fourteen years old," continued my f:l'lndfather, "I walked from my gra11d[uLl1el''s
old place at Spruce Creek to Portsmouth
to see the ]fanger sail onto[ port
It was the day [aJarn__ Seavt1r presented the llag of the Ha:iger to Captain
,Tones. It was made from the nit! silk
dresses of her daughter-and was white
and blue:' •. ,
So far as my memory holds good, it
was Seaver who madtl and presenter! the
flag . It may have been Seavey, an,t
Uelen, Ellyn or Ellen-the n!\me~ wtlre
synonymous in olden times-Sea vey,
may have been the identical Madam
Seaver, or her danghter-in-law.
'l'he fact that tho genealogy of Ilelen
Seavel cannot be trace:!, considering the
changes wronght by time, in the names
of persons and places, is not eville111' e
that she did not exist, or, as is clninie<l,
~ myt:t,
_
W':! feel assnr6cl tlmt . the Hanger,
wJ1en she sailed ont of Portsmonth hurb9r, Nov. 1, 17i7; 'c'i r'riecl a· flag at her
mast-head. That it was new, l :6for
your nnmerous readers to Sarah Orne
Jewett's charming reference to it In the
"Tory Lover" pages 200, 207, Tllat
gifted author always keeps history
straight,
J,
!I[.
..t\,ccompanying the above c:nnmunicaiion is the followiog letter from tne
author:
D1un Mn. F.nrTon:-I have written
hastily and perbars, without proper care
as my friend requested all immediate return of the pa111::rs.
•
My a1 tic le is 11 11 ,re in answer to queries
o[ my friend, than any wish to appear
!Je!ore the public.
I am in sight c:f my 85th mile5tcne.
1
_n fact, the oldest of South Berwick' s
native born men, with one exreplinn
I ''rnill(Jerl the ox,en" on the 1'l'ara,ie"
now market square, while my falhet.'
sought a custome r for ihe lo:id n[ cnr<l
wood for sale, fnnr years l>efnre the
author o[ the "01<1 Town by the Sea"
was born.
I_ have b9en tempte,l many times to
write up my reminiscences of persons
and !)laces in ci<l "Ponchmnth" of 75
years ago.
It was 77 years ago last winter, I rail
away fr:>m the old farm, i;esnlve<l to
"pick rol'ks" no more. all(i sTtippo,1 with
the Nnble Brothers of Nollie Jslan<I
as cool~ npoll a "11illk ste rn scho,,1,er.':
bonll<l 111 the spring for Salvar!or.
Did yon ever know and !eel tlie
ll!Jrsuasive elo,lueuce of a motl1ers
t.aars ?
J, M,
�Of The Existence Of Helen Seavey
Of Portsmouth
'l'he follow·lng has Ileen sent to
The Chronicle for 1rn1Jllcallon.
As the genealogist o[ the Seavey
!family, I am, ,extremely anxious to obtain Information re~arding a woman
named Helen• -S eavey, who ls said to
01a ve Jived In Portsmouth or vicinity
dnrlngi
the
Revolullonary
War.
After many months or the most cnrciul and devoted' research, r havP ]Jeen
c1ulte unable to discover n11y trace or
~1er, s::we In an lnterest.11vg historical
romance 1Jy Augustus C. Duell, "Pa11l
,Jones, Founder
or tho Am e rican
Navy."
l nm nwaro that her ll!lll1e
or Beti;ey
lH'Cll coupled wi.th that
Hoss us a maker o[ the "first" Am·
erlcnn nag, !Jut ·1f she never e,tisted
save in the brain or the ingenious
Duell, why shou!,'ll she be permitted
to enjoy such d 7~tinction?
H she
over really did ,•xlsl, why cannot I
linve her to nllcrn the 11111-.l'S ol' her
fnmlly's genealogy? I wish to offer
a reward o[ twenty-five -dollars for
1rnsitlve proof t:ba.L Helen
Seavey
was livinig In
'Portsmouth
during
the Revolution; ifor the names '>[ her
j1arents and h11s ·t1antl and the dnt,% of
lier birth, marri 1ge rmd death.
A. 13. HALL.
•I '
1r.n1TOH (IJ,' '1'111,: 'l'IMJ,:H •-"l)llflrist"
Ila~ n,;lwd i11 T111,: '1'1M1,:s or ,111110 tri,
,I II ly I'.! n111l A 111:11sL Li, Who was
1lelPn SPavPy '.'
As "tho trnlli, the whnlo truth, and,
nothing IJ11t the truth" as to every eveut
or, or cnnnecled wilh our war for I ndc,pendence, lllllSt ner.essaril;r be desired
I.Jy every · 1 8011 ofltlu, American Hevolnti,,11," I ask _yon to ki11tlly print for
1
·<~11<•1·ist'.," informatio11, anrl fm· l!UTrn<:Lio11 1r 1:dstaken, Lho following replie,
tn a silllilar question cut from re,·ent
n111111..iers of the Boslon 'l'ransript.
S. A.H.
l'ortsmo11tti, N. 11. Augnst l!J, l!JOi.
(ilH•I. The name of Helen was not
used ly tll& !'arly families or
ew
llnmpshire and ~lai11e ,Jnri11g ~he tin1e
111n11ti11r.etl hy .l. l<'. I havo r.xa!llinetl
~o 111a11.v vital rernr Is nr lr,wns of these
States that 1 have authority for Lllis
statement. Nn Holen Seavey is to I.Je
found in I ortsmo11th rr Jlye IJefore tho
11i 1111lP.e11( h nenLn ry. Parsons
i II the
"II istory of Ilye" gives two El lens,
lmth i11cmrert. The li1·st was l<:Iinor
8eavey, whn ,narri<,d llavid Blake and
lhe ~!'con,l is Lhe kind <,f mistake that
makes one wornler. The eldest child e,f
,Jonatlian (I) Seavey was Comfort, and
~he marrie<I ,lo11athan Ta5kor. The
"11 istory of Hyo" snys Uomfort married
lmen Tasker, who is indexed as Ellen
Seavey.
A. T. JT.
(Notes and Qnerie5, Hoston Transcript,
Angust :1, 1!!07.)
(i IHI. 1. fn tho question nf the exislen,!e of 11 nlen Seavey, tho n1ytltical
yo11111! hrirlo, who is the hurol110 of
llnull's:story nr l'a11l ,lo11es·s l'ortsmonth
lllade llag or 1777 (vol. I, )l:tges 21-1 r,;)
arnl in s11111,nrt nf the statement of A, 'l'.
11., Ang. '! . 1!l07, th:,t ''the name of
IIPIPn was not used hy the early families
of 'ew Unnq,shirt, anrl Maine cluring
the Li111A mPntioned 1.Jy .J, J?. (17G0-17!i:i)"
iL 1~ i11ttiresli111{ ln 11ote that t1Pither the
'·\\'011tworth (: enen logy," Hos to 11, 1878,
the "U11tls «:e11ealogy, 11 Albany, N. Y.,
JX!I.! (both C<,11Laini1tl{ rna11y l'ortsmouth,
N. l I,, names,) nor the "Spalcling J\Iem:irinl," Ghieagr.,, 1H!l7, (a sta11::lard New
Jcngla.,<I ge.,eal<,gy) shnw anyone bearini.: those family names born in America
hPfore tho year 1RUO to ha v!l bei,n calle<l
''llelen."
IL may be sl:ttPd that tho name of
"IIPlen" cannot I.Je found prior to 1800
in the rnconls of the IJirths, marriagPs
and deaths in llyn:(the anrestral home of
the Seavey~). 1 tiwingt.011 or Newrastle,
N, 11., towns adjoining 1'ortsmo:1th, extemively pri11ted in the "New Uam)lshirs t:enealogical Recor<]," vols. 1 to 4
incl11~h·e. Nor does the 11a111e appear in
tho baptismal rerc>rcls of the
orth
church, l'nrtsmouLh, up to 1721 (nil yet
p~inte,I), p11lilished in vols. :) a11d 4 of
tl10 satlle lllagai.i11e.
·It is espt•cially notflwnrthy that neither
"A l:<'<"•rd .. r Births, l\larriages nn•I
l)naLlts in l'<ll'lst11Ulll.h, . II., frnm 17Uli
to 17•1~" (, ,.,,,. l•:ni.:la111I lli~t.oriual and
'le1walagi,lal lt,:gis:.er, volumes 2:1 to 27
inclusive,) nur the rrcent pamphlet,
"l'orls :nouih and Newcastle, N. II.,
Cemetery Insc:riptiuns : 'Abstracts from
srme two thousarn\ of tho oldest tornbslnnns, hy Arthur IL. Locke, l'ortsm1.11Lh: Privately printe<I, 11107," con tained a si11i::le "llelen" and it is, therefore, a fair 1lecl11rtion that no girl born
i11 or near Portsmouth, N. JI., before the
Am<Jri,!an ltevolution was so named.
ThiHap ,lical.ion or mvdnncritici~m to
lluell's story of J'aul Jones s
or smonl.h tlag shows the anachronistic
11a11111 or Its heroine to linve l!eon 1m•
happily chosen by the novelisl.-historian
for or her birth' \narriage '' In May'
1777," or rlenth , absolutely no trac~
mn ho found - and the oLher flag
makers named by Hnell arc eqnally
u11hisLorical for no evidence is obtain
ahle that "Car:iline Chandler," "Au- ·
g11sLn Peirce" or ''DoroLhy Hall (niece
of l•:lljah llall, soconrl lienteuant of the
Jfa11ge1·. ") evor exRisle<I, the city and
church records d Portsmouth, N. Jf.,
havin,:! beeu 1111successf11lly search11d ;
11or is there any evidence iu those
records. or i11 the records 0f Raynham,
Mass,, Lieutenant JWjah Ilall·s birthplace, or in t!1e ·'Hall's Uenealcgy,"
that he had a 111ece Dorothy Ilall · and
the lifLh llag maker, ".lllary Laugtlon,"
~lated
by
Buell to
have
bern
in
l'ortsmcuth
in
JR77 and in
l'hila<lelphia in 1781, can J1ardly be
claimed to be identiral with !>lary Ann
La11gdon. niece of C:overnor ,lol111tLangdo11 (who ha<l no daughter Mary), and
da11ghter o[ his brotlrnr, Wn0dbury
La11g<iun, meml.Jer of the Continental
Congress in 17i!l, 1780 and li81 ("~ew
lJan:psbire Manual," Concord,
. ll,
18111, page 170), although she seems th~
only possible choice-for, born in 1712
("r.lary Ar.11, chllrl of Capt. Woodbury
lllHl Snrnh L::ng<ion" was "bapti7ed
April 12, 1772"-NorLh Church Records,
rity copy, Jiage 20·1); she wiis but Jive ,.- ~~l'..i:slt-,'/-~t,~Ai
1
years of age in 1777 I
Won Id tbat this most interesting myth
were Lme !
J. 1<',
nos Ion
�__ . , ·--
AS TO HELEN SEAVEY
Scales· Writes In Answer to "J,
Interesting Historical
Em1·ou
OF
ro1tTSMOU'l'I[
notice in your issue of lllonday evening
an article c,n "Ilelen Seavey," of hlsM7.'' ::.':!.r.,11 to:ic fame in Portsmouth.
It evidently
is a reply to an article which I recently
had published in tho "Chronicle," in re·
gard to that most estimable 11e~.sona?~;
J, .L
1 judge this to be so as
very kindly sent a D)arked e c~py
of your paper to me tlu~ ~~1orn!11g,
1 will not repeat my "Cbromcle article
beret· any who are interested can tefer
to tb~t paper and read it, "J, l!'," do~s
n:.it in any way answer my _argument Ill
that paper. Wl;at he says 1s a rehllsh of
what had been said before I wrote a
.- •· r-.••-,·~ word on this subject,
.
.
In brief my argument 1s tlus: Ther_e
was a John Paul Jones; he waij an ~lhcerin the American navy at _the beginning of and during the American Hevo•
Jution · a war ship was bu'.lt at. rortsmouti{; Jones 5ailed 011 that s!up, and
rortsmcuth and Dover men sailed and
foughtjwith him in Hrilislt waters; _that
ship had a flag; the stars and stripes;
one of the lirst flags that was made;
t!Jat tlag was made in rortsmcuth,
where the ship was built; a cornnany of
Portsmouth women made it; 1be' furnished the material, as we.l 111 the
fingers and thread, wherewith to make
it· there is no tradition of wl ere they
g~t the material except that one of the
company, recently marri~d, cut '. p h '~
wed:i'ng dress and gave 1t to ma. eca ·
tain i:arts of the flag; it l1as alwayh· bee 1
s&id that her name was lielen Se.;vey,
whether 01· not tliat was tho patnu.,c
brirle's name J can not 1105i tive!y assert,
but for want c,f pl'Oo{ that her name was
anything €lse I must insist Lhat she
continue to bo called "Helen Seavey -"
Whenever "J; ]'." or any o{ the learned
critics will prom pr.siti~ely that tl_ie
bride's uame was 1iumeth1n 6 t,lse, I will
be p(eased to rea<l all(! pass judgment 011
;i:,,,,,.:.-.i"'ll.,,11 the evidence they 111ay present.
I take it for granted that "J. 1"." ad•
mits there was a l'a11I ,Jones who hall a
ship ar:d a flag that were made in Ports
mouth ; also that l'orts111011th men made
the ship and l'ort~mu11Lh w1J11_u,n m~de
the flag ; to deny these facts 1,; e11u1v~Jent to deuyin~ well es~abh~hod facts 111
history. Docs "J, 1"." den~ '.' The
women who made that llag hat! names;
the mon who built the ship hall names;
can you give thei~ 11ames '.' lf the w~man's na111e. who ~ave the dro~s. wab
not llelen Seavey, what was it·.> Bucause y0i,I can11ot Jim! her ,1a111e 011 a11y
written record does not pr0ve she nev~r
existed. '!'hero, were many women 1n
Portsmauth then whose names are not
011 any writlen tecord,
•
Jon . SC,U,E
Dover, N . U, August ~O. 100,.
Good Reason to Believe that
She Once Lived
MR. SCALF.S PRESENTS Cl.EAR ANO
LOGICAL ARGU~lENT
'ro· tlie ]~dilor O[ The Herald:-:
clip\pe<l lhe following from yon•· pa,per today:
"Wl10ther 1Hiclen Seavey C\'<'r liv_tJd
or not, it. Is loo ,had lo Pn;oii lh: pret1y
story· of lhe flag ma<lc frnm lhe s1!l,<?n
gowns of the girls or Portsrr.ut1lh. t<,
wlllch the fair Helen wns• sai,!: lo
have contributed :h.er wedding cl res,.
The historians mlg•irt, al least, h:i ve
left us one of the romantic tales wi:h
which history has 'been emi>e,i:shed.
It Is something however, to Jrnow
1:hat Helen Seavey· has• heen im·
1nortaHzed an-cl: ,she wllJ, 1111<1011hll·1lly
he permitted to take •h·c,, plae J in 1hr:
annals of even Ls that never ha P·
11en'ed along ,~ith Helen o[ Troy :ind
the oth-er heroines ot' history wh:~h
isn'l true."
,p have read with lnlere:;t in yonr
J)aper and, oth<•rR llllH·h ll111l has hee1:
pn\Jll:,hc<I 011 th!~ question ol' 11 hcl11er or not lhel'e ever was s,1.,1 1 person as Helen Seavey in Portsmouth
,it the beginning or the Revolutionary war r.n the A'llanlie oce:1:1. ;s,nw
r have no personal lnle1•cst It: this
question' bu l I do like lo S!,C COlll·
mon, sense and common fl: ~•rn ,s
manifested: In discussing historical
questions. l am not ·going to try lo
prove •positively
that the historic·
Jlelen· Seavey Is not ;t myl.h, lint wi.J
simply present a row aiignmenl,; in a
11egatlve ,,vay for your Portsmouth
er! lies to consider.
1'. John Paul Jones was tn l'orls111onth in !117'/'G or 1'777; :perhaps !Jot h
r<>ars. Nobody <lisputes lhat.
2. A w:arshiJl was buil-L for ,JIU'llll
Paul Jou•es in Portsmouth and, Jones
was t11ere <luring some 111art or the
lime the shi1> was bei1~~ h11ilt. No'IJody dis·putes 11:hat. Docs· 1u1}1h()(ly
<lls,1111l.c •tho lra<lillon lilrnt. he wa1:1 !In•
men8ely 11op11lur wllh •llll• pnlrlotlc
young Jadi·c s ot' Porsmoulh '/
John Paul Jones ,sailed
1,hlp clown the Plscataqua
across the Atlautlc anrl rlid
service In flghlh1g the enemy
•l. Thal sh,i'JJ had a !lag, the Stars
nncl Stripes; 'lho ,!lrst lln~ of 11-s 1dncl
that ever floated over Drllish ,waters.
No'liody disputes that,,
;; . 'Nobody ha-s ever d lspu tcd• !Jhe
r-laLm thal lit() Ila~ \YllS mado In
rortsmonth, ·while the ship wus ·b'C·
lng \Jullt an1l .Jones told the makers
how 'l'o make it. Jr 1;01110 quid nunc
or a critic th.Inks. the !lag w'lls made
somcw,herc else will he pl1l' as<' prove
whrrc?
I,. T'hC lradlllo11 ••IH l'hal l'orls111onlh womeu 111alic it; Is t1IN0 any
' l'l'ilic fool cuuugh to daim tlhat
•party of men mad•c It?
7. Nobody
can now tell
names of 'the ladies who 1mide
nag, so fa1· as 1 have bce11 nhle
l<•arn ,from the rlisc1rnslo111:1 I.hat hnvc
b::011 Jrnhlls,hcd', cxr.epl thuL the
name ul' one wu1:1 !Jelen S1:avcy. n
yo1111g marricii lady, •whn gave her
<'lcganl silk werlding dress for a 1parl
or the nag. O', cou rsc, h •ff name before •marriage was Tlclen "Somebo<lyelsc", and -because the Seavey ,ge1mal1oglsls have not found i. Helen Seavey
th•e y declare there was no Il<'i<'n
Somel.Jodyelse hcforc ~he wa1:1 ·mar•
rie1l. Wonderf11l wisdom.
8. No11\ Mr. liA!ll.or, in
pe rm It me lo rerna rlt that
• 1 E.e avey is a hi!o~orical
myt.h, those
<Jt•her Portsmouth women arc jusl as
: mu c h \myths. Vvc!llcn ·:nyt~1s never
made
tla,g ror Paul ..!ones or nny•
hody else. rr111•1·Pl'on'. no- ting wa!.\
,lllHlie In ,l'i)l'li;111outh; P1utl• .JOlll'A nev'I" h1HI lL Ila~ Hill! hls11;:-y that ('011·
nccls him with Portsrncull1 is all R.
myth. Until Lhe critics ·prove positively that some oth<'r patriotic bride
or Portsmoul 1h· ruruis'hr.1I a ~ilk <lrrss
ror th<' nag. 1 elal111 Lhaf., 'hy 111•i;atlvc
rC'asonlni;. it 11111st stand as a hislori<'al facl( not. a myth) lhat lhet•<" was
a llelen S<'nvoey and thal she did all
that. tracllt ion bays 1ihll ti hi.
If the
woman's name was nol ,J11l'lc11 Sc1wey,
what :was' il?
.TO !TN S'C,A•I~rns.
ff., Auhust. 1:l. 1:Hl7.
a
----·~r.--'1~'
�THE PORTSMOUTH FLAG
Of Paul Jones Dlicussed By Admiral
fester
The· story of 'Paul Jones's "Portsmouth made flag", printed In Ducll's
"Paul Jones", New York, lflOl, Jias
been · challenged by a writer In the
Boston Transcript of July 1, 1905, who
declares "that Mr. Buell had no authority whatever for his story that
historians would counlcnaucc" .
It may be noted that the bronze
tablet "In memory of the Continental
sloop or war Ranger", placed by the
Paul Jones Club, Sons of Lhe Aemrlcan Revoluti on of Portsmouth, at the
ferry landin g, Badger's Island, in
September last, mal,es no mention o[
this flag ; Col . .Buell, in his !![clime,
having ·neglected to prove, or even to
properly de[cnd his statements iu
this matter, when they were called in
question.
But it would seem easy to 11l"OYe
from the original :authority used by
Col. Buell, or by some other contemporary evidence, wheVher Paul Jones
did, or did not, make the speech-at a
meeting of the "people of Portsmouth", at the "Town Hall", in "the
evening" of "Thursday, Nov.
20,
1781", a "Day · of Thanksgiving in
New·
Hampshirc"-culogizing
]iis
Portsmouth made flag; which Is attributed lo him by Col. Duell; -and
which was arccpted as true by the
11rcsent wrll<•r In an .nrl le-IP 011 1h<'
"Portsmouth ldag" In The Chronicle
or April 27, 1905 ;-or at least lo show
conclusively whether such nw e tlng
was held or not.
The article referrer] Lo from "Notes
and Queries" of the Boston Transcript of July 1, 1905, Is given belowtogether with a "Query" from lhe
.same paper of December 23, 1no;;,
seeking informallon in this matlcr.
Answer.
1524. As supplementary lo lite
arlfcle printed In yonr answrr'l lo
Notes and Queries May 1 ~. 1:J()j, in
reference to lhe Paul Jones fla.s <,[
the Ranger, alleged lo hav~ been
''made by the girls o[ Portsmoulh, N.
H., from slices of their hcsl si!Ic
gowns"-which claim professes lo be
.;urhentlcated, very largely, from extra<'ls drawn from Buell's "LiC<:: of
Puul Jones," it will without doub;, b9
'l! some interest to your rc~dors to
know just how much •tall h ~Ir . Buell
himself, as recently as the year 1',01,
hatl In the story.
The writer hereof J,as for 111a11y
yt:ars been collecting from every
available source reliable in'Corr.mtion
!,1 rega.rd to the creation and i11tro·
duclion of the national standard of
beautiful "S•.ar
That a suitable flag, a stauclud
for the new ship of
R&nger, a regnlar "ship's colors"
eould be constructed ln cverv detail
as :t shonld be. o[ correct design and
proporl ions, and of sufficient sbie, from
cl:e scanty amount o[ such <!clicate
r.,aterial as Indicated, and untlcc the
pE cu liar
circumstances
Sl'~mcd to me extremely
Allll for a flag made as rcpre-scuteu,
to 1,2., e remained as alleged, w;tl1 the
lmpallent, pcrsislc11t and intrepid
P«ul Jones, through all his varitd ai.d
most remarkable r-a [eer, from its dis;1!ay at I he celebration on bo:ir,l the
Hariger at Porlsm :J11th. N. I!., on the
[0ur lh of July, 1777, to its 11oing uown
to the bollom o[ tha North Sea with
the hulk. of lhc Bo:1 IlOm!"'.t:! ltichard
o 1 the t wen ly-[ou r:.n of Sc,J' c1:~tcr,
1'/7!) (two years an'.l three
seemed so incomprehensible and impossible, that I -wrol e a note of inquiry to Mr. Buell, sLallng that I expect rel to visit 'Portsmouth,
and
wish1•<l lo be informed where the pa·
pCl'S and journal of Elijah Hall were
tu I.Jc founcl, lhat I might al firsL hand
ol.Jlaln a l.Jet!<'l' un<l e rslanuing or the
genesis of so singular a story.
I also ~skccl him in my noto a
quest ion in ret?;ard Lo an arllcle
wh(('h he hat! written some lime previously_ in regard Lo the "Stafford
flag", another flag o( puz,:ling mystery, also rlaimcd lo be the Paul
Jones flag or the Ranger and of the
Bon Homme Ri chard, a claim ~vhicb,
by the way, is repl e te wlllt most remarkable
co nfusions,
although,
U1rough an evident misapprehension
or a ,·c•rlain letter clalmcu to give It
a11U1r•nlicity, unwillingly a<lmltted In
some r111artcrs.
I had previously called upon
Buell lo question him
other poiuls in his book,
shown hl111 a photograph that I hacl
taken or two pages of the original
minutes, the manusc ript journal or
Congress, to show that f he Resolution
o[ June 11, 1777, establishing the Flag
o[ the thirteen 11nlled Slates, anrl the
resolution giving John Paul Jones the
command o[ 1hr Ranger, were entirely separate and distinct, and not
joined togelher, as his boolc, with
a hon! all olhrr works on lhe life o·r
Paul Jones, claimed them to be.
A ug11slus C. Buell served as a soldi er in the Army of :.':~ Potomac, and
received the it.Ille of colonel before he
was twenty years old. With a fairly
liberal education, •h e became a very
bright newspaper writer, and he was
the author or several books In addition to his "Life of Paul Jones". He
also studied civil engineering, and entered into the employ of the Cramp
Sbipbullcling Company, subsequently
:a cling as secretary to Mr. Charles
H. Cramp, to whom he dediC:Rted his
"Life of Paul Jones."
Mr. Buell claimed to have been a
desc~ndant OD one of the officers of
the crew of the Bon Homme Richard,
and therefore It IS not very surpri~!ng
that be toolc an enthusiastic pride in
complling a history of · his idol, ithe
great sea captain, ·and even to. throw
an ecstatic halo o·f romance around
some of the incidents related. . It · ls
ex-tremely unfortunate, howeyer, that
thus the real facti, In ·some Instances
havo been much obscured; there are
various errors, ·wherein he had evidently bee~ misled, one of ,which is
pointed out by _Rev. Edward Everett
Hale In The O'utloolc cf( June 24,
which mar' his otherwise excellent,
painstaking work.
As Mr. Buell died on May 23, 1904,
it wiJ.l not seem a:miss In this
nection, to give for publication
answer to my Inquiries, of which
following ls a literal <,opy of his let',ter-the original r retain;·
'.!'he Wllllam · Cramp a.nd Sons Ship
and Englhe 'Building Company.;
Office Beach and Ball streets~,
Pblladelphia, Oct. 4, 1901.
My Dear 'Mr, Canby--1I have tecelved
your Jetter of the first instant.
I
have been intending to ca,J.1 upon' you
ever since you· did . me the hono: to
vls!L me at my house, but have n(!t as
yet found time. ,.
The only copy that I have of
arllcle prl~ted in The T,imes
cernlng the Stafford flag l& In my
scrap book. But I have the dat~ or
the paper and will write to the Times
office and !fl possible obtain another
copy.
' With regard to .the papers of Elijah
Hall, I have gone over nil my original
notes-that ls, all that I ha,v e f:laved
of them-and I cannot find anything
to lndlcal~ exactly'. ~vhere 'bis (these?)
could now be found. In fact, all that
I eve r saw of them
his journal
and two letters written by him, all in
This was fif.teen years
ago-in 1886. They were then in the
possession of a descendant of his--an
elderly maiden lady named Sherburne, who, as well as I can remember, resided In Dover, N. H.
· As to the making the flag for the
Ranger, Hall only referred to it in a
single sentence. The deba.lled story
was told to me by Miss Sherbui;n,e
orally as a family tradition. My impression is that Miss Sherburne ,was a
granddaughter of Dorothy Hall, E1i
jah's daughter (niece?) who ls me~
lloned 1n :the footnote .
· The tfact is that when compiling the
matter for my history I 'n ever had any ·
Idea of being made a defendant in
the premises, or being called upon to
prove anything by proffer of original
documents. · tudee'd, •I was not at that
lime eure t'bat I would ever publi sh it.
As a result I was careless about pre·e videncc.
,vas
0
�For this reason about all I C1J.n do
nowi is to say those whO take suftl.c!(mt Interest in my statements to
read them must accept them as authority as far as I am ,concerned without "going behind th& returns."
I am well aware that in such a. work
as that in which you iare engaged,
documentary proof, even to photo·
grapll copies or original papers, is desirable, if not essential. In this par1,!cular case I do not see how I ca;n
help you in tb11.t dlret:tlon-a situation
which, ~t't me assure you, I regret excceclfns:y.
Very truly yours,
Augustus C. Buell.
George Canby, Esq., Philadelphia..
It wfll thus be seen by this letter
··•·"'•"··- that Mr. Buell had no authority whatever for his story that tlstorians
would count'enanco. Whatever may
have be n the origin of the [a~lly tradition It1 stands to reason ·that if a
flag was made by the girls of Portsmouth, Including the five-year-old
Mary· Ann Langdon, It could not have
been a flag befitting an ensign , for a
"man-of-war", but must have been
simply a, flag in miniature, made in
playful mo,ments, . by
ladles, as a souvenir gift
"ladles' man", Capt. Paul Jones.
G. C.
(Boston Transcript, July 1, 1905) .
Query
Hall ofi Portsmouth, second
11eutenant of the Ranger, sta.tes, as
related In Bnell's "Paul Jones", thal:
"On Thursday, Nov. 20, 1781, the full
significance of Yorktown having become known, -there was a day of
Thanlcsglvlng in New, Hamps11!re. In
the evening the people of Portsmoulh
'met at the town hall, where Gov.
Langdon made a brlet congratulatory
address."
,Paul Jones then spoke, in part, as
follows:
"Let me say that this occasion fills
my memory wlt.h a flood of thoughts,
every one of which dates from this
most, patriotic of cities • • • When I
oame here, more ,than ,rour years ago,
to tal<e your little Ranger to Europe,
I was unknown to you per-sonally;
bpt a flag was made for that ship by
the dainty hands of Portsmon Uh's
daughters, of a pattern new• to the
world. "That flag the Thangcr carried
across the sea and showed It alike .to
our . French friends and
Elngl!sh
enemies. Our French friends saluted
ft with the cannon of their grand fleet.
Our English enemies twice lowered
their haughty -emblem ;to it. And
even now ft is still flying somew,h cre
at the ,bottom of lhe Norl'h Sea, over ~
the ba.Ltered wreck of the good old
ship that snn\c d!sclalnfng to stril1c H.
The story of that flag m!l<'le by the
daughters of Portsmout'u has been
written in letters d blood anrl flame
that can never be rubbed out so Jong
as Liberty shall be the watchword o·f
brave men and vir,tuous women."
{Buell's "Paul Jones", NelV' York,
1901, vol. II., pages 77-78."
J. F.
(Boston Transcript, Dec. 23, 1905).
The story of the
"Portsmoutn
Flag" has been so often told or lat e
In newspaper and magazine, pictured
and painted-that It ls clearly the
duty of Portsmouth historical writers
to defend If true, or to disclaim
false, this most interesting fact
fable!
JOSEPH ])X}STER.
(5019). Is there any conlai:iporan.eous evidence-or any evlden,ce at alt
prin.ted prior to 1901-to show that
Paul Jones 'actually made the following speech a:t ,.Portsmouth, N. · H.,
Nov. 20, 1781., first printed, so far as
knowii to the writer, In Euell's "Paul
Jones", vol. IL, pages 77-78, whlc'h
wor)c-sfnce the publlca_tlon of Colonel Euell's lett.er or O<:t. 4, 1901, In
this department, July 1, 1!!06 (Ans\ver 1524), declaring "that wlhen compiling the matter for my ,history I never had any idea; ot • • • being called
upon to prove anything by proffer of
origin-al documents • * •tor this reason • • • t.'bose who take sufficient In·
terest In my statements to read th~J!l.
must accept them as authority, _so far
as I am cortce_rned with~ut •going beihlnd the retvrns• ' "-oan \ 1bardly be
,conslqeredl_J,o'" ]lave a~_Y' s~~dlrtg as
h!storfcal evlde'rice'? ' "·
·
Paul ·JonJi;J s~eech ·1s 'thie sole authority /etn¥,'n:ig"; ~?'~,t~~•~fory of the
"Por~mouth
;Fag'.1-:Suell1s · ,sta.te•ments that ·tb'e flat' was ma.de by certain 'port.smouth. glhs. (vol. I., ,pages
lM4-245) · (w}lo 'unfortunl),tely seem
never to have. been born), on the authority of 'a.; ramu~' tr~dltlon told by .
"an ·elderly ma.Iden lady" (Letter of
Ocf.· '4'_ 190'1);
whos'e 'existence no
tra<:e ca.n be found-and 11olsted on
the Ranger by·Paul Jones, July 4, 1777
(vol. I., pages 244-24-5), ,when Paul
Jones states• in h1S own ,word-s that he
did. not make a "more early appearance" In P-0-rtsmouth tJban ·July 12,
'1777 (New England Historical Register, vol. 48, page 461)-belng clearly
untenable:
·
or:
�NEW HAMPSHIRE DAY
'"' "''1' 1 ~
,,, ,.1
Will Be Celebrated Scpl. 5 at James-
town.
Now Han1[1shiro day will I.Ju colub1·alod
Sept. j at thu Jamostow11 ex[IPsition, A
rei,Iica u[ the famous old La11~<lu11 111;111siun at l'ortsmuuth lias 1Joc11 co1rntructcd
at the exposition, lo scr1·0 a~ tlio stale
i.Ju'ltling. Tl1u Langtlt•n 111a11sin11 was
built in 1781 by (;ov. Langdon and has
remained in lhe I,angdr,11 faniily sint·o,
l,rJi11g 011'11ed al llii~ ti1110 hy Wnuclliury
La11gtlt'n of New Yt>rk, who 111akos it !Jis
summe r home.
l:ov. Lanir,lon was lhe lirst United
Slates se1 1atm· from New llarup~liire and
the tirst Jiresitlent JJl'U le,npore u[ tl1e
United States senate
:r.1a11y anecdotes of his caval'ity as a
statesman and bravery as a 50ldior have
been re('allcd, among tl1em tl1e exprd iti on to 1-'urt;William atHI .l\[ary, in wl1ich
Gov. Landon, Gou. Sulli1·an aucl others
brought: away gun poll"del' that two
vears later was u5ed at the battle of
i3unker liill.
T!Je :New llampsl1ire ()olo11ial Dames
have contributed a valuaule eollcction of
o;tl pottery anti colonial furniture a11rl a
handsome travelling case of solid rnahcgany, lilied with cut glass glasses a11d
bottles wl1ich were ow tHd IJy Col. Cilley
before the ]{evolution, ln Lili~ cullucti on is :rn oxquis ito miniature of Bl'!g.Gen. J<;nocl.J l'oor of Revolutilrnary·famJ;
also some rare old laces, fans, manu~cri pts ao;i prints . .'I riE:ce of Lhe wed cling dress of the wite-of (.,ov, 'l'lustan
Coss n is incl11,Jed,
The Sloop Of War, Saratoga, Stricken ·
From the Naval Llst.-Built at the
Portsmouth Navy
Yean Ago,
'l'he noted olcl slonp-of-war, Saratoga
which was bui!L at tbe Pcrtsmont!J navy
yar,l in 1812, sloop rigged an,! then c~rry
ing twenty guns, was on Saturday stncken from the naval list and nrdern,l to be P:-cc-••···'"'"
s old.
She is 14i Ji fe et lon:r .. of :JG feet 1
inch beam, and ~,as a d1splacement of
] 02;"; tons, Tlui Snratngn ~.-as named
a:tor the flij!htoen g,111 slnop-11[ war,
·Saralogn, wl11ch served gnll:~n tly i1_1 _t he
war with Great Brilam, lhe Ol'lg111al
Saratoga sailor! from I'hilaclelphia in
October, l'iSO, in comn1a1Hl of C~9l,
James Young, and several hunclrecl miles ·
out from Delaware Hay ca11L11red three
Hritlsh sailing vessels. The Saratoga
put crews alloard and started baek to
port, On the way she mot the British
seventy-four gun ship Intrepid. The
Saratoga was force,! to abandon her
prizes and they were retaken by the
British man-of-war.
The Sarat_oga,
however, escaped, !Jnt foundered 111 a
beavy p.ale the i10xt day.
Thb first dnty of U1e new Saratoga In
l842
shortly after her lann r.hing
at 'the Navy Yard
was off the
African
coast,
where
she
was
the tlar, ship of a Jleet of three ships
under c~mman<I or Capt, Mathew Gal.
braith Perry, which was engage<! in
suppressing the slave trade, ln the
Mexkan war lhe Saratoga served in the
blockading fleet on the eastern coast of
Mexil'o.
She then was sent io lhe Orient.
where in 18!'i:t she joiuecl the lleot of
Cornruoctore Perry antl went to ,Japari to
deliver a letter from the President of
the Ullited Slates lo the l~mperor of ·
Japan inviting that: country to enter
into c~mmerce and friendly intercourse
with the United States.
She af,llin returned to Japan iu 18ti4.
when th~ treaty of amity aml commerce ,
was sip:ned, In the civil wn~ the Saratoga was C"rnisi11g off the A fnran <'Oast,
For many years she has been out of
conuniss.ion at l'hiladelpbin, _; = ; : ; ;
�LA'NGDON
MANSION
Scene of Brilliant Social
Event Yesterday
Miss Helen M. Elwyn and\
William N. Kremer Wedded
Ceremony Witnessed by Relatives Many Present at Nolabl0 Rc:cep-
·tion Which Followed
-
At the historic and beautiful
nor Langdon mansion on Pleas ,nt slrP.et,
the summ11r home of Hon, and lllrs.
Wooclbnry Lang1lon o[ New York, there
occurred yesterdny afternoon a nuptial
event of unusual interest and brilliancy,
when Miss Helen 1\Iary Elwyn, second
daughter cf the Rev. and Mrs. Alfred
Langd:m 'EhvJn of Philadelphia, was
unii;ed in m2rrlage to Mr. William Nevin
Kr/mer of New York, the president of
the German-American Fire Insurance
Company,
The colonial home was in brirlal array
in honor or the event, the clec0rntions
being in ctarge of Florist H. E. Hannaford. Jt·was a yellow aud white weddine: and the color scheme wa1 carried
out in the' adornings, which were prin•
cipally in these colors, the bright,
golden blossoms oi rudbeckia, exquis ite
white phlox and hydrangeas being arranged most effectively about the rooms
and in large jardinieres placed on.stands,
while quautities of · rare American
Beauty roses enhanced the decorative
effect.
The ceremony occurred at three
o'clock in the s1)acious !ibrary, a bower
of ral01s being arranged in a corner of
the · room. The bridal party entered as
the Naval orchestra rendered the evsr
beautiful ·•!fridal
Chorus"
from
"Lohengril'I."
•
The bridesmaids were Miss Frances
Wendell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Gordon Wendell of New York, niece of
the bride, and Miss Marion Butler of
PhlladelP,hla. They wore white 1in6erle
gowns over yellow silk anrl white leghorn bats with' yellow plumes. Their
bouqnets we1111 of candy tuft and mignonette, tied with yellow ribbons aml
each wore the brirle's gift, a gold heartshaped locket set with pearls.
The bride was escorted by her father,
who later gave her ,in marriage. Iler
wedding gown was a rich oreatic,n of
cream: emb1·oidered lace, en train, macte
' ·:1~ess..st_yle. She wore a hat of ore:!m
lane trimmP.d with plumes and carried a
woite kid-covered prayer book.
Edward G. Milligan o( New York,
secretary of the Phoenix ]'ire Insurance
Company of Hartford, Ce :m., acted as
best man. Both groom and best man
wore boutonnieres of white carnations
and aspara~us fern.
ev. enry •. ovey, rector of 'St
.John's J<;piscopal Church, performel the
impressi ve service, which was witnessed
by only the relatives and a few oe•u
frieorls of the contracting parties; at its
conclusion the orchestra renderect Me:itlelssohn's Wedding ~larch.
Following the nuptials a brilliant
rec:eptioo was held notil five o'clock,
tl:i~ being given the newly-wl.'dded
couple b:, Don. and Mrs. Woodbury
Langdon, the latter being the ;brid e's
sister. ·
The 11;rents of the bride ·and Afr. and
Mrs. Langdon also assisted in receiving.
The reception was very informal and
tpere were uo ushers.
Mrs. Elwyn was attired in l>lack silk
with lace trimmings. Mrs. Langdon
wore a rich gown u( light ~rey material.
Ao elaborate wecl<ling repast was
served, for which Evans of Boston
catertd. The 1dining room hacl arlcrnings o[ smilax and !tichmond an1l
American Beauty roses, a large moaml
o[ these beautifnl
blo~somE a1: n
:Empress canily tuft being arranged
in the centre of the table.
Throughout ti.a receiving hours tile
Naval orol.Jestra rend ere::1 choice selections, which ad<led to the pleasures c,f
the affair, ·
Mr. and Mrs. Kremer left last evening
on their wedding trip to California and
will be gone abont six weeks. Upon
their retnrn thoy will take np their• residence in New Yo rk.
The going-away gown was o[ brown
cash more, tailor mad<l, worn over a waist
of same shade, with trimmings uf ecru
lace ; hat t.f brown straw with ostrich
tips and ribbon of same shade.
At departure each gnest received a
dainty box of wedding calce, tied with
white satin ribbon.
'I :1e bridal gi[ts were magnificent ancl
oflgreat variety. a ri cher collection has
probably never before been see n in this
city.
The rereption was one o[ the most
11legant affairs that has tak on plare in
l'ortsmo uLh for somo Lim e, and lnt·al
society of thi s and other cities was wtill
represented, wh:Je its celebration at the
l.Jeautifnl mansion, bnilt more thr.n a
century ago and aronncl which centers a
wealth of associations, gave it an arlrl e d
charm.
grandson of TI:m. J oho
has or late maclfl his
m:i.n ~io n.
The nuptial event was a quiet :iffair
anti conline<l Lo the i'l1mecliatt' fa111i ly,
bnt Lim ensuing rere11tir.n fur wLich
very many inviLations were s1.111t out was
one of the most magnilil•ent f11ndicns
held
in Portsmonlh
sinre that
111emornb le presitlential rer1,11lion
1789.
From half after three o'dork lo sun
down th111·e was an inponring :rnd ont
t:ning of finely a1Taye11 g uests rrnm nflar
anrl. far and whi,·h ~111bra(',;cl every 11rof ess1011 an1l walk in ur.,. The enttJrlain n,enL uy Jl on. aml lll rs. Woodlinry
Lang,lon , ll:e present owners 11f tho
graud ~nl'est1?l home, and Mrs. Lanr,don he1n1! a 1.1ster o f the hrirlt, wa,. on a
rnnnificenl sra le and as · nnlimilt-d as
the family we&llh,
P1esitlenL Wa r; hingtoo said in the
diary or his notahlti vi s itation lo l'•Hts111011Lh lliaL he dined ·•and tlranlc l·a
·,·1ith a large cin:li," at Uli~ c:overnor
Lanr:don 111an sion, anrl whi<·h ho •·esteemecl the HnesL in the lo ,vn."
'l'he [lrest,ge of tl1e ancestral home
has eve1· inca h1:tn nminlained l.iy
deseeo<lanLs of Lhe grnml ol<I govemor.
who was, too, the prnsident or the first
lfn ilecl Sla tes senate, and thereforn e111po1~ererl hy_ Llrn Uu1~sL1t11Linn Lo 111 ,t only
notary L11e fir,L pr1•s11lent of A meri, ·a of
his el ctinn hnL also lo adminisLPr lhP
on lh of ,,1Ji1•0 to the 11alil\n's ex1•,·1:liv11.
J.0111~ li ve thti di stlnl-(11i:d1<itl an,l htmeJl reut house of Lan~dons.
An Extraordinarily Brljllant Event At
The Langdon Homestead.
Not since November 2, 17 !l, when
Presiclent Ueorge Washington was the
guest of <iovernor John Langdon at his
elegant mansion en Pleasant street has _
that h isiorio reside nee probably contained such a distingmsbecl company
an1l bad more elegance therein Lhan on
We,lnesday art1irnoon, SepLember ,1
1907, one hmidred and eightee11 yea!'~
later.
The occasion which brought LJ,is
notal1le assemblage tntret.he1 was tho
plighLing of troth between !II is s
llelen Mary Elwyn, thircl :;:ctangh 1.el' o[ Hev. and Mrs. Alfred Lang<lon
Elwin ~t ~hilad~lpbia and this c ity, and
Ml'. Wlfham ~evio Eremer o[
ew
York Oily. Rev. Mr. :M:lwyn Is a great
�PURCHASE BY T E
HISTORICAL SOCIET
Hon. Woodbury Langdon Makes Possible
Purchase of Paul Jones Property
From Granite State Ins. Co.
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An in1porl:111l real c•,;tal<' t,·a11H:lC'tlon lil:-;torleal h11lhllng
Ol'C'UITCll :\londay whc•n the l'urlHinOlllh 0 11 e lhal will be a
munily.
Uislorical Society 1n1rchased lho big
lt wil\ be necessary to raise about
squarf' at lhc cornC'1· u( HtaLC aIHl Mid- $10,000 or more to pay for the property
dlc str!'el from th c:ran!t<' f'ilatc l•'irc• anu place ll In proper rcpn.lt·. The Solnsuran e 'o. The SociPly already ciety hopes to arouse public Interest
own<'<! the (amous l'aul .Jones house among our .citizens to make the fu •
situ a led on that site ancl (or some ture a success. Subscriptions wiU be
lime has been in negotiation with received by the officers.
Presid<'nl Calvin Pai-.e for the pu1·It is the idea lo have assembled in
rhase o( the entire prnpc,1·ty which wa:-1 the ,property all valuable and lmportan't
C'onsummated Monday. lt will he good historical articles in order to preserve
11ews lo our c-itizens to know that this II them to future generations.
propC'rty Is Lo be preserv cl for this I be the wish of every cillzcn to conpurposC',
\ tribute In somo small way to the sucThr pun·hasC' w:1:-1 ma,lf' possihlr c•rss of the Society. 'l'hl' present omthrough \Ill' grneroslly oC lion. \Voo11- ccrs arc: l'rnsldenl, H<'v. Alfred Good1
bury Langdon, W\10 has taken a deep J lng-; treasurer, G. Ralph Laighton;
Interest in the Historical Society. secretary F. w. Hartford.
Through his contrihulion of $10,000
It will be · possible lo erect a magand another contribution o( $5,000. the nificent stone building on lbis propproperty was secured. ll is the inlcn- orly as a monument lo the "Men who
lion o[ the Society lo erect a suitable fought and won" the World's War.
I
I
�'l'hat the citizens or our historic old
town should do their part to contribute
in 11om• way to the success of the
Portsmouth Historical Society ls a. !act
we a.ll ahould realize. 'l'he purchase
l1y the Society this week or the bli:S((Uara at the corner of State and Middle atreet from the Granite State Insurance Company, makes possible some
splendid undertakings in the future If
contributions are rorthcomlng.
It ls the latentlon of the society to
erect a suitable historical building
upen the site and one that will be a
cred~t to our old town, which is flllecI
-witll ldatoric issocla.tlo.ns.
• Now this project should appeal to
not only our present residents but
many or the sons and daughters of
Portsmouth residing elsewhere, that
the plans of the Society may be carried out.
It Is necessary to have a lari;e membership to ·begin with before great
things can be accomplished, and local
people are asked to show their Interest, become members that the Society
may grow In numbers and in strength.
The annual membership fee Is $2; u.
contributing member, $25; a life mem'ber, $50;
ber, $100.
The people of tlie city were well pleased by the news that
the Portsmouth Historical Society h_as purchased the Qroperty
on which stands the famous John Paul Jones house, which it
already owned, and that it plans to erect a suitable historical
building. There are few cities the size of Portsmouth so rich
in historical features, and it is 1 well that the most should be
made ofthese priceless possessions.
'
�Portsmouth, N. 11., Saturday, August 30, 1919.
Portsmouth's Opportunity and Duty.
NO INTENTION
OF TEARING DOWN
PAUL JONES HOUSE
The prospecl of lhe erection of a commodious and hand
some historical
Our St.ate street neighbor Is misln. l f I buildingf iu l11is cily, which will also serve as da
formed rcp;arding the int.enllons of the
memona O l 1e men O Porlsmoulh and vicinity wl10 serve
l'nrlsmoulh Historical Sociot.y. The
in lhe world w:u, is exceedingly bright, and il is a prospect that
nne main object of this Society Is to
should
be
highly
pleasing
to
every
resident.
prc,;ervo
tho Paul Jones
The
'l
I
iriea of removing
it has Hou:;c.
never been
1 1e purchase by l 1e Porlsmoulh Historical Society of the
mentioned. The members wish t o have
large lot al the corner nf c:.tale and Middle streets, wilh this ,:;;:11a.tr:..•°"',i the11dbuilding remain ex&.ctly where It
objecl in view, was made known lo the public some days ago
r.ta s.
lhrougl1 lhe news columns of this paper, and welcome news it
was. Since lhen the plans of the sociely for properly developing lhe properly have alsn \Jeen oullined, and il is certain that
lhe plans will meel wilh general approval. It is designed to
erect a suitable building to be used for historical purposes and
also to stand as a memori'rl lo lhe local heroec- of the great war
for human freedom. Nothing could be more appropriate, and
the project should kindle the enthusiasm of every member of
the Historical Society and every citizen of Portsmouth.
As has been lold in our news columns, lhe purchase of this
properly was made possible by lhe generosity :-wd pul11ic spiril ""'"'""'···
r.rh.! transfer of the property at 'the
of Hon. \.Vood hury Langdon, who l!as conlribuled $10,000
corner
of Middlo and Stato street on
toward lhe accnmplishmenl of the desired cmi. I3ut l11ere will
. whi~h is situated the historic Paul
be uecd of $10,000 more, nnct !his tl1i> pi:>c,p'.e of the cily will
Jones ,nouse, was made on Tuesday to
the Portsmouth Historical Society by
be asked to raise by popular subscriplion.
its fr,-mcr ownc1·s, the Granite State
That this sum will te promptly forth coming there is no
l nsu, a1,cc Company.
reason lo doubl, nolwilhsL111ding lhe heavy drafls lhal were
made upon all cla•;scs during the period of the ~var. The development wili he of large and laslin g- benefit lo lhe rily, and
no cilizen should neglect the opportunity lo have al lea st a
small share in a work which will retlect credil upon lhe community and acid suhsLmtially toils historic interest.
There are f cw cilic of this "'ize <;() rich in historic obj eds
3.nd associations, :-md these are a valuable asset lo Porlsmoulh.
To the people living here lh ~sc lhings become familiar, but in
su h a case it will ntlt do In allow familiarity lo breed conten pl. lt mu t n t be f or~~o llen lhal hisloric:il obj eels and.
places are of great inlcresl lo strangers, so many 6f whom visil
lhi ; city and viLinily every year, and lli:tl !he money and effort
expended in tkvclopin_!, and prop,~rly maini:tininO' such at~raclions constitute an cxcellenl inveslmcnt, viewed solely
frnm lhe malerial slandpoinL
But there are some lhinr;s higher and beller lhan mere maleri::tl p:ain:, aid ll1c ~c wmc from a li ve anLl /~rneral inlercsl
in lhe history am\ lradilinns of any rnmmunily, which should·
;q peal lo old and younn- :,like and lead lo Lllliled effort lo make
the most of wh:1l h:?s been lnnded down from the past. The
past of Portsnwulh, remolc and recent, is sorndhing in which
all of ils citizens ma y lake justifiable pride, and il seems entirely safe lo assume that they will rise promptly and cheerfully to the occasion, the orporl~!nily and the duly by which
lhey ;ue· confronted in connection wilh this most appropriate
and praiseworthy enterprise.
PROPERTY
,TRANSFERRED
The f\·,rl smouth I-lisforical Sociel v is engaged in a most
o.l clknl work and should have the st.1pport of every m~n and
woman in the cily. And let it be :-emembered that the best
way lo support lhe society is to join it if you have not already
1Ju1h' Sl•.
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�THE
PQRTSM.OU,1'.H
TORICAL SOCIETY.
. 'J')lr, Port~moutli • lllst,wiro] .·80qiPiy
is ~n grga:nizn.tlon thn t !'YCl'y . ,.\tizl'n
of Portsmouth·should Join'. It's n.lm ls
to ;rel'crve th~.- h:storic lnl<'l'C'~ls o(
Portsmouth.
T)'l e Papi Jon es house is but an IPCident in Its scope of saying for future
g-enerations. The offic<'l'9 . base just
been ai;su,·ed of .a p<',rmanent fund of
$12,500.00 from Ollt' SOU!'t;-t', :HtlllY. 1.iusin~s nien hnve Joined · and It lH )vipc\1
that. eve ry c'.tizen wlll nt · le;\st dean active
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY IO
MAKE PLANS
The Erection of a Fire Proof
Building One of the
Needs.
At a meeting of the Portsmouth
toricaJ Society he'ld on :\Ion Jay afternoon the matter
of builcling n fire
proof building adjoining
Jones house was discussed. Arrangements will be made .for a plan ,of the
proposed building
at an
JOUN
PAGL JONE'S
IlOU:SI~
The January meeting of the Chambc:·
'ue
Xight" n11tl a prominent s·pcal,cr will
lei! of the great advantage tu a cu111:11unity to haYe a p1·oper building devoted to history eic.
At
this ~ame
mreti11i; Hhoi·t t:ilks 11"ill· be given hr
!OCH\ spru l, Cl's. i t Is hoped that CV('l'Y
�MERC
s
Very lnte esting Supper and ·Meeting of
Cha1nber at Rocki11ghan1 Hotel ith
A le 1 eakers
The•
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fulfi 'INl , anrl that in n. few years we
r-; lrnll h e al1!l' to point with satisfact !011 "n(I p1·i,le to what the Portsmouth
llistorir:1t Society has accomplished.
l t sP<'ms to me, alRo, that a society
lil,e this :;hould not only seel, to collect within the four walls p!. a building valuable m e morabilia of the J)a t,
ThP follow in g- i~ lh<' ncld1 'N<S of l( r,\', n gl'<'!ll th in,:: lo he a.ble tn ~ay wh at
hut thnt it should dO what It can to
<!ondinJ~
1n1 11,,\
l 1 11rl ~ 1nn11l!i 1,vc po."ses!-1 now nol on ly buil<l i 11 At--\ co 11 pn'><<•rvc• those ancient
landmarl<SJlic;;torii ·: •I ~1H •i<•ty lil'forP lllf• < 'l1 :111 il11•1 · tJ inin g- ohJccts or hist .. ,·i c intPre!>l, !ii<<'
bu i!dlngs, tree , waterways and the
of ('onH1H•l'f'" on \\'P•lnP:.;iJ 1., 1-,•r,11i11".
th1• /\th<'n:ieum nnd ~l. .lohn's, but on
,!il< e-which -have long given dlstlnc- /
rli.~ :1ddl'fH~.; 111 r111 1 \\i i ~ :i s f11Jl11\\'\:
acl11a I society cslab !i;;IH'tl for lh pu1·r 11:,v <' ht•('Jl :1"'1,,,d ., •~\'f''.\( fll 1:1\' J)O S<' of collecllng an!l preserving surh lion to a town 1i1rn ours ,but which
with thl' g rowing powei· ot commer tlllll' s h~ 1wr~:n11s 1t1:11i.i111: t!il'ir lir:-:1 uhj1•1•'., 111 a buil1lini~ acquired n~ :,
C'ia!ism, arc \'l'l'Y apt to dlS'appcn.r .
\' l,s; t tu Por1:-·n1nuli1 i( wP h:t<l a l1i...;- hom e ror such a collPl'lion
1
anll a,1can hardly overei,timate the value to
tori c·11 Socidy ht>re-a \'l'l'Y n'll11ral mil ah!y adapted to its needs, hl'in;::
J urt.smo11Lh of retaining that whi<!h is
que s ti on. since l'11r·sn1<n1th is fa·,,ous ilr-cl[ onr of t he mos! intercslint,; ol,l
v<'JH'ra hie, that wh ic h distinguishes it
for its 1,:slnric:il ;11\Pl'l'Sl., a111l :,tlr,11·- h ou sr~ in
1•orlsmoulh, archit0cturL
from most other American towns. \Vo!
lionH, fur lllr prr.·H'l'vation ni1tl Jll tin- rnrc-!y cxrcll nt, beautifully ~~:tuate<l,
can look hack and see how much it
t enan cc of \\'hkil 11nP \\'Olllcl Lhinl, th,1t 11 n,l h ..,toric:1 !ly assncia tell, ho\\'e\·1'1'
hn s !O''L l hrough indifference to these
.011 01g-a11i.1.alit,n 11111:--t haYe ht.•PI\
t •~- s,ighll)·, \\':lh thf\ grrat nav:il hl'rO of
uniquf' po~,;:,,ssions. Near ly one hunl:t\.J!i ~h•'d }Oil<• :t""· \'isi(nr~ !lll\·e 101,];t·rl the American Revolution. \\' hat J)lacl'
dr01l y1··1r~ ago Po1·tsmouth began to
tl<',t ro) .,.,me of its most interesting
h'stnri,·:ti lamlmal'lrn. ln J83G the olll
St:11!' li nn:«' \\·hich,~too,l in the.middle
11!' :\l:1• l'•'t Square, built in 1758-the
sL·r·ne of sn ma 11y sli rring evertts, fro.m
'. w!HlSC' h:tlrony the D c-clara lion Of In!ll'])l'1Hl<'11L'C' w:1is rea d to the people in
177 Ii n 11 1 th
Proclamation <>f Peace
1
wil!) {i1·1'at •Britai n in 1783, and wherr
\\' as:)lngto n ,fas formally
0:1 his v'. sit to Portsmouth
thi s <-urious and in'.teresting
was removed piece m eal in ordet'· tu
give m o re space for traffic. In the .satl')e
year, 18 :\G, the Oid North ,Church, built
in 171 2, llwt imposing .st.ructure with
its thrPe tiers of .Jeaded windows, its
clOubll' g~tlleries, its graceful :spire, was
rernollellc:d so that il quite Jo.st 'its distinctive characteristics and in 18~.J.
was pulle d dO\\·n to make room for the
pt·l'sent ch11rch . 1 have often th.o ught
that 1f ,P t•rls m o ulh still possessed theGe
t\\'n c{u,1!nl and plclures4ue buildings It
woulll he the· Nor embe rg of ,America.
lt was this same spirit of indiffer ence to olrl things that caused the ex, tensive r ena n:iing of streets ln 1838, At
P~UL JONES HOUSE
n. mePl;ng or lhe ":>lectmen on Dec. 1U
coulcl l)p mOI'(' Htiilable :is lhP h on:;;-or
of that year no le~.; t ha n 27 changN1
asto11islwl1 UJI"" hl'i11,; lolrl lhat a lli •lol'ic:il society, :ind in acquiring
\\' ere made, many of these affecting the
we- pn ssPor-r,l nn su~h ore;anlz:,lioll. lt it \\' E' have sav d it fore ver from the
most important streets of the town ,
'\\",lR a~, if lllf•Y ha 1 IJt•Pll to1.-1 in 1\ t1Jn11s wrPlcf1 •l fal~ which hns hefallen more
and ohlite,ral!ng a host of h,stor :c a,
lh 'll [hl':l' \\:ts 110 sc·ulplurc gallrry l i1an one o( ou1· fine old h9use!·. ll rrr
:i"sori:ilions. T o tal·c hut :t .s·ngle ln,.,.,,
h
<•t>t'
In
lhC'
c-o
ur
>'"
of
ti111
c'
l()
1:,,t
in FlorP11<'P nn ,~oll<'<'l iPn 11•·
Hlan<'C', how murh thnl wa'> slgnlfl•:in:
c,:,r•~- 111;•,..tt•1~. 1 li:l\'t' tri1'1l tn II'·- 101:<'lh<'1·:, 1nnst p,tcrr•.slln;.: :1 1<l vuln:1- 1 in llw hlsto,·y of
!'(1rtsmo1uti1, wa .
«Pll 1111 \i!t1\\ 11~· p\pl:iinint:" tn ,-i•·it,ii·s l,J1\ 1•nllf'l'Li1111 or fur11\turt\
porlr:,ils,
8WE'Pl fill[ of ,;ight
whell
l'ilt anrl
tl1l' :1 1 11' 11·tio11s 11 f 1~l. ,John'..; will, ils hool;,s, t1neunH 1 1\l:{, chlnn
an 1 t-.?l\·r-t·
:Jaffrt'.'y isll'eels \\'C'r<' c•h:1r.;;P,l lo Co'.:l'l
:1'1c:1,:q tnnt, its V!11 1·c::11· l\ihl<•. :anti ;is connr,·lC't! with th
histu1·y a11cr l11•'
><lr£'cl. The 11a11w .p;a 1,rnu;;hl tu mind
w o111l< rft:i ,. ,111m11ni.,11 <,i}\· 1•1·, t1 11 • gift nf JJC'OplC' or •l'ortsmoulh'~ Jong and sig- I llw stirring l1:1ys of lhe ,;tru;;g '. i.! for
.,11,1 I i,:,v<' .. ,.1 .. 1uird lo 1111•11 1 a 11 :til'ant p:,st. H thi1, soriely hall hC'C'l1
(rcC'dom, whl'n a grateful town nam~d
invil:ttinn ln \i,sil th,• .\Ill- Pslab!i.,hc•d fifty ye>a r :; :,1:0 \\'hnl:, \ast
onP or ils pl"incipal highways after the
no\\'
•11\ I ln i11~pl'1't it~ ro\\" of p11r- t1·eaSlll'C' 0( this !'Ol't \\'f' ,:ho11]1]
:real Commoner, the powerful frienJ
hns hr"n
trail • t, \· ~~!n1lu ·t iH tht• \'P:t1l:11g rw1n1. pnMPs~, a lrl'asure which
anu d efende r of the colon ies In the
1
it,:; ('X•1 · 1:si1P 11111d1•l
in
i,•ory 11' :: .«rn l lerp(l fa1· :, 11,1 \\"iclP l10cn use t ltl'rt'.' \ Brill.sh Pa)·liamPnt,
.Jaffrey street,
l •'rf'\nl':1 -; I i~u:1 . hip, its <"OllPf'li 111 on \.·a~ 110 or.i;-ani1.:1tion in \\·ho~c can· It
com m e m orated one of tho most in th r \\'111, of th<' st:til'\\':IY of tlH' \\'O!'k- c•oul,l be left. \\' r ha\'c ·Jost muc-h hy
fluentin l families of Colonin.l Portsing nHHl "}!-,; n r olc l 1'ol'LHn1n11l11 xliip,..;, i ls h<'ing la (C'-bll l hcllel' la lq lha n n \'Cl',
mouth who ~e mem'ber.s served the !Pro rar e l),\o'.,~, prints and lt•llci·H in the li- 'J'h!1< old town still contains innumcrvine~ in impo1·tant offices and who~
brary room uµstairs. 1 have frll that ~ hi~ preci ous objecls, many of which
nam e is conspicuous in all the chil'f
these ;t11J Jlhr,· l,uildings In l 'orlis- will be ieft in t11 e car~ or a Society
affairs or th ei r time.
mout h uid in a dr;.;ree (\'Ifill lhP pur- whose ex.press purpose i9 to collecl
lien:•. then, w ere t,\·o
pose' of a !Iisloric:11 Society. Still it i,1 11nd preserve such th ings. Wilhout ben ,eresting names, rich In
I
~----..--..,......,-,,....-........,-..--r:t"~...; eomln~ too venerable, I hope I sh al!
to
t
1ST IC LSOCI TY
•w;
iI
�PAUL JON ES
ramili:11·
th1·oug-h thr
11.'i'l'-'t'
1
of 111:t11:,1 yP:11'.--1. '1'11\ .V
'ro111
ll!p
or
li:1!1,l~
111• 1111:l l'\ll'l'l'i:J Ii \'I'. ,\ I
;!1111i11g- it 11:ls ; ,•c·11111pl1sllvd
l'l'I')'
1
brhu;;rh t to m!nd 1•,Tl :1 l pPOP·'.C a 11 I J(I'''" l
de.eds. Wa« it no1 11 :n:st.,ke w cl ,·c:1nl
name of on~ or t!H· instltnlions or :;overmment '? Tt ~l'em ..; tu m~ ~o. 1 trus~
tqat in our Ony ~11C':1 n t·ila ng<• wn11l!l
an int
work
,un·hust· uf th<· l\1111 .J1111t
H>rtant
pil·<.·P
of
.ls :1ltrn<·liV<' ground .. thus s.1vi11L~ f1,r-
evcr, this valual.Jlt• :111,J h:st11ri,· 1·sl:l'
'rum being de\'OtL•c] lo ,•omnwreia! ptll'!>O~e-s. 11 lt<1lievt' that a g1·0~q und ~-;i;..;1ificant fi,•lcl of usc,fuln!'s:; lil·'-1 npc-n
before this Socic-ly of which 1
will take full udv:llltttgl-.
not lw J)!lR!ilhlP. Y••t w1' 111n~1 lw pe1·p,-11b11r v!g-li:llll Jho11! th•·· .. 111.111,' .•1. \\' ·
:t11 know 1111\\ 1•·<•f'111:y :-.onlP 111' 1\111
hPf•t <ilrl 11011.~.• ...· 11.1 , ... 1', I ll nliw d !1 1\ 1
HPV. I.. IT. 'l'ltay(•1· I•. I>, :-.pol-.t· )1rh•:·
upo11 v.rhat C•\'ll d:1y~ :-i111111• Di' ,111r ll!:-1
I.Orie streets }i,:vt• \:ikly f;tl!<•:1. 'I'll<' i11- ly of th1•.nl•t•d <JI' x111·ll a so\·it•l~' ;11111 ;11
10 of tho ;;real 11<,1•d that l'orlsmoulh
terlor of the Jaffrl'y hou..;e ha•; b<,c·n
1lstory one of tlw tin, st and ;nost innurchased for rt•mnva l hy the l)osto:1
crc'slinb in th<'
c·o11ntrr, shoul,1
!llus<'um -Of l•'in<• Art·< :rn.l th<' \\'pn'•:ritt<.•11 a1ul s11~•~P:--lt d lhnl llh• l'i1ru1t·r
worth -GanJnp,- holl~<· hy th<' ~1 ·,t,-up,1,peal-<'!' might w,•11 lal,<' 11p tliP work
~Ja n .Art Uuseum fu,- ·a similar purvl1i('\1 lu• is su \\TII .,:iflC'd lo du
pose, and although we lllay ret·I that
, Ir. llohin,-;011 pn•sidP<l a I t Ill•
these arch1tectu1·,11 trc: • .;un-.J will 1,,)
Jurin':,: lh<' Slljl])l'l'.
1
Mr. Do w's Address.
on and New Yol'I< lhnn they \\''lu:cl lH'
in Portsmouth, .,-.;till \\~i' rPgn\t
I
to 8",~
:111·. I 'r<•si1h·nt :111<1 (;pnllemc-n
pur town 1n~i11~ . t ,
L,rnou, hilt:,," :t frienll in Hosl<ln :1skt~tl till' to <:on1,·
t,·hlrlf nrP ~o L·•·:Lt :1n :1trr:1,.-1·n11, ~111,l
:o l'ol'lsmontl1 an,l ,-;p(•nk 1111 thy wo1·k
\,·" l'Nll!7.P t:1:it 11·11:·s.~ \\'c' :111 110 ,1•1-lt' th<' I liHIOl'i(·al HoCif'ly I tl11111ght · 1
\1i1nf,st :1iln111 1t l'11r~:--.1H11;ith w'l1 g1l 1.11
vas c·omin;.; down tu th<' I!i.1ol'll'al 1-;oloolng u11e hy 0111• its 1111iqt1, 1·!1.,rn1;
,•i!'ly i1s1•lf 10 llis1·11ss wn.y;; :11111 1ncans
,Hnrt son1H'l' n1· l:ltf•I'' will ln• ,-:1:111:--;P,l
,>f doing this thing OI' that lhin~. 1,ut tu
,;i,P,LI, !,don• a ( 'h:unl11•1· 111' < 'oinnw1·,·,·
fron1 on~" or ,ii~ 11111:-il int,~r<'sling town~
-that is u 1,lca~11rt' I havc lll'\'<'l' h:111
)n America to a ro:11111011p!a<'<'
Ji1tlt•
hefon• and thc- prop,,sition hl•c·omC's a
sPaport . .-\nd it is just
little cliffcrC'nt, 1>111 I (':llll\Ol h<•lp hv1hat an Pnerget!c 11 isli •ve lh:tt many of you :u·,· intt•rc~lL·d
rnny accompl:dh a vc1·y
in the welfa,·C' of your historic·al soIm portant p!ece or work. lt l'Hn sprt>n,1
<'ioly. I learn lh:il it has ncquil·cd ::
among us u gre:1 tcr ,knowlc>dge or th<'
VC'l'Y inlC'restin:;- h11iltling, l>nt thllH f.11•
history ot• our to\\'n, a ~rea te1· respPel
it h :rn hardly stc•pp,•cl out of it:; swadtor lt9 time hnnoreJ I rad i tions, and a
dling clolhC's. It is up lo you and till'
reaJ .. fl'Pction f ,r thP anei<•nt thin•:;s
other citizf'ns 10 Hl<'Jl fol'war<l arnl
th.at make l'o1·tsmoulh the most <lcma.k a s11ret•ss of this as you seem to
!lghtful Of nit N1rly Am<'l'iran ln,wn~.
llav<• 1nad<' a HlH'Cl'~s or your org-an}1ore thnn th'"· ,rneh a 1801•\rly C'an
izrttion. 'fhc- ll i. tol'ical Sol'i1•ly is ,,r
exert a grc:1l an,1 who]Psonw influ,,111'.'
1<1va11t:i ," lo you In Portsmouth.
!or the pr<'servnllon or 11ml which is
I think perhaps one reason
beautiful and o!d-for t·he rei::cue or it
1
I
�, --n here is
sHtnn-I l~··t:
voya'~l1'!
T'H•
IJoy
"Jst to th!' hi~ ril ynf '.\'ew Ynrl< onc o[
his ~l'hoo l bool:« that
onr al~rae:ionc;, :•Pd \', hC'11 :t <·ntn:nnilY lr1s0s an ::1ttr:1<•lifl11, if only an
.l~erP ,·:a 1 such a man aR Paul .Jones,
isto1 :C'::il
on,,,
rn11
h:1,·,,
Jo~t
somP-
f r01' 1"r 10
T i111:i~inr
i1
much thoug-ht o( in l'ortsn11111th until
N11tti11r; :l('(Jllired
ii
:111d
-""•""''-""' :;ta.rt('(l to :i<ln'rlis,• il. It i:s not lhP
only houi<c l'ort,amonth has Jo"'l. I :1111
lol<I thPr!' i>< :t pn ~sih ility, in fn<'l I
believe il is :1 f:u·t. th:it th" t'ity or
Boston has comc ,Jown :11111 ::irquir<',1
old honRPR. 'l':1 I,<' t 111• cit~
ll
h
<'n1nl1:1~iz1 11
1:-::
"lit hol'.' 111,tny of the boys in town
:maw ti.at l'a11l .Joni's is aRsor·iated
will! l'ort,m1outh': Thal is lh<' thing
, •·:it I h" llisloriral Soricty :shonl<l en1•1111rns:<'. Th<' f I is.t01·i,•:Ll i--oril'ty i>< ~olll! In :11l v('r ti K<' your rity. \\'lwn you
ha\.,, " fri,•tHl 1·omP from ahro:id and
h<' 1,· hf'r0 fo1· :i fl:1 y 01· two ynu nrr'
·.:;ning· to sJ,o,·,· hin1 :ihcnll thP town. nncl
-.-011 :11·<• ~oit1'..:' to l:11\P hint to thC'SC'
n flt
l'l'I'.\'
1hin;.:,,, t hP
1•h11r<'h<'!S.
lihr:tl'IC'!>
11111~·pu1nx.
Tl1os<' nrt' th<' thin~R
·11:11 prDllll)I<' r11ltnn 1 •
You arP •go lu;::111tl
citiz<'ns and org:111i•• tlinn~.
11:1 '
,•111i,J ha""b:eU thn"-;f\ n tt r:H•I inn~ :1 n,l t lio\1~-
" t:,I,, ,11111· fri,•1111 to th!' l'anl .lonrs
':on:-·,· :111tl
1'1·1·1
\'Pl'Y \ISl"l' lh:tt
its
,·00111
will t,,, fillP<l with intP1'PKtlrl.~
· n<1s 11[ p, Jpl<' ,., \lP tc, ;~•1lpr,L th(:\
i;pencl mont'Y in S:il<'m Rimf)ly hN·:Ull'('
:ltlraction" f'Xl"t
thCl'I', 'The
of ti " Sl'\.(';) gablt•s, lht• nofer
10 · 111hlhh in Konu• Corm nn :111mwl
,· .. pro1·1 ,J,,yotc•il to hi,,tr,riral collN·lion,:.
The• 11 isl nril':l I S(u'it'ly iH g-oi n~..:' Io hr
:hrOlll\h it,· 11111ni,·ip:1Jit~. l,1•• 1t.rn11.~••
11011:-.t•
;111d
fc,r
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rr,1111
Yon w:,nl
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n·
:ill
111•01>1<'
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to
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thing- in l\:>1·l~n1011ll1.
n{ ('f'11lly J l!a<l n.·c•n~itlll In g,n 0\'Pr
ll<wion t1E'\', fq,:1p<1r 1 '. frn1n 17~'.l fq
17r.n anti I h:1v!' ,,,.., II ,·1r 11 •I; \\·ilh IIH'
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th :1 1 lllll".
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l!Oll)P Pi° _\IHII'
fli...,!n ri1• ii F1lt'i•'l.\. l,tll ., 011 h:1\" :1 lid
or ol:l"i' IHJ11 ..;'.';: .... , l1 l\"f' :1 ~:1tJ1111llid
ho11'-'C'- in I !tP J .•tdd hou ·1. 1h" I. ,n!{d,,n
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'thonl l!H' South.
lh<' \\'pr,I, :rwl IIH•
rist> and fall of t!·P 1:,,1n·1n l·:rnpir11.
Ilnw 1n1H·h 1lcwi, 11 1 • 1;1 111w ,,r !.ii-- own
111 1 :'Olllf'~ 111 ·' OIi
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th:1t. \ \'h, l't•
(lo yo11 µ.<'t it?
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,·n11r f;1:ih·1· and "LIil ll':1llt1•r loltl yo11.
\Vh}' i:< it 11111 imp n·t:1111 lo l,110\\' th :1t
yo11r !'n•:1l-~n'.tl-"•·:inlf.11111•r
wa~
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:ind th.11
wlii1·i1 is :still
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yolll'
<'liil-
101·~
dicl
l\1'li·.t
l,r,.,11
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of
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ii.
Y,111 :1n• cl,.alin~ wilh
jt'\\'t•1;
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tnnn<'\'
fpr
11
hy t hi• 11 iHt(ll i(-:, I 1-,oril't Y, 1
if il \\ HIid n ,l t," of int0n.•:;;t
·o llt:it hoy of y11111·« that '\\'h<'n l':,11I
O\\'IH'U
,\'oncJP~
,JonC't. \',';)H }H'l'(' nttin.~ onl th<' nn.1H~ f'r,
!u• ad V<'rlisrtl for "·r n t lrnH·n s 0 a nH'll • o
t•,,nH· :, 111 1 t'nli~t ,,11 l1h; ship fo,. an nl-
,hjt,c·ts for hi111 to sc 11'.
lit<'
You rcn' g·oin~·
111P:t11f{ of your h:tvin~ :tn hii--dori-
\·al l'nrt~n,outh.
Yo11 axe goi11~ lo
ltn-lp, you arr ~oing- tn ha,•p pri<lr• in ii.
.\ IJ. n1·C'r E11rop<' you fin<l thP fC'rlince;
: hal il is worth whilC' to prClS!'l'V<.' lhest'
: hi n-:" of the J,:lsl for the henC'fit of
hi' future. You must help in Portsmouth to do much the same thing ond
I think you wltl find a 111Pasure and a
joy in tloing- it.
C,f t'ourn<', the success or any or.,.::tnizalion clOC'S nol depend wholly on
,111nC'y. ~1 r,npy is a r;-rc:it medium for
;rra.,:nr; llw wllcPle< !Jut It means dls nt <'l'C'RtP,l worl, on the p::trt of one,
·,vo or thrC'r or more individuals, ::t.nd
• rnr.1 n" \\ ork j11~t ::ti! it means work
:i tl:is org·1:1iz:itio11.
A!':<'t• fl'l)m th!' Jlllhlic actldt!Pl'. thP
ociul· >i<l•• of the His.orical Society
1 ·l: oulol not hc Jo,;t ~i·:ht of.
~::>in: to 11:1,·t' rnPC"tingH during lbe year
::hN<' paprrn will he 1·C'ad relating tr1 ·01·t.• 111outh-f'ortsmoulh o( the
post.
·,,rt nl'J't,h 111":1, nncl Yery liltcly then•
1· .il he 1:.:ht 1·; frt'~hn1 nUi and
th,•
,<li " , r your family w:il w:int to
!!(' :· l' ·1 I :- t 1 , is n, 'J~-·.t :- .~re 0blc. Pfi~• ...
, p~t u, ! , 1, ·· urc :-; r tr?)' l:"lkc a la:--,q:cr
,; lll ; 1 , .. !,.i,·pt:, I hn l lite L:h11mber or
·\.': •• 1.: •1·,c- .,1i~;ht n L intrudu.:·c, :incl l!:(·
iis~or cal
Soclety ml~ht p~rsuadc
· me •,pC'al,c r to come and. under their
auspices, you might heat some grcnt
�spE1aker. some l0cturer that ml•2,h t · no
IIU:!=•..,IIEIMC:,,S:,.,._
...._,..,,.,_ _ _ _ _....,,ll:Di.UIIW7!PP,a:n,-..,-----""""-m=:>=,_,.....,....,_,.,,.,..
come fa.rthn east than Boston.
.
'.Perhaps ·you may have some famil
legacy, some family poss_ession tha
haa •b een handeq down to you. Yot
I mb.y not ha'Ve a child to ,h and it to
The Historical Society is your n:1tura
reslduary legatee. As the accum11la
lions or tho Historical Ro<'iPI y gro•,1
'thEiy arJ going 1n incrNlRP In val11A.
· "'rhe Historical SnciP1Y_ \R not ol~•:,yi
going
he· a wno kn honsP. l fN•
aali c! ns? Porlsrnoulh shoulli have all such
in
silre you will sec n n1·0 proot buildfa~
the
r
His:ci
ric:i.l
Society-the
Paul
' where the preciou s collectio11s will be
1';,ept ani;l the Jones House will
an
!·lou se .
, acl!~inistration hou tie wltl{ a ty•pe roor.1
J usl sec
you
then
dis-play of furnltm·e.
,.
, '
I want to say orH:! reaxurt .wltY I 11;1, 1
;!ny of
following
of
Society.
great pleasure in C'omlng here ls because r ·' have .· harl apcestors livins', in
REV. ;\LFlc.ED GOODING,
·' this to'wn and I am proud of PortsG. RALPH LAIGHTON, Tre:isurer.
moil tti: In the ear:y days James TrueF. W. HAgTFORD, Secretary.
wo'rthy ~ame ovd i1ere and settled
1
just across the river, where he was n 1 ,~,.,...J'fi.Jlil.,,,,,_
tn\.rler, and afterwards became it merchn.nt in 16~5. Hi~ bonefS lie in NPWrirnncllancl. His d:111ghter murri<'tl \h~
T-lim . .Tohn n11m:rn or J•:xet<'r. :a.nrl yoro
lmnw wlmt the -nnrne o( Clil111r1n rnNrn,
in' the , stat<' or , N,,w 1T:unp~l1ire. , M) ..,, .. ,,.,.,r.,..,,,
·,.~1eestor, Henry ])ow, of North Hatfff\· , ,
foi,, wa..<: marshu·I of this d!strict. Latei
ri1Y greatt-great-g,;anclfather, Samuel
1·appiµ.n, taught school _and died here
So, gentlemen, I am proud of my ancest~rs, /J.S those an.cc:istors of mli1e <llcj
I
thdr ''tllt toward,; helping to b.ullcl ui:
New: Hampshire. They . were assocln.·
,_.
1-,
ted \.:1th your ancestors and · we al'. ·
wa~t ' to worl< together fo'r the common good. whether thr::ugh tile Chamber ~f - Commerce or the JJistorica 1
Have You Something · in Your
f-fome of Hi~torical Value.
to Portsmouth?
Somelhing lh:i.t should be preserved for future g·enm;tteri;tl
[om~ or the
Jones ,.,
to
be
vvhal
the
have and
communictle with
ofllcers
the
President
3,WiH You Join With Others
In.Helping to Preserve the History
of Portsmouth?
If you are willing send your name to any of the following officers
of the
So i0ty.
":rt:ie memh~1T1'. 1ip o.f: lh-£, 1'orl8monttl1
H!S'torioal Society at prrnenL, is ninclc
up or t')'le f.o\low'ing·. g,.. 01·y ci ti:c ~n is
rus'ked to ' join .
. _1Ii9rr~rn.ry-J,, 'J'ern.ple\"C'.7 Coolic~ge,
Horac:e l\forr'lson, D. Jo'. I Bnrl11w1t'I<,
\Vooc\l'.1ury ,n.ngrl'ot;, Gco!·g·e n. Chn.cl-
!
wlcll<.
,
'Li f e-:--M~ _..fte.,, Ki ;11-tm 11.
Goo~df"fi.!f~ l.U .C \US 1'hay~r, G . Ralph
f;~}g}'{i):{n, :f.~hn I<. t3a1tes, F. W. Hartfor~ '' ·c\i1:vin Page, Gpstave Pe•yse r,
bn,;~;w. i~eyse•r, '8u&c'l.n J. · Borthwlc1< Mary. ·E. B'orthwicl<, James A.
Bort~wic1,: F. W. 'Lycls<tCJ'/1. '
''· cop,,'tr)l:mting,-,Admiral J. B. Mn1·dock; M'iss· E·. A.' Cot!ton, Mabel Si~e
Cood'in-&·, Eust:•s L. :)"-Tor,kins, Frances
E. · W·e•n'deUI, France's C. "\Vend·e ll,
Charles F. Shillabcr.
A.ctive-'.Elizrube·£h Elwyn Lnngclc·:i,
He)en J-:T.' J.,a.t~!,c)'on, Jnhn ii. C'on1eli11s,
J-Iel~ Pe1arson, F. E. H:<ii;ty,
vVoootmnn Prnt1t, Hoiaoe M .. Wig·gin.
Chal"les' H. natcj1ellle'r, J.lru·1·y .I. l.•'rcc.;i111a•,1, Frederlpl" pardr-er, Jl, L. Costello, E. ·H .. P,aJrnr, Louis ,\Vin-clon Ewald,
E4•i\lh ,'\V.e1bster Ewa)d, John n. Par-
rron!'l. ·
I
, PORTSMOUTH
':HISTORICAL··SOCIETY
'
Ycu Know Wh;1.t It Stands for.
Become a Member of It.
_ P.rcsic!cnt-Rcv. Alfre,I Gooding.
Vice Pr~siclcnts-Hon. 1Nooc!bu,·y Lanodon, D. F. 801·thwick.
Trcasurer-G. Ralrh L&ighton.
fecretary-F. W. Hartford.
Trustccs-Hnn . Woodbury Langdon, J. Templeman Coolidge, Prof.
8,a rrett Wenclcll;· -Rev, L. H. Thayer, D. D., Miss Martha S. Kimb~l1,
John I<. Bates, Ho>1 . .loh>1 W. Em.,,.v, Hor,ice Mo,·rison, Rear Admiral
,,, ,l, ·., ,B:,. Murclock, U.S. N., Geor,ge B. Chadwi ck.
LIFE AND
ACTIVE.
\ CONTRIBUTJNG.
HONORARY.
· ]~li"zai.lelh E. Langdon 11i~:s 1-.::. A. ·Co tton
.J. T<' n1pll~lu11 Coolidge
IJ<.-lC'n N, La·n gclon
:\[:t\101 :-;is<· UoorlingHorac• p .\lorrison
.JQ\11'\ 1\. l'lll'tH'lius
1,;11•:11101· Cl\/i!tlin;;· l:l:1i11s ' .\cl11til':tl ,J. It. ~lu1·docl,
llelen l·'e,cn;on
Ji,' ' E. H::,,~ly
George W. Pr::itt
_ I-Jorace T\f. '\Vig·g·in
, Charles Il. Batcheld,•1·
, _J-T;, ,.,·y .r.
F'l'N' lTH\11
' J~i:·ct.lc1·ick Gardner
'··n,
h Costello
1, J'.J. T-T. f'!ak<'I'
,Jroui~
Vl,
"Ji~\-Vald
1
' Ec!itll i~T. Ewalcl
·· '',rc\iin G . P,n~ons
~- l\. Taxi,;
.1. \V. Ncll't'II
]1~.
8. l)owtl ~
,.M',,.~·w
Sim,
"i1 .
,,;
'Oil
,fil,TI·. .l u n k tt1 ~
·' ac·o rge \V. Raynes
l'l
1,;11,;tacl' t ,. l l\/pki11 s
·1,·-1·anc,,;; 1:, \\lc-nrl1 ·II
~l:1 rll1a :-i. I, i mlntl I
All'rctl t:oocli111;"
Frnncc•s r;. \iV (•n\ll'll
C'harl c8 1,:. Slli!tJhvr
<:.
Luc·iu:j JJ. Tllayc1·
rt11l11ll L:1i g hton
John i':. 1::11 c•s
I•'. \V'. llurlfor ◄ l
J). V. Uu1·Lll wiek •
,.
iVoorlllllry l,tl!lg"don .
C:tl\'in 11:i g<·
1
G11sta,·r\ l <'rtie r
Annie \V. l'ey~c1·
Su~:w .1, 1:ol'lllwick
Mary !•:. Dorlllwi c l,
.Jam e~.\. 1:,1rll 1wick
c:,.•0 1·.:..;·<> I:.
l•'.
w.
< 'hadwi c·I(
Ly(blon
.
.. : .
�· Through tho courtesy o( tho CominandO.nt o( tho navy ~-::.::d tho Portsmouth Naval Bancl will roll(lcr music
on the lawn o( tho Pa11l Jon<'s II011so
on Middle street 'l'hursday art!'rnoon
when tho formal opcninp; of th!' historic house will talrn pl:i.<·c from three
to flvo o'!'lock. Th <' l 'n1·t,rnt011 llt Jlisstorlcal Soci<'tY has now a ,;plcnrlid
collection o( Colonial times In lltis historic hou se and pcopl<' will avail u,c-m
selves o(
isit Home of the Portsmouth
Historical ociety t View Treasures
on xhibition and Inspect Building
o.
The formal oIJening
o-C
-t1,e
Paul 1/o,)J~iles o( vi\id shades, b':l.cilc1ors' but_
Lons, larl,s:pur, ca.rna.tiO'Os, IJOn.d lilies I
Jones House took 'Pln.ce Thu i,sday
:,.flr•rn.oon from thrc-o !Jo i:ive o'clock
:1,111l cl.11.-ini.; t'hal li1111• ,sc,·c-1~tl h111,<l r!'<l
, j:si tors C,l,ltlO lo \°iC'W th!' old m;tllSil.Jll
:111<l llt r l rc•:i!<Ut'<'f' collc-cl<"<l Ar~• ,t'h<'
l'1li-l<'ill011llt ll i«lu.-ir·:t l ,'rx•i{'l):, w'hiclt
n o w is- in 110;:se:·;ion of l1111 rh r-:l'u liful
o lrl
110111 :i•.
'J"lt r 1-on1t1<;"\\"C'J"C nil tht'(),IVl1 opc-n nm<l
m:i<l r> :1rl<lilio11:rll)• n,L1 1·:1c-.Llvc- wilt.ii th e ir
and o'{Eer va_rietics or blklisS-OIIUS1 ,vMc~l"
WCl'O Jo·vcly lo behold.
On the )Mvnl the Na.val Band ren dored a dolight(ul rnru.s,ica,l (l)rogr am, its
sorvice.s t,ein•g given throtu:i;h the oourtesy of lhe Com:mhndn.nt o! lhe n:i,vy
y:u·d, ;1nd thrnngs ou.t of doors, a.s well
as in dool"S, listened wilAl a,'P(Pre0ialion
lo th e music.
AH o.f the of.fic-et's of
l>r: u1lif11I :ind arran'gru 11 11 v rt..<:<c,11 ancl l]iistorica,l Slocietly were there 11:nd tho
flo:l';cr holrlers willt exq11i.~ite t:us,tc. ,1i sitous we1ie shown n\bO'llt the hoU'se
'J'hc flfflV C l
wr-.rc g-1·c-n,l cl11!llcrs of
WCl'<l
r
c.11,
and vic1wcd I.ls mh.n'Y :nte,rcslln;g re!los.
�Eve!rY cme wrus· en.tlhustla.sllc a,nd .•he
zrum-ibersh.i$> list o! the society, whl.ch
ls nJready large, is s-ure to inc=se
=·- ,,...,:.,_,~,,
ste.!!;dt~The v.i:s'.itore were mucth plen.sed to
'.vi~v the m'any wonder'full'y n.ttrn.c.U:ve
a.rtldes olf Mstorlc irul:.erest and could
,ha;rdfy relll,lize $Ulch n. vn.lu.."Uble collecitron bad !been sec'lired since .the m~,nsioill was resrtlored by the Portsnrou th
Historical SOICiety.
, .As the g'ue.sta entered Uirough
ga!tewtl.Y leading lnlto the garden, whldh
.Wais a,!Jways 'been n. beauty :.pot In th"'
cente!I' of thet(Yw,n, Lhoy gazed with
adtmira.tliOn on. the fine old 11all and Its
broad st.a.ir<way, whloh gave the house
a.n 1m!Pret3Sion or gren.t dl@nllby
and
lbelwulty, wl'tih ils larlge wlndoiw on the
~
btoad s,'talr at one side or
stood
a Grandlfathel"B ,cJ,o01c 'built a h-w1dlred
nlnd fi!fy yehra ago. N~,r the entrance door Is hunlg n. !rruntcd siteel engrn.,•i1:g o;f J c~:'ll. l':t~ll Jcnc:s f,c,r ,,1ll0m
tbe, 1101.!ISO is nn.med. O.ne O'f the ol(ll
Um-0 cl1airs in tihe hi:tll WM m\'l.dO l:ly
John On.ins l<n 1728 an<l has 1been in
t110 Brc<wsiter ra:nrlyl or tJhis ci1ty conti'!luous.ly.
In the race(Ptlon rooon at t:hc left n.s
one cnbers the house one secs various
ru:rn:lsblngs hl:wing va:11!.ety n.nd ch::rnm,
Including antique chairs n.'Tld m:ilhogl;nY
tnlblc-s or ln-tcr<:1StlnlS' poln:t!s ,o[ di.Ureren~e. One old: chair 1.s sn,id to hn.ve
boon the fa.'VOritie ono oil'. REYV. Dr. {\>1
S€U)ll'l Bu~Klm1n!ister, pn.stor of the ortl1
Co,ngregn.tio11aQ chlU.Ith of this -ci,QY
rro.m 1'779 to 18<12. This wn.s given the
ch11.1t<ch •IJy MilSiS Fannte Bowles and hus
1Jeen llc1-ctofore 1c~t n.t the rectory.
dn one tn,ble a11e s,evcrn.l ancient Bibles, one halvi'r!.g the date of 1666, w11ile
res·ti1n~ on n.nother l~11ble is a model
fl,; n,a!rlc 1'.11:1.ry Anntuh, whidh ship
was •i it oom:nm,n<l of Caplaln Dilling-:; or
this cit.y rund )v'as the flrst Amei-ica-n
s.hl':P to 91-il u!J') tJ1e rh1er • eine .. A
qulailllt mirror !be.tween ,the f ,r o·n t wrn1lctws•and olher fiu'rnl.slhin-lsd give add-
rf
or.
ed charm t,q the roOl11l.
In the room uP(Po:.ite one view$ other
11ilch exrum[}les or pfoccs of the o1den
tlme. The Bi;blical tile,s of Uhe firepillt:e in old lllue n.ml. whiite wt once
n.tt11alet the eye of tfhe \9ver of the amLlque and. are exltlreaneyl in,teresting.
In tihls room js an old secretary, u.
fine dLstPlny of rare china w'hiich d-a.tl'S
oock to 1810, pewter a'lld glass ware; a
collecllon o! Paisley shmvls; n. l>n.hy's,
O'lll!it of ea.rly itlme, and va,rlous relics
'l\I r DOIW' \\'Ill SI :L Wi n.n i n1g
t'.he okl Lime nocldnghn.m
Ch;{}). In Sc,pl -m!he r' 1SG6
a series, of games between ,tlhc Roc\ki:1,g hnun nnd Keant;argo clu.!J.,; of Cor.cord wt1s !l'ln.Yccl, tthe Hoc.k•ingh:nn tea,m
winn·i,ng and a. l,anquet wns tendered
hoth lc:nns. A 11icl.m·c or the pioncel'
1Ja.:;~1>ttll team is also c;l111w11.
O•nl}'
t11·0 or il!,, •mlahn!hcn·,~ are now living. A
c"<rnlineut:Ll suil among the relics In
a11oth~I' 0n.se "~1s m:i<lo hy Lho moth'e r
or t•he late J:1me.1 l r. Dow and wo1·n
hy him ht tht' 11arndc on .Inly .J, 1851.
Tlli'S cnrn\l:llly or 1l•)YS (~11le,l "Conlil'('nll:11•" wt,~ ill <:0111,:n:i 1111 or 'l',1\)111:t.~
llail y Ahlril'Ut, l'nrlst11011th's l:ilo g-:fl1.
,d wrill•r, .\ lt11t:.:c old lime ,,··ondt• n
1..-~wle, 8ti ycru-.; ohl; :L ln·a,,-,,; l,clllc :i1HIJ
•nnster frocn the Jafrrny ma·nsion, small
L'l.ir lnmks o! q uai,1 l cl. ·sign :11·,0 a l.">U
•>H exMhition in thC' s:unc room.
Tn the upp!'r hall is th<' large h·,th
tub , hew01 out or n. soliu rna.hog:iny!og ancl us <l hy the houscholJ. in
Revolutionary times. A fine collection
of han{l ma<lc lace of 7:; yenTs ago is
also seen in a rooo in the up;per Judi.
'l.'he, olu style fou,r po~l IJecl,.;,Leatt in a
front chamber hn.m g with frbi:gtd dimities o.s of o!den dlllys anti other furnishing:, to correspond must /be seen
to be a.P!Peci;llted.
The John Pwul J'o•nes house was built
a'bl()ut 1730 a)y Ca1ptklin PtJl'Cell, ,t We'll
lm'Ol\vn merc'lfant ancl after his ,Ji:ath
his widow kept it als a boanlin;; \1•u 11,;e
for ,many year:;. AJmong- her g-ue:;.ts \\~ls
C'.Jptain John Paul J-011es, who oo-.:mled
th-ere w'hHe he w1as, su:rie1·inllending th·e
bulilcliln,g of the "AJmerica;' at Badg,cr's
Island in 1779. 'l.''he house was na-xt
OWllled by Hon. John Lttngl(lon, und
fr'01ru ll'is fon.m,ily It came 1nt-o possossion or thC' Ja~o ~.muel J .ionl, tin,l
lHUJSt(."U (1'0Jn. Lll-o po:,i,;c,1sio11 ol' 11ii.::i lll!:Jtcenda n ls -on Jy a. fe--v- yci;.tr.s tll!,10.
r1 he Porlsmoulh Ilistorical Society
h'n,s recen,Ully a:cqu:ircd the al'tml().ti'Ve
p110perLy· at Lho orncr of Slht.e a nli
llli.cldle street;; tuld already a ve,·y important collc!cf.io1t of furniture, rr,orlrails, lboolrn, UOClU/lllent\., o( ld:,;llorieal
value ba,ve be n q,roug,h L Log·et11lor in
Ufa; fine old h'o\1.se. 'l'he society. asks
the iuterest and co-ope1ttlio11 of the
I>'ll!Jlic in tlhi's C'nte1qJll•i.:;e and hor>es to
vJCquiro a l arge mcmUJership Jic;t. l'ortbmoulih has J011·g been faarrous for ats
h'i'st.orica'l i'ntercsts nncl >tt4ractions, has
long possesl:;cd h'tlil1ling-:; l'ike the Al ho.
no.eun1 n.nd 8L John'g, Chlu<rch, con,lhini'llg- onln.ny o:t)Jects oi bistlo.ri'c vti.lue
1ml it Is only 1,e ·enctly Lha.t n. c;oclcot);
has lb<'en est,Whlished for ll1e pu11J)Os-e o!
colleicldng ancl J>res nwug sll\clh objects
in n. l jui lcllng or i,11,;i ow,n. n o.used iit
one o! the mo',it lntcrcstini; or tho Colonial mansions, it pluns '.to get toe-ether
in It.he course of lime a. valuwl>lc colllectlon. connlelCltccr rwi't'h the history ai1d
the peOIJ)le or Po'l'tsmoutlh,s lonig >tnd
sig,ni:ricant past.
of h~torlc value.
Tile house boo.sta of the oldest piamo
in the coun,try, bulllt in London in 1765
and bere one cll-n also see the first
attempt at o.ri;an 'building, this 11n.'V'in;;
been. tlhe worlc of Daniel C. BarUeLt of
Concord In 1799. A he:u1tiful m:i.ho~my
clodlc over 150 yelU'S old t.s cne Olf tlhe
wtJtrttoti.o'llS' of a ren.r room. 1J·eire Is
also a rm1:ple cles!:c Olf ol'd tl.rne de,siign,
an old F1rn.nklin stove used 1n the Ill:tven mansi~n on Pleasant stre"t n.nd otheT antique
furntshlngs.
There are
m.a.ny rellas i,n glln\S.s ctlses in .seve1tll1
o! the rooms', one Olf w.hich Is the rosewood bnse\lja,11 ba.t presented to the h~re
James H. Dow 04f 'I.his ci•~Y by F.mnU<' Jin Pl.er'Ce, 1>realdlent or tm, Unit eel
States and su.italb]y 1nscrlbed on a sll- ..,.,••..,,,,.,,....
I
~l'ha l'ortSllll'OU Uh IIlstorical 60cle.1Jy
w\ill a lso &e<ik to l,jfYl·e-..1d a,mon,g tJI
a
&:Too.ter knowledge or t.he hlSttory or
Crur town,,~ gcrat1;r l't:. pcct for ltsi lime
honored lrnd, tilOn and a real aliecUon
for lhe ancient ,Uhlngs that mal<e
l'orls-m'uulh one of Wie rno.st <lelightJfu•J
01 t:arly A111L rk.1,i towns.
The 0£t'icc1 · oC the l'ort.::,moutll llJis'to1'ie>tl Soci •liy 111 c:
·
P'.·c ·idcnl-ltcv. APJrecl Goodilig.
V1eo
l'rcsa\cn I s,-,lfon.
\V-ood'!Jur-y
Langdon, l ,,nicl 1•'. Bol'lhwi<'lc.
'l'rt•a,,,mrur
lt,lll1h J,:.tli;•htion
:-; 'l',l'C.l;i ry I•'. \\', J l artronl.
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n.
J\ll ]'oll,nnuulh lo,•crs of the l,c·:1ailt1.
ful and hi,iluric :in• 111·out1 tl,at the o\<l
,uan:;iO'll ha,;, hcv11 l'ully re:;lore,l and
the home or the l'<,ru..·mouth l fistollcul ~<X:'iety "·Ill l,c a m.useum of ever.
111 lcre-sling a" oc,., t·ion 6 •
'llJ1c house
ho open week days
ll:iJly from llOW 111,til Oc.tolJe,· itnd al1·t•ady m \i.ny or the srnnJmer guc;;ts at
l11e hotels in lhi:, vlcinltJy as well as
slmn[,;ers, in to\\n for a s11.ort time
iave visil,;>d lhe oltl mansion to vle1w
I.:; ollection or rare historic Interest.
a_~
wrn
Tho l'aul ,lt1lll'. !IOI
coloetio n or :, 11 l lq ues
h!c;lo1·ic ,•,iluc Is n,;it<'
�PAUL.JONES
HOUSE TO OPEN
ON'IHURSDAY
,\rnong tho pictures In th<' house Is
original, showing ,vashlngton goin;.: over Trenton bridge, New York,
o n his way to tho Yvhlle House to take
tho oath of office as presld<'nl of tho
United Stal<'S, this showing tho wom<'n u1Hl children throwing garl:i.nds
of f\ow<'rn In his path. Another 1>1t·turc
t~
Rare Treat Awaits Public a'
New Home of Portsmouth
Historical Society.
The formnl opC'nln~ of the historic
Paul JonNl J louse on 1\l it\<ll<' street,
ch<' homo or th<' l'Clrt ,smouth lli s torlc:i.l
.:,OC'i<'tY, will 1· ,kc pl'1l'I' 'l'hun,day n.flernoon from lhrco lo live o"rlock. The
·r. nnbcrs of th <' soci<'ty will be present
'.,, receive visitors.The public will hn.vc
·. rn.ro trcn.t to Yicw this restored man
rich In historic
memories.
The nn.val h<1nd will furnish music.
This colon ia 1 man11ion has been complC'IC'ly res ton ,1 by
tho l'ort:,;mouth
[Iistorical Soci<'tY :, nd thr people of
mrty well be
•, ur old historic town
proud of It, while visitors from nenr
Ltlcl fnr arc coming <lrtilY to view the
, le coloni:tl homo and Its beauti(ul
1L' l: lshings mul t'<'I in; o( olllrn lim<'s,
ts ·.. , cady tlwro iH a wondrrful col'.e,;t ion there.
The W[lli p:tpC'rs of the mrtnsion arc
t'l')ll'P !lH" Ir r of llHlH(' llRC'll in colonl:d
Jays an,1 ar<' rnoosl C'fft•cli \'C', '!'her<' lri
~o much In th<' hou se for the \'isilor to
ser llml he hardly know:s \\here lo
llC'gin It i:, rtll RO inlf'l'P:;ling. Among
llHI arlicle,i on 1•xhihilion are many
vn lu<•,1 h,•ir 1011111s. 'l'h<'l'fl iH thC' oltlcist
piano In th,' ,·1>1 i;ilr), l,uill l11 London
in l7\l!i, and :1\so :t 1nlnt~lt1rP organ,
, ho\\'ing- lhc fin,t attempt
at organ
1,uildlng, this hrtving !H'l'n llw work of
r.i111icl C. Harll <'t l of Conconl in 17~9.
,\ mong lhe many other
.•hnwn rtro l11<• (ollo\\·i11g-:
A 1 iano fr n nt the Longf<'llt>\\' home
in Porthrnd, Mc. , a b<>:tUliful m,thog,_ny grand(alh <'r's C'lock and a maple
n(•Hk ov<'r Jr,O yC'ars olrl; nn,olrl Franlclin RlO\'(' Utk II from thr llrt\'Pl\ mrtn:;icn on Pl<'f\!S:\lll Hll'C<'l,
torn down years ngo. There is n. beauli
Cul collrclion o( family chinn of the
Salter f,,mily which lht<'S back to 1810
DIHO i,ilver nn ,I gL1HS \\'IU'C' o( the eelA .-111ll'< l lo11 of P:tlslt•y
shawls nttrn, 1~ lh<' lov<•r o( lh•• 1Jpa11Uf11I anrl In thf" :,:1111<' ,·as<' iH:, eollt•ctlon of l:tt'<'S <lalt••I h:t<'lt lo 1:;11 1 111111 :t
set of babil',;" garm<'nlH of fine Jinpn
and hnnd work made a crnlury rtgo.
Th<'r<' n.1 o hC'autiful mahogany tablf'f!
n nd chairs c,r olll timCI design. In th<·
upper hrtll is on<' i11tPrC'slinf~ n'lle, rC'stored, an old mahogany
ln lh
hL•Wn out of :soli<l ma hog[lny nn,1 us, •d
hy tll<' hou,-;, •hohl wh<•n lllf' 111 1nsio11
\" as built. (>11•• of th" 11p111•1· enat11l)('r,-.
has 1111 old f,1shlunC'd fout· post \JNlstcn<l hung with ol<l style dimities [ltlfl
fmnishlng,i of the room cor0
and
Sonos
,.;ho\\'R thr rC'tttrn of the
Uaughi,·rs of l'orlsmou lh in 185~. and
"nollwr o( the first mayor of 1'orls111oulh, Alm"r Greenleaf and wife. On
the walls may also be seen the Sir
\\'llliam P<>pJ)PITCll and
the Gerris h
family r onlR of arms. ThcrP is also an
'1.llracliYe ~am plc·t· dated l 324. Amoni:;
the hooks shown is a fmnily Bible o[
lh date l GGG.
One uC lite nuu,y \':tlu.-d possc•s,..ions
in one e:i!'c !H :t ,·os<' wood bas<' b[lll
1ml JH"<',·C' nl<'<I lo JanH•,1 U .Dow o( this
t lty hy l'1·rs i<.l•'nt of lh<" IJnllccl !'lnlC3
l•'1·anklln l'ierce. 1\Jr. Dow was one of
the plon ct. r \Jail players of lhls ~<'ction
,~nd a nlC'mbet· oe the once
f,,mous
Ho •kingham Base Hall Club of lhi'!
cily. In ScptC'mbcr 18GG a serl<'s of
games between tho noekingh1.m and
1-::earsnrgc Clubs of Concord was pJ:i.yed. A banquet
was tendered
bolh
te:i.ms al Concord.
The Rockin1;ham
won the SC'ries of games [lnd Mr. Do\\',
J)ilchcr of tho team and alternalNI as
centre field, scored more points
any player and for his suC'ccss
prP scn led tho trophy.
Ono cannot gl\'O a fair icl<'n. of tho
many 1n·lcclcss heirlooms in the house
for they must be seen to be appreeiale·l. but the Jove r of antiques and th e
tC'auti[u l coukl pass an afternoon at
thr historic house viewing or studying
lhcso treasures and feel that the limo
was well spent and he had somelhini;
v;orth while lo remember.
The l'aul Jones house Is open to the
pt..blic on wcC'k days from 10.30 a . m.
t. r,.:11) p 111. On Salnnlayos It closrs nt
r, p. m. The admission prlcP is VC'ry
~n :a II for lhe opporlunlly it gives to go
through this colonia l house ::rnd look
f)\'C' l" \hC' bC'[llltifnl collction
DAHLIA DISPLAY
ATTRACTS MANY
An exhibition ·of dahlias Is being
displayed at the Portsmouth Historical
Society on Middle street this week
which ls well worth anybody's time to
Inspect. The display Is distributed all
over the house
so that
one has a
chance to view the rooms at tho same>
lime and with the splcndid:y colored
flowers they show off' to most ndvant!.
age. The dl11play will be on exhibition
Today a ll day1 and S[lturday.
The regular fee for ::tdmlsslon to the
house Is charged to those not members
Displays from Mrs. J. W. Pierce, Mrs.
Henry C. Knight of Eliot, Mrs. Arthur
IIrtrriman, Mrs. W. D. Grace
Walker of Kittery.
R J. noyd attracted
ThC' e1xhibitlon of dahlias and glad·oli now being displayed at the' His. ori<'al Society on Middle street Is at<
trncling much attention . Some of · the
disl)i[LYS not mentioned In yesterday's
Herald were those of Miss Mary Sheldon n.n<l Mrs. Frotl McNeil which were
both very beautiful. Mrs. H. M. ·walker of Kittery Depot has a most varied
collection of gladioll seen outsl~e ~l
tho fairs. •Every color .and shauc can
be foun·u in the different groupl. Mrs.
Henry' C. Knight's display of dahlias
s indeed a treat and should be seen
to be apprecl[lted. In fact the whole
C'Xhibition is one .that everybody should
attend thn.t loves flowers. T,"lC exhlbitlon wlll rem[l!n open tomorrow,
The annual ... meeting of
Historical Soplety will be held
in tlw .Tolin raul Jonrs house, Thursd[LY :.i flernoon, Sept. 30, 1920 at three
,\n rxhihilion of J) ,Lhllrt!S will hC' held
t th<' J'orlsmoulh l lislorie:1 i
h11il11i11;.: Thur!<,lrtY actC'rnoon . It ls well
11·01 ·th s<'<'lng- n11d lovc•rs of t1ow<'1's will
·1
1i111l a
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'Historic~! Socie·ty
lfeld
annual meeting on Thurs:qay afternoon lrf the John Patil Jones
a{ ' use, with a good attendance.
.: ';)Reports or , the treasurer 11,nd se~"l',etary were •i:ead and plans !or the
~winter were'. dlscus.sed, , resulting In
~,,,..',:N',·M•'.~~A;a,ppofntme1!t of a committee, ·con•1~stlng of Rev. • Altred -Gooding a11d
/ ~tessrs G. ·Rs.lph Lalgton aI_1d D. l•'.
~P,rthwjck, who will" take up the
matter or a winter _program and sub'n11t ·a report ·at a Jn.ter meeting.
; l The past season· has been an un\l?ual!y success·rul one, over 1500
~ll!ltors ihavlng· registered at the
'J1.o'i.1se.
...,.,, TJ:ie membership, jncluding honorary , and contributing members, now
Jn'uinbers one hundred and thirty.
,;;; :The · !ollowlng officers were reel&:ted: ·
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{ ', President, Rev. Al!red Gooding.
'". Vlce ·Presldents: . Hon. v::>odbury
¢,a'.n gdon, D. F. Borth'wi_ck, : ·.•
-~-;~reasurer: G. R:a!ph Lalghton.
Secretary, ·F . W. Hartford
;, •.Trlliltees:
Messrs.
Woodbury
):.. ~p.gdon, J. Templeman Coolidge,
)•rp~. ·B arrett Wendell, Rev. L. H.
,'I'ha.yer, D: I;>., John K. Bates, John
JW.'. Emery, Horace Morrison, Rear
;Admiral J. B. Murdocl\:, U. S. N. ,
George . B .. Ch11,dwlck, Miss Martha S.
Kimball· and the cominanda,nt or the
!Portsmouth navy yard, ex-officio.
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:HlST'ORl'CAL S'OC~
'ELEC'TS OfFIICE.R'S
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Th e annual meelln,.;, of lhe T'orlsmouth ITifitorical Society was held at
the Ilisto1·iea.l building on Thursday at
3 p. m. President r.ev. Alfr!'1l GoodIng prcsi!l cd . 'l'he report of the mem-
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to be growin;; and the c:usloclian, l\ l rs.
Charles ·~. r:eny's report :;howetl
m a ny hund1·cds of visilo1·s. The: matter of 1,reservin ;; the Liberty 11ole anU
lccep!ng tha.t historic subject alive was
discussed. The 1bulldlng· is now the
principal show place in lho city.
Th o elccllon or officers w as as
io ws: President, Rev. Alfred Gooding ;
vice 1)residents, ·Eon. ,voorl bu 1·y Lan,:;•don, D. 1~. Borthwick; lreasurlc'r, G.
Ralph La.ighton; secretary, F. W .
Hartford ; trustees, Rev. Alfred Gooding, Hon. Woodbury Langdon, D. F.
Borthwick, G. Ralph Laighton, J. Templeton ·cooliclge, Prof. Danett Wend ell, Rev. L. II. Thayer, ,Miss Martha
S. Klmiba ll, R ear Admiral J. if3 . •M urtha Com-
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T,he John Paul Jones House
'Sta lo StrC'<'I. now thr:- home of
1 'orlsmouth 11 i:;lot ical Soci<'ly, i,;
tr:1t'tin:;, llw atlf'tliion of mnny or
summer <;olnny, a,; \\'I'll as many a11to-
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY ELEClS
Offl~ERS
;11ohilixlH w,ho arP pn:;~ing U1ro\1~h the
C'dy.
Jl"n' all
huvC' a
ra,·e ln•:ol lo
rnan~ion n11tl it"
vif'\V
this 1"f' f;to 1• ..... d
trr-·1sui·c~ riel1 in historic mcmnri<"~.
This Colonial house ,was •built HOmC'
lime prc\"iou:-; to llH' Ilevoluli'on, but
lhr C'X:JCI chi" is nol known. It \\"a!<
C'r<'ClC'll hy ( 'a pl:tin P11rC'ell, a mer•
chant. onr of whosf' se,·en {laughlern
marrie<l i\1:ijnr Gardin<'r, an<l another
JOHN PAU L JONE S HOUSE.
Captain Tho1r.as Manning. After Captain T'urcrll's cleath his 11i1lo·11 J,npt a IJonnling hollHC' •lH' I"<' r,nu John Paul .Jones
ll11• yC'ar 17,!I, whil, he was, s 11pl'rinleniling- the liuil<ling
'l'hC' hot1 ''(' :iflerw:i rd wa~ 1Jw111•,1 hy •I inn, ,John L:u1g-don
and from hii-; family It w:u, pu1Thast'1I by the 1:tlc Samuel l,ord and occupied
by the latter·:; flunily ma11.1· y,,ani.
P6rtsmrrn lit is f.amo11H for its ,h i>iloriC'a I inlercsl>- ancl all r aclio ns and lllC'
Portsmouth l li>;lorkal :C:oC'iel y, housC"d in onC' of l hC' 1110:;l interesting of the
Colonial man,.lons of ou1· olrl town. is allracling- the nt trnlion of man;•. Vi,;ito r s
view wilh ln lC' r\'Rl tile ,·al uahl ,·ollN·lion of (111·11 i t11 rf', porlr:i it:;, hool,s, llo<;umen ls ancl cllina conned\'d •wilh lhc hi:;tory am! the p<•o11le of J'orlsmoulh's long
atJd signiflc::t11l past.
The Porl~moulh Jlislorical ic;ociely OP<'llC'cl lh<• l'aul .Joni's House a little
moro than a y ar :1,"10 ;111(] ii will ht' 0111•11 to LhP puhiic fo1· :t small nu mission
fee each :;ummer. Thi s ><Paso n their :ire 1nany ll"W 1rras11n•s :111<1 value,! hC'iriooms and Lhr relit':; llwrC' nJ"(' cn•n morr• lhan last year. The visitor lu:.rdly
knows where lo i,r,g-in lit!' ,·ollPclion is so inlerl'slini:;.
'.fhc wall pap('rs of lh<• 1ri:1nsinn ;1rr rr-pt·oclurtions of thOSf' 11~H"'<l in Colonial
L!rncs and n1ost C'ITl't>livP. Th<' likrr •o r :1nliqtlf'!-i l'o11lcl pass st•,•pr;,.11 hours viewing the <'OIIC'l'iion of !'<'lies >-hnwn and f r•<' l lhr li1111' W<'li HJH'nl. This >-NtsOn
;;-la~s CO\'ered tablrs h:t\ 1' hl'l'll ad,lcd in llllC or lh,• rnoms whi<'h 111:tlces il lllOl'C
allr:tctive. <>11f' la,h lC" f'nnl:ti11s ,·l' r;· old c11ps :111<1 "" '"' £' rs of nrnny ldlllh; another is fiilC"d with h<'auliful f'Olo11i:1l pl:illcrs :tnd :111ollH·1· with plates. the piecei-;
In the cnllcctlon h!'i11;:;- frnm JOO to ~r,o y,•arn old. In 0111' or thl' front lowe1·
rooms is a l ;ti1 lP S<'l will, ll11• ~:tiler f:imily \'hin:t 11·1til'h <l:tll'S b:tC'k lo 1810 antl
is very hPaulifnl. ThC" rC'C'"Plion rnom do1\•n slain; rrm:i.ins as last ~-ear and
contains ,lw:tuliftt l ma,hn.c:a ny lahlc" :111d cimirs of old clC'sig-n. A l1C'auliful o 1~
mahog-any ,::r:1n,H:1llH'r' :-s <'ioc·lc :-st:tnrls 011 lltP hall ,-;tai1111·a)'. lip slairn in lh<'
south w est chamhc,r iH :,, displ:i.,- n( ol<l C'rnbroilli•ry, colonial g-owns, pctisley
shaw ls, whi<'h allr:i.1· 1 the• l nvc,rn or th<' l11•aut if11l: :, t,,o a ""t of lu'hy c-lothc,;
mndc of fill(' li11rn and d:1I ing ha('k lo 1~011. ]11 Oil of lhl' rrnnl llJlJll'r l'hambC'rn
l:-< :111 olcl ra:shionp,J four -po><lecl hrdslPa1) hung with olcl ,;lyl<' dimiliC's ancl l,h<'
r ernaindrr or the furnil11rp in this room c·o1T<'SfH1111lH. Jn :111olhcr ,·oom a labk
fillC'd with old documC' n 1:-s is
:imrrn-; thr lr<'asurr•:; lllC'r<• whi<'h nllrarl lhC" eY",
among lhesC' bcin.gi a Jl!l Jl('r >-ignC'd hy ~ir Will i:i.m I '!'ppe1-r!'ll in 172~ Hll(l a
volnme on "The Lif<' a.nil ('h:t1·a,·trr nf <'hrvali<'r .John 1';1ul .Jones," which was
puhlishc<l in 18~:;. A n•:q· rnorn up ,:1:,irs ltas hel'n rC'slorcrl ,since last summer
rtllll in this is a. vc,ry old four- posl<'cl 111:i hog :wy lic•llslracl :u1cl oll1cr suitable
furnishing:;.
'l'hc l'a11l JonNi Jlons<' i•s "Jl"l1 to 111'• puhli<' on WC'!'k <1:iy:-< :ind for a smn.11
adniission tlw \"iHilor 111·1y ~''" llti,; la.rg-.- ancl hea11tiful coll<'clion of antiques.
Amo n g tho "(' who ha,·r \"isil <' d lhc hott HI' this Wl'<'k arc I)C'Ople from C:1l i(ornia,
-Chil"ai;o, 111.. \\'aslti11glt>n, ll. C .. l'ltil::ih>lphia, l ':i., an,1 N1•w Yori<
othC'I'~ frnm lhc Nl'w !•;11 g l:,11d HlalC'~ .
'I'he nnnual meeting
mouth Ilistorical ,Society was held at
tho John Paul Jones house on State
strl'rt this forenoon
at
ten-t\l r ty
0·1·int'l<. nr:u· Aclmlt·al .Joseph Foster,
U. :-;_ N., r<'tit'ecl, presit1ing.
1'hf' 1·£'corcl~ of lhf' last meeting wer e
rPad and a pprOYNl a ncl the rt"J)ort o f
tlw lrl'am11·c 1· w:i .s r £':tcl and approved
by c:. Halph Laighton, treasurer of the
'l'lw alinual el<'f'lion oe officers a nd
lrnslC'('" took pl::i,·e :rn follows:
l'r<'si<l<' nl- i,C'v .•\ lfred Gooding.
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lll'<'.0 iclcn ls-Hon. Woodbu r y
L~ 11;.:<lon :inil Da niC"l l•'. Borthwicl,.
S1•crl't:1ry-F. 11'. JTartror<l.
'l'n·:, 'lll'l'l'-<1 . Ha?ph LaightO Jl. .
1:, ,·. Lueiu ,s H. Thay r llliss llrar11,, 8. 1,imh:iil. J oh ~
K .• Bales, !Ion.
.lnhn \\'. l~m, •r:.- .
TJ orace
llfot·rl~on,
l!,•,11· .\d111it·,1l ,I . B. ll111rcl .'lf' k. LT. S . N ..
1::1lpil :\!:,:,-, Ge-orn:C' 13. Chadwick and
LIH• t•nmr:: .. 11,hnt of th<' nav:, yard, ex'1'1,,· ,r: :1ttr- 1· of
h1Jqdi11 ·~- \\';JS diH<'ll'-tRPll
th,• offk'('l'£:.
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g;1 VP an httf'l'C'Stinrr hisof llH' l'ort,,«Tioalh Chronic!\' and
l',q·ts11111,1t!1 · 1111 <':,i,r<'"!!C'cl l'C'1,;l'Cl that
li•>I h
tlisconlinuNl.
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oof Portsmo th
ciety fte . elected at Session This
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r ing
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The annual meeting of •tho Ports- and measuring 100 feet on \\ hat is
mouth Historical Society was held now Middle street, and 106 feet on a.
this moming at the Historical build· 'New Street' lately lai,1 ou~now
Ing, with the president. Rev. .Al!red Str1te Street. On )lay '.!9t'.1 of the 11ext
Gooding presiding. Interesting plans year, l'/56, ls a. deed of an adjoinini;,'
or the .future were uiscu~.,;e<l and va.• \Jot GO reet dn 'lhc mithllc noad.' SO
r,:.-.:-.;t>iiaiioUs business matters transr1eted .
feet on :::. •.:-::ew \\'aY of '.!O foot wrnc'
Th e or!lcers were re-e1cted as fol - h<,.uyccn thls Jot and Janel of Charles
lows:
T'readwcll (now the Culler pl:icc),"-ancl
.Prsldent, r..ev . .Alfretl Gooding.
its ea:::t lino n,nning- to the northeast
Vive presldents, D. F , Do1·t1w;!cl,, corner of lho first purchase. 'l'hc lhlnl
Mi·s. Wood~ury l..,angaon.
purchase wn:. Au;;. '.!~, 171, :11~t1 was a
Treasurer, G. l)al11h L:iighton.
trianr;ular strip, ten feet on '.\ti,ldle
Secretary, F. W. Hartford.
Street. ncxl north of the Jll'C';jo11,; \llll'·
Trustees, Rev . .Alfrc.1 Goodinlf. '.\!rs. chases, running easterly on tho ':-Sew
Woodbury L :mgdon, D. F. Bort11wre1c, nond' SO feet tQ iL poln' '.:it ye ><orthG. nalph Lalghl~,t, r,,
' · Hartford, J. el'ly En<l or Sai,1 Pnrcclls Sta.hie."
Templeton Coolidge, Ralph May, }h's . \Vhethe r lho 'New Roat!,' (now Porter
L 11 . ..,.taycr, Mrs. F . B. Potter, '.\Irs. Street) had been moved between l'i5S
Ba1•rett \Yendell,. IIcraco Morrison, and 1701, or \\'hcthet· the tli, tanco to
Miss Martha S. K lm".iall, John W. Em• Porter Street was ten feet great•
c.:,·, near Admiral J, l ~. :r..rurdocl,, et· th an first
mcasure1l,
nnJ
George B. Chtdilck. Capt. D. E. Dis• new
deed
considercll
rnle appeal's to be the ~:tme ns in 17 ~1 .
:is prohal,ly tlue to the cncdon of t he
hou ~o th ,,t must then ha\" ranked
as one or the most l!11po,;ing resillence:i
of tho town. lt Is possible he l)cg,111
to l,uil,1 rl ~hort time prior to 1ecch·•
in.; the s~con,1 ,lee(], but nftc1· an
agrccnwnl to pun:hasc, 1.Jnt lijS i~
.11>1n·oxi111a l, ly col'rect, a11<l
as nenr as wo can tlelermino
uf erection oC tho house.
\\' ho was Gregory Purcell?
in PorlRmouth a; early a 1 jj~, \\'hen
ho is taxc,l, an<l was then called 'C,11>·
t,1iu,' undoul,lcdly masll'r o! a Jlkrcha11t vessel. C:111t. J\Ilchacl l'nrc, 11,
who livetl here 17:;g to 1769, is tho only
other Pu1·ee:Jl on om· early rccur,ls, n n,1
as he n.rnie.1 !IHI twin sons '.\lichad
antl Crc1;ury it is natural to ., s11111e
him eJO!,cly 1ela led. In 1772 Capt.
G,·cgory w,1s Presitlent of tho • J1;11·itablc Jri,h Soeietr,' which is evi<lencc
oC his nationality. In 17j9 he mart ic,I
S:.irr1h \\'entworlh, <laughlet· oC '.\InJur
Jolm \)'entworlh, Jutli;o -.1f l'roha lc
nn<l o! the Court of Common Pk.tH,
and 1.Jrolher of Covernot· Denning
"'cnlwonh. Abunt this limo C,111t.
PU!'Cell l'• lireJ from the sea and OP ·
cncll n. !ilo1·0 in his new n! shh.:11cc .
Here he Ji ·c,1 um! Ocll,oeri, l7iu, \\hen
h~ dh:<1, leaving his \\ ife Sar.ill ,,ml
eight clli!,11·cn 8Urviviug ,dill., llis
\\·ill gi\'•
hi,; 11ro11crly to hi; wife to
ll S\J fol' I he ~II !lllUl't "llll ulu,·a ( ion or
Iii;-; children. ,\s appear,; 1,el 11w, he
must h,l\'C kit llUll1Cl'O IS un1i:1l,J !,ills
fut· llis , i,luw to strug-itle i-;ith, .,nd
that rn. y C:X}Jlain \\"hY she O!)cllbl
1,o,1rclin1, house.
mul;:c~. comm:inclant of navy yanl, ex sary to
cure
llle
vHiclo.
does not ap11cal'.
on Mi<ltllo Street, ,vhich u,ltl~ u11 to
T ills history ls part of a sketch pre• 170 feet, wns re,luce<l by tj1c widening
pared by Rev . .Alfred Gooding.
of Stale St., some lime prior to 1 iS7,
··' Tho early history of the home or and the lot now measu:·es HO rt. Samthe Historical Society, known as tho uel Lonl addcll to the pro11erly, to 1
John Paul Jones Hou~e is interesting. mal,o its present r1rca., in 1~:,7, when
"The Jot on which tills house stands,'' he purchased oC Thomas J . Coburn a.\
writes Charles H. Ba.tchelder, "was Jot measuring ~3 feet on Pm·ler :-5t.
in 1714 part o! a thirty acre pasture and G1 feet on State Street.
\
belonging to John Hunking, o! Ports "It hns been said that the Pu ·cell
\lllOutb, styled mariner. On Sc9tember house was built in 173•), but that <lato
4th o! that year Hunking mortgaged is cnoneous. on the 11lan of tho Jafthe pastu~e, and a.pparenlly all his trey estate at the t!n:o o! the division
other real estate, to George J affrey abol'e, in 17:i5, the Jot ls marl,ctl as
.tor' £480.5.9. with an agreement that 'Englif<h Gl'ass Land.' rrol.Jably tho
unklng and h is wl!o ,should 1·etaln l Hunking orchanl h,ul ,11s:\]J!leare<
·
t. 'I'l IC
possession dur,ing their lives.
The I division mal:e:s no reference to any
mortgage de.scribes the pasture as ad· builtlings. As we have seen, C,tpt.
jacent to 'the h ighway leading (o the Gr gory Purcell, who built
the
Plaines' and 'the high waye that Leads hou~e. cll<l not purchase tho Jaml
to Islington or a place Ca.llecl th e , until lj:;7 aml i7~S. nnd h::111 cvi1lcnllY
Creek.' .Apparently tho mortgage was 1.Jullt prior to J'iGI, ,vhen his slat,lo b
never redeemed, !01· after Jartr_ey's \lmcnlionell . un turnltig ol the J'ul'Ls death, when. his cstat~ wa~ divided mou'th tax Jb ts, now preserved al the
among his children, in 1,_55, his dau~h- City Hall, ,vc fiml Ca11t. Purcell's town
ter Ann, who had married ,Capt. ::,;:a- tr1x in 17:iG to be £ 5. In 1757 it was
thanlel Pierce, r eceived !i.s part of her ;CG.10. Jn 17:,s and li59, .Cl •!. Jn 17GO
share 'Mrs. Hun!dng's Orchard so to l"iG3 it w as' .S:19 each year. lien
called,' which was bounded by th e arc two not:C'e:J.blc lncrer1ses, in u:,~
two highways ancl the Glebe land.
anJ 17GO. The latter lncr(!a:-e is n11
"Soon a!ter this, the' Peirces began )Jan. nlly in lite sr1uc pro11orlion th,t
se1!1ng o!! their inher\tnnce. There a1111cni·.,; in nunferous othet· indivi,lua
aro on record three deeds from them cases, so I infet· that it Is due to a
to Gregory Purcell. The first ls dat- change in the tax rate, antl not to an
ed Nov. 14, 1757, and ronveys a lot or increase in the amount oC Capt. Purcell's propcrt)', and we thcreforo ha vc
left the increase in 175S, where th e
"Tho.1 I ~1 ·\·ulutiqn;.1 ry \\'"ar \\":l!-S no w in
1n·oi,rc•, ~. :iu,1 Itel'» was· 11nd 11111l 1u lly
lhl' g(·nteel an,1 fa ~hiunal , le ph,•.:i ,.,f
r,•:-,idl 'Jh••! f 11r 8l r;i ngcrs sujod rni llh Jn
om· mid t. 'J'hc L,v,•rn,i \\ere palrunizc,1 lty tn111sit'1n,; rather than by
l tho
c 111:1!,.in:.;- 1norc
<~xtc111l ,. ,1
Su at ;\J.1<lat11 Purcell's John
Jones ,t.,ye <l \Yhilo in l'ort ~m11ulh
nu·ng- ,,ut tho Hangct ifl 1717, anU
a:;ain \':hilc supet·vising Lho lrnililin~
u( the .\llll l'!ca in 17St ,11111 1,s~. :is i:
~latc,1 llll Lhc llron zo lal,tc:t 11I.1c,·,l on
the hou ~c t,y the Helen Se:1\'l'Y Quilting P 1rti·. in 1~13.
"D ut kt us cunlinuc \'. ith tl;c histo1·y of the hOLl>'C, \\"hich h:i I hee11 left
to the disposal of widow Sarah t'm·ccll . l 1 . larch, 17S3 ~h:e sr 1,1 il for
:i con. i,lcr.1li1)n oC 10l10 puuu,ls, '1 n,.
ful m c,11cy,' lo \\"oo,lbury Lnnf;,lon,
E :-, fl., l1·,1di11g· llh.. l'<"hant of J,0 1 h·-rn,,11tll
acli\"C Jt:1t1•;ut of lite ltCVldt1l i,11 1, 1, Ill·
1,ct· of 111,, C'onlin~uta l Cou;rcss, nnd
fot· a. , !tort lime ju s lico uf tlie ~·upcriot· cou rt or Ju,lieatnrc. Jl i,; eYiilent
'.\fr. Lan;.;,lon lli,1 not gd all he paid
il>I', aq rn 1 iS7 Yarions crc.Jitol'•' or
<'.q,I. l'11r, ~II, \rho h.ul w.1ll<"1 l
1·1th
llllll"h 11,1ticnt:C since hb ,k., tl,, lll'O·
ccetle,1 to sue hi,; estate antl kvy \!XC •
cutio1 s on tho 11roprly tho \\hlow had
~~1,1. The est;.,,) of 1-I,irl, 1Iu11king
\\ (lll\\'1Jl'Lh Sll(•,1 on a ]Jill of ,;ood:=i
buu!,Ll l,d,nc De:cernber, li~7. :\!Ill , •o•
vember, 17GS. Jacob Sher1fo ,
apt.
James Stillson :incl Jonnthnn " 'arnc r
hall other bills or long standing, Dr.
Hall Jaclrnon collccte<l for medical se rvi~es lo tho family from l ,Gl to l'i 7G.
EhzalJ< th \Vallingfortl h:i.<1 a. note
dated In 1772 fm· £ 111.11.S.
�l1ave come Into its present Importance.
"Te should never have been able t o
purchase this wholo property '!\'hen the
•)pporlunity came to do so, or at any
rule to maintain It In Its present at tractive consldlllon, or to establlsh
l!:e society upon a firm fluancla l basis .
"IIavlng- thus secured a permanent
home, the Society procecdc<l to put It
into good condition for lt:1 vurposes
ancl opened It to the public tor the first
ttme In the summer or 1no.
the genero~ity or Jntcresteu
the house, even In Its first season, was
filled with an attractive ulsplay o! old
furniture, china, ,locumenls, clothing,
pictures ancl many other raro and interesting objects Identified with the
early llfo o! the town. In the ensuing
five year~ many changes have occurred,
of course. :Much that was here at
fir:it has been w llhdra wn, but
has much has been, ad,leu, so that we
have been constantly fitting up now
di~11Iny rooms for our tre::isurcs, and
____...............=~-----~--"-'-----.1,lthls yenr ,ve li:i.\·o turned the upper
story of the ell Into this rather spacious room where we are meeting to day and which we are sure cnn be put
to lmtiortant uses. From year to year
we havo had not only many new loans
lrnt many vnlua\Jlo gifts-so that the
interior or the ho tso h:;s become moro
an\l more attractive, or.cl has been
l:>..vi:.hly admirc<l and praised by tile
thousands o! people rrom nll pa.rt s o!
llio country who have v!slted it , in
thrso recent summers . As ror the ex _ __ _ _-1,1tcrior, I am sure you will agree that H
1wocrBslon cn•1st·111 1 ly pouring Uu·oug-h Jios b')Cll tiroperly maintainer] and ImTh o ne\\' t.xh;l1iti()ll l"OO!ll in fhJ ell or
the Lown c:111 ( ill to 1,utlc·r this de- Jll'O VC<l (tllu thnt It ls a perpetual dc l':tul Jones Jlou so was pg1tt(ul ltou~o with Its ~upct h trees !:ght to look upon . For my part I
the Portsmouth 11:storlc:il nm! !ls 1Jrllll:111t lnwn, .1rirl lo \Jc aware never go by this corner without admir ing our wcll - pnlnted and attro,ctive l-i-"Cl'l!>i:£:,
Sociely nt 11 o"cloek this morning with Lhat he is entitled lo visit It.
"Jn owning this attractiYo vluce we 1,ouse, our carerully trimmed lawn s
a largo number of intere~tccl people In
own the fir~t an<l great c~~enlial oC an,1 brilliant flO\Yer !Jeds' and the
A very inleresling n<ld1·rs~ ,ms i::iven an hist(), lr•al society-far more Im- mngn!flccnt maples that tower over all,
by Hrv. Alfred Gooding, l'l'esi,lcn t of pnrtan t than n ny concei\·n hie con ten ls anu I feel perpetually gra tc!ul to those
the soclell·, who said in p:11 t:
or the hour-c-for It is Ilse IC an extraenterprising and public-spirited and
"1 may :ts well \Jegln this Jillie ac- orc1i11ary hislorical tren sm·e-n. buildllbcral-hamled persons who estabcount of the beginning :illll 111·ogress ing nr ·hltcctnrnlly of great interest Jlshed this society and :icqulred for its
oC tho PMtsmouth Jlinto,i,•al 80,·i<'IY nn,1 rnc1·JI, ll ''r:1:1ps thl'I li<' s l <'x:-11111 11••
uses thl,i wontl rful l)lnco which might
wllh tho \1Cll-wor11 n•flpr tion that IC i11 l'nrts111o11th or tho ;;:1111hrrl-rnof,,d
otherwlo.e Jiave suffcretl the fate that
tho ~ociely ha,1 be<>n establishctl JOO h1111~r nn,1 h lsto1·lc:i lly as~nciatcd not so often befalls Beauty \\'hen It comes
or even 60 :,-enni :,go It ,,nnld now be only with the famous nt1mlr2l l·y
into contact with a ruthless Commerthe own~r oC a very large ,·11 ll c·ctlon oC who•c nnn10 It Is now commonly
clalism. I appreciate also the devoted
interesting and ynluahlc r,lijecls more lrnown lrnt n lso with 11ole<l Portscare which has been bestowed upon
or le~-~ conncctctl "·ith J'oi·tsmoath. mouth famlllf's \\ ho h :nro lived lhrre.
this property by our curator, l>frs .
This I [ouse of ours lnstcnd of <'ontain- 111 possessing this !lelli;hlful ])ropcrty Berry, to whose immaculate tnste and
ing a few things of it.q 011 n-;;ifls or we have, n<; J li:H·<' sal cl, our Jirst great
unerring sense o( onlerliness we cer gencral"s frientls-:tnd a ,..re:it m:iny ncr,1 as an hi,t,,rie:il society satisfied.
ta.inly owe a Ycry great deal or the
things lonne<l tn us by th~ir eonsi<l . ratC' Snppose lh ,tt II c ha<l :i much more excharm of the place.
owners but snhJ<'<'t at nn:,· time tn t<:n °ivo a11<l \':iluahlo collection o!
"ls it not remarlcablc that we have
withtlrawal, "'()\lie\ be :t rrpoFitory or 1,ookF, ):licturr> ~, c'hina, manuscl"l11ts and
hcen able to maintain :ind !mpro\'e this
historic treasures actual!:: thr> prop- the like thnn \Ye now J1avo \Jut no J prnperty oC ours without making any
erty o! the soeir>ty. Thi s \1·oulcl he a . uitable 111:ic" to keep them In-some
very urgent nppeal to the general pubmuch more saliFfactory st:itr> t'( things tn()tkrn \Juiltl inc:. perhaps, wltlt no
lie'! lt was 1rnrchasctl in tho first
than that wl~i~h now exists. 1 ao not traditions :-incl ns~ociallon attached to
11 1ace by the subsc riptions o! a few
<iulto like to think what tr1iH house ti, ,ve can src :1t once how hop~less,:;enerous pcrsons-:lfr. Langdon and
woulcl Joo!, lift• ir evcrythin:; in it not ly ~iluatc<l \\O should be.
I would ·1 olhers-nntl it ha11 \Jecn m:ti~talncd ln
beloni;lng to tho so ,1cty should he r:tlhet· ha vo this house with hardly
part hy the income of an ~tfowment
willttlrawn. a» might J><'rfe <' tl:,· w<·II anything 111 It lhan almost nny amount
and Jn 1mrt by a,lmlsslori fees to the
There is nothin~ qui lo so oC hlslo1·1<":il ohJed,i bronght to:-:rthcr
house :intl annual membership fees or
sall~factory :is actual ownership.
I in :tit un!ntrregllng an,l unsuitable
t 11·o dollars cnch. Sinice 10~0 some
think we ought to do all we <'an to ]Jcr- \Jull\llng. w·e have an l<knl place for
GOOO yi sitors have paid in about $1400
:;uade lenders to become givers.
our purpo~e. All \1·0 have to do Is to
and membership !ees , clul'ing that
•·Let us, however, at thl~ 110 ,,lt, re- n·:ilt--no rnalt<>r how long-for It to be
perlo,1 have amounted lo ~10:iO . ,vo
member foi· our encouragement jnst Oiled with the manifold tre::i~nres
have a<1millcd more than 500 people
how much we tlo aclually ol\'n." Jn the whlc:h belonl' here uncl which
wlll
~("!lOol pu11ils free and during the Tet· ,,,.nten:u-y celebration last_ year
we
first ])lace, \\'e Ol\'n tL very heautl ful sooner or Int , ,. be here.
.. It seems lilting to speak a. worct of
~hargecl no admission f e to visitors .
and ,·aluable piece of rc::il cst~le-this
"'Ve believe that more and more
house and Jap,' sltuntccl 111 the vc1·y remembrnnr, , C the liberal frlentl an,l
people 1Yill visit the house as It beheart o! the town where ll ca n 1 ~ seen bcne(:1.cto1· o the society-the late
comes increasingly well known. Vl'e
anu o<lmlred by thousands of ]lassers- ·wooclbury J .. ng<lon-wlthout whose
should welcome n. large increase in our
Its location ls a \\On<ler(ul Influence nn,I i;i fls it Is not too much
to _
say_th:.1t
never
............;,_ _ _J'-_
...,_, r •1r society would
membership list. I have o!tcn heard
people, when sollrite<l to joln tho His torical Society, say, '"'hat should we
i get from It?' tll)d I am obl!g d t~ admit
Tl ·• executions
""'n..c.;., took nil of the garden, nncl part of tho
kitchen and cellar of th e ltonse itself.
"The property at this t imc \Yas occu11icd by Henry Shcrh11111e Langdon,
son of the above ,v, 11)(1bury, and
!:ti ,,
"'ootlbury
Lang-uon, whose gcncrw · t .v n idC't1 the
Historical Society so materially in
acquiring and prescrvin •~ thi~ former
family homcslcatl. In l 7% his f,1 thc1·
dcc,lcd to lf,,nry Shcrhn•·nc L ,mg,lon
what ha,l survivc,1 the onslaught or
the creditors, :ind tlurin,· the next ten
01· t\\'clve yenrs the son h11ught up the
execution levi es.
April, 1810, \I hen he sol<l Io his young.
er lJroth cr, .J ol11t Lanr:t1 .. 11, .Jr. The
!alter was living in the houf'" in J S2 1,
"·hen he com·cyed it to Ids 1.rol h<'rsln-la w, Henry and Ai r allll<'r J,cu1cl.
John Fl r. rrott, t11cn'rc ,·0n t· 1'nitc<l
States Scnator, ,vas th<' oce11J):tnt in
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�great social or
parties or dinners or entertainments
such as other societies offer. What we
do get, however,. is the satls!actlon o!
helping to maintain In this old town
one ot Its most beautiful and historic
houses in. all Its original splendor, al!
a place 'whero we mny bring together
and keep for the perpetual joy o! succeeding ge:ieratlons the h·easures
which have been transmitted to
from n. dlst!ngulsl1ed past. Is not
such a satls!actlon ,~·th - tho membership tee? It seems to me so.
I
cannot Imagine getting more trom tho
annual expenditure of $2 than one gets
from tho refiecllon that through bis
membership In this society he 111 doIng something ot real and last:1.r; value
!or the publlc good.
�"'rvlcc of d c tlic'alion.
of the flag the band 1,laycd lho "Slar
PORTER SIAIUE
DEDICATED
14 YEARS
:--:pangl cl J~n 11n('r." 'J'hP 1\Cayor accepl'·•l lhe c:rntod\· or th e ,· talue from the
Dodicated Fou,-tccn Ycar3 A □ o Tod ay
C .•\. R. ancl i 1 ,·:as decoralerl by the
S tore r llelll"f Corps. 'The dedicatory
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r;n ~c;:~e~- ~~:~~,t~~t ~-
, AlJlJ
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~,:;~~ordc~~:;;~
il to lhe m,' mory of tho ~o!Llic1·s who
f,,ur;hl for the Union in d efence of the
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fl :ir,-, a111l who thro11 1;h his fine soldier1-, qualili<-ci nnd in-: t,·<' 1·y, attained the
Fourl<>en y Nu·s ar,o today on 1hr nn 1·,11 ,k of r,lnjor Ge1ll'rnl in the Un!tetl
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nlv,,rn,u ·y of the h:itll ,.
ol' l\ht,·, ,,-n ~:rn l\'!< ,\1111y .
Hill, the CQllt'slrlan ... tJtll e (ti the llll'lll
11'\vcn l'.1 1·k 19 OIH' or the
ory of l\lajor c,•neral Fitz .J ohn l'or- s pot s of our eitr no,1 ;,,..,·er
tcr <'rectC'll In Jl aven J'a l"I,, at a cos!
or $:10,000 was app r opria tt•ly tle•licat- moro plctiu•psque th n n now
et!. Tho mili tary an<l p a t,·iolic ~oc i<>- \ l1·,,t>s, shn11J,; and flower s ; !ls Wl'll kept t.lB'!i!lil:;."'~
p:utici 1mted , m n r C'hlnr, from lho l aw ns with the frrsh shado of i;reeR
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POIHEH STATUE
llw l 1 • K Naval
13an,J fun118hing mu ,s ic. 'l'lw r,,,·nmonr
o! t1N1lcation b<'gan with a p1·,1ypr by
Rl'Y. (:t'Ol'g(' 1·1. LPl:;hlo11 p:ixlot" or lhr.
Unh·c> r sali8l C'ht11·ch al thal Lim,.._ Th"
slatll<' w:i:s llll\" C' ih •1 l h~· \ li,:s llnro thy
[{.• .\ dam s a11d a fl Pl' 11.,, rn 111111i 11 PP
lunt <'d OYl'r lh<' c u sto<ly of th n statue
to tho lllayo1· who th<n turn <''1 <n·c- r
so n oti,·,·:Ll1le in lhe l':u·Iy Rumme r a nd
vl:<ilorn lo the park :, re man~• daily.
JllCJthc•rs t.:l,P lht•ir sPwing nn<l with
l11Pi1· litll r 0ll<'S Ofl('l1 )):tR'.i nn nCl<'rno on In l!H' p:1rk. .\l noon time lh<'
pa,:spr-h~· ort,,11 Sl'C'S : 1 ~;roup of rlf'rlrn
,, 11 jnyin·~ t h<'ir lu n<'h 11:i,lp1· llH' s h r,clP
nf the Ir<' ' '"· The p:11·1 · I,.; kl't>t In fine
[ '01t,;111n 11t h may well be
�·, setts Con tracting Company.
cofferdam,
It was a day long to be remembered the largest ever constructed, to hold
in Portsmouth and
the
cily
was back a trc.ad of waler for thirty-live
lhronged with visilors from near and feet, this struclure costing about the
far who came to witness the great ex- same amount aG the machine'l·y. Atploslon when by the throwing of a ler lhe blast the dredging was comswitch the electric current
was sent menccd and the removal of Henderthrough fifty tons of dynamite and son's Point has made the river about
lifted 70,000 tons or 45,000 yards of ~00 feet wicle at its narrm.vest ;oint,
rock . l\Iiss Edith l"ostc1·, daughter of and ~5 feet cl,,, p at low ,·.-atc 1•• The
::lupt. 0. ,\. l<'osl1~1· who wns in ch:n;.:c ,·ontr:ict 111·icc fu1· u,c work \\'a:; $7-IU,of the work, th1·ew Lile switch which 000.
hlcw up the I'olnt.
'!'lie ,lay of the 1·xplo:-ilon wa:-i !lite a
ver Fifty Tons ,of Dynamite 'l'he work of removing Henclcn;on',; holltlay in Portsmouth and all buslWas Used and People Came Polnt was one of great cliff)culty. 'l'hc ness ceased at noon and every train
contractors broke ground in August ancl electric car brought throngs of
From Miles Around .to See 1902 and for three yenrs the work was people into the city to wltnc•s!J the
"' "Her Go Up."
carried on night and day. During that gre:i t sight. Tile :;hores all along the
time over 500,000 tons of rock wc1·e water front wt·rn packed with Jieop le
Thursday wa;i tihe 15th anniyerea r y bl:isted anu removetl, nearly all oC it long l.>eforn tlw time of the explosion
of t he blowin g up
of
Hende•·son's below high water mark. To carry on anu the !;;pecta.cle of the blowing up of
Point at the end of Seavey's Island In the work the company establlshed a the Point will long remain In the mem
l-Iarbor, by 'the Massachu machinery plant at an estimated cost 1ory of those who wilnessed it.
-ENDERSON'S
POINT 'BLOWUP'
1·5YEARS AfiD
_'t~
.:£-l?~\;;?;.;}.':~:~"::.,;-+:- ·i~-~-,~; ,: •.. :
.--::\;ii}\!)
The big hole at Heridei-son's Point before the explosion. The outer rim of solid rock, filled
. ~ith dynamite, was ~lown up. The job was a complete success.
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�AD Ma FAR AG~ DIED AT
'fi YY ARD 50 YEARS A·GO
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Arlmiral D8\"id
(;J:rnr-oe F:in-ngul,, Tho lifi• of Admiral Farrn.g-ul was
lliC' \\·hole na- · an Pvf •11t ful onP. lh"" wns born n0ar
lion 111our11ed, dil'd :cl the lo •al 11 :i,·y Knoxvi!IP, l~asl T<'nnessee in_ 1801. His
~-an!, al the r<'si(l1•nc.- of c 'ommodl'l"<' fa.thp1• was a c-antlry, major Ill the arA. M. J •r-nnock fifl ,· Yl':tr:-< ago today my II l the• lime a ncl hi,i mother was
Ill 011(' tillll', durin g hlH c: hilclhood, com
Admiral Farragut arrin•d In thi s I><•llt•<l l•t d1·fl't1d her house ugal11:;l
city on July fifth or thal y'e"r, feeling 111araudi11i:; ln<li1111s. Young- F:u-r,Lgut
that the sea br('eze,s "ould he ben<:li• f'nterecl lhC' naval servicC' at the age,
clal to ht,; h ea lth and \\':ts the gu••~t or or uinc YC'ars and recelvC'd a miclshipCommorlore PE'Ttno,·k "llh \\'hom h, man's commission in 1810. llo µaniciwas related by ma rriai~r.
p:i ll'd i11 lh<' famouH action b<'lwl'en
na\a.l h c· ro,
for whuuL
At first he eXJlP t'ii>nt•t.ld
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C'h:1ng-e fot·
thP 1i~ss('x and lwo l!Jnglish ship~, lhc
the Lclll'r, !Jul llH' l'Oltlillll'lll('(• of th(•
excessivP w:um wc•allit'r pi·o;i tr:tl <'<l
him und brought alarm to hiH imnw'1iate relatives nncl the
lhotrnnncls of
counlr~•men whom llC' had sPrvl'cl and
who hoped lhal his lif<' 11 ,tg-!Jl havP
l'hoelJt• and Cheruh, in thP harbor of
Valparai s o. HP ros<' lhroug-h lhr• <li(fl'renl gr:u!,•s, was comrnissionc•cl lit•ule11anL in 1H25 and was cuplain c•imm,u•tl;n~ the- U. 8 . S. Brooklyn :Lt lhe
Norfolk n:i vy yanl in 18(i0. 11<' wns al
Norfolk a,v:Liling- ortl<·rs wlwn lh<' rl'b<'llion ,·0111mPnr0<1 and nP,rrowly e:, -
:1,
been svar(1 d n1:1ny yea 1·:-; lon~~PI'.
His cl<'a th c:i us;('(l a ,a•nsP or :Llmo~t
personn.l losR nil on•r liw count,·:.-. 1-'or C:t Pl'd in1 11rison111Pnl by tlc•11:11:ting for
60 yenn; he hatl Sl'l"V('(l his ('Ollntry ill lhC' Nori Ii. with his (a1ril;• th,; c1>LY beits n:tvy and his brilliaut dl'<•<b; during fore lht• nav;· ynr,l w:u; burnt•d.
the Civil w:ir ,ihowed hilll to hP, not
Ilis w:tr rPconl iH well known. Tnkonly the first officr·r in lhf' AmC'rican ing command of liH'
\\'Psle1·n <:ulf
navy, hul on<' of Cilr V<'r.,· lirst n:v,:11 hlorl<:ulil•g 8(JU:tdro,,, th,• ca.plu1·r of
capt:ii11R or lh<' world.
ll is modPsty the ro,·tH at ll1<' month of the J\,Ii,-;;1i,;was only equalll'cl hy hi s Hkill ;11111 bra,· Rippi ancl lh<' cilr or PW Orleans folel'y nlHl his gr<'aln<'RS \\";JR of lhC' trUC' IOW Pd, on April 2G, ·18G2. Ile was protype. Jip was a gcnl!Pmnn ns; wt'II :ts n moted lo H<'ar Admiral the same ,mm
hero . All lhos(' q11;ilitl,·s with whic·h mC'r. At lh0 su1-r,•nder of Vicksh11rg
pO!'lH ,qui 1·0111ru1<•ers i11vPM ll1<•i1· 11:1\·:1! and l'orl Huclson was active In lhe
hel'OPS RPl'm to he in hilll clrv0lopC'cl to Mississippi commn ncl. His entrance or
the hl ghPst degree. The his;torr of the !\Tollll<' eay was the crowning act of
nation contains no nobl>'r n :Hne tlrnn his arduous and
patriotic se1·vi <'C.
_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. \\'h en hC' was promotNl to Aclmlrnl, n,
this cruise
Fanagut
cverywh C' r<' received with respect
courtei-;_y. The crowneq J:>eads and tilled nobility of Ew·ope
even doing
honor lo this noble American naval
officer.
The funeral of the late naval hero
wns held from St. John's Church and
was most impresRive and this edifice
wns fill<'<I lo overflowing· on this oc cas ion. ThPre were more than a lhou ~nnd men march ed in the funeral pro cession by actual co,unt and bu~slness
wnR RllRJH'11clcd while th(' funN·ttl procession p:u,scd on Its route and many
public and priva~e bupdings and residences were . arrayed , . in black
white draplngs. The church had
pie decorn tions of black and white and
the alta1· and chancel were profusely
decoratc,l with floral(~ mplems in appropriate clC'signs, tributes of respect
lo the mt·mory of lhe n_oble patriot.
The Episcopal burial service was read
}:ly the rector of .thll- church, and Rev.
Dr. Montgomery 'o( New York, pastor
of lhe- d,'ccased. It was a 1-r{ilitary fune ral ancl the church service was followed lJY 1\ la~o11ic serv ice~ ..
ll<'v. IJr. Montgonwry in his eulogy
of the dc,cease,l said in part:
_,
"'I'he gloriou~ old Admirnl is dead
3nd tlle news or his bereavement ha:s
nash'.!J to eve17 heart in the continent
and the nn.tion wePps -to,l:J.y over one
not m01" hono1·e•I than -he was beloved. [;oJ(licrs and suitors, ministers of
Goll, llifluential and prominent citi zens nncl civic llorlies come today to
pay triliulP to on<' who wrrs as much
clislingulshC'll for h!R purity of character as for hi°s greatness in war. One of
lhe greatest points in 'Admiral Farragut's character was his
compliance
with lhal b autiru l law which regulated Grecinn · n.rchileclurc, his obedience and lrusl in the laws or God. It
would be hn.rd to find within the range
or human experien ce a m an of greater
impersonation of trulh than this de~
ceased hero."
A handsome bronze labl"t in mem / 01·y of the· grea.t naval h ero ;Vi.LS -~n..::._
veiled al the ~mvy yanl - on Aug. 26,
t D08 on the how,e or lhe Commandant
where Admiral Farragut tli•~cl. The late
Admiral George Dewey 1 l l. S. N., had
the honor or unvC'illng the l>thlet.
TlH' ('t' l'C'tnon,· waR ,vlln P:-:sccl by n
l:trge thro111;, l~C'IU(li~g : ill l he Invited
guests wNe the relatives or Admiral
r,';trragut, retired naval and army of!lce1·s citizens of Portsmouth and Kit -
lc;-~: A tlclegallon 'i:~'om Storer Post,
No. 1, G. A. R., was :i!HO prl'sent. The
c-x<'rciRPR werP i,Jmµ le [L11tl up<'ned with
n 1>r:trr1-' by Ch:qllali;t fo'rnnlc Thomp: 80ll, U. S. N. The address was given
by Hon. Frank '\V. H:,i.clcell, former ass;lslant secretary or ·the n:wy. Admiral
l)pwey pull ed aside.- the
flag which
eoverccl the meniorial, ancl which was
the last !lag thal ~clmiral Farragut
FARRAGUT TABLET AT THE NAVY YARD
· eve r used it having b,,en on the old
clP!ighl"<l n:tllon C'lHlon,cd __l_h_e_a_o_li_o_n......,,. i sh ip 1.'alla poosa whe1~ he made his last
lhal of ,\flmiral 1-'arrng-ul, who pass<'d of thC' 1•,·pHid<'fll ancl Cong-ress.
I sea voyage. As the tablet was uncovnC'arly GO yearn of 111 " Ii(.- in th <' '"' 1·1 n th<' s11111m!'r of 18G7 Arlmi1·al Parj l'rcd the naval band played lhe "Star
vice or his country. 'l'h<' r<'conls of his r:ir,ut II a~ or<lerecl lo the
Spangled Banner", .1 nd as the laS t
I. notes or the nation a l hymn clieu away
dced,a are wrltlPn on lil<' nnl,IPsl p.,;rrs thC' l~11ropC'a11 sq11:ulron.
He
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\\':ts llllltll"nl'li from 1:rool<lyn. N . Y., In lh<'
: Lhe Admiral's salute' of 17 guns roared
0 11
'mr---,.---,;,1>_<'_.;,1__••-·-..,.......,...,..,...,.....,..,....~1•'r:ll1klln in l Sf,7 :111<1 rC'turnetl
Unilrcl Sl:itc-s In the f:1l1 of l8G8. nnr-
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�T P nat n w
ever
revere
the
m emory o! the grancl old hero, w ho!le
name w:i.s Inseparable from the gallant achievement'{ b! our navy; ·who
I stoocl high above all other leaders in
that. branch o! public service; who
clun g to his countr'y's fhtg, and by nor
ble example !nc!teu others to continue
In the path of duty. His life history
l\nd fame Is well known :{nd his noble
a9d honore.d 111re h'l'9 best eulogy. His
lite has been well worth emulating,
teaeh!ng selt res1foct, honor, Integrity,
lncprruptiblllty and devotion to duty,
.w h ich none can '!ri.11 to prol\t by and
whlch carries a nation's gratitude.
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HACKETT .HOUSE
BOUGHT BY
ST. ,JOHN'S LODGE
1.nd to entertain visiting masons.
The Tin.ckelt House Is known as one
of the new home Is nat
th
'lf the most ben.utlful residences In our th e junction of
e Mlclclle Strcl't a cl
nye Hench C'lc>ctrlc car lines at wha
t:lty and is located in the very best is the very ,,., 11 ter or th, popula.tion of .-, .."!!t-!l'\fl!nA<C,JIEII.
on.rt of our r sidenlial section and our rC'sill cnti:il secllon mn.king the sit-
The Masonic Building Committee of when the plans of the fraternity n.re
St. John's Lqdge A. F. & A. M. of thlH c:>omplC'ted o.nd the building opcmed for
use every tln.y In the ycnr the ernft
city purchased on Thursth.Y the pro- wlll have one of tho mo~t l>\•nullful
hom s in New F:ngln.nd and will be n.
perty at the corher o! Middle Street
shrine for visiting masons.
and Miller Ave., known as the Wallace
The Masons of Portsmouth are forHackett Residence, o.ncl will proceed to tunate ancl to be congratulated in tho
re~ovate and furnish the same as a success of the committee in obtaining
ho1,11e !or the masons o! this city and plc>dgN, for Atoe!,, which en:,blecl them
vicinity.
to purchnsc the very bcAt piece of r<':tl
The Masons of Portsmouth have for eiitn.tc in the city for their ncNlS at tlw
many years been meeting and working very ren.sonn.hle pri<'c of $18,500. which
with Inadequate quarters In which to price also in<'ludes some of the furenjoy the society o! It's members dally
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u:tlion ancl conclitlons ideal for the
purpose intC'nclecl ancl success for
l:irgPr ancl more tnnuc>ntl:il ;iocin.l life
rm· !lli:i l:iq:c• :incl f:l,;t ~:rowlni; l11Htltutlon Is assured.
'rlw ;in.le> of stock
to the masons
which i;uarnnteed this purchase will
be
continued
n.mong
the
craft
throu;;hout this vicinity n.n<l Inter a
lnrgc nncl bcn.ut!!ul lodge room will be
I :1(l1lc,l to the pr sC'nt structure on the
, l\l!!le1· .\ V<'., side o! property, plans
havinJ{ alrC':icly been completed and
1:qiprovt•d for same.
Residence of Hon. Wallace Hackett, at corner of Middle street and Miller avenue, purchased by St. John's Lodge of Masons, for a "home."
�:-:-Photo
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bi, ~e~ei·,1\
iPortsm'OU~A1',s, new cc'lllml fire stn.- :rnd has alrcad)' n.tlr:i/cLctl wide allcn- ·. imny .meetln',5s. 'Dh&- woril<-shop. 'Will
lion, erodted on the s,itc of the old'., lion. ll~Lnlly a. d:i.y 1mssos 1H~t some be n. model of dts, khili, o..nd will be
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Court J.,Iouse on• ('01.1,rt sl1 ct, 1::, frn;t / n~1-;soru NJtn'<:1.~ to look the ~>uilding cqu;IIPII)cd to "Jrouse , t'h:0·:ia,rge'.Slt _1>lec~
nenring- completion, ~ind It ls extp·e cuid over. Only a few dfay9 U'A"O n. dele-g-a- or 01P1Pam't'uls 1.n. .the dl!IY.
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that the building will ,be rc:Ltly tt,o oreu-1 lion of cllly 'fatn1crs ;from an Ohio town
Sild 'J)ioces oC a.rn,.aratus ·, win lbe
J),Y Jn about a mon Lh.
were here to in's,pcot it.
housed in ,tlhe building, o.nd ,a.JI the
The flrmnen are ,planning- lo c1cxJ.il'<Xl tc j The bwilding I.a uw-to-drute Jn every other fire htou.ses, with the ex!ce:ptl~
the Amlldlng with a .inon sLC' r celcil>ra'- 1 rr11pcct.
It lrnls every ,m 'Odcm con- o! 1Jho one 'On Bartlett -S'tr<ee,t, w.ill •be
Hon, wlh~o'h, 1( present nr1<::rngernen\ls, yenicnce, and: is e.q•uipped ~vith au tho c1·ispooe<l or by the ci-t,y . .. 4n en~lne
are- carried 'Out, will include n. parade l a test a'.Jl!plian'Ces. There are showers will lbe irtore<l at Ba.I'tllet/t street ·for
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and dam 1bake.
, for Lhe rmcn, and an up-to-date kl!Loh- protec't'l= to .tnrn.t ISOOtion 'O'! ,the' o!ty.
Tho building lia one o'C tlrn fl neat or <'n, besides, the lO'Unglng rooms, slee,p~
Portsmouth has eivery reason to· feel
lt1> kin/cl. l11. 1Lhiis s<)ction of
ing rooms {l.nd ;prlva,te 1'ooma for ,c011t- proua of ifs new fl,'0 stallion.
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Mr. Thomas • Ward Gives Land
Lafayette_ chool For the Ward Park
'--City Council Accepts the Gift
At n sprcinl meeting of the- ?lfa>·or • bill for goocls clnmagecl in
o.n<l Council held on l\londny C'YPning, ;,y the backing up of a sewer,
:\Ir. Thomas A. \Vnrcl of Lnf:tyette was refPtTl'll
to the committee on
claims. A disputed pole location on
ronu, presentrcl to the city the trin.ngl<' :\[illc-r a,·C'nu<', was refC'rrecl to the com
pirce or lnn cl running from i\lilhll<' mittee 011 Street Lights with
roncl to thC' LnfarrttC' school with thr rrnd thr snme committee took
rc-strlclion that it be used fnr pnrl;: pur romdclerat!on the pc-t!tion tor
pose!! and Lie alwnrs maintn.in<',l hr on Hiclges court.
the cilr for n. pnrk. ThP lancl is a ,·a 1Georg, AndC'rson was licC'n>H'd lo run
nahl e acldltion to thC' city's hnlclin~« in a pool room 011 P<'n hnllow ><t rrrl.
that SC'ctio11, \I hi<•h ln cluclinh tit" LafThe am<'ndmC'nt to thC' cit;• onlinanayette ,school builcli11g ancl lot :1 ncl thc- ces liter nsing thC' snlariC'S< of the asVi'n rc1 play g-rournl, alS<O the g-ift Qf l\l r. i,Js; ant ehiC'f's of the fire departmen
vVard to tho city. The new park will to $150 n year, was rend for the seco ncl
be- known as \\'ard's park ancl thC' time anll J>ass<'cl, on motion of CounBtrect running through it in tl1P r,..ar nf cilman ox.
the Lnf:-iyrcttr ~chooi, \Yard ,itrc<'t. l\lr.
J\ resolution hy Councilman
\Varrl i~ very m11ch h1lPrC's;tc-cl in this van proviclrcl for lhl' trnnsfC'r from co
,section of th<' C'il y nncl hi>< gifts of lingent funcl s ir.ooo. $2000 lo br·lclgc.
such valunhlr la11cl w:rn aC'knowlNlg-<'cl ancl $4000 to :t!<plw ll, w:is pas1<ecl.
by lhf' i\fnynr ;incl ouncil h .1· n rr«ol11l\[:1.1·or lliHlnp :1ppol11tC'd llan-y
t!on lntroclucrd lty Co1111cllrn:rn l~:1 ,.t- l'ry><<'r to tl1c> noanl of Trustees of the
man offering n. votP of thanks to l\i r. l'uhl ir Library ln plaeo of Hon. \VaJ\ Varel for hi s; finr gift.
lacC' I racket!, reslg-nC'd.
ompany prescntccl a
Acl.iournccl to the call of the chair.
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r.i 0~ ·1\1.
DF •'M US !'~ ~ '~lo Y
Ha.mpton. Bcarh.-Mo'<t of the sum- stage conchc11 in NClw Engln.ncl, a curl rlcle nnd span, making thP round trip
mer visitors to lhr bc-ach an,1 cs;p<'cial- from Port,.mouth to BoS<ton . In five.
/
ly thosC' who come by n.utn, 1·iclr ov<'r days. OvC'r Lhi11 road nl,;o came L11.faythc town proper where tl1r1· S<lrikn the ellc nnrl lttler PrP:siclc-nt llfonroe,
main hig-hwny from Hoston to l'ort- tltrlr wny lo vl:sit l 'ort ,-moulh .
land . Along this rocul g::i.ilop<'d Paul
lC one clrivc>!< town.rel 11:\mpton Falls
nevero on the night of D• ·re mber l 3, ovrr tho famou11 11.nd historic "cause1774, bringing to Portsmouth the mes- way" ho comes to tho quiet village of
aago of the •ommitteQ or ~afety at Hampton Falls which l,i most 1mtisfythc,
Doaton, which rc!lulted In 1he S<'izlni: inv. 1o ono who lo,·es
or tho m!lltnry atores nt Fur \Villlnm fcngl:tncl C'ommunlty.H T.a[:iy<'tfCI coul(l
a.nu Me.ry 111 Po,·t~moulh harbor- uril ·• ngn.l11 throu~h It~ quint slrC'ets
povr dor D.nd ball which m "st oppor- ho would flncl !iltlr> c·hnngo.
tunely wupplementecl the SC'nnty H'or<'s
Al the northwC'st corner cl.'. the viior tho Americans at Bunker !Till. nv<'r hge g-r<•cn i,1 tho Mcsh<'ch \\'care house
this ron.d came Gc-nrrnl \I i,;hin,:ton, much c•n)arr:1•cl but olltc' n•i~o the r:crnf'
whllo making hi s trlumph :il tour of 'ls whc•n \\'a~hington, w l1ll e tho o.rmy
tho statc-s, 011corted
throu~h
Nrw wa~ at Camhriclg(•. ~Jl nt three nirrhls
Hamp11h ire hy Governor Sul lirn n :uHl In consultatl:m with the ]lrcsiden•. of
!our troop11 oC llght hor~es . OvC'r lid~ tho committco or !;(l.!PtJ. South or the
road wn.s driven one of t hn eat li~•·t -~Qun.rr, on tho rlght ls tho low coun-
try store, ,..-ith its gr<:en shutters and
its inviting jn.ck knife scarred bench
just within the door. And here come
the countr:,• people to trade and ex chn.ngo gossip; people who might just
stepped out of ~I iss Jcwett's stories')
not th~ sophlstie::i.ted kind v,ho have
summer boarders. Acro2sl tho
way is 11. rP::il inn '. tho "Wellswood,"'
whirh wo.s un:lt ln 1808, o.nd which
kind ProvluenC'c anu Intelligent own~
ers have substantio.lly unn.ltered .. ,It
stands on the "ite or the "Geo rge,;'. .. a
famous colonln.l hostelry. It hn..q a history of lls own, too, for It h::i.s en t er talneu many distinguished guests with
was used as an Improvised court room
in which Daniel Webster made a n eloqu ent pka. Just south
of the
Inn,
lawns, Is Elmfic-hl,
tho Clove mansion where Whittler , the
poPt died.
Vlhlttier's love !or Hampton was
great, and he never failed, after tho
year 1860 to make an annual p!lg!-imagc to It, even lf his stay was very
brief. It was so fitting that he should
spend his last summer thore, In the
beautiful olrl house, with his dearest
friends around him, within sight, o.lmost within sound of the sea. In · the
garden on the south erly slope below
the house Is a magnificent elm, with
a rustic se::i.t o.t ltfl foot. It wn.s here
thl1 long n.ftC'rnoons, until the
Aunsot streamed through the gaps In
the trees across the marsh<"s to the
darkening sen.. Tho room In which he
died, with the precious relics of his
occupancy, is sacredly kept o.s he left
It. Tho quiet town ' seems still to feel
tho
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NEW FIRE STATION ON COURT S"t-REET WHICH WILL BE OCCUPIED NEXT MONTH
ne'IV Portsmouth
Ce-ntrol
Fire coat-1<oom, nssemlbly ha]! nnd con~pan)' lion, w'h!ch
.
t·
Sta'tlon, on Oou'l't street, I'& f ltst nenr- mee mg l'<l'Omis. _
.
lng .com[)letlon, and It !!ll cxipc<e:Le,1 Uhat
Th.o r u·o1111:; are 9plen,l1tl!y ltrran gC'd,
the dedicatJon will talce p:tlce allYout :wHh not a bit or room wa ,:;-te;<.I . Th e
th. e first of OctO'b-er. 'The carpentera j entire fl oor i s being l ,1id in hartl ,•,"oo cl.
n,OW . laying hard-1woo<1 flOOT's O'll I The floor i•s finished i11 a IJ1"ow nisl1
the BelCOnd sttory, whicl1, when com- . mission, and is in h,:u,mony with th e
I
pelted, finishes the wO?d-worlc. There' rest of t~1e ,l.miluing.
l
c'Ould easily sup•port
i1'1'cTnto.,,' h 1bloc!lc Its slunlincs::i is alJ)r,:irr•nl :,1,-J ono flni l: <lc,;,c1: ntl:; to
cellar
There is a drh" vay leading tn from
the middle rcnr, in- wil1ich all old ap paralu s r:11r be whcelecl in /\!Hl s·torcd .
remalnJs, however, considerab le pDUlmlb- J The °KVbomtori~s are of th e very !a l- ln one <' 11<1 of th e has<'ment a bowl!ng
Ing t~ •b e done. A Hera.Id ~n-, ac- 1P:9L desi,g•n, wiUh a la q;n slrowcr h:i t:1 a.ll cy \\"ill lie inst:allecl.' T ,hc alleys,
th
oom)pwlied by ~hief , voods a,id . e, ~djo_: 1_1ing";., 'l'h-e , ltitch.·cn is '.• ,;~i;ici<:,'.s- Lwo in nu/1~her, lucve been p111'ch'a sed
:ire De(partment Comm1tl eo visited .ifra11, \\1th L\\O l.a1ge 9\\1ng d oc 1s by the firemen Ll1c,n rn clvcs , a nd inthe 'big c entra11 station vhis morning, J 1ea1Cling in.Lo the asscm1bly l1rLII, which curr d 110 e~e'l1se on Lhe part o[ the
and ihe W1as miu,dh suiipr!sed at the I o[ CO'Ul1Sfi will be used as a. lmnquel I, city. 'l'hcy "ill be sel up later. In the
mJaJgnitn.Jde cxf tJhe interior, especially i room, wJ1 c n !Jhe occasi·oo doma.nd,;. The: cen:er o( the 'baseinenc nre t wo tiers
on ,the seicond floor, w'here the •sleepi11g i Jcjt'ch en is i-n t11e cen t_er ot' th o buil<l i ng, ~ or ho e 1,..wks built on incline to drain
and neereation quarters ot the perma. - and Lo grve added light a. l a rg e sky- the ho s!'. 'llhe hose i s pa,ssed rrom the
~ent men are situated.
ll1ght f11um, ai)()V,O ,h as J,cpn I,111!L 111: !ilrP,•1 t'hroui;-h :\ Slll:11 1 0Jlf'lling in the
The groulnd floor Is given over to 1.1\n'otlh er JS loc..'1.tc d at th e o th er ., nd o[ :rronl or the buil'cling, and !aid out on
the aplpamtu:9; a repair 1-<mm an1d bat- \ th e floor.
\1the me-ks lo drain and dry.
ety· roomls. The roJ:)'3.ir room is a fange I Back o,f the kilc.'hcn, fnch1 ;; the
N ot hing has been overlo0l-<•cl as to
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work-lshf\>P, Jru whicb a'!ly pioce of ap- pond ~9 a la.11,ge coat room, whieh \\·ill !he liremen's com,fort,
::incl qu!clk
plaratus can 'be inspected, rep,aired., ho found. mo'st n seir.1111 on big ]1:1 rtics, 1 mC':i 11-S of fi g'h•ting- fire lliHl c 1· llto mo&t
pialn'teid, or.oth er w'o11, d'Onc. · '11h () OJ•- cntertain111cnts and 111 cctin;;s . 'l'llc :1.x- ' 11p-h1-<l:llc•
111l' IIJ 01l;;. 'l'IJrcc 1,!lff!n•i ;
piO s-lbe e-0rner ISi !Partitioned off into n. 1se1rtbly hall is locuL0d in tho midd l e 1:olt'.", !,y which tho firemen "·ct to the
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ba.ttery · r:ooon and fire ap'paratus room. 1o~ the ,floor, a.n,l ruUJ s north antl so n th, ,-1·ou•,1rl floor i11',mrcs the loss or no
T.he ba!tter!els, etc., for Ll1is s-.ectir,n und ~n 'be a.d:1pted for many pur- ti1110.
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winl be m'O'Vetl from the Hanover street ])Oses. It can easily seat th e whole fire
sta'tlO'll shortl'y.
dcpartmC'nt m et111ll1er:;"i1 i•r, an,1 c:011lcl
•R ea.dh!o·g the h·ea.d of th~ stairs on :J.OCl.lllllnO<.kLf.0 200 dance,t witho 11L '111)'
lhe' seoond floor, one ·enters a long crowd! ni;·. 'Dhe li gh:ting a.rnmge11ne11't or
porr'ldor running tlJC whole Jen:gth of th e ha!,! is sple n <.1id.
~e---&i-nnmt.--.Ais you ·-pa•ss- do\HJ •• tho , , ,H th.e .extreme end a re th e C'Cl)lha:Jll, tfhere is the engineer's ofllce and J)Dny m,ee ting rooms, two in nu,1J1bc,-,
ten sleepi~g rooms on the right f:uc - conne'Clc(l°hy two large doors.
Ing tbe str~et, and on t:he left 'nre the
In the b:iseme>nt one h as a. cl1:1ncc
:!a.bora:torit-s shower
kitohen, to
of the founda-
}l:i.n ;• fire c1iifrfs frnm the lai-gei·
<'i·li"S' in Nmv 1-:ngl:u1<l l,:iv c a lrea tly
Yil' IH"!l the laf e~t nclllilion '[O [he
l 'o1·t~11noulh
d<>,p::irtment, ::incl have
, been 011l>1poken in • th eir a,lmii·ation ot
'. tho ,;la lion.
1 It is con"sid er ed
i ccnf1:al fire station
in New EngJand ,
with the possihle
exception of the
s1alion racen'tly bui lt in New Ded,Cord.
�s
The
J\fasonic
Home,
the
form <'r
lT:tck<'lt rC'Rldc •n<·<·, on ~I iclclle f<l r ec t, Is
J
ancl the I:, le Ch:ules \V. Pick<'ring, a r<'::Hling and social room. and
w(•tl-knoll'n m t• ml> c 1· or th a t onl.-1·.
lo U<' o prn Thurs. rv(•ning for lh<' Yisil-1
The fronl r oo m on the op 1ositr s id e
ini; Shrincrs anrl thplt• ladle~ , an d the of the h all will bo u se d as a reading
fi . h'
a.ml louni;ing room. This is furni shed
th c furnishings arc (in the IJt•own ton es , fumed oalc in misllllS mg- tou chrs Lo
bcini; mado today by l\Iari;cson Broth- , sion style being u se d. The ovcrhn.ngC'rn , who hall lh<' conl rn.ct to furni sh ings at th<' " ·indow n r e of brown ve io11r. o·n the wall or the room is a
As one enl<'rs the Horne. he is im- framed 11ortrui t of Chanulcr M. Hay,
! o rd, secretary of St. John 's Lodg-e for
pressed ,with th C' appt'arance of l h <' a 'lllrtl'tC'r of a. CC' nlury. Th e ln.rg-C' <linb eautiful, spaC'iou,; h:ill. This Is filtc,t ing- room in thC' r C'a1· of thi 11 ro om is
up with oa l{ furnilurC', nntl it is later furnished. in on.le The la ri;e kit chen
ni s lt ctl
suitably
will1
card
chairs, etc. The large billiard room
back of this chamber ls one of ' the
attractive rooms of the Home. Thu
billia.rd table therein was recently presented to the Home by Hon. Woodbury
Langdon , in m e mory of his greatgrandfather, the late Hon. \Voodbury
L ani;don, who was a member of .SL
John's Lodge. One of the rea r upper
roo ms m a kes a pleasant room for the
sccrC'lary of the lodge, and this ls fitted
up with oak furnishings. In this
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T HE NEW HOM Ii:: OF ST. JOH N'S LOD GE, NO. 1, A. F. &
M.
r-onr.<;l'ly the 1-l;i~ke~t H ouse, at tlrn corner of Middle Str!"e t and Miller Ave.,
as it wi ll lo ok wiien the proposed addition is made.
th<' i11L<'nlio11 Lo Ii:"<' · ,t pian•, :tl l1111
furlh <'r enrl .\ 1·,, 111·0,l 11C'lion ,.r a coIonia! clock st :11Hh ~l onC' Pncl
Tho rc ccii lio n 1-0 ,,, 11 on thr> le-ft, as
iH lh<' SI. .lnh11'11 room.
whi c h iH fu rn iRhf'tl in blur n.n<l i;o lcl.
Th e chairs arc o,·en;tum•1l lapest1·;•,
a nd the wi nclo\\'S h:t\'C bluo ovrrhangings to th e l:icc rlraperlt•s. A large
Saxony ru g is on lhC' flo o r, and in lhC'
cente r or the r oom a. han<lsomc mahogany tnbl C'. 0,1 tlw \\·a.lls o( th,, 1·00111
hang h anclsomt'IY .(nmc<l oi l porlralls
of the Jato Benjamin , v<'h,-;tp1·, past
1mas1p r of fll. .1 01111·s L oil,;,-. a nd ils
. tTcasure~· 1tor n' quu1·t~r or a century,
a,H l bull;~r·s 1:anU-y arotiltC'll up wilh
\ " '-' •0 r;· c on,· •· 111C'11ce. A low er room on
11w ~lill<•r a,·<'nuc sick has h C'e n filled
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11111 for n. w1·iti11g ro om, and to be u sed
ro r co111111ill <'c meC' ling!l.
OnC' or tlw la ri;c front rooms on (be
!l<'C'Ond oor ls lo be u sed U!l a lacliC's'
room . 'T' lt!:s Im" bf'<'ll fitted up with
ivory wick!' r furni tu r <' an\l an attrac li ve vanity <lrcs!wr. '!'h e colorings are
l1lu0 ~nd golll. Th e room over the
m:1 in h:1 II ;,.. to hr u sC'<l ::u; a writing
, room, nn,l is fumis h e<l with a double
writing dc:,I{ of fum ed oak and tabl es
nncl c h:, it·s lo correspond. '!'he large
1fnm t room . ·on the west s ide ls the
l
is an Ol'l1,unenlal case filled
mcrous r e lics of the lodge.
room is over the kitchen, and has been
ti t d Th ·
·r e p a inted and the cell 1ng
n e.
e
third s tory of the house contains four
rooms, w}:!ich will not be used at pres cnl. The view from all the windows
is 'attractive, and the house Is modern
in eve ry r espect, and. the Masons · ma,
well be proud of the fine Home. '
Mr. and Mrs. Harold c. Sfllll,rt, or
Manning Pince, who have been visiting
relatives In Beverly, 1,ave r_e turned
home .
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�FIND INTERESTING
PACKAGE OF PAPERS
fftt..i;., ~l(_AT GREEN HO
iVhlle making extensive alteratlo
the residence
o~ Mlg.!!lo street workmen discover(
an lnterestlng''--~ge
of pape
placed there by th or~al owner
the house, the Jato Josep11 I - I ~ 1~m
ter, at the time It was built In 1853
In the paclrnge ' was a stateme1
telllng that the lot was purchased ,
EJ. S. Rundlett Mnrch 31, 1853
that the plaN! of the
house
drawn by George Snell
of
Boet
April sixth or that Y<'!lr. Tho contm
fo r building was given James Mos
and John T. French on May 16, 18
''to be completed by Nov. 1, 1853." T
paper was signed by Mr. Foster a
ntatcd that tho' pn.clrn.ge wn.s p1ac
above the entrance· doo,· of
on August 16, 1853. It ah10 contain
11. copy dr the Portsmouth Chronl
and the Portsmouth Journal of
same date, June 25, 1853;_ the Ro
ingham Messenger of June 20, 1
and the Lowell Daily Journal
Courier of June 24, 1853. There
also advertlsl12g booklets of Mr.
ter and visiting cards of Mr. and
F oster.
M r . Foster was one of the old
business m en of this city, and kept
store at 5 Market street. He s
books, stationery and room papc
The family resided In the house
Middle street for many years
later was purchased by
SOMETHING ABOUT
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,P<;)RTSMOUTH, ENG.
Portlilmouth, Engl.and, after I\Vllicl.
-thlS' city i111 ,named, ds tile ,prlnolva
nava l' s~n'tion of Grenlc BrJ!tain. It i:
sl.tua.tcil on t'he Islla,n'd of I'orts·o.'t 6l
miles south~vest Olt' London, 1.,y ':.Wil
Poi'lslnouth i:s me-n!Woned in t'he Sa..x= ' C_h ronicl,e as• e:Xl9tlng in 501.
appears to haive ttilrnn tl1c- p'lacc 0 1
Port.chester, whJch as l'orLus llfo£T!Ut
had been selected by the Romans fo;
_a na.".al station, but bccru:1110 unf'i t fo :
that purpose ,In cons•equence or UH
sltllrig' or the har:bor.
Du.nl•,1g tl1e, rclg-n of Ar.,fre(l n. flet•
of nine shi1Pb- fittt•ll at the 1>0-dt, tlefeate<.l! the :Ctllles, who had long in
festedl the cooSlt; and !mmedhleliy before the Conq\1e-st1 a large, fleet wa:
fllted 1_011:t tJ1ere lo ,inicrcca1b the Norther n armamen,t. •
. About 1266 Henry III assemr.>led a'.:
army here for the invasion of France.
In 1377 Pprtsanou<lh. was a1t1adkcd b,
the French who suicJcCICdc,d in 1Jurn1n~
a, part of thel town,.
'l'hls di1,astN· a'Pr>ears lo have s.hown
t h e ncceissii'ty ot forli rying th:) plact
a n ti the works corn:menced 'by Ed>YP.rd
TV were m•uch imiP1'<>ved and extended
du ring ,the s1U.C:Ceeding reigns.
The town wa.s, tak.en hY tihe Par1iamentarla119 h1 16-1~. '!'he !loyal (;l'o1·i;•
bnt'Llesh1p In 1702 l1eelcd oye,1- and
sank In l'or!sinoulh harb'OT, drowning
nearty one• t•hou,so.nd persO'fls.
Portsmouth has no iml[.)Orlan,t munuHct11res exce!P:t lhof-l'(l ctrnnec,ted w!lt.h
Its naval <'!5'ita~~l'i1~hhne,ntis.
~t\s t rndt•
0
• sl:a!J a nd
fo r eign Is o.f considerable extent.
The 1JC<st st'.re.e,t in ror-t.snnoujth 111
U1e High str.e€t w!1ich tl!ivictels, the
town into n :wly cqui:tl part.s, and c'o ntains Lhe princupaL shops, hotels, and
places o,C ous1neJ.-;,s,. 'l'he town or Goss•port on, -the Orox>si'te side of tlw 11\..'tr;'bor entrance ls connetelod wilh Ports,1mouLh lly :L ~loaLin,<; IJ1·itl<ge fe1·qy.
1So1~~h1
sea. Catsl le with ills :u lja:·,en t
ea,rl1U1V'Ot'l<.s, t'he haiCteries or tlH' C'os,p ort side a:ndl the ci.rm1lar forts in 'llhr
rola.d'sl-ead comhnttn1cle.d, t11c cn!t rrm1ee tc
PorUsmou th lm.nlJ'or.
�He' ' lnarrled
COL. WILLIAM
PEPPERREll'S
:PLACE IN HISTORY
Prof. Frisbee, 1 wenly Years
Ago, First Does Him
Credit.
, };.-Pror. Tvory Fr:u1ldin FrlshN• r,f
Collrg-C'. in 1900. wrnlC' a sl,rlch
or Col. vVilli:un PC'JJPl'rrC'll. that is un-Oot;lltcdly the •best bri<'f slal<•menl 01·
summary of th<' lifC' o( thc- founclC'r of
the ·Pcppcrrell famiJ~· i11 A merlca t11at
has ever 1been publlshC'd.
·· · O~lglnally thr s l< elch wns In parl n11
o.,ldress be.fore llw P<'PPetTC'll A ssoclri tlon at its assC'mbly ln 1R98. To this,
h~wever. he added Cor puhlication, certain · ·Incidents relating parti-cularly to
Col. •PC'!)J)C'rrell's aclvC'nl to KittC'ry.
"Thus," Prof. l•'rishC'C' says, "whllr giving to the descendants o( Col. "\Vl!llam
l'epperrell renewed interC'Rt, it : will
arouse tn others, it ls he\ieve<l, a fuller
apprec iation of 011<• or the unif!UP
characters or our colonial history; al1ll
in view oC the projection or his lnJ;Juen~J. through his own clN' tls, arnl
thosd.o\ his son, Sir Willinm, will lns~1ire a d<'epC'r reverence for th<' nam<'
of Pepperr<'ll, which, in our arly history, stands second only lo that or
Washington."
· Prof. Frisbee's. articlr \\"ft!! C'ntitlC'<l
"The Jlero or Our l f!'rnic A g!'," an<i
)V~~ dc,liealecl to lhC' l Ion. J~uge11<' Hall
<1tl1d the IT on- Willln m Pl!'rce Fry<',
ihen the senators from Maine, whose
lives: · as •Pro f. Frisbee sugr;-c"~ls, "repr!'se11 t the nobility of the founders o[
tho slate."
In ,printecl form lhe article is n.
lJ0oklcl of twenty pag<>s or text ancl
11lustratlons. It Is very forlunato that
this 'Work came lo the hancls oC sueh :i.
scholarly and liberal man as Prof.
Ile Is o. nat ivc of Kittery
J'olnt, a membe1· of lh<' Association,
n nd a dPscendant from on<' of the l'ep11<'1-rell Jines. Ile ls a high-grade man,
has bQC'11 persistent ll1 C'ducallonal work
in tM:aine, and It will l>C' admitted thal
),i ~~~icle on the eldrr P!'p))errell has
il'J3 i)~lit of literary mC'rif. from any
~ ·r. aWoint. It ls very C'nthuslastlc, but
also v ry just.
It Is to 'b e wished that this article
and others of :t similar characl<'r might
111
more thoroughly ,circulaled, especially In the schoo ls, and in thr
homes in Kittery, ancl not he restricted
~Xl'J.~tAY 0 \p lhc Interests of th!' l'C'P))<'rrcll ABR0Ci:ttion. It Is 0, VC'ry valuabl
addition to the history of Kittery.
.Prof. Frisbee ta.kes up in o. connected way, the romantic setlJPmPnt of
the elder Pepperrell first at Smith's
Isles (tbc Isles of tShoa.lR), and then on
·thl! mainland at Kittery I oint, where
"11:~fos
1
,Margery Bray, and thus
puts 'together the facts which show the
importance of lh<' services of the real
founder of the Pepperrell fortuno and
Influence, without which or <:oursc the
younger, Sir "W111iam, could hardly
ha\'O aecompllshecl so much.
'sorvices were, as 1 'rof. Frisbee
it:eels, renl achieY!'ments.
"Th<'S<' achievemC'nts,"' it ls demonstrated, "ln which the Ider l'C'Jlp<'rrell
ha.cl such a pa.rt, opened the way for
the C'slahll~hmrnt or American Uberty
on this contin!'nt. They l<ept conslnnlly in tho fi<'l<l 11. horly or trnln e cl
nn,l 11ldllf11I 111c•n. 'l'h<'Y i,:nve those
norlh <'rn soldi<'rn confidence In their
cwn -ability to dat·<' def!'nd their rights,
so lbat the fall of Louisburg, the Dunkirk or Am<'rica, was the beginning of
a llclal wave that at Quebec swept the
po;,·e r of the ·French from this land,
an ,] at Yortkown planled on this soil
the inalienable rights of men forever.
"Thus the principles of Pepperrell'.
which in hi s town ancl slate were
<'Stahli1<hC'rl as a ,fact, Jong l.lerorc the
puritan r·oloni s dreamC'd o( them, became the conf}U<'ring principles in
foumllng our government. The men of
KitlP1'y, again and again, had fought
for thesC' rights in <k>-fending thrlr
fir!'SidC's. Again :incl a.gain in public
assPmbl .v they had decreed that thC'Y
would defC'nd th m in behalf of the
colonies with their lives, if need be,
:renrs bl'rorc a rnul'll<et had been fired
at Lexington, or ever lhe hand of Jefforson with a Jl<'ll of diamond had
f\Vrilten them In our constitution.
policy, so It has been a vital factor in
polity, so it has bC'en a vital factor in
our mental and spirltunl progress. He
wrote_no chronicle' of events, but, in
thf' defencf' of his town ancl state, he
wa_<; r11·<' tmring th<' 1baltle-ground on
whiC'h the n:ttlo11, in the accornplishJTI<'nt or his principles, should malct1
hli;tory. Uc hampprecl his tim<'S with
no thc:ologlcal lr!'al ise, or r eligious
persecu tionl'l, for his life ,was not of
creeds or dogmas, but rose above the
hlgh!'ial spiritual life of his times Into
tho clear blur clh<'r or lhC' twentieth
C'<'ntury. In no n1C'diae,·al hallucination <lid he ultompt any lit rature, but
through his efforts in eslabllshing the
American idea or rights of men, he
sl ruck the keynotC'
this conlinenl."
Till' i'P()Jl('ITC'II~
n •pn'f:<• ntat11·e ispot of
Em pin· on th!'SC' ~hores for a considerable- period; n n<l they also repreis nt e d and put info prnctlcc at the
,::1m!' linw th<' J\111C'rlcan !,leas of free(:,>111, which wen• fH'e from lhc diseracC'[ul fanaticism of th<' Ma.ssa.chus<'l I:; olony, :11111 thC'rdorc the Kltt!'rY
i11ll11 <'nC'<' 'hcra mc the ultimate AmeriC' P n i<lC''tl. Prof. Frisbee makes lnterc f;l Ing U1<' part or the eld<'r Peppe1-rel1.
It Is intercsllng because it il!I obviously
trnP. Cnl '\\'ill in 111 l'C'pperrell was :\
won!lr1· or Iii:-; tim<'s, llul not so
111·0111inC'llll.v n1P11lionNl as his illuslrl0118 sou, t hP I3aro11rl. Kitlery history
needs to "" enlarg!'d to do its men
justice, 1111<1 rrtuch of prolit might ,b<'
r1uotC'd from the Jillie booklet by Prof.
Ji'rish£>e.
.fl S'l'IN JTENHY SHAW.
Kllt!'ry, :\I,., s,,p(('tllbcr, 1920.
tune of "Guide Me 0
G1-cat Jehovah.)
<Yns or Po1'ls,mouth, ,n oble ldnsmen,
Oomo you lback at !,'l:e.mory's ca.11,
Com you b:;tck ancl live among us, •.
'l'ncad again ,the ancllstral hall.
Como true pa'triols ancl.' toilers,
Com from. bank and plain, and
Como wHh pomp and , acclama;tion,
An<l ibe welcomed a.s or yl:lrc,
Cull n11<l Atkinson and Wrntworth
Jhil WI' lcatl!'1·s In the llne;
:-;;-0 our o·.•111 immo1·tal vVhipp!e
July"s declaralion sign .
what so11nds of jubilaLlon
As one rides !through King
grand,
'Tis groat "\\"ai- hini;,lon, our t'hidt:dn ,
Nohlrsl, for rnorrt •n f enµ· Jan,l.
Seo tho "nation's guesl" approaching
On the crowded, flower-strewn way,
Lafayette, lll11strlo11s patriot,
This, h1tle-ed, is fe~,l:Li 'day.
\\'illi a m Lallcl, far-famed <lisclple,
Of llrn !llastC'r's will you preach-'
Gri<'vc you now al our slow progress?
Still WC' stri\·e your goal to reach.
Ij Br('wstl' r
in your "J"!.ambles"' tc)l or
\ Ganl11C'1·. L:u1grlo11, ,Jones anrl Hall.
i Kimball, Shilla.ber, ,\ ldrich, Laighlon.
1FiC'lcls and Foss clellg-ht us all.
I
'l.'ell, oh, 'tell in song- u nd slor)'
or the glory of our town,
J3rolhens, sisters, ch'i ldrcn sing it,
All her g'°ry and renown.
�I
ITRACIED
EAIIENIIO
or poems published In 'l'h<'
Cl\ronlcle In rthe !Portsmouth Song con-fest 'at r:icted wide ,~tt('ntlon. Th(' ·
contes~ts- have r('celvcd many letters fN.m outside th(' city. IJN('
one re~elved by Miss Lyn:i:
Dear Miss Lynn:
'·
Your song poem, with oli1ers I
11; _the :Portsmouth Chronicle and the '
reading: brought many fond memorl :; I
to ml/:.,
1
. I am eighty-one years old, wns bp rn
:i:i: ~ittery. My father was Coptain of
tbe snip Portsmouth, an1l died on the
'.'.Martha.". , The Martha was the only
v~sl)el tha,~ ever sailed for {.;al i Corn la.
lt was named for my mo t h('!'. I w<'nt
to sea ,on this craft when ~<'ven y('!l.l'fl
/jl
O1,d.
•
POPULATION
Of THE TOWNS
IN COUNTY
.
by the I
r Boi!Jng
g , thn.t I
·s ha,pp
652
685
780
652
4G3
746
5,3 2
38.J
1, 2 76
4,G04
r,19
39-l
670
1,251
Tampton F a lls . .
4 3
.133
Kingston . . . . . . . . 859
Londonderry
1,303
72 8
470
627
3,1 81
872
677
Rn
1,:IGS
..... 13,GG9
1,050
1 ,196
2,318
280
1,537
230
Ga7
759
993
818
517
917
5,123
413
l ,(i.J9
4, 97
'I
6h~
957
1,057
861
li 15
1 ,l li2
3,r. 83
11 ,2\itl
1,203
1 ,01-1
2,117
3 0
l,-l25
279
602
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· The population of towns In Ho<'l,lngham county is giv e n out !Jy the
C(' n s us bur('ll ll ns follows:
1900'
?.flnor civil division 1no
1910
Hock!ngham
county .. ,. .. 62,198 5~., 88 51,118
4 I~
4 -10
Atkin:;on . . . . . . . . 413
.........
in
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JAMES B. TilEFETIIEN
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\·• 111 • \\·n rlcl \\ .: •,~;:
I~, f• ,···i, • t< , il 1:• ci 11 1 r>· 111 >·1,111· e !-
Derry Leads, With
Running Second
and
' Newmarket Third.
. '!'I,Y early ll!e was spent in Kilter,•.
'.!;here was no church at the Foresid('.
V'{~ went to meel!ng at Kittery Point.
a'he Foreside church was built when I
was ver;v small. Elll<-r :!\[ark Fernald
s:li~d when I was thirteen years olt;l.
Then we moved to Portsmouth. My
sct\ool teacher was Geor.1e N. Pane.I
joln).d the Christian church,
Eld('r
Holmes was pastor. I remember the
old T~mple-then a hou £e of· wors hip.
.Tames Rugg and I w ere boy s together.
ql:lang~s !}ave come to m(', hut I h:i.ve
Jc~pt 11_1 _touch with dca1· old Port s m,outh,: I enjoy all of th e> 1,o <'m!1. My
heBt wishes for old Portsrr:ou:h lly th<'
Sit.IL and , tQ you.
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l>y the u.rticlc-1<
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in
lll ·
County of l)p,·011 in Liu• ;: in· lmll
l~ngtu1t1:· :u•: llil" will r1 1th:: ,a 11;~1.
l)~1.1·ti11gton uh·•> L~ nu! ·, town:
ht• hq:..1:-;p 11a1n,. o[ t!H• l' , un1H•1·uo\\'11t•
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'!'hf' air lo cl:8 haVl' h1•r •11 insta11Prl 011
the \.Jig flonli111,;• :iir <·t"lll rrssor ;.,
anchon•<l :llong-si<1r 11f th" (·nh-:.Hnn,
an<l [rant now on t 1H'
wnrl.; will i, ..
,Ion<' untlf'r :ilr prf'ss11rf'. This is spl<'11-
nO\\'
•
a sh rt tim•· th,e- worl< nf pnnrin:., 1•011<'l'<•fp will lir st:u·tp(l on 111'" plror ifsP:~.
f1•11,, ,vo1·1c 011 thr ol hPr 1•;1 is· n11
in~ Jlll~hf',1 along at IIH' r:iilr••;!d 11h:irf.
and a~ ~oon :is huill 111' :lll<l su11l; to a
cqffi,:lrnt tkplh il wi11
loct1lion and llH' work 111' :t111··1orin:., it
'"" thi, hotl•lll> wi11 he• ,-;t:irt• cl.
.-;~·•·sc-nl ratr o( prog1·C'~s
ior,. wi11 hr ahP:il1 or th•• s1•h1•d11le.
�C. P. W<>ndell of Rye is tho own- c Ia t e 1·t. as a r.nr los ily.
er or tho old-time eoach Uirtt Cov. tua.lly material i:nongh i11 -ono ,,r its
Brdwn has promised· :\'larshal Foch a wheels lo build tL moclern trollinl':
ride in if he YiSite •this state. Coun- gig, such as are used ,u pon regular
cillor Hislop ls btts:, wlth ,arrang~ tracks. The seat is deep ancl
wide
meuts for the visit of the genera.I to enough (or three full grown persons,
this state. Tho following clescriplion with sufCiciont space in fronl a11cl
of the coach, whic ,appeared in The between' the liltle stool-like seal ror
Times In the early seventies is or in- the driver lo stretch lhe longest legs .
terest at this time:
Il has a hu11chy, squally, homely
A~ ANCIBNT CAilRL\GE
look now,-the same lumberin-g onlA ra,re spe~lmen or o~d time car- lines a century- ago, howQvor, bei11g
;riage bu1lding was. hailed in ,tront or lho ad iralion ot all beholders, inoi!r office on Monday while on its somuch thal many ,a covetous gla11ce
way to the Ne-W Hamphsire State Ag. has been cast toward il, and• lho
ricultural Fair at .1,Tanchester. It wa s sound
ils lumbering wheels has
an old chaise which was bullt In awakened feelings or envy against
England, proballly t.:!1ort1"y after th~ the 'fortunate possessor. Jmleocl it
:\CCE}Sslon or the 1-{ovse of Brunswick was l110 only vohiclo lhal could lie
to the throne. W~ether the notorious found suitable to convey about tho
Georges or '>11c:q royalty ever occu- town thal groat and good man, the
pied its spacious f!eat is no' known, I :l,farquis def..,afayette, during his fabut its history commences with· its mous tour through this country. But
Importation to this countrv for the as kingdoms tremble ancl fall, and as
comfort , and convenience · of the thrones moulder and decay, so even
French Consul, in 17 5•). lt was the uosfulnoss ancl beauty or this
subsequently purchased by the late tim"e honored relic of barbarism ( in
Col. W!lllam Gardner, a banker· ancl the art of carriage-making, at lca!';l)
commiRsion merch ant who resided al has passed away; ana the irreverc>nt
the corner ot Garclnor and Mechanic beholder ca1111ol conceal a smile as hn
streets, and who was rated among looks ll])Oll il, oven while rcimomhorthe first men of tl1e Lown in point o r ing its ,a ntiquity and its famous hisbusiness enterprise and knowledge or tory. It should properly havo gono
mal'itlme lndustires He amassed to the Centennial, where il would
quite a fortune, which enabled him doubtless take lhe first prize among
to Indulge in the the- uncommon American antiquities and Revolulionluxury 'of ca carriage, with a •colored ary relics.
serv,ant for a driver. And the ehaise
The chaise is now the properly of
referred to was the carriage. To at- Mr. John S. Wendell of tj1ls city, to
tempt a description of this · unjque whom it was "bequeathed by the secand groteS'que concern Is Impossible. oncl wife of Col. Gardner, an aunt of
One must see It In odrer to appre- :.\fr. Wendell.
or
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FOUND UNDER
THE TABLET
pul
mad!.' h~· 1110 .\llt••h(•ll :\,l fr;. ('O. or nos 1011,
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Office r, of the Mew H am pshire Society
Sons of the! Revoll'tion, J uly 8,
1898, July 3, 1399
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Sons of the Revolution, in the State of
New H ;impshire. Organized June
17th, 1393
Mernbcrsh,p. Total
2-1.
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11 ,
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dtJll lclw)'n. '\\'illialll 1:11,ritl~• · P1·ir1·(',
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11:in,ill<\Jl
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llowl:wd ('oit, .11·., \\ llli.11n ('or111·1l11s
l'rar. V1·:111I, Viu:.: n,· Jlnl\\ n. l'on<'ord;
.,.,,.,..• ,,."'., Langdon grown Pn1~son~. Hy r·. N. It;
Thomas Eclwanl
!-'•.t1,,r 1hwaitr. i'\,•11·.
Yori;; Thoma~ Oli,·rr 11:11·\·in, B('\•f'J'l.,·,
'"=·r"'"'" )fafi~.; 'l'hornas 1-:. u. ),1·1r,·i11, ).;"orth
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iug· 011 n, •w lift•. "'rht• onlt·r P[ ,,,·pnln~
:-;l'rvi<·t· W:tH as follow:-;:
l"rt•lud, •, U1·~nn and 'l '·• llo, :\IPd<Hlll'
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BEGA
,.
Parishoners Ha e Met ·in ·F ur Different
Houses of Wor.ship Since the Forn1ation of Church in Portsmouth
sence or an organization of 250 years,
whose charter members had died moro
than 200 'years ago; that il was :L soclety tha l ha<l not <liNl when di,1 ilH
m embei·s but lived 11.ntl conlinucd lo
do cffici<'nl work year o.ft<'t· yf.':u·. IT
brought greetings
or the
Nnlional
Coun cil and his church ancl said that
he, as moclcrato1·, spukc for 6000 Con-
.\ ·,i . \ ml,ro~lo
l11tro,lt1C'IOry ~ t•nl, ll< 'l':;
l 'l1oi1·
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Chut·<·h.
The Four Mcetina Houses of the First
Prelude, Festival Ortertorie •
Lefeburo Wely
Call to Worship
Doxology: The Lord's Prayer
Responsive Reading, No. 43, "Zion
and h e r Brotherhood" ........ Gloria
Hymn, No. 336
Pi·aye_r, Response
orrertot·y, M.edltat!on . . . . . . . • • Salter
Children's Sermon·
Anthem, "The Lord ls !My_§,lght and
My Salv•atlon" ... ~ ....... .'. Parker
of tho Living
Service of Admission
_Hymn; 'Tuno 339
B e nedlelion, 1
'Organ Postlude, Allegro from Sonata
in C ...........-.......... Volckm ar
·The , Communion S ervi ce.
Hymn No. 348.
At the evening service, Rev. " ' illia m E. Barton, D. D ., of Chicago, Ill.,
moderator of the National Council of
Congre-g-atlonal Churches, gav,c a n ad drem, on .'.'The Pllgrim Sptrlt an d the
Forward Look.I,
He. opened his addres!>
tha; ~n11 stood ~everentl
ill
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ANN VER
The opening service in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth
annlvers-ary of the formation of the
North Congregational church, the first
Church of Christ of Portsmouth, took
pince on Sunday morntng, Rev. Lucius
,JI. Thayer, the pas tor of the church for
the past thirty-one
years,
was ln
charfie and preached
an appropriato
and, inspiring sermon on tl_1e theme,
"The Church of Uie Living God."
There was a very large attendance
a1 theservice.'The order w as as fol-
~n ·atl.v
:s trength :iincc its Jll'tlt•th annivt•rsary
<• ight y,:-ar:3 n,;u -i1Hl of its havin~ tak-
Parish and Chur ch
Th<: North C'hUlTh und p:irislt
wol'shlpp< ·d in rour difi, •r, 111 l111ihl1ng·s .
Thi' tit·:; I buiil\ ing \\':ts I ht• c ha1wl on
l'I Pa sa11l
<'hurch.
stn •t•l
11 11 :11·
ThP Ht'' (·o1hl
till'
l111i\·,•r s:tlist
w:1 s
th t• n1 (•1 •Ling
house llf.':ll' tlH' ~Olllh lllill ht·id;;,•. '1'111
tl!ird \\':ls the llll'<•f'
d c· .'k<•1· lll'.'t' Un;,
house un the pitr,Hlt',
on the site of
lllis t IH' fourth church b11illli11g-,
tlPt.li C..LL('d Nuv. 1, 18,j5,
'I'h e p r; ri>ih h:ts t'recll'd l \\'O
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NORTH CHURCH
gregalional ch urehcH.
lic
to Ill lha t
such an anni\·l•1·sary occasion aH this
Is of great value and gi\>es tho church
so much inHpira.lion for the future. Ile
spolrn 'or his own church having-
ings fol' its Sunday school: the brick
\'es try 011 l~lf'('I st rP<-t ill 1 SI'/, ma in I )
l'.'ith 1:1 .. l:irg-i, ('llllll'lhullon of <:01'('1'·
not· Lungtlon; and LIil' <·hu1H·I on ~. ll •l •
ell<' r,t1·,•l'l, in 1870, the lot bc·ing g iver:
by l\lir;u l\lary C. Tiog rn. It nlr;o cll rc-ct<'ll th <' '.\lif::; ion Clwp,·1 ut the Crf'ek
in 18'.J IJ . ll has h ·td llu·,•e p.tl'HOnage,,
u nt• \.h
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l'iHionH from •th e North
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thn r•ort,s111011th nw<'ling IH>t ts<'. I 11
l,~5 ;i. mr!' ling- hous<' w:rn huill al th<
Plains :i.ntl HlO0ll for~ .: ~•(';t )',S 1 ·h•·n ii
pari.-h lw11·,1,.q 1,1(,wn 1\011 n { t n<I till
c: •me 11nlt!'1l again II ith
th•• North
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�S OBY Uf NORTH
, : fARISK GOES BACK
~NEARL¥ 300 YEAR
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:· Coll)~emoration of 2~0th Anniversary
Bring_s , tQ : Light_; Portsmouth Happeni~g~.~ .~t the' Past
.. Services in commemoration of the It was a lane in those days and it was
annivers~ry of ·the North Par-I ne~rly filled by th e old state hou se,
lBh _(Congregational) church which which was build upon a ledge of
commenced Sunday in_ the beautiful I rocks occupying the center of th A
Hpuse· of Worship' own.eel b'y the So~ pre's ent square. The street was very
c{ety on L\;Iarket Square in tho heart na rrow a nd on a ccount of a led ge 110
of Portsrµouth's business center, and carriage could pass between tho state
w_)1ose spire raised high above has honso and the projecting porch or lhn
P:oclaimad to our peqple for a. gen- north meetiug house. 111 l 71! u 1:1omo
e~tlon th~t the "Lord is There:: o r the ledge was removed m a king a
need more than ·a .. passing . mention. street way on the south as well as
Two ·h undred e.nd fifty years covers th e north side or the state house. The
nearly the entire history of Ports- state •house was removed fr •m the
mouth since its settlement !11 •1·623, square in 1836, se?en hunclreC: ~ollara
a,nd t-h.e history of tli-e society is in having been su•bscribed by citizc •os for
real~ty the history of Strawberry the purpose. The name of "The ParBank' and of' Portsmouth. In the early ado" was first, given to th e wide
uays the chUt'ch a,nd , the to,vn were space in front of the post ofll ce, th on
one an·d the' same ·•an'll ·: lrt looking· at th e corner •. of 1JJaniel and l'enhalback over records one finds · that t.he low s'treets, but with the remo\al
selectmen were as .much, If 'ii'ot or tho old slate hou so tho num e Wh~ I
irore,- c O l f m l l ' l T I ! ~
IIJ)pneu 1:0 ine-,i,1 uare In trou~ or cl,d ·
Worship, than they were with the at- North church.
falTs of the village . . To ·recite the
Four different buildings havu been
hi!;tory o! the North! Parish wou1d be used ror places of worship by the
·an Impossible, task, and the writer North paris h since its inception, covat this time renews facts which have ering a period o[ two hundred ancl
.a.xjpeared 'ln Historical sketches print- seventy-three years. The first was a
-ed'.• ln the pa.st.
·-·
:. · ·
log cabi n on Pleasant street near the
· 'Previous to the ' bull-ding of , the present Universalist church, lhe sec.
1fli--st, O+ -North · Congregational m'eet- ond n ear the "crotch or. th e road s"
•lng b.Quse on .the corner:. or Congress at the Soutj1 mill rlain ; t•he - third on
l~~· ],'\le11,!lan.t streefs," where tho 1ircs- the corner of ,Pl easant and Qongress
•(nJJ. cll'ur.cb.:!nD.w s~antfs;ln 1_71'2, wor.: sti·eets on th~ · site of the preseu I
s.n!J>. wa~ Jield in the ~1neetl.ftg'Ji.buse church or worship. Two buildin gs .
a tht> S.o~t:ll.,M/U darn, . whlcll -ll-t that· have been· ereeted by th e parish for
Um~ was about in the center., of the its Sun day school. 'rhe first was a
th%icly popufated pa-l't-of th'e tow11. In brick vestry on Fleet 'str eet In llil ,.
a record book . pre'se rved '. · b,: the It is still standing, on the west side
_chm;ch, begun • bY, ':. _Rev: . Jo3hua of the str eet n ear State st r eet, and i,;
:IIoody., In 1671, there 1s written on u sed as a. dwellin g. Gov. La.ngdon
Jlllrke. 54 memor_anrtnm by Rev. T~zra ro11t1·ilrntecl l:l!'l-:ely .to w;irel its conSt!les, while' ii,. pastor of tho churc.h strnctio n. Tho prusrnl
,~h:qll'I
011
'in. 1777,' in which )le writesi "There. :llidcll e i;trcet al the corner of Por:1s ' an, .inst~ument : in being whic1i ~:.1 ter street was !Juilt in 1 870, the lot
-,h~Y~ . secu ,whi ch ,giveii. th~ founda- bei n g glv~n tho c:hurch by :11iss :lfar y
,tlon . of the parlsJ1 .iabout '.1.640 and c. Rogers, who Jived on Congrl'ss
.slg.n_ep ,b·y: mQst or the inha!Jitants of 2tr cot, n ear the North church. The
frawberr.Y Bank."•.
•
:lli Hsi on chapel on Uarllctt street was
:; Th_e re 'Yas .. np,,_:~-ra.rket Square In_ built in 1 890 .
,17.12 · w,hen: tl)e ,North) Parish erected
1t was in A ngt1 s l, 1 Gfi 7, th~t the
,iJs :.meeting .house , at·_the corn~r of towu empowered the selectmen to
.f.leasant street and Coi:igress street.
P 2.GO~h.
I
a
,1
build a meel ing- house, ancJ thi s was
[orly feet sqirnr!', with twelve windows and tl,n•c doors. JI was situatccl on the ·hil l h low the clam at the
South bridge. When tirdt built it did
11ot have pr,1·s. The first c!t urch bell
in .\!cw Ham])s hire wai, hu11g in the
low brlf ry or this ch urch in 1G64.
TirY . .Joshua :lfoody was lhe first,
111inislP1·, h1•1,:inning h is ])aslontlc In
l fi:iS. ,\f'lrr I w1•lrn }'Pars .\ fr . .\loocl y
had 1-:all1c>rPcl a c·ongrr.1-::1 t ion so large
that it conlcl not gr>t in tho meeting hol1.;e anel t hoh stc•ps were taken
rm· tl,e fornrnl ion or a ch !lrc· h .
. '.t a f"CllC'r:tl town ,llll'Ctin;; hclcl
Sept. 24, l 7 I I, it was rolccl that a
m cling hon sc be built aucl that the
sa m e be e rr c·tccl on th e C'Ornc r or lit e
mini s te rs fic>lel, a11cl thal iL be the
~lalc,l mcrti111~ house or t hp town.
:--:early on e- ha Ir of the <'On;;rcg-ation
<I CC'llll'(] t-lu: loc·:tlil~· too far llOrlh
ancl a ((ll:t!TC'I t'ullOWC'cl. \\' hen tlrn
hou sr w:i:: c•o111;il<-1e·el Jt c,v . '.'-:llthnnlcl
110;'.rrs wm; orclc1 Ct1 Io 11rPae·h ~1t lhc
1,cw bnilcli11 .~ whilr th(' Jllinorily C'Olllit1t1<' el to worshi11 at lhc> olel mct'ling
housP. ThP q11arrcl las tc·,l ror years.
'l'ho~r AOin .:.: to lho new church were
call et! I ho );orth llill'ish a ncl · those rcmain ing at lhc olcl , the South paris h ..
'rh<' mnin queiilion at issne hetwco11
lhP two {'h11rcl1C·s nl this lime wai::
whir·h ]),11'i8h was C'lltillrcl to the hr11.
c,lils or lltc, ,:1,•l11• la11cl:-; :tltcl the• IOWll
laxl's 'file ,·011lrnvc>1·sy w:11> 1:arrlecl
f ltor11,;lt th1• 1·011rts c,f t lrP time ancl
artC'r Joni; 1lc>liltrralio11 lhP <:Jebe
lanel s wf'r<' linally awarclNI to the
.:\'orth 11arieh, b ,:I that hoth the '.'-:orth
:incl South parishes wer,, town par=~hos nn,1 :1:: •:;, It wc1·r <!qnally cnl.Jctl lo th e ~nw11 tn ,:es. The decision
wns unsati sfacto ry ancl I h e dislribution or tax es bci11~ a bone or contr>nlion il wa s in J 71 G :1Arreel that
<':tt·lt 11a1·islr sho11lel support its own
minislrr, nn,1 l111ir <' th e maftcr
since rr ~l erl.
This is otrly one or lht' many rliff<T<'lll'rs th,, l aro!;e in the r,nly clays
or 1h" 11aris h. In 170G 1hr c:rccnl:rncl
parishio11ers formecl a JIC'\\' parish , beca11sr {lf the Jon g- eli~ta11C'C' and th e
clnngC'r from 1hr l11 elitrn ~ while trave ling to anrl from the meetln;
house. 11' 172:i a meeti11.; hou se wa,;
crer.tecl at th e Plains a11d stoocl for
I WC' 1dy-th r ee y;;a r s when it wa s
blown clown during a se vere sto rm .
.-\t lhis time th pari s h aga in
came nnilccl ,rilh the . ·orth church.
In J 757 tl1P Tnelcpcnclc>J1l C'o11grcgationn I sorir>I, "::ts forJ11Nl anu they
worsil':iperl i n !h e ir bt:ileling on the•
s ite ot' thC' ])resent Uni~:irian cha pel
un Slife st rert for :.,i:dy-fivr· year~.
f II 1 ;:; \ S for tr "yOlllll);
men" WC'l'l'
gra11lc>d eli sm iss ion from lht~ mother
c:!tnr.- h and · t11Ly C'sl:d,lishcel a 11arlsh
in th e ir new brick huilr1ing which
they lt:::d e r ectr:1 :it tll 0 C'orncr c-1'
Plr.3s:wt nnd Li\·r 111:rrc slrnets. ln
1 s::r. they :i~ain uni ~c, : 11·ilh t l.1·
:-.:orth iari sh.
The Glrb r lanel s a!JO\'C
wPr<' 1-:ranlecl to the town in :\fay,
1/l40, b y l•'r:rncis \\'i lli ams, the tint.
nppointecl g-01·ernor or the colony
�lion or t ea Lo this country from Eng'rho following poem written by "L.
rith ninrtccn o[ the prin<:ipal inhabiland ancl lo prevent it being landect
n. 'l'." in' 1905 is printed for the bene
tants of the lower pa:·. of Pa~cac:1in Porl <: moulh. In 17Gl the church
fit of the people of. today:
Q ua [or the ad van 'Plllf'll t
"of t 11r
was c-nlarp;ecl by ad<ling Lhirteen
'rRE OLD NORTH SPIRE.
•~,ll-;c~"~.i.aglory o[ c:od and for t!: ~ 1111rposc or
ferl. lo lllCI wrst sitlr. which gave the
lordly spire raised lligh above
the mini~ter". The grant consisted or
steeple a pla<'c-. In 180G the interior
The marts and homes ,of Ports-.
nboul lift~· acres of lanrl anti c-oYere 1
was rnrni~hecl with a fine clock, ,a
mouth town,
1he Jll'O])Prly 110·1· :;:tn:1'Pcl between
brass chandcli r, wi~h three 1·ows
well the trust to · thee
Congress street n.nrl lh<' South pou<l
o[ candle slicks. the walls and ceilqueathed
'
and l'leaimnt street
and ('hcstuut
ing liulc-cl with an indigo blue wash
TTPr ancient name ,and iatr
. tre'el. Th rec acres or t,hc gm nl were
the seats 11ainlr<l green and 'the pulpit
nown.
at that time eucloscd for a r•orn lie1!l
dPcoratPd wilh s11lcndlcl crimson silk
c,n ''which was a par:;onage with a
draprrirs. Tu 18::1 the hou!;e was re ..
nder sp iro viewed. [rom afar
cha'pcl thereto attached.
mo<lelecl al au r:q1rhse o[ $:i,800 and
Ar-ross the marshes, gold and red,
In 17D l I ais land was ~old b1· the•
[urn iHhP<l with a. single tier of winTo toilers or the lfilcld and flood
wardens ·a1 1·11blic auction 1n 0°htain
dows, th rrr 011 <'a<'h side of the
Speak or God's wage, the heaven' a me:,n~ for 1 :1' din~ the parsonn~,•
c·h11rch insl<'a<I or sevrnlcrn.
ly bread.
'
ho11s0 on Pl<'aRanl [SI'('('(, 11011' ownP<I
In 118G·l lhc- old mrrling 1ho use
I
,and occu11i d br thr hrirs or lh"
was ]llllled down and there are peosunlit spire, a beacon glad,
Jato K ft \\'cn<lell. '!'hr rrmaini111~
pl alive today who will tell you of
To men home coming 'fro~ the sea,
"~~ca,;f.'.1Ut fwelvea<'t'C'!1
<'Ollltllf'11Cf'<l flt
thr•
1
the great crowd lh•al assembled
;\lay voyag rs upon life's main·
11orlh<•asl cornPr or lhP rhnrr'1 anti
about the T'aracle to walch them pull
:lfake good land fall guided
running lo the west sidr or f hr presthe stcrplc clown. 'l'he work waR clone
ent KNtr~arp,e l1011se lot. tl11•nc-e to
ther.
under the Sll]lel'l·ision o( A. TC ,v.
1\ the •South po11Ll, thc-nc<' to l'leas:rnt
Drering, llto rigger, who hatl climb0 sturdy spire holding secure.-·! •treet. In 1 70~ ,at :t public town
eel Lo 'Lbe lop :1.nd placed :,, rope
. Thine upward way through storms
meeting il was ordne<l "lo br laid
arou111; ~he spire. The posts al Lhe
and night
\. out into houre lots for 11eopliug the
belfry wPrC' then cut nearly orr and
Poi11 l earth's bewildered, taint - antl
town and thr.l the a<lntntagPs which
one encl of Lhe rope was run down
lorn,
aris fhcrrby be for the henrfit of the
~lark et $;I rrcl. where many willing
The path that gains the
mini•tr,r,"
1r!-ervinp;:,,
portion
ror
a
\
h:tn<lS aRSiHtl'tl in pulling the steeple
•h eight.
.
I mcelinp; •itonse, court hons<', nlnrnto thr ;:.ro11ncl . The steeple rell •dirccl1housc n.n<l ,,;iryin~ pla< e . '!'hr. rPSI
ly acrns:; )larkcl Squ:1.re, the vane
watchful s[lire with rude alarm
:W,1~ <liviclr,\ into hOll • t! ]OlH and 11':t!'almoRl rrachinp; the front of the AthAnd cvr[ew serving homely need,
('< ;:rrr 111:1 J,, iPr !l 'l!t . r1r~ at 1
·1·0111
enaenm.
Wakett our • minds, summon our
spvcn to l\l'(rr1: sl1i;lin~~ :t yPar. fi'o:·
'T'he 11rescnt brick ehurch
I 111:tl'I,\" Yf''1 ·;: th,, l'C'lll, 11"1{' C<;)lr!'tecl
soul
rrectc<l in the following year at a
To choose the aife tho.l's ·life
•,,;;:;'>.!;?.--..d• sr:,.!"-.·,hat 1·e!!.ul:1riy lt11t in 1 ·; :;f; nwn:,
cost
of
~::o,ooo,
a
most
rrmarkab1e
! ! Gt~ 011' 0 j !1·1111 l\','l'llly to tliirt~
deed.
I
'
fip:11rr wh<'n nnr ronsiclcrs the CO!!t of
1·. ·ar~ rrul :11HI ,1rt, r a <on1pl'r,rni<t•
1
l,uil<lin~ lod:t)'. \\ hile the buil1ling
all paid up.
was in procrR<; of eonstrnclion it was
•Christian spire unreared in faith
The Jirsl meclinJ:!" housr to be
fonu<l that tltr hase of the tower pro.Justice and mercy by thy care·
rrc-clccl upon this sitr 11·as built in
jccl r1l 1,eyond the 1=;trcet linr ancl the
Till brotlierhood •and true 1olk-[rlt1
1 714. It was sr,·cn t,r re-rt long and
l'lty eonv<'Yf'<l by '<leecl Lo the 'ortli
Our city name, 'The Lord is there.'
1
three storirs high with two (~allrrirs.
Parish a strip of land four feet. by ~,,('-!111!1:'!l'!"'one above the other. It hacl thrrr
Lwcnty-tour rcr<. 'T'he 11ew or~·r,n an<l
t irrs of windows :in<l wall noclonlil thr
lilf'tllOl'ial win<lOWR \\'C'l'(' arlilrcl
in
Ii rst "Th 1·r-<• I >•wl< r-1·' • to iir• 1111 i It in
l RDO :11111 Lhr ' iron renc·e smTn11 nc1in~ _,,.,.,..... "''~
·'"'';....,,,,.,., ·1his Nilllltry. Th<• J)lllJ)il oc11•11pir1l th••
the churrh was n. glfl from 1hr latcmi<l<lle or the westr1·11 siclr. anrl was
.Toh11 8. nancl in memory or
Slll'JllOlllll<•c\ h,1" a 1:tl'l'.f' <;Ol)l)(]inJ;
wifr.
ho111·cl. ln 17~0 :t 111'111·.v w:,s atlcl,•,l
'!'he bell ill l he CllltrCh stcc11lo wa!<
'9t:ISl-,:r'~I and ill 17:lO a spirP I :;o t'Prl hi;.;h
hon~hl in 1,1;4, It weighs n.bonl
was built. lll 17::!l a clo<'k waf> pl:1cSOO po1111clR. In ,1 SG'.1 I ho hell was
f'd In thr beHrr, Uw 11rP~c-nl or sr,1•' rou111l to he rracked. lL w;s recast -al
nal gentlemen of Ute town. Among
a. fu1111clry in 'l'ro1·, .. Y., the city
the prom i nelll men of t 1,c ti me wh
payin~ !!i rn:~_<;1 of the- expense.
11·ere pew holders in
t'1i~ "Thrcr
One or tho most
di8linguished
t) ckcr" wrre Gen. \\'illiam 1\\'hipministers 10 serve the church wns the
i ple, Rign 1· o[ the clrch1ration or 111Rei·. JosPph Duckminister, who waB
c\rprn1lell<'f' from l hr Sla tr or :._cw
its pastor for
thirty-three y~ars.
\ ltam11shirr, Unv .. lohn Langdon ,a111l
When l'rcsiclrnl ,vashington visited
tlanirl \\'rhstrr, t hr famou s ln wyrr.
Portl'mouth in 17S9 he attended serv;l!O Rcn·<'d as w:ir<l<'ll in the yc:u
vicr al this <·l1Urch, dressed "In a
ISlfi. 'l'<111·n mr<'li11p;,; wrrr hrlcl in
blacl. ,·c\hcl suit." .John Paul Jones u;i~~,,.;,;_:
this meetiu~ housr uutil 1,1;2 whcu
\\'as a mPmhrr o[ Dr. ·Buckministei•s
thr parish voled 110I to permit fur•·110,·k" havinp; n.tlendecl Lhis church
ther public use of t lie builcliug-. !\l
whi\1• in Pnrlsmo11tlt superinlcnditH?:
the next lowu mectiu:.: the cloors or
thr lrnildi11µ;
or tho 1iian-of-wa 1·
the c•hurrh were- Jn,•l;c•{I hul
thry
were fo1·cecl open a llll the bu~inr,;~
of the <ln.r ·was tran,;:irtcd.
'T'here was 110 mean,; of heat1n1~ thC'
hnilcling iu lhose early day<;
smn.11 square tin sloYP<; fillecl with
live coal~ \\'Cl'(' carried. In 1 ,62 Lh<·
wardrns votccl
that "whosoe1·c•1
Jea\'CS auy stOl'C!'I :,l llie
houioe shnll pa~• n. li'ue or
shilliugs." Sto1·ps (or hcali1i.g till'
church were first pul in about 1828.
In l 82i an organ was bought
$80\l. :llanr public mrctings were
,.. ,_..,,.r.·•held iu
this chur.ch clurinp; the ex00
citing times or the Ue1·olulion, the
most important br;n~ the 'T'ea T'arty meeting at wliich time :,, prolP!<l
was ma<l againsl l'urlhcr im11orta-
l
i
l
0
�&-hooj"-;;~ 80 lnrgC' a HC(l](' lctl lO I hr
C'stah li Hhml'nt of SC'! arrttC' schools fni
<'nch Parish, ourn bt>!ng tra111<f,·tT1· 1 t,
lh<' gallcri<'H of th<' old Nor1h Ch11;,:h
Deacon Tappan died In J8~1.
J!i:'
81ICCC'8S0t' Sf'l•ms lO haV(' hC'Pn ~Ir. :'1'.)1,
othy Ji'nrrar, fl lawy<1r or some <li'.-iti.1 ~'Lion.
I !is sLay with U!< 11·.1g i.hort for
in 1822 'Henry .Jnclrnon hall c:hnrg<'; h<
wns P:tll<'d "fl vr·1·y rffici<'nt nucl 11sd·tl
man." !lr• W:J!l also a 1l.1y :,..:-houl '"·" ,1<'r n nc] :\Ir. Chari<'>< W. nrr•w s l<'r \\'-1i
:tmong his p11n,ils In 1817, and g-il·<'~
proof in his ''R:tmblps Ahout 1'01·1"•
mouth" of good 1rai11in;.;- In English
fl nd in 11 islo1·y,
'l'hr> school lh<'n numberC'tl ahout 150
h11l lh<' /\llC'ntlanl'(' IIVPr:i,;; c•tl only !CIO
l\11·. llornrP •:\lorH• and :\Ir. r.,org-, , I~
,\rl:tm!S n r<' m<'tll ion d ns S111wrin1 1 JI.
<1,, nts :ilHH11 this p•·riod hut II'•' oJtl)
know of 1h em lhnt th<' ln1l<•r w:i s :ifl ••rw:i 1·rl,; pn :i (or of' 1hp churr.h n 1
wi c l,, :\le.
1\f!Pr a whil<>, th<' Sr·l10ol was
th<' 1:rirk VPRt1·y on f•'I C'l stt'<'<'l :,n,l
"w<'nt fllong- nho111 1lw Rnm<' for :t 1111111 hr-r of y<'a 1·s."
l\lr. E. \Vlwl'hvt·ighl was S11p1• 1·inu •n•
<lc•nt frr,m 1826 to 18~8. an,l from ;;
lPlt<'r of his, ,wriltc•n in n.~o I, wt\ h:tVt'
most ot' our info1·mntion nho11L 1h,'8i
Par!y years. Ile says: "'1'he great rcv1vnl of 18~7 'CllllSC'Cl a mnrkC'cl illC'J'l"(lS~
In th<' S11nctny school and 1hp :itlf•ntlance rapidly in crt>n~w,l.
~lnrc than
!lOO schol:1 rs C'l'O\\'tlC'tl I hi" vrslr)' . Th rr
\\'l'l"I' PlP·\'Pll ll':l('h(•1·~ :II
I l1011g-h
1h:1l lilll\' , \\llll ,
I ho11;.;-hl fill
a11d ,;,•1·io11,;, 11·,•1·,
not prol'Pssorn of 1·r•lig·io11 ~111tl ,lid 1101
•·I 1r·rish i I.~ hop(', n,1 ri Ilg' I h j,; l'r'V i l':t 1.
nr
JlhJHt
l1 \:tC:la(•1 ·s
lltl•Xt•
•:n:iintnin<•tl,
:11hl
si:-d P ll I
on
'lh•, ·anll•
tilt...
P.\ 11lll }d :1J'.\'
il rHl
whol<\
1i\•1• x .
pit1llh
<·nnl : , •t·ll
:tt't,·i- this P<'J'iod, 1 1lu.· H<'honl \\ .1 ~l flt,ttl'-
i " l,inr,- an,1 app:rrPntl) ll ~C'i'nl io n
d P1; 1· "-'' "·
ThP 'l.'f"!"t\"'.' hPr:.' :\f1:: . , I inf;!, \\"1 · l'r
i1, t ,·,·, ·~. lilH~. .\l111 ·h li111, \ \\.1 ~; ~q ,.•111 diB 1 11.,., 111•~
\ , · f '.
111 .. ,
1 L n.' 11 •
t 10n )H,.-'1; :i or
ll f> f·d,
l.1111
Ill•
. ti1t1
n,ur
I I H ,d :! , ill
in 1,1 . , ~, ,~
1' 111• , 1 it ·B t li, t llll P \\I'\,. f' , llt I '11_,
b ;llti •nlu ,n \ \ :1. ·
~ l\· 1• 11
L1
dil'l•C' t S f'riptur,"I in tn1C"'ti o11
n
r•13n
\\'hi r h I co11J,l \\i sh mi ~hl l,P /:P lH, .,lly
r,·• vi\',' (l 31Hl !ldnp1P11 . 'T'h,1 ~r 11nrt ion~
or' 111 0 1fl,l>l,· wl,irh :,JP fnl11,fn11Y r o m 111i1 !Pd, :1I',· 9r,1,-1n1n l,1 •; 1'
·
\\' t' l'f' C' l:1 ~·. :, ili<•rl .1Pr nrdine In I il(l-lr ;..)ge
~,~: f':1r a n pn:-:!~iJ,l,. :- -111,l no i:cl10! ;1r:: :, ~
f l'fll'l1,".\ ll)h,·r, \Yfll'P o,·rir f".i i \:tPl"ll r,·:i 1\--=
or :l g"(\, ·r1ir- n11111l1fl1' of f•l:I~ \:,'.;,-•: : fllll'ing
111y f"onn0 PI inn ,,, it 11 lhl' :-wh11 rd, \':11·ir1 cl
l'ro111 :.!~ to :10, :l\', 1 1':1g:i11;-~ :1liol11
'!'his 1·los,·:-: 0111· i111'n1·111:1tinn t"ron,
r,u11,r111 <•1tJ11·<:l1 wo1·1;,,,..
In 18f,-t, J1.l'\'. I s 1·:tPI ~v. P11111 :1111 , t'i' ~
,"'Jlltng lti ~ 111 Pn1ol'i• 1 ~ of 1 h t,•u• P:11'1y
•'111.)'A, \\TOl<'l aR foll,,w,,:
'·'T' hP ,.,.:,.!
:,mong 111<' <'hll1lrP11 l'n1· ,·nn111111111,., 11,
:nr-1nn1·r l:11·1~, 1 po1·1inn:-:
\'\:J!.; \'1 l l'.\' 1•xlr:1"rdi11ary,
:111111•:d
,.,.,.,lil,1< •, '.!00 , •11111 111· :,Oil vn,;,•s 11:i,- a
•·ommon 11·r•Pldy ,,rrnn nf 1lt.- l1rigl111•sl
1
5
SJJNDAY SCHOOL
~1818-1921.
1
•
:,
(By F~!lnces, A. Mathes)
the year 1812, a grent flre
SWP[lt
4own State &1.reet, !lncl
among 1he
1:;ullcHngs rlPstroyPd, . wns 8
r•·hool
It was rebtillt . lhe nf''- I \' Par
,and 11til\ BPrve/1 1hP 'flllhlic !lH rhP :~.1.lvatlon Anmy hPad!]uarlPi·s.
,
'T'he flrs( teacher 1hero· wn s A 1110s
'l'o.p pan. 'rhti'. select,men were anxi,J'I~
to,keep Mr, •Tappan in the town, 90
•
·
ventui:ed to advise him to ma.rr.v and'
even went . 80 far as to St!G'gest thn, ,ie
take e.s a. ·bride, the sister of the tar<'
Dr. Buckrninstor. Mr. Tn:ppan, no,hjng Joatih to :take t'M.s ~xcellen,t adv,ce
really did marry Miss Eliza Buel<•minster a.nd thi 8 connection natn r,tlly
ga\'o hlm a. strong intt'rC'st
in
clw
oh\Hch, so Jt doos not sr>em str:ing-,, to
lrar n that ln,1:81&, plans wPre made foi·
a.Sunday school and that hP
3 ihP
flmt superintendPnt.
:Rev. IRraPl W. •P 11 tnam, fpastoi· •ilnc<'
1~ 1:;) , had b:-ongh t up thP TIPP(! of such
;a cchool 1n hi's Fast J.my Rermon ; 11
A11rll, ·18J8, and he contrihntPrl. much
wn
r.t..1rt0rl thP Sunrlnr s<'l1ool in .T1~1'f1.>t·:--in11
T!nll. This wns ov<'1· tlw Hriclc Mai-Im~.
h11ilr hy IIH' t own in HOU, on tl!P :;it0 r f
lll :• prP~H•111. Nr•w UampshirP Na1h,nn1
Dt~nk. Snme nt' UR remPn1t;Pr ,,vhP n LhP
l•n~·er floor ,vas f1ttcd '\Vith stalls for a
market, larg'P rloors opening al th,,
sides
for
their accommodation.
F.n-
trance to 1hP Hnll \Yas macle hY. a 7;;rl r·
door at 1hP fr,mt nnrl n wincllng ,-1:dr
at 'pithc~ end, open inp into ::m f'XCC'llPnl
room 1'01· many public gnHwrings, s rH:h
as town meetingi! and <'Ven chm·eh
I
fp!rs. 1\Ty onl)' remembrnn c P of it Is
•associatecl with
a strong,
a,gt·,•P:i hlc•
odo,: of S[Jl'UCP t~ePs, as T rlimhNI 111C'
worn, \Yinclln,s stnirs for my fir•·I ,, pPriPnrP or. n pnriRh fPsl!Yily.
,nr>ncbn Tappan';, nr>w R11nrtay _, ,.,no , :
hnrl nn 11nPxprrto,l popnlnrily. 11 ,.,·,1!.
O[)Pn In all fl1P <'hilrl1·0n of thP town
nncl' morP 1lrn11 4r,o crowrt,,,1 11,,., h:1:1 .
A list or lhP first tParhPrR incl11rl,•!< 1,,p
following nn,mPs: from lhP T•;pi«ropnl
ch11rch, l\fi;as 1~far y Tiic<', ;\fiss Ro.1ltlr
vV!.1.1'11 !"1', :11111 ~ll~s F'rnnC'<'s .\lkins .. n:
from thP So111h Prnisli, ;\Jrs .. t nlln 1::dl
nnd Mis>< Mary Brnw11; from th" r,,,r1l ·
1I':J.rlsh, Miss ·lcli7.a i>C'I h \Va 11<<'1\ :. , I'S
Amo!'! Tnppan and Miss Eli¼a 'l'nr1,:,n ·
s'l. niece of tllC' •Supcrinlenclenl.
to Its t1.nn..1~._.;;.;;..;,~-="'.""'Jl"';':I!'!"'~~"! 11._.;T~h;.;e:_d:;.:.;if.:.fi;;,c:.;u:.;l.:.ti:.;e,;;s...,.;-~===-,-..;..,.;;
nr
lhp, l'liilrlrt' ll :111d ,.. Olli(•
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0
1· 111
(tll
lfl
800 unrl 01w to 1000. ,\ hoy l,y 111"
11nmi' of Fl<'irl~. I. ll1inl<, dirt ii.
lL •SC'f'TnS proh,'lh l e lhat lhi ~ hoy W~S
none oth<'r than the fanvius publi~hC'r
nf Bos 1011, ·Mr. Jam C's T. f•'i1•lds, who
s]lC'nt his C':tr ly y C'a1·s horC' nntl woultl
have be<'n nt the rig·ht agl' to l)(l in th<'
Sundn.y school nL thnt lim<'. ~lnny of
1ho lllgh school ;;-iris aml ho)'H have
road from their Libi-a1·y, on<' or more or
1he novels or Scott, which w c·r<' give n
hy ;\fr. f.'ielc'ls lo th<' High ><C'hool of
1856, whPn lhPY WPnj inlo
•huil<llng, now thr Cily J lull.
�lay ." chrJnl h"r-nmr> so lnrgf' that th<'
111 iclt Vf'r1lr)· with ii" nar-ow bt>nrhc~.
it!'! rows of R<"at~ rising- each :t liltl'
1ii~hcr thnn the ncxt in front, ils la,·!,
,,f s11m:hinc. :-tn<I yr-1 irs store of snr-rc·I
";,;ociatinn. \\'ll~ lr>f, , for lhc !;n.ll('l'i••s
11f thf' pr<'s<'nt rhurch.
:><o mnlt<'1· how mnny chilclrrn r-amr
to the ~clton!.
S1 v<•n!< lrnew e,·er•)'
one aml wc C"nnnnt for~<'l his bri~ht
mannfr, his ,,; ,,n ial sam!le his truly rL' ligio1is spirit. nil nf which al'ff'ctc,1
w,"
Ij
tc•nclrint, ~xcC'ni :in f'Xf\l'Cil·•.P an1011g ih<'
t·fa\' lf'hl'r~, hy rf\pOrLing in writin.~. Pnclt
hi!< or hl'r own pl:111 anil cour,:•• of in- ;
~tructlon of lhP clASRPs. Th,,;" pap<'rs,
so.me of th<'m Jmrtlcularly hy ,;om" of
th(' young l:11lif"R, WPrl"' ,·,•ry lntPl'P~t -
\'n I ,in hi
11 <'l <' lr•l'I
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ha<I al lf'ast onc v rsf' :111cl thO!<<' t'ho;,1'11
by the pastor'" <1n11,d1t<'rS< 1,·<•r,• tlw nnlv
Jn ;,; th:il c:111'lNl n srnil<', '!'l11 •11 11·p
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and Lh,. ~rhno l w:-i~ c:, rriNl nn th"r
until In20
::IL1·. John ,;_ nan,!. '.\II'. C . '.\I TrcuiC'l< ,
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thc <·a,·,,. ,11i;l ,1,.. ~.. ,-,.,. l h<• rlrn11l;s of tllll'
church hotly, for lh'ii· f::r.ithfut labors .
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Tripp Jcncl~ thc n•,~1r<l f,,r Ions.; ""n·icc.
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,\« f:11· :r« w,· <":111 l'Ptn<'mh01·, our rirqt
onP wri o. r-all,•d •·' I' ll<' Su11d:t\' School
11, II." •\Ir. lsr:11·! ts imhall
nch111r: 1 ,· llorol 1111 hr.y• in
•:11), 110,\ II1i·· J1 ut,l1i"' I.ib1·a 1·\111 ,., ,·l1 ,•11! s 1J1 P1•1· tr:dn,•.J in 1h0 old
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, t!l111' whcn Sun<lny school concf'1·ts
tlo111·ishcil :111,l \\'<' wl'rr nil <'XJ)ecl<'<l in
tn.Ji.
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tC'nC'h<•rs anct !-:<'liol:1r~ alil<~.
charg<•. An a ppNll from th<' officer,;
a.nrl lPnchers or th<' Sc 11ool for 1111,n• :1t1cntio11 h,l(• IH'"" 11•1•,.nll)' t111111tl. Hlg11c1I
h)' 1\11·. S•.~ \•crs and ·'.\lr . . I ~- ll;inlly,
1
: for th<' tf' :t<'IH•r•,. Th<')" cmph:i<si?.1' tlw
! i1np1lrtnnr" of
I lh<' Scrlpt11r""
n. te~cher it
li<'n, ~1:1~.·
in 18:,1: ''I r!'cnll •
nothing pec11llnr whllc I
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l11P .Juvcnite Snricty en w called the
Hoge r s ~1 i<i,;ion ~- ire le). for the nP\\
h11llcti11~.
Jn thnl On;! c·l:iss werf'
lhe
twc
:11loptccl claught1•1·s of our pnistor, Th'V
Cl,.01•gp •~T. Acl:111, \. : , n~ well as on{\- \YC'l'
l<nown to 11« :-,o.; ~Tisa,. Edith 'I'hachcr
l 1 r!n1·1r\·
111 1870, tinder Mr. K.imball, we ha(
n11r Or,;t S11rnlny Schol Christmas fes•
tivnt. 1'hc 1)1·oir,ram Jncludcs four o
I ' ' " Jll'f'l I\' ('hrl~t mns hymns for
tl\l
r·: ,ll<lr, .1, ,,o mP of which we st!ll h<'at
in ill<' srhooJ a1 that sea,'iOll, nnd a1
·111lhr,.11, which ::·night hnvP be<'n i:11'mr
1,,. th<' ,·J111 i1·. Thcrf' \\':t!'I n prn)'f'r,
'1'1·ih!1lc nf 'Pr:ii s ,, lo .TPRIIR, by a cl:-tf:
.. :· ;-:11·1~. a s;cl of C'hrisalmn,,;. que-~t!on
:•111I :,w·\\'rorn /,.viclPn:lr prppnrNl (o
t!JP 1w,·:1~i1 ,n) n •111:1rlc'-I, prr,~Pnt:1tlon r
.. ·r,,.
:111-<1
!:isl ,.,. :Ill. soc in l convrrR:1
l :,1 11.
111 ,~, I, Jltf' rh11rcli r<'r-ordi:1 hn\'P on,
,Ji,·,;,• r.·,\· vn1f"'c- nn ~11nrlny !;Choe
•1·1101· .,rrr., , , ,,,1 tor a Eoarc
,. , 1,,ri ,, IPJ''l for lt~ Ccll'<', and
the!
1,rir,r;r,•1! <i11ty ""'' m " to have bf'en tl
, r~n,ii,latP for RupPrintPn
'i'l,:11 \'r>,1,· '\Ir I~imball was re
, .11111 11 ~.t . .J :n1rl ,,Jr-r,f'd nt the annus
1 }1 11r, ~11 n1riP1 in"
Tliifl (tU~tom "'as o
·;il n.-1 ,1ur1 I ion ~nd thP r-hurch has con
;,,,nr;J 1,~ mP,hn,1 of an annual elr>ctioi
f.11• th;, of1irc.
in l :?, '\ii· . .Tnhn H . Hutchins.on wa
< hn~P n 111 ,:i irCPP<l llfr. K!.mball, ani
,. ii h :i f<'\\' nh~r>rr<'P~. \I hen he tried t,
, , .<11:11. Jt,, hP!rl I hc nfii<'r> to thP <'ncJ• o·
l,i,. ••:i1·1hly sc1·,·ir0. llc wa~ nl<'rl fo,
,.,,,,. 111<'t 11n,h,, r·cnrl)' to Jissten to sug
•<·sli11 11,, wntc·ltl'11l nR to ndapto.tlon o!
1,•nchcr f II t hP C'l:rns, hoi:>]li tn1b]e to Pven
pupil, n nrl heloYed ~)Y all.
rn 1, 81, 111 I'. ('_ l'.\f. 'I'rPdick Sf'l'VPd i'o·
nnc y,,nr h111 lcfl town nermnnently I:
I ~Rt. 111 t SR:t :111rl I. 84, Dr. ,lOllPS wa
~11111·1 i11l1•11d1•nt.
nn holh oeca.slo11i:
\Ir. il111< ·h in,io11 wn,i rclurnecl lo offlr
,1111 :1l't<',' th:ll .<-XP<'rience, ho ovidcnll
,::i<I~ up his mind that he was inteouL'<
t 1 (ollo\\' that path of duty. Since th~
t:111 • \l'e hav<' hn,L n. series of shor
L•'rms or officP; Mr. John IC Bates fo1
o n<' yt>ar: :-1r. Charles W. Ilt·ewsle
for two or lhr<"e, then Mr.
l\lat th('w,;, , 1·., for a longer lime.
ln 1 nos. the new Parish house wa.,
dc<i irn tcrl n nrl ga v'c opportunity ro
<•nln ,·g-pm(•nl or thf' .\;Choo!. Thl' Infan
C'lassR hau. become tho Kindergarten
nnd hnrl joined witoh tho Primary grad<
n\so. .\ Junior depnrt-,-n!'nt has heei
.11 l<l1•d :inu !-'L'<'ntl. to he th" largf'st J1
:•siion M tllf' school. .\ spf'cinl <l!'pnrt
111c11t ha~ lwcn in op!'rntion fo1· a fe\\
, l':l. rs , fur th(' Ch inPSC'.
in,,.rcHtin~ cnurnf'R of Rtndy nrc pro
r,,
,·idPtl. in gl':tclPs to suil nil ag-C's;
th,
Lil>rn ry is conr.tnn'ttr nllrling the lat,
hoolrn; th" i:;chool contrib utC\<r to man:
,nt 011r ll<'nominnlional cnlln for bencvolcnrP :11HI for nlOI'<' l hn 11 ~-0 yN\l'fl hn,
>:" !ll a l 'hriHl:na,; hox t0 !-<Orne flOUlhcn
!,:C• l100!, T!lO!<l or t hr> Lin~e to tho Ian;,
gra:lrct sl'l10ol :it ~-lal'l,intosh, Cu.
\1t'. I 'r•:rnk L ":t •:it t 11·::r.H SupNinu.:n
<l '· 11t for a1Jou1 thr<'<' year,; nml
s:10rt ~tny with l'H \\:1::s only due to hi,
<i < p::r.rt111·c from thf' city.
~1:-. \\'ni ter .Tames rillf'd
fcrm. with thc nhlf' nm,istance of )fr
.John '.llcPhrc.
;\;n\\' wc h:tvf' '.\Ir. fs· Curlis '.\1at•
t ht"ll'e<, ., ,·.. ll n<I to him \\'f' s•hould gi l'(
u ,r Jlhlst ::r.rli\'(' and ht':trlfelt SU J)J)Ol'l
~() lhnt Olli' Jll'P. l'nl welfare shall bC'
only a plC'clg!' of 0111· future aclvnnccmcnt.
\\-<' hri,·0 ·h<'<' n truly fortun:itc
h:l\'I' \\'ith (I!-< rm· 311 )'l':ll'f-1, lll<' C'Onst:1111
,-,_1 111pn1hy :111<1 eoo1wr,1tlon or our <l<'\'1,11•.J p:tslot· :-in<l his wife. \\'<" ni•pllll">,,_,,::all!I·
i 1r:1ly /.:l':ttl'f11 J 10 ~Ir. ancl t'.\lr!<. Thnyer
f,,,. :i;: lh<"i1· ar-tive niu. in organizfni;
Htlm11tnting lntprest ln
0
�,BJ:ble st.mly, In '?haring bunlPn~.
givin:r us their (rlentlf1hip :,R well a!/ .-, ·
1.in·tlring pa,1~ton1l service. .\lany of m
•11lve 'lu1o;yn nn orh;,r pa ~1nr, !lnrl WP
unite ·he·a1.:tlly lh !hat,1, H
hoth
1)Vi1•. an.fl 1Mrs. ''l'ha\'<•r
I\>,· a 11
tbl:y bOV<' ]E'(),, t}S, ",NCI tr,il liilrl
great tot· t11<'>l1LI mn.y the.I' l1 .l\'P lhie \';, ..
all,
io
;::,£?r_d 4 pCJcnQ)v:ln~ ~hat ll1e Sunday
sciiool of this anci;:>nt chm·ch recog- - ,
,hlzes their labor;:, o nd 1vi ,, lir.·,i i'O\' them
:.J;
fun'• measure
Pr~ac'her of old
'my lie.art from
jol ced in.all my
or joy, ,e ,,,n a~ tlie
said; "I ·11 i1i ,he\cl _not
joy; for rn:,- heart.
lnhnr."
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~
b
B k Ch rh '
ln this church a tea party
Str;i:_.£r;J'.
,, :!,n • , "t,>q
. was held at which tlie Inhabitan t.~ 1>roher r"was celebrated this weelc an ,;-,;~, tested ag,aJ!nst the further importa tion
anniversnry of the establishment of · • · or tea Into Portsmouth harbor, nncl
one of the oldest religious societies in
steps were taken to prevent any landI mg of tea. , If a landing had been atthc, United .States, known now as th e f:
North Congregational Church of. Ports- I. , ' tempted, -the inhabitants would have
mouth. Visitors to that city will recall 1t R,
just as likel:,; pressed up as Indl>tnt
·It , ns tho ed1tlce tliat st a n cls ln th e
and dumped the tea Into th o harl,or as
01
ccnt1'0 square of the city with an
•
'i. "j tllil the patriots of Bostun. t ;tlo1,go
tremely tall spire which mal<t;s it th e
' , \Vas hingtan and John l'aul Jones wormost congpicuous building in town. The
' sh~pped occasionally at the church, and
organization of this chut·c1• was In . lG-l-0
, at one service the record•s show that
when •~most of the inhabitants . of
. ·washlngton' was dressed ''in a lil aclc vel.
Strawberry Bank" signed the . orlgmal
,.• vet suit."
charter, this l,eing only 20 years after
the 1anclinP at PlymJuth Rock.
Wonderful Sunday School
,In the early days the New Hampshire
State House stooll near the church and
' the church and t:he Stale House wcrr,
the centres or New Hampshire activity
Tn.pJ')<an was its teach e r more tl"rn 100
when Porti.mouth was the politlcrcl ancl
· yea-r.s a,g'lJ, a.ncl th e m c tho,I by wh 1<:t,
religious capita!.
'l'he selectmen ra11
- Iris services were aceured might comboth church and tCYWn and more of
mend u,-etf to the eccl eslastic,s (If L·he
their time was occupieu in conducting
present day.
A.mos came to Portsthe church than In running the civil
mouth to tea <:h l'n tho puhlic schools.
at'falrs.
A great fire destroyeu t11e scl10<>rhouse,
Originally the meeting house was 40
among other Jnulclings, in 1818, 1111<1 tl>e
feet square with 12 windows and three
doors. 'Chere were no pews.· A be ll . ' teacher ,vas n1inded to get out of t cnvn .
was hung in the beHry m 1664, mote
•rhe selectmen did not want to lose his
than 100 years before the revolutionary ,.,~ . teaching, and they acco1'ClingJy
war. It is said that In 1706 the clepreda- ,;,;,. gestecl that the schoolmaster settle
tions of the Indians that were com• down in Portsmouth and ge t married.
milted on churchgoers lee! to the orThis being well received l>Y th e latter,
ganization of a new church at Greentho b oard or selectmen µ!eked out a
land. In 1725 another chure'h was built
bride, lr1 tl , e p erson of the mil1ister's
at Portsmouth Plains, which was worsister, v;hom tho teacher n1arrlerl, and
shipped tn f-Or 23 years ' until one day a
thro ugh the bride he was lit'Oug-ht into
high wind 'blew it to pieces and it
close touch with the church ccnd b enot rebuilt. •
came head teacher of the Suncln.y school.
The school mot on the pr es ut site
Thirty . Years' Back Rent
o! the New Hampshire Na\!ion rd Bank
In 1640 the Governor grnn te,1
ruicl there were 400 pupils. 'l'he~u pupils
"glebe Jancls" to be used "for the gltlry
learned Scripture by heart. 1t was not
of Goel and the purpose of th~ minisuncom1non for each One to conunit to
ter," consisting of 50 acres of land now
memory several hundred vernes each
situated in 1110 centre oC PorL<>mouLh.
week. James T. Field. l<tte r a Boston
Part of this Jana was subsequently sold
publishe., held the record for feats of
and part was . leased as house lots, the
memory, when as a .pupil he committed
leases being for 999 years at from 7 Lo
to memory 1000 v e rses in a single les15 shillings a year. At first the rent s
son,
whJch he reeled off on Sunday ·to
were collected when clue, 'b ut after a
the dismay of duller cllll1lrnn wl,o could
while many of the . lessees were 20 to 30
·;. only learn 400 or 600. vV'h,o.t_ a oontrast
•, years In, arrears on their rent. In 1788
to present methods, wh en a pnpl! who
the church authorities went around and
ca:n mmnorize two v ersse o! a. Sund.ay
collected up to elate. In th9se days a
school ditty Is reE,'3.rcl ed as conferrjn.g
man could be 30 years in arrears on his
a Lren1endous favor on the cause · of
r6nt wtlhout being the nh.i ect <if ""
religious eduoatlon?
much criticism as one would now who
hol.ds out
his landlord for 30 days,
,,"~
I"
on
First Three-Decker Church
In 1714 a new church wrui bu,i']t
the first three-decker in the Unltt'd
States. It had cine ga.llery rubove another :a nd tltree tiers of windows. The
church was the "last word" In eooles!11JStioal architecture.
It had an Immense pulpit, a sounding board, a belc
fry, a spire 150 · feet t•a ll and a clock
In ,the belfry.
There were pews for
the worshiP1Pers · to sit in instead of
sta·nc!lng U\p.
Gen. Wllllia.m Whipple,
signer of the D~C'lar,atton of Incl epenclence, w~s a pewholc!er, and John Langdon, first president of the United Slittes
Sonute, w~s another.
Later Daniel ·.,.
Webster was on.e o·l the church war- I •
dens ..
Town meel'l•ngs took place In the
chureh. • 111 1762 the pari,ih voted to
have no more town meetings or elections conducted in the building, and at
the neJ(t meetling d,ate . th!' d,oors were
Joclrn<l. Citizens fo1·cell the loci<'\ on,!
t~•e meeting was held In church as
usua:l.
'I'liere was no stea,rn heat in
those days, and each worshipper carried his own stove. In 1762 the church
wardens voted "that whosover leaves
his stove In the meetlpg · house aha.ll
pay a . tlne of 20 shillinj,;s."
Many have heard or the Boston
@i~~k;·
-~ ~
.
.. !.r-· ';
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c\:.
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'
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"'
�Young?" Music ,va:; furnished by a
ehorus choir and violin the musical
program being In charge of Alex Bllbruck, orga.nh;t of the church.
Delow is a. porllon of the historical
adclress given by U10 pastor:
i
I
Dr. Thayer ave Historical AddrP.ss
The Story of a Religious Democracy
During T wo and One Half Centuries
, J II these i;rcat clays when the affairs
J of the whole roun<l world are before
u~. when lht' i;n~~t m en of the nallons
an· gathert'd for our
: when we may watch the p lay of the
µl'illl:iplcs of liberty and democracy on
tht• l,road lieltl or u tola.l vol!llcal
" '1 1 rltl, il way seem a slrnnr;o thing tor
us lo turn bttclc through centuries lo
consider the happenings on an obscure
countryside, to commune with a group
of men of small reputation and to
w,tlch a. confllct in soma pretty rop ublkH who,;c future wa:; as uncertain as
lhl'11· inner purpose wat; 11cw.
Yet a :,mall muller ma.y IJe prophetic
of g-rea.l thing:,;, a.nd, while we may not
live in 01· by tho past, \Ve do live becam; of the pasL It ls becomdng that
we v neratc -tho gre-J.t a.nu good who
IHL\,'(' J)rl'CCCded UH. \Vo inherit not
only their a.chiovemenls but also their
hopes. From lh 'm we may draw ,ln~piralion for greater days with w'ider
iH Sll<'S than lhcy co uld know . .
ln any caso yellow documents pen- !
nerl by men of like passions with our - \
scl\·c•t1 take 011 a deep human Interest,
1
fo,· the atl venture of tlfe Is one. Even
lou~ lists of nan1es engage our inter-,
est. l\lany generations like ourselves:
have been seol<ers after God, have had
lo t•:<plorn L!ie wond er of life and
mt>ililntl' on the mystery of death. They
ha \'l' had their joys antl t!O LTOWS, their
hup '" a.nil. f Pa.rs, their triumph:! .J,nd
defea.U;, tlwir aspirations ~nd fa.llures,
thrir sins :rntJ. repentances. All these
iik,. oursel\'es rest iu the mercy of
him from whom all lhe generatlo'i1s
com forth.
Backgrounds
The settlement of tho
n·;:ion :rnd the gathering
1
ConnfcHon ith North Church Anniversary at Morning s~1 v_ice
organized religious life of tho lower
Phwala.q ua, ,vas a. VE.'rY
minor, epiLJocle in that
fnr civi l and religious
in England came lo a
~reer of Cromwell and the Common wealth in the seventeenth century,and
which late,· 1·cs ultetl in tho Revolution
and tho Civil War in America. It is a i
,itruggle In which many anotbl'r than
the Anglo Saxon people has had a part.
It sLill mightily disturbs the nations of
lhC' l'Orth. No m:in today may deter mine Its limits, forc> sl'e tho rC'sultlng
changes or declare Its goal. The strug i;le has been :tltended by much Injustice aml by tho pathetic sufl'.crinss of
friend and foe. It has made old and
CONGREGA- dear loyalties impo,isiule to regretful
REV. LUCIUS H. THAYER, D. D., P ASTO R OF NORTH
but clotermlncd men.
It
has ,
TIONAL CHURCH FOR PAST 31 YEARS.
marl<ocl by abuses, by reactions and by
fa,ilurt's, but it Is an Inevitable conflicl,
and through its successes outworn
forms of social control have dlsap - \
,\ l the lllOl'llill'~ tiCJ'\'iCC the paHtor,
ServlcPS al lh<· 1\111 th c·ongT1' gnlionJ>Pa1·c<l a.nu mankind · has Inherited ,
Rev. l..,ucinti l l. 'l hayer, 1). D .. clellvcral Church on Sun,t.,y w.-n• In commor11 and more of that freedom which
l'<I an hlstorlc.11 ad<lrt•s,i pn•parc><l for
memoration of tll'• two llundn•rl and
becomes the sons of God. 'l'he conflict
tho two huntln•cl ;<nd Jlfllcth annl\·cr liflioth : 11nlversar.1• of Lh" fonuation
Is fo r cC'd by a great urge at the heart
u( ~J)Pl.'i,1.l sa ry of the for111 :1 I 'on of tho ehurch. At
!11<'
c,·,·nlng
s<'n·ir·"
Rev.
Arthur
E.
,...
_______""""r,""-:Jr'·-'"!IJ;-"...,ffl.",..,llRlt'l'!~~a:-·
of Olf'lllin Holl, l'h.O., ~• rdarY of lhc 'oclal
-~-------1
:--:t'rvit:t' Con1n1i~; ;,,11 1 gu.vc an ~uh.lrcsi:s
.Sociely
�vealed llselt in the pt·lnclple of democracy. It has challenged eccleslasWcal
control and polltlcal organization with
large suceess and now. demand& r c cognltio~ In the Important field of Industry. The spirit of democracy fa Implicit In the gospel of Jesus. The power
or dt>mocracy Is latent In lhc witness of
the l::iplrlt with our 11plrlt>1 that wo arc
the children of God. The Import of
democracy Js 'In the call " on of man
'stanq upon thy feet and I. will ;ipcak
with thee ." With thee and not wllh
another. With thel.'-not wllh Klng,i
and Ecclesiastics-but with tho Ind!·
vldual, responsible soul. The Jmmedlato background of Interest for qur present purpose Is a closely
relatoq serles of events: the coming
of the 'M aytlow er, the great Puritan
migration to Massachusetls Bay and
tho rise and power or the Independc11 t>1
In_ :jni,g(and. ,The •first made It evident
that the democratic principle was not
only etrectlve for o. church polity but
was atile to atrord an adt>quate' political form, first for the ,P lymouth plantation and later for states and natlon>1.
The 'Puritan migration rE:sulted In the
Bay Colony, a political group strong
and competent enough to give the new
pof!ty • It~ opportunity In church and
state. The Commonwealth In England,
d·estlo~d to ll~erallzc but 11ot _s upplant
tlw 1110011-rohy, al'forclt'<l ·tor the L~me
bfllng {lecurllY tor the llltle rcpulJllc,i
lrl N1nv.. EJ1galnµ to establish lhemselye!I, and ~ncouraged the J\rassachuset~s 'flay Cojony to a nnex the Plscall\.qua. 11etUcmon ts. .
The beglqnlngs of our story can
tupy µnqerstood only In the light
tieso ev~nts, !or we are intere sted
the OJlleri;ence and successful cstabllshflle11 t pt a. democ:-atlc church, in
surroundings where the first settlers
were largo Church of England . folk,
·hosp Inbred sympathies were with
e old regime. These people naturally,
d µot without some just cause, rented tj10 coming ot the Puritans and
cir con trot ot al'fairs, and utter th e
estorjj.pon 6t the monarchy in En'gland In 16&0 there developed a sharp
"c!onfllct between the rcpresentat1ve>1 of
the English Church and the newly
;rttthored llssen ting body.
It was not with this Immediate coast
LS wltn Plymouth and ·Ma~sachusetls
Bay wl)c,re tho body of the settlers
verc i,ipirltulll auvcnturers for whom
•~nglarifl 11,t that time afforded no room.
rho •first settlers in lhls region wern
,\.dvcMprcrs b4t they "came not here
m ac;count of their r e ligion but lo ,fish
tnd tracle." They were individuals like
he J;JOtons, fishmongers from London,
>r tljo ''Advcnturen;" of tho Lnconln
~omp~11Y under Captain Waller Neale,
·vho In
toqk posses~lon or David
Cl11>mpsop:11 settlement lJcgun at •Little
·.rnrpor In 16_23. Ve have the names of
'orty ·or these Auven turcrs. 'l'en were
'actors, tho responsible agents or the
!Omp11,ny, Tho others are ,;poken of as
:ervants. ,Vlth other like ones they
10pc4 to Improve their own clrcum1tances but their ,lnaln efCort was Lo
levejop valuable domains and r e mun·ratlvo trade for gen llemen pro1lrlcors who might visit their estates now
· Lnd tl1<m, but whose homes were to lJ<
n the o)J land. Events proveu what
i~~o
e rvtng cl:i.:~.
S,rt.lUCh could IIOL )ll(•(•I
· if-i' of u. aew cotmtry,
o r bo!(J thul-ti" uwn• in any conflict In
:, urch lilltl stalti wilh lielllers imhul·<l
Ith lhe spirit of fre ·m,•n u.ntl cllerbh·1 g u. slrong l'cllglou:; purpo,w.
Puritan and Churchman.
The confllcl wl 1lch arose in du,, ti111L'
vatl uut a tran>1fl'rc11ce to New l•!11grnd of thu ~lruggle, In 11ea1·ly all Its
'lail, lltell ra:;Jng In Old E1tgla11Ll.l 1'or
'11s reason lhl::i t•plsollc in New Jc11g1nd hl~tory l:i t111l4uc. lt was a. hot
ontentlon . bet,ycen
Purilan
a11L1
!hurchm an. There wa:; maHifesL the
atred between Roundheutl and Ho:,:al;t. H was a civil and religious dls:;en •
Ion 1~ccompanied by trials and riots.
•s well ns some amusing lneldenls. At
lover, Rev. Ifo.nHercl li:1lolly,; cxcom111nlcaletl Hev. ' L'homa:; Larkha111, a
,'l llf!Hlhlze r With the Clturcltlllen, a11<1
Ir. Larl<h am Jmockctl off l\1 r. Kn olly'»
at, whereat .Mr. Knolly:; and Captain
lncferhjlj flew to arms u.ud marched
•ut with u. BilJle on u. halberd fo1· an
n sign, Mr. I<:nollys being armed with
·. pistol.
'1c rill'rn LI·
It would be tediou s lo relate how the
.any land patents were related to th,
.dvantage and a settled government
.1 lspute ; anrl how rlf:Rlrf' for pf'r.~onal
c~tcred Into
th.:
Cu11trovo1,ry .1.:: ~l
ca.used unexpected allgnrncnt of forces.
The Bay Colony naturally desired to
havo control of the Piscntaqua. settlements, that the inhabitants might be
wha she counted "honest men." Captain Thomas ,viggin served well the
Puritan cnuse lJoth at home and
abroad, and -strong Puritan peopl e
moved into th e reg-ion from England
and from the :-.rassachusetts Colony.
Rev. llu;;h Pct,:,rs, after a visit to :--Jew
liamp:;hlrt• In ] ti •I l n•pol'LL•d to GO\'l'I'·
nor "\Vintllrop that the Pi ·cn taqua people "nre ripe for our gov<'rnmcnt. 'l'll cy
groan fer g"O\Trnmcnt and gosp('l a.II
over that side of the country. .\las,
poor blc1•tli11:; soul s!" The "poor ul<'1•tling ,io uls" In th eir pelllion stated that
thf.'v "dcsir('d some help from th(' Jurisdiction of i,\fas,iachusL'llH •Bay, wh,•reby they may be onlen'd aecordln!; to
God, both in church anu commo1111·<•:tl,
and for :tvoldlng of insufferable di.,orde1·s whereby Cod hath Ileen much
dishono1·C<l amoag them."
The principle
of
democracy had
clnlmecl New England for Itself. No
help for the Church or England adhel'cnts was available from England. The
new JJollly was lo prevail in church
and state. On OctolJPr 9, 1611, all l!1e
south Piscataqua pl,1ntaliom; \\'Pre
united With l\las~ach\lHl'ltS anti St> l'C•
malncd u11lll erected Into a Hoyal 111·0vlnce by King Charles In 1679.
The Situation in 1641
Thu s , In 16~1, tho IOW<'t' l'iscataqua.
communllles
Including
StrawlJL•1T:,:
Dank un<l cr wenl a eomplclo civil anLl
religious transformation. 'l'he Pu1·itan
party ca.mo Into pos:;ession and, ut1LlC'1·
tho tiy:;tem of tho Bay Colony wht•n·
only freemen voled, they perpeluatctl
their powel~
o one will maintain that
full justlcr was done all intere~ls, 1,ul
the future was wllh those for ceful
Puritans who look th e situation In
.hand, laid such foundations and uuilt
so well llml In good time Portsmouth
0
came on1•
H'
mponanl c l e.r in
tho Colonies. That there wcrn oth er
·'poo r lJkcding souls" at ::;tr:Lwberry
L1ank at this time, Is 111a<le cf('ar from
a petition to the King In 166;;, after
noralty rl'lurnell to pu,1·er. Such sai,1,
·' fivt• 01· six of the rltcheMt men or this
p:u·ish rnlul, sw.tled ,wt! ordered all
offlct•s hoth civil and rnllila ry Ill th eir
pll',~surc," and these "ha ,·e kept us
umler hard servilud • and denyecl us
in our publlque meeting lit' common
1,ray(•rs, ~:acra1nents, antl (11_,·pnt bur-
i,11 of the cli::td."
l have n·clt(•<I tlll':;, matt,•rs somewhat fully lJecau.·e tht'y r,•la lc to th e
most lnterestl11g and unl1111e feature of
Lho ea rl y hi:;to1·y or this settlement,
i ncl arc especially :;lgnilicant for the
history of tlti,; lturch, makms it evl<lPnt why till' l•'lr:it Cllt11·•·h of Christ
in l'ot·tslllouth I,; IL l 'ungn·i;allonul
Church, a,; Wl•II a~ Wit} l,)11,•t•n's Chap 1
now ::;t. John's, d,tling 1,:,,·k to 17.~~.
",1s ont• of Lill' <·a1·llt·sl ur tile New
C:nglantl Episcopal Church"><.
Four oq;aniZl'll •·omn111:i1t IC:;
in New H:unpshlrc .,t this period: ,
Hampton, to which an orga:llzccl Purl·,tn Cl1L11·c:l had llligl'ate,1 from Ly11n
:n l6J8, UIHi<'r -::5tl'ph<•n ll,tchiler who
had ··,;uf;'t•rcd much al thL• hands of
thu Bishops" in England; Exeter with
a ch urc h of Pu1·ltan folk from the llny
fo1·mf.'d hy ,Joltn \Vlu•t'lwrlght In 1638;
Don•r wh('l'l' J lans,•nl l,nollys' church
wus organlzetl in lhc ,;anH• year; and
llH• n•glon to ill' 1»unNl l'urt,m1outh In
-G&a. This
·omprlscd "Tho !.lank,"
Great Island OJ' Nl'W
,ltiUt.',
llf'ach o,·.nye, with lhe ;;n•att•r part
G1·ee11 laml and Nt•w!11gto11.
The Firs t Worship
Two Mas~achusetls (:01·., rnors
m rL'co1·tl as ('Olllpl,Li11i11g of lit' di,ipusillon of "lhos,· uf l'ascataquack."
.\lluwl11g (01· all pn·jur!i,·,·, it remains
true that ~on1c of tlh'tiC ::H.• lllt~r1::1 were
1s Jillie Purlt:u11(;al i:1 lla•:r ul•havior
,1s they we1·e in theft· church :;ympahil'S. But th •y 11·1•r • 1tt1l 11 ltl10ul tlcl111i tl' n•liglous i11 l,•1·,•s t.
I 'r,11· !,;Ion fur
1·01·ship had hecu ma,!e al the Bank
·C'rlalnly as a rly :ts 16~8. '!'here was a
~ma ll chapel with par:;una;;t• he-·-"" 1 • •
lachcd, probably built or lo~::i. It stood
.
.. -~ .... :-:·c-~;-.t
Unlve r salfst Church and appar ntly
faced toward the marsh land. In 1635
t hC'rc were a vail:tlJlc "for Rcllglous
Use: 1 Great :Cihle, J~ ~L·rvico books,
l ]lCWlC'I' flagon, 1 conm1unlon CU()
and cover of sllvt·r, ~ fine table cloths
and ~ napkins." 111 llti:, ·hapcl an<l
"·Ith these turnish!n i;s H1:v. Richard
j Oibson, a Church of !C:ngland minister,
off iciated from 1G38 to l\u1 L'mbe r JG •IO.
I 'J'ha t tllf•rc had nut 111·1•11 n·,;11lar puJ,.
lie wor:;hip al an earli,·r d.ile seems
\ probable in view of the l"<' ·on! of Gov<'l'llOr \'.'lnlh1·up, nrntl1• in Ft·bruary
J ua~. t!Jat ";,;omc i:;-,•11 tlemen at
th e
< l'as<:ataquack)
rlvi,r',; rnuulh h au
lalPlY
~!•L
\JI)
coutn1un
JP\l}'l! r."
Th <•
union with tho 11,,y Colony !Jrousht
this Lo an <•ntl. The l'11rltan party
;;:tinC'd the a;,;C('lltlane:,-. ~Ir.
was ;,;ummorll'd hl'fun· Lile
Boston, L>ut hifl<-l' hl' wa:-; a :ilranger,
upon his submission ;,nd .Lgrccmcnt to
!ca ve the countrY, he was dl:;chargcd
without fine or imprisonmt•nt.
(To be Co,ninu •d)
-""'!T"'.:11'.ro''H
�, 11d
OF .OBSER
,.,_,_ .,,,
/t'l (;
-r. ,
(l'u11li11ued frulll YPHL1·nla.1·)
The Origin of the Parish
The ConslilUlion of our Parish n.>sts
llpon an interesting
document dated
~tay ~G. 1640. This d<'cd was signed by
wenty m<'n lnclucllng tht' tht'n govt'rnor. In part the dct'cl reacls ag follows:
''WIH'r<'as divC'rS & RUlHlry of the Jnhnbitant .. n( thr low ,,r P.nrl nf l'n,:s cn.t'l 11uack whosC' Nn mrs arr lH'l'l' under
written, of their fref & Ynlunta r y mind
<!OOd will~ & aRsC'nts without con ,t r !'lnt c,r compulRlon of nny mnnn<'r of
;,erson or prrson s, ha,. .., gr:tnt('(l, 1:lv1•n
,~ contrlhut!'d, divf'r~ &. seYrr:tl gu m ~
of monry town.ril th!' building, r,rnr tng & fo\tnding of :o l'arsona g,, lll>USI'
vlth n C'h:1ppell thrr.,to 11nit1•rl :t>' <11Ro
, XC'<l ,· :~ivfln to ~aicl P nr;-;onu~<'. ~O\\'
he 11:tJd Tnh:ibirntlls :1forl'sayrl hy th"lr
·ommon :HR!'llt & 1'0ll~f'nt tnwnrcl thr·urthPt :111<'<' :tn rl :lll\':1nr·,·m<'nt
of thC'
10nor & ,'.lory or f:ocl, cln!' gi1·<'. grant.
tlil'll(' & S!'tl (l\'('I' unto ThCllll!I" \VLll'orcl & l1r11r~·
,!-!h rrhurn<',
Church
\\'arc:\'n>' or thi:s Pn rlsh tn 1l11•m and
hrlr :sne1·C'sso1·s all th!' snlrl l'nrsnnagP
('hnpprll.
CnrntlC'ltl, (::11·tlnn
:leh" L.11•<1 " ·ith ,11 . . .~Jll'lli:"11,,nc·r~.
vlth :ill n111· Right. 'l'ltl • . ln i"l'"Sl and
o th 1 ' :-::1,vrl Pn1i ~f"!-I to rrin1;,nr•. endun•
~ cbn t I 11111• in JJ P1·prt11it i1• for EvC'r, Io
he t:sr nf tlw :t fnr r~ tl
l'a I ish, And
hat th<' ~tl Ch1tt'l'h
\\":11·dr11H, th<'ir
:ucc+'t-:Ror.-; nncJ f"lthPr or thP n1 wc-h :Jt''-'
,·pa rly lo lw chosrn h.v lh" ,:d Parishonf'I'~. h" <lf'C"mC'cJ &
:;J
rljudg-Nl only H ;--i
'feoffN'H in tt·tt st tn thr tlHf' un cl he•
1oofr or thP ,;rl ra Ii ·h.
"Antl rornsmiwh :1~ ,, ,, ~d l'ari~hlonr-rs hnl'" fo11nrlr-1l l<· h11ilt
th<' s1I
Pn.rson11~P I 1011 •.u \ , 'h'.1p1,,
wl h
th,•
Appurt('ll:lll ('!'S /I I I 'l l'il' (}\\'11 )ll'O])C'I'
Cost & Ch:u·g<'S & h:tl't' m:uJ,, C'h'>Y!l"
of l\1r. Ricll:lrd Gihoson to b<' tlw fir st
Parso n of thP Hcl P arnonage. sor llk"wlse whrnsoev1'1' the- sd ·P :irsonag"
h:i,pp!'n to br voy<l 1,~· ll<'ath of yr. lnr-umhrnl or hi!! t!Jll'' agrf'Pd upon rxpired. that thrn th r, P,1 ro11ag" p1·!',sently ll.· ~omp1ation nr 1hr, p:ir~nn to
b<- ,·r~tl'tl & remn nc- in th!' pow!'r &
F:ll"ct ion o r the s,! l \11·i,:hionrrs. or I hr~rPn t<'I' part of t'nr•m fn1·r,""I', • •"
A I Important .. 1,111 ·p in this d.-,,,1 ;.
·he (lllP 1 : 1u l l'~;1d~ ...~~ ,p likfl\\";"iP \\ h"n<Oe,·rr thP .,d parsonarlg" hnpprn to bf'
·;oyd h:V llf·ath of Y" l111•11 mlwnt, or hi~
•i mc- agreed lll 011 O'XJ)itrd, tltnt thf•I'
the Patron:i;;e p1rs1•ntly :, nd Nomyn:t:ion or n· parson tn lw ,-,,~tecl ,v. r :•.
rnnn.- In tlrn pow\'r & (,;1,, ·lio n u( theid Parishioners or ll11• gr,•atPr part of
them forcvl'r."' '\Vht•ll1er 01· nu t the expectation or th<' sii;nen; was that llw
illCIIIIIUt'lll should alwa~ s
ht• or tilt·
Ch11r,·h flf 1•;n~la11U lJ(Th:t}Pi
111)
onn
1·:t l)
:<a.y, Ca.rcrul argu1111•11 ts li:t v,, 1.,,,,.11
mat.l e 011 uul11 sldPs. Ti111" has m ade
;uult ,L del'islun uf 11u h11purtancP. Th e
lc111ui.:ratie 111Plhrnl 11( tll,• Ph•c·liun of
. he JHLl'>w n t,y tl11 • l"'oplo•, a11,J by :,
naJ ur ily volt•, wa~ 1101
tlH· c·us tu111 of
' l11, l•;~la l.J lh;hed ('lt111"11 llf thus•' Ll,ty·
'>llt this provisiu11 .. r u .. , d t••••l " ·a~ or
1111111' alt' JJl·a.cll• ·;tl lmpur"'"'''• ,,s It allowed lite l'l1a11i;c J11 th1..
l'l'li1!it•IJ~ sc11litnt'llt in the Sl'tt!Ctttt'nl
lo <'l'lll" to ,,,q,rC'sslun In an tkdcrly
way. J turi11,; the sevL•nlce11th t::entury
tow11 a11d pariHh, were practically otH'.
ll may ut' added lha.t the origin of the
1mr i~lt. ill llll' tlr,•d of 1640, il.CCOUl1t ~
fur lit" fa('t tll.i t the ")llni,itry l•'lcld"
in l'ol'l~mouth was called' the Oll'hc
and that thr m ,•mhers or the standing
com1nl1tce or this parish are called
"\\'ardPns," a thing probably unknown
In non-l!:pis1·op,~I Churches PXcept in
this r<'gion.
The Oays Between
Th t• 11wjo1 ;,,. or the voter,s now ucing No11con!'orrnists invited Mr. Ju.mes
Parkr-r or ,veymouth to serve them.lie
had hrC'n a <lr]l uty of the public court,
" Corlly man anrl :t ~chol:u·, hut not an.
orclainc-d minl~tcr. "Hy ndvlcc of cl!vl'l'S nf thP m:1gl g1 r;1trs anrl C'ldrrR or
:'-h s~a chu:s, t 1" hr- a c,·c•ptcd the call,"
anct taught thl' p eop le for some three
;vc-ar~. 0oYernor \Vinthrop r c-p01·ts on
thi,; miniRt 1·r ;1,; follow s:
"lt pl ea"'C'c1 God to gini ;;1 e:tl su• ·<•p:-:~ 1n hi.~ l(lhOI"!--, '-10 ;n.; abOUl r,,r1y of
ilH•1t1, wh r,n•of I ht' mo,;t had be,•n , ,~ ·
prutc, IH'. : 1nd :--o n1 n ()f t lH'lll rrut't•:,;!:'••cl
~•J11·mir~ to t lw wa:v of our Church•'"·
\\'101,, tCl th<' 111:igi;;tratc-s :incl C'ltlen:
'l('l" IO\\'h'<l.,:i111! thr ><lnfu l cou,·se th e,~·
h:trl lived in :ind bC'wu!llnc: the saml',
nnd hlr ~si n ;r <:ocl fOt' ,•:,f ling th l' m out
of it. a n<I f'a l"ll"~l ly <1" .-{ j ring ll-:.1 t i,f r.
P :irk r mt ~ht ,._,,,Un :11nonf; thPnl." lJn -
h:ipplly lh<' C'lironlclt'r had to a<ld,
"l\lo~ t of th t> m fell back again in
e mbrac in~ lhi,s prPsc-nt worlrl ."'
The town records ,;how 1:,a1 re:1glou8 st•rvicPs ,·ontinucd. a11d 1:1
\\'t' n•,ul that ".\L u pui,l1,p1 ·~ m e:et lni;
hl'ld lh,, "'"''"11th or ,\prll Lil•' inhal,!lH.11 to; Utl S'<'IICJ'a lly a.eknowll-tlge that
l11cy a1·1• "illi11i,; t h;tt
~\1r.
Brown ,
~huuJd
eo11tinut~ their n1inh:;ll•r as he
h:u; 1,,., 11 if ht' lJH 80 pi ca.sea :· This l\11·
,l:ollll'S ilt'U\\'Jl ' \'HS an IIIOl'd,ti11t•tl tlt.l I
fn11n N1•wb11r.,·. h e \\'.ts 11l rusc•tl tu ,1 >
cept this ur~<'nt
in\'itati1Jn
hut ·:-nrnin rcl only anot hrr YNtr, ,;c-1·ving -•·
cl C'n t ly from ,r,r,.i., to 16~6.
The Coming of Joshua Moorley
Octolw1· 7, 1fif,6, '·J t i~ :, greed 'lJlO'.!
th at ll <' lll'~• Shrrh11rnr- is to g·op In 'hC'
\V•.,~t\v:1rrl in hr·h :1l f nf th" ,vhnlr co,,·~,
In :."'f k :11HI 1n irup1irP for nn :lh1<" 1 ntl
~11 fi,•iPn1 niin i~t1't· .. 1h r 10\,·n p:,:,i in~
hiri, r'nr lli s p1in~ ... Twn 'lppro,·Nt 01 •• 1
n •f11m<1 1111• pn ~:l1i1111, h111
tliP
<111<' .4 ..
\\ '.IS •• ,.,,,, 11, d "i11, r-.u,·1·1·~~ in I hf' <•fl ,~
inr. nr .lo., h11n .\ JooclPy in 165n. u,, \\'nH
:, nwn P111in1111ly ,fitterl to J:.iy ])CJ'manent foun1la t ion,i and to guide the c11• 11
.ind rPlig-inu~ life nf thl• new cu111mu11lt y.
. . 1~ ~ r'lc'l ' · 1'1::, .... rJ.'lua.~ l u! 11,
1
~
ii' tltro
tnla I
list r,[
~•·.1du,tl"• of tl'l n 1ru Cnl!e;;e whC're
h" l.,r•cn111c :1 fn!l01• •ind :.;ludlell th rolusi·. 11 ,, t,, •i;a11 hi '> ministry i11 the new
huu:;r t ltat had l.,1•f'11 fl.U thortl11• town i11 l6G7. l~ig-hlY: "L'<
. ·111Jscril.J1·tl fur hi,; supr1urt,
inhaU;ta11L:.; o( tht• region tri-
uutary· t,, t!w nank may havP afforded
him a par:~h or some three hur1dn•d
'flw con1111u11ity
1·1•s11011tl<-d
lo hi~
mlnlRtrnllom,, t·rowllin~ the m eC'tlng
J,ouse :rnd nr,·c•.;si1ati ng larger a.ccommodatio11s,. 'l'lw ,·hapc-1 with the 1n:-
f.ot• ~Ir,
:',lloodcy·;; uso and
brought
M:trttvt Coll In~. o.. bride or' twenty-o.1e:
the claui::hter or "o. good man-the d~acon ot th" chu1'ch" Jn Cutnbridge. ·she
\\'SJS the- tirnt or a goollly line of 'mlnl~tc-rs' wtv<-s Who8e SC'rvtc;e, hall been
0ullt Into this C'hurch.
On :'-1:in·h :,, lfi60 the town had form:111:; vot"rl to ~Nlll' i\H. ).foouey with·
th, ·m •'in thr , mlnlstrr, bul he w:is not
installCl'd 1101· was a church formed until 1 R71 wh<'n hr hail ministered· for
t\\'l'II"<' yr-a1·s.
.\.s we have
ehurche!! had rxi,;te<l In •the netghbor!nr: Rc-tllC'menls (or thlrty-th1·ee years.
Tlw c·onr,reg:it Inn In Portsmouth ha:d
crowdC'1l thrir lluiltllng. But no reason
Is gil·en anywhnre to sallsfy our curlos,ty or to answer the quesllonlag
1h·1t thro dPln y in forming a ~hurch
nu.tu1·:t"II~• nw:okPnS. Jn the preamble lo
~J 1·. Mootl£•Y 'H narratl<>'fl' there· Is the
sla tt·menl tlw l the serious en~eavors
or both 1 lie pa8to1· • nd o! sev9ral Inha hil ,mts ha.d been so ·much In vain
th at only the Lord
might · lay the
foundation of ·an houoe · for himself,
\111 we do 11ot know to what
<'""' i\11·. ~1oodey referred: The situa tion argues a careful leader wilh a
high idC'al for church membershlp,and
the years of wnltlng must have guar:111tecd Lhe quality of the foulldatlon
tlta t '1\'aS la id.
The Gathering of the Church of Christ
0
In Portsmouth.
The • first record book of the church
hears Lhr. Inscription, "A Book ConJ
tclnlng Ye Account of the Go.thiTlng
and Carrying on Ye Church of ChrL t
In Porlsmouth,
Anne : 1671." ' •Mrf':
Monrley'!! narrative of· that ga't lie1=1ng
holrls thP place of honor, and Is In bis
clear handwriting. at ls a notable document. Copieg of IL have been printed
n no distributed for this occasion, that
1·c-ading il ~•ou may l.,e impressed by,
the serious Import or the account, -and
jucl~P Clf th<! orderly
r:1shlon
with
\\'hlch th(' grcnl dcty' \\'(lS (Ltl])l'Oacl1ed
,, nd the long- dcsir a occasion
l'ed.
Messengers or the churches' came
:rom Ipswich, Rowley and , Hampton;
.ind also from Cambridge "uecause·the
p,Lstor belonged t'o that church,''. having jolnC'd.lt In hi,l 'colll:gcr' days. 'Gov-'
ern or Leverett of .Massachusetts came
al~o. A Jari;o body" or the inhabitants;
~hen estimated tu ~1uvJ been six hund'"d, In the morning listened to a. sermon by .Mr. Jlloodcy out o! Ii:zektel
l~::15. 111 the a.rtel'lluun.
those
w,•rc lo l.,e bi,giuners 111 the
•11:ulP rO:"l:t tiun ur their · Chri~tla.n ext11•rie11cc, those who had been members
ur othcr churcl{es µresenting their lot•
lt•rs as well, and these all being ap•
proved hy ll,e
messengers
or the
churchl'S they
· "Itnbodleu
into' a
t hurch t,y
an expllclle covenant." ~-;;:lli~..li'.<I
''Then lite pastor was ordained after
llw u11a111mous vole of the -church for
the choice of hlm, antl liberty given to
,Lil the congregtttlon to object If they
had aught to say, He was ordained 1Jy
several of the elden;, '(at the desire of
tlw church) )lr. Oobbett giving hlm ·
his charge and l\11·. •Yhcelwright the>
right hand or rellowship." rnrhen foe
l)U.HL01· ordained Sam. Haines, Dea.con,
with lmpo8ltlon of hand and p1·0.yer. A
p s:tlm was sung, and the Congreg,ttion
dismissed by the pastor with a. prayer
and bleH~!ng."
�Such was the ordering or a.n oc-'
t,ai1lon whose influences l1ave con·UnUed until ' this day and have· extended
Unto the ends o(the earth; whose ln.fluences we may hope are to move on
th'rougb other •centuries and fully revea,1 their import In another sphere of
llre.
"Th.e -Church...Covenu.nt chat those
wbo first itnbodled did on 'yt Day publlc'W '& solemnly enter lnt11" Is also
J.)Ut Into ' yobr hands. Becau:;c of
simp\lcltY, Its freedom from dogma
and ·tts religious value It would not be
out of place in the church life or to-·
aiy. .
Mr, l\Ioodey'!:! choice ot' 11. text on . that
llay 1·e~· nls something of the quality
of ·t11e ri-ian, or nis civic lntl!rest and
of his a,pprechtllon of !l\e true tunctlon ·
a church. The text reads, "Th,e,
nam'.e
the city from that day shall
be, -Tll'e ~ortl ls tl)crc." The church organized that day was not meant to b'c
o.n
en·d I i~• lts;lf. Its put:po':;c
was to
,
•
serve, and to enable the community to
i:eceive and ·, to rejoice 1n tho presence
and power ·of th~ Goll , of rig!; leousnco~.
o{ jEstice,_ or p_urit}' ,auu of pe,u:e.
, Il fa,_ ev.ide11t,. !llllt tl!I:; na.rrl,l,ti_ye was
written some time ,a.fter the !)vent Itself, •~or Mr. l\l<iouey failed o name tlw
du.y Of_,the, II!Ollth. A :;pace for the date
was Jett which of course he 1i1t~nde<l
tor ,IUI in - later,
Is bette~ to comm em .
orat,e · ~vents than to observe days, and
for o~t purpose_ in this two hundred
and ,fiftieth year It hus been convenfe'n~ to- ch~O§<'. ~u;: ow; season,, but
'"" sharp rh<' genc-rn I rPgrc-t th:i.t 'a
fl~tt or ' ~!,lei{ ·, me'rPl;'t . hnR.. he~n 10~1
hey011cl
rc-coVC'ry, ,:!\fr. AllomA, whosr:
(·
.<'.areful wol'k,.nl wa.ys crcat1'~ ronfiflrnr,
clC'(?frleR lh~t tho rlatr m11s1 hnv<' hrrn
.Tu(v 21 01· -22, ]Wl'.IH'nt sty!t: ot
ot
or
It
SECOND SUNDAY
OF OBSERVANCE
- Nflllil~~·~.:
(Continued from Yesterday)
"'k_
HE NAMES OF THE M YT FIR{T
IMBODIED."
The nine men who related their r,'llgious experience and m,ul <' tlwir
vow s in the presence of the peonlP
were all men of standing. Rix of thl'm
,were o! the most important men in t i1e
community and their n a m es occnr con
stantly in thP early provincial r,.r.or<L;.
It, must be added thn.t ro11r of th elll
,figure among the ",five or six rltc-lw:,;t
men, of this parish who rnlr.,l an,1
ewaled" th!ngA at their pleas m·e ,rntl
were complained of to th<' Kin;:: hy
the Church of England party.
John and Richard Cutt we re mPrchants, sons of a Welsh member of
Cromwell's Parllament. Johii be<'am<'
'.Presiclent of tne .Province. Rlchn rel
was the richest m a n In New Hampshire. ,Both don1tted money to the new
1
collego at Cambridg e, whil e .lohn left
one hundred pounds for a free schoo·
in •Portsmouth. Mr. .To,rn Fletch er
was a physicla n, and la t!'r bee-am<> dea con of the church'. Samul'! 1Ialn efl , UH'
first deacon, had his hou se on Oreot
Ba.y, He was for ma!1y ::car., ono of
the selectmen. Hf' had a nn r row ,:•s<',.!h'
from shipwreck when h ' came from
England. A 131blc> whir.h hf' l'P~ <'H"<l
from the sea was shown n: th,, l',I' "
hundredth anni\· <'rsn.ry. \YMr.i1 J1ra!1ch
of the family now hold s it is not yet
•k nown, but we hope to obtain it to be
held hy the <":iurn)l. C'apt:i in F.li~ ~
:,,t11e1Tian and :\lr. f:irhn nl :,In rein hoth
held frequent and important oWees
in the prov'lnre, the Jarte" ))ecominr:
Chief Justice of the Snpr·emP Court.
Captain John Pcntleton whom• nttm e
appears as n. large /n nrl-hoWer, latnr
fought in the Jrv'linn' War .I lrn T•td>
l'r was n. mnn of su:) stan llal property
and among th<' earl~· pnt!tionern of
lln.slmchusett,i. In addili<'•l LO he!ng
men of a f(Ju cn(\C and Je11,\PrPhip, Llwy
appear LO have he i n men or pai·sonal
integrity who were
resp erted
an,]
tru.s tecl by tho community flt lrirge.
The , central tigu~e , in •the goroup was
the minister , himself, ,Tmihtm ".\l ooci<'),
n m'ii.n of such natlYe ablllt)· :incl so11nd
tra.lning as to enable him to gather a
group of such strong
m en
as the
,i:i,\ieleus•, oJ.,-;the ,new .church.
Churchman and Puritan-The Final
Conflict.
For eleven yec: r s the ·Puritan ent erprise prospereci unhampered by serious opposition, but in l 682 i hecann'
evident that a struggle was .Jmminent
and that ,M r. :1-[oodcy woulcl hn\'e neecl
ail his forc e of character, as he w:: s
de'st!ned to bear the brunt of this In st
'j conflict in th e Piscataqua region between the spirit of the old regim e and
that spirit or Democracy that w as
rampant Jn all the New England communiti es . •<\fter the Ti estoratlo n of th!'
:Monarchy in England, th e Church or
tngland party In Portsmouth, in 166n,
followed their petition of complaint
Iof
:t~olnst the lorn! Non,.onformi ~t leaders with another petlt Ion pmylng that
they might be frPed from the jurisdiction or }.Jas;l!achm;crts,
they m,ty be ;;oved t,y
Ia,yes of F.nglanrl and e njoy thP use or
the !'acrnmts wch they ha,·e hl'e n too
deprive<! of." 'l'hls was s lgn crl hy thl'
consid e rable number of
per.,0m;, \\'h en in 167i th f' rP ~f'cmed
clanger that t!1ls petition
grantPd ''the fear or loselng the long
enjoyed and still desired B neflt of yr,,
Massac hus e ttx Oovernm"nt" !eel to the
~ending of u co11ntr r IJ"litlon Cr1tm th)
f0ur Ji1lle rl'p11hll c~ . Portsmouth . F.xete1·, DoYrr anrl Hampton. The Portsmouth petition t rs lities that un ,ler th e
jt!l'i.,,lirLion <tl' ;'\las~ach11 sc ttc
have hel'n <Inly eneonragecl ro Jeacl
quiet ancl peoc-enhle li\' es In oil ;.:odl!
u t>,;:; .~- honeHt)·, \\'r :11·e m(•n \'L clc:-;ir<' tn ft 1 ar y e L oni . '" Kl ng ,'( .1o t ~o
meclrll,• 11·itll them l t a rl' go!I, n
Ph,1n;!'e, n~ wPll l:nowin~ what cnnfus ior :,,
clln r:tr tlon .·
ancl
T);1 magl'
Ch:'i n-.: ·s
~o ..,·crn m PPl~
i) l'
arf-'
no·
unusual n.trt:n<1P<I ll'ith." tfa,\ Kin-,;
CharicF been a blf' to foresee thf' tuturtand to rPalize thf' full mean in g of th~
leav en th e n nr work ln all tlw little
!'\ew r:n3"ian1l r l! nubll<' s lw might well
ha.,· e hu·ilrttc,1 t'' <lPny thi ::: pH!tlon
:.111<1 1.Cl g-ranr th<' flr~t.
t\:-;
it wa~, ~ew
Hnmp hlr" wn~ 1·111 off from th1• Purltan pro,·lncr ol' ,\Iassac hu sctt,, and
0
wns t•re<'tecl a~ a. s,.pnrrttc ~ov,• 1·11mcnt
in H:7: 1 • T!ir f'fl
y(':1rH
l:ilt•1·
E llwartl
CranjjeJfl arrivecl in Portsrnouth with
his nppol ntment as Lieutenant (;oycrnor and Commanrlrr-ln-Chi f' f of
Province.
TherP is abundnnt mnterial in
old chrf)nicles for thP story of th!'
.sen~iotH
bet,•, cen
Cranlleltl
::IIoocley an d the final
•
• l
the outcome that the
prison ecl and practically banis hed from
the province. Since Mr. Adams r Pview~d and set forth this m n.te rl a l In 1871
valuabl e provincial papers
Cranfi Pld's 1;e11ort8,' h:i.ve become av:illablC' through copl ·s mad e from the originals ln the 'London Archives. From
reading them one lnfer;i that the preJudlcl's and purp oses which th e Go\'e'rnor hro11ght wi t h him WC're much
C'hn.ngl'd n.t fir s t. He appeared to be
fair minded and desirous of getting' on
with th e s ltu nlion. H e found
small rnwns wltosC' people had been
lmpoverl,;hed hy the, Inrllan Wars, n.nrl
mur.h mi s r ep resented. Hut shortly his
Ion ~ time clevol!on to Royalty and
Episcopacy, and th e df'termlnatlon of
the lea,lPrS or the province ro
110113"ht to do with s u c h things comp1i\lc•11 !tltn to :111 <'Xln•m.- po~l tlon . Tlw
le tt e rs to thf' home a.nthoritiPs throw
much light upon thP temp er nnd co:1- ""'"-o<,·•·•-•
dltlons or life in Pm·t~mouth at that
lime, and a re signifi cant for the life
:lf this rhnrch in it>< ·!lr,; t clPrarlcs.
Cr:tn t1 C'l d
\Va~~ \1,:,:,tt
~n ougll to recog~
nize th<' seriousness of the movemen t
wjth whlrh h e was str uggling, :ind !ts
J utrom P if It was not "nippcrl In the
tiull; " bnt he was n<,t wise Pnoug-h to
lrnow that no powf'r on f'arth
:l<'fea.t this thing, whi<'h
�:,ad hec-n rr"atly '1'-".' :,vat<'cl hy thn
minister, hut i, is ,,, C' J>O!'~!l,lr that
~hC' governor',:;
trca 1 nenr.
<'f
~,loo<ley w:1,f' mnre irr111 1 •r~onal n.nd 10. s
arbltr:;ry thnn it ha· r-.nrn'!timcs apprarerl to he. 1;\finistr• r,s ,,·c-1·c- the rno,st
tln.nr,-rrou q cln.ss in tll'' provincr. ::.rr.
~,oocl ey wn~ the mos: L zr•alo11s of them
ti\. Jt w:rn n,.,t stranr:" that 'ranfle!<l,
,_,,......,...,.,..,, \\'ho hc-Ji,.vNl that rnr•u ro111,1 he inti:nicla!.!'<l, sho11lr\ ha,·" m:ulc- a ~hlnln~
example or :1-1 r. _\loo•lcy. '.rhc tlcrnancl
:nacll' upon Mr. )loocl"Y that he should
,dmll;l~ll'r the ('()!lllllUniflll il!'COrdln~
tn rllll:tl ar11l pt•r ·1,11,: t·•>1111111rrd11i:
was hul :i parlirul:1 r in><lance n(
principle tha.l Craufi<'l•l hl'ld and or th"
,;cneral method n( J',"cc,\nre that
rc-cornml•n,ll',l.
Cranflc-lcl ha(l issu"rl a c:encral ordrr
aclmiuistl'rin:;
ttH
.,,,,,"-"·~·<•~• Lord' s; • upper in surh form a;;
Zorth in thr •Book of Common Prayer,
ann q uorerl the ln.ws of lhl' n•alm rcquirln~ this, :I-Ir. !,Jnnd<'Y when inrl!C't~<l p'.<':t•lc-rl tlla.t rhP stalUt" rcquir·<1 Episcopal or<.!imtlitm \\'hir:1 he hnrl
not rrcel,·ccl nn<l that il att:ichecl "
scn•r" prn::\.lt}· for ,•,·c-ry of(c-nsc-. H<'
hold\~- nrl1led, ho11·c-v••r, "that
theHl'
.s tatut es di<! not rxl••n,1 to th<' phntn-
tnission.' 1r,, ,v!)~ ('01)\'l<'tf d 011
rhn r~ " n( n.dminiqtPring
Lh, .. ~'1.rra-
rrtc-nts c-nntr:i.n· to Llr•• ritf'S an<l ceremoni<'s nf Liv• Chur,'h oi 1°:n,::lanll :1 nrl
~entenretl 10 impri.comn"nt for
six
months without hall. .\flrr nn lmprlRVaul-!'han at th" how,P. of Cape. ~tilr•m:m at <:rr-;u J. In.nil. :lfr. 7'{1,nrl'Y w:,~
rclPa~rrl. In ;\fay, Jr,Rt. with :in inJunr1
llon to prrach no rnnr" in till' pr,,yinc<'.
ll rc-rl'ln'ri 1.11<1 ac,•r pl•••I :i I'll Ii t11 :u·1
af! temporary eollf'a.~UI' tn Lh" pasto1
of the First Chun•h in nm:1,,11. The details of the trial an<\ imprisonmf"nt :i.rf'
or .,-rcn r interc~t ancl arr
by )lr . . \darns. l ,, ntllr" nn onr !':,•
ti-n.rt from :ltr. )J oorll'y'. nwn state- ,
:i;.1'1!''.,;-,;,;1,:,1 ment: 11 1:l'ems tii:tr \\'altf'r nar"foot ,
fnr r-On\·:rtiOil , l\\'t'I
.· un,lrr 4!0nstrnint.
·,1 ,.;,,.,, .1r. :1-Ioo,ley,
Gr"f\nf" rt:'IH~l' l(\d '\.ltd tna<lf' :t1'\~nnwled,:r1n•· n t to tl1" pr,~111r 11 hn fr"t'IY r,,,.
ga,YI" him. \~ob"Y w ,., f'Xromrnunical,.d
oul n( IJ.unpton • 'h11rd1 for :i common
drunl:ar,t :inrl rlir•d ,.x,·oair,1nniratc-,:1.n1l
11
waH thrn\Yfl into 1 hnl0
11 Par
hi~ h<lltt=''·
:or f•?:tr nf an n rr".<1 n( hi" ca.rra,,".
trmper ll'hCl'"f'f. h ' •li• ,1. ( 'nfiin W,l 0
takf'n h~ th<' J n1li'l11• anrl hl~ hn11,-r
;1.n!l mill~ hurnl, him ·c-H nnL "!:tin hnl
tl!"mis~,.,I. Thr I ,nl'l g-il·" him rrpen l~n<''\ though nn ~ "n nf it h'1 ,·c nppc-arrd. r~alm ~:Ir. ''l'h<' Lore\ hath
ma<IP himHe lf lrno1111, ] f,.. hn Ltv PX('f'll ·
tecl ju<li::m<'nt. 'rhr ll'irkNl I" s11:irt•1\ In
'the- wnrk of hi~ o, ·•1 hari,l!'.' ·• Tt is rri,ornP<l thnl "C:oorl \fr1·. )T:lr in
no!. n hlr• lo 1i 1·<' ahn-."
llJ\
pastorates
argues a ,self-respecti ng
body or parishioners with leadership
of comprehension and poV,:er.
On May 3, 1609, Nathaniel
was ordalnecl over a church consisting of twenty males ~nd fitly-nine f·emales. He was to have the use of' th£
parsonagP and the Giebe besides orie
hunrlrPd pound'! a year. Ha was u...zui_llve of Ipswich and.
graduate o!
Harvard College In 1687, · being for
youngest son or' Its President, Rev.
.Tohn Rogers. It Is claimed that he wa~
a descendant ot John' Ro11:Pr1> "'hr~·
mur-h nngr~r r"~("ntmcnt.
~1lCen Mary burned a.t Smithfield, In
n,1 rlni:: th<'i<" · yen r<\ lhP Portsmouth
,1,ny rase he · w/\>1 called "the ~oou :l\'J.1
l~h11rrh \crpl up thrlr prlrntr mc<'tlni::s
Ttogrrn," which lntllcnlce ;iol only the
1111,l (11, ,~ :1.1111 h·,vln!\' 110r.10 i;upply
J)ll'tY or h!s martyr ancestor, but also
pr<':< rhln,:: h<'ld I ng-C'ther. l\lr. :'v.l oocley
that he approved hlmself ' in the homely
vis!·rrl. t:irm nfl< n. Their cor:-eRponancl intimate relntionsh lJ)S 'of daily'lfte
t;r:,r~ rf'Y e:tls hi~ affectionate reRarcl.
ll<' had need of all goodness to pla)
hi ll'illin~'l'<'P<: co spn•c them nnd their
!1is part well, for It was during hi~
rrt•' ,1r,1 rtc-,-ln• 1hat h<' should ml," up
pa!'tcirn.ce lhat "itn u r1llli.ppy \.division"
hi m'nl" ry wi•h tllC'm. I' wonlrl ap:1 rose which was attended with shar);
P"'"" L11 or th" tl"ln:: wa~ clue to a difrontrovl'rsy and strong feeling, an(·
fC'I'''llf'" of nrin ion n R to
which r!'sultecl In the formation of "th<
for "n\ling- a rounc!l. ln H92 hnYingSouth Church a.rid Parish. 'l'he new
me eting house, whose location was the
n~ h" rl,..~irf'ld h,... -nt,1r-,,..cl tn Port~c:i use of the trouble, was· built on this
mn11th. 011t\v;1tr~L"~ rhr-~,.. "·rrf\ tryin.t;
spot , th" northeast corner of the · Glebe
cln.y,; for th" p1 rl!'h
rn
whlrh )Ir.
nncl hrro )Ir. Rogers conducted wori\lnrnlc-y re.urnr1I n n,\ thPY had neNl
ship for the flr'st time· on the second
or n minii<try of <'Omforc and · cheer.
Sunclay In .Tanuar)·, · 1714. i\s ,to te·call
'I'll" l"'oplc- w.-rr l,m·,u,sed an1' Catlgue<I
the two hundred and eight' ye7tra of
t>y continue.I changes rtncl imposltlonf.
11;or:shlp here with the confession, ason tho pare or the Bngll,sh ,::overnmf'nl
iiiratlon nnd self-dedicatHm of succesancl it~ rrpreia,.nt~ ttve~. Th,.ro wa" n lso
_,I\·<' ;:{enerntions of' men and ' women
condnurd though c\esultory warfare
likP unto ourselves, we are sfrange!y
wllh th<' In•li,ins with frequent rnlcl s
nio,·c,l anrl lrnov; that we stand on
an•l occnr:ion:11 ma~'lacreR.
'inly ground . .
)Ir. )too<i"Y clird on .I uly 4, 1697 In
' 1ll'. Rogers rliccl in 1723 navlng serhis «lxty-flfth year, in noston, where
·,cd the church tor twenty-four years .
fnr tn"•lical air\. His burIn lhr ch11rc-h rel'ords we read: "HE'
th"
nrann.ry
was a most excellent :1-llnister; anC:
r:rounrl.
iii~ ;\Iinisstry, as well as that of thal
()11" hun11rN1 anrl e·ix ~- pPrsons Jolnho!~~ ;\I:ln of God, his Predecessor,
pr] th" clrnr,'il during Mr. Moodey's
.,·a~ <'minPntly owned and 'blessed o~
p:u•tor:tl••. l)r, numhrre<l "some hundthP 1neat Head of the Church." Trad!- ,
rr••l,; mor" than four thouRand serlion ndcls, "that he had a very agree1'nn11•." /\ mnn;:,; his Inst worclR, express:i:hlo mnnncr of prearhlni:: an<l wa::i
l:1,:: his ,spt'<'i:tl 1\Pslrl', wrre "The JlCr•
very e!egnn l In person 11.r.rl de:iortlife
of
the
1nc-n t." He was buried at the expense
r-h11rchrs anrl the ,lyin;:,; power of godor the parish nr the Point of Gra,·es.
lin""" in t!v•m, T hf"~('Prh you to. look
Descrndn.nts of one or his nine chllcl·ifl"'' that." Dr. Cotton MathPr in his
ren hrtVe erecterl
to his memory
f,111.,ral c•:tld, ·'Th" churrh ln Port~sni n hie tablet
on the wall of
mn11t11 (a p:i,·t of the
country
_
<"hnrrh Oj)JlOSltC' to the pulpit'.
m11rh owM it.'I li[l' to him!) cries
ln che spring or summer or 1725
c,hur,•h Rettled ncv. Jabez ,Fitch
'.1.'l'l !,· rf':t1IY 1n rry out,
thPir third pastor. ,Uo was one 6f the'
•:rn·, 1 111:" th" ~ra; who ran heal
nin1• c-hildren of Re,', James Flt.ch of
Norwi<'h, Connecticut. Upon hi s gradof the Eighteenth Cen1ht1on trom llarYard College In 1694
tury
hr was elected a Fellow of the cor1111,··ng 1\w 18th century thifl church
poration and became a tutor. He h~cl
.,·:i,· 1'il'~t "Ith a, rcmarlmble ministry .
been pastor of •the ancient church ' of
F1111r !•:1otor:rH'" <'"''", the period from
Ipswich for some twenty-one years
11:!il\ r" 181~. Hor;er><, Fitch, I.n.ngclon
and had married into the well known
.,11°\ nncl:mlnoL"r "'"re all notalli" men;
Appleton family. He Jett Ipswich • on
,..,·r11 in ri r~n l11ry ,·,hen Ne,v England
account or J1~adcquate support '
•.•r, ,.,, l11•r rholr<' ~on;; to th<' mlnl,stry
cnmf' to Portsmouth for a i;alnry of
of thr- ('hriHI inn C'hurc-h. They were or
one hundred and· thirty pouncls and
th" hrsL "oloninl stock and recelvNl
"the- c-on lribu lion of strani;ers."
·
'.hi' h!'st c-<lucatlon that their tiny a[·J\Ir. 'Pilch ",t,ns disllngulshea for His
(ori11•1l. All werl' rnc-11 of learning and
lirc-rnry acquirements." He had a tasto
chnrartc-r. Langdon was nn able publifor historic111 rosearch and collected
risl. Hnrkmin"ter atltled to tnlcnt and
man r facts for which Dr. •Belknap
lr:d II ini:: nn li vr charm n.nd brilllan y
glvl's credit In his History of New
easily the most ell"II:i.mpshire. )fr. Fitch, l\owevcr, Jett
tlngul><hNl and
no rec-ords of his own past orate. He
tlrn t hn.s HerYC'd
did' l"nve' an acc-ount of an appalling
HUCf'f'SRiOll of men uftorded Sta)llllty,
C'plclcrnlc th/tt raged in l'i~5 ciirrylng
,JlgnilY nnd worth to the life of the
f ei hty-onr chilclrPn
ten
churrh nncl parish. Such a series of
Century,
.\ ILi1n11~,1 Cr/1 nftel1l Jpft Portsmouth
In 11\,'~1 )Ir. Moodey continued In 'the
r,rrvir" or the T"lrnt Church of Boston
for eii;ht year,;. H" drew to h\mseH
thP admlrati'on of th<' Boston cl!?rgy as
a Rcholnr :wd theologian. Ile was eleclecl to the> presillrnry of Harva.rcl Col- \
!Pg!' blll dc-cli11r<l th~ clrct101L ,vrinc
in 1,oston h" rxhibitc-d both ·snnity
nnrl rourage In r"slsring the \\'ltchcraf t
delusion nncl b.v pln.nnln,:: the rescu<' of
"a.
0
0
''"!'I'
M'l"',i;.~~:;
�r,ears bl age. iHe also published two
l\!!rmons !~tended to lea.d people to a·
rellgJous ,improvement ·of thls-vlsltntfon. ~~ dJed N~vem ber 22, 1746 after
a;' ministry 'of t\V'en'ry-two ·~•eat~. The
ifi)swlch Chronlcler says: ''HIR mlnd
strohg" and rl<.'hly · st<5red with
Hiarnlng,' Hls' 11Jnrt 'was swayed oy
1~e~~vofenlt_ S:rti!ctlons and "' eminently
s:u-rotM'led by tlie' Sph'lt 'of ,Grace." I-t!s
trarial'· {vas ~i.tt the Point of ~th'at-es,.
where he was "decently Interred' ati
Darlsh charge,'' the "underbearers·•
!beh1g paid sev~n pounds ten shllllng!I,:
The ,Parish votes · on ·No,;.e·mhe;· !iXu~
lt\·e c\'f .JnteresU •·voted; th!H Mr:Flt,'h
oe> · hurled' at fhe charge of'' thll; parl';,il
·' That .tl\e" parish ra1se' two· ·l'lurid'rfl<l
pounds i.o ·de-fray the charges of the
ru·n eril. ' :·
Thii.f the1·1noney raised for shlngilng the
eetlng house be paid Mrs.
Fitch II) order to carry on the funeral."
On November sixth 1745 the parish
Invited· Mr.• Samuel ·L angdon tO assist
Mr: "Fl°tch on account of his feebleness.
Mr. '· I:.an'gclon 'was 'the · schoolmaster.
He had just returned !rom the r.:ouls·burg·E_!q'i'e'dlt!on; having served as chO:p
lain of a -regiment' which · was present
at "the· cap'turll' of the town by Sir Wllllam Pepperell:' He was to continue his
g~ammar school "In ease of the parish
In ·'respect · to the salary to be paid
him'' as )ong as Mr. Fitch remained In
t>t'!lce. Mr. ' Langdon was to preach"
once every othl!r Sabbath and as much
:oftener as will consist with your en re
of snJd- school, your ability and agreement with Mr. Fitch."· Mr. Langdon
w9 <i a jtatlve of · Boston, born In 1723
Ji'nd graduated from Harvard . Col!C'ge
in· 1740:·removlng soon after to Portsmouth. He was ordained f'ourth pastor of this church February 4, 1747,
when the church consisted of one hundred and, sixty-four members·; fortyeight males and one hundred and sixteen females. Tlie ordination . dinn e r
post the parish forty-eight pounds,
eleven shlllfogs and fl.vo . ·pence.'
maintained
a strong . inlntstty
tw:emy-elght years, ,In the company of
strong men, during the• events of the
]i'rench and Ind,lo.n VVars, o.nd the period of agitation o.nd tumult when Uie
spirit of clemocr·a cy was girding Itself
for further adventure In the fast apuroaohfng Revolution. He was the oi.1t;,poken champion of tl)e cause of tho
Colonies. He was regarded as the most
?mlnent member of the Piscataqua Asiocla0tlon of µilnlsters. Extensive know!
Jdge,· hospltailty, patriotism and pi ety
(re mentioned as
his · outstanding
!hara6terlstlcs. He wo.s the first ' Doc.or of Divinity In N e w •Hampshire,
:his cie~ree haying been bestowed upm him J)y the University of Aberdeen.
' Under the date of August 4th, 1774,
,amuel Pennallow the long-time cleric
,f'· tl;i.e . church -ivrifos:. i,wf;ereas . tfie ,Pastor of this Church
a:'nd Congregation has received o.n un- .
~x'pected cal\ Ip the Providence of God
:rom the rt.ond 'and Revel CorporatiOjl
\ncf. Overse~rs· · of Harvard College, in
Cambridge, to talc~ 'the i-mportant of;ice 1of Pre'sldlng over that very ·
Spect!i:ble .Seminary of Learning" •
,,,!is,
0
to thP serloi1s Conslderatfon, juclgm en t
l.nd Conscience of the R eve r end Doctor Langdon for _ the clete rinin a tlon of
his duty therein."
Dr. Langdon accepted
th~ olTl<!o pro ved to be not a pleasant
orle for him and he r esigned i11 17S0,
o.rter serving six years.
year he was inslallecl
B'Alls, 1Yhere he died !'lovembcr 29,
.797 , H!s "gra,·e is- in th:u town, llllC n
lttln~ tribute to his m emory is n. tabet which stands by that of l\fr. Rogers.
During nenrly 1h 2 \\'hol e acti v,, 1wrod of t h(' Tt 1Jv olution,:·, y 1\'ill' llli.,
~hurc h was . w ithou t n. settlf'd Jl[Js°ror.
But from. April 6, 1777 to .Jun o 7. 1778,
the elrnreh was serv ed by Hev. Eu:1
StllC's, D. :b .. as acting pa s tor. Hf' w:rn
a m a n of great intellectual and theological bread th and one · of the most
r emarkab le men of h is perlocl. Liis
year was a period or" sllmnlatlon nn,1
delight to this church n.nd co mmun lt:;,
up o n both of which he left a l:1.::nlng
!mpresslo n. His di a ry in three yolum c,..
pu blls h ed by Yale Unlver,1 lty, 18 n.
rriln e of information on ever.v possibl e
subject. One hundred and twenty pag Ps
lte given lo the year in thl~ city, an'\I
ftom It one may almost rf'producc rht•
Portsmo uth of the dny and pcoplC' ii.
Busy with thf' affairs of l h" n~ l!on :, :111
?Very department of IParn r rl l11q11ir,•,
hr found tlm.-, and lut<'rent to t·c•,·:ew
l.nd preilc n·r lh<' r>arl,· hi story of thl'
church. The rrport!-l of his dlnnl'r:, n :Hl
conferences with m en of na tlona l rc-puta.tion and infl u ence' testify to thP
importn.nec or .Portsmouth in th.1t d:1)',
Th e c-ongreg:1 tlon ~.-us ncrou:1INl <'n,:
of the la rgest in Ne,,· Englantl. "1'IH't c
a re two hun dred a nd eighty hc•lo·y,
one hundred and t\\'<'nty In th<' fir~t
;allery nnc1 on e hunrlr l'rl in the xecon d
;n.llery-4vn l11rncl r C'cl not six hunrlrf'd "
Dr. Still'S, who ,vns [In in rC'n~,r pn L·
riot, h:t<l hP Pn rlrl\·Pn
his old pari ~h , when
taken hy th <:i 8rlti ~h. 'l'h r 'P,wt••mon!l1
Church eng:i.gPd his S<'tTlrPs J'o,· a
Y<'ar, and tl1 en gnve him n rail ro sf't •
tic permanently. I n thf' m f'a ntim <' YaJ,,
Collc>ge h 1i'r1 elr.c•ted him to it~ Pre,· i'aency. iJ-Ic \Ya3 mD l~lfe:;tly n.ttractecl L\'
'tho Port~mo11th ot that day, nnd !J~•
the cord iality nnd unanimity cir Ow
p eople. Il e took months to dec-Jclc thL'
qu estion , and aslct'd o.dvice of n.11
proml ne:i t pi:-ople In fom· !IIO tes. Th,-.
advlr<' was t'or n rrc>:,rlng- th" pi·Ps! d eney. 'l' hc- !,use Pon,, inoti t h Pntry i:,
J 778. -- 1 fl" l'? ol o r llh ,•rn tPd
Negro :\Iri.:i, ...~rw:lori, n hollr nP-l.
30. ,s nttl erl n:1 mr arr.-t1r,. 11nrl m,·s,,!f
lny
and seven ch!lrl1·c:1 ssnt ot1t Jn t\\'0 ·,,:1t·(iages fcir 1','° f·•1· H:t".'<'n & r p:11,1 :11! m,1
d ehrs _ln' J'or:1<:-no & Jwd :some man,•)
,left. Th e Congrcg:t ha v;ng- bePn ,·c ry
lib eral to m r 8: my family ."' "'T'hrough
?he goocl huncl of our Co rl ." n ftf'r l'lrven clays tr:t:el h e nrr!v~cl ·wJthoul
~ny acclcle11t.'" Y,1!!' h 'ld g·ainecl tlir·
greatest I'resirlf'nt of h er enrly p e1· i,1cl,
ancl tho North Church had lo:st
r.ollegP for th n serond timr-:
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UNDAY.
RVANCE
:;.;,c:,y? .,
... ,,
'
/.}.-_,.,~.,
Conlinu,•c\)
.
l#,.ftN tho <.I ism i1<~a.l of nr. La ngol on
ltb e church had YOtC'cl lo ><•'l 'II"' n "
oa.y of Fu.stin~ and Pn1)'P1· (or ctir rthe choic-r- o( :inoth<'r minlAlPr,
invJtt' l hf' ( 'ongn•g:1 t in11 to join
Ro)emnitiP~ nf I hi' II:,~-- or I hP
1'3Uccr1;Mul 011 t,•01111· nf I his ,wr;1sl11n,
,whi ch wns duly r,l,s<' rvr•rl. tllf•r!' <':tll
lbe no •<1ul'gtlon fnr w,, llnd tllf' ,·lrnn•h
llln SeptC'mber !lR_, 17 i8 1·oti11g
'·L11 ,ll
~hey ·were satis;fir,l "ith t hi' Prn.:on.
lAbil itiPs and Docto inf' of i\lr . ,]O~f'ph
i~ 11,>w
,;rr":l C'hin;.;
,w ith \Hi." A un rini111ut1 s 1•;111 w:1~; gi\· 1•11.
lln accr-pllng he \\TOL('. - '·Yun
will
, consider my youlli an(l
in<'xp!'ri<'llf'C
oand viPw my preaching- and m~· pruc-t!cn wl I h an <'YP of ran<lor a11ll ,P11<\Prncsf-l. "
;\lr. Buck111i11sl"r
u.-1' of a houii<' and garrlen, the
1., ,, ping or ,t hors<': t\\enty•fi,·e corda
i.r wo•l<I a,;nuall,·, bnd "lhP free cbnll·ihutlo ns. " When prPaching O.lil a can •
rlhl.1\(' h'.' h11rl r\·f)~~Nl the rlv;,r on,!
, •·r•ini,: to s-uppl_v ·' ro1· Dr. Ste,·ens nf
h :I tl'ry f'o i11t. \<' h'o ~Y;J.s
itHllsposPd .
T"·o r<'arn later Dr. Buc-kminster m arriPtl Dr. ~. f'V?trn' dn u;;htC'r. She lie1:,tnll' the rnothe1· of Joseph Sten•ns
1
•:uckmi11sll'1·. llw brilliant minister or
thP Untttll' Htrc!'l Church of Bost.on,
whOH(' i11terr:-;t in thCJ 'l!'W lh!'ology he1·:t1l11' :t sollr<'P of n•i;rl't a11d Horrow t :J
ti,,• f,llhl'r. Tllr!!f' year,; afll•r his llr,;t
"if,• ·; deal lo lot' 111arril'd ll11• uaughll•r
11r J(, •v, J :,0:11· I ,y111a11 of York. ~hu
di, d 111 J~o,, :u1t1 lale lu life I >r. 1ltwk111i11 s Lt•1· 111:11·,·i,•cl tt,e , II lduw ur l'•JI.
l·:liplo:•IPt l,,tdd in wlou,;c hu1111· hu li,t·cl i,i,i 1:u-<l 1111111lh~. "hii·l1
ha:; 1111\Y
! .-ull\f' Ju IH' '""""" :u; lite Hucluninsl, •r 111111:-;t'.
11·111•11t•n·r tin· fanolly
drclc
l; r11J, .. 11 a11 ,•xtn·mc sensibility suu-
:t,
of llH· dcl'J)l'Sl ;;ril•f. which . al t'.1~1~~
Ifollowt•d
by mental dr.,preH:;0011. I ht~
sanw scnsilJilitr made him a pastor of
quicl< srmp·tthies which had ready ex prl'ssiun. \\' !' r,:-at1 of him that "his pr!
,·at ·' ,, ncl pro ~f',;Hional I i[c were ful I of
t:, .. nw.;t u:irPsC'n·etl ,·rl( sacrllice a 11d
O\' r•rf:owing l'ha1 ·ity:" "And his cath ulil- d:spositio11 1,rot:un·d him the e~ 1, 1•111 nf l'hri::l la 11~ of all ucnomintt-
w:Is ortl:ti11t•<l
u1i11i:.;try of ~r('al disli1wn1J11
land a 11:.i.:.;torate . ,.,r 11• •rl, Jliil·1·. f•1111·
years th<tl appear· : lu i1av, · l, 1 ·• •11 11 lll•ou t
rfo. w. • ,o ~t•pl1
a,
\\ ;Js
,~111•J\111i11•~IPI'
b orn Ocl. a. nr,~. t!Jl' s1111
l•f
1: ,•v.
J o;;cph 1311,:ku1i11s1 .. , ,,r 1:1111:i :id. ,\I" s s .
(Hp was g-raduall'd :it Y:tl•· CPllt•i.;,• in
1 770, elPetec.1 as a sc!1ul.1 1
un
l lJP
(B l'rkcl<•y l•'?u•Hlat ion, ., 111\ L, 1,,,. 11 :ts :,
tu tu ,· al lho colll'J;•• fn,· ro11r )'f'ars. l k
e arl'd ror lhl' coll1•g-1• surruu11di11g-s s o
th;i.L one i · surprist•(I that hp rt•·
fu ;:pcJ lhc setllon11•11t with lht• ~ ~ CUIIU
Ch11 rcl1 of flartford whicl1 "'"" :;,., 11r-r-sis t1•11Llr pressed 111io :, him. Ill' som!'tin tt•8 i11dulµ-(•tl H l1•11.~i11g- r,11· 1111' 1·l;.1~Si <· shaclc·s hP h:1d t·IH1 s 1•11 l•J l<-:t\'t' 1'01·
rth1 • activt" 1ni11is1 r., . :111d t111 ~ :1ct•ou 1~
o f hi~ 1011g d('l:tyl'd \ , , ii lo lti~ .\1111,L
.M att•r has i11 it
:i
th, .. li ght or
npp111 · 111ni1ir~,
i>J"C'!itlll
'8es,;cll a
llH•
<lay .
:\11·
fenilf•
1u11l'il ur •,:othos in
of l\i('l~111·i'\n1 J~lf·r
i111:1 .c: i11· .ti nn
,pi gorouH intf'llt•t~l. I, .. h:1 , L ·1 ,
po:-:-
:11lf\
~
<,111111;1ntl-
nnrl :i hri i li:111 :.. ,._,·f •. I Ii~: ,·oice
:1v~u, of 11111, s ua I 111, •lnrl 1· :o 11<1 p1111·1-r. I ,:-;
.l o wc-st ton!'H cnulil 111• c\isti11c1lr ,11,:inl
i n the r~mot<'~r 1·01 u ,• ri< n[ t hP 1·:1 st,
ol d, donblr-g:olll'J i• ·• I 1111•1'1i11,:
hn11,,•.
J-l C' could 1nkP Pith 1t1· '"" 1 in 1111• si11,:;ng, an(! th!' J)lll ' I' 1.,.. 11 Iii;,• 11111··~ nf hi><
jn g- n1iPn
"Ooi cC' t•oulcl :1hv:iys ht• di:-:ti11g11i~lH •d in
1hl1 fu11 ,·hoir. 11 i:-; ;1 pp1•;1 l':1 Ill'(' 111 t flu
pulptl w:1s digniti• ·d :111,1 .t !l':1,·t'ful.
lll,l lllh•r
ill
J11·1 ,I • 11i11\•
fl 1d
:1
II!:-.
111•-
,CUJiat· p:othn><
111:,r .
ill11111i111•d
his
countenance and trr•mhled in the earn estncs~ or hi~ Voin'."
Jt Wns Dr. 'B11!'kml11stl'r'~ ruil' 11<'1 ,·r
to Incur a cl<'ht. l Ir pnHtt•11tly arranged to han• hi,. ~:ol a ry pa1cl on ,,ueh a
ba!-\h; ns to a,·oi<1 th"' PrT1h:1rn1;-1:-:n 1nn 1.H
due< to tlw t'l11,·111:11 Ii:;~ 1•11i.1" of enrt·c-ner. H•• \.\·11 ~ to 1•p,•1 •i\'P "streh ;i ~urn
or monr•y :is will "" ::,1ffi<·i Ill to p11r'lrns!' thrN• h11ndn•d l,11,shpl!< nf lncll:111
ao,·n. a11r\ four 1hn11:::111cl r•ig-111 hundred po111Hls W!'igh 1 nf frf'~h IH1 f'f, ,1t
thr• cu,·1Pnl m:or\,PI p,-J,,,, :,~ lt m,,y Ii<'
s!'tllf'rl 111 th<' m n1111t nf n ,•111hp1• u111•11s(' tn hnvr
p,Htn<I•, wit 11
!Jr. I :uck1nin:'iLCl' tu experieucl'.S
1 jt•t ' il'd
:tho llfl.h pastol' o[ lh•· 1·!1111..-h, .i.lll. :7,
'17 7~. whcu " al l 11:,,: ,·1111d11,·t,.,l wilh
,grewt fl (!('llCY :JJI\I ·e:1111<1 .,,..,,.,·." Tl,11 •;
b cga.11
-:--"P..,,,rl"~~-:--~:""."""":,T"';~!':"!~~~r,:j1ff"""""?.,~,11 ;1 01trney or 1ea t ,
t !on:-.."
I h;J
\'l"'
in 111y ))Oti~l' H~iOll
I co,::Jt t,ool, of six leaves.
ltepl
i1•11ptain .John Howl,~ . The tirst entry
is Jun,, c. 1, I~ at l'orlsmouth. Thf'
,-:ig11ifif':1nt •·ntry is .June ll. "Paid fol'
:i coffin nt
J:ennini;ton. fiv!' dollan,;"
"for fiigg-ing " gr:,,·(' , one dollar anrl a
h ,If." llc<m h.l' item this llltlC' book
••·!Is hnw th!' w,•11 IOl'C'd pnstor left his
j
p ,1ri~h
h,.hind
l 11•:1l1li
1·(•:1llr
:111rl
"·,·111
whilr-
nut
tn
seeking
(lie\ at
,1
•n:ill 1·ou11lr)'
1 1n<Hd.
~: inn
ilrn i11 l:;outhe1·n V.-r.
1>1·. 1~~11.. l,1nin s t C' 1· had brcn in n
11f rl,.liilil.1' and mental ckprc•s r,,:I0": in;!, H ~f'\'f'l"C llllH"S~. 'J'hr,
?.1s1 :--unrl,,~· in :\l:1.1· he observed lin•
~·:11-r:0111(•11t u( lhl' Lorri's l:;upp<'r wi<11
his pr•opl•· fl11 Turs<la,·
he startNI
"i1 i1 :\Ir~. l!u1 I,n1insIcr and t"·o 1nc1n•
l'hureh
for Sara tog,,
J 1,, li:orl mPdic:ol auend:ince
1· 111 • ,
;: 1· 1I
l: :· ;J ~ , i(" 1,111·1, 'l' he {~' l ll
t· 1111,• ;il
t ilf • li:i.lt-! ,·iilagt' nf .llC'{\d~·
J.1,1 ·1111c;h . •\1'tt•1· :1 11ight of :severe ill11, · ~ whi<-h he i<Jll'lll moslly prayer,
h•· , iitl to his wife .. ,\Jr son Jo,;eph is
dt:i<I." She 1hough1. he had l.Jeen dream
!:i·e su ,,ht• ,·r•plit•rl, "No, h e was well a
r, ,_,. d:,y,; :-<lo1cl·: we shall
see hlm
·, h•·n we r1•111rn ... "I !rnvc not sl!'pt or
l11T., of th; ,
flrPamed," he said; "he i:s <.lead." An~
The ) oung· nd11isl 1'r o~
hud died ti\
Ho--=ton lht• ti\'Pritng of June !I; 0.1Hl on
t lii :-t
\"•a~J
't1·u1•.
1:1:itll<' Strf'd Church
.J till<' lO his father followed hlrri .. The
I,u1·t,.1
:ot J1rnningtnn, Vermont.
w,,~
wh,.rr th<' 11:1sto1· of 1h" pl:1< '" conduc-•
1,,rt 'thr s<'n iv<' on J unc I l. /\ Hen·icc
"'"" h<'ld in Ponsmouth 011 .Tune 10,
:, I l<'IHlr-d hy :, con:.:;i·rg:ttion that flllN)
Thr fun<'ral sermon was
prruehl'd \Jy Hl'v. Nathan Parkp1• t·f
'hP ,;oulh Church. from .\cti; 20:24. ,\
llJ)Oll lit(' g r:1\'(' fll ll!'nningt01\
;., 11·~ thlH inscrlption:··1n IJ\Prnor.,· of R e,·. .foRf'J)h Buel< f
1,1i11stPr, n. Jl .. pa.,t(11· o! 11 church i n
. 'r•w llampshh·!'. ,yho
in ti1is ,·iclnity, whllr
une
.\rtuns Gl. 11<' was a fervPnt and
1·u1ed ChriRli,1,n, an eloquent and evan;:1·llca l prea<'hl·r, a faithful and Incle- .
faliga.ble pa~tor, an affectlon_ate s011.
hroth<'r, hu.~hand, father n.nd t frfl'nd.
Hls bereaved people havo erected ·-thi,a;
mPmorlal of his eminent worth and
of thclr tend!'r and respectful gri ef.
o lffcr honored, ever · dear! adieu
l luw many tender names aro lost In
yuu!
I\ ~--,p safe, O tomb! lhy precious, i:;acrcd trust,
Till life c.llvi11e awalco Ills
c.!11:;t."
~;ulJll'Ulll'_\
J ll"U!;~,
0.
I lr. G11l'i° 111l11 sl1•r will UIJ
I\ :d i ,-:pan• tlw b -l;l'CIIIS LU ,await
,,ic.lc lit e Lal.Jil'lll oI llu 6 l•1·:; anll
dua.
,.
. ...
)J.
The Story of the Meeting Houses ,
The spots of earth and the ' bu!ldh'igs
where men have sought to come;'int~
ft'llowshlp with God 'havo ulways beet11
dear and sacred places. ·T he expcrlens·
ces of deeply moved '·minds and h9arts
,rnd the human fellowllhlp enjoyed !11
wurk u nu worship engender such -val -:
uc-tl ui;sociations that· tlrn
materia)
form b!'comes an· objocl-not only of
,·cnc ratioa bu l of love.
The place of {i_rayer a.n<l ·the l:IJ)ire
pointing hf'avcnward, -In the mid~t of
th<' hollse,; and marts of the cttt, are
.:-on~t:rn t witnesses to lhal which gives
,, II lifo and effort dl~nl~y and wort~:;
\\'Ith ~uch, f!'!'llngs 1he succeedl~g
ge n era lions have held
the meetln~.
housC' nf their days; and such lnfluen•.,
e<'s have <'manatcd from these places
nf wor,shlp Co.- more than two and oneh:olf centuries. The life of a chtir~h in
many wn..,· ~ i~ c-onclllioned by Its ~uild•
1
ing-, a11rl so <•!fJ.<ely is thP one. Identified
, "1th the olhf'r that some phases of a
c'illll'ch 's ~Lory seem · to inhere In th<'
~tory nf l1s mPCl_i~[JlQ_U.!_P~- --~·.
.._
Until J7G3 the town meetings ,~-ere .
hC'l<l 111 the mPell ng houi;e of the old
c'hu.-ch. Tlie previous year the parish
voted •·that hereafter no public town
1m,eling for trnnsactlng 'the civil af~
fail·s and Business nf Lhe Town• bo
pnmltwr1 to 1>i-- . !(ept nnd hold ip the
:6t·di11.;· H111.,~.r,:" Ti1c-~ •cite as a rea,,un for this action that "warm de•
l.,a tes a.,ul conte ntions arlo;e," and such
'Passions forriented a,i; a.re very un<ullablc for such a place;" and besides
"the tlamage done to the . Pews, se3:ts
rnd other parts
of the
House," !~
spol,en or. 1 n spited of tl1is tl)e· next
tow n meeting ";us calletl for the North
;\J eettng House. A moderator was el"'1. ea on t hr st<>PA. a vote ,was .·taken to
'>1·ea l, <lown the door and the business:
,·:1" tn.111Au elect as usuu l. Two other
-.·oles found. of an eu1·l!er <late, reflect·
· he cu,.toms of the times, and a grow Ing r<';;Hrd ro.- lhe ~anctuury. One ls to
Lhc Pff,,ct that the courts 'should no
lon;; rr I.Jc hPlll in the meeting , hou11e,
and :·he other. dated April 8, 1729,
1·caas "That every person who sufre1·s·
hii:; tlog· to, co me to church on Sabbath
Oar:; slw ll JlaY J.o the Sl'Xton two'shil,'
Jing.-; f.11· eve1·.v; :rneh ofl'cnce, and If
:111 v JJ"•·~ou 1·ertise to JHJ y the :c1amc his
do; m ;i 1· I.Jc kil-lei:)."
·
J n 16.:, 7 t he.:\chapel ti 1Hl parsonage
:1ouse" t h!!n c'..llfe<l tho mr>eting hou,;e,
sta11 dl1 1g on ll1<' high grou11d this sid~
of the Unl vci'.sa'ltst Church. probably
huilt of log» und facing, towat'ds the•
111u.n1h land, }Y4S evidently outg,rown_
Al t1mt lillH! ?the town by '(Ole _cm·
,.uwe1·l•tl lite :c1ll~'t't111cn to builu a new
�'lmielll\g 1tou::1~. 'l'lio. arlicliis of ai;ree•,
!n1ent arc ' ~d1W' pxp~lclt
,u plld·::
,i~g ,of a moe_ti1'\g , \wuse· a.1id_ r_c palrnif(
y'e old iiieetlng. lwuse .:p1d •· to_.. :finlsh '"i~'.
and 1itt It up for\1. · r,v,ic11ing '·110use for
•,91.tr i1inlst~i:-'.' , .:,r;tie _met:ting house w_as·
'• ue forty feet square, sixteen feet
lilg\1, ~vltfi' "a."·flat : Ruf!." I_t
not
·q'iilli.' w'itHoiit- altrere:-,,:.,s of opinion,
ror the General Cou,·~ of Massachu.;i:ilrs··Jn --response to · " :;>etltion ordered
J.·,commisslon.._ ,of ··t111:~., to hear uoth
~ides · a11d to decide · •:.1-s they .sha!T
Jil'dge" best ctmd'uclng tn -·~iie ·peace and
{t,elfu.re "of the ' town." ,(;}rP.at -lsl~nd,• "r
Castle, was a · seltl"p-\.ent · of ~uch
d6'mpa.r-J.l!ve· tmp'ort'aric"' : -'l:t '.thl_s ' fame,
wo·•get ligl\t /OU tht,'·''Si tuatio_i1 . .frorri
ar~r_~pl;:_to a' petition or_N-e!"'··•~a!tle~
~82 for 'a •sep'ai·ate ministry. ·Among
f:ithei- irf:;i,temerits is th·e simple declarq
·tton. "the mbeting
Ho(1se . was .sett •
•Jiere ',tis· prlric'ipnlly for the conven•!etice of Gt• .Island, anCi we never ·llear( :
, 'itd llope never .shall of any being los :
·1~. attempting • to come to meeting: ·
;I'l1~ latter clauae referring to the clairr,
li:hat health, .' if •not life, •was hazardc(; .
}µ' comlns· ,to. 'meeting. T.he ,commissior:,
'decided · ,to ' locate
the building .fat
trom tl;e f!'rst tne(!ting house and_ awa,;
f;cim the' Glebe · land. The ,spot choser
V'1t1.g back of·"the present fountalt;
,,l\,1ler~ ,South :ancl ·Marcy St!'eet · divide:·
1[1\ Ap·1•J1;: •1'6'6'1, the town empowcrcc
1
.
'
;J;i1c selectm~l} to repair and •finish th~:
!i)eet!ng house• . to 11)uild galleries, an(.
~6' -'hang, the 'bell ,- ,other inter-esUn!f
'fonvenierices were addeil. John Pick
1'.) r1n~. 'in l61l8; ~bul!L' a way ··over · hii_
at'. _south Creek, for foot passen-,
~'.~p,. it\ going ,tu..,a1,1d . fl'om., meeling:.Jr,.
'-J:662 ;a 'town meeting "ordered that'. .
:dage .be'' made ,to punish such as sleep',
'take· tobacco on the· Lord's day oui
-~ the meeting, in the time of· the pub~
•l!c -exercise." If was •voteil · .that one
,con,ill,ll~1: ·• fo1· •1i:ecelvii1g ·tilt; ,\Joun q,:. Oj .
!flve'-•15oµnd"! fo'r ,cilling a ,wol~ ~ltoult
·i;~ the uailing c~ th o · ,,.-o!f's i1cacl tr
.bile mcetlng ·house . .Jn 1669 the towtl
(granted to '.'M.r: ; f(vyei'. · ,u10 towne', •
f.tght ot twentle foote square land be)
ftween \ the ' path and . Mr. Corning\ 1
"fre~ee '. nee~e the meetlng·-iiouse ' to set\
~\~it: J'house' u.nd l,eep wood In• foi: ti •
,'<j-fCOtnmodate himself and family Ir.
•~irite~1 L!me when he comes to mee(
1
,J1g." Mr. ,Fryer was •from New ·Caspe ,
tnd ,this action was an act of me\'p,
C:~tnc\! ·there was no 1fire allowed In lil€
·'.~~et'!ng 'house m~Lll -l~ng after th~t
\i;ijy;~and an · afternoon service was ' t~
•f'ollow the long morning service. Thi~
-~asi. on'e ; of _the ,sabba-day· Hous~s,':
or: "Noon· ·Houses," not ·,unco_mmo11 jn
~the '.!early day 'where famll!es ard
tfriends . ,,warmed · '•themselves ': • •be{o11e
•,nee-tlrig o.nd spent their time .uctween
~rii·v-!ce~' i1L comfort, ·eating 'their itui'fh;
·~:tis6u&sing • t.hf) · se11mon and' exchanging
-~l~e hews . of· the day : It is evident tha(
[~citing tlrti1 •rne'eti~g- house · ' at the
J~outh :e,11d 's6~,ed the ,ieeds for· anotpei:i
1on€rov..ersy, ':!~ ' came early in ·the nex :,
~\)nttiry and \\fa~
Lined ·tb divide th~
'.~ Jiurch , and ,.cfeate· lits ting· enmities: 0.1;
:p as / Q.~ en th~ C!!,Se under similar conJiltlons '- ip m_~ y· other places since. -In
~e~tem.~:er., J1'11 i_t was ~•oted lri genero.j
,tov.in -: meeting to· build' a : new ·mc·et)pg
\;ip'use .on tile « corner ·Of the. minlsters 1;
~~c_lcl ij'.nq tiul,f, t1i1s i be the stat~d m~ct -('
.lng · house ·of,,.t11e to,Vn. •!1'1'10 · vote·· stood .
':tor··~e·
ili
was .
liiew
a'.it9
.
!
•Ml)'l
,or
,,..
0
~es
to .forty-five, arid a committee' was . apµointcci "to cany oi1 ye .at'of uullditrg said hom;i,." We are
gii.Oic1·ed at this time · ori the corner ul'
lhe Mini,;ler s' ·l<'ield. •'l'ime has jm;Li ..
Ted the location. 'rhe •trend of popul,.;
tlon was norlh · and west. 'rhe south
·md offered 1;0 suitable place ro.- a civic
.md business center, even the ,lucaliO!t
iow ulllized as Haven Pai·k, cousiller- r
~d a~ a co mprnmi~e loca.Lion, would
·1a:vc mcaut cramped cou<lilions fur ·•
;rowing- comm unity. lly this time New
:!a!:;l\C had been gra.nt:ed hc1· ow11 1ni11:stry, so that what had been a decilive com;itlcration lialf " cent ury he- ··
:ure 110 long-or lteld . .Al tl1t: compl!!\ iu11
:ir t11J ltous<- the church vuLed .Jan. 'I,
171-1 ''llmt Nall1a1iiel ltoger s . llliJ1i stc• 1·
Jf u,: :s ,: ltllr<'ll, s,,oulu eOlllC Lu ll11, :11,\.\·
11 e·c li11g lluuse creeled ~.Ls ye Bank u11
' e 11exl :::;au\Jath
seve11ni1,sht, '· a 11Ll
·>rcaclr lhL•rc•, at1Ll cunllnue preaching
tl1'cre as formerly at ye old m eeli11i,;
liou,; e and perform ll.ll other
which a.ppl•L·Lain tu his i:u11elivn.''
IL was not :;trange that the inhuuitants at the south end :;houlcl havo opposed tho change. ' !'h ey held a. Lown
me eting, which w,cs ,.tlt't1(1Prl with cli~ -ir<lPr anrl t11mul t anrl rl0clnrNl di,sml\•Nl hy thP j1rnliP-Pii p1·Psf•n1, nn,l nr-
·ra,;-
0
it~ votf'R W<'.rf' <lf'<•lHl'f'd illr•gnl. Uut 1inrl1 -r the lPn.,lPr!Shi r of 1.hd
,!C'rwnr,1
donghty John .Pickering a. votp ,va :,
irn ..ssl'll "lhnl thn ol<l i1H•(•ll11g 11011~,,
shall continu e the town mbeUng· hou se
for ever; and when · out oC repair, so
that it can not be conveniently repairtu build a new one un the plaee."
Bul · forevet is 'a long lime · ·amJ 110
ctl
3 tro nge:1t re 2.!1 ·n1ay Bl?.. y the C'JU !'~f ot
f\vent•.; . ln J?:;l .1. Jlt:: 1.v buj 1~i in;;; ior tJ·,·;
South C'lrn r,' h w~.s h1...' .t o n th ~ pin••
h!Jlocl, · wh ere the Scoullt \Varel 1: 0u111
now stands and whlc,h /M r. l'iel, eri11g·
himself gave io th€. parisit. Le:;i; L11,u1
a c,mtury laler thitt 1mrl,;l, huilt it s '
fine new church 01~ .;. J)Orlion uf
old Mlnlstcl'S' ¥ield.
;rho ·controversy -was referred to
Legislature and May 11., 171'1 thu Cuu11
~II and General As::;cmuly
ur ;'\kw
Hampshire passed thi ~ ,·ute: "'l'hu.L
the ::;aid Mr. TiogerS be ·cslabliHlll'd llt lJ
minisLcr of the said 'l'own, and 1,u
c:mtlrmed in the poss e::;s lon ol' tl11•
·Glc!be Laild or -Parsonage la:,d s a<;·
::ording to the agreement of the town."
Provision was made by ll,e same act
tor the .su11port
by the
town of a
ml~lst Pr ·a t "fhe other Meeting House
J.t the Mill Damm." At this mePtlng
house R ev. John Em e rson waH insta 1!cd a:, minister of the remon:,;t.ran L pC'o
•rlP , bul the town authorities refusccJ
to pn.y his salary. After much controven:y, some atTesL:-; and lega.l pro ceedings a vva.Y ,Vas 01)ened b.V a wi :.H~
Act of Ute Provincial As se mbl y wherl'•
hy llH, rate payers might give In thl'it'
names for the support of the ministry
of eilt1cr church. This resulted in th·.J
Jraclieal fu1·ma tion of a second pari:;h.
L'ow n a11d pal'ish <;case<l to l>c ldenlieal
.,ml thu s lite F'ir:;l or North Pari:;J,
utd tile ~oull1 .Paritih ca m e in Lu \Jc Ing.
l'hcru wus room fut· twu ehun.: hc,; a11d
.h e division has \Jeen lu lh e at.lvant,Lg-e
,f t11u religiou,; life of P0rL::;moutl1,
,ut we coulu \~it;h that il had be e n er1.'cLe<l in a happier . way, for it LOuk
.earl·y a i; unera t·! on Lo rnstorc harmon y
a the community. Two hundrnd ' and
their names
0
m ee ting hou :-;e, and
un,lred and lW('lllY-HCVCll for the
1ceting hou se. ThC' rates Wl're :;till
,ssessecl uud er tlte authorit y of the
tale and commilteLI to the constable
·o r collection. ti;ach yca1· ll1 c legai
•.lrm was care full y written ouL
ariHh
record~.
"\ ou
are i1 erc by
<
re-
,uircd iu ,Hi ,; Majc!:lly's 11aml' to col•ic t from each person mentioned In
.h c:..;c two li:::Hs a11ncxC'd to thi~ ,var -
rant the sum carried off ai;ainst Ills
ir her name." In 1760 Cll•ment :\larch
gTeed
with llunkln g
harl cs Trcaclwell ancl Jolin ~l1erlrnrnc
•;ho were tile lurgl'Hl tax pHycr:;, a,;
1,•I I n:s lhe wanlenx or th e p.irish, to
o!lPcL 1he nues for Lhe ,·011,;idc- 1·allo~ t "Onl' h11ndr c,1 a11rl I hi r l Y
'I'hat su tnP
Id tf'nor.' 1
yp;1
r noti c e \VU.S
ivcn that: "the war ckn,; will m ee t
L th e hous e nf .\Jr. Ze elrnri ,L11 Foss.
111holder in Portsmo111lr. 011 the sec1Hl !\lonclay in No1·c ml>c1·, December
l!Hl ,Ja11uary, al five o'clock in th e af.en10on. to whom any per:;on aggriev- •·
··Ll may apply for ec1.He as th e law di,·ects." ·One may hop e that their grievLnces were with th e rates · and not
,LgainsL th e mini s ter. -It ls au intcre;;t.ng fact that untll 1747 tho rate pay21·s of the Nol'lh P,u·l,;h are ca refully
!!sled as "South
of
'l'hc iuuuccul t:a u: a · l' r tl11· dlvi:,i1111
ll f the "11urch wa:,; a sul.Jstan Li ,LI 1,uiltl ·
\ng seventy fe el
long,
thn ·e storie~
gll, wilh two gallerit•:::; u11e above lit ~
her and with U1rce ro\'i 8 ul' w i11UO\Y r
hich gave it lhe nauli cal Lille of \th e
i1ree-deckcr." A l>elfrey w a :,; a dtleu
1720 and in 17j0 the sJ> ire, one hun·cd . ancl ti fly feet higll and long a
.Jurce of pnde was ad<l ctl. 'l'his uc,cmc 'the li'omc ot' the tuwn cloclf In
174n. In 1761 an add iti on or thirtnc11
[P.el was made on the W!'Sl si<le which
;ave the steeple a phLce "lik>' a man's
·1ose being on one side of hi s face."
Foot stoves wc•1·e u scll
in c hur ch.
wllo grew
a bou t the uuiltling in l 7ti~
·whosoever lea ,·es any stoves i11 th e;
11 eeling-ltouse shu 11 pay
or
.wenty shilling::;,''
l823
tha,l
the
vanncU by
IL
w<1s
rn eet.ing-
::;LOVl!:::i .
'Jig godly tiddle"
..'\l\
WU ~
not
huu~c
Ul; Lave
viol, "..,,_
l>ongill in t8:J.1
tllcJ in 18~7 an or,g-a11
r·osting
eight
lll ndrcd dollars tool; it,; pl,1 t:c•. In Lil (
j_ay or the m£~e ting- hou ::; e at the ~.till
'an1, an1011;..:; o th r-r pru,·J ~:i u11 :~ rvr ~•·ct1.L-
:1g, the back beat wa,; lc•rt "(01· young
'l\Ople aLout fourtel'n YL'ill'ti of :-t.ge
111,1a1-;-ie<l," wlueh J s u s pect ac,:ounts
'.J I' Ille <; UsLu11 1 oiJserv,•d
·:11un;l1<•,; u11til L11i>:; d tL.1·.
i11
1\ ,i
l'\l r boy,;
111tl,•1· lllal ;q;<', tl11•r <ll'I' Ill '': ;iL 111 1111'
tt l' ll' ti
a lly e:.:; anti
ll1e g-irb-; Ju
tli u wu-
n un '8 allyl\8," I H in /jl)J' l' Y lu l'l'iale l\\al
ill! J'l\Con.1~ .show l11at llll'Jl ilatl lo lJ<)
·11gage <l for llll· sum ur twenty s ltilI11g:-; antl
lll)W ilnl:-;
p1 ·r
., ·p;u·
"for ?.o
ook a fte1· t:1 c tlcmea11u1· o:· 1:1c boys ·
11 n1e(:l! n g."
l ·1 the .. t:1,·t•r-c!Pc·k0r" al
1 lal l\ 1' pr,riud IH 'l'-5 0:1~ \\'Pre• appu intctl
,o l<L'~i> in ;,:·uud urdl'I' L!t ·.' I)())' :< 1111d lhC'
:ulurcd p eoJ)le 11'110 oecupiccl the uppe1: '
;·al!ery. 'l'hc rnain fluo1· and in lime
the lower gallery wcrn clivicll'd off into
.
�pew::; o f various shape,; and ::;IZl'S aull
~ven b alcony pcwu, ·e:·,, huug- oul f rom
Lhc lOWl' J" g'il llcry. 111 iitl\l' then• WCI'('
Lhr t-e p orclll's
1
fur t•nlraJJCl' !Jul
tnaln enlra.n l' • was
011
the
l'h•as;111t SL a11U
Ul> the broad lslt• lo lht• gn•at pulpit
Ur. BUt·l,111i11 ,;le1· U~t'd 1,, w;dl, "<lt•cl1t •d
111 Ills
.111•1 Iii ,
hi::;
,l Pt•p
e 1n hrCJifl< rt-<I
\\ai:-:t.
housP n l~o t nok nn :111 :, ir
" T hi' \\':111~ and ct·ilin::~
" ·it h inclig-o hlt1t> \\":l.~h.
,,pf'\-l" P
paint (• <l µ,r,•r·n . at1d th ,.
high pulpit clN·oratrtl
with
clrap('1i,~.
,-;pl., ntl irl
:1n'1
on,.
"'thought th :1t ~olom1111·.• t<•mplr mlr.;hl
look as 'we'll but h :i<l no lrl••,1 th:tt it
co u ill look bC'ltC'1·."
Hui ,_.,.,.11
~11,·h
splendor like llH• fr:1m,• 1h,,1 h••l•l it
mu gt fa ll Into dec:i.,·. 111 ll1·. l'trlnam·s
tim<' the ff'!'lin r, t, 1 t•w 1h,11 thr• oltl
moet ing hou~" ·was out .,f ,L, 1,·. Thi~
feeling \\" H!I 1l1"cirlPnl;, lwlp1•d h., 1 ill'
11Par nei ghborhood or
1hr ~l'l"n(11tl
new Pdificc or 1h,. ~0111 ·, f' ., l'!.,h. 01'.
Putn a m in rf'signing hrnk1• ~;il"'ne••
;_i
nrl
urged tho n<'c!'s~i L)'
of a
,11,r,•n·n t
J.iu!lding. Hi!! Ru ccrssur ,·a m,. with thf'
e xpe c tation of ~urh " ,·ii:111;;". t11n a II
had to bo contC'nt with ''" l'"lllOrlrl:n~.
or the old structun' in 1~;:7_ "'" h.r,·"
related how th<.'
:intl-:·d:"·"r~
;1git:itlo?1
<lclared the comin;i. of ,11:,- hou,,,. :n
whi h w e wol'shi p Loria-. h•11 ,11 l:i:<1
un what w.i~ a \\'f'li-1·r,11nnlwr:·d rhy
for t he gaLhC'l'('(i cornn11111ity \\ho v:itllCR~f"ct
H, thf' olcl
f:'p~1-•'.
:-:1 )
In:,~
;1~1
oi)-
Ject of p1·id<' , "'"~ Ltitl in 1,,,. rl:i ~i. 1~
1,i rvid!'nt th.r t th!' li11 :111-·i 11;: of th-'
l' llll'l'p rl:w or ;r 111'\\' 111,•f'ling
hO\IS('
l'allC'd for a ,1 .. ,·01 io11 :ind s:11-rilkr• th.it
was a t est o: loyally. nu1 tiw,·<' "'"'"' ,
::;elf -denyi ng 1·pspon,e f1·um 1hose who
could give rn111·h and thO Sl' who ('Ollltl
give little. ll i,-; righ LO 1·,•call lt1•tf' till'
11 a m es of Lilt' public-spit ill'tl C\ll llllli tfr c who loan e d cl'cdit and ea1Ti1•tl th ~
worl< tu COlll JJlt•tlOJl. 'J' ll'·.1 an· ll l'llr\'
{P-· Ladd. l' t'tt•r J t't1 n e,;.-;, J 0l111 1,; nuwl·~on, '\V.a~hln,::-to n
\Vill iarns , .John N.
~{audy, '\Vlt!ia.m Stearn,; aml Ju11atha\1
:pcarborn, Nat lm11 1". ~1:~t h •s, t;,, 0 rg- ,
.. ~., ....,... ~V. Penc.!~::tlcr. ln :~!lo u11tlc-1· thr di .
~-ectlon or WIili!:! fl. Jl.l y1• r·:; the pulp it
ra8 JllOV l'li
hoIn:1n
rn ovPs
intt~n•s1.
I hro:i ;:h Ill\ 11 II
coals n,nd gold-lacC'd l'OillS ~,11 ,1,,,1 111'
the aisles of th!' ml'C-lin:; hou~r; whil••
chariots . a nd Jh·l'ri1-<l
f•Hrt 1111•11
tl11• rloor." Th , iut,..r:or or
the sea.ts
The Lay Folk
Tho Chronicle:; o( 1.; lngs
history of til e nalion, and a narra.tJve
r ci;ardiui; rnluistcn; is nul the s tory or
" church. 'I'h~n: arc ohvious 1·easons
for th o prlmit !,·t· ·'hi storical ni e tlfocl.
and t11e character and ability or the
leader m a rk s hl,i period for bettt!r or
worRl'. Y e t thr' ,11tyln~ ''Lik e pai;tor.
likC' prople" hu R " double sig-nUlcance
and thl' r!'actlon of the parish upon a
mlni ~trr <io,·s mu c- h to mould
fushion him. Thi' eontro l !n ,~ dcmo1·1·ati•' 1.h111·,·!1 i~ ,·1•,strtl In th •J hty peopll•, :rnrl ult:m:ttrl:, they ha,·c their
wa~. 'J'hry alw:iys <il'L('rmine the conlitlun .s of l'hun,h life and "re re,;pon- ,
•ihlt.• 1f tlwy choo~r "nd tol••rate inef:,,c-:1\· •· 1<·:Hl!'rR. Thi> rPnl lift' of the
·.'h llt'l':l, \\'ilh all it~ tr·11r
It was o! his Lim<' 111:i t
'''l'he elegance aud spi, 11tlor
country was reprodal· t•tl in
of tho n ew. Cocked hat"
h~aded can es,
ci ly, which
i;1·ound-a nll In wlll rh inht.•re
llU llS ot a ln t'lllOralJI(' past.
furwanJ. a 11!'\V or;;a11 111 -
tlt.a.lled aud uthl'r cxtcti,;ive improv1• J'\1ents niadc 011 the i11lc•rl11 1·. 111 l !I IJ thr
lllClllOl·lal fcnco was Cl'l'f'f('U by .John
S. Hand. Thi:; a 111l lilt' other l; u·;,;,• <'X·
JJCJltllturcs m adf.' 011 t11r1•1• .,,1 :,<'r oc(•aRlonH mak e il ('\.'ldent that this JH'UJ)lf'
has gladly acce1>tctl the duty and wlvlleg-o or m aintaining- 111 ;,;uoli 1·o11tliti o11 Lhll! building, whit'i1 holds ,, plat.a•
'U!aL,<\l'JJJne_liun In th" :H'11 rt of t 1, ..
IHI \\ Omr•n Of RUCCCSSiVe
,:1n11,11ir111s. TlH• RIOry of ,1 rhurch is
tlw slory or lh"ir m:i trrial ,•!Torts a nd
.1chi1•vPlll"lltH. 1lw!r moral nn<l s;plrit tw l :-:trugol••:-.. thf'!r
$t1CC('H:-i('S
fa!lt1l""~ . thf"!r .~int·y :,,,d tl1pit· ~han1-.,,
It i~ impo~· il,lr> tn rrco \•f'r and
forth that ~tor)· in
sha ll h<' 11ntn1r> 10 th<'
C:ir-t of our ..:hurl'h iiC<' :inrl un,\·orrhy of
nul' t'hristl;r n fr,llowship if \\'C' do not
rlh hnnnr :i: t hi" 1inw 10 t h 0 r>om mon
·1111! o 11., 11nkno\\'n ,<ol<li<'l'!< of th<'
cro:-;:-1 whn 14:nnd in 1Jl, r1t11k:-c o( ~iii~
1
•·i1un·h, \\ ho fn11;.:l11
AOorl tiAhl. ,,•hu
.i
krpl lh" fn I: h.
itl';tr1 0<1 pC'01'1r ,vlio ;ire glad
,,. s:iirl unto Lhl'm. " l. f'l 11 ;; go In to t h ~
hOUSC' of thr Lol'<I;" th 0
lllll'l'QUil~tl
~c-rvicP o( tho~e who 1na inta in its org:rnlzrd tire anrl cl1rri!<h it,i fPllowship
of work nncl pray<'r;
th<' lf';lclC'rBhip r,f
:ho;·p lhil1 rit'lf'llllillf• itH policy and di!'(•(•! i 1 < "ff:il , ,,. 1h<'s<• th in;;;; mal:c thl'
"Xi~i.Ynt· ~ of t:l'' t~h11rch po~~lh 1<'. As I
tlH· 1·P1 ·nnl, ihi:-t ,·lntrch IHJR never
\\'ant pd for ~-1 r0n~~ ,n,...n upon
whon1
!"l';1<l
Fh<' 1·011irl ,:,,prnrl :<i111·~ thr Pight men
•tood 1111 \\'ith ,Jo shu a )[ oo<l<'Y In t 6il.
.\ s 1 ha,
Ii:-:~
oi
t•
hnf'll
th,.
:Jl,lf'\ to
<1L1('on:1tl',
COtHH
rnct th"
forty-onC"
n1en
i!l I ila t
off I e. It l s :,
1von1t.,· 11 ~1. 111 1hl' ;111n;1I>< of our city
h:l\ (• :<t'l'I ('d
on
f\n<ls n1u11y of lhf'ir na1ne:-; anion ,;
thoH· ;1(·tin• and (•fficiC'nt in the life or
lh<' l'Oll\111 11111lY. T:H•rr i~ !'Viclrnce of
(\\'() Lyprq Olll' illllHtr,LlCd in .lob H 1trrl s
agai11sl whose' 11arnC' l>r. l'utn am wrote
"a m.1:1 of e1nincnl p iety,'' ancl one like
Ju tlg-c \\'il:ia m P,Lrkl•r. a tlisllngulst\ed
p:.ihlil'isl of lll'.
Buclonln,;tcr's d a l"•
LPL us call tht• n:tlllCS
o f Samu('!
ll al11rs, Jol ll t Vll'tch<•1·
a nd Samuel
K ra is vr Lill' !ir,;l pcrfod; of 1'o1JlttH
Langtlun, Thonm, J'p er ee, fath er and
,;011 , anll Samuel ~herlJurne of
LhL•
"arty Plghlt•t•nth c!'nl ury;
i'L'llh,Ll lu\\', li[ty-tl1n•c yearn ,;!erk a >:
\~l'll as tlea<'Oll, who
died ht 1810;
,\ lllO,-; 'l'app,,11. Te:tr·h1•1·. and 'l'lmothy
l•'atTar ; of U:,vhl Llh)Jry and Danf L'l
l, nlght; or Joshu.~
Brooks,
I, uowlton and Charles Robi nso n , fro111
LhC' ca r lt•r pa1·L of the nin ett'cnth CC llturr. of J-,dwn. rd P. J,imba11, for thlrtyniu years deacon, and John
. nand
for forty-two Y<'<trs <,lcaco11, fro m th e
last period uf our hi::;tory. And having
n,Lllll'd thl'lll lrt us add
"men no t
, 1 ,r1,, prr["Cl, !Jul foll<h(,jrt1; ,Lftcr th at
thL'Y might apprl'hcnd tha t for which
:, ltiu l hf'Y "er<' ,tpprehcnded."
l
names In churchand parish lists . they· ·correspond ·in
many Instances wHo·. the me'p .. , w;ho
\\'C t'e doing the strong and llllCful. "40rk
'or' t h e communJ!y. Among.,tl"IE:IP In tho
.eighteen th _century w e re, 'the Wlb!fd
Brothers, Ri chard and -Thomas, botll
grnduates of ~iarmrd.' 'l'hom;tS be~
queathed money to Harvai-"d and to
Moore' s C harity ,School later to' bl'come Dartmouth Collegb. He also left
mone yto tho churc)~. for>· m'a)d~g the
two silver tanlcard~"..,whlcl\.,, bc~r- ;lils
na m e. Other na m e~ are, •J.\'I a~k •Hunking ,,· c ntwor t11, '\Voodbury Langdon,,
John Langdon, and w 'i'r nam Whippie,
lhe la11t two nallona l ,flgu'reii and t~o
mo st prominent m en, of th eir period-In
thi s cily; Bliphalet L a dd ·and Samuel
H ale ; and Da ni el . ·webster,
whose
n a m e is fou nd as. a ~'\Va rden ...2!...._t'.110parlsh, the YNtr before• h!J""m(f'(le1:l to
Bu:;to11.
·l •
. •
- ,
Th ete was
'1 iort'b.l!ll6ll th!
th :
1Jasl pi.lrt of the eig hteenth :century ::.
group of physicians much !ntereste..l
1in Lhc advance ment or their profe_f s ion an d willing se rvants of Lhe peo])i<'. Prominent among them ,~ere Dr.
Danit'! Rogers, Dr. Hall Jackson, Dr.
Josh a_Brack et t , or whom the annalist
writes "Phlln.n thropy r egulated every
n1ovrmrnt o( his sou l," and Dr. Ammf
H11har:1ah Cutter. the long time (l'iend
,infl ,·ounsellor of Dr. Buckminster. Il
is pl<'asant to 1·eca ll that th ese .use.tui
rrwn W<'l"<' co nn rcted with this church.
On<· heeomf';; in l<'t·csted in th e list of
11:11111'.< of th<'st> J,iy-foltc, who,....made up
t hi' ,•:t rl)• chu r ch an d parish. _Sl)me of
lht• names have tlisaJJl)eared from this
co mmunity, m a11.v , remain.
Among
thl'lll arc Akcrn1, tn, l!lckford, °Colto11,
1" •rqa Id. l•' url) c r, . Lc::u·: .\lard en, •.Mudh11101·(•. Odiorne.
::;l'il ,·e}·,
S_h11labcr,
Treadwell, T~d,er,
\.Ycc lrn, \.Yiggin,
\\'hill'. Tirn vrry names of our roads
and su·,•ct:s- remind us· of the ·churc h
1,t•opll,l, ·o( the 1011g
ago :-.Alldns ori.
Brew~tc,1·.
Dennett,
Hill,
Langtlon, .\J iller,
'Parrott.
1-logPr~. •·u ltPr,
Sher1Ju1·11r, Vangh,tn,, \V111ltPr. Went•
worth . Whitl!lC'n. \.Yihircl.
1f wP nrr to tal<P <Sl'riptu re ror! a
ha<':1gro11nrl for our •Hlo ry of lwr, h unrlrr<l nncl fift~• yrars. lctl us rrl'ali thr~
words; or l'nul 'to tlw J,;pe1,;iar1s: "Built
upon the foundation of the Apostles
Prophets, Chri;t Je;ms himself bf;)ing- the chie f co rn e r s tone"
Aposue\,
and prophets or the lqi}g ag o-yei;-liut IJuilt al:;p_on :q>os\lc~ antl, proph •Ls
iii
ttt''
i:I
later
n,r-ulled
~luHrtg
lny, wlH)HP n a-n1es we
<.1111I
wlw,;e fnuudallrin
~·, !ie,·) ~'.:!'!.J!1:i~•c,tl c:~n Jrho L!
new day and al m1_;1ch c ost disclose'ri
som!'thin g of the democratic principll'
that was implicit In the Gospel
of
(.;hl'i t Jesus a nd made it avalla!Jle for
civil nnd religious liberty, men whose
worl< was prophetic of what was to
follow. The voice of these men comes
•o UH ove r the Intervening years: "In
alth w e all dl<'d not baving r eceived
'he promises, but having seen and
~rcetcd them from afar, since God thad
:omC'lhlni.; better for you In the twen: ieth centary, that apart from you
vo s hould not •:be made perfect."
Let us r-ecall also those other ~vords:
"1:!ullde<l together into a habitation ot
od in the Spirit;" a fellowship of life
�,·esent in each soul ;n lhe fellowship,
,vea:ing his purposes for his new <lay
r trccdom, brotherhood and peace.
So bu!\t together we shall ·be able to
.i.rry out on our part the great com1!ssrnn of our firs~ n:ilnister: "The life
r the churches and the power of god:nciss that ii;' Jn lhem, 1 beseech ~·ou
· ,ok after that."
So ·built together In the spirit •of
. , hri~t· 'We shall be a'b le to realize in
;ome' measure •Moodey's desire
1orts:pouth and
.make prophetic hh
,ext of long ago, "The name of lhe cit)
if~; that day .sha!J be tl\fl . Lord
.here:'.
�en•nt was not without
whfch • engendp1wl i:;trcing feellng and
Ifft "m i.O•ks on· this communlty'ti ·! :Jlfe-;
that wero evJ{lent' f6r ·-~any• decaW!s.1
•tn the final readjustment a nunto'er b~
tho· members of th·e · South- ·, Church'
came lo the North hureb, a.nd :a. lai·'ge
bod~· •or strong men of. Stne 'p:trish,"
whose loss was not easy 'to Uear, "trans-.
·rerrcd their Interest and supp'oit 'to
tho· Hou th Parish.' Dr. ParR:er had an;n tlr;tC'tl\'f' personality and a ' br11i1an1:
min.cl. llncler his Jpaclershlp with. Pn~
lnr~f'rl l"PHOUl"('e!l anrl dPVPloplng pow:
er the ~outh "Pn.rlsh rPcovered Hself. A
few years: lat Pr it built Its ' ,fln'e stone
· eh urrh . quite> ovcr>1hndowlrig t'he bl<l
North lllC'!'tlng hou sl>. •and.With decld-.
Nl pr<'~lige moved on Into lhe century.
It wa,o; a clifflcull situation that tll<),
old ·orlh Church fnced. ,Forced to
come the militant. defenders of ,,.thot
Faith once dcllverc>d lo ·tht'l saints" in'
a wny and to a degree they would rt6t
have c hosen. ll,e church stoutly defended its position. [n good-tempered
wbrds but with (ull decision 1t refusetl
to concur with' the vole of lhe pai·fs'h
to ca.II a man whoso preaching, they
said, "was not adapted to arouso-the
conscience or lo impress- the heart."
Rev. William Jrnks or Bath, falne,
Was called twice. The -council at 'Bal11·,
which <ll'cided the matter recommended him lo accept . a 'p 'roreliSOfghlp I al
-Bowdoin College, bul in view of "the '
wide breaches that God
has
been'
pkased to make in the churches !n
that vicinity" (I. c. iPortsmouth) &izn~pathizl'd wlth th<' "ancient and 1 -re -·
1 $p<'ct:thlC' 'Society" seeking Mr. Jenks
be-:
large Congreg tion and Fine ~usica~
Program ~t r h hurch on Sunda
At the 1\'orlh chur, h on Sun l:i.y 1 1· 1ich was lo result in tho Unitarian
morning tho pastor, ltcv. Lucius JI. i Denomination, hn.tl gained such proThaycr, gn vo lho conclusion of tho portions In Eastern New En,::lanu that
historical discourse 011 lh«' North Con- ch ur ches and parishes wore IJclng _dlsgrcgatlonal church tho first part ot ruplctl :u1d tho weaker party disposwhich was gl\'en on Hu1Hln.y, No\'. 20. scssl'd or their old church homes. Tho
Although I hC wcalhl'r W:tH stormy :,. unhapp~• anrl ofl!'n bill~r conflict, atlargo numhrr of chur<'h memh rs antl lcntlecl by law-suilH and cslrangcparishio1H'rs W<'re prr,sc nl at the S<'r- mcnts, worked out its natural results.
I
vicf". Jn tht• <'VP11i111 .. ·1 spt•i•i:il 1nusic:1 I
L,011;-;- ,·IH!l"i'.:}lp,l anin10Hitie:-; n n1nincd Lo
service was giVl'II l,~ a d1orm1 choir I tlislu1·h cum111unil y life; and lho asnnd largo orchestra 1111,1,,r the dlroe-1 sum11tion JJy one party or su11crioi· cullion of Al<'x Bilbruck, the church or- lure a 11<1 by tho other of superior piety
ganis t aml choii· dlrr<·lor.
cngcn,1,,n,c1 ln each a type of pharlsaTh c second part of tho hlstor it;;ll n,l- ism 110:11 wus no•IIIH•t· beautiful nor
dress glv('n by lho p ,tH lor follows:
helpful. History may not be rewritten,
The First of the N inctecnth Century- ancl perhaps lhe separation was i11cviTho Unitarian Controversy
lahle, hut W<' ,-011lrl wiRh that liberal
At lhn l1~10 of ] 'r. D~1ckmine<l<'r·:-; ,trnl co11sen·ulin, might havr remained
1
death the c1rcumsla11ces 111 tho N .w u11!lcr 011e roof c1·<'rywh~rc, as, indeecl,
F.nglantl l'hurchrs :u; well as tho loca l l!H'Y lllcl In som(' pl:icc:,. ll might have
condition» were mH·h as lo make it been lo their mutual allvanlago. Cerlncvllablo lhal thr s<'llling or his sue- lalnl)• lhe so-call!'rl Orthodox disclosed
. ..un.-~'•J cessor would bo allC'nclcd with dis- :~ n eed of lho lib, ,ral fellowship; and
scnsions and result in a rcu.JignmC'nt or wo venture to think that lhe people
forces Jn Lho two
"Id
parlshc:, of who ehnoso lho Uni l:t rlan name woultl
Portsmouth. His dl':ith m:orlcod tho full have 11rolilcd by something- that Is at
closo of an epoch of unbroken well- the heurL of lho r eligious life of the old
IJcing in the North Parish , culminat- churclH's.
Ing, during- his J>nsloralr, In a period
If lh<' separation was to come
or unu>,u:i I prosperll~· anti brilliuncy Portsmouth, lhe siluallou was such as
In the ~oulh Parish J>r. Haven's pas- to m::tl<" lhe experience less unhappy
loral1' of lift.1·-fou1· ,.,,,.,._ P11dl111; in than i11 ::ome placrs. There wero two
his e11fc•r•lilPllll'll l. \\':o ,. ;, l 1<'lld1•il b~· a CongTC'gu I lonal churches. I'robably Dr.
lllt•a»ur • o( l'nf1,,•1>t,•1ncnl :rnd dis- lla1·,.11':; llH•ology h,ul pn,pared lhe
,u.,,.H''-~ t;uurugc1111•nl ill lill' p,tri;;J1. The onlln - ~_
o uth Church for lhc :;ct~ling ill Hl08
at loll of l(Pv. Ti111ol lty .\ llc•n in 17~9, of Nal11,111 l'arkl•t·, a lil>erul ill llwolollH co!IC'a;.:nl', llid nnt r!'li.-,·«' 111al ten,, gy, who would hold lhal church for
and hl• w:o:-; diHmis:-;<'<i hy l'Olll tt'il six lhc 111•w lllovrt11P11t. Tho death or Dr.
Yl'ars lat,·r on the grou,,,[ or lhl· i11- l3ucl<min,·ll•r r;al'e the opporlunlly lo
rtlJilily of 1hr JJ:trlsh lo ;-il"I• itlm atle- I the North hurch lo IH'CO lll" lhr supquale ,:;uppo1·t, l,ul q111lc ,1:-; lllllt:h for porl!'rs of ,:;o-callcd Orlhouoxy. This
the rf'U.H UII that his rloclt·inal \'iCWS I was wha l happened;
were not grateful lo I he parish.
Th o llh:• r:li
Mr. l srnel Putnam of Dan;vers was
call<'d by a unanimous vole of the
church. the socif'ly concurring by a
vole of tliirty-0110 lo·''seven'. ' At ' the
council thirty-srven parishioners', entered u r emonstrance, but· after a lohg
and patient hearJng the council voted
lo proce<'d and '.\fr. Putnam wl1.3l• or'clalnecl si xth pastor · of the church•. on
Man'h 1,i. lSlj, H r- was born at Danvers in li8u and \\'as a graduate of
Dnrtmouth College In the clai!s.' of'l:89U:1
1
While n student of law in Salem the
ordination and commissioning of the
first Mi ss ionaries of
the
Amer·i can
Boarrl led him Lo reconsider his pla~s,
nncl as " result he e ntered Andover
Theological Seminary. or a different
typ from his prrclecesso1· and lacking
th<' 1,rlllht.n t qu~ liliM of 11 r . Parker,'
D r • 111 ,, llll 11a 0 U cump('( ("1t p 0 rson;tlily. u warm-hearted, morally courag<'ous man. H ti had th<? pen of a ready
writer nnd in the Jong oorrespondence
with Dr. P arkrr which remains in our
"rchi\'!'~. anrl In which he defends his
wlthdrnw,ll of fCIIO\rnhlp from the
p.i~tor of th!' ·i::-:outh Chm·ch, he dis~
pl,ty~ " fin,•
-·hri:Hia n
temper. Dr.
P11tn,rn1 h11d no oth~1· a mbition than tc
be a truC' Pvang1-lical minister and the
faithful ,,hephenl of_h!s flock. He wa'3
WP! I ,Hla ple<l t.o the worlc tn ha.nd . It
wus to h<' :on !ntl'nsive rellglous w>ork,
the huilding- up of the church itself.
anrt the 01·g.1ntzation
:or all -awakeHea ,,_.,,._,..,,,..,_,_
ehurch life in new lines of effort. '!'he
congregation,:; grew' and the church
membership Increased. In the twenty
year,:; of hi ,; pa.s(orate "i.hnfe hi.uidi'ed.
and one were udded to Lhe church.
'l'hcre wa,;
a wembership of n!netyfou1· when he \\"as ordained. He left
lhc t:hurch a. well organized ·bOdl' of •T-""''-"'""
two hlrndred u.nd ten memb er;i.
A powrrful rel'IVlll of r~Jig!on last-
�Ing more t h an a ) c-.ir added on e hundred member~ to the <'lrnrch In 1828,i,nd
i:'eHulted In the forma ti on or the Pleasan t Street
CongrC>gall onal
Church
Which finally was housed In what Is
now a brick block just beyond Haven
P ark. 'l'he records ~peal< of this plan
as the great subject which abHorbs all
other conslderu.tlon s, ttnd which much
pl a n was out. Ten ml'n t~nd .thirty wom en were detached on Sept. 16, 18/lS,
after each male m ember nad , handed
In a list to be deHlgau.ted , for the new
church. The plan was carried out with
great enthu siasm and no little sacrifice
both or money and or valu ed associations. The Intention was to buy th<>
old Sou th Mectli;ig;!JO)JS.e,,.bul, It. could
only be bought on the agre'em e n t that
the church ,~ould -ti~itlc 'a
ll!lster who
wou!d ··rellowshlp Dr. Par),e1·, and this
the · n·ew' ·chu1i.:h refused to do. Whil e
the e1nrerprl sc• wa~ entel·M Into with
ucl'\·.·Rral e1·, _there ca11 be no doubf<
hut evu.ngellca.l ~ea.I · oult;iln wisdom.
n'd C!],l)ed rorlh devotion and sacr!tlcc
nJ;1ecesso1·!1)·. Three ministers serve·!
tof · sho;"t period·!!. C hangln'g clrcumJtancc~. removaJ3· fr~in t'o wn and \'>9 cuhfary r"evcnies led' to the 'a\:ia ndon·me'ri t of the en t erp rlse. The reunion
however was accomplished only after.
long clelays. much tedious correspon•
:1cnce .ind two co un cl:s which advised
tgU:ln 6t givi11g up the fi eld. July l, 1836
tbr(y-nlnc 'persons ,brought thel1· leters from the Pleasant i ·t. Church "and
tbus It ceasNl to be. Dr. Putnam dls; 0\r<'red thii.t hfs r esignation was neccs
:11J,ry lo bring the churches tognther,
-tNl ·so the reunion was finally brought
tbou, by the sacrifice of a devotecl and
iriectlonate pa~t01· ro·r· · 'whom ·· the
'forth Cirnrch assuted 'the dismissing
:ouncll it had only high regard, affecion and e:steem.
He was dl.·mlssed
:\-larch l ~. 183:i. l{e soon sel'tled with
.be Ffrst ·Clrnrch in i\Jlddleboro, ')1as!I.,
,here he• died :\,111,y 3, 1868 oifler thirty
·ea.rK of ,;ervlc<'. Hli; letters show lh f.L~
eavln_g _Portsmou th wn~ a great so•··ow to him nn<l h'e hnd frankly sald,'I would like to s pend the residue •1of
:ri)t'llfe ·with you and that rriy own du st
night have- mingled wlt11 the dust oi
· h·ose ·olhcr,i who 'have tolleo for your
•vcrlttsting good."
The ·Ch urch resolved that the loss of
heir pastor w,is •·evidence of the dls>lea::;ure. dr
the • Hea'Venly
Fattier
igalnst us and that we will individual. ob serve· between the hours of · eight
1nd nine o'clo clt next Sabbath morn:ng, ·a season of secr et "'h umlllt\tlon and
rayer to God on- account
of
His
hastlsement.
NI iddle of . the .Nineteenth
Ce!'tury
.A:ttir two men ha d declined to settle
1ere the Church
called Rev. Edwin
:!!)It wh(>, had preached · a fe'w months
Lt the Pleallant 1St. Church and was
:herefore sornewJ1at known to tbe peo1le. He was ,spoken ot as from Chii.rles
.on, s.
-Hls-' accepta nce ' of the -call:
1ated at Newburyport; stalee that he
1'ae that day forwarded his reslgna1.\otl .'to the· \Southern "'Board ot M!s1IOnl:I, He was Installed seventh pastor
lf the Church on 0ct. 2.' 183 . . , His ac0
c:
:eptance Is "In consequence of the as;urance Uy many Individuals that
1ew edifice ot some kind will be ercc.ed :·1 but we Ond him two years later
.vith good heart delivering a d!scoun;e
tt the r eopening and dedication or the
modeled meeting-house. il\1r. Holt wa~
,orn In New London, Conn., April 17,
t805. H<' was graduated from Columbia
Collego In 18~1 and studied medicine
'>efo re taking up theology. ,. Jlo had
1een !l pastor In. t,lacon, a~. ll r wns
,Joqu cnl. •:c•artH~St and · HUCf< sHfnl Ill
1ltllcli1 :-: \IP 11w : rhurch ITl!.~llbt:r~hlp.
1-cldiu olic hun4n~d a,1() d.,1ty d111·ng hi ~ mlnistJ·~• of six yea.rs, eightyIve of whom ca m e a,; a r esult of tt rc,1\·ttl In 1840. ,li e wa,s dismissed on
:\larch :J , 184~. having been callatl to· n
0 resbyter!an Church
In New Yot·I;
City. Later he wn~ Dr. Roble's pre•
leces,101· In (.;reenhtnd. 'Jl e removed le
[nd!ana ancl di eel at Evansv!lle In tJm ·
;tale J nne :J6. l 854 u t the age or forty •
nine yent H.
In ,;pile of }Jr. Holt",; apparnnt suc;;ess. his ministry was a time of unhappy differences in the C hurch, tlue
primat·!ly to his strong pro-slnvery
view,,;, and his autocratic temper. He
wa~ the son or a rich New York merchant, brought up In the belief that
slavery was the }Jalladium or uatlonal
strength. 'l'he · antl-l:llavery agitation
was abroad and while the old antl staid
members remained liltle disturbed. th
younget· meti. caught t he spirit of the
new day and spoke and acted wllh all
(he ardor of a n e wly aroused conviction. Mr. Hoit spoke
against,
then
prayed against an<l pre:-checl against
lhem . He likened this ardent g1·oup tc
Kerah a nd his company
who
were·
swn llowecl up In an earthquake. H e
called them a m!:sguided few untl said
he would light 't hem as long as he had
a drop of blood in his Ycins. H e compared part of his m embers lo a. cook In
the galley and him sel f tci a captain or
h. ship. '\Vh ereat they inq11h·ed '":\lust
no m ember on po.In or excommunica tion have an opinion of his own'! 1,.
the minister of n professedly ProteHtant l'Ongrcga~lon in New Jo:ng!anc! supreme ahcl Infallible"/ ' If these things
are so, then It was for
nought that
John Rogers expired amid the perse
cutlng fires or ,Smithfield and th e Pil grim Fathers crossed the Allant!c In
vain." That the young men retaliated
and said things • about the mlnist 1·
wns or co urse true. The result was
the smlpcnsion of ' some or this
and the excommunication of others,
evidence that Lim minister was in control. ln later and better clays thei,e pe r
sun s wcr re stored lo mcmuership
lhtre are WllUJHIS that tllko Ion;;
heal.
IL 1•,,t" thl• m inister him :,<If In
lll'Xt p..i.slor,LlC 1•hu was lu fl'l' I t Ill'
we ight or pro-slavc•ry upi111011. Hi, ",ts
Rufus \V. Clarke, of a Ne -. bury port
family, une uf l1 vc brothers who went
l11tu the ministry. He left a busincs:;
position In New York to study for the
mini stry. He was graduated from Yale
College In 1838 and studied at Yale
Divlnltr School. After preaching a year
In '\Vn.shlngton he was !n sta.llecl over
this church Nov. 16, 1842. One of hi><
wnrm admirers writes of him durln••
the Portsmouth days: •·He was not ~
scholar or 'a ,Viele reader but ho entered
Into his labors with genuine en thusiasm. Ho loved work and could say
ti n'd do things with cheerful :'l.lacrlty
and good sense. He had a vein o! quiet
humor that otlt!n turned
bane Into
blessing, and a strung, rlcll earnt•sl
Yoice which added ,1eight to hls publi<' spe!'ch" H,J sen(·d t!:!'ec
lar~c-r
·:· ~:rc~ ~3 :!.tt ... !t··tv!·· , ! )~! f~1nputh.11 ncl
4
1
-n,J
.1:;.,
,1.u;l:.n o; ..•..muro·•
,_.i~.()t,
circulated books. '"He 1n1,; a rnan or
auillly ttllU LIOqUc·lll'l' with Cll'ar. C,ll nest ,md forcible SL le." li e di ,J at
Na11tueket in 188ti. '.\Ir. and ~Jrs. Clari,
c-n<lea1:ecl tl1<'msc• l\'hl to their chun;:lt
nnrl did mu ·h lO cit \'l'IOp
the HOCl,1.1
life of th parlHh .
i' Ol'ltitnOULh, was
th eir tlrst home·; th ·r their children
w,-re born, and th! ~ pa rlsh they
re;;ardecl with warm at(cctlon.
one hunclr cl 1tncl lltLcen were admitted
to th church during :\II'. Clark's nine
years. Th e whole numlJ «'1' at the close
of his mini stry wa s Lhr,·<' hundred 1L1H1
forty-live.
'fhe pro-s1,,very
were growing n•stll',' anti the norllll'rn
conscienrt' wa.::; often hyper-sensitive.
That was probably tlw
reason why
when Mr. Clari, un 8un<iay morning
with much heal c.Lll d
in question
some l3!blical intcrpt·ct .. tion ju::;tlfylng
~lav<'rY, that '"sev<'rnl prominent parishioners ~hoolt llwir lt,•ads at the Indiscreet boldn<'HS of their mlnlster, ttnd
the canvassing fo1· the new meNin:;
house cnme to ,t sL, nd-stlll." But the
new :\laverick Church in Boston was
Just then lool<i11g furn popular preach.,,. and ::\Jr. Clari< was ab!
the ,;!tu at Ion for his people and gain
l:1 rg<'r opportunity fur hlmselr.
�ME MOR·l L
1
1
·01SCOURS
(Continued from YP'>lerdny 1
The Period of Short P:idorates
'J'ho forty years from lRGl , to 1891
may well be <'ailed the perio<l or shon
pastorates for ~cv<'n mP11 oN•upiP<l th"
pulpit within that time: whereas f,,r
.t he first one hundr d and eighty yen 1·:i
only eight wen were ~cttled ov er the
church. WhilP the
pr:-r~ono Ii ties of
these seven men were such in ever:,·
case as to ltopre!'S thcm"elY<'R upon n.
sensitive parish life, yc l or all but two
jt ls true that their- major r!'cord was
written elsewhere. It i" then neither
JlOIISlble nor desirable to attempt
iun story.
The ,first of thPsc Sf'VPn wa', Rev.
Henry D. Moore who came after n.n
jnterval of two years, wM• installed
.August 17, 1853
ancl remainecl two
years. He was
an
off-shoot from
1\Jethodism and Jfocw nothing oC Congregational methoclR, hut
"h<'
IY:l!'
handsome, graceful, (luer. t, a natural
oqi.tor, with a gentle resen·r- of mnnncr which Rtimuln.tecl i-m 10~11~·." His
charming
pl!rsonallly
1111 11
lltPrary
taste captured the parl " h, and the project of ,the new church wn ml,C'n np
with new interest an<l carr!ed to n
!'uceessful conclusion in thP Prrcr ton
of the building in which we nre a~iscmbled. ,But the m::i 11 wliose roming
h:td stimulated th<'
Pnt c-rp rl sc was
never to oc cupy its p11lpi•. 'l'hr :,en ·lrr•fl nrtrr the rn\111r; of t lw 01,1 church
had been hPld in ' the 'l',. inp!C', an a rnple
~>Uilding th::i t stood 011 thC' :,Ile or '.\In:'<lc Hall. Bcforl' tlw c:wrl'h was, comJ>lr>ted It appeared th:tt
;\tr. l\foorP
c-ould not live on his ~::i. lar~-. and r. fler
a. season of re,:\°rPt an~ cti~npr,oin•mP11t
he accepted :>" call o J'or,ln.111.l.
"I'ho pleasant tnsl; or rlcrllca ting th<'
·,,ew church hulld ing fr>!\ to ftPY. L;-rnan ;'\Vhltin;;. He prraC'hcd the dedicatory sermon on tl11• after-noon of
Nov. 1, 1sr,r., and in u,,.. cvenini,; was
installed t <'nth po.stor of. 1he churc~.
H<> had bN•n a studC'nt a
Amhrrnt
~ollego and was a graduate of Andoverbemlnary. Ile posses~ (•(\ n. Yi\ld person~Jity and had Incisive power as a,
preacher. . An impulsiv <' nature led him
to disclose his 1wr~onal moods and
f<'eling s in puhlic utt<•rance. ll<> gave
himself with enthusin s m to thC' revival
exper!enc('s or 1858 anrl r,.c,.l\.·C'rl rort~·two mcmbl'rR into 11,,
!'11urch. H•~
serveil in I ine churt'h"s after lea,·in~
Portsmouth in 1859. Ile returned and
preached Lile sermon in 1~05. al the
Anniversary of t)lc D•~clic:1lion of th~
Church. Hr- died thr followin~ )la.y
nt East C.harlemont, .\Ins~. , whC'rc he
held o. pastorate. n.gC' o! Pi~hly-nine.
Rev. ·w111iam L. 'Gn~ P
r1<'rvccl thr
cht1rch as cle,·enth pa <;to r n.t th " opening of the Civil \Var . comin!', Ocl. 17,
18G0. He . was an accompllsh ••rl and
~cholariy man, a graduate of llan·ar~.
who had done gi;-adnn LC' work In this
countrv nnd abroad .
been trained and ordained as a
tarlan minister. which caused the elder and more rigid of his congregation
10 be <suspicious of his uttera nce. His
assiduous ministry to tho Roldlers in
trn!nin,; ,nt Ports mouth impaired hlR
h<'::ilth nnd he left January 24, 1863.
nc-v. C::corge '.\I. Adams was installed t welrth paRtor of the . church on
June ~. 1863. He was a graduate of
Bowdoin College and Babgor !Seminary.
HP dicl n·:o -ycnrs post graduati: work
In Gcrm::rny, followed by two years at
/\ndrl\·rr. Ill' wni, 11. s cholar, a man of
d"!'ll f<>f'lln;; hut omward!y resµrveil
nncl s h;· of m~ n11cr. He was accord~l
the title given .\fr. nogers a century
ancl n. hnli: earlier,
and was
called
"thr flood '.\.Ir. Adams.',' He was Int ere;;tC'd in tilC' church
b cnevolence9
nnd did a much needed •.vorl, In build- .
ing up aml stabilizing the religiour;
life of the church . There were two per
iods nf d ep rrilgious Interest, one being in connection with the preaching of
the liJ\·an;:::;e li'>~ I--Ienry F . Durant 'l',vo
, hundrc<l and sc·vC' nteen members were·
j addE'll to th e- drnrch rolls during Mr.
Adn m ~· n i ur :·('a rs. J t waR during h!H
paslnr;1,tf", in 1870, thut the
!'!,npr>l 11·:t~ h11i1L Mrs.
who
, "ai; nr t.h~ J)1u1:L f::un!ly of rortlapd,
was vPry activC' in the parish and re,·ivrr, th<' Ito~er;s ,'.\lii<sion Band. ~Ir.
Arlam Jr-rl thC' !'hur!'h in a harmoninn,1 aNI ~ll <'!' l'S!<f lll !'C'IC'hr:tt!on or the,
: two
hundn•rlth
o unl\·C'rl'ary,
an(l
pr eached thr? lli ,o; torical Discourse. ImmNllately following this occasion Mr.
Ad:tms resig-ned greatly to the surprise
of his prople. _\.n unwise remarl;: har.l
. l~d a s-:~1tiv~~ure ~ to take a step
for which there was no sufficient reai,on. The rc•solulions lhn.t attended t~c
unwilling acce1itn.nce of the re lgnation reveal the feeling of the people in
the face or what wns a ren.l calamity.
:\Ir. Adams served the church :tt IIolllston Mass., for sixteen years and
gavC' tho Historical Discourse at their
one hundred n.nc\ flflleth anniversary.
He ministered to this parish for seven
n,onrh-; in thro su mm<'r
of 1890. HP
rlletl at Newton in 1906 in his eightyHeeo ml year. 1l<' preached the Sunday
beforro his de:tlh anrl kept his youthful
spirit to the las t.
A flr>r a.cling as suppl;- for one year.
Rel'. ·w. Carlos :\1artyn wn.s installecl
as pastor, ::-so,·. 12, 187~. He had bet>n
a Ja.wyC"r, but s tudied al TJnlon Seminary and was ordained in .St. Louis In
1869 . Hi> wn.s a brilliant man with tht•
qualitli>s of an orator, preaching usually on to11icR or the day. He rrslgnC'<1
M:ty •I, 1876, to ac-cept a call to the 34th
StrC'et neformC"d Church, )l('w York
Cilv. HP dlrcl nt .Noroton , Conn., In
1907, whPr!' he was Pastor F.meritus.
ne,·. James "·· Hubbell, a grad uatC'
or Yale Co!legp and of Andover Seminnry. served the church as acting
pnstor from :\larch 11, 1877 to )Iay 'l.
1879. He rendrred cl!stinl't servicc- by
()llhll~hing a directory of the cht1rch
and parish, ancl by inaugurating the
weC'ltly offerln,:r syste m for benevolences. 'l'his Jatti:-r sen·icP was of great
vnl11P, :rn it inr~ea!'l~d the of[erings
Jarp;e ly and pr!'pnrcd the peopl
thP aC'ceptani-e ot' thP method~ of the
0
'.rhe pastorate of Rev.
:\loGlnlr>y began November
He was a gradual\!, of Washington <
Jefferson C_ollege.· He st4died ~aw al}d,
began its practice In Iowa. A decision·
to enter the Christian ministry took
lllm to Andover Seminary where he,
wai, graduated in 18ri9. · Por,tsmoutbi
w::rn his !lfth pa!'!torate. He ·was a man.
of line presence ancl an able speaker.'
His pastor;_tc . was tho longest itince
Dr. P11tnnm'!'!. He wa'I dlSf\llssed July
23, 1ssn. Tho clpslng words .o! his Ja.~t.
sermon were ~hPse: "I eonunend un-~
to you Jesus · Christ, in his life and b~
1
his power U1e Savior of _all . human
souls." He served afterwards at Emporia, Kan~as;
Sh,erwsbury, Ma_ss.,
hn!a Ylsta, Call!orhla, . where he.
Th~ Prcner.t Pastorate
Tli'r-.. present· palltotate oe~a-n
emb.rr ;!, 1890. 'l'he . rest<_>red cqurch
building was rlcqicated Noyembpr 30,1
:i.r.d the ' p~stor ~1•as ordn!ned and in,tall cd J\l-11u11ry 2S, 18~1. '1.'he 'storr'.of
ou r wort,, togcth!!:- , for, Jwei:ty-flve
,·cars wns told In detail, and the ad,
dress JlUblishNl,
In connection Wl~IY
the anniyers:i.~y occasion
a1equa't~lY.,
.-,l)~pn·C'!l In 191ii. The Intervening six'
_years, coverlng- such
::i. m'~morabk
period, ma~· bo re viewed in due time'.
[n them we flllVO com~ 1nto closer ~re~
In tionA with the denominational llfC'
and 'work and have made .a. worthy, redJ)Onse 10 the "optfortunitie.s ,aftorded . u"
hy largely Increased 'o't'ferlngs, )'µclud!ng some si:>ven thouJ3,D.nd dollars ·subscrlb<:'d to the Pilgril'I} Me.morial F.und.1
We have gained valuable exper)ence
In Christian service as .,ve ministered
to mC'n in the army nnd naYY, and re~pondC"d to tho continuous· calls of ~
.vorld sufrC'ring (\csp,eraJely
soul 'a.nq
'10t!y. nur!ng the ~pide,nlc In the .fa!
1r 1ns.' we wcr·e able to r ender a uni~
•ni- rtml m11rh nC'ede-d . !>crvlce to this
slrii-ken °c~m~uni t~: by ~penln°g a d!et
·iitchPn at thP parish house and by :Ji.
::,onprrc t ive effort supph•ing .:1-hE' var"INv oC food n er-dcd. ,
· ··,
.. '£h e fig\lT<"<; tr-!! u's th().t our parish
lis t is long('r and the number of cliilf
ren arnj!~hlc .. !or, Ol/; .~hristia.1'. flllf-;
turr. ;i:r<'i> t,er than It has beitn. '),'i1e
mernbrr~hip 9f the church . ~a.s stea.,da,- ,increa~,rd. Rev('n )lundred and ,sp ~Y,
persons .i1'17ye joined the. cpurch i?J-5he.
lhirt~· -on,e YE'lll'S. But the Pt:0P()r
VIC'\\' nnd Ynluatlon of a,11 the.se years
t_ogrthC'r belongs to· a gencratioh that
shall Follow u~.' . ,
,,
.-.. .
, The Daughters of , fhe Old C.hureh
The close rr:-lat!onshlp between ,the
North ttnd ,South Churches Jii evident
:'rom our ~Lory. They nre rooted Jn ~
:ommon beginning and experlllnce and
i'cclesia. tlcnlly
are sister chui;-ches
fi'onr othe rs in lhe old Piscataqua re.:i:ion may be ·looked ui/on as daughters
of the <'hurch o.t th!' Banlc. The inha•
bita.ntR of Newcastle or Great' J:sland
formed an important part of the ear!Y.
church and, n!! we have noted, ln!lulocation of the first meet-
~o
::1
0
0
/C-
0
0
�ate· mlnlstry on account of dlst_ance
frQm the meeting house was arswe~e!;l
.ih ·1,.6..82 bt MSer~lng their, reimonJlU))l•
lty· for Mr. Moo~ey's
salary, telllng
thehl that tf\!l · Snb~n.th _will 'b e pro~
:al\'1:d whethe.:· n~arer or fjrther," that
.to ,,?,void
~alll~g · ·into he_?.then)s~
,;Masters of families". were to lea~ a_n~,
Instruct those ,under !heir . ,care; ~h_!!- •
It
."lmp'ossible all in scattered townr
iiv~ eq~{l-,llY ·. con_venl_e nt to tqe Meet-·
Ing House; some. ;must undergo rp.orr
tha~ qthers and we 'never heard, or,
:1~e $hf;ll o.?. a.ny being !~st at;eµ_ipting \o coine t? meeting._ -New~n,:;;tle Ch u,rcn In the Y.~ar-b_oolc <:!fl tef ·
(rom tha.t: . year. 1682, bµt ~o , mlnlste1
W.All 1emplOY.f:~ until 1703._ O.u.r t!.r13t
deaco~ Jived, in Greenland, and untll.
i 7f>,5 ,:~he J)\hapltn.nts,, mer., wop,ien and
chll(\r\lr;i, )Va!l_cej:l t9 ~hµrcjl, .,. !l-!X· ?t,
tlghf mllfs. _
q_n J~ne , '\ oi: that ;v;lar .;1 ·
:.vas. voted: That In _conslderatfon. o·
·heir numbers' th'e distance they had
; o ," tra,;el'. and ' the dangers to be ,en:·
:::ciuntered in their at,ter:ida1;ce . upor
l'.lUbllc worship, the. inhabitants o·,
3:reenland be permitted to enjoy rhelt
?~o ..re~µlar . lns~ltuted means1 9f gra,cr.
:1.nd· that ,one, hundr~ pounds be .pale,
yeltrly ·out o( the. town stock ll;S theh
proportion for the -support of . t_h€
lri'l'nistry 'during their maintenance •oi
:i.n able minister among them aii!1 : nc
l~ng~r. ln July 1006 the church ~a.e
fqtmed with .-twenty-nine members_.
1
,
~wlnt<ton qcdp.ined Its flr&t mln\sin 171Jl, the ·year that ,the 'South
'.,::~ui:~h 'in11ta)l_el1 Its lflr:,i~ JJ?:Btor. , ~r;
't7~4 the .Jnha.bl~~nts o( · 1Sanpf _Be!l,cl;
deijlred: tp .'J:i~come a separ11-te parish
ziiad!i al?ll,t!:_~tion therefQJ ,tq . ~h
;}enern;I ·4,p,<it;r'{lbly. T,qe _t9.wn ,1pLf.orts
mQuth ,, ~E\l'em>on vpted: .. J11at~ th·'
ki,:ayer qf,1~<1;11dy~Be_a!)l'\ is hlg~l;," U!)
.r~a~o.tia,~le,'.' a)'ld r,pmo,nstrat~~ -~ga!i:i.st
t~e ;.vetl.t!on . ;•~a that ,there rna,: ,q~. nc
f~rt~·~J'. ,£,~rta.pl~g . pr . , divjdll'g . !~e
tqw:n, wl\ljh' is ,9;1p~f)-dY re_~uc,e d~!o V~fY _
¾~<>~ limit~ -~:I:. "t!ew c_a,stl~, Green1la.nd and· Newingto,n."
Nevertheless
(ii!!-,'.church ·.11: Rye , wns 1 ~rganlzed in
17~61 a.n,d accordJng tQ tlje_ ptrqn,lcl.er
the• prQ~perlty of · that
town dates
fri:im the, Ume when · "th ~y erected n
-:~otise .of publlc ,w.orsh!p, . forme~ the
_;li'ii[cJ;i a.'p _~ had ; the ministry and or~
-l.I,{?Jl-n?~~./>f. ~ho. G~sr>_«il: settl~cl .~mo?)_s
~em., . .
l'.t / :· 1
-' ;'· · ••;.,·••'
., , ',',, ,.,·
'.,Ej~v,eral persol).s, at the Plains ,b,ullt o
:ne·e_pp.g, house an,d ·had preaching , fo1
twh ~ara: In 1727 the North , Paris1'
',lta'iea_:' ti free a.ri'd · • ,exonerate . them
:re,rp. any -t~x. ·or charge ~oiard f'IUP•
1i.or.t' o!.• ·tl)e -Gof!pel . mlnlst~y." Tqe:
;eiitloned
to' b~ ~ade
s,eparate
PF·.,r
,._
-~
••
I
WP·J}U.t ..
.refu.se!1, ~his , o_rganlza-tilon · came . to an ~nd and the peoplt
fieftlrne.~.: fo' lh,e, :1-:{~rth __ Parlsh·: ·,'Yher.
~l;lfllr ufo.ce of W'1>rS~_!P ~Jew dow,n . Jr.
1'148. I~ 1757 .1,ome members of thE
North anp Sout\l ,Ch_u ~cnes formed an
ln<i:ependent Congregational ,1Soclety.
we· l1iJ.V,e.· tound .a _long document nd(lre!ised, bY 'Dr.. Langd!)n to his dissenters: .:f!ll, expostulates w.lth them , and
s~elts tl) answer ,!heir charges "th:i.t
w& h:i.ye. not practised agreea,ble to th,_e _
C~brldge
•Platform
·of Chui;ch
Dlscf-·\
"t'
\\,•.
'
•
•
pll~ 11-11~ that :we.,hq.:"."e not pef,e nded
.t11p· do<rtrlne:re ,tho,-,NllW ,En~l_!lnd' _Con.or .fo.ltp..''. , "_I')lei,e , Jils11enters
'purcha,~ed th~ o1'<\' meeting . ho1;1,se.. of,
Dtir}rn.m, brought lt fo Portsmouth anc1
-Je
6~~e
~ei-
t¥.lP.
,v~r~
Je~.n,
a
,ract1ca ~- egan wit t C' grC'n.t m1Sl't lt up and w9rshipped n part ol
:ra1:lon
from Ireland near the middle
1vhn.t lit now• th? ·'~?~th qhurch chapel
,r the last centur);, n nd whi c h ha!!
The, had a rigid church
life
witt,
:ontinued untll Jt ls the i;tronge>st and
'som·e cust~ms·, oi. the early church
nost eYldent r e ligious hocly in the city.
'Two m~·n earn~st.. hut not trained for
\.11 these ha\' C' concllt!onecl nncl inrt.he m/nls,t~y, _ ~erY~<l, a~ pas_t?r~. _Dr
lu cnced the
developm ent
of this
Buckm'!nster and John Langdon some·hurch in !l efln ltC' way.• .•\ II of thei;e
times at.i:l.lnded · th~ir meet ings, ~ncl
1ave definitely fe lt the Influence of the
the l:ttt<'r paid ·11. •considerable part of
:emoC'rocy th a t wn :-;
in the Puritan
t<1r. "\-Valton;s salary. After his death
hurC'h. \,·c salute rhc,m n.ll.' c:'l lay all
(hose rPmainlng became nfClllatPd wllh
uilrl well upon Jh ~ civlc fo 1111d n.tlons
the Baptist
-Soclet~·.
l
..
• ..
:1e fath ~r s laid. '.r im!' which . discloses
·
,
.•.
·.
0th.
e
r
,
Religious
Bodies
1
11 Yalnes ancl sof!Pns all nrspc:ritl~s.
,:N'o othern among the numerous reas mad e old time s tru gg les and dls11glou3 bo dies or ~ha,_city ha;v~ 1 any di'.)nslon s of no P)'t?:-<e nt m omC'nL. l\fay.
1
rcc;'t connection ,vith the olcl church.
reli :;ious_ l<'tpPl',", _freer\ from I iieolo·;1ihh11gh 'many 'of
their m.'emberH
lcal rancor ancl ecC'lesiaslical pr tcncould trac e their ancestry lo church
ion, enable us, churcllC'H of t' V<'r.,· narni;,,
and pn rish li HtS 01' the e::trly days. In
o clwPIJ logethC'r in n spl rit or comi1p2
t~ ? ~urtt~ri~~, care of "llw
relwn sio n nnct good witl. :\lay 1·. e all,
Soclety for the Propagation of the •
ce ker3 nHer noel. nou rish th n hen.rt
GOsPel t'' che :Chu'rf,h-, or Engt1nd int~~nct soul or this clt.1· whe,·r, WC' cl WC'IJ,
ests WC're revived .. 1.'here was a consids W C "keep th l' 11 111, .,. ,,r 1i11•
1
eriillie body of' people here to whom
:1e hnnrl of JH-arc."
tl~Is 1if8 ,vn.~ Jrateful. The ~uritan
l'l'o hP
pelif)le wete ileveJoping~ 11 ·~etter tem~~r\, of mlt}d and heart. The enterprise·
developed .Info a chul'ch with strength
.inti nrN<llg-1', the ontcom!\ belng- tho
-two Eplscopa.l Chur·c hes of the city. J\n
l~er.e~t!ng_ir:~~tu.rn.'.~?L:r~l\glou§:;llft'p ;JL
the end of the elghti:enth century wai
·the • rise of tho · s~cts. The~ · did mucl
to ·refresh nn·l rcn-e~v the life . bf.' th
people a,~d ,fo~nd_f'_re~dy · cc,ipstllucnt-1· But t)lls movemen_t _ caure.d not
QflY distress but often suffering to the
,ministry of, the es~abllshed church of
Ne~v .Englnncl. and a,ousecl dissensions
a~d • stirred probl,ems only relieved by
the ·Tolerat!on Act of 1819. ·Portsmouth
offC'rNl a fertile :field for new seed.
bnlversallsts were establlshecl here as
~ii_rly 11.s · 1780, ~nhabiting a great m eet\ng house In 1808, and Dr. Buclcmins:er carried 0?l a vigorous cllscusslon
,Jith Hosea Ballou for which there
,~oulcl be l!ttle need ln this da.y. In
1803 that · i:mlqi:;e · and forceful apostle,
Elias Smlth, enduring persecution and
1.lcled by a politlc;l sltua,llon, fotrnclNl
q1~ Christian Church which hccamc
the mother of other churches In thls
vicinity. He gn•atly
rl!slurhecl
~ciuanimlty of the pastors and people
o'
r th e old churches "as by his ,rude,
I
~pmmnndlng, and_ . attrn.ctive powers
i,e_ drew ,Into his newly gatrl'recl !loci,
!arge numbers from both Congreg-allonai societies." ·
' Thp Methodists were established in
1808 bql J find no cv/den ce that they
.were "disturbers of the peace" as was
alleged against them in other localities. In 1828 the Baptists, who had
long had s·yrnpathizers in these parts,
b1.1ilt rhelr 'church, ' and recently the
"Free ~rmers" who were ,fina.lly estnbllslwd her<' in 1851
1~lth the Baptist Church.
· ,'. The ·A dvent / Chu r ch was organized
in J!l,nuary J 859 and
has
become
,\trcingl y estai>llshe~. . The .People's
' hurch (colorNl) haR become a sep rate organlz:uion.
'I'he
Christian
iclence Chi.1rch da·tes from 191~. The
,\alvation Army has te/ltifled in fi:ont
f the old m C'e tlng hou se tor many
'earis. A rebuilc H ebrew Synagogue
t
.
pens its doort to a large constituency.=•""-'"'"""-_;::,
,'he mo'.'t evident change Is the gro.wth~,-ll:,o.;;+.l>.'.:.:~'
,r ,.the -Roman Catholic Church, whkh
,;ncl~r
0
�ahlllings. In 1762 the rcnm.l13 n.mountec
t~ ninety pounds. The col)~~lq_n. . or:
,,
rentals was not car efully attend~d to.•
A committee appointed in 1'789
ported the full amount dlle
on
leases for hp.cit rent~. and what sum,B
would hC' rccclvcd ln full for lhc un-'.
1
rxpircd tc-rm of th!' lcascs. ]Uany of
1
the tcnnnts scttl<'d ~n full in 1792, incluc,ing Rn.mud P enhallo.w wl:lP hclu
th p lonsc to !Qt number Qno, .,ot. w hich
'YC' haY <' ~pokcn, l1'9,.J.1·nn11n.ot_ion ,bet_ni;-,
(Contlnt1C'd from Y cstc riln • )
The deed- of 1640 conveyed to the
duly c-ndorned
op 1.he
lease.
:Mr.'
"Church "·nr<lens of this parish" and
C hurch and P:1rish
nrC'wstcr rrI)qt·t.R-•lhnt• rn '3.8£ · SC'ttle--·
he-Ir succe:e;sors "fifllc ncrc s of Glebr
.nenti; . w1•rp ffUlcle ngn.in fQr.-r cf!t, b ut
Like :ill the
olll
~cw
acres or it wa~
<' hurchrs the pn.rl,;h h:,<: h <'<'II an im '.10 had n c-vcr . lc:i,rned ttint qutt,cliilm
·'thus to 1,0 taken, that is to say, y<
):>Ort.ant an~ inlep;ra I p:1 rt oC this rrliIced ~. h[].rl bcqp. gi\•c n to a n y. . ·,
(1111 le-nth pnrl of yC' frr s h mar~h !yin
gious ·body, AL Cir~, till' pn.r issh ;inrl th<'
T app<'nd ;~n . cxtract
ffQ.ql a iot tPT
at th" l11•a1l
n( Strawhrrry
nn.n1<1
t own were ic\!'Jltl<-:il ;111,l (t\l ,·ntei:: l)ll
vrlltrn rrom Portsmou th , .. -.1-fov. 3,
'rf'f'l,e, :' IHI lhn.L hl'ip:; mrctC"d nnc~
church matter,:, \\'PrP mn 1lr> In town
t 761, hy .101,n Shc-1.·pu~ne to his. b ro t h e r
houndect rn take .:he rcmalnclc.'r of the
2neetlng. L n.ter thP rn tc pn.yN° were
who was ,1< tationcµ lf! 'Enl,l!l,nd,: Th,e
th irr y - rl:;ht ncrcs n ex t adjoining lo
clivlded bet we-en th" . · ort h & Routh
n.tter v;:1>1 rnrrlccl
by
young
1e snicl m n.rsh .'' The s .ill extant name
c hurches at each m·tn's eho\r,'. :i n cl
.ror:,Ltt. :i. bro hPr-in-la\\", late out ot
"Th
C'
l'rcpl,"
enahlCH
Uf< to lo cnlc
LhC
two parishC'S wa,:, th<' rc-•: 1111.. \\'IH•n
·ot! q;c, who is t:t.ldn~ ~ tour- of Ens ·
mar~h lnncl au<l Is lingrnn Streei wn,.
a-n tes ceased to hf' :, R«csr,,,cl rl'H I 1·01,rncL Th<' IetlC'r refers to n claim, !or'
a pen cd up 1.hroui-:h t he paRtttrC' ln.nd
Jrcted by the civil "uthor!t ;· thf" pnrlsh
h e C11r•:1c put ,rorwarcl by the recently'
,vhi<'h f'Xt,•ndcd towa.rrl
Lhc po\nlc,
rp;n.ni,za.lion r e m :1inl'1l
n nd \\'US ln
,rgnn!,:c<l Er:><copai church:
hou~
i>.
'l'
lt:s
\\'Mt
.
renli'd
.
untll
169~
",\~ th<' Cht;rc h o! rJnr;land In this
t ime duly incorporate•l. For n lnnp; 11erwh en it w~ ~ rlividcd flnrl thr l~'lfles fm
ro,,·n
n.r<'
slirrlni;
up mischief
u•,,-~.1-•.'II• !locl both in . the old :111!1 nrw (•hun•h
ninf' h111"rlr<'d and 11inct)·-ni11c y Pars.
Puildlngs p e ws W<'rf' •·olrl :1 nrl own,.,1
i;a \n"t OUl' Pnri ~h , rrlatlng to th<'
~ohl.
_\
pl:u,
of
t
h"
pa.rrdin::;
out
is
ontrlght, and the ,:,unporr "I° \,·or •: hip
:Jeb<' J,~nrl al'cl
ha,·lng
employee!
,till c,;tn.nt. '!'he proceeds ,VC're used to
oramo from taxes ais,s1•,s,;erl
n rhc.0 <'
:a.pt. :--rn.v!n who went with the mas
b11iJ.1 " p,i.r~onn;::-<' fnr )1r. f!C1g- cn,, It
pews. Gradually tho pew,; came lnln
•'Irct to ;;"t a,lvlcc the;cn.bout U:ncl 1
bcin~ t!J,, h()URC llfl\\' 11umhcrc11, llS on
, In:; onc ot the \Yar clcns o! said .Par '1.ho-possc."sion of the pariRh hy glf~ or
PI
Nl!':>
":
StrC'<'t.
Th<'
more
valun.hle
sh, and so good an 011por tunity p r e •,
othl'nvl,;r. Tn Ill<' m c·1 nlimc th <' c 11 r.pnrcC'l nf 1:-t!'cl wns the twcl,·c acres
lo m of t:1.':C'r1 :1.\\Ll rc:1t,tl!1 prcvn \lr«l. 111
·enllni:;- nnd the nearer (who a ls o b e•
tn~ whl'n rhr !',·rry mf'mhrr r-n•1,·•l'lS upon whkh nn importnnt pa.rt of the'
ng on<' of our Parish) _ .I could not
cit,· is nnw hllilt. lL formed a rcctan·
fnr pa ri~h support
nn ,.. ,.11
n:- [or
,rHa!l with myse!f to . he ~!IC"nt In th!'•
~l;, th<' nortr. slrlC' <'xtcnding up Con~
hene\'ole nccs ,,•a,:, heg-1111 , " b111l!re~ wn•,
tffalr, and th erefore hnve taken the
~r"''!' St rf'C'T h"yClnrl th
Kearsa rgc,
nrlop tPr1 tn COYl'r n.ll tlV' '."' .Kp " n F"S <, ~'rc<'d om to lnclose you a. copy of the!
nrirl th" <'n.n sir\c
c,clcnlling
nown
church 11nrl parish. Th!« inclurlf·rl LIV'
}rant ,,·ith ';\lr..
Parkcr'.s rem arks ,
Pl c:isanr. StrC'et
co the Univrrsnli11l
vhlch I aslced the fa.your of yQu r get·
«ur11or1 or th«' Su nd:t_\' School. n~ wrll
tho
ministers'
ng the r.cst advice upon that in case'
:l<; of t hr ;;c r vicr« rinrl of th<' 1111-k•'<'P
thrcr ;,rr<'S of rorn ln.nd C'JH:loscd Jn •
ro nnc c1.ccl wi h th<' rhn n<'l rinrl pct ri;;h
;he, Church brln:;s an action agt m
pn l\"il •l""·
'f:at \\'<' may !moll' how to procred. O ur
':n u ~_H'. 'rhr-~C" h:1 ,1 fl') :1 !i)n~ 1in11' ,l<'.\ · ·· ,11,-.a rn°,,.ln~ th<' t\\·C'ntirth of'
1,e nd ccl 11110n unerr l·lin \'l,lun1:1 ry cn11rarish have allwn:rs bet'n In Posses .\pril. 1,,15 It ,,as ,·otrd:
" Lhat th <'
tlon (its 120 yrars since the Grant) of
\rluution><, ais nnth;n ~ wns n,·:1ilnhle
mini •,,r -:' ficlrl rnm mnnly g-i\•('n for the
he pr!'mlscs · 1.hc- Churcq o! Eni;lan,
fot· 1.h"11· 11 <:,' from p,•,; rrntn l'I. The
l) ',I' ('If th<' mini~n·y hi' h~· C'Onscnt of
1P,·<' r wn.!'. 'l'h<'rc Is ,more than .. fort:
\\'nnl<'n :, or the- p:ni: h
lo:!\
\tr. Jtn ·;1--:<' r>< c,u1· 1u·c~<nt ml n l:.ter, rm,ui!dinf".H on pnrt or th~ ln.nd whicl
had coul1·ol uf lhe 111t'l' li11g ltom:c a n
1rn, P,I fnr !toll s•' lol!'t for propllng the
iny a :-•rn.rly ,rmt ~o t)'lc i'£'(l.rish therchnYe he<''I r rspon"ihl<' for th" mini.••
rn w11, thn.t th<' a, l\·n n t:i_gr ,,· h ari~e~
ter's ,;rt lr•n· and th r "x111•n«cR cC11111r rr'or.
.h<' rcl>; 11<' to th<' hc-nc!lt nf th!' minP. S. ,vh~ t ca~h · mny be ,vnnted t1
•'d with ,,, ,-yir.<'R in thr• •·lrnrrh h11ilol·
~try, rr~rrvin~ n cnnYF"ni ~nco for a,
)a.y !nr the ndvlc e <wch L prn.y Jl1,II.Y b•
rnr~t.ing hflJJS", court
hou se,
Alms
'rom the bC'st l')anns) on tne lns!QSEicl '
[n lSl r; t he- • ·ort11 Ch11 rch C0r11or:i.:1rn 1s", ,le Jinring l 'hll:f'." F![ty-ono lots
\fr. :,,Jof(att has promised me to supwn.« (nrmf'd :,ntl hotels thr ,·hapcl
l11ly n11mh<'rcil w<'r<' lain out, firty by
ily y on with wch J presume won't b•
pn.r: 11 hOllHI ' , hr' parsnnr,g-l', th<'
<'ig-h t)· fc<'t. ~fl mnn could ha.vc more
nor<' thR.n· ;our or ,five Guineas."
poor fun<I, ancl any runrl,; lhnt h n ·.-,,
t ha n one Int u.nd airrced w huild on it
:\[r. !'\her hurnc, writing a!ter
hNH1 d""i;:natcd
,,, r
t h e·
··Xnrtlt
11"ithi11 threr y1•:1re. 'fhesc lots were·
~ e ,·in's return. i,ays
regrirdl n g
Church." !'<'Heit Ii I mony Ji,i« l'~.l,;trd
not ><olrl hut 1"" sed in g-ood olcl F.ngOlrhr nfl:nir ".\s nothing transpir e
h!'t,,·c"n thr two ,•1,q10,--1 tion« a1ul nt'·
ll«h f:t<; h!C111 fnr l'in<' hundrrri a.nd nin
'rom )fr. ::-.<>vln relntive lhC'reto, I pr e
ten L11c- "1 m <' m <'n ~rn·r. on hnlh botl i""
~-·-11lnr. ycn r ~. .\ p'\ clmqc of thP or!•
1umc h e mrt with poor encourage·
In 1911 the charter was changed, mak·
:rin:d lc-a~cs arr in our possess ion. Lot
n nt." As we find nothing further It
Ing nil l't\l:,mbcrs of th<' church . ov r r
n11mbcr nnc. j11Rt ha<-lt Clf this church ,
, ny records it s<'erps probnblc th:it t h 1
twenty-cine years nt' n.~" m••rnhcr~ or
,n,· lrnsed tn 1:ichnrd " 'ihl rd in l70il.
na t ter was dropped.
the. corporation.
ThP ye!lnw('(l l<'n.sc, after r cc onlin~ the
The Era of Org a niz ation s
As to mapy phU..""~ of our !ifP th"l"'
nt"i gi n of the g-lcbe · Janel,
grants to
has been iittle rea,son to tll«tingul••h
Tn thct ·tr:;- lng rmrs that followed
l :it:hn rel \\"ibird lot numh c-rcd one "for
'tM·o lution ,·<'Ilg-ion had not flourlshe<
betwecn church ancl p1.ri ~h .
•h<' t'11ll «prtC(' :1 nrl term of nin e huml·
nil these years thf'r<' h n.s IJ<•en hrarLY
1nd th e onll oC the century W(l.S mn.rk
r 11 :i.11<1 ninNy-ninC' y earn to bo fulir
roopC'ration In all ma.t<'rlal affair,;, nnrl
cd by l<'thn.rg-)·, indi!tercncc and clc'nla,
cnmplcawd arnl f"nrlcd," for which h (•
much fcllOW'lhip In th{' morr> SJ)i rlltl .tl
g n rly in lhe
nineteenth
century t
,,·a~ to pa~· ''.\'rarlr, each year nnd evfea.rnrcs of the chur<'h life. 11n.ny P''"·
marl<<'il ch:1.1:gr- took place. 'J' he church
f' r:: )·cn r, fift'Pn ~hi illnp;,;'' which was
])IC IHl,V <' h r-011 of Lh <' I n )C or the (.!, , I
a\\' n!~c1wcl with n. neiv sense of re•
.o l)[' R[1[1liPfl lO t hC' URO of the parish.
lurln.n of whom it \\'H" isnid, " CI lo ,·,,,h
~p on~ibi lity for spreading· the gospe·
... ,. · ,he enr\ ancl cxpir:i.tier.
of
tlw
our nation nnd hitns<'lf built us our
1t home and In lnnds afar. Home an('
a(orc~:-tid 1.rr10" he "8hnll f\ll~NlY ::tncl
synai;oguc." Many ~uch persons in the
(O r t' ign mL."s~onary · soclptles wero or ;lcn.ccaiJlY ~u:-rc-ntlrr up r!H' premises
etghtcrnth c~ntury took whnt
,,·1.s
~rtn lzcd n.nrl thf'RC'
offered
1.0 th•
~n t!1<' church \\'arrlcnH of
thr ,:,a.hl
11
tno\\·n a,; the "Half way Co,·i::nant," a
.' hurche>< new objects o! Interest a n ,
par:~~ 1 for the timt" h<'in~.
,
custom th:i t pr!'vn liNl rlown
to the
~allNI out nl'\\' local organlzatlcms. O n•
'l',,r· othPr !<''1.'l<'S arc of Ill,!' tenor. 111
coming or Dr. Pn tuam . 1l n.llowe n men
')f Lh" cnrliest of these was the J u
17~~ thl' parish ,·ores to hrttcr mnln•
\'eni!C1 ,soclet}· whose prlma ry obj ct'
t11 i1 Its righrn :i.ml securC' rents on th r
wa ., the rrlucatlon ot heathen youtb.J
Glcbc land lots, n cco rclin:; to the In,\•as orga1cizcd in 1817. Children t.ron
tent of tho ori ginal document. In 1,33
otih'r rhurchcs a.t first a.ttendod. 1
it \'O tes to haYc n. collector for th f'
ed ucnled Cine hen.then youth bc-:i.rln·
rPnlR. In 173:; thr ,· ote Is to eject nn .,·
LhC' nr'1me of N(l.than Pu.rker, pn.stor o
:n 11r~•·c<:<;lon 1-.·ithou:. iC'a.RCR. Jn 175~
RS
lhC' ~outh Ghurrh, as well
it i« nnt"il u,, t the rents f,;i:n thr
( :lrh1• i~ sixt)'•J1inc__pound<:, 1.wel\·"
of upright Jl(e to have a definite, formal rela Uonshi11 with the church. Oci-rtslonally wr nncl a case lilce thai of
.lohn 1:anr.sdon who moved on to full
membership, hut th e- tendency wns for
tieoplc to rcmnin satisfied with the
l);trt!:tl step. Thi s custom i n part ac••ouul,: for lht' r clallY fil Y smaller m9111
h<-rshlp of th e church ,,·hl c h marl,cd
' h" e-1;:hl'.'"n lh crntury.
T he Glebe La nd.
: 'M .IAL
·01 ·o R
0
0
�he11.r!ng the namo of Israel Putnam
pastor of the Not"th church. Later thl1
.vn.s called the .:111 to Society. In the
·.var it worked
for soldi,er'
aid. It
:1elped build the chapel. For a perlot
it ,1:as. a girls' sewing soi:iety. In time
it took tho name of the Rog<>rs :\Ilsslon Circ;lo ,;ind once mo1·c of!ercd tt
Qpth oor!l, and girls an opportunity fo,
ins_iru!)t!On In -mi ssions. for hclpfu
·ser,vlco ;i.~ homo and abroad, a.nd for
social life under tho
care. pf
th~
chunch. It is the oldest soct_ety of its
!!:,ln.4 in tho land, and .has, a memtiershlp of somQ one hundred and twenty.
"\,~ompn's socletll)s followe.d
after. A b:canch of tho Femalo
pnlon, to ..afd hpmc
missions
formed ln),820 and the Ladles' Foreign
)ifle!,lona:ry Society about the• ~a.me
~~~.bot!i- qqrj~:; Dr. J?utnft.m's,i,stnt: '1;)113 S~i!-IT,l~n•s Friend •Soclct)
unaer tne Jeadership, of ::,nss , 'l\Iar)
)lpgers was formed In 1837 and !tr
;!mely and gracloua ministratlonB g<tv,
to,,tlje,N~r.tr Church one of ltf\ 'moq1
dcvot~q su!lllorters, :Charles E. Myers,
whi:i lighted tjle iflrst Christmas ireo In
this city. In 1s.j5 a new social I splrl t
developed among tho younger group.
;i,:h11•.wJlg fo1· t!lP education of mlnhiters for tho fronper work gave a nn.me
,and :qbJept to, this group, organized :i.s
.' I'he E<J.uca.t!on , 'Society.
Afternoon
meetjngs, , with suppers to which tho
y9upg 'men co.mt, m:i.dc lt popular. It
<Jontlnued unt!l ♦875 when it clos_cd ltH
cxisti;r.cc. n.fLqr the
dc::t th
of.:Ellz::
1;'born.psan,.ita !e;id!!'g officer. l'hc Box
G:~4ti_, or:;:inv.~l i:n 1S6-I for the purposeof helping- secure :i. new chapel, deser,·e.i to have Its namo recorcletl ln
11!::;tor:, for Its effectl\'c sprvleo. In
1903 in view of tho pr·esslng need for
i1. ·n;ylsh 1,housp tl'\e na.me and met)1od
r'cvl\·ed, and c_o,ntinued to sorvc
1
un~!l 19\6, Ions ,after thQ_: new pujldlng
appeared, 'l'he Inasmuch Circle
of
Ki~,;•s ·Da4ghters, m9thefc~ . · !n
en.rJ~- da.ys ,by thn.t devoted ' woman,
)lra': · Ryder, , ·as a. notable foa.ture of
huroh Ill'?) for so~thll:ty_ yeius, up
;_;q20,, .A Mat~l-~!3pc.lataoJ1,! ~Isle
ed from 1834 to 1854 which seems to
~a,:e met q~arter~;y , fnQ 'Y!1,lc~_'p rovld·
e\l .books he}Pf,t,tl . for tra:~n!~g ~/>.uni;
P;OO,Pie,
,..
. 1 : .•. ; ,
At present t:le '\Vqmen's Guild conduo~. the .•socf~i llt~ ..Of.,tl!,e P!!-t;!sh and
unifies _all f?r;anc~es o~ ~th\\ .,~omen's
l\'Qr\I:, b!!-:;lng 11~t ,9.nly th~ tor~.¼"~ ancl
home missionary Interests in ltE! ca.re,
hut also the Mothers' Club, organized
In 1_-9 ii_,br, )1~-~·/f!Ji'lfer ;.r,t_he CJt:\_
sq;i,r.
Service League, and the Rcconstn1c.t,~n Unit, the last .. ·lwo groups m ectln,$' In the evenlng. , . . .....
A Young People's Society wa~ tormed In 1881). Later, tor one brlet P!!rlocl
lt exlstef a:. a ChrlAtian . Endeavor
.Sqclety. It continues as .ihe one ~rne.·
..d'lJim' for the ~presslon .'O f . the worship
i!_cryice, and social life of ..the yotJng
peopJ~. Since the, .fall • of .189~ a. ~ei:;t's ,
,;\ul;>; bca·rlng .the name of ,. QflO of tlw
01)4tch:s_ grcatdo.ymcn; Jphn La.ngdpfl,
_has .met monthly. during the . winter
season. It ls ll.. parish cl.Ub fqr.. t11e pro,iiipt~n of hcl1u'ul feUow~hip, tho con sldor_at!Qll qt su.bj~cti.. , o~_,gen!)J:ttl ilh
.te.rest, ancl, for fosterl!lg tiill ,things
.tpe.t per.lain tD gopd . citizenship.
mm-=
.,y:1.s
Defore eighteen hundred the church
work had been carried Qn by preaching, pa.storl).l vlsftatlcrn, ,the catechiz·tng of children fr.om ,house to h ouse,
and . with tlw weekly l~C'ture in the
afternoon. 'V\-'ltll the reyi\•al of inte r?st Ip .th e churche;i therp followed the
;raclual e~ta.blishment of :1. socl:.d
:neo~lJlfi' or p:·n.ycr
nnd . conference-,
:nlle:rl rhr "nm ·e r m<'<>Ung." In J•\ 'b U:try l ~in. ,iL '':l.H \'Otr,cl "lhat Olli'
,om· on .\lonclay C'vcnlng
or evc1·y 1
·,~c-k h<' ohservcd h;· this c ilurc h in
he V<'Htr)'. n:1 a s !l.~on or praycr." 1n
-Tovember of the An.me . ycnr iL was
·oted "tha.t the th!nl Monuay evening
n the month, only, thero 'be held n.
'!eet!ng of tho church for prayrr, a11d
hat othcr )Ionday <"Venings the brc-then holcl a meeting In the inhC'1' Ye.·t1·y
or prn.yer and for transacting bu~i.ess." In 18~7 ,1·" rP::td of qunrt e r!y
rayer meetlngH. In 1330 : the praye r
,1ec-tl ng com mi ttee recommencled the
2cond nncl __ third Fridays, ··notwichLand! ng wo have now as m any mect.1gs as we can a.Uend. It wi!I take
.or.sldcr:1.hlo time n.nd require somr·
~tic s<'lf denial.'' ln l833 th<' prayer
nrctlngs of Tucs<hy W<'rc- discon lin1ed, and every )fondn.y evening was
o bo use-cl. '.L'he first for the ,)fon thl}
~oncert for Mis sions;' th<' srcond for
ho •Sunday_ School; the thlrd n. pra..yr1·
l\Cetlng; and ·th<> fourth n, m€'ctln;; or.
l]o hrcthrC'n for buAlnr~11. Th Nrn not!')<
•how that the prayer m ectlng was not
'aslly established, V.'o infer th '.Lt hy
·he midd l-0 of th~ cC'ntury it w:rn An
institution. In tho pastorate or :\Ir.
\fcKinley the second serv icC' on Sunlay was usually a pr:wer mrrting- in
'.he chapel.
" Mrs . .Amos Tappa'n, Dr. nurkmin~- .
ter's slstrr, in 1803 lga.thcrecl • th~ , co\'~
Jred children at her house every l:>un.
:'lny afternoon for r ellg-ions Jnstriu-t ion,
It was In 1·callt.l' S11n<lay S c• hool :incl
!ontlnucd ror sc,·er:i.l yC'ars. f t ncl<'r nr.
'utnam who was
mu ,·h
>ea.con 'l'n.rrmn ns S11;, ~rintC'ncl f'i1 J,
:->ent>d n. (Jr.ion Snhharh S ~ho ul in
ef/er~on r la!! in l SlS. Thi s w.~s n mong·1e c-ar!irst In thC' countr y, .\t n liLllC'
t tcr p<'r!od ench
ch ore h
~hool of its own ancl
)Ir.
1':Lppnn
ransf<>rrc-d his school to the g-allc-r:v of
he North Church. Tn lime it mo,·,,fi
1n to the Yestry, from which plac,• it
tppe:.tled, n.s it hn.s often done sin<'<'.
'or bolter (Juartcrs and for a larg-C'r
ptc r C'st on the- J)nrt or the- church. •T h"
fLttc- r p:i,rr of the appt>a.l is signllic:n nt
,f the fn.rt that tho •Sund:i.~- School
not rccognlzecl n.t first ns an intC'·
pnrt · of Lhc l!Cc o( the chu1·0h.
Vestry and Chapel
It !s c1·ldeni that th e n<'w spirit n!1d
hC' new methods· which wcr,, <1c,·,,1or.1g in t!w 1•eJ!gious life ot' the c·h11rchc-s
·ould ncNl som Ptl dn~: olltcr ll1nn t,H'
·Id, tim<' mrctinrr house .. fod ced thi.,
c11· spirit is a rt·sllc~;< ,-ipir!t Lhnt will
e contern only with th.· r<':'i1w:.1cnt,
r the Inttc r .r,a;· JHLr, ~:1. hou1;c . .b :i
·rst rc~ponse, 1,·it h ll,e grncr,rns aicl
f John L:wgdon, :i. b1·lck \"f'&tr.1· 11':H
edlc;ttcd in HJ7 on l•'lc•et ,'tn:<:l,
he- ncn.rc:1l n.voil:tlilc loi·alion ..u e 111·1r
ts 1842 lhr C'r.,in:wcl qua.rtcr,; \\'Cl'<• :i
;onstant sourc!' or di~ ,·ntisfactlon . .\r,<;r much :,gitation, mn.ny
Jlsa.ppolntmcnts, . tho ~lft
.;..._;,.;..;..;.;;.;.,
__
Hary nogcrs of a ~11!tal1ll 1,H 0?1 :\I !<Ille Str<'ct cnnlilf'rl th,• c·h:1r,'h to rc-nl .
':t.tt
its hop0 in lhf' r-iln~1r•! <,f L311
0
<10-
,licatc,i' Wi th Li11• ": )t)<• th,,L iL:s por.aess ion n~ ;,y un!tr th,
hca1·1:; or It.,
mcmbl•r;;, nncl r•ulb1 Lil ,· m more firmlv
in th~ :.\lascc,r'~ C:1 U8P." 'l'ht' report ~f
:lfarcellwi Dnrforll !'or
LlH'
comm!tteC', tho rc:sc,!11t!r,ns
nnd the'
\Vardcn's adcl1·Pss nrc , o full of congra.tulalio11 ancl Ccll •it::ttl on that It i~
evident that ~ho l"ommon ef(ort nn<l
sa.crilice invol,·c-d in
H<'<'Uringthe·
building united al! h<'nn,; in onr. Jn
190G the inaclcqunt" bullcllng n.t iho
rc-:J.1· of the <'impel wa~ Lorn clown n.ncl
u. parish hou~c co1·,,ri,1 ..:· :t!J Lhe on1il;'lile Janel 1•: :is h11il1. u,·, ,;ifL of :'.Jrn.
~Ianhn. .I. Lv1•.ci or :1~.11110 11,.d,ini; p 08 •
., !hlo tho u11rl rnal.:n;.:. Thu huilrllni,:,
while sc-1·Ying wrl! th1•
the Chllr<'lt, i~,; n:1·0acl,\
f11 r-in!
c: :l\\"<1:'il
vllildrC'll 11·ho :;.llhu·
~,,Jf the !oc:, Lion ol'
mo,it desir:Ll,lc, bnL
th,, chnn:ll hui111ingYious <1i s;H1\":t!ll:igc.•s
lifl' of
bY th"
in
c,11 :-S·111rl,1.v.
lLLil(·., .. h 11 :ldin;; ... j:
1h1 dL L:tn,·,• frn 111
in ·,rd 1·<'s Slll'h oh:h u
"'H'
n!,J ·' 1111 · .i li,1d pr1"~. 1.l
l\•.<H',,alon or ·'' n, ~ ,,r : "
,;Jr!,-,,
,,i.-;lJ th::t
1:p•
�Ti,11 r: ,
orga1· i:,,•<I m ls><lon :i ry soclellc-s of
t1,•110111l11atlon w:t" $4i3.00. 111 190(1
,rn~ $~,8~.oo. Br 1918 a la.rgl' r YI•
m e thod of th
c,·,.ry m ,:, m\J er canva,ti cnalll cd Ue< to
rt'111il tu th ••
orga,11izr d
n1i ssl o n;1ry
.,11111
1
1
\\ 01·1, $~ IOU.0 0. ii ntl ,;i ll C't' lhrn W!' h,L\'\'
t,,r.,,11 an atl\':L11<·<·tl ::;t,·11 and• 111
<Continue l from 't •·~t•·nl;i_,·)
Benevol e nce s
Th e first e ,•id('l1l'l' ,,r t Ill' S1oirlt
1:e n evolen e 111 1lw "hun·ll is 11l,·
c·o,·d or' RUCce,;RIV(• gifts tl11r i11;.: l i(lll lo
the n <> ,v roll<'g·,, nt l':1111l,1lck•·. \\"hir'h
wo.~ to IJ<' f111 ·th1•1 · r,• 111e •111l11•rc•d 111 Lh<·
lleXt C1'!1l111',\', In
Ill"
lilit
(';Cll~f'
o(
,vhee lo ck'i; I ntl inn s ,•11001 .1 t l.1•1':111011.
pn,s,•1n,•<l
in
<:hurch a ncl an off, •r in;;
nt:ul,•.
11ex t yl'ar R e \', Elf•:1::• r \\'llt'•·ln,·l,.
lh.' lt, viisltl'CI th<' t•l111r ch , "Ith t:, ,·. )Ir.
Occum, hi,; I ndian ,·011,·<'1·1, :111<1
., n
offeri ng of tw<'nty-O,·" 1,,.u11cl•. -.•\·,•11 t ecn shilli n ;l'fi o..ncl ~ixp1-111·1• "''"' ma<I
to h el p on th e ra.us .. \l'llit·h .. ,·,•ntuat<•cl
j11 D a rllllOlllh Colli';.:• •. Till" c·:ill .,( lhP
'))iOn N• r t•ollrgo hn lS \ "'! '1 1 h,•:, rd
:I 11<\
l\l'S(\\':ll'd, 111
~(n off ering ,\"'as
171;:1
111:id t'
0
tho lal 9 l'a la n1ilu11 ,; !Ir,• i11 1:11,tu11; :u ,tl
a :;)111l lar cullt•,' I il•ll " " " """' " L, 17 '.li'
fur l 'hil,ad~l ph l:i.
:,: llf• rl11:;· I IPlll
~courf;'c uC ) l' ilu \\ f,,, 1·1·.
1u ll 1:1 °iL \\a:-. ,·1111·d ··111:11 1IJ,, 1111111l':,·
collt•1·l(.•d ill ~(•1tt•1·:rl r:1~:.; :111d lh.i ut,
1-:Iv)u,;;s
1t1•
t't'St
r,·,:d
j11
:-.l11t·l~
fu1· tll111 •. ,
•ttt d c11arita1Jlr us, •~. 1l1t• 1· u1i111tii.11•1 .. 11f
lit (; •·h11rl'i1 lu tli ··t1il1111,, ii ill lit" p:t1··
l{lh as ll"C"~~lly n1i;·ltl 1n111i,,•" Th is
f).tncl "tor piou s nn1l clwrilahlt• U H,;"
111111 its, tlistrllnllio11 1·rm a lr11 ,I :1 most
Importan t f <-:t1111'1'1 of f'l111n•h lift', IH•h1gform:11l y rf'J,ortNl 011 P:\l'h .1 t':l r In ,1 ...
t:1i l l,y D 1•:icnn lf :11l :ind tlwn li)' I>• ,.
c,o n l' cl';1;11lo w o,·t.•1· :1 Ion:~ JH·riorl.
mo<lt•"t •·p•J<H· fu111!" l11•tll'r 1·,tlli·fl
:11l111i11lst,.n•1I
:i
r..:.
h~·
p;1..-.tcn· i!lld thun:h , ·nn1111ittPf', l'(' llH1i11 :-;1." .. ..,,·idP11 t·<·
of thi~ r-·1 rlr ,·uston1.
\\' ilh th •• ""·•k•·Hl11;.: ;inti th" ,.,.,, of
,11·~n1·iY.:ttio11, of "·hl1·l1 "" h:1\'f' i-cp<•l,,•11.
t hl• IH·tH•,·uh·nc·••:-: uf 1 ht•
,·h 11 n·h
iu ,,...r,;.-.'>····.1 ,•rt;.~Hst;d in ,·nl\1111(' n111l s,·0111•
:--:.prc-iill
1•;,lJ,; still
,·, ,,; ;11111s 1•. 1,111 ihroui;-h
, l ht> n11•d lu11 1 or 1111· tlllfc ·11111 ""'l1•tlc1;
:111,I 1111' i-i1111d:iy Sl'het,'1,
:1.• ,.., ,11
ll ~•·l f. ,·1111 t rihu lOI'>< ,n•n• n•gularly rn acl<· l<l the ln·reu,sing ""rl; ni tlll' df'•1om l11atinn in
iel,<ls nt hornr :111tl :ihr(>:,d 1>11,..,., lo ,;o•lf'lit•:~. c-o;:l'<.'tion~ :Lt nu, 1,lhl~ <·O11c.·t>rt~,
,,,.,J "
uul th<' 1,:u-;~i11g- l'\f
111 c1•
:1
rnonlh
1•0 11 11
d,ut\nu hox,-.:,;
ol,jt •r •l:,· ,
fnr
par:it-11l:1r
1,·en' m Ptho!l;: u ~"'I
to r·1 ,,.
l'}H'st' \n•t'(' ~llpp1t•1111•11tt•d
h. · th" :qJ•
o f <·ol if'<•t<,rs for t ht• l:11·,,;,.r
1hJ Cl'ls or miHHi011:1 n· i11 tPl'l':H. 11· 1wn
in
"t)1't• ·\\~E"~IZ°J\' ~,rf0rh1g· ,\·as f'!4l:th·
>Olll ttnc-11 t
,~k78
:ls h c-d
lL :.: 1·1•;i t Hll'P r,11·\\:ird "'" " takPII.
·,ut t h n r,,:-;ultH wc-r<• HOt g- 1\"f'l l <·Htlrc·I).
10 {lw l'f' g' lllar tlf'nOrnln:i t IOllil I wo,·k.111
Slavery and Intemperance
,
. he~\'
.111 tl :ilorn,,cl. l>11rlt1 /t all Ila• ll c•J~:oo th1:1 chur<.:lt and i~ari~h
hu,· · (1011 !' th~i°r part In foundln! a.1al
~u,st:Linl11;.: the numerous c.ha.rltable tn"titutlo n s I hat h:t,· _e takt n their ' pla ·e
"" an lnlP;.rral pare of onr city•~ life.
Woman's Place in the Church
confusion and hf'rP;:y has sur eir n1·rlY<'d. \Jut it h:ts not hrought that di,;astPr unon tllrchurch
n-hich J)r .
L:i ngrlun c-,· tcl t•nt l.'· fPlt wonl,1 folio\\.
Thi>< <'hurc-h ,·.11;:
org'sniZf'tl br fnt 'll
a.ton,•. Th i~ f:t<·t ni.Ly l,:1\·e hcen f<U~•
,,,·pr
frontier haH mov e<l
u1·rl,•r.
' ill.'
th11.t lhe church r ,iisc•cl lll'HH'Y :1:1.J ;:.iv••
the' i;erv iceis of Dr. Lan;.:f\011 for ,sv 1111'
week,i of mi ,;ionarr \\'Orl, 111 tl11• 11<" "
,sc tU mcnls oC Ne\\' lt:1111pshin•.
1n April 1760. l11 n•,;pu tlti<• tu :.,11 aµJJt'a l from the go,·,. ,·no r. t ht· d1111Th
t·ulll-ct.ed lt•n h1111 d1·,•<l :11Hl , ix 1y-fuur
:111!i\1'0r<'cl 1·0g ul:1rl .,·
~·cu.rs,
n1a11y·
C'O.tii·:-t !'-1uce
for v:nl'l\ :11n<,11~
t h,; On<'itt:1 l111 tian~. It i-< :ii. o 1·rL1tr<l
·':'~t,N-},
1!1/·1{,;~1..
fter
,P url~mout h In th e elghlC'enth, Ct.'n-,
tllr~· h:HI a 19 l'g(' Ria,·e j)Ol)U lat lon ,fol-'
1. northern city . Th ey numbcre(1 one
hu11dred an!l c-ighly;se.ven Jn 1767.'rh e~•
Wl•re g(•n,•1·:1 lly kindly trc:.1.te<l. ,Some of
l 11 th,• l11l<'n•,sl111;.; ,Jocument o! 1,ir,7
i11 "hl<-h IJ1 . L,u1;;dun answers a. group
of dis s1• 11t111g- mc·m\Jt•t·~. he clinches ?llO
:i·rg111lll' ll t h.v ;:,1yln,r, "~uy, it will !ollO\\' lh:1. \\'11111 "11 mu.v !':-..hon a1~d ,t ea.cl1
in l'irnl'C:1,. fo r t11cy may be a:; able a.nd
for\\··• r f\ to 8JH'a k as th e :ll c11. and mu :,,
t h lnl, lhl•llls<f'ln •s a,; mu ch c·alled to It
,;o th:, l snch a 11otiu 11 a s that l each;
clln·ctly lo Qua kl•rlsm. and all ma1111 ~r
0
.__.._,....,"."
l!l~O
ral,,.·d "" "''' $tiOUU.fJIIU. ,,1un: tha 11 auo
'' '.'llli ;1111101·•· h,1vi11~ a p,1rl i11 'thi:i J~ar ..
tk11:.11 · \\tll"I\. Tlll :1 dlw:1 1101 i11t•lut..h, llH.'
:::1:, .. r i11di\ Iu.u.ol
111,·111IJ<'n; or th<·
1'1111n·h I 11 111all.\ \\ ol'I liy uli.il'l'ls. ur l /1"
l :tt :· 1• 1111.1\ s t1f tl11• girl~ 111 :1tll' tlin,t·l l.\
ti11·,,11 :~ li 1111· \\' 111111·11':-1 Ol'ha11i1.:Lliu11~ · In -
:..
A'iti>o ut 1.Jllextlonlng
,ind hesitation'
.,·omu.11 o\Jtalned full' recognition and
·lg h t>.1 In the Puritan church with Its
d(•morcutlc poflty, .But while the prln·i1>ll• of tlt·mocracy reollzeq Ilse-Ir :;lo\\ly in h,·r cas,, in the Christian fellow·•
-hip it 1>< ll\ll't..'!ll tJT'..;:_ 1-Q~ - lb ..........,cuo..a
·hm·c:b anLlclpated the recognition of
l<'Ulll:11i·x ('Q U!< I ,;ta,tug in the poHtlca,1
iO <'X!• r clr:~ f,,r rn :iny ;;-t•11,·rationH. Uut
t'ro lll 1ht• 1irnt d rl':ld l·I! unt!I lllf• Jll' •
''l'III tlnw wo111,•11 havr• composer! from
C\\'n-thlnl H t,l lht·N• f<>nrths of the mem
·w r slilp of th<' c·hu rch.
Undoubtedly
hP \\"1un,•11 ha V<• ♦ ''X<•rc-b,·d au influcnct•
'n 1•,·1•1:, p,•rlod. l,ut lh<+· ll:llllf-S :lll·
()P:11· t1111.,· In thl'sf" n11•mh 1- r shi11 lists
1111til :ll'l•·r LIit' l'ighlt·Pnth cc n l ur:v.
Th,• •·li:u1g-,•x that cu nu..
..3rly
l'. (111'( ,,,,11 huntlrc-d. not rm\.,· g.l\·e
1m rl11nlt r to wnm,•n.
liul
mad e
1t
I
,v to t·hun·I, JJlCl'Ullbtt a.11d
i-,;:1!11,· d
lit" ri~ht to , ,u l t•
111':--:-· ;:;, \ ·t · \\ :1
: 11 1 \ \, 1 1 111 t':1
111 1 ·1·1·11·: !;1~~111•;11 111:111,•r:-., TJ1t., .i rll,•lt •:1
•f 1·l11i1·,·l1 , ·11r1 .,ira I l011 rl·~ I rid•·tl
:11, ·111l11 •r:"' lllp t ,, 111 :1lc~ lllt' llllJ L' r x
over
I \\C ritr•l'III'. 111 I Ul 1 lhi>.1 \\a:; l'h :1 111,;t'd
~u a~ I u l:iclu<.lc al l m l' llllJ cr:,; or th1•
,-Jrnrd1 or I llilL :i;;.:c and Lwo "um,:,n
..... ,... ud<.ll'd lo ll11• Standing Commtt·•·<•. .\ t pr •,;c,11 l llw women make up
h, Ii ~l oq;anlzrtl uud trongesl work
i1•:: force 111 the ch urch. are ca.llC'ct u1i u11 ltJr " ;,rc·at , ·u1· Ict.-· or service an<.I
·I" ., 1. fr, t•!y ,111d lo edifica ti on Jn all
rn ,,
· tl11g~
"-"
the
t..H·hc-t1 to the Important famfll~s. S~mJ
if them \\'C're, well kno'l\,l characters
wflll u distinction of their own. '!'hi:{
,' J'OlllJ ur J)l•Ople WPre II. feature ln the
life of th e North Church and they OCJ
..:u11it'<l tlu, upp er gallery o( the
m'eet-
:n;;-hou .·e on Sumhiy. In the record::;
J C bm·Iuls tlwir 11a.rnes .ire freqp1!1tl.
.\ t lin;t tl1•·.v h a.Ve
fu.m'lly ·na.inc11. ,
'.\ m•;; ro se1-Yunt of Col. ,Vcntworth."
'S;- 11·:a. " sc ,·vant. of Maclam13 ,' \Vlblrd"
Nnu. :J negro lo 1v·11u:.1.m Bre·,vster.'.'
Lu.t ,•r they tuke t!J.e name~ of the famliies wh"rt: tilf',v Rcn·cd. us " 'uff Whip
pie.'' 180111 c or 1hc m owned the coven·- ·
ant and \\'E'l'P i.uµiizc(I. us ''Y lolet anci
no
ci d ld l'h arn.oh so n of J.lo:;ton.'' Nol :i
fow \\'('rt! admlttctl to . ·cun commuhio·,i
in 177~. o,•nolct.
.No,vpoi·t,'"
as
,dre 'or
tho maq tl,ut pr. ~ ;_ilos r.-c-cd o~ \c:.1.v,:
,In;;; l'ortamoqth .. ~111 . names o( people
'lf col or a r e printecl bv th,:,mi;PlVf>B fr,
the membership list -Ot · 1828!· ~-0ur.· ~I
lltllll
\\ \:· I '\ •
l I
l
.. tr.:.•
~t/
u,,n,,~
l11c!11u. ln;; E.;th~r \Vhlppl~ :-.tullncaux
· ~-110 died al a i;rl'ltt age In 1SG8. an<l
l<'rt :t f.n:ull hequei;t
to tho church.
Dul'in::- thP Jlp\•olutlon most or the
:31a ,·.,~· ,nirP i;ln•n \heir freedom' by
their ma,.:ers . . \ t the thnP or the cap General "'nipple
11og1·0
t!i:it tht\\' IH •C" ulll (;' la rs ety t'f.••
fur he socio I :u1d c har!tablr
Lei h·ll it•.; \Yhich d \'Cloµcd so r a plu.l .·.
ThP.'' \J r.ca m,:, i Patl(•rn
in
organlz!'<I
., ur·l1 , l!'ach1•r:.; in Suntla.i· School. anti
,, l'I'(' lool<cd tu fur r ai.,i11g runu i; n ut
•111ly fu r Chrl :-; lian :,;e n icl' t,ut fur u, ,,
'llll'Jllll'l of the luca.l chun.: h life. ,\II
lili:; g-,,\·c lh ·11 1 .L right tu 111urc th:w ,1
1Jil1•11l
i11flu•·11,· ... Th e pi-i\'al11 111t •<•tl11e,::-·
•f "til,· l,n•thn·11" for 111· l.\ ,•.r a 11d hu .d-
'd•,,J · 11[
artisan,i<, but for th~ most
were house-servo.nti at- ·
PrilH'P, lo "hum h e
H 1 !'(•.·~:lr,,·
'P"""'' 1,1('
\\'<'r l'
µa1·t th e.-·
lw 1·,1 !1,:,11 l11to ,,ctron l ho1ie
will h c h :l\'t' YOlll'Rt'l ! like :l. man
i::o u1·af{!' an !l fight br,tVely for your
"o untn•.'' f'rinc ~ r ep il c d. "Sir. I huYe
111) i1Hl UCt' lll E'nl to llght, I.Jut If ( had my
lilil•rty I "·ou lcl endca.vor to defend I~
lo tht- lat•t drop of blood." 'l'he Gent·ral tl11•n ::;aid ''Prln ce, you s hall ba.\'e
.,·ou 1· own n1 a n.''
'l'h .,re I~ no e\·J<.lence ·thu.t the ~lave
holding of Lhc t'a.rllcr day!! lnOuenced
(he· :-It tiutlon when
ui'o anU-sla•;, ery
agilaltun arose In the. nlncteent.h ccn,
IUl'J'. 'l'hu <;ll'cumstanccs
horo were
1It LJ,, tl 1r,'c r e 11l Crom
lho!:le In other
11ol·ll 1n11 seaports, ,1-hcro tho uiiual
lJIIU\111 l or O.IH\llty waii rcl11fo1·cccl by
·•J1tsitlcr;1 llon" u( linauci,LI ad,·ant:.Lga.
I :11, \\ hl'n lhc younger men
lite
':ur,ll Church
lJ c<.:a.mo
al'OU8Cd b)
,1 In L U1"r <'ailed "the cnormlly of till'
. 11 of ~lavc 1-i-," the ::;lluallou wus ng: ra ,·at(•d \Jy · th e ·fact that the compc·,·11 L and i.lclcr111li1c<.I mlullllcr hu.tl
ivcd in thu l:iuulll Ull(J hall
or
;.1 ro- :,;laH'ry sympathies. Tho
,,:,rs)· In tho church, o.s we hu.vc rcla.l•
au,
led to · the su.~ pcnslon a.nd excom•
nunicatlon of some
re::;torcd.
members whc:
iLater we haV'(
~---!:""!'l..,1..1_1c_ pcrfcr.id utterance 01
�slaved
tailed to·• 1nrtuenc;e the Anti-slavery
•p!rlt o( t1omc lea.ding men and dlt
:oQI their arclo~ regarding erecting ,
Je1, builtling. Thi! story here Is 110:
:eyy cl!ffcrent from what It Is s11owr
o be In the reyOfdll of the PJ:;<),Ltaqm
As11ocl,ttlon o{;:'lllplsters, There wu s , ·
~low awal,enins. ot the ClnlHt,!un con1
··c;il'!},{)" ,;u,,\.rPluc·tnnce nbout t:i.klng'--"',.,.,,,_,..
ieanltll ~land.. Bµi. 1,1 the encl the vision of tht' ~~n 'l\:'1':L }\.ho/e<l ~t
~he eld(•rs. thll excommunicated . were
t;esto;cud a1)d i.he. church with almost
.10· fo&J of !ts COllBlltuency . took 11
>,il'li.ce'''t~niong the fOl'bes tl~IX't brought
'.i.bo)Jttth .. cmnnclpatlon of tlif\ slave.
~ J 11 ~78!1 lhe Pl~CH 1·a11un. A8HOChLtlOl
.\ltnr~tcr,;_ .ue.cl~n,d 1,Jrnphu1icMI·.
.md tmanlmc;u;;Jy . that 1l "'as "the!
~uty from the rega.i-d they owe to boti
~htJ empora.l and ternal lnterest:s o
the11· .'teJlow-cre,itures, to .do. everything ill. tl1elr power to pu't a stop t•
the '°sroiving evll of Intemperance'
anci agreed to make i;io ,l'urthcr use o'
splrlt\\0US llquot·s themse!Yes. By thll
·aclio.n Jhe)I', .undoubtedly disclose tht
2;11·0-n'ing feeling In the churclies. In the
· ~orlh Church al thls _period men an'd
women were being disciplined for over
Jnd1;1l?°e!We. Tliey affirm -of one man
tha.t his .action,; c1'eated n. publrc scandal. 'THlt It wn~ publlcl)I' and notor!Qusly kno\\:n thut with. hjm drlnlt w~i
a trnde ra.thet· than .an art, ancl tha1
1'tlui p/1n1te . confession of 61ie act di,;
nrn mai.o the pla.istc1· u~ large us th1
~p,re.'' ln ·July 18~{ cyid~ntly hi' 0011• '
l'.C,CLIOl\ With u .general awa.lrnnlni;, ll
:~cbu.te v.·as hc!cl on the subject or ln'temperm1ce a.nd ' 1\ was rcsoJ\·ccl: "that
~very person who s!iipl apply for mcm
ibersh!p to th1s church, shall be reqµested to sign the. tem1~erance, µJcdg£
pi;omislng to alJijlaln from tl)e ~~e h.nc
traffic of .2nlc11t,SJ>lr1ts:·• Later It wai
'vo~e/1 •~. P:CSCllt . thb,' pl~dg'!) to every
tncmb~r', or tl:\e church for th cl 1· sig-natui-e. ·-r'11~ ·pal'ish w·:i.s tlh·idNl Into <IIB·
trlc s an<l c:inva8sers were apµull1tcd
.who were to report to the chur'ch In
<letall. 'l'h1·re pa.pers an• extant con,l'\(n!lig one ·11u1ld,re<l• m'tcl AHtr-thrce
-~ lgn1:1-tures. The action
rnuirt h11ve
c,i'ited for f::i.!t.h aml counigl'. l n,m to1<1
by one who ' recaiJ~ 'it peroionnlly, th::i.t
only a 'tew yen.rs lat et·. there we1·e four
hrin cllstllleries In the city, aJHl the
~,·h:i.rves plied. .hig11 with molasses and
other ba.rrels Indicated how an n11preclal.lle amount, or v;ealth was being accuinulatetl locally. A la:ter .perlotl with
!hreo. brcweric,; ti.lid slro11g lh<:11 tll roc,Ung Hrclr uffulrs, lllUUC I l !Wt (!'J.>J)
to 1ria~lif.aln aad 111::ilrn cfiecl!vo tcm•
pcr::mcc sentiment, ,Yhcn 0110 n :cttlls
,bo situation or thl:L:1' YC,ll'!l fl!;o: with
tho extent of thll remu.11u1·atlvo wholu.mlc tru.fl'.lc ,(!.l\U :.01110 011~ l1_unurutl a.:1c1
l11lr\,' 1)1:l.Cl)S tl!Nll .tli~ ll ,city uf lL JJl"OhilJJ.llo1~ ;i(uto, OIL~\ . l>J «JllfLZt·u .aL th e
"<-ll:l.1'1gc,. 1u1u .. ,r. ()11Jc,r:; at Lhu t·vi.Jr•ul.
loial acquleseu~e of this commuu!ty
to the new , order or things.
('I'o be Conllnuccl
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Gl¥EN AT ORT ·
CHURCH TONIGH
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r-"~t~•rr . ,.. '\, \J' .- ~
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-Wording in "The Spirit of Ser;ice''
Taken ·in Part From Original Documents
.-\ t the )1ortl1
Co11gre 0 ation:il
1•: PISOtH: 'l'Hltt•:I•}
church t)lis evening will be '[>resent- Scene 1- lll•]VOLll'l'lO.'\'AllY
ed a pageant "The Spirit. of SerDecem'ber 1 G, 17 7 4. The Tea Part~
,,1ce" in connection with the 250th
at the Xorth Ch•1rch.
anniversary of the fonncling of the
-177'7
pariqh. The pageant, will bo inter- Scene rr_:_Patrioti c Service or
preted by epiflocles in t-he history of
Langdon anct Laymen
of
the church.
Church.
· Th~ program will b~ ns follows:
,r 11"ic. Violin an-,J Orl{:),.nr',t.'"
Organ-"Unfol<l Ye Portals."
Prologue. The Spirit or Service.
,.
Tho S11irir o[ Pa.triolif:lm
Response. 'l.'enor Solo.
as air! to Service.
1023
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J 7o:.
Rf'JSOIH,; fl)l"lt
l<WlSODE O:\'g
.<\rriv'al of Settlers, David Thomp- llymu.
Scene I-:.\lissio na1\· work Cor
.. son and otlhcrs.
.\[yles Stanclislb ancl followern reFrontier of .'\'cw I!umpshin:.
Rc. v. Sannwl Lang<lorf.
ceive aid from lllo se tL!ers.
'1'he Spirit of IQenerosity p!e1lges:
I X:.!O
·JJC•r faith ' to Service.
Scrne IT- 'l\'ork ol' womcm andi
flolo. "'i'irn Earth is the Lord's."
\. llren in ea·rly .\li ssio11!-\.
1070
Beginning of Jho Hogcrs :.\fission
Ef'lSOUR 1'\\'0
Circle.
R<'rne 1-John Cutt• anu James I'cnClean1' or H1·otllc-r-lovo •awakes.
clleton lwo Jeauin~ settlers .
Coody \Valforcl accuse-cl or witch-, :\fusle. ":llill(' l~Y<' S I lavo Soc11 ,t,hr
· ,G Jory of tlto Com in!{ of tho. Lord".
cr:ik
1071
1\'ar Votera ns ftci·d Cross
II-The Foundini;
1[11111 \\Torkcrs.
Church.
' 1:-cmc-mbran ccs. . .
Joshi
a '[oocley
• • t e. r , ant1 :IIus1c.
ancl. Vwl111.
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mm1s
Fl d Ori;an
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eight signers of fbe Church
' an e~·s. ·.
.
Cove nt
The ~p int of TI1ght _ap11ears.
,..'?..;
th].
LJ~:t\~~~:f ~~f
Gove r~~r Leverett .a.nd :.\ragis'l'Hl~
YEARR
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trates.
:.\finlsters and dclegat<::s fr-om Solo. Hymn snng at Orel i11a1 !Oil' a\\11
1nstall·n lion or llnv.
I~11ci11s 'IL
·Cambridge Jlowley, Ipswich and I 'l'ha) Pr, Jan . ?.R, 1S!l l.
Hampton.
! 'J'he Spirit or the C'hur<'h pays
The Spirit of Lhe Love of CO'cl, \
l.l·ihutn to lhn minh,try of. nr.
.outgrowth of this Founding or ,
'rha.yer.
the Church, ap))roaohos Service.
H.vmn. Tuno 339. ''Thu Church ol
'l'ho Spiril ol' \\ orl/1~\\'ido nrot,hc-r1God"
110011 e11torn.
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(Sung. by the congregation standing) · (N~Uous rc!tehe(l, hy !.he ,s r.rvlcc bf
t111s churrh rcprcsent c-d by 0ags)
1
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Tl 1~ S
. "t presents 11_10 grow ti I o f
Sce ne ' III-Customs
of t:lie Times.
._111ri
'l'ything ,:\!en
:.\11SH1?_ns n.nd recognizes the wo1·k
Cage and Stocks
:\fr,;. 1 hayrr.
Foot Stoves
'l'he Spirit or Servicn passes on lt('.r
Sleeping in COti!rch
"Lig·l!t of 0:1ristianily'.' to
tih<'
Tobacco n~e<t on tho TJol'cl's •Day
Hope or the f<'utnn•.
Discipline .of Ohlluren
Song of the {:1til<l1·nn.
Help given to Harvard College.
:\-lusic. · Organ an1l1 Violin.
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CHURCH
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1,;PJLOG UJ~
Sph·H- of S(•rvin·. . . Hope nf
Ji'uture lose not l11c
Ilcfrain-"Althou g h
tarr)· Ion~
Livo in yo11r ra.ifit for ii. will s urely
(lOffiP. ,,
TffB SPIHIT OF Sl<~HYICJ~.
Arrangml hy l•Mit It ·u. Brewster and
Gertrud "' Luce,
AL'LF.GOltICA I, OilA H.A(''J'l•mS
Spirit of Service, •It 11th i\. S,•.1 bolt.
Spirit or Generosity, Aroos uenncyan.
Spirit of Love 6f rGor\,, Ethel \\".
Kenn ey.
Spirit or •P.afrlotism, i\Iarie G.
brick.
Spirit Clmtm of Brot11cr Lov'.), JTary
- Murray.
S,pirit or •llighl, JI PIP11· Ji'. ,\(]ams.
Snirit o[ \Vorl<l•- wicle Ilrolhcrhood,
Blii.ncho I. Pii-l1P r.
Spirit. or fhe Ch11rch, ~l11riol Lance.
nm To Tl lC. \I, OH All A CTI~ Lt&
Episo·c le H-India 11K : Victor G. Boss,
Charles ,'1. {J1,1y, .111·., .T11li11s i\1.
Dutton, Uiclm,an P. i\J-ar~eson, Arthur \V. i\luchemor<>, 'William Han {lall, John 'G. Sweetse r.
Daniel 'llhom11son, 1~ugp11e E. Lami-oti..
Settlersl Charles K Abbott, Walter
It. Harvey, Charlr>,; A. Tolman,
"Wade Y. 1,V-hePi<'I'.
Myles Standish, l. II. Wasl1lrnrn.
Followers: Jam f'.:-J .\.
!Jorth wick,
Frank D. 'Ilnll<'I', P r. rcival C. Sicles,
Tiicllarcl S. \\l'f',<I on .
Boy, C:rorge :.lcf,P1111 a.
Episode II-RC\'. .los hna l\Too cl<'Y,
L11cl11fl H. '1'ha.1c•1·.. fohn Cut.l, ll.
Clycl<i .\lm·geson. •ltil'harcl Cutt, F:dwar,l P. Shcrl.J11•rnr>. gnas Slilcmau, 'William ('raig. lti<'hard :\[ar.
tyn, ,vnliam JI. Slayton. Samuel
Haill"B, D. l<'. Horth-wi ck. J'amcs
Pendl e ton, Ral1r.h .Junkins. .John
Fletcher, Ecl,ward ('.
\1alt:hews.
Joh11 TueJ,,e r, \\'illiam 8. M.acJ.rlock.
Governor Leveret t, Oh1a rlf'8 W. -Gray.
!\1a~islratC'fl: Harry n. YPafon. Simon
H, S:rnds, GPO!' (;() 'I'. \\' igg-!11.
Minisfl'l'i:t.1 Delcg-at es : J. 1°:d1;,H' Bor.
cle11, Arthur F. JTowanl. Dr. E. ~l{enf, .Joseph \l'fl•<l'dO<'IL
Goody Wa.lforcl, ~l•l'H. ,\11n in L . llc>rry..
Scene 'JII-Nalhan J•'ryor, .\lhion ,v.
\Ya ·ren. Jan A
Fryor.
. lildred
Morr is on. 'l'ything111P.11, ltolwr t J.
\ Iloyd .• Cl1a1'les II. Kimh~ll.
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Women: .\h·s. William Craig .\!ri;. I.
JI. "1,\'ashuurn, :\Tr!l. C. W. '.llcllauiel. Children: J can Bick [onl, \Villi:tm C. "'al-ton, .J,r. , .To'lin Vcnnn•rd.
Ji[Cll, Fou11dCl'A or thn Church.
I!lpisoclo 11[-Cilizens, l•'. W. Hartford, Arthur •ll. D1111can, Allen C.
dcRoc:hemont, I lorace ,v. Loclclin,
'Joseph P. ':\far.J e n,
Charles A.
Peabody, Hemry F. Sll'erwood.
British Soldiers: :Hillard \V. Gardner, ,
.Tol111 Langclon, E .
.Jr.
Legislature: A. D. Roster, John
Goodall, S. G. 1.IcClintock, John G .
Parsons, J. Edwar.d Pickering,
Jr>rcm·v R. Wa.Jdlron.
l\lc,1sc ngcr-Paul M. Harve•y .
HJpisorle lV-Rev. Samuel Langdon.
G<'or~c P. Smallcon. Messenger
•Uo\· Samuel 'l'axis. Two Women,
cr:"1;•0 R. Brown, Helen C. Harvey.
Two Laymen, 1(;1-a rence Towne,
Rn.lph 'l'. Wood1. C'hild, :vfary Berry. Indians, Ilich,mru1 P. ;\Iargeson,
.Julius .\L -Dutton.
Scene JI-,R ev. Lsrael Putnam, John
11. :wcPheo. Two 1,1,1 omen, Mrs .
Thomas D. Noyes, Mrs. Robert J.
Hoyd. CMldren, !Priscilla Boyn ton,
J~ Jt hcr .Johnson, Virginia Kent,
('omitance 'l'aylor, Norma Wheeler,
.Tosepl1 Berry, Ed woin ·noynton,
H.oF,er Kent, (Jialm , Trefethen.
EpiKocle V-Civil 'war, Joseph
Doolittle, William JI. Smith, Henry
S. J'aul, William JI. Lovell. World
lVar, Clarence Clifford, Robinsou
A. Fogg, Clyde G. Robinson, Ellsworth Thayer, 'Donald T. Yeaton.
RP<) Cross Nu.rse, '.\lrs. Marion
l'rlrie Dutton. Y. ,v. C. A. Worker.
Kn f Irnrine 1,:, Deane.
Bearers of
Fl11g,s , Woocllmry ,\·dams,
Clnrk, TllC'odorc Lamson, Kennard
. Palfre y, lb,• Sn.1HlS, llaclger Sherlmrnc. .
.\HJSIC
The musical setting a,rrangecl by
.\Ir . .J 01111 Hermann Loud.
· Holoisls-Susan E. Borthwick, :Mrs.
Ethel Seavey Hill, :\1.rs . .l~loiso Wbit·
tier Paul, 1-:rnest P. Bilbruck,. Jolin
;\1. :\li tchell.
Organ--'~larioit ::\1:clntire. ViolinC. :\Iclntirc.
GfuN~RAL CO.\T!\llTTEE
Gertrude Luce Dcrt11a M..Bennett
S11san E. Borthwick i.!JdiU1 G. B:rewstcr, i\Trs. :rieaLrice H. MaLthews,
:\.Irs. Olad,ys C. ·warren.
CO.\l~lTl'TE'E ON COSTlnrES
MrR. Chal'ICK ,v. IGrn.y, 1\1.rs. Annie
L. Bcny, i\Irs. E. L. Chancy, l\lrR.
Thomas J~lanit1;a,n, i\lrs. 1\. JJ. J•'ostN,
:'11 rx. l l<'rbe 1t L. Taylor, :\1 rs . .l. lt.
,valdron.
TJ1e ll.r.itish uniform used in the
pageant was capture<d: from an ~fficer
during t:he Revolutionary War. It js
loaned br :\J iss Ellen 1,Veel<s of
C reenland.
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co~rn lTTKr-: ON IDECOllATIONS
~l rs. William <:. ,vallu11, Susan IT.
.\lathes, Ada C. Reynold s, Jean .S. •· ~.... ,.~.,,,.,
Butler, Kathryn Hildebrand, Ruth rJ.
Junkins, Arclene K. Lance, Eleanor
Pi l erin .
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church es bega11 to harde11 tllelr
doctrinal se rntim en ts
into
creeds
and conresGion s. This temper of
mind was very evident In the North
·Ch urch. 'In Dr. Pu tn am' cones-.
pondence with Dr. Parker, and especially in Dr. Putnam's far e well
ser mon, there is full evidence or a
rigid doctrinal position and au extr eme orthodoxy. The clrnrch manua ls of this period contain e la bora t e
cr eeds with abundant scripture refere11t·P>1 followl11g the dllternt statement:;. Th e church bu ilt itself up
in this period or doctr ina l (nsi..itence, a ud m atle n full demantl fo r
;l!Ond11ct as well as for be li ef, uut we
may •be glad that In time a mo re
catholic tem,per developed a11tl that
th ere has been a return ·to . the
genius of early :congregationalism,
when the emphasis is on Christian
purpose and a growing religious experience, anti wl1en the creed is one
of brevity and slm1>llcity and is reiegated to its proper place.
HISTORY TALK
n .-s ome Important points we have
,
fhtv'e}ed far from th e ea rli er <IHYl:l
There. are, trnm4:nious Interesting ip_. o~; ' thinklng . we shall n ot be beentries in the, records revealing the 1,;l!dered : if 1n· some ease3 we tlnd
cµstoms pf an earller day and the .Jfreoent thought sympathetic . with
orflei:ing of. the intern~! life of. the : ~h,oiie.,:w~om ' ~µr . fathers, sought to
church.
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i-w:tm from , I.he error or their ways.
' , '!.l\ug; 18, 17.18; "At a churoh meet- iJlill.~h · generation seeks to . exp res8,
ing ljl.'w'.tully warned it wns unani- , ih .t1i,i:\llght · of its .owii day and o~
,mous1y. voted that we_give oqr con- •·i 8\' o;wn., ex,perlence, ;great and perse~t Jo' the reading o! lite Holy ~anent' thiths • which ' no' generation
~ctlp,ture in the ·public worship, 1~aii fully '·,c ofupreliei1d :.s Our · bHHithat is a ehapter jn
he forenoon nl!ss.,.is•not to accep t th'e creeds of
and ·a. chapter In the afternoon se r- l,j.he past_i':bu:tJo respect , them as the
,vice."
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·.IJ'tfoi-t of ,riien , of -th~ ·spirit seek iug
' J[!IY -7, '184·8·, 'The reauing of rho fo•,..relate tbemseiJves to the God of
scrtptures in public as part of di vine ,nll;tr,utq and to the truth of all bese11vico, with a· short prayer preceerJ - ~ng. ;·
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·1ng ·was mentioned ·and agreed to. "
;. Congregal!ono.llsm is in its nature
,,, •l n n17-50, it 'Was voted ,"that the an I ejlrly tradition .creeclless, in .that
pastol', . a-t his -dlsc_~etion; may use It · ba se 8 fe !fowship on life and not
DI'. ,Watts' .Psalms •proceeding th tl on do ct rinal belier . IBut lt has of '
sacrament . artd his Psalms and necessity recorded Its th eological
Hymns at the sacrament."
views ·111 creeds , and sometimes, in
'!n , 17:60 it was voted that Ju. spite of 1ts ' genius, . demanded a!lsC1nf
•W atts' version -of: the ·Psalms be . re- to these cr eeds. In general the doccefved and used hi 'this congregati on, trinal position of this church ha~
~ud _the -0hureh w~s wllling that LI < accortled with -the general position
Watt's: hY,mrls In general be ocoaHion- of the New England churches of the
i :if"u~ea ln' thls _church. ,But 1t tcr,k s ame ,period. Hs mini sters during
•(~Ur 1me~lnis • and nine months to the eighteenth century were ]earned
*~mpJis'h the chang~ frorri t_he New men .but no one or them developed
}Engfahd,:.;verst?.n ..~t _th~ ...Psalms _to a sci10 0'l of theology.
'!'hey wern
tli~b<5t ))r. Watts ·as "the' more use- open-minded
men.
The Nort~
flll ·and .. edifying.'\
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·-· Church welcomed t•:> W; pulpit
,',,_,Th.e~e,)tems do more than tell us Whitefield, .both In 1741 anti 111
~~2,ut detai~~ ot ·-the early, worsh!'p. 1770 . Tl1e covenant of 1671 and
'!f'#ey :ll'!l, tnterest!ilg as · making evi- one adopted in 17'46 were religiouo
d~)lt 'at ,the very period when·,the bf- 1 an d emp hnsize fellowship and c0n1!ce .9f the ministry was mosf highly duct rs.tiler than theology. A cont .'$p~ctea ·a)ld . the" · ministers were fess ion of faith . was ~vritten out in
·.sf.rqp~ ,i>.e_rsonailtles; ,that then the J 77 4 "to be conse nted to by all such 1
.~~llii~.t~tra•tl.on ot ,the affalr.s Of the as claim the christlan ,privilege", bnt !
'. (~1?,,shiJ.> '!lls }~ lt13 o,w n •, hands, and it was added '•If any perso n shouJq
t~e ;p~o.ced.ure _-W,ffS democra-tlc and for · any ,particular reason , scrnplc
n~t •a tocratlc. ·The numerous cases the foregoing confession he may of- i
o(c1i.urch dj~clpllne at .·, ~his same fer any other which he may think I
-pertqd 1,):lake it ' clear not only that more agreeable to the :Gospel, . the
'.'lli>Jrlt?.8:~,. t,teasp~f.)".as ,!l,_eld. ·· i_n , church having the r!'ght -to c1u es tion
, J!i~'!l ..,~s.s~ls, _but : afst that thli him upon what he offers and judge
, . tfill an·d ward ot the church was whether thoy can receive It ns snt is-tti.e ·'fl\lly.: · verY, ractory."
earlY.i: a. comm:Jttef was · lpstltuted
As late as 1790 a committee of
ind .·ch'.bsert aim'ually ".to assist the the Plscato.qua Association, of which.
•pttse6r b'y, their' ''<!oun·sel at 1111· times. committee .Dr. ,Buckm!nster was d
3l tl!_ .lilm ~l_l ~ uch af- member, r eport ed: "that the pro•.!~,f/s .!ls :,11,re ,~.e ~dfq•~ for the good of fes sion whicl.1 th~· ch urches have a
·thk': C~U!,'Qh,,.,an'1 ,tliese ·to 'be account- right to d e mand IS not an assent to
il:iw· to ' the church ror their man- any human ereed , . confession, o r
'.ageri\,.iint:"· .:· : ,. .. ; ' ( ,
stqnmary of Christ/an doctrin es, but.
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a general profession or faith tn
It ... ,
.,.1 '., • ··t '' ~trinnl
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'.\ '\i!t~rf Is ,~O!f~lde~p..bl~ ~'aterial in Ch rist, repentence for sin and hope
;~litffio.ns," I~ , ~e.c_orqs .a nd, In ..contro- of the mercy of 'God throu gh Him,
-z:..Y. emai Mr.,r.e .P~nden.'!!3 . ·t11at allows· expressed either In words or in wril.\11',·AA,:ubd_!lrst9:I!d _sqm·ethl!')g of the Ing." 1B ut the Unitarian controversy
doc'fr.1nii.! p6sJt109~, held _by the brou~ht chn.nges.
By · the
ilt,tri!rent · ,rpln!1~~!s· , a11.~ by the necessities of the time:!> men
-cljurch at ilifferenl periods.
n'o.t , be surifr!sed to ' find
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,,tp.~•·t.~e )~rl~s .of
:a~!J:.~<:> :~~age
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'l'l111t•s of •H elli.:;lous :\w11k<'Hin~
lt is clear from the> rerords that
Portsmouth and the ·N orth Church
have not misse d any of those seasons
of general revival interest · that
have visited the New l~ng land
churche.; from time to time. 'l'hrough
those visitations the religi ous IHe ·o r
the church has been refreshed a nd
the member!;hiµ built up.
LJ11ring
the period of the so-called Un,nt H.evlval Whitefield . visllecl
the city
three times. The clly was grea tly
stirred a ud lhe i11terest coutt nu ed
for three years. It ii, 111 r cpo rtln
on th is• experience -that Rev. s\1r.
Shurtleff, of the •South Church, Urn
characterized the _people of •Ports
mou lh uf lhal J)CJ'(Od: "They ho.vc
I think, ,been remo.rl<ed by stranger
for their Politeness l11 Dress an d ,Be
havior; hav e -been thought to go be~
yond most others in equal circumstances, It' no t to exceed them se lves ,
in· their sumptuous and elegant livin g and Things of like Nature; and
while they have been justly in Rqpute for their generous a nd h! sp ltable -Disposition a nd ror mauy social
virtues, IDi'ven;ions of• various kinds
have been mu ch In fashion, an d the
vices that h ave been u sual in seaport an d trading places hae been
common and prevalent amo ng us."
The res ul,t of ,the r evival was a n alteration for the better, 'M r . .Shurtleff
3ays , aud the evidence ,seems unmistakable as ·he affirms tho.t ".Some
that were manirestly of o. narrow,
,ellflsh ancl worldly s pirit, and
seefned unwilling to part with anything' o! wh at they possesse·d ·to any
ood and char ito.lJ!e use whatsoever,
tpp ear now to have th eir Heart~
rnch ' eularged. Many ' that have
1ealt dishon es tly have not only
ckn owledged ,the 'W rongs they have
lon e, but ha ve mad e Restitution f9r
:hem ." vVe have no snc h specH\c
·ecords of other times, but in the
1astorates of ,Dr. •P utnam, Mr. Holl,
\fr . Clark, l\tr. Whiting and Mr1
c\dams, th e church ·had ma1·ked r&'
•ival experiences usually In co mmon'
vith the country at large. ln :1894,
rnion reviv a l lle t:vices, largely atcended, wer e held in the city, 'bu't in
·ecent decades we have depended
1pon the m e thod or 'Christian nurure ,to secure !Chri stian deci sion and
.o build up ,the churc h.
,l le ligion I'ast 11ml P1·<'sent
Jt ~l!l b~ _rii,btly observed _t_1t_a._t·...
si.i........'--".1:iiii~....:...:..a.::..:.w.:,;,;;
�011,· long review we have ·sJ]oken o!
11isters and o; )aymen, of meeting
houses and of organizations, but not
explicitly of ·that whirh should be
central in. the life of the church-of
religion ltseH. fBu,t •the life o'r Goel
in the soul of man is an elusive
thi11g·; ·sud ,pious moolls and s1>iritual exercises are difficnll to rt>cover
on t or the past ancl it)• prop~rly
Pvaluate in the light of the .prPsenl.
\\ P shall not try to disrovPr :111d !;,•t
forth -the spc>cial qualHio!I and t:11:nactrrfs-tics of the life or the Spirit
as it existed in the Chrfstinn group
In tl1e differen,t periods of the past
two hnndrecl and nfty years. Some
of the reliilous ox,perlenrPs or the
fathers would doubtlef,, SP<'m unreal
and meaningless ,ta us, !10111<' of them
partial and some of t hrm mis ta ken;
but they prese1-ve:\ au<l handpd on
tho great Chri!ltia11 tradition, a nd
havP made ft 11ossihlo for 11s to malt('
evident the mind of ('hrb,t in thE'
circ11mstnnces or· our own
day which de£perately needs the
practical application of the ·Gospel
of Jesus, in order th:1t clvilintion
may be saved. It is usel<'~f. to inquire whether the fath<'l'3 wore more
truly religfo11s than W<' nrr. 1Helig•
ion, as they largely ex pPrirncr it, tr
not the religion for our dny. Onr~
must be a belief in and a devotion
to the illeali;;m of .l es11::1, and n sus
tained and sacrificial plfort to make
that idealism real anil vftay in all
human relationships. lt i~ uot their
type_of religious .expPriPllCf' bnt their
duti[µI spirit that WE' sh011IJ inherit
from faithful men anrl womeu or the
p.as,t. "Therefore, Jet us a !Ro, soring we aro compassed :diout with so
great a r-Joud of witne3ses, lay :rnide
every weight and tho sin that cloth
so easily beset us, and let us run
with patience the race that is !!Pl
l)efore
looking unto Jesus, the
perfecter of 011r faith."
111
0
---------------¥-1 ~/ .
"The Spirit of Serv_ice" iven in Co,1nection of 2 0th A i1i arsary
Celeb.-ation
"The Spirit of Service," t:hc pageant
faith to Sci·vice.
of the two hundred and fiftieth anni-1 Solo, "Tho Enrlh is the ~ord's.'"
'Pn;ary celebration at the North
1670 Episode Two
Church, was given Friday evening in Scene 1. John Cutt and James Pendlothr> chu1·ch before an audience which
ton, two leading settlers.
ftll«cr•c~ l'l'Y iscat in the edifice. It was Goo,ly V'falford accused of witchcraft.
a nota'l>le presentation and given under
1671 (
1Ito ,g cncr:tl direction of •Miss Edith Scene, II. 'Dhe Foundidg of tho Church.·
c;, Hr<'wstPr and Miss ~rlrudo Luce, Joshua Moodey, minister, and eight
\\ ho arranged Ll1e program. Rehearsigners of the Church Covenant.
f<als for th e same have been going on Governor Leverett and Magistrates.
fo11 some weeks and there were 150 per- Ministers and delegates from Camsons in the 1mgeant. The co-operation
bridge,
Rowley,
Ipswich
of tho members of the North CongrcHampton.
galional l:IOC'icty in working- for tho Tho Spirit of the Love of God,
success of the affair was 1111arked and I
growth of this Founding of
the 1vlisscs Brewster and Luce received I
Church, approaches Service.
nothinis but words of •praise after the Hymn, Tune 339. "The Church of God"
pageant, for their rubility and untiring·
Sung by congregation standing
efforts in arranging the affair.
I
1672
Tho pulpit p\atfonn 'bad ,b een en- Scene ll!. Custom:; of the Times.
langcd for the presentation of the Tyt'hing Men, Cage and St~ks, Foot
pageant and ,with its settingis, of _green- I
Stoves, Sle<'p~ng _in Oh~C!,t,_
ery and electrical effects made a fitting
'bacco used orr Hill or .cs Day,
'background for the Yarious scenes.
cipline 6f Children, Help given
Tho participants acted well theirHarvard. College.
parts and n.l! wore costumes appro- Music. Prgan and Violin.
prlato for tho times in which the dlfEpisode Three·
fl' rcnt scenc,s of the ,pageant were laid. Scene 1. Revolutionary Days. DecemThe costuming was elaborate and one
bor 16, 1774. The Tea Party
of the features of the pageant.
the North Church.
'.rhe following was the order of tho
1TT7
program an(] tho participants in the Scene II. Patriotic Se1·vlce of
pa~t':1nl:
\
Langdon and
laymen
of
I 11 lt•rprl'lctl by •episodes from the
church.
1li:; tory of th o North Church. Tho Mus ic. Violin and Organ.
wording is lakcn in part from origin- The Spirit of Patr!ollsm
al tlocum l• n ls.
aid to Service.
Or•;,~n. "llnfo.l(\ Ye Portals."
1765 Episode Four
l" ,·" 11,guc. 'l'hr •Spirit of Service
Hymn.
· •
l, c:- pons c. '1'1' 1101· 'flolo.
Scene 1. Missionary work 'for
1G23 Epiosde One
1"rontiet· of N<"W Hampshire
,\ rrh·al or S~tll cn:!, Davitl Thompson I
Hcv. Samuel La.ngdon.
anll olh c1~;.
I
1820
:ll ilcs SL:i.11<1 ish anu followers
" id from tho settlers.
T,1c HJJlrit of Generosity
I
io-
I
I
�rc-n in early Missions.
Beg!m1lng of lhe Rogers Ml'Ss!on Circle
Gleam o[ Brolhcr-love awa;ces.
Episode Five
Musto. ":II!no Eyes Have Seen
Glory of bhe Coming of lhe Lord''
War Veterans, Red Cross Nurse
w·orkers.
Violin. "Christ
Flanders."
'rhe SpJrit of Right appears.
Episode Six. The Last Thirty Years
Solo. Hymn sung at Ordination
,nstallat!on
of Rev. Lucius
Thayer, Jan. 28, 1891.
The Spirit of the Church pays tribute
to tho ministry of Dr. Thayer.
Th!l Sp1 lt of World-Wide Brother1
hoop cniers. (Nations reached b)
thQ service of this churoh repre6e11ted by flags.)
The Spirit presents the ,growth
1 Mlsslon'3 p.nd recognizes the wort
of Mrs. Thayer.
The ,Spirit of Service passes on
"Light of Christianity." to the Hop,
ot the Future.
Song of the ChlldrenEpilogue ·
•Spirit of Service. Hope of
lose not the .vision.
·
Retrain:"Althoug,h the vl .. lon tarry long
Live In your tu.Ith for It will surely
come,"
Allegorical Characters
Sp!l'lt of Service, Ruth A. Seyboll.
Spirit of Generoslly,Aroos Benneyan
· Spirit of Love of God, Ethel "•·
Kenney.
Spirit of Palrlotlsm, Marie C.
'
brick.
Spirit Gleam of Brother Love,
Murray,
,Spirit 'of Right. Helen F. Adams.
Spirit of vVorld-w!de Brotherhood
I. Fisher.
of the Chur'Ch, Muriel Lance
Historical Characters
. Epi~ocle 1. Ind!;;.ns: V!clbr 0. Bo~~
Cha;leJi wr. Gray, Jr., Juliu s M. Dul
ton, Richman P. Margeson, Arlhur
Muolimore, \Vl!llam Randall, John a
Sweetser.
(
Daniel Thompson, Eugene E. Lam-
ot
,,
,v
son.
,
Settlers: Charles E. Abbolt, Walte1
R. &arvey, Charles A. Tolman, Wade
Y~heeler.
Mylcll Standish, I. H. Washburn.
Followers, Jam es
A.
Borthwick,
Frank D. Butler, Percival C. Sides,
Rlchiird S. Weston.
BOY, George McKenna.
Episode II. Rev. Joshua Moodey, Lu1:!us ff, ThaY,er.
John Cult,• R. Clyde Margeson. , ,
Richard Cutt, Edward P. Sner)>urne.
Ell~~ St!lemo.n, W!11lo.m C~a!_g
Rlohard Martyn, W!ll!am H. Slayter
Samuel Haines, D. F. Bortnwlc!{.
James Pendleton, Ralph Junkins.
John Fletcher, Edward C. Matthew,
John Tucker, Wlll!am E. Maddock.
Governor Leverett, Chas. vV. Gray
1.fiitliitrates: Harry B. Yeaton, .Simon R, Sands, George T. Wiggin.
M!nh;ler!al Delegates: J, Edgar Borden, Arthur F. Howard, Dr. E. S. Kent
Joseph Ma.ti.dock.
Goody I\Valford,, Mrs. 'Annie L.Berry.
Scetto III, ~alhaµ!el Fryar, Albion
W. V{arren, ·
Jane l''ryor, Mlldrecl Morrison.
Tyth!ngmen, Robert J. Boyd, Charle,
.f{. Kimbal\.
Wo111en: l\l r,u. · .•; iil!am Craig, Mn
I. H. Wai;hl.n11·n, Mi-s. C. ,v. tl\1cDanlel
Ch!l<lren: ,J can ,Bicktorcl, ,v1111am
Walton, Jr., John Yennard.
, Men, Fountl<'rs or •the Church.
Bpli;ode 111. ('ltl:i;ens, l•'. W. i!Iarlfon.1 .
Arl!1u1· B. Duncan, Allen C. deHoch monl, Horace ,v. Locklin, Joseph
Marden, Charles A. Peabody,
[i', Shc1 woocl.
'Brlllllh Soldiers: Millard \V.
ncr, Sherman Thayer.
John Langdon, Ji:. Curtis :.'lfalthe11 ,i,
Jr.
Legh;laturc: A. D. 'l)'oster, John N.
Goodall, S. G. McCl'!ntock, John U.
Pnrsona, J. Edward Pickering, Jeremy
R. Waldron.
ME>tisenger, Paul M. Harvey
Ephlodo JV. Rev. tSamucl Langdon,
George J>, Smallcon.
Messenger Boy, ,Samu I Taxis.
Two ,vomcn, Crace R. Drown, J.Jelen
C. !Itu·ve~•.
'I'wo
[,aymcu,
C!arcnco
Ralph T. Wood.
Child, Mary Berry.
Jm.ll:ws. Hkhman l'. l\largc::;on,
l!us l\L Dulton.
8t:t'l\l' IJ. !tcv. Jsrnel l'utnam, John
IL l\lt:.l.'hee.
.
' Two Women, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes,
l\Irs. Robert J. Boyd.
Children. Prlscllla Boynton, Esthe1·
Johnson, V!rg!n!a
Kent. Constance
Taylor, Norma ,vheeler, jose'ph
Edwin Boynton, nogcr Kent.
'l'refctht•n.
'
l!:plsot.lc Y. Civil ,var. Jm;c 1>h
Lluolllllc, \\'llllu111 IL 1S111ilh, ll •~nQ·
!'alll, \Vllll:1111 ll. l ,CJVPIL
\\"u1·l<I \\'ar, < 'lan •1rcu Clifford, lto\J in,;011 A. l 1'ogg-, Cly<lc
LL
]lol.>illtiOII,
Ell:;\\'Ul'lh 'l'hayer, Donaltl '1'. Y ca to 11.
Heel Cross Nurse, Mrs. Marlon Petri,
Dutton.
Y. W. C. A. ·work er, Kathel'i11u
Dea ne.
l
Dearers ur !"lags, ,vood\.,ury Adams,
Ju :; tl11 Clark, 'J.'hcotlcrc I.:um;u n, Kc1111unl i•alfrcy,
Hay ::iu11Ll8,
:;hcrhunw.
Jll 118ic- 'l'lic 111u ,; ieu.l ,;ctlini;
cu \Jy Jol111 Hcrmann Lout!.
,
-!:;olo!sls, Susan E. Borthwick, Mr><. \
Elh"e l Seavey H!ll, Mrs. Eloise ,vhitt!er Paul, Ernest P. · B!lbruck, John M.
:\litchcll.
\1
0r?an, narJoµ ~,i:cint:re. Violin, H-'·
".Six hundn~ year.a a,go, Chaucer, h
·, is 11 rologue lo the Cant rbury Talef
·mmortalized the parish .minister o
IH t:mc. Of all lhe nine anti twl'nt,
')il;;rlms that travel ed, th at Apr!
"l:ornlng, from the Tc.bard Inn 11
:oulhwarlc clown to Canterbury, 'th•
•oly, blissful martyr for tho seek non ,
an.cl sympatheticall
poet as this 'goo,
nan of religion.'
"l\Iany of the characters in the· Pro
og11e, lllce lh c Friar and the Uood 'Vll'Jf,
1f Bath, han• 'become antiquated. w,
111d nobody like them In the world o
today-they arc slr.ange ancl obi;olet,,
1en1onagcs.
But Chauccr',s varlsl
,ril'sl ls still :unong us-we l1now hl.rr
vl'll-tlw good man or rcli:; h,n, rich In
'1o ly thoughl aml work, ea~•·•· to !n•tru cl his 1mri:;hlom•rs In till' truth of
he Gospel and to glv o( hl,i :;ubstanc<
o the poor, vi,;itlng the near and the
11:;tont alik<', In sickness a11Ll misforunc-, h:m,;pJ[ a 11oblc cxamplt• in worC
ml deed, making it lti.s buosincss le
' raw 1,eople lo hcav,'n, l aching the
'od l'ine of Jc:;n:; Chrl:;t but fln;l fol •
,.,wing it hims lf. llow f,uni\iar to u:
II is this noble and \ouchi11g tlgur,
111' I ht' •!Mtrh;h ,n4nl;;Lc r. 111..,,11 \hj:':;a:i !,•I:
Pnlurlcs he has nol changc1l. Olive·
1oldsmlth descrihed hi111 in 'The ne ;C'rlPd Vlllnge' no lc.'ss ht:1.ulifully thus
~h:w<·<' r diu in \he l'nilog-ue•.
" •'A man he was to all the eountry
dear,
/
Anti passit~g ril'h with fort) pouudti
a year:
nemole from town s he ran 11is
godly ract•,
Nor c'<•1· hacl ·hanged nor wished
to chang-e his place.
Unpracticed h<' to (a.me or .-eek for
power,
BY doctrines fashioned to the vary1ng hour
For other aims hi s h ea rt had
learned to prl:i;c•M ore' 1;R llh•d lo raise the wrclche<l) ' .
than to ris~.
llis 'hom;e was \mown lo all the
len G. McIntire.
General Committee--0-ertrude Luce-,
'3crthrt M. Ben:-irtt, ,S urn.n b,. TSorth.vicl,, Edith G. Brewster, Mrs. Bealrice
H:. Ma llhL' WS, l\Irs.~Gladys C. VhHrcn.
Committee
on
C:harles ,v. Gray, M;s. Annie L. Berri•,
vrrs. E. L. Ohaney,
•111rs:
<'lanagan. Mrs. A . D.
Fosler,
-Ierbert L. Taylor, ,Mrs. J, R. ,valdron
The Drilish uniform u!ied in
ageanl was cJ.plurcd from :rn office,
during th e Revolutionary War. ·l l
oanecl by Miss Ellen ,veek s of Green·
Committee
on Decoratiomi-111r£
IV1111am C. \Vallon, Susa11 IL Math es
\<.l,L G. Heynold,i, Jean
S.
,athryn Hildebrand, Rulh L. Junkins
\nlene Jo,'.. Lance, Eleanor Pickering.
, Herman U. Crompton had chaq;c o:
he electrical effects.
Miss Muriel Lance, who took the al
egol'ical character o( the Spirit of th•
hurch, gave the tribute to the pasto1
lcv. Lucius IL Thayer, as follows:
----•c..-•,
"'
, ngrant train,
Tle chid thcir ,wand<'t'ing,; but relit!V d their 1min.
The long remcmbered bcg·gar was
l1is guc,;t,
Whose beard, descending, swept
his aged •brea,st.
The ruincd sp •ndlhl'ift, now no
long l' Jll'Olld,
Clu.i,mc,1 ltlndrcd there anu ha.cl hi::;
claim,; allowetl.
!'leased with his 1i;ue,;t, the goocl
nian learned lo glow
Anu quite rori;ul their vice:; ill
their woe.
'art'l css their merit,; or tilcir faulLs
tu ~can
His plly gave e'er charily began.
llL•,;ide the 1bctl where p:u·ting life
wa:i laiu
Anu ,;orrow, guilt :mu pain, 1Jy
turns d!::;maycd,
'rl!I) reverend t:hUlll!liOll :;loo<]. Al
his contrpl
l>L'o tmll' am! augui,;h net! the ::;lrugglini; soul.
·omfort ca.me clown, tho trembling
wretch lo rai sc,
And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
.\t church with .mecl\ and unaffected grnce
HI,; looks adorned the venerable
place;
Truth from 11i;s lips prevallecl In
double i;wuy,
And fools, who came to sco!'f, remained lo pray.
�worlds and led
t he way.
But in his cluly 1>ro111pl al every
call
Ho wa lchcd and wept. he pra~ cd
and fPll fo1• all.'
"l·es, !he J•arish J11inislcr
·emote d,LYS has noI cll:u1:;l'd.
uno11g us sllll. J lc -is lu u,; ll'hal he
\Vas to lhl' conlempor.arics or Chaucer
tnd of Goldsmith-the teacher. h<'lper,
•xamplcr ancl friend-lo ·whom we
turn, and nol in vain, in our days of
calam ity ancl dlsl1·ess. "\Ve may not
have a. pocl to celcbral<' his dcrds or
love and TlletTY, ·bul lhry will forever
II Ye in lhe hca rls of lho><" ll'hum he ha,;
l1t•Cricndl·d an ti hC'lped."
Tllo
n 11<:~nric:i 1
·11:1 r q•l e1·
11r
~!piri L
·,f \\'oi-ld-\Vid,• 'U1·uth,•rlin•11! 11:i ~ t:ili•·n
by lll lss I 'lanchc I. l•'isl>P1· and in referring lo the work o~ \\un1t•11 and children 1:1 the church slie paid lriuutc lo
Mrs. Thayer as .follow,;:
"ln this church lhc \\Oman',; worl,
,tnd lhal of children, ton. has bcc11 most
wonderfully led by h<•1·, !he pa,slor·s
JJers i,; the lead,,rshiµ of heart
and brain >tllune<l to ·· rvi• '"· and :t
miud quiek to discern all h<'lp(ul rnl11lslries o ntl speak ils s~·,n pal hie,;. 8hc
1Jn,,i cv r G"IVen lo c,u~h :i11d all inspinLtion and slnmglh lo 'earry on' from
church and home lo stale and 11alion's
/
CHURCH
"S IRIT
Succ~ssful Presentation Given Last.
Evening Before· Audience that Completely Filled the Church
.
The :"\orlh !Congregational Church\
A dramatic scene opened, .Episode
was packed to the doors on Friday 'Three, featuring the , famous· Tea
b1·ening when the histol'ical church 'J':nly at ,the Nor~,h Church:, .
.
·
Jml','eanL, "'l'he Rpirit oi: !Service," in· '!'lie well k11ow11, ·,wor·d~ ot'G~'I:_, ;'Tqhn
<·onJH'lC't ion wllh the -celebration of Ln11gdo11, who 1l'Ml impersonatetl by
thn 2~tlth nunivt"r~ary o( the found- :\Ir. 1,J: Curlis Ma.tthewri, Jr., giving_
ing o( the church, w~8 presented.
11is pletlge to the cause or right and
The pageant was arranged
by Hhrrty, fcalu]'(•d , the drama.tic clieod."
1\Iiss rndilh U. Brewster antl :Miss m:tx in Scene 11, when th<!''!)atl·iolic
'T he r>ai;-eanl ·will ·he r1>pcaled on 8unGertrude Lurr, and showed the re- service was enacted.
1ay afl, ·,noon al~ ocltwlt al lht• •·hurc!l
s11 It or 111 uch st ucly. The episodes
. \ ,t the close of th is ep;sode
were carefully worked out and -the S.pirit of Palriot.k:;m, impersonated
11rincipnl historic events featured in I hy l\Iiss Marie G. .Philbrick,· apa way to gi1•e the most effect with 1 poared as aid lo !Service, taking her
the Je:ist :imount of detail, so tha,t I pl:i.ce next to Generosity.
,
the action was not retarded and the
1•1 pisode .J?ou r was devoted to the
1 mi,;sionary •pltaso of the church worl,,
11ageant was not unduly Jong.
1
ThP musical i!;ling arranged by f, l:nling in 1 ,,.:;_
Herc a1ipear_ed
,.~..~-,1',,.~.1 :\fr. John ~lp1•nrnnn Loud, the well TICI'. Sumnrl .1,:ing,lon, imp~rsonf!:::
.!mown organist :incl compos<'r, vtas eel by iVJr. Crorge P. ISma llcon, actn./,,;t rffeclive and intensified the ivr in missionary work on the fron!-lJlirit of ,thr orcasion.
tiei· of New ,J·!ampshire at lhat ti!1ie.
•A plnttorm had been built out Jn Scene H, tho ,period o[ 1820, was
over the front pews and covered depicted the early misEion work, the
with canvass· :incl it was here that I he ginning of' the Rogers Missio 1.1 Cirthe acl ion Look place. Back of this ; r-le with the children m::iii4_g a
were massed evergreen trees. About ' plc~sing picture in their quaint cost he lrees were grouped the allegori- tum es.
cal characters. The ,S pirit ot SerThen ca.me t11e ,Spirit •Gleam · or
vice was im])ersonMed by ·i\iiss ,Ruth nrother ,L ove, witli Miss -Mary MurA. Seybolt, who matle an effective ray taking her place with tl1e symsymbolic YPllow, and !Jolie grou11 at the altar.
pagrant with Urn proEpisode
'Five brought nearer
lo;?;ne.
home the war 1ieriods of our history,
' J•!pisode One featured the arrival and
was most • impressive. Civil
of the srttle_rs, lll\ing'.1.1g in lhe lu- War veterans, Josupil S. tLlttle S.
,!Ian -:uul )1 Jies slanu1...;IL an 1 llis Doolittle, 'William H. S1nith, Heury
Xol) :lllt<'J'S. Al lhe :end of ll1e l'l1iSOclc s. Paul and "William H. Lovell,
!he Spiril o[ Gcnero ~ity. impc>rson- marched clown the ais le and for~ed
a te<I hy .\I iss A roof\ ,13 e nneya n, ap- I a ,~roup at the ·left of the ,platform,
"-,.,.,,,.,..,.•• neared ancl, plrtlgi11g her f:tilh, tool, wi:'11e on the r,ight were staged 'the
hC'l' plricr al thr right of S erl'i cc .
\Vorlcl ,var ROldiers and workers.
l•:pisodc 'l'll'o wa s in thrcP secnes While the organ and vlol!n played
nntl covered th e period from 1li70 to "Christ in \Flanders," i?virs . Marion
11• oilowin p;
thr nevol11li-in.
the Petrie Dutton ad,va11ced to the Mefon11tlin1,?." of the churrh, with Rev. morial tab let rrcently plaood on tho
L. J[. Th:iyrr. ll. U., iml 1<'rH011.tling east wall of the church and hung on
tl1r Ulev. Joshua 'Mooclt"Y. n 11 <L th~ it a spray of .red roses. '.Flags of tho---•.c.....,_
fnrmalitiPs pcrtai11i11g to . the sip;n- allies were carried by Woodbury
,-.,.,..,._...• ini::; or \hr <'hnt·rh covm1:i.nt, the Adams, Justin C lark, Th~odore-Larn'::;pirif of Lovr or c:o<l, impcrsonale:J son, Kennard Palfrey, Ray Sands,
1,y .~Iifis 1,:t11el W. Kenney, g-l idod Badger Sherburne. Clarence Clifonto the ~cene a11d took her place at ford, ,Robinson A. ;Fogg, Clyde G.
the left o[ -Service .
Rollinson, ·Ellsworth Thayer
Donald T. Yeaton represented
World War votera~.
00
�The SpJr,it of ,R,ight, impe1'sonated
by .Miss Helen F. ·Adams, th~n caµic
to join the group surroundmg .~er~M.
'
Enisode Six compris~d the_ las t
~hjrt,, •yea
o -£Up~ e~~ure-It ~ •
Here the ' plrlt of the ·Chu roh,, impersonMc:l by ,:,,uss' )1udel Lo:ucr,
paid au eloqueut tribute to the ·ministry of Dr. Thayer..
.
The .$pifit. 6 f :;world~Wido ~ro~l:l erhood, im·personate:cl by Miss
lmanche I. Fisher, then enter~d _an~
presented the growth of_ M1:s1on.1
and gave 'w arm recogni~1on of ~h.e
,splendid work. of .Mrs. Tb.ayer m or~
ganizil}g this line of fierv1c?. ·
Th<1n tho ,Spirit of service, J1old,
iug alof,t her• torch, stooped ,to , her.
sisters and passed on to the Ilo~e
of the ·Future her ''Light of qhrir;tianity."
•
1Cltildren's voices !n so!lg .. were_
heard at the .. rear. o! tl1~ building and.. the ILttle toik of the churc~
.,._~.,,.,_.. ·marched down the aisle and onto .the
platform singing, the '. 'Song of. t)1e
'Children;" coll!pm1cd by Miss Susan
E. Borthwick.
.
.
The' S.pirit or · .service , recite,'!
the epiJoaue giving the ilope of t11e
future a;d ~arn-\ng a•ga·inst l~si\1 ,;
the vision of 'Christianity and L1ght.
fuoh credit is dno to the varioup
committees for the exce!J'ent manucl'
. which tj1e •pai;eaut was arranged
ind taged.
The costumes were
an
s
elaborate
and ap.propr Ia,t e. · Everyone entered into the s11irit ?f" ,th~
occasiop, thete was , no ,stl'ivrn., fo1
dramatic effect, l;)ut the. whol_e_ . ·~
marked ,by a simplicit.y and imp1~.,
·veness fitting for the ,purpose . ol
s1
tl1o ·pageant and the P1ace i·u wlucl
i.t was 'prese
d.
WALL DESIGN'
REAR .-NORTH
CHURCH PULPIT
Meaning of Figure and What
the Different Points Stand
For.
In connection w1t!1 ~!IC C<>lebra Uo n
or I.he !2fi0t.h cole'b ration of the anniversa ry of the North -Ch11rrh 'rh f
Times 1irinls herewith an ex1Ylanation •Of design IOn -the wall in the
rear of tl1 e pulpit of Lha,t ch 111·cl1.
So far as we have been able 1.o learn
a description of ,. -this design h as
never 'before ,been
printed,
anci
there are. few members of the pn.ris il
today, if lln:V. who COllid tell w11u i
the gure represents :- This is one OJ
the most im,l)'ortant . ,pape rs to I.JP
made public during this anniversar y
celebration. The ex;planation of th ,
desi·g n ls as follows:
1st, 'l'ho whole figure an ·Anchor.
1
2d, That 'Anchor called "~oril'
Church, Portsmouth."
3d, The parts of ,the 'Anchor whicl·
are necessary for the belief of th e
Church.
,1, The Cross.
2, Twa emblems ot.._Eternity. ,011•
lhe small ring representing Ete rni 1J
past and future so far as tim e
concerned.
The other 'large ring r epresc nti11 ;
on!y ithe 1!;,ternl,ty of the futur e .
. 3, The -Star of 1Bethlehem, whi l'I
occupies th e centre of the sma l.
ring, as our Saviour alone.can lie
placed in Eternity ,past and future;
and he is the Pivot.
4, The word Pastors which with
the star 9ccu,pies the inner circle and
thereby also j 8 included within th L
ou,ter circle because IQUr firt,t Pasto1
and Shepherd on whom our churcl,
is founded is -the Star of Bethlehenand the Pastors who occu'l)y th r
.Etern.ffy of the future so far as
particular church is concerned
placed in the outer circle which in
eludes all who have lef t us, as th e:
have 'Passed into eternity ,lo thi
church.
5, The radii, encircling each
tor, al'l point ito a1Hl , centre in
star or which they all hope to
come one, thereby r epresenting
onen ess of the church . .
5th, The 'Anchor Js pointed
ward~Heavenward-as we all
to · have our Anchor in Hea-von
not on 'Earth.
Gith, The !C ross reaches
highest •point in the church ceilin g.
ther eby representing the posHion of'
our Saviour in ; Heave n on ' th G
Throne.
7lh, The point o[ the A11 l' hor is
the C ross . That is what fast ens us
to H eaven-the rloor by whi c:h we
en te r- and that cror;s is t11e highest
point in •Haven.
8th, The wreath which han gs on
fho cross re1ll'esen ts the wreath of
v-ir.tory ohtained therehy hy 1111 who
110111 ll1er0.Lo.
Ulh, The HhaCI of the Anchor
whirh the chnrch now han gs is on
earlh •lit e lowest point o( th e Anchor. H is out,s ide of gler nit y but
bordering thereon anu Uie ,C hurch
be ing tltn prcscrnL is Olllsit!t: oi'
11iiy bnt ,IJ0r1lr!ri11g th p,·0011
j o in ed ,Lheret.o and, ihl'011gh
thPir
pr rsc>11t pnsto,· whose• 11a111c• is in thr
~haf-1, holcl on lo tlw whol e Anc hor,
the Star, the ,cro ss aurl l•: 1f'rn:1I lifP. .
10th , Th 0. whol e> rl t>~ i;.>, 11 i;; the>
un.fLy of the !Church with t:hri st , Lite
tia me thro11gi1out etern it r, pa~a and
future, a ll th e parts 11ec•1 •ssary an~
,·et all making on n complc,l1, Anc hor
tlrmly anchored in .Hav<>n, lite ce ntre
object or Ete rnity beini; the Slar of
Bethl eh e m and also lho ltigh,•i; L obj ect hPin g- the C ro ss.
'l'ho i11 sc1•iptiori:; in
as follow s : "::--lorllt
Church,
l'ort.im outh,
l'o und r, cl Jn•ly l 9th, l C.71." · J>astorr:
-Moody, 116•7,l to l G:Jn;
16n!J to L7,23; 1Fit ch , 172:i to 17'16;
Lo.ngclon, 117,47 •to 1774; Stil CH, 1777
10 1778;
,Duckmin ster, 1779
to
181,2; Pntnnm, I S1Li tu 1s :1 ;;; ,Holt,
183G to 1s,H; Clarie, 1842 Lo 1s;;1 ;
Moore, ,1g,;;3 1to 1 85.i;
1855 to ,18 5!1; Gage, 1860
1-;.;.;.;::.:;;;:.;...,:.
J SG3 to J 87 I.
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�REPEAT PAliEA -TAT NORTH CHURCH
Two I rescnlalions Given ~uuday Before Capacity
Audiences.
Thi'.' p:i,::-C':int g-1\·<'n Fri1l:i~· <'Y<'nin,::ln '('(' \ebm lion o r lh" 2:,0 I II :urn i ,·,.rsn ry
of tl1c .:-Sorth Chu1·<'h '"ls
r [)P:l!C>d
Sun,ta r :i ft r11oon "I I h ,,,·<'1 r JH'\I" In
thl' ,•hurrh f,I\N l :11111 r.llu'l'n 1m:ihl,• to
fr:l iii :uln, jc~~inn. .'\'t fn11r n
hour for I hi' npr•n inr: of 1111• .
~or\;,
, \ i,·r, 1111•
•·ln~1-'f\ :11• .,.,,.-c...,..·,,.
1
h,.,
~d1lr'-w:1 lk
\\ill! p<•Opl<' :111'(in11~
,._ •.,,..,.,_,..J>ag1·:,nl :11Hl it \\·:'t~ r111nuun<•1 d th 1l 1hC"
p:i;.:-,·a nt would l>C' rc1H•:11,·,I.
-~~•"'·
.\s th e- ,, , ·,•niug- s..,n·ic• ,ll hr· <·h un·h
was not lO ,,.. h C'ltl , ow i11c:: to th• JWL' -
SPl\lallon
of thl' 11ngt'ant
111
th<• :oft<'r-
a
cco11d prrst<nlntion on ~un,J:1'.· P\"('11 in,::- a.t S('\"C'll o'rlorlc Th•• ('hild1..:n \\ h1>
11art!ci1>all·<I in lh•• p :n:<·:int w1·r,• Sf'I'- f.Js~;;-';;{,~.;:'_
YCll a lltn <' h at tlw
:--orlh
ch:1J1el a L th o closo or tho Kftcuioo~
p n.,enl:tlion, that thry llll ~IIL JJU
~.,,·c•ral !'llll"'titut<'!-' in
<'haract<'rs ..-,,-.,.,,.,.
th
had to ht· m,,rlc· in llll' , 1·p11in,::, O\\"ing
lo so m" h<•ln;.: un al> I,. tn
tlic• 1·1•. ~1 l~s
111•
'.11 urirl L:1111·1· as "Sp•l"i of th<' Church"
as th<' J;li 'r•1· l'l'l urnc-cl \<J I :,,;; ton ,,n l he
('Y(•nlnf:' train. Halph \\"nnil , 11h;;lil11l "<l
for Ul:tl'<'ll<'<' Townr, ' h Id,~ I '. 1 :,·1•11 ., .
l <' l' for \\':1llr•1· ll an·ry ;11 111 \\"illi:1m IL
Sl ayton fm• lt nlph ·wood .
The n,in,p~ o[ E:1t11anl Slwrh111•np n (
:1ppt•.1rf•tl
chnrch
.'t'PIH's
nn,l th:il
of
in
llr.. 1.. 1111 :-;,
omillC'll from lhf' pri11ir•1 \ pr11c:r:1111. !l,,.
I l olll><t<'1· l':1 l'l'iP.t
I l11• .. ,,111r;; :11111 k;tict';~.'':~
\/"'
l! ol,i11 '011
('!)tit'
th<'
r
h1 1rl'\1
surc·r,,s o: thr p·1c:Pn 1 1t
ro· ,l nil
p:,,:pP(•t.iU011
R< 'lll :tllon
lion
in a
:111 1 1
at f':1cl1 ))1"{ -
it hatl tlw 11·11lil·i1l<-tl
:tll<'ll·
:tlllli<'ll('l', I t 11·:1!-' pn•,-;(•1\tl'd
m oRt ,li"°niflcd 111:,n nf'l' :1.11<1 nil
or
lilt'
or thl' ('l't'llill:.: \ll'<''"'l'llt:I lion the- p,1:;tor,
Re,·. Lll(·iu ~ 11. Thn y,·r, !<l noel anwn~
llw lltll<' <'hil<lr<'ll ,:r<>1q1<'rl 11pn11
(ht'
pl:alfor111 :111<1 pro11n1111,·"d 1h1• l11•1wdir -
9
SCALE FROM PLANS, AIL
autiful Reproduction of Original, Made by L
William F. Spicer.
ln the Doston Sunday Globe or it was pos~ible to :nake it. ll :nvo1ve l
Dece mber 11 was an illus trated arti- 1,h_e hunting up ,of thu <' l'igina.l •pla.11:1
cle regarding Col. William F. Sp.ic~ that \\' ere mad,~ hy a famom, ship deer's mod el or "Old Jronsid'e3" . • \Ve s igner . .Tos_hua }IumphrcJs , in the
re-print the article below, as Col. ,18th cec tury; ~llc . stu::ir• cf thP.s,~
Spicer has ·bee n closely identified l>lans ill connection ·with tfl1e stiu-dy of
with Portsmouth and Kilttlry in the l1ip ltsetlC as it has been restoryears past and as it is an interest- ed; th•~ reduction of the plo.ns to
lug description of th e 111.odell of an scale by means of th o .pimtog1•a.ph;
ancient shll) whose ·history is inter- the study of 'the .. l·ious 'changes that
woven with th i>.t of •Jur own city. were made Jn her i·Jggrng -a nd.
ment, and finally 'th~ working out ot
'l'he article follows .•
a ll these 'plans ic1tl derails in• such
Hy ,\ . ,) , 1'JUL1'0 'f
111an1ir•r that lhe mode1 wou ld
The ·uni led Statcil l< r1~.. ~e c onsti - ally sail--,l, th.ln,g very
,few
tntion - "Olcl Irousid'es''- may rot'in model~ ca,n do.
t•he wn lers a-t th e Navy Yar d in , , .
. . ·
Charlestown and, dis',ll>J>Car, but it is 'l lus ls His Scconil :H~u~l. t
doubtft1I if Uie beautif1~l model o(
In point Of fact, _thi . 1s .hi_ •~cond
the r:tmous old w1ar ship which Lieut. rm~del of l lle Cons~itutrnn wlllch C'o1.
Col. William F. Spii.cer 1_1as ma<le, Spicer ll'as m_ade. •'l he ~rst was largeand w\iich is ·housed in the 71fa ri11 e 1~ an exp~nmen,, winch proved to
Jlu~num In LhP Old• Stall· Hot1 se, wi ll !11m _,h_ow 11:llc lie kuew about the ac.
pe rish f0r centuries, except }hrougll tuallties _o r ~1l~ P --conslruction a.nu
some accident.
aroused in h1111#lhe dete1:mnlation to
Curiously enough it lbad a narrow m~ke a. model c~mplce !11 ~,·er,; ,-descape from just such .a fate in the tail a~id fro?1 wJuch a. ~u,11-~ized Conrecent lire in the ,Qldl Stale Housr, st ibution might be :imlt, if n-eces1
ju. t.after it had bel:fn completed and ElJl'Y. As n'.1 _officer in the United
put in place In th r> museum . ln 1'.nct, SLates :\:anne Cor.ps he Uiad i:jerved on
some o[ t,he ri :;gin~ was slightly in- such fngutes and 11.ad more._ than a
jured in tl11.1t fire. But that was ull, ca 9 t1:i.l know~ed$e of s_uch ships; but
and that has be1,n re1rni:•ed, so that when ,he came to amke a mod~\ _h-e
now the model is in ~horou,sh "ship- fouu d th ere was ,a _lot more to sh~ps
than he 1iad ever dreamed of. So , llke
shape" once more.
a :'11:ariz{e, ,he .determined to mi:l.ster
Destruction or lhe moll. cl wo 1ltl lhe probl em, no matter w1hat it cost.
have bPen a great loi;£ . r,, r thrrn And he did.
, I .
probably never was a i;lti 1 ,' , mod ril
•
made with so much o!J care and thol'1Most of the miniature square ;igoughn eRs as t11Jis . So perf~ct i!! th•J gers one l;ees were made by seamen
hull and so elabOrately ma.do th e from obse rvation and memory and
sa.lls and rigging that t>hls miniature a re as a, rt1l(' "appro:x.lmn.te:-" There is
hag actually b~cr. sa.lJed, in the ocea n a very good mddel of H10 Constituand p,tt Uirough some or the man- Uon in tfl e Peabody. 11iuseum a.t. Saeuv .. rs t_tha'. the galla11t commanders !em, made by a_ man-o'-warsman, wh
·-Hull, Bainbridge .and Ste wart-· se rved und er Hull in the old -frigate.
put th~ old Con'>titutHm through
is thoroughly w~ll-ritged, ·but thero
wbc•n rhe reugh~ ,i.nd \\'On : oir, 10 of the n.ro some " out~" about tho ).lull. Very.
i:-,rratef:l "!in~!.;.fll1p 11:1.vul ba.ltles in few -com1>let<' models or copies· are
h\~l(,ry~ .. the bnlll ~ th,·1t ht.~c c.i1- .ever made from the original plans.
deared her to nil Ameticans.
One resull t of Col. Spicer's stucl;J,
)11\klug Jt, a J,nl,01• or I.on-.
n nd res~nrch ,bas '!Jeen to sho\y that
Th e making or tJh is motlel by Lien l. some errors have been mac.le in {.he
Col. Sµlcer or t>
h e :\I a.rlne Corpi; is '·restoration" of the Constitution by
not only a good deal ot an ar.hievo- the 'Bnrc>au of Conat,ruction nnd RP 111ent, !mt it Is a g.ood ueal of a
pnir uf the :"-1avy Department.
mance. for it is thr; Expression of his ~ludo 075 lilocks for Rig~ing.
regard and .love for the famous old
The m•lkfo g of an exact miniature
when he came to make model lt e model of the hul l ol such 1,t ship as the
ii Is doubtful it it ever could >have Uonstitution~per!.ect in 1111·e, •Sheer"
been done as it wns,--studied and a nd ,proportion-ls a ratb.er ..fine
ilnil'lhf'tl wlih such patience and skill. problem; bnt tihe real test of patJence
The making of th-is .model, perfect nn d skill comes tn the rlgglh/;!':·• :r11en
in every detail, was a lteroulean task. one stops to cqnsider that 57r, ,bloc.k~
It took rrom 1912 !o" 1.9 2 O to do the of all s.lzPs, through which the 1·opes
work. It first Involved much study 11ni;s, had lo 'be made in perfect ml11nnd research 'for Col. Spicer was d~- tuture"for this model, one gets some
termlnt>d that the model sh\luld br i;mall iclea of what the ri ging alone
ns nearly perfect-and to scale--J1o
This includ<:!s 219 sjp le
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I
IH
ro-
a:rma.-
�double blocks, eight treblEl ·bowline or lhe Constitution was 31 fJ
suy nothmg pf shoe-eyes. feet Jong. Some or the cable , ropes
he.J_rts, cleats ..and cal. were- six or eig,lit inches In diameter
blocks.
J and some of t•l le olocks were several
·es, the .amount or work neceSoSary fi:iet tall , s h eaved with lignumvltae.
in tltiing out one of these frigates J The ge nfu.3 · or the des ign ers ;l i11d
was enormous. It was necessary to \lullders or tlH.~-~ fl-lgates-ancl-Gf U1e
1make 28!!~ hitch es in the r:ltl!nes , ~".\li:tre rigge rs ge nerally-flor ralcu~used in tlns model- a job so delicate laling st1·ess and stra.Jn and, weig•ht
and tedlous 011 th e acale of dime11- on masts :i nd hull ,under all weather
i;lons that only a lac rnak,e r ,could, c6ndltlnns w,1s equal to that of the
fl'PPreclate Its full signlflcance.
1uest bridge engin eers of todu:!s. In
' F.or th~ 'benefit of the · landlub-ber falct,Jb is S'a te to sa'y t,h,1,t the .fountlalt might be wel1l to s t-1te "th-:i.t the 1·uons of stn, c1:urd1 'engiin eering we,-e
"ratlines" are the s teps of the rope laid down 'by the old ship buiid e l'S o f
ladders on bo
Ides of the masts. u. -c entury or more ago.
The. uprights, 01· s.i'll es of thesi; ladr;·:,p wo•r~-:'r rf ull thh; k~owled ge
der a.Te the &h.rou!ls and,., each rat- and genius uf. th e -0ld bull,J t rs and
line is mn.de fast by a s el'z ing around designers came more and m<'ro to Col.
the -outer shrouds a n,µ 'b.r a clove Spicer as 11e.stud1e d th e origin a l plan s
.hitch. around the
interm edi,Jte of the Constitut'ion, and as He progshroutls. Sailorm en know the whole ressed wHh !his work on th e 'l110qe l.
ladder system of eae.h mast as· ,the It was a good! deal of on edu cation in
shrouds of that 1).articular mast- a n.ew ~orld of lrn-0wledge to him. Jt
running fr~m deck rail ,to cross, became moTe and Jli-Ore fascinating ,
tree5.
'
.
and gin •e him a new in s.lg-ht into th e
Commenting on t11,;s parl:,c-ular ·ohar(l.ct~r a nd aolibe r of the me n }Vi10
pbase of the work , ·c-01. Spicer said: built sMps alon g the Atlanti c sea''H anybody s·hou~cl ever ~uggest my h'Jarct anr1 s.:i lled tlie ~even seas 100
mall;ing another mo del, the tas,k alo1~e yea.rs ago.
,
of 'Ntling down' would •:prevent any' Col. Spicc1· J~xcc-ptionally "Handy."
undue entih:usiasm on my ')jart."
lt wou!J be pos2ibl e ·to say a good
Read Founc:!ntion or Am<'l'ic:m Xay'y deal about Col. Sp'ice r {ver'J •he not
lt •ls only when one sees so , comJ an exc\')ptionally mod est ·man. The
plete a mocl~l as Col. Spicer""'ha.s ll_llld~ men of ·the ::-.r:ninP, Co1,p11 "ne ver
-witlb; s11,ils ~t-tliat one can get ,ui bJ.ow their own horn s ". 'P.hat ls lra c1eai; id'ea o( the beaut.ri of these oHI clltlonal. 'rh er,are also " handy" in the
:fu';!gates wh,lcll were designed l:ly Josh true s ense of knowing hpw\ · to see
ua iHumphTeys. He desig ned four . of th e~r ho nds and turn th e msen·,-~. to
them whioh were bh e r eal found,1tion tile doin g Q[ mos t anytblng. That is
f the American 1 av:y-tlie ~res!- typical " Yankee. "
dent, the Constitution, th e ConstelJa.
If Col. Spice r •hadn ·t ue el'. i:l:,::option and the Uruited Sta les. His oh- ·tionally "handy" he rn,11,1:1 { ha ve
ject was to make a fri ga te a trWc made t h is beautiful mortl'l o[ th o Conlji._r.ger ind f!l,ster th a n tJhe fl'ige.te s of l,tituiion. Ju a c'asual wa 1• il e toi<l th e
England and France-big and pown writer som e t!Jin g of 11i,s tt·c:u hlc;; :111 C.
f'lll enou~h to domiM,te those trig;:\tP joys "while engage d in th e tas k.
-ind rust enough to a void tho llue o
"I was out on the •Ch in eH r t..ation
battle ships, if necessary.
'
rnme 1 2 or 14 yc,J rs ago, ·• i;n id Col.
In this p,~rnose thE!y were succ"v SpiC(W, w hen t.h e id ea oo :u,.!> tn 1110 to
ful. Their V{0rk in he' w:i,r wJt11 Trip make a m ode l of t'he ,C ons Li t u tic 1: , for
all and AJgjers astonished •the nava I lovl)d the old •t'l'igate a n I had seen
men of Europe, but their work i'n the her w hen he aay; .at KHle r:1\, all
war of 1812 amazed even the peoplt boarded up ns a receiving shJp or a
Of the United" States. Tliese 1rigiates traip~ng ship. I got h old of h~r plans
S!:)titled ~or all time the :plaice _of \1ht and made what l thio,ught was ,1. pre t
nited States as a 111),va•J .power.
ty good mod el -a ~ iling mo 1e1. But
And these f'.igates carried ~ enor it was done in a ·1 1~p-hazard sort of
1
m,ous quantity of .sail. On the Con - way.
stitutlon for Instance, there were sev
" 'I la id it away a nd •had almos t foren sails on the mizzenmast inc·J udine gotten it wJ1 e n I Jearne dl tJha t t he
a. "ring-tail"-an extension of the frigi1,t e Con s titution red bee n transJ
spa~l,er sail. T·h ere were five square ferred from ,1Porls mou t.h, N. TT ..
sails on tl1e' maimpi1,it and flve on the Navy Ya rd to Boston an cl that she
foremas.\. TherE\ 'W1?re five' sbysalls on had been 'restored'. So , the first
the tori;mast. ,and .six stun.sa,ils -On V)1f chance I 11ad ' 1 werft o-ver to. the'
n1adnIT1ast. There -wer'e three jibs !l.J(<'J Char~es town NavrYjlrd to. see h e r ,
other ernergenc~1 sails, to say. ~ot11!n1? and in stantly t ,became a \\la r e of the
of duplicate sails to be set after a ,faet ' that I ~1~ mag e a mimber of
battle.
m!st,1kes in my mode l. ~ot I ha t t he
11111,st 100 Feet T,.;i1,
Constitution w\'lS coml))le tel:r .r ostorccl .
e masts were exceptiona11Iy
y an.y means. She w~s nol.
op. t,hes'\J frigates. The 111ainm:a st was
"Hut I realized (rom wha t ~ -qou l d
over- 1 o·o feet. And> all <>f the masts ee that I had made some g,Jar111g e rwere d-O'llb1e-sta,yed, .so in case, one rors in the 111111. ·w ,hen I saw her a t
~t~y was irhot awa:y.t1i e other would ('01:tsmouth she wa s boarded 11p-f1er
•lib-Il,tlle maf:lt ih!ll,t ,suppo1'te-c1,..s,u.o ·
'!H- ~•·M · not• vis ible to any grr ~ t
·cl,oud of canv,1S. 'nbere WM a ·veritalJle loxWnt. .
.
'( rest or stays i,.rouncr the jlbboom. , . "Tu111blo· Hom " or the, SWcs.
The quantity of rope a;nd -corda1,e
"The first thing that cau,ght my cy r
used ,1-n pie rigging o( these frigates when I saw the hull compl ete we re
was ~!so amazing. ~he fore ~ 1·oyal )1e decided flar e outwards
t he:
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pow, bulwarks lllHI Lhf' Jl l"Oll O UJH'P <I
'tumbl e. hom e' of her sill<'!,. 'rh o iin r~
W!'.'l'C mu ch ·mor e gr.ace l' 11 I an <! heu util ulf than I had _an y i<J ,. L o f 'l'h L· rc
was a rra ce [ul ' rnn• 111 n!Pr he r qu a r te rs. 'rh en t here wer,, 1;1e :rn ci .. n t
tops o f hc1· 11ower 111a.- 1,i anrl 111<'
J ri ple-hOl'll C<l t op-m a, I r r d::~-, l'l'f'~l,
ah o11l wlli t h I had Hui lrn ow n, a nti
m11 11 y ollll' r roa tnr c,~. " I th r-11 a11d
th erf' tl e LCl'lltill f' (! t,o lll llkl! I L ll f-lV m oll e l .ai1t1 thi s ti me a trn ,• 011 e. H e r ,hull
and masf s wc l'c r evea l Pd to nm ill ·a ll
th e ir uea nt y and cli g 11 i1 , a n rl I t' n li y
rr ali 7.<'ll 1r l1 n t n uot c.l, I ,!1ad ll i':HII' of
thal fi rn t 111 01hl."
('ol. Sp ice r ha <! SOI IIP. <l irf,ic111ly ill
g('[ tin g a p er f<'ct pi e1'r> or woo<l fur
t ht> h ul l. li e fin a lly ro11 11 t1. two p Pr i' tll' l
p ieces of ~I exic,1 n m:d1ogany, rou r
i11 c,heH Hlf ll lll'P :Ill(] ~II in<:IH•K long.
T hese whe n ~I nu1! t og,•tl ier ·mu cl r j 11~1
th <.' lo.~ t,h aL was n ecessary r,ir the
111111. '!'he ll, \\' 0l'kin g fl' 0 lll t ho )Jl :111 ,1
and t he fill ip lt sbll'. ,he was :.ihl<' t o
W0l'lf o nt ti ll~ ln11f~d> s ca le in nn al,solnte per fecl man nP1·.
'J' he mod I is 39 :{ - I ,in chrs Jon~:.
'nhe or igi na l ('on s tlt ntion is ~1;; rN,1
"t h r c i11 ch ns Jo ng -on tt1e r:li i and ! •!.,,
Oil IIH k c I, w ith a g1111 1]Pck 17 I ft C'I
1 1 1-2 i nc hPS long l, t-( W<'f'll Jll' l' f)f'lllll
cnl a rs anrl 1111 e\l rem e rn nl11L'1 l
bron cl th or J!i f'e t s ix iilr,1 1P S.
A ll fll'O l) Ol" li O II S W C I C lll aLI<• to ('0 11 f0l'lll lo th e IP11g (,h ,l c<: i<lP 1] 0 11 , 'l' hc•
rlgg-in g ir; as rnn ch i11 r:1111 f.0 ;· 1{1 if)· o f
eca le a:oi poss ilJ l . Or con r:m th e ti ny
block ~ hntl to he m,!,: ln i:u,,;e e11 11 11 ~:h
lo hol d togc•lher, a rm t he r oi:es ·o r fis h
lin e- ('hi H(\SP g' f:l '{S !in f' ,
wl1ir·I!
,Joes n ' t ·hr ink -a r e as 11ea1· s<:a lc
s ize as st reng th wouicl 11e n,1it. T l,P
pl ank ij1 g li11 eH 011 th o clC',f' k WP!'<"' elch .
e el' fllH fill e d wilh whi te lcacl . Th ,.
ca ps ta n is m:i cle f rom a pi rc,• of o:. l-:
nsl'c.t in th e origin a l Co ns Lit 11!io11 a n ti
h a ncll ecJ ~!ow n in Lh e Sp it·r> r fu111ii .
s in ce 18:l!J.
~JH' ( id 'J'c,o] s H:ul to He, :\In!lP.
Spec ial t oo ls ha cl lo i.Je m n<l e to dr,
t11 e fin e cl N nil work in til e h ull n11 1l
rar e hacl t o hr taken t/1111 1;1c, 11 111f Pri
a ls n,:e,I ror g un s, IH>,L tH, e t ,:., wo ni d
not o ver we ig ht th e 111111 :11111 nn•rn111
h er rron\ sailin g. So th o g 1111 s a r,'
ma<lc or wood , ancl th e mas ts al'<"' ;io
co nstrn.c l e(l th a t th ey work 011 l ,1 11
ri ght.
, t<' p by ste p an<l ui! Ly hit thi :;
m od e l wa s IJ 11ilt, with the g-r~ ti ,:1
ca r e ,i n evel'y cletai I. '!' he r,:; i I pi a 11
was ns ca re ritll r st uil ie,J as l hP h 11l 1
a n,! e ve ry 1-mil is m:i d u to ·1-w: i! P. o r ;,
s ilk mat erial lh:ll will J,i-:,; t. '1' 111) 111111
bf(\C]n ar c so S(' r e weu in si de I.hat th e)
sh onlcl 11 evc•r f'O lll e a pa rt. T ho h:1lch
es, 1rnmps, ·<':I JHltan and nil ot hPr 11f'.:.
essar y deta il s are m arle with lhP 1110s !
pe rfec t sc n!-e of ~tii ity , 111<1
or nw·chani s m .
'rhc port ,l 1,0l es or Lh e i:; nu <1 ck a nd
quarte r deck a r pl a.c e tl ,as o ri g inall y
deslgn ecl, e ve n to th e uridl e p <Ht :i
a t th e JJ ow. 'r he •c aLi11 , with s ix win
liow s art an,J ll1ree -0 11 Pa ch s icl <', :irP
o.i; ar! gn:.11 :,· <l o:.: ig ned. T !1cr e w:i •, 11 11
quar! Pr cl cck on t,he~e fri ga tes . (' 0111
ma n<l er Hnll used .n tc mpor,iry quar te r deck wh e n h e sai led t he Co m;t ifu t ion , uut fo r th e be tte r wor!,i n;.;- o f
til e shi p in ha. ttle it w.as d <'ri<le,J to
ha ve no s upers tl'QCt ur e on teh
deck . ' TJ1e offi cens'· qu a rt e r s
abaft the mn..,,..
·n_m
_ ·a...s_t.,
. _ _ _ __
�· There i~ a1! ;unusual spaC!' bc111•c•Pn
ihe foremast nn<l the 111ainrnaHl. Thi.
was to permit of-greal<>r frcrdom of
movement 011 the sp,ir cleC'k anrl to M!~i&;!J,!r~..
accommodate the big h11lch bet we<>n
tl1C1He masts, where uonts were kept
when sailing. This hatch wns an important [actor .i n t;he worl<in:?: of thP
1
frigate clurlug a fi g!1t.
01·i~i11al ]1ut lCt')"t\14. Guns.
The Constitution can, d LI :• nns22 on the soar de.ck ant\ ·1 L on the
gun deck. There .has hl'CII ~,,111<>' di~pu\e l'.l,bout the exact numh<•r of gnns
she carried, bnt Col. f;piCPI' has adher d lo bhe original' plan . ~hro car'l'icd no gnns alo(t.
Tho !lecl<8 in ti1c mo<l Pl ,1rr srrn~cl
in rabbits along t,he Hi<lPH. aR wPII aH
the lhwartshiJJ piecrs or h<>.:1111!-, and
arc set in while !earl along llw -si<lcs IH\i~'l;r-,_,:,;i;~r.:
and ,secure(! by small bl'IHS nails ancl
then ca11ll1cd wilh cclton all(] cr•mPnt.
The d cks. llke ihe hnll, wPr<' r.cored
witlt a poiJ1led instrnnwnt to i,;il· the
a.pJtearancc or plankinJ?:.
The 111iz1.enmast, as in all frigates,
is a single stick anll the fore and
main arc built up masts, held togethP.r by •hemp wooldlng, lltt('h -,~ were
in use before the cl,11,!-{or iron l1t1.i11gs .
Tlfo fore ancl main lowPr 11\:tsls in
tho model arc of sprncr. as arc t hr
topmasl9. 'l'hr royal nrnsts. jihbr,o m,
/lyin~ jibboom, tho tupgnllanl y:u-cls.
rnyal _yanls_
,.,;.ysail yarcl>1 arc all
or North C'hi11,.1, 'bamboo- t-hr toughrst kind. The 1lower !)'ards ,,HI' liltell,.
with tru ssl'S , truss •p 11d,111ts. tackles,
etc., such as were ·in use h<>fore iron
Ii ttilngs WP re introduced .i 11 to
the
nny
.
I
'l'ake ii :ill in all, i l is a w,,·Hlcrful 1
model, a vf'l'itable th-ing of l•Pa n\y. lls
workmanship would rertainlv please
---coul1l hr> but see it - ih<> ll1~t great
designer of, t;he Pnit<'d ~ltatPs , 'avy
-Jos,hua Humphr~ys. For it Is ,111
:ilmost 1ierfect .repLica in 111i11irtlure of
the greatest fighllng\ship in the navy
or more i.h.,i.n 100 yC':ns ago.
Under lsaac null thr con~Lilntit>n
defeate!T the (fof'l'l'iPre; n nclcr Bainbridge s·:10 reatecl lhr J::iva. off tl1e
coast of llrazil, ancl nnclcr
Stew1nt-grandfaU1<•r
of
ptewart Parnell she fou,:.hi
ca'Pture<l in oneroalt.ie ;the l' .1"1ne ancl
Levant, on Feb, 211, 1815. 't'.his was
11er last battle.·
•Col. Spicer sn.i,s th:i t' C'. '1 yron
Clark, a nosto11 marine ,ll'tiHt, paints
pictures o[ the olcl friptc C'onstilnLion with n gre-1tcr cl• •;!r•'" or accur-kl'll."'i··~!r•''
ac:9' than •.inY other arl ist ho
known,
�Seated in back row,)eft t o ri!:]ht, wa\j"~~u~cilme!1 Matthews,
Front row, Counc ilmen -a t-lar!)e ?ay ne, Phi l~ rook, Dcwdcll.
Seated on the side, Ci ty Solicitor Dale, Auditor Wri ght, City Messenger
StandinQ, Mayor Hartford. City Cl er I< Clark seated .;:t the ri~ht of th? May
ath of Co0icilman Beane ~nd the other by the resigna tion of Coun 'Iman
V/11it!em orc.
Lewis.
or. Two
Brown ,
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�ADDRESS Of REV.
Alf RED fiOODINfi
Farewell Sermon on His Retirement AftP.r 40 Y ear3 ii!
the Miuislry.
The follo •.,·ing Js tho fa rf'well
mon preached by Rev. Alfred Uoo<ling.
who recently r e!i1g111.:'1 hi s p:u,torate
nfter thlrl y -scv!'n y<'rirs a,; p:1stor ol
the Unllarinn Church of this city.
"Thou sh:i.ll remcml,cr ;ill the w:J.)
which the Lord thy Gotl lctl l]1ee lhesl
forty year~."- Deut. S, 2.
Although this Is Christmas Sunday
an<l one would natur:tlly speak uporthc theme or the cla~·. l s hall vcn tun
lhis morning to llmll our c e lrbratlon
the
rl'flecl!ons upon my mll1islrr
~\lpp0SC', :t lilting ,a11'j1•1·l fo r tlil~ ~l'I'·
vice. Nut I hat thiH should b<' 1·:tll••d 1
f:trewcll ,;Prmon, bei;ause on
say:
farewell only when one> IH going away
an<l that I llffi not inteneling lo donot even to travel. UlysHC'e< s:t~·H In th•
''I e•nnnol res
words o( Tc-nnyson,
from truv<'I." )!y disposition diff,.rs i1
this rt'spect as in olh('l'S from that o·
Homer's famous hero . I like
1s, n a
mea urr. proof against tho change
lhal tak place in Its occupants. Thi.
afCcclion for a place remains whei
other objects of arrcclion have passc ,
aw:ty.
And so I am glad that the Cales d ,
nol comp •i me, In retiring from m
field or lahor, to retire also Crom th ,
town or my af[cctlons-for that wouh
Involve a terrible wr nch of the heart
I am sure that I should I.Jc ncithc:
contc>nle«l nor useful anywhere clsE
c-spc-cially in n. largr city. Afler all
llH•re !,; 110 pl;1 ,·r of 1·e• s i1le11cr quite s,
~:tliHfaclory as a snw II town-noL Loe
1,mall, but :iboul
lll,e this-been.us,
lh<'l'U one is perpetua lly main lain inf
.inti strrngllwning on<'',; friclH\ly rela·
lions with oLhrr p(•opic, alway·s knowi
how t l11•y arc> and whaL lw" luq,penec
to thl'lll a 11(1 whaL they arc doing 01
i11lcmli11g lo do. l'crhaJHl thci;e arc 'no.
,·rry l:i r;:-t' ma lll'n; to bu -;y one's sel
with, ft lHl ycL th •y Corm Lhc theme o
lhm;<' wun,lrrfui sloric.· hy .lane Au,; trn, of whom 'l'Pnnyson salll "She wa·
a gr al artiH~. equal In
her
smal
~phC>re to Rhakesp an•."
lt Is ofte n said lha t small towns an
pe1·Crcl hot-beds or gossip and smal
ta lit anel otht'r Corms of minor evil. ,
re,·t'nL wrllc•r <lc ch11·pd that if. acconl
Ing to th old saying, "God made th•
country an <l man mndc lh<' Lown," th,
dl'VII musL ha VP ma,lc lh. lltllc COUil·
try town. J\ul that bright t•plgram h
hardly based upon truth. l venture t<.
say lhal In a Lown small enough f01
,•,·1•rybo!ly lo )mow, or lo know of.
C\'erybody else, lher'
,l1110ll11l o[
cfflclenL
kin!lnC!;S
Pc-lghborliness, very Jillie of that b!Lter povcrLy and ncecl which go undisco,·rrf'd and unrclicvecl in large cities
.\ gr<'n l ell-al of human misery exist,
all(] incr<'asrs because il iH unlrnow1
lo kine! hearts, il is conceale<l in th,
vasL willcrncss o( som great centre o,
population. but in Lhc small town
comc-s lo light and lincls immediate re •
!ic-L ''J'hrrc i.; a rl'al satisfaction i1
Ii,·ing wlwn· povl'rly, ignor:wcc an«
want arc Pol too f!rt'al lo l.Jl' 1liscoverct
,lllll h<-ip cd. llow l'fficicnt all charil.t·
lllc lnsUtuliun,; in ,;u.:h tt place can t,e
how adequate th schools, where no ,
the- humblest chlltl is [01·gollcn or lg11orC'cl . 'l'her may l.>e evil in- the Hmal
country Lown, dul' lo _its smallness, !Ju·
011 the whole- U,c privileges of II(•
l h«'l'l' n.ro grC':1 t <'r than
i Is
wnul!I rather•· says John .\llH'<' in hi~
''C()n fc:--sion:; of I \oyhou<l"--"1
fur it.
immensely attached not only to per·
sons bul to lhlngs-s lr<'C'ts, buildings
gardens, famllia1· vi C'ws , thr
lomed landsra;ir. 1f I should move
from olcl Portsmouth Into a morler1
town rep! Le wllh lhr lalC'Ht improvements, I shoul<l miss Lhc plN1.snnt ol<
uncomfortable charncterisllcs of th,
place which I have kno\\'n so long. j
s hould miss the Irregular nncl pictures·
qucs paths of flagstone In.ill down ii
colonln.l limes. although one can wall
artlflci:tl pavement o( concr, tr. 1 should miss th•
h lgh fcneC'H, all hough onr en n sec th,
lawns and g-il.l'dens llllll'h 111orc sa lls •
factorily wh<'rt:' tiler<' is 011ly,
c urbing or nlil. 1 should
111i~s
8imbby ol<I huil<lini:rs , altho111~h. fron
the point of view of comforL and new·
ness, th y contrast v e ry unf:tvorabi i
with the immaculalf• hahilal ions in t
modt'rn town.
Thi s aLlachmt'nl lo ohjc-cls se ms le
me almost :t co11dllin sill<' 1111::t
the long ministry.
\Vithout
would -soon (incl some
v ry
g1·ea
•·i.'&"'!~i,t lC'mpla tlon l'l mov e on ia ,.,,a1·ch o
fresh lic-111>1 antl p:is111n•s nrw. 'oni;re ·
gatlom1 chuni;t·. A g1•111'1:tlioo st•I',; th•
disappearance from a pal'ish list o
many lnflivicluals and rve1t whoir (am• ..
peoplP there uro strong rc•nsons lo induce one lo wilhdrnw nflrr tlH'R<' serious changes that comr with l hr Ciigh
of years. Bul the stahiiily of things I:
wonderful. Familiar facrs disappear
one congregation insensibly merge:
into another, but th<' olrl place o[ wor :1hlp, built upon rock and ouL of rock
"'hoevcr
rl1 1hf'r hl~ rcru ,' tllh " r t..• rl in ~lH' h a
lh:1n
tn h 1 '
f·1r,1n11s
p\:tf'f'
lt•' t cilit>:.>.'' i..LJHl
he rcg1·cl.-; tint he canno t say with
l'lutarch "1 11,·,· in a lilli<' town and J
rhooHc lo liv!' there lest' it should be(·um•· ~m:tlkr''-a scntiml nt which l
for on<' am <lellghte<l to share with the
Jlcl Gre"lc
l ,•01i,~i,lf'r myselr fortunate, t hercfun•, to havr liv e d a grral while In
l'ort ·11outh and to be looking 0 forward
,o s0111 1' more of il-noL very dif(ercnt
rrom what I ha vc hi lhcrto busied my;el( with, (or 1 have been doing a great
nany things which I shall continue tc
Jo- ,hings connected wiLh lhe cduca•
•ionc, 1. intcl!Pcltrn.l n.r.cl social life of
___________ _____
;...._
in
and devoted attention more than
All the business of life which l
1a.ve l:.ll<en ur, I shall
·an·y on, excepting, I suppose, preachng. That, however, makes 'a great
!lft:erence, !or or course preaching IE
he chief funclion of a minister. I have
tiways llkeu preaching. I suppo·sc l
mte1·e<l the ministry becausl) I thought
· was fl tted for that part of Its duties.
?erhaps I have become rather old:ashloned In all lhcso years. My 1<lea
,bout preaching dates from an earlier
1crlocl an<l may ,seem rather lnad~1ualc In lhrs«:l c'layR when, to quote a
ine in not quite the st:nse which the
,oet intended, "the individual withers
.ml the world ls more and more." l
.ave always felt that preaching should
.avo to <lo mainly with 7.he problems
r personal life and character, eve1,rny duties and needs, the perplexities,.
esponsibllitlcs, temptations and con•
olallons which arc common to us all
11ther than with great 'Public quesions, political, social and scientific.
,\'01·flsworth 11alcl that tho poet should
;Ing
'Of truth, of grandeur, beauty, love.
and hope,
\.nd melancholy fear subdued ,b y faith,
)( blessed consolations in distress,
)f moral strength
and Intellectual
power,
)f Joy in widest commonalty apread."
It see ms to me that these fine lines
lcscrlh<' very well whht the preacher
hould attempt, and so l have gener.lly spoken upon the themes of the
10ral and religious life of the irldl vl.ual. At th e same time •I have. not In, .n lionally avoided the great questions
f the clay. I counted up recently the
,umber of sermons dealing dlreoll:y
11th the war which I preached from he date of America's entrance Into
he conflict to tho end of it and found
hat they numbered no less than thirty.
I have tried lo ma.intaln the dignity
f Lhc pulpit, not condescending to trl·ial or unworthy themes or to a light
reaLment of tho important quesllon3
f life, allhough I have, sought
to
void too gre'.l.~ profundity
reaLment an<l to mainlain
r thought :i.n<l expression.
'lay say alHo that I have
1ore and• more tho virtue of brevity
1 prc:tchlng. 1 have tried' lo cultivate
,hat Henry Van Dyke calls "the art
f !raving of(," believing that In our
imr ft'W persons In a congregation
re "Pt lo listen wllh prol\t
Jonger·
ha.n twenty or twenty-five minutes,.
.ncl lhat if one cannot say something
rnrlh hearing In Lhat time, he could
,arclly <lo it Jn a, longer period.
I find that in my preachlng I have
ren ccinslantly coming back to the
ubjrcl of cheerfulness, emphasizing
.s importance ann the need o! culti·ating It. In my list of sermons I l\nd
his plrm;ant theme constantly recuring-Cor instance, "Choc1·ful Views r:Jf
Iuman Nalure"-•~rho Duty of Mak_,g Life· Cheerful"-"Optimlsm
ancl
•essimism" an<l others of a similar
l1aractcr. I like, to preach upon this
ubjecl an<l I Imagine that most pcole like to listen Lo sermons In which
he bright side of life and. of human
ature ls held up to view and tho chief
mpha.sis is laid upon the good which
1an has tlono and ls capable of doing
�'.es ancl capnclllel:!, I sympatl:ilze with
.n old classmate o! Dr. Johnson's who
,nee 8tdd to him, accol'CUng to
veil, "You are a
philosopher,
oJrnson. I hn.ve Lrlecl too In my lime
o be o. phlloi;opher; but I don't know
,ow, cheerfulness was o.lwo.ys break ng 1n." As o. matter o! course my pro,i,.~slon deals wllh a great many ot the
ad ll,!ld gloomy events o! l!!o. All the
.1.ore reason IL seems to me, why a
1lnlste r should clo all he can to d!sover. and point out whateve r eontrl11tes to human happiness and joyhe cheerful elements in human
erlence.
How about tho substance of m y
ermons-my religiou s doctrines-In
1l this long time? Strange enough,the
)nger I live the less 1 seem ·to' ha.ve
:> say about them. I can write out my
·reed today In fcwc1· wonls than J
·ould when I first
began to preacl~
hough not perha1>s so briefly as Dr.
:Iolmes clld ln tho Autocrat of the
;reakfast T able, when he said "I have
~ creed-none better and none shorter.
t ls told In two worcls-the first two
,f the Pater Noster.'' Uut !! I cannot
·).1>ress my whole creed In the simple
.Jhra.$e
"Our
Father"-lncluslve
hough that phrase undoubted ly ls, 1
an yet state my belle! v ery concisely.
. am satisfied to believe In God as the
fopreme Being In whom and by whom
,ve exlst~the Heavenly (Father, whose
~hildren• we are and whose nature ls
ove and goodness. I hold the humanl:arlan view ot Jesus, as the highest
.ype o! humanity, the wisest of re!l,;lous teachers, ou1· great exemplar
ind leader. I believe In the Unltarla.n·~
.>ptlml!:1tlc view or ma.n as not fallen
.JUI:' imperfect-as Involv ed In a process not o! decay but ot growth-as
constan tly progressin;:;- from lower to
higher thlrigs. I believe ln the Bible
not as a supernatural r evelation, not
as a !lawless and errorless boo){ dlcta.t!)d by the Holy ,Spirit to amanuenses-but as · tho literature of a remarkable people who posHcssed a genius for ethics and rcllglon that has
expressed Itself In -these various writings eollected together ln our Bible
.1.nd forming a. treasury o! wisdom and
truth, the lll,e o! wlllcb exists nowhere
clse, and- upon -which mankind wlll
never cease to draw for
md help.
In this simple religion I find suJ't'.1:lent comfort lj,nd support. If lt has
1ot solved all the problems which perplex us mortals, it has at least Its
reason able and consoling theory about
them, Its cheerful faith, which nobody
has yet dlsprovc<l and
which will
1 ervc t o live b·y until God has revealed
Lo us something m ore adequate,some
'.arge r st:,tement of his truth, which
.vm aerve us better.
It Is often said that most people as
:hey grow older, especi:J.lly if they
Ive a long time In the same place,grow
nore conservative In -their religious
)pinions-more dogmatic. Who
1ot rceal! preachers who in the early
1ears of their I min istry
the most thorough going radicalism
md delighted In setting forth to their
:ie(l.rers the last utterance of destrucdve crltlolsm, but who have slowly
?eceded from this early position, have
become year by year more conservative of -the old and. more distrustful o!
the new, and who are no,x ranlced
among the staunch defend ers of tradition and rituali s m and everything el:.ie
which they once despised. '!'hey be!ong to th:i.t class of -thinkers whom
Dr. Holmes
so aptly characterized
,vhen he said "A mellowing rigorist is
1. mu ch pleasa nter object to contcmpla.Le than a Lightening liberal, ns u
cold day warming up to th!rty-tw
degrees Fahrenheit ls much more
1grceable than a warm one chilling
!own to the same temperature."
IL has not been my expe1.'ience to be
a. -t!;:;-htenlng liberal. The longer J live
the more contented I am with liH'
• plain, brief, reasonable, fl exible crcecl
o! L!bC'ral!sm. The longer I live the
less Inclined am I to dogmat!ze upon
things which are
objects
not
M
knowledge but of faith. Not that In
essen tlals I believe less than I once
:lid, not that I have lost anything of
Importance. I am thankful for that
when I sec among my friends in the
ralth some who have been losers, who
no longer m aintain their -0ld conli,lence In the divine order, who no
·pnger chcrl13h -the happy bollc!s which
,nee meant much to them. I do nol
l:>lame them for this diminished faith
o!ten clue to so me overwhelming per~
sonul calamity, but I am sorry ro1
them. I wish lhn.t they could feel with
Tennyson that
''This' gross, hard -seeming world
ts our mis-shaping vision or
Powers
Behind th(l world, that make
griefs our gains."
Th ey have lost a support at the very
'. Imo when they mo8t neecle<l it-l!H
.; upport of tho8e cheerful and reason1blc beliefs which I am sure arc a<le~uate for us, if anything be a<lequate
not only In days of prosperity but in
Says or advt'c·slty. H c!!;;lon ought to
Et' our help in tim e of trouble, and J
1m more than ever convinced that thC'
ilmp!cst and freest of all religiou,
,alths ls wholly competent to bring to
.ts believers I he strength
\vhich at any lime they
�l'ictures(Jue," 1002, in the rnenlion of
the fouuding of ~ho city, we have
been given such il111111inallng ( ! )
formation :i 8 t•h iR:
"Tho shallop .JonaLhun, •from
JH,rl or 1'I.vmouth, ,b ringR our pioueer,
_ _ _ _ __. thn hardy Scotchman, David •r110111pJiqfo1·i<':tl t'n11tt·ovP1·s.r
son, an,l lPn advent uro11s spirits or
lC Htm·r.
whom llhc nnmPH or nin •hav<'
l111,l011hl C'1lly th<1 IIIO!<I illil'l'l'8li1t)~ ('011\C 1lo\\'11 lo \IH." (sio).
r.edion of th<' Suutlny m'WRJJ:qwrn. lo'l'hC' hook ifl ('Onf11si11g :11111 coutmc:dl.1•,' wns th :i l ]lnrt or the !10:,1011 tli<'lnl-Y a1•·n rPi;~nling Capl11in John
Sun,I~) Herold, hl1vi11 ~ lhe Co111·onl. .\laHOll. "II w:i.s 1101 1111Lil 1'G30, when
N. H . IP.tler ]ly Jlon. lloharJ
l'ilb- .\lason t\JlllC," on may· re:.ul on one
h ur: 1 • relali!1~ entirely to the issue par;o, ,'llll on the next, "Cap..u.: n .\taral s<'d by tho f'irst ~atiunal n:inli or ~011 nov,•r s:1w hiR pla11tatlo11 hero."
Portrrn10•11lh nislorical <·,liendur for !':Pither did UorgeR ,,,.Pr romo here,
l !122, and ilH unf'xpeclerl ·rel'eren re to but somrone :i,l111or,t rvrry · year ., re''!lome f\s)1mongers ,rro1,1 Englnn<l, the . pea ts the 111 iRtake.
•
llillon brolhrrs," etr., whr.•, "l\'he11 I 'l'hcrr iri 1;ood authority apparenlly
th ey found Thompson
all
fleltlod I\i!1:1t 'l'hompson went to Boston har(roall Y in Hye) navi i:;ated aro1!nd. hur in 1C'.'4. in whicl! cuse his "es cxplored up the river, 1.1nd finally r«- : ::,ill:shNi ,1,0~rlr:uarters" was or even
tahlishe,l themselves al what i fl 11ow jfl•o:·ter duration than as mentioned
1
ll1l! :m 's' J>o!nt in Dovp1•, this bri:1g hY :\fr. Pillsbun•.
tho s~rnncl sett?ement iI: ):pw Jl:111111.,rr. Pill sb ury suggests u1at •• no
1!'1il e •
11,orP q11estions hr raised, for Lhrrn is
P;,rtsmouth set>-ms to llavr been glory enourh lo go aronnd," :tnd that
rathe r unfortunate otherwise in lli:s "'"' get together to have a. glorious
,·r l<>bralion in 1923. Th<i dale of the
spect , because, in such an inlere$!r recent book as the srlrndidly ii- Gorges-:\lason grant ,3ppears to have
lic•cn August 1 (1, 1G22, iancl nol I'\
'llber ,1:1 statr,I in tho book
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�SOME INTERESTING
FIGURES O. THE CITY .
JINANCES--STUDY THEM
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Year.
1905
1906'
1907.
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
19i5
1916·
1917
Assessed Valuation.
... •.. .. ..•.... $9,317,574.00
. . ; . , . . . . . • . . . . 9,248,273.00
, . ••• ; . . . . • . . . .
9,025,635.00
•.•. . . . . . . . . . . .
9,012,125.00
... . ... . . . .•... , 9,034,103.0P
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,134,859.00
• . . . . . • . . . . . . . • 9,3'95.387.00
.• .•...... •. •. . 10,057,008.00
·, ... . . ... . . . . . 10,724,232.00 ,
. • • . . . . . . . . . . • . 10,910,035.00
, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,038,232.00
.. . , • . . . . • . . . . • 11,092,624.00
, ...... . .. ..• , .. 11,083,824.00
Tax Levy.
$2G2,711.54
2G5,977.02
230,156.27
211,872.08
212.491.70
206,648.48
212,G0l27
2.Jl,135.75
245.2-83.45
246,835.lfi
255,955.11
258,525.43
259,321.13
i!i~
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1'920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,552;923.00
Rate.
$28.00
27.f>O
25.!,0
2:!.50
23.50
22.GO
2-2.GO
24.00
22.GO
22.Gll
22.60
2.2.SO
22. 80
22. S0
27.00
28.00
:~}m:~!
486,248.30
iS•Cl·IOOL EXPENSillS.
A ssc-sscd
value.
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$54,799.!)7::'
$10,724,'232.00
10,9] 0,035.00
67,06~.201.,,..
11,038,.232.00
61,768 '.9G ftt,
66,113 .5°8 .,.
l 1;092,624.00
11,083,8 24.00
76,316:70 ;i·
12,534,202.00
79,731.82 .·
14 ,466, 1'18.00
lOG,785°.86'~
16,552,923.00
i:t5,060.76
RECEIPT S
1918
T ax levies .... .... .... .. . . . . $305,0J 0.SS
,State taxe& •.' • . .--:-. ·,... . . . . . .. 30,%G.~O
L tcen se.s ... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · 3,374.34
S chool Income . ... . ... . '... . ..
4,823.75
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,485.59
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Total current · recefots .. .. $354,646.76
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5.96
6.79
6.36
7.38
8.15
1919
$427,043.03
B30
$525 ,09G.·l 6
32,26 l .~5
33,520.!i~
2,R2-l.!)5
3,176.80
G,015.18
27,04
-1.49
., ..,
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B om:Is anq notes Issued
Expt:'nSN} pN
$1000 o f value
6.11
6.23
6.60
-~
4,2 37 .80
34.147.73
$496,530.80
·1s,ooo.oo
$599,837.17
100,000.00
$570,530. 0
$699,827.47
E XPJDN DIT URES.
D ,ibt- '
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,
.!;i_(a) -In tcres t . .. ... • . ....... i2.2, 237 .10
(b) Si nk in g F un d ... . •.... 40,700.00
(c) N otes and bonds . .... . . n.000.00
S ch ool s .. . . . . .. ... .. . . ... .. . . , 79,731.82
T a ices..!..state· Tax : .... , . .. . . . 23,008.00 .
Co u nty T ax :. ; . . .. .. ... .. . '29,869.72
6,649.58
· Disc ounts . . , .... .. .. . . . . .. .
611.15
A.bat ements . . ....• . .... .. . .
Atla n tic H eigh ts Add . . ..•... .'
$24,636.Gn
~2.000.00
106,785.96
65,010.00
38,3 22 .'96
9,312.86
9,124 .2 6
12,568.50
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To tal curr ent e:-,;penslls .. ... $43"5,403.70
F ranklin •S chool •.. ...•.. • , ·. .
F ire Station . , . . ... •• . . .. .. . .•
Pav ing . . . ,' ..• , • • .... , . . ... . . •
E q ulµm ent , . , • , .. , .. • , , •. • , . ,
$31i,81U4
9,000.00·
22,000.00
135,060. 76
57 551.00
3s'.a22.Mf
11,599.H
2,04ti.99
12656.56·
$492 ,675.09
3,2,929.81
7,672..11
$577,616.01
45,277.8-1
74,054 .73
46,334 .0 0
10,Hi8.83
$533,277 .01
$752,341.41
FUNDED DEBT
.l..... .. ... ..... .............. ... .
W a t er
School .. . ...... ............ . . ... ....... .. ..... .
Funding a n d R efuh<llng . . .. .. . . ... . .. : . . ... . .. .
S~re_et Paving ........ .. .... •,: . ... . ..... .. . . .. . .
S e w e r ..•... . ......... : . .. . •· .... . ,........ .. .. .. .
Fir e Station . .• .... ....•..... . . .. . . ...... ... ....
la'lli~--,
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$398,000.00
217,000.00
247,000.00 '
156,000.00
28,000.00
50,000.00
$1,096,000.0•l
,16,000.00
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FloaUng D e bt , ( :3rldge_approach ) . . . .., ... . .... . .
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$1,112,000.ou
/
4~: i-923·::::::: :.::::::::::::::::::
S in k ing Funds· ( n ot Including -f unds for waler
· •bo n d s or H igh ,School 4s, 1923) .. ...... .. ... .
of ass es sed v a l ue 1920, $16,552,923.00.. .. . . .
~ Jan.
$398,000.00
100,000.00
139 ,42 4.37
$474,675.u3
$496,587.69
1, 1921 , B ~rrowlng capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,012.0J
$7 ,000.00 Note, lssu~d since Jan. 1, 1921, reducing ,borrowing · • •
··
(:apaclty to $150QO,OO,
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Ph•1•t1·ir:1! t·,: , rC'conl Lhr resis
The Rye
Beach cable .st;111011
wh1 c 1 :111e!' or t111•. ru1T1·111.,. llwrc·h.,· <l••n ot:1.
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f!clally closed last ' w eC'k , I~ b !' 11 ('VC'd ll lmos; t ('X:t~lly I IH' !01·:t l:0
' 11 or I '1
be the r es u)t o( llll g,'.l\llll hdll'l:•· n · trou lJI I'. J\I Pl'l":<'nl thf'I'(' :II'·~ ,,c-,·0r.
reat .Britain and th e \\ (~l1• 111 t 1 11lllll
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'\ l>rr:iks in litP 1: ,·,- ,·:i!Jlr :i ncl on!'
~l'e!egraph Company.
()(';]\((!
hnlf \\' ll'. l11l\\'(('II LhiH pl:t
The station has n.ltPn,:itl'lY IJ1 •l'J I ln 1. 1 ,llhP l t~ l,· ~ 0 ~ f{t1n: 1i:; . . \ r·th l<' slC'nn
the hands of llw Dl•·pt•L \' 11i11•rl ·~t ,1t,·., ,, ,. ha •: w i1hi11 1!11• pn r;l i·••:1 1· t'<'Jl:1\t'•
Cablo, Comµany, th l·
l'ni l<'d
:·Hal,' >1 \ ,1 l•1·,:1k within th ll lrH':lli, :;.
Government anci ~inc"' l:t«I . l.tr •·'.1 t iH' :
Th e· original nw:111~ of
rC'cei ,·::,,:
British Empire. l•'or t:w p:tsl f1•,1 yearn mC'ss:1~C'S ov r ilw lt ye <':1\.J!e \\':rn by n
,Ll,c Western Uulon .ba; lr:, ~<'tl' 1:.,, c.1- tiny '"'l'lll<', l\ill:S 111 1hr r·rnt1·P ot' n·1
ble on short-tc-rm l·~:ts; ,•:; :i11\\ " " " ' it c•x t n·mc• ly ,wnsiti\'l' g:11,·anomrl<'l' coll.
i s und ers loocl thal 1•; ng l:i11d r Pf .1s;<'s to
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.·itt,"c'·i,<'<l
to
t· 1r c· ul:1r 1n 11Tnr
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nssum e thC' rc-~pons1l)1hty or~ 1,,'t'1Hll~ JH' <111 rroflP<'l<'tl ;1l i·i~ ilt :111.!~IP~ lo th (>
the cable In rC'pn.ir 011 th i« .·i(I<' or th P ll<'<'cll• ·, molion .\ light y,:1~ foct1.1• •1l
Allan tic.
011 t Ii,• miiT01·. I 11,. rc-flc ·<·t ion of "hi ch
, The Rye Ilea ch cable • ,;\:1 1ion ls sit• wa·s; t h r 1111· 11 ll!"' " ,l ~,· 1!<'. 'l' i11• cl• flc• ·ualed sev,en mil es f1,om
l'ol'tsmouth lio1·r, of ligh t 111w11 th r s.<>:t!r. ca:t'l'.'ll
and ls one of the points of i:1tcrP s;t th ~L· hY tlw 1·:ic-ili:1lin! s r,f th <' 11<·:•cl !P a• it
membe rs, of the s umnw r colo ny In th i"
:itt r:i C't<'cl :111 .\ 1'1'\Wl!r,l 11) the rl<'.:-vic!nlt y m ake every, effort to SIPP. 'l'hl' trie cunent~ ''"nt throu:,.h 11'1• gcth·:u1'C,tblc Is 3100 miles
in
ll' ngth :incl •mPtPrlc-:1,·h rc •pr, .. ,c• nl
a l1·1 tc-r and
touches at Bn.llinskelligs 1::1 y, Ir<' ., for hus 111,• si~11:1is \\ <' l'C rc•,·Q rd" d.
It~ ' Con linen ta.I terminal and alHo al
Thi s sy,;tr·m was !alt'r supp! ,ntr d
Jlalifax, N, S. The cabl e was laid in by a submari111• 1·<'l:1y enahli:1,: the ~i~1 874, but th o 'first yeiu· " ·as ~pent In . nnls to be r rl'orc!Nl by ,io·1111l as well
making repe:1lerl ( N;ts Of ilH C'ffiCil•nc:y · n" on lapc>. Th r•
local f':t hlc• is
an'd ll was nol until 8ept. l :i, 1876, t hat ,1np! c- x r <l, that is mc-ssa gc., an•
it.he ' cable was open Pel for n·an~tnif-:.:ion H"lll rf'c-,•i\·('d si 1n11lt :1 111'o u sly.
of 'messages betwP en l\mrri ca 11nd Eu-. l >min,:; th~ " 'orl<l \\' a r, hu nd r eds of
robe. The lines of thr ;\ ni.,:lo-Ameri c-an 111 ,,s.,a;._~,; ,.,· Prl' s<'nl to l~urope from
cdmpany had nlreacly hC' <' 11 in u;;c , (_oi; \1<'1'<'. On ~ alurcl :1\'. J\ ti g. 8, 19.14 , tho
soqie lime, b e twee n the old ~orl1 am ity c ,;t.tlion es lablishcll a r c•co rd fo
:th new~
tr:t1t .; rui::-·~du11 ~;c 1·,·1c~;cn<lin:; mes:;agTh e landin g of the, shore- end of lite Ps which a:~ " n•;;at"d a total o( 30,000
'. cable at'R~•P B'ach by th c OlrPc l U . S. \\'Ol'llR.
, Onble Company " ' as a gr!'at eve nt ancl
Th •' statii:11 holti,:
L11 n record
cro\Vcl\j, from a ll over <Ne w 1'nglantl rapid tra 11 ~ 11 i:•:s ion alongwith th'}
;wlherc,d ht•re lo watch the proceRR.
Ho ,:ton and ! lall f:1 x ul'Ci ccs. l n Novem. Nr:il'l~' a scor<'
or OIH'l'alors \\'(' \'(' hC'l', !!I I~ . n(\l'r lhC' ll.1n·. 1rcl - Yale fool
,;ent here from Mnglnncl, th·e or whom 1,al l g a:n l', Jlr. Ch:nJ,,., \V. l~liol, p1· r. t}.1'<' 11,·i ng tod n~·. Th e lnl'II whq C'rtm e 8 idC'i:t - r m ,·1·i111.:
or ll urvar<l, sent :l
hen• i" •thc fir:<~ tlcla c h i11 !• nt incluclcd ' ,·:i.!Jlc, mp,:•:•.:\<' lo fl'i • 11(1 ~ i11 1J c1·lin
G. U . \Vard , now gc-n~r nl 1na n:,g-er and ,t:1 ·•o uncin~ •'!" l' l': u:t or tiH 1 clas~it.=
vico pre·Rld c-~1 t o~ th e Con11ner<'lal Ca- 1rco: l>:1 ii "' _.,,1111 1, 1·. 'l'lw ,·.thlPe 1·um was .
l)le Company; Tr:\fCi c ~1;,nagf'r Clap- 1.•,r: ri, 0 111 , • ., . 11111hr:,11gh t ,1c ltyl' s:a11c-r1011 or th e ~n me
COlll'C'l'll; '"'· .J. ;:,• .I. ·LL ~, ., !II. :incl ',\ ', Ila rc•c civ,•cl :tl
'F'r:t sl'I' and hi,; hrolh (•r, ,John Frager. \ 1:"r",1 :1. (r, 1, ,i .,n :i!'tl'l' !l.O~. A!I tiwn, i.;
.J er ry ,"hn.w, pl:i .l ,c,
\Yllmot , Smith, !, d: i'.' ,• r cliH'" ,1:' l!v,• i1onl's h(•lwc~• n Do s - ·
,l!rown, ~tathPRO n.
Quinn,
~t<'w:1.rt, \ . 0 !; :1:Hl Jh•r ;i n t:nu •, tht• 111( •"'\~agf' 'took
l\lin su\d , T oOVl'Y,
Pal111 C"'r, Nora rl ancl \ tp pr\rx . 111 ,~, ;, to i,f'c:o:uh~.
f::rudh•y, So m an,· o( tlw,;p rn C' n l:tl<' r l\ Sup,. I' . \ \ '.
bl'c,,mc superintendents lh al llw Hyl' ·i ur;:; ,• pf th<' a)t ' st:,lion,
Ben ch Rtalion beca m e kn o wn as "Lhl' :prn,:in;: hi-: t'm<' :si n ce b 0i11g retln•tl
Scho ol (or Superintendents." One of ,t:,L mc:n1 :, ,, 11 ppm:i on in ;:;athrring the
th ~se original ope\·ato rn, Jo h 11 Fra><er,1 ·,,c:r.rds :,nl ,sh ip pin;:; them , logNhc- r
who. hec,amc :111 assls t nnL supPrlnlcn- 1 it\! 1:11 . •·ll ,r:,• r . tt> ;,:t•w Yori-. :\Ir.
<lent, ls po s lnw slc- r al H ye B cac- h.
.tiPh n•; ,., ,I 111t'l'C' l111111
\Vi lh th e laying of lh C' <'H bl e, til e ca- 1•!rg r :1ph •:i •·,· it' p, :17
ble station. 11 two and
a half slo r)· >11ri 1,;; hi·· , nPnc•c·tbn
s tru ctu r e , was b n ill, Th i,; b uildin g h EI.H :r,11,h and, 1hlt• >1<'l'ViC"' hi' h:iH sern all
wllh s lood t h e severe N <' W England lw cl1an<!<·, frnm an opc>rator silting
weather (or n<'nrly a half c<'nlury nncl ' " :t cbrlu·n •ol roo m, 1'NLcl l11g th e Rig today ls in th e best of c-ondilion . On :als frolll :i ~po l of ll ghl while another
the lo w~r floor th ~ o((ic('S and l!' le- ,peni tor \\'l''1le down the message as
graphic Instruments were lo caled. Th e spe ll ecl, lo the present aulomalic sys,~ppcr flpo i:.c o_n lah~ed a lihra r y El.lid a l- tt• m wh rre thl' ~lgnals com<' out printso fil<'s of cvc-r,· m essagr «c nt. In th e- t•<l on a tapf'. H e was several tlm s
baseme nt wcrC' thr cells :1 nrl hallNi<'>' commended for hi s s kill in localing
which m ade communicati n11 with otl 11 •1· [nulls and breaks In lhc cable.
point s pos ·lbl<' .
T h () ca\.Jle \\''1>' laid I))' n1<•a11s of a
drum on thP cab le :;tt-,1m<'r. Sho11·,1
the cab lC' he ,1amaged th r re n r c
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been the lllOSL ,Jelic;hllttl altll )' li(e.
111 ir~d
tllf•
11111:-;1
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•~hE:'!-'t-' :p,sot•i;t tion\.; d tl I lt t u:in tu
\VH~ first \\Tilt(·n.
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ln ) ou r midst a:-P doing t'he same
Lhi 11.; . Do you lrno.w \, na.t t hat · \V'l;J,J
tlo? H wrn S'la.I't the fe-et or <th~
PCO IJlc' to w h om• the cards a r e . sent,
itch i ng· to traYel an d h'u.V'el t QIW".11rds
l'ort.smotttli•. Ettch year t11-e a.r my of
history love rs wi 11 in c,:·ea.se
will reap the beil'eflt .
1 h ave sa.l tl •l ·w ore oul a p'alr or
shoe>1 l.ravel'in g a round .11ere. Tih~us~
a.nd s of othe r s ,Vim do lthe same.They
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sh oes, ibu t
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;here, a,nd. .'.l!te,1 ·
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it i,; tilu.i. l l1ope so a ny,wa,y .
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Po r lSll~O{i.[11· llae won -
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e~. l_L 'has hi~to1,lc assoc:a.tioi1s '11<> one
c:a11 take :l\\"ay. Jt depen ds upo n IJ1e
re.;idcnui
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Port>:1mouth wheth e ~
tltel' remain :11~ her -most vital a~~e t.
"iuu wilJ. tl11t1 me here fl'eque,ntiy tlclv111~ Into the pu~L I ~1hat.l come un<til
I h:lVe B-t,t'ri e, :}l"Y bit o( ) OU!" r a .re
iii::;ltric he~;u,ty. And I ishall te-!V oth - ·
· "h'J, ·,J,,-o, wu!1l1 come.
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;,,11 ,t~ n ~pr••1l:rr and pnblieity 1n:nt
I ha,.,. w, ,:·n 011 l. onP 1>a Ir of ,hoe~
,, 1rnN·I r d wil h 1he
r:i.tlon al Libera l
wall<ing nro1md here and feel i l i111i
,\l\i :1 11<'e. D11rLng hi!'< Rt~,- h ere he' 'has
1cst inve31rnrnt I e v e-1· ,n 1ad·e . No bo,v
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i•t i~ safe tt-0
01· g-ir}, 01· 111n 11 01· woman, can, rend' o(
s,: , _\' t li:1 l 110 y i:,ltot· fo r rco;i-R hni; hll\\ t h ,• itlc of l';,11I ll<'1·e r<' without taldm~
r•l 111• an,l gainetl. su.ch Jrnowl~dge -0!
,,ff h:s lrnt to olu ,l•'ort C\onslitu lio11.
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iJ.n,J ,;l.anu in a.,V'a al the spot " rherc
He ~rn.s fo llowed news hal ;,i~pitTtl jo111·1w)' entlied.
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•in various '!}J.rls ' oi .. t'h-e
l':111I nc,·,,r,· :i11<1 hi>1 1·idc ·have pass ed
·nto :i 1·C' 11l111·y nml a 1111I!' or hi.<tc,r.1 . ~~;i..-.,,.--;....,....,...,.,
b· hoon,~al ._,, f ltls charger n,rc h eanl
lod:1 ,\ i 11 .,r, ) ,·orner or t hc- wor!,t.
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mon11?1H·ni_. l'1ovltlen!ialh·
preserved.
•o lht• <l••lPPll1inatlo n (111(1 e:lJ'll CSt n e>-~
•f :!11• l1andf11I or pat11!~,i,;; who w ·<r"
s:-l•td lo def, 11,I thPir rig'h lS' \ltltl', lh·•
r igh l:-i , or •lhl'ir
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~1wul<1 lwve th:il ,i.~land as th<' l\l ccc·a of 1'heil· pili;-i-image . '
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hou.~e '\"~ lrn·i lt in llH• 1l:1n,
wn~ ['l,•11\y or mat<'rial :i111l ti11w .
f t will la~1 lor C'PnludP~ y!'l in
if pt nprrlr r:1 rP/1 !or. It i'< worth mor ,
lo )·0111· c,il.1· lh;,11 a <1 <•7.f'n pala<'E';;.
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1111• 1111~111·pa>-s•• d :tl'('l\.tt,·,·t111P or th<>
or 1h<• rloo,·s :ind fir<'1Jla1·e~. the ,·,•11t11ry okl wallpapr,·s. rare indt>ecl'.
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know lhc-m nil.
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pliZP lh<'lll (1Jlll\\" lld~)· ) :l>< I
lh<'.v a:c• ro11r~ to J>J'C' ~~e·rve.
uo.
l ha1·e p:11tl 111)' tribute tc, the
low who has h,•cn enlt•l'))l'ibillg (' IIOUg"h
t,, )111lJ.:i h po -; 1,tl van!;; or ,tlll';;e J):a1·C'!-<. I Jtan• ,-,en-t cards tv 'my
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�PlONEERS TO ME~T ' · ·
. . · Hf:RE ON AUG.
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·The annuai , meeting and field clay of
the Pjscataqua Pioneers will be h elll
in Portsmouth, Thursday: Au'g. 10. 'l'h(
meeting will be hel'd to ·celebrate th<
300th anniversary of the granting of
the charter ,of the Province of :Malri<
to. Sir F erdlndo . Georges ~nd Captain
John Mason by the Plymouth Compu11y.
Ma,y'oi:, Ha,rtford will deliver the ado.ris~ of-, we lcoI)'lc
and President
Chjlrles .'.l'. L ibby. of Portland, Me.,
WIJJ res pond.
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At roon a shore dinner will be served a. the .Kearsarge hot el. The afternoon will ·be devoted to vlsllfng thehistorica l points of interest In the ollt
city of Portsmouth:
IONEERS HOLD
EETING\ TODA
Celebrate ~nniversary
6rant to fiorges .and
Mason.
'fhe annuni meeting of the Pi scataqua Pioneers is being held in this ·
city today at the Rockingham county
court house on State street, with a
large attendance. Today Is the 300th
anniversary of the. patent granted to
Gorges and Mason, Aug. 10 1622.
The pr~sldent o~ the society, Charles Thornton Libby of Portland, gave
a most interesting address in re:;ponse to tlle remarks of the Mayor,
wllo •welcome(J. the members of the
society to Por'tsmouth.
At' the business meeting the, following officern were elected:
PreS'ideRt,
t"tl1nn ,'-! Jl?r1·i.a1gte,n,
PIO~EE
✓---- -.
'-'he a'n,nual meeting and field day
of ·the •Pl-scataqua .Bloneers wlll ib-e
h~1d Thursday, !Augus t 10, 1922. The
buslneBs meetlll!g wlll !be held at tJh-e
Rookingham County Court Romie,
state street, at 10.30 o'clock istandard time, wb.ere t!b.e reports will ,be
received, offu:':lr•s elected, ne-w mem·b ers admitted end all other !business
t-ransactech · ·
·
The Province of IM•a !pe grant was
given to •&for Ferdlnado 'Gorges -rund
Ca~tain John !Mason by'ithe ,Plymout11
q:_qm.pany, ,Au,g ust .•1 0, 11'622 (10 ; tS.) ,
1,tfd th is meetin:g will •be held on -tJhls
date to celelbrate the 3001:Ji ;mniver3ary elf that event ..
Address by iHon.
Shl1,w of Kittery, 'Maine-.
;The. afternoon_ will •be ~_ devoted to
itg•ht-seeing. Trlps to Odiorne's ·Poin•
w1liere the firsh. ",Great i:House" IS~ood
and -other placeii of historic,i,l ~uterest
cari oo DJl}de ~w attt-0s In parbiea a:t a
·small erpense, and memlbers ,-y.ill ha-ye
an opportunity to ' visit -the Portsmouth Historical Society !Building
(tho John Panl Ifou:se), the M-offaty
Pi,dd. House, 1\,Dnket IStreet,.and _the
!t1omas Bailey Al<lJrich House. .
The Spclety sdliicits ,hi·.:itori~al and
genealofgical w-0rks and manuscripts,
old deeds,. etc., :which .siho·uld 'be ,sent
to. Alexander Dennett,, Our.at'or.
l~fors.
Jb u.i;, IO
a Ida I .
berLs, !Colora
Spr!n(g.s, Col.; !Mrs. lJucy
Varney, Mt. IP·au~, JM•i,n·n. ;
Jrumas :\V Lock,e, J ~~ck,s'O n vme, (Ji'Ja.;
M1,s. :S,3:ra :M. IL. illa~ey, ISou,t·h L-Oo,
N. II ·., Flrahlk He1·v·ey IP1ct1tin•giell, ILoo
Angel os, !Cal.; IMr.s. D e borah ,E . W.
CaTr, iS'oriani.011, 'P a.; Pro.f ISyilvester
Bururbam, 1Ne111btH,'lJOJ-!tl, IMlass. ; 11011.
Cha1n~~i11g 'Folsom, INewniar,kc'l , IN.
IL; 'Mrs. Allxblie 'G. B . 'Gl"iffiill, INc:w:m.a.1'ket, N JI. ; 'MiiS'i:l ,EJlizal!JeCh p.
Pope, tS ome1isw:ort'h, • . N. 111.; /Mrs.
·Cla,ria A. •p. D1i1 1n, tBeufonl, /Mass. ;
TuaJp'h 1s·. Btintle \',, 'Bosto\1. •Ma!!IL;
IDdlga.1· ·A. ,JJelii;hiton , ISomel\S'W'Ol~th,
0
N. III. ·
1
Sec reta.1•y,
kin s, iN. H .
'J'rer s u,11e;• an,d .C u~·,a tor, A.lexa'r; 1.sr
Den11 0tt, Killery, ,Me.
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Diredttor-~'lts_r;t l;! ~~~on~ -~!1
l6us, IN. If. ; IA1exander D(Mllett, Kl ttery/ :M1c,; Jo'lun ~es, Dove r, N. 11.; .,,,,,~_,,•.. "··'•11!-';.,
Joseph 'Fos-:er, Portsm:ou,th, N.
·Ju'lltJ.n H. S-i1ruw KiHtery, iMe......_ _ J/1''!,-.J~v,~•;,•-i:
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Pi NEE OBSE9V
. -0th ANNI. E -S
to"
An111al :Meet, g. a Field ··Day.·
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Th~ annual meet.;n~ and fic 1d tl:IY of cll'lY o! rlscal.aqua Pioneers, It i::iv;:
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. m e pleasure to return thanks fo1 t le
~he· Plscataqua ~~ lon l'Pr!I 1/1 ll<'lng held_.: w elcom o so kindly accorclecl us by th o
~n this city today at the nocklngham··.ma.yor of Slrl!wberry Bank. H Sir Fer' c0u{ity Court House and on the thrPI' dlnando, at some momentof his 'long
hundredth a.nnlvj!rsary o! the Province life of sll'Uggle and disappointment,
,of Maine grant given to Ferdlna.ndo could hav looked forward and seen
Georges and CapL • John Masqn by th0 the llonor,,hle Ferdinando clolng hl,i
Plymouth Company on Aug. 10, 16 22. I part In a thP<'!'•hunclr,•~lh onn'.~•n·~o.ry
The Plscataqua Plone<'ril ls an or- ; as mayor of this fine clay, ,11s r'l.ce
ganlzatlon of aboijt 125 mrmbers from I must have brightened · ·,,'ilh the happy
• all parts of the country. lt _was or- I thought that his labor.; :1:~d nr.t bct-n
ganlzed in this city In 1905 and It~ In vain.
.
Jrnrposc Is to gather all matters of his- I Portsmouth has alw.iys been an lntorcla lnteres,t along tho Plsca.t.3.~ua, teresting place to visit ver since the
on both sides of the river. The Hociety ! newcomer.·. at Little Hart,or fin;: 1ound
. solicits historical and genealogical , tho strQ.wberrles up the .-1 ;er, aml fo:\vorks and man~!jcrlpl.
whose forefathers, Jlvl,\g on O'le or
.About ,i;cventy. membt-rs are In Ht· 1another of the branche·, t-f :hi.; r:v~r,
tend~!)CC' at , t..h,e,' gathc,rlng. which had tp comr to "the Bani;''. In order to
opened at ten-thlr.ly o'clock, I.ht- J)resl- 11rnow tlH'Y wPre living, _once
, den ti . Charles ' Thornton Llbbry -Of often, dt Is doubly pleasant. .
l ortiancl, :I[\'.," ptesltllng.
I • n lr:l.s been ,said that the natent ot
The adtlrt-ss or welcome was given tho Provlnco of Maine, Aug. 1~. 1622,
by l,,ay,,r F. \V. Ilnr tforcl.
lgnntlng all betwe<'n tho Merrimac
.\[a:, or Hartford aftt•r giving lhe ;.and the K nnebcc, w:,s of mlnor cons·~Vl sl tors n. most · conllal ,,·l'lcome to quence because nothing was clone unPort.smou th , complimented• th m high- ~. de'r it. Rather mo..y ,ve regard it a&
Jy on th<' work. their 01·i;anizatlon Is tho ' fouml.llion, both in legal opcr:uip;i
do in g a11ll tho mark ed Interest shown an<l In actual carryin;rs on, <-f all ~hat
by all th o members and how It would Ca11tain Mason' boun ,l themselves unalso tend to instill tr\1e 'Amrrll'n.nlsm dc-r a .C 100 p!'nalty lo srltle one colony
into tht- minds o·f the coming g •nern.- wllh a. competenl guard and at least
tlon. ]t, , Wl'lcomed all to. old Ports- ten familles within lhreo ye'lrs. _. ,ve
mouth, lht- gateway to historical New must believe they did It. The.>' two
England, th e scene of so much arly w<'rl' emc-lcnt colonlzrrs o{ N<'W En~' 11lHlory. Al tho clp!!O or hi~ remarkH lantl. 'L'ht>y l'l(tU:llHl<'rrtl both their ,),\·n
,l\fayor llnrtrnnr' r ~ct-l\'dl !warty ap- wraith and tho wraith of other , ".lut
JJi a11 se.
,. .
thc-y achleyrd. 1Iavl11g agre<'d :•1 •et ·
The president, Mr, Libbey, re spontl - 11<' ten famlllcH, thry di(! It. lie,.:i NJ.J
ed as follow s:
the- !ouncllng of this state,. a,ml ,9!
• ltesponse bY . the ·p1:c-~lrle111 of th e :\Jaine this !il•lc o fthc Kennebc-.:.. . i:.
society, Charier Thorn ton Libby, of
It_ Is true th 1l the Plymouth <,om' Portland:
In behalf of
I
us:
pany In l622 deeded th.i-S
we ~ow are to Georges and M4:s~n
and in 1633 deeded Jt to Mr. Davi,;
'1'ho111son, and 111 1U!l9 deeded It t,c.
Capt. Mason, and, In 1631 deeded Ct •.,
tho Laconia Company, a11d . In , 16:J,
gave a 999 years' ease o! It
Sir Jo)l•
\Vollaston, all covering the same la 11
But in dealing with these old pate.!lt
-.ve mltst bear three things con~ta.nt
In mind, or we shall trip our·selves up
For one thing, the corporation callrt
"the Council establlshE.'d ·at Plymoutl•
In the County or Devon for the plant
Ing and ordering or Ne,'i England,
was only anothC'r nn.me for Sir Ferd!
nanclo Georg~s and Capt. Joh? ~Iasor
Second, when Sir• Ferdinando . an
Capt. Mason gavo det'ds of parts o·
their land: they did It in the _11arnll ~
the corporation. Third, 'the deeas the•
gave were really only options, con';Lllloned o.n ma.king actual settlements
,vhen the conditions wero ·not• ·per•
formed, tho lands reverted to Georg-c·
and l\la.i;on.
'vVollaston'-s deed back . to ~a1>L ,,r-,ra
sor1 openly explains the lease! "whicl
salq Indenture wa~ made unto the ;al
John Wollaston by and ' with tile ~cop
scri t of'lhe said Captain• J9~n · Mason.'
Ins toad of Capt.· Ma.aon • giving. th
lea.so himself, -ho gave It in thll i,,i'mc
or , the Colmcll. . The 'grant • to . ~fa~;>n
ln 1629 Is explained by the_Jaw,trs oJ
Mr. Mason's gra.ridson, /.'being a - di•
,·lslon or' the lands formerly grant•!.
unto Sir Ferdinando Georgrs and •!oil,
!\fa.son!' lnstead ol'
Sir Ferdinand<
and Capt. .Mason giving deeds ~o ea.:l,
other to divide their lands, they Issue(
new grants to thems elves In the n:un
of the Council.
Mr. David Thomson, the first pl,antr,
of Ne-.~ Ham pshlre, was not what th •
historian Hubbard said he was, ·• th,
age nt of Georges and Mason." Nor dh
he rocelve a eonfilctlng grant of land
already granted to them, His deed, al
though In the name o! the . Counci l
\\"as really from th em. Some h!stor
!ans hn.ve failed to understand how h •
received a grant of 6000. a.crea alr,,a<l:
g-rantec1 to ' them,' or why he. dlcl no 1·
hold It afterwards. Tj}ese two qi..e-s
lions answer '!:tch other iC vermlttd l
,10 so. Sir Ft-nlln:i.ndo Gco!"g•~s
Capt. John Mason In el\'.ac~ dP.cd ed t•
:\lr. David Thomson
Rix
lhou sa n ,
:icres o! the best o.f their lnn<l,i 011 con
dlttons whlrh he ful\Nl to !~Jill.I, O.ll•
s o the lands revrrt~d to them.
As the pa.tent to :\fr. 'L'hom so n l·
lost, we cannot know e·<a.<:llv ,whn t th ,
coritlltlons' they put Into It wer.e, bu 1.
we· may be sur·e that t!1oy covl'recl th,
underta.~lng for wh·lch they th·c-l!}selve r
we re under bond, lo settle In, th h
,wilderness n. sufJlcient guard and te:
f:i.mllles. •. v.re. have from :i'.fr,. s.1m·J•:
.\'laverlck, who came to Mo.q.,,i,,;\1:,. •r! ,
In 1624, ,some yea.rs before the r.ost,1 .
colony st-arted th'e Year Ohe of ::--;e,•
England, as they reclrnneu It, 11.1·d \" h•
soon married· Mr: Thol\1£Jll :l · youn:
a gra.phJe .iccci..nt or w!:iat •,.111.
0
0
�· and Ides of Shoals
lt hln 2 11;1yle~ or th ~ ffiOll th
Strawberry Bank where are
(amilles, and a minister and a mee~l •;.
~use, and · to the meeting -~ous,es o.1
U.over and Exeter m0$t C?t the pe.,·,l i,.
11~ort. This Stra,wbrry Ba.l)k h:! p'II'
o(;S,000 acres gr.i,n~ed by ·paten~ n lJ·im
the year· 1$20 or · 1621 to .Mr, ' J;)nv ll
Thomson, who, wHh the asslstanc:3 o.
Mr. Nicholas 'sheny111,'
Mr.. Leo"larc
Pomery and Mr. Abraham Colme".' o'
Plymouth,,.,nrerc1mnt;i, went over .wilt
1,; considerable ·company crt ser-·anu
ai:td curt a1trong · antl large hou ,e, "n•
closed ~,v<lth a large a nil high n ,.11·
;a.do and -mounted gullns, and beln1
Stored' ex'tra.ordt'na1'1ly' wltli shot· a.nc
ammunition, was a terror to the Ind.lan·s I who at that time were lnsultln;
~ver the ,poor, weak and unfurnl shec'
planters o! Plymouth. This' house anc
fort h~ built
'11. polnt ,-Of land at l h!
yery· entrance -o! ·P1scataq1:1a river and
\{av.Ing . ¥1'anted . oy t)atent all the • ·
lands. bor'derlng on thla !-and to the
mi ddle o! the .river, he took , possP._-sior.
~f an lsra"~a.••,:c·oinfnonly' ca.lied lh<
Great Island, andJ fo; Jhll ,p.Q~!l<l.s OI
thJ3 }And he went up the ri_ver to c
po!n~~cal)'ed .filo9dy Point, ai:id · by th•_
seaside aoout four mil e-ii, He also haa
power <>f government 1vfthlri' h !'~ OW'.
':Jounds. Notwjthstand!ng .a ll th .s, a,
:s a.tA- t):)is day ln th<! power and at lh,
1ispO$EI-I ot Mll,ssachusclts."
'
. So here wo ~eo wlla.t method Sir Fer dinando and Oil,1>t.t Mason took to ful •
:m their bon.d to th.a. Council. '.1'4r
ThPftlSOn,,!\. ~Ult\lred and travel~ i_en tleina.n 'whom Ir Ferd inando h!'\d em ·.
ployed.' In 'difficult negotlat)ons wltl
h!gh . offl~lal~ was to ,d o 1-t for thein
and tor. th1H i!ll'VIU!t to hav~ 6,000 acre
on ·one ,side, ~ ftho r.lvor, 'fo get th
nece·s ~rjl\ ~ariltal,. p_e contriiflte,l II ill
thl:ee Piymouth moi;oJ;iah.t.i, tc, 1 µn l h
p!aj,ta.tlcm .. flv-e y~rs, ' and th.en tur:
over to them thr~ii-fourtha ti! th e Improved land and thrO@·fourths •JC t 1r
profits, After three yea.TS ertort, hi
1>/1.W flt t-0 remov·e to Massachu3ctt,
Bn.y, wtwr~ he could have all 111s Improved l1m!lfl "'"(\ !ill of his pr~fit:1
Whether ht lillW!ld 1111 the t~n ft',tn'llt ,
within -thre& ·yttar.3 !rom Aygµst g,
l.6n, -or w.hether Otor!l'llil fl.TJ-d 11:4, 11
ha.4 to come for:,vard 1t~ ~nl~h ~ho ; 4 ~•.;
we do .not ki;ioi.y,
·
Let u11 rerot1rnbcr. th:i.l W<' know wry
llttle a.bout this c1P.r~ period . v.•h,!r: the
rovlnce ot Maine aovor~IJ M,\~na_ 11ncl
f!W' Ji~psblre both.
Exc<'p ~ :'i1'r.
bomspJ} an~ the E.iltons, an,: Jl.efh.:i)l's
fr, .AJrib ose 'qi,.b )Jlns, we ll:,i,:i"not 'one
10.me .to o.ssoclo.to with ti1l;3 period.
~he ar~!v~1 <if the Wmwlck; wlt •'l ou1
vr~tte11 .. hi.story begins, w,1,s ll;>t ~.ntil
he sumrrier of 1630.
-•
'l'heY" h-:i.ve in Boston, no: In 1~3 Jr,i;a·
,,ustody, a sheet of }la'pe'r · writt'en or ,
)0 th sides, a separate uo~-1111cnt
Jther' side, and both certified by Ellslu
}ookc clerk ef courts. On one side it :
L cop;.. ot" t.hi ' i{ive'n tory of the Laconia:
~ompany go9ds, July, l635, attested b!
,Ir. Chamberlal1, secr~tary ,<of lhi·
•>rovince In 1683-, when ~he co.,se or Mti•
on versus W aldrQn was tried, anc
his Is · of unques tionable. genuinen ess
On the other side Is the list of p eo -:ie "sent by· John •Mascl'n, Esquire,'
,-!~ding up, '"Eight Danes, T'wentY ·
on
~WO ·"yvomen." It this list was offe r ec
n -court in 1683, It was rejected af
4pu~!o'us. 'Bollh from external and ln ernal evidence, It seems a. fraudulen •
>roductlon. Probably it was made up
'. o use in th e s uit against Humphre:
;pencer In 1704, a,s there !!l a checl
1
,ark In th e margin opposite Thoma·
Jpencer's n·ame, and Elisha Cooke wn
not app ointed clerk ·· of courts until
,10'2. 'l'he list omits names of ,so m,
,ho we know were sent over by 0:\pl
l[ason, as Thom as Crockett; and ine r ts names · of young m en ,\l'ho wen
h!ldren or unborn at Lhe time o
'apt. Mason'!;\ <lea th·, as the t w,
·oun ger Ch:..dbournes, · 'fhom:i\H Fer
111.ld •• Jeremy , Walford ;; and · 1nclullc
he ~ames ,of 'm bh who ·,\'e krro;v WCI'(
1ot sent over , by, him ; as William Sea
·ey/ w)'lo, came• on 'a fishing trip to th•
sles of Shonls, John Syrnoncls, sen
ver · by' Trcilawny to Richmond's Is
• 1nd, F rR.ncte' Norton . ancl •.1~.ampso
1
'·,ane, w)'lo · caine after the Captain'
·;~th,. and .-0 thel'S. T!1 e name printer
, s Henry Baldwin Is nol that name Ii
· •he Boston; list; evidently Clerk Co' '
•ould not r ffid it; but from hi:, )ntl~a
tlon -0f the writing, I judge It wn.s 0,1; ·
rne No He nry Odiorn e Is known 1'
1ave been here, which Is true of oth e
1ames In the li st, which m ay ha\'•
,een invent ed at the same time as th•
Nheelwrlght deed, In the desperat~ re·
Jive t'o p11otect the community fron
he loss -0f thelr homes, with variou,
•ames Inse rted that might help dif·
~rent ones 'to ~!aim their land~ a:
iescendant-s of Captain Masoris ,. se-r·ants.
Thomas Crockett's descen ants were living on the Kittery Hide
•JU t us they clalmecl no lands ' on th,
"ortsmouth side, there was lhus nt
)caslon to lnclpdo his nam e.
So" our cert!l.ln lrnowleclgc after the
·.rrlval of the ·warwl ck is n~ne toe
·ull, ye t luminous wh e n comparec
vlth the unwritten , period preceding
dthou gn the I s les of Shoal~ and th<
?lsca.taqun. kere the principal ports Ir
-.~w Englan d In that pe riod. If the
lettlem ent had been abandoned , Gov, rnor Bradford would s urely hav e re•orcled the fact. . On the contrary, .-, i 1,
' 628, Piscataq ua contributep as mu·ct
,s Plymouth· to the epensc of banish
ng Morton, ,'.\v110 was ,s c ll'. ng firearm
o the Indians. ·Th er e must have b1 •r>1
.1any peopl e here, besides hunclr,;cls 0 1
ranslen ts her-e an<1 at Lhe Shoals; · bu
ve ask ·,n vain who th ey ,vere.
· If Mr. Gibbi ns came over mrly, he
vent ·back, ai· he came on the \Var•
,Jck. Hubpard says the Hlltons wcr,
;ere, 'that they came with 'fhomso1;
Iu lJbard, who certaJnly was m! stnl(cl
n part, sC'cm s to h~vc got.ton, his · in'orm:i.llon from;:roung ·\V!H!ar'n 'Hilto n
, boy not sl y'ears ' oi'rt '\'h<'n M r. 'rhom i
,on ca m e ove r . Jn ·y_oung Hilton.' s pe
!tlon to the ' General Court ii\ th•
•ea r 16ti0, to confirm !-ands given hi,
·•ath.e r and liiinself by th e Inclia'n s, he
·alil:
• "vVhereas ·y~ur petitioner's • father
Vllllam ,Hilton, came ov,er into New
,} ngland ab out the year · Anno · Dom.
621, and youi: petltlon e ~ came about
,ne year and a half afler, and in ,1
it tie time following sellled -Ourselves
•pon the River of Pischatag with M r .
;dward H!l~on, .vho were the
:ngllsh planter s there."
This r oad's as th ough Mr.. Huubard
ccepted Hilton's story, and Inserting
>avlcl Thomson, printed It. ;\Jr. Hubarcl, who was the minister at Ipswich.
·n.s a fPw years yo:rngC'l' than \Villlam
rnton, Jr., who was baptized at \\'It•
on chu~ch •in 'Norwich, Cheshire,
un e 22, 1617. Hllton'H two wives beJngcd to prominent families or New ·
Jury and Charlestown. Mr. 'Hu bbard
nu st have been well acquainted with
ioth · famllle~. \Ylll!am
Hilton, Jr.,
1•a~ a ~hlp -mn RtC'r, ll ncl h.111 hart :l
10olf of maps or chart:i prlnlell lJefore
Vlr. Hubbard got u11 th e mat) or New
~ng lu ncl for his history or King
. h!lip's \Yar. About PlymoµLh,
as
veil as tho Plsc:i.t2.qu.1, 11r. Hubbard
icems to . hav e gcttcn information
'1•om Hilton . He :;a:,.-; , 1\ h:il !'lo one
•J:.;e dui,~, tlt;1l lite l1r:,l \'Ulllplalnl
tgalnsl M i·. Lyford, who was brought
>V e r by ;\1r. \Vln slow In 1624 to be
nlni stcr at Plymouth, was over baplz,ng a child -Of l\lr. Hilton's, although'
1ot a m emb er of their church. Hubrnrd's History shows familiar J;nowi·dge of the Hilton, as accurate as a
littl e boy might rem<'mber and
hings to a friend.
. Certainly Willln.m JT!llon cJ:cl
not
·ome O\'<'l' with Th om~o n. He cn.m
>Jymouth in lG~l. nnLl wa:i tlwre with
1ls family in 1G24. It seem.~ clouulful
vhcthcr Edward Hilton did, a lth o ugh
·•·o m April 9, 1621, when he ca me out
if his apprenticoshlp In the Flshmon~ers Company of London, until 1628,
vhe n he contributed to keep firearms
,way from the Indians, wo havens yet
10 knowledge of his movements. But
here is contemporary evldepco
,ome llrlstol merchants joined
1!m to settle his colony, and a yo ung
'e llow just out o! his '· apprent!ccsh:p
nust be aJiowed sufficient time ' in,
vhich to ·perfect such important co,n~...
,eetlo n s'. even if a!rled by Sir Fer~ll•a11clo. If Edward· Hilton was one· of
Vlr. 'l'homson'-s fir.st com1>nny, It seem's
hat h e must have gone back. ·
At any rate; If hC'ro early in 1624, he:
vas with Thomson at Littl e Harbor,
rnd had not yet made his settlement
1p the· river. Capt. Chri~topher Lev1
·tt jn j~28 printed a book on his voyige pr 1623-4. II stopped n. month
.vith l\f1•. Thom son at Little H a rbor
Nh!le there h e "discovered" the Pls,ataq 11 :1. , rive r, and ·an lndlnn
wll'>
n me down the riv e r tol,1 him lh{lt 11';>
he rlv !'r wn.s much good land. In this
eason o! t e rc en tenary good cheer, ·ve
!I wish to work our believers overImo if necessary to k<'<'P everybJdy
::t)) py, but we must IH• l''lUlppecl with
•cllcvers as . big as bushel baskets'· to
,el!eve that that Indian told Capt.
,evel: that th ere w ere goocl la nds up
:1e rive r without telling him also thal
h~re were Englishmen living on them,
e there had been such.
So in 1922 we can all join in cele. ,rati,ng th~ 300th ann iversary of th e
.ranting o !the charter und e r which
Tew Hampshire and ;\1a!ne were col nizcd; a nd n ext year we can a ll join
'1 celebrating the founding or
New
Iampshi re;· and at lat er periods, as
· p may lea rn the facts, dif(c1·ent lo,lli tics can celebrate, in a series of
ercel'lt~ntarles, all In our turn, and
�Treasurer
and
l(•nnctt.
Vic" Prrslcl<'n ~ ;\f,,r_R_.-----,,---JI
llclrs Kltter,·, M~. · Ar
lnglon, Fitchburg, c\fa.ss.; i\lrs. J\ nnll'
llake ':ivicKinney, ColumhuH, O.; Jl.lisH
da C. Roberts, Colorado
:ol.; _J\Irs. Lpcy Gordon \'n rncy, St.
>au!, l\Ilnn.; Hon. James \\' . Locke,
racksonvllle, Fla.; l\1rs. Sar.i.h l\T. L.
Ialcy, South Lee N. II.; li'rank Jler·ey l'~ltin:.;rll, Lo's Angeles, ·11.; ;\Im.
)eborah K "\V. Carr, Scrn.nton, Penn.;
'">rof. Sylvc~tcr Burnham,
,ort, Mass.; llon. Channing FolHOm,
\l'ewmarkrt, N. II.; l\-ll'H. Abbie C . B . F.~JI&'•..-~..,.,,,-,.
1riffin, Newmarket,
N. 11 . ; )11s~
Wznbeth P. Pop , Somrrsworth, N.
l[ass.; R. S. Barllett, nos Lon, l\lass.;
i.; l\Irs. Clar:1. A. p,' Blinn,
Bedford.
1,]at•::.-1"'
Jdgar Lei ghton , Som rsworth , N.
Directors-Albert IL Lamson,
Ins, N. H.; Aleander Dcnnrtt,
ery, Mc.; John Scales, Dovl'r, N.
·os<'Ilh Fost1•r, Portsmouth, N.
·ustln H. Shaw, Kittery, Mc.
Arter all had parlal,en . of an rxcele nt -shore dinner at the Kcar~.1 rge
Iou~e· the pH rty vlsll<'<l 11lacrs of hlsorl<'al lntC'r<·st in l'orlsmouth a.nd
•lclnity, Including the Thomns lhlley
'-lcltl<;):l House,
J\Ioffat-Ladu J loUH<',
\. hlinlleum ~ nd ·~ number mado a trip
.o Odlornr' Point, wlwre
The f.ollowing ,vere among
11resent "Charh\s T. Libb!.'Y,
Alben
H. L:i'mson \layo1· 1~. "\V. Hartford.
Charles F. WltltOl1ouse, Mrs. K l'hH't',
R. H. ·Place, ;\!rs. ;\I. P. George, John L.,,(;;>,ec"lltii.:
::,ca.l~s. Ellen D. Roussel<', J . N. Dlxon. "··•··-~..,
.\lrs. C. Folsom, l\lrR. W. Smith, Miss
.I Jen .Pollard, E. E. Dorr, lc1:i Roberts,
·v1ary, Rob er ls, Charles E. lloblnson,
A.llre•·H.'Ricc, George ·w. Seavey, l\Irs.
HL•len ·11eafc, E. P. Pope, Miss A
Oixo'n Ramsburg, SylvC'ster Burnham
Allee l\I. )!eyers, E.
Boadeen Annie :\I. S. ] otleen, Mxs. Bl·
lcn K. Bodel'n, l\1lrlam L. Hobbs, l\lrs.
EllltL H . )Tobbs, Mr. and Mrs.
w· nae, <L c. Chase,
�1
_Whet·e were Camps Long and Hayvard located during the Spanish-A~the Eastern \Vharf locat-
,
.
. me"· rri~yoi· -ti1::1.t 1•· S<ci'Vetl ·
~ou1~. J:t~"'n1s r1.11d ,y.11~t · ~r.ears '!
\
•\V.~at· ye,u\ Po1:tsmouth. w ,ts
t·esen,t.Ja· •l~.Y a ·baseball team In
C-:ew ;Eng!and Jeag--ue?
\\: hcte was , fh<)_" 'fir~t · enclo~eci bascb_n ll pai·)<: · located?
Vl!ia,t (lay did ,the
Hentlen;on's
Point_ ·.exploi;;ion take place?
\VltM Port1;mot;th mnn ran th e lo~omotlv~ of- tho first through . tt·aln
the
fortsmouth
ancl
Dover
•a.iJroiid ..
"\VJ1tire was the former
;.ch.90°\ ·•1ocat.ed?
~
:f ' ...
'iVh;H _gov.en1ment has control of the
lcl ai·senal
on South street?.
I .,.
,.,•Yh'ere, _,i•;3s .the K':arsarge mlll loand wh,e n tlicl It burn?
.
~ Ho"o/ l9n~ nr;o~ (11d the Police carry
·a.ttan ·canes?
,; >Vhat.,-housc · on Mi\lclle street
a .c an~ ..so long that it was
,0k~:-
. -'¼h::u.in~c!A:lwelli:i,g?-
-~
_;'.V1Jat ·was . the present freight house
,f t~rn,,Boston and. ·Maine r:1il rnad on
')e~:' ~.!feet t form,erly us ed for.
·
•··.-\J\;'h~e was ,the fir's t, electric JiNht
0
>lant"l9.ca.t.ed iit ''this ~ity? .
' '\\'he,r_~: wai; _uie , soap manufactul'lnd
1Iant .of -':-· ·•.r,i :Walker & -Son Jocatecl?
.,_ \Vhi,t\ :was'• the mi.me of .th~
firilt
,tea.m_; f!re engine of the . fire· clcpa.rt~
" ene?:r,
· ·.
.,
·w;i1ere. on 1\IArkct ,. Square or near
\farket Square was the first' telephone
)Xcho.nge located·/ ·
.,
long a.go ·:1vere the ' electric
tfoet . lights ·: shut
on ·moonlight
lghts? o ~ •.,
"-"
,:,ro,v .
off
.J\v:-
1ii:Wl1e ·e was ~he first Sa1'vatio11
ny bari::acl(s lo;cated·· on Daniel sfreet-?
_1\he:ri. · were._ oxe\ used for movJng
reigl).t · at the n8;;vY Yarcl ;rnd by the
, rank .Jones Brewing Co.
,· ' \¥l1at date did Portsmouth-e..lebrate
he last , return of. sons· and ' daugh•~)·S?
~
.J.
•
,
.
•
·when· did · the Ea.stern ' rnilroad :in , 1ounce _the ,1.1.r!·ival and d cparlure of
---~---::-~==~
•'.de;;t
l~;~)o~;{
ig !Jell? . •.•
cit~:
by ' the" rin
. :, ·
',
cl -~he-·
cou~c)) pr~p
·o.ss_,;,t4_11 •:~orthJ,nit · µo
eet~'. and ..,. wlfa.t .. kill
"}}
'f
;. . -
;_
I
'
"\:Vhcre on Hill strnet was the fonner
,ash and l.Jlind fadory located'?
\-Vhat w"as the fonnei· name of PorOn what ponu in Portsmouth
ice boa.ting indul gctl In cluril;g
, ninter?
Vl' h e re on Islingt on street was
~ormer Jar vis Drolhers stocking
:ory located i
\Vhat section of the city was fornert~, known iui l'udtllo Uock '!
\Vh:i.t yeat· did Poi·tsmouth have
)o!ice force s , two 11olice stations
:wo city marsh;tls?
\Vho w,w the· Po,·LHmouth man
ictecl as President of the Coi1eord and
?ortsmouth railt·o,ut for many .yt'ars'?
· v\lherc is Boiling Hock in th e Pi scat tuaq river?
'vVhere was the former
.heatre loctLtetl?
How many ship hous n,; w er e one<:
ocatecl at the navy yard'/
\Vhe1·e off Middl e street have .nutn y
>f the large circuses exhibit ed in the
,asl?
1Vhat wooden ship . of th e nav y ar: ive tl here with yello,v fever an.cl was
sunk in the lower harbor to ex l erninate the germs?
Wh ere was the former
Ooocl,·ich
locatetl 011 Maplewood
IUC?
>Vh crc on Slate :;trcct \\·as a
:acto1·y loca ted'/
·what sLJrc on Market :;trcct wac;
mce known as the 0~ CC'nts :;tore?
\Vhat building on Daniel street was ,.
:onnerly LL church cilapel?
,
vVho wa:; tho man who built so
nany ships at l"reeman's Point?
I1
,iVhe1·e in the harbor is
[slancl?
I ..
V-:ho is the Po1·tsmouth man. who' 1 ·
inv~nted water bicycles
th at were ,,
ieen .on the r[ver for many years?
What was the form er name of l\Iar~Y street'?
\Vhat S<!ctlon of Portf;mouth
Jl1C time lu1own a8 ff\Vidows' Itow '?"
On what · street was the Broken
3ank locate d?
·wlJo m:ttle the gif t of what is
Joo<lwin l 'a.rk, to t ho city'!
v\' ho is lhe Port,;mouth man
•,:
was formerly assistant
I
'
._
.big · 1'))11<:).r:c. ka ·
tirn ° not'.ed mari~e offi~er
wl1:o 1--esid ed in. the 'ct'well'ing where the
county coul't house now stands?
\\'ha t was the name of a coal dealer
,who did business and owned a
vo-cket on \,Yater streot?
1\\-hcre _is Hadley's Brook, [1, onc e
fnm ,o u·s . swim.mii ng pool for •boys?
'Nhat fisJ1 ri11111 was formerly located
in the ht1'i·lfl1ing owned hy the l'ortsmouth, Dover and Yorlc Street railway
011 Ceres· slreet?
Ji',,om w lm b building on D ,tniel street
Wl'·re tho- Civil
\.\'h aL ex.pres comp;mles hesl,1cs the
,\nwric:in onco hacl offices
g-i-,•s•,; sfroe!. '/
\Vl1at a r e the names or t wn
T'crLsrno11th's fnrnous l1a,selJtill f'lu'IJ:,;?
\\'I\,- wns I Ile last I 'ul'ls,111011Lii lilt\ n
\\'ho 1·~ t n for f;'O\"ei·11u1· on tho de:noc!·td ic ti c ke t '?
1\'ho owne, l th<' stock in ;;· ' ract"r~·
once locatf'd on Union street
J\lWd le slre'et?
'
\Vh at l u g boat did tmYin;;· on
Pi l<'a ta qua river fc;r rna ny yc:t rs
w«s tlcslroyP<l by fire?
1:Vhcro on; Bo-w street was t), c- '
\'ie-w }-lou se locate,1?
( \\'llut ::-.e·a. ca:ptuin
•On whal. islantl in lit<' lrn1il>n,· was
lhe pest house fol'lncrly lo e:<.te,l?
•
\Vho
,v:1s·
.
? .
,_;·'_,,.,,',.,
'',,,,.....,.,""..'i.·
r:-i1n011s
irQn
!J1r!d'1'.·l,
lor.,.te{l?
1Vl10 was fo<'rman of En~·ine 3 w!,011
lll;.1 t c•ng-in0 nn rl c o ~l,p:iny ,,·as sf'nl to
h<'lp out in the lJi~· l:o~l.nn frrp?
\\'h<:,r0 on ltichan1s avenue w:u, llw
J):1.vkl.~on t;lnu~htc 1· house'?
\\' ho "·a~ vVoodbury Locke
where on Plcf't street did he do
··vvh0re "·as the stone ya.rL1 of
& Call lo cated?
Wlwre wn.s Echo lodge lo ca.lrod ,wd
,vn.:.:; it?
'.VhH t orc1t·1·
\Vho w,1:-; lh0 1l'it('lH 1· in
1
~il. revl K(~ltoul
wl1l1
lH •lo11g·t,t1
tlH : Cn.11ot.
lo one of
the loc ,11 ntilit:u·y eo n1p:1nies and ,vii•>
tlrill<.•d Iii!:- :-;ellolart; n1ost cvc1·y Ll(1y 111
1nllit..t l'Y \\'Ork'?
tho Epi,;cop,tl
mi11isLf'r
lTI('!l)]J('r or lil(' fl1·c
w,1.,s
\\"118 ,.,.
ro,·
• '
tho
1 uil·d e1· whu lh·c,l i11 l11i,; cit)' furs ,,~-cnll ye·::1rs 1)1·io r t'o lib, dcu .t l1?
\\'h 1?1to '\\·:,s tl1e Eautern Fnn. ~·(~ Co.
"\\'110
• <!('!
1\ l aplc.,voocl
onco al lhe navy ynrrl, ·b11ilt?
wl10
\'vhen wa,s Gang',,·al Ledge rcmovell
trmn the river?
.Who was the Portsmouth •ball player
to handle a -curve ball?
:\:Vh'o ~vere · the Skidmore Guards?
'Wher(l we1--e . t-he cricket games playd on Islington street?
_1:Vhere was the I'ortsanouth Tcrhple
loca•ted?
·- 'What Portsmouth military company
and a . fl'ute and .' cl)-um 'barid took
on
D\'cnue hntl the Irish rtag (!yin;;
:\la r c h 17 !'or many yc ;;rs.
·
\Vh at wns the ,i-ame or the h a nking
frl1ll which tlid lJ<: s·iJl(>SS in t.he
in:: no,v occn;pictl h)· ('l1·;1rlC'::; .l. -, ,·oocl
On l'l e:1sunL ~lrect?
_...., \·Jwre WHS the old f'loatin-g- clry ,lncl :
�\\11al church on Pleasant strcet'W':ls
clcslruyed by (Ire and how tnan)' houses took fire at the same time?
\\'ho
(h e city clerl, who refused
to p -rform marriage during his tl'rm
oe office?
"\\'hero wns tht' machine shop
Cri tch lcr amt \\-h::illoy localed?
\\'h,tt Jodr- c 11 0 w occupies the building rorm e 1ly known as Hotel l\ler-
th e
pnrh. '!
,Vhat was lh<' method u sC' d in gt,·in;,;
a fir<> alarm b fore the fire alarm t r lC' J"raph was ad o \lled ,by th e ci t y?
Who was lhC' first mayor of th e c it y
"nrl what y ear was he el ec le!l?
\\.hC're a,·e lC'n rN,en·oi rs Ioca l C' <l
which can h<' 11s rl for fir<' p11rposp s'!
1Vhat year ., ,as the !ale Fran!, J<, n C's
elecl('(l m::iyor?
,Vh r 1·e \\':l S th!' f'n1lli\·C'1' oil C'Sl:ili llshnH •nt llw:1l<'tl n 11 l ' Pnl1:1llow s tn •PI '!,
·\\'h <•l'<' on 1 ~,nv sl1·(.•t·L "aH t iH'
,,·as
ftff -
and
\\'}1 a t
.\\.ho is lh
,vaH
lh C" ir
"-::i,.
t,u s in Ps: ; .'
,,·11
w man in u, ,, i:;rrnth l•:n ,1
sM·r1·al li,·t's i:1
\\'lien c,n tl !,.. ri,•N
formel' l'<':trl s1:·1•c l
fr r 11t cli ,l
1::1 :1::.,l <-l i. tn· h
hold ba1>ti s ms ·:
,
\\·hat m :t Y<H" <lill so mu!'11 fi g ltli ";;
to wia abd11t the estauli•· •, menl of ll H'
leC'll'iC :ti' lin c->;?
\\' ho \\:t :-; th <' po,itm:1 s 1< •1· :tppoi11t1 il
,·ho tliNl hdurc he took tll <' oallt u [
\',"i t ll
11 : ·?u· r~ n h c 1,11, , i·L.:,l 1: .. 11 ~:,· ~·ea r s :-.·~
road station .
\\'hat years did ,tho JJOlico
stop
people from smoking on tho st'.·cels
n sundar n n,l who was cl11 c C ol P 0 •
Hee a.t the tinl<'?
Ihe North Entl
tl'welling
as tho "'l'obogg3.n '!"
\\'hero was the soap Caclory located
on McDo~wu g h i,,treel?
\\' ho was'! Samuel \\·. narr ll and
what ruilroatl position Ll id he oc cupy?
C:1n you t l' ll ,,"here \hl' 1'0Jl1) " ·;1lk
"as locale d at the S o uth End'/
\\"hat Yl':t r ,•:as the so-c-:, ll <' d "I \ump"
l 1 :nd of alckrmen clecletl?
\\"hero is 'ults' co,·<', a
ra,·oritc
, ,,·i1n1nin ,-.r pool for hoys'!
,, lt:t,t i(l(':tl t·unlr:tl'IOr ('l<'l'I( 1 lh<'
Roc:king·ham county court hou ~o on
8lat11 slre<'t'.'
\\"lt<'i·o w.,s th!' tlni;- storP , ,r l':<1wi, rJ. KiP\h:t 11 & Co. loc:cle•L on M:crket strePl '/
()n what 1,(llitlnr was lh('I sailors nntl
0
8 ,,;,liers' mu, , ument tleLlicate<l in C..:o t1wln ]'ark?
\\' het di,1 Lieut. Cr<'<'I~·. the Arctic e.·plorcr n ,·c 011 the )talne .·itlc or
u~c Pi!"'<':t tar111::i. l'iYcr?
,
\\"ho w::is S!"rg<>ant Callagher nnLl
,·.-ltC'rC ,,.-,, i; iH' locatcil for the nnny?
"\\'hnt <':tlllP~ip:n , company carried
ti,.., "lllon,ly Shirl?"
\\"hat r·{'dion of the wa er-front wa~
r 0 ,.merly known os th<' Spl'ing Markr.l?
officer'!
('Ollltnamletl by Capttt illH
t·an and Urew for many years?
\\"ho was
James \V. Emery
where tlicl he reside on :M:aplewood
.\.Ye'!
\Vhal polili<':1 I organization clld the
1)<•1-ry '(:uanl,i :tfflllate with o.nd o.11:10
1he 'inchllr Cadets'/
\\'Ital Po1·lsmouth
t h ·c office,· of the
during the batlle of Rantiago?
\\'ltt•n' ,li•l the ,;tea.mer
1·1111 to and who ,-.·<'1·c the owners?
\\' lll'rc "· e re li t" former Coni;rmis
an•l :'II 1•chanics llalls loca.tctl?
i
\\'h:tt was the former mtme qf Lln .icn ,;lreet, and where
was
\\'harf localed?
\Vho " ·as lhc first presiLle:1t
p, A. c. and whcre
on
Congress
8 ti-eet was; the club qua,rters loca.ted?
\\llmt <1epal'l111ent of tbe city form1·1·ly OCl'Upictl
Urn
pul.Jlic
l'UU1llH'!
I
\\' ho was BLlw-ard
Collin
what position did he ho\Ll?
\\' ho was th lirst m:mag-er or the
George\\' , Atinslrong care al the rail-
1 ol:c ·~
\Vlt:t t fire <'nnrnan:; paratl , d for s·.;vrrnl years in blue shirt~, v.-lt)lo nil
o~!:ers tu:-netl out in red?
What poliUral campaign compan·ies
from this city ~ton<'d. an illumlnate·d
ricl·?
\\'ho wn<: Edwal'cl C.
'wh'a l was his husitH'Ss•'!
\\'hero 011 now street was tho
ersitl Hou s e?
\\"hn w l' l'<' lhe ~rascot noat
111C'111h<'r,. :int1 w11ab organization
lhC'Y r('pl e s rn t '!
·what w :is the
);'cwlon nsc,iue?
\Yhat 111e'mlbel's of the former Gr::i,nit ~l:tl<' l\:i,·p\,:,ll club are still living
in !hill ell~'!
, \\"'here
lho ronnrr JJt·ison shi:>
Soulh<>ry !OP:tl l' tl herore she cmno lo
l'orlsn1011th nasy yard'!
\\'ho w :u; the local mem.hrr of lhP
lrgi s latnrp who 1111t 11,> the fi;.hl lo fill
in l'urJ,ll n Doc k?
0 w :,,. llrnn· llarlow anrl \Yhnl
f::t nirnts h a nd 11 id hp le:i t1?
\\'h o wn s .\h1·:1hnm Kay a iHI
h:11111 <lid hC' l<-:1(1 ftlr m:inr ye::ir,. ?
\\"h:t l m..t{o r hl' Si(l :>s lhC' lat(' \\'il
tinm H. ~i s e, ~<'l ,·r <l four t e rms as th
cih ·s rhi e r <>X<'C'llth·e ?
\\'h::i t srel ion nf tl1e e i l~· w a s know,
.'\nn slreets.
m<'r l;tbor:1tnn· lot'al<'tl?
\\·h ,t l body rC men W<'l"<' k n own :1 ·:
thr ll <'t·mll 1·l11h :11Hl wh<•l'I' did tl,c•,·
congTt•~~all' Cot· tnany yc a n , ':'
',\' lw rn ,·. :1 : thC' little mo r r \o cal<·<I
on J,;lingl..i:t s: t,·P e t \dH'l"C' t h l'I oldfashioned 11op beer a nd ca ndy
wa~;
sold for y<':t ,.,., ?
\\"IH•t'C' 011 I 'l<' asanl sl1·rr t \\':1 '·' llw
Glob<' Gr0<' <' r Y l'om\lany lcll'a l<'ll '!
\\"hero w :, s th e pnhlic h:\l h lt 11 1tS('
and tho a q ual'ium locntt•1I?
\\"lt!'t'e on :\larltcl strc<' l w:1s th •
firm of g, n . ~i s e an•l ('ornpnnr lo ca.t<•(l
on!r ,vo1nnn
\\'h~ re o:-i lslinir:on strc<'t wPs t)le
of \\'i lll~rn Hu_cl<lr c:: & Son
,,n.'s it h n~';'
\\" l! ,\ll'
\\' ;JS
f u:· 111
t !h·
1'
l !: .it k h tt.·:•tl'd !
\\ !1 :1l ;.: 1·u c t r ~. 1t:· 111H o n
1lh· I :l! n j 1.· ~!n l ~· t•t•,1 ll u i~ • .. in·
th l' , lu l h i n"· '-t 1n" h l I·'. \ \. l ,~ l:",l 1,n , ~
, \ t \ ill
.-.
l'o. '!
\\'il ll w :,:· th l' ,, , . i; n ·1 ~
~ a ti o n:11 l~l ov l.:; , 11 ,h· Ii' , .._,~·~(':-i") n
,, ~-
lh <• l h i<l !·'1 ' l,, w,, '.'
I;, ·.•. l::tl 11:• ll \I I • , · Ii ,,
lll:1 !_t•i!(• .i }: \.•:..._; ','
ncl t.! r Y.h:1t l)n ~; ~\t,•• 1t v::t!: l ~h! 1,
ofli< e .t 1, d l' l1:, .. o:. : i\1 !l"o (" . tl'~t: .. ! '!
,\Vh C' h ) on <.\ ,11 ;,;:t>:-::-. :,tr ( l. h '~1•:
fil'ln nf n,, th 1· \':.: \ 1 ~ 1111 ·•.:~h!l!ll !tw.
~
and wh :t l. l1u sl !1t.'!--! > \\ ,-1·\..· ~!:er \ :1 ;,\.~ ll
in'/
\\ i1.il
lirl'
1' · 1~;1 , c·
l 1•,. 1,·,1p :1:~y
n:-... ·:: t .. l .111
;•n
t~e r::, rl i, t Pll~
th l • I d ~~ fi ! l' in L~•-~ 11 .'
\ '.' lii< ·i: I ol l ; l t°L
!•·,,:
\\"1 •.;
()1\4'
\\'lml J'orl:smou th on;a n i~u.llou con1\ udcd picnics for m::.i.ny
year::i o.t
I'inldtnm's Grove, Dover Point'!
\Vhen uicl J'orl:,moulh polici:?
1•,·1•11Hnt lt;1 ,c twu
u,:,;;;i.Jl..t.lll ,_
:tll n\\' •. cl
\ ,,l!'\
l1J
II !
tlH
\ \'11 ! l h , . ;tl
I 1ac ·l ·!; l 1, p
ru1·
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i':: :~)U! l :
I ~ d
St ,,. 1:: :l l; L:1.«'h· II l' lllh , :1·,• I , l·o '" ' ·'
l11 l~fe r.1:1n ,. hu ,u~~· i_,;v-- ~~~ 1· f~H·
~n 1n o c: 111, ·:
\ 'h t!·c \.
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t•·--i :1 •1
~- t•
l't· l
,v:.:~
fin .1 t, !' s,, , vrl L \\f' f h r r i..~ <1..,. '?
\
°)10 \\' ~ :\ t }h, o :· _; ;: 1::\1 own e r l' f
1
1,i !II ,,. , ,\.p pr•~·:. : :,, 1 h r ~· •t1 ~<1 ·• 1t
\': L > h;
t !· • u::l ~;.t
Ji , 11;.•;
Lea ch e(l r,·: ho !· Pl'\',"'d sP Ina I' Y yr:• r
tl.<1 ,\·:111':c~· c..t• Ltni c;.~t ll ·1 no,·rr ~trC1.: t'.'
\\' h::tl IOl':<1 1,;-:~,•n·z .. ll o n v •: :h i vo m :;.
or•. 1', n!i .. l l lov: ::;~rc-~--t. -.,•n!=i ttnl r d ft>r its
w n rl : tn 1~1 in-.:t 1l l pci1 fn 1rn:.t n t'<!l '!
I ,\ , \· hat lit:i Jt~· n g
l)ani (•1
,.·1
:'llarshn I'~ llJHl who were the last
men to ~<' I'\'<' in that position?
\\'hf'l'<' on Daniel street was
J)OHloffh-1• UllC<' loeatc<,l ?·
\\'ho wns the famous musical
rector
that
":\llkado,','
"Pinafore" antl
�·al! was the nanre I ot the .'hoitel ·a,1.
'·ew;caSitle n<JW. QWned and.' oc'c'ulpied
'l)y ,the u. s.
army?
camps on •8 eaY e-y's · lsl::tnd
•·
s 'p a n is.'!1 , \··a r~
•\V1hat 1>01:itioal 1>arty hall:
a(' Ht1.'bbards in· tlhe foI'lnel"
!
p,rura1le5i?
bad, t 0 the :sel'\'lc e ~ Lh e n arvy a-s
co m;m ar. d i;·.1t o f the na,·y ya r.d during
t h e, Spa n is h w a r'?
O n ,w ha t po1: d o•f th e c[ ty w ere
ho rse races fo nn e rly he1cl d·uring
\ ' .
pYhab res'idenb of Chrii&tian _ Sho~e
,va.s-:once kndwn as a li~'h;t•ruing dnll
wl th a gun?
.
:..'.Wb:o wals 1the flrBt . ca,vtain of the
rifen,gine compaa1y on Bart.Jett street?
,What rwell ·'l{nown man coinm'anded
~ •1opa1 {!om([)'a.DY Qf Hea'VY :ArtJi.JJery?
. ~~e're_on Russell \S'.treet. was the
:U.n10'l1. ·House locatled? . . ~
~-.\Vherei" on the rivm· !ronl were fhe
SIC:liooners 'M nry · E. Eltlit·edge :i.n.d.
i'1.nni1\ F. ·con lo; hmn·che<l'?' .
;'.Wlwre wn11 the Conicord and T'o1,t~ro.'ilroatl ;, 1·ocomot:ive;
•
,,
thousie Jo-
rurt:ist
·- i"'"hn.t
-·
.
co,rnty
lnm:tl Ps c, f the slate pri ,: Qn ·:
11 r, w m ,1ny_ of lhP. t,•n 1·,•,,:r• n ·olr r1
t h.-• i:l ty tl.l'A 0.<,nnect~d
rn ,dn ,, nn,t wl ,i,: l1 lt~ :; r h t- l'.l r1; .- : t c11-
wlnte.r '/
\\Yh al w ns th e name o r Lh 6 c1-o g n t th-9
m a rin e ha n ac \;s th a t r ece i vcc1 <l 1nilil a r~· b uri.a l a.n d was c r ecli,t e d witlh s aY-
.
\\"h<• wc• r f\ til e c: q,tai11 s of th e s t Pa m.J a tnf' x ~u n1p :-in 11 u 11d
t h <' l' isca t:t(tlla.'!
'
\\'hat \; in cl o(" l, 11 ;),Jin ;;
l · 1ti\' t• r xa \i :-. t l'liurc h ·:
" ' hat w ·a H the or i;;·inal rw 111,· <11'
\\'hu , vas .l:1n1t' S \V . <:111)1iwl11
wl, a l il11si1H, ~s wa.H h e so•1011 ;; .. n1,::t;;Nl
ir. o n Co n;;rt.~~s Htr <•Pt,
\\'lwl w,, ~r hound trai n o v <·r Llw llo ~t o n & ;\fain e railrn:lfl r un ni ng- 1hro u~h
w e(• l.;.
·wh a t prize fig·hts took pl a ce a-t
I s les c ·f Shoa.19 and on Le.:i..ch's fs,l and'!
,vhc re on Corl1'w a ll [;.n d V a ug·h,rn
streets ·w ere t~ie wood y a rd s lo:a tccl?
\Vho t -w.as \lhe nrum,e cit' t·he wo odburning locomotive that cl id the sh iH -
n.
of-
m-eda,l
U · l'l'hl
<' 1'8
\\'11:i t l'orl li!III Olllh m a n ·w ns 'l<n0\\'~1
Co 1· y earn I a s :i c ha1~~1p ion ,,..,·oo cl -c·h opp e r'!
1
,vhHt :.1cr.i clt>nt t oo'k ,Pl:1 ce nt
nnrll c l t s tl-cE.'I. c,•o s s lng· when o n e
m a n w as kfl\ N i o. ntl fo ur o-th e r
s ons Injured •?
,vha t c 1:-vil war ve teT.an h as a
s aYLn g several liYe s in
l>niidi'!lg rt·orm!erly
i.,tood· on the corner oJ' Islington and
)J~ewster s,vroets? ,
:
·
Who wbs Joh-ni A. Ca.ss'idy an<l •w'hat
protfession dicl he follow?
. '.,Wba.t .- telegrqiph co!lilpany occUJPied
r0001 in the 1~:1r o,f t11e <lr:ug store
WiiMam D. Gruce?
. Wllat ,vet~ran o•f 1.he Civil ·war n.nd
ot honor man wal!l watclhman
a.t the gcwernment fCTry lland·\ng on
Dam,iel streeb for many· ye<ars,?
· What ,l)osition. cl'.id! the ·1a.te ·A:a,ron.
Youn1g _ocdu:p(y at the 'cus,t'o m 110nse?
n1.1 yor:1
11,t'<' f!
l r t· rn :-; ·:
in g· on<' or mo1·0 lives ?
;~~ut'h
~~?
..
'\Vh a t l'o1 ·t Lmout•h · man was ca11ed
~; 0111('
tiln l' o.l!'i
d a ys
wa.;-;
ttH~ "l!OHl
k n o wn
ll' :L! n ? "
,vilen, on Da,u iL·l stl't' ('l · w,1:-1
- S t p,· p n,; ha l\el' )' lo ra t <> u '!
\V hal ca n1p,1i g. 11 co 1n fH1 n y w ;ls k n o "·n
as ! ht: (' o nti ne ntc.tl ~?
\\'h o w :1s thn l'u 1·t s u1,011 Lh n w t! ·who
h t- 1<.l l lW po ~llion 0 1 [) 111'1.: h :t ~ing; ag·(•l1t
fot· lhP Ho s ton & ;\ Ltin c 1·:1il ro :1d 1'9 :·
:-: orrl<' Y<'a r s ?
\Y ilo w~ s 111,, ni:rn ' ron:w r·tNl with
UH' l 'lH·1:-. n1ou ; h ~LH ·h i111• l' o 1n)J.1 n y w ho
1
Eo m a ny ,·e.a r s, '/
" ' ha t m ed Lc al n.1.::i n o•r. D:ia.ni sh virth
wns o,n c'e Joca Led on Comgre'!.!, s trcP•l '!
\Vhat wa s the forn n er !--i. :\f. B. as -
p;tt c• n l
L'~'> p:\ n d i n g
1·.-•anH' t'
Leyden belong
\\' Jt 0rv
-. Vlho ls Jo'hn Samuel Whidden and
w:h at county position did he ,former!)'
\,old?
r
.
.
.
\Vhere on, Congress .,str.eet wa,; t11e
,}Vood,bine Jocate.d·?
•
· ·what ty,pe otf fire flgh1ting a,p ,p:i..mlu•s
was the Governor·· Lans•don No. 5 and
Atlantic No. Q; and · in ,,~ha,t s~'Ctions
the,,city were the machines located?
\vh~t ~voden: ·s hip th made ' Y1tsto1,·
fQ1'tth'e An-nerican navy WU>!' 'built ;:It
uie Poi-t-smoulth mwy yard in DO days,'?
f'Vh'O.t sootion of the city was once
Cl).lled V{hl te Cha'pcl '?
'•"vna'.t ship sert ·a crew ,of sai-lors t o
assist the fir emen ·at _the r..ocl,ingh a rn
hotel fire
· •',At what fire at ,the ,vest Eml were
.tho Ne:w!l.}u.r')iport !firemen c:.dlcd on .for
assistance?
_· ~Vhat newsJp,i.'p er ,w as once ·prh: tcd
· in the Freeman's Bloc/I,? .
was Finley n. DLLttc,rliclu nncl
vi:Jrnt city 1p<H1itlon cli rl •h e occu:py'?
,vf1a.t fbuild'ing ··stoctl on tho
old
"ooden bridge on °1\laQ)l c:wood a,l\·enue
and ,the mouth of the .North ?11.'ill
pond?
'.
.
~
'. On ,wh_!,ch sl(1c, gqing 'cliOwn ri,•er, is
Pl}•Jl-a;nd·-Jbe,-d~mn Point?
' ,vho
at
0
thP
J\) rm,-. r
l•~ ll P r y
'fwb.:L
i n ~: h u si tH'ss
on l' )i1n i l' l st r ee t
C' Ond u,•t f' d b y Frerl ..\ . (:!'a y ?
" ' h ,tt Ullclf' !'gl'Ollllll c.; un .s trlll'lion on
l )c 01· st r (•t.• t c· :11:st- tl s o 11111,·h ag itation
tor y c:1r~ ~tn d wh at r :tu sr·d th e :-i:-tl11 t?
r
of
is
Uri ll L'o rnp :1 n y n tH \' ln (' a lhl ·1
\V haL t h r<' P m ,>n t: () mp o~<'d a lirm !lo-
E (lit o r - ln til e ·'\Vhat do y ou
!'oi-t :-.1noulh c olurnu·· t h e
1.;on l\':Js asl<t•1l "·h ,1 L L_,·p ~ or· fire
nh o ut
lhe .(;:ov. l,~q1 ~'<1Vl1,
:,.;o. ;; , and , \Ll ,rnlic G, ,1.11<.) in wh,,-L s,•c'tions . o( - lh P c itr w,, re tlw .m :n :illn q;
lo <·,l t t•ll . 'flit-· f~ov . L:1n .~ 1lt1n ,vn ~ fie:-;l
ln ca t l? (l 0 11 C ourt :-;t 1·t' Pl in th e hou ,:; ..~
n o w oeC lll)i c (l h y J1~n g·i11t' 2, anJ
n un1het \Ya!i :1 .
In the advt·nl or st ea m fir <'
' th<! hancl tulJ,; were .g 1·a ch.u1. lly dl ~ po ;;, •.J
ing :1p p Hr\1tu s wa:-;
o t' .
Th e 8aga111or e 5, 1whi c.: h w :ts i o C-ell N l on Sln le ,n n •P_L in th e
the en!,o r sl 1·C'e t sc hool,
,w e ti o n a s junk.
'l'il e n tl1P
S ta t!' No. 1 1ht•n loca t N l
Sll'P e t tool( Ill e pl,1CC of :'\ O. a t'or :I
~hor t tim e. and whC' n it d bi,l\i p e .J r< ·.l(
( \y)l ,,t lwc am e. of il 1. d o n o t
L1.!\.lo _ ·c ov. L an g-don \\' HS 0 10 \ "l 'l.l
~tr; t·e Rti·en t ancl n1im11e1·Pcl 5.
Ar lnn1ic 6 W:18 lo cn.t N l
on .
,:trnc t opposite tli e rP s icl <'nc·e
ll'i :-;.c·ata<pta . No.
sl rePL _-wns sol• ctto
1-:erwi.<'I< arnl th e All:tnti c
pla ~· e \ Of ;\o. •-l nP:11•, tlH) clc•1,ol.
hn11 se occup iPd by
the
A.tlnntte
Stnte s t r€'H Is now occ upied ,i s
dl\~ll ihg- rn ·. u· the hntton f3etory .
.
OLD FlRl,;'\fA.:'>i.
'
\\' Ila l fa111uus e,11.. 11 1<· ~ w t· rt. 1 pl;.1 ~·l·U f1H'
1n ·tn .v yc•: u ·s un lhl~ ,g 1·oun ,l s now OC•
('llJ'il'Ll IJ)' (he ~)OJ'lO')'
.\II~. Co."!
�....
J.
I 2. \\'l1<·rc• on l'leasant street " ·a~ the
(:!uh(' f:ro("'l')' <'ompun.r l ocal<•<!? Thr
lirH 1,uilclin;::· sonlh
of
till'
Norlh
l'h111·eh 011 l'lt•asanl >stl'('Cl. forme1·Jy
known as lh<' (;J~be huildjn:;.
I:;_ \\'Im l s<'a captain on ~la.plewoocl
!.a,1 tlw lrixh tla:; tl,ving· o n
F. Larrabck), a fonner resident
th5.s ,· city, no\\' o( Coron,i, C:difornia,
muk~s interesting· rcplie~ t'O s~Y'l'r·al
a:
. the c1ucstions "\\'hat Do
AIJou t I'ort!l,,nou Lh '!"
You Know
A llh•)~tgh 1,e ha~ 0.W!'ll Oil tho "·e~,t
for 3'6"\'E.•ral ) ' \'Ill'~, i I. C:\,n• be
s\1i<.l ,.J1e h~1s the huunt~ o,f his l.>0)'.hood :c1t-ill i~i mind, a ml with· a De'.,\- <•;X-
~
l;O:\St
011
\Vho canl'ed on an c-xt r•n:sh·p h111<i-
ne."S on one o{ tlw K•' w ('as,Lle Islands'?
,~·11.0 was the pnri,ril't •w
<>f
the
whol<'>snl-c bhl<et'Y 011 L,i nrl<:n st;l'(•r.t at
Lho 1.hiie or th<' t 'rnli:•llo"' ,~, rPf.'l t1r<· ?
'''ho, 1winr tn 'thr t 'h·il \\':11·. !wpt
:\, pop11lar ct1th1g l11111H1, at l:-ipring-
('our l.
:! 1. \YhPr" is
"'hl'i-c w:rn 1tho ~ :1;:-:11111m·(• ,Iii!?
"\\'hero wa.~ th~ spool f:actu1;· "!
\\'here "·res the ~"\lg.1,: norc llou.,;o a.ud
it! ~vliat p'ar 11·:•iS i'r hurnnl?
~ :1nlf'fl.
,I i.J.Jlr • s l l'P•·t
,,rr
h:l\'t'
rn;1nr uf 1h1 1 lnl'.~ '' c•ir,·11 s ,•s •·~lilh111•d 111
the- p:1sl '!
In lhr• J,11 ·;;<· fh•ld 011 lh1•
6, ';\'!w, ·r
1101·th ~ idr- _itr :~L wt ·sl n f ( ':t :-.~ st l'f'Pl.
i: '\\'1l ;.1t tu~ lJo:if d icl to\,·i11;..:· nn lhP
PixC'aU.Hp1:t river
(or
111auy >t.• :11·:-1 :1n<l
wai; <IPstroy('cl ·lJ.r flr., ·:
8. llow
loe<tlf'tl :11
111a.11y
~hip
("!ant ltat,· ni:tn.
,,·,•n• Olll'f"
hut1:--Ps
tht> na,·y > :tl'l1 '?
Thrf•C'.
n. ' \\'h at \\':IS tit<· 11:1111<' ur lh(' io,rnk•
in .c:- firm whil'h clid l>u >< i111•ss in l111!
l,t1i1c1in •.;- 110\\· 01·cupi••d lo)· l'lwrlr~ .I.
\Voocl on l'kas:inl ,- t, ·pel '! 'l'ht' :-;el\·
I fampshir(' llanlc
·10. \\'lwre is the J,;,o ;; [l•rn \\'h:ll'( Ju:
c·:Uct1 '? At Ko1Jlc's l s lH 11d.
l'l. \\"ho O\\'nod th" slo l'kin,: faclorr
L'nion :sln' l'l. 11c:u;;11·<'el? Thuni,r,; Kt•nnNI.\'.
cord ·for ~ · man\Y years? · · · · · • ·
\\'!h:.t Jha.kery iorvl~;anornr ~lreet. wq,s
J'ahn,011s l'or lhro\v1~ hrc'l.:Hl a.i1cl fb~l.n~·7·,
" 'here wa'.s ihe 1;,e1•m1.lt1 rt~n(t(~r y.u.rd
Joca'te<l on :Marlcet ,sl!'eol?
'Where did (he StPa,m:~'f). J ·ohn
Brodk.s • l and here und w .h.er,o d~\l she
1
ru.n '?
,vh at 1la.rruous admira\ of llhe Ci\·i
wa,r <li.ed at !the l"lortlsmO'Ut/11°
louilin~
rto1·k
' ' : ' - ' .,
WhaJt political ,P:trty; stinp.~r1ta.d; a
rmnprui.gn com,pany l<now,n _, ~, th
"l'lhalru1,,"?
·where W'll-S the former !}t!Q.J.e '. lbo.
frucbory locti. ted,?
,vmt ,two Portsmouth •woonen we
noted rfPr their lo<-1111g j(mrn,eiy.s on foot.
Who ,veJs _lt!he former pho,Logra,ph~1
on Congress street, noted for his ' tin
type wor'k?
. /
\V.hat t:1-1Pe or a · boat
ti,,.
in
railroad
l'ort !-! 1no111.h
,·,,:.,·x·:
for
2'n an ~
lion . \\' . II. llnl'kclt.
:.,'. :;, \Vh ;.11
lhe
w c1s
n1<'thod
11sl· <l
in
dine?
Ii•·•·
,.
11:a~
ya,1·~?
rh " t ,,ct,, () as l'.-csident of llw l'oncorcl
anti
w:Lsi tho O c•r:1n 11:ou so anu. in
\\'hat ,·e'tr was it ilJ<urnrtl'/
;rho followin::- qu<'~lit111s :ire a11s,..,,.r1·cl1 .hy ~Ir. L;,u·rabre:
1ninnlP tl1r• gf'·rrns?
conductor . and. en:g.fa,eev 10n tho ·passen,ger train 'btltween, this ciltJy· -and· Con-
l'i 1·:1l :1q11:1 ri\· ,, 1·'! Off thl' Eliot shunt
:!:!. \\ .. ho w:is tile Purtsn1outh n1Jn
,Yhct·e
sidP ,
>
or
S Plllh
Fou11li r)· ?
~. '\Yhat ll s h firm \\'a s forn1('r]y
c·:itrd in lhl' ·llllilcli11~ o"· n<'d by tlw
l'ol'lsmoutl1, D o ,·<·r :rnd Yori, Strl'l't
railw:1,· on Ccre,; Sll' l'<'l? r.antltrll &
('as\\·r•I!.
5_ · \\· 1i:1l wooden ,ship or lht' na,·y HI"·
1·iypd h<'l'l' \Yilh yc•ll"II' fryr1· :i111l 1Ya>1
lllP lower l1 :11·l1ur t l, l'Xl(•1·~
the
1prl :incl \\'atT"ll (now 1'01·lc1·) slrcelH.
·: (). \Yh:<t " "' ' lion of lh,e city "·a,s
:·(lrllH'rl ~· kl\U\\ 11 :ts f'udd\l: l)ol'I\ '!
nt't w r rn
,Y:1 tl3r and
.J effersCJn st rec ts.
""Ja•1 ·0 \\':IS th,, o l·, 1 I01>"·"':ilk :inti
for w ·lmt w:r.~ i1. use,! in JSGl '! · ·
' "\\'h ero
,..,,.,,,,, th•o J la~letn n
Iron
(':t,;L
wh<'rC
J!•. \Vhf\1'(• ·was tht· f'Prt~n1oulh 'l'l't11 i,lr !o,·al••d '!
.\ t the ('Ol'nl'l' ,,( Clw~l •
i\Ia.rltc1.?
Cr •pf'l])p;rf, l~:.o.
· 2. · ,vh nt express , ·omp:rnir·s hcsidcs
the Amrri<"an onC'e h:1 1! offic-rs on C~n~1-cks strPf'l'! . ,l:icl,son & Co., l•'r•)C &
l.'d., 'l'rafton·is ExJ>l'<• ss.
3. \\rh rn• wns thP for111,•r <:oprl r i<·h
l:lnni:•r,· lPC'alecl on ~l'tplc\\·ootl avrnu~? .T11s t acros~ th e 1))1·id;:;·r-, on
slrPPl
,n oc:k,~1gham .
1
<,iue.slion· No. 31. - ~ t rrs- I~. Phi li Jr!'ol,:
1
& ~on.
1
'
\\ :trd llillon. propl'idor.
Iii. \\'hal )'l' :ll' •\\· a,; the lttl!' F,-~n,,
.ln111'~ el<•t'trd niayo1•'! JSGS-186~.
17. \Vl11•1·,· was till' funrwr
l!, ·:1rt llol1·I lm:al('tl'! l'un1er o( Hus•
!-,:1 •il ;.incl Yau~han :-:tn·<"ts.
I ~- "\\"h('l'l' \HI S the fornit·t· l•"l'anldin
t i, ,•a t re lo c :1 lPcl '/
In t lw second story
ol the cast l'IILI or lht' old l•ranl<lin
1:1c·{'J, .
d:ul'ing
I Al>ll('l'
I Siing-ton
, .
. QucsUon No. ~2- ., viiliann · A. ,l'.ierc;e._
fu~· , P<t r:-;?
8Pc ond h11 ilcl in~ wt•xl o( · ·~
1: ,,,,,.:·st c 1· str,•..t, o;, tlw nor·th si<lc, Ed-
yea.rs?
1. "'hn w:rn th!' fir s t nrnyoi· of thr
rity and whnt :\'f,ar ,,-n,; he "lP<'lt•d'?
Ques1tion No. 9.
Uo1m,l Ban~<.
·~, ,
iU. 8. ·~. Dl~'l1l9uth.
("HhiP11Nl pop !,('pr anti r :ind.r \\'l\S ,;old
b~· 1111·. Larra bcP:
·
Quc's tion. No. 5,
i11g·ton :-:tn•t: l.
lj. \Yh C'l'(' \\'HH
,vho WCl',e rn,e 1J)•1·op1·k'lOl'fl oif thr
hottlinr:;· c~tt1l,lis1!1'111ent at tl1• !
\\'est
Eud antl "·here wnrs irt lo cwt1cd?
\\'h o was tJi.c hc-alth oi~Ci~ er fo1"11wny
rshal
~01101\\'('ll\;;' coo·1-eK',tions:
CaJ>tain
fa e lor.r IOC'tllcd? ln the building-. no\\'
·o,·1·11pi p,l !J;· lite l'lymouth 1:usineHs
S<'l100I. and onr on the cornl'r or \\'ash·
• 111r. Ltinalbee al-,o -':<l'lltls in a fe:w
more q1i<t.-1lions in thi s- N11•e ,w fitich \\·ill
rcquf.re the ,mt>rnor.,· o'f ~ome of th:e
old Omers {o an&'woer·.
1 'fh., fol!o,\'in,g qu C' stions are s1.1r;-
111:1
many eyarn '/
17 for
celltrs Eld~-etlge.
. ,
No,'le--T•h e, Herald wrllc'r mtuke;,;
:\to:-.t•.~.
J .f. \\'l11'l'C' on Stat(' st n ' l'l was a . sh<>('
. ceptiOllll he ~s COl'l'{'C(.
\Vh'O \\' a.~ pt'0"11\Jsl
ll1e Chi: \\'a.r'/
:ir·,·h
the gilfl
"\\'iho made the ~ift
no~,· cfood~"1in Panik, t.o the city? Ma.r-
a 1,
c:il·in;: " firr ala r m he-fore lhc
;tl;tl'ln l"l";;n.1ph "-a~ ndopt('d tiy tlw
<·it ~· ·!
('onlinuou s rin~inn· ' or church
;111d sr·hc,o1 llf'IIH. and s,...,.C"n bltu'\lS or
Whal nJ'.>lelcl focal b:oxer was 21:hietli:
d'irC'ctJor for a wfhiLe i':1 lthe ,early ili:.y.~
f"rno11 x. swimmin.:.:: pnol l'or !Joys7 Ii
th,· 11a s l11n· "'""l or 1111• oltl \\'uodi.>111·
of the P. A. C.?
· .
i
,v1m.t 1brn.noh or m ,('('h)an\cs •were en l
g-ai;ed in the firtil s-tmul,e 01t the Fr2.rn'
Jon,es Ilre-w3nJg Co.?
·.. '
Wilrnro on !sling-ton s'trcte. WflS th
p.-rc,e,c1-y storo o{ 'Nilllo:m ·· .AJ.tJOn ,~
111;1 tudo11.
R=?
::~. Whal "·ax I lie furm, ·r
J'n1 ·tpt· strr-~t?
,Yarrcn ~trect.
:!(;_ \Vho is Lile l'orts111uuth 111;1n " ·h:,
.w:is forn1<.•J'l~· a~~ist:tnl sP c n •t:•r~· nl
, ; ,., n:l\'} '!
Fr,1nk \\' . llacl,rtl.
::,. \\',herl) on l~lin•;:;,ton street ,.,. ,, ,,
\\'hk> was Jo1m · 0. Ayers a.ml·
position d'id ho fill . ror many years:
Who "'1'1S Frel?'1llo.n R. PevP.rly
whl'.\l position . did hC' fill a~ .. th,e, -B
L de'])ot an<l later · 'in the p,ol_Lc.e ,dtj
:•d<·:1n1
whls!IP~. n•pt•atr• rl.
~.f. WIH•re is I lacllt•y·s t:ro,,1,. a
<.il1•"
ro:nnt•r .Jar,·i-~ Druther~ s1tuckh1g·
,,,r•1o>ry Jo('a t e ,l '!.
.\t its interception
"it 1i C'r(•rk I O;Jd.
_ I '
•
I••
!
1
::.:. \\"l.i :t l 1·ur t }~u u u t1. i1Hlir :.: 1•~f• ~~!\'
t llP
,,
1>,in,· a.nu
•
:i.
'
"T•
f7nrt.e, anti drum h~i,d ,tool1
l'orts-
a ,prliz,, ot Phil'ad('Jnithia'!. The
m• t uth LiJ,ht 1\rtillcn·.
~
'¢
. , .
'!
.•,
•J
wlij
Jinr'tment ·?
"'ha:t firr.1 .now ·ocicup'ies b'1Je · fomn
!-Laro ,of Ay,eTs & ·rnck.e on l\I.ark
i
~:n·rel?
On whnll holid.ay was
:inid Sail-0i·S'~ mO'!l.umient
Coocllwin Pa.1,k?
,
vVhrut · hbuse·
Tu;!l1rgton st.neat
Lh1e SC'e'.ne of m:in,y sod'1al gatherln~
1•·
or hig·h r::m ldng 'Jl(l,Val ofi[,loe1<s?
an
,vp
~,. " 'hu war,• t Im 11Hl n wJ10 hu~ l:t. :io
many shi1·•"
:1\l Fn,c111tln'~
~'oir.t·:
GE-brg-o Js'crna.ld.
:Jo . "\Yho is tho Port s mouth man ·who
'i n'\·ente.d. ,wa tc)• bi'c ycl'es t11a.l "·c1·e spcn
on the rh•c,r for many y~tLn;'? 1>:"',cl
to some stcr-m fire tn,g·:•;1~ attvchmen,t
"·as in the 0ou11t for so lon!g'?
t •
How ,rr,la.11JY :1nea.1,s ago did 'tlie ·1ast
,b urial tia1ke plac,e :itni the · Point I of
Urc,11.
era.vet;; -cemetery
~l. \\'h:1 l \\':tS the l\l1.\ll<' or
,ka.l<n' who diU bu~ln.,~,:: and own<>d a
coal pf.\t~l,et m .. \\'ater street'?
,bJ.kl't'.
~~. Ft't'!ll ,,'ha:l bu\lltling on
slrN!t were ,t lie Ci\'il
JSOl.tlie,1·,1
nntiill:'Ted \n? [n tht, olll . fe,:lerul1l>\lilll-
,rar
i>11C:· at the col'~lCJ' o{ l'rrshAllow.
3~. On whr ,
slreet was vhe
===.:.......;;fl\~[;:'..;.
' rl<r t ~·trcct.
,Vh~1l suit against the -c:t:y i·P.ilat~•
�was
lawyer who tt~'iired in
,cric-ket,iio ~tlch In hi s youngc-r days:/
2. 1 "\Vho was th e loca l lawyc,r who
figured ln the Huit a;i-ainst the noston
·and Maine Railroad for bloclcing traffic on :th e Vn.ughan slreet cro,rnihg'!
3. ·who · was t:io first Superintcn•
of lhe Portsmouth Street Hall4. Who com11rlned
tho
board ,of police commisslonPrs?
5. W~o was the late 1',athanicl
·a.nd:- what !)0:3ition a• did he OC "
was Utl' last c it:; publi c
house localecl '/
l; '\Vhat mean,; or transportation
to , )"ork IJPu.ch ancl Yor!c Harbor was
used before ll1e r:1ilroad
to
Uwsc
poin ts was built? ,
8. Who W!tS the first iti-U:>ft;l~i;ic\s _
ent ' of th e c ity fi1•e alarm?
9. '\1/hat loc:~l ne,v~papcr was con~
trolled and edited by the ln.te w·m. 0.
,SiaPs and J oscph R. Curtis'!
10. \Vho made up the ,:,tar bn.ttery or
the Portsmouth biu;e l:mll team In
New England :t;.,eag·uc'/
· 11, ·vVh6 ·-im~i the propri&tbr• of
ll:p.p J~'ifah tol:y o'ndi· locate d · off ,I -Ian~ock str~et'?
l'.l. ·what sculptor des ii;11 e:l the
John Porter mo'n um e nt · in
Park?
,
1~. '\Vho was the New Hampshire
Congre!Jsman who ma<le such a fight
ln ·Wash.ington against the removal of
the cild Constitution from Portsmoutl:
,1avy yard to Charlestown?
14. ·,vh~ ~vas the well known
not1lh man who offe1·ed the city $35,·00 fo1· a 11ublic . library and later wit It
!rew the ~.:un~?
, !G. V.' ho wus the last
1f the city almshouse and farm?
16. '\Vhat t\'\O transports of the
oro u ght . tho Spanish prisoners
Santiago t o Seavey's Island?
•
I
· Some interesting reader
of
Chronicle who is not as n ear tJi'o. c~ntury mark as he wants us to beliOVJ<l,
takes the opportunity to tell the . reid,.
ers "what he knows about I'or·l~moi.th" and at the same time requests th e Chronicle to r e ply to sQme of i
the questions not clear to his millll in'
,o cal, hlstory. l'.l.~he Chronicle •wili try ancl 1
,et ,him i:,ight with the required ans wers and a few corrections and at the
;~e' 't ime ~ake a reque~t . ~f
· .
/ tr!buto~ ' O~l, other,1 who may qceide
( to - 1•eply lO ' _th,;,;e quelniorn,, ll1i.t ll~ey
(.confi(l~ . their • ·cori_·esponllc1:ce to- ··
.!lido of the· pn.11er.
,
QueHtlon ·No. 2-"\Vlllhtm H. ;\[oi:a.n. ,
Qtietition , No. 6-Comcr
Eow j;t,
or
church on l'lea~n.nt st,·et't
wa 8 dc8t1·oyetl by fi1·e, and l10\V 1n :..t11.v
house:; too!, fire at lhe same time?
Ans. 'J'he
Uni\'cn,alist church.
120
hous!'s took fire.
2. \\'h o w:lS th!' city ('(('l'k w ho r e fu.sc•cl to 1,cr·fonn rn:t 1-ri a gcH fl uring- hj~
t erm of ort'ice'/ Ans. \Villinm ::\lo::i re.
:3. \Vh c1·e was the Macliin(• ~hnp
o( Crileltey n.nc.1
\Vhall ey
hh'a l<·<l '!
Ans. On Hanove r 8l., next lo i\lu,dgTOC<!rh' storp near Bricl~;c ~It .
4. \Vh:tt ,lod ge occupies th e build ·
a,; Hote l !\[c,rO. 1,,11;,;, ·,·
f.i. \Vli o ·,vi\s 1-~llwanl C. ~til'l\lli'Y
nntl what was hi!~ llt1 ~•dn1•s~:?
think h e w as :t 111·ofe:-;s ional
8(:11 li(LC'l'I ·
G. '\\'.lH:> rc on l \ow SL "'""' lh,• 1:iv<'l'
housf', ,\ns. ,\ t l11P j:1111 :t i,rn
nC
('l ·l·C':-; :ind l)t 1 11h~1llow
~; ts., n1 ·; 11· the
1'1-ny In n,li ng-.
7. l ,ion'l l 'O l1l('ntl,i't' th,, tHlll"ll',; or
t lio l\(as c:ol l!1Kd. Clt11>, hill th, ·y l'l'JJ•
,·pscnted th e 1'. A. C.
s. \\"hat was (h(' for-rnC'l' lHUn e of
NPll'lOn A\'c'/ Ans. ru,l(l!(' Dock.
v. '\\"hat m<'mhcrs ot' lho for111C'r
Gra nite Slate Base Hall Club are sti ll
!i\'in ;,; in thi:; city? Ans. '\Vill lHLY C lo
· r>a~JS this up to you for the a n swer.
Jo. '\Vh ere was thP forn,(•1: . prl :.;on
,;hip Southcry locat<'d
1)('[0 1o
<>ho
.::1mc to Portsmouth nnvy yarcl'!You
1
will ha,·•· to answ<'r thn.t oirn loo.
11. \\'ho w :,s tlw local ntl•mla' r of
the lei;i,-;lature whn 1rnt up lh e fight
to fill Pullcllc Dock? l'l caric ans\\'er for
I
H e nry Ua1·lo\'f nncl
ll'hat hand did h e Jea,l
fo1· man y
v«:a.rs? . .,.\ 11 !-:. Il e ,,·:ts a tnuHl cia.n a1H·t
lhc l'ortsmoulh lla n ,l.
13. \Vho was /\ bn,rn Kay an,1 wh:i l
famouR !J:u,,1. <li<l h e IPn•l for'! ,\ns. Il e
,vas lhC' Ie:tcl Pr of th(• t~Pa r sarge F'lttll'
nnrl Drum B:,n,1.
1-1. 'i\' l1 f\t. ~ff\;-or Jip,; i(ks
tlH·
ic-d
1 (. !3i:;, ,•
:.;l' i' \"L".l
4. lt I
1,1 ~">
<>n rC' more th e C'h1·11ni,·I"
,f. wilh a f<'IV n101·c
.l '!' plie,-;
""\\'hat do you h: now ,\ !Hrn t
mouth'!" 1l o w t•vt•1·, h {• hHH put
of tho ans\\'f'rs up Io t lw pa p er n.n<l
.r.
\\"C al'C pl eas,·d tu
h e i8 ,vrun~;.
1. \\'It o \I·« ,-; J-:'111':t n l J>. Coffin and
._ w hat p osil io11 <l i<l ltu hold'! .Ans. lie
11·a:; a ~laster l':ti11t,·r a11d l1<•lcl
u( ~ll urifC
1,0.;i tiun
Hu ck in gh:un
u(
Coun ty.
.... \\"l10 w,Is til e lirs t nlanagf'r or
ih,· (;(•01·;;-,• \ \' .. \1 ·m stro 11 g- Caf,, al Ill "
1·:t ilroad ~; l at.!1 n '! .\11 s. ('h :1r lt•s ll:1111.
"·
\\"hat .,·,·ar,; Llid th, · p1Jlicc s lop
f1·0 1n :-·111uking- Pn lll(' sLrc ,,t s 0 11
11( ' \lJ)l<~
!~•111 da~' :•nd \\ ho w:1 :-; l'\111·( o( l'uii ,·i..·
,ll Lill' linll• '!
\\ ' h: tt dwC'llin;-; in tll0 north ei" l
·I.
di s ti·kt
,, ·:is
·t· .\n s.
,L•.:111
as
k. 110 , ·: 11
t lt 0
"'l't,lJO f~-
I l !li1tl\ it w;1 :, a l1uU :.'.i ('
Hu •;,: <'11 " 11·,,,, l.
'\\'I H•r l' \\''1!l th <· soap fa c t\/ry
,~a lt•d
on
~lcJ>u11ou ~.d1
:-; Lr et- l'!
All8.
co·~
~tl·ecl n .;:,.:t Lo Portsn1oulh Shoe
· l>ui lding and \\'.t.3 r e mod c l< ·d
li.,r
1·00 111
d\\' Cllin g
a11d
11011::--c.
\\· ho II a,; 8:.Llllll <' I
"\\' .
,·.-llal railrnad pu:;i tion c.lid h e
G.
:t11d
e 11p y? .\ns. Jl ~
wa!-i ::, tali on :.tgcnt
til e Conco rd 1·ailroa<l.
,.
\\ ' h:tl
y1•;1 r
1hc
w:1!-i
"I : ump " l;u:.l I'll or :\ ld f't'llll'll
S. "\\"h•'rc i K (; 11 It ·s Cu-.·", :t
Hw in1111i11g- pw,1 fo1· l n.J:·s·! An;~.
ur
.,, 011 Lili:-; :-5 i{I\>
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is
F' 1·1· t •111:1 1i':,;
\l'<•:,t<·rl .v :;ide u( I>u ,·c r
1·.iileua,: l )l'L\\'l'C ll J1'1·cL' lllan',; I 'uinL :cnd
l~l.i ncl.
Q11c:;tio11 :--:u. :!- \\.illi:tlll K. Hill.
Q ue:-;lion ?\o. :: -- Uuri11 g- the t c cn1
c:lic( of l'oli c·c• f>t'l'>"Sl' I ',
Qu<'~;Uon
1\"u.
·! -
J>nuldu ileclH' I'
tlle
railroatl
t~.- u~~:-- i 11,:.; :i nd .\l;lt'!~<•l. ~tn.•ct.
C~1wsti1111 l':u . 7-- \ ·1•a r,; L>[ 1SS9- 1Sl)0 ,
c;r 1 ·c~ n :-;ln·cL bt•t \\"Pe n
d11ri11;; :idrni 11i~l1·ation o f ;\Jt1yor F.dJ-' :, y.
:l~i
wi...;li
wnnl<l :1 ll~WPI'.
1r.. \\'h:it sf', •tion nJ' 111'· l'iil'
'Rno,v n :u-t ../\JJlhony , Aubl n·n a111l
•
Sts'! An ~:. '\Vh :LI. i s 110w Hh:11:trtl :.; ;i, •c•.
:is J\uliu1·a
St. I clnn'L
othern.
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No. 11 -Geo rg-c TI. '\V~llacc
QtJestion No. 14-Ilon. Hol'lon D.
\'\'alker.
.
o ·u~Htion No. 1 G-Anthony - -street
\Yll.3 from 37 Middle to Islington, Ann
·
foHnr.:ton to North ::\!ill
~~t. r,-om l 7 ' :M iddle
ll
w ,rn ll 1<· l:c:-, l l)uilcli11g- uu HeVonough
CF:ro:J
Qucsllo1i No. ·8-Wal11-11:e /\Ye.
Quiikuon Noi -~-'.r-e,·.:!:,i' 11owc .
R!ch~rd Wa.lden.
.
Question •No. - 10-Norfolk n nd
ltilll l'i g ht wl1c1·,,
J)lll
\ \' hut \\'E :> Lill • pn ·;-a·n l
!.. f'll.W e r tl H' 1'0:ilon :l!I l i\i;tilt" l'ililj.'.:J,ld 1, 11 J >cl·l· :;u·,•el !\~1·11:,·d~· u s,·~ 1 f c,r '.>
7.
\\ "J111·.,
\\.t.~
l id.'
:i n ;t
, ,;..t!1L h)c ~• t lcl i ll l;J;,; C'il .\''!
~; .
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i',L 1r i;1 !
,\i :~ rl•. t ·I !,-.",, 11 l , 1 r,· . ,•;,
p!Jo1H' 1•: :, •!1 ;11 1:: 1 • 1,i. ·;, I t•t\
:•.
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.'
11, .. l 1r.;I
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11 11
w:1·:
l, :;r:·:1 • 1. :-;
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1 ~- ' \' lH' l'\' ()1\ l lill . 1 n• 1 •:
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(<':·in<•1· s:,~l1 :111, t hlind r 1t·lory l1w:1lf•1l !
For th e brnefil of our nmny readChrnnicle mnk<'s bhc followl'ng
r t' pli ,; to son·1·al question,; eoncernin~ Porlsmoulh lhn.l h a v e 1·ecenlly
h<'l•ll prinl('(\ undc- r th e ahOV<' h<'ading,
1, \\' h al two Portsmouth mc-n act< d as condu ctor :in<l cnglnPc-r on the
1 :·s• f'ng<' t' tra in bC'lw ee n lhi s clly and
i ' •>IH!onl [or no n1 n.ny years?
2. \Yhat bakery on ll:tnovE- 1' street
,.. ais f:, mous f o r brown
bread
and
l) '':lll~:?
~-
l J lll ,.c;\ inn ;"~'l. :2-.1111,
(:u, . ,·,
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(._·:, ,;ti1• 11
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l
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<.}lit'' l !1, 11 .,11 !I
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1: ,' i":•,,
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1
Ill
r., \\'hat p olitical pn,l'(y !HIJ)J)Ol'Le<l :t
campaig n comp:1.ny J,11 0\\ n
a><
tho
' Phal anx?"
''"
,. ~- \Vh >" r<' wws t!1e fo1·mer flclc,le box
'.,ctory loc-n l <'cl?
i, \\. h a l t\\'O l'ort ,,moulh
wome1\
'. d't'f' 11 0 1,,, t for lht i1· long- Jour11r-ys on
.I
.:11!
'I
1
II•
I''
_t,
foot '!
8. \\'ho was the (01·me~· photogra•
! iwr n Conc;rc-iss sln•el holed for his
: :n typP work?
9. ·w hrrl ln>e of n. hoa l wa!' lhc Un-
I
hnn<I in
" \Vh:1l Dn You Kn nw \ hot!t f'n1·t.--. n1o uth" ;.11Hl r r pli<•s with 011P P"\l't'Ption to th t- :•H.'\ 1-r:11 q11,•sti1H1s of('. F.
T,:inalH'<' nf l'c•1 ·0110, I ':11iforni :1 , :1 fn;-ITI"l' l'<'>S id ,•11l or lhis ,·it~·J\lr, Jnn•'s aclmit,i that h<' <ln c-4 1•c1l
1< a O\V ,vl\ O wn~ h <'al t 11 nfl"icrr :°'o t, >11·,.:.
!i r(l
d ~p:.p·t 1n,-.nt
\\' h <' I'<' w :1~ the l"P r'lnh.l lumll<'l'
loc~tell on ;\larkel R!l'<'<'l?
\\'hal famous admiral of the iv; l \\'al' diP<I al th<' l'orl i< m o uth )UL\ y
a.
t.n 1c<•s
tl inc-'!
10.
\\'hat nolecl local boxt·r · wn.o
1•ihl<'lie <lin•<· l0r
fo1· a whil e in lhc
, !rl,v d:1ys nf tlw I', ,\, C.?
I\ ha t hl'lllll'h
1l
pf
11H'l' h !Uli C'S
0
p••rha!>S ~•HnC' olht•t· r r-a c.ler (•an t <' ll u-;
\\'ho I H' \\'a .~.
t hf"' 1,i opri('tor:~ (Jf Uh'
lH>llling- <':s la l, li•:hmr II t
:i
t lw \\l's:l
11 1Hl nnd ,, her0 \\·ar-; ii 101':\tt•d'' .\n~.-P (•asC' nncl c'onn o r on Cahot St .
\ Vho w as l'ro-.·n·•l l\l:t1·~l 1 :1II <lt:t l.
\\"hn
\\"(\ r('
J,
3.
llonu·\'
'\\'ho e:trrlrd c11
hllsinf':•~l <n1 (H11~ of th, New C':,~~i1c' i:-:-
lan Lls'!, ,\11 s.-Jlarcli ui-:
a11<1
l>on.n•'
l•'is h Co.
-1,
\\' ho \\':\<; !hr pn>prir lo" Clf 11 :n
whol0::.alt 1 h,th.Pr_\" flll
Lhc
li1110
l , in ll,•n ~·tn· •·I :ii
tllC' 1'P nL:tlh 1 w
~·t. nn•'!
p-~
ns.-Th r na 111<' ,vn s I >orr.
5. \\'ho prior l o th" Ci,·i l \\':ii· l:<-r t
a popula r< :L ti u" i1011 :·,, al Hprin;\ M ar1':rL? J\n s-. J. Ciltnan 1tand.
6, \\'lw1· c• wa\; 1he• 11 l,l
r opr• \\':t !!,
31'0 ro,· \\'h :tl \\':lS
it usr,1
in ,xr I'!
.,\ 11~.-0n lh <' ~horC' r,r l11t• Ro11 h Pt, 111
u,acl n~ n, harr:tcl; c, I,,· tl>" ~,i,\ :-;_ 11.
!:>'ginwnL
8. \\'h <•1·" ,,·a~ th<'
l J;1~c·ll•·n ir ,.,
fo•11Hlr y? , ns,-Un i\fc·Pn•1'l1wh SI.
!J . ,v11 ,~r11 ..,a~ th P ~ : ,· ~- ,111 01 • q•:1 !
:\11s.-O n l\ll'llo n on,~ lt SL. f1111t of('., .
1-\
\\"lHT<'
w:i . : - P11• sp,,o l f • "I ntf ?
1t:i y nrs :-. i1 ip _,·n 1· I.
\Yh f'rc ,,·as Ut " :--:a~.!..t t11 un• ho 1:· ,...
:'l.iHl
in
\\·lr1
t:,'tl:ir
wa !"";
il
IJUl'll"d
'!
--Locatf"tl nt F'rost P·.>int
on
:no r o l'n•, ·k lll11·n <'•l .l 111w 13
l~7L
l:?. ,1-·h,·n• was th <' <.> eP:i n
hP11i~e
·1n'l ilt \\h tl ~-0•t r w a.°' it 1,urn<'ll'? ,\11-;
r,J,tt or
,l April '.!l, 1S7:l.
,_., ., 1,., , 11J::ig1·d in I ht• tlrnl slrlko al tho
i ra,d<. Jo1H'~ Urcwin~· ,o·!
12. \Vlwre 011 lsllnglon street was
LJ,,, cru<·t•ry Rlore of \Villian1 Alton &
:., ) l l
'!
1 :;,
,. h: t
\\'ho was J ohn 0. Ayers and
position did
he fill for many
\ ~ar!-\?
· 1 I, \\' ho was FrePman H. Pc-verl~
,rn<l whal pos ition tlitl hC' fill al lhe J3.
t'.: ~I. cl,•pol n ncl hler in the poli ce de•
27 . 'Wh o did lhe lug L eyd e n b elo n g
tu and y;h&'e was s h e Et a.tion ed ? ,
Qu,·slion No. 1-\Villlam Lltlleflel cl
a .l George A. La,,,
~~l~i:i .. i~ll .1·~0. 2-\V~l.::.h.'.s.2.Ha.~
_r Y
Question No. 3.-C>n sit e n ow occup ied by Consol!d:l.tion Coo,l C6. -·
Question N o . 4- Ldm!ta l Farratut.
Que stion
o~ 5-Democratlc p ar\Y,
Question No.
G-Hrnr or
oulh Machine Company.
Question No. 7-Hanscom Sister s.
Question No. 8- DavHs :arotbers.
Question No. 9-T ~ boat-:-T
Q u esticn
o . 10-Timotlw · ·Cro11ilt .
Quc-!-lion l 1·--Coot~er:;.
Question No. 12-In building
ecup'ed by 'l'hos. Loue-hlln:. ·;
Que!'!tlon No. 13-\Vell kfiown , man•
lger of J\luslc Ha 11.
_,.
Question No. l4-Forn1P1' ·. ass!gl:inc
. hlef of J,ollce nnLl ba~r,age master ut
le pot.
Qu es tl,m No. l&-\\'oolworth'tl r,
, O cen l store.
. Qu estio n No. lG ~Tuly Fourth.
Question No. 17- 0 lll Gov. Oooclwln
1ouse, corn<'r Is lington and
1 , treell' .
Qu c-slion NLl, 18- Knibbs Y al\'e Co.
QuC'st;on No. l ~-Camp Lonslamp ll :1 nranl.
l,lu<-::tiun No. ~0-.\dmira't Carpene 1·.
QUf'HliOll Ko. : 1--Norlh Mill Pon d.
Qu<'sli,,n 1..;u. 2~- "PC' r c:Y," an Irish
,c-1 l!'r.
~u •,ilion Ko. 23- Dav id \ Vrigh t.
Que stio n No, 2~ - Alfred Goodwin .
Q.ut'stion No. 25-Tho Libt!rty.
Question No. 2G- St. Mary's Bene ·oh•ll L ,\ S><Oci:ilion.
Question No. 27'--U. s. ' Navy
pa rlnH\nl '!
Jr,, \\·h:1.t firm
now occ upi C'H lh
form<'r Alon, of
Ayc•rs & L oc kt>
on
illal'l11•l slret'l'!
11i. On wh a t holid ay was thr Sold·C' rH a1Hl S:tilorn' rnonurnC'nl d ccl icalecl
in <:ooclw;n Park'?
17. \\'hal t1011sc on Islington street
was 1111' scene of many social g:ithC'rings of high rankin g nnval officers?
1 R,
What s uit agaim;t the city r e in.ti,.,. to HOm" slNt m fir e e ngine alt:,chmcnl was in Lho courl for so
long?
(9,
\Yhat w!'re lhe nam es of lh<'
two r'.l mps on Sc-av ey's island during
~h<' Hpanish \\·:11·?
20. \Vh al J'orlsmoulh m::in
wn.,i
-·alll-d h ack lo th e servico of thr navy
.i·i commanclanl of lhe navy yard dur'pg IIH' Spalll><h war?
21. On what pond o( lh C' city were
LhC' lwrn<' racrs ~ormerly he-Id , d(!ring
,.hP w\ nl tr?
name of th<'
~~\\'hnl w::i>< the
Ing at llw m nrino h:trracl,s that re.., iVf•tl n, military burial and was cre•lilNl with saving o n e or more lives?
2J, \\'hat
l'o ru-;mouth m::in was
:i; o\\'11 fur years as :c c hnmpion wood
•!1<1pprr?
~ 1,
\\' h at ('i, ii war n•lc•r:lll has a
1•,•f'onl for sa,·i ng scver:tl li\·es in the
rh·pr '!
2a.
\Vh a t , .. , is t hf\
namo of the
l,urning loco moti ve that dill lh<'
, t. lfllng nn tlH• olrl Concord 1·ailro:ul
, 1· 110<1
ci<•<•ts
26.
HO
n1a ny yC'a.r~ '!
\\'hnt lhe former S. l\l. B. as-
1--ocia ll, ,n?
\\'ho ,,·, ls
lmgg-agc, m:uflC'r for so many years
the J~:u,tern Ha il ro,ul dcpol?
\\' ho \\'as t h e- flrsl man lo drive
pair of horst's on steamer I>carbor n?
\\'hal hydrnnl \'.'<LS
firsl USC'd for
fil'<' Jllll'J)OH<''l '!
'Whal conlracting fi ·m ·, ereckd
><l::ilc armory on Parrott ayenuc?
· \\'ho was E . A. Ferguson a!1cl what
po,,;ition dlcl , hc hold for many yC'a.rs?
\\'ho was the original owners of lhe
Franklin block?
\\' hat strrot ,\·ns tilo rrn,·er
lora lC'd on?
\ \'hnl cluh C'Xlslcd for many
al th<' \\'c-~l l~ll\l and \\'ho
\\'ll>l
pt·t•sirlrnt "!
\\'hat J'ort ,nnoulh
mrtn
><mrlling ~nits and cologne
r<'a.rs '?
\\'hal Portsmouth man was known
as N e w Ilarnps hire·s war i;-ovcrnor?
\\'hal Is the dif(erenco in lens-th of
th e Porlsmoulh navy yard clry clock
and lho Charl es town navy yard dry
clock?
Whal South End i;-irl saved Ufrec
lives in lh e river?
On whn.t st r eet was l he IIouso
DIH,Z('S loca l!'ll?
I lo\\' man y reti r c<l Hear Ad m iralfl
the nn.,·y make thoi t· homo In l h ls
city?
�The Hernld has been requested
answer th e follo wi ng question· relative to .'.)Vhat do you
P 1orts mouth," published a
l\gO.
1. "\\'ho was station agent and
t'lcn baggage m:1s tcr
for so ml• n)
years nl th e EnHl<'r~ Hailro:ld
An~able
and
,,,."ll,..,.,.c:..,
Hol>erts. •
I
2. "\\'ho ,nlS the first man lo drivo
pa!r of horses o n steame1·
Ans.-George Fernald.
3. \\' hat hydrant was first
purposes? .Ans.-Corner
lsllngton Sts.
\Vhat contracting firm erected the
;;tale armory , on I anott avenue?
-Sacco and Wood.
~ 5.· "\Vho was R
A. Fergu,,on
•~h :it po~lti~~ did he hold
yea.rs? Ans.~Railroad man
man of round house.
. 6. \Vho was the origin a l ownrr or
the Franklin block ? Ans.-Alfred Slavers.
7. "\Vhat street was the Haven school
locat <'d on? Ans.-Hi;;h str eet.
8. \\'hat club existed ror many years
al the \\'es t Encl a nd who was
president'/ Ans. -Ke ystonc Club, "\Vil~- \Vhat Poi;:ismouth man producc u
smelllng salts and cologne for many
-•-,v-' '"" years? Ans.-Anclrew P. Pre~ton.
10. What Portsmouth m;rn
known as New Hampshire's war governor? Ans.- lchabocl Goodwin,
) 11. )Vhat is the differenc,uln Ie ng-th
of the Portsmouth navy yard clry dock
navy yard dry
739 ft.
dock? Ans.-Boston
mouth 750 feet.
12. W.hat South Encl girl
lives In the rive r ? Ans.-Mrs.
,_,..
, 13. On what street was the Hou se
or Blazes located '! Ans.-Hanover St.
14. How many r eti r ed R ear Admir,:,,,o,.<;·~,c,11u3.ls o! th e navy m:tkc
th e ir home
lhlH city? Ami .-lh·l:1110,
doclt and
_ _ _ _.,,
wa,; Lhe wumalll who threw the
clcclr:ic :s witch and cm1s.c<l t.ho ex11losion of dynamite that bl-e,w up ll <-JL.
d E'·ri·on'i; P1..,•at'!
\\'ha t nayy yard sleanrnr cun'.~d
n:LYT ya rd workmen to
uncL lfrorn
I 'ortsmouth for rna.ny years ;i n<l II ho
,·.:,,, her c:11, ta tn'!
" ·amt well !mown 1•1t" ·ha1ii,· v ,1•
(cn"Cman ..,r the T'ort s 111 011t!I ~1< .s· l•• 11,·
tl1aL ,~c..nnnn• ny'~1 ,l1•J ~.:v; 1
kn-o,~~n !a'!-c r,•t. MH.;..it•lj ·x
hcl<~ .l:ield da.)'s on 1'.icrce !,;land?
\\71at sl'Ore on Congre,;s ;;treel wa s
-as tho "l 1~cl Po t'!"
"\\ihcro w Hs the .sLoro u•r '-<· Sultiv :.i..n
& Co. -l pc:d.cd.?
1\'lte1<o :O.n J)a,n id H1.1--coL an•l l\l.irl'.('I
f:qua.rn w,w Ullo s tor 1; of Uull u r
.I:
\\"ho -int.a Ucorge IU ce m 1u 11~1:1t w.i,,
his bu:;~ncss?
1V11at b,·o ,men 11:id the joh or 1;g111.
in,;· the oily gas ligh't.s o n the s t1·,u,,t ~
ror mw.ny years un<l II ho put the L 0·l1tti
"\V'hero in thl.s d ty was Lhe Jlfage<·
Vumace Coon1)MlY unce lucate<l '!
"\\"hat kind: o( a hu,ildini; wa,:; fom1r
e1·1'y on the s-ite or tJ10 itotor Ma1t on
tlro co1,i1er of l'orl'cr and Fleet. st1"ecls'!
'\\"h-erc was the old ::S~1,mc11',; Home
aocated?
"\\7Jl'o kas tlh'e de-nli~'t wlro conduc/lc-0
y'C{:Lrs?
W11o was Him.m B. Lonr
~c1n<l o! rail1•oa~ woTl{ did
fc,r ana.n~· y~1'5?
"\Vhat scctlion ,oC Deer / sll'('()t
tunneled for d. bi•i; ~wie r ·:
"\\'31at circus s11ow1!ng in this cilty,
had: a, riot on the i;ro1mds, and w1her::
<l.id the p,er.(onwance ta'ke pl>LW?
,"\\"hat secret 01'tlllr o<rga11•ized for po. "~J purposes ,vas ex.posed lby :.i. J,o.
111,LJlY
cal 111ews-p~·?
"\Vbat a101tel ::lid the late Frank Ililto11
18. Who wns C:<'nrg-r f:kc• nnd whnl
hlR IH1'lill(' RR'! ,\11s.-Dal.cr nt corner 111;:;h ::u1,1 J.autl !;;ts.
. 1 ~ - \\.ha t two mrn had liw joh of
hg-hling th<' city ga3
lit;hts on the
st1·c<'1s f o r many years an,\ who put
thc. lights oµr ,•ach
m<H'11 in1n Ans.
-::S:lmuel " " hlH.' I' and \\':Illam Gardne1·.
l\"flH
ZO. '\Vho w :tn lh<' well 1:nown local
la.wr<•r wh o fig-un• (I i11 th e i;ame of
<.:rick c• t so mu1•h in his young •r days'/
A11 s.-SamtH·l \\". 1.; 111 ,,ry .
l. \\"ho i:-; th<' old<'Sl ('lCrg-ymun In
,oinl o( H<'tTicc in the city·/ An:<.-l(,•v
\ i frcd C: ood i ni;.
\\'hc•1·,, in this city was
g<'e Furnace Company once
Airn.-On Cha1·leH 1-lt.
3. "\Vhal kind of :.i. building wa:-;
or th o Moto,·
on the corner or
Portc1· a 11tl
FJ,,et s treets? Ans.-Slone liv ery :.i lable.
01<1 Seamen·::;
1. "\VhC're was the
State Ht.,
llomo localed'! An ,;.-O 11
near "\Yater.
G. \Vho was th e d en ti;;l II ho conduclC'd hi s bm;iness on \\' in l<'r :;trcct
for so many y<'ars'! Ans.-D1·. "\\'hit<'.
Ii. \\"ho wa,; ltintlll
IL l,ol'(I :ind
what kind of railroad work di,! 111•
follow for many years'! J\11,i.-ltaih·o:1<1
1pan; liek cl and freight ag-e11t.
7. \\' IHLL S<'C tio11 of J)ct't' :;t ,·c•,·L ,u1 ,;
tu1111elccl for a big-
poi11t '()'{ scrv1i,ce in tll:C c~ty'!
·day~'! Ans.-V,illiam 1\'. Carm:i:i.
I 1: ,vhnL w ell k110\\·11 secret socleti<'s hcltl llt'h.l days 011 Pi,·rcc Jsluncl ·1
.\11,;.- "· or l'. anti 1•01·('!-l[<:r:;.
l:i. \\"hat :;lure 011 Cun:;1·es:; street
11 as lrnown for yeari.
as the "Eel
Pot'!" Ans.-T!Jnt of Geo. JI. Abbott.
16. ,v11ere wa!J I he ,;tore o( c. Sulliv:i n & Co., luea led?
,\11s.-Corncr
Cuw and L'<'nhallow St,i.
17. \\"hf'l'l' on l/,111i('}
>!ll"l.!C'l
lllld
~J:i.-l<1•t :,;qll:tr(• \11(!-1 tiJ, , ,i[ore or llut11 ·1· & L,•ig hlo11 lo,·a l<'•i "! .\ ns.-\Vht'I'• •
howling :dlt•y is-COl"ll\!1" 0CCUJ)il'd L,y
Brnj . on,,•n.
:-iC \\' l•1· '!
J\nH.-
Hcc-
lion l><'twc,·n l>c pot Avr., anu lligh ::;L.
8. "\\"h:.i.l circus ,;howin,; in lhi,; city
a riot on lhc grounds, and wht>ro
ditl th e p<'rformancc take place'! Ans.
•-0' B1·ien Brns. un g1·0111Hl::1 off l\1iclcl lu
:,;l.
9. "\\'hat secret orclor organizetl (01·
politi ca l purpoHcs waH cxpo:;cd by n
. ~l. IVho 11·as thl, lo c·a l l:L\YY<'r who
lt g un•d in llH' ,wil ag-:i insl Lil<• flo,;ton
:'.1HI :Haine ltailro:L<l for blol'ld11g- traflte 011 the \"au,~ha 11 ..-1:·cl't
,\J~l~;-Ja8, \\r. J: 1}1( •1')",
-·· \Vho was lh <' li1·st :-; 11 i><•i·in l C'ncl,•nt of th e l'ort,;mouLh ::il!·e,:,t naiiway'! Ans.-A1·thur .l[. Howard.
~3. -~·110
CO il! priHC'll
Ii i<'
01·iginal
boanl of polie<• co111missio 1wr;;·? An:; Will.ia m 11. :-;i :;<', ,Jvh11 le. IJimi<.:k, i"n,
C. Se)·moui·.
24. "\\' ho was th "
l:i tc
iVinn and what position
Cllpy'! An ,;.- 11:tllro:t<l
,·oncl uetor.
2J. "\\' here w as the
hath hous e localed'! An s.- On lllechanic St., font or C::tl<•s SL.
~ti. \\' hut nw;1"" of
I r:i n :; p1,r t1di o n
to York 1:,,al'h :i nti York ll, 1rl.Jor was
u sed heforo
th e
i·a ih·o:i,l lo tho:,c
point~ "·u.::;
JJuilt ·r
coac hes.
1
27. \Vho \Vlllj lhc Iii·:;[ ~llJ)!'rint<'tHl('1:l of t,hc c-ily 11ro alarm'! Ans.-1\'ilbar I. Trafton.
~8. \VhaL lo ca l nrwspupcr was con 1:·ollc·cl an,! Nl itt'<l by th e !ale \Vm. 0.
1-lulc:; and .ros,•ph IL
l'<•n 11y l'os l.
:!~. \Vho ma d,• llp lh<! star hatlcry
lh l' l'o1·tsmouth !Jas ' hall t eam in the
lo,·a l ll t:'W:•q>a p e r? Ans.-J\n1crican J•1·u
:\T'0,v
lcl'.lin· As:;u.-J'enn.r f"o:,t.
10. \\' !mt hotels cl i<l tlw l:i Lt· 1•· r ;1111,
:Lill\
11 i I Lon tnanagc for ::;cv_cral year:,;'! 1\ n ::;.
-T he Hock ingham an<l 1\'cnlwo!"lh.
11. "\Vho was lhc woman who tl11·rv.'
th e rlcctric switch anc1 ,·:LUsl·tl tllC' e xplosion of dynamite tlmt ulcw up ll e 11dernon's Point?
An s .-M iss
J~ditl1
12. 1\'hal river steamer curried na vy
ya rll worlrn1yn to and
[rom J'o1·Lt1mouth for many yt•ars and who was
her captain? Ans.-Stcamer i\Jy,;li ·,
liJn g lancl
Lcag-uc '!
.:\ n~.-,\'iJli!l
Ki I lri,l g-c.
:io. \\'ho WHH lh<l propri,·t Ill' or l!tl'
:i:•111,· f;1.-Lo1·y OIH·r.• hwal<•<I ufr JJancock :s lrc•:l"! 1\1rn .- C .1Tlls L. IJhnvn.
. :l t · \l"h:tt HClllplor d!'sig 11 ,,,r I he Fitz
.1 0 1111 1-'orter 11,011unu.- 11t
in
IIa,·,, n
l';u ·I, "! .\11 s .-·.\l1·. 1..:,,1 1.. y u( New Yu,·:,
C'ily.
:;~. \Vho w:i s
tl1<• ;\;Pw lht•11p:;hirc
~'ongT!',;s111:1 11 "ho m :1tll' irn.-!1 :t fli;hl
in \\' a,; hin ,Y lon against the removal <•r
th <' old Con~lit11lic111 from J' o1· tsmouth
n:,vy yard to Cliru·IC'stown '! Ans.-Cy:·us 1\, Sulloway.
�:1~. \\'ho \\':1 ~ the W\'11 known Por·tR-
..
mout h man "ho off<'n·•I th<' cily $:l5, 000 for :l public lihrary :rn<l taler with
lh<' :s:1me? Arn;.- .l. Albert \\'alkthe ?a ,:t suprrinten(l<'nt
or the <'ity alrni<hou,;c• :11111 farm?
-,John Sh;11111on.
:1.1, \\"ho
\\':18
:~:,. \\'hal t •,VO lr:tll~l)ttf"l!-{
1)1 ·.. tp..:;bl
llH• Spa11i~h
(nJ111
prh·'.Pllf"l·s
! ,, 1:u1tl '! Am;.--
~-
\Viti
,nC' ari-i
1. ,vho was the man that organlicd
several musical iiocielles and sang in
~very church In the city?
2. Who was the grocer , who sold
:wo-cent pieces of tobacco and where
was his store located?
3. '\Vho was ,villiam H. Noyes and
vhat position did he hold .,at U~e navy
1
'P
'\\'h:tt w,t:, th t' n:tture of an :iccid,·nl in th<' rnilrna1\ yanl :uHI what
"1
rl:1 l<' did
1 -=:
it 1.H'<"U r wlH·n on, · "t1:1 n
I.Iiie,I :.,n,, 1:: c,tl1t•r:-; i njur 1 •,1·? .An :--;.-
T':i,;,;('ni.;,·r t r:tin c 1a ·ht'd i11f.,l ,:hiC t i11;;
<'11;:i11l', .\lay ::, 1903 .
11). \\'ho \\a:< llw owth' t'
in L!1t· h, ;·!,or \\"ho l1:1d iL )'j.!f'Pl't l or th· •
-C li:u ·h'>< 1 1:iy.
:ard '!
4. \Vhal was the name of lhe steam
in the service at
I
1
11.
lJ ~•.\
u1 111 ·l1
1·11n)to:a '-- IH, 111 1
c,tu•1, :tl
u~,
1u:n11 .,
di,:
ll•n
,~, ,v
Lh P <>Ill 11 11 :..it 11114 dr~
tl1, · 11;1 \',\' snn
\,hJ < ·,
;1.=-t 1,1L-
j1111l;';' ,\11H ,·-UI ' hUIH~n•d
l11ou!::\111I .i,,11:t r:;.
1•1·
\ V'110 wa,<i I !orate ~: . 1 lat c h a1111 wh
,v110 was tho se-c<,,iol h :i se ni :111
('Ol'l~llllllllh N'cw F.nt:l:111<1 lr:ir,-11c
\\'ho W:tR s11cl1 a g-ood athlete?
\Vho w:,.<; the mt'nil •<' r oC the
g1·cstdY•o party who
as
c,omrnission-cr?
,vhnt hii:- slrret ro"' or<'llrtNl :it ti
_..~:J;.c,2-.iji('Orner of j\(i<l<IIE' :ind t'ong1e.s" i<tr('('I,
,,·11:1 t "rll known It:, 1111 oflki:11 w:
:unoni; thr flrsl ridL'l'' ' " r the "ld-l':1sl
ionecl, high anti 1011· w h<'t'l IJ lcy<'lt' ?
,Vhc,1 did the fir st "team 1irc •n
gine nrrh·o in thi s cilr?
"·ha,t was thr natu, ,. of an :ic-rid('n
in the 1-n.ilrnad ya•·cl :11•cl 11'irnt rl:ite di
it occur wh~n one m:in wns k:llecl mi
13 others Injured?
,vho was tho O\\'nc1· ,, f :i.n island i
:i rcc~ir(I or fh·
""'"'''U
J low t11'11 r h 1111)11,.~·
111"'1lt $'JH""IHI
on
thP
n 1 ,!
<lot•I,: :it th" n:1\'y y:inl
sold for punk ·t
II
fl •i:i t ,111:-
hic·h
11a,;
!:de
:mid
r,11·
1. ,v110 \\'ll.B Alfred
.,·hat wa8 his busln ss?
2. Who followed the profession of
axidcrmisl (01· so many years'?
3. '\\'!ml organization conducted tho
lvely clanclng- parli cs In the South
.Vo.rt! ruom RO many years'/
4, '\\' hat year was the Nl'W CastJ.,
,ridge incorporated'!
5. \\' ho was the first preisident
h<' Conc-onl anti Portsmouth railro:ul?
G. 11 . Whc-r<• \\':t!I \\'oodbury St.?
b. ~;Im street?
r. Lyme street loca led?
7. '\\'ho was one of the firnt women
tn h:in<llr tht' work of lhc c-c11tral lc-lephonl' cx ·lm11f;C In this city'!
s. How \\'l're the former street
li r: hts tlesi;::-nate<l?
n. \\'hat other articles of wear did
th e Portflmout '.1
Hos iery ComJiallY
:na11uf<1.c ture bes ides hosiery?
JO. \\' ho w :111 the Pol'lsmouth man
'1 now11 ,t,. :t 1~rcal w:tlkcr up to his last
lays?
J J. \\'hat wC'II known engineer re,iid,·d on Cahol stret't :111<l ran 11. loco111otj\'C bt'lween Port,;mouth a.nd J.los-
l6,·/' s~ t n1;.(J1Y ~'(:,~ts'!'·
Qll<'StiOIIS .. ,,·11:i.t llo You K.tOI\'
Portsmoulh publishr·d
(lll
Satnnlar:
L \\'ho was the tn1111 <'ril•r for ,:r,
man~· ~·<'an,? Ans.-./, 1lll II 11:in:H'Pm.
·~.
\\"ho
\\aft thl!' ~f•:an11
wh 1> ranr;
the t.:ni\' t'rsali i<t chun h h< ·I' fot 11.,, 1·ly a h a][ t't'ntm-y '? .\11s.-. Josiah
If.
,\clams.
3. '\\'ho \\'a~ !1 01·:,r • S. fl :rt, ·•1
what office (j i<l h e
P1:1
n:u..: '· '!
1'clei;raplH•1·, l\lnnagr•r \\'1 •su•r,1 l 'n ion
T <' l. Co.
4. ,,·110 \\'llS t:w Sl'\'O lltl 1,:lS(·m:1 n
of thr l'orlsmoulh l\', · w 1-~11,..:hnd l<•a ,\ ns.- lt11tld1•rhn 111.
ri. \\' ho 11:is
gregsivc pa rly "hu ~ ,'l"\'i d :, !; 1101,c.:i
<~ommix~:i<>rl"r? An:;.- Hp<•1-r ,· H l 10Ck<'.
G. '\' hat hi;s str<•cl 1·ow
:tt th e cor1tl'l' or i\l i1\rl1P a 11,i
st n 'Pl:-; '! .1\ 11·~.-l ll•tri<H'I" l ti,· :1,
,J
lican c:11n11:iign c-01111•:1 11iP:..:.
i.
\'hal \\'l'll kno1111 li:1 tk
11as amon;.: the first ri,J1•r:, uf tllf' old(a::< hioned high an(l low \\'lwt•l hic-y11 ll:t :<'"It.
.t
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•
•
•
1
"
1•
J z. \\' ho was one oC the first men
ll'<'W lagf'r beer in thl8 city and
ll'hn l lirew<'rY?
D. \\'ho wa,;
Josiah H. lllorrlson
,.111cl wh:i t position did ho hold so man):
y!'arn'/
H. '\Vho was the forme1· policeman
,·ommonly known as Joe Ben?
15. \\'ho was Enoch
Jones
and
11 hat po:,illon did h_
e hold in the flrn
tl partment?
16. ,vtmt year was tho iloslon am!
;l !:tin <· llcp ,,t built?
17. '\\ hcri- was the firm Uriah 1\1:d ~
rl<'ll & :-;on locatt•tl?
18. Who owned the yacht \\'illiam
and what was r;he u sed
Editor:
•l 'crmit mo to correot your answer
to ""'ho "'tiJ9 tho Luwn cri'Cr for ~o
n1a.1iy y<'a1~'?" H I l"f'm=bcr co1·rccl\y, Lhe it.own crier was Jolm H'.. ,\.
·hat owned an oyster bed
B,ty'?
6. '\\'here was Lile
"Old
.!om<'" loc-a.tc:d?
7. ,,·110 was John S.
vas hi,,, business?
S. \\·ho ,ras the rai\roa.tl engineer
.v ho was known as a fa.st boxei•"/
9. '\\' hat Commandant of tho navy
;11.r<l 01·t1cn•d the yard IJantl lo · report
.n Sun,lay 11.nd march around the yard
luring the week days?
l 0. '\Yho was the toll
he Porlsmouth a11u Kittery bridge !01'
;o many yca.1·H?
ll. '\\'ho conducted a
gl'ocery busi1ess in the store now
occupied by
.:oodm:in Bros, on l\larkct St.?
I 2. \\1 hat was the origin.ti name
AnH\\'e rR
, ([Ul'slion:-i
Fritla~··s J Ic raltl,
1. "·ho was A !free\ N.
ll'hat was his business'?
·i:111-choir director.
~- '\\' ho followed thC' profrssion '. of
':1~i1ll'l'llli,;t rm- so lll:tllY Yl'lll'S'? Ans.Ioseph Turner·.
:I. '\\'h :tL organization
•h ·e l:v cl:i.ncing . panics
\l 'a nl room so many years? ' A11s.\ uslln Lincoln Asso.
4. '\\' Ila t yC'ar ,vas tho Now· Ca1:1t1b
>ricli;e in corpora tt'd '! ,\ ns.-ll>2t. · ,
:i. "'ho was the rlrsl · prcsiilcnt
Lhc Conc-ord and l'orlsmouth railroad?
\JIS.-Alfrc tl w. ll avc n.
G. a. \Vhl're v::ts Vv 00lllJury strccl?
\n ::<.- l•' oot Dennett to <:::rcf'l, Sl.
b. Eim street? .\ns.-~3 Va.ug:han
o North l\lilJ Brid1~c.
c. Lyme streN '? Ans.-From op10Rile ' foot Cttbot to j\!cDo,ough St.
7. '\Vho was one of tho first women
o hnndle th e ,,·orl< or the ccntrnl lelc>lwne (•xch:rn::r.e in thi s c-ity? Ans,\11-s. \\'allar,, .Junkin:,; (neo :'lfn.nent).
X. JJ ow \\'t'l'l' the fonnt'r street ga><
igltls cl<'sign:i.tc cl'! Ans. -By number,i.
!\. ',\·1t ·1 L o'.lwr :u·ticlc.s of \\'e:111· did
111• I 'nrt s mou th l lo,sicry Co!llp,tn.1·
11:1 ,n:f:lcturc IJe:c:i(les hos iery? Ans.0
...:!J jrts und· dnL\\.('l'!i.
111. \\'lto ,Yas tho Portsmouth
aH .a g't't'rtL ~vall<«;r up to
•:ist tllly~'! J\ns.- .James Parrolt·.
11. \\'h:i.t wPII known, engineer re•
,id(•d on Cai1ol stre t and ran a locoh i'tll'•·rn Portsmo~tl1 and J;():;·011 so 111:tny year,;'/ Ans.-Cliarle,; H.
1<110\, n
11. \\'ho was (•ne 0f lhe firfll ITll'II
and
�lnd what position did he ho\(l 'so many
years .? Ans.-Brewci·, Supt.
'Fran!:
Jone~ Brewery.
:; 14. Who \vas the former polic<'!1l;u1
:ommonly Jcnown as Joe l3C'n '/ ,\ns.roseph B. ·white.
15. , '\Vho was
EJ1:ocl1
.lo11t'::i
an<l
\vhat position clltl It hold in the !:re
,lepartr:i~nt? Ans.-llostier, l)rive1· In
.'I re· dept.
. 16 1 What yea,r, wa,: the Uo,;ton uml
.\fain~ depot bµilt'/ ,\ ns.-lSUS.
:· 17. ')¥hen~ ,vns •tlw ftrn1 ,U riah lllai,;
dell & ,Son locnlccl'/ Ans.-.Marl,et HL.
'18.''\Vho' _OW!I C~I th e yaciJL \\'i!l i::rn
1-I. Ru11sell aml wha.l was ,;Jrn m scd
11. Drown e. JCisld11i;
0
L:,,.,,:,.,...:c."'"'"''•~
. The following arn the anr;wC>rs
questions printed, in ,the Chronic!
~1ay 2.
,
1. "Who was the man that ·organ!
F>everal musi cal soeic•tles and mrn~
..,.ei-y church in the rlty? .\ ns.-n,_..
13. Goodall.
2. Who· was the grocer
'I
,two- cent pieces or tobacco
was his store locn.tc·cl '/ .\ nii.-<.:eo1
11 lummer,. cor. Fleet ancl Congr,•,:H
3. '\Vho 'was '\Vill!am H. Noycti t1
whaCposlt!on cl,icl h e hold at tho m
yard? Ans.-Carpenter, clvili:in cc
structor.
4. 'What was the name
nro engine so long in the servlc.i
tho n:\VY r □ t'll? Ans.-Thc Union.
r:.' ·'\\'ho wn~ th<' T'ortsmonth 11
that o,vnccl an oystPr .becl
Day? An~.- Frank ·,v. TiiC'f•. ·
il. '\YhPre wnl' tho
"Olcl
Tlom<'" JocotNI '/ J\1t::.-na11lc•I ~;1.
71~\Vho W!lS .foh11 s. T1·C'at ancl \\'
was his buslne3s?
An;,.-Ex-l\fa
a:i.cl marble cle:tl<'r.,
. 8. '\Vho was the r:Lilroall cngin
who was known as a fusl boxC'r'! 1\
-Charles '\Vaterm '.tn.
9. '\Vhal Comm,rnclant
yard 01:cler<'cl lhr ynnl band lo r <' P
on Sunrlay ancl man·h flt'OUJHl !11<' y;
during l h<' W<'<·k
<1:1 ys '! .\ 11 !< .
Admiral Ul<'lrnl'U.
10. "Who wns !110 toll
llll' Portsmouth :in,l KitlP1'Y hridg-<'
so mnny y n r :1? ,\11,1. ll:rnl1•l !\Ir·
tlrq.
l 1. '\Yho <'Olldtt ~I ,,,J a. ;:::ror-C'ry 1>11
nc:ii1 In tlH' :store' 110w
oc·,•ttpil'cl
Goor'!man 111·0:1. on l\ l:11·1; ,•t St'! , \ 11.
Donn!s: ·J. Lynd,.
12. '\Vhat wrts the criginal nam
Parrott Ave? Ans-1\far;;lm.1.I lto,td.
buslne!!s was conduclc1I for
a while on the Goodrich
properly,
Maplewood Ave., lhal was used Connerly as a tan yard?
2. '\Vhat arc the names of the two
hotels for which a n. & M., loconiou vo
were named after?
3. '\\'hat was the la,st big court case
heard in the ol<I court house formC>rly
locatNl on Court streC'l '/
4. \\Iha L firm constructed
tho t,ig
Deer street se\,;er an<I where docs it
start and end?
5. '\Vho was the first manager and
tl'lc•phonc <·xr:hangc wh<'n it wus t•s tablishod in
Che olcl city i>uilcling. \Vho was tho
Hn-:t nHisnt•ngC'r ho y'!
B.
Jir,;L
city
7.
\\'hat ~team fire ~'ngin<' w;~:; th<'
Lo throw w<1.tl'1· on a lire in this
and "hen?
\Vho was lhe man who wore earha<l chaq;-e or conla:;euus
8. '\·\'lHtL ~tcam lir<' 1·11 g i11<' company
(rom this city assii;tc<l the Dover department tlu1·ing the tirn or Lh e i\1 ,t 80nic TPn1plc'?
~- ,v1tut proniin<'nt g1·a11il :i1·mr nm,1
;ictecl as chic ( mt11·slnl of Dmnol'rnlic
Lorc·h!i~hl p:1 racl cs during- SO\'Cra l canl
l'ings and had cl1,,q;c .,f <·J11t,,i;u:, 1~
Jiseascs ·t Ans.-.Jttck ~a1n p 1;ell.
8. \\'ha t steam tire c11~i1,-, <:<,mp,rny
from this el Ly ,rnsh;Lctl lill· I lu\'('l' de, 1u 1·trn t: nl dul'ilt;; the tire u.: tht•
; 011 ic Tcnlj_)lU '!
• \ :t ::; .-8ag. '11:Jl" L'
;ino 1.
u. '''hat
l)l'Olni111 Ill h!'anti ,;f1l1~
,Lctec.l a:,; <.;hit·! 11i:,L:, l1u.l
i ll·1duc1 ,Llh.'
UL
1.oi·chlighl }HLl ..ttlL·s during-
,-.·1
Vl' i:ul (' ~.un
,;.dg-11s 't ,\ ns.-..\1 ajtH' J)a v id
JO. \Vhat
U r ch.
for111c1·
...he P0rt.srnouli1
,cv.·ra l ytiars't J\11 ;,;, - \.;hurl·.•; l'. 0·-rr.;
11. \V'1,,L Sl'a c;q,1.lill n·,,, ; .. ,[ 011 li, e
,:01 n or or Hoel, a,111 lsli n F ,,,11
·or 1n any years'! .:\11:::;. - C: 1, ,1. t,;uui:!k-
!onl.
1~. \\'ho ,,as l1 •1 • ltn,L
,·.,1'1.\l of
the P . A. C? Am1.-l~rc,J l••. lI:tsty.
13. \ Vha t are the
uauH•:,-
,,t I \,1 0
flf
.. he lac;t wooden sl.ip,; l.rnilt ,,t t i,c ol<l
~,'etnuhl
Point?
Hhip
yar(l
.A ns.-An1d\·
al
F.
l•' r,!C mhn'~
~\lary
ConlUH,
1~. \\'ho ,ledi<::>lui ll1 <.: tatit,•t u.l llw
11:1 ,·y 1 anl in m1 ·mo1·y nC .\.dmin.1.I
•
1
a1Thgut·r .i\n:;.-Atllnira1 IJC•wc~. .
p:1 ignx'!
JO . '\Vlml form<'r 11;:i.1·01·
~hoe
Lil<' l'orts111011 L!1
Ji. \Vlml f-;(% captain n•H!lllld 011 lhl·
(!01'1\er Q( Hoel< and J,;lingt,rn Sll'l'cL,;
\\'I,., wa s the ti1 :s l ,:11pe1111tc11dc11t
,;,·hul,l,i in thi8 ,·,. t_, ·:
\\ IH•r e u.i :\l.11dt '\\ 11111I :1\l 111h• w•~~ :1
111·,•\\, ·r y hil·al l,1 ;111d "!.11 1·:,t.1'1,li,;hvd
tho plant'!
for nu.t ny yPar:5 ·t
l:!. '\Vho
WHS
\\'Jiu was
the ftrnl 111·esillt'tl l
or
I~. '\\'hn L arc lht> names of t ,,·o of
wooden ships bnilL at Che uld
Fct·nald ship yard
al
F1·cc:n.a11'u
l'oint?
14. '\Vho dcclil'atcll the tablet at Lh<'
uf Admin.11
in me11101·y
l 1,·ing 111
Lh is oil.\.
nn
th e
(ldo,h·ich
J1l'Ol)Pt·t y,
firm conslruclt•d !he bi 6
Deer street sewer a\1(1 wh-,re doPs it
start ancl end? Ans.-Shannoh:tn J ,ro,;
of Portland. Begins on
:;a,·t l<·tl St
ancl ends foot of Deer St.
5. Who ,vas th e fir s t n1:t.1, ..1g,·e
operator of th e pnhllc tel<' 1,l 11H• <'
l'Xchango wlwn it was P:,t:ibii,: h,,,l
olcl t.:iLY building'/ Who \\'a .,
first nt CS8Cllg'('l' hoy"!
f'fpif<'t'. Cho.1J. 11. K<•l1ot>.
u. '\\'hut :;tca111 t11·e <-111;-in c. w,u; thr
ti1·,it to th1 ·ow watc•r on a tire ,:i thi.;
,, hu
t•11n d•uclL•d
u
h:!C k husincs~ fur ~o ntan~ yea1 s·t
\\"IH> ,va~ furun; ,11 4,( 1:•.•:~·! nc Fuur
wlw11 tlt c hu sl, 1·t•1•l "'" " i1,111lcd ily Iii <'
ol' that <.·urnp:.n ., '!
\\'11:,L ll :1 ,.\ ):•rd l'lllfl'U.\t Ii.id
or Lh c \\.TCcl,in;.;· :1v r, -ie11 u11 lite 1;u!ilun
111011
~la inc fol' ~o 1111;111_\
\\ '11:t L lilt ~h , t'sK w.i :-;
.\1t·h1h;,ld ,,
. bplc\\OOll ,\ \' C' . , til.,t wa:; U'lt'll form1'1·Jy as a tan yunl? Ar,:-;.-i~ottli:1g establishment. .
2. '\Vh:tt nrc th e n::mes of tl,c L\\·o
hotl•ls fu1· which a J:. & 111. loc:o:nolivc
,,·r-n• nanH•,1 :1ftf•r"! . ; \11s. - l to<'l< h1 ;fllarn
1111(1 \Ventworth.
3. '\Vh.tt was th<' last big court ca~c
heard in the oltl court ho u•;e fvn11,•1 ·ly
Court street'/ ,\ 11:1.--l'alm•.• 1
1· 1 ;11 l~:,j{•lll:..!lh·e
1
1.'. \:.
P.oplie::; to the t'ollo\\'ii,:; qn,•stion:-;
printed previou;;Jy on l\Tay G.
1. '\\'hat lrn :; in c•s;i w:,•; cor:cl 11ctNl for
L11c fu1•111t r
,,t" tht S. J'. l' . .. \. hl,u ti n·. !ilLl
r·o\\·iloy 1 'r; '!
\\"hu i:,; Ill e !°l)l'llH'r i..,r·!, drh C!", ~till
~
t·ur:-;·:
1.·1111111u·lt.'d
~11111, 11, \\. II
I:\. nj,1111i1t- l 'lit·l•\ vi· ,
( ' lta1"h..1 s \\'. (:el'ri sl 1,
\ \ ll!.1.1111
i•: v111 i.1111
<:rct•n,
I.e:1·ee n .~ C'o ...J ui1n \\· . .\!uses, ('.
.\I) ers & Co.'!
\\'h:1L w e ll lmOl\\ll clia.ra<'ler did
t1<lclli11g- for housl purtie,s '!
'\\'1hat dal<' w.1:j
th e
1: ock ing·h a111
llnusu csta1,li::,llccl ;rnd whu were Lil<'
11 :·1,p r io loi-.::,~·t
\\"hat
w;,s 111,• IUt
Iii 111 1,r 11 l ' III';
\\ ' !1~11
1111 1·
11. 11111-
I 'C ') :s,•r ,, :;
l,anh. w.;1s
lu, ·:llP d
pf
111 '.'
,,11
J\lc11 l,1 ·1
s tr~ct at llac c11ir.11tc·e uC Co111111erciql
aliCy'!
,v ..:;
\\'here on ('0>;1gTC'ss stn·ct
th l'
,,auml,<':ig ('iolhi11 g· ('o.: lol'at<·d'!
\\'ho 11':t :s ( 'h;, 1lt·s \\'C';1111,•ll, c ,e.,n;1•
1, I
�Anr:"·ers t0 11 1c c111r ~ uc,?10 JIJ i 11 tt:d on
i (I~--. :--r1,y 1,J
l. , Y t1n " :n; I l1"' Iii ··I
of !-wllools , in U1i s t'it~•'!
r1
i. \ \''.)f'l'<' on ;q-1 pl"\,·ne1l ~q·r•:nH' w: ts
hn •\\ , •r y toeat••d ;111d ,, li11 1•)-; t .. t!Jli--1 h 1 ,.l th ,· 1,l·u 1t ·., ,\ 11.-.- ! 11•hlri ~ h :•1.1..1! ,C'l·ly
·t
.. !fl ,l
~t \\. hfJ
tJ. , 1 t.i
\\'~t:;
(•l tl 1r• S
f i\'P
P
<~.
\. ~.\ !tn d1 , .c• ... , tl in
.. I (.'O\1."bfly Ii~~'! .-\ Jl.
i ~~
·I. \\~llu
1>1•11.\",·,
i:11• J
\\ ' ht' ll did l' o1·lsmouth
h,L\'C
1wo
, ~c• p ,11·,1t c police <kpartnwnls a,nrl who
I w,•;; tiH' official h ca cl,; of the sanw'!
"\Vh:i ~ (orm c r Hoston and Ma i1w offi cia l ,,·a.R once ·a m cn1h e r of Port ~mouth "\Va t<'r Ccmmisi;ion<'rs?
"\\'h:tl NC'\\' \'ol'k firm \Juilt tho llry
,to c k a,t lh t• nan· v anl?
"\Vho \\'HS t',.., former ci ty clcrl, ll'ho
r!'ru~ctl to nffi('i:i le
a:,
.I u,;tice u(
1•ca...:c :1 l 11ta rrir1oe cc .-c1non iL·s ·t
11 1·h:l.i 11•;_
j : .,!ll'l" l
111<• ror:111 •1' ha:.·k
li\'ing in tl1i8 c·1t.' ·, \ \·:10
1t HJ
!
rlri\'t'I',
1•1 · :Hlth'lf•il
;\ ha c k hu !--:illt'sH ror :--.o t nnny
\ n s.-8:untH' I n: 1 lcl11•ld 1 1 r.
!'l. \ ',' hn w:,<-; f(1rrn :1· n
n(
c•a r :;?
)
\\'hQ 11':is lh 0 ll'lli l tl :1 l r 1· th :11 (''1 1llht' l111si1Jl'S!S in th !' huiluing-
<111c·l ,•1l
!•'o ur whr•n liH• hosp n."· l \ 1:a:,
IJ_; tll'' n1 1·n of t11.1l l n nq ·1n _v·1 ,\ 11.~. c"' ha.rlt\s l r. F'oot<1 , .J.1 1nf'H 7'.lcC'arl11~·G, "\\' hnt navy ~ant
r1•1p:,>.1't' h,ul
n, ·t·11 I, k d Ii~ I:n:1r d1n :1 n S.: No rton"!
In "h:i t ,1,·11~ store was the JJ. &
< 1, T r•I< ;.: raph nffic!' localed?
\\'hat ('nn,p:iny in th0 fit·c ,lepal'l>< hirts \\'hen o n
<.'h: 1rr.t• of I h f' \\T('<'ki11 :~ x , 1·\·j,•1•
11:i ntdP'!
no:-.1011 S.:
I IJ,, lll:lll t Ii:, I hP]d I hf' JIU il io11 nr ;!; 1s 111:1l,, 1 r nt lhf' 11 :t\"~· yard'!
\\'li:11 ;.:rcH'"r.1· eom pan_,. ditl husinf' s~
·"' l oll'; in tilt' r:lt'hc lrniltling- on Plcas:1 111 ~I l'f'f t :'
1\fl\\'
i\ l :1 in <- for i~o 111:,n\
\\']111
,\ ns.- -.J nl1:1 IL l'.11 .,,,_
hu·;i11t'•1:'-; '\··1; t P"Jl!P ·l"d h.v
.\ rchi!,ald & !'. luli P!l , \\', I !. J: 1vh1nni1,
· c- njarP.i11 C !1t•c,·<'r. \\ .i ll i i:.1
1
,
!1:t.rl ,,s \ \'. <: f' n i• ·li.
I -:pJ ,r;i itn r:r c t•11,
1,(•vc0 11
Cn ... Joti 11 \\'. I\ 111:-;0:1 . (.'. I·~.
\1 y0 r s t..:. C0. '! 4\.n:--:.- t 'lothin~ :ind f111··,. ,v :1-1l
''°
w,•ll k11n 1-.
8, \\' Int
'l
<'ii: 1·:1-- t, •r
dicl
pa 1·t i0~:·.• .1\ 11 s.-
ltou ::,
,J11hn C:inlilf• t·.
!l. \\ "],:1( ,1.,t,• ,·.:, •; lhC' I : .,~J-:in, ll.,:n
ll:idl< •,1· S:, L'o,
JO, \ \'lt:ll \la s th,• r o1·m, •1
f i f'll l' Y , ... , ' :1• 1" ,t_'.
l't ' •
:<•i.
3:1 ·(
" i:il
:-
1
I' :1
d
ittll'l'll:11
,.. .. ,.m
·a ., l1H•;d
1
1
i\J· 1r-
f II
vt .tl LlH• t• nlt"'l lll '•' n1 t·:i:~1 ,, • .. r -
:tllC'_,·"!
N;1lio 11 :1l
.\11:-;,
T1··1dt•P '.
I:!.
111 •
,,·t1<T f'
on Ct
~:tu:i• '.-:0:1·~
\t •~.-
ln
II.
wa :--1
?.J:"tl'·fl'?
1:t,1•· 1= .
l'h:1r1,•;
llu lchi11sP11
.\ l<11Tu ,,·"! .\ n ~..;.- \\'1..' ll
:111d
l oralinn
on
I'lC'asant
on
11:111i1•!
:-:trf'<•t
w~re
:-:i~n:ilt-: clii-qd:t\('il l>y the g"O\'( l"llllll II ( f"11r :,-:1•\"('l':I J ,\ P;l 1·~•_t
\\ '11,.n• \\'as ti!!' l 'o1·tsmouth
1:11, t':o<·t111·) lnr•ntp d '/
\\"l
·1lhr-1·
\\'!1.11
l -.11 0,.11
wh nr
:111d ;!l so 011 otl!!'r :<JIP(' ia l O<'<'~s;ion~?
\\ lt:il fil'ln ll >!' d OX('ll so man y yC':11·~
fnr ll1P 11\0\ ill.!.!. nr frPi .~hl cars?
,. 111 n•
c, .
l'f'\"t'llllC''!
:-.! 1·, ,r-1 \\'f'rp lialloons !-.P ill 11p
11!~1""~;•;
•1011 1i11~:
~,;1liot1:1l
1 '1.\\'hn
:1•01·g-p
\\ ho 11':ts 1111• 1:n:slon & :'l lninP conclu,·tnr \\'ho clN·JinC'tl lo c ngag-p in any
S1111cl.r.1· l\'Ol'k fnr tlw ra ilroarl '!
\\'h<i ll'il:< 11,,, fol'lll<'t' ll'ee wanlen for
of I 'orts:mout h?
\\ h:tl r,111111')' :<IH'l'iff of no,·l;i11ghal1l
,·011111 ,1 , lo1·alc"I in this c-it)·, a"l<'cl as
1•t)l'1'f'i.:.)Hl1Hh•11t 1'01 · nnr,:;ln11 papc-rs?
\\'IJ:ot
hu,-i11t'>ss \la s lh<' firm o f
1•·1 .. t.,.•ilf' I' & 'Tanton c•nen.~·,, c.r in?
\\'t,n ,,-as I he Inst I 'ort;smou th m:111
"ho IH•lrl I hr po,-ition or collf'cto 1· n[
1.:1 1 !111(•,I\,
\\' J~ .1 I l 1:n 1k
11 .
n·,11H'
\\':JS
, 1::1s
1 h"
f11r111Pr
"\Vho was
u9Cd LO clrive a ll!orsc Lhat was ion tho
Ci vil "\Var, on t'he streets or t'hls city,
"\Vh o was lhe fa:mous musician wl10
used to put on the s'everal local ope,ra.s
wd a,!s.o ted 'the on,ce Music Hall arch-e5-lt)r;i, ?
"\\,11 c.1'C i' the Hanm H.ouse, m'o,v ed
rr.otm l hie pre'Sle'nlt site or Ha vcn Park,
niOW ]'OOOltP.<l ?
"\\,chere was the headquarters
Jid ba11k watch locaJled?
W'ho wt1,s mayor "ivhen lhe electric
1'o ad cha,r•t1o r was .accf'ptccl by the ci,ty?
'iVhre1·e clitl Abnor Grcc:1leaf, our firs't
rna_,--or, li,·c?
"\\110 rang the Old South
he ll on July 4 !'or 0YClr 4 O years, and
lhe u~1ive11;;'alist Chu1·c 1i 1,e11 for OY'er
i-0 ~-oa1·s~
"\Vhe.rc on :r.(}w s,trrt•t ,v-::is pe,rft}mnwtli(;in!',; oni::c made?
•1·,1- an(]
"\\'ho w ·::l':,; P~ '(''RidNlil' oC the P'olrls·•
mouth Brew•hig Co, for many years?
"\V'h'.a.L fimn occupied t11e building
·,ow occu,picd 'I.Jy Cha1·Jcs "\V, Hain a~
n, rr.sta:ui'a nit?
r
"\\'110 w'c1<c- the o\\incrs
l'o rlt>s:mo"ulh Coal C'o, '/
'
"\Vl1'a,l huf;li'n'c. ;;; in Lhis ci ly emp:oyed
sc\·e,·a l Ge1,11'ans for many years?
'i\'lial fir<'man rode on tho scat
1-:111,~nc 4 \\"hen tha't <'nginc and c1~,,11·pu·c- c:ill"tl to the. Lrnn fir~. and were
1110,·ctl h~- ::-. s11ccia l 'train oYcr l1l~
8 osto n & M,a i ne?
"\Vlml W<'l.!S -th<- busi,nes'S of the fim1
o•f i\f. 1~, Il u1chins,o n & Co, an cl
n·as I he bu~: n ess Joca,lecl?
"\\',hbsc s1i ~ &Lo1-e "·a,i in I.he IJuilding- at the c:Oit•h1cr <'f High Sll r ()('t a,nd
~l al'kclL Squa.rc>, w 111'ro lh!'
.\r r,cha nii\:s & Tr'a dcrs· Rank
Jn -n·l v t't hu.ildin1g w as Lite
hc>:u~ l ocn,lt>d?
"\Vil:, t ~hip·s Cl'CIV fr om
Ym, t rl id :<11c.h g-allant
the
flrc
nan10
'\\'haJI 1)\t si n es;s (1 i[] :t fo1•mcr dhief
th,.. formc1· name o! ror-
pos ite lho K<m.r:s;wge HouSJC?
E,twani D. Coft'\n an,l
wh.:.i t was :liS bu~in1 •:-;!-. '!
,~-h.,t p:i1·t
lit (• ,·it_,- lir,, app:rrat11s
was lo, ·HtC' d 011 SL:rt (• stn•L·t 11!':tr the
f 'a bol st rt'C'l S\'h ool '!
"\\'h:r l pl:r1•e \\'a s th<' lirnt
!11•1 (1 J11 I 'nrt ~·1 11(1l1 th·:
\\'ho \1,1,; Tl01·atio 'l'rl'ft•Li1<•11
,,r
wh :1t w:I s hi.1 hu:--:i rH•~-"?
\\' h;it 11':IS ill<' l\lll11l1<' 1' or Litt•
ro:111 l oeo,notivc 111,i l 1\l •nt
i11t o
rin,1· front th!' OP""
cl!11,·
of
l'ort1-<111outli :lll!l l,itt,·r.1· loridgt•'!
C:111 you 1!' 11 wli 11 t!Jf, t n-o hrkh
h11lldi11g-s 011" on l':ilo"I :<IJP ('I :111cl th<'
lllhN' ,>11 l.11111 1• 11 :-,1·,,, 1, oll'Jll'ol h,· the
c: ~l3
.... o. ar<1 U!-io'~ for '!
"\\' ho was llH•
this city
f Ol'lll <'l'
\\· l111
S, 1'. C, ,\ .
\\~O re
Lile cow -
w :t s the
(• 1<1
1Io11s!'
11 (llllC lo('i.1-' •·ti Ull I l :, 11 · , j s t n •4'1 '!
"\\hat u r, i,·r1· or th "
IHH1 ~1 · lo1 ·a,tt•d
\\ IH•rc
nu·.,- s tand :, 011 ~La le
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er
polico co'nduct on Cong-res:;, sot1re-0t, op-
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'W"''l'l•'l!<!~
�nohl'rt o. l)Plll>f'll of lhis t'ity has
been 11ppointed storel«:t•per at tlw tlhilill,-ry of \\'illi :1.rn \\"a1"<l & Co.
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r-c•nlrnni:11
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:inni\·er,.,11·y
of
lhil
binlr of' ll o·a•.1 l!11 llnu " '·"' ob:sl'1,·t:tl
at the I Jnl,·1•1·:•l:dl~t l'hu1·,•t, nu ~~1111<1:ty,
ll<'v. O . \\'. l :i !·lrnr·l1 pr,0 al'l,r•tl frnrn Lh
l t-;\t '·The 1ntin1or y or
tht~
ju s t
J:1
)d1•s:•wd." '('}14• d1:·H 'fllll'.··al, \\'~I~ , ·t-t·y ln'i'i/,, ,',rld"tlh s1· l101tl cltiltl:--;L•;tlt•i""I j11 thP g-allt·1·h·s :1nll
in 1110 Hillgi11g-.
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Mr, Daniel ,l\lason Is to put up
steam planing, sawing and
turning
mill 1mmedla,tely on •the space hither.to occupied by ill:f r, Daniel !I-I. Spinney
a11 a wood rard, having' purchased the
ground fu1· t.h ,Lt purpose. 'Wo
wlHh
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Four young- b;tsc b a ll lsts \\·ere captu,:ed by the police on
Sun(ht.Y, a1
Peirce's fkl(l ju»t as tl'l-ey were commencing a "fri endly g'a me" and locked
up. TJie JJ:.Lr,ty nmpberccl six but two
escaped. One of th e captured on s ran
into tL pond nearby but was ,:;u1Tounclcd by an officer and obliged to yielcl
1imself a prisoner. '.rh e captives w er£
1·eleased' after a few hours conline-
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Lai~hlon
nrothPl"S, tlH• f'lllf·l'pl'isi11::
propl"i"tc,i•s of lh1• :\11pl,.1lt11·,, l ldll ~H· .tt
11,e Sho,ds, :trP irnr,1,-,li:tt..ly lo luy
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tPlk1'gl',lJ1h
tt1ll! e 1·
>1.
the
1,om11lin' liille·1·,; or l11t•
nns:y (lf't>p"
hctwN•n I hc•lt· isl,1 n,1 honw "n,1
lltll
mai11l,t1Hl. '!'hi s will ltc :t g1·C'al 1·011,·l'nil'llC'e to tl11•i1· hosl ol' patron,: :t11cl will
furnish one 1norP a llr:H·lion lo
th<>
many who wish lo t'njoy sum111c,· 1,y
the sPasitle, yt'l who must remain with
in C>asy communication
with
their
plact's of hnsincxs.
he
a)ayer of aslics only ancl ,thinks such
a record for •tho 21st of !lfay will do
Vil'e know or no .olhc1· locality in this
vicinity where Hye Is ove_r 11. foot high
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Jt is said nothing \\·ill
delay
complelion or ·the Do\'er and Portsmouth Tlailrond in 1872 is.houl<l ,the
le,g;!slature pa,;;s :the bill a1to,1·!11g Dover and Portsmouth ,to guarantee the
nteresl on its construction whioh w111
e :prnpo;;ecl at ,the session next month
T ,he thermometer mflrkctl 102 In t.he
Memorial '(]ay.
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navy yar·d µ,resentc\l ;1 • 11110 •ll•JH'ar- ._.,,.,,.,,,.""'
a.nee llfcmorlal day. 'l'h~ wc1·c not
ordered· Lo para(]e as was S'Cllonally m:!!'l'l'~iftlit·.
,supposed, ·but w .hen Major Le\\'is announced to ,them that they were invited to tal,e ,pfrt in •t he ceremonies,
but none were obliged ·Lo 'S'O, e\'ery
man volunteered, a. faut alllco creditable to Ohern 11.nd •tho
officcr::i whQ.
au cfClciernt corps to
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The Rockinglmm house
comes ofC today anu ::icvera.l hundred
editors and public men from abroad
have accepted ,tho Jnvltatlon ,to irytervlew Its owner and
lL!l
landlords.
Collation at 2 o'clock ,IJ.
l•' 1·:-L1y lhc ~Jsl.
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<:uotl\\'ill $1.~:1~, llutr . \l'illiu111 JI. I.
llacl«.:\I ~1.1~;,. \'ul. .Jo ,,l1 11a \\'.
~l,11~. \\"1ll1a111 II. :-:lrad.lor,i ~l,IJI! .
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ln BP n rd uf
\ lilt 1·111t• n
e,·ening, tht• lJtd-; ur l11t · ,·;1ri11us l•alll,s
\\'l'l'C r,•c:1·h·t.' d. and w, r ,1 as fullnw:-;:
J,atio11:tl .\lt•t hanh•s :111d 'l'r,ul1•1'H •1
•pt•I' t'l' lll
fur d,•pu ~·its,
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l'\' J·
c1·11\
!11:11\8 ,
,J'>'t>w ll :r11q,shil'c 5 lJc•1· cent for
posila,, 51-~ per ,·e11t t o r lt•:111!4. llo,·kin;;-ham 4 1-1 p er cent rur tl,•posits,
I l-4 per c ,·11t 1'1>1· tl:til)· l,alanee.
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Th o c:on't nor hn s appoi11lc·c1
fi:-.'h con11nisHioner~ "'\ \ "i llinn1 F'. Fryt\
nnd Ed\\'arcl \l'a tldn s of l'o1·ts111n11L11,
lhe co111i11isKi011 of Ille old ho:tnl h avi1~g l·X~dn·d .
0,1
or
:JC('Ollllt
111,,
~(• \ "('l' f"
tho young·e 1· .r,•rin l' /lS of the Oc·<-;1n
Tlou se nt l !yc, th e c-o :tclt line frorn EX'l?lc r lo H ,1·p 1;,,:,e·h ,1nrl !ho st>'l\111\'I'
!'ro111 J: ,rc' l !t'lll'h lo tl11• hl, •s nt' !-il1,,.1l s
will not lie put on i'hi>< St'ason.
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:\In;. 11 :inil'l 1:,•1l'hvr Slowe
family n1·e at lla1111,t o11 Tlcach.
~Lo\\'c is lite :\111thor ur " I
C':i.1,i,1."
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It is rC'porl,•<1 that Captain
J\lhl'rt
Hand of this cily has purchasNI tho
slemn tug Clar·,i llatPnt:\11 for $J000.
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'l'hc•, dirrclor,; of th<• Pm·I l,tncl, Sa<'O
and Portsmouth Hailroa,1 ;it a meeting in J(iltt ry on Tht1rs,l ,1y cxecutt>cl
thP 1<-,1sc or that 1·011<1 to th!' l•>1sl<'1·11
Hail road ng'l'<'l':1hly lo I ht• HtOl'klrohl cr;;
vote ,tt th ir l:tst mc·eling.
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L 'o. 5',; l1o)',1 lw, ,, a,ppoinlet1 a e· .. rn111ittec to art in e:011,inrwlion wilh olltc't'
l'(!!llll1illl'C'S 011 lilt' s11 l ,j,•,· l or the Firellll'111.'-i
I\l11"K lt•r.
I .. 1\I I t·rs
:a 1·p
l1eing
1<·-
c,•i\·C'tl fro111 011 1 11[ 10,v11 com1,anlcs
tlc·sir·ing 10 1:tl< l ' p:rrl in the muster.
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'!'it(' C'llt~ll'I l,;r ntl h:r
by Ili c ~-·ity tn J.,:"i\"(' :111 ('\('tli11g-·~ ('Olll 'C l't
to11101To\\' C>n ll a)1,1:1rl,I'[ !-i,111:tre.
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Two pulh11~ n cars on llw
Hailroa,1 r0:whe<I this city R:1tunlay
morning- ro,· th<' first litn<'. Th e t1·ain
made hut a hrit•f ,slop ancl kt·pl on to
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'l'he (:Ompany of Marines
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Among· t111· Jll'l'Mlll,;, tirms and t:0 1'poralions In l'111·ts111•0111h \\''ho pa)· :,
1 ax ur $1,0oo ancl 111 ~,,·a nl::1 al'e th t• full owin,r: l, ca1·,;ar;.;c• ~I ills ~4800 , ~la, I,
Jones $~.7'.l~. 1:i,·h,11·tl .Jenness $1,li::.7.
<:a;, ('urn)1:111.,· $1,:lst, 1. ,- <:u,·, lc·h.11> 111
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.,."1.e stonl <·ru shc.•1· .
"bustc•d"
on
'1":. .ly. Jt gol ti 1·ock th:il \\':lS too
hara to C'h<'w in its mouth, :1 n1l Lhc
gavo \\ay.
·'sulHn, r;.;hint•
'Char,les Jllain Esq., has ,t rour-acr,
lot . of win tcr rye on the Ocean Hoall
loading Crom Lafayette road to •th,
Gr~enland Depot from which
ha:
brous;ht u,; spe<:lmcns measuring fou1
feet and three inches. 'l'he Janel wa,
last year rcclaime<l from pasture, J:
01lgh and clry and had not been cultivated.for flrty years. 1111·. llfuin put on
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tho L(•glslatu1·0 frn)o
this
disll'ict:
\Varel On{', Horton D. \Va 11,ct·, .John Jr.
1ru'lch i nso11, Joh:1 1'••1111<'1·, cc,01·ge \V.
l'enclt·Xlt' l'. n,,puhlit'll ll,
\\'a1·1l
'l'\\'O,
l•'m111•i s \V. l l.r111 , Clt:il'lt •s
IJ . };itlt s,
John ll. Fi:q;g, \\'llliam H. I [.-c,,t1Lt,
RepulJlicun. \\'ard '!'hree, \Villiam S.
\\Till ey, Augustus \\'altlen, lJemocrats.
hl!TJ1 luck as wc 'Clo to every one \\' h0.
increases tlhc business or tho city.
Darnu111·~ Bi:.;· ~huw \\ ill
l:ichanls :l\\'lllll'
Nn.\':rl Consln11•Lo1· 'l'homns
has h •·t' n cl 1• t,11·h1·1I from tlw Nc,rl'o!I,
11:tvy y:1r1l :tnd onl<'t't 'd In !h is :--il.ltion ,
in pl:l<'l' o( N:rval Const 1·11 clo1· .lnhn \\'.
Hashy, · clC'tnehctl ,ind ortle1·1•tl lo llw
N,:val
Consln!l'to,·
Samu ,·! G . P ouk has
h<'Pll d ,•l;1!'ltc•, I
from the noston navy ya l',1 :rntl
rlcred lo r<•porl lo ll1t' ,·hit· f ,,r I ltt' 1,11l'('UU of con::1tnwtio11 for duty.
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Tho work or n•mo,lrilinglhc
Franl:lin house and thl' lJlock on
cornet· or ,l\larl,Pl sL1·pe'l an,1 lllarl<l'l
Square is JH'Ogrc•,;sing- s l<':rtlilr;
llw
workmen on th e la lier hav e lrnoC'ked
a big- hole in llw face of the, lJt1iltli11:;
and the s~onc- .ancl i1·on counlP·nanc:P
of th e
Frc..1 nklin
Hous e is about half put in place. Tlw
fine stores al thl• l•ranklin will command a goocl rental wh!'l1 linis;1 e.l , 110
doubt, the stantl IJt,ing a fi1·st rate 011<:
for busin ss.
Ita~i-lwll - Two
t•d ton1t,n·o,v ;1t
to
I ' .. tins,
~a111P~1 ;1 r p
fl1<~
fWf'Cll the ~'li1 i(.'~i or ~ uuth i! 1..'l' \\'il' k
anct lhc :>;ewr11t:11·l,el l'l111> in the mol'ning-, :intl 0110 h!'l,,c,·11 tlw :'llinic 9 ancl
the .\thll'l1r;,
tlli s l'il.,· in lhc artr r·-
or
�,st0amPr ApJ)IPdorc marle .~ trip
lo Nt>11·buryl)ort ancl 1·pt urn . Tho farr
1.00.
,\l
111t't' li ni,: of J•J.~cataqua
:i
,0l'b1 t ion >lhP
·hoi-- f'\H
for
following
lhP Pn:-.ui11g-
ye;ir:
l•.,rnnk .1 11 1><':-: , 1111stPC'H, ll a,·cn l.J. ~eolt,
of $:;oo wa~ approprhttNl
city fa.them lo 1hC' Fir!'men's
:\lustf'r from tho e<•nlin;::enl fund.
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•·rank \\·. ~lillt•1·, J• r. iJl l arl, V. \\' c nt\' Orl 11.
r.1·, Charll'::i 11. 11:iycs.
rn•asur!',·, '. n. ,\Ja s on.
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J . Jlornce Kent l•:s q .. li:ts a<'C'PptP<l :,
,>osition 011 lhl" NorthPrn Paeifi<· lt:lil
ro:HI an<I has rf'sig nNI tl1<• nlTic!' o
::Jty llla1· shal of l'o1 ·ts mo11lh lo t:ike
•ffect at once. Assi8ta11t .\larshal 'J'hom;.1s 1-;1!t11istle and l' X-\.'ity Marsha
:•'rank 1:. ,J ohnson :, r<' "" ndiclalf's fo ;
Th<• :dd(•r111P11
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Thl' firsl m:111 11 ho
:l8CC'11<l r1l
\\'ashing-ton (lid HO ill 1612. 'J'hC'
a<li,•s who di<l .·o wc•1·0 tho Jllsscs
\uslin of thi1< city in 1821.
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"'· Lc,,.J«•s, ;;. Ill. !':rlli<' Lock,. i.9 to
.1·0L HI '''''"""' r•,,rk, llan•rll ill , :lla,is.
nr ,:mo.
tll Th11,·....-rl:1y fnr H Plll'H('
J,~aHl
I'll l.:'1)". 1",llllli(•. \\'hilc lltountain lloitlld 1\lt-<: il'll ;u 1 :in· 1•11 (C'rctl for the
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130:u·,1 :t t I he 11<•11· ( :osporl housl' n
~tar lslan<l, Isles of Shoal " , i,-; hill U~
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D Wt-•y h a x i.Jl'C'H u rd111 ·,•tl tn Hosto1
nnvy .1·ar<l. Lieut. Cnmmn1Hlini; "·· l,
Johnson haR been d<'l ·1chl'ol frn 111 Po1·t,
n,o ulh na1· y ya1·d Hnd onl, ·r• ·d to \\' or•
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and dp•,,·1·1t,,•<1 the old 1na.11slo11 at J.iltlC' Har :,n,· ,llld other local itit•s or thi~
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Portsmouth l,i 1c,okin •~ up nnd ma~·
strr-pt
railn,a(l,antl
pn0um :1 tic• t lllil" <'Al)l't •/-l~J(' !➔ in tlntC". ·\\·(
:1:1,·c, 11 0w nn Ow l On1nil111s Ll11t1, , vi l -
l!am l'lalstt•tl h,t1·i11g- pu t 011 his handRomc- '111d <' t111 V<•nicn l 1·0,·l'r!'tl
ba 1·g-1
(we !Jeli!'1·r that',; ,tJ11 • nam e•
for it)
·· J1'avo ri 1c" lo run t:t.vC'r y h:,lf hour tll11·.
ing lho
C\ l"ni 11 ~
<·0111nH •1H.:i11g- at 7
o'<'lock from :llarkrl ~quare throug-h
lsli11gto11. lit i<lrllc and <'as:; s lrcc ts :tile!
i1ack to tl1(' ~;quarc. Fan:
10 <'<'llll;.
H u1Tah £01· prug-re" s !
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Tho fin,t ,;uhs;c ri h •r to lhf' fund fo1·
forwarding- th e p1·opost•d S<•11· 1•~11g-·a ncl !<i n mp11 ·s :llus;t<T In this <· ii ·" \\'as
J am!'!! M. LtH'i,I' of I 6 1:01\' S ll',' <' l.
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(:. JL. .J c•n1u•s8 an11ot111<'<'s ~n «' P·'n air
COllCPl'l llf'ar his Tl'lll}H 1 1·, 11u•,\ s :ilon11 :1 t
,l~•r- J: eae h 011 Tht11·s<1:1.1· 1•1·('11in,; h~
Harlow':; full hallfl. .\l 1 ,)t'III!':' -< luC'11ds to Im,,.
.~lmll,ir
1· n11t·1•rt~ al
;hort 111 l<'n·:i Is l l11·011.,;l1n11 t I hn ,,,.,. so11
UHi 11·ill f11n1lsh tho vl •·i (urs altr:tC'tPtl
:Jy the fill!' lllll~ic with all
th,•
l<-C'
" l'Pa n 1, ~oc la
WtLlC'1' :111d 011.t\\ : t
.h c•y choo~<' Io ea 11 for liu L
!:iero·.~ a g-u11d cha n eC' for
'}Vening-·:; cu l<' rtai11mr11 t .
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A COnlrart for RUJ)pli t•s to
1·artl h as
:,wanl, ·• I to
t llf• ·· i: w;I
1:i llil'tl
l'h l'
1l l'iJ1 ;1n d
0
p :1rloJ· e:l t'H
:uul ti1 0 •· ua ,1gor.' '
th r- :1 r. , •c>1n1nocl;1tio n
11"'
f nr
h , ., · ·1.·f"n rd i ;
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\V r-n lwn,·t h's
l'11ll1t1a11
ll1•w
;l11 :rlll l11• pi;l! 't•d 011 l111 • J>:as t l' rn
: li ln ,;ul. T ll<·.1· 1\i !I
p i-o li:ihl y
be
!P,11 lil y
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The YOUllg' la<lleH of our hii;h s c hool
en joy('1l a rich ln' al
on
Tuc,stlay
J :1mcs T. l•'il'lds l•:11q .. m:tolP a 1·isil t,
lho school nn<l r f' ad to th, •111 an llll ·
PUbll ~IH'cl 110,•111 by L1111;::f1·lluw whic-1 1
lhe porl ha cl wrlltC'n .s lnl'f' his ,·l~IL to
our 'Cit~· this summe,·. It 11as 11 t l1IC'cl
"Goven1or
1111 1n•
'l'n·n
( ',nu111:111d1 · r
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0
ll:.1" <1f 11 :~ un .; w :1." fi r 0ll from
~:1
' h t 11 :i1·y .1 ·:1 1·t1 I•:: 1,• r ) o n \\' pdn c~ ti:i y
in h on or ,, f : '1, :11·I·h ;1I o f C'o111n1oll o rt>
\\ ',iii.11 11 l :, y:,nl d :<, t'l 1i,• f n f J:11n•:111 o[
: ~q 11lp1 11, ·n1 : 1i1 d l ~1-c· 1·1 1!1ii;g-. \ \ "p J, ,.trn
l11· •i:--: til t• ;.:,Hl·~l
nf
1_·0 :11n1 :1nd l' r
t h :1t
You 111:.
midsl ot a furious snowsultry weather of Satu·:day, June 4, gi1·es t)uite a co~1trast.
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flea! estate con l'l'yances in Rockingham County f o r th e week ending June
1: l'o11tsmouth, Frank W. Miller to
Sarah T. Pickering la nd
Lincoln
avenue for $f)'00; Edwnrd A. Boq\ge to
llla:·y S. Hilton land and buildings on
~tu le stre-ct for $1;650. Frank G. \Ventworth to Cy rus L. Brown Jand and
IJull,lings on Summer slreet for $3,-000.
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At a meelln'g of the PisC'ataqua Fair
Asi.ociation Monday even ing, the following omccrs w-c1·e chose n fo·: ilhe ensu ·ng- year. President, Frank Jones;
tru~t C'es , Haven L. S olt, Fran!( \V.
lllill C' r, Dr. ~I:trk l•'. " 'rnlw o rlh; 'secrcl:1 ·:y, C' hari rs JJ. Jlnyl's;
C. D. l\Iason.
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S lon•r l~11va111p1nent CT. A. R. are to
haYC' a plc:1ic al Kittery Point 0,1
Thurstlay. Sleamcr ,\ppl c,lorc will
<'0111·ey the p a·:Ly clown the rh·C'r, and
Hal'io':\r's Quadrille Iland will furnish
mu,-ic. 'rickets for adults
Children ha:r price.
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Ill ,· 111i:1 pr iv il P.~r •s :dlowin ~ :t
·r p:• ll ~w
The ligl!lning on Tuesday CYC' ning
sln1C'k a Hlone of S1l'1·era l, tons welght
llC':11· the ntilrnau crns·ing 111 T,ittrry,
a111 smashed il in hundreds of piece SJ.
11 ,,w wou Id i l work to engage that
knul or ft st on<' crushe: l o prepare
le, ial for 011:· strrC'll.9?
oicl.
:-:, 111 ,·1 ... 1-!,r()\\' wur st• \\ il !i
tl lf' !-.P
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'.:', Ja rri t'll in lhi9 city a t th e Unitarian
Ch111·ch !Jy HeY. Jamf!s DeN'ormandie,
Ceri;,hun F. 1Ielche r and Jlllss Abob ie
Ir. \'rnnard, daughter of the late Andr,•w D. Yenna r-<l, a II or l'o:tsmouth .
f11 ·p t •Xlirt 0 1J j . .; 1J p t•
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<'omm .1n<l<'r Ceo1·ge Ba tcheld-cr
hr,•n un:inimously chosen s1t'pe r intende?1t of the Eastern R ail".-oacl.
ill
!,11t 1,y
:1 p: t l" l i l1 P lll 8
p•(' ~- tin11 111 111• d 11 1· itl < di s Lill• n1ust
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.~pring chickens gluuted th e market
Sat11rcla~·. and prices came do11n from
35 to ~O ernl,; P<'r pound. Illuebe-:ries
~old fu;· S cents 1Je1· quart.
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a •,,J , Xt, Pditr , 11 ~~ wa y o(
CHI P
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Sa,mucJ JI. Goodall, Esq.,
tlw beautiful and appropriale decorallons of lhf' No rth Ch urch for lhe bicon l<' nnla i cele!Jrall.ion, imu w as the
ch , r engineer in carr~·:ng them out.
" 'p h e~1nl but one opinion ex1J~essed by
llw 111:in)· wh o 111rntioned them, which
was thal lhc-.,·l' were in pcrCect taste
and ket>pi ng with the chu r ch and just
ri µht as 1lo the quantity-neither too
mt:{'h nor t oo little.
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.'\ man in this city nanted
chi Id re11 Bben<'zer o nd Flora.
spoke or t h e m as "E.IJ"
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The
hoat Emerald, wl1ich haR
up for r epai~s during the
pasl two weeks, i !'! aga:n runnin g- her
reg-ula r trip;; lo the Navy Yard. Sho
hal'I li<'C'll pain1lert nncl nt rn ished and
put in thon,11;;:h order s-e n e:a lly. For
beauty :,net ('O':JYC'nl(' JlCC this little
slf',llllCr is not C.XCl' ilf'cl , and many vl3_
;lor~ to lilt• )·ard nn1.l1 lhcm se ll·e8 of
its C'omfort~. affording th em as it rloe,.
an extra in<lucemC'n.t to visit our wnrk- ._,..,..,._,.,.c.
sho;i ac:-oss lht> -~il·cr.
�:Mr. John Mortin. fell down the
.stone st,ePs or l\l r. James Nort0'11's
st'orc near S'prlng Market on Sunday,
struck the back or hl's head on 'n.cuTbstone and cut a Yery 1a·. ge gash !n his
cranium. The wound is n. serious one.
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The
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A'ppled ore Hou se,
had 5l()j() guests on
and · was crowded to o,·ernow!ng.
Those l\rriYing hy the la~t boat wc.·c
compelled to lodge In the parlors and
hullio. The hom,p acco111mod1tl!on11 ure
for ne:i.."t Renson b,\'
six coltag-cs 0,1 th e
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Another Navr Yard D i~c ha·: ge-011
Monday, Jo11epl1 H. Gardfner, foreman
painter, and 1\rr. ntchmond, foreman
pattern maker, with a number or
WO':k-1'\ffi - in steam engineering slorc
were dlscl1arged, in accordance with
orders Crom the Secrl'tan• or the 'avy.
All the fo1·emen nncl quartennen in lht•
same depa·: tmrn t are recl11c1•d to fir,.t
class worl<n1en, llfoHlC'r MachinlHt .\ tbert
nix be ing- pull !n charge or all
branches or the cl epu rt111c,1t.
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H.e,'. George M. ,\da1m1, of thC'
Congregat !onal Church, on Sunday.
declined · tCI recall his resignat !on, and
P'.-eached his fa re well sermon,
to the rrgret of the parish.
for Europe on Thursday.
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.'1 ·om the Navy Yanl
\\' l·d,
1e,iLlay in honor of the a1.,-iv:1 ! of
..:om 111od o 1·c H y 11old ,;, C..:hld of 1;u·c·au of E :1 uiprnc-:1t :Lnll HccruiLing.
\\'(> ll'n1·n that the CommoLlol'C is the
;uC'st or Comman<lel' Young-.
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'l'lh! SC'.1 View lfOU!'<(' n l Hrc
1an·oll'ly (•~<·:ttlf',l ,lC'stn1<·tio11 1,y Jin•
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n1urni11g.
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,'eluck ltll' 11..tnlP!i Wf:t'l• <li~l.!O\'t.'l'l'tl
he s,•rva11ts' apa1·tm,•nts, hut hv
tl<l or a th·<' extingnl:-.h,-i,ululu"d ,1 ithout rna t,•ria I
l'l' a h;,nl light.
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, \ 1·c:1-r(';·po111l1•11 I of I hi' 1'01·1 ! 11 d
:us s1.1t,•s that H<'p1·,•s•11atil·,, !,y11,•l1
,r th,• lHt )laiuC' lliHtl'il't s<'•·un·tl 1111•
'(•mo,·a! or C:l'n. )I. I•'. \\ 1'1111,0l'lh or
!, ilu·1·y [111111 llw posi:ion or :--;1,,,-,,
';,•1•1wr for !!111·,,;1u of Yanls :111,l !loc·k s
,1 tlh' n:1,·r y;11·,1.
H1"1·, ·11t <1,,,· .. 111p mPnls, Intl ica t(• th.t t t hl' c:,,nr· 1·.t1 h.1H
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,ulwin<lc.•<l his anLagonist.
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l'oli~e
C'om·t,
Thu1·sd;1y.~ nurrord,
ltHl~t•. \\'i lliam Lnrki11, c·o!o1·('<], c-allPd
l <il1n Colt•t11an, :1 gondo l,l C':1pl.1i11, oul
,r
,hi,; name :mcl John J.1icl his l1t•:11l
qwn with :t rap t• ':-; l'nfl. L:1rki11's :-;or<•
!w:1<1 cost
oleman $15 .. ~0.
l'athc•rinC' Ilawlry
thC'
'("l't\(•,~h Q\', l or Stl',l\\'h Pt Ty 1:.1nk Wt Ill
·111 OIIC' of lw1· O\\'ls "\\ f 1lnes<lay 11ight.
'lhl• h1·:t\\'IP<l :11111 tumu!t1•cl lo
1111 of 31) ,lays in
1·eclio n in n<lLlilion to a tine
1n<l ret lwr lungs are not
.,, a b grimed exnm]llc of
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Pc•1·s ona1 - l·. S. Senatrir
,~in a11cl I!on. ThomaH J,. Tullor:,, CD!ingtun Wl ·t·e in town F'ric1;.1y , :\fr. Cra~i11 w,L,.. c-losPtr,l with Collec·to1· 1:;1i!1y
11 lhc Custom llousc :11,d
•>11111wtlon•
I 'tinnock at the n.1 vy y;1 nl. The• St•1L1 tu1· is in ~ood spirits ancl pn•<licl:-; lt0i,11hli,-.111 triumphs i11 th l• f-ill l'l1·,·tio11s,
;;i milnl' to lho:;c or Xort11'l'aroli11a
t1·1uJ ot C'nglnes will take J>lac•c on \V!hircl 01· Hn.wtl1orn ~t 1·,•etH, tho
•to be obt.a!nccl from thC' !l'e J)Ond ot
.Mr . . imon Marston 011 South l'Ond. It
will pl'obably be necessary
tank on \Vlb!l'd strC'cl.
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)fanr! cd In thll:i city 1\11g.
Hl•v. Canon \\'11l>1h
the br!ll •'s fath1•r,
Eugeno ;\\'ntson r . S. N.,
Paymaster , 'H·phen H an<! .I 1·.,
:1.1111 )J iss Susan Lennox Jo'. \\',Itson.
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A Lllspatch from ll O\'('I' to thP 1 OH·
lll'lalcl s:,y.; :, .,tr<>n!-:· ftocl!ni; l:1
·, pl"inging- up 1h, r, • n;..:aln:, L th" pro10.s<·d buihling- or the L'onsmout h :in,1
)O\'l'l' Halh ·ond, aml :t m:is,; meetingof the r·ltlze11s w!ll soon h<.' cnllcu to
1li,s,•ounlPll;llH'.:! tit(• l\l'Oj(·('l.
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Th e \\'Ork uf ,,taking- ou t the land
fol' the n ew 1,uilcl(ngs of 1hc gaslcrn
Haill'o1ul has commcncecl at Ha.lc's
Point. Some 800 porch ol' stone nnd
1,500,000 ht·!cks "re• to he 11,wcl !n cons t ruc:ling ;in c•ng-inC' how,,·, sheds rte.
'l'h<•1·e a1·e to be a.ccommo<lalions ror
]3 cnginc,,;, A large llll'll•l:tl>IC' Is UlHO
to be bu!ll . .i\lr. Cute
or
Peabody,
.\faRH., I!; the constructor.
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HasC' Ball.-'l'he n ew K('arsal'gC' club
playcd :L not Vl•ry brilliant ~ame with
:L nine mutlc· up from Hr<· ! !L•ach \'18! tol'~, \\'eLlne,-clay arternoon, ne-ar a. JI.
J nnC!lH' sa loon and WCI' tl ! en.l ed by
a score of 35 to 20. The Kcarsarge·s
r:i II lh t!r :l<'Ol'I' up tu 1 011 the t hirtl
inning, thC,bC'ach n1n c• thc•n l1avinf 11,
irnl the fo1 ·mf'r 1,lay1•t.l much bt!llcr
to11·n1·'1H th e clos< • or the•
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lt i8 sni<l that a new frii;atc
built at this N:t\':tl ·:ci tation !nvolv!n~
th • C'mp!oy m cnt of an aL1d!tlo n a l force
ru! hundred men for a year or
�WHAT DO YOU ~ NO\V·--1
fi30UT PDRTSMO• TH?
l
k
\\'!: :t i whi:;1 1<' "" :t plan L :1 l l he W<'SL
"ts sn urnl , ,J :it ;;:::n :111,l G:,30 a.
, I'll:!
n1. for _s-on1e n1a11:.- Yl'nr~;?
"\\'ho w:is ('h;,, !1•s \\·. :1':n1·1 on, '1 n rl
,1·hal cily po'-1ilin11 0:11 Iw hold'!
\\'h:1t lhrrc I:1ili<'s slill residi ng in
sl'l1001 t eachers ii~ the
i-whool on I lanov e: i- St.'?
\\ hi•rr did thp fp1•n11~r ( 1 tl l1COJ"<.1 n.. n.
h:1,·p ils IL•11111l11,;•I iu tli:,:r c·il~ '!
l 'ntfp 1• what <"11.Pf P11ginr0r "~:,s J.;n< rg,1111::cd at th!' "\\'t•st
\\'il;1 t
fr,rllH'r
111r-1111I r•1 · of
l11p
p11l1cc
lnc·:il lmnd
r,,1·(•(\ ,·.~,~ a <l1·u111'1•1Pr in :t
fur 111anr y(\:tr!--:'.'
\\.Ila
\\':ts
th(' j;,,-,1, nni• I 111:1[ lin•cl
,·t1<·,•t, ancl
pror,,ss:un clicl Iw fo lln\\'?
\\'11:1t
othet·
\\'hr1 ·" was th <' fin;t \\'hi1;lle or the
:tin, m tPl<·~rnph ".1·1;t<'m Iocatrcl?
'\VI10 11':ts. ~,mu!'! \V.- Jlnwkc:,; antl
\\'h:tl .,posilio 11 'dill h <' hold?
,vh,,t 11:11·)· ':l!Nl :tl or Honor man
11:1(1 ch:tl'!;C or the IHl\'Y .vn.nl ferry
1:i11<1i11;, :u -tlw foot or n:inicl sll'l'C'l
n,·
f"l)I'
111:ll\r
~'t':ll's'!
\\'hrr<• \\':t8 !hr • hi~ licltl <1:ty of thr
Ord1•r of l•'drC',-l<'l':-: lwl,l in thi,; city?
\\'hn l ·su 1Ti\·or o( th!' c-1·ew of 1hr
, lei h:1tlll'~ llip ).l:iin c•. sunk in lJ;1vana
llari,01· rc·sitks in this cit.,·?
\\ 'hp1·,, un Ya11gha11 strC'l't \\':ts the
liusilll'~.s·or 1:a1,1;· Ne\\'mnn locatNl'!
\\'ho 11·,• rp the two 'lo<'al men wlrn
011cc ·c-o,1(]ul'l<'ll a barber shop in rooms
o,·.-,r Col<.•111an'H c.lrug sto1·L•'!
\\'!1:it. c-ounl.v 1>'1 !,ling- oner ,;lnorl nL
J::L•11glo11 n.ncl J1rowstc:1·
'\\'h:t t \\ "" I})(' forn1C'l' 11:llll(' or lhr
Jll'('S('ll l hook anc1 ,J :tt.hlcl' fire truck \ V.
.J. 8a111pso11 '!
\fh"rP ,.,··1s lh" :'lla.p·r!' Fu:·n:ics Co.
!0C' ct[p. \ in this ril.·'!
'\\'ho \\':tS the lock milh locatell on
1:0\\' slt'('('[ in the l.rnildin;..; 110\\' OCCU·
11iPd hr C:Porgf' n. ('hnllwic·k'!
\\'1 10 was the• fir•:! :1•1<1 ""!~· \\'0111\tn
pnli!'(' oflic,•1· :tJ11'<d11t,•ll by tho police
con1
n1i~... s iOllfll'8?
\\'hn "·n.r, nt poiPtr,1 pn!"l•n:isl('r nnd
di!'.l h, fore lw eo>1l•l hko I.Ire oath or
ofli,·r?
p;1froln1:1n
ll"Hl''I"
1hr
pnlicP
c111nn1:s-
s'on \\'h••n first 01·1:··111i7.f'cl tl1::t rC'l'11srd
lo i:n c,n th!' jail'/
\\'h:,(
fil'('ll1[111 , 11 lh n n,-,,ilnn
:\f:1 inP Y."a!=; kno,vn :1~ :1 f:lRl 1HlXPr?
\\ 11 :iL 1lalC' \\':,s ti,<' lfn:·,rrs:i!ir,I.
('h,,• h r,71 f'lp~ l: •anl s:t,,,,,t l>111nr•tl?
\Y:1:it plnrr, 1,,.... i,f,,q lhC'
aor I:.,
"n 1 th<' 11·l>:i
\Y:lf: th(';'(' :i1v·d?inr
·r .,,. <'
('":1 1
JHH•l,Pl lccnt0t.l
th:,t wnr (1r--Rtrnyr-,1 In· fire''/
1. ·1rat wni'! thr fi,·sl 1i:i. ,-y sl•in or
·011 h11iltl to ent0r lhC' l'ort~mouth
r r:i rhnr '!
1
\Yhrrr on i\rn,·kr•t !':qnnrc wlrn t he
l!'l01)ho11n
11·h:1I """ 1111• nanH• or lh<' fund put
in thl' h:i 1Hls of the City or l'ortsmouth
rn ,· Sl'll i11_g out ll'C'l'S :tlld othC'n1·i:,;e
li<•,111ti(., ing nichanh; Ave'!
\\'hr, "'""' the first ,-;upel'inlc11dt•11l of
l'orlsm llllh J,;ll'cil'ic Hail\\'ay'!
(ltt'
\\·h:, t pol'rr nffi1·r1·
'
"\\'hat .J 11»lice of the
111·c·si<lcd in the case of
1,:u·Lmc•11 L., in lhis city'!
\\'hal hote l -\,·a s localed on Russell
I •:treet ii\ the IJUil{lini; 110\V OCCllpied as
:,. cl 11'ell in;:;-'!
\\'li:11 proprr,ty on .Jackson street ls
<li\'itlc,1 by the ward l and 5 ward
li11rR '!
, \:ch:1 ngc one<'
Jo -
\\'ho "''"' thr 011·11c•1· or th<• ie<' t,oat
wintc·rs on the North
\\'hat l'l'''<' ITOil' \\':ls built hy
lhr
I :o,-ton :111<1 ~l:tilll' raih·u:id aud
lo thC' city hC'causc
{'1111 Id uol !J<· ust•<I for locomo-
the .v 1n(-let (>Y~l'Y ye:-tr?
\Vho w:is Hoh?rt Acl:ims, :ind
!lrm w.as hP connected with on
ove:· st reel?
vVhat member or thl' c:ty council at to h[n·e the city b:u:Id
h1·ictge :icrob'S the l\'ol'lh i\lill
l'rom the foot or Cabot '11 trel't?
~ 11,))ted
\\·hat milroart man p!a~·ec1 a corne t
n·,1<1 was 10:iill'r or lh(' once Kittery
t 'n:·net lfa IHI?
_,\ Vhat ".<' I l - l;ri·o~-11-·r- - <'' ,-t"'i7.-.-r -11-1•n-a de n n
nffe1· to thr ,·it~· or Pl 1,rc,1 .:or a" J)<uhllc
lilir:ll'y, whil'h was lalci· ·- wilhclraw,n . •
1,wln;g- lo a ,·ow between tlw :1lclerm~
•nct common counc1I ov('1· til e . nn.mini; ;
nf' th(' proposec1 Ilhrn:·)·?
In whn.t drug ,sto,·e. of tl1(' <''t~· \\'a~
I 'ir• office.
tl1e
&
T~legrn rh
'n111.1mny loc'a le<l?
or
n.
\\'ho W'as C'apt:, b
o.
Dre"··
stcainers was he master
Pisc-ak1.nua?
\\'hnt :;au.th end
ton sl-c:.i,ncr;i l and at eac h day?
\\'ho wa,. the big- man n.111011,g t ~1e
1•ro111otc:s o[ tho Portsmou th Daseball Club i n lhc N<'w Bnglan,1 T~ag,ue? •
\\' ho or Iii<' old-lime hnek dl'lve!'S
i~ 1;til1 livii):,· in lids oily?
\\.h!'re wa!< lhe firnt Elks
c-" ted?
\\'hat h:i 11 110\V OCC"ltpiecl
g:ou~ body was oncl\ used
ing- pnrlic-s in the huslne11s
llw rit)'?
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\ \'!mt lirm composed o,' three l ocai
State s,t:ec t?
�NUMBEROF ·1: :
PATROLMEN
· i ·
SINCE 1883
Will you kindly ·Inform
mo
many poll-ce -the ci-ty had sln'c e 1883?
R. C. 'MELVIN.
'I\he record .shows tLhe •f oi'lowlng slnr.e
'that date •to Lhe 'time ,when 1tJhe dcparl•
ment was placed under a
and up to 19111.
1883-Total 8
Chier or Police-Thomas Erutwlslle.
Asst Marsha'ls~Fronklln Cole, Joseph 'B. White.
Watchmen and !Police-John Turner,
Char.Jes P. ·Abbott, James F. !Shannon,
Albert 1-V. Parsons, Michael ..E. Long.
1889-Total 12
City Mwrsihal....:JcffcrS(!n tC • .Ro'Ye.
Asst . .Marsha1s-Danlel
1
Fred H. Akerm an.
Captain Watcll~Ozeo J. Hob-bs.
vVwtchmen and IPollcc--R. D. ,Smart,
Robert A. Stott, Jamc,i Kehoe, Danl<'I
J. Lyn'Ch, Ml-chacl 'Hurley,
Cornelius· Rcai;an,
189~Total 13
City Marshal-Charles H. Joy
1,
Ass't.-<Benjamin cF. Ca'I1dncr.
,Seri;t.-John Fnlvey.
Captaln-0. l\I. Jcl)lson.
Roundman-Geori;e' H. Ca'rllon.
1-Vwtchmcn-D. ,v. Faulkner, Her•
man H. Clarie, Charles 0. Johnson,
Woodbury ,Shannon, Fred
Thomas Quinn,
George
Michael Hurley.
1891-Total 13
C!'ty Mnrshul-.Jeffcrson C. Rowo
Asst. Mar.· hal-B. F. Gardner
IPol!ce-Danlcl Casey, John P. '.ril>·
bet ts.
Captaln-Ozeo J. Hobbs.
Watchmcn~harles H. •Foote,
n~llus Reas-a.n;, ComeJ,i-uJ .Qul,11ry,. , ;r,n,mf':-i
Kehoe, Daniel J. Lyn!ch, 'Mlchai:1 l-Iur1ey, Richard D. tSmart, Dennis Murphy.
1892-Total 13
Cl,ty iMarshal-Thomas Entwlstlo.
Asst. .? ,,Jan;hal- T!ehacl Uurley,
Captain-F. E. M~rdcn.
,Police off!cers-'Henhy B. Holbrook,
Michael Kelly, 'Wllliam H . .Seymour,
vV!klla.m II. Anlderson, Lamont Illlton,
James F. Shannon, George E. Robinson, James
A. McCa ffery,
Charles
Quinn, George II. Duclcer.
1804-Total 15
Cfty Marshal-Jefrerson C. 1Ro.we
Asst. Marsh'a l-Danlel Casey.
Captain-John •S. "\Vcndell
Police-John P. '£lbbeltl:!,
Hurl~y.
Night Wn,tch~hl!-l'les H.
Oorncllus Rca;;an,
Cornelius Quinn,
J;'nies Kehoe, De.nljjl J .Lyncl:l, Michael
Ke'lley, James Quinn, Dennis Murphy,
Richard D. ,S,mart, Sheldon B. Luvcy.
Chief~homas Entwistle.
Asslstant-Mlchai!l Hurley.
Cap'tain-F. E. II. M1urden.
Police-M!ohacl Kelley, vV. H. Seymour, "\Vllllam II. Anderson, George IL
Carlton, Geori;c, .II. Ducker, James l!~.
!1:.i.nnon, Jrurrll's lL 111 afle,ry, Georgi,
E . Robinson, Ohar1es Quinn, Thomas
J. But'ke, l• •rank II. "\Vc!<l.
1905-Total 16
hlef-Thomas ,E nLw:sll e.
A:;slsta nt-Mlcha c l Hurley
,Captaln-F. F,. JT. Marden
J>olice-Michael K Kell ey, vVllllam
Jr. Seymour, "\Villiam 11. Anderson,
r.eorge H. Carlton, Geoq;c 11. Duclce1·,
\V . H. Appleton,
James ·1•'. 8 hannon,
James· A. McCaftery, Gcoq;e E. Robin•
st'n, Char1es Quinn, 'l'homas J. l3urke,
·w11bur B. Shaw, l~rank 11. "\Vc::;t.
l!lOS-14 men
1015-15 men
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�ABOUT OLD STRA WBERY BA KE
IL is said Lhat Lhe first visitors to our shores were
Martin Pring and a band of English voyagers, who
sailed into the Piscalaqua in 1603, in two ships, the
"Speedwell" and the "Discoverer." They came in
search of sa.ssafrass, a ure for small pox.
In 1614 John Smith sailed along the coast of New
England and passed The hies of Shoals, which he
gave Lhe name of "Smylh's Iles" on the map he
made upon his return to England.
In the year 1622, John Mason and Ferdinando
Gorges were granted Lhe land which is now Maine
and
ew Hampshire. The year following, 1623,
Mason sent out a company of men called the "Laconia ompany" Lo found a colony on the Piscalaqua.
Ocliorne's Point was th place they settled. A manor
hou-;1• and fort w1•rc built nncl Lhe company eng-ni;ed
in fishing. This selllemcnL was called Lhc "l'annaway." In the summer of 162:3, Captain Miles Standish came to Lhe "Pannaway" to buy provisions for
t.he Plymouth colony.
In 1631 Lhe "Great House" was built al trawbery Banke, so called because of Lhe wild berries
which grew on Lhe river bank. This settlement was
often spoken of as the Bank. Ilumphrey Chadbourne built the "Great House" in the vicinity of
what is now the junction of Court and Marcy slrecls.
There were garrison houses built at Strawbcry
I3ankc, Lhcir dales arc unknown, but Brewsl •r speaks
of them in The Rambles. They were along Ll11'
water front, one at the end of State street, another
near the l\IolfaL-Ladd house, and a third in the vicinity of Deer street.
In 1640 fifty acres were set aside for the "Minister's Field" or the Glebe Land as it was commonly
called. A large part of it was at the head of Strawbcry Banke Creek, while the remainder wa · in the
center o[ the Lown, to be exact, it included the land
bounded by Pl asant street, State street, Chestnut
street, and Congress street. Years later, in the
early 1800's this land was leased out for 999 years.
The name of Strawbery Banke was chanl!"ed to
Portsmouth in 1663, when the inhabitants petitioned
the General Court of Massachusetts for definite
boundary lines and a new name.
There arc many more things Lo be told about
Portsmouth, but we can't tell them all at once, so
wnlch for Lhe n1•xL Bca<"on.
- The Map Makers, D. M. V. and H. C.R.
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�AROU D ABOUT OLD PORTS IOUTH
Since very early times the settlement beyond
(Islington Creek) now the North Mill Pond, was
known as North Port.smouth. Quite commonly it
was called "Christian Shore" because of the early
baptisms which took place there.
The oldest house still standing in Port.smouth is
the Jackson house, built at "The Shore" in 1664, by
Richard Jackson. This house has been rest.ored and
is open t.o \.he public. It is n most inter sting type
of vcry early American urchitcclure. Richard Jackson built his house for comfort, not for beauty. Ile
had no time for beautifying his home, there was RO
much to be done; the forests had to be cleared, lhe
land had to be t.illed. At that t.ime a great nut.ion
was in the building. The Jackson house is tw,)
stories high on the south, overlooking the Pond,
while at the north it is protected by the long, slant
roof, which slopes gracefullv down to meet lhe
hillock, against which the house is built.
John Cutt was given permission to build a corn
and saw mill at the North Pond in 165!), providing
that he would grind corn for the town whenever
needed. In later years Peter Livius had a mill on
the North Pond. The settlement along the shores of
this Pond wa flourishing and was called "Islington"
at one time, hence the name, Islington Creek.
At lhe south end of the town we have t.he South
Mill Pond. This lovely body of wate1· was, in bygone years, much larger, and more beautiful than it
is at the present time. In 1658 John Pickering wa:
granted the right to build a mill and dam at the entrance of this pond. In ret.urn for this privilege he
was t.o build a bridge and keep it in repair for church
goers. Just beyond his mill on a little hill, at the
junction of Soubh and Marcy Streets, a meeting
liouse was built that same year, 1658.
This early church, at the South Mill Dam, was two
'itories high, and had a belfry in which hung the
first bell in New Hampshire. There were no pew:
in this church. The windows had diamond shaped
panes, but no shutters. Just outside was the cage,
a place of confinement for those who used tobacco,
or slept during me ting. On lop of the cage was the
st.ocks, in which early offenders were made to sit for
disturbing the peace.
There is much more to be told about Old Portsmouth, so watch for next month's Beacon.
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HOUSE.
In olden days Puddle Dock wias a beautiful pond,
smaller in size than the other ponds about town.
This small pond with its rolling green banks extended up in to town as far as Pleasant Street.
Many of the houses on its shores are gone and
quite forgotten. One of these old dwellings which
is gone, but not quite forgotten, was the WentworthVaughan house. It was built in 1670 by Samuel
Wentworth. The town gave him license to "entertain strangers ,a nd sell brewe beare," which indicates
that he kept a tavern, one of the earliest in Portsmouth.
This house was destined to be the home of
g-overnors o[ the Province o( New Hampshire.
Jl •re was born John, son of Samuel Wentworth, who
became Lt. Governor of New Hampshire.
His
commission was signed by Joseph Addison, whose
"Spectator" was the riage of England as well as her
colonies. Addison was then Secretary of State.
In this house was born a full fledged governor, none
other than Benning Wentworth. In after years the
house was owned by the Vaughans, descendants vf
Governor George Vaughan, a predecessor of Governor \Ventworth as chief magistrate of the state.
The Wentworth house couldn't compare with the
statelier mansions that we1·e built in Portsmouth
in later years, but it was an excellent example of
the early type of .architecture. It was a two story
and a half affair, and like the Jackson house was of
a rugged nature, built to endure the hard winters.
The staircase iand the unper rooms were panelled
and wainscotted. There was · a single chimn;ey,
which measured 10 x 13 feet at its base, a substantial chimney with many fireplaces. In 1!)26 the old
house was taken down and sent to New York where
it is the property of the Metropolitan Art Museum.
And so the old gives place to the new, old Puddle
Dock has been filled in, and Newton Avenue has its
being-the old Wentworth house has moved on with
the tide of events, and a modern dwelling has been
built on that site.
There were other Wentworth houses, each with a
story or its very own, and the houses of the
Langrlons, the Lears, the Warners, the Jafferys,
llw Pierces and many others, all o[ which we shall
write about in the next numbers or The Beacon.
D. M. V.
��PORTSMOUTH PLAI S AND THE SAGAMORE
The PorLsmoulh Plains play ::111 important part in
lhe history of our ol<l city. Since very early times
there has been a settlement there. In 1G96 it was
Lhe scene of a (rightful massncre. The story of
that massacre will be Lold later. There were numerous houses at Lhe Plains, including a garrison.
Thomas Westbrook kept a Lavern there in 171G. That
tavern had several names. At one time it was
known as "King George's T.avern," al a later date it
went by the name of "The Globe Tavern," and it was
commonly called "The Plains Tavern." The old
Lavern stood for 187 years and was finally torn clown.
The road to The Plains was in days of yore, via
Islington Street, up Spinney Road, and westward,
midway between what is now Middle Road and
Islington Road. The King's Highway, which was
the road from Portsmouth to Boston lay over The
Plains, through The Great Sw.amp (the low lands ·
near the Portsmouth-Greenland town line) to Greenland, North Hampton, and Hampton Falls. This
was the route Washington used on his visit to Portsmouth in 1789.
There used to be great feslivities at The Plains
in the pre-Revolutionary War days. It was the customary thing for all the wealthy merchants and
traders of Portsmouth to keep slaves. The colored
people held annual elections at the Plains, and
elected a king, a deputy and a sheriff. These occasions were very jovial affairs and were always followed by a parade.
To the South and East of the Plains lies the
Sagamore Creek. The name, Sagamore, is said to
have been the name of an Indian chieftain who once
rc!'\idcd on the woody shores. The early settlers
called it Wilch Creek. On Lhe shores o( this river
lived Benjamin Lear ... the hermit. His house was
on the southern shore. Here he lived alone for
years and years in his mean little hovel. Lear had
money, but he preferred to live alone, and deny
himself the comforts of life. Once a year he would
come to town to trade. He always spoke of the town
as "The Bank," a term probably used by his parents
I.JeCore him; it, was probably a shortened form of
"Strawberry Banke." Lear made his own clothes
of sacking, and carried on all the work about his
place, which consisted of caring for his live stock,
and making his own cheese and bread.
Watch (or the next Beacon.
D. M. V.
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�INDIAN DIFFICULTIES IN
EARLY PORTSMOUTH
The early elLlers o.r Portsmouth and the nearby
seLLlcments, often known as The Piscataqua SeLLI ments, had many hardships to contend with, the
most terrifying of these was the Indian attacks.
On the other side of the Atlantic, England and
France were engaged in war; the echoes of lhe war
were heard in this country. The F1·ench and Incliam; wen' allied ag-ainst lhe Eng-lish selllerf;. Th1'
·onflil'L wa~ known as King- William's War.
In 1G8!), Dover, an outpost of th Piscalaqua Settlements, was practically wiped out. IL was lhe
seene of a most brutal massacre. Oyster River,
(now Durham) suffered an attack in 1G94, and it is
believed that a number of the attacking party came
down the Piscataqua, and made a landing at the
Pulpil Farm . That was the home of Madame
Ursuln. Cult, widow of lhe late John Cutt, first
president of New Hampshire. Madame ult and her
maid were engaged in housework, when the girl
s pied the Reel Men stC'aling up from the shore. Three
men who w re at work in the field and Madame Cult
were killed. The girl escaped in a boat and brought
the starlling news to Porlsmouth.
Two years later a band of Indians, ·aid to have
crossed ove1· from the Nubble, at York, to Rye Beach,
left lheir canoes on the sandy shore and made their
way across The Great Swamp to The Plains. The
settlers were awakened to find their houses and
barns in flames. The women and children set out for
the garrison house, whil'h was located a bit to ihe
north o[ the red sehool ho use, now slunding at The
P lains. They were ovcrlake11 enrnute by the Indians.
Fourteen people were killed and many injured. Mrs.
Mary Brewster was scalped and left lo die. This
brave woman survived and became the mother of
four sons . The alarm spread to Portsmouth, ancl
Captain Shackford and his military company were
sent out. They pursued Lhe Indians and rescued the
pl'isoners, al the summit oC a hill in RyC', which i:c;
known as llreak(ast Hill, because the India11s were
nt breakfast when they were overtaken . The I ndians
W<'l'e last geen sailing away in their bark canoes in
the direction of The Isles of Shoal .
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After nineLy years or so of hardships and Lrying
times, the eal'ly settlers of Portsmouth began to
Lhi11k of finC'I' houses, and churches a11d places o(
highC'r learning. In lG!)!) lhe Lown voted lo contribuLe 60 pounds to Harvard College, and promised to
pay the same sum annually.
In 1711 it, was voted to build a new meeting housC'.
The place SC'lected for il was The Glebe Land or
MiniRlC'r\; FiC'ld, situated in thC' v(•ry eentC'r of llH'
Lown. This 111PeLi11µ; hnust• was dt•sl im•d Lo ht• !'all!'d
'l'lu• Nori It ( :1111n·h. 'l'ht•n• Wt'I'!' pl'oplt• al lht• south
1•11tl ol' t ht• low11 who prpfp1-rt•d lo go on allt>1uli11gl'hurd1 i11 the carli<·r building at the South .Mill Dam,
while• the p<•oplc• of t.he 11orLh <'IHI ol' the Lown wc•r('
dl'lighlc<l lo aLlend lhc servi..:t•s at, Lhc new church.
The result of Lhis was Lhe divi:-.ion of the parish into
what was called The
orLh Pari h and lhC' South.
The first minister of the new church was Rev.
athaniel Rogers, Ron of President Rogers of llarV.t l'Cl.
Olll' o[ I he finest, old houses still standing in l'orlslllllttth is lhc \\'arnt•r House•. ll was built, in 1718 b.v
Captain Illar l'haedris, a wealthy trader in Jurs,
merchant, and member of the 1 ing's ouncil. Captain MacPhaedris im1JOrlcd the yellow brick, and
fireplal'e lile, a. well as [urnishinf.!'s from Holland.
Ile built Lhii; house for his bride, Sarah Wentworth,
daughber of Go-.•. John Wentworth. Their daughter
marriccl Jonathan W arncr, hence the name. Benjamin l•'ranklin w,rn once a guest in this house, and
during- his stay crecLed Lhe lightening rnd on the
western encl o( the builcling. It was probably the
first i11 N . IL LafayeLLe also visited here, and it, is
said spilled wine on the carpel! About 75 years
ago ot· more some lovely painLings were uncovered
on tlw staircase wall. They covered an area of 400
feet, and were hidden under several layers of wall
paper. One of Lhem is of some Indians, probably
i;oilje of aptain l\facPhaedris' friends in the fu1·
trnde; whi le anoLher was of a biblical nature, i;howinµ;
J\hraham offering up Ji;:rnc·.
No one will evel' k11ow lhc or1µ;111 of' Llwse paintings, or how long lhey were there hidden under the
wall COVC'ring.
There will be more stories of old houses and people
in the next Beacon.
D. M. V.
�Cl EE "S CHAPEL A D THE JAFFERY UO SE
The first Episcopal church in Portsmouth was on
Pleasant Stre t, on Lh site or the Samuel Langdon
house which is now the resid nee of Rev. "William
, a!Tord Jones. This early house of worship was built
in lli38 and was used for many years. In 1732 Lhe
~m·icly liuill a J11orc pr Lenlious chur ·hon Lhe g-rassy
slope of SLrawbl•ny 1fank and named it Queen's
Chapel in honor o[ Queen aroline, who bestowed
rieh gifls upon lh • parish, in ·luding a silver communion service bearing th• royal arms, Lwo mahogany arm chairs, prayer books, and a copy of Lhe
Vinegar Bible. This Bible acquired ils peculiar
Litle from the facl that Lhe word vineyard was misprinted VINEGAR in the parable of the vineyanl.
nly a £ew copies were struck off befon· th error
was di cov red, and Lhis copy is supposed to be 011e
of Lill' two whieh were se11t to America.
Th\' ltev. Arlhur Browne was installed as rector
of this church in 173G al a salary of I 00 pounds
sterling. For seventy year Queen's Cltapel was attendcd by Lhe royal JTovernors and secretaries of the
Province of N. IL-among them were the Wcnt·wo1 ths and Atkin ·ons. In this church occurred one
of Lhe most talk d of weddings i11 colonial PortslllOUth, when , ir John Wentworth, last o[ the royal
governors, was wed to Frances Deering Atkinson,
just. Len days afler the death or her husband. In
18tG lire deslroy\'cl historic Queen's hapel. Fortun:1t <' I\' Qm•e11 Caroline's irifls were saved from th,•
f\;11nl•s," aiul niay hl• :<l'l'll lo this 11.ly hy lhoiw who
visil St. ,Joh11's Church. The corner slon • of lhc
pn•s<•nl was laid on SL. John's Day, Jun• 24th, 1807,
by the members or Uw l\lasonic J.odg-e.
· The mellow-toned bell which haniss i11 Lhc belfry
was liroughl from Louisburg in 1715 by Sir William
Pepperell. It. was somewhat damaged at the tim'
o( t,he lir , so was sent to Boston to be recast by
the famous Paul Rev re, who made it almost as good
as new. In St. John's churchyard may be seen the
(;ov<'rnor's tomb, in which th<• remains of Bennin ~
Wt•nlworlh and his noble family repose. Aldricl,
says in The Ol<l Town by the 'ca "One can scarcely
sel fool down in St. John's churchyard without
stepping on a governor."
'l'hcrc sloocl al th hea<l of Lind n Street at on
Li111e, almost in Lhe shadow o[ Ouecn's Chap 1, an
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HAPEL A D THE JAFFERY HO
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continued from back of map
aristocratic old mansion known as the Jaffcry hou c.
It was a two story and a half dormer windowed
affair with a climbing vine over t,he front door.
Georszc Jaffery 2nd, Treasurer of the Province, bu It
t.his house about 1730. At his death the house went
lo his son, George JalTery 3rd. This third Georg
bceame an ardent loyalist when the Revolution broke
out, having been a stoul support r of Lhe king while
!illini:-; the omec of Treasurer which had been handed
down lo him from his father. The house lalcr fell
Lo his nephew, George Jaffery ,J efferies of Hnslon,
on condition that the" nephew come to Portsmouth lo
live in Lhe old house, and abandon the name of Jefferies. A few years ago the house was torn down,
but a room of this fine old mansion has been pre,ervcd and can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts
in Bo ton, where it has been restored and furnished
as magnificently as it was in the days of Geo1·ge
Jaffcry, gentleman and Tory.
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In after years Jones told the makers of the little
silk tlag that he couldn't take it off the ship that
was sinking, so it was allowed to go down with the
men who had lived and di ed defending it.
The Ranger returned to Portsmouth Oct. 16, 1778,
in command of Thomas Simpson, who had served
as First Lieutenant under Jones. As the Revolution
advanced the Ranger saw more service, and was
captured by the British at Charleston, N. C., and
added to the British Navy. She was renamed the
"Halifax," and taken to · England. She · was last
heard of as being sold at Plymouth for 650 pounds
(about $3,200).
Watch for the next Beacon.
D. M. V.
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Portsmouth
a copy at
Shop. Also
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Montgomery's and McCarthy's ' Flower
Hoyt and Dow's.
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�JOHN PA
L JONES' HOUSE AND THE ItANGER
On Lhe corner of Slale and Middle SLreels slands
an aLLracLivc ~ambrel roofed house, the home of The
Portsmouth lJ istorical Soci •Ly. It has other names
Loo, among Lhem are: The Lord House, and The John
Paul Jones' House.
Some LinH' previous Lo Lhc Revolulion a pro:,perous
merchant, aplain Purcell, built this house. Various
dales have b •en given, so ii is only safe Lo say Lhal
some Lime between 1730 and 1758 this fine old house
was erected. In 1777 Caplain Purcell's widow conducted a boarding house here, and among her many
distinguished guests we find the young John Paul
Jones.
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress Resolved: Thai Lhe nag of Lhe United StateR be thirle<'n
slripes; allernale red and white; thaL Lhe union be
Lhirlcen Rlars, whiLP 011 a blue field, r •prc~enlin~ a
consLcllaLiun. IL a lso R('solv •d: Thal John l'aul
Jones be appoinled to command the Ranger. Paul
Jones is crediiecl to have said, "The nag and I are
twins, born the same hom·." At Portsmouth, LhP
Ranger wa5 waiting for Jones, having been launched
at the Continenlal shipyard at Badger's Island (Then
known as Langdon's Island) . She was built by Cap-·
Lain Tobais Lear, under the direction of Col. Joh n
Langtlo11, Lhcn Cunli11c11Lal Agt•nL.
For some Lime Jones was busy fitting ouL his ship
wilh supplies and a cr<'w. From Portsmouth and th~
su1-rou1aling- rommunilics o( Kiltery, Eliot am! Lhc
Berwicks, he recruited a gallant, high spirited group
of men, born to the sea and their fathers before
them. The Ranger sailed out of Portsmouth harbor,
November 1, 1777, bound for Brest, France, with the
dispatches of Burgoyne's surrender. Flynig in the
salt breeze was Jones' twin, the new American flag.
A gay silk affair it was, made by the young ladies
of Portsmouth, from pieces of their mothers' wedding
gowns. It was made at Helen Seavey's quilting par\,\·.
so the story goes. The Ranger was the first ship tc
fly the American flag, and the Portsmouth-made flag
received a salute from the French Fleet, just oIT the
coast of France, the first recognition the American
navy had had from a foreign country. When Jone»
was transferred to the Bon Homme Richard he took
the little nag with him. The Bon Homme Richard
was sunk in a Nav-al batlle off the coast of England.
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ln ufiet· years Jones told Lhe makers of the lilllc
silk Jlag that he couldn't Lake iL off the ship that
was sinking, so it was allowed to go down wilh the
men who had lived and died defonding it.
The Ranger 1:eiurned to Portsmouth OcL. l G, 1778,
in command of Thomas Simpson, who had served
as First Lieutenant under Jones. As the Revolution
advanced Lhe Rang-er saw more service, and was
captured b)' the Brili~h ai ltarleslon, N. C., anrl
added Lo Lite British Navy. She was renamed the
"Halifax," and taken to England . She was last
heard of as being sold al Plymouth for G50 pounds
(about $3,200).
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�THE BOYD-RA YNES HOU E
Situated on the corner of Raynes and Maplewood
Avenues, just this side of the North Mill Pond, is
found the Boyd-Raynes House; a long gambrel
roofed house with a long intriguing story. The house
was built in 1740 by Col. Nathaniel Meserve, owner
of the J\Ieserve hipyard, which was situated in the
rear of the house. Meserve built many ships here,
the most famou perhaps was the America, which
he built for the Royal Navy. A model of the America can be seen at the Athenaeum. Col. Meserve had
command of the New Hampshh-e forces in the C1·own
Point Expedition in 1756. Two years later he set
out with the 2nd Louisburg· Expedition and died of
the small J)OX while thus engaged. His house passed
into the hands of Peter Livius, an Englishman who
later became a staunch Tory. Mrs. Livius was the
<l11ught<'r of ,John Tuflon Mnson, one of the original
g-rn11Lt•<•R of llH' Rtnlt•R of l\111i11e and New llampRhire.
Livius later builL himself u grand mansion and the
Meserve house was sold lo Col. John Boyd, who made
<'XLf'nRiV<' repnir!'I and C'nlarged it. Boyd had a mag11ilicent garden and well kept grounds which were
enclosed by a white fence, on the posts of which
were carved Grenadier's heads. The townspeople
called the place "The While Village" because white
paint was an expensive article in those days.
The story o[ Boyd's wealth is worth r telling.
When Boyd was a young man he was employed in
Myrick's Ropewalks (situated near the present railrnad station). Myrick was getting to be an old man
and had acquired quite a handsome fortune which
he hoped to build himself a fine house with . The
cellar of the house had been dug, when it became
necessary for Myrick to go to London on business.
After his departure from here nothing more was
ever heard of him, rumor had it that he was lost at
sea which may or may not have been the case.
It was not long after that Myrick's foreman, Boyd,
became surpdsingly wealthy, almost over night so
Lo speak. It may be that Boyd knew of the gold
wh ich Myrick wns said to hnve hidden in the cellar
of the house he was building when he so suddenly
stepped out of the scene, at any rate it was the
popular theory, and would seem lo be a correct one.
The Boyd house was then owned by th Raynes
family, who re-established the ship yard and built
many famous vessels, among them was the ·websler
of 1,727 tons which was built in J 853 .
�.'lll WILLIAJ\I l'hPl'EllllELL. C'J\l'TOH OF
LOUISBlllt(;
The' year 17,15 l'ouncl l~ngbnd :rncl her eoloni<'s involve,! in anolher war wilh lilt' French and Iucli:rn , .
The French werr in possession of Louis\Jurg, lh
most powerful slronghold in America, situal cl at
the mouth of the St. Lawrence. From this mighty
forlress the French would swoop down upon lh~
New England fishing vessels and make way with lhe
crews and cargoes. New England was in din• '1i.;t ('CSS, and made preparalion fo1· an cxpcdilion lo lay
1<1Pge lo Louisburg. Jn t h1· summt•r of I 7•l!i the 1•w
Hampshire forces sai l ·1I from Porls111oulh harbor.
William Pcpperrcll of Killrry was lo have commatHI
of lhe enlire land -forces of lhe expedition, a :s isl(•d
hy William Vaughan ot' Porlsmoulh. , 1ew Ilampshire sent one regim nt and an armed sloop, ma1m<'d
hy a crew of hardy Yankee farmers and fisherm n.
Arriving al Louisburg the g-reat fortress was talwn
one night by a gallant \Jand of 1\Iaim• mt•n und<'r tlw
h•ad1,rship of Vm1gha11. 'l'he 1wxt mo1·ning lh1• c•11ti1·"
l'o1·,·t•>< or I It<' C:tpl' llrl'lon l~XIH'dilion Wl'l'l' in po:-s~:p:-s:-sio11 ol' Loui :-shuq~, llw <:ihrnllnr oi' i\11H•ri,·a. l•'or
this ltrilli:111l vidor~· h.ing (;<'orgt• 111ad<• Col. 111•11pcrn•ll a knight, the first Yankee lo rcct'ivc sul'l1 an
honor. When Peppt•nell went lo Englall(I the following· ,•ca r he was r<•,·rived bv the Loni Ma,•or nf
Lond011, who prescnlecl him ,viLh a lwaulii'11t' silvN
,.t•n·ice. The Lord l\layor presented him lo thP king,
who hrslowcd magnificent gifls upon him [or hif'
g-allantry at Louisburg.
Sir William Pl•ppl•l'l'Cll was born al lhr hlrs of
8honls in Hi!Hi. lk was lhr son of William Prppe1·1·t•ll :rnd l\1arg-t•ry Rrny. His l'alh,•r was t•nga1~r,(
in fishing and trading ancl became quill' prospcrou.,,
and built the fine old mansion benring his naml',
slill standing in lhe village at KilLery PoinL. Youn11:
William Peppenell was l,roughl up in his faLht•r's
bm:i1wss and \Jcnune a successful merehant, he was
ol'!Pn ealled "The Pi~rataway Trader." • omC'li111es
he had as many as 200 ships at sea at om' lime.
I [c- married Mary llirsl, daughter of a wealthy Boston m •rchanL. The' Pt•pp t•J'l't• lls livt•d afll'r lh1• :-slyll'
of the landed gentry ol' Old England. Sir William
had a magnificent honsr fill cl with rit:h paintings,
tapestries, :incl coslly plale. Ile krpl a ('OUC'h and
si.· whit<• horses, and iL was said he t•otild ride all
day in his roach and still be on his own lanrl:--.
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i\lORE OF
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WILLIA I PEl'PERRELL
.· ~fr William. Pepperrell_ was considered by far the
11c hest ma11 111 lhe Th1rt en Colonies. Accounls
show lhat he was worth 250,000 pounds Sterling or
nearly a _million dollars. His fortune was m1ade
Lhrough h!s extensive lrnde wiLh all countries of the
w~rlcl. 1I1s property included all the land from the
P1scataqua lo lhe Saco rivers and was called Pepper_rellsboro. Besides his splendid coach and six
wlul~ hors~s he kept a barge on the river, manned
by s ix Afncan slaves ~ho wore scarlet livery. In
lho~c days slavery was 111 vogue in the Norlh as well
as 111 Lhe Sou lh.
A1_1drew Peppenell, a son of Sir William and heir
~o h)s falher's gre_at estale, died when a young man
111 his early twenties. This was a great \Jlow to the
grand old s~ld_ier, Sir William. This properly wa1'
al~ l~f~ lo W1ll1am Peppe~Tell Sparhawk, a grand on,
p1 ?v.1d111g lhat he drop 111s surname and become jusl
W1lliam Pl'ppcnell. An inleresling teller follows,
qu~Lecl from n~-!'~vsler's Rambks, 2n<l Series. ll was
wl'lllrn by _W1ll1alll Pt•ppc1'l'C'll lo hi s London mer(·hanL orill·l'lng. :i lrou,;sca_u for his daughter, Eliza\Jclh, who 11rnn·1cd NaLha111cl Sparhawk in June, J 742.
Piscalaqua in New England.
Oclobe1· 14lh, 1741
Francis Wilks Esq; Sir; Your favors of ye lGlh
l\lay an~ 24.lh June last, I_ received by Captain Prince,
for which :im much obliged Lo you. lnclosed you
have a receipt for 4G ps. of gold, weighing twenty oz .
which will be delivered to you, I hope, by Capt.
Rob :rt Noble, of ye s hip America, which please lo
receive and er. t~ my account with; and send me by
ye first opporlumly, for this place or Boston, Silk lo
make ~ woman's full suit of clolhes, the ground Lo
be white paduroy and flowered with all sorls of
coul rs suitable for a young woman . . . another
!lf while watered Taby and Gold Lace for trimming
1l: Twelve yards of Green Paduroy; thirteen yards
of lace for a woman's head dress, 2 inches wide, as
ca_n be bought for 13s per yard; a handsome fan,
w1Lh lcalht•r mounting, as good as can \Jc boughl for
a\JouL 20 shillings ; 2 pairs of silk shoes and cloggs
a size uiggcr lhan ye shoe.
Your servant lo command.
William Peppenell
Watch for the next Beacon. D. M. V.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
THE OLD BELL TAVER
In the year 1743 was erected on
King Street (now Congress) on the
site of the new ·woolworth builuing,
an inn called "The Bell Tavern." .lt
was built by a prosperous merchant,
one Paul March by name. The
tavern was kept by John Greenleaf ,vho hung out his sign, The
Bell, painted in blue. In the years
just previous to the Revolution
this hostelry became famous as the
hanging out place for the Portsmouth Patriots, while a rival inn,
The Earl of Halifax, became the
r endezvous for the Tories. Brewster
says in the Rambles that over the
punch !Jowl at the Bell Tavern
many patriotic plans were laid. It
is easy to imagine the young and
cager patriots such as Tom Pickering, John Langdon and John Sullivan (not to mention many, many
others whose names have become
dimmed in the shuITTe of years, but
whose patriotic deeds were just as
shining as those whose names have
not yet become erased) burning the
midnight oil and devising the daring schemes by which the American Colonies might throw off the
Yoke which was becoming almost
unbearable.
Reports say that the Bell Tavern
"vas not a lovely piece of architectual workmanship, in fact it was
said to be most commonplace anu
very plain, but it served its purpose
and was considered a first class
hotel for many years. It had guests
of great fame as well as its rival
"The Earl of Halifax," including
the Marquis de Chasielleux, who
boarded here while the French
Fleet lay in our harbour in 1782.
The scs!iions o( the Probate Conrt
were lwld for many seasons in The
Bell Tavern. What a stirring atmosphere there must have been
about this old-time tavern! In 1852
it ceased being a public house and
was destroyed in 18G7 by fire.
THE TITUS SALTER HOUSE AT
THE SOUTH MILL DAJ\1
Just below the South Mill Dam
on Salter Street stands a fine old
yello':V house with a gambrel roof,
a relic of the bygone clays. This
house was built by Titus Salter, a
well-to-do merchant (all Portsmouth merchants seemed to be
well-to-do in those glowing days)
for his bride in 1745. How lucky
were the lovely brides in those days
to have had all those fine mansions
erected for them. The good mistresses of these fine old homes have
long since passed on to their Eternal rest, but their dwellings have
stayed on all these years for us
to admire and love, and to make
Portsmouth one of the most beautiful old towns in the world.
There were extensive grounds
]aid out about the Salter house;
m the rear were wharves which
were busy places in those days.
Just across the street is a miniature
gambrel roof house which Capt.
Salter built for his slaves. It was
not uncommon for wealthy Northerners to hold slaves in the days
before the Revolution. During the
war Capt. Salter played a patriotic
role. He had command of a company of men stationed on Washington Island (now Pierce) at a fort
called Fort Washington, whose
breastworks can be plainly seen
even today. In 1779 Capt. Salter
was given command of a Privateer,
the Hampden, which the State
bought from John Langdon, a ship
builder and merchant, and fitted out
for the patriot cause. With his
ship fiLted out and armed with
Portsmouth patriots Capt. Salter
joined forces with other New England privateers to resist the British
who were forever attacking our
seaport towns.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
THE A SEi\IBLY HOUSE
To the casual passerby who goes
up and down Vaughan Street, there
is nothing romantic or thrilling
about two very onlinary looking
houses which are situated on either
side of the entrance lo Railt.'c
ourt. Ah! but these twin houses
are relics of a brilliant past.. Onr.e
they were one hou e, the grand anrl
glorious Assembly House, the cent.e1· of amusement in the early clays
when Portsmouth was the oloninl
Capil:il o[ Lhi s Prov ii,cl',
The Assembly House was built by
Michael Whidden in 1750. Whidden
was th builder o[ many of the fine
old mansions in the Deer Street section, among them being the
l\Ies rv -W bster House and the
Peter Livius House, now a part !Jf
the Boston and Maine station, once
one of the show places of Portsmouth. The Assemblv House was
elabornlely proportioned, there were
three great parlors, a kitchen and a
hall which ran straight through the
house on the first floor. A large
room sixty by thirty feet occupied
the front of the econd floo1·, and
this was the Assembly Room. In
this r oom, with its sh inin g dune
floor and gilded mouldings gay
dancing parties were held; which
were attende<l by the Royal Governors ancl all the members of the
King's ouncil, to say nothing of
all the we>althy merchants of Portl!mouth and their ladies. One of the
most f •~Liv<• scene>s <•ver enacte>d
here was the great ball given to
George Washington whe>n he visited
hcrl'. In his diary ·washing-ton
wrote: " It wa!; one or Lhe Ii nest
balls I've ever alte>ndcd."
The Portsmouth Assemblies were
most exclu ·ivc, they were supportctl
by subscriplion . . 5.00 was the fee
for eight dances during the winte1·
}·.cason and one grand b2ll held on
\\'ashington's birthday. In later
years plays anti mus icales were
given at the A. sembly llouse, in
fact, dances were held here until
1 20 when Franklin Hall was buill.
Wentworth-Johnson Hou e
In the neighborhood of the Asrembly House is the W ntworth,Johnson House, at No. 121 Hanover
Street.
Col. Joshua Wentworth
was the grandson of Lt.-Gov. John
\V entworth, and was a staunch
patriot during the Revolution . He
received his title because or his
commission in the 1st . II. Regiment in 1776. Ile built this house
in 1770, and laid out a beautiful
gar<I n in front. Durin~ the war
Co l. \Vcntw orth wns Com111i~s.1rv
and Navy Agent. Ile was ahai ;1
member or the New ll:impshire
Senate in 1785, and was for several
years Representative to ongr egs.
The original paper on th~ park,\·
of this house remained her-? until
1887 when it was removed . The
Rev. Tobias Miller resided here
after the W cntworths moved to a
n w hous<' on Middle Street, built
where the Larkin house now sta•1ds.
Rev. Mr. 1\Iiller published the ".New
Hampshire Repository and Observer," the first of the religic,m;
weeklies published in the UP!tetl
States in 1 2 . Later Mr. Miller
became a partner of ;\lr. . \Y.
BrewRter in publishing the Portsmouth Journal, 1825-34.
"OLDE TRA~ BERY
BA KE"
A !\lap of Portsmouth, N. II.
Old Town by the Sea
An
/111 Dorothy l ' a1t11han and JI . G. l,,uidldt
The vogue today is an old print
above the fireplace or on the sidewalls.
This "Olde l\Iappe" may be had in
a twenty-four by thirty-six inch
Rize and two-color effect while a
limited edition is available.
Two clo11ars the copy at lhe better
shops or through The B aeon Publishing Compan)'
eventy-eight
ongrc s Street, Portsmouth, New
1Ia111p hire.
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TUE
no
OURABLE THEODORE ATKI SON
AND Ill HOUSE
to be used for bread for the poor
]low few of us as we pass down
o( t.h parish, and this cu stom is
ourt Slre •l, realize Lhal on t.hc
kept up lo this very day. His son
vacant Jots directly opposite the and wife having died years before
Thomai- Bailey Aldrich Memorial him, Atkinson left his property to
once slood one of the finest hous s
a relative in Dover by the name of
in Lhe whole Province of New George King, who was Lo take
Hampshire? In Lhis house resided the name or Atkinson when he bethe Honourable Theodore Alkinson, came heir to this g1·ea cstaL .
who owned about one-fiflh of Lhc
There is an interesling story told
Province. He was born in
w about Theodore Atkinson's silver
astlc in 16U7 and was Lhe son of
plaller or waiter as it wa called.
Theodore Alkinson, Senior. The On \,his wailer Mr. Atkinson kept a
ynt1111!:<'I' A Lkinson wai- a p;rndual
l'<'\"otd of many of hiR f1·iends. In
o( I larvanl, a colonl'l in lli\' First those days there wcr' no 11 wspaRegiment, Sheriff and Secretary of pers so he carved the names of 48
the Province. He filled many pub- of his friends upon th wailer.
lic ollic s and filled them well. In
Some of the names are as folthe year 1764 he was sent as a del- lows:
egate to lhe Congress at Albany.
1. Benjamin Plummer, May 8,
In 173•1 or thereabouts he buill
hi fine house and patterned it after 2. 1740-24.
John Rindge, Nov. 6, 1740--45.
the style of William Pepperrell's at
hrislopher Rymes, April 3,
Kittery 1 oint. It. was a magnifi- 3.
1741--41.
cent. dw<'lling i-ilualed on lhe cornt•1· of At.kinRon and ourl SLrN•ts, •I. Shadrick Walton, Oct. 3, 1741
[acing lhe soulh and m•crlooking
- 3.
Puddle Uock. There were spacious 5. ,Joshua Pierce, Feb. 7, 1742trouncls laid out in Cronl, occupy72 .
ing lhe spac, now used by The Earl
The complete list will be found
of Halifax TaYern and The Aldrich
in Lhe Rambles by Brewster, SecMemorial.
Theodore Atkinson was a man
om\ Series.
o( gr<'at weallh ancl influence . llc
had all th luxuries of his Lim .
'l'lwrc waR more silver in his lHmsc
OLDE TH ~ 1IlERY
Lhan i11 any olhc>r in Llw l'n1vince.
IL look the servants two clays Lo
BA KE"
polish it, when there was to b a
l a1> o( Porl mouth, 1 • • U.
n
dinn •r party, and tl1C'rC wer<' often
Old Tow n by the Sea
dinnc1· parties, for Mi·s. Atkinson
was Hannah Went.worth, (sister to
llu D01·ollt1J l' aut1ltan and JI. G. lltmdLctt
Lhe Royal Governor) and Theodore
The vogue today is an old print
Atkinson, :lnl, was married Lo above the fireplace or on the sideFrances Deering \Vent.worth, the walls.
This "Olde l\Iappe" may be had in
Governor's niece .
The Lown of Atkinson was named a twenty-four by thirty-six inch
size and two-color effect while a
for the Secrclary of the Province limiled edit.ion is available.
since he owned great tracts of land
Two dollars Lhe copy at the better
in LhaL vicinity. When Theodore shops 01· lhrough The Deacon Pub1ishing
ompany,
evenly-eight
Atkinson died in 177<:J, he left a
Conitrc>ss Street Portsmouth, New
legat·y lo • L. John's Church of
:r 1,000, Lhl' in~ome of whkh WI\S llamp>-hir .
...
.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
GOVERNOR WENTWORTH HOUSE
"H was a pleasant mansion an abode
I\ ear and yet hidden from the great high road
Sequestered among trees, a noble pile
Baronial and colonial in its style.
Doors opening into darkness unawares
Mysterious passages, and flights of stairs."
So sang- the American poet,
JIC'nryWadsworlh Lo11gl'ellow about
1 he Governor Wentworth mansion,
in his famous poem "Lady Wentworth" in the "Talcs of the Wayside Inn ." Down at the fool oI
Litile Harbor Road hidden away
from the pa sing throng, the grand
old ,veniworth mansion stands in
all its glory and basks in the
mellowed memories of yesterday.
ln 17[>0, Benning- \VC'ntworlh, then
g<•V<•rnor of (hi!; Royal l'rovi11<·<• of
N(•w llamp:-dtire, lrnilt this magnifirent home for himself and family.
He wa the son of Lt.-Governor
John Wentworth, and grandson of
Samuel Wentworth, the first of the
name in Portsmouth.
Benning
,ventworth's grandfather built and
re$idcd in the old WentworthVaughan house which slood, until
recently, on Manning Streel. That
was lhe oldest house within the
tily limits, having U<'l'll ('r<•cled in
1G70.
In 175!) lhc old governor found
himself a lonely widower, in his
rambling mansion oI 51 rooms and
rellars large enough Lo quarter a
troop of :30 horses in limes of
dangC'r. This house is famous for
(he Counci l Chamber, in which many
meetings of great importance lo
the Slate and Nation were held.
J u,;L off lhc Council ChambC'r arc
11mall rooms for cards and billiards,
where members of the King's Counc·il oflen lingered for games after
the affairs of State had been attended Lo. Many gay parlies were
held at lhis fine old house, aliended
by all lhe first families of Portsmouth. Every fall lhere was a
hunt held at Sagamore, before
whidt and ailer which the Govt'l'IHJr always entcrlained the huntsmcn in the most royal manner.
On Lhe occasion of the Governor's
sixtieth birthday a most elaborate
dinner party was given. As the
dinner progressed the Governor announced that his birthday was to
be his wedding clay as well. There
was great excitement in the hall
ancl LhC' guests were very much
f~ Urpris<•d to lc•arn Lhal Lhr bride
was Lo lie Jillie Marlha llillon, a
pretty liitle servant in the GoYernor's household. The Rev. Arthur
Browne, rector of Queen's Chapel,
was a bit reluctant about performing the ceremony, but the Governor became quite enraged and commanded the rector Lo go on with
the nuptials, and so, pretty Martha
Hilton, who had been made fun of
by Mistress Stavers for going barefool about lhe lown, uccame Lady
\Venlworlh o.f the Hall. She made
the Governor a good wife, and gave
him two children, who died in early
childhood. When Benning Wentworlh died his widow married Colonel Michael Wentworth, retired
from the British arn1y. They had
one chi ld , Martha Wentworth. The
colonel was very cxlravagant and
reek] ss. He squandered all of his
own money and most of his wife's
and when he came to die he said "I
have had my cake and eaten it."
Ancl so ends the romantic story of
Lady Wentworth. The Wentworth
mansion has long since passed out
of Lhc Wenlworlh family, and is
not opened lo the public.
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-----
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
TIIE l'ETElt LIVIUS HO
Down on Deer Street, in the rear
of the Boston and Maine Depot,
E,tand s th e Livius hou e, a blackened memory of the days gone by,
This house was built by l\Iichael
Whidden, and was the pride of
Portsmouth in the 1750's. The
house was well built and surrounded by fine grounds and gardens. It was pa in led white, and
was called "The While llouse" because white paint was a luxury in
those days, in fact, many houses
weren't painted at all.
In 1763 there arrived in Portsmouth, Peter Livius and his wife,
the former Miss Ann Mason, a
Portsmouth belle who had been sent
iibrnad lo be edul'atc•cl nncl h:HI met
tht• pro~perous J\lr. Livius nnd had
marl'ird him. Mr. Livius was born
in Lisbon, l'orlugal, in 17:l!). lle was
very well educated and very wellto-do . When he an-ived from England he had his coach with him,
also an extra pnir of wheels in case
the first pair wore out and he would
find difficulty in replacing them in
this new country. He resided at
first in the Boyd-Raynes house at
the North Mill Pond, and while
there he petitioned the town for
the right to dam up the pond and
l;uild a mill there.
The town
granted this request and Mr. Livius
in return built a bridge over the
pond which was to be used by the
townspeople. Later on he removed
to the ,vhidden house on Deer
:street, where he lived in great style
with three slaves lo wait upon him.
Anyone who could live in a painted
house, keep servants and own a
country estate on Lake Winnepernukee was considered a great man
in those days, and Mr. Livius filled
all these requirements. Governor
Wentworlh and many other in·omi11eni l'ortsmoulh men owned country hou ~es at Lake Winnepesaukee.
l'l'tcr Livius was also a member oI
the Ki11g-'s Council and .Justice ol'
the Court of ' 0111111 0 11 l'lca ~. ll
a r,pears that he and the Governor
E
were not on the friendliest of terms,
and when Mr. Livius was not reappointed to this latter office, he be·came very much enraged and set
out to make trouble for the Governor, who was already having all
the trouble he needed. (This was
just on the eve of the Revolution .)
Mr. Livius weni lo England and
made known the fact that Governor
Wentworth's Council was made up
oI his own family for the most 'p a,rt.
The Governor · was advised to dissolve this Council and form a new
one, which he did and which wa·s
made up entirely of members of his
wife's family. Livius ti·ied in every
way to be reappointed to his former position o( Justice but fate
st•emcd lo be ngainst him, for he
wns tinnily sent lo Quebec nnd
made Chief J usliC'c of the Courts
there. In the meantime his family
had been residing in Portsmouth.
In 1776 they were granted safe passage to Quebec, in return for the
release of Henry Dearborn, a New
Hampshire man who had been taken prisoner at the siege of Quebec.
Mr. Levius returned to England in
after years and died there at the
age of 69.
"OLDE STRAWBERY
BANKE"
A l\Iap of Porlsmouth, N . H .
Old Town by the Sea
An
lly Dorothy Vat1uhan and II. G. Rundlell
The vogue today is an old print
above the fireplace or on the sidewalls.
This "Olde Mappe" may be had in
a twenty-four by thirty-six inch
size and two-color effect while a
limited edition is available.
Two dollars the copy at the better
shops or through The Beacon PubI i!\h i ng- Company, Seventy-Pig-ht
Congress Sirccl, Porls mouih New
Hampshire.
'
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
THE REV. SA lUEL LANGDON HO SE
a member of the New Hampshire
One of the loveliest houses in
Convention which was called in
Portsmouth is the Rev. Samuel Concord in 1788 to ratify the FedLangdon house, the yellow gambrel eral Constitution. On the twentyroofed house just north of the Uni- first or June this assembly voted to
ve1·salist Church. It is now the accept the national constitution, a
parsonage of the South (Unita1·ian) most important act in the history
Church, and is occupied by the Rev . o{ our slnte and country, because
William Snlford JoncR.
eight of the United States of AmerSamuel Langdon w;is born in Bos- ica had already ratified this instruton, January 11, 1723, and gradu- ment of government and the sancated from Harvard in 1740. Ailer tion of only one more state was
his graduation he came to Ports- necessary and New Hampshire bemouth where he taught the gram- came that state, due to the untiring
mar school and tudied theology efforts of men like Rev. Samuel
in his spare time. He became as- Langdon, President John Langdon
sistant pastor of the North hurch and General John Sullivan.
and in 1745 went on the Louisburg
Expedition as chaplain of the New
Hampshire troops. Upon his return from the war he was made
"OLDE STRAWBERY
pastor of the church and built his
BANKE"
house on Pleasant Street. In 1638
the first Episcopal Church and parsonage occupied this site. In 1762 A Map of Portsmouth, N. H. An
the Reverend Mr. Langdon received
Old Town by the Sea
a degree of D. D. from the University of Aberdeen, and in the year
1734, thirty-four years after his
B11 Doroth11 Vauohan and H. G. Rundlett
graduation from Harvard he was
made president or that college. On
The vogue today is an old print
the eve or the Baltle of Bunker Hill
h o!Tcre<l a prnyer for the as- above the fireplnce or on the sidesembled American army on Cam- walls.
bridge Common. Mr. Langdon's
This "Olde Mappe" may be had in
ardent patriotism during the war a twenty-four by thirty-six inch
made it necessary for him to re- size and two-color effect while a
sign from the presidency in 1780, limited edit.ion is available.
because his actions were obnoxious
Two dollars the copy at the better
to the many Tory siudents who
were attending the college. From shops or through The Beacon Pub17 1-1797 he wa pastor of the lishing Company, Seventy-eight
Congress Street, Portsmouth, New
church at Hampton Falls, . H.
Reverend Samuel Langdon was Hampshire.
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HISTORIC PORTS IOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
THE OLD STATE HOUSE
LO\\ nspeople and entertained at
In 1758, the General Assembly, athesumptuous
banquet. Governor
which was Lhen the governing body John Wentworth soon manied his
of the Royal Provinc e of
cw cousin, l\lrs. Frances Atkinson just
Hampshire, passed a bill for the ten days a(ter her husband (Theoerection of a Stale House. A com- dore Atkinson, J1·.) had pas.eel
mittee o( Daniel "\Varn r, Henr~• away. The Governor and l\Irs.
Sherburne and Clement lllarch were Wentworth went to live in the fine
appointed by th Assembly to at- old mansion still standing on Pleastend to lhe building of Lliis edifice . ant Slreet and occupied by the
Th<' rcRult wa!'\ lhat a Lwo-slory
and ll hair \\'U(ldl'll lH1ildi11~ \VII~ \\'enlworlh Jlom<'.
111 177G lh Declaration oC Ind built on Lhc ledge of rol'.k, 1lir ,dly
in front of the orth hurch. The pcndence was read from the balbuilding was 30 by 80 (eel, having cony of the Council Chamber to t.he
one large 1·00111 on the ground floor, townspeople, by Sh riff John Parkand three rooms on the second, with er, and in the year 17 9, when
several small rooms on the third, Washington visited Portsmouth, on
or top floor, which were used for his tour of the northern state , the
lobbies. On the second floor the old State House was the scene of
rooms were divided in this manner; great festivities . President Washthe easterly room was the Council ington was met at the State line
,h:unhC'r, a vC'ry large and altrnc- by Prcsidrnl Sullivan, Senators
tive room, wilh a balcony ov<'rlook- John Langdon and Paine Wingate,
ing the square, or "Parade;" the Col. Parker, Marshal of this State
middle room ·wns occupied by the and other important officers, and
Jlou .·e of Representative!-, and the escorted by several troops of miliwesterly room was used for the tia lo Portsmouth, where he was
conducted to the St.ate House. He
Courts of Common Law .
addressed the people from the balThe old Slate Hou se was the cony and was then escorted to his
sc ne o( many stirring and palri- lodgings at Col. Brewster's tavern
oti<' affairR. Up to the time of ils (which stood on the cornet· of Court
('l'l'clion all the affairs of Stale had and Pleasant Streets, where the
been trnn!'\act<'d in lhe famous Elks' Home now st.ands).
Council 'hambl•r in the home of
Governor Benning Wentworth at . When ew Hampshire ratified t.he
Lillie Harbor.
om,t.itulion of the United States in
17 8, there was a great. celebration
In 1767, the new governor, John held in town, and in the evening
Wentworth, 11cph •w of Benning the State House was ablaze with
\Vt•nlworlh, anin' d in this town li~hls, and nin<' candles gleamed
at'll'I' \'l':trs ol' l'tlu,alion in Lon- in each window to siis11i[y New
don lo· lake up his 1ww dulil'!'\ as Hampshire's being the ninlh st.ale
ehie( magistrate of this province. to join the Union.
Ile• had landPd in 'hal'leslon, South
Carolina, and had journeyed north
Many years aft r, in 1836 to be
in a mos l r oyal mann r, as wa bexact, the old St.ate House was refi lt.ing to a Royal Governor in those moved by the order of the selectdays. Ile was met outside of Ports- men. A small port.ion is still standmouth by a military cavalcade and ing on Court Street, the wooden
escorted to the State House, where hous just b~low Atkinson Street,
the inhabitants· and officers of the on the north side of the street.
King's Council were waiting to welDorothy M. a:ughan.
come him . He was introduced to
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
PORTSMOUTH IN THE 1750'8
For why repeat the name o( every guest?"
The years 1750-1850 might be
In England a very festive spirit
.iu:- lly termed PORTSMOUTH'S
GOLDEN AGE. Those years were prevailed and life revolved m·ound
mos t certainly the most historic, the Court of King George II and
picturesque i1nd cv1entful in the Queen Caroline, .and Portsmouth
his lory of our town. More than was a miniature London and life rea hun<lrcd years had passed since volved about the Royal Governor
the first settlers had come to our and the King's Council.
shores and had settled at the mouth
In those days Portsmouth was
of Sagamore Creek: The pioneer not only a social center, but a lityears were over, and the Indian erary one as well. One of the printroubles were all a thing of the cipal institutions was Major Hale's
pm;t. The i11habila11Ls of Ports- Latin Grammar School. The Major
mouth (had they but known it) was; a Harvard graduate, and had
were laying the foundations of a commanded a company of New
grand old city. Comfortable homes Hampshire men at the siege of
had been built, schools and church- Louisburg in 1745. His school was
es were establi !-hcd, and ship situated on State Street, where the
building and trading were carried Salvation Army Home is now loon extensively here. The Ports- cated, and here all the sons of the
mouth merchants were becoming best families in town were sent to
wealthy princes of the mercantile be prepared for college; and it is
trade.
~aid that all of Major Hale's boys
C reat furlu11cH Wl'l't' nni:1s;;cd, were admiltcd to lhc schools of
elegant man~ions were ercdc1l and hig-hcr education to which they
ril'hly J'urnishcd as the rcsull o[ were sc11t. In 1750 a group of
Coreig11 trade. Our merchants ex- , prominent men banded together
porled lumber, fi sh and livestock and formed a Social Library, and
aiul imported rum, sugar, m<?lasses imported about 1000 books from
and coffee . . . Lo sny nothmg of London. This collection was despices, silks and curios from the i;troyed in the great fire of 1813. A
en1h, of the eiwth. A II the young hay market wilh scales for weighmen of Portsmouth followed the ing hay was established in 1755 on
~ca a s their sires had done bc[orc the outskirts of the town (as it
them; and now and then a well-to- was then termed), and so Haydo merchant would take a young Market Square got its name.
man into his counting office to learn
The year 1756 saw the opening
the trade, which was considered a of the first printing establishment
great opportunity for any young in this town. Daniel Fowle owned
man in those days.
the first press in New Hampshire
Portsmouth was one of the and on the 7th of October of that
wealthi est and aristocratic of all year he published the first copy of
the early colonial capitals. Gov- the New Hampshire Gazette, which
ernor llenning Wentworth was a is still being printed in this city
rich man and lived in great style and which is considered the very
in hi s handsome mansion at Little oldest newspaper in America. And
Harbor. He entertained all the so we find that as early as 1750
first families, whose names were Portsmouth was a town of great
mentioned in Longfellow's Lady possibilities which was destined to
Wentworth .. . .
become famous in the years to
.. II<.• hnd invit.t••I nil his friend~ nn<l )lC<"rScome in which an old form of
'l'lu."I l'cppcrrC'IIR, the Lnn~don s nnd the
LC'nri:. ,
government was torn down and a
Tlw 8J,nrhawkR, the Pt.•nha llo w;; and the
new one established.
rrNt.;
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By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan
IESEilVE, THE IIIPBUILDER
r athaniel Meserve was the son His wife died in 1747 and he marof 'lemenl l\leserve, J1·. He was ried widow Mary Jackson for his
born in Portsmouth in 1705. The second wife.
Two years later, in 1749, Colonel
family later 1·emoved to ewington.
Nathaniel and his falh r were car- Meserve was enga~ed Lo build for
p nLers or "joyners" as the old rec- the Royal ]'T::.·,7 a man-of-war carord s show. Nathaniel married l\Iiss ryinC!.' fnrty-fo ~c guns. This ship
.Jane Libbey of Portsmouth, wherP was named lhe "America," and was
he setliec.l down and engaged ii' launched in May of the same year.
,.hipbuilding. He became a master Lt ,~as ·ons idered the finest trigat,1
IJt1ihk1·, nnd i;oon owner of II large in the J~nglish avy. In 1755 the
~hipyurd situatt•d on the North 1"re11 ·h and English l,ec:amc enl\lill Poml. Having become wealthy gaged in another war, known as
he built a fme houi;e near the ship- thr Sev n Years War in Europe.
aturally the colonies were drawn
yanl, whi1'11 is still standing on
l{nyncs Avenue, and which is more into thi s conl<'st, and the English
often referred to as the Boyd- deported the French from Arcadia
us ing many ships from Meserve's
ltayncs house.
In 17<! 1 when the English and shipyard for their deportation.
French were fighting for a foot- Colonel Mc erve commanded a New
hold in 'anada, Governor Benning Hampshire regiment in the Crown
Wt•nlworlh commissioned athanicl Point Expedition, and in 1758 he
l\kserl'e (the shipbuilder) to re- t·ommand <'d a crew of one liundred
cruit troop~ for the expedition. and eight excellent ship carpenl\leserve was made a licutenanl- iet·s on the second Seigc of Louisl'Olonel in the New Hampshire burg, under the leadership of Genforces which were commanded by eral Amherst. An extract from
William Pepperrcll.
The New Amherst's diary is as follows:
Hampshire troops were transported "Col. Mes!>crvey and most ..,f his
lo Louisburg in ships from Me- carpenters are ill with the small
serve's shipyard. Colonel Meserve pox." This was dated June 23,
and his able er w of ship carpen- 1758. Colonel Meserve and his son
t ers dicl i;plenclid work al Louisburg ooth dird of that disease on June
consLrncling bridges, breastworks the 28th, and most of the carpent rs bcsidE'S, When the news of his
and barracks for the English forces death
reached Portsmouth the whole
(for the American colonists were
f. till a 1iart of the mother country Lown assumed an attitude of
in lho:;c clays) . Following the fall mourning; all festivities were set
of Louis burg Meserve returned to aside and the bells were tolled . . .
Port~mnulh and Lo his shipbuilding. T'ortsmouth mourned for its dead.
COLONEL NATll.\ NIEL
A SPLENDID XMAS GIFT!
"OLDE STRAJJ7IlERY HA 1F E''
A PICTURE MAP OF HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH, N. II.
/Jy Doroth11 Vauolian and Jfarold G. llundlctt
This "Olrle Ma7Jpe," in two-color effect, may be had in a
twenty-four by thirty-six inch size
On Sale al Monlgom ry's, 21 Pleasant Slreel, or
Dorothy Vaughan, 390 Slale Street
PlU E TWO DOLL HS
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HI TORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
THE EAllL OF Il LIFAX TAVERN
One of the most interesting old
inns of Portsmouth was the old
"Earl of Halifax" tavern which
stood on Stale Street, just west of
the Sandford House and nearly' o_pposile Washington Street. Over 1Ls
door hung:
.
"Thr portrnit of the F,~rl _or l!al 1fa~
111 s,·arleL l'OaL a11d 1a•nw1g ol flax.
J\11 la\'Cl'llS had their si"'11s i11
U1ose days :rn,1 this was the sign of
J\1asler John Slavers' hostelry. In
April J7Gl 1\lr. Slavers' brother,
Barlholome~v, advertised that "a
stage chair with two good horse:;
will be ready to start from Mr.
'tavers', innholder, at the Sign of
the Earl of Halifax, to operate between Portsmouth and Boston once
a week. IL was ('Ontrivcd Lo l'arry
fou1· passengers UC'sides the driver
and the fare wa · Lo be Lhirle n
f. hillings and s ixpence sterling per
person."
The establishment of this stage
line was of great importance since
it was the very first in thC' thirteen
colonies north of Boston. From the
fit·st it was successful and was
much used by the well-to-do merchants who wh;hed to transact business in Newburyport, Salem and
Boston. It was not long after that
Bartholomew Stavers advertised
that "a stage chaise will run, except in bad weather through the
winter. The fare was $3 .00." This
r, Lage chaise was able Lo carry five
pernons inst ad or four. This arrnng menL proved to be just as
,~uccessful as the first and the res ult was that "The Portsmouth
1"lving Stage" was soon in vogue,
wl;ich carried six persons (inside)
and left the Sign of The Earl of
Halifax every Tuesday morning.
It was from the doorway of this
tavern that Mistress Slavers hailed
the barefooted l\Iartha Hilton a·
:she passed by in the street :
"Oh larlha Hilton! Fie! how dare
you go
About the town half-dressed and
looking so!"
To which the young lady replied
that she would some day ride in
her own coach, and it was not .;;o
many years after that she became
the bride of Governor Wenlwortl1.
In lhe meantime John Slavers
became prosperous enough to ihink
of a new lnvern, nnd in 1'i7() he
moved lo a new hotel on the corner
of Court and Atkinson Streets,
where he hung out his well-known
r,ign. The new tavern became very
popular with Lhe Tories who gathered nightly to drink to the king.
While the tavern was becoming
more popular day by day, landlord
!.avers was becoming extremely unpopular with the Portsmouth palriots. One day a mob
gathered at the inn and started
Lo chop down the sign. Mr. Slavers, taking a liberal supply of gold
with him, hastened to leave the
scene. Leaving his stable on a small
black mare he rode for his very
li[e, being hotly pursued by the enraged patriots.
He escaped to
Gr enland, where he stayed for
some time in hiding. Finally he
took the oath of allegiance and was
allowed to return to town and to
his badly ,necked tavern.
To
zhow how patriotic he had become
he changed the name of his t~ve1·n
Lo "The William Pitt." Pitt bemg a
vc1·y loyal friend lo the colonies.
Many honorable and distinguished
,g-uests were entertained by Master
... la\·ers, among them were: George
Washington, Elbridge Gerry, Joh_n
Hancock
Lafayette and Louts
Phillipp; (afterwards King of
France) and his brothers.
The lavern is still standing at the
corner of Court and At.kinson
Streets and is in a ralher sad slale
of repair, but alt.hough ils t!mbe1·s
rot and fall away its memories are
very much alive.
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IIISTOIUC PORT!'.Sl\f OUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
.'IIH. GEORGE l\lE ERVl~. STAl\lP l\1A TER
In the year 1765 the English
parliament passed an act known as
lhc Stamp Acl, which imposed a
duly on all documents, parchment
and papt•r used by I.he American
colonies. All unstamped paper was
considerrd null and void.
Mr.
G orgc l\kscrvr, a Portsmouth merchant, who happrncd to be in England al lhe lime was appointed
Slulllp l\lusl!'r for thiH l'rovincr.
l•:urlr in S(•ptemhcr Mr. l\kscrvc
arrived in Bosto n.
omc of hi:friends met him al the ship and
advised him lo resign his commiss ion before stepp ing foot on American soil. The newly appointed
Stamp Mast.er r ealiz d only loo
wrll that. if he valued his health
and hnppiness I.hat this was Lhe
thing lo do, and forfeited his commi i-:s ion then and lhcrc.
The American colonies were not.
al all pleased with the Stamp Act,
or it!; insti gators, or King George
for lhal mntlcr. When the people
of Portsmouth heard that Mr. Me~crv had bcrn appointed to enforce
the act in this town, they were in
an uproar. Tlwy hacl lParnrd of
his arrival in Boston, but the 1·cporl had omillrcl the fact. thal he
had rrsigncd his unwelcome commi ssion. l'a trio lie dcmonslrnlions
were now in order. Effigies of Mr.
l\1rserve, Lord Dute (a member of
Parliament who had favored the
act tremendously) and the devil
were hung in lhe hay market (now
]lay Market Square) and in the
<'Vening paraded through town and
burnt.
When Meserve arrived in town
h was met by a mob, and the poor
man wa s obliged to resign all over
again, just to pacify them. The
day that had been set for the Stamp
Act to go into effect was NovemU<'r 1, l 7li5. On October 30th the
Ports mouth Gazette appeared with
a black border, signifying mourning, and the editor had inserted a
note to lhe people explaining that
because he would not submit to the
unjus t tax he could not publish his
paper any long r. November the
first, the ill-fated day, was issued
in by the tolling of the church bells.
The flags were all at half mast, and
!!igns of mourning were very evident. J n the a(lernoon a funeral
procession moved from the Parade
to I.he cemetery, the spirit of Liberty was being carried to the grave.
Just as the coffm was about to be
lowered, an idea was circulated that.
Liberty was not dead, but very
much alive, and so . . . the Stamp
Act was buried instead, and the
day of mourning was over.
Some months later when Mr. Mesc rve's official commission was sent
to Portsmouth it caused a great
commotion in town. Another mob
gathered al Mr. Meserve's house
(still standing on the northeast
corner of Vaughan Street, at the
,iunction of School) and demanded
the commission. Mr. Meserve sent
for lhe Chief Juslice of the Province for 11rotcct.ion, and finally look
oalh before the people that he
would have nothing to do with the
commission or the St.amp Act. This
pleased the populace, and they took
the
commission
and
marched
through town with it, arriving at
last at the swing bridge where a
flag wat raised bearing this inscription "Liberty, Property, and No
St.amp." Mr. Meserve's commission
was later returned to England,
from whence it came. And now
you may think this was all there
was to the Stamp Act in Portsmouth, but there was more . . .
and it will be told in next month's
Beacon.
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HI TOIUC PORTS1\10 UTII
Ily Dorothy M. Vaughan
· THE REPEAL OF THE STA1'1P ACT
The Slamp Acl which had been Lccause of a windmill which Mr.
so slr nuously objected lo by the John Pray erected there in 1700.)
When the festivities of this great
American olonics, New Hampshire
included, was repealed by the Brit- day had worn off the Lown selllcd
i h Parliament in March 1766. It down once more lo its regular rouhad been in effect, as it w re, for tine . . . ship building and trade.
The
cw England Colonies had
the JlllSt five month:. Governor
Tknning WC'nlworlh had n•c·C'ivcd 1·an il'<l on trade continuously wilh
dit:palt'h(•s rro111 (;t•n<'r:tl Conway, Llw \Vc•sl l1ulics in spil<' of lhe (net
one ol' his 1\111jt•sly's JJl'indpal Sc·.:- lh:tl Lhis had bt• •n forbidden by the
rL•Laril•s or Slalt• prm·laiming the Navigation acls of J?aO, which
g-lad tidings. Th<• ll<'WS was re- slalNI lhat. t.he colonisls should
ceived in l'orlsmoulh on April L,Jlh, lrade wilh Eng-land alone. Uut
and a day was immediately set England was some distance away
aside ror c lebraling the event. and the We. t Indies were comclcbralions wprc quite lhe proper paratively near and ofTered luxthing in l'orl!-m1oulh in the eigh- uries such as coffee, :ugar, spice,
lcl'nlh l't'nlury and a good account. , um and molasses. The New Engot' lhi,- 011(• has lwrn hamil'd down land traders sent down ships laden
lo us in Adam's Annals. Thal at·- "ilh masts, spars, lumber and fish
and brought back rich cargoes . . .
<:uunl is son,cwhal as rollows:
AL lhc first sig-ns of dawn on and incid nlally made their fortunes. The royal governors ap!\lay lhe 2~nd, lhc day set aparl,
Lhe church bells began to ring and parenlly kept their eyes closed to
lhis l1acle and enjoyed the pleasures
conlinued lo ring throughout Lh
day. Thr rising sun was greeted which were derived from it.
About t.his time our friend, Mr.
with a discharge of cannon . II,
Meserve,
the cx-Slamp Mast.er,
promisC'd Lo be a gala day, and it
was. Ilalieries were set up at va- feeling that he had been misused
rious points about town; one was at by his friends and especially the
LibN·ly Bridgl' and was dedicated Sons of Lib rty (who were becomlo his l\lajc Ly; another was on ing active as early as 1766) petihmch Hill (the rise of ground on tioned the General Assembly for
1·edr ss of his wrongs. He pointed
('haprl S~·eei where St. John's
'hmch is) and Lhal one was in oul thal he had been "shamefully
honour or l\Ir. Pill; while a third and scandously insulted" because
was on llw Lown wharf. The ships he had been appoint cl Lo distr ibute
in lhc• harhor wor(' Lhcir colors, nml f'.l.:unps in t.his eolony. Jlis pclilion
shops anti houses in lhc tu,\ 11 wc•rc was rC'ad and referred lo a comalso decoral •d. At noon, by order mittee made up of bolh houses,
of lhc governor, a royal salute was which reported "t.hat "t.hey find no
fired from aslle William and Mary damage don to the body or estate
in honor of t.he king. In the after- of Mr. Meserve," and the case was
noon lhcrP was a parade and in the dismissed. This was rather a blow
evening fireworks . . . to say noth- to l\Ir. Meserve, bul he recovered
ing of a bonfire on Windmill hill! from it and later became Collector
o( this Port. Just before the Rev(Windmill hill as it. was called for
years is none olh<'r than lhc one on olution he removed to Boston where
talc Street near the Whipple no doubt he found conditions more
chool, and it rec ived ils name favorable.
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lll TOJUC PORT .. MOUTH
lly Dorolhy M. Yaughan
TllE LA T ROYAL GO ERNOR JOIIi WE 'TWORTII
n Augusl ll, l 7<iG, his majcsly rival in this colony he was met at
Gcorg-c lll , commissioned John Lhe slate line by members of Lhe
W •nlworlh lo succ cd his unclc>, King's ouncil and a committee of
Bl•1111ing, as governor of Lhc> royal Lhe Gc>neral Assembly. AL the h ad
provint·c of i l'W Hampshire in cw or King's slreet (Islington) the
England. This was Lhe last royal militia met him and he was escommission issued lo a governor of corted to the Stale House. His commis:-ion was publicly read by Lhe
Lhis Late.
High Sh riff, and the governor and
Benning Wentworth had served members of he ouncil were sworn
his l·ing and counlry well and was into ofTice. A public dinner folnow getling on in yc>ars and affairs lowed, and John WcnLworth was
of slate hung heavily upon him, al- w komcd honw l,y hi· fdemL, and
though he would m•v •r admil il. rt>lalivcs. There being th) Pro vince
R pot ls were reaching his majcs- House
in Portsmouth, th<.. new govLy'1-< t•ars l hat things Wl'l'C' nol going
was installed in a \'Cry lovely
so ,,·,•II in t•w llanl\ishirc and he l'l'llOI'
il'll that something musl be done. mansion thal had jusl been l·uilL,
lhe Assembly iiad hiled for
At the Limo handsome ,John Went- which
liim. The house was the Mark
worth, son of Ilenning's brolher Wcntworlh
mansion, slill standing
Mark, was rc•siding in London, a('lon Plcasanl :stn•C'l, and known Lo
in;.:- as ai:<•111 for th" provin<·<•. II<• all of u:; as Tlw Wenlworlh ]lom<'.
h:td graduated from I larvanl i..
1·rnsr. lhe i-ln• L from lhe hou:-c
l'ir,r,, in th<' s:lllw <"l:t:ss as .John \\':t>'
t lw govt•rnnr':; !<Lahlrs whl'l'I'
/\d:1111s ol' i\1:issarhnsdls. W1•11twurt h had made many good fril•nds were housed his 1G Lhoroughbrcd
in England including Lhc> Marquis horse:-, some of which he had
brought from England, and other.
of Rockingham, Duke of Graflon which had bern gifl Lo him in the
and the Earls of 'tralford and
Hillsborough.
When il becanw Southern states. exl to his horses
known Lhat Lhc ki11g meant Lo ap- he prized his carriages, of which
point a new magislralc .for
cw there were many, ranging from a
coach to a two whe led
!Iampshin:.•, Lhcse noblemen were magnificent
anxious Lo sec thc>ir young fri nd wlkey, which he had made Lo order
Philadelphia. It was beautifully
havt• the oflicc and it was through in
mad<'
and painled with the Wentthl•ir efforls that he received Lhc
apoinlment.
John Wenlworlh worth crest.
In September th General Asdidn't forget Lhe kindne. ses of these
me.n and upon his arrival in
ew f:embly voled to pay the governor
Hampshire he laid out com1Lies in 700 pounds yearly and his hour.c
thc> slate and namc>d them after rrnt. Ile received 400 pounds yearly as Surveyor of the V.'oods and
Lhc>se fril'nds in England.
l,ing Grorg<• was particularly hi:- other revenue brought him in
:-Limalcd lo have Ul' 11
plt•,u;ed with Wcnlworlh and be- an amounl
pounds sterling or about SG,slowed anolh r ofTir \tpon him; 1,200
000 . . . a princely su m for 17G7.
that of Surveyor of the King's B autiful furnishings wc>re :-enl up
Wood~ (this commission gave him from Boston, and hangings all(I
juri~·.dil'lion of all thr forests of Llw
Lnlire lhirleen colonies.) Wenl- wall papers were imporlctl from
overnor Wentworlh was
worlh arrived in South
aroli11a London.
,•nd l'amc north, visiting em·h col- used Lo greal style and ceremony
ony and was royally welcomed and introduced the latest fashions
whrrcvcr he slopped.
pon his ar- inlo the capitol o( ew Hampshire.
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----------------Ill TOlU C l'ORTSl\'lOUTII
By Dorothy l\L Vaughan
T H E <:ov1m:-io1t'S no 1A CE
died and Theodore Atkinson ha<l
Long before John We11two1·th
wooed and won the changeable
went Lo England he had uclmired lady who was just seventeen . The
his lo,·ely cousin, Frances Deering young Atkinsons made their home
Wen I.worth, daughter of a weall.hy
at the fme old Atkinson mansion on
Boston ml'rchant, who was a fi·<',ourl StrcC't. (It stood just, about
q111•nl \'i~ilor in l'ortsmoulh al UI('
upposit1• whc•n• the Aldrich Mc•home 11r h1•r u1wll- al 1.illk llarmorinl is today.)
Aft •r a few
hor. l!c1111i11g- \VcnlworLh and his years young Theodore was upwifl' <•11l1•1·l:1ined l;wi~hly, all(I
point,•d 8<•rrl'I ar)', Lht• ofiit'e his
art1•1· the rashiu11 ot' ni:•1-ri1· l•~11i~- fathl'r had held for years befon•
la11tl. J,:ycry fall there was thc :111- him. When John Wentworth renua\ dN'r hunt, which was atturned to ew Hampshire, he came
tcmll-d by all the gentry of Porls- as UH' newly appointed v;overnor,
1\lOUlh and vitinilv. Sir \Villiam and lived on l'leasanl, Street not,
Pl'ppe!Tcll and his lady from so far away from the Alkinsons.
arrui,s the harbor wN·c often prl'S- Ile was a frequent guest. at th ir
l'nt al llw 111e1-r~•-m:1king. Thl' home, isornetimes he came t.o dishu11l wa,; always followed by a hall t•ui;s affairs o( slate and then
at the governor's mansion. l\1i,;:, again it was just a friendly call
Fram:,:,; wa~ ,·cry much sought aftupon his cousin Theodore, who wa:c;
er by all the young bucks of Pot· s- dying of tuberculosis, and his wife
mouth, het· mo L ardent admirers
Frances, who had grown lovelier
being her three cousins, nanwly:
in the seven years .
.John, the governor's son who died
On October 28, 1769, t,he S erewhile yet n young man; Theoclon! Lary died in his thirty-third year,
Atkinson, Jr., son of the SecrP.tary leaving an attractive widow and
of the Province; and John, whose no childr n. lle was buried from
father was Mark Hunking Went- Queen's Chapel three days later.
worth ( the governor's brother)
The governor had proclaimed a day
who was destined to succcl'd his of mourning; minute guns were
uncle as next governor of
cw fired :from Castle \Villiam and and
Mary, and the shipping in the harllamp:hirc.
Frant·es Deering Wentworth be- bor displayed signs o[ mourning.
sides being a very charming young
Rev. Arthur Browne conducted th'
m i~s (she has been said to have
funeral service, and Theodore Atht'l'n 011<• of the most beautiful
kinson was laicl al rest in lhe famwonw11 in A 111crin1) was most tt•111ily tomb. J ui;t ten days •l;qisell
pt•ramenlal an<l stubborn .
Sh<' between the funeral and the go,·p\ayNl rel'klessly with lhe hcarls crnor's wedding.
The At,kinson
oC her cousins.
Sometimes sh
carriage <lashed up lo Queen's
thought it was John, son of Ben- Chapel with Frances Atkinson
ning, lhat she loved; and t,h n
beautifully gowned in while salin
ag-ain she was sure it, was the and spangled slippers. Only a litothl'r ,John; und at, times Theodore tle more than a week had passed
was the favored one. Mark's son, since she had buried her husband,
Joh11, was intelligent and hand- and today she was to become the
some and recently graduated from
governor's bride! The v;overnor,
llarvard. France~ rather fancied
richly clad in a while silk t'oal :incl
him, but when the business o[
velvet. breeches waited al lhe
Ag nt for the colony Look him to chapel for his bride, and Rev. ArEngland she had been undcddrd thur Browne performed the cereand he had gone without her. Dur- mony.
ing his absence the other John had
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lll TOlUC PORT
lOUTH
By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan
GEt 1 • J01 ATll N l\ lO ULTO
OF IIAl\UYfO
TOWN
careful ever after when he made
Over in llampton many years a small grant of land!
ago when Benning- \Vt•nlworlh was
But now there is another slory
gon•i-nor of lhi1- slate to be exact,
lo tell of General Moulton, and
thcl'I' lived a tllnn by lhe name of
that was about Lhe way he sol d
.)011:1t!1;111 i\tnullnn. li e wal< an old
hii; soul Lo Lhr devil. Ile becam
l11d1a11 liKhll'l" and l':lllll' ha!'I, frn11
so pros \H'l'OU >: that lw llllill a lwauI Ill' l•'rl'lll'h and l 11di:u1 w:u·s 1·ovt•n•d
lil'ul mansion for him st' lr in J 7G!1
with Klory a\Hl lht• rank of g<•ncral.
which was called Hampton Hou se,
lh· wa~ a \'<'l'Y shn•w,\ and gre<'dY
and is standing loday in a perfrd
m:1n as\\"(' :-hnll :-;0011 l<!'l', he• wa11L1·d
slalc of preservation, on the right
po\'"t'l" :1ml mont•y more Lhan a g-ood
hnnd side of lhe Lafay tte Road
11.11:H' e\·idt•nlly. 1ll- mannged lo
just this side of Hampton marshes.
m·quin• rich<'!; . . . bul not l•nough
One night as Moulton was siLling
lo , :,Lisfv him . . . and lll' di,! ac- heforr hi s open fire Lhc devil apqu · 1·,• s,;,nt• \Hl\\'t'\', hut :das ! ht•
jl<',Hecl I.Jet'on' him and offered him
,·01dcl l'(l\11111:llld 011\v \Ill' ill \\ ill or
all the gold hr could wish Jor if he
hi:i \ownSIH'"Pl"- c·l11,· of his 111n!'l
w1,ud st'II hi s l-\ou l and all his
parlit·ul:ir rrit•1uls and no11il'S was l'hances of entering hca\·en. l\1oullknning Wcnlworlh of l'ortsLon agreed and the devil promised
moulh, and one clay Ge11l'ral l\IoulL bring him a boot full of gold
lon havinir an axe lo grind drove every night.
'ow the general had
l \·er lo Lilli• Harbor a fotlccl ox
tricked the governor so he enterwi1i(·h he had b~en nourishing
tained no fears about double c1•oi;slellllrrly until it weighell over 1100
i11g satan, so he had the yi!lage
pouml:s. Thi1- gr<'nl ox he had clec- C'Obbler make an enormous boot
l>ralcd after Lht• oh! Roman custom
and satan came manv times and
wilh ctnisv l'hnins ancl ribhon1- and filled it, but this was· not enough
war. meai'1L ror a gifl lo Bennin~
for the Yankee Faust, as he i~
\Venlworlh.
Thr governor was 1·allcd in the booki; of l'W EnglamL ., , k.
g-ctlinrr old and a bit chihlish nnd
legends, so he cut oul lhe soul 'of
wai; pc1·fcclly cl lighted with the
the boot, and salan poured bushel;:
rarrifidal ox; in fact he was i;o and bushels of coins into the boot
plcasC'd lhnl he olfC'recl l\ioulton
and couldn't seem to fill il . . .
anything his heart de1-ired . This
and finally he discovered the tricl,
wai; the chancr lhe gencr,11 harl
and Lhnt night he look away all
hl•t•n hopinK for, so h<' said very
the golcl he had evt•r given General
no1H·h:rnlly \\ml lw would11't think
J\loullon and never olll't' l'.lllll' bat·k.
of laking anything unlt•i-;s it wa .;
Jonathan Moullon used lo wander
a small portion or land up in the
about his house night after night
mountains. This !'eemed !<t1l'11 a
looking for hi s gold and when he
:small requt•st that the go\' ,rno r
died people claimed lhal he came
granted it immediately; and disback and looked for il . . . . and
t'O\'Crt'd lo his amazement lhal the
for years Hampton house was
.· mall grant he had given Lo hi s
called The Haunted IIouse and nofriend consisted of l!l,.122 acres of
body dared live in it, but apparrNlilt• land iu the While Mounlains
ently ils 1n·esenl owners aren'l
in the vil'inity of J\,loullonhoro.
afraid
of
Jonathan
l\Ioullon'l<
al urally th, governor was dumghost, for they have restored ii and
founclcd lo think that l\loullon
made it into one of the show
should play such a trick upon an
1•laces of Hamplon .
old friend, and very likely he was
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HISTORIC PORTS IOUTII
By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan
TOBI.\ LEAR OF PORTS 10 TH
Portsmouth is so rich in spots of graduation became private secrehistoric interest that it is hard lo tary to Washington and also a tusay just which is the most. Ilow- tor to the adopted children or ihe
ever, in this year of Hl32, when the household. For sixteen years, unnation is observing the bicenten- ti l the President's death, he was
11i11l Yl'llr of th<' hirlh nf Geor~<' wilh Lil<' family. He was married
\\111:-;hi11~lu11, il hla11d:, lo n•asoll Lhrct• tin1t•s, lir~l to Miss Mary
that, Uw birlhplacc or 'J'ohias Lear, Long of Portsmouth; his sccontl
privale s<'n<•lary lo Lhc f"lrsl T'rt'si- bride was Mrs. Frances Custis
denl, will be visill•tl by all palriolie Washington, and at her death he
Americans passint; through Porls- married Frances Dahbridge llenley,
rnouih. This fine old house is l\lartha ,vashinglon's niece.
When Washington came to Portsnestled away at Lhe south end on
the corner of llunking and Me- mouth in 1789 on his presidential
drnnic Streets (just around Lhe cor- tour or the states, he was accomnm· from the W cniworlh-Garclner panied by his two secreLaries, Tohouse). It is not known just when bias Lear and William Jackson,
lht• house was buill, but Tobias who rode inlo Lown in the presiLear the 5th, who was destined lo dentia l coach, while Lhe Father or
become a national figure, was born his Country rnde upon ·his favorite
hete in 17GO. Capt. Tobias Lear white horse. During his stay in
the President paid a
was a ship builder of some note, and Portsmouth
a cousin of John Langdon, Porls- visit to Mrs. Lear, his secretary's
moulh patriot, and afterwards mother, al her home on Hunking
Governor of New Hampshire. He Sire t, and was entertained in Lhe
marriecl on December 2!), 1767, Miss southwest parlor. Here he was inMary Stillman of Portsmouth and troduced to the members of the
by this marriage there were two Lear and Storer families, and he
children, Tobias (ulh) and Mnry, held the l ittle Storer baby on hi<;
who became Mrs. Samuel Storer. lap and said he hoped he would be
Capt. Lear was employed by John a better man than his namesake.
Langclon, Continental A~ent, to The Storer baby had been namecl
superintend the building of the George Washington Storer, and
sloop of wa1· Ranger, which was later became Admiral Storer.
After the death of Washington,
builL on Langdon'g Island (Badgt'r'!I). He also huilt lhC' privalc•ly Tobias Lear received an appointarnl<'d ship Portsmouth, and thr ment as Consul al St. · Domingo,
and in 1804 another Lo be 'onsul
J\ merica of seve11ty-four g-uns. l,
l 781 he diecl and was buried in the at Tripoli. Ile died on October 10,
1816, aged 66, . and was buried in
Poinl of Graves emeterv.
Tobias Lear, his son. ·was edu- the Congressional Cemetery in
cated al Cambridge and upon his Washington, D. C.
"OLDE STUAWBEUY BA KE"
A 1lI TOlllC PI T RE l\lAP OF PORT lO TH, N. IL
By Dorothy Vaughan and U. G. Rundl e tt
The Yogue today is an old print limited edition is avai lable.
T h se desired maps may be obabove the fireplace or on the sidetained at H . P. Montgomery's l\Iu)Valls.
This "Olde l\1appe" may be had in sic and Art tore, 21 Pleasant St.,
a. twenty-four by thirty-six inch or through Miss Dorothy Vaughan,
size and two-color effect while a 390 State L, Portsmouth, N. H.
�23
Ill 'TOIUC POUT
IOUTII
By Dorothy l\I. Vaughan
THAT LOYALIST, PETER LIVIlJS
"Mr. Livius was a gentleman of
foreign descent., liberal education
ancl handsonH' Iorlune," is the description Adam's Annals gives u(
Pet.er Livius, the Loyalist. Peter
Livius w:rn born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 17:l!l; his [at.her was a
Prussian and his mother was o[
lri Rh cl<'scenl. I[(' at.tended schools
and roll<'ge in England, and while
there became acquainted with and
married l\liss Anna Elizabeth
l\lason, daughter o( John Tuflon
Mason of Portsmouth, who was living th re al Lhe Lime. When l\Ir.
Livius and his bride arrivrd in the
,·011111 i:il <·:qiil nl t lwy ('l'(•alPd quill'
a sli1· hy bri11~i11g wil h l.h('lll 011 Ll11•
:same ship a very bcauliful coach,
and an exlra pair of wheels. The
reason for lhe second pair o[ wheels
was brcause J\Jr. Livius had never
been lo New England before and
was und er I.he impression that. the
place was still inhabited with Indians who probably couldn't mak
him another pair of wheels in case
lhe firnt pair wore out. l\fr. and
Mrs. Livius arrived here in 1762
and look up residrnce in a fine
house on Deer tr et, which had
been built about. t n years before
by Michael Whidden. This house
was called the "While House" because it was painted white, and
while paint was vrry scarce in
I.hose days. It had braut.iful gardens with walks made of colored
pebbles brought from some forei,tn
shore. (The Livius house is still
standing on its original site on
Deer Street, now a part of I.he
Boston and Maine depot. It is
anything but lhe lovely house it
was in 1775.)
Pet.er Livius was a member of
the king's council and hie[ Justice of the ourt of ommon Pleas
under Governor Benning \Ventworlh but when John Wentworth
became governor he removed Mr.
Livius from the office of Chief
Justice which made I.he gentleman
very angry, and he determined lo
cause the governor's downfall. Ile
made a specia l trip lo England and
laid hi~ ('Olllplainl before Lhe
Loni ~ of Trndt•, 11nd ht•l':tll~(• of llii!I
he received the name of "Livius
the troublemaker." Strange as it
may seem, he very nearly succreded in cauc;ing John Wentworth
lo be removed from office, but the
governor had a very staunch friend
in the Marquis of Rockingham and
I.hereby was able to keep his offices
of Governor of New Hampshire
and Surveyor of the King's Woods
unlil I.he Revolution broke out. The
Lords of Trade gave Livius an office o( Chief Justice of Canada and
he left England and look up his
residence in Quebec. His family
joined him afterwards and his Lown
house, and country estate on Lake
Winn pesaukee were confiscated
along with property of olher
prominent Tories in the State of
New Hampshire.
"01,DE STRAWBERY BA
. 1l.
A l1ISTOIU 'l'ICT tm i\1/\1' OF l'Olt'I'
By Dorothy \' au~h:m and II. G. ltundlelt
'l'lw vol-(\IC today is an old prinl limite<I rclilion is availablr.
Tht•se desired maps may be obahovc the fireplace or on Lhe sidetained al II. P. Monlgom ry's Mu,,·nlls.
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HISTORIC PORTS:(VIOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
PORTSM OUTH TEA PA RTY
Probably the most famous tea
party in history was the one held
in Boston, but there were other ;
tea pal~ies, in fact almost every ,;
sea-port' Cdwn had some sort of a
demonstration when the East India
Company landed some tea in their
midst, subject to tax! In 1773, on
December 1G to be exact, a town
mecLing was held in the North
Church in this town to decide what
was to be done about the tax on tea.
lt was rcsol ved; that the measures
of the .British ministry were unjust; that every public spirited
freeman should oppose this act;
that in case any tea was brought
io this port it should not be landed
or sold; that anyone helping, directly or indirectly to import this
tea should be cons idered an enemy;
and fina ll y that the proceedings of
this meeting should be published
and sent to every town in the
province.
On the first day of July, 1774,
the Portsmouth Gazette published
the following information . "On
June 25th arrived here, Captain ,
Brown in a mast ship, in eight
weeks from London, and unluckily
for this town there were on board
twenty-seven chests of that pernicious,
destructive, commodity
called TEA, which for a long time
has and still keeps t he whole con tinent in a ferment. " These chests
of tea were consigned to a Portsmouth merchant by the name of
Edward Parr y, who resided in a
fine old mans ion whit:h stood ·o n
Pleasant Street, about where Haven Park is. (Th is old house was
moved away and may be seen today on Parrott Avenue next we;;t
of the Veteran's Hall.) Before the
freemen of the town wer e aware of
the fact that the tea hacl been
landed and stored in the Custom
House (then the old stone store
wh ich was torn down about a year
ag-o, situated on the lower rncl or
Market Street) . As soon as the
news got around the town a meeting of the Sons of Liberty and
pati:iois was h eld and a comm ittee
selected to call upon Mr. Parry and
persuade him to have nothing to do
with the tea. In the meantime
t h ree mariners tried to excite the
mob and get ihem to break into
the Custom Office and destroy ihe
Leu; f'oriunate ly, two mo111bers or
ihc King's Council, Mr. Jonathan
Warner and Mr. Rindge, appeared
on the scene and managed to quel l
the r iot. As soo n as word reached
ihe governor's ears h e sent ihe
high sheriff out to put an end to
the affair . Mr. Pa rry had no choice
in the mailer and agreed Lo reship the Lea Lo Ha lifax, and a
guard of twenty-five men was appointed to watch t he tea until ;t
was s h ipped away. The phrase
about "going to Hal ifax" is thought
to have originated right here in
Po1·tsmouth at the time of the
tea party.
In September of the same year
the ship, Fox, commanded by
Zachariah Norman arrived in this
port with thirty chests of bohca
tea for Mr. Parry. This caused a .
great commotion in town and that
nig ht a mob of angry townspeop le
surrounded Parry's house and
broke in his windows. 'l'he poor
man was frightened about out of
his wits and sent word to the governor asking for help and protection. Before t he governor's aid
arrived a group of level hcaclcd
pat.riots managed Lo put down t he
riot and the very nexL day Mr.
Parry publicly declared that he
would have nothing- to do w ith ihc
tea and Capt. Norman or the l?ox
was obliged to reship it at his own
expense. So we can safel y say
that Portsmouth had the pat r ioLic
spirit even though there were no
Indians al the tea parLy, and uftp1·
v.11, the Boston Indians were only
some or t he Sons or Liberty
dressed up.
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III TOHIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
PAUL REVERE'S JUDE TO PORTSJ\IOU'I'II
,v1wncvcr
lV \vt
1
I' <' W< 1
wt•
think
o(
Paul
nn alw:1ys sun lo con1
1
t1t"\'L hitn with LhaL ridt• Lo Cont·orcl and Lexington on April J!l,
'7!i, and LhaL's ahouL as far as we
ever g-d. l'aul Revere was a silversmith who resided in Boston;
l::c:.ides bei111; a fine silversm ith he
was an expt•rt horseman and an
a1·dl'nL palriol, so lhaL in Lhr dark
day ~ hd11rc• l hi' .ltc• volulio n he was
often employt•d by Lhe Boston Committee o( Safely Lo carry their important dis1ialches . The famous
ride which Long(cllow has immortalized was only one of probably n hundred which he made in
behalf or his counLry; oflcn he was
seen on lhc old Boston Post Road
hradccl for Philadelphia and Lhc
ConlincnLal Congrcf'S.
hncl prohibited the imporlation of
111u11it.ion~ and firc•a1·111:-; in Lhe
An1crka11 colonic:-;, and lhaL two
troops of English so ldiers were
enroute to command t he Castle, as
F,ort William and Mary was commonly called in those days.
The Portsmouth Committee of
Safety was sum moned and disen;;sed ways and mean s of removing the gunpowder from the fort
at Newcastle. This committee was
composed of prominent patriots
such as Capt. John Langdon, John
and Thomas Pickering, John Sherburne and others. In the late evening of the same clay Tom Pickering, a daring young patriot. called
on his friend John Langdon and
s uggested I.hat I.he two of lhem
go t.o the fort and t.ake a friendly
In Lhe bleak LwilighL of Deccm- drink with Capt. Cochran and whe n
c-r 1:J, 177'1 (four monLhs before lhey came away bring off the arm . .
Lhc baLLle of Lexington, and Re- These Lwo yuungb loods liked noth,,~rc's midnight ride) he rode into ing better than an adventure like
PorlsmouLh post haste. He came lhis and th two were perfectly
by · L11e way of North llamplon, capab le of laking the fort, which
Greenland, over the Great Swamp, was commanded by Capt. Cochran
(the lowland just cast of Lhe Ken- · and five men, but Langdon saw
narcl farm) Lhrnugh JslingLon Street ihe folly of it and persuaded Picka11d c.lr t•w rein al the 1·csic.lence of ering I.hat there was safety in
Samuc•I Culls, a member of Lhe numbers; the governor might be
f ortsmouth Committee of Safety . able to hang two for sacking the
l\1 r.
ulls resided on 1\larket Castle, but he would be powerless
SiiccL ju ·L south of the Moffatt when it came to punishing a mob.
Ladcl house, near the north corner of And so th ese two worked far in to
llano·ver Street. The dispatches the night laying plans for takini:
P:::ul Revere brought \Yere from
the King's powder, but that is
l\lr. William Cooper of Boston another story and will be told in
stali ng that the king in co uncil the next "Beacon."
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JHSTORIC PORTSMOUTIT
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
THE SACKING OF FORT WILLIAM AND MARY
December 14, 1774, the day following Paul nevcre's ride to Portsmouth was ush :!rcd in by the beating or drum,; in Lhe streets calling
lhl! patriots to arms. By noon
about ~00 hacl assembled in front
or Lhe sLa Le house 011 the parade.
As soon as Governor Vv ntworlh
]ward what was taking place he
scn L the chief justice out to read
the riot acl, which he did most eloquently and made it perfectly plain
that Lnis atta<:k against Lhe crown
was n:,Lhing- short or rebellion and
would b :• pu11i shecl al'eordil\1~ly.
'J'he p:1l1·iots gavo ear lo th e ju~tice'.; words, but went cheerfully on
healing· their drums ancl p laying
th~it· fii'cs appat"ently unafraid or
what lhe punishment of tyranny
might be. The guiding spirits or
the Portsmouth pall'iots w re John
L:rn gdc n and Thomas Pickering.
They seL out in gundalows (a type
oi' sailing crafL much u sed on the
Piscalaqua in the olcl days. lt has
been defined by Mr. Albee who
,wote "New Castle historic and
picturesque" as 'the humble sister
of the s loop and the first, but aristocratic cousin lo the skow.') On
the way to the Castle, as Lhe fort
was then called the patriots were
joined by a hundred or more minute men from New Castle an<l Rye.
Captain Cochran, the commander
of the Castle had received word
from the governor that the patriots
were on their way, so he prepared
fol' the attack as well as he could
with lfr; five men.
At lhrt' ~ o'clock Lhe [orL wm; hef: :•L on all sides. Coclwan ordered
three four pound ers to be fired a11d
0the1· small arms, and before any
more action could be taken the
captain and his five men wer'e
prisoners. It was Thomas Pickering's privilege to ask the captain
to surrender his sword, which he
did most ga11anlly, buL Pickering
returned it saying that "a genileman should retain his side arms.''
As soon as Pil'kNing's back was
turned the captain made a pass aL
him with the sword, but the young
patriot was much too quick for
him and took iL away Jrom him
and puL him under guard. The
patriots gave three rousing hu i,1,an, nnrl haul c>d dow11 the kini,;'s
colours, Lhen they brnlrn opt•11 Llw
powder magaiine and carried off
l 00 bane ls of powder which Lhcy
look ba('k to town in Lhcir gundalows. This was the first action
upon the part of the colonies
against the c1·own . The New Hampshire patriots didn't make thi s
attack just for the fun of it. To
them it was a vital matter, since
England had passed an act prohibiting- the importation o[ munitions inLo the colonies, and very
I itlle had been rnanu factm·ed in
this country because Lhe mother
country expected her colonies to
import everything they needed
from England. So the Sons of
Liberty were only acting in sclfdefence. To be sure they needn't
have taken all of the 400 men lo
capture the powder, when Pickering
and Langdon could have 1·emoved it
all by themselves (but they would
have surely hung for it) and New
Hampshire ne eded those menand i11 the years that followed Lht'Y
proved lo be patriots of' fi11l'sL typl'.
The tH'Xl day ,John Sullivan f'rolll
Durham came lo Lown wilh anolher group of minute men and made
a second attack on the Cas llc but
that is another story.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Dy Dorothy M. Vaughan
TIIE SECO D ATTACK ON I• ORT WILLIA!\I AND MARY
On the fi(Leenth oI December,
177,J, the day afLer John Langdon,
Thomas Pickering and the Portsmouth palriol!'S had hauled clown
Lhe king's co lours and carried oIT
hii; pnwd<•r, .John Sullivan of Durh:1111 arriv1·d i11 Low n wilh ,Josia h
Barllell oJ Kingston and a goodly
m11nhL•1· or minul<! men. Langdon
had srnt [or his friend Sullivan as
soon as he had heard of the dispatclw!> Paul Revere had brought
from Doslon, but Sullivan had been
<l<'l:iyc•d a day rrcruiting his men.
llow<'V<'l', lH• n1ust havr believed in
Lit <' old saying-, "Dell1•r lalr Lh::w
never," [or he appeared on Lhe
scene pre pared lo finish up the
job that had been started the day
before. Go,·crnor Wentworth ordered Major A Lkinson Lo have hi s
oflicers parade lhe streets to the
beat of drnm and recruit men Lo
reinforce the handful of men at the
fort. The soldi er parndetl all day
and beat their drums all lo no avail
for the peopl<' of' Portsmouth had
olhcr interesls thal day.
John Sullivan and a commillee
w<'nl befon• L111• Governor and his
cou11<:i l and a:-;ked it' it were true
that ships were bring sent wilh
marinl's lo r ein l"orce lhe fort and
were told by the governor Lhal
Lhere was no 1.rulh lo Lhe sto ry.
John Wentworth also told them if
lhe king's powder was restored he
would Jmrdon Lhe offenders. After
lhis Lhe palriols rC'Lircd lo Lhe Bell
Tavern whi<.:h stood on corner oJ:
Fleet and Congress Streets, where
the Woolworth store now stands.
At Len o'clock that evening the
patriots, headed by Sullivan, embarked in gundalows for the fort.
'l'hc following is Sullivan's own
accou11L:
"I went clown with a large number oJ: men and in the night (December 15) went in person with
the gundalows, took possession of
the fort, brought away the remainder of Lhe powder, small arms,
bayonets, anti carlouch boxes together wilh cannon and ordinance
stores; I was out all night (very
cold) and returned to Portsmouth
the next clay. The gundalows with
stores were brought to Durham
after several days spent in cutting
ice; the Durham river being. frozen
over ; the cannon and supplies were
deposited in places of safety."
The patriots who took part in
lhat midnight expedition nearly
perished from exposure to the biting winds and snow and from wading (barefooted) in the icy waters
of lhe Piscataqua. They dared not
wrar Lhcir s hoes in the guntlalows
for J:car of igniting their priceless
cargo. Patriotism ran high that
night, for American freedom was
being born and the curtain was
rising on the first scene of the
greatest show in the history of
ou r country, the American revolution .
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
TITE DISPOSAL OF THE KING'S POWDER
John Sullivan of Durham with This reporl was so startling that
a group o( minute men of that Governor Wentworth dispatched a
place, with the aid of John Lang- message to his good friend, Generdon, Thomas Pickering and a al Gage in Boslon, telling him LhuL
picked group of Portsmouth men the whole town was up in arms,
made the second attack on Castle and that he needed reinforcements
William and Mary during the night for the fort. Things were not nearof Dccembc1· ihc fiflecnih, seven- ly as dark as he pi ·Lured them,
teen seventy-four, nn<l brought off for the palriols wanled only to rethe cannon, and carried ii up the move lhe 11owcler from the f'ort
river lo Porlsmoulh in the clear, (lll'<:uuse they fell Lhnl they were
cold dawn of the sixleenih. Just i;oing lo need ii) and asicle from
before sun-up Nalhaniel Folsom that Lhey bore no malice loward
and twenty-five minule men from the royal governor or King Gcol'ge
General Folsom and his men
Exeler rode inlo Lown, in response
to the call to arms which had been stayed in town all that day and
sent out the day before. They pul guarded the powder until it was
up at Stoodley's Tavern, which was all shipped up river to places of
in the building now occupied by safety. One Samuel Ilall of Portsthe Portsmouth Electric Shop on mouth had charge of ihe transporDaniel Street.
Major Stoodley tation of that powder. A certain
served his guests as well as he portion oI the ammunition was put
could at that early hour, and won- ashore on a small island in ihe
dered what in the world brought Piscataqua known as Frank's Fort,
them there. Gideon Lamson oI near Green Acre in Eliot, Maine,
Exeter, one of the twenty-five where it was buried until it was
horsemen who breakfasted at needed some four months later at
Stoodley's that morning, tells us the Battle of Bunker Hill. Several
in his own words just what hap- clays were spent in culting ice in
lhe Durham river, but the slo ut
pened.
"We rode inlo Portsmoulh after hearted pall'iots were nol to be
daybreak and stopped at Major slopped by a river blocked with
Stoodley's Inn.
We had coffee ice, and they finally slorecl Lheir
about sun rise, Major Stoodley precious cargo under the minister's
looked queer upon such guests wilh pulpit, in lhe meeting house at
guns and bayonets. Colonel Hack- Dmham where it remained unlil ii
ett, with about fifly or sixty on was carlecl overland in John Dcfoot soon after eight o'clock merritl's ox-earl, jusl in lhe ni ·le
stopped at the haymarket and of time for lhe bat.Lle J'oughl al
waitc-d for information from Gen- Bunker 11 ill.
eral Folsom . .. Al nine o'clotk
On the st'Vl'nLt•c•nt h th<· Hrilh;h
'oloncl Langdon came inlo Slood- Hloo p Canecau arrived ill Lhc harley's and acquainled General Fol- bor in rc:;pollse lo Lhe governor':;
som and company of the success message, ·and lwo days lalcr lhc
of Lhe enterprise . . . that General frigate Scarborough dropped anSullivan was lhen passing up th
chor off N w Caslle and took off
river wilh the loaded boats o(
all the cannon Lhc patriots had
powder and cannon."
been unable to remove. Langdon
The town of PorLsmoulh was all and Sullivan lost their commissions
astir when they saw the men from in the army for being mixed up in
Exeter in the market place. Word the fracas, but lhey were soon to
was sent to lhe governor lhat one r eceive offi<"e!'\ ill the new Co nlithousand men were on Lheir way t1<·nlal army, and so 1•1uls lit<' story
from Exeter and the inland towns. of' U1e capture of' lhe king':; fort.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan
ELECTION DAY AT THE PORTSMOUTH PLAINS
The census of Lhe year 1767
showed that in Portsmouth there
were 124 male and G3 female
slaves.
In those days African
bomlage wns quite as fashionabl'
in Lhe Norlh as il was in Lhe Soulh.
All Lhe first families o( Porlsmoulh
kepl s laves and provided them with
comforlable quarlers and allowed
them much freedom and many
privileges. For instance the colored folk were in the habil of
holding Lhcir own elections each
year and choosing Lhcir own officers. 1':lecLion day Lhere was a
gala day, il was un o(·caHion wh<>n
Lht• who!!' town tunH•d oul Lo st•e
Lhc doings and make merry.
On J~lerlion day Lhere was a
parade whid1 began al Markel
Square and marched Lo Lhe Plain:;,
iL was led by the ruling Monarch,
King Ne1·0 (a slave of Col. William
Brewster) and his viceroy, Willie
Clarkson (Lhc slave boy of Col.
Pierse Long) who were followed by
the Shcrilf and his deputy, and
then came the aristo('rats among
whom we find Cyrus Bruce, (Gov.
Langdon's manservant) Prince and
Cuffee Whipple (Gen. Whipple's
African boys) Pharaoh Rogers,
Romeo Rindge, Peter ,varner, Cipio Hubbard, Calo Newmarch and
many others.
yrus Bruce was a Jersey negro
and one of Lhe most dislinguished
negroes of the province. "There
could scarcely be found in Portsmoulh, not ex1·epLing Col. Langdon
himsd(, one who dressed more e leganlly or exhibited a more genilemanly appt•arancc" arc the words
Mr. Hrewslcr uses Lo dt•scribe Cyrm;. For slrecl wear he had a
hlal'k broarklolh nml, satin small
elollH's, silk slockings, hul'k_lt•d
i:hoes and was always wearing
several heavy gold watch chains
and fobs. He set Lhe style for what
Lhe well dressed A(rican should
wear, and who was heller able Lo
do so? Cyrus Lravelled near and
far with his master, to Concord Lo
Lhe Legislature, and to Philadelphia and New York to attend the
Continental Congress. Col. Langdon travelled sometimes in his
coach and often on horseback, and
was always accompanied by his
good man Cyrus, who made a striking appearance astride his horse
clad in leather breeches, high
bools, starched and ruffied linen, a
cocked hal and the neve1· Lo be forgotten watch chains!
yrus is
buried in _the North cemetery just
a short d1sLancc from his master.
Uc was a grand old man, and he
served a great American .
l'rin('e Whipple was the son of
an African prince, hence Lhe name.
Ile and Cuffee, his brother, were
brought up in the household of
General William Whipple, a signer
of the Declaration of Independence.
Prince's name appears on General
Whipple's Staff roll for the Saratoga campaign in 1777. On the
morning Lhe General was preparing to start he noticed that Prince
was very downcast and asked. him
why he felt so glum, and the boy
replied "You are going to fight for
your freedom, sir, but I have nothing to fight for." The General
smiled at him and said "Behave
like a man, and do your duly, and
from this hour you shall be :(ree,"
and so Prince and his master set
out to join Stark and his northern
brigade and defeated General Baum
and his Hessians at Bennington and
a(tenvards Burgoyne at Lhe battle
of Saratoga, the turning point of
the American 1·evolution, and we
must nol forget that Col. John
Langdon financed Lhc New Hamps hire troops al the baLLlc o[ Benning-ton, and was there in person,
an·ompanied by Cyrus.
And just Lo prove that there
really was a King in I orlsmouth
I quote the following from the
Portsmouth Gazelle for April 2,
17 G. DIED On Monday last, At
Colonel Brewster's, Nero, Lhe late
King of the Africans in this town,
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
THAT DARE DEVIL PATRIOT-CAPTAIN THOMAS PICKERING
The man-of-war Scarbol'Ough put up a pretty poor fight and made
whieh had been scnL to Portsmouth for l he Scarborough ns fast as they
by General Gage in Del'ember, l'ould. They had no way of telling1774, right afLer the fracas aL how many men were behind that
l<'orL William and Mary, linl-(CI' ·cl pile o( boanls and had 110 inLt•nlio11
on thrnug-h Lhe s pring· 1tnd su111- of being· l'apl ured so l ill' y abanmer of 1775. It was anchored off doned lhe boaL in the vicinity o(
New Castle and Captain Barclay Pickering's mill at the South Mill
amused himscH by seizing any dam.
Tom Pickering took command of
fishing boats or provision vessels
that came within his range. This the abandoned boat, hitched two
tormcnlccl the people of Pol'ls- pair of horses to it and drove 1t
moulh and enraged Lhc Sons of thl'Ough lhe principal streets o[
Liberty, especially one fear less the town much Lo the delight of
young patriot, Thomas Pickering, the people who hailed the bold
who declared when he heard that charioteer as he passed in a cloud
a ship had been taken which was of dust. V/hen he had worn the
destined for Portsmouth wiLh a rich bottom out of the barge he drove
cargo aboard, that it was time to the town pound where he locked
something was done; and when it up for safe keeping. As he drove
Pickering made up his . mind to <lo past his sister's house, the good
woman cried out to him "Tom,
a thing it was as good as done.
One day he rnshed into his you'll hang for this," but Pickering
brother-in-law's shop on Long didn't hang for any of his patriotic
·wharf and demanded a mtrnkeL and services, death came to him while
ammunition. Mr. Drown produced he was commanding the American
his flint Jock from under his bed privateer, Hampden, a New Hampand handed it to Pickering with the shire ship of 22 guns. His ship had
remark lhat he should like Lo know been engaged in a battle with a
what was up. Pickering replied British Indiaman of 34 guns. It
that he intended to do a little seiz- happened on the 10th of Ma1·ch,
ing on his own account just to see 1779, and Commande1· Pickering
h ow Lhe DriLish I ikcd it. It was in wa~ jusL abonl lo board the enemy
his mind lo take Lhe Scarborough',; when he was s hot down, and died
provision boat when it came up [/) shortly from the result of his
town f'or supplies. As he rushed womub. The English sh ip went lo
out of the shop he met Samuel the bolLom and the Hampden was
Hutchings, another patriot, who an- badly damaged, but made its way
nexed himself to see the fun, and to Portsmouth where it arrived
to be of use if he could. Together on May 7, 1779. The Hampden was
they proceeded to Union Wharf afterwards sold at auction, lo John
Langdon, one of Pickering's closest
(sometimes called Shaw's Wharf)
which was situated near the Point friends, who no doubt purchased it
of' Graves where they hitl behind a f'or lh<' sake of Auld Lang Sync.
pile of boards until the boat came These are only a few of lhe painto sight; then Pickering stepped triotic deeds of Portsmouth patriforward and fired upon it. Hutch- ots during the War of the Revoluings handed him cartridges as :fast tion, but it goes to show thaL the
as he needed them, which was often right sp irit prevailed, and it was
because Pickering's fire was rapid that spirit more than anything else
and ski llful. The occupants of the that won onr forefathers theiL· libbarge were so surprised LhaL they erty and right lo pursue happiness.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Dy Dorothy M. Vaughan
THAUE AND 'l'RAl>EHS IN PORTSi\JOUTII IN 1775
When we iurn back ihc pages of
Poris mouih history io ihe years o[
the Revolulion we find siaril ing
tal es of the patriotism of certain
well-known citizens, but aside from
these l'cw well-known stories we
know vrry litllc• of tht• every day
lil't• in thi:-; old st•aporl Lown oi' oun,.
And yet our forefathers lived and
took aclivc part in the everyday
life of the town and perhaps one of
the most intcresling ways o[ seeing
what life was like in those days
is Lo read the news items and advertisements in the N. H. Gazette
for the year 1775. In this way we
discover how our great great
grandfathers carried on their busines:-- and ju:--t where our great gn•at.
grandmothers purchased their groceries and calicos.
Some of the prominent tradesmen of the clay were: Joshua \Vent.worth, Samuci Hill, Richard Wibird
Pcnhallow, Jacob Sheafe, Jr., ~aLhanicl Sparhawk, John Moore,
'l'hom:u, l\larlin, Bt•n.iami11 Aust.in,
John Greenleaf anti Neil M'Inlyre.
They adverlized weekly in Lhc
Gazelle and their wares offered for
sale and their methods of advertising them arc shown by the items
which follow giving a very good
idea of ihe quaint way business
was carr ied on in the em·ly days.
Apparently the merchants had
competition even in those bygone
days for they ofTcrcd the public
all sorts of novelties and not.ions
s uch as, "frying pans, tar brnshes,
deck nails, Malaga wine, paper
hanging-s, and anchors" all in the
same paragraph!
If your grandmother was in the
market for a "J appan waitet·" or a
ch ina tea set, or perhaps a pistol
01· a silk hat for your grandfather
she would patronize Mr. Thomas
Marlin who advcrtized as -follows:
'l'llOl\1/\S 1\11\lt'l'lN - "J•~ng-li,-:h
piece good s, si lks, halts etc. A varicl y of hardware such as, Brass
keltles, locks, hindges, Jappan
wailers, Iron pots and kettles,
Joiners
and
carpenters
tools,
swords, pistols etc. Some groceries,
China, earthern and glass ware."
If grandmother needed groceries
8he probably traded with Benjamin
A uistin, whose advert.iiscmc11t read
like lhi:--:
BENJAMIN AUSTIN. Shop on
Spring Hill -"A complete assortment of hardware g-oods, containi11g too many articles to be particulariz'd ... also molasses, sugar,
West India and N. E. rum, coffee,
alspicc, and rice, chocolate, cotton
and sheeps wool, all sorts of sp ice,
mustard, Poland starch, raisens
cLe. 11
When the family needed an hour
glass, a fish hook or a pound of
loaf s ugar Mr. Richard Wibird
Penhallow's warehouse on Long
·wharf was the place where such
things could be found. His ships
unloaded righ t there at the wharf
and were always filled and overflowing with all sorls of fascinating arlicles from foreign climes.
I Li s s hop must have been the original spec ially shop l'or he carried
every thing imaginable!
RICHARD WIBIRD PENIIALLOW-"IIas for sale at Lhc warehouse on Long Wharf (lately occupied by Mr. Jacob Shcafe jun.)
the following articles, cheap fol'
rash.
Rus s ia duC'k, deck nails,
Englis h a11d German st.eel, loaf
suga r, sheet hing nails, s heet lead,
frying pans, pewter, check lin ens,
blan kets . cover! ids, ro le brimstone,
barr iron, sewing and netting twine,
cod hooks, tar brushes, timeglasses, together with many other
articles."
And these are just a few of the
most unusual items in the press of
Portsmo uth, there arc dozens of
olht•rs worthy of mention, hut
space does not permit. AL another
time we will quote some more from
the . II. Gazette.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
.i\lARY SPARIIAWK, THE LOYALIST LADY
At Kittery Point just across the
river lived Lhe Sparhawk family.
Nathaniel Sparhawk married Elizabeth Pcppcrr •11, only daughter of
Sir William Pcpperrell, "the Piscataway trader," also one of Lh richest men in Lhe Lhirleen colonic ·. The
Sparhawks raised a family of "Seven
children, the youngest being Mary.
Their oldest son, William Pl•ppcrl'cll Sparhawk, ht•t·aml' the hl i1· lo
his grn11dl'al11cr's !{l'Cal c:;lalc and
his Lille when he became Lwenlyone years o[ age, bul Lhcre was a
clause in Lhc will which provided
that the grandson should drop his
surname and become William Pepperrell 2nd, which of course he did.
The Sparhawks were wealthy
and lived in great style in the Sparhawk mansion, which is standing
today just beyond the church at
Kittery Point, and entertained mo's t
lavishly all Lhe loyalists in this vicinity. In fact their home was
quite a Tory rendez-vous during the
Revolution. IL was quile natural
that they 'should be loyalists, .for
wasn't Mrs. Sparhawk's illustrious
father knighted by lhc king! and
it was only natural too, that the
family should not be at all popular
with the patriots of that town or
Portsmouth. The Sparhawks oCLen
entertained at dinner the officers of
his Majc'sly's ships which lay at
anchor in our harbor during lhe
year 1775. Perhaps one of the
greatest attractions at the home of
Nathaniel Sparhawk, was his very
lovely daughter, Mary. Tradition
tells us that the winning smile of
that young lady was the only thing
that saved Portsmouth from being
reduced to a'shes in the late fall of
1775. It seems that Capt. Mowatt
0
of the British ship Canceaux
dropped an hor off Kittery Point,
one evening in October, 1775, and
went, secrelly ashore to pay his
respects to the charming Mary
Sparhawk, and take a glas's of
sherry with her falh r. H e had
been sent to Portsmouth lo burn
the Lown becaus of Lhe patriotic
u111·1s111gs whil'h W('l'(' 01·1·111Ti11i;
1·011:-;lanll.v. llul, alas, thl' !{nllanL
young oflicl'r l'or!{ol his duly when
he looked inlo Lh, 'Y<'s ol' Lhe fair
young lady, who pleaded so charmingly with him lo spare the town,
and her friends who lived Lherein,
and he sailed away the next morning and on Lhe 16th o[ October laid
waste Lo Falmouth (now Portland).
And now il would seem quite fitLing and proper Lo end Lhe story
by saying that Capt. Mowatt came
back and married Mary Sparhawk.
Perhaps he came back, who knows?
but he did not marry her, for Doctor Charles Jarvis of Boston was
also f'ascinalcd by her c:harms and
finally persuaded her lo become his
wife. After her husband's death
Mary parhawk Jarvis came back
to Kittery Point and spent the remaincler of hc1· clays where she had
spent a happy childhood. During
Lhc Revolution, h •r brother William
Pcpperrell, 2nd, fled Lo England
wherl' he died, and th , l'ep!)l'IT(•ll:Sparhawk properly was confiscated
by the government and sold at auction. 'l'he martsion of the first Sir
William Pepperrell was purchased
by Capt. Samuel Smallcorn, and so
the Pepperrell name became extinct and we are left with just
traditions and memories, among
Lhem being the Lrndilion o( Mary
Sparhawk Lhc loyalist lady.
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III TORIC PORT l\lOUTH
lly Dorothy J\l. Vaughan
DOWNFALL OF T II E ltOYAL GOVERN lENT IN
mr ll Ai\l P81lmE
When lhc General
ourl ronvencd in J\la,v, 17'7.J, the palriolic
clerncnl immt•dialt•ly appointed a
'0111111itlN• of Safelv. ;;i111ilar lo Lill'
comrnillt•t•s in the r'1eig-hboring- colonit•;; . This clisplcaiwcl (;ovt•rnor
.John Wt•nlworlh ;;o 1n111·h that 111•
:td,io11r111•cl lhl' i\,;,-,•nthl~· and lal<'r
cli;;solvl'll il. J\I r. JI unldng- Wt•nlwnrlh, t·hairman of Lht• m•w romrnillt•e and also um·ll• or lhc gov•nwr, prornplly asked lhe members of Lhe new com mill •c to meel
al his hou;;e which slood oppo's ile
Lhe Slalc !louse (.iw;L west of the
North hurch-and is standing Loday marked with a bronze tablet).
The commillt•e elected Lwo delegates to lhc Isl Provinrial ong-rcs~
lo be held al Exeter on July ::!lsl.
The l'ro,·incial Congress chose
John, ullh·an and alhaniel Folsom
lo n•prcsenl ew Hampshire al the
Con linen la I Congress and also voted
"lo secure and perpeluale their
Rights, Lib rlics and Privileg s, and
lo rC'slon• that Peace, Harmony and
mulual onlidcnce, which one' happily suhsi·s tcd hclwccn the Parent
Counlrv and her colonies." This
was
cw Hampshire's declaration
of independence, the first action
taken by any of the colonies lo sel
up a stale government.
The 2nd Provincial
ongress
01>ened at Exeter, January 25, 1775,
a few weeks after the capture or
the gunpowder al Fort William and
Mary. John Langdon of Portsmouth
and John ~ullivan of Durham, the
Tingleaders in the gunpowder fracas were chosen to attend the 2nd
Continental Congress al Philadelphia. In the meantim Governor
Wenlworlh feeling that the odds
wcr, against him tried to strengthen his position by granting three
new Lowns, Plymouth, Lyme and
Orford, in that way making room
in Lhe General Court. for some new
mt•mbct's who would nol be unfrit•ndh• toward him I
The · General ou1·l met on lhe
filh of J\lay, 1775, aflc1· s •veral delays, and i11:;lead of considering
ll11• affairs or slalt• !ht• topit· of disn1ssio11 a111011g- lht• patriots was
Ll1al of Lhc new n1t•111bPrs; one o(
whom was Col. John l•'enlon, a personal friend of t.he governor.
On t.he 13th a committee repo1'led Lo the governor that the
General Court felt. that Lhe new
members were not enlillcd to sit
in the Assembly since there ·were
many other older towns that were
not yet entitled to representatives.
That same day Colonel l~enlon wh•J
had laken his scat. "by virlue of
lhe King's or Governor's writ, but
without the consent of the Assembly" called at the Governor's mansion (The Mark ·wentworth Home
on Pleasant Street). It was soon
discovered that the place was surrounded by a mob of angry patriots
who had set up a field pie<'e and
w re clem:rnding that. ,oloncl Fenlon appem·. The Governo1· spoke lo
the people ( many of them his
friends :md relatives) but it was to
no avail, they wanted Fenton and
when he didn't appear they fired a
cannon ball right into lhe parlo1·,
and to this day it can be seen quite
plainly in the mantlcpiece.
l•'enlon gave himself up an<l Lhe
governor and his family fled to
1• ort William and l\lary and later
went lo England. Y ars later John
Wentworth was knighted an<l came
back as governor of Nova Scotia.
Fenten was taken to Exet.er and
kept in jail for some monlhs "supported like a gentleman at the expense of the colony, ' and finally
made his escape, too, and the Royal government of New Hampshire
was at an end.
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HISTORIC PORT
f OUTII
By Dorothy M. Vau g han
.\PT,\ I
l\IOFF.\T'S HOUSE O.
apt. John
loffat c~me t~
Porlsmoulh in comnu\llll ol one o[
lh • King's masl-ships (a ship
whm;e cargo was pine masts cul
from the ,•w l•:11g-la11d forl'\lls 1111d
hhipped lo Eng-lam! Lo he m,cd in
lhe Royal
a vy). He was born
in Herlforclshire, England, in 1G!l2
and scllled in Po1·lsmouth soon
aftc1· his marriage, in 1723, lo l\liss
Catherine uLL daughter of Robert
Cull of Kittery, l\1ai11 . In 17G:l
he became one or lhe mosl prosperous m rchanls of the Lown, evidence
of his wealth was shown in the
magnific •nt mansion-house he built
that vi;ar fo 1· h is son, Sam uel, wj10
was soon to be married. This was
th first three-story house to be
built in this vicinity. It was copied
after apt. l\1offat's father's home
in Hertfordshire, the parlor mantel
with il'l; delicate carving was
brought from the old home in England, and it is said lo have been
carv •d by Grinling Gibbons.
Samuel Moffat maried in 17G-1,
l\liss Sarah
alhel'ine Mason, an
hei1·ess lo the Mason estate. Her
father was Col. ,T ohn Mason, fifth
in des('e nt from .John Ma::;on, original grantl'e of t he royal provi nce ')(
New lfatnJ)shit·e. Col. Mason commanded lhe marines at Senegal,
Africa, wh n it was l'nplnrecl from
the French in 1758, and his portion
of the plunder was the magnificent
baptismal font, which his daughters Anne and Sarah presented to
Queen's Chapel. (The font may be
seen today at St. John's Episcopal
church.)
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Moffat lived in this house until
17
when ~r. Moffat failed in
business and had ~ leavo the coun-
l\l.\ RKET
TREET
try b cause of the v ry s t l'ict debt01· htwH then in vog-u • hnlh hl•n•
and in l•:11g-land. J le went lo lhe
\Vest fndi,•s and l' ngag-,,d in till'
1·1111',•1• tr.111,• al th,• llnll'h sl'lth•menl at Demarara. .-\fler his dcpartut·e his cslale was offered for
sale and his fathe1· boughl the
house and went there to live with
his daughter 'atherinc, and amuel's family.
Samuel
l\foffat's
wife
and
eld,,sl daughtc1· joined him in
l 7G9, but his youngest daughter, Mary, was left with her grandfather becau se she was loo young
to make l hc jo u rney. Calhe r in •
Moffat married her co usin, 'apl.
William Whipple, who b came
General \ Vhipple, and was one of
the signers of the Declarntion of
Independence. The General and
his wife mad lh •ir home h re with
old a1>t. Moffat, who died in this
house in 178G. The house then bec·ame the property of Rob •rt fo[fat, amucl's son, ancl after that
it was the home of Dr. Nathani •I
llaven who married Mary l\loff.1t
(Robert's younger ister who had
made her ho111u in Portsmouth
with he r grandfather) . IL fina ll y
de sce nded to their daughter Maria
who was lhe wif of Al xander
Laclcl, and that i.· how it ,·ante lo
b • known as the l\loffat-1..add
house.
The fine old hot'se chestnut tree
in the i.ide yard was set out by
General Whipple, ,,-ho took great
pride in the estate. That and th•
old !ind n tree at the WcntworthGardnel' house arc about the old •st
trees in the city.
"OLDE STRA WBE RY Il AN l(E"
A Ma i, of P orts mouth, N. H. A11 Old T own by th e Sea
B11 Dorothy Vauol,an and If. G. lluNdlctt
The v4irue todny is an olU pri a t above the fireplace or on the eM'lewall~.
This ··QJdc Mn • t\e" mny be hnd in n twcnty•Cour by thirty•:i ix inch ~ii.
color cfft!Cl wl\ile u limilc<l Nlilion is avnilnblc.
Two t.lollau th~ copy uL lhc bclt~r :,hoLl~ or thri.>t h Tht.." Uuuco n Publi:,·hin~
Seventy-chrht. Conitrcss Slre,:t, Portsmouth, New Hump::shirc.
anti two'om1m111,
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III TORIC PORTSl\IOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
TllE l\lA.JOll WlLLIA l
ARDNER no SE
The \\' enlworlh - Gardner house Titcomb, so the blankets were forwhich was the hom<' of J\lajor Wil- warded to the army and 1\1.ajor
Gardner fell i;ure Lhal the governliam Gardner is lol'aled on M •- ment would reimburse him when
chanic , trccl.
IL ,,·as built by il could; but lhe government was
Iadalll i\lark Hunking W cntwo 1·lh
loo impoverished after the strugaboul 17fi0 for her son Thomas who
gle for American independence and
re!--id<•d Lhl•r<' until l7GH. In 17:12
tlw h1111 s,• w:1:,; :,;old lo J\lajor c:ard- was 111•vl'r ahlC' Lo rl'pay him so this
ht•11t•volt•11l patriot fuu11d himsl'lf
1w1·, an ,•1ni11t•nl palriol, who lu·ld
in slraig-hl n cl circumstances at
llw olli<·1• of Colllmis,-;ary during- Lil('
l h<' l'lns<• of lhe war.
It,,, 111111 i1111.
Jh-lll'r dav s w1•n• in slon• for
\\'illialll (:artl111·r was l,or11 in
J\lajor Ganlr;c•r for in 17tl!J he was
l'orl ;;nHHtlh in liGI. lit• wa:,; t•d1\C'alt•d in llw mr1Ta11lil<' business, elecled Trca:rnrcr of lh Slate or
cw Hamps hire, and a year later
ns \\'l'l'l' all the likely y1nmg- llll'll
of lltl' linH', in lhc 1·nu11lin~ roolllS upon the a1h·ice of lhe SC'nale (and
or l'ol. .Joshua \\'cnlworlh, whos" hi s old friend John Langdon was
lht•n prPi;idt•nl of lhal hody) lhe
1•tli1·,.., ,1·,•n• on l Ill' l'Ol'IH'I' of
pl'l•:- idt•11l appoinl<'d him 'ommis\ 'aug-han and lla110,·1•r Slrl'l'ls.
~io ncr ol' Loans for Utt' UniLc•d
L:1l<•1·. yo1111~ (:ard111•r ht'<':tl\ll' a
clerk in the counli11g hou s<' of ,John Stales in lhe Stale of ew llampshire . The• last ofiice he held until
Lan~<lnn. a Yery inllm·ntial palriol
and prospt'rou: mcn·hant who be- his dealh in 1833.
II ii- hou se wa s boughl and re l':tlll<' a good and kind friend lo
stored
some years ago by J\1r. \ValWilli am t:ardner. During lhe war
uLling, and il is now owned
Gardn cr was appointed Deputy lacc
hy thr
Iclropolitan Mu:-cum of
Clnlhtt•r, lo pur!'hase dolhing for
cw York, and is open Lo the publllll Continental Army. William
Gardner was an •xc·elll•nt acrount- lic during the summe r months .
anl. an<l performed hi:- many duties
wilh
Jll'omptness
anti
fidelil:,,.
Thniughoul lhc war Ill' was mon•
to
than gt•n rous with his financial
support; lhe slory is told of his
b11yi11g the blnnkel-; for Wa s hing ton's army which is as follows:
and
Otll' da\' an ordPr rallle for a
l:11·~•• q11a;ility of hla11kPI«.
1a,ior
l:artlm•r t'uu11d lh:tl lht•n• w,•n•
nom• ln be had in L'orL~nHwlh so
ht• joUl'llP~•c•d O\'C'r Lo
e\\·bt11·yporl
You can save lheir cost in fue l
"h1•n• IH• found a merl'ha11l IJ\· llw
in
one sc•ason.
nanH' of TiLcoml> had c•nough Lo
l'h one us for prices
fill the bill; bul 'l'ilC"omb was a
skl•plit·al man and wh1•11 hl• fot11Hl
llwy ,1·1•r1• for tlw annv ht' lwsilalt•d :-;a~·in~ LhaL ht• 1·otild11'l lrusl
Lil<' g-o,·ernmt•nl :iny lon~er. This
altilud1• inl'l'IISe!I the J\lajor who
\\':l~ :-;ut·h a :slat11tl'h nalriol hi111sclf, ;;o he offcred lo buy Lhem on
"Everything Lo Build Anything"
hi s 1wr:onal account ir' the man
\\'as willing lo lrusL him. This
Ports mouth, . II.
was entirely salisfaclory Lo J\lr.
'Gime
Order ....
STORM SASH
STORM DOORS
.i1Iff>/kld
P1~'W.IIHBER@
�THE
BEACON
21
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Ily Dorothy 1\1 . Va ug ha n
STOO DLEY'S 'l'AVE HN
On the nol'l.h side of Daniels
Street, just east of Penhallow,
stands a gambrclled roof house
(now occupied by The Portsmouth
Electric Shop) which was once the
most fashionable tavern in town.
The stages from Boston to Falmouth stopped here. and the passengers were made welcome by
the host, Col. James Stoodley. The
tavern was built somcl.ime aflcr
1761, when I.he old tavern was
destroyed by fire. 'l'he new hotel
became the 1·endezvous for the
patriots during- the Revolution. It
. was here that Col. Folsom and
twenty-five Minute Men from
!Bxel.er asf.cmblcd on I.he cold
morning- of lleeember 1v, 1774.
'!'hey had come down to Lake part
in taking Lhc powder from the
Kinl-{'s l•'ort at New Castlt•, hut the
l'nrl.s111oul11 palriol:; Jcaring- tlial
a delay would prnve Jatal to the
cause had taken the munitions
from the fort the nig-ht before.
The upper story with its Lutheran windows was all one large
arched hall used for Masonic purposes and for dancing assemblies.
It is said that John Adams and his
charming wife once attended a
dancing party hei-e. These dancing
assemblies were most formal; one
was not admitted to the ball room
unless properly attired. There is
a story that once a very prominent officer was denied entrance because he was attired in pantaloons!
The music was usually furnished
hy Col. Michael Wenlworlh, second
husbaml or Lady Martha Wentworlh, who played most excellently
on the vio lin, and was ol"len m·<·mnpanied by a tambourine.
The
strains of his fiddle were heard
many a time in the wee small
hours of the dawn. Col. \Ventworth always wore a red coat, an
emhroidered vest and slllall clothes
and was quile the Beau Brnmmel
of the town.
Col. Stoodley's duug-htcr Elizabeth married the Hon. Elijah Hall,
a wealthy merchant. and a naval
hero.
Elijah Hall was born in
1742 at Raynham, Mass, and came
to Portsmouth as a young man to
engage in ship building. Ile became a successful merchant here
and shipped as a lieutenant on
board Lhe ship Ranger, under Capt.
John Paul Jones, when she sailed
from Lhis port on her maiden
voyag-e, November 1, 1777. Lt.
Hall was with the Ranger during
her engagement with the ship
"Drake" off the coast of Englaud,
and was given command of he1·
a[Ler the encounter. Ile came back
lo Portsmouth on the Rang-er,
which was commanded L,y Thomas
Simpso11 of Lhis Lown who had been
I st lieutenant under Capt. Jones.
apt. Simpson and LL. Ilall, were
011 tli(• lla11g-t•r wl1l'n she was Lal ('II
hy Lhc British i11 the harhour of
Charleston, S. C., on May 12, 1780.
After the wa1· Elijah Hall 1·eturned to Portsmouth and engaged
in Lhe mercantile business and
amassed quite a fortune, making
his home in ihe Stoodley Tavern,
(opposite the Customs !lo use on
Daniels Street), which his wife had
inherited from her father, and he
resided here until his death in
1830. He Jost ihree sons in the
War of 1812, one of them being
a, midshipman on the privateer,
.. ,vasp."
A tablet has been erected to his
memory in St. John's Church
which reads as follows:
l II memory o( the
llon. Elijah Hall
who died
,Ja11. ~~. A. U. 18:IO
aged 8,1 years.
An office1· or the Rang·er
under Capt. J. Pau l Jones;
A merchant,; a Representative,
Senalor ancl Councillor or Lhe
Slale; ns navul ollicer, memuer
of the church, anrl in his
other relutions, hl' sustained
the chaructc1· of 11 1'11t1·ioL
and an uprignt man.
�THE
BEACON
21
HI TORIC PORTSMOUTH
Ily Dorothy M. Vaughan
THE FRIGATE RALEIGII
If you have ever read the
bronze tablet on the wC'st end of
th<' PorlsmCJu th llistorical Society,
you will realize that:
On
Ri11dg-P's Wh:u·f, Ports mouth
l\l ay ~I, 177<i
Six w,•c•ks hl'furc
'l'hl• Vc•l'laration of J 1ulc•pc•1Hl<'nce
'l'h1•n• wn,; lau11l'h<'d
The• Co11tim•11lal Prig-ate Raleigh
The J<'in,t Amcric:a11 l\1an-of-War
Duill on lhc Piscataqua
KC'cl laid l\Jarch 21, 1776.
On ll1<' J :!th of December 1775,
lhl' Conti1w11tal Cong-ress ordered
11w buildi11g- or thirll'c'11 i, hips of
war; 011c• lo be built in <'nch of the
thirteen colonies. The . II. ship
was named the Ral igh, and was
Oil<' of the first to reach. completion. John Langdon, then a meml>t•r· of ong-ress was appointed to
sec to the building of the
. H.
ship. The keel of the Raleigh was
laid at Rindge'i:- Wharf, (near the
Consolidation Coal Co.) March
21, 1776, ancl in just sixty days the
vc•ssc•I was lau11ched. She was a
32 gun frig-ate, and was eventually equipp ,tf with 12 pounders.
J\lcss rs. Hackett, Hill and Paul
wc•n• the• masll'r l>uilders and were
u11cler the pe1·sona l direction of Mr.
Thomas Thompson.
Tlw
onlinental Congress resolved on June 6, 1776, "That
Thomas Thompson be appointed
aptain of the frigate built in New
Hampshire," so Mr. Thompson was
one of the first commissioned naval ollicer ..
apt. Thompson built in 1784
the fine old mansion on Pleasant
Street, just south of the Governor
Langdon house, and resided here
until his death in 1809.
In eighteen days after his appointment Capt. Thompson began
enlisting hi crew, which was made
up of sturdy senn1c11 of this locality; among the first was Thomas
J\1an11ing, who became the master
of the new ship Raleigh. It was
almost impossible to obtain equipment and armament for this manof-war, so that it was not until
August, 1777 that she was ready
for the sea. She was then assig-ned to the import.ant task of
going to France to procure munitions for the Patriot army. The
second week of August she sailed
from this port, accompanied by
The Alfred. They took a number
of prizes on the way over, one of
them being the
ancy, one of a
British convoy bound for the West
Indies. In February 1778 the two
vessels set sail for America loaded
with military stores. The Alfred
fell in with some British warships
and was captured, but the Raleigh
continued with her precious cargo
and an-iv d safely.
The Raleigh was later commanded by Capt. John Barry, and while
under his command she was captured by two British frigates, the
Unicorn of 28 guns, and the Experiment of 50 guns. Capt. Barry
ran her ashore on Wooden Ball
Island, off the coast of Maine, and
got his men ashore as best he could.
The Briti sh commande1· floated
her off at high tide and from then
on she was a part of the British
navy.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan
l\lonsic ur .Jean .lo ·c ph illaric Tost:an, Co nsul from Frant:c
One of lhll most d1arn1ing- houses
in all New llamµshirn is the 'l'oscan bungalow at Greenland. It
stands opposite the railroad stalion at an aristocratic distance
back from the road w'hich was
called the King's Highway in the
olden days. This grand old place
was built by the F1·cnch Consu l to
New Hampshire, Monsieur Jean
Joseph l\Iarie Toscan, about 1800
and was called a bungalow, no
doubt the first of its kind in New
Hampshire. Monsieur Toscan came
to Portsmouth somelime before
1782 and boanled wilh Mrs. Purcell
on 'late slreet, where the Chevalier John Paul Jones was a lso a
boarder. rt has been said that the
ailraciive naval hero sci the hearts
or all the Portsmouth maids aflutter, but Monsieur Toscan was
young and handsome, too, and he
soon won the hand of one of the
loveliest ladies of the town, l\liss
Elizabeth Parrott.
The mal'l'iagc of Monsieur Toscan and Miss L'arroU was no doubt
one of the events of the time. Because of his fortunate marriage,
and his consular office this gentleman was deslined to become one o(
the dignitaries of New Hampshire.
Ile was one of the party that met
President Washington at the state
line in 1789, and was mentioned in
all accounts as "the Ilonourable
Consul of France." He was also
of the party that accompanied the
President down the harbor on that
famous fishing trip, which has been
de cribed as follows: "On l\londay
morning the PTesident of the
United States (accompanied by
President Sullivan, the lion. John
Langdon, the MaTshal of this distl'ict, the Consul of France and his
two secretaries) took an excursion
dow11 the harbour. The bnrge which
contained the President was rowed
by seamen dressed in white frocks,
having for its coxswain Capt. Hop-
Icy Yeaio11 o[ this town . 'L'hc l>ar~c
which contained the Consul of
France and the President's secretaries was rowed by seamen
dressed in round blue jackets, with
hats decorated with blue ribbons
and waveTs."
And because he was one of the
distinguished genLlemen 01 the
town he was very likely one of the
favoTed ones who dined at the Hon.
John
Langdon's
on
Pleasant
street, when the Langdons entertained the PTesident and his party
at dinner.
Mr. Langdon was the
first president of the U niied Slates
Senate, and was the one who informed Washington or his election,
and thercl'ol'C was one or the most
intimate friends o( the Father of
Our Country.
Monsieur Toscan and his family
resided in the bungalow al G recnland and it was lhere that he died
in 1805 due to injuTies Teceived
from a fall from a tree on the
premises. The following not ice
or his death appeared in lhc New
Hampshire Gazelle, l\fay 21, 1805.
"DIED. Al Greenland, John J.
Toscan, Esq., former ly
onsnl
from France. IIis funeral will proceed from his late dwelling tomorrow at 4 o'clock P. M. where
friends and relatives of the deceased are requested to attend."
This funeTal was attended by all
the civil and military officers of
Portsmouth, nrnl all the French
gentlemen anti dignitaries in this
Province, who escorted their friend
on his last joumey lo the family
burying ground on the Toscan estate; and today if one is interested
enough to wander out to that small
burial plot, under the sighing pines,
he may sec the last resting place
of the French Consul which is
marked by a small stone: JOUN
.TOSF.l 'll MA RH. TOSCA N, son or
Gcorg-e a11d HypoliLie Amai, born
at Veniayon, l•'rance, 1752. Died
May 18, 1805.
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1
ew Hampshire in Lhe Revolution
It is inlercsling to nolc lhat
Nc'w Tl:1111pshin' was ihr only col011v whil'h 11:is 11ol i11,·:11kd durini{
ihe Hevoluli(>n; and ycL this gal1:rnt lilllr l'olnn,· of ours did ils
p:irt. nohly in lh:il grPal co11!1icL. A
rt'C<'nl l'slin1al\' shows L11aL IG.710
or our men and hoys served <luring
Lhc war which must have incluclcd
all Lhose ol' mililary age in Lhe
sLaLt'. At 011c Lime seven Leen r gimcnls represenled New Hampshire in Lhe fiehl; ahouL one hal(
or I hr nll•n al Lhe nat Lil' or Bunker llill wpru New Tlampshit·c men
srrving- under Slark. It is a well
k11ow11 fact that John Simpson of
Deerfield fired the firsL shot in ihat
hislori · battle. The patriots who
w •re huddled behind the breastworks on Breed's Hill had never
been lrnined in the mililary arts,
l,ut they wl't'e perfectly capable of
handling ihc muskets thaL had
lH•c•11 Lhr11st. int.o thPir willing
hands. W orcl had been pas~ud along
the line not to shoot unlil the
word was given; but our friend
Simpson, who had been feverishly
peering over the parapet, fired
when he saw Lhe British march onto l he field in their gorgeous red
a11d gold uni[orn1s .
Porlsmouth sent ouL three of lier
sons who distinguished themselves
in the Continental Army, William
Vvhipplc, Pierce Long-, and John
Langdon. William Whipple, one
of the sig-ners of the Declaration,
was commissioned Brigadier General in the New Hampshire militia
and ommandccl his men, who were
mostly Porlsmouth patriots, in the
battles o( SLillwater and Saratoga.
This brip:ade Look part in the Rhode
Island Campaign which was staged
by General Sullivan. Colonel Pierce
Long's regiment was composed of
local men anrl was stationed at the
forls in the harbor, of which there
were Lhrt'e: FL. Wnshi11g'l.on on
l'ein·(• bda11d; 1"L. Sullivan 011 Scavcy's lsl:tnd, and li't. onstitution
al New Casllu. This rrgime11L was
ordered to rein force Lhe Continental troops al Ft. 'l'iconderoga, and
finally joined all the other New
Hampshire troops at Burgoyne's
surrender at Saratoga. Col. John
Langdon, also a native of Portsmouth, commanded a group of merchants and ship-builders known as
"Langdon's llldupendcnt Company"
and they marched to Bennington
to assist Stark and were present,
too, at the battle of Saratoga,
which has gone down in history as
the turning point in the American
Revolution. Some of the names O!l
the roll of Langdon's Independent
Company are very well known, and
arc as follows: Lt. Nicholas Gilman; ,Ta111cs llill, c11sig·11; Mn.ior
James Hackett; Capt. Samuel Gilman; Capt. Samuel Shackford;
Capt. Peter Drown; Lt. Asa Folsom; Henry Sherburne, esq.; Samuel Storer, esq., and eighteen others. In 1778 Langdon summoned
his company, equipped them as cavalry (al his own expense) a11d they
rode to join Gen. Sullivan in Rhode
Island and took an active part in
the campaign.
Upon the sea, as well as upon
the land, New Hampshire took a
prominent part in the drama we
call the American Revolution.
Portsmouth built and manned the
Frigate Raleigh, the Man-of-war
Rang-er, and ot~t-fitted over one
hundred privateers-but the history of the privateers of Portsmouth is a long and thrilling tale,
and deserves a place of its own in
the annals of New Hampshire's
part in the Revolution.
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By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan
Tlm CAPTURE OF
ms
MAJESTY'S S1£IP PRINCE GEORr.B
During lhe night o( October 2,
1775, Lhe Brilish supply ship,
Prince George, t·o111111a11<led IJy
Ca11l. Richan.I Emmes, came inlo
the lower harbor. The vessel ha<l
left Bristol, England, on July the
llllh and was bound for Boslon
wilh supplies fot· General Gage's
army. Among other things stored
in lhc hold were l ,8!J2 barr ls of
flour, a priceless arlielc since
there was not a single barrel to be
had in the whole state of New
Hampshire. As soon as the news
of the arrival of this ship became
known, Lt. Thomas Pickering and
a picked crew were sent down to
take possession of her. Capt. Emmes told Pickering lhat he had become confused and thinking that
· he was nearing his destination got
into our harbor by mislake. Pickering and his men took possession
of the ship and brought it up to
Portsmouth where lhey unbent the
sails and began unloading the precious cargo. A committee composed
of P . Long, S. Sherburne and G.
Wentworth was appointed to sec
that the ship and cargo were properly taken care of. Messages were
sent at once to Washington who
was organizing the Continental
Army at Cambridge, telling him of
the capture of the supply ship, and
asking permission to keep about
600 barrels of the flour for use of
the inhabitants of the town, and
the soldiers at the forts, who were
nee<ling it desperately. This was
gTalify ing news lo the Comman<lerin-chief, who gave the local committee permission to keep what
flour was necessary, and suggested
that the remainder be sent by water to Salem, and from there sent
over land to Cambridge. It was
necessary to do this since the British were occupying Boston at the
time.
The New Hampshire Committee
of Saft>I.V hail n lmn,1 in lhc affair,
and George King, Esq., of Porls-
moulh, was appoinled lo dispose o(
lhe ship and cargo . Ile was also
"ol'<il•l'ed Lo deliver Lo Sa111ucl C:11LL,;
o[ lhc loca l Co111 111illL•e o[ ~afcLy
100 barl'els of !lour, al s uch Limes
and in such qnanlities as he may
need it to supply lhe soldi ers at the
Balleries in lhc harbor." The Judge
of the Court Marilime of New
Hampshire selUetl lhc ca se, and
lhe vesse l and nppu1·lenances v:tlucd at uOO pounds was laken over
by the state of New Hampshire.
The sundry stores, rigging, etc.,
were sold at public auclion N ovember 20, 1776, by Joshua Brackett,
Judge of the Maritime Court, for
the sum of $1,275.00 to the owners of the Privaleer McClary. The
hull of the Prince George was later
sunk in the "Crooked Lane" river
to prevent lhe enemy sh ips from
getting up to Porlsmouth. On an
old map of Kittery "Crooked Lane
River" is shown, and it would seem
to be what we now call the Back
Channel, that litlle arm of the Piscataqua which flows in back of the
Navy Yard making it an island.
Our poor frie11tl, Capt. Emmes
was apparenlly kept a prisoner
here in Portsmouth until December
7, 1775, when the Committee received a message from General
Washington which read as follows:
"Richai·d Emmes, a prisoner at
Portsmouth, having expressed a
strong wish to go to his family and
friends in the West Indies, in a
schooner which is about to go there,
you will h pl c>asl' d to grnnt him a
permil for lhal purpose, u11lcss
lhere be any objeclio11s against it
which I am not apprised of.
I am, Gcnllemen,
Your II'ble Scrv't
G. WASHINGTON
'fhere seems to be no rec•,rcl
showing that Capt. F.mmes wa3 allowed lo sail on thal schooner. hut
it is more than prnba1.Jl0 lhat he
was allow<'tl lo J!:O to his f'amily
and J"ri1·111l s in Ll1e Wt•sL fo1lit!S.
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llIS'l'ORIC PORTSMOUTH
lly Dorothy l\l. Va ugha n
l\IYSTEIUO S AFFAIHS OF COL. GEORGE BOYD, ESQ.
In the old days the property just
west oi the K. of C. J tome was
known as the Pock J aslun•. and
was ow11cd by Olll' Mr. Myril'k, a11
E11glish111an who wai,; said lo be a
man oi some wcallh. Mr. l\lyrick
had every inlcnlion oi making a
show place of his property for he
laid out elaborate grounds which
extended down to the shores oi the
North l\Iill Pond, and even went
so far as lo start lhe cellar of his
house. About this Lime it became
necessary for him lo make a trip
to England, and being unable lo
get 1rnssage on a vessel goi11g direct, he engaged one on a ship going to Jamaica and it was thought
that he made the trip in that roundabout way; however, he was never
seen or heard of again. It was
never known whether he ever got lo
E11glnnd or 1101; 1111!. ii was bt•licvcd that he had every inl<•nlio11
of returning to Portsmouth and
continuing the work on his mansion, and it was the general opinion that he left most of his worldly
wealth in the cellar of his house.
A few years later, one Mr. George
Boyd, a foreman in the ropeworks,
suddenly came into some money; no
one knew how or when. He retired
from the ropeworks and purchased
the Peter Livius estate (now known
as the Boyd-Raynes) at the North
Mill bridge. Mr. Boyd improved
this property and it was considered
one of the finest estates in the
town, its garden extended south as
iar as the present B. and M. Railroad Station.
About this time there was a Mr.
James McDonough residing in the
town, who kept :111 English goods
store on Markrl slrerl in the vicinity oi llow slrt•cl. 11 e was a prosperous men:hanl, highly respect.able, nll(l wns helrolhr<l lo the
youngt•st da11ghlt'r nf J\lr . .James
Sheaie also oi this town. 'l'he <lay
of the wedding hnd been set for the
firnl of .Tu11r, 17CiR, n11d the town:,-
people were taking a great interest in the coming event. The day
nrrivcd, UH' hour had struck; lhe
11·1•ddi11g guests had arrived, even
lite n1inisler. Mr. Jacob Sheafe's
mansion ( which was on Stale street
on Lhe sile oi the Rockingham
County Court House) was ablaze
with lights; the table was agleam
with choice plaLe and glassware
... everything was ready, but the
bridegroom tarried. The minutes
went by and the hours, and he still
failed to appear. Mr. James McDonough was never seen again or
heard of from that clay to this, and
the lovely young bride apparently
died of a broken heart for the following inscription is found on Jacob Sheafe's tomb in King's Chapel Burying ground in Boston: "Margaret Sheafe, daughter of Jacob
Shc•afe of Portsmouth, N. II. Dietl
Sept. 1, l 7G8, ag-e<l 23 years."
Jt is aid that all Mr. McDonough's worldly goods, excepting the
silver, which became the property
of the Sheafe family, passed into
the hands of Col. George Boyd, thus
making him the richest man in
Lown! His tax rates doubled from
a', pounds sterling, to 67 pounds
during the year. And that was another thing which puzzled the people of Portsmouth, but it was
something which was never fully
understood. Just previous to the
Revolution l\1r. Boyd departed for
England, probably because he
didn't care to take sides in the conflict. He was away a n~mber of
years but his family remained here
during his absence. In August,
1787, he decided to return to his
native city and embarked from
London, bringing with him an elegant coach and an English coac-hman . . . not Lo mention a vf.ry
c•laboral{' tontbslone for himself!
:\io doubt he expected to live for
many years and ride about in his
(Conlimwd on Png-e :l )
fine London coach, but fate interfered and on October 6, 1787, just
two days before putting into the
I'ort of Portsmouth, Mr. George
Boyd was stricken and died, and it
is interesting to note that one of
the finest tombstones in the North
cemetery is that of Col. George
Boyd, and it is marked with the
following lines:
"George Boyd, Esq., merchant of
this town, who after an absence of
many years embarked at London,
for this, his native town, in August, 1787, but to lhe great grief
of his wife and children, he departed this life on Gth of October,
1787, a. 54, two days before making this port."
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
THE
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
HISTORICAL
PORTSMOUTH
Dr. Hall Jackson-Pioneer of Small Pox in New England
(Continued from Page 17)
Down on the N . E. corner of
Court and Washington Streets
stands an old looking, brown house
which was once the home of D1·.
Hall Jackson, one of the most skilful doctors and distinguished° surgeons in all New England. He
was born in Hampton, Nov. 11,
1739, the son of Dr. Clement anrl
Sarah
(Leavitt)
Jackson. The
family moved to Port,smonth in
17,JO and the father pn1cticed his
profession here for many years.
Hall Jackson began his studies in
medicine with his father, who
taught him all that he could and
then sent him to London to finish
his course. In London he attended
lectures at the g!'eat hospitals and
studied with the gl'eat physicians
of the day. Upon his return to
Portsmouth Dr. Hall Jackson
opened an apothecary shop and began practicing his profession, becoming so successful as a doctor
that he gave up the shop in due
time.
During the Small Pox epidemic
in Boston in the year 176 11, Dr.
Hall Jackson was summoned to
that city for consultation and remained there until the disease had
been checked, meanwhile becoming
an expert in inoculations and in
caring for the dreaded disease.
When he came back to Portsmouth
he interested hi s friends Dr. Ammi Cutter and Dr. Joshua Brackett in establishing a hospital for
treating Small Pox. This isolation hospital was at Shapley's Is-
land, and it became the vogue for
people to go to the island and have
inoculations, and stay for several
weeks during the summer months.
Shapley's Island soon became quite
a summer resort! Dr. Jack son
was married in 1765 to Mrs. Molly Dalling-Wentwo1th, daughter of
apl. Sam uel Dalli11g o[ this town,
and they probably took up their
r<'sid<•rn·t> at I.lint Lime at t.lH• hnnse
011 Cou rl Street corneL' o[ Washington. ln 1773 the doctor eonLracted the Small Pox, and although he was able to handle the
case himself it left him in such a
weakened condition that he never
fully recovered from it.
anrl Arcepted Masons of N. II. at
the time o( his death, which o:curred Sept. 28, 1797, due Lo an
accident in which he was thrown
from his caniage causing sueh sPverc iniPrnal injuries that he never recovered. He is buried in the
North cemete1·y, and his stone is
engraved with the following- inscription which seems quite fitting
for one• so w!"ll lll'lovl'd 11,; lh. lfnll
Jackson.
"To heal disease, Lo calm the widow's sigh,
And wipe the tear from poverty's
swollen eye;
Was thine! but ah! that skill on
others shown,
When ihe Revolution broke ouL
Dr. Jackson enlisted and was stationed al New Castle where he had
command of a company of Field
Artillery until November 5, 1775,
when the Provincial Convention
voted its thanks to him and commissioned him Chief Surgeon of
the N. II. troops in the Continental
Army . Dming the winter of 1175
he was with the army at \Vinter
Hill where he cared for the American and British wounded. In 1.776
Col. Pierse Long's regiment, o-f
which Dr. Jackson was surgeon,
was ordered to Ticonderoga io reinforce Llw Anwrican t r oops there.
Dr. Jackson was a member or the
Mass. Medical Society, and in 1793
Harvard conferred the degree of
Doctor o:f Medicine upon him. He
was the Grand Master o:f the Free
(Continued on Page 39)
Tho' life to them, could not preserve thy own,
Yet still thou liv'st in
grate.Cul breast,
And works like thine enthrone thee
with the blest."
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By Dorothy l\l. Vaughan
THE JUNG'
ATTOR EY, J\lR. WYSEl\lA
About 17fi8 there arrived in
town a gentleman whose oflicial
tillt> wa'- 'l'hl' King's /\tlornry. Ile
was tlOlll' olht•r lhan l\lr. \Vy seman
'lag-gl'll, son of Wysl'llHlll 'lagg-ell, Sr., a weallhy English barJ'islcr of Brislul, England. Ho
was born in Bristol in 1721 and
spenl his boyhood on his father's
country l'Statl', called nroad Oaks.
II<' wa~ g-ivr•n a v1•ry lint• t•th11·ation
and took up the study of law
which was his father's wish. At
llw agt• of 27 he wcnl lo tht> l sland of Antigua in lhe West l ndil'S where h, began practicing law
and where he became a great favorite with lhe inhabitants. In a
few vC'ars he was made Secretary
o( th'e I sland of Anligua, an ollict·
he held for C'ighl or nin <' yl'ars.
During- his stay on liH' island ht•
bl'camC' acquainted with a very
rich man by the name o( John
,v C'C'ks, who ·camp lo dl'pend upon
Wyseman
lag-gl'll as he woultl
upon a son and in his will he
rem<'mb:-1·ed the younger man with
a handso111<' annuitv of r,o 1111111ul s
sl<•rling- pt•r ~•t•ar ·as long m, IH'
lived.
l\l r. ,lag-g-ctl's arrival in town
eaust•d a great lo-do amo11g- th e
mothC'rs of marriageable daughter . On of the most charming
ladi es of th<' Lown was Miss LC'tlice l\l itchl'II, daughter of Dr.
Milchell, who resided on South
street. Miss Mitchell's mother
was of tht• opinion lhal Mr. 'laggetl would be a fine husband for
her daughter. but Miss Lettice
had ideas of her own . . . besides
she was already betrothed to Mr.
Nathaniel Warner, a brother of the
lion. Jonathan.
Mr. Warner's
father had built a fine house for a
wedding present fo1· the young
couple (the Buckminster house on
lhc corner of Bridge and I slington streets ) and il was expected
CLAGGETT
that the wedding was to take
place as soon as Mr. Warner relunied from England, where he
had gone on a trip for his heal~h.
As il happened Mr. Nathaniel
,varner was gone a long lime, and
Mr. Claggett and l\irs. Mitchell
were anxious for Mi s Lettice to
become l\Irs. Wyseman Claggett
and lhe result was that the young
lady soon found hcn,<'lf married lo
thl'. J(ing 's Attorney.
The Claggell!; first lived in the
Harl house ( which is still standing on lhe S. W. corner of Daniel
street at the corner of PenhalJow), but later went lo live in the
house which stood just east of
tlw Culler house on Congress
strP<'l (which was torn down to
make room for the Montgomery
Ward slort>). ,I uslice 'lag-gclt was
a very stern appearing man, but
had the reputation of being quite
witty. One day a friend congratulated him upon his marriage
"I hear you have married a fortune," said the friend. " ot a
fortune" answer<'d Mr. Claggell,
"liul a fortune's daughter .. misfortune."
.1 ustice Jaggrll was a tall man,
with a stern countenance, piercing
black eyes, and was given to great
profanity, which made his appearance terrible to evil-doers. He
had a court-room fitted up in his
house where he tried all offenses
committed against thr crown, anrl
he oflcn wenl oul o( his way to
find cases and try them, with the
result that the word "Claggetted"
came into use, which meant 'lo be
prosecuted. In 1781 Justice Claggett was made Solicitor General of
the state, and about that time
moved to Litchfield, N. II., where
he had purchased a large country
estate. Those who kn ew Wyseman Claggett found him to be
nw~t gen rous and kind hearted,
in spite of his forbidding appear,-~~~P'~T"''!'!"'"":"~r'!'!l"'!':'~,..~~.,...,~~~ance in the court-room. His married life was most unhappy for
Mrs. Claggett could never forget
the man she had loved as a girl.
Mr. Clag-gt•tt died in Litchfield in
178•1, and Lill his dying- dny wore
his whilt• wig, and his three corncn•d hal trimmed wilh gold lace,
never forgetting thal he had once
been Lhe King's most faithful attorney.
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Ily Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan
GOVER OR JOH
LA GDO 'S
One of the later and perhaps
best of the eighteenth c nlury
house:; standing today, and in •xcellcnt slate of preservatio11, is the
Gov. John Langdon hou eon Pleasant streel. Set back at an aristocratic distance from the busy
street and flanked on either side
by bric-le guard houses, it is a very
real picture of the days before
yesterday.
This house was built in 1784 by
Capt. John Langdon who was
probably the richest m rchant in
Portsmouth at that time. In her
memoirs of her father, Mrs. Eliza
Buckminsler Lee s1waks of this
house, which was built during her
childhood, as resembling "a palace
in El Dorado, overlaid with precious metal," and she pictures for
us the lovely lady of the house
(Mrs. Langdon) who tripped gracefully down the walk to h r chariot
whi h waited for her driven by liveried servants. Many celebr ities
have been entertained in this historic mansion, among them being
the Marquis de Chastelleux. who
was very much impressed with the
house and its people. From his
diary we Quote, "After dinner we
went to drink t. a with Mr. Langdon. He is a handsome man of
noble courage; he has been a member of Congress and is now one of
the first people of the country; his
house is elegant and well furnished.
Mrs. Langdon, his wife, is young,
fair and tolerably handsome."
President Washington took tea here
several t.imcs and on one occasion
1
SlO
was guest of honor at a dinner
given by l\fr. and l\lr.. Lnnitdon
for their friends who wished lo
greet the President. His opinion,
too, is worthy of mention and the
following lines arc from his diary
dated November 3, 178!): "There
are some good houses ( among
wliith Col. Langdon's may be considered the first) ." Louis Philippe,
afterwards King of France, also
enjoyed the hospitality of the
Langdons, and many years after,
when an American woman was
presented to him at court. he asked
if the pleasant home of Gov. Langdon was still standi ng.
.T olm Langel on was the son of
John and Mary (Hall) Lan,gdon.
He was a descendant of Capt. Tobias Langdon, and Gov. Dudley of
Massachusetts was an ancestor on
his mother's side. He was educated in the mercantil business
and became a prosperous merchant.
When the Revolution broke out he
lost no t.ime in taking sides with
the popular party, the Sons of
Liberty, and he and Thomas Pickering were the leaders of the party that sacked Fort William and
Mary on the night of December 14,
1774, and these two also accompanied John Sullivan when he made
the second attack on the fort the
following night. John Langdon was
a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775, but missed the privilege of signing the Declaration because he had returned to Portsmouth to sup ervise the building
of the frigate Raleigh·. Ue acted as
(Continued on Page 2!))
agent. for the building of the
Ranger, who e master builder was
Capt. Tobia Lear. In 177(; Capt.
Langdon contributed a ll his re11dy
money, his family plale, and 70
hog-s}l('ads of 'T'ohaito Rum lo finante Stark's 1·11mpaign ag-ainst
Burg-oyu •. l\l 1·. Lang-don wa:,; :;1•veral tilllC!> P1·1•sidl•nt of lhl• stall',
ancl liv,• tinH•s g-uv<•rnor, l11·sid,•s
having- ll11• g-rL·al honor or bl'ingthe lin;t Pl'l•sidcnt of the . S. Sc•nate, and in that eapa('it,y was the
one who oflkially not iliecl Washington of his election as first l'n•sirlent of these lJnit •d !'Hates. ,John
Langdon was otH' of 0111· grC'alPst
patriots, and on1• or his ·ont,•niporaries ha· said or him ''Lung-don, leader of the Democrats. was
perhaps the most perfect gl•nlleman in the state, digni/1ccl, yet tasv
of deportment . . . with a native
gTace which won the good will and
respect of all who opposed him."
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HI TORIC PORT MOUTH
By Do roth y l\l. Vau gha n
LE CII EVAL!Ell J O H
l' A L J O ES
011e of the most picluresqu • from foreign governments. The
fig-un•s i11 the history of Port.;J\larine ommittee made him commouth was that gentleman who
mander of the new seventy-fourbecame a g-reat naval hero, who gun ship America which was being
wa!; awarded the Order of J\lilitary
built here in Portsmouth.
The
J\lerit by Louis XVI, appointed
Portsmouth
Gazette announced
Rear Admiral of lhe Ru!<s ian avy,
that "Last Friday a!Lernoon arand made a knig-ht of Sainte Anne
rived in this town, Le
hevalier
by lhl• f,;mpn•ss Calhl'I i1w.
II<' John Paul Jones, from Philadelwas that 111:111 or dcsli11y, ,foh11 1':1111
phia" which noUficd all Lhc lowns,Jo11l's. Il l• t·ann• h<'l'l' liri-\l, in lllay,
people that their old fri •ml had
1777, to co111111a1ul the Fn•nl·h ship t·o111e back lo them.
L'A111philril1• . l it- fn1111d upon his
ll was qu ile a 1.J low ln the liUle
a rriva l at Lhis po r l that thl• l\larine co111111ander l,o find lhai his ship
Commiilel• (our early Navy Dewas still on the stocks and ihere
parl111e11i) had nel{lecled lo inform
was months of work yet, Lo be done
the French l 0111n1andl'I' that his on her. The keel had been laid in
ship had bec11 charlerl'd, or Urni he
J\lay 1777, on the same day the
was Lo be r<'placl'd l.Jy ,Jones; the
Ranger had been launched, and on
n•sull lll'ing- lhal, ,lunPs rl'lired lo
lhe very same 1.Jlocks. Money for
lloi-\[011 lo a wail furl h1·r urdt•rs 1-\IIPJllies and wages was
adly
from lhe CommiLlee. 011 ,June H,
lacking-, but Jones was authorized
1777 'ong-re:~ resolved "that the
by ol. John Langdon, the Naval
m•w flag should have thirteen alter- Agent, to continue work in the
nale red a11d while slripes and t,hirname of Congress, giving his perLeen stars 011 a blue field, and sec- sonal security for it. British ships
ondly that John Paul Jones _hould o/T the coast made several attempts
romni:ind lhe Hang-er." apl. Jone:
lo sel fire to, and in other ways
made his home wilh th, widow
destroy the America, so that, it was
Purcell, who kept a fashionable
nece sary to place a night guard
1.Joardinl!: hous<' on lhe corner of on the great ship. Jones was
Stale a nd J\I idd le SLreeis. ( Ports- o(te n seen taking h is turn al, guard
mouth llistorical Sot'ieiy.)
He duty and it was generally known
made many friends here and was that he paid t he guardsmen out o[
a ra,niliar fig-u re ;;een upon om·
his own pocl et. He had two old
street;; elt'g-anlly l'lad in a :;<•arlet six-pounders mounted at th lower
waislcoai and knee breeches, someencl of the lsland (Badger's, lh n
Un,es carrying a red umbrella!
called Langdon's) for he meant to
.Jont'i-\ " ·as a small man, having
take every precaution to keep the
l't'l{lllar ft>alun•:; and :;parkling- d:1rk
Briti!,h from har111i11g lh' ship .
eyl'H; iL has hl•cn said lhal llii-\
li er ligurc head was of his own tkwor!<L faull was his \'anily . The sign, and represented lhe goddess
lla11ger sailed for Franc in
o- of Liberty crowned with laurel s,
vembl'r 1777, carrying- the new
having a blue buckler wilh thirA111erican flag with her, and it was
Leen silver stars on her lefi arm.
this l'orismoulh-made flag that, re·when the America was 11early
ccived the first ofTicia l 1·ecog11it,ion,
finished, •i n September 1782, onby a foreign power, when the
gress resolved to give this ship l,o
Rang r reached the coast of
France to replace the Mag11 ifique,
France.
which had been struck by lightning
Jn lWl Le Chevalier John Paul in Boston Harbor. The little cap.Tom•s arrived i11 America crowned
lai11 wa very much hurt hy this
wilh lite laurel· o( many naval vie- de ·ision of Cong-res Jo1· he had
tories and covered with decoraiions
hoped for great things when the
America was f111ished. However he
stayed on lo see her launche<l and
handed her over to Le 'hcvalier
dr J\l arlig-ne, after which he bade
adieu to his many fril•111ls in Porlsmouth and departed for l'hiladelphia never to relurn lo this port
a~ain.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M . Vaughan
WHEN TIIE FHE1 Cll FLEET CAME TO POW!' '~IOUTII
Mar(Juis Lat'ayelle anti the 1nrDuring the summer of 1782 the
Frenl'h l•'leeL arrived in Hn:;Lon; iL quis de Chaslclleux. Lafayt•Lle
('Omposed three ships o[ eighty
slopped al l\la;;Lcr Slavt'r's 11111 al
guns, eight ships o[ sevenly-fonr the sig-11 of \Villia111 l'itl, w11ile
gnm;, om: :-hip ol' !'orly g1111:,;, two
C:l111stt•ll1•11x 111ad1· !,is h1·:idq11a1'11•r:,;
t·aL'l'ying- thi1'Ly-Lwo guns und 011c uL 'ol. Ht·cwsler's 'l'uvcrn. Col.
cuLLe1· besides Lh1·ee recently taken
John Langdon gave a dinner in
prizes. It was thought that 10,- honor of lhe Marquis de 'hastell000 Frenchmen a bil too many for
eux at which were present ll1e folBoston, so five of the vessels ca1·- lowing genilemen: M. de Bire, 111.
rying 2,000 men were dispatched de Mortegues, M. de Siber, M. de
to I ortsmouth. In the early fall
Jlizeures and Count Vaudreuil,
these ships dro11pcd anchor in our commanding otlil'ers of Lhe French
harbor and were here Cor about vessels. These genllemen were althree months, commanded by Count
·o entertained by Col. Wentworth,
Louis Philippe de Rigaud Vaud- anti drank lea wilh Madame Whip reuil. This nobleman had been
ple, widow of Col. Jose ph Whipple,
present at the surrender of YorkLhe late Collector of Customs for
town in command of a division of
the port of Portsmouth. On the
omte de Grasse's Fleet. In after
last evening of Chastellcux's visit
years he was one of the faithful
Count Vaudreuil gave a little dinsubjects who protected the royal ner for him at his lodgings, so that
family against Lhe mob at the Verthe l\far(Juis went away carrying
i;ailles Palal'e during Lhe 1ii1.d1L or with him most plca:-a11L mcmuries
October 6-G, 178!).
or the hospitality of Portsmouth.
It was customary in the old days
The1·e is another incident conas it is today for the townspeople nected with the visit of the Prench
to entertain the officers and men
Fleet which has been handed down
of the visiting ships. About the
to us shrouded in the deepest mysmiddle of October a banquet was
tery, and that is the affair of the
given at the Assembly House bv duel fought by the French ofnrcrs
ord •r of the C:enernl Court f'or the
i11 the South l't'mclery. JL happened
ount Vaudreuil, al which the that one day one of the townsp •ople
President of the state presided. was passing the burying ground
About a week later a ball was giv- when he noticed that a h:1rge conen for the members of the Fleet taining severnl men in white uni which was a brilliant affair. The forms l\boul lo land in the c·emeGazette mentioned that "a cold
tery; being· a bit curious he stood
collation was provided, which was
by to see what it was all aboul. Ile
neat and elegant (although not was asked Lo join them a,1d soon
coslly) plenty was marked with
discovered llial he was Lo witness
propriety and economy, ihe band a duel. It was o[ short duration
of music b •longing to the troops and one of the genllemen was fatally wounded and carried away
gave a most pleasing cast to the
by his fellowmen in the barge. Our
whole entertainment." This was
probably the best Lhe town could friend who had been a witness was
afford for the Revolution was given a gold piece and went his
scarcely over and Portsmouth was way never knowing what it was
all about, nor shall we cv r be any
not the wealthy town it had been
the wiser. The whole story is neara decade before. While lhe Fleet ly forgollen and only a few ev r
lay in our harbor a number of disthink as they pass the South cemetinguished Frenchmen came here
tery that it was the scene of' a
to visit their fl'iencls and fellow
cine! while the Vrrnl'h Fled la.v in
ofliten; among- them being the our hal'bor in 1782.
�HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
lly Dorothy M. Vaughan
1N THE DAYS OF THE PRIVATEERS
Privateering during the Revolu- three were the most successful of all
tion was one of the great sports as New Hampshire privateers, while
well as a most lucrative means of the Hampden was the ill-fated ship
livelihood. ll was one o( the greal- lhat was captured IJy the English
cst gambles ever, fortunes wcl'C <luring the Penobscot Expedition.
made and lost by investments in
The advertisements which apthese privately owned vessels of peared in the New Hampshire Gawar. These privateers preyed up- zette for gentlemen seamen and
on the enemy and often intercepted marines were most amusing and
British transports loaded with food in a few words convey a good deal
stuffs and munitions enroute to the of local color. One of these was as
British army at Boston. The prizes follows:' "BRIGANTINE SWEEPas they were called were sold by STAKES. In 10 days will sail on
the judge of the Maritime Court a six weeks' cruize . . . any seamen
a11d the pl'occed!'l went to the own- and marines inclined to enter on
ers of lhe pl'ivaleel', Ol' in case lhe ' Board said brig, by applying at the
stale owned shares in the ship, two- Rendez-vous on Spring Hill, will
thirds went to the colony and the find Encouragement equal to their
other third to the remaining shal'e- wishes from Timothy Mountford,
holders. It has been estimated Commander." It is amazing to note
that American privateers took six that Washington's army at its best
hundred pl'izes valued at eighteen numbered no more than eleven
thousand, wl1ile the Revolutionary
million dollnrn during the war. In
Mal'ch, 177G, Congress issued Let- privateers were manned IJy eighty
ters of Marque, authorizing all
thousand men and boys. It was no
public and private cruisers to take wonder that recruits for the navy
any armed or unarmed vessels fly- were scarce for the government
ing the British colors. Three was poor and could pay only eight
months later New Hampshire dollars a month and one could avpassed an .act "to encourage Lhc erage from ihirly to sixty dollars
fixing out of armed vessels to de- on a privateer. The stol'y of Amfend the coast of America, and to erican privateers is a fascinating
cruize on the enemies of the United one, filled with pages of great darColonies, also to erect a court to ing and hazardous escape. The 7!J2
try and condemn all ships and oth- privately armed men of war used
er vessels." A Maritime Court in the Revolution, manned by 80,consisting of one judge, who was 000 men, carrying 13,000 guns capnone other than Col. Langdon, was tured ships and cargoes valued at
established at Portsmouth io try $18,000,000. The American loss by
all cases of capture. New Hamp- wreck or capture was twenty-four
shire furnished over one hundred vessels, while the English Jost one
privateers at this time, among hundred and twenty-two. It cannot
them being: The Enterprise, Capt. be doubted that it was these hardy
Daniel Jackson; The Bellona, Capt. New England privateel'smen who
T. Manning; The Sweepstakes, finally broke the back of England's
Cnpt. Timothy Mo1111Lford; Tho naval power, a1ul if. they hacl been
llnmpclen, Capt,. 'l'honws Picker- assembled under one head instead
ing; The General Sullivan, Capt. of working alone they might have
Dailing; The Genel'al Millin, Capt. ·wiped the English olT the seven
Daniel McNeil and the McClary, seas and given America the nn-,ch
Capt. Robert Parker. The last des ired title of Mistress of the Sea~.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
EARLY
rm
TING IN POR.TSMOUTII
On October 7th, 1756, the first
newspaper ever printed in the
Province of New Hampshire was
placed in the hands of the people
(a copy of this early paper may be
seen at the Athenaeum). IL was
called "The New Hampshire Gazelle and Historical Chronicle" and
bore the royal arms, while its motto
was "My country's good shall be
my gain." The editor was one
Daniel Fowle who came here from
Boston where he had been engaged
in printing and where he had recently served a jail sentence having been suspected of publishing a
pamphlet criticising the laws and
lawmakers of Massachusetts. He
was at first assisted by Mr. Samuel Hall of Boston, afterwards a
printer and book seller in that
town; by his nephew, Robert
Fowle, who in late1· years established his own printing office in
Exeter; by Mr. Benjamin Dearborn and Mr. John Melcher both
of this town; while these men all
helped to edit and publish the paper
Mr. Fowle continued to be the proprietor of the establishment until
his death in 1787. His most able
assistant throughout the years was
his colored man P1·imus, familiarly
known as "Prime," a full blooded
African, very illiterate but a reliable and expert pressman. Mr.
Brewster in his Rambles speaks
of visiting Mr. Fowle's office, which
was on the corner of Pleasant and
Howard Streets, and seeing the
odd shnp d press which turned out
from 50-100 papers pct· hour. He
recollects, too, that Mr. Fowle himself supervised the printing while
1 Prime,
his shining black face
wreathed in smiles, inked the type
with two sheep-skin balls. Mr.
Fowle was a highly respectable
gcnllcmun, benevolent and com·teous, confining himself to his own
private walk in life and never entering ·into politics.
Governor
Benning Wentworth had great
' respect for him and appointed him
Justice of the Peace. The issue of
the Gazette for June 16, 1787, appeared with a black border and
paid a glowing tribute to its late
editor who was "a wa1·m advocate
for the liberties of the press and
the rights of mankind . . . . in
him society feels the loss of a useful member, his acquaintances a
steady friend .... As in life he was
greatly respected, so in death he
is greatly lamented. 'An honest
n'lan is the noblest work of God.' "
There were various other newspapers published in Portsmouth after l\fr. Fowle's press became
active and some of them are as
follows: U. S. Oracle of the Duy,
1793; Republican Ledger, 17!)9;
Portsmouth Mercury and Weekly
Advertiser, 1765; New Hampshire
Mercury, 1780; New Hampshire
Spy, 1798 and Federal Observer,
1798. All of these papet·s had their
day, some of them of short duration, but the New Hampshire Gazette, the first paper in New Hampshire is being published today.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Doroth y M. Vaug han
WlLE
THE BAHO,
011 u cold fro:csly morning-, Decc•nihc•r J, 1777, Lu he l'Xal'l, the
J•'rrm·h bark l•rank aniv(•tl in
l 1 url,;n10ulh, after a slunny pussagr of lifly-five days (rnm J\tarseilk•,;. During Lhe voyage Lhc•re
had bee n several fir es in the forcca,;ll • in which was ,;lo r cd 1,700
po und s of po\\'d c r, and lhc crew
h ad mu t ini ed niore lhan one .
1\board Lhis gun-boal was a l'russi:in 11oble111an and his sc•nelary,
1111111• ut.ht•r lh:in 1:aron l•'rl•dt>1·irk
William ,\u guslu,; lh·nt·y Ferdinand von Steuben, who was on his
way lo join Lhe 'onli11e11lal Army
al ·va11;,y Forge. The baron was
bol'll in Prussia in 17:lll, his father
lu•ing a l'aplain in UH• l'ru si;ian
ar 111 v. 1\ s a c hild l•'redt•rick Lrave ll cli cxlc nsivc ly with hi s Callier,
and w:is wiLh hin1 for su im• linH•
in Lhe Cri111ca . Hi s education was
received at lh e co ll ege o[ Ncisse,
a J es uit school. ll c served wiLh hi -;
falh r al the scigc of Prngur> at
the age of fourteen. In later years
h<' beea111e Aide-de-camp, lo the
King- of Prussia and Grand l\larshal of' I he Court of P l'i11cr ll ohc•nzolk•rn- Jl cchingen. !•'or all Lheso
scn·ices he received large sums of
money a nd was able Lo n•lirc lo
hi s country eslale where h was
livi ng peacefully when his friend,
ount SL. Grrmain, th e French
l\li11i s ltir o[ vVar, inLer cs Lctl him
in I Ill' A 111c•rica11 caus<'.
' l'hl• l•'n•n<'h Mi ni sLl•i· rrali ze1l
11011· poorly org-anizl·cl and i111povl'rislwd t lw st rugg-ling- A llll'ril-a n
anuv was and [t•IL lhal thl• baron's
serv.ices were needed. The baron
be<'amc acquainted with the Am<•rican envoys in Paris, Dr. Franklin and Silas Dea n e, but they were
in no position to offer him any
larg-P sums for scrv ic·<'s rrnd e recl
,\l\lE TO PORTSJ\IO TH
so he retur n ed lo Germany. In a
short li111e, however, 'ount Germain se n t h im dh;palche:-; offering
him suilal.,lc n•m1111eraLion for bis
services and telling him of the
French gun-boat, which was sailing sho rtly for America. The baron
set out at once, firs t sec uring the
se rvices of an inlerp1·eter for he
had not yet co nquered Urn English
lang uage. His secretary was one
l\l. Paul Duponsca u, aflcrwards a
famous Am erican philologist and
l:iwyer. One da y during- lhe trip
l\l. Duponseau Jaitl a wage r with
the baron that he would dare to
kiss the first American girl that
he met when he got, ashore. Tradition tells us that, the uct was actua lly made and whaL's more won
l.,y lhe gay young Frenchman.
There was an nlhu siastic represen tation of town speop le out to
we lcome Lhe baron wh e n Lh o Bark
!•'rank mi chored j II l'orls mouth.
Th ey had heard of hi s military
experiences and were wild with
excitem ent to ha ve Lhc h ero of
many wars embark at their very
door. There
must have
been
added excitement when the debonair M. Dupons<'all stepped up lo
the first fair maidell he meL, whose
name has not come clown to us, and
asked h er if he might kiss her!
The young maiden being very patriotic and 1·omanLic as were a ll of
our Revolutionary great-grandmothers, g ranted lhe favor and M .
Duponseau collected ,hi s wager
.fro111 the baron . "1<'01· a few days
LIH•y stayed in PorLi:; 1111H1th, jus t
whl'rn or Cor how lollg-, we do not
know, and Lhl'11 I hl' baron and his
secretary departed for Valley
Forge where the baron became a
g r eat favorite with hi s adopted
co untrym e n and ha s come down in
history as one ·of America's Revolu Lionary heroes.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
THEA;RICAL ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE EARLY DAYS .
In the late spring of 1762 some
actors from New York came to
this town and interested some of
the more prosperous merchants and
inn-keepers in having a play-house
here. On the third of June these
interested parties petitioned Governor Benning Wentworth for a
theater. The petition read as f!)llows: "Your petitioners being informed that said actors act no
obscene or immoral play, bul such
as tend to the improvement of the
mind, pray your Excellency not to
discou1·age, but rather forward ~he
same." There were forty-five signatures attached, among the11: being: Nathaniel Warner, Pie1·ce
Long, Monsieur Beinburg, Josl1ua
Brackett, George Meserve, Theodore Atkinson, Jr., Joshua Wentworth, John Stavers and iDr: Hall
'Jackson. But. there was immediate opposition to this idea of
a play-house put up by the more
serious minded citizens of the
town, who realized that the townspeople were already overburdened
with taxes. (This was just before
the Revolution, mind you, and England was taxing her colonies to the
utmost.) The result was that Governor Wentworth was presented
with a sec6nd petition which read,
"It would bring on many burdens
and difficulties in addition to those
we have so lately suffered for want
of the necessities of life, and carry
off the little remaining silver and
gold there is in town . . . when
people make such difficulti~s in
paying the common and ordmary
taxes and charges of government."
This was signed by five selectmen,
namely John Langdon, A. Clarkson, John Dennett, William Knight,
Samuel Penhallow and one hundred
and seventy townspeople. It is
needless to say that the matter of
a theater was laid on the table at
that time. However it was not
many years after that the theater
came to Portsmouth and it has been
here ever since.
The' Gazette for November 6,
1772 made the following announcement.
THIS EVENING AT THE ACADEMY ROOM IN PITT STREET
(Court street) PORTSMOUTH.
The entertainment will be as fol-.
lows;
1. A prologue.
2. 'l'hc Politicians, or What
next?
3. Comic dance called Irish Lilt
4. Pantomimical entertainment
in
Grotesque
Characters
called The Escape of Harloquin Turned Doctor.
The doors to be opened at 5
o'clock to begin punctually at 6.
Tickets 2 and 3 Pistareens each to
be had at the Printing Office,, Mr.
Morgan and other usual places.
N. B. No other exhibitions till
Wednesday night."
By the year 1819 we had real
drama here, in five acts to be exact. The Gazette advertised Diamond's celebrated play in 5 acts
called "The Foundling of the Forest." -Between the acts there were
to ,be songs, "duetts" and the play
was to be followed by the much aclmired musical farce in two acts
"Of Age Tomorrow." These were
only two of the many programs
pi·esented in Portsmouth many
years ago.
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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
By Dorothy M. Vaughan
THE McCLINTOCKS: A FAMILY OF PATRIOTS
In the early 1700's a band of sailed out of Portsmouth on the
Scotch-Irish came to Boston te Privateer General Sullivan, one of
settle. Among them was one Wil- the largest privately armed vesliam McClintock, a poor but re- sels, commanded by Capt. Manspectabl Scotch farmer, who set- ning. Nathaniel McClintock held a
tled on the Mystic River, removing commission of Capt. of the Marines
after a time to Lon<lon<lerry, N. H., on board the General Sullivan and
where he died leaving two sons an<l saw active service. He was killed
a daughter. llis son Samuel was in action on board the ship of war
educated at Princeton for the Raleigh.
The fourth son, John, began his
ministry and received a call to
preach before lhe Congregational seafaring life at sixteen. He was
Society in Greenland. Ile was so on four privateers, among them bewell liked lhut he wa~ offered a ing lhe 20 gun "Alexander," letsalary of $300 a year and 11 ~,nail ter of n:iarque, commanded' 1,y
but fertile farm lo live upon. The Capt. Thomas Simpson, who later
Rev. l\IcClintock soon married commanded the Ranger. The AlexMiss Mary l\lontgomery of Ports- ander sailed from Portsmouth with
mouth who was also of Scotch a crew of local men and boys and
descent, and they were the parents took many prizes. While aboard
of fifteen children. At the out- this vessel John McClintock was
break of the Revolution Rev. Sam- advanced to Prize master and conuel l\lcClintock offered his services ducted a prize to the West Indies.
and was made chaplain of the New He became Mate, Prize master and
Hampshire forces; he was present lieutenant before the age o.f twenat Bunker Hill and is shown in ty, and continued to follow the sea
Trunbull's famous painting of the after the war had drawn to a close.
He became a successful merchant
Death of General Warren. Four
of his sons took an active part in and trader and lived on State
Street in the hou e at the corner
the war, Capt. John being the only
ea!
one of the four who survived the of Fleet Street, called the
Block.
During
Harrison's,
Tyler's,
conflict. William enlisted in the
Continental army and was with the Taylor's, Fillmore's, and Pierce's
N. ll. troops who were wilh Wash- administrations he held the honington at the Battle of Trenton, orable office of Naval Agent for
and was kill d during this engage- the Port of Portsmouth. Ile died
ment; Samuel was a midshipman at the advanced age of 95, on
on bonrd the Frigate Rolla; after• November 13, 1855, and was
wanls was made a lieutenant on a buried from the Stone Church
privateer which was lost at sea; which was filled to the doors with
and Nathaniel, a third son was also his many friends who came to pay
present at the Battle of Trenton,
and for his services w,as made a ' their last respects to a grand old
Brigade Major. He afterwards man!
�Under the_ direction of Rev. James
H. Brennan, per~anent rector, plans
have been completed for the new
Church of the Immaculate Conception.
The present church, erected In 1872, is
being torn down and wlll be· replaced
by a new building located torty feet
rurther back from the street. Construction wlll be started as soon as the
existing church as been removed.
Matthew Sullivan of Boston is arch11cct for the work.
· The new church will be Gothic
~ character. The inside dlmens!cns will
be 60 by 122 feet. The s~atlng capacity,
including choir, will be about 900. There
wlll be a narthex or vestibule along the
front of the building, Over this will be
the choir gallery, reache~ by two staircases from the nave. The nave will be
26 feet wide and 48 feet high, separated from the aisles by arcades of seven ·bays each, lighted by tracery topped
window openings in outer walls o[
aisles. The memorial stained glass windows from the old church will be used
again In the new building,
The columns of the arcades
capped at the clerestory line by life
sl~ winged angels, forming supports
for main ribs In celling vault of nave.
The nave vault starts 30 feet above the
:tl.oor at the clerestory line and is penetrated by pointed arches where win•
dows occur in clerestory over area.des
between nave and aisles. The aisles
will have ribbed and groined vaults
with ribs starting' from corbels !ran\•
Ing the stations of the cross. Confe,sslo~als will be In recesses, two near
sanctuary and two at narthex end of
building.
.
Walls and ceilings are to,.be finished
in California stucco plaster. The ornament, columns and ribs will be French
gray ,plain surfaces Mexican tan, and
the apse a still deeper tone, The floor
construction will be chiefly concrete
slabs covered with linoleum. · The fill•
ished woodwork wm be oak,
The altars will be oarved :fl'om whlte
Italian marble in symbollo design. The
altar rails, steps and plat!o1·1111 will
also be whlte marble,
The modelling Will · be done by An•
drew RreseUy, successor to l, Kirohmaier, and a memb~r of the fl1•m of
wm. P.. Roos &
of Oambrldge,
Mass,
The exte1iol' of thq buildlnir will· ba
New Hamp~hire re4 brio~ with 111.dla.na.
limestone trim am\ slate root. Th8
small wlndOWIS
be aluminu~ the
buttresses and simple cusplngs over
heads of windows.
Walsh Brothers of Cambridge, Mass.,
are contractors for the work, which will
be completed before the end of the
year.
ANNIVERSARY Of
· - fl YINfi Of.
· LIBERTY rtAu
I
l
Undoubtedly· ,the first , Liberty Flag
flown in the Aniel'icau Colonies was
from the standard erected on New
Hampshire soil, bearing_ the motto"Liberty, Prnperty and No Stamp"over nine years before the Revolution,
to be exact Jan. 9, 1766. Tha.t stand~
ard from then on received t he name of
the Liberty Pole. The Sons of Liberty
of Portsmouth knew full well
that
eternal vigilance
price or
co.,
wm
. ';fhe faq11,df ~ll ~ ,!pter8$tlng. 'In the
ce.n.tral dlYisio~ tiieiit wiU be three
entrances with archlvolts and pointed
arches. Above these a.re mullions and
columns extending upward to a traceried cornice. In the gable is a veslcashaped Wll),dOW. At the apex of the
roof, sixty :feet above the street, the
building will be smmonnted by a gilded copper cross.
The upper portion of the apsidal end
of. the- nave Is treated In much the
same manner as tho front. Along the
sides· of the building the Interior columns are recalled in the exte1ior design
by :flanking buttresses and the arcades
by the tracery top windows. The clerestory is of similar design with . shallow
·fiOVERNOR NAMES
LOCAL COMM.
The Governor and Council at the
meeting on Fricta.y appointed a committee of three members, as authorized in
the last session of the general court, to
investigate. the cost and feasibility or
establishing a state park in and about
the Liberty Pole on Marcy street. 'l'lle
,commission named consists of Philip
H. fhndersoo1, chairman; Arthur I.
Harriman and Miss Martha S. Kimball.
This commission is to report at the
1935 srssion of lhe Le islalure.
l
d09r-1J COPP8~
thus actually put the government of
the United 8tates of North America
Into operation June 21, 1788.
New \
Hampshire's historical shrines are 1
classed as one of the greatest assets i
the Granite State possrsses. Other
states are awake to pub1iciLr. Why not l:fI~';J~zrf."J~;J~t=
give New Hampshire the publicity she r
justly deserves and at the s1me time .
show our respect for the patriots who 1
g·ave theiT al! for liberty.
· Arthur I. Harriman.
liberty; they de;nai1ded'.
stamp master his commission, a. grant
from King George III. They 'pierceq
that unsavory document with a sword:
later , the commission was wrapped il1
the Liberty Flag and forwarded to '
the British Parliament, which proved
to be the prime factor that brought
a.bout ttie repeal of the 'Stamp / ct .
Tomorrow is the 168th anniversary
of that historical event and it seems appropriate that d,te observance should
be manifested.by the state of New
Hampshire by its · people and school
observance.
New Hampshire has a flag day ·of its
ow.n! Why not observe this memorable
event? · And ag·ain, New Hampshire,
accol'd!ng to the pl'ovislon of lhe Con-.
stltution of the Unitea Slates, being
the n!.nth to ratif the Constitution;
1
�"At 6 o'clock salutes of 13 guns were
fired from the fort at Liberty Bridge
and at Church Hlll, Llberl,y
Pole
4
and Liberty Bridge came into prominence again in the celebration
that
followed the ratification of the Constitution by the state of New Hampshire.
No Stamp Flag First Waved
"Eight states, some of them by a'
small majority, had given their assent
From Historic Spot Jan. 9,
to the Constitution. The ninth only
1766
was necessary to its rnllficatlon. At
this crisis, therefore, all eyes
were
Tod~y martui the 1G7th anniversary
directed to New Hampshire, as the
of an !mportant event that assisted in
state upon whose decision the fate of
mouldmg the destiny of our nation
the Constlt,1tlon seemed in a
great
Here in Portsmouth there came int~
measure to depend. Its assent on the
being a shrine which from an hist-orione hand would settle the question in
cal standpoint cannot be equalled lhe
its favor; !ls dlssent on the other, in
length and breadth of our countrythe divided slalc of public
opinion,
Liberty Pole and Llberiy Bridge.
might crcalc
o. popular
impulse
Here on Jan. 9, 1766, nine years beagainst it."
fore the Revoluti~n, the
first
No
And on June 21, 1780, New HampStamp flag raised in lhc
Amcl'lcan
shire, according to the provisions of
colonies waved from ihe masihcad of
the Constitullon, being the ninth to
the first Liberty Pole, some demonratify, put the government of
the
strations having been held prior to the
Unll,cd states of North America into
one we here chronicle. When
the
operation.
stamp. master's commission arrived,
The first Liberty Pole, becoming unthose m1bued with the spirit of llbcrsafe, was replaced, and on Monday,
iy, well knowing lhat "eternal vlgiJuly 5, 1824, o. second was dedicated,
lan?e was lh price of liberty", a deleresting on the identical spot
where
gation of patriots, including Thomas
the first for 58 years had flown the
Manning, George Gains and brother
flags and emblems of freedom. The
"Sons of Liberty" were
seen
in
new mast was 85 feet high; on its top
Vaughan street on the steps of the
o. large liberty cap, surrounded by 13
stamp master's house. Meserve wns
balls. Above this, supported by an
Slllllmoned Lo the door, where he subIron spike five feet in length, perched
mitted to the administration
of an
on a globe o. noble eaglo, traversing
oaih by Wyscmnn Clar,ett . thnt
with the wind, while 18 feet above the
would not directly OL' indirectly
bridge, on the pole wns a shield, intempt io exccuic ihe
o!flce.
scribed there these words In gold!
commission was taken from him the
"Erected July 3, 1824,
procession moved
clown
vau~lrnn
in Commemoration· of
street, ·.i p King street (now Congress) ;
July 4, 1776, that Declared
there the commission was placed on
Our Emancipation From
Lhe point of a sword nncl h ailed by the
Tyrnnny and Gave Us
shouts of Uic "eons of Liberty."·
The Prlvllegcs of
'~he procrssion moved
to
Swing
Freemen"
lmdge on Water str~ct, where
they
The second pole was removed
erected a liberty stanchrcl, bearing
1899, and to preserve the exact
the motto, "Liberty, Property and no
where the original restod drilled into
Stomp." Here ihe master of a ship,
the solid ledge a hole to receive a rod
under onth, swore that on his arrival
and stepped thereon the present pole
in England he would deliver the comof Oregon pine, 110 feet high, surmission, pierced with
ihe
sword
mounted by the original cap, globe,
wrapped in a flng on which was in~
eagle and the original shield of 1824,
scribed in
lnrge
lcUcrs-"Libcrty,
of heroic size, made of wood, weighing
Property and no Stamp." It o.rrived
85 poJnds, and a masterpiece ln every
In Parliament just as a strong effort
sense of the word .
was being made to repenl lhe stamp
On Sept. 9, 1907, this shield was
tax and was instrumental In bringing
stripped from the pole and siolen, and
about its repeal. Herc, again, on the
on Oct. 23, 1907, found floating in the
repeal of the stamp tax and the day
waters of the river nearby. Having
appointed for its celebration, May 22,
been painted and reglldod it was 1·01766, from n. battery of 21 guns erected near LibcrLy Ilriclge, dccllcnLcd to
His Majesty, a discharge of cannon
snlulcd the rising sun . Mnny patriots
who assisted in the capture of powder
and anns at Fart William and Mary
rallied around that standard, staging
another demonstration six
months
before the captured powder made ihe
Battle of Bunker Hill possible, many
of lhe same patriots participating in
thnt battle, April 28, 1783,
the day
appointed for the proclamation of
peace with Great Brltnin and
acknowledgment of the
of the United States.
LIBERTY POL
stored on May 9, 1908, to its former
position, where above this shrine for
108 years in silent trlbut It has told
its _patriotic story, of those who gave
th~u· all and endowed us with the
pnceless. privileges· of freedom.
In
1913 ~ bronze tablet was placed thereon, with this inscription:
"Liberty Property
And No Stamp .
Near this Spot,
Then Swing Bridge,
But Thenceforward Called
Liberty Bridge,
On January 9th, 1766,
Nine Years
Before the Revolution
The Sons of .Liberty .
of Portsmouth, N .. H.,
Placed ihe First .
No Siamp Flag .
Raised in
The Amel'ioau Colonies
Swing Bridge Built 1731,
Waterway filled 1899
The Liberty Pole
Association
1913"
This shrine ls in our keeping,
preserved and cherished by us
and
delivered to the coining· generation in
as good or better condition than when
it was iutrusted ln~o otu· keeping.
A. I. Harriman,
References:
New Hampshire ·Gazette, 1766.
1824.
.
.
Adams' Annals, 1825 .· ·
Brewster's Rambles, 1859.
Praises on Tombs, 1832.
�!(NOW YOUR Ov\7 N ST ATE
m
PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
OUSING the Portsmouth Public Iii rary is a building for which drawings were made by Charles Bulfinch, one of the most famous of early American architects. Erected in 1809 for the Portsmouth
· academy, it became a public school· in 1868 and so continued until 1896. In the la_tter year il was
taken over for library purposes.
The ivy covered brick buildinR with white trimings, at the spot where Middl e, ConRress and Islin gton
streets come together, is one of the most beautiful of tile many fine old structures in Porlsmoul11.
�" 'What we crave leave further
offer · 1s; to · assure ,your Majesties o!
our ardent prayers 1to the -Almigh ty
King of Kings, that He wm be pleas'd
to 8ave his anointed by theSaving
Strength of his Right Hand, and that
after yoJr
Majesty
shall
have
changed your Earthly Diadem for a.
heavenly crown, and that after his
Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales,
shall have received a never
fading
Crown in the Realms o! Bliss, the new
born Prince may in' a Regular Succession long weare that Ct·own which
now !lourisbs on your Majesties' Roy-,
· a1 ·head.'
·
·
"The 'new born Prince' became in
1760 King George III.
"Now the prayer of that address was
■
indeed the prayer· of the King's New
Hampshire . subjects. whether Anglican
or Congregationalist. It was such a ,
prayer as. George Washington, ~ged
1
1
six, was ie!\rning in Virginia, at his
mother's knee 'and In an
Anglican
church. · It was such a prayer as was 1
offered from. the lofty pulpits of our I
austere and
chilly Congregational ,
meeting-houses. In the raised ·wau 1
pew of Queen's Chapel,
under
a
On Nov. 1, li3!1, the bell in Queen's
Hon. Elwin R.- Page, judge advocanopy emblazoned with .theroyal
Chapel joyfully called the people of cate of the Superior court, was the arms, screened in with red
plush
Ut1:1 p:irish Lo wornhip in that building speaker of the day, Judge Page is an
curtains, seated in Queen Caroline's
with the Presidcnt of
tho
United authority 011 George
Washingl;ou's chairs, the royal Governor and
his
State· , George WRshington, who two visit in this state, being the author of secretary, each Sunday heard SJCh a
da •., b.!1ore had arrived from
New- a recent book, "George WashingLon in prayer for many years to come.
bl!i·qiort, on :i. i.rip that broJght Jilin New Hampshire. " He said, in parL,
"Fifty years passed. That prayer
in' •) ;ill of lhe 13 states . On Sunday, as follows:
' ceased to be heard even in Quee1i•s
Oc . :JO, 1932, , i:hin two days of being
"The plaee and the occasion speak Chapel, more reluctant than most to
cs 1.:Lly 143 ~-e .. rs after the
service of contrast and change. Two hun- omit it. And then came fl, new
which Lile first Pre!!illent of the United dred· years ago· Portsmouth was · th~ prayer, .i.fter an interim during which u·_..,,.,... , ....
s t,tc3 aLlencied,, ihe same Lunenberg heart of a province entirely loyal. In there was no king for whom men
be ll, \\'hich callee Washington to wor- common with all of New England, incared to pray, the prayer for ,the
New President of the United States.
ship, Sllllllll011~d
several
hWldred deed with all of the colonies,
Porl.,111oull1 rcs.:denis Lo
St. John's Hampshire felt herself truly of, if not
"And the President himself, and his ,
Ciiurcll lo jo 'n in a service of praise in, Old England .
.
'
humble and Portsmouth-born secre"When, in 1732, your pansh erecl,ed tary, sat in Queen Caroline's chairs,
aml lhanksgi\'ing for the life
and
named under the estwhl.le royal canopy, and I
work of Geor~e Washington, and also a chapel on this spot, it
Que1?n bowed while the rector prayed !or th~
n s.! , vice in commemoration of
Lhc QJcen's Chapel lL1 honor or
2o~u, nnnlvc1 •r.ry of the erecLlon of Caroline, who 1graclously guve ccrtaln Presidnt. Here was a scene to
Queen's Chap:-1 on the site of the pres- furniture for tho building which you to pious wonder.
still prize_. Bu~ tt,\ls nnming wns no
ent Sl. J ohn's Church.
"Something fundamental had hapThe SCl'\' iCe had
been
heralded mere bid for ·oyal favor, nor was the
pened to this province, and the rest o!
th roughou t th is vidniLy and
many feeling it expressed an indication that
the colonies, In the 57
years since
ha signified their intention to attend. the Church of England folk were more
Queen's
Clu!pel
was
erected
In - New
Due Lo the large number
expected, Joyr.l than the Separatist.s, who formed
only delegates from local organiza- the bulk of the provi~1cial populaUon . Hanipshire, and George Washington
g&.ve his faint birth-cry in Virginia.
tions, and not the entiJ:e membership, Six years later there was born a new
The change transcended , anythjng
prince,
grandson
of
George
II.
and
received in\'ilaLiolls,
The delegates
wcrn scnlccl in the rci,crvccl portion of c~rollne. The Joy of the province lq that men could conceive il'l 1732. It
concepth~ auclilorium and the galleries were the birth of an helt: to the throne wa~ transcended the momentary
tion
of
any
oL
the
many
great
tl1ro11·n open t-0 the public.
Thl'se by no means confined to Episcopaland
w,1r filled by the time the service be-· ians, and the democratic House, no who had shared in watching
shaping the change. It transcended
g:1 11. the chu~ h being filled to capac- less than the aristocratic Council, haseven Washington, who, however, contened to congratulate the sovereign.
il,y,
ceived its meaning more realistically
The processlon, headed
by
the In their address to the King, they and prophetically than any other actor
ncolvles enLercd Ute church, L11c choir said:
in the drama. The prayers for George
sing.ing '
the
processiona l, "An" 'This great occasion of our Ad- III. had been answered, not in accordcient of Days."
Rev. Maxwell dress, is a great occasion for our joy, ance with the prayers, but in accordGanter, rector of s t . Jolln's ChJrch, and our joy is great in proportion to ance with the · destiny o! peoples as
welcomed the worshippers, saying tllaL the occasion; !or lt is not our remote~ rnled by tlia.t Providence whom Washthe gathering was made up of 1>eopic ness from the Brittish Throne that can ington rightly reverenced ' as
the
from different classes of society, with ness from the British throne that can 'Great Disposer o! Events.'
.
different beliefs, but that; they were abate l\n Iota of· our allegiance, nor
''In answer to the prayers, God had
all gathered for one common purpose, the vast ocean that; separates us from made use, as he customarily does, of
to thank God for George Wnshiugtou our Sovereign that can quench or cool human instruments, both in England
and Lhe th ing.'1 that he stood for . our affection to Him.
11nd America, and chief o! those in"Nol slucc th• Will' have I seen such
" 'If it be our misfortune to be a str JmenLs
was George Washington.
a gathering a11 this," he said . "Then thousand leagues distant from
your And yet note how modestly and rever, were were united in a commOLl pur- Majesty, it ls our happiness that we ently the President sat . in
Queen
pose. Today we are united in a com- can boast; o! as true a (New England) Caroline's chair in the chapel named
mon purpose, t hanking God at this loyalty as that of the most faithful for the grandmother of the repudiated
service of praise."
Britons, and that we have as warm
We see the drama of oontrast~~;;!~~!:!!,!~:.;..-----.--~~"1 hearts and as willing hands ready for King.
and possibly unduly exaggerate.
vour Majesties service as the loyalest
''Nobody has told us how the Presi~! vour British subjects..
dent comported himself on that occa-
AT ST
•r$ary ~t~ a
is · ·,fffi I Elli ~t~·m- n of
a~ e · Observe
:ras
�slon. He was never ,a self-ana ys , so
John's Lodge,
be has not dramatized, or even
re- No. 1, A. P. & A. M.; St. Andrew·s
counted, his feelings on that Sunday Lodge No, 56, A. F. & A. M.; Wash143 years ago. He was
not
self ington · Chapter, Royal Arch Masons;
conscious enough to examine his re- New Hampshire Lodge, r. 0. O. F.;
actions, much less .to
think • that New England Order o! Protection,
others could be Interested in his men- Parthenon Chapter, Order or Ahepa;
tal processes. That
one of the rea- Paul Jones Club, Piscataqua Council,
sons for saying that he sat ~odestly Daughtel'8 of Pocahontas; Piscataqpa
in the Queen's chair and found no ex- Pioneer,
Strawberry Bank Orange,
hlllratlon therein, no cause for dram- ~o:v.s of Pericles, Star Lodge o! Odd
atizing himself as we are dramatizing Ladles, Spanish War Veterans, Storer
him. He enjoyed the advantages of Relief Corps, Grand Army of the Reliving In a matter-of-fact age unbe- public, Women's City CL1b,
devlled by psychosts.
Aston Harris Camp, Sons of Union
"But that is not to say that
the Veterans; Young Woman's Christian
matter-of-fact Washington was laclc- Ascociation, Order o! Eastern Star,
ing In spiriual qualities. Above nil h Kiwanis CI11b, Rotary Club, and S011s
'?S ever conscious of an over-ruli
of Veterans Auxil iary ,
Providence. Writing to Mrs. Was!
ington as he started to ta11e
con
mand of the Continental Army, he expressed at once depreciation of
his
own powers and confidence in 'that
J:.>rovldence which has heretofore preserved and been bountiful to me.' A
few months later he wrot{l to Joseph
Reed: 'I have scarcely emerged from
one difficulty before I have plunged
into another. How it will end, God In
his goodness will direct. I am thankful for his protection 'to ' this time .1
The Declaration o! Independenee wRS
to
him . •a. fresh incentive
to'. eve-ry
of- ·
•..., '
__,u
: •
_.
fleer and Soldier to act with Fidelity
and · Courage as knowing that now
the peace and safety of ,his Cmmtry
depends (under God) solely
on the
success of our arms.• Here was
a
man, great of the great, who humbly
believed. that he was acting for ar..(
under an over-ruling Deity.
~ 1
"It was a simple religion-Georg
Washington's-one of honest exertlo
and well doing as unto God,
wit
~a.Ith that human striving of this sor
would unfailingly be blessed by , th
Great Disposer of Events, to
whon
would belong all the praise.
Thi
was the faith that animated Georg~
Washington equally in a long, desperate war and-In glorious victory; in th
heavy labor of civil _ admlnistratlo
whther vlciO\ISlY attacked, ' or· crowne
with the. laurels of popular praise; !
the quiet round of dally
tasks at
Mo).lDt Vernon and the contacts of
considerate gentleman with his
f et
'! lows, high or low. It animated th
words he ,whispered with hls dyln
•breath: 'I am not afraid to go.' " .
, , Among the special guests were ti".
following: Mayor F. W. Hartford a1
mem~~ of 'the, City Co.incll 1 Dqa~d -1
Instruction, Rear Admiral '•.' .' .
~
Kempf!, U. S. N., commandant of th
Portsmouth Navy Yard, and his ,sta.f
and party; and representatives ·of the
'Ancient Order of Rlberians, Assembly
of Rainbow Girls, Boy Scouts, sea
Scouts, Chamber of Commerce, Clan
MacKlnnon, Order of Scottish Clans;
Colonial Dames, Companlom of the
Forest, Council of
Jewish Women,
Crystal Temple, Pythian Sisters; Damon Lodge, K. of P.; Th\ughters of
the American Revolution, Portsmouth
Chapter, Order o! DeMolay; Portsmouth Lodge o! Elks, Fannie A. Gardiner Rebekah Lodge, Girl
Scouts,
Graf!ort Club,
Veterans o! Foreign
Wars, Women's Christian Temperance
Union, Union Rebekah Lodge, Osgood
Lodge, I. 0. 0. P.; Frank E. Booma.
P01;t, A. L,; Order of Hadassah, Order
is
�n ·•- emory
n
Ad ·r· ~
orge c~ e ey,
U. SIi ~1 edicated Before
Chu1rc~m ·Dignitar·es nd· ·g~
a ai O·lficials
ij
In Llie presence of Rt. Rev. John 'l'.
The memorial was covered by the
D allri.;, Bishop of the Episcopal Dio- Union Jack, while wreaths and · cuL
of New llampzhire, :mcl other no- flowers were massed in front. Charles
t'.llJle.,, the Remey Memorial at historic Mason Remey, son of Rear Admiral
.'3L. John's Church wn~ 11nveiled anu Remey, unveil~d the tablet, and BL-shOp
d cdica,ed
Sunday n.ltcrncon. This Dallas conducted the service-&Ldedloa.
memoria l is in
memory of Re!tr tion. At the conclusion of the' service
Adtnll'Jl Grorge Collier Remey, for in the rear of the church, the possesH'.>lll.:? li me the oldest ofiicer in the u. I sion returned to the sanctuary where s. Navy. Hc ' also helcl important 9om- 1the Bishop gave the benediction,
m rncts in four wan:,
The memorial was . made iu Italy
The dcciic:ttion service was h eld at ::; and the general style is similar to
o'clock with a large numbe1· of parish- those mural monuments that are seen
ioners and several from other parishe'\ in the Renaissance cathedral.s of Eu~
attendlnt!. The vested choir sang under rope and England.
the direction of Ernest P. Bilbruck: and
The portrait of the memorial Wa!j
re nd er<! d appropriate
music. Rev. done by Guido Calori of the National
M ·JXwcll Ganter and Lieut. Comdr. w. Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He
S. Williams, Chaplain at the Navy also did the btlst in marble •of Rear
Yard, assisled in th e service.
Admiral Remey that has l>een - placed
Bishop Dallas gave a short, but mos~ in the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
errective talk on "Remembrance," He The marble work on the monument itbegan by telling of a Memorial In Eng- self was done by Sollazzini, and Lul and. a granite monument, upon which aldi of Florence. The dark marble
U1erc arc c11grnvcd but threo words, came from neat· Genoa and the yellow
"'l'l1 Glorious Dcnd"and how that mon- Iro111 Slcmm while the l>lack waG
um nt wns deeply n11d reverent.ly re- quarried in Belgium.
spected. "Men coming down that side
The inscription 'on the monument
o( the street take off their hats as reads as follows:
they pass, and men coming down thl;:;
"To the glory of God, in loviug aoct
slde of t.he st reet do the same. To the afiecUonate Memory of Rear Admiral
<lllll.~ of the British empire men tak<! George · Collier Remey, U, S. Navy,
ofr t heh· lmls to do honor to the 1841-l!l28.
memory of those hei oic <le:i.d who gave
"He fought for the Union i,i.1 the
their llvcs for the British empire."
. Civil war. He commanded the Naval
"It is good to remember the dea rl. · Bas~• at Key West in the war between
said the speaker, "and H is good to re . ' the United States a nd Spain a nd was
member the Glorious dead." He said Commander-in-Chief of the Nava:t
that within a few weeks -,,·e would be Forces during- the insurrection in the
remembering lhe dead of the last war. Philippine Islands and the Boxer War
not in sadness, ,bu t wit.h sincei·e gra- _in China. On tours of duty as Captain
tltude fol' their deeds.
and commandant of the Porti.moutl1
Following the lalk oi Bishop Dallas .. Navy Yard, he and his family were
the possession, including the acolyte:, 1 members of St. John's Church, where
clergy, members of the Remey family, ' this monument to assist in 1>err,etuat' _!l,ear _Ad.miral_Clarence S. he1l}_E_f!, ing his memory is now placed in the
Lieut. Comdr, L. S. Stewart, n.ide to name of his wife by one of their sons
the Commandant, a nd other high na- in the year of our Lord 1932."
~
val officials, ma\·ched to the rear of, Rear
Admiral
George
Collid,
the church, and there the unveiling' Remey, U. S. N., will . be remembered
was held in the north vesUbule.
by many in this vicinity as he WAS In
•1•·•··•·~•·"" command of the Portsmouth
Navy
Yard in 1896-1898, 1898-1900.
" c,e,.
I
was born in Burlington, Iowa,
Aug. 10; 1841, the second son of William Butler Remey and Eliza Smith
Howland Remey, He entered
the
United States Naval Academy at A.nnopalls 111 1855 and was graduated as
one of the five honor men of the
class of 1859. He
married
Mary
Josephine , Mason, daughter of Chief
Justice Charles Mason of Iowa, and
Angelica Gear Moson, on July 8, 1873.
On June 9, 1859, he was
appointed
midshipman and .promoted
th.rough
grades to rear adml1·al Nov, 22, 1898,
He was retired Aug. 10, . 1903.
He served on the U, ' S. S. Hart.ford, East India squadron,
1859-61,
and saw Civil War service on the U.
S. S . Marblehead, in the North and
So .1Lh Atlantic blockading squadron,
1862-63 ! participated in the siege of
Yorktown; engagement with Confederates . at White · House
Landing,
Pamunky River, June 29, 1862; engagements · with batteries on
Sullivan's Island, S. C.: engagement of
Battery Wagner Aug. 17, 1863; commanded naval battery on Morris Isiand, Aug. 23 to Sept. 8, 1863; bombardments of Forts - Sumner___ and
Gregg; · commanded a . division :yf
boats In night attack on Fort Sumter,
Sept. 8, 1863, and was taken prisoner,
, spent thirteen months in
Columbia
jail and Libby Prison, and was
exchanged as a prisoner of war Nov, 15,
·1864. He served on the U.
-8.
S.
Mohongo, 1865-67;
at the
Naval
Academy, 1867-69; on the U) ' s. s,
Sabine 1869-70; on an e>g>edltlon to
Tuhuautapec, 1870-71; at the U. s.
Naval Observatory at
Washington,
D. · C. , 1871-72; on the U.
S.
s.
Worcester, 1872-73; in the Bureau of
Yards and Docks, 1874-76. He commanded the U. S. S. Enterprise, 1877- ,
78; W8;J torpedo instructor at : the U,
S. War College at Newpo]it, R. r.. 1
1878; on duty in the Bureau of Yards ·
and Docks, 1~79-81; was attached to 1
the U. S. S.
flagship
Lancaster 1
1881-83; stationed at the navy yard' 1
Washington, 1884-86; captain of •th~
navy yard at Norfolk, Va., 1886-89;
,commanded the U. S. S. Charleton,
,1889-92; captain of the Portsmo.1th
N. H., l)avy yard, 1892-95; membe;
Naval Examining and Reti,ing .Board
1895-96; commanded the Portsmouth
N. H., navy yard, 1896-98; 1898-1900;
commanded the Naval
;ease, • Key
West, Fla., 1898, during
war
with
Spain, and was commander-In-chief
jof the As iatic Squadron
1900-1902
during the Philippine
Insurreciio~
and the Boxer War In China. In 1902
he was appointed chairman o!
the
Llg(1Lhouse Board, which post he held
until his retirement in 1903.
Rear
Adm lral Remey was the oldest officer
of the navy and the ranking officer'
l'etired.
Arter his retirement Admiral and 1
Mrs. Remey passed their winters in '
Washington, D. C., · and their summers at Newport, R. I. He
passed
away Feb. 10, 1928.
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�o s o
f-\,,1••'1/
e era uilding
ruct re
Is Attra tiv
sediment. In 1892, however, the City o!
Portsmouth took over'• ihe Portsmouth
Aqueduct Company ai{d put 1n a pres- 1
sure system, 'at •the same time raising 1
the cost o! supplying the building ,
from $50 per year to $100.
The next' improvement was in lighting. In 1883, the newly , formed Ports- ,
mouth Electric , Light ,• Company contracted to light the public building ·
with electricity for $300 per year: Two .
arc lights and ' twenty-four twenty 1
watt lights were Installed, the gas for\
the rf)malncjer of the building being
pa.id for out of the, $300,1TI1e next year ,
they raised the price to $400 and the-'
Portsmouth Gas Company whose pre- 1
, vious bills h1l(i ranged . from $3p0 ,to
I
~750, underbid them. The Treasury
Department accepted the lower bid
but upon recoBSiderat.'on allotted the
contract to the electric light company.
In 1890, the Portsmouth Gas Company
having bought out the electric company, contracted to furnish gas and
electricity for $520 and later at 20
cents per kilowatt, the company to replace all broken and burnt out bulbs.
In 1890, the streets of Portsmouth
were lighted by electricity and in 1900
the gaslight posts at the corners of the
FEDERAL BUILDING
- ---,----,-..-~ government lot were removed. By I.his
were released by the court, one being time the entire building was lighted
(By George A. Nelson)
used by the Pension Agent and the ' by electricity.
.
The federal building in Porl:rncL,~h, other by the Internal Revenue, both \
While these changes were going on,
commonly known as the Post O!Ilce coming into existence or prominence there were as many changes in the
Building was authorized by an act of as a result of the Civil war.
occupants of the building. The InterCongress p~ssed August 18, 1856, and In 18 Go, the building was lighted by nal Revenue Service was assigned one
completed m 185:l at a cost of $160,- gas the cost being $200 per year of room in 1860. another in 1878 formerly
486. Built of Concord, New Hampshire. , which $l 75 was expended on the post cccupied by the Pension Agent and a
granite, it is considered by many U1e office. water wns furnished by the third in 1898 n.!ter a struggle with the
most beautiful modern building in Portsmouth Aqueduct company at a court who had assigned the room to
southern New Hampshire. The exter- cost of $30 per year; the water bcin:;: the clerk of courts. The World War
i?r of .the building _bas changed but piped into the basement and pumped again increased the work of the lnterlltlle since construction; the en~rnnces from there by a hand pump into w.nks nal Revenue Service making it neceson I.he northern and southern sides ns in the attic. Con! was used for heat- sary to use the entire front hall of I.he
well as one of the three on the eastern Ing. Each room had a stove ·or a grate ::eccnd floor and to seek temporary
•lll<-r..,·.:::••sicle have been eliminated, the two in one of the eight chimneys. It 1s easy 'use of the court room which had not
large elm trees thnl. shaded the front to imagine the care these stoves re- been used by the Federal Court for
of t1_1c building have been cut down, quired and this work together with scvcrnl years. In l!l28, they were asthe 1ro_n fence bas been re~ov_ed, the the filling of the water tanks, and the signed the entire third floor and in
/~\r:.~,It.•,·,:iJI brick sidewalk around the bu1!dmg has cleaning of u1 e entil·e building was moving to their new quarters forced
given way to concrete and ornamental assigned to one janitor who received the Installation of an elevator which
street lights have been placed on the $400 per year.
had been fi.rst advocated in 1902. The
front cor?ers cf the govem~ent lot.
The heating wasn't entirely satisfae- United States Coast Guard now occuTh_e Interior has changed cons1~crably. t.ory and many complaints were regis- py the space on the second floor left
onglnnlly there were two staircases. tered over chilly offices. on February vacant.
one on the norlheriy . side and U1e l0, 1871 , Uie Collector of Customs, who
So _In 1932 t.:-e Federal Building is
other on tl~~ southerly side, the former was cu~~o:li:m of the building, wrote oc~up1ed_ In this _ manner; . the postb Ing p;ut1t1onetl from the lobby by a to the s:::r:)..ary or the Treasury' ask- o!Ilce slill occupies the , entire gro~nd
; wal~ and the latter from t~e _lobby by Ing for ~ portable furnace to heat \O~or,_ the headquarters for the F1:st
\ a. wu·e screen. In 18'.75, the s,arrs on tbi watei- stating that the water pipes District, U. S. Coast Guard the entire
\southerly side lcadmg t.o the second and tanks were frozen and could not front of the second story, t,he U. S.
floor were removed, I.he pince thus va- b
d In 1875 two connected fur- Customs Service three rooms on the
cated being later occupied by the ~~=e w·ere installed furnishing steam ., ba~k side of the second story, the Post
money rdrr departm~nt of the post- bent lo all parts of the building thus ' office Inspector one room of the second
·••~t.tr.r.~lr,1,;-Jv,,..;JOmce. At the same time, n door was doing away with the stoves and gra.tes, 1story nnd the U. S. Clvll Service the
cut through the wall so thnt access to Tw
t
,
mp was remn.lnlng room of this floor while the
. .
. h
f t 1
. ht
o years 1a er, a s,eam pu
al
.
the rema_mm& f11~ t. o
a rs m1~
added to the e ul ment replacing the U:· S. Intern RA:venue Service occube h:icl without going out of the build- h a.n d pump m
. qsenPeling wavcr
' ,A f ro m the pies the entire third floor.
Ing.
basement to the attic.
1
The first occupanls ~! the builcli_n g
1n 1883, the water problem became
were the postofilce usmg the entire acute. Tbe custodian sought authority
ground floor, the custom house occu- to drive wells in the cellar of the
pying three rooms on the front of t.be building so that they ~ould have their
se~ond story and the federal court (own supply of water. The Department
usmg the rcmain~Ct' . of the secon_d permitted N. W. Green of 3 Pinckney ,
floor and the entire Uurd floor. 10 th1 s street, Bosl-0n, Mass., to drive the
connection, It mny be of Interest lo wells. Six were driven, each striking a.
note l.11:i.t the fc~eral court room w~s ledge of rock at a depth of twenty-five
rented for a period of six months _m feet, only one of th,e !jlx struck water
1866 to the local lodge of Masons while sufficient to ''meet the needs of the
their building wns being completed. building ,and unfortunately that · one '
Later two rooms on the seoond floor was In a bed of quicksand making It
impossible to pump ' water free from 1
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�1"10 .Portsmouth.
and York
--~,;o-l{ .~ 'J'y
•
By CARL GREENLEAF BEEDE ·
I
T IS easy to pass through the
. city of Portsmouth In New
Hampshire and learn little more
than that; It is another .. of those
New England seaports that evidently· was prosperous a good many
years ago and appears to .have kept
moderately active ever since, with.!
out conspicuous development. All
this may be true, and possibly to a
few visitors all they care to know.
I am sure even those few could be
easily won to quick Interest in its
evidences of a vigorous leadership
during colonial, Revolutionary and
early Federal years.
These evidences are soon found
by the interested person, who will
not be long in seeking the old-time
residence streets where the Wendell, the Wentworth and other notaQle homes stand and, in , their
less impressive settings, the Wentworth-Gardner, the Warner, the
Jackson,t the Benning Wentworth
houses.
Each of these offers its own peculiar delights architecturally, as
they cover over a century from the
building or the Jackson house,
which dates 1GG4. But thev are more
significant than as structUL:es to many
persons, who people them with their
inmates and who recall the
' importance of the achievements 'associated with the names. Some of
-these homes have been acquired by
semi-public organizations, after
scores of years of neglect, and may
be entered at little or no charge.
Others have remained In the same
family from ~e first, admitting the
public only on rare stated occasions.
To the Shop on the . Old Dock
As one of these was found to be
·closed during a recent midday visit,
•we headed our car for , the near-by
dock section, where ships moored
long ago. Now most of the piles, even,
have disappeared, the few that stand
supporting flimsy planks and boards
and serving only the humblest uses.
A friend 'had told us that about here
'fas the sort of an antique shop that
was common 20 years ago, but now
is all but never seen, w}1ere more
k1nds of things than would be
thought possible could be found.
The owner's name,.. had been forgotten, but soon we s!hv a few pieces
of' colored glass and old china in the
dusty window or a tiny, weatherbeaten building. The .place was
locked, a few words and an arrow
directing visitors down a lane toward
the water. This we followed, by low,
leaning ,sheds of mixed heights and
roof angles, one closed by a paintless,
eight paneled door that once doubtless faced the street in an old-time
home of some pretensions.
After a few rods more a wide-open
door was seen, in a three-story building th.at bad sometime been a shipper's w;i.rehouse, then holding, no
doubt, goods that had come from
-more-distant ports than we know
exist. Outside there were abundant
proofs that our report had been well
based, for much outmoded shipping
gear was 'J)iled about-,-cha!ns, great
steelyards,-statues from 1the estate
-of a once wealthy citizen, a drinking
fou ntain that stodd In a town square
in the time of horses
flower
urns thought very beautiful on lawns
, in· the 1880's; a flreback that may
have come from France, bore the
date 1651 and weigh~d some hundreds of pounds.
·
Wrought Iron Hlnges, Locks,
Door llandles
Within was a strange medley that
yet was more orderly than might
seem possible. Most of the' household hardware of a century or two
ago app'eared on doors-hinges,
handles and latches, locks. Here.
neatly hung in groups were scores
of pairs of long hinges for doors ,,f
the heavier sort and hundreds of
pairs of the H and L type, in differ~nt sizes, Handmade iron locks an
mch or two larger each way than :i
post card were arranged by the
dozen with a goodly number of the
still earlier kind that carried th.::
.iron parts in a bloclc of oak as
much as a foot In length. Handle!>
and latches were in a variety that
well displayed the skill and ta.:;te
that was once common to the man
of forge, hammer and anvil.
But all these were a small- part
of the things that filled floor, walls,
shelves, ceiling-some furniture tha:;
was very good and other indifferent
quantities of glassware and china of
the same ratings, articles of metal
and of wood that ranged from common to choice. A few pewter porringers looked worth but little as
they were piled on a shelf wit,h
Victorian Inkstands, but almost $100
would be :ieeded to acquire them, l
was surpnsed , to learn.
Something should in courtesy be
bought, and was, my own r:hoice
being a long-handled waffle iron
having an unusually. deep and desirable design cut in its faces, fortunately priced much lower than
was expected. One hopes that Mr.
Stewart and, his shop in the old
warehouse on the ·almost forsaken
dock will long remain, to hold for
those whose fondness so inclines assurance that trim town stores and ·
olde shoppes have not wholly displaced the winning • simplicity of
curiosity shop and junk dealer.
, York, America's First City
Only a few minutes' ride from
Portsmouth is the town of York in
~aine. Once it was an incorpor~ted
city-the first in America-but that
distln1,tion lasted only 11 years
Back of the change are the maneu-yr~·ings of the Puritans and Angli,<;t.ns for control of aujolnlng tracts
along this desirable coast, King
Charles · I granted large areas of
present Maine and New HampshirP.
to Mason and Gorges, who had
magniflcen~ plans for founding an
aristocratic colony that •was to become also an ecclesiastic center with
_a bishop and his assistants. The,
plan went so far as the charterln"'
of the little settlement as the City
-of ~orgeana, with mayor and other
offic1als. This status continued fer
H years, when the Boston Puritan~.
through the favor of Cromwell ,md
by purchase. were able to include
, all presr.nt Maine in their Massachusetts Bay jurisdiction. Then
Gorgeana lost Its city charter and
became the town o{ · York it.~
founder's dre~ of. transplanted
dignity and church establishment
vanishing forever.
_T he next year after, ·and to conform with the laws of the dominantirs~""""'=·-=
colony, a prison was built such as
-:i;J.~a,,...,.,..,, ..,... 'l>.!'.:~~'"'t,...,,.,.,,,,,.,..,_•._._
e~ery county was required . to provide. It was also to be the residence
York Gaol I(ept Bright
of _ the sherifI of the province of
Maine, resulting in an outward apJf/it l,, 1745 Embroidery
pearance that was more like a usual
dwelling, although the stone wall of
Sprc/al to The ChrC•llan Sc!e11co Mo11Hr,r
the cells is exposed on one. side. So
YORK, Maine, Feb. 27-Up the
it stands today as it did then, except
steep and narrow stairs at York
for an extension that' was made
Gaol one finds chambers decoraled
about GO years later. For over 200
years it served its original purpose,
with curtains that Mary Bullman,
when it became disused. By that
wife of a surgeon who went from
time_summ_er. visitors began to freYork with the troops to the siegequent York's harbor· village, to oc- of Louisburg, is said to h'ave made.
cupy. some of its old l,omes and !,')
, The curtains, dating from 1745 ,
learn of -its picturesque past. There
arc many well-known names among nre still in excellent condition, of
them .
crewel embroidery on hand-woven
William Dean Howells. it is said, linen. Some of the best items in th e
suggested that the old jail be pur- collections housed at the old jail are
chased for its own value and as a books, manuscripts and coats of
mu~_um, It is · believed to be the arms; among them, copies of the
~ldest public buildirig. of the Eng- Bragdon coat of arms and the
lish colonies in America, aside from Gorges coat of arms, the last done
one ..or two meetinghouses. Over by Raymond Gorges, a descendant
40 years ago this purchase was of the brother of Sir Fernando.
made, its dwelling portion now being furnished in part in a homelike manner, othe1· rooms exhibit- r,'srn:-~:..,-;,,,
111[!' much English and Oriental
chma, many books and documents
of general as well as · local importance, costumes and domestic
equipment of the eighteenth century, With such an early activity t.·t'.1~~;.".'!?.'~"<fi
in socking loans and gifts from the
vicinity, success followed thnt would
have. been . quite impossible 20 years••"":.-,,·•"'''-..:
later; · · The cooperation of citizens
and : summer residents has been
complete and the resulting exhibits
are. of' _a .ra~·e number and quality.
It 1s grat1fymg that this long-time
place ·of confinement for community
offenders should be so transformed
into · a •-treasure house i·evca!ing
somewhat of the history and manners of life of the townspeople during their earlier centuries.
•
�ie whole province of Maine, but now a museum of co onza re 1
residence of the sheriff. The four cells, two on each floor, are bac
/ the stone portion o/ the side wazi
he sheriff is furnished in the manner o/ 1680, with gate-leg table,
• A cupboard Jwlds blue Staffordshire ware /of 1iearly a century later
.
�Capt. John W. Pruett Is Reelected As President
The annual meeting of the Pepperell
Assoolo.tlon, the members o! which a.re
descendants of Col. William Pepperell, was held at the Po.rk!ield Hotel at
Kittery Point yesterday with a good
attendance, Various matters o! business . were to.ken up ab the morning
session and at 1 o'clook o. fine shore
dinner was se1·ved by the hotel mo.no.gemerit.
Following the dinner a program of
mu11lc by O. Houghton Richardson,
baritone, and the Misses Helen and
Marlon_McIntire, vlollnist and pianist,
was given and thelr contribution to
th,e ,m eeting was greatly appreciated.
This is the foarth successive year
that" this trio ho.a entertained at the
meetings or ttle Pepperell Assooio.tion,
Mr. Richardson sang "Althea (Bid Me
to .Live);' for Miss Eliza Blunt., now in
her 93rd year . . Miss Blunt !was
peolally appreciative or Mr . Richardson's .excellent rendit ion of the song.
He o.fso sang "Sing Me the Songs o't
Yestergay," "Oould My Songs With
But ,Blrds Be Vying," "The House by
the Side of the Road" and "Forgotten." Miss. Helen McIntire
played
he f llowlng violin solos, "Adm·-:
atlon," "Tu · a , Wild Rose:" "Quietude"
and "Roses o! Plcardy. '!
The following officers were elected
for tho coming year 1
President, Capt. John w. Pruett,
Kittery Point.
Vice Presidents. Prof. John R
Brooks, Potsdam, N. Y.; Rev. Ralph
Lowe, Augusta, Me.; Mrs. Lillian Norris, Portsmouth;
William Linwood
Fernald, Ellot; Mrs. Henry I. Durgin
South Eliot.
'
Secretary and Treasurer, M ·s. Agnes
Rogers, South Berwick,
Chaplain, M1•11, . Olara.
Portsmouth,
· Historian, Mbs . . Maude
Portsmouth
Auditor, Miss .. Winnifred • Fernald
Eliot.
. ...
'
Necrologlst, Miss Annie Vinton, Eliot
• Ancestrlll, committee, Miss Elizabeth
Bllrtlett, Mrs. Lillian Fernald
Henry I. Durgin, all o! Eliot. '
Reunion committee, Mrs. Annie
Ro.ntlall, Kittery Point; Mrs. Frank L.
Loomis, York Comer; and Mrs. Bea.trice Scarborough, Portsmouth.
The following paper by Miss Eliza
S. Blunt, was read by John Frost a
iiirect descendant of Col, W!lllo.m Pepperell, of Frost Garrison in Ellot:
· ·"Perhaps members o!. the Pepperell
Association present will permit me to
read a narrative or a Portsmouth Privateer, ·as it refers to the habitat of
tp.e Pepperells, there being a greatgrandson of . Col. William Pepperell,
George Frost, serving aboard her at
the time o! her disappearance, as
steward. He was a son of Gen. John
Frost; the Revolutionary hero and an
cle o! John Frost LL.D. or Philo.de!-
ea~
phia, the prominent historian and an,,.~,_-~.-.
uncle of mine
several
removed.
"Privateering at this time was at its
height and our first war wlth England
had come to an eni:l but a few years .,,,. ;,,-..·r,,;1:
previous leaving us wlth a small but
steadily growing navy chief among li-~iJli,•~.:;;
which were the privateers.
~,.,,1\l~'f'S}'r,l}►Jt~l:~~*~-~;;';'
"Tho following history of the Privateer 'Portsmouth' was related to me
by Miss Eliza Blunt of Brooklyn, New
York, ll descendant or Rev. John
Blunt and the Frosts and Pepperells.
'Permit for the Privateer, was granted
at tht: Custom House and dated Nov. b'rlil•:,,':~t.,;,-l',
7th, 1814. In default of any more pertinent maUer for
this association 1
there was a Privateer named "Th~
-~'."'.t,r'd'"',,';'a,-:!\I,,,...,'.<
PorLsmonth" which sailed from Ports-mouth, N. H. in November, 1814, and•··•·-·.•;,,,...,.,,...
met with various successes. About two
months later it was known to be on Its
homeward journey, She never reached
Portsmouth, and whether she found- ;1
ered or was captured by Algerians wa
never known. Capt. John Slnclalr,
Jr., of Salem, Mass.. was the Commo.ndet·. My mother was his young
daughter, who was about seven years
old and was the nanator of the exper!enco which took ·place in January,
It was at the home of ·her parents In
Salem, Mass., on a very ·stormy night.
The older people were · very anxious,
but she was a happy •little child and
had not corrected •her -early lmpre~slon, that the BrlL!sh were to be oalled
'Breeches' in her mind -as queer nondescripts, advancing on a clothesline,
which excited her , • curiosity, so she
would escape from her · nurse's hands
often to run into the street to see tr
the British were coming thinking they •-~:.r-,c~~.:t<,"f'~"1" 2
must be merry-go-rounds. During this
stormy evening when . she was sitting
beside her mother, there was ll terrlflc
crash in one of the uppel' 1·ooms. Upon Investigating it nothing oould be
found out of place. Every one retlred
at the usual time. In the middle of the
night she was awakened by a shriek
from her mother with whom she was
sleeping. When some of the family
oame to the room, her mother said
'She · had felt a cold, wet hand upon
her forehead' and she exclaimed, 'My
husband Is lost thls night.'"
�Cranfield's bidding. It was here that
The Story of "Jcrre's Point!'
Vaughan wrote "hls Diary of Current
Edi Lor o[ The llernld:
Events and sent them to Weare In
In re[erence to the legend regarding
England where they
the Jafirey House and Jerre's Point
as a 11rotest against CranJield. This
(or Fort) at New Castle, the following
Ja1Irey house came into possession of
a.re the facts:Joseph Frost, and was extensively reThomas Walford was one ol the
paired by him in 1812. It was the type "'" "'""Y"
first settlers in Boston and was forced
called "Mansion House," a. large twoout with others on account of lhelr
story house set facing the East, with
religious views. He settled originally
the largest elm ln New England dion the Great Island side of Little Harrectly in front (1870). This house
bor in 1634. He also possessed other
came into the possession of the last
lands on Great Island, and at SagaJohn Amazeen in New Castle, and he
more Creek. His residence at first was
rebuilt lt on the same spot, but facing
on the present site of the Albee-Niiesnorth,-the splendid residence now ocFloyd House. At this time he was one
cupied by his daughter.
o! the wardens of the Church on
It Is an lnleresling fact that the
Pickering's Neck, near the Old Gun
first_ John Amazeen (John the Greek)
House in Portsmouth. In 1649, he gave
married the widow of Jere Walford,
to his son Jeremiah Walford nil his
Sr., an<l occupied the Wnlford Eslnte
land on Great Island (New Castle). In
at Jere's Point for many years. He was
the old records his name ls spelled
imprisonrcl with Moo<ly and Vaughan
Jcr~. Jcrrem!, and Jeremiah. ln 165\l,
in the Jafirey house, which wns later
the town granted Jeremiah Walford 20
owned by a descendant of the same
acres "nere his house." This Included
name. Olher facts are of Interest in
lhe Point nnd the pres nt Estnte of
this conneclion.
Willlam F. Hite, dec'd., and other land
At the time of this Ja!Irey, lhc 4th,
adjoining westerly. Jeremiah <Ii d ln
the State owned n. Slate llouse, nnd
1660 leaving a widow and four chilthere is no record l-0 show the Goverdren, one n son also named Jeremiah.
nor and Council met Ju
This son marri cl and Jived on the eshouse ofilcially at lhls lime. This
tate until his death. His widow marGeorge Jaffrey was n Tory and was
ried John Arnazeen, the original "John
sent back in the country with others
the Greek", and he was appointed
lo be kept under observation during
guarclian of young Jere.
the Revolution. It is doubtful if be
George JafTrey became interested in
ever lived nt New Castle. He owned n
the property through U1e assignment
palatial residence in Portsmouth. Our
of a mortgage note held by John
Town Records show the taxes were
Rindge. Jafirey finally came into pospaid by tho tenant, Jacob Waldron.
session 111 1769. Albee and other anArter the revolution he petitioned the
nalists before him have written about
Stale for damages, declaring that on
the Council Chamber as the place
account of the use of the Point for
where the Governor and Council met
defences his tenant die\ not cut the
and visitors were shown into a small
usual amount of ]my, etc. This Jaffrey
·1 room on the first floor and you were
was the last of his direct family.
hushed with awe at the possibillty of
The foregoing facls were gathered
!\llCh I\ thhlfI, nnd you were told thnt
from wills, wrlls, deeds and town
the name Jcrre's Point (or Fort) wn
records,
I\ corruption of the
name Jc!Trcy's.
-~'"'"""'"-··' The originator or U1e story mntlc n
. mistake In his dales.
During Cranfield's Administration,
. the Old Province Records rcnd-"the
Governor and Council met l\t th
house of George Jaflrey." This was In
1683, 8G years before George Jnfirey,
lhc 4th. came Into possrsslon of the
hou~e nt Jerre's Point. The Jlrst
George JafTrey bought a house and l..._!~-J~,:;;.,;.;.;.::::..-fil...i~~
about two acres on lhe North Corner
or the Island. His neighbor on the
\
northwest was James Pendleton, nnd
on lhe east Sam Wentworth (father of
about all of our New Hampshire
Wcntworths). On the arrival of Cmnfleld, nfler his appointment as Lt.
The following article by A. I. HarriGovernor, he bought the Sam Wentman is of considerable interest:
worth house then locnted in what
At various times the names of some
Inter was known 11s the "Town Field,"
of o.1r streets have undergone a few
about 300 feet from the George Jaffrey
changes by vote of the town, selectmen
house. As the result or a suit with
and city fsthers. We read about court
Jaffrey, Crnnfield dispossessed Jafirey
street as commencing at the Parade
and freed his slave, taking possession
and ending at Broad street, Buck
or tho house nnd using It ns a gaol
street, State and Pleasant streets, or
nml olTlclal mceling 11lace, llllll It Is
JaCCrcy street, Feller Lane and Maudthe house where Moody antl Va111:hnn
line street. To many it may seem imwere heh.I so Jong with Mr. and Mrs.
possible to connect surrow1dlngs which
Slileman nnd others w 10 refused to do
appear to be a trifle out or joint.
Congress street was King street and
Islington street.
Market Square was, and to many has
remained, the "Parade."
Pleasant street was Court s&reet from
Parade to State street.
I
I
I
I
IN PO T
State street was Broad
Buck street.
Court street was Jaffrey street and
Pitts street.
•
Porter street was Fetter Lane, Pond
Lane and Wan-en street.
Richards avenue was Joshua street
and Auburn street.
Union street was Anthony street .
Austin street was Rundlet street .
-Summer street was Massey
street
and Akerman street.
Cornwall street was Creek street .
Woodbury avenue was Creek street to
the Newington line.
Gardner street was Ann street .
Langdon street was An_n street, also
Rock street.
Cabot street was Lyme street from
Islington street to MeDonoJgh street.
Rock street was Bartlett street .
Hill street was Spring strnet and
Adams st"reet.
Hanover street was
Cross street
from Bridge street to Market street . '
Fleet street vas Mason street from
Hanover and Congress streel.s. ,
Vaugh:m street was Cross street and
Short street from Green street to
Raynes shipyard.
Maplewood avenue was Vaughan
street, &~rt stre~t. Ehn street, North
street, Prison street, Mill street and
North road.
Green street was Bachelder street
and Bachelor's Lane.
Wall street was Langdon alley.
Market street was Fore street
Bow street to Rindges wharf .
Daniels street was Graffort's Lane.
Chestnut street was Prison Lane.
Penhallow street was Ark street from
Daniels to Sbate street.
Chapel street was Rosemary street
from Daniels to State strete.
Charles street was Puddle Lano ,
Liberty street was Horse Lane.
Hancock street was Dock Lane,
Richmond street was Cold Lane .
Manning street was Wentworth and
Peirce l.llne.
Mechanic street
was
street.
Franklin street was cotter's Lane.
Marcy street was Water street, also
Partridge street lo New Castle bridge .
Splnney's road was White's road ,
Banfield road was Rebellion road .
Ocean road was Sodom road.
We trust this will be a bit of assistaance In navigating the streets of ol<f
Portsmouth .
,
�I
·AT
Historic Mansion Is Scene
Colorful Costume Party
f
ture. I ts walls are eighteen inches
thick and in Its construction over six
thousand pounds was spent, an elaborate sum for those early days. It is
said five years were consumed in completing the work of building, and It
was finished in 1723.
Benjamin Franklin Is said to have
visited Portsmouth on two occasions
and the first was soon nrter the perfection of the lightning rod. Captain
Archibald MacPheadris Is said to have
commissioneci Franklin to come to
Portsmouth and place lightning rods
on his new mansion on Daniel street.
It is said the wiring was shipped on a
coasting vessel and Franklin came
here to superintend the work. The
lightning rod is still on the southwest
corner of the house and ls probably
the first one used In Hew Hampshire.
The rooms are unusually high studded, three being very beautifully
panelled; beautiful Dutch tiles decorate the fireplace; over the doorway
and in the cupola are fine examples of
old bulls-eye glass. During his visit to
Portsmouth, Lafayette was ente!t nined at this house.
The spacious and
beautiful hall
runs the length of the house and the
entrance · doors are massive. The staircase is broad, as In many of the old
mansions. The frescoes on the hall
are from the -hands oC an unknown artist. Some of them were accidentally
discovered about a ha!! century ago,
having been covered by four layers of
paper. Governor Phipps may be seen,
life size, on a white horse ; a lady at a
spinning wheel; scenes from some
continental city and R. scriptural r epresentation of Abraham ofieril1g up
Isaac. The huge elk antlers, given
Captain MacPheadris by the Indians,
still hang in the front hall near the
entrance door.
The warner House Association was
recently organ1zed ar..:i purChtised the
house for the benefit of the public as
a monument of the early architecture,
Ufe and history of Portsmouth, a:-id as
a repository for furniture and other
objects typefying the life and mar.ners
of the people o! the early days of
America.
The house was opened to the public
early in July and each week clay
many tourists and visitors !n om· city
as well as local residents visit it.
Joseph E. Chandler
of Boston,
eminent architect in appreciation Clf
the Warner House writes: "It would
be dll'Ilcult to name In the North, another house of such outstanding merit
ns the MacPheadrls-Warner House,
viewed as an architectural background
for picturing the political and social
life of the early Eigh teenth Century in
one of our most important early
maratime towns. It has fortunately
been preserved to us thus far by the
recent occupants who extended to our
day the fortun ate social atmosphere L-:.,~;~~~~)'k:
which still persists in its walls."
Fiske Kimball, director of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, wri tes of the
Warner House :
"The great house built by Captain
MacPheadris of Portsmouth, so long
occupied by his descendants, the Warner Family, is one of the rarest survivals of the fine mansions erected In
New England In the first quarter of
the Eighteenth Century. Its superb
panelling is today practically unique
as an example of the work of that
Not for 150 or more years has the Jans, Amerlcan Indians, and Salvas
interior of the historic Warner House/ doreans, each dressed in the costume
seen such a distinguished gathering of their native land. Mrs. Edward
as was present yesterday at the. For- Savage Crocker, wife of the charge
elgn Costume party held
for
the d' ffaires at the American Legation
benefit of the fund for t he restoration ln Stockholm, Sweden, has collected
of the famous old house. All had the dolls ln her travels ln
various
been drawn to
the
distinguished parts of the world and
generously
mansion by a common purpose, to aid loaned the valuable group for the
in the restoration of the old
brick costume party. Mrs. Crocker
also
house, a remnant of the glory of co- loaned a great many of the costumes
Ionlal days,
displayed yesterday, having collected
The main attraction was the par- the greater part of them, and it was
ade of authentic costumes "from the largely through her interest that t he
Arctic to the South Seas", the cos- exhibition of foreign costumes
was
tumes being loaned for the occasion. made possible.
They were beautiful ln every way- and
Colonial days were well
recalled
as each costume appeared the na- and the ancient "ruanslon was again
tlonal hymn or characteristic music alive with fes tivities for which it unof the country ln which that partlcu- doubtedly was famous 200 years ago.
Jar costume originated was played by The visitors found much of interest
members of the
Boston Symphony ln viewing the historic colonial house,
Orchestra a realistic touch thus be- even in the very back where In the
ing prod~ced.
old-time kitchen is a huge
Dutch
The wearers of the various
cos- oven room with great open fireplace
tumes came down the broad stairway and oven.
and walked into the room to the right
The Warner House was purchased
at the foot of the stairs, turned and by the Warner House Association from
crossed the hall to the room on the the estate of the late Thomas N.
other side, then returned
up
the Penhallow for $10,000, raised princistalrway. This gave all present an pally .through the,, efforts of
Mrs.
opportunity to see the native dress of Barrett Wendell of this
city
and
various foreign countries.
Boston, who is president of the assoRaln was threatening, but it soon elation. Th~ house Is now open each
cleared up and following a brief inter- week day this summer, and Mrs. Fred
mission, during which
Miss Evelyn E. Drake, ~he hostess, Is kept
busy
Willlam.ir of the Farragut House or- showing visitors through the 1 mansion
chestTa r,endered a soprano solo, the and giving them Its history and pointentire parade was. repeated, this time ing out its charms.
the · wearers displaying the costumes
Portsmouth is justly proud to have
ln the garden, where a large number the old Warner House kept as one of
or people had assembled.
the show houses of our old seaport
Following the , costume parade tea city, it being the oldest brick building
"'as served ln the garden, the tables in the town, built In 1718 at a great
being placed ur.der the beautiful old expense by Captain Archibald Mactrees,
'
Pheadrls, a rich merchant, who occuAn opportunity to cast a ballot for pied the house. He came here from
the favorite presidential
candidate Scotland and was chief promoter of
v;-as afforded a.t a voting booth, and the Iron Works at Dover, the first esHerbert Hoover received
an over- tablishment of its kind in America. In
wht!mir.g majority, with a total vote 1772 he was a member of the King's
of 207.
Council. He married Sarah WentThe results of the preferential presi- worth, one of the children of Lieutendential vote was as follows:
ant Governor John Wentworth, and
· F!-><>ver-207.
his daughter Mary married Hon.
Ritchie-94. .
Jonathan Warne::- in 1754, who was a
member of His Majesty's Council unRoosevel!r-73.
til tht Revolution. Mr. Warner resided
Disgusted-34:
here until his death, in 1812, when,
Thomas-5.
dying childless, the house passed into
Baker-5.
the possession of hls • great-nephew,
Smith-5.
Colonel John N. Sherburne.
Young-t.
The brick and other material used
On. the second floor of the house in Its construction was brought from
was 'an exhibition of over l25 foreign Holland and the original bill of lading
dolls, each dressed ln eharacterl~lc is still in existence. It was the outcostume, some in groups, arranged as standing house of its time In Portsfor a foik dance, and other standing mouth. Now, after more than 200
alone. There were s~cial groups of years, it ls one of the finest examples
Laplanders, Swiss, Italla_ns, Hungar- of Psrrlv 'F.i O'hf PPl'1th ("'pnh 1;.,,_ Q.t-...(_'ll,•d t ,,,-J.i:1.iilo.i~.;:i;,il;o;...:.ll;.:,i!.;..,,e,:;..;.~..r..;.....
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�JIISTORIC WARNER HOUSE
period. Its preservation for the future
Is most earnestly wished, and the efforts of the Warner House Association
wlll commend themselves to the support or every Jover of early America."
PltOGRAIUME
The Arctic to the South Seas
Lap Girl; costume loaned by Mrs.
Edward Crocker and worn by Miss
Margo Wyeth; from Kiruna, Sweden, \
on the border of the Arctic Circle.
Lap Man; loaned by Stephen Klyce
and worn by Richard Scott; from
Kiruna, Sweden.
Swedish Girl; loaned by
ward Crocker and worn by Miss Josephine Rice; from Stockholm.
Swedish Child; loaned by Miss Llspenarcl Seabury Crocker and worn by
herself· from Delacarlla, Sweden.
Finnish Child; loaned by Miss Lispenard Seabury Crocker nnd worn by
1Miss Cynthi:i. Fletcher; from Helsingfors, Finland.
Swedish Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Gall
Scott· from Delacarlia, Sweden.
Sw;dish Girl; loaned by Manning
Emery, and worn
by Miss Alice
Kempf!.
Swedish •Man; loaned by Mrs. Edwnrd Crocker ::uid worn by Arthur
Rice; from Stockholm.
Polish Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward
Crocker and worn by Miss Joanna
Neilson; from Warsaw, Poland.
Polish Man; loaned by Mrs. Edward
Crncker and worn by Barry Cann;
from Lowicz, Poland.
.
Polish Woman; loaned by Mrs. William Howells, and worn by Miss Virglnin Cann; from Lowicz, Poland.
IIuugarian Girl; loaned by M_rs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Elizabeti1 warren; from Mezo-kovesd,
Hungary.
Hungarian Man; loaned by
Edward Crocker and worn by
Klyce; from Mczo-kovesd, Hungary.
Hungarian Girl; loaned by Mrs. E_dward Crocker and
worn
by Miss
Frances Wright.
Hungarian Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward crocker and worn
by Miss
Mary Cushman.
Roman Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward
Crocker and worn by Miss Eleanor
, Gooding; from Rome.
Roman Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward
Crocker and worn
by Miss Marie
Gooding; from Rome.
Croatian Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Mrs. John
Livermore; from Zagreb, Jugoslavia.
Croatian Man; loaned by Mrs. Edwa1·d Crncker and worn by Henry
Cadwalader; from Zagreb. ·
Turkish Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Mrs. Stephen Decatur; from Istanbul.
Turkish Girl; loaned hy Mrs. Fergus
Reid, Junior, and worn by Mrs. James
Millar; from Istanbul.
Albanian Woman; loaned by Mrs.
Edward Crocker nnd worn by Miss
Mary Fuller; from Tirnna.
Albanian Woman; loaned by Mrs.
Fergus Reid, Junior ancl wo1·n by Miss
Yolande de Manduit; from Tirana.
Haw:i.llan Girl; loaned by Mrs. William Howells and worn by Miss Harriet Anderson; from Hawaii.
Hawaiirm Girl; loa1,ed by Mrs. William Howells, ancl worn by Miss Lillian
Neilson; from Hawaii.
Salvadorean Girl; loaned by Mrs.
Edward Crocker and worn by Miss
Anne SLurgis; from Salvador.
Tchuantepec Girl; loaned by Mrs.
Wllliam Howells nnd worn by Miss
Madeleine Erhard; from the Isthmus
of Tehuautepcc.
l\Iexican Charrn Man; loaned and
worn by William Howells.
Mc:xican Poblana Woman; loaned
by Mrs. William Howells and worn by
Miss Ruth Horton.
Sioux Womt\n; loaned by Mrs. Wllllam Howells and worn by Miss Anne
Cadwalader.
Sioux Woman i loaned by M:s. Edward Croclter and worn by Miss Bertha von Moucllzlsker.
Crow Indian Medicine Man· lC1ancd
by Mrs. William Howells ar,d worn by
Mrs. John Livermore.
- - - ·
Sioux Man; loaned by Mrs. Edward
Crocker and worn by Robert Breckinridge.
· The patronesses and patrons were:
Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs. Cadwalader, ' Mrs. Elihu Chauncey, Mrs. W.
Endicott Dexter, Samuel Hooper Hooper, Mrs. Sidney Keith, Mrs. Carl
Mead, Mrs. Huntley Spaulding, Mrs.
Harold Rickard, Mrs. Leonard Wheeler, Mrs. Russell Alger, Mrs. Eben
Doolittle, Miss Elizabeth Bliss,
1
Anna Cutler, Mrs. Arthur Heflenger
Mrs. Saunders Lewis, Mrs. Charles R
Sargent, Mrs. Lansing Ray, Mrs. Fergus Reid, Jr., Mrs. Andrew Murray
Williams, Mrs. T. Willing Balch, Mrs.
George L. DeB!ois, Mrs. George, Cog.l
: gill, Mrs. David Greenough, Mrs. Harl ry Hungerford, Mrs. James R. May,1
\ Mrs. Edward Robinson, Mrs. George
H. Warren, Mrs. Clinton F. Whittet more, Mrs. G. Lewis Sargent.
The entertainment committee was:
Chairman, Mrs. Wallis Walker; Mrs.
William N. Kremer, Mrs. John Mead
Howells, Miss Frances Brooks, Mrs.
John G. M. Stone, Mrs. Arthur D. Hill,
Mrs. Wllliam M. Seabury, Mrs. Henry
L. Green, Miss McLean, Mrs. Edward
Savage Crocker.
Mrs. Henry L. Green was chairman of the tea committee and was
assisted by Mrs. William M. · Cremer,
Mrs. Miles White,
Mrs. Seth Low
Pierrepont, Mrs. Arthur
D.
Hill,
Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. R. C.
Sturgis,
Mrs. Henry I. Durgin, Mrs. Helen.
iLowell, Mrs. Jessie ·S. Crockett, Mrs.
\Frederick H. Magoun, Miss Rosamond
•Thaxter, Miss Eleanor P.
Sawtelle
and Miss Phyllls R. Gray.
Mrs. Richman S. Margeson
was
chairman o! the candy and ice cream
1committee and was assisted by Mrs.
Charles M. Dale, Miss Helen Souter
and Mrs. JoseJ:!h P. Marden.
The officers o! the Warner House
Association are:
Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Chairman
Mrs. Henry L. Green, Vice Chair-
l
Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Sub-Chairman·
Miss Frances E. Brooks, Secretary.
E. Curtis Matthews, Treasurer.
Board of Governors--The Officers
and Mrs. John M. Howells, Rev. William Safford Jones, Mrs. William N.
Kremer, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs.
Henry G. Vaughan, Mrs. Wallis D.
Walker, Mrs. M!les White.
Additional Charter members of the
1 Corporation-D.
F. Borthwic~, Miss
Pauline B. Bradford, Mrs. John T.
Coolidge, Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs.
John Fremont Hill, Mrs. Thomas 0,
Marvin, Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont,
Mrs. John G. M. Stone, Miss Susan J.
Wentworth,
Advisory Committee-W. 8. Appleton, Joseph E. Chandler, John Templeton Coolidge, W!lliam 0. Endicott, ,
Rev. Allred Gooding, Hon. F. W.
Hartford, John M. Howells, Thomas
IH. Simes, Arthur B. Wendell, Gov.
John G. Winant. ,
�OPEN HISTORIC
~ WARNER HOUSE
The Warner House
on
street opened to the public for
season Sunday, with
Mrs.
(Mlllet) Drake as hostess.
The official opening o! the
wlll not take place until Friday afternoon, July 22, wh.en an entertainment
will be presented and, i! pleasant, tea
will be served in the garden.
This beautiful old colonial mansion,
bJilt in 17i8 by Capt. Archibald Macpheadris, wealthy merchant ·and king's
councilor, was recently purchased by
the warner House Association, which
was organized to i;urchase and preserve the house for the benem of the
public as a monument o! the early
architecture, ll!e and history · of
Portsmouth. It also will be a repository for furniture and other objects
typifying the life and manners of the
people in the early days o! A_merica.
Portsmouth ls justly proud to have
another of its. beautl!ul
colonial
houses kept for such a purpose and
many people of this city and vicinity,
SJmmer guests at .t he hotels, and
strangers in the city will avail. themselves o! the opportunity from time to
time to visit this house. On
the
southwestern corner o! the building
the passerby may soe the old lightning
rod, Installed In 1762 under the personal supervision or Benjamin Franklin, and was the first used in New
Hampshire.
Mrs .. Barrett Wendell ls chairman
o! the i o!ficers o! the Warne1· House
Assoclat1011. During
her
absence
abt<>adl Mrs. Henry L. Green,
vice
clialrman, is acting as chairman.
Mrs. Wallis D. Walker ls chairman
or the entertainment program to be
presented on the of!lclal opening day,
and Mrs. Green ls chairman of the
afternoon tea,
:,ro
OPEN HOUSE
TO THE PUBLIC
A news Item o! interest to New Engl1m<1 summer colonies relates to two
l10use located, one in South Berwick,
Met., and the other in 5almon Falls, N.
H. To speak of these places as being
In sep rate states suggests the posslblllty o! great distances between them,
but
matter of fact the towns are
on the two sides o! the Plscataqua RlTer aud In each are old houses o! sui,remct architectural and sentimental
interest to visitors from other parts
or the country. On Thursday, July the
Ht.h, these houses will be opened to
thct J)ubllc until and including Thurs<ltty, July 21st. Snrnh Orne Jowett's
mansion house in South Berwick will
be furnished with the :finest furniture
that can be borrowed by the Committee in charge and the house will be
thrown open to the public, the profits
of the admissions to be applied to the
l.rnprovement or
the
house
and
(tt0Und11. Included with the grounds is
th djolnlng Theodore Eastmnn Community House, which like the Jewett
Mansion, ls the property of the Society for the Preservation of New Engl1tnd Antiquities. This property was
bequeathed Lo the Society by ihe late
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman with
an endowment o! $20,000. This has not
yet been received from the estate and
the hick or It complicates the committee in the administration o! the
r,roperty and ls one of the prime
c11use back of this Loan Exhibition
and the need o! raising money,
Rt.Ill rurlher to help the cause Mrs.
F1·ode1·lck a. Blodgett, who ls chairman o! the JeweU House Committee,
and one of tho Trustees of the P1·eservo.tlon Society, has agreed to throw
open to the publlo, during this same
week, her nationally known Paul
Wentworth Mansion, situated about a
quarter or a mile away from the Jewett Mansion on the New Hampshire
side of the river. A separate admission
charge wlll be made hoce and all or
the receipts during that week will be
applied to the Jewett fund. This generous action on Mra. Bl~dgett's part
will be particularly appreciated when
1 It ls bome in mind that the Wentworth Mansion ls of the early 18th
century, whereas the Jewett Mansion
Is of the lo.te 18th conL111·y. 'l'hab
means that oaoh house will havo a
type of furniture differing radically
nnd wholly !rom the other, and the
two together wm provide tho visiting
public with a. wonderful opportunity
to see the entire soope of 18th century
furniture at its best. Loan Exhibitions
o! this kind are becoming a better appreciated and more widely advertised
means or entertalnln!J our summer
visitors, showing them what New England at its best oan accomplish and
even in this off year, when many
westerners wlll be detained at home
=·•"''""'"' against their will, we may be certain
that there will be visitors in such
large numbers that the Jewett House 1
fund should gain appreclablf as a
result::..._ _ _ __...__....,..,,,....,...----=---':"
�Tu...tl le'
3 '1,J
h ~eople
Te
ach
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt· of New j ;1'he Herald sent advance informaYorlc received nn entllusinsLic welcome !' a Lion of the coming of the governor
lo New H::unpslliro yrsLerday in this to the hotels nnd former
Governor
c!Ly, at New Castle and all along the 1H~nL1ey N. Spaulding of New Hamproule to Hamp Lon Beach. ·It · was a shire and former Governor Alvan T.
sincere trillule Lo
a
ctistlnguislted Fuller or Massachusetls .
Governor
American.
1 Roosevelt informed the Mayor that 011
The tour or Governor Roosevolt and his return he would make social calls
his sous of Lhe New England coasL on ex-Govs. Spaulding and Fuller.
was concluded shortly before 6 o'clock On his way .to the beach he stopped
Saturday nighL ,vr1en tho yawl, Myth in. front. of the s_ummer r~sidencc of
II., dropped anchor at Little Harbor Di• Harvey Cushmg at L1tlle Boar's
of! the Hole! Wentworth.
Head and his litLle
granddaughLer,
As soon as the craft dropped anchor Sara Delano Roosevelt, daughter of
in the harbor the first one to step James. and BeLsy Cushing Roosevelt,
aboard was Mayor F. w. HarLford held L1ghLly Lo his finger during his
and they passed nearly half an hour st ay.
talking over plans for the governor's
Itooscv~lt at Porlsmouth
rccepLion here. To Lho Mayor GovOne of the largest crowds ever Lo
cmor Roosevelt communlcaLed
the galhe1· in this clLy
filled
Market
information that he did 1iot go Lo thE' SqJare, extending down Pleasant to
navy yard, as it was Sunday and the State street, pushing out from
the
yard was closed, but promised
h9 sidewalks to complet~ly fill all avallwoJld later go there. He said that he able space, with the exception of a
looked forward to the Mayor's return narrow lane kept clear on Pleasant
to New Castle to ride with him to street leading to the square by the loMarket Squaro for the reception.
cal police. The crowd began Lo gathThe governor then
chatted with er at noon, although Governor RooseRobert Jackson, national committee- veiL was not scheduled to arrive until
man and secretary or
the
recent two o'clock. At 1 o'clock the crowd
DemocraLlc National Convention, and had reached large proportions, waitwas then greeted by Proprietor Beck- Ing patiently for the arrival of the
with of Hotel Wentworth. In step- 1governor.
The Veterans or
Foreign
Wars
ping aboard the Myth Mt·. Beckwith
said: "Governor, there Ls the Hotel Bnnd, directed by Roland Hinkley,
Wentworth, which ls yours
during gave an excellent concert to entertaht
your stay, for you and your friends." the huge crowd during its wait an
Before leaving the Wentworth the the selections of this musical organigovernor registered and greeted the ze,tion were much appreciated.
It seemed that almost every resihundreds of guests there. · On registering he said: "If you will look back dent of Portsmouth was included in
to the year 1919 you will find my sig- the tlu·ong, which was made up of
men, women, young
people
and
nature on the register."
During the trip to Portsmouth the children. Many were present from
Mayor pointed ouL the development at Kittery, Exeter, Greenland, New Casthe South Playgrounds, wlllch ls a tle, Rye, and other surrounding towns.
commendable piece of work, and the All were aware that Governor Roosegovernor was very enthusiastic over velt would not deliver a long political
the beauty of that secLlon and
tl1e address In which he would state his
splriL In which It was prcpa1'cd. He views upon the problems ·o fthe day;
was mJch Interested In vlewlng the they simply wanted to see the man
Governor Wentworth mansion
and hlmscH.
At 2. 20 p. m., the official party
the Thomas Balley Aldrich
House
which was seen from the head or th~ came Into ·view, proceeding 'JP Pleasstreet in a brief stop, as well as the ant street. The way through
handsome · buildings In and
about
Haymarket Square and Middle street.
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crowd was cleared by an advance
guard of four State Hlghy.,ay police
officers on motorcycles.
The cars
moved slowly through the
cheering
crowd to the center of the square. A
rush immediately started toward this
point from Ple,asant street'. where the
crowd sun·ounded the
bandstand.
The voices of the speakers carrled
well and the great
majority were
able to hear the well-chosen words of
Mayor HarLford as
he introduc~
Governor Roosevelt and the short address delivered by Roosevelt in an Informal and friendly manner.
DJring his welcome to , Governor
Roosevelt to th.is historic city Mayor
F. W. Hartford said: "My friends
this is .one of the greatest days in th;
history of Portsmouth. A great many
distinguished Americans have spoken
to Portsmouth people from
this
square.
About half a mile
from
where we stand was launched on May
10, 1777, the ship Ranger, commanded by Capt. John Paul Jones, · which
brought the first salute to our national emblem in foreign waters.
"In this historic square, Gen. John
Sullivan a.nd his patriots
marched
forth with the powder from Fort wn~
!lam and Mary to Bunlcer Hill that
wmt that battle for tho freedom or
America.
"On this very spot on
the first president of
the
United
States was received, and later Lafayette was greeted here. From
that
time on many Presidents have §topped
here aud greeted our citizens.
"We have with us today another
distinguished American, the governor
of the Empire State, New York. He
has been a great governor of a great
state and has not only dlstingulfihed
himself by his conduct M govern'Jr,
but has been nominated by a
party for the presidency of
United St tes.
Mayor Hartford said in closing: "This
great crowd is here for one purpose, to
do honor to a distinguished Amerlcan
and to hear a word from him.''
' "Governor Roosevelt has . been
traveling over no new territory, for
he ls famlllar with the entire coast of
New England, from New York
to
Maine. When he arrived yesterday
he sailed along w1t.ll he found that
small but safe harbor, Little H:i.rbor,
of! Hotel Wentworth, where ht:1 spent
the night. When he saw the harbor
he said, 'Boys, here's wher1;1 we spend
the 'night.' The place
where
he
stayed was \\'!thin a few feet or the
Governor Wentworth mans ion, another building of great historic value. ,._.,"'..,,.,.,.,.
Here he ls, our friends and a gri>at
friend of the Port.smo ,,th and
Kittery navy yard, and it Is with extreme
pleasure that I · present to you Gov.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt or the Empire State of New _York."
In acknowledging the welcome Governor Roosevelt said, "My frlcnda,
Mayor Hartford, it has been many
years that I have been coming here.
I well remember my first trip,
31
years ago, along this co11at, when I
wont for a cruise In the first boat I
ever owued. How well I 1·emember
tryln~ to pass 'Pull-and-be-Dammed
Point' after dark. I know every rock
and mud-lint in this harbor. Later,
In 1913, I .became mo1:e
intimately
ac uaintect with
Portsmout.It
and
�Kittery through my oonnectlon with
the Navy -Department. Dm'ing
my
eight years in WRshington I came
here often in the interests
of the
navy yard. It was on one- of those
t-rips that I beoame acqc1tlinted with
Mayor Hartrord, whom I have learnell
to respect and admire. ·
"Later, in 1020, Rft.or I left Lite Navy
Department to run for the vice presl·denoy, most unsuoce.s.s~ully, I was presented with ·a gold watch by the em~
ployes of the navy yard. I oarl'ied
thab watch fol! severnl years, until I
began wearing my father's watch. I
turned the watoh which was presented to me here over to my son James,
and he Is wearing it here today. So
you oan see I have very olose associations with Portsmouth.
"Since this is Sunday we will not
bring pollt!os into this gathering. I
have been very pleased to renew my
aoqualntance here and wish ·I oould
stay longer, but I oannot.
I am
very grateful for your reception here
and I assure you that I shall come
back again."
Riding in the oar with
Governor
Roosevelt was James Roosevelb and
Mayor Hartford . . In the head
car
was Dr. S. T. Ll\dd, ohalrman of the
committee on arrangements,
Rev.
Maxwell Ganter and D1·. Samuel P.
Griffin, cha.irman of the Democratic
City Committee. Directly following
the governor's car came one carrying
·anklln D. Roosevelt,
J1j. , Mrs.
James Roosevelt and Mr. and Mrs.
George Briggs. In a fourth car rode
Mary and Ba~bara Cushing, sisters of
Mrs. James Roosevelt,
and
John
Robert Delano of New York.
Following this came a long
of cars carrying members of the local committee; prominent visitors and
newspaperment.
All the way from the Wentworth
Hotel through Portsmouth and along
the boulevard into
Hampton
the
road was kept remarkably clea1·
of
trn!flo congestion and it was due to
the excellent work of the state police
of three states and local omoers. The
Ma.ssach.isetts State Police
loaned
Lieut. T. H. Mitchell and Sergts . M.
W. Joyce and John Horgan
and 25
selected patrolmen. The New Harr,,shlre State Police had Officers James
Brown of Epping, Fred 0lark of Lebanon,. Wilfred Arsenault of Keene and
Roger Milton of Antrim. Motorcycle
Officers Herbert Winn, Clifton Hildreth and Lloyd Magraw
Pl\trolled
local streets and furnished an escort
as far as the Rye line for the official
party, along with the other troopers.
Maine. State Patrolman Ernest Hassen of Kittery was also on duty and
escorted the group to the Rye line.
The Tr!p to Hampton
Headed by three New Hampshire
State patrolmen, two local n\Jtorcycle
o!ftcers and two Massachusetts state
troopers, the official party left Market
square ana. proceeded down Congress
street, Down Miller avenue into Sagamore avenue the party passed with the
sirens of the state ti-oops clearing the
way,. Cars were parked on both sides of
the highway and everYWhere cheers
greeted ·the governor and his party.
The entourage followed the boulevard past Wallls Sands and the other
beachs of Rye, All along the route were
thousands of residents and summer visitors, who crowded on their lawns or
waved . from their porches overlooking
the sea: ·
At the Beach . club at Rye a large
g1·oup or summer residents had gathered and a cheer went up as the offtclal party passed. At the Drake House
a trlbut'e was paid the governor and his
party for as the delegation passed a
salute of three guns was fired from a
miniature cannon.
The group passed on by the Farragut and Little Boar's Head where the
member~ of the summer ~lony gathered on their front porohes to greet the
New York governor.
From there on the party passed cottage afte1· cottage with the summer
visitors ·
porches or sitting ()U the
breakwater on the ocean side, everyone cheering ns the Empire State's governor waved in return to their greetings.
on
At Hampton . Beach a wide section
of the sti-eet neat· the Chambet· of Commerce building was cleared and the
40 or mcire car in the party were parked
Lhere. The governor went directly to
Lhe speaker's stand, with his sons and
the other guests.
on re urnmg 1ome
secretary to Washington, who
had reason to regret his choice.
the yo,~ng man possessed endearing
Tob:as Lrar Earned His Salary
culture • business
capacity ,.·
(From The Manchester Union)
, q t 1al·1tles
. • •
The first President of the United and fidelity.
.
States had a single secretary; Frank~ntil W:ashington's death Lear reJin D. Roosevelt has three each with I ma.med hi.s constant c~mpanlon and .
an assistant . Tobias Lear of Ports- . was rewarded with a Jib~ral l~gacy.
mouth, N. H .• who held the post un-1 Tradition says that Washington s last
der George Washington, was paid $200 words were addressed to him.
.
a yea,; the present salary is eqml to
It is fitting to note here that, while
that of a senator.
· ·
J Tobias Lear received scant notice
in
· There, in few words, is the story of I moot encyclopedias, he was ,a, statesthe onormous Increase, during a cen- 1man of no mean ability. As consul
tury and a llllf, o! ihe official nnd ," genernl at Santo Domingo (1002-1804)
.social tasks which tax an occupant
he showed marked t.act und€r trying
the White Home.
j conditions. In the same post at AlWhile undo,,btcdly the members of · giers, in 1805, he concluded peace
the -pretent.ious secretaTial
sta:ff <.! terms with TrlpoU which were aptoday have plenty of wor;, to do, there prove<l by the United St.ates governis not the slightest doubt that Tobias ment • .
Lear fully earned his modest stipend.
Lear died Oct. 11, 1816, and was
Not only was he privat~ and military deservedly honored with burial -in · the
secretary, but he tutored Washington's Congressional cemetery at Washlngadopt€d chlldren, was his clerk
at ton, among many noted American legMt . Vernon, and attended to many of lslators and diplomats.
His habits
the more important domestic details were exemplary; he was a true paof that large estate. No extra emolu- triot, -and he never deigned to use for
ments were open to him either such ulterior purposes his adva.niages
as
ts the $50,000 a year plum which ls . the closest confidant for many years
,,mderstood to come to one of
the 1of the F'Mher of His Country .
'R.oo.sevelt secretaries for radio broadiasts in his of! hours.
- bcar._,_w::is born Sept. 19, :762, and
named for hls father,
n well-to-do
Port:;mouth, shipmaster, who sent him
t:n·cu"h Hro:vard. After his graclu~ Uon he tra,>elcd imd stndlecl in Eu -
EDITOR.UL COMMENT
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�"O Lord our Governor, whose glory
is in all the world; We commend this
nation to thy merciful care, that bei1~g g4ided by thy Providence, we may
dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to
Thy President or the United St.ates,
and to all in authority, wisdom and
strength to know and to do thy will.
Fill them with the love of truth and
righteousness; and make t i ~ eve1·
mindful of their calling to serve this
people in thy fear; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigncth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one
God, world without end. Amen.
"O God of unchangeable power and
eternal light, look favoraL~• on t11y
whole church, tha't wonderful and sacred mystery; and by the tranquil
operaUon or lhy perpetual providence
carry out the work of man's salvation,
and let the whole world feel and see
that Lhinss which were cast down are
being raised up, and things which had
grown old are being made new, and
all things are returning lo perfection through him from whom they took
_ __.. their origin, even Jesus Christ
To•01m em ra s.io1n
I■ ,J li1um 1s Churcl m
The pro essiott move
U(.)
M.tl l<~~ Lord Amen
O ver 100 member5 or the Nc'N H m11•
"Almighty God, we make our earnest
Colonial Dame3 or slrco:t to BJ.v . trrct and directly to St.
.l\mcdco. met in Lill~ city Lollay In com- ,Jolin·. church. wllrre t.lt s rvicu w11,;1 pruyec that thou wilt kerp the United
Prayers were oIIcrcct !Jy Rev. States in thy holy protecllon; that thou
mcmornt.lon of ·lhe 200th annivcrs:uy t1ctd.
or the birth or George WashJngton, Maxwell Ganter, reel.or of St. Jo\m'~ wilt incline the hearts of the citizens
with an Impressive service at St. John's church and the s nnon was preache t to cultivale a spirit of subordination
cl1tlrch as an outstandlng feature of uy Rt. Rev. John Thomson DalL5, and obedience to government; to enbishop or New H mp:,hlrc.
tcrtain a brotherly afiection and Jove
tho day,
At u, Otlenlng of the cllurcl1 ser · for one another and for their fellow
Tho progrnm opened at 10 o'clock
thlB morning with a business meeting at vie n.cv. Maxwell Gantrr. the rector, citizens of the United States at large,
Aud finally that thou wilt most gratho famous Moffatt-Ladd House on ;;atd:
"Good people, we are III t t,og thcr clously be pleased lo dispose us all to
M rket slrcet. At the btdness meetLug annual reports of o~ficer were read lo commemomle th Two Hundredth do justice, to Jove mercy and to demean
g,nd approved and the election or offl- Anniversary of the blt h ot Gcor"C ourscll'es with that charity, humility
c t'B for the coming year was carried w . hington and tl1c On Hundred and and pacific temper of mind, whirh were
Fort.y-Tturd Anniversary o[ ltl.!J In- tlie characterislics or the Divine Auout, the following being elected:
ei·estdent, Mrs. William H. Schofield auguration as First President of the lhor of our blessed religion, and witho{ Peterborough; honorary p;·esiclent. United stales of America, and 1,0 give out an humble imitation of whose
Mr,1 G >rJJ, D. Towno or M·rnchcs- thanks to Almighty God for the life example In these things we can nevei·
and service of 50 great and good a hop~ lo be a happy nation. Grant our
tcr; vicu 11rc~ldcnt.,, Mr!l. Frank
Str ctcr or Concord, Miss mtwll th 0 man, who in the Providence of·God was suµplication. we beseech thee. through
Sawyer or Dover. Mr.;. L. Melvllte raised up in the time of great·emcr- Jesus Christ. our Lnrd. Amen.
"O God, whose Name is excellent in
French or Munchcst;cr, Mrs Joiu1 0 gcncy to help crcale this naLion. Let
M . Git'ssncr or Littleton: honorary vlc us thank God for his good example and all the earth, and whose glory is above
We bless thee for the
prcsldent. Mrs. James R. May or l"ort..<;- for the civic and religious virtue for lhe heavens:
mouth; recording secretary, IV[r:i. J. which he Is esteemed by all genera- great things thou hast done and art
doinr: for Lile cllilclrcn of men.
We
Fro.nktm Roll\nson or Mo.nch ster: cor- lions."
Following the singing of Te Deum pra!•·:: and magnify thy holy ~nmc ro,
r s1>011din~ secretary, Mrn. J. Wm. low
Peirce or P rtsmouth: t1·c,1.sur r, Mr.i. Laud:unus by lhe choir, and the saying all U:y ~cr,.mt, ,d10 l!a,e fini..,httl their
Wl11titro11 E. Fiske or E,c tcr; registrar, o[ the Apostle's Creed, Rev. Maxwell cour::e Ill thy ln1Lh and fear. and especially for thy servant George washMr:. Charle., C. G ·s of Dover: htstnn- Ganter gave the following prayer:
an, Mm. Cltarl •, B. Mannln" or M. n"Almighly God, who has given us this ington ·we give thee hearty thanks
chestcr: g nealogi t, Mlss Sus:111 Wood- ~ood laud for our heritage; We humbly for raising him up a leader and comman or Dover; auditor. Aluertu. '1'. beseech thee that we may always prove mander o[ the people; for bestowing ·upDudley or E·,ceter; boJrd or m n'lgers, ourselves a people mindful of thy fa- on him the spirit of wisdom and unMrs. Winthrn(> E. Fiske or £,ceLcr; Mrs. vour and glad to clo thy will. Bless our derstanding; for enabling him to serve
Harold W. Brown or Dover; Mr:,. Wil- land with honorable industry, sound the people of lhis land with incorli::un H. Bcasom or Na Ima; Mrs. RolJ- lcarning, and pure manners.
Save ruptiblc integrity and forgetfulness of
rt .J. Gnncs or Concord; Mls., Don us from violence, discord and con- self And we carncslly pray that, his
N. Stl ulding or Peterborou~h.
fusion; from pride and arrogancy, and pure example, at. the beginning of our
F'oll,>wini:: the IJusiness meC::\lt>; u pro• from every evil way. Defend our Jib- national life, may not be forgotten.
cc,,slon o[ member and invltcu gu st,; erlies and fashion into one united but may be more faith[ully followed in
fcnm:d o.t the MoITutt-Lndd house nd people the multitudes brnugilt hither the Liays lo come. We beseech thee to
proc •cdcd to St. John's chut'ch, wh re out of many kindreds and tongues. look graciously upon us, thy humble
Lile memorial s rvice wo..~ held. 'TI1 , Imbue with the spirit of wisclom those servants, and in thy mercy vouchsafr
ll':l.dC \'Ill', head d by the u. s. tfaV'\l lo whom in thy Na.me we enlrnst the to accept our unworthy prayers and
Brnd anli the colors of the Colonl l authority of government, that there praises; for the sake of our only Mco., m ..,. Cilt'l'icct by Jonatho.n Sawyer may be justice and peace at home, 11ncl diat.or and Advocate, Jesus Christ Olli'
:it LI Swpht'll D::c:ilur, Jr .. or KtlL•:ry that, through obedience or thy law, Lord Amen.
·
Poict -and Anclrew Breese or Manchel• we may show forth U1y praise among
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
tcr. Mas.;. Next came Mayor F W. Har~- the nations of the earth. In the time and the love of God, and the fellowford, followed by the mcmuer11 nm! of prosperity, flll our heai-t.s with ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all
ornelal guci ts. Al
in tho proce.,slon thankfulness, and in the day of lrouble.
were Lieut. Comdr. W. C. Wade, U. S. suffer not our trust in thee to fail; ali
N .. and Lieut. Comdr. L. S. Stewart, U. which we ask through Jesus Christ
S. N
Lord. Amen.
shko Society of
�Bishop Dallas spoke in part as
lows: "There Is no need on our part,
or on the part of the various organizations represented here to rehearse
the character and greatness and dignity, and I !'fl!lY say granderu·, of the
first President of the United States.
Nor do we churchmen need to recall
his churchmanshlp. We
are
all
proud of it and recognize thoroughly ·
how much he represented of all that
h good and true. We are happy to
say, in spit of all biolog(sts of the
present day have brought out abot1t
George Washington; that he did
a
great good to men and, in spite of the
trifling details which they have unearthed, as we look over his writings
and teachings we still find so · fine
and so good, and I may say, so' beautiful a character .
"Our gathering on this hill and on
this bank brings us face to face and
into the days gone by.
This edifice
and the old house to which we shall
soon repair, the very streets we shall
walk, and one old ho..1se after
another, are relics of the days gone by
and bring us in contact with men and
women who have passed on and the
things they did, their homes and their
aspirations and ideals.
We can almost touch yesterday, the yesterday
of so long ago. It gives me, as
a
mere man, a sense or unworthiness
as I sit in this old chair In which he
sat . As we look at the old organ in
the balcony, the baptismal font and
the old silver service-we can hardly
touch a thing in this old church, or
this olcl town, without a sense of awe
and reverence as we realize what we
are touching.
"This nation was bullded on a firm
foundation, and all
these
things
usher us into something more vital
as we realize the problems which were
faced by the founders of It. It is
built on something which has made It
the greatest nation on earth and the
envy of the world. We stand aghast
as we realize the conditions
under
which the people-lived in this coun-
try 150 or more years ago.
at the ~ miracles God has wroughtmiracles that brought about this great
co..1ntry with such idealism and we
appreciate that they. were
fostered
here and how much of it was due lo
the strengtlt and courage of the first
President of the United States."
Bishop Dallas slated that through
all this history and the development
of the country there was ·one thing
which caused Washington and his followers to carry on. He said, "Our
future history depended on a subtle
thing, a thing we can't see-a quality
of spirit." He went on to say that, in
spite of the
tremendous difficulties
encountered
by George Washington
he still carried on with a quality of
spirit which made the country what
it is today. He said it was not alone
his mental and
physical
qualities
which made him great, b..1t that his
"quality of spirit' gave him power to
endure and carry on and suffer."
The speaker mentioned the difficulties of a president of that day as
compared to those of the present, anrl
brought out that
they
were
far
harder to face in his day and that a
man needed a quality of spirit to
cany on through the problems which
eventually resulted in the foruiation
of a nation and 1>roved to be a successful experiment in government.
In speaking Lo the women present,
Bishop Dallas said, "The women from
whom you are descended faced
the
same problems you face today, but in
those days the problems "·ere of such
a natt1re that they ind.iced the women·
to throw away their qualities of leadership, but their quality of spirit held
them up and made them carry on."
He said, "with your present spirit of
truth you are saving so:nilthing of
the beautiful out of the heart of the
eternal which makes life worth living.
Men destroy themselves and
others
but what is good and true and beautiful in the women keep men
from
clegenerating and makes them good
and true and beautlf,1!."
He mentioned the new ,experience
of women in taking an interest
in
public life and told of the great future in store for them by their p:irticipa tion.
Bishop Dallas concluded by saying.
"If George Washington was here he
would say some word
that
would
caus us to turn anct foster and
enhance that quality of spirit we call
religion and prayer. He would open
o.ir eyes and the word or Goel and
his ever-watc_h ful eye over the nation
would have us cany on, and he will
reign eternal. He would start a n ew
crusade to save the soul of a coun.
try."
Dr. Wallis D. Walker, Stephen D.
Klyce and William M. Howells acted.
as ushers at the church.
The choir, under the direction
of
, Ernest P. Bilbruck, took part in th e
I service and added greaL!y Lo Hs effectiveness.
The procession
Jed by Mayor 1!'. W. Hartford, .
lowed by Chief Justice
Robert
Peaslee, Colonel Dudley, Capt. A. C.
Robnett, U. S. N., Chapl::>.in R. S.
Miller, Commander Stewart,
Commandr Wade, Mrs. James Anrlers of
Connccllcut, national president of the
Colonial Dames; Mrs. Wllllam Srhofield, president of the
New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames, Rev.
Alfred Gooding, ·and national . and
state officers of the Colonial Dames.
On the ret..1rn from the church the
procession was headed
by
Mayor
Hartford.
Gov. John G. Winant,
·colonel Dudley and
Chief Justice
Peaslee. ·
The following organizations were
represnted: Order of the Cincinnati,
D. A. R., Colonial Wars, G. A. R.,
Storer Relief Corps, Sons of the American Revolution Auxiliary,
John
Paul Jones Club, Helen Seavey Quilting Party, Spanish War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Americ~n
Legion, America11 Legion Auxiliary,
Sons of Union Veterans and Piscataqua Ploni;ers.
Following the service at tne churci1
a buffet luncheon for members and
guests was held at the Moffatt-Ladd
house, which was . followed by an inspection of .t he l,1ous,e .and gf\rden.
An exhibition of rare printed cottons
of American historic subjects · . from
the collection of Agnes J. I-Tolden of
New York was exhibited in one of the
rooms of the mansion. At 2. 30 there
was a meeting of the board of managers, at which time various committees and officers were appointed.
A~ 3 o'clock Mrs. John P. Anders.
national ·president of the
Colonial
Dames of America, greeted the members and guests, and
Miss Fanny
Washington, a direct descendant
of
George Washington, gave a talk entitle "George Washington by a Washington."
At 4 o'clock a private view of objects
of historic interest at
St. John's
Church was the privilege of the society.
It was just 125 years ago today that
the cornerstone of St. John's Ch,n·ch
was la id by the Grand Lodge of Masons in the presence of
John Langdon and his aids.
St. John's is the · oldest church now
standing in Portsmouth nncl with ils
hisLoric associations is known far and
wide. Thousands of tourists visit the
church each summer and :i.t services
on Sunday Lherc · a1·c mnny s111nmer
guests from this vicinity,
George Washington, then President
of the
United
States,
attended
Queen's Chapel, on the site of which
St, John's Church norv stands, · on
Nov. 1, 1789, while visiting in Portsmouth. He ·occupied tl~e old governor's pew, which was furnished with
red plush cushions and with a heavy
wooden canopy over it bearing
the
royal arms. Tl.le two chairs given. by
Queen Caroline were in · this place of
1101101·. Washington was accompanied by the president of the state, Gen~
e~·al Sullivan, and his secretary, Tobias Lear, a Portsmouth man.
�His intellect is keen and he is in a
gets his years when talking to him,
happy and contented frame of mind
as he keeps up his interest in life and
always. His memory ls remarkable
is a delightful conversationalist. He
and he has no end of
Interesting
reads without glasses and his hearing
stories
to
tell
of
llls
early
life
at the
ls good.
Shoals and the people he has met.
Although in his 93rd year he drove
He rarely has rheumatism. Blessed
a car daily at Camden, S. C .,, but
with a good constitution, the greater
there are not tho
traffic problems
part of his life has been passed out or
there are here. He built a
playOscar Laighlon, Active and
doors and mJch of that time ou the
ground near uie hotel for
children
Well, Receives Congratuand fiUed it up with a
merry-go- 1 sea, the fresh air and sunshine
doubtedly doing much to keep
Wm
round, swln~s. seesaws, sandplLs and
lations on Annivcn;ary
strong. He Is the most friendly or
other diversions for l.he little folks.
men and loves folks and, even at the
n proved a good aLtrnctlon.
ogo of 93, sees gladness In Ilfe. His
Wil.h Lil same opl.lmisLic spirit a· in
His book, "Ninety Years
at
the
n.ail contains letters from
former
p,l t year . and with Lhe sprightlmess
Shoals", published some time ago, ls
Shoals guests In different parts
o[ one many years younger,
Oscar
sun eagerly read, being
delightfJllY 1
the country and he receives
many
Laighl.on loday i · ouserving hi 93rd
entertaining Lo young and old alike. I
letters from young people he meets
birl.hday anniversary at SLar Island,
Oscar Laighton is the last one of the
at the Shoals. His penmanship is reIsles or Shoals. The event is a har PY
once well known Laighton family at
markable and he has a gift of humor
one for "Uncle Oscar", as he is fathe Isles of Shoals and his book tells
nnd writes most interesting
letters
mlllarly known l.o his fricncts. and th
something of hls 90 years aL tho isfrom Lime to time to friends.
guesLs at Lile island make the occMlon
lands. Not until the age of 16 did he
That he may continue
in
good
each ye,1r one long to be remembred.
see a horse for the first time, when
health is the wish of his many friends,
A party or over 275 Unitarians arrived
he came Lo tho mainland.
who extend congratulations on his
this week at Lhe Oceanic Hotel and
Hill father, Hon. Thomas B. Lalghanniversary, and In these The Herald
many o[ them are well known to Uncle
ton, was once the editor o! the New
joins.
Oscar, who is given a banquet each
Hampshire Gazette. His sister was
'Tis sa id, and we believe 'tis \.rue
year and whose bilthday celebration is
the famous and distinguished writer
That we so often find
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made a meny event.
of verse, Celia Thaxter. Hon. ThomOld age is noL long lengLh
uncl Oscar p:1ssed the winler
at
as B. Latghlon, a very brilliant man,
But just a stale of mind.
was born in Portsmouth in 1804. He
was a leading merchant here and held
So, in spite of all the birthdays,
positions of trust. He ran for govOt· what the calendar may say,
ernor of New Hampshire, but being
The friends of Uncle Oscar feel
defeated by methods he felt to be un- 1
He is 93 years young today.
!air, sold out his business in th.is city
and secured the position of lightkeepMay coming years stilt' bring him
er at White Island. He felt l~e ne\'ilr \
And keep him hale and hearLy,
wished lo return
to
Portsmouth
And friends may help him celebrate
again, although but 35 years of ago.
His hundredlh birthday party.
He remained at the Shoals until his 1
death and was buried on Appledore
Island.
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At the time the Lalghton
sailed from Portsmouth for the Shoals
Oscar was but a
three-n10nths-old
baby. At that time his father was in
po ·session of Appledore and Sn1Jttynose Islands and carried on a fishing
buslness and a small boarding house.
For weeks on those sLorm-swept isles
in winter there was no communication
with the mainland. At one time Oscar and his brother, the late Cedric
Laighton, owned all the Shoals
but
White Island, and some of the best
known people of the country
were
Hohkirlc 11111, South Carolina, b1tt a
gucst.s nL the Shoals hotels, finding a
1cw Wl'l'l,s , ,~o Ile wcnl. lo I.he Si1oal',
never-ending charm in vlsiUng
the
l, l):J.SS his [)3r<l 1;\lllllllCI'.
llc was. 110\. '
rocky isles. Some of the noted arta llLLlc proud that he could make Lllc \
LriP l Slar Island alone in his motor- 1 ists of the country found inspiration
and atmosphere here for their paintbo.il. "Tltc TwillghL", for he loves lite
sea a11d from a young boy has enjoyed
ings.
A few years ago
Oscar Laighton
~hoi\lin•~ . During the summer he lat,c,
1
ca1uo Lo PorlsmouLh t.o llvo between
p:1rl11·: n1tl In his boat.. 111 :1ki11 1 mnnv
Ute seasons when he was not at the
\ tri11s a cl ay to Durk I sla nd. Lwo 11111_-;
Shoals or in the South. Not until
fro111 1\pplrdore , Lo see
l.lL.
g11ll5,
Lhen did he reel he would ever care to
\ wilrrr Lllou~ands o[ \.hem con~re"atc.
live away from Lhe sea. He resides ln
·1 1\ loa[ of brc::id is carried alon~
to
a colonial home on Franklin street
feed Lh g.,lls and lhcy arc so us<Xl t
for a few months each year.
Next
Uncle O cor's boat \.hey have
little
rca r. Il. is most interesting Lo watch
winter he plans to remain in Portsthe baby r,ulls along the shore or Duck
' moulh, but time will nol. hang heavy
Island. It is said about 5000 of t he . on his hands, as he is so active for
gulls were banded and they fly
\ his age. He has a workshop
and
grcaL distance . One was reported
finds plenty to inLerest him
there.
and is being urged by his friends to
have been found on the
coast
do some wriLing for publication.
Africa some time ago.
The young people a\. the Shoals
very friendly with Uncle Oscar and ,
reel he Is one of them, as his un[aillng good 11:itul'e and kindly charactl'islics make him a likeable frlend. He
has the heart of youth and one for-
�UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE O tHE
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH Jnly 7,
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Ma~or F. W. Harlford,
Chairman, General Committee, •: · ·. · r·.r
Unemployment Commillee of Oi~ City- 1o~ Porl ·moutll,
~ Portsmouth , '. H. .
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·1 Dear Mayor Ha~lforcl:
,. · ~··we are submitting herewith U1e final teporl of
UneIJ]_P.loyment Commi tee of the Cil,y of Port mouth.
' 1•·' !.)Ve"feel that the uccess of the undertaing was due
· in• a large measure to your early understanding of the sit ..
uation and your whole-hearted cooperation with the various eub committee
Sinrerelv your ,
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Chairman, Executive C
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Chairman, Finance CommiLl e
•OREL A. DEXTER
Treas1!rer
ORMA E. RAND
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H. CU .l ' TO TAYLOR
Chairman, Planning Boord
EDWARD JI. DREW
Investigator
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UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE OF THE
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH
FINAL REPORT-JULY 11, 1932
TREASURER'S REPORT
Total contt-ibulion received . . .
~M ,237.03
Total payrolls .............. :211, l:; .Ci7
Total p_o toge and printing .. ,. .
7 .36
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Tolal regisl1·aLion ............. ·...... . .. .
Married men and ingle men ith dependent. 3111
Single men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'10
Residents less than one -year in Portsmouth. . 21
With dependenls lh1s Ji . t repre enls 1770 p ople wil.h
no mem1s of liveliho od other Lhnn 11ncmploymc11L r Ii f.
The men wer employ <I i11 hi fls f Lhre dnys ach
and were guaranl ti lhr
da . ' w rk r l-\'ar<llcss·
r
wealher condition ..
Preference wn . ti l rmin d hy llie numb r r drpendentc.,.Men ilh 2, 3 or Ii. in famil , receiv d 3 dn s w c:, ouL
of every J 2.
Men wilh 5 or O in lhe family r rei ed 3
011L or e ery !l.
Men '\: ilh 7 or 8 in the fomily re civ d 3
oul of every 6.
Men with O or more in the fnmily rec i, •d 6 uny.
work out of every I).
The single men receiv ,l work infr qu ntly nnd t.hc11
only when lheir need wa pre~. ing nncl wh n lh~ fund , Ill
h-1nd warranlcd 1heir employment.
The 10tal average nrni11g. rcreiv<'d du1·1ng 111 enlire
period wert'
Single men ... . ... .... . ..... ..... ·> $ 20.70
M('ll wilh 2 lo -'l ill family . . . . • . . . . . . . f\!1.\)2
Men wilh 5 or 6 in family . . . . . . . . . . . . I co.:l '•
Men with 7 or 8 in family . . . . . • . . . . . . 1:M.2~Men wilh O or mo,·c i11 family . . . . . . . . . JG urn
'rotal numhet· or working days . . . . . . . .
127
Tolnl 1111mher f man-hours .......... ,.~.:317
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Total expenditure
2/i ,237.03
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
00.00
OREL A. DEXTER, Tr a ·urer
Approved:
Norman E. Rand, Auditor.
THE STORY OF THE COMMITTEE
ORGANJZATJO
Plans for unemployment relief in Port moul,h were
started in !ale eplember, Hl31, when Mayor Hartford, recognizing the magnitude <?f the wor~ ah:ead, alled together
. representatives of the various orga111zat1on of the city, and
from Lhe . e enrly meetings there was rleveloped in Ocl~ber
the orgnnizalion known ns the Unemplo)•rne11t Comm1Ltee
Of The City Of Portsmonlh.
Thi . ommittee imm dialely organized as follows: .Executive Commillee Finance Commill , Tr tH,urer, Auditor,
Planning Boa1·d ar{d Investigator.
PLA OF PROCEDURE
The general plan of the commille ca11 d for the development of a definil projecl, the rai i!)g of neces ary
funds the di bur emenl of uch funds rn the form of
wages, the regi~Lra.lion of lhe cily' . un mpl y d and t11e
investigatiol) of each applic:rnt by Lrnin d work 1·..
THE After
PROJECT
due con id ration, the Planning Board d cided
upon the improvement of the South Mill Pond and adjacent
park and playgrounds as the mo t fea ibl undel'laking,
and a definite working agreement wa mad whereby lhe
city would furnish all materia~, equipment ~nd sup rv1Si(!n,
- leaving uch funds as were rai . ed by the Finan c e Committee to be spent for wage . only.
In accordance with lhi plan, the work began ov. 7,
:1.931, and continued 11nlil the Jasl of May, :I !)32.
WOMEN'S SUB COMMITTEE
A splendid pi 'e of work was done by lhe ·w rne11·:.1
Sub Commillee in laking over and handling tlll mpl ym nL
relief for women work rs. Jieactqnarler · of !he ron1miLLce
were e labli hed al lhe Y. W. . A., , lal .'I.
i O women r "'i . lerecl, and of !Iii. nurnll 1 worh wa
found f r Jli2, 33 in p rman nL po. ii ions.
Sine no Jn11d nr reqnil'C<I fo1· L.hi · •v o1·h., iL is slj]]
carriNl 11.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Committee r 'l'h
ily r Porl. moulh i Je ply gral ful for the pl udiu co- pe1·ation
ll_1e comnrnnily in gcn~ral _ :1ml, while iL w uld e impo~. 11Jle to a 'ld10,vleclg 111 livHl11ally ,. ry exarnpl,
f ll1i.
nalure, Lhe CommHlee Lhoroughly ::tJ pr cial
the il valuab le assi:lanre of Lit• ~Iayor and llrn B ard of Public
\ ork ., lhe Lime _givc11 f1· .cly !Jy. ?\Ir .•John W. Durg:n in
. urveying and laymg out the proJ cl, aud lh iHlC1' ·L and
help of r..Ir. Edward , ryboll.
'J'hc g,·ntil.ude or Ilic- Con,millcc go s al
lo 111
l1 ninil:y v cll'nr' J\s:o ·ial.io11 fur ih ~plc11d1d c:o-11p1;r,1l.,011
in connedion wilh lite iuv ' . Ligation of. pplicn11l~ f ,. wo1·k,
lo th Chamb r of Commerce fo1· l11rning v 'I ils cnlil'e
J'acililie and handling lh • detail: of lh c work ll1 r •.uy
making po. ibl lhe di lrnr 111 nl f Lhe II u' y r.iis t.l •
al a co t of lightly ver lhr e-lenth of one µerr nl, lo Ll1c
Herald ~u))li hing Company for giving ,·ol,11n111 · ,f it.;; ... p:we
for publ1c1ly and r pot·L, to tile Sclh l anu 'l'1n11-po1lolion
Company and lh Badger-H.and ·umpan. f I I r:irk.- foz•
haul mg lonm, nnd to the Colonial nncl Areatlin Tl1cal 1e.
for Lhc 11:e f th ir re . pc li\'c ::;lagc. r r Ille l't:111-111i11ult•
. peak er . .
And finally lh . i11rer . L lh:1111, · of Ill Cn111111illc is
xlenclccl .lo lh . e 11nde1· lalHling <'iliz ,,.., r ,· 1 rl<•,m ulh
who onlrdrnl ti f lhc:i,· f1111d lo mak, l11i 11 111 ,,nn jo l> 11 ·ible.
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Jll•: '.\11Y B. TILTO
(;hnirman, l•,.·c1•1 iti,t' C 1,1111ille c
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1:hai1•111;rn, Fi11a11<:1' C,11,1 11 1ill<·c•
II. (:Ll 1 ' I'()~ TAYLOB
f!hairman, Plnnnin1, Donr,J
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�Daug e sOf e o ution Honor
Builder
.In A
Fi_ st Pile Bridge
tYork
Yesl,orday was a day of deep slgnl~ ance was by Joseph P, B1·agdon, ohah'~
flea.nee at York as lt marked the dedl• man o! the board of selootmeu.
Mrs. Wllllam Smith Shaw of Portcatiou of a memorial tablet in honor
or the memory of Major Samuel Sew- land, past vloe presldent from Maine
or Lhe National Daughters, led the
>l..J'..r.L•cR" all, builder of the first pile bridge ou
the
American
contlnent--Sewall's pledge of allegiance to the Flag, prayer and benediction were oIIered by the
bl'ldge at York.
Awo.y bo.ck in 1761, Major Sewall de- Rev. W. H. Mllllnger, pasLor of the
Fit•sb Parish CongregaLloual clmrch,
signed Lho structure and oversaw its
and Taps were sounded by CharloUe
"-~•~rJ'I.~ building aud then, as fast as good news Hooper, another Oil'l Scout bugler.
,.,,,,,,_ .•,,.~,.spread in those days, the story of his
The commitLee on al'l'angements !or
"'"'""""'·"""" work went fat• and wlde.
t,he unveiling consisted of Mrs. Fred
Boston became interested and soon
Major Sewall was the reclplent of a. E. Frisbee, Mrs. Allan A. Paul and Miss
cordial invltallon to come over there Katherine E. Marshall.
Business sessions of the
,l(lit~clh.dl and build some more plle brldge . That
were held yesterday at the First Par.......,, , •• ,.., seems
to
have
been
about
the
only
0
isli Congregational church, wlllch wa$
recognltion he received In his day-a
built in 1774, and about 160 members
bld t,o bulld more bridges-but yesterof the order we1•e In attendance, cllapday honor was paid him by the Daughlers represented being Benapeag of
ters of American Revolution of the
San[ord, Elizabeth Wadsworth of PortstaLe of Maine, when they dedlcated the
land, Fort Halifax of Winslow, Minute
memoria l tablet on a boulder at one
Men of Malden, Mass., Berks Co1mty of
end of his first bridge.
Reading, Pem1., Col. Dummer Sewall of
The ceremonial, the principal event
Bat.h, Eunice Farnsworth or Skowheo[ the annual field clay of the Daugh~an, Rebecca Emery of Biddeford,
c.--:,,•·••s_. lers, was conducted in the presence
Koussinoo of
Augusta,
Mary Dilof about 500 persons, including the replingham of Auburn, Esther
resenlatlves of 20 D. A. R. chapter:; in
of Orono, Margaret Goff Moore
different states, and it opened with the or
Madison,
Topsham-Brunswick
assembly call by Girl Scout Bugler
Chapte1·, Old Newbury o[ NewburyElizabeth McDonald. The address of
port., Mass., Gen. Knox of Thomaston,
«~.,,~-_,,,,,,.., welcome was given by Mrs. Lester M. Abigail Whilma11 of Norway, .l\lll\l'lSGrnnclon, Lhe re~ nL of Olcl York
cogl{lll of Dlxfiel(l. Rnngcr o[ PorLsCllnpler , Lho hostess orga11l1.a\.lo11.
mouLh, Colonlo.t Dnughlers or FnrmGreellngs were given hy Mrs. Florence
ingi,on and Molly Slark o[ Rochester.
Wnugh Da11fol'lh o[ Skowhegan, Sl.!ll8
In the mornlng vlsits were pald 1,o the
Regent, and an lllslorlco.l essay, "Sew,
old Frost homestead and the Frost
alrs Bridge," wa · read by Raymond
garrisons, one of them, erected in King
Philhrlek, winner o[ a. local essay conWilliam's war, and Lhen the old gaol
1rsl.
at
York was visited.
Tlle ncldress wa · glven by the Rev.
At 11.30 the Past SLate Regents'
D. R. Kennedy, Jr., of Sherneld, Conn.,
Association held a meeting in the
g:~~-..a:ir••'''" who look the place of Representative church, wlth Mrs. Susan Youland of
Carroll L. Beedy, detained in Wash!ngBiddeford presiding. Others in at,t,end1,;,,~lr'f;J~,t::i-.,a by
ton, '•11Cl then lhe toblet, was w1veiled ance were Mrs. C. W. Sleele of Farmll1e Misses Jean and Marietta Sewington, Miss Maude Merrick of Waterall, flflh generation descendants of Joville, Mrs. B. G. W. Cushman or Auseph Sewall,
brother of Samuel.
burn, ancl Mrs. William Smith Sllo.w
Wrealhs were placed at, the boulder
of Portland. Letlers or regret were 1·-:by Thomas Scw,,ll Emery, four years
ceived from Mrs. Blaine S. Viles of
old, also a clesccndnnl of the fifth genAugusla, Mrs. VicLor L. warrei1 o[ Doerallon from Joseph Srwall. The lahleL
ver-Foxcro[~ and Mr . Evie Robinson ol
wo.s pt'esent-ed formally \.o the Lown of
NorLh
Anson.
York by M\5. D:\llforlh and t,he acce1JL-
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RECOMMENDATIONS
'.\Ir. Arthur Brisbane, the distinguished editor, in a full-page
l'ditorial, whil'h was reproduced in ten leading daily papers throughout lhc piled ~lales, wrole:
"When you sludy ilwse SC('nl'S of cruelly and atrocious tor-lure,
when you rcali7.c that they have disappeared forever from this earth,
ex ·cpl in isolal d savage corners of the world, where men revert to
ani111alism, and when you realize that these sccnPs of crnelly, brutal
a.- t l11•y ar<', W<'rt' :is nolliinl-( l'Olllpan•d wilh what pr<'cc•dcd lh<•111, you
l'l•,ilizc thal lire worhl du 'S advance.
" * * * 11, shows what g0Yern111cnt did lo th<' poor, the ignorant,
llH' lwlplcHR-making· lht'lll infinilcly worse Lh:t11 lhcy were al first,
vcn though they w r the worst of criminals. "' * * But don't forget that the long drawn-out torture· of hunger, anxiety and overwork, to which millions of mothers and fathers and children are subjected is as brutal as the hrutalitics of a prison ship in the long run,
and as disgraceful to the human race."
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in Portsntouth
At Isles of Shoales Dock
Plenty 0£ Free Parking Space
Visit the Ancient, Famous
and Infamous
Dr. Frank 'ranc, lhc brilliant editorial wrilcr, said :
""' * * II ere you sec pm1i1d1111cnt raised to its highest power, The
record of lhc cruc lti rs hrrc practised by Lite English people is so
frightful that no one can be blamed for not believing it; the truth is
more incredible than lhc wild st, f1ciion. It is impossible io believe
lhc story, yet it, is perfectly authentic. * * *
"Out, of the past this g·host sails tu us. Us rusty iron manacles
an• all loo ta11g·ihlc. lls hid1•ous cPlls our fret may explore. lls
appnlli111{ record, hooks and ducumc11ls Wl' can sec with our own eyes."
Chicago Trih111w, June :! rd , s aid:
"One of thr biggc::;l Ji fly-cents worth of value we ever got for
our money was a visit lo Lhe Convict Ship at the Stale Street Dock.
H's like turninl!; back lhr dock, and afler you sec the way men and
women were herded on ihc ship, taken for a voyage of thousands of
miles, the paths they made in the hanl leak deck, the whipping post,
the airless du11g·co1is, the branding iron and the leaden tipped cat
o' nine tail :; as punishment for people who had stolen perhaps a piece
of pie, one gets the idea-humanity is getting on."
SEE THE CONVICT SHIP NOW
When She Leaves She Will Never Return
Convict Ship
At Isles of Shoales Dock
Oldest and Most Historic
Ship Afloat
'Plenty 0£ Free Pa1·king Space
Open 10 A. M. to 11 P. M. Daily
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Por s1nouth
�A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CONVICT SHIP ''SUCCESS"
Which Is Now Open For Public Inspection
W
EALTHY Americans spend millions annually in Europe visiting
old prison castles and th •ir dungeons. Today, a car (are bringa
you to the a11chorage or the most notorious floating prison the
world has ver known.
Built al Moulmein, In nrili s h India, a c nlnry ago, the olcl Convict
Ship "Success" is by many years the oldest. ship afloat today, and is
the only remaining s urvivor or Australia"s prison shil)S . "Ocean
Hells" they were called, and well did they cl serve the name.
Massively built throughout of solid Burmese leak, a wood that
for resistance to decay has no equal in the world, lhe "Succ ss" wa•
launched as an armed East India merchantman with brass guns bristling from her sides and filled handsomely for the reception aboard of
princes, nabobs and the w allhy traders or the Orient Her tonnage Is
689, and she Is 135 fe t long, with 30 fool b •::u11. TI r solid sides are
2 feet 6 inches thick at the bilg ', and her keelson is a solid L•uk baulk
of tremendous Lhickn ss, with sister lee !sons Jillie I ss massiv .
Brok n only by an occasional conllict with a pirate craft, the
"Success" bad an honor d life until she was us d by the governme nt
of Australla to confine lbe unfortunate wretches who at that lime
were s nlenc d to from seven years to the term of natural !Ire for
ot'l'.enses lhat would now hn co11shll•n'd trivial and 11 •lly, warrnnllng
at most but a small fine.
The "Success" is today unchanged after all lbe years, nothing
being omitted bnt her human freight and their sutrering from the
cruelties and barbarities p rp trated upon them.
Cells, strong and gloomy, w re conslrucl d on the 'tween and
lower decks, and in these w re confined th unfortunal s who experienced to the full the punishment cons quent upon crime. The
lower d ck was devot d to the worst type ot convicts, and only
prisoners of the better class were confin d in the 'lwe u <I ck cells.
"Refractory" prisoners 1were immured throughout the long clays and
nights in dungeons in the dark depths ot the lower cleck anti w re
never allowed ashore on any 'Pretext. Their only exercise and opportunity ot enjoying a breath of fresh air was r stricted to one hour
in twenty-four, when th y were march ed from st m to st rn upon tbs
upper deck.
As they paced the d ck during this hour ot comparal Ive relaxation It was no uncommon event tor the prisoners to make hold dashea
tor freedom or death. Th y scn.rcely xpect d to get beyond the cordon
of buoys, but they w re reduced to such a state or d •spNallon that
they preferred a watery grave to the treatment receiv d aboard tbla
"ocean hell." Wb n a "rushl'r" was overtak n in such an all mpt, be
was Invariably punished by having a ll<'avy hall of iron, weighing 72
pounds, attached to his belt by a chain. One or these "punishment
balls" le still preserv('(l aboard the "Succ<'ss." T.l'g chains ar1• ahoard
varying from 7 ponncls to tiG 11ou111l s in w •ight.
The corner cells on either side or the lower deck are the <Ir aded
"Black Holes," in which prisoners were punished by solitary confinement lasting from on lo one huncl red days. These small and taper-
Ing torture chambers measure only two reN •lght lnch<'s across. The
cloors fit as tight as valvPs and c•Jo1w with a "11wi s h," exl hulin~ all air
except what can filter thron:;h th(' 11 •rforal •11 Iron plate which waa
placed over the bars above the door, In ord1•r to maim the hol11 n•
dark ancl oppressive as flOSsl!Jle . /1. stout iron rini; 111 rast1•nf'd ahnut
knee high in the shelvi11g back or Lhe Cl'll Ullll lhrnugh this rini; tho
right hand or the priso ner was 11assccl, and th1•n handcuffed 10 the
left wrist. Ile was thus pr •v1•nlecl from standing UJll"ighL or lying
down, and was obliged to stoop or lean against the shelving sic!P of
the vessel as it rolled to ancl fro on the r st! ss wal rs or the bay.
Starved, beat n and abused as they were, the wotHil'r is that so many
of even those unfortunates were a.hie to <'ndurp p11ni s hment aii th<'Y
0
did.
Constant a1111licallon or the "cat," im11l"iso1111wnl in lh1° "hlal'I,
hole" and oth •r pnni,ihnwuts Wl'l"l! till' lnslr11ml'11t11 rl'lie1l upon ror
producing a r form.
AUSTRALIANS DEMAND INVESTIGATION
In 1857 the disclosures that had hct'n macl or the brutal and
Inhuman treatnwnl nwt('(J onL to 11risoncrs <·rc·alt•d a licn•t, 011tcry
In /\11Htr:tlla, :1111011111111!-( al1111t>1I to r1•v11lt ngalm<t th,• (:ovn11111, 11I atlll
res11llc1l In thl' nhando111111•11t u[ thu h11lk Hy11l, 111. i•'n r Hn111,, yl ,Ir ■
lat r the "Succ ss" was usNI as a wom e n's 11riso11, llwn sill' het·ame
succ ssively a reformatory ship and amm11nilio11 st un•, n11cl Jall'r all
the prison hulks were ore! rE'tl to he sold on the express co1Hlltlon
that th y were to be brokt•n up, aiul their associations Jost to tile
recollection or th p ople of A11stralia. By a C'icrical error, howev er,
that condition did not app ar upon the terms o[ salP or Lhe "Sncel'ss."
Hence she remains the only Briliah con,ict ship afloat on the seven
seas. In 1885 th e old ship was Sl"lllll1•(! and ."Ullk in Sycln1•y harhor.
Sh remain .d uncl r wat r for fivp yPars an1J was t hl'n raist•<I to be
exhibited. Jlpr visitors have 1111111he rp1J ovPr !l0,000.000 1wople.
0
0
CROSSED ATLANTIC UNDER OWN SAILS
In 1912 she attempted what was 1wrha11s tht• !-(r,.at1·st r, •at i11 all
her remarkable care r -to mal!l' the pass;!;.;,• :t<"ross tin• Allanllc
under her own sail, unaccompanil'd hy a 111 ~ or s tPam<'r. Thi• ,;hiflllillg
world was ai;hast wht>n thP vuya~l' was prnj1·1·t1•,l. lm1wssih lc, ,;aid
every man who 1•v1•r i;ail,•11 th<• ,;pa11 in ,; hip:.., that this ,· .. 11l11ry ;incl
a q11artl'r old hulk coultl hrav1• th,• H(lri11~ h11rri,·a11l'H of th,• J\ll:111tlc
ocean. But a gallant crew o[ adv nturuus souls hoisted sail and too!I
her onl or Glasson Dock, near tlw port of l.iYl'rJH>Ol, 011 the Y<'rY <lay
that the ill-fated "Titanic" left the porl or 'oulhampton. l•'or !Hi days
she batll <I hravely, her staunch old hull <lt•l"ying thl' nashi11i; ~alea
und mo1111tainom1 :;pas, aml at l<•nt•lh madt• port in llostt111 ll :1rht1r with
u crew worn 011I a111J hair ;-;tarvl'tl, h11I l,r:11·,•ly tri11111pha11t
Your opportunity to visit her is now, for when she sails from here
ahe wilt never return.
�Monument and Marker Presented to Junior High by
D. A. R.
"As regent, of
Ranger
Daughters of the American Revolution, it gives me great pleasJre
present to you, in the name of
the
Chapter, this tre~ and its marker
"May I present. the certificate to
you, Mr. Beal, and may it be placed
on the wall in your office." ·
With the presentation of the
tree
nnd the marker, Mrs. Green also -gave
a certlflcnle to Raymon~ · ·1.
Beal,
henclmnsler or
the
Junior
High
School, certifying that the cutting wn.s
an nctunl slip from the Washington
elm at Gambrid e.
Lnighton Carter, in accepting
the
A cutting from the Washington elm gifts on behalt of the student body,
tree at Cambridge.
M=-•
under said that he felt assuncl that
the
which George Washington took com- body he represented appreciated the
mand of the Continental Army
on gifts and would cherish and preserve
July 4, 1775, 1n.5 planted with due thrm through nil time. He expressed
ceremony on Uw, lawn of the Junior tho appreciation o! the student bo1ly
High School yesterday
•It.emoon to the members o! the D. A. ~- for
and
a
monumen~ and marker, their co"lslderation.
presented
b:,
Ra.nger
Chapter,
Mrs. Olive G. Cha!!ee rendered as
D. A. R., was given the !Chool at the a soprano solo, "Tree ", by Joyce Kilsame time. • Tbe interesting e:xercl5es mer.
were conducted in the presence of the
This was followed by an
pupils of the school.
members
of address by Rev.
William
Safford
Ranger Chapter, and others.
Jones. Mr. Jones gave a det!l.lled acThe program opened with selections count of the visit of Geor!le Washingby lhe Junlor JJlgh School band, un- ton to this city on Oct. 31. 17&9. He
der the dlrcction of
Ernest P. Bil- told of the yjsit in story form, as if
brnck. Following the ope~ num- the school chlldren and the &J>eaker
ber the entire @'l'OUP joined in
the had been on tbe trip with Washingsinging of the "star Spangled B:l.n- ~n. He told of Washington coming
ner", a!Ler ,vhich the entire gathering from ~ewburyport to Salisbury on a
pledged allegiance to the flag
an<I ferey a.nd traced
the
cavalcade
gave the flag salute.
through Hampton Falls,
Hampton.
Boger and Nancy Shattuck, dill- North Hampton, Greenland and into
dren of Dr. M. J.
Boger-Shattuck, PortsmoJth via the Plains. He told
who come from a l<>ng line of patriots, of his fishing trip here and of the
runong them being Prudence Wriibt, many evmts arranged ;n honoLQ! hi!
who 11SSisted 1n defending Uie bridge coming.
at Concord, un~elled the monument.
During the exercises ~ long
ivy
They were dressed in colonial
rotl- -:shoot which came from Mt. Vernon,
tume. The &tone is -0! an
U D ~ Washington's home, w,as
presented
type, having been brought kom Wal- and this will be planted-.atla.ter
lis Sands, being a gray r-«k 5t,rlped date.
with white quarts.
A small tatkt
The patriotic ceremon; was conbears the lnscriptioll:
cluded with the singing of ".Ameriea''"ln Memory of
led by Mrs. Inez Mclntire.
'
George washington
Dr. M. I. Boger-Shattuck acted as
1'132-1799
cha.innan at the meeting.
This Tree is Planted by ~ Cb&Jr
The ProgJ:am wa.s a.s rono~:
ter, Daughters or the .American
Selection._ JUnior High school
Revolution on the Blttntennlal
star Spangled Banner
of ·H is Birth
Salute to i~ Fl.ag,
'
1S32"
Unveiling or tablet by
lklger
Mrs. Helen C. Green. r~n\
of
Nancy Shattuck
Ranger Chapter, presented the t.ree Presentation of tree by 'Ml's. Henry
and the monument, i.pealting as folL. Gr«n, regent Ratlier Chapter
A1:ceptantt,
Lalghton carter
lows:
"The American nee
Association ~Trees,
Mrs.. Oliv. G. Chaffee
has called upon the nation to pla-nt Historical addres8,
trees this yenr in memory of George
Rev. William
Washington, as living mcmo1lals to Planting o! the ivy
SiQgillg, .America, •
l1lm.
"It I~ said that. more tha.n ten million trees will have been planted by
the end of this year. This small elm,
a 'cutting' from \he Washington elm
at Cambridge, under which Genera.I
Washington toolt comma.ml or ibe
:;.il!Jlr~'<~1~i'~~ Conilnental Army on July 3, 1775, will
be membered with these
memorial
I.recs.
"It is our hope that you will tenderly care for it, love and honor it and
in years to come when we, the givers,
have passed on, you may come here
with your children and tell them tbe
star of our 'Washington elm.•
a
I
��T
A
B~:c~R~G~~~:~.~a~
HE smiling friendliness of ·Four or fiv1:: miles above PortsJune days w1der the open sky mouth lhc river expands Into the
is not easily resisted at any Great Bay allowing approach by
time. It becomes even dilflcult if water from the ocean to many miles
someone reminds us for perhaps the of _the inland shor_e which almost
.
h t cnt1rcly surrounds 1t. These waterseventh time that we 1cally oug ~ _0 ways were of prime importance to
see crrlaln places of an unusual soi t settlers in a pathless country, often
Jn southern Maine. That Is not so I without horse or ox. Ten townships
fnr away as it may sound, for al- extend their bounds to focus at the
though the Slate of New Hampshire natural water thoro1:1ghfares here,
docs intervene, its coast extent is I and.seem to be rc~chmg for eve_n a
only 20 miles or so.
small access to this fre but prize_d
.
lramc way. One of these towns 1s
The town of Eliot ls not far mla nd Eliot Maine on the east bank of
and we can follow rather near the the Piscalaqua while the rest are
sea most of ·the way, but its tidal in New Hampshire and west of the
fingers and arms reach far into the river.
laud and thcil, creeks and almost
A top at Green Acre
endless marshes are as much of the
It was an out-of-the-way hilltop
ocean border as we arc likely to in Eliot that we sought, with clear
sec. If there are arms of salt water directions that took 'us to lhe tiny
for the twenty-six miles of the nearest vlllage. There guidance was
straight-line Newburyport Turnpike needed and soon found al a comto shun or cross, there seem even forlable home which happened to
more arms of the land for it to cut be the one-time center of the faor mount-arms bulging with mus- mow; Green Acre. Here in summer
cir ns their slerp sides slrrtch cast- mouths for orcr :rn years notable
crly lu long ridges. 'J'liis motor people met Lo dlse; uss world unity
speedway shoots nearly straight
norUi .across them, with sharp dips and kindred topics. Beginning in
:rnd rlscs that make the whole seem 1894, the roster of its lecturers carthe probable inspiration for the ries many names well known in
scenic railways of amusement parks. America and Europe !or their .,acJlomcs a ml Docks of J\lercb.i,ul
Livi ties for world peace. Here we were
. !tippers
told how to reach the •Frost Farm
In Newburyport long liners of ~anison houses, for it then seemed
that two and not one of them were
dlgnified mansions, bui!L '1y early - - ~shipmaslcrs, arc passed. And then the s I
o be , seen after almost 200
waler front, now deserted but once ye~~~re are numerous structmes
crowded with tall-ma ste d, square- that have been classed as these are,
rigged ships that had felt the wi nds but most of them have more the look
of tropical, far southern, and orien- of extremely strong dwellings than
tal oceans. Now it is deserted save of places of community refuge and
by the freighters which tie up at defense during Indian hostilities.
the dingy piers to leave coal or lum- The manner of building is most
bcr or suchlike bulky masses.
simple, smoothly hewn logs being
This is at the wide mouth of the laid one above another and held at
the corners by notching.
·
Merrin1ac River, which we cross to
The main highways of today have
come into a level and fertile country left some once important spots well
and soon to New Hampshire. Here aside from their tarvia routes, and it
the shore is lined almost continu- was not surprising that a few miles
ously with cottages set back from of dusty road lay between'us and the
gently sloping beaches of sand or hilltop where the little wooden forts
pebbles, with a few low headlands stood, elevations being usually
breaking the stretch. Mass amuse- chosen as the ~ites for these buildmcnt mars a (cw congested centers, ings. Broad and fertile fields, houses
but ror the most part a doUcd line a nd farm buildings that announce
prosperity in their extent and conor cottages looks out to Lh e cast on dition- these are not commonly
the open ocean and to the west on associated with 1Jlockhouses and
acres of wild grnss, on farming coun- stockades of 200 years ago.
try or on stretches of woodland.
,
Here they must be, for two of the
At Portsmouth, crossing the bridge most sturdy houses that the settlers
over Uie Plscntariua River takes us knew how to build of wood are in
into Maine. Both sides of this stream daily use. One of them, about 12 feet
and along its tributaries people square, is used for a workshop; the
other, about 30 by 50 feet, shelters
from England settled very early. 'l'he motorcars and farm gear. Both
tides run many miles up the river seem sound, strong and rigid in
courses, giving easy access by water every timber, likely to endure for at
to the inviting farming lands just least as many generations as they
at hand. Only three years after the have already.
Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, other First Appearance Not Significant
pt11·tics came here and remained at
This alleviating assurance should
Portsmouth and at Dover Point a perhaps outweigh the first regret at
few miles above. Some of the build- reaching them. Both arc so trimly
ings thal we were Lo see during the clapboarded, shingled and coated
day were to be sharp reminders of with white paint, that no one who
the conditions they met during the saw only the outside would guess
first 150 years and of the firm menlal i their original p1;1rpose. This is the
and physical fiber that must have : best k~~~ of thrifty preservat10~ of
b e11 11 eeded to master their tasks · th e ougma.l and has been. wis~ly
c
•
·
1
h mtenor
with men and nat11r1:?.
I
untouched. Within, the cleanly
weathered pine timbers, eigh t inches
thick and 12 to 16 incher deep, show
plainly, th~ir sides hewn smoother
than would seem possible to do, the
joints tight without filling.
Domestic uses · and times of peace
are indicated by the general appearances, for there are doors at
ground level and windows in the
gable ends. The windows and possibly the doors were doubtless placed
at later dates, after the need f:,r
refuges had passed. When first built,
outside light entered only through
slots cut in the timbers, close to the
ceiling line. These openings are
about 1 1/2 Inches by 2 feet long and
let in some aii· as well. Lower down,
al shoulder height, are smaller
openings which are square at the
outer end and four times as wide
within-the portholes for the muskets of the inmates. The upper floor
or the larger garrison house overhangs the walls three feet or so.
Hinged or pivoted planks are provided in this projecting space, allowing water to be poured down on
fires that might be set against the
walls.
These convinc~g details are ~he
sparks that set aflame the smouldering attention, bringing to mind
the heroic drnma-sometimes tragedy-Ju which the first few genernlions of while men in America were
actors. The stories that have come
to us by tongue or type acquire new
force when we sec and touch the
very things those actors used and
perhaps fashioned .
Right here is the ~tage set for
the grimmest of all their scenes. It
has been changed so little t11at we
fancy we would not be much surprised to have whole families, · from
the six or eight homes within a
half-mile radius, rush for this retreat carrying muskets, food and
suc1:1, small valuables as they can,
hopmg that the rumors of an approaching Indian assault may prove
untrue and that homes will still be
st:mdlng when they return to them.
It is a sudden transporting to another world of thoughts _and occupations, to step from a motorcar
into relics of the past holding such
contrast to the present as to make
them seem to belong in the far-away
ages. For that matter the mere fact
that the buildings are· 200 years old
is sufficient to give them importance
and some distinction. Still more impressive is a Inter thought-that such
defenses as these needed to be constructed more than a century after
the first settlements in that region.
It ls a thought which may give
added regard and admiration for
those forbears who for one generation after another, for more than
125 years, faced conditions of this
primitlye ~ort even though they settled w1thm a few miles of large
towns. It was not until 1760 ·that the
opposition of the Indians ceased and
the little neighborhood forts could be
adapted. as these have been. to shelters for hay racks, lumber sleds and
the yea1;'s supply of firewood.
�ORGAN BUILDING
IS DISCUSSED BY
AMERICAN GUILD
by ~. Brattle's will to the Brattle
Street Church and if the pa1:lshoners
there did not accept it, "providing a
suitable, sober organist within a
year's time" it was to be given to
King's Chapel. If King's Chapel
failed ot the requirements also, the
organ was to go to Harvard College.
If Harvard College resisted it, the
organ would travel back to the custody o! !',1r, Brattle's nephew Wil.G'reat Advanc~s Are otecl liam.
The Brattle Street Church voted
Si.nee Importation of the that it respected· the donor and his
gift but did not care to employ the
Brattle Instrument
organ In public worship.
The officers o! King's Chapel were
not so squeamish. They accepted the
Mr. Wll11am H. Barnes, organist ot gift and empowered the church
the First ~aptist Church at Evans- wardens to engage Mr. Edward Enton, Ill., brought out In his talk on stone of London, England, at £30 a
"Console Standardization" today In year, as organist.
In 1756 the organ was sold to St.
Boston at tbe eleventh annual convention ot the American Guild ot Paul's In Newburyport and In 1836
Organists that organ music and it was purchased by a Dr. Burroughs
building has come a long way since for $400 and given to St. John's
tho now famous Brattle orgo.n. The Cho.pc] In Portsmouth, N. H., where
Brattle organ was Imported from It now Is.
England In 1708 or 1709 by Mr. , It has no tracr of the maker's
Thomas Brattle, a citizen or Boston name, but .tands eight feet and
who was a musician, and, having two inches high, flve feet wide, two
none of the prejudices of the times feet, seven Inches deep anrl the sides
o.gainst
musical · instruments, are paneled and the front decothought the Brattle Street Church rated with 17 gilded wooden pipes.
in Boston ought to be thlnlting about It has no foot pedal keys and has
having some music with its services. but one bank of 51 keys on the
Mr. Brattle was not a)lle to con- keyboard manual, from CC to D,
vert the communtcy Immediately to but the windchest Is bored · for 49
pipes, the CC sharp and the D
his liberal Idea and for a time he being
stationary.
had to keep the Instrument In his
In addition t.o the technical disown home where on May 29, 1711,
the Rev. Joseph Green saw it and cussions today there were recitals at
remarked In his diary for that day, Emmanuel Church in Newbury
"I was at Mr. Thomas Brattle's, Street and Trinity Church In Copley
heard ye organ and sc.w strange Square by Mr. Robert Cato ot Christ
Church, Phlladelphla, .and Mr. Hugh
things through a microscope."
In May, 1713, the organ was left Porter of the Second Presbyterian
Church, New York <:::ity.
Late this afternoon Mr. Marlon
Hutchinson or Central Lutheran
Churcli, Minneapolis, will give a
recital In King's Chapel, accompanied by the men's choir of the
church and this evening, In the Second Church In Newton, Mr. Ralph
Kinder, organist and choirmaster of
Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia,
will play, Mr. William Lester Bates
will sing the recently written "Magnificat" by Mr. Frank L. Sealy,
warden of the guild and also the
1932 prize anthem by Mr. Mark
Dickey of Cambridge.
I
0
•York Engla,nd, h, 1709 or 1710 and
D set u~ in the home of Thomas Brattle,
' who imported It. This organ was In
King's Chapel, Boston. Great prejuThe old Brattle organ, built in 1713, dlce then existed against the use of
the first broJght t-0 Amerlca
an.ct musical instruments in religioo1s serwhlch is the property of St. Johns vices and was called
"the ungodly
parish and in past years used In St. chest of whistles" by the Puritans. It
John's chapel, has lately been recon- was, however, set up and there used
ditioncd by Robert B. Buxton
of until 175 6. La ler It was sold to St.
this citr and will be play~d by him Paul's Church, Newburyport, Mhss.,
nt the service at St. Johns on Sun- remaining there unlil 1836.
It wns
day at 10.45 n. m., this being the then sold for $'1 50 to Rev. Dr. Charles 111•J,:,1t:M·.11,•
first time It has ever been played for Burroughs rector or
St.
John's
a service In the church.
A large Church, ;nd placed in
st. John's
number of local people are expected to chapel, where it remained for a long
be present.
time. In December, 1901,
It was
The Brattle organ had been In con- taken a.part and sent to Boston t-0 be
stant use in St. John's chapel for exhibited at the historical
musical
years until In later years It had bee,n Instrument show which opened Ja.n.
moved to the gallery or . St. Johns ll, 1902 , in Hortlco1ltural Hall, under
Church.
the auspices of Chickering Bros. Before being returned to Its
original
place l.n st. J1,hn's chapel the organ
was put in thorough repair, that beIng a stipulation because of its loan.
�« . .:."all·.,,...
WILL REOPEN
WA _E
The Wamer House Acsociation, Jnc., F-,•,:;•·,...-,.,,,1,·.,,-..,.
held a committee meeting on
Wednesday lo make plans for the openin~ of the hou~r t.o lhr public soon
nrtcr July 1. The oprning dale will
be a not.able one and latrr be
nouncul. Another m etmg will
held nexl week lo plan on the furnishings. as the house is
to be restored and will contain many antique
r.,rnishings. Mrs.
Marion
Miller
Drake, wife vf Dr. Freel E. Drake,
will be the hostess .
,, ...... ,••-".,·';'.").:,:cP•,,f·'t·:.:·.il"<
As a v:sil l-0 the Warnn
be of durational value lo
thildrcn the committee 1s
them lhe opportunity to vi it
Tu ~sday morning from 11
o'clock, coming in groups of Len or
I 11·clve, with a teacher or under some
one's supervisio11.
Tl e Warner m:insion l~ tile oldest.
brick buildinp: in Portsmouth nnd ls
located on the northerly corner of
Daniels nnd Chapel .strrl'ls nncl was
crcct.cd about. 1710.
The bricks and
(lther materials used in the construction of lhe house were brought from
Bolland. The lightning rod on the
west side was put up in 1762 by Benjamin Franl·Jin, and was
probably
lhc first erect.eel in New Hampshire.
Some years ngo n Jiltle house occ,1pied the northwest corner of Chapel
and Sheafe streets :rncl original stood
near the Warner House.
The house was built by Capt: Archibald Macpheadris, weallhy merchant
and king's councilor, and was originally intended to be the outstanding r,1c=:r~...---=
house in Porlsmout,h and still is aft.er
more lh:rn 200 ye:ns one of lhe finc~l rx:m1plcs or e:wly 10lh
cenlury
architecture. Its wrills are 18 inches
thick and in ils construction
was
spent 6000 pounds. nn nmazing sum
for a house in a colonial town of but
a few thousand inhabilnnts.
Five
yrnrs wrrr l'1111s11mrcl l11
tompletlnrthc wol'k of b,11lding nnd Jt, was finished in J723. During his visit
in
Portsmouth L:ifaycttc 'l\':ls entertained
in this home.
The officers of the Warner House
Association are:
Mrs. Barrett Wendell, ch2irman.
Mrs. Henry L. Green, vice
Mary I. Wood, sub-chairm:in.
Miss Frances E. Brooks, secretary .
E. Curlis Matthews, treasurer.
,,~"••·r.t,,•~)•~
�press ve xercises y este
Ill
f\e n on At
Grou1ds ·
Another of Portsmouth's many historic sites ,vas suitably marked yesterday when a tablet designating the
site of the first public school in this
city was unveiled at impressive exerc'tses participated in by members or the
Bmi.rd of Instruction, alumni of the Haven school, pupils at that school and
many interested residents of the South
End section of the city.
The tablet was erected through the
efforts of a committee froh1 the alumnl of the school and appropriately
marks the spot where in 1709 the first
public school in New Hampshire was
erected.
_ The exercises were conducted in an
iexcellent manner and . reflected great
credit on those in charge,
As the Portsmouth High school band
played a military air the pupils filed out
or the school and took their positions
behind the monument, ·
.' Rev. Wllfiam Safford Jones, a member of the Board of Instruction, gave
the invocation after which Major William H. White, one of the oldest alumni
of the school and a , very interested
worked in its welfare, unveiled the tablet. Major White stated that a committee, believing that such an historic
spot should be marked for future generations, had made preparations for its
erection and the monument which it
was his privilege to unveil, wa:; the
culmination of their efforts.
Oharles C. Prescott, Jr., son of
Charles s. and Violet Brackett Prescott,
and the fifth generation of the Brackett family to attend the Haven school,
presented the tablet to the Board of
Instruction. Master Prescott said:
' Supt. Moore! In behalf of the Alumni and Parent-Teache'r Association of
the Haven school, I have the honor of
presenting this memorial tablet to you,
the superintendent of schools: Will you
present this gift to the B.oard o! Instruction for · the city of Portsmouth?
ave
S
same. Our task now, no less than then,
ls to prepare boys and glrls as best we
know to meet the responsibilities confronting them with the
lng years.
"The Board of Instruction accepts '
this memorial as a striking evidence of
your continued faith in this great work
the schools are undertaking to do.
May we be worthy of the trust, and by
united effort of home and school in our
turn merit a similar approval from
those who may follow us in another 200
years. ·
Mayor F. W. Harlfor<l wns next introduced ns the oralo1· of the day.
Mayol' lJnrtforct said:
"I nm r-lncl to see such interest.
manlf st here on this occasion by the
residents of this section of Portsm?ulh. This is a historic occasion, my
friends, and I want to congratulate
the committee which had the foresight to make the necessary preparations lo mark this spot by lhe erection
or this tablet.
"Portsmouth is not antidated by any
city or town in New Hampshire and, I
doubt, if any in New England had a
public school prior to the very school
erected on this historic ground. That
is something to remember. The leadership that Portsmouth took in the history of this country is marked by the
many great events which meant so
much to our own America, and the
opening and conduct of this school
had a direct bearing on it. What
would America amount to if it were
not for the birth of our school system?
"Had it not been for the patriotic
instinct of a woman of our city back
in 1700 who was interested ln the
education of our :vouth we would n t
be here loday. It was Bridget Graffort,
widow of Thomas Graffort, who in
1700 presented the land here for the
erection of a school building, and in
1708 the selectmen and town officials
voted that, a school be built here. It
was the generosity of this Portsmouth
woman that made the school possible.
As we go along in the history of this
event we see that Captain Pickering,
one of the forerunners of a family
whose name stands out as one of the
most prominent ln this
stands !or progress and patriotism,
was chairman of the building committee.
"In the records of this school may,..•..,,,.,.,,,..:,T..
be found the names of many prominent citizens of high 6tanding and
character, .and with a will t-o do in
leadership. You should feel proud in
your hearts to know that here were
educated some of the finest mEn and
women this city ever produced-who
made their mark in the history of this
city and also In the history of New
England.
"I want to congratulate you, and especially this young man-who comes
down from five generations of Bracketts-he shows a great foundation ci
work and teaching of ability.
"It was a :,Jleasure for me in my
official capacity to make possible an •··✓'"•·?.a:.,"".·'=
"We hope that the possession of this
tablet, markil1g the site of the first
school to be erected in Portsmouth, will
afford the city and its present and future citizens as much pleasure and satisfaction as the Alumni and ;E>aront•
Teacher Asscoiation have enjoyed in
making the gift possible.
"We hope that it will always remain
a symbol of: Loyalty to the memory ot
those who gave us our first schools;
pride in our oivlo improvement, and cooperation of parents, teachers and pupils past and present of the Haven
school,
Superintendent of Schools Harry L.
Moore accepted the tablet for the city
as follows:
"Mr, chairman, Oharles Prescott, and
friends of the Haven school: You alum•
ni and members or the Parent-Teacher
Rssociatlon are to be bighly commended for the time, labor and funds in procuring this beautiful tablet a.s a permanent marker on this historic spot.
The Board of Instruction welcomes its
erection on the property of the city and
pldeges to you their earnest attention
to its care and preservation.
"Here the Portsmouth schools began, and I can almost imagine the
sturdy and far-seeing pioneers with us
here this afternoon looking upon this
gathering with smiles o! approval and
satisfaction, knowing that their early
struggles, after the passing o! more
than two centuries, are being thus remembered and honored.
"The building of a. schoolhouse is always an event o! peculiar interest, but
particularly was it so in early ti.mes
when the undertaking meant quite a
new and untried adventure. Children
had to be trained somehow to read, to
write and to figure, that they might
later ri~e to the simple responsibilities
of their new found freedom. So It was
in 709 and so it is today. Centuries have
passed, yet the problem remains the""'···""'·,,,•.•
�Noto
2023.
iFROS'.l'.
In
Bta.ckpole's
addition to this fine old building, and felicitations which you express on the
"Old Kltten' and Her Fs.m\llce," page 413
I want to pay you people a compll- recovery of my health, are peculiarly
ct seq. ma.Y be re11d a.n accoun t ot the
Froats ot that town , bcglnnlng their rec4J'.•'.r.'.?.iD'~,.'l.1 ment l:>Y saying that I had the heartgrateful to me; and I earnestly pray
ord with n.n alleged B'ible account which
irst support o( everyone in this section that the great Ruler of the_ Universe
St.a.cl<l)OIO prints with evldont mental resin bringing it about. You &houlct be may smile upon your honest exertions
ervation as to Its genulnene!s.
proud of this beautiful historic site here, and reward yo11r well doings
Thie record gives John .Frost and Anna.
and its surroundings. It has a Jong with future happiness.'"
Hamden, his wl!e, born 1:,58 and 1665, rehistory with it. Men were mustered
The record of the authorization of
spectively, nes.r Caer Bran (a mountain)
In Cornwall, as the first known ot this
•'1-,?.•;!JSJl•i"?~~<tlinto service here. We have nothing to the erection of the flrst public school
ra.m l!Y. It glvc3 th&lr marrlago as lo
regret. We should feel the same in- building In the City of Portsmouth
1;;8'2 and the birth or Nicholas (the em!·
terest as the men who went to •nr was as follows:
grant) ns Apr.U :?u In Tiverton, Devonshire.
from here-that spint- which has made
Bridget Grafiort, widow of Thomas
All the 'other children ate therein stated
.,,,...~,.,,,,.·• 1 11 mark on the history of our country
Gl'a!Iorl, gave lot of land for first
a~ born In •r1vertpn and tho marriage ot
Nlchola/1 lo Bertha Cadwalla. (Ca.<lwallaand which will ever stand ut.
Public School house in 1700.
der?), "from Tavistock,'' in Janua.t"Y, 1630,
"As chairman of the school bonrd, 1
No further record respecting
add·s to the vcrslmllltude ot this record In
want to say that Portsmouth accepts school until 1708, when votes directing
the 131blc, Then toliows the ·births of tho
this gift ~·ou have so gmerously -lven, of the First Public school in Portschildren ot Nicholas a.nd Bertha, ' 'In
and I promise that the city wlll see to mouth. At a general towne meeting
Tiverton," the- names corresponding to the
known lssuo of Nicholas by his v.'1.fe
it that it 1s kept In its present tate held the fifth day of April 1708.
(namo not on record In Kittery), •but tl,e
and shall be handed on for generaVoted, that the Selectmen took care
da.lo"' In no 'WllY fit Into the several state1Ions to come. lt has ~en given In a
to build the s·chool howse upon land
ments made by his children In ° later yea.rs
fine plrit an(,\ I tru t that there will Mrs. Bridget Grafiord gave the towne,
when making depositions, or from their
be more such occasions, EO t,hat In for a school howse.
l)bltuary records or cemetery lnscrlpttons.
time every historic spot In this city
Voted, that Selectmen tack care to
Where ls the orlglnal o! this Bible recwill be marked with n E,uitable monu- build Schoolhowse in convenent place,
ord?
In so Car as• tho parish records of Tivermcnt. I challenge at this time RnY city on South side of Milldam, Dec. 23,
ton are concernPd neither the birth nor
in New England to equal the number 17-08.
marriage ot Nicholas nor tho 'baptism of
of historic spots marked ss th y (l.Te , Selectmen ordered
his chlldr~n a.re to l>o Cound In them a.nd
in this city.
\
Capt. John Pickering tack care
this tact Is ofteroo as negative evidence
" we want to prese\·vo the names nnd and agre with Left. Pears, or any oththat tho Bible record Is open to gra.vc doubt
as to Its gonulneness.
C. E. B . ::\1.
rccorcls o! those GO<\-fea.rlng pwple
r person, for rectlng and building a
who came here In 1603 nnd later Scoolhowsc on south Side of Milldam.
ad pled a to'l\'ll con~tllul on. lt, was I Sci. how~e Lo be of ye dimenUon ye
such ttn lmpor ant wwn t,bat durlna I1former Scleclmen, agreed with ye sd.
\ Pears, for, and to be furnished, as In
George
washlngton's
vlslt
here
he
stated that he hoped the wnr would lheirc sd. agreement speslfyed in all
not affect our
commerce. we can respect and to be paid soe much ns
carry on In that same spirlt and can said fcrmer agreement spesietti (tWrtake our place 1n tho front line with ty pounds) whear or beside ye money
any oLher town 01• city in t.hls great in sd. Pears hand, and ye remainder
land of ow-s.''
of ye ne:{t year towen rate and ye
1 said hows~ be finished at or before the
''In Ws address delivered here on fifteenth day of April next insueing
Oct. 31, 1789 in reply to the speech of the date above said.
welcome delivered by Judge Pickering,
It thus app~ars that the Old South
Washington said:
scool-how3e in front of the site of the
" 'I am forcibly impressed with your
Haven school house was the first
friendly welcome to the metropolis of Public school house ordered to be
New Hampshire, and have a grnte!ul built.
heart !or your kind aud flaitering , The nation:il flag w:i.s in a prominent
congratulations on my elcciion to the p~sition near the tablet and before the
Presidency o! these Uni!,ed states. I conclusion of the ceremony the school
fear t.11e fond parUallty o! my coun- pupils pledged their allegiance to the
trymen has too highly appreciated my nag, after which the entire group joined
in the singing of the "Star Spangled
past exertions, and formed too sanguine anticipations of my future ser- Banner.''
vices. If the former have been suc- I Milla1d A. Knight, president oI tlle
cessful, much of the success should be nav<'n School P:irmt-Teachcr As~oci:ia.scribed to those who labored with me tion act~d :is chairman of the meeting
in the common cause-and the glory I in a' very efficient manner.
o! the event should be given to tho \ Ernci,t Emrry was chairman oi the
great disposer o! events. If an t111re- t:iblet committee nnd Waller
mltting attention to the duties of my was in ch:u-ge of the finances.
office, and the zeal of an honest heart en the committee were Supt. .Harry L.
can promote the public good, my fel- l\lc-0re. Miss Mary E. DeGro!>S, Mrs.
low citizens, may be assured that these ,Wnlter s. Wood!>, M.rs. Barney Freedwill not be wanting in my present mr.n. Mrs. Benjamin Singer, 1rs. Harstation. I claim no particular merit, old Preble, Chnuncey S.odgdon, Miss
gentlemen, for the preservaUon of
l(ary Conlon, MHlard A. Knight , Mrs.
your town from he devastation of the Charles s. P.rescott and Cedric Woods.
enemy. I am happy, i! by any event of i Much of the success of the affair ~as
'the war, your property has been pre- dn to the untiring eIT.Jrls oi MisS Mary
served from that destruction which DeGross, principal or the Haven school.
, fell but too heavily on your neighbors;
and I sincerely condole with you for
· the loss which you have sustained in
•itfl'.i:·•1<i'Ji"!,;~.-~••:.,,.~-~1.1 navigation nnd commerce out I trust
that industry and economy, lhoso
'. fruitful ancl nc"vcr-!aillng sources o!
1private and publlc opulence, will, under our present system of government
restore you to your former flourishing
state. The interest which you take in
my personal happiness, and the kind
�IS
Much of Interest to Be Seen
Aboard the Famous
"Success"
On the two lower decks ar the cells,
A trip through the old yellow h
rows
of them, and each cell has Its
which cross d the Atlantic Ocean unde;
own story from the lips of the guide.
her own sail In nlnty-six days, seems
On the 'tween deck ar the prison chato tum back the clock to the Middle
pel nnd the prison hospital-mer ly
Ages. Here, in their original state, a1·e
larger cells into which t1
prisoners
preserved the cells and dungeons in
were taken for their physical and
which men and women were confined,
. plrltunl Ills. Also on this deck is the
1hc nslrumcnts u, ed t.o torlur them
Tiger's Den, wl1cre th most ferocious
nnd the official records of their crimes
of prisoners were herdecl to "fight It
trio.ls and suff£Tlngs.
'
out among themselve ."
Visitors are first directed in t.o the
On the lowest deck, used for solitary
11lcers Quarters beneath the high
uarter deck. Here are old handcuffs, ' confinement •prisoners are th Infamous
black holes. lJ1 ther airless, lightock , key and cor s of priceless orig,
less,
tiny, slope-sided cublclee, the most
nnl document relative to the trial d portation and confinement of famous I refractory prisoners wer ch lned to
The old convict ship "Success" arrived here about 6. 30 o'cloclt yestcrday afternoon, having been
towed
:from Boston by the tug M. Mitchell
Davis .
Mayor F. W. Hartford, and members
-of the city government of Portsmouth
'Visited the Isles of Shoals Dock this
afternoon to formally declare the famous old convict ship "Success,'" open
to the public of New Hampshire. The
noted old vessel Is making a limited
visit to Portsmouth. It ls the first time
and probably the only time, she will b~
seen in this state, although she has
prisoners. Here, too are autographs of ' a ringbolt, unable to sit down or stand
kings and Queen Victoria f England, up. The deep groves in \.he floor show
etchltigs nnd rare woodcuts sl1owing the 'where the men attempt d to brace their
treatment of prisoners In the olden ,Leet against the rolling of \.he ve~sel.
days, and ancient muskets and weapons The majority of those confined here
of assault.
for Jong periods came out blind, insane
. On the main deck, Immediately out- or dead.
side the Of[lcers Quarters, vlsitors are
Even the condemned cells, further 1
shown the original leg Irons used along the same deck, m which those
aboard the Convict Ship. These leg
cntcnccd to be hang d were confined
irons vary in weight from 7 to 58 pounds. for a few hours prior t.o t11eir execution 1
Some are attached to heavy punish- at the yardarm wcr J ss fenred than
ment balls which refractory prisoners the Black Hol s.
were forced to drag around the deck l&~~"'"r-"'!""'.,_,_,,.,.,~~~-:~~~~
during their exercise period of one hour ,.-.,,.c-:,__,.,,•...,,.,.
been In American waters for twenty each day.
years, and has been visited by some 20 _
The original pumps of the vessel, still
000,000 persons in the United- States. '
used to keep her free from water and
Jhe old vessel ls now en route to the utilized with remarkable success durWorld's Fair in Chicago, It was origin- ing her memorable trip acoss the Atally planned to take her direct from lantlc, may be seen' a few feet away.
Boston to Chicago, but al:. the request The original mainmast, of solid Burmof the Portsmouth Chamber of com- eseteak-perhaps the most valuable stick
merce, her course was diverted to New 1n the world-still stands, even though
Rampshle's only seaport. President E. it is scarred with the indentation of a
Curtis Matthews of the Chamber of pirate's cannon ball way back in 1800.
Commerce was at the dock to greet the
The giant ringed stone which stands
ship on its arrival yesterday.
amidships is a part of the third chapLast remnant of the vast fleet of ter in the history of the •success,' when
proud East India merchant vessels she was converted Into a floating jail i,......,~:,:~.--,,·;;l,;~ __.,.,.,.,,.
which carried rare spices, silks, and in- and anchored permanently ln HobSon's
cense from the decadent east to Eur- Bay about half a mile off-shore from
ope, the old Convict Ship ls also the where now stands the city of Melsole remaining relic of the grim fleet bourne, Australia. Convicts were sent
of hellships which bore 167,000 men, ashore daily to work 1n the stone quarwomen and children to torture In the rles and the stone became a "silent
Antipodes. She ls the oldest and prob- guard" over them as they were chained
ably the most Interesting ship afloat. to lt by a running chain through their
' Today a museum graphically mus- leg irons. Many of the public buildings
tratlng by actual original exhibits Its in Australia today are monuments to
tale of man's inhumanity to man, Jn convict labor~
her 140th ear, the old vessel is fulThe massive shot-marked armor, fasHlling the last years of her llf educat- hioned and worn by Ned Kelley, the
mg mankind to greater gentleness t.o Australia
bushranger prototype of
mankind.
Jesse James in Australia, hangs a bit ,~,~>!!';.,..ii!!".
0
1
The famous vessel was built In ,th for'ard. Kelley though pro ected by his
~~-' ~fl;l<• ~•-·'J'.
shadow of the Moulmein pagoda, British armor, was shot through the arms nnd
,m:r~'/:j~~,,~:,;~~;~~-Burma, a spot that was later to be
iamed by the opening line of Kipling's
•·Mandalay". The British East India
company one of the greatest colonizmg organizations the world has ever
known, built the ••success" for their
wn use and when she was launched
1n 1790, the teak-built full rigged vessel was the pride of their fleet which
ran from Calcutta, India to London,
England.
Now, the "Success" has been fitted
legs and captured, later.. to be hanged.
Tl:)e o1d original flogging frame and
triangle to which hundreds of unfortunate were manacled, and the cat o'
nine ta\ls used to flog them, as well as
the "coffin bath" into which they were
dipped in brine, occupy their parts of
the main deck. The fore hatchway 0 _, ___ ._0 ,._:l'Nli','''-'Jr.~.
where a primitive elevator was used to
raise t11e shackled prisoners t.o the upper deck, and the ancient windlass, st.ill
in working order, are compelling ex-
with hundreds of electric lights which hibits.
enable visitors to see and examine \ Rel_ics of the Middle Ages, torture inher many exhibits by night or day, for struments used in continental bastlles,
11he is open every day, from 10 a. m., a door from Newgai Prison, London
to 11 p. m. Expert lecturers and guides and, on the quarterdeck, the famous
with marked civility and Intelligence, Iron Malden of medieval history, are
conduct visitors through the three other fascinating sights before going
decks of the !;hip, explaining the many below.
ints of interest at length.
�................,.,.Band Played as Washington Fished;
Sean1en in While Frocks llis Escort
Special to Tire Cl,ristlan Science Monitor
}';t.i·Jfli~i
AUGUSTA, Me.-As a preslden- their musical powers. Of those two
tial fisherman, George Washington fish taken, Washington drew one
did not rate nearly ns high as his from the water. Zebulon Willey who
twentieU1 century successors, Mr. was fishing in \,he vicinity-finding
Coolidge and Mr. Hoover. And it's them tolling in vain, had hooked a
no wonder. He went fishing with a cod, and coming along side handed
..,;.;;1?...,,~,..,."11 band!
his line to the President, who drew
· The fishing trip took place in the up the prize. This was a good pull
Plscataque. River between New for Zebulon, for the President gave
Hampshire and Maine, when the him a. silver dollar-and the story
first President was n:aklng an om- was a. golden one !or him ever
cial visit through New England in after."
1789. The story or the rather unsuccessful venture has been brought
to light by Mrs. Marion Cobb Fuller
'lil!~~.:d'!,iil of I.he research department of the
Maine State Library. Part of it is
from the diary of Washingl.on himself. Under dale of Nov. 2, 1789, he
w11ot,e:
"In my way to 'the mouth of the
IIm·bour, I sl.opped at a place called
Kll,\,ery, in \,he Province of Maine,
the river Piscataqua. being the
boundary between New Hampshire
n11tl It. From hence I went by the~.,...,........
old For\, Cformrrly bull\, while under
lho English govemment) on an
Island which is at the entrance of
the harbour. and where the Light
House stands. As we passed this
Fort we were salul.ed by 13 guns.
Ha.Ying Lines, we proceeded to the
Fishing banks a JILtle without the
Harbour, and fished for Cod; but
it not being n. proper time of tide
we only caught two, with w'ch, about
1 o'clock, we returned to Town."
The rest of the story is told in
Brewster's Rambles of Portsmouth:
"When on Monday, the President
went on an excursion down the
harbor, his barge was rowed by seamen dressed in whil.e frocks. They
were accompanied by another
barge containing the amateur band,
who gave occasional displays of
�S-48 When in Dry Dock ~at Local Navy Yard.
Submarine S-48, in command of Lieut. Commander S. ·E.
Bra-y, 'rari·on th~ rocks· at Jeffries Point, near·Fort Stark, while
trying to make Portsmouth Harbor in a blinding snow storm,
about 7.30 01_1 Thursday night. _T he S. 0. S. calls of the sub
_were quickly picked up by the navy yard wireless station, and
_the actirig commandant of the yard, Captain C. T. O,vens
was notified. Captain Owens at once got in touch ·with the
Portsmouth Harbor Coast Guard Station and Captain Hand ,
_a nd a ~rew of six men put off in search of the submarine . .►. _1 C\ ..~
;, The. lifesavers. had. considerable
trouble locating the disabled boat, ow•
·
,
i_ng to the storm and the first, report
.
that she was aground on the re~f . at
Whalesback light, The tugs, James
Wooley, from the navy yard, · and the
M. Mitchell Davis were called and put
off to the lower harbor, They were
unable to get near the S-4!! and could
do nothing but s.tand by ex pecting
that the wind might dim in ish and the
Coast Guard crew could get a line to
the submarine, with a chance of the
tucs hauling her off. Thr, stprm raged
on and .the Coast Guar·ds found it im.
possible to do any more than the tugs.
The . s. o. s. calls from the subma •
rine, "we want help, rush," continued
to come into the navy yard. wireless
station until about midnight, then grew
weaker and finally were heard no
Al>out that time E : Curtis l\Intthcws,
Jr., ,who was aboard the tug M. Mitchell Davis, beg:in a night's · work that
woqld be a credit to any JT1an.
He
called out the Coast Guard at \Va111s
Sands station with the breeches apparatus: after arranging ·..·1t:1 Superlntendent Dore of the Board or Pub•
llc \Vories and the town or Rye to send
out their tractors and cleat: Lhe roads
of snow for the Const Gunrcls. Al>out
th.) New Castle shore wlt'1 the ho pes
of getting a line to the sul>mnrlne.
'l'wo men on lite shore, \\'ho luul 1Jcen
watching tho sul>rr.arino, left th eir
posts to a ss is t the Co:'lst Guanls In
getting the rigging on the shore. They
were gone from their post a llttle over
l0 minutes and on their ·retnrn could
not sce,the lights of ,e submarine.
Investl~a ting as well as th ey couhl
they d~citl ctl that the. incoming tide
. .
- ----:.,~...-'f
and wind had swept the submarine
from the rocks and that she h::id driit eel from the entrance of the breakwater •
to Little Harbor: This proved . true
as she was later p1ck~cl up by a searchlight from Fort Starlc and · located,
padly · ·l>m e··g-etl, on what , known
as Frost Point . S. S . 0. S. signals
made with t\ flashli$'ht by one of the .,
crew cou ld be recogpizcd coming from
tho pcrl:::copo.
'
Tho Coo.st Cuarcl cre1 .. 1 wcro l>otlt
on land as tho submarine left the
ledges outside the l>rcakwate1· and
/ were just al>out ready to fire a line
f1•om the shor e when she cldftecl into.
Little Harl>or and ran on the mud. At
D.30 o'clocl, t~1c ,:ombinecl Coas t Guard
crews wore al>le to get to Lhe submn/ rlnc In dories and small power boats "·
•and rescue the men, who were founcl in
compartment. Somo of them
I
I
�Sands sLalion In .;ctlln:; his nppnrntus
lo tho sc ne or the wr ck could harJly
ho clupli~atcll by any !Jody or men In
th:1.t branch oC t ho scrYlcc . JI is good
judgment in taking two horses alon:;
wilh the IJI~ rl,:;;lng Lhal fo!loWCll Lho'
Hnow 11low was what succccLlcd in
lamlin:; them :it .·ew c.,sllc. \\'hen 1
they rcachc<l tho "\\"cntworlh
roa<l
liritlgo 'upt . Dore •or tho Board oC
I'u\Jlic "\Yorks woulll Lal e no chances 1
tractor aci-oss
1.lri<l:;o :.Lnd tho men ::rn J the l wo horses
managed to push and tlra:; the apparatus Lhc 1' m:1lmler or the way.
J;olh men nml animals woro nearly -xh:H"stc<l when thcy
rcachcu
~cw
1
t:astle
�OBSERVES I0TH
·ANNIVERSARY
OF PASTORATE
Rev. William Safford I Jones,
has atta.ined his tenth anniversary ns
minister of' the South Church (Unitarian), had as• the theme of his sermon on Sunday morning,
"A ,Ten
Years' Ministry 1n Portsmouth." A
large congregation was present and
his sermon was of unusual Interest.
Rev. Mr. Jones preached his ilrst
sermon at the South Church on Sunday, May 7, 1922, Rev. Alfred Gooding,
the retiring minister, assisting in the
service. His subject at that time was:
"The Fellowship of the Spirit."
For nearly seventeen
years
Jones was minister Qlf Channing
morial Church at Newport, R. I.
resigned in March, 1922, to accept the
cr..ll to this city, much to the regret of
the Newport parish . Since c:imln~
ltEV. WJ\'I. SAFFORD JONES
here Mr. Jones has held the high regard of his pa.rlsh as par.tor
and
frJend, and hns not only bl'rvcd
church faithfully, but has been
asset to the community.
He has
done much good and lt is hoped
;vill remain here for many years
/
come.
On the communion table yesterday
were beautiful Talisman roses.
Mr. Jones· chose his text from
C~rinthians, second chapter, fourth
and fifth verses : "And my speech and
my preaching were not In persuasive
words of wisdom, but In demonstration
of the Spirit and of power; that your
faith should 11ot stand in the wisdom
of men, b.it in the power oi God."
He said in part:
''In the history of a parish
covers two hundred and eighteen years
ten years may not bulk very large on
the horizon, and yet ten years have
their place, 1heir sigJJlficance, in the
unfolding of 11. church's life.
Ten
yea.rs ls one-eighth of an individual
life of the scriptural length of fourscore. And in the life of the community and of the larger world a decade brings great
and
momentous
changes. That is why we pause today
nJ'ter ten years of church work
together and review the past. We shall
find them to be years of mingled loss
and snin, of mingled b1mshlnc nnct
shadow. But from 11. conslderntlon of
them we shall be able to draw needed
lessons of hope and
eourage
and
faith for the future.
Our looking
backward appreciatively and reverently will enable us to look forward with
·,mconquerable trust and zeal. Contemplation or past achievements and
victories will not dishe!\rten us,
but
spur us on to greater triumphs of the
spirit. At the fire which has ,burned
steadily on this altar from the beginling we shall rekindle c,ur torches of
faith and the flame of devotion will
once 'mo~e leap high within our hearts.
We shall receive a fresh baptism of
the Spirit. We snall 'become eager to
make the next ten years more fruitful
and more significant than the past
ten years. A new vision of the latent
strength of our religious faith and of
the' possibilities for untold good locked
up within it will burst upon us.
Henceforth we shall walk and work
brimful
1 "This is a parish 'Yhich cherishes
the old New England tradition of a
long and stable ministry. The fact
that I am only the ninth minister in
this ch..irch since 1714 proves that. Jt
is interesting to recall the 1engthy
ministries in ou.r parish. The first
four of my predecessors were of the
11.ncient undivided Congregational fellowship, the second four of the Unitarian communion; but we have an
unbroken ecclesiastical history,
we
have preserved our corporate identity.
From the beginning until now we have
had the same legal name, the South
Parish in Portsmouth.
Before the
division into
North
nnd
S011{ h
churches In the early eighteenth cen. Lury there was one parish. the First
Church of Christ in Portsmouth. Although Unitarian In our theology and
fellowship for more than a
century,
we hnve always been Congregational
in o.ir church government. This was
the South Church when it was Congregational, this is the South Church
ow that it is Un itarian. All of our
nine ministers have served the South
Church, whatever its
ecclesi?stical
label. This has freed us from objectionabalc sectarianism.
We are
n
Free ClU'lstian Church.
1
�search literature, art and politics,
mmisters
, :· ur Jirst minister, RcL
!
Christian in its adhesion to nJJ
the
Parish,
except
Rev
.
Job
1er son, who w11s settled ov<'l' the parish
jupliftin g and inspiring traditions,
third
minister.
who
,v:1s
a
Yale
grad' for seventeen years, 1715-1732, hntl
rites, and ethical standards of
the
iate. have been educat d wholly or in
1:- en minister of the acljoining
New
1
!historic faith of Christendom .
My
part
at
Harvard.
Cnstle church. He die-cl soon after
mo Lto has been, 'Prove ·aJJ things, hold
"On the first Sunday of May, 1922,
the .raising of our second edifice, the
fast that which is good.'
1 became your minister . I came from
Old South MeeLing House . Our sec"2. I have tried to arouse in yoJ
n
parish.
the
Channing
Memorinl
ond minister. Rev. Willinm Shurtleff,
a deep loyalty to our religious body.
Church in Newport, R. I., in which
curiously enough , h ad been in
s.1cTo me a religious communion is not a
I had been h:ippily setll d for nearly
ces.sion lo Mr. Emerson nt New Casnarrow and petty sect, but a
great
S£
·enteen
years,
Jong
enough
to
be1 tic, and after tw nty years there came
l11ousehold of faith , with
common
come dean of the cler!!y of the cit,y, (hop es and purpos~s and beliefs. We
to succeed him here.
His ministry
an it was with a good many h earlcovered fourteen yenrs, 1733-1747. Our
ought to love om· spiritual fellowship
wrcnches that I gave up my
work
third minister, Rev. Job Strong, a
as we love our flag, because of what
·
there
and
turned
"IVith
hope
and
enyoung man of great promise, died sud1it stands for.
thu:-iasm to this new field.
I must
d nly in off~ce nfter two :ears. His
"3 . I have work.,d for
Christian
c.onfess that I came also w!lh a good unity, nnd every year I have noted the
dntes were 1749-1751. His is the only
c
i,rnl
r
trcpidntion.
1l
w:is
not
sure
brief minbtry in the 1ecords of
the
closer approach to each
other
o!
tlrnt, I could measure up to your pulSouth Parish, nnd through no fault o!
1churches that differ widely in theolpit standards, which have always been •ogy and ritual. In 1ten years nearly
liis own he lowered
he
avernge
hi!.!h and se\'ere. I had misgiv h1gs in 1all the barriers in this
lrnglh of the ministry in his church.
community
r garcl lo my abili ty to wrestle satis- which separate like-minded
But our fourth minister, Rev. Samuel
souls
factorily with the Sunday school prob- have come down.
Haven. D . D ., raised the :werage by
lem and other questions of parish ad1emaining in the parish from 1752 to
"4. I have had always before
me
ministrntion. Thus, as the Apostle the vision or our ch.uch as a faithful
1806,-54 years as a physician of both
\
Pa.ii
says
to
the
Corinthians,
I
was
~ouls and bodies, for he had studied
community-servant, with a
world- 1
,th you in fear and in much trcmb- outlook. Out or all proportion to
meclici-ne as well ns throlO!!.", in order
lini:r. But _-ou were tmcl ha\'e
bee n their numbers our people are active
to practice (.'rntis nmon~ U1e poor of
w1,rn1<'1 J1111. pal irnl :rncl .-yinralhrtiC' scrvnnls of civic righteousness. Like
llH' town. Orntor. ))t>c•t. 1111trlot, he
nncl npp1eci:ili\e, and allhough I clu the master of the art of
wns n man of light :wd leading. Dr.
living the
1
11:ot fla tter m yrelf that I have real- church is in the midst of the
llnven·s colleague for six yen rs, 1799:2r<l
in
any
rich
measure
the
id
::als
1605, Rev. Timothy Alclen. docs not
world as the servant of
humanity.
which you set for me and wi1ich I set All the round world is our
fig.,re in the regular 1ine .
domain,
for my~elf. I do feel that at Jea5t we and our religions must show the fruits
"Re,·. No.than Parker. D . D.,
the
June
prescnHl
the
unity
of
lhc
fifth minister, served us from 1808elf the spirit.
The fields white unto
tlmrch's ~p:ri• in the bond or p!'ac~ harvest are here and now and every- i-<'
1833. 25 years.
Under him. friend o!
William Ellery Channing. the parish
and have done gomething
together
swu ng into the Liberal movement !n
for the development of the spiritual
theology :.nd joined with other Conlife of the church we Jove and
I gr galional pa1 ishes in the formation
and or the community we lo'l"e
of 1h Americnn Unitarian Association
serve .
in 1825. Under him this st ne church
"And when I think, 11s 1' often do, of
wns built in 1324-1826. Re,·. Andrew
the tremendous changes within t11e
Preston Peabody, D . D ., the sixlh
church Itself, our losses seem almost
mirlisler, after 27 years of · fruitful
appalling, certainly irreparable.
Of
work here. 1833-1860, went (.o Harvard
lhc five men on the Board or War:;~ Plummer Pro!cs~or of
Chrislian
dens, for example, when I cnme, three
Morals nnd Preacher to the Univerare gone, Gustave Peyser,
Freel L.
sity. Thc>re he> was a devoted pastor
Wood, and Warren N. Davis . Charles
to -the students for 33 year .
Our
W. Gray was then our devoted choirse,·enth minister. Re,· .
Jr mes
De
master. Only last year he
entered
Normanclie. D . D .. after an inspiring
into Ufe eternal.
'
~crvice hrre for 21 years, 1862-1883.
"In these ten yeru·s it has been my
vent to the First Church in Roxprivilege to have some po.rt in various
bury 1nss .. where he had a brilliant
community movements for good govministry of over forty yrars. I was
ernment and the awakening or
the
orclaincd l>y hi m and
Dr. Thomas
civic consciousness and better educaGreenwood P abody,
Dr .
Andrew
tion, to serve on the School Board and
I Preston P€3l>ociy's successor at Har- 1 the Family Welfare board and various
nrd, in that. !me old church in Roxcommittees for the good of
church
i\ ur. . I was drawn to the ministry
and state. I regard it all as a part
l:,~- Dr . D e Normandic's preaching and
or my ministry.
Icxnmplr. Our ri1•ht ll rnini.,lrr, my Im"If you should ask me what ln nll
I1nrdiall! predt'cessor. RC'\'. Alfred these years had been the ideals or my
1Gooding, came to the pnri~h in 1884,
ministry, I should answer that there
'\:i rter n short . rttlement in Brunswick. \ arc four ideals toward the realization
Me. lifter 37 ye:irn 'of
n minisfry
of which I have ever worked.
~hich stood for hip.h !deals of preach"I. I have always striven to make
ing and the pnstoral office as well as
this a Free Christian Church.
Ic,r communitr sen ice. he became our iin its willingness to receive the
J,onorcd mimster
cmerilus
nearly \ truth constantly breaking forth
e;even yc·ars :igo. In point of servic~
God's word in
physical
he· i.tancls next to Dr. Havrn.
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��HISTORY SHOWS
SIX BIG 'RIDES'
OF PAUL REVERE
Philadelphia Trip
Included ju Journe s of
Boston Patriot
Agai n Goes to :Phlladclphl~
In October bf the same year he
again was sent to Philadelphia to
obtain news from the Continental
Congress for the Provincial Congress.
Paul Revere's next ride was probably one of his most im11ortant. Jn
De.:e1nber, 1774, the King's Council
prohibited the exportation o! gun powder, arms and military stores to
America. The colonists at the time
were importing practically a11 their
arms and ammunition, few places
manufacturing these here.
Upon information of the Council's action, the Boston committee
of Safety sent Revere to Port.smouth, N. H., to inform the committee there of the action and give
them time · to seize the stores in
Fort William and Mary at Newcastle before troops could be sent
to reenforce the small gan-ison.
Two separate expeditions seized
all the power, small arms, bayonets,
ordnance stores. Some of the powder went Lo Bunker Hill and some
to Winter Hill.
Had any cnsuaHies occurred at
this t,ime, Fort William and Mary
probably would have bceri noted as
the scene of the beginning of the
American Rcvolutlog, and, the date
would have been Dec. 14, 1774, instead of the following April.
Although practically everyone
knows or Revere's April l8U1 dash
to Lexington, few persons realize
that the patriot made a previous
trip to the historic towt} on April
16 to confer with John Hancock
and Samuel Adams. This was his 1
last journey before the famous midni ht rld
Colorful romance woven by Longfellow about Paul Revere's April
dash to Lexington 157 years ago has
lent the event such brilliancy thnl
generations of readers lmvc Jost
sight of six other important journeys the hard-riding patriot made
In the service of his country.
Only musty volumes of history
1elalc these stories, which deal wlt11
prominent events In American colonlnl life. Almost n year nnd a half
before Revere rode to Lex\ngton Lo
warn John Hancock and Samuel
Adams of the British expedition
on its way to capture them, he set
out on his first important ride.
A chief actor in the Boston Tea
Party, he had been chosen by the
Boston Committee of Correspondence to carry the news of the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, Dec. 16, 1773, to New York. He
started from Boston Dec. 17 and ar rived in New York on Dec. 21.
Called P rot est Meetin g
When news reached Boston on
May 10, 1774, that King George lll
had signed the Boston Port Bill
ordering the closing of the port. the
citizens lmmecllately called a to~vn L;,.;,.;11';~:!'.;,.;
meeting in protest.
.1
Paul Revere was chosen
to carry i,..:t,M.i.,it>;
to New York and' Philadc)phln. the
report o[ the meeting and an appeal
by Samuel· Adams, the Moderator,
asking every colony to support Bos- "
ton In its fight against the act.
Revere started on May 14. and ar rived in Philadelphia on May 20. He
returned in the latter part of the
month with responses from thC ~ ..,.,,.c=•
di!Icrcnt colonies in suppo1·t o[
Boston. This is ascertained in a Jette1· to lhe Essex Gazette dated May
ti~~:i~t~~
31. 177'1.
Four months 1ater U1e patriot
again mounted his horse to serve his
comrades, being chosen on Sept. 11
by Joseph Wl\rrcn to carry copies of
the Sufiolk Resolves to thC Massachusetts delegates In the Continental .,-. ··-··""'~'"'
c ongress at Phlladelpl1ia. Revere
reached the Congress on Sept. 17.
These resolves, drawn up at an
adjourned meeting !n Milton of several Sufiolk county towns and districts, vl,rtually placed Massactiusetts
in an a~tltude o! rebellion.
Revere brought the Continental :,;,:~;:;il;~~t
Congrcss'11 enthusiastic indorsemcnt
of the Massachusetts net bacl, to
Boston.
Th~ .Listener·
I
T is a. matter [or wonder that the
Stalo o( New Hampshire has so little
creult In the early history or our
country. Seeking to correct that condition, the Exeter N ws Letter polnls out
that Portsmo1.1th is onl;; g1ie year .....~-.,.-.•.1 ...
younger thnn r1ymo4th, and HeV11P1J ...,·,....,,•."'
yenrs older t1111.n Boston. That city w:.i.s
settled in the ye11r 1623 1 w)len Davi.I
Thompson, n Soot, setlled 11.t 0/liorne's
Point, at t11e mouth of the Pliicataqua ...,.,.,,,,.."...,
River. 'l'he city 11c1 now Jocp.ted three
miles from the ,;ea on ~he northW!!~t~:vffl\-h',!-1
bank ot that river. lt Wll!l ttie 110.pital
of New llumnshfre up to the Jlevplutlon, and jt began 1:1hlp))p1lcjh11, u.t JI. very
early date, In 163! the Cp1rncll at PlYtn•
04th granted the 11Ja.ce ~s a. town11)llp
anti called it Plscataqua, and It and its
neli;hbnrhood well JIJ4~trate the Pn:ic13ss
of naming places jn New J~nglanq, '!'he
11eoplo who p11me here IP thll ear)Y days
1\lcl not lilrn l 11c\lu.11 nam~s. 'l'J1ey J)re 1,,1•ruit to h1tt•h oi,tn Lhum Nnl!Jlsl1 n11mc-o
VCl"Y 111uch al l'Ullrlom, !'hlllU.lll.([\Jll. wu-i
I he ~ei;l name ll could have Jiad, and the.,...._,,._,,, .•
llrst 011e that followed it was Str;i,.v,
berry Bank, whl h m11y )10.ve bee11 u.p,
prupriate, and which was al any rate natural. Il wa.':! not 1111tll 1655 t hat the Oen•
era! Coµ1·t ot Massachusetts Ba.y lncor- r.n""'·•·"
porated and called It Portsrnouth, after
the Engliah town . And Po rtsmou th it
has been ever sjnce. .A. very cpmrn onplace name but an extremely pleasant
town. So was, and Is, Newbu ryport, no1;
fq.r away at the mq)Jth o! ttl~ ;!lieniJllMk.
+ + +
All around Portamoulh or w)1a.t might
)lave peen Piscataq11a, the ~ew f[a,mpshtre people began LQ reveal their tal@n~
[or bestowing new n;imes. A part ot
Portsmouth was quioll:IY set off and ,:-a.l}ed
New Castle, H.ft13r nnother EJnglillh town.
Another wns i,ot off and oaHed Qrcent11-ncl
-11fler Arctic u1•ee11 Iam1, Qr i1111t /J.Her
jl.s gre n fle\ds7 Another part waa a14lf.ed
fly . Hampton anrl Yor)c sprq.ng up, In
lhe meanlime, New f{1unpahlr!l 11nd
MainQ had such Ind)o.n names, gladly
rejected by the inh11bitants, as (:pbo;,seecontee, Nesowadnehunl{, Mooselµlcma•
gun tic, A l)olja.ckamegul!, T.Jmbazoplceus,
CJwmquasabamtlcook, and ~J:>olja.c}{arme•
gassic. They hacl sense enough to stick
lo Merrimack, Androscoggin, llloosllauke,
AmmonooRuc: but it seemed as If
l ho lncli.im; had nothing to do except to
11ronounq• L11e narn l! of their place1:1,
'l'hese lncJin.n nnmes are now being I estored ns the names of summer camps.
As it is, New Hampshire a.nd Jaine have
a rath r larger proportion of ln!liAn
names than any other States.
�D\
shire courts, In the purchase or tho
Portsmouth Ac:ulemy from Its propri l etors by tne city, under tbe lcnso and
I subleaso menllone,1-:iilll its use for
'tbo Public Library solely.
How can ono write o! the Portsmouth PulJlic Libl'ary, once the Portsmouth Academy, as your cont, ibulors
have done, without mention or '.\faster
E,litot· o! The Herald:
William C. lfanis, Ports.mouth's JongIn telling the story ot the Ports-1 time anu famous teacher, first o! a
mouth Publlc Liluary mention should public school •Jnder the old Court
be made o! the part taken by Storer I IIouso on Court street( now the :'l[e- i&&Jll!i>.-•~..:::.t·,y
Post, Grand Army ot tho Republic, In morinl hajl on Parrott :ivenue) anJ
e~hthllshlng it. This story Is rclateu lrlter o! his privrlte school fot· bOYi'I In
In "Tho , oldler's • [emorlal" p:i.11er, the academy? 'llo was tho father ol
vol. 1, No. 6, prin_tecl_ by Storer Post 'Thomas Aston, nobert an<l J. Lou!-;
1\{ny 30, 1891, almost 30 years ago-- Hanis, all veterans o! the "'ar (or Lhc
as !ollows:
·
··
• Preservation o! Lile Union, and mom~
"Mcmo~ial Hall
hers of Stol-<?1' Post, for the ?orme1· of
"Storer Post Is now cnga:;e1l in 11h whom the Portsmouth Sons of Yctcrcl'rort to establish a :Memorial hall In ans C11mp ls named.
Portsmouth, In which shall be collected
William C. Hnrl"ls dled' l\'h lle teachhlstorlcnl mcmemtoes of our genera- Ing in his schoolmom on the lower
t lon nncl Its struggles, as well as o! nil floor on the we~tern side o! lho acadthe generations which, have preccclcJ emy, on . 'ov. ~2. iS53, agf!d c!, jusl
11 ~. that lessons oC pntriotism nntl love over 71 yen.rs ago, a sall ~hod< lo h!~
o! homo :incl country may thus ho puplla then [)resent, o( whom rcw p-~taui;ht to our chlldt·cn and ' clill<lt'cn's 8ldo the uncll'rsigned r"mnin.
. Tr
children for many years to come.
' If11rrls was follower) as lcach~ r ,:, f till
"For th1'l purpd~" the Portsmouth acacl,:,my hy Israel P. Klrnlt:1.II, alone
.Acarlcmy has been lc:1.sctl ,hy th Post :\n<l nflCl'\\"(lnJs with Alfred . 1. 1 Ioyt.
fo1· 1:; years, w!Lh ltho [Jrivilcgo or
\\'hen • fr. Tlal'rls Iir:pt a 1,dvat~ 0:,,..-,,.,,..,,_
1mrchase at the ncl o! that pcrlou at scl1ool for 1,oys In the academy, a prln. low price. and tho lower floor h:1.s vale tchool for girls was t-r11t for rnmP
hce11 suble·asetl for the snmo timP- Lo years, between 1840 :\nJ 1s:,o, on the,_,.,..,._,.-:,,~
the city for ,the Public Library, whil<! low er nool' 011 the c:1.nlcrn •l<lo 1,y '.\II ~~
t1i'e upper hall will be arranged as a ElizalJ th Parl,hurst 'spal,lii:g, 1'.>03J\l cmorlal hall, and for use as ::i. PMt 1873, daughter or Lym ;.i n St,.il,J.:1\;, ,,1.
100m dutlng tire life o: the GranJ D .. or Porlnnoulh nnJ _ '(:\V Yor,, cilY. LV ......,..,.,,..,:.
Army. It is the hope :ll\cl intention or 1775-1821, originator or the American
tho Post that tho lrnilclln g, \"('Ith its Ii- Phurm::icopoci:i, an,J his wlf~. Ellzabrary ::iccommodatlons :ind its collcc- beth Cout's, 17~9-1838, cl:1.ui;lltcr • of
lion of wnr and historical rcli s, will, Pclcr Coues or Portsmouth . li~G-1313.
in (\IC timl', become tho lll'OJl rty o( '1
JOSEPH r,·o~Tcr..
tl.<J city, r. a ln:;ting memorial oC the
Historian Stm·cr Post, G . .\. r..
citizens or Porstmouth ,,ho s.ived Jan. ~s. 19~~;;rcat rchel-
Y
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"In ordct· to make Lile rC'11alr!'l necessary to placo the Publlc Library in this
most np11rop\·lato . locality, in unl!'lon
with the unanimous sentiment or tho
people, and whet·e Its usefulness will
be increased ono lmndrcdfol].-nnd to
t:~ up a. :Memorial hall, ,vhlch equally
1ncets the approval of our cllizensStorer Post l)as already raised among
n few comrade~ n subscription or sev - '
er:ll hunclrecl clollars, which will be
largely Increased; and In order to ac complish the~e objects without delay
confidently a1111eals lo the i;eneroslly
Cthe citizens or Portsmouth !or aid in
filtlnS' up for the use or the people
what, at no distant clay w:Lh th~Ir help,
will become the people's
(Th e Soldier's Memorial,
lSnl.)
A chan~e In t11e city government
and tho rerusal o! the lncom lni;- city
::nit hor!ties to carry out tl\e suble:ise
ma.de by their 1H·ct1eccssors resulted,
arte_r a decision by tho Ne"IV'·· 'II:tm11-
�under the British governmen
on an island which is at the entrance
of the harbor and where the lighthouse stands: As we passed this fort
we were saluted by 13 guns. Having
l!nes, we proceeded to the fishing
banks, a little without the harbor, ai1d
There are many
stories
fished for cod-but it not being
a
Gbrge Washington which have been
proper time of time, w:\l only got two,
told over and over again, but the
with which about 10 o'clock we
Unitarian News Letter publishes
turned to town.'
story by Charles R. Joy on "George
'This, however, is ' a fish tale told by
Washington! Shoaler." It reads as
the fisherman himself,
Let us see
follows!
what other witnesses narrate in the
"There is no evidence that George
records o! the times. It seems that
Washington ever set foot on the Isles
the barge in which Pre~ent Washof Shoals, and so to call him a Shoalington sat was rowed by seamen
er may be to strain the truth a bit.
dressed in white frocks, They were
'I'hor-0 la, however, cxccllcnL precedent
accompanied by anot!Joi• bcirge confor such an appela.tiou. we coll capt.
tainlng an amateur band, which gave
John Smith a Shoaler and there ia
occasional displays of musical pyronot the slightest evidence that Capt.
teclmlcs. Perhaps it was this band
John Smith ever set foot upon the
that frightened the fish away or perIsles of Shoals. It ls true that there • haps, as Washington explains it, it
used to be a legend on Appledore that
was the state of the tide. Of the two
the cairn of rocks standing on the
fish taken, Washington himself drew
highest point of the island, where the
one from the water, 'l'hls was not
Coast Guard station now rises was
d..ie, however, either to the presidenbJllt by Capt. John SmiLh, but there
tlal skill or pl'esidential luck, Those
cannot- be any truth in the old legend.
in charge of the arrangements had
I am sure that Capt. John Smith had
provided against such a contingency,
bettet· things to do than to land on . a fisherman in a boat nearby had a
such a barren spot and erect a cairn
cod hooked on the end of his line and
of rocks. George Washington's claim
seeiltg that the President had no luck,
to the honor of being called a Shoaler
he drew alongside, drew him in, It
rests 011 exactly tho same basis
was a shiny twelve-pounder,
which
Capt. John Smith's claim to
gave a few gasps and expired, while
honor, .Bothmen navigated the adthe band played 'Hail to the Ohief,•
jacent waLers, Capt. John Smith on a .. ; The man who thus saved the situation
voyage of discoverey, Gen. George
was Zebulon Willey.
The President
Washington •on a fishing trip.
gave him a silver dollar, and we are
"The story of George Washington's
Lold that the story itself was a golden
assoclaLiou wiUi tho Isles of Shoals is
one for him ever aHenvards. It is a
little known. Indeed, my reputation
pity that the cod itself had not . a
for voracity suffered greatly at
the
name to be remembered, for that, one
Shoals reunion last winLor, when I
supposes wns the most exalted cod on
ventured to Lell of Washington's fishrec?rd, despite the exception that o.11
ing tri1,. It was immediately apresidents of
Massachusetts
would
praised as just another fish
story,
make f~r the_ cod which presides over
differing from other tales of this sort
the deliberations of
the
General
only in being slightly taller than most
Court of that state. Certainly the
yet I vouch for its veracity, incredu~
12-pounder which Washington drew in
lous readers notwithstanding .
on that Monday in November should
"Here is the evidence, Washington
have b_een stuffed,
mounted
-and
was inaugurated President in April
placed m our Shoals museum.
"A SHOALE
at the personal invitation of General
Washington, , Captain ·Blunt stepped
on · the ' boat and was the ·nevigator. '
"Inasmuch as_ Capt. John Blunt,
the 111l1,n who 1piloted _y.rashingto!l
acro3S the ·Delaware River, was also a
frequent voyager in waters adjacent)o
the Isles of Shoals, I - .suppose
should- also be !)ailed a Shoaler·." · · -
he
a
0
He aUenclcd soon after itt No~
York the first session of
Cougross,
which closed Sept. 29, A few days
later, aUended by two private secrota ri es and his servont, he lef,t New
York City for a toJrof Connecticut,
Massachusctts and New Hampshire. In
nino <111ys he rcnchecl BosLon nnd in
seven more dnys arrived lu
Porl.amouU1, which wns the tennlnatio11 of
his tour in tho Ea.st.
"At ihis point in the journey oo~
co.11-red the incident which will be of
interest to Shoalers. It was thus described in Washington's private dlary
under the date Monday, Nov, 2, 1789:
'Havlng made preparations for
it,
about 8 JJ, m., nttendcd by the Pres!dent, Mr, Langdon and some other
gentlemen, I went in a boat to visit
the harbor of Portsmouth. On my
way to the mouth of the harbor, I
stopped at a place called Kittery in
the province of Maine, the river Piscataqua being the boundary between
New Hampshire ,and it. From hence
I went by the old fo!"t (formerly built
1789.
Special Features
Servic£
S~•~day .
w::::~n~c:~~.!e;1is~~~gm~1:~t~~n~;• thes~~:~=
bor and the Isles of Shoals, the boats
r eturned to shore. Tl1ey landed at
Lillie Harbor and from there
proceeded to the residence of Col. Michael Wentworth, who gave a magnlficent reception at the old governor's
mnnsion. lt wns then at u10 height
of iLs glory, .. From there they re-turned to town by carriage,
'On the wny from tho boat landi.n;;
to Colonel Wentworth's residence iL
is interesting to know that they passed
the residence of Capt. John Blunt,
and probably met him. ,C aptain Blunt
had been for some years coasting between PortsmO'Uth and Philadelphia
and was well acquainLed with both the
Piscataua and Delaware rivers. ·· According <to the Blunt family tradition;
when Washlqgton was about to Cl'OSS
the Delaware, he perceived the danger from floating ' ice aiid -said, •is
there . anyone here· who ' is well
.
quainted with the river?' · Someone
said, 'Here is Captain Blunt, , who . ls
··
1th the navigation ,• And so,
At the North OongregaL!onal church
on Sunday recognition was taken . during the service of the first annivei·sa1 y
of the death of Rev. Lueiu~. H, '£hayer,
D. D., for many years beloved pastor of
the church, During his sermon, Rev.
Arthur Acy Rouner touched upon the
fact that a year had passed since the
passing of Dr. Thayer and the congregation sang "The Love of · 0:od is Es~
tabllshed", one of the hymns composed
by Dr. Thayer. Copies of Dorothy
Thayer Greene's beautiful · poem,
"Harvest" written in memorr of he1·
father, were distributed to the members of the congregation, The poem is
as follows:
He will not walk in garden paths again,
Concerned about the ways of wind and
rain;
Frail flowers and fruitful
miss his care;
Whose spirit found such
munion there.
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r
In
At North Church-On
J
will not move with'.
grace,
Amidst the need of home
place,
Where nurture of the dormant dreams
- · of youth
·'
Brought forth in fullness,
· ·and truth,
And yet where roses bloom
· spring,
Where counUess souls grow
remembering,
There w!ll he come, eternally _set free
To · reap the fruits of iminortality,
�Da~l~l Antrobus has coine for\'{ard
witl:i. an offer that shouid mean . much
to those of the unemployed who will
take advantage of it. Mr. Antrobus has
a large tract of land on Ocean road in
Greenland and will allow the' use of
part of this land for gardens for the
une?!l9loy.ed...Qf this land a section 500
feet long and aboii~-J:W~feet •dsep_.WM
used two years ago to raise com for the
canning factory at Greenland and Mr.
Antrobus will allow the use of this .for
the gardens; and If the demand is la!ge
enough, he will let ~he ga~deners use
the entire field . . The 10:nd ls only five
minutes walk from the Greenland depot and is in excellent condltlon for the
raising of vegetables.
Big Un-~erseas Crc,ft, BuilJ AtrH,r~I~~,
Porismouth Navy ·Yard, ·Goes
Into Service
Promptly' at 10 o'olook this morning• The Dolphin is tho fl.rsb submarine
the tr. s. subm'a riue Dolphin was in/;vhich eleotrto welding has been extensively used in the oonstmctlon of ,
plaoed i~ commission, the order ofli- the pressure hull. The design and
cially transferring the latest of the oonstructton of this strength hull,
undersea boats to the United States upon which the safety of the subNavy being read by Lieut, John marine, when submerged, depends prlB. Griggs, the order coming from marlly, has been thoroughly tested
Lieut. Comdr, R. s. Stewart, aide to here In half-size models to pressures
the commandant.
fat• above those at the tesh depth to
With the Union Jack floating from which the -Dolphin will be submerged
the bow and the American flag flying p1:ior to her official trials this autumn.
astern, a sma.11 pennant was hoisted
The armament of the Dolphin conas the Navy Yard band played the sists of six 28-inch submerged tor1
"Star Spangled Banner". as the offi- pedo tubes a,1d of one four-inch gun,
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cars stood at salute and the crew at mounted on deck In a so-called wetattention; The crew was lined up on mount, .that is, a mount which is not
the forward deolc as the_ order was injured by being submerged when the
read. ,
.
submarine dives.
·
The submarine Dolphin is the sevThe
Dolphin has
about
the
enth of the nine fleet submarines orl- same speed as the previous submarines
glnally authorized In the naval build- and a very long radius of action.
Ing program of Aug. 29, 1916. ApproLieut. John B, Griggs now com1
priatlons for her actual construction mands the Dolphin. He has been
The move · to provlde gai-de~ faclll- 111!:f'it)\.:~were not, however, made by Congress in •submarine work for the past 12
ties for the unemployed L~. r{ell u nder
until March 2, 1929. This submarine years and ls regarded by navy officials
way and plans are being formulate~
was originally named V-7, and as such as one of the most efiiolont in this
to make •it a success. Land for thtS
, was ordered to bl/ built at the Ports- line. He was appointed to the U. S.
purpose for the unemployed who demouth Navy Yard on Feb. 1, 1930_.
Naval Academy from North Carolina
sire to· take this me ns of adding to
The Dolphin is of a dlffcrenL. typo and was a membor of the cll\ss of 1919
their food supply has been offered by
from previous fleet submarines, and is but graduated in 1918 duo to the war.
David Antrobus, Dr. A.
B.
Sher~
considerably smaller than the Nar- He served overseas at Queenstown
bume, Dr .E . C. Blais;_iell B,hd Paul
whal and Nautilus, which immediately during the World war.
.
Badger.
'tt\ 0-..\
J_.
preceded her. The Dolphin Is 319 feet
The other officers are1 Lieut. R. E.
1 ½ inches long · overall, aa compared Blue, executive and navigation offiwith a length overall of 341 feet 6 ceq Lieut. E. E. Roth, chiof engineer;
inches for the Narwlml and Nautilus. Lieut. o. L. Blo.okwell, assistant enTho stundurd ctisplo.oement, the <lls- r;lneer; Lieut. (j. g.) Carl Johnson,
placement which Is charged against commissary Rnd communication omtho t.onnRge of snhma1·lnes allowed to cer and Lieut. w. v. o·n.e,;nn, g1m11er~'
tho United SLaLes l>y the London Na- officer.
val Treaty of 1930, is ·1,540 tons, as
Upon her completion, which will be '
compared with 2,730 · tons for the later in the summer, the Dolphin will
larger submarines. The Dolphin has a have her sea trials and then her shake
brea1t\l, of 27 feet, 10 inches, and a down cruise, after which she will join
draft at standard displo.cement of 13 the 12th division, formerly the 20th
feet 1 incb. Her submerged displace- naval division and will be based
,
I .
ment wlll l>e 221_5 tons.
the Pacific coast.
ORE LAND IS
OFFERED FOR.
GARDEN USE
,-.:!. ,. :,,
MANY ACCEPT
GARDEN PLOT
OPPORTUNITY.
The work of the committee to promote · the' use of garden· plots by the
unemployed has been highly successful and the amount of applicants has
reacheq the resour·ces of the com~ittee. As the result of J-h.e cooperation
·between the members of the pommit-·
te~' and those ·desirii1g the gardens
there will b·e at least 125 of these plots
in use where the unemployed will
raise vegetables which · wlll do much
toward alleviatlng r thelr food ,\proble?l}
next winter. • '
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�PAPER OF INTEREST AND
HISTORICAL VALUE
This date occurred during the session of congress, the academic year at
the United States Naval Academy, and
the convention of the Daughters of the
IAme{ican Revolution in Washing\on.
The secreta1y of the Navy, Hon.
Charles J. Bonaparte, issued the invitations. The admirable arrangements at
R.:
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the u. s. Naval Academy were made
It was with a sense1 of great pride by Rear-Atlmiral Sands, U. S. Navy,
nnd apprecia~ion that,' UIJder tlate.. of Superintendent.
Nov. 28, 1905, : I received a' Jetter from
Invitations were ~ent to the PresiGeorge A. Wood, our late. !amen~ SC\:- dent; · the ambassador and embassy of
retary, advising that with others/I had France; Uie principal officers of the
been unanimously elected as a qelegate Government, legislative, executive, and
by the Paul Jones club, s. A. R. 1p! juc\icial; the Navy; the Army; governPortsmouth, N. H., to attend the exer- ors of states; the militia; patriotic socises to be held at Annapolis, Mary- ciel:!es, and distinguished men and
]and, April 24, 1006, n.t the lntel'JJ>eht, women of America.
~! the remains .of John Paul Jone,s.
Oards o! admission were malled, as
It was my privilege to attend this acceptances were received, by the Secmemarnble event, of which it is record- retary of the Navy.
ed that none other in our history ·was The day was clear and cool. The ~resev~r attended with such pomp and cir- ldential train arrived a.t Annapolis at
cumstance of glory, magnificence, ai1d 12:45 p. 111. :A national salute-was fired
patriotic fervor.
from the U. S. S. Hartford, the fam~us ,
Compatriot w. L. Hill, u. s. N., was old flagship o! Farragut at Ne~_ Or- I
leans and Mobile Bay
also ,present !lS a delegate frol)'l __The While tpe President a1:d his party
Paul Jones Club. ' . ,
I
are being entertained at a ' luncheon at
We were prouq of the fact _t 1a~ Gen- the Superintendent's house: let u~ take
era1 Horace Por~r; vlho, at his !O' n eX- a look at the arrangement. o! the 'armpense, with' unllagging deten)li at'.on I or .
~,
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and devotiHn, undertook ~nd I arn1:d In the r;,.r southeastern end \sere arthrough to success \\ ba't was tl~clared ranged in amphitheater· style 350 seats
by many to pe a. / l}Ppeless ~!¥st in !or the Baltimore Oratorio Society, l!Rili.'1<111&,
searching for and discovering , the re- while immediately in front of. them
mains of Jphn P~'1l Jones, was _a ~ J:ion;. where arranged 100 seats Jor the Maorary mem~er of the Pa~! Jo9e!i Club, rine Band.•Next on the North eastern
and a Past Pres~~ent General of "'!'he side was ! the reservation ,. for the
National Society' yf the ' Sons! 9! U~e Daughters' or the American Rev'o!ution,
American Revolution.
while the .center of _the vast ha,ll was
It is well to recall here, that on Mon- reserved ior dignitaries, with · the r~
day morning July 24, 1905 the body of maining sp;ice assigned tQ various orAmerica's greatest naval hero was ganizations and guests.
,· ' . , ' ·
trnnsfcred from the Brooklyn to the
The casket containing the body of
Naval Academy on tile naval tug_ Sta~- Admiral John Paul Jones was p~aced 1n
dish, amid the booming of guns fired m the armory early In the forenoon .o! the .
his honor by the American and French 24 th. It rested upon trestles in front I
men-of-war, and placed in the tempo~- o! the speakers stand, under a _' guard
ary vault that had been erected fon this composed oi petty olflcers of the navies
purpose. '
o! France and the United St.ates.
The crrrmonlcs at the NavnH r\c11d~ The casket w:1s drnped with the
e111y werc' purcly of a. naval chnracter, Union Jack, and upon it Jay a wreath !..¥~• ..,·crt.•f'i'A
n<:1ther Prcsiden~ Roosevelt nor G?v~ of laurel,•a spray of' palm, ·and •the gold IIP':''•'!,11,:>r'•'~~..,
ernor Wakefield, of Marylancl, bemg mounted sword presented ,by LOuls :XVI
present. '
,,_. ·
o! France to the conqueror of • the
It was said lo be a most so!em1f and Serapis. The armory and speakers'
impressive spectacle; a beautiful • ce1:e- stand were decorated with the colors
many that has now gon~ aown ~o his- of France and the' United states of
tory as one of the most 1~press1ve di'- America.
'
monstrations of international honors
Facing the stand and c::sket were
ever paid to a naval hero
Admiral George Dewey, U. S. Navy;
The 24th of April, 1906, was c_hose~1 Rear Admiral caml,)ion, commanding
for the commemorat1ve exerc1~es
the French squadron; Rear Admirals
honor of John Paul Jones, by rres~- Charles H. Davis and Robert B. Bradd nt Roosevelt bccnl.lse it was the r.,n m- ford, u. a. Navy, commanding United
versary of Jone's fained cap!ure o,f _th e states squadrons. Behind these flag ofBritish ship or war Drake, off C:i.rrick- n cers were seated their aids, the visitfcrgus, in 1778.
lng of!cers of France, and the heads o_t-.,..ffi.M
The following lnteresling PlliJ)er ·· on
the commemo~·ative se1·vlces at the 9t11•!...
lal of the re"'alns of John Paul Jones
at Annapolis, ·Md., April 26, 1906, was
read at a recent meetlug of Ranger
Chapter, D. A. R. by HE:nry Durgin.
president of~the Paul .Jones club, D. A.
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�epartments of the ·Academf,, ':Pl~,,apt·
· dlence was · ·represeptative
the P
trloti.;;rrt and 'traditions -of th~ation.
the, President, wlth:;the:,speakers or,
th~ d11y, e$<;or~ed by the Seo_retary of the
Na:yy ahd tlJe Superintendent,~entered
.tne a
at 2 ~4 p. n1.,, and mounted
tM 5peaker's stahd.
·
l
Tl'\e · auaience I rose and· _;emainea
tandin
hile •the Oratorio . Society
sang the\ Star-Spangled Banner.
sile~ci that followed the singing
was brokeJ?,· by the clear,\ itjci$ive voice
of :aon. Charles J. Bonapax;_~e, ~cretary
of · the Navy. presenting th,e r,resident.
The President spoke rod thli;ty minutes and was frequently interrupted by
applause.
I would like to quote from tha stir- I
ring speech, but time forbids.
Every speaker was introduced by the
Secretary of the Navy and each received close llttention and . warm ap- j
proval. ,' r •
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The official programme was. executed
.~~~~~ithout Vl\riation l\S follows: ,
Following the , Presid~nt's address,
The Mn.rscmaL--e, Oratorio Society; Addl-ess, The French Ambassador < J. J.
Jusserand) :· Around about · "I:hY ·starry
Throne, (Handel), Oratorio Society;
Address, General Horace Porter; Maryland My Maryland, Oratorio Society;
Address, Gov. Edwin Warfield of Maryland; How Sleep the Brave, Oratorio
Society.
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At the conclusion of the speeches
the body was taken by the body bearers (selected petty officers from the
Frnech and American squadrons) and
preceded by two battallions of midshipmen in regular order and the band
playing a dir~e, was borne to .Bancroft
Hall.
The chaplain concluded the ceremony with a brief prayer.
I quote from the speech of General
Porter;
"Worn out with the fatigues of arduous serrice, at the untimely age of 45,
alone in a forei gn land, he surrendered
t-0 dellth, the only foe to when he ever
Jowered his colors.
"Dy some strange and unaccomunltble fatality he was covered immediately with the mantle of forgetfulness.
"In all the annals of history there
is
another case in which death has
c11used the memory of so conspicuous
a man to drop at once from· the height
ot prominence to the depth of oblivion.
''He had been counted as one of the
rnrest contributions to earth's contingent ot ml\Ster spirits.
, "He enjoyed the unique distinction of
being the first to hoist the presen
form of our flag upon an Americn
man.of-'l\1ar, the !lrst to receive a sa •
lute to It from a foreign power, the
first to raise it upon a hostile war ship
of superior strength captured in battle,
and under his command that banner
was never once dethroned from its
proud supremacy.
"He is the only commander In history who ever landed an American
force upon a European coast.
Congress complimented him by a resolution, voted him a medal to commemorate his greatest victory, and
awarded him the privilege of the floor
of both Houses; he received a similar
favor from the Constitutional Convention;, the people of this and other
lands organized public demonstrations
ot
mory.
'we
not
n s honor;
ance
n g e h m, . France, to whom• we owe a lasting ·
Louis XVI presented him with a gold- ' debt of gratitude, contl'lbuted their e!-
mounted sword, Denmark pensioned ' forts to this task in the presence of the •
him, Catherine of Russia created him
members of the American embassy and
an admiral, conferred upon him imperthe consulate and the highest officials
ial decorations, and loaded him with
of the municipality of Paris.
marks of distinction .
"The identification was rendered easy
''If he had lived a little longer, he
and was established with absolute cerwould in all probabillty have been
tainty by reason of the authentic busts
nameci admiral of France. The rugged
and medals obtainable !or making the
sailor had compelled the recognition of
comparative measuremen~. the abundgenius; the Scottish peasant boy had
ance of accurate informaUon in existbroken down the barriers o! caste.
ence descriptive of the dead, and the
'·ln life he was perhaps the most
excellent state o! preservation of the
con'spicuou's personage on two continbody, du to the alcohol, which _enabled
ents, nnd yet the moment he was placed
the scientists to perform an autopsy
beneatll. · the ground some strange fate
that verified in every particular the
seemed' to decree that he was to be
disease of which It was known the subsnatched from history and relegated to
ject had died.
fiction.
"Twelve American or French persons
"No Inscription was engraved upon
took part In the identl!lcation, and afhis· coffin, no statue was erected to
ter six days pas eel ln the application
his honor, no ship was given his name,
of every conceivable test, their affirmano public building was called after
tive verdict was pos!l~ve and unamlnhim
ous and was formally certified to un"It required :six years of research to
der the official seals o! their respective
!ind the npartment In which he had
departmen ts, as may be seen from their
llved In Paris and held hts brilliant
reports flied with tho government, both
snlons, ,which were attended by the
Jn Washington and Paris.
foremost celebrities of the period, and
"All that ls mortal of the conqueror
as long a time to discover his unmarkof the Serapis lies in yonder coffin. He
ed and forgotten grave.
bore the standard o! his country !or
"When finally his exact place of bur- ,
the first time to France; he returned
lal had been definitely located by auwith draped upon his bier. That generthentic documents and other positive
ous land, our traditional friend and
evidence, the ground exhibited so reformer ally. now sends a squadron of
pulsive an appearance. that the aspect
her noble war ships to unite In doing
was pa~nful beyond eJqlresslon.
honor• to the· memory of an ilJustrious
"There was presented the spectacle
brother sailor.
of a hero who had once been the idol
"When Cong1 ess adopted the present
of the ;American people )ying !or more 1
form of the American !lag, It embodied
than a century, Jlke an obscure out-,
in the same resolution the appointment
cast, ln an abandoned cemetery which'
of Capt. John Paul Jones to command
had been covered later _by a dump pil~
the ship Rarrger. Wh en he received the
to a height of 15 feet, where dogs and
news, history attribute to hlm this rehorses had been buried; and the soil
mark: 'The flag and I are twins; born
was soaked with polluted waters from
the same hour, from the same womb
undrained laundries.
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of destiny, we cannot be parted in life
"As busy feet tramped over the
or In death.' Alas, they were parte~
ground, the spirit of the hero who Jay
dmlng a hundred and thirteen years,
beneat.~ ,might well have been moved
but. happily, they are now reunlte-11 I
to cry, , in the words of the mot lo on
"It was deemed well to bring back
his fldt flag, not in defiance,' but ln
his body, In the belief thnt It wn.1!1 1
suppllcatlon then, 'Don't trend on me.'
bring bai:k his memory. Tlme ha•;
"No :American citizen, upon 1=ontemplatlng on the spot those painful circumstances, could have shrunk from an
attempt to secure for his remains a
nfo;·e deserving sepulcher. '
u\Vhcn the body was ~>illumed, it was
fortun ately found perfectly preserved,
with all the flesh intact, in consequence ol having been buried in a leaden
coffin filled with alcohol-the usual
method of embalming in those days.
"Therl! w:-re only five leaden coffins
in the · enti;e cemetery, four of which
were identifid as thos of strangers.
"While the features of the body in
the fifth coffln was easily recognizable
when compared with the accurate busts , ..........,.-::•.:·~,,-:,},•~;,,,.
and medals of Paul Jones. While his
initials were found upon the linen and
the identity was convincing from the
first, yet it was deemed prudent, on
account of the importance of the subject, to submit the body to a thorough
scientific examination by the most
competent. experts in the profession or
anthropology, In order that the proofs
might be authoritatively establlshed
and officially placed on record.
"The most eminent scientists of
�a clc1u r light \\pon his ncLs; distance
has brnught him into the proper rocus
to bE. viewed.
"His honored remains will be laid
to rest in this historic spot in a mausoleum bemtlng l1is fame, but his true
sepulcher will be the hearts o! his
countrymen.
"Generations yet to come will pause
to read the inscription on his tqmb,
and its mute eloquence will plead for
equal sacrifice should war again threaten the nation's life.
"He was a lesson to his contemporaries;· he will ever be an inspiration to
his successors, for example teaches
more than precept and patterns are
beller followed thl\n rules.
"He was taken all too soon from the
Jiving here to join the other living,
commonly ca\led the dead.
"When he pass d U1c porlals of eternity, earth mourned our hero less. we
shall not meet him till he stand forth
to answer to his name nt roll call
when the great of earth are summoned
on the morning of the last great reveille. Till thrn, farewell, noblest of all
spirits, bravest of all hearts.
.--.~~f;J't'i.. ..,~· ·
"The simplicity of tbe rugged s11ilor
was mlogled with the heroic grandeur
of your nature. Wherever blows fell
thickest, your crest was in their midst.
"The stol"'/ of your life rises to the
sublimity of an epic. Untitled knight
of the blue waters, •wrathful Achilles
of the ocean,' conqueror of the conquerors of the sea, the recollection o!
your deeds will never cease to t)Jrill
!.-en with th splendor of events and r,~:,.;;oo\~-:.-11:;;
1,,spire them with the ..majesty or
•~-.r.,,..,,.,,.,
achievement.
You honored the generation in which
you lived, and future nges will be illumined by the brightness of your
Wollaston Glee
Chili Wins Trophy
special to TIie Cl1rlatlan Science Mo111tor
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 16The wollaston Glee Club of Quincy,
Mass., won the Ciov. John G. Wlnaut
trophy at the seventh annual cont~st of the New England Federation
of Men's Glee Clubs held here last
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Donald
Tower Gammons is the conductor of
t.10 club, which also won first place
i 1 group 3, for which it was awarded
a handsome placque.
.a,..:..,c.,,,_,._,, The winning club lo Group 2 was
the Mendelssohn Male Chorus of
Waterbury, Conn., Mr. G. Loring
Burwell conductor, and first honors
In Group l went to the Plymouth
(Mass.) Men'.s Glee Club, Mr. Richard B. Drown conductor.
•Fifteen clubs representing Maine,
New Hampshire, I Massnchusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut, entered the cqntcst, which wns judged
by Dr. Archibald\ T . Davison of Harvard, Prof. Leo Rich Lewis of Tufts
and Mr. Francis Findlay of the New
England Conservatory of Music.
The usual evening concert by the
combined clubs (more than 500
voices) was conducted by Dr. Wal ter Henry Hall of New York City.
The assisting artist was Mrs. Elizabeth Travis Behnke, pianist. ·
Russell Chcn:iy, an artist well · known
in Portsmouth, has been exhibiting a
comprehensive collection of his best
work at the Montross Gallery, 78:i
Fifth avenue, New York, N. Y., duri11g
the past ttlllo weeks. Many of these
paintings are local views, including
"Portsmouth,'' "Tbe Cove," "RiverMorning," "Spruce Creek," "Piscataqua Lane," "Bolt Hill Road " "Frisbee's Wba:f," "Cove ·In 'winter,"
"Strawberry Bank," "Braveboat HnrbOr Road," "Llttlefleld's Corner,' etc.
Mr. Cheney has been working at
Kittery and Portsmouth fer the past
year and this exhibition is the product of his work.
Mr. Cheney , has
again been invited to exhibit at the
Art Institute exhibition !n Chicago
during the Century of Prcgress Exposition next summer. This Is an honor only extended to artists worthy o!
tlle tUst.lnction.
�AJ;~Y BUILT DERRIC
-EAVE ON L iG TRI
.
Photo by Portsmouth Herald Staff Photographer
~ea~la.ne wreck mg derrick, YSD-8, constructed at Portsmomh N:n; Y~rd
~avm~ yard for Cora Solo, Panama Cannl Zone, in tow of t,ig Juk~ oJ 'the'.
,ew York J'ayy Yard.
'
·
Russell Cheney
Mr. Gayton Whitmore, now proprietor of the Grace Horne Galleries, is presenting works by Mr. Russel Cheney for the first time in Boston. Although the painter may be
associated with the textile industry,
and with artistic forbears who dwelt
in Boston, he stands very well on his
own RS a painter. His is one of the
more interesting debuts of the season, Jn this city.
In general aspect the pictures
show concentration . upon .. design
which ls derived from the contours
of objects brought into conjunction.
The artist never loses the feeling
for the unit; he coordinates his materials and thinks simultaneously o!
the part and its relation to the
whole. In his. desire to escape the
domination or naturalism, the modern artist has resorted ,to the . underscored pattern. It 1s refreshing
to say the least.
'
on n u mr, .o 11s re,res men
ls the color. Mr. Cheney uses pigment so that it deepens the atmos••
phere, enriches the poetic mood and
hei~htens the significance of design.
The colors are not br;ght, or eccentric; they nrc intclllr~ently applier\.
A snow scene. a landscape, a. stilllife can be made more energetic by
the, appropriate. handlmg of lhe resources.
., ,
,
New England contributes most of
, the subjects for Mr. Cheney's handling. The fisheries, the counkyside '
\ are revealed in sensitive portrayal.
, The painter does not give way to too ,
sentimental, too .quaint depiction.
One really feels a penetrating jnsight. When he paints flowers and
still-life arrangements, he touches
them off with lighter brush, for he ',
seems moved to capture a brilliant
trans!tor effect.
D. A.
�early history. John Paul Jones was
a visitor there when the sloop Ranger was fitting out in the Plscataqua. Tho Marquis de Lafayette was
entertained there. On, the western
end of the house Is one of the first
lightening roads ever set up. The
work was done by n6ne other than
Benjamin Franklin: . inventor, publisher and Minister to the brilliant
Court of St. Cloud.
Deeds to Hi Lorie Property · A number of years ago, when wall
paper In the hall was being peeled
off ' in layers, a series of mural
Pas Into Hands
paintings by an unknown artist we1r
'
A sociation
found. The discovery was mad<; by a
J!Ltle girl who was watching the
Spccla1 to The Chrlstlo.11 Science Monitor workmen, and suddenly noticed the
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. , March 26-. picture of a horse's hoof appearing
This historic New Engla11d scapol't's In a rent in the wall paper. What
famous Warner House has just been the workmen unveiled was a lifepurchased by the warner House As- size portrait of Governor l;'hlpps
sociation, which has been formed to mounted on a white charger. Other
preserve the residence "for the bene- murals were uncovered which disfit of the public as a monument ot closed landscapes and Biblical
,
the early architecture" and a symbol scenes.
While touring New England In
of the life and history of old Ports1
1824, Lafayette went as far east
mouth.
With the passing of the deed from from Boston as Portsmouth. He trathe estate of Thomas N. Penhallow veled by carriage and at Hampton
to the association headed by Mrs. Falls. two miles out from his desBarrett Wendell of Boston, this tination, a reception committee
legacy of Portsmouth's early archi- waited to escort the- French nobletectural grandeur will be restored man. As the procession passed WallHill, a salute was fired In his
and maintained as a common heri- birds
He spoke in Franklin Hall
tage of a people whose pioneering honor.
ancestors founded a new culture and then went to the Warner Mantypified in this resplendent relic, sion.
A banquet was tendered to him
sturdy as it ls simple, enduring as there at which the reception comit is beautiful.
mittee provided special linen in
Few houses in America are be- honor of the Marquis obtained after
lieved to hold a. greater variety ot a special excursion to Boston. A rl)llc
historic associations th~n the three- of this weaving craftsmanship ls
story, gambrel roof mansion which now In the Portsmouth Historical
stands at the corner of Chapel and
Daniel Streets. Dating back to 1718, Society.
Lay!nyette arrived In Portsmouth
it was the first brick house In the
tlme to participate In the opentown. Capt. Archibald Macphcadris In
sent all the way to Holland for the ing o! a bridge joining the town
bricks that went into his new house. with Kittery, Maine. It Is .related
Each brick co.me in a separate that the French General was driven
wrapping of straw, the first ever to the bridge in a coach and four.
shipped to this country by the After inspecting the structure thr
Dutch. The original bill of lading General was driven across. The
on this building cargo ls still In ex- driver, trying to impress upon the
istence. The walls of the house are national gu~st the speed at which
the river could now be crossed,
18 inches thick.
Captain Macphcadrls spent £6000 whipped up the horses. As the coach
ln , its construction. The wealthy crossed tile draw, the Marquis
captain, merchant and King's Coun- bounced out of his seat. A spectator
cilor wanted the most outstanding 'observed, however, that the General
house In town. Five years were spent "seemed to regard this abrupt jolt
in building it. The captain took pos- as merely an Incident of the nusession in 1723. He married Sarah merous attentions showered upon
Wentworth, one of Gov. John Went- him and graciously took oft his hat,
worth's 16 children. Their daughter, bowing 'r ight and left to the people
Mary. married Col. Jonathan War- on either hand." The visitor left by
ner, from whom the house takes its coach at midnight and at 7 o'clock
the following morning, he was back
present :mme.
Great -names figure largely In its In Boston.
WARNER HOUSE
AT PORTSMOUTH
TO BE-PRESERVED
;r
�J?urcha ed fr m J? nhal ow
]E tate by W rner House .
sociatiollll
' Thd warner House. one of the most
famous of thL{ clty'a long llne of historic houses, was purchar.ed thl'> morning by the Warner House Assocla.tlon
from the ·estate of the lJ.t Thomas N .
Penhallow for $10,000. raised princlpa.lly through th tTorts of Mrs. Barrett Wendell of thid city o.nd Bosfon,
president of the a. soc! t1on. The money for the purchase or tho house,
which will be restored ud opened to
the public was r L5ed. thrnugh subicrlptlon, m Inly from descen ~ts of
ld Portsmouth f mill s.
Th house is of be utifut coustruction throughout and the bnck.1 used in
lts erection were brought by boat from
Holland, each wrappecl separately ln
straw. On the westerly side of the
house is a. l1ghtnlng ·rod erected by
Benjatnin Franklin, nd Li one of the
fir t lightning rods to he plac:etl
any house m the country
'Throughout the different. room.~ re
minutely carved panel:; nd the wide
front door open on • J. wide hallway
with large square room.; on .either slde,
o.s was th popular sl;yle of flo1>r plan
t th time the hou w • erected . It
was buUt in 1718-1'723 by Captain
Macphear.lrls and ii; :;plend1d ex11mplc
of gambr . l roof .d holl!r, w1Ui f, lsc
ends The l ndlng 011 tilt! -,t.:mwu.y 1H
p rtl ularly be utiful 0.11,1 a fine ul)per
110.uwa.v opens ou four large rooms and
a. smaller one. There ure lso several
rooms on. the third oor with__ a 11 ,r •
row winding s~!l.trWl\Y, 't'hcre ,n·1! :llvc
aornl.er windows on tho Ullrd 1101>r
fron~ and back. In U10 very l>u.ck of Uic
house fa ahuge Dutch oven room w1t.t1
great open flreplac und oven.
The sale was announced this mornIng J:>y E. CurtL3 Matthew:i, treasurer
of the association. The fine worlc or
Mrs, Wendell and her 11ssociate.1 in
raising the money to purcha.se this
historic building of old Portsmouth .in
order that future generation: might
enjoy it, L1 to IJe ,highly commended.
�Photo of historic document o,med by Clifton Hildreth.
of l;;.nd, signed by ington·.; signatm·P is affixed r.t
the V:i.., capital cf the Confede!'acy, MaGeorge W?shington as ha1ing
been ]bottom. The entire document, with jor Hildreth was· in the forefrc,nt _of
the exception of three other signatures the Union troops as they entered tne
isurveyecl by him, Is a prl 7 ed possession nt the bottom, i::; in Washington's own city victoriously.
Major Hildl·eth,
of A. locnl nwn. Of almost' equal in- handwriting. A photographic repro- ; with a few companions, was :llnong
terest is the amaz.lng story of how it duction of this historic document is to the first to enter the state
ho.ise
came into the hnn<ls of his family. be seen with this article.
j there. They discovered the office of
This valuable docuu, 0 nt is of especial
Clifton Hildreth . .a member of this !Jefferson Davls, president of the Confaterest this month, in which is cele- city's police department, is the own- federacy, and, as soldiers were
enbrated the 200rh
anniversary
of er of this important document. The I gaged in looting throughout the city,
George Washington's birth.
story of how It came into the possP.s- he took from the walls of the office
When George Washingt-on was 18 slon of his fnmily is as follows:
j two docwnents. One of the
yeA.rs of age he surveyed a piece of
Among t,he gallant men who offered 1menLs is that which is now in
land, 272 ncrcs in nrra, for George their Jives that the Union might be Ipossession of his grand-nephew.
Hyatt, by- right of a warrant from the preserved and fou ght during the Civil j The other document Major Hll.rll'eth
Propri tor's office, and drew ·.ip n War, was Charles Flayer Pond Hi!- \presented to the Smithsonian Ir,stidocument attesting its IJoundaries. A dreth, great-uncle o! the present own- tute. · The state of Virginia later
carefully drawn mnp Is nlso included er of the docwn ent. Charles Hildreth brought suit to recover them, but the
this document, fixing the situatioH held the rank of major in the 40th court ruled that they wer>? spoils of
of the land in question and its dimen- Massachusetts Infantry. When
at war, as Virginia at that time was not
11.ions. The deed is still clear nnd last the Union forces, under Gen. V. 1a part of the Union and had
!oreasily read, despite its age, nd Wash- s . Grant, took the city oi Richmond, felted her right to them.
,n
I
�LEFT SOME FINE
Som lo:,t their hats ,/n th~,. high, wind
and 1a few their blankets, ,vhich· they
· had twrapped around thl!mselyes rather tllum to ' take the dme to dress: , ·,
Tile saving of the ,lightho,1,1se ,QY, U1e
soldiers brought joy to Timothy , Uplmm)who had been appointed Collector
of Customs In 1816 on the death of
Colonel Whipple. In . a congratulatory
letter to Captain Whiting, in command
A late resident of KltlerY. Point,
of the soldiers at the fort, he concludJohn Haley Bellamy, who dieti in 1914,
Fort Ppint Beacon Has ed "Few opportunities are presented
left behind many specimens o! woodin times of peace for brilliant achieve· Guided Mariners For
carving which will perpeuate his memments, but services so frequent ,and ' ory down through the years. His proOver 150 Years .
various as voluntarily rendered by the!
ducts are increasing in popularity and
officers and ooldlers of thll fort and
in value as time goes by. Mr. Bellamy's
By !EORGE A. NE~SON
their readiness on all occasions Is fully
chief claim to fame is based upon his
On Fo1t :Point in Newcastle, N. H., .. nppreciated by the public and ls acremarkably fine carvings of wooden
there has heen a lighthouse for over
knowledged with pleasure by one who
eagles and of ship figureheads. A life
.:,:i~ri-:"l:w:,,,.:.'>t one hundr1d and fifty years. In 1771,
size wooden eagle of his handiwork
has no greater pride than In the recolGovernor Wentworth succeeded in havwa-s recently placed on exhibition at
lection Ulat he was once a soldier."
ing a }ighlhouse erected at this spot
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, a
With this letter, he enclosed $20,
which was the seventh built in the
weJ.l..deserved tribute to tho work of
eight of which, he suggested, so to· SerUnited s1'tes and remained the one
an exceptionally fine l:ra[tsman In
geant Chicker!ngwither in cash or Its
farthermos north for twenty years.
this almost forgotten arl.
equiv11lent in clothing and the re•
It was of ood and stood 78 feet high.
It is believed that all of the immalnder to be used to buy wine with
In 1791, t e lighthouse was ceded by
portant vessels built at the Portsmouth
which the soldiers could drink the
the state r New Hampshire to thi>
Navy Yard <luring tho Civil War perhealth of the · President. · It might be
United s tes government and placed
iod bore carvings by Bellamy, includinferred that the co'l)ec~or was generunder the .superintendency of Colonel
ing figureheads which were placed at
ous to a fault but · the recm;ds reveal
the bows of all ships of any importJoseph · ~lpple, - then Collector of
that he sought and obtained relmance m those days, and e, gles o.nd
Customs. The keeper at U1at time was
bm·sement from the government.
other carvings over the doors leading
Titus sait4r o! Portsmouth who ~ad
In 1877, this lighthouse was replaced
to the various quarters or the ships.
won early ( recognition in the Revoluby the one now standing. The presMany of these ships later became
tion by ca'Jjturlng the British ship
ent Newcastle lighthouse is 52 feet
famous in tho history of this nation.
Prince GeQrge with 1892 barrels of
high ·and has a fixed light of 7400
The entrances to government buildflour for the British army in America.
candlepower.
ings in those days were similarly decoIn 1804, Benjamin C. Gilman of Exerated with Bellamy eagles.
ter, completed a new lighthouse on the
John Bellamy was born at Kittery
the site of the old one, the laiter bePoint,
April 16, 1836, the eldest son
n!g sold. The new Newcastle lighthouse
of Charles G. Bellamy whoso home
'\'!RS 85 feet high or 90 feet above sea
was the old Pepperell Mansion, After
level, It had fixed light, lighted with
attending the local schools, he went
eleven lamps aQd reflecto'rs.
. With
to New Hampton Institute, New }!amp
the new light, arose a cry by the keepton, N. H. This wa-s one or the best
er lor an increase in pay. His compenknown schools of its kind at the time,
sation was $200 a year and •it was exnumbering among its graduates hunpected that he would be able to supdreds of famous New Englanders.
port his family by rasi!ng his own
From there he went t-0 the Bostoh
vegetables,· keeping pigs and poultry
Navy Yard, working through the variand by fishing. Unfortunately the garous stages up to master wood carver.
rison o! the fort ndjacent pilfered his
During tho Civil Wnr ho returned Lo
crops nnd live stock, no convenient
his birthplace and was employed in
fishing grounds could be found, so the
the same capacity at Lhe Portsmouth
keeper' · appealed tb •tlle Collector · of
Navy Yard.
Customs to provide him with· a high
Mr, Bellamy took his discharge
board fence or an Increase In pay. H-::
as a "First Class Carver'' from the
got the fence.
government service on Juno 19, 1897.
He continued his work of cnrvlng as a
The night or February 1, 1826, was a:-:
hobby, however, and on the second
extremely cold' one, the thennomete:·
floor of a little shed situated hnJrreglstc:ring 15 degrees below zero and
way between the shorn and the old
the wind blowing n gale from ,t he
Pepperell house he tumed out many
northwest.' Between 9 and 10 o'clock in
extroardinarlly fine pieces. One or his
the evening, the keeper, ittempting to E~u.•.~:i-;,J:/i;;1~
eagles is now fixed over the door of
enter the lighthouse !o1.md the buildthe garage of John M. Howells at Kiting filled with smoke. The . soldiers at
trey Point. This specimen is believed
the fort, except the guard, were, in _bed, t'.~,,~.ll;&"H,r'1
to be the largest which he produced,
but dn the alarm being sounded, were
having a wil1g-spread of at least sixsoori on the scene. After a vigorous
feet, and is painted black. Many of his
fight, .the fire was bro\lght under con~
eagles show the head and one wing
trol ·~ust as it threateneo ,to ·envelope
of the bird in an arrangement of arthe :whole building.
''. . "'' ·'
rows and a banner bearing a Latin
T~e . particular hero '\Va,s ,. Sergeant
motto, or the words, "Don't Give Up
Chickering who, at considerable risk:,
The Ship."
reacl;led the platform unde1• the , light
John Bellamy's masterpieces, chisand at the seat of the fire, and from ~-,·r.e.:.~i,,:•(:;
elled an'1 cut with great care from
that : strategic poslti?11' ' fo~t ' ' the
blocks or wood, are now eagerly
flames until he was force'd to ' quit by ¥";11~U'l<-:t,
sought by those who hnvc n keen inthe 'smoke after most of h'ui clothing
terest in old-Lime ships, tho go.Hant
had ·,been burned ffQm ' his° bcid:i, Ma'n y
square riggers nnd wooden men-ofof tl\_e soldiers were frost-bitten ·or ' suf-'
war. He carved himsel! a niche in the
fered',
other ways, ;')rpil1 ..'. exposure.
hall of fame by giving to the world a
type of art which is now no more.
LIGHTHOUSE AT ~ NEWCASTLE WAS
7TH BUILT IN U.S.
1
a
in
SPECIMENS OF
WOOD CARV!i G
�nat ter Of Recons1 me ion Of
Sewall's Bridge At York
Taken Up
Compared to the automatic P e d vers of today this was crude. and slow,
though it was regarded as a highly
clever contrnption In those -days.
Ten years atter the completion of the
bridge the Legislature or • rassachusct.t , of which Iaine was then a district was obliged t-0 come to its a.ssizt, ance, which _it did by establishing a
. new rnte of tolls.
Tll<'~e rntes, probnbly regarded ns
excessively high at the time, were:
En.ch footman, 2-3 of n. penny. man
and horse, 2 pence; two-wheel chaise,
chairs or sleigh and horse, with traveler, 4 pence; four-wheeled carriage,
including passengers, 4 pence; all horse
klne or neat caUle, 2-6 penny; sheep
or swine, 4 pence a dozen and in proportion for greater or lesser number.
It was further provided that those
rates should be in eflect only between
5 a. m. and 9 p. m. each day, 1rnd that
tmvel over the bridge should be free at
all other hours. If at any time the
toll gatherer should leave the bridge
during the hours when tolls could be
collected he much leave the gate open
60 that all could pass free while he
was away, under penalty of a fine of
20 shillings.
on the Lord's Day the bridge was
free to all persons going to or returning from i·eliglous services. It was also
free to inhabitants or the town or York
going to or from public meetings of
the town or parish; whlle post riders,
onstnbl s, ta.x collectors and all town
or parish officials had free use of the
bridge when on official business.
There was no charge made to shipping for the opening o! the draw t-0
permit Its passage.
A public hearing "lVag held yest ,·day
a!Lcrnoon in the York Town· Hill by
the War Department on the rcr.onstruction or Sewall's brlllge in
that
town, the ?ldest pile bridge in Amerlea.
Capt. R. C. Hunter of the Army En:;nneers Co ps presided and
decision
was reserved. The plans call !or a steel
it1 ucturc to replace the present one,
but the new bridge is t.o resemble as
nearly as possible the e>riginA.l plans
dra~-n ln 1761 by Maj. Sswmel Sew1<ll.
Last !alJ the bridge was I.he object of
n. bitter fight, when It was propo~cd to
bulld a modern structure which would
entirely remove Rll trace of the historic
landmark. The contro1,ersy "·as even
taken to President Roosevelt by the
Society for the Prrservatlon or New
England Antlquitlrs..
Boston got lt.s iden for the fin,t bridge
ov r the Charles River from York.
such is the claim of many authorities
and there are many substantiating facL
There is no question as to the old
Sewall brid {f) over the York River be- 1
ing the firsi of its t:1,--pe In the world.
It was conceived, designed and
bu!lt by M:aj. Samuel Sewall of York
and attrnctcd the n.ttemlon of builders
everywhere.
A a re: ult of the erection of the
bridge which was completed In 1761,
Maj. Sewall was called to Boston to design and build a bridge t-0 Chari stown.
This Sewall bridge, a pile draw bridge, st!Jl stands and is in dally u~.
Last Summer the local D. A. R. chapter dedicated a bronze tabl t to the
mrmory of ilic builder ln a small pnrk ,
at the easterly enlrnncc of the brldire.
Construction methods were crude a
century and a. hali ago. Then it required nearly lhr.ee ycnrs to build the
bridge. A writer of those days tells of
the ingrnlous plan worked out by Maj.
Scv.all to expedite the work. Arter tellIng how the river bottom wa~ surve:ved by probing and the location of each
pile marked, be says:
•'TI1e method of construction was t.he
erection of a whole section, on bent, At
one time. This contained four piles or
the proper length, this being capped by
the cap, wen· i.ecured.
"T"nis being done on the rher bnnk,
at the sUll of tide, it was floated to
its place and set upright. A large and
lengthy oak log being fastened by the
top on lnnd, the butt was rai. cd by
tackle to a height of . 15 or more feet
and by sttiking off the latch lock the
tackle was released and the log fell
with much ! irce on the cap over ench
pile, and in time the section was driven t.o t.lle proper position."
1---m--"""'~-~---.""Pl'~.,..-
�In recognl on o
thclr Mrvlces,
George II knighted both men, and, bestowing colonel's commissions upon
them, ordered each to raise a regiment of royal Infantry. •rhough the
new units were to be 1·ecrulted In the
Colonles, they were placed on the
regulnr Brlllsh Army list as the 50th
and 51st Foot. As !men the lallel',
c.ommanded by Pepperell, has the distinction or being the only "Amerl,an
regulars " ever fo11ncl under BritiRh
rule to be led by a Colonlal-born
officer,
,
The new regiments w ere orderecl to
c.nllst 1000 m ~n each, though nelthet·
ever reached Vits authorized , strength.
Bach was divided lnto 10 companies,
of which one was to be grenadiers and
A curious1y wrought pi Pce of bras!.\
one li gh t lnfantry.
was found · In New llnmpshlre reThe uniform was or British scarlet,
ra ced with ' white, In slriklng cont1·asl
cently thal 11ppears to be a 11nlque
to the d.ark blue worn by the Provinrelic from Ne'w England'11 pre-Revocial levies. The line companles and
ll[;hl inf A ntry wore the laced cocl<cd
lutionary military h!slory. It lg the
hat, but the grenadlel's were equipped
ruard o( an old-lime grenadier's
with the tall slllT milre cap. The
side-arm sword, heavy, elaboratt?lY
[;renadiers also carried, ln addition lo
lhe flintlock musket and bayonet. a
<lecorated and nmde by hand in the
short side-arm sword for cut-andthru st fighlin[;', and it ls the guard of\
The upper knob, or pommel, bears
one of these that has now come to
the roynl crown on hn!h Rl1lt>s. The
llgh.
t,;horl, l1q;lorlo11K Jlblor ,\'
knuckle gunrrl. sturdy nn!l R(Jlllll'<',
Al that time IL was customary
has three branches In an ,1nnsti:II
pattern. Ono hrnn<'h joins nncl 11uprefer to a regiment by
_name-hence the 51st Is always "Pcp- 1
rerell's," Each colonel had considerable latitude ln the way he chose to
WORN BY PEP~ERELL'S
GRENADIER
Sword Guard Found in New
Ham'I)shire Unique Relic
of Forgotten Regiment
l
The Pepperrell rcunlly ancl lt8 clc!lcenrlants are nccura.tely and fully placed In
the followlng I ll r:
Dear Nomacl-llfy nltC'nlion
been call d lo a notice l>y
Nomad, in the 'l.'ranscript oC
10th Inst., concerning the recent
m c,• tlni; ol' th o clescC'11<l11nl>< or tho
Pepperrell family at
Ill 1·y .
l'artlcul::1.1·: :,• as t o the d s<'C'n<la nti-; !Iv•
Ing today . 'l'hC' i;rcute1· parl , r the
memh n;hlp or tho Pc1>tWJTCII ,\>iSU·
elation is composed or the <l e:;c,,mlants or , cncral Sir '\Vllflarn Pep·
perrell's brothers and sisters; the
obj ct belng lo perpotuat,, lht> family
r ecords from the time of tlw 11rst
Willinm, and hi s wife, J\larg-ery Bray,
to the present. Their dc:;ccnd:mts
nre VCl'Y lllllllCrOUS, :tnt.l tit•atl 'l" d
over th o ll nil<'u :::it:Ll<'S,
'l'hc descendants oC , lt· '\\'illiam a1·
all
lhrougfi th marriag' of his ,lau;;h·
l r F.lil\:lbf'lh, who m:11Ti<'<i Colon\'!
Nath:tn\t' l Hparhuwlc, wlwsu 11u1·trait
by coplL'Y hall gs ill the I ;us ton l\l LI·
seum of Fin Arts. Their son '\VilJiam Inherited th• title, n•muving to
England at Lh time of lhc ll •volu ·
'
n1al'lc the uniforms and accoulretnent:;
of his men, and v~ry often used his
own family coat-of-arms along with
such national emblems as the rown, I
rose, lion and uni corn and Hanovel'lan
horse. ln Pepperell's ase, since he
had no ancient crest, he appears to
have contented hlmselC with a modest
set or Initials.
The history or the twin regiments
p1·oved to be short and inglorious. They
did garrison duty at toulsbourg from
'\ 1746 to 1749. Discipline was slaclc,
sanitary conditions frightful,
and
drunkenness prevalent.
When the fortress was handed bat'k
to France the troops were disbanded,
but were rai&ed again In 175·1 when
war threatened once more. In the
Summer of 1755 they marched to Albany and "jumped off" Into the wilderness, from which many ' of them
never 1·eturncd. They built fortifications at Oswego, on Lake Ontario, and
spent a miserable Winter there, 71eglocted by the authorities.
In August, 17~6, Montcalm strnrlc
suddenly, nncl uflor a )1rlcf bomb1nclment
the white flag was holsled. Some
1,orts a thick brass shell gnarrl,
had been killed In action, some were
across whjch praces In bold relle[ n
murdered by the Indians, and many
more died of disease. rr1t11s at a single
white horse-insignia of the Hano•
stroke the 50th and 51st Foot were
verfan Kings of England. Beneath
removed from the rolls of His Majesthe .horse Is a scroll or cartouche
ty's Army,
Though the writer has made many
with the Initials "Sr W. P." and the
Inquiries, It does not appear lha t anIssue numher of the w apon, "No.
other such relic of elther Shirley's or
Pepperell's regiments Is In Pxlslence,
,33.'' The fragment of blade, abo ut
and It ls felt that thls qualnl blt o!
18 Inches long, that Is filled loosely
colonlal brass ls Indeed unique.
to the guard, Is not the original
grenadier cutlass, but Is from a com- 1
1
I
~L!l--.-..,....--------...---...,..---'
Ii-'=.-~•·•' missioned
,...rt~ ..........
1r.;;.;.<'l!ar•<1;
officer's sword of the same
period.
On , British Army List
This sword gue.rd, as the monogram
shows, la undoubtedly e. veteran or the
Ill-rated 51st Reglment of Fool, raised
In the Colonies In 1746 and 1754 by·s1r
W!lll11.m Poppercll.
Every· schooiboy knows the story of
the New England expedltlon to Loolsbourg In 1745, and the marvelous cap·
lure of that "Dunlllrk of America."
The. pla.n was concelved by Wllllam
Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts,
and was carrled out by \>Villia.m Pepperell, a merch11.nt-oolonel of mllltla
from Kittery.
J,
Uon, us he
\\'HH
a. 11ronou11<•t.-.tl ·rory,
and all Ills hrothers a111L sist.·1·,; hut
onc. Th c•xc·,•Jlliun was i\lary, th<' wif<'
or
1)1•. ( 1 1\llrlt •=-' .lar\ll :-{ lll'
l~usloll, :1 11
mln ,nL phy Hh-111 11 .. r 11,:11 ,·tty, 11 1111
u.sso•lalctl v,,ry dos.-ly with th,• w,·11
knc,wn stal<•><lll<'ll oC that ndnity.
8he It was who sa,·c-cl l 'ort:s1111111th
from being burned hy th Hrillsh,
by her fascinations , and th<'y went
down to points in Maino for d vastatlon elsewhere. '\Vh n ll cr hrothcrs,
Including .Nathaniel, Jr., went to Eng,
land, the latfor left a daughl r with
her, numetl for her aunt, who dicl not
accompany her father t
1.;11:;land.
She afl<'rwarcl manlc•d
onsul '\\. 11liam Jarvis, American consul to Li,:;bon, In 1808, only C'hild of ]Jr. lmrl0s
Jarvis, by his first m:u-rlagc, and
left two rlau gltl ,n; al 1i,,1· Ntrly
<lea.th, both of whom married, and tl
well known desc nclant of one is tho
late -Hon. Everett Pepperrcll '\Vhcelc1·
of cw Yorlt, lawyer, statesman and
lltterateur.
Ther are 2•10 living descendants
ot Ir William sc-al lPt cl from tho
Atlantic to th Pacific coast, hut,
none In th names you quote, which
are of tho fcmalo Jin s or th e J1rst
Wllllam. The s cond Sir '\.Villlam ,
who went to England, has a lai·go
number of dcscC' ndnnts there, of
whom one w:ts the lat, !.sdwanl '\Valford, n.ncl another the pn•,:;cnt Sir
Arch<lnlc J'aln1t•r . 'l'h,•.1· lo:,v,, ll lnrhO
n11m1Jcr or tho v11!11ai>I<·>< or ,'Ir \VII·
!lam, but portraits, :;liver, (11nrllu1·0
and other a1·licle>1 aro o,,:1wcl hy tho
Amerlcan descendants.
As the old st living clescC'ndnnl of
General ir \\'illiam P., L111·ough his
great -granJduughte1·, !11ary P. 8.
Jarvia, who marrlecl Hon. Hampden
Cutts, I am t:ikln;; the lib rty of
making thcs<' nddilion,:; to your notes
on tho occasion.
c. n.
�Sketch of Gov.•
John Lanf,ddon
I have 7 0 hogsheads or rum that shall
!Jc sold for the most it will bringL!rnse arc at the service of Lhe state.
Il we irncceed in de[ending our freeI dom and homes I may be remunerntocl; I[ we do not, tho properly will be
The Boston GlolJe yesterday in ils u: no value to me. Our old . friend
New J~11i;lat1d llcrucs of tho Land and 8Lark may be entrusted with the con!-:ea hat..! tho [ollowing sketch of Jollfl cluct or our troops, and the progress
Langdon who was !Jorn in this cily in of Durgoync will be checked."
J741 and clled hero in 1819:
At once n brigade was raised, and
· John Langdon began his business G ncra1 Starlc wo,n the battle of Ben11fo in U10 office of a merchant, later ninglon.
Soon afterwar d -Langdon
wont lo sea as supercargo, and then I was a volunteer in the army that captook charge of a ship o[ his own. llo turod Burgoyn . In 17713 ho fought
v, as busy as a merchant when the in a bo.ttl against tho English
Revolutionary War broke out, and Rhode Islancl, and he continued
a~ that time was a represenlative lo I the army till tho war closed.
t!Jo general court.
Later h was gov1ernor of
ln December, 1774, Portsmouth Hampshire. After one year in office
heard that an ardor had t,oon given he was sent lo the United States Senby the King prohibiting the exporla- ate and when the votes for the first
lion or gunpowder to America. John President of the United Stales wore
Langtlon made one o( tho party who counted ho was President pro tern of
seized the garrison at Fort William lha.t body. In 1805 and 1810 be was
uud l\lary and carried of[ 100 t,arrols again governor or
of gunpowder, lti cannon, a store or~"l""~--""""""""""...,,mi!l'!:'='~~.,-,:ip:;ll"l!IJfd'l!i~
small arms and various other military stores. Ile was sou t as n dcle- f-;.;.:;,.;._q,,.;~r-.:,,;~
gate to Congress in 1775, and the
next year commanded a company o[
vnlunteors in Vermont and Rhode Is1t,nd.
In 1776 Langdon was made Continental ag nt [or tho na,•y, and under
bis direction and inspection the Raleigh, lhe Ranger, the Am rica and
the .Porlsmoulh were built. His next
i:11portaut work was to raise an ind pendent company and to command
it . with th rank o[ colonel. In 177 7
h€ was elected Speaker of the New
1-lampshlro Assembly.
Al that time lhorc was excitement
nlionl tho raising or truu1l8 lo re11ol
a1, Invasion. Langdon made a romarkalJlo speech that aroused the Assembly lo wild enthusiasm. He said: t,."~hlr~-t:
"I have $.3000 in hard money. I
wlll plcclgo my plate for $3000 more;
�l\.;,t:.
_
i} ,
oL"2 nnmm,.s.
I! such a bridge were
protected and never overstrained, It
Whenever -that In terestlng relic, would be haTd to set a limit to its
the old · toll bridge, has to · be sub- duration. . 1'he timber . used was
•mitted ! to the inspectloti ,6f 1 ·' ~x . 's oun'd and weill '' chosen alid in thr
'peils•· one' res~lt Is n fresi1' a1)pre~j ' construction 'o f 'the 1 bridge ·there wab
aUon -of ' tl1e slcllJ that went to its ·a con's idernble surplu's I of strength
construction. Bridge · building was for the reason that 'the early buildno't an exact science In ' those days, ers ·worked on what In our cheese'.,
The
mlithematicai analysis "" of •; arln'g ' days ·would seem ' a'll extrav!li
seralns and stresses was fltr -from :gan t factor '' ·of safeyt.
The ch lef
complet, and builders bad • to , make 'enemy of these bridges is the decay
the best ·· of very · rough · approxim:i, 'of the wood1; only those have lastei'.
Hons. Under those .. conditions · to 'well which ,vere o! the covered type ,
build a ·,good bridge Implied a native "and few have been uniformly lcept
1a1ent- ln the builder, and · the more 'in good repair so as to protect thr
·s tud.y•1is ,.: g-iven ·fo the ·design · of these timbers from rain. But if the wood
old •brldgeii''· the •' greater is the admir- •Is fairly soutir! the great strength
ation -felt for the sk111 anrl resource: ·and r es ilience given by the ingenlom
fulness o! tl1e early American engi- 'combination of the arch , and · th.e.
neers.
·truss may , make even " a decrepit
The big ·wooden bridge is,- In - fact, looking bridge far stronger than it
1. distinctively
American achieve- looks; this is one of the reasons
Wooden •bridges, to be sure, why so many or th ese' old bridges
have •been built In most courrtrles, ltnvo Ilng~rotl on . for cle<:a<les nrter
1111<] ev'en '• In primitive lands daring -~,elng J?;lv on np ·by the doctors, No'thlngiF •have been done, but · as a hody wonlrl (]ream of tmilding _such
rule •· with the development of clvil- it hrlclge nrtcr the need for that
,lzation , 1 .w ood·e n . construction · ha\. ty_pe had passed, bnt ~he modern engiven way tb '· masonry,< '• In ,Ameri~a'. gineer ought by nil means to take
however; •'brl£}ges , equal to · those-· of occa11lon to study· the specimens
Europe'.·'were •needed while the · po1>u- ~hat are •Jrrt; ··~t~ey rirc •~m9ng ~he .
lation ' 'Was· still ·spa:rse.- Stone con- most creditable achlevemer:ts of A~stru-ction was too ~low, laborioui' erlcan • englncerlng ...'.!!..Sprlngtleld
and costly, but th~re was abundanc1;: Rdpublica'n,
' ' ,.
· •
of· Umb·er and the ~ .. n:,-:a was thr
best"'. all-round • mechanic In the
.world,1-- bold, resourceful, inventive.
In the 18th ·century he began the
elabora1ion of the ' timber · bridge
and ma;y . of his constructions
,so strong and well designed
into the age -'of
see the return
masonry.
Th~re bas been some controversy
~-s to the earliest use o! timber for
a long-span bridge, but the credit I~
usually given to Col. William P.
Riddle, who In 17 9 2 'Com pl etecl
Amoskeag brlclge ·oyer the Merrlmaci
river' at Manchester, N.' H., with si:x,
92 "•;root "spans :--"' In ·thc " same
Col. Enoch 'Hale completed
famous Bellows Falls ]fridge ove1
the Connecticut with two 184-foot
svans; a'· monu·rr{ental labor that required ;. seven years. But 'o f the . old
bu!lders of •New · England the most
celebrated was perhaps Timothy
:Palmer, o! Newburyport, whose· masterpiece was the Piscataqua bridge,seven miles above Portsmouth ,N.
H., with an arch of 244-f60t chord.
This is probably the' record, though:
'tiler~ were some flne ' bridges ,over'.
the Hudson, the Moha,vk, and ·,.,p1P·
Delaware, and 'our own · century-old
·bridge, though nob exceJJtional
was of . unusually fine
~--\ ).J.\-,~
0
·•·
-
�I
rctary a.nd 'l.'rea.surer
huilding, and lhcy were thanked fo1·
Associntlon of ,vool
the ' couras-e and tenacity of their :;er- ,nev. Judson P. ;\ta.rvin, ;\[inist er of
1
Yice at lhi:; l<eY-ll0int or tho confla.lhc First Parish In Annl1:1quan1, :\lass.;
;.;ralion.
'l.'h01nas 0. :\1arvln, Secretary , of the
Colonel :llarvln as :\layor supen·lsecl
Home :\larket Club, o! lloston ; Harry
1
the plans for the memorable "Return
G. :\Carvin, Manas-er o( the H obltirlt
.,f the Sons of Portsmouth" on July 4,
Jnn, Camden, '. C.; R'!V, Regina.Id K.
1
1Si3, when on behalf or the city ho
Marvin, :\llnlsler of Cruce
Church,
";clcomed sev ral lhousantl home-i;omFranldin. :llass., who l1as b1ccn in Lho
l 111c:" sons hc:1decl by Jacob ~Vendcll.
scrvico or the Y. ~1. C. A. in Franco,
'- Colouel Thomas Elllsou Ullvcr Mar.l;,lllC!-1 T. J•'idtl.H, ·rhomas Balll'Y Allland C.:ha.rles n. Mo.rvln of lhe Ullca,:)n, form 1· :.\layur of l'ort~mouth, llll'd
1·i,•h and 1:. I'. Shillabor. Anolhet· evonl
\\"illowvalc Ult'nchery Company, ~cw
un \'i'cdne::itl:IY, April 9. at lhe homo
nl his ntlminislr:itlon was the builtlYorlc Jlis nt'llh WM ll\'O Jlon. , v1111a.n1
or his 1lnt1:c;htei·, Dr. Oracc 1:\larvin, 81
ing of the 'Portsmouth & Do,·cr Rall- E. i\lardn, x-)layor of Portsmouth,
:llnpl st1•ept, Hoxhury, Mass. lle wus
roatl.
\\'ilh Lile :\l:i.yor o[ !)over he anti ·ta.le ~enator Oliver U. :.\larvin
In his eighly-s cont\ yea1· and had been
wheeled the first earlh and drove the of New Caslle.
In failing hen.Ill\ since lasl August.
first sp!l,c:; in the con· lruclion or the
Throui;houl his life Colonel
Colonel :ltarvin was horn December
had had a strong love for the
:;ea.
line.
l S, 1837, on )tan·in's lsland, l'orlsAfler his sen·ice as :\layor, Colonel Tau~hl in boyhood hy his fJ.lhcr and
n~outh Harbor. tho old r son or Cap:\Ia.n·ln comrnandetl lhe rorlsmoulh Captain Oliver to "hand,
reef and
tain ,villiam )1arvin, a merchant en,\ rllllery, whose history ran buclt to sleer" as lhc Jaus of hiH race had al .;ngctl in lhe H:inlt aml Labra.tlot· fish1775, reorganizing lhls inlo a smart ways been l:w:;hl by the older men,
<•ries and Southern canylni; trade. ln
field batle't·y which represented
ew he was expcrl in all that pert.nlncd to,
thfs calling nptain l\larvin had suc1I:1.1npshlre in the Nalioual
military shipping and the fisheries. il•'ro m his
·eedcd his uncle,
h~tpla.in Thom~Ui
encampment at the Centennial hxposi sixth lo his cighlielh year he had ,sa.11 Ellison Oliver or New caiillc, the son
lion of 1876, in
Philadelphia.
This
or a. soldi r o( the ne,·olulion. 'aptaln
corps, made 11µ in part of veteran sold,
Uli\·cr In hi,; youlh ]HHl been a. very
lers antl sailors of the lvll "\Var, and
stl(•ccsis(ul shipmasl r ancl hatl r •tired
uniformetl in scarlet and blue, was gifrom the isca to t·artT on the fished s,
vc,n a posl of honor in the inauguraIn whll'.h l'o1·tsmou\h :1ntl New 'aslle
llon C'eremonit'>' al Concord nn,l C1lscw,•re ndln• ror 111111·1' lha11 lwu ,•<•nlurwh!'l'l'. At lhal lime Porlsrnoulh susil's, {l'0lll the tin;l Eni;llsh sctLlelll<'lllS
tained four military organizalionsin N w lln.m]Jshirc to tho years afler
the light ballery, a company of hea,·y
ou1· l'ldl \\'ar. Older people of Pol"ls•
or seacoast arlillery, n troop or cavalmnulh and \"icinity remember when
ry and a com11any of infantry, all ntho trn.tlo still nourished aloni; the
rolled In the National Guai·d. Colonel
!,!lore o( the l'iscalaqua between Cap:\ltlrvin relinquished his ni·Lillcry comt., n O11\·cr's large house In the upper
mand lo scn·e on the starr of Governor
µart or Ne\\ Castle and lh bridges
l'erson C. Chcncy or :-Sew Hampshire.
al :llan•in's Jsla11d. with the !:preadin:;
Subs quenllY Colonel :\lar\'in prachnlrns in the !ieicls antl lhe vessels fll·
Usctl law in I orlsmoulh, in association
tins- out for sea 01· discharging al lhe
with the
well-remembered
firm of
what-Yes.
Frink & Batchelder. For many years
Colonel :\Carvin ::u; a Ind was educathe wns the preHitl nl and for a long
t'll al the oltl t'Ol lsmouth Academy untime also the ,;late J)rosecullni; a.gent
der 1:lia:;ter Jlarri,i, and then entered
or the ;sew Hampshire Society for the
the business uf his falh r and grealPre\'!'nllon of Cruelty lo Animals. He
11ncle. 8ubsequcntly, in as1:1oci.1lion
wn!:I zealously devoted lo this cause,
, ·ith his brolht',r, ,v1111am ';\larvin J ,...
and was instrumental nol only in the
and the late James P. Uartlell, he cs(urthe1·in~ or lci;islution for the pretnblishe<l the firm of :\1,u·,·ln Urolhers
vention of cruelly, J,ul In the aclual _cn
& IJarllcll. ,·;hieh for 11111ny years conforcemcnl of these laws in all sections
,1uctcd on l:ow ~!reel, l'oi·tsmoulh,the
of New Hamptthire.
manufacture of mNllcln:i 1 ,·oil ll\'C'I'
Colonel Man·in wa1:1 a 3Zd degree
oil,; after procc,isc:. disclosed hy long
:11ason, a pnsl master of old St.John',;
<'XiJt'l'it•nc1• In the lishin;.:- i11tl11Klry.
Lodge or l'ort:rn1oµlh, and affiliated
l'Qloncl '.\lar\'ln in 1 ol 111:,ni •ll ;\flss
wllh De \\'Ill Clinton
'ommantlcry,
,\Ill]\' :II. Lippitt . ,si,<lCl' ,,r '.\Ir" . . lam•
Knight:; Templar. For half a century
J.ip11ltt Palle1·son, tho wife of the- Ht•v.
hr and m rnbers or his 'family were
.\. J. l'nlterson. lhen th ;\Jinisler of
alleudanls al lhe Unlvcrsallsl
the l:niver,<alisl parish in l'orl:;nioulh.
in Portsmouth, of which for a
< 'olonel ·:-.ran·i11 in J 6:J took u1, his
Lime he was a w,u·tlcn.
residence on Stalc slre l, l'ort:.mouth,
ln 1 96 Colonel :\<tarvln married
which was llll' family h(llll • unlil a(sC't·ond wife :11 ls:; Eleano1· !Jlshop or
l 1'r l he ucalh uf :II rs. :\tnrvln 111 I ·o.
New York, and {or most of lhe lime
AH tL mcmher of l11t' Uoaru of ,\lderresidPll in New Yorlt or vicinity unlit
mt•n, <.'olon I t\1:ii·vln he-came i\layor of
the cteath o( his wife on Long lsland
1·orlsrnoulh on th death of Hon. Horin I no,. Si nee then ColonPl :IIarvln
ton D, '\','allter in 1S,2, and was elechad p,is:<etl tile winters in Uoston aml
1,•d :\Jayor for lh ytia1· l 7:,. ,vhen
the ,;111nlnern in l'o1·lsmoulh-hnvin;;
l 'oslon wa.· on lh · oulbrcalt
u( the
always a Kiron:; arcection (01· his narrl'at lllPlllO\'.,blt• fire of );ov m1Jc1· 9,
tive t,,wn. Hince l!IOR his ,rnmrner home
cttlle,l 011 the neishb ring New
I :ni:;-laml cilics for IH•lp to rhcck the
family homesl ad on :-1arvin's Island,
llam<'S, ;\lnyor :llan·in l'CSJ)Ollcled ill
nol far from the r sitlence o( his bro' ·rson with lilt' lh,-n ll(!W n.nd 1,owe1·ther, \\"illiam ~larvi'n. Esq., on the
l lll steam til'r l'n~lne Kearsarg-c and :L
Captain Uli\' r homestead in :Sew Casc·ompan)' uC forty men, who were hurlie.
ried b'y spcci,11 l rain to Do:;lun and
'olnnel :\larvin had six sons and one
\ daughtor of hi" first mn.rr!age. The
slaLioned on "'a,;hin;:;ton ttlre t al the
I cad of :\! ilk slreel, where the)" rough t
tlaui;hler IH Ur. Crace )larvln, who has
the fire unlit it wus f(eclually slopped
I made her home with her aunt, lllra ..J.
The particular duly of lhc Purlsmoulh
L. I'u.llcrson, in Roxbury, :llass., and
llrcmen ,nu1 lo protect the old 8outh
1 tho ~onH aro \Vinlhrop L , l\larvin, 8ec,'.\lec,tlni; JJuuso nncl the
•rrnnscripl
;EX-MAY 0R
THOMAS ·E. 0.
·MARVINDEAD
,~n.
I
�PORTSMOUTH, N. H,
"Nutter House," on Court street,
charmingly described In "The Story
o[ a Bad Boy" and In which the
youthCul days and many or the vacations and holidays of Thomas Bailey
Aldrich were spent, Is opened to
summer visitors from about June 20
to eptember ~5.
The house was former])' owned
and -0ccupled by Thomas Darling
Balley, grandfather of Thomas Balley
Aldrich and the "Grandfather Nutter"
of the story, the name Nutter being
the maiden nam o( Aldrich's grandmother and borrowed for use In the
hook to shlcl<I from publicity the
mcmhct'!! or thll r:imlly thllll llvlrt~
in the old house. To ~Ive the reader
a llicture or the house as it appeared
In the days oC young Tom Bailey o!
the story menlloned, and as It loolcs
today lo the pilgrim visiting Portsmouth, no better words can be
,;elected than tho,;c Crom hapt r V.
of the book.
"The ·~tter house has been in
our family nearly 100 years and is
an honor to the hullcler, supposing
durabllitv to b the merit.
Such
timber ;_nd such workmanship do
not often come together In houses
built nowadays.
the wall paper left nothini; to be
desired in that line. On a ,;ray back
ground were small bunches of leaves,
unlike any that ever ,;rew In the
world; and on every other bunch
perched a. yellow bird, pitted with
crimson spots. That no such bird
over existed <lid not detract rrom
my admlrallon of each' one. There
were two hundred and slxty-el,;ht
of these birds In all, not countlnp;
those split In two where the wall
paper was badly joined."
After enumerating the various
articles of furnltur , the boy names
with enthusiasm the books on the
two shelves over the bed. In the
r storatlon of the room the books
have been put back upon the shelves,
the many colored quilt Is still upon
the bed. Even Tom Balley himself
would see no dlf(erence between his
room of today and the retreat o( his
boyhood.
The wall paper presented the
greatest problem to those who arranged the room as it was in the
old time, tor In these days of modern
wall coverings or more artistic I( not
more strilclng design, no paper to
coincide with the memory of those
who knew that described by Tom
Bailey could be found. Jn tact even
the manufacturers fell short In their
reproductions, but at length lhe
pattern was designed on t11e proper
colored baclcground nnd the bird!<
were painted in by l\Trl!. Thomas
Bailey Aldrich and her son. A vortlon of the wall paper has been left
unpainted that It may be completed
graphs, most of them aulo1',rn.phcd
and letters from men of note in
many countries.
The names or
fnllhcw Arnol<l, Ollv r Wenck!\
Uoll11es, Wllllu.m
Cullen Hrya11t,
Ha\ph Wnlclo 1.;mcrson, ·wnlt \ hlt-
"Imagine a low-studded structure,
with a wide hall running through
the ml<ldle. At your right ns yon
enter slflnlis fl, tflll, blll('\C mahog:\n)'
clock On cnch slcl oC lhc hall arc
doors opening Into larg
room~.
walni;colell u ml rich In wnncl 1·:tt·vin,;s about the manllepleces an<l
cornices. The walls are covered with
pictured paper repr sentlng landscapes and sea views. There are
neither grates nor stoves in thesr
quaint chambers, but splendid open
chimney places, with room enou,;h
for the corpulent bacl<log to turn
over comfortably on the polishe<l
andirons. A wide staircase leads
from the hall to tho :;econd story,
which is arranged much like llw
nrst. Over this Is the garret."
The two lar,;e elms which shaded
the house when Tom Bailey was
:L boy have disappeared, but the old
,;arden at the rear of the house sttll
has ::t. place for ev ry flower mer.I Ion cl In Mr. Alclrirh':; pocmR.
Al
1h i;ld • of lite ~anl •n ls to hp H••<•11
a nreproof bullcllni; erected by members of the family, In which the·
large collection or pictures, manuscripts, books and other articles of
Interest relatln,; to or treasur <l by
the poet are nrran,;ed. Among thesP
is the table upon which "The Story of
a Bad Boy" was written, with a. r cord in Aldrich's handwriting pasted
on the Inside or the drawer. Glas:,
cases and shelves contain many
thlni;s of historical interest, curios
from the Orient, and first editions,
ancl on the walls ::ts framed photo-
by the grnnclson of the room's early
occupant. On the baclc of a ch:t it·
hangs the coat made by Tom
Bailey'H mother as a part 'lf a
uniform for the company of sold! ,.
boys which fl,;urecl in the play or
Tom and his chums. Twenty-five or
lhes regimentals nre saicl to have
l11•cn lite fl'ull,i uC tho nwlltet·'s hu sy
fln,;ers. In the other room,i mlnuildetalls htlV been faithfully c:nrlcd
out under the direction of ~11·s.
Aldrich, and the old furniture is
In Its accustomed place.
In t lllng of her first visit to th
house, she recently said that the
whole lnlel'lor an(l style of the
nualnt New England house was so
different from that of her own New
Yorlc home that It made a lasting Impression upon her. She was
charmed with the low-ceiled rooms,
with their big fireplaces, the great
four-poster beds and the other
turnlture so typical of New England towns of similar dale, hut
quite different from the black walnut
and the upholstered furniture then
in vo,;ue In New York and the highceiled, furnace-heated rooms of her
childhood experience.
'L'hese Cln;L Jmprcsslons she tn•vrr
forgot, and when the cily of Portsmouth, In 1907, announced its intention to purchase the "Nutter House,"
which had been out of the family for
40 years, as a memorial to 'l'hom,ts
B;1.1ley Aldrich, with other memhcr,;
of the family sh
volunteered to
reinstall the original furnlshin,;s anli
arran:;-e them. A fund of $10,000 was
tp:ln, Lnn,~r<•lln \\', T, •nny:,;on , Hrown-
Jng, J"eals, Shelley, wlnburnc, \Vnl son, Leigh Hunt and Edwin Booth
hold prominent places.
'l'hc Interior of the house, however,
in no way r fleets the atmosphere oC
a museum. It is decidedly a house
that has been lived In and, to th~
casual obsm·ver, ml,;ht be occuplecl
at the present time, with the members of the family out tor a [ew
moments. Not only have the 01·lglnal
articles of furniture been r slo1·otl
to the rooms, but many small
personal belon,;lngs to the drawer
of the dressers, the sideboard :incl
the closets.
To lovers of the. "Bad Roy" Lhf'
lilllc room of which he spcnlts so
lovlnr:ly In lnllln1: or hi,; ntTlvnl at
lhu "Nt1ll •1· Jllltl>I<'" aflo,· :t jlllll'lll'~'
from N w Orleans, IH the cenl<·r 01
lnt<'resl. "Nolhln,:;- among- my 11ew
s1n-ronn<llng-s, 11 he said, "gave 1n
r11urc-
;mtlsfuctlon th:i.n th l'nl y sle pin,:;
apartment that had b en prepared
for mys If. It was the ha II room
over the front door. 1 hncl ncv ,.
hefore had a chamber all to mys 1(.
nnd this one was n. marvel of 11,entncss and comfort.
rrctty chlnl7.
curtains hung at the window and
a patch quill of more colors titan
were In Joseph's coat covered th e
llttl lrncltle bed. The 11a ttern or
soon raised hy public suhsc1·i11tlon,
the house w::ts pu1·ch1u; cl :tnll l\frs.
Aldrich be,;an her task . In a compara Lively short time the kltch n In
which "Kitty olllns" held ::;way was
lll'l'tltli;cd, with the orli;lnal Kitty as
dl1·ect01·-ln-char,;e.
Tn the parlor that Tom nnilc-y said
was n1H•11t>d u11ly on ~Jll•,·ful oc•1·;1Hlon!'i
.1 •
and Lh:ll smelled i;trong-ly or t·t•nlPr
lahlt', lite. family portraits k l'll
i;11anl ovet· the piano. 'l'ho sitting
room, In which the family group
gathered after supper, while "Grandfather Nutter" read the local newspaper, the chambers, each with Its
touches charact rlstic oc tho Individual who inhabited It, the !Jlue
chintz room, always kept closed
except wh e n company was expected,
a.i'Corcl a pidure of the hom life in
a New Eni;land town of more than
half a century ago, rarely If eve,·
surpassed In any of the old-tlm
houH s that have heen pres rved .
Since the barn in which the real
theatre of the story ,ms held has
cll app ared, the liberty has be n
talccn of installing this reatu,· in
tho attic so loved hy Tom Bailey for
rn Iny d:ty read in,;.
"Nutter 'lTou;;c" was :tlw:tts th<'
symb,1I oC home lo Thomas 1::lilcy
A ill rich . Here his arly yeat·s of fun
nncl frolic were spent. And he-re in
late,· years, as a. series oC vlvlll
r,oyhooll memol'ies, these exp l'i ncos
were wl'iltcn down for other children
In "Th<- Hto,·y of n. nacl Hoy.''-F rom
till' l'111'lstnouth (N. Ii.) Dally ('hronlcle.
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�· IHDEX TO SCRAP BOOK 1' o. 4
Branni gan, Mre. GladyR p 82
City chart er pp 51-52
Dover, N. H.
p 93
Dover Pt. brid ge p p 56- 5 7
Dover Point brid ge See Li ttle Bay Bri dge
Eastman, Dr. Eugene B. p 42
Foss, Sam Walter p 17
Fort William and Mary p 80
Franklin City p 43
Greeley reception
p 91
Hampton, N. H.- Churches p 31
Henderson's Point
p 83
Historical tablets in Por t 8mouth p 1 8- 22
Jewett house.- So. Berwick p 98- 89, 95
John Smith monument a t Shoals. p ~O
Kearsar ge ( ship ) p 5~
Kittery, Me.- Name
p 2- 3
Kittery, Me.- Dennett f am ily p 76
Knox, Susan Ricker
p 55
Lady Pepperrell hou ,=, e
p 36
Lafayette School
p 15
Laighton,. Oscar
p 81. n6- 8 7
Langdon park
p 77
Liberty pole
p 77
Little Bay Bridge p p 34-35; 38 ; 43
Live~more house p 82
Louisburg bell p 12
Mast ships
p 13
Mo~rison, Robert
p 54
Paul Revere's ride to Portsmouth p 36 ;75
Perkins house at Ogunquit p 83
· Pi ecataqua Bridge pp 34-35; 43-44
Piscataqua River in the Ci vil war p 40
Piscataqua tavern
p 43
Portsmouth.- 1933 " pp 5 8-59; 62-68
Portsmouth. - Churches·
Immaculate Conception pp 68-69
Methodist
pp 48-50
st. John' Sunday school pp 5- 6
Portemo 'tb High School
~ 16
'""~"7"_._, ? rt mouth ~spit.111 pp 60-81
Port mouth Libr ry
p 79
Portsmouth settlement 1n 1623 p 93
Robert~, Edmund p 41
Rye harbor p 23
Scar borough ( ship ) pp 44-45
Sewall's Bridge p 33; 39
Stage chair
p 37
Staver's Inn p 37
Thayer, Rev. Lucius pp 70-73: 74
Tucke monument at the Shoa ls pp 24- 29
Tucker, Fred C.
p 78
.JJ. - &. S. CH.cha lo_t
p 47
Warner house pp 7; 11; 37
Wentworth hpuse.- So. Berwick pp 88-89; 96
V
1entworth-Gardner hous e p 35 <ot5'
Nentworth portraits. p 11
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I
�I The present owner
and occupant : Vi.tt;ry -of lGng;ton Vacy in the pa-;::
,t;he ancient Kittery •C ourt is Mr. , ish of ,Brixham. This was a lease for '
,j Archibald Leslie Hine-Haycock, wntl
PrObablc Eu~lisb Origin, on the
•their lives . •This family name of Vi,t the
disti.nguished
Cha.mpernowne
Champerhowne ' Prope~ty.
tery is now -considered in connection I
[family stiN . exists, and is ~till _ill'
with the origin of the .name of KitIt is ve:y Jikely that .the. Ol'igin of
,possession and occupancy of its h.tstery, as will 1a'ter appear.
Lhe name ol l{jt;tery. .ha11 been estab,'()ric Dartingbon Hall, 'l'o t.ne.s, South
In 1583 the •same Robert Cary
lL hed. T,hat the .ntl,IDe hat! come fron
evon. Mr. Hine..,Haycock and the
leased the "Mouthe ,Parke, Jtigher
E.1iland was -0! . <t,0urse v~i;y wel
t!J.a.nrpernownes are very much inKin,gswear,'' to John Upton. This '
kncwn. But even Mr. ~~!\-ckp-0'le, a. ·
arested in thLs res·earch 1 and their
'! ease de.ed mentions -Sir George ,Cary
late ;is la03, had not loc~t~d tbc
ssistal)•
ce
is
of
the
finest
kind.
1
of Olovelly a11d John .Fell of "I'otne.s,
English name as _fully as. one would
0aptain Ji'rancis
Champernowne
who figure in later papers.
have wished.
'~s ·e asily the most distinguishe;J
In 1588 ,t here is art agreemen-t .
In l.hat extremely va.luable work
nd the mxist a·ri-stocratic of K.itCary, E~q., Md
1 "b<?t1i_ee!;__ ~f'~r~
m Captain Francis Cha.mpernowne.
y'-s first settlers. He has been
: John Fell, Surgeon, in consideration
by Dr. Ch~rlcs_ Wesle~- Tuttl~ printed J;>v. Mr .. Baxter _"one of the
of eight score pounds," to convey or
()U in 1-S,801 (',':~Ii;S-borica-1, Pap~rs,"
unders ·of Pas'Ca· ·q ua." , ;ms ,mothlea·se "alJ those messunges, lands &c
_pago 110), Mr. A~J:?ert Harmon
c, Bri-dget, was •a sister to' the. emisituate in Bcxwha.ge in psh. of DrixH oyt, the pain~t:.king and ,scholarly
ent Sir Ferdin.ando Gorg-es' ,first
ham, now in occupation of John
cd1tor adds a footnote to the subwife,
Mary,
and
these
women
were
FinclJmore; also all · closes of land
ject or' Kittery, and says: WM
Hle nam.e
, he dnuP-hters of Sir Thomas .Ful'\Vni-: pro.ha·'}ly given• to it by Chamknown ,b y OOJTle of Mouthe Parkes,
ford of Fulford. Captain Fi;-ancis was
by estimation thirty acres, in the
·pernownc or by Alexander ·Shapth!! favorite and trusted nephew of
p,adsh
of Brixham, and oocupation
leigh." Mr. Hoyt a1s~ - quotes a ,MS.
Gorges. '
,h;ttcr o.f Mr. T. Lids•tone, of Darto.f J.ohn Upton. .Ailso one messuage
Arthur.
Champernowne,
father
of
,
mouth Engln,nd, concerning Kittery
& p.arcel of land- known 1by the name
Captain francis, was born in 1580,
Court,' on Kittery Point,.. in "the . anof the Castell (castle) grounds, by
and d:ed •between 1652 and 1657. He
estimation eight acres, in occupation
cient ~own oi Kin.gswear, (County
was .ownj!r and ,part o,wner of many
of John Bowhage. Also two ~esof Devon , on the ea~tern bank at
vessels of
DaTtm.outh (opposite
.auages & three gardens si,tun.ted in
'the mouth of the river Dart. ''.The
lGngswear) and among these vessels
bend of the l'iver at . Kittery Court
Kin~swear in occupation of William
were the' Chudle.i,gh, Saint Nichol-as,
Vittery. Also .messuage & one garf.orms ,a 1>:oint called Kittery, .Point."
_M-:try, Bridget, and the Benediction,
Of this more is now know,n.
den ' in Kingswear adjoini111g the
a nd in the last .named he was a part
Churchyard in occupation of John
Mr. Stackpole per.forlljfd a v~ry
'Owner with AJlexander Shapleigh o.f
Bar.rtlett," ,.and two other p"arce!s.
J'!):>od senice in d~sposi11g of the s:Uy
'l'otnes.
This paper is signed by George
fictions that had accumulated about
As early as 1622 Arthur ·Cha.mCary..
,
:the name. He readily found · thit all
pernowne had
com.rnission from ihe
T.he l'ease or possession of Kingsthe c11rront .t ales and legends a,nd
Council for New England permitting
wear prope1 ties by the Champer~uesses about the word belonged
is vessel, the Chudleigh, to trade
now:nes appears to begin in 1591.
"to the realm of imagination." ("Old
and fi sh in the waters of New EngKittery," page 139.) . Regarding t~e
Miss C. Eaizabeth •Cham1>ernow.ne,
land. There is no reco1·d of Arthur
persons for whom the place . was said
who has c-areiully made tihe extracts
Champernowne ever coming io Amfrom the papers, in a note says, "the
to have been n11med, he _ could "Jlnd
•rica. It ,is understood that Captain
Castle lands appear to ' have been
1110 evjden·ce that any such . pe~sons
Oh~mpernowne first came here in
held on a leaso for seventy years
~ver iiv~d." Of course ·they never
from about i5Dl."
t he Benedictiop. .But the Chudleig:h
lived. "Kitty,. Ray~' and ~h9'.se other
kvas proha,hly here in the sprin g of
T,his year (33rd Q. Eliz.) there is
"nishorical" personages , must take
1623. Dr. Tuttle sug.gests tha t the
an agreement "Between John Fell of 11
their
pla,ces
,vitli:
the famou s
Chudleigh ",m ay have had the for.
Totnes, .Surgeon, . & Gawert
·'Humpty, Dumpty."
g-otten ~distinction of bearing to the
pernowne of Dartmgton. In cons1d-1
Mr. ,S~ackp.ole suggests tha,t "H
Pascataqua some ,of the fathers of
era,tion of £21 -to John Fell by Gawen
is cei·tain that Alex•a.nder Shapleigh,
that early settl·emen-t, begun at this
Ch:ampernowne, in the na.me of :i. 1
;vho puilh the first' house at Klttery
ffyne,
do-th devise to Gawen Clulrh- 1
time."
Certai1;1ay
this
is
the
nearest
1
Point> about. 1635, came from a place
pernowne all that one close of land
nf , any information we have about
~a,lled Kittery Point
,in Kings·this ear,Jy settle.merit.
called th~ Castell Gr.ounds, occupa~
.vear( e), near Dartmo-uth, England,
tion of Jhhn Bowhage, & also all
amd ,without doubt he gave <the name
The "name of Kittery appears for
that CoaM ( ? ) and aU those old
l,to th!l tipot where he ·b uilt Kiititery
•the first time, so :far as · one can
walls known by the name of the old _
Point wa~ eo ca.Ned .before the name I learn, Jn a -mortgage deed, dated
Castell of Kingswear, reserving to
Kittery was given to the to'wnshi:p,
December 20, 1635, ~overing .one of
John Fell & his heirs Hberty to dig
, in iall -probability." (•B ut Dr. Tuttle
the Kingswear properties, and which
quarries on ithe cliff and ingress :for •
,ays Sbapleigh w.:i.s ·of To.tnes or
istate Arthur Champemownc .am:!
taking stones &c. for the term of
Dartmouth.) .
,
'
is son -and heir . Henry, seem to
three scoi-e ,& ten years.''
• Alexander ,.~ hs.pleigh was tlie faave jointly held'.
In 1606, (3rd James I) there is a
tl\er of Ni?holas •Slta~f!igh, :'a; ' large
Mis•s C. E1i~abe'th iChampex:now.ne,
lease "between John Fell and Chris.:
landowner m Kittery; an9 otner parts
of the present ' fam·iJy of Totnes,
ten Bow4en, now the wife of Francis
?:f M·:i,ine, a prominent sh1p-bui)der,
thr.ough, !\fr. Hine'-Hnycock of the
Bowden,
. & ' Edward V1tt.ery and
a.nd exercised .much ·irufltience." ,NichKittery , Court, has f.cn,warded to l
Marie Vittery, her .' children," ·b y
~-1a.s .Shapleigh "emigrated to Maine
Hon. Justin H. ,Shaw 10f IUttery, ex\Vhich these three came in possession
pr.obably sometime . previous
to
tracts !from nineteen deeds covering
of
two messuages, two gardens and
1640." Alexander S·hap\eigli ' (<the fa.
the various Ki,ngswear '-estates, dat"one little ·piece of lanci" lately in .oc-.
·ther)· ''was -p-emna.nently settled in
.ing ' from 'the -second year of -the
cupation,_' of William Vittery, for her
Ki.ttery- as early as 1640." ("HistorJreign <>'f Edward VI ( 1549) _to 1654.
life.
'
kal '.Papers," '.page ·112; , n5>te 3.Y ,.
Six small deeds, the earlier ones,
In
a
deed
of lease made in 1610,
The JlMle ol Afexarid~r •Shapleigh
are stated to ,be in La.tin. Judge
which document is said to be in ba<l
does n.ot 'appe.a.r in any of the deeds
Shaw ,has copied thes.e extracts for
condition across the middle, appears
o:t the ,J<;itte_ry property in .K.ingsuse in a new history of KiLlery.
"Richard, Champernowne of Modw;ear, but stnangely enough, a Nich.A!s early as the twenty~seeond
bury, in the County of
Devon
o'1as ,Sha.~eigh a.p~rs as an o,wner
year of, the reign of Queen ElizaKnight." One can only get the fragalmMt a centul'Y . af.ter :the setltle1heth ·(1580) •R obert Oary of Clovelly
ments of the details in this paper-'
mmt of <the American Kittery. 'l'he
seems to have leased an -estate in
most applicable of the information
Kingswe•ar to William Vittery and
n.u•v at hand is that the ,English Kit. ar,g-er Vittfil}'._ chiLd.ren of. John
tery estate was a<;tually in ,t he possession of the G,ham_pernownes dur' n,g- the ,settlement of our Ki,ttery.
j of
I
I
a
C~-1
I
�font "whereas, the s.d. Sir Richard
specified in th.1s last deed. There is a ory, a h;,i"se ~utsid~ my ga.t,es;-i.
C~ampemownci is now possessed for
rfu~ther deed of 1640 between the I still .called ·by that name.
· "The. point off
garden wall has
chvers years yet to come
1same parties, apparently, . which
in one cantell commonly ~alled ;oi
seems to convey "two-thirds of the alw~ys been known · as Kittery Point,
Godmyrocke, & sometimes called by
:::iessuage, &c," but the paper is in :;ind the oldest residents here tell me
the nam~ of the old Castell' of Kingsuch bad condition that no complete that they hav1/never known it as any~w:car &i; and huildings, orchards,
copy could be made.
thing else.'' · •
closes of lands, commonly called .th(;
Deeds made in 16:JS and 165-• se,;m
Mr. Hine-Haycock ~ays that he ha~
/
~stell Ja,,ds & gardens and othe:·
i"to descr,ibe s imik.r properties. The 1 been told the word "Kaye" as used,
, . to the said castell bet·papers o[ 1638 are a good deal dam- means a shipyard, and it is assumed
loi;iging &~
.
.
.
.
Johrl
\(;ged. "John Follett of Kingswear, that the American synonym is
Fell sometime of Totnes, Chyi-urgiori,
/,iooper," is mentioned. This family "quay," which we pronounce as "ke",
~nto Gawen Champer11owne of Dartname will hear further investigation.
and which · with us ' also . means a
mgton
.
.
.
. the sd. Si'·
_The deed of July 20, 1654, is by AmiRichard Champcrnow(le Clf Darti..nl!' ,
as Champernownc and Gawen Cham- wharf or landing place, especially a
ton doth devise, transfer & se1l un~J
pemown o (brothor!i of 'Francis) to walled wharf.
The reasons for supposing that
Arthur Champernowne of Dartin .
their nephew, Arthur Champernowne
Kittery may have been •a - corruption
ton
·
•
•
.
a.11 the Castel II
(son of Henry).
1 It is impossible, of course, to conlands etc . . . ancl all my whol te
or a confusion of the family name of
)ect these prop2rtie!l very much con- Vittery, are very convincing. ' First,
esta~ ,for a ter~ of years."
/
Leases m:1de rn 1611 and 1612 menecutively. Miss Champernowne sug- the name seems 'to have originated
t;on first "a messuar,-e pallace & herb
•ests that "perhaps Mr. Hine-Hay-I on this Kingswear property. That is,
g:1n.lcn," aacl "a messuage & one gar1;ock may be able to say upon com-I the documentary evidence exists of
a,!"ln pea1· the · i:hurchyard." A deed of
parison of the deeds at Kittery the n~n}e 1a11pearing ' there ii1 lllS5,
l 61~ c::mveys "all that one messuage
whetJ,er others of the properties or 55 years after , the Vittery family
& te'.1em;i_nt, one Pallace & Herbgarmentioned are comprised in the Kit- was named in the deeds of .the Kings•
den m h.mgswear, formerly in occutery Lands." She also suggests that wear properties. No _other English
pation of John Pen;to now in occu"ptrhaps
Arthur
Champernowne origin .o f the name has ever , beei1
.
'
oc• Wm. Hawley."
raired money on ·Ms Kingswear prop· suggested. The Vittery family a.p- ·
1pat ion
The mortgage deed or lease of Delerty in order to settle his ~on Fran- parently lived for a long _ time on
cember 20, 1635, in which the natne
,ci s in America, as this transactio11 som~ part of these later Champer:.
of1 Kittery fir.st appears, and which as
'rn1s lhe year before Francis left for nowne properties. .- The name ap·
· far as known, perhaps, is the oldest
ishe New World."
pears in the .. English deed;12 . yr.arii I
writing in this respect in existence I
A deed made May 8th, 1723, menbefu, !:\.the incorporation of our Kit~s a long and comr,Jicated document'. 1
tioned in a letter of Mr. Jline-HayMiss Champernowne says it has two
cock t o Judge Shaw, na mes "Sussa: tery. 'l~e English Kittery has been
named long-, enough to bc·· ••commonly
cuts or mutilations through it.
It '
,v:.!r Shai,lc.igh, ., <iS :.tt,on,\'!y l o N. ·
is ·, ''between William Bogan of Gat- '\
Shapleigh," who, for ten pounds, sold called Kitte~•.tt '• rt 11ad so J:>ecome a'•
combe & Andrew Langdon of Clifton
t o John Fov;nes, "All that site or ruin name·, and dlstinciivo ,en,ui~ t~ €'"1
Dartmouth merchant of the one part
of an ancient messuage dwelling recognized. ln fact, .its· 01;1gfo seems
& ,Arthur Champernowne and Henry
house or Kaye, commonly called Kit- to be explained in, this phrase, "com•'
Champernowne hi~ son ancl heir.''
tery, bounded on West by River and 1nonl:1-· called Klttei'y." It- is • more.
It "Witnesseth that, whereas the
Harbour of Dartmouth, No1th and probaple,· as it y.,itl al5pear, l that the
sd. Sir Arthur Champerno,vne and
South by land of John Fownes." This confusion may have arisen over the
first, rather than in
John Upton of Lupton, Robert Sav"N. Shapleigh". is described in a par- w~-itteri V{0 ·d
~ry of Willinge, Henry Champeragraph of the same letter as "Nicho- some slip of pi.-onounciatioh. ·
(the. ~am.tis of Klttery' ·and Vittery,
nowne, ~ogether wii~1 _ John Upton, !
las Shapleigh,"' of Kittery, in tht>
Robert Savery of . W1llrnge, by their
County of York, in the Province of t\s written in --the ·usual Ehglish hand1
d~ed
bearing date of the
date I
Massachi;setts Bay, New England." are almost .identical, for in this te•
h\\reof, for and in consideration of
spect the nht of the capital letter K
Ilut this was a hundred years afteithe sum of £1118 to them the sd. Arthe settlement in our Kitter·y. H~ ~s huide' precistily th!l 'way . the
thur Champernowne & Henry Cham·
appears to have been absent by hav- hand makes the full capital letter V.
pernowne by the sd. Wm. Bogan for
ing Sussanuh Shapleigh act for hirr. '.fhe finishing strokes of K are invllri& towards the payment of the 'debt
, as attorney. So that the Nicholaf !ibly separated from the , first forhl\l.·
of Arthur ,' Ch.::mpernowne & · Honry
Shapleigh of this deed may have beer
Hon o,! the letter, ,or the V:1ffuape beChampernowne, ancl of the · sum of
confused with some other of.· that
ginnll1g.- N1fo1efous exanip\es •of t,h1s
1
20 p. to each of them the scl., 'John
fam<ily of an · earlier date, or he may !!lmifatity have beon preserved fQ
Upton &. Robert Savery by the sd;
!have been a later Shapleigh of th~ ¢omparlson in the consider:i.tion of
Wm. Boga,.n for and towards the• said
I same first name.
prob!\bi}it~.
. ·
.
. _
debt (the W!!Ole !;1.11,u,; of money beif,lg
' The former owners prior to 1717 ·\this
Anott\er example of the variation,
a great and valuable consideration)
mentioned in the deeds belonging tt in names has ' already beeh seell ih
und the same therebY, fomi.ally ac•
Mr. Hine-Haycock, are named in hi~ connectton with tM ~istory of t.bis
knowledged," etc.
letter as "Cha.nwernowr,e, Agonor, same Muse or estate, at\tl in .fact in
"Have ·granted, · alienated &c unto
. Barnes (spelled "Barnos"), Thomas
11
tho same Wm, Bogan or A1idrew
Ailwyn, Mary 'Marson, widow, lega- the same deed, where the · :tfatnes"
Langdon & ~o the heirs of Wm. Botee ar•d devi·see of will of T. Ailwyn, 1-Iou!Se . deiiendecl. fol: its name \lpbn
the fhl'nllY name spelled "Bnrncls."
gan for ever, All that messuai~c &c
; :mrl Thomas Allwyn; nephew of T
commonly called by the name of God·
I Ailwyn of Stepney, county of M,iddle• Here is a\so ahoihet' evid~nce thnt~
the name of the house depended upon
myrocl~e1
otherwise
GodmatockE1,
1 sex."
.
1
Qtherw1se the 0ld CastNl of l{,ing;
September 28, 1717, H. Marson & the family Mme, nntl: fUtthei• • consweai•," and various other parcels. T. Ailwyn sold to John Fownes of ftrtfts the conelu!liol'I thl\t :tdttery ~✓118
"A_nd also all that messauge te~eNetbway, Brixham, Devon, "All that it fth!t atld originally V1ttecy 1 and
ment Pallace & Kaye commolHy
~essuage or dwelling house common- froltl tl\e Vlt~rt fim11y. ·
called Kitte1·y, with their ai1d every
Anoihet itni.ibttafit · ptf)b~biht!•: to
; 1y -calle~ Ki:tery House, or Barner
of their appurtenances situated in
1 House, m Kmgsweal'," ·
considered was the disposition of
Kingsweat," etc. The ,Champernownes t'
the Champernownes to giv'3 the Dev_In his letter to Judge Sha.w, Mr
had until 1640 in which to pay off
onshire names to their New World
H1_ne-Hayco~k says: "I purchaser
the n\ortgt1ge according
to the terms
properties. In the grant of "five
, this ~ous_e m 1911, and have alwayP
.
.:. :J
\
been anxious to find out its past his• hundred acres. more or !ess," by
tory.,._ ~eyon<l the title deeds, howGorges to A1thur Champernowne,
eVITT';'T"ll:!.Yi!71Ut-y\:L - .m-udt ~
-.r o1
~nd referring- to the island property,
Previious to 1717, so I am toW, ther,
1t was provided that it was to be
were no such things as deeds in thr
called Dartington, "do11btless in hontransf~r of hou se property. Thir ·I or of his native parish in Devonhouse 1s supposed to have been :,
shire.'' The other · tract, of about
mona stery at one time, and the Pri- "five hundred acJ·es of r.11.nrsh land,
my
I
at
same.
j
be
�on the northeas~ side of Bra'poaJ
barbor," was to be called Goumyrocke, the name that has appeared in
the deeds hereinbefore quoted.
Chauncey's creek was given tbe
name of Champernowne's creek. The
nam_e should not have been changed,
and it should again be given its original nv.me. This is the sentiment one
finds in lCittery. Captain Francis
had a name for eac~ of his two residences, the upper and lower hfluses,
the first named being where the residence· of Mr. John Thaxter now
stands, on Cutts-Dartington; the
lower house being on the property of
the lllte Theodore Keen of Kitt2ry
Poin1:, both places being among the
beautiful spots along the ocean front.
Not only is. it likely/ that the Champernownes gave us the name o'f Kittery, but Dr. Tuttle also credits Captain Fr.ancis Champerno ne with
7hn"\'Ttlg giwa \,
·.:owH -.,1
cn:t:In-o.l'I
in New Hampshire its name. He
, says: "While his father, as we have
seen, was the proprietbr of a largct
.t ract of land on the east side of the
mouth ,of the Pascataqua, which
Fro.ncis probably was authorized to
look after, he select~d for his pl'irtci_pal reiidence at this time a tract of
land lying in a .picturesque. region on
the southerly side of the Great bay
1nd east of the Winnicut river, within the pre$ent town. of· Greenland,
then a part of Strawberry · Bank,
now Portsmouth, in New Hampshir~.
This I farm, comprising about 400
..,".\Cres; he- purchased 'of .Robert ·Saltonstall and others, owners of a portion
of the "Squamscott P~trnt," SO·
called. This estate he immediately
improved by building a dwelling
house and other . structures thereon.
· rhe farm {vas· then usually called
.Greenl81'd, and this name was communicated to a portion of-the town in
which it la.y.
Again, we have the
same process tbat likely took plac~ in
Kittery, when a. portion named Kittery Point became Kittery late,·
when a · name was found for the
township.
· Mr. }loyt's editorial explanation on
this subject of the Greenland farm is
that' "Greenland as , the name of a
hamlet or of a parish WflS not unknown in England. There was anciently a cove or dock in the harbor
of Dartmouth
called 'Greenland
.dock.' -The mime must have been familiar to Champernowne from. his
boyhood days, and h_e it was undoubtedly who bestowed t:he name on his
~vm at t~e 9reat b!!:Y, Th~~~me' appears for tbe first time,on the recordi; of Ports111outh under the date of
July 10, 1665, ana it came at length to
be applied to. tJie eastern ' part' of
Portsmouth; a.nd when that part -was
2rected into a township it retained,
1s it still retains, the name bestowed
Champernowne.''
It- is, extraordinary that ' these ,olrl
, eds, should have been preserved, to
have to conie to light at this date, between 350 1 and 400 ' years after their
'.l'lakin$, to· give up this lntert>sting
\nformati,.;,i. about the name of the
1ldest town in Maine; and -to Mr.
Hine~Haycock and to Miss Cliampernowne, the historian owes a great
t
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HISTORICAL ADDRESS
·t"Our chapel occupies part of the the _school in the· past. We also have
"The year 1932 is one of celebra- si e,,wh re once stood the residence copies of lesson books that were in
tions and annivenmries in Sl. John's of l ~10111as Pacer, Sheriff of the use nearly 100 years ago.
Parish. One hundred and twenty- Prov111c~ previous t, 0 the Revol t ·
"A chronological record of the
five years ago the cornerstone of the It1 wa~ 111 this hom;e that l~~~~ church school has been prepared
present church was laid. Two hun- \~ ~shmglon was boarded durin hi~ showing the enrollments each year
dre<l years ago Queen's Chapel ,vas v1~'.t, to Portsmouth in 1788.
g
and other facts that have been poserected, being the second church of
~L John's Church School ,vas or·- sible to secure.
the
..John's.
hun- ga111ze(1 112 years ago, in the• vear
"The school seems to have reachdred parish
years of
agoStSt.
John'sOne
Chapel
1820 • allcl ,rn~ lhe first chi:1rch ed its height in size from 1880 to
was erected.
school formed m the diocese of N
1883. During this time the enrollDuring the autumn and winter of Ha 1 I ·
- ew ment was 306, the largest it has ever
nd
1831-32 St. John's Char)el was built E<
:1 PS lire, achurch
is the school
second oldest
◄ P(SCopal
in the been .. The school had been steadily
on State Street by the parishioners U111led Slates.
growmg from 1862, during the pasJ . Fisher Sheafe donating the land'.
The designs were selected by the
"ql:riS! Church, Doston, more torates of Dr. Thomas F . Davies,
Rector, Rev. Charles Burroughs. familiar!)'. 1;nown as the Old North R~v. Rufus W. Clark and Dr. J. F.
The chapel was built lo :iccommo- 9hurch 01 1 aul Revere fam<', organ- Rmgham, up to this time.
"During the period from J880 to
date the Sunday School, Bible izcd a St1llclay school in 181G and is
th
Classes, and the rector's lectures. It th e oldcS t school in New England 1883 the Rev. Charles Holbrook
was opened and dedicated on Sept.
at has continued to the pre;ent rector of the church, was superin~
d
tendenl. He was untiring in his ef13, 1832 by Bishop Griswold, Bishop day,
t aJ1 probably in the United for~s with the young people of the
of the Eastern Diocese. This event is S ales.
recorded in the diocesan reports as
"In
Portsmouth two Sunday parish. In 1877 he established a
follows:
schc~ols ,';'ere organized simultan- home for destitute children which
"A small chapel belonging lo St. eously. I he South Parish organized was nourished by the parish and
Jolrn's Church, erccle(l bv the a Sunday school in its chapel on later became the Chase Home for
munificC'nce of the parishioners and Wentworth Street in 1818. A Sun- Childrc~. The Portsmouth Hospital
some otlwr benefactors, on a val ua- day school was also formed in that was a direct outgrowth of the misble central lot of land presented by year in the Brick Vestry of the fionary chapter of St ..John's Parish
J. Fisher Sheafe, Esq., for the pur- N orlh Parish on Fleet St. It was begun _by Mr. Ho!brook. Mr. Hovey:
pose of public lecture· ancl scrip- later held in .Jefierson Hall and in- becommg rector m 1883 carried on
tural classes. was completed last eluded the children of the city with- and finished the work b;gun by Mr.
Holbrook.
September, and on the 13th of that out respect to denominations.
"In 1927 the school was reorrranmonth was opened by suitable reli"These schools were not, strictly
gious services by Uw Ht. Rev. nishop speaking, the first organized in iz d and has continued to the preGriswold, who a!Ho preached an ap- Porl~;111oulh. Mrs. Amos Tappan, sent time with the adm inistration as
propriate digcourse for the occasion. sister of Rev. Dr. Buckminsler, col- begun at that time. The present enWhat rendered the day p culiarly lectecl the numerous negro children rollment is 260, and while it mav
interesting was that it was the com- in town at her house every Sunday not be possible in the present times
mcmoration of the 100th anniver- and gaYe them religious instruction. to attain the size of 1880, we can try
gary of the erection of Quc<'n's This was continued for several to make our school as effectual as
Chapel. Prayers were read by the years and was probably lhe first possible, perhaps exceeding the past
in other ways.
Rev. G. W. Doane, now Bishop of Sunday school in New England.
"It is well for us who cherish the
ew Jersey, and a centennial ser"Rev. Dr. Burroughs organized a
mon preached by the rector. The church school in 1820 for his parish, past of our glorious parish, surRev. Drs. Eaton and Morse, the lat- being our prescnL church school. rounded as we are with evidences of
ter rector of SL Paul's Church When organized, New Hampshire it~ accomplishments, to preserve its
Newburyport, and Mr. L. M. Purdy had not been made a separate dio- hlStory and traditions; and yet we
wcre present and aided in the servi- cese, and the parishes were few and should not think only of these
ce •. The chapel seemed a 11roper and scattered. There were but seven things, but strive to push on to
beautiful 9ffering to be presented on church centers, and now there are greater and better things, making
our work of the present of lasting
that day to the Divine Preserver of 63.
the Church for the last century.
"There is not much that can be va Iue to the generations to come.
"l would like to close with a quoSuch a monum nl declared in some- said about the history of a church
thing more exprcssi,·e than words: school. J ls ac'tivities are so much the tation from Charles Carroll Hall's
'Hitherto hath lhe Lord hc>lped us.' same from year to year that there history of St. John's Parish:
"When originally built the scats is litlle variation oYer a period of
" 'If you wish to see my monu faced the cnlrn11cc, and the pulpit lime. YeL who docs not cherish the ment, look about you; so reads the
was bclw<'<'n lhe two doors of the memories of their church school visitor to St. Paul's, London, as he
vc•slibul<'. In 1870 an <'nla rg-enw11l clay:-i, and llir Christmas Fcslivals stands in that vast cathedral, and
on the south end was added, congisl- and l'icnics '! A8 Aldrich stales in sees around him on all sides the eviing- of a chancel and~·t1coves for a his 'Story of a Bad Boy' : 'l like the dences of Sir Christopher Wren its
library, and lhe scats were made to sabbath-school; there are bright designer and builder. To that s~me
face the opposite direction, tov,•anls young faces there, at all e\'ents.' The great architect is due our church of
the chancel. The interior was also parish record:; contain ver.v little in- Sl. John's, for among the minor
redecorated with painted frescoes formai_ion regarding the church works of Wren is the old parish
an<l mottos. During lhrse altera- school, probably because il has al- church of Chelsea, England, of
tions the church school met in the wa.vs been so much a part of the which St. John's is said to be an
galleries of the church, lhe superin- parish life. The diocesan reports exact reproduction.
tcndent standing in fronL of the or- co11::1in !!P.nPral statistics rach vear
" 'The interior, thus copied from
gan. In 1915 the chapel was disman- and it is from this source that we Wren's church at Chelsea, has been
tied and the buildin" fitted for a l have been able to sup1)ly what universally admired for its fine
parish house.
..,,
- ~~ \ records we were lacking. Some of proportions and architectural exactthe record books of the school have
been preserved, and are quite inter- ness. Its galleries, with supporting
es ting to examine, showing met hods Doric pillars, and their Ionic col\ of administration and activities of umns u holding the roof, give a dig-
I
�nity to its appearance of w nc
there remain today but few equall
good examples. The graceful lines
of the chancel, wherein the Creed,
Lord's Prayer, and Ten Commandments are lettered upon panels beneath an arched cntablature, upborne on pillars with carved Corinthian capitals, are of admirable design and command the approval of
the most critical observer. It is indeed
a
dignified ecclesiastical
structure, both within and without,
and we of the present generation,
whose privilege it is to worship
therein, may well apply to it the
words, which with great appropriateness may be said to represent
St. John's today, as 'Our Holy and
beautiful house, wherein our fathers
praised Thee.' "
~~~~
~-~~~~~
~ . \<:t3";).
a.aked .Aug. 16,
G. W. Haven "
author "of wha.t seems to be the fir~t
American translation from the prose writings of Heinrich Heine. It bears the
tit!~, 'Letters AuxJllary to the History or
Pohte Literature In Germany. Translated
from the /!e;;na~. by' . G. . W. Haven,'
Boston, l!XSO,
G, W. Haven" wa.s
doubtle1u1 George Wa.111s Haven of Portsmouth, N. H., .A. B., Dartmouth 1828
A. M. Hon. H&rve.rd 1889 (Harvard Quin:
auennlal Catalogue, 1005), -who wa11 twentY•
elght yea.rs ot e.ge In 1836, the year In
which this book was published, and of
whom 'l find the following account:
George W. Haven (Admitted Federal
Fire Society, Portsmouth, N. H., 1846), son
1
of John Haven
(F. F: S.;17 !l), Graduated
at Dartmouth College 1838' [lS!!S-see above.
J. F.) He attorward11 stud1ed In Gcrme.nY,
where he met the ta.n1oua poot Goethe, to
whom he had letters o! Introduction, and
other German literary men. His knowledge of German and ita.lle.n literature was
extensive. He we.a also well read In the
science ot political economy. He we.s tor
forty yea.rs a. Director of the Rockingham
Bank. He delivered lectures In Portsmouth
on Dante, on political economy, and on
be.11klng. Mr. Haven resided In the house
on Islington street, erected by his father
In 1709, which we.s demolished (a hundred
years after Its erection) to -make room tor
tM new High School Building, which now
occupies Its site. IJe died there August 9,
1805 aged eighty-seven years.
(Federal Fire Society of Portsmouth,
N. E:,t Organized March <l, 17, O. P11bJlshed oy the Society, 100:i, pages 63-66.)
May I add that on the house No. 32 Craven street, Strand, Che.ring Cross, London,
e. few doors trom No. 36, where Franklin
resided from 1757 to 176'2, e.nd the greater
1111.rt of the Ume from 17M to 17715, the two
periods of his stay In London, a.s related In
Notes a.nd Queries, June 18, 1014 (No. 832),
there ls a. ta.blet pla.ced by the London
County Council, with the following lnscrlpt1cn;
['1\Wo la.urel bl'&Mohe• orosaed.J
G-13.
1. R. E. T.
191:i, ''who was Mr.
c.
L. C'.
Kl!l:t.'llRIOH
REINE
German Poet
a.nd I!loaa.ylst
(1700-1866)
Lived Here
1827
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HERE DWELT- A- COLONIAL ARISTOCRAT
l
tended to suggest a .costly wood. On
the boards of the pine floor which
abutts this section, there 1s an unworn
the floor and which is bordered by ·
many small holes made by tacks that
have held the edges of carpets that
came only so far. Clearly the sharply
defined unworn floor space was covered
by a large piece of furniture which' cxtended In height to the beginning of
the white paint near the ceiling.
Mrs. Wendell tells me that they
know just what this piece of fumlture was; they have a ploture of It and
that it is still in the i1ossesi.on of a
branch of the family. It is a mahogany
sccretary-bookoose of what might be
called early Chippendale or mld-Georgl"-n type. If that should sometime
find itself again in the precise place in
which it stood before for a oentury and
I\ half an additional dramatic and
antiquarian Interest would be attached
to this old dining room of Capt. Archil:lald Macpheadris, King's Counsellor
and merchant-shipmaster.
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·
By OARL GREENLEAF BEEDE
A Most Extraordinary Discovery
inother flno dwelling o! Ne* EngA' fe ture whioh will give antlquarl\d colonial days has been announced lahs the utmosb surprise and d•illght
IJ having Its doors open for the public. •is found in the dining 1·oom ancl the
ow, anyone who cares to do so may chamber above it--flrebacks still neatly
nter and become familiar with the bricked Into the fireplaces, .as they moot
ouse that sheltered one of the most have been for many generations, for
prominent families of the community one is dated 1765. These heavy iron
ot PorLsmouth ,N. H., 200 years ago. ca,sUngs bear deslgn.s whlo hare wholly
'l'hls 1s the 14-room Warner House, 1·e- urtlike In their motives and are plocently acquired by the Warner House tured above on this page. Very, very
!Association, Mrs. Barrett Wendell, a rarely, ln New England, are such things
rrsldent of the city, being a chief In- to be found in shops where one might
stlgator of the movement. Charter expeot them to be • . Apparently they
members of the corporation Include w~re seldom, if ever, bullt into flre..
people who are either residents of Ne,v pl~es in these states after about 1'170
Ji.ampshire or who spend their summerll arid it 1s likely many which' surv1veC11
there. · "
through a century or so after tha~
This house does not take its name may have disappeared as sorap iron.
from Captain Macpheadris, who ~tarted J Both of· these have recently come to
it 1n 1718 and finished It In five years, J light through removing the bricks
although a fair recognition of this which inclosed the fireplace opening.
prosperous Scotch merchant and King's They show indications of much use,
Counsellor should, it seems, be attach- so tnat the details of the sharpl
~d to It. The captain's wife was Gov. formed patterlll! are In part l_ost. Still
John Wentworth's daughter Sarah. enqtlgh is left to reveal one of then
Col. Jonathan Warner, also a member as tbe work of an experience~ de.~ign'o! the King's Counsel, married the only er, with 110 little skill of the sculptural
'd aughter, Mary Macpheadris, inherited sort, as one may see in the low relief
•the home of her parents and left it in of Gencrn I Wolfe and In the vigorous
his name.
profile or an Indian's head,
Architect's View in Another Column
Portraits Return to Former Pla.ces
' The size and character of this WarnIn other old houses we have seen
br House and the date of its construe- even several rooms which appear to
'tlon make It one of the most import- have been unchanged from the first.
ant examples of enrly eighteenth cen- Here thnt aspect prevails. More tha11
tury New England domestic archltec- that, four portraits which hung on
ture. lt is so conspicuously outstanding these walls before the ·Revolution, and
In this· respect that I have asked Mr. constantly uritll a few years ago, are
Philip Dana Orcutt, chairman of the now hanging there again, having bee:11
house committee, for the Society for either given or loaned to the Society
the Prnsenvatlon of New England An- by Warner descendant.,. Their aristotlquitics, Lo comment on ils details. His craUo pose, rlchnci;.q of costume and
views will be found in another· column. our knowledge of the men and women
· My own Impressions of it come of no whom they picture, give a peculiar sentechnical knowledge of its stylistic mer- satlon that the old rooms are about to
its, or its harmony throughout as he- become re-peopled with the pre-Revlonglng to a certain definite period. olutlonary elegant dames and digni:What gave me pleasuro in a greater tarles who once were really there. This
dcgreee than any house of its decade is another most happy outcome and
which I h,we visited was the unchang- surprising-that family portraits of tho
ed origin,'\! condition of the building, eighteenth century should be seen as
inside and out, and the presence of a they were originally on the walls of a
considerable number of objects which dwelling which Is semi-public property.
were there when Capt. Archibald Mac- Herc are five of them, four bearing the
pJwadris and his wifr, Snrah, presided inscription: "J. Blackburn Plnxlt 1761."
over the home, which Is believed to There are also a few pieces or the
have been the finest in '\II New Eng- Warner family furniture and somo sllland at that time.
verware from other generous descenNow,' the walls which we sec arc the dants. Some of these are mehtioned in
same as then, broken into simple and the d scrlption attached to the pictures
austere panels, although thcil' painted here.
color has been changed many times
Pl r.ln~ of 11 Bookcaso lR Deflnrd
since then. The brass latch locks th at
In tho dining room Is found highly
were put on the doors more th an 200 Interesting evidence of the form and ' '
:years ago arc still there, operating per- character of the pieoe of furniture
fectly. Nowhere In the house was a which stood galnst one wall. Many
later substitute found, al th ough some coats of paint cover the wall's upper
were of Iron and a few obscure doors portion, down three feet or so from the
had common wrought iron handles a nd high celling. Below, the ninEl paneling
thumb-latches of the era, usual tor Is
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which ls faded and dried with ago, but
Other original hardware, such a:; th e lt still shows efforts at decoration in~-and-L hinges on all the doors,
temain throughout, as do the butterfly
hlnges ..of the .~hutters anct some oloset
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Pilgrimage Sponsored by Portsmouth Garden Club Pro es
Success
Today under the sponsorship O'f the
Por~mouth Garden Olub six of the
noted historical houses of Portsmouth
were opened to the ·public a.nd wore
visited by a large number of interested people, many coming from the
summer oolonies a•t Ogunquit, Kennebunk, York Harbor. York Beach, New
Wentworth mansion, the home of Mrs.
James R. May, the Boardman house,
now the home of Hon. and Mrs. William E. Marvin, the J. Winslow Pelroe
ma.nsion, <the Unitarian Ohurch parsonage and the John Paul
Jones
House.
One or the finest of the old houses
View ot Haymarket Square Showing Peirce Mansion Visited During Pil-
grimage Today.
Castle, Eliot, Kittery Point, the Rye in this section is the Gov. Benning
beaches and Hampton, as well as a .,Wentworth mansion. Situated at Litlarge number from the North Shore ' tie Harbor, the building ls yery ploresorts at Gloucester, Magnolia and 'turesque, and with a little imaginaManchester by the Sea, tn Massachu-1 tlon one can plct.ire tht
romantic
setts, and from many other places. A marriage under that roof of Benning
large n.imber of local people also !Wentworth, one time governor of the
made th~ trip.
Pl'Ovlnce of New
Hampshire,
and
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That they found much to interest Martha Hilton.
them goes without saying and the en-1 The house and garden of Mrs.
tire da..; was one of much enjoyment. J•ames R. May, at 364 Middle street,
The houses were open from 10 .30 this ·!s another specimsn of the fine old
morning 'until 5.30 this afternoon 11nd
those visited were the Gov. Benning
�The parsonage of the Unitarian
Church, the home of Re\·. ar.d Mrs.
William Safford Jones, w::.s bdlt in
1749. The occupants of tru.s house
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delight in having visitm-s to inspect
tb.e lieaut.Hul house and earden.
The John Paul Jones a:ouse,
the
home 0£ the Portsmouth
Uistorical
1Society, is the only house ln the gro,1p
· open t;<> the publl.c at all times during
houses 1n this clty. The
building the summer, was also o:.. the list of
was erected in 1806 and today was the open houses in the pllgrlmage today.
first time the public has hacl an .op- This house at.tracts maur JV~itors
portunlty to visit it. TLe garden was during the summer, but like theman
an outstanding attractl011.
v;ho lived in the shadoW of a noted
The Boardman House, t.he home of . monument and never got around to
Hon. and Mrs. William E. Marvin, climbing lt, there are mnn.·
Portswas also open. This attractive house mouth resll1.ents who just haven't got
was built in 1800 by Langley, a.nd the around to -_,isiti'lg the house. Here
noted architect, Bullfinch, wh9
de- John P:!ul Jones •i?ed d.:..ing the time
signed the Portsmouth Public Library, the Ranger was being built a.t Bad.t he state Ho.1se in Boston and the ger's Jsla.nd.
. s. capitol, is credited with deAll the aoove
mentione<!
houses
,signing this mansion.
were on the itinerary and from 10. 30
The Peirce House .on Haymarket to 5.30 the mansions were inspected by
JOHN PAUL JONES nousE
Headquarters of Portsmouth Historical Society.
Sc;iuare is r.lways a delight to those lmany. During the morning ra.ln kept
who love the old-time archit-ect:..re. many nway, but in the aftemcnn the
The fanlight ovel' the front door at- numbers increased.
tracts the attention of ma.ny who are
The proceeds are to be used toward
passing through the city and the op- \ the fund for the creation of an oldportunity to view the interior o! this time garden at the John Paul Jones
historic mansion was most welcome.
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l\lso in Portsmouth, and but a short distance from the Warner House, ls the Wentworth-Gardner House, built
1n 1760, or a ge.Qeration later. This mansion is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, which has
turned it over to the care of the Society for the Preservation or New England Antlqultlcs. Closed for some years,
this fine building is now open to the public and may well be visited by all who see the earlier home here more fully
described. The Wentworth family was perhaps the one most prominent in pre-Revolutionary New Hampshire and this
Is the most pretiln1ous of several old homes to which the name is attached.
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Thi! Warner House in Portsmouth,
N. H., offers to architects, antiquarians
and 'that growing body or Americans
who turn to the earlier, purer period
of building for inspiration in the development of their own homes, a comparntively unspoiled example of both
the architecture and the decoration of
that period. An unusual number of
documents having ·to do with its construotton and furnishing are preserv1:id.
The :tiouse was built by Capt. Archl•
bald Macpheadris, a SOotchman in i'116.
It w~s remodeled twice, about 1780 and
placed in the room about 1760. The dlf,.
ficulty or moving it had preserved th~
section from the many coats of pain11
which now cover the rest of the room,
Tradition told or a secret cupboard
near the fireplace. The cupboard was
located by measurements, but the pro·~
per method of opening it was not dis•
covered. However, it" was possible to
,out into it from behind and to force it
open. The •legendary jewels were •not
there but-more interesting and valu:.
able-a section of plastered ce1llng, d.e:corated wlt-h paint. This 1B tho second
case known 1n New England of a deo;1850. 1
orated plaster oe1ll11g, but celllngs, by
.. :According to tradition, the brick their very prominence, tend to bo more
came !ro~n Holland, the loss at sea ot done over than anything else in I'
one ship load delaying the building. house.
These bricks are large but thin and Four fireplaces have been opened, In
are l~id in a bond of five or six c~urses three of which were found iron flr.i•
of stretches, alternating with a single backs, one or them dated 1769. Theso
course or headers. The walls are 18 were probably cast' in the iron work.I
inches thick and extend into the eel- established by Macpheadris, although
Jar, :forming their own foundation, after his death. These iron works were
stone foundations not being used here- the first 1n New Hampshire; -and of
abouts at this time. The plastering, the ·earliest in the country.
where it occurs ori the inside or outStill the Old Window Glass
sLd~ walls, is directly on the brick nnd ' Two pairs of the original sashes re••
is in , splendict condition. It was appar- main, with heavy mullions. They arc,
entl~ made from ground lime rock, glazed with crown glass. As the other
-with charcoal as · a binder.
sashes are glazed with crown glaSJJ
Tp.e bill of one Jno. Drew, dated wherever it survives, it seems probablet
1716,' itemizes the work. Plastering was that the old glass was reset in the new
12s. a yard and paint-was three;-wh1le frame.:;.
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Thi;; cupula was glazed with 103 small good advantage in establishing the,
English bulls eyes, or which one sur- proportion or the paneling. Three
vives. The roof still lacks its balustr"ade rooms and the hall are completely
parts or which were recently rescued paneled, as are the chimney sides of
from a cellar vault.
the other rooms on the second floor,
The latch on the front door was de- An unusual feature, is the narrow cor:.
signed with 110 thumb piece, but so rldor on the north wall or the second
that the entire plate may be· pushed floor, probably used for cupboards.
up from the bottom, thereby raising The mouldings around the firplacelJ,
the latch bar.
wherever original, leave space for threet
Murals Preserved on nail Walls
rows of tiles above the fireplace. Onet
The walls o! the hall are finely pan- of these is complete with tiles; one
elect in pine which was stained to slm- other has a single row o! tiles topped
ulate walnut, then used In English by a marbleized panel; 1n the other/I
homes. Over the doors leading from the the tiles are missing.
hall to the dining room and to the
Space does not permit going with
parlor are flat panels. we are not sure i::reater detail into the features o! tha
of the purpose of these, but on similar house or or propounding the many
panels Jn at least one other known questions which time, care, and pahouse there arc murals. Here, support- t1ence alone can solve. Suffice to say
ed by hand-made spikes, hang a huge that sharp ~~es and keen minds among
pair of caribou horns, traditionally 1 e- the many v1S1tors this summer will find
911ed to have been given to Mac-\here a rich field for discovery.
pheadrls by tlul Indians when he This house is one or the most inter•
bought the land from them. The back csttng or its period, and a distinguis,hed
door,, showing evidence of later , exa1_nple of generous and far-sighted
changes, admiLs a carpet of light.
Incluevement and preservation by tM
Tho stairs, rising with an "easy Warner House Association.
tread," are flanked with murals, flVidently telling a story the key to which Joseph E. Chandler of Boston, emin•
is yet to be found. on each side of the ent architect in appreclatlon of thl)
arched window stands an heroic figure, Warner House writes: "It would be dtf•
traditionally portraying Indians with flcult to name in the North, anothar
whom Macpheadris engaged tn the fur house of such outstanding mel'it as thl)
trade. Over the window is painted an MacPhcadris-Warner Ho11.~e, viewed a.it
East Indian canopy. Then follows a an architectural background for piali!e-size figure on horseback, said to turing the political and 60Cial life of
be Governor Phipps, but distinctly the early Eighteenth Century in one of
open to question as his portrait.
our mist important early maritiml)
In tho dining room the paneling towns. It ha.s fortunately been pre••
which runs from the floor to the cell- \ served to us thus far by the recent 00•
i.ng was originally marbleized. This was I cupants who extended to our day the
revealed by the absence of a large I fortunate social atmosphere which stlll
iece of furniture which had been Jpersists in its walls."
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Lo1rishurg Again to. Hear Peal
Of Bell It Lost 188 Y~ars Ago
Radio to Carry Notes of Old Bell Captured by Si~
William Pepp.erell at Siege of 174.S and Installed ·
in Portsmouth, N. H., Church
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PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 29Illstorical Possessions
A bell w!ll toll in the belfry of hisThe bell, however, is only one of
torlc St. John's Church here to- .the many valuable historical posnight and its peal will be heard for I sessions owned by the church of St.
the first time in almost 200 years in 'I John. Queen Caroline, consort of I
the town of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, '.Klpg ?eorge II, and for wl1om the
where it was captured and brought ! Queen s _ Chanel was named, pre- l
back to Portsmouth by Sir William sented the church with the "vinegar"
Pepperell during a siege against the Bible, published in 1717 by John
defia~t French fortress in 1745.
Basket of Oxford, the king's printer.
Radio will carry the vibrant notes A mistake was made in the guide line
of the old bell throughout all 11-t the head of ope page in the gosCanada in remembrance of and for pels. Forty_c;:opies were printed before
the future friendship of Canada and the mistake was noticed. Only four,
the United States. The bell-ringing however, are believed to be existing
is being sponsored by the Annapolis now.
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Rbyal Historical Association in
Queen Caroline also presented a
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the Associates of :Port Royal iii the Which is believed to be the one
tfnlted States. The program is one Washington 09cupied when he ,
in a series of good will broadcasts stopped there to worship. The church t
called the Old Acadia Hour.
also owns .wha.t is sa\d to be the first
The Louisburg bell, as it has been and . oldest organ in the United
known sin~ !ts confiscation by Sir States. It was originally th11 property
illiam; is perhaps one of the most of Mr. Thotnas l3rattle, who immous bells in the United States. por~d it from Iiondon in 1713 •. AcI hanks high among the cobweb:, cordmg to the "annals of Kmg's
in a church which owns one of the Chapel," where lt was in use until
four known "vinegar" Bibles in the 1756, the Brattle organ _"is the first
country. In this Bible, the "Para- organ that ever pealed to the glory
ble of the Vinegar" was printed in- of God in this country,"
stead "of the Vineyard." The bell
The case ls new, but the old wind
also has the distinction of havlnG' chest and most. of the pipes of the
been heard by George Washington original organ remain, and some of
who attended "Queen Chapel •~ ~ the notes still retain sweet tones. It
previous church building of ' the is now being tuned and will be
parish, in 1789, just after his inau- played for the first time, in more
·guration.• ,
than 30 year\,, on A,ug. 1~.
While the historic organ has reDug from the Rwns
mained silent, the old Louisburg bell
. A fire in 1806 destroyed the high above it continues to toll its
chapel. The bell was dug from the summons on every service day.
ruins but' the heat of the fire had What memories coulcl be ·awakened,
cracked the precious I possession of it. often has been said, if only the
the church. It was not. to be tones of the faithful bell could be
doomed, however, for the congre- interpreted. And what tales its
ga.tlon decided to send the bell to ponderous tongue could tell of ·those
Boston, where It was recast by Paul days and nigl,lts at Louisburg of the
Revere. '
assaults, overwnelming defeats and
Returned to Portsmouth, it was finally the victory by the ;English
stored until the new bulld!ng, the colonists.
present church, was bu!lt in 1807.
When the tower was ready, the bell
was.hoisted like a patriotic banner
to its top. Here, for many years, it
rang its tone 'of summons to rich
and poor, on sad and gay occasions.
But the constant clanging of the
tongue soon told on the brazen
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sides of the historic Louisburg relic.
In 1896, it became so worn and
cracked that its ringing was hushed
for a season while the old metal was
again taken to Bostort and recast
by the Blake Bell Company, successors to the Paul Revere Company
that did the same work 90 years
before.
During this recasting, a record of
facts was inscribed on the side of
the bell and the following, verse:
ANCIENT BELL
RINfiS ON RAOIO
Pealing from ~t. John's church her~
or Old Louisburg, car~
1ied 1rom that place by Sir William
Pepperell when he evacuated it in 1749
was heard for the first time by th~
People of the Maritime Provinces Saturday night. Between 7 and 8 o'clo,::k
its tones were broadcast over the J.ocal
station.
The occasion was "Louisburg Night ,.
under the ausplcet of the Associates ~!
the Ancient Habitation of Annapolis
R'.-'yal, of wh!dh Mrs, Frederick A.
R1chard~on of Cambridge is secretary
a~d the idea is , to promote mor~
fnendly relat.!ons between the peoples
of t~e United States, Canada and the
British Empire.
l the -ancient bell
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UNv.o~ s.~tc..
From St. John"s steeple
I call the poople
·On holy days
To prayer and praise.
Another quotation on the bell was
orlgu1ally inscribed on the "12
o'clock" bell tJl,ke11 from a Paris
oburch during the French Revolution. Its use at St. John's is appropriate because the ,famous Louisburg
l:lell ls believed to have been originally ca,5t in rrance.
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Can any correspondent add to the following gleanings on
th is .subject, stating, It possible, what year
these ships first came to the Plscataqua,
e.nd how many yearly, or how o!ten, with,
It possible, the nam es and tonnage or same;
and generally give any Information as to
the kind, size and numbers of trees reserved
!or His Majesty's use by the "Surveyor
Generals o! the ·woods thro'out North
America.," who appear trom 1731, at least,
to have been usually the lieutenant governors or governors ot New Hampshire?
Were masts and ship timber sent from
other ports to England for the use or the ·
RoyaJ navy, or were such articles exported commercially trom Portsmouth or other
Colonial ports?
17G2-"Portsmouth. Friday last [June 4,
176:!J H_ts Majesty King George the Third
enter'd the 25th year of his Age; on which
joyful occasion His Excellency, our Governor [Benning Wentworth. Governor, 17411767), gave an elegant entertainment to the
:Members o! His Majesty's Council and the
Honorable House ot Representatives, and
a Number or other Genllemen. at his seat
ln this Town, where his Majesty's and
other , Loyal Healths were drunk. At 12
o'eloclc the Guns at Fort \.Vlllla,m and Mary
[now Fort Constitution], and on board the
Man o! War and Mast Ships In this har-.
bour were discharged."
(The New Hampshire Gazette, Friday,
June 11, 1762.)
"Portsmouth.
Last Sunday [July 25,
t762) sailed from this Port with a fair
,vtnd, His Majesty's ship Launceston, or
40 Guns, Capt. Afillck. ror Great Britain,
having under his Convoy the three :Mast
Ships, viz: the Captains Darling. Hugget.
• and Mallard, with 12 sail beside, all bound
to Europe."
(Tim New Hampshire Gazette, Friday,
July 30, 1762,)
This wns during the "French and Indian War" (1754-1703), and •,captain
Afflick," w)lo "In 17r.9 wns promoted to
the Launceston, n IHth rate, of forty
guns
In which he appears to
have continued durln the r1Jmalndei: of
the war," became rLf!•wwnrcln Sir E,Jmnnd Afileclc, rear ndmlral, R. N., a~d
member of Parliament.
(Charnock's
"Illggraphla Navalls," London, 1798, vol.
vi., .pages 200-214.)
The New Hampshire Gazette of July
30, 11G!!, also states that th<•r!! "cleaMd
outwn.rds" at the "Cu11tom House, Plscataqua," during the week ending July
20, 170'.!-the "ship st. Georgp, Rol)ert
:'-falla.rd, for London"; the "ship Esse,c,
John · Huggct, for London": and the
"ship Plat?). Dealer, Samuel Npldred, for
London."
These- were doubtless the
three "mast ships" retorred to above.
No other "ships" cleared for Great Brit,
aln, and no one of the vessel,i clearing
for other parts
was
In
charge of
a Captain ''Darling." . The "ship St.
George. Robert 1Tallard, from Portsmouth," and the "ship Essex, John Huggett, from Plymouth, had "entered Inwards'' at the "C ustom House, Piscataqua,'' during the week Pndlrg June 4,
170~ • . as stated In "t h o Now Hampshire
Gazette" of that Clo.to, but no mention
or the nrrlval or tho "ship !'lain Dealer''
htts been round.
· ":Mast ships" must have come to the
Plscataqua. River bPfore 1700: tor-"Se,·Pral
mast roads were lni!l out at an early day
tin ancient Dover, N. II.) from the Bellam)', Cochecho, Lamprey, Oyster anct
Salmon Falls rivers, for the conveyance or
timber sulta'ble !or masts and other shipping purposes, especially for the Royal
n1wy, to be sent down the river to Portsmouth. Mention Is ma.de In 1r,07 of masts
sent his majesty trom the lands or Robert
Mason two years ~Jeforc.
(N. JI. Prov.
Pa'J)ers, 17: 510)" and "Tho Great :'11ast
Path Is mentioned the 17th, 12mo., 1117:!,
"\\'hen fifty acres were laid out to Peter •
Coffin 'on ye ·north side of ye great mast
path going Into ye, swamp.'"
('.rhompson's "f,andmarks In Ancient
Dover, N. H.," Durham, N. H., 1802, page
(Of>OO.)
".Mast
Ships"
•N". H., In Colonial days.
140.)
'Phrce ' mast coves" and
creek" on tho Maine side of the Pi
qua. River, which were so deslgnat
ago, are referred to In .Stackpo 's "Old
Kittery and Her Families," Lewiston,
Maine, 1003, page 110: .one of the coves
'being mentioned in a deed ~1f 76 and the
creek In a deed or 1703.
"1704, Nov. 27." The "arr. val or mast
ships In Plscataqua River Ne.," Is the
subject of o, letter, dat.ed..,(Doston," from
"J. Dudley to Mrs. Popple" (Joseph Dudley, governor, 1702-1716). "Colonial Papers,
lloard ot Trade, New England." ("New
Hampshire, State Papers. A List of Documents In the Public Record Office In London, F,ngland, relating to the Province of
New Hampshire," Manchester, N. H,, 18!l3,
vol. xxlll., page 303,)
"1710. Tho country sustained a. severe
lo.ss this year In the death or Colonel Winthrop Hilton. Ile ·was engaged In procuring masts, and w1th seventeen men went
about fourteen miles Into the woods to secure some trees he bad felled for that purpose. The Indians la)· In ambush, and attacked him In an unguarded moment. They
killed Hilton and two of his men at the
llrst fire. and took two prisoners, the rest
fled precipitately. The next day an hµ ndrcd men went' In pursuit of the enemy,
but did not overtake them. Th ey found the
mangled bodies of their slaughtered friends
and decent!)' 1nten-ed them."
(Adams's
"Annnls of Portsmouth," Portsmouth, , N.
H., 18'..!:i, pages 125-126.)
"1731. June 24th. David Dunbar, a native of Ireland, was appointed Lieutenant
Governor [Lieutenant Governor, 1731-1741)
o! the province [of New Hamp.~hlre) and
Surveyor General or the Woods. . . .
His salary as Surveyor General or the
woods was two hundred pounds sterling,
and the perquisites J1earJy one hundred
pounds, which were divided· between him .
and his deputies." (Ditto, page., 150-lG0.)
"lH~.
Dunbar had retained his ofllce
ot surveyor of the woods till this time. but
Thomlinson [John Thomlinson, a merchant
o! Portsmouth-"Annals" page 160) desirous
or obtaining the office for Governor \.Ventworth [Denning Wentworth, governor, 1741liG7), prevailed upon him to resign, upon
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payln" him two thousand poun<ls sterling.
H.c thei: applied to the Government and procured the appointment Cor Wentworth.' The•
salary waH eight hundred pounds sterling,
out of which he was to support four deputies.
He was obliged to relinquish his
claim upon the Spanish court." (A claim tor
fifty 01· sixty thousand dollars worth of oalt
timber s upplied the Spanish Go\!ernment
before his appointment as go,ernor. See
"Annals," pages 173-174.J
(Ditto, page
176.)
"1744. The ship o! war Astrea a.ocldentally took fire on the 17th day of 1
January and was entire!)· consumed. The
Astrea . • . was riding at anchor In the
Pool. . .
The Pool Is a broad sheet o{
deep, still water situated between the upper
end or Great Island [New Castle] and the
tov.'Tl [of Portsmouth), on the southerJyl
side ot the · river, with good ancboringground. The largest ship• can lie there In
safety, and the mast ships were usually
stntloucd there to t\l,ke In their cargoes.''
(Dlt lo, pttgc l7i>,) ' . .
·
"l7Gll. • Mr. : Johry Wentworth recolvCil his
commls~lon~ as governor o! New Hnmp.
shire [governor, 176T-1773) and as surveyor
of the woods In North America, on the
11th ot August." (Ditto, page 2f9.)
"1771.
Mast Contract.
This to Inform such persons as are desirous of contracting ror white pine masts, yards and
bowsprits, white oak knees, or standards,
white oak pipe, hogshead and barrel
staves, w1t11 heading, lath.wood, ash oak
rafters, etc., to apply to me or Capt.
Thomas Drown at Portsmouth.-Edward
Parry, Agent for the Mast Contract, Portsmouth, N. IL, Aug. ll1. 1771.''
.(Advertisement.
The New Hampshire
Gazette. _,,_ ug. 30,.JJJl..)
• "1737.
In the exe'cutlon of the office
ot Surveyor General, Dunbar [see above]
had excited a strong prejudice again.st
him 'In the minds of the people. They rega,rded the trees which grew on their land
as their own property, notwithstanding.
they were reserved tor the use or tlle
Royal Navy; and they felled and conveyed them to the· mills. Dunbar seized
the !Umber, and In several Instances riots
ensued and the Surveyo.r was obliged to
desist." (Adams's Annals, page 105,)
"1707.
To be sold by public auction, at Falmouth In Casco Bay, on
Wednesday next, being Oct. 2,-st [1767)
several masts, and · one bowsprit, which
mast and bovl'sprlt were seized by the
Surveyor General' o! His Majesty's Woods,
and condemne<l In the Court o! Vice Admiralty, as forfeited to His Majesty's
use.'' (Advertisement. The New Hampshire G;azette and Historical Chronicle, •Friday, Oct. 16, 1767, Portsmouth. Printed
by Daniel and Robert Fowl~, near :the
State House, In the street leading to, the
Ferry.)
"1769. One -tree suitable for His :Majesty's
use was found· Jan ..7, 1760, by the deputy
surveyor of the woods ,growing on the.farm
of "Dl-ir S-pauldlng-," o~ -Corn1sh, N. H., my
great xrandta~her, as shown by the ·followIng certificate, the original of which l,s no.w
be!ore me. Col. Dyer Spalding, as th~
name lc. now written, was •born In Plain- '
field, Conn., Nov, 14, 1732, a soldier In the
French and Indian wars; he was one of the
threE) first settlers of Cornl9h, N. H., In
J7G6. He was an offi<ier ln the Revolutionary war, and died at Cornish April 27
1814, aged 82." (Seo ''Th" Spalding Memorial," Chicago, 1897, pagos 108-118.)
"Cornish, January 7th li69.
"At the request ot Dier Spaulding or Cor•
nlsh \n the Province or New Hampshire 1:
have Viewed. til<;l White pine Timber stand·
Ing & growin~ on said Spau1dlrig's land
l yi ng ln ·Cornish.' West ot the Common
Road & 'Between sa.td Road & Connecticut Rive~ and also the Tlmber standin g
on th<l L1md about lo <lr 20 Rods Ee.st of
said Road on said Lot & I find none suitable for his Majestys Use ex<iept one Tree-standing West ot said Roadper Dan'! Jones, Dopy Surveyor
or ye Woods•
To his Excellency John Wentworth, Esq.,
Surveyor General of his Majesty's Woods
·rhro'out North America.''
�s
upJe.me/2ourt _at
,
_Much Interest to
Local P~ople
A rlecisi-on has just been handed "1865, :wd fivo sons. The eldest son,
.down in · the Supreme court in Con- :\1ark IL, <lieu January 11, J !l 02, leavcord which is of considerable interest ing one son, Charles_E., who died in
1912; the third son, J. Langdon, died
to all residents of Portsmouth. The
May 15, 1897, leaving one son, the
plaintiff, Charles C. Wentworth of plaintiff. The other three sons of
Roanoke, Va., a son of tbe late J. the testator died before Mark H.
Langdon Wentworth and a grandson without issue. Charles E. and the
of the late Ebenezer Wentworth of plaintiff were both living at the death
this city, claimecl the right of pos- of the testator, Charles K being the.
1
session of portraits of Governor Ben- . elder.
.
ning Wentwor th, of, Lieutenant GovThe portraits in question were poser.nor, John Wentworth and of the sessed by Mark H. during his Jife-0rmer•s·--sun. - ·.-·
time, and on his death by Charlr.a E.
These portraits formerly belongE}cl ·,.who -before his death pl:i.ccd them in
to Ebenezer Wentworth and are dis- the actual -custody of hi s sister, :\1iss
Susan J. Wentworth of this city, the
posed ·or~iii his will as follows:
"I give all my family pictures, ex- defendant, where they have since . rec;epting that of my father, before dis- mained.
The cleclslon was to the effect that
posed of, to.the eldest of my !lpns
who may be II vlng at the deceai,e of the plaintiff ls entitled to the po sesmy wife and tnyself, to have and to sion of the 1>ortraits but takes them
hold the same In trust to preserve In the language of the will, "in trust,
and to be tranoferred at his death, to to preserve and to tran sfer them at
my next eldest son then alive and so his death." It was also datec1 in the
on in rE;gular succession acco.rding to decision:
i,eniority, thr,ough all my sons; · and
"The will also provided in express
tl!en to the oldest grandson then and explicit terms that the 1yirtraits
alive_; and at his death, to the next shall not be removed from this state.
eldest, and so on through all the It is argued that the plaintiff can viograndsons, and continuing that mode late this provision with impualty, beof descent forever."
cause the will pr-0vldes no forfeiture
There Is a codicil to the will which of his interest if he does so.
The
Is as folJ.ows:
plaintiff cites In his brief several
"Whereas I have given my family cases In support of this proposition;
portraits to my children in succes- bnt In this jurisdiction they have no
sion, I now annex to tbe bequest of application.
my said ·f amily portraits the condi"The question of the removal -0f
ton that they shall not In any event the portroits Is not bcl'ore the court
be carried out of ttie city · of Ports- in this action, but should occasion remouth ·or suc~ town a!! the holder q11lre, upon proper proceed ings, the
may to,: the time being occupy In the court could rmake such orclers as
· state of ~ew Hampshire for the pur- would effectuate the Intention of the
pose of being convey~d" out of the testator that they should not be restate of New HampshJfe.
moved from this state. The case has
".My object being ahd my will that been ·argue<l and decldecl upon the
said portraits shall /orever remain theory of a private trust. Whether
with.in the limits
his state." Eb- the trust will not be fade public is
Wentwo h die
u'gust 13, a question -which has not been preHe left wid•OW, , ~o died in sented ,or considered."
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�OPENING DAY OF THE
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1115
N[\V£S' LOCAL·SCHOOL
'file La[ayetlc sche e !, ro;·tsmouth's
The Jocks on the- doors--;o1ithe cfii"ss
llC\\'est school building, opened this rooms are arranged so lhat no pupil
morning, with l\Iiss Jc~·, ic M . ~aniel can I.Jc lo cked into a room, but they
can all I.Jc unlo cked and opened from
as principal. There w::os no fo;·mal
l11 0 i11si clc, but not from the outsiuc
opening, When the s ~l\olans arrived wil hont the llJ'ope,r key. In the wardthey [ound cYeryt :~ing in ,readin ess rote room arrangament pu1iils can
-and under tlie tlirection o[ Lile teach- leave,: he clas3 room ,by the wardrobe
ers soon [ound their 11\aces and the room door, I.Jut cannot 1 enter that
13tudie-s commenced.
way, and if a pupil desires Lo enter
Pupils up •t o t'i1e nrih gra_d e aro in a school room for any ·1rnrp0He he er
ii.ho ,z;:hool, and ,the teachers arc as 8ho 11111•. t do_ through the class roor:1
follows: l\1is z, Jes£ie McDaniel, acting doc.r.
.
jprincipal; l\iiss Jessica Fogg, 5'th
•A safety device in case.-·of fire i~
gr:.!de; Mi3s Katherine -Conlon, 5th inchde:d ir\ a smoke dooiin thelow:gra:dc; Miss l~ll en N0wton, 4th grade; er cor ridor which ,c loses. when, it.he
Miss- Agnes Connor, 3rd ~ra-cle; Miss 1n·incipal •presses a button .if it 1$ deMadeline Toner·, 2nd g,radc; Miss Em- -sired :to close up ,the -lower portion
ma Foss, 1st grade.
of the stru~ture and pi:_ev~nt the fillThe building L an eight-room ing or t-he Test of the structure with
school with two largo main entrances
on lhc front. The Colonial desJgn
Ther.c are two separate and dis<:arried out in its archi-Lecture nm.I<' -tln•c t •h,3ating plants i11 •,t1he ):)uilding,
it a fine appearing building from an · an•d In mil-d weather one- of ·th~rn ,vill
artistic •point of view and the loca- be sumcient for the heating of the entlon w-as ideal in settin,g fort:h the tire building, and the other plant can
architectural features •to ithe best ad- be -cliscontinue•d.
vantage. The building faces a large
This is a departure from formeT
lot of Janel lhnt will ,be devoted to methods, where:the .heat1ng of half of
•p layground .pu-rposes containing an the structure ds done by one plant an'd
area, includin;; the school Jot of 90,- the other half by the other ,plant,
000 square feet.
making it necessary to operate two
The building is locnte·d on Lafay- ~1eating plants whether the ·tem1Je,raetto road and Ilic playg1·oun•d site is lure Is mild or ,c old.
'OH L:i.fuyeLtl' roacl aucl South road
The win•:low,s !11 "the class rooms
and a new street is to be built, run- a re high studded .and extend to the
ning from South roa·d to be called c·ciling . at lhe to,p of the .r.ooms, pr '
)
Monroe st reet, 'a O that eventually the viding every bit of light possible, and
si-te or the structur e will be on three i he lower ·silb are placed .high enough
thoroughfares. The entire cost of so tha:t a •pu,pi! ,c annot .see 't'hfough
tho la,rge lot of Janel an·J the build- t!1e \';indows while sea:ted at a desk,
ing was ~37 ,:i00. T)ie contract [or an cl th us the eyes, of a ·pupil •a re ·not
til e buillling was ;i,wardcu at a cos t o[ :, t t-act ed by 1anyrth ing outside, and
$26,000 cxclnsil·c o[ the archile1ct's i he rP is not•hing that can diver•t the
fe es :ind lhc land.
The buildii1g mi r d of the pu,pil.
com pleted nn,l ready to cnte;- , not inThe cc ntractors who
erected
cluding the furni t ure, cost $28,000.
.the
building
.are • Loru
&
The cl,c,'3 room s in the !Juilding arc J' e rhins
o 't
Der wick, , Me.,
a trille smaller 1lha11 those usually Archi:e•c t Clarence D. Hoyt exeon r tructell ill i:ch ools in this njty, plainc :! eve ry ti iug in 'Cletail to the
·being 21 1.Jy 2 7 feet, but there is suf- visi•tors ancl told the city officials
ficl c11t room l'or t-lH' r Pg ulation 11u·m- that he cou ld d111i1ica~ 'the buildin,g
her or .lcsli s ancl ch:iirn. The school in llavcrhill, if it 11".::s des'ired. In ad\\ Ill be occ upie-d ouly IJy the cle- ditiou ,to Che ·c l::.i:s rooms tlrere is a
lllCP.tary gr.::clcs [rorn one to six. A .princi11a l'1 1:o om, r. q1ccial study room
fea·ture o[ lh'.l c-011s-c1· nclion is t1hc and teac'.iers' roo•m.
fact t11at there arc five separal"
Over -the two mrtin entrances are
I
means of exit l'rom c,:rh ck·:::c:· room , large coloni 1! windows D£ wide as .t he
four i'ro111 ·lhc 100111 ilsclf, 011 c at •doors. A,n a1Jn111la:··c c of . sun and
each corner, ancl ouc through the light en'ters cve r,v ro c:n of the stTucwardrobc that joins. _ _·-nre.
�HSD
~ o r\s \(V\ D u-l-h. \
\\\q,~ ~c.noo\
Nwnber .of Pupils Was 61 'When
Boys and Girls Schools Com-
bined rin 1873
'?~'-&""M-OU.➔ ~ T~M.e.-S.
s~pt. 18- l 'II~,
Willis W. French, Frank lt. ea),
Tho girls hlgh school and b ;·~
Mark E. Noble, Frank W. Pray, Edhigh school, for many years separate
win ,n. Rundlett and Charles F'.- Shiland distinct institutions of lea.rnin;;,
laber.
were consolidated in Sept em lier, 18 7 3
, This fourth class was tl10 · firsl
-forty-one years ago.
graduating
class after lho two scho'ois
As a matter of some Interest anrl
united.
by request the following list of atIt will be noted by the above lisL
tendants at that time is given, and a
that the consolidated school began
careful review of the record wlll rewith G7 pupils, 21 girls and 46 boys.
call to 9ur older readers many faNow, 41 years later, the prepondermiliar names,. a majority or whom
are living, although the members are ance o[ sexes is just tlw reverse.
widely scattered. Only a very fe·w
still remain in .Portsm outh . ,
FIRST CLASS.
The girls In the first class were as
follows:
Florence G . .Andrews, Ida Blals<lell,
Mary Canty, Carrie J. Craigg, Flora
B. Dow, Georgie F'. Drake, Lizzie D.
Flagg, Etta. Flanders, Emma K. Furbish, T~lla G. Gattlner, Annie G. Garrett, ~ellie Ham. Lizzie 1\1. Moran,
Mary C. Moore, Carrie R. Pray, Elva
A. Prior, Susie H. Shaclcley, Ida F.
Tllton, Ida M. Yarrell, Lizzie Yarrell,
Nellie L. Whitcomb.
The boys were:
William H. Badger, Nathaniel A.
Burley, Herman Emery, Samuel ,v.
Foss, . Willi-am b. Grace, Arthur E.
Gage, Lyman W. GrifCin, Charles S.
Haines, George R. Laighton, James A.
McGill, John Morrison, Edward A.
Murphy, Fred Owen, ]TI. Scott Owen,
Samuel Peyser, Good win .E. Philbrick
George W. Philbrick, John W. Pray,
William T. Rand, Samuel S. Seaman,
Ira. A. Stevens, Fred P. Wilson.
The, second class of boys included:
Alb1:1rt H. Baker, William N. nonetlict, John N. Greenough, Edwaru IJ.
Hall, Samson J. Slaney, Albert L.
&trlnger, George E. Tillou and Geo.
H. Wallace.
The third class com prised:
Charles S. Au~tin, Wallace E. Bartlett, J. ,,varren l)_avis, Edwin W. Emery,1 Charles E. Giddings, Oliver TT.
Ham, Wallace S. Holbrook, Harry S.
Holmes. Caleb N. Lord and Fraplc
H. Thompson.
In the fourth clasi.;_"'.;.;.·.;.e;1;..;·e;.;:_ ~ ~ -
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�DEDICA
ALTER:r.oss
·Memory of rormer Portsmouth
IYlan is Honored at His Birtfiplace in Candia
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A memorial monument to Salll his deathbed.
Walter l•'oss, New England's •poet o[
!'resident Hoseley announce<l that
the common people, who was a rcsi- the five "books of poems of l<'oss had
been laid in the cr_ypl beneath 1,he
tlent <if this city for a number or
monument, together with tho story
years and a graduate of Portsmouth o[ his life, a history of the Candia
high school, was unveiled opposite club, and other historical and biohis birthplace in Candia yesterday in graphical •data.
the presence of upward of :iOO of hi~
The exercises were followed by a
old [riencl~ aud atlmirers of hifl poet- diaaer at the First Church, at which
ry [rom all J>arts of the country.
more tJ1an 500 were 'present.
In kecpin,g with his character the
A meeting of lite Candia cluh was
exercises were simple. Col. George held in the church in the afternoon,
Iloseley, ,11resident of the Candia at which Edwiu Day Sibley of Somcluh of Boston, through whose efforts crvi lle, Mass., read ,several of the
lhe 1ue111orlal !Jeca111c a reality, pre- poems of Foss, ,a.nd also selections
sided. Ile declarecl that Sam Walter [rom. his own weir ks.
, 1
Foss had made t"he name of C:anclia
Hon. Gerry
Ilazel~on , oLMllwaureaowncd throughout the worl!I, and k •e said:'"Grcat, inspirin,g anti enthat the purity and ' dignity of his during- as are tlie poems of Foss, the
life, aurl Lite ins11iralion of hh1 worlrn exam11lc of his own life of hel1>fulwo11ld for ages I.Jring visitors to view ucss to hi§ fellow •men was his greatthe memorial and the hom e In which est ,poem."
j1e was born.
Jesse \V. Sargent, ex-president . of
Hon. Alfrc><l S. Jloe or \Vorct>strr the Candia clu!J, read "IIeUo" and
said the influence o[ li'oss would 011- "The Trumpets," and Miss Foss read
<lure as long as human nature. Mifm "The House !Jy the Side of the noad."
Mary L. Foss, a daughter o[ the poet, Solos were rendered !Jy Miss Moore
unveiled the monument, after the and Frederick Moore, and the quartet
Sc1•i!Jner qu::t'l-tet had rendered "The san" several selections.
Vacant Chair."
The memorial is a roctgngular
Ilenry Armstrong of Dorrhcster !Jlock hewn from a bowlder of Candia
road a 11oem, "The Blrth11lacc of µ;ranite and is five feet long, four feet
Foi;s," which IJ!is wife had written high and three rccL •wide. ,It rests on
at her honH~ Monday evening, just a foundation four feet below the surbefore lea ving to attend the excrci~- [ace. The inscri11tion on the face of
es.
the monument consists of the name
Luther l•:merson of New York, a of the poet, the !late , of bis birth,
boyhood friend of the poet, re:i<I a l•'cb. 26, 1911, and below these the
hitherto unpublisheu' .poem of Foss', words: "lle lived in a ' House !Jy th(l
entllle<l "Th~ Moon ls Full," ,vrillcn ,Sidfl of Lhe Road ancl Was a Friend
on a scrap of pa·pet a short lhile after lo Man."
.
his gradu~liou· fro1i1 BrO\V~ l niversiA handsome sto ne wall has beeJ
ty. J sse W. Sargc,it. of C{india read huilt around ,tl1e lAt and trees ~iii
"Tbe Trumpets," written. by Foss on, lJe ., planted around th.c;i sidel(i;__
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1,sTORI. CAL TABLETS
-1 1HIS :VICINITY
Pt;<'sidont of the
Connell o[ :.rnssach usetts
He commanded tho colonial forces
at the success(ul
slego of
Louisburg, 17 4 5
and In recognition or hln services
waa made a Baronet ancl
Gen e ral in t11e British Arm).
honors never hefor<' conferred
on a Colonist
Erected hy the· Prpprrrell Asso ciation
1!)07"
Jsl1u of -$hoals-On the cellar wall,
~t Appledore Island, of what \\as the
houu, formerly the 110me of lion.
William Pepperrell, tafher of Sir
Many Interesting Memorials Found
In Portsmouth and Neighboring
Towns.
,
William Pepperrell:
"The
lsh111t1 Home
or
!Jon. Wm. Popperroll
:.Taine llist. Socil'ly 1 !)00"
l'ortw1011th- 011 the Liberty pole
a L Li bt•r I y bridge at the j II Jl('tiUII of
\\'(1tor autl .)farl'y streets:
"Lilrnrty, Property
and t-:u Sta11111"
by tho citizens of Porlsmou111, tlin
second by a friend, and the Llt.r<l l)y
a sorrowing mother, and all in Portsmouth; for the pleasure and information ot' the members or tl1e o sor·' L'·
:',oar this ~pot
lies, anp of our summer visitors.
then "Swing Bridge"
These fHteen adr.itionr.l tahl c1•:
IJ11l thencl'fonninl called
"l,iberty Bridge"
were erected: .pne each by the P<'pon January !)th, t 766
perrell Association, the ~fainP, Hisnine yearn
torical Society, tl1c Liberty PolE' .\Hhefore Vho Revolution
sociation of Ports mouth, lb' <;r'r-i<'tY
I he "Sons of Liberty"
of Colonial \Vars in the ~tatr o( :',1•w
ol' Portbi11011th, , . 1 I.
Hampshire, the ~hline Dau~hter, :11'
placed lh'e first
"No ,Stamp !•'lag"
the American Revolution. t11ro P~ul
, , raise cl in
Jones Club of . Ports mouth, 8nns
I he Am erican colonieF
the American Revolution, the Helen
Seavey Quilting Party of Portsmouth
"$1\ing Bri1lge'' huilt 1731
Watcrwny t'illed 189!)
and the Thomas Bailey Aldrich AESOciatlon; five by the New_ 0Bamps111irc
The Llhorty Pole
Society of the Sons of the RevoluAssociation
tion; and two by the United States
] !) J 3"
Navy Department.
.\11tlilional insc:riptions on lhe.LlbEight arc in Portsmouth; one i11 crty Poll';
Ne,vcastle; one at the Isles of Shoals;
On woorlen shield:
three in Kittery, ~fe.; and two at' tho
"l~recterl .Jnly 4, 1824
Navy Yard. They are arranged in
in commemoration o[
\
J
Jul,v 4, 177ti, lhal Declare1l
the order of the dates of the eve11ts
This tablet is placed
(')nr Emancipation. From
three hundred years later by tho
commemorated.
Tyrnnny And Gave lls
Society or Colonial ,vars
'l'he original Inscriptions are all in
The Privileges o[
in tho State. of New HamJ)Hhire
ca.11ital letters, tho~1gh otherwi se
Freemen."
1914."
printed hero, and owing to tho width
On metallic plate:
:\iany mem,bors of tho Nlnv llamJJ- of newspaper columns are not always
"Liberty
sl}ire Hjstorical Society will also "lined" as in the originals.
Flag Pole
cQme to Portsfoouth tomorrow on
lli sto1·i<'al lkonze 'J'1Lblets.
renewed
their way to the Isles of Shoals,
July 4, JS!l!l."
Klttery-Tn front of tho PepperNow t'aslle-On tho outer wnll of
where that society will clcdicato the rell tomh anrl nearly opposite tho olrl
imposing granite obelisk recently Peppenell house and the Parkriold Fort Constil11tion, net~r the gale:
"ln commemoration •.
erected in memory of Rev. Joh•1 hotel, Kittery Point:
or the f.i.r~t viclory or tlw
Tucke, A. l\'!., minister at Star blan,1,
"In commemoration
American Re'volution.
1732-i773; and they wlll also be
of the
The capture, on this site, of
present at the dedicaticyi of the Smiti1
courage, wisdom and patriotism
Fort ,v11Iiam and 1rary
of
table~
,
14-15 December, 1774.
Col. '\Vllllt~nf- 'Pcpporrrll
In admiration of tho gallantry
It has seemed well to assemblo
born in Devon Ehire, J 64G,
of
here a recpr.d of. the f9c11I1ty, anrl or
died In Kittery, 1734
Capt. John Langdon
the inscriptions 011 the other hi,;~ori. and of his son
and
Sir WIiiiam Pepperrell. Bart.;
01 bronze-tabi~ts 1n'Pqrtsmonth a1,d
Maj. · John Sullivan,
born
in
Kittery
1696,
vicinity, fifteen in number; an,i'l on
leaders of the assault·.
died in Kittery J 7 5 9
In memory of the pat.riots
the Scldiers' monument, Flt.1, Johll
Chief Justice o[ the
who captured the fort and
Port!')r .Equestrian statue, and Hovey
of Common Plea&
removed the guns and stores.
1
Memorial Fountain, the flI st ereclocl----"""
Erected by the
Society or Colonial ,vars
In the State of New Hamp ·hire,
1902."
Toiµorrow, July 29, 1914, the Sociei.r ui coio11ia1 Wars in · the state
of Now Hampshire wlll dedil:at<' 11
bronze tablet at Star Island, Isle:,; oj'
Shoals, in comme111orntion of I.he famous Captain John 81111th, tho t'init
recorded visitor to these i, l,~11,1;; ju::,t
tj1ree centuries ago. The monumonc
erected' to his memory In J G4, by
Rev. Daniel Austin,' of Portsmouth,
half destroyed tiy the passing years,
has now been restored by this Society
and a brnnze tablet bearing the following inscription, affixed in plar~ of
the original marble i1iscription 11·hich
has been mi::sing for several years:
"Captain John Smith
1579-1631
after proving his valor in
Europe. ·and Amei·ica became.
Governor of Virginia
and
Admiral of New' England,
while exploring this coa;t in the
Sprin,g of 1614 made tho first recorded visit to these Islands, named by
him Smith's Isles.
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�Erecletl hy the Paul Jones Clu.b
Navy Yard_:_1'eace tablet
Wltipple
of Portsmouth,
Porlsmouth_._On
lite
Peace Conference building
Som; or the 1\ merclan Itevolution
sc·hoo l, Stale street, near Summe1·
Store):
1905."
"In this building
street:
Porlsmo11 lh On lite Lord House
at the invitation of
"William v\'hi1111le
t al the nort hea s l corner of Slate anil
Theodore Roosevelt,
Soldier and SlatC!;llla.11
1730, I )[ldtllP slrcPts, 11cxt we~l or the RockPresident o[ the Unite·d 113tates,
Born, Kittery, i\'le., Janu,try 14,
was hE!ld the
Died Ports1no11th, N. H.,
ingham:
Peace Con[erence
Novemb r 28, 1785.
"In this house
between the
Elected lo Continental Congress JanAdniira\ ( ,John) Paul Jones
Envoys of Russia and Japan,
uary, 1776
n•sided
and
He signed the Dr.claralion o[
and at this port fitted ouL the
September 5, 1905, at 3.47 P. ir.
Independence,
Ilanµ;er, 1777
was signed
As Driga.ctier General or ::--i. JI. Troo1ls
a nil the
'rile Treaty of Portsmouth,
he assisted in ncgolialinµ; the terms
Anu•ril'a, 1781-2.
which end d the war between the two
of General Borgoync'R surrP11tler at
Empires"
Saratoga., N. Y. in 1777.
1•:rPcled bv the
llhtorical Memorials.
He was .Judge o[ the Snperior ('ourl.
Jlelcn SPa\'<'Y Q,;11un~ Party
The New llampshirP SoriPlY of the \
Portsmouth-On the
.July -\, t!l 1:1."
Sons or tlie HPvolul ion
1
monument,
Goodwin Park,
Ports111011th On tilf• Lear house
11lacecl lhip tahlrl, l 910."
011 tlu• 11orlh Hid<' of flunl<ing slreel, Islington and State streets, near Cabl<lltcry-O11 the Whipp\!' C:arl'irnn
(old nu111h('l' 7. 11Pw number 4!l) I.J •- ot str et:
house, lung the hon1P of l hP \ale 11.
North side:
lwePn .\larry and .\lecha.nic streets:
J. Philbrick, W\JiJJplP roa1I. .inRl Houth
"In honor of the 11len
"('o\onel 'l'ohias Lear
of Locke's Cove. formerly ,vhipple· ~
of
was horn in this house in 1760.
Portsmouth
Cove, l\ ittery Point:
I le " ·aH Ueorge Washington's secrewho gave
"General Willia111 \\'hippie
tary from 17g3 to 179!!.
I heir services on t-he
one of the i;it.:nNs or I he
W.ashlnglon visited hC're in t 78\:1.
land and on the Hea
DC'claralion of lnd<'P<'IHl<>nce
This tabll'l is placed by the Society
in the war which
wai-: born in this hon ~: e
nf th Sons o[ the Revolution
preserved the Union
JunP 14th 11:10.
o[ lhc Stale' or New Jlamp~hire,
o[ the 'States
Th is lal.J\cl was placed in
18!)9."
this monument is erected
1 !) I:\
J>orli-:111nulh - On lhe old Assembly
by grate(nl · cit!ze.ns,
1.Jy ~\alnc l)an~htNs of the
1888."
youso on \':u1µ;han slrpet at the sout:1
A111cric,u1 ltevolulion."
South
side:
corner
or
H.a.itl's
court:
Portsmouth On
lhe
I [u11ki11r,
"'Vlllla.msburg
"Asi;Pmhly Jlouse
,ventworth Hons<', 011 lhc <·orner or 1
Fair Oaks
next
built
In
1750.
Church ,utd Coni\rl'ss slre\lls,
Savage Station
"·ashinglon attended
White Oak Swamp
west or the ,..;orth churrh:
a reception here,
l\Ialvern Hill
~O\'.
:3,
1789.
"Th is house was u,·ru pied I.Jy
Ohantilly
Ht•moclrllccl in 18:18.
llunklng \\IPUI wort 11.
South Mountain
Thi' :\'cw llampKhirc Society
A zpalons patriot and
'Chancellorsville
Sons or the Revolution
efficient [ricn<l of the
Wilderness
phlced this ta.b\el
American 11e\'ol 11liou.
Cold Harbor
Ji'cb. 22, 1903."
He ,,·as <'halrman or the
Petersburg
('ommittec of Saf<'lY lo
Portsmoulh-On the oltl "'illiam
· Richmond
ohl.ain sli;natur<'H to the
·Monitor & Merrimack
Pill TuvNn, ,onthwest eorner of
1\~Hudallon '!'PHI or 1771;,
New Orleans
Court
and
.\tkinson
streets:
wherein l'lli:t.Pl\K pro111is l'<l
Mobile 'Bay
al the risk or l11Pir livC's
"The J~arl of Halifax
J.Iorris Island·
aud fortunes lo oppose the
and
J:i.mes bland•
hoslllo proc·PC'dings of the
William Pitt Hole!
..,__ _ ___:F ort· Darling
flrltlRh (lppls an,I :trmiPS
Port B u'dson _ _ _ _ _..;i
erected in 1770.
against lhP t'1ailP1\ ('o\011ics.
Gen. Lafayette vlsiletl here
Red Ri,1 er
in 17 2.
Fort Donel-on
The ,..;~,v 1Ia111 p Hh iro 8ociely o[
.\lso Loui,; Phillippe, w•ho was
Peach Troe Croc:k
the Sons of thP flpvolulion
a ller\\'artls King or l"rance.
~herman 's :\farch lo the _S ea"
plac11d this tablet
This is the last spot whero
Near ba ·e, north. east, south
Feb. 22, 1904."
Washington personally
,,ei.;t sides:
com11limented our State
Kittery-At the fc>rry lalllllng of
:ttys bu r-g·'
through its official
the Al111ntlc Shore Railway (electric)
1'. ca rsa.r gc''
Uignltaries in 1789.
"Antietam''
Badger's Island:
This ta,blet was placed by
"P'rederi<'ksburg"
the ~ew Hampshire Society
_ "In memory of
PorlHmouth-O11 the Eque-.:;trian
of Sons or the Rev-olutlon,
the Continental tloop of war
. A. D. l 901."
rloluc of ~1ajor General Fil:~
Ranger
Portsmouth-On the soutllsicle of J'ortcr, Hamn Parl(, Pleasant
launched from this island
Court, near Atkinson street, and next
East eido:
~lay 1l1. 1777.
west or th Earl or Hali[ax and Wil"On this slle
~lulocl (or l•'rancC' :--lovem\Jer 1, 1777,
\Yas I.Jorn
1111111 Pitt hotel:
John l'aul Jone~. l'aplaiu,
Fitz John Porter
"'l'hC' ~utter Jiousf'
with dbpalchcs of
.\ug. 31, 1822
In this ,house
Burgoyne's snrrendPr.
·while his father
Thomas Bailey Aldrieh
Received F bruar.v 11, 1778,
Catli . .John Porter, U. S. N.
passed the boy,hood that he has made COITJITlfL11ded the Portsmouth N'avy
lhe first salutP
immortal in prose and verse.
lo the Stars and Stripes
·
;
Yard.
Purchased by tile
Grad1(.:i.led from \Vest Point, .July,
from thP l•'renclt J•'lcet.
Thomas Balley A Id rich Association
184 5 .•
Captured the
Portsmouth, August, 1907."
Distl ngu'ished himself and was
British sloop of war Drake,
Navy Yard-On the Commandant's
w01uuded in war with ~1exico
April 24, 1778.
1846-184 7.
house:
lnstl'uctor of Artillery and Cavalry
*
•
West Point 1854-1855 .
l>ied in this house
Assl. Adjt. Gen. Utah Expedition
.\uµ;ust 14, 1870
1857.
l>avir! Glasgow Farragut
Admiral
In the United Stales Navy
Ji':iilhful and Fearless.
',?
-
�2.0
During Civil War
To the foregoing list should be
added the granite J11,onument erected
18G2
at Odlorne's Point_,}.lye, by the New
~Iai. Gen. U. S. Vol. .July 4, 186·2
Ham·pshire Society
o[
·C olonial
Commanded 5th Army Corps.
Cashiered Jan . 21st, 1863
Dames.
Rye,' N. H.-At Odiorne's Point,
The case of Gen. Porter was review- near the ancient well, the site of th e
ed by .a, Board of Of!:irei;s a1>i>Olnted
old Manor house, and the burying
by President Ha.yes
ground of the first settlers In Ne w
consisting of
-Lieut. Gen. J. M. Schofield,
HampsMre:
1 Brev. ~1aj. Gen. A. H. Perry,
Front:
Brev. Maj. Gen. G. W. Getty
"Here landed
in the Spring of 1623
lfon. Joseph H. Choate, counsel for
the first band of Englishmen
Gen. Porter
plol\eers In the planting of
New Tiampshlre
The· Board fully exonerated him.
consl'cratlng this soil to the
Their judgment was approved !Jy
servi ce or
· General U. S. Grant.
God and Liberty"
Finally by both Houses of Congres'i:.
Base:
He was restored to his former
"1623-1899"
. rank In the: Regular Army
Rear:
by
''To their perpetual memory
President Cleveland.
the National Society
of the
Died at •: \Iorrislown, New Jersey,
Colonial Dames of America
I :\1ay 21st, 1901."
In the
State of New Ham'J)shire,
dedicated this stone
•Sou th.. side:
1 99"
Bronze. Bas Relief,
For the Smith Monument Commit"Lt. F. ,J. ,Porter wounded at the
Aquequet) (Carita Belen)'. Capture of tee, Society O'f Colonial Wars in th e
the City of Mexico, September 13th, State of New Hampshire.
JOSEPH FOSTER,
1847." •
West iside:
Pay -Director, U. S. Navy, Retired.
Bronze Bas Relief,
Portsmouth, N. II., July 27, 1914.
"General Porter reconnoitering in
Runaw3tY balloon, April 11, 1862."
North side:
Bronze Bas Relief,
"Charg~ at :\falvern Hill, July 1st.
1862. Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter.
Brig. Gen. Thos. Francis }1eagher.''
••Po tsmouth-On- the- .. drinking
fountain, Ii<irt11west:" chl-nor Qf-.s
.,.
and Pleasant
Brev. Brig, Gen. U.S. A. June 27,
"In memory of
Ensign
Cll•arles Emerson Hovey
United States Navy.
ip Portsmouth, Jan. 10, 1885.
!Killed in action,
PhiUpplne Islands Sept. 24, 1911.
Son of
Rev. Henry .Emerson
and Louise Folsom Hovey."
West·&ide:
•, "·Ensign Hovey
etaduq.ted frQin the
U. S. Naval Academy 1907.
ordered to the 'Philippines 1910
was commanding
an ~xpedltion against outlaw
:Moros, when he met his death
· His last' words were
"Get on the job McGuire''
Gt-unite Monwnent.
---
./
�Both in State of Maine and New
Hampshire.
The lnsc-ripllon on the Smith tab-let Is as follows:
•· 'aptain John Smllh
1579-1631
aClpr proving his valor In
Europe and America became
Governur or Virginia
and
Admiral of New England,
while exploring this coast In the
S~lng or 1614 made the first recorded )"isit to these Islands, named by
p
him Smith's Isles.
(By Joseph Foster, Pal" Director,
(Rear Admiral) U. S. Navy Re-
This tablet is placed
three hundred years later by the
oclC'ly of olonlal Wars
In the State or NPw Hampshire
HISTORICAL MONUMENTs\
Bronze Tablets and Cannon, in
Portsmouth and Vicinity.
llr<'d .)
On Wednesday, July 29, l!ll4, tho
commemoration of
two historical
events took place nt Star Island, N.
H., Isles or Shoo.ls, near PortRmouth.
First, the dedication of the Imposing granite obl!sk lately erected in
memory or Rev. John Tucl{e, A. M.,
minister at Star Island for more than
!orly years,
before the Revolution,
1732-1773, by his kinsman, Edward
Tuck, or Paris, dedi cated by the New
Hampshire Histori cal Society.
Second, the dedlc-al!on of n. bronze
tablet In honor and rl'membrance of
the famous Captain John Smith. the
first recorded visitor to these islands,
just three centuries ago, by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of
New Hampshire.
The monument
erected to his memory In 1864, by Rev.
Daniel A.ust!n, of Portsmouth, N. H. ,
half destroyed by the pai;sing years,
has recently been restored by this society, and a bronze tablet nmxed In
place of the original marble Inscription w'hlch has b en missing for several years.
The steamer Nassau, chartPred by
the New Hampshire Historical Society carried th at society :ind Its
guests from Portsmouth -to the Isles
of Shoals and return.
A dinner a.t the Oceanic Hotel. Star
Island, was given by the New Hampshire Historical Society to Its members and guests, ahout thre<' hundred
In number, with Interesting and scholarly addresses by Rev. Alfred GoodIng of Portsmouth,
on Rev.
John
Tucke and the early history of the
Isles of Shoals;
and by Justin H.
Smith, Esq., of Boston, Governor of
the Society of Colonial \Vars In the
State or• New Hampshire, on Captain
John Smith.
The meeting passed a resolution
asking the New llnmpshire Hif<torical
Society tQ consider, and I! deemed
best, to take measures to restore, it
practicable.
the original
name or
"Smith's Isles" to the present Isles or
Shoals.
The Inscription on the Tucke monument Is here given:
"Unde rneath
are the r mains of the
Rev. John Tucke, A. JIL
He graduat!'rl at Han-ard
College, A, D. 1723, waR ordained
here, July 26, 1732,
and died late in August, 1773.
AET 71.
He was affable n ntl polite In his
manner, amiable in his cllsposltlon,
or great Piel~ and Integrity,
< given 'to hosp Itality,
,
Diligent and fu1lhful In his
pastoral offlr1 •. well learned
in History and Geography as
well as general Self'nce, and -a
careful Physician hoth to the
Bodies n.nd the Souls
of his people.
I
Erected 1800 In memory o( the Just.
The Inscription above Is taken from
the sandstone slab placed over the
grave of the ltev. John Tucke by
Dudley A. Tyng of Newburyport,
Mass.
In 1914 a kinsman
Edwnrcl Tuck
renewed In p e r ~ f rm
this memorial." .,_,A-IVEIV
lnl-1."'
The landing or the first settlers of
New Hampshire in 1&23,-nlne years
after Cuptaln John Smith's visit to
the Isles of Shoals-was commemorated in 1899 by the erection cir a
granite monument at Odlorne's Point,
Rye, N. II., near Portsmouth, l>y the
New Hampshire Society of Colonial
Dames.
The last portion CT! the inscription records however the later
result, rather than the primary Intention of the first .settlers.
'
Rye, N. H .-At Odiorne·s Point,
near the anclen t well, the site of the
old
fan or house, and the burying
ground of the first settlers In New
Hampshire:
Front:
"Here landed
In the Spring · or 1623
the f!rRt band or Englishmen
pioneers in the planting of
New Hampshire
consecrating this soil to the
service of
God and Liberty"
Base:
"1623-1899"
Rear:
'"To their perpetual memory
the National Society
of the
Cclonlal Dames of America
In the
State or New Hampshire
dedlcat,::d this stone
1899"
It ha seem!'d well to assemble here
record or the locality, and or the
lnscrlptlo11s on the other historical
bronze tnhlete in Portsmouth and vicinity, both in New Hampshire a.nd
Maine, sixteen In number; and on the
Soldiers' monument, Fitz-John Porter
equestrian statue, and Hovey Memorial fountain, the first erected b-Y the
citizens of Portsmouth, the second by
a. friend, and the third by a sorrowing
mother, and all In Portsmouth.
These sixteen additional tablets
were erected; one each by the Liberty Pole Association of Portsmouth, the
Helen SeM·ey Quilting Party of Portsmouth, the Thomas Balley 1Alcl1'1ch
Association, the Society or Colonia.l
Wars In the State or New Hampshire,
t he Maine Historical Society, the
Pepperell
Association, the
Maine
Daughters or the American Revolu tion, the Paul Jones Club of Portsmouth. Sona or tl}e American Revolu- ,
tlon, and the United States Marino
Corps; fivo by the New Hampshire
Society of the Sons of the Revolution;
a.nd two by the United States Navy
Depa.rtmPnt.
Elgh are n Portsmouth; one In
New stlc; one at the Isles or Shoals;
three In Kittery, Me.; a.nd three at
the Navy Yard. They are arranged
by loca.lllles, and In the oi:der of th& •
dales of the ovents commemorated.
'l'hc origlmtl Inscriptions o.re all In
capita.I letters,
though
otherwise
printed here, and owing to the width
of newspaper columns a.re not always
'lined" as In the originals.
HISTORICAL BRONZE TABLETS.
Portsmouth-On the Liberty pole j
at Liberty l>rldge at the junction of
Water and Marcy streets :
I
"Liberty, Property
and No Stamp"
a
, Near this spot
then "S\vlng Bridge"
but thenceforward called
"Liberty Bridge"
on Jariuary 9th, 1766
nine years
before the Revolution
the '"Sons or Liberty"
of Portsmouth, N .. H.
placed the first
'•No S-tam'{l - Fla.g'' ~-·•
raised In 'the 'Ame~ican colonies
"Swing Bridge" built 1731,
Waterway filled 1899
The Liberty Pole
Association
1913"
Additional Inscriptions on the
erty Pole:
On wooden shield;
"Erected ·JuJy 4, 1824
in commemoration :ot
July 4- ,1776, that Dec1ared
-Our Ema.ncipa.tlon From
Tyranny And Gave Us
The Privileges or
Freemen.''
On metall!c plate :
"Liberty
Flag Pole
renewed
J uly 4, 1899."
Portsmouth-On the Whipple school
State street, near SumJ:!ler street:
"William ,Whipple
Soldier ahd Statesman
Born, Kittery, 'Me., January U, 1730,
Dled ' Portsinouth, N. H;,
November 28, 1785.
Elected to Continental Cangress Jan uary, 1776 '
He signed • the-Declaration of
Independence,
'
As Brigadier, Senei>al Of ·N. • H. Troops
he assisted In ·--11e·golta"tlng the terms
or General. Burgoyne's surrender at
•Saratoga, N: Y. in 1777.
He was Judge of the Superior Court.
The New Hampshirlii... Society of t,ll e
Sons of the Revolution
·E
placed this tablet, 1910.''
Portsmoulh-On
the
Hunking
Wentworth House, on the corner or
Church and Congress streets, next
west of the North 'church :
"This house was occupied by
Hunking Wentworth. •
A zealous patriot and
efficient· friend of the .
American• Revolution.
He was chairman- or the
Committee. of Safety- .to
obtain sign atures to the
Association Test or 1776,
wherein citizens promised
at the risk of their Jives.
and fortunes to oppose the
hostile proceedings of the
. British fleets and armies.
against the United Colonies.
The New Hamps)llre Society or
the Sons or the Revolution
placed this tablet
l~eb, 22, 1904.''
Portsmouth-On the Lord House at
the northeast corner or State and
Middle streets, next west of the Rockingham:
·
"In this house
Admiral (John) Paul Jones
·resided
and at this port fitted out the
Ranger, 1777
and the
America., 1781-2.
Erected by the
Helen Seavey, Quilting Party
July 4, 1913."
Portsmouth-On the Lear house
on the north side of Hµnklng street,
(old number 7, new number 49) between Marcy and Mechanic streets:
"Colonel Tobias Lear
was born in this house In 1760.
He was George Washington's secretary from 1783 to 1799. ·
f
Washington visited here in 17$9.
This tablet- Is placed by the Society
cif the Sons of the Revolution
or the State of Xew Hampshire,
1899.''
�Portsmouth-On the old Assembl)· Erected by the Pepperrell Association
house on Vaughan street at the south
. 1907"
corner o! Raltt's court:
Kittery-On
the
Whipple Garrison
"Assembly House
house long the home of the late H •
tJ.ullt in 1750.
J Philbrick Whipple road, jost south
Washington a t ~ e n d e d . o! Locke's 'cove, formerly Whipple'!!
a reception here,
.
Cove Kittery Point:
Nov. 3, 17 .
/.
'· "General William Whipple
Remodelled In .1838.
one of the signers of the
Tl}e New· Hampshire· Society
Declaration of Independence
Sons· ot the Revolution ·
was born In this house
placed ~his tablet ·
June 14th, 1730.
Feb. 22, 1901!."
This tablet was placed In
Portsmouth-::'.On t_he ...old
WJ111~
.
1913
Pitt Tavern, ;. s.oul:'ll~sr- corner , . of
by the Maine Daughters of the
co·urt and ..A.tkkson. sti:eets~.
•
4-merlce.n Revolution."
' .•,;The Earl of Halifax :;.
~
Kittery-At the ferry landing . of
. ,
and
,
the Atlantic Shore Railway (electric)
"William Pitt Hotel. "° • ~ ,;
Badger's Island:
·· erected in· 1770. · ·
•
"In memory of
Sen. Lafayette visited here
the Continental sloop of war
In 1782.
.
Ranger
Also Louls .Phillippe, who was
launched from this Island
afterwards Kin~ ·of France.
May 10, 1777.
This ls tlle last spot where
Sailed for l•'rancc November 1, 1777,
Washington personally
John Paul Jones, Captain.
complimented our State
with dispatches of
through Its official
Burgoyne's surrender.
Dignitaries In 1789.
Received February 14, 1778,
This tablet was placed by
the first salute
the New Hampshire Society
to the Stars and Stripes
of Sons or the .Revolution,
from the French Fleet.
A. D. 1901."
Captured the
British sloop of war Drake,
Portsmouth-On the southside o!
Court, near Atkinson street, and next
April 24, 1778.
west o! the Earl ot Halifax and WU~
11am Pitt hotel:
Erected by the Paul Jones , Club
of Portsmouth,
"The Nutter House
In this house
Sons of the American Revolution
Thomas Balley Aldrich·
1905.''
passed the boyhood that he he.a me.de
Navy Yard-On the Commandant's
Immortal In prose and verse
house:
Purchased by the
..
•
•
•
Thomas
Balley . Aldrich Association
Died In this house
Portsmouth, August, 1907."
August 14, 1870
New Castle-On the outer wall o!
David Glasgow Farragut
Fort Constitution, near the ge.tei
Admiral
"In ·ooi;umemora.tlon
In the United Stales Navy
ot the first victory ot the ·
Faithful and Fearless.
.Am~rlce.n Revolution.
•
•
•
•
'l'he capture, on this site, of
Navy Yard-On the Marine bar1;:_
.i.:S:,,
l<'ort William and Me.ry ·
racks; to the first Americans killed
J;..;.':.:.~""--·_·.:.··....::1.:.4_-1::;6:....;D;;;...;e_c_e_m_b_e_r..;•_1_1_74_.__'...,,,__, 1 1n the Spanish war:
"In memory of
In admiration of the gallantry;
Sergt. Smith,
ot
and Pvt. Dumphy, Co, D.
Capt.,John Langaon and
1st Battalion, U. S. M. C.
Maj. John Sullivan,
Kllled at
leaders of the assaults,
Guantanamo, Cuba.
In memory of the patriots
Jun·e 11, 1898.
who captured the fort and
removed the guns and stores.
Erected by Comrades.
. EJrected by the
Society- of Colonie.I We.rs
Unveiled June 11, 1907 ."
In the State o! New Hampshire,
Navy Yard-Peace tablet on the
1902.''
Peace Confeqmce building (General
Isles of Shoals-On •the cellar wall,
Store):
at Appiedore Island, State of M_e.lne,
"In this builcllng
of what was the house, formerly th
at the lm·itatlon of
home of Hon. William Pepper~!, fa'l'heodore Roosevelt,
ther of Sir William Pepper--ell:.....,.I(
President of the United States,
·
~"The
fl..
wn.s held the
Island Home
Peace Conference
between the
- - ot Peppe~
.. ----~
'Hon. Wm.
Envoys of Russia and Japan,
Me.hie Hist• Society 1900." •
and
September 5, 1905, at 3.45 P. M.
Kittery-In tront of the . Pepper
v/as signed
rell tomb and rrearly opposite the ol
The Treaty of Portsmouth
Pepperell house and the . Parkflel
which
ended
the
war between the two
li~te/, Kltt!lry, l'olnt: ·
:. .Empires."
"In commemore.c::.t::,l~o--.,-.
of
'·
fl...
Col. William Pepper._e_lL:.--,._
HISTORICAL MEMORIALS.
born .Jn Devonshire, 1m, ~ •/{
Portsmouth-On
\.he
Soldiers'
• died - In _Kittery, 1734'
monument,
Goodwin Park,
between
, ,
and of hlij. son
,,
Islington
and
State
streets,
near
CabSir William P(lPPerrell, . Be.rt.,
ot street:
.born In Kittery. 1696, ,. l
North side:
died In Kittery 175-9
·
· Chief Justice of the
"In honor of the 'Men
Court ot Common Pleas
of
Portsmouth
. President of the
who gave
Council of Massachusetts
commanded the colonial forces
their services ,on the
at the successful
,.-.
land and on the . sea
In •"the war }Vh!Ch •
siege of
,
Louisburg, 1745
,
preseh-ed th~-• .Urtlon
and lri recognition or h1s services
.er - the State,s ,
• was made. a Baronet and ·· ·
. this monument ,ll:f ere~tecl.
,Genera.I In the British Army, '
by ~ grateful citizens, ,
'
18[!!.'•_:.
honors never before conferred
on ~ Colonist
fJ.e/
•
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South side:
•
.
"Williamsburg
Fair Oaks
Savage Station
White Oalt Swamp
Malvern HIil
Chantilly
South Mountain
Chancellorsvllle
\Vllderness
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Richmond
Monitor and Merrimack
New Orleans
Mobile Bay
Morris Island
James Island
Fort Darling
Port Hudson
Riid River
Fort Donelson
Peach Tree Creek
Sherman's 'March to the Sea"
Near base, north, ea.st, south and
west sides:
"Gettysburg"
, .•
~:.• .
"Kearsarge"
~ •.
•.~ I I ,_.
"Antietam"
·,, ""-.
"Fredericksburg"
Portsmouth-On
the
Equestrian
statue of Major c;::eneral Fitz John
Porter, Haven Park, Pleasant street:
Ee.st side:
"On this site
was born
Fitz John Porter
Aug. 31, 1822
'while his rather
Ce.pt. John Porter, U. S. N.
commanded the Portsmouth
Navy
Yard.
·
Graduated from West Point, July,
1845.
Distinguished himself and was
wounded In war with Mexico
1846-1847.
Instructor of Artillery and Cavalry
West Point 1854-1856.
Asst. Adjt. Gen. Utah Expedition
1857 .
During Civil War
Brev. Brig. Gen. U. S. A. June 27,
1862
Maj. Gen. U. S. Vol. July 4, 1862
Commanded 5th Army Corps.
Cashiered Jo.n. 21st, 1863.
The case of Gen. Porter was reviewed by a Board of Officers appointed
by President He.yes
consisting or
Lieut. Gen. J. M. Schofield,
Brev. Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry,
Brev. Maj. Gen. G. W. Getty
Hon.
Joseph H. Choate, counsel for
Gen. Porter
The Board f1,JIIY exonerated him.
Their judgment wo.s approved by
General U. S. Grant
Finally by both Houses of Congress.
He was restored to his . former
rank in the Regular Army
by
President Cleveland.
Died at 'l\Iorrlstown, ,New Jersey,
May 21st, lQ0l.".
Sout/1 slcle: _
Bronze Bas Relief
"Lt. F. J. Porter wounded at the
Aqueduct (Carita Belen). Capture of
the City of Mexico, September 13th,
1847."
West side:
Bronze Bas Reller,
"General Porter reconnoitering In
Runaway balloon, April 11, 1862."
North slcle:
Bronze Bas Relief,
"Charge at Malvern Hill, July 1st,
18G2. Maj.
Gen. FICz John Porter.
Brig. Gen. Thos, Francis :Meagher.''
Portsmouth-On the drinking fountain northwest corner of State and
Plea'.sant streets, near the Postofflce:
East side:
�~ye
\\Q.V'bcv-
~~-
EARi YDAYS -OF
RYE HARBOR
"In memory of
Ensign
Charles Emer~on Hovey
Unltecl States Navy.
Born In Portsmouth, Jan: 10, 1885,
Killed in action,
Phlllppine Islands, Sept. 24, 1911.
Son of
Rev. Henry Emerson
and L9uise Folsom Hovey."
West side:
''Ensign }Io,•ey
graduated from the
U. S. Naval Academy 1907
ordered to the Philippines 1910
was commanding
· an expedition against outlaw
Moros, \vhen he met his death
His last words were
"Get on the job 'McGuire"
Is Arttiicial Inlet Dug Out In
lite Year 1792
....._iII~~1:~.~:
f p~£~,tN(
..... - CANNON.
To the
r!'corcl of historical monumentR o.nd lnh lels should be
added an account of four historical
cannon,, two at Portsmouth, and two
at the Navy Yard.
Portsmouth-In front of the AthenTwo Iron
aeum,
Market Square.
cannonf, about f.v.-. rcet long, ea<,:h
with tablet 1nscri hed:
"Taken from tho British
by
Commodore Perry
at the battle
of
Lal{(:- Erie
Scpl. 10,
1813."
Navy Yard- In front of the Co mmandant's office two guns (cannon)
with carriages and shields:
North side of entrance.
On gun.
"14 CM. T. R.
Astllleros
de! Ncrvion-Bilbao-1894
No. 16"
On brass plate on gun shield,
1
I
"F·rom
SpanlRh
'ruiser
']\[aria Teresa.'
Taken at th e battle of
~a11tiago
July ~nl, 1898.
·weight of gun, 9400 lbs.
Weight of c arriage,
5000
lbs."
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out being wholly with small arms on
both sides. Dr. John W. Parsoni,
with his instruments, bandages,
scraped lint, etc., started from his
re idence at the Center on horseback;
his son, Thomas J. Parsons, and the
latter's cousin, Isaac D. Parsons,
made a straight run for the harbor
on foot, and did not stop running un- ,
til they reached the salt marsh, where t' •
they halted to watch the popping of
the muskets from the barge, which
was in plain sight. Hw1dreds of people were on the Neck, including some
from Portsmouth. The Rye men be·
hind the wall were under command of
General Thomas Goss, and some of
them worked so briskly as to flre away
the whole sixteen or eighteen rounds
that had been supplled them by the
town. It was reported at the time that
the coxswain of the barge was shot,
but it was never definitely le.arned
whether he was killed or n(lt. No one
on the American side was harmed,
and the coasting schooner later made 1
her escape in tile darkness to Portsmouth har~bo~r~·- - -- - -----'"'
The project to improve and enlarge
Ryo Harbor brings to mind some of
tho early history of this spot and the
following contained in Rockingham·s
Rambles in the ]):iceter News Letter is
of much interest just at this time:
The present Rye harbor ls an artifioiat lmrbor and Wll3 dug out about
1702. There was a lot of preliminary
work about securing this harbor and
lt figured in town meetings quite a
bit Finally, a committee of seven was
apf;ointed and they were told "To dig
out where they think proper." Nathan
Closs was the big man at that time .
and he'·headed the committee, his fellow members being Simon Jenness,
C,optain Joseph Jenness, John Gar 1Int d, John Webster, Reuben Philbl'ick
l\ttd Jeremiah Berry. It looks as if
1
the enterprise was one of public
spirit, for forty-six men got into the
digging, working :f_rom one to slic days
each, five of them bringing their oxen,
1md to encourage the others Richard
Goss worked fifteen day:, and furnished ten gallons of rum.
The harbor served its purpose well.
f\ safe harbor was provided for numerous small l)oats engaged in the fisheries and then schooners of thirty and
forty tons were built. The:ie little
schooners did quite a coastw1se trade
and many Rye people got their first
sight of Boston by taking p[l.ssage on
lhem.
It was at Rye Harbor that the first
and only invasion of New Hampshire
by an armed foe, and this was about
twelve years after Rye Harbor was
finished.
April 5, 1814, the British ships of
war Juan and Tenedos were reported
oIT this coast, in the vicinity of Salem,
Mass., and on May 29 two warships
anchored off the Rye shore, on what
has ever since been known as Gunboat
shoal. The following day, May 30, a
barge from one of the men-of-war
chased a coasting schooner into Rye
harbor, and this brought on a fight
which resulted in the barge being
driven off. The Rye men were stationed behind a stone wall on Little
Neck, and one of them named_ Mowr,
a resident of the Neck, hailed the
barge ns it entered the harbor, the
barge's crew replying with a volley
from small arms, which, in turn, was
promptly at1swered by the muskets of
the men behind the wall.
The bell on the meeting house ra11g
out the ala,rm, and rumors of the
landing of the enemy struck ten-or to
the hearts of many of the people,
some of whom hastily packed up the
most valuable o! their goods !u readiness for flight into the interior. Word
was sent t-0 Portsmouth of the supposed invasion, and a company under
command of Captain Joshua W.
Peirce, started from there for Rye
harbor, but were met on the way by
a messenger with word that the enemy had been driven off, and there-
I
l
'Fron1
Spani s h Cruiser ·
'Vizcaya'
Taken at the battle or
Santiago
•
July 3rd, 1898.
Weight of gun 9400 lbs.
Weight of carri i,ge 5000 lbs."
South sicl~ of cnlrn.nce.
On gun,
"14 CM. T. R.
Astllleros d e! N e rvion-Bilbao-1893
No. 21."
On brass plate on gun shield,
upon turned back. One of the cannon
stationed at the meeting house was
started for the harbor at the first
alarm, but the horses became balky
and the cannon did not 11,rrlve in time
to be of any service.'. the figh! t~ough-
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---=to·da~v is a ga l:1 d;iy at I ho lHleR of
The prog ram ol' th e l'xcrc!s('s was before Champlain, in- his account
Shoa Hf. Th<' q 11:1 i 11 t Iii 1!e is lanrl :i R s follows:
:1 voyage along the New Engla1
nestlin° on lh<· 110:;0 111 or 111<' i\tlanti :· Jnvorution,
rortst in 1605; spokP of 'Three or fo
just n f"'" 11i11,,:: .. rr I hP ,•,1:ist. hnv1•
TIPv . Snnlllcl Tlowaro Dana . n. n. rnthcr prominent lslan1ls' off the
been, lh<' s1'l' IIP or 111:in y i111porl:111r l'rPsenlalion to lhn New !Tain1ifl hlr,J C'oast of what is now New Hampgathcrll1 r•.1;, !nil 11,dar i~ prolrn!Jly ·11 1.,
JTt sto ri cal Society of lite lanrl ·upo:i sh.ire. · Capt. John Smith who vlsimo nt r 1·P ntf11l , in ,·P ('np l. .John Smil,1
which the monument Sla 11 <i s,
l ed the islands in 1614 and name<l
fir st. Rll'J>pPrl upon 111<•111 in lhe spring
:\!Jr. Charl~s Albert TTazlol.l,
lhem after himself .te'l ls , of the wonor J6l4 .
i n hehalr of tho owners of Star lslanrl. <lerful fishing to be ,haµ there. 'He
Torla.1• prurni11cnl. peopl e from far f'resenl.alion or the monum e nt to th e is a very bad fisher' says Smith, 'that
an<l 11ear !rnv l' pall1l'rr>d to aicl in hn•iNe\\' Hampshire Historical Soriel.y ca nnot kill in one day ·wlth his hook
oring llw nw111 nr y of onp \\'ho spPnl
:\Tr. Benjamin Ames Kimliall,
and, lin e one, two, or three hundred
4 'l::-Yl?f1J"S or hi ::; l i rr> min isl Prin g to LhP
ln bPhall' of '.\Tr. Eel w:Hcl Tn r k .
cods, and is it not' pretty sport to pull
spTi-i-!1ial ··:11111 phy s ir al we lr:iro of ·\<·ceplauce of the trust s,
up two pence, six pence and twelve
thosr who popul n lr1l lh Psr> isl::1.11d s
:lfr. li'rank Sherwin StrePlrr,
pence, as fast as you can hale and
\\'hPn l11I' Shoals w0 r e thP home or a
T'res id e nt or lhe Sucirty.
veare a line?' Capt. Leavitt wh'o arthriving 1·01111111111ily with its srlwol :\[Pmorlal address,
rived l1ere in the sp ring of 1622
ho11 sPs, l'hurl'h, :11111 sto r es .
Tlev. Alfred Coocling.
wrote: 'The first place I set my foot
To tlw 111e111on· of Jtev. John Turk e
The exercises wore fo1 1owed by a upon in New; England was the I sles
who 1lf1l 111orP for lhe people o[ the rlinner at tile Oceanic Hotel al whirb of Shoulds, being is'lands in the sea,
Shoa ls, lhan ,nny ol11Pr perso·n in Lhoir Wa llace llnck ett o[ this cit.v a cted as about two leagues from the main.
I ,..,, ,, 1.,(•'<Hl:1y. w:1! R dC!dfc:1le,1 lhe 11111 ).\• Jnafltmnsler, nn<1 '1
hrntory.,
' 18 s pPa lcl'rs were Upon these islands I neither could
nirieeii't mon11111e11I under the clirc.e- ::u; follows:
see one good timber tree, nor so mu.ch
lion o[ lhl' New· .I r:iinp s hire Jlislorical
Tho Slate or :-Jew Hamp shire-His -ground as to .make a garden. The
society.
F.xrellency, Samuel D. li'e llcer.
place is found to ,be a good -fishing
1
Th e lslr>s of Shon.ls hnve cilangocl
The Stale of l\f::tin o-TTi s Excellen- place for six ships, but more cdnnot.
from a fishi111: villagl' to :i rar- rai11e,I CY, William T. Haines.
well be there, ,for want of convenient
snmmer n•sorl, lllll I hr>n' i~1 still a hit
Harvard Co ll ege and Rev. John stage room, as· this year's experience
or enrh:rn Ln11'll I. a1>011 t th e m wh il-h Tuck-A. Lawrence Lowell, Pre2i- lrnth proved. The harbor is 'but inwill HP\ Pr ln~c> ils cha rn 1. The 11 11 111 deI)t of Harvard Univer~ity.
"- different good. Upon these Island•
or inrlu sl r _v is slillPd, bnl th e n eve r! llnrlm o uth College and Edward are no savages·at all.' cPnsf n e; _sn11 11d or lhe> sen mingl e d at 'l'tl<'lc i'ru[. Hom e r Eaton Keyes.
"It appears, then, that the Shoals
limPs w1111 I t,c• r,r ' l1 w1111<11 ng bell or
l~d wa nl 'J'u ck ---'Charlcs Tl. Co rning. were a m nch ; visited and imp9rta,nt
th o lit I I<' c:os porl ,·llnrch forms a
I ,elle>i·- l~rnest J~ox Ni chols, Pres!- fi s hing statio n before any settlement
pleas:rnl 111Plod.r lo Lile many visilorn 11 ,, 11 t or Darlmonlh College.
nl all was mrtde upon the main land .
a,t thi s popular s pol.
l,e lte r - i\mos Tuck French.
Nor ditL it long remain a mere fish•
Ureal crPciil is cin e th e thi s torirai
Allclllional interest was occasion e d Ing station.
By the micldie of the
• soriely for it:; efforts i11 sec 11ri11g tills li.r lhP ,lrtli rat.ion by the Soci ety of Reventeenth century it haq become
!1} "' 111111·1· '11 • •'111 1I •·1Is·ci I O 'I'"1111 oll 1Y S
• 11 1• Co lonial \Vars of the State of New 11Prm " nent.ly colon1·zed. ' M"any ,.,,-u bJiva n , und c> r whose, ,lirectio11 lhe monslantial and well ·furnished J10uses
11:unp~hir e o[ a brouze tab let, to the lJncJ been · litii'lt ancl tlie i·esi'dent ' pop-tlmont w~s r·on slrnrl<'d and erected. m<'mory of Ca ptain .John Smith, who
u
:\Tr. Sullivan 's ra 1n e has sp r ead th() rnacl e th e, first re cord e d visit to the nlalion numbered six hundred.
le n r; th an,l hrP:icllh or llw iH!and. lt lslPH of Shoals in ]fil4.
"Thero was a meeting house, a
was· 111l(]Pr hi f: s11pervisio11 lhnt · lhe
The s pP.al<er o[ the day w:is Rev. I co111:t house and a tavern on 'Smutty
Sc!na.lP huil<lin g at \V as ltin gl on, U. C. All'ri•cl Cootling of this city , who de- Nose lsland, a bowling alley aud a
thll h b1I orif':1 I h11i 1,1 i 11g :1 I Conc:onl, livi•rP d II sc·ho ln rly ancl olorpient ad- hrewery on Hog' Island, now .A~ple1
onP o r ll1e fi11,,,.1 P1l iri r.es in l'hl' co1111- tlr rss dPsc ribin g the history of the clore. Herds of cattle and fl ocks of
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.try, ancl thr 111:1ssivr <lry ,Jock at the Isl es of Shoals anti the life anrl work ' sheep abounded. SOf\'IE\ of the richloral nav .v ynrll wNe ronstrnclcd. or ltev. John Tucke.
est _m en in New England Jived there
Otis 'C. ll:1111111011,1 or Co11cor1l h:is
:\fr. Cooclin g's address was as f-ol- and le[t large estates valued at .from
b ee n most aclivP. in arranging all clc- 1 lo ws:
.
two hundred pounds to seven huntailR for lhn illlporl:1111. eve11t.
clred pounds.
It was an important
ltl'\'. :Hi· . ..Goo1llnp;•~ .'\1ld1·P.i..11.
The ntte111l:1ucl' was vl'ry lnl'!\<',
"Amo•ig the early srltlements in center of trade and had its large disfRlr weather :11!,lin~ lo the pl ea s 11 ro .\lll e rk:i I know of but one that has tribnling warehouses.
As early as
of U1 e Ol'l'as ion . The steamer . assnu \ so ultrrly ili sa ppea red that the only 16~6, say Jenness, 'Thomas Mayhew
with n. C'apa,·ily or r,oo: ;'·ns rhnrterPcl 1• lr:icP or it lef t is a little grave yarll. visited :he Shoals for the purpose of
to arrommo,lafe the visitors, and left That is the settlement that existed in purcbasmg o lar~e a quantity as
the l~les of Shon l1- lnn,ling al the fool llie.c islands. It is s upposed• tha eig hty hogs heatls of provisions at ,·
of Deer sl. ;ii I O o',·lntk, r et11r11i,J1 1-\
·..;,;....,..--,.~~..;,
one time and expended one hundred
al 4.
-~ ~ - - ___...,
pounds sterling in impo'rted ruggs
and coates.'
Curiously enough the
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1oals was also a center of foreign
news brought over by its ships.
Gorges wrotE) to Winthro'p In 1640:
'I cannot send you news from England because the contrariety of winds
hath hindered ft from coming from
the Isles of Shoals.' How astonl~hlng to think of the .Shoals as the
chief source or news from ahroarl. 1t
was evidently no comm'on l!ttle f!~hlng place in those remote days. It
apparently possessed not only wealth
!Jilt reflneipent. We are even tc)ld
that on Smutty NoRe there was , '.a
seminary of such repute that e~en
gent}eme~ from some of the · to"1ns
on the sea coast sent their sons there
for literary instruction.'
:uncle Separate Township.
,
"Politically the islands shar~d ' tiiie
rate of the rleighboring. mainland,
i,mlng ,under the rule- of-Ma:ggactiusetts. In 16 61 a petition to tile Massachusetts General Court to be created a separate township was granted. The whole group was to 1be
called Aplerloore from the ' i!)evqnshlre fishing vlllagE) of that na111e,
In 1079 when New Hampshire was
separated from Massachusetts an,!
made into a royal ,province, the group
of Islands was divided, • the northern
half, comprising Hog Island and
Smutty Nose being asalgned to :\faine
and the southern half including \Star
and White Islands becoming a part
of New Hampshire. This division
caused a remarkable shifting of P9Pulation. Prior to 1679 most .o~ the
people had dwelt on Hog Island and
Smutty Nose. Probably In order to
avoid the burden of Massachusetts
taxation the majority of them now
moved to Star Island and In 171•6; :t
was created a township under the
name of Gosport (God's Port).
"The religious as well as the political hlst9ry ot the islands followed ,
that of the mainland. The earliest
'churc.h iµ Portsmouth for Instance,
was .Episcopalian. Its minister was
the Rev. Richard Gibson who preached there In 1639-1640. We know the
site of his church and or the hous'e in
which he Jived. He was settled iat
the Shoals in 1641, but when ,New
Hampshire came under the control of
the Massachusetts Bay colony . there
was no longer any chance for Eplsco·pa:llanism in this region.
The
church at Po rtsmouth 'became Puritan and a . Puritan minister, the R!lv.
John Brock, was ~ent to the _Sho_als,
where he lived from 1650-1662. His
contemporaries apparently thought
very highly of him.
One of them
said: 'I scarce ever knew any man
so familiar with the· great God as• His
dear servant Brock.' Cotton Mather
devotes the first chapter . of the
fourth book of His Magnalla to an
account of the life of Mr. Broclc unthe motto 'Fides in vita.' '.His
1
chief learning' says Mather, 'was his fearful trade taught them such lifegoodn'ess,' and ,h e goes on to describe long lessons of self reliance :J 3 althe character of Brock in the follow- most to obliterate from their mind~
ing quaint terms: 'He was a good the very sense of divine prot~ectio'1
grammarian, chiefly in this·, that he and aid.'
Comin~ of Rev. Tucke.
still spoke the truth from his heart.
"Among such a people there wa.,
He was a good logician, chiefly in
They
this, that he presented himself unto need of a capab1e minister .
God with a reasonable service. He were noted for their indifference to
was a goorl ,a rithmetician, chiefly In 1the Jaw, their insubordination, their
this, that he so numbered his da.Y,s;as hostility to taxation and their habits
to apply his heart unto wisdom. J{e of gross intemperance. In Hubbard ;s
was .a good astronomer, Ghlefly in history ot New England there is 'fl
long Jfst or fatal accidents happenthi s, that his convel'sation · was I in
ing to ·1n'habitants or the Shoal~ " )Hi
Heaven.' Mather then ' ,goes on to
ha/J IJecome helplessly lnt.o;drnte,l.
give what he calis ·'some few •nema'rk.ahle.i!.'..J.n....tlHl expe1·tence of Mr, Brock The court records contain the n11rne,;;
.
, of men .who· were convlcte cl or ll•~ing
1VlTt1e~lnistl! . t: irj
·JiollH, the
common ,drunkard s, prorane swea;m6st remar)glqle .a,r wplch ls perh~ps
ers and the like. John A nclrew:;, for
the follo'\\rin%: 'When Mr.>Brock:lived .
in stance, In 1666 was convicted ot
on the Isle of .Shoales, he broligl;lt the·
' 's wearing, by the bloocl of Christ,
people into an . agreement, ·• that,. l)eth at 11e was above the he11ven <i an,1
side the Lord's Days, they would
lh e st ars, at which time .the salrl Anspend one day of . every month ~odrews did seem to have rlrnnk e too
geather in the worship of our Lord
mu ch, and dirl at that tim e call tile..
Jesus Christ. . On a certain day which
witn esses doggs, toads a~<I foul
by their agreement belonged unto the
bird s.' In this community In the ,l'ear
exercises of religion, 1b eing arrived,
1732 came the man whose memory
the fishermen came to ~Ir. Brock and
we ce lebrate here today by the dedi ,
asked him that they might put by
ca.l ion of this monument. · John
their 1neeting and· go a-fishing, beTu ck e was born Ang. 23rd, 170·!, nt
cause they l;lad 1ost many days by the
Hampton, N. H ., where hi s gre.:1.t
foulness of the weather. He, seeing
grandfath er, emigrating from C:orllh~t without and against his con s~nl
s ton , Suffolk, England, settle d ,tbout
they resolved upon doing what ,they
th e year 1636. Tucke was a gr-HIii ·
had asked of him, replied 'If you will
ate of Harvard College in the class r,f
g.o away, I say unto you catch fish ' if
1723 . f[is name stands seventeenth
you can! But as for you that will
in the li st of rorty-three grnrlnates
Larry and worship the Lord Jesus
or that year given in the QuinquenChrist this day, I will pray unto Him
nial catalogue. 'oown to the year
for you that you may take tlsh till
1770 the names or each year's graduyou are weary.' T,hirty men went
ates were arranged In the catalogue
away from the meeting and five tarnot In the order of scholarship but
ried. The · lhlrty which went awa y
In th e order of social rank . From
from the meeting with all their skill
which we may judge that the name
could catch but four fishes. The fiv'l
of Tn clce stood tolerably high In the
which tarried went forth afterwards
social order of the time. He 111arrle,l
and· they took five hundred. The
Mary Dole or Hampton Nov. 24t11,
fishermen after this readily attendeJ
1724, and, after declining a Cllll to
whatever meetings Mr. Brock apthe church at Chester, was 01·dalnpointed them.'
ed Lo the ministry 11t .Star l!;l11nd on
"Brock's ministry covered a porth e 26th of Ju'ly, 1732 . The sermon
tion of what Mr. Jenness, In his hiswas given by Rev. Jabez Fitch of
torica1 sketch of the Isles of Shoals,
Portsmouth from the obviously apcalls the golden age of the Islands,
propriate text 'I will make yon fi shwhen 'their population was larger
ers of men.' :\fr. Tucke spent his life
than at arty -0ther point in the East in th e service of the people who liverl
ern provinces; trade and comm erce
11 pon these islands, ,his ministry covwere extensive; the fisheries were
P.rin g a period of more than forty
pursued . with activity; the little har.
yea.rs.
bor was filled with shallops and pin" n ev. Jed ediah Morse who wrote
naces; the neighboring sea was dota 'D escription of the Isles of Shoals'
ted with -sails sweeping in and out:
whi ch was printerl In the collections
the rocks re.sounded with clan1or and
or the Massachusetts Historical Sociebustled with business.
Everywher ~
ty for the year 1800, salcl of Mr.
boisterous hilarity, animal enio~·T11 C' ke : 'Mr. Tucke wns a mnn of an
ment, exuberant spirits, cheerl'ul and
affabl e and amiable disposition, of
varied activity.' 'It was a motley
easy and polite mann ers, of humble
population' continues Jenness, 'witll
and nnal'l'ected piety, or dil!gence and
all the reckless and improvident :1'lbfidelity In the service of the mlnialts of sailors and fishermen anrl with
try. He was 'given to hospitality anti
all their hardihood, courage a n Ll
spirit of adventure .......... their
--~ .
!
�In history and geog- stone,,:::th,mgli--written thirty Y' , ·;3 prl11tlng hy Dr. Jose h W. "\ anen n
raphy he was eminently learned, be- ~fter his death, probably ·desc ribes the New England ;Hlsto_rical and Genyond most of his contemporaries. He faith[ully the feeling toward him of ealogical Register of the recor,1s of
acted in the double capacity of phy- <those whom he served so long and ,Gosport Church and Town.
John
slcian of body and of soul. In lmi- well.
Tucke flgUTes largely In tlrns•' intt'rtation of his DivinP ~[aster, he went
'He was affable and polite in his estlng documents. Indeed :..1w recabout doing good among all classes of manner,
)I. ords begin with his coming to Go'lthe people of his charge, and his la,'Amiable in his dis osition,
port and we probably owe t1'1~m to
bars were not ln vain in the Lorf --;-Of great piety an,\ integrity, giv- hlA initiative. The vote to ca 11 him
Under his nurturing, pastoral care en to hospitality,
to the ministry at the Shoals, l11c
Is peopleincreased in numbers an 1l
'lllligPnt and l'aithr111 in ·111s paEj• nmo nnt of his salary, the ,:0111 rihnln_ wealth, In knowleclge, piety rind/ torn! offire.
ticn of fifty po11nds toward thP. lrnihlrespectablllty. Ft•w parishes in New
'Well le:tl'lll'il in lli Hl0l'Y anrl Oeo• Ing of a parsonage, the gift of!", !10 11,e
England at this period gavP a more graphy, as well :is C: e11era l Science,
~ilr and 'a garden spot' and 1rnrn1is•
generous support to their minister
'And a careful physic·ian both to Ilion to keep a cow on the i~lm,cl- and , few congregalions were more the bodies and lhe Soni,; or his Peo- tiles~ nre all carerupy recor:led, a,v'.
constant and exemplary in their n•
pie.' ,
JalPr on there appears each yea,· the
tendanre on pnbllc worship. Snell 1 s
"l'o\itrnrss anil ami:lbility, piPty vote' to pay .the mini;t;r's salary in .
the account or thr charac·tC'r or ~l\li: and hospitality- the rrprC'RCnlallva •~ en ter' rish. Dr. :\Var~en has prn,:r,i
vener::ible man, a111l or the rrnlt.s or or these virturs 11111st have bren an from these records thal the lo:ig a<'hls labors, which I have rcrC'ived ideal minister l'or the community that cepted date of ?>fr. Tucke's_death, re:
from many aged and respedablc 11 eo- occu1 1ied thesr ishlll1ls. No clonbl its 1·oriled on the ,old grave stone-Aug.
pie w,110 were pPl' ~ona lly arq naint eil det<' rloration anti de!'ay wns long de- 12th, 177 3-ls Incorrect for h-3
with him.'
ferrPd hy the prpsenre he!'e and the ~hows that :\lr. Tucke entered u~on
inllnen<·P o[ s11rh a mnn a:-1 John thP church book the baptism of lwo
'l'ul'lce. We 1{11011' what happenerl rhildren as of Aug. 15th and that lrn
"That tns peopl e appreciatc>d his soon afler his clrath in 1773. Al the probably died late in August, since .a
services is shown by their liberal sup- beginnin ,e; of thn American llevol1, • notice •of hi s deat..h appears in tl}e
port o[ him. "\Vhen they called him t1011 nwny or the Islanders movrd tC1 Portsmouth Gazette o'r Sept. 3rd.
"The pu\Jlication of these interestto their 'm inistry they offered him a thr m:lin \nncl, since it 1vas imppo~,,,1
~a1ary o[ ope hundred and ten pounds that thr Shoals would be i-pPchlJ,, lng old records was cer,tainly worth
per annum, old tenor, and fifty s 11 lij <'cl 1 •> n t tack by t~ngli Rh sh ip1; wh Ile. They perpetuate among; us
pounds toward the cost o[ building a So rC'w peoplP we!'e 1efl that. t.h e1' the hi s tory of a curious and picturhouse for himself on a Jot or his own y;er:.' no longe!' ahle to si:pport a esque community which 1,as itseH enchoosing which they nlso presented min:,ter. They rapirlly fe!! ;:.tu 11 tlrely cJirnpprared, but, of which it
profanily,, \\OnlLI be a pity to allow these conto him. Some years later thPy in- .iate of heathenism;
ir<'!> pre- temporary documents to remain praccreased his salnry by paying the min- drunkenness and woree
ister in fish, a qninlal per man, which ,ailed arnr,:: thew: n11'1 l:, the year tlcally buried. With their ,pu,blica.,
at the current price for fish, amount- 1, 9v tile c...' 1,,€dl111; hnt!se was pui1- tlcn and with the placing of this per·
ed to about one hunilred guineas per cd '101..-11 :::n ..i ;i.:erl for [uel. It. ,ms n,nnent monument we have a sumcannum, said to have been one of the fitling ll:::t ll,e ':"o.iety for propa · ient memorial of the people who once,
largest salaries paid al that lim e in gating tl:r:> G~:lJE'. a1c,o ng the lnlllan ::i inhabited these Islands and "~. him
New England. They also, besideR and othe:,, L1 : lorth .l..merica' sh •u1d who was ordained here to their minhelping to build a parsonugP for him, est a!Jll~il g 1,1La'.cn to the Shoals, in lstry and for nearly half a century desupplied him with wood [or heating the yea•· i ~C.:l, f.:.r i'.e. inhabitants ltad voted himself to their truest well-beit-no insignificnnt matter. ThP min- become .:, ; . ::: .i;a,1 ::.n.v Indians. The ing."
Lettel' of Regret.
ister who has no r e nt to ])ay anti no ftory of U,if ~c:;'.E.t:;'s Jong, faithful
The following letter of regret was
fuel to buy is at once relieved of two and r;r.ri · t::1 ·• ~e,aful labors lo re:e~-very important items or household ta:ili::n , El:glvn arid ci·;ilization at forwarded from Frank "\V. Hackett at
expense. . o doubt 11r. Tucke lived Go,p01 t cor:5 not belong here but 1s "\Vashin$ton:
, :c1 J1 rocing. The nea ~
,vashlngton, D. C., July 24,1914
j very comfortably on Star lsland. He cu tain
for
the
r~:·
1.f.il
r:1io::i.:mary
c'lrne
to
ntis
G. Hammond '.
Is said to have possessed an admirable
library, and abundant leisure ror an ,•nil ,: u. '! e3r1y eerentie<;, when Superintendent, N. H. Historical
Society,
study must hav p been his in that re- thP old f;cJ;:1 ,s •;:\lage dis8prear~d
Concord, N. H.
mote parish with its entire fr eedom and U.P ; •! :11! (: _ hu.a1r:e a su1nuer reDear Mr. Hammond:
from all outside interests and frc,m f Ort.
In an earlier letter you were adPn-Hvi1~., '1;:l;au:;•'s )[enun·y.
the thousand and one demanrls 11 pon
'Within tl,e la~t two yea•·-:; two vised how great was my regret that
th<> :1ilnlster's lime which he ran esc:111<> only hy going to sen. 'l'o be n0!ew\Jrlhy thi111,.s l.,.ve been done I am to be detained here so as to be
mlnlriter :it th<> Shonls had nil the t t-ntllJ, r to preoei", ':l t'1e memory cf deprived of the 11rivilege of attendndv~ntages of bein~ afloat and 111'11'1 the f8ilhf11l minister wLo de1oteu 1i:o ing the Tucke monument exercises at
of il $ dlsadvantagPs. On the whole long life to the pEople ·, ho i11liahited the Shoals, on Wednesday next.
I trust that the day will be fail,:
One is the 11\a cin_g
)fr. Tucke's ministry mmit have been these islands.
:1. h!!!hly i:ntisfactory onP.
For more over his grave of this grailite slH,[t ?ll.d that the attendan~e will be large,
It is a pleasure indeed for us of
rhnn forty ,·<,,arR he was the guidP and ·by )Ir. Edward Tucke bearilis the ad0
rrte,Hl n• this un11s11al group of prO· n~lra hlP inscription --rllten in tl ~ the Society to testify by our presence
!)IP.. Hl!l po I l~h 11·ns <·o-extpn:l •.rr, vt ar I .'00 ror the sto.,' tnl.Jl;!, whlc,h how profound Is the regard in which
' and mos~
Its we hold our fellow-member,
with the islands. Everybody turue,l ·1Vas rast bPcomlng i legible.
to him bu:i1 in sorrow and in ,-1:.k- worrl of rlisqimlnatins p•·a's~ a1e liberal benefactor, Edward· Tuclc In
ne!'s, tor ile was their physician a, now ill no danger of bei;:g , 1rgot.tE;n. his devotion to his native state, to
well ns th1.-ir minister. Eviden~!~· he Ti1e I her thing which ha:i been done Dartmouth, and to the New Hamppossessed the respect ancl affec: lo~ latelr, involving the perr,~tu:i.:on of 0hlre Historical Society we see that
of all. The "1scrlption upon his t..,'1 .. , )fr. Tu cke' s memory is the rare: ul 1 c- Mr Tuck has exhibited a generous
epl~lt, and a most excellent judg•
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�I solld mass around and over the re- I guide, physi_cia_n, and business advisCT1t.lilj~ to _a point three , feet and six
inc~es to _ th~ , surface of the large er, wen,t to sleep in the. midst of those,
[0 11r_dati_8n stone u_n der base of mon u- he love.d -th,e. nJost fiJtlng place fo,r'
-rncn_t wh\:r.~ lhe Glab of red freestone the man and his memorial
\HS_ laid Io n the smooth eqncr'ete sur~ri;. Suii1v11n's Rep~1·t.
Face or _the rrypt, with its inscription
Mr . .Sullivan visited the Isles or
facing the ~as t in almost the same IJO· Shoals _on .Sept. 10 last, and sou.ght
siliou over th'~ oir1'· grave. The r.eg- out th.e. grave of Rev. John Tuel~~:
ul~1· I oun<)~ ti.on was brqnght to a j The resu Its of his visit are bej,t told
pornt two i1:~hes above the slab which in his own words as emborlied In his
was thep covered with heavy blocks repor,t to H,pn . B. A. Kimball, which
of g:ap),t_e, which insui;es Its safej'y in 11~rt wa:1 ,n s follows:
f;om frael11re tlnough the irrimense
"l b~d n,>. d,ifflculty in lo<:atin,g the
weight of the s 11 jrnr-lncumbent struc- - 1 grave of the Rev . .John 'fncke, having
t11re.
frequently visited the Island during
01i the entl or· the old , slab was cut
my inspection work at the Navy Yard.
in small letters the lnit.l al·s "T. M.
"Over the grave Is built up a. r!ry
B.," which in . all probability were masonry structure about twenty iuchlhose of the ,contra rt or or stone ct\t· es high, or small stones, found·. in
ter,. _'Vh? ex~~11lecl . the_ lettip·lng 114 abundance near by. The spaces beyears before
tween the stones are filled in with
. On thE; f~;e~oo; of _l\fay 2'G, 1914 , j cement mortar, and the whole _tr;,;~
ll)~ grave,• of th~ H!)v .. Joli'n Tncke w'as
elled smoothly once, but is a con•
r l
•
openefl and his rem,;tins e~l;u~ed a;d structlon of no stability.
o~ to~·
ne.r,!!J!~ .~f ~foU1\lf!~TI.~. ,
, placed in the, casket. The skull and ' of this tomb la~s. a slab or ref! frej:!-,
The memorial is of the Pigeon Hill the ,large . bones of t'he b'pr!y were In stone, that prpbably came fro11+ the,
granite company's granite of Rocl,- their repose in as good stfi"te of P • • Portland quarries of Conn.ecticut a
.
.
.
res
.
·
,'
J;)ort, Mass., and no expense was er_v atJon
as mlg\it be efpe.cte(l after material 60 much used for brown
spared to make the wqrk a perfect 140 ye~rs, but when moved by hand · stone buildings and other etructures
'mass bP91 as to miteriai 3:n~ ,~,~rk- or trowel there ";as htit llttle s~ib- 1 during the last century. This 1ilab Is
•manship, Each of the large_ blocks stanc~ t.o hold the bones int~ct Th
six feet and two inches long by two
:iits iierfec;.tly, and, put in place ~ith- ex1rnT?,a 1·1011 w_a s maq~·
'
·
·
. e f ee t an d two inches wide and three
under
the
di·
out the least accident, under the di- rectlon of .. Mf Sull!van; with the ~nc( a half inches thick.
rection of Edgar Knowlton, the st;p- workm,en w,I)o , p~t lt th~ _f~undation
"Evidently the ralt1s ·and fogs and
erintendent· of the company.
of the ne1v memorial, whose name• frosts· of _8 ~ years, through corrosion,
The mon-qfilent is 10 feet square are Ch~rles, T. Samuels~n. oica Pete~: partly obliterated the lettering on the
at th,e base and 46 feet and six inch- son/ a~d Jol,m T·oppan'" o·f ,Rockp~rt
sandstone, which required the resures in height. ·
'
J,[,9.~s. _ No ot~rr, p~~~on ;VJtne~sed fl)~
facing the top ~f slab and th.e re~utThe inscription contains about 6°00 opel)l~g of the ,Tucke grave or .the re-! ting or the lettering 32 years ago,
leHers. and square sunk one quarter i~termenet bene~th th~· ~~w _memo"°One hundrerl and two feet from
of an inch in a finely rubbed, smo~th ' nal.
·
·
·
·
where the Rev. John Tucke lies, besurfa·ce;' and tikes· ttp 13 feet' of the
W~~re the Tuc.ke memorial stand~
neath the eandstone slab and n,ea;r
o~bi:ilisk for its insertion . .
:"a?, practically the" ou°i}, pla'c·e· in the the pathway that leads to ,the Smith
, The obelisk is in large blocks, and 1sla.11d where t~t~rmen_ts could be
Memorial, is a quarry face granite
is dr/:1-Wn .aJte\ the, Egyptian formula made and where are ' !aid possibly
tablet from Rockport, Ma~s. It i!}
"8stablished as a stap,d ard thousa~ds ' thou_s9.nds of _the former inhabitant•
four feet and two Inches high, two
0f years 'ago ... ' . . "
.
..
' of_,_ th; _la~ge fi~hi?f , c~~tre'. of Ne;,
feet and seven inches wide, and 13
The foundation is of granite blocks Engl_~ryd. Al) , t~\l n1a.E1:1 _of small mossinches thick. It stands on the natur·_fro,i:n, Rockp.ort and suitable ones cov~~ed . b9ulders to be· :seen ..in th~ vial rock surfa~e which was levell~d _up
fou,n8 n,e,a;i: the. s_iJet e·~,mpactly laid cinHy we'.e. br_Qu.ght to''. the su~·face· to
with cement mortar to re.c eive it. In
ln Portland cement lJlOrtar which m,ake t_h~ _g;ave~ !ii' the ~and and rock
the rock .surface of slab was lnsertJ_o_CllJ. 2.0 barrels to do the wo~k. It is fou~dation Wfl_El;~ the toilers of the
ed a bron_ze tablet two feet and six.
laid 90 the solid ledge, and Is 13 rket ls\a\1d fqu11~ , thflf Jas_t ·restl_ng place
Inches ,high and one foot and eight
I
1
J3Q,ua;11 on . the. ledge an,d . six feet In and w~ere _po~si~\e
i:iupie:ous lnte\•.
inches wide. The upper part of the
;he1~ht to ,the bottoIQ.'o,f the first b~e. ment~ were . m_ade as . genera tlons
lnscriptlon to the death of the Rev
::Abput OI?-,e foot and s~ Inches fr~m passed alon_fi in _tr~ . sa;.ne . grave, ae
John Tncke consists ~f abont 120 let~
tbe lower part of the foundation !~ a ls th~ ,cnstorp In m.a~y la.nds to;lay.
ters, which are three quarters of an
·qrxp,t, fo_rII).e_d foi: the small ca~lrnt
For~.una,t~ly the excavati~g for !hr
lnrh In helg.ht, nnrl the remalnrler or
which was to _con.~ain what was foJnd ne,;'f,. men1o'rip( was, foi{nd In
spot
the Inscription consists of over 600
;of, t,h~. rem~II?-s of the . Re~. J cihn m~de ,so_l,1~ .with b~_u)ders _anll8 ,s and
letters of only one half Inch In ·he.l ght,
Tucke. The .cry.pt is three feet seven lq tl]e gran!~lc, led~e, a d · only met
and the lowe~ J)art of panel Is only
11
,l!).chee, by two .fee~ fiyeJn<;hes and 1its with the ends of_ two giaves
which
16 inch~s from the . ground., or . grass
height a):Jpu1t three feet. The casket were ,not disturbed.
line, which makes It very difilf!nlt , to
,"".as made in Rockport, Mass., , of
Almost 111 _the_, centre .or this loneread the text in such small letters.
Jnatcµed, bqards, and ill two feet four sopie sleeping _,a bode _of·· the dead ii
"The following Is the inscription
-in<:1\~!> by_ one , /e!lt fo)ir inches ~nd ti/IS ,de~e~t , is,la1~·fl. 11'r.~ the remain ,
?n the bronze tablet, as near as I
.on~. fopt in· he·lght, having a gable iind the m_emorii!I to !he rnltnred Dl coujd make out under the conditions:
rq,q f .fl.~lsh, It W._!IS laid In very rich
vine who _ii°Ip{os:t 2'00 _ye~:1'-s
voiun Underneath
CO!)Cret.~ mlxtur~ , consisting of the _tarlly _went.Jntoexile -to · livehislir~
are the remains of the
best Atlas. Am_e rican. Forti.and Qemtnt for t!..e good 0°f the' s(n;'p1~· peo,ple whr
REV. JOHN 'IUCKE, A. M.
and crushed Ropkport granite and
~Me)hjs,_Island ,tl)elr hol)1e and-af
He graduated at Harvard
.Ro~Jcpo_rt saµJi ,frorp .Cape Ann, Mass. ter 4 0 yea'rsr ;ark both ~s .'splrlt~al
College A. D. 1.7 2·~. was ordaln~cl .
T.\1e co:mpo!\H!On., WB,l'J rammed. on all
here July 2G, 1·732
l:Jc3 of the casket . and" br~ught in
and died · A'ug. ·12, 1773
to fancy thal. In Ed ward
Tuck are disclosed (,v\l. were hoys together at Exeter acad(;lmY, In 18p6,)
certain traits that characterized his
early ltinsman, whose . memory we
now strive to honor.
The Rev. J,ohn 'fucke,. throughout
his long llfe _a t the ,Shoals gave of
h!mself unsparingly for th£ _good• of
hi~ Jleople. The si)llpl(;l _a"nals of h
g:Q,~ly. ,m~nl~try -be_canie long ago .an
~fi9uri~g__mo'n~~el_lt_ .the hei:oif ~a:.
ture of the man. .
Today weI. dci w~·l to dedicate
this
••
oble shaft, that shall tell anew of
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1
the virtues of Parson Tucke. ,Coming
g.enerations sha11 lieed this mute witness of the truth that labor unselfishly besto.wed for the m,aterial and
splriiliai welfare of one;s fellow-m~~
leaves behind it, a recora' that the
world ever d~llg,h ts .to honor.
'
Yours truly,
FRANK w. HACKETT,
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�~ide in s~veral pi,i;es and of rock I
I HP wns affable and JlOlite in his mansurface to correspond w!th iLs rugged
ners;
surroundings-a part of its surface
Amiab)_e in his discipline;
finished for inscriptions with large,
of great piety and integrity
d eply-sun k letters which could be
given to hospitality;
read in a thousan(j. years !rojll now. I
diligent and faithful In his pastoral
"The obelislc for.m of monument I
omce .
could be set up beside the pres~nt
well lenrn1=1d In the history and geoggraYe or tomb.
raphy
"The noclqiort gralJ),t,e is not a
ns well aR general SriPnre
high priced sto11e, and Is as harrl as
nn,1 careful physician
the gra nit e In Egyptian obellske. Tl1e
. both In the.bodies and the soulR
VOBHel fl'l>lll Rockport could land it
or his Jll'OJ)le,
on the ~111.Jstantlal wharl at :S~a.r 1;..
This lnsrrlpll9n 011 I he slnb or
land, and a few men and a ·wlndla.M
freestone was placetl over the grave
could without 111,1ch; expense roll the
of the Hev. John Tucke in 1800 by
pieces to the silP.
Dudley A. T,vng, colleclor of New"Th P 6elf-sacrlflclng ecclesiastic,
buryport.
who,spr>nr 40 years of his life on such
It Is now renewrd by U::DW ARD
an islnn,1 for th e benefit of his hum'l'l]CK on the presentMonument.
ble fellow beings, is worthy of a 1
The ,Rev. John 'fucke's pastorate
greater memorial than anything now
of 40 years covered the golden
on the Island.
age ,of the Isles of Shoals when
"rite dedication of snch a monuthey l1acl a ~renter population
ment to the m.:,mory of the Apostle
than any other point of the eastof the J.;;les of Shoals would be a
earn provinces.
Trade, Commemo1 able. event for the State and
merce a11d Fisheries were extel).worthy of the presence, not only of
' sive and the islands bustled
the
·ew Hampshire Historical Soclewith husiness."
tv, but of all histqrlcal societies of 1
"What I would suggest being done
'ew England . .
with this late memorial to the devot"Such a work should be put into
ed Divine of the lsles of Shoals Is to
the hands of a proper architect, hav,end the bronze tablet to some foundry and to get good proof that It in g a llrnte and experience in memorwas destroyed, and the rough slab of ial construction.
"The present
grave
covering •
"gra~lte amounts to nothing as to beshould
be
made
of
substantial
masonIng appropriate or sulflcient to hold
;} bronze.tablet that should pass down ry, as the present cobbled work will
or ages, containing an imperishable soon tumble down, and !ts construct!Qn made so that when the present
record of a great man of the pasl and
~f his palrlolic relative of lhe prPsent ,sandstone slab crumbles away it will
not affect the looke or stabllit y or the
l !; I',
, "Th ney. John 'l'uclce ltaR now masonry over and around thP grave
having the present Inscription dupli~ ;vo rnemorla ls in Star ls land, over
cated
on th new monument.
100 feet apart, both claiming to be
"I do not believe that elthPr Mr.
J)ver his remalnG. ,vhat I would sng~est to you Is, that only 0110 monu- or Mrs. Tuck, If they ever should sPe
lnent be set up to the mrmory of the the little memorial would be 11leased
the
)'{ev .. John •rucke, and that It should at such an improvement on
;:over over and entomb the present prpsent llrown stone slab wlllt I. 3 llne
\1ab of freestone, which wns a good lettering, which can do as goo,! ser~emorlal in its time, from· Mr. Tyng vice for the next 5 0 years as i l has
.,r Thyng 11 :i years ago. And now I done in thP past. And as for any
h\nlc Mr. Tnck Rhould go 113 times little bronze panel with Its present
'1etler, considering what hr ls . 110\ng lnscrlptlqn and location, it would be
-ind has done to keeJ> New Hampshire better to have it nailed on to the old
1nd Its past and future where it be 0 church · than In Its prj!sent lonatlon
w,hel''l it could easily be thrown down
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"A. gf~I}lte memorial of 1arg7,.dl- b,v some vandal or used for the Ismens1onS7"1)0S$ibly In o bellsk form. land co,ts, to. rub against."
Soon after Mr1 B. A . .I~Jmh:ill made
his rPport to ~r. Edward Tnck and
afterwards vlsitef] him, in Paris where
It was decided that Mr. Sullivan
ehonicl make the design and super intend !ls constructic;m.
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,0".'th~ T,uck me';llorJa,I. caipe ,tlie ."\leclication of the bronze twblet erected by .
bh~ Societi Jr Colonial Wars of the
¢ta~~iH ,New Hampshire in h·o nor. o~
Captafn ,John•, Smith.
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of Dover, deputy govornoi; of the so•
ciety anrt president or 'the fJeld day
exercises, and was as follows:
Dedicatory prayer,
:Rev . .Jesse Murtoii Durrell. ,
Unveiling and presentation of tab'Iet
to Soci ety,
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.John Calvin 'fhoTne .
"Captain John 'S mith, 1579Acceptance by the •governor ,of t h e So- 1
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Accept:in cJ, .a s representative of , th~
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Ing tll_is . co'ast In the 'spring of
Charles ,A, Hazlett, Portsmouth.
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Addres,s, Captain John Smith.
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Ju stin Harvey Smith,
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Governor of the ·N . · H. •i;lociety.
. Placed three 1hundred years latAssem'b ly
the annual court consist., . er by the ' Society of the Colonial
ing of .John Calvin Thorne of .Con·cor•d, Elisha Rhodes Brown of Do- i
t ;w:a.rf in t~e St1,tt'e: qf New Hamp. shire.''
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maker's name,
There have recent ly been depo1:iited shillings for his journey, and that' near t)1e rim
with the New Hampshire [-listorical ·he expended the rc3t of the money Hurd. He was evidently ,the silversmith 'of the day, for a tankard with
Society 12 sliver l>eakers or commun- wisely and well.
ion cups from the old church at
He ·paid the sum of 29 pounds, lhis ,stam11 was given by Elijah Dan-,
Hampton. Eig,ht of these si!Yer ves- nearly $145, for these eight silver forth to tho church in Dorchester,·
::1els, each weighing about nine and cups, and wilh what wa,s left over 1736 ; a '1>eal<ei·, marked Hurd, given
one-hair ounces and holt:ing perhaps he bought four 11ewter dishes, whose IJy William. Clap to the same church
a pint, were bought in 171:1, more fate is 1111k11own. The deaco? prob- in 1745 ; and'a taukard, same roaTl<,
than two centuries ago. Jlam11ton at ably con:rnlte,I his brethren in the ,g iven by Deacon tiopest!ll Clal_l. to: •-ll'l!!'t-h>',
that time was a llourishing seacoast Old North :::ntl Old South Churches the same church in 1748.
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to,vn whose churt'h or,:?;anization was in Boston aboul hi5 purchase, for
In conclusion· it may be- remarkedf
7 6 years old, while Conc9nl was stiil the •hall mark is the same as on some I that the silver c;ups here mentioned
waltln.g for tho first settler lo hew his of their communion silver. At any are but items in the pri;eeless .collec- ,
cabin out of the 11n1Jroken fore:;t.
rate he hclicved in getting things l.ion that is coming under the ,care ot. '
The church of Jlampton, which !Jc- marle in .L\me riClJi, because tbe stamp the New 1Hampshire Histo;i,cal So~~ I
gnu with the little settlement of ,vin- s'1ows them to :Je, of early Colonial ty. Under the superintenaen<::\ o! ·
nacunnet in 1638, was evidently draft. The cup,s are perfectly 1llain, Mr. Hammond, who is inae:f;;.;,igable l'.~p'f•,-1:M'."'Wi'waxing prosperous when ils peo11le tum j ]e r-sha pcd; and the only marke in bi's search ror and discrim'i nating
bought th!:, silver. They •had just . on the m arc the stamp of the mak- in his s~lect1on
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o f va1ua·bl e an t·1ques
got a new minister, Rev, Nathaniel er, the !(,tlers L C. with a crown and modern painting,:;, the building is
Gcokin, who cam'.) to them in 1710; abo •, ,, : n,! a horned animal, apparent- fast becoming a museum and art gale.nd they were considering bailding ly ,' 1.0°t. be::r,,', all enclosed in a lery as well as a library. '
:their fourth meeting-house, which, sbie :cL This sl:cmp is found on tho-..------.--,.....,.-~...,.~=~~:""~
however, was not occupietl till 1719. Lom Ill' Lhe c:·:i and near lhe rim.
By the way, it is intercr;tin;\ to re- ~c: o·, t 1:e ! -:~tom is engraved
member that on e of the c·om111ittr'.! or "Han :•tn Old i':i h 17 J 3."
Duc·k's
three, who chose ncv, 1 ':1th:rniel book , ;i "OIJ I llte," issued by the
Gookin, was Ser,gt, .John Turk, an- Gorha1 > Com pan I in 1888, shows this
<:cstor of Edward Tu ck of Paris, who stamp t·• li::Ye lJLra the hall mark'of
'gave the beautiful library to the His- one or ll''.) early American silve,1
rtorical Society.
smith s. 1, is rounJ on a 1Jealcer,
Pos~lble il 11·as the uPw 111inh;tc,· presentrc' :u 1hc C:ll Sculh, lloston,
that set _them thinking :1:1011t their in 1715; on a tank~.d g lveu to the
,communion furniture. \\'e read that same chu:l'h by 8. : 1o:ire , who also
in 1712 an inventory showed thac all gave a tank ,rd, p--o:J .:i.: ly a du!1licate,
the Hampton church po~sm;,ocl in to "ye first c:rnrc;1," 1717; and on ::i
this line were three fla;.;0113, one tan- cup given l>y Eli::s l'arl·:nan to "ye
lrnrd and one !Jasin-all of pewter, New Church," date uns]lCCilietl.
· also one table cloth anti live napkins.
The churcl1 at lla1111,tcn continued
· The year previou s Uic church voted lo g row, for in 1744 n~r Lought fou r
to tax every cornmuni<'~nt 011e shill- 1'101'0 silver \Jeakers. ! ~ th::.t time f
ing to p,ovide for Lord's Supper, \Jut they had been oc·eu11yi· 1 ~ 1:1eir fourth I
that was vroba!Jly lo pay [or the meeting house for 2ei le:. 3. This was
bread and wine, In 171:J the time a bu ilding of so me p:·ct tns ion-60
'had come to provirJn suitable sil\'Cr. by 40 feet with a heighl o[ 28. Rev.
, Accordingly a sul,scription was taken Ward Cotton, w110 came in 173 t, was
;_w tl the sum of 32 poH111ls, · one the minister then being the third of
shilling was rai~" tl; and llca::on Dow the name. Two of his predecessor.s
was enlrustecl to go to Doston anti were llev. Seaborn and Rev. Jolin
expend the mon ey,
Cotton.
It ls pleasant lo think of the tleaWe llO not •know which deacon
con's journey to Boston l wo genern iourneyC'l to noslon to buy the new
lions ago, startini; at tlaylJrcal, fro11
ilvcr; . but thc:e i:: recorded that in
the waving Hampton marshes, ferr y L7 ·14 the chu r ~h bought four new
ing across the Merrimack at New- ta gons (c\'i<ien!ly pewter), for 21
buryport, llallini; al wayside tavern• pouuc13, and four new sjlver 1·1111s for
and probably nut reaching his jour- 'i4 po1111tla, 7 sh illings. Evidently lho .
uey's end till the next day. " 'e dr 'Jolonial cu~rc;-cy had ,:onsidei'n,bly {
nqt •kno w whether he, we!1t Oil horse 1c,Hcci~.~e:l ,;iu::e IJ~:,con Dow's time.
back or in one ct' the rare curri(!]C! The nrw cutis were intended lo ma.tell
. or "Ehays" of tho period; we do nc '.he old, but they are less graceful in I
1rnow where he "put up" when h< outl11H).
Eal''.1 weighs about nine
reached Iles ton town; but ·we do oun<·:. ,. AcroEs the botlo'ni if engravknow that the church allowecl 11lm 20 ....__
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Ship Hulks at Portsmouth
Ship-Hulks to Warm
· Portsmouth Needy
Special to The Christ ian Science .Monitor
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PORTSMOUTH, N, H.-Two huge
old wooden ship hulks, built for the
Government during the World War,
and never finished, have been g1ven
to this city to be chopped up tor
fuel for the unemployed and needy
this winter. •
A local manufacturer, Mr. George
B. Chadwick, had the unfinished
ships on his hands when he purchased a large tract of land, formerly a shipyard. Not having any
use for the boats himself and not
wishing to see them rot away, he
offered 1lhem to Mr. Sylvester F. A.
Pickering, Mayor of· Portsmouth, for
whatever use he could find for them.
As a result, Portsmouth citizens
in need of wood this winter wlll not
have to worry. If conditions are such
that families are not able to buy
sufficient fuel, Mayor Pickering
plans to put a crew of unemployed
at work in cutting up the ships.
And this, he says, is no easy task.
The boats are cpnstructed of hard
pine, are more than 50 feet high and
about 300 feet loniz.
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Old Structure at 1ork, Maine, Erected 175 Years Ago
by Major Sewall, Condemned Bec.;cmse It ls Inadequate to Stand Strain of 10-Ton Trucks
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Because it is inadequate to
- Pile Driving In the 1760's
carry the load of 10-ton trucks
The method of construction, howdriven at a high rnte of specu, ever, as described contemporaneSewall's Bridge, York Village, Maine, ously, seems quaintly in contrast
has been condemned. As this is be- with modern methods. "The piles of
Jieved to be the first pile dra.w- posts were of different lengths; the
bridge In America, not only the res!- l<'ngLll being determined by probing
dents of York but also people from the boll.om of the river or mud with
all over the State and many organi- a pointed Iron affixed to a long pole,
zations including the Society of and having ascertained the various
depths of the mud in a section, a
Colonial Wars, the Colonial Dames; whole section, containing four piles
the Daughters of the Revolution, or posts. was framed, well braced,
the Society for the Preservation of and the cap still fa§tened on. At
New England Antiquities, are pro- still tide it was floated to its place,
testing the destruction of one more and. by cl.int of labor, set upright
historic landmark, too many of and gayed (sic). Large and heavy
which have already been thought- oak Jogs, the tops or lighter ends of
lessly destroyed.
which were secured inland, were
Nearly 200 years ago the com- then made use of,. and the butts
munity of York, Maine (then in raised by tackles to a proper height;
Massachusetts Bay Colony), felt the and by the striking of detents or
stir of progress, the urge for speed . latches, the ropes were released, the
Therefore, at a parish meeting, logs fell with great force upon the
held on Jan. 20, 1742. because of the caps, and by their impetus thi~ sectrouble of ferrying to and from the tion was dri\'en to the depth de•·preaching," it was "Voled that this sired."
parish is willing there should be a
For many years thereafter this was
bridge built across York River, at or the • main road through York. So
near where Captain Samuel ,Sewall much or the smrounding scenery is
keeps a ferry, and tlrnt, a committee so llLtle changed that it ls not diflibe chosen to take subscriptions for cult to visualize Sir William Pepperthe bullding of the same, and the rcll and his gentle lady from Boston
sald committee are directed to pre- in their coach, thundering down the
pare materials for to build said hill and across the bridge to receive
bridge as soon as may be." But the lhe reward of their popularity.
bridge was not built for nearly 20 Some of the Associations It Carries
years.
York was ever a forward-looking
Why Delayed in Building
community and drew up its own
Perhaps there were too many di- Declaration of Independence three
versions. Three years later the sta1- years before the Liberty Bel1 anwart men of York sailed to Louis- nounced that of Thomas Jefferson
burg under the banner of Pepper- to the mob in Phlladelphia. When
rcll and earned undying fame in Lhe the epic news of Lexington reached
capture of thi,; supposedly invincible York the timbers of the bridge, Lh~n
stronghold from the French, who only in its second decade, echoed LO
were then stirring up the Indians to the footsteps of 40 Continental solattack the ~nglish settlements.
Perhaps It was the difficulty of con- diers marching to Boston. These
struction, for no bridge longer than men had sf, littlef ~o~ey t~at they
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ha~ _b_een bu1_lt with the pnm1tlve ferryman if he must pay a tax for
fac1l~t1es available and the span what he carried on his back.
requ1r~d here was 27.0 feet. Perhaps AnswPred in the negative, he liften
subscnpt~?ns were difficult ~o raise. a companion onto his broad shoulAnyway, as soon as may be proved I ders and carried him across.
to be the boom year of 1761 when
Samuel Sewall, by then a Major,
startled the engineering world with
a new type of bridge construction, a
type which proved so practical that,
In an only slightly modified form.
bridges arc still being constructed
on this model.
Major Sewall thus became internationally famous. An early geography book refers to this "modern
bridge built In 1761, 270 feet long exclusive o! the wharves at each end,
which reach Lo the channel, and 25
feet wide. The bridge stands on 13
piers and was planned and constructed by Major Samuel Sewall, an
ingenious mechanic, a native of the
town. The model ot Charles river
bridge was taken from this and was ,
built under the superintendence of
the same gentleman. It also served
as the model of the Beverly and
Malden bridges, and has been imitated even In Europe by those ingenious American artists, Messrs.
Cox & Thompson."
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· Another· pa:r anel between the 1794
and the 1933 · bridge is the , similarity in construction of the two. A
&tudy of an old sketch shows the
c'lose similarity of the two bridges
even to the arch and methods of
construction over the ~ntlre structure. 'l'he main difference is in ma.
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'. ~iid Newest Will'B~ Corii- , more than 50 feet from the water,
enabling the passage of almost all
pleted ·Next .year
vessels without lifting a draw. Pro• I
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that if the river traffic ever inBy tt Stttt! Correspondent of
creases to such an extent 'to warTIie Cllrlsttan Science Monitor
DOVER, POIN,T, N, H.-Three rapt its use a draw can be easily
installed.
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That w}ll be the unusual :family tween abutme.nts. Like its , pioneer,
re<;ord ·of,. spans · erected across Lit- construction wm. qe· difficult and
tle Bay of tqe ·Plscataqua River here . hazardous , because of the, depth of .
when. the •newest ·structure, costing the river and the fast currents which
about $600,00Q and one of the longest go with each passing of the· tides.
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bridges In New England, is com· The present structure, which 1
pleted •by July 4, 1934.
► · might be called the "father" of the
Bridges have been making history new b;idge a~d "son" of the first ],
. at this ,breezy point since the grand- . span, was built in 18 74_ A New
. :father · of the one now being con- ·
structed was built in · 1794. It was Hampshire act authorized the conabout ~ 2200 feet • long, including a struction of a toll bridge for use of
small island which it rested upon in "teams, carriages and travellers"
, the middle of the stream, From a and to "collect tolls from all persons,
sni3<ll rock to the island, a single arch teams and carriages passing thereof 240 feet was thrown over the deep... on."
est .and ·most,rapld part of the river,
· H~ve Seen Many Changes
Robert ,Gi!mor, a wealthy •B altiThe bridge was built at first for
' more .i· "gentleman," writing ,his . and owned by the old Portsmouth
"Memorandums Made in a · Tour & ,Dover Railroad. For many years
to the Eastern states in 1797," com- . !t was leased to the Eastern Rail- ,
mente!i upon the structure as "the road ?f New Hampshire. In 1900,
only one of the kind in· America it was purchased by the Boston &
and a surprizi'.ng work."• Mr; Gilmer Maine.
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made a sketQh of tJ:ie bridge,'includThe two old-timers in the Pis·,ing the tavern on Goat Island, prob- cataqua River bridge family have
ably the earliest ever made. .
seen much In their day which has
' o·p·ened in Less Than ,Year
n:i.acle .• histpry, . Updei· their heavy
timbers ' once· ·passed the shipping
Plscp.tequa · ))rjdge 'was ,begun 1n that plied between the early salt
:i.pril, 1794,· and was so ' far com- water ports of Exeter, Durham,
pleted as to be opened for travel Newmarket, Dover, Newington and
· Nov.' 25, the same year, with a toll- South· Berwick, 111 Maine.
gate at the Durham end. It was 38
In the nineteenth century, these
feet , 'wide and had three sections towns' were thriving centers of inwith a draw ,for the passage of dustry. Packet ships, lumber schoonvessels.
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e~ and the famous gundelow boats
'· The old span was considered a -'flat bottom . "scows" whose masts
masterpiece in its time on account of were lowered for passage under 'the
the 1difflculty of) its construction bridges-made up the heavy ship
·across· a current of great rapidity traffic ,t hat plowed the swirling waand' for th~ most part 52 feet deep ters of the Piscataqua and Great ,
at high tide. In March, 1839, in the Bay.
autumn ·of 1854, and in , 1855 the , But the age of river shipping here
bridge· gave way. The owners could has gone. Heavy trucks will ,rumble
•not afford to repair it, and the per- · over the smooth concrete of this
tlon left we.& removed not long afternewest member of the Piscataqua
ward.
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An unusuaJ parallel exists· between
older spans looked down to see on
the old bridge and the one now
the deck-, of ships below.
under construction. As the first
bridge opened a highway to Ports~
mouth and :for 50 years greatly contributed to the prosperity of that
town, set also the latest structure
will operl a new route and aid In the
.prosperity of the town-now become
a city.
When the State authorized funlis
:for , another span over Great Bay,
it also approved the construction .of
a -s~aller bridge at Bellamy Point, ·
a short distance away. This will enable motorists on U. s. Route 4,
traveling to Concord and point,s
west, to ~ave· about four and onehalf miles. 'J:'he cut-off will eliminate
the city of Dover and connect wit'h
the first New -Hampshire Turnpike,
which originally\ crossed the old
Plscataqua ):lricige .. Tolls 1will be col•lecteq · on the new bridge, a's was
,slone 0~1its predecessws, uµtH !t has
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Lower center.
R•lph T. Jackson, architect. Lower right, Courtesy ot Capt. Ed ward Hamlin
Adams, Durham, N, lI.
Oldest antl Newest of Paiscatacrua Jhid!!es
Top-OriRlnal s,,an flulh in l 'i''l\ About 6tf, Ml1f".- from llou:r-. N, · H, Top
Ccntcr--PrcM·nt ,vooflcn Hriclc;c On:-r J.lt1I0 Jlay. Phratnr1u• Ith rr I built In 1874,
nouom C,nttor-ArrhilMt·• Ura""lnc: of New !:>led Bdclge <•,f'r the Phcal~u1ua,
l\ow Under Con1truttlon. J.o""er Hi~h1-'\to1lel of a (,uog.-,rf,u.. , a ~ort oC fl:arge
With ,Swinging Man 'fhM L111c1l to Pl1 llrJ;ubrly on 1h1, Phtaltu1ua River,
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3 (o ForO-ne Day Only
Special to The Christian Science Monitor
HE Lady Pepperrell House at
Kittery . Point, Maine, was
opened to the public for the
first time on Wednesday last, for a
single day. It was built about l. 76065 by Lady Mary Pepperrell, widow
'of Sir William Pepperrell, the only
American-born baronet • o! the
colonial period. She was the · daughter of Daniel Hirst, a prominent
Boston merchant.
Sir William was the uneducated
son of a fisherman who· carved a
fortune from the wilderness. The son
enlarged the fortune of his father,
and, by sheer force of character, became 'the outstanding figure of his
time and province. Best known as
the conquerer of Louisburg in 1745
-that "popular war"-he was also a
jurist who ever. tempered justice with
understanding and mercy. He lived
a. life of example which left a
heritage of loyalty and devotion that
persists to this day, while his material. wealth was dissipated SOOP
after his death.
His widow may have found the old
mansion (built in 1682) overlarge
and too full of memories, although
they must have been happy ones.
So she built a "modern house near ·
the church" and also near her only
child, the wife of W!lliam Sparhawk.
Legend states that the two hol,lses
were ~nnected by a secret passage.
If so, considering the solid ledge thaL
separates her house from the mag-,
nlficent Sparhawk house (built in
1742 and containing much of the
same detail as the Warner House of
1716), the feat ls one of which some
colonial General Goethals might
well have been proud.
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'• Paul Revere'a ride to Portsn,outh Is
not \!o t,tmous as his Lcxing'. on rltlc•,
but perhaps It Is hard!~• less lmpc,rt•
ant, since It meant powder tor Hunker
Hill at a crltlcal moment. Probably
you Nmember how word came tp Hoston that the l:lrlrfsh a'.lthorlties lu,c!
prohll)lted !urther exporLathrn ot i::un
powder and other military ~ur,pll~" to
Lhe C,>]onles, and how quickly the ::;on,·
ot Llbe.rty sent Paul Rever•) tr. nollr~· j
the patriots at Po,·tsmouth, 11ni1 to :i,l- I
vise the lmmedla.te, seizure oL the sJim .. II
ly garrlsonecl • Fort William and M,uv,
where thc,re wa·s a ,;-oodly supply or
the little black grains.
You recall the success of ~he expPdi ·
tton, the selzu11e of 100 bo rrels of ,; u npowder, Its removal to Durham, whc1·~
It. we s stcred under the pulpit of the
church, and its subsequent arr Iva! at
Bunker Hill at the moment wh<:n bu: a
s!ngle round of ammunition re>natm,d.
And now go with me to visit that hlstorlo fort . ·which was the scenri or thn
first ,armed !'eaiat~nce by tthe colonic~
to Brltls;, authority, tour :nonthe \le!ore the encounter at Lexlngt on und
.Concord. Let us take the democu,tlc
jitney at Portsmouth, which f,,nowe a
winding road, w~Ut dangerous curves.
tut lands us safely at New Castle lt
is only a short walk from the r.ent•·e or
the . town to Fort William and Mary,
now Fort Constitution, but popularly
known as •'the old !ort."
The · oid tort, as we wlll call It, Is
plcture'squ'i,Iy situated at• a pol11t whcrf
the Ptscataqua Rlyer empties Its sa.lt
waters Inti> the ocean. ' Great masse~ or
1ock extend along the shore , loo1oni,;
as if they might have been hurl~d tlwr~
by ' some unusually muscular "Ston,,:
lhrowi!lg Devil." For we arl' told t11a.t
'.he internal spirits used to p1ay such
µrank'1 In lhose pa:·ts, and, Cotto::i
Mather e_raveJy relate,i thp occurre11,·,.s.
' Just before we reacl:i • the !ort a
r,ulned:, · tower ·of romantic appearanc'l
att.racts .,our attention. · ·A legend, quite
after the order w.hl<;h tourists in
E>urope are· accustomep. to hear, Is connected with this tower, and runs this
wise: In the War of 1812 an immediate
Mtack by an English fleet was expected. A tower was needed to protect thPbeach and to reinforce the batteries -3(
the fort. The structure whose ruins w,i
are 'observing was thrown up In a slngl~
nl~ht. It was expected that tt wouli
take ' at ieast two nights to complet~
the work, but as tast as the worlm1tn
\1ad laid one course of bricks, unse~n
hands · laid a second, and ~o the 'work
was quickly t\nlshed by the aid of this
nwsterlous and al tern ate co-operation.
And now we come to the !ort tts~I!.
rt has been remodelled, but soine of Lile
old walls are still standing, and we are
shown the powder magazine, from
which that Bunker Hill powder was au
gallantly removed by the expedition under command of Major Sullivan and
Captain Langdon.
A tablet at tl~e
;,rched entrance to the enclobure of t ha
fort tells 9t this dramatic event.
On my way back from the old tort to
the centre ot the. little town ot New
Castle, the othei· day, I chanced upo,1
a char ming err:bowered cottage, and
was ehown the spot ' in the garde?1
where formerly stood a building in
which was passed the first legislation
!I] New Hampshire. If you are hunting
for the quajnt ,and the unusual, you call
find some curious New Castle genealog•
tes, where c~rtaln Christian names RJJ·
pear with & slngul,,r r~curr~nce, ,gen•
tlratton after geheratlon. In one family
the sons are always named Shadrach,
Meschach and Abednego, ln due ord,,r
of birth. 'J'hls makes lt rather confu~tng In attempting to establish the Iden,
ttty of a given individual named in
some · document.
LITTLE WALKS
ABOUT BOSTON
BY WILLIAM JUSTIN MANN
"'l'he Story ot a Dad Boy," by
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Thomas Balley Aldrich, Is a work of
art. Portsmouth ts the place o! nil
phwc s tn ,\lhlch to read that book,
esp ecially If you are going to visit
the house ln which that boyhood was
passed.
You
walk
down
Court
str ee t and, not far from the spot
wi1 e re the old stag e coaches used to
roll up to the doQr of the Stavel'S Inn,
you will fln(l what you al'e lool,lng
for.
You cannot miss it, for on the outside of the
house ts a tablet which
r e ads:
'"l'HE NUTTER HOUSE.
"In this house Thomas . Balle:,
Aldrich passed the boyhood
that he has made immortal in prose and verse."
It was to the little fire-proof memo-
rial building In the rear that I Hrst
iii"i·ected my steps, since It contains
a collection of Aldrich manuscripts,
and other objects o! much interest.
l\1y attention was at once caught
by an autograph ode read by l\1r.
Aldl'i ch at the unvelllng or the Shaw
1\Ie morial in Boston, May 31, 1897.
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Even more interesting '\Vas an auto-
graph poem written by Mr. Aldrich
for the Longfellow Centenan·.
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copi ed from it these lines:
'".:i1 e y
do not die who leave their
thought
Im11rint ed on some deathless page.
Thenrnelves may pass; the spell they
wroug·ht
Endures on earth from age to age ,"
This was the last poem written by
Mr. Aldri c h, and a>1 he · was too ill to
be 11resent himself on the occasion
whi c h called i ( ror·h, It was ' rend at
j his.r c quo s f by I'~ofessor Copeland. A
!tilte r from Charles Eli ot Norton, to a
m e mber of Mr. Aldri c h's famlly, ts
on e of the tr easures of this collection.
Jn It l\Ir. Norton says: "Will you,
meanwhile, kindly givo to him my
love, and tell him not to let his Inublllty lo t a kA active part In the
c ommemoration of Longfellow on the
29Lh serve to worry him and delay
his recover,'. It Is Indee d a great
disappolntm~nt that he ts not to read
his own beautiful poem at the even-ing meeting,"
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�BY WILLIAM JUSTIN MANN
BY WILLIAM JUSTIN' MANN
That old three-cornered cocked hat
In the Warner. House at Portsmouth,
and the sword Which ho used to wctLr,
rocall the figure of Co lonel Jonathan
\Varner, who was a membc)· of th o
King'!! Council In the days Just preceding tho rovolt of the colonies. We
can sec tho broad-back ed. l ong-skirted brown coat, tho small clothes
a nd silk stockings, the silver huckle
and cane, just as the author or "HtLmbles About Portsmouth" remembered
seeing th e m In his early childhood.
Colonel Jonathan \\-arncr, from
whom this famous house tal<es its
no.me, was one of tho last in Portsmouth to wear those
picturesque
cocked ha.ts.
The · house, however,
was not built by him, but hy Captain
Archibald Macheadrls, a Scotchman,
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a rich 1nerchunt, and n.l~o a. 1ncrnbcr
nl
of th e King·s Counci l. lle m:trrlcd
daughter -or Govrrnor \V<>ntworlh.
You ,c1tn Bou In thiH ho11s,, tomclhb1g unusual. viz., a bill of lacllng
ot
,.One
drske,
one
bookcase,
one
, dressing table, 24 chairs, one box !
' 1ooklng g lasses;• which were sh ipp ed [
"by th e g·o.ce o[ (;;0<1 in good order
and well condltionNl." in tho good
s hip Olive Branch, which sailed from
Bristol, Eng land, In l\1ay, 1716, said
nrtlcles being consigned to Mr. A;·ch.
Mach cndri~. The ca11laln
of that
vessel boro the famous name of Jtobt•rt Browning! So whc-n you lool< al
tho l\('n vy rnnhog-any hool<c:tse, ancl
I some or thP. othc-r arllcl,'8 n:unrd In
that bill of lading, you havo no
doubt as t.o their anllquity.
Plenso obsE'rve In l h e spacious hall
that splci.dlcl h ead and a.nllers of il
carlhou. a. gift maclo to Colonel
Jl[ach~arlrls, at the time he built this
hous<•, by the Indians wi lh whom he
used lo trade. Nolie t'1e hancl-madP.
nails whjch faslen the mounting- lo
the wall, ~howing tha t It must have
been put up by 171G, hP.c:tuso such
nails ,-/ere n ot In usr artcr that tln.lo.
Ancl what a1·e lhoso flgure,i or Indians wo see painte,I on lhe walls or
the ha.II way, at tho hc,u\ or the staircase? · Thereby hangs a tale. A good 1
many yc;u·s ago, in the course of repairs on the front entry, It was
founcl necessary to rrmoYe the wall
paper. A young girl, the sister of the
present owner or the house, in poking
with her parasol, clisclosrd something
tbat look ed like tho hoof of a horse.
Success! ve layers of paper had accumulat od , and upon lhelr caref ul removal, several hundrecl squnre feet
of lanrlscapes, YlewR of cities , 111blica1 suhjccts and other scenes, "'ere
brought Lo view . They are nnw· an
c,bject of much curiosity and in t !'rest
to those who arc pcrmillC'cl lo see
them. !11lss Evelyn Sherburne of 1
Boston Is the present owner of the
hou se. Her i;ranclmolher was gJlzu.beth \Varner, who married Nathanlt'l
Sherburne.
Miss Sherburne Is the
last o! the family.
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Yes, It ls Portsmouth, the. beautiful.
No wonder It ho.s been calll'd the
"Beauty Spot o! New Hampshire." For
restrained and dlgnl!letl Colonial iirchltecture th ere Is no house In tho city
superior to that built by Go,rernor John
Langdon, the first president or the
United States Senate, In 1784. This
house was used as a model for the New
Hampshire buUcllng at the Jamestown
Exposi tion.
~ome of the woocl carving In this
houso is of unusual beauty. :i't la the
work of Orlnllng Gibbon~. whom Sir
John E,·elyn called "the greatest master, both for invrntlon and rarenrss of
work, that the world ever had 1rt any
age." Evelyn discoverrct Gibbons. and
In his famous diary he. t ells of their
first meeting:
"This da)' I first acquainted his
Maj esty with lh al lnc<,mparable young
man, Gth!Jon, whom l hnd lately met
wllh In :i II nlrnrurr pla!'<' I y ncclclont ns
I was wnllclng 11enr n. poor, nollta1·y
thatched house in a rteld in our parish
near Saye,; Courl. I found him shut In ;
but looking throu g h the window t prrcelved hl111 carving that large cartoon
or crucifix or Tintoretto."
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Glbbon,i was al this lime poor nnrl
"nknr.wn, but Evelyn Introduced him
:o tho Kin g , who at once found a
placo ior him on the l3oard of Public
,vo,·lu.
Gibbons executed carYlngs
ut \V111t1snr Casllo that made him fa"1'lOUS
Thon, Sir Chrlslophor Wren,
'he architect oC Sl. Paul's Cn.thedrtU,
became hlR patron. The choir stalls
;n St. 1':1.11l's arc, perhaps, tho most
:nmous wort, of Gibbons. Examples
of hln ox<1uisite carvings are to be
1ouncl In other churchrs and tho pub'.ic hu !din gs in London.
The l\Ielropolllan Art Museum In
Now York, has two notable examples
of Glbhons' worl<. In the Motrat
1,ouso n.t Portsmoulh, now owned by
1he :Kew Jia.mps'hlro Society of the
Colon:al names, Lhcro Is n.lso a mantel which shows some of Gibbons'
r.arvln~.
Another object of beauty In Portsmou lh Is lho Uulfinci1 doorway In the
Public Lihrary. The wholo building
wns dcsin1ecl by him. Like all Bulfinch's wnrl<, this doorway hns a
~harrr. anrl ro~trut beauty of which
you nev e r tir e.
'l.'hcro are
!•eautdul
doorways
anrl
. :ous"" In Portsmouth, of
nope to 8l!C'.!;_I,': \a l ~ .
Longfellow has Immortalized the tavern In front or which swung the sign
of the "Earl or Halifax":
"One hundred years ago, and
thing more,
In Queen Street, Portsmouth,
tavern door,
Neat as a pin, and blooming as
Stood Mistress Stavers In her
lows."
some-
at her
a. rose,
turbe-
It used to be the aristocratic holr.l
the town, and It was from tltero
that tho first .stage ran regularly from
Portsmouth to Boston.
Here is the printed announcement,
daled April, li61, which Is something
of a curiosity:
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"For the Encouragement of Trade !rum
Portsmouth to Boston
A LARGJll S'rAGE CH~IR
with two good . horses well equlppc,1,
will be ready to start out from Mr.
Slavers, inn-holder, at the sign of the
Earl of Ilnllfax, In this town, for Boston, to perform once a week; to lodge
at 'Ipswich the same night; from thence
through Medford to Charlestown ferry;
to tarrv at Charlestown till Thurs<.la.y
morning, so as to return to this town
the next day; to set out again on th~
Monday following; It will be contrived
to carry four persons besides th•l
driver."
Queen street is now St:a.te street, nnd
the site of that old Stavers Inn, witil
the "Earl of Halifax" sign, now blooms
rt,i a pl easant garden adjoining No. 147
State street. This Is the famous inn or
the Marlha Hilton episode, which has
sometimes been credited to the second
Stavers Inn, on Court street.
That second hotel has quite a dramatic history.
To It was removed the
Earl of Halifax sign, and In a back
room of the tavern the adherents of
the King were wont to assemble. Thoae
were the days when trouble was fast
brewing, and John Stavers, the proprietor was an Englishman by btru,,
and n;turally a Tory In his procllvit!e&
The Sons of Liberty waxed wroth
concerning these secret sessions In the
'stavers l 1111 • • One morning they commenced Lo cut down the post trom
which hung the Earl of Halifax sign .
Mr. Sla\'ers' Nef!Cro slave went out with
an axe and struck one of the besleg6rs
a blow which, while It _ did not 1,lri'
him, m ade him Insane for the rest or
his life. A furious mob lrnmedlat~Jy
gat he red. John Stavers had to nee for
his life. and It was with difficulty that
the hotel was saved from destruction.
Mr. Stavers left the town and r~mained for some I time In seclusion.
Finally he returnec1, took 'the oath of
allegiance, opened the hotel again and
put up a new sign upon which was •ne
countenance o! William Pitt, the supportet of the rights o! .the Colonlee.
With this new banner the Sta.vars Inn
prospered largely. It had as guest8
Lafayette .
John Hancock,
Louis
Philippe nnd other celeb"rl
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.,NEW,:BRIDGE
ATllfTLE B Y
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:·Buffalo 1Firm :. To .Bujld· Span.
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$24~0.0 0. Added <Because Of
N. R.-A.
;, ·T he New Hampshire Bridge ' Com- so or not, the . other · granite would
·mission whic;h comprises ,Gov, Win- serve ·every purpose of the bridge con.'ant,; members of,. the State Executive tractors. The . commission, however,
Council and · Highway Co111missioner felt · that New Hampshire should re"·Everett, on Thur~day . awarded the lce!ve the benefit of expenditure of its
'•~ntr;act for ·.. the . superstructure of own money, at least; to the extent of
Litile ~ay bridge to the ·Lackawanna buying granite, gravel and sand from
Steel· Construction Company of Buf-·· producers within the state. All other
falo, N. Y., the lowest bidder,
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materials will have to come from
The price agreed upon was $262,400 els~Where,· -since they ate not obtain"including an additional amount above able in New Hampshire.
tl:ie originai bid of about $24,000. This
At the meeting of the bridge comconcession" was made to the contractor mission, Governor .Winant announoed
because of" stipulation in . the Na- that· a federal grant under the public
tional Recovery Act th~t · skilled works ·act has l}een made for the Lit,.; .bridge workers must be paid at the · tle Bay pridge, and this will .amount
·rate of $1.20 an hour, whii:e u_n sk~ed· to 30 per c_e nt of the cost. "Last night"
·•workers will .received not less . than '50 the •governor went on, "I finished
· cents an'. hour; .' .
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· · · · ·,u.. ~ signing the bonds sold a short time
~- A :~tt;r that has dela:.v.ed . progress, , ag? . an.~ .d~livery was · made today to
~f work on the bridge flnahy .'w~s'dls-- :_tq_~_,;;J;iank\ng . house that purchased
·posed· of _when, the commidsiOIJ- · g~ve. the1!J, Proceeds of _- these bonds will
;the c_ontra~t J'or granite to be psed 1p. C?~nple,~e payment, for the Little Bay
:OOnstruction to ·the. John Swenson bndge. .
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Granite· com
_ p'any of ·concord. for
Mr. Wmant explamed that she con62 000
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... · · , trac~ for the substructure of the
,t •. :,- · .-, · . · · .· . , . ,· bridge never had been signed, despite
. This _will call for !!-PProxnuately 100 the fact; that award was made early
parloJ!,dS ' ~f c_rushed stone and Will in the sturimer to the Crandall Engiv~ th~, _S"'.{~nSOI} . company's force gineering and Construction Company
e~ploym~nt, for" . a}?out three ~-o~ths,; of . Cambridge;'· Mass. Tha·t no tim~
I\ ,1s ,b~lfeved th.at apq11t 1? ,additional might be· lost, the company was given
'workers will be employed, ,_that the perinission to start work, but .actual
crus1:J_ed stone , may be delivered on signing of the contract was delayed
time.
..-.r
·u ntil a decision was reached in
Effort w~ made : to . secµre the ,Washington on the state's application
granlte contract for a firm outside·. the. :for a grant · under the federal. public
$fate; ,on the plea that the cost'\vould· works act. Members ,-· of the commisbe
·and· to arguments that' Con.: 'sion and other state officials affixed
poi:d ~ranite _was superior t~ _th~,-i>ro:.' ;their signatures _to t~e necessary doauct ·of the ·out~of-state quarries, re- ·cuments 'yesterday ,and thus . compleply ·w~s, made· that, whether, this was :ted all formalities:
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ATYOR
ID
The Soolety fol' Presorvo.Llon of New as a resul !l laugh rose up and rolled
England Antlqultlell on Thursday to the Paclflo,
made another appeal <> the Maine
"Whab/' he asked, ''would have
Highway Oommlssioll and the seleo~- happened to that h!storlo frigate, the
men 9t York to presen•p the hlst.orl9 Constitution, 1f steel plates now girded
Sowall's bridge which ta threatened her sides nnd funnels stretched from
with destruction and t-9 be replaced her decks? She would, of oourse, no
by a new structure, Oontlnentl\) longe1· be the Const!tutlo11. And unsoldler1 marched ove1· the span A ha1f less a wooden bridge 1·eplaces Sewall's
centur, ago.
bridge and adheres to the llnes oC the
Only a change It\ plauB, said the orlglnal another national · landmark
society whose headquarters la in Bo4• shall have been destroyed/'
ton can save the span, the first Pllg
The old bridge, now u11servlceo.ble,
clra'w brld~e built In America. It s~n'a Is 2::.1 feet wide and approxlmateJy 270
tha York l'lver and ltsconstructlon In fee! long, Funds from the state, town
1701 by Major Samuel Sowell startled an(J county, Oroutt said, were at hand
the engineering world ot thab era. and to begin the work ot rebuilding .
. served as a model for other bridges In The soolet,r., whl~h !If being supi>0r~
dlfferen~ part~ ot the country,
ted i.o tqe in.ove}?QDt !Pf a wooden
The atate of Maine, sale\ t~e society, bctd~ bf lilstorloa\ organlzatlona in
plans to replaoe the ancient bridge Maine sent ~ petition t<> QQverno1·
with on$ of oonorete.
Brnnn' seve~al week~ agQ pr6testln~
"That/'- ~id Phlllil I>a~1\ ()r9utt, agntnst "it design ~ng type ol Jllodern
Bost;on ar9hlteot ~t\d member of both brlctge whloh will obliterate e.11 11ug•
th& eootev a11d tM oommltteo, "is I gest ions of the old," ~nd e,sked {9f ..
Whj,' hit.M\ened ~V Qon~r4 • A COil• reproduction from Sewall's orlglna~
ore_~ sp l .\eP!.l\9?1j thj ~J:,t9rl~ drawings ln wood.
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brldllt \'_ oh "arolied th' 1'-ood and
The only concessloryi recelve<l 110
far, said Orcutt, are the promi11811 W
. erect $, tablet of commemoration .a nd
a wooden rallln galong the side,
"If the slate of Maine," he said,
"wishes to destroy ·almost the only
hlstorlo landmark to which t~ can
have first claim, it should be suitably
entombed In steel without . any a.t.:
tempt at camouflage. As for a tablet to
oommemora.te it-tablets commemorl"~ the dead; Sew~ll's brld~e, like the
Oonstttutlon, should oontlnue to llv&P
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(By Associ<1tcd Press>
Boston Sept. 27-Tlle Society !or the
Preservation of New England Antiquities, Inc., in a renewed appeal t o P resdent Roosevelt rcr,ording historic Sew•k Me
yesterday
all's Brdgc a t Y01 ,
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e5 t:.::d the Citlz ns' conservations
sugg
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1ie 1p.
Corps nug
Plans for the construction of a steel
and concrct,e bridge are being opposed
by the society . nd historic organizations who fo,vor :i, wooden strµcture
along the lines of the original bridge,
built in 1761 the first pile bridge lu
America.
Asserting. "we. need your
help to ..have.
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this histonc bndg~ ro_r the nation, the;
society suggested m its letter to the
t t 'f tl
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Chief Executive ha 1 1e se e
of York "can be won over," the C. C •
. 'd
h't ak piles and
O. might prov1 c w 1 ~ o
,
transport the1i1 to the ~1te. The soc1e:y
estimated a wooden bndge would co~t
$8,500 less lhan one of concrete.
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\ Each.boat had Its traditional rival In
. ~his . :fleet, . and Its interested group of
spectators on the other river hank.
Daily races had brought ' uncanny skill
l~ fen~lng off, shoving . ahead, quick
trailng of oars, and , dev_eloped mighty
J ••ip
backs and 'muscJe~ to . put weight on '
M_qd~rn days modern .w~;ys. In tfi , e ~ oars. The river_was soon alive with· the
five hundred fast moving boats, Coles, wher, i,he knock-off whistle blow
lisions were frequent, particularly ebb
a ,the Pljl,r,ts~imtp_ . ravy_ ,Yard,; .5,fteen
tide days ·off Badger's .Island Point,
lmn~ed workmen roll swiftly out of
where ali boats would be hugging the
the · yard in five hundred motor cars
shore to catch the favorable eddies,
urged forward by· gesticulating Il'ar~
Some times a d·ozen or rnore boats
Ines ~nd Pollcemen, and controlle:1 by
would _be drawn Into a muss of bumpshrill traffic blasts, and red and green
ing
hulls and smashing oars, only to
ll~~bs. But when the three tho~\Sand
workmen of Civil · wai• times left the · be separated on the tidal swirls as rapid!)'. as they had been thrown together,
yar~ at the toU of the knock-off bell
From the distance would come the roar
they went in five hundred boats, wherof spectators, growing in volume until
ries, dories, yawls, ieine boats, and vrhat
not,-even · in twelve_. and fourteen · the rivals shot into their slip • and
slapped each other on -the backs or
oared cutters; ,for ·the Navy Yard is· on
:sullenlY. _boated their oars, _- as the case
an island ' and -- ; the great Memorial
might be'.·,
•1 ge across the Pisc;i.taqua did - not
_. Gradually major .attention of t he
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sportily inclined Portsmouth . spectaFive hundred ,l>~ats cr_o5&ing a , river
totg' .,centered on two specially built
half a mile wide would catch and hold
cutters, the "Joe Hooker" and the
any eye, and" cause a ,crowd of 'sp~c"Skedaddle."
Much money changed
tators to . banlc up very quickly. . The
hands. Rivalry became intense. The
. leisurely :stream ·of -boa ts . in the ~ornmost powerful oarsmen among the yar
ing offered nothing -extraordinary in
workmen sold their own boats apd
t~e way of interest; but the afternoons
took thwarts in the favorites. Both
saw daily a liberal portion
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the 'racers became yachtllke in splenPortsmouth and Newcastle pop:ilace
dor of paint and brlghtwork. After
collect along the waterfront to witsee-sawing of i.:esults, the "Sk.cd' : ness the IJlOSt . exhlleratlng boating
addle'' began to experience bad breaks
'scene to be found in America. Even
of luck, and the crew -went into conthe Isles °'f · Sho.als steamer · wouict li'e
fe'ren<ie .. _- It was decided to trim the
to in order. that the passengers should
boat_down a bit by 'the head; ·so an exnot _miss the com~;:ig , rii,ce,.
.
tra· hand was ·placed in the bow. sure
., When the workmen arrived I at ;. the
enough, the "Skedaddle'' seemed to do
· yard In the mornings, they moored
better. she heid her own in the first
t):leir "boats In . dense numbers arocnd
stretchi'\ind .as Four Tree Island WR~
-t):l.e landing stages, · or haulec;l thein
neared beg-an 'to 'di·op th11 "Joe H%kashore ·aboye the high water . 'm ark·:
er" ·astern. This was too much for the
Oars; _row locks, gratings and rudders
human ballast in the bow. Leaping to
~ere .carefully secured, lest they take
his feet and swlngin·g -hls hat above his .
wings unto them~elves; !and bow :md
head, he began
lusty iti1'ee cheers.
stern fasts, and fenders · were gotten
Two· of tlie three w·er·e given In handout . and , hitched as . only old-timer&
some style, but the third ls unvoiced
could do such things. These r..·rcauto 'this da'y; for· the' !'Skedaddle" stuck
tidns taken, tl:ie workmen answered roll
a submerged rook with great force and ·
-ca-u° an~ felJ t" ori the new steam sloops
came to an abrupt 'st-Op, while the 1uii"Kearsarge". .and "Ossipee'', or the
mated figure head continued on the '
dqubled ended side wheelers "Sebago"
-w• ii.~.
' 'This"'· tr.•hct
· tbe
. .'~Skeda'ddte·s
'.
~
~.
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and "Mahaska,'' or the great 74-gun .r~~inLJ:Areer.
-A nfW rl,;:al ,rejolcinii: in
__s,hip of the "New Hampshire," or per- ' the name of "KuKlux" arose later t o
haps the new_ fangled ironclad "Aga- . challenge the triumphant "Joe Hooke•:."
menticus."
,
Nothing remains now · of the l'lsAt ·the first toll of the bell ~n the
cataqua boating activity.
First ti1e
Head House at the end of the working
steam ferries,' then the motor cars,
day, there wa11 a _,;;tampede for the wathen the new bridge. The daily regatta
_terfront. That' for · which the crowds
-an·d the rowboat, for that matter.of ·s pectators along "the Portsmouthhas joined the snows of yesteryear:._ ,
Newcastle shores had assembled was on.
-;;'.h ~ wave ' of .running workmen ' broke
_at the -shore line, d!yid!ng into groups
straini~g to launch the hauled-up boats,
and swarms leaping from one moored
cr:ift to another to reach 'their, own.
Oafs ~nd g~ar were . swiftly unlocked
.a?ld shipped; · shouts went tip for b"?lated ·members of the crews; painters an·d
.ste~ f_a s~ w~re cast off; boats sho~
'1\-htlad 11,ncFqut. Warm . language was
til~ 9!4~t 9.f the day.''It was'ifo place
a sensitive soul.
r(P1st ,..
1
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of
much
a
~\ C'¥ l)~t.B 1&
r~~~Vf/~;
I
�l
I
&~1~0
scrlpe)liact Wl!ltten. thus f&:r he
Roberts- hlmse!f had traded , with
'.Ii. :r:e- Muscat, a.nd· was greeted by ; the Sul.'..
rq• \ •l.1'cc1 )ilin, n~b- to be :lmpattcn~, as· tan as a friend. The treaty
.which
~]! v,Nr very desirous tllat
no
one they arranged' placed
the United
~sl')onltl be omitted'. He remarked that States on an equal footing with the
r:moody they, wer~ ,::rea;te:r: in num~:t British In all matt~s pertaining ~
ftl:lruiJ wc,e :,,essem;ecl bJ a:n~ Prince- of· commerce.
•
1the ·Emf)irtr.
Howe\'e:, he tlif)pet) nis· ' · "On onl:y one point di~ the Sultan
'pe¥.reil' in tr..'e. ink ala.d' »~mmcncecl as insist upoI) '. a cµange; Roberts
had
, ro,11&w$: J., firsff 1leolt Gosport, m tl'le provided !or the care of
American
,Isres o.t s~oalir, bclng :§ar1ihest at. sea, ~amen cast away in the
Sultan's
E«illlllllllllfllGi R,olb£it'W llifatl Km- }MCr. tr1eFJ, went en wlth the· towns, Gf dominions, with a stipulation th\l't the
~-er.com.,'
United States , should reimburse ! the ,
porlanmt JE»n[i)l~.l'mat1k l'LHs·• I the"Eil'cn~ua<Hy
tlile- sc11lbe was
wo:,n, 'ruler for the expense incidental to the
sfo1m. iim
out 11\J.ough Robc1ts liad· se2.rccl'.')1: be- 'seamen's maintenance and return, to •
~~ · l~i3 11st. :Fie· .Intended to name t;helr hom~Iand. ··
'
'J'hern nr-c mnny Po..t1:111011th }lt:op·te,
;;!ery bow1i in Now Hrunpshfre
and
"The Sultan woJld not listen
to
plon cm Jn vrnlou,: ""L"•·1irl:;c:J, who
~lkn .fan l,)aall! 011- ~e· r·est o:f Ul'le- this proposal. He himself would bear
hnve been !orgo1,Ll't\ h.Y
many
A8
·datrs, 'While this :per-!ePmanee w.as. all the expense, To do otherwi5e, be
the years p..11mcll, ·11n!Jl now man:, ,to
gcmg on. tbe member6 of
Roberts'. said, would 'be contrary to the usage
not Jmow th:i.L such 11crsoti,:; e~lstcct.
s~ite dMhed· out of, mie cabin in · or- of Arabs, and to the rights of bospiIt fo intcrei;Ung to .rrn,1J · o{ · bl16'.i\' d-·
t o· ven!l. tltlel.r laughte11.
tality which have ever been practiced
forts. Will::ml De I.rt!' ln the Bo:;ton
"In. Siam the
commissioner w.as among them.' ,
._,
Glcbe recentJy }mi l the 'foUowlag:
~0rcll::t,]Iy welcomed, and; afte1· a long
"The· Portsmo'u th merchant sailed
,"About the 1..l.1ne :new ;mn~l~cl mcl'Jtound or preliminal!Y' visits and' llan- home .In triumph, and in
1835
re-0 ants were bc1:inning 1,o brea1t d'qvm
'qu.ets, w.as' presente1:l' to· tbe- King ab turned to the Orient with the rat1!ied
and
BangJ-oJ,.
treaties·, These he delivered with due
) the bnrrle.tB to Gl\illl'~I). ,il.'\''1e,
wern ltn0Ql1i!,'' nt ,lrqmn'd tdool', opJy ' ;,, 'We entered·· 1at length. the vestl- ceremony and was on his way to
oµle tfuiough a line of soldiers, ancl Japan to' attempt "to open negotiations
to have th ,lr :t,,.noc1w
nn:;~cred .' by
into t11e preseBce o1 bl.a
majesty. with that nation when he died and
e11JU\Ol\ flro-, rmof,ht'V New l1!'.n3111.ndeiThere lay pl'ostrate, or .r.athel' on, all wu burled at Macao. Thus the task
Jnst.ltuted (llplo11rn1,ic 1·c1auom1 between t.ho Unll,efl f\ln,t.e:i 11,nd the rul- fo11T:: resting on then, knees and el- of opening the ports- of ancient Nipbowir, witff hands· united· and
head pon was left to another , 1 New Engen:1 o:t £Ham and 11lf.1sc:i.t
bowrd low, nll the pripces and nobil- lander."
"T.h.18 mn.n wrui '81 lmunrl Ro,1"it1: o!
ity of tTle lnnd; it was an impressing
J'ort:;moutn, N. H,
•nu·ouch
hJs
bnt :i.ba.~ing slght ,
'
clooe 11'.leml, Levi W odbu.1·y, e:t- ~ov- : "D11t Roberts and his. companions
enior o! New H:i.rnpHhit•e, and then ,joillrd the others in a. few ceremonial
·cc.retm:1 o:t t.he n :wy, he llacl .Imbows, rt>garding- these as being ordinpressed upon Px,'::lfl<'nt Jackron the ary courtrsies and in no way- ~ncliJmportance .r
:-olldifylng
l.liro11gh
catmg i;ubserviencc ,
fonna:t ttcat,y We r,ommcxclal poslf,ion
In front of the King's
dais· were
of A.me.rlrmui in Oricut.:i,.l w;i,trrs, Antl
laid out gifts which had· been sent to
In Marnh, lll3:.l, n:; 1;p rir J em oy
of
him by Roberts in the previous d<iyth'e Unitrrl St..'11,ei:, :B~•hr11J; saJlt>cl out
pilcs of silir, rich .tillgreed silver basof B0:Jlan j \ f\l'IJO\' Jl
1.he
United
kets, elegant gold watches
studded
st.ate:; Hhip-oJ'--vm.1· J>p:,cock, on what
wit.I\ large pearls.' After answering a
wm: tllen :i. !li:;l,j1H'.l.iy 1u)lfCl mi,;:;lon.
varlcLy of polile question as to their
After :1. pn:UJJ1Jn:iry vl~lt to C1v1l,<m,
health, and the h ealth of t.hc PresiF,0bcl't,1 ll)(•Cf.P lif'tl 1.o J ns•w, h u J)JJ)[i to
dent of the United States, th9 .InterC'm.l!:e a 1,1·e:d,y w·itl1 .th; ruJeJ'.
view ended,
·
J.n ti,hh: Jic f ll.iJl'II. He could obl.aln
"On April 1, 1833, a treaty was
'no tti.rt'r,f, ncrr~,i 1,o f,bal,
poLentri.ie
~gped-the fir~t ever made between
save on '.hurnlJi:,tmg tc11m.s be wonlrl q1e United S '.ates and an
Asiatic
not eom:Mlrr. 'J:'lp::, in /;J'.'1ite +1! tl1e
country, Fixed customs and
port
fact 'that he hn.rl i1nJ)rc1;~cd tlle val'icharges· werC' agreed to, and
trade,
ous rnvr:rys -wJ10m .l1e cllcl meet with
which previously had been controlled.
hls high sta1.ion ln Arner.lea. 'J'hey
exclu~ively by the sovereign, was to be
had. inqu.i.!Nt al.Jo11t his 1,ltlr•;; ~ncl, allowed without restriction, ,
111.1cling Umt unJn ;.<; .ttc had t. Lles he
"Roberts then
sailed across
the
would I.Jc coi,:;iul' l'l'(l ol :imall llnportII).clian Ocean to Muscat, at the enl :incc, 'he pror.cccl nd Lo invent a few,
trance to the Persian Gulf. I, Though
sng\(estit1g I hn.t on') or the - l;ciibc.s today Muscat is the _capital p! an Inwrite them down.
.
consequential Arabian depeiidency of
11 'Eclmurnl :S.c • ·1~ : :,
n specir 1 envoy
it wa.s, a centJry ago, of contr9m the U11ltell SLatcs, amt a CJtl- India,
slderal'>le commercial' import~nce. Itsef P.0rt1;mr-111th, in t'he S\.ate oi
great ruler, Said ibn S11ltan, pontroUed
Nc\111 J'Inmpi;llil'c,' he be:llm.
a. domain extending down
:mcl In11 Ulen Jtr(,)('rcrlN11' he· wr ! , 'wUh
cluding Zanzibar, In A!rlca., Amerl
•the coJmles of Rocl,ingham, Stanolld-,
can vessels- carried ona busy trade 1n
lMcrrima«, l'.ti'm;boro, Grafton, Clbes.tl'lat quarter of the world-dominated•
hiir.tt, ~"\Jltlvan :mer Coos,.
When he
~t. In fact. - - - ~ - - -- '~·- -~..-J
r:i !:l!Nl jt ,there . w.<>J'e Qn~ more,
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�NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL SOCIETY
MISCELLANY
RECENT DEATHS
N . E. J. OF M.
SEPT. 21, 1933
He was a Mason for many years, having taken
all the degrees on each road, and in this he always
evidenced deep interest.
He was married in Portsmouth 011 December 19,
1905, to Annie J. Hill. 'l'he home mu of thii:I
couple has 1 •[t nothing to be desired and to those
who knew them no further comment ill 11ecessary.
Dr. Eastman is survived by his widow, one
1,rother, Charles, a nd one sister, Mrs. L. A. Robeck,
of this city.
·w1-::rn1•: LT. P. CLARE.
EASTMAN, EUGENE B. - With great regret lt
becomes my painful duty to record the sudden
death of Eugene B. Eastman, M.D., of Portsmouth,
who died on September 6, 1933. 'rl10 cause of
death was hypertensive heart disease and chronic
nephritis.
His education was gained in the University of
New Hampshire, Tufts College Medical School, and
McG!ll University of Montreal, Canada.
His great ability early earned him prominence
in his chosen profession and his work was known
far and wide by its sterling quality.
His friends were l egion, both within and without
the profession and people in all walks of li[e
were benefited by his contact.
A quiet, unassuming man, Dr. Eastman went
his daily way and many people in straitened
circumstances felt his philanthropy.
IIis many
deeds of kindness can n ever be emunera.ted, and
countless ones will never be known excepting in
the hearts of those whom be befriended.
No task was too small or too large to receive
his undivided attention. The difficult situations
that he met and overcom e are too numerous to
comment upon.
A man among men ever ready to battle for
what he believed to be right, a beloved brother
to his colleagues whom he always stood ready to
help at any time of the day or night, a friend
to the weak, a guiding hand to the strong and a
beloved counsellor whose advice was sought far
and near; his place will never be filled in the
hearts of those privileged to love him.
He was a member of the New Hampshire Medi·
cal Society and the Massachusetts Medical Society. He occupied the position o[ trustee of the
New Hampshire State Hospital. 'l'he Portsmouth
Hospital early gave him a position on the staff
which institution he loyally served for many
years. He served as medical referee of Rockingham County for a number of years.
�o\
ture.
By Nov1.mber 25, 1794, the Piscataqun bridge wns opened to gt'nernl travl'l. It was 2,362 feet long
and 38 fet't wide, and was made in
ing and repair of the road. This
they did by erecting toll gates
every iew miles. The tolls rang&a
I
from one cent to three centi,.
Boom for Durham
'As
a
result
of the traffic over the
three sect.inns. The first was horizontal, and was built on piles from bridge and along the turnpike DurFox point to Rock island (hardly ham became a busy little town and
more lhan a larr;c rock nenr Goat a 1·eal estate boom waa started,
island). The second section,' ex- Citizens of Durham, Dover and
tending from Rock island to Goat Portsmouth formed a comp~ny and
"History repeats itself," and the
island, was in the form of an arch. .bought the land near the Durha.m
Piscataqua river, as it races restThe third section was horizontal end of the bridge, which they laid
les~ly back and forth past Dover
like the first and contained the l out in house lots and str\!ets, after
point with the tidal changes, must
draw. It extended from Goat is- the manner of real estate men, and
be remirtded ot the truth of the old
land to the Durham shore wher called Franklin City,
saying by the cr11nes and piledrivthe toll gate was located. The
Only two or three houses were
eu at work on the Little 'bay original rost of the bridge was ever built on their designated lots
bridge noV'I being built near the $G5,000-about one-tenlh the esti- at Franklin City, for the embargo
Boston and Maine toll ibridge.
mated cost of the present p~oject. • of 1807 and the c!ecline of shipping
For it was about 140 years ago
during the war of 1812 burst the
Tavern Established
that work on the first Piscataqua
Goat island contains about two bubble of prosperity and Franklin
bridge was started. The old bridge
acres of land, nnd on it was lo- City never became a city in fact.
was built at a different place in
cated a laYern where the traveler One of the houses which had been
the river, but it accomplished what
might sto p, stable his horses, and built there was moved up the rivthe present project intends to acrefrc ~h himself with food grown er toward Durham village on
complish. It connected Portsmouth
in the tavern-keeper's own garden. barges and placed on a new site
with central New Hampshire by
The toll rnriecl from one cent each where it now serves as home for a
the shortest possible route-and for sheep and ~wine, to 40 cents member of the University of New
thereby hangs· a tole of prosperity
for each coach, cl>ariot, phaeton or Hampshire faculty.
and sudden decline.
The final blow was struck to the
other four-wh()c led carriage for 1
Closely connected wilh the erec- passengers and each wagon, cart prosperity of the area around the
tion o! the first bridge are the
or other carria;-;-e of burden drawn Piscataqua bridge when, in 1841,
11tories ot the first New Hampshire '
the railroad was built from Bosby more thnn two beasts.
.
turnpike 'and of "Franklin City,"
ton to Portland. Goods which had
The pari-muluel bill does not
not the present city by that name,
been transported to forlsmouth by
mark
the first time that the slate
for this Franklin City was a dream
sea and from there over the turn-,
of
New
Hampshire
has
sanctioned
never quite made real.
pike to the interior of the state
games of chance. In 180-1 the New
Start of Bridge
came to 'be hauled from Boston by
On December 1s; 1792, a group Hampshire Legislature granted a train, and prosperity 11ped away
of enterprising New Hampshire lottery for obtaining $13,000 to re- to other centers on the shiny rails.
citizens petitioned the General pair and maintain the Piscataqua
Granite Walls Remain
Court for the exclu sive privilege bridge. The inducement lo buy
The
bridge gave way in 1830 and
of building a bridge across the tickets in the lottery was a first
was
repaired,
but in 1855, when
Piscataqua river from Cedar point prize of $8,000.
the ice tore down a section of it,
From
Coe's
crrner
in
Durham
to
in Durham to Fox point in NewCeldar point is a three-mile stretch the owners made no attempt at reington (then known as Bloody
of
dusty road over which once construction. Today, however, the
point and Furber's ferry, respecpasi;ed
the heaviest stream of traf- granite walls of the abutments retively). They desired to be incorfic in New Hampshire, for it was main to show where the structure
porated for the purpose and to be
part of the First New Hampshire once stood.
a1lowed to reeeive toll to pay for I
turnpike, leading :fom Portsmouth
The turnpike became merely a
their venture.
over the l'iscataqua bridge to Con- rough, country road over which a
Finally, on June 20, 1793, the pefew vehicles bumped without the
titioners were incorporated under cord.
The turnpike was completed in hindrance of toll gates, for the toll
the title ol "The Proprietors of
Piscataqua Bridge." rhe act of 1803 by a group of men who had was· not worth collecting.
Durham became sleepy for I a
incorporation gave the proprietors been incorporated as the New
time,
Isaac Hill, journalist and
Hampshire
Turnpike
company.
In
the power to enact a fine of not
governor of New Hampshire from
their
petition
they
had
pointed
out
more than 40 shilling!! from any
1837-1839, wrote in his journal afperson who should attempt to tha t lhe road from the Piscataqua
ter he had taken a trip along the
river
to
the
Merrimack
river
at
evade the toll, and the state do,
nated Goat island (situated in the Concord was longer than riced be, turnpike in its lean years:
"Of the ancient town of Durham,
because
of
its
n:any
twists
and
river at the point where the bridge
it was unpleasant to witness as we
turns.
was to cross to the porject.
passed through the village so m'ucli
This
condition
they
remedied
so
In return for these privileges the
evi~ence of its former prosperous
well
that
the
present
road,
one
of
proprietors were required to probusiness contrasted with its pres- ·
vide a. tlaw in th; bridge for the the strni~htest in the state, follows
the original route almost all the ent det1ertion. The shops and'
p~sinit of boat.'I, and they were reway, and the distance, which they stores were there closed as i'f 'the
quired to complete the bridge withweekday had been the Sabbath. The
in 10 years. Andrew Drew, on the estimated at 36 miles, will be registered as almost the same on your attorney's office signs of .:.a friena:
Durham aide, And Richard 'Downspeedometer of you drive yo~r au- who had moved to Washington six
ing, of Fox point, dona ted land for
or eight years ago remain~d Over
tomobile -that way. .
·
the terminal points of the strucThey, too, were empowered to
collect toll in return for the .build-
I~ECALL THE
CONSTRUCTION
OF L.B. BRIDGE
I
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an open door of a modern. brick \
building intended for ready access
I to the best enterprise of the village, as if 'Poor Richard' with his
'quips and cranks' was still upon
the spot ready to give advice or
draw a writ far a fee, or to tell a
story or crack a joke without a fee.
'!We knew the name above not
to repr11Bent truly; and we · feared
:ftt1lther that· this 'outward sign'
was but an indication that the
closed shutters of the village did
not represent the entire vacancy
within."
:But "history 1·epeats itself/' and
the coming of thb nutomobil~ made
it necessary·to modernize most of
the old ,turnpike a few years ago.
Now the remaining three miles of
the historic. old road will also be
modernized to carry the traffic
from Portsmouth over two new
bridges·and into,.the interior of the
state. . Perhaps the Piscataqua
muses on this as it surges ' around ,.
the cofferdams erected !01; making
the substructure of the Little Bay
·bridge.
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~()VQ •
~O!' .
'iC\~
o~ -~o.
Are Gue~ts Of ity At Ban uet
Held At •Hotel oc ingham
\
An · impressive tribute of good-will hel1> .and the Scarborough was
disand . friendship was paid the officers pntche, from Boston because a general by the name of Sullivan
had
of H;: M, S. Scarborough iast even- taken the powr'ler from Fort William
ing by the citizens of Portsmouth and and Mary. Because of
this
act
vicinity, when they were guests at a British wr :·ships were ~ummoned and
big banquet at the Rockingham Ho- the Scarborou&h'. was one of them.
tel-.
Much interest historically surrounds
. The dining room was
decorated this fact. · i
·' ·'
I with the flae-s o·f the United' States
"All thro..1gh· the' yeai-s ·since
we
at\d England and the. atmqsph'ere ' was gained · our in1ependence a 'warm tie
one of sincere hospitality on the pa1'L o! friendship has existed
between
of those present. and they expressed these two great nations; but · in more
their pleasure at being able to' wel- recent years we' have learned to 'love·
come to this city these men of ·the our comrades from over the •seas more
British navy.
and more deeply ,as
we ' marched
The invocation was given )>y Chap- shoulder to shoulder with thert1 in the
lain William · Williams of 1he Navy great World War. •It ·ever thet'e were
Yard, following the sin$ing of "Am- two nations so closely connected .;hat
erica" by the assembled cornpany.
their people are , entitled to be called
Former Mayor F.
W,
Hartford brothers it is ,Ji:ngla.nd and America.
opened the post-prandialt exercises by 1 We speak theil" ton.:;ue; they . disproposing a toast to·" His , Majesty, covered and set.tled , Ne,., , England.
· King George V., of England, while Martin Pring; , who sailed , up
the
Hon. o . w. Cor.nwallis, b. B, · ' E. , Plscntnqua in 1603 was, the
first
commander of the Scarborough, re- English settler in these parts
11.nd
sponded by proposing , a toast • to since that time we have been carryPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Ing on by the blood thnt coursed
A welcome in behal'f of . the city was through the veins of these ear:y setextended by Mayor S. F, A. ;Picker- tlers and their spirit, i.ntil we _have
ing, ·.vho beg!',n his remarks . by . saying . today one of the greate .t nations in
that it was just 300 years ag,o that the world,. and we respect, love and
his ancestors landed o.n old _ Straw- admire the men of dear old England,
berry Bank, and continuing, Sl'\ld, "It and why shouldn't we? This 13 New
is my pleasure and honor. at this tlrri,e Fngland, a.nd this · 1, ·e city o! :"'Jrtsin behalf of th, citizens of Portsmoutl1 mou th, named for the great city of
to extend their best wishes
to .the; Portsmouth, England, where the govcommander and officers of ~- M;. ;3. ernme.nt has the largest, I believe,
Scar_oorough of · t~e ~oyal Navy and 'dockyard in the world. ~ ou know
to give them a hearty ;-Velcome to that ever since I learned of this I
· Portsmouth." ·
,,
have been asking why not have the
Norman M. Leavitt sang a grpup of I greatest dockyard in
America
in
§Ongs, including "Old 'Ma.n
Rivet', Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
"Indian Love Call" and '"1:'he 1:ll-S~ "So , long as we have as a
natlon
Round.:ip ." Mr. Leavitt Is one of the something that .sor.iebody else wants
ouj;standing singera of this
section we are , ikely to have _trouble a.n1 so
ankl, h!s numbers were grei:1tly enjoyed 111 01 st. always be. prepared.
last evening.
"For many yea,s such, sen, 1 clubs
. May'!r Pickering then. presented as the Rotary and
Kiwanis !lave
former Mayor F. W. Ho.rtford, who spl'ead the gospel or better
underacted as toastmaster, n.nd ln his re- , standing of the peoples of the world
marks ,Mr. Hartford spoke in part as and their work •s bearing frult, slowly
follows:
but surely, nd the great nucleus of
"This is a delightful occasion as we this mcvement is the clo.se friendship
gather here tonight to pay our re- and relations o'f the citizens of Gl:aa
spects to our friends from across the Britain and America.
I personally
se~. We know the history or
the jhave found the people of England.
people that these gentleme,n represent. hospitable, courteous and
obllg!.ng.
They have visited at this od seap?rt 1· I say lets start that brotherhood with
·for m~ny years. In fact the first England and .America.
we under•
white man who ever stepped on this stand each othe,. and when thes~ two
soil ~as a~ 1Englishman .. :"his is n?t countries des!:- It there must exist
the first time that a Bnt1sh warship ! peace throughout the world forever
named Scarborough has visited , this ' and forever.
port. The IJ. M. S.
Scar]nrough
came into Portsmouth , , Ha1·bor
in
1775. The governor o( this state . ln
coion!al tlmes had occasion to _£~1~ fQr
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"These are great times that we aro
living In and what arrects the peoplo
Of England affects the people of this
nation, and her troublr. to,,ch
th&
heartstrings o·r all Am ~rici ns. wo
need here in America your friendship
n.nd you in England nee•l he friendshlp o! America. That is my m~sage,
because here and all about you as you
travel in any direction,
mile, ten
miles or fifty miles, yon wlll be reminded of your own En~land. There
are Laconia, Plymouth, Dover, Manchester nnd hundreds of other nanwi
taken from your own co1111try
l\l\!l
given these settlements by our Engllsh settlers. '
"We are proud to lnvr- yo u come tn
this city that we :ill lovr. This city
1Y
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b th e sea with its rtLminl ness and t•g
1 s or ca
backgro
,,nrl.
011d when you
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go away from here and return to your
homes we wa.nt you to c'.lrl'.I' with yoa
our best wishes and thr h1owlcdge or
the pleasure we have h~d in receivin~
you, and we hope that. s0111e day In
the future, v.hcn you
wea r
wldct'
r;~'.f'POV-0 \..1.C\h--
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any society sitting in a smcll room
and talking, ;,.,!th very Jinlite_d ideas r The toastnaster then thanked the
on how to bring abo:it th .,,ace o!
members of the orchestra, which was
the world.
·
\composed of Carlos Lanzilli, violinist,
"Kl ng ,r-.eorge and President RooseNorman M. Leav1·tt, pianist, e,nd Dr.
•velt are 1 rh interested in peace .. I \Kenneth Steady, cellist.
The orbelieve tlmt these men with mitions
chestra included .in lhe program. sevand millions of subjects and millions eral old English airs and the mJsic
and millions of citizens under them J.n
added mui:h to the success a! the
who~e hands the fate of the nation
event.
lies are as fully interested, fully as
The toastmaster nc·t introduced E.
concerned, fully as
heartfelt
and Curtis Mr.tthews, p:l'sident of
the
earnest in going to church and ;vor- Chamber of Commerce; R. C. . .
shlping God and planning for
the Greer, president of the Rotary Club,
good or the world ns these societies Albett H. WooHson, vice president of
of irresponsirle people who go about
lhe Kiwanis Club,
nnd
Councilor
telling people how to run things like Ch arIes E . Carrol
- 1, mayor of Lacon Ia. \
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Ithe peace of the warl:i . .,
The dinner was well prepared
'and
~ o, -•t
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I R car_ Admiral Kempf! mentioned served , the menu cons1st•~. 111 1:ustralia and New Zealand cup, ce1ery, assor t ed oIives, ._
1Ibemg
.,.oned
and o! , isl tlng British
regiments Portsmouth scrod, J.illenne potatoes,
lJicre, and in closl,ng said, "I can roast prime rib o! beef au jus, mashed
simply say that this
examplt:
of potatoes; Hubba.rd squash,
broccoli,
,, friend 5hip and good-will is something hearts o! lettuce with French dressthat ~ ·11 h
ing, plum pudding, ora.nge pineapple
I n
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ave more n uence than \
1mJch
that
Is
put
down
under
anice
cream,
other name."
The
hall demi-tass.e.
was decorated with Am-
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strlpes, Captain Cornw11t1s, that yotr
may come back hero \•·ith a fleet of
English warship.1 on nn rrrand
or
good-will auct sail into tha
deeµe. t
harbo1· on the Atlantio coast.
We
wlll line the banks of the Plscataqu11.
to cheer and receive you with open
nrms. We \\;ill open wide our gate/I
and bid you a hearty 1\'c\cQme."
Councilor Charles H. Brackett or
Gr,•enland, who
reµrc$ cnted · Gov.
John G. Winant, who wos unc.ble to
be present, was next lntroc\uced
and
spoke a.s follows:
"I extend to you lhe greetlngs of
the state of New Hampshire. As the
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Scarborough er!can and British nags, .while flowti1cn m
· t ro d uced to the assembly, ~rs
th•
- and candles gra,ced
""
"' head.'
Those r,res~nt from the ship
were table. As a background a
mamHon. o. w. Cornwallis, o. B. E., 1 moth Engll.vr nag covered the entire
comnui.ncllng officer; Lieut P. H. Ha- wall behind the head table.
dow, Lieut. c. p.
R.
Thomson,
Seated at the hea.d table were the
L'1ci: t . M . JY• . H un,
t Surg. Lieut. W. following: 11.Ia.yor and .-u"
,.,,.__ s .......
" A.
J. Guilclman, M. B., Ch. B., '3ub. Pickering, Ho!l. O. W. Cornwallis. o.
Lieut . R. A. F. Churchill and Gun- B. E'., former Mayor a.nd Mrs. F. W.
ner G. w. Ottaway.
Hartford, Rear Admiral ClanmCe S.
commanc Pl' Cornwallis
rr•ponded Kempf1, U. S. N., commandant- or the
to the ~peech of welcome, saying in Portsmouth Navy Yard, and
Mrs.
prrt:
Kempf!,
CouncilorCharles · H.
"The Scarborough Is a .unit of the Brackett, representing G<>v. John G.
American West Indies
Squadron o·r Winant. Mrs, Ralph D.
Brackett,
the British
Navy and
know to that
Lieut.
H. Mrs.
Hadow,
Co~dr. former
L- S.
,·ou cxte11d
th I 1~
h
StewartP.and
Stew~~t,
When
toastmaster
basAnglo-Saxons
already said we
e we .,ome
er Mayor and Mrs. D. W. Badger,
~
one people, all
o! are
the
it is a welcome extended
to the BritIJ.eut.
same blood. we have much the same
!sh Navy as a whole.
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considc .· (N) 'J. P. R. Thomson, former Mayo:c ·
, thoughts and much the same ideals
myself yery fortJnate that the com- and Mrs. Albert Hislop, Lieut. (El M.
and it is natural that we should want
nnndcr-in-chief
decided my ship H. Hunt, state Senator Charles M.
to have our cousins with us.
lI was to come here. I think the wel- Dale and Mrs. Dale; Surg. -Lieut. W.
ult ls evident that the early settlers
come we have been given here
is J. F. GJild, M. B., Ch. B., Compo! this country had a. very wann spot
somewhat different from the w~lcome troller o! Customs and Mrs. Samuel
In their hearts for their mother counthat was given our ancestP.r hip, the T. Ladd, 9 ner G. W.
Ottaway,
try. Our toastmaster ha.s mentioned
Scarborough which came in 1775. The Councilma.n and Mrs. Samuel F. '}ri!that there are names given towns,
Scarborough of those days reized a fin, Chaplain and Mrs. William · Wilcltles and states, and even our own
fishing fleet off the harbor, · taking Iiams, Cauain and
Mrs. S
W.
state, New Hampshire, w11s named for
the fish for its crew.
Woodruff; Captain and Mrs. A. A,
Hampshire, England. Within 50 mil~
"It is my first visit to the United Robnett, Lieut. Col. a.nd Mrs. J. A.
from here there Is even a town that
states and ever since I was
shown Rossell, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Robbears the name of your vessel, Scarmy program have looked forward to ert E. Sledge, C<runcilor and Mrs.
borough. We want you to enjoy your
coming here. In England I have a Charles Carroll,
Councilman
and
visit here and I hope that you will, so
!muse about three miles outside
o! Mrs. James H . Smith,
councilman
that when you leave us you will want
Portsmouth, Hampshire, and it
is and Mrs. F. Garland TUcker, Coun.to come again.''
like coming home to come here- now. ciiman Robert Marvin,
Councilman
The next speaker was Rea.r Admiral
"I think, perhaps, I can claim that W!lllam T. Rose, selectmen of Kittery,
C. S. Kemp!r, U. S. N., commandant
some of my ancestors had a little to Charles Lewis, 0. Sumner Paul and
of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, who
do \\'ilh the birth of the United states Carroll Sterling, Miss Helen
Paul,
was Introduced by the t.oasimaster as
or America. It was one O'f my an- City Clerk and Mrs. Earl T. Smart,
tne o! the most popular commanrcsl ors, I understand, who
surrrn- Rear
d Admiral DoJglas E. Dismukes
dants that this city has had the privc\ered at what was the turning polnt ao Mrs. Dismukes, Mr. anj Mrs. E.
!legc of knowing.
of o ,r war
at
Yorktown."
Thr Curtis Matthews, Major and
Mrs.
Rear Admiral Kempff said, urn repBriti '1 c?ptain told o! the unveiling Arthur L. Smith,ndMajor and Mrs. I.
resenting the "savy today I desire to
of a statue at Yorktown, Va . , . two H.
a
Councilman Patrick Washburn
J. Reardon.
s
a.
1roug ou t t h e world
we
years ago, when his father was in- 1_____
h
tl
ay th t
have had many
turbulent
affairs
vited to come lo America to take part
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along the line of what '\\e call pac!In the evrnl.
flsm. KLng George V. o!
England
\ "I know \ha t we are goinrr to en1
sent to these shores the d!stlngulsl\ed ·
joy ur visit here," he cont nuect, "in
(!)~. is,
Vice Admiral Drax or the Royal Navy,
fncl, we nrr enjoying it vnv · much,
lwho had the good judgment to send
\and we sh:,11 carry away -.;rry pleas1
as his -repres' ·1 tative Capt. Cornwallis
ant memories, and I hope 1 hat when
o! the H. M. S. Scarborough, "ith
we leave we shall
le1vl!
pleasant
his delight!.il officers. I beUP.ve that
\memories of our visit .' In rlosing he
the King in hl.5 wisdom has done more
exprrssed his apptreciatio1 of
,.he
to bring about good-will, peace and
1110s1 itality displayed at 1hr
Navy
understanding than rould be done by
I Yard .
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The Cachalot will have -about the
same speed as the previous submarines
and a long radius o! action.
_Her first commanding officer 1.g
Lieut. Commander Merrill Comstock
USN. He will have a crew of four om~
cers in addition to himsel! and 39
enlisted men.
Upon the care with which these
men are selected and trained wlll depend in large meas ure the success of
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this newest addition to the Navy's
submarine force. The Cachalot 1s
scheduled after she has finished her
"shake-down" period to join the Submarine Force of the U. S. Fleet and
will probably be based on the Pacific
Coast. ·
The official launching party inThe USS Cach'\lot, the 20\.h sub- present.a lion was made , oilbehaU- of
t
marine of \.he U. S. Navy \.o be con- the yard employees by CheS er A. eluded ;Rear Admiral and Mrs. C. S.
Brownell of the shipfitter's shop.
Kempff, Miss Katharine D. Kempff,
stnicted in the Portsmouth Navy
Prayer was offered by Lieut. Comdr. Miss Eleanor Kempf!, Miss Mary Cli!Yard, slipped from her building ways W. P. Williams, yard chaplain.
ton, Rear Admiral and Mrs. H. H.
into the riscataquo. river I.his foreAt 11.37 the warning whistle sound- Hough, Commander and Mrs. H. G.
noon amid cheers from the military ed. and three minutes ~ater Rear ~d- , Pa.trick, Senator Frederick Hale of
and civilian forces and strains of mu- m1ral KcmpfI released the launchmg Maine Congressman Carroll Beedy of
sic from \.he yard band.
trigger
rd d and [ the dlatest thunderseat era~
th Maine,' Cong~essman and Mrs. Wm. N.
The launching was perfect in every g_ 1 c grace u 11 Y own e ways O e Rogers of New Hampshire, Mayor and
detail and was wi\.nessed by hundreds nvcr .
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l . Mrs. S. F. A. Pickering, Ca.pt. and
of spectators in the reservation and
1e S tl
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Tlt\)C sponsor
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r 1 C 11'1S
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rs. E . p . F mney,
I many olhers looked on from the Inter- use a JO e O cga c 1 ampagne, ie B. T. Bulmer, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs.
! state Memorial bridge and on the ri- fu~ L1,~1, hos lrcn broken on the bow Merrill Comstock, Rear Admiral and
ver front.
or a. i.1111> in the Portsmouth yard on Mrs. D. E. Dismukes, Mr. and Mrs.
, Shortly before 11 o'clock Rear Ad- s~c_h an occasion sil:ice F'.edera.1 prohl- Newell of Bath, Me., Lieut. Col. Hoffmiral Henry H. Hough, commanding b1tion rns adopted m this country,
man and Mrs. Hoffman of Fort Mcthe First Naval District and party arA luncheon was served to I.he om- Kinley, Portland, i=.1rs. Beacham of
riv ed. He was rPceived with cuslomary cinl 11:irty in the recreation building Portland, Mrs. Wm. H. SChofleld of
military honors.
following the launching. Andrew Jar- Peterborough.
The sponsor, Miss Katharine Duer vis catered.
At the luncheon and reception in the
KcmpCI, daughter of Rear Admiral
The Cachalot is the eighth o[ the recreation hall follow ing the launchnine fleet submarines originally a 11- ing various speakers were introduced
thorized in the navo.l building pr ·· to the large number of guests. Rear
g_ram of Aug. 29, 1916. The constru - Admiral C. S. Kempff, commandant
tlon was or~ered at the Portsmouth pf the Portsmouth Navy Yard acted
Navy Yard m March 1931. The keel
'
was laid on Oct. ,
1.
as toastmaster and presented as the
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The Cachalot is of a different typo first speaker U. s. Senator Frederi~k
from previous fleet submarines and L~ D. Hale from Maine. Sena.tor Hale said
somewhat smaller than the Dolphin that when the Cachalot was complet,ed
which immediately preceded her. The a llttle more than half o! the submaCachalot ls 274 feet and 1-1 inch rine quota allowed in the London Nalong ovrrnll as compared with 319 re t val Treaty would have been complet' t 11: inches length overall for the DolHe said that the navy was not yet
] phin. The Standard Displacement, r
t up and that people must put dowr.
I that which is. ch~rged against the ton- •. ir pacifist pride and work to bulld
nage of subma11nes allowed to the ,, navy up to the treaty strength. He
United St.ates by the London Na~n.l (.• ed ,that the Portsmouth Navy Yarc
Treaty, ls 1130 tons as .compared wil h n
attained world-wide recognition ;.s
1540 tons for the Dolphm. The ?ach;,.- the station at which ·the best submaJot has a breadth of 24 feet 9% mchc3. .
Electric welding has been used ex- nnes in the world were built. Other
tensivcly in the construction of the speakers were Rear Admiral Henry H.
Cachalot. All the pressure hull Iromes Hough, commandant of the First Nahave been welded to the pressure hull val District, who had great praise !or
on this vc~s,'l instead of being ri\cled the local Navy Yard, Congressman Wilas has been the praclice in o.ll pre- Uam N. Rogers, Mr. Newell, head or
vrous submarines. The design ond the Bath Iron Works, Mayor 8. F. A.
Sponsor Submarine Caclmlot
construclion of the strength hull, Pickering of Portsmouth, Rear Admirand Mrs. C. S. Kempff, and official upon which the safc\.y of the sulJmor-\ al D. E. DL<;n1ukes, fQrmer commandlaunching party were on the platform inc, when submerged, depencts pnmar- ant o! the local yard, commander Met'just after 11 o'clock. Their arrival was ilY, has been thorou!lhly tcstrd in rill J ·"'fflsk I(, who will be the comfollowed by the gift lo the sponsor of half-size models to pressures far above\manding officer of the Cachalot and
th e Capt. B. T. Bulmer, head of the In-.
a solid silver jewel case In which was those at the test depth to which
dustr1a1 department.
enclosed a Hamilton wrist watch. The cachalot will be submerged.
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!;,1eeting will be held at 7.
o'clock 1
1Tuesday evening and the sp~aker will
be Rev. Donald C. Babcock o!
Lhe
University o! New Hampshire. _
, Wednesday evening the anmversary 1
! banqu~t wlll be he~d, b~gi.nning
at ,
Rev. Edwin S. Tasker, :
16 . 15 oclock.
I D. D. , minister of the church from
1921 to 1929, will be
the ' speaker.
Greetings will be given by District
Supt. Leroy W. Stringfellow, Mayor .
S. F. A. Pickering and former pas- I
tors.
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tories or the various organ!Zlltfnos or
the ch.1rch wfll be given, and wfll be
, followed by a social hour.
Tl1e ffnttl observance wlll
be on
l Sunday.
F :v. Cl;yde E. Wlldma 11,
Ph. D., a. professor In
the Boston
University Theological School will deliver the sermon, ta.ldng !or h!s sub,
"The Creative Church."
J A h :.i.torical p.:igeant, ,;--ritten by J.
True Davis, will conclude the ob:.erva.nee. It will bt pres;n ted at ~ o'clock '
Sunday afternoon r.i,d will show ten
outstanding events, 1n the hlstory of
the church. ~
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The committee on t,he ann;versa.ry
observance l.s com~sed vr Jar.u:s H.
Smith, J. , True Dl vis, George B.
Chadwick; Mr . Etta. Knight,
Miss,
Maude Sanborn i;,nd Mlss Ha:tle Oxford.
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'fhe locai Methodist society. is obeerving tills week .as
anniversary
week, celebrating three ~,J).Illversaries
simuitaneou.sly. One hunqred
and
twenty-five years ago . ' \ the
Fh-st
Methodist Episcopal society in Ports~
mouth was orga.nized. One hundred
and five years ago the first church
was dedicated and 20 years ago the
present church was dedicated,
Opening the anniversa,r y events on
S\lllday morning the sermon at .tti.lf
communion service was preached J>y
Rev. Wlllfam Warren of Manchester
minister of the church • before ' the
present edifice was b.illt. Mr. Warren
came here in 1896 the year of the .arrt val here ctf the late Rev. Charles
leV. Brine rector of Chl•lst Episcopal
Church :for 37 years.
Mr. Warren
1ta.ted that he sent a welcoming letto Rev. Mr. Brine.
Jr. Warren was here for fof i: years
and his presence last Sunday l>rought
pleasure to many of his former parishioners. He gave. an exceptionally
fine talk, the subject being "Being a
Christian," the theme being based on
the story told of the great
Italian,
Garibaldi, and of how he wooed his
wife. Upon their first meeting he
sa.id to her 'Thou oughtest to, be
mine." His love leaped forth
and
later they were ma.I.Tied and lived together- foi• many years until
death
parted them with his . wife dying in
his arms . "Thou ou~est
to
bo
mine" is what Jesus sa1d1 to Pa.il.
ChrJstla.nity is an essentially simple
thing and means the personal relationship to Jesus. "We are not saved
4y opinions," continued Mr. Warren,
•~ut we a,r;-;:-ved andbecome Chrlstlans by our
personal relations.
Opinions may be right a.nd opinions
may be wrong, The one thing that
can not be wrong is when we hear the
call 'Thou oughtest to be mine.• The
answer to that is 'Lord I am thine,
entirely thine" concluded the speakei:.
Special music at t~e morning service was a duet by Mrs. George B.
Chaffee 1lnd Mrs. Clarence C. Sanl)orn. They sang the beauti'!ul "T!1~
Lord 1s My Shepherd" by Smart. ~e
service concluded with a commuruon
servlce,
• In the evening Rev. Thomas Whiteside, who succeeded Mr. wanen as
pastor, wa.'i, the speaker. Mr. Whiteside was here for three ye,i·s :r:e is
now retired and lives at Gilford, Me.
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Pastor of Methodist Church
He took for his text "Thou Art Pete1·
and upon this rock I will b.iild my
church and gates of hell shall not
prevatl against it."
Matthew 16:18.
Mr, Whiteside spoke from the standpoint o! the church
being
l>uilt
a.round
the
personality of Jesus
Christ, and nothing can destroy
it, as it ls permanent.
Special muslo for the service was by
Ce Olde Tyme Quartette, composad <'~
Mrs, Henrietta. Norton
Mrs. Inez
McIntire, James l-f. Smith and J.
True r:iv!s. They were dressed in
costumes of da.ys of yore and their
selections added a, great deal to the
service. They sang "Rock o! Ages"
and "The Home Light."
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The next gathe.iing in
connection
with the anniversary wlll be the ob·;ervance o! the missionary activity of
the church, with the Women's Missionary Societies co-operating.
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The triple an~1iversary obesrvance audience last evening the t rue greator Lhe Firs~
Methodist
Episcopril •ness of the fi ght which has been
Ohurch of Portsmouth, which
hns : waged down tlu,ough the years
by
~een conducted throughout the past couragerms men and women that the
:y,reek, came to a close on Suncia.y af- 'church might live and grow in good
ternoon with t.he presen tation of an· works . The production was a great
unusually fine hMorical pageant, son- !success and much credit is due the
unusually fine hi_~torical pageant, con- 1auti1or ~nd also those who took part
standmg e\·ents m the history of the in 1ts production.
lccal chmch. The
pageant
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Flor m any years the circuit riders
wrH~c n by J. True Davis a.nd pro- o[ MeLhodism traversed this section
duccd -.111dcr lhe direction of
Rev. of Lile country, preachinci when and
Philip S. Nason, pastor of the church. where the opportunity offered. OutIt w1s very finely done, the historical sta,nding among these men were Jesse
characters being played in a compe- 1Lee and Francis Asbury. On J uly 19,
tent o.nd undcrnLanding manner by 1790, Mr. Lee vi.sited Portsmouth and
the more than fifty persons
taking pr,-3ched what must have
been .a
part. This pageant. broueht viviuly
:tQ the mind of everyone in the lnrge
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pungent: and forceful l!einnon,. !or on
his return visit he ·round the -doors ot
every public building closed to- him.
He, therefore, betook. himself - to the
court house step.s, from 'Vhich he dt!llvered an address.
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As the ·pageant., o~e.ued two. cp.a.raeters ap~rec;l. one the- Seeke:c. a:J:ter
Truth, ~tra.yed by. Ge.orge A. liow' ard, and the oth~ir the
Scribe. who
imparted the information as t;Q the
history of the ch..u:ch, ~layed by J.
True Dl.vis. A serolli bearlng
the
varl0\.13 significant dates In the his~
ory of the .church was- placed U]1)0ll
the center of the stage
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The first epi5ode shows Jesse- I.ee,
, plared by John Parkhurst. deUvering! an - address !rom the: steps
of
the
court house in. l'l90\ thtougp, which
the seeds of the Methodist' :faith- a.re '
planted in the hearts. o·~ a. !ew citizens
o! Portsmouth. The- second:. episode
occurs i.n 1798, when a meeting_ takes
place at the home of Mr. and, Mrs:.
Samuel Hutchings,· their house having been located near the· comer- ot
the present court
and.
Atkinson
streets.
Ano~her
circuft
rider,'
Francis Asbury, played 'l:y Walter F.
Lane, is present at. the meetmg, and
the first Methodist group begl.mc to
, work together :for the, good of
the
cause. The ·parts of :Mr. · and. Mrs-_
Samuel Htttching'l were- taken by Mr.
and Mrs. Herman C'. Twombley a.nd
their son played the part o! Samuel
1Hutchings, Jr . .
I Episode 3 occ1u-s. in 1807'.
Ma.11bi.n
1
1Rutter has been appointed' to Portsmouth n.nd Nottingham as the- 1iirst
1Methodist mwister· in this
d1stricb
and at a meeting-at thehome-E!UO:amuel HutchLngs the- first
class
or
Methodists ls organized. by
Geottge
Pickering, pl:i,yed: by Jacobi Mil.rslmll.
The group then begins· to, seek: a.
house of worship. Episode -i shows. a,,
quarterly meeting taking- place
OJI
Oct. 24, 1808. The- ga.therfng v.otes- topurchase the building or the- l!T.ni'versalist Church,
then situated on
I Vaughan street about
where- the
lVaughan Street Garage now stands.
This was purchased !or the sum of
i $1,500. The part of the· presiding elder a.t this meeting was played· l'>y
George E. Chaffee. The- group, voted
to apply for articles of i.ncorpoi;ation
as the FirsC Methodist Society of
Portsmouth .
J
Episode 5 shows the orgauiza.tion. of
the first Methodist Sunday
school,
which took place in 1818 at the- rome
: o! Samuel Hutching3. Mr. and !Mrs.
•Arthlll' E. Baum and
Miss Miriam
·- Schurman had'- eharge off this episode-.
A new
1 Episode 6' occurs in 1827.
' brick edifice Is bei.ng erected.on. State
street and on May 21 of thab year the
cornerstone ls lafd' by the
Grand
Lodge o! Masons of New Hampshire.
James H. Smith was l.n
charge of
trus episode, which occurred
under
the pastora,te of.
Rev
Shipley W.
Wilson.
The- organization o! the Ladles Aid
Society forms the theme o! the 7th
episode, taking- place in 1840. Miss
Hattie Ox:fm•d, was 1n char: e or this
scene, with / several members of the
society t2.ld=~l51."...;;::=.:c:...-,------
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II
'1
�The next milestone in the history
o! Methodism here- was- the organizing
r:Jt the Epworth League, which took
place- in 1889. A group of
League
members p1·esented the eplsode whlch
pictured the birth of this- fine yo.ing
people's org,3.Dizatton under the d!rectio.n of Philip Riley, president o! the
,.
,
o
J!.t
Episode 9 occurs in the- year 1912
A new church Is. being
built-, On Gept. 8, 11112, the cornerstone o:t the present. beautifull ed1f!ce
ls laid by Rev. Lyle· L-.. Gaither, the
same- eomerstone being l.lllecf a.s W&.s
in the walls o! the old State- street
ChU+Ch. on Aprit 27'. 1913, the -new
church is dediea.ted: by Bishop John
W. H:w:nmoru:r. Th& r1ile
o! the
bishop, was r'ryed by
R!chard . K.
The: fmal scene ot the pagea.nt deals- J
. with ·various otller- l.ntere.stingand
importani. events. which have- - been
wa,ven i.nt.o the file- ot the, church in·
l
P'ol!tsmoutl:t: ln 18291 the New England Methodist Confe1:ence- met
1n
Ulf.! city and· at this- meeting the· New
l:Iamp.shire. Conference. was, erganized
and much buslne&s; 01 vtt.a.l import-
,ance .came up- ror disc.issian, lnclud_ing the. question o'f sla.very a.n.d o! thesect of the Mlllerites, who were predi.c.ting- that the end of the'1?:orld
·wa.s: about to occur.
The meetinir came to a. elooe with
group singing-. 'l'he- large- audience
left with a, !Wler a.nd! deepe.l!' underBtandl.ngo1 what- the ehurch! mearu to
us_a.nd a! the SUDt!iee!. fortitude and
strlmig which have built; U, !rem Its
huml)le ~ in. the heallts of -a
~w- toudled. wi~ the- divine
spark
.from tlilcs~ heroic- circuit. lliders o!
Methodism. 'li'hat the· l!gp.b of falth
thus, born may. continue to, shine with
eve.r-brlg',.ter- radiance· the- cib.Jrch of
today- may well heed, the lessons of
the~The musical pa.rt of the
pa,gea,nt
was. finely directed by Mrs. George
fCha.ffee, a.nd Mrs. € '. Q ', Sanborn.
IThe- lighting' eir~ts were in charge of
George- Bueltley-.
An. a.nniversa,ry hym,.'1, written especlaJly !-0r the triple- a.uruversary ob'se-rva.nce by Jr.. True Da..vis. was an ap-
'pealing, feature of the even!,ng's proThe hymtJ. Is or out.5tandin~
'merit and ls a fitting tribute to a
great occasion. It. is a.!! follows: .
(TJne--Glle~a.nd, No. l&, Cburch
1gram.
Rymna.ll,
Th4 Rezrew; sel!ibe.s ha.ve told us
O! mighty, deeds o! old.
· Of faith that. mov-ed mountains
And wunders marufol<f.
This admonition. heeding
They passed the deeps. dry shod,
"Be. strong a.nd of. good courage.
Jehovah is. thy God."
'
our
fat.hers heard the challenge,
''Go- up-. the land possess.••
They reai;ed their s3.Cred a,ltars, ·
They too wrought righteousness.
'Their labors here are ended,
Their dust lies- 'neath the sod
But. faith ls, still triumphant
••Jeho:rah is their God."
- - ~-~
ornml;'7;:ervrre-c1re-annl-
In·. Bo..~ton Unlvc~ty School or TheCreative
Church", · n nd sa.id In part :
, '"We are llv!ng In a time which hll3
de11ed the q.iestlon m'lrk.
Everything I$ being quest!~d. lncludlng
the church. Some of 'he question..;
a.pd 1913".
Ma.rr-.
n
vttsary sermon wns given by
Rev.
Clyde E. W!ldmnn, Ph. D., pr0!essor
~e.
ology, who spoke' on "The
1
are friendly, 50me ~ not.
When
crlllclsm com~ we ma.y dl.scount It M
coming from a.n enemy ll.Dd be
lhe
loser or we may reduce lt to net and
f gain thereby.
It may mau \13 di.a~ or lt xna,y cause u.e to ral.&e
the que· · ;or. a.s to ,rhat our purpose
as ' a Chrl8tlan churth ntilly it.
"It the church produc~
certain
values needed both by llOciety IU'ld the
lnd1vldJal, the ,runs or· crlUcum w111
! be 11pllced, but · It m~t not fall
at
thl.a point.
IruUtuUons aire jl.)(\g~
by their output.
'"The chW::ch i5 engaged in J;>roducing moral values. It 1s still a conscience- to, the community.
It will
helt> make democracy sa!e
world by producing citizens
jguJded
by moral' principles.
for
the
who are
It
will
give. moral guida.Jlce and moral dyna,mic !orce; it W'JJ'. make y,oung a,nd old
1:1ore sensitl ve to the mol'al itlea l. By
fostering patience, sincerity, goo<l will,
kln~liness, sccln.l responsibility it will
Justify itself as. a great asset
to all
alike.
. "In addition the church
furnishes
social val.ieti. It furnishes. a, place
for wors'lip and fellowship where l!le. 1
meet as men enct not as ·..-hi~
or
black, rich or poor, but as hum::m beings.
It wm work for all o! those
great r-oven1e11ts whic)l benefit mankind' and make for the lifting o! all '
life- to higher levels.
·
"The church also creat~s spiritu al
values. It, ministers to, ma.n at the
' in o[.Jiis hiJl'.b.est wwu,.,_ ..,.__ ·- •
think'\ the 'I ought", the 'I 1'0,ve'; the \
'I worship' part of men is that
to
which the church ministers. I congratulate this <!ht:rch upon such
a l
ministry fo~ the past 125 years. The ,
neict 125 will be harder
but Yastly
more important. Christ, the lord <'!
all good life, w!ll be the le>lder . "
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�-HEARi G N-CITY-
HAR ER BILL
MONDAY NIGHT /
Measure CaHs For Biennial
·Election Board of Street
Commissioners And
_A ppraiscrs
It
Election ·Of City Officia.Is by City
Council. The city council shall annuru-.
ly on the second "Thursday ol January
choose by vlva voce vo-ie <>n roll call by
majority v.ote a city clerk, -a chief 'fflgineer of the fl.re -department and ~sslsta.nt engineers, .a city messenger, a
city trf'asurer, a collector of tax-es, a
city auditor, a city solicitor, an -overseer of the poor, and soch oth<>r omcers not otherwise provided by who
are by law or ordinance requir<>d t-0 be
chosen. When any vacancy shall -occur
In .any of said -offices, it shall be filled
by the city council in like manner.
Board of Appraisers-Election, Duties and Tenure of Office. TI1ere shall
be In said city a board or three apprnisers who shall have all the powers
and perform all the duties given to
nnd Imposed on assessors of taxes by
the Laws of the State. The present
laws relating to the board of assessors
of taxes shall apply to :;:aid board of
appraisers, provided, however, that the
salaries of the members of said ,board
of appraisers shall be governed by the
ordinances of said city fixing ~ - salaries of the members of the board of
11s:;:essors of taxes.
The members of said board of appraisers shall be elected biennially by
the qua.Jlfied rnters of the city at
large, by plurnllty vote, in the ~ e
mnnner as councilmen at large are
f'lected nnd shall hold office for the
two municipal years · next following
their election.
The members of the board of asses1:ors of taxes shall continue . In ofJlce_
until the first week: day . In January,
A hearing ha;-~lled at the City
Council chamber on Monday evening
next at 7.30 on the bill to cha nge certain sections of the city clrnrter which
calls for biennial city election , crentes
a board of appraisers to replace the
board of assessors of ta:,es, a bonrd of
st.reet commissioners t.o ta!;e the place
of the board of pubJ ;c works. Under
the charter the cit y com,cil would vote
for all city offic!nls at one time;
TI1e charter bill ,,·hich reads as follows is now in the himdi; of t-he Committee on Judiciary of the Senate.
B:ennial Election. The lepl voters of
the city of Portsm outh slrnll meet
b:ennially on the secon d Tuesday of
December for the choice of mayvi",
councilmen, members of the board of
appraisers, members of the board <>f
street commissionrrs ;ind members of
the board of educa tion. 'I11e first election under th:s fl mencled charter shall
be held on the second Tuesday of December, 1933. For all other purposes
1034.
thts amendment to the charter of said
Board of Street Commissioners-city shall take efTC'ct on the first week
Election, Duties and Tenure of Offi('e.
day of January, 1934. The officers
There shall be in said city a board of
elected on said second Tuesday of Def,t.reet commissioners who shall have
cember, 1933, shall take offic~ on said I
an the pov.-ers and perfo~ all the dufirst week day of January, 1934. Said I
1-les i;cl\'ell to and Imposed Oh the board
election shall be helct and conctucted in
of 'public works by Ohapter 240 of t-h e
the same manner as now prescribed by ,·
Laws of 1909, which said chapter shall
law for the annual election.
apl>ly to said board of street commisMayor, How Electect. The ma or
21ioners.
shall be elected biennially by plurality
The members of said board of street
vote by the qualified voters of the city
cc>inmi!'Sloners shall be elected bienat large, voting in their respective ,
nla.Jly by the quallfled -voters of the
wards and shall hold office for the two.
city Rt large, by plurality vote; ln the •
municipal years next following his
i;ame manner ·a.s councilmen at l~ge
election and until his i:uccessor is elec-~
11.re rlect~d anct shall .hold ofJlce for
ted and qualified.
·
the two municipal years next followCouncilmen, How El<'r ted. The couning their election. . • . · ~
cilmen shall be elected biennially by
The members of the board of public
plurallty -vote, one from each ward,
works shall continue in office until'
and four at large, and shall hold office
the flrst week day in january, 1934.
for the two mun icipal )·ears next folBoard of Education-Election, Dulowing their election, anct until their
ties and Tenure of O:f1ice. There shall
S\lCcessors are elected and qualified.
be in said city a board of education
The four at large shall be voted for by
comlst!ng of the major ex-offlclo and
the voters, voting In th e same manner ·1
twelve other members which board
as the mayor ls voted for.
~
·shall have the powers and perform the
Canvass ot Votes by City Council. ~
~utles now by law vested .In . and !mThe city council shall meet biennially ,
po~rcl ·on t he boanl of instniction°"of
on the Thursday next following the 1
t
sald
cit y.
'
second Tuesday of Decem~r Ior the )
The members of said bostrd of edupurpose of receiving and examining
cati,,n Eha ll be elected at the biennial
the returns of votes for m a yor, <COunelection h eld on second Tuesday of
cllmen at large, members o1 the board
December,
1933 by the · quallfied voters
of appraisers, board of street oommlsof the C'ity at large, by plurality vote,
sloners and board <>f education, and to
in 1he same manner as councilmen at
take such action thereon as may be relargr :ire elected, six members for a
quired by Sections 2, 3 and -4 of Chapterm oI two years and six members
ter 51 ot the Public Laws, and alw i;ecfor a t erm of four yeaxs from the fu·st
ilons of -said Chapter shall appl:,, to
week: day of January, 1934 and bienthe electlon of oouncllmen ~t lrul,re
nially thereafter at the regular muniand mem~rs or the board of appraiscipal election six members shall be
ers, board of street commissioners andl
elected in the. same manner and shall
board of edu~tlon.
_J
hold office for the
four municipal
years nc>xt f~llowing_ their electio!h.....-
!
°The members of the board of instruction shall continue in office until the first week day in January, 1934.
Ballots-Preservation. All the ballots
cast at a biennial municipal election
shall be kept by the city clerk, sealed,
for two months, and may be opened
l during said two months upon a request
11for a recount by any candidate voted
1J for at the election at which they were •
I ca.st, or upon requirement of any court
1
or committee of the city council or at
!request of the city council.
Municipal Year. The mayor and
council shall meet for the purpose of
' taking the oaths of their respective
offices at ten o'clock in the forenoon
on the first week day of January next
\ following their election. The first week
1 day of January of each year shall be
the beginning of the municipal year,
- Repealing Clause. Sections 6, 9, 12,
13, 14 and 15 of Chapter 212 of the
Laws of 1905, Section l of Chapter ..240
of- the Laws of 1909, Sections 1 and '2.
of Chapter 266 of the Laws of 1909 and
all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
wiUr the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed.
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�HOLD HEARING
ON CHANGES
. :.
IN CHARTER
-
J\ieasure Providing For Biennial City Elections,
Etc., Discu~sed
Oonsidertng the ~nitude a! the
pwposition to reylse 'the charter of
the city ot l;'ortsrnouth and what it.
mes.ns to· the taxpayers and c'tlzens in.
gener~l there is certainly a lack of
interest, , as shown by the
number
present at· the hearing in the
City
douncil cha.m~r ,la.st evening betore
l:he Po1'tsmouth delegation
to the
'state Legisla,t,ire. There
are
w
many '. orga.nizatlon.s here in
Portsmouth - witn titles that would indicate
'.tnat they are desirotis of' working for
the best in c•ty affairs that it was
Indeed surprising that there w~ so
little interest shown.
All present agreed that the biennlal
election was to be desired and there
was no oppostlon to this.
On the
,questions in regard -to the various city
.departments and the ways and means
of electing members there was a difference of opinion .
The meet'nit , was
attended
by
members of. the prpesent city government, past officials. includln~ ·former .
Ma.Yors D. W. Badiser, ·F. W. Harb- .
fort,
Charles
M.
Dale
and
Sunuel T.
Ladd,
and
mem1
bers of the Portsmouth delegation.
James McNeil, chairman
o! the
Portsmouth deleg,1tion. presided.
Fo'"tner Mayor F. W. · Hartf':ird was
the first speaker and endo•·sed most :
heartily the proposal to hold biennial ,
elecbions, for the reason, "That I be- !
lieve that it "'ill save money for the '
taxpayers and other benefits derived
from Jt, namely, men elected to office ,
will be more f.:u.liliar with the office
at · the end of one year, so that they
should be able to render
imoroved
service during the following year. No
mr.n can go· into office flor oJJe year
and understand the workir:gs of
a
community that ha.s so mmy boards
a,s this city has. I think that It we
could get this project solely In the ln-1'
terest of secur'ng !or the comm,inlty .
the best kind o! service with the very
sm<1llest exppenditure possible
and
without. regar1 to policis a.nd
with
onlv a prooer consideration for the
be~t interests o! the oommu.nity
in
mind ~e could render d)tinct service
to our fellow citizens. •
"I th'nk practically everyone in the
commu~ity understands my position
with. r_eference to biennial
elections,
increased authority for the mayor and
some Increased, authority
for
the
counc!L Now as to the value of 'turning out the members of the various
b-iai'ds, turn'ng them_ o.1t and
reel~o:in~ a complete board in
eve?·y
case: I am lJ?certai.n
to
whether
that would be · for the J.,OOd a!
the
community. I t-bink tl::ere ou!!ht t.o
bP. some holdover 'on every boar.cl.
as
nthPr ·t1ian h•ve an Pnt'rely
new
bo~rd e,;ery ~le:-t.i ~n. N:>w t~~t is on
a.~Sl"711')t,01'J t.h~t t,he nrl'S!'nt b'.la.''ClS
b" this b~JJ m!JI ,..,n., 111 ,e tn ,,.,,. ~ , ·
the
'h
.e. c.~e
a11,, or'.ty ihat t.hey do at
th
prr•r.,,t time .
.e
"If they do then there sho:ilcj
be·
some expzr!enced member, becam;e 2t
does not seem that any board, 1;uch r.s
Public Wor1a1,· Water Deputment, Assessors, etc., could fmwtion with efficiency to have an entire new \:;c,ard
each time."
He brought out that
the
people
m.ist wake up to the fact thrut
the
matter of taxation is all
important
and . a.nything tha.t could be done by a
new charter to bring about a reduction of taxes v.-as indeed wortihy
<,f
support.
1
Councilman Robert Marvin
spoke
about the boards, a.s providtd ~n section 6 of the
suggested
charter
change, be!ng elected at each election
and suggested that they rotate . He
inquired as to what great improv€ment would result in bienriial elections and suggested that the party in
o!flce might build, up a
p<,werlu1
machine during the two years.
Sena,~or Charles M. Dale, who introd ~ced the measure in the St-m,te,
stated th1 t the bill can go throu•1.h r
both houses o.n the S?me day 1f th€
delegation agrees on it.
He added
that the .bill was only tentative and
the reason why the hearin(! was l'JP)d
was to get the op'nion of the p~c,pl£c
regarding it.
Ex-Mayor D. W. Badger inqu;red i!
the blll provided for the elect1un uf a.
oomplete new board of assessors
i,,t
each election, to which St'lnat.or DaJc
replied that it did, and Mr . Badger
said that he disapnroved of thf,t .
Fol'mer Mavor B1dger, then ret.alling some of the hapneninqs of his ad- 1
mlnistra ,lfon. sa.id' that the city was
out of date and behind the timt-s in
hold•ng annual elections. He. adv·ooated t,h e election as provided in the
proposed
charter
change.
Ht I
sooke of the }3ck oi power vt-sted in
the ma~·or and suggested that
th
mayor have t, vote in the Boord of
Public Works. and also su~gested thai.
the mavor be
chairman
of
the
Board of Assesso:s.
Mayor Picker!n<r a.nnou,nced l,h,t ht'
was in favor of b'ennial ele-cti<,ns.
Ex-MPyor Samuel . Ladd sa\d he
believed the mayor should have more
power than the present ch9.rter 11,'ivtz
hlm sncl that he believed t,he mayor
sho11ld hnve a vote In the Board uf
Pu..,l!c wn~!r,~. 0-. L,r]d also sa d he
bel'.eved the m.anr s)}oul<l have thtpo.wer, without the confirmation by
his city oouncil, of naming his
cic.y
elerk. He advocated that the Board
oi Assessors be elected In
rotation
and endorsed the biennial
t'lection
idea.
There was q.iite a bit of informrl
discussion and it was a.greed
tha,t
Councilman M!III'Vin ·a.nd
s ~n?.tor
Dale oonfer and µraw up a
charter
which would conform with the ldus
brought out at the meeting.
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I
�The USS I< 'lrsngc, built in 90
days during the Civil War and later
inade history for the American Navy,
was wrecked 40 years ago today on
Roncadon Reef in lhe Carribcan Sea.
The ship was on her way from Port
U. S. S. ci ·•., ;:•r~e
'l~
Whalley, a chief yeoman, Harry Gibbons, a fireman in the euglncrr·s dlvision, Thomas F'inan, a member of
the marine guard, and Thomas Stewart, apprentice seaman, later a dri~er in the Portsmouth Fire Depart-
she looked in the days of the wo:;dcn Navy.
au Prince to Blueficld!i, Nicaragua.
She canled the flog of Reur Admiral
Oscnr F. Stanton and was in command of Captain 0. F. Heyerman. She
had a crew of 200 men which included fo_ur from this
city,
Jam~'! E.
mcnt. 'l'wo others of the ship's company hailed from Kittery.
The ship went off her course and
grounded about 7 o'clock in the evening. The crew were rescued in the
ship's boats. one life was lost.
�5
THOMPSON'S ISLAND BEACON
- -- - -- - ----Superintendents of The Farm and Trades School
'
IV.
Robert Morrison
By William Alcott, '8-1
world for delinquent boys, thus c!E> aring
the
field for the Farm School who se aim
Morrison
aswas
always the aid of the n o n-delinqu e nt
sumed the position of super- boy.
In 1850 the farm wa pl:lccd in
intendent of the
charge
of a man who was destined to beschool in a time
come
another
great superintendent of
of crisis. For
the
school
William
Appleton Mor e .
more than two
Mr.
Morri
son
was
born in Northyears the school
wood,
N.
H.,
June
30,
1797,
and he Jied
had been within
the
same
10wn,
Nov.
23,
1884, in his
out a permanent
88th
year.
He
had
an
academical
edusuperintendent,
cation,
taught
school
in
New
Hampshire,
and morale had
Rohert Morrison 1841-56 s I ow I y,
b u t attended medical lectures at l Iarvard
steadily, sagged. The president of the College, which would qualify him for
board had resigned. Enrollment dropped medical practice, and then he taught
off to 41. The panic of 1837 had stoppe d school for ten years more in Portsmouth,
building con struction, and the need of N. H., follow e d by five years as superresuming the work to completion was ur- intendent of public instituti o ns of that city
In 1841 he was elected to the New
gent. Hon. Theodore Lyman ( 1792-1847)
Hampshire
Legislature, and in that same
succeeded to the presidency, and evinced
year
came
to
the Farm School. I Ii adgreat energy in the new task. He went to
ministration
of
15 years wa" th e longe st
Portsmouth; N. H., and return e d with
in
the
school
history
up to that time. In
Robert Morrison, who assumed the super1856,
when
he
retired
there was universal
,intendency on June 11, 1841. The staff conregret.
A
group
of
graduate v isit ed
sisted of two matrons, two teachers, a cook
Thompson'
s
Island
on
hi last d ay a nd
and a laundress, a farmer and three aspresented
him
with
a
set of valu able
sistants, a total of eleven, including the
books
as
a
token
of
the
esteem
of hi s b o ys,
superintendent. Mr. Morrison took hold of
and
to
Mrs.
Morrison
was
presented
a
the situation with intelligence and ability.
gift
of
flowers.
Under his direction the main buildings
Mr. Morri son returned to Port smouth
were completed. Enrollment became norand
again ente red public life, and for the
mal. The curriculum was revised. Plans
years
1857, 1858, 1859 he erved as mayor
were pushed forward for beautifying the
of the city. He was now 62 years old,
island.
The most notable incident of Mr. and he retire d from active life, buying a
Morrison's term was the action taken on farm in sight of the spot where he wa s
the initilltive of President Lyman, with born, and there he passed the remainder
The Ma sonic lodge in
the hearty cooperation o f Mr. Morrison, of his life .
Northwood
was
named for him and thus
by the Massachu etts Legislature, in eshonors
his
memory.
tablishing the first State school in the
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"My birthpl~ce was PortP 1outh 1 New Hvmpehire. I studied in the Art
Schools of Philadelphia a.nd ·,,.,
York, and tr veled for ~tudy in Europe.
Perhaps I am better known for my portraits of youn~ children, altho I
have painted many p.:rown-ups us
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ell. I maintained a studio in New York
City for many years, until m:
ork took me every winter to the Middle
or Far West . Giving up the Tew York studio, accompanied by my mother,
I began driving each winter
o Ar izona or California, and back to !.aine
in the summer.
J\n eXJ)erience of painting at Ellis Island, immediately after the war,
gave me F'UCh a love for " char cter stuff
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that I always longed to see
what the even more primitive mind was like- hence the lure of the ~ndian
of the South'.- est. I have painted the Hopi, the Apache, the Yaqui, the
taricopa ~nd t he Pima races. I neglected to say that my Ellis Island
paintings of characterized groups- were Phown at the Huseurn of :ra.tural
History in New York during the In ternational Congress of Eugenics, and
later hung in the Comrni t -:ee roo 11 at t·1c House of nepresentativee in
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ington for the considerat ion o·"tllc Co- "'li ttee on I min iGTation and Natural'
iktion ~t th~ request of Cha rman Johnson.
I have had three Honorable Lentionfl for portraits from the Connecticut Acade,. 1 y, 1927, Sprin gficl r1 Art League, 1927, and the Ogunquit Art
Aeflociation, 1931: also the Wor cester prize in the All Uissouri Exhibition
1928.
Am a '11erril·
er of the Na.tic _ri l Association of ':!omen Painters and Sculp-
tors; The Tew York Society of
York City: Chic go
ainters; The Pen and Brush, all of New
lleries , Clociation: Phoenix Art Association: ie-;;,;
Haven Paint and Cl~-Y Club: Springfield Art League; Conn. Academy of F'ine
·Arts; North Sl•ore Arts J\sso. · 11d The Qeunquit Art Associati.on.
From Literary Digest, Bert. 24, 1932.
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�Section Of Structure
Piles Are Broken 0
Closed To All Tratt·
· The old wooden toll bridge between
Dover Point and Newington was badly
damaged by ice floe.s this morning at
about 7.30 a. m. A strong northwest
wind working in conjunction with the
swift cutTents or the outgoing tide
broke off large pieces of ice from the
sides along the Piscataqua and swept
them down-stream to lodge against
the old piles or the bridge. The bridge
wa.1 immediately closed to traffic by
the toll collector in charge and automobiles detoured over the Eliot bridge
cin the road between Dover and Eliot,
through Kittery.
The pressure O'f tons of ice against
the piles had broken off several at a
spot half way between the draw and
the long span, in about the middle of
the bridge. The roadway at that point
hRd sunk downward on the up-river
side in a dip about four feet deep and
about fifteen feet across.
The old
bridge continued to groan and sway
from the great pressure throughout
s As
ge
the morning as lhe tide receded. There
is danger that a section may be swept
away on an ebb tide tonight or tomorrow unless the strong norlhwest wind
subsides.
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The river channel below the bridge
became cleared of ice on Wednesday,
the ice going out of the main channel
at Newington this morning to some
distance above Fox Point and the illland. The ice along the shores continued to break UJ>, being swept downriver to endanger the bridge. Much
of the ice is coming from Broad Cove.
The new bridge now under construeUon just above the old bnd1;e sustalned but little daim,i,:e· from the Ice,
the only loss being that of some false
work around one of the cofferd,tms.
The old bridge was bum in 1874
for the old Portsmouth & Dover RaUroad. For many years it was leased to
the Eastern Railroad of New Hampshire and In 1900 H was purchased by
the Boston & r falne Railrood.
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a io11s As Soon As
was necei:sar.,- to drive at lea.st firtr piles,
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a in 01·de,· to , upport the weight of
holding its owu today a<>alm:tl ~he J' t~e huge ;ue-d;iving machine, it may
great pressure or ice floes,
,avrng be necessary to drive a whofo new
withstood the added onsiaught of an I row of piles along the up-river side
I ebbing tide at midnight, and oHi.cials Io! the bridge.
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' believed the span would hold up until
For a month fears have been felt for
repair work could be started.
the ancient structure, as rccurre!lt
A crew of men who had been sla- tides from the nearby. ocean swept up
tioned at the scene to await th'! ou~- the Piscataqua river and loosened the
come of the midnight tide were :1er- thick ice in the vicinity of the bridge.
milted to leave when it appeared that As the tides receded, heavy cakes of
the crisis was past.
' ice were broken off and hurled against
A huge mass of Ice, nine miles long, the bridge piling. During the last few
three miles wide ancl Lf1ree feet filick, ' days of high tides and thaws the
extending O\'er a sect ion of Grrat nay, trouble has been
intensified,
and
may b liberated wllhin Ll'.c next ~cw Thursday night a slight sag began to
days and 1t ls feared that 1{ llm Pih~ be discemlble in the middle of the
agamst the bridge it will can Y the , bridge.
structure away.
, Efforts to loosen the big ice pack
I The wooden bridge, which sp~n• ~he I by dynamiting were made yesterday
• outlet of Great Bay into the Pi.~eata-1 but were of no avail. Construction exqua ri\'er, was closed to trafO.c ~t 7.30 perts were summoned but there was
yesLerday morning when
Toll taker ! mt1e that could be done at once to
J.iau-y deRochemont discovered a deep lessen the strain except an attempt to
sag in the middle of the bridge as tncl: break up the ice floe.
result of a number of piles !•wing
The state has a new bridge already
been broken off by I he pressu!" ~l under construction, which runs parallel
tons of ice. Mr. deRochemont notL-1 to the old toll bridge and will eventfled w A. Grover of Dover, st~te ually replace it, but this will not be
highway division engineer, wh? with II finished until midswnmer.
H. c. Archibald and H. C. Richard-, once before. in March 1918, the toll
son, Boston and Maine railroaci bridge bridge ga\'C way, nnct :l large section
engineers, took steps to ha•·,• the ! of it was swept down the river. It was
bridge closed to traffic fol! O\•. 11
a ' l'ebuilt at that time.
hml'ied confrrence.
Boslon and
For a time after the order bl:rlng
Mn tne Pile drivrr \l'n, onlPn•cl , 1om traffic from the bridge was issued,
Portsmouth
and
traffic b,•l ' "" 11 pedestrians were allowed to cross it on
Por tsmouth and Dover was n•rmlted foot. and a bus company which uses
\ia the town of Eliot, - re .. 01· th' Dur- the route inaugurated the prac:ice of
ham-Exeter road.
' driving one bus up to one side of the
A crew of from th ir!r to f id y bridge and allowing passengers tL• c!·oss
Boston & Maine Railroad wcn l. 1~1 'n ls over on foot to the other sirle, •.vherc
to hrgin rep~irs on the bar!!; ·,\'l'ak- another bus awaited them. Yesterday
r 1rcl structure as soon as µossih '' "nd noon, hO\\'HPr, the State Hig:11ray tic·
will conti:,ue operation~ 24 liour-; a rartmcnt ordered ::t ban on fo): trafdn , un ti l the bridge Is again Mic for fie, and officers were stationed at each
lrafflc. 1t is expected that tl.i ' ' urk end of the i:tructu re to ward off every
v:ill take about two weeks. lt wili be kfnd_of trarn.c.
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JA~UARY 9
JA...'iUARY l
John Corkum of Rye, who broke iail
with 10 others, gives hlmseH up in
Attleoro, Mass.
Local Garden Club holds big me:cting.
Annual meeting o! Family Welfare
AssoclatJon.
JANUARY 10
P. H. S. defeated at Manchester, 39-
Flagg Grant 1·etires after 42 years as
local i.t.atlon agent Arthur.'Teeson suc«!eeds Mr. Grant.
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Dr. S ~. A. Pickering.' inaugurated
as mayo;.·. Eart T. Srna1~ 'elected City
dterk. · ·
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Lincoln A.ustirl Society. celebrates
Brnanclatibii :i;>aY.
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·"David R. Smith elected SUJ;)f. 1 of the
Board of Public Work!!.
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Anna Latham awarded Golden Eaglet
highest- Girl Scooi' ·award. • ' · :
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Dispatches from E1ie, Pa .• state move
made by Prescott sisters of this city
to set aside will of their brother who
died there recently.
School Board holds fi!·st meeting of
rear.
Kiwanis Club holds ladies night.
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Dr. P. H. Greeley· inslalle'tl President
of Kiwanis Club.
JANUARY 4
P.H. S. defeats Sanford 33-21: · ·'' :
Mayor. and City Council and · Ex
Mayors entertained by Chief w. Woods
a.t Flre Station."
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JAl UARY 6
Mr and Mrs. John Wright o! Elwyn
lioad observed golden wedding -anniversary.
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Women·s City Club presents play.
JANUAR;Y 7
Alice Champagne becomes bride o!
James J. Rush of Forest Hills, Boston.
U. S. S. Sirius and U, s. S. Brazos to
come here for drydocking during the
summer according to an announcement
received at the yard.
Deldgates from New England attend
Y. P. C. U. Get together at Universallst
Church.
llftord Lowd, prominent business
man dies at his home__ on ll,llngton St.
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! · nemploymcnt Bazaar· held
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' High tide at beaches does damage.
P. H. S . defeats Laconia 21 to 20.
Junior Class holds 'prom.
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JANUARY 20
P. H. S. defeats Dover 17- 16.
JiL"l'UARX 21
Henry P. Payne dles.
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JA,Yl'.JARY 28
More 'drunage by high tides.
Lieut. Scudder Klyce dies at Winchester, Mass.
JANUARY 29
Fjrst Union Ser\'ice of the year held
at Universalist Church.
Rev. E. H. Macy, former Kittery Pastor and connected with local Y. M. C.
A . : t one time, dies In Portland.
JANUARY 30
Board ·or Public Works grant permh,sion for construction of a swimlng pool at Peirce Island.
JANUARY 31
Thhrs~r--• - - · _,_ "'~• in Kittery.
T!arold 0 . Russell heads Post Office
clerks.
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Fannie A. G:;:-,!a~r Rebekah Lodge
observes Past Grnnd·s }f~ght.
Annual meeting of Wentworth Home
beld.
JANUARY 17
Announcement made of the marriage
t>f Gray Baird and Patrica Buckley,
11•hich took place last June.
Edwa:rd A. Weeks elected President
t>l New England Veteran's Fil'emen
League at meeting in Boston.
Rebakahs hold district meetjng.
JANUARY 18
Mrs. Nora Quirk Meca.f!ery dies al
he1· home on Lafayette Road.
Haverhill defeats P. H. s. 29-18.
Federal agents raid Sun
Greenland.
in Kit-
te~;inro-d Knight heads Unfrersa~ist
Men·s• Club. · ·
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Golden Lmk 'Class or Court St.
Church obser\'es' sixth anniversary.
JANUARY 12
Firemen called !or grassfire on Bapfleld Road.
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Robert Marvin elected Commodore o!
Yacht Club.
'Edwin R>ss cf Dover killed in auto
accident on Sagamore Ave:
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Kittery Firemen hold minstrel show.
City Council elects officials.
City Club observes 13th -anniversary.
Business Girls Club ..headed b.y Helen
Tilton.
ELl\lER J. F. LITTLEFIELD
Awartled Grand Docoration of Chiv:
airy in Odd Fello\11s During 1933
JASUAllY 25
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Taylor Waterhouse observes 88th
birthday.
District Nursing Assn. holds benefit
eard party.
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Double funeral held. beri: (or the two
children kllkd in auto accident in
Somerville.
JANUARY 13
., P. H. S. qefcats fx~ter 45 to 11.
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Cl1amber or Commerce, Kiwanis and
Rotary Clubs sponsor widely attended
Community meeting.
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rnffort Club hold charay luncheon
I bri~ge.
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P. H. S. ddca Sanford 21 to 19.
JANUARY 11
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JANUARY 23
St. John's Men's' Club present "You
Never Can Tell."
William W. Caldwell dies at Naval
Hospital.
JANUARY 2i
St. Jobn 1~ Men's Club entertain aeclytes, choir and choir guild.
North Church Parish reception ht".ld.
h •ving Homisky or !!69 Islington St.
nccives "Purple Heart l\fe:inl."
Robert Gunnison, oldest Civil War
Veteran in Kittery dies.
Leland Davis inJured returning from
' a fire when he is struck by apparatus.
Lieut. Gov. Wesley Enman of Kiwanis clist.rict vi.;its local club.
:FEBRUARY I
Fo1mer Mayor P. W. Hartford head
Army and Na\'y Associ:1Uo:1.
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FEBRUARY 3
Arthur 0 . Goodman resigns as Kittery deputy sheriff. Natt R. Hubbard
named as his successor.
75 Leglslat:irs visit Hampton to se.e
tide damage. ,
Frank Kt::aton, one of ten prisoners
who escaped from Rockingham jail in
1 Nov. gives himeslf up at Exeter.
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, Engagement of Oernldlne Connor and
; Chr.~ter Hnrt!orq announced.
, DeMolay observes lllh anniv rs,.u y.
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Samuel We~lon reaches 93rd birthday
· nt home of his son on Willard Ave.
P. H S. Defeats Rochester 30 to H.
Charles Lewis obserl'es 79th birthday.
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FEBRUARY 6
Josep;h Trudeau found murpere(l.
Bernard Do,1erty burned to death
when lamp Pxploded in his room.
Florendo l\Iarconi badly injured in
automobile accident on Newburyport
Turnpike.
Order of Ahepa and Sons of Pericles
hold double installation or officers.
J. H. Dinnerman installed Pre.-;irlcnt
or Temple Israel.
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Mrs: "Hannah Blaisdell of York c,IJserves her !14th birthday.
Board or Public Works vol€$ to
abolish service charge.
FEBRUARY 11
New England Mink and Fur Breed'ters· Association meet here.
1"rercury reaches 68 degress.
l\.fiss Alice Mlldram given 5u1 prise
party on her birthday.
Boy Scouls hold FathPrs· and Son~·
Bahquet.
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Victor F1·i<'1Hl, President of the Unlversallst General Convention speaks at
local chttr-::h.
Camp Schley, Spanish War veteran
observes 35th anniversary of the blowing up or the Battleship Maine.
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FEBRUARY 15
Rotary Club observes Ladies' .Night.
- Graffort Club presents musicale.
P. H. S. defeats Franklin 34-23.
Local chapter of Hadassah holds
Guest Night.
FEBP..UARY 16
Rocl1ester defeated by P. H. S. 35-19.
Three yottng men, who escaped from
1rl"Cormatory in South Windham, captured in this clf;J(.
:\IARCH 1
Chauucy B. Hoyt, William II. White
?.nd Thomo.s D. Noyes obs~rve their ;1n1111al birthday dinner ceieb.-~tLou.
:Prank Pir.kermg buried iu soft
pile but escapes unharmed.
Lent begins.
U. S. Submarine Dolphin
the Joc11l Na,•y Yard.
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Annual meeting of Federal
clety.
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FEBRUARY 17
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Probable cause found and Sidney
Thrope l1cld for Grand ,Jury 011 murder
charge.
General Gr~nd Master ,·i~ ils ]C1cal
masons.
senior crn~s or P. H. S. present annual play, "Lilly of F1oomsbury."
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FEBRUARY 18
M:aurice Carlson or Kittery Point
1 arrowly escapes injury on Isllni;lon
street wher, the car which.he was riding struck :, parked car, overt\lrned and
burst into f!ames.
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R1':V. MATTHEW CASEY
Onlained Durinr; 1933
FEBRUARY !I
Mercm-y drops to near 2-ero marll:.
Elks l1old Old Timers Night.
FEBRUARY 1~
Sidn y Thi-ope arrested in l.>"Jl!l and
chai·ged with murder or Trudeiiu in
this city on Sunday e,ening.
Traip Students present ann11d play.
- FEBRUARY 11
Thrope pleads not guilt.v or murder
charge.
Training School Alumni b ol ds 5th
annual reunion.
Ten Inches or snow fell dt11 ing the
day.
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FEBRUARY 1%
Several churches In the cil'" ou~en r
Young Peoples' Sunday.
FEBRUARY l:t·
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N. H. Branch o! the Nar ~l Relief
Society holds annual meeting- at Navy
I Yard.
' Hearing held at Council Chambers
on proposed change in City Cl11uter.
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Po1·ter Hanscom <1:es al hi~ home on
\Vibird Street.
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Country Club officers re-elected at
annual meeting.
• Joseph Sacco of Everett, former resident of this city city passes a\t-ay.
FEBRUARY 21
Union R<'bakah Lodge obs J"\'es 62nd
· 1111nlversary.
FEBRUARY 22
K . of C. present annual play "The
Road Back."
Announcement made that ·a bill is to
be !ntroclured in the Legislature .relat-.
Ing to the operation or ' Frank Jones
, Brewery.
', P. H . S loses lo Dov~r High.
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FEBRUARY 23
Oity Coun ·,l tpgins what wnJ,eYpected to be n short mee.Ung, but which cievelopl'd Int..., a 1 1:imthon of !>allot~.
Portsmouth High School selected t ,>
compete in state basketbttll· tournament.
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"Eliot Firemen prrscnt 'ni.il\sl_
rei show .
FEBRUARY 24,
City Council recessed ,II,(; 7, o'clock a .
m. after 100 baliots !ailed ;'.In the electtion of ;i..City Physician. ,Evening meeting :'imls a hopeless deadlock. Adjo11rnh1cnt comes artf'L' 132nd ballot.
Shrine Patrol ronducts dance.
FEBRUARY 27
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I Dr. Frederick S. Gray Ch05<'ll Cily
Phy~ician on 1:l3rd ballot.
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FEBRUARY 28
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Portsmouth High basketball team
takes part 1n state championship
tournament.
Damon Lodge, K. or P. observes 62nd
anniversary.
MARCH 4
City Incinerator destroyed by fire.
Portsmouth banks closed by p1·ocla.:.
mat!on of the Governor.
MARCH 5
Final services held at catholic
church.
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Work started in tearing down
olic chruch.
Mrs. Annie Marshall attains 93 years
of ag~.
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First service 9eld at Portsmouth
Theatre during construction of new
· Catholic cnurch.
i\lARCH 10
Ardean Lance becomes brfde o! Joseph F. Mullimeaux o! Woboo, Mass.
l\IARCH 11
Several local people in California.
earthquake zone reported sa!e. •
I Kittery, Eliot and York hold annual
I meetings.
Announcement made that Snyder
Shoe Co'., or" Haverhill is to move to
this city.
i\IARCH 12
Local Firemen called to Somersworth
at severe conflagation in that city.
Tear gas bomb used to quiet !our
prisoners a.t local jail. ' ·
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, Hovey Post, V. F. W,; adopts resolul.1on oppositig Roosevelt •Economy Plan.
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• Announcement made thnt Rye i,each
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: Coast Guard Statiolll to· close' July 1.
I Blake 'Rand eleded 'town clerk of
Rye for 46th ~et111.
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squad.
II Loc<1l prni:Ie attrfld hea:;r:..i; in con1cord o! bill permitting manu!actun
and export of beer in l.his ,state.
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rooms for patients, but no wards, two
Archtt:i:(Ro'oert Coit ·or Bo's·ton, fa tJ / Th,1 corwtruct.oa will be fir~proof. dt!livery rooms, a nursery, · isolation
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be 100 feet long, 35 feet deep with a The outer w~l.13 insulated with thtce- Ilt!eded diet kitchens, workrooms, etc.,
two-story,, 'exbe~ion 1n the rear- for inches of roclc wool and tha ceilings an ~utomatlc elevatoc- and electric
sunrooms. The exlietior is to be briclc I of th.(! oorridors and the noise pr . ctumb waiter.
\vit~- cast ·~stone •details ,and will re-! ducin:; rooms, sound proofed . 'l'lle / The L. H. Shattuck Co. or Mansem!Jt1a th~ adjoining nurses' home j floors ·are to be covered wiLl1 rubbt1r I chester, who was . awarded the . buildin qe~\~n. It will. b~ conne9tf_d '.'~r:lth
or terraz:-.a. and thi, waU1:1 of olH:1 , ing contract, hava started . c.on~tructha ma.tn hospithl building ftv a .. su. 1:>"- .nursery and. delivery suite Llled.
) tiou. Tt/} buildlrig 13 expected to ,be
v,ra,y and with the nursei;' hon!e by ,
There are to be twenty'-fow· aipgie finishecl~y the first" or Janµary,' · ·
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Prize· Cup tioes To Young
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many rJaders o( the Herald have 'been
waiting ,to read or the first' infant arriv!\l at the new maternity building
of the Portsmouth Hospital.
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Tlle silver cup,' engraved, and presented •by the doctors of the hospital
staff to the parents of the first boru
child, will go to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
C. Ricklefs of 128 Greenland Road.
It's a bouncing boy weighing 9 pounds
and 11 ounces born at 11.20 this fore.noon. -Mother and baby getting along
flnely,·,The mother was formerly Miss
NE:llie, Mccarthy of Middle Road,
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cl<•Vi+~r and three diet kitchens. The
n w building will be 100 feet long and
31 feet m width.
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R.ev. Maxwell Ganter opened the
exl'rcis s with a brief
prayer after
which Mr. Seybolt made his · expla.natory remarks.
, A ·aealed ,copper box was set into
pJ11ce by Mrs. Florence Knowles, assjsta.nt superintendent of the hospital
after mortar had been placed on the
supporting stone by Rev. _ MaxweU.
0 ~ nter, George B. Chadwick, D. F.
'Borthwick, Norman E. Rand, Charle.s
K Walker, Miss Rosanna O'Donoghue,
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of a butlding Mrs. Knowles, Dr. T. W. Luce, Dr. a
whir,h will mean much to the future L. Taylor and Mr. Seybolt. The corof this cil.y wa.s Jaid with simple but
st.one wa.s then lowered into place
impressive exercises
t 3.30 o'clock with the blessing of Rev. Maxwell
yesterday afternoon when the st.one 'Ganter.
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Hospital was set into place.
List Qf nu,r~es on duty at the HosplEdward Seybolt, pre~ident 0 ·f the I ta.I; prescription bl~nks or Dr. F. s.
Bo'lrd of Trustees of tlle Porlsmoul.11 Gray, Dr. C. W. Hannaford, Dr. H. I.
H:ospital, speaking to the group which Durgin, Dr. ,W. ~- Clare, Dr. L. , R.
had gathered to witness the exercises, H~z~a.rd; Dr. C: F. McGill's signature;
stilted ,that the new bnllding was be- City of Portsmouth financial data
mg built not becau. ':! or limited facili- record; baby footpi;-int blank; letterties for maternity cases in the present had_ f Dr. H. L. Taylor's; Journa1 · of
hospital structure I.Jut hecause of the ::-f:.irsmg; ;eport of Portsmouth Hosincrease in the othr>r hospital and I i>ital 1933; bulletin of record librarsurgical co.ses which l\'1v come to the \'.an ; Italian coin; 3-cent stamp; callhospital.
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Mr. Seybolt ext1lained that the new I Durham, Mrs. Murphy, Miss Scl).~iltz,
building would be unique for New lr,.1:!SS Elle~
Hoyt,
Miss Elizabeth
Ha mpshi re, if not for New England, Swam, . Miss
Gertrude
Dow, Miss
in that every confliv•ment patient Katherine Moulton; 3 copies of Portswould tvwe a private room. There· wilt mouth Herald. Aug. 1, 1934; 1 copy or
oe no general ward. E<1ch room has a Bost.on Herald, August 1, 1934; prosprivate lavatory and
ls ; insulated 11 ctus of Tr:iining School; µwltation
, ag-iinst sound as will IJ_ the ma.iii 'de- to last gradu tion exercise or Train•ing
School;
Portsmouth Hospital
birth certifl.c te; list of mothers and
babies in ho:;pital August 1, i934;
record rorm'I used
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nurses in
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. Dorothea· Knott ·and Sylvi~ Toe1111e1t-:
e~ awarded Golden Eaglet pins at ·annual Girl Scont. rall.v-: . · · · · ·
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. 'Bodies of Tliomas and Charles Hef~ferman found ln Navy Yatd ·lce pond.
·'.J:he·two aged 9_and 7 had been .missing
since Thursday afteroon:
St. Patrick"g Day. ·' · ' ·
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attendh1g the Unitarian Church. ·
!VIARCH 21
Portsmouth delegation in legislature
vote for Keefe Repeal Bill.
Firemen hold annual bowling banquet.
.. l\IARCH 12
Junior Garden League- formed. ,
l\IARCH 23
Mrs. Nora R: Blcthroade murdered
at her home ill Kittery by Joel Thacker. rfbo committed sulclde immediately
'2:fter ftring a revolver,·at the Jtittery
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Prisoners from U. s. s.
; brought to Na.val "Prison.
Rlrleigh
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school, students at Junio1."'High ,School
g')'mnasium.
APRIL, 8
APRiL 2
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Rev. Frank· Gardner of · Portersville
Christian•· Church· from 1901 to ·1~12
Mass. who was pastor of the Couxt St.
celebrated· his 40th year· in ·the ministry.
Baptist Church presents- •·stabot
Meters.
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APRIL 10
Dr. Henry Durgin or Eliot r.bs~r~'Ps
09~r bi.r '. t;day.
Old Tom, equine veteran of the
Spanish War, dies at Navy Yard, aged
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,Api:il term of Superior Court opens
y' re.
APRIL 12
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CoUllty officials assume, office. :
APRIL 19
Graffort Club presents annu:il play;
"Meet the P rince."
Storer Relief Cor. observes 4!lth l\11nivc:rsary.
·Anow1cement made o! the wedding
of Harold Berg to a Newtown, Conn.
girl which occured Jan. 2.
Thirty local men seeking jobs in
Roosevelt's Woodland army.
Rev. Newton Anderson to rnd pa:;torate at Gree11land on June H accordi~ig to an announcement.
Sidney Thrope Indicted io-; murd,:r
of Joseph Trµdcau in this cit~ Feb. 5,
by Grand Jw·y which returns mure
than 80 indictments !or th~ Ap. '! Sl!:Ssion. ·
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Fifteen admiLted to citiz~-1,;t!ip at
Superior qourt.
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DeMolays observe Parents Night.
New England Alliance o! the Unitaria n Churches mcet.s with local
branch.
MARCH 26
James L. Parker dies at J:iis"honie on
Middle street.
State senators visit, this city as they
inspect site. of proposed _bridge ·across
Little Bay.
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·MARCH 30
Warwick Club - bolwlng league ends
with Paul's team the winner.
m~rln~s attached to, the Portsmouth Navy Yard k11led in automobu'eaccident. on Newburyport Tm·npike ln
Rowley, Mass.
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MARCH 31
Mr. and Mrs. George Downs of Manchester -o.bse.rve- 64th anniver,sa;-:1; . ef /'
their weddi~l at the ,PJl1l9 <'f ,,:~f-/I
grandda,ug?ite; ly!J.·s. (l"l'l.3. Cole of 149
J:'.orpc;re _Wlil,
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Cathplic, ch~h.
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Leon Wells o! Tex~s picked up unconscious on Hunter . Ave., Kittery. Believed to have been exhausted.
Peoples' Baptist . Church observes
Youth's Day.
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Arab Masons.
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APRIL 17
Whalesback Lighthouse fog horn has
been blowing continuously !or 72 hours.
I Charles Berry, !or the past 17 years
'night watchman at the P. 0. ·Builcllng
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. Dr. Carlton B. Leighton di es at the
home of his brother in law. Dr. T. W.
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/ Luce.
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j Kiwanis Club holds Inter-club meett' ing and charity show.
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Graffort Club presents .:Mother·s
Bouquet. of Memories."
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Timothy Reardon dies. on his way
tCJ work.
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County .Medical Society meet!!, at, hos- I
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Ladies• Auxfliary, · Loyal " ·o rdei: ·or \
Moose ' observe ' 12th ani1il(ei·sary.
. ll4rs. ~th \;Vendell ob~e1:ved. her 91st
birthday.
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S:uo':"i storm which beg,m la~: •nigh
blocked 'roads, broke pples and· wires,
lliany homes without l!eat' ·or li~hl~
Many people in 'outlyin,I i~1vn~ \m~b;cl
to get to work.
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A'lexander Denne tt obs~rves h:.; 30~11
birthday.
·, Davenport Council of· MMon·, ·imtall
officers.
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Junior Class presents annual play.
Ladies' Auxiliary, K. of C., observes'
ii guest night.
,i Announcement made that Jam~s
·, F~oosevelt, son of the president, will
: spend the summer at Liltle Bo~r·s
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Sydney Thorp dec!ared sane and \Vill
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Ladies' Sodality Society o! Catholic
I church present musical review.
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Ur. and Mrs. James Lomas today observe their 53 . anni ve1 sary .or their
wedding.
J\ll•. and Mrs. Albert C. Lane of Stratba.m. today celebrate the 57 anniversary
1 ot their marriage.
Allen C .. deRochement installed High
Priest of Washington Royal Arch,
Chapter or Masons.
Lieut. C,indr. l\lerrill Comstock to
, command the submarine Cachalot, now
under construction at the local yard;
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APRIL 28
: ' storm ce?.sed late Thhrsdny but 'r<iacl•·
still blocked in some cases, Many ~ven
night ' in cars 'ad · Ogunquit, unable to
continue clue td S110\V and· stal\Erl( c:-n·f..
Union Good Friday Setvices heir! at
south and Methodist churches · '
. DcMolRys present annua l play "Tl1°'
I Yellow Shadow".
APRIL 15
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Announcement made th"lt P o-,• ' t\-(..
flee iobby will (,lose at 11.30 p. m . instead o! being open all night.
APRIL lG
John A. Cornelius died suddenly' at
bis home on Howard sti:eet.
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Churches observe Easter Sunday._.
APRIL 29
Prisoners from Parris Island brought
to local Naval Prison.
Fred Peters, who escaped from Rock. ingha111 jail in Nov. is re-captured in
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Verna Hall marries Harold Garla:nd_
or Newington.
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Orpt. over · constrnction of proposed
: briclr,e acrn,~ Little Bay and Bellamy
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l.UAY 16
' Portsmouth. Yacht Club
opens the season.
Fred Patsons- lnju\·ed when automo;,1:e h.!til bicycle he ls ruling.
Elizabeth. Marshall installed head ot
Rainbow 6lrls.
Annual Diocesan con.vention of Epiccopa) ehurches- held in this city.
0'11den, Rule- Circle, Kings' Daughters
ob~erve, -Wth anniversary.
". · MA:Y 17
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Green observe
40th wedding anniversary.
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MAY 19
' John G. Sweetser gets licenst to
c-age in wholesale beer business.
l\ir. and Mrs. Plummer Smith observe
50th wedding anniversary.
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lUAY 20
·= Corn~rstone of Catholic Church removed' anct boll opened.
V. F. W. holds Budd,, P oppy Day.
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Ear;lc Sc cut 1933
,APRIL 30
Daylight Saving Time in effect tociay!.
l\fAY 1
Dr. Clar~nce True Wilson, or the
Methodist Board of Temperance P rohibition and Public Morals speaks in
this city.
Mrs. Irving Komisky elected President of local chapter of Hacla~•cah.
l\lAY :4
City Cou nril ,·otes to lrase
:i irport
to
Hiram \Ve•1er.
Mrs. Winnifred Davis hrads Graffort
Club.
Mt1!. Addlt V. Do~e,·. elect, d htad
of Rf'bekah ASlll' mbly oC N. H. at annual mt,tluir In Gorlrnm .
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, · • ~llr Portsmouth young men go to
' Mr.nrhester for examination as ment~
1 bers of Citizens ConservaUon Corps.
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Rainbow Girls hold annual ball. · ··
Federated Church women of Lhls city
·meets. •
H. 1\I. S. Ha7l~v. elected President or
°!.'Arts and · Cmfts Cl'lb recently · or' ganiz.ed.
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Theresa. •l!.lcC:uthY and Lieut. Robert
Blue united in marrla c:e.
J\lAY 7
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ming strike-
Sidney Thropi pleads not guilty ais
·his trial !or murder of Joseph Trudeau
opens in Superior Court.
Gertrude Long- observes 25 years in
employee of G1·«11ite St:\te Fire In~. Co.
Cyril Jackson well known business
man dies following a long illness.
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MAY 22
T\Villgfit · League opens season.
Work begun yesterday on a new bottling· building- at Eldredge Brewe~·y.
Battery D, N. H. ·National Guard called to M:anchester to maintain
TIIOlUAS
S\'i.VIA TOENNESE~
f;i,· :r. Go 1!~n Ea-:-1:!t Award During
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J\IAY 9
s •11nr:,· Thrope found guilty of firs t
cl~P"" murder and sentenced lo hang_
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Ur. :md Mrs. Horace Gray obse n·e
';;:inl wedding anniversary.
R r v. r nd Mrs. P. S. Ne.son Lcnd,, red
' a n ••eption by Methodist Parish
, Un iw••<·alist Farish holds annual
me~ Ing.
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, Portsmo_u ;h; ~erc_hants
beer an<! wines.
selling
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IUAY 2~
Tmclrc loaded with beer burns
LP!ayett~ Read;
0. -of N: H Glee Club and Portsmouth
Mare S1ngers, present program· under
am;pices 01 P~ T: ~.
Eastern Star presents pla.y.
l'tlAX 25
K.n!gl1ts- Templars hofd conclave
thi city.
· Gerard Grif!fn and Francis Millette
t·ecPive American Legion medals at Jr.
High.
D?.ttexy D return, from Manchester
st1ik:e,
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JA',cal Ho<p!t:.l obS!!rves Na ional nos~
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i>ital Day.
Walt~r J.. Quimby awarded
l\lAY 13
H ll.I't.
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Pi1ylll:, G:·ay and Sidney C. G1·~q izer
DeMolays conduct. May ball.
rr.! n 1ed a1,· nniy Lodge.
MAY 27
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t1:ot her's Day observed in loc ~1
Gmmr Headquarters will be removed to
Bostom
churches.
Il~ha Tolin, plays Theremin at Mo, American Legion. hole~ Poppy Day
and District Cenvention.
ther,' Dny P:;.rt_ of Jewish Jun.ors.
Boy Scouts. lfiv~ out 4000 cards to jay
M!iY 15
walkers in Safety Campaign today.
Suil."tt Lenrue opens.
Hearing held by Portsmouth delegat
1\IAY 2&
G. A. R. asid: allied patriotic bodies
tl!ln r !2.tlve to ch.·mge in City Chartci·.
l\tt-en Memorial 11111·vices at Me thodL t
Fan . !e A. f'>2.rdiner- Rebekah Lod ge
rehurd~
ob~, r..-es 33rd anniversary.
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MAY 31
Margaret Curran I elected president o!
K. of C. l\uxiliary. ; :, . >·" , •
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Peirce Island.
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Lieut. Herbert C. Zitzewitz. ·
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- Gerald Foss and . GJ)rtrude GIJls~m
married at Sa:nborville. . "'- . , .-,~-.,..
Alice Kane and J. 'L: Louther, Jr. o!
Mt. Vernon united in magi.age, .•'
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Miss Mollie Shapiro marries E,d,ward
Wolf of Lowell at .Dorchester, ·,· 1,. ·,
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JUNE 6
, Announcement made that all. telephone girls who marx:Y after July I l
are to lose their positions,
' Senior Corps at Junior High objerves
Dads' Day.
~ 1 Walter D. Robinson' elected d1·apd
Knight of K. of C.
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Dover Rotary Club holds meeting
with local club at the Pannaway. • '
, Richard Smart of · Kittery t1te ·s
Naval Academy.
DeMolays stage rope pull.
JUNE 9
Announcement made that H. M. ~:
Scarboro.u gh to visit Portsmouth Oct.
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. Vats .fo1:., Eldredge .•. ,Brewe:ry arrive from Boston.
JUNE~
Constance Taylor marries' .Lle.t{t.
Johnson at Chr!st Church.
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Many of the local churches obserJe
Children's Day.
Firemen hold Memorial Servle.
JUNE 13
97th annual- conference of Rockingham County Congregational Christian
Churches held at North Church Chapel.
James Roosevelt opens summer home
at ~lttle Boar's Rea<\, .
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel "E. Ricker observes 25th anniversary ·or their wedding. . , . .
Canton Center Ladies' Auxiliary observes 12th anniversary.
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1''ire damages summer home of 'James
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James Roosevelt to I summer at Rye
Beach hiring the Appletree cottage opposite Stoneleigh Manor.
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Rotary Club observes Ladies' Night.
Thirty-six graduate from Traip Academy.
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Class Day exercises held at High
School.
Miss Martha Rhodes observes 91st
birlihday.
JULY 1
Comdr. H. S. Paul of Storer Post ob• M ~thew L. J acques, Jr., and Rose
serves 91st birthday.
MarcOUfl united' in marriage.
Geraldine Conner and Chester Hart'. Beer,J!Old .in K ittery for the first time
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j Twe11ty-three divorces granted durCastle.
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9apt. John 'Dennett :~ies at York.
Mr!.. Franklin D. Roosevelt visits son's
Emily Do,nnell -fr1arrles ·Haverhill 1
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c. Ne wton Andrews of Kittery united
Class
of",.11
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confirmed
at St. Raphael's
In marriage to Helen Heeney.
by B!shOJ> Joseph "E. McCarthy or PortJUNE 18
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this city.
1 Car tracks on Islington St. between
Masonic ·Servic~s held' at St, John's
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Spinney. Road and Albany St. being
ohurch. ,
. covered.
'. ~accal:u1~·eate,. Sermon preached by I! , Bids opened for new bridge at Dover
Rev. Wi111an Safford Jones. 1 Point.
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JUNE 19
U. S. Submarine Dolphin makes deep
Announcement '·made of wedding or 1
sea tests off Boon Island.
Maj. ~oland •Hoyt and Beatrice Smart
JULY 10
whlclt occured on Mar. 30.
Mary C. Pike 11nct K ennard Smart
Companions of the Forest · (Constituunited in marrJage at St. John's church.
iJo.n Circle) observes 38th anniversary l'
JULY 11
with banquet at the Rockin'g ham
Twenty-one children from New York
Portsmouth Training School · holds ,
1raduation.
' tenement district arrive for two weeks
outing.
JUNE . 20
Chamber of Commerce meeting with
Bicennial convention of Grand CounRot.;;l,rians and Kiwa111ans votes to reoll Companions of the' Forest opens in organize.
this city. ,
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JULY lZ
Portsm~mth votes for repeal of the
Portsmouth Boy Scouts attending an'.18th amendment by .2474 majoritL _
nual jamboree' at Hampton Beach.
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,open annµal meeting in. this city.
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,, Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Little
Harbor, on his vacation trip along the
•New ,England coast. · ·
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Romilda Lizio and William Flanagan
united in marriage.
JULY I
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for 15 days it is ann'punccd.
Fourth annual vacation Bible School
o! Univcrsallst Church closes.
JULY 15
J smc5 Rooseveft's yucht Lizzie M . anchored in Little Harbor for the summer.
JULY 16
Joseph Smith, fircm. 11 on Mitchell
Davis believed drowned.
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JUNE 2Z R. C. L. Greer heads Rotary Oiub ..
: Orie hundred forty-four . graduate l
from Portsmo'uth High School.
JULY 17
JUNE .23 :Eleven truck drivers pay $900 in fines
. Sea Scouts open three day jamboree
in Municipal Court, for overloaded
Ip this city.
trucks.
. Colonial Dames hold annual meeting.
Senior Class ends commencemen t acJULY 18
tivities with Senior Reception.
Mr. and Mrs. John Griffin of State
· Mr. and Mrs. Fredei:ick W. deRoche; -~ St. observe 50th wedding. anniversary.
mont observes·. 29th,, wedding anniver- ' Crandall Engineering Co. of Cam~ry.
bridge awarded bid for Little B\\Y
JUNE Z'1
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Knight Templars hold pilgrimage to I
the Wentworth.
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Peter M. Gagne, mayor o! Som~tsN. H. Weekly Publishers Assn. meet
1 worth named collector of Internal Revat the Wentworth.
1 enue.
JUNE 25
Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant SecreAlice Stef b~comes bride or William l tary of the Navy visits local yard.
lJ, Warburton, Jr.
JULY 21
JUNE 26
Allen B. Lewis of Kittery wins Maine
U:ni versalist Vacation School opcn5
Trap Shooting championship.
-for fourth annual season with nearly
.JULY 2Z
1100 attending.
Rev. Frank B. Chatterton and Miss
51 gratuated from St. Patrlcks School.
Frances Clark married at Uni versa. list
.JUNE 28
Church.
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ay Caswell of Rye.
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Tax rate to be $29.
JUNE 30
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Oscar Leighton observes his 94th
birthday.
Mrs. Addled V. Dowey newly elected head of the N. H.-Rebekah assem.bly tendered reception.
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AUGUST?.
Hannah Blaisdell dies in York, aged
JULY 25
94.
First annual Garden Cl ub pilgrimage
is held with nea rly 400 people visiting
:six of Portsmouth's historic houses. ,
· New Sea Scout troop formed by st.
John's Church.
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JULY 27
Portsmouth Fire Department calle\i
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Peperell Famlly Assn. holds 37th reI to Dover .to aid in fighting fire which
union at Kittery Point.
I destroyed city hall.
· Ranger Chapter, D. A. R. holds ca.rd
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party nt the Wentworth.
York nrcm&n hold field day.
Dr. Samuel T. Ladd or this city
National Gttnrd In Camp aL Rye
named Comptroller of Customs at Dos:Scnch.
ton by President Roosevr lt.
....Coleman Family Remilon held at I
Ncwingtori.
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JULY 28
Navy Relief Garden Party held at I
Navy Yard.
Annual Ilower show hr ld at Eliot.
JULY 31
AUGUST 6
David Fleishman loses life in auto
Lollis Schwartz and Miss Sadie
accident in Greenland.
Freaman of Dover married in Dorf Collecto,· of Internal Revenue John ] ches ter.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lnmonde of
Work begun on Little Bay Bridge. I : Madison St. observe their Golden Wedding anniversary. •
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Capt. James Burke, oldest War vetHerman A. Doolittle a former resleran in the state observes 81st birth- '
~ent of this city dies at Rye, where h e
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_J arrived for a vacation.
Archbishop Athenagoras of Long Is1 land of the Greek Orthodox Church of
· North and South America visit'; this
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Newcastlt: holds special town meeting.
Piscataqua Council, No. 42 Degree of
Pocahontas observes 7th anniversary.
I1 Navy Yard workers · begin ·five day
week.
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Re-employment office op~ns in this
'city to register unemployed.
AUGUST 9
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Ergles have been issued to thn.t many
Pcl'tsmouth m~t·chants. .
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·Amelia Earhart flies over this city_as
guest pllot of B. & M. Alrwa:11, Inc.
Frank Rand estate at Greenilinrl ce·-·•~d by fire early this morning,
-AUGUST 11
hn W. Emery d\es while a~tending·
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all game in Boston.
flEldredge Brewing Co. starts brewing.
AUGUST 12
Lillian G. Woods marries Jarib M.
Sanderson of Greenland.
John· P. McCaffey united in marriage
to JM:ary E. Driscoll.
AUGUST 14
Lieut. Gerald Smith wins Southern
N_. H. Tennis Tournam~nt at Manchester.
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AUGUST 18
Peter M. Gagne newly appointed
Collector o! Internal Revenu~~ assumed his duties.
1 Richard Weston and Josephine '.thaw
\ united in marriage.
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William J. Cater succeeds late John
W. Emery as Vice President and D!recc
tor ot Portsmouth Trust and Guarnntee
Co.
Bert Libby, 16, of Eliot instantly k!lted while cleaning rifle.
Jal!les Roosevelt speaks at st. John'~
Men's...QJµb. • _, · ·
AUGUST 19
.Water Carnival held at Wentworth,
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Capt-. Harold Hutchins, keeper or
Boone Island light miSsing. . ,
Mr. -and Mrs, Patrick Buckley observe
25th anniv~rsary of their , wedding.
AUG~ST 21 ·
Portsmouth Saving,l!_ Bank comp:~tes
110 years o! service.· · ·
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Laying of ke-al ot Suhmarlne Pike at the Navy Yard.
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AUGUST 22
George Hutchins, 18, drowned when
sailboat capsized.
James Roosevelt ' visits Navy Yard.
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South Parish House.
City Club holds card party and mus•
icals at Farragut Hotel.
Training School for Nurses hold gi.:_acf'! uation.
Annual Locke reuµi9n J;,leld at·Rye.;
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·charles H. Lewis of Callfi comes J.,ere
to celebrate 92nd birthday.
Frederick McDonough killed in automobile accident in Dover.
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· James. RoQ/levelt gives talk at Rye
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annual
ment of ale.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Dyer observed
27th wedding anniversary.
James Roosevelt speaks at Community meeting here.
Girl Scouts hold tea at Gov. Fuller's residence; Runnymeade",
AUGUST 23
Ga'i'dendJlub ,holds
SEPTEMBER 12
l Eldred.ge Brewery makes first ship-
flower
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AUGUST 30
SEPTElUDER 13
Mr. and ·Mrs. Dennis J, McGrath ohserve go1d'en wedding annlvernry. ,
Clty Coimc\l votes to purchase survey of city,
First steel arrives !or Porpoise-new
subma11ne to be built at Navy Yard.
AUGUST 31
Goodwin -Family Reunion held in this
city.
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. Dr. Frederick S. Gray named County
Medical Referee and Frank c. Remick,
Police Commissioner by Governor and
Council.
Hous.e to hou_se c_anvass starts .to get
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consumers to Join NRA. .
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• A~nual horse show at Rye. ,
!yllss Mary Scannell . of Worcester
/OW11S at Jenness Beach.
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Amberjack II, yacht In which Pre. ient Roosevelt made his vacation tour,
' Its Memorial . bridge:
SEPTEimmn 16
I. G. Griffin concludes duties at Post
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Oitlce !ollowiug 40 years service.
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SEPTEMBER 11
Elks hold 46th annual oullng.
SEP'l'ElUBER 5
SEPTEMBER 18
Chester Noel wins tennis tournam::ut
at South Playgrounds.
, Mayor vetoes resolution calling !or
purcha::,e of survey or city.
SEfTEMJ;lER 6
Dr. Eugene B. Eastman dies.
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AUGUST %6
Mrs. Melinda. ·Randell· observes 82nd
birthday anniversary ..
SEPTEMBER 19
Records show that liquor valued at
SEPTEMBER 7
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$194,182 has been seized in this section
Winslow White of Hampton, who
during the past 7 years. Boats, cars,
played in Sunset League here, to jorn
etc.
brings value to $208,075.
Rochester In ternational Leag ue ln
i Gwen Scckln~ and Police omcer Nell
Spring.
Bierce are married.
Mass. Weekly Publishers Assn. at
lj Patrick J. Mccorry killed in accident
Wentworth.
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'\Ralph Biggar and Forest E. Kno wle~ l on Islington St.
SEPTElUBER 21
retire from duty at Post Office.
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, Donald Ross heads local DeMolay
SEPTE rnER 8
chapte1·.
William E. Winn fatally l,1j ured ·1
he falls from Electric light pole 0L1
SEPTEI\IBElt 23
Mr. nd Mrs. Frank L. Amazcen or
Pqrter st.
SEPTEMBER 9
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Ktttery Point observe 60th wedding anKathleen Whitcomb becomes hridr of t
ni versary.
,C_hadwlck Connell of . COl!COl'(;i,
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Brattlo organ at st. John's Church
SEPTEMBER 1l
played for the first time in mauy years.
SEPTEl\lBER 26
Work starts on construction of the
remainder oI the · Kittery Catholic ! Orel A. Dexter appointed to vacancy
in Granite State Fire Insurance Co.
Church. ·
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cuused by death of John Emery.
Schools open with total enrollment
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SEPTEl\IBER 27
of 2s·21.
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, Frank S. Lester and Mrs. Mabel F'.
Kltte_ry and .York votes wet, Eliot dry
Dlxon married at out of door wedding.
as Maine votes to repeal _18th amendSt;mley Morgan chosen Noble Grand
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of New Hampshire Lodge. .
, Portsmouth Athletic club
48th anniversary,
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.purch~sing
City_Council passes new resolutio;1 !or
of City_Survey.
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.. Ma,yc,r vetoes new resolution on
survey.
Eleanor Plckerh1g becomes bride or
Cha1:les .. G. Sprague of Boston.
:_ .Donal'd K. :ry101itgomery
Brookl111e girl.
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M. s. Scarborougll arrives at Navy
Yard for a week'11 stay.
[ :Mr. :and Mrs. Charles E. Lewis
sorve 54th wedding anniversary.
\ ··Lca~ue· of Women Voters open
conference in this city.
· Major James M. Curti:-y visit,
city, speaking at Kiwan is Club.
OCTOBER 4
Death . of Mrs. Phyllis Sugden
'occurs in this city.
I City host to offi~er, of H: M. s.
borough.
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Bl'lg. Hemv M. Taylor.
Army ornccr dies in KitLry,
OCTOBER 6
I'. R.' s. CIG!>S of 1921 holds
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F. E. Booma Post Band
·chicago -where it
: American Legion Convention.
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_ _ _ _ _H_._M_._s_. Scarborough during visit to Portsmouth.
OCTOBER 9
H. M. S. Scarborough lrav
wee~s visit_,,
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OCTOUER 12
Elmer J. F. Littlefield receives Grand \
Decoration of Chivalry at meeting of
Odd ·Fellows in Dover.
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Government orders that ln the !u: ture liquor seized by · the government
· wlll_not be destroyed.
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Contract signed !or new school at
Rye Center.
OCTOBER 19
Mrs. Martha Hobbs Roberts, oldest
resident of Portsmouth dles.
Subma.rlne Cachalot la.unched,
OCTOBER 20
Miss Laura Baxter, school nurse in
Kittery dies in this city.
OCTOBER 24
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NOVEMBER 11
Albert H. Woolfson elected President
; of Ki wanis Club.
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Board of Public Works.
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Arthur N. Point chosen
Strawberry Bank Grange,
_Mr. and Mrs, Carl Needham observe
Silver Wedding anniversary
NOVEMBER 2
. Fire damages Geo. Joy's store.
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Star Lodge of Odd Ladies obsei·ve
40th anniversary. · · ·
NOVEMBER 3
Thomas W. ·. En~/ert · madi, ·E!).gle
, Scout at Court of honor.
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Mr. a nd Mrs. Charles E. Grover of
South St. observe 50th wedding anni1versary.
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NOVEMBER 4
I Nettie Rowe resigns as pastor o! Pen!tecqstal Assembly.
NOVEMBER 5
Coleman Pearson named Junior
Councillor or the New Hampshire De· Molay.
I Methodist Church observing 125th
anniversary.
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NOVEMBER 6
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. White ob- 1
serve 50th wedding anniversary.
City Council sustains mayor's veto of
Portsmouth Survey :i?lau.
Mrs. Harold M. Smith again heads
N. H. 1'.'cderation of Garden Clubs.
OCTOBER 25
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown o[
Cable ,Road, Rye observe golden wedding anniversary.
OCTOBER 26
Gov. Louis J. Brann attends Kittery
N. R. A. Parade.
John M. Young dies of injuries rereceived when struck by an a.utomobile.
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Work starls on Islington St. project.
I Prof. W. Linwood Chase of B. U.
1 gives lecture at opening of Education
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week.
, Mrs. A. E. Baum heads F'edcraUon
Church Women.
NOVE!\IBER 8
Rev. Charles Clarke Keith of Brookline speaker at Father ancl Sons' Banquet at Universalist Church.
OCTOBER 27
NOVEl\1BER 9
Ke el of Submarine Porpoise laid at
Navy_ Yar\!, in connectio1\ with Navy
Day exercises.
Charles E. Hodgdon rca<.:hes 85th
birthday.
:':tobcrl Wilson killed in motorcycle
crash on South St.
City Council authorize~ bond issue
for sewer project.
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OCTOBER 29
Charles leV. Brine for 31 years pas- \
\t tor of ·Christ- Church dies.
NOVEMBER 13 . •
Marland D. K·nowles chos.e1{ chairman
or Merchants Bureau. ·
Frederick M. Sise dies at his home
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on Richards Ave.
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158th birthday of the Marine Corps
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Yard.
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James W. Perkins, oldest· Dartmouth
alumni of Hampton die:i: .
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ca_se. ·
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birthday.
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Miss Aplla Jordon, ~uth Eliot: 91
years old today.
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amed co-captains or - 1934 P:-H. a,·
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1,Raymond
Grasser of this city ordah1~ '
as mlni1;tcr in Laconia .
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George L . .Perkins, 84 years ·old,
Mr. and Mrs. James Harvey observe
52nd wedding anniversary.
NOVEMBER 23
Customs Patrolmen seize truck· c;on..·
talning 207½ •cases of liquor.
NOVEMBER 24
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101st birthday.
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rlves !or distribution.
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ness man passes away.
Ro~ert Marden of Rye rescued in
skiff adrift ~ff Wallis ~ands.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Ho,dgdon ob1
serve 51st wedding anniversal'y. ·,
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inatlon . for mayo1; and · Di·.: S. · F. A.
PJckerlng .being renominated.
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Supreme Vice ·Regent Mil~on A. Willn,ient v16lts -Alpha Council ' Royal Ar- .
DECEMBER 8
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.• ·Mrs. Eleano1:" Lord ,and da ugh tez\ Vir-.
. ginia of Rye killed in automobile · acci- ·
"""'"-~"-·'· -: dent in- Somerville, Mass.
One of the l.10-foot · Coast Guard
j boats to'' be COl~Structed, will be ·bui'Jt- at
this yard.
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,, §h ·,!cihn's Me1_,1's Club present musl, car·revue, "Tropical Isle.''
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Democratic members of the Council '
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ver~ai-y.
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Warwick Club "observes 41st/anniversary. . ·
A, C;•·Wiiley I'.etires after ~2
with Rival Foods Inc.
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•' Taylor . Waterhouse dies;.
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Two _tt_i<;k. loads. of · l!!}UOr' V::tlned at,
$30,000 seized :PY ; custom - officials. . ;.r
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below. A.verage·tempe1'.ature between 2i .
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Photo by Ports mou th Herald Staff Photographer.
.Chu l'ch Qf lh e I minac ulate Conception which ,will be
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Easter Sunday was doubly joyful for ted. by Rev. Thomas W. Cushing, o.sthe parishioners of the Church of \.he slstant rector, he being assisted by
Rev. John J. Belluscio as deacon and
Immaculate Conception.
Rev. Fr. Edward of St. Anselm's Col., The opening of the new church lege, Manchester, as sub deacon. Edbrought out capacity congregations at ward l\IcDonald was master of cere•
all services of the day and evening. monies.
From early morning till the closing
Rev. Fr. Edward delivered the serhour at night, \.housands· of people mon, taking his \.itle from \.he gradual
from this city and surrounding ci\.les of \.he mass, "This is the day which
visited the new edifice, among them the Lord hath made, let us be glad
hundreds not members of . the Catho- and rejoice therein."
lie faith who Inspected every part of
The music of \.he day was of an im1
the new structure.
pressive and beautiful nature. SevenMany of the parishioners had wait- ty-flve .children from
the
various
ed until the opening day \.o visit \.Ile grades of St. Patrick's school sa.ng
church and the day will linger long in during the 8 o'c,lock mass. Their seleothelr memory. They gazed on a scene tlons were rendered from the gallery
o! beauty, especially the marble altars and also from the floor of the edifice.
which were turned Into a veritable The senior choir of 12 voices under
floral bower by loving liands· and con- the direction of organist Charles Ham
slsted chiefly or the exquisite lily, sang the revised composition of Henry
many of them arranged In gold plated Farmer during the high mass and the
vases which were gifts to the church. musical vespers of Marzo and WieOne of the Impressive scenes of \.he gand during the solemn espera In
days services were the altar boys ap- the evening,
pearing at the solemn high mass and
The· choir was assisted during the
solemn vespers. These boys have been evening service by o. Houghton Richpreparing for many weeks under the ardson. Rev. James H. Brennan was
supervision of Rev. John J. Belluscio celebrant of the vespers, assisted by
who can take decided · pride in his Rev. Thomas W. Cushing and Rev.
accomplishment. They numbered forty John J. Belluscio.
and were made up of the following:
The opening of the church, comSix torch bearers dressed in Cassocks blued with paschal feast, not only inof white wool serge with cape attach- creased the attendance but brought
ed and gold fringe
belt; the two the number of communicants to the
acolytes, book bearer, thurifer and highest in many years.
boat bearer were also in white casThe coming important services to be
socks. The remainder of the boys ap- held in the church will be the forty
peared in cardinal i-ed cassock,s with hours devotional period and confirmalace surplices This is the first. time tlon for which the dates will shortly
there has been a comple\.e cha_nge of be arranged.
dress of the boys in \.he history of the
The d'.'cticatory ceremonie8 will likechurch.
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The solemn high mass w:i.s ?elebra- sr,ring or early summer.
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In Memory of Dr. Thayer
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~ Beautiful marble tablet which ·was· unveiled Sunday morning at -tho
North Congregational church at Portsmouth In memory of ¥ev. Dr. Lucius
H. Thayer, for 8 years pa s tor of the church and 11, former president of the
~ew Hampshire Congregational conferencll·
Special to The Up.Ion'.
PORTSMOUTH, April . _ A beau8
tiful marble tablet In memory of
Rev. Lucius H. Thayer, D. D., for
88 years pastor of the North Congregational' church here and also 'a
Born In Bay State.
Rev.inLucius
H . Thayer,
D ., was
born
Westfield,
Mass.,D.Nov.
28,
1857, ·and received his early educatlon In the schools of that town. In
1876-78 he went to sea as supercargo
the Indies.
ship "Lucy
Wells,"
In
the on
East
Upon S.returning
former president of the New Hamp- he entered Amherst college from
spire Congregational conference, was which he was graduated with the
dedicated 11-t the· Sunday morning class of 1882 with the degree of A. B.
service a~ the local church today.
In 1882 and 1883 he was with tlie
Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner, pastor of Franklin Foundry and Machine com•
the church, conducted ,the service pany of Providence, R. I., and suband the unveiling of the tablet was sequently engaged In teaching and
by ,M rs. Dorot~y Thayer Greene of reading law until 1885. In the fall of
New Britain, Conn., daughter of Dr. th,e latter year, he entered Yale uniThayer. The dedicatory sermon was versity from which he r eceiv ed the
preached by Rev. Charles D. Kep- degree of Bach elor of Divinity in
ner, Jr., of Stafford Springs, Conn., 1888. While at Y a le he was Dwight
who was assistant pastor of the local Fellow in 1888-1 890.
church during the last years of the
In the spring of 1890 he was called
ministry of Dr. 'Thayer here.
to this city but did not come here
Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene until that fall as be was traveling
of the First Congregational church in Europe. Jan . 28, 1891, Dr. Thayer
at New Britain, Conn., and a son- was installed a s pastor of the local
in-law of the roan whose memory Is church and served 38 years before
revered here, delivered tbe dedica- retiring. In 1909 he received the detory prayer whllii benediction was gree of Doctor of Divinity from
pronounced by Rev. Robert G. Arm- Dartmouth college, For many years
strong, secretary bf the New Hamp- he was a member of the prudential
shire Congregational-Christian con• committee of the American Board of
ference . Music was by the adult and Commissioners for Foreign Missions
young people's choir -under the di• and also served for some years as
rectlon of Ernest L: Cook. Leon A, president of the New Hampshire
Robinson presided at the organ and Home Missionary society in addition
there was a.. large congregat!qn to heading the New Hampshire Con~r;!e::s!:.en~t:,,_ _ _ ,_,_ _..,.._ _ _..,....,..-'I gregational conference. He died suddenly at his summer estate at Dublin,, in September, 1931.
�the Great Master workman, and that
the results of labor be shared by
his children In full measure and on
honorable terms.'
"After this industrial experience be
taught successfully in the grammar.
l ~hool In Westfield, to the surprise -0!
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hose who had thought that - one ~
quiet would not be able to hold . the
children. Then for a few months he
read law. But he was not, satisfied
and felt the call to the ministry.
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"The summer after he
graduated
from the Yale Divinity Scllool at the
head of his class and with a fellowship
for fJrther study, the young muuster
went Into the home missionary field at
Canelo, North Dakota. So successful
was-his work- there that by the end of
the season a large group of people
made a Christian confession and organized a ,church which has lasted
ever s,ince. Not only did Dr. Thayer
keep up his interest in this church
throughout his ilfe, visiting It some
years. later and contributing a communion set to its equipment,
but
through this experience he gained an
insight into country church and home
m!ssl.onary problems which made him
the trnsted advisor -and friend ot
· At very impressive exP,rcises at \,ha which it gave him he
never rellnmany small churches and their minNorth Congregational Church on sun- quU -:cl . ~'.1ci11s Fowler Thayer, the
isters in New Hampshire and throughdny morning the bcautif.Il marble tab- father, n r1v1l engineer, spanned the
out the country.
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"Dr. Thayer was never 'one of the
Ii. Thayer, D. D., for 3B years p!\Stor brlcli;:r.s, nn'l also became a banker and
·Jltra-modem who think that everyof the church, was uedicated.
I worked his GO-acre farm.
No wonthing a decade old is outmoded and
The service was conducted by Rev. der, thcre;forc, that th~ son developed
silly.
Although
independent in
Arthur Acy Rouner, pastor of
the that prrc1slon In architectural design
though .a nd progressive !n act, he
ohurch, and the eclifice was practically m:d~ tha~ familiarity \~Ith financial afknew that 'while we may not live in or
lfllled with parishioners and admirers f ir, ,,luch rnobled him years later to
by the past we do Jive because •o! tbe
of the late Dr. Thayer. Many dis tin.. drn w plans for the improvement
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past.' Gifted with a k.een historic
guished people from various parts of your cl'.urch pr?perty and to advice
sense, he realized that 'life is but a
New England \w•rc present to
pay ~oncernmg the mvestment and adminlarger -stage whereon -each generation
tribute to the memory of one who was isl ration of church funds.
plays its part or well or ill, Iateful 'for
so generally h,•loved and admired.
'"lo wonder either that he early acages yet to be.' Because O• hlS in'terest·
Following th,• opening of the service qulrrc\ that dr'ight in gMdening which\
in history he looked with especial favand the scrip! 1ll'C 1eacling and prnyer culminated In the exquisite
flowers
or upon a, call which came to
in
th
of consecration. the beautiful tablet
nt have so long graced the Dublin
1890 from a committee, of which one
11Vas m1veiled by Mrs. Dorothy Thayer hillside. Wi h his father, who was for
member is with us this wornlng, to beGreene of New Britain, Conn., daugh- ma~y years first selectman,
young I
come minister ·of an old and honored
t.er of Mr. Thayer. The tablet
was Lucius often went to town meetings,
chur<:h In this historic city by - the
designed and erected by Mr. Addison th us early bf'"Omlng Interested in civic
Piscataqua.
of the McGovern Granile company of affairs.
"Following a summer · abroad, . while
Hartford, . Conn., and is a perfect e.·"In his poem 'Voices', Dr.
Thayer
the church renovated this sanctuary,
o.mple of such memorial art.
wrote of an olcl year that 'Revealed in
mapng it fit for dignified worship and .
Rev. Charles D. Kepner of Stra[[ord pain a purpose kind.' Frequently he
Spring, Conn., who was assistant pas- urged upon those in difficulty, pain or , ~hurchly usefulness, the . new minister
took up his abode here, pre3.Ched bis
tor of the church during the last few sickness that God uses the ebbs as well
first sermon In November and was inyea_rs of Dr . Thayer's ministry here, as the !low of the Ude, and that the
stalled on the 28th of the following
delivered an eloqJeut and Impressive house of grief as well as the house of
January.
dedication address.
joy m::iy b~come a pl:i.ce of brother'\After his marriage on J,1ne 29, 1891..
Mr. Kepner spoke in p1rt as follows: hood•
hll brought to Portsmouth tbe former
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"On the second of November, 43 1-2
"In his own life that which at first
Helen Chadwick Rand.. likewise of
years ago, tile new minister of thi.s scemecl suffering and Joss proved
ai
westneld, a graduate of Smith -College
church preached his first sermon on lasting benefit to him and to those who
and a founder 'Of the first college set~,he text found in II. Corinthians, 6: 1: h~ve benefit led from his
ministry.
t,emen in America. Gifted with n.re
' We then, ns workers together with SicknP~s made him abandon Amherst
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executive .i.bility, initiative and devo?od." Twenty-five years later, hav- Collegr temporarily and sent him for 25
tion, she ha.; shared with him continumg become your beloved pastor,
he months across the high seas as superously in the1 fruitful task of building
sounded the same text as the keynote cnrg-0 of tlie clipper ship Lucy s.
this churr.h, with your splendid co-opof the life of the church during the in- Wills.
eratlon, into a powerful instrument o!
· tervening years.
Today his heroic
"From contemplation and study he
the Kingdom ,of God,
spirit, ever present in this community, plµn ged into the rough world of Indus"A minister, well equlpped .splrltuallY
calls for the smne text as the explana- try, spending two ye:us
with
the
and intellectually, a people of historic
tion of the achievements of thls trinity Franklin Fo ,indry and Machine Combackgrounds and present ambitions;
o! worlc and fellowship: You nnd he, pany of Providence, R. I.
At work
working together with a O<>d who is
working together with God.
and In thr company boarding house he
-creative Love, what glorious possibili"Young LJclus Harrison
Thayer, gained an llllderstanding o! industrial
ties the unknOwn future ha-s held in
born in ~
commodious home of conditions and the life o! the workers
store tor you, and how well many of
Westfield, Mass., on Nov. 28, 1857, and that social conscience which led
had a head start in life over most of his him to write many years later in his
less fortunate fellows, but the
lead pastoral letter: 'Let us see to it that
conditions o! employment
comport
with the justice and 1·lghteousness of
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".ru.
a preacher Dr. Thayer 'never I
orated. He was not 'One-'01'. those -over--!
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, powering ,;peakers who seek to ham;ij mer the trJth into sluggish minds
Umight of ~I~ and gesture, or to
awaken indifferent listeners by start- J
· Ung or -dazzling statements. He spoke I
quieUy, but with oonvict!on, -obtaining
1)0Wer not through external 1irewor'ks
but. through the substance
of
his
~ching. His supremely lmpt>rtant
messages wexe for those who were
ready -to listen wlth alert minds. Re
did not scare people lnto being good,
but. attracted. them
through
the
charm of his expression, . the truth 1
}',').µch he proclaimed and his own
1ri~dly and self-sacrificing spirit.
:•Iils- preaching was in line with hls
st~te~nent 'that Christian thinking has
aba)'ldoned not a few ancient
statements of theology, and learned to ex- f
press itself 1n terms or the fatherhood 1'
of God and the brotherhood of all ,
God's children.' Helievlni; in God as
Father he held that 'every soul is of
absolute value' both in this life and In
the lile to come.' 'God has not made
sons to destroy them,' he has said.
'The supreme effort of Creative Love is
not tor the scrap heap.' Dr. 'rh::i.yer
has mentioned the case of a devoted
father who would not abandon a slnful
son and who. from his own yearning for
·-0ne who seemed. lost came to believe
.that the- God 'and Father of us all can
_not be less forgiving.
"Thus he who was veritably the
father of this chJrch 'trusted God's
love to dra.w out the spiritual possibility in every man, to destroy evil and
eventually to recover all souls to Hlm~f.'
)'Di'. 'rhayer was preeminently
a
'pastor, a shepherd of his people.
Among the large number
of letters
which were · wtitten
spontaneously
after bis passing, many bore witness
the help o! his ministry to individs 1n meeting personal - problems.
e of his former church children
· te from a neighboring ,state of the
sonal loss of a great friend
and
counsellor. He was the most remarka1>le man whom I have eYer known. I
respected, admired and loved him as
I ha.ve no other. His study in the old
home on State -street in Portsmouth
was- always open to me and all
my
school problems when I was troubled
and wearied with the cires of youth,
The house was a real house by the side
of. the road, as his framed ,motto suggested. One wonders of the thousands who, in distress o! mind and
body, have crossed the threshold of
that room, and who left I comforted,
cheered and reUeved of their burdens
by the !a.irness ~d sanity of his advice.' · .
"Both in the parsonage and in innumerable homes or· this city he
cheered the faint-hearted, spoke firmly to the cowardly and selfish, and ·Jntangled snarls of .J)ersonal, family and
community difficulties. Sympathetic
understanding loosened and
understanding humor cut manJ a gordian
knot of human maladjustment. Leaders of church and state, locally and nationally, turned .to him for guidance
and inspiration. One of you . who is
a.ctlve in service to Individuals and thll
by
I communit}
has written: 'I would Uke
to set down here· my ftrm oonvict!on
that he was the wisest man whom I
have ever known.'
"This beloved pastor lifted burdens
sometimes by secret material
aid•
sometimes by faith-bu!lding
words:
and sometimes, to quote a former act', i ve chureh member, by "that sort of un- I
<len;tand!ng which 1s realized without
expression.• During recent
yea.rs
when his \isit... into your homes were of
necessity curtailed, he was represented
in ma.o,y homes where
there
were
pressing human needs by your· faithful
• parish visitor.
"One W<mders how one
o!
Dr.
Thayer's sympathetic nature was able
to officiate with courage-giving power
at over 1059 funerals, many of them of
friends whom he had known and loved.
In tact, neu the end, this -strain upon
his strength and affections was very
grave.
"Was it tha~ for this act or supreme
devotion and stress he found strength
from the unseen .One with whom you
and he labored during these 38 eventful
years?
"Six hundred
an<l seventy-eight
COJples, anticipating the joys of lite
together, flocked to qim for churchly
benediction, which Le gladly 'gave.
But with it he also gave wise counsel
for which many were grateful at th~
time and others when they faced the
real tests of llfe later on.
''The deluge of mess1ges which after
his death poured in from persons of
prominence and humble walks of live
all over the world testifies to the widespread admiration for the 'graclotl8,
modest, strong soul' whom so many
greatly loved.
In his last sermon to
you, Dr. Thayer said of your spiritual·
fellowship together: 'For what
the
spirit of the Eternal has brought together nor time, nor change, nor any
other thing can put asunder.' "
This was followed by the prayer or
dedication by Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene of New Britain son-inlaw of Dr. Thayer.
'
The prayer was as follows:
"O God, who art the strength ot Thy
Saints in all ages, and who redeemest the souls of Thy servants; we bless
Thy name for all those who have died
in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and who are now at rest from their
labors, having received the end of
their faith-even the salvation of their
souls.
·
"The memories of years that are
passed are all about us here in this
old church, Our Father, and they
make us exceeding glad in om· hearts
that one-whose memory
we
are
gathered here to honor-we were permitted to know and to lo\'e and to call
our friend. Even as we dedicate this
memorial to him, our hearts are filled
with gratitude today for everything
that he did and everything that he
was to us in this place. as the pastor
of this church, as the faithful Shepherd of these sheep, and as the Christian citizen alert and at work in the
world.
"We would give thanks to Thee
Our Father, -for the lnherit:mce and
convictions of the New England home
ifito which he was born; for all the
Godly influences that shaped his early
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journeys over sea and land; for his
dedication of himself to the service
of Christ thru the ChUich; tor the
high visions of his calling that came
to him in, Seminary days, where he 1,
formed those life-long habits of study,
which made him l!kew;se a man of
wisdom and knowledge.
"We remember now with {;Tatitude
the careful preparation that he gave
to his messages from this pulpit; and
the patient personal giving of his
best to men, women and children In
this parish, who have been led by ills
minisu·y Into the Christian way or
life and built up in faith and hope a."ld
love.
'·Bcca use all or us gathered here
think or him 1\5 indeed a Man of God,
we prnhe Thee that his inner life was
fed from springs that
had
the'.r
b0\1rccs in the e\·erlasting hills, i,o that
we and all men with whom he came
in contact must believe that for w;
al~o there can be springs or spiritual
p()wer in the s~cret place of thy prc:;enc·~ .
"We would remember, too, in grati:7
tnde Thy .guidance-made real unto l
him-and unto us-thru the long yeara
of his pilgrimage. Thoa didst lead him
all his days in ways of righteousness
and peace, and didst bring blm at
lai,1; with a high heart and a wUling
spirit thru all the trials and vlcissi1
tudes of his life.
"We recall today with thankfulness
Our Father, all his quiet, earnest:
friendly, modest ways or ser\'iug Thee
and his fellowmen; bis loyalty to all
who were bound to him by ties of
earthly kinship and affection; his love
of his family; his devotion to his wife
· and their children; his abiding pleasure in standing faithfully by his
friends and relatives thru the advancing years and in all the tides oi
change 0J1d circumstance.
"We are mindful-as we bow here
in this church that he served so long
and loved so deeply-m1!1dful of his
watchful care for all the things of
Thy house; mindful likewise of lm
unflag-ging zeal in all matters pertaining to the fuller life of th.is city-his
interest in the education of its youth,
ln the care of its sick and its needyand of that becoming jealousy with
which he guarded the fair name o!
this city and its history ln the state
and the nation.
"We pray Thee, 0 God, to sustain
and strengthen these his dear onesas they seek here and elsewhere 111
their repective labors to continue loyal
to his faith and to cru:ry on as good
soldiers of Jesus Cllr!st for his sake.
"Be with all of us-we beseech Thee
-who have been his friends, and
consecrate us here today more fully
to our tasks by U1e memory of his devotion and his life. Ralse up-0 Godin this day and generation-more ministers of like devotion t.o Thy church,
ns self-empUed and self-spending, as
broad in .sympathy, as considerate and 1
kindly in spirit, as stalwart in moral
courage, and as industrious in the work
assigned to them.
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"O make bright again today~ur
Father-our memories of this our
friend, who has gone home to Thee
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Joice again ln the remembrance of his
witness to the etenial values, and of
his allegiance to the Kingdom of God I
on eo.rth.
"May this memorial be for us today 1
not merely beautiful words chiselled in
cold marble and gilded o'er, but rather the visible symbol of his living 'faith,
an ever-present reminder (while we
Uve) of him who walked iunong us
once, the friend of Chrli;t and the
friend of all. Looking upon t11is tablet, may we come to unclerslancl that
as he walked ,so 1\"e too may walkuntil someday-in Thy gracious providence, '\';e may meet him in the everlasting life. Hear us now-and blei;s
us all-as 1n Christ's name imd for His
sake we dedicate this symbol of nur
friend's life and service, and to Thee
be all the glory, 'l\·orld '\',it.hout end.
Amen.
This WIIS followed by the hymn "The
Chnrl'h of God Is Stablished", and the
benediction was pronounced by Rev.
Hobert G. Armstrong, ~ecretary of the
New
H<i.mpsh!re
CongregationalChristian Conference.
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) The Choral Amen by the adult and
young ~-eople's choirs, under the dlrec- 1
tion or Ernest L. Cook, and the post. lude by the organist, Leon A. Robinson,
' comcluded the service.
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'lllRAWl ·Gs OF
OLD uo·usES
Tho11e who 101,e the old-f'ashloned
hulldlnga of PortsmoJtll are hoping
that the HL~torio Amerie11,n BulldlngrJ
13unrel' proposed lJy the Department of
the Interior goe.~ through. Thia was
brought out a!! C W A i}roject and
New Hampshire! omes under Dlsttlct
No. 1, which also include~ M lne and
Vermont.
John Howard Stevens of Portland,
Me., I! d1strict otflr.'!r and when Interviewed stated th:.t thP.
intention
waa to mea.;ure thP structure:, and tl1en
have pen and ink drawing. made on
uniform sheets of paper, alt of which
will be filed cventu, .us, with the Congressional Library in Washington, to-gether with photograph.~ of the buildings and t\ list givm~ a short history .oe
each 1Jui!dlng.
· The t\dvisory commttte,•. of which
Prof Eric T. Hudr'l .ston of thi:l University of New HamIJ&htt
the only
member from this state pprovcs th
list of projects and then f.l.1e 0,rchltcct.;
and architecturnl d raftsl,trn draw the
plans. This W9'1 ~dvonced tlrimarlly
as t\ meanz of giving ssistance to the
architectural profP,,sion, which
has
been hard hit hv •:<!sting conditions.
With the coming of the depres,lon
architects immediately felt the r"sults
financially and there ls a great need
for those in tho t prol:e3,lon 'finding
employment.
of
appearance
these
buildings an(l
Th men for this work were to .be setheir surrom1dlngs. This is the purcured from the rolls of t he O W A, ten
pose ol: the Historic Arnerlcan Buildt.o be put to work from the entire st:-ite
Ho vever, before the application coJld
ings Survey.
'·The hulldings cot.,Uered have been
be t ade he order terminating the 0
Vv A worl: was gtveu. An effort is selected for measurmg and photographlug in the approximate order of
uow being made to 1"1ave the , states
tak~ ver t he H .
B. S. (Hi9tol'lcal
their historic and architectural imAm••r t,:an 3uilding., Survey).
Vcrportance in their district. The record
ts made as a form of insurance against
111011t wn, •nable to do .tlus, but
loss of data through future destr.iotlon,
whPr,lu~r this s.alt! l)r Maine can do so
i. i' •r und termined Also there is the
and also as a contributiot to the study
i;os~abilit,1 t hat th_ .F E. R. . (Fedof ·historic architecture."
eni l Emergency R~ltef Admini trat1011)
Of course Portsmouth has many hism J 1, Lfl k•• over this project, followlug
toric bulldings and undoubtedly each
t,h•• r:lo, ing of the C W A on March 29,
person asked to make a list of seven of
to g1v :iur:h arch1r, cts and archltcctl10 many to be selected would make a
tm •1\ tlr3ftsmen as '.Lr in ctual need
different list, but there were many
things to be considered when Profesr,on••' mployment.
Mr. :=;t,,,ven'I : I.at d. - "Portsmoutt;i. sor Huddleston made ' the selections,
prohollly has mor example~ of good
among them bel~g t~e . . his'torlo and
colo11L,1,I '1.rchitccture per acre than BnY
architectural importa~ce.
otlH'r Joclllty... The list of bulldlugs
reeommended for attention in this city
am a,q follows: Old Custom!l House,
Jart:son House, Puhllc Library, Athenae11m, warner House,
St.
John's
ChULch and Tobi s Lear House.
[n addition to th local structures,
1.he Grn John S..illivan House, the
To11 n Hall and the Burnh m Hou e In
Durham, and th Gilman GJrri,;01\ • nd
the Ladd G\lm n House
t E'<eter
were also recommended. For the entire district there were 218 pi·oject..s. ·
Should this project be approved and
worlc r,t, rted it would be one of the
fiMst t,hings for hlstorlo Portsmouth.
'rt1r ex'\ct 111easurements will be forevet prP- ervcd and should anything
bn.[tpen that any of the historical
buildings were destroyed m- dam::tged
tlvi measurements would be on hand
!lrnl a duplicate of the ntire building
could be constructed, or '.lny room du-.
p1ir, ted.
::iecretary Harold Ickes of the Interior, ln speaking o! the importance of
tho Ilhl-0rlo Bullding Survey in our
!ICh mP. for conservation or national resources sald: "The Historic American
n.,lldlngs Survey is
important st~p
forward in the conservutlon of our national historic resource3. The type o!
shelter devised by manldud in every age
and clmui,te !I! an expression of the life
of the people. In the United States,
thll adol.JP. hut, the cliff d•1•ell1ng o! the
agricultural Indian, the tepee or the
nomad, the log cabin of the pioneer,
the cottDge, the farmhouse in the
co11ntry, the city dwelllng, each exprr. :;~s eloquently the CJlture and
mod" of Ufe o! tho ongin I tenant or
owner.
"The churches nd mi,sio1 J or the
Fr'\nciscan and Jesuits of the South
anrl West, the churche of the Russi11 u 111 Alaska, the meeting houses or
tll" Puritans in the East ond Middle
WI'.' ,i;, tlv~ colleges,
h<X'lp1tals, mill&,
war,'hm.1.~es, shops and other buildings
us, cl in the community 3 ll belong to a
cltn r,t.er ot'. the N tion's history. UnfL>rt ,natP,ly,
larg pa1 t of ou.r e!lrly
A1111•nca11 urchitecture ll:i-J di ·op1lCarad
It ,, inevitable thl\t t he majorlt/ of
str11dures wlll at some time outlive
tlw,r ultimate usefulnes.~.
And it 1s
a1l•1•1ttedly lmpractlcah'.•• to preserve
~ ll buildings or sites a~sociated with
,,,.nts or incontcsrable '.,istorlo impunance.
• r~ ta pos.~ibl>:. howevrr, to record in
a o raphic manner and
by photo! g1:• •1hy, before it is too l.i. te, the exact
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New Hampshire Home M~sslo1
Society.
From 1895 until 1929 he served as a
member of the Board o! Instruction
and was a very valuable member of
that body, taking as he did a .great
interest in the welfare of the children
of the city.
,
Dr. Thayer resigned as pastor ,of the
North church in June, 1928, much to
the regret not only of his paristiioners
t but of the community at large, after
completing 38 years as_ pastor of this
church, and doing a vast amount ~
good in many ways.
....:;.---Since retiring Dr. Thayer had pas, sed his time at Newton Center, Mass~
and aL his summer esta.te at Dublm.
Besides his wife, who was .Miss Releu
C. Rand of Westfield, Nass~ be is survived by one da~ter. Mrs. Helen C.
Greene, wife of Rev. 'Theodore Greene
of New Britain, Conn.; two sons, Lu- ,
cius Ellsworth Thayer and Herman R,
Thayer, both of Boston; two brothers.
William F. Thayer of Somervll1e, Mass.
and Charles S. Thayer of Hartfar,cl,
Conn., and one sister, Miss Mary 1
Thayer of Westfield, Mass.
The funeral will be held at Dublin
tomorrow at 12 o'clock <Da_yUght Saving Time.) _ __ _ _
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H. THAYER, D. D.
No greater shock has come to this
Dr. Thayer was a native of Wesf.commun!ty in many years than the field, Mass., where he was born on
ad news that .was <flashed over the Nov. 23, 1857, the son of Lucius F. and
wires from Dublln, N. H., announcing Martha (Harrison) Thayer. He re-1
the sudden death of Rev. Lucius H. ceived his early education in that-town
Thayer, D; D., .- whb: for · 38 years was and then attended .Amherst College, .
pastor of the North Congregational gra'duating in 1882 with the degree or
Church. He" was here the past week A. B,
~ppare~t~y in , . vigo;?P~ . health . ·and 1 : Fb/ t;,,o · years _he w~s con~ected with
participated in the aedicatory exercis- 1the Franklin . Foundry ancl Machine
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whicq was one of· ,hls llfes ambitions
and he said in opening his remarks:
_"My dream has . come t'!'ue." The .news
o! his death Sunday came most unexpe~tedly. In· fact to his Intimates he
confided that he had not felt so well ·
for some time.
No one did more good In the communlty than di5l Dr. Thayer. His interest in all matters o! real civic advancement was ever great and during
his long service on the Board o! Instruction he accomplished much of
last!ng ,good for the schools and the
children of this city. He ever extended
a helping hand to_those who ·were less
fortunate and was loved by hundreds
for his generosity and understanding
towards all who asked hi.s aid and the
great many to ,whom tie.Tgave unsol~
cited assistance.
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co., at Pr~vidence, R. I., later engaging
in teaching and reading ·1aw. In 1885
.he entered the divinity school of Yale
University from which he graduated
with honors. ,
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· In 1890 Dr. Thayer received a call to
the pastorate of the North Congregat1onal Church in this city. He was ordained ~and installed as pastor on Jan.
28, ·1891. This was his only :pastorate.
In ·1909 he was awarded the degree of
1
Doctor o! Divinity at Dartmouth
Colleg~;
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In 1908 Dr, Thayer became a member o! the prudential committee of the
American Board of commissiont>rs of
Foreign Missions. For a number of
years he was chairman of the board,
retiring from that office four years
ago. He was also active In the work of
the' Seaman's Friend Soc\ety of Boston'. -He served for a number of years
as president of the New Hampshire
,qi\
�Paul Revere's Portsmouth Ride
Eclipsed His Lexington Attempt
Page the debunker~. who sniff on
Patriots' Day and ~calhln"ly announce
that Paul Revere's best riding to Lcxington was donr In the porm of Longfellow,
who mistakenly made Revere the hero
courier at the expense or his colleague,
Dawes, by whom the alarm was the more
effectively spread, In actual focl.
Paul Revere reallv was nn asset In or ganizing the Revolt1lion, h_,. the aid of
brilliant warn-ancl-run riclln<r, accorclini;
to Professor Robert Moocly o( Boston
University. But it wa,, a dnsh to Portsmouth, N. H., rather than lo Lexinl?lon,
in which Revere 11ualiflcd as a courier
responsi ble tor big rcwlllf on behalf of
the Revolution. This was four months
before Lexington.
The Boston Commllle{) or
Safety,
headed by Sam AclnmH, cliseoverecl that
a large detachment cC British soldiers
wa s to be orclPrecl tn Porl~mouth. There,
they would complt?tely garri~on Fort '\Vil!lam and Mary. 1'hi8 Brltlslt ~lrongholll
was being hclcl by a ~kelcton i;arrison of
five, as a symbol or royal <ltnninion. But
the Boston comm!Ltc wns informed that
tho garri~on about lo march in would find
the fort well proYiclt'cl wilh ammunition,
with extra small nrnrn, lo boot.
Revere Wa!! clespal!'hecl hy Adams to
warn the Porl!!mnuth Committee of
Safety to do something. The weather
and roads offered prrtty harl going, and
the British were gPtting watchful, but
Revere made a. fast rltlc under the cir•
cumstances.
It appears that the Portsmouth Comm!tlee of Saff'ly w:i.~ !n<'linccl lo dc-lil>crate. While they C'ngagecl themselves in
Jle,!ibilntinll', tb, l~a.l
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~rui
went into action . They swooped down
on Fort \\"illlam and Mnry. There were
four hi?ollrecl or lht'm, and when they
~~kNl Ca1~laln John Cochran and his garuson of fl\·e to Mlll"l"ender, they got what
:hey as!rn<I . The British were tied up.
,tnd !hC'1r colors struck. An arsenal inspec-lion was then conductecl by the Sons
o~ J,iiJC'rLy, who delightedly removed
mnol~•-sevf'n kC'gs of powder and a pret.ty
good supply of small. arms.
.
But the full re11ult of Revere's ride to
Po,·li,;mo_uth, Dec. 4, 1774, was to hang
11re until two months after Lexington
'.rhe BoRtnn Committee of Safety ordered
the seizurn an,l forliflcatlon of Breed's
Hlll in harlC'slown. Plenty of manpower
tnrncrl 0111 for lhat Job, and to remain
ancl ga1Ti ~"n lh!' breastworks. But there
was a pillf11l supply of ammunition. It
look!'cl as if clubbed nintlocks and pitchforks woul<l have lo be heavily relied on.
Then, nenking- ove1· the sixty miles of
roa<l from Durham, N. II., came an ox
cart tlrn t put another face on the fortunes of the d!'frnclers of Breecl's Hlll.
There wnH a SPCt·et arsenal at Durham,
containing- tho munitions captured al
Fort \,Villiam nm! lllary. The ox cart
had been lonclccl there, and John DemCT•
ritt wns ch·i\·ing it to Charlestown. When
tJ1inp; Jnnlcecl pretty ineffectual to the
Breecl's llill gnrri!!on, the powder brought
by John I >emrrritt was served out.
In a manner of speaking, Paul Rev.-ire,
by his ri,le• lo Portsmouth, helped to
make th" "Dalt!<' of Bunker Hill" one
of the 111ost vi ctorious defeat.-, In history
-a triumphant lest or the military quallLies or lh<' Colonlnl volnntC'ers in a.n op'?n
ba.tll<'. r~fhPt· Lhan a skirmish, ,Yith
pf. I..ibert~ Brit~h regulars. · l
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PAU EVE E
TO PORT MOUTH
A very commendable improvement is
the repainting or the interesting signboards that mark the route or Paul
Revere's ride.
Regaru:ng the rides of Paul Revere
the Boston Transcript has the following article.
"Page the debunkers who sniff o~
Patriots' Day
and scathingly
announce that Paul Revere's best riding
to Lexington was done In the poem or
Longfellow, who mistakenly made Revere the hero courier at the expense o!
his colleague, Dawes , bv whom
tho
alarm was the more effrclively spread,
1 actual fact.
"Paul Revere really wns an asset in
organizing the Revolution, by the aid
of brilliant warn-and-run riding, according to Prof. Robert Moody o! Boston University. But It was a dash to
Por tsmouth, N. H., rather than to
Lexington, in which Revere qualified
as a courier r espon ible for big results
on beha!C of the Revolution. This was
four months before Lexington.
"The Boston Committee of Safety,
headed by Sam Adams, discovered that
a large detachment or Brtt\Sh soldiers
was to be ordered
to
Portsmouth.
There, they would completely ·garrison
Fort William and Mary. This British
\C\·\~'3~
stronghold was being held by 11, skelf.ton garrison of five, as a
symbol o!
royal dominion . But the Boston commitlee was infocmeo that the garrison
about to march in would find the fort
well provided with ammunition, with
ex.,tra small arm~. to boot.
"Revere was dispatched by Adams to
warn the Portsmouth Committee
Safety to do something. The we1ther
and roads offered pretty bad
going,
and the Brit! h were getting watchful,
but Revere made a fast ride ·.1.nder the
circumstances .
"It appears th t
the
Portsmouth
Committee of Srifety was inclined lo
deliberate. While they engaged themselves in dclibcr, ting, the local Sons of
Liberty went
into
action.
Th~:y
swooped down on Fort
William and
Mary. There were four hundred of
thrm nnd when they asked Captain
John Cochmn ·rnd his garrison of five
to s urrender, thPy got what they asked.
The Brilish were tied up, and their
colors struck, An arsenal inspection
was then conducted by the Sons of
Liberty, who delightedly removed 9'(
kegs of po,--,der and a pretty goon supply o! small arm'l .
"But the full result of Rever~•s ride
to Portsmouth, Dec. 4, 1774, was
to
hang fire until two months a"ft 0 ,· Lexington. The Boston Commit"c'? or
Safety ordered the seizure and IorUflcation o! Breed's Hill 1n Charle~town.
Plenty or manpower turned out fpr
that job, and to remain and garrison
the breastwork,. But 't here was
a
pitiful s.,pply of
a.mmun'ttion,
It
looked a., If cluhbed flintlocks
and
pitchforks woulct have · to be heavily
relied on.
or
"Then, creaking over the sixty miles
of road from Durham, N. H., came an
ox-cart that put another face on the
fortunes of the defenders of Breed's
Hill. There was a secret arsenal
at
Durham, containing. the_· munitions
captured at Fort William and Mary.
The ox-cart had been loaded then~
and Captain John "Demerritt was driving it to Charlestown. When things
looked pretty
ineffectual
to · the
Breed's Hill garrison,
the'
powder
brought by John Demerritt was servci
out.
"In a manner of speaking, Paul Revere, by his ride to Portsmouth, helped
to make the 'Battle of Bunker Hill' one
of the most victorious defeats 1n history.:._a triumphant test of the military qualities of the Colonial
volunteers In an open battle, rather than
skirmish, with British regulars."
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In 1780 neighbor Fernald found the
eight-inch trunk a substantial hitch°lng
post whlle he dropped in to discuss the ,
latest victory of Captain Jones over !'
a certain "Berapis". It was a fine
goal for hide and seek, . nine inches
thick and thirty feet tall, when the
children were interrupted II). their play
to hear about the surrender of a General Cornwalli.; at some place down In
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THE OLD TREE
The massive and venerable .elm that
stood over the old Dennett farmhouse
at Kittery hM been felled. It was 175
years old •. In 1758 John Dennett, 3rd,
took the tiny seedling out of his pocket
and planted it ten feet from the corner of his home. The stump now
stands five feet thick and the felled remains .stretched 60 feet on the ground
and'welgbed &even and a half
As the · se.w cut laid bare the secret
record of this old tree's swelling trunk,
the weavillg lines of its annJai rings
retrace· history nearly two centJrles.
When this giant first shot up its
slendei: stem the country was a crown
colony under a. new and young king,
George. m. ·George Washington was
26 and o!f'on 11, mission to the Ohio
country for the colony of Virginia.
William Pepperell was just fitting out
for his expedition to Louisburg. Ben
Franklin had recently demonstrated
his famous kite and key experiment.
Horatio Nelson was a newborn babe,
Marie Antoinette was a. little girl of
three, -~a :Mozart was a toddler of two
years. nr. -Samuel Johnson's new dictionary had Just come off the press,
and be had just written a new book
called "Rasselas." Oliver Goldsmith
was 30 and had seven years to go before be would produce the "Vicar of
Wakefield." Joshua Reynolds was a
oong pa1ntet -doing portraits in his
studio in Liecester Square. All cloth
wa.s still the prodJct of hand labor.
Tbe tree's -early growth was concurrent with the $truggle of the British
against the Prench of the colonies to
the. north. By 1760 the young stalk
was the size-oJ.a broom handle, Quebec
fell and the French lost Canada forever. It was a two-inch sapling before
the war (French and indinn) was over
and the British dominant from north
to l!Outh. It was rounding up into a
small tbree--inch tree when the Stamp
Act. was passed, 1765, and had put on
two more rings by the time George III.
put the troublesome tax on tea. It
waas a stur<lY young hitching post
four inches tbick and twenty feet high
by the .ttma Napoleon Bonaparte first
~w ·the light of day. •
When 1t·stood 1;1i inches through the
butt, l'l'i3, members o! the fa.m11Y
standing in the shade of It.a low
bra.nches heard tales of a party of desperate colonists who threw some of
His Majesty's tea into Boston Harbor.
A graceful seven-inch shaft held a
swaying busk of shade over the -Mistress Dennett of that day as she listened to sUmng reports of bloodshed
on Bunker Hill, 1775, a.nd later, the
same year.of.the bold paper of Mr. Jefferson, and the patriots at Phlladelphla, ~alled the Declaration of Independence. By 17'i7 the lower llmbs
were strong and convenient enough to
support the yo,mgsters who liked to
swing while· the· women knit socks for
the poor soldiers- encamped at Valley
Forget!.:·. - - - ~ - - - - - ~ - -
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Seven generations of the Dennett I
family lived under this old tree, and
the old house, built In 1710, ls
still
habitable today, trussed up by the
original handhewn log walls, whose
sturdy design was dictated not by
aesthetic taste, but by a healthy respect
for the penetrating power of an Indian's arrow and his new found friend,
the flintlock.
The growth Qf the tree further would
be too obvious to relate; rapidly until
it reached a thickness of two feet,
abo;it the time of Waterloo, 1814, then
more slowly until it reached a ripe maturity around the period of the American Civil War, 1864, then a strong elm,
three feet thick and standing 55 ' feet.
By the beginning of this century its
growth had shrunk to the minimum.
The demands of the heavy llmbs aloft
seemed to be too great for the trunk to
supply. The upper portion of the tree
lost its youthful defiance of the stift
norwesters and took a wavering uncertainty even In the face of trifllng
breezes. This was the unmistakable
sign of weakness and dissolution and
the trunk was felled to prevent !ts destruction by the very elements that
brought It into sturdy existence.
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Kittery, Me.
April 14.
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LANGDON PARK
W·.AS DEDICATED
/58 YEARS AGO
L:rngdon Park, the fir'>t public park
in the city or Portsmouth, was dedicated. 58 ~rcat'S ogo tlus week with'
suitable cxerci~P~. At that time many
younc: trees were planted and in the
years that have followed, have pl'ovided inviting silo.de for vlsitors lo
this recreation spot
In 1867 John Langdon Elwyn ga·ve
about five acres of land. lying on t11e
soutli · side or the South Mill Pond to
trustees for a publlc park, to be laid
out at such time they cared 't o do so.
Langdon Park Assn, was formed in
1875 and organized in 1876 with Fratik
W. Mtner El.'> chairm3n, who was ene1·getic in securing a.nd planting ovh
6-00· trees.
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The dedication d'3,\f of the park was 1
an eventful one m Port~mouth and
included a procession :md program of
exercises fitting for the occasion. C<\1.
William H. Sides aclert o.<; marshal in
the procession with the Knights of
Pythias, Rebekah Lodge. Kearsarge
Mills operatives ond officers accoinpanied by a band. The City Gunds,
Capt. Haddock, for 0 ,,r;ort and Harlow's Marine Bnnd h,,,,cted the pn;cess1on w!1ich played for the paraclr to
the park. Aftet· the opcninr:: selection
by the band Fred W. Miller, chairman of the board, invited Rev. Dr. Alden, pastor of the Middle ·streeL Ba[)tist Church, who eil rnest ly and eloquently invoked th?. divin blessing on
the exercises of th cfav. •1111 1 Lhe future of the park, Mr. Mi!IPr Lhen :iunounced that in accord:;incf' with ~he
~per,ial request; of Rev. l\lfred Elwyn
that the trustees
lu•d
decided to
chanPJe the 11 111
ftom
Elwyn to
Lan,1don Park an-rl under t hat name it
was dedicated f,o tltP public use forver , nd the A111Pn<::At1 Flag was run
1m the masthead o.nd saluLrr! by the
llghc rtlllery it clun ge of Capt. Marvm. whose field piP.ce., w re stationed
Oil the hill IIC!ltby,
Ex.-Gov. Ichahoj (i,)f)'lwin of New
ampshlre and c,·. Dr Doniel 1\.usin in behalf of the trn ·t.ees, planted
tree in front of the rePiewing stand
a symbol of tl!,~ occasion. The forner Governor t'"ll.ted how he snvt"l
the present IJ,'1' l.1[ul gt,)lllldS ill l!l:N
fron becoming the I0r-ition of [Ill
·1rnuse111ent hoU," 011d prophesird. ~s
11 lso did Mr. A 1st m that a brid~•. 1I
which has long heen hoped for w011!cl
ba built acro<;S tile S'>uth Ponrl.
Rev, James DeN•}rnwndie, p8sto,· of
cfle Unitarian Ch•ll'r,h of this cit v M
1.ltat time, ave th,, dPd1c'1.tory actc'tre~s
which was a11 iibl~ one '.ind fitting for
the occasion, He snict in pri1t: "One
of the first sent,•nce.~ Ill the old Latin
reader is the true t11.11>b!l 11dman [)lant3
the trees, a berry of which he will
never behold. We hPgin todny a work :
whose chief · benefit after generations
shall enjoy. We plant for posterity; I
under the shade of these trees, our 1.
•h ildren's children may rest and be
fc\l'Jteful. Hhere 1s something in the
<;teady and increasing growth of the
forest for so many years, solemn and
suggestive.
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"There's one w y however, in which
p\a.n lug or trees may become usef•tl
111 the lowest meaning, not only' useful
b11t bcnefici11l, a means by setting out
of s hade trees, nut and fruit trees,
whose products shall be free to all. In
0111· parks, along our common highways for mfl.ny a mile, we might have
mw.<; of trees growing wlth lmrctly any
eost and fruit enough to supply all
those who seldom have it abundantly,
All literature !,<; full of the part the
g- roves and forests have played in
c1vililation. Among all trees, perhaps
no one ha.<; served better or more freq11e11L purpose in literature or in the
li(e of one native to our soil-let the
pine find only an· edge of vertical
precipice to cling to; it will nevertheless grow straight. It desires nothing
but rightness; tall or short, it will be
stralght; small or large, it will be
round; ,softer
than
the bodies of
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;ERECTION 0F 2ND
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other trees, though the struggle of life
is harder,
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able Lo have a park. Year by year letus do what we can to make it more 1
and more attractive as year by year.
the silent force of nature carries · on
the work we begin today. Let us bear
in kindly nH'mory, him through whose
pntriolic ancrstors and love for nature, and for preserving from traffic
and ctestruction her growths, we have
recril·rrl. lhi\ gift. Let us pay our tributr to tho5e who, with enthusiasm,
energy and generosity, have made this
clay's dedication -so successful, Here
may Loilers find rest; meditators reverence; children a place for sport;
youth for itll sentiment; age for ils
reneclions. and may_ Almighty God
gr~nL that the trees we plant today
still be fresh when we have all faded
when llle century comes around ma;
shelter men and women better than w~
are, anrl see brighter days for our
loved f ,,. t her land."
Manr local people planted trers
and Ille park dedicaLion day was · a
memo1 able one.
SHIELD
~~rks
Independence Day this year
the 110th anniversary of the . erection
of the second •L iberty Pole, replacing
the original which for 58 . yeati had
flown the flags and emblems of freedom, 85 feet in height, on its top a
large liberty cap surrounded by • 13r
balls; above thl.s supported by an iron
spike five feet · in length,, perched on
a gl9pe;
noble eagle traversµ1g with
€he wlud. While 18 feet above the Liberty Brldge, on the pole ,that' day Was
placed· the Liberty Shield, with'essed,
by the ·fa.st thinning ranks ·of Revolutionary Patriots. : ·
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, The shield after pne huriored and
ten years reflects .the masterpiece of
a craftsman. ·
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PRESENTED TO
LOCAL LODGE
. At the Masonic Temple on Sunday
afternoon a beautuul oil portrait of the
late Fred Cotton Tucker, late treasurer· or st. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F.
& _A. M., of this city, was unveiled in
the. presence of several hundred Masons, friends and prominent citizens
of Portsmouth.
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The portrait was the work of Harry
M. B. Harlow and given by a group of
Ma.sonic friends of this city and vicinity in recognition of Mr. Tucker's able
work for the lodge in the purchase and
erection of the new Masonic Temple
and the deep friendship felt for him by
the lodge members.
The exercises. were ~st interesting.
Words of welcome were extended to
those presellt by Wor. Master Harold
A. Marston. Rev. Harold W. Curtis, ·
pastor of the Middle Street · Baptist
used during these numbers. A violin
solo, "Berceaase", from "Joyclin", by
Godard, followed, rendered by David
Kushious.
The presenta~ion of the portrait was II
made by William B. Randall, who for
many yea.rs has held the office of secretary of St. John's Lodge, a close 1
friend and associate of Mr. Tucker in the building of the Masonic Tem- i
pie. Mr. Randall paid an excellent ·
tribute to Mr. Tucker, referring to his
fine qualities of mind and heart, h is
career as a Maso1;1 and his interest and
painstaking work in overseeing
the
building and erection of the Masonic
Temple; also in his charitable work,
which he carried on in this city for I
many years.
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The portrait was unveiled by Francis
P. Tucker, son of the deceased,
and
accepted by Wor. Master Ha.told A.
Marston in behalf of St. John"s
Lodge.
The solo, "One Fleeting Hour" was
then sung by Ernest L. Cook, with violin accompaniment by David Kushious. "The Old Refrain", by Fritz
_ Kreisler, was rendered on the violin by
· Mr. Kushlous, and the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. William Safford
Jones, minister of the South Church
(Unitarian) and a close friend of Mr.
Tucker.
The portrait will be h;.mg in the
Masonic Home p1rlor, where other oil
portraits are hung, having been given
by friends to St. John's Lodge in memory of Benjamin F. Webster, Charles
G. Pickering, Chandler Hayford and
John Christie, all past masters of t111t
lodge.
The late Fred C. Tucker was one of
the best known members of St. John's
Lodge and had been an active worker
for its interests. His fine qualities and
brotherly spirit made liim held in admiration by his fellow lodge members
and others of the Masonic fraternity.
From 1916 to the time of his death he
was tre1surer of St. John's Lod~e and
had complete charge of the finances
and the purchase of the social quarters
and the erection of the Temple,
He was worshipful master of
st.
John's Lodge In 1907 and 1908 and
representative to the Grand Lodge in
1909, 1910 and 1911. He was chairman
of the M3Sonic Relief Association and
looked after Its charity work for many
yelrs. Mr. Tucker was also active In
Masonry. He was a past high priest of
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Painting of Portrait of the Late
Fred C. Tucker
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Church, gave the invocation, followed
by a beautiful tenor solo, "The Hand of
You," by Garrie Jacobs Bond, rendered I
by Ernest L. Cook. Leon A. Robinson, organist of St. John's Lodge, rendered several appropriate organ selections, and special lighting effects were
Washington Royal Arch Chapter, No.
_3, and past thrice illustrious master of
Davenport Gouncil, No. 5, Royal and
Select Masters, also holding ;nembership in DeWitt Clinton Commandcry,
Knights Templar, and the Ineffable
Grand Lodge of Perfection, Grand
Princes of Jerusalem, New Hampshire
Chapter, Rose Croix and New Hampshire Consistory, 32nd degree, and· also
Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine.
A large delegation was present at
the exercises from
the Portsmouth
postoffice, where Mr. Tucker was superintendent of mails, as well as representatives from all branches of Masonry In which Mr. Tucker held membership.
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�JUNE 30, 19q
Burden, Philip I lofer and Mrs. Bella C.
Landauer. The prints, which are a very attractive feature of the exhibition, are rro111
the rollntion o[ J\lrs. Landauer. The exhibi tion fro111 the opening day has attr:1rtcd a
large 1111111lx:r o[ interested visitors.
A. EowARO 1:.wnJN's latest volume of essays,
"Derby Days and Other Adventures," will
be publishtd Scpte111bi.:r 1st hy Little, Brown
& Company. /\ facsimile reproduction, the
exact size or the original, of a hithc:rto
unpublishc:d no1clctte, "A Lea( From an
Unopened Volume," in the manuscript of
Charlotte Bronte, will accompany the new
volume. Newton's new volume will contain
sixteen essays, four sportive, six literary and
six personal adventures while traveling.
Mm,IBERS OF the outstanding book publishing clubs of the country have bern recrntly
exchanging hooks so that the mrnihcrs or
c:ach club could find opportunity to huy
books from the lists of other clubs. This
group has included the Grolier Club of New
York; the Club of Odd Volumes, Boston;
the Caxton Club, Chicago; the Carteret Book
Club, Newark; the Book Club o( Texas, Dallas; and the Book Club o( California, San
Francisco. Through this exchange of buying privileges collectors have been enabled
to own examples o( finely printed editions
produced in various parts of the country,
and the wider distribution has proved of
fin:incial benefit to the clubs themselves.
GEORGE L. I L11rn1NG has wrillen for the
Q11artcrly Nc11Js-Letter of the Boo!( C/11b of
Califomia some notes 011 "The Origin o(
California's First Printing Press." His findings agree with those o( Edward C. Kemble
writing in the Sacramento Union in 1858
that Boston, not Mexico City, supplied the
press and type.
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SO!.IE ow NU~l8ERS of the Ncrv Jlampshire Gazette printed in Portsmouth in the
later years o( the eighteenth century we find
details o( a rental library o( those days as
conducted by one Samuel Larkin. Mr. Larkin asked his subscribers to pay $2 a quarter, for which thL"y could take out two books
at a time. Non subscribers were required to
pay 4e a week for magazines or pamphlets,
8c a week for each duodecimo volume o(
the size of a common testament or under,
12½c a week for each octavo volume, and
1Ge a week for each quarto volume.
The announcement went on to stale:
"Any book lost, abused, leaves (olded, written upon, or torn, must be paid for, and if
it belong- to a set the whole must be taken
and paid for, or reasonable compensation
made.
"Any person taking a book on loan and
who may afterwards purchase or lose it
must not only pay the price o( the book
but the loan o( it up to the time of payment.
"It shall be the endeavor of the proprietor
to keep all such books as are interesting or
entertaining and such as shall best suit the
taste o( his readers.
"To the assortment he now has, additions
are daily being made and every new publication o( merit shall be procured as early as
possible, and while he pledges himself that
no exertions shall be wanting on his part to
make his Library an agreeable repast to the
lovers o( Literature, he flatters himself he
shall meet with suitable encouragement to
enable him to continue and increase it, with
advantage to himself and satisfaction to his
customers."
Apparently the technique o( developing
the rental library was much the same in the
eighteenth century as it is now. From the
same newspaper we learn that Mr. Larkin
priced his imported books in shillings and
pence and American books in dollars.
John Melcher, the printer and editor of
the Nerv Hampshire Gazette, was also a
bookseller, and in one o( the advertisements
in the paper he announced that he would
exchange with other booksellers books which
he printed, in sheets, unbound, for other
books, a method of distribution and building
stock similar to that which grew up in the
very earliest days of printing.
That the same bookseller was not averse
to taking on side lines is indicated by the
following advertisement taken from the
Nerv Hampshire Gazette of March 24, 1795:
ADVENTURERS ATTEND!
$10,000 the prize
/\ few tickets and quarters in the second class
Harvard College lottery
may be had at
Samuel Larkin's
Bookstore Market Street
where the prizes may be had on demand
Books and stationery as usual
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'Members of the Sons of the Reva- \
lution ofi N~w York state, I now dedicate t.h!sl stone fl'om the Revolu)ionary I
battleflel'if of. 'b~storiq F'ort Constitu- 1
tlon, New Hampshlre, to be a patriotic
memo1i,al
the Liberty Pole erected
by you here in the City Hall park of
'the City or' New York. The effective
services · of those New Hampsh ire
patriots who won the first battle o!
the Revolution should be forev er enshrined In the hearts of all loyal Americans. Let us honor their bravery
ancl valiant service, and give thanhs
!or the herltage,they have left to us.
Let us be' ·•prepared to effectively follow their example."
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Etly:ard!: Af Cpnt~opk, . a memb,er. Cl/the soctety of the Sons o! the Ameri_can 1'1-eivo~l).tlpn, 11nd na,iped _by ~ov.
John g. :'o/lnap);,_ '1?1ursdar in City
Ha11 Pllct.k, ff~..\'{ Yo~lj: City, r.epi;esen.ted
Nl?w H ~ps~l~e ,tn F}ag Day_ex.ercises
under he,, ~P,ices ~f . the ;Natiop;il
society, 8. A. R. .
For e-deral years the ooc.iety an- 1
nually !,.as dedicated a· battle marker '!
from one of the 13 original states .and
thfs iear gave honor ,to New Hampshire: ~e marker was placed at the
foot of-jthe :IJberty pole, erected when
the British evacuated the ground in
1783, Dedicated yesterday was. a stone
taken from Fort William and Mary,
inow Fort Constitution, at New Castle, \
\where occun:cd the first overt action \
.,against- Great Britain at the beginning of the American Revolution.
In his speech yesterday, Colonel .Edwards said·: "This dedication ston~ j
came from the field or the first bat- 1
tle:fleld of the American Revolution,
:Fort Co,nst!tution, N. H.; where on a 1
:!og~ night; Dec.
14,
1774,
four
.months and five days before the battle o:! Lexington, a party of New
Hampshire men under John Sullivan,
later major general, and Jop.n Langdon, ·1a.ter- president of the United
S~ates Senate, ,under President Washlngton, ' attacked the . British garrison
at this place. After considerable firing ·
on both sides the British surrendered.
Some o! the .Powder and guns were
used latelt,at Bunker Hill, where Neiv
HamP,Shire trooP5, my own patriot
ancestors included, . ,dld the lion's
'share ot the fighting and saved the
American army !rom ruin. In fact
Granite State men did as much or
lilOre to win the American Revolution
as those of any other colony.
"The reason for tl)is premier attack and victory was that Paul Re:vere of. Boston. sent information that
Great Britain had forbidden the expartat1<>fl_- to ,America o! war material
and thi+t ,~udden hostilities
might
happen,1 NH': ?ampshlre declared .her
1ndependen'ce of Great Britain t,y a
state co~ti~Vf;ion six months be!ore
the Con inental Congress in Philadelphla. t<'t lared'"our national indepen:
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Beloved local nlan Observes
Anniversary At Star Island
An optimlst as of old and wiLh a
heart filled wHh love for his fellowmen, "Uncle Oscar" LaighLon, one of
the best known and loved men in this
vicinity, today at1.ai11r<1
his
95th
birthday anniversary at IloLcl Oceanic,
Star Island, Isles of Shoals. The event
will be well celrbrated at that resort
this evening by lhe summer guests.
About 200 are expcctrct for the week
end, some of whom arc coming for
Uncle Oscar's blrLhday. Among these
will be Herbert Millrr of Winchester,
Mass., who has the same birthday date
as ,Uncle Oscar and who has celebrated
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LAIGUTON
tho event with him at the Shoals for
ten years.
· Ninety-five yl'nrs at the Shoals is a
long time, but o~c 1r Laighton was but
three months olr:l when, in October,
1839, his father, Hon.
Thomas B.
Lalghton, with his family. sailed out or
Portsmouth harbor lo take up
their
abode at the Shoals, having secured the
position or Jlghlkrrper at White Island.
While everything had previously pointed to a distinguished C:\reer for Tl1omas B. Laighton, and he became a candldate for governor or the state, he was
• defeated by what he considered ·.infair
, methods. He immediately sold out
his business In lhls city, gave up hu.
interest in J>Olitlcs and went io
the
1 Shoals, not again selling foot on the
m!linland for some years.
Oscar L:iighlon's boyhood was
a
happy one al the Shoals and like others
of the family he found a strange charm
about the picturesque islands,
with
the ever-present sound of the sea on
every side and swept by every win_d
that blew. His pl 1ymates were
his
sister, Celia, who became the famou~
and dlstlnguished writer or v~rse, ana
his brother, Cedric.
Their father
l
looked after their education and they
Slumber- Song
had unusual opportunity 'for' nature
study. Not ·.intll 10 years of age did Let all thy troubles of today
Oscar ever ~"e a horse and that was on r.1 In velvet darkness fade away,
his fir. t visit to the mainland.
II o, tired friend, as fades"the Ilght
"Uncle Oscar" never tir<'s of talking Within this ·quiet-room tonight;
or the islands and his retentive memory Sad thoughts, that border on despair,
make,; him a most entertaining con- Will vanish in thy evening pr~yer,
versationalist. He remembers, the With vain regrets that sometimes rise
great gale in which the steamer Port- 1 To steal sweet slumber ~rom our eyes.
land went down. Among his very early Extlng..1lsh with thy light all !ear; • ·
recollec;tions Is hearing his father tell Angels or friendliness are near
o! a storm In 1839, when the brig Po- To guard thee, till the radiant d_awn
cahontas. homeward bound from Spain, The night's dark curtain has withwas lost with all her cre.w. The family I
drawn.
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at White Island was startled by the And the resplendent sun again
heavy booming of guns. As the sound Is shining In thy window pane.
r:rew ararer they saw the heavlly rolling hull of the large vessel driving by
For 19 years Oscar Laighton passed
lo destruction, toward the coast.
, his winters at Hobkirk Inn, Camden, S.
Oscar Laighton established a homq o. Last winter was the first- he ·ever
in PorL~moulh several years ago and J passed in Portsmouth and was the
the fine old house or colonial
style coldest he ever remembered. He also
where he resides, at 37 Franklin street, was saddened by the death
of his
was an early residence of Hon. John housekeeper, Miss Ella F. Adams, who
Laighton, second mayor of Portsmouth had been associated with the Lalghton
and for nnny years navy agent. Here family for 45 years. She was househis son, that much beloved poet, Al- keeper at Hotel Oceanio for a long
brrL Lair{hl.on, was born Jan. 8, 1029.
time and is much missed- this season.
Thr roums of the house arc spacious The recent death of Mrs, Abby Johnand Lhe living room is most inviting son, a cousin, and associated with the
will! its o!d-lime fireplace and books La!ghton family since childhood, also
and picture· abound, showing the re- brought sadness.
fined tastes of the occupant. In coDespite his years Mr.
Lalghton,
operation with his brother, Mr. Laigh- who has a good constitution, is in very
ton wns engaged in the hotel business good health. He has no rheumatism
at 1hr Shoals for many years, when and seems as active and alert as in past
guests ramc there from ail parts of years. He ls as enthusiastic about his
the countr.v, and he made friends with motorboat as in ' the past and takes
I many dlsLinguished people_- . To his guests at the. hotel out daily to Duck
visitors It will point 9ut pamtmgs from Island to ,see· the gulls, as thou&a,nds of
the br .1sh of noted artists who came lo them congregate there, The youni
the Shonts, a framed photogrnph of his people !eel he' is one of them, ~s h!-5 unlate gifted sister, Celia Thaxter, an- failing good nat..rre and his tales of
other of his brother, Cedric, who died the Islands makes him a jolly comI
in 1899, and a la.rge framed photograph panlon.
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or the Unitarian Laymen's
League
That hls good health may contmue
t.aken on the Hole! Oceanic piazza at , and his birthday celebration be a joyStar Island several years ago, In which ous one 1s the wish of his many friends
: he is in the center on. the insistence or and 111 this the Herald Jo..1_"1.8
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the group.
The old hotel clock at Appledore 65
years ago hangs on the wall of his liv-'
ing room, another cherished possession,
and kreplng as good time as of yore.
Mr. Laighlon reads without glasses
and his penmanship for one of his age
i!I some-thing remarkable. He Is stlll
inleresl<'d in astronomy, a study in
which his father excelled. He has just
finished reading the "History or the
world", by Wells. Among his favorite books are'those of Joseph C. Lincoln.
Mr. Laighton's book, "Ninety Ye1rs
at the Shoals", written some years ago,
ls still In demand as a gift book, and I1
[rw visitors at Star Island fall to carry \
home one as a souvenir. The tale or
hi~ life at t.he· islands is written in a J
way that int.crests young and old. Some I
or Mrs. Thaxter's poems and others
or his own are contained In the volume,
which breathes a spirit o! happlnr.;s,
written by one o! 90 years y,rho walks
in the sunshine. But Mr. Lalghlon
ha8 published other books previous to
his latest volume, "Ninety Years at
the Shoals", "Songs From Appledore"
and "Songs and Sonnets" being little
gems.
one of his best verses was written
only a year ago, entlLled
"Slumber
song," and is well worthy of a place In/
every room o! the hotel at Star Island.
It ls ·· follows:
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She is a member of many professional
i:;ocictles, including the New York Society of Artists and the New York
Water Color Club, being a former
treasurer and long a member of the
board of control of this sociey, the
North Shore Artists Associatio·n of
Glo.,cester, M1ss., and many others.
She has been awarded many pr,zes and
received honorable mention in many
·ihibits.
She has an exhibition ln the Corcoran
cademy, the Pennsylvania Academy,
~rcoks Museum· in Memphis, and other
museums, and has had invlt.ations to
exhibit in Buenos Aires and Rio de
Jnneiro.
She has a one-artist exhibit :on at the
MacBeth G1llery ln New York
City,
Doll & Richards, Boston, and elsewhere. Among the works that
are
publicly owned ls one in this city, at
the Portsmouth Public Library, entitled,
''Portsmouth From
New
Castle."
Others publicly owned are ''Mt. Pelee
m Eruption·•. at the Amer;can Museum
of Nat.1ral History; "Old Days" at the
George Washington Univnsity; "On a
Southern ·Plantation", at
Wesleyan
College, Macon, Ga., and "In Paramanbo", a lithograph at the Library of
Congress in Washingon. Many priv.1te collectors ha\'e some of her works.
Iler studio is ·n New York City and
her work- ls handled by the McBeth
Gallery
New York,
Crown
&
Lowndes of NejV York, and Doll &
Richards of Boston.
Quite recently Mrs. Branigan completed some very important mural
paintings in a large mansion in New
Jersey.
Before she began the murals she
painted the objec~s on canvas. The
.,nvas used came from the same contrn as those used for the spaces designed !or Radio City.
The first mural on the left of the
door as one enters the Dismukes residence is picturesque Bow street, showng the old warehouses with a sailing
vessel in the background. In this picture is shown a dray cart drawn by two
horses and the drayman on the cart.
Climbing the hill is the Invariable sea1man which
one immediately asso1elates with old Portsmouth as he rushes
back to his ship.
Around the corner
'of the room is a _painting of St. John's
ChJrch, showing Chapel street and
the rectory. Two ladies are
shown
' taming from the church, also some
women in a smart looking carriage.
Following the two ladies on the sidewalk is a slave boy.
\ Comln"' down the hill is shown the
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warner House and this section
also
~hows a picture of Peirce Island, while
a small panel shows an ndjaceiit marsh.
The fine o!d houses at the foot of State
street are shown and \'ery picturesque
is the unusual balustnde, the handsome lro11 balcony with a lyre design.
There is a picture of the house itself,
the attractive old Livermore
house,
with all its historic atmospi1ere.
This painting shows the house as it
originally stood on t.11e opposite side of
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Portsmouth had during an
entire began a study of various d"signs in oryear a famous artist as a resident, and der to obtain accuracy for the paintyet very few people knew her. The ings.
artist was Mrs Gladys Branigan, who This week she finished one of the
Iat one time resided 1n the historic Liv- . finest bits of painting ln this city.
Iermore ' House on
Livermore \ The walls of one of the upstairs chamstreet,
now
,occupied by Rear bers in the Livermore house has now a
~dmlral and' Mrs. Douglas Dismukes. series o! murals by this noted artist.
When Mrs. Branigan and her h.is- Mrs. Branigan studied at the Corband,
Robert Alan Branigan, wen I coran Arts School, the National Acadknown patent attorney, ·came here to emy o! Design and the Arts Studio
reside Mr. Branigan was in falling League o! New York and has traveled
health and since then has
passed ' and studied ' abroad.
She studied
away.
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mural painting under Kennison Co,c
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Mrs. Branigan became very much in- and George Maynard.
The latter
terested 1n Portsmouth and its history, Iartist did the Pavilion of Travel and
ao much so that' she wished to paint j
several of its hLstorla scenes. So she
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the street. In front of the house Is a
horse and carriage In whlch sits a ~entleman of old Portsmouth and lhrre
people a.re shown in the foreground .
Across what is now Haven Park can be
seen the shed and fence of the Jacob
Wendell estate:
The final pa1ntin is or the MoffatLadd House, now known as the home of
the Colonial Dames. This is in keeping
with the other m,irals, all of which are
done in ..imber, ochre and sienna.
Not only a noted artist, Mrs. Branigan is also an accomplished
Jingu:st
and holds several university degrees.
One of her paintings which won fat·or
in the North Shore exhibition vr:a!'t' reproduced In a B05ton newspaper recently.
The old Livermore house in itself is
worth commenting on. At one time,
accordin to Brewster·s Rambles, this
faced Pleasant street, being the only \
house on the right side of Lirermore
street. It is believed this house was
built· by Matthew Livermore, an attorney -at-law, who was appointed attorney general of the pro\·ince and ad:
vacate for the king in the Courts or
Admiralty.
t Here Srnrnel Livermore Jived during
1a part of the administration of Gov.
!John Wentworth. He was a relatives
of Matthew, but came to Portsmouth
about 1758 and was appointed by John
Wentworth king's aLtorney for
New
Hampshire.
It w,.s to this house in 1758 that there
cime a lad of 17 years, roughly dressed,
who asked for a job. The lad was John
Sullivan, whose daring is wen known,
and who, as Maj. Gen. Sullivan Jed
the PortsmoJth patriots to Fort William and Mary, seized the gunpowd<'r
and hid it in Durham. from where it
was later taken to Charlestown to be
used In the battle of Bunker run.
It was in I.his house that
Sulllvnn
went to work In Mr, Llvennore·s kitchen. Fmding him an Intelligent lad.
the latter encouraged him to study and
gave him the privilege of using his library and through this study he became' an attorney and later district
judge.
The house is of a type familiar in
this city, and yet so f,1scinat:11g, of the
colonial architecture, with high studd<'d
!rooms, and broad stairs easy to ascen <'
1 all .of which tend to give it an especial
appeal to those interested
in
the
l colonial period.
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HISTO C ORK
HUSELEG
It is .~omeLime11 a sudden, magnificent view that causes peop1e to be'\ come attached to a place for li!e, and
the Old Perkins Place, situated in
York on the "Hair-Pin" curve of the
Shore Road about two miles south of
Ogunquit, commands such a view.
I It might have been utility rather
· than beauty, however, that prompted
Jacob Perkins in 1708 to build a logcabin near the site of thEt present
house, but he Ioundl1is spot was situated among a dangerous l.ribe of
Abenakl Indians, and his cabin was
'.,1urned Lo the ground. Jacob then
built nnother cabin in 1714 which
met the same fate. He departed in
haste, and proba bly had little Intent.ion of returninlj, but Ogunq'.lit exE:rted its spell upon him, and in 1720 he
returned once more, well-equipped,
and started the house as it stands
today, thereby becoming Ogunquit's
first permanent visitor.
Jacob's son conl.inued work on the
house and Jacob's son's son, the
' most legendary Jedediah, added the
second story in 1790. By this tlme the
family was firmly settled ncre, and
what Indians there were gave little
trouble to Jedec'tah Perkins, who'
l weighed 360 pounds and ·became famous by uprooting a small tree during
a fi ght with a wild-cat in a moment
of weakness; I.he "small'' tree was
later used as a fence-post!
Strange tale~ have become associated wiLh the Old Perkins Place.
There wns the hermit, Johnny Canstrop of Norway, who lived In ti.le
side or a nearby hill, and was allowed I
to slee p in the spacious barn dw·ing 1
storms. It was here that Johnny Cantrop fell heir t-0 a fortune, and died
abroad soon a fLer deserting his primitive life. Herc, too, in 1842 the Bar- I
quP "hndore" crashed upon the rocks, I
passengers and crPw perishing in the
violence of thC' ;lorm.
Ev<' nls tnkr tlv•ir course, but the
, house it.se lf ho.s remained unchanged
I .since 1790.
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POINT BLOWN UP
·. · 29, YEARS AGO i
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S unday was the 29th ·anniversary of
U:ie blowing up of Henderson's Point
ae the end or Seavey's island In Ports:
mouth: harbor by the -~.Massachusetts
ConLract!ng Co., the greates~ engineering enterprise or the kmd ever
known fo thls country at that time.
rt was ·a day lo~g t.o be remimbered
in Portsmouth and - the · . clt.y
was
thronged with visitors f~m near and
far who came to witness the great
explosion when ;·bY the throwing p! a
switch the , .electr-lo . current sent
through fifty , ton;,___of dynamite and
\ifted 'Z0,000 tot\3 .or 48,000 . yards of
roclc. Mis.~, Eplth rost~r'. ·: df!iu~ter o!
,SUP.t . 0 .. -A .. Foster, . :w,ho ,,w!l-8 tn
chart{e of the work, threw th~ switch
which blew ·up the i>&tnt.
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The work . of removilig Henderson's
Point was one or gn1at difficulty., ·T ~e
contractors · ~roke ground in; ..August
1902 and for three year., tl:J.e ·work WRfl
carried. on night and day.
Du.ring
·that time · over 600,000 'tons - of . rock·
were blasted and removed nearly all
of it below high water mark. To' car!.
ry on the work the company establlsllecl machinery plant at ..
estimat<•<i cost or $100,000, and also built
a ooere"i·dam, . the· largest · ever , , cpnstructed .·to hold baclc a tr~ad 9! ,· water for 35 feet, this structure costing
about the same .amount as the machinery. After the blast,' the -dJ:edging
wa11 commenced and the remo'l(al of
Henderson's Point has" mad•J the river about 400 feet wide
it3 narrowest polx;tt and 35 :feet deep at low wa••
ter. Tbe. contract prlce :for tp.e work.
wa..q ·$'l49,000.
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. The , day .of the. ex,Pl~ion Wits. lilce
a holiday in Portsmouth and all bus!:
nes.~ ceased 11,t poon : and every train '
and eleetrto car brought throngs o!
people into. the city ' to witness the
great ,stght, The shgi-es ~11 alo~g the
waterfront ·were ' packed ·,vlth people
long !Jetore the time o! ~he explo3ion
and the spec;tacle of the blowing up
of the Point _will long r<'main in the
memory of ·those who witnessed it.
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�MAINE FACTS
Maine has hundreds o[ equally bcaut iful islands, on which people of moderate wealth can live in more nohle
seclusion than dukes and earls, and
still get right over hy motor-hoat in
ten minutes to any wassail on the
mainland.
The hard thing about getting to
l\1aine by motor is that you must first
pass through Portsmouth, New l fampshire. I[ any Vogue reader is weak
about antiques, or likely to swoon
when exposed to many of th<' finest
in America, I would recommend her
to take the plane. Even then, she
might see the "captain's walks" on
top of the glorious old hous,·s in Portsmouth or Paul Revere's hell in Saint
.]ohn's' Church belfry, or the lightningro<l persuually desig:11t•d hy B,•njurnin
Franklin on the Warner house- and
if o, she might jump overboard with
only her bumber hoot [or a parachute.
And I hope she would land safely in
the lovely old garden of the l\fofTattLadcl house and ee the wood-carvings
by Crinling Cihhons, inside.
There is one house 1ly the water in
Portsmouth, which is full of priceless
antiques and has the original ancestor
of every other lilac-bush in America
blooming in ils dooryard, and the last
0
surviving "pinkie," a primitive Nt!w
England fishing vessel, moored to its
private (Continued on page 106)
wharf. l [ by the grace of God, any
Vogue reader can s,·c the heartstopping furniture in this honsc- lrut
I shall not identify it. It would be a
disservice to the genial gentleman who
lives there, and lives more aristocratically than any one eh.e l ever knew,
to bring a horde o[ antique-lovers to
his house. Perhaps it is better not to
mention Portsmouth too much. Guidebooks, no doubt, describe it as the
seat of a
aval S1a1ion. Be content
with that, or you may never get through
to Maine.
New England's cooking cen1res
around seafood, whwe lord is the
lob ter. 1y aunt lived to an immense
age without tastinµ; 1his delicacy, calling it a scavenger. "Then hy the ml'rcy
of Allah, so am I." I sai,I, when fir ·t
thonght old enou µ; h to gorge anrl guzzle at the Newport Clambake Club,
one o( this earth ', authentic paradises.
A clambake will give you a new conception, not only 11[ lohsters and clams,
bnl of corn. A fine olcl Newport drink.
with which to wash it clown, is heer
and champagne, mixcl'-";"""""
THE ATTRACT 0
OF PO TSMOUTH 1
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In recent issue of "Vogue" there
an article entitled a "Toast t-0 New f
,England", written by Harford Powell . I
In speaking of New Hlmpshlre
he ·
makes the following
reference
to
Port~mo.1th:
"The hard thing about getting to
' Maine by motor is that you must .first
i pass through Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I.f any Vogue reader is weak
about antiques, or likely to swoon
when exposed to many of the finest in
America, I would recommend her to
take the plane. Even then, she might
see the "captain's walks" on top of the
glorious old houses in Portsmouth, or
Paul Revere's bell in Saint John's
Church belfry, or the
llghtnlngrod
personally designed
by
Benjamin
Franklin on ·the Warner House-and
i! so, she might jump overboard wlth
only her bumbershoot for a p1rach.1te.
And I hope !lhe would land safely in
the lovely old garden o!. the Moffatt' Ladd House and pee the wood carving~
by Grinllng Gibbons inside. There is
one house by the water in Portsmouth
which ls full of ;priceless antiques and
llas 'the original- ancestor of every other
lUac bush in America,. b!ooming in lts
dooryard, and the last t;urviv1J113
"pinkie", a primitive New
England
fishing vessel; moored to its
private 1
wharf. If by the grace of God, any
Vogue reader can see the heart-stop~
plng furniture 1n this how;e-but I
shall not ldentt!y it. !t would be a ~service to the genial gentleman
lives there, and lives more aristocmtlcally than any one else I ever l:new, to
bring a horde of antique lon,rs to his
house. Perhaps it li; better mot t-0
n;iention ,P9rtsmouth ,too muc-h J GuJdepo9k~, no. po.ibt, describe lt as jt.e seat
of · a naval station, '.Bf! contc\1t with
that, or you may 11eveJ i::et t llrniirh t.o
Maine ." '
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�THE WENTWORTH -GARDNER
MANS ION IS NOW OPEN
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The historic
Wcntwort.h-Gardner
House ls now open for the season and
in this connection the Boston Transcript recently had Lhe following Interesting rticle by William Germain
Dooley:
"With the summer season under way
mcnt among
muse•nn
authorities mout.h.'
seems t.o have turned against the tear" 'Major Gardner was brought up !n
ing apart. of these fine o!c.i houses un- mercantile pursuits.
His bJsiness
Jpss Lheir destr,1ction seems imminent. educaLion was obtained in the countAL any raLe the Wentworth Gardner ing room of Colonel Joshua Wentworth.
house is fairly intact and has
been At some period of the Revolution he
placed under the watchful stewardship was an acting commissary, and furof the Society for the Preservation of nished the army with supplies.
New England Antiquities, the Metro" 'In a dark hour of the Revolution
the famous Wentworth Gardner· Ho..ise
politan Mu;;eum evidently
realizing there was a lack of blankets and a i:e111 Portsmouth, New Hompshire, will be Lh·tL there is no better agency for the qulsition from the head commissary
officially opened to Lite public on Wed- management of these early New Eng- was made for them. There were none
nesday, June 20.
The old port of land heritages.
then in Portsmouth, but Major GardPortsmouth ls notably a town of fine
"The English books on architecture ner went to Newburyport to make a
old houses, dating back to and before were well known in Portsmouth during purchase for the government. The
Revolutionary times, Lhe most elabor- 1the last decades of the 18th century, merchant was desirous to sell, but said
ate and lavish probably · being
Lhe for the thriving commerce which was he, 'the government ls already so much
Governor Langdon mansion, but none , carried on brought the latest things in debt to me, that if the Revolution is
o[ them surpass the Wentworth Gard- 1 from London on each ship. There was not carried on I am a rJined man. I
ner house in the excellence of its archi- no lack o[ fairly prosperous and ap- cannot trust the
government
any
tectural exterior and interior. Though Ipreciative merchants who secured the further.' He said, 'If Major Gardner
it is usually accessible during the, win- services o[ very capable architect- will take them on his own personal note
ter and spring for anyone especially J builders, and in consequence one finds he can have them.' It was for a large
interested who takes the trouble
to' a good deal of refinement on a less amount, but the stoc_k was taken up on
make a preliminary appointment, the preLentlous scale than in the
home Major Gardner"s account and the army
Lhree monLhs beginning wiLh
July Icountry. Though
the
Wentworth supplied. When Major Gardner apwltness the greatest number of vlsi- 1 Gardner house ls b.iilt of a modest size, plied to the government in ·a fter years
tors.
ft is exccuLed Uu~oughout .on a grand for his pay he found the Treasury
"It W!ls built in 1760 for Thomas scale. The proportions of the whole bankrupt and himself a heavy sufferer
H..inklng W ntworth. but a[ter a very I arr excellent, and the relations of the '. for his patriotic services. His sacrifices
tew years It passed 111Lo Lhc posscs.~lon l inlrrlor cornices, mouldings, over- , for his- country led Wnshlngton aftero[ Major Wllllam Gard1,cr,
splrlLL'cl mantels, and other decoraLive feaLures waards to appoint him commissioner of
patriot and Revolutionary hero,
who arc well worked out and pleasingly ar- '\ loans for this section.'
-occupied it until 1833. For some time ranged. Especially noLable ls
the
Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce is chairman
after the house was neglected, and it Lreatment in the hall, which has
a o! the committee for the Wentworth
fell into compara llvely evil
times, splendid staircase and an
unusually; Gardner House, and, though it
has
though fortunately no damage was I high balustrade. The general effect of , been adequately furnished with condone to its fine interior. H was pur-j the good proportions of the rooms ls to'. temporary pieces, each summer ;;ees
chased only a [ew years ago by the give an effect of _spaciousness and new additions and acquisitions, either
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New stateliness .
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. York, in preparation for the opehing of\ "Concerning the ~-·Major Gard\ner I often there · ls a special exhibition of
the American Wing in that institution, who was second OW);le.r of the house, some kind. Few antiquarians
visit
but plans for Its dL~memberment were -there is a very enlightening anecdote PortsmoJth without stopping at this
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1deferred, and now the tide of sentl- from Brewster·s 'Rambles About Ports- fine old mansion."
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It may well be said that these qualities
find embodiment in the venerable-and
venerated-"Uocle Oscar" L!iightoo,
wboee 95tb.birtbday wae celebrated on
June 30 et the Hotel Oceanic on Star
!eland, Ielee of Shoals.
'£be following article · concerning Mr.
Laigbtoll was taken from an ieeue of the
Exeter News-Letter of last February:
No one will dispute the fact that Oscar
Laigbtoo le Old Rockingbam'e best
beloved eon. Alter a hie of more than
ninety years at the Isles of tiboale, "Uncle
Oscar" is this winter living quietly at
hie home in Portsmouth, where he woe ·
born in J ulv, 1839.
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Oscar's lather, 1:1.on. Thomae B. Lai~h.ton, woe born in Portemoutb in 1804.
When be reached manhood, , everything
pointed to a distinguished career. l:ie
had influential and distinguished friends;
hie eloquence ae a speaker was unusual,
and hie ability in other directions was
marked. Be was the close fr1eud of
Franklin Pierce, Levi Woodbury, and
other New Hampshire leaders, and be
tlecame a candidate for governor of the
state.
By eome method, which he
always considered unfair, be was defeat•
ed,and immediately sold out hie bue1neee
in Portsmouth, secured the position of
light-keeper at the Isles of Shoals, and
put ten miles of ocean between himself
and the world of politics, r_egrettiog that
the Shoals were not farther off. It was
seven years before Thomae B. Laigbtoo
again set foot on the main land.
Oscar Luii:bton woe three months old
when early in October, 1839, Thomae U.
Leighton and hie family sailed out of
Portsmouth bound for the Shoals. The
islands extend northeast and south weRt,
a distance of four miles. They are nine •
in number: Duck, Appledore, Malaga,
Smuttyooee and Cedar io Maine, while
Star, Wbite, Seaveye and Londoners
belong to New Hampshire, the state line
running bet ween Star and Cedar Islands.
Mr. Lat11;bton owned A ppledore, Smuttyooee, Malaga and Cedar Islands outright.,
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Oscar Laightoo had a. happy boyhood
at the Shoals. Hie playmates were bis
sister, Celiu, who was older, and hie
you~er brother, Cedric. Their lather
attended to their educatiou, and their
outdoor life-was in every w,ay enjoyabJe.
When sixteen, Oscar bad a great delire
to go to Portsmouth, and against hie
lather's advice he made the trip. Be saw
hie first horse, which nearly frightened
him to death. He ea w trees as high ae
the lighthouse, and so many strange
tbioge that it made him home-sick and
·be sought hie boat and started for botRe.
Another episode in Oscar's life waR
when bis sister, Celia, married Levi
Lincoln Thaxter, when she was but
seventeen, but there were no regrets for
all were in love with Mr. Thaxter. When
their first bt1by was born it was the first
birth on the islands in a hundred
years. Hie Rieter'e literary career tbeo
began and Oscar never - wearies in
recounting her achievements.
Oscar Laigbton'e life was spent in
c.o operating with others of his family io
operating the great Appledore Hotel.
Hie friends are legion and few have had
personal friendships with so many dis.
· tlriguiebed people. A peaceful, but sue.
cessful and busy life, fell to Oacar Laigbton, the last of a most distinguished
f~mily of hotelkeepere.
From another issue of the News Letter come these paragraphs.
Viewed today almost on outpost of civilization, our beautiful Isles of ShoRls
were really the startiug.point of modern
civilization in America. 13efore the first
settlers came to ew T:lampsbire end
even before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth ia Massachusetts there existed a
big fishing colony at Appledore. its first
settlers coming from Appledore io Devon-'
shire, England, attracted by the profu.
sion of fieb in Shoals waters. Cod fi~h
were so plentiful that they swept by in
shoals. Settlements flourished on Appledore, Smutty Nose and Star Island nod
a thousand souls peopled the islands at
one period. The drying of the fish occupied many of the people, and six ships
plied between the iRlaods and poin
with cargoes of dried cod. '1'1,e fishermen prospered and among their Ii rat public enterprises were n church nod court,
followed by an academy, claimed to be
the first in New England, mouy of
whose pupils came from the mainland.
As late as one hundred yea1·s ago IJl11e
fish and mackerel abounded about the
islands and often as many us three hnudred vessels might be counted nt one
time, engaged in mackerel fishing.
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The halcyon days of the Shoals were :
in those years when the two great hotels,
the Appledore on t!:Je island of the same
name and the Oceanfc on Star Telund,
were attracting summer guests from
nearly every st11te in the Union. J,;uch
of the hotels bad a steamer that ()lied
between the islands and tbe muioluod.
When 'the Appledore boat was nearing
the islands the captain would blow the
whistle once for every ten pa@s~ngere
that be was briogi!!g, Olten be would
Round ten blasts for one hundred poseengera, which would remind ull within
bearing of the saying of a local wag lhot
when ten blasts were beard , tile Luigh tons would ran and put an extra bucket
of water in the chowder.
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By Jessie E. DonaJrne
(Special Correspondence ot the Trana<:rlpt)
Ieles o! Shon.ls, N. n., ,Tuly 17-Each
summer during the eon!el'ence season at
tho Shon.le one event, or more, on tho
program portl"ays something In the long
a.nd varied 11tory oC this group ot ,lsland11.
Inspired by the nlnety.l!(t]l ulrthda.y oC
"Uncle" Oscar La.lghton, wh\ch occurred
June ao, the General A111ance ot Unlt11.rle.n Women presented a. pai,eant last
evening, entitled "Ninety.five Years 11.t
Uie Shoals." The pageant was concel~d
11,nd Its text was written by Mrs. John R. ,
WIJ!lam11 of Rochester, N. Y. Rev, Lau.
rence R. Plan]c ot Omah a read the story
and various people here for tnls week en•
acted the scenes,
T-he a.u(11ence 11ang together at the close
of each 11cene a descriptive verse which,
with the other verses, made up a rhymed
biography of these years,
The scenes began with the a.rrlval of
Thom113 B. Lalghton wlt h his fa.m!ly, ln
1839, to become l<i-eper ot Vvhlte Iela.nd
Light. 011ca.r La.lghton WILi! an ln!11.nt ot
three months and hie sister, Celilt., 11.tterward Mrs. Cella Th1Utter, was four yea.rs
old. Next was shown the Appledore
Hotel veranda with Mrs. Thaxter surrounded by her dl11Ungul11hed friends,
among whom were Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Whittler, Lowell, Hawthorne
Franklin Pierce, Wllllam Morris H1,1nt
and Henry Ward Beeche~n tnquent•
ere of the Shoals.
'I'he thlr4 scene depleted Oscar La.!gh•
ton at sixteen years, being greeted by hlfl
mother on hie return from h\s first trip
to the f!lalnland. The young Oscar wu
portrayed by Thaxter Spencer ot New,
ton Center, Ma.aa,
.A. special scene
showed Whittler reading Uncle Oscar's
1early pootry, .Another hotel veranda
ecene In 1890, like that or the ec.rller
day, showed elegant costumes or the pe,
rind. In this group with Cella Thaxter
were several Shoals lovers among her
frlendst Sarah Orne Jewett, Frances
Hodgson Burnett, Julian Hawthorne
whose death has occurred within a !eV.:
days, and Jamee Whitcomb Riley Other
scenes showed Thomas H. Elliott °appeal•
Ing to Uncle Oscar to arrange tor what
proved to be the first of an unbroken lie•
rle11 ot thirty.eight annual Unltarl11.n
j Shoals conferences._ .
Uncle Oscar In Person
Uncle Oscar appeared 1n person ln two
scenes: with a group of hls friends o!
many yea.re at the conferences, embarking with him !or a ea!! among these
lsl~de, and In a final scene wh,ch' showed
a birthday table with an enormous cak(l
blazing with candles which Uncle Oscar
the central figure. among Alliance leaders
here nt the present time, was cutting.
The crowning touch ot the evening was
the spontaneous comment ot Uncle Oscar
as he emerged from behln4 the curtains
to 11tep down Into tho audience room
With hand characteristically uplifted, thl~
nonog~narlan hero of the pageant moct•
estly said: "You've ma.de eomethl1111'
beautiful out of nothing,"
Rev. Laurance R. Plank ot Omah11. who
111 le~turl!Jg thls week on "Infinite Hort,
zons discussed "Realms of Light" to•
lday, IJJu11tratlni;- hill talk from the field
of physics. He described two types ot
churches: those whlch gather together
l ~1"' people With Intuitive fMultles, -an,,
those which emphaslzo "good worker11."
These clMses he deecrlbe<l I:n e. word a11:
poets or organlzere.
/ "People are coming to reaJlr:e,•• he 1a.!d,
�csc.o..v
at the ea.me world has both poets and
organh:ers-t.he extrovert" and introverts
~ ot one. world. This tact has not been
discovered through sclenco :,,JonP, !01· the
my11tlo found It by gotni:- directly to tho
core ot reality. Civilization account11 for
the fact that ,- large part o! the peopla
have been extroverted.
"It 111 not necessary to call people
11.Wl).Y from the Jl!e or the senses. Either
they clo11e their eyes or thev are trapped
Into 81,lperHolalty which never permit.a
them to understand God. This wae the
trouble with tho Dsrlc Ai;-rs. tt Is a
pathetic thing about humnn nature that
It I~ alway11 running from ono extreme to
another Instead oC sta.ncllng 11tl1J and
1·ea.chln~ out to1· what I~ thHe within its
l"fll.Sll,
May Reach the Trulh in Both Ways
"One need not cho<.'se hrtwoen the two
differing ways or r<'a.,hing truth but
one may use both. 1'h r rye,i look 11.nd
the ea.rs !lstlln, thn body is organized as
a tine animal and these ohJer.tive eJe.
menti, 11,I'e a part oC man's divine inh~rltance. Jesus nov<'L' would have made
hlmsel! felt M Ile cl!d H Ito had not
lived lnl!mately with people, absorbing
trom them a11 we!) as giving to them."
Mr. Plan!< stressed again ancl again tho
need ot giving up the dualistic Idea ct
the mind and body, "Ono shou ld reverence both," he sa!cl. People can make
a. church service ser.ulaL' or R. walk In
the wood sacred. Many min!~trrs sec\••
larize their profession and many spirit•
ual!zo It.
"Physics ls the study nf the 11at11ro of
lite and ls Recular only h~cnuso people
mnko It so. It acel,s to unravel the com•
"Uncle Osca1·" Laighton
plicatlons with which man has obscured
blmeel!. Many are fascinated with tho
world and are absorl,ed hy It but kn'lw
nothing ot the tldee within themsclv~s.
The rosmlc sense reveals beauty within
onesel!.
''No dead matter and no division are
to be found In the un!verRe. Only man's
lmaglna.:ton makes him think he is made
of two parts-light and darl<, good and
bad. Modern physics ls vcrl!ying a.nctem
Intuitions. Man must ef'n~e the mystic
pow r again. This doe~ not mean oth er•
worhlllncss but that this world is th'3
garment ot God.
"All are hut dlft:ercnt manl!estattons
In one oC the same life force. Mod3rn
physics has a. tendency to rega.r,l the
entire universe, both tho mat~rhl and the
radiation fart ot It, as furme of wn"~
motion. /i. the center is tho !ndlvlslhle
unit, U1e poeltlve proton, AlJ011t It re.rolvo
great numbers of eloctron!c particles
and out of this com o tho d!t'forcnce in
everything In the universe.
"Physics Is revealing th, t there l11 one
vital element-the cle<'t,·o-mngnetlcand that out ot that everything proceeds.
It teaches the electro-m,i;nctlc theory
ot the composition of ll!c. From the
standpoint -ot matter mnn an,ount11 to
little, but tram the etandpo!nt o! s piritu•
al potentlalltles he Is important. This 1~
eseenttally electro-magnetic force. Sound
anl\ light differ only because of dll'Cerent
vJbratlon lengths tor all that man touches
_or aees II vibration.~_ __
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1'Ali ll!e Is hou nd up In un\ty. There
!• r,,o dark or lf•;h t but the d!f!erence be•
tween th('m Is clue to the abs1;ince ot .inc.
wave length.
' "There ls but one llfe force. All the
i:xperlen co th nt man has had rind wlll
have Is made 1111 n! different wave lengths.
Man can chau f;o the gear under which
he functi ons as he can that o! his automob!le.
"We ~'"' ~11rround people with love.
understa.lllUng a nd lnsplrallon that ma.Ke
them glow. '\Vo can expose ourtio'ves t o
the teachings ot the poets and nrophet6
and to modern 11clence and !\nd our Ont:·
nese."
To tuu atrate humility In llll 11erlei, ot
bric! morning 11ermons at chapel th!11
morning, nev. ·w11ton El. Cross rselected
Ani;ela ot F'ollgno who began as unprom•
!sing ma.tcrlal out of which to make a.
saint. Over a long period Qt eel! train•
ing, she came to a pro!ound splr!tu1!
urnlcrstnncl!ng and waH a great spirltunl
J influence In her ,lay. Mr. Cross sl,etchcd
her early ll!o In luxurious surroundings
and referred to her as, at that time, >!'lH·
indulA'ent, vn.cll!nt!ng and Insincere. "'flP·
fore the 11udden 1011s or her husband and
children," he 11a!d, "she had begun to
hav<> yearnings !or tho consolnt!ons ancl
Inspirati ons or religious ll!e 110 thnt after
her family ties were severed she devoted
herself to that lite. At the age o! fifty
she had become a spiritual genius
around whom had gathered a devotccl
band of disciples Who were In turn to
influence the oge In which they l!ved. '
"Tho beginning i.nd end ot true wls·
dom wns to Know God am\ ono$el! In i
Angcla'll cst!m:'.ltlon-n. !mowing that b<' ·
gan t!rst ot nll with humility. In h rr
book, 'Divine Consolatlons,' she drew al·
tentlon to Christ as an example o! trul?
humility.
"St. Franchi of A1111!11I also saw In hu•
m!l!ty thr~ tounrlatlon rtono of all graces
and spiritual living. The building or
hlm~elf throus-h humll!ty found !ts fruition wh rn th e peaeant urge(\ him to be
. 'as good as all neople think thee to bo
because many have ta.Ith In thee.'
"The average man looks upon hum\111 Y
al!I wcalmess.
He believes that l! ""
would have material success \'le must a.:
sert himself, pernaps at the expen~e , I
others. He m\lst think well of blmRrl,
and must Impress others. J3ut the saints
teach that the wisest and best man 1·1
to be bumbled be!ore the lowest ot his
hrother11. This <loes not mean that h n
should belleve or try to show that he Js
no higher than t.hey.
"No mnn 11hould disown the good worlt
God has done In him. John }tuskln 11ald
the flrst te11t oC -. truly grea.t mall ls
})ts humility-not doubt o! his power or
1 hesitation In 11p~a.lt!ng his opinions, out
n r!i;ht under:-itnnd!ng of the relation or
what h~ can (lo nnd say and what the
rel'lt of tho worltl does and says The
saints 11.t limes round It dlCflcult to Uv o
with them selves n,nd stuod aside to watch
them selve11 go by, a. method which stand:.
at the b<'glnn!n!\' c,f a process ot spiritual
bull ding for tli " more abundant life."
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Old-time Needlework Wallpapers and Other Valued Objects,
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"Redeem the misspent time that's past
Live each Duy ns it were thy last
And of thy Talents take great care
Fer thy last day thyself prepare
Live mindful of death"
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Cootiouing frnm Monday of this week
through August 9th, tbe oow widelyknown Wentworth Mansion Museum,
situated in Salmon Falls, once more
affords a unequalled opportunity . to
become e~queinted witb some of the
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in the 17th century to late in the 10th
century, nod the subjects are many.
There are landscapes, with churches and
houses; a representation of
epoleon
reviewing bis arwy; a lull-rigged ship;
portraits; memorial pictures; cbrooolo11:ies of th e reigning kirigs of France;
maps; family reco rd s: poems; nod nu merous other desigos,l'l'bere nre a fire screen,
a lamp screen, a hand screen-used to
protect the lace from tbe bent nod 'glart!
of fire or lamp-a ad book co-Vere. And
all are wrought out in minute ii.od eluborate detail, nod with absolute precision.
And these works of art baye been
secured from England, France, Germnoy,
Holland, Italy, Austria, Buognry,Spuio,
Portugal, India, and China,' 88 well as
from this country.
Not the least interesting feature 01 th e
samplers is their inscriptions, oil done
with the needle-sometimes a poem of
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considerable length, often n bit o f w1s-
lti point of time,
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Newton. Mass., u.'nd her most interesting
nod worth-while project, tbe preservatioo of the old \\ eotwortb Mansion-the
"great house" built in 1701 by Col, Paul
Wentworth, as ll fitting, home for his
bride-are aow too well -kuown to need
further introduction at this time.
Each yebr Mrs. Blod~ett adds to the
verY. interesting historic furnishings of
the Wentworth Mansion some important
acquisitions, nod this year 01.1 re-visiting
the house one's attention is quickly
arrested by on original "bamboo Windeor bench" of delicate construction, the
t en legs connected b;y stretchers running
its lull leogth ,' [nnd across at fr eq uent
intervals.
The curving is very graceful, and the
spindles supporting the back nre formed
to represent bamboo, which gives the
bench its name, ult bough it is really
rnnue of pine. lt is supposed to have
beeu rn ude ubout the middle of the 1 tb
century or o litlle earlier, its type of constructioo end decoration being io lavor
nt tbut time.!IAloog tbe seat Mrs, Blodgett hue placed a: piece of beautiful old
cliin1ze, w.hicb ll\lri0-01Jizr" oerf2~tly with
the soft to6ea' o1 the pine wood.
Mrs. n1~dm.:ft.
·,dio is a trustee of the
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Antiquities, holders of the arab
Orne Jewett property in South Berwick,
is tlie chairman of the committee in
charge of the Sarah Orne Jewett Memorial. There n different exhibit is being
held during the same period of July !) to
A ugust !) , w b'1c b.,s set fort b.m our S out b
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objects or great interest which have
come down to us from long-ego days.
The Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse of West
Newbury, Mnss., bes devoted a vast
amount of time end effort and very large
sums of money to the work of preserving
the arts of the past for future generath
tions, and be bas come to be e most
widely-known collector in the world.
Among hie accumulations of rare and
valuable articles are be foriaa, for in-f
stance, examples of every known type O
dom applicable co these times, no less
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ilhouette-nod there are 7, 000 si OU· tbuo to earlier days. The lines at the
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ettes in his collection-and exampleR
beginning 01 this article are taken frc!m
P ractically.. every known type of snmpler.
S one of them, nod on the fire screen ore
He hes loaned to Mrs. Frederick • these words: "Too much pleasure is a
Blodgett for tbis period a large number danger to virtue."
of samplers and needlework pictures,
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which give a little 'd
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b d 1 Joane y "1r. orse.
aity of bis collection of this sort of ao ·
It will be remembered that lest year's
work end be persoually arranged this
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exhibit at the Weotwortb_Meoexhibit, devoting wo en ire ey
wc,rk. To give 80 a_dequate idea of what sion was from his collection of silhouettes, wax portraits, and snnff boxes.
they are like is ,utterly impossible. One This year there is also a choice though
must see and study them curefull,v, to smaller showing , of silhouettes nod wax
realize what marvellous and beautiful portrait@, among the former beio,g some
specimens of needlework they ere-in- of tbe work of John Dempsey, 1781-18-U
volving myriads of stitches so tiny and
nod of Edouart.
80 accurately set that oftentimes only n
Out we are not yet through with what
close view reveals the fact that they are this historic old house bus acquired just
other than lovely prints. And when one for these weeks, for we find, also, u large
learns that cbe average age of the lair collection of Benoiogtoo Puriao Ware,
maidens who accomplished such seem- interest in which is now being revived.
ingly impossible feats waR from eleven to It includes some very delicately-formed,
thirteen years, and that some of, them gr·arelul specimens. A butter dit1b done
were 00 more than four or six years of io pink, the only one extnot, aside fr~m
age, it fairly takes one's breath.
tbe one in the Boston Museum of Frne
An enumeration of these samplers Art@; a pitcher bearing a representntion
would prove too lengthy' but there nre of the "Death Scene of the Duke of Welseen samplers illustrative of t~e art of lington·" a smaller one showing '·George
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weaving with the needle, orda~n,og: sa~- Washington's Farewell to his Mot er;
plers done io silks, in wools, 10 a co~_b1- and the Boots of the Duke of Wellington
natioo of painting und needlework, with are Jmong tbe notable pieces. Tbis colpen and ink, in bends, in feathers; on a lection is .loaned by Mrs. Clark of West
Townsen.d, Mass.
variety of textures, nod on cardboard.
And finally, there is the Lo westoft
Dione; Set owned and u·sed by William
Plumer 1 Governor of New Ba'mpshire io
1812, a ow the pr?perty of Mrs. Will C I
Hildreth of York Beach.
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Cmpenter Quartermaster's Corps o!
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Inl:mt:y Battalion, Lt. R. P. Rogers,
Commanding.
) t Company, Lieut. Kimball, Com.
2d Company, Lieut. Collins, Com.
3d Company, Lieut. Downs. Com.
,th Company, Cadet Ledbetter, Com.
!Jth Company, Lieut. Paine, Com,
li~h Company, Lieut Peters, Com.
•1th Compa.ny-. Lieut. Noel, Com.
8th Company, E'nsign Wall, Com.
!)th Company, Ensign Newton, Com_
10th Company,, Lieut. Reynolds, Com.
J~rtlllery Battalion-Lieut. T. T. Wood,
C~man!!!Jg.
1st. Platoon, Lieut. Wainwright, Com.
2d Platoon, Lieut. ~wyer, Com.
3d Platoon, Lieut. Wright, .Com.
Belknap Rifles, Laconia.
Strafford Guards, Dover.
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Rollins Rifles, Concor.d.
One Of Largest Naval Parades 1
ver Held In Thi~• Section
eature Of Celebration
SECOND DIVISION
Caleb N. Lord, ,Marshal; George N.
Sanderson, Aid.
Portsmouth. Cavalry, · John S. Perry.
Capt.
Ca.triages containing
Secretary of Navy; Officers of the Navy
Survivors of Greeley Arcti-c Expedition.
Officers of Greeley Relief Expedition.
Governor o!. New Hampshire and staff.
l Portsmouth Citv Government and In•
vited Guests.
'£HIRD DI.VISION
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Capt. E. D. Coffin, Marshal; Michael
! Crowley. Aid.
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' DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T., A.
P. Preston, E. C.
Carter's Band (Boston)
Newburyport. ColllII}andery, K. T., J. C.
KlmbaJI!, Acting Commander.
The following military, andcivil\
Fifty :,ears ago today the city of. bodies were in the line of march:
Portsmouth tendered a. :ceceptlom ta
City Marshal mounted.
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then Lieut. A. W. Greeley• and the surPlatoon of Police
vivors o! Lady Franklin Arctre Expedl.•C hief Ma.Irshal, Eldridge G. Pierce.
tion.
George. E.. Hodgdon., Cbief c,11 SIi.ta.ff
It was· one of the events- which made
H. Hamilton Perkins, Ald'.
history !"or the old citJ" a.net the celeJohn Hatch, Ald.
bration included one or- the largest
C.. IDwight, Rundlett,, Aldi
naval parades evei:- seen in ·this secC: W. Tracy, ,Ald!.
tion of the coun~.
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This was made pcssi!'Jle through the
. Calvin. N. Hayes. Marshal!
efforts of the late: William H. Chand- M. D. Moore and Willard Spinney, aid.
le: of •Concor:dl. tf;e &."'Cret~ry, of Nav.y,.
Sc.iuth Berwick Band.
wbo 1nsfsted wil.enl :aum:v:.Iarge cities;
Naval ID1v,ision,,
of the country, we11ei fighting to. do, Comdr~ N, H. Farquhar:. €ommanding.
honor to, Greeleyr and! hfs. men... that" he:
1J.eutant, R. 'li'. Jasper, Adjutant.
would send the fleet of n&'vit ship~ to Lieutant A. a. Dillingham, Asst. do. I l
FOUR1:H DIVISION
Portsmou:th and no othei:. por:t, in the
I \ Capt. James E. Ford, Marshal; H. W.
JLieutant P. C. Cresap, Aid.
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Ensign A. E. Culver. Aid.
The Baston. steooners runnfug here at
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Portsmouth Comet Band.
Ensign Bl. S'. Knapp, Aid.
the time b~1t thousands o! people.
P; A . ..Surgeon Murray, Sw:geon.
I Storer Post, No. 1, G. A. R., S. V. C.
to Portsmoutl'l' and all passenger trains. Naval Cadets-Ensign W. F. Fullam, '
Besselievre.
of the r:afiroad! were crowded· with
Sawyer Post. No. 17., Dover, N. H., B.
Commanding.
people coming from all directions.
F. Rackley.
1st Co. Naval Cadets, Cadet Taursey,
Parker Post, No. 99, Kittery, Me., CharI:ocidentany- tl'Ie pickpockets did' noit
Commanding.
forget tfhe occasion and1 cfespite burr-• 2d Co,. Naval Cadets, Cadet McKay I les Chickering.
dreds of l'oerul special p-olice, Bostoil'
, Camp. H. L. Richards.
C€>mmandlng.
poliee- a.mF d'e1lectives the- ci:ook:r reapedl 3d (Jo. Navar Cadets, Cadet Jaynes, Portsmouth Light Artillery, Col. T. E.
a harvest. YJeut'. 6'reeley, reviewed1 the>
Marvin, Commander.
Commanding.
FIFTH DIVISION
bitr parade- from a large- grands1:and1 Marines-Lieut. Col. J . L. Broome, ComHerman Me,nson, Marshal, Henry Wenerected an Marltet. Square:
manding.
Tlle processfoll' formed' on Congress
dell, Charles H. Hayes, Aids.
1st Company, Capt. Pope, Com.
Por tsmouth Fire Department.
street at" U a·. m. Divlsfons r and' 2'
2d' Company, ,Capt Young, Com.
fprmed oh the· south' sicfe-. of ,Congress
Chief Engineer, Willard. Sears; Assist3d' Company 1st Lieut. GoodrelI, Com.
ant Engineers, Geo. P. Philbrick,
street.. righ1! resting; on. Pleasant st.
4th Company, 1st Lieut. Gullick, Com•
Herbert A. Marden, Wm. H. Deverson,
Divisiorrs 3; 4' ltIId' 5 on the north sfcfe!Ith Company, 1st Lieut. Reid, Com.
Clerk Jas. L Parker.
of Congress st. facing- dfvisions 1: and'
6th Company, 1st Lieut. Bates, Com.
2, rigp.t. resting on Middle street.
Naval Apprentices-Lieut. E.W. Remey, ,Col. Sise, C. F. E. Co., No. 2; John D.
Randall, foreman.
The camages with the sw:vivars and
Commandlng.
Kearsarge
s. F. E. Ca. No. 3., Willa.rel
invited. guests w,ere escorted by the
1st Company, Lieut Coinly, Com.
J. Sampson, foreman.
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2d Company, Lieut. Heinler, Com.
Moses H. Goodrich, S. F. E. Co., .No. 4. '.
The procession. marched.. from Con3d Company, Ensign Sears, Com.
Chas. H. Foote, foreman.
gress Street, to, Pleasant to, State. Mid4th •Company, Ensign Constant, Com.
dle, dowm Ca11111l, 1!0l PleasanJt. down
bth Company, Lieut Nicholson, Com. Hook & Ladder. Garibaldi No. 1, Geo.
W Greell, foreman.
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Pleasant to Water. up Watei: to; State,
6th Company, Lieut. Hodsson, Com.
Middle, Cass,. Islington,, Congress to,
7th Company Ensign Blish, Com.
Marlcet Square-, where- the- Carri.ages.
8th Company, Ensign Markwell, Com.
deltvered tile guests at. the- grand! seancr Naval Brigade.
nea,r th'3 Noi:th churcl'i., a.nd th~ proU. S. S . Tennessee Band.
cessfon ~ revfewed. by,~the. ~d!titin- Lieut. Comdr. B. P. Lamberton, Com.
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Lleut. C. E. Calahan,. Adjt.; -Lieut. R.
JI. McLear, Aid.; Naval Cadet Roger
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�Find of 'Pirate Gold' at Hampton Beach.
- Starts Diggers Swarming to Scene
[Specinl Dis1rntch to The Uernlrq
HAMPTON BEACH, Aug. 3-Pirate fancied fortune slip through his hands.
gold!
The words flew around this He told a (cw clo.se fr!ei:ids, and be{ore
town tonight and at once numerous long the treasure hunt was ·on.
residents were combing a section of the
Recovered were a few pieces or old
north end or the beach wlth rakes, Engi!sh mon<'y. A s!lver piece dnted
hoes, and hands, all In fervent search 1779, with the effigy of a woman, and
of a fabulous fortune believed bw·ied a gold sovereign were found by Blair.
here nearly 150 years ago.
Whatever the frantic diggers found was
The gold rush started when Daniel not disclosed to inlcrested observers.
Blair of Exclcr. engineer of the stenm
According to trnct!Llon, a pirate ship
shovel which ls 11ouging out a ditch came here !ale in the 18th century. The
to receive the granite blocks whlch wlll ship sank on the beach, and some of
form a 1.--eakwater for craft anchored the crew helped to transport a fortune
in Lhe harbor, noticed the gleam of in ·coin ashore, and burled it. Some
metal today as the huge bucket of his of the trea.sme remained behind, and
mach•~- brought up tons of earth from one of the crew was killed when he
a depth of 25 feet, and dumped it asldc. tried to steal part of it. More than 40
Blair. true to the tradition of his year;; ago, the skeleton of a man, beprofession, remained at hls post. He .lieved to have been a sailor on the
wa.s able to gather a few of the "pieces pirate ship, was dug up here during exof eight," but was abllged to see a eavatlon work.
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e arner house on Daniel ,street, l'ortsmouth.
r. Center left the municipal building and opera h _ouse in the busy city of Ro
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ONE OF THE FINEST
HARBORS IN WORLD
CITY OF DOVER
SETTLED IN 1623
Portsmouth, Rich in History,
Is Busy Community
Trading Ce~ter for More.
Than 50,000 People
Portsmouth, the oldest community in
New Hampshire, has much to offer
the stranger within !ls gates. It 1s a
city with a. distinct background. Its
early history is Interwoven, wan> and
woo!, with the history of the country.
The serenity or years and experience
is In its shaded streets. its beautiful
old doorways, its colonial and early
19th century staircases and facades,
many of them widely copied.
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Perhaps its greatest charm lies In
the fad that here the oldest and the
newest are combined In alluring proportions, [or a stmcture of modern
progress has been reared upon the
solid foundations of an enviable and
worthwhile past.
In Portsmouth it is not only what
the visitor sees, but what he feels as
wen-n ittmosphere or things long
established, going back even to the
very beginnings or the country.
Settled in 1623, three years after the
Pilgrims had landed nt Plymouth. 1
Strawberry Bank, as It was orl1dnally
kno\\'n, was first an important fishing
village, and later one of the country's
most flourishing ports. I~ was In 1653 1
by petition or !ls Inhabitants that Its
name was chanired to Portsmouth.
Its situation Is Ideal. three miles Crom
the mouth of the PiscataQua river. It
Is on the direct route, both rail and
motor, from Boston to Porlland and
resorts In Maine. and Boston and the
eastern side of the W'hite Mountains
Its locntlon, therefore, mnkes it the
gateway to these northern vacation
lands. It Is. ns well. the summer ca.pl- 1
tai or the long line of seashore resorts
extending from Ogunquit on the north 1
lo Hampton Beach on the south. And
this has undoubtedly had Its eflect
upon the m .dern business establishments which would hardly be antlcipa ted in a city or Its size.
Portsmouth has one o! the finest
harbors In the world with 80 feet or
water and strong tides which, while
they in no way interfere with navigation. make it a. port which is never
frozen.
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The civic council and chamber of
commerce Issues a. little booklet, "Points 1
of Historic Interest," a mere glance at
which will prove to the visitor that a
casual sightseeing tour of the usual
type will in no way serve the purpose
In every direction are most intriguing
trips by motor or motor boat. The mountains are less than l 00 miles distant,
Winnlpesaukee and the New Hampshire
lake region less than 50. Beach resorts
1u-J close by, both to the north and the
south. A beautiful ride carries the
visitor along the Piscataqua to quaint
old New Castle, three miles awa.y with
Its winding, narrow streets. !ts houses
flush to these streets, so llke those of \
an English fishing village.
Thus with o. combino.tion o! the old
and the new Portsmouth offers infinite
variety lo the summer tourist. · Her
charm bids him linger and know the
peace of quiet streets, the lure of some
marvelous old doorway, the tinklings or
a. church bell. recast by Paul Revere
himself. She offers the calm, the poise,
the perspective which come only with
Jong and honorable years, and the sane
judgment of all the stirTing thlng,s
crowded into those years.
Dover. N. H. has been a. cltv '79
years, dating from March, 1855. The
town began to be settled 1n May, 1623,
at Dover Point. antedating any other
settlement in New Hampshire by 10
vears. During the succeeding centuries
its centre of business has been on the
Co<:hcco river. the present manufacturing centre of the city. It is the countv
seat of Strafford county, and has been
since the county was organized in 1773.
It now has 14.000 inhabitants and ls
the business centre of 50.l)00 people
by way of railroad and bus. The railroad Is the Boston and Maine. between
Boston and Portland. It 1s the eastern
gateway to the White Mountains, has
a property valuation of $19,000.000, has
over 100 miles of streets and sidewalks
which are well payed.
There are over 30 factories where
75 lnduslrial products are made. Including cotton sheetinir. woolen goods.
iron castings, pr!nling presses, leather
belting and shoes. There are seven
churches. a well-endowed children's
home, a. well-endowed home for the
aged, a pubilc library with over 55.000
volumes, six banks. four first class ho tels, historical buildings, 12 modern
school buildings, three moving picture
theatres. and a wide awake chamb{)r
of commerce. with offices near the railroad station and the centre of the city,
where convenient rest rooms arc maintained. with toilet facilities. and whNe
tourists can gain information on nearlv
any subject.
These rooms are in
cha1ge of Secretarv James F . Dennis.
Dover had the finest opera house In
lhe state, which was destroyed by fire
in August, 1933, and which ls .now being
replaced by an even finer municipal
building. I t has two compl_etely equipped hospitals, the Wentworth Hospital,
municipally controlled, with class A ratIng and equipped for 75 patients, and
the Hayes Hospital. Local electric
power and gas are supplled by the Twin
State Gas a.nd Electric Company which
has adequate equipment to supply three
cities and numerous towns of southeastern New Hampshire with electric
power and also has extensive Interests
in the northern part of the state. The
municipal water supply is of excellent
quality and is considered adequate for
a population of 25,000 people. It maintains about 26 miles of distributing
mains and supplies about 90 per cent.
of the population.
Among other educational, charitable
nnd social organizations are the Woodman Institute, which contains many
relics of an historical nature; the
Neighborhood House, where children of
foreign parentage nrc given training In
American citizenship; the Rotary and
Klw.i,nis Clubs, the Bellamy Club, and
the Cocheco Country Club .
Dover has an active Red Cross, a
visiting nurse association with three
competent nurses on duly at all times.
It has beautiful residences and up-todate stores and citizens who are both
cordial and friendly.
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.LS ON WALLS
0 ·HISTORIC . HOUSE
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~cenes ·of OJd ," PortsmQ¥th Are De~icted By
(;fo~"~.· ~'."."'~--~
Exploration in the Library of Congress .
She ls a member of many professional
societies, including the New York Society of Artists and the
New York
Water Color Club, being
a.
former
'treasurer and Jon g a member of the
board of control of this sociey, the
North Shore Artists Asso::iation of
GloJcester, M1ss., and many others.
She has been a warded many prizes and
received honorable mention in many
exhibits ,
She has an exhibition in the Corcoran
Academy, the Pennsylva nia Academy,
Brooks Museum in. Memphi s, and other
museums, and has h ad invitations to
exhibit in Buenos Aires and Rio de
Janeiro .
She has a one-artist exhibiLion at the
MacBeth G.:1llery in New York
City,
Doll & Richards, Boston, and
elsewhere. Among the works that
are
publicly owned is one in this city, at
1he Porlsmouth Public Library, entitled,
"Portsmouth From.
New
Cf\.8tle,"
Others publicly owned are "Mt , Pelee
m Eruption", at the American Musemn
vf Nat-iral History; "Old Days" at the
George Washington Universit,y; ''On a
Southern Plan tation", at
Wesleyan
Cullege, Macon, Ga., and "In Pararual ibo", a Jilhograph at the Library
of
Congress in Washingon . Many priv.1 I e collectors have some of her works.
Her studio is In. New York fll.y and
her work ls hanclJed by the
McBeth
of New; York,
Crown
&
Lowndes of New York, and Doll &
IRichards o! Boston.
1 Quite recently Mrs, Branigan coml, pleted sori:e very impor~ant. mural 1
f paintings m a large mansion m
New
Jersey.
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, ' Before she began the murals she
painted the objects. on canvas, The
canvas used came from the same concern as those used !or the spaces designed for Radio City.
The !irst mural on the left of the
door as one enters the Dismukes residence is picturesque Bow st.reet, showing the old warehouses with a sailing
vessel In the background. In this pic1.ure is shown a dray cart drawn by two
horses and the drayman on the cart.
Climbing the hill is the invariable seaman which one
immediately associates with old Portsmouth as he rushes
back to his ship,
Around I.he corner
·of the room Is a pain ting of St, John's
Ch.irch, showing Chapel street
and
the rectory . Two ladies are
shown
coming from the church, also some
women in a smart looking carriage ,
Following the two ladies on I.he sidewalk is a slave boy,
Coming down the hill is shown 'the
\Varn<'r House an d this section
also
shows a pi.i:ture of. Peirce Islancl, while
a small panel shows an adjacent marsh,
The fine old houses at the foot of State
street are shown and very picturesque
is the unusual balustr:ide, the handsome iron balcony with a lyre de~ign,
\ There is a picture of the house itseU,,
the aLtract.ive old Livermore
house,
wilh all its historic atmosphere,
I This painting shows the house as it
1c,rig:nally stood_ on the opposite sid~ of {
IGallery
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Livermo:·e H:.: '" pu:utect by Mrs. G h1tJyj
had during an
entire began a study or various d~signs in or. a famous artist all ir resident, and der to obtain accu~acy for tho paint, ~ ·very few people knew her. The ings.
artist was Mrs Gladys Branigan, who
Thls week she finished one o! the
at one time resided in the historic Liv- . finest bits of painting in this
city.
ermore
House
on
Livermore \ The walls of one of the upstairs chamstreet,
now
occupie.d by Rear bers in the Livermore house has now a
Admil·al and Mrs. Douglas Dismukes. j se rles of murals by this noted artist.
When Mrs. Branigan and her hJsMrs. Branigan studied at the COr1
band,
Robert Alan Branigan, well coran Arts School, the National AcadI
known patent attorney, came here to I emy of Design and the Arts Studio
reside Mr. Branigan was in
falling ILeague o! New York and has traveled
health and since then
has
passed ' and studied abroad,
She
studied
away.
mural painting under Kennison Cox
Mrs. Branigan became very much in- and George Maynard.
The latter
terested in Portsmouth and its history) artist did the Pavl!lon of Travel and
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she wished to paint I
seYerat of its h.\'storlc scenes. So she
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the street. In front of tl1e house is a
horse and canlage in which sits a gentleman of old Portsmouth and three
people- a.re shown in the rore~round.
Across \1i!ha.t i5 now Havm Park can be
seen the shed and fence. of the Jacob
WencfelI estate.
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Tbe final p11intin is of the l1!lffatLadd House, now known as the home_of
the Co!.onfa~ Dames. This is in keeping
with the other m.,rals, all o! which are
done in .imber, ochre and sienna.
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Not only a noted artist, Mrs. Bra 1~1gan. is also an accomplished
linguist
and hold5 several unh·ersity degrEes .
One of I1er paintings ·;,,hich won ravor
in the No~th Shore exhibition was reproduced in a Boston ne\\-spaper recently.
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The old: Livermore house in itself is
worth commenting on . At one tim~,
accotdin to Brewster·s Rambles-, this
faced Pleasant street, being the only
house on the right side of LiYermore
street. It is believed this house was
built by Matt.hew Livermore, an atttorney-at-law, who was appointed attorney general of the pro\'ince and advocate for the lting in the Courts of
Adlnira?ty.
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I Here Simuel Livermo:·e livedi dunng
, a part of the administration of G_ov •
iJohn Wentworth. He '1."3.S a. relatives
~ of Matthew, but came to Portsmouth
about 1758 and was appointed by John
New
\ Wentworth king's attorney for
Hampshire.
It w,.s to this house in 1758 that there
\1c1me a lad of 17 years, roughly dressed',
who asked for a job. The lad was John
\ Sullivan whose daring is well known,
and wh~. as !\1a.j. Gen. Sullivan l~d
the Portsmo.ith patriots to Fort W1lllam and Mary, sei7<'d the gunpowder
and hid it in Durhrim. from where it
was later taken to Charlestown to be
used In the battle of Bunker Hill. .
It was in this house that Sulhvan
went to work in Mr. L!nrmore's kitchen. Flnrung him an intelligent lad,
the latter encouraged l1im to study and
gave him the pri\'ilP!!e o! using his library, and through this study h~ ~e·came ~n attorney and l'\ter d1stiict
judge.
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The house is of a type farniilar in
this city, and yet so fa~::inat:ng, of the
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colonial architecture. with high stuc.ded
rooms, and broad st:iirs Pa~y to a,<;ce~d,
all of which tend to ~i\·e it an especial
appeal to those in tercst ed
in
the
coloniaI period.
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Sarah Orne Jewett Memorial
Built 1774, South Berwick, Maine
Open to the Public-week days only-July 9th to Sept. 9th
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IIE SAllAII ORNE JEWETT MEMORIAL, in
tbe center of the village of South Berwick, Maine,
is only a short distance from the entworth Mansion.
I In this fine, substantial dwelling, Sarah Orne Jewett, the
I authoress, was born and spent much of her life. The house,
together with the adjoining house, now used as a Community Center, was received in 1930 by the Society for the
Preservation
of New Engla11d Antiquities, as a bequest
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from Dr. Theodore J . Eastman. The Jewett House was
I built in the spring of 1774, by John Haggins or Higgins,
as we might now spell the name, and tradition records that
" the construction of the woodwork in the hall, both upper
and lower, required the time of two men for one hundred
days. This finish in the h:.dl,-thc wainscotting, cornices,
etc., was not paintc,l until the year 1838 and by that time
h:id become a rich dark brown color, almost mahogany.
This entrance hall, which runs from front to back, is one
of the most distinguished features of the house. All the
rooms have fine panelling alld preserve that air of dignified
prosperity charactel'islic of lalc 18th century houses . The
wallpaper in one of the front chambers is printed in
squares and represents an elaborate flowered design in
faded crimson velvl't flock. This paper, originally inI tended for the rcsi,kncc of the Governor of one of the
Fre11cl1 West India islands, was taken from a French vessel captured by an American privateer. It was brought
into Salem and there bought by Captain Jewett.
The house is furnished i11 part hy a loan collection and
a local commillcc is in charge.
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Sarah Orne Jewett wrote of the country between
her home and the sea and concerning the types of country
people she knew so well. He1· "Country of the Pointed
Firs" is the finest description of life in northern New
England to be found in American literature.
�The Old Wentworth l\lcmsio,i
Built 1701. A private 111useu111.
Salmon Falls, New Jlcimpsliirl'
Open to the Public-week days only-July 9th to Sept. 9th
T
HE WENTWORTH MANSTON was huill hy
Colonel Paul Wenlworlh, gramhun of Rlc;lcr William ·wentworth who was born in 1617. He was
~n,l one of the
,1 tne time.
one of his business properties was a
which the leviathans of America's primeval
~ were cut into huge boards. The choicest of these
,,.me boards were used fot· the bcantifnl unpainted paneling of the old :Ma11sion. In one ehamber the hro::ul,
heavy boards are thick enough to allow for paneli11g on
bolh siues, three pan els deep; th ese same i,oanls wilh
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their two faces serving in two rooms.
'l'l1e staircase has charm, with a11 ('Sprl'ially grarr.fnl curve of the baluslratlc. The carvcc\ wooclwork is
distinctive. A secret lloor in the kilcl1en floor Ieacls to
a small d ·tached · sub cellar, where Lhc family sought
refuge in Indian all:1rks. 'l'hc-se <"cllars were ro111111011
enough in the early days, but th ere urc few old houses
wl1ere they are now to Le fournl. The old house wilh its
exceptionally brge chimney and massive oak Learns is
slill stro11g and stunly . It stands high, looking over
Ll1e country, but a very diITere11t co1111lry from that of
l11e <lays of the wcalLhy aristocrat Colo11d l'anl a11ll of
the Indians whom Elizabe th Wentworth fought with
masculine courage. She is the only ,1·01111111 known lo
have bee11 captured tl1ree Limes by lhc Indians :incl
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taken to Canada .
�",e may p;et thr ·mfh this \' orld, but 'twill be very slow,
If e listen to Rll that 1A Rnid "a we go;
e'll be worried Ano fretted qnd kept 1n a stew,
For medrlleeome ton~1cs must hnve romPth1ns to doFor people 111 tRlk you know.
1
If 1uiet
nd modest you'll ha.VP. lt presumed
Thnt your hurr1bln po~\. t ton 1n only n.f"r:nmP.d ,
You' re a. wolf 1n Rhr.r-?p • R cloth 1ne·, or el e you' re n. fool;
But don't get Axc1ted, keeo pcrfrctly co0lFor people wil~ tnlk you know.
If reneroua nd noble, they'll vent out their eploen,
You 1 11 hear eornc 1o\1d hlntA th11t you're F1elfleh -.nd mefln,
If upright or honAat ·-nd fo.1r as the dp.y,
They' 11 cnll you ri rogue in :-l Gly !men.king wny -
For people will tnlk you know.
/
1,na then if you pho1 thn lnA.nt, .b:1lonesE1 of h~nrt.,
Or " Fil ight tnclinr-it ion to tak0 ,y our own p~rt,
They' 11 cnll you Rn 11 pE1t·~rt, concr1 t.ed ~ nn v in;
Hut keep Atrn.le-ht nl1eAd, lion' t ntop to exi-ln 1nFor peoplP. will
t'"l lk you
kno,.,.
If thrcRdbnre your co.,t,or 01,1 f•1~h\.oned your hnt,
c,,orneone, of courA~, · n 1 t"lr" cl . .r•0. of th~t •
And hint very ntronf :ly thnt you cnn 't pn.y your v,ny;
But don't gnt excltp,rJ, v,hntev~r tlrny e.2..yFor people 111 tn.llt you kno ;.
y
If you dreAR in thA f~Ahion ,
For they'll cr1t1c1A , t 1en ,
You're 11h ~a of your rnenna,
But mind your o¥Yn bun1nP-A ,
don't th1nk to OAC po ,
1.n ,., <liffernnt rhnpe;
,.
•'
or your tailor'fl \lnpnicl.;
U1ern • n nourht to ~...,e !=!'11d-
Wor people will tnlk yrnt know.
If R fellow rn1t chnnce to convPrrP ~1th A glrl,
tnllt, -,n<l t. h r1r rcrrnd ·•l unfurl;
They'll cc111v1H' A your ·mnta or trill< of your mcnns,
' hd aecl •\re you' re eng Bgcd to n chlt 1n hc-r tP.ensFor people will tnlk you kno.
Hovi thf1 c;or r1pn ··:11 l
They 1 11 t'llk f ne hefo re
you, but then
nt
yrn1r b
' Clt
Of venom Anrl Al.,nder there's nevPr R lackHov kind ri.nd poll te ln ·1 ll t 1 ,,,t, t 1v~y say!
But blttfr ri R e-nll w},en you'r?. out of the WA.yFor people 111 tnlk you %now .
'fhe boot 1. ·ay to do 1~ to d;) n A you plenAe,
F'or your mtn<'i, 1 f' _10 n h'l1rn on0. · ilJ t1v:!n e "I t 1<1~00;
o:r courAe you ;ill "'f'et with nl l ~ort~ of Abnee ,
But don't th 1.nl{ to ... t,op t.helTl, 1 t \!'! not nny urieFor people ,111 t~1~ you know.
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�INDEX TO SCRAP BOOK NO; 7.
Aldrich, T. B.
Jones Brewery, Fire 1934
P· 110
1
Aldrich house
80
Kittery, Scenic Highway
52
Athenaeum
81
Knox, Susan Ricker
92
Bailey, Thomae ( artist)
85
Laighton, Uncle Oacar p 54, 77-79,
Boyd, George
85
Lafayette, Gen.
17
Candlemas, St. Johns.
44
Lear, Tobias ( house)
47
ChaTter, City
Cheney, Russell
Court St.
21-27
29
1935
106
New Castle. - Webster House
72
N.
Eastern R. R.-Freight house
Wharf
93
36
Federal Fire Society
91
Ft. Constitution
57
Fowle, Daniel ( Printer)
11
Franklin City
11
6
135-37.
Frost garrison
86
Gen. Sullivan Bridge, p.11-16,46-50
Girl Scouts
81-82
Gooding, Rev. Alfred
18-20
Hamilton House, So. Berwick 81-82
aampton.- Sea wall
32
Home for Aged Women
113
Jackson house ( pictm·e)
132
Jacona( Power ship)
Jones, John Paul
121-22
p. 49, 83
H. - Garden Festival, 15=.l35
N. H.- Register
Osborne, Clayton
8
Franklin shiphouse
9
Navy Day, 1934
9
43-44
Drydocks
101
Huller, Maude
119-20
Dennett, Alexander
87-90
Moody, Edward C.
p. 74, 104-5
Coast Guard Cutter, HudBon
II
28
Moffat-Ladd House
City Gevernment, 1936
II
114
Liberty Pole
PP· 7, 35,92
Churches.- Immaculate
Conception
II
Liberty Park
45
111
pp 59-71
55
128
(J •
Parkfield, Hotel
93
Poole, Grace Harrison
112
Portsmouth, 1934
!37-40
Portsmouth, 1935
123-27
Portsmouth Garden Club
53
Portsmouth Ships
·p. 30,47, 113
Potter, Dr. Frederick ( house) 50
Pratt, Daniel
47
Ports. Training School
73
Quint, Wilder
111
St. John's Lodge, Uasons p.51, 101-2
Shapleigh 1 s Island
56
Society of Colonial Wars
100
Spaxhawk mansion
29-30
�Stoneleigh College
80
Strathem Hill
31
Stream line train
48
Street names
45
Taverns-Ea.rl of
117-118
Halifax
Thaxter, Celia, p2-5, 77-79
97-99, 133-34
Thayer, Helen R.
100
Tugboat, Mitchell Dav i s 92
U.
s.
U.
S. lJe,vy Yard.-Dry-
Customs House
dock
U.
s.
S. Porpois~
101
44
94
Vennard family
49
Wagner murder
81
~albach, Col. J.B.
84
Wentworth, John R.
103
~e nt worth Hom~
45
Winchester Farm
31
York.- Scenic Highw0.y 48
York- Sewall's Bridge 42-43
�atises-t ' '~.' ' ' '.
s-<: -' ore .
.,.. "
;--
·oama 'eto · ones' ·sreWer
/.
f.
'
In a statement tonight. he sald that
the fire will not Interfere Jn any way
wlth contemplated plans of sta1·tlng op•
eratlons in the gr.eat brewery, as the
malthouse was a separate build•ing,,and
none or the main structure of the plant
was affected. The plant had been controlled by an English corporation u ntil
It was taken over In 1929 by the Boston
group. The big plant occupies 16 acres
n.nd_ has ,floor space of 400,000 square
feet.
.
Frank Jones. founder of the company,
never Insured any or tho hulld!ngs, so
..
'
tod~y•s loss Is a, total_ one to Ufo •own•
ers.
·
The plant's watchman, at the 'tlme or
d_iscove1·y of the fire was on the, opp·o_;.
site side of the main building, wo,klng
, at his nutomoblle. He later told , the
police and the owners that he did not
seo._ any pernon &bout . ll)e mal(hpus•
during the dny, but Mr. nandall be•
ll eves that the firebug , took advantage
of his temporary absence from that sid'
04 the plant to sneak In and apply th•
torch.
.
· Had the bree ze been stronger, fire.;,
mPn said , the damage would have been
much greater, for on Cass, Albany;
Slate and I:;Jington streets there are
many dwelling houses whic h would h av•
been in danger ie the fire spread.
Firemen said that lt was apparent
that the blaze sta,·ted on the second
floor, near a cupola, at the southern
encl of the building ancl apparently
ga'.ne,1 great he_adway within the struc~
1
tur e ilerorn rt tinnily broke ·thro ugh th&
roo1 and wu~ <liscovered by the · cit y
workmen.
.
:
•·
·.
Allhough Ill e ·])uilning harl nof been
used f9r ycar!'i, il wa:; kepl in good con.:.
diU011 and no deb.rix !Hit! heen piled i'.1~
I Ill 1I, accordi11g lo l\Ir. nantla,n. '
•
!:lome of the authorities arc of the belief that !he l'orlsniouth firebug Is "tha
sart1c person who caused the hlg fire
rnoro than a wee!, ago In Newburyp or t.;
l\Iass., ~o miles _away .
··
.
'•
,
\.
~
:\.,
ra,~k Jones brewery at Portsmouth w:as swept by flames which threatened th e' en'tirc,
The fire will not affect contern'platcd plans of the owners to start operation ~ in the
·
;
big plant once more.
·..
· ·
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~R.E\V'ERY.
:\:·s tH .lJGHT SET
.
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.
Toda y' & fire
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.
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~re_m
_ e_n_, aided by depart-
. PORTSMOUTH, N. .H., ' ·May , 28
.:._
_· F1'.re·,'· wh,1'ch • t'hrea',.~·ned· an . e'11t1're
,.
~l!t'ioli ' Qf . the •,· cit;Y late , today, ·1 des·t~o'y d'a
'
a' !arg·e, . uni';s_ured ·· buildi~. g
formerly used i.as the malt ;4ouse _. of
the , Frank Jones Brewery, which -be~
•
,
··
fore prohibition was t_h e largest ale
men ts hastily ·ealled from Kittery, Eliot
a nd York, Me.; NewcaStle au d Hampton, N. H., and navy yard workers with
their· fire-fighting equipment, battled the
fire ,for fiv e hours before it was fina lly
brought under control. At !ts h-eight,
sparks and embers, blown by the breeze,
·were rained · through the r<lsidential
neighborhood of Albany, Cass and State
streets, but no damage was caused.
lnewipg: pla'nt in..,tlte'"wotld, _::,_~ :. ·
Other Suspicious Blazes
A firebug, ,according to Boardman M. ·
.
Rimdall, dne of the !ncorporators of' Th'e fire followed closely on the heels
the -Portsmouth Company, proprietors or several other snsplcious ones. These
of the '!die • lirewery, was the ·causll of Included a blaze In the Liberty Bridge
the /blaze, which d1d ·pamage estima.ted : Laundry, one · at the garage · of· ex-Gov•
at more than ·$75,000 and gave residents ! ernor John H. Barllett, . dPstroyed with
a bad scare. ..-,
· !a loss at $10,000, and the N'orth Church
Darlsh house .
0
.
di scove red
at
4:40
200 Feet in Length
The big malt hou sy was bull t in 1879
at a cost of $76,000, and was about 200
feet in JengLh, with two floors, each
20 feet high. The liuildin g was as high
a.a
Unusecl- .Malthous.e~· at Portsmouth Is
·oestroy~d \V1th:$_75, 000 Loss--·Flanies·rhte~ten City
was
o'clock by workmen in ll1e yard of the
adjoining municip: I stables. They notified a watchman for the Portsmouth
Compa\Jy and he sounded· a fire alarm
from the brewery's m,ain building. ·with
the arrival of 'Fire Chief William F.
Woods, a general alarm was sounded
and extra apparatus called from nearby towns and cities.
an
ordinary
four-story
structure,
and its floors were of concrete. There
was much pine used in interior finish- I
ing and equipment.
ll[r. Ran<la!I, who is president of the
St. Croix Luml.Jer Company, told newspapermen upon his a r rival at the fire
scene tonight that "there is no doubt
but what the fire was set."
Inspected Yesterday
He sa id lhat h e h a d inspected
ye~tcniar, that it \\'ns
loc·\c('tl, Hild th1,L lh(•n' wns · nothln~~- in
tile slt· t1l 'lur 1! wl,kh t·o1i!d lg-1dlC' rpo 111a ncou.sly.
.A fircbui:~ woulcl h:1,·c had to hre:1k hls
way in, Il e ;a id. 'I'll.- 11\:l'l.C \\'il~ fpcl lJY
t11e tindPr-dry pint: which went i11to the
ronstruetio11 of tlic building i11t c rior.
building
Tho outer wall::; a re of Uri ck, an,l stood
late · tonight a mere shell, ' while -firemen
11i,i.yed tons of water on the interior.
Pr~sent in corporn tors of the Ports•
mouth -Company besides r.Iri Randall
are Morris Brans! ein , Bost.on real eslato
man; Attorney John " 'ells Farley of
Boston and Harold Hinckley, Boston
buslnesa man. 111r. · Randall llves . in.
Portsmouth.
�CELIAT
TER, 1835-1935
Judge Justin H~ Shaw Associates The Beloved Poet
With Her Times And Work
•
The one hundrccILlt anniversary o sh" wrote she is imperisal>le. lt was
"The building in which
June 29, 1935, of the birth of Celia a fort.unnte day for the world that the born is a three-store structure,
Thaxter, Post.smouth's beloved poet, Honorable Thomas B. Laighton, dis- two floors a1:>?ve devoted to a warewas first publicly anUcipated in the gustcct with New Hampshire poliUcs house and storage. Its present appearannunl meetln~
oC the Piscataqna n11cl politicians, settled at White Is- ance has little to indicate that it were
Ploneers, o! country-wlde
membernd lig!JLhouse with his family, ncv- ever occupied as a dwelling house. Ceship, at the Hotel Pepperrell, Kltlery er to return to residence
on
the Ha Thaxter was the first of three
Point, by a scholarly and appreciative mai nland.
children, then Oscar and Cedric, the
tribute in an address by Judge Jus"This was In October 1839, whE'n youngest.
tin Henry Shaw oC Kittery, for many Crlia Thaxter, then Celia Laighton,
Her t·ather A Remarkable Man
years a director in the Pion~ers, and was a little girl.of !our years, and her ADD CELIA THaxer ...... AeshlM ..
a wrlter of consldcrable prominence. brother, Oscar, a baby or about three
I "Hon. Thomas B. Laighton, the faThis address, together wlUt a verba- months.
Portsmouth, in
tim report of the proceedings, pre"We may, with considerable inter- ther, was born at
pared by Miss Alice M. Craig, will be est. I think, associate Celia Thaxter 1804, or a family of sea-faring men,
printed in full in the annual report with the world into which she were one of whom, Mark Laighton, has
of the society. There have been so born in 1835, by reference
to the been mentioned by Richard Dana, in
many requests for its publication '11so events which were considered of suf- one of the storeis of the sea by that
in The Portsmouth Herald and The f\clrnt important for mention as to distinguished author of "Three Years
New Hampshire GazeUe, and the an- that year in the chronological annals: I Before the Mast."
"Mr. Laighton, who has been com- t.-7.l~~"if+.~,lj.,..._:J
niversary being of so much impor1835 An Intere.ting Year
I monly reported to have retired 'distance in local interest, and or wider
"An<lrcw Jackson was president or gruntled' to the Isles of Shoals in
attention in New England,
we are
the United States,
and
William 1839, when his daughter was only five
glad to present Jud ge Shaw's eloquent
B 1dgcr was governor or New Hamp- years old, became the keeper of White
and titling commemoration before tho
shire, the state in which
she was
large and representative annual au- b<>rn. On New Year's day of Umt year 1 Island lighthouse, succeeding Joseph
appointed
to
dience. Judge Shaw spoke as follows: the Anti-slavery Societ,y was organ- L' Locke. who was
Whalesback Lighthouse, and
Locke
An 1 ppro11riate Occasion
lzrd in Boston, and the national dE'bt succeeding Samuel E. Haskell,
"We have thoui:;ht it appropriate, as 011 that date was $37,513, the lowest signed.
r
a part of the morning period of our pr>int to which it was ever reduced.
"It ls very probable that the use of
meetiur: this yrnr, to devote a portion 11,.-hnrd Lawrence attemrLcd Lo ns- the word 'disgruntled' in connection
of It ill nHumrmornLion of one who s·is~inat e President Jackson 011 Lhe with Mr. Laighton's selection of the
figured inlr.reslingly and worthily in thirtieth of that month. on· December Shoals is misleading. As a politician
our local history, and in the meratnre lfill1 fl.nd 17th o,;,curred the great fire he had been successful, and was a
ot New England of her time, a po~t In lcw Yorlc City, and that month state senator that year from Portswho was ~!so an historian of the ro- l\t~ jor Dade and 116 men were mas- mouth, in the first senatorial dlatrlct,
mantic I. les of Sh als, and a lovely sac:, ~d by the Seminole.~ n that Yt!DI' I and defeated by the Hon. John Page
woman i11 nil thnl the world rhrr- S •m11"l Colt pntnntcd rrvnl•1lng fire- or Haverhill, for governor.
He had
ishes.
~ 11 ,
also been successful as
a business
"By happy circumstances also, as a "P. T. n:1rnum started thnt year to man and public spirited
citizen of
convenience to our members this af- tm1 r I h1· mun try with hl!i fnmow 1 clr- Portsmouth, was editor of the New
ternoon, in connection with the privl-e11 ·. and the clty or Phll1vl lphh\ WM Hampshire Gazette, and held posilege of visiting the fascinating oldllghl <'d with gns for the Ont limo of tions in the custom house and postSparhawk mansion and its intere~l- surh use.
office In Portsmouth. His residence at
in"' collection of Colonial funiiturc
t Jn·<•e tn<'ll, who bPCfl 111P t ht· 111ost the time of his appointment to the
and interior, we sllall be near to nu >r- 11inent mrn of their
penod in Shoals was 100 Market street,
object thnt figures somewhat in thi l\111crica in literature and religion, houses were then numbered.
address, the famous
and
unique wrrr born the
same
year, Mark
Iii~ Many Intcrrot.s
Browning stone, of which so many 'I'w'lin, Bishop Phillips Brooks rmd
"He
was
one or the directors of
have doubtless read, hut have n~ver Lyman Abbott.
Charles
Francis
invisited. And ctoubtlrss also many who .l\d•1111s, !he historian, of a. lrimous Porstmouth Whaling Company,
have visited the stone were not well f-11111ly of that name, was l>orn that corporated in June 1832 with a capiinformed of its significance. But the r"rr. Elkha Gray, electrician and in- tal stock of $100, 000 and of wWch the
Browning stone is only incidental to fc11tor, Hetty Green, Amerlcnn cap- 'Hon. Ichabod Goodwin was the presithe selecting
our morning subject.
l lnlh;t, ,lohn
La, FJ,rgc,
painter, dent. He was one of
"The memory or Crlla Thaxter in sculptor nnd decorator, Bisho1, Hen- committee of the Portsmouth WorlcPortsmoulh and Kittery is especial- ry Coclm1n
Potter, ar
familiar ing Men's Reading club, founded In
ly sincerr and dcr1>. and abiding. She names of persons who were I.Jorn in 1834, and designed to be "a debating
as well as a l"eading club.
The
is one or the most beloved of our 1835 .
membership numbered about 4-0 in
American poets. Her benut.iful spirit
Iler Birth In Porl~mouth
1839, and funds were raised by ash'\S bl'f'OJllC h1sepnr11ble lrom cveLj "Celia Thaxter was born June 29,
tl1l1t[! tlrn lq gnocl In the history or, 1~35, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sessments not to exceed five dollars
tHl thr sr11 t1m~11t.q ,,r. n11cl 111 our Ill the wooden house now numbrrcd a year for each member. In 1839 'the
society owned a
valuable library,
v:11 lhoui:ltt~ or rnattrrs of tltr l!tlr.• 4'1 Danlrls strrrt, on the
northerly
,r Shoal~. whrrc shr \ IC!' Jl.~. on Kll- ~1.Je of 1he street, and occupied as a composed of Dobson's Encyclopaedia
of 21 vols., Harper's Family Library,
t~r:,y lcrrlt-Ory.
tore by Mose.~ Nannis, and unde:· the and several other valuable works."
'J he ~h~als Al lier ('hil rl hood
trade n nme of "The Canteen."
She
"In 1839, the year or his departure
"Since her day, one may not men- died at her cottage on Appledore Is- to the Shoals; he was a member of
and today the school committee of fourteen, of
tion a single matter relating to the land, August 26, 1894,
island unless it be associated In some within five days of forty years ago. the District No. 1, and a member of
way with the thought of Celia Thax- Her mother's maiden name was Eliza tho committee on High schools, the
_ __ ....,.,........,....,____...,..,..._,. other two members being Samuel E.
ler. In what she llved and in whnt
illlam H. Y. Hackett;
t,,
�and one of a committee to examine
while following their n\ar- before before in tho anniversary arthe schools and to report the books ria , it seems that Levi
Lin~n ticle nnd tribute to Lucy Larcom in
Boston Tra_nscript of March 8,
and apparatus necessary to be US'ea:axter and his bride, Cella ThaxtlF;'
"Upon his removal to the Shoals, lived on Star Island,
lllfcannot read or w:-ite very
where
Mr. 1924,
his house, 100 Market street, was oc- Thaxter was the preacher in the stone much of either of them wichout incupied by Joseph W. Laighton, who church, and they lived In the old par- volving in some happy way ~ mention
removed from No. 7 Green street. sonage provided for the minister. Os- or the other."
"Oscar Leighton, in his
book or
Joseph W. Lalghton was a grocer at car Leighton mentions that his sister
No. 107 Market street.
had said that the days on Star To- "Ninety Years at the Isles or Shoals,"
. "Handicapped as he was from the land with her husband were the hap- recalls that App\edore Island was,
next to Concord In Massac!iusctts. a~
time of his boyhood by an injury piest of her married life.
from. accident whil:h required him to
Then the Thaxters seemed to !lave a g11therlng 1)1:rne of dl~tmi,:uishcd
use a cane all his life until in later moved to Newton, Masii., nnd re- pepole. And I mu,.t justly ndd, worthyears he was obliged to -use a crutch, sided here until in 1880 they re- whlle people.
he seems to have been a man with turned to the Shoals and to KitLery
l!eha 'l'haxt,cr·~ "American Sal<ln'
tho energy and activity of the -average Point, that is, Mr. Thaxter lived a
"Mr. Laighlon snys: 'Amotic\' those
two men.
Kittery Point, Cutts Island, where he whom it w,,s our great privllege to
djed in 1884, and after
that Celia meet, I recall
- The Thaxtcrs In Amerlci\
Hawthorne, Lowell,
"The Thaxters are one of the old- Thaxter, who had returned trom an WhiUler, Aldrich, Steadman, Fields,
R. B.
est families in America:
They are European trip with her brother, re- Trowbridge, Beecher, Albee
the descendants of Thomas Thaxter mained at Appledore for the following Forbes, James Whitcomb RUty, am!
of England, who came over to Hing- ten years, and until her 'death m Dr. Lowe Moson (who
wrote
the
hymns) came often with his wife and
ham; Mass., in 1638, and took the 1894.
Cella Thaxter's Collected l'ocms
splendid sons, Will1~m,
If('nry nnd
freeman's oath in 1642.. He died February 14, 1654.
"In the collected poems of Celia Lowell. J also recall I•'rance3 H. Bm"The first five graduates of HarvRrd Thaxter, gathered into the eighth ne (who named her Little Lord
college of the name of Thaxter were edition In 1906 and copyrighted by Fauntleroy for my brother Cedric),
the descendants of Thomas Thaxter. her son, Professor Roland Thaxter, of Elizab1.;th Whittier, Sarah O: ne ,TcwThe Thaxters were
prominent In Harvard, and known as the Appledore ett, Harriet n sec11,Jl' Sl.owr, Lucy LarMassachusetts Revolutionary history, Edition, and published by Houghton \'orr., m;nlet Perscott Spoff() :i, A:mlr
in the affairs of Harvard, In matters Mifflin Company of Boston, there are Fields, Rose Lamb and L:iulse C.
of state, and in the French and In- 168 selections, and one poem by her Moulton. Among the famou~ paintEIS who
came to Appledo:·e were
dian wars.
brother, Oscar Lalghton.
"Levi Lincoln Thaxter was born . in
"Sarah Orne Jewett, who has writ- William Morris Hunt, DeH.. ss, Ross
Watertown, Mass., February 1, 1824, ten the preface to 1J1e ectllio11, says Turner, Childll Hassam, J. Appleton
the son of Hon. Levi Thaxter, and that 'In this new edition of the col- Browne, Olar :ei:,u,!t.r, G'luga:1g1gl,
the grandson of Jonathan Thaxter, a lected writings of
Cella Thaxter, V.'arri!n Si.eo.1•o, and many ot.11ern,
Revolutionary patriot who served In great care has been taken to keep to all rcmarl:alllJ for l!letr spe,;lal ~tits.
e Ai(tlsan C::Orps. "Be Wll.!I a dls- her own arrangement and Lo the cr- DeHass was !am .ns ! :Jr ,:;c; tt1res ot
llngulshed scholar and critic.
drr in whlr:h the poems Wl!re origin•• a breaking w;, ve ; Ross Turner for his
our boats;
"In 18:11 he waa mnrrlcd to Cella ally pub,lshed.
In this way they · charming skelchcs of
Lalghton. At the time or his mar- seem to make something llke a jour- Ch!lde Has~am for magnificent pic, rlage, eight years after his gradua- nal of her da1ly life
and thought, tures of the gcr~e; and rockJ at t,pllon from Harvard, he wn.'I 27 ycnrs and to mark the constant1y..,incre11sing pledore; Appleton Brown
for
eKo! age, and 111s bride was only six- power or observation _which was so qulslte pictures of moonllght on the
teen. Tl1e union was a !ortunato one, marked a trait of her character.
water. William Morris
Hunt
'"as
for not only was it happy between
" "In this, as her eyes grew quick- found · drowned at .t\PPledoic Island.
them, but it developed a young wo- er to see the blooming of flowers, and Olaf Brauner Is still doing splendid
man into a beautiful womanhood and the flight or birds, the turn or the work at the islands.'
into one of a charming circle of her waves as they broke on t.he rocks of
"In a lette1· to Whittler, !n Februtimes.
Appledore, so the eyes of her spirit ary 1868, Cella Thaxter says: 'I had
read more and more clearly the in- a dear, long, lovely letter from Lucy
Thaxter A Beaven-Sent Tearher
"Oscar Laighton relMes just how the ward significance of things, the mys. Larcom. I do think slltl !s n neavenlives of the Laightons were affected terlous sorrows and joys o! human ly body, a true woman.'
"One of my llelpful friends who
by the coming to the Islands of Levi life. In the ~arliest of her poems there
Lincoln Thaxter. He says, 'We were is much to be found of that st,rangc read this manuscript bef'l,'e it ·we1·e to
delighted one day in October when insight and anticipation of •ixperience be re-written for readln~. suggests
our sp1endid friend came •again t-o which comes with such gifts of nature that Cella Tl: axtcr':i J5land home wa5
White Island. He wa.s,_Just out of col- 11,nd gifts for writing as hers, but as Ml A1N.rlcan salon, In repre.~•.mt~ tlon
lege (that was iu 184 ~11here he had life went on It seemed as If sorrow of thll leading personalities and spirit
studied l!ill'.,__Toaxter was a man of were visible to her eyes, n shrouded of her time in America.
"The life of Cella Thuxtet· is shown
culture and high · attainments, ~th a_ figure walking In the dayllght. 'Here
in Sorrow sit' was often t-ruc to the ln her poems, 11er collected letters and
rare oharm of manner. We were all
fond of _}tlni, and father urged hlni sad vision of her Imagination, yet ~he In her dcscriptlvo books, as one might
to stay with us through the _winter. oftenest came hand In hand with expect. They will eurich the world
to
a forever. It will not ce the purpose of
which he consented to do. This was some invisible dancing joy
this sketch to take the
matter of
an .. event of far-reaching importance f,lend's door."
comparative literature a:1c\ criticism.
to my sister, brother and myself, for
Sarah Orne Jewett's Estimate
Mr. Thaxter became interested 1n our
Her First Book of Poems m
"Miss Jewett's estimate of the poet's
educatlon. Mother was delighted ~hat work and spirit in this respecc Is so
"Her first book or poems was pubher children were having the benefit intimate and
just; that one cannot lished in 1872, with the later enlarged
of this heaven-sent, school."
hope to improve upon her word.3, and edition that I have mentioned. The
so they become quotable anct appro- poems were followed by 'Among the
The Marriage And Early Years
The marriage of'"Levi Lincoln Thax- priate and timely in our own con5id- Isles of Shoals,' prose, in 1873; 'Drift
weed,' 1878;
'Poems for Children,'
tM and Cella Lalghton took place in eration of her verses.
"' south parlor of t:he Appledore
"In reading the poems and the life 1883· 'The Cruise or the Mystery, and
Hotel before a distinguished . gather- o! Celia Thaxter, one Is almost m- Oth~r Poems,' 1886; and 'An Island
ing of :friends and guests of the hotel, voluntarily Impressed with the siml- Garden,' prose, in 1894, the yenr of
or
Celia
the ceremony being performed by the larity of the life and spirit o{ Lucy her deatlt. ·The Letters
collected and published
Rev. John Weiss, a Unitarian pro- Larcom, another genuine p.iet of the
gressive and biographer of Theodore time of Cella Thaxter. Mi.33 Larcom
p arker, the widest known of the -was there with Mrs. Thaxter f:lr three
Unitarians of his tim~e·~~---~~d~a~y"'."s:O:ll:--1-:0:.r.'SJ::-:'ulc"y"'."'718 6"'."7':,':"a~n_d..,....as_I_h"'."av_o_sa_l_d_.,
I
1
so
7
�as a
pa.inter In watc1· colors, and wns accustomed to Illustrate sepa:ut. copies
or her books with flower a11ct marine
plrces for those who wishrd them.
"Of her funeral, Oscar LaighLon
s:iys: 'It wa!! In August, when llrr
garden was a perfect cyclone of IJlossoms. Evrry kind of beautiful flower
was burled with hrr. and in hrt· parlor William
Mason
WM
playing
Beethoven's music that she loved so
well. Annie Fields, Rose Lamb, Lucy
Dcrby and all my
sister's children
wero there. As I snw Celia lyin(l' there,
the thought came t mr. Lhat surely
anyone so gifted &Lid belovF.d r.ould
not be lost forever. Dr. Wm. Warren,
Childe Hassam, J. Appleton Brown,
Cedric and I carrtrd her to the quiet
grave with father and mother on Appledore.'
"Celia Thaxter's cottage, with its
great library, painL!ugs, manusr.irpts
and the treasures of her lite-time,
was destroyed by the great fire on Applcdore in ScplcmlJcr 1 'Jll, when the
Appledore Hotel and seven of the cottai:,es were wiped out, nnr! so much of
the \islb!e work
or t.hP. Laightons
was obliteratrcl in a fe·n liours. Or, ly
a few of the p::1iuLng1; fr.Jm the Thaxter cot,t.1.re were rescued.
l\lr. 'l'haxlct's l,itn:uy lulluencc
"Not mi..cl• Ins ever tJeea sni:l generally E,ho..,t the inllUC'll·J':!
of
Mr.
Thaxter 111 lhe p0clic:i I c!~·1,)I >!)me11t
of Ceha 1)'.a,:trr. nut I thin:c we are
also indebted t,o lli•n for h r !nspirn.tlon to write; all(! we know particularly that she had Ills n.,s1~lance and
his criticism upou her first poem,
'Land locked.'
" 'My mot h"r.' Mr. John Thaxter
has said, 'in h~nding the poem to my
father for his cr!t.!rism, had llU!e expectation of it11 meeting with hls approvo.l, but lv• nt oner recognized its
merit, and'placrd it In tho hamis of
his friend and relative, Jrunes Russell
Lwoell, then editor of the A.tla1~c
Monthly, who published it ln the next
number of the
magazine
without
waiting to communicate
with
my
moL11er.
· " 'Many were lhe discussious w y
parents had together in the early days
of my mother's literary life, i;ouccrning her poems, n.nd it was to my father's advice and suggesUon nt th:it
time, I think, that she owed much
or her beauty and finish of diction.
" 'I remember very well a discu. sion of several days over a line 111
the poem enlitled 'The Watch of
Boon Island.' My fat,her objected at
first to the col!oquia!lsm 'ail' in the
last line of one vrrsc as marr! ll!l' the
general effect. nnct many alternatives
were tried; but none seemed to be
satlsfacl,ory, so there the words stand
to this day:
" 'Sailors ~nd landsmen look, and womcn·s eyes,
For pity rendy, . carch in vain the
night,
And wondering neirvhb r unto neighbor cries,
'Now what, think you. can ail Boon
Island light?' "
The 'l'liaxLl'rs and Drowning
"In 'A Guide-Book to
Works
the Poetic
of Robert
page 105, lie mentions
Thaxter has written of her husband's case. Time has changed all the e admirrilion for Browning's
poetry: ters to the same shade as the rest of the
stone, so that unless the stone be wet
'Mr. Thaxter's admiration of Brownor the light just right they are very
itHfs genius developed in early youth,
hard to decipher. In the
morning,
and h' was already a devoted stL1- however, before the sun gets high, they
dent ,r his
poetry
long before
show plainly.' The best statement of
Browning·i; 11ame had become familiar the facts as to how Browning came to
in th1, country. His enthusiasm was write the epitaph will be found in the
som<' 1llini::- bcauLiful, and it grew and last published volume of Browning.'
s trcn :; U1cncd with every year of his
"The significance of this stone
ls
lile. T•J his cle1.r mind
the poet's that it makes Robert Browning, who
mean1111t was always perfectly lntel- was a very great man and a beloved
ligihl . nd he had the
power of English poet, more of a living reality
maki11•~ others 1111clerstnnct without an forever here In Kittery and America.
eITort I ho !'lublleLies o[ lhe master's Here in this littl cemetery, in a quiet
most mystic utterances.'
town, we have this distinction-that we
'·Mr. Thaxt"r gave readings from have l.Jeen so happily honored, first with
Brownin in Boston which were re- the grave or on who in his life was a
,:mnlr<I ,.<; qul 1.e 1emarko.ble in the student and a follower or the poetic
v;ay o[ a ch~ar interpretation. A boul- master, and an example of Browning's
dcr ()U th' !.\folne seacoast. mnri{s his thoughts, to one who professed to have
grave, •rnd for this monument Brown- understood those tho..ights, the undering wrote the following line., :
standing coming as it must come in all
"Levi Lincoln T.haxter. Born in such cases, from a sympathetic readmg, from contemplation, from a love of
Wal,e1 L0wt\, Massach.usetts, Pel:>rua1·y
those ideas and the ideals o! the soul or
1, 1821. Dircl l\fny 31, _1_8_84_._ _ _ __
Robert Browning.
Thou, whom these eyes saw nevorl
A Unique Memorial
Say frlenct.s true
Who say my soul, helped onward hy
"We do not now know of any other
my song,
epit'.lph written specially by
Robert b'1!.;6t;i, ....,
Though :ill unwtt,tlngly, hoa hc•lpcd Browning. Anything just like
this
thee too?
therefore does not exist anywhere else
I gnv of but ~ht' Little that I kn.:w: in the world, that we can now say. And
How were th gift requited, while to this honor In itself, we have the
long
added words o! the poet in that subtle
Life'11 path I pace, couldst · thou form of expression so full o! the personality or the writer as to be typical of a.,s•1t..:..~,·.
makr weakness strong!
Heli, me with knowledge-for Life's his attitude and representative o! his
thoughts.
,
Old-Death's New!
"And the stone is quite as characterR. B. t.o L. L. T., April 1885.
istic of Levi Lincoln Thaxter as the
"This poem was first
printed Jn
epitaph is characteristic of
Robert
1
Poet-L 1re for August, 1889, an accur- Browning.
11te copy being furnished for publica"Mr. Thaxter needs no greater tribtion b.v Mrs. Thaxter.
ute than to be remembered as one who
had an early insight into the lofty
The "Browning
lone·•
meaning of the English master, for it
"Thi~ IJoul<ier on l,he Maine seacoa.5t
referred 1,o is within the old cemetery ls now regarded perhaps that Browning i..:J,ff;~•,...,·
has best interpreted h!msel! in his genopposite the Congregational Church at
Kittery Point, close to the stone wall erous reference to Shelley, which is
taken to have been an expression of hls
on the left of the road as one thereabouts turns to the right to go to the own spiritual aim in poetry: 'I prefer
Gcrr!st1 mansion. It is an irregular to look for 'the highest, not simply the """'"'y·''"''.'""·
high,' he said.
shaped stone not much more than three
~tr. Thaxter And His Wiro
feet, ahove Lile ground. One cannot
reRd the inscription readily, and
it
"While Mr. Thaxter was ·quite a little
would l>e quite impossible to make out older than his wife, as I have shown,
ail the words if one had never
seen the dLparity in no way interfered with
lhem in print,. John Thaxter stated their happiness. He evidently readily
that to wet the stone aids one in deci- recognized the talents of his
young
phering- the lettering. Close by is the bride from her childhood, and she apgrav of Charles Eli'>t
Thaxter,
a i,ears to have profited constantly from
grandson, th son of Prof.
Roland her association with him. Her whole
Thaxl<>r of Harvard. There is a beau- life work, so far as one may now see
tiful r fercnce to this young man as
into it, was based on his help, at least
child, in the "Letters of Celia Thaxter", in construction and in expression. We
at p,g, 206.
probably owe a very great debt to him
for many or her inspirations.
And
The Sclcetion of lhc Slone
probah!y also we are indebted to him
"Ot the select,ion or this stone for a for the broad spirit that is shown in all
monumeut, John Thaxter t.old me: 'I or Mrs. Thaxter's verses and in her
don't remember exactly the year the letters. In 1880 he purchased the Cutts
stonr was set up, but I think it was in farm on what has long been known as
lBll'i. There is nothing especial
Lo C..itts lslai1d, and hrre he spent his
stat,, o bout its selection. It l~ a beach summers until his death in 1884.
bo,,ldcr nnd came from the shore uear
A Poetical Tribute To A l'oet
Brav Boat Harbor. We had It becausP my father disliked the conven"My own tribute today in verse to
t!on<il modern cut stones in common use Cella Thaxter seems most inadequate.
for grwestones. The lettering was U she may hear me read it, she will fordon~ hv Mr. Hobbs of South Berwick: give me its imperfections and my llmtIt l~ commonly asserted that the let- tatlons, and accept Its spirit.
ten, have worn down so as to be almost
lileglble, but such is not exactly the
�To CELIA THAXTER
(Born June 29, 1835; died Aug. 26, 1894)
Lonely loving child; woman pure and
fair,
Giving simple words their
meanings;
We in return would fitting thoughts
declare:
Gratitude for modest heartfelt gleanings. ~ - - - - '
/
Free lighthouse child, and island singer
clear,
Whose every note had charm and
hopeful yearning,
Singing of earth-love, deepest tones we
hear·
Now, love and praise we would be returning.
,
"Because of Thee"-because of s..1ch we
sing;
That "The Sunrise Never Failed" for
you we· know;
Because of these, this tribute now we
bringFor all those songs of yours, we love
you sol
•
JUSTIN HENRY SHAW
. Ship Model Exhibit Plimned
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 18An interesting exhibition of old
ship models wlll be held at the old
Warner House on Daniels Street,
here next week. Exhibits wlll be
chosen from collections of Mr. Templeton Coolldl!'e and Mr. Henry
Vaughan.
TELLS OF SCOPE
OF LIBRARY
Miss Hannah Fernald Gives
Address Before' Rotary
Club
Miss Hannah E. Fernald, librarian at
the Portsmoath Public Library, · gave
the members of the Rotary Club a most
informative talk at their weekly meeting at .the Rockingham Hotel thls noon
on the scope of the libraary and the
great part it plays in the everyday life
of Portsmouth. She told of the great
increase in the ,use of the library during the serious unemployment period,
due to the fact that people were reading books to pass away their leisure time
and from which they could learn how
to use the knowledge they possessed in
gainful work at home.
Miss Fernald spoke of Sam Walter
Foss, author of "The House By the
Side of the Road," himself a librarian,
and said that the library should be "a
house by the side of the road and a
friend to man." She read a list of unusual requests for information which
daily come to the library and said that,
whatever else a librarian might suffer
from, it cer·tainly was not monotony.
In this connection she said that people
were m..1ch better for having alert and
inquisiti~ minds.
Webster's Dictionary and the World
Almanac, she said, were the two most
used books in the library, 11.nd also told
of the complete magazine section, with
over 50 magazines corning to the ll- ""'··•'v·""'
brary every month, all ot which are
kept on tile, with a magazine Index
which enables people to locate articles
in the different periodicals. She spoke
of the collection of books on Portsmouth and by Portsmouth authors and
of the great collection of mounted pictures.
The children's section was mentioned and Miss Fernald said the children take out an average of
20,000
books a year. The fine work of the
Girl Scouts in keeping the Wentworth
Home and the Home for Affed Women
supplied with reading matter last winter was highly praised. She said that
90,000 books were taken out last year
and that so far this year the figure is
running about 2500 ahead of the same
period last year. She spoke of the
great demand for non-fiction
books
during the past year, saying that
books on the social sciences, useful
arts and history were being taken out In
larger number than ever before.
She said that the average modem
novel was good and mentioned some of
the more modern ones which are entertaining as well as instructive, and said
that people can read
good fiction
witho.it bothering wfth trivial things.
She concluded her talk by saying that
if every book taken from the library
gave a little light which we could see
Portsmouth would be a bright place,
indeed.
Miss Fernald ·was h1ti·oducerl
B. T11Lcn, chairman for
�first Printer
In Portsmouth
JDdilor's Note:-Whcn lbe read·
en, of Community Comment realize th-at Lhe original printing ruacbine of Daniel Fowle was iJbout the
same size all(l appearance of au old
fashioned book prcsH il can eas ily
be imagined the dUlicullies of early
printers. Mr. O'Brien has named
his book shop al 150 Slate Slreet,
Portsmouth, a[ler Daniel Fowle to
perpetuate his memory in the minds
o[ Porlsrnout h people.
The people of Portsmouth are
very proud of its old houses and
antiquities, and rightly so, but few
of them know that this cily can
also boast of having had the first
printing press in New Hampshire.
Daniel li'owle, the first printer,
came to Portsmouth a[lcr a period
of conflict wit 11 the Massachusetts
House of ReprcscntativCf;. Fowle
was born in Charleslown in 1715,
and served his apprenticeship with
'\ printer in Boston. II e commenced
business for himself in 1740, and
two years later eutcrNl a partnership with G:unalicl nogers. Together they pul,liHhed an <'<lilion n[ tho
New Testament (lhc llible was not
printed in English in Norlh Americ-a unlil 1788), the I\ merican Magazine, and a uewspapor, the Independent Adverlizor. This partnershill was dissolve-cl in 1750 and
Fowle carri<'ll on the bu siness
alone.
He was early addicted to the
cause of liberly, and in 1754 wrote
and published a pamphlet called
''The Cub Now Lick'!: or, A New
Story of an Old Monster," allacking lhe excise laws.
In the same
year he was arreslc<I by warrant,
signed by the Spcalccr of the
H ouse o( Represent at ivcs, on s uspicion of lla,•iug printed a pamphlet,
entitled "The Monster of Monsters"
by ~'om Thumb, Esq. which severely criticized several mPmbers of
t11at body. Ile was ex-am ined before lhe 1Iu11se , and was commillecl
lo jail where he remainccl for some
Upon his relcnse he wrote and
published -a pa1111ihl<'l called, in tho
long-wirnl<'rl Cashion o[ the limes,
"A Tolal l•,rlip~<' oC Lih<'rly: being
a True and 1°:iithful Account o( the
Arraignment, & l~xaminalion of
Daniel Fowle before the IIonourIIousc of Ilepresentatives of lhe
Province of the Mas~achusetts Bay
barely on Suspicion of his being
concern'd in Printing and Publishing -a Pamphlet, intilled the Monster nf Monsters: Also, his Imprlso nmcn ancl Sufferings in a Stinking
Slone Gaol, without lhe Liberty or
Pen, Ink or Paper, and not allowed
to see hi s near est Friends, nor to
\V-ril<' a T.i110 to his Wife: with
many olhe r Incidents and Aggravations: which shews it to be Monstrous Treatment, Wrilleu by HimRc lf, Boslnn, 175:i. (See ".Journal of
Mass. Hay" for lhis year).
His affairs clid not prosper and in
.July, 1756, h e removed to Portsmouth, having receiv d enco uragement from - several inlmbilants of
lhis lown, anrl set up his printing
husiuess in an old house at the corner of Howard and ·washington
streets. Ile commenced publishing
lhe New Hampshire Gazette and
Historical Chronicle, October 7,
1756, and continued, wilh some
short interruptions, until his death.
In 17G4, h e look his neph ew, Robert
Fowle, into partnership, under the
11ame or n:111 iel and Rob ert Fowle.
This con11<'ction continued until
1774, when -a difference in political
opinions caused their separation.
Fowle did Jillie business, except
printin g lhe newspaper, the state
laws, and a few pamphlets.
S~on
after his selllement here he was
appo inle<l a .J11slice of the r race by
Governor Benning Wentworth.
Although Fowle was an ardent
patriot, some of the more zealous
Whigs of Portsmouth thought him
loo timid in his denunciations of
variouH forms of Brilish tyranny,
and in 1764 lhey assisted 'I'homas
Furber, who had been one of
Fowe·s apprentices, in founding an other weekly paper, the "New
llamvshire Mercury and Weekly
Advertizer."
In 1765, the Stamp
Act was passed by Parliament, requiring among other Lhings the use
o( stamped paper for lbe printing
o[ n ews papers. On October 31,
17G5, lhe New Hampshire Gazette
appeared with a black border
around it, au emblem of the loss of
liberty, and the printer stated that
he s hould publish it no longer, as
he would not submit to the unjust
tax.
Altho ugh Fowle h-ad thrown in
his lol with the patriots he was
called to account for publishing in
Jaunary 1776, a long communication
[rom Jnnins (Sir Philip Francis),
which was intended to influence
pnhlic opi nion in favor of adherence
to England, and in which the hopeless ness of the cause of the patriots
was stro ngly pointed out. In September of the same year, Robert
Fowle, a wellknown Tory, who had
moved to Exeter, and thore establi s hed another newspaper called the
"New-Hampshire Gazette," was arr es ted and conffned for counterfeiting paper currency issued by the
new State of New Hampshire. His
goods were confiscated, but after
the war he returned to Exeter and
sought the restoration of his property.
Portsmoul4 at that time was a
very wealthy town and many of its
leading merchants were reactionary Tories. General Sullivan, who
In 1775 vras here making preparations (or the defense of the town, 1:·..:.~,,.,.;n-1r,,.:
was greatly annoyed by them and
wrote to General Washington:
"Thal infernal crew of Tories, who
have laughed at Congress ........ walk
lhe streets with impunity, etc." He
was empowe red by Washington to
seize every officer of government at
Portsmouth who had given proof of
un(riendliness towards the cause of
the patriots.
A character of those days was an
old negro, called Old Prime, who
was Fowle's assistant.
Through
long service in bending over the
press, he was bent to an angle of
;about forty-five degrees. Brewster,
in lhe "Rambles" tells the story
of Mrs. Fowle's funeral: 'Prime
mourned the loss, of his mistrei.s
and called her an old foo1 for dying. At fl\nerals, it was the custom for the negroes of the famiur•~-"1;"",;;;,11
lo W'-tlk at the left hand of eacL
white survivor, among the chief
mourners. Prime should have gone
on the left of his master, Mr. ••~Y.!c.''.c~•;,~-,;-;.'~
Fowle, but h e weI!t oi: the right.
His master whispered, "Go the oth- M..-~,"',~~+.:.~11
er side." Prime did not move. His
master touched him and whispered
again, "Go the other side."
This
was too much. The old peppery negro spouted out, as loud as he
could, "Go tudder side ye sef, ye
mean jade." '
Daniel Fowle died in 1787, and
was succeeged in business by John
Melcher, one of his apprentices. It
was said of Fowle by a contemporary, that: "he was a correc t printer
and industrious.
h e was pacific, agreeable in his
manners, liberal in his sentiments,
and attached to the c-ause of his
country."
On the centenary of the first publication of the New Hampshire Gazette October 7, 1856, a public ceI- ._.__,..,.;;,:...,;,~......:~:L...~:fU....,;.,t,
ebr-ation was held by the city of gi
Port1:1mouth. The streets were dee- I!:=
orated, speeches were made by the
1 ading citizens, and Fowle's printing 11ress, said to have once b~longed to Benj. Franklin was drawn
throu gh the streets on a float. The
press then belonged to the descendants of John Melcher. It passe1d
clown through several hands to the
late Hon. Frank W. Miller, and
later Israel P. Miller attempted negotiations to present it to the New
Hampshire Historical Society; but
�Wlt.L EXHIBIT
PAINTINGS
Russell Cheney, nationally known
artist, who has adopted Kittery as his
permanent home because of his k>ve
for this section of the country and the
"'"""-' ....,. abundance of subjects !or his work,
_,_,..... Tm 1s t.o have about 25 of his pa.intings
on exhibition in the Addison Gallery
of Art at Phillips Andover Academy,
.......,.,., .-..,;~ the showing opening on Saturday and
continuing to Oct. 28.
The majority of the paintings- which
he will show at Andover were painted
'
in Portsmouth or Kittery and he has
carrlec? lo the canvas. all the brilliance
of our New England sun and the
charm of locar landscapes. Some or
hi& paJ.nUngs a.re bright. with color
while others have the sombre effect
or liver fog or Ure d'uliness of II gra:r
ran &llernoon. To some subjects. he
has gNen a very liberal treatment.
sacrificing a. bU of detail !or a splash
of eo!or wh!Ie others adhere gtncUy
to detail and when 'tiewed from a
distance p~ent almost the same effect as a coloftd phGt,og:raph with a.n
extra clash of realistic retouc.hing.
Mr.
Cheney is • descendant of
Cheney :Bnl6. lilt. manu!a.c.turers. his
father and grandfather both having
been president.s o! the company. He
graduafed fiam Yale University with
the Class: oC 1904 where he was a.
member o! Ule Arl. SudenW League.
Ee was president
of the league tn
19ll.
ms first. Ne"R" Yorlc s ~ of
pafnHngs was in the Babcock G ~
in 1921 and since
then
exhibited
there in 1922, 192!i and 192.7. He exhiblled in the Montross Galleey in
New York in 1928. 1930, 1932 and 1934.
H~ has paintings. en exhibition now
In the Grace Hom Gaillery in Bo.ston.
in the Morgan Memorial in Harlfol'd.
Conn.. the Newark,. N. J. Arts Mixsemn,. the San Pn.nclsco Pll.lace ot
Pine Arts. the One. Man Exhibition in
the Portland, Me., Museum, the Provf<f.ence.
School of Design. ih~
San
Fra.ucfsco Pa.Iace of the Legion o!
Honor, the San Diego Museum, the
MDseum of. Ne Mexico the San Antonio. Tex. Museum and the Ya.le Arts
Muse=I and he also sllowed at the
Chicago World's Fil.fr Ia.st. year and
has' a:aother pttfntfng at- this Jea.r's
fa.fr.
He studied m Parls and in Venfce
a.nd hM painted many ptet~ fn
E'llrope and
o! lhe United
m many
states.
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The Art of Russell Cheney
By Dorothy Adlow
sense of responslbll1ty and an Increased momentum. His painting becomes animate, vigorous. There
seems to be some purpose In It.
If we wish to characterize Mr.
Cheney's most recent work, we may
say without pondering at great
length that it is inspired by Cezanne
and ideas which he engendered. Mr.
Cheney has learned to convey more
to the canvas per square Inch, to
give a full realization to the shape
and growth and deterioration of
trees, the expansion, the Jumpiness
the variations in the terrain, the age
and weather-beaten charncter of
rustic homes. Getting down to essentials, portraying the ·subject iu,
concretely as It is seen and felt by
the onlooker, Ignoring non-essentials
-these are methods taught by the
Important moderns. They are characteristics which cannot be Imitated·
each artist must attain them through
an evolution of style.
Those who know New England will
feel ;the win.try chlll, the threatening
skies, the loneliness of old roads the
tranquil beauty of Mr. Cheney•s'plctures. New England answers subject
demands of modernism adequately;
no r!oubt we shall see it portrayed a
great deal h1 the new brusque 1m•
pelling idioms In the next rew y~ars.
HE Addison Gallery of Amer•
ican Art at Andover, Mass.,
will present a series of one-man
exhibitions by contemporary New
England artists who have already
gained some distinction. For initial display in the series they are
showing oils by Russell Cheney.
Dates have been l!sted carefully
on the catalogue, so that we mo.}
follow the progress of this painter
over a period of years. This added
information is helpful, for it indicates the direction of progress o!
the artist, and the emergence from
experimental attempts to a personal ' style. Mr. Cheney Is a mod-'
ernist in schooling and temperament, and we may note in his pictures abmpt changes of s;y1e, variations in sentiment, and a gradual
self-assertion. Modermsm has offered m11-ny a challenge to the young
artist, threatening often to break
his convict10n. It has encouragert
11aste and charlatanism. The only
painters who have been able to resist its onslau'ghts are those who arc
genuinely artists.
Russell Cheney shows one canvas
painted in 1916. The interest In scenic
beauty which persists to the most
recent canvases is manifest. But he
is contented with little. The color Is
limited in range, the forms are flat,
the mood sedate. By the end or a
decade, he has found himself painting in wider range of color, with .,_....,___...,.i..;....aa;.:.l""'"lillll,,.__...,._..._..,."t,
greater emotional conviction and
with considerable warmth. The colors
are pale and !llusory, the effect is
delicate, the atmosphere idyllic.
Within a few years a quite momenThe list of paintings by
tous If not violent change occurs In
his style. Mr. Cheney is emboldened, Cheney, Kittery arlist, which are on
replaces flatness with roundness exhibition at the Addison Callery
brightens the color, articulates tex- Phillips Andover Academy, ha.s been
tures and exhibits throughout a issued and among the 27 paintings the
greater joy in painting, a deeper nat1011a1ly known painter has on
hibition there are 16 local views,
painted in Kittery or Portsmouth.
The paintings showing local scenes
are I:Iutchlns Corner, Point O'Graves,
Chocolate Daisies,
Meeting
House
Square, New Hall'lpshire Barns, Our
Woodshed, Beal's Barn and Boat House,
Kittery Point, Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth, White Peonies, Se'.l Breeze,
River Morning, Tom· Pritleaux, Bolt
' Hlll Road, McLcary's
Woods,
Bra' Boat Harbor Road.
Mr. Cheney's exhibition is the
of a series of "one man" exhibitions by
contemporary New England arlists
who have already attained distinction
In their profession. The plantings on
exhibition are not limited to current
work, but are a. caref.:il selection from
stages in the artist's develop-
T
KITTERY ARTIST
HAS EXHIBITION
�:FRANKLIN SITE
FIRST LOCATED
AT DURHAM
Original Settlers laid Out
City At End Of Pisca"
taqua Bride
One or two houses were actually
built at Franklin but were lMer either
torn do wn <Jr moved away. Man'y of
the people who now live w'n ere . this
city was once \aid o_u t, haye' 11() , idea
that lhcy nre, liviJ?ff . oo ,th~ . lqGatio~
or
011c · of
the state's greatest
,.
"dreams."
In history, but, few latc>'r records <'f
Franklin City are made. Mention
made, however, of the owners nf
lots in 1825; nad May 28, 1829. Andrew SimpWn sold 25 Jots. But their
decreases in value is shown· by the
record or tnx nbatemrnt.s. One cf
these in the Durliam records (lf 1821
runs as foJI 0\\·s : "Timothy Pinkham,
on land in Frnaklin City, $3.15."
The plan of Franklin City became
the property of a M,s. Alley wl1o also
ownrcl the 1:rnd where the phnntom
cily was to have been built by
grrs.~ive founders.
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Sept. 5-Th,~ city of
now located miles awny
from the sr,,oc, now a p;irt of t11is
town, where :t was first )l),·ntcd :ind
tor which cl ♦-:; a charter '· '?.S allr.wcd
w1der the .i.ct of incorpor-1:1011 pas cd
t,y the New E .11r.psh1rP. Le:~.~ ~t,u·e on
Dec. 14, 1796.
Franklin City was 1:uct ;•:t M tne
end of Plscataqm1 bridge m tlas tGWn.
Nathaniel •.Jvggswell
and· Thoma!<
I Pinkham, two or the ,/:l'o't;p· wno
,founded the ,::ty, petit.Jon ~J tl'le New;
1 Hampsire rjcgl~l'lture !or tlle inr.or; poration. 0£ 'f'r::.nklin proi)netary; to
I ~continue a tc,dy politic J.lld· .:orpor1 ste by that TJ.ame forevt>r."
' The bill of mcorporation authorizea
' Ebenezer Th.impson oI f),1,l1a.n1; to,
call the first, mcetmg or · tnc· 9rnprletors, or, In case o! his J'nilur~,Ebenezer
Smith, of the same town. TI,i.s pr0ce-'
dlire makes plnln tl)at the early settlers wanted to m'lke sur that their
plans were carrled out.
Franklin City .vas I J,mclcd by men
specially interested in
trade
and
shipping. In the flrsl qnartr.r of the
18th century many vess<'l~ we1e buHt,
not only on n,e wnarves m Durnam
village, but at Plscntaqun bridn;e. The
cmlmrgo and the ~ •ar of 1812 were a
great check to this
buo;iness. but
mention is made of two privnteers
built at the bridge by Andrew Simpson of Durham clurlng that war.
As a matter of fact. this was the
first city to be organized on paper in
New Hampshire.
The plnn for the
streets, etc., was dnnn1 b. Denjnmin
Dearborn, a teacher :ind a reputed
genius at city planning.
Streets were named aftrr such "Nell
known people as washin{'ton, Jefferson, Montgomery, Warrl'n. Scammcl,
Plans prodded for a
tavern on what w:is to b~ linov.-n as
Market strrct; a meeting house en
Washington blrcet with
the State
House facin g it; the Court House
library were to be built. nearby.
GONE-THE OLD
HANDTUB
MUSTER
The New Hampshire State Firemen's Convention held here on Tuesday prompted a writer for the Manchester Union to produce some lines
on the old handtub musters which
PorLsmouth has figured in for many
years. Here is the Queen City editorial comment:
Down in PorLsmouth today the New
Hampshire State Firemen's a.ssocia•
tion holds its 37th annual convention,.
There will be a smart parade o! upto-date apparatus, a concert and ball,
and other entertainment. Everybody
will have a good time, and the round
table talk undoubtedly will be pro•
ductive of much practical benefit. But
there will be something missing- l•l•~~~.,.il.:7!f .."i,i,".;.
something that used to be a hearty
feature of New Hampshire life 50 or
60 years ago, the old "hand tub" muster.
Nothing has taken the place of itand nothing ever will-for Intense
rivalry and for picturesqueness,-and
for the effect of those brilliant red
helmets on small boys. The youngsters vowed to be firemen when they
grew up; and after a stirring day,
trying valiantly to keep up with all
the fun. they went to bed to dream of
huge writhing lengths of hose spurting lofty fountains of water and a
giant in a shiny slicker of new rubber
towering over the
scene bellowing
"Break 'er
down,
boys-break 'er
dominating figure, of course,
was the foreman of the engine crew,
'>lll!or.,-,,,;,a111 who urged on
the huskies at the
pumps with a vociferation (punctua'1i&:'f~!it:~ilted with not a few expressive exple.
tlves) from his post on the top of the
.,.,....,...-.. ,...,.machine. But the two men who held
the nozzle were the mainstay of the
1.",1.k.,:t!J!'•f'••·;-twhole businc-ss; for If it wobbled, it
broke the force of the stream into
spray and much of the effort of the
pumpers was wasted. sometimes vlc.!'llia,11[,>!~,.tory was lost by a few inches.
certain of those old tubs won wide
renown by the prizes they won. They
traveled from one muster to another,
and were great drawing cards, crowds
coming from near and far to see them
"wet the paper" at a distance of 200
feet and more.
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The largest of these musters in the
history of the state, it Is believecl. was
held in Manchester, Sept. 15, 1859. It
lasted three days; there were 53 visiting companies in the parade.
One by one, the hand kits vanished.
Now there are only a few left. But if
any o! the old boys who used to "run"
with them happen to be in Portsmouth today, stirring recollections
apt to come to them.
"Break 'er down!"
�First Craft,.To·__Be- Assembled
And Named, lif !'Dry Dock
,Miss .·- Louise Matthews
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Today the U . .s. Qoast Guard cutter 27, 1934. The vessel will be placed in
Hudson · was christ ened in the Ports- b>mmission October 29, 1934, and will
inouth ·Navy ;{.ard and ' is the first ship leave the yard for final trials on No-of any 'kind to
be , assembled ·and vember 1, 1934.
named in the dry dock of the station. - The ' principal characteristics of the
S,h~r°tly ·.after il.30 , the exercises Hudson are:
opened with sel~ctions by the Amer!- · Len~th overall-110 ft. 6 in. ·
-can Legion t Barid . of this city which
Lengt h between perP.endlculars-104
volunteered its services in the absenr~ tt. 0 in.
of--'a iegula'.r Navy band.
Beam, molded..:.24 ft. o in.
The, :flood valves •of the dock l , ere
D epth, molded-12 ft. 7 in ..
opened ten minutes later when ., ··the
Draft, . maximum-About 10 ft. 6 in.
sponsor
Miss · _Louise · Matthewa,
Displacement at a mean dra-rt or 9
daught~r or Mr., and Mrs. E . . Curtis f t. n~ in.-290 tons.
Matthews; and launching p~tY<fr>}I;!;;_, .. :sh~t horsepower of
sembled on the launching •c'platfonn, ing machinery-WO
\vhere t she was presented. with ,,a silv,ei:; :Fun ·power speed-12 kno ts.
tea . set, a gift from.- the :<1iyili_an ,• e~
.An unusual method of construction
plo~ees : of · the · yard which v.:as pre-: has been employed in building the
i,ented- by Frank A. Rhodes a m&- Hudson. The main hull, up to and in- ,
~hinist employed
in - Buildipg 80. eluding the main deck, · was built in
Prr,,yer, ·was then offered by Liimt. E, Lhree sections . on the assembly plat- ;
G . .Hangen, Chaplain of the yard. ·.
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·' Jµst ·'at noon when the water reached,> th·e keel . Lieut; Commander T. · F.
O';Brien, C.. C., ·gave a,' signal by hand
to Captain J. W~ Woodruff, C. C., who
through the Commandant; Rear_ Ad~
mlral Chas. P. Sny.der, fnstructed the
sponsor , to christen the. ship. ·
1 Miss. Matthews ·wore ~ a pretty suit
. o! br&wn trlil).liled' with fur and hat
. to makh. She. carried ' a bouquet of
briercliff roses and used a bottle of
~ld , champagne in naming the ship.
, She was accompanied by Mrs: Wll. ilam _
c. Walton Jr., as \ matron or '
honor,
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.. :M:iss Matthews was · escorted to the
launching. stan·d ·bY Rear Admiral C.
P. Snyder. The launching party included besides 'yard 'officials who had
charge of th_e .( ship's
construction,
Constructor E? M. Kent of the Ooast
9u'\i.rd1 Headquarters, Washington, D,
C.; Capt, Gaobitt of the 1st District
Headquarters, Bostort, and Mrs. Gabbltt; ·capt. Usina o! the same district,
and Mrs. Usina.
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Sponsor for Coast Guard· Cutter
.- Tl;le Hudson is one of four sister
Hudson
shipii; three of which were recently
launch~d at • the
Charleston, , s. c.
form · of the Sh.!pfltter Shop and then
yard.
·•):'he contract was allotted to the tra,nsported by crane and flat car to
'Pprtsrnouth Navy Yard on December the keel blocks in the Dry Dock for
8, 1933, for
completion
in eleven final assembly, The Cutter ls in genmonths: ';['he keel was laid on June eral of riveted construction throughout.
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The York Transcript says:
sear and yellowed n ewspaper
bearing the date of Friday, October
J.7, 1879, found its way last week to
the off:ce of The Old York 1'ranscript
throu gh th e courtesy of E. F. Hobson
of York Village. Tucked away in one
of its c-olum11s was an enl!ghteuing bit
of information
concerning
Maud
Muller, the heroine c,f John Greenleaf Whittier's famous poem.
Maud Muller, it appears from this
ancient issue of The Union and. Journal, published at Biddeford, was a
York girl, a fact not generally known
l1ereabouts.
"Mr. Whittier's own statement of
the origin of his poem 'Maud l\lluller'
ls quoted by a correspondent of The
Springfield Republican. He was driving with his sister through York, Me.,
and stopped at a harvest field to in(JUire the: way.
"A young· girl raking hay near the
stone wall stopped to answer their inciuiries. Whittier noticed as she talked
that sh e bashfully raked tile hay
around and over her_bare feet, and she
Wa& fresh and fair. The little incident
left its impression and he wrote out
the poem that very evening,
"But if I had ha-d any idea," he said,
"that the plaguey little thing would
h ave been so liked I should have t.aken morn pain,; with it.
"To the
inquiry
as to tho tiLle
'Maud Muiler,' he said is was suggested to him and was not a selection of
his own. It came, he said, as the poem
ca me. Dut he gives it the short Ger~
man pronunciation as Mueler,
tJ-1:; br<,fl(l Yn nkee Muller."
A
�graves of Vikings, In 1903 Martin Cape Co sty e, Mrs. Warren said that
Pring and his company of men· in I.his style was built because of a desire
search of sassafras visited Portsmouth, to evade paying· a tax. ' There was a
j she said, anct eleven years later Capt. certain tax 01v two-story houses, but
·')1111 Smith visited this section.
Pie- this type, where the building was of
Lures of the monument at the Isles of two stories in front but in the back
Shoals, the monument at Odiorne's sloped to one·story, did not constitute a
Point, and early homes were shown. two-story building, so the tax was not
She then described the living condi- assessed.
Pictures of houses in this . section
tions of the early ~ttlers ancl. their experiences with the Indians, and told the shown, included the Jackson house, the
stories of Martha. Gerrish and Hannah Weeks house In Greenland, the old
Dustin.
State House on the Parade, Earl of
Fort William and Mary, the old Halifax Tavern, Wentworth-Gardiner
Garrison House at Dover, the old fort house, Jacob Wendell ho.1se, Boardat Exeter, .the first sawmill at Dover man house, Gov.· Benning Wentworth
built in 1629, and which Is probably th~ mansion, Lang-don ho.1se, John Paul
first sawmill in America, and the Grist Jones house and the Peirce mansion.
Mill were shown, with a word or two of
Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, president of the
c·xplanatlon about each. The pictur- Alllance, welcomed the group and incsque covered bridges, which at one troduced the speaker.
Following the talk tea was se.ved and
time provided the way of crossing the
streams of the state, and early a ·social time enjoyed. Mrs. Justin H.
churches, including the Newington Shaw and Mrs. William A, Walker
church, the old North Church In this poured and were assisted In, serving by
city and the stone church at the Isles I.he Misses Anne Hewitt, Mary Carter,
of Shoals, were shown.
Nancy Badger and Lila Peyser. , All
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Mrs. Wa11en told of the first organ- were dressed in colonial costumes, ··as
izcd government which was established were the speaker and Mrs, Rugg,
/ n Exeter in 1649, this being ,followed
h· Port.smouth, Dovc1"' a11d Hampton,
11t1ese four being known 11s the Little
n.rpnblic. She s1>oke of U1e Mason
Igrant
In this territory and the dlffic.1!Lies which rcsult,cd.
In discussing the salt boic type of
dwelling, which Inter developed into the
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GIVES TALK
·~- 'ON COLONIAL
NEW HAMPSHIRE
!Yrs. fieorge Warren Speaks
Before Unitarian Alliance
M
rs. George Warren of New Castle
was the spe:iker before the Women's
Alliance of the Unitarian Church at the
.
[>ansh
hotL~c on Tuesday aft,crnoon.
Her subject was "Colonial New Hampshire", and as this was of interest. to
others than those belonging to the organlzatlon the meeting was open to
anyone wishing to nt,t,cnd.
The lecture was illustraten with slides
many of them familiai· to tllo•e
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at,te n d mg the lect.nre, as many of the pietures were takei1 . t .
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stat~.
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In beginning her I t . M.
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cc .iie rs
::u·P '
e Norsemen wh,, ,•: rid
believed to have visited these ,,1111rr s
between the years 900 and l00fJ SI
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showed n picture of a place In Hn mpton where_ crosses are
carved
i11to
sto
ne, which some believe marl< the
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FREDERIC E. EVERETT,
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Stale Highway Commissioner ~
CHARLES
Honorary Chairmen
F. CLYDE KEEFE, Dover
OREN V. HENDERSON, Durham
ALBERT E. HODGDON, Newington
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Engineers
& THORNDYKE,
Boston, Mass.
FAY, SPOFFORD
Contractors
Foundation: CRANDALL ENGINEERING COMPANY,
Cambridge, Mass.
Superstructure: LACKAWANNA STEEL CONSTRUCTION Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Eleclrical: .JAMES WILKINSON & Co., Boston,
Mass.
Sub-Contractors
C'onerelc Bridgcdcck and \Valk: F. . CONANT
& SON, Newburyport, Mass.
Pain ling: BUFFALO S1rnETIN(; AND PAINTIN(;
COMPANY, Buffalo,
. Y.
BB.. LAMY RIVER BRIDGE
Engineers
& 'l'!JORNDYKE,
Boston, Mass.
FAY, 8l'OFFOIW
General Contractor
w AIUUrn
1;1wTJI 1ms l{l)i\llS COM !'ANY,
Cambridge, 1\Im;s.
Sub-Contractors
Piling: RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE COMPANY, New
York, N. Y.
na~rnle Draw Bridge:
LACKAWANNA STEEL CON-
STRUCTION Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
~leclrical: .TAMES WILKINSON & Co., Boston,
1\Iass.
�General Committee
WILLIAM A. CROCKETT, Dover
EDWARD D. SMITH, Dover
CHARLES H. PETTEE, Durham
CHARLES WENTWORTH, Durham
J. Guy SMART, Durham
Lours C. BEAN, Newington
SIMS FRINK, Newington
STILLMAN A. PACKARD, Newington
10 :00 A . 1\1., Wednesday, (Standard Time)
The sounding of a bugle from the center
of the bridge will be the signa l for the
representatives of Dover and Durham, escorted by a guard of U. S. Marines, to proceed to the center of the bridge and there
meet and exchange greetings with the representative of the Town of Newington, who
will approach from the Newington end of
the bridge, escorted by the Navy Yard
Band.
10 :10 A. 1\1.
Cutting the ribbons at the center of the
bridge .
The Red, by Philip Christopher Keefe,
son of F. Clyde Keefe.
The White, by Edith Margaret Hodgdon,
granddaug-hter of Albert E. Hodgdon.
The Blue, by John Henderson Hersey, 1
grandson of 0. V. Henderson.
10:20 A. 1\1.
Dedication exercises at North end of
bridge .
Information
Free parking space opposite the railroad tracks at
North end of the bridge.
No toll will be collected to cross either bridge from 9:00
A . M., Wednesday, September fifth, to 6:00 A . M., Thursday, September sixth.
Only those wearing "otricial" or "guest" badges will be
admitted lo Lhe bridg-e dul'ing- the exercises.
There will be no lraflic across the new bridg-e until
afte1· the exercises.
On account of lack of space at the bridge, the remainder
of the program, including a Military and Civic parade, will
take place in Dover al 2:00 P. M. (Standard Time).
There will be a baseball game belwt•cn the Hoyal Arcanum and Twin Stal<; teams al 4 o'clock, and hcl ween
the Clerks' and I. B. Williams' teams at 5:30 o'clock
(Standard Time), at Towle's Field, Dover.
There will be a band concert and fireworks in the evening at Towlc-'s Piel<!, off Silvt'I' street, 8:00 I'. l\1. (Standanb Time).
There will be band concerts clu1·ing Lhe day by The
Fifth U. S. Infanll'y Band, Ft. Williams, Me.; The U. S.
Navy Band, Portsmouth; The Pacific Mills Band, of Dover; The Dover Cadet Band, of Dover.
DEDICATION EXERCISES
CCUNCILOR CHARLES II. BRACKETT,
Presiding Chairman
BANDS
''INGING OF AMERICA
INVOCATION
Rev. David P. Hatch,
First Parish Church of Dover
PRESENTATION OF BRIDGE
Charles 1\1. Spofford
of Fay, Spofford and Thorndyke
ACCEPTANCE OF THE BRIDGE
Gov. John G. Winant
REMARKS
F. Clyde Keefe, Mayor of Dover
BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH
Oren V. Henderson,
Author of Bridge Legislation
"STAR SPANGLED BANNER''
The Bands
REMARKS
Sims Frink,
County Commissioner, Rockingham County
BENEDICTION
Rev. Fred S. Ruschmeyer, Durham
[NSPECTION 01~ BRIDGE
�crosses the Pistacaqua
TEARING DOWN
OLD BRIDGE AT
DOVER POI I
Work Started Today On he
Newington End Of Spa
,c
, ,
,
residents of both cities,
10,000 WITNESS DOVER
TIRIDGE DEDICATION
New Span Crosses River to Portsmouth
DOVER. N. H., Sept. 5-Residents of
Dover, Portsmouth nnd surrounding
town$, numbering more than 10,000,
were In nttendance this morning at
Dover Point to p11rlicfpai,e In lhe dedication ol the new $1,000,000 bridge over
the Pi~cataqua river connecting Dover
and Portsmouth.
Gov. John a. Winant accepted the
bridge In behalf of the estate. He was
escorted by the Portsmouth Navy Yard
band and a detachment of 100 marines.
Remarks were also made by Mayor F. C.
Keefe of Dover, 0. V. Hender.son of
Durham and Albert Hodgdo11 of Newington. members of the committee
named by the Governor to arrange the
exerci.ses.
Following the dedication there was an
old home dny celebration at Dover with
a three mne parade of 250 floats and
seven bands which wns reviewed by Gov.
Winant and his staff.
The wrecking firm of Merritt, Clinpman and Scott of New York today began the removal of the olcl hl~hwar
and railroad bridge between Newington ancl Dover Point which was 1mrchased over a year ago by the Slate
of New Hampshire from the Boston
and Maine Railroad.
The wrecking company submllled
two bids last summer; one was to have p,.;,;.;;;,;;;;;;;~;,;.;;.,.;;;;;.;...,;;,,;,,;~----...,.,.-"".""
the spa n removed by fall and the
other would allow the bidders until
June of this year to complete the
work. Undrr the last proposal the job
will be carried out.
Operations were
started
on the
Newington end of the bridge. Forrman
of the crew Is Armas Guyon o! Hampton who states that the bridge will be
cleared a way before the specified tln,e
in the contract.
/
�FINE NEW STRUCTURE DEDICA T
jRESSIVE C
NY AT
l(A[ION OF N .BRIDG
nitaries ·Present As Fine New Structure 'I
Opened to Traffic
~
-- --
Under a sky that seemed to have \ Albert E. Hodgdon, chairman of
cleated just for the event, a. tiny the selectmen of the town of Newtot iii a. dainty yellow dress ·and ington, with his granddaughter,
two young lads dressed in their Edith Margaret Hodgdon, accomSunday pest, splemnly cut three panied by ·a· Marine iuard, apribbons forming a temporal'y bar- proached hte ribbon barrier from
rier shortly after 10 o'clock this the Newington. end of the span
morning to officially open the Lit- while Mayor F. Clyde Keefe of Dothe Bay bridge at Dover Point as ver with his son, Philip Christopher
the first _event on the bridge ded- Keefe, and Represen~Live O. V.
ication program which brought Henderson of Durham, with his
thousands to the spot and still g,randson, John /Henderson Hermore thousands to Dover to take sey, accompanied by a Marine
part in the Dover Old Horne Day guard, approached the barrier from
celebration which followed.
the Dover end.
The bridge itself, rising high
Meeting at the ribboned gate,
above and. to the west of the old the delegations exchanged grcetstructure, was decked with bunt- ings and then the ribbons were cut,
ing and streamers of gaily colored the red by Philip · hristopher
flags and even though it is made Keefe, the white 'by Edith Marof granite, cement and steel, garet Hodgdon and the blue by
seemed to catch the festive spirit John Henderson Hersey.
of the occasion.
The two declgations then joined
Promptiy at 10 o'clock,"the bug- to marc'h back to the speal·ers'
!er from the U. S. Marine gul!rd stand which had been erected on
from the Portsmouth Marine bar- th~ Dover end of the bridge apracks, sounded assembly from the proach there to join Gov. John G.
center of the structure and then Winant, and members of his coun-
�;
I
Governor , ma n t, m
ese c os' L is my duly aml a sig nal h oncomng hours of your three-t c1·m adNavy or hrr nme of Lhc auU1ority vested
1inistration as the chief execut ive
;yard, and other invited guests vnd in me lo accept en behalf of the
I of our fair state, as you are leavgpeakers !or l he dedicntion exer- state of New Hampsh ire t h is Little
ing the abu s~ and har ds hips tha~
ci ses proper, which were open ed Bay bridge. :Much that the last
are a part of t he p enal t y of holdw ith ihe singing- p[ Am<>rirn with speaker h:i~ said I wish to support,
ing high office, it must be refre:ihthe mu. ical an·o 111p:.111iment by the inclu,!ing thanks lo hi mself.
ing to yo u t o be a mong y our friends .
"This
hridge
represent~
the
P ortsn;oulh Na\'y Yard hanrl, which
I express to you t he e ternal grati- ,_..~,-,., ..,.,:,,·:,·:"...~,,-'"'
t ogether wi l h the detail of 50 dreams o[ men who ha\'c l' :)Ughl
luclc of lhese good people and you
Marines had brl'n brou~ht to the ?.hm1t it for mr,;-e than a <teca<le.
can rest assured that you will alsite by bu~ ~c~ of llw Went-vorlh IL n,, ·.nl• ll!~ \· -~ ,:; of men who
ways be welco me h ere."
Bus Lin es of lhir Lily n, thnt com- l ::·.c> bl,nr,tl 1·.:th their h:i.ncl~ and
Repi:es en tative 0 . V. Hen de:·i:-in
it.
\\',
h11ill
:'.l
n
I
in!e
wh
en
work
pany's contri bul ic>n to lhe ccbbraof
Durham, was then intr6d·· :::i
wa :-, I. ti. I. ,, . rc.:~r~· l J ),· ... ; :~tion .
anrl rea d a splendid h ist:,ri~al
'l'hP in\'ocn t inn wa~ then gi\'cn menl aidl!d i!l ils ii.!:1.ancinj !:>~ ulsketch of lhe bridgf and its sm:!Jy the Re,·. ll :witl I'. !faltl1, pa•lor limately it is the people of the
ronnding territory "·hich w:::;
of lh Fir.-' l, . h c· .. 11°· ; "'tt lion - state who made it possible. It is
fo]j ,1y;s :
al <'hurch, the , l<I< .,L , I· 1 ·h in Do- th eir mon<>y that was spent , an d
,\ r,cr almost eight yc:-.r~
\Cr, following w hkh qouncilo1· it Is t h eir character and credit
]egi~lali,·e struggle fo r a
t
hat
allowed
us
to
get
money
in
Charles IL Brnckelt, who 1•rc si dcd
owned bridge ove r these waters
as chai r mnn of the Jedicalion ex- t he markel at a lower rate of in- and today to see the culminiation
ercises, introduced t..harlcE l\I. t erest thnn wo had dared hope, of l110~e efforts in lh':l fo:·n oC t h is
Spofford of the firm of Fny, Spof- 2.81 percent, as 1ow as any state
ford and Thorndyke , enginecrs, ever got money for in good or bad magn ificent structure. somehow
do es not g ive me t he urge to talk
who supervi secl the des ig;n and times.
couslruction or the bridge lo its
" Sometimes I think we forget bu t rat her to sit in s ilence and
completion. Mr. Spofford spoke ali the things that a re necessa ry co ntemplate t he great benefits to
be derived not only 'by the people
in part as follows:
in ~uch a project, the dreams, t he
"On behalf or the engine-NS who hard work at rlc~k and in the field of t his r eg ion but by the gene1·al
de•igncd anti su11en·iscd the con - and lo mo this bridge is symbolic p ubl ic as w ell .whom I believe will
. trnction of hle Lillie Bay Brirlge of things lhal are even more last- be induct ed by reason of this
it is now my privilege i.o slate that ing perhaps than this great struc• bridge t o see New Hampshire in
it is in my opinion ready for traf- tu r c will be. I could n ot help greater number s than ever before.
fic . It is an im110rtant connect- thinking a~ I awoke this morning At each end of this ibr idge, howing link in the great thoroughfare in the gray dawn and hoping that ever, there should be pl aced a sign
belween Porlsmoulh and DoYer, the ~un would shine. That rep- on which t h ere is an apology to
and Porlsmoulh, lJo\·cr an(l Dur- r esents lhe spirit of America. We our visi tor for the ne<;essity_ of
ham, and it is my hop C' that it will ha,·e alwnys hacl the courage lo collecting a toll and tha.~ it will
so serve for gencrnlions In come." see the sunshine behind the clouds. become a. free bri~ge when pa.id
· , ·,
lie then went into some of the And as lhis bridge will carry u s for.
The background of this bridge
slruclural details or lhc bridge, over lhis strnam in times of slorm
pointing out Lhnt it w11s free from as w<'ll as sunshine, it -ivill be a was la.id thre e hunderd eleven yea.rs
danger or firC', thnl I hC'r<' was a symbol of our failh to br) icve that ago when there was planted a setclearance nt low li<le of :i3 feet for we shall carry through because w e tlement her e at Dover Point that
a widlh of 100 [eel in the enler care for this state which was h as endured to this day and makes """"'--"'•'~
which was .fell alllplc for all navi- builded on lancl lhat God made it one of the oldest settlementai in
the state. Here the Hilton, with
galion but thal lho last span on goorl anrl which we love."
the Newinglon side was so conCouncilor Brackett then intro - a sma11 iband e\tablished their fish
slructed that should ocacsion nrise ducecl ~laror F . Clyde Keefe, weirs , brought their famili es and
for it, il could easily he i11ade into who ~r re111arks were in part:
made homes.
n swing span by l he in s tallati on of
As t he s ettlement grew
"Thi s i~ a happy day for New
the turning device and power and Hamp:;hire's oldest municipalily, p ros,p er ed, there went fo1·lh ha1·dy
one more pil'r. He pointed out ancl it is my pleasure and privilege pioneers with their families to
that more than 2,000 Ions of slcC'l on behalf of Don•r lo welcome yo u. make new settlements a long the
·and 1500 cuhic yards of New This hricl ~c marh the gntcway to str ea ms flowin g int o Little and
IIanq1shire r;ranile wenL int,, its the whole easl side of New Hamp- Great Bays . Soon vilta'g ~~ s prang
building nnd add ed '•in spite of shire with iis ,·alleys, rivers, hills, u p at the head of tide water of
the fact thaL it 9,•as buill at a dif- lakC's anc\ mountains . It i!! a thes-e seve ra l. st rea ms-Dover on
ficult time, I am happy lo say that monument to lhc old Donir Point the Cocheco Ri\ler; Durham on t he
it was compleled al a cost well be- settler who fought that they Oyster River; Newmarkell on the
low the eslimate.''
should not be cul ofi" from the rest Lam pr ey River and E~--te-r on the
He pointed out the difiicully en- of lhc SC'lllclllenls.
Exeter R iver. Transporta tion ·was
countC'red i:1 putting in Lhe piers
"The locnlion of Lhe bridge a t by wa ter but as t ime elapsed, peoand paicl a lr ibule to the Crandall
this point also typifies lho power pl~ began to go back into·_the counEngineering Company of Camof compromi. e between gentlemen try ~wa y from tide wat er, when
bridge, l\la~~ -, whi ch did lhis work .
entered inlo, in a spiril of fair fina ll r there came a time conta$t·
He also paicl n lri buLc to the field
piny and friendly cooperalion and was m ade with settlemen ts up aµd
force of the Lackawanna Steel
1 wi. h lo pay a lributc lo lha t leg- (:o wn t he Merr imack River, s~
Conslruclion Co111pa1)y for their
islalor, ~cholar and gcnllrma n, roads h ad t.o be la id ou fo connect
fine wc•rk during- the exlrl•mely
Rcprc 5cntalivc O. V . Ilcnd e,·. on, ::i 11 com munities with tide wat er
cold winler wealher. In addition,
thi~ num•
for his efforts. It was hi:; a ~si st- villages. Dover, one
ho spoke c>[ lhc coopcrn.tion re an r e that was im·nluablc. I wish be r , becam e a ci ty and is t oday 011'e
cei,·ccl hy his [i"1.1 a~ a whole from
al ~o lo extend my appe ~ialic,n to of t he largest and most pros pe1·ous
the stale au l hor it" cs at e,·cry
His Hon or, Gov~111or John G. Wi - cities in Sou theas t ern N cw Hampturn.
Gov. John G. Wi!iant. wa ~ next nant for his work as regard: lhe IJ.::~~-='?l"S'!l'~ ~~;r:r-:'I~~!'::~
location of the bridge at ils pres1~•..~•~:1iiiiJJintroduced Lo arc~pl the b ·it!ge
ent site. Let us gi,·e credit where
anrl his re111:i·,ks in parl were as
crcrlit i: due and take ofi our iats
_·c
of
�A& the fopulation of the· P,ro~ince increased, so also did the commerce on the Piscataqua River and
its tributaries·; A g1.·eat traffic also
deveJcyped, ,over the, ~oaps le_acling
to tha t.ide.:.water towns, so con·s e,•:
quently road problems arose. The'
first "better roads" demand came
!rom the people living on 'the lortg,
crooked highway be'tween Concord
and Durharn, when in 1791 they'
petitio,n ed the·.General Court to lay
out a s·h orter' az,d :rri'ore dir~t highway from Durham Falls to ,Concord. A few years later the question began to ·pe asked, "Why the
necen,i ty
the _loaging._and }:!.~·.
loading of goods at the·. Dul.!him
wharf? Why not , construct a
,b ridgb across the water and load
and unl◊ad at the Portsmouth
wharf;?" The result ~as that the
General Court passed an act au1thorizing the construction of the
Piscataqua :bridg~ from Fox Point
in ' Newington to Goat Island and
thence to 1t-):eader's N eek in Durham.' Work on the 'bridge began
in April, 1794, and was opened for
traffic November 25th, of that
J-u 5t when thi, agitation for a
modern, up,to-dat~ h:ridge started,
I_a~ unable to !!11-Y, but my acquamtAmce with the subject began
tw~nty years ago la.st June for
in the afternoon of the first Sunday I ever ~pent in New Hampshire
that Grand Old ·Man of the University, Dean Pettee and his good
wife invited Mrs, Hend-erson and I
Jo-~e. A_rI8~ J.u ~!lt !.~ti~ ~ar-
sioner · made an investigation and
reported to the 1929 session that
the building of a bridge a cross
these waters from Fox Point was
feasi·ble, practicable and desirable.
At that session, I introduced a
bill cnrrying out the provisions of
tne commissibner's report:· ... After
weeks of delay a henring was held
and after more weeks of delny, · I
was informed by Governor Tobey
that my bill could not proceed any
farther, because of the fact that
an $8,000,000 bond issue for roads
was to be passed and that it was
thqught not ad visable to add another million to the state debt.
My answer to the Governor was
that I guessed the veople of this
section, having paid toll to cross
privately owned bridges for 120
years and toll to cross by fenies
for another hundred
could wait and pay
longer.
riage. Th~ drive ·finally brought
us to the top of Atkinson's Hill,
From this vantag~ point, we obtained wonderful views of the Pisci.taqua and Bellamy Rivers and
Little Bay, while fartha • the
south were the waters 9f Great
Bay shimmering in the rays of the
setting sun and surrounding all
were great tracts of woodlan<l.
To us from the Great Plains beyond the Missouri River, it was a
magnificient sight.
I later learned that Daniel Webster in his travels from Portsmouth
to Dovei· was accustomed to alight
Of coune I ,rns disappointed
from his carriage on Atkinson Hill and whether to salve my wounded
to gaze at that view and it is said feelings
because there was real
that he pronounced it the most merit in the bill, I never knew, but
bridge WB.!! 2,362 feet long beautit'ul view in New Hampshire. the chairman of the appro11ria~(!m Atkinson's Hill we were tion committee, i\1ilan A. Dickinand 38 f~et wide. Three thousand
driv~n
to the s}:lores of Little Bay. 'son, preparer! and sent through a
tons of oak timber, 2,000 tons of
pine timber, 80,000 four-inch The good Dean pointed out an old resolution 11rovicling fo1· the ap planks_, 20 tons of .iron and 8,00-0 lbridge pier and said that a ibridge pointmcnt of a commi ~sion to make
tons' of stone were used in its con- used · to cross over to Goat Island further study of the bridge ques- ·
struction and ' its total c~st was and then to Fox Point, ibut that it tion . My bill ,,;as referred to the
we:nt out a few years ago. Later next legislature.
$65,947.34.
A commission was nppointed and
It was considered a masterpiece study of the matter revealed to me
that
the
Dean's
"few
years
ago"
after
three public hearings and
in. its.day, on · a,ccount of the difriimesligntion precult,y ' of its · construction across a meant about sixty years for it was comic!erable
abandoned
in
1855
after
portions
pared
a
report
recommending the
current of l(reat rapidity, and for ·
buildi1:g of a new bridge and rethe ·most part fifty-two ieet deep of it were carried away iby ice.
From time to time during the ferrecl 'the matter Lo the legislative
at high tide. •
This b'idge opened a new high- years followin't my first visit to session of l!J31. I again introduced
way· to Port~mouth and for sixty- the old pier, one would hear the a bridge bill and from the beginone years · greatly ·contributed to prediction that a new bridge would ning to almost the close of that
the pi'osperity. ~f that town, espe- ·be built there some day. There session it became the most sLrencially after th~ opening of the First was talk, also, of freeing the B. uously contested piece of lcgislaNew Hamp;hire turnpike in . 1803. & B. 'bridge-but nothing was done tion in recent times. The bill
'.l'he bridge gave way in 1830 and about the matter except 1:o talk passed, however, and became a law.
again in 1854;- but ·was repaired by and speculate as to how long the I pass over the next two years except to say it ·became necessary to
Messrp. Frink, ot. Newington, who B. & M. , bridge would last.
In the ·year 1926, I was elected further investigate the bridge queshad recently ~urohased it for $2,000, The dccreas·e, in value was as a ,repr·e se n t a t·1ve t o th e Genera I tion and by the time the 1933 ses1 in order to get some- sion met, additional legislation was
owing to the con'~t.l'-uction of rail- -Court,. and
w,ays )nto the , st~ie, _so ,vhen 600. thing definitely started, I intro- necessary, so I was asked to intro.f'ee.~ of bridge on the Newington ' duced;iin the 1927 session a House duce · another bridge bill which be·I., t ','R ,, t ·' t:
'd'
came a law authorizing the buildside
cl).r~ec! .{:way by ice in ,.,
.i.a,m ,, eso 1u ion prov1 mg for the
·ap'poihtmen'
t
of
a
commission
of
ing of this ·b ridge and a companion
1855, the 0\\?1'ers <;ould not aJl'ord
, ,.,. ' b
bridge over the Bellamy river.
to repair it,· and tqe portion left .th1·ee mem ers to investigate the
I
And I for one am glad that the
was later re.moved. Thus ended practicability and feasibility of
the First· New lfompshire Turn- ·c otistrµcting: a ~bridge o1irer , Little question has been definitely 11nd
finally sett] ed.
·
pjke ,as 11, ,thi:qughway to · Port!\- B.itY at ?f 11~ar t he site of the old
1
mouth. ,• ·t' ,-· ',• ' '' '
.. I
fis,-c"taqU'f'i~r.'!dge
and . providing
Because I was led to believe tht
The next ' J:;ri<ige to s·pan thes~ an appropriation of $500 for that it would be more difficult and costwater!$ was- ,buiii, ),y . the - Ports- pur.p6se·. · It passed the House and ly to build a bridge at Dover
,. ,t h.•e;· .:ienate
"
• due ·lime. Point, l11Y several bills prior to
m~utb, and Paver Ra.il,oad, now' :·h,i'~n t ··,.o-..t
1n
,d
·
tpe 1933 session provided for the
the :13, ~ ~-. a&•~ c;t;inpination rail- 0 ne ay the late Senator George
road 11,nd hi,ghway pric;lge, and was J. Foster· of· Dover came · and sug- building of a bridge at the locaopened for -t,11ffl<i fel>ruary 1, 1872. \ested·· ; that the resol~-tion ' be tjon of the original Piscataqua
It was pµrc~a.s'e 4 by th!) State in l\?n,en~ed by ~triki~g out the ap- bridge, but I want here and now
1933 for $275,000 and after today .);>roprfation and . the commission and for the first and I hope for
wi l ease a~ Ii highway bridge. For feature, and simply authorize the the last time, state my true posi~ix;ty: e yel!,tS it has contri)mted , s_· tate ,;;highway.,. commissioners to tion on the location of a bridge
across these waters.
greatly
-till~ c~mvenience of the 1na~!I· the ',investigation and report~~~~~~~~;;.:.,..__,_
u/i.velil'\g }\l?1l~ and to the pros- to the next legislature. This was l:!ilCL•'f-·.~'co
vericy \>.f tn;s region. '
01ie'_, and-;i1i' d~ ' time the .. commis-
of
was
or
�The question of location was of
minor consideration to me from the
'beginning for I foresaw that there
were three propositions of far
,i:!:eater i_!!l~or!,ance that grns~ be
sole! to a lcgislalure and the people of the state.
The first proposition was that a
new bridge was necessary.
There were people lhen and I
presume there are people now who
still maintaia that the old lbridg~
was good enough. That it was
foolish to spend one million dollars
on a bridge when it would do much
more good to spend it on highways.
The second was that it could be
paid for by tolls. To a people who
had freed more than fifty turnpikes
or toll roads and numerous loll
bridges, the idea of the slate going into the toll bridge business
again was repugnant and cbjections were freely expressed not
only in the lobbies and on the
floors of the House and Senate but
in many newspapers.
The third was that the shortest
and most direct highway from Concord to Portrn1outh must be re stored to the state highway system.
So it took several years to sell
the idea, but with thi, enactment
of my bill in the session of 1931, I
knew the fight was won-the three
major proposilions were defmitely
setLlcd. The first turnpike would
be restored and the slate and not
a private concern would do the
btiil<ling and the collecting and the
lolls would evenluuallr pay for
the bridge without adding a dollar
to lhe stale lax.
Rdng a son of lhc "l\tiddle Border," I had no ancestral sentiment
as to the location of the bridge,
but as a resident of Durham, however, it was my dream almost from
that first Sunday in
ew Hampshire 1.o see Durham res tored to it
old 1.ime position on the shortest
and most direct route from Concord to the sea at rortrn1outh-a
route 1.hat will e,·cntually become
a bouleYar<l, connecting the state
capital, the State Universily and
the state's great and only harbor.
Today, after twenty years, that
dream is a reality and I nm pleared
to be with you, and rejoice with
you over our great. good fortune
to haYe thi~ beauU(ul structure
and the imprcved higlrways leading
to it.
At this point Gov. \Yinant re-,
tu•·ned to the mirro r '1 one of lhc
public arl,!1 ~s sr , tc•n which had
been instnllcd for use by the speakers to enable the thron~ to hear
all the addresses and said :
"This bridge and all of the highway const;·uction is a part of the
State Highway system. There are
many men who have given their
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Jives lo this system and ils work.
Th ere is one who spent his life in
buildinJ?; up the highway system of
this di 1· ict, who is not with us
today, lJa : nuse death called him
and would like to i·equest that we
all stnnrl for one minute as a silcnl tr ihu t ~ to the memory of WilJiam A. Grovet·." The moment of
silent lrihute was gladly and reverently observed.
The final speaker on the program wns County Commissioner
Sims Frin,k of Newington, wbo
spoke in part as follows:
"I am deeply sensible of the
duty th-.L falls on me at this time
for a few words on behalf of the
town of Newington. Unfortunately my gn11rl friend, Repl'esentative
0. V. J1 endcrson and I did not
compare notes before coming here
ancl th1is some of the things which
I am ah011t to ~peak mr,y be a rep etition of part of what he has already so well discussed.
"The c>arly history of Newington
is closely interwoven with that of
Durahm and Do,·er, for each of
the~" ~et t lcmcnts claimed a part of
what is now our township. The
church which is in use in • 'ewington is the oldest Congregational
church to be in use by the Congregational assembly in America,
erected in 1712. The bell which
ha ngs in its tower was made in
En.cdand anrl ~enl to N ewi ng lo n,
N. H., as a gift of the citizens of
Newington, England. But the bell
became cracked and had to be re-
cast and when it was returned, we
of today, :ire proud to find that
thr work was done by Paul Revere
nnrl Snn, this hcing in 1807.
" 1 ewington
has the longeF.t
water frontr.ge of any town on
the Piscat.aqua river, and as such
ea r ly became interested in the
question of a bridge or bridges.
He then spoke of the various
bridges that have spanned the
stream up to the present structure
which was being dedicated, concluding "\\'ilh the advent of motor
traffic .'n<l the transport of passengers in h<'avy busses and of
freight hy large trucks, the pre~ent
new brirlc:P became an absolute necessity."
"Newinglnn is, we feel, really
the stepping stone between the
thriving New Hampshire sea.port of
P!'rtsmouth and the busy industrial
city of Dover. and t he bridge is
ano ther link in our east side highway, and we feel we furnish the
gateway to this east side scenic
section. We hope that this bridge
will increase our traffic immense
and thus inc1 ea5e the prosperity of
our section."
·
'rhe "Star Spangled Ban ne r,"
played by the Navy Yard Band,
and the benediction by the Rev.
F reel S. Bu. hmeyer of Durham,
pastor o! the D_Ul·ham Co~m~njcy,
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church, brought the dedication exercisos to a close, after which all
were allowed to inspect the bridge,
and immediately thereafter traffic
started .coming over it, with the
span free of toll for inspection purposes until 6 a. m. tomorrow morning, Thursd11y, September 6th.
The dedication exercises, although brief, occupying only a litti e more than an hour, were impressive, and the entire program
went oft as arranged without a
hitch, and the committee in charge
is due much credit for taeir splendid arrangements. The honorary
chairmen appointed by Gov. Winant for the dedication were Mayor
F. Clyde Keefe for Dover, Representative Oren V. Henderson for N"'.:.\"1'1:116.
Durhain a;1d Chairman of the Se.
lectmen of Newington Albert E.
Hodgdon. They in turn apppinted aids as follows: Dover, Capt. Edward D. Smith, William · Crockett;
Newingt.on-County Commissioner
Sims Frink and Louis C. Bean;
Durham-Dean Charles Pet~e and
Charles Wentworth.
The Little Bay Bridge Commission is composed of the following
~ ~ s : Gov. John G. Winant;
Councilors James c. Ma.cLeod,
Ch ar Ies H . B. rac ke tt, Al p h onse R oy,
' ·
Francis P. Murphy, Charles E. Car•
roll, and Frederick E. Everett,
State Highway Commissioner.
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Traffic at the !bridge and dedicatio n exei-cises was handled most
efficiently by City Marshal Afidrew
McDaniel and a detail of officers
fro!J1 the local department, and
State Motor Vehicle Insepclor
Harold M. Fo~s and State Motor•
cycle Officers Levesque, Brown,
Damasky, Manning and Gray,
�of pay vary according to the work
they do ranging from one to three dollars a week.
While the transients are taken ca.re
of under this wholly federal program
New Hampshire still has its own
problem of homeless men who have
settlements in the state.
Should the Fort Constitution shelte1·
be ma.de a, permanent camp restora-
JTRANSI-oo· CAMP.
AT NEW CASTLE
An interesting article by Albert S.
Baker, prominent Concord newspaperma.n, has been written about the
Transient shelter at Fort Constitutlon and is as- follows:
Fort Constitution has been captured
again. .
,
- This time, however, .it Ls not ocoupied by rebellious patriot,, but by
homeless men, wanderers about the
country, men called transients 1n th e
f~eral )overnment's program of help
for the needy.
The old hospital building wi thi n the
United States MU!tary Reservation is
now a shelter for these fellows. They
do some work during the daylight
hours a.bout the historic but inactive
harbor defenses of old Portsmou th ,
sleep jn warm, comfortable beds at
night; and partake of food furnished
by New Hampshire's state relief director and transient bureau director.
At'work or at i?1ay these men live in
one of the moot historic spots on New
Hampshire's short - seacoast.
It was a.bout 1630 that the fort was
first built. It was ca.lied The Castle,
in the early time,· then Fort William
and Mary, and, during the Revolution,
Fort Hancock. When it was rebuilt In
1808 it received its present name, Port
Oonstltution. For years the old fort
has -been a melancholy ruin. Revived
t.emporarily during the World War
~riod,_ It. had again reverted in occupatlon by a caretaker only, usually an
army sergeant \ assigned to the post,
when the transients moved In.
The old fort was the scene of the
first Important aggressive armed. o.ction of the Revolution.
Here it was that a group of pa.trio
including Major John Sullivan o.nd
tlon of the old Fort ConsLitution and
nearby Fort Stark would be in order.
An idea of the effectiveness of the
program ean be gained from the records which show that from Feb. 1 to
Aug. 31 inclusive 242,877 days of care
have been given ro the transients in
New Hampshire.
Not only have unattached individuals belm ca.red for but transient famllles as well. The detailed reports indlcate that or the total, 188,136 days
o! care were for unattached indivld~
uals while 54,741 days of care were
for families.
In all 8855 transient individuals,
unattached, have been cared for while
3132 individuals, members of fami\les,
have been looked after by the translent service.
In most of the shelters Reserve officers or the United States Army have
been put in charge.
so it i.: at Fort. Constitution where
the commanding officer, called superint.endent, ls Lt. Phillips R. Hall, 29,
or Plymouth, a graduate o! the University of New Hampshire who twice
attended active duty training cam~
before being called to duty to supervise the shelter.
His asslstant i John E. Wright 27,
of Keene, graduate of Keene Normal
school and a former labor superlntendent . at the state Industrial school,
with additional sen·lce at the Jatlrey
ooc camp.
Hall w lked into the old hospital
building when it was cold and dreary.
In less than a month alterations,
which he. conceived himself, have
changed the place. Now it is warm
and cheery in spite of the threat of
j
Captain John, Langdon, l,nspired by
Paul Revere, caused the commander
of the fort and his British soldlers to cold winter wind which already are
beginning to whine across the....bay.
surrender. and made away with gun- 1.,-,r.'T.!~~-~~---:-~~--,
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powder to the extent of some 100 barrels which they secreted at Durh m.
Most• of it was later used at Bunker
Hill, carted there by oxen, according
to history, just 1n sea.3011 to be i;erved
'to the sol<nera. on- the eve of the engagement.
It
by one o! those curious
twists of fate that the new occupation should be directed by Mrs. Abby
Langdon Wilder, as state relief director, for Mrs. Wilder traces her ancestry pack to John Langdon of the original occupational · party-the John
Langdon who afterward gave his
"ha.rd money," silver, a.nd "seventy
hogsheads of Tobago rum" to the service of the state~ Stlll later Langdon
became the first president or the
United states Senate and governor of
was
New Hampshire,
Once at a shelter, baths are provided, clothes· are sterilized, and new
clothes issued if ln dire need or loaned
1f their need is not absolute. A medical examination is given. They are
permitted to stay at. the shelter up to
two weeks. During that time they are
offered opportunity to go to a permanent camp, I! they desire, at which
in addition to !ood, clothes and lodging they are paid fo, · work. Rates
1,<>,,s•·:-,,.-~1<",,·, ·..o;;JC'll!~"l-
DECATUR SPEAKS
ON LAFAYETTE
AT MANCHE TER
fiives Interesting Addr ss At
Closing Session Of lit it ~The feature of the program of the
New Hampshire Daughten; of the
American Revolution at the closing
session held in the Hotel O.trpeuter,
Manchester, on Wednesdav . wus the
talk on Lafayette by Stephen Decatur
of Kittery Point. The title of hi.s address was "Lafayette as New Ram[)-·
shire Knew Him."
'·The only quarrel Lar.iyette
dJring his service in the r..evolutionary
war was with New Hampshire's own
General Sullivan. Mr r;>ecatur dL~closed, but added that the general and
LafayeLte, instead of ironing tltelr differences by a duel were able to effoct
~n amicable settlement.
During his trip through New Hampshire, Lafayette made ;,top., m Portsnw,1tth, Exeter, Dover, Concoru. New[Jurt and Claremont, he po111telf. out,
,rnd the town committ,eei; wotlceu lurn
from 6 a. m. until 12 at night, so eager
wrr the groups wh1cl1 1ssPml>lec.l at
every crossroad to greet lum,
Lafayette's deciswn to enter tit revolution was due, Mr. Decatur sJid, to a
urother of the king ot' l!:uglu nd, wl10 IJy
prnmolinn of a Frcnl'lt 11ll1,u11,;e w1t.11
the United Sta tcs sought to get even
with his brother, Kint; Geor,:e, wlto:
mJ.n'inge he disapproved. Wlten Lafoy ett~ returned to France in 18i5, he w
prubably the best known ntl most [1-)pulu.t' man in the world, Mr. Decatur
uw.,ntarned, and if he had wanted a
dtdatorship rn France, he could have
had 1t, but he preferred
, follow
Wasltmgton's example in never wanting ot s~king anything swe throJgh
le1pl means. As he spoke, Mr. Decatur
ga.v.i many Interesting deLalls about
th'} rec~ption Lafayette received
vc.1 uou·; i}J.l'ts of the state.
�WAS INSTALLED
PASTOR FIFTY
YEARS AGO
Rev. Alfred flooding, Dean
Of Portsmouth Clergy Be..
came Pastor Here In 188!
Mr. Gooding has served 43 years as
a member of the Board of Instruction.
He was first chosen in 1886, two years
aft er becoming minister here and he
served until 1899. Five years later he
was again c!1osen a member of the
Board and since that time has served
continuously. For several years he has
bee n chairman of the DeMerritt scholaship committee.
He is greatly interested in the city
and has been active In many endeavors
for the benefit of the city. Always
grcaLly interested in this city, he has
been prominent in historical organizations. He is President of the Portsmouth Historical Society and at one
time was Pesident of the Athenaeum.
Dmlng the Tercentenary observance
in Hl23 he delivered the historical address which filled Portsmouth Theatre
of overflowing. He is also clek or the
Army and Navy Association.
He was born in Brookline, Mass., and
attended Harvard College, graduating
from there with an A. B. degree in 1877.
Four years lat.er he gradua ted from the
Harvard Divinity school with the degree
or Bachelor or Sacred Theology.
He is the dean o! the Portsmouth
clergy and has been greatly interested
not only in the church of his own faith
but also in the religious welfare of the
community.
Fifty years ago todr\.l', Rev. Alfred
Gooding, past,o r emeritis of the Unitarian Church was installed as pastor
of that church. From Oct. 15, 1884 until Dec. 25. 1921, he ministered to the
needs of the South Parish as active
minister and since that time has been
minister emeritis.
The Portsmou th Chronicle of Tbursday, Oct. 16, 1884 carried the following story of Mr. Good ing·s installation:
"The Unita rian Ch,irch was filled on
Wednesda•· · ,'t ·1ing, the 15inst with interested 1
I ,a nt.s in the insta llation of F.c
·red Gooding as pastor
of the South Church. The desk, platform, rail baptis m'.\l font, communion
table, organ. etc., were beau tifully ornamented with floral devices, such as
horse shoe pyramids. lyre, wreaths,
cross nnd crown, also tropical plants,
shrubs growing In
pots, autumn
leaves, etc. The whole being arrnngecl
wi th exquisite taste, making the most
attractive display or its kind we have
seen for many years.
"'The exercises were as follows: Voluntary and singing or hymns, Cnntagc
Damion by the chorus ; Invocation and
reading of i;criptur<' by Rev. W, G. R .
Mellen of Dover; sermon by Rev. H.F.
Hedge, D. D.; anthem, ''.Sing Alleluia
Forth," by the choir. Installation prayer by Rev. A. A. Peabody, D. D. with
respone by organ and choir. Idght hand
of fellowship by Rev. John E. Maude
of Exeter; Charge to the people by
Rev. James deNormandie; Hymnn by
choir and congrega tion. Benediction by
the p1stor.
"This eve ning . from 1 until 9 o'clock
the new pastor will meet his parishioners and members of the congregation
· at the Chapel on Court street."
The namr s of the committee of the
South Pa rish which sent the invitations
were as follows: William H. Sise, Joseph Hiller Foster, William W. Cotton,
William H. Hackett. Charles H. Mendlum, John W. Parsons, A. C. Hoyt
and Wallace Hackett. Tllcsc names
are well known to the older generation
in this vicinity.
Mr. Gooding was the eighth m iniste r
of the parish since 1714 and was the
second longest in the history of the
church, t he longest being that of Dr.
Sam .,ei Hav en. who was minislcr for
54 yens.
I
Rev. Alfred Gooalng passed away
th is morning. That news brought
sadness to hundreds of homes as it
spread about the city. While he has
be<'n ill for some time, and it was
realized that he would not recover,
nevertheless the news of his death
was a shock to many.
Only last Monday was the
anniversary of his installation as pastor or the South church. He came here
three yrn.rs after his graduation from
the Harvard Divinity School and the
rrma ind <'r of his life was spent in
the city of his adoption, the city in
which he was so much interested, and
lo ·ed so well.
He was born in Brookline, Mass.,
May 10, 1856, the son of Josiah and
Anna W. Gooding, He attended Harvard c0llege, graduating from there
with [,n A. B. degree in 1877, and !or
two years studied at the University
of Bonn, Germany, In 1881 he graduated from
the Harvard Divinity
~chool with the de~ee of Bachelor of
sacred Theology.
}Us nrst pastorate wn.s in Brunswick, Mc., coming here after two
yf'ars in the Unitarian church in that
town.
On ,Tnne 1, 1887, he wos united in
marri:i r e to Miss Mabel Sise.
Mrs.
Gooding died but a few yea rs ago.
Mr. Gooding was the eighth m inister
of the parish since 1714 and was the
srcond longest in the history of the
church , the longes t being th a t of
Sn.m ,1C'I Haven, who was minister
54 yc:irs.
He was t,he oldest minister i 1 point
of SC'rvire ln the city, h avin r;: served
37 y<"ars as active pastor of the South
(Un itarian) church, and incc that
lime has been minister emeritus. He
REV. ALFRED GOODING
was installed as minister of the South
pa.riSh, Oct. 15, 1884, and on
25, 1921, delivered his farewell sermon.
Mr. Gooding served 43 years as
a member of the Board of Instruction.
Re was first chosen in 1886, two years
after becoming minister here and he
served until 1899. Five years later he
was again c:1clsen a member of the
Bo:ud and since that. time has served
continuously. For several years he has
been chairman o! the DeMerritt scholarship committee.
He has been active in many endeavors !or the benefit of the city. Always
greatly h1terested in-.this..1:ttx, he has
been prominent in historical organizations. He was .pr esident of the Portsmouth Historical Society and for
many years was president of
the
Atheno.eum. During the Tercentenary
observance in 1923 he delivered the
historical address which filled Portsmouth Theatre to overflowing. ·
He•was an authority on Portsmouth
history and devoted a great deal of
his time in studying the early events
o! this city.
He was clerk o! the Army & Navy
Association for a great many years.
In 1897 he was elected president of
the Society for the Care of the' South
Cemetery, and was the first and only
president o! that organization.
He
was president of the Thomas Bailey
Aldrich Memorial, and a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Portsmouth Public Library.
He is survived by a son, Frederic, of
'Concord,. Mass., and a daughter, Mlt.
Eleanor B.-·-n.wrence of Hubba.rd
�. People from all walks -0f life, 1·epresenta.tives of the varied organizations
In wh.ich he had a}} a,ctive part, ,members · of the clergy, friends and neighliors gathered in the South (Unitarian)
Church :at 11. o'clock this morning to .
p,ay their l.l.st : respects to one who ·had
fleyoted his .life to the best interests of ·
.the city'which he Ioved ..They had cort1ei
to pay silent tribut.e to . Rev. Alfred.
Gooding, who for 50 years served his
·· !church in an untiring manner · and
wp.o 'for lral! a century ·had . given ' of
himseif in · order · that Portsmouth
might be a better ,commm;1ity In which
to live. ·
l\'Iepi.bers ·of the B!)ard of itistruction,
of which he was a mem))er for 43 years,
attetided the service in a ):Jody. Seated
with t!J,em were State Commissioner of
Education James R. Pringle of Concord
and William Slayton of Waltham, Mass.
former superintendant of schools in
this city. The clergymen of this city and
sm:roundlng. ~owns who, had, tel~ 1 t~e
Influence of Mr. Gooding wer~ 1/eated
£og'ether and a group of ·teacher~ who
had seryed under Mr. Gooding attended; There were also representatives of
,the: Arf.\1Y . and l'favy Association, the
Pd.rtsmouth Historical• Society, the
Thomas . Bailey Aldrich Memorial, the
Portsmouth Athaeneaum and the
Portsmouth Public Li))rary in which orga_nizatl~ns b.e had served either - i
president or trustee for nearly half !a
centJry.
·
• Rev. William Safford Jones, who
succeeded Mr. Gooding as active pastor
of the South Church, conducted th~
beautiful service in the historic edifice
which had heard Mr. ·Gooding's -voice
so many times. Dr. Samuel A. Eliot,
minister ·a t the' Arlington Street !Clmrch
in Boston, former president of the
American Unitarian Association,· de- ,.
livered a glowing eulogy in which he
had nothing but praises for the man
who hap. unostent~tiously served so
faithfully atid so widely.
'" Leon · A. 1 Iwblnson 1presided.,. at ,the
orgal\ dµring the servi,ces. For a gre;i,t
many years ' Mr. Robinson .served i\.s
. organist in t!:le South Church and
thlough long personal as~•oclation with
MI". Gooding came to know him as few
others did.
, Many local stores were closed during
:the ,hciars of the service and as a fur..th',
mark of respect the offices of
,city Hall were closed from 11 to -11:30
o'clock. .
Following ' the - service the '. body was
·borne. £<> Pro);)riito1:'s '. Ceme,tfry. ,where
Dr. Eliot and Rev. Mr. Jones conducted
the committal service. A profusion of
'fioral ·. tributes gave . mute evidence of
the love and resl)ect In wly.oh the de1
ceased was l<'
er
fled by glimpses of hidden powers and
mysterious. forces beyond our ordinary
ken. The nearest disciple is frequently
tro-ibled by inability to understand his·
master. The words of · Jesus·. to Philip,
'Have I been so long time with you~
and dost thou not· know me?' is the sad
confession of an unescapabl'e fact of
unlversat experience.
Pru:adoxlcally
enough, the more' we come to know of
each other's deeper self the less
A service of commemoration for the
really know. The nearer we approach
late .Rev. Alfred Gooding, the honored
to- the brink the more· are we aware of'.
mmlster emeritus of the South Parish,
the fathomless abyss below. Proximwas held In the South Church Sunday
ity does not necessarily mean Illuminamorning. The special music inclucled
tion. The light we get may serve only
the anthems, "Lovely Are the Messento bring out tne· unexplored darkness.
gers," Mendelssohn;
"Consider and
"The unfathomable mystery of huHear Me," Pflueger; "Souls of the
man personality!: The life which we
Righeous," Noble, and the organ postare commemorating today, the life o!
lude, "Largo" from thn New World
our honored minister emeritus, so near
Symphony," Dvorak.
A large
and dear to us. all, may have seemed
representative
congregation
singularly open and clear and easy to
present.
interpret. It did not seem to be a comThe minister, Rev. William Safford
plex nature. There did not appear to
Jones, took for the subject· of his serbe room In such a. frank sunny dispomon, "The Mystery of
Personality",
sition for- insoluble problems and bafand for his text St. John 14:9, "J esus
fling mysteries.
saith unto him, Have I been so long
"And yet, those who knew the life
time with you, and dost thou not know
best often felt that the better they
me, Philip?"
knew it the less they knew it. After all
Mr. Jones said in part:
the secret of the power was not on the
"This truth that no teacher is ever
surface, as they had imagined. It lay
fully -,mderstood by his pupils, that no
deeper, so deep that those enrolled as
preacher is ever fully understood by his .., friends grew more and more p..1zzled to
congregation, Is clearly exemplified in · know what was the explanation of this
the relation of Jesus to his disciples.
I powe1· and grace·. The charm which
Every teacher of Divine truth, no matlured them on never led them into the
ter whether he Is teaching religion or
sources of its strength.
The farther
morals or philosophy or science or litthey went the more amazed they beerature or art must strive with this
came.
ignorance of the deeps of his person- ,
"We cannot. trace the clear thought.
ality and the content of his teaching. · · and deep feeling in such a nature to
It matters not how long he may have
their hidden sources. The more intibeen with his disciples or followers or
mately we came to know the inner life
students, how intimate their associaof this friend the harder we found it to
tions, how close their comradeship, how
discover the springs of his character.
frequent their contact, he remains in
The closer we approached to the essenhis innermost self unknown to the·m .
tial man the farther oU we seemed from
There is a gulf between them which
the hiding-place of his genius. and pereven the most friendly and daring dissonality.. However vigorously we purciples cannot bridge.
There is a
sued·,. he eluded· us:.. You and this dear.
' magic circle beyond the circumference
friend might be one in many a nobl'e
of which not even the most appreciative
thought and many a high purpose, enand sympathetic pupil or disciple can
tirely col1genial in taste and disposf·pass. Heights there are which the
tion:, united in religious feeling and exbravest ·cannot scale, depths there are
preE.Sion, harmonious in
educational
which the profoundest cannot fathom.
interest. and philanthropic endeavor,
,A flaming sword drives back all
who
still yo·-ir inmost. spheres of life might
··v enture beyond bounds and approach
be· worlds· apart. You could not help it,
too near the · master's inmost self and
no· one could have prevented it, the
furthest thought and deepest feeling .
law of God made it so. There is in
. "Usually, however, the penalty of beevery life a margin of mystery which
ing a teacher or a leader in this world , cannot be bloltecl out, a line of reserve
which cannot. be crossed.
'fs that-yo-ir aims may be only half-un"We ought.then
be reverent in our
derstood, your motives misconstrued,
appreciation of each other's personal:your words misinterpreted', your acts
ities. The mystery of person::ility in its
misunderstoocl.. Every
master,
of
final form i11, the mystery of the Divine
things 'religious: 01· things intellectual,
in the human. Jesus cried to Philip,
must contend' with this
half-knowl"He that hath seen me hath seen the
edge, m.ust. flee the pe1il of misappreThe Master reverenced the
hension. Plain and. direct. maj! be· his
Divinity within himself, and he would
teaching. clear and straightforwarcl his
have every man -rleeply conscious of
message, practical and vital. its issues,
that lig·ht which lighteth every
yet. $Omeone is, bound to, tur.n and twist
coming into the worlcl.
We
and pervert it. through. sheer ignorance
stand in awe of each other's deepest
of its profounder meanings...
and most hidden life, which no one\
"On. the othett hand,, even those who·
knoweth save the F:tther, for in these
have a sympathetic .u nderstanding of
unexplored 1·ealms. of personality our
the teacher's. or leader's. thought and
moral and spiritual reserve forces lie
purpose are often perplexed:. and' bafand· God dwells.
Sympathy and
charity lead us to reverence. Without
COMMEMORATION
SERVICE AT
SOUTH CHURCH
to
�t at profound feeling life is
and conceited. With that we rise above
pettiness and unch:tritablC'ness and
envy and strife into the region of generous emotions and kindling aspirations and commanding ideals.
"If we should put into
a
single
phrase the moral imperative
which
ruled the life of t.his m3n of God, who
for half a century served faithfully this
ancient church and this ancient community, it would be Emerson's word,
'Revere thyself.' In such a life we
have seen self-revei·enw issue in self-re
reliance and self-control ::md lrad to a
deeper reverC'nce for the Divine mystery of personality .. ,
The eulogy which was delivered at
the funeral services of the hte Rev.
Alfred Gooding by Dr. Samuel Elliott
of the Arlington Street Church, Boston,
was a tribute to one of Portsmouth's
best loved citizens, and was as follows:
''I think the gentle so,,1 of him
Goes softJy in some garden place,
With the old smile time may not dlm
Upon his face.
"Now that his day of pain ls Ulrough,
I love to think he sits at ease,
With some old.Yolume that he knew
Upon his knees.
.. Watching, perhaps, with quiet eyes
The white clouds' drifting argosy;
Or twilight opening Uower-wlse
On l:i.nd and sea.
''Those whom he loved aforellme, still,
I doubt not, bear him company;
Yes, even laughter yet must thrill
Where he may be.
''A thought, a fancy, who may tell?
Yet I who ever pray it so,
Feel through my grief that all ls well."
"Happ:y fs the man that :findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding: 1 Her ways arc
ways
of
pleasantness and all her paths
are
peace. ,.
"Wisclom,.~xalteth her children,
And Jaycih hold of lllcm that seek her,
He t.hat ,}oveth her IovctJ1 life;
And w)leresovcr she entcreth, the
Lord, :wiU bless.
They that serve her shall mlnlster to
t.he lloly One:
And them that love hrr the Lord doth
Jove.
She maketh them fri<cnd, or God and
prophets."
I
"If it were po~~ible for
each and
everyone -~f us to utter in some single
sentence ,ipe feelings that bound us to
this man,, then from our different
points of view there 'l'1ould be added to
the sllerit. tribute of your presence the
fitting wPrds of honor and atfection.
From I.hr, va,r:ied fields of PJ he service
1n this town where his leadership was
1<0 uno,lcntatiously helpful and beneficr 1t, from the people of this church
1hnt. be :;rrved so Jong ancl loyally, from
t,hc ht mes of this community where
J1ls nc:gllborly goodwill was so
con::kmt, from the hearts be blessed and
the ::re 111's he loved, yes, from the very
pm,r,rrs-hy on the sidewalk who could
not fail to respond to the friendly s'.1lute or the cheery Invalid sitting on his
01 C'h iu the summer twilight-from all
l.hcsc varied sources there w_ould come
J11 nll ~lnccril.y t.he real memorial of
Alfred Gooding.
"Herc was a man who, ln his charactrr in his way of looking at things and
11oi'n~ things, Incarnated the common
1:cncr, t.he public spirit, tJ1e
prncLical
l<lralh:m or this old town. How his
gentle pull lifted us to his own level!
JJow his genial humor, with Its true
New F.ngl:i.nd flavor, refreshed us! How
all our low views of public or private
1l11ty showed their true colors when we
touched this sunny, wholesome nature!
now unpretentious he was ln his
nbumlant goodwill! How wisely he
1liscemed the unconscious needs of the
community!
"His influence In this changing city
IJ1roughout this tumultuous half-century had been so unassertive, that we
Jmrdly yet realize how pervasive and
penetrating It has been. It has been an
Influence dlf!used In your civic and domestic life largely without your knowllng It. How profoundly the long years ·
,of faithful service on the school committee hn.ve directed and ·actuated the
life of the schools of the city-an un,;een and unfelt authority that has pro:founclly affected the whole set and direction of the Jives of your children
,ll,nd or hundreds of persons who never
thought or knP.w about the gentle and
persistent power that was working in
nncl through the machinery of
the
~chool:;! How his assiduous and patient service on . the boards of the library and the Athenaeum has influcnt'ccl-almost controlled-the reading
hahits or hundreds of hls fellow citizens
-people who never stopped to think
'.how those books were chosen and_made
Jtvailable ancl how those wheels were
11-ept going for the good of all. How all
lovers o! the history and the cherished
lls:iOCll\tions of this dear old town rejoiced ln his exceptional_ knowledge and
•ympathy-they indeed knew to whose
1·eliable research they were lndebted
nnd to whose generous 1eadershlp they
coulcl look in all matters that pertained
to the preservation of , your hlsto:ric
places and to the memory of the oldtime leaders in town and 'church and
:school. No native son was ever more
loyal to Portsmouth traditions or
deJ" ghtcd more in the legendary lore of
lhc old · seaport. He was widely read
and traveled broadly-but his
he1rt
and his home were here. Why even beyoml the travail of this mortal life his
unoht rusive care extended and
your
lo·,cly cemetery owes much to his good
taste and to his desire tl.at the beloved dead should rest in harmonious
and tranquilizing surroundings.
"He was a man of fine Intellectual
nncl rr,iritual refinement and at the
sa,ne time and in the best sense a
friendly man of the world-kindly, tolrrant, a loyal friend, a charming crm--
rade. The serious sought his counsel,
the merry welcomed his comJ.ng. He
both gave and expected ~courtesy and
goodwill. Simplicity, sincerity, sympathy, a genial humor, a manly reverence--those _ were
the
outstanding
traits of a distinctive personality.
Mind, heart and conscience knew no illdirect or circuitous methods.
He
never trimmed and be never posed. An
alert understanding made him wise in
the affairs of this workaday world and
a devout heart gave him assurance of
tho reality oI the unseen allies. We
who were blessed by his friendship are
grateful for a life lived so modestly and
faithfully, a life of good comradeship,
public-spirited activity, broad humanity and simple and sincere Christian
faith.
'
"In the chapel of Balliol College at
Oxford there ls a tablet to a modest
scholar much loved ln hls generation
but unknown to the world. I remember today what is written there. 'He
loved,' the Inscription reads; 'lie lovedl
great things and thought little o! himself. Desiring neither fame nor power,
he won the devotion of men and was a
lasting influence ln their lives, for 'he
taught to many the greatness of the
world and of man's spirit.'
"All hearts grew warmer 1n
ence
· Of one who, seeking not his own,
Gave freely for the Jove of gi-..dng,
Nor reaped for self the harvest so:wn.·
"0 frleDdl if thought and sense avail
not
To know thee heneefortb as thou ·art,
That all ls well" with thee forever
P~l"ll"A~
I trust the lnstincui of my heart.
''Thine be the quiet habitations,
Thine ·th& green pastures, blossomsown,
And smiles of salnUy recognition
As brave and tender a,3 thy own.
"Thou comst not from
the hush
shadow
To meet us, but to thee we come.
With thee we never can be strangers
And where thou art must stilr be
�~~remony :· ~arg~ly Att
- Large·· Class - ece·ve
firmation
In Afterno
•
vice ·
•
�third- edifice, d
this city to the honor of God, under
the invocation of the Mother of God.
What a picture the memory of those
days brings before our eyes_! Wil,hin
the modest strucLurc erected here
some eighly years ago our fat,hers
knelt in aclorat.ion and heard, under
the humble roof of the first rude
church, the only worrls of consolation
that grcel,ed lhrm. No wonder that as
they knelt, groaning under burdens
almost too great to bear, beginning a
new life among a cold people, memory
brought them back to the little stone
church on l,he hillside far away in the
distant home of their forcfall1crs; no
wonder that as they prayed the tears
often fell from eyes well used t,o
weeping. That little church, amid
scenes harsh and strange, was the
one solace of their comfortless lives,
the one holy spot that reminded them
or home and of heaven, the one holy
influence which softened somewhat
the bitter pangs of exile. No wonder
they loved it and thought their little
savings
permanence among them. It was an
oasis of peace amid a desert land.
Through six weary days they toiled;
but l hrough all those six weary days
tllc.v listened for the music of a bell
whicl1 spoke to them, not of tyranny,
hut of love; not of toil, but of peace in
lhrir Fal,hcr's house. Here t,hey came
to kneel at the altar of God and pour
out their sorrow-stricken hearts to
Him who understands. Her they came
to assist at the Sacrifice of Him who
knows what suffering is. Here they
werr guided, consoled and rhrecLed by
lh r- ir Jong list of pastor~;'Fat,hcr McCullion in 1852, Father Canavan in
rn.;,,. Father Murphy in 1865, Fat,her
Tlvnnas Walsh in 1869, Monsignor
O-C',11laglrnn in 1875, Fathf'r Finnigan
in l!l0l, right clown througt1 our own
li111r with l"aLhcr Edward Walsh from
l!l07 to 1915, Father Sullivan from 1915
to l!125, as you yourselves are guided,
con~olecl and directed by your humble
pastor, alher Brennan and his wor-
thy assi tants. Oh, surely today we
who gather in this beautiful temple "'·.--.,,,...,:.,c,
may see in its resurrection not only a.
new triumph
of
architecture, but
clearer still the victory of that power
which overcometh the world, our
Faith.
"Throughout this city, as well as
throughout the length and breadth of
this Granite State, it is a well-known
fact that a new Catholic church__J:l.as,
been erected in , Portsmouth, But how
mat}¥ there are who fail to distinguish
between the building and that organ•ization known throughout the world
as the Catholic Church! This J:mllding
stands' for something more than a
name. It represents an institution that
is Catholic not only in name but in
reality. The Church that Christ
founded was Catholic, that is, it was
universal; it was to subsist in all ages,
teach all nations, maintain all truth.
✓noes the
Holy Roman
Catholic
..,c;.;,;h;.u.:.rc~h~d;;;.011r.t;.;h--:i-iis!"'l?l"'I,.t~d:i'ioilie~si':-.,.;;.A.;...;-=--""--::illr.
�lustration will suffice to. show in a
strong light the just claims or the
Catholic Church to the title o! Catholic. Take the Ecumenical Council of
ttie Vatican opened in 1869 . and presided over by Pope Pius IX. Of over a
thousand bishops then comprising the
hierarchy of the Catholic ·church,
nearly eight hundred attended the
opening session, All parts of the living
globe were represented. The bishops
assembled from Great Britain, Ireland,
France, Germany, Switzerland and .,-~~.,•.,nii'll,.,!.!"''.,;'';.·..;··
from almost every nation and principality in Europe. They met from
Canada, the United States, Mexico,
South America and from the Islands
Of the Atlantic and Pacific. They came
from the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, the cradle of the human rnce,
and from the banks of the Jordan, the
cradle of Christian\ty. These bishopsbelonged to every form of government,
from the republic to the most absolute
monarchy, demonstrating conclusively
the · truth that the Catholic Church
can exist under any form of govern..,_~«~\.•}.1'k1..".illll ment. Their faces were marked by
almooll every shade and color that distinguishes the human family. '1\liey
spoke every civilized tongue under the
sun. Kneeling together in the same
great assembly hall, tru.ly could these
'prelates exclaim. in the language of
the Apocalypse, ·'Thou hast redeemed
us; O Lord, 1n Thy Blood, out of every
· -~.,,,,.,..,.,,. tribe and tongue, and people and nation.'
/.The history of the world for the
past nineteen hundred -years shows no
empire, no kingdom, no republic or
other human assemblage united for
any purpose, that has existed uninterruptedly during the whole of those
long- years. Yet 1n every one of thos(!
more than nineteen hundred years the
Catholic Church has stood forth,
exulting in her Dlyine Founder and
His unfaillng Presence which, preserved her Intact and protects her from
dangers that threatened her from
within and from · without. Like a
golden bridge, the Church has spanned the centuries from the Upper
Rev. James H. Brennan Permanent Rector
Chamber in Jerusalem down to our
remind us that we are but th added to thy number! Oh, shrines
own day, while the torrent of human
heirs of their patient efforts. The the saints of God, ,today y~ur glory Is
;i.ffalrs has swept on to its own desowed what .we a.re reaping. The ver increased! Here let the children of a
struct!on. Through the maze of years
beauties of this majestic temple are sturdy past keep ever green the memshines forth like a golden band the
but reminders of our indebtedness to ory of their faithful
sll'es!
Here
· Jne catholicity of the Church.
our fathers who labored and who died through the length and breadth of
"And now, a new church, calling ithere, an indebtedness which we can nave and transept, from the silent
self Catholic, throws its peak toward
cancel In only one way, by fidelity to hearls of a prayerful people a.~1d from
heaven. The hardy pioneers of Portsall the high princlples or our holy\ the sonorous pipes of the glonous ormouth's earliest days are· now at rest.
Faith.
I gan, shall arise the same hymn ~r
Their ashes repose in the silent grave
"Let us never forget the heroism or praise, the same solemn voice of ador yard. The good priests who kept that
their lives. Sha.LI we who have become , ation, which over eighty years ago
light of faith burning in their souls lie
a power in numbers be weaker in wafted through the spaces of that
sleeping in their graves, but the work
spirit than they were when but a first little church as those God-feanng
which they began has gone gloriously
pitiable minority? Shall we who have pioneers talked w1~11__~od.
onward ever since. Let others boast of
learned more of books know less or "To God and His Imm._a_c_u~!a.· L-e-,.M~oththe clty'•s- progress in wealth, of the
true wisdom? Shall we, who are to- er this glorious temple Is dedicated. To
streets lined with the marts of trade,
day rich in comparison to them, show t.hem we offer it with the homage of
of the Increased traffic which has
ourselves poorer In all that ls mo-it our fidelity and eternal trus~. Accept,
marked the passing years; all are
worth having? W!LI the sons in their o God, the offering of Thy children.
signs of progress In which every son of
prosperity do really less for God than Bless and sanctify it. And may t.he
Portsmouth heartily rejoices. But to
their fathers in their poverty? Ah, Holy Presence rest here forever!"
us who value the riches o! the soul
their blood ls in our veins and their
Following the morning service the
above those of material wealth, the
faith Is in our hearts!
dedicatlon banquet was held at t.he
brightest jewel in the 'crown of this
"Oh, triumph of the Faith of God, Rockingham Hotel, and a large numfair city ls this truly magnificent temthis is thy day! Oh, Church of Christ, ber werl! present.
pie of· the true Faith. Well may it be
studding the hillsldes of the world
Guest. includ<!d Mayor Rol;art Marsald that the little grain of mustard
with towers and spires that bespeak of
seed planted here over eighty yea.rs
the conflict ·between God and mamago has grown into a noble tree. How
mon, today another fortress is planted
the hearts o! that little band who
on the heights! Oh, altars or the livcame here then to worship must reIng God upon whlch the perpetual
joice to see this day! Out of the dead
sacrifice is offered, today a new one is
past their voices speak to us in silence fr·:~~['.":'~!llj1~:_,:"'"~~"'.'.;'"'.'.?;;i°F:"'S'°:::-:-:il~-.-:t
�View of interior nf new Catholic C hurch showlng altar.
vin nnd members of the City Council
and other prominent citizens and officials. At tho dinner the Bishop and
priests dined in the Colonial Dining
room. The invited guests dined in the
main dining room and after the dinner was served the Bi~hop received
the invited guests in the reception
room and they were
presented by
Rev. Ft·. Brennan and to each he had
a word of greeting.
In the afternoon the Rev. Bishop
administered
the
sacrament
of
confirmation to a class of 300 including about 25 adults. He was assisted in
this service
by
Rev.· James E.
Mccooey of Newmarket, Rev. Francis
Happny of Somersworth, and Rev.
James J. Rire of Kittery. The sponsors were Frederick Gri!Tin and Miss
Gertrude Long.
In the solemn Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament the Rev.
Bishop was assisted by Rev. Thomas
F. Hogan as deacon and Rev. P. J.
Kenneally as sub-deacon.
The m ic for the aftern
was rend ered by ihe regular choir under the direction of Charles Ham or_ganist, and consisted of the followine::
Ecce Sace1:dos . . . . . . . . • Singenberger
O Salutaris ..... . ........... Rosewig
Tantum Ergo ............... · Rosewig
Holy Goel We Praise Thy Name
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .n.ttter
Choir and Congregation
Recessional, "Lauda Jerusalem·•
The Bishop spoke of the present edifice as the third Catholic church. The
first was of wood and this was burned.
The church which replaced the woorlen
structure, he staled, is what is now
known as the old church, and this
church, which was Lorn down during
the past two years ls now replaced by
the present day building. Bishop Peterson spoke of the present church as
one of the finest in New England.
"This temple." he stated, "is but one
of other temples which have . been
growing at the ~ame lime, the temple of
the Apostle Paul and of the Holy Ghost.
These temples erected contained dwellings. You, my children, are just like
buildings, being erected to give glory to
God and to be a part of God's Holy
Spirit."
.
He spoke of 12 or 14 years ago, when
those present lo be confirmed
baptized. This he likened to
foundations of the church, and since
the foundation the b..iilding was being
erected upon the foundation. He told
of the needs for walls and columns and
roof, built sturdy enough to stand
through the New
England
storms, snows and rain.
Today, he said, the church was dedicated, and n : w the other temples he
had spoken of were to ,be dedicated.
The structures had been completed and
the temples were to be dedicated. "The
time will come very shortly when you
w!ll be graduating from
grammar
school and high school, and you wlll
have to fight life's battles for yourself
and fight temptation." He then likened the church building, as it will face
the elements, to the boys and girls who
go out into life and face temptation.
�scio, Assistant Rector
T e spea !)r broµg
the
people who had made possible the
erection of tlie new church had the con·naei:ice and faith so necessary, 11,n<t
stressed the need for the young people
to have the same faith ahd williugaes.s
to help.
..--·
'
·
"The temples of your souls, the temples of the Holy Ghost through you.
must be made firm and strong, as these
.w~ns'· today are strong and firm" he
said,
in closing.
1 , 1. ,..
'I
· The confirmation class was .a.s fol"'.
lows: \
Barbara Jack,0::1, There.n Soucy,
Theresa Mirosole, Helen Davis, Barbara< Hoffman, Mary --Kelley, DoroU1y
Llijehult, ·Berdette · Liljehult, , Mary
Doody, Teresa . D'.>ocl:r, Helen Regan,
Marl.e • England, Cecilia Pento, Adeline' Pehto, Virginia · Handlon. Julia
Stulb, Margaret O'Keefe, Macy Nugent/ Arline Laderbush, Anne Laderbush, Catherine Joyce, Shirley Sul.Uvan, Jµlia Sullivan,. J,~an S:Illivan,
Margaret , fichultz, Loui.<;e M.cGiU,
Sheila , McGill, Mary
:r.,cMaster,
Priscilla _,Alvance,
:Mary McCarty,
Theresa Regan, Jane Uh!.\kofski, M:iry
,Driscoll, Jeannette Buck!ey,
Mary
Connorsi • Virginia Griftb,
Julia
.Heaiy, Mary Sullivan, ·.rirT;mia Wil)lur, Margaret Loughlin, Louise Mardorchio, .. Margaret
Betton,
Mary
Twomey, Rita Shea, Kat!tl..--en Morrissey, Jane Bukata, Mary OBden,
Anne Daniels, Nora· Mullen, -Ruth
Smith, Yvonne TQoie, ;,l[ary M~nonald, Mary Bauer, Rose· Colliton, I~atllleen Downs, Kathleen Shannon, Mary
Simpson, Virginia O'Brien, Catherine Fullam, Barbara Doll, Mary Shin-nick, Mary MacDonald,
Catherine
Linchey, Louise
Harned:,,
Giorla
Rev. -Thbmas W. Cushing, Assistant Rector
Coussoule, Gertrude Bridle, Yll'Ollnl3
Rlchard, Jeannette Marcous, Mar!orl
Frazier, Louise Connors, Loui.se :Flynn,
Mary Cronin, Lillian Seavey, cattterine Stulb, Frances O'Keefe, :Mary
Stevens, Barbara
waruer.
Mabel
Meehan, Veronica Navelski.
.Anita
Jutras, Mary Burr, Ella Garant, :Mabel Watkins,
Pauline
11.fcCfintock.
Mary Watkins, Marjorie Ham, Martha Bragdon, Mary
Donahue, Jeac1
O'Brien, Irene
Boucher, .;;~seIJhine
Cocchiaro, Concetta Ferrara. Jennie
Casa, Angelina Noto, Doroth;o Mahan,
Marguerite Bamberger, Hild~ Moody,
Nathalie Gamester, Elizabeth vo-cetla, Pl!yllis Vozella, Mlldred Prank,
Alice Kee, Claire. Farrell, Rose cavaliere,
Mary Vinciguerra. Isahelle
Black, Albina Zamarchi, Ardell Succi,
Mary Hazzard, Ellen Robbins, Dorothy Flanagan, Pauline Lund, Marie
Simonds, ,Mary
Connors,
Agnes
Stimpson, Virginia Cavalieri, Ruth
Hoyne, Mildred Snyder, Rose LaMarca, Mary Capone,
Mai·y Macewich,
Joseph Grilli, Helen Tzrinski, Helen
Rondeau, Barbara Davis, RiLa. Moreau, Rita Boisvert, Mildred Copley,
Margarnt Day, Rosetta Hafey, Mary
Mulherin, Irene Kirby,
Evelyn deochemont, Marion
Feeney,
Mary
Griffin, Helen
sumvan;
Christina
MacDonald, · Helen
Perry,
Victoria
Drobisewsld,
Rosemary
Shannon,
Margaret Chandler, Geraldine Canty,
Mary Healey, Mary Connors, Anna
McGee, Ellen Buoelis, Olive Thomas,
Mary McPhee, Margaret Bean.
Ivan Lund, John Sturtevant, Robert
Felter, George Dawson, Samuel McMaster, Lawrence Foley, John Keenan, Michael Griffin, David Regan,
George Laderbush,
John Connors,
James Toole, William Monagle, Gerald Rooney, Arthur Raffe1·ty, Charles
Sullivan, Thomas
Ahern,
Griffin, John Krook, Andrew Currier,
Omer Comier, William FuJJam, John
MacDonaid, Robert l:!ryan, Thomas
Connors, George Foley, Robert Sullivan, Jobn Murphy, Stephen Caccialore, James Barrett, Clarence Bailey,
Robert Buckley, Andrew Collins, Jerome Hussey, Cornelius Regan, John
McCarty, Thomas
Walsh,
Albert
Bauer, Henry Tzrinski, Daniel Lunt,
Charles Baker, Herman
Blanchette,
Bradley Griffin, Thomas Flynn, William Lorenz, Alexander Drobisewski,
John Ryan,
Harry Elliott, Robert
Radler, Armond
Richard,
Long, Richard Ham,
John
Geo:-~e Fritz, William Betton , Thomas
Cullen, J ames Streeter, Hector Swist~.k.
Norman Ingraham,
Thomas
Kennedy, William McLoughlin, David
Regan, James Toole,, Anthony La
Casa, William McGirr, Eugene Marcous, Angus Hunkins, Manfrcdo Santosuosso, Edward
Lenane, Richard
EnLwisLle, Robert
Tierney,
Robert
Hazzard, Robert
Boisvert,
Halhawa.y', Francis
Bean,
O'Brien, John
MacDonald,
Stulb, John McGee,
Walter
Charles Saurman,
William
Daniel
Regan,
William
Richard Pennington, , Joseph Marcuri,
L:!O Shea,
William
Fowler, Paul
Johnson, Lawrence Marcous, Donald
Winn, John O'Connell, James Joyce,
�Flahive, William Pennington, John
Colliton, John Wholey, Henry Wymer, Geor~e Thomas. George Murray,
Angelo Bellaeome, Alphonse
Bellacomc, James
McDermolt,
William
Early, John Stokel, Richard Walsh,
Richard Morin. James Brunette, John
Vinciguerra.
Stanley
Drobisewskl,
John Hasselt. John Hussey, Angelo
Valzania, Salvatore
Canino, Joseph
Fiandaca. John Destefano. Ugo Tosi,
William Archie, Robert Hazzard and
Albert Bauer.
The visiting clergy al the service
and banqurL
incluclccl:
Very Rrv.
Jeremiah S. Buckley, Concord, vicar
general of diocese; Rt.. Rev. T. G. E.
Devoy, Manchester; RL. Rev. Matthew Creamer, Mancheslcr; Rt. Rev.
John E. Finen.
Manchester;
R ev,.
Joseph E. Creeden. Dover; Rev. James
E. Mccooey. Newmarket; Rev. William J. Cavanaugh, Manchester; R ev.
Daniel J. Colter, Exeter; Rev. Homisdas Tetreault.
Somersworth;
Rev.
James E. Whit.c,
Manchcst.cr; Rev.
Francis
T. Hayyny,
Somcrswort.h;
Rev. P. C.
Gamache,
Manchester;
Rev. Timothy
J. Whalen, Charlestown; Rev. William
F. ·Pendt:rgast,
Rev. Thomas F. Hogan, Rev. P. J.
Kenneally, Rev.
M. J. Hurley, Rrv.
Matthew J. Casey, Rev. James J. Rice.
Kittery, Me.
Second Church Ded i.;.c=a~te:.:d::....:..in~1:..:8~7~2~-----~ilL:,C:..,
NATIVE SONS
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service in their home city
ordination.
I~ was .an occasion which brought
much feeling and · joy to the parish•
loners, especially the rela~ives of the
young priests.
The dean of the clergy appearing in
the important religious consecration,
In the services connected with the
dedication of the new Church of the
Sun-
REV. THOMAS F. HOGAN
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REV. P. J. KENNEALLY
day the
ceremony
carried much
local igmficance In the fact that It
marked the first time in which native
sons have assisted together at any
'."as Rev. William ~- Pendergast,
1s rector at Grt,veton
Rev. Thomas F. Hogan is ~is~ant·
rector at St. Anne's Church, Manchester.
Rev. M. J. Hurley is assistant at' ,St'
Joseph's Cathedral, Manchester., and
Vice Chancellor of the diocese.
Rev. P. J. Kenneally is assistant
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rector ·cf St. John ., the
Evangell~t
Church· at Concord. I
Rev. -Matthew J.6Casey, the last -':)!
-the -locl).l young tr\Cn to be ordained, is
MSist\mt reci;?r at the Church
Our'•
~afi.v. I Q! . ,Per~etu9:( Help,. ¥anch~ster,
wh~;i:e, he , acte!i as rec.tor for nearly 1 a
'year dur'i ng the . itlness .and after the
death of the pastor, E. J. Kean.
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Five of the native sons \\!ere una,J>le
to be present. Rev. T~omas Q1;1i~k.
connected w~th the ·· C~~holic , Foreign
Missions ·in Chim.;
nev. Robert·
Quirk, ·
S. B. ,o! p-eorgetowri University, Wl!.!lhlngt;on, D. o.~ :Rev. aohn
Dr!scon,- Pl!J/i-Or at I:I:lrrlsv!lle; .Rev,
Ed.m!,lpd, Quirk; p_a~~r at Lake!}
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and Rev. John F. Leary, O. M. •I. of
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Lowell, Mass.
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Mllch. interesting
tadalng to historill' New Hampshi11e
t e.mllies; is; \tllOON.eJ:1ed b:11' tba: 1n.vestig1JI,-.
~ working om project, No.. 1 ~ spomliGI'ed bW the: NeWI HnmJ:v!blrei Eme:E>genc31 Relief A:dtnmiltl:atiOR1 under the:
stipervfsion- o! secretary ofi State
En.ooh D. Fulfer., 'l'hiit JJIO;iect,. which.
begjul on. Januft.1li' l'l!., hall! as: ltiar ob.rjec:t; the indexing- and! cle.ssi1ymrr, ot
material consisting ef, names-., dates-,.
and! places taken from bo.lllldl amt uwbound town hisoor1es: of, New, Ba.mp,-,
s:tme. This mformation1, as it. a1>P1?ars,
hll these town, records,, concerns- chi~
lll)' Uhe p~iod! r.i:om, 11750l t:o 1830:
.P.s a result!; ot' this; pro!ect theJ:1et is
nQw, available
in- the secreta:r:v o1
stat.e's office- at. file cabinet), eontaining,
the) indexed and cross-indexed Hames ltl.';!!~il,f,.'£!which hav.e: beem e:ittracted' !rom1 these
h!.st.ories., t.oge.ther with, all• th1r. al!8.ir- ...........,.,.~.
ablru intormation, about. the• re.sidents,
oti: the. Granite State- during; it.:!, eal"!y/
hil;t.ory,
0nly twelve; towns: had! been, oomplet.el:,, indexed! out!, o:f, the; eigh~ddt
toWDs in New, Hampsbirei who.sei mcor.d.11: have beem keptl, <wd pr.esem.edt, llPl
to> tJhe time: the• 1>ro1eot, begjw, Itl, iSl
the: work o:C. the- ihvestlgators: orn this·
p1'0ject to compiet.e, tl'le indexing ol' alt
the\ towns. The majority- of the town tr'1~t.~::
records ba..v.e: not. beem examlnedl as;
yet lb obtafu, !Jlfarmation, fol" tile cards: ......:..._,.,.,.
S01 far the, work completed! Ur as f-011- ,
lows:,
Number &ti: volumes.. prepared\ tor.
tJRing
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.N'1m1ben· of.' compJetedt Del\'/ cai,d!!; l6(!(JJ
'lme infonna:tiorr ebtainedt Oil\- the)
cacd$- per.t'ains, tio the namea- of the· re>-.
.sldlmt and th~ oown1inl which. h«1 re>11ide~. Then t'fiere 1Hi mentioned' en- tbe
card! the wif~s; Heme, and! the: :muno.;
andl .dates of birth ot the children- in.
tha: family. Reference is t)Jen made on
thei card roi l!htt! volUme- ini whi8A1 a.u,pe~ a h i ~ o!, thm family,.
STATE TAKES
UP SURVEY
While the government has given up
the survey of historical buildings of
the country, it has been taken up by the
state under the direction of Prof. E.T.
Huddleston of the University of New
Hampshire and his assistant, '!"f-r. Clar le.
Mr. Clark was here today and _ interviewed the secretary of the Ports-11:'!,.~~'1'/J.•
mouth Hlstor1cal Society.
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�POLE
Our illustrlollll Langdon, S.illivan and
Pickering,
Whipple, Bartlett and Thornton, too;
Stark, McClary and Minute Men,
Paul Jones and the Ranger's crew.
er and the glory march side by side,
bitterness, sadness and contrition. A
mixture of all that · go into the making of a great nation. a great state, or
a great industry are here the elements of a fascinating novel, a. New
Hampshire novel:
Stern old "Peter, the Great," found er of the' mills; Peg, his grandson ~nd
heir; Jane Talbot, 11.I'Chitect andt commercial artist; Maxima. Boisvert, 'superlative 1n name and in song- these
are some of the characters in the
story, and each is in sorhe degree a,
product of the mills. The reader cannot but feel the vitality and strength
of these builders · and
cannot but
sympathize and strain every mentirl
sinew to be of some slight aid ln their
struggle. Justice Marble is wen acquainted with the litigation, which,-,,,..,,.•,,, ...
has he.mpered ln every possible legal
and illeg.al way progress and advance"'
ment no less th~ he 1s· acquainted.
with New Hampshire, Its. }µstory and
its people. ' He ls thel'e!ore admirab!Y'
qualified in every ,sense of the word
to tell this tale .
'· ·
"Products of the · Mills" is 1D. fact a.
New Hampshire epic and as such the
future will record.
Now what will we leave when we depart
As footprints on the sands of time?
One hundred and sixty-nine years Let our loyalty perpetuate to posterity
ew Hampshire's National Shrines.
ago transpired a11 important event that
A. I. HARRIMAN
assisted in the moulding of the de•""'V
of our Nation-the erection of the first
"Liberty Pole'' and there unfurled tne
first "Liberty Property and No Stamp''
flag in the Amcric:in Colonies by the
Sons of Liberty o! Portsmouth, nine
years before the Revolution, Here as••
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IN OLD
El H(O)USE
Rrsiclcnls of Portsmouth will be lnterestcd m t he November number of
''House Beautiful'' which contains a
photograph of one of the rnoms of the
Barrett Wendell House on Pleasant
strr>ct. The photograph is one illustrating an a1-Licle on "Chippendale: Its
Return to Fashion" by Hazel Cummin.
The rnom. the writer says, "contains
what is undoubtedly the finest group
of New England Chippendale in the
country. The table with its fine arched stretchers, is one of only three
known examples and the daybed Is
probably uniqµe. The ,entire group belonged to Jacob Wendell who settled
in PortsmonLh about 1760. Other photoi::raphs show the Concord Antiquarian House and the American Wing of
the MPtropolitan Museum.
Portsmouth Plans
To Memorialize Its
Colonial History
lLIBER'fY l'OLE SHIELD
sembled the patriots who captured a
hundred barrels of powder at Fort William and Mary six months before the
battle of Bunker Hill. It was New.
Hampshire men and the powder they
captured that made that baltlo posslble.
There fifteen of General stark's regiment alone gave their all for liberty and
over one-third of all
the
patriots
wounded on the battlefield of Bunker
Hill wer~ from our own Granite State:
Special
A
0 IIANC~ OF .
E
HAMPSHIRE
Justice Thomas Littlefield Marble,
who has been Associate Justtre of the
New Hampshire Supreme court for
o,·n a rlecade and whose friends and
acquaintances throughout the Granite State are legion, has written an
absorbing New Hampshire romance,
"Prorluct of the Mills' 1 which has just
been published by Bruce Humphries,
l\IAY THEIR l\lEl\IOP.Y J,IVE ON .
'Inc., of Boston.
It is no exaggeration to state that
As we peer out into the f.1ture
what the late Winston Churchill did
Visions come from days before,
in l;lis famous "ConistonN, that saga
And the progress we today extol
of the railroads of a half century ago,
Came from the cornerstone of yore.
Justire Marble has done again but
The highways we· travel \Vere pathways with even greater power and force.
But as the title implies, "Product of
Hewn from the forests of time,
the Mills" is the song of the paper
By patriots' innumerable hardships,
and pnlp lndustry, the Industry whose
Their harvests now yours and mine.
history and drama are one and the
Well they knew the price of Li!berty,
same as the history of New HampFrom bondage set America free.
!;:hire. For New Hampshire and "paper
Their determination and fidelity
and pulp'• never part;
they move
Paved the pathway for you and me.
along the same thrilling and stirring
lines-never t.o be separated even in
They gave to us this land wc love
these mid-twentieth century days.
and the pathfinder to guide it by;
To local readers, the town of MerThe Constitution of our United State., lin in which Justice Marble spins the
And the flng WC proudly fly.
thrc:ids of his tale, will be easily recognizable. The charactert, uaturally
They gave to the world o. noble race
enough, are figments of the imaginaOf upright, straightforward men,
tion, bnt they are typical of all that
Who charted the course o! our Ship w~s ~nd all that still is fl•~ and
of State
6:·ent in the development of the mills.
With Washington at its helm.
Powerful figure~, tender figures- rulini:: and commanding, taking orders
ul ohevin"' them. But with the POW-
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The Chri.!tlan, Sclwce Monitor
PORTSMOUTH, N. H.-A state
park may be established in this
town marking the location of the
Liberty Pole and Liberty Bridge, historically known as the cradle of
New Hampshire liberty and the site
of the first "No Stamp Flag" raised
In the American Colonies.
A measure providing for 1such a
park will be presented to the present
session of the state lawmakers. A
commission named by the last session made a study of the pa1·k posslbilltles.
.1
It was 160 years ago that the first
"No Stamp Flag" was raised to the
top of the flagpole. The repeal of
the stamp tax by the British Parliament was celebrated here by the firing of a battery of guns which was
erected near so~called Liberty
Bridge.
The first Liberty Pole was declared unsafe In 1824 and a second
pole was erected the same year. For
the following 75 years that 85-foot
mast, with its liberty cap, surrounded by a ball for each of the 13
original states of the Union, stood. In
1899 it was replaced with a new 110...-:.,
foot pole 'With the origlnal_,,,.....,
top.
__
�avy Day~Ev~~ts All.IL !Day.
( a) The IUI. s. s. Cuttlefish will II> in IDrydock No. 2.
A periscope, such as i in talled on a submarine, will be
mounted near the lll .. S. S. !Cuttlefish, so that visitors may
view the surroundings as se§ln from ll>eiow the surface of
th& water. A !Momsen ILung, such as fts 111sed for escaping
from a submarine, and a water-t,ght doo 7 will also be on
dlspl .Y in this vicinity..
·
(b) !Display of various ~nf nt.ry weapons and
Corps equipment_ in fll'ont. of ,ha !Marine IBarracks..
At U :00 a. m.. IFlre IDrlli ·wm lo•d lheid at the ~ce
between the tw po,nds.,
.
Diving equipment will il>e on exlhiblti n at. .the entrance
to the Dry IDock, and between one and two p .. ·m. an exhib~
ltlon of deep sea diving will ll>e giv n.
bU 2~00 I!>• m .. IFootll>ail Game/ !Naw:v Vall'd ws:. St. Pius
Club; ILynn, Mass ..
IPOOIM'll"S Of 8 ''ll"IEIRIES'll"
The extensiH shope or th yard ar~ capable of
and cons~ructlon woli'k of all kinds.
The Yard is the cente!l""of INavai Submarine Activities and ·
has been designated a building ' ll\lawy Yard for submarines
on the Atlantic Coast. ot.' was purchased an the Navy Yard
established in the year 'fl 800:,
The i\tallai IHlospital ~a a ll>ed capacity of two hundr_
ed.
tCommandant'B IH!ouse (11.iving Quan,oirs), Originally was..
a farmhouse, the home of the 'former owners of the reservation .. Cap\a,ln Usaao IHlull of Constitution fame was the
first Commandant to reside therein. Ut was in thl house
that Admiral !Farragut died 24 August, 11870..
The !Peace Co'"'nference !Building wa it:omp!eted· during
the !Russo-Japanese War and It was lhere that the Peace
Treaty was signed in 1!905. Uncidently, the conferences
which brought about the treaty of 1,0eace were arranged by
the then !President !Roosevelt wl,osE- birthday the Navy has
elected to do honor as !Navy ,!Day;, /A Bairge picture of one
of the tt:onferences is on display., llrn ft.hlls same lbuilding will
ll>e found certain relics of the IU. S.. S. Ml/l\lli\llE blown up in
Havana Harbor, 15 februa Y, 11898.,
The 750 foot dry dock which was completed in 1908 at
a cost of more than one million dollars. On one occasion
seven submarines were docked at .-the same time. The U.
s. S. ClUTTILIEIFIISIHI one f the latest type submarines built
by the !Electric· IBoat. Co.~ !New !London~ !Ct.~ in 1934 is in dry
dock. She ts 279 feet owerall nd of 1251!) tons displacement. il"he tt:ompiement consists of !5 oHic rs and 45 men.
The ll>uiDdlng ways. (On the ways are now being built the
U. S. S. IPUIKIE and \U. S. S. IPOIRIPOUSIE whose keel laid last
Navy II>ay 1933 and Armistice IDay 'd 933.. il"hey will be
launched !n the spring 1935 and 1ready for commissioning
n 'fl83S.. The following vessels have ll>eera launched therefll'Om since the completion in 119119:: llJI. s. s. IBARACUDA,
It" S
""'~ss p 110~• Oo;
ct>
a• /AIR UUA'l1>11
.... "" 1"11"\J.D'll" ~ llJI " <l>
S, "''ARWHAI
t'l»a GI•
n llllK
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and l\j. 8 s. IDOB..IPHHN .. The IUI .. s . s. IBOINIITA Wa9 bull~ In
«
. >
the old lFrank.iln Shiphouse.
The (U. s. (0. G. IHUll>SON~ ll>um. at this !Navy Yard In 1934
Es moor~!;I fin the lei. lty of ~ertll 2 eiu· IDry ~ock.
adly Gutted
y Flames
Special to The Union,
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 9. -T lie famous Sparh11w1, mansion · nL Killrry
Point, built ln 1712 anct g iven hy
Sir \\'illlam Pcppc1·cll of Lo11lsb11rg
fame lo
hi ~ tla11g-hler
Eli?.ab clh
,·;hen !-:he n 1:111·ied Colonel r.::\lhanlr-t
Sp:u·hr.,·:!:, ,·:;.~ n ,· :• r ely da111a:•<'cl hv
tire Jute :·at11nlny nr'~rr,u.111t 111 iL
Jl1 •p o[ ltnld1n , , 11 orig-in.
'J'he blaze wa ~ d1 ~l'O\"c1·ed by Horace Mitchell, son bf - Mrs M G
Mitchell, the owner, on th~ se~onci
floor of the northwesterly corner ot'
the mansion. A call was sent to the
Kittery Point Fire Department but
due to the cold weather the 1\re
alarm whlstle became stuck and lt
was necessary to call the firemen
by telephone, resulting 1n & delay.
When the firemen arrived the blaze
had gained considerable
headway
and Chief J. P. Coleman Immediately
called aid from the Kittery department. The tine work of the combined departm ents resulted in ~avIng the historic mansion but it wa s
two hours befo re the blaze was declared under control. As a precaution firemen remained at the scene
throughout the night.
There was some water damage
to valuable antiques and the original
French wall paper on the first and
second floors while the roof was also
damaged
when the flames broke
through, The loss Is estimated at upward or $5,000 covered by Insuran ce.
FIRST BOOK PRINTED
IN KEN EBUNK IS
GIVEN TO LIBRARY
Kennebunk. Dec. 10.-A book printect m K,mnebuuk 130 year~ ago h a"
been do~iateu to the local library by
Kenneth L. Robert~, historical novelist
and author, who Is a native and re ident of Kennebunk. To the best of
Mr. Roberts' knowledge it Is a copy o r
t h tl only l>ook evtlr pul.>li~!1ec1 in Kennebunk clurrng it early years, a volume that m11,;t hnve been va lued l.>y
sea captains
who :sail~d to foreign
port..
"Th e Ametiet,n C1Lizens' sure ou1dtl"
1s it:. title anct it 1,; a collection of
most important state papers such a.s
the Declaratwn of Inclepeudrnce, Artlcle::; of Coni..!dcration and Perpetual
Union, the Cun~titutlo u of U1tl Unlttld
StattJs, a ll thl) t rea1 1es ot th.., country
fo force '1.L th..tL Lime, Mrrc: h,tnt~· and
SCllllh!ll'.~ Act.,. llw CCIISll~
tn[ccn Ill
l8l)O, etc., el ,:
The book was prmte-d by S. Sewall,
Kennebunk,
Dl:,trict
oi
Mamtl,
MDCCCIV, for Ch,n ie~ Pierce, pro:
..,.,...,.,.-.~~""'.2 pnetor
of the Work.
On the f\ r:,L fly kaf is the r,Jgn.:iJ,ure
of ''Samuel N. L ittle, Atkin~." probably the orig i11al owner. On the second
leaf b the uan\e "John Little " Library
officials are p leased with the gift. H
iB of senlimeni:al nd hi$to ric,1.I val11.! .
�PORTSMOUTH
SHIP HJ.Gll IN
EFFICIENCY
What They Think Of The
Submarine Cachalot On
West Cpast
The San Diego. Calif. Union in its
issue or Sunday, Nov. 18, had the following on the submarine Cachalot. the
latest Portsmouth built shiu which
recently arrived on the west coast:
• "Smaller in size but greater in efficiency is the navy's new submarine,
the USS Cachalot.
The Cachalol is a 1200-ton shipabout half the size of the navy's biggest submarines. the Naut!lus and
Narwhal. Her crew is only half t.helr
size. She carries a three-inch deck
gun compared with their six-inch.
But when it comes to performance,
the Cachalot's crew will stack her Ul}
against any ship of the submarine
class.
Commis~ionecl Dec.
1,
l!l33. the
Cachalot carries the last word in submarine equipment. S tainless steel and
non-corrosive metal abound throughout the Interior. Her engines are of
the newest type. Diesel model. She
has the last word in safety equipment
and emergency escape devices. And so
compactly is everything arranged that
a sen. e of comparative roominess Is
given which is absent in olher submarine~ or her size.
The ship w:is built at Portsmouth.
N. II., where ail I he V-type su bmarines
were built except one. She took her
shakedown cruise to the West Indies
and Panama and returned to Portsmouth last summer for final fitting
out. She left in September and arrived in San Diego to join submarine
division 12. Oc t. 17.
The ship's complement is five officers and 45 mrn. four of whom are
chief petty omccr,. Lt. Comdr. Merrill Comstock ir. th captain.
The Cachalot ha,
four
torpedo
tubes forward and two aft. Her galley
and officers· pantry are equipped with
electric cooking devices and her two
ship's cooks and two officers' stewards
prepare all meals aboard. The ship
made the cruise from Portsmouth to
San Diego unac ompnnied by other
vessel/I and made
only
occasional
stop, for supplies.
The Cachalot is the only submarine
with air condilloning equipment which
regulates the temperature throughout
the ship.
Her crew's
quarters a're
roomy and comfortable, with shower
baths, lockers n nd other con vcnlcnccs.
There are three compressed air system~ on the ship-000, 200 and 10
pounds. The 200-pound system is for
general use, operating various devices.
The 600-pound is used only for blow-
mg the main
ship desires to rise after a dive. The
10-pound system is used for ejecting
small q•rnnlitles of water from the
tanks for '"trimming"' purpose .
Lt. W. i\L Hobby Jr., is executive
officer; Lt. M. C. Storu-res is gunnery
officer. Lt. (jg! E. C. Buerkle is engineer officer, and Lt. (jg) J. F. Davidson i; in charee of
s
tio113:•
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s ·mate
,a~ ageTo
·ui ding
$5,00
PA!NTI G SAVED
The famous old Sparhawk Mansion
at Kittery Point was badly gutted by
1ir of unknown origin late Sat~day
c, ernoon. This historic old mansion
of the early days of olrl Xlttery was
built in 1742 and was given
by Sir
The original Trumbull painting-of the
·wil liam Pepperrell of Louisburg fame Battle of Bunker Hill was' saveci',from•
Lo his daughter, Elizabeth, when she the fire which guU:.ed the historic old
married Colonel Nathaniel Sparhawlc. RpArhawk mansion at Kittery Point ·on
The blaze was discovered by Horace Saturday. Fortunately that valuable
'J,tchrll, son of Mrs. M. G. Mitchell, old p1lnting was rescued from .the
the owner, on the second floor of the names in the n:ck of time, it
having
northwesterly corner of the mansion, been pulled do= from a wall which
J\ call was sent to the Kittery Point !,ad ·begun to smoulder.
The original
Fire Department but due to the cold wallpa.per In the hall, which is·of ·great
,,. cJ thcr the fire alarm whistle be- value and interest, while hav.ing·· sepcJmc stuck· and it was necessary to arated from the walls, seems to-.be un•
~he
call the firemen by tele.2!10ne, resul - clam 1gerl. A large panel . over
fireplace in the drawing room wh1c ·
ing m , delay.
Whrn the firemen arrived the ht le bears the n~mes of President· William
had goi ned considerable headw y and Howard Taft and Secretary of State
Chlee . J. P, Coleman
immediately Philander Knox, car\'ed :by the!r own
ca11P.r! id 1rom the Kittery dcpart- hand~ d Jriug t.he!.r v:slt to 'the :.Old
menf;,
Thll fine work of the com- man~on, together with the •date, Oct.
bined departments resulted in saving 23, 1913, was not affected by tbe fire.
the
the hi~toric mansion but it was two ·' Every piec~ of wood ·used In
hour.~ brfore the blaze was dP.clared building of the grand old house wa:sunrlrr co nlrol. As a precaution firemen from logs cut up::m the lnnd..of.. Sir ,:.,.,,L;,::.:,.i:;rJ»'!l:::;;,,
remained at the scene throughout the William Pcpperrell, taken to England.
in Sir wm:am's own ships, made intG
nigM.
Thrre w~s some water damage to lumber and ·fitted by hand .there, · and
valuable antiques and the
original brought back in the same ships t,o, be ..,,_,.,.,"""''"
upon the sitll it has occupied for
I Freurh w~ll paper on the first and crectf'd
second floors while the roof was also so many years. Never before in ·. its
it .~nffered from flre and.
dnmn 1~ed when the
!lo.mes
broke
to this grand ·old
thrnur;h. The loss Is estimated at upr{"'l'f'tted.
warrl of $5 000 covered by in.quranr"
Mo~t of the furniture
the building wM saved with the exception of
a piano, although much damaged by
smoke and water.
Among the noted persons who have
been 0trrtalned at this old mansion
during itii history was President Taft,
who was the guest of the late Horace Mitchell, Sr., dw'ing a visit here.
FROM FLArJIES AT:
SPARHAWK HOUSE
in
�How the pm-ting Swamscoti;; blessed
, • thf5 Jan:~
I
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Beneath their ?agamot,e's lifted hand;
"The Legeml of Stratham Hill" wa.,
written by ' the late colonel Ric.hard
M. Sca:tnmon, for one o! Stratham's
Old Home: Days. It is. ot such out_,_,_ standin1r merit a.nd so appropriate for
the timf~ that it was reprinted a few
months ago 1n the Exeter News-Letter, and is presented herewith.
.And for sw:co'D . give~ wll€n , famine
- . pressed 1
..,
· '.. ,
Had ,PT.edged their race should.' ne'ef
molest '; 1.
··
'
•
Nor man nor child, ,o.( the ,, ,1 helping
hand.s
those that dwelt within their
lands.
'The sun i.!l bright on
. height,.
The breeze drift,s idly
The sort; llght slants,
dance
W11ere. t.all' pines taper skyward.''
The yeai;s "'.ere ~ny that cmne !J:Dd
went)
,· , . . , ..
.
Er-e the 'border strife its fury .S,Pent.;
'And scarce a hamlf!t but . pore ~he
~ar
.
\
.
CO! savage hate and relentle.slF war.
,But the. pledge. o! the Swarrtscot firm
J
remained;,
· .
The ancient, blessing its , power :retaineq~
And from axe or brand of a. foeman's
day,
rand my ehlldl.9h matu at play;
•And in wonder gaud, art_jhe. ~orld we
foundr
'nlat seemed with_ sea_and bills_~girt
', ,,.~round'.
"
The air
rich from the. woods below,
,
The music of summer · wa.ir- droning
hand,
Vflth . stainless
lftand.
was
slow,
as
,
rifts.
Wheelwright's storied
ribbon winding down,
meadow and dark pine
tree.
Where silent swamscot seeks the sea.
Before us spread Plscataqua's ·vales,
The . Bay was flecked w1tll bending
sails;
The dancing Ughts
Rlayed,
The forests were dressed in gala parade.
the
clouds peered
That fancy shaped into faces weird;
o·er field and wood their. shadows
trailed '
As one: by one to the east they sailed;
And whence they came and whither
they go
Was mystery Ja.nd to 't he
below~
But through the tramp of the march, Ing- years.
Through varied !ruitage o! hopes and
fears.
Undimmed. as when it first beguiled,
The picture lived .1n the heart of
each. child.
Aad on the bill with the dreamers
st.ood .
:one wno was aged, \wise and good.
ms form was- bent1, his beard · was
gr~
i
,
But J;lis: wOI:ds. out-charmed our wish
~
to
J)Ja,Y
,
I ,
,
And with.. a; wealth p! legend ancL lor~
Ilu:mined a; pa.st, unknown._ before.
..
\,.
·'
We. heard the talei{.in_ :his ' boihooq
, told, , '
-i
That:. the: aged then.. had.
ord;
Ollll
Again he spoke.,
a mystic sage
Who saw the future a pictured page.
NJ one in prophetic words might limn
What· the distant past had told· .to
him,
"While Stratham run shall guard the
Bay,
Or a swallow over the Swamscot play,
WJlile. the Shoals shall watch
horizon dim,
!
OD the tide return to the Great. Bay's
brim,
While. swart crows gather on
Hill oaks
Or woodland music the night invokes,
And lavish nature displayed he» gifts
Prom Hampton sands to C0checho
O'el' Saddleback's height
pages
As long as water lilies shall grow
In sawmill pond or the pools below,
As long as their hues are gold anc.
white,
Agamen ticus purples in eveniug
light,
While Bunker Hill shall
down,
orchard's blossomcrown,
While a bird shall nest o'er the King's
llighway, .
or Winnicut vales in June display
Their buttercup wealth and clover
gay,- .
So long, the Guide o!
the red
Shall heed the prayer. by the tribesmen said,
So long, the Saxon this
till,
And sow and gather his
will;
And his wandering sons
ters true,
Their hearthstone ties shall here renew,
And build their homes in the love and
truth
That faith expands to eternal youth."
1
The Isles still guard the horizon dim;
The salt tide laves the Great Bay's
brim;
, The buttercups bloom in the
lands rich,
The swallow returns to
Mill brook lilies are white and
gold,
The twilight purples the
old,
In the Avenue elms
The thrushes' songrings,And st,ill the clouds across the blue,
Go one by .nne to mystery land ;
And year by year our wanderers
come
When the grass is green
tury Oak,
Back to the shrines or
hood home.
They linger beside the Boulder Gate,
They throtlg the aisles o! the Temple
of Pines,
Their feet press up the Juniper Path.
All has come as we heard it told
In the graybeard's tale o! the
gend old.
All the tokens of good omen remain
To teach the trust that's never in
vain;
And year by year as the
returned,
We renew the faith o! our :fathers
learned,
That all may hope 1oi: seeurest care
Beneat,h the shield of a trustful pray-
- er.
�CHRISTMAS TREE
AT THE LIBRARY
Left: Showing Archl'rl Cn11slr11c1ion Th:,t Ilcpl'ls Ilnshinii: ~ ''""" ' '' ith Len•t Rt'sislnncc. Rj~hl: Looking
Dm11t 1hc llra.-1,, ~hmlin1t Jlonsl's 1hr Brl'nkwnlcr Protr1·ts.
New lla111pshirc Acts to Save Beac~es
--W1ith Curved Breakwater at Ha1nplon
TrPmendous seas that have
pounded the New Hampshire coast
line 11t Hampton Beach for years,
gouging from two to three feet of
soil from the shores yearly, now are
spending themselves in harmless
spray against a concrete seawall,
which, when completed, will extend
four miles down tht: beach.
The project, sponsored jointly by
the State and town oC Hampton with
. federal loans, is serving a manifold
I purpose. Besides the protection the
breakwater afTords to cottages :ind
property a long the beach. it. is sa ving taxable land bringing revenue to
Hampton.
New Hampshire has a short
stretch of coast line. and means to
protect what It has. Thu.~ the Hampton Beach project is hailrd as the
first significant step in the State's
seashore preservation program.
The American Shore and Beach
Preservation Association played an
important part in promoting the
Hampton Beach breakwa tcr project,
doing much to expedite its construction and in designing the wall and
working out various engineering
roblems.
The Hampton breakwater is one
of tne few of its kind in the United
States. Its construction is considered
to be virtually "sea-proof." Concrete,
re-enforced by steel rods, is used
throughout. Granite blocks have
been placed for several feet in front
of the wall, to keep the soil in place
and protect it from the severe "pull"
or undertow of the receding waves.
Perhaps _the most unusual part of
the wall, is its face, which is arched
or curved outward. seas of the big~e8t storm~ may lash Rgainst the
wall, only to be thrown back again
in defeat. This type of seawall construction, is proving by far the most
satisfactory a.nd already is nrovinoits worth in saving property and soil
at Hampton.
.
The American Shore and Beach
Pre~ervation Association ls working
to have similar breakwaters built
along sections of the North Shore
in Massachusetts, and other coast
lines in the United States, where seas
~re doing severe damage to property,
~nd eating away hundreds of feet
of soil annually.
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A very fine Christmas tree has been
erected in the children's room of the
Public Library, and has been decorated by the Girl Scouts of Troop 2
of t his city. All the ornaments and.
trimmings were ma/13 by the O~outs
at their regular meetings and on last
Saturday a committe~ composed -Of
Scouts Dorothy Corbin,
Jean Fernald, Kathl vn Dow, ' Edith Fern1ld,
Virginia. and Carolyn Schurman went
t,o -the library and trimmed the tree
which has been much admired by the
children who have frequented the ll- i;;••,f!N,'!'~,.;;
hrary during vacation.
All children.
a.nd parents who would like to see the
tree are cordially invited to visit the
Children's room between the hours of
10 a. m. and '7 p. m.
In excavating for the new postoffice
extension, the contractors unearthed
a brick foundation
on the Porter
street side o! the proposed
structure.
It is understood that this brick work
was part of a hotel or lodging house
which once stood on the land known
as Porter street and part of that
where the Glebe building is located.
�PWA Project in New Hampshire Completed
Structure 4000 Feet Long Took Seven Months in Building.
Special to The Chrldlnn Science Monitor
HAMPTON, BEACH, N. H., Dec. 18-Hampton Beach's new sea wall, recer.tly completed as a PWA project of $250,000, breaks th'e force of the
waves rather than shattering them by brute strength. A curved seaward
face turns the water neatly in the other direction, putting a minimum
strain on the waJl and offering maximum retardation.
An apron of flve~ton blocks of granite is laid in front of the wall so
that the waves cannot undermine the foundation. The sea wall is 4000 feet
long, and required seven months to build. A sidewalk as well as a parking
space 40 feet wide had been laid the entire length.·
· Contractors for this wall, said to be one of the most spectacular PW A
jobs in the country, were the Warren Brothers Road Company. P. John
MacNaughton was in charge of the project tor the company.
�Portsmnuth, N. II., Wednesday, January 16, 1935
The Story Of A Bad Boy
CONSIDER CHILD
~11>: \ D~LINQUENCY
~
An interestlng ·meeting of a group
Interested 1n child delinquency was
held ,at the High School on WednesIs Tom [3ailey a pal of yours? Do you know Phil Adams
a.fternoon with practically all of
and Pepper Whitcomb, and Binny Wallace, and JacK Harris' da.Y.
the workers In child welfare present.
:111d Kit_ty ~ollins, and Miss Abigail, ~I)d Charlie Marden, and Supt. H. L. Moore presided and Dean
Mr. Gnmshaw, :rnd Fred Langdon, and Sailor Ben, and all French of tho University of New
who 1s ma.king a survey of
those other interesting folk who lived in "Rivermouth" in Hampsh1re,
the .i;tate on delinquent chlldren as
the good old days, aml who still live within the covers of that
the princlpe.1 speaker.
The object of the meeting as outimmortal story -by Thomas Bailey Ahi rich, "The Story of a
lined was to coordinate the existent
Bad Boy"? All of 0,e boys who went to the "Temple Gramagen~les of this city In the prevention
mar School'' in "Rivermoulh" when "Tom Bailey" was a II.'! tar as possible of the grow.ing delin
young-ster, how they have parted, and wandered, and married, quency in children. 'l"h.e ·schools, the
probation officer; the juvenile
and died. "All, all are ione, the ohl familiar faces!" ''It is police,
court, the Family Welfare, Federal-~.;:--,l-: ;>,:,'1,tt-:·H'
with no ungentle hand," says the ;111lhor, "that I summon relief agency; Red ·Cross and other
them back, for a moment, from that Past which has closed wel~are workers -are cooperatlng. .
There was · a wide and interesting
uron them :ind upon me. I low plea~:mtly they live again in
discussion • -as to· what prev:entath!e '
my memory! Happy, magical Past, in whose fairy atmosphere- measures oould be taken 1R child lil!'\~'-»i
even Conway, mine ancient foe, sl:inds forth transfi~med, guidance and one of the objectives
will be a child guidance clinic, for the
with a sort of dreamy glory encircling his bright red hair!"
examination of children before they ~~'«!.ltW.:
One of Portsmouth's greatest cbirns to fame lies in ils be- are brought into the Juvenile Court.
in:v- the boyl1ood home of Thomas B;iiley Aldrich. Portsmouth Chief George. . H.- Ducker who 'Was
favored such an examination
has been immortalized in Aldrich's most famous work under present,
for he said that . tbe, majority of ju1he pseudonym of "Rivermouth." Those beautiful olden venile offenders are $\lb normal.
The meeting also . stressed tbe lack
times in a 1,eautiful, picturesque old city are presented in this
recreational facilities dur.lng the
humorous and heart-warming story ~is they really were, seen of
winter months In this city, and It was
ihrough the eyes of hoyhood. Portsmouth's cham1 has never
brought out that there was always an
Increase of juvenile offenses during
lJeen belier portrayed than in this story by one of her sons.
the winter months. They went on
That charm has ling-rred on, in many essentials unchanged
record in favor of better skating and
to the present day. Perhaps the visitors to our city from outcoasting facilities and stressed the
side the bounds of New England are the ones who are most great need ot .a community awakening
1n some place !or winter recreatiOll3.
able to truly realize and appreciate the charm ·of this old ColThe cbalr wu authorized to. appo1nt.
onial seaport cily to the full. Perhaps we who are in close cona:n executive committee of five lllho
tact wilh it can see only the surface indications, -of business, will outline a program to be followed.
Another matter most favorably conand motor traffic, :md the f:lst-m(wing' affairs of today. Yet sidered
was the closer relations ot the
Hui isn't the c~sence of Portsmouth; it lies in the treasures of
schools lllith tbe bomes, and Supt.
New Englarnt character, of New En~land traditions, of New Moore outlined a plan o:f home visi- lf)!i/,il..l">I<~
which looks most promi.slng. ,:;;;;;·,
England h0mes, of our wonderful heritage from the past. tations
Those
present
included
Supt. Iii
These are, after all, unchanging anll stable in an ever-chang;- Moore, Chief Ducker, R. D. McDoning world, pessimistic viewpoints fo the contrary notwith- ough probation officer, Headmasters
Sanborn of t~ Senior, and Beal o:f
st:mding.
the Junior high ~hools, Mrs-, Dorothy
Its a ireat story, that which Aldri ·h ;vrote. What ta1e can Bovard, Family Welfare; Mrs. Frank
cnrnoare with his y:1rn of happy, adventurous days in old Randall, Red Cross; Mrs. Laura
Miss Velma. Hayes, school .,. ,u.£,...-.-·
Portsmouth, told in a wav which m;ikes one relive those olden Sumner,
nurse; Miss Eleanor Smith; Federal
t1,1ys .and ,,•;ilk the stree!s of this old seaport with Tom, and ~ef; E. B. Mariner, Mi~es Margar"
ioin in the fun of school-days and vacation-time and of the Ballard, Katherine Brady and CharNig-ht Before the Fourth, :ind of sno yball battles, and boy- lotte Mattb ws, High School staff;
Helen ,l)011erty, Junior High;
hood love :dl:iirs. and all kinds of delightful escapades. You'lt Mrs.
Mrs. Pearl S. Gray and· Mrs. Gladys
::ppreciatc this old city of ours mMr after reading this ab- Warren of the Board of Instruct~on;
Miss Eleanor P. Sawtelle, Secretary of
sorhin!-( slor"I .
YWCA; Miss Vesta Thompson,
\'hat a f rne motion 11·1cl ,re could Ile made from "The Slorv the
Haven school; Charles Tolman, High
nf a B:ul R·ly," ·r capably filmed ri~lit here in this city; amit.1
school.
ih~ :tc1ual ,-::-mes in which the story is laid, enacted bv local
p"r,nJe :is f;11 :1'> mi:rht be, p:.ssibly with descend1nts of some
0f the mi.·i ,1al characters of the 1100k actually takin'( p:1rt. In
. n,''~ resrie cl, l'nrrsnwuth is but little d1anged from tho c uay;rnd it v,.. o.,1 l 1 ot lie di!1tcult to 1c.. rcate the old-tine scenes
11!.',e. V✓ha, 1 , , tcr nahlicity could Pnrl~mouth have than a mofo,., pidnn: nt ihis immortal story to be shown in theatres
th, m liont ihe world, thus acquaintln~ countless thousands
wiii1 liie ch: rm :-tnl1 the many unirntc attractions of this olct
l rn~-tm·.'n nf nurs a~ well as providin:•· uperb entertainment?
0
�Uussell Cheney and
Char.es L. Tow,mmtl
ln twenty-one oil paintings now
on view at Grace Horne galh:rlc:<
Russell Cheney demoJTstrates wh,
he was selected lasl fall by the Ad
disi1n Gallery of American Art at
Andover to ~egin their series or
contemporary New England oneman shows. In clear, concil;ely a1
1·anged compositions he has pa in ted
bis native New England In a con.emporary aspect, from Its Now
Hampshire barns (one of his mo~t
excellent efforts) to modern lndu~Lrial bulld!ngs. In his reporting on
Lhe '!ormer subject, and In such
canvases as the "Sewell House" he
~h0W$ a deep debt to Edward Hopper; In -the flat-planed and almost
mechanical treatment of the tactorY
sites he more than-resembles Charles
Sheeler; and in various other pictures, such as the "McLea.ry's
Woods.'' "Geologist" and "Buck•
port" he Is in a more Independent
vein.
As a capable draughtsman and a
good colorlst, and a "eane" artist
whose work Is recognizable to the
most hardened conservative, It Is
interesting to see just exactly how
this average painter has arrived at
a choice of subject and a method of
treatment which may well become a
model for the younger generation of
loca\ arLlsts. In Its essentials this
type of painting Is no different trom
that of two generations ago, aiming
Old State House, by
Lo put on canvas a more or less exact interpretation of the world
From the Current Exhibition by the
around them, judging the results by
the basic rules of harmony of com•---:=-----Galleries
position and balance. These young•
The other exhibition a
hesame..-,---rr---:----.---::--r1r---:--lir...111ter artiste, wlth Cheney as a handy galleries is the first one-man show
·:• •. .,,,,.,.,"
example, do the same thing-with by Charles L. P. Townsend. Mr.
one marked dltrerence.
Townsend Is Instructor at a museum
Grace Horne's Gallery
In the Intervening years they in Albany, and the two dozen paintRussell
Cheney ls solo exhibitor at
have· seen the work of the moderns, ings here show his interest In a
and have profited by the example of wide variety of subjects, from cir• Grace Horne's Gallery on Stuart
clearer pal~tes, more Interesting cus l!fe to the regular seaport wharf Street. This ls the second large exijurface pattern and Jess stereotyped views of the summer art colonies. hibition of v.:orks by him !n this
rormulre for composition, a greater All ot them are full of color, nnd region this season, for during the
willingness to try new methods, a most or them too much so, with raw summer Mr. Cheney held rorth at
broader choice ot subject matter, pigmcmt laid on In almost every
including more reaHstlc and prosaic range of tonality.
As such, how- Phillips Academy In Andover.
The summer exhibition was retmaterials. Then, without becoming ever attractive they may be In a
involved In these revolutionary Hingle display, they suffer from be· rospective, and it gave the curious
movements they have begun to re- Ing hung In close exhibition. He onlooker an opportunity to estimate
turn to their native city and coun- has a good sense of construction Mr. Cheney's work over the stretch
try scenes with greatly Improved and a w!llingness to venture into of years in which he has painted.
equipment. At this stage It Is too new technique that should bring re- One discerned an evolution from a
early to say how far they will go suits. Both ahows close Jan. 19.
stilted earlier style to a rounded,
and how good a school of painting
liberated later achievement. Mr.
will result, bu~ at least !_hey a.re not
Cheney displayed a kinship with
paying their fore-runners tl!e dumodern methods and an insight Into
vlVUS compliment Olt copying ilie,r
new color theories and design connineteenth century work.
solidation. At Grace Horne's Gal-,..,.~'•'"~•
'l'his derivative quality which is so
lery we see the latest crop of picbvldent ln Russell Cheney's work
tures. From the predominating
militates ai;alnst his being a great
tendencies we conclude what ls the
valnter, but at the same tlmc his
c.:onsclous use or other artists' sug"last" word !n the artist's taste in :;;,.•~,.:-,:~~''',,.-'
~estions has' put him well above the
mnking a picture.
average.
Besides his very obvious
There are many landscapes, a few
n:spect for Hopper and Sheeler, one
portraits and some interiors and
'--"<Ln see that he has looked with seestill life. The outdoor scenes depict
Ing eye on Matisse In such an Inteviews of York and Kittery, Maine,
rior composition a~ that of "Lark•
and Include cottages, industrial
8pur,'' and yet it docs not resemble
buildings, rustic streets. Mr. Cheney
the Frenchman in its final result
except -for the odd angle of vision
always holds the design first, tracand the careful arrangement of the
ing outlines of buildings, shapes of
furniture to r.:l! out the surface.
trees, with a firm, inclusive line. The
colors are luminous and telling,
Not All Successful
though not strongly articulated.
In another Interior of a bedThey serve as a means of amplifying r,,_,Jj•:..li"N·--~
room, long and narrow and looking
the subject, rather than as embeltoward a small window, one Is read·
lishment.
\
ily put in mind ot Van G-ogh's oft.
In still life Mr. Cheney works !n rtlli..;.i~:~
reproduced painting ct his cell-Ilk~
room at Arles. - He has viewed the
broader Idiom, with larger strokes
surrealists with amused tolerance,
and more summary effect. Cactus
and Incorporated some of their symand larkspur and foxglove ripen and ._. ..,,,,.,. •. ··
l>ollsm In "Penitente," a Mexican
radiate under his brush. He paints
scene with various foreground apflowers with affection for them. He
pendages. In all of his painting the
emerges from the imprisonment of
pigment is sparingly used and made
fiat surface, oil, varnish and the
to do full work. There are various
frame. His subjcctll live. That Is as
other subjects of town and country,
including the "Old State House," ilgood a compliment as an artist may
luatrn.1ed In these pages, but by no
wish.
means his best errort.
�ten
168,
making a
total of 2,843 puplls average membership for the
entire publ!c school system of
the
city.
.
Natnrnlly th<" rost per pupil was
highest ln the High School, thls being
$H5 . 02, ns comp:ired with $78. 77 for the
Junior High, $68.27 for the elementary
schools and $62.27 for the kindergarten,
thus making the total cost per pupil for
the past year $76 ._94.
Supt.. of Schools Harry L . Moore, as
secretary of the Board of Instruction
or this city, has presented his annual
report upon the conduction of the
schools during the flscal year or 1934,
wh!ch ended Der. 31.
This report
gives in detail the cost per pupil o!
average membership for the past year,
compar:lng this cost with similar expenses of the preceding four
years,
and analyzes the distribution of the per
pupil costs of instruction to show how
the city·s money has been expenMd.
The cost per pnpll, based on average
membership for the past year, was
Prof. A. N. French of the University
$76.94, an increase of $2.24 over that of of New Hampshire gave the members
1933, which was $74. 70, but much lower o! the Rotary Club a most comprehenthan the per pupil costs for the three sive talk at the weekly meeting f!_t the
years Mtedating that. For 1930, the Rockingham Hotel this noon on the
fig.ires stood at $81.48 cost per pupil; subject o! "Juvenile Delinquency", a
for 1931 it was $01. 62, and for
1932, study o! which ls being made ln New
$80.41.
Ho.mpshire. He stressed the
imThe cost for the past year or $70. 94 portance of coordination of the various
per pupil was distributed as follows :
agencies which deal with the problem
For general control (centrnl office)- of delinquency for a more thorough op$2.38, or 3.09 percent,
portunlty o! properly dealing with it.
For instruction (teachers, books and He urged a reorganization
of
the
supplles-$60 . 61, or · 78. 70 percent.
oourls to Jnsnre juvenile and domestic
For operation (j •mitors, fuel and re- •rela.tlom; court.a working together to
palrs)-$9.40, or 12 .22 percent.
treat the family as a ·.init. He stressed
All othe1· expenses (grounds, 1,r ans- the need o! a state supervisor of preportatlon, per capita trui and minor out- vention and parole, thus
insuring
lays)-$4.55, or 5.91 percent.
trained •orkers. Professor French exThe report continues with an analysis pressed the belle! that a state superof the distribuLion of the per pupil cost visor of police would insure the workfor the item of lnst.ruction only for each ing togr ther o:f the var:lous agencies
o! the past five years. The amounts created for treatment o! the subject
paid out in teachers so.larles figured on and the creation o! a trained group of
the basis ot per pupil cost were n..s fol- sk illc'<l nttendants and pol!ce of!!cers
lows: 1930, .$60.68; 1931, $62.01; 1932, who woPld deal with juveniles before
$61.91; 1933, $57.10; 1934, $57.11.
,they rr:ich court.
The amounts paid out in the purchase
He stated that there was n bill in the '
of textbooks, figured on·t11e basis of per format.h·e stage which may be
prepupil oost, were as follows: 1930, $1.44; senf.cd to this session of the Leglsla1931, $1.02; 1932, $. 72;
1933, $.54; ture, v:hlch contains all the above rec1934, $1.19.
ommend,11.lons and pointed out that
The !lg.ires on the same basis for pu- 1 the cost o! ~uch unlfied administration
plls supplies were as follows:
1930, I LWOuln 1,<' only slightly more expensive,
$2 .37; 1931, $1.81; 1932, $1. 51;
1933, but fa r mc,ie effective than the present
$1.05; 1934, $1.33 .
srt--up.
Other expenses of instruction · per ,- He sppl· ,.. of the study which
pupil were as followi: 1930, $.86; l93l , been m,uie ln different cities o!
$1.04; 1932, $.87 ; 1933, $1.UO;
193 4, ff a 1.C' nm! said that Portsmo.ith
II!
$.98 .
/th lnl in the Jlst, as tar as juvenile deThe total per pupil costs for the Item !Jlnq uPn cy ls concerned. He told of the
of instruction only were as !ollows: 1930, , method ~! study In the d!f!erent com$65.35; 1931, $65 .88; 1932, $65.0l; 1933, munl11es and the results gained. The
$59.69; 1934, $60 . 61.
nerd for roordination of school, police,
The per pupil costs und<'r th e Item o! court m1cl clinical dealings with Juth
instruct!on, divided by schools for
e veniles wns brought out,
respective school years ending June 30
Dr. F'rf'derlck s. Gray was chairman
for the years 1930 t? 1934, inclusive, for the day and presented the speaker.
were as follows: 1n high schools, $85.l5,
Visiting Rotarians were Norman Rus$89. 88, $81. 35, $75. 57, $72 · 22 ; in ele- sell and John Swanson of Newburyport
mentary schools-$56.65, $54.9 2, 59 · 64 , and A. L. Safford of Read!n Mass.
$54. 62, $53 .14.
The total cost o! the city's schools for
the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1934, exeluding evening school, was $218, 748. 19. Of this a.mount $60,142.27 was for
the Senior High School, $63.487 .3;i !or
Junior High School, $84,657.04 for the
elementary ,1;chools and $10,461.54 for
k!ndcrgartent. The aveuge membership for the High School :\S 629, tor
the Junior High 805, for
elementary
2
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SPEAKS .BEFORE
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Prot French fiives Talk On
'Juveniie Delinquency'
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Editor of The Herald: '
I \'<:13 somewhat amused in pick:lng
up your paper of Jan. 7th and read- HO::'f-l~fl
ing !n "R.illroad Notes" :a.bout ·the
Eastern wharf being ..swept up river
Jy t.:ne h1gh tlcle o!
the •preceding
J'!lo!lday morning. If it is -J)ermisslb1e
I woulrt like to .i;ay .a .few words in
1·01T~ctln" same. "The -Ea.stem-wharf
'l'!l'.s' re;er owned by .the -concord ..&
; Ior.'rPal R. R., .and -:was -:never locate! r. ~ t~: e foot of <M.al'lret -street,,. but
,-;::~ !r~"!~~cl on Noble's ~ d -on ·the
,-,,.ir::wd po!.nt where the 'Standard
c ,;1 Co. r..ow h1s ,a wbar!. · ·'Xhe old
Th.:;~:!"n v;~.:.rt was ~ e d ;ievc...ral
F ·:t::-s . :;o.
/'..ml a 6a:n, about 'ille Conoord .&
l\Iontre:il statlon being ~tu~ted .a.t the
i;ou~h western corner at :;Uie iUn1on
-t.~metery-wrong again. T-he ireigl:it
house so located, was the property of
the old Eastern R. 'R. ~n<t .afterwards
became the ,property of .the :B. .& 'M.
R. R., the 'building having been demolished years ago.
~•,if!~'$..;
The ConCOl'd & Montreal depot.
freight house and ~fflces were situated in the -same building now occupied by ui; Boston & Maine R. R.,
a freight house and office, at tbe too
of Bridge facing Deer street. •
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Robert Marvin inaugurated as mayo! Portsmouth. ,
Peoples Baptist church ohserves 71st
celebration of EmanclpatlonProclamatlon.
:J:?avld R. Smith re-eleckd superintendent o! Board of P ubllo Works.
Jan. 2
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· Portsmouth High bas'.atball t eam
01>en.s season, defeatinrJ Tralp Academy.
Edward H. R iley named president
of Men's club of St. J ohn's church,
Chamber of Commerce directors
name committees .
Ice ~enaces Dover; Point toll bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Short, Jr.,
observes golden weddlni::.
·Harold O. Russell named head of
post office clerks.
Work begun on . the fenc e around
L:-~,.-..it:;;:;,.~.c1athletlc field.
F~.~~ij~;ijf;j Robert Marvin named .commander
of Yacht club.
Work now under way for mosquito
eradication at Seavey's Creek, Rye,
Stephen Decatur dies.
George A. Trafton dies
Mr. and Mrs . John Wright observe
51st anniversary. ,
Newcastle ' protests
government
turning over reservation · to National
Guard.
Jan.' '1
John p. Metcalf dies at his home
on Autumn street;
• Jan. 8
.Charles E. Burrill named head of
local . lodge of Red Men.
Fire damages Jenness house on
Middle street.
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1
Dr. Luther Gable, noted ' scientist,
V
this city.
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Merchants Bureau of Civic Council
sponsor big community meet!.ng at
Rockingham.
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Boatswain Frank E. Hunt, · J r., retires iHter; 30 years in the Coast Guard
service.
Letter Carriers' Association elects
Harry H. Foote as i;iresldent .
. Old York Chapter, D. A. R. •bserves
20th anniversary.
Gov. Wlnant names committee t o
investigate proposal t;o establish park
at Liberty bridge.
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Jan. 115
P. 'W, A. a.pp).'oves Joan and rJrant
or $i32,000 tor "ewer project In this
city.
a.oos'evelt Boys' olul:, opens for the
season.
Clifton Hildreth resigns as motm--
or
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its '
an.
Mr, and Mrs. D. F, Borthwick obi,erve. 50th \wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Blanche Blake heads Universe.list Social Circle.
Jan. 18
Atty. John o. Tobey dies ofter n
brief illness.
.Yan. !!1
Flagg Grant dies at hl/f home on
R ichards avenue.
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Jan. 24
Jefferson Rowe presented with 70
year j ewel by Odd Fellows,
JJan. 25
Mrs. Margaret Wicher, matrort of
Childrens' '.Home dies.
Jan. 2'1
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kehoe observe 45th wedding annlvernacy,
Jan. 28
Robert Stanley rescued from icy
waters of the Piscataqua. Rlver at
Atlan tic Heights by Rlchllrd Willey
and Marshall Chalk.
Jefferson Cook of Kittery reoe1vea
E gle Palm, high Boy Scout award.
lFcb. 1
DeMolays observe 12th o.nniver,,ary
lFeb, 2
Strawberry Bauk Grt>nge observes
50th anniversary.
An nouncement made in W shiugtou
t hat Adm . c. F. Kempf!, commandant at the Navy Yard will t,e transferred to command of B ttle hip Division. Adm. Charles P . Snyder will succeed Adm. Kempff
lFeb. :
Henry s . Paul, widely known Olvil
war veteran, dies at lllB home.
Samuel Weston observ 00th birthday.
JFeb. IJ
Fred Lewis of Kittery killed !n o.ocldent at North Kittery.
John Hersey chosen captaitL of l?.
H . s. basketball squad,
!Feb, '1
Attorney Stewart E. Rowe plead
before Supreme court Ju.stloes for new
trial for Sidney 'I'l1orp,
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lFeb.
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Mrs. Mary J. Graham, well ll:nown
K lttery olnt resident dies.
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lFeb, 13
Board or Instruction vote~
contln 1~ Truinlng school.
Feb. J.4 •
R,l!JJh R~mwald dies at
82 .
Feb, IG
Louisa Redden awarded
Eaglet a~ Girl ocout vourt o! Awarda.
Feb, 17
Charles H. Lew ..~. a !ormer residen t In this city, cttes m Call!orn la.
Feb, 18
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brackett observe golden wedalng anniversary.
lFeb, 20
One of the worst bllzzarwi in t he
memory of tne older inhabitant.~ hits
this city.
lfeb. 22
P . H. S. loses Lo Dover by a sini::le
point m annual holiday game.
Porl,smouLh Higll ::iChOOl Alumni Bild
Athletic As.sociai.on formed
P. H. s . named to taKe part In state
basketball tow·nament
!~eb. 26
City Council votes against
sewer project from P. W, .I\,
Feb. 28
P. H. S. aereats .l!;VefeLt High, 20-28.
Civic Council sponsors meeting at
which relic! wor!c is d escribed.
Members of Masonic fraternity on
H. M. s. Capetown, which visited this
city In 1929, send gilt to St. John's
lodge, No. 1, or thi5 city.
March ..
Fire dumagcs blocK at corner Mnrl<e~ amt Daniels 1;trcet.
Local High school squad loses in finals . of baskcLball tournament !or
state chumpionship at Durham.
March 6
Supreme court denie.5 Thorp
trial ,
March '1
Malcolm McIntire instantly
nePr home in Yori,.
March
Ice menace~ l>ove1· l:'oint toil bnd1;e.
!\.larch 11
Rev. Sheate WalKer 01 Concord, as-
sumes dutie;; a.~ rector o! Christ
lF~b. !Ji
Mercury drops to 32 degree.q IJ~low church.
George N. Jones, Civil war
. an, and old-time fireman, die,'! folAnnouncement made th&.t Capt. lowing a fall.
March ll
J u.mes E. Sylvester to succeed Capt.
Patrick D. Cor coran, old-tlmo
Omer J. Comeau in . command of B9.t be1· In South End, dies In Boston hosw ry D .
pital where he ha~ been under treatlFeb. n
ment for ~ month.
March H
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Staples
head.a
Twlllght
Aprli 21
Dr. Henry I. Durgin observes 10th
birthday.
William Dorney, Jr.,
April 21
Stahle on John H. Bartlett property destroyed by fire.
Mr. nd Mrs. Lewis D. Hill obaervtt
35th anniversary of their marriage.
e.nd Philip
Maj. Smrtlley Butler and James E.
May 23
Webber given Ep.gle f\Wllr(li;,
Flre at North church parish hoU81}
Orman Paul electPd pre.~ldev.t of van Zandt, national commander of
. the V. F. W., speak at
meetinlJ o! does considerable damage.
country club.
l!'~oulh Kiwanis club.
_ __.. Benjamin F. Tate, well known Ott
l'\Inrch ?,'p
for.
2:1
l\pril
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terer, dles follow!ng short illne,111.
John Yarwood, tn.x; n~.~esqor
l\'Ir snd Mrs . .,amcs Lomas observe
years, dies sudd~nly.
Mar 2~
5flth unnivPrs~ry of their W;).itling day.
M'\rch ~•t
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H, Beolmr obTwo l\mesbury men kill:)d in aulo
Miss Mary Miller ,t tnin11 !>3rd. blrthserve golden wedclh:!.i....d.a-J!accident on L::ifayc~te r;)ad.
day.
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Chauncey
Hodgdon
heads
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Daven1: rch 28
Announcement mad:i of the dlscovery
w0.y
J~me.~ K. BQrordmnn pinseiJ
port Connril, R. & :::. M.
of an error in compilation of points 1n
April 28
at his home in I<Ht1>ry,
il13 N.)W Hampshire Musical Festival, ••'-'""""t.,••
Dartmouth baseball team defeatli giving the highest score to Portsmouth
l)hrl'h ~~
Jome~ T. Whlt,mn.n mimed o.sses- New Hampsllire here, 12-6.
High School.
April 30
sor by city couni:lt to R 1cce6d th0 late
I , Capt. and Mrs. Charles W. Thompson
Rev Philip S. N;son reappointed
John Yarwood.
' die In sea disaster.
pastor nt McLl10dist church at annuBl
.l\pri• l
llby 2'7
confer,,11cp
at
Manchester,
Miss Ethel Fosn rPt.ire~ 9. fter comRev.
George
J.
Volz assumes dutie11
May 2
pleting 30 yeorR in Co ~t Guard. o.nd
Mrs.
I<t\therine
s.
Hill elected presl- at Franklin (Me.) Methodist Church,
Life Saving ~er lcr
May 28
tlent of OraITort club .
.l\prn i
Blaze destroys big malt
May 3
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Port mouth lvteclirol
As6oclatlon
• Rev. E s. Tasker, former pastor of Jones Brewing Co,
lect C. F. McOllt 11resident at omm0.l Portsmouth Mcthod1st; church retires I
-. 1 ·•y :!9
meeting.
\ Wallace H. Garrett, Jr. and Dorothy
from Cll'live ministry.
Phillip;; B. B'ldger lrn!l-dll wonvick
May '1
1watson awar ~u ,.m;.; ican Legion
club.
Rov. Lou.is Ellms of Newington leads medals as being chos:m outstanding
AugusttL~ H. 111., hr
40 ~,e~rl! o.
boy and girl of 8th grade ·at Ju~r
, Portsmouth Ministerial Association.
member of Firn dei1~ttmP11~, die.~ sudMay 8
:llgh,
denly,
New England council of Federated
May 31
Church Women opens convention in
Navy Yard Employes pay tribute to
L. E. Collitt~ ntttn ,,, 1.it••!,•>.t.or of lo: Adm. o. s. Kempff, Commandant on
this city.
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CP.l lodg0 of !\,loose
Aaron H. Brackett of Kittery ob- \ eve of his departure •
.l\J!l.-in I~
serves 8' nd birthday.
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:nuth wend.-ll oh, "l •!~ OZnd hlrtt\Rev. T. K AmilZeen observe.~ 87th
Announcement P1".d1 that Destroyer
d:\y annivers<J ,,.
~, lot coming to local yard in July,
birthtl~v
f\pril f,
Mr. ~ud MrR. John E. Amee of Kit- and Crulsei:s f:tlt Lake City and
Six: h11nllterl r,rhool children.. ta~ tery Point observe 55th wedding an- Marblehead ln August.
port in gymmist.ic exlllbitlon,
nlven::~ t:V,
Tuftg Co'.lege d'.!feats New HampFrederlclc c~11 o.ppolnt rl. p8trotmfln
May 11
shire University in paseball game at
in the Police d1>p. r tment,
Du,1t cloud which hM been swoep- playgrounds.
\1 rng rnstward from ml~dle west, vlslble
ft.p,rU 8
June 3
Tablet in memor.v of R<JV, L . I-I. here.
Councilman Edward M. Buckley dies
Thayer dedlcl:lted at NortJ.1. ohurclt,
Mr. o.nd Mts. Horace Gmy ob~erve ::ifter a short illness.
l\pril 10
51th wedding anniversary.
June ii
Jolm E. FellowR, Jr , o,nd Rolullardt
Mrs. Catherine Mullen retires as
My~
TMk injured when truck: pin.~ them
school nurse after e!~ht years, Miss
C•l11nclllor o.nd • Mr:;. ChDrlr.lJ
Ii.
whll6 they wrre worlcln[t on. tt, a,ii it
Vrlma Hayes assumes duties of school
Brackett
ohserve
48th
wedrLing
onis on a. hydr, 11110 l\oL~t.
nur.e.
nlversarlr,
Aprll 1~
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June 1
talling $532,853.9'1.
Willlam B R,mda.11 elected Qr9-nd
Twenty-nine graduate
Aprll 14
Master or· p.,oyi>l l\nd Select Masters Acttdf'my,
First wedding in Llf'W Catholic or New Hampshlra t session in Con- I
June 9
church performed t ,1~ morning when
MHR Helen C. :M:;\rston pas.~ed a.way
cord~
Miss Mnr3, S11 eenP.V hec&.me the· hride
Fnml< E. Brook.1 l.leo,ds N~w I-£!\11,p- following a lingering Ulnes.•
ot Jere Lyne;1.
T 1t rate announced at $28.40,
shlrn Ro{l Arclt Maaon11.
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April 1~
Court dlsmi~RP,S injunctlon prevent1!,g • Board of A~~"snors from re-organizing.
The floatinij
11ower ship Jac'>na
moved to N~ vy Yo.rrl for rep Ira.
l\Jull 19
John w. Durgin chosen head of the
Harvard clul> of Portsmouth, which
was organized at meeting of Harvard
lumni.
Ml' lff>
First sprn of Little
phc.d itt posit.ion.
11-by 19
Port.smouth firemen called to Newburyport to o.ssist fighting fir6 whiolt
destr•>vs large number o! bulldinglJ,
May 20
June :U
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hr.lclg6
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BJiird of Registrars start canvll.flll of
entire city in making _UJ;) ~omplete new
votttig llsta,
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Gov. Wina.nt and executive Oouncil
commutes Sidney Thorp'11 sentence to .
)J!e imprisonment 1ess than two hours
before he waa scheduled to hang.
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July 1:S
Misa Martha Rhodes observing 92nd
birthday.
Mary A. Spinney 8Q
Balva.tion Army weddiniJ held a.t
Methodist Church when Lieut. Frances
Pike becomea brlde of Thomas Seaver.
July 13
Freeman Butler arraigned ln MunlElles and American Legion hold Flag clpa.t Oourt on oharge of ringing
Day exerc!ses with John L. Sullivan of false a.la.rm.
Manchester as speaker.
Garage belonglnlJ to, Albero Iilslop,
JTune 1lJ
destroyed.• by fire,
Timothy J. Connors named • regular
Robert Moulton and Olivet• Boston,
patrolman by police commilliao~er11,
both of Klttery, ldlled m acoldent on
. . ,ane :ag
Lafayette Roa.cl.
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~ly 15
Mlah Morrissey and ll'red. Martinea
Heads- of Fil'b and Police Departohollen on the all-America Lacrosse
men6 of Newpuryport come here and
team, Tl:le two a.r, oo-capta.ll:!4, ot tlte
que;tion 'Freeman Butler regarding big
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June 20
July 18
Rev. A. M. Bradley, D. D., of Kingston Superirltendent of Universallst
Chi'.ircJ:ies of New Hampshire, given a
tesJmonial banquet by local church.
Portsmouth Boy Scouts win honors
at Camporee at Hampton Beach,
July 19
Capt. John Davidson dies_at home in
Newcastle,
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One hundred fifty-four graduate from
July 20 · •
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' Eugene W. Hersey of Hunking street
.•• ~ct when cnr in which he was riding crashed in.o 1,.,,.,_u car.
Ju:y 21
Ralph C. Margeson appointed second
Lieutentant in Marine Corps reserves.
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Farm buildings of John Macwich on
Lafayette Road, destroyed by fire,
June 2(l
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Masonic bodies observe St, John's
Day.
Frank Fagan dies at his Miller Ave.
1home.
New st. Raphael's Church dedicated.
Flfty-four graduate from St. Patrick
School,
June 25
Mr. and Mrs. F. W, J:leRochemont
observe 30th · wedding annlvi;,rsary.
J-•Y Z,~
Joseph Amazeeu, veteran
died at his home in Newcastle.
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July 23
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy
'Henry L. Roos~velt, visits navy yard.
James P. Kelley elected Junior Vice
commander o! N. H. Dept. United
Spa.hish War Veti:frans _a t meeting at
the We!fs,
June 26
Fire damages building on Peirce es•
I tate,
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June 28
George A. Howard made Supreme
Representative of Royal Arcanum
Lodges of Maine, New Hampshlre, and
the Maritime Provinces.
John Leary: Jr., heads K. of 0,
· June 29
New England Council opens two-day
session at Wentworth.
June 30
Rear Adm, Charles P. Snyder assumes duties as Commandant of local.
navy ya.rd.
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Oscar Lalghton observes 95th i>lrth•
d,ay anniversary,
New Hamnshlre Publishers hold conference ll,t the Wentworth.
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Miss Olive Akerman, oldest member
of North Church <;lies.
Philip J. Irish dies at Wolfeboro.
Two persons from Groveland, Mass.,
killed in crash at Kittery,
July 4
Independence Day observed here 1n
usual manner,
July l'I
Concord sal.lll front na,vy
July 6
u. f3, Submarine Cachalot make:J
dive of 268 feet in trlal test.
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July 6
J, MaoDona,ld won annual spring
cha.mpionship tournament. at Country
Club,
.July 18
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Members of Garden Olub of America
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Sheriff Ceylon Spinney brings George
st•. Peirre from Philadelphia where he
wa:s arrested recently. St. Peirre was
one of the 10 prisoners who escaped
from local jail, Nov. 20, 1932.
William G. Moody, of this city,
drowns in Newmarket.
Aug. 16
National Guard pay honor to Maj.
I. H. Washburn who ls t-0 retire,
Aug. 1'1
National Oun1 dsmen visit
participate in parade,
Aug. 18
107th regiment, National
breaks camp after two
ing period,
Aug. 19
Henry F, McCarthy malie
agent of Boston
Aug. 20
William Fite, prominent Kittery
resident dies.
Rev. H. J. Wilson given 1934 pastors'
award for distinguished service by
Evangelical churches.
Aug. 23
Announcement made that state IIquo · store will btl located at 113 Market street.
:tug. 29
Adjt. Fred J,ickson ordered transferred; will go to Lawrence, Mas.~.
Locke family r,rnnion held at Ry<),
c11lember 1
Wllllam A. Grover, state highway en[lineer, dle3 at his home in Dover.
Mrs. Abbie W. Ham, oldest 1·e ldent
of this city dies at age of 98.
Portsmouth State Liquor Store 01">ens.
First Day's receipts $2,326.
~e11tember 3
New Rye School opens fot· inspection.
Se1itember 4
State Firemen hold convention bere.
Se)ltember 5
New bridge ove1· Little Bay dedicated and opened to public.
September 10
Aug. 1
New Catholic Church altar/I consecrated by Bishop Peterson.
Portsmouth voters In primary bvor
Bridges and Jenks; Sulllvuu uud
Rogers.
e11lembe1· ll?
Eru;igu and Mrs. H. Victor DI uond
of Salvatt0n Anny al'l'ive here to command local corps.
Aug. 2
Earth tremors reported in this section.
Andrew M. Gardner, one of oldest
residents of this city dies.
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Aug. 13
Miss Clara A. Hanscom, daughter ol
the late Justin V. Hanscom, passe.:1
away,
ISohools opened today with total enrollment of 2800.
Cornerstone of new building at hospital laid.
Capt. James Burke celebrate$ his
86th birthday.
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July 27
u. s. s. Destroyer Elliot a1Tives
harbor for a few days 'Visit.
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Aug. 10
Mrs, Mary J. Rackham 91 yea1·s old.
Aug. 4
John E. Harmon dies at Portsmouth
hospital.
Aug. 5
Arthur G. Brewster, a native of this
city, died suddenly at hls summer
home on Islington street.
. Lawrence Tibbetts, noted
'opera
singer, on yacht Rhoda, puts into local harbor.
September 11
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S 11tember 18
Wilbur Shaw dies afte1· short illness.
Clara za ·a ol Kittery oboorves 9l~t
birthday.
e11lember 20
Oonnoro1 Pilgrim chosen
Counc1\01· of DeMolays
Se11tember 21
Edgar R. Blanchard, named
office of clerk of Municipal Court.
September 24
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Amazeen obBerve
6bt wedding annlve1·s11 1·y,
, National Guard in camp at RY"·
Se11tember ~
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Aug. 'J
Mr and Mrs. C. Alonzo Smith o!
• James H. Harmon arrested tu con- Cabot SL., observe 59Lll wedding anui•
nection ·with death of hill father, John
versary.
E. Harmon.
Sctilember %9
Officers of U. s. S. Salt Lake City
h Colle e opens.
tendered testimonial ba~n~u~et~-~~';J;~..1!..Jl;;_.§!:..!l~~~~~~~~-.....'..ll
Aug. 6
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Mrs. I. H. Washburn named head of
Garden Club.
Oetober %
New Hampshire League of Women
Voters holds fall ses.,;lon in tills city.
October 3
Unlta1ians or New Hampshlre meet
in this city for annual col.lventlon.
October 'I
I Joseph R. Baird named Commander
or Booma Post, Amerlcau Legion.
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October 5i
/ Coast Guard Cutter ''Hudson'' chrL~ ..
tcued at Nnvy Ynrd exrrci.,cs.
October 10
New Hamp8hire Police Clllefs A..'1~
\ soclatlon holds 10th nnnu,i\ me<'tinJ in.
thia city.
November 11,
SI ,awberry Bank Grange elects Heney
Du· ,eau e.s master.
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City Council votrs t•)
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OctlJhCl' ].'~
Miss Ellen Gammon v·•~~enes 8Btlt
anniversary of her IJitth.
October
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tr.
\ Two Portland p<'opl!! ~':1ed m aut,:,
, accident ou York Road.
Octnbr..- U
Rev. Alfrerf Gooding l)ll~"-"P"o nWr\jl".
Oetnttcr tR
Horace P. l\Contgomer;1 rhr;,
Odnhe'l'21l
Mrs. Taylor Wa\,erht>mr die~.
A. C. warnr1, Boy Scout Com111L~sion••
er, awarded f:ilver beaver Dt annual.
meeting of D:111\e! Wr 5t1•, C1Juncil B,
1s. A.
·ovembec ti)
Pollee Department puts c1 :ii~ing cat
!n operation.
No~ mber ~Jl
.Jefferson C. Rowe, fom1er City M r~
, lul, observes 92nd bl.rt 1d:i 1.
Tluee Portsmouth boys, Philip Hodg,.
dou, Marshall Trafton trnd Gl'Org11
age made E:igle Scout-11.
November tl!
Mrs. Nellie Philbrick elected SU••
preme Councilor of Companions of the,
· Forest in co1wcntlon at >Juntic City,
N.J.
s,rc~tl
Ocl,.bec 7!Q
New Catholic Churclt dedicated :m1t
largo clar;s confirmed bJ BLsl1op John
Peterson.
Ocl.tlber ,:·.;
Grand jut v at Exetrr tnings in
dlctmeut chargiug Jame, H. Harmou.
with manslflnghtcr.
OctlJber :u
Kings' Daughtrrs or f-l••·'f Ca~tle ob~
serve 40th l\tmiverso.ry.
Ocl'lltl'r %1'
Charle'I E. Hodgdon o <;')rtes 86tl.
anniversary ol hi'I bl.rth,
Many peopl,:, vis,t 1favy 'Yard Ott
Navy Day.
.
Eugene Fh:umg:;n1, ll'lho escaped from
locl\l jail, captured l\t guu point OD.
Nobles Islond.
O'<l"m ,-r :1l
Richard E. Ha.nuafofd dies at
home on Richards Ave.
oqember ',I
Thieves enter Thompson's storo l\t
Atlantic Heights l\nd ste!.ll 500-lb. safe.
November G
Portsn1onth in ble1ml!ll stnl't~· election
glves Democrats Rllght margin.
'o,,embell' "Z
Andrew Merkle, veternn railroad en••
gineer, dies.
Safe stolen from '11mmps?n·s st<>re,
found near Haverhill. MllS~.
o ember 8
Trial of James Hllm10n o,i 1'.harge o!
manslaughter Ol)l.)lled lu Superior Court,
November !JI
Hiram B. Merrifield, welt known res~
ident, dies. .
Dr. Joseph BoyL~ton \'1ct1.m of bunt~
lug accident iu Berlin.
Novem1,cr u:,
Jame,'I Arrington observes 90th birth••
day.
James Harmon found guilir of man.-,
slaughter in Gccond degress nd sen••
tenced to setve 2 to 3 year!' tn prison.
~bet•
November 1
\'Veatworth oi,se,-;-es
I
I
·Grace.·
; Oeo:i:ge, B. 'OJ:mdwlc'k
·::rospitiil. ·
Novembcr f,i
lfrs. Mary Ami Junkin!I. or Kitteq,
t 102 yeara old.
•
Novcmbe;r Zi
Albert H. Hill celebrate.
dfl,Y a1.,lversary.
November mt
Mr. and Mrs. Charles o. HodgdOII
oh~erve 52nd wedding anniv rsacy.
N'lvember :;o
Hr. and Mrs. Joseph Philbrick ol>serve go~den wedding anuiversacy.
Dcceroher 3
,Contract of po.st offe•! extension
awarded to New Yorlt firm. Operation•
to begin tlle flr!lt of the·year.
William R. Philbrick, well knowu
1·es\deut of Rye. dies in Boston.
December' 6
Storer Relief Corps eleets :Mrl Neille
west as president.
December G
DeMolay Legion of Honor De~
a warded Raymond Bemts
December 8
13parho.wk l\'brns\011 in Kittery Point
d,,magect by fire.
Cl\pt. George H. Morse, Jr., promoted
to maJor tn Marine CoTps.
December 11
Dein(){]tat.'l win in Municipa1 election.
Deecmbrr 12
Knights -of Columbus observe 39'th
nnnlversary and Lfldies .AmdJinry 8th
11.nnlversnry.
Dceemh:-r 14
Recount for ward counc11man 1n
Wf.11'11 ,1 l'esulis In Ue: GoldSmith re', <>lv1 g 349 1md .woods ':149.
Dcccmtoer l!i
Lewis P. Week~ we111m.own resident
\
••f Kitiery dies.
1
December 17
Worlt started oo post -offiof' ooen~lon.
Work lx'gun et·ccting b€llcon tt.'t'J(cir-
I
Reardon, :!or Board ,,at~ I
)n ~·eoount-Of ,w'Ot.es,
"m>ec,embm· . ~41
✓
Mr• .nnd Wrs., J'll.me.s lV ~lili'»itktll' ,ob 0
serve •551ao. .._ddl:ng .annl?1ers~
.Alexnnder ".Bennevt, pmm.l!Be,i't •Z:1t
to,y 'm'll.n1 -dies,
'Deoember2V"
0
fu"tt.ong· wind WJ:eclt\s l a ~ , o» .stll:1'
Islamd.•
·
f,40,000 .:loss· wh!ln• ~ding ?16· ~ b ' ~
iitnn ,P.laJlt ,col'J:;q,su,f.eem, ~wlrl&/,
•D «:ember· .s:t .,
Bask6tb~, team· of 11.§29':tt?, .ff.·S.,
state 4'!11~;,, Mll:l, · boldl<!reomiu:n•·aa,:s111,-,1,'t8
ol 111, l;i; MwtfOl!d,
Olnr..\ .Zl.l.m ·'O! , K'l'tlieIW ·, 'l~U! ·!~
•of ,91; .,
APPOINTED TO
. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Robert Herrick, novelist . of Yorlc
Village, has recently been appointed
Government Secretary to the Virgin
Islands. According to news-magazine
Time, Mr. Herrick was sunning himself at Winter Park, Florida, -at the·
time he received
his appointment
from Secretary of the interior Ickes,
whereupon
he
"packed his bag,
boarded an amphibian and three days
later took the oath ot ' office . 1n the
Administration Building · 'in St. Tho-
:-ort..
)')ecember l8
iAl.motmccment mude 1,h::i.t ncw~lnr111s1tcy to toca'be -at Freeman's Point. The
Philip O,),ry Mfg. Co. of Lockland,
Ohio, .to use two btilldlngs o!. .A'tlarlt1c
Gypsum O<J.
William J. Lin'chcy nHl.PJlOlnted•
. mcmbe:r of Police Commission.
\
December 19
.evi Ma.rden, G. A. R. weniber, ,dies
ln Rye.
,Decembcm- ~
;1~:,:,e Philbtlc'k: 't1f.l.l?led chle,f ..<JI! ;Ktticry F.lre Department 111llhci the ."va1-cnncy cau~'6d •~ relli(,t retkln ·ot :mamld
I
'2i:-
,W111inm ' T, ~~(tr.-e"ats
��s.<,•.:,;.,.1-'i,;,J_A
R~LIC of COLONIAL America
SEWALL'S
Bridge Echoed
.a Parish meeting held Jan. 20, 1732, ..o•w-w-a:""""'r_mar_"!"k•,-a.•n-.d:--t:-::h""".e'.'71r=-~t1;::-:ps
\Vhen -the town gr:p.nted "to such could be seen at low tide.
~rson or persons a& will accept of,
In 1873 the whole surface above,
and undertake it, liberty, to build t;he piles was rebuilt and in order
a bridge at their own cost over to increase the width of the draw
York River, somewhere between several of the original oak piles
· Col. Harmon's wharf and Capt. were pulled up. On examination it
Donnell's point of rocks, above the was found that the eight feet which
1
i ferry, provided there be sufficient perforated and had remained iinj' way left for sloops to pass and re- bedded in the clay bottom one
' pass, and the inhabitants to have hundred and twelve years, were as
Mrs. Grace N. Frisbee is the third free libeJ:ty to pass over the same sound as when placed there.
contribuLor to the series of arlicles wLthout anything to pay."
Minute Men Cross
dt'aling with various historic places
Francis Raynes entered his disrt was over this famous bridge
in ·York with an article on ihe fam- sent against the vote. It was then that the sixty-three minute men,
ous Sewall's Bridge.
voted: If said bridge shall be built led by Captain Johnson Moulton,
These ariiclcs which began in the over said river it shall be by Ca.pt. marched toward Boston April 21st,
December 14th issue of the papers Sewall's wharf. Thomas Donnell 1775, fully equipped with arms, amor lhe York Press Company have entered his dissent against the last munition and food, the next mombren received with much interest. vote.
ing, ,a fter the news of the battle of
"First Parish" and the ''Old Gaol''
This was the beginning of the Lexington reached York-only the
were the subjects of the preceding agitations. The committee chosen evening before, the first to enlist
articles.
·
to take the subscriptions, and pre- from Maine. No· doubt man Y
Mrs. Frisbee's follows:
pare maiterial to build the bridge of the six• thousand who soon folIn the early Colonial days of "as soon as maybe" were, capt. lowed, of which more_ than one
York there were no bridges over . Nathaniel Donnell, Samuel Sewall, thousand made the supreme sacriYork River a.nd transportation was j Joseph H~lt, Samuel Bragdon, Jr.; fice in the struggle for independcarricd
by the use of ferries o( ; Samuel ~berry and Thoma& Don- ence crossed over this bridge also.
nell T~-ey we
1
tlm
b
This historic structure was
011
which there were- three· one near I
·
n
re a ong
e o where Rice's bridge noV: is, known taining subscriptions, but finally marked with a bronze tablet, set in
as Tra.fton's Ferry; One just below succeed~d, and the "great bridge" a boulder, taken from the Sewall
where Sewall's bridge now is, oper- was built in the interest of the farm, and, placed in the triangle
«ted by Thomas Donnell, who lived Parish. Capt. Sewall, Mr. Holit and on the northeast side of the bridge.
in a house where Marshall's store Samuel Bragdon lived oti the south The inscrption on the tablet reads:
now stands, and one near the site aide of the river, and were very
"Sewall's Bridge
of the Marshall House then called prominent men in the town at that
First Pile Bridge in America
·stage Neck," owned and operated time.
Designated and built ,by
by Capt. Willi.am Hilton, who was
Noted Structure
Major Samuel Sewall 1761
granted by the town meeting
This bridge was •the most noted -Placed
by ,the Maine
Daughters
1:be American
Revolution
and of
Th
"holden" in 1652, "the use of a fer- struoture in all the country.
e
ryy twenty-_one years, tp . car:, • first pile draw bridge in America.
Old York Chapter"
strangers over for twopehce, a.na
Exclusive of abuttments on the
Major Sewall
for swimming over horses or other shore this bridge was two hundred
Major :Sewall was captain of the
beast, four pence, or one swum over and seventy feet long, twenty-five Main militia of the Commonwealth
by strangers themselves, he or his feet wide, resting) upoin th~~n of Massa.ehusetts. ll~ be<:ame Maservant being ready to attend, and piers cons_isting of piles driven into jor Sewall who invented a method
one penny for every townsman."
the river bed to m?_;-c the whole of sink1ng tJ:le piles of bridges over
But the people on the south side structure substantial.
deep waiter.
of the river were desirous that a
The entire enterprise was th e reHe was unmarried and a member
bridge be built over the river that sulit of th e inventive genius of of the illustrious Sewall family
-they may more easy attend "Divlne M~jor Samuel Sewall a nd ca~sed who gave many emirient and able
worship." This was before the old quite a sensation ~ the ar~hitec- men to Maine and to York. He
meeting house was taken down and tural world at th e time, makmg_J!J.e ctied July 23rq, 1815, and is buried
t11e material suitable used in the idea of building pier bridges very in the old cemeter:r
Sout.h Side.
popular, and Major Sewall was en- The tombstone, which was restored
building of the present First Pargaged to build a similar bridge over by the Old York Ohapter, D. A. R,,
ish, and, in the last years of Faththe Charles River between Boston in 1932, bears this Inscription:
er Moody's ministry.
"Major Samuel Sewall
and Charlestown, Massachusebts.
Liberty to Build Bridge
an Archttect of the first clasS.
The York bridge was completed
It seems that church and state
From whose fabrications great
in 1761, 29 years after the first acwere one at that time: and, until
benefits have resulted to .society.
tion was taken on the project.
l\'Iaine became separated from the
He was benevolent, hospitable,
The bridge was repaired from
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and generous without ostentatime to time. About ,t he year 1849 it
and became a sovereign state in
tion, and pious without enthuswas almost wholly rebuilt, nearly all
1820. So the first aotion taken in
ia.'lm,
the original piles were cut off near
relation to building a bridge was at
}Ie died July 23rd, 1815
agd. 91 years"
To TREAD Of
MINUTEMEN
at
�To Build New Bridge
In Aug. 1933 at a sped.al town
meeting it was decided to build a
n ew bridge.
The original plans drawn by
Major Sewall n early two hundred
years ago, wer e used, and -an oth er
wooden pile bridge was built as
near as possible, like the origina l
plans, (which can be seen at ,th e
Old J ail Museum ).
Therefore, althought reconstructed, it is still "Sewall's Bridge."
Pieces of wood and piles from the
original bridge have been secured
by some o! the people who appreciat e York and its most interesting
historical background, ·f or souwnirs, which seems a very h appy
and fi,tting tribute to the memory
of Major Samuel Sewall, and, The
First Pile Bridge of America.
timbers laid one upon another, similar
March, 1879, was detache and lat- to the method of b.1ilding Jog houses.
er ordered to duty aboard the U. S. This was the second building put u1> by
reven ue cutter Crawford, at .Kley the Dennett family on the premises .
West, Fla.
·
It is still standing .
Since his r etirement from t!he
Mr. Dennett was educated in the
revenue cutter service, Mr. Dennett Kittery schools and a lso at Eliot AcadAlexander Dennett, of Kittery, had been active in community emy. In 1871 he went t,o Portland to
a ffairs. He -was active in school le~m mechanical drawing at the plant
one of the most prominent resi- matters and was a member of th e o! the Portland Company and remained
dents in the southwestern pa.rt of
Wen tworth-Dennett Parent-Teach - there until 1878, when he received an
M'.aine died Monday evening at his er .A.ssociation. He was also one appointment as second assistant engiin the United Stat-es Revenue Mahome, Old Armory way. Death of th e directors of the Piscataqua neer
rine Service, known now as the Coast
came suddenly while he was' sitting Pioneers, a well known historical Gulrcl. He was for a time attached to
in his chair and wa.s due to .a heart association of Portsmout h .
the office of the consulting engineer in
New York City and in March,
1870,
attack.
He was a native of York and
was detached and later ordered lo dnty
traced his ancestry back to John
aboa rd the u.~s. revenue cutter Crawand Alexander Dennett who came
ford a~ Key West, Fla.
from England to this country in
In the succeeding year~ he sened on
various vessels and at stat10ns on the
1660, settling ln Portsmouth. His
Alexander Dennett, one of Kittery's
Guli of Mexico and Atlanlic Coast . In
father, Alexander Dennett, was a most esteemed citizens and one who
1895' he was retired for physical disa deputy collector of customs for the will be especially m issed in the combilil~·. For several years he resided at
muni
ty,
died
suddenly
at
his
home
Port o1 York.
Thomasville, Ga., returning to Kittery
Mr. Dennett ;was born April 13, Monday night. Death was due t9 a
about 35 years ago to make his home.
1853, and wa.s the youngest of six he art attack while Mr . Dennett was
During the World War he was called
sitting
in
h
is
chair
.
He
was
81
years
children of Hon. Alexander Dennett
bacl, into service and served with the
April 12 .
and May Kingsbury (Remick) Den- oldMrlast
rank of lieutenant in the patrol office
. Dennett was the youngest of a
n~tt. He was a grandson .of Hon. family o! six children of Hon. Alexan- at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
He was twice
N1arrle'd.
His first
Mark Dennett, the latter having der Dennett and May Kingsbury (Rem been ·the first representative from ick) De11nett, a nd a grandson of Hon . wife was Miss Eva Paul, da,,ghter of
Kittery under t'he new state gov- Mark Dennett, the latter having been Warrington I. and Suah A. E: (Ferthe first representative from Kittery nald) Paul of Kittery. She died more
ernment of Maine in 1820. The oththan 30 years ago. His second wife
under
t he new -~tate government
of
er children were Ellen Miriam,
wati Miss Josephine E. Cox, to whom he
Maine
in
1820,
and
was
in
other
reElizabei h, ~ John, Sarah Kingsbury
was
tmited Aug. 28, 1901. She was the
also a prominent and influential
and ,,Mary Alice, none of whom ar e spects
man. The other children were Ellrn daughter of the lace carpenter Joseph
now living.
Miriam , Ellzabeth, J ohn, Sarah Kings- E. Cox, U . S. N., and Joamu (Hurd)
_He received his education in the bury and Mary Alice.
None is now Cox. She died Oct. 4, 1917, after· several week~ illness with typhoid fever.
Kittery schools and also at Eliot living .
Since his retirement from the reveAcademy. In ·rnn ·h e went to PortMr. Dennett's ancestry
in
this
land to learn mechanical draw'lng country dates bavk to about the ye.J.r nue cutter service. ·Mr. Dennett had
been active in nearly all
worthwhile
at the plant of ,t he Portland com- 1600, when two brothers, John and affairs of the community in . 1:ecent
pany and remained there unt il Ale:mnder Dennett. came here and years. without holding political office.
1878 when he received an appoint- settled In Portsmouth . He was born He found time usually to unself:shly asin York
and . when about eight
ment as second assistant engineer years of age his parents moved sist in ,about every public movement of
in the United States Revenue Ma- to the ancestral farm in Kittery, a house any consequence and in whatever carine Service, known now as the th at was built about the yeat· 1'100 by pacity he acted was found to be fn:thcoast guard. He was for a time at- John Dennett, great-grandfather of ful and to be depended upon for the
tached to the office of <:0nsulting Hon . Mark ·Dennett, as a garrison right kind of devotion and interest.
last most partic.1lar work was
engineer in New York City and in house, when the lower story was made th His
at o! chairman of t he
Histor ical
Dennett, Not
Kittery Man Dies
bullet-proof b
walls of hewn hemlock
�Largest Circ tlation Oi
Boo \ In History Oi
UJrary ]leported
At ~ mcl)l.ing of the trustees of the
ruhlic Library yrsLerda.v tho present
libnuirn, Miss Hannah G. Fernald
[llld :,lnIT, the Misses Dorothy M.
Alexander Denudl
commi ttee which was a part or the
K ittery Old Home Week org rnization
for its celebration in August. 1925. and
was the principal compiler or the booklet, ' 'Kittery, Ancient and Modern," a
valuable and practical feature of the
observnnce. He was also one of the
ad visory committee.
He was a member of
lhe Second
Chrislian Church or KiLtery and active
in its affairs, having bren one of the
church officers. a dpacon. and sometim:s superintendent of the Sunday
s~:!!OOl.
He was aclivc in sc hool matlrrs and
was a nicmber of the Wcntworlh-De nnclt P 1rent-Tcachn Assoc;alion. and
was oftrn a speaker and ~vorker in
school affair. He was formerly one of
the trustees of Traip Acaclcn1y until he
requested to be rrlievetl from the position on account of poo1 health and lack
of sufficient time lo :ittcncl t 1e mretings of the board.
He was one of lhr director~ of the
Piscat ,qua Pioncrrs of
Pottsmoulh,
having been dccLccl a member in Au gust, 1'305. Other members depended
t•pon him for much of the executive
wcrk and his home had been a head~.,arlt·rs for lhr frequent mcel·ngs and
t.hc directors looked to him for his good
judgment and a srnse of fitness
of
things in all their arrangements and
ge neral historical work.
He Je1ves one son, Lieut . Ralph E.
Dennett, U. S. N.
He was president of Ute hoard
of
trustees of the Rice Public Library and
a form er trustee of Traip Academy. He
had served as treasurer of the Kittery
District Nursing Assoc·ation.
Funeral services will be held at the
Second Christian Church in Kittery at
2 o'clock Thursd 1y afternoo n . Fliend.3
lnviled. In compliance wllh a posthu' mous w~·:ttw request flowers are to be
1
omitted.
Vau,f1,1 n, Christine Graham
and
Frnncr:-., 1\ndcrson we re electrd
to
serve for nnolher year ,
Th~ llbrnrinn reporlcd the hrgest
circ11kd 1011 of l.,ooks in the history or
the lib1:wy. 9-1,777 volumes being issued
for home use, a gain of 3,600 over la.st
year. This iuciease v.as in children's
books 1nd ;iclult non-fiction; fiewer
novels 'VP.re IRsued
than
in 1933.
Mounr.-.,1 pidures numbering 3663 were
lso c11culat<'d, chiefly for use In the
.~chooL,.
·
Vol1 11Hes numbering 942 were added
to th,, libra1y by purchase from invested fund~ and 218 through the pay
.collection.
Volumes withdrawn as
worn out or obsolete numbered 699.
No r"cord is kept of the use of re!crenc" books and magazines in ti e
huildinr.. but this use is known to be
const.n1Uy increasing. · Fifty-sb: periodicals , re subscribed to and eleven
fire rnrsc ntl'rl regularly. Thrse
are
krpt mt th reading room tables for
one month and then placed in circulllt!on.
356 JO GET WORK
0 NEWPROJE S
toca~ r vblic Library Tc Be
Painted On Inside
New Hamp1;hire Emergency Relief
Aclmin:stmtlon has approved eight
new projects which will prevlde employment !or 356 persons. These -projects, employing persons who have
been certlfled :!or work by the social
eervice division of the ERA, will be
located in the following places:
Nashua: Art!I1ery Pond· Athletic
Field, which wiU give work to 100·, people; lateral sewer project, which willemploy 31 persons, and th·e Loclt Street.
E:Xtenslon sewerage S)'tem, wltlch will
give employment to 29 persons;
Dover: Watel' and- sewer line project.
on Bellamy road, wl1!ch win employ 60
men. In Newport, roadside lmprovemcnt1i and class 5 roads projects wm
employ 50 persons.
Five persorui will be employed in a
project in Portsmouth-which win con~
sM of the painting of the inside of
he Portsmouth publlc library. One
pcr:<on will be adtledl on project No.
1129, surplus. commod1t1es divJsion,
Ninety adtlltional- persons wfil be
added on the N, H. 'League of." Arts
and Crafts project !or its· further de, velopment.
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____
Som~thlOK About DrycJock
R ecords 1kept . by a yard -employee
show that' just thirty years ago. today,
Jan. 23, 1905, the '150-toot ttone drydock at Portsmouth NavY Yard was
officially openect and tested by dock- ~-~-,,~,.;"·...,
Ing the naval collier; 'Lebanon, Ullder
the able direction of · Naval Co~ructor George H. Rock. · ·
During these thlriy years a total or
800 vessels have
been -successfully
docked and undoclted lnctudlng- 2M
submarines.
Rear Admiral Rock is now retired
after having been Chief Constructor,
and Chier of the Bureau ot C. & R.
Many now on the yard recall the great
esteem and resl)eet in which he was
held by ~ll · during those years of
1903-06.
FEAST OF LIGKTS
AT ST. JOHN'S
---y,JI ·.:.;, '>;>~
The "Feast of Lights,"' the annual:
beautiful and impressive Candlemas
rvice, was held Sunday e.vening at.
.30 o'clock at St. John•a: Church and
argely attended.
The altar was adorned. with · white
roses, the tablets ln white w.ere bordered with as_pa.ragus vine and with
the many lighted candles the effect
was beautiful. Borne of the ChrlstmM
decorations were kept in place, giving
added beauty.
The rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter.
officiated· at the service and Rev.
Moorehouse Johnson o! Hopkinton delivered the address, takin~ hls text
from the ninth verse of
the . fl!th
chapter or Song of Solomon: "What.
is thy beloved more than another beloved that thou dost charge us?"
The surpliced choir -qnder the direction of Choir Master Ernest- P. Bllbruck, rendered a special musical program.
Following the sermon the candleswere blessed and passed from one to
another and lighted until every person
in the church held a lighted candle
during the processional
of
clergy,
aco!ytes·and choir, numbering· 35,
which was a. !>eautl!ul a.nd impressive.
feature.
�Street; ..Bachelor's Lane"
beca.n1e
Gr en Street and "Dock" Street lJecame Hancock Street.
Apropos of street names, what has
become of Water Street? It seemii regretable that 1n these times of cha11ge
that the old nrune.s and land marks
. have to be tami:,ered with, particularly when the name connotes nn area
Namlnw Poirtsmouth .,tree1s
II or part or a locality and is aptly de.,
scrl pl.ive or lt.
Ed\tor Herald:I
ICHABOD APPLEJACK.
I bave before me a COJlY or "The
PorU:JnOuUi, Ftb. 4,
Portsmouth Journal of Literature and
Politics" dated Jan. 19, 1839. F'rnm it I
OPPOSES CHARTER. CHANGE
-bave lea.med 1alat the Selectmen of
l]:le Town of Portsmouth, in conformity
Editor o! The Herald:
with a vote passed at an adjourned
Through the medium of your newsmmual town meeting on April 11, 1838, paper I wish to volee my objections
-on Dec. 19, 1838 promulgated an order to the passage of "Holl6t) Bill No. W"
relative to the
names of certain (the bill to amend the city charter and
&tree'.s In Portsmouth which may in- pay councilmen a salary of $200 per
te:est i;ome of your rea_ders, a3 it dld year) now pending in the legislature.
me.
Since the year 1850 when the dty o!
The name of "'Parade" was discou- Portsmouth was lncorporate<l, '\ICry
,tinned and the n:ime Market Square able wid efficient men have been willadopted. Parcnthe1.lcally, lt seer.as to ing io i.e.rve as aldermen and cou11c·1m~ that th:s is to be regret'.ed because mrn without c01npensal.ion, otlltr than
every town and hamle't ln the land has th • prestige clcrived from thell' oifice
n square of one name or another but and the privilege
o! servwg the
the name "Parade" seems indigenous , people of Port mouth.
•
'to Portsmouth, and it is 1:;t.ill so-called
I b( llcve if the city of Porl.smoul,h
cy many.
has $1800 to spend without upsc,tl.ing
'••Fore" ~treet w:.s _discontinued and the budi;et, it should be used to emI
Market S.reet CL,ntmued to Ports- ploy meu m the highway department,
-mouth Bridge. "Congress" Street was I whose DJmcs a1e now on our 1cllef
,msrontinurd and Islington Street to llst 8•
·CO"rull~nce at Market Square and conAll.hnui;h I reallze Uiat the
tmue to the Crerk near Akerman·s of the councilmen
makes dcrna11ds
'l'a"l Yard. "Court" Strttt discontinued upon their Ume, this Is not the time
.nnd Pleasant Street to commence at to lncrc...se Lhe burdens of the tax1'.!ta.rket Square aLd contin e to South payen.
U ll Brid~e. "'Bn•: 11" Strtet tllscon. I hope that you will sec Jll, to pubtin'!l.ed a!ld Stat-! btreet cont.mued to
lish this letter as soon as possible_ as
C,1b--:ii; Street. "P~,rt.ridge" Street dlsthere is to be a committee meeting
r,;ntimi~ri nncl Wnter Street continue'! to JJ"w Ca~tlt bridge...Pitt & or pnblie hearing on this bill in the
J :i~ery" S,reet discontinued and the city hall Friday t:vcnlng of Olis week.
G W. PATCH.
l ?.m~ Court Strei,t adopted for same.
-.r<rskr Lane ~ml Pond Street" dis372 Court St.,
t:/'\..t\t.inurd :mcl Warren Street adopted
Port.smoutb.
l,nr Sl\Il'lf'. "Short and Mill" Streets
1J scontinued
and Vaughan Street a:i,s S,.,ru Was Rcmoveo by Autl orlty
continued to North Mill Bridge. "Prl- Editor Hera.ld:wn'" Street altered to Elm Street.
With reference to an ni'tlcJe ap'"Bmemary" Street discontinued and pearing in :i,our column Monday evenChapel Street
continued
to State lng, I wi!ih to state that the slgn r.t
Street. "Ark" Stroot discontinued and the end of the first New Castle bridge
Penhallow Street continued to State reading ..Marvin's Island'' was not deBtreet.
''Massey and Akerman" stroyed by the vandalism o! boys. This
-Streets discontinued and Summer sign was removed by persons authBtreet adopted tor same. "Mandlln" orized to do w. The s!gn was orlginStn.et became Howard Street; "Josh- ! ally misplaced, as this island is Sh(lpua" Street became Auburn Street; leigh Island and not Marvin's Island.
Street
became
Hanover
A RESIDENT OF THE ISLAND.
LETTERS F OM
THE PEOPLE
Jessie. aef.adane
Speaks At otiri &lab
Meeting
Miss Jessie. :MooFa!'lane, .mper-lnten'dent ef .the Mark D~ W.en~ Home
1'.for Ohr-0nlo. Jnivalid!I, ga:ve· a.n inside
picture of the. tra.Bqull life enjoyed• by
the -43 pa.~12!- at. tbe bome, at the
weekl;v meet.mg of the Roau,y. €lub. at
the Riocldngham• Hotel· this-noon, Miss
MacFarlane has been· at the: head· of
Ute · home evei< 8inoe· its inception
in
1911· and appreciates the good· work be-mg done there as· each year goes by.
She said that t11rough the great: interest of M!ss Sn.san-J. Wentw.ertb-in caring for homeless or helpless -penple the
jd'ea for the home-was ..startech and
:through her genero.sity the home of Gov.
:John H. ·wentworth, the lasls of• the
,1:01'onial gov.ernors of New Hampshire, !
· as turned~v.er tor thill.:good work) and
on -:-the 100th anniversar:, of Oo1,1ernor
'Wentworth's bir.thdll.y, Jan. 15, 1912,
:the :f1rst' patient was·-admitted~
Mtss 'Ma:cParlane o.itlined- ibe bistocy of the home, w.lth, ~e gra~ual· lnCllease from ~lien patten.ts-. the first
Ifl11' to the. present: 49·,
Tllrough- the
VJ,.. •JtiBdness of Benjamin•
'Webster the
'Newell property, was- purohasecl• and
.J:aZed: to. a.flora; a . vie:w. of the
South
Mill P-0nd -and the beautiful- hospital
,irounds. tater-· the Newell pr&~Y
across Pleasant 11treet was a2Jo purchased, the lloUSe rall8d· and· many.
tbmgs done to .improve: the view..
. .She told how the-building 13f the an,DeX had been. financed" and•
through
:endowments how- tl\e home is -flnansoUD«i;
through-·tbe generosity. of ctt:zena whtt oontrlute
funds,
fOOd and eltlthing 18 able to support it1,-el,!. 'Fhe number ot, persons waiting
1er.
awni iOllJ 1.6
growing.
·y, aha said; and' ev.ey
a.vallabl
space is now. u:;ed, in ca.ring for the patients. Bbe pointed -out that persons
a.:i!fering with incurable -diBea.ses were
admitted, but tba.t thore witlJ.. oon..
tagious .diseases- were sent ,to institutions set asJde 1-er such --0ases.
She
highly pnised- . Mr.s. E. C. Blabdell,
cba.lrma.n of. the house oomm1Ltce, and
Dr, c. W. Hanna!ord; president o!
Uie board, and the trustees; for their
centinued~int.er.est and' eagen:ieu to
0
•", . ; ,.,.,..
and,.
serve·.
Miss :MacFarlane waa 1nt:Poduced. by
Jifrs. ~ who.had· been. presented
bl' Dr. BJ.a1sde11l. Ernest L. €oak
Wa.'!
cJ;lab:m:l.n for the day.•
PautC. R&Ny._dfrector ot the Fedeta1 TranSient. Bureau- m- this ,eity,
1111tiat.ed· into t.he club this .noon, with
Pll,st Preside9t o. o. Sanbom giving
l1im the cl'mge -and- weleommg him to
the bodY,
m
i
I
I
I
Mrs. Gla<lys Husty Carroll o! South
Berwick is the i;ue~t o! honor at a
eception this atternoon at the Uni11ersalfat church vestry. Mrs. Carroll
us a well known author, her book •·As
the Earth Turns" ranking as the second best seller of the year In which it
was published. The reception begr.n
at 3 o clock and will last. until 4
�Forge, stationed in Rhode Island, and
his last service was
his campaign
against the Indians of the Six Nations
in the Su$queha.nna Valley. Gen.
Washington's orders to Gen. sumvan
were not merely to overrun the country of tho Indians, but to destroy all
villoges, crops, and fruit trees, and
leave it uninhabitable. This he effectually did and received the thanks
of Washington and the Congress.
On account of the impairment of
House Unan~mously Passes Bill To Pay Tribute
To Memory Of e
1H. ampshire Revolution•
ary War Hero
------7,;==:==:===:::==--:----:--:--.....,.....,--_jj his
health and the destitution of his
Concord, Feb. 1-The million dol• Durham, whrre he resided during his family, he resigned from the army
lar span crossing Little Bl\Y will be lik
Nov. 30, 1779 and returned to New
designated the "General John Sullivan
Brilliant. energetic, eloquent, he Hampshire a,nd home.
Memorial BridgP," in honor of one of soon achieved success as a. lawyer. He
He was not permitted to remain
New Hampshire's outstanding Revo- !.'ls•) became actively engaged in long in private life. The state had
lutlonary war heroes, if the senMe ))llsin ss and established several mill~ need of his experience and wise counconcurs with thr Honse in the passap, e on the Lamprey river from which he sel, and he served in many important
of a. bill honoring the memory of thi~ iwrnmulat.rd considerable wealth .
posts during the remaining years of
11oted lawyer ::in<l statesman.
A few years passed, and we find h is life.
Rep. Orrn V. ''Dad" Henderson o[ him rspousing the cause of the people
He died Jan. 23, 1705 at the early
Durham who, with Rep. F. C'lyd" agllinst the oppressive measures of age of 51 years, 11 months, and is burKeefe of Dover. :,ponsored the leglR- thr British ministry. His popularity led in the family lot at Durham.
latlon which carried an appropriation and influence early marked hm as a
of nearly one :.ind a quarLcr million le~der in the impending struggle witll
dollars to construct the new highwlly thP mother country.
and bridge, yestrrday saw the Hou~e
He was a delegate to the Provincial
unanimously pfl ss his bill giving the A~sembiy of New Hampshire which
bridge an offici<'•l title.
met at Exeter in 1774, and was electIt is ex1>ected the Sem,te wlll en- ed 1' deleg~te to the Continental Condorse the House action on the meM- gre~~ which met in Philadelphia. in
ure.
September of that year.
South Eliot Items
An old reoonJ book of the first KitAppearing before the Hou e public
Soon after his return from
tery, Mass •. militia has 'been founcl and
improvements committee in favor of Continental Congress, he planned,
very interesting information is recordhis measure Mr. Henderson told Ute with Capt. John Langdon, an attack
legislators that General
Sulllvan'iJ on Fort William and Mary, Dec. 12, ed nbout 1196, wheyi Kittery and this
section were a. p1rt of Massachusetts
home bordered the tide water of the 1774. Ninety-seven kegs of powder and
Mr. and ·Mrs. 'Pprrest Leach will e~.:.
Oyster river anr\ "from his wharf he a q•mntlty of small arms were capt.erta1n 20 neighbors rulil friends
at
journeyed by !Jon t, manned by 1116 ne- t11rr-d and transported in gondolas by
whist this week.
groes, to Portsmouth via Little Bay Sullivan and his men up the PiscataDr. H. I. Durgin bas given toxoid to
and the Piscataqua river."
qua river, through Little Bay and up
many children since the clinic
as
"Little Bay Bridge, so-called," Mr. the Oyster river to Durham where it
Henderson said, "spans these waters wo, concealed-a. part being hidden held, bringing the total to 232. While
and It sems fitting and proper in view under the pulpit of the Meeting House the toxoid was available Dr. Kinghorn
was willing that plrellts, :who wished
of hls (Oeneral Sullivan's) gi·cat Rer- for ~rvernl days.
vlce11 to the stole aml nation as well
This ·bold maneuver wa!l explained their children immunized, could do go ltf.=<:·~->1~'
as its loco.tion, being 1n close proxl- I~trr by Sullivan who said, "When I and many took advantage or the opmity to his old home and final rest- returned from Congress in 1774 and portunity.
ing place, that
this
magnificent RMV the order of the British king and
bridge should benr his name as o. CQuncil prohibiting ~litary
stores
memorial.''
h•\iug sent to this country, I .took\
The author of the bill B ve the no- ,,. ,rm: clearly perceiving the designs 1
Ions the following interesting facts in ot the British ministry and saw the
connection with the life of thi.~ out- l\Pressitr of securing military st,ores." I
standing New Hampshire native:
This was the first overt act of the\ . A bit o! history 1 gathered wm
Gen. John Sullivan Wl\/1 born Feil P r-i, olullnn, four months before tl1c t interest you. Way back, a young man,
17, 1740, in that part of old Dove; i>ll~ll: ~ of Lexington
Concord.
George B. French, caught the gold
now known B~ the city of Somer:,- 1 • u 11van returned to tne Continentfever and sailed on the bark "Ma.rltla"
worth.
l Cong1ess which met in May, 1775,
for California to dig for gold. Atter
His father, Moster John Sullivfln fll1.d took advanced ground when he
two yea.rs :returned to New- Hampshire
and his mothrr. Margery Brown wPr~ • clvocatcd the formation of state govvia the route round
cape
Horn
Irish immigrants, coming
to , th!s emments.
started a store m New Castle, then ~country in thC' year 172 . The father
Nc11 Hampshire, following his sugl8.60 moved to Portsmouth where his
3 education i;P,lio1 s, was the first to organize a
was a man o[ cnltnre and
venture m a Dry goods *tere. hard
belnr, m::i sler ol fivo laugunges, nnti r;tat.e povcrnment by adopting a conwork, bone.st. deallllg, )luHt up the
was for many years n schoolmoster , • Ill uL!on In
January, 1776, after flM st.ore of today. Na'II/ the '15tb.. an11
Somersworth m~d resided there at the r,lormy clcbates. A complete separani'Vexi;ary will be- eetebrat.ed lRlar<:h
time of the birth of his son, John
Uon from tl}e mother country seemed· l2U!. It vdll repay you wdl 1o oome.·
From his fa ti ,~ -, John received hi,i it.e,it.ahlP, and the qu~tion was ap- 1» Ulc .,PaJ:"·
1
education and 1from
his race he· in- proached with great rr\11ctance
by,.,.._tf\.:_CIA_ "(~JS .ANNABELLE PAGE.
herited the fil'C' in hi~ soul for nctln~t nwny, even in the Continental Conand lhe foren sic abllil,y for which Ile r:irs~.
was noted. ,,
When one member moved a ~econd
As a young ma n, he opplled to the n( dress to the king, John Adams tells
u, that: "John Sullivan opposed it in
fl strain of wit, eloquence and fluency
eminent lawyer, Samuel Livermore of ·
1m1.1stw l even !or him, filling with disPortsmouth, for an opportunity to read n .ny tho, e who favored reconciliation."
law and doing chores for his living
His military service extended over
expenses in lhe judge's home.
.,, perlm of five ' years. He was in tile
He married at the early age of 2Q i-1,,ge ot Boston, battle of Long Island,
and shortly thereafter established a battle oi Trent,Qn, Princeton, Germanlaw office and purchased a, home in
town. Fprnt the wlntrr at Valley
~n~
�-ALAB."NlA ·WOULD
1
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Distori~.Bmlding Purchased
By Society For Preserva=
. tion Of Antiquities
The 'nlbias. Lear House bas been
purcllasea by William
Appleton, ~ 1 of the Soeiet,y for the
Preservation er New England Antiquities for Ute socie.t-y.
· '1be Society f;or Preservation of New
Engtand Antiquities awns the Jackson Bouse at Chrlstian Shore. and the
Lear- HOllSe 111lll be preserved for future generations:• The sale was ar:fecle.d ilmrugh Reginald Trafton.
The Tobias Lear Bouse is situated
on Hunkins street and here Tobias
Lear for 16 years secretary- to George
Washington, waa born. '\'\,"hen washingt-On came to· this city on. Nov. 3,
1789, he vtsit.ed tha house and called
on ll1.s ~ s mother.
Sumner
Fast Day-New Hampshire
Observes Ancient Holiday
The Granite State was today
absorbed in celebrating its own
"Qriv11-te, holiday. ' Fa.st Day, it was
called, though most of the trappings
of stern Puritan tbl!Ology that gave
it birth, had been laid aside.
In 1681, the first Fast Day was
proclaimed. There had been a hard
winter, and Puritan doctrine attributed the woes to "divine displeasure."
A holiday was proclaimed, as a sort
o! spring Thanksgiving-a day for
thanks that the rigorous winter had
been survived.
Early proclamations were rigid in
their demands for prayer and fasting, according to the the_ology then
current. Elders and ministers were
enjoined to enforce the decrees. The
people were asked to "wrestle fervently with the Lord, that He may
turn from the fierceness of His
anger, and cause His face to spine
upon us in all our concerns."
Then the ~ollday began to metamorphose. Later, fast d9.y;; were
proclaimed to seek relief against Indians, drought and other troubles
that beset the colonies.
Today the Fast Day took on the
more gentle theological tone of the
times. "There is today," proclaimed
Governor H. Styles Bridges, "as
Jll.UCh reason as at any time in our
history for expressing penitence,
and f~r seeking divine :,race and
help." C .c... ~~ :>. '\ ~S-
HONOR N. H.·
Washington, April 17.-The introduction of a joint resolution in the
House this week by Representative
Hobbs (D. Ala.) calling for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of
the founding o! the town of Prattville, Ala., would not seem to be c,f
great interest to New Hampshire.
But, as a matter o! fact, New Hampshire Is intimately conn<:cted with the
event and had it not been for one
former resident of the Granite State
there · would have been no Prattville.
Ii1 1835 Daniel Pratt of Temple, N.
H.; founded the town in Alabama that
now bears his name.
-Mr. Hobbs' i:esolutlon calls for the
appointment of a 12-man commission
to prepare and carry out a comprehensive plan for the celebration and
he ·specifies that of the 12 persons to
be appointed: one is to be the governor of New Hampshire, one a senator
from that state, one the congressman
from Daniel Pratt's district and one
lhe director of the department of archives and history of New Ha111pshire.
The sum of $10,000 is aulllorized to
carry out the purposes or the resolution.
In lhe Introduction to the resolution, Mr. Hobbs lists as reasons for
passage o! his measure that "in .1835
the distinguished son of an honored
ancestry running back to patriots of
the
American Revolutioi1, Dnniel
Pratt of Temple, N. H., founded the
city ·or Prattville, Ala., and dedica~ed
the· remainder of his life to the building of industries, homes, scliools and
churches and the life and work of
this New Hampshire patriot and his
descendants have made a lasting impression upon his adopted state."
Interesting Ships of Navy
Old-timers of the navy like to talk
about the old battleships, those fine
old vessels of other days ths.t cruised
around the world with Fighting Bob
Evans in 1908, and when that cruise
is mentioned there will be some reservist or retired man "pipe up" with the
statemen t that tho Alabama was the
"queen of the seas" during those days
and that it was the best shop of the
"Sweet Sixteen." That famous old
ship was built at the William Cramp
& Sons shipyards, Philadelphia, in
1896, and was the eighth ship o! tile
type (battleslllil) ever built for the
navy, and was the
fifth named in
honor of the state of Alabama. The
first was a 74-gun frigate or 2630 tons,
built at Portsmouth, N. H . The name
was changed later to New Hampshire.
The second was a side-wheel steamer
purchased in 1861, and served during
the Civil War. It carried eight guns
and was sold in 1865. The third was
a small schooner of 80 tons displacement, canied two guns, purchased in
1863, and name changed to Fox. It
was sold after the war. The fourth
Alabama was the original frigate, rechristened again from the name of
New Hampshire. The fifth was the
battleship. It was transferred to the
war department Sept. 15, 1921, and
used as a target for bombs dropped
by planes. It was sunk Sept. 27, 1!121,
off Hampton Roads. The sunken hull
was sold for junk on March 19, 1!124.
The Alabama made the cruise around
the world, leaving Hampton Roads,
Va., Dec. 16, 1907,
and ending the
45,000-mile jaunt at that port on Feb.
22, 1909. It was the fla.gshitl o! Rear
Adm. Charles S. Sperry, commander
of the fourth battleship division, who
relieved Evans of command of the
battleship fleet. Capt. T. T. DeW.
Veeder was in command of the ship
during the cruise, and Lt. Comdr.
Thomas P. Magruder
executive
�!FOUR OVER 90 .
TO
VIVE
ACH
Cement Road, 300 Fieet Wide, Is Proposed From
1
State Road o ork Beac Fire Station
York, Feb. 8-Confernnce:; •~itlt ~-~t.:
highway officials havll hee11 itt pro gress for several weekc; looklng towards
the construction of a new cement hii::hway link from the Stat.- ro .d t,) <\ point
opposite the York Beach Flr,i Station,
According to Harley O. Eiih
de cislve conference i~ !n lmmedlah) pro3!)llct, and it is ex1>ecte•l thM [Ii •>robl
action will be taken.
ConstrucUon of such :l h1,::h11, 1y will
be of untold benefit to busineR'J. ·•nd
hotel interests in th~~ famorL<J :M•1ine
summer resort nd wlll h i· a :,timulo.ting effect on the lll'QJ>erty Qf tha
community. York BrJcll lln suffered
in recent year through the huild!ng of
the cement highway on its pr sent Imes
Vlrtually c,1t off from th tr m.>ndou'
motor car traffic, the beach C•>tmner~\al interests suffered :>. decllne , ond. it
son the basis of r •;i,.lng York Be()ch's
.r de that the prop•l6itiott f•>t' tit., t'''"
train o! Boston &
link wa. laid bi:f()re the state authorities.
Great progress already has
been
made, according to Mr. Ellis.
Condemnation proceedings have already
been initillted, he said, and the property owners ~long the proposed 1•ight of
vay have agrt>ccl to the condemnation
of the land for the conslruclion o! the
highwRY, \\hich would 1><' very wide.
The 11ro1>0sed link wo11ld begin just
beyond the curve near the Post Road
Inn and would follow a straight line to
a point opposite the York Beach Fire
Station. A surve,v has revealed that
the distance from the State road entrance to t11e fire station is less than
a mile, approximatel? 4,-!00 feet.
With fargr Federal appropriations
for p11hlic "·ork~ coming into Maine, it
is expccred that ~ major proportion of
'the exp!?n'ie would be borne by the
goren nir•nt.
ARE ACTIVE
Four- women J.runates of the Mark
home on Pleasant
street boa. t an aggregate of 366 years.
They ure Miss Mary E. B. Miller,
who observed her 94th birthday March
27, Illfra. Martha Rhoades, 92, Mtss
Emma D. Senter, who will attain her
90tl1 birthday thls coming June, a.nd ►~""",.,.~
Mrn. Annie Gral' who will be 1:12 , on
-~"•'•.r•.·..--.::
July 8.
'
All four women are natives of Port.~mouth.. MlM Miller ls able to translate
languages and· reac!JJ without; ·glasses
each day. In addition she 1s an o.rtL:lt
and rmlnt.<J pictures. She· a.lsO plays the
piano and 1n her younger. days was
regarded a.'l a talented musician,
MrR. Rhoades does considerable sew~
ing and also l!! an enthuslastlo jlg
saw puzzle f n. Mrs. Gray and Mias&..-.-.,,,..,_......,
Sent r, while uot so active as the other two women, take a. deep interest tn
current evenm. The •group is known
to their associates 1n the Wentwodll
Hor.no !Ml "The Four Nineties."
I-I. Wentworth
Cenlnl Rallroarl.'l which will Btop in this c!Ly on night ru.n: from Boston,
When the announcement ·p s mad<l 11.45 p. m L<:-""it1,: Port~mQuth th13 ·ankee will stop at Biddeford at 8.48 •land at 8.30 p. m. Connection f?r New
that tho new streamline tr!.\in wns to Lraln will Cl)ntlnu" t9 Portl~nd, ar-'
D 11 a. m., and then, York will be made with the State ot
be operaLed exclusively on the wcsL- riving !l.t 1.10 . m
unninq 11011-sliop will reach the North Maine Express -leaving at 9.05 p; m.
ern division some public spirited citi- ' The new train • ·1\l go int-0 regular /,, •. , 1,1 LosLon at 10.25 a. m.
Continuing on to Boston, the .new
zens in Portsmouth got In touch with service on L\pril 1, [l id will travel
L2av;.ng tho North station at ncion, train will leave Portland at 8.40 p. m.,
officials of Lhe Boston & Maine and more than 700 mllc1 e ch week day, the flier will run non-stop to Port- Don•r at 9 24 p. m., with arrival a;
presented reasons why
th!!,
train but will not b':l opernLed on Sundays. I. nd, arriving at 1.50 p. m. Departure the North station at 10)30 P, m.
should be operated over th eastern
Thll first rcgrrl~r r,rhcdule cut1 nu c[l;tward trom For.land wlll be at 2 On its final trip of the da.y 111 will
division, tho short line to Portland. honr ond 10 mlmrt"~ from the prcsrnt , i. m., wltr t l1e train stoppltllJ at Lew• leave the North station at 11 p. •m.,
The nnnotmcem<'nt wns mntle lo The numlug Limo h•''""'''l'.
Boston 1111<1 \ ,ston nL 2 60 p. m.; Winthrop at 3.14;; with stops at Newburn>oi·t, Mass,, and
Herald on Tuesd~y thnt the train Bangor and 15 tttt 11lr-~ from the run-\ watrrdllc at 3.52 with anival in Portsmot,th,
would h'l operated over tho en stern 11im: tlmo beti• "•'n B, .,t.on • nd Port- Bangor at 5 p. m.
I The schedule o! the steam-propelled
division each nl~ht with tho excep- 1~ nd.
On its Bangor-Bos Lon run, lt will Flying Yankee will remain as -at prestlon of Sunday, leaving Boston at 11
The '·hon11' pnr', · ()f 1,h'l Fly1nc; , leave Bangor Union station at 5.15 p. ent. The name of the ,steam-propelle,d
p. m. and arriving in Portsmouth
Yankee wm !J" in P11rtlanct. LeavitHJ Im.; watenllle at 6.41 i-• m.;
Win- train will, however, be changed to The
12.08 with a stop at Newburyport
Poi-tland ~t 8 'JI) :i rn,
Flylni; tlu-op '1.17 p. m., with arr1val in Port- Yankee.
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EGACIES PAID
LOC LC U CHE
Tablet To Be Installed To Mark Location Of For-:' mer Buriel Pl~ce In Paris Of Naval Hero i- ~
St. John'i; ~-hur_c_h-and the N01'Ul
church have recently been paid leg_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1._1l_
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acles of $500 each, left them by tha
wlll of Miss Vic Loria E. Yennard of
Parllj, Feb. 12.-The spot where Louis XVI a gold-hilted sword during
this city, who died Sept, 1, 1933 ,
John Paul Jones lay buried and for- the following year. He also was made
Miss Vennard,
who
lived on
a Chevalier of France and awarded
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go en ere or
years s
e the Royal Order o! Merit.
aug 1a11 s ree , at 1e corner o Deer,
marked with a memorial tablet.
He returned to Paris to retire In
was the last surviving child of Capt.
The ceremony, which is t.o take place 1790 and died two years later. His body
Mat th ew Bell Vennar<f, an old-time
July 4, will be under the auspices of a was burled 1n the Saint Louis cemesea captain of. this city. Capt Vennumber of interested Americans, head- tery for torelgn Protestants. During
nard early in life was for a short
ed by William M. Clearwater, New the confusion of the following years
time engaged in buslnes., in New OrYork attorney, who wish to perpetuate bis burial place was forgotten, but 1n
leans, but reli1rne<1
to Portsmouth
here the memory o! one of the most 1899 Gen. Horace Porter started a
and for a while had a flour and
heroic figures in United States naval thorough search for the body. The regrnin store on Bo·w street.
Most
history.
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mains, however, were not discovered
of fi1s·· life, ·however, was spent as a
His colorful exploits will ):>e linked until 1905, when they were trarisported
'packet inaster and ship master, untll
with French history by the marble to Annapolis.
he ' retired. He 11 ved many years on
tablet, which will recall that 1n 1777 Official ldent!flcatlon of the body
State street, . next we.1t
the Middle
he sailed for France aboard the sloop- was carried out at the Ecole de
Street cl-lurch, where his daughter,
of-war Ranger with dispatches for the Madecine here. Traces o! the malady
Victoria, was boru, jni't sold out them
American commissioners and that he which resulted In the death o! the
'to the Parrott family in 1865 and l'ebrought the British sloop-of-war great American naval hero were recnioved to Vaughan street:
Drake into Brest l.n 1778.
ogn!zed. Measurements of ·the body,
Besides Victoria, who was 96 years
He aided the French who were just which was remarkably preserved, were
of age at he_r death, papt. yennard
"beginning a. war with Great Britain found to be identical with those on
had other children, Marcellus A., who
by this achievement. Jones spent much the bust of Houdon. Even the head
died In Sydney, New south Wales, in
o! his time. In Paris and received. !rom itself, could be verified.
1875, Malcolm H., who died In New
L{:~~'------------::-7--,111.-.!!!a'!!y'!!'!er~s~,":e~g:,::i~co:::n::-r:"".per-=::::;::ho-:::ur:-:::;':"7to:::r~t.l York In 1904, Helen
,vho iived on
boys 16 years ol.d and upw.ards, six
Vaughan street and died unmarried
cents per hour; for one horse: and ca.rt,
In 1917, aged 91, and Theresa, who
eight cents per hour; for one yoke of
married Josiah F. Kimoall o! Lynn,
oxen and cart, wheels, or dray or
'but lat_e . in life
also lived on
plow, ten cents l>(lr hour; "also oneVaughan. street, dying in 1917 at the
half pint o! rum for- each person for
age ~! 89. O! these, only . Marcellus
one full day's work:' Times have
and Matthew have left children, the
changed; the Town now pajs higher
former's now in Australia and the
wages for labor on -its highways and
latter's in Oklahoma anct other parts
the workmen buy their own rum, or
of the west.
Ora Beccmls 9l New Cl.aile
not, as they prefer.
Miss Vennard ,was herself a memEditor of Herald:
In 1812 there were twenty-seven
ber of the North church, but her sisWblle de!ving in.to the &Rlll'IHI af
merchants in the town taxed for
ter Theresa attended the Episcopal
the Town of New C'<le cert.aJn ~
stock in trade. The following named
church and the legacy to St. John's
and ancient records were discawred
were a.Isa taxed: Brigs "Vic-was given in herm
__ ,;,.,e;.;.;m.;o;.,; ;,.ry.::.;,. ·~--~--'
which may prove of interest to s.ome vessels
tor:ir" and "Dove:"; also the schooners
o! your 1ea:ders.
"Favorite", "Prudence", "Flying Fish",
For instance, the estimated. expen- ."Fox", ;,Sarah",
~hree Friends'',
ditures of the town in J8lll were as 'Sally", 'Abagail",
"Young
Betsy",
follows: State Warrant (Tmr) $.32'..40; ••Lark'' and "Eliza:•
County Warrant (Tax) $2<l.7Q,; School
On October 2, 1812 fifty-three men
Master (salary) $300; wood !or scl\Q<>J between the ages o! sixteen and forty
$12; Selectman's. fees anr:l expen.s.e.s-. were mustered !rom New Ca£tle at
$20; Tnwn. Clerk's !ees, $.f.00; HfgA,- Greenland Parade at the
General
way Repairs. $50~ Bull, $4.00; Gom- Muster. There were others ll:sted be- .... -m··,,. •.
mlssfon !or Collector
ot Ta.x6l tween the stated ages who were not
$3();00.
required to attend the muster.
There were 120 poll tax~ est..lm.ated
PHINEAS T. WHITE..
which indicates; that the population
New Castle, N. H., April 16, 1935.
o! the town We$ prabafllY' approximately the same as today. There. were.
also 38 cows in the t.own with a. two
yea~ ot age and· 7 y_earling,s.
A bill: for board for 19.S. weeks at.
$3-.00 per week which 1nchldes. wash-mg,. meruling and maldnc fgar:men.ts
o{ a.pparei) tetals $594. to which 1.$
added: Ht.a s- glasses of spirlts per dll.y
fc,r 198 weeks a.t 3. ct.s.. per glass,,
$124..'l&... De.spite the repeal or proh!IMtlon the writer 1s Rliabl:t infonned
that. Uut town na ~ provides
sp1r!ta !or tbe- people aided citherwl.se.
ln 1813 cap~. Geo. Vennard·· and
Capt. Eph, Amazeen. SUrleyors ot
Highways, were directed. to- pay for
labor, on, highways- as follows· to poll,
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THE PEOPLE
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Highway Commissioner Everett nformed That
Federal Government Will Not Name Bridge
After Living Person
·concord, Feb. ·s--G en. John ' Sulll- one of the fi rst men in- New Hamp'.v,a~ died Jan. 23, 1795,
few weeks- ; shire actively- to resist 1,he tyrannies
a
f hi ol G:reat Britnin. He was one of the
before the 55th anniversary o
s Intrepid New HRmpshlre company,
bi:rth. This' ordinnrily would riot be that committed the first overt act or
considered news, but it seemed to . be- the Revolution by driving a. royal garcome
when ~ig'hway Commission~ i rlson out of Fort William and. Mary
er Frederic E. Everett wlis Informed . at Newcastle in December, 1774, and
this '. week that he must give nssur- ' during 1.he wnr he was in· active serance that
th~ Gen. John Sull1van Me- ·I vice almost constantly, attaining 'the·
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morial bridge across Little Bay ls rank of m3jor general In· the Contin~
named for no living person, before the ental army.
fe~eral government will give its a.pHe twice was elected delegate to
provar to the name.
the contlnentll l Congress, twice was
Mr. Everett was able to assure the elected president of New· Hampshire,
federal representatives that, nccord- . before the tit!<' governor was ft."ted
Ing to the most reliable historians, upon for the cllie! executive of the
General Sullivan died nearly 140 state, was a. member of the Electoral
years ago.
. college that ch ose George Wasllington
, The General Court has enacted leg- 1 for ·first President of
the United·
lsla.tion giving to the recently erected I States; was president of the ConstituLlttle- Bay bridge- the name of one or I tlonal Convention that met at Exeter
New Ham))6hll'e's most distinguished to consider the Federal Constitution.
i:oldlers, statesmen and jurists,, but j and was the first justice of the Unitthe fact that federal funds h elped in I ed· Sta.tes Coul't for the district of New
meeting the cost of the brldge gave Hampshire.
Washington a veto that would be ' He received the degrees of master of.
exercised If the Legislature had tried arts from HarvRrd nnd doctor of laws
to honor someone now llvlng.
from Dartmou th, was the first presiSlnce General Sullivan's honorable dent of the Society of the Cinclncareer ended long, long ago, lt is to be natl and was the flrst grand master of
assumed that there will be no objec- '. New Hampshire Grand lodge of Matlon to this tribute to him, and sons.
Washington may be even more com- I TBouglt he died at a compar3tively
plalsant than lt otherwise might have early age, his career was a full one,
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been, since General Sull!van, in his , and the New mimpshlre Legislature
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da.y, probably was something or a felt that it would be honoring itself
"New Dealer."
in honoring his memory.
Born Feb. 17, 1740, In that part of
That the federal government will
the colonial town of Dover that now is have an y objection Is regarded 1n
the city of Somersworth, Sullivan was New Hampshire as unthinkable.
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POTTER ·ESTATE.
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HAS.BEEN SOLD
TO AM. OIL CO.
Buildings To Be Removed
For nlodern Filling
Station
AU property o! the Potter estate located on Pearl, Islington a.nd Rock
streets, has been purchased by the
American Oil Company for the erection of a modem filling station.
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The residence and large stable will
be razed by a Boston wrecking conem. Plans have been completed by
Boston architects and construction
work will be started as soon as the
buildings are cleared off the land.
The station will be so located that
it can be approached from I three
streets and will be the most modern so
far erected in the city.
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The property, one of the show places
on Islington street some years ag9,
was originally owned and occupied by ,.. ,,.,.:.,iA''...,,,••.·
the late Dr. Frederick E. Potter. It
went on the market for sale shortly
after the death of Mrs. Potter. During the days of the Doctor the stable
contained some of the best livery rigs
of the city in wllich the local physician took much pride.
The grounds in fQrmer days were
always very attractive during ' the
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20 ·h An avers
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Committee Named To Anange For Celebration
In June 1 36
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St. John's
Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. , Sherburne, Gen. Henry Dearli;u·i .. 11,1
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M., for ·the 200th anniversary of the I many other distinguished officer., ue
lodge, in New England, has appointed the Continental Army. Gen . ll:"t ll,lll
an executive committee to make plans Whipple, a signer of th O:!clan .
for the 200th anniversary o! the lodge, I t1on of Indep~ndencc, joined i1c tuJ~ !
which will be observed a year from In 1752, and Maj. Gen. John Sut!1 next month.
/ vJn of Durham. who seized Lie p:i·,.
The first warrant granted St. John's dcr at Fort William and Mar;. 1t
Lodge was from London, Eng.. prior. Newcastle, which was used Jatt!r
to 1735, but the exact date of its issue I Bunker Hill, became a member m r-,,e,-•..,..,;i.. --'
is- unknown, owing to the loss of the 1 1767. Maj. Gen. Sullivan in 1190 fJ~ document. When St. John's Lodge of 1came the first grand ma3tcr of . ' fl
Bos.ton, which had jurisdiction over Hampshire•
New England, was formed, the breth- 1 It was b~cause of the face thJt /:t.
ren of the local lodge petitioned that John's Lodg of Boston was oiJ!ig ~u
body for a charter, which was issued i to close It.~ doors during the Re\olu•
June 24, 1736. Since then the Ports- l tionary period that the Portsmou h
mouth Lodge has had an unlnter-1 loclg-e attained the di3Unction of iJe •
rupted existence, to make it the old- Ing the oldest lodge in point of CIJLL •
est Masonic lodge in the entire coun- 1 tinuous existence.
try in point of continuous existence.
The lodge has in a vault in a local
bank its records from Jan. 17, 1739.
The early_ history of St. John's
Lodge is closely identified with the
stirring events that took place in this
city from the time of its being granted a charter, prior to and during the
Revolutionary war. For nearly a quarter of a century the lodge met at the
Earl of Halifax Tavern on Court
street, and here were initiated Gen.
Joseph Cilley, Maj. Winborn Adams,
Maj. Andrew McClary, who lost his
:;r;·,-1~:,~;;:llfe at the Battle of Bunker Hill;
~...-.,..._,.Lieut. Euljah Hall, w'ho served with
Capt, John Paul Jones on the Ranger;
Maj. Nathaniel McClintock, Gen. Alexander Scammell, Maj. Edward
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�Project Expected To Be Fir t Lin
Scenic Shore Road
Of Projected
timated the cost of constnwtlng a dam
surmounted by a highway, as contemplated under the action -0f the State
Legislature in granting permission for
damming the river, to be $136,000.
The morz costly and more worthyhile
dam project, it is believed, can only be
made possible through the aid of
a
Federal appropriation and it is hoped
that Federal funds m_ay be granted for
th is practical purpose.
Selectmen Carroll Sterling, Charles
Lewis and O. Sumner Pa.il had already
filed a request with the Feder.11 government for the building of the dam .as
a Federal project before the highway
had been taken over by the state.
Another link in the proposed scenic
shore route would be created under a
bill recently introduced in the
state
Legislature and on
which a hearing
will be held shortly, Thts bill
proposes a st1te highway along the shore
from Portland through Scarboro
to
Prout's Neck, thence by a bridge to be
constructed across a creek,
through
Pine Point, Old Orchard, Ocean Park,
Ferry Beach, and rejoining Route l at
Wells. Another plan is for the- state
to accept the shore road between York
and Ogunquit as an additional link .
George C. Lord, councilor from the
First District, has worked hard in the
interest of this benefit to Kittery and
has been instrumental in accomplishing what has already been achieved in
the matter. To Mr. B.irnham, t-0 the
members of the board of
selectmen
and to the pnblic-spirlted citizens who
have workecl and nre now working to
bring this project of a state-controlled
scenic highway clam across
Spruce
Creek to a succe~sful conclusion much
credit is also due.
It is believed that the ample suppiy
of granite blocks at
Fort Mcclary
Park could be used without cost in the
construction of the dam, the only ex- ,
pcnse being cost of transportation. Work
would be provided for the unemployed
oi southern Maine, through the Maine
P ublic Work s Arlministration.
The
dam would develop some of the finest
s.,mmer property in Maine,
within
ea..sy travelin g 'distance of Massachusr·tts cities. Provision would andoubt-1
cclly be made for the passage of small
The 1:aine Sta'e Highway Commis- · thoroughfire a 1;tale
high,Yry,
11n
sion Ins voted to lal·r over from th::· agrec·•nrnt hrtwr~n th~ to\\'n and 1h11
town of Kittery lhc llir,hway lrom
state pro1·icli11g that the town shall remarch street thro11"l1 Kittery Po:nt to I build thr present highway ti,rnugh KitYork Harbor, imlmling the old Kittery' tery Poin• rillnge to connect w·t11 the
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Point bridge. Rrsi'lrnts of Kittery are portion nlr:·ady rebuilt near Tenney's
j10ping that with I he aid of
F~::J~ral • hill. Thi~ nr" .~late high,Yny
route
funrls tll:: stat:: will ronstrnct a
cbm from K11trry gors through York HarI
w:·m:rnntcd by a hji,!h:1·ay to rcphc~ •he bor and Y: 1:-k B:-ach. rc>joining Rout•!
ultl Lriclgc in tlr r,·ar fntnre. Th~ re- 1 at C;1p Ned dick. For t,he p nt to be
p!~•:mrn t of th e \\'Orn-out b?·idr,c with reron strnC'trtl by the town the sum of
a r ·.v structure wrn b~
u:1:irnitl 1bl r
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shorUy and it is hoped that the state
will sec fit to rrc·~~~ a b~nHLif ii lnl:e
by the clammin g of thz
l':atrrs
or
Sprn:e Creek. ln p!n ·c or un sightly iI
mud flats at Jow ti:1° woul d be crea ted I
in the heart of the town a bo:ly of•
w 1Lcr, with ideal
environment
for I
summer cottages nml homrs.
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For several years a movement
has
·b een underway to hnve the
highway
throu 6h Kittery P oint taken oYer by
the state as th~ first link in a sce nic
shoreline highw ay ;,s an alternative
route to Highway 1-.'I. The town's SPlectmen hnve be~n r clin:ly Cll!:l:t <s d in
working for thi s prc,j ct, suppo -ted by
several intcres:~cJ ril i:1ens. A bill inclorsing this idea ol rrrating a
st ,te
highway sk:rli n:; .this brn uliful co~st
has been pn~crl 1·:·:cntly by thr State
Legislature .
Wi th the cntrnll°' r,f
E m·r
J.
Burnham, well-1:n:,:rn Kitl~r~· alto:- j
ney, to the S tnle L"gislnture t!l
project of building the
cl11m wa.s g;nn'
new impeLus an~l nrw hope . /I confrr- I
ence with the Sl:-.l~ Jligll1rny C:i:nm:s- S '.al Hpresrnti>thc Elmer J. Barn sion wns held, v:i 11 Selectmen Carroll
Imm of I•:il tcry, who introduced in
Sterling. Charles L:·wis ;,1Hl o. ~11mn°r I the ;\In!nr LPgi. lature the enabling
Paul of Kitter·y 1,rr·, nl, a•; wrll :-.,
act to p?rmit thr constructio11 of the
r es~nLalive Burnh:Pr: an d Geone C.
propo,"cl new cl~m nc?·oss Spruce
Lord of Wells, co :!'r J!or from t ''" Fir•t
Creel: .
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n :strict. The nnt, •r of the s•·•.·<;: ta:,- S"
l
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t t
1 1as
1 fC 1 a, Lie
in over the hi;th\·;~v w;-s cl; ,:u-.. ~d ~t ~. 000 nppropr'
own
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meclin·~ 11 ill be malc:1rcl by the state
the. conf2rcn cc an;!: i1rid,'n -il!y. th:: with the rnme ~um. le. is planned to boats through the dam
at
certain
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su bJ~c l O r rnns t rn~.J
-~ a l 1ai n to re - begin y;or:, nenr Fricbee Bros.' store at stage5 of the tide.
p'acc the old b::;J:,~ was nlso ( 1J.:c;1 un- 1 Kitten Foi'll probably nex t
month,
The project now lies in the hands of
der consideration . .'\:; the rrsult
of
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the State Hi ghway Commission, Gov.
th
Louis J. Brann and the Federal Pubthis CO!t,crence n bill wa,, in' rorll!:~cl in nnd to pro:rrd as far as poss.ble wi
the S4 000 ~• ailable this rear, continu- lie Works Administration.
th'.! State Legislr. wre by • ~r. Burr.ham
ing with r.pproprialions in the
t ,rn 1..,_:---~-.'"'.""'-~,:,o,"!"1W.,...._,,..-,~~-.-,J.t,.
r,ran ting the 11r:~~, ry pcrnu,,io'l fnr
f ll .
the rrcction an :! maintennn:c of a clam rears O owmg.
Pcross Spruce creel; _ This b'll
re- I Now that the state has taken o,·er
ceived the a cLiY ~ 1,upJ>ort of !he select- this h il',hwa:, t he n ext step i_n regard to
l'l"ll or the to·.rn and a rroup of busi- the Kittery Point structure 1s up to the
n c,.s m en. The cfrorts or it~ s1,o nsors Stntc Hir;lm~y Commiss:on . A survey
\'/~re successful nnd 1. e bill bc~ame a has been made of the old bridge and its
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s ite by ~tate tnginPers and the cost of
a,..
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Led
en April 24 th~ s ~t,, ffglmay Co:n- rebuilding~·~ a pilr br: ge was e;s 1ma _
m: c>ion voted to :, :ike this
Kittery by the eng1wrrs nt. SJG,000.
I'hey es
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�The flag~ were then accepted by
Mrs. Washburn, who responded a, follows:
"The Porlsmouth Garden Club accept,.-, with pleasure these flags presented by the Rellci Corps. We are
proud lo be intrusled with this Grand
Held
At
Meeting
Yesterday
Anny flag. We remember wilh gratiInteresting Exercises
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tudc and affection those men who gave
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freely of their best years Umt thh flag
Afternoon
might be llie emblem of a united nation
The Portsmouth Garden Club held They made a sacniice fot· t le st ars and that an en5laved race might be
its monthly meeting yesterday after- a nd stripes.
free.
noon at the Woman's City Club and it "It is you, Oh Flag, who has taught
"And, when in time this new flag
nd
was a meeting o! Jnusual Interest, with us, to worship God ~n His own way, a
shall take the place of this Grand Army
over 50 members in attendance and to rem! nd us th at it was He who gave flag, may our hearts be inspired anew
;.ai;:-""~ guests from the Storer Relief Corps and iHis De_arly Belov~d Son th at we might with love for our native land. And may
the Women's City Club.
appreciate th e Divme lesson of good- we pay our tribute o! honor to those
11 t~wa rd men. . .
The president, Mrs. Israel H. Washmen who are commemorated by our
bum, called the meeting to order and . •'It is now my privilege a nd plessure, Memorial bridge, at the entranctl of
'"'·'"'..""" ~"Miss Lucie Pray, the secretary, read a m behalf of storer Relief Corps, No· 6, which this flag shall fly.
detailed .report of the last meeting.
to present to the Portsmou th Ga rd en
"It is most appropriate that the ReFive new members were received Into Club, this flag in memory o! storer lief Corp~ and the Garden Club should
the club..
Post, No. ~, Grand Army of th e Repub- work together. You seek t-0 teach the
An' interesting feature w.1.S the pres- lice, to b~ used at ~he entrance of 1 ~e- love of country by Just such deed, as
entation of two flags to the Garden morial bl'l dge. It L'> the eameS t desire thiS here today. We seek to beautlf,1y
Club by Storer Relief Corps, one being and wish of the Sons of Veterans au d our homes and highways.
Thu.., we
a new flag bought with money earned also the adjutant of Storer Post, No. 1, unite the love of country and the love of
by members of the Corps, and the other Miss Edith M. Paul, that yo.i accept the land, well knowing that there can
being the Grand Army flag, which for the Grand Army Flag of Storer Post. It be no permanent gardens unless there
so many years did duty on Daniels was used for years, stretched across is a government that we may rely upon
street at the headquarters of Storer Daniels street from the window of to protect us and our interests.'
Post.
Grand Army Hall, to call their members
Ernest s. Colprit of Dove1· then gave
The hew flag is to fly over the gJ.rden or make visitors welcome to their meet- an interesting talk on "The Begmning
plot at Memorial bridge on days of no ings. Many of you ladies remember of a Garden".
especial importance and the Grand this flag. Every thread of it you love,
Mrs. Marvin gave a lalk on the work
Army flag 'will· be used on days of es- because it was your Father's Flag,-the accompli~hcd so far by the .;ommillce
pecial importance, such as Memorial glory they won and their sacrlflce. The in charge or the exhibit of the PorlsDay and the Fourth of July or any other Woman's Relief Corps, too, loves this mouth Garden Club at the comrng
day which the committee in charge same old flag. It ls very precious and Garden Fest1\'ai to be held at Rye
shall deem especially fitting.
we hold it dear to our hearts. Its asso- Beach and Little Boar's Head. Thi· 15
The presentation .was made by Mrs. ciatlon with those dear co.mrades and to feature a colonial doorwa~ w1lh a
J.VIabel S. Smith, patriotic instructor of friends who have reached that beauti- garden path leading to it, and which
storer Relief Corps, and was as follows: ful twilight at set of sun, we have left, seems to be mo5t appropriate, as Ports''The woman's Relief corps originat- to us, the sweetest of memories.
mouth h noted for its beautiful doored on the battlefield. Its first work was
'·It is for us to take example, live as ways, and also is known as "The City
relief to the soldier, the widow and hi.s they lived: gather up the loose ends and of the Opc1 Door."
dependent ones, but of later years it , carry on our work with greater courage
The Graffort Ciuh a1 d Women',, City
as taken up other work, a part of\ than ever before. We know what Club are to cooperate with the Porlswhich is presenting flags to our schools, those comrades would tel! us to do with mouth Garden Club and under their
churches and public lnstit.itions. We the flag. It is fitting and the proper a.ispice:, may be seen ladies dressed in
have worked shoulder to shoulder with place for it. This Memorial bridge has the fashion of bygone days walking up
these comrades, trylng to assist them been dedicated to our 'heroes of all a path or flagstones with a border garin a greater patriotism and a better wars.' Such fine yo,111g men to answer den on each side and entering lhe hosAmericanism. All that we do, all that the call . Wright avenue (one side of wtahle door or our old seaport towu.
we· say, Is not enough to pay the debt of this triangle) was named in memory of ~he door to be used on this occasion ~
grltitude we owe to the brave, gallant Lieut. John Brandon Wright. As a being loaned by Charles Stewart and
comrades of the Civil War, who fought young man he had many fine charac- is the old door formerly of the Rice
to save this great nation of ours and to teristics , high moral standards
and house on I~lington street. This house
preserve the Union. Our patriotic in- ideals. The life of Brandon was short. was built br Capt. Robert Rice in the
struction is stressed by our work in He lived more in those 26 years thnn yea1· 1812, and will be ren;embered by
teaching patriotism, love cf country, some would live in 50. 'We live in many of the older generation of Portslove of the flag, observance of law, not deeds, not in years.' Lieutenant mouth as a very fine example of the
only those of to(lay, but those of future Wright won fame as an aviator in the architecture of that period. ✓
generations, to be lc,yal, true, patriotic big aeroplane race from Mineola, N •
The next meeting of the club will be
Americ:m citizens. This.is our purpose Y., to San Francisco, Calif., in the fall held on the first Monday in June at
and our work. In speaking of the flag. of 1919. He was a successful flyer.
the home of Mrs. William E. Marvin
there is so much to be said that I will
"Madam President:
You have on Middle street and will be a plant exspeak of it as a Flag of Sacrifice.
worked hard to improve and make this change, the members later driving to
"Now, follow the men of the Revol..1- triangle a beauty spot with shrnb~ and Rye Beach to view the location of the
tionary war, as they followed the flag flowers. What could be added to attract •·01:>en door" and to make final suggesthey made a sacrifice. Ag:i.ln, see the more than to place, for the first t'-:1e, tions for the perfection of this exhibit.
'Boys in Blue' of '61,-'65, as they suf- this dear old flag of the Grand Army
fered In prison pen, or on the march, or in the garden-to me a shrine to all
in the pup tents,' on th~ field, hungry those comrades.
and cold-that the flag might wave
"We are now leaving them both with
ovei· a united country. The Spanish- you. We feel assured that they have
American war boys, as they went to been placed in good care,-the Emblem
the Philippines carrying the flag o! of Our Country, th~ flag which has led
freedom; see how they su!!ered in the all armies to a glorious victory. The
swamps and heat, sacrlflclng for the flag without a slain, when it Is unfurled
flag of their beloved land. Our brave to the breeze high in the heavens may
boys in khaki, too, as they marched its radiant colors command
away to the world war, some to re- from all who gaze •.ipon it."
turn home shellshocked and gassed.
Storer Relief Corps Presents
Flags To Garden Club
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�PREPARES ·BOOK
bility to publish a book! Sl'le a mere
irl of twenty writing in J1er journal:
t am so blue sometimes I !eel as if
'le car of Juggernaut was
on my
nck, and I get sad brooding- over this
icldle of life. My tll'o boys, Karl and
olm have grand times playing out
f doors and getting dirtier than the
·hole dictionary can express!
I
10 my 01Yn washing and oh, for
icnce.' But even so, she could write:
nrk skies must clear and when the
clouds are past,
ne Golden Day redeems
year.'
"Care for a husband much older
han herself, and three sons mlght
·en have been con~ldered a full time
ob; but to these she
added the
:riling of poetry, prose, the painting
. ~f china and the cwing for and pla.nting of a marvelous garden. Her brother·s book shows how through all the
forty years since her death, he has
cherished her memory, as he
that of their dear mother.
"It has been the greatest possible
pleasure and privilege to have been
able through the material in my pos.<ession to assist him in a slight way
in t.he compiling of the new book the
·Heavenly Guest.' It ·ls a fitting compnnion to his 'Ninety Years at the
Isles of Shoals' and all who have read
that, or better still know the dear
man himself, will be eager
Uncle Oscar's new book."
The reading public not only of New
Hampshire but throughout the country will welcome this work
of our
distinguished citizen, ''The Heavenly
Guest" from the writings of his slster, Celia Thlxter.
OF POEM OF
CELIA THAX R
Miss Rosamond Thaxter writing to
The Herald sa~·s:
"Ninety-six years ngo this month
'Uncle Oscar- Laighton' was born and
his little sister Celia was four years
old. Now almost a century later that
ever loving brother has prepared a
delightful little volume of his sl~ter's
poems which have never before 't;ren
collected into book form.
His
remarkably keen mind casting about for
a way of adding to the intere~i. or Celia Thaxter's Centennial year;
hit
upc.n the plan of ga.thering any material old or new, about her, into a
little book, which would be arnilable
this summer. Last fall he mentioned
to me on·e poem which he said had
been lost. He 1v:is delighted when I
was able to show him the manuscript.
Why 'The Heavenly Guest' was never includect in any of her collected
poems no one knows. From talk of
this poem, came the looking over crf
an old portfolio containing about a
hundred poems, some of which had
appeared in p~pers and magazines
but not elsewhere.
During the past
winter in Camden, Mr. Laighton has
painstakingly reread, sorted and arranged· these poem~ and
added to
them articles ,nillcn
about l\Irs.
Thlxt,er, by '\lfrs. James T, Fields, and
other friend.~, sal'ed in an old scrap
book. The 11·hole makes a charming
olume just published, which will be
f great i.nt,erest to all who knew i.\1rs.
iaxter or ha\·e joined at any time
1
the life at the I~l~~ of Shoals.
•·In these clays of 'depression' and !
ard times, it is a very real inspira- j
on to read her simple vivid lines, alays sounding a note or faith
anct 1
,ope. What a wonderful example the
ves or brother and sister set. He at I
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he
ener y and
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N. H. fublication Traces
State's m-owth Since First
ls.sue. In 1772
The edition of 1835 names Abner
Greenleaf as the postmaster at Portsmouth. It also mentions several incorporated companies of importance
at that time, among them the Portsmouth Whaling Co., Ichabod Goodwin, Agt., Portsmouth Aqueduct Co.,
Joseph Akerman, Treas.; Portsmouth
Pier Co., A. Ladd, Pres,
Since the early days the Register
has grown in size and scope to a volume of over 350 pages listing not only
all .officials, but a complete business
directory !or each town and city
the state.
The publishers'
F, Crocker, ls ln
Portsmouth.
·week compiling data for
edition.
For the stuQ.mt. Q~ New Hampshire
history, interes~ed
In digging out
•'\~..,.,.,•_.".,..... !acts for bimSelf, there is perhaps no
more prolific source of Information
than a. complete file of the New
·•···-"'";.;JJ'-"'1 Hampshire Register.
When first published, in 1712,
was only one newspaper in the state,
the New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth. The first Register consisted
of 16 pages, 3½ :lt 6~~. and gave a ·list
of the officers of the Province, the
towns in each of the five counties,
county officers, military officers, the
officers of Dartmouth college, attorneys, ministers, and "The Road to
Dartmouth College."
It was printed at Portsmouth by D.
& R. Fowle, said to be the first printers in New Hampshire.
After the first number there was a
gap of 14 years, but from 1787 to 1789 ,
the Register appeared annually and I
since 1794 has pot missed a single year :
until 1931 and 1933.
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At first the Register contained little
besides an almanac and lists of various officials, but as the state grew the I
Register expanded and carried more
and more Information each year.
Many quatnt
historical
notes are I
tucked away In odd spaces as fillers. i
The Register for
1831 carries an
"append!X" tn which appears a "List ·,
of Men of Distinction in New Hamp- '
shire."
In the issue of 1835 appears a list
of persons who died during 1834- at '
an age of 100 or"over. Among these '
were the- following: "July 4, Antipas
Dodge, ·Goffstown, l1l3 years, four
months. He .settled in Goffstown ln
1759. He was out in the ·whole of the
Fre!lCh and Indian war and part of
the Revolutionary war. He was at the
Capture of Quebec in 1759."
Some of the tables of fees given in
the early books are very amustng. In
1815 the following fees were listed:
Justice fee for acknowledging a deed,
17c; Clerk of Court for a writ of Subpoena, lOc; Sheriff, for serving a writ,
23c; Justice trial fee, soc. Jurors were
paid 42c per day.
Postage rates made letter writing
very expensive, as single sheet letter .
postage was 8c up to 40 'miles, lOc to;
90 miles, 12'hc t.o 150 miles and 25c
!or over 500 miles. Letters of two
sheets were double rates, and longer
letters proportionately hlghe1·.
The population of Portsmouth as
given for 1810 was 6934. It was by !ar
the largest t.own tn the state, the next
largest being Gilmanton with 4338.
Concord at that time had 2393 inhabitants.
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Editor of The Herald:
Recently quite a' lot of cli~cussion has
been caused by the sign. "Shapleight's
Island", placed near the west end of
the island known for many years to the
present generation as "1farvin's." The
lnbit or calling a place ".Jy its one-time
owner may be all righ'., fo,· local people, but for our summer Yisitors who
may have read some of our history,
they look in min for the old names-awl very few now living can give any
information. Perhaps a few facts concerning this island woulcl be intrrestin -as it pl •yed an import;int
part
during the Revolution as a goal for
r,risoners taken on land or sea.
The island was occupied
se\·eral
, years before any records were made of
transfers; at one time in possession of
Reynold Fernald, called Doctor-alias
ye old Doctor-later owned by Chris.
h1.wson-and then by two merchant.s
j in Boston, who sold it to John Clark in
j 1674. From that time it \Y:\S called
"Clark's Island," occasionally referred
to as ''Doctor's Island.·,
TI1e Clark
: heirs sold to a brother-in-law, Willi,1m
I Knoaler (often spelled "Nolar") and for
J a time called "Knowles' Isl;ind," up to
11759.
In 1764 it c:1me into possession
of Nathaniel Aclams.
During
this
period it was called •·c1:1rk·~ or Nolars
Island" in deeds and will~.
In 1772 it was purcha,ed by Charles
Henzell, master of a "fly boat" tb.1ilt
lo transport masts for
the English
navy) which were loaded at the pool on
the south side of t.he ~econd bridge.
The name of the yes~el wa.s "Pla.ssea"
(from a \ ill lge in lnrlia. he scene of ~
British victory). Hrnzell was in Engl land when the tronble
began
and
louncl it impossible , n Pct :;·,\•ay. Hi~
petition to the goYernor ~ml council
explains the sitnation and ~c!ds to our
limited records of the ronclilions
at
lha.t time.
Petition of Chnrles Henn!! of I'ort -
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the Honorable
&:nate
and
of ReprPsentntiH'S in General
convenrcl-D~"rmoer 24, 1789.
"The petition s!1owt''h-that previous to the late Re\·olution. which restored independence and happiness to
America, he had purchi:sed an island
lying in the harbor of Piscataqua cont:lining twelve acres. \Yith the buildings
therein, consisting o! ? dwelling house
and a large three-story warehouse and
wharfe . That at the commencement
of the war he was in England from
whence, a·fter repeated attempts,
he
round it almost impract:cable to return to this country. He, however, at
: length embarked from England with
j his effects for Holland r nd France, in
which two co,.111tries, under the directions of Doctor Franklin and Commodore G!llon, he spent the irrea test part
of four years in rendering service
to
this country. for which he neither
wl~hed 11'Jr e,·er received any pay.
"Impatient at length to return to
America., he Ar,no Domini 1781, made
the attempt by way of the French West
Indies, and from thence, with property
_....,.~!,l,.lo.-".iWi-unt o, 1500 pounds, he em-
I
barked on board an Amencan ship for
Portsmouth, hut was captured on his
\'Cyage by a British m::111-0!-w:ir,
stripped of hi.: property and _himself
carried a p!·isoner to
Ch,ulesto·,m,
South Carolir.a, where he remained until an exchange took place, when he
was landed .Jn Virginia. in which state
and Maryland (confined the greatest
part of the time by disorders he contracted during his imprisonment) he
co11tinued till the summer of 17J6,
when he returned to this state . Having previous to his leaving thi~ country
emplo~·ed the Hon . Josht:a Wentworth
as his ngent. he, on applying to him for
the rents of his land and buildings,
was informed that the aforesaid island
and wharfe and buildings th reon had
been occ,1pied by this
state
from
April. 1775. to April, 1783;
that the
warchr•use had been used as a barracks
!or prisoners and other purposes and
the dwelling house for the guards and
othe1· troops-and that the stone wall,
built at great expense on said island,
was taken down and used
by
the
troops for constructing a bridge. He
was then and still feels happy in reffecting that any part of his estate had been
beneficial to a cause in which he had
made great personal sacrifices, and, although his buildings were exceedinly
injured while used for the aforesaid
purposes nnd were also the
whole
time taxed for the support of the war;
your petitioner would perhaps
have
nevrr solicited payment therefor had
it not been for his great losses, and
that others whose pro!)€rty was
for 5imilar pJrposes had been
since compensated
therefore.
As,
therefore, he presumes the wisdom and
ju~tice of this state will not require
morr from him than from them, or
pl.ice him on a worse footing than
, othns of her subjects,
he humbly
prays Your Honors would cons_idcr his
account herewith presented, and give
orders for the immediate payment
thereof .
. "In the present case he is happy in
being told that he lies entirely at
he
mercy o! this honorable court.
''With the warmest attachment
your persons-and
governm.:nt-he
begs leave t-0 subscribe himself
"Your Honors very obedient servand
and faithful subject
"CHARLES HFNZELL.''
P. S.
The total amount of the
claim was 239 pounds. In settlemrnt
, he received at various times a total
:imount of 60 po,mds . The
bridge
mentioned connected with Fort Washington .
Hcnzell sold to Reuben Sh,ipley in
1787 . Shapley sold to the New Castle
Jlridge Co a. right-of- way in 1821. Sam
Tuckerman purchased the island in
1830. From th is time the transfers are
too recrnt to be of intere. t. If an:y
names are to be .1sed why not include
t~.
tho•c who took part in our early his•
Yours,
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�AND.
DEVELOPMENT
Interesting Data Concerning
Historical Spot
The above ls verified by a Deposition by George Walton, a resident for
50 years-aged 70 years-,who once
claimed a part of the Fort PoLnt. Taken before Walter Barefoot, Deputy
Governor December 18, 1685.
"And this deponent doth very well
remember ye Fort built by Capt. Mason upon the Great Island in the
same place where
the
fort now
stands and that it was strong and
substmtially made and furnished
with Great Guns of which some were
brass."
And there are other depositions to
the same effect. It was caJled •·william and Mary" on their succeeding
to the throne until after the Revolution.
The location was often called Fort
Point and the Fort as '·The Castle."
The old maps call the inner point
(where the first lighthouse stood)
castle Point. The site
was never
granted to anyone, but held by the
Province !or harbor defi;nce. It was
ceded to the United States in 1791.
Many changes have been made as the
manner of offence and defence has
develope'd. At one time there was a
battery outside of the original Fort,
called the "Prince of W3les Battery,"
and another called
the "Polumbia.
Battery." Many eminent engineers
have had a hand in
planning the
changes-Rednap - RochefontainWalbach-. The latter rebuilt the
present inner Fort,
Including
the
gateway, in 1808, from
that time
named Fort Constitution. From that
time Walbach continued active
for
many years, having charge of
all
coast defences from Eastport to Rhoad
Island. In 1814 he built the Martella
Power, to protect the Fort from attack on the land side.
In 1863,
Congress
appropriated
$250,000 to build the largest Fort on
the coast. At that time the circula1·
North East end was removed to make
room for the new work.. The plan was
for a "three decker," one tier of guns
over another made of cut g1:anite. The
work was commenced in
1863. a11d
a':l:.ndoned in 1870. A hurried attempt
wrs made to get the Fort in condition
for defence under supervision of Colonel SouthofI, at the time of the "Virginus" affair with Spain.
All of the
structures outside of the old Fort and
(By Ivan L. Meloon)
The following regarding the origin
and development of Fort Constitution
Is of much interest:
Tpe second volume of Brewster's
Rambles, page 143, has the following:
"In 1660, the first fort on the present site of
Fort Constitution was
erected and Richard Cutt was the
zz:.:.~,:.,,,'J.11 first in command."
Our information
is much more
complete today
than
it was one
hundred years ago, as we have had
access to the English files, which were
more orderly and permanent than the
Province records.
Under date of
August 20th, 1633,
Mason's agents
report. as follows:
"And Farther wee
Doe
Affirme
that there was Foure Grete Gunes
brought, to Piscataqua which ware
gi'len by a Marchant of London for
the Defence of the River-and at the
same time the Earle- of Warwick, Sir
Fernando Gorges, Capt. John Mason
and the rest of the patent teies sent
~ 'order to capt. Walter Nele a,nd
capt. Thomas Wiggin their agentsand
gO'lemors at Piscattaway
to make
choice of the most convenient place in
the sl\ld River to make a Fortefaca'tfon !or the Defence thereof and to
Mount those foure Guns given to the
place. which, accordingly was
by Capt. Walter
Nele
and
Th()ll)Jl,S Wiggin and the Pattentes
Servants and a draft was sent to the
place that. they made chouce of to the
.said Earl and Company and the Draft
did contain all the necks of land in
the North East side of Grete Island
that makes. the Grete Harbour and
they gave it the name of Fort Pointrand alloted It sod far bake into the
Island about a bow shoot to a grete
Rocke whereon was Intended in time
to sett the Principall Forte.
That
the above ls all truth we amrme and fjll.,::.:,;.:.:..,:;:..:.:.;.,_~:-"""-~--;:'.~~--:7
by the desire of Capt. Walter Nele
and capt.. Thomas Wiggen we have
ordered this wrlghting to ly in our
files of Records of there doings therein.
In Witness Whereof wee have here-
unto sett our hands and Seles at
Georgeana, In Province of Maine
New England August 20th, 1633.
RICHARD VINES
HENRY JOCELYN.''
(From Mason Papers.)
Georgeana. was the north side of the
Piscataqua. The settlement was at the
small river that enters the Salmon
Falls ruver below the dam at South
B
. ci tsn.outb Home lndustrics
.
i•:_ !l1t lc.c:HI br:,nch ol the New
H,rn1pslill'1c Ltag11E, ·01 Arts and Crafts
reu-1tly ieorgi,nizLd with Miss Helen
L._ Souter f.!:- chairm: n. A gift shop
'\\Ill _b< :,pomored :.g:.i11 this summer
Lilt
lll the b:.rn ol t)·e
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vlllS 01\'
Pa-rec e:,t::ne instead of at the YWCA
,.~ lormerly.
The shop is lo open 011
~
J um, ~9th with Mrs. Lester Hard'
·,s
~1
d
n1g
• 'iop · n prod11ctio11 mana"er. Mrs
H,nhng is the daughter of bMr. R.
Chp~ton Sturgis of Little Harbor Ro' d.
he 1~ :, munber of the coiuicil of
I:!o~ton &,cic:ty of Aris and crar::
and I~ \Hll known i,s :t blac-k :rnd
white rirti t. She i~ <~peciall_y known
<•n both this ~icle of the water and in
~E:l«~d flS :-._ designr·r of book plates.
~he. 11.. exh1b1ts <•f lJcr work in the
Pnnt Ro~m c,I lhr Brili.,h Museum.
She alS<l JS a clesigntr of patterns for
r,efdlepoint. lit will he assisted in the
i,hor, b)' Ml~' Htllll Han o1 Portsme 1th.
Et :iclu cc,1 ,cluct ing the shop d11ring
th€ •. un,mcr the le-c-::.1 council will arrnng_t 1<,1 ext,ibit Jrnm time to time
ancl cla~:;eE Jn HHious crafts. Membcu; oi the council be~idrs l:lliss Souter
iuc Mn;, o~r.ar W)'r,rnn v,u ehairl<\tlo,. Ml;.;:i Alice l,01u bcCit:hH~-t-ici~urrr J\11ss P.111line lfraclforcl, Miss
Elsit Callin, Mrs. W. S Goss, Miss
Emm, L. Hawkridge, Mrs. William E.
:M :.r,in, Mrs. J. Winslow Pierce, Miss
Ek:.nor P .
awtellc and Mrs. J. H.
Washburn. Miss Hawkridge is chairman ol the production ·
Mis!- Bradford for the
cu1nn1it tee :1ncl
Miss
p11bliril)
Local craftsmen 11 ho wish lo particlp,11 as proclucers of 11 rlicles lo be
sold in the shop should notify Mr:.
ustn Harding, Miss Jlelc•n L. Souter
<,1 Jl,Jiss Emma L. llawkridge at once.
Th<- Portsmouth Home lndustries
has been organized !or two years and
has been most successful under the
chairmanship of Harry M. S. Harlow.
With the shop localed in the barn of
Mrs. J. Winslow Pierce and a most
ritLractive display or nrts and crafts
Rll made in New Hampshire, the local council is looking forward to a
most inleresli11g
for the
·ummer.
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�UNITED STATES NA VY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
Saturday, 27 October, 1934
NAVY DAY
VISITORS' SOUVENIR PASS AND PROGRAM
".11 good Nacy is not o provocative a/war.
It is the surest guarantee of peace".
CCheodore 'R,oosevelt 27 Oct., 1858 ---- 6 Jan., I 919.
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Visitors are cordially welcome between 10 00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
2.
Entrance to Navy Yard by bridge from KiLtery, Maine. A sketch of the Navy Yard
showing points of interest is shown on the reverse side of this sheet.
3.
Automobiles may be parkeJ in the Navy Yard.
by traffic sigus.
4.
Information booth al Navy Yard end of bridge. · Guides will be stationed there to
accompany visitors.
5.
AL various l.)Uildings aud shops guides arc stationed to escort visitors. Of special interest 'v\ ill be Llw 1\r prenlice exhibit in Building #81, Isl floor, and the exhibit of
electrical equipment manufactured by this Yard in Building #79.
6.
First aid and rest stations are located in Building #2 (near ferry landing), at the Main
Gate and in Yard Dispensdfy (next lo Building #86), for ladies and children.
7.
No cameras \\·ill be permitted lo be taken within the Navy Yard.
Roules to parking spaces indicated
SPECIAL NA VY DAY EVENTS
All Day.
(a) The U.S.S. CACHALOT launched 1<) October 1933, is at Berth #2. A periscope, such a. is installed on a subm;irine, will be mounted near the U. S. S.
CACH/\LOT, so that visitors may view the surroundings as sef:'n from below the
surface of the water. A Mom~en Lung, such as is used for escaping from a submarine, and a water-tight door, will also be on display in this vicinity.
(b) Display of various Infantry weapons alld Marine Corps equipment in front of the
Marine Barracks.
2.
At I I:UO a.m. fire Drill will be held al the lee House between the two ponds.
3.
Diving equipment will be on exhibition at the entrance to the Dry Dock, and between
one and two p.m. an exhibition of deep sea diving will be given.
4.
At 2:00 p.m. Football Carne, Navy Yard vs St. Pius Club, Lynn, Mass.
5.
Between hah-r~ of Football Game, Coast Guard exhibition Life Saving Drill.
"There is no more patriotic duty before us as a people than lo keep the Navy adequate lo the needs of this counlr:y 's position".
CCheodore 'R,ooselJelt 27 Oct., 1858 ---- 6 Jan., I 919.
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The Yard is the center of Naval Submarine .Activities and has been designated a
building Navy Yard for submarines on the Atlantic Coast. 1t was purchased and
the Navy Yard established in the year 1800.
The Naval Hospital has a bed capacity of two hundred.
Indicates the Commandant's Office (Headquarters). lt \\'aS erected in 1867.
Indicates the Commandant's House (I:iving Quarters). Originally it was a farmhouse, the home of the former owners of the reservation. Captain Isaac Hull of
Constitution fame was the first Commandant to resid e therein. It was in this
house that Admiral Farragut died 24 August, 1870.
Indicates what is often referred to as the Peace Conference Building. It was compieced during the Russo-Japanese War and it was here that die Peace Treaty ¼'.as
signed in 1905. Incidently, the conferences which brought about the treaty of
peace were arranged by the then President Roosevelt whose birthday the Navy has
elected to do honor as Navy Day. A large picture of one of the conferences is
on display. In this same building will be found certain rdics of the U.S.S. MAINE
blown up in Havana Harbor, 15 February, 1898.
Indicates the 750 foot dry dock which 'which was completd in 1906 at a cost of more
than one million dollars. On one occasion seven submarine~ were docked at the
same tin\,e .. The U.S.S. CUTTLEFISH one of the latest type submarines built by
the Electrit Boat Co., New London, Cc, in 1934 is in dry dock. She is 279 feet
overall and of 1250 tons displacement. The complement consists of 5 officers and
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Little Boars Head, April 20-New
Engla.nd flower and garden enthusiasts are. eagerly looking forward to
the New Hampshire G arden clubs'
festival which is. being held here June
14, 15, 16 and 17. Many o! the summer people have already
come to
their summer homes so as to prepare
for this gala event and to start their
flower gardens, earlier so that t h ey
will be in full bloom by June 14. Mrs.
Arthur L. Hobson of Little Boars
Head, is very busy making plans !or
the festival and at her home she has
two large bulletin boards on whic.ll
she :
posted newspaper clippings,
maps of Little Boars Head and Rye
Beach showing the land which can be
best used, lists o! eating places and
boarding · places, a map which shows
roads leading to some o! the exhibits a.nd Where the)l: will be, but this
map will not be. completed until many
more exhibits have been added to it,
and. other material which shows how
!ar the plans have advanced to da te.
The "Trading Post" will be one of
the- big features and will probably be
located at the b1th houses at Rye
Beach:This trading post will be where
garden materials and garden produce
wil be. sold by garden clubs, florists
and garden supply companies.
One ot the greatest events is the
opera ••Af~•, which will be presented by, Fabien Sevitsky Ensemble and
directed. by Mr. Sevitsky, wm be presented Sunday. June 16 on the estate
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson,
where the. operetta "Cavalera Rusticana:• was: ·presented last year and
was a great. success.
Alreac!Y' work has. begun
on
boulevard of leveling the. sides alld
cleanlllg up any unsightly places but
as warmer weather comes
will be put to- work building flower
gardens, rock gardens, artificial pools
for. fish and aquatic
pla.nts, large
trees will be- transplanted. and uncountable other things that must be
finished before June.
One of the exhibits which will combine- history with the flowers is the
exhibit. planned by the Franklin Community Garden, a reproduction of the
garden of Abigail Webs ter, mother of
Daniel Webster and the predominating flower will be the carnation which
she loved:
has
, l il t.le- ~oa·~•s -Hea·d. ·
~;-~ Tli.o
Beach a11ct ·· r;itLJe · Boiu··i · H,,;td
a 4rct en Club ai·e- p!an11ing·, :i, Road~i de
Lis ter Stand to pe located OPJ>osilo.
th s tate be~utif!cQ,ti.on plot near t l1e
Fa -ragut House. Th ey will have two
ve y old !!sh hou&es joined togeU1cr;
o,yned by Shirle.v Philb rick, ;the
ot11er by heirs of lhe P age es La te.> ·,
'fhe1:e w!ll, be objcc;ls o~ 1J11,uLical. ,i n terest and collections Ii-oni tlte tishe1·-·
mdn on exhibition .
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'fhe Sta te ~ ig h way Department lias
erec ted a June Garden Festival si~n
at lthe corner'' or ·,.;: tianlic Avem;e . 811({
Lafayette road. The · sign is .e1-y-.
unique because, being different th1rn
mc/st sl~ns, across the lower edge l · a
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Wil)dow box in which flo,ver seeds 1fave 1
becjn planted.·
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. l'he Rye and North' H11 mplon town'
hnr m~rker, wh ich is• ver y ne11 t 11n d
at!·a ct1ve, ha s been erec ted on t he
St le Highway beautification plo t on
th Oceaq Bouleva rd .
.
111rs. Arthur L~ Hobso,~. on wl)o:,e
es~rte the ~p_era t'Aida" by Verdi is
betg presen ted liy Fabien Sev ilzl:y
an his Ense mble! late Sunda y a fter no n, June 16, is' bu y. sellin g ti ,1ki!ls
to ~he opera wh ic~ is inside l he Fesl! va \ limits.
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.Repr~senfation· of. mo..> \
"Mary am!" H~r. JJ.amti'?
When the New· Ha mpshire . F estivn.1
ls opened at Little Boor's Head' in June
there .w ill be one exhibition which js
sure to attract attention.
This will · be a representation ot
'.' Mary. and Her Lamb:''
It is planned: to build a miniaturo
schoolliouse, like the one In Gl.!lld
which ,Sal'al1 J. Hale, author of· tllc
famous poem; and for many yeaw edl··
to1· of Godey•s Lady· Book, attendt d ' ln
her chlltlhood.
Tl.le .town of Newport ls
Lhis ·fcature.-Boston P oi;t:--...-,;=.--,
New Hampslure
Wi tch gardens in this country, perh aps in the world.
It 1~ located a t
Rock Pool, Li ttleto n. Mrs. Susan Naso.n Colli ns, has collected herbs, trees-,
shrubs a nd plants mentioned in old
ga rden books, folklore and so ngs th at
arc directly co nnected with the practice of witc hcraft-black and wl11te.
I t remamed for Mrs.
T. Erland
Goyette, general cha1rma.n of the New
H J mpshire United Ga rde n Clubs festival to be he ld June H- 17 at Little
Boar's Head, lo add this ·•Witch Garden" to he r already r emarkable programs of New Hampshire garde n ex hi bits. It is a sort of glorified (or
rather Sata ni fied) h erb garden.
T he Witc n garde n conlam muc h or
interest beside the plants. A pool with
a -ducking s tool shows how
witch es
were tes ted. An old stiil where the olls
and essences we re extracted wi ll be
worki ng. T he cauldron where the noxious _potions were brewed will he there.
In the center of the wheel of fort unate herbs, the Moon DI.t i sta nds to
Lell the wi tch when lo
mount h er
or course, no Witch garden could
be co mpl ete withou t the Gingerbread
House of Ha nsel and Gretel fame, the
home of the ll'icked Witch. Tl1ere a re
sLancts, with a l)ig oven 11 ,ide, w:ut1ng.
Mr:,. Coll in,, the Wltclt Ill pe r.'S011,
will be there Lo tell you
witches cured ma dnes~
01· baldness,
ll'arls or the plague. !\Ir~. lfollts We bster of Lexington, Mass., who 1s a rec ognized authority on he11J,,
will he
, present in the Witch Garden Saturday afternoon, J une 15, to cell of the
culture and l'aluc of the ~ plants.
'1~1c festival
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be· for mally
opened on Friday, June H, by Gov .
Bridges. On the· opening day there
mil be the Potter's p~~c.tnt with 75
per,on.; taking part, wl11i<! m the af ternoon the girls of SL011ele1gl. Col lege for Wome n he re will give! golf
dance.; on lhe spaciou, .:round., of t11e
college.
S,llurday a llcrnoon J. .:roup al Swe dish dancers from Cc1 le:· Sandwich
will prese n t a p rogram.
There will
also be da ily lect ures and on .Sunday
afternoon on the estate of Mr. and
Mr,. Ar th ur L. HolhOI
of LittJe
Boa r's Head the- opera '·Aida" will be to':•.••'<·•6,.,
prese nted by a cast of mo under the
direc tion of Fabien S ev1t,_·k..;;Y_._ _,......,,.,.;,
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. Ga den lub Festival
Floral Display With Many Outstanding Features
Will Open On June 14 at Rye Beach And Little
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A most attrac:iH program of 5peclal ARTS AND- CRAFTS
featu. es is annoim~ed for the New
EXHIBIT AT
}!ampsh ire Garden Clubs Festlrnl to
RYE BEACH
be held at Rye Beacl:
and
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Boar·s Head June 14. 15, 16 and 17.
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June 14. GO\·ernor and Mts. H.
The L~ague of 'ew Hampshire Arts
Styles Bridge~, accompanied by the anu Cr !ts is to exlllbit the work done
party of vlsitlng n::i!ahlc~, wl]J official- by its craftsmen throughout the state
ly -open this
unlqnt' beaut:flcation nt the Rye Beach Garden Club Fesproj~ct. At 2 p. m. there will be the UvaL This exhibit is to be placed in
Potle_r's Pa&ennt in 11hich 75 people tlli! Drake House Barn, which is a
fake part; and at 3.30 an informal ,·e.y :ippropriate
seUing
for
talk on "Conserrntion'' by Mrs. Laur- proper <lisplay of llandwork.
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-ence Webster of Holderness, N. H.,
During tlr ~our <lays o! the festival
well known
through the splendid the Le:igue will hnvc craftsmen, at
work she has done at Lhe Lost Rh-er work to demonstra~e
the
Nature' Camp'. At 4.30 p. n.1. the stu- crafls, 5uch ns woodcarving, basketdents of Stoneleigh College Iwill enter- ry, ircm work, metal work, weaving,
tain-g1'1ng folk dances oh the col• 1~c2cl;:1,rrk, and pottery. Sales vol:
lege grounds. Also, many
the clubs nn;eer~ from • II on~r the state will be
a.re planning special features such as on h:ind to ~ell Lnague products and
a true Japanese Tea ceremony in the to g ,e info:·mati0n about the variJapanese Garden, witches' bt'ew in the 0,1s cr:irt.~.
Witches' Garden, a fortune teller at
The Ji:ind-m-ide
articles
the Hansel ,' and Gretchcl House. At graup rd according
lo the various li~,:#.!ff·
·s there will be · a demons,tratlon ot f craft.~. There will be a section in
'.flower arranging by Carbone;
and, I wh,ch bnskets will be on display, an.beginning· at 10 o·cJock, a dance Rt I other section Ior
weavillg, -needle'the Farragut House in hopor or dis- ,ycrk, <lyeing and sninning, a s~c tion
t!nguished guests, buffet ., supper ,at f er woodcarving n,d woodwork, o:1e
midnight, dancii;ig until /2 in
the for m~t.ll and wrought iron articles,
morning. June 14, being Flag Da:y, :mrl :i <rc:ion for j('v;eJry set with New
the CO!l;\mittee on enterlilinment rs Hamp~:1:re stone~. Artirles from more
making 'arrangements for appropriate th:i.1, 4:! sections or the
state will
obserrn\1ce of this dar.
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m;i,.l;.e up th:s diapl:l.y, and
June 115, the second day of the res- "·:11 l·e represented.
tival, will
also
ha1e outstanding
It is l'Xpected that this will be one
features.
A most interesting eYent of t.he finest disp,ays that the League
will be the appearance of the Swedish ]H' S cvrr prcsent~d. The Portsmouth r.il,!1.l"iifc.,!:,·:·,
dancer.._ from Center Sandwich, at 4 Homr Industries
group
nnd
the
p. m.
Mo,e than t11·cnty people 1,im Hamµ!or; Falls ll~me Industries group
take p art, and it is fascinating to see member~ :ire planning to send many
the oxen drin,n in. the gayly colored of ~helr membe:·s lo help make this
cart, i:od the d:mc r rs in nathe cos- L::.:.::.::..~~g:,'..r,:.a:,:n~cl,,.;;;:;,;;;,.;~...,,.,~"'P!~~:-';
tumcs.Following the performance,
Swedish cotJee nncl cakes
11lll be
sened. Mr. Squeir will !:ilk on Arnold
Arboretum at 8 p. m. Dancing from
8.30 until 12 p. m. t
the Farragu t
House will _conclude the activities of
the dny. ,
On Sunday, June 1f: the Swedish
i,~oup . will. again be pr{'sented in a
different interpret.ation. At :; o·c1oclt
the opera "Aida'' by Vercli, will be
presen ted by Fabien SeYitzky and h i-~
ensembles with a cast of one hundred
and an orchestra of one hundred fifteen. The performanre wil: be staged
in the. perfect se~ting ofT red by the
beautiful Hob~on estate
U
Llttle
Boar's · Head.
Closin~ daJ'., Monday, June 17, .wilJ
appropriiltely feature a Bunker Hill
Day obserrnncE' :is ll'ell as ieveral
ou tstandinll at-t-ractions to be '
no4nc~9
ot
',ater. '
�GARDEN FETE
PLANS BEING
·coMPLETED
On the Hobson estate, ne1r the field
where. the opera, "Aida", is to be given,
will be found the Daniel Webster's
mother's garden, by the Franklin club,
a cottage planting by the Exeter Garden Cl..1b and a General lV[oulton garden
by the Hampton Garden Club.
The
Durh1m Garden Club is exhibiting a
model vegetable and nower garden, the
Portsmouth Garden Club is b..11lding
Its garden exhibit around the "open
Little Boar's Head, ,i'\me l-Mrs. A. door" for which Portsmouth is lnterErland. Goyette cf Peterborough, nationally famous, and the Tuton Garctlairman of the Gard.,"'!l Clubs Festival, den Club ls planning to build its exarrived Saturday ::.t Little Boar's hlbit around a rustic
Head, where she. will be very busy with utilizing many rock plants
• Tbe
:festival activities. Mrs. Goyette and Wol!elloro Ga.rden Club will use a garl\llrs. Arthur L. Hobson will work to- den gate a.s its background.
All of
-gethel" on many o! the projects and these gardens interlocking will make a
plans of the New Hampshire Garden beautiful and unique picture on the
Cl..1bs Festival.
Hobson estate.
Plans are fast being completed for
Directly opposite the roadside bea..1various activities and exhibits. Gov- ti!ication project, which has been alerrior's day, Friday, June 14, Gov. H. most completed by the State Highway
Styles Bridges will officially open the Department, wlll be found the lobster
!estivaI.
roadside stand which ls being sponThe Farragut. House Casl..,c has been sored by the Little Boar's Head and
taken over by the State Department Rye Beach Garden clubs,
also
the
and many interesting fact! about N. H. !armer's wife's pot garden by the Conwill be shown there. Just west o! the cord Garden Club.
Farragut House the· Haven Hill Garden
The Wilton Garden Club will have on
Club ot Rochester will portray a Japan- dis_play a model tool house, u.sing as its
ese garden.
Ladies in Japanese cos- exhibits pet tools th'l.t have been used
tumes will be m and about tt.e garden by the members. The Epping Garden
and at intervals throughout the day in- Club has selected the doorway on the
formal talks and Japanese tea cere- Abbott Drake property and will make
mony will be given. Near the Ca~ino li.Il original and unique garden. The
-.x.,c,,,....,.w!ll be found . tba Newport. Garden Club Alton Garden Club will portray a
exh1blt. and this will be most interPst- model community proj~ct . Because of
ing. It will be a replica of the !o.mou~ Drmman Thompson's fame, the SwanLittle Red School House and Mary wit.!l zey Garden Club is preparing a _miniaher little snow-white Jamb.
ture exhi,Jit of the "Old Homestead."
one whole ser.tion. of the Hobson
Anyone desiring further
informawoods will be devoted to the following tlon In regard to the festival may call or
. outdoor exhibits: conservation
and write l\llrs. Erland Goyette at Little
birds, with many interesting- features, 11,,,,B_o,..a...1·..,'s_ H..,.e_a_d-::-:.:::---;-..,.-.....,-:~::::---:--..:-:~such as feeding_ stations, proper setting
for bird ho..1ses and methods of attracting birds, all of which will be 11nde-r the
d!r~tlorr ot Mrs . L:i.urence Webster .:if
Holderness· the State Department of
Forestry is assembling and m.irking
many of the native trees on a spr>t adjacent to the conservation exhibit, and
the-. GlrL. Scouts of America are constructing_ a wild !lowei:. trail which will
b~ very educational and: interesting.
New Hampshirt Arts and Crafts have
been assembling the most
attractive
handmade articles that are
to
be
found in this state expressly for this
event. Many craftsmen,
such
as
weavers: and basketmakers, will be at
work in the display room, which ls to
be In the studio barn on the Drake
estate. The Manchester Institute of
Arts and Science will also have on •. ,.,.,... ..,,,.
display many o! the fine things which
it makes and will be located in the
Sawyer clubhouse at Rye Beach.
The Manchester Garden Club
planning to. landscape the plot of land
!ust: south of the entrance to the Country Club. This will be developed
by ·
using- rustle seats, flagstone walks and
garden landscaping.
On the north
side of tne drive the Milford Garden
Cl.ih will place a. well planned community planting design, using the replica of the Milford Communlt) House, .,.,.,,,,.._.._.,
built to scl.le, as: the bacli:ground. The
garden club o! Newfields has selected
as its location a. plot of ground Just lnsidec this, drive and will develop it, car- 1,,.,;,1~;_;,,;.,,.,..
~ g out the idea of a natural rock
ar<fen.
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�The Open Door, featured
by
thr Ioperation and for the unrestricted use
r .:-r,.:;mouth Garden Club :it thr Nrw o! the beautiful selling nncl the lilacs
Jlampsh:re Gnrden Clubs festival, was on lhe lawn of their estate. and to Wilconc~ived and executed by Mrs. Wil- Jani Emery of Boston as the consulting
liam E. Marvin and Mrs. Grorge B. architect who g:ivr much vnluable adLonl. The unclertaking woulcl
not vice; also to the ladies of the Grafforl
hnve been possible wltho.,t the coop- nncl City clubs with lhrir colonial coscralion of the club members.
t,1mcs, which dlcl so much lo complete
The Portsmouth G 1rden Club wishes the picture.
to thank Harry LeBaron for the use -The ladies who greeted ,•isitors at the
of lhc beautiful Henry H. Ham door; Open Door were as follows:
Mayor Marvin, the Board of Street Friday-Mrs. F. ,v. Hartford, Mrs.
Commissioners and Supt. Woocls Ior E. C. Matthews and Mrs. John Moonmoving the door; the Chamber of ey.
Comm~rce, throu 5 h
Mrs. Frank W.
s~turday-Mrs. Marjorie
Hewitt,
Ra.11:lall, !or the trees used
in
the Mrs. Richard B. Shelton, Mrs. T. B.
landscape and Willi1m C. Philbri,::k Sterling, Mrs. E. Stewart Rowe, Mrs.
for the ercct:cn of the door and other Arthur F. Lane .
carpenter work; George Dyer for the
Sunday-Mrs. Be itrice Scarboro"ugh,
old brass knocker, which was formerly Mrs. Thomas B. Noyes, Mrs. Edwin
ownrd by B. P. Shillaber; Harry "en- Brown, Miss Esther Johnson.
clc.!l for the brass latch. Special thanks
Monday-Mrs. Florence
s,rnu'tl be given Mr. anti Mrs. Il. Clin- Mrs. Samuel Thompson,
ton Taylor !or their intcr2st ~ncl co- phine Baker.
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HAM RESIDE
In the program of the Portsmouth
exhibit in the Garden Pr~lival program concerning the
"Oprn Door·•
states that the doorway is from the
Capt. Robert Rice Mansion on Islington street. However, the doorway
is from the residence of the late Henry
H. Ham, well known watchmaker, who
· was located on Daniels St. The house
was built for his father, Supply Ham,
\ at 548 State St. Mr. Ham was born in
1788 ancl died in 1862. The rxact a!!C
of the house is not known, but it ls
certain that it is more than 125 years
old. In 1931 the last heir passed away
and in 1933 it was purchased by Mrs.
Etta Perry Knight and has been taken
down, as it was not ndvisable l-0 repair it under the peculiar conditions
which existed.
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1storical Pageant On Pottery Making - Exhibit
. Of Landscaping And Other Even_ts Suonsored
By University Of N. H. Extension Service
The following ls a summary of Lhc
program and a list or the exhibits of
:the Garden Fcte which opens Friday
~t Rye Beach and Little Boar's Head:
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Outline of Program
Friday, June 14
Official opening of the Festival by
Governor and Mrs. H. Styles
Bridges. American Legion Band.
p. m. Luncheon at Farragut
House for Lhe Governor and
official party.
p. m. Flag Day Observance by
the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Pantorni;nc, "The
Helen Seavey QuiltinJ ParLy"authentic costumes worn by actors'
ancestors-presented on
Farragut House lawn.
p. 111 _ The Potter's Pageant-dances and tableau inLcrludrs.
J>. 111 _ Professor Henry Clapp of
New
Hampshire
University
demonstrating flower arrangements at the Flower Show,
Main Exhibit.
p. 111 _ Informal talk on 13irds
and conservation by Mrs. Luurence Webster given on the 13ird
and
conservation
Exhibit
ground, No. 17 on map,
p. m. Tea
ceremony in the
Japanese Tea Garden near Farragut House.
p. 111 • Witches' Brew, i;pice cake
and
gingerbread
in Witch
Garden on Casino lawn.
6 p. m. Band Concert, American
Legion
Band,
on Farragut
House lawn.
p. m. Artistic flower anange9
ment by Mr. Blrket Letson of
Carbone's, Boston, in the Farragut House casino-admission
35 c.
m. to 2 a. 111 • Dance-semi-!orma!, buffet supper lncluded-$3
per couple.
Saturday, June 15
11 a. 111 • Flower arrangement by
Edward
Abbott, Concord,
Main Exhibit of Flower Show.
p. m. The New Hampshire Fcdci·at1·011 of Mus1·c Clubs' p1·og1·a1n
p. m. Herbs and How to Grow
Them, by Mrs. Hollis Webster
In the Witch's Herb Garden.
p. m. Swedish Pageant-May
pole dance, folk songs, costumes,
Swedish cakes and coffee.
p. m. Arnold Arboretum lecture
illustrated with painted slides,
Farragut House Casino, admlssion 35c.
p. m. Dance, Farragut House
Ballroom-admission $1.50.
Sunday, June 16
3 p. 111 • The Swedish Pageant on Farragut House lawn .
p. m. Opera "Aida" by Verdi, Fabien Sevllzky Ensemble, casl of
100, 110-piece orchestra-General admission 50c-Reserved seals
$1.
,V(onday, June 17
2 _30 p. 111 _ Lady of Shalolt-prrsenlcd
by SLoncleiglt College girls.
p. m. Folk dancing by college girls.
An historical pageant on the ancient 'of each member of the family through
art o! pottery making, a demonstra-1 the season
when
fresh foods· are
tlon o! the new sport of day camping, either unavailable or the cost is proan exhibit on landscaping the New hibltlve. These amounts multiplied by
England home, and a display of home- the number in the family, counting
canned
fruits and
vegetables for those under six as a half-consumer,
family health-these are among the will give the woman at a glance just
special attractions of the State Oar- what her canning requirements are.
den Clubs Fes~ival to be held here
Canning bulletins and circulars by
June 14 to 17. They are sponsored by the Extension Service specialists wlll
the University o! New Hampshire Ex- be available for those desiring them.
tension Service.
The pottery pageant which will be
A model Cape Cod cottage is the staged on Friday afternoon, June 14,
main feature in the exhibit which will is under the dtrectlon of the rural-reshow the kind o! landscaping that creation specialist of the Extension
can be done to improve the appear- Service and will be presented by a
ance o! the average
New England group of 75 men, women, and chllfarm home, It is being set up by the dren of Rockingham and Strafford
division o! ornamental horticulture of ·counties. The history of pottery
the Extension Service.
through the ages culminating in the
The display of canned goods will be present interest in pottery in New
the work of the hoine-demonstratlon Hampshire will be shown. The closing
and 4-H club departments. It will scene will be a group of modern potrepresent the kinds and amounts -of ters working at their hobby. Some of
canned goods for one person for the their .handiwork in the making and
non-growing season.
some
already
completed
will be
The landscaping and canning dis- shown,
plays will be located in the casino of
The rural-recreation department of
aio,_,,..,..;c._,-, the Farragut House.
the Extension Service is also working
h,· p; 11 :,·anC ,howmg tile llblory or in conjunction with t.he 4-H club defrom
pr~-hlstorlc partment in staging the "day-camp1~,lt,•ry mak111i:
tmi,·, up to tht· present rcvl\'al or in- Ing" program.
Several 4-H Club
kit•,t 111 1111s art in New Hnmpshlrc. groups will demonstrate the camping
Tltr,·c "day-ca111pl111f' dcmonstrn- activities, taught by the rural-recrealhllh ,1·1ll Ill' 1.:l\'c11 by 'I-II club groups tlon department. This wllJ malrn '·'rro, 11 ,111-roundlng town.,; on June 14, , possible !or hundreds of boys and
lj .iucl IG.
girls throughout the state to take adTilt• modrl fnrm-homc landscaping vantage of camp life for a day, where
di-play Is dono Lo scnlc, using dwnrr it -might be impossible for th em to
.,p1•c11111•11~ or tht• tree.~ 111HI shruh~ ll111l know the thrill of It at all, if th ere
would he 11,e{! In 11n nclunt lnndscnp- were camps only for longer perlodS,
"01·cr11ntl l>y ll1c s111no Friday a group of boys will demon1111" 111·11J,·c•
~.,m;i:o,"J co;Hllllo11s • Dw7u•r -~J>~clmcns or mock strate the activities of an
afternoon
,ora11~•·. p11n:t, !1l11c, h11rhcrry und ns- and evening in camp showing among
- .....,..r, ,,,n,•tl nnrs will he usctl.
( other things the cooking of supper.
In the window hoxes lht! tlowcr:1 Saturday a group of girls will show
,111d tlow<'rtlll: folingc thnt t\rc hcst, the doings of ·a . morning a nd after•.1dapt,·d to th!~ 11~c wlll bo ~hown. noon In camp, ln?luding th e preparaTh,•,c Bowers will be tho same as. tlon of the noon-day lunch. su nd ay
11:o"' suf:~cstcct for nny window-box. morning ':'- group of "ea.rly birds" 4 -H
ul.:-Pi.,y, tnclutlln~ pctuni"ns. coleus .. , boys and girls will show early mornGcr111:111 Ir;-. nm.l Pcrlwlnlclo.
ing "day-camp"
activities, among
AhHmf: the sllruhs am.l Cl'crgrccns, which will be
the
preparation of
11,cd around thl' house will be horl- · breakfast. The aroma of bacon a nd
wnt:1I Junlprr. nnd
such trees ns eggs ls · at its best over a camp fire,
Norn,1y 11111plc and grny htrch.
and these youngsters will show what
Tlw tlowrr hordrr which will decor- a c11,mp appetite is like.
.rte the out.side cdgrs or tho dlsplny
The landscaping display was ar11111 contain pansies, ngl'rntum, gl•r- ranged by Henry S. Clapp, extension
J11h1111s. ron:ct-111c-not.s. dw11rr mart- specialist in ornamental hortlculturf!;
~old and swc,·t nlyssu111.
I the canning display by Daisy Deane
Plan~ of tlli: dwnrr plt111ti11g.-1 of Williamson,
home · demonstr·at1ont
the 1•xhlhlt, 11, well a~ phlll'I for sub- leader, Elizabeth E. •Ellis, nutrit1on 1s ,
,tlt1111• plnntllll:s which can he used and Mary L. Sanborn, assistant · state
111 la111brnp1J11- homes. will ht' 11v11il11- club leader; the pottery pageant by
lilt' 11L the exl11h1t.. These plt111~ will Ethel M. Worth, extension specialist
~11·,· 11 lht or th• nur.st•ry ,uHI 1111tlvc ln rural recreaUon, assisted iy·cM11~~-f;~•··~r:,;-~--o::~111o1t,·1 nh tlt.tt 111tf;ht. ho \hed ln nr- recreation advisors Mrs. Eva,~. Chase,
1.1111:1 .: for l,rnd.scnp1rn: wot k.
Strafford, and Blanche h,m!ord, 1i:,.,;~:11:;··••.-,
Th, clhplny or t·a1111etl go<><I~ .,hould Rockingham; and "day-camping pro-~',?\;~~,,.,.,;
p1111, 0( g1eat. lnlt·rt•.,t to Lhc house- gram by Miss Worth.
1111·, .: ,inti perh11p1 or 1<n•11ler Interr=~-""':'.:'.:T;'.'.':~m=:
t',l, lrn111 a dllfl'n•11t
11n1.:I,•. l-o tho
1111·1
Thh cc,lorf11l dhplay t:lt•,·,•rly urr.11 .;,•ti
\\'Ill
<ll'IIIOIISLrnl.c j11,t the~
111 .,1111ts of (r111t., 1111<I \'1•,:ct.1hlt•s the
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tu con t•> ltlkc cllru
�given by ,the Fabien·• Sevltzky-· Ensemble or Boston, under the personal
direction of Mr., Sevitzky, and it is estimated that an audience of . 3,000
people
witnessed this production.
There was a symphony orchestra or .,., ..,-.;,,Jlr.
130 musicians and 100 ,people took part
in the opera which was a panorama of •
color and music of great beauty.
The first of the program
short concert by Fabien Sevltzky's
Young Musicians' orchestra. The first
selection followed by Andante Cantabile, by Tschalkowsky, conducted ·by
Abraham Bernard, conc;rt-m~ter and
second assistant conductor ' of·., the
Young Musicla~s orchestra.
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The opera, "Aida," was · presented fu
English and the cast ,wa,s as follows:
, Alda, an Ethiopian sl~ve formerly
P~lncess of Ethiopia and 1n , love
with Ra.dames •.••••••. ; , , • ; •• , , , ,
With over 20,000 people wandering The dancers participating 1n the .
.... , . . . . . . . . . .. .. . Frances Madden
delightedly about the vast Garden folk dances were Carl Schwartz, AX'el
Festival and Flower Show of the New Spangberg, John Swanson,
Anton Amneria, the daughter of the ,King,
mistress of Aida, an'd also loves
Hampshire Garden clubs at Little Nelson,
Thure
Holtnstrom, Carl
R:hadames ., .......... , E\fna , Merri~~
Boar's Head and Rye Beach' yester- Stensfrom, Margit ,Ochersr, . Katie
day viewing the beautiful and varied Frederickson, Ruth Agren, Ruth .An .. Rhoda.mes, captain of the Egyptians,
in love with Alda •.. ;,,: .... ·.....• ·
exhibits, the third day of the event derson, Ingrid Anderson, Viol!l Carh.
........•... , .. Howard Harrington'
proved one of pleasure and great sue- son and Frlaa Nelson. The musicians
cess.
were Freddie Abberg, accordion play- Amonsaro, the king of Ethiopia, tak•
en captive by Rhadames while on
People from all parl.s or New Eng- er, and Dorothy Olson, fiddler.
the
battlefield and fat.her of Aida
land and beyond, made this beautiful
T~e program in Swedish was as fol.......... ,; .....• , , ,. John Colonna
section of the New Hampshire sea- lows. .
Ramls, the High Priest o! Isis .... ,"
coast their headquartersycsterday and Dances .
·
, •...•. ; . . . . . . . • • • • .Arthur Grenier
passed the day taking In the mulll- I Scabott,s
Ostg atapoloka
The King, father of Amnerla and the
king o! Egyptians .... ; .. , : .....
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"Ai~a" Presented y Sevitzky
.Ensemble At obso EstateThous nds v·ew imi its
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• • , ••........••••• . Jldmo:nd :Boucher
MessenEer, brings the startling: neWS'
that the Ethiopians are revoitinf
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Kerlzinan
Priestesses, Priests, Officers. and
People, members o! the Fabien SeYHzky EnsembHe.
When the curtain went i1p the- mag-·
nificent hall vr the King's wasseen. At
the back was a great gate through.
which were visible the temples and
paraces of the town, and beyond these,
the pyramids. Two characters were
seen in consultation-Ramhis, the
high Priest or Isis, and Rad11mes. the
young captain o! the guard. Egypt,
JI, seems, is once. more at.
war with
Ethioprai, the: Kfn!l' of which is now
threatening Thebe.s and the valley of.
lhe Nile. Soon ihe Priest. looking slg~
The beautiful estate or Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson at Little Boar's • nmcantly at Radame.s, declared tfult
Head, scene of the presentation or the opera ''Aida" by the Fabien Sevltzky
the gOddes.! Isis has already named
Ensemble a.s a feature of the Garden Festival yesterday afternoon.
1he soldier who is ·to Iead the Egyp- t.":\',tl'lit•',,l~":t.i:an armies.
Dalaansen
tude of interesting
things
to be
Ramphis having left the stage, Ra.Vara radmal
seen,
dames
faintly hopes that it may be
Skordedauren
Everyone was pleased
and surhe- who has been chosen, .sees himself
prised as before visiting ·the fes~ival Selections on the acco1·dlon
in antlcipatibn ·victorious, his return ~,1.A!:;t!.~~
Gustafo Skal
few realized the magnitude• of the
to Memphis hr triumph and beauttSiwrackra fulckor
undertaking and wliat its preparation
fu} Alda: WOlll for his own.
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Ia.al audiet forska maJ
and successful carrying out really
Alone,
Rhadames
expresses
in
Prasteu.~
lilla
kraka
meant.
l:Jeautlful song his
love
for the
Dances
· It was a wonderful tribute to tho
Princess Amnerls' slave Aida, who is
Viugakers
cleverness and artistry or New Hampactually the daughter of Amonasro
oxaansin
shire women and Mrs.
A. Erland
l!ing of the tribe al Ethoplans.
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Ohalenaspolskan
Goyette of Peterborough and her able
Rhadames ls interrupted by the arGothlanas Kadrlycr
assistants were
continuously conTival o! prfe.st.~, the King and AmnerFrykaals polskan
gratulated for their work.
j~, who is in love with Rhadames, asextensive lawn of ,the estate
' Jn the afternoon at 3 o'clock the orOnMr.theand
~embled to elect the young man RS
Mrs,
Arthur
L.
Hobson
Swedish Pageant was presented on
leader o! Aida.
at
5
o'clock
oacurred
the
presentation
the Farragut House lawn under ~ho
Left a.Ione, Aida, who in a tragic
direction of Mr. and Mrs. J. Urb1m of two acts of Verdi's opera. "Alda"
eong-, "Return Victorious," shows her
Edgl'en o! Boston.
conflict of emotions for her !oved
Rhadames and her country a:nd fa.th-
�TM first scene o.f the second act is
laid in the chambers o! the Princess
Amnerfs suspectmg Aida- fs In love
with Rhadames, Amneris attempt& to
J;lersuade her servant to express that
:klve by telling her that Rhadames
has been killed. At ibis Aida'.i; emotions betrays her and Amnerla tells
.Aida that.. she lied
and Rhadames
llva and they are rivaJ.s in lave.
In the final scene Rhadames returns 'U'ictorious and bzing.s witbi him
wme slaves, one or which Is Atda's
father, but. not. known to his captltes
wbo believe he fs merely an Ethiopia~
ea.pf.a.in. The,. King •Ulen promises
Rbadames anything he wishes. Munwhile Rhadames looks sadly and lovingly- at the weeping Aida, and Amnerls regards, them ~th jealousl,y.
Rhadames reminds the King of hls
~ and asks that the Ethiopian
})rsioners may be granted their life
an_d fieedom.
'fhe priests. protest
against this clemency, and Ramphls
warns Rhadames of the _danger or releasing these hardened warriors in
whose heazts will be only one tho~ght,
that ot vengeance; but Rhadames reJ)lies that their last hope has perished
YiUl the death of Amonasro. Ramphis
then_ ~..£_mands that at least Aida's
father shall be retained as a host.age,
and to this compromise the King conzents. In his gratitude to the victor he
give,s. fmne~is to Rloaqies, ,declaring
that: they sllall · jointly' reign over
E'gypt after him~ and Amneris, aside,
cties,' "Now, Jet the slave , rob me of
mriove· i! shi.- dares." Then the mob
ebeer triunu>hantly while Rhadames
lament.s that his love for Aida !ar
«>D~eighs the throne o! Egypt.
The opera' was remarkably well done
by ~e- young singers and musicians
and the participants and Mr. Sevitzky
were given an ovation at the close.
Today ls the closing day of the
show and the program will be featured by a pageant by girls of Stonelegh College at. the Fan-agut, and foll ·
dallcing on ·the lawn of th-e sehool.
Garden Festival Notes
The weatber has bftn. perlect. for
the festival.
Cloudle$· skies and
bi:ight. sunshine-real New Hampshire
seash'ore: weather. One shower on Satw:day a!temoon was the onl'y· duB
spot d'uring- the entire time.
The Fmagut. House made pe11fect
headquarters !or the exhibit. Managing Db'ector Ross, ThQfflpson, resident
Manager Roy Ta,1'>:r and an the staff'
aidd greatly in. the .11uccess o! the entezprlse_
.The .beautiful garden£ on the estate
of ex-Gov. Alvan T. Fuller of Massachuse~ was a center o1 attraction.
Rare. :flowe.s and plants abound in a
WOD(iaful di.splay.
The repioduction o! the Plymouth
Normal school and it.s garden 111as
perfect. Pl:incipal E'rnese L. Sfhet was
--pxesent and greeted the visitors.
The g~~ia dispia:r oJ! flowers at I
the Ab'enaqni ,club house. w.. s a. ·mar- ,
.veious si~C.
Flowers o.t every d'.esmptian greded the eye . on an sides
iJ:I. a. profusion o! cole>r.
Much historical interesL ls at.tached
to the exhibit of the Hamp on Garden clull as It ls a replica of the old
General Moulton garden back in
1780. It is planted against llJ ilackground of lilacs and apple trees.
The "Garden Gate" whi~h is used
as a :h'ontlspiece on the New Hampshire Ga.rden Club.'s. Bulletin is reproduced at a displa:'l by the Wolfe-·
boro Garden club, Mrs, Lindsay Damon. president of the club arranged
a portion of a New England garden,
using an
old-fashioned picturesque
garden gate a.s the center . ot interest.
Days ol Denman Thompson,
recalled by a, miniature of the
Homestead made famou.s by his
oJ New Hampshire ll!e, which
, exhibited by the East Swanzey
•den elub.
were
Old
play
was
Gar-
The beautification project of Ule
state _highway department near the
old-time .fish houses, added much to
the general beauty.
Sarah Hale, who wrote "Mary Had
A Little Lamb," was a JJative o! Newport, and In her honor, a reproduction of the !.choolhouse which she
attended was reproduced near the
;Farragut Casino by the Newport GarI den club.
A Century of Costumes, showing
dresses from 1802 on, wa.s of great
int.ere.st.. This was shown at the Farby the Somersworth
Members o! the various garden
clubs had a marvelous exhibition of
I needle work, also at the Farragut.
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The commercial exhibit of t.rees and
shrubs at the Fuller
barn was of
grea:l interest.
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A historical exhibit of great value
and of
outstanding
interest was
by the Dover club at the Far-
In spite of the thousands of automobiles there was no traffic congestion
and the police of Rye
and
North
Hampton and the state motor vehicle
department deserve the hear tiest of
congratulations for their fine work.
Fabien Sevitzky, noted Bc~ton director, whose ensemble presented the
opera ''Aida" at the Hobson estate,
told a representative of The Portsmouth Herald that 'the performance
wa., the best that his group bad ever
given and he was delighted with the
result. He said that the young musicians would have a vacation until
September when rehearsals would be
started for the presentation of "Aida"
at the Boston Opera House ·during the
winter. 'l'he young musicians' orchestra of which Mr. Sevitzky is director, was formed only four. years
ago. It is the result of auditions given
to more than 600 higll school students
on the stage of a Boston theatre. The
ablest players were selected by Mr.
Sevitz:;.y as members of the orchestra.
The vocal ensemble was formed n
much the &ame manner a year later.
The two groups, called the Fabien
Sevitzky Ensemble, have
united to
give a number of
rem~rkable perfromances. Last summer, under Mr.
Sevitzky's direction, they gave Masciagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" on the
lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson-the same place that
i "Aida'' on Sunday.
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The ' Open Door," the Portsmouth
Gardtn club exhibit, attracted much
· atte1,tion , anct was beautifuly
arranged. Mrs. Beatrice
Scarborough
and Mrs. Beatrice Brown greeted the
visitors on Sunday.
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Two beautiful dee r, a bear, pheasants _and rainbow trout featured the
exh1b1t of the New Hampshire Fish
1and Glme Dept., and pleased everyone, especially the youngsters. This
exhibit was under the supervision of
State Fish and Game Commissioner
John -H. ·Finley. This exhibit ls in the
Hobson woods.
The roadside beauti.flcatlon projects
were prepared by
State Highway
Commission under
the supervision
of Frederick Gardner.
One of the big attractions were the
big map o! the state- of New Hampshire, made by the Society for Protection o! New
Hamp.5hire Forests.
This showed a!1 parts of the state
mountain ranges constructed of rocks'
all the rivers and lakes, the notche~
and all the state forest reservations.
Cities and towns were represented by
groups of miniature houses. John H.
Foster, state forester, is in
the forestry department.
Automobiles from every 1New
land sta te and many from, .
longer distances, were seeri in large
numbers each day.
The Swedish pageant was colorful
and of great interest. The beautiful
1 cos tum es and the ox cart added much
to the pic ture. Mr. and Mrs. J. Urban
Edgren of Boston , have spent many
years in Sweden and brought to the
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' festiv al a real Swedish
Midsummer
Fesllval v;ith folk dances and music.
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The concert by the Booma Post, 1
American Legion Band of Ports- ,
mou th , under the leadership of Dr.
Kenneth Steady, wJs greatly enjoyed,,~. ··,,.;,o;,!'1,,,;~
rendermg a very plea.sing and care- I
fully selected prog1·am.
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Cameras were in abundance about
the grom1ds,
many people taking
scores of snap-shots in order to have
lasting souvenirs of the event.
The exhibit of the Manchester
stitute of Arts and Sciences and
Craft Workers' Guild was
of
outstanding interest. This was held at the
Sawyer club house and consi.sted o!
many attractive articles which
macle at. the
institute,
including
hand-wrouwit jewelry, silver raised
from sheet metal,
pewter, copper,
hand-tooled and dyed leathers, wood
carving, embroidery and weaving,
quisite in C?lo:r ·and texture.
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Another similar exhibit was that o!
the New Hampshi-re Arts and Crafts
of which Frank H. Staples is director. This was at the studio barn on the
Drake House. Craftsmen are at work
and many attractive
articles were
' made by these artists throughout each
day.
Girl Scouts under the direction of
Portsmouth,
constructed a wild flo wer
trail or
much interest. This is an exhibit of
much educational value, each native
flower being placed in its proper setting and correctly labeled.
Mrs. Harold Smith of
The New
England Wild Flower
Preservation had an interesting exhibit on the Hobson estate, where the
Audubon Society of New Hampshire
and the Monadnock Garden club o!
Peterborough had a complete exhibit
of various methods
of
attracting
birds, such as nesting boxes, baths and
various feeding devices.
Everyone was delighted with the
replica of the Mame at MiHord, formerly owned by Squire Solomon K.
Livermore of that town and b11ilt in
1842. This was the exhibit of the Milford Gnden club.
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The fine concert given by the Concord Choristers, Mrs. An11rLLe Sto<ldard, director, and the Temple choir,
under the direction of Harry C. Whit1 temore giver. by the New Hampshire Frc?eration of Music club.~ at the
Farragut House on f'aturday ~fter!I noon was greatly enjoyed.
One of the most beautif11l c::hibits
was the peony display in the bnrn o!
H. Russell Sawyer. Hundreds of these
beautiful flowers were arrnnl!cd in the
mo~t i;triking display.
The Rye Be:ich and Little Boar·~
Head Garden club made t11·0 old fish
houses a place of beauty ancl here
1
lobster sandwiches were sold.
There
were also objects of nautical interest
and collections of much interest frorri
the fishermen.
The Boy Scouts and Girl Scoul.5 clid
very fine work as guides nnd wne
generally helpful in many 1rnys.
The natural beauty of
the Rye
Beach and Little Boar's Head district
provided a wonderful setting for :rn
event such as the Garden Festival.
The fcs tirnl was of suc h magnitude
that one cou ~ easily pass an entire
day in wandering about the beautiful
grounds and inspecting th e multitude
of attractive displays.
A veritable fairyland of gorgeous
color greeted one on all sides. it was
an event long to be remembered and
probably nerer duplicated.
Major A. Erland Goyette. of Peterborough seemed to be _e verywhere
and was on the jump all of the time
giving a personal touch to the
rangements and proved an able
ant to the general chairman.
On F riday eveni11g
Bridges and his stall and their wives
went from the festival to the summer residence or
Maj.
and Mrs.
Thomas Hlll or Manchester at Rye
Beach tor t;e11 .
One of the most unique exhibits was
that of 300 snwt boxes, all different,
the property of Ethel Verlll of Hamp..
ton Falls, and taken from a collection
of 800 said to be the Ja rgest in· the
world.
The commercial exhibits were or
great interest and showed all sorts or
trees, shrubs and plants
raised by
nurserymen in this .section. Many new
types of plan ts were on display.
Mrs. Goyette's efficient.. .statr, at
headquarters at the Farragut House
was composed of Mrs. Bertha Woodward and Mrs. Mildred Metcalf of
Milford, and Miss Frances Hersey of
Peterborough.
There were many unugual displays
of attractive garden furniture and
lawn paraphernalia.
There were many rock
gardens,
with handsome displays o! evergreen
and foliage plants. One especially attractive wa.~ formed by the Dover
Garden club and attracted much favorable comment.
A unique display of pottery was
shown by th~ Keene Garden club.
A Japanese tea garden
was contributed by the Haven Hil1 Garden
I club of Rochcstt>r. This was ~rrangecl by .lllrs. M:irjorle
Whitney
Hall. assisted by the Rochester club
members. 1\1:-s. Hall has recently returned from many yrars' residence in
Kyoto, J .1pn.n.
Many peopk visited th e camp of the
Boy Scouts of America, Daniel Webster Council Here are 50 boys living
in tents, cooking their meals out-ofdoors in real scout fashion.
At the Trncling Post was an interesting display from the Canterbury
Shaker~ with Sister Mary A. Wilson
as chairman.
The Coast Guardsmen aided great-1
ly in keeping things moving efflc!ent- \
ly and their uniforms added a bit of
more color to a hi ghly colorful scene. j
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The holiclnv toclny brought a great
I many Massachusetts people to view \
the pageant.
An exhibit that attracted great attention was the paintings of Frank
French, noted artist, at the Farragut
House. Mr. French is a native of New
Hampshire, bo rrr at Loudon Rid ge.
He grew to inLernational eminence
through his talents and study;
his
Jove o! r. .... ure's ways and sympathy
with life's enfoldments. He excelled
in several departments of the fine
arts,-namely, wood engraving, water
color, pen and ink, oils: both portrait
and landscape. As an author he also
showed a delightful ability. He won
highest · honors at world expositions
in America and in foreign lands; was
looked upon by artists and publishers
alike as one of a very few truly great
American arti~ts of his period.
IMPORTANCE OF
PORTSMOUTH
EMPHASIZED
The importance o! Portsmouth, a.s
measured ·by bot-h past and ·present,
was emphasized recently with the
erection or
three
!il)ecial painted
highway bulletins calling attention to
the- city's historic significance and to
its chief points of interest.
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These bulletins, sponsored by
United States Rubber Company,
a part of a series of 89 which are
being constructed in New England for
the purpose of boosting this section of
the country, along with U. S. Royal
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tires.
Situated on U. S. Highway No.
near North H am pton, -0n the same
Highwa y between Oape Neddick and
Ogunquit, and on U. S. Highway No .•,,..,,,r,,f,,.·,111,:;:
4 near Dover, the bulletins call attention to the fact that this city, settled in 1623, contains · many old
houses rich in historic interest; that·
John Paul Jones' sloop of war •'Ranger" was launched here on May 10,
1777; that Tobias Lear was born · here.
ln 1760-he was private secretary to
General Washington; and that the
city·s chief points of interest include
the United States Navy Yard, Portsm outh Athenae11.m, Lightning rodWarner House, William Pitt Tavern,
Wentworth-Gardner Home, St. John's
church, Haymarket Square, John Paul
Jones House, and Fort William a.nd
�HOUSE
Mrs. :laurence W. Collins of Littleton, in her witch costume in front of
the Ginger Bread House.
In a group
old WillO}VS near the
Farra.gut House Casino ' as a background enclosed by a. ' rustic .1 birch
fence is a. ' witch's garden ' planted
wlth herbs, flowers, tree's;' and shrubs
mentioned in old herbals, 'b otanies,
Black Magic books, paetry, and folklore directly connected ' with' 'witch~
craft. There ls a wealth of material
on
subject, for even I today; ,oneha.lf b!,t)le population of the wotld be'lleves in witches. This last. year no
less than· three women ,were lµlled as
witches. Superst!tioh ls ii, tral~ found
In practically everyone.
Witches were of two ,kinds, black
witches, •' who concocted roots and
'herbs', bark and buds, bitter brews t.o
cast evil spells upon man and beast,
and · even crops anq weather; and
w:tiite w!tcl}es, who made healing potions, for, all maladies of mj.nd . and
body. One easily pictures a.n -old, bent
~I"llOn,< usually a woman, gathering
from field and wood, "simples" to cultivate !n a little garden-patch .. t.o use
for •:bi;ews".
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an old witch, pointed hat, red, heels
and. an, with a broom in one hand
and a .huge spoon In the ot-l~e11 stirring
)1er., brew .. As :;-..1e . stirs the brew · she
. can ~ heard muttering:, ,''To .wormwood and rue
. ,, A~d nlne drops of midnight clew,
, .Pimpernel a,rid poppy seed
¢ure f9r every noisome need."
., Since one resi<:Ient witch is enough
for one garden, . it ls surrounded
by ''witch repellers." Birch trees guard
'the ' entrance, because no witch can
pass a bfrch until she has counted
every leaf. A row of buck thorn ·helps
to keep · out unwanted witches, and
.t)le ju,ice, "cw·es burns and scaldings
if made into a salve." A weird stump
fence with on~~'?-Y .turnstile does its
part with its cross top. Religious symbols break all evil spells. A crooked
path bordered by columbine winds
round the barberry circle, which
promised t.o cure sore eyes to anyone
who runs around it three times by
the ligllt of the moon: In star-shap-
ed bed grows a giant castor bean
plant, the oil of which has the same
signific;ance as of old, except that it
used also to protect from hailstones.
In a bed shaped like a horseshoe are
planted "siples" beginning with "h"
such as hormel, h.orse-radish, horehound, he11rtsease, , and others, each
with I its
good
or baneful quality.
Tuqked in other beds are sassafras,
hops and mullein, the leaves of the
latter if smoked cure consumption and
the tall flower stalks soaked in oil,
were called "hags' tapers", and were
carried by the witches and their imps
when they came riding their broom
sticks fr<lm far and near to hold their
orgies on "Witches Sabbats."
In the center of the garden Is a
kidney-shaped pool, around which
grow clumps of arbutus and maidenhair fern. Fernseed, placed in your
&hOf!s, will render you invisible. B11.1e
flag is there to cure warts, and star
grass, while helping colic drives away
sn~i,.es ani flr,as.
Trees played an important part in
a whch ga1den,
and
here we see
rowan (mountain ash), witch hazel,
balm o' Gilead, juniper, elder, and the
vinegar trees. The pear tree furnished
pears, which the witches turned into
mice without tans, for their cats; and
of the walnut tree It Is said,"A dog, a woman ancl a walnut tree,
The more you beat them, the better they be."
Beyond beds of fragrant thyme,
mint, coriander
and
balm, where
devil's darning needles and drowsy
bees bejewel the air. is a woodsy path,
where orchids fo r love charms, gentians for tonic,
and
bloodroot for
wounds, grow in their native $bade,
there ·nestles a fascinating little cottage, whose high pointed roof rests on
striped peppermint candy sticks and
drips sugary frosting. It might well
be the very
"Ginger-bread House"
where Hansel and Gretel pushed the
wicked old witch into her own red-hot
oven. The floor of the house is made
o! gra, estones and the bench in the
""Ginger-bread
House" ls from the ·
wllch jail or Salem, Ma~s.
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Hotel
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The Fari-agut Hotel in a setting
of beauty and seashore attractiveness ii the headquarters of all the
officials of the State Garden Clubs
ancl of Governor Bridges and his
st afl, It has been a bee-hive since
Thursday morning, and about this
hotel has revolved all the activities
of one of the most successful undertakings for a number of yea,·s.
Man:igh1g Director Ross '.rho11111son and lhe manager of the Farragut, Roy ; • Taylor. have 11roved
most valuabu,, and coope1·ated with
the General Chairman, Mrs. A. Erlaud Goyette In giving the thousand, of visitors a royal welcome
The hotel scored a wonderful sue:
cess In tl'.e official banquet and the
Governors Ball held last evening.
Everything was In first class condition about the hotel and last
night many visitors from various sections wer~ house guests.
�'I'. e ac 1vities yesterday centered for
the most part about the Farragut
House and former Mayor F, w. Hart•
ford acted as master of ceremonies.
Music was furnished by the Frank E.
Booma Post American Legion Band or
Portsmouth and the program was much
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enjoyed, as lt was varied and well rendered.
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As the audience basked in Lhe salty
breezes, the story of pottery from the '
!!~Y!? when primitive man tried to
inajse a mud dish Up past the
when clay was ploughed from
the
hillsides and hunks of it kneaded Into plastic masses and placed on the
potter's wheel, later to dry on ,boards
in lhe sun· was unfolded In a pageant
"Reminiscences of Pottery" by - Ev~
M. Chase, with colorful dance interludes. People of Strafford and Rock•
lngham counties presented the pageant under the auspices o! the University of New Hampshire Extension
Service and Eva: M.
Chase and
Blanche M. Bumford, county recreational advisors.
In late afternoon, following a tea
ceremony in the Japanese tea garden,
arranged by the Haven Hill Garden ,,...,y,:r...cu:if:
club
of Rochester of which Mrs. WilRye Beach and Lillle Boar's Head
The governor's official party includliam Champlin is president, and prehave ever been famed for their great ed: Major and Mrs. William Cole, Ma.sided over by Mrs. Marjorie Whitney
beauLy and that beauty i~ now en- ior and Mrs. Clayton Wallace. Major Hall who recently
returned from
hanced by a gon!cous dlsplay of rare and Mrs. Basil Atwood and Major and mllly years' residence in Kyoto, guests
M1·s. Peirce Hartford.
and beautl!ul flowers of
a.II sorts.
OLher well known people present as went to the Witch garden which was
shrubbery, rock gardPm,
in
fact, guests were Rear Admiral c. p. Sny- a replica of that in Littleton of the
presiding "witch," Mrs. Laurence w.
everything unites to make a scene or der, U • S. N., commandant o!
the Collins.
rare benuty and 01,e never equalled in Portsmoutl1 Navy Y11rd,
nnd Mrs.
Mrs. Goyette brewed herbs
lhls section and perhaps not in the en- Snyder; Comdr. J. J. Smith, U. s.
steaming cauldron as guests
tire country.
N •, and Mrs. Smith of the Portsmouth
the garden beds, one shaped like a
The wonderful bea,1ty of this
re- Navy Yard, ex-Gov.
Huntley
N.
serpent and containing ]>epper, dig1markable undertaking can hardly be Spaulding, Major and Mrs. A. Erland
lal!s and coxcomb;
another, heart
described in words.
It is so vast and Goyette, Mrs. Lillian Larrabee, vice
shaped where grew the tomato (the
covers so much ground thnt it Is dH- chairman of the New Hampshire Gat'love apple), the digitalis which in leficult lo present a true picture. The den Clubs, Stale Commissioner of Edugend serves as tonic !or the heart,
thousands that yesterday
afternoon cation James N. Pringle and Mrs.
and the rosemary !or ttmembrance;
roamed delightedly through t he mag- Pringle, State Commissioner of Agrland still another plot shaped as a
nlflcent summer estates and grounds culture Andrew L. Felke1·, State Highof beautiful homes and
the
cool, way Commissioner Frederic E. Everett, wheel of fortune and containing the
things that are good !or one, such as
shaded l'Oads and fields were enthusl- l'tnd Mrs. Everett, Mrs. Roland Spauldsage, garlic and chives.
astlc in their praise of the beauty \.h13y ing, Mayor Robert Marvin of PortsSeveral of the plant.a suggested suhad seen and the wonder of it all.
mouth, Mrs. William E. Marvin, Fredperstitions, the ro.se bush, the cure
The program opened of!lcla11y at crick Gardner, director of l>eautificafor warts,
a crescent of
poppies
12. 30 o'clock yesterdaJ' afternoon wllh tlon of the State Highway Department,
(sleep Inducers), fernseed (placed in
a lJncheon at the Fanagut House in former Mayor and r1,rs. F. W. Hartford the shoes for 1nvisibll!ty), the bar- .._,·.·.~•.·~<.·,"~'7.,,'~
honor of Gov. H. St.yles Bridges and of Portsmouth, Geotp Ashworth, combary hedge for <sore eyes,) etc.
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his official party.
missioner or the Hampton Beach Preducking stool
and a moon dial, the
Mrs. A. Erland GvycltJ of Peter- cinct Mrs.
Thomas Drier,
Mrs.
latter made of wrought iron by Mrs.
borough, general chairman, presided at Rachel Wheat, state regent of the
Collins• son, Laurence W. Collins,
the luncheon and introduced Governor Daughters of the American Revolution,
Dartmouth '32, lent the eerie atmosBridges and gave an address of we!- 1 Mrs. Fred S. Wood, president or the
phere to the exterior while in the 1n- ..,.--.·~"'.....~,-~""
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come. She was most gracious and en- I Maine Garden Clubs, Mrs. Joseph s.
terior of the tlny Hansel and Gretel f',li-.~::i;,,t
thusiastic in her word.~ of greeting, and ' Lead, vice chairman of the New Enghouse there were wrought · iron coal
closing introduced
Governor 1and Council of Garden Clubs, and Mrs.
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tongs with which the witch llgbted
Bridges, who spoke of the lradltlons of I Frances Bates, fonner president of the
her pipe, waxen imagis into which
New Hampshire and the
inspiration Rhode Island Federation of
Garden
one might stick pins to give pains to
the women have given in bcautl!ication Clubs.
his enemies, and wood~ bags on
work and of th picturesque and won- Gov. Lo•1ls J. Brann or Maine and
which bad be{Jll said the witch's inderful setting for this most successful Gov. James M. Curley of Massachucantation.
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gatherlng. He said thnt an old New
Using the lumber from a
house
Hampshire resident, with whom he had setts had accepted invitallons to atbunt 150 years ago and• the door and
been talking recently, told him that all tend, but were unable to do so because
ehutters from the house where Danhis life he had judged th.!! quality of o! a big n .llroad meeting they were atiel Webster's aunt lived, the Frankcommunities and people by the kind of tending in Boston, and Mrs. Goyette
lin Garden club of which Mn;, Lydia
gardens they had and he was seldom read telegrams of regret from them.
A. Griffin ls president made a repllwrong in his judgment. He said the A fine luncheon was served, the menu
wonderful exhibits of the New Hamp- conslstlng of fruit
cup, chowder, ·ca of the little house in which Daniel
Webster was born. A replica of the
shire garden c1ubs attested to their broiled llve lobster, French fried potaold well curb and a. well
1n
success and value. He stntcd that thls toes. p(?aS, tomato salad, ice cream and
great :fete would be a great asset to the w....co_f_f_ee_._ _ _ _ _ _ _....,._,,...,.-.,.,::::--:=-t which wooden
state of New Hampshire.
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amps PJre Garden
Clu s ave Outs a ding ·Exhibits
Many S cial Fea-
tur s On Progra
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�nail was Ulled, and a. 13 star colonial
flag floating m t.he breeze Jent atmosphere u Mrs. John Proctor im_perronat.ed AbJgail Webster roaming
about the garden wblch ~nta1ned
Abigail Webster's !avorlte garden of
honeysuckle, old Jrl.s, and old:fashtoned peonies. Some of the flow.ers are direct descendants oI those actually grown °by Mrs. Webster 1n her
garden.
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Another historic exhibit
by the
Hampton O,arden club with Katherine
Gookin, president,
reproduced the
garden of General Jonathan Moulton
who used to lure trading vessels to
the New Hampshire
seacoast and
whose haunted house was made fatnous by Whittler's poem. The columbine, mullen, canterbury bells and
bachelor• buttons came from the oldest
gardens 1n the town of Old Hampton
to suggest the garden in
which
Washington was entertained en route
to Portsmouth .
A ,typical fisherman's garden was
reconstructed by the Concord Garden
club with Mrs. T. N. Troxell, president. It transformed an old fishing
'·c"l!,·,»,,.r, shack over which was strung net into a colorful spot with a stone walk
leading to its garden which conslst.ed
-0f geraniums and other
plants in
colored tin cans. Also utilizing a flshhouse, the Keene
Garden. division
with Mrs. Clinton P. Davis, chairman,
presented a display of New Hampshire pottery, some in old molds, half
1i.nished products as well a. completed articles.
Penetrating what was a veritable
Jungle
of underbrush, . trees and
swamp, the Manchester Garden club
with Mrs. James B. Kemper, president, and Mrs. Clarence K. Underhill
1n charge of operations developed a
lovely rustic garden with rocks and
a mac.a pool. Into it they placed prac-,
ticall;r all the wildflowers now in
blossom, daisies, ladysllpper,
sheep
laurel, Iris, violets, highbush blueberries, not to speak of the speckled
willow used to provide charcoal for
the manufacture of gunpowder in the
Revolution, sta.ghorn sumach, a.• rustic bridge and dam which also Jent
charm·.
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The Portsmouth Ga!'den club ·carried out the slogan of "The City . of
the Open Door" using the . doorway
·of a Colonial mansion
which · b?looged to a wealthy sea capt.ai_n and
merchant, and leading up to the door
with a flower bordered brick walk.
Mr~. F. W. Hartford and Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews were In charge yesterday.
Wolfeboro Garden club carried out
the idea. o! the° picture--;hlch appeared .on the ~aarden ~ate," bulletin of the New Hampshue. Federation of 'Garden club.s, and had a selection of a garden with gravel path
flanked with iris- An outdoor living
room was fashioned by the Nashua
Garden club.
At intervals the state Highway ~epartment
demonstrated
roadside
l>eautiflcatlon, under the direction of
Frederic E. Everett, commissioner aud
the superv1s1on of Frederick GardWith hardy flowers and attracla.nt s of shrubs, the project
sb.9W~d wtrnt can be done with un- by Mrs. Ho1lls Webster of Lexington,
sightly triangles, circles
and cross- Mass. At 4 o'clock a Swedish pageant
roads to beautify the l1lghways.
will be presented and at 8 o'clock AlCarrying further the idea of beau- bert Leonard Squier, noted camera
tification the state exhibits showed a and brush artist, traveler and lecturmodel fllllng station, pleasing archi- er will .~peak at the Ji'arragut House
tecturaf!y, landscaped with
shrubs casino. There will be a dance at the
and rock garden, and having an ar- Farragut Hou.se
Ballroom at 8.30
tlstic sign. Before and after pictures o'clock.
of landscape developments
accomon Sunday the Swedish pageant
panied the exhibit. There were also will be presented on the Farragut
replicas of a model Cape Cod cot- Hou5e lawn. At 5 o'clock in the aftage w!t.h !ts white exterior, green ternoon the opera Aida by Verdi wm
blinds, flower boxes and hedges of be presented by the Fabien Sevitzky
flowers, and flagged walk offered. by Eensemble with a cast of 100 and an
the Extension Service of the Umver- orchestra of 110 pieces, on the beautisity of New Hampshire, and a cam- ful estate of Arthur L. Hobson.
pus corner with a
miniature cart
Tennvson·s "The Lady of Shalott,''
wheel garden and pool from Plymouth which irns been set to music by WilNormal school.
fred Bendall will be presented by the
A large pool wa.s const.ructed along Stoneleigh College Glee club at the
a running stream by the New Hamp- Farragut House, Monday afternoon.
shire Fish and
Game department, The two soprano soloists, who have
John H. Finley, commissioner, and excellent voices for their part, will be
beneath its rustic bridge fish swam. Miss Mary Curtis Burrill of Wellesley,
The nearby woods served as habitat Mass., and Miss Ruth Myrtle Johntor wild animals also on exhibition. ston of Attleboro, Mass. The StoneAdjoin!Fig the exhibit, the Forestry leigh College Glee club has been undepartment, John H. Foster, state for- der the able direction of Prof. John
ester, arranged attractive walks along Oddy, who has studied under the emwhich properly labelled were pracinent concert pianist, Marci::m ThaJtically all types of kees native to the berg.
state. Carrying out the nature idea
The members of this cantata are as
was a conservation and bird exhibit
follows: Sopranos,
Lavinia Hum~,
m charge of Mrs. Laurence J. Web- Ruth Johnston, Dorothy Jones, Munster of Holderness, and the Monad- el Mason, Martha O'Keefe, Jean Patnock Garden club display, Mrs. Sydterson and Virgir;ia Robert.s; second
ney Williams, president.
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song sopranos, 1\1:ny Burrill, Jane sa:111pbirds chirped
their
gay melodies, son, Elea!lor Sh~.mvay
and Wilma
guest.3 viewed the various habitats of . Woods, and Altos, Josephine Bodine,
birds their ba.th, and reeding sta- Beatrice Carmen, Virginia Hareltene
tions' and later listened to an inform- ! and Helen Murray.
al talk by Mrs. Webster. The nature
Quilting Party
garden at Lost River which has atFollowing the Governor's luncheon
tracted many visitors during recent
years was constructed by the Soci~ty lJ1ere was a Flag Day o!J~:ervance by the
for the Protection of New Hampshire Daughters of the American Revolution.
Helen _se:wey
Forests with Phillp W. Ayres, fores- · A pantomime, ''The
Quilling Party", at work, was given on
ter.
the Farragut lawn by nanger Chapter
One of Uie major attractions was
or Portsmouth aud tile following wnc
the kower show notable for Its beauin the ca~t: Mrs. Walles Lal'.\e, rceenl
tiful h'is collection from Dr. Robert
f Rang_e~ Ghafllei'; ~rs. John &•ybolt,
J. Graves of Concord, its attractive
vestibule arrangement planned by who took the part of Helen Seavey,
Mrs. Charles B. Manning of Man- and is a direct descendant of Mrs. Seachester; the exhibit of a hive or busy vey; Mrs. Henry Green, ex-regent of
bees, as well as a rare gird of para- Ranger Chapter; Mrs. Arthur Clark
dise plant, pastel
Jupin, . colorful and Mrs. Norman Rand.
:Mrs. Arthur Wheat gave the greeting
peonies, flowering shrubs and Or!ental
of the D. A. R. and Jed the salute to
poppies. Mrs. Harry Wilcock of ManThe color
chester was general chairman; Mrs. the United States flag.
bearers were Mrs. Blanchard of Tilton,
E. B. st.earns, Manchester, in charge
of arrangements, and Mrs. Owen Mrs. L. M. Folsom of Exeter and Mrs.
Johnson of Manchester, registration. Swift of New London. The flag used
was an authentic Revolutionary flag
The assisting
committee included:
from the forcastle of an old frigate and
Mrs. Charles Jackman and Mrs. Benwas kindly loaed to the D. A. R. for
jamin Rolfe, Concord; Mrs. George
this occasion by the owner, Mrs. AdLord, Mrs. I. L. Meloon, Portsmouth;
die N .1te of Dover. The costumes worn
Mrs. Robert Redfield,
Mrs. Robert
in the pantomime are authentic RevoDoe Dover;
Mrs. Herbert E. Day,
lutionary costumes and have been for
Mrs'. Charles Merritt, Exeter;
Mrs.
many generations In the famllies of the
Louise Locke, Newfields; Dr. C. Elizaladies wearing them.
beth Rice, WlJton, an~ Mrs. Tur\,_,
ner, Milford.
The Potter's Pageant
Mrs. A. Erland Ooyette -of PeterThe potter's pageant, "Reminiscences
borough is general chairman of the
of Pottery," by Eva M. Chase, a county
festival and to her and her able staff
recreation advisor, was presented on
great praise 1s due for the wonderful
the Farragut lawn, with hundreds o!
thoroughness of the planning and the
people watching !rom the
Farragut
wonderful success of the entire event.
House porch and from the roadside.
This afternoon the New Hampshire
This was given under the auspices of
Federation of Music clubs presented
the University of New Hampshire Exa program at the Farragut House at
tension Service and Eva. M. Chase and
2.30 o'clock followed at 3.30 by a talk
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�anc e M. Bum!orGoun y recreational advisor3. This· pageant
told
the beauty, romance nnd history of pottery making In America, starting from
the arrival of the early Amerlcan Indian Potters to the old Dover Potters at
work and pottery making at the university by some of the students. This pageant was m.ich enjoyed and v.•ill long
be remembered by those present, for
only much planning and many rehearsall made such a brilliant, successful
pageant possible.
Those taking part were as follows:
Prehistoric woman-Lucille True.
Prehistorlc men-Clayton Follansbee,
Albert H. Jones.
Indian chiefs-Eloi Adams, John
Rowe, Leeman Wonnhood.
Indian sg·uaws-Lena Adam~, Margaret White, Blanche Wormhood, Zelma Rowe, Winifred Randall, Sadie
Avery, Cora E. Carr, Arline Rowe.
Indian braves-James Dodge, Raymond Hall, Malcolm White, Albert L.
Jones, Jr., Daniel Hoyt,
Elmer E.
Wiggin, Nelson Bolstridge,
Warren
Clough.
Indian solo dancrr-Helen Antonoplou.s.
Greek figures-Helen Newton, Betty
Mathes, Margaret Smith, Cathleen
Smith.
Colonial group:
Duet-Louise Dodge, J:mi.s Dodge,
Ladies and gentlemen-Jennie DeMerritt, Florence Dodge, Beatrice Gerrish, Evangeline Durgin, Lottie Laton,
Alice Rice HilJ, Evelyn Price, Elizabeth Roper, Dorothy Laton,
Evelyn
Stacy D.irgin.
Wlllow paLtern plate:
Father-Pauline Stimpson.
Lover-Phyllis Wiggin.
Maiden-Gladys Bumford Bouldry.
Solo dance-Ann Colby.
New Hampshire potters-Bertha T.
Follansbee, Olive Follansbee, Abbie
Hardey, Marion Kimball, Myrtle Healey, William Rudd, Chester D. Marden,
Donald Jensen, Bertha M. Follansbee,
Jean Follansbee, Vlrginia Follansbee,
Norman Follansbee.
Dancer-Constance Snow.
Wedgewood figure.s-Errtha SteYenson, Florence Moulton, Richard Moulton.
Old Dover potters-Helen Munroe,
Helen Mccooey, Phyllis Col omy, Emma Lebel. Blanche Labrie.
Loretta
Vachon, Helen Hill, Oi:car OW (ll.
Pott.er Song-Eula Buckley.
Trees:
Dancers-E. Minnrlla Colby, pupil
of Ruth St. Denis; Helen AntPnoplous.
Voice-Marjory Branden burgh .•
Music:
Plano-Marjorie McNeil.
Cello-Cassie Haley.
Mandolin-Josephine H~~
Violln-DQrotliy Slack Eaton.
C-..116---l\1-argaret Davis SO\\ erby.
The horses were from the
Hooper
Rlding Stable and Willard Jenne s.
At 3.30 p. m. Prof. Henry Olapp of
the University of New Hampshire demonstrated the art of arranging flowers
In a most interesting way at the main
exhibit of the flower show.
An informal talk on birds and conservation was given by Mrs. Laurence
J. Webster, a bird enthusiast, on the
bird conservation on Chapel road.
There was a very interesting tea ceremony in the Japanese Tea Garden near
the Farragut Ho.1se at 5 p. m.
Witch's brew, .spice cake and gingerbread, which was served In the Witch's
Garden, on the Farragut Casino lawn,
lasted only a few minutes, because of
the many people interested in the herbs
and the unique garden.
The Frank E. Booma Post Amerlcan
Legion Band gave a concert on the Farragut House lawn from 5 until 6 o'clock.
Birk et F. Letson of Carbone's, Boston, lectured on artistic !lower an-angement.s in the Casino.
The dance held at the Farragut House
from 10 p. m. until 2 a. m. was a great
success and reached lts climax when
Governor and Mrs. H. Styles Bridges,
Major and Mrs.
William_Cole and
Major and Mrs. Basil Atwood made
an unexpected appearance ~bout midnight. Jt was believed earlier in t~e
evening that the governor and
his
party would be -,mable to attend. Whe'l
the govl'rnor and his party ent~red tlle
room thr. on•he~tra, Paul Ross'. Orches1tra, playrd the "Stars and Stripes Forever."
Shortly after 'l1idnight. a buffet .supper was· sl'rved. after ·A•t·lch there was
dancing 1111til 2 o'clock.
The dance was under the general _direction of 1rs. William Champlin of
Rochester.
Mrs. Frank Harlow ()f Pcterboro and
her sJn. Frank P.arlo\\". Jr.' \\·ere gate
attendant~.
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�This shows a vl'ew of Little Boar's Head skirted by the ocean boulevard, and showing the Atlan tic ocean and
summer_ homes.
LIBRARIANS ARE- -OFFiCERS
'E LECTED ' BY
LIBRARIANS
.MEETING HERE
A district meeting of librarians
ls
being held in this city today, with 22
members of the association present, the
libraries of New Castle,
Newington;
Stratham, Seabrook, Hampton, North
Hampton, Rye, Greenland and Kittery
befug represented.
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The visiting librarians were welcomed this morning at the Portsmouth
Public Library by Miss Emma J. W.
Magraw, repr~senting the ·board of
trustees of the local library.
Miss
Hannah Fernald, librarian of
the
Portsmouth Public Library, acted as
chairman of the meeting. A roundtab.le discussion of . library . problems
was held, this proving of much interest,
and was followed by the inspection of
a fine display of new books furnished
by a Boston bookshop.
Miss Thelma
Brackett, librarian of the State Library
at Concord, gave· an interesting talk
upon the service which the State Library offers to other libraries througho.it ·New Hampshire.
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The morning session adjourned for a
visit to the historic Portsmouth Athen' aeum, whi6h was organized J~ne 30,
1817. The visitors were niuch interested in inspecting some · of the 1nany
valuable books, pamphlets and manuscripts possessed by the Athenaeum. ·
This afternoon is being taken up
-w ith the annual business meeting and
election of officers of the association,
to be followed by an address by Miss
Marion Boothman of Concord, a memb.i:_r of the State 'Library Commission.
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Miss Hannah Femald; librarian of
the Portsmouth Pub\ic Library, was
elecLed' as secretary at the . divisional
meeting of the New Hampshire Library
Association held here yesterday, with
Mrs. Margaret S. Noyes of Hampton
elected ' as chairman for th~ ensuing
year. At the close of the afternoon session the members of the association
y;ere' guests of the Aldrich Memo;ial in
a highly interesting inspection to.1r of
the home or the late Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, author of "The Story of a Bad
Boy," and other f.imous tales and
poems. '
The New Hampshire Library Association is to hold its state-wide meeting
~t Lake Geoqt the coming September.
�PORTSMOUTH, N. H., MONDAY, MAY 27, 1935
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The Herald hns pointed out for
Ve have taken from the offlcial
many years the wonder!ul opportunity government charts a plan showing
this proposed building of four monof making
Portsmou th one of th0 , ster docks, all four 1200 feet long. This
great naval bases of the world. It has; "·ould be the only dock that could
been given by nature itself a site that hnudle ships of the type of the Norwould even surpn~!; the great naval mnndic and the new Queen Mnry as
base at Portsmouth, Englnnd. First it wrll ns ships that our government has
possesses the depllt or waler at high bullt or proposes to build. As an illusand low tide to brln~ the greatest traUon the new Normandie has a
ships or the world in o its harbor un- length of 1029 feet and 119 foot beam.
der their own steam and enter a pro- Out· government contemplates a big
posed quartet of dry docks that could I building program and we believe here
be built between Peirce Island and is n proposition that both the state of
Marvin's Island, with a depth of wa- Maine and the state of New Hampter at the sill of 65 feet.
shire should get back of anrl. that
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would place these states in a position
to command the, use of this harQ<>r
as it should be and can be to serve the
whole navy and to care for any ships
from any natlon o! the world.
It is not a dream and has positive
vnlue to the country. It haa been studird by engineers and if our people
can obtain government action it
would bring about a new Portsmouth
and the greatest prosperity that has
ever been dreamed of,
Every member of the Maine and
New Hampshire delegations have been
furnished with enlarged plans of the
project.
�inal Graduation Held At
Portsmouth Traini~g School
Class Of Eight, Receives Diplomas At Exercises
Last Evening-Address Given By Commissioner of Education James N. Pringle
The adverse weather conditions les- Alice Mildram, prlpclpal of the Portssened the attendance at the
Ports- 1mouth Training School; Hon. James
mouth Training School graduation ex-tN. Pringle, state comm~ioner of ecluercises Monday evening at 8 o'clock at cation; Harry L. Moore, superintendthe Junior High School
auditorium, ent of the local schools, and Mayor
but those who braved the downpour to Robert Marvin, who presented the dibe present were well repaid.
The plomas.
program was of exceptional Interest
The Invocation by Rev . Philip S .
..,,1,_,..,.,,...,. and It was the final graduation o! the Nason, pastor of· the Methodist Church,
training school, which has been
so was followed by a pleasing selection t-y
great a cred·t to this city for the 48 the orchestra. Four of the graduates,
years since it was instituted.
Misses Sawyer, Boyan, Flan agan and \
To the music of the orchestra, Jed by, Craven, each read her thesis, which was
Ernest P. Bilbruck, music supervisor of' most creditable.
Miss Boyan gave
the local public schools, the
eight I hers almost entirely from memory and 1
grad.iates marched in and took seats on\ all received liberal applause. Two well...,'""-"''··"·'the stage. All were attired in dainty rendered selections by the Girl Glee 1r:,;~v ...,,:,,.•_,
white gowns and each wore a red rose. Clb gave added interest to the proThe class members and their theses gram.
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and the program follows:
Hon. James N. Pringle, state
Rosmerld Boyan,. "The Changing missioner of education, gave the
World and the Curriculum."
dress of the evening. He referred to
Lavinia Irene Craven, "Schools for I the excellent work of the Portsmouth
Individuals."
Training School, in which he has been
Ann Egert, "The Teacher as a Re- deeply interested, having oeen supersearch Worker."
intendent of the local schools in years ""'""-' ·'"'""°'''"'
Eileen Elizabeth Flanagan, "The Im- past and present when the
train:ng
portance of Creative Activity.".
school first came into existence.
He
Ruth Alberta Hussey, !'The Right At- said at that time there was a great need
tit.ude Toward Conduct."
of teachers who were trained to teach;
Florence May Rowe, "Discovering Pu- that 300 stu6.ents approximately, who
pll Interest."
were gra·luates of the Portsmouth
Evelyn Katherine Sawyer, "Educat- Training School, had served here and
ing for Tomorrow."
in other pllces with credit. He paid a
Ruth Fem Seesman,. "The Value o.f hiyh compliment to Miss Mildram,
Club gave added !pterest to the pro- principal o! the school, for her efficient
Music, selected,
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Orchestra work and congratulated the graduates
Invocation,
Rev. Philip S. Nason on the completion o! their work at the
Music, selected,
Orchestra t : a!nlng ~..::1ool.
"Educating for Tomorrow,"
Supt. Harry L. Moore complimented
Evelyn K Sawyer the class on the com.Jlet!on of good
"The Changing World and the cur- I work and paid a well-deserved tribute
riculum,"
Rosmerld Boyan to Miss Mildram for her painstaking
"The Importance of Creative Activity", efforts as principal of the Portsmouth
Eileen E. Flanagan Training School.
'!Schools for Individuals,"
\ Mayor Robert Marvin made
L. Irene Craven congrat.i.latory remarks to the
Girls Glee Cl.lb and presented the diplomas In behaU ....,.,,... "<'. ,...
Hon. James N. Pringle, · of the city. The exerc:ses closed with
State Commissioner of Education a selection by the orchestra.
Preseptatlon of diplomas,
' . All present were then Invited Into
Mayor Robert Marvin the cafeteria, where the gradu1tes held
Music, selected, ·
Orchestra an in.formal reception. Fruit punch
Seated on the stage also were Miss and assorted cake were served .
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The Court Street Christian Church and Mrs. Addle Wilson Hanscom,. with
~Jve the new pastor, Rev. Ivar Selle- James Morrison at the piano.
vaag, and his family a recepLion in the There were remarks by Rev. Harold
vestry on Tuesday evening.
The ves- w. Curtis o! the Middle Street Baptry ,ms prettily dccoraLed with green tlst Church and Rev . Philip S. Nason
nd poUcd planLs, including
rubber o! the Methodist Ch,irch, followed by
pin nls and birds'-ncst ferns and looked n solo by Jack Inglis, with Mrs. Addie
vrry aUrncLive. Much credit is
due IWilson Hanscom at the piona.
Re.he committee in charge. There was a marks were then made by Rev. Arthur
l1rgc atLendance.
A. Rouncr or the North Congregat!onTIJC' program oprnNl wilh the sing- al Church, Rev E. K. Amazecn, Adjt.
ir~ of "Blcst be the Tie That Binds", Victor Dimond or the Salvation Army
ll.nd prayer was offered by a.
former and Rev. Mrs. Coffin of Kittery Point.
astor of the church, Rev. E. K. Ama'rhere was a solo by James Morrison,
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~Mayo r H.ollert Mar\'in ex cnoer1 n with Mrs. Hanscom at the piano, and
welcome lo the city to the new pastor a solo by Miss Katherine Lorenz o!
and Rev. Charles Durgin of the Chris- Newton, followed by remarks by Wesley
tian Church at Freedom, president of Powell, pastor of the Christian Church
the York and Cumberland Christian at Hampton, also a student at the University of New
Hampshire, · Leland ,,,.,.l!·,•!"'',"1:-i,_
E. Brigham o! Newport,
a
former
Portsmouth boy, Rev. Mr. Staples of
Kit~ry Point, Rev. J . L. Lorenzo! the '-~·'·"'~,.--...
Christian Church o! Newton, Rev. ·H .
. Wilson of the
Advent Christian
Church and Rev . Hans Froysland of ,
ork Comer.
A letter of greeting was read from
Rev, Ralph Wllliams of the Christian
Church or Hill.
Mr. Sellevaag was called upon and
responded with a few well chosen words
of appreciation.
Mrs. Sellevaag was presented with a
bouquet of beautiful pink rosebuds by
Mrs. Ethel Shaw in behalf of the Court
st. Church, and baby Glen Sellevaag
was presented with a beautiful nosegay.
Rev. William Safford Jones o! the
Unitarian Church came in j <1st as the
group was breaking up. other engagements preventing his earlier attendance.
Those in the receiving line were Mr.
REV. IVAR SELLEVAAG
and Mrs. Sellevaag and son, Mr. Om1
Conference, gave words or greeting mundson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hansfrom the conference. Rev. Mr. Elims com, Rev. Hans Froysland and Mrs.
of Newington, president or the Minis- o. E. Brigham. Mr. Ommundson ls
terial Association of Portsmouth ond the father of Mrs. Sellcvaag and has
Vicinity, gave a welcome from tho rom- come here to make his home ~Ith her
and her fam!ly.
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munily.
The committees were as follows:
There was a duet by Harry I. C~<;n•ll
general committee, Mrs. Ethel Shaw,
Mrs. Ralph Hanscom and Miss Louise
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Publication Tells Of "What
· Portsmouth Offers
Industry"
The JRn. 4 issue of the American
Wool and
Colton Reporter has a
highly
interesting
story
cntHled
"What !'ortsmouth OIIers Industry."
~he article is illustrated with an a,ir
view of Portsmouth Harbor and the
John Paul Jones House, the home of
the Portsmoulh Historical Scciely.
" Tl:e
opcn_;ng
paragraph
says:
Poi tsmouth 1s famed for its 1>ort, for
!ls people and for its portals. Portsmouth Harbor is one of the finest in
the world. The l1ospitalily of Portsmouth people has carnrd for their
community the Lille, "City of the
Open Door." The city i<; also called
'Fair-Portallc-d Portsmouth' because
o many of its houses are graced with
beaullful Colonial doorway.<;.
'Although Portsmouth Navy Yard
employs more than half the wage
earners in the ciLy, the city has other
important industries. But it is far
from the ordinary conception of an
industrial community. It has no labor
troubles. It has no rows of mean
tenements. It is not a city which ha.<;
s1>rnng up
in
mushroom fashion
around a kw factories;
the
mill:.;
have been fi ltcd appropriately into a
community which was established only a few years after
the
Pilgrims
stepped off Plymouth Rock."
Then comes a section concerning
the well known hist,orical ba.ckground
vf Portsmonlh. Then comes some interesting data concerning the city. its
1·eal estate vnlue, thr excellence of ils
school system, Public Library, etc.
The location of the ciLy c-omes in for
praise.
The city is 57 miles from Boston
and 54 miles from Portland, Main-~.
It is a day's haul by train, truck, or
boat from Ne\\· York Cily. Rall faci!lties are supplied by two divisions of
the Boston & Maine n.ailroa<l. United
States High,,·~ No. 1 p~sses through
Portsmouth. Tl1e city's location at the
mouth of tile Piscalaqua River gives
it one of th e finest harbors in Uv.l
world. Just out side the city is a first
class airport with a landing field 2,200 feet square. Portsmouth is also
the trading center for a considerable
area of southeastern New Hampshire. This area has a population of
about 50,00<f, which is doubled when
the summer reslclcnls of Hampton
Beach, Rye, York, and York Harbor,
and even as far as Ogunquit, come to
Portsmouth fo1· their shopping. To
the northwest is Lake Winnipesa.ukee,
and just beyond the White Mountains. Portsmouth ls t,lws the gateway to one of the world's finest vac~tion l'egions.
Speaking of Portsmouth Harbor the
industrial concerns. Moreover, Pol'tsarticle says:
mouth is free of labor troubles, and
"Portsmouth Harbor is one of the
ever has been. The -shaded streets of
fin est in lhe \\Corid. It has seven miles
Portsmouth with their lovely manof water, ranging in depth from 50 to
sions, the hospitable Yankee popula90 feet, Slrong tides do not interfere
tion, and the· city's dignified civic and
wilh navigalion, but keep the h8.rbor
business record· combine to make it
[rre from ice the year around."
an excellent setting for enterprising
Then comes a description of the
industrial concerns."
Navy Yard, followed by a paragraph :',~~~~~~~.:gi~
on lhe banks, stores, etc., as follows:
"Portsmont,h' is proud of its strong
banks, and the long period of service
they have enjoyed. Portsmouth Savings Bank, the oldest mutual plan
savings bank in the Stato and ·a [)ioncer in financing home building, was
incorporate<:! in 1823. First National
Ba.nk, which holds Charter No. 19 of
the nat.ional banks in the country,
,,,as organized only a year later. Three
olher bnnks date to 1855, 1871, and
1877. Other business institutions of
the city are noteworthy. Tile Rockingham Hole! is famous fot· its food,
comfort, and hospitallty, It WM built
tn 1870, and contains intact the beauliCul dining room of the Woodbury
Langdon House, where washl.ngton
was entertained. Another famoU8 hotel is Wentworth-by-the-Sea, where
envoys or Russia and Japan were
quarLcreci."""cturiug the treaty negotiations In 1905. Portsmouth has · progressive st,orl)s, concentrated within a few
blocks. f hey are noted for being wellstocke<l and well-serviced-a necessity
'bccaus~ of the unusual. derliands upon
them hy the summer vacation trade."
The n.rLlcle speaks of the fine work
of the Portsmouth Civic Council and
Chamber of Commerce which' it styies
11s "not only a trade organiz3ition, but
also an agency which co-ordinates
a.nd directs many of the civic activities of the city.
S1lct1 Imig of power
article slates:
•·111 th 1Jsc days when the lo_c ation of
mdus~nP~ depends more upon the
ava.il::ihiltty of adequate .ilectric power
than it tlo~s upon situations a.t waterfalls in rivers. Portsmouth's power resource~ aro important. New Hampshire Go.s and Electric Company o!
the New England Gas and Electric
Assoclo.tlon, has its main offices in
Portsmouth. It operates in Portsmouth and 25 New Hampshire communit1,'~. Thi~ company has excellent
foi::i1H1,•q, and .is deeply interested in
the d1)vrlo1lment of electric light and
power in this region."
A paragrapl.l. is devoted to
mouth·~ indu~trics anci' the
closes El 1> follows:
"There i.~ vacant factory space
o.vi.lilohll' In Portsmouth and excellent
industrial sites upon which to build
factories. The best of these sites are
j in the northern part of Portsmouth
on the Piscataqua River. There the
Bost,on & Maine Railroad offers railroad f·1cilitles and .the river is deep
enough for larger steamers to dock.
Tliere i~ also a considerable amount
of vncrrnt factory space along the river, id,~ally situated because or convenient docks and railroad sidings. .
"Portsmouth should be attractive to
mau11(~cturers. Water, mil, and high\ way f cllities are combined in an unusuJI situation. The surplus of skilled
lohor from the Navy Yard should provido a high-class personnel for new
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�''UNCLE OSCAR'' AT 95 BRINGS OUT
BOOK OF CEL.IA THAXTER'S POEMS
. .,_ . ,..-.. Poetess' Brother Finds Forgotten Ma~uscripts-His Story of Life on
The Isles of Shoals Almost a Century Ago
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By LOUIS M. LYONS
PORTSMOUTH, June 29-Celia
Thaxter, whom children know as
as the sweet poet of The Sandpiper and Little Gustava, will be
remembered in a centenpial service tomorrow.
Her brother, Oscar Laighton,
still four years short of his own
centennial, is getting his . boat
ready to take him out to the memorial service on the little lighthouskeeper's island, where he
shared with the poet a Swiss Family Robinson childhood, companion
of the sea gull and the storm.
Uncle Oscar's merry blue eye
and the abiding peace on his face
of 95 will bring living testimony at
the centennial exercises that their
island i'solation bred a sturdy, as
well as a poetic spirit.
Nails in Glass Bottles
Oscar Laighton was making
some repairs in the cellar when my
knock at his 200-year old door in
a narrow street in Portsmouth
interrupted him this past week.
"Well, brother," he greeted me,
in the manner of his old friend
'"",,..,-i.,.,a Whittier. "I wish you had· time to
visit my shop."
We visited together a while · in
the little shop, where he keeps his
nails in glass bottles, the better to
see them· without glasses. It is a
modern little shop with lathe and
r:-J~•...,.,_drill to turn out all such wood and
metal gadgets as a man nee~s for
tinkering round a house.
Beaten for Governor
The re4 heads of clover tumble
about the step of the shop, Out the
window the June field runs down to
the. shore where the seagulls sail in
over Uncle Oscar's garden. He feeds
them on the garden fence.• He ha9
-.c.;n1.,i1•been feeding the gulls these 90 years.
His· garden is coming up fine.
It isn't often he has made a garden
on the mainl1md. This is only the
second Winter of his 95 that he has
spent off the island since his father,
beaten for Governor of New Hamp•
shire in 1838, made a vow never to
step foot on the ungrateful shores o/
the United States again.
"He was a Democrat,'' chuckles Os•
car Laighton.
So in 1839 Thomas Laighton stepped
out of his prosperous life as a leading
citizen of Portsmouth and wrapped
himself in insular isolation for the
27 years that remained to him. They
were years that •gave a strange up•
bringing to the three children who
had been born into a comfortable cul•
tured Portsmouth home of 100 years
ago.
Oscar Laighton was a child in arms
when his mother, never questioning
or complaining at the whim that
ended the life she had known, car·
ried him ashore on the rocky Isle
of Shoals, famed for the bleak deso•
. of th ei r appearance, nme
· m !les
I at 10n
off the. New Hampshire coast. The
boy was 17 before he ever stood upon
the continent of North America.
UNCLE OSCAR TODAY
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His brother, Cedric, whose name
"It is near 50 years ago Celia wrote
was immortalized when the author 'The Heavenly Guest,'" her brother
of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" made him recalls. "When she read the verse l
the juvenile godfather of her little was so moved by its charm, its
hero in velveteens, was born two pathos and sweetness, I found my
years after the Laightons moved to eyes wet with tears. I recall my
their lighthouse home.
sister's delight al my emotional criti•
Poem Found After 50 Years
cism."
Until this year Oscar Laighton has
Celia Thaxter was 5 a nd th e Isles spent Winter as wc•ll as Summer on
of Shoals were her home until her his islands where the other winter·
marriage at 17 to a IIarva r cl class· ing rcs ick11ls 110w arc 10 Coast (iuards,
"°m_a_te_a_n_d__
co_u_sin of _J_ a_m_es_R_us_s_cl_l..., three lobster catchers and the light·
Lowell joined her poetic fancy to house k eepers who have succeeded
the literary circle of the Atlantic to his father 's task of keeping a
beacon burning on those dangerous
Monthly and made of her island cot· crags. He has Jived these m any years
tage through the years .a Summcn now · as the companion of his sister's
salon that drew the celebrated names J memory among the hundreds of
of New England's golden age of lil• friend s who seek th e peace of the
erature.
Isles of Shoals each Summer.
This Winter Oscar Laighton has
The Unitari an and Congregational
had the rare experience of bringing societies acquired th e group of is•
out at 95 , a little book of his sis• lands from the La ighlons 20 years
ter's unpublished poems for her 100th ago as a Summ er r etreat. To th em
anniversary. It was an experience all O~car La ighl on has alw ay~ b ee n
for the old man of rediscovery when Uncle Oscar, his whimsical humor
his sisfer's gra nd daughter brought and his kindly custodianship a living
to him a poem he remembered his lie to all with childhood memories
sister's writing 50 years ago. It had of the verses they learned in the
lain with many ano th er manuscript schoolroom.
of hers in a portfolio loaned to her
Never Reconciled to Churches
friend, Sarah Orne Jewett, returned
lriaf;;.t...
erm,h.;.,;e~r~d.;;,ea;;,t~h~:.,,-.;,::-,,,_~!"'"-'T""~~ Right up to last Summer he was
still running his motor boat, Twilight, that carries 20 on cruises amon
�the mnc fil c islands 1hathe knows Ji1llc boys on these ven ures to
as a village boy knows the path to Seaveys Island. where the sandpipers
lhc swimming hole. His own birth- had their nests.
day has Jong been a Summer event
"Across the narrow beach we flit,
One Jillie sandpiper and I."
f'elebrated by a great birthday cake
"Sisler told us the mother sandand a gift of $1 for each of his many
years. "This Summ£'r 1"11 get $96," piper could talk to her babies," her
he anticipates merrily. '"They're the brother recalls, "and it really seemed
dearest people \hat ever was."
so, for if we came on her family
Some of the oldest nf I he "dearest suddenly, she would call to them and
people" chuckle in theL· turn as they would instantly drop.
they recall that when th('ir project
"Once a month mother would go to
was first broached lo him, Uncle Os· Pnrtfmoulh to buy cloth. She made
, cnr·s cautious rejoinder was. "Who all our clnlhcs. Sometimes sister
are these Unitarian s·: Jt won·t do to would go with her and, coming back,
introduce any rough clement."
would astonish us with fairy tales
Churches were no part nf the en• o( trees higher than our lighthouse,
vironmenl of the islnnd Laightons. nf horses lhal pulled earls and were
Theirs the simple faith of Celia steered with tackle, and of endless
rows or houses and 8torrs with great
Thaxter's verse:
jars o( candy, and locomotives that
J "For are ~vc not Gnd's children ~oth,
Tho1.1, lllllc sandp1prr, and I?
screamed, and people rushing in
I. The poet herself was never recon• every direction. My brother and I
cilcd to churches. Jlrr own shrine would feel some doubt about all
was the gardrn lhnt she lC'ndecl as a thi •. "
votary, and when 1his faith or her
Lore of the Sea ;11111 Rocks
childhood was slrainccl by the carc9
o( later years. il was to the Hindu
Thomas Laighton tended 1the light
philosophy o( Mohi 11 i that sl1c turned for seven years. Celia Laighton grevJ
for the inspir.i[ion o( such lines as
"Interior illumination or faith is 1hr lo be 12. Like a little Hiawatha, she li-0•w-e•t!'f"'e"'i•r•p•r•·o..,..e•cl'!1•v""e.,,.p""'ra•c"'!"!"1c""'e"""!t~o-~o~-',~
only wny by which lo discover the learned the lore or the sea and the land Thaxter, who invented spraying
rocks, n( \he> birds and flowers, o\. lo control. fungi.
Divinity.''
, 1he wi 11c\ and of the ships and of
Celia Thaxter's husband, who
No Rrhool P.11f rarcnts
the sea. And she learned or the lives taught her childish fingers to use a
The Laighlnn rhi!clJ•,,11 were initi- of the fishermen's wives al Gosport pen, was the critic also c~ her adult
ated into the wild fury of a storm al , as she saw them climb the little years. Levi Thaxter had distinct
~ca in their ~ecoml W111ler al Isles nf chapel hill when storm clouds were literary talent of his own, He was
Shoals light, when a fnariul gale brewing, lo pray for 1he absent ones. the first lo introduce the poems of
came in the night lo sweep away \ She learned to swim and it became Robert Browning to an American
boa ls and bo'al houses. The flock o( I her la ~k to teach her brothers before audience, and he labored with such
hC'n~ they had watched to roost the \ 1hey rnuld be trusted out in the eliect in interpreting Browning ovef
, cv<'ning before had vanished in the fish-out bo;,t~ alone.
here that when he died Browning
\ mn-ning ;ind they nev er saw coop or \ She gr<'''' hig C'no11gh to help her wrote :1 verse o[ his own appreciachirk again. A ship was wrecked olT I falhc1· lend the light and became ;i lion lh::il is cut on a rough bowlder
faithful hr!rN to fill \he lantern and that marks Thaxter's grave on the
1 their light that night.
As the storm lashed al the island
keep th<' :?lass and reflector glcmning. Maine shore in an old Kittery
il lore away the covered passage Sighing I climbed the lighthouse stair churchyard.
IC';iding from light to dwelling so that
Celia Thaxter's own resting place
CC'lia, looking with childish eyes out j /\nrl ·whit~ the· day dicd ·sweet nnd is on the island of App:~dore, where
the window. had suddenly revealed
fair
her father moved his little flock
to her the sight of a great vessel bear• I lit \he lamps again.
when she was 12. This is the island
ing upon the rocks. Years later she I Her father began her more formal whose beauty of moonlit sea and
wrote, of that night"s horror, "The education, but in a verilJ. t9'1Momal flowered garden colors both her
Wreck .of the Por;ihon\as." It tells or
way. "Falh<'r would read to us on poems and her paintings.
the storm and utter isolation it
Winter evenings," Oscar Laighton rePidure of Old Applcdore
hroughl to those ;it the light:
members, "when the whole family
"When al last Crom the distant shore
would gather in the kitchen round
Thom;is Laighton acquired the
A Iillle hoilt stoic out, to reach
the cozy fire. The kitchen extended larger islands of the Shc.':ils group
Our loneliness, and bring once more
the whole width or the house-a fine and as he saw the isles becoming a
Fresh human thought and speech."
big room with deep windows 111 Mecca for literary and artistic folk
They had no school except the
which mother had blooming plants he turned from lighthouse keeping
teachings of fa1her and mother. every Winter. There was a wide fire • to hotel keeping. His sons helped
"Father coulrl dn ;inylhing," says place and brick oven. About this time him and carried on after his death.
Oscar Laighton. " f grew up to build Cather got one of the very first all· From 9 lo 90 Oscar Laighton was a
a house or n boat nnd always lrnd my
iron cooking stoves because it was hotel keeper. .
.
own black smith shop. We fished and I hard to gel wood for the fireplace.
A picture o[ the old Appledore
shipped mackerel lo Boston. Tho , we were still using flint and steel Hotel, since burned, hangs in his hall
islands had been a fishing station. you 1I \ to gel a light."
along with the paintings of Celia
know, before \he Pilgrims came over.
L · 1 o
L ' ht
"Many people ha,·c said, 'You must
Jlrnvcn-Sent School
Thaxter.
Y noting
scar its
a1gwide
on
shows
it to aovmg
visitor,
have been very lonel_v ;il lhc light."'
Inlo this idyll o( lighthouse life verandas and the little lagoon that
They did n et know that where our
c;ime one day a young Harvard lapped the roc!ts below it, ' "That
mother dwC'll there w:is ha11pincss grnduale, Levi Lincoln Thaxlrr, held 500 guests and used to. have
;ii.so.
No family was ever more lured. like many another visitor, ry 500 , too."
united or conlcnlccl. l\Iy brother, the lonely beauty of lhe isl;inds and
• • •
Cedric, was born there al the light
their gaunt history. The lighthouse
Down at the boatyard they're busy,
when I was two."
keeper
young
slay
thepersuaded
Winier, and
theyThnxter
set ur toa but they stop work to attend t o os- 1L,.,.
Cow S\\"am to Pasture
schoolhouse in the light, where the car Laighton when they catch sight
of the white beard and the old man's
One of Oscar Laighlon's childhood visitor taught the Laighlon children. walking stick. William E. Hayward,
memories was a visit of Richard
"Mother was delighted that her building boats at 81, as his father did
Henry Dana, who sailed wilh Oscar's children were having the benefit of before him, goes over the "Twilight"
Uncle Mark as a companion in the
this heaven-s~nt sch?ol. Sister was with Uncle Oscar.
famous "Two Years Before the
taught lo wnle. straight. across tl~c
"Shall we paint her inside, Cap'n?"
Mast." "No danger n11 the ship with letter sheet without lu~er.
This
"Why, yes, if you have time, Cap'n,
Mark Lnig!Jton al the wheel." Dana
seemed 1mposs1ble to me. yet she I wish you would" says Uncle Oscar.
\\Tote. Mark Laighlon·s leather fire
soon lcarncrt the lesson. My brother .
'
Cedric was just learning his kllcrsli---~~,.._...,.......,---:-:-..,..j,,.-.,.....--..ll:
buckets hang now in the hall of
Os<'ar Laighton·s house.
anrl I had begun lo read a little."
The chilclrf'n watched the v('sscls
Young 'l'hnxler continued tJ be nlpass their l iglll hcund to far lands,
most a member of the Laighton
, Every JO days in Summer and per•
family until Celia Laighton was 17,
haps once a month in Winter pilot
whr1i" he 10arried )lcr. Her marriage
boats brought 11rws and letters to the
inlcrruplcd for some years her
lighlhou.se family.
·
island life. Iler son Roland, born in
They kept a cow ;ind, \here being . Newlonvillc, grew up to become ono
. no gra7.ing on their island, bossy
of the most distinguished o[ botanists,
soon lf'arnccl to swim the narrow Farmers c,·erywhere who arc Rpraychannel to one with greener pas• ing at this season for fungus diseases
lures. Al low tide the children would
follow. Celia, oldrr, c):laperoned the
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of the New Hampshire Gazette. Becoming a disappointed politician, having once run for governor of New
Oscar Lalghton was taken ill last
Hampshire and defeated by methods
ght at the Shoals, the excitement and
he considered unfair, he declared that
lea.sure of observing his 96th birthday
he never again would step foot on the
n Sunday apparently having been a
mainland. He went to the Shoals and
ttle too much for him. Dr. Frederick
got possession.,,of Appledore and Smut. Gray wa.s notified and was taken to
tyno.se islands, where he carried on a
he Shoals at midnight. Mr. Lalghton•~
On Sunday "Uncle Oscar" l.a.lghton, fishing business and small boarding
ondltlon Is reported not to be serlo.1s,
house
and
remained
there
until
he
as he is famlllarly known far and wide,
oweve~, he apparently suffering from
and his
will attain his 96th birthday anniver- died. At one time Oscar
xhaust1on only, and is expected to be
sary at the Shoals, where he will pass brother, Cedric Lalghton, owned all the
ll right again after a few days of rest.
islands but White Island,
his 96th summer.
Oscar was but a three months old
One can hardly associate old age
baby when the family left for tlie iswith "Uncle Oscar," as few people are
lands
and he pas no end of interesting
his equal a.t so advanced a.n age. With
a keen mind and eyes that see the glad- stories a.bout his life on these wlnd-._,r----.....----~-:----..,.....,
swept isles and the people he has met.
y well
own aa e
ness in life and a personality that
He readily recalls his first visit to the
wllh vlsltor11 to each
makes him loved by his fellowmen, his mainland and · his adventursoine trip.
om various parts of
optimism is remarkable. He is looking
When 16 years of age he saw a horse for
tforward to a. delightful summer at the
the first time upon landing in his
·
· n
Shoals, as tn past seasons. Each year
whaleboat at a lumber wharf at the
the birthday of "Uncle Oscar" is made
foot of Daniels street. He was astona special event at Star Island and he Is ished ·at the sight ot the stately elms he
saw as he walked up toward the Parade
and looked longingly at the sticks of
candy In big glass bottles in a. store
window. But after reaching Market
Square be experienced a. lonely feeling,
seeing so many strange sights, and
walked back to the Whal'! and his boat,
reaching his island home early in the
afternoon.
"Uncle Oscar" loves the sea and recalls some of his boats with ride. Hls
prese~t motorboat, "Twilight," he hM
had for twenty years and Lt again
running it this summer. · He takes
,parties of young people from Star Is(land to Duck Island, abo.it two miles
1"'way, where 'thousands of gulls congrelgate. ' The youn!t people f~nd it inter\estlng to bring along a. loaf of breed
tand feed the gulls. Another powerboat
)he owned was the "Wild Duck." Other
(boats In which he took pride were the
'"Lone ·star" and "Flying Eagle."
.After the season closes at Star Istte past he has his boat, The Twlnand "Uncle Oscar" returns to his horn
light, which he takes out parti~. AcIon Franklin street, this city. It Is
tlve and energetic as ever he ls lookthe honored guest at a banquet ten- \colonlal home and very pleasant. I
Ing forward to the coming season and
dered hlm at Hotel Oceanic by the !front Is a magnificent elrt1 tree said to
especially the International confersummer guests.
.
lhave been planted when the house was
ence which opens at the Shoals the
Today Is the anniversary of the birth !built. Within the house books and pielast of August.
of his gifted sister, Cella Thaxter, ltures show the refined taste of the ocComing back from the south this
whose centenary w1Jl be formally com- lcupant. Hospitality is never lacking
spring, he spent some time a.t his
memorated at the Shoals this season.
land the caller here is always most we!home on Franklin street and the n
The past winter Mr. Lalghton was 1come and pleasantly entertained.
went to Star Island.
at Hobkirk Inn, Camden, S. C., which
That the blrthd\l,Y of . "Uncle Oscar"
He was born in this city in 1839, and
three months later his family rehas been his custom for some years. \may be a happy one and that he may
moved to the Isles of Shoals, where his
During most of the time he was en- \contlnue in good health is the wish of
gaged 1n preparing for the publication lhl.s many friends.
father Hon. Thomas B. Lalghton had
of "The Heavenly Guest".and other un·1E";:;;;r.-::;;:;i~';J'.".~iii,i:r,CT-~:·\Jsecured a pooltlon as light-keeper at
publlshed poems of his poet-sister,
White Island light.
The success of the literary career
Cella Thaxter, and this collection is alof his sister, Cella Thaxter. hM already having a large sale as a gift book
and will be widely rea.d, He reads withwa~ • b~n a great joy to Mr. Lalghout glasses, typewrites and his penton, and but a year or so ago, he edited a group of her unpublished, PP·
manship 1s remarkable for one of his
em.s and had them published.
He
years.
has done some writing himself, and
Mentally alert and with a most retentive memo,ry "Uncle Oscar," who is
his book "Ninety Years At The Isles
_the only one le!t of the well known
or Shoals," wrilten seven years ago,
is still popular with visitor., there.
Lalghton family of the- Shoals,' recalls
"Uncle Oscar" has the heart of a
vividly events of his childhood.
The Laighton family sailed from
young man, and he Is the centl)r of
Portsmouth for White fsland· 1n Octoan admiring group throughout the
Oscar Lalghton is todiay celobrating
summer sea.'><ln as his old friends.
ber, 1839, Oscar being but three month;S hl8 97th birthday a~ the Isles of
of age a.t that time. His father, Hon.
and new ones to, come to Star Island
Shoal.9, "Uncle Oscar," as he is familiar•
to attend the various conferenc~ held
ly known, spend,hl.s. summers at the
there each ear..·. _ _ _ _ __
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PERSONALS
OSCAR LAIGHTON
96 YEARS OLD .
ON SUNDAY
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CONCERNING TJIOJ\-IAS BAILEY
ALDRICH HOUSE
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The final program of the year of
Stoneleigh College t Rye BePch was
held today, with the dedication of the
new building, Pioneer Hall, being the
outstanding feature of the exercises.
As it was the first year of the college
there· was no graduating class.
During the morning a photographic
exhibit was shown it1 the new building
and the recre:ition room. while the art
exhibit was on display in the new
bulldiui::. These , exhibits were examined by the visitors, wllo were greatly
plased with the work
accomplished
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followed, witli the architect,
Joseph
Wertz, turning it over to Mr. Currier.
The gJ.ee club also sang "Dark Eyes," a
Russian gypsy song. Dr. James A.
Tufts of Exeter gave the benediction.
Following the dedication a "Symphony in Typln(!" was demonstrated.
This wn.s in charg . of Mrs. Esther
Blackburn and Miss Caroline Chapman, secretarl:J,l instructors. ;
At 11.30 all assrmbled on the campus,
where the plantlnr: of the_ pioneer trco
toolc place, I osamond Rivinius, president o[ the pioneer class, g!),ve a re~.,me
Editor of The Herald:-May I take this
opportunity of commending the editorial that appeared in your paper under the date of Jan. 16, 1935, concerning the Thom'ls Bailey Aldrich Ho..ise.
The Aldrich house has opened for the
sc,ason and the people of Portsmouth
are again afforded an opportunity to
visit this historic spot.
The changes in the immediate
cality of the "Nutter" house since the
times of which "Tom Bailey" wrote
have been very few.
The old William
Pitt Tavern, the Chase house and even
the flagstone sidewalk on the opposite
side of Court street still remain. AB
far ns I can ascertain there has been
one house removed
(the Underwood
house) and one house built (No. 371
Court street) and that is all the change
that has come about since Court street
and the "Nu.ter house'' provided the
background for the "Story of a Bad
Boy" (abont 86 years). Next year (1936)
is the centennial of the birth of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The people of Portsmouth should be very proud of the !act
that he was born here.
A Lover of Portsmo..ith.
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STONELElG U COLLEGE
during the yeac
of the year and dedicated the tree.
At 10.30 o'clock all assembLd in the Each student placed a shovelful of dirt
bl..ie room for the final meeLln~ of the at the base of the tree, all having their
season of the student body. Tile glee part in its dedication.
club of the college sang selections from j President Currier then spoke
and
"The Lady of Shalot", an! President with the singing of the college song all
Richard D. Currier presented
Mrs. I went into the dining room, where a
Mary I. Wood, one of t,h overnr rs of I lunch wa.~ served, bringing to an end
Stonelcigh College, wllo made the fol- , the first closing exercises of the college.
lowing awards:
Throughout the day the new butldHonor student. Jon
s~mpson
of ing was inspccte cl bv the visitors. It ls
Wo rcester.
situated on I he north side of the main
Outsctanding college student, n.osa-1 building ancl will bP used
for class
1 rooms.
mond Rivinius. of Winchester.
It is a
finely
constructed
President culor cloc;s, Ltos mond I building of the s:unc
type as
the
Rivinius.
manor, wl11!'11 w·1•; formerly the main
Presldl'nt of t\1e Frcncl1 Cluh, Eliza- builclin~ of the hotel, and makes for
beth Coote of Leonunster.
harmony in the arch itectural construeWinner of the priz for th name of I.ion of l11r r_n_ll_e""g_.___,,..-___~....,~
the new building, "Pioneer Hall," Elizabeth cook.
Winner of the prlz,c for the best -::ollege song, Elizabeth Cook.
· The dedication of the new liulldlng
�Alfred, Me., July 3-The county of
York has recently been presented with
a framed protograph of an attorney
whose name ls often on the lips of
members of the York Bar Association,
despite the fnct that he died nearly
2q years ago. It is the picture of
George c. Yeaton of South Berwick
and Boston, who won fame for his
masterly prosecution of Louis Wawner, the
respondent in that most
sensational or all murder cases, the
so-called smutty Nose case, in 1873,
At that time Mr. Yeaton was county
attorney and the aonors of his picture are his two nephews, both former prosecuting attorneys of York
County, George D. Varney of Berwick
and C. Dean Varney of South Berwick.
Mr. Yeats was born in South Berwick, studied law when a young man,
received a degree ·froi:n Bowdoin College and was -admitted to the York
Bar in May, 1862, Thirteen years afterward he was made county att-0rney and attained wides1>rea.d fame for
' his work in convicting Wagner, assisted by Attorney oeneral Harris M.
Plaisted, who afterward became governor of Maine.
The entire conduct of the case by
Mr. Yeaton was a classic .in criminal
prosecuUon, from his reading of the
riot act to the howling mob about the
Town Hall at South Berwick when
Wagner was being arraigned, to his
' finally obtaining a verdict of guilty
from the jury and a sentence of death
by hanging,
The trial, which was held at the
courthouse at Alfred in the fall or
1873 was replete with sensational circumstances, !or not only was
the
crime the most atrocious ever committed in York county, but unusual
occurances attended every step of the
prosecution. Even after Wagner was
taken in Boston the evening of
the
next day after the double murder, the
authorities did not know whether he
should be arraigned in New Hampshire or in Manie, for It had not then
been determined that" the little Island
of Smutty Nose, the scene of the
crime, belonged to Maine. Wagner was
taken first to Portsmouth and then,
after several days of controversy as
to the ownership ot the Island, he was
removed to South Berwick, arraigned
.ant! bound over to the grand ·jury. ,
The murder occurred at midnight
of March 5, 187:,, when Wagner rowed
from Portsmouth out to smutty Nose,
a dstiance of 12 mies, to rob and kill
if need be, three defenseless women.
He knew that the menfolk who were
fishermen, were on the mainland that
night baiting their tra.wls and that he
would have the island to himself, so
he borrowed a rowboat and setout.
Arrived there, he found
the house
unlocked. He entered and witMut utteraning a sound ntmsel!, so Maren
on ve , one of the women, said afterward, battered with anything t:1at
came to hand Karen Christiansen
µntll she was dead and felled Anethe
Christiansen with an axe, hacking
and beating without mercy. Realizing
that there was a third woman who
must have escaped somehow he then
hunted the isand over to find her,
leaving bloody tracks in the snow all
along shore. But Maren and the little
dog, Rindge, were hiding in the rocks
so close to the water that he missed
them, Abandoning the hunt, Wagner went, back to the house and with
the bodies or his two victims before
·him prepared a meal and ate before
starting on · t,he return . journey to
Po.rtsmouth.
. Back he rowed to the mainland, arriving tticre at sunrise and took a
train for Boston as soon as he could
get shaved and _dressed, with the reward of his nights work, only $15 in
his pocket. The next day he was apprehended and the trial and execution followed. It is said that he went
to the gallows protesting hi lnnocense, but he had been identified by
Maren Hontvet; who saw him in the
moonlight as he struck down her sister-In-law, Anetl:ie, with the axe.
soon after the conclusion or the
Wagner case, Mr. Yeaton was engaged by the Boston and Maine railroad to act as their attorney in Maine
being their first counsel in the state.
He then established a home in Boston and lived there for many years,
making weekly trips to South Berwick
and continuing to practice
at the
York bar.
He fought many a well-know~gal
: battle such as the Bar Harbor Water
; Company case, in· which James G.
Blaine was Interested as a stockholded. His use or English was so ex1 emplary and his diction so polished
that he is often quoted by Maine attorneys even today, and the story o[
his questioning a witness in a certain fiowage case
Involving
large
flooded areas in the northern part of
the state Is frequently told in Alfred.
I In cross-examining one of the
nesses, Mr, Yeaton asked: "And how
' great was the circumstanced area of
the inundated surface?" The witnesi.
looked black and before Mr. Yeaton
could put the question into simpler
language the opposition lawyer, the
late Benjamin
Hamilton, shouted,
"He. means the puddle!''
Ott Su1ufay oeeurs the 118th llllliver:;ary of the creation of the Portsmouth Athanaeum as a corporation by
an act of the Now Hv.mpshire Legislature. After the destruction of the
PortsmouU1 Library by fire there was
no institution ot the kind in the town
until 1817, when upon June 30 of that
year the state legislature created the
Athenaeum Corporation. The present
building was erected by Jolm Peirce
in 1&03 for the , use of
the New
Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Company, which was failed by
e war of 1812, and was purchased
1 the Athenaeum in 1817, / (313
The Athenaeum is a repository ot
rare and priceless boolcs, manuscripts
and relics. It contains material of rare
interest dea!lng with the earliest Colonio.l days in New England o.nd also
an exceedingly complete reference library, The libro.ry possesses many
rare imprints and is especially strong
In works of the Georgian period.
Historical exhibits of greo.t interest
are also to be found there, including
ship models, old painting and relics
o! foreign lands, pieces of statuary,
old weapons, medals and documents.
The Portsmouth Athenaeum is a
valued landmark of this city's olden
days, an hi toric possession which is
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of surpassing interest and cho.rm.
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EFIT TEA FOR
GI L SCOUTS
Friday, .July 19th will be the date or
when Mrs.
Henry G. Vaugt1an or South Berwick
is opening her beautirul Gt:orgian
House and well known garden for Ula
Grealer Portsmouth Glrl Scout Council. There will be patronnesses from all
the nearby resorts, including Mrs.
Alvan T. Fuller and Mrs. Arthur Hobson or Little Boar's He11d, Mrs. H.
Cllnlon Taylor I)[ Rye Beach, Mrs. A.
Erland Goyelle o( Pclcrl.)()rough, Mrd.
Louis L. Grnl!n or Cumbrldgo, Mrs.
Philip Snyder or the !'favy Yard, Mrs.
John M. Howells,
Miss Rosamond
Dana Wild or Kittery Point, Mrs.
George Coggill and Mrs. Murray ~Nilliams o[ York Harbor, Mrs. Douglas
O1:;mukes, Mrs. George B. Lord of
Portsmouth, Miss Llewellyn and Mrs.
Sargent Wellman who are both members or the National Girl Scout Board,
and many others. Tea will ~ served
in the beautiful garden which was
visited by thti Garden Club or Amtirlca ,.,.,., ...,,.,.....,.,,.
last. year. Miss Rosamond ThaxLcr 1s
chairman assisted by Mrs.
Harold
Smith, vice chairman, and the members of the Portsmouth C'.ouncll,
a delighttul benefit t.ea,
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CITY COUNCIL PASSES BUDGET BILL CALLING
FOR $613,204.42 TO BE AISED BY
TAXATION- NCREAS OF $80,351.55
co riPARATIVE SUMrt'IARV OF YEAR 1934 ;ind YEAR 1935
APPROPRIATION
]934
Tille
./lpprop.
Appraisers . ......................... . $ 5.292.80
Elections nnd Juries ............... .
2.200.00
Salaries ............................. .
12.800.00
General .............................. .
4.215.00
Debt ................................. . 67,500.00
Interest . ............................. .
24 ,933.75
Discount on Notes ................... .
6,500.00
Discount on Taxes ..................•
16.000.00
Fire Department .. . ............... .
20.805.00
Fire Alarm ......................... .
1,720.00
Health ............................... .
2.600.00
Munic:pal Court ....................•
2.500.00
Police Department . ... .·. . ............ .
38.428.70
Public Buildings and Places . ...... .
7.826.07
Librarv-Net ........ . ............. .
6.549.00
Highway ............................•
75.859.00
Parlrs ... . .......................... .
4,1170.00
Schools- Gross ............ . ......•
216,137.00
Less School Income .................•
16,387.00
1935
f
Approp .
5,200.00
100.00
12,800.00
4,365.00
64.500.00
24,546.25
747 78
JG.000.00
'3.032.80
1,400.(/0
2.600.00
2,500.00
41 ,311.25
7,486.24
6,549.00
l:12,725.00
4,375.00
~20.562.95
15,100.00
6,866.00
305.00
4,425.95
1,287.00
2!15.461.95
b,712.95
5,800.00
500 .110
:,8.5('().00
0.00
200.00
1.000 00
!i.000.00
:.0000
'IOTAJ, BEFORE STATE AND
COUNTY TAX ............... 538,949.32
f,70.!lOl .27
31,951.95
Schcol-Net ......................... . 199,750.00
Poor and Old Age Assistance ..... .
Claims . . .. . ......... . .... ... ........ .
l\lemorial Day ....... . ............ .
81rcet L:ghts ....................... .
Contingent. .... . ..... . .. . ......... .
\Veights nnd Measure·, . . .. .. . ...... .
12 700.00
0.00
200CO
2J.000 llO
5,000.(10
SL:ile Tax . ...................... •..•
41 ,912.00
County Tax ........................ .
42 ,391 75
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS .... . : .. 623.253.()7
5l ,37fi.OO
2,882.55
339.83•
9,463.00
16,511.40
681,179.42
!>7,926.35
90,400.00
67,975 PO
n,425.co•
BALANCE BY TAXES ........•..... $53.!,853.07
ffl 3,104 .42
L ss Estimated Inc nme ...........•
HAMaLTO
HOUSE
TO BE OPE FOR}
GIRL SCOUTS
I', Because high tide h<ts alway. pl<tyed
6t1ch a part in the hL tory of Hanulton.
IH0..1se at the hcadw1 Lers or St~r~on's
Creek in South Berwick, M .. Mrs.
!Henry G. Vaughn ha., set the dat of
her garden party and op"n hou.,'.l for
lFrlday, July 19 from 2 to 6. It was
doubtless high tide when in October.
1777, Cnpt. John Pnul Jones vowed
rwlLh flood tide to di11c with Col. JonnLhan Hamilton and to pay his res()rcts
to his beautiful daughter, Mary. Here
on that memorable evenlng come the
news of Burgoyne's
surrender
at
Yorktown.
"I'll carry the news lo France In
thirty dnys!" cried th<' gall~nt young
C.<plaln. A11d so h did,
tr<tdit!on
l<'lls, carrying with him tint h~autiful
-flag made by the young
wom n of
, ortsmouth. The firs t
s t·1r,;
and
t;lripes ever to be accorded salut~ by
e. foreign nation.
. There nmidst the tree overln11~i11g
the river the stately old house has stood
1,ince those olden days. As the years
1·olled by, tall ships no longet· came and
went for trade with the West Tndl~s.
fl'l1e mansion slowly fell upon evil days
a
sco
All roads and especially Route 103
from Portsmouth will Jead to the
beautiful garden of Mrs. Henry G.111:...i..,.:~-~
Vaughan at South :Berwick on Fliday,[i~~~~;~~•
the 19th, from 2 to 6. Here the patronnesses are Mrs. Alvan Fuller, Mrs. Arthur Hobson, Mrs. H. CUnton Taylor
of Little Boar's Head, Miss R. Sanger,
Mrs. Arthur Clark, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. George Cogj;lll, Miss Margaret Fletcher, Mrs. ·Leonard Wheeler
of York Harbor, 1'.frs. W. E. Dexter,
Mrs. Valentine Hollingsworth of ·the
North Shore, Mrs. Sargent Wellman of
Topsfield, W.ss Deyellyn Parsons of
Kennebunkport, Mrs. Reginald Jones
of Dover, l\fts. Bowles of Plymouth,
Mrs. Charles Morrill of Exeter, Mrs. L.
L Green of New Castle, Mrs. G. B.
U>rd Mrs. T. O. Marvin of Portsmouth, Mrs.
Philip Snyder of the
Navy Yard, Mrs. Goyette of, Peterborough and Mrs. J. M. Howells and Miss
R. Dana Wild of Kittery Point. Tea
will be served by the Portsmouth Girl
Scouts for whom the affair is given as
a benefit. The Doll House and historical Hamilton House will also be .,,.,,...,-.,,.,__ __
shown.
Those acting as hostesses on duty
in the different rooms will be: Mrs. W.
H. Goodwin, Mrs. G.
H · Cogswell,.""'"""'"''·· ,
Miss R. D. Wild, Mrs. John Sawyer,
Mr•. Stephen Decatur, Mrs. Joseph
Conner, Mrs. Henry Moore; also in
charge w!ll be Miss Josephine Rice of
Portsmouth, Miss Frances Wright,
Miss Priscilla. Peirce, Reta. Lockwood,
Barbara Cagiati, Elizabeth Mead, Victoria Potter, Hope
Halsey, Joa~na
Neilson, Virginia. Canne and Ga.brille
Hurley.
The tea. committee a.re all members
of the Scout Council, Mrs. J. Griffin,
Mrs. F. Rowell, Mrs. R. Junkins, Mrs.
w. Dorney, Mrs. R. Ben! and Mrs. N.
Rand. The Scouts who will act as
waitresses are in charge of Mrs. W.
Page and a.re Shirley Blake, Winifred
Rand, Dorothy Page, Nancy Badger,
Elizabeth Travis, Agnes Caswell, Jane
Varrell, Louise Conner, Dorothy Ferry,
Blanche Dou! and Grace Doul.
The direct route to Hamilton House
from Portsmouth is through Eliot,
Route 103 ls plainly marked all the
>and suffered mJch neglect
the
hands of impecunious farmers, until it
1899 it was purchased by Mrs. Ty.~on of
Boston Mrs. Tyson lived there many
,years and restored it to all its formet·
grandeur. Her daughter, Mrs. V1wghn,
'has a delightful garden which l\ns hec?me a mecca for all garden lovcrn, and
it was one of the .,;prcial treat., shown
to the member~ of he Garden Club of
.America duri11 g their vL5it to
·1a.,t summer.
: Here on th" 19th of July lovers or old
'110usrs and beaulHul gardens may enUoy the special privilege of wandering
-at leasure and drinking tea. They
will lJe gt•r ~ed ln the house by members of th~ Ltearby summer colonies or
York Harbor, Little Boar's Head and
Kittery Point, wearing the costumes o!
~olonial ciaJs. The addeci charm of the quislte taste in the selecting of
place in it:; present stato ls the 111inia- hobbles and even the plans in
ture doll hous , lJullt especially to con- miniature garden are JI\ a scale quite
Lain Mrs. Vat glm's unique collection of in ke ping.
dolls, furniiurc and t:>1'.; of past, gencrIt has become a tradition for
' ·,ions. Her:! may be see tiny copies o! members of the Girl Scout Council of
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the best examples of col.1n\11: furniture, Portsmouth to offer to tha ;,•,blic some
made to sc le in a minute form and ctellght[ully interesting hous_e each seasent for approval to tile
pnx, pccLivc son and those who remembe:· the Lady
purchaser who wished to p1ovitlc
a Pepperrell Mansion, the John Peirce
bride or fond wire with mahogany and ol,her old ho.1.ses at ~ortsmouth
worthy of her good houseke~ping.
and the ho1J1e of ex-G )Vernor Fµller
Mrs. Vaughn, who constantly adds to wlll not be disappointed th13 yr.at.
her collection, has shO\\'ll the mo~t ex-
�, French·'; People Commemorate
Career of John Paul Jones+
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Courtesy of United States Nava(Academy, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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\ Episodes Concerning John Paul Jones, Seafaring Man of Action
Left: The Admiral's Portrait by Cecelia •Beaux, Now in U, · S. Naval Academy. Right: Sloop Providence }<rmn a Pain1·,,,g by J 'f
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idge Jr ,,· F r~m a -'Mo d e1 b Y C , C , D ay1s.
' · U pper I nset: C ongres~10na
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I M e d a_l S truck ~ff for Jones in 1787, in Possession of Boston
• Museum
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of Fine
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Arts, Lower Inset: Signal Code m French m Jones's Handwriting.
Unv'eilin,g'. ':ceremony . ·in
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evo,. l11:tionary sea hero •marks· .
dign
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.ser.vance of . ~ride pendi ence Day;·
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Written
for The
Christian scienc·e Monttor
P,ARIS,' July 5-France ·and Ameril)a ·united yesterday in honoring the
m~mory of_ Johp: ~aul • Jones, first
admiral and founder · of the United
States1Navy. , . . .
•
, In ·a · sl,mple but, sincerely ·i mpressive ceremony in one of the poorer
quarters .'of Parj.s, .representatives of
the two •jJ,ations unveiled .a bronze
tablet ':' :1 the site where the ,gallant
cqmmander of ·the 'Bonhomme Richard was laid' at·rest: ' ·
.
. Capt. · ... Toutant ( .Beauregard,
United _'"States •·Naval ·· Attache in
Paris, 'a"i:i:ci:!Admiral Iiucien Lacaze
fori;n~r -F.rench 'Minister ,of ,Marine'.
repr~se;ited ,the ' American and
French navies . at : tb.e ceremony
which was . significantly , Protestant
in ;character. . .,.
Willfam Clearwater, representative
of the Huguenot Society; delivered
the principal address, recalling that,
"it · was · in a French harbor that
John .Paul Jones as captain of the
Yankee •sloop Ranger received on
Feb. 13, 1778;. the fi~st ~alute ever
fired l;>Y a foreign nat10n m recognit!on of the American flag."
' While this simple ·ceremony was
taking place in the proletarian outskirts of 'Paris, the !'lace de la Concorde was the scene of another celebrat!on . . Geri. · John J .. Pershing
unveiled a bronze plaque on the building, formerly · the · old Hotel de
Coislin and now occupied by an
American . bank, where the first
Franco-American treaty of trade and
friendship was signed on Feb. 6,
1778.
The .marble tablet which Paris accepts from interested Frenchmen
and Americans is designed to perpetuate the memory of one whose
colorful career not alone established
respect for the -United States naval
power, but likewise linked France
and America in bonds of friendship.
E . .
'
pisodes Recalled
, Discovery of. John Paul Jones's
grave-..ln what was the tiny cemeHuguenot , Sponsorship
e fablet was ·erected under the tery ._ for. foreign-born Protestants in
. ' ~he . Huguenot Society Paris-after revolution, riot, c;atasican' ~ and a ociate trophe, -the •slow enci;oachment of a
reStless city, had passed over it; be-
lated recogn !Oil by official America of the service John Paul Jones
had rendered his flag; removal of
his remains in 1905 to a dignified
resting place at Annapolis 113 years
after their first interment; growing
app~eciation of the ~reat sea captaln s. worth, as tradition brushes up
the high spot~ of a long 11st of adventures and achievements. These
constitute some of the episodes in a
narrative that grows epic as time's
perspective brings into focus details of this dramatic career.
No fictionizing is needed to vitalize
the figure of John Paul Jones. He
comes striding through the welter of
sea spray, booming cannon and
splintering masts, an erect, dominant individual, dressed in a threecornered hat, blue coat with red facings, slashed cuffs, stock collar with
lace ruffles-a very smart and dandified figu:·e of . a man-snapping
out ~rders m a voice which demands
obe_dience, snappmg out repartee
w1}ich echoes yet:
.,
. I wi!l not. have anythmg to do
wi.th ships which do not sail fast, for
I mtend to go m harm's way."
"Have You Struck?"
"Do I understand that you have
struck?" exults the captain of the
Serapis which had battered the Bonhomme Richard to a sinking condition. "No!" re-echoes the, reply, "I
have just begun to fight!'
John Paul was born July 6, 1747,
the son of a gardener in Kirkbean,
Scotland, on the shore of the Solway. He early apprenticed himself
to the sea, studied assiduously, qualified himself for duty In the mercantiln service, was engaged for a
time in the slave trade, but sickening of that. found employment in
the West India trade, and in 1773
settled for a time in Virginia, where
he added the name "Jones" to the
original John Paul.
When, in 1775, the Infant navy
of the United States was .instituted,
John Paul Jones was named the
first of the first lieutenants in the
service. Stationed on the flagship
Alfred, he claimed the distinction of
being the first to ra)se the new
American flag - an adaptation of
the coiled snake and "Don't tread
on me" sentiment. He gained his
first laurels, however, as commander of the sloop· Providence.
With the rank. of captain, he sailed
forth to harass the British commercial interests, transport American troops, convoy friendly merchantmen, .md otherwise make t,he
young navy felt.
Captures Prizes
Given command of the
and other vessels, .
�warded for nis brilliant seamanship by having his seniority in the
service set aside. The keenness and
efficiency he revealed in his protest attracted the attention of
Robert Morris. whose friendship
stood the young naval officer in good
stead.
Jones was chosen to be sent to
France t0 take command of a frigate
to be snppli~d by the Commissioners
of Paris. But on June 14, 1777, we
discover him hoisting the new Stars
and Stripes on the Portsmouth-built
Ranger. On April 10, 1778, he is
cruising in British waters. Thereafter we hear of him capturing a
brigantine and a London ship off
Ireland; deterred from various bold
adventures on the Irish coast only
by contrary winds and tides; setting
flre to a merchantman at Whitehaven and holding the whole town
at bay while he makes his escape;
making a foray on the Earl of Selkirk's seat near Klrkcudbright and
then writing in exceedingly florid
terms to Lady Selkirk apologizing
for taking my lord"s plate; meeting
His Majesty's sloop-of-war Drake
that was putting out to capture the
Ranger and ending by bringing the
Drake as prize of war into the harbor
at Brest.
Defeats Scrapls
Ing John Paul Jo•.1~s are recalled
w.ith renewed application: ·
Tels hom1nrs rnrement fP peuvent pr~•
scntcr
Et qunnd
Ciel Jes donnc, II !nut en
Jr
prontrr.
Especial significa,1ce ls attached
to the tar.t that Admiral John Paul
Jones has become more than a national hero. Tlmt figure which stalks
the qu:uterdeck now belongs to the
world. It may have taken a Frenchman to see the man beyond the
trappings; to write; "Such men
rarely present themseJ\·es, but when
heavea sends them,
should profit
by them"; but the bright flame of
John Pai:! Jones' L:>urage is ac::epted ,oday ai: a beacon for many
who would pursue their lodestar unafraid.
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TRAGEDY;IN
THE LIFE OF
COLa WALBACH
Then follow numerous exploits in
the Bon Homme Richard in European waters, ending with the capture
of the Sernpls nnd n triumphant return to France, niter having been
forc~d to seek sanctuary for his
{By [van L. Meloan)
prizes in Holland.
Col. Wnlh,1c-l1 was a 1ntivc or GerJone, came bnck to Amerlcn In
many wh<'n' lH' wns trained and saw
1780, but seven yenrs later returned
n111ch sr•1 v14•,· i11 v11rlo11~ branches or
to Fr.u1r,c with thr h1l<-ntlon or serving under Louis. lie was mrL, how- the Army . Tli! was nppolnled to a posever, with a proposal to enter the ition in lh·' U. S . Army as a resident
service of Catherine of Russia. It was of Pennsylvania. He was put in charge
not a very successful enterprise. His or coast defenses
in Maine, New
talents were not such ns fitted him
Hampshire
and
Massachusetts.
In
for the Intrigues of the Russian court.
After 15 months of bickering he re- 1809 he had about completed the returned again to Paris. His last hope construcUon of the old Fort William
renamed
constitution.
of honorable employment of his and Mary.
genius was fixed on an enterprise of when on July 4th, 1809, he had invited
ransoming American sailors im- a few friends to dine and witness a
prisoned at Algiers; but before the
para.de and the firing of a salute, the
commission could 1·el).Ch him from same as our present custom. The l>OWAmerica, he had passed on at what _is der was in bags of size .suitable for a
now No. 19 Rue de Tournon in Paris.
Clasped in his hand was a little six-pound gun. In some manner sparks
from the discharge were blown inLo
watch, a gift of Duchesse de Charthe ammunition box, exploding Lhe
tres, with which he had been wont.to
whole o[ the 300 lbs.
time his sea battles.
John Paul Jones, the gardener's
In the Boston Public Library is a
so:i, proved his genius by industry;
pamphlet called "An Elegiac Ode and
his idiosyncrasies though many
Funeral Sermon" by Jonathan Plumwere never allowed to affect his
mer, a traveling preacher-physician.
efficiency as an officer and a patriot.
Physlclau and poet, the killed and
Though sometimes foppish in dress
mortally wounded, are given as he
and flamboyant in speech he exknew
them. Ephraham P.irkering Esq.,
pressed the virtues of naturalness
or Newington, and three boys, James
and generosity.
Trefethen and Joseph Mitchell of New
A Good Scaman
Castlo and one from Kittery named
He !s pictured as n good seaman;
Paul. also three soldiers Joseph Ala most able officer; 5ag11cious in the
bert'I:, Peletlah McOanlels and Theo.
application of inean~; something of
Whitham.
a. poet; remarkable for the quickCol. Walbach's
report which has
ness and vivacity of his imagination
never before been published ls as folwhich led him ·to r,!an nobly; an
lows:
Fort Constltutlon. July 4th, 1809.
accomplished writer-a man found
worthy cf the wnrr.1 friendship of•
Sir. I havo upon me, however disBenjamin Franklin, who seeking for
agreeable, to report to you that by
excellence was nevertheless able to
some accident at present impossible
show compassion toward human lnto account for a sudden explosion took
!irmity.
place of about 40 or 50 powder cat"tWith the unveiling 01 the tablet
in Paris the words of Moliere respect-
ridges by which we have lost several
lives-at present three known and
seven or more wounded. I had it in
mind that -every precaution was taken
on my part to prevent the ·like before
I set down to dine at my house with •
some gentlemen of this Island and the
officers.
.
I must now beg of you for the sake
or my honor to myself and ~he Publlo
that an enquiry may be instituted on
my conduct. Mrs. ,Walbach ill also
much hurt and much damage 1a done
about the garrison. Pardon me for the
broken and abrupt report. I am 1n an
unexpressible situation and thill, an
old soldier hardened to the horrors of
war, this scene Is nothing to be compared.
1 beg your order about my request
and have the honor to be with pro•
found respect, Your very humble an<!
obedient servant
'
J.B. WALBACH, Capt.
To Hon. Wm. Smith,
Sec. of War,
City of Washiugton.
The esteem ,and confidence held by
the Secretary of War, ls evident by
the following:
July 12, 1809.
To Capt. Walbach:"Your letter of the 4th inst. giving
information of the melan_cho1y accident wh1ch occurred on that day he,.<J
hee11 received. lt is incon('eivable that
$l1Ch a disaste1· should happen Ott tho
r ,\radc without some negl"ct or want
,r due prccautlo1,. At the same time it
may have bccu Lhe result oC u'uavold111.Jle accident. The known prudence
and experience of Capt. Walbach wlll
shield him from the imputation of
neglect. The subject of· cuquity will
be considered.
In the meantlme you will have opportunity lo transmit a
particular
statement by which It will be ascertained how many wlll have fallen victims to the explosion and what ls the
condition of the survivors.
·
t oo~ratulate you on your escape
and hope Mrs. Walbach Is recovered
rrom the injury which she has
ceived."
With respect,
WM. SMITH,
Sec. o! war.
Col. Walbach was a resident of Ne1'
Castle for more than twenty years. He
was promoted Ior meritorious conduct
at the Battle or Chrystlers F1eid in
Canada. His son, whom he survived,
was appointed to Weat Point from
New Hampshire. He owned oonsiderable property in New Castle, about GO
acres adjacent lo and including Je.rre'a
Point, now Fort Stark,
and several
acres now owned by the Hotel Wentworth Co. Col. Walbaoh was buried 1n
Baltlmot"e.
The Parade Ground was in !ront of
the present hospital bullding and th~
guests were In a house a short distance
ofI toward the south, about 200 rt.
�Rockingham's ·Rambles
' Colonel George Boyd was one of
Portsmouth's most talked of men in
.t he old days. He purchased the mill
seat, later the Raynes' mansion and
ship-yard, of Peter Livius, somewhere between 1767 and 1770. He
enJarged the -h ouse, materially. His
garden in front extended to the site
of the present- depot, and water
bound-e d his premi~s on the east. It
was a magnificent seat, such as a
nabob might envy, enclosed within a
white open fence, and at regular intervals of some forty -0r fifty feet,
those handsomely carved towering
grenadier's heads were placed on
posts, and presented a very unique
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Col. George Boyd was in indigent
circumstances in early life, and
served as a ·house,boy to Henry Sher-burne a merchant who resided1 near
Pier ~harf. His master was ery
strict in discipline. One Sunday, finding some fresh fis·h on the .taible, he
learned on inquiry that George had
caught them in sacred time. The next
morning George received a horsewhipping for Sabbath desecration. Not
long after, George was one day sent
into the storehouse to draw molasses.
Af.ter ,t aking out the tap, he stepped
to the door to speak with an acquaintance. Forgetting his charge, he
did not look back until ,t he floor was
pretty weU cover-ed with the sweet
carpet! The terror of the whip forbade an effort for an explanation, so
he took French leave -0f the town and
soon after -became an apprentice in
Boston. He came back to Portsmouth when of age, and was foreman
of Myrick's Topewalk, which was built
north of the line of the 'Present jail
premises, extending west from what
was then the :garden of Ira Haselton,
on Rock ,Street, to ,t he site of :the
stable of Ichabod Goodwin. He was
successful in business, or fortunate in
discovering treasure in the "old cellar," and retired from the ropewalk
in early life to commence trading. He
was sharp at a bargain, generally
paying his workmen in goods at a
large advance on cost.
His wife was, Jane, a daughter of
Joseph Brewster, who in 172'7 owned
and occupied as a boarding-house the
site of Isaac Waldron's residence on
Congress Stre,e t. 'T hey had -five sons
and five daughters.
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Boyd made a lot of money and determined upon a trip to England. Submit, his youngest daughter, was born
in October, 1774, just before his departure.
It was said that the name
given to ·h er was intended as his expression of what he regarded the duty
of the country. This intimation, however, has been denied, for he made no
direct opposition to the Revolution-.
He -p reserved a neutrality, that he
might Tetain his [ucra-t ive businessbut none of his . enemies could su-b1
rebellion, disloyalty, nor treason against him;
neither could the most ardent "minute men" of ,t hose ".times ,that tried
men's souls," point out a solitary
overt act of his, that betrayed hostility to the country of his birbh and
her noble cause.
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Colonel Boyd did not long personally enjoy his beautiful seat, for it
appears that he left for England in
an earlY1 part of the Revolution, and
-spent but Iittle of the last twelve
y•e ars of .h:is life with his family,
which remained at the mansion by
the mill, or rather at the White Village, as fr-0m their color, ,t he collection of dwellings, store hou ses and
barns, was sometimes· called.
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In August, 1787, ·Col. George Boyd
sailed from London for his home,
from whlch he had been many years
absent. He took with him a handsome coach, and an English coachman named Charles Harrington, who
afterwards ibecame the coachman of
Woodbury Langdon. HiS' gardener,
John Cunningham, he also .sent over
from England, at an earlier date.
Without probably anticipating its use
so soon, ·h e also brought in the sarne
ship with his coach an elegant monument (it may be seen in the north
buryin1g ground), for •h is grave at
s-0me future time, with a place for a
marble .tabl-e t on which to have recorded his· final departure. The vessel had a long passage, and did not
arrive at our por.t until the eighth of
October, two days after his spirit had
depa1'.ted. Thus, at ,t he age of fiftyfour y.ears, just reaching the scene of
his magnificent mansion and spacious
gardens in, season to occupy a tenement six feet by two, on the opposite
side of -t he way, and to be covered by
the cold ,s tones which had accompani-ed him on ·his voyage. How
fleeting the riches and grandeur of
earth. 'T ,h ere can now be found S"carcely a trace of the treasures of him
who was our Croesus about on hundred and fifty years ago-excepting
in that tomb stone!
INTERESTING
SHIP PAINTINGS
ON VIEW HERE
Tims,e who have felt the fascination
of the cl ipper ships whlch once made
Am erican seamanship r espected upon
an tbe seas of the world will be interested in viewing paintings of five of
the most famous of the clipper ships
which are Dow on display at the Piscataqua Savings Bank. They are the work
of Thom.as Bailey of Winthrop, Ma ss:,
who mu; established DO little reputa. tioD , through his paintings of marine
subjects. Mr. Bailey is no tyro in the
art of the seJ. no dry-land sailor who
pai~ts an ~known subject.
He
knam thoroughly the sailing ships of
the olden days, having run away as a
boy to ship on a whaler out of Nantucket and ha.ving spent several years
:iboard sailing ships.
The cli:pper ships ''Flying
Cloud",
"Daniel Webster," "Staghound"
-" Lightning" are pictured under
sail in this series of paintings.
f-Our of .th,ese .stately and graceful vessels were built at the famous shlpyal"d
of Donald McKay at East Boston, Mass.
The ''Flying Cloud," perhaps
the
most famous clipper of them all, was
bJilt in 1853 and made the record time
of 22 knots per hOUr. She was later de~
stro_yed by fire in 1874 at St. John 's, N :
B.
The -~Daniel Webster" was built in
1
1850 and
-lost at Caliao, South Am-
wa.s
erica. On Nov. 9, 1851 , she rescued the
passengers and crew of the immigration .i;}1ip "Unicorn", under the comma.nq ot Ca.pt.·· w. H. Howard.
The "Staghound" was launched on
Dec. 7, 1850, and, incidentally, was the
first .ship to be built by Donald McKay.
She w.i.s Jost off the Atlantic Coast.
The '"Lightning" was built in lBnO.
She was eoromanded by Capt. James
Nlcholas Forbes and was lost o1f the
Cape of Good Hope in 1860.
Another painting in the series is I.he
"Susquehanna," built by Axthur Sewall
at Bath, Me., in 1882. She was a steelhull :;hip and was lost of! the W~t
Indies.
.
f' A painting which for several ye.us
ha.5- hung upon the wall of the Piscataqua Bank: 'depicts the "Chocorua", a
full-rigged ship which was built B.t
Portsm.oJth in 1863 ft.nd was commanded by Capt. Charles D. MatUiews an ancestor of the president of
the b;nk, E. Curtis Matthews.
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�DISPLAY OF
COLO IAL WARE
From July 23 until Aug. 6 the beautiful Wentworth Gardner House in
P1Jrt.smouth, bullt in 1760 and now
owned by the Metropr,litan Museum,
will display early glass an<i china
loaned by families or Portsmouth, Kittery and York who have treasured
many of the pieces since colonial times
-a collection of great disLinction as
well as historic interest.
Many or the pleces to be shown
have played their part ln lives famlllar in American story, and tell not
only of ancestral hospitality and good
living, but of battle and intri~ue. Tl1e
oldest eiahibil is the wormeaten, ironbound oak chest, Htlecl with wine and
cordial bottles, which has been in the
family of the lender for nine gene1·atious. It originally belonged to Law•
rence Southwick, who established the
first glass factory in this country in
Salem in 1639, and the glas~ ls probably of his own manuraclure. It descended to its present • owner through
Lawrence's daughter, who was persecuted· and finally sold as a slave in
the West Indles, for her loyalty to
the Quaker faith. Her story is told in
Whittler's ballad, Cassandra Southwick.
The ttu=ee governors or the province
of New Hampshire frnm the WentworLh family left behind them china
which will be shown-a large blue
Canton bowl, a Lowestoft teacaddy
belonging to Governor S'.lm Wentworth, and several platc>s and a bowl
lert by Benning
Wentworth, who
governed for twenty-five years, and
whose romantic marriage lo the serving maid of the Earl of Ha!ira,c Inn is
celebrated ln LongCellow's poem, Lady
Wentworth. This bowl was made a
special eKhlblt at the Chicago World's
fair in 1893.
The seiges of Louisburg are recalled
in the magnificent set of Lowestoft
owned by Sir Edward Hughes, commander of the BriLlsh fleet, as well as
in three pieces of glass looled by some
unknowq and laket\ lo York. The
capture of the first ves,el by the naval forces of the new republic of
United States was commemorated by
a Chinese Lowestoft bowl, over two
feet In diameter. On one side of the
bowl is painted a picture of the U. S.
Frigate Delaware, flying a proud Stars
and Stripes, pursuing the French privateer Le Croyable, in 1799. On the
opposite side of the bowl Is a picture
of Captain Stephen Decatur, commander of the Dclawnre.
Beautlful c,camples of lustre, a set
or black Wedgewood, and various sets
or colonial doll's china will be shown,
including a complete
doll's
set in
Lowestoft. Many fine and unusual
pieces or Waterford and SI iegel will
be in the exhibit. An unusual flip glass
has a clock on the side with the hand
pointing to twelve. A sea captain's
chest wlll be shown flt.te<i with large
and small bottles decorated in gold
that must have mitigated the hardships of sea.
0
The Wentworth-Gard:ier House 13
open to the public under the auspices
of the Society for the Preservation of
New En~land Antiquities, of which
Mr. S111nner Appleton, Mr. William
Endicott and Mr. Carlton Richmond
are committee members. The local
committee which offers
the e,chlblt
consists of
Mrs.
Winslow Peirce,
chairman; Mr. Templeman Coolldge,
Mr. Clipson Sturgis, Mr. John Mead
Howells, the Honorable Robert Marvin, Mr. Stephen Decatur, Mrs, Barrett Wendell, Mrs. Cal'l Mead, Miss
Frances Brooks, Mrs. Arthur Rice,
Mrs. Harry Hungerford, Mrs. Lewis
Sargent, Mrs. Harold Mathews and
Miss Emma IIawkridge.
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OPEN HISTORIC '
YO K MANSION
York, I\Ie., Aug. 1-The Frost garrison and home nt Ellot was opened to
the public tod:iy, through the courtesy
of Marlin Frost, the 10th generation of
the family to occupy the place. The
proceeds ivill lir for the benefit of the
u~vly r•.:; trblished York Girl Scout
Council.
There was a tea in connection with
the opening 11ml it is expected that the
oprning c,f !hr historic garrison, which
was the scene of many a struggle beLween the Incli ms and white settlers,
will a ttract mnny from
the nearby
summer colon'es.
The Frcsl property of 100 acres wa.~
r,rnnfr cl lo Mnj. Charles Frost in 1660.
The fir st. housC' on the 100-acre
tract
which is ~Lill intnct in the Frost family
possPs• ion, was built in 1660. The old
Grorgi~n howr, which still stands, was
erecter! in l 732. Two ye.1rs later. the
small block howsc was b11ill, followed by
the Im gc one in 1738.
The J::l'!rri.-;on was tiuilt auring King
William·, war. The bmlding is in :rn
excellent state of preservation with its
sides of hewn logs, firmly pinioned together. 1n the home Mr. Frost, the
pre.sent ownrr, has carefully removed
the papers that covered the walls for
many years nml restored the ancient
paintc>cl clesi~ns to their first fresh
beaul,v. The rooms .ire furnished with
rare c•lci Colonial pieces and there is
also much ancient silver, pewter and
glass. Olhrr things of interest are the
coffin table in the hall and the well under ti ,r piazz t, so placed that during
the frontier d::ys water might be'drawn
with as Ulle f'Xposure Lo the Indians ns
pos.•ible.
Maj. Cba rlrs Frost, the first of the
ten gcnrra lions of the family Lo occupy
tbe place, v,n~ himself a victim of the
Indians when he was commander-inchief of the militi:1 of the Province of
Maine, as it was then known. When
Major Frost was appointed head of the
mii:turv Iorce.s, the IndJans and French
were spreading desolation far and near.
Many families abandoned their homes
and places such as York, Wells, Portland in Maine and Salmon Palls and
Durham in New Hampshire SJ!!ered
greatly from the horrors o.! savage warfare.
July 4, 1697,i Major Frost, in bls 65th
year, fell victim to the merclles.s savage.
This was after be had retired when 60
years of age from the military service.
He was still in public life, however, by
virtue of being appointed a member of
the governor's council.
Faithful in frequenting public
ship, according .to the law and custom
of the time, M~jor Frost attendee public worship on the day ment.:oned. On
returning home towards evening, •· accompanied by part of his family and
some neighbors, they were fired upon
by savages who lay In ambush at what
is c 1lled Ambush Rock. Some of the
party, including two o!
his
Charles and John Frost., escaped, but
Major Frost, with Mrs. John Heard and o-·,•,;r;v,..-,.._,.
Dennis Downing, were killed. ~fr.
Heard was wounded and tried to put his
wlfe on a horse, but she !ell,and begged
him to leave her ancl save the children
at home. The Indians, according to fl'!;::;,,ll;~,.:;-.,
history, chased him and shot his horse,
which fell under him near the garrison. •c:·,·---"•·"'''''
He finally s.1cceeded in reaching the
shelter of the garrison and thus
caped his pursuers.
The night following the burial
Mnjor Frost, the Indians open~d
grave and took the body to the top of
Frost's Hill, where they suspended it on
a st1ke, as well rui piercing the body.
Early the next morning the Ind!ans
were hea.,:d making most hideous noises
on the hill and bis son, Charles, on goIng out l;o ascertain tl1e cause dJ.scovered that the body had been dlslnterred.
A few men were !u\.$Llly got together
and recovend the 'body. A g1lard was
kept over the gl'ave unlli a. large n~t
atone -was laid upon it, and the Indians, fearing that thi's was a. trap for
them, did not attempt to troubfe the
grave any more. Traditions says that
the stone was brought from York woods
some years be!ore en a drag and was·
, intended to be used as a doorstep for
the old garrison house.
Some years after the death of Me.jor
Frost the stone was cut into its present
shape and lettered by a ,Welshm:1,n
from Portsmouth. The inscription 1s
as follows:
"Here lyeth interred ye body ·of ~aj.
Charles Frost, age 65 years. Deceased
July ye 4th, 1697." A line is cut aro.:nd
the stone and in eacil corner is a clearly chiseled fleur de lis.
Mrs. Gilman L. Moulton of York Harbor, commissioner of the York Girl
scout Council, heads thf': committee on
arrangements.
,vor-
�An Architect-Appraises
A House
J\ N ENORMOUS bulk of material
f"\. has been printed about the
· dwellings o! former generations, an amount indicative o! the
fertility of the subject and the va_ried aspects 'its attractions a~sume
according to individual taste. Those
tastes often seem slngletrack, with
nttention fixed on some one aspect,
brlnging for the public's enlightenment the rmphasis of enthusiasms
ta5ed very differently. To some the technicalities of architecture appear to be the sole incitement as these abundantly evince
the skill, scholarship and individuality of the builder-architects o! the
1700's and early 1800's.
In these present days, men whose
qualifications a.re indicated by collegiate degrees in the arts are likely
to be consulted for the most modest
new structure or renovation. in
those earlier years no such' .course
of study was known, though· there
were numerous books available to
supplement with design and theory
the long and exacting trade- or
craft-training of the builder.
The Architects View
So \.he architect of today \vho
studies old dwellings finds in many
of them plentiful details significant
of the bullders· individuality, as they
embodied in wood, brick and stone
their personal translations of an
art learn~d through both practice
and reading. All this, it is true, may
seem to belong to the expert's or
specialist's attitude, but many of the
features they notice become quite
obvious once they are called to the
layman's attention. And after that
the recurrence of the feature elsewhere ls fixed as an added bit of
interest for us. So the architectenthusi:i.st who writes lively and informative opinions on an old building, even though they are someT
what technical, proVides hints_,,for
increased pleasure in this direction.
All this Is true of the architectobserver, who sees only a structure
designed thus and so, with this detail
and that, and having such and such
proportions. He tells about what he,
as an architect, thinks interesting
or Important. Impelled by contrasting Ideas, another gives thought
mainly to history, crowds his comments with facts, local and International events of which the place
and Its former inmates were
scenes and actors. Perhaps the next
visitor thinks in term.3 cf social
matmers and will dwell on the stages
of domestic and community life in
which the home was erected and the
first generations occupied it. Then,
ln time, a poet ma:, J!ngcr about
rooms and garden, and after a while
"'.ander away to weave mto the fabric
of h9,unting ' verse some of the
romance. and tragedy the place has
witnessed.
, .
In his brochure, The Moffatt-Ladd
House, Philip Dana Orcutt, A. I. A.,
views a New Hampshire rcsldenl:e of
about 1763 from the several angles
mentioned, except the last. His profess10n naturally leads to a careful
appreciation of the design, in the
large and in detail , but his broader
concerns lead to a background sketch
of local and American rolonial contemporary affairs. Against this picture an outstanding Portsmouth
house is · projected along with its
builders and early occupants, whose
descendahts h ave ever since dwelt
there.
In Trust for Public Good
Now through the generosity of the
Ladd famlly, last of these, t he house
and gardens have come in trust to
the New Hampshire Society of the
Colonial Dames of America, and uc
oi,en to the public during the summer months. Home of a wealthy
merchant ~hip-own er, It was situ!),ted on a bluff above the Piscataqua
River, and from ils windows he
could watch his craft as they began
or ended their voyages to distant
ports.
'.l'he character of the house is ,·cvealed by the view pictured here of
the hall, which Is the finest one In
all New England. What Its wall
pdper was originally Is not known,
but the present ore, found also m
the upper hall, Is famous for its
origin and remarkable for its excellent condition. It is the "Vue~
d'Italle" printed by Joscpl1 Dofour
In Paris between 1815 and 1820.
W)thin a slender volume. of less
than 50 pages, Mr. Orcutt has compressed much collateral matter th'lt
enlivens the subject and gives 1t
,crisply outlined surroundings, physical and reminiscent. Set close to the
hi;;hway as was the manner in the
English birthplace of its builder, deep
gardens extended from t,he rear and
still have somewhat of their old form
and beauty. But It Is the home within
which he makes us most desire to
see, for this has been changed little
if any in the nearly two centuries
of its standing.
����The fire appa1'atus of those olden
days consisted of an engine known as
a "goose-neck", so called because of
the long, goose-neck shaped pipe on
top of the gallery, through which water
was played on t.hc fire. This was before the Invention of a successful rubber hose, which was introduced in 1811,
or of sucLion engines which came Int.o
use in 1822. Those "goose-neck" engines were supplied with water by
The most ancient :fl.re-:flghtlng ormeans of two lines of people, one line
ganization in this country, in the point
passing the fill_ed water buckets from
of continuous existence, is still nourhand to hand up to the engine and
i.'lhing right here in this city. This · is
the other line returning the empty
the Federal Fire Society of Portsbuckets to be refilled.
mouth, N. H., which was organized on
When suction fire engines came into
March 6, 1789, nearly one houndred
use in 1822 they were quickly adopted
and forty-seven years ago. Another
generally to replace the older type.
ancient fire company is also to be
With the newer engines equipped with
found here. This ·is the Mechanics
hose, ~the bucket lines were not necFire Society which was organized in
essary and thus the principal reason
July, 1811. so far as is known, the
for the existence of the fire societies
only' other rei:nainlng fire organization
was removed. The :flrst suction engine
of the many which flourlshed in the
was the "Hydraulic" of Providence, R.
days of fire buckets and goose-neck · I., which was invented and constructengines of a century ago is the Wored at Philadelphia in 1822. In the year
ce.5ter Fire Society, which was organ1852 another revolutionary change In
ized- four· years after the Federal Sofire fighting methods came with the
ciety, on January 21, 1793.
introduction of the steam fire engine.
The fire societies were organized for
Motorized apparatus made !ts appearthe purpose of safe-guarding the proance in 1903.
perty . of members· in particular and
For many years the Portsmouth and
the public In general. An excerpt from
Worcester fire societies have been
the rules of the Worcester Fire Society
fiocial organizations only. The member_
in "the early days reads as follows:
ship of the Federal Fire Society of
"The society, upon notice of !Ire,
this city is limited Lo twenty-five
will take partrcular care of public
!_llembers and that of the Worcester
buildings when In danger, and pay
company to thirty. The Port.smouth
the same attention to the property of
society has held two meetings a year
the widow and famlly o; any deceased
without a single· exception since it was
member when more in danger than the
founded almost 147 years ago. The
property of any ·of the members of the
membership of these organizations insociety, and wm make use of the same
cludes some of the most prominent ciexercertions for the removal, security
tizens of these cities.
and return thereof as If said deceased
member was living. And all persons
who from age or infirmity, have withdrawn from the society, shall be entitled to the privllages of membership,
except voting, so long as they are provided with suitable bags, buckets and
bed-keys and do submit them to · an
inspection by the clerk as often as
may be deemed necessary. Every person admitted to membership shall be
allowed eight weeks to provide himself with buckets, a bed-key and a
common screw-driver. Members shall
constantly keep together In some place
in his dwelling house, convenient to be
taken in case of fire, two buckets 'each
e~ch containing at least eight quarts;
two bags, each one yard and a half
long and one yard and a half round
with strings at their mouths that they
may be drawn up with greatest dis-,
Pf',tch, an iron bed-key with a screw
driver at one end, and a common screw
driver, the buckets and bags to be
market and numbered witl1 :flrst letter ot the owners, Christian nam~ and
Ihis surname at length. At notice of
:flre members shall repair to the· place
with buckets, bags, etc., ancl use his
best endeavor to remove and secure
all its goocl1!,"
The bags mentioned in the foregoing
rules were for the purpose of carrying
small articles from burning buildings
and the bed-keys were necessary for
taking apart the old-fashioned rope
bedsteads.
PORTSMOUTH HAS
MOST ANCIENf
.. FIRE SOCIETY
Rockingham's Rambles
One of Oscar Laighton's reminbcences:
Most of our friends of 'the olden
<lays had passed ·away since the Appledore House first opened in 1848.
Aflcr 1!)00, automobiles began lo be
in evidence, which still foi-t,her a<ldc<l
to ou1· misfortunes. A young man,
named Harry G. Marvin, of unusual
-ability, who had been wiUh us many
years, was managing the Oceanic for , .._,,r..-,~•··,
me, while I remained in charge of .,,=,sp,;;,~
Applcdore. One day Hauy came over
to see me about a proposition one of
his guests at Star Island had made.
The gentleman's name was Thomas
J:lliott, and ihe and his wife were
staying at bhe Oceanic. Mr. E,Jliot.t
was so delighted with the island that
he proposed t.o bring a party of Unitarian~ down another ·season, if satisfactory arrangements could be made.
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Harry told me on what terms they
would come, and I saw that he was
excited. I told him Chat we must act
with caution. "What is a Unitarian?
Are they good people? It won't do
to introduce any rough element," I
replied. Ifany sai<l that he di<l not
know just exactly what a Unitarian
was, but judging from the- Elliotts,
he woul<l say that they were very
nice, harmless people. l\Ir. EllioU
promi,ed to "fill the Oceanic to the
ridge-pole," he said . Everything
secmc<l satisfactory, so I tol<I Harry
to go ahead and welcome the Unilarians to Star Island.
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The next season, to my astonishment, Mr. Elliott arrived wilih hundreds of Unitarians, filling the
Oceanic and overflowing lo Appledore.
They liave been coming every year
since, over forty years, I think. They
were so much interested in the old
stone church that, with the consent
of my brother's wife, I gave it to
them. 'rhis church was built in the
yt'ar 1800, lo replace one of wood,
which the Islanders had cut up t.o
keep the pot boiling when they were
:'hort of firewood, and the present
church was built of stone Lo prevent
a recurrence or this devastation. The
Lower was bhen of wood and was
blown down in 1892. I immediately
built t.he stone tower now standing.
Possession of the chur:-h by tlhc Unitarian~ led lo the \1'1:,h of securing
the whole properly, ancl lo my great
dcJig,ht, they finally boug~1t Star
Island and all the Oceanic properly.
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From the files of the NEWS-LETTER
years ago: J. II. Fellows has con
ctccl his new shop at Brentwood a
w employs nearly forty yom
omen. From the files of the NEW
:TTER 25 yea1·~ ago: The Exeler a1
1 ton Eledric Com iany buys
�What's Going On
·,.).(lln the~~~~
· ~ - Women's City Club
USAN RICKER KNOX ls exJ.,.,~"lf,:~1J',:li'-il
hibitor at the Women's City
Clu.b, 40 Beacon Street. Her
contribuUon Is dlsLlngulshed for the
special subject matter, namely, the
American Indian.
Placed in his environment in Arizona, the Indian proves a very picturesque model, mounted against a
very scenic background. For a
painter it is sumptuous material. He
need not force up the palett,e, add
any imaginary garnishlngs, for they
arc all there awaiting his choice. Susan Knox has portrayed the Pima
Indian, a Hopi Chief with feathered
headdress, a mother and child, a
Yagui constable. In every im,tancc
she has dwelt upon racial traits,
costume, personal peculiarities, so
that there is no doubt just what
type of subject the painter has
depicted, The warm, rich colors reveo 1' the brilliance of the sun. Such
flne material, such an inexhaustible
source of design. And in one or two
instances she has painted the cactus
ve etation.
S
Native of Portsmouth, Renowned Arti~t, Shows
Her Paintings
Miss Susan Ricker Knox, a well
.known artist and a nnt.lve of Portsmouth, today opened n one-man exhibition at the Women's City Club,
Booton.
Miss
Knox
conducts a. summer
studio at York Harbor, Me., and does·
hel' winter painting in and' about
Mesa, A11z. She drive::; hc>r own car
back and forth actoss the country,
eastwnl'd in thr. ~pring and following
the westward snn enC'h nutttmn1 stopping all along the wny to paint. She
ls a nationally-known portrait painter but manages t-0 find time for landscapes, flowers and still life as well.
This City Club display· ls Miss
Knox's first one-man show in Boston
since the large one she held nt the
Vose Galleries some years ngo although her work has appeared in
group exhibitions and 18 to be· found
In snmmer shows at Gloucester, Rockport and Ogunquit, Me. It gives a
comprehensive Idea of her versat1lity
wltl1 its variety of subject matter and
treatment.
EXHIBIT-OF
PA TINGS AT
IEIRCE BARN
The •final Pxhlbition of the Portsmouth Home Industries ls being held
this wPek nt their shop at the Peirce
Bnrn. Pnlntings wm be on exhibition
until Saturcl1y night when the Home
Industries Shop will close, after the
first season of a complete building for
its displays. It ls expected that a shop
will be open during the few weeks·
preceding Christmas which will give
people an opportunity to purchase
gifts rhade in New Hampshire.
The exhibition now on display ls of
paintings by Russell Cheney of Kittery, who is well kn-Own for his art
work. This undoubtedly ls the most
lnterest,ing t-0 Portsmouth people of
all the exhibitions at the shop during
the summer. All of the scenes are
what Portsmouth people see as they
go about their work and recreation.
Among those displayed are paintings
of the following: Bolt HllI road, Kittery Point, Chauncey's Creek, Meeting
House Hill, Warner House, Wentworth Gardner House, South Mill
Bridge, Pepperell Wharf and Ceres
street. The painttngs of Warner House,
Wentworth Gardner an<l South Mill
SENDOFF FOR TUG
MITCHELL DAV'IS
'
The sturdy little tJgboat, M. Mitchell
Davis, for 25 years a well known sight
along the shores of Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River, put out
to sea la.st evening bound for a new
home port amid a farewell send-off
which, if ships really have souls, as
sailors claim, must have delighted her.
The M. Mitchell Davis has
been
sold by the Piscataqua River Towing
Co. to George W. Sunderlin, Inc., of..,.,. "-"·,..,"'
Bridgeport, Conn., and will be put into
general towing service there after some
repairs are made.
As she glided away from her home
dock off M<1rket street about 7 o'clock
last evening in tow' of the John G.
Chandler, her larger and more powerful successor, the Sightseer, her companion for many years at the dock here,
sounded a mournrui farewell on her
whistle. The Memorial bridge
also
sounded a long farewell to the little
boat which has steamed beneath it so
many times,
often · tugging
big
freighters many times its size.
The
C3rs stopped on the bridge took up the
farewell with their horns, many o! the
Bridge hr,ve never been displayed
motorists knowing that this was the
before, and this will give an opportuDavis' final departJre from
Portsnity to see these pictures. The paintmouth
as
her
home
port.
A
powerful
ing of Killcry Point Is remarkably well
horn at Frisbee's dock · at Kittery
done and was shown by request in
Point also sounded in farewell as. she
Chicago. o. hers have been on exhibipassed down river, followed by the
tion at the Montrose Gallery in New
sounding of the ship's bell of Ben H~ut
York and Grace Horne's Gallery at
as she came around New Castle. At
Boston .
:rort Point the bell there rang out a
Mr. Cheney who resides at Kittery
last farewell. All along the New Castle
Point, studied art in New York, Paris
shore cars were parked, honking goodand at Ogunquit under Mr. Woodbury.
bye ·a nd good luck ..
. The · Chocorua, powerful motor laun~h
of E. Curtis Matthews, president
or
the Piscataqua River Towing Co., her
.~~\,i:;;l~~'!~,-,,1 former -owners, accompanied the M.
Mitchell Davis for some way offshore,
bearing Mr. Matthews and a party o{
friends. The Chocorua gave the last
salute of Portsmouth to the study little
craft as she wended her way to her
�J~
TI
A LY
0 NNG
Built In 188~ - Was Used By
· Government for Housing Men
During World War
1883 was enlarged, and four cottages
were also added to the hotel accommodations. The Pepperrell, under the
Llnscotts, has brought back to Kittery
a great number of persons and families
who, year after year return to the hotel, and the season just clo.sed has been
the best of recent years.
The Pocahontas, b.illt in 1885 by
Samuel Ellery Jennison on Gerrish Js·
lo.nd, was torn down after having been
abandoned for a number of years. The
fourth and lo.rgest of the Kittery Point
hotels, also on the waterfront,
was
erected in 1890 by the late Hon. Horace
Mitchen. This was recently purchased
by John Mead Howe11s of Kittery
Point and torn down, to improve the
Howe11s estate- '-'·--------
Fire of susp1c1ous origin early this
The hotel was erected in 1887 by
morning destroyed the Hotel Parkfield Jesse Frisbee at a cost of $15,000. It
at Kittery Point owned by David was a four-story building with about
Hui:ovl!',z of 47 Adams Avenue, Everett, 35 rooms. It was operated by the ownMass.
er this summer but has been closed
The fire was discovered by Daniel since Labor Day.
Frisbee at about 3 a. m. Mr. Frisbee
During the World War the governwho lives next door to the hotel, ment took over the Parkfleld, also the
The old building, for several years
glanced from his window and saw Hotel Pe
rrell using both for housthe
flames s~ooting from the second and ing men who were engaged in ship- unused, which once served as
old Eastern
third floor dormer windows of the east yard work in. this section. The Park• freight-house of the
side of the building. He immediately field ls covered by insurance and the Ra.1lway here, Is being torn down. The
building is localed in the local railtelephoned James P. Coleman, chief loss is estimated at about $8000.
of the Kittery Point Fire Department · Fire Chief James P. Coleman of Kit- road yards of the Boston & Maine
who in turn summoned the Kittery, tery Point stated this morning that he across the tracks from the station'
Portsmouth and York departments.
will conduct an investigation and for It has been purchased by John Gam~
Upon the arrival of the firemen thr:i that purpose a fire inspector from man of Islington road, this city, and
flames had already gained great head- Portland bas been called and is expec- the work ot removing the old strucway and were shooting rapidly up ted to r~ach Kittery Point this fore- ture was begun this morning. Perhaps some of our older residents can
through the center of the big old noon.
structure. Th~ fire is believed to have
On Fdday last a huge swastika was recall the days when this old building
started beside the...sb,irs leading to the , mysteriously painted on the sign of was in use by the predecessor to the
second floor. It quickly worked up-' the Parkfleld Hotel. Under the Nazi ooston & Maine line.
ward along the main stairway, gutting emblem were three letters daubed in
the interior, until it burst through the b!ack-B. A. K.
roof around the cupola.
Mr. Herwltz discounts the incident
Exce11ent work upon the part of the as a prank and states that he was
firemen and the fact that th
planning to erect a new sign next
ere was year
but little wind, together with an am'
.
pie water supply aided in confining the
The Parkf1eld Hotel was erected ~s
fire to the hotel, preventing its spread the third of Kitt~ry Point hotels by the
to much valuable ·property located late" Jesse E. Frisbee in 1887, 49 years
nearby.-Had there been a strong wind ago. It was on the main highway,
the situation would have been serious so.1th of the Hotel Pepperrell, and on a
in that area. The firemen worked part of the old Si'r William Pepperrell
nearly three hours on the burning estf\te. n derived its name by Mr.
structure, using streams from three Frisbee from the fact that the field_be•
hyq.rants,
and with
the Kittery tween the highwa.y and the sea had
pumper using salt water from Frls- been used by Sir William as a
bee's wharf.
park.
It started in the east end on th
During the more pro.sperous days of
first floor and was
discovered b; the summer hotel business at. Kittery
Daniel Frisbee who resides nearby
Point, the house enterto.ined nearly 100
Alarms were sounded in Kitter guests for an entire summer, with
Point and Kittery which brought th~ transients taxing its capacity,
fire apparatus from both places, also pecially in August of each year.
.
Engine 1 from Portsmouth. The good
It was one of the two hotels taken
work of the firemen, also the excellent over by the government in 1918 for the
water service saved other valuable housing ~f navy yard employes.
property in that section. The firemen
The Hotel Pepperrel, the first of its
worked nearly three hours on the kind in Kittery and which was estab·
burning structure, using three hyd- llshed_in 1872 by the late Edward F.
rant streams 11,nd the Kittery pumper Safford, is the only remaining summer
on Frisbee's .wharf. No wind prevailed hotel at Kittery Point. This hotel im·
at the time under which condition the mediately sprang into popularity, and
ffremen were aided some:
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W!~etnrig Of Rotary 'Club
ll1m,te1rces·th1g Ce1re1'8ontes
·I avy Ya1rd Th1is I~ 01r1,1ng
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The i;ullmanne Porpoise, Lhe newes~ 1 Porpoi.~ i.<; as follnws : Lieut. Comdr.
addition to the undersea.q fighting fleet S. S. Murray, Lieut. A. F, Junker,
of Uncle Sam, went into commission Lieut. (j . g.) J . EI. Lewis; Lieut. (j. g,)
at the Portsmouth Navy Yan! at 11 D. L. Ma ttie, and Lieut. (j •. g.) E, J ,
o'clock this morning. A number of MacGregor 3rd. There are 45 men !n
yard employees and some civilians the crew of tile submarine.
were on hand to see the commission- '. The keel of the Porpoise was laid on
tng,
Oct. 27 (Navy D y) 1933, and the first
Cont(lr /\. W. Brown, Capt. of the rivet In the keel wits driven by a handJ'ard, representing t,l1e Commandant, riveting ,:a n,: composed of some of the
turned the vessel over to Lieut. Comdr. officers then on dnty at the Navy
S. s. Murray, USN, who ha.~ been as- Yard. Included m that group was
signecl to command of the submarine. Stuart Murray, son of the present
The American F'lflg w11.s uufurlc-d at comman rlh•r: of!lcc•r of tho submarine,
the stern ·-ror 1.11e first tlmc and the who o.ctc-tl as tiglltucss Inspector. ·
Union Jack wa1; raised at the how as
The Porpoise wus launched· on June
t.lie orders were received. The com- 20 of this year with Miss Eva Croft of
mission pennant was hoisted to the Somersworth as the sponsor. The de'mast in the I conning tower, As this sign of tile Porpoise and lrer sister
occurred the crew wa:; lined up on the submarine wa.-,; completed during the
deck aud the commanding officer read summer of 1933 ii nd embodied the lathla orders formally placing him in est developments in submarine concommA-ud of the ship.
struction The construction of ' this
Lieut. Comdr. Stuart S. Murray has submarine was a further development
been in the local yard for ahout two I of· the method used for the first time
year.~. mm;t of that p~rloif on duty in on the Cachalot.
,
the [ndustrinl Department. He wa.q . The submarine ls 300 feet long,
detached from that duty in July and about 25 feet beam, about 14 feet draft
ordel'ecl to t.ake command or the Por- and hns a displacement of ·1aoo tons.
poL~e. Comdr. Murray came ht!re on The ship is now about 87% completed
May 2 1933, and he and Mm. Murray and following its completion will make
for a. time resided at Quarters I at a shake-down cruise test of all of her
the Ya.rel, but they now live on Middle equipment in service and upon being
street. He was formerly assi~ncd t,0 accepted by the government will take
the U. S s. S-14.
her place in the submarine force of
the the CT. s Fleet.
The members 6t the Portsmouth Rotary Club had the pleasure of listening
to one of their members tell a.bout his
work at the regular meeting of the clubthis noon at the Rocl'tingham Hotel.
The speaker was Paul Barry of the
Federal Transient Bureau, who told of
the bureau and the work being done by
it. He told of the opening of the bureaJ In this city on July 3 of last year,
and of the camp which ope'ned ·on Sept.
5 of last year.
He mentioned the controversy regarding the location of the camp .a'.nd
told of the objections . whiFh had .been
made to having it 11,t. New 0a.stle. 1' Re
said that people could Judge for·theinselve,q 1n regard to the claims, · ·
Tbe speaker told ot whl',t might possibly tlevelop in' future plans, 'bu~ gave L c,.__,._"·
bfa opl.nJ.o n of ' them,. as ;In all ··op1n.lon
' expressed. as a -personal one and not
official.
•- , .
· Mr.Barry told ,of the two,types of
:i;~lief cases, Che first; being the ·unf1rtunates who have been forced out ·of
jobs and find difficulty in maln~alning'
themselves The oti.e1: type, µe stated', , ....~r,,,,: ..;:.:
are the social• misfits, and the , speakel'
s~id that; regardless
depression ; or
gbod times there a.re always those who
a're constantly a sc;>urce of trouble. They
a.re not disposed to work. ·They are
willing to work once in a while, ·he siUci,
a:p.d added that most <>f the work was
cpnfined to motion.
,' .'Jj'he speaker told .of the situation tn•
m.:iropean- countries al'1d spoke' of tl:ie!
private agencies In this city which a.re
carrying on the work, mentfoning
s;;eclfically the work which the Family
Welfare Association ls doing. · ~ clo~ing he urged that the morale. of the
people be kept as high as possible,
stressing the importance of this.
'I'he meeting next week -will · be
charge of Dr. E. C. Blaisdell..
of
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WANIS CLUB
"I preached
1s years ago.
The
lhevlsts were working under cover, and
J remember that shortly
afterward Boston & Maine Is not a prontable !nf)Omebody suggested we both ought to stittit!on. I went from one end of the
'
l>e locked ·.ip. That ls a true occurrence line to the other for two years and
fJf only a few years ago and If you do talked before chambers of commerce
,iot believe we were right at that time and committees of_citizens In an effort
1t ls only necessary to read the head- to save the road. We should have many
lines in any newspapers in New York of the biggest and fastest trains that
Boston or any small city and they will this line carries coming here, because
this dlvision is the shortest and most
tell the story.
"The chambers of commerce and the picturesque route to Maine, and we
Rotary clubs, or the type and size of must have It to serve that Navy Yard.
"rt was s11!d that lighters could be
the Rotary Club or Boston, have come
the
to the conclusion that It is time to take used to transport shipments to
Former Mayor r-. w. Hartford was :notice and only last Wednesday I went Navy Yard. Do we want to have a railthe speaker at the weekly meetinj of to ~ n to hear a newspaper publish- road end here with lighters to cross the
the Kiwanis Club at the Rockingham er whom I have known for some time, river? Would you like to see that?
Hotel on Tuesday evening and gave n nlmost from boyhood, who was to de- Would that be progress or would we feel
challenglng talk to the members.
liver an address on the situation · Jn that we are being sort of dried
At the busines.s meeting it was voted Russia, Germany, Italy and some Jther That's the way I ftel about it. ·
"The Portsmouth Navy Yard either
to ho\d, ~he next meeting at Echo Park £ountries. It was a most marvelous
Lodge, on the former Frank Jones es- 'talk and brought 800 people to their in your time or in that of the ;ounger
tate. Dr. Kenneth Steady spoke of the feet with cheers. He made no reference generation ls bound to be one or the
proposed ra.dio program and gave n to. pollti.!s, but did refer to what is go- greatest naval stations in the world. J
Boston
brief BYDOpsi.s of lt, -as planned.
ing on in our own country. My friends, read an editorial today in a
President John t... Phelps told of the I could talk to you a solid hour or more paper which said that 'when we get
four boys which the
Kiwanis Club upon some of the things that are going this harbor dredged, and we have got
.sent to camp for two weeks. He then on which wo.1ld cause a chill to run a million dollars to do it, we will have
introduced Harry
Winebaum, ,who up and down your spinal column and 40 feet of water, so that ships the lare;.ncted as chairman and introduced the the situation will grow worse if yo;1 fail est built or planned, can come up to the
11peaker. Mr. Hartford complimented to take notice of what you must do as navy yard.' Today we can bring ships
·,he Kiwani~s on their work and their good citizens. It is time that someone to the Portsmouth Navy Ya,i-d from the
~fforts in beball of worthwhile matters. brought thts message in all seriousness harbor without any dredging, even If
He -spoke in part as follows:
to every member connected with or- they draw 65 feet of water, and I can
"What I want to emphasize to yo.i ls ganlzaUons of this type
throughout produce charts made by the governth
ment to prove this.
'jOUr ppvilege as Kiwania.ns to do a real
e country.
"Those a,_re •ome of the jong list of
job as good citizens and carry on for all
"So muc:, for the first of what I
the fine things that should be a part wish to bring you this evening. The opportunities that we possess here.
l! this community. Are you lending next ls: What are we going to do to When J WJ.S ln England I heard
/Our band and effort to build a better build a bigger, better and more prl'\.S- much aboJt Portsmouth, England, and
eity, and are you expressing your opl.n- perous section In these localities ad- lt.s great docks. We have all that here
Ion forcibly on things you like and dis- Jacent to Portsmouth? We all love in the way of opportunity, in the way
~ke in this city?· If you are you are thpse pict.iresque towns. We are pToud of water and in the way of skilled me-.Uving up to the highest ideals of your io be kn9wn as citizens of Portsm mth chanics.
9rg.mization and 1f you are not then, and we .are r,1oud to have
ummer
"I do not believe it is possible to deto my mind, you do not belong to Ki- visltors at York, Hfl.mpton, Rye, Green- feat the Intentions of an organization
,.,.an!s. _
land, Newington and New Castle. But of this type if the citizens are organ"The future of this city and, in fact, what are we goi ng to do to make them ized and fearless. That is the essenjle futJre of America depends entirely not necessarily bigger, but, bett<ir? D~ tial thing. We have here what Is posupon the qu~llty and courage of mem- we overlook all the false moves and un- sessed by no other port. We are not
)>ers of these great organizations fortunate things that happen
right going to be n great commercial porlrJhroughout the country. we have nr- under our., eyes? some few years ago, not In these days, but we have a port
pved at the point In the United States during my; a.st term of office I under- that can fully serve the navy
and
,-,he:re we must go to meet the issue; It took to plant the seeds of ~ ·program that's what we have got· to fight for.
,S very fine to meet once a week and for tlie future in the building of an- You know there will not be, in your
,njoy the singing and companionship othed bridge across the P!sca.taqua Riv- time or mine, any reducing of navies
(lf fellow-members, out are we taking er. I wqrked days and traveled a great In th! country or In any other counveriously what is confronting every many miles. I visited Gov. Bridges, try. Preparations will go on to make it
;ommunity in the United states? no former Governor Gardiner of Maine impossible to be attacked, even within
'fOU understand your government, local, and Governor Brann, and I also talked
500 or 1000 miles of the borders.
•tate and national? Are we going for- .with Governor W!nant and had his co"I want to call your atiention, briefward or are we slipping?
Are the 'o peration.'! had the fullest cooperation ly, to what can be done when a few
Jrooks and gangsters getting us by ~the from th~ president of the Boston & people are determined to do their ut)hroat or not? That is what, to my Maine Railroad,, and that work,
1n most to carry out some worthwhile proi)lind, we must get busy on.
spite of some dela.ys, has been moving ject. For a r:rent many years I have
"We have got to do more thinking forward. To my mind It would be one been Identified with the develo.pm ent
)D~ more const.r.ictive work and lf we of the most magnificent accomplish- of this seacoa~t and I had the honor to
.Jail to do this -I venture to say that ments that coJld possibly come to our be named chairn11n of the commission
within a few years we will lose this city, and is something that must hap- to study Rye Harbor and
JreedoDJ in which we take so much pen or the merchants here wlll suffer funds and approval for Its Improvement, and because of dettrminatio,1 we
pride, and we will looe the heritage left more and more.
us by the Pilgrims and by Martin
"Don't feel that construction of an- have arrived at the point where the
Pring, who sailed up our river, and of o,ther avenue would curtail business. state In the past two weeks has taken
Capt. John Smith. What are we doing What I proposed was to move every options on th is property and will com·.inder:.aking
'o preserve it? Law and order must truck over this bridge. That is some- plete this phase of the
take precedence over all-the criminals thing that Is within the power of the within a few days, and, if there ~:e no
'l!llUSt 'be placed in prison and the mtn community and these big trucks should unexpected up.sets, thing~ will
begin
-,.,ho are trying to tear down Old Glory be taken off Middle street. It would oe happening in the vicinity of Rye Har,nust be overcome.
,,
a self-liquidating bridge, the railroad bor.
"I remember some few years
ago would pay so m.ich per ton and so much
''This will mean
much ',,) 11s in
hen Hon. A. P. Langtry, then secre- per passenger. It would be a great up- Portsmouth, ns it will mean fr bigge r
tary of the stare of Massachusetts, and building move for the Eastern Division and better commJnity. It is a marvelmysel! were speakers in a small town of the Boston & Maine, and
unless ou... p:cture that has been drawn and
bi this state, we pictured with all the there Is a. new bridge across this river the development will be a wonderful
,-igor and courage that we possessed you will see this city a dead end, and thing. The gov~rnment is interested
<ilhat <:ommunism and bolsbevlsm were that is no dream.
and when you see the ,>arade grou':I<" of
tn our- midst and Communists and bol-,
former Mayor Hartford
mves Challe!(ging Talk At
Meeting At Rockingham .
..
�60 acres planned !or the slale militia,
the harbor which will, when dredged
cover 10 acres, and the Ocean boulcva1,i
curve wiped out, with a cut across the
mnrslws, you will realize that It Is '!Xcecdingly worthwhile. The 18 miles of
seacoa t is so important. ~o valuable.
so necessary for the devc!opme~,t of
the state of New Hampshire that we
must disreg'll.rd the knoc,ccr and the
type of individ.ia1 who snys 'it crn't, be
done' and 'we don ·t need it.' "
Visitors included A. P. Langlry of
Walt.ham, Mass., and
New
Castle.
Franz Wngner, J. H. McGorrish and
J. H. McGotrish, Jr., of St. Petersburg.
Fla .. and Ev'erett lreland of Somerville,
cc
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Dfsii ,·1rna·ted .IBy IFede1ral Coordli1,.
irto1r As Wo1rtlhy O·f ConsiideraUI
·tiio1 ~ J sI ailt1~oad IF1reigfb·t Tr,af•~
·flit ·,~e,' 1m·te1r
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Bflli,lmorc, M:d., 11.ug ..Ui-For pm· .. rc.~idenl,M, Eastman claim/I, tlll11 be•
poses of d~t.cr111lnlng tli.e possibilities ing r.he combined t)Opulr1,jon' of fltti.•e11
William Verrill, elcctnrlnn of
the
New Hampshire !';f.afc Highway
Depart, is engaged in mnk.ing changes ln
the electrical syrl rm of the J\/Iemori:J.l
I.Jridgr. The imprnvernrn1::, designed to
make this one of the mr~f. up--to••<faf.e
bridrcs of lts k.in<l ln 1he F:1~;1., wiJl lnelucle lights <1n the very f.np of I.he Lowers for the benrfit fll nvil\f,ers nml a
new system of t.rn!fic lights
on the
highway.
Twllic
o,,rr Lhe briclge
will be diret ! rd hy mrr,.n•· of 1cd :me!
green signal lights, 1e<l light.~ halLing
trn.ff1c while the rntcs a1 c being closed
for the raising r the <lrnw ln
I.he
past rnme mol,oiist.s have ignored the
warnings of the briclge tcnc.lcrs
and
have shot acro..o;s t.he llriclgc bile tbr
gates were being closccl.
Another improvement is t.hc instnlhtion of n new clcrtricnl system for the
removal of ice nnd sleet from
the
draw lift cables of the bmlge During
winter storm it has been necr.SSl\l'Y for
the brltlge crew l.o clear the cables of
sleet by hand as the drn.w was :;lowly
lilted. Under the new system devised
by Mr. Verrill a throw of n liwit.ch wJJI
•K'nt 450 volts or current through the
cnl.Jles, removing the icy <leposlt,~: nncl
nllowlng :;wift rn.lslng of the
draw
duflng even' the worst sleet
sLorms.
Mr: Verrill plans to hn.ve tl1e work of
mo<lernizing the entire electrical
tern of the bridec complet.cd ~ome
in October.
of mil road co()rdination, Jo.seph
B. conm1unitles covering
miles.
E~stman, railroad coordinatol', hM
dcsign,1t.cd l'ort,~mout11 a,s a trn.ding
ccn\cr for 3G.OOO person,5, tl1ougl1 the
population of Portsmouth is• ony· 15,~
000, It w11.s lP11·ned l1ere today,
1J:11stmn.n .sr.lPct.ed Portsmouth as one
of' tile tradiu1: nrca.s in New Hampshire worthy of consideration as rau~
road freight f.ra.ffic centers.
In (.he
Pot t.~mouth 1'rndlng area arc 1?.,000
rural rc.sldcui::
and 24,000
· 3tili
SQll!ll'G
In t,he trading area arc 30 l.pdns•
trle.5 located on traclcs of one i·aiJ.
road, while ln Portsmouth proper 1
indust;rJ.e11 are located pn rallroA.d
tracks, Of ,· tbe li,000 cars
of n1cr•
chandlRe wllh;h moved
out of tbl.
area in a recent depression year, 1,"
000 originated in. Portsmouth. Of
000 cars moving into the area,
moved int.o Portsmouth.
o••
�August 8, 1935
Alliance has Active Week at Shoals
About 250 delegates, as many as the
hotel could accommodate, were registered
at Star Island for Alliance Weck, July 14-
26.
Probably at no time during the summer
will there be a more ambitious observance
of Celia Thaxter's centenary than that of
Tuesday evening, July 16, when an inter:i,retation of her life was presented in tableaux representing her at dilferent periods
of her life. These began with Celia as a
five-year-old, posed by little Miss Mary
Churchill of Lebanon, N. H. Three pictures of her as a young girl and as a young
wife and mother were portrayed by her
great-granddaughter, Celia Thaxter Hubbard of Cambridge, Mass., and in four
others Mrs. Thaxter was represented in
different poses by Mrs. J. Jarvis Preble
of Newton Highlands, Mass. A large collection of photographic slides representing
Celia, the members of her family and
scenes from the Shoals, were thrown on a
screen, and Miss Frances W. Wood of
Detroit, Mich., sang several of Mrs.
Thaxter's songs and one by Uncle Os::ar
Laighton, Celia's brother. Mrs. John R.
Williams of Rochester, N. Y., who wrote
the pageant, gave the readings to accompany the tableaux. These readings consisted largely of selections from Mrs.
Thaxter's prose and poetic writings.
A case of interesting souvenirs of Mrs.
Thaxter were loaned by her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Roland Thaxter of Cambridge. These
included letters and manuscript poems; a
letter from Major A. W. Greely with
some pressed flowers and moss from the
Arctic regions; interesting photographs;
bits of needlework; and letters from Whittier, Longfellow and others.
Dr. Frederick R. Griffin of Philadelphia,
Pa., gave a special thought for each day in
a brief sermon at the chapel, and the
morning lectures were by Rev. John C.
Petrie of Memphis, Tenn., on "The Leadership of Jesus."
Dr. Griffin preached Sunday on the
text, "Pilate said unto him, What is
truth?"
The central problem of all
thought, he said, is the reality and nature
of God. Man can concentrate all his
powers on the problem of what is reasonable. He may not arrive at the whole
truth but he will be moving in the right
way. Before the regular service Rev.
Roydon C. Leonard of ·North Easton,
Mass., conducted a communion service in
the chapel. He dwelt upon the character
of Jesus, and especially on his last days,
and made some suggestions for strengthening the sinew of the soul which reaches
up and finds God. If that thread is severed, he said, life loses its central source of
strength and collapses. Sunday evening
was devoted to a musicale, with vocal
~umbers by Mrs. Payson Miller, mezzosoprano, of Wayland, Mass., and gr_oups of
violin solos by Leonard D. Wood of Arlington, Mass.
Success attended the experiment of
planning a day's round trip to the Shoals
for Monday. About forty Allianrp members from thL• vicinity of Bo8ton arriv<'d
in time for the morning lecture, attended
two conference meetings on religious education, and left the island by the afternoon boat. Many at the conference who
participated in a church-school service of
worship which was arrangl'd and <·onducted by Miss Wood returned to their
churches with a new vision of what rl'ligious education may mean. Mrs. Forrester Macdonald of Hyde Park, Mass.,
supplemented the model service by suggestions on the conduct of a church
school, showing a large collection of materials to be used.
Mr. Petrie's lecture series began with
Jesus as the founder of a universal faith.
He laid down broad principles, applicable
in any time and place. Mr. Petrie pointed
out that Jesus did not formulate a code of
laws to govern conduct. Morals change,
and as the founder of a universal religion
he could not formulate a universal approach to the problem of morals. Speaking
on "Jesus and the Sinner," he said that
Jesus could not help the self-satisfied pprson but he could and did hi?lp the sinnc>r
who desired to rise out of the condition
he was in. In his fourth lecture, "Art
Thou He That Should Come?" Mr. Petrie
emphasized that Jesus' answer to this
question was <'0ncrete and practical: "Hy
their fruits" is the test of true discipleship. Concluding his lectures, he spoke of
"Jesus and Paul."
An entertaining little play written l>y
Mrs. Carol Ilartwe\l of Waltham, Mass.,
secretary of the General Alliance, was
given during a conference period. The
play, "A Charge to Keep," represented
an Alliance meeting in the home of the
president, portrayed by Mrs. Leonard.
Other parts were taken by Mr. Leonard;
Miss Helen Robertson of Providenc<:>,
R. I.; Mrs. Harry E. Newell of Syracuse,
N. Y.; Mrs. Charles P. Wellman of Woburn, Mass.; Mrs. John W. Baker of
Providence; Mrs. Leslie Plimpton of
West Roxbury, Mass.; and Carl B. WetherPII, who made a stirring appP:d for
Proctor Academy, of whi<"h he is lwadmaster. The play, which is to encourage
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A large amount or time was dPvotPd to a
panPI disc·1tssion of quPstions arrangl'd by
t !11• Co1111nission of Appraisal. 0111• 1•11( irP
evening and from one to two hours Pach
day were given over to this feature of the
week, with Dr. If. Paul Douglass, director
of studies for tlw Commission, pr<'sent at
the first and last sessions. The panPI
was pn•si dPd ov<•r hy Mrs. Arthur G.
llobhins of Winchester, Mass., and consist('(! of Mrs. Richard Y. FitzG<•rald of
,Jamai('a l'lain, Mass.; Mm. David Jl.
Rog<'r, of llollis, N. Y., president of the
New York League of Unitarian Women;
Mrs. Ll•onard; Mrs. !laze! Hanson, of
Chic·ago, Ill.; Mi.;s Ruth Twiss, of Newton
Centre, Mass.; Miss Agnes Costigan, of
Montreal, Canada; and Miss Katherine
Day of Petrrboro, N. 11.
The delegates on the floor manifested
kren interest in the discussion, and large
numbers attended each day. Such topics
were considered as the enumeration of
Unitarian religious values, how well they
are maintained and how they are individualized; the way in which the Unitarian movement functions in the community and in modern society; the organization and administration of the
movement and many others. The strength
and weakness of the Ameri('an Unitarian
Association were pointed out and certain
dc•finitt• suggrstions were made o[ causes
whil'l1 Lill' nwmli<•rs f<·lt that tht, As,;oeiation should support. A few among these
were founding new churches where they
are wanted and needed; struggling small
<"hurdws, n<'w or old, where they are useful
or needed; greater attl•ntion to religious
education, student work, the printed word;
assistance to Proctor Academy; financing
young ministers and making it financially
possible to give young ministers an apprentice period with experienced men; the
promotion of social relations.
An amusing post-prandial program was
given on the night of the closing banquet,
with Miss Costigan presiding.
Oneminute talks were given on "The Isles of
Shoals Forever" by Mrs. Oscar I~. Mertz
of Gl'rmantown, Pa., Mrs. GPorgP B.
l)Pwson of Milton, Mass., Miss Twiss,
J\liss lh-rtlrn Langmaid of Boston, J\lrs.
Leonard, Mrs. AlfrPd M. Butler of West
Roxbury, Mrs. Thomas G. Rees of .lamaica
Plain, Mrs. Evelyn Fairchild of Lexington,
Mass., and Mrs. James G. Mason of GC>rmantown.
Dr. Charles K Park, ministPr of thP
First Church of Boston, gav an inten•sting illustrated lecture on "Clipper Ships"
Miss Twiss presidPd at an l~vPning
Allian<"e conference at which Evening AlliarH·t• handbooks just from the prl•ss
were shown for the first time. These are
now on sale and contain much valuable
material for Doth evening and afternoon
branches.
�Charles R. Joy ·
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HE name of Celia Thaxter shines mosL brightly
in the firmament. of Shoals fame. In the
four centuries of Shoals hisLory she has been
Lhe besL known of Shoalcrs for her wriLings,
her friendships and her personaliLy. ln this centenary
year we arc rC'miniscrnL and proud.
A thumb-nail skcLch of her life will be a suflicienl
reminder. She was born in Portsmouth, June 29, 1835.
At the age of four she was broughL Lo WhiLe lsland
by her father, Jlon. Thomas B. Laighton, Lhenewlighthouse keeper, and her tiny brother, a liLllc bahy of Lhree
monLlrn, accompanied her, held in iLs mot lier's arms.
That litUe baby was callecl Oscar, and doubtless
there was the same smile in his eyes that we sLill see
there in his nineLy-sixLh year, when the salt spray
came dashing over the weather rail and Lhe greaL sea
welcomed him.
Two years laLer, in 1839, a broLher, Cedric, was
born, and the family was compleLe. In 1847, when
Celia was twelve, Oscar eight, and Cedric six, Lhey
all moved over Lo Appledore, where the father built
a hotel, which was opened the nexL yPar. lL was perhaps a sign of the future LhaL the rirst name on the
register of the new hotel was thaL of l{ev ..John Weiss,
a ' 1 nilarian minister an<l biograplwr o( Theodore
Parker. The hoLel flourished and the young girl grew
in winsomeness. AL the age of sixle<>n she was married
to Levi Lincoln Thaxter in 1he south parlor of the
" J\ pplcdore," the same l\CV. ,John Weiss ofliciaLing.
The Thaxters wenL lo live in whaL was called the
NorLh Cottage and there a boy was born named Karl,
the first chil<l to be horn on Lhe island for a hundred
years. · For several years the Thaxters lived in the
parsonage of SLar Island, and 1Vlr. ThaxLer preached
to the villagers and taughL their children. These,
said Celia later, were the happiest years of Lheir married life. She was already writing her poems and becoming well known Lo Lhe literary world. Then about
1860 the ThaxLers moved lo NewLonville, where Mr.
Thaxter's father had given him a fine home. Celia
did not return to the Shoals for five or six years, but
in the spring of 1866 she was called back by her father's
illness, and I he whole family was together when he
died. From LhaL Lime on Mrs. Thaxter used Lo spend
her summers al the Shoals, and someLimes, because
of her moLher's failing health, a parL of the winLer also.
Then in 187!! the clear moLher died. She had been
carried over to PorlsmouLh for medical atLendance,
but when she died she was broughL hack lo Appledore
to be buried beside her husband, Mrs. Thaxter herself
reading the simple service. Mr. Thaxter 1n1ssed on
in 1884, and Len yPars laLer Celia died. On a quiet
August afternoon she was buried on a bed of sweet
bay, the music of Schumann was played, an old friend,
.James de Kormandie, the UniLarian minister of
PorlsmouLh, spoke a word of tribute, and those who
loved her lw:1 ped flow( rs on lier gr:1 v<•.
These briefly arc lhe main outlines in Lhe life of
1
that radiant personality whom Uncle Oscar always
called "sister." The enduring attachment of his life
was for this sisLer, whose memory has grown lovelier
through the years, though she was laid to rest more
than forty years ago.
• ...
The sLranger might suppose that barren ledges of
rock would never breed poetry, or gentleness, or grace.
Strength, and hardihood, and courage, indeed, but
hardly beauty and softness and love. Uncle Oscar
says that he once had an argument with a carpenter
from Rye, N. TT., as to how a door should be hung,
and the carpenLer exclaimed: "What do you know,
you never saw an apple tree in blowth!" It was true.
He had never seen aL that time an apple tree in bloom.
Yet other things took the place of that. kind of
heauLy. Early in the spring on White Island sister
would seek for the first blades of grass as they came
shooting up from the thin soil, and take them in the
house to marvel at Lhem. "Better than a shop full of
toys they were to me," she said. And she was right
in her wonder. Said Walt Whitman, "I believe a
leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the
stars." So on thaL lonely rock sister lived in a wonderful world of light and beauty and happiness. There
were no lccLures, operas, concerts, theaters, no music
of any kind, no sLreeLs, shops, carriages, postmen, or
neighbors, noL even a door-bell. But there was the
glory of sea and sky, Lhcrc were singing birds and leaping fish, Lhere were delicate seaweeds, and grass,
and a few precious flowers, there were crabs and spiders and grasshoppers, there were the dawn and the
sunsets and the sails that passed, at night there were
the stars above and below the magic of Lhe light that
flung iLs pearls and rubies on Lhe Lide.
Out of the loneliness o( that life, beauty and grace
were born. The poems that she wrote later and the
exquisite prose thaL she penned are a constant rebuke
to those who think that beauty can be found only inn•·=.-marble halls and stalely parks and formal gardens.
There was, however, someLhing else there besides
the wonder of rock and sky and sea. There was the
wrath of the storm, when ships were hurled to their
destrucLion and death was close aL hand. The second
summer the family was on Lhe island the covered way
that led to Lhe lighLhouse was carried ofI by the huge
seas that battered on their rock, the boathouses were
washed away, and the brig Pocahontas staggered past
Lo her grave. There was terror there as well as beauty,
and that terror made a vivid impress upon sister's
impressionable soul. Why should the Father
heaven let his children meeL such bitter death?
Oh, wherefore? Are we naught to Thee?
Like senseless weeds that rise and fall
Upon thine awful sea, are we
No more then, after all?
This was the q ucsLion LhaL Lroubled the mind of
the little girl, and Lhere came to her then the only
answer thaL has ever come to the age-old problem
�of evil. " eace, be still." "Bow thy head and ta e
life's rapture and life's will and wait. At last all shall
be clear." And sister climbed .the lighthouse tower
and lit again the lamps of that glorious clustered flower
-ten golden and five red.
It was early, you see, that sister came to think of
those deeper and darker problems of life. There was
a time when she wondered and doubted. Did she
believe? What did she believe? She could not keep
her faith out of her poems, even while she questioned.
Perhaps because she believed with her heart and questioned with her mind.
At first she sought the answer in nature itself.
How could she have done otherwise? She knew herself
always to be a part of the Lord's universe. But this
alone did not satisfy. She longed for a closer knowledge, and sought the answer in the wisdom of the ages,
in the sacred books of the Orient. By this roundabout way, which so many others have followed, she
came back again to the Bible. The New Testament
became to her a great solace, but she found the same
truth elsewhere, for truth, she said, is one.
So life ripened to the end, and because she always shared the riches of her life with all about her,
her house became a mecca for the great and the less
great who could find their way to her. She interpreted to them the wind and the cloud, and the bird's
flight, and the sea's murmur, and the flower's fragrance. Yet she could not improve her childish faith,
which she found to contain all the wisdom of the years.
Not always to the wise and great is the truth revealed,
but to the babes.
The landing at White Island is a dangerous one.
!tis easy to launch the boat there, for it runs down the
long slip out beyond the breakers, but woe to him who
fails to get the keel of his boat between the two long
stringers when he is landing. In the moonless summer
nights Celia used to go down to the slip with a lantern
to guide her father's boat past the ragged ledge to
that one spot where the landing must be made. It
was dark down there by the water's edge as she sat
between the stringers, for the beams from the lighthouse passed far overhead, but she had no fears as she
waited there, patiently and happily watching for her
father's boat to come in. Then at last there would
come a sound from out the darkness, the rattling of an
oarlock, the creaking of a mast, and voices on the dark
sea, and the little girl would call out: "Is that you,
father?" To her joy there would come the well-known
shout, as the tall white sail was suddenly illumined
by the lighthouse ray.
The poem written in the later years ends with these
lines:
I will be patient now,
Dear Heavenly Father, waiting here for Thee:
I know the darkness holds Thee. Shall I be
Afraid, when it is Thou?
On Thy eternal shore,
In pauses, when life's tide is at its prime,
I hear the everlasting rote of Time
Beating forevermore.
Shall I not then rejoice?
Oh, never lost or sad should child of Thine
Sit waiting, fearing lest there come no sign,
No whisper of Thy voice!
The~e may be a higher wisdom than that, but I do
not know what it is. In any case it embodies the
abiding faith of Mrs. Thaxter's life, and could she add
her blessing to the centenary season, I believe it would
be in the terms of such a faith as this.
�y
S. TH
Annual 6et=Together Su11=
per Of North Church
Women's fiuild Held
The nnnual Get-To-Gether supp r of
the Women's Guild or the NorU1
Ch.irch was held in the Chapel on
Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock with an
attendance of 224.
The supper was in charge or Mrs.
Frances M. Kelley assisted by the following commiUee: Mrs. Pearl L. Gray,
Mrs. Canic Payne, Mrs. Annie Beaton,
Mrs. Etta Page, Mrs. Marion Wright,
Mrs. Annie Howard, Mrs. Mnry Lear,
Mrs. Pearl Rowe, Mrs. Alice Campbell,
Mrs. Myra LitLlefield and Mrs. Sadie
H. Cater.
The dining room was under the direction of Mrs. Audrey Johnson and
was beautiful with autumn foliage, red
berries and snow-drops, the decorating
being done by Mrs. Alice A. Paul and
Mrs .Mabel P. Dorney. The men of the
parish acted ns wn iters.
The gathering this year was the
Guild's tribute to the life of Mrs. Helen
R. Thayer, who organized it in 1902
and later in 1920 had the vision to reorgani:r.e, uniting all the women's societies into one, with divisions of Units.
There was community singing during
the evening and the presentation of
the speakers by Mrs. Eqith M. Hayes,
the guild president and included Mrs.
Laura M. Sumner, who spoke, of her
Community work with Mrs. Thayer;
Mrs. Julia Rosa Spadoni and Mrs.
Mary Taccetta Verna whose mothers
cooperated with Mrs. Thayer in establishing the Italian Cl.1b; Mrs. Martha E. Brewster who spoke of Mrs.
Thayer in connection with her church
work in the state and Mrs. Hannah H.
Calder of Springfield, Mass., who knew
her wrll In connection with her worldwide interests.
The thought of the evening and for
the coming year was Fare Forth and
through these talks wns woven the
Idea of faring forth and carrying on
the spirit :ind ideals of one who had
been a great spiritual leaders in the
life of the North Church.
The history of the Santa Lucia Club
made possible i:>y Mrs. Thayer as gl,,en
by Mrs. Julia Rosa Spadoni was as follows:
It Is a great pleas•Jre as well as an
honor for me to be here with you this
evening t,o extend to you the greetings
of the Sanh L11cia Club paying tribute to a woman who made possible thls
most outstandin~ organization of our
11,alian community.
I think at this time that it would be
most worthwhile to bring to all the
l.:tdies that arc assembled here, t e
have learned to speak the_ language
lti~tory of the j.ist mentioned club. One
very well, but not being of. t~e self is~
nn easily see nnd understand how
type, she did not want to take the
) great, how charitable, how fine and
women's time, for she wanted every
how lovable the woman was that we
minute of their time to be concentr&!:;we gathered here this evening to
ted on work that woul1 help them·
pay tribute to.
I wish time would allow to cite to
Tl111s we can go back 23 years, to the
you all . here, different instances and;
time when Mrs. Thayer wanted to becases and all that Mrs. Thay~r did for
come acquainted with the Italian
this club. Perhaps at another time I
people. Feeling that personahontact
will be •allowed to delve Into this subwas the best way to make friend~, she
ject more deeply.
called upon Miss Mildram of the FarDuring the war the women gave up
ragut School and had her tell all the
their meeting night sto knit for the
II alian children that there was _going
boys who were glving their lives to
to be a meeting on a certain afternoon
try and attain world peace.
and wanted their mothers to please
Thus, year after year, the
make an effort to attend this affair.
Lucia Club has been me-etlng, once a
Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. Francis Murch Kelyear Mrs. Thomas Noyes gave her esley and others came to the meeting with
tate for an o.iting. And so through
U1e idea of becoming arquainted with
the work of a woman who forgot hera group· of women who had had courself in order to help others, was formed
oge enough to leave their beautiful
a club that has brought great j0y, a
Halian homes, cross the Atlan~lc
bit of education, and better acquaintOcean and try their chances of findances between two races, to a great
i 1g a 'livelihood in our beloved United
many women. I can close by truthfully
Slate.s. However, whether the youngsaying that the Italian _women of this
,<;[ers were neligent in telling their
city cannot possibly pay a high enough
mothers, or \~fhether these women
tribute to this outstandt.ng character.
wrre afraid of what was awaiting them,
Never will Mrs. Thayer be forgotten.
they did no~ come to the meeting.
Every Italian home speaks her name
Perhaps, a great many or us here toand the children continually listen to
nio ht would have allowed this first
th stories their mothers tell about her.
vr;1ture to be the final Jne, but Mrs.
Thank you for bestowing upon me
Thayer being a pioneer, who would
the honor of. being able to talk ~bout a
never think of giving •.ip thought of
woman whose name and tlle work she
l\nother plan. She and her group called
·accomplished during her li!e w!I~ alat the different homes, introduced
ways be ·remembered. · . '
U1emselves and explained to the woThe meeting closed with a prayer and
men that they wanted to try and start
benediction by the pastor, Rev. Ara club with the help uf the Italian women. Thus by being patient the Santa ftt~l!'-'.'il"llllll!"!l"~ffll'!I
Lucia Club was formed. Perhaps, some r=--=~..-.ltJ(. i
of you wonder why this name; the
reason is that Mrs. Thayer always considering the other persons feelings;
wanted the women to know that she
was not trying to convert them, or
have them change their religion-so
she named the club after a highly esteemed Saint, who is worshipped by
the Italians. ·To be thoughful is a wonAt the .afternoon session of the anIderful thing. Mrs. Thayer wanted th_ese nual business meeting of the Society
women to feel at home from the first
of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire,
minute she knew them.
'held in the Town Hall in New CasIt is really beyond any speaker's
tle on Wednesday, officers for the
ability to be able to relate how m?ch
coming year were elected as follows:
A'0Od this club has accomplished. BnefGovernor, Alan Bartlett Shepard,
ly, when the women me~ every two
East Deny; deputy governor general
weeks Miss Prescott was engaged to
Leach them how to speak English, they
of the national society, Edwin Lorsewed, and had their social hour of
raine Edgerly, New York City; deputy
singing and refreshments. It is really
governor, Lester Wilbur Davis, Hedmost surprising how much the memding; lieutenant governor, William
, bers gained at these gatherings. :\','1a11y
Plumer Fowler, North Hampton;
lor them who did not know a word of
secretary-treasurer, Norman Shaw
f,he English language, after awhile
McKendriek, Exeter; chaplain, Rev.
could converse quite fl.iently in the
William Northey Jones, Perth Amboy,
English tongue, As a matter of fact,
N. J.; historian, Harry Burnoy Tasker,
the members .could not wait for the
Dover; registrar and genealogist,
mreting night.
Winthrop Edwards Fisk, Exeter; sur' 1 think it i~ quite interesting to note.
fe1v Italian words, she of course, could
geon, Dr. John Greenleaf Whittier
Knowlton, Exeter; chancellor, Robert
Marvin, Portsmouth; auditor, Charl_;s
Clifton Russell, Exeter. 0.. ·l. · S\
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·DEXTER· NAMED .
AS MEMBER OF.
·POL1CE .COMM~
DIESINYOR
Served As Postmaster And
Member Of 6arcelon's
Council
One of the oldest and best known
residents of
York,
Me., Edward c.
Moody, died at his home in York Village on Saturday at the age of 86.
Mr. Moody was born in York, a descendant of Rev. samuel Moody, Congtegational minister and chaplain of
the Louisburg Expedition in 1745. After the Civil War Edward - C. Moody
was for a time chief accountant at
the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
During the second administration of
President Cleveland he served as postmaster of York Village. Mr. Mootly had
the distinction ·of attending every session of the state Legislature .in some
capacity !or 60 years. Beginning with
Gov. Sidney Perham in 1871, he ~ad
seen, 24 consecutive Governors take·
the oath of office in Augusta.
In 1879 Mr. Moody was a member of
the Executive Council 1f Gov. Garce·lon during the famous "Count Out"
when with two Legislatures sitting, one
o! ' the bodies was counted out.
Mr. Moody served two terms as 1-\!p..
resentative and in his later. yearl! has ·
~pr:; timt:~ · bee~ elected postmaste~ ~ th'.e state Senate. He had Wllitten a
histi>ry ·of
Yor.k. He ·had: served, as- aeputy sheriff and was. ·a,. trustee of the
York Public Library.
.
• On Aut,. 3, 1870 he married Miss Ju-
liet · Marshall, daughter of Nathaniel
G. Marshall. She died a yea.i: ago,
Mr Moody · leaves two daughters,
Mrs. Sally M. Cook. · wife o! Dr. Ed~
ward C. Moody of Yor.k ·Har-bor, and
Mrs. Edna M. Neal o! Flushing •. L, l.
The funeral will bit held Wednesday
afternoon in the First Congregational
Church, York Village.- .
ST. JOHN'S LODGE
MEMBERS FETED
'
Portsmouth Masonic Group
At the meeting,·of the Governor and
Guests of Boston St.
Co uncil at Concord yesterday after- 1/,,',\n,•,4
noon former Mayor Orel A. I)exter of ~;-;;,:~·::~~-~
John's Lodge
this city W~S nanieci as a member 'of
Special to 'l'he Union.
BOSTON, Oct. 7.-Upwu rd
members of St. J ohn's lodge,
A. F.. and A. M., of Portsmouth, N.
H., came here this artemoon and
were special guests of St. John's
lodge of Bos ton, · oldest legally constituted Masonic lod ge in America,
at the official visltalion of the latter
'
,.,(,)N. OREL A.· DEXTER· ·
the 1oc:i.l · -~ll~e ·- ~mmission ° ~~~; :th~ .-.... ~0 ~...,T'·"
nomination was confirmed.· ,
Mr. Dexter who is secretary o! ,the·
Granite ' state Fire Insurance CO,, was
mayor in ' 1924 and 1925 and ha., been
active in comtnunity -work, for a number of years.
He ·succeeds on the po'Uce .
Masonic temple.
Upon the arrival of the visitors
they were welcomed by Past District
Deputy Grand Master Albert B. Root,
who was worshipful maRter of the
Boston lodge on the occasion of their
visit to the Portsmouth lodge in 1901.
Mr. Root, who ls In his 78th year,
ame here from Dixfield, Me., where
1e now resides, to attend tho lnterodge meeling.
This o fternoon the first part of the
fellow craf t degree was exemplified.
Afterwards the enlirc group, numhering nearly 300, adjourned to the
banquet hall where a bunquct was
sen·ed. Worshipful Master Winthrop
Nightgale of the loca l lodge presided and the only speake r at the
banquet was acting Worshipful Master George B. Ward of the Ports-
..JJ:,;.e·
m~\~.h
spoke of the close fraternal relationship existing between
the two lodges from Feb. 5, 1736,
when the New Hampshire brethern
sent a letter to Henry Price, then
grand master of the Massachusett8
Gral1(j lodge, petitioning that a charter be granted to the Portsmouth
lodge which subsequently was issued
Jun e 24, 1736. Since th en the Portslsiol\' Hon. - Daniel
Bad~~r
mouth lodge has hod continued and
term.,.•recently ' expired.
uninterrupted existen ce and lays
claim to being the oldest Masonic
lodge In the Un ited States in point
of continuous existence.
Before returning to the lodge room
th ere wos an entertainment program
by the S·pringfleld s piritu a l Singers,
well known radio arti st~ . At the visitation Right Worshipfu l Arthur A.
S · ndheim of Brookline, district dep uty grand master of th e First Massachusetts district, was the in spect,·.-·~:·,,i1 1 Ing omcer.
.
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Following the exemplification of
the degree work remarks were made
11
iJ,,.
by District Deputy Grand Master
:
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Sondheim. District Jkpnly <1rnnd
,
;
,Mnslc1· William M. Ames of Somers1,
The brick building at the cor,ner o!,
worth,"'N. H ., represen ting the first
New Hampshire Masonic district,
Daniels and Penhallow streets owned
brought greetings from the New
by the James Dow estate. · ·l).as been 1,·••·"'-~··,,0 •Hampshire Grnnd lodge.
purchased by Philip Halprin who will t.r'>~lf:~~;
take · possession the last of . peQfl!1l\)f'!r
after some changes h ave I be~n made
in the front
and
lower floor. The
building is known as the old United
· st'at~s , ~ustoms House and was the
home of ,the, Nonpareil Club and other ..,.,~:,-,.,-:,
origanizations for some years.
W.
OLD BUILDIN. G
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· LD· TO •)!A'!p'R.•,;.:~
n
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�OLDEST LODGES
.MEET TODAY
St. Jolm's Oi Portsmouth
Visits St. Jolm's Of
Boston
Upward of 125 members of St. John's
Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M., of this city
left for
Boston
this afternoon
to be the guests of St. John's Lodge of
Boston on the occasion of the latter's
annual visitation.
The two lodges, which are the oldP.st
Masonic lodges in New England, have
exchanged fraternal Yisils for many
years at different intervals. June 5,
1901, the local lodge entertained the
Massachusetts lodge. There was
a
qanquet in Freeman's Hall, then called
.l;'hilbrick's Hall. At the post-prandial
exercises Worshipful Master Albert B.
Root of the Boston lodge presented to
the local lodge a picture of the original
bunch of grapes sign that hung ove1·
the door of the "Bunch of Grapes" Tavern In the Hub where the Boston lodge
was formed in 1733. Past Master Frcclerick Walkins, who is still living, was
worshipf.11 master at the time of the
above visit.
March 2, 1914, the PorLsmoulh lodge,
with the late George I. Googius as
worshipful master. vii;i ted the Boston
lodge, where the Master Mason degree
.was exemplified.
June 14, 1916, St. Joh t 's Lodge of
Boston again came here and a feature
of the evening was the presence
ot
both grand masters of the grand lodges
of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
On that occasion the original letter
sent by the Porl.smouth lodge to Henry
Price of the Massachu~e tts lodge petitioning for a charter under date of
Feb. 5, 1735, was shown to the New
Hampshire brethren by Grand Master
Melvin M. Johnson of the Grand Lodge
of Massachusetts.
It was thi.~ leLLer which resulted in
the issuing of the charter June 24, 1736,
to the PorLsmouth lodge.
Although
the Boston lodge
was
constituted
more than two years previously, the
PortsmouLh lodge outranks its Boston
brethren in the fact that it had continued an
uninterr.ipted
existence
from the time it first met and made
Masons under its old Engli.~h "constitution."
The lodge has intact in a Portsmouth
bank its records dating from Jan. 17,
1739, and can conservativelv Jay claim
to being the oldest Masoni~ lodge in
point of continuous exislrncr. in the
United Stales.
For nearly a quarter of a century St.
John's Lodge here met at the Earl of
Halifax Tavern on Court street and
here were initiated Gen. Joseph Cilley,
Maj . Winborn Ad.11ns, Maj. Andrew
Mcclary, who lost hL~ life at the b~tue
of Bunker Hill; Lieut. Elijah Hall, with
Ca t. John Paul Jones on the Ranger;
Maj. Nathaniel Mcclintock, Gen. Alex- ._._..,.._,,"""·
ander Scrammrll, !\I 1j. Edward Sherburne, Gen. Hrnry D arborn and many
other distinguisl1cd officers of the ContincnLal Anny.
In 1752 Gen. William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence,
became a memhe1· of the Portsmouth
lodge, while rn yeor.· afterwards Maj.
Gen. John Sullivan who seized the
powder which was i,trJred at Fort William and Mary at New Castle before
being taken to Boston and used at the
Battle of Bunk!'r Hill, became affiliated.
Acting Worshipful ~laster George B.
Ward will head th~ [(ro,1p of St. John's
Lodge members tonight, while District
DepuLy Grand Masl<'r William M. Ames
of Somersworth will represent the
grand master of New Hampshire. The
program includes a banquet, exemplification of the Fellowcraft degree and
an entc1-Lainmcnt.
�WENTWORTH HEIR
DIES IN 88TH· YEAR
Direct Descendant of Early
Settlers Succumbs at
Portsmouth
Special to The Union.
PORTSMOUTH,
Oct.
Rogers Wentworth, · heir to
il.nd estate of the earldom ol Strarfordshlre in England, died here tonight at the e.ge of 87 in the historic
Whipple house on Whipple road at
Locke's Cove. · With him dies the
surname of Wentworth In this part
o! ·the country so far as It is directly descended from -the original settlers. A multitude of famous men
and women hav _ borne that name,
among them royal governors, Republlcan1g9vernors, doctors, lawyers and
clergymen.
• · •· '
While Mr. Wentworth was authentically qualified to claim his English
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'·"·"'-...,,..~~he~;:,:i
e::1:: ~:d;;ace~!fa~!..!ciu!~
of' his home on the bank of the Pis-
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0
aataqua river.
He was born In Kittery, March 23,
1848, the son of Andrew Pepperell
.and Sarah .A:nn- <Jones) - Wentworth.
Thus the blood of J:>oth the Pepperell
r..- .•..,,.,_,. and the Wentworth families flowea
In his veins. At noted old Berwlclc
academy he was graduated with
honors.
On Oct. 9, 1874, he married Alice
Blunt Philbrick, who died Dec. 1,
1922. Their only child, Jessie Irene,
qted sfx years later, survived by the
widower, Charles Franklin :Eticker.
who has since then resided with M,r.
Wentworth.
,,
For 4.0 ye11,rs he worlced at his
trade of carpenter and joiner at the
Kittery Navy Yard, retiring some
time ago. Ali his life he was active
in historical research and had considerable reputation as a grower of
beautiful flowers. He was a past
noble grand of Riverside lodge, I. O.
O. F., of Kittery and Was a member
of St. Andrew's lodge,• A. F. and
t~,;:,i~f~~! A. M. o! Portsmouth. At the time
of his death he was honorary vice
president of the Austin ParentTeachers• association. To the last
he retained an exceedingly lceen
mind e.nd an enjoyment for the company of his friends.
He ls survived by many nieces and
nephews.
Services will be at the Whipple
mansion Thursday afternoon and he
will be burled in the !e.mily tomb.
John R. Wentworth
John Rogers Wentworth of Kittery
died at his home there in the historic
Whipple m:msion at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. With him die~e surname
of Wentworth as it applies to that famous family which has been identified
with Portsmouth and Kittery since
colonial times. With him, too, dies the
title of Earl of Strafford in England.
Mr. Wentworth had wen authenticated
rights for claiming this earldom, but he
' made- no efforts toward it and only his
intimate friends were acquainted with
his abll! ty to possess it.
Mr. Wentworth was a brother o! the
late Dr. Andrew R. Wentworth, formerly medical director of the United
states Navy, and he was also a nephew
of the late Dr. Mark Wentworth, onetime political power in southern Maine.
John Wentworth was famous !or his
his knowledge of local history, his collection of rare relics of the early days,
and his beautiful nower gardens at tlle
Whipple house. Many of his antiq.1es
have been donated to various museums
of importance,
Mr. Wentworth was born in Kittery
March 23, 1848. At famous old Berwick
Academy he was graduated with honors and in 1874 he married Alice Blunt
Philbrick. She died Dec. 1, 1922, and
six ye:irs later thell' only child, Jessie
Irene, followed her.
Mr. Wentworth was
a past noble
grand of Riverside Lodge, I. 0. O. F., of
Kittery and was a member of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, A. F. &. A. M..
of Portsmouth, since he attained his
majority.
At the time of his death he was honorary vice president of the Austin Parent-Teacher Association.
For more than 4(} years he worked at
the lo~al Navy Yard as a carpenter and
joiner, retiring several years ago. Up
until the past year he was very active
and almost to the last his_ mind~malned astonishingly keen. One of his
chief delights was remlniscencing with
old friends of the days before the trol1
ley.
A kindly man, with much of the ancient aristocracy about him, he will be
missed by those of the older generation.
Surviving him is his son-in-law,
Charles Franklin Ricker,
and many
nieces and nephews.
services will be held at the Whipple
mansion at 2 p. m. Thursday and and
will be private.
WILL REQUEST
RELOCA ION OF
TRANSIENT CAMP
Rye, Aug. 10-Relocation of the present transient camp located at
Fort
Constitution in New Castle will be
vacated to Federal a..ithorities by
Governor and Council after an
spcction by a special committee consisting of Councilors L. Lynn Cutler of
Berlin and Burt R. Cooper of Rochester.
The report of this special group,
recommending transfer of the unit, was
rea-0 to the Governor and Council yesterday.
Councilors Cutler and Cooper visited
the federal '..tnit, following complaints
by New Castle officials and property
owners, and found protests to the
present arrangement justified. Chief
objection to the camp was the fact that
police protection is inadequate, considering the fact that half a hundred unknown transients are housed at the fort,
and the historic site is barred to visitors.
Governor Bridges and his councilors
will recommend transfer of the camp to
another slte, in view of the report
brought by the committee.
New Castle, it is contended , is a small
community with only one police officer.
The camp ho..ises many wanderers who
are unknown to tne authorities and
who make their home, for varying
times, at the fort. Some remain for
several months, performing the small
duties required of them.
Because of the designation of
Federal property as a transient camp,
the publlc is barred from entering the
grounds. It is the contention of the
Gov~"1or and Council that thls property, with its historical background,
should be open to the public. p tfe, ,-i;.U
aqro.3>
�I. Hanscom; dining room, Mrs. S3rah
Brown, with Miss Helen Brown, Helen
Dame, Nellie Ingram, Doris Larrabee,
Barbara Smith and Mrs. Irvin Hanscom as waitresses; supper, Mrs. Ralph
Badger, Mrs. Estella Hanscom, Mrs.
J ane Hanscom, Mrs. Joseph Morrill,
Large Att ndance And Interesting Program At Mrs. R. · I. Hanscom, Mrs. Ethel
Shaw, Mrs. Fannie Burrell, Emma
ellow:;hip Service
Lowd, Mrs. Radcllf?, Joseph Morrill.
The choir sang, "Make Me a Blessing Today," after which the pastor
A reunion and fellowship service
dismissed the gathering and thus the
was held at the Court Stre-et Chrisfirst reunion and fellowship service
tian church vestry with a large atwas brought to a close.
te:id ·nee. Invitations had been sent
The hislory of the church as writout to the members of bhe church and
ten and pre.senled by Joseph Philparish and friends and 110 respondbrick was in pa.rt as fo!Jows:
e:l, beside a fine group o! children,
Elias Smith was a Baptist but he
and all enjoyed a bountiful turkey
supper.
did not like so much form and ceremony in church services. He wanted
The vestry was st.rikingly decorated
an independent free church to be
with Hallowe'en colors 'intermingled
called Ohristian and founded on the
wi th evergreen, red berries and auteachings of the New Testament. He
tumn !~1ves. The tables were decoratcJ!led a meeting on Oct. 12. 1802 and
ed with yellow and white chrysanthefound a number of people who famums. The background of solid green
vored the idea. On Jan. 1, 1803 they
anct autumn leaves upon which a
organized in Jefferson
haJl
which
l:u;;-c sign wlt.h the word ''welcome"
stood where the bank building now
\':~s mounted w:is esp~cially beautiful.
stands, wilh 22 members. They grew
Th .: decorations wc :e In ch Jrge ot
in numbers rapidly and before the end
J\f:. nnd Mrs. Or<'n
Shaw,
O. E.
of 1804 nad 150 members. They held
Tiri~lnm, Florr nce Gardner
Mrs.
f:1• l:ev;:ag, and n. I. Ifansco1~.
The
services in the Court House, and at
Lord's Chnpel on Hanover street, and
t ~b!cs were ar:·nn;scd in the shape of
a hr, e Jette :- "U''.
in the ACldemy building now
Public Library.
"Pr:i '~e
God From Whom All
REV.
IVAR
SELLEVAAG
In 1807 and 1808 there
was the
E hslngs Flow" w;,,s sung by all and
JJ! a v~r and grace was ofTered by Dea- Philbric1< is one of the standbys. Mr. greatest revival ever known in Portsccn e.r;gltam.
ancl Mis. Philbrick celebrated their mouth. It was while holding services
J, 11 ring the suppr r ,111 were :iskecl to goldrn wcclclin,r .iu!"t a short time ago. at the Academy thRt he commenced
l!i :e their n-1111c :rncl those from outPrnyt>r was olTered by Deacon Shap- publishing the Herald of Gospel Llbsid• or the city gave their r1?sidence. leigh. A quart.e t number followed by erty in 1808, and it was printed by
Aft~r the supper the program Mr. and , Tr!'. Oren Shaw, Mrs. Jane Daniel Fowle in the old house that
op,• 11ed with a solo by Harry I. Cas- Hanscom anri Rev. Ivar
Sellevaag, formerly .stood on the comer o!- Pleaiv.c!l with Mrs. A.ddie Wilson Hanscom with Mrs. Harn,com at the piano; fol- ant and Howard street.
aL the piano. Greetings were b,ought lowed by a reading by Mrs. Wllllam
Soon after they built a house of
by Deacon
Hanscom from
John H. Fo.ss.
worship, later known as
the Old
A . Hainer, who ,n,s pastor
of the
Th~ pa, tor, Rev. Mr. Sellevaa,g, ex- Temple on Chestnut • street: where
ch " rch from October 1887 to February pressrcl h is appreciation to the mem- Music Hall now stands.
What the
18£0; a1so from Rev. Myron Tylor ot bers of the committees
who had real name or their orga.nlzatlon was
Car;cr.wille. GJ ., a former
pastor. worked so untiring to make th.is first . or their rules or by-laws or what hapTh;s was followed by a solo by Stew- reunion and fe!Jowshlp servi~ suoh a pened in the next 18 or 20 years will"""''"'·,·,, ....,
art Humphreys.
success.
' never be known as the records were
n•v. Mr. Gnnlnrr or
Potte~sville
The committees were as follows: never recovered.
Mn ss.. was !,he nrxt speaker and th!~ Invitations nnd programs, Rev. Ivar
Our records begin on Dec. 15, 1826,
,rn., enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. Sellevaag, Scott Lake and Deacon R. when Elder Moses Howe with a few
Ga1dner met many of their former
others, reorganized the church under
t,;cncls, as they were here from 1901
the name or the First Baptist church.
to 1912.
In 1834 a revival started and spread
I'ollowing ano~her· solo by Stewart
to other churches. A few years later
Elder Howe was ca!Jed
to another u,n-,.,.,.,.,...
Humphreys, Rev. E. K. Amazeen wa.s
church. They tried several ministers,
the next speaker. Mr. Amazeen was
but did not have much success until
connected with the ohurch back 1n
they called Elder Millard.
1870 but soon left to attend school,
He was a man who wanted to see
fitting himself for the mini5try at the
something doing and he soon had. ·
age o! 30. He has held pastorates in
persuaded them to buy . the brick
many of the Christian churches. His
church at the corner o! Pleasant and
lnst pastorate was at the local
1
Livermore
street which was built inF..:"?"V.;,,i;.c.,,.,.,~
church, he resigning and then retirI1829 by a branch of the North. church
ing in January, 1928. A1U1ough Mr.
and organized as the Pleasant Street
Amazeen is retired he is still active
Congregational Society.
They were
nnd supplies various pulplt.s In and
never able to make a success of it
nrounct Portsmouth.
I:ind on Feb. 18, 1839 voted to sell and
Ii1 history of the church it will
, pay their debts.
be M"cn that there are six members
The First Baptist Society bought it
now that joined the church many
for $2250. With only $500 to pay down
years ago.
they went In debt !or $2000.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Phllbrlck arc
On the third Sunday in September,
Included ln the list but was omitted
18~9 about two-thirds of the members
for the simple reason that he gave the
j went down to the new church with
history of the church. Mrs. Philbrick·-----...:.:.:~=---===:.::::::::
Elder Millard and the rest remained
is unable to be out m 1ch, but Mr.
at the Temple and organized another
---.-------.- - - - - - - - -' branch.
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U~ ~OD ·
rt §t. Chra
Chur
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�As soon as they were
their new church. they
their
name changed to the Pleasant Street
Christian Society. Under the leadership o! Elder Millard things began
to gain up again and we find that
many were being oonverited and add1
I ed to the church. It was
at this
! church that Mr. Miller the Second
: Advent preacher came and preached
'the Immediate second
coming
of
Clµi.st and a great revival spread
through the city and hundreds were
converted.
·When the time wnich Mr. Miller
had set was past and nothing had
happened many got discouraged and
dropped out, but the Advent people
had seen a vision and soon after organized their own church and many
of our members
became
charter
members of their church. After a few
years our people began to get. discouraged as they were not able to
.G;.z-,;;~-Jlil meet their financial obligations and
in· 1856 voted to sell the church and
pay their debts. They
then res,.; __ .,~,.,-,~-• turned to the Old Temple and held
1_;;_-~•"i.,~-.~~ services in the vestry as the audi""···=•"• torium was now a theat..--e.
.
Aug. 23, 1861 we find this report:
In February we removed from the
Temple to the Hanover St. chapel.
This place is small and not large
enough to hold all who would like to
come to our meeting.
We were in
""'"""',._"" hopes that . before
this
time we
should have had -a house of our own
of suitable size and In a good location
\ but . as yet the way has not been
opened.
But the way was opened
sooner than they expected,
as the
Broadhead Methodist
brJnch who
built this chapel on
Court street
were ready to sell out. They bought it
in 862 for $1200, but a.s It was
on
leased land had to pay $1200 mo:e
for land. After a few minor repairs
they moved in August, 1852. The ladies had a mind to work and in a few
years they were out of debt and rejoicing in their own home.
This
building has been enlarged th:ee
times.
· The following six members are all
that I find who joined t.he church
from 1864 to 1884:
1870-Albert R. Junkins, Elvin K.
!
B.
Coleman,
Joseph 0. Shaw.
1878-Mrs. Hattl_e Haley. _:
During the pastorate of Rev. John
A. Goss from 1872 to 1885, 100 members were admitted.
During the pastorate of Rev. Frank
Gardner from..1901 to 1912, 40 members were admitted..
During the pastorate o! Rev. Percy
W. Caswell from 1913 to 1920, 60 were
admitted. l
I! there ·Is any one man now living who should be given credit for
the progress made by
this church
since 1870, it, 1s -Albert. R. Junkins. He
served faithfully for more than 45
yea.rs in all
departments of the
church and Sunday school.
.
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President
Theodore Roosevelt, so
much o! whose life was devoted to establishing a sound naval policy for the
U,nited states of America. It will be
remembered that President Roosevelt
first achieved a national reputation by
writing a naval history of the War of
1812 a work of such merit that it was
inco~porated into
Clowe's Royal
Navy, a moJ;1umental history o! the
British Sea Service. Later, as Assistant
secretary of the Navy, and finally as
President, Roosevelt bent his tremendous energies to impress upon the
American people the necessity for an
adequate
Navy
and
end~avored
through his leadership to realize this ..,:,·-:;,•r~-;.~:
ideal.
.
• hi h
October is also the month in w c
the American Navy was founded in
1775 by the Continental Congress.
E
nd Instruct
· loca
To Int
rogrtD
er a o
Ill
I
The PortsmouU1 Navy Yard today membrrship attending in a bod~ and
was fUled with a great crowd of Navy visiling the yard at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Day vlsitors. With perfect October
Among the outstanding points of
weather the day was a great success interest were the submarines Porpoise
in every particular. From far and near, and Pike built at the yard and nearing
from all
parts of New Hampshire, completion, the USS S-20, the naval
from Maine and from many sccL!o11s prir.on and hospital, the administration
of Massachusetts lhe people poured building, the peace conference buildinto the re~ervation, many comin!_! ing; the historic commandi>nt's quarearly and making a day of it in order ters, the big 75d foot dry dock, tile
that they might not miss any of thr rnrions shops and thr building ways
interesting events and could have t,imc where submarines Plunger and Polto sec all of the shops and various Jack arc being built. There was also an
buildings, many of which have deep intcrc~ting display of various infantry
historic significance.
weapons and Marine Corps equipment
From 10 o'clock when visitors we1e and t,he apprentice di.~play exhibit in
first admitt,ed
all through the day Building Bl ,and !,he exhibit of electrithere was much
to interest and in- cal equipment in Building 79 attracted
struct them. The Commandant Capt. much attention. There was a fire drill,
W. R. Greenlee. his ofiicers, the civi- deep sea diving and other events to
Han employes and the enlisted person- keep everyone interested.
ncJ did all in their power to make this
An nltempt was made to secure the
a real Navy Day and all of the visitors assignment of some vessels here but
were made
to feel
ihat they were the chairman received the following
hearlily welcome and nothing was left lrlcgram from Secretary Swanson of
undone in showing them just what this the Navy:
big naval reservation means and what
"In reply to your telegram of Oct.
is being accomplished here.
22 regret no vessels available for asThere was an information booth at signmrnt to Portsmouth Navy Day
,he navy yard end of the entrance due
lo previous
assignment of all
bridge with courteous' attendants in available vessels."
charge and there also were stationed
Similar telegrams were received from
efficient guides to show visitors about Senator Brown, Congressman Rogers
the various places of interest. Guides and other members
of
the New
were also stationed at the various Hampshire delegation.
buildings and shops.
Navy Day was inaugurated in 1922
The delegation from Portsmouth by the Navy League of the United
was led by Former Mayor F. W. Hart- States and its observance is sponsored
ford, New Hampshire Chairman for annually by the League.
Navy Day, and President F1·ank w.
October 27th was selected because
Randall
of the Chamber of Com- it ls ihc anniversary of the birth of
mercc, the o!Ilccrs and directors of .-------;---~--"I!'"----:~~
the chamber and a large part of the
Structure At Spring Mark.et
Reported In Unsafe ?t
Condition. V'-)
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Owing to the dangerous condition of
the large
wooden
building at the
Spring · Market, so called, the city,
which owns the structure, may find
it necessary to take it down. This
building was used for some years for
offices of the
Atlantic Shore Line
Railway and later the Portsmouth,
Dover and York Street Railway, and
as a landing for the first ferry boats
connected with these
lines between
Portsmouth and Badger's Island,
It has been suggested that the site
on which it is located be filled in and l'At'-~·#.-.r:!.::,1v1.r.,~e.a bulkhead erected so that the city
may
use it as
a landing and for
dumping snow into the river which is
hauled from the streets during the
winter, also for other purposes.
OLD BUILDING
:OWNED BY CITY
BEl'NG
TORN DOW
,,
The building owned by the city on
Ceres street, former terminal of the
Portsmouth, Dovet· and York Street
:::·,-,.,.,.,·,, •..• R. Uw y, Is b~mg razed by .a cr:ew In
charga of Tony Pinto. As soon as the
slte is clear th0 building of a sea.wall
and olty landing will begin under contract.
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Y YARD
�sels which are remembered even to the
present day. The doors · or· :Appledore
House were opened- to• the public on
the 15th of June; .. l ~ • by .' OscaxLaighton's !ather, . .Hon. ,Thomas B ..
Laighton. The first passenger- boat to
the new resort was the • Sprfngblrd,
Thurlow, from Newburyport,
Oscar Laighton Gives Interesting Facts About Captain
which was a fine· sailor.
"It was a.
Travel
Water Between Island And Ports- beautiful sight to · see · the Springbird
close hauled on 'the wind;. even with
mouth
·
a shake in her mainsalf, • going fast,
------,=:==:::=7':':'=--:-::==-:-:----'!'-"I""'.,....,.__.. outpointing every vesser·rn Ipswich
Oscar Lalghton, grand old man of trafficked with tlns port, brmgmg m Bay." The three p!Iot · boats also
the Isles of Shoals, who for more cargoes of macker<'I, bluebacks, por- brought passengers to
the islands.
than ninety years has been a part of gies, halibut, cod, haddock and other The season of 184ft closed with fair
the life among 'these Precious Isles fish which in tho~c days were to be success at Appledore
House, with
·
beex. · ma de wh o
set In a silver sea," can tell many in• fou nd Jn abtmd,ance In the waters many f r i en ds h avmg
terestlng reminiscences of that !nscln- around the islnnds, making of them promised to return next season.
It
atlng little realm. Those who have nev- a fishermen's pnrndise. TIU'ee hundred was decided that l'llnning. the Springer read the absorb:ng story of his life vessels would often be seen catchln·g bird to Newburyport was unwise, the
entitled, "Ninety Years At The Isles mackerel In the ,·icinity of the ls- voyage was too long and ·the Merriof bhoals," written ns he alone could lands In those cla.1s of Oscar Lalgh- mac River uncertain and, dangerous
write it, are missing a really sincere ton's you th ,
in easterly winds. The next season she
and human autobiography, filled with
Hon .. Thomas D. Laighton, and la- ran to Portsmouth, ·tM proving a wise
anecdotes of llf!l at the Shoals, his- ter his sons, Oscnr and Cedric, owned change, doubling the transient busitory of especial interest to all res!- many of the vess<'ls which plied be- ness... There was no wharf at Appledents of this area, and a fine humor tween Portsmouth and the islands, as dore in those days; the yacht tied up ro.-..-:.J"'.rs•~'
and good cheer which
has made well as schooners which sailed to at a mooring and
passengers were
"Uncle Oscf1r" beloved of countless more distant ports. Uncle Oscar tells brought ashore In a large rowboat.
visitors to the Islands.
many stories of t11ose days of long
"In April of 1851, the fiercest northTo tell of Oscar Laighton ·s life at ago when as a boy he watched the east st-0rm In a hundred years swept
the Shoals, of h is delightful boyhood many vc ~els that passed White Is- the New England coast. The sea went
days when In company
with his land Llghthouse, of which his fath- clear across both valleys -of · Applebrother, Cedric, and his sister, Celia, er was then the keeper. "They were dore, making It look like tlU'ee iswho was later to gain enduring fame mostly topsail schooners and square- lands." This was the awful . storm,
as the poet, Cella Thaxter, would be riggers," he writes, "with a never-end- when on the 17th of April, Minot's
;ng stream of lumber-laden vessels Ledge Light went down a~d the keepfrom Maine bound south. The build- er was drowned. The Star Islanders
lng of the rnilw:icl had
11ot
yet lost three boats in this gale, and the
quite annihilated the commerce of Becker brothers had ·a struggle to
New Hampshire·s seaport.
Vessels save their :fishing schooner in Smutloaded with mola~~es imd West In- tynose Dock. the safest harbor at the
dian goocls woukl
often pass our islands."
Light, bound !or Portsmouth, which
'I11e Springbird continu¢d In serat that lime wa~ next to Salem in vice to the Shoals until
the year
commercial import/Ince. Four
ship 1859, when she was lost in a fierce
1
yards were building the finest ships gale from the northwest. She was fast
that ever sailed the sea, or caught to her mooring off Appledore when
the opalescent splendor of the dawn the chain parted and she came ashore
on their white topsails! TlU'ee pilot · near the landing, a total wreck in the 11:,:,cq,.;.;,~•1r••
boats were busy :vith shipping bound I heavy sea.
The
Laightons were
in and out of Portmouth Harbor."
troubled about getting another ves1
Mr. Laighlon remembers
those sel for their line to Portsmouth, but
skilled seamen who competed for finPlly arranged with
Henry and
the business of piloting the
mer- Charles Becker to run their schooner,
chant ships into harbor here, Captain which was a good-sized boat.
Tuckerman, Captain "Jim"
Good"There was a great competition
win, ancl Captain Rufus R. Preble, among the Portsmouth pilots, and it
and of how they would
sail their was very important to have fast boats.
small pilot boats R~ far as Cape Ann One of the pilots, Rufus Preble, o.f
In order to cut ofI topsail schooners Newcastle, had secured a beautiful
from the West Indies bound
for yacht named Sibyl. She was a sister
Portsmouth Harbor nnd thus tie en- ship to the famous America, both, ...,L.....,_...,.•. ,,,,.,c,
OSCAR LAJGHTON
gaged as pilot. In the l840's and boats being built by George Stears,
but a poor repetition of Mr. L1igh- 1850's big
four-masted square-rig- of New York. The Sibyl was a iri.fle
ton's own fascin;;tting story n told in gers brought cargoes of molasses and £maller than the America, but had the
his book. Of how his father ('Stab- West Indian goods to be disembarked same lines and was a fa.st boat. Her
!!shed the famous Appledore House and ·stored in the
big warehouses cabin was beautifully 1lnished, with·
and o! how the brothers carried on which lined MarJ.:rt street in this fine paintings In the panels. liere
the business, later acquiring
the port. The town of Gosport on Star was the most magnificent yacht ever
Oceanic Hotel, nnd making the Isles Island In the days c!ore 1872 was a seen In our waters. She had a big Jug
o! Shoals perhaps the most famous fishing community of about 180 in- foresail and beat them all going to
and popular summer resort on the habitan ts, being purchai,ed in thnl windward. The wind dead ahead did
Atlantic coast, is also a part. of that : year by a corpomtlon which erected not make much difference
to this
fascinating story. The spnrkllng hu- the Oceanic Hotel to compete with splendid craft. We finally made armor throughout the book will delight the Lalghton
family's
Appledore rangements with Captain Preble to
every reader.
House. Oscar Laighton and his broth- run his new boat on our line from
From early times to the present day er, Cedric, later acquired ownership Appledore to Portsmouth. The Sibyl
Portsmouth Harbor has
had com- of the Oceanic as Vl"elL
was the largest and best boat we had
municat:on with the Shoals during
Among the ships which brought ever had running for us, and Portsthe summer mouths by passenger hundreds of visitors to these beaut!- mouth people liked her, many comvessels plying between the lslands and ful islands ten milrs at sea in the ing out for the sail and to have dinthe mainland. Back to Revolutionary olden days were many fine little ves- ner. Captain Preble was a first-rate
war days and many years before that
the fishermen o! the Isles of Shoals
as
By
�un sor o
a captain's and an engineer's license, ong ago among "t ese
the agree- so the Laighton brothers ran the set In a silver sea," live
ment with him, spoke o:f the impor- Pinafore themselves.
There was no heart of our own Oscar
tance of being attentive and courte~ breakwater ta protect th e mooring at at 97 years of age still
ous to the passengers, especially to the the Shoals when the Pinafore went
man o!
ladies. Preble said: 'Yes, I know wo- down.
men are natUfallY terrific.'
We
Among the several vessels
thought he must mean easily terr1- succeeded the
Appledore
fied, but there 1s still a doubt about Shoals service was the Viking, a
what he had on his mind."
splendid big boat built at WilmingIn the winter of 1862 Oscar Lalgh- ton, Delaware, which ran here for
ton noticed a. vessel fishing in Ips- several years. Her bottom was copwich Bay which he liked the looks pered, and as this made her desirable
o:t. Her name was Lone Star, Captain for tropical service she
was purJohnson. Noticing that · she behaved chased from the Laightons for use in
well in all kinds of weather, close running arms to Venezuela, where a
hauled on the wind, beating to Ports- rebellion was in progress. She Is remouth in a heavy northeaster or run- ported to be in use to this clay. The
ning before it coming out, he induced Viking was succeeded by the Juliet,
Captain Johnson to part with her the which served for about ten
following spring after the winter fish- here ..
ing was over. She proved a great adAllee Howard ran
dition to the Laighton fleet, being of Shoals for one season, later bei~J
large enough to bring lumber and used as a ferry boat between Portsheavy freight from Portsmouth. She mouth and Badger's Island by the old
was most useful for twenty years, be- Portsmouth, Kittery · & Yoi:k Street
ing lost in a fearful southeaster.
Railway. Other boats which served
In the spring· of 1866, sal1 gave way on the Shoals run for a time were
to steam.. A passenger steamer called the Florence, and the large Steamer
The Pioneer had been built at Haverhill, wnich ran from NewPortsmouth for the Isles of Shoals buryport. For a time there were daily
business. This steamboat doubled the trips to the Shoals from Boston,
transient business, but she was not a Mass..
very good sea boat. Two years later
Many of the seamen of those days
the Laightons decided to build their are still recalled by older residents
own boat, to be called "The Apple- o! this locality, among them Captain
dore." The contract for the hull was William Robinson,
who ran the
given to a
Portsmouth shipbuilder Oceanic and the Viking, and Captain
named Townsend, and she was built Albert Rand, who ran the Appledore
at Captain Marcy's shipyard at the :tor many years. The present Isles of
South End.. The steamer was com- Shoals passenger steamer, the Sightpleted and ready to run In June of the seer, a sturdy craft owned by the Pisfollowing year, and could carry 150 cataqua River Towing Company, sucpeople, making the trip from Ports- ceeded the Viking..
mouth in about an hour. By sailboat
During the heyday of the Isles of
the trip. was longer, sometimes, with Shoals the Appledore ,House accombead tide and light winds, taking all modated 500 guests and the Oceanic
day. With the certainty of the steam- Hotel 300 more. Oscar Laighton coner, people were flocking to the Is- ducted the Appledore House for more
lands. "When the steamer was part than fifty years.
The
Appledore
,,w.~,_._ way over the captain would blow the House and seven cottages were dewhistle once for every ten passengers, stroyed by fire in 1914. The Oceanic
so the Laightons' would know how Hotel is now conducted by the Unimany were on the boat before 1She tarian Asi,ociation, which now owns
arrived. Old Colonel Balley batched Star Island, and every summer finds
up a yarn that If there were ten hundreds of people coming to the
blast!! of the whistle we would run Shoals for rest, recreation, and reand put an extra bucket o:t water in ligious conferences.
The Unitarian
the chowder."
Association has made Star Island the
About the' year 1873 a boat named only one in all the world devoted en"The Major" came into use on this tirely to religious teaching.
Their
run. She was pe.rtl..ally destroyed by speakers are the most talented . in
fire and wa.s later rebuilt at Phila- the
land, - preaching
friendship,
delphia a.nd renamed the Oceanic. thoughtfulness of others, and charity,
The Oceanic was 'followed by the which ls the greatest or all. "Uncle
Mary Archer, the .Allee Howard, the Oscar," ns he Is affectionately known
Merrconeag, the Mineola, the VI.king to hundreds or his friends, returns
and. the Juliet._
each summer to the islan·ds he loves
Finding it important to
reach so well, being made welcome at Star
Portsmouth, after the larger vessels Island and running his motorboat,
were baUled up 1n the winter, with Twilight, taking people
for
trips
greater_speed and certain~ ·than was among the different islands of the
possible by a ·sail boat, the Leighton's archipelago.
secured a small steamer to run to
The big topsail schooners, the square
town, a new boat about 45 feet long, riggers, the days of the West Indies
which proved a good sea boat. She trade, have disappeared, as have alwas named the Pinafore for the new so the days when hundreds of hapopera just performing at the old Bos- py vacationists came to Portsmouth
ton Museum. She was purchased in to embark for the Isles of Shoals
the early '70s.l
The Laightons had during its heyday as a popular sumthe Pinafore for over twenty years, mer resort. Still happy memories of
losing her at moorings at the Shoals romantic eras, of billowing sails, or
in the terrific ~le in which
the never-to-be-forgotten chara'cters who
steamer Portland went ,:down with left their mark upon the world, of
over two hundred people aboard, not beautiful days and star-lit nights or
one saved. Oscar Lalghton bad both
man. Father, in making
-The
Precious Isles
on within the
Laighton, who
reigns as the
the Isles o!
�As today ls the anniversary of the
birth of Thomas Bailey Aldrich the
!ollowlng article is very timely:
(W. W. Harriman, Ph. B., A. M.)
"My loyalty to Portsmouth L5 not to
be challenged. So far as my gifts go, I
have sung the pr.1ises of the Old Town
by ,the Sea. In prose nnd verse I have
sung them. Now and then
I have
veiled Portsmouth in a fictitious name
but my affection for her has never bee~
veiled."
In such tender words, wrote our own
Portsmouth poet, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, In a letter to the president of a
Portsmouth reunion of 1883.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, born in "the
Old Town by the Sea", Nov. 11, 1836;
world famous for his poetry, his prose,
and his philosophy; author of that
book, "The Story of a Bad Boy," familiar to hundreds of thousands or
New Ilam)lshirc Statesmen and Poets
"What ls more cheerf.il, now, In the
fall of the ye1r than an open wood fire?
Do you hear those little •chirps and
twitters coming out of that piece or
maple ·.mod? Those are the ghost~ or
the robins and bluebirds
that sang'
upon the bough when it was In blossom
last Spring."
A delightful picture that,-which our
poet of Portsmouth has given us.
The Early Bird
On the other hand, much
prose was w:tty ani humorou..~. The
theory that "the early oird cntches the
worm" used to trouble Aldrich, and his
comments on the theory will be read
wiU1 satisfying plea.sure and approval
bi• this generation of late risers in the
morning.
·
"The intelligent reader, and no ,other
is supposable, need not be told that the
early worm aphorism ls a waning and
not an lncentice. The fate of the worm
refutes the pretended ethical teaching
of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising
and does so by showing r.ow extremely
dangero.is it is. I have no patience
with the worm, and when I rise with
the lark, I am always cartful to select a
lark that has overslept himself."
Politics and Religion
But Thomas Bailey Aldrich, poet and
wit, also had a mind which analyzed
thin~s poliUcal; and In 1892 we find
him in deep consideration for
en's "Unguarded Gates," a poem of a
misanthropic nature; we hear him protesting against America "becoming a
cesspool of Europe."
And in things
theological, we hear him maintaining
thnt "a hundred and fl!ty years from
now (1892) Americans, if any Americans are left, will find themselves being grllled for believing 1--_ God aftex
their own fashions."
New Hampshire has had many sons
lll.1str!ous in t,he Nation's capital.John Langdon of our own Portsm.)uth,
president of the United Senate in Its
first session, the m1.n who swore President Washington and Vice President
Adams into office; Daniel Webs•,er,
placed In the Hall of Fame among "the
first of the seven greatest orators of
the world"; and Pre~ident
Franklin
Pierce. But none of her poets, save
Thomas Balley Aldrich, have been of
international fame. As a poet, Aldrich
was in many ways the equal of such
Eni::Jish poets as Tennyson and Keats;
As a Man
a faultless versification, a love of senAlthough
Thomas Bailey
suous beauty. And as for his dramatic endeared himself to the readers of Ampoctry, there are m'.lny of you who will erlca and Europe through his writings,
recall his play, "Judith of Bethulla," it was the man himself that people, who
which many of you saw in the Tremont knew him personally, loved. He had a
Theatre of Boston. "Judith" was the peculiar ch'.lrm which captivated and
most notable enterprise in the field of I held them. On Aldrich's 79th birthday,
dramatic poetry that theatregoers had Henry Van Dyke said of him:sccn for more than a decade.
"There's ma11y a reader
silver songs
And cry.~tal stories cheer in loneliness.
At the Fire-Place
And much of Alclrich's prose was of An :ullst to the very core of you,a dainty, poetical qualit,y. The follow- J\ncl more there is! For while we love
your books
ing quotation from his "Miss Me'.1itaBecause
their subtle skill is part of you;
bel's Son" ls especially appropriate at
this partlcul ·' r lime of the year. Read We love YOU better, for our friendship
looks
it as you sit by fire in your fire-place.
�The sudden death of Wilder Quint, adopted son of New
Hampshire and one of the outstanding alumni of Dartmq_uth, and a leading writer and all-around newspaper
man, will be keenly felt in the newspaper profession.
1¥ildcr Quint could say more in a single line and make
his point telling and convincing than any editorial writer
that it has been the pleasure of The Herald to have
knT\iVTI. Portsmouth claimed Wilder Quint as it's own. It's
hi&to.ry, it's beauty and it's character were almost a part
-of.his being. He was.a lover of Old Strawberry Bank and
it's om·ly history. He passed much time here, particulady
@'."::ig th~ summers and \Yas a warm defender of our
}; a-:::.r Yard.
D{gnitied, able and ioyal, he had won a high place in his
c~:o.52a work as a newspaper man and had attracted att:n~fo11 far b~yond New England and his writings and
op ~--:1lo~1 :1:n·e: been quoted far and wide. Among the write:..:; Wikl :::.: w~s beloved and res ected b all.
Wll':DER OIJINT
DIES SUDDENLY
Wilder Dwight Quint, chief editorial
writer of the Boston Post for many
;vears, and who passed a great deal
of time in Portsmouth, died suddenly
yesterday morning in the Massachusetts Memorial hospital following .a
long period of ill health. He was 73
years old.
Mr. Quint was widely known, not
only for his ablllty · as a · virile wr!Ler
of editorials, but also as an essayist
and writer of 'fiction.'
His best known work was "The
Story of Dartmouth," long used as a
text book at the institution in · the
New Hampshire hills from which he
was graduated · with hi°gh honors in
1887.
.
Mr. Quint was a member of the
Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Casque
and Gauntlet, Dartmouth, Harvard
Musical Association and other organizations,
The writings of Mr. Quint included
"The Story of Dartmouth," essays on
music and the drama and co-author
of "Miss Petticoats," "On Satan's
Mount," "My Lady Laughter," "Letters
of a Son to His Self-Made Father," "A
Self-Made Man's Wife-Her Letters
to Her Son," and "The Golden Greyhound." ·
Mr. Quint was a lecturer on journalism. He also lectured at times on administration and finance at Dartmouth and at Boston University.
Mr. Quint is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Alice Hutchings Quint, a native
of Portsmouth; a b~other, the Rev.
John H. Quint, D. D., pastor of the
First Congregational church of Chelsea; a sister, Miss Katharine Quint of
Worcester and a niece, Miss Elizabeth
Quint of Chelsea. Burial will be
this city on Tuesday.
· In addition to his ability as a writer,
Mr. Quint was a man ·or high Intellectual caliber ·who had a deep understanding of human nature, a keen
sense of humor and an Innate dignity
tha~ was never ponderous.
·,· ·~ a'1cecitry
was distinguished, dating to the · very begln-~WllkllBIE.....t~~~i;;;,a\Ji:-~.li,!,..,.;..--,
v• •·--~ u,~u•iY• H.s father
was
the Rev. Alonzo Hall Quint, D. D., COMMITTAL
chaplain of the Second Massachusetts
SERVICE IS
Regiment in the Civil war, and his
grandfather was at one time Collector
HELD HERE
r.r..;·...,.,.H of the Port of Portsmouth.
Mr. Quint began . newspaper work
A committal service for Wilder D,
almost immedl!'tely after graduating Quint, chief editorial writer for th(t
from Dartmouth.
He prepared for Boston Post, was held at the Soutlt
Dartmouth at Exeter Academy.
cemetery this afternoon at 1.30 o'clock,
. It was in July, 1887, that Mr. Quint Mt•, Quint died Saturday in Boston,
b~gan his first newspaper work on the
olq Boston Advertiser, of . which he
was night editor until 1890. He was
night editor of the Boston News from
1890 to 1892; literary and telegraph
editor nine · years; and managing editor from Dec. 1902 to Nov. 1903 of the
Boston Traveler. Since 19091 he had
been the leading editorial writer of
the Boston Post.
..
OLD HOUSE AT
NEW CASTLE SOLD
In New Castle on the Main Road
from Portsmouth, at the corner of the
River Road, stands a one-story peaked
roof, yellow house on lnnd once owned
by John Webster-before 1652. The
house wns built al.lout 1709 by Edward Martyn Callas Martin) a ship
carpenter. Edward sold to his son, and
so on down the line. At one time it
was mortgaged to one Sampson
Sheafe. In 1766 Wm. Tredick, a relative of Mar.yn, kept a general store
11ear the water, with cordage a11d ship
supplies, rum, molasses, etc.
In 1795 it came into possession of
Foxwell Curtis; he kept a General
Slore, and was very acUve in town affairs, being town clerk, selectman, etc.,
owned several vessels in trade with the
West Indies. He died ln 1812 aged 48.
His inventory showed assets of 10,000
lbs., a Brig named Dave, a i.chooner
also named Dave. He left several sons
and a widow, who financed many busl11ess men in New Castle. Originally
the house had one large chimntl}' In
the center. In 1812 Abi Curtis, the widow, admx .. had another put in on the
11orthwest corner. The clapboards are
s~lll held in place by hand-wroughL
nails, except where repairs have been
made;; some of the window sash are
originals, In 1850 several fishing ,;essels "titled out" for the Grand Banks,
the scene of .nany tragedies to the
fishermen of New Castle. Among the
last t-0 give up were two "Pincks'' the
Lucy Amelia and the Patriot; these
tiny crafts rode out many a hard gale
and reLnrnccl their crews safe home.
The wharf location cuu be seen nt
the shore. There were five houses of
the same type in a, row to 11orth on
this :;treet, all of which were made
into ·'mansion" houses either by rahiing the entire house or the roof, but
this one has remained as fh·st bunt.
The property has lleen sold and this
old landmark will be removed.
�GIVES TALK N
EDUCATION WEEK
In connection with American Education Week the Portsmout,h Rotary Club
had as Its speaker t,his noon Supt. ·of
Schools 'Harry L. Moore.
Mr. Moore
began hls 'talk by reading a paragraph
on "The School and Democracy", which
was printed by National Educational
Association, as follows: "The free common school is America's greatest gift to
humanity. It bclon!!'s to Lhe heritage
of intelllgent and re5ponsible citizenship established by our pioneering forefathers. It is necessary to t.he success
of our republic. The school is the sur- '
est guarantee of our person:i.l rights. It
is the :b.ilwark of our representative institutions. It helps to awaken ·ambit.ion
and to establish character. It emphasizes responsibility to the common good
and the geneml welfare.
The free
school is the expression of a mighty
faith."
Mr. Moore spoke of the educational
system in New Hampshire, st:i.ting that
Jt was the work of i\l'o men, former
Gov. Jobn H. Bnrtkf,t, and President
Ernest M. Hopkins of Dartmouth Oo1lege. "These two were the real men
who organized our public school system
in New Hampshire," he said.
Turning to t.he local Board of Education he stated that It represented no
clique, no faction nor any group, and
back of the members are the school officials, the superintendent, the princip1ls and teachers.
"We have as strong, ns disinterested,
as fine and level Board of Education in
Portsmouth as there is anywhere in the
country," he said.
"If anything has
happened during the last 10 to 20 years
to bring up the level of the ,public
schools it ls due to the type of people
you re•eleot to your school boarcl."
Mr. Moore paid a high tribute to the
teaching staff, calling it as efficient as
that in any city of this size.
T,1rning to the ques tion of membership he said, "It is a Yrry interesting
thing to study the membership of tJ-ie
Portsmouth schools. It has increased
in 10 years 19 percent, while the cit,y's
population ha.~ increased five or six
percent. Today, or on Nov. 1, we had
49 more pupils than we had en last Nov.
1. Twenty of these pupils are Portsmouth children, coming here
wlt.h
new families that have moved here as a
result of our increa~ed industrial activity, but we have 29 more non-resident children than before. Where do
they come from? They come from surrounding towns, which are more and
more sending, or wanUng to send, their
boys and giirls lo Portsmouth to obtain
the benefit of its schools. They arc
paying for it. We are not losing one
red cent b it" stated Supt.. Moore.
The speaker showed a chart showing
the Increase in graduates from the.
Portsmouth High School since
1906,
when the present high school wa:s 'built,
and added that there were 177 graduates Inst year, the largest class ever to
graduate from that school, •but said
there arc 199 in the senior class 'today.
He also showed a chart snowing the
finances of the school, the cost
what every dollar expended was divided
into.
·
On :fonday of next week the Rotary
Cl,1b will join with the Kiwanis Club
and thr Chamber of Commerce at a
meeting anci. the regular Thursday
meeting will be eliminated.
Mrs. Poole is Dean
Of Woman's College
l\frs. Grace l\Iorrison Poole, retired president of the General
l<'ederatiou of ·w omen's Clubs, was
appointed dean of Stoneleigh ColJrge for young- women at Rye
Beach, New Hampshire, just before she saileu for Europe on the
Sryfhin, Saturday, August 31.
i\Tl's. Poolr will visit London, Paris, Der! in and Vienna where she
will be the ~uc. t of the leading
,rornen 's clubs. The purpose of
111,,· 1,·ip is to bl'i11g herself up to
the rni11ulc on worlu affairs, preparatory to her lecture work at
fit onC'lrig-h Col lcgc and elsewhere
ll11ri11g the coming season. She
will rr111rn to Bo.-ton on October 7
n11d will take up her position as
dran of Stonelcigh on October 10.
Stoncleigh is a new type of collrµ-e, which wa founded a year
ago by Richard D. Currier of
Newark, New ,Jersey, who is its
president. Its educational program
is the result or several years of
joint. planning on the part of Mrs.
Poole and 'l' . Lawrence Davis,
dean of the College of Practical
Arts and Letters of Boston Uni
nrsi1y. Its curriculum carries out
the Cllucalional itlcas and ideals
of JI.Irs. Poole and Dean Davis in
providing a two-year course of
cnltnral studies and occupational
1rnining, orientation courses and
occupational guidance under the
direction of Fred Smith of the
Harvard t niversity School of Edncalion ancl vocational projects dirrcl rc1 hy Dr. Elmer D. West of
lt11I la111l.' ()hio. 'l 1 rai11i11g in secret a rial s111lli<:'S is offered every student and thi. training i. helpful in
leadin)! to an ewntnal vocation.
111
0
�Navy Dept. Says Phila.,
Should Look Up Ports=
m_outlt History On Subject
The
Navy Department, through
Secretary o[ Navy Claude A. Swanson,
ln its 5latcment as .to where the U. s.
Naizy st."'.ttcd, may settle the battle between the city or Bererly and town of
Marblehead in which t.he two have
been engaged in for some time regarding the uirthplace of Uncle Sam's sea
fighting force.
Both places have kept Congressman
A. Platt Andrews of that district busy,
who in tum bas kept the department
busy on tbe subject.
Secretary ,Swanson in a diplomatic
way p:>ints out that both are wrong.
in a let.ter he informs the Congressman that the first ships or a continental navy were authorized by vote or
Congr= in Philadelphia on Oct. 30,
1775, and
fitted out there. He also
points oot that the depa.rbnent is un~ble. to give a cat.egorlcal answer as to
tust where the navy v.,":15 "born."
For I.he benefit or the Navy Depart~ent, Secretary of Navy Swanson,
Congressman Andrews and the Cl ty or
Beverly and Tovm of Marblehead,
11aval records and lus:ory show that
.,ortsmonth cannot easily be brushed
•sicJ in this controversy regardless ot
wha~ history is resurrected to ease the
rninds or th~ople or Beverly Md
Ma.rblehead.
Portsmoutp not only goes back to
the Colonial Navy but figured in construction o! ships for the Royal Navy.
Between 1775 and 1798 the !allowing
were built !or the
Colonial Navy:
~!gate Raleigh 22 guru;, Ranger, sloop,
18 guns; Frigate Crescent, 32 guns;
Frigate Congress, 38 guns; ship ot
line, America, 74 guns; Sloop Portsmouth, 24 guns; Schooner scammel,
14 guns.
Going back 245 years ago in Portsmouth, the ships built here !01· the
Royal Navy included three frlgates,
ihe Falkland in 1690, Bediord in 1696
and America in 1749. These ships cru:rled a. total o! 146 guns.
The 1\rst ship for the U. S. Navy
wa., the Washington built in 11114.
Admiss:on to the Home is restric
to ladies who belong In Portsmouth and
nearby towns. At present there are
t.en such In the Home's family. Miss
Mary Greeley has served as matron
during the past five years, with very
pleasing results. Her staff includes a
nurse, a cook and second girl.
It is earneoslly hoped that on next
Friday the kind-hearted people
ln
this vicinity will rally to the suppo1t or
this worthwhile and very
nece51,ary
home for elderly women.
Portsmo.ith's Home !or Age1 Women, located on Deer street, is entering
its 61st year o! service, stm carrying on
it:; fine tradition o! making a real home
for lts "family", a pleasant plar.e in
which to pass the latter years of their
lives. Its constant aim 1s to have things
as homel!ke as possible an.I without the
slightest touch of the !nstltut1onal.
On Friday afternoon o! next week
the Home Is inviting the public to
bring donations to a.id 1n · lts suppott,
with vegetables, fruit, groceries, books
ar.d other suppl!~s for the use of the
Home family being of great assistance
in its maintenance.
The visitors will
be invited to inspect the building and
an informal program of music will be
presented, with tea being served.
The Home :!or Aged Women was
founded in September, 1875, by William
Loyne, a city missionary here and who
fer several years conducted it in his
own home at 17 Hill stre•t. On July 7,
1877, the Home was incorporated. For
a. great many years lt has occupied the
old colonial mansion known as
the
Je.nness house on Deer street, which
was formerly owned and occupied by
Peter Jenness a former president of the
New Hampshire National Bank. The
house was built by Daniel Hart in 1737,
according to Brewster's uRambles About
Portsmo.ith."
During the past !ew
years the mansion bas been extensively renovated and today the Home family, has a residence with modern conveniences, attractive furnishings, and
a delightfully homelike atmoophere, all
blended with the charm of one of this
city's most beautiful ol 1 colonial mansions.
One of the ladies now residing at the
Home has an ac!count book or the first
year of its operation, which gives interesting sidelights upon those early
times. One of the first recorded contributions toward the Home's support 1.s
that o! a. uttle boy then liying in ~cwlngton, who gave !ive cents for this
ca.use, undoubtedly a large portion of
his total fortune, through the kindness
of his boyish heart.
Another early
contribution was 25 cents from a woman who h1d but little with which to
s.ipport herself, yet who also believed
tlrmly in the Home's great value to the
elderly ladies of this city.
Another
entry records the gift of two little girls,
who sent in all their savings, a total of
21 cents. A man who was unable
to
,give any money set aside a portion o!
his land annu1lly upon which to rai~e
ve etabl for e Home.
Dr. Mary L. Barrell
Mary L. Barrell, aged '12, for 35
years a pr:i.cticlng physician in worce~ter, Mass., died yesterday at the York
Hospital from a broken hip sustained in
a fall last December.
Dr. Barrell was 1.>•>m in York, m the
Barrell mansion, bmit in 1762,
and
camefronl()l\e of t he oldest fanulle:s
in this section./
She was a member of the cla;;s of 1882,
the last class t,o, be graduated from
Brackett Academy at Greenland Afterwards she attended Gorh1m Normal
School before entering and being gract1ated from the Woman's Medical Colege In Philadelphia.
In November, 1933, because of fa1lmg
1ealth, she gave up practice anu
urned to York. Dr. Barrell was o.
nember or the Massachusetts Medlca.l
ociety and Uie Worcester County So•
'lety.
She is survived by two brothers, Dr.
George E . Barrell of Boston and William 0. Barrell, and two si.-;ter., Theodosh\ Barrell and Mrs. Anna Blaisdell
7
of York.
�FEASIBILITY OF
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LOCAL PAR
Concord, Dec. 20-Nearly 170 years
ago to a day, nine years before the
Revclutlonary War, t.he first ''Liberty
Property and No St.all'!p" flag in the
American colonies wns unfurled at
Portsmouth. The feasibility of commemorating this historic event by the
possible development of a slate park
111 the Liberty brldg-e area will be Investigated by an advisory committee of the
State Pl:mning and Development Commission, according lo a statement issued today by en.pt. Charlrs F. Bowen,
director.
The personnel of lhe advisory committee which will unclerl::ike this study
ls as follows: Richard D. McDonough,
Port.smouth, chairman; Edmund A.
Tarbell, New Castle; F'red L. Clnrk, city
engineer, Nashu1; Hon. Robert Marvin, Porl-smouth; Arthur· I. Harriman,
Port.smoulh, and
Charles F. Bowen,
State Planning and Development Commiss:on.
This is not the first iime this project
bas been examined.
Tile General
Court of 1933 a.ithorized t.he govemor
and council to appoint a special committee for this purpose. Tl1c commission, composed of Philip Sanderson,
Miss Martha S. Kimball and Arthur I.
Harriman, all of Portsmouth, filed a report on Mai·ch 6, 1933, recommmding
that the Liberty Pole area on Marcy
street be developed rrs a state park. It
further recommended that any developmC'nt In that connection be undertaken under the supervision of the then
phnning board, now the State Planning nnd Development
Commission,
wlth the assllstancc or Feclrrn l funds, i£
available.
The objectives of the new advisory
committee lie in the direction of amplifying and refining the work or the
special commission. The project would
probably involve the condemnation of
cert.nin lands and buildings in the vicinity or the Liberty Pole, which has
been maintained by public subscription
for almost 17 dec 3dcs.
LIBERTY
KPROJEC
Tllr members of the Kiwanis Club
at their mreting on Tuesday evening
hcaHl a most interesting talk on the
plans for Liberty Park in the South
End, given b~- Arthur I. Harriman, one
of the origiuators of this place.·
He told about the resolution introduc·C'ct in lh • Senate of the Stale to invcsl igale t hC' advisability of a state
park at Portsmouth. This was on April
18, l!l~3. Hr next turned to the history
of Portsmouth and how that part of
lhe city wns most influential in the
fight for liberty. Telling about the
slnmp 1111ster·s commission arriving
on Jan. !J, 1766 he gave a description
of the parade to Swing Bridge on
Water St., where the No Stamp Flag
was raisecl.
Discussi11r4 the possibility of there
heing a slate park in that section, he
staled that- now was the time to do
the work, as many of the houses could
hr p11rcllas<'cl at a low cost.
"'1 IIC' LibC'rly Park", he said "we
hope will consecrate and perpetuate
lhe heroic deeds of the Sons of Liberty who made history for our state four
years brfore the Boston Massacre,
seven years before the Boston Tea Party
and nine years before the Revolution.
Herr assembled patriots who assisted
in the cnplure of powder and arms and
Fort Wiiiliam and Mary, six months
befor,:, the Battles of Concord and Lexlngl nu anc! Bunker Hill. It is well to
bear iu mind that over oue-Lhird of
all the palriols wounded on the baUlefield of Bunker Hill were from our
Grnnitc State.
"The pai-k and roadway leading to
Liberty Park would go a long way towards rclicring traffic congestions at
U. S, Route 1, where Route lA now
enters, being practically a. new artery
to the Memorial Bridge entering at
lhe bridge approach, tielng in and l"e•
lie1•lng trn ffic congestioi1 front seacoast developments and rerouting much
heavy traffic from U. S. Route 1 and
lhe proposed development of Pierce Island. The development of Liberty Park
would serve a manifold purpose, eradicating some of the unsightly surroundings that now prevail, through which
thousands of lovers of the historical
bnck~round of our slate annually make
their pilgrimage, to appreciate the
privlleges with which New Hampshire
ls endowed.
In the territory in question was
located the first house of sizable pro11orlions ill New Hampshire, called "The
Great Uo11.;1,., built in 1631. The s!Le o!
Gor. John Wentworth's House, the
fi1.,t Royal Governor of New Hampshire, the Liberty Pole, Liberty Bridge
ai rt Fort-while near at hand there
still remnins the house where lived
Tobias Lear, General Wash~t6p'~
Private Secretary, for 16 years, Gen.
Washington called here on his visit to
Portsmouth in 1788, The WentworthGardner House built in 1760 with the
old linden tree, the finest in the state
the Deacon Samuel .:e~nhallow 'Rous~
On which Gen, 'Jol,ln ~ullivan pleaded
his first court case abp,ut 1760)-the
Earl of Halifax (or Pitt. 'I:avern) 1770Thomas Bailey Aldrich :t-4emorial- the
Warner House 1712-15. and hundreds U-·~lld·~,p! other historical houses a century old
and more.
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Edgar Blanchard was chairman of
the meeting and introduced the speaker.
�Plans·Approyed
For Bridge 'At
Por'tsmouth, N. H.
Special to TIie Christian Science Mollitor
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Dec. 30Relie! of" traffic congestion Into
Maine and New Hampshire at this
rlew England gateway is provided by
a $3,000,000 highway-bridge project
which today was approved by the
Public Works Administration. It
would also remove obstacles to
navigation on the Plscataqua River.
, Forty-five per cent of the out.Jay
would, be provided as an outright
grant to t.he Maine-New Hampshire
Bridge and Highway Authority, an
interstate commission now in the
process o! ' formation. The remainder is• in the form of a federal loan
to _be repa'i d out of bridge tolls.
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1
I
In~erstate. Compact
Before the work_ can be undertaken, however, both states must enter Into a legislative compact, explained Mayor Robert Marvin o!
Portsmouth, chairman o! the joint
State Interim Commission. Their
agreement must tl'len receive the
approval of Congress.
·
Engineers of the New Hampshllje State · Highway Department
ha,Je estimated that the total cost
of the project will be $3,013,454. Of
this amount $2,245,454 would be required for the bridge itself;; $577,082
for the New Hampshire by-pass, and
$190,000 for the Maine approach. ·
Tl)e huge bridge, 1644 feet Jong,
would pass automobiles for a charge
of 5 cents. Local vehicles will be
charged half rates. Trucks and
busses will be required to pay 25
cents. Pedestrians will not be taxed.
The tolls have been placed so low
that it is believed motorists will
have no reluctance in using the
bridge. But at the same time the
volume of traffic in the past indicates that revenu·es would redeem
the federal loan -within ~O years and
provide a perpetual maintenance
fupd.
Railroad to Use Bridge
The Boston & Maine Railroad wlll
also make use of the bridge through
a lower level prepared for' tracks.
The railroad wlll pay an annual
rental of $35,000. The railroad's old
bridge, built for highway use in 1822
and partially rebuilt for railway
traffic 20 years later, wlll be
scrapped.
�Five Families Reside in the Inn Once
Under the Earl of Halifax's Aegis
Ghosts Peer In, Some Wearing
Cobnial Uniform, Some
Are Longfellow's
By Martha \Ventwol"th SufJ'l:"en
Portsmouth, N. H.
UCH of historic interest centers
in the inns of Colonial times.
The colonist chose his inn'
keepers carefully. It was an
honored post, ca111ng !or men of substance
who could erect large and substantial
buildings, and pr a character that insured
their being run wlth dignity as well as
The first Earl of Halifax Inn
in Portsmouth was one or the earliest
or .these hostelries. Just why the inn
was so named Is not apparent, except
that its bullder and first keeper, John
Stavers, coming !rom England, probably
c.lung to thoughts of his old home.
The original Earl of Halifax was
Charles Montague, born 1661, dying in
1715; he was chancellor of the exchequer
and originated tlle tax on windowswhich it may not be discreet to mention!
He was made earl by George I.
John Stavers, by trade an Inn-keeper,
cam«i, to Portsmouth before 1759 with his
brother, Bartholomew, and acquired
property. The inn which he erected was
located on Queen street, now State, the
name or the street having been changed
l \ o l . ~ when with a 111,rge gesture we threw all
kings and queeM into the di scard.
M
Ft-om Chafr to Flying Coach
Here John seems to have proRpered.
We find him In April or 1761 establishing
a "Stage Chair" to run between Portsmouth and Boston. One of the ha,ndbllls announcing it remains:
"For the encouragement of Trade
!rom Portsmouth to Boston
A LARGE STAGE CHAIR
With two good horses well equipped,
will be ready by Monday the 20th
Inst. to start out !rom · Mr. Stavers,
.f.nn-holder, at the sign or the Earl
of Halifax, In this town, !or Boston,
to perform once a week; to lodge at
Ipswich the same night; !rom thence
EARL
through Medford to Charlestown
ferry; to tarry at Charlestown till
Thursday morning so as to return to
Chosen by a Tory io Gil·e Luster
this town the next day; to set out
again the Monday !ollowlng; It will
be contrived to carry !our persons
beside the driver. -The price will be
New One, Three Stories
Thirteen Shillings and Six Pence
Brothe1· Bartholomew seems to have
sterling for each person !rom hence
been entrusted with this part of the hotel
to Boston and at the same rate or
business.
conveyance back again." And so on.
Thoso must have been proud moments
After a month, several Chairs having to John Stavers when ho could stand
been run with satisfaction, notice was under his s winging sign or the Earl, who
given that now five persons could be wore, says Longfellow, a "scarlet coat
carried,
Vaulting ambition then o'e1· and periwig or flax"; and watch tho marleaping Itself, we find the enterprising Ye!lous conveyance set forth With much
Stavers establishing another and a blowing of horn s and prancing or
greater conveyance, a !our or even six- horses, on its perilous Journ ey to Boston
horse carriage under date of May, 1763:
town.
Arounrl 1770 o. new Earl of Halifax wns
• "THE PORTSMOUTH FLYING
built and thrown open to travellers, the
STAGE COACH
first one of that name having probably
is now finished, which will carry six
become Insufficient fo1· the <>nlarge<l hosper11ons Inside; runs with four to six
pitality demanded hy the limes. lt was
horses; each person to pay 13s. 6d.
destroyed l>y tho llro of J 813 ancl an
to Boston, and 4s. Gd. to Newbury.
apartment building now stands on the
Sets out !rom the sign or the Earl or
site. '.rhe new inn stood at the corner
Halifax, every Tuesday morning beor
Court and Alkin:;on streets, can-ying
tween 7 a:nd 8 o'clock, goes through
the same sign and run by the same hon!~ Ne'wbury~tQ..l3osto11r and wl1l✓ put up
!ace. It was of three st01·les with a
at Inns on pre ~oad Where gocfd entergambrel root'; the sign swung from a high
tainment and.attendance 1tre provided
post
on the N. E. corner. and huge
!or the passengers in the coach. The
stables stood In the rear ya.rd.
subsc~Jber, master of the stage coach,
The Slavers brothe1·s, having come so
· 1s to be spoke with from Saturday
recently from the mother country, were
nlgb,t .td ll,!ont;la.y night, at Mr. John
naturally' somewhat in sympathy with
/'ltavers', 1n_n hold.er, at the·slgn of the
Earl o! H'allta..'\:.
hfl_ 'J'ory side, and were reg!l.rded with
Bartholomew Stavers"
CHARLES
ltfONTAGUE
o~• llALI>'J.X.
to llis New Hampshire Hostelry
suspicion when the I r,,volulion.1ry ~pirit
awoke in the 11eighborliood. '.rlw gath<>1·ings in the ha,•!, room~ or the inn o[ thl'
he-laced ancl bc-1·11rr1e,1 c:ovt•rn11ll'nl offi,·ial:-; W<.'n•
l"i•g:11'dt'll
liy the ~"ns
11f
,vith ,iralous l'Yl'S
Lilicrty.
Slavers Talt<•s Flight
One day as a ,., mpany or rccn1ils was
pax!ling\ th(• h•nch.•r th1·<.-atene(l lu sn1usl1
the windows if anylJody Jooke,l out. No
one dlcl. Hut a few clays later a mob
g:ithcr,'d nnd an ax ennhl IJ.- h<·anl <'hopping- al till' f11ol o( t ht' Rig-nJ)llsl.
't'hc
angry landlortl i;avc an ax lo a l.llack
.~lave, c•ommuraling- him first to warn off
the inva<le1· a11d to cut him• clown if he
cli,l not <ksbt.
Not daring lo <lisobcy n or SC'eing any•
in lcn lion of stopping the assau It 1111 the
post, the slave l>rnught down lhc ax with
such force on the heatl o( one i\Ja1·k Noble
as rendered him insane for the rest of his
life.
'.rhe mob, unterriflecl, broke all the windows or the inn, wrought much ,lamage
to the property•, and escaped as I.Jest they
could. The affrighted slave lmnll'diately
disappeared. 8earch was made for him,
and he was discovered In a larg-e water
lanlc ln the cellar, up to his chin in th o
�Slnvern, f(', ring- for hiH life , hri,lled
his lltlle hlack mare> n n<l 1·,,ae furio1rnly
away, bnrC'bac-k. with two men in JJUr•
suit. They hni!Nl him and <':tiled on him
to slop. nut the wily John, laking advantage o[ a hen,1 in the road, ~lipped
into a barn thnl stoocl open by the road·
sicle, whiio his p111·sucrs g-al1oprcl on
nheacl. llr founcl rd11gc with one ',Vlllinm Polll<' . who had heC'n supplying- the
Ear l of lfallfax with ale; and thC'rc he
stayed for two weeks.
1\lenl CIH'~( for Pomler
This affair ]lut thr wholf' town in com motion. The Ien<llng citizens, l1eadr<l by
one or their number named John Lnng-clon, quiNrd the excited pntrlots, ancl in
dur tim!' ::'11r. Slavers was induced to return. Jle foun,1 his hotel greatly <l:tm•
ngPd :tlHl :Lil lhc wlnclows hroken. 1,ttl
these> wrrr later honrded up. Stav!'r~
was sri1.r<l hr :i. <'0111111 It ti'<' n[ saf<'I y an<l
In,li.;-!',l in j:t!I, hul htler look oath o[ nileµ-lanc<' nncl was restored to eonfl,l " n<'e.
The old sign was retouchccl ancl maclr to
heat· the nam<' or that friend or the
coloni~ls, \\'iillam Pill, and many lll"Ct•
inr,-l'I o( the distinguished officers or thcR!'volution tool, ]lhce behind th" chrkenrrl winclowR, lit hy c-andl!'lig-ht only.
In 1777 cumr, lh<' MaL"quiR cle Laray<'ltC',
then j1rnt · twenty-rme, firecl with a ll[elong ])assion fot· liberty, Lo give his ai<l
lo the colonie,s. He was followed the next
year In' a FrC'nch flC'!'t, which put luto
Boston Ilnrbor for repairs. ThC'n• b<'ing
mor<' VC'Rseis than could be accommodated
at Boston, five were anchored in the
PorlHmouth harbor where they remained
for three months. During this time there
were ovrr two thousand Frenchmen In
the strrPls or th<' little town, an<l Revera!
of lhe oflkern put up at lhP Earl or Hall•
fax . Their uni(orm was while, and lack•
Ing the proper powder to r!'fresh Its perfection, it Is related that they improved
their appearaucC' !'very morning- ns best
lhC'y coul<I ]I~, rolling in a hug-e meal
chrHl in lh<' attic.
Larayetlr c-nmP to visit his officers,
and stayed al the Bari, whrrC' the)' dis•
played true l•'1·rnch rnlhu,sinsm in lhf'lr
rev!'ls. l•'orty yrars later, his ravE-n hair
turne,l to gray, his stPp iplirm with at::<',
LafayPltc Lurnccl aslcle from hifl lri•
umphnl progress through n grateful country to see onco again the old town of
Portsmouth.
Came John IIanco<'k, alighting from
his coach with vast cllgnity and wearing
"the raiment ,,r a gc-ntleman" to put up
at the Earl o( Halifax. Eibt'iclge Gerry,
Rutledge, ancl other ,signers of the Der•
laratlon, found cordial welcome. General
Knox, "two ofllcers in size and three in
lungs," found hf're a rC'stlng place suilPcl
to his necessltiC's. Al the time of thr
French Hevolution came three sons of
tho Duke or Orleans, Louis Philippe and
his two brothers, bowing politely and asking accommodations. But tho Earl o[
Uall[ax was full, and the future King of
France put up with Governor Langdon.
Last but far from least-It is 1789: Genrral John Sull1van and hls Council arc
convened at the Earl. Who comes clown
I'ilt street, on fool, but Washington, Presi·
dent o[ the new-born Uniter! States, comlnµ- lo the inn to pay his final compliment to thP Stale authorities.
Coming closr,· to our own timrs, il wa~
ht the 11::trlnr oC the Jo.::i.rl or Jiallr:1x that
Long(eilow wrntc-or nt lrast J>lannrdh!!l poem of "Lad~· ',\°enlworth," one o[
the "Tales of n ',\°;1ys!de Inn.!' Ile shows
Dame Stavrrs al her doorw:i.y_ hut·lingclPnuncinlions at a, village i:;lrl. Patty
Hilton, ~omlng ,lown the strrt t harerooted and rng-gPcl, carrying h"r pail,
<lr!ppini:-, from the· town JJttmp. •'A thin
slip or a girl, like n. new moon."
Pat(y i\lnrrirs Well
Patt~• mC'rC'IY tosses hrr prelty hcarl
and says, "No 11111tter, l\Iad:tme; I shall
ride one day in my own coach and four."
YearR pass. l'a tty Is takC'n into service
at the mansion at Little Harbor whei-e
(lovf'rnor Ilrnning Wentworth 1~ living
In state. He ls a widower and chliclless,
and looks with favor on his serving maid,
now roundc<l Into beauty.
He gives a splendid banquet. Among
the guests Is the Reverend Arthur
Brown. After all have well feasted the
governor signals to an attendant, who
disappears.
The host explains to hls
guest" that he has cailed them together
to witness his marriage, ancl bids the
nevt>rend Arthur Brown perform the
cerPmony.
"Thal wc-re a pleasant task, your
cellr1t<'Y, but-to whom, I ask?"
"To this lady here," replies the governor, pointing to the doorway, whei-e
pretty Martha stands blushing, with
,lownrast <'Yes . The clergym11n appears
lo hc-sllate, and the angry govC'rnor com•
mand" him Crom his office as chief maglstral!' lo perform his cluty. And "Martha
is Lady ',Ventworth of the Hall."
Her new cl!gnltles seem to have gone
lo her hcacl a bit; it ls told tha.t shortly
a(lrr her marriage ,ih e dropped het· ring,
nnd called a set·vant to pick It up. But
tl1<' s('rvanl Hecmed lo 1~ suclcleniy po,ise::.scd of a strange near-sightedness a.ncl
could not see the ring until the lady,
bending down from her new grandeur,
lour-heel It with her finger.
'l'he second Earl o! Halifax ls still
standing, bearing on its front a plaque
c-ommemorating its glorious history. But
it ltas failen upon eviJ clays and is being
USC'tl as a tenement house, accommodat•
ing five fam111es. Inside, as out, it ls
railing Into disrepair. It Is a question
wh<'ther it wm yet be preserved by any
o[ the org-anizatlons interested In saving
lnmlmarks llko this one. Surely spirits
haunt its halls, and on, windy nights it
creaks or bygone clays.
�CITY OFFICIAL
No Change In Principal Officers
-Considerable Routine Business ransacted
The principal business at the meeting park department for 1935 was presentof the city council last evening
was' ea. and on motion of Co,mcilman Goldthe election o! dty officials, which
smith it was voted that a copy be sent
re-1
For city auditor Robert M. Bruce received the votes of all but Councilmen
Goldsmith and Atwell, who voted for
Remick LaJghton.
For city treasurer Charles R. Kimball received the votes of all but Councilmen Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell,
who gave their votes to Frank Hunt.
For tax oollector Councilman GoldBmlth voted !or Edward Downs
and
Councilman Atwell for Ralph JJnklns,
the others voting for Edmund R. Fay.
Dr. Laurence R. Hazzard was e!ected
city physician, receiving all the votes
with the exception of those of Councilmen Goldsmith and Durell, who vot~d
for Dr. G. E. Pender and Dr. C. w. Hannaford, respectively.
Dr. Haven T Paul was elected unanimously as l.mpector of meat.
In the election of overseer of the poor
M.!ss Elizabeth Mooney received the
votes o! the five Democratic oouncilmen, whlle Councilmen Durell and Atwell voted for James Pettigrew and
Councilman Goldsmith for Frederick
Schlegal.
For i.uperintendent of
burying
grounds the votes of Councilmen G;·l!f in, Bldger, Dismukes, Loughlin and
T!1Jrston went to James P. Griffin and
that of Councilman Durell to Cedric
.-.~...J,_,.sulted as follows:
each councilman and the matter be
-.~.. ••.:a City Clerk-Peter J. Hickey.
laid on the table until the next meetCity Messenger-George H. Knowles. 1lng.
City Auditor-Robert M. Bruce.
I The report of Dr. Haven T. Paul as
1
City Treasurer-Charles R. Kimball. inspector of meat was accepted.
Collector of Taxe.s..-Edmund R. Fay. I The quarterly report of the c:ty marCity Physicim, Inspector and Bae- ! shal was accepted.
teriologlst--Dr. Lawrence R. Hazzard. j Dr. Laurence R. Hazzard presented Woods, while Councilmen Goldsmith
Inspector of Meat--Dr. Haven T. 1his report as city physician, which was and Atwell voted for Herman A. BrackPaul.
Iaccepted. Dr. Hazzard brought up the ett.
Overseer of Poor-Miss Elizabeth • matter of dumping garbage over the
For building inspector the Demo1
Mooney.
,
bridges.
cratic councilmen vottd for Andrew J,
auperlntendent of Burying Grounds
Councilman Thurston said this was Barrett and the
Republicans
!or
-James P. Griffin.
a very serious condition and had ex- Charles Humphreys.
lluildlng Inspector-Andrew J. Bar- lsted f-Or a number of years at Atlantic
Tl1e election of William F. Wc.ods as
rett.
Heights and at the bridge over the chief of the Pirc Department was
Chief ;Enginee1 · Fire Department-- North Mill Pond and said that · he unanimous,
W1lliam F. Woods.
thought it should be called to the atFor first assistant engineer the
First Asst. Engineer, Fire Depart- 1 tention of the police commission, and
Democratic votes went to r:clward
ment--Edward A. Weeks._
'
I moved that an official communication five
A. Weck.'i, while
Counciln en Dnrell
Second Asst. Engineer, Fire Depart- j be sent to the commissioners. This was
and Gold~mith ,·oted
for Herman
men-John H. Trefethen. ·
1passed.
Crompton 1md Councilman Atwell for
Supt. of Fl.re Alarms Telegraph and j' Councilman Durell . said that he William Wallace.
City Inspector of Wires and Poles- thought that t.he city should commend
For second assistant engineer CounArthur M. Patterson.
·
the city physician for his work.
cilman Atwell joined the Democratic
Member o! Board of Health for three
On motion of Councilman Griffin it
councilmen in voting for John H. Tre- •
1 was voted that the claim of the First
,37e1rs-Dr. Haven T. Paul.
!cthen, while Councilmen Durell and
lnspector o! Plumbing-Charles D. I National Bank of $35 paid on bank
Goldsmith voted for William Wallace,
Fernald.
·
stock of E. T. Trefethen be paid.
For superintendent of !ire alarm the
Member of Board of Examiners for
On motion of Co.mcilman Loughlin Deroocmts voted for Arthur M. PatterJ>lumbl.ng-Dr.,. Lawrence R. Hazzard:! the report of the city physician was ac- son and the Republicans !or H.ury
Trustee of Trust FJnds for three ' cepted.
y~ars-George B. Lord. .
I On motion of Councilm1n Durell it Trafton.
Dr. Haven T. Paul received all
City Solicitor-John L. Mitchell.
, was voted that the committee on ~ublic
vote., for member of the Board
'The meeting was opened at 8 o'clock, '. lands and buildings be authorized to
Health for three years.
with Mayor Marvin presiding and the ask for bids for the construction of a
For ln5pecior of plumbing five votes
iollowlng councilmen present: Griffin,' wharf on Ce1·es street 1nd to report
went to Charles D. Fernald, with the
Badger, Dismukes, Loughlin, Thurston, back to the oouncil.
three Republlcan councilmen voting
Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell.
Councilman Loughlin moved that the
tor Ernest Bogut.
The Mayor read a communication mayor be authorized to call for bids on
For member of the board of examm:from Hon. Orel A. Dexter, stating that the Deer street sewer construction outera of plumbers, Councilmen Griffin,
he wished to resign as a member o! the let, and this was pn.ssed.
Dismukes, Loughlin and Thur.ston
board of adjustment. On motion of
On motion of Councilman Loughlin
voted for Dr. Laurence R. Hazzard,
Councilman Loughlin this was accept- it was voted that the city reject the ofCouncilman Badger for . Dr. Harold
ed.
fer to purchase a pole outside City Hall.
A communication from David R.
Councilman Loughlin
reported in Shaw and Councilmen Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell tor Dr. George A.
Bmlth in regard to the need of a trac- reference to filling in
at the Noble's
tor plow 1n order to keep ice from the Island bridge that Supt. Smith ap- Tredlck.
George B. LorJ was
unanimously
streets and another need of a plow to proved of the project and the work had
elect~d tru.stee of tru.!.t fum s for thrfe
plow
sidewalks to , a-eplace the started.
years.
horses were received.
On moThe report of the overseer of the poor
For city solicit<>; John L. Mitchell reUon
of CoJncilman
Durell these was received and accepted.
ceived the votes of the
Democ1-a.Uc
were referred to the finance committee
Next in order was the election of city
councilmen, while the Republicans
for investigation.
_ officials.
voted for Leo Liberson.
. A petition for six joint•pole locatiorus
The election of Peter J. H!ckey as city
'The following appointments were
on Wilbrd avenue was ·granted on clerk was unanimoJs.
annoJnced by the mayor and were apmotion o! CouncIDnan L(lugblln.
On the election of city messenger
proved:
A petition for joint loelj.tion...of ~ven Councilman Griffin, Badger, Dismukes,
Sealer of weights and
poles <>n Cate street, two ])Oles and one Loughlin and Thurston voted for
James R. McNeil.
IStub on Bartlett -street, an'd,.one..rtub on George H. Knowles and Councilmen
Inspector o! petroleum-William 0.
Cate -street -wa.s gz:anted. ... , ,
•• ,.. ,, Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell for A. J.
Flanagan.
A -report. of the highway, ''Sewer "and Carmody.
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�Inspectors of flour-H. B. Yeaton, J.
TrJe Da\'ls, A. E. Freeman, Frank Hersey, Roland Noyes, Bessie M. Varrell,
Stephen H. Goodwin.
Harbor master-Leland W. Davis.
Port warden-Richard I. Walden, E.
Curtl.s Matthews.
Lot fayer-J'ohn W. Durgin.
Keeper of powder magazine-Harry
A. Wood.
Fence viewers-Harry \V. Peyser, Ray
B. Foye and Boardman M. Randall.
Board of adjustment-Frank D. Butler, chairman; George B. Lord, \Vllllam
L Conlon, Frank E. Pater.rnn and Edg11r A. Blanchard.
Weighers--Frank H. Grnee, Walter
Al very, Edward · McMulkin.
John C.
Shaw, Albert Bauer, Herbert W. Pope,
William 0 . Fln11~i•;:i11,
Harry
Dryer,
Thomas Crltrh'ey.
John Kellenbeck.
William Llnchry, Helen Qnlnn, William
Parks, Anne E. Scott, Catherine Connell, HaTTey Manary, Horace Haynes,
C. E. Osborn, A. Rafferty, S. D. Eastham, M. E. Anderson, Paul C. Badger;
Peter Curran. Thomas Harvey, David
Quirk, John Ca.,~. Amos Crowford, Paul
Johnson, Elenora Regan, John Walsh,
Arthur S Tecson. Jeremiah Regan,
Bradley L. Moody, C. E. Bat chelder,
Orville C. Badger.
Measurers of wood-Amos C:awford,
William Bridle, W, A. P~rkr.
Surveyo:-s of lumb<>r-Elmer J . F . Littlefield, Harold A. Lif.tlrJfrld, Richard
Weston. R. M. Fowler, JCl.~eph Soule.
C. 'A. Halrnrrnn of the r.rne:-:il Electric
Co. addressed the rneetin'!, uescribing a
system recom n{'mlcd for the downtown
secliou of tlic c;:y mid on motion or
Councilman Griffin this was referred to
the finance committee to report bact,
to the council. l\!r. Halvorson was ln' troduced by J ohn L. Scott.
Mayor M:an:in annoJnced the follow. Ing committee appointment:
! .Finance-Grlffln, Loughlin, Dismukes, Baclger, Thmston, Durell.
] Public Buildings and Places-Loughlin, Timrston. Durell.
Fire Department-Griffin, Thurston,
Durell.
Street
Light.s--Loughlin, Griffin,
Durell.
Printing-Thurst-011, Badger, A well.
Clalms-Dism tkrs,. Lo11ghlln, Atwell.
Electlons--Grlffln, Lc:1ghlin, Durell.
Public Library-Thurston,
Badger,
Goldsmith.
B11Js on Second
Reading-Griffin,
Dism..ikes, Durell.
Accounts and Ordinances-Badger,
Loughlin, Atwell.
Engro&s!ng Bills-Badger, Thurston,
I Goldsmith.
A supplementnry report on the bond
. issue was presented and It was voted
' that the !lnance committee be authorized to pay vouchers.
The meeting adjourned at 9.20 o'clock
t".> the call of the chair.
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�Over New Hampshire
iip Jacona in Piscataqua
River Houses plant I of
,ufjicient size not only to
. supply city of Portsmouth but also other
towns throughout the
State.
B11 a Stat! Corre,pondent of
Tlte Chriltlan Science Monitor
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 8-0n
the Piscataqua. River floats a. ship
today that can turn night into day
for every fourth home in New Hampshire, yet it cannot propel itself.
It is the power ship Jacona.. A fairsized electri.c power plant is housed
within its steel sides. In its hold, below the surface of the Plscataqua.,
electricity for the entire city of
Portsmouth Is generated. There Is
plenty of power to spare, too, for
other New Hampshire towns.
There is no other. ship in the
world like the Jacona. Built by the
Shipping Board possibly to carry
war materials-the darkest purpose
a. ship could serve-now the Jacona
furnishes homes with light and factories with power.
Not Wanderer
· Although a. floating plant that
can furnish 'electricity to any town
on .the New England seaboard, the
Jacona. .Is In no wa.y .a. wandering
door-to-door power house. If an
emergency .should arise and extra
power were suddenly needed at
some coastal point, the Jacon could
be towed to that place to furnish
the necessary kilowatts. But before
this is possible a. uniform power
system would have to be established
to absorb tp.e 20,000 kilowatts which
the Jac;ona generates,
.
That is why the Jacona. has been
moored In the Plscataqua. for the
past four years, generating power
for New Hampshire towns alone.
That is why it will be several years
before the Jacona again shifts its
p9rt.
Before she came to Portsmouth,
the Jacona was tied up in the Penobscot River at Bucksport, MalnP.,
for, six months, where she generated
power to operate the new Maine
Seaboard paper mill. This was her
first job.
Tied Up at Docks
Most of the Jacona's life has been
spent tied up at docks. She was
built by the Shipping' Board and
launched In 1919. The war already
ended, the Jacona. found no place in
the -postwar lull of business , and
she was tied up with other Shipping
Board vessels for several years.
Finally, she was purchased by the
New England Public Service Company and converted at Newport
News • into' a floe. ting power plant.
All that remains of the old Jacona
today is the hull; the decks and the
fol'e and a.ft quarters of the captain and crew. Her motors and ro-
pe ers ave en so
or o metal;
ent R. H. Suckefol't praise his craft
new oil furnaces, steam turbines
ns the best. afloat; anyone seeing I.he
and powerful generators have been
Jacona in action for a few hours
installed. Her great holds built to
would appreciate that by no means
carry produce of all types, are now
has she lost the atmosphere of adlabyrinth o! neat mechanical contrivances that delicately operate to· venture, that. single quality which
unites ships of every variety and of
produce ;he power of 100 giants.
every sea.
Unlike the old days when the
,
Practical Ship
Jacona sailed under her own steam
and was controlled from the pilot
Yet, the Jacona with all Its storyhouse, up for'd, she now is conbook atmosphere, is a practical ship.
trolled aft, just over hold No. 5.
She has saved the New England
Here Is the switchboard room.
Public Service Company money. Her
Her~ the bperator conti·ols the operating costs are low. She cost to
power flow transmitted over the
build but two-thirds the amount of
a land plant. And when she is sold,
wires to village and homes and factory towns. This flow must be co- she can be transported to the buyer
ordinated with pQwer generated in at a record low sum for all that is
necessary is a tug and stout tow
other sections of the state by the
cables.
Public Service Company of New
Before this day comes, however,
Hampshire (subsidiary of the New
the Jacona will have served its purEngland Public Service Company).
pose in New Hampshire. Its load of
Going forward, No. 4 hold is filled
electric power which it carries may
with the two 10,000-kllowatt turlight farm homes even to the footbine generators; great oil fuel
hills of the White Mountains. It wlll
tanks fill No. 3 hold; in No. 2 are
aid the hydroelectric plants through
the great oil furnaces and induced
the State when lee jams in winter
draft blowers; way for'd in hold
temporarily throw the power flow
No. 1, there ls only a small donkey
out of balance. And when it ls sold,
boiler.
say company executives, electric
Over No.'s 4 and 3 holds are the
power will be so widely established
deck and pilot house built for the
throughout New Hampshire that an
crew and captain. The old dining
salon, that for a short while at least even yearly consumption can be
knew the exuberance of slum gul- expected. Then will be the time for
lion and a hungry crew three times investing ln a large land power
a day is now the headquarters of house.
the s~perintendent. His typewriter l:'L--cllcks today arc sounds unfamiliar
to a room built to echo the clatter
of dishes and the ring of silverware.
a
The Pilot House
O~erhead is the pilot house. Today it' '1ooks down on the bare
Jacoqa decks. Its wheel has been
shifted to the starboard for the
great funnels of the oil furnace now
block the visibility dead ahead. In
the chest where the capt.a.in once
kept his charts, the superintendent
now keeps intricate blueprints of
the Jacona's plant. The polished brass engine controls are missing; the whistle handle ls missing;
the binnacle; like the wheel ls out
of place, to the starboard; only the
constant vibration of the blast furnaces bring back trace of the few
seagoin~ days that the Jacona ever
knew.
Although she has been transfigured from a ship to a power
house, the Jacona has not lost its
allurement. Anyone climbing down
steel ladders into her hold can
watch the process of electrical
energy carried on while the waters
of the Plscataqua flow quietly by.
One can also see the masterful arrangement of turbines, furnaces,
fuel tanks and power lines in such
small space; can hea1 Superintend-
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�vents o the
JANUARY I
• Mayor and New City Cow1cll inaugurated for two-year term.
' Lincoln-Austin Assn. observe anniversary of signing of Emancipation
Proclamation.
Hugh Montgomery takes bride in
Warner.
P. H. S. basketball team wins opening game of season.
Harold S. Woods chosen Supt. of
Street Commissioners.
JANUARY 2
Charles NI. Dale named President of
the State Senate.
Mrs. Cora West installed head of
Storer Relief Corps.
Dramatic Club organized at Navy
Yard.
JANUARY 3
Phillips B., Badger assumes duties as
doorkeeper. 1n Congress.
- Women's City Club ol>serves 15th
anniversary.
Fish and Game f'Jlub dedicates new
club house.
JANUARY 4
' James E. Whalley elected to head
of Bektash Temple. .
' East Rockingham Pomona Grange
has meeting 1n this city, with a triple
instaUation.
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Mr. ·and Mrs. George P. Deering of
North "Kittery observe Golden Wedding
anniversary.
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JANUARY 5
News of the death of John Sauramis,
proprietor of John's· Market, received
in this city.
Mrs. James H. Walker passes away
at her home in Kittery Point. On
Christmas. eve she and her husband
observed their 55th wedding anniverJANUARY '1
Geo, P. Smallcon, named
Water Dept.
National ban"'ks hold annual meeting,
JANUARY 8
Rivermouth Chapter, O. E, S. has
installation.
Ladies' Auxiliary, Partriarchs Militant
iilstall officers.
JANUARY 9
Harry Foote chosen president of Letter Carriers' .Association, Branch 161.
• Men's Clubs of various churches
throughout the city hold get-together
supper and meeting at Universalist
Church.
District Nursing Ass'n holds benefit
card party.
JANUARY 10
City Council elects officers. Edmund
R. Fay chosen collector and Charles
R. Kimball treasurer.
JANUARY 15
1 Mrs.
Blanche C. Point, wife oI Arthur
N. Point, dies.
JANUARY 16
Girl Scouts hold motherS-dt\ughters
meeting.
Graffort Club holds annual musicale,
Artlss de Volt and harp ensemble furni~hing the program.
1
JANUARY 13
r Dr. Harry Munro, field secretary
e International Council of Rellgio
eaks at U l
F'EBRUARY 7
Portsmouth DeMolays observe
anniversary of their chapter.
JANUARY 1'f
l•EBRUARY 8
Boy Scout Court of Awards held at
High School Auditorium.
Kittery Grange presents musical
comedy "The Isle of Foo Chow."
Portsmouth Chapter, Order of DeMolay observes Fathers and Sons night.
Hearing held at Councll Chamber on
proposal to change City Charter to
permit paying of salary to councilmen.
FEBRUARY 9
Training School Alumni has banquet
at Rockingham.
JANUARY 18
F'EBRUARl' 11
Albert R. Hill, former state commander' of the Maine G. A. R., dies in
this city.
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JANUARY 19
' Lawrence L. Goldsmith :ierlouslJ' injured in automobile accident on Newburyport turnpike.
Mrs. Irma Lindheim speaks
local Hadassah group.
Red Men install officers.
l~EBRUARY 1:;
Family Welfare Ass'n has
benefit card party.
Navy Yard play "Fast Workers" presented by "Cue and Queue" at Navy
Yard.
Mrs. Gladys Hasty Carroll, wellknown author of South Berwick, guest
of honor at tea given at Unlversallst
Church.
I·
1James
JANUARY 20
R. Baird dies suddenly.
JANUARY 21
Stolen truck found on Marconi's
wharf. Truck was reported ml sing day
b~fore from Chelsea garage.
JANUARY 22
F'EBRUARY 14
Palmer McC!oskey, Jr., becomes
Eagle Scout. McCioskey is in the Philippines and the award WM sent to
him there.
Rotary Club holds ladies night.
Seacoast Regional Meeting held with
Gov. Bridges and Gov. Brann as speakers.
Gov. Bridges names committee to
study Rye Harbor project.
Kittery Follies of 1935 presented.
Boy Scouts hold Fathers & Sons
Banquet. Marshall Chalk presented Lite
Saving medal by City of Portsmouth.
JANUARY 23
North Church parish reception held.
Heavy storm begins.
JANUARY 24
Twenty-four hour storm ties u1> traffic and clogs streets.
Annual meeting o! the Red 01·oss.
JANUARY 25
Zero weather adds to dlscom!ort
caused by heavy snow storm.
JANUARY 26
News received here or the death in
Texas o! Wendell P. Brown, a former
principal or Haven School.
Young People's OouncU hold<J conference.
JANUARY 28
Mercury drops from 3 to 20 ~egree.s
below zero about the city. ·
Abandoned "No School'' signal
liOUnded.
.
JANUARY 30
Kittery holds birthday ball.
Maj. George H. Morse tendered testimonial dinner on eve of hL~ departure
from Navy Yard.
JANUARY 31
Annual meeting
Alumni held.
of High
School
takea
F'EBRUARY 15
Senior Class pla1r "Here Comes Patricia" presented at Jr. High Auditorium ..
FEBRUARY 19
Union Rebekah Lodge observes
anniversary.
Sixty-fourth anniversary obsenred by
Damon Lodge.
Willis G. Meloon dies at his home on
Wibircl street.
FEBRUAitY 20
Graffort Club observes 40th anniversary,
Universalists hold annual Parish Gett.ogether.
FEBRUAltY 21
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Spinney
:serve :iULh wedding anniversary.
Streamline train "Flying Yankee"
vlsits city and several thousand make
inspection of the Boston and Maine's
newest train.
l •'EBRUAltY 2?,
FEBRUARY 1
Boynton
JANUARY 11
Annual ecclesiastical meeting
North Church held,
C. Edgar Hoyt, well-known railroad
man, dies following 11,n emergency operation.
F.EBRUAltY G
Gilbert & Sullivan opera
presented by local talent.
GrafforL Club holds mid-winter meeting.
bride
in
FEBRUARY I
Samuel Weston oooerves· 96t!l bil'th-
day.
Testimonial dinner given J. Wallace
Lear on his 70th birthday,
Frank L. Pryor observes 81st birth•
day.
FEBRUARY 4
Production starts at local plant of
the Carey Mfg. Oo.
!11!1!!:'a"!:'!l'~lff Work started today in tearing down
old Dover Point Toll Bri e.
P. II. S. defeats Dover in
game a!. Dover.
FEBRUAUY 23
P. H. S. basketball team invited to
participate in inter-scholastic tournament, at Durham.
Mrs. !•'ranees M. Lewis dies at age of
74.
FEBRUAUY 25
American Legion
Committee.
sponsors
FEBRUARY 27
North Church presents "A
School o! Ye Olden Days."
Safety
�ear1n
FEilRUARY ?.8
IIIJ\ltCII 16
Sea Scouts hold Parent's Night.
Exeter and Portsmouth Roval and
Select Masters meet in joint visltn•
tion.
·
Rotary Club observes 12th anniver~
sary.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Philbrlck of
Somerville, Mass., former residents of
Rye, celebrate their golden wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Ferguson observe
sllver wedding anniversary.
A. O. H. has st. Patrick's celebration.
Tax Commission meets here with
Tax assessors of Rockingham County
towns.
Dr. Eieanor Tupper of New · York
chosen as associate dean of Stonelelgh
College.
,
Daniel O'Leary, well-known ,singer,
dies.
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IllJ\ltCII 17
MARCH I
More than 160 attend testimonial
dinner Lo P. H. s. basketball team.
Camp Fire Girls of North Church
have birt.hday hanquet with fathers as
special guests.
Kiwanis Club sponsors inter-club
meeting.
Whipple School basketball , team· wl.n.s
grade school league championship. ·
Payson Smith, ~o~issio_n_e r of l Education of Mass., speaks at meeting : of
Central Council Parent-Teacher's · Assoclatiou,
PortsmouU1 Hi gh ba~ketbnll team defeats St. Joseph's High of Mnnehester
in opening round of State Tournament
at Durham.
Clarence M. Prince of KHtery dies.
l\IARCII 2
Portsmouth High defeats West Side
in morning game at Durham and wins
state championship defeating Claremont.
l\I/\RCH::
Mrs. Frank Brooks dies at her home
on Pleasant St.
John G. Kingsbury. a life-long resident of this city, dies.
MARCH 4
College Club holds Mardi Or,.,s at
Junior High School.
IIIARCII 5
Carveth Wells and Mrs. Wet!l1 speak
at Graffort Club.
DeMolays observe Devotional Day,
l\IARCI-119
IllARCII 20
Announcement made that the Tobias
Lear house on Hunkins st. has been
sold to William S. Appleton, secretary
of the Society for the Preservation of
N. E. AnL!qulties.
MARCH 21
P. II. S. basketball players entertained by Rotary Club.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Dustin of
North Hampton observe golden wedding,
Illi RCII 22
._!?,otary Club holds meeting ot Portsmouth Hospital and members inspect
newly erected maternity building,
Morgery Redden presented
Golden E~glct in Girl Scout ceremony.
James E. Whalley honored by Shrin•
ers at banquet.
Work begun in installing machinery
at Diatomite Co.
MARCH 8
MARCii 23
MARCH '1
Amelia Earhart stopped here on war
to Augusta Lo speak before Malne Ieglslafore.
IIIARCII 9
Town meetings held in Kitten· and
Eliot.
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New Matci•nitr Building at Hospital
open to the public.
Mr\RCH 11
Richman P. Margeson head~ countl'y
club at annual election.
. MARCIi 12
"Fast Workers," Navy Yard play, prescntrd in Lilis city.
l\lARCII 25
Leigh Bunnell heads Grand Lodge
N. E. 0. P.
Unitarian League hosts to St. John's
Men's Club.
MARCIi 26
Norlh Church parish reception held.
Do.mon Lodge, K. of P. holds Past
Chancellors· Night.
Miss Mary Miller observes 94th
blrthda~·.
Tllc two Portsmouth teams entered
in New Hampshire Amateur Basketball Tournament at Manchester defeated in preliminaries.
Il:IARCH 13
Cup award to first baby born at new
maternity bulldlnir goCll to sou of Mr.
~n4_Mrs. Frant 0, Rlsklefs.
.
Announcement made that stream
4
11.ne
train will be operated over Eastern
Division on ·evening run to Portland.
w.
MARCIi 30
A. Parslow well known painting
contractor dies.
APRIL I
Henry B. Colson, last · member of
Storer Post, G. A. R. residing in this
city, dies.
MARCIi 14
APRIL 2
Portsmouth High defeated hy Westfield, Mass. High in over time period
in first round of the New England Interscholastic Bastketball Championsllip.
Constitution Circle Companions of
the Forest observes 40th anniversary,
IIIARCH 15
Senior Corps of Junior High School
presents annual entertainment.
Dr. Harry Stock speaks before gathering of Church School Workers at
North Church Parish House.
Women's City Club presents pageant
of famous people of Portsmouth.
Permanent Men win Firemen's
Bowling League.
APRIL 11 · ·. • , ·.. ,·
Rye Junior Hlgh School pupils present "Love Pirates of Hawail.u
· APRIL·l2 ··
Last ·snow storm of the ·season.
Miss Martha . Boutwell awarded a
scholarship ut. Mozar-teum Academy at
Salzburg, Austria.
Local DeMolays . observe
Night.
Junior Class, P. H. s. present annual play "Ladies of the Jury".
Mrs. Elizabeth Seavey, Dept. President Ladies' Aux. Patriarchs Mllltant,
tendered reception in honor of her
election to that office.
APRIL 13
Mi~,
i\IARCH ?.7
Portsmouth School of Rcllgiou~ Education opens for five week period.
Ref. and Mrs. Ivar Sellevagg tendered reception at· Court St. Chuch.
Town meetings held in surround!ng
N. H. towns.
APRIL 10
APRIL 5
Oppo5ition develops in New CasLle
over proposition to make in that town
a permanent site for National Guard
Camp.
Annual gymnastic exhibition given
by School chlldren.
APRIL 6
Mrs. Rull! A. Wendell of South St.,
observes 9:Jrd •birthday.
Al'RIL 8
term of Superior Court 01>ens
Nrw Hampshire Girl Scout
1101<1 conference in this city,
, Girl Scouts present Fashion Show at
Rockingham.
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APRIL 14
' Mrs. Helen R. Thayer, wife of the
late Dr. L. H. Thayer, dies at her Newton, Mass., home.
APRIL 15
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Rev. David K. Montgomery of West
Roxbury, Mass., accepts call to pastorate
'at Morristown, N. J,
• Two Portland fliers were rescued at
Kittery Point after being forced down
off Sea Point.
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APRIL l'7
Piscataqua Fish and Game Olub has
annual meeting .
APRIL 19
Genaro Piccoli, and Leo Gagne,
brought to local jail after fatal shooting
at Pony Inn, Salem,
APRIL 20
Thomas and Robert Brackett rescued
when boat capsized in Piscataqua River,
APRIL 21
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips· of Kittery Point observe golden wedding,
APRIL 24
.
Gra!fort Olub play "Aren't We All",
presented at Masonic Auditorium,
APRIL 25
"P1·escnting Polly" K. of o. play given
before large audience at K. of 0. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lomas observe
60th wedding anniversary, .
Ml'. and Mrs. Cornelus Driscoll observe 45th anniversary of their wedding. _
APRIL 26 ,
Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Mcivan, of
Providence, R. I., narrowly escape death
as car overturns near Rice's Bridge.
j William Ryan becomes Eagle Scout
at •Court of Honor held at Jr. High
�APRIL 29
,
David R. -Smith µam.ed county rel1ef
administrator.
MAY 1 - ·
1
North Church holds ' May
and 1uncheon. . '
1 Annual meeting - of Graffort .Club
held. .
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\-: ;De~~111~-Tra~~!il1~a~e~ fo~.' ~as~ington.'
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MAY ·G
: Richard B. Shelton resigns as Managin~ .. ~ecretary' of Chamber of. Commerce. to devote his time to literary
wor1c:· : , • ·- : ' .
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\ ·Rev ..Harold S, Hannum chosen President of Ministerial Assn: of Portsmouth
·and"' vicinity.'
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. MAY. 8
\,_ Rev. - E. K. Amazeen ~bserves
birthday. · "
,_: Mrs. Benjamin Singe:r;_ named ];'resident oi local council of Jewish Women.
JUNE 8
Portsmouth High School ties with
Exeter for first place in Tri-County
baseball league:-. ,.
,
JUNE 9
Firemen hold Memorial ·Sunday.
JUNE 10
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Gagne and Piccoli go on trial
murder in Superior Court,
JUNE 12 .
N. H. Nurses Assn. meets here.
John R. Davis held here as suspect
:Ip. kidnapping of Concord garage owner ' at Northwood Lake earlier in the
day.
JUNE 13
Leo Gagne and Genaro Piccoli changed their pleas of not guilty of murder
in the first degree, to guilty of second
degree murder. From 30 to 40 years in
state's prison sentence handed out to
Piccoli and 12 to 18 to Gagne,
JUNE 14
JUNE 21
Wentworth Hotel opens for the season.
City Council passes budget mising
$613,204.42 by taxation, an increase of
$30,351.5~• over last year.
JUNE 28
Stoneleigh College ends first year
with dedication of Pioneer Hall.
Annual meeting of Colonial Dames
held here.
,
' Rotary Club holds Ladies' Night.
.
JUNE 30
Oscar Laighton obser ves 96th anniversary of his birth.
Fred tacy, former business man, · dies
at his home in Kittery.
JULY 2
First half of Sunset League ends with
Atlantic· Gypsum team winner.
JULY 3
Farragut Playhouse opens.
JULY 4
Fourth of July observed here
parade and Firemen's Muster.
Capt. Chas. S. Drowne, well-known
New Castle man, dies.
Garden Festival opens at Rye.
Senior Class of P. H. S. holds
day, .
Fortl~th .Annual Conv~ntion of FedJUNE 1G .
JULY 5
eration ot: women's .. Clubs : ineets here.
Marine Corps Reserve Units arrive
Milk
control
):>oard
meets here.
Sunset League opens season. ·
at Navy Yard for two weeks training
JULY 8
School ·Board votes· to revise basis
period.
Frank w. Peyser of this city passes
for !'."ward.'. of :Haven m~dais; . - Opera "Aida" presented by .Sevitbar examination.
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zky's Ensemble brings garden festival •
Annual meeting of District Nursing
~Fire :damages· Jameson .wh~rf, ·.• · ·
to a close.
Assn. held.
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Baccaiaureate held at South Church.
JULY 9
Rainbow Girls · hold _ annual
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs hold memClass of 1932 P. H. s. has reunion.
dante·f,'-~ -·., :· MAY 19 :
orial Sunday for their members. .
JULY 10
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JUNE 17
Annual
meeting
of Portsmouth
Jewish : Hadassah • ~resents "H~dasMa.ry I. Wood presented honorary · ings Bank held.
sah'' biblical dram.a,-at·· Masonie ·A~dldegree Doctor · of Laws at _U. of N. H.
JULY1'1
torium . .
C01mnencement.
Granite State Fire Insurance Co. obl\IA\.r'. 20
Training School graduation.
serves 50th anniversary of organization.
.A:nnouncement . niade ·. thi,.t - bronze
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JUNE 18 ,.
Annual meeting of 'warner House
plaq~e will ; be preseh~d -.'o utstandlng
_Rye · Harbor ··Bill passed by LegislaAssn. held.
atlii~t~:- ot:i>ort~moutfr ;jIIgli ·each·, year ture.
Mary Fuller, daughter of
by 'Stovie ~,Atilder. . ; ·, . . ... . • . : ..
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Mass.,
Governor, ni.akes debut
Alber • H ..•. Dra~e, ·-OD,e ··•Of . the - most
. Tllt·ee Massachusetts men, after being
tress at Farragut Playhouse.
prominent citizens OCR.ye;~d\e.,' follow~
adrift in a ·small · dingy, rescued off
JULY 19
;_vfei;ks°"'.ilineiii•._•-, ·-. · · · · · ·
shore bv R. T. Hendrickson.
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JUNE 20
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MAY 23
$64,000.
· )J. s .. Submarine Poi;poise launched.
· House of Representative:;; at Concord
Horace S. Spinney, life long resident
P'.°" H. s. graduation exercises held
passes ,bill -providing fo~. pensioning
of this city, dies.
with 177 receiving diplomas.
JULY 23
local police.
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MAY24
Eugene Holmstedt dies at a Boston
:. Jm1ior. High. School holds class day
Shriners hold spring ceremonial.
Hospital.
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eicercises.
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- Girl ·scouts hold Court of Honor.
Annual meeting of Plymouth Business
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' i:;eniors hold reception.
Schou°!. Alumni Association held at
:-Everett M. Trefethen, well-known
Box · 28 Assn. of Boston entertained
Foyecliff.
fontra~tor, dies. ·
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by local Fire Dept. ·
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·" •J ohn J, Troy of this city and Herman
Celia Thaxter Garden
. Sea Scout Jamboree being
E. -Parker of Rye lose lives when boat
the Shoals,
overturns at.Dan ·Hole Pond at Cen~er Peirce. Island.
JULY 25
Ossipee:, Geo·. E. Ricker . of this city .:·Shoals season open~.
Members of Peperrell family hold reJUNE 23
union.
saved. · ·
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. Annual Masonic Service held at St.
Ranger Chapter, D. A.
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Memorial D~y observed with ·parade John's· Church.
party at The .Wentworth.
t In · a . playpff_ for Championship . of
JULY 26
and ·exercises at cemetery,
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,· MAY 31
Tri-county baseball league, Portsmouth
Terrence ·J. Rafferty joins faculty of
F~ul' ·· tenerrient house burned on defeats Exeter I-i:igh 5 to ·4 for their
University of New Hampshire.
second : chainpionship of · th~ year.
Coleman family reunion held in NewBartlett• st. ,
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.:: St. Patrick's School diplomas award- = ington.
·. JUNE 1
People's ·church observes 20th anni- ed'· to 45 members ·of graduating class.
JULY 2'1
Portsmout11 · Horse Show sponsored
versazy. -.
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JUNE 5
JUNE 24
by Woman's City Club, held at Frank
. Members of House and Senate Ap· '.Marine Reserves have
Jones Estate.
pro;priations Committee from· Concord on Peirce Island.
JULY 28
JUNE 25
visit Rye •Harbor Development Project. .
Word received here of the death in
'Dr. Lewis Perry, headmaster of ExTraip -Aqademy has Class Day;
Wr.shington, D. C. of Ernest L. Chaney,
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eter ·Academy, marries in this city,
a former resident of this city.
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, ~omrii:en'cement ~xe1·cises' ·, h_eld 1 at
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JUNE 26
Allen B. Lewis, of Kittery, runner up
George A. Howard of this city re-el•
Traip Academy, ·
for championship of Maine Trap si-iootected Grand Regent at 19th annual
C:ity Club has annual meeting.
ing Contest.
is~ssion of Grand Council Royal Arcanf
JUNE7 _
JULY 30
Samuel w. Moses, well-known reElks' Summer Frolic opens at Municitired ~usiness man, dies at age of 84.
pal Parking Place.
·;Mr•.' and Mrs. Nelson Brown observe
JULY 31
silver wedding anniversa ·• ~~ · · ·
Mrs. Charles E. Hodgdon dies at her
home on Woodbury Ave.
Advance Guard of 101st Regiment,
N. H. N. G. arrives at Rye Beach.
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of the Marine Guard at the Marine
Barracks, found in river. Garovich had
been missing since July 24.
AUGUST ::
Merrimack Valley Red Men and
Pocahontas hold 57th quarterly meeting at Pannaway Club.
NaUonal Guard arrive at Rye Beach
or iwo week training period.
AUGUST 4
"Babe" Dldrlckson and Gene Sa razen
l)iay golf at R ye.
William T. Entwistle dies.
AUGUST 5
Plve National Guardsmen stunned
by ilghtnlug in· severe electrical storm
at Rye Beach.
AUGUST 7
Thomas J. Donovan, well-known
Granite Slate Fire Insurance Co. employee, dies.
Y. w. C. A. holds Doll Festlml.
AUGUST 9
Annual children's picnic held at Wallis Sands with about 1600 attending.
AUGUST 13
First fatal accident of the ~ cor in
this city, John Pcnlo, 5-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John PcnLo, killed when
, run over by truck.
AUGUST H
Mrs·. Carrie M. Marden, a lifc-loug
resident of R.vc, dies at the age o! 75.
AUGUST 15
Benjamin M. Hartshorn joins sta[f oI
First National Bank. ·
AUGUST 16
Rev. A. E. Ricker, pastor of the Eliot
Congregational Church, dies.
AUGUST 19
,varren H. Allen, of Rye, who has
been employed for the past 18 l'Ca1·s by
the N. H. Gas and Electric Co. transferred to Cambridge.
AUGUST 20
PorLsmouLh Garden Club holds
Flower Arrangement Show here.
AUGU 'T 21
Ruth Nichols, 11oted flier, visits city,
Japanese Bi1ll held at We11t v.·orth
Hotel in commemoration o[ the 30th
anniversary of .·Jr,ning of Japnne~r Rus•
slan Peace Treaty.
AUGUST 2'?
. Hearing held at city hall lo amend
zoning onlinancc.
Mrs. Grnce Morri»on Poole to become dean at Stoneleigh Collm; c, it is
announced.
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AUGUST 2l
Annual Water Carnival l•,.Jd at Ry&
Beach Club . .
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AlfGU 'T 23
George M. McCarthy, one of Port-s•
mouth's olclcst business men. dies.
Frank L. Wood dies al HampLou
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Beach.
AUGUST 26
Mrs. Melinda Ranclail obserr cs 84.th
birthday.
Special investigating rol'ltnitl ee of
City Council makes repor t hut 110 re.
comme11datio11s following probe into
various city cl r parLmcnts.
./\UGUST 27
Joseph L. T homson appointed member of Police Dept .
AUGUST 211
Locke family holds 45ti1
union at Rye.
AUGUST 31
SEPTEI\-U.ER 21
Rye Beach Horse Show is
Hooper's Ridirlg School.
Approximately 27,175' cars crossed
Memorial Bridge during the day.
Lobstermen organize at Kittery.
Albert ~- .Woolfson chosen Lt. Gov.
of New England Kiwanis District.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Amazeen of
Kittery. Ppint observe. 62nd wedding '
anniversary.
SEPTE!UBER 3
SEPTE!\I.BER 26
Bucket brigade saves home of Dr.
Warren E. Adams, swnmcr l'CS!dent of
Little Boar's Head.
A total of 363,279 cars "checked" passing over Memorial Bridge during the
last 19 days.
Annual meetinis of Portsmouth Historical Socie~y held at John PaUl Jones
House.
Lt. Comdr. J. W. Fowler. U. s. N.
given testimonial .banquet.
· City Connell orders hearing on re•
moval t,f Board of Street Commissioners.
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SEPTE!\IBER 1
St. Patrick's School opens.
Oliver P. Philbrick announces
didacy for Sheriff.
'SEPTE!UBER 5
George W. Smith. oldes t mason in
New Hampshire, d\es at Hampton iu
his 93rd year.
"Tons of Money" presented at Navr
Yard by Cue and Queue.
SEPTEI\IBER 6
· SEPTE!UBER 2i
Adm. C. P. Snyder, Commandant of
the Navy Yard, ordered transferred.
SEPTEMBER 28
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Fifth Infantry, hiking from Fort
Devens to Portland, Me., spends night
at Lafayette Airport. ·
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Tug Mitchell Davia ·sold• by Piscataqua Towing-Co.
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injury when his truck plunged oll
Sagamore bridge.
SEPTEMBER 7
New England Young Republican
open second conference at Wentworth
SEl'TEI\IBER 9
Navr Yard awarded contracts fo,
building two submarines. Cost unof.
ficlally estimated at m1der 3,000,004
fach.
Schools open.
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SEPTEMBER 30
Judge · John Scaminqn retires as
Judge of Rockirlgham County Superior
Court, having reached age limit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Alfred· Phillips of
Eliot observe Golden Wedding.
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OCTOBER 1
Richard Dame observes
day.
OCTOBER 2
H. M. S. Scarborough arrives
!or a good will visit.
r-,rtsmouth Chapter American Red
Cross 'votes to establish First Aid Station here.
OCTOBER 3
Mark F. O'Brien named head
Booma Post, American: Legion.
OCTOBER lt .
Catholic Daughters of Ameriea.. form
branch ln this cfty.
Two more mysterious fires in Kit-
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Y. W. C. A. observes 15th anniver~
sury.
Hotel Parkfield at KiUery Poirlt da•
s troyed by fire.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. A. 13a:rrett observe
Silver Wedding Anniversary.
OCTOBER';:
St. John's· Lodge of Masons visits St.
John's of Boston.
E. Edward Scarponi appoirlted to the
police force,
H. M. S. Scarborough leaves
• week's vi~it.
SEPTEMBER 17
OCTOBER
Second s upposed incendiary fire level$ carpenter shop and house at Kit•
tery Point.
SEPTEl\IBER 19
Townse nd Club organized in thi':I
citr.
Howard E. Brackett heads PortsI mouth Chapter, Order of DeMolav
SEPTEMBER 20
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Mrs. Susan Wentworth F!'ost dies following brief ·mness.
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SEPTEMBER 10
P. A. C. observes 50th anniver11arv
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pryor obse1:;, ·
58lh wedding anniversary.
Kiwanis Club observes 9th anniver,
sary,
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SEPTE!llBER 12
U. S. S. Pike launched with Miss Jane
~ Snyder as sponsor.
· Cleon E. Heald named Senior Vice
Commander of Sons of Union Veteran,1
at annual convention of National Or•
ganization.
SEPTEMBER 14
Maj. Wllliam P. Richards, u, s. M. a
marries Miss Elizabeth M. Barbell
daughter of Lt. Col. Tom Barber, com,
j manclant of the 1w.val prison, is ill
, military wedding at the Navy Yard.
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Samuel Sulllvan, a member of the
Pollce Department, dies after several
month's illness.
City Council authorizes special commit.tee to st.udy report of !!lvcstigaLing
committl'c and make recomm~ndations,
SEPTE!\IDER ?.l
n olancl Grant and Rino.lo Pror ario
inst antly killed in motorcycle accillent.
SEPl'Ei\IBER 23
Mrs. Eliza A. Marden, oldest resident
of Rye, dies.
F'ire of m,· lerio:1s origin des troys
h o!lle of Lewis l\Ioor,, on Gerrish Is-
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· Jefferson .Rowe, former city marshal,
clles at age o! 92.
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OC'l'OBER. 9
"District Meeting of. Odd Fellows held
here.
· Orel A. Dexter named a member ot
the Police Commission. -.
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OCTOBER 10
I Mr. and ·Mrs: Harry E. Philbrook observe 35th,annlversary.
Two families 'driven out by
Kittery Point.
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OCTOBER U
Fire damages submarL'1e .Pike.
Gl.l'l Scouts hdld style show at Rockingham." , · '
OCTOBER 17
Young' 'Democratic Club
quet.
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OCTOBER 1!>
Mr. and Mrs. John w. Hopley observe
25th anniversary~
Coleman Pearson chosen head of state
DeMolay.
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�OCTOBER ... o
Gen. Adolphus W. Greely 91-year-old
Arctic·.explorer who. landed here from
his. Arcli<; ~xperience, .dies In Washington. ·
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OCTOBER26
-AnuoUllcem!lnt made that former employees_and heirs of Navy Xard to re:ceive $90,605.80 In back pay. · ·
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OCTOBER30
, Daniel Webster Coupcil Boy . Scouts
of-Anierlc~ bolds «nmu,J rp.eeting bere.
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John McMann
·ma:.iitger of swimip-mg;PQOl :for.1936. ·'
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NOVEMBER 28
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hodgddn of
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DECEMBER 1
Elks hold annual Memorial Service.
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40th wedding ainniversary•.
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"Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant
l Joseph w.
Hodgdon, well-known
rh\1$ician,1diesv. ,
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~gton, , ~d, Auxiliary .are Installed at
j'ol.µt meeting. , , · · . ; - · •
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NOVEMBER 8
, All bids for Mit.chell Hospital at
Br~tyrood J'e~ected . a~ meeting of
County Commissione+s here. ,
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Federated Ct1,m:h Women bold annual' meet,ipg., ·,.
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iµid Auxiliary install officers. , , .
of Venice" presented ::.t Junior High
under. auspices of Portsmouth Teachm;' Assn.
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Nathalie Gamester fatally
·when auto strikes bicycle she
ing.
DECEMBER 10
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· Meeting held to consider the forma-
tlon of Business and Professional '
Women's Club In this city,
DECEMBER 11
Prof. Noble· C. Bragg addresses joint
meeting of Parent-Teacher Assn.
DECEMBER 12
John W.. Toner honored by local
Elks-.
DECEMBER 13
Judge Francis W. Johnston rules that I
temporary 1njuct1on of Board of Street I
Commissioners to be permanent.
High School musical group give concert.
NOVEMBER 9
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Wentworth St., Kittery, observe golden
wedding.
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Harvey R. Hill dies at his home on
Aldrich Road.
.1Board of Street Commissioners name
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DECEMBER 31
. Oscar Neukom chosen clerk c,f M mIClpal Court.
Hearing on temporary injunction r estraining three members of the City
Council from sitting ·i n judgement on
Street Commissioners, held in Exeter.
rho,~ as J. , ~ra~ett, Jr.. instantly
killed In accident at Stratham.
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DECEMBER SO
Ci!,Y Council hearing on ouster proceedings starts at 8 o'clock ending at
2:10 a. m. <Tues.) when members go
into executive session.
Fl.remen's ball held for first time in
many yea.l's.
11-t Navy Yard.
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Edward H. Adams retires as Associate Justice of the Municipal Court.
Nearly 70 candidates out at first call
for basketball candidates.
Seacoast Regional Development Assn.
meets here.
jnjured
DECEl\IBER 14
was rid-
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NOVE.l\lBER 13
Christmas tree in Greenland erected
by: the Greenland Grange, stripped of
its omamen~ only a few hours after
being put in place.
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DECEI\IBER 17
Leon West named Chancellor
Damon Lodge; K. of P.
City council sets Dec. 20 night as
date of hearing on ouster proceedings
against Board of Street Commissioners.
Norman Morse of · Portsniot1t.h and
John' Kimball' of Hrunpton arrested ·oq
charges or arson In · connection with
Kittery fires.
Rev. Donald L. Warmouth assumes
duties as pastor of Greenland Federated Church.
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Hovey PostJ 1fonors Gold Star Mothers.
Fred D. 'Hasty,' a charter member a11d
first president of P. A. C. dies.
NOVEMBER 12
Hearing - on Cocheco Mills
tion held In this city.
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DECEMBER 18
DECEI\IBER 19
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New Hampshire Wpmen's Republican
Club has gathering In this city,
Civic Orchestra gives concert at Junior High Auditorium.
NOVEMBER 17
DECEJ\IBER 20
1 Edward Weeks chosen head of Vet-
Mr,·and Mrs. J H. Dinnerman honored at party in. observance of their
silver wedding. · · ·
NOVEMBER 18
eran fuement Assn.
Ouster proceedings still in progress
at City Council adjourns to Dec. 30.
DECEMBER 22
First snow of winter
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;NOVEMBER 19
· Gates ·wentworth-observes 89th birth·day.
Charles F. Shillaber, well-known retired banker, dies.
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DECEI\IBER 24
Councilman Archibald D. McEachern
submits resignatl.on as a member of
the City Council ·having accepted a
position on the Navy Yard. · ·
• Haverhill Symphony Club presents
c.oneert lll"this city with James 'J. Morrison as conducto::-.
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Community Christmas carol ~ingini;
held.
NOVEMBER 22
' Mr, and 'Mrs. ·JattleS' Harve:{eelebrate
54th ,wedding anniversary. : ' · ,_: . ,..
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Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole inducted
as Dean of Sonele.igh College.
NOYEMBER.24
- Mts4 •Mary Ann Junkins celebrates
1 103rd birthday,
h:er
"' '. ~. Wiµtam E'. Souter dies at bJs
home in ·New oasth!. ' ....
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Alumni Assn. holds Christmas Ball.
DECEMBER 26
Sheriff Ceylon Spinney JeaYes for
New Mexico to bring Richard E. Lord
back for violations of parole.
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Harry Ingram and C. Herbert Davis
Jose lives as their automobile is struck
by train on Barberry Lane.
DECEI\IBER 28
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Shapleigh
observe 53rd weddin
anniversar •
�'l\fr. Osborn 1became associated with
tJhe Atlantic Gypsum Products Compan~· in 1929, as superintendent of
bhe ew York Ci-ty 'Plant, and· took
over his -preS<'nt position in PortsmouLh six years ago. A year ago last
sumrne1· he went to England as a
consultant of construction of the
Briti h plaster board gypsum plant.
When Lhe United States enteredJ the
·world \Var, 'Mr. Osborn was a membc-t· of Lhe NaLional Guard in Buffalo.
He was a,tlached 1to the 106th Field
A1,Lillery, 27th Division, stationedJ at
Spartensburg, S. C. Going overseas
from Newport News, Va., he saw
eleven monLhs' service over there, !JO
days or " 'hich were spent on the
1\T rnsr-A 11g-onno, St. Mihiel, nnrl the
defensive fronLs as a gunner. Ile is
a charter member of Hiram Luhman
Post. Amrrican Legion, of Oakfield,
N. Y., and a member of the Hovey
Po, 1, V. J<'. W., of Portsmout;h.
i\fr. O~born was married December
7, l!l17, Lo l\li!>s Eunice M. Shultz, of
Oakfield, N. Y. They have five childr<'n, one son, a student in PortsmouLh High School, and• four daughLers, who attend! Lhe junior high and
grammat· schools.
As manager or Lhe ALlanLic Gypsum Producls Com'pany's large manu.
facturing plant in PortsmouLh, Clayton E . Osborn occupies a position
which entails not only great responsibilit:,,,, lbut requires .an intricate
knowledge of the many phases of the
gypsum indusLry from mine to
market. Yet Mr. Osborn handles his
job easily and disposes of the many
management problcmS' in the efficient
manner of a man long 'trained in' ,h is
particular fielrl.
Born 40 year!i ap;o in Hutchins,
Pa., Lhe son of Byron E. and Netlie
Osborn, l\1 r. O>'b orn atlend'ed' school
in Cameron, Pa., and Churchville, N.
Y., until l!H2, when •h<' began as a
water !boy in ,Lhe Oakfic'ld, N . Y., planL
of the United Sla'lt'f'> Gypsum Company, ,the fit·,;t and largest gypsum
plant in Lhc world. From Lhat job
he went into ,the mines, 'became an
electrician's hc1'per, mining engineer's
helper and 'Lhen broke and operated
mine moLors and pumps. Irr 1916, ,h e
l'ame on Lop, 1where he •broke on Lhe
switching locomotive in the plant
yard. '!'hen 1he entered the machini ts'
plant, lbecame repairing- and assistant
master mechanic, and• for severa1
years had charge of construction and
purchai;ing. Mr. o~born's next jdb
was thnl of operating superintendcnL,
one of ,t,hreC' under Lhe works manager.
II e then Look over the du tie: of rnaslct· mechanic, until 1928, at which
lime ,he entered ,Lhe employ of the
Slate of New York as constru~lion
superinLendent of buildings.
�·FivtfFamilies Reside in the
Inn Once
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Ghosts Peer In, Some Wea'r ing
. Cofonial Uniform, S'ome
Are Longfellow's ·
By Martha Wentworth Suffren
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Portsmouth, N. H.
UCH of historic inter est c enter s ·
in .the inns of Colonia l times.
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The colonist chose his innkeep ers caref ully·. It was an
honored post, calllng fo r m en of substance
who could e rect large and substantial
bu,ildings,, and of a character that insured
their being' run with dignity as. well a s
comfort. The· :first Earl . of H a lifa x Inn
in Portsmouth was one of the earlies t
of these hostelries. Just why the 'mn
was so named is not a ppa r ent, except
that its builder and first k eep er, John
Stavers, coming from England, probably
clung to thoughts of his 'old hom e.
The original E a.rl of Halifa x was
Charles · Montague, born 1661, dying in
171,6; he was chancellor -of the ex ch eque1·
and originated the tax on windowswhich it may not b e di s creet to mention!
He was made earl by G eorge I.
John Stavers, by tra de an inn-lrneper,
came to Portsmouth b efore 1759 with his
bro'ther, Bartholomew, and ' acquired
property. The inn which h e erected was
located on Queen street, now State, the
name of the street having been changed
wnen with ,a large gesture we threw all
king_s and quee;ns into the discard.
From Chair to Flying Coach
Here John ·seems to have pro spered.
We find him in April of 17Gl establishing
a ,'.'Stage Chair" : to run be~ween Portsmouth and Boston. One of the h a ndb!lls announcing ,it remains:
, .: "For the encouragement ·o f Trade '
from Portsmouth tp Boston
A LARGE STAGE CHAIR
With two good 'horses well equipped,
wi\J be ready1 by Monday the 20th
inst. to start out from Mr. Stavers,
' "'Inn-holder, au the sign of the Earl
of Hallfax, in :this town, for Boston,
to perform on'c e a w eek; to lodge at
Ips,vich · the .same night; from thence
through Medford to Charlestown
Ohosen by a Tory to Give Luste1·
'fer;ry,; to · tarry at Charlestown till
. Thursday morning so as to return to
this town the next day; to s et out
New · One , Three Stories
again the Monday following; it will
Brother Bartholomew seems to have
be contrived · to carry four person s
been entrusted with thi s part of the hotel
beside the driver. -The price wil,l ,b e
business.
Thirteen Shiliings and Six Pence
Those must have been proud mom ents
sterling for each persori from hence
to. John Stavers wheh h e could s tand
to • Boston and at the same rate of
under
his swirlglng s ign of the Earl, who
·conveyance back again." And so on.
wore, says Longfellow , a " scarlet coat
.:· After a month, several Chairs having and periwig of fl a x"; and walch t h o rn a 1·,
been run with · satisfaction, notice was vellous conveyance set forth wlth mu ch
given ,: that now . five persons could be blowing of horns and pra n cing or
carried.
Vaulting - ambition then . o' e.r hm;ses, on its p erilous journey to Bos ton
leaping itself, we find the enterpris ing town.
Stavers establishing another and a
Around 1770 a n ew E a rl of H a li fax was
gr~ater conveyance, a four or even s ix- built and thrown open to traveller s, th e
horse car riage under elate of Ma.y, 1763:
first one of that n a me having probably
"THE PORTSMOUTH 1rLYING
become in s uffic ie nt for th e enl a rged h osSTAGE COACH
pitality demand ed by the tim es. It w as
is now· finished, which will carrY . six
destroyed by the fire of 1813 and a n
apartm ent buildin g n ow stand s on th e
, persons insld~; runs with four to s ix
,· horses; each . ,p erson · to pay 13s . 6d.
site. '.rile · n ew inn s tood at th e cor ner
of Cou r t and A t kin so n str eets , carry ing
·· to Boston, and 4s. 6d. to Newbury .
the sam e •sig n and run by th e sam e boniSets out from the .sign of the Earl or
fa ce. It was of three s to ries w ith a
· Halifax, every Tuesday . morning begambrel roof; the sign swun g fro m a hig h
}r, tw:een / L.£
. Jl.\!.J,,..9:_silocj{~ , goes tqrough
:¼,-.:Newql!,rY,,to,\~ -~;iton ,- and wlll p'ut un • .. post on the N. E. corn er , a nd hug~
' at,inffs _lo1\J:fl1~'.).-0ad·where good en_ter- · stables stood in the r ear y ard.
The Stavers brothers, h av in g co m e so
tamment 1nd attimdance are proy1ded l
,t or the pa,ssengers In the coac;p, The r' recently from th e mother count r y , w ere
naturally
s omewhat in sympa th y with
. , sul;>scrloer, m!).ster of the ~tage ':oach,
1
, :,
is,; to bf , spoke , with from Saturday ·1 the T ory s ide, a nd were r egarded wi th
...,. night ,.to')\1c;n;i,tlay:·night, at ,Mr .. John
s uspicion when the r ev olutionary s pirit
awoke in the n eighborhood. The g a th er' l3tav~rs'f~tn~1\bll'j
~t; t~~: sigfl· of the
in~s in the back rom s of th e inn of the
~ ;Earl 1 o'l',;a:ii,1Hrux,. . . ,.. . ,
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Bartholomew Stavers '
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to His Now Hampshire Hostelry
be-laced · and be -ru ff led G ov e rn ment
cia ls w ere regarded w it h jea lous
by t h e Sons of L iberty.
St.avers 'I'alc {'s J1'1i ght,
On e dny :1.s ,c cqrn pan y of rcc ruil.s w as
p :t'ssi ng·, tit <! lcacl e1· tl 11·entc n ecl t o s m as h
I li e w ind o w s I( anyllo,Jy l uo k etl ,, u l. No
on e cli ,l. Jl u t a f ew cl a y s lrtler a m ob
gath e r ed a n d a n a x could b e h eard chopp in g at t h e foot o f th e s ig np os t. '.!.' h e
an g r y
l a nd lord g ave an a x
t o a bl ack.
s la v e , comman d in g him fir s t t.o warn off
t he invader a n d to c ut him cl ow n if h e
d id n ot desist.
N-0 t d ari n g to di sobe y n or seeing any
inte ntio n M slo ppin g t h e assa nlt on Urn
p ost, th e slave b1·ou g ht down t h e a x wi th
s u ch fo r ce on t he h ead oe on e l\lar k N oble
as r endered. him in san e for th e res t of h is
life.
The mob, u nterrified , brok e a ll lh e windows of th e inn , wr ou g ht mu ch da mag e
t o th e pr op er ty, a nd escaped as b es t th ey
co uld. Th e a!Tr igh tec1 slave imm ediately
disapp ea re d. Search w as ,m a de fo r him,
a nd h e was discov er ed in a large wate r
t a nk in th e cella r, up to his ch in in th e
,v a t er.
S laver s, fea ring fo r hi s li[e, bri dled
hi s littl e ])lack mare and r ode furiou s ly
·a way , h a r ebaclc , wi t h t w o m en in purs uit. 'l'h ey hail ed him and calle cl on him
to stop , But the wily John, t a king ad-
�vantage or a bend In lhe road, slipped
inlo a barn that stood open hy Lhe roadside while his pursuC'rs galloped on
ahe~d. Ile found refuge with ono ,v11li:im Pottle, who hacl been snpplylng the
Earl or IIaliCax with ale; and lhcre he
stayed for two wcc>lrn.
"That were a pleasant task, your Exccllc>ncy, lrnt-to whom, I ask?"
'"ro this lady here," replies tho governor, point Ing to the doorway, where
p1·etty ~lartha stands blushing, with
downcast <-yes. The clergyman appears
to hrsit:1tC', and the angry governor command>< hirn frnm hi!< omce as chief magls1\Ieal Clwst for Powcler
trale lo prrfonn his duty. And "Martha
This afCalr put the whole lown In com- is Lady "\\"C'nlworth of the Hall."
motion. The leacling citizens, i1eaderl by
Her n"w ,11,;-nlties seem to have gone
one of their 1,umber name<l John Lang- to her h<',ul a hll; It Is told that shortly
don quictC'Cl the excited patriot!<, ancl In aflrr her marriage she drnpped 11er ring,
clue' timl' 111 1·. Rla\'crs was incln<'C'd to re- n.ncl call<'<! ,i srrvant to pick It up. But
turn. Jlr found hi~ hntc>I grC':ttly clam- the servant srcmed to 12!) suddenly posagc>d nncl all the windows broken, but S<',,~C'd of a strange nen.r-sighteclne8s ancl
thc>se "C'l'e later hoanle<l up.
Staver~ could not see the ring until the lady,
\\'as scizccl hy n. t'ommitlcC' or ~afcly ancl hc>nding down from her new grandeur,
Jod,:::ed in jail, bul l:1tel' look oath o( allc- touched il with her finger.
giance and \\'as restored to confidence.
The seconcl Earl of Halifax ls still
The old sign was retouched ancl maclc lo stancling, bearing on its front a plaque
bear the nn.me of that friencl or the t'ommcmorating its glorious history. But
colonists, ,v1111am Pitt, ancl many meet- It 1111.s f:tllcn upon evil days and i:; being
ini::-s o( the distlng11lshr<l orrlccrn or the llSNl as <l tt'nr•ment house, accornmodatRrvolution look pince li<'hind the dark- ing flYl' famllles. Inside, as out, It ls
en!'d \\'indows, lit hy eancllelight only·
railing Juto dl.~repair. It is a q uestlon
Jn 1777 came- tlw M1u·c111is de Lararrttc-, whc>lhc>r it will yet be preserve-cl by any
then just twcnly-nnl', fired with a ll(e- o( the 01·ganizntions interested in saving
long passion fo1· liberty, to give hi1< nit! landmarks like this one. Surely spirits
to the colonies. He was followrci th" next haunt Its halls, and on windy nights it
yea 1· by a French llc!'t, \\'hich put lnto creaks of bygone days,
Boslon Jlarbo1· for repairs. Then, h<'ing f------...,..,.....~17
ll!!;.-~,;.,;l'J~t~{'.~!,'.
more Ycssels lhn.n coultl he accommocllited
at Boston, five were anchored in the
Portsmouth harbor whc-1·e they remained
for three months. Duri11i; lhis time the~·e
were over two thousand Frenchmen 1n
the streets o( the little town, and se,·cral
of the oflicern put. up at the Earl of Halifax. Their uniform was white, nnd lacking the 111·opC'r powder to refresh !ls perfection, it is re-lated lhn.t thc>y improved
their appearance every morning ns best
thCJ' could by rolling in a huge meal
chest in the attic.
Lafayc-tte came to visit his omcers,
and stayed at the Earl, whc>r<:' they <lispiayecl true French c•n I h nsiasm in their
revels. Forty years la Pl", his ravc-n hair
turne,I to gray, his st")) ipfirm with age,
Lafavcttc turned as;ic\P from his triumpl;al progress lhro11gh a grate(ul coun-
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try to see once again the old town o!
Portsmouth.
·
Came John Hancock, alighting from
his coach with vast dignity and wearing
"the raiment of a gentleman" to put up
at the Earl of Hall(ax. r,;tbri<lge Gerry,
Rutledge, ancl other signers o( the Declaration, found cordial WC'ic'Om!'. Gencrnl
Knox, "lwo officers In size ancl three ln
lungs," found here a rPstlng place suited
to his necessities. Al lhr time of the
French Revolution came three sons of
tho Duke or Orleans, Louis Philippe and
his two brothers, bowini; politely and askIng accommoclations. But the 1,;arl of
Halifax was full, :incl the future King- of
Frn.nce put 11p wilh Governor T.,ani;don.
Last but fn.r from lene<l-il ls 1789: llcnrral John Suillvan nncl his Council are
ccnvened at the E:i.rl, •Vho comes clown
Pitt street, on foot, hut "'ashin;::ton, Presi•
dent of the new-horn United States, coming to the Inn to v:iy his final compliment lo the Slate authorities.
Coming closer to 11111· own limPs, it was
in the parlor o( the J•;arl o( Jlall(ax that
Longfl'llow wrolc-01· at lrasl plannPdhls poem or "Larb· \\'r•nl\\'orth," on!' of
lhe "TalP" o( n. "'ayside Inn." lf!' shows
Dame Htn\'t'l'H nl h<'r cloon,·:i~·. lrnrlln;;·
clenunciatlons at a , illage git·], J 'atty
Hilton, C'om!ng <!own lhp street barefooted and raggC'd, c·arrylng- brr pail,
dripping, Crom the (O\\'ll l>lllll)). "A thin
slip or a girl, like a new nwon."
Patty merely losses 1>,-,. p1·etl~' heacl
and says, "No matter, l'IL1,1:tnH'; I shall
ride one day In my own c·o: r· h nncl four."
Yen.rs pass. Patty is tak II into Hcrvlc<>
al lhe mansion n t Litt Ir I I a rhor wherr
c:ovcrno1· B<'nnlnc: ,v,,11t,,·111th i~ ilvinc:
in state>. He is a wl,lllWC'l' HTl(I f'hll,lles",
and looks with favor on his ~cn·!n);' maid,
now rounded inln hea.11ly.
He gives a sp]Pndld banqurt. Amons;
the guests Is the IlP\'<·rend Arthur
Rrown. After all ha.Ye wcli fraslcd the
i::-overnor sign:i.ls to an attenrlant, who
clisappcars.
The hosl C'Xplains to his
);'nests that he has en lle<l them tog-rt her
lo witness his marrlag-e, and hills the
l"!.Pvcrend Arthur Drown perCorm the
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' Portsmouth, N. H., boasts of
one o! New England's oddities,
albeit on a srriall scale. On the
Winchester farm a !ew miles
this side o! the town proper is
this cozy Uttle structure, having
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all the ear-marks of a playhouse,
:·et serving as covering for a
favorite pig. It was originally
used as a duck-pen, and was built
by Edward H. Winchester in days
gone by.
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No. 342
He was a pioneer in California
who came back to Portsmouth to
settle, and this pen, made of
champagne botees, bottoms
out, is the most interesting feature of a good sized farm.
�FANCY THIS
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ROOF OF THIS HOUSE TOUCHES THE GROUND
snow, and in the summer, the
edge of the roof ls only a few
inches from the earth.
The old timer has much the
:-a.me flavor as the House of the
Seven Gables in Salem, and is
the oldest home in Portsmouth.
TOI\IORROW-Two Worcls Tell the Time of Day
The artist has hunted constantly for a house whose roof
touches the ground, and the
answer is the quaint historic
Jackson House at Portsmouth,
N. H. As can be seen in the
sketch, the roof touches tlie
It was built in 1664 by Robert
Jackson, and 1s situated on
Northwest street. -The frame of
the house is of oak, and the tunbers for the sills project into the
lower rooms. The sloping roof is
its dominant feature.
in Salisbury
�Mrs. Woo war , as chairman of
Monday's program, introduced Miss
Thaxter, whose talk was as follows:
My· grandmother, ~Jelia Thaxter,
was born June 30th,, 1835, on Daniel !;!t, Portsmouth, in the touse
where the Canteen is now situated. Her father Thomas Laighton,
who -a 'few years , before had married Eliza White of Newington, held
a ·position of trust in the Portsmouth Custom House. This with
tne old post office stood on Daniel
St., a large brick building, still to
be seen. Thomas Laighton was also editor of the N. H. Gazette, the
oldest newspaper in New England,
and was a m ember of , the N. H.
Legislature. When he ran for
Governor. of the State he was defeated by methods, which he considered unfair.
He immediately
sold out his business of shipping,
and ' secured the position of Keeper
at White Island Light at the Isles
of Shoals. so' iri October, 1839, a
pilot boat from Portsmouth took
the_ famiy · to their new home. Celia was then four. and her baby
brother; Oscar, an infant of three
months. Think of the courage of
the ~ife and mother who had never before been outside the harbor
facing that life of utter desolation
and remoteness.
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Celia grew up among the rocks
with the sea gulls for her onfy
visitors ,and a blade of grass growing among the rock,s, a thrllllng
object, to study. She often helped
with the lamps, or waited by . the
s1ip for the return of her father's
boatr fearlessly · holding the lantern to _guide him to a safe landing. All these - memories were
stamped ·indelibly on her childish
brain so that years later her poems
told the stories "Watching," ,"The
Wreck of the Pocohontas."
S,e,c ond Winter
The second winter at the Shoals
occurred the terrible storm, wnich
washed away the ,boat house with
all the boats, the hen House and a
flocll! of hens and even the covered
walk that tea rrom the house to
the light, nothmg was left but th e
stone dwelling and the light. It
may have been in this storm that,
as I my ~ncle Oscar tells me, th~
only way his father saved the cow
was by taking her into the kitchen. After the storm was over they
heard from the mainland of the
wreck · of the Pocahontas right at
their door.
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· The little Celia grew, taught only
by her parents, but devouring her
father's fine libral;Y, unt11 one
summer several young Harvard
students seeking rest and health
came to the islands. Among them,
Livi Lincoln Thaxter of Newtonville, who became much attached
..
to the family,
next summer, and was persuaded
by Mr. Laighton to remain with
them for the winter and act as
tutor to the three children. Another brother, Cedric, had -been
ii dded to the family group. Shortly
after this time Mr. Laighton moved
his family from the light house on
White Island to Hog or Appledore,
the largest of the group, where he ,
began by having a few guests in
summer. Little by little the idea ·
grew of building a small summer
hotel to accommodate the ever increasing number of persons who
wished · to come. Mr. Thaxter also
became interested in the idea and
advanced some of the capital necessary for the undertaking. He
and his sister moved into one of
the cottages early, and in June,
1848, the Appledore House open~d
its doors. Mrs. Laighton and Cella
did all there was to be done for the 1
guests, and in the winter that followed she helped her mother make
and hem all the sheets for the
next season anc;i we now have a
blanket made from the wool of the
sheep raised at the island, spun
and woven there. Doubtless it was
one of Celia's daily joys to gather
drift wood for the home fire and
.she was passionately fond of all
birds and ,esecially "The Sandpiper."
Celia's Marriage
In 1849 Celia had a garden, huge
in comparison with the minute one
beside the light house. Her brothers sold lobsters at six cents a
pound to Thaxter's friends, J. R.
Lowell, T. W. Higginson and John
.Weiss. Celia was but sixteen but
had matured early and the little
people had blossomed into something more, and one evening
watching the sunset said "Good By
Sweet Day," then in a burst of confidence told of her engagement to
Livi Thaxter. Her father thought
her young, but she wouid be seventeen her next •b irthday, · and
Mother was willing. They were
married in the south parlor of the
Appledore House by Mr. Weiss of
Newburyport.
What a pictur-e they must have
made, the really beautiful young
girl with the clear brow and the
smooth brown hair parted straight
down the middle, and the handsome older man with the ruddy
golden beard. That summe~ they
stayed at the Shoals but in the
fall Livi Thaxter carried his bride
to Newtonville.
Think of the 'change, a home,
cares of her own, two babies before
she was twenty and a life lived
away from the sea. Her longing
for it caused her to write her feel: ings in verse. which she showed to
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her husband, who considered them
good. Without her knowledge he
sent them to a friend of his, James
T. Fields, then editor of the At- •
lantic Monthly. Imagine Celia's
urprise when upon opening the
-riagazine s he saw her own lines.
Land Lockf:j."
She must have been about tweny-six a t th e: time and from th en
m she beg.an expressing h erself
n poetry. It was easy to compos=
:bile washing dish es or the thou·':l nd oth 2r household duties. He r
·,rst boy, Karl, born in 1852 at th ,
·hoals, was · always somewhat of
n invalid and required her con Land care as long as she lived . .
John, my father, was born in
Tewburyport in 1854 and Roland
1 1858.
They spent most of th eir
ummers, at the islands and my
·:1ther has often told me of the incident desoribed in ''All's Well."
(He was the babe so tenderly
watched.) A picture of the family
all together on a winter night by
the 'fireside is told in this charming poem "Motzart at the Fireside." Small book. Perhaps a chance
guest dropped in to hear Mr.
Thaxter read Browning. The little
boys must be kept quiet and no fidgeting, so the brain of the mother
was taxed to think of occupation for
pudgy fingers. At last a fine idea
was hit upon, the boys should make
a. patchwork quilt. I have the result, in good condition now, a quilt
for a large double bed made by th 2
three Thaxter boys.
Time went on and more and
more poems were written. I choose
a few at random: "Twilight," "My
Garden," "For Thoughts," "The
Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet," "B ecause of Thee, Faith."
After her father's death
hotel was managed by her two
brothers, Oscar and Cedric, and
each year more and more interesting people came to the Shoals at-tracted by the peace and c11arm
and by already delightful groups
assembled. John Greenleaf Whittier had been a life long friend and
he was often to be found sitting
quietly in a corner of the "parlor," which came to be more of a
salon in the French sense of the
word. Mrs. Thaxter would rise before five in the morning and work
in her garden wh ere grew a profusion of all the most glowing
flow ers, the seeds of some of these
had been planted in egg shells in
the house and set out that way to
pro tect them. There were always
32 or more va.ses arranged in certain places in the sunny room. For
instance on the low bookcase a row ·
of clear vases filled with the sherly
poppies the like of which only
bloomed for her. An Island Garden
shading from deep pink to delicate yellows .
�Dines With Dickens
r esponded as Livi was one of the
Here amid this mass of lovelifirst. lo read and interpret Brownness she would sit at her painting
ing Lo the American Publc. As you
desk working steadily on china or
may know the only epitaph which
book illustrations while the conRobert Browning ever wrote, 1s
versation nowed around her, and
carved on a rough field stone in
&.t certain hours for the sheer dethe cemetery of the Congregational
light of playing wonderful mu.sic
Church at, Kittery Point. 'To Livi
would roll out over the sea-scented
Lincoln Thaxter."
air. John K. Payne, 0. Bull, John
Though whom these eyes saw never
Malson and many others made up
Say friends true,
the musical group and there was
Who s:w my soul, helped onward
a goodly number of artists too
by my song,
Wllliam M. Hunt, whose tragl~ Though all unwittingly, has helped
death was discovered by Celia herthee, too?
self, Ross Turner, Child Hassum
I gave but of the little that I knew
Ellen Robbins, Waren Shepard How were the gifts requited, while
and Julian Hawthawn, came with
along
· his rather and or course Lowell and Life's path I pace, couldst thou
Flelds. Mrs. Fields a life long
make weakness strong
friend, always corresponded at Help me with knowledge-for Life's
length with Celia so later she and
oldMiss Rose Lamb edited her letters. Death's new.
It was at the home of the Fields
Rather recently came to light
that Celia had t.he great pleasure among some manuscript in my posof dining with Dickens. Only a session a poem adapted from one
favored few were admitted in to of the short stories of Count Tolthe close inner circle at Lhe par- stol. My uncle uses it as the title
lor, but to those who went, it made of the new volume of hitherto una life long impression. While the published compiled last year. The
summers were so full of people and Heavenly Guest.
inleresl, her wint.ers were now more
My fat.her and my uncle Roland
like the ones in her early youth. a professor first at Yale and the~
Her mot.her, Mrs. Laighton, al- at Harvard were both married in
though in failing health, preferred 1887. Celia had great joy in her
t,0 sLay at the island with her sons grandchildren, especially Charles
and Cella st.ayecl Lo care for her. Eliot for whom she wrote "Appeal"
Think of it, weeks and weeks with and she knew and loved his two
no word from the other loved ones little sisters-but I regret to say
on the mainland. But she kept I arrived too late ever to have
\ busy_ ~lways, some\~here, she writes known her. To me, however, she
o1 nsmg before light, getting all
left a creed and a great inspiration
l,er housekeepmg jobs done for the in my best beloved of her
day so she would not have to lose Courage.
one hour of the short sunshine
· from her painting and, writing. Her
mother's death was a terrible grief
to her, after that she spent many
winters in Portsmouih or in the
house in Kittery Point, where I now
I live, which her husband had bought
i for their sons, John and Roland.
Part of our present living room
was her bed room. "Letters."
An old grave yard on our place
contains the bones of Capt. Fran1 cis
Champernown and of Mary,
1 daughter of Richard
Cutts, and
wife of Charles Chaney buried here
with her infant son, the old stone
is easily legible and she wrote
these charming lines on reading it.
<In a Kittery Grave cai-d.)
Meets Browning
In her later years a friend made
it possible for Celia and her brother, Oscar, to go to Europe. The trip
was a joy to her, nit.hough they
\,raveled so fast, one wonders they
' really took in any thing, but her
lcve of beauty was t,hrilled. She
caught the atmosphere of all she
says (in Tuscany). It was at the
time of her visit to London that
, she had tea with Robert Browning
He and Levi 'l'baxter had long cor-
�smouth Shipho
/'1 Century of Pfoturesque Practicality: ·Barn Doors to the Sea; British Copycats; Helly-to-Ilulwark
umhlehomes"-a Unique Nautical Remnant That Is Still Vigorous
By C. A. Lawrence
in the ship houses of America, when not
ac or muc 1
uman interest to
only the Government yards, but here and
there
similar structure in tho larger Portsmouth people, and, perhaps, oC sorNE HUNDRED years ago con- o! the a.private
rowful
retro,mect
lo
the
thh·sty or the
shipyards, held buildings
struction was begun upon a for the sheltering of partial 01· completed cnl11·c eastern ;,eahonnl, Is that, he ·i(Je
th e house and the crnwds, an olcl photobuilding which is now the only ship forms.
As a rule, .the merchantm111 tlasses or graph now at the Yard, shows a lin-r,edsurvivor of Its type in the
dle1·s
cart, or the type now gone, hut then
vessels were bu!lt in the open, but GovUnited S:tates, and which will ernment work has always :;eemed to de- very com1.wn, wilh the peddler himselfnever, in all probaJ?tlity, be duplicated, mand seclusion and privacy, £:specially in a man iclentilil·<l as the r doubtable
l>'ranlc Jones, lat!'t' millionaire hrcwer
here or abroad. The old "Ship House" time o! war. So highly esteemed were the
and prominent clli:i:en .of l'ort»,nouth.
at the Navy Yard in Portsmouth, N. H., models of numerous American ~hips taken
stands as a type o! what was once a In action by Great Britain that they The Practical Sentiment of
common form of building in every Gov- were often taken across "home, " hauled
the "Tumhle Home"
ernment shipbuildin g yard, and which up, and their models, line !or li.Qe: taken
The m:1.in sitle wall::; oC this liuildi11;;
could once have been seen on both shores off and set down In the doclcyard records. a1·e built with an inwal'd sl:rnt tuwal'cls
the top, or. as shipwright::; term il, with
or the continent.
With the g1·owth or Interest rn ~hip model- a "tumble-home," 'l'his of course •nsures
Utterly unique in design, differing making today in America, the Admiralty more soliclily upon the ground, .i11st as
sharply from every othe1• form of public are often called upon to [m·nish blue- a man stands the flm1er with his legs
bulldln_g , · its very shape is a challenge prints of these same vessels, captu red In spread apart. But may there not have
to the eye, and few passengers traveling 1813 or earlier; some of Lhem perhaps heen a Lit of 11raclical sentiment wo1·ke,1
northeast out o! Boston by rail fail to built in ship houses like ~hat at Ports- in, having in min,! the custom or huiklnotice· its queer, sloping walls, or the mouth.
i11g our early wuoden warships with lh eil·
quaint old belfry which, up to recent
The history of the New Hampshire lop side~; canying this same tumbleyears, has sent out Its mellow call for house calls up visions o! much Industry. home slant from belly to bulwarks? At
&hlpwrlghts to come to work or "knoclc
The facts o! dimensions and enlarge- n.ny rate, the shape seems to hn.vc filled
of!" with the declining day.
ment, cordially 'furnished by Captain the pul"posu admlrahly. 'l'he house today
Briefly described, this structure 1s a
Is 300 feet long a ncl orginally \\'as l 31
D. E. Dismukes while commandant o!
very plain appearing, almost barn-like
feet wiue. Additions have made It even
that yard; and by Captain A.
Brown, WiLlel',
uf!alr, high In the posts, and capped by
U.S.N., the present captain o! the yard,
a root o! the gambrel type, o! which
The rcade1· with a clcllght In facts
relating to the work done there, suggests
t lae lower slope is much the greater or
anrl fli;u1·cs will app1·ecia le the followingpictures
o!
old-time
wielders
of
the
the t1VO slants.
list or tho Yesst•ls that fll'sl ~aw the
sledge and adze. Perhaps tho last menworld hcl'e. Frum 1838-9, with small 111•
Barn Doors to the Sea
tioned craft offers the most food for tcn•a J.; of lime between their birth, came
'l'hls long lower root slope is studded thought, f~r there were several divisions tho l'rehle, Congress (frigate), Sal'n.loga
with many square windows, set diago- of adze-men, each responsible for some (sloop-of-war), l'ortsmouth (sloop), Saranally. ·when one climbs up to peek ·out glvef\ section o! the ship, and each sec- nac (steam sloop), the l~ranlclin (steam
from one o! the several inner galleries, tion requiring the utmost skill of hand. frigate), lllinois (same), !ollowe<I hy the
l'ach window becomes surprisingly• big, Men o! this craft might have been seen :'tlarion ancl Entc1·prise-later a. school
'lnd is· seen to contain twenty-eight full at any period of the recent rebuilding ship; the ·Boxer, a brig and the last
po.ncs o! glass, with numerous three- of the Constitution at the Charlestown wooden ship from this house; the tug
cornered sections around the edges o! yard. This calls to mind that the Boston J'nl.qisco, !11 B!IG -9; ancl following thi s,
the s11lmial'lnrs L-8, 8-3, ().J, 8-8, H-ll, :ind
1>,e sash. The house stands upon the location th ere were at ono time a~ least the Honita, a ,rnL,murJne llskt! :as V-3.
,,,JMe of the main sea wall, or whar!, and three of the same type o! ship house, Bcshlcs lhc;se there have hecn the usual
it~"' front.can be opened practically from Jong since replaced by buildings o( brick numbc1· oC smaller craft, service vessel,;
or varying tonnage bullt for Government
:c,p to bottom, by means of the great and stone.
work, coa l ha1·ges being perhaps the
fo!dlng barn doors that compose its
least romantic.
1nlddle section, flanked by smaller service A l\fighty Cheer \Vent Up
Masts , •1,re never stepped In the 8hip
The Portsmouth house was the de• Houses, 1101· was any rigging clone. It !,;
rntr::mces and numerous windows of the
c(,mmoner type. The old bel!ry, simple scendant of a smaller one, built In 1820 a <lclighl to cnler ancl explore the dullt}'
olcl gall<'ries. '!'he whole interior snwlls
In line and worthy of Bulfinch, crowns upon the same site, and It Is probable, pleasantly o:' oakum, tar an«J paint. EaC"h
writes Capta.ln Dismukes, that some of roof window 011 tho lowest liet· can ho
the !ore end of the ridge pole.
The great doors open even down below the timbers of this earlier house were rencheil I,y a short, stout flight of :;lair:,,
high tide lev~I. for when one of the fa- embodied In the present one. The U.S. n nd acccsH lo various parts or the ~1·t•a l
hollow :;hel l Is made possiblll hy pla11k
mous old wood en fighting ships was ready slo~p-o!-war Preble was the first vessel walks and ;;allf,1·i~s. It is a maze of ll'(;•
to be launched, the entire height or the built thern, the keel being laid in l 838, me11clous timbers ,
A rchilcc:turally, the building Is in tln·eo
front wall was none too great to give before the structure was completed. 8he
It needful space.
was launched June 13, 1839, and the parts: 'l'wo comparatively low sheds or A.
frame construction forming the galleries,
Looking up along the towering front,
words such as "lorty" or "huge" come news of the day states that the house nrnl tho arched roof making the c·cnlra l
was
the
largest
In
tho
country,
special
str11cturn. The 1n·es!'nt roof is of steel,
naturally to the lips. The whrJle effect is
of something far and away beyond the mention being made of the Jnner gal-- and the i;reat limbc1·s still give evidence
ordinary. There ls that about It which Jeries that accommodated a i;reat throng or soundness. It appears that this' famous
at once calls up the names o! Deptford,
old slruc:t urc will Inst as long as lhct e
Rye or Plymouth, and other Old-,yorld o! the public who cnmo to witness the may be a11y uso for It.
place& where ships were built, And ship launching.
houses would seem to have .'\.!Ways been
In 1854 the house was lengthened by
needed, for in twelve-hundred-something
the sherllt Of Sussex was ordered to en- fifty feet, and ten years from that time
large the house at Rye where the king's the frigate Franklin was Jaunchecl, after
several years required for her builclin~
galleys W(;:1116 kept. _
·
within the house. This launching gave
the building Its local name of I•'rnnklln
England-Nautical Plagiarists
Before the muffled din o! beetle and Ship House. Although the house seems
sledge gave way to the rat-tat or the huge, the hull or , the Franl,lin almost
riveter, many thousand weignt of heavy entirely filled it in both dimensions. As
timber was webbed Jnto the . form and this great vessel slowly emerged from
comeliness o! acket sh! or frigate with• the lofty portals, g-atherecl speed and
finally plunged into the Portsmouth tide,
O
,v.
the
mightywas
cheer
that
up from
thousands
not to
be went
wondered
at.
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1 Por~smouth Public Library
Aldrich, Thos. B. Mem.
45-47
3,21
Barrell Homestead (York)
79
Portsmouth. Schools
96,97
Board of Education
43
Railway Mail Assoc. Property
113
Boylston, Helen D.
93
Roosevelt, James (Yacht Sewanna) 1,77
Budgets, Portsmouth
42,43
Rye. Library
66
Catholic Dau~hters of America 20
St. John's Church
30,41
Cemetery, Pleasant Dt.
114
St. John's Lodge. Masons
4,49,
Civic Orchestra
29
49-63
Cheney, Russell, Exhibit
21
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Ch. 105,106
Constitution Day
30
Sandown. Old Meeting House
8
D.A.R.
43,76
Scarborough, H.M.S.
15
Exeter Historical Society
44
Seacoast Regional Devel.Assoc. 14
13,14
Flood Relief
24-28
Sise, John. Insurance Co.
2
Flower Show. Hobson Estate
103,104 Gpring Market
Fort Constitution
31-36, 44
Foss, Mrs. Sam ', Jal te,r (Obit) 29
Stoneleigh College
39,40,67
Franklin Dhiphouse ~ire
17-20
Street Lights
97
16
Fremont. Old Meeting House.
64
Tarbell, Edmund. Portrait by
90,103
Girl Scouts
93,113
Traffic Court
29,76,80
Greely, Gen. Adolphus (Obit) 6
Warner House
114
Haley Family Reunion
68
Wentworth Home
Hampton Falls. Old Houses
22
Whipple, JosephjColl. Customs 90
82
Harvard University
74
York, Me. Old ail
30,69
Historical Records, Search for 23
York County. Tercentenary
Isles of Shoals, Conference
87
94,95,107-112,115-119
Jones, John Paul
77
Kittery Historical Society
11,12
Kittery. Tercentenary
48,73,108
Lanier Camp. ~liot
104
Lear, Tobias. Mansion
29,64,70
78,101-103
Livius House
98
Long, Maj. ~dward J
74,76,88
Mitchell Davis (Tugboat)
3
68,90
Moffatt-Ladd House
81,83-86
Murals, Jr. High School
Music Festival
91,92
National Election Results
8
National Gypsum Co.
5
New En~land Council. List of 47
Historic Houses
N.H. Arts & Crafts Fair
79
N.H. Famous People
65
N.H. Gazette (Newspaper)
94,119
North Hampton. History
44
North Hampton. Breakwater
59
Pepperrell Family Reunion
71
Pike (Submarine)
10
Plunger (Submarine)
6Lt-, 72
Pollack (Submarine)
9,89,90
Portsmouth. City Council Mtg. 21,75
Portsmouth. Historic Houses
71
se e al r;o n·1TJ11:s of h o u s0s
Portsmouth Historidal Society 75,81
Portsmouth. History
98
Portsmouth Home Industries
1 1~, 70, 74
Portsmouth Navy Yard
7,99,100,113
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T }r •: ROOSEVELT
YACHT SE WI\NW\
----------The 56-foot schooner yacht Sewanna
r,c,; •..:;,,.~•~11-or James Roosevelt, eldest son o! the
President, wW.ch has- been at 'Little
Harbor !or some 'time, .left' early th~
morning for Rockland,1 Me ..-' with · _the
·Presicient•s · three '. sons, James, F'rank"liD, Jr., and John aboard: · She . will
anchor 1n the· ·vicinity of : Rockland
"until boarded by . Prestdent· Roosevelt,
probably next Monday, in .the remote
and secluded section o! the Maine
·coast known
as Pulpit'G · Harbor,
·Not1th · Haven, ·Me:
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-It was learned yest.erday that a gov·ernmen,t destro
to th"'er with the
presiaential yacht · Potomac, will accompany the Sewanna on its trip up
the Main~ coast to Oampobello Ls.land.
This wlll permit the President to keep
in touch with any urgen1t government
business requ!rln°g the attention of the
chle! e~ecutlve.
President Roosevelt, It is expected,
will leave Hydle Park -sometime Sund,ay and wm detrll,in at Rockland, Me.,
where he will· be taken in a Coast
Guard, ~utter 9r t?e Po~omao_ ~ the
plae& of embarkation.
Oaptaln Colbeth .1.s 32 and
from Swan's Island. in Maine,
la about 20 mllei from Pulpit Harbor
where the President will join the
cruise. Captain Colbe't h wlll have a n
oppor tunity to make a visit to his
home while the · boat is tl1!d up near
Rockland awaiting the arrival ot the
President.
Besldle.s Captain Colbeth the Sewanna also has Joseph Emmerz of Weymou th In its crew. Emmerz is a. naUve or Germany and came to this
country in 1929. He 1- a naturalized
citizen. During the World war Emmed!-. served in the Germany navY,
The Sewa:nna came he re from LiU!e
Ha rbor to take on coal, oil, wa te r and
ice for a vacation trlp which Presider t
Roosevelt and his three sons, James,
I Franklin Jr., and-John, will make along
the Maine coast. She : first moored a t.
the .Isles of Shoals wharf, but with the
arr lal of the Steamer Sights-e-er from
the Shoals ·in the afternoon cha1igoo
her bert,h to . a nearby wharf off Ceres
street.
Captain Elden Colbath of th e Sewanna, asked the executive officer o!
t he Por~smouth Navy Yard, Captain
A. w. Brown, for assistance in tuning up the Sewanna's· diesel engine.
Mechanics from the. navy yard were
S·ent here, including a chief machinist and machinist's
mate, second
cla&, from the U. 8. S. Porpoise, to
overhaul and tune up the Sewanna's
power planJt.
Canned goods an ol,her provlsloilJI
were put aboard nd ev,eryth\ng made
ready for the vacation cruise of the
Presidi1mt and his sons.
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The Sewanua was bumped by '?fishing boat or the Shol'e Fish Company, navigated by Loula Hayes, wh!li!
' she was moored at the wharf. A dien.tt
was made in the Sewanna's bow about
four feet a:bove the water-line. The
, damage was not serious and any neoessary repalns will be made after the
boat arriv.es at Rockland, wher-e she
IB due tomorrow.
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�Sea ·wan Being llluitt Near
Wormer ferry Slip
'I'he committee on public buildings
and places of t.he city council has
made preparations to raz the large
wooden building on Ceres 8treet which
has been declared unsafe for some
Ume.
A 60-!oot sea wall
ca.Led on tho · waterfront, running
along near tho entrance of tl1e former
ferry slip.
It will be utilized os a city landing
and a place for disp:)sln<( of snow in
the river during tho winLcr,
'I'lle araniLe rcm c·,~.. ! ,1 I.Ile former Madison :,it.rcrt reservoir which
has been plled up near t.ho entrance
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of U1e Peirce Island brid3e on Mechanlo st,rcet, wlll be used in construction of t.he sea wall.
The old building has been known
for years as t.he Spring Market and
was occupied ior several years by \,ho
fish firm of Randall & Caswell and as
a store house. It was renl,ed for quite
a, J.)eriod l,o \,he Atlantic Shoro Rallway and \,o the Portsmouth, Dover &
York Railway. The upper floor wM
used years a~o o.s \,he headquo.rters
for campaign companies.
Work of laying thD heavy granite
blocks of \,he new retaining .wall began
on Wedner.clay morning,
'I'he contract for the construction of
the retaining wall Is llelcl l>Y the Roy
II. Beattie Corporation or Fall Rlv:!r,
Mass, 'I'be work of preparing \,he bottom began last Friday, with a clamshell dredge aboard a steam lighter
filling in and leveling oil the bottom,
On Wedneslliw morning tho lighter
crew, using I.ho sLcam derrick aboard
the craft, began hoisting big , granite
blocks from thD shore to place t.hem In
pooltlon as l.hD foundation of th'e wall,
This wall Lq to be 8 feet wide at th:i
bottom, narrowing to 3 feet wide at
the \,op, a t,o\,al hcl1;ht of 9 feet. It
will extend for about 60 feet
length.
The granite blocks are furnishjld by
the city from a supply available at
Peirce Island. '1110 work is In chargo
of George Ouellette of Fall River,
Mass.
On March l the lighter will temporarily le,\VO the wall construction
job l,o proceed t.o \,he old Boston &
Maine railroad brid'.re to make some
repairs and do fender work on I.hat
structure. This work wlll require o.bout
two month..q to compleLe, it Is expected,
and during Lh!3 period I.he old terr:ylandlng building will be pulled, down
In preparation for \,he corppletlon ot
the work on the retaining wall.
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�TUG MITCHELL.
DAVIS SOLO
The ~ old tug-boat, M. Mitchell
Davis, well known along the. ahorea
of Port;sm.outn and vicinity !or twenty-five years, WM sold !oday by the
Plsca.t1¥1uil. River' Towing Company
to George W. Sunde:lln, Inc., ot
Bridgeport, Conn. It Ls with. perhaps
,,,,.~.•~,,,,1\1 a. little of sentlmenral
reg:-et.15 that
Portsm.suth 11ays good-bye to
th)s
little stee.m tug which. has Qeen a
patt ot Portsmouth HaTbor life for so
long.
As l!,()()n as the weather becomes 1a
vorable tne M. Mitchell .Davis wui
lea.ve her home port in tow of the
~obn G. Chandler, her succes.sor,
bound for the Cape Cod Can-al,
where &he will be picked up by a tug
se.nt. by her new owners, The Chand?e~ will pick up the barge Laurence
Howard. with a, cargo ot hard coal for
the C~olldation Coal Company to,
be brought, back to Portsmouth.
The M. Mitchell Davis has steamed
\'.:i<;.~;lall<.t,.,,~up and down. the Piscataqua. river
a.nd. l\l'.Qund Portsmouth Harbor off
and o.n for twenty.five years.
She,
was built in Baltimore, Md.,, and is
equipped with a Steeple Compound
engine. She has done a great deal o.f
good work, handling :,hipping !n th.is
Po.rt for- many yea.rs with the utmost
reliabllit:r.
The. Mitchell Davis was purchased
b-y, the late Captain T. Burt HOY,t. o.t
Kittery Point, who first brougn~ her
to this harbor about
twe.nty-five
years ag.o. Later the Piscataqua River 'l:owmg Company, purchas.ed her.,
The Davti. has been known !or years .
as one. of the smartest little boats
8,long; tb..i.'. coast.
Thi> need of a more pQwerful boat
to handle the larger steam freighters
which are: now makin~ use of this
podt made it necessary for the Pisca.taqua. River Towing Company to
dispose of the M. Mitch-ell Davis and,
to use the more pQwerful ,John G .
Chandler. which this company pureha.sed noli long ago. The Sight~eer.
the boat used on the Isles o.f Shoals
passenger service during the summer
months, has a towing certificate and
Is converted for towing service during the- winter
months.
Captain
Swain of Newburyport, her commander, will handle the harbo;,traffic
heTe during the, absence of Captain
Shirley Holt, of the John G. C.handler.
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TRUSTEES ELECT
At the recent meeting of the trustees
Public Library
Mayor Marvin presided and others
present were Miss Emma Magraw, Mrs.
Maxwell Ganter, Rev. Fr. J. H. Brennan, William Hodgdon, Rev. William S.
Jones, E. Curtis Matthews and Orel A.
Dexter.
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The following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing year:
Llbrar:an and secretary, Hannah G.
Fernald.
Assistants,
Dorothy M.
VaJghn
Christine E. Graham, Frances M. An~
derson.
The librarian's report of the year's
work was presented, the number of
volumes Issued for home use being the
largest in the history of the library.
The report was as follows:
Number of volumes in library
. Jan. 1, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46,902
Added by purchase •.••.. 911
Added by gift ....... . ..... HO
Added by pay collection .••. 229
Added by binding . • . . . . . . 13
of the Portsmouth
1293
Vlorn out or obsolet volumes discarded
....... 1067
No. V<•l nmes !n library Jan.
1 1036
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borrow ers registered .. 951
Magazines subscribed to ... 61
Ma~azines presented regularly
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Volumes Issued for home use:
F'iction
.......•.. 53,000
Adult non-fiction
•. 23,699
Juvenile
•......... 18,937
Mo.mted pictures circul ated 2,948.
N :)W
Circulation, 1935
Fcriodicals and general ..... ,0 3,743
Philosophy and ethics ••••••• . 1 771
Religion and mythology ....... 2 473
Social science
.............. 3 2,145
Philology
................. .4 114
Science
....••........ ...... o 93~
Urnful arts
••••••.•••••. •.. 6 2,064
Fine arts
, •••••••••.••••••• 7 1,842
Literature
•••••.••.••• •. 8 3,07-1
3 :l83
Tr wcl
2,7(15
E!ology
2,461
Histo ry
Juvenile
F:ction
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23,699
18,'l37
63,000
95,636
..11crease-non-flction
••••.•••.. 533
• ncrease--!lctlon
•••••••••••. 2 429
Loss-juvenile
....••..•• . ..••• ,2,103
Total gain in circulation 859.
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Bu - Cenlenn·a1 Meetin
Early Members Of Lodg-e Represented· As Degree
Is Exemplified At Largely Attended Meeting
Saint John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & petitioning for a charter, buy a pi
A. M. at a meeting last evening at- of Lignumv.itae to make a punch
tended by upwards of 400, observed bowl, but Brother John Salmon mada
another red letter day in their bl- a present _pf it to the lodge." Another
centennial year program.
item was "that the master of the
The meeting marked the 200th an- lodge having presented us with 11
niversary ot:, the date, Feb. 5, 1736, large salmon. they determined to
when the Portsmouth brethren sent meet at the lodge room this eveninn
a l~tter to Henry Price, provincial in form, to sup upon the said sal•
grand master, petitioning the Pro- mon."
Similar presentations wen
vincial grand lodg~ of New England made last night and following tilt
for a charter for the Holy Pnd Ex- meeting a salmon salad supper WM
quisite lodge of st. John, which doc- served m1der the direction of Past
ument is still preserved by the Grand Master Harold . A. Marston.
Lodge of M'.\ssachusetts and what is
Among the large attendance were
believed to be one of the oldest Ma- many du;tinguished membei·s of the
sonic document now in existence.
craft Crom various grand jurisdicThe lodge room was set up to re- tions. Also a delegation of 35 from
semble the room in the house of Deering Lodge of Portland, headed
Brother Henry Sl1crburnr where the by Wor. Clifford deSomerville.
first meetings of st. John's Loclge
The officers of the lodge and tha
were held. The room was lighted by early members whom they repremeans of a huge candelabra of three sented last evening are as folloWll:
tiers and containing approximately Worshipful Master George B. Ward
75 candles. The candelabra was made as Rinht Worshipful Brough, Seni()r
expressively for last night's meetin;:: Warden William F. Tilton as Thomas
and is a fine pice of workmanship. Coleman, Junivr Warden Rufus W.
The officers all represented the F2rguson as John F. Mills, Treasurer
early members of the lodge, the Harry H. Foote as Henry Sherburne,
greater part of whom, were signers Secretary Wi1liam B. Randall as Wilof the Price lcll,rr. The first dzgree 1i.~m Grogan, Cho.plain John H.
w~ exemplified upon Lwo candidates Yeaton ns JonaLhnn Nailer, Senlor
One of the . canrlidaLes represented Deacon Ralph Atwell as John WentDr. Manuel Ocallo, an applicant. who worth, Junior Deacon Wil1iam E.
was made a mason many years ago Dennett as William Wentwmth, Marupon recomendation of Gov. Benning shal Harold A. Marston as Thomas
Wentworth, one of the New Hamp- Ncwmarch. Senior Steward Slater 0.
shire colonial war governors.
The Kyle o,s George W. Mitchell, Junior
second candidate represented Nathan- Steward Walter R. Harvey a.,; William
iel Hurd, who was made a Mason on Canterbury, Organi5t Fred Windle,
, condition that he furnish a copper Jr., us John Tufton Mason, Senior
plate for summonses and a silver TylP.r Willis F. Pinder as Joseph.
seal with the arms of Free Masons Moses, Junior Tyler Chester L.
on it. The seal is believed to be the Clough as Nathaniel Fellows.
original copy of the seal of Lhe lodge ..-----...,.,..--,.,
as used today.
During the evening there were
ancient ritual customs revived and
much of the ritual was used previous
to 1717 by the Grand Lodge of England.
Records or the · 1oclge, which are
preserved in a local bank as far back
as 1739, reveal some very interesting
Items. At one of the early meetings
the records state "that Brother John
one of the signers of the letter
�BIG NORWEGIAN
FREIGHTER.PLUTO
CHARTERED HERE
if GYPSUM PLA
National Gypsum Co. Planning Changes And Addi~ tion ere T9 Accomodate Much Larger Bus-
The Atlantic Gyp.mm Products Co.
has chartered the
big
Norwegian
freighter Pluto for a period of approximately three months to make weekly
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ti1p.s to this city with gyp.sum rock
from Chetlcamp, N. s. NogiLialions are
under way for chartering
another
large freighter, In order that two carGypsum Company, with· now located in Clarence Center In
goes may make port here each week.
headquartera in Buffalo, N. Y., ha1 western New York from which they
The Pluto is a 2,400-lon vessel measPurcha.sed
the
Atlantia O nsum pay a freight rate ot about $4.00 a
lll'ing 258 feet, from bow to st.em and Is
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ton Into the New England and the
under command of Captain Johnson.
Product.a Oompany'.s plant.,, quarries, I shipment of this busines., out ot
She made port here with her first cargo
depaslta, Inventories and business in I Portsmouth will result In substantial
at 8.30 last evening and unloading opa move to enlarge manufacturing savings.
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erations are proceeding rapidly. She
capacities In thit ea.at to handle their
National I& not taking over Atis du e to sail this afLernoon for ChetlrB1Pldly growing buslnes.s.
lantio's corporate chanter. It 13 purcamp. She brought 2,200 tons of gypOontract.s have been completed and cha.sing only the assets and not the
sum rock on this voyage, th e raw mapurchase rs.tilled by the stockhold- liabilities. These assets will be fully
terial for the manufac ture of the naera of each compllilly under which absorbed Into the one concern-Na.tionally famous
rockwa ll
buildil)g'
agreement ,National came Into pos- tlona.l Gypsum Company.
board made at the big local plant. / ,
session of Atlantic's properties SepNational already had nine plant.s,
tember 1st.
five o! which were acquired through .
M. H. Baker, president o! National a merger with the Universal Gypsum
Gypswn Company, In taking posses- & Lime Co., one year ago. The lat-Jiar.:.~~~-wa.~..,.iz...:;......,...,.'""".....,_"""I
sion of Atlantlc's properties
an- ter plant.s were principally In the
nounced that there would be · no west where National enjoys a large
change In personnel at thel.t' Ports- business.
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mouth plant and that Mr. Osborn
The acquisition ot Atlantic's three
will continue as plant manager with plant.s on the Seaboard a.nd with its
the new owners.
depos(ts and quarries in Nova Seo;Engineers are now making a study t!a. makes National by far the second
of the Port:,smouth operation where/ largest producer in the industry and
certain changes and additions a.re I gives them a strong position In the
-0ontemplated to accommodate a much eastern market.
larger business resulting from com-/ Nat!ona.l's business and
profits
b!nlng Nat!ona's business in New have been making rapid progress durEngland with that of A'tlantlc's, all Ing the past three years and their
for shipment out of the Portsmouth net for the flrSt half or 1936 showed
plant.
an Increase or 38% over the
National's most
spondlng period a year ago.
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The special meeting of the stockholders or the Atlantic Gypsum Co.
held at the local plant yesterday was
to confirm the sale or Lhe company's
plant at Atlantic He!ghl.s to tho National Gypstun Company, and not the
United States Gypsum Company,
stated.
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. oted Explorer Was Honored n This City On
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ug. 14, 1884, With Other Survivors Of Arc•
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he Expedition
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Lieut. Greely ·and his men discovered
Oen. Adol!)llllS w. Grrel,v, !lt-year- new land north of Greenland and
old Arctic eK!)lorcr who was honored crossed Grinnell land to the Great
in this city on Aug. 14, 1884 on his re- Polar Sea. The "eKpedilion failed to
turn with the other survivors from the meet the ship Proteus, which was
Lady Franklin Arctic Expedition, died crushed in the lee, and Greely and his
yesterday at a hospital in Washington, men were forced to retreat to a r~fu\e
D.C,
at Cape Sabine. ·Two relief expeditions
General Greely became ill on OcL. 7 failed to teach the party, 'but a thiJ:d
and was removed to a hospital where ,tg1cth Cap~,. WinfieJd Scott· l;lcllley,
a heart ailment and artery trouble
brought his death. He was a naLive of
r-~-=
~ewburyport.
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Greely led the "f:itth~>t norlh'' ex!)cdlliou of 18Rt frnm whic h ex1>edlLion of 25 men hut ~f'rcn returned,
found by the l,hird of a series of relief expn rlilion, afti:-r b~ing marooned
four year in the Arctic near latitude
83 degrees, 2! minutes-the then "farthest north." Theil' polar shiI> had
been crushed in the ice.
The survi\•or~ of the expedition were
honored in this city on Aug. 14, 1884,
I with the largest narnl parade in the
history of the city. The reception was
made possible through the efforts of
the late William E. Chandler of Concord, then secretary of lhe navy. Following the rf'ceplion General Greely
icslded for somf' lime al the navy yard
in n cottage 011 Sea vcy's Island.
On the cln\· o[ the reception the
Bost.on sleamrrs running here brought
thousands of people and all passenger
trains of thl'! railroad were crowded
with people coming from all directions.
Gen. Greely, then a lieutenant, viewed
the parade from a large grandstand
who later became Admiral, found the
erected on Market Square. ·
Born at Newburyport, Mass., March surv ivors at Ca!)e Sabine. Eighteen or
21, 188!, he recei1•ed his education at the Greely party had perished from
the Newburyport High School where st.arr~l.ion ::ind cold, while the seven
he was graduated in 1860. At the be- sul'l'il'Ors, almost in a moribund condiginning of the Civil War he enlisted tion, were found under the shelter of
as a private in a Massachusetts ,·olun- their f!'llle trnt. Greely and his six
teer regiment. He served throughout comp:miom h'\d been without food for
the conflict, being wounded twice at 42 hours.
It was not until 1\'(arch 21 of
Antietam and a third time at Fredcricksburg. At the clo~e of the war he year that Congress look formal recheld
the rank or brerct-maJor of O/:\llil i•>n of Grecly's 19th-century
achif'r·'men and voted him the Convolunteers.
After the Civil War Gen. Greely re- gressional Medal or Honor, one of
mained in the regular army and was three t-0 get that medal for noncomba- IF.I•··-•"'·''
ti\·e sen·ice. Chal'les A. Lindbergh and
commissioned a second lieutenant of Dr.
John 0. Skinner, who as a cil'l- i.:,.;w.,;A.•.r»a:;;;.
the 36th Iniantry in March 1867. Six
Jian
~urgeon was decorated for bravyears later he was promoted to first
lieutenant and transfcrrcd lo Ihe Fifth err under fire in Indian wars in 1873,
were lh others.
Cavalry.
It was as Lieut. Greely that he wasr------~'T':~~~~"."":~-~~-:~~/
chosen in 1881 to head the Arctic Exj>edition. The purpose of the slalions
was to collect Arctic data that might
and discoYering the
�SUBMAR
ARE AWARDE TO
PO TSMOUT
hree Others To Be Built B
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Wash1ngton.. Aug, 26.-The Navyi
Department annoum:ed today, that two
submarines would be constructed at
the Portsmouth Navy Yard! and al.so
awarded contracts for the construction of two 500-ton torpedo boat destroyers each to the Newport NeWIS
Shipbull<l!lng. ancf Dcy<iock Company,
Newport News, V~.; the ,Fed-eral Shipbuilding a.nd Dry11:!ock
Comparuy,
Kearney,. N. J.: and th& Bath Iron
Work& Corporation, Bath, Me.
Contracts for the construction of
three submarines were a.warded to the
Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn.
for $2,734,000 each subject to adJustmelJ.~ for changes tn the cost o! direct
labor and · material within certain de-
finite limitationa.
A~lral William H. Standley, Aot-
ln!f Secretary of the Navy, said tha.t
the Newport News company contra.ot
for two warship., was $4,123,000 eaC'h:
the Federal company $4,267,000 ea.ch;
and the Bath oompany $4,343,150 each.
All bid price.s for the destroyers
wel"S
subject to adjustments for
changes itb labor and material costs.
Thie Navy Department announcement said that the contract prices, !or
the destroyers average about six per
oent higher than 1936 price.,, and! that
the submarine costis have risen approximately nlna percent.
At the same time the niavy a,nnounced that two destroyieors will be
constructed at the Boston Navy, Yard;
one destroyer ab the Norfolk Navy
Yard; and one
d&itroy-er
at the
Charleston Navy Yard.
The allocation o! the remaining
vessels to be built, two destroyers and
ona submarine, will not be made to
Illll,VY' j'lards until decLslons ha v•e been
reached with regard to the . propos,ed
construction o! one battle.ship at an
ea.st coast navy ya.rd, and th& construction of ' a. floating dry dock !or
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to be 01>ened
The famous Old Meeting House at
Sandown will be opened for its annual and only services on Sunday,
August 11.
Because of Lhe inl€rest shown in
lhis fine old slruclure, wholly unchanged or despoiled since its con5lruction, 1773-1774, two services will
be held, the fir ~t at 10 A. 1\1., and anolher at 2 P. l\I., standard time.
The morning service is· largely hi slorical, wilh Lhe principal speaker being Major Otis J. Hammond, dircclor
of Lhc New Hampshire Historical Sociely.
In lhC' a flernoon Lhe sermon will be
dclivt'r<' ti by the Rev. Vaughan Dab ney, dean of lhc Andover-Newlon
Theological School. The Rev. William II. Nicholas will read the Scripture. Music at both services by Lhe
Weber male quartet of Boston, Clifton Johnson, first tenor; Henry Jack5on, second Lcno11; Franklin Field\5,
baritone; William Davison, ba5s. Mrs.
Percy F. Benedict, of Melrose, Mass.,
organist.
The Meeting Hou se ihas ithe only
pulpit of its lypc in existence. It is
thirly feet high, the speaker being
seven Len feel from the main floor. 'Ihe
old box pews, the deacon's llew, the
5l avc pens and Lhe fine old "Indian
doors" are slill intact.
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Antpl(\ ancl free parking space !or
all vi silors.
The opening of the Old MectingIlou5e is the principal attraclion of
Sandown's "Old Home Day."
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st~ .1rday's ati
mt Cariri
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~~rj;smout.h .showe<l tlmt it favored
("rhe vobe for st.a.te soo.ator
close · in the city,
Frederick M. Plckerli:g of Newing0 ., Roooev,elt in y..::,terday's national ton, Democratic, 'lea.ding. Oharle.s M.
,el~tion, giving him a majoritr of 1618. Allen of this city, R,epubilcan, by _the
E'oitr ye.us ago Roosevelt was favored narrow margin of three yotes.
over Hoover in this clty lry a majority
For sheriff, ;Richard T. Call, Demoof ,-,!58.
crat, had a lead of 40i votes over
There were plen,t.y of .!:plit tickets, Sbne.s Frink, Republican. Ollver W.
,ind Major Fi-anci, P. Murphy received Marvin, Democ.ra,t, · led Stephen M.
I\ majority of 540 ov,e-r 11.is D:m~ratlc Wheeler, Republican, for county, so- h,,~.-:~
opponent, Amos N. Bland,l.r1 of Bath. licltor by 629. For county . treasurer, N.;\!ilr:•rl.:lll
Senator Charloo M. Dale also carried Albert· D. Holmer; Democrat, had a
U1>1t city being tl1e only. other Repub- lead of 101 over Earl R. SbO<ikbrld~e,
!lean to do so.
Rep1J,blican, while for Register of
William N. Rogers, D emocrat, led in Deeos, ·aeorgo H. Guptill, Democrat,
t,he city by approximat;Jy 4-50 vote:.➔• led John, W. A. Green, Republican; by
m.~ total was 3721 to Brid.ges 3277. In 27 votes. For regi~ter of probat,e, John
th~ contest for R eipreseritative to Con- P. Carberry, Dmio.crat, had a margin
gr~ss. Alphonse Roy rec eived, a total of 270 over Frank B. Nay, Republlof .3639, while h.is Republican oppon- . can. .
3 nt, .Arthur B Jenks polled 3158 vot~.
· The highest man on the ticket for
a:on. Charles M. · Dale had·a lead of county commtsioners was Vincent H.
tlYT over Ed,rnund Fay, for the govern- Cassidy
with 3339,
while Irving
Marston led the R epublicans with 3247.
U1e ·re-electioru of Pre!ldent Franklin district was very
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�Draftslllen Do :First Work On
Building Ways For nderseas
Crall'
The keel laying of the submarine
Pollack, sister ship to the Plunger, was
held at the ap,PO!nted hour this forenoon 11.35 o'clock, and "'.'a.s' witnessed
l>Y a number of yard and ship officers, also many of the workmen who
will labor on the ship until she is
ready for launching.
The keel laying crew composed of
yard draftsmen completed their work
in about 15 minutes in a very systematic manner, The crew was composed
of Ole Hanson, inspector; Robert E.
Potter and Frank Remick, riveters;
Alvin Case, rivet heater; Robert W.
Lord, rivet tosser, and Herbert O.
Farrington, holder-on.
Rear Admiral O. P. Snyder, yard
commandant, spoke briefly to the of-
ficers and men assembled. His talk
was on the past and future record of
the yard in submarine construction.
He concluded by saying that
hoped
the yard would be the place for laying of many more keels and that such
depended to a great extent ·on the
activity of all concerned in this branch
of navy work.
The American· Legion Band rendered appropriate selections for the occasion concluding with The Star
Spangled Banner.
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Some sections of the new boat have
already been completed by the shipfitting crew in the boiler shop and
will be placed and welded together on
the ways. From the 't>rogress so far it
seems certain the yard will make a
record on lhe Pollack.
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Another product or the Portsmouth !the governor's
wife,
Congressmen
Nayy Yard,
the
submarine Pike, William N. Rogers and Charles W.
glided gently into the waters of the Tobey o! New Hampshire, Congre~man Simon Hamlin of Maine, and
their wives, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Douglas E. Dismukes.
, No reception or general entertainment was held. A luncheon was given
at the Commandant's house at the
conclusion of the ceremopy to visiting
public officials and cer~(}in yard officers.
The Pike is a sister ship to the previously launched USS Porpoise and
was authorized under the. ;National
Industrial Recovery Act 'in June 1933,
The keel' was laid on December 20 of
the same year. The Pike is .'.- expected
to be completed about May 1, 1936. .
The Pike represents "the very latest
advances 1n submarine construction.
She Is designed for use with tne
ficet and is o! the same dimensions
as her sister-ship, the Po;rpo!se. Both
are longer than
their . immediate
predeoessors, the Cachalot and Cuttlefish, which were completed 1n
1034, but smaller · than ·the Dolphin,
whlch preceded th6 Gaahal~t at th.18
Navy Yard,
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The Pllte h8.i ,an: •over-aH• length· or
s.,onsor
l!Ol feet, a standaird -displacement o1'.
PlscaLaqua river from the building 12()0 tons. and a breadth of 24 !eet,
ways at 11.50 a. m, today, amid the 11 and 1-16 inches. The method of
strains or the Star Spangled Banner sectional assembly, used for the fl.r.1t;
played by the American Legion Band time on \he ~achalot\ ;vas followed
and the hearty cheers of hundreds of in he·r construction.
She will hav(l
employes who make up the military about the sani.e speed as· previous sub.
and civilian forces of the station.
marines and a '~o'ng .radius of action.
Mis;; Jane Logan Snyder, daughter Sim wlll carry a three~lnch antio! Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles P. alrcra!t wet gun' ·1n addition to
Snyder, was sponsor. Previous to the torpedo tubes. ·
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launching 1."~ ◄- Snyder wns the reelUpcn' completiotl o( the final work
pient of a wrist watch and jewel case at '.tier moorings liere she will make
presented by Dudley P. Eubank o! the a "slrnk11i-down" cruise · to test all of
outside machine shop on behal! or her · equipment in service and upon
the yard workmen. Lieut. E. G. Han- acr.eptnnce by the ' gcJV'ernment wlll
gen, chaplain or the yard, o!Iered ofil- ,t~ke her pla,oe · in
the submarine
c!al prayer.
force or the United st tes fle'lt ,
The launching party
beside Lhe
A, the USS Pike glided out iuto tho
sponsor included the following: Rear waters or the Piscataqua thr John G.
Admiral and Mrs. c. P. Snyder, Rear Chandler and the Sightseer steamed
Admiral Walter R. Gherardi, com- forward from opposite sides and
mandant of
first naval district at picked up lines from the sub, bringing
Boston and wife, anu Lieut. G. A. her gently to a halt in midstream. Sho
Leahy, aide to Admiral Gherardi, Mrs. was then towed to the pier where her
G. W. Logan, wife of the late Captain sister sh! , the USS Porpoise, launch••
Logan, USN., Mrs. H. Styles Bridges,
Wife of Governor Bridges, Major and
Mrs. Basil Atwood who accompanied
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�millar · with my efforts, ., but,' r_!!,thE)r
MC trot and owner
am going to talk to you' . ~bout·,> the ontj of the Islands at the Isles .
Portsmouth Historical Socfety. ,: · :
Shoals, for the · c-0n&truction of a
, "My success has ; beeri . 'due/ to: ·the fire- proof addition ' to the. b\iildin!' W
fact -;tl'l.at when I ~ackle a; 'job it'.. '.iriust saf~guard its ! priceless antique~. ' The
go through.
This . histotica.l soc)ety late Woodbury Langdon bequea.thed
wm'' exist for many' ' years ' after ' you a u,1d to the society for this PUF1 , tor both building_ and maintenpass ··on. and will be of more'. va:tue, to po~.,'
my , mind, than any . other · ·spirit anqe, 1!this fund being m th~ form of.
whfoJ} •you could .foster.' Those who stotks some of there secuntles tllen
have •come to this. nation of ours and 'valheJ at $1450.00 a share. Now the~e
have 'n ot successfully· passe¢ through arej v.a.Jued at _near $100 a share m
the melting pot constitute :" a .'•' great the' i;ondition of the stock market
problem today. We have '· got to' teach durl!ng the past several years, making
them what America stands : for, and it impossible to finance the bul:ding
there• is no better place·1
d<f· this of ltJ1is needed fireproof addition in
than right here in I. Ma.ixi,1(( and New the\ present conditlo~ of the ma,ket ,
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onditions, to my mind, a.re . not
The ~ttery Historical Society held for' w~t we have 1le~i,:ie/:\"h~ri); I~om goi g b1,ck to those of the days of
a:trl~rlsting meet!Iiif last· evening. at the days of .our ear1y,:•set£le~,if:h1s ,: got 192. , ,when we were a.Jl millionaires·. in
~ CQ,mmunlty ~~ · . at
Kittery to ~ - impressed '. U,Ifll::. :'.rn.: ~-. (. !!-,lien mi d, ' Now_ we are right down ::to
'Pointl'"l!'lils, new organization ls midd~ . .Amei1c.an .i,d:f\a.ls · tll've gQt to ha~d-pan, speaking . t.he , same hnsteadily, growing 1n meµibershii> and be iittmulated in .. the. sou.is · of ; these gu ge;, having the same fears, .th~
irifl~t It.s neighborly meetings for pth~rs, the ideals. otl tho~f -.wii,o· eame ea e community spll'it. Teach the
discussion of• the interesting .old stor- to ,tl]ls couh~ry mii.nf· y~ars: ago '' to exP,ectation of growth, the expectaies and legends of Old' Kittery, for the esiah)i.s,h . th~ ' right; i to freedcim\ and tio~ tha.t everyo_n e :: will , be haP?Y•
,preserva.liion of · important . historical th~. ,fight to ,.,worshf>l as· they sa~ flt. content-ed, and haVe . enough :,o hve
,fu'foriniitlon, and ' foi: the privilege of . :,"To return to the,_'1subject, of the wel~. -~±his . &:'eam or' be::oming mil hearl.ng talks by acknowledged au- :g"ortsmouth Historic.at,- . Societ;,r, _in lioI'a!res is passing, passing a•;ray. I
thorities upon historical ~ubjects are July, 1917, I underto.Qk ·to organize lov .to think . of · everyone having
proving incre3sing.ly . fascinat!ng
to /:,hat society. Efforts ·•4:aa··• p,een n,1ade en igh, .• as ~ny ancestors ,had in years
before in this regard, ·:.. but'\., with.out go e, ,,J;>y; . I :want-, the , young·er gener• •
);e.!iident.s or· Kittery .and beyond.
'' Judge James w. Re~ck, president· success. I secured the ,·~eces~,·z, .i1ig- ati n :,to ;_:have ,,all ,. o!.: t.he udvan-~ages
of the society, , acted• ~s chairman of natures, and in 1919 ori/;~nizew' !I-he tha~ ,my ,chilq.ren, ,-, ,have had. Th1t i ,i5 ·
thtl~-~:t.in.g, ·~ piellM-nt ' . assembly Portsmouth Historical s6bi!!tf v'i~ a whit t,., ,'pist(')rical .-~oclety cun , do, , lt:
-room of ·the Community House ·being meeting in the Army . and N'~vy.'';\;'sso- ca1~ · teach the knowledge .which , ~ou,
l,lill~ftP,,e~:1 !or the occasion.
Horace ciation Building on D3lliels ··s.~{~tj~ I ca1~'t,~et ,.,f!vep iµ ,.011~ coll:!ges, today,
Mttchelt;' 't'.he secretary, read a report then being the president of t)i~;tiat- the] kn?_wled~~ -t~ _~ ~ained ~y studyup(}_n,.tQ.e. previous meeting, ·prepared ter society, and still hold that'":_c>,$ce. ingl •out·· o\vn-- l11story, the history of
in!~~-~ Mitche11'.s . own inimitable The late Rev. Alfred Gooding "! was the olden _d.,~~ in our _own. commu. ni_:,
the ties Stich ,j thmgs a\·e ;not tau~ht ,- m
style, which proved very interesting. chosen as the first president
~ ~ e l l ' s ~ports ar.! considered new historical society, with G. 1ialph omtlocal ~ppools. Wlnt 1!)-edi~:.,nf.an
one of- the outstanding' attractions of Laighton as treasurer, and mys¥,! . as do this beyter thm~ ,L, ~stonc~1 1 soThe John Pn1l
ones cie ? f' It '!would b~ won~erful_l
we
~ •:.-p}Cet,ings. He, also reported the secretary.
vlsit , of members of the society
to House at the corner of Middle 11street cou d :institl in 0llr• Y~tU1~ m7'1 ' a.!:-d
~1 i-9~:Paiµ .Jones House on - Sept. and State street, had been/ pt.1r- yot g ' won\:en an a11preciath1a of the
27 as the guests of the Portsmouth cha.sed by the Granite State Fire' In- day,s, the lives and the ideal, of our
surance Company, which pi;6p9~¥4 . to andesto1:s. How m1wh iietter .tJ1i~., t.owp.
(~.h@nl;lttt Society. . ' '. .
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, the wmi.id l;ie . i .,
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. Judge • Remick expressed the ap- erect a new office builgfug,;_p_n~l
I undertook it;:,as _;;tiy<,J~ to
•precia~i~p of the. ·society toward For- site.
have in p:tst years
mer ~yor F. W. Hartford of Ports- change ti1eir nlin9s,, ahd. ;°i9:)ip.d~j ' ke sev ral properties so that
mouth"'!or tlie aid rendered through persona,lly . to •presei:Jll'./~iis '.J\i;s,t6ric bu· ding wreckers would ·remove :ihishis newspaper in publicity in regard tiuilding. I succeeded'· in having · ·the tor\c build,.in,g.s , o! ., th~ early, clays< I
to the Society's activities. He then plans of the. insurapce <lpn,pan.y\ held · coukd aid .in . pr~,se~·yi,ng tbem, 'I , per,it\trop.uc~ct'.Mr. Hartford .as the_sec- up, but' the company' was,, ~etenrlined sonhlly pm:chas~~ -,the home' at :Oan'retal'y' of · the Portsmouth'' Hi~torical that the office must be ·built thim. I 1 iel ~ebste{: .
o'ther hisloric .struc Society to speak upon the develop- then had "Cappy'• SteWfl'~ buy J;he 1tur s.
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hen' 'Mai'tin'>t>i-ini s~ile~i \1p ·the
ment of the Pqrtsmouth Bociety and buil~ing at public : l\,_qcti9n 1 the~·: ~iv;upon interesting· -historical
happen- ing him my •personaJ· check, plus com- Pis ataqua 'r iver aboard the S eed:mgs ih this section.
Mr. Hartford mission, ~o triat the co~wan1 . ,-,,rs we! in 1603, ·1 f·itte·1.·y' w~ .1;ere j1.1st
obliged ~ deal with me,: /i. \p_e1·sla.91ed the same as it is)~day .•His_visit· here
swke' 'hi ~part_ as follows:
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. 1•~udge Remick and members of the them to ta~e, the property' a-cross the wa not coinplimer).tary . to , PortsKittery Historical Society: . I am in- street · instead, where their present mo th apy 1ilorif than it \\'as' to , K~~~
deed very glad to come here · tonight office building no'1 1;tanc.;l.s. ·
ter be,R~U.Se he,,'c:"_~r1e. Ol~l/.in -~ai~~
lJpen:.;the receipt of an invitation from . I • ,"My next problem -was' the purchase of . assa,p::,µ; ,i.oot., ..an4 his~ory doe~.,not
~udge~.~:ij;emick, a man, .who.n i l ,.' have of the land upon which the John rectrd p11 1wliich,:,sicle of t]}e. river. he
kncw).1.. 1.,fpr so · many .years, , one , of 1our Patll. Jones House st.ands, tl1~ 1·:ic1; fou d iki As a: , ha\!e . iooked ove1' -cthe
.Q~ts~?ldjng lawyers, , a . judge, ,.and bein;&° :1,P?roxima~)y $~2. ~, ,Th¢ · late his ory 'of •this' sectim.1' I know ·that you
me1I1b.e1< -of one of1 · the most .~mpor- WoodJ:nJ.r}'. MngdqI?, a yefy :f)nj : en- ha,,!e m,ifi1r,, of 'the:·'.~.'ame ·, .Ctai1'1'.~ .; · ~
tant.,,ce>mmissions named . ,since-,,• the tlem(ln and --trained financier, was at fanjie t~a.t , we ,l;1a;,:~." ., . 111.e,.. same,,,np,Wo;rld war. He has won his way ._into 1iast:"}~nj;ere.stf~ in ) tJW . _Ilx;oject( after tabPes l)ave -b,ee11 , he~·~ as "have yisiwd
the-, .he.arts· of ·our ~ople, ,.1.'h~-< lP!lg~i; much ljfI\)rl ,,on the part of the offi- Po~tsmo.u th and -y,_e , cap.'.t , get1" :to
and ---:-agreed
to fur- what we call ur navy ya-r d without
t Y~·-+iv,~ ·?h,Elre the better . Y,Oµ ,wi\1, J,ike -cers of ...' the
., 'society
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\Ju~~,,~µ~ _Mrs. Rernfc1t, tt ;has, be1,ri 'nisµ the cash personally, ,which, . lL co1~ing . to ('Kitt;ery.'.'f
N,fr. Hartford then laubched into a
my_.J;>~e J;o ha v:e . th~111 _: .a~., 1;11~ d'id, , ~e late Admiral J . . B. Murguests ·. on outstand,ng occasions in dik:k· ,a,nd : ,o thers interested ·them- fa4inating series· '•;of r emm1scences
P-0rtsmouth for a number of years.
seI-ves in this worthwhile -undertaking concerning his experiences clt1!·ing the
'.' I bave eome -here thi,, '. ~v~ning and ·, the· money to pay for the build- da~s of the Spanish war, when he
$nply to talk to you, not to, ~a.X~ a ing: wa.s raised. That was· the first heltl the important . post of ·chief clerk
.speech, bu~ rather to be ope , o!: " YOU.
in severJl department, of · the · Navy
I. am ...not going to dellver,;-li 'sketcli [ of ) -qnfortunately~: soeiety ,. did 1 p.ot Ya d, arid -told ·i of being ' delegate'd to'
my life in Portsmouth, a~ ·ychi ·are ,ta- carry · out the plans o!. , Mr, Fergu- ·ec. 1ve AdmirpJ Cervera of' Spain, l!e
HISTORICAL
l;t,SOCIETY Of ;...
KITfERY .MEETS
Inte.resth1g tiatltering. Last
··.:Evening At ·Community
House At Kitteryjf oint
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�described . this noted. , histo1:ical per- then being given an opJ)Ortunity- to'..
son'.age as . having the appearance of a
the speaker ~ aily\ ques-tl. n~.'j' :1?tU{:
solid .. old . ·Englishman
rat.her than ctiscu&>ion of woi·J cl ,aP::a\rs ." ahili,l i he1
that of the accepted idea of a Spa.n - Italian-Ethiopian dispute ~,· 'fol1o'w d.
iard . .His reminiscences of his f:·iend-ship with Admiral Gener.a. and amti.;- Th~ meeting:: ad journed
ing experiences were . most intere5t- . 1u/n~nimous · '·V?~ of thanks to ,Mr~
ing, . including t.he story of how th e llfRfLford fu:r/ a most Interesting eveAdmiral supplied nutogrnphs a t his\ 111
request.
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Another · interesting stor y
dealt , ·
with ...tl)e , affair of the brass-check -::.~
p;·ison ·passes for visitors, issued by j . \
Colonel Ja mes C. Forney, USMC, in .r,.~ •
command of the Naval Prison, and of
how . Mr. . Hartford's
disting11ished
guests .arrived in a tall;,ho and
joyed.
tour of the prison.
· '111~ problems and risks often
countered. by represent-atiYes of
p~·ess , were illust.rnkd by Mr. Haitford's recountal of his experiences •
as representative of . the greJt AssoclaLed Press organization during the
R usso-.Japanese
Peace
Conference, .
"""' ~-•·.,,.,•,,,~, 0 1 which · was held at the Peace Confer. ence Building on the local Navy Ya.rd.
Mr'.. Hartford was the guest <;f Sec ret~ry of State Pierce
aboal'd
the
Mayflower . and repo~,ted to th.~ \\·orld
I ~h~ ' a,rrj.,Vfll of the Russian ' and J apane!le delegates at the main gate of
t.be yard,. at .t he conference room, · ;~d j
at ;l~st, .W_h en the t1:e,a ty pf . peac_e was . ..
signed, within one second . of t.he 1 ·,
fin.al . stroke of the pen the epoch.a-~ . '
occ1.µ,re11~e was kn.own in "fas "office .1
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was,, flashed
"throughout : thi, 1
,WOJ;"lcl,-_ How. th)s Wi\S ..acoomplished, • •.•
t.he ,world knowing of the peace be-, 11 -'
forr) ~~ _}1~k w'.as ,_dry ,(>j1
pa,P~f•
~as .~ri, ..qu~t~u~dmg .. ~cc. o,mp.h shro. e.n.t '\
¾ll :nflWSPi\P~r - l11st,or Y., .,,,., ·c•,1-·, , .. , .. •
Ml'; HP:rtt,or4 told ' otl;i_e,1:.)}tories, of h i-'l,i .
ex11~.1',i~11_C~\ '' illust.ra !.i/1~ tbe,' ch3\lt,:es i '.,
a tiewspapcrm nn 11111st, lak~ ln scrv- 1.
ing i.h'e I people lh rough the cfo,s em - I
ina.tion· of the n e\\" s.·
I -.,.,,, ,
Mr. Hartfo rd gave h is impre.\-frms ·
of , the li,ussia'n a·nu J a µan ~se peoples I
gaine~ throi1 gh h. is,• ~)1cncishi11 wit.h '
the cl.~l~gates t-0 ,. thrs
conference.
Speatq~1g \f\pon i1henrat iona l , affairs
he s_~1·esised the need f9r pre pa rednes,:,
praising . t.he . attitude 1o"f •··&01ne · lead ers jµ Lhis · country ·t oday of taking
by- the forelock
ancl
gett-ing
rhdy.
"As I reacl br listen to th~
vi~ws of . ,some
per!;riti;;
protestin9
akain~ -preparedness,· I !' t ha nk God
that . we have
a le1der!oh.ip today
~bich
:firmly
believes . i n ~afeguard'i:
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iq.g, our - American p eople," he- said. '·;
["The ifrip:·ession I .. wish to · leave
'l\}t-h you, established firm ly -in yow;
ri)inds, is that whatever ~-ou ' will to
cl o with this sociqLy you can do.
~,, '.!;he history of the early clays here 1
I011tstanding amid the history of our
c~m1try, .is being fo:·got-:.en. Go to cit:
i~s ,!ar -~~ay_ and as~,fomc indivi.dua,i
a~out hif,tonc scenes· ,t~ere and yo1j
, will be·. astonished at t-he · ignorance.,
School children have 'ne\·er . had ad
opport_u ;u ty to .,, tudy !¢cal history un-:
q1 -_ve"~y.'.,recently. ~he ::tacts of our Jo~
cnl h1sto,ry must ·be ),ept alive
in\
thls g€neration and ; the . generat.iornl
to come."
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Hearty applause folio.wed the c]pse
of ~fr.' ,,H.ar~~ord·i
t he .,aud.ience ~
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'.~~s~r,,es .100th Anniversary I
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dressed himself in courtly phrases.
But this was not a history shop. Fire
insurance was the main ei1during business, although John Sise was for years
president of a Portsmouth bank. Old
records adorn the walls; fire· signs from
I off old h ~_old fire b..icket.s and re-
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JOHN SISE ·& CO. HAS RECORD OF ACCOMPLISH,~: .;, MENT;OVER LONG. PERIOD OF YEA~S
:John; Sise & Co~pany, local ins..11'ance firm, t-his year Is observing th~
·lC0th anniversary :o-t its founding. Be-·
:r..ind
1ies a prou~ i'eoord of service
througp.out an _entfre century to the
lpeople ' of Portsmou.'·t and surrounding
~tl>'wns,,-1- Its hi.story _comprises ·a real :ro.fuance- of business;' · its valuable insurance, records, · :pictures and documents
incluae many .thin*s of fascinating interest ·to antiqualians. . . . ·
,
- '.J ohn, Sise ,:& C~ltlpany enters upon
it:, second ·cen·t ury.-. with the same spirit
~f. iSe~y{ct tnat·, h~> e~tablished It so
so-,mdly'
· • the · public confidence
:thrq_ugh
·
iseii.~rations, and - also
--with a, ·s pirit
moa.rrn ·,business enter-
two years old when it first appointed an
agent in the seacoast town of Portsmouth.
The agency of John Sise &
Company keeps the Aetna policy register of 1821 as one of its most treas,ued
records.
In that year Samuel Lord
commenced as agent for the Aetna .
Fifteen years later the Hartford Fire
Insurance Co. appointed Edward F. Sise
a~ its agent in Portsmouth. Mr. Sise at
that time was proprietor of flotirlsh~
int; crockery' and coal business.
· In
those days some Portsmouth merchants
were known as commission .or. forwards
ing ·agents, and this business was also a
part of the activities of the founder of
John Sise & Company. · . Ships salled
from Portsmouth to.the West Indies, to
Europe and southern ports in · those
days and in many of them Mr. Sise had
a financial interest. The busy town of
Portsmouth flourished and with it
grew the insurance business of Edward jlll_....,____...:,____.:..=____ j
Sis!!,
· galia, and_last, . but not least. an old
: On the wails of the office is a framed letter-press used for ' many yea rs in the
policy that is 100 years old this year. rt agency,
is a · Hartford policy signed by Mr. Sise
Around the turn of the cent4ry · the
and written to cover a dwelling. The business came into the hands of Fredactual commenc-e ment date is Dec. 16, erick M. Sise. lJnder his ac tive man1836. It was not many" years later that ag,c ment the :·1Surance agency grew to·
Sari.me! Lord sold his ag·ency to : Mt·. a peak of $200,000 a year in premiums.
Sise. The business was car-ried on until He was known as the dean of New . ~
shortly affer the Civil war, when the Hamp,hire insurance agents. He was
founder of the business died, leaving a real aristocrat. A fine man in bear- . •
1 control of it to 'his son, John.
t,,g and appearance, Frederick Sis-e was '
Under· this s-econd generation' the the friend of many, and a counselor to
business flourished. Valuable records thos-e with import!!-nt insurance sched1 were carefuily filed, so that the old safe ules.
His interests in and about Portsa·boi.mds with )nteresting ·data. There mouth were many and his business acare coins garnered by · captains from tivities reached from Hampton Beaph
the s-e'ven seas. There are the original on t\le -s01c1th to the town of Og ,mquit
le_tters an·d papei·s · in longhand ·relat~ on the coast of Maine.
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J,/':>;iiJOHl~f':SISit ing to the . capture ·o ( >.Edward Sise
Many out-o!-tp\\:n brokE;!'S sought ;th,e
5. _- · , ..,,. ·1_(·' . · :, .
. while sailing as supercargo on a ship services_ of hi~ age11c:y. ,.An artist ~ .we)! "'
' prise, ' iijodei:n mebfiqds ,in·· insurance; to the . West Indies. Captured .by the as an msurance man, Mr. Sise thor' Which--today offer -such a broad range French, the boat was held as a British oughly enjoyed all the memoriabilia in
~t protec~ion . with,;~r!!ater convenience bottom until Mr. Sise sailed for America his offce, Here and there he collected
. ppa_n :,}Va.s. ever, dreamed possible in the', ancj. returned with , tl1e proper papers Currier & Ives print~, :among which are
;~·i;,i;Iy ·day~ : off the':-business.
. proving _the ship w~ OWP!:!c;l by Ports.- the following; . "The Anierican Fire:· The 'prese~t h_e ad, of ·t he century-old mouth _citizens. · These paRers ar~. at- man_:_Prompt to the Rescue;" "The
.agency of John Sise &· . Company is tested by the secret,i.ry and governor Qf Burning of Chicago";
"Chicago in
-~towe :Wllde,:; · Mr. Wil_d er made an ex- New · Hampshire. · The "dates follow our Flames:" "Abraham Lincoln-the Na~
.ceffent rec9ref thro-ughout"the New EngJ . R_evol.1tionafr War by ; only a, - few tion's Martyr;" "Great Conflagration
limd ·territ4ry and : beyond as a special · years.
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at Pittsburgh, P_a."; and . "The Great
'tlgent:-before ,coming j;o his. present ex~
On the -wall is a ship's pass, signed in Fire at Boston." Other prints are of
' ecutive post/
holds the office of, 1'797 by .George Washingtqn. , Another equal interest to the insurande frater.presid_e nt. of the UnderVl'.riters Assoc!a-·; 1;:-;igne-d by . John. Adams. · Both · are nity, but_ less · well known to the gen-,~!0n of Portsw-outh .imd -i~ an· aggressive· also signed by Timothy Pickering and era! Pt'.b 11 ~: . .
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and suceess!ul buslnes,s· man. - : John Handsomely engraved .011 vellum. 111
,~ne'. F1cde_1Jck Sise died m Nove111_Sise an~;.Charl~ C, Sis!! a:re also ,m'em•· I the safe· is an accot1nt of the seizure o! I be 1, 103~. L11c1e was no one to carry o,,
·pe.rs . o!: the"firm,_·,but have· other:. bus!- I the_,,good.shlp "Antile Slse''whiie in
the_ busmess. HI~ two ~ons were boll~
,Iless ·u:iterest.s, _which take a good part I Southern port during · the 'civil War. actively_ engaged 111 busmess in New
'of thelr ·ttm.~'in New Xor,k. ,• The agency~! The smart Yankee owne1'.s tried hard to York City. However, the agency, is now
l.s'?ne. o!•~~~ be·st, known In New, Hamp~ n prove in Southem courts'that they ,were oper~t:~ as a partnership, of whiQh :r:,,rr. •
shire. " . -r , . . • :, .,, • ::
_. r , _.• ·;"] not the owners, bu~ the . fine
sam11g W1ld e1 1~ t~e head. Aft:r g~aduat10:1
1926 , Mr. Wilder re·· : Tlle .,Aet~a . !nSUfahqe Company wa&i vessel was confiscated as a prize of war. fr~m Amhe~ st
111 one letter to Mr. Sise· that-fire-eating ceived his fll's_t msurance job fro_m the
Portsmouth orator,'·nanlel :Webster, aci., late_H. A. Smit~, for many years president .of the National Coil].p9,11y of Hartford. After a . eriod 'in t)1e broker~ge
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�department he went as special agent fqr
lhe company to western Pennsylvani1;1(erritory. Later he was acUve in subm·bun New York and southern Connecticut then took over the management of
Jol~n Slse & Company. Mr. Wilder is
the grandson of the founder of the Butterick pattern business and for many
years has had New Hampshire s a permanent home.
At present the agency employs fi~e
girls, and, including Mr. Wllder, the~e
are three men with Insurance expenence in the office.
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IN PER _ANENT
ORGANIZATIO
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The Home Industries Shop, so .succf\.'-Sful last year, will have formal opening
on Monday afternoon, June 29th a\ 2
o'clock DST with Dorothy SturgiEI
Harding ngain in charge, this year 11.!>shited by Mary Leighton Carter. Tea
wlJl be served at 6 p. m. with Mrs. Arthur Dehone Hill and Mrs. William N.
Kremer pouring, and Miss MMY Coolldge, Miss Olivia Coolidge, Miss Bt>tty
Jean Lamont,
and
Miss Margf!ret
Harding assisting.
A delightful feature of the shop, this
eummer wlll be a aerlee of exhibitions
arranged by Mrs. Harding, l!Ollle or
particular local interest,, and others o!
new tnlent th~t hall not been seen here
before, such as Omer T:- Lassonde, director o! thEt
Project of the New
Hamp.~hlre WPA, Mr. Charler. Ewing
of tho Boston SOciety of Arts & Craft!!,
11.nd Ale,rander James. The first of th.le
series wlll be an emibltion of new
marine paintings by John P. Benson,
shown last winter at the Guild of
Bo.,;ton Artists. Later w!ll be new mast.erpieces of Russell Cheney, who has
ha<l so much recognition in New York
:md the west recently. Among thf.!!e
are mnny scenes or particular local
interest in Portsmouth.
Mrs. Harding hopes that the people
(lf Portsmouth and neighboring towns
wlll avail themselves or this opportu11lty to sec works of rl!al lnt.erest, nnd
Jelld t.helr p11.tronage to the support or
t,hls growing co-operative 11rts and
crnrts center; she also adds that whlle
there will be &rtlcles on sale at prices
to meet every purse, visitors are welrome nt all times whether they come
to purcha.'le or to appreciate.
L'l,ter in the summer th<!y expert to
give a benefit
concert
centering
11.round the well known and much loved artist, Mrs. Edward MacDowell, asslsted by other talented musicians.
These features, together with po&."1bly other teas, music, food sales, etc..
will make the shop a place where there
Is nlways some attraction; and 1th
the R.dded interest shown by a greatly
enlnrgecl membership. during the past
few months, and the increase in local
tnlent shown among our own consigner~, the enterpr!.se should vraw the
ent.lmsinstic 11upport o! all.
Shop open dally from 10 to 5.30 DS'I'
from June 30th on
Ar'
I
3(p
Announcement ls made o! compe
on of incorporation and permane
·ganization plans of the New Ham
shire Seacoast Regional Developme
aswciatlon.
·
The association embraces 21 mu
cipalities, towns and incorporated p
cincts if} this section o!
the sta
Through the efforts o! the !ew publ
spirited citizens, who have represe
ted these communitias with the
operation of the officials elected
the people, a program of developme
and publicity, though limited, has
ready shown results o! outstan
value.
The association, with definite p
poses for promotion of the growth a
prosperity o! industry, agriculture, a
recreation in the seacoast and tid
water section of New Hampshlre, now
a[Iords all individuals in the region
the privilege of becoming members.
The value of planned publicity has
been demonstrated by benefits derived
from
distribution this year of the
booklet, "The Seacoast Region of New
Hampshire," published by this association, the New Hampshire book'let,
published by the State P1amting and
Development Commission and the
New ' England Booklet, published. by
the New England council.
This publicity has fitted' in with the
exLensive · recreatlona.I development
program sponsored by the six New
England governors
and
ha.s been
largely responsible !or the best summer business in years.
Representatives o! the Seacoast Regional association are now 11erving
with commissions making comprehensive studies o! proposed projects wdt.hin the region and affiliation with the
association will afford a better under•
standing of the purpo.ses of these pro.
posed projects,
Temporary officers chosen t;o serve
until the annual meeting to be held
on the last Friday 1n Ootober are1
Frank W. Randall, Portsmouth, president; Abbot B. Drake, Rye Bea.ch, vice
president; Alvin JI'. Redden, Port.amouth, clerk a.nd treasurer.
In cooperation with stat;e depart.
ments, the aissoolation plans to spon•
sor recreational, indu.strl.a.l, and agr1.
cultural exhibit, at the Eastern stares
Exposition, Sprlngfteld, Ma.s3., these
t;o be located in· the New Hampshire
building.
Charles H. Bra.ekett of GTeenland ls
chairman of the oommittee
rangement.,,
�ERTAIN'U. S....
AND BRITISH
NAVY·OFFICERS
Program· Of 6rea( Interest
At .Meeting Of:, Ports=..'.
mouth Rotary~Cfub ·
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· Officers- of the British ship,· H. M. ·s.
Scarborough, now at the' 'local' ·Navy
Yard, hlgh, oUlefaJs •of the Portsmouth
'N'avy Yard- and Mayor Robert Marvin
W'erl! suest.l of the Portsmouth Rota.ry
Ciub at. the weekly meeting- this r.oon at
the Rockingham Hotel. ·
.
' E: Curti.S'. :Matthews p1;eslded and introduced ~mdr. J. J. Brown and capt.
A. W. Brown. Mayor Ma'rvln was next
presented and extended a welcome to
P'ort.smouth te> Commander Cornwallis.
o! the Scarborough. and his ship and
expressed th~ hope- that the next visit
wquld not' be a3 fa.r distant a! • two
years henu.
· Capt•• G. Mayo, a.s cl;lalr,man· of the
day, was presented next. . He- lntrodJced LieuteI¥tnt Hill o!-,the .Scarbor...
ough.
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: Captain' Mayo in lntr~d~cing, Rear
AdmiraI Snydei- spoke .as ,follow~: .
..
"Due- to _my dual capacity q~ an of-,
ficeJ o! our ~a.yr .and. 9! ,ji, B,otar~n .r
hate been granted the· pleas.ire of ln,troducing to you one of our dlstlngulshed.,gU~S;ts-I r;i.the,\' thli;ik; . I .should,
•not intrq<!U;ce this gues~ -be,caus~ you iµl
,know him, . bµt I shoulQ. tell•yoti, some1ll'ting. ot ~ • careej. , .... ., . ·1 ..... ;'
"Rear A4D1lra:1! Qharl~s f,llllip .Sny<;Ier
.was: appoin~ed ~o the ..Na.val ·,Academy,
In 1896 ,trqm Wel3t Vlrglnla... Four year.s
rater he w.as graduated, sta11ding No
2 in a large cl8.5!:
, , .
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"Going right to sea he has already
spent 20 years in nearly every .type ,of
ship, He. ~e- the cruise around . t}le
world' in the battle fleet in 1907-1909,
being a lieutenant on the battleship
Vermonf!.
"He was promoted to commander ln
,1~17.and t? captain in 1918, belng then
only 39 years- of age, and during the
war he commanded three different
ps--the battleship Oregon, the
tta.?:lsport, Mongolia and , the cruiser
Minneapolis, and for )lls war service
awarde({ the Navy Cross by our
Navy Department and a ,special letter
o! commendation by our War Department.
. "Since the war he has commanded
the transport Argonne, ' the
cruis~r
Concord and .the battleship Tennessee.
"He has been back to the Naval Academy twr~ since hls graduation, once as
·instructor In navlgat!oii·..and later as
commandant of midsblpmen. !or three
I
was-
ears.
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"He was also called to the War Col- American West Indies squadron of the
He described the Scartics, and' I had . the pleasure of ))elng borough and told of the work ot the
sh,ip in American waters, saying that
.there under his instruction.
·.· "Getting back to sea again as soon Its tel'ritory was from the North Pole
as he coqld he became chief of staff to the South Pole. He told of seeing
with Vice Admiral J. R. P. Pringle, icebergs in the south and also in the
commanding the battleships,
U. s. north during the same year, showing
Fleet, and to Vice Admiral D. F. Sellers, the extent of the territory which they
holding the same command.
cover.
"In March, 1933, Admiral SnyHe spoke of many of his contacts
der attained his present rank and ln
June of that year he became chief of with Rotarians, mentioning their mc,tstaff, U. S. Fleet, under Admiral D. F . to, "Service Above Self", and congratulated the organizition upon its work.
Se~lers, commanding that fleet, being
Captain Cornwallis said that
the
chief of staff of the fleet when it was
ship would be open to visitors on Fribrought from the Pacific to the Atday and Sunday from 2 to 5 p. m., and
lantic in the spring of 1934 and reinvited all to visit the yard and inspect
viewed by President Roosevelt.
at
"This
is Admiral Snyder's sec- the vessel. He expressed regret
the
short
stay
in
this
city
and
said
the
ond tour of duty in Portsmouth-as
most of you wlll recall-in 1921-1922 officers and crew probably would not
he was manager of the Portsmouth be back again as a unit, a~ their time
In this section of the world was up in
Navy Yard-so that when he became
commandant here last year it was to December and that they wo..1ld probassume command of an ·, organization ably return to England and the group
whose every detail he thoroughly/ un- would be separated. He, however, expressed the hope that some would be
derstood.
:
"Now just when he had gotten nicely on ships which later would visit this
port.
settled and we had gotten ,•Jsed to him
He made a plea for a big Navy, sayin~
he ls called to a vastly more important
command and on the tent)'l he leaves us that if there is l!. big Navy it in.sure.
to assume command or : the f Heavy peace. He said this applied not only to
Cruiser Division of the tJ. S. Fleet. Great Britain but to the United States
Right here let me tell you ~eI\,tlemen as well.
In closing he expressed appreciation
that when an officer is recalled to sea
and given a fleet command after only to the club for its invitation to the
a year on shore it means that his luncheon, to the people or Portsmouth
ablllty is unquestioned and ls recog- for their hospitality and to the yard officials for their kindness.
nized.
Mr. Matthews called upon former
"We in the yard•are sorry to lose him
Mayor
F. W. Hartford to welcome the
and I know that you in Portsmouth feel
the same way-but it is the way ,of the visitors in behalf of the Rotary Club.
Mr. Hartford S3id in part:
service. · Gentlemen,
I
present
''I am pleased to have the priviAdmiral C. P. Snyder, U. S. N., commandant of the Portsmouth Navy lei;e of speaking for the Rotarians on
this occasion. Thls ls a great day in
Yard."
:
Admiral Snyder began by saying'. "I some respects. In others for the moregret that I have to say au revoir not ment, it is a sad day. It is a great
only to Portsmouth but to you gentle- day because once again we welcome
the
distinguished
men whom I am now facing." He told to Portsmouth
of his decision to leave the yard for sea representative of the British Royal
duty, and stated that although he had Navy, Capt. Cornwallis. Portsmouth
fully intended to remain here two has met him several times and he
years, he finds now, after a year of ser- gave us a great treat when he came
vice In the local yard, . that he must here two years ago.
"In regard to the dep3rture of our
leave. He spoke of the remainder of
his days In tl!e service and what it may commandant, Rear Admiral Snyder,
he has been a great officer for Portshold for him.
·
In closing he said, "I wish to s:1y that mouth. He came here at a time when
I think I can assure you that the yard the 'future of this naval station, to
is better today, not because of my work, my mind, was at stake and because
although I have given it my heartiest of his ability and his understanding
support, but I think the yard is much of a community like this and through
better than it was 15 years ago. -wi th his own personal efforts he brought
two submarines to be finished, two on the Portsmouth Naval station back as
the ways and two coming through the a real going concern. We went ondesigning shops· and another ship here ward and upward in work, and suctor extensive overhauling you have ceeded in building for the Navy the
finest type of subma:·ine thJt 15
much. work ahead. There were 1800
Any.where in the world.
men a ·year ago and now there are 2500
"Capt. Snyder first came here and
wo.E_klng on the yard. I think you must
devoted his energy toward building
feel tM! Increase."
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up the Navy Yard and succeeded in
.. After blddlng farewell he inh'oduced
Capt.' 'Q. w'. Cernwalll.s, o. :e..E.,_of the spee~ing up the making and designIng and this yard h as a :· " ''l cl of
Royal Navy.
producing shlpS superio:·
'. J·captaln · Cornwallis said, "It is very built 'anywhere else -in
nice to be back once more in the City He c:a·me back here fo · :
,or ~e Op'en Door- and to see my 1 old that I the movement that · ne st.'lrted
friwcts·•agaln. We, as you know;;· are and the spirit that he had instituted'.
ust a ·small unit. ·we belon to the had gtown and the efficiency of the
force ' had lnc.,:r.,.e,;ase~d!.;•.,..,. , . - - - - - -_.~
lege as head of . the dep~rtinent of tac:. British Navy,"
�"Yes, it was a welcome back
ceptlon that Portsmouth gave this
distinguished officer and we know, as
RotaT!ans and as citizens
of
this
community, that he is called to another duty but ln his going we appreciate' 'that he has ascended the ladder of the profession in which he is
trained and what we lose here the
Navy will gain elsewhere.
'I ,feel sure that wherever he goes
in the Navy, there wlll be be!orc him
that loyalty as shown ino Portsmouth
where · we receive the breath of inspiration and up-llft as portrayed by
hese men representing Great Britain
here today.
The sentiments
expressed by Captain Cornwallls of the
friendship and loyalty between Great
Britain and the United States are
welcome lo every true American. God
grant that England and her mi'.sht,
whether on sea or shore, w.!Jl continue
in this trying situ·a tion in the world
today to brlng glory and credit t-0
her people and the ciyiJize•.l people o!
the world. With Great B!·ltaln safeguarding them the people
of
the
world hare nothing to fear."
111e meeting opened with the singIng of one Yerse of "God Sa·,e The
King." and thls was folloll'ed by n
\'erse written by Frecle:·ick Gardner.
Hathaway, by Etlmu
Portrait Now ht
G uilil of lloslon
,&,~t-;.:tr,,,,<t
Gro111lornul l'ol'trait Show
'!'ho a ull<l or Bos Lon Arllsls
hung a group cxhibillon or recent
WOl"k hy members, featured b1• Edmunu •ral"b<'llls latest portrait, a
<'haracter stu<.ly of quiet and simple
<'xpresslveness that Is marred only
b,y a <lead and flal treatment ot Ul.a
tl res.•. J n other respP<'ts · it ro nks
with u,<' best or this a rl ist's worlc
'.rhel"e IH alRo a JHtintin~ of harmoniouli subtlety hy Franlc ,v. Benson, thrE'e fr<'sh and colorful flower
studies by Hulh An<lerson, Sally
Cross Bill, and All~e Hug.;-ies Sohler,
an exel"cise in hlue hy Ralph E. ""'"'-·..-.,"
Gray, nnd a water colo1· by Harry~,-.~!"'·:
Sutton, Jr.
Portraits in the established American trndltlon are the metier or John
Young-Huntel". whose work Is currently on view al Dolt & Richards.
A ,·eallst o[ talented pr.u·Ls, the arti~t·s strength is most evident in his
portraits o[ men, among whom he
has found opportunity Lo make quite
Individual c•hnrn<'l<'t'lzallons. Among
the best are those of D1·. Lewis
Park. Philip Ashton Tiolllns. artd the
late Louis \~Ttley. Most sympathetic
oC the women's,1>0rtralts Is that oC
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Other portraits In the show include Mrs.
Mabel Dodge Luhan, Mrs. Robert
Paine Scrip1>s and :\1rs. Simonds
Duryea.
�NEWS of the.NAVY
·artd. NAVJ _J}\RDS
.
Franklln Ship Bouse
_
'l'rul· following .extracts touch on the
hf.st-<,ry of the- yard alld F.ranklin Ship
House: ·
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1819-The force of workmen in 'the
ai-dl was largely increased~ as a new
slilD -)louse. was being built <now No;
41. to the west or the: otct one~
,
i820-Au~ 16, 1820, the tram~ · of
the ship house (No.•4) waa raised~-Rnd'.
the sllp .and wharf begun; the whole
~ of these lmprovemen~. ~bich.•
were completed Jn 1822, Jnf:ludlng the'
cost of ~tlng . the ship house, .
was
$19,931.42. :·,
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·; ;Feb. ' 19, 1820-A new ftagstaff wa.s·
erected . on the 10tith ,end of . the ship
house. and on the 21st a new flag
for' the first time suspended from 1t. ·
'i>urlng ·.pctober, 1a2.0: . there· · wasemployed 11pon the 'r5's on the $tocks,
and l!Choo~ Porpolse ~36 carpenters;.
2 carpenter's laborers. 13 blaeksmfths,
8 sawy~ ;8 calkers, 8 joiners, 8 laborera; 2.m~. total ·85. There were· 159
wor.kmen' ~d laborers in an employed.
Jn . the. J,8rd.· In, 1822, carpenters rew
ceived from $2 t.o
average ~:t.38l
sawyers $1.33 to _$1.16, joiners $1.50 to
$1,00, -biadtsmiths $2.25 to $1.00•
.183-1,-$20,000' was · appropriated towards· building a ship house on 8ite- 4
_(now No. 53) . to build 'Ship In it; In
ll!U, an ·approprtaUon was made· to
build a frigate to be called the Paul:
Jones. Tllp.ber was -oollected for her
and her ·keel was laid under this ship
house Jn ..1837, but was taken down to
was-
For the fiscal year 1854-55 Congress
appropria~d m9neY, ' ..for extending
ship house No. 4; exte:psion of ship
house and launching slip. The new
ship hous~ was lengthened 50 feet and
the keel of t}?.e steam frigate Franklin
laid therein, the old ship of the line
Franklin being broken up on the rnilway at· the head of the dry. dock . . The
latter part of 1855 was devoted to finishing_up the work already begun and
In '• h~ing . to completion the steam
friga~ Franklin, the largest vessel at
that time in our Navy.
.Aug: 16, 1856.-0ongress appropriated mpre money for completing
launching ways and extension of ship
house No. 4.
, .O n the 18th of November, 1863, the
keeL of the iron clad Passaconaway
_subs~quently called the Thunderer:
and· again renamed the Massachusetts •
.was laid in ship :house No. 4, wher~
_she still remains upon the stocks.
. 1866--$13,188.11 was expended on
extension of ship house No. 4, and !or
the purchase· of Seavey's Island.
The yard has lost one of it.s last old
landmarks-the house of many 'win- '
dows.
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a
make' room fot the sloop-of-war Preble~ ~ never again raised, the ap-
propriation having . lapsed or . been
used for _
o ther purposes.
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· ~ :· 13, 1835-Congresa appropriated $3~.000 ,for completing ship house
oil al.te f (53), $5000 on March 3, 1837,
for · aame object.
'
-1838.-The new ship house No. 53
waa completed. its whole· cost being
$'11,000, and in April the keel of the
sloop-of-war Preble was laid Jn it.
Thursdar, June 13, 1839, the Preble
was launched. The launching of this·
little &looP-of-war brought a great
concourse of people . into the yard and
in · · · its • neighborhood. The house in
which .she was constructed being· one
of the largest in the United States,
afforded a fine opportunity from it~
galleri~a to observe the preparatory
~perations, while the thousands gathered upon t~ bridge and surrounding
.emlne,;ices had an unobstructed view
Qf her, as .she left the ways and giided
into the waters of the Piscataqua.
, ,On Monday, August 16, 1841, at 11.15
~e , frigate Congi:~ss. . was launched-amidst a salu~ of . thirteen guns, and
the cheers of a large number of citizens from the wharves and surrounding hills. The day was fine and there
mre many . persons collected to see the·
sight· and several· steamboats were in
~tten4&nce. The masts ' of the Congress w~. tl)~,
'put in :"".ith.. the,
new ·~
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�Portsmouth, N. H.~ Tuesday, March 10, 1936
;passing Of An Historic Building
Fire this morning destroyed one of the landmarks of
the Portsmouth Navy Yard and one of its best known
buildings when the old Franklin Ship House went up in
flames, illuminating the countryside for miles around.
The Franklin ship house was just about 100 years old and
was the last of a style of buildints once numerous in shipbuilding centers. With the passmg of the Franklin ship
house this type has probably gone forever. It is unique in
design with its long slanting gambrel roof and many long
square windows set diagonally, and its great folding
doors which opened practically the entire front of the
great building at the water front to allow the boats to
slide down the ways into the water. It has attracted the
attention of thousands of visitors at the yard and has
been one of the big atti·actions each Navy Day. Hundreds
of naval craft for government work have been built and
launched at .this historic building. Here the last of the old
time wielders of the sle ge and adze labored but now its
work is d01 e and no more will shipwrights come to work
or "knock off'.' within its-historic
walls.
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�HISTORIC.BU
1s-·DESJROYE
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EARL
G
y
DA
-~s:Qv~r ·o_.e !Hundred Years
-, ·-Old WclS 0111)' Buildiilg Of Its
. · ri~e~
Th~:C~untry
. ln_
.
,
only one in any navy yard. · The inneigalleries -- were to accommodate .the
public to wi~ne~ launchings.
The building has been used in r e-cent years for storage of material by
the public works and other departments .. During the fire several explosions occurred, probably caused by in-•
flamatory material . ..
The yard fl.re department in" ch~<ra
or Fire Marshal Capt. B. M . Coffe1; -·
berg, USMC, did good work in keeping
the flames from spreading as did th(l
firemen from this city with Engine l
and the Kittery department. The fl.re
fighters gave special attention to · ~
building nearby where acetylene ta.s
and gas ton:hcs are kept.
The yard officials made no hesitation in praising the work of civilian
crews Irom this city and Kittery and
their quick arrival in the ya.rd.
The account of the fire has been
sent to the office of the Secretary of
Navy and th~ following board of officers ordered to convene for investigation: Capt. A. W. Brown, yard executive; Commander J. J. Brown, Aide
to Commandant, and Lt. Comdr. Allan Hoar of public works department.
Otncials are unable at present to
determine the loss. The building is
thought to have co.st between $150,000
and $200,000 In material and labor
when it w
Navy Yard Waterfront View-Franklin Shlpl,ouse A1>pears on Extreme Left
.
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. The historic Franklin ·shiphotise;' the ·. Other famous ships · of the wooden
.last of the original wooden 'buiidirigs'' navy went off the ways there includ~
of.. the - P-ortsmouth Navy Yard, was Ing . Congress, ,$aratoga, . Por~smouth,
totally destroye4 by fire this morning. Sarana-0 (steam sloop), Franklin, Illi. It . ls said to-'.ii.ave started from an nois,
Marion, . Enterprise, Boxer, a
unknown- cause in the gallery : on the school ship, the last wooden ship to be
north side and was discovered·· by ' a built there', tug Patapsco.
sentry just before 5 o'clock, who' turn~ · The first of the iron ships included
ed in an alarm from Box 35.
the submarine V-3 now listed under
' The blaze ma'de such quick .headway the , name 9f Bonita, and L-8, S-3, O-1,
tl:).at the yard ofl'iclals cq'uld see that S-8, S-9. Besides these there have
Jt. was impossible to stop it, and a call been- the~sual - number of smaller
.was sent _' to Portsmouth and Kittery craft, service vessels of varying tonifor assls,tance . ln . protecting other nage built · for Government work, coal
??ullcj.ings; ;: • - 1 • ..
,
barges being perhaps · the least ro. ·In less · than. an hour the .structure 1nantlc.
~as flat. i- • .
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; It was the first big-fire to occur in . In 1854 the house was lengthened by
.~he' yard since the iron· plate shop was ~fty feet, .and ten y,ears from tha t
'!)urned· on Jan .. 27, .189, and the coai time the frigate Franklin was launch..
pocket some years. later. _
~d, after several years required foe
'' The house- was . 343 feet r1ong ·,84 h~r building within the house. This
feet wide· and :•52•,feet. hlgh.
, '
launching ,. gave the building its local
; The navy -,• .._started.:. 1ts :- ereetion ·i a name · of Franklin , Sl).ip House. AIAu~st _18_2_0 .an4 ;,th~. ke~l of t1:te • flrs_t though the house seems hug~, the hull
IIJl.i~. to b.e~b!li.lt -t.her.'l ~w
. as _lal4 pefor~ pr the, F{an~!ln almost entirely filled
ti -~~ ~o~ple_~·/!'he _'.shlp:wa~ .~he U:; 1t in . both d1mensions.
l:i,, : -slooirof.. war ·:--Preb1e. ,She . was , It was tpe largest shlphouse in tha
launched June 13, 1839:' t I '.
• ' country in its day and at present _the_..~,.!·]
�John Brennan, Organist, both or the
same court. Present also !rom the Dover oourt, was Mi~
Ella Hughes,
Grand Regent.
Re,·. James H. Brennan, P. R .,' ill
the chaplain of the local oourt.
It was voted to hold the firs~ anniversary banquet of the Immaculate
Conception Court at the Rockingham
Hott'l at 6 o'clock In the evening of
October 4. It was announced that
Rev. Edmund Quirk of Lakeport will
be the speaker. Mrs. Mary D ondero
and Mrs. Helen Leahy wea·e appoinThe first meeting- or Immarulate ted a committee t-o arrange for the
Anna
O'Keefe was
Co:,crpt:on Court No. 1234, Cath olic banquet. Miss
Daughters of America, was held fast nam~d to look after the decorations
evening at Kn ights o! Columbus Ha.II. and Miss Hele n Geary to arrange for
The following officers were. installed t.he music. Mrs. Alice F. McCushing,
State R egent, of Keene, has accepted
for the 1936-1937 season:
an invitation to be present. Invitations
Grand Regent, Mrs. Grace Quirk,
Vic-e Grand
R-egent,
Miss Anna t.o be presemt at the banquet will be
ext.ended to the clergy of the loca.l
O'Keefe
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paJ'ish and to state officers and me.mProphetess, Mrs. ~ary Dond~ro
t;>ei·s of the difierent cmirts of the
Historian, Miss Helen Gelry '
le.late.
,
Monitor, Mrs. Margaret. Curran
Clrnirmen Cif the various corrlrrtit~ntinel, Mrs. Gertrude Eldredge
Lees were named as follows:
Lecturer, Miss Katherine Riley
· Mcmbe1·ship, Miss : Marg-are\, BurkFinnncial
Secretary,
Mi55 Anne
Ji •y
Quirk
Rl'fre,!'ihp1ents, Mrs. Dorothy McTreftsurer, Mi~a Mary Griffin
Oarthy
,
Organl'-t, M'..<"S Margaret Mil ~s
Ent.ertainment, Mrs. Gertrude Ryan
Trustees for 3 years, Miss ~rtrude
Ways and Means, M:ss Agnes Quirk
Long and Mrs. E'Jl:ca.beth Geary
Slck, Mrs. Mary ' Butler
Tru t~es for 2 years, Mrs. Helen
: Hostess, Miss Plo,r ence O'Kccfe
Leatiy and Mrs. Nora MCCaz,ty
Tru..,t.ees for 1 year, Mrs. Nora &ott : F11hlicit.y, Mrs. Mary Griffin
: M.rs. heo· Lang2 lier ofiercd the oourt
lll'ld Miss Agnes Connors
Mi.-..s Helen McShane, District De- the use of he,r cottage at Wallis Sands
J)uty and Past Grand Regent or Court for Rn outiJ1g. It was deoided to take
ac rnntage of her kind offer and a
Sacred Heart of Dover v.--a.s the installing officer. She was as.!-isted by weenie roast will be held there on
Miss Anna Buckley, Monitor, and Mrs. Th ursday evening 11,ext. Mrs. Katherine Chandler was named
STALLED
First Meei ing Of Catholic
Daughters Of America
Held
I
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IT .
. · , IN. NEW YOR
cur.rent exhibitor at
Perargll
Russell
Cheney, well known painter of the
Maine landscape. As Mr. Cheney has
been a permanent res~dent in Kittery
for many years his present show consists primarily of scenes from that part
o~ the country,
Last year, however, the artist decided he needed a change and went t.o New
Mexico for m montm. He ret.irned
'1111th renewed affection for Kittery and
a group of colorful painUngs. A ~oup
of these pictures 1n the exhibition !onn
an interesting contrast with the snowy
northern landscapes.
!New York ha.a received Mr. Cheney's
work a.s enthusiastically as did Boston
earlier in the year.
Henry .McBride
wrote 'in the- Sun: , ·
1
.. Hls Jandscaues whether he ls dealmg wif;h crooked New England vlllage
streets or with the broad.er arid reaches
of the southwest are handled with a
vigor and dedsion that admits of no
pu'.tt.erl.ng and yet never fails to esta.bli$ forms solidly, note their special relatians and the play of atmosphere
around them." '
~ Rerald Tribune Mr. Oortisooz
Galler1es in New
~
the
I.a
sfs:
"Russell Cheney is especially proficient· in making the portrait of a place.
Mr. Cheney's most oonspicUDUS trait
.ae¢ms to be his insight into the character of the American scene."
~ in the New York Times:
ls very honest, rugged painting.a
',D1e Boston Museum of Fine Arts bas
Jast acqJ!red "J{.ittery Point," one of
bl$ m<l6t •highly praised pictures. It
was selected by the museum and presented by an anonymous purchaser,
rn
PRESENTED TO·.
·
THE LIBRARY
A share of the original stock of the
old Portsmouth Academy which was isaued in 1809 t.o John Peirce has been
presented t.o.the Portsi;noutl). Public Library by Garland Patch, who found it
m some manuscripts purchased from
the estate o! the late John G. Tobey.
The share certificate, which· is in excellent condition, was signed by· Jere•
miah Mason, as president, and Samuel
Elli~tt, as _clerk.
• · .nvi \"1 · ,3lQ
LD PANE Of
GLASS FOUND
A pane of glass on which was inscribed with a
diamond,
''Nth'nl
Rogers, July 20, 1766, was found by
a painter while painting the Badger
house, owned by Mrs. Mary S. Pike
of Birmingham, Ala., in Newfields.
The house is the oldest in that town
and built at the order of King George
o! England in colonial days as a resldence for his agents sent here to protect Hls Majesty's tall trees heing cut
by "sniper.,," Nathaniel Rogers was a
prominent citizen of his time, serving
as judge of probate and Represen-tative and was also a de}egate from
Newmarket to the convention at EK~ter which adopted the Federal Consitution in 1788. He was a Tory in
the Revolution, however, and was arrested. It is not known whether he
lived in the Badger hous,e at the
time he inscribed his name or was a
guest. Mr. Rogers died in May, 1829
at the age of 83' years.
ES
COMMITTEE ON
BOND ISSUE
Will Report Findings At A
Later Date ==:z Edward
Scully Elected Building
Inspector
The City Council resumed its recesse
meeting · of the· previ6us evenihg last
night at 7.30 in the council chamber at
City Hall, with Supt. David R. Smith
and members of the Board o! Street
OommLssioners invited to participate in
the discussion of the proposed bond
issue of $100,000 for improvements in
the water system of the city. All councilmen were present and Mayor Robert
Marvin presided.
The first matter to be taken up WM
in regard to the granting of a permit
for conducting a gasoline station at 218
Islington street.
Counc!lman Goldsmith spoke against granting this permit, stating that it would constitute a
fire menace, was against the rules or
the zoning board and that residents of
that section were strongly opposed to
it. Oouncilman Atwell, as chairman of
the committee handling the matter, ex•
plained that it was the purpose or tho
owner, w. L. Scott, to remove the old
wooden building now on the site and to
put up a modern, fireproof structure.
Oouncilman Griffin moved that th,
matter be referred back to the special
committee for further study and report,
and it WM so voted.
The committeo on street lighting,
Councilman Loughlin chairman,
reported in favor of granting permit., for
pole locations on Stark street, Islington
street, Maston avenue, Chapel street
and Woodbury avenue to the New
Hampshire Gas & ·Electrio Co., and to
the New England Telephone Oo. for a
pole location on Sherburne road, These
were granted by the council, Appl!catlons for polo locatlon.s on Versa!lles
avenue and Summit avenue we1·e rejected because these streets have not
been accepted by the city.
Councilman Griffin
moved
Mayor Marvin be authorized to accept
the transfer of a small triangular plot
or land on Isllngl,on street from D. F.
Borthwick to the city. This plot was cut
off from the remalnd.,t ..,, 1111r. J:sorthwick's land by a straightening of the
highway to obviate a curve.
It was
voted that the mayor be so authorized.
Oouncilman Griffin moved that the
matter o! choosing a building inspector
to complete the uneKpired term of Andrew J. Barrett be taken from the
table and a vote be taken. This was
done, with Councilmen Griffin, Badger, Dismukes, Loughlin and Thurston
voting for Edward Scully, Councilmen
Goldsmith and Atwell
voting
for
Charles Humphreys and Councilman
Durell voting for
James McCarthy.
Edward Scully was declared elected as
building inspector.
Mayor Marvin stated that tqe Board
of Street Commissioners' had been requested to appear at the meeting to
explain their reasons for their request
for the issuance of bonds to the value
or $100,000 for use in improving tho
water system. The mayor suggested
that the matt.er be considered in executive session, and this wa., adopted.
During the eKecutive session the
matter WiJ$ discussed by both the councllmen and the representatives of the
street commissioners, no definite decision on tho matte~ being reached, A
oommitteo waa appointed to study the
matter o! the bond Lssuo and the proposed changea in the water system,
compo.sed o! Councilmen
Thurston,
Dismukes, Loughlin, Durell and Mayor
Marvin. This committee wlll report
it6 findings and recommendations back
to the council at a later date,
Also during tho eKecutivo
session
Atty. Ralph 0. McCarthy appeared b~fore the council aa tho representative
o! the Frank E. Booma Post, American
Le8'ion, in regard to having the city invite the State Department o; the American Legion to oome to Portsmouth
in 1037 for it., annual state convention.
The council voted unanimously in favor
o! inviting the Legionnair~ to Portsmouth.
Resuming open session, the councilmen considered the matter of a claim
of Jame.<J W. McMullen against
the
oity for $14-0, which he asks as wages
due above the amount received !or work
at the olty gardens from May 19 to July
5, 1936.
City Auditor Robert Bruce
stated that) McMullen had been paid
�~m?'toV1 _ _
o
Old Houses in Hampton Falls
VIII
The house where Miss Abbie Gove
lives was built by her great grandfather,
Joseph Wells, in 1787, on or near the site
or a house he had bought or the Swett
family. It was used hy him as a tavern
u-til the Hotel Wcllswood was built in
1808. Since then it has been simply a
dwelli:ig house. Miss Gove is a Quaker,
and John G. Whittier spent the last summer of his life here, dying before it was
time to return tn his Amesbury home.
The first settler here wa.s Caplnin Be~jamin Swett, who w~ killed while fighLing
Indians in 1677. A large elm thai stood
in the yard, was brought from England
when a small iree, by Nathaniel Weare,
and given to his sisier, Mrs. Benjamin
Swett. It had to be removed a few years ·
ago.
In 1761, a stage coach began to run
between Portsmouth and Boston. Horses
were always changed at Hampton Falls.
The route towards Hampton was past
Applecrest Farm, then this was the Prescott fa;rm, a'nd through the old mill road.
There were not many roads in those days.
Hampton Falls was then a busy and
prosperous town. Swetbs tavern, and
later Wells tavern had ple'lty of custom.
The house known a.s Alvin Dow house
on Lafayette Road is said to have been
built by Nathaniel Healey in 1794. It
has had many difierent owners. There is
some handsome paneling there.
The house on Curtis Road was built
by a Blake in 1796. The Illakes settlPd
here early in Lhe ic;rvenieen hundrcdf;.
They had a right of way to Kensington
Road, but the present road was noi lairl
out Lill 1847. The place is now owned by
Dean McLaughlin.
M. J. G.
X
The house where Albert Webster
lives was built by a Prescott, near
where the McDevitt house now stands,
about 1801.
Levi Prescott sold his farm to
Jacob Brown in 1821. IMr. Brown
built· a new set of buildings. There
were two houses on the place. The
older one was torn down, but this
house was sold io Joseph Perkins, a
carpenter, who moved it to its present location. The Perkins family
lived •there many years. In 1867, it
was bought by Dr. Charles H. Sanborn, who made many alterations in
it and lived there till his death. It
now belongs to Mr. and 'M rs. Webster.
'The house where ·C. F. Combs lives
was built by . Billy Dodge, a son of
Nathaniel 1-1. Dodge. He married
J emime Eastman in April, 1804. This
houS€ was built 'b efore their marriage
in 1803 or 1804. He died in 1818:
leaving no children. His ,vife had
part of the house and land as her
dowe1· right. She married again, and
oullived her second husband, dying in
1858. The house has had other owners, but for many years has belonged
io C. F. Combs. His son, Walter
Com'bs, is carrying on a large poultry
buRin<'ss on the place.
1\1.i ,s Frances Healey has in her
pos, ,,,sion a pocket book that once
belong·ecl to Billy Dodge, the first owner of this house.
Th<' hou~c where Thayer S. Edgerly, 0111· mail carrier, liv,cs, was built
by a Pike in 1804. It wag bought
some yea.rs later by Captain Caleb
Towle. His son, Emmons B. Towle,
inherited it, and lived there till his
d<'aih. Ile gave his properly io his
wife. She was an aunt of Thayer
Eclgcrly's mother.
M. J. GREENE.
r~'"""~ \\"""a\i
a ..,.,.:\:').~. \C\~ II
!or the time he worked, according to tho
commlUee In chargo ot
the
work.
OOuncllman Thurston moved that the
claim be disallowed and Councilman
Gold.smith asked !or a roll call vote
which resulted in Councilmen Griffin'.
Badger, Dismukes, Loughlin and
Thurston voting !or disallowing the
claim, Oouncllmen
Goldsmith
and
Durell to allow, and Councllman Atwell
not voting, The claim wae declared.
disallowed.
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~-•:; RECORl>S·:BACKJ;
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i:;Whic~l, .(J~b~rs. :.w_;-r,~~-)
:'·-,·~kl~~; ~p r~rds
"or
INTO HISTORY
..:\FOR
CITY CLERK
I
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1
250 ye~;~_agio\
·J.s ,i(j~b _t~l,l,t,,c;~me .J,o ~CitX,8~er}t .,Jt>e\;er:
Hfokey .,toda,y and <>Ill,! on }Vi}ic~ , he. ",
ib'as,mtl.cle' little 'or ·no· progress . . ·: ·;.
~ .. H!.k·htiii:t' h~arted wh~n :helfeci~iV,ed•~:
-;.~tter ·_.fr_ofll LMrs. _, vynuii,m ·.J :_ L!n~en·: ,
Asks About
Man living Here 2,80
Years Ago
Hunting up ancient history in Olty
Hall seems to give the city clerk something ori the side jtl$t at present.
·
. The latest request for a record of
something that occurred 280 years ago
J:>,er~er · _or;_s_a n • F~a:icis~-· , 9:al\~.1 :.wh~
reached his hands from New York
'e?(p~essed ·:much anxiety_m . ~-tt,~~ptirig
to trace ·•1f, man by the •na[lle of-. John· state and the writer is Dt·, Irving
--Oliver· who resided here : in '1686; -The . Lyons. .
·1etter read.§ tha~ .ii'e was an· ·apprehtice: .. The doctor goes the . woman from
·to -Master .Seward, .· a· shipwright of; California one better who recently
:Portsmouth.;'and .was· stilt' 'ani.ong the
wrote for information on a man back
1/sf of. inhabitants here ·tn I1711. The in 1686. Dr, Lyons seems to be also
looidng ·for the record of a man but
'writer requ_e'sted' al~ his ~ar.ri~ge anq
birth dates of his• children.-•'
.. ; b;1. a little different way than the
, It- is likely the California woman will
Californta correspondent. He wants
have . to iclok to other ' sources for the
to know
something about Thomas
·cJ.esireci '.1nrormat1on as· such ' te"cords as
Dennys who may have b een· known as
requests ·'are not stored , 'in the
T,homas beni, Thos. Denning, or Thoarcii.ives ·1n· City Halt ·
·
mas Denny or Thomas Deeney,
The Dr. would like to know when
Thomas. left. Portsmouth, . where he
went and why he left the •city, The
city clerk or no inhabitant of Portsmouth will be able to enlighten the
New York .medical man and he prot,Jably knows as much about the movements of Thomas as he ever will
know. ·The records of the City Hall
archives are of no assistance to him.
she
-SEEKS MARRIAGE
~ RECORD. HERE OF
· 226 YEARSij~ AGO
'
.
SEEKING BIRTH
RECORD OF HERO·
, .The ~ity · cle~k" has anothei: .commuOf -LOUISBURG
nication on hand which give_s him . a
job of looking over the town records
City Clerk Hickey went back many
of 226 ye_a rs ago. ,
.·
·
,years in the reco,ds today in trying to
-•-The communication is from ·Walter 'find some information for a lady reB;.°Scott/<>f DO!'C~ester, Mass., in, which siding in Wu;ca&et, Me. She. requestb,e .writei-~eeks, the -marriage _record ted a birth date of ·William . Vaughan,
o!· ;ijyjy~ni:\s:,. Scott and ., S_ara~: J.14oisis a son George ' Vaughan whom she
in '1q10 · : '!, .
.
'
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. .,
thinks was born here in 1703, 233
.~-M~: -~ott' at th~ ,tl~e . i~ thought'-?> years ago. She .states that he, was <me
ha:ve·-beeila"u ofiice,r' on -a .l3rltjsq wa_r- of the heroes of Louisburg. ',
ihip'yil1tt!~ ·fmaJie __ro:-tsm?JJ th_l t~ hol!le :
The clerk could find .nothing a.bout
port · -,.-,;.,. · •
· · .·
·
·.
such a man who :for a while resided ~t 1
-F~llo~ing 'the '_marriage . the DorDamaliscotta. ·Mills, ' Me,, after leaving
ehester:. man believes the officer .' and· Portsmouth.
l;oo,\t· up a -re_side~ce in _V{ells,
Maine. ,No recor.i:l~Q!~the marriage can
,be )ou~d)n:-this city. oi Kittery. . -·
wife·, '
0
�well a.s two touring cars. which carried
workers from the local Red Cross unit
to Nashua to assist l~ 8.l_lY. way pos.
sible. In order ·to·ereach Nashu th
went to Raymond, ·Derry and H9;';dso~
E
OUTH
ELIEF
loca
eop e Organize To Raise
_Money, And Secure Clothing
And upplies For offerers
Porlsmoulh has ~esponded generous-
No. 7-Mrs. Hattie Spinney-, _De_gr_e_e..
of Pocahontas.
1nd a great many people are working
No. &-Emerson Hovey Post, v. F. w.
at top speed today in this city to help
No. D-Frank Remick, Merchants'
ln every way possible .
Bureau.
..._,,..,._.,''"""" The Red Cross as usual, got its orNo. lO-Rev. James H. Brennan,
ganization starled promptly in an ef. Church o! the Immaculate , Concepfort to alleviate the suITering In the tion.
stricken areas. Other organiza·uons
No. ll-John B. Mooney and David
were very close behind in going to the F. Quirk, American Red cros.s.
'issista.nce of the needy.
No. 12_Rev. William Safford Jone3,
Today as a result of the meeting Ministerial Association.
held at the Veterans o[ F'oreign Wars
No. 13-14-John w. Hopley, Boy
Home Sunday afternoon, the city has Scouts of America.
been divided up into 2l district.~. with
No. 15-16-Mark F. O'Brien, Ameria thorough canvass being prepared to can Legion.
secure funds to help those In dL,tress.
No. 17-Mrs. Kathar!.ne s. Hill,
At the meeting Sunday, the executive Graffort Club.
committee of flood relief was formed,
No. 18-Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt, City
and elthe1· the members or their rep- Club.
resentatives were present at the meetNo. 19-Mrs. Alvin F. Redden, Girl
Ing this morning when the city wa-~ scouts, Mrs. Izetta Davis, compandivided off into sections.
· Ions of the Forest.
The executive committee consL~ts of , No. 20-Sldney s. Trueman, Kiwathe following: Mayor Robert Marvin, ln1.s
John' B. Mooney, Mark O'Brien, Frank ' l'io. 21-Harry w. Peyser, ProfesW. Randall, Dr. Samuel F. Griffin, F • .sional Group.
W. Hartford, E Curtis Matthews, SidWith the Red Cross headuarters at
ney S. Trueman, Mrs. Katharine s. the Central Fire station the place has
Hill, Mrs. Marjorle Hewitt, Rev. w. s. become a very busy place. About 20
Jones, J. H. Dlnnerman, Rev. J. H. women are sewing, mending and darnBrennan, Andrew Jarvis. Herman J. Ing, while others, as well as several
Chandler, Benjamin M. Hartshorn, men, are sorting. and packing, getting
Henry B. Tilton, Ha.rry W. Peyser, cases ready to send to the flood district
John W. Hopley, Mrs. Alvin Redden, as soon n.s they can be ready.
Alvin Redden, Richo.rd B. Sl1elton,
A statement has been issued by the
1
ds
J
wlll iam F. Woo , M. . Donohue, Red Cross that many men's work
Mrs. Izetta Davis and William S. Kus- .shirts are needed, as well a.s Infants'
ky,
clothing and women's and children's
The clt-y has been divided into the underwear. A request is made, howdlstricts, with the following in charge: ever, to those sending In garments
No. I-Frank W. Randall, represent- that if the garment Is more than one
Ing the Chamber of Commerce.
plecr, to pin the pieces together a11d
No. 2-E. curtls Matthews, Rotary aJso lo tie the belts on the dresses.
Club.
This will prevent loss of parts.
No. 3-Dr. S. F. Griffin.
The women will be sewing all o! the
No. <I-Former Mayor F, w. Hart- week, and anyone who wishes will be
ford, press.
welcome to come and sew If only for
No. &-Andrew
a few hours.
No. 6-Morr!s
Two trucks
Israel.
l_y to 1,he relief of tl1e flood sufferern,
'
and then were . orced to detour
through · Hudson to Typsboro, where
they took the Daniel · Webster highway to Nashua, a distance of 20 miles.
Reaching Nashua, they ~ported at
headquarters and were sent to Thornton's Ferry whe~ many: refugees . were
housed. The clothing · was distributed
among those people and also food was
left at the direction of the Red Cross.
The trucks were driven by John
Gammon and · Fred· Finnegan, while
they each carried an extra man. These.
were Walter Westgate .- and Henry
Westgate. The : trucks were furnished
by the . Supply Commodity , Disttibutlon ,Department. · Others mA.king the
trip In cars Included , Donald 'Lane,
Shirley Woods, · Frank Da!res, Mrs.
Frank W. Randall, Mrs. Roland Sukeforth, Mrs. Reginald , II'rafton, Mrs.
John B. Mooney, James Waldron,
Bradley Clark, ,William Harris and
John B. Mooney.
-.
Another truck load left this moming. In addition to the clothing which ,
has been sent to the 1lre station, by
the people of this vicinity, th,e Supply Commodity Distribution department under orders from the state ad•
ministration at Concord, sent 6'l cases
o! canned beef, 22 cases o! b~ef .stew,
and 22 cases &! vegetable soup-, as
well as all o! the clothing on hand,
and from the sewing units, which the
WPA has established here.
Orders
first received at the Supply office was
to tum everything over that the Red
Cross wanted.
,
The American Legion has been bW,-y
working with the Red Cross. Their
representatives have been assisting In
everything to help. A collection was
taken at the Arcadia Thea.tre last
night which resulted in more than
$60 being taken. The Legion truck is
out today collecting food and clothIng.
At the meeting of the executive
committee this morning, Morris Sil•
verman announced that he Wi\5 repre~
senting Temple Israel, and that . a
little over $100 had been raised by
members of that synagoguP, and more
was expected.
Saturday night came the startling
announcement that no gasoline would
be sold. The Police department received notice from the Governor's -0fflee at Concord stating ·th.at an embargo WR.S being placed on gasoline
wl th the sales limited to emergency
cases, WPA, Red Cross, Utility and
food trucks. This was lilted this moming with the following order being- rece!ved from Gov. H. styles Bridges:
"~bargo - n g·aso'itne -sales 1n
·
N. H.
0
at
lilted effective Monday, March 23,
6 a. m. Kindly notify all dealers of
gasolnle :a~ tb,anlt them for their
cooperation." .
·
- Kittery was° the h·a ven of the motor- '
lsts which had but very little gas In
their tanks. As Maine
not under
�rigid ,res c i~ns as New HaltlP-.
shire . and on!l .station reported ,sell- .
ibg
gallons on Sunday. Some gasoline trucks from
this
el ty were
stopped as ~ey were on tbf!lr way to
,a.s
3200
Maine to 'l'eplenlsb 'the empty tanks. ·
This embargo on gasoline is believed
to have· been established in an efiort
to keep -euriosity•seekers from flocking
to the stricken axea. Net only handicapping the peop!e in the .flood zones,
but this woul.d 'have de1ayed the
trucks artd....workers enroute to the disaster .centers. · ,
· A shipment of clothing is, now being' prepa,red by : the mffllbers of the
Women's-· Home League of the Salvaiton Army- and this .shipment wlll go
to Manchester tomorrew, and will be
distributed by
Adjutant Raymond
}lowell, who formerly wa.s in command
of the local Salvation Army Corps.
Contributions will be received at the
local ·headquarters if anyone wishes
to send any clothes to Manchester.
. On sa.turday the Salvation Army
dispatched a truck containing 500 gal,klns of · drlnking water trom this city
,to Sa~o where -~ i;_upply · is,_ polluted.
13. "Pento donate!;\ the truck · .tor the
$erliee. :Adj. T. Friebe_ger~.w~_J1ai; had
:in;~;-;~erienoe with flood eon~it1ons,
having· spent -some years as a rm63ionary in China, 15 in charge of the oper''at1ons in' t!J.at Me,ine City. - The need
1·of 'the drinking -water was . reeel,ved
through Richard T. LOrd, operatQr · of
· the short wave station, W. I O U Z,
who ·~ checked road conditions.
The local Salvation A•mY . Corpll
will hold a special meeting this ~vening at ,7.45 o'c1ock at the headqua.rters and' all local members are urged
to attend.
sE PREPAREDiOCOifRffiuffiiiiRALLY l
ti:· TOMORROW TO FLOOD RELIEF FUND ·
l'. Ain drive
for .funds for, flood sufferers in this State begins
this city tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The city has
. been divided into twenty-one distric~s, .witl:i a captain in
charge of each. Every residence and business house in
the city will be contacted by accredited solicitors of the
' committee. .
.
' '
Please have your contribution ready when the solid·- tor arrives. THERE MUST BE NO DELAY IN RAISING
1 THESE FUNDS. THE SUFFERING IN OTHER PARTS OF
- THE STATE IS ACUTE.
/
,
PORTSMOUTH, SINGULARLY FORTUNATE IN
I THIS WORST CATASTROPHE WHICH HAS EVER BEFALLEN NEW HAMPSHIRE, SHOULD AND WILL GIVE
GENEROUSLY TO SUFFERERS ELSEWHERE.
·
Funds will also be received at any bank, the Mayor's
Office, th,e office of the City Clerk and by any member
of the Committee, and by Dorothy Lear, American Red
· Cross, Portsmouth Savings Bank.
The Governor has officially designated the Red Cross
to administer this fund in New Hampshire. Checks should
be made payable to Flood Relief Fund for New Hampshire.
Captains and workers are requested to report at the
Chamber of · Commerce office, 17 Daniels St., at 9
promptly, and the drive will begin at 10.
1
·. Funds To Relieve Suffering Are Desperately Needed
GIVE TO THE LIMIT.
Portsmouth Flood Relief Committee
Robert Marvin, Chairman
John B. Mooney, Chairman, Ports-
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to Manchester. to assist in. the out.flt, ing; of. the: flooo victims;...
The Portsmouth Chapter, · American
Red Cross, has been urged to increase
its quota by 50% as have all the Red
Cross chapters throughout the country, by the
National headquarters.
This request was conveyed in a telegram received 'by John Mooney, chairman Qf' the locall ehapte:tt this morning-. The tel'eg:iram. was, a5i follows-~...
"Sfnce· EJl'fgfna] fi'ood relief ttmdl
qm>ta assigned, num!Jeir victims, has;
, been d'c!lUbred. Latest repol!'ts' our relie:I! dfreetors: R(l)W in field', place- t&fall
number~ mell1, wamen andl . child'!!en,
loolting t® Red. Cros.s: fer' fmmedfate'
emergency l.feli:e! at 5'87,000,. with lilteIihood! this fig-are wH~ increase- as .
fl0od! ei.re11ts: eonti'E.t!le·.
"To meet, deair and! e.s.sentiat Red.
Cross 01!111'gatfons to these: suffering .
!eMow citizens:. now fmperati:ve
we
ask: y(IUI. tG make every possible· efll~t
secure retlef' eon trlbutf(l)n.s, exceed,f ng
yolll" &rigmal\ chapteir qµ<Jta,, by ait;
least, 50,%, a:s. tl'ocooi. wa.iiers reced'e. some
' anas.· we ml.1$ co11tmue food!r sl'teltei;,
: cl0tliles·. Ji!omeless re:l!ugees·,, a!s(l)l extenl:!1.
Portsmouth hM se nt foul' tracks to headquarl rri. Hern they were dlstl'l- medfcal'. 1'1u11si-ng care. in order fo pre,L
the flood zone wi thin the past 24 hours, buted under t he direction of Adj. Ray- · vent epidemics;
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mond Howell, who was stationed in , "This, wm continue· for an fm'tefiltl'.-;
bringing relief to .~everal l:tundxed 8U f• t his city nine years ago. The· olothln.g
: ite> l)eriod until Recll Cr0ss, ear!) afcli
ferers in . Ma.nche,ter, whl•Jh wa1 the was collected in this city,
repairing: damaged homes and!-v!ctim,s;
dest.ination of the trnclc~.The transportation o! the Salv-ation can return to nm-ma.11. livfng.,
Fed
. Two trucks lef t the C''cln t;r9,l ftre Army relief was provided through th& confl'denr, peol!)re,· m y0ur· community
st.aUon this morning
loaded.
wlth Navy Yard officials, Col. Tom Bat·ber, · wil1l wish. to· · inc:nase• c®trHmtfonS:
clothing and one this £J.fternoott with and Capt. A, W. Brown, Privates John. promptly, and geneJTou.sly in (l)tder th!ill
furniture. The first trn0k, containing Beannum and Carl Oerlaoh: aooom,- emergent; human nee<ill Jile met. Keep,
men's and
boys
clothing, All the panted the trucks to Manchester; The ' US' advise'CI.'':
goods were packed in cardboard boxes others in t ile party were Adjutant OlThe tel'egram was; signed by Cary T.
and on each were labeled the kind of mond and. Robert Tucker.
: Grays0n,. president of. the National
clbthing and tho number of gann'3t.s
The valuo o.f sorting articles and Red crtiss.
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iu each box. This tn1clc w~,i furnish d packlm;- them in cases waiting for tha
Those- who mafi:e the _trip to Manby t ile Smplus Commodity Supµl y caU, was dearly demonstrated, For ' chesteir an Tuesday rep0rt, that,:· the
office and was itt chfl.rg-e oE Dona ld the few days, aftel' the first loads went condition.~: were· being: :relieved: to a;.
Lane.
l;o Nashua, the group of volunteers at great. extent. buli the -water waS' :Ca~·
The second true[< was s,. big navy the Central Fire Station, have been from normal-.. Ad!Jutant: Howen PX- .,
tru ck from the Navsr Yard an d. this busily at
work,
sorting, · packing, pressed hfa. appreciatioll\ to his. fri:end::;, .,
carried women's and girls clothing,
mending, sewing, darning, and doing in thi-s: city, ancl! fn speaking- of' the.
The third truck lef t later in the 9.C- everything- t;ha t could be done, waiting . financial assistance, stated: that one
ternoon and carried o, load of furni- .for the word to come whe 11 a11d· where Manchester· man had 1mntributed $500 . ~
turc. This was a t.ri1cl( Et-om the J.\lfan.J t-0 send the next shipment; Nashua that day and! the Rotary clubl had giv.~ .
chester food clepo r, whir;h was In this seemed to lie well provided ioi' "by.-tlie en $100• towards the: Arm~'s relief ~umd~
section and came ,y, , t· t;I} take t he load' truck lo~cl s l, hat left this city ·o n Sun-After the shipmen.tr was: unloaded:
of furniture back ~•> the ,Queen Clty, clay, in aclclit,ion to the other relief the' party wag, takel'l) ta view the raY.One truc k yesterrfay left the> 'Salva - su pplie.<; wh ich came in from othe1· ages· made. b:r, the ragjng: waters. In
tion Army h enclqu Jrt':)t·., with s1.1pplles citie.-1, Thr. two Portsmouth
trucks · one place nea,r tlle• brfdge. and ad'for Lhc flood sufl'eren m Ma.ncheste r. we re l-ilr ll rst, with the excepti·on of joining the· :ratlroadl
baek.s;,, 35,0001
AdjuLant Victor Dimond wa·; in cha n;e j a small Lc;:;iot~ truck from D_erry which ~anclbags had. been placed:. to, break
of l his truck,
lll8,[dng
the tnt> t,}', was hurned mLo
the stncken area l he force, but the water haa swel)t/ ~ · •
Mrrnchester wi~h ir;,
Saturday ni i; ht with supplies, to al'- a nd twisted. the' tracks: as: though\ they
The shipment '"-''.l , thoroughly w>rt-- rive in N,1sil ua.
were' made 0:r tin•. TWo largll! mH ta:nks
ed b_y members -1 f t;he l1-rrn1c leai:>;ue
Today wo rd came from . the state ' had! beel'll to:m . from their.; concrete
un drr the clirccli on .),[ Mm. H. Fre11c l1, headquarwrn to se nd supplies to .IVIa,_n,. bases anQl floated: dewn. to, the· bridg,e:
·and 2000 · assorted :rnpplie.~ ;•,ere tn - c hesLer. A truck was secur-e d and amr. there: e11imhe~ with terrific impaet.
eluded. All clothin[( ,ent was itt good within ha[[ nu hour it was loaded and Thei steel1, , wl\ldel'll was three-eights: &t· .
condition and reB.1y f<Jr immedi<i,te on its ·way with its relief load, which an. inch thfcl.ir a~; leltl!t was torn like:
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use . Sweaters, shoe,. C'18,ts. d ress% will be d isrri buted in that city.
tinfoill. Houses were: sf'a.'IJl'ding il'D. S.(l)me; .
un de rwear, hats, cnp,~. blanket,, quilts
In adctitirm to the men accompany~ cases as: if m lll'le all!'. mast or the:
and. bedding, stork:-, boys an d git-ls . ing ' Lhe trnr.lc to assist In the unload,. foundations, lha:v:faag bee-m· tom bad1.Jy,
clot hin g, sllirLs ;ind
ve n !tn ncllcm·[011r or five women made the trlp
away and the' :r:iw.e~ was, stilll a:. s:wwl:~
chiefs were supplitod. ,J,nd we re take n
lg force, ,after . ha•Mf&' di:opvedi eight
to t-he Manchester Salvation
feet and was still. tl:'lree! ·. fed aoov.e
normal yesterda .
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-Clothing Fo1r Men, Wo1men,
Boys And Giirls And Furniture
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ainche.ster
�Undu the• direction of Adjt. -Howell,
the· Army workers labored· at .t he; peak
,oi the flood 19' haws. . w.itlilGUt, an1v
'btea.& ,and, .fed the hun,d reds .o! sand: '
bag; clU'llfel'll' 1n, rellef groups~ . A!most.
40(J1 men. Wfil!Et in,. the .sandi· plil's fllllng
bags; ·a;~ t:wa lines. :were· oontrnual.ly
'filing, &~k and!. fortl). builcli'ng- · the;
walll .
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.Aftell' gpfug: thrauglt. ps;rts. of, , the:
flooa:-swept. area,, the pat-1:;r vlsl.l:ed'.1tl;le:
Becirord: ·
Nearb;w tl'le fire: l!fupm,.
, ment..·w,a&. pumping;_out, ..water ., :from
zoo_
, the ,eeillwl;. d ·l'l:ouseS',, .stil'll ., wmev,11'.ui.t,
.llveabl'e.. Tim s.c:enes;. ~ tfie zoc, w:iµ:e:
pathetfe\., Cf' t1h.e a~als·, lru.t, one-.,.,~
bJ~)iu·· was aroumd!, a.nclJ lit,·14 be- ·
Iteve:d aW tl!!e «1.thers J)e:l'Lshed.
The> mli! bufidings were :filoocfecli anill
1:lil:,l!l ~_IILl'l.dl ff~s. were stm Jile:lng a.t:ta.clt~di ~ the waters.
'll'ltte wi.noa;s organlzatfon& in thls:
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oty- a/ff ti'~ tine. !n tJ.iltsl tfme . when
til're
ihCilUPU et alll
lU'e: tumelll 1\0w;al'dl
Il:re~g: 1!h'Cse w~ are m. 6tlre meed.
· Sev;enal orgamza:tiG1!1$ J:il:a:ire votedi. t(!l,
: cimti:llnire IMlilel' whil~ O'thers a.re assfstmg- m the wlicitfng ot: money foir
1tllle flood relief fwldl.
~ J;>Uhllc. scfu>ols bve taken cor- .
Iecl!wmi . and mc!udmg the: comt1ibtt1tion 0!' it w.as- vi'sitedi, but. m many
: quarters of tlile e1'lilmen are· the dm:ia;,.
' tl<ms Qf U:re Janitors andl teachers. ~ totali amouintled to: $372'.31 which was;
· turnellll ai.er to Mayoir Mllllrvin.
• 'li'l!ie, mive for funds; still eontfnu.eS'. ·
An d'ort. r.s. ~Ing made to cover the·
ewfue city allldl yeste:cday a great por.
ti<in. d. U.
visited, but in many
~ ·peop!e were oot .home and Alvlin Redde~ cha.inrutn of the drive
eommfflee. has. asked anyone who was
Mt ,z:Wted, U: they care to help, to
theil:' eontributiollS
at · the
C1i11iUl1lilelr of Cammerce rooms, or with
Miss Dorothy Lear. treasurer of the
1'0rlsinouthl Clirapter ot Red Cross. 1
If. fs impossible yet. to give an es•
tima:k of the amount or money that
w.i:]Ji. be: ral.Sed', for' there are several
wfJ:ids which have not reported.
· Sir. 'Patrlc~s. school! took: up a col•
Ieclfoim. from among its: pupil's, and this
llxas i!ieen tw:nedi o.ver to the city-wide
fund
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Nashua -Starts :Big Task
·Of Repairing Flood Damage
itAIL COMMUNICATION RESUMED OVER WOR.. ,
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CESTER LINE. :_ ALL EXCEPT WORKERS
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~) Nashua,, Mar.ch ,23-,....Rehabllitation of railroad tracks, revealed thousands W
flooded areas in Nashua, es~cially , dollars damage to the Boston & Maine
, he mal)ufacturing plants, was going on I tracks an~ the main line from Boston to
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j Co~cord _is undermined for miles, Tbo
at a rapid _pace ~terday,
. catlre railroad yards are also badly wi~
Gov. H. Style~ Brldges•came here ln cl€rmlned and a large number of treieht
the afternoon and made a personal sur• cars are partially
overturned &114
''.ey <4. the ~904,A~~ Re .proµiise,d an, wreck1!d, .M:any of the .streets in tM
available state aid ~n_d. assistance in the· cast end of the city were washed oul. ,
rahabilitation>work. ,: ·_A chec,kui, of the I All persons, with the exception - of
manufacturing Pt.ants;~' hi~'J!wil.ys, 'r ail- those engaged in cleaning up debrl.ll and
roads-, bri~ges, : s~res and , homes_ ~nrj tho_se engaged in cleaning up tho fM~ ·
show a lo~ of more ·than two nullion tones, were barred from the area.
dollars and ·-possibly t ~'' millioµ, of- : To prevent any epidemic ofticials
flcials .sai<\.ye&terday_afternoon.
barred all persons from their homes 1n
Rall compiuniclj,tiOn was
resumed tpe flooded area until a thorough in·. yesterday oy~r t!1e W?rces~r line to spection has been made of sanitary
Ayer -J\lnctioµ ·to.Boston. Several car• conditions, as well as the condition -Of
_loads of oii••:were 'brought through by · the foundations, floors and other parts r.
way of Ayer ·a nd delivered to the Nash- of the houses.
'Ja mills, assuring' a continuance o! the Gasoiine was still being rationed aiid
electric power which has been furnished sold only on Police order for emergenoY,
.from the auxiliary power .plant of the use.
mill. This v,,as the ·only ·rail, liiie out of . There is no shortage of milk or
the c)ty and traffic to . Boston was nnd sJpplles
have
been coming
routed by way of Ayer.
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through Boston by trucks, detouring by
The receding water, uncovering the way of Littleton to Tyngsboro.
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Portsmouth's resprmrn to tho ap• goes forward for money, Portsmouth """~•:JI~•
p~al o! the Red Cross, and tha Flood wllt giv'l to the utmost when they
R.ellef committee has been very gratl- real!ze the amount of money needed.
fying.
Several dlstrict.3 have Mt
Work at the Fire station la still JO•
reported yet, while
great many of ing on, but the activity 1a slack-ening
the sectons have only made partial somewhat. For f\ve days
work hM a;...~!l'-'tr.!:':fi
reports and, this morning the amount been pushed by the Red Oroas, b&o[ the fund was $8660.10. More than ginning with Saturday evening', whel\ N!i>iiill!1iiti.·
$10,000 is the goal, although 1v> spec- the Na5hua Red · Cross sent a call for
ial amount has been set.
clothing. At once the Red dross offl.
Much of this money has ·1:iem sent clal.s got their organizatlot1 !unction•
itl without solicitation
nd the re- ing, and an appeal . was sent out for
been very good.
People clothing and
bedding.
Thia WH
have given with the spirit o[ wanting brought to the Fire station and Sunto do something for those who are ln day morning as early u . .,· 8 o'clock
need. The money
has
com
from ome 50 men a11,d women were there
groups, organizations 1.nd from ln- already for action.
dividuals, all wantttP to do t helr
Oood.s were received on tb.e
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floor with one root~ ,used forunpiJ.Cklng
The total amount o[ money whict1 nd sorting, another room [or wrapth school children, wll.h ll1e' tc.lchers ping nnd Uclng and labcllt\lf.
Tont
and janitors gave, was $408 69. Thi.~ arlicle!; were set aside for repairiJ.1g by,
includes the public schools and Paro- th sewing group. Large tabl s were
chial school. The public sct1ool: · don:i.- s~t up ,ind all Lhe week the sewing ha.~
t!ons was in a small
package, just been r,oi ng on.
the same as Lhe motu!Y, the pennl,.1.'i,
The sewi ng group has the use o( th
nicklcs, dimes and quarter'i which the h IL in the second floor. Here ri1>3 ar
pupils brought to n, .... chool-and tl1is !iewcd, r,tockinir; mended, r.oat Uolnga
weighed 22 ''" pounds
p:iLched and knitt,ed, garmr.nt.i
Accompanying th•! trui::k.~ wht~ll p ,ired by a corps or some 30 women.
went from this city t0 Manchester,
The Kittery Laundry has
volunwere four women who have been as- t,,Pred its services in cleanlnl{ badly
s1.,ting at the F'ire statt0n They were soiled garments and all such g rments .... ~...,K,.~.
Mrs. Frank w. Ralld3ll, Mrs. Board- h 'i b Cf'll setlt to the Ia.undrY, for
man Randall, Mr3. Hnry W. Peyse r cleanl11~
1nd Mrs. S. S. Trueman . They brought
[n S[J"aking of the work which hiL'i
lJ ck a list of the art1cle'i whicll re heen done, Red Cross officials sa1d.
n eded by the flood :,u fferers. Cloth- ' loc l cilize ns have responded mo. t F,_._,.,_ .•,.,.
ing has all been taken care o[, but ~cnerously In bringing ln supplies to
dishes of all lcincL~. includmg pots and U1e Fir slation, all of which have
pans are needed.
Ot11er articles de- l)t)en o[ excellent quallty. The Port.~,ired include laundry .,upplie3,. wring- moulh volunleer workers hav0 glvett
~rs, wash Lubs, ir()nin~ boards, w h- r.hc ir ti mf' and efforts untiringly."
hoards, towels, oil
,tove·, kitchen
Two truck loads of clothing and. otte
ranges, bureaus, chest.'!, _chairs, dining of furniture left on Wednesday ! i>r
room tables and pillows and bedding. ManchosLer. bringing to five the numThe Red Cross will call for articles, ber r truck loads which the RPd
H lt Is not possible o se nd them. Tels- Cros~ has se nt to the flood zone.
phone 526 if you cannot send them.
The syste matized method or handThe barn In the reo.r o[ the Fire sta- ling rellef material here has been
tlon ls being used to store these goods hl~hly praised by the offtclala or
nd If possible they should be sent Nashua, Manchester and Concord. The
there.
RI'<! cross, as well as vari9U8 other
There Is still need for runds, for organi7,atlons have come to the assL~tthere Is a great expense to the work auce or those lo 11eed, and thelr erof rehabilitation,
fort.~ hav been appreciated.
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lil3ill·h :feunlil?d on il1'le: same ~rmeip~g- .
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at an &rel'lesl/ra. ".F\\IQ) ~ fiQdlles;' llwrd , The Tobias Lear house on Hunking
~~ &filllbme' Yl enl'Mge GUll lllUSieaf. Sa.ope
street, birthplace oI Tobla.s Lear who
. fOgjiWIII bnmeasu,rab11Y', ·
served a.s private secretary to George
Wa:;hlngton for sixteen yeau, la now
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.Again, too· »111clll, ea.DiE:&t be said In
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Tuesda-i .e.uening ,tlae Oi,;11!e\ ·o.z-
u:ndergolng extensive repail'is to the
roof and exterior. This ·old mansion ls
one of Pprtsmouth'.s historio shrines
·a nd is vi.sited by hundred.s or visitors
from all parts
of the nation each
summer. · Washlngti:m visited this
house on Nov. 3
ar,pre:eia.Mim Gt thfll spfe1lilid< i!e..-tl-bilit:w
oi'.ille 0rohesi!Y~. and flla! 1!mtl' t:ml'lpei,a.,tlio!z •wifill. .an!'t s-.ijjordiaat.fen tili- filile
On
d'lestra ·dtt!l itlai hat. wo:irk Qi' tllre ~ n eGl!ltl.iiclelr.
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m 11: eoB'Cel!t imd'e:2 the ~:rslllif.i • of Tlle' iwrsmm.el: 0! the orehes.t11a;. w.-as:
Vaid Kus1'tfumt,. twd ihem- effim1ls{' were· as.kllilws.:
:necei'ved •witb enthu.siastm aecla&m by, F!PSt: >i101:1ru~vinson Phrlbr-i<)lr, 001.1-
a
large a.idienee• .. Ei,;elr.f mmnlielt Id' ~ eext; m:m't1m; 6&'.illl~ Reill!l(l;iru:t. &w-':eg;mizatiaml, .uid, iie: ~
' ilFd'. ,Pl:acter, .Kathreen .!{rse.nau~,.
, ~ ~ ~ n • • ~ ad !George C'a-lkhw;., Keitlili. Eickford, Josevh
~eus!ia, ~
-eaaR.ti)sl :~~ a:iw _JJoado, Arthur H'dw,,11:filai,, CI:Iarles ,Savw:a& 'J!OBdell11d>l~ ~ ' r e lfi.t.b ·the.' ~
Chai;les; 0/Hiara-. Beraalld Yoffee,
'.e&nductot/ ,, .There-.was ;- ~ ~ i'i3lllil.: BJ!Geks;, Flrank IliJug}\J!y-. Mare0lm
WARNER , HOUSE
TO _OPEN ON
:SATUIRDAY
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IUlli W!ld~nd,ing
tlle·p~s'eem.- Hafill
Jlieelwillb:e.ueJIY l!equest; o! the leade:v.
~ola.-1.Jn.& Kmg. Eliabeth DonGl'rue,
" '.Ji'h.e .J)t'Qg,J.taDll- was,.paciife.ufai,~-.well Katl'lerme; W0oro;on,,, Ri:lla. 1t'altne1r.
cF:tQW\l! fmr '1,!Wclty ami inta:es:ti• . ':ID:le O!ll&-;J'alnel!I ~eu. Kemnet11, SteadY,,
o:uertune to Pn!met&eus made a. :11me !Tu- Apes C'atl!s-,. lilllzaheth He.wlitt.
11:oductim , 'Fhe apenmg A,cTag;i@ wifil\l :Bass Jll0.oo.1'dt Vaugllll, Fl.,eaerlek:
stf.mdng; llm!l'ds: fer .the- ~h!~ · C!ll!'- Oe~e-.
e.sm1i. fdowed by tine beautH.W! md- li'lu~&lli fteRoehemont
· ·'!I i,l&yed,IJ¥ clll,!tl1;1s and'. Ji&ms; was · ~farine.t -Jll;;l!is Mawton,, . N•elson
ery well: done-. .In the- .lll!egro-, 1 . tl'.le Wartt~ Da'ugl':w Lhtingstan.
w.ea.vmg' b:~~tllili: :01181. and seco;r,idt ,if1I-! Tkqmpe~JiMg~r· \Vallace. Charles
lfn.s; and - ; ~ .the W(lll11i: Qi Ure, we.ad , C(!ek~ JUll:e» S:tmth. .
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wmdlf,,udtlil-eba-ekgroundoi~ln.ebrw!S.I
m11.de a. perf~tlly, finltecll whole~ T1'lls
mun~ se:t. ~~ ]llaCe ~ qµa.Iity _~mr the ,
Ho:vn,...:..Ro:tvm
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emb~~ Fta.nk Dud:xa,
Ttombone,-Fl/anlt
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P.eii.c:tls'si(U1-1ilradll.:ey Sp1,rmey'..
Tessier,
Harold'
JlllGgl!alJll aind gii.ve the a.uclfenee am. ideai .· B~00n.'--Ar_
thur1
,of w~ was: la stE>l!e. ·
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Mac·e.
, ne, Schulbm musfu: ii; f0,'1€d b; e.,zeiry-;: Saxophone- Mary
O'Hara.
the\: Plano--Cia;ra Mar cl'en.
eondtictor and orchestra are se.rieus; in! The tl.Shel?S were- Mar,y Cart€:ll~ O.eraltheir intent, on inte.preta-ili'0l'll andl lila:1mi ~ne Woecl'. _canier\ne Me_aghe:i',. Ph31llis
aere·quate• ~ m t . -,: TJi!e ·e:r:di,estna"Mo 11 amg-. Jl.Jla li'eyser, Runu, B-Oyan.
one.
Tb, pe:u!Ollm ~t: takes: eo,rnage- i1r
me:isu:11ed up, to l!ro.tlill requilreme:mts. ':li'h€>
beauty o!
iµusies ,n:=i'i I ta.~e · En'thralled eveiiy pll!iy,er,. l!l.e cal[se as a.
group they communicated to tl'le; lilerurel!
real emotto:ey and! exa:ltation. One 'canlilot ask fOi" mo:i;e.
. The openini phllase:,.
fair : eeLDi
1arrcli 1!1wes,. was: wiselly' ei1ti·u.sted1 to tl:\.e·
1
~rst: ceIIist, Dr,. Kenneth. Steady. '
.
: "Pomp_and- Cfx:cumstance" stoo4 out
fm: qi_e 01tgan-like: effects and: th~ good
quaifty at Ure strfugs, in the trfo. '.Fhe
supreme vfrtuosity of' brass \vas exei't-
The Warner House on Daniels .sti-eat ,
opens it.s doors to the public on Satur•. . (ay, Jupe 19, and
be open every
t, week day .t hroughout the summer front
·; io a. m·., ~o 5. p. ~- .·. ·.· _
.
, ' · .on the opening day_the Daughters of
. tl1e Coloriiai •Wars 9f · New Hampshire
,t- and membe1's of the Historical Society
":'- of Exeter wni visit the Warner House.
: Additional, loans of furniture of the
'~ period and rugs have been obtained and
·: !',dd greatly to the interest and beauty
or Lhe house.
_ Among those on the committee of the
'.'"': Vyarner House Association are . Mrs.
Earrett Wendell. Mrs. Henrv L. Gr-een,
Mr:;. Wallis D. Walker,
Rev. William
'
Safford Jones, Miss
Brooks,
Mrs.
Thomas o. Marvin, Mrs. Mary I. Wood,
MJS.~ Wentworth and Mlss
Pauline
Bradford.
1• •
tn
seare
Jh:lg-. , ".'.. . . ,
,
1
, The: Min:.iet was played in true. 1aey
1
c~,JUld! tl'Ie Berceuse was: n~taore
:tor the- beautfful obl'lgatO', pfa::yed
l'lyl
llinson Phllbrick with ·smootl'r, S)lky ,
'tone:, effect The-Vaise Triste, gave tho-'
'lirst ..violm, settiOlll i<t& chal!lce and :tt.
met ,ij;,-admiTal!Jiy- by fmpa:rting to- tlae '
aud[em~e h the . yea:J!mlilg, .muddering,
sadness o:t: tI1e, 1/hemei
,
' '.m1e ,'.llbre(?, ~g,s: Wlj,S ~.lile- of the
beats &.i' the eome6"t. ; The oorn.et. ti:io
J>Ja'.lled b.:s, Edgar :1 WaHact. ·e;J~airres,
Ceek. all Rusael:ll Beall, wa.s done wi~b
:fme ~led, g~_tone }!)~asing , 3.l')'d
sp1'e:e:dkJ_t:m.s~.le-. _, liC. ¥as a :i•m.bi.tiou:r
.undertaking and did'. greali, erecl,l,:; );a-
DEATH -TAKES
·WrtDOW OF SAM
WALTER FOSS
Mrs. caJ.ie Conant Foss, widow of
Sam Walter F-0ss, ' poet I and writer,
died Thursday at her home in Somerville, Mass. She has been in falling
health for some years. Her late hUS'band was·a resident of Portsmouth for
some
years and a teacher in the
school department.
Mrs. Foss was a native of Somers,
Ct., tlle daughter of the Rey. Henry
w. Conant, a Methodist c:lergyman.
Most of her early life was spent in
Provjdence, R. I., · where she was educated and became a school teacher
after graduating from -the Rhode Island Normal Sch o-ol.
Saxon Foss, her son, wa.<,- killed 111
action at ::,uipps, }.<~ranee, during the
World
War and was posthumously
awarde'd the Distinguished Service
Cross. Later Broadway . Park, the largest in Somerville, wai nameµ in bis
honor.
will
�PICTURE
FORGAN AT
ST. JOHN'S
Resolution By Cougressn en
~ogers Would Make It
Constitution Day
Washington, April 7.-June 21st, the
day in 1788 that New Hatnpshire ratified, and therewit h cstnblisl"led, l,he
federal ConsliluliortJ, would be designated as Constil11Llon Day under a
resolution introduced In the House
Monday afternoon by Congrcs~man
William N. Rogers of New Hampshire.
The resolution quotes Article 7 or the
Constitution as decreeing that "Lhe
ratification
of Lile conventions or
nine states shall be sufficient for the
establishment o[ this Constitution betwee n Lhc sta tcs so raLifying the
same.'' points out that New Hampshire was Lhc ninth slate to ral.ify and
adds Lhat t.hcrcforr "tho Constilution
of the Uuilrd SlnLl'S came inLo existence and errect on the 21st day or
June 1788."
Hitherto the 17th of September.
1787, has been unofficially but generally recognized as ConsLltution Day
because It was 0 11 that day that the
Constitution •vn.~ signed !or presentation to the slates
for ratlficaLlon.
However, the ConsLILutlon did not become effective until the New Hampshire ratification.
Under the Rogers resolution, the
Preslcten t wou Id l)o requested lo proclaim the estab lishment or Constllution Do.y and call upon the c!Llzcne to
observe It filtln!flYThe New Hampshire convention that
brought the federal Constitution in Lo
llving existence. met at Exeter on
Feb. 13, 1788. Arter several days, in
whlch much opposition to ratificaL!on
was expressed, a recess was taken to
June 18 flt Concord. On reassembll11g
of the convent.ion, the nation witnessed a race between New York, Vi rginia, both o! whose conventlons were
In session, and New Hampshire for
the honor of belng the ninth stale to
ratUy. Promlnenb in the New Hampshire conventlou was John Langdon
o! Ports\nouth, the titular leader of
the state, and later to become flrsb
president pro tem
or the United
State., S()nato. The pre11ldent o! the
conventlon wa~
Johu
Sullivan of
Durham,
Tht> April calendar issued by the
Fu~t ':.tional Bank of Boston shows
:1 plct ure of the flrst pipe organ
ln
/lmerira, which is now in St. John's
Church ln this city. A photograph WlS
taken of the organ ancl later the artist
skelrh<'d the flgure of a man, presumably Thomas Brattle, who imported the
o,gan from England, srated at the orr,an playing.
~ • ,... .._9. \'v,J.. l.1.,
SURROUNDINGS OF
HISTORIC SA.NT ·JOHN'S . IMPROVED
The appearance of Saint John's
Church has been ·greatly enhance
by the quiet, harmoniolL~ tone or ·pain_
used upon the Bow Street Apartment bulldlng. which ms into th~
picture, wherever one stands to view
the church. The masonry wall abuting the sidewalk h9:s also been · rebullt. Wendell Peterson o! Greenland
wa~ the ' painting contractor.-Adv:·
Old York County
In Maine Planning
Its Tercentenary
Sptclal to Th• CILrl1tla11 Solenc, Monitor
AUGUSTA, Maine, June 17-A
brllliant series of pageants, plays,
and other social events lastl,ng
thrqughout the entire month of
August are among the attractions
being planned by- York County to
commemorate its 300th anniversary,
George J. Wentworth, of Kennebunk, chairman of the tercentenary
committee has revealed.
World famous figures In the
realms of literature, the stage, music, stagecraft, art, and the church
as well as distinguished persons interested in the unusual early history of York County will contri"Qute
their time and talents to make the
tercentenary an outstanding historical and social event In the history of Maine, Mr. Wentworth said.
Every city and town in York
County wlll be given an opportunity
to pattlcipate in the anniversary.
Throughout the month, succeeding
days will be devoted to each of the
modern towns and vlllages which, in
colonial days, cradled American independence.
National significance wlll be attached to the event, Mr. Wentworth
said, by the issuance of a special
Yor~ County Tercentenary half dollar by the l:1nited States Treasury, a
bill to this effect having been · recently passed by . the Senate with
expectations that it will pass the
House within a week.
An overprint of the Arcadian National Park 7-cent stamp for the
tercentenary will also probably be
issued.
Added interest will be given to
the ·anniversary by the presentation U-~~,:-3,,1
of "As the Earth Turns" as a play
by the author, Gladys Hasty Carroll.
The presentation will be at South
Berwick, the writer's home. Another
famous Maine novel, "The Peabody
Pew," by Kate Douglass Wiggin, will
also be presented in play form at
Buxton, a few miles from the
author's home in Hollis.
Few localities in the New World
can boast of the rich traditional
background of York County. For- , ..:.,.,- ....__Y, .,.
merly encompassing the greater part
of what is now the State of Maine,
it was the first section of the State
to have an organized government.
The present town of York Is said to
be the first organized city in North
America. From its environs the flrst
volunteers In the ca.use of American
•:;;·;~1
l!berty departed to engage
,.
with the B~r,t,iW>..!..__.--,---:--_,,,.
,,_,·:~-t•i~~..
�OFFER SOL
BLOOM RIDE
this fighting.
on nuous engagemen s,
'f,'r_.."""...:,r,w...:!llw.._,..J,i,it.i,llloo.--...,_....,_ ___._....
or
the after
Revolutionary
they say,
began
the battleswar,
of Lexington
and Concord.
Further they maintain that it was
Ralph
who round
first mentloned Waldo
"th e Emerson
shot h eard
the
world" and thaf he was referring to
no other shot, but the fir st shot fired
at the were
Battle repulsed
of Concord,
when enthe
British
in a fierce
gagement during · which both British
and Americans fell.
Meanwhile Harvard h istorians bore
out yesterday what Lexin gton and Con cord resid ents are maintaining, that if
Congressm an Bloom goes to the nearest
li'brary he will discover that "the shot ,
heard round the world" was fired In a
p oem by Emerson and no other place.
That J,:,, Emerson, using the figure of
.11peech, used "shot" as descriptive o! "'
th e battle at Concord.
Professor Sam uel Eliot Mori so n, ot' lf' icial historian at Harvard and perhaps
the leading American history scholar •·
dn the country, is the authority for the
statement that th e "shot heard round
.t he world" occurre<'I nowh e re but In the
lfamous p oem by Emerson.
Professor Frederi ck Merk, another
'
,Harvard
hi sto rian, decl ared that as for . '
., I£ Congres.sman Sol Bloom does
'' the shot heard round the work! ," there
not feel equal to being jolte~ and ~s litlle f]uestion that Emerson had ·
-AS "DAWES"
Roxbury Patriots Are
Afraid He Can't
, Use Saddle
jarred astride a.,galloping steed, then
he m~y recline on the cushions of a
limousine while undertaking his research to find the spot where "the
shot heard roun'd the world" was
fired.
Already several invitations to come
to Lexington and Concord for
Patriots' Day exercises have been extended to the Congressman, and it
has been suggested ·th at at this time
he might solve the Senatorial
p!exity about
the
famous shot.
I
.
-.--
OFFERED HORSES, TOO
Several fine saddle horses have been
proffered, and he has been urged t-0
ride ove·r one of the historic routes.
Last night, however, Irving Lewis,
president of the Roxbury Patriots' Association, reflected that perhaps Con gressman Bloom would not be quite
comtortable in the saddle.
So he despatched a letter to the Congressman
urging him to take the course blazed by
William Dawes, Jr., in 1775. Now Con gressman Bloom can ride a horse ove r
the course, should he wish it, but for
his personal comfort, a car and an es•
cort will be provided.
· Governor Curley entered the dispute
yesterday,
but,
unfortunately,
he
found himself on a tangent. Governor
Curley discussed the first shot fired in
the Revolutionary· war, and that is
not the matter wllich certain Senators
ln Congress wish to be settled, at all.
The ma,tter ls where "the shot heard
round he world" wa,:, !ired.
Governor Curley announces that the
tlnst shot of the .A.merican Revolution
was fired by a good Irishman," one
Captain John Sullivan, who later became a- general. Not at Lexington and
Concord was the shot fired, but in New
Hampshire at the capture of Fort w·ullam and Mary In December, 1774, four
mont,hs before the battles at Lexington
and Concord.
0
Admit Governor's Facts
Residents at Lexington and Concord
admit all that Governcr Curley says,
ibut they continue to point out that the
ehot fired at Concord on prll 19, A1775,
was the famous "shot heard round the
world." They admit, too, . that there
had been considerable fighting before
the battles o! Lexington and Concord,
but that there had been no continuity to
'Concor,d in 111ind.
CONJGR1ESS'M
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COME!
j . ~, .'I·IElRlE
'
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i@w~ twrfoy Says 'lFfrst Sh@ft
llfoard !mmud WrnrM' Waa§
Fired Him N. lit
Boston, Mas,g,, Ap,I"il 9.---C'ongtess~
man ,Sol Bloom of New Yo-de may have
to visit Portsmouth !Jeforo ho ti able
to mw 110 haa .seen wnere the "shot
heard around th!} world'" was heard.
'Everybody· o.greed last night it \>.ra9
fired in, New England,
But-there ctlsp,utants argued. for· fl.~
11:1an ;9' different Iocal.itle:i,
As for finding the pl ace where the
Ralp,h Waldo, Emerson's 'ramoua
fi rst shot of the R e voluti on was fired,
Concord.
hymn declared Concmxt was
Professor, just as Professor Morison,
decla red that he is not qualified to ·, tho p,lace and that town's selectmen
defy ,.the world to prove. it otherwLo;o~
.state. "I'v e been studying An1erican
history for some tin1e," he said yes - _,
Allan French, IDoncord historian, re-•
terday, "and st ill I'm not quaiified . No
luctantly conceded the ho-nm· to near-o ne can arbitrarily say that tl1e Rev. by· Leitington.
o lution started in Concord or Lexington, or in any other single town . You
And last night Gov. J,J.mes ·M. Cur~
c ould argu e that the lirs t s hot was
tesr, ,inst a.s regxetfully, thought l\l"ew
fired in the Boston Massacre, at a
Ha.mi,1~11.ire the d[IlltEul. vossessot·
'brawl in New York, an ot her in Baltithe title,
still anothe r earlier in B os -
or
Bloom reo-p,eued . the a.nclent con-•
troversy Tuesday when, in one brea.tl1,
he proclairned Paul Revere's, l'ido a
"lJhoncy"' am!, ir1 auotlle1•, insisted
be'd settle the "first sho-t" matte.~ him,.
scH.
Preach, wlto, k,tow11
£\.~ mnch. a!Jout
Revolutionary histmsr o,:i any wa11. in
Concord, d.eclared yesterday that.· d.o,
cuments at the Conca-rd. I-Il.storical socieW showed beyond. d.ouht that the
American.~ • fired their' first sliot in
Lexington a few hmmi before the Brlti.~h met defeo,1; at Concord.
But Governor l!Jtuley thought that
if the ''.shot heiud 'ro und. the world"
was nieant the- start" o-f the Revolutlcmarsr war, the honor ought. to go to
Portsmouth, N. H,, where, o-n Dec. 14,
1'Z'l4, Capt. Jolm .Su.ll.i.11au seized Fort
Vtrillia.m and Mars, and. a Iar1I0 store
of ammunition,
.S-0! Ia.st night it foolr.ed as i f Bloom,
If 110 were 1•eal15r in earnest about set,.
w~· the niost historical , J)olnt. would
ha,ie to go to New Har.np1shlrn before
ftn9in[I"
hls ans\lirer.
�Fort, Hammond
Declares
New Caslin Jq h11z:7,lng these llays ».~ 011tsfuu1lini:- lH~rsonagcs have com,,
out with the :,ssrrllon that the llrst shot, o( the llc\'olnUnnnry wnr was
llrr,l 21t. Nr.w Cn11tlc nrHI not, J.rxh1~to11. ~l' h~ nl.HnP. IH 1hc gntcwa;v nntl
• portcullis or l<'ort ('onstitntion, !mown ns J•'ort " ' illiam nntl lllary 1,rlor to
tho American nc,·olufion. 1·r.slerlh1.v, tow11 lielr.rt,nf'n 1li~pntched a. tetegran\
to ltr.p, i-ol llloom, or New York, 1o rome to New (!astlc to gnln first hand
Information Hhout lhc fort.
~
Stale o[ New Hampshire p acec a
bronze lableL Oil the portal of the
ramparts of t he old fort to properly
marl< the spot for [ulure generations.
In A11gust, J924, the town together
with Portsmo11Lh joined in a threeday obse rvance of I he l50Lh anniver.
sary,
Special lo The Union.
o·riginally known as Castle William
NEW CASTLE, April 9-- The is land and Mnry it was an carthworl, fort
town of New Ca s lle n11mbcring a p- located on what was known as
proximately 300 in population, was Frost'" Point ~omelime in the 16th
century. lt wns rebuilt in 1704-05
enthu s ed to a hi g h degree today on by Col. Wolfgang William Romer,
the possibility oC receiving national one of His Majesty's officers sent
recognition for being Urn place where here from England expressively for
the first shot in lhe Revolutionary that purpose.
war was fired.
For 80 or more years prior to the
Chairman Oliver ,v. Man·in of th e Revolution . it was known as Fort
Board of Selectmen this aCtcrnoon William and Mary. IL was here that
:aenl n, telegram lo Congrc~sman Sol WflR slored th e powder which reBloom oC New York, who ls s ~eldt11; sullcd in p 811 J Revere's ride from
lo cslabllRh where I he flrsl ~hot WRS Boston Dec. J;l, 1774 to Inform the
lit·Nl which !<" \'e the Colonirs here Commillee of SRfety at Portsmouth
their Creedom.
of the new Bl'ilish order that no
In the leleg-ram Selec lm an Marvin more gun powder should be exported
invited '\he New Yori, Congressman to America.
lo come lo New Castle nnrl view the
The nexl. rlay "The SonR or Libexact spot RL Fort Constil11tion. for- erty" o[ Porlsmouth together with
merly known Rs Fort ,villinm and the patriolR of New Castle. Rye and
Mary where the lirsl overt act o[ the other nearhy lo"·n ,, under the lcaderRcvolutlon occurred.
ship of Ma,i. John Sullivan, Capt.
J'ro11d or '!'own'• p:,rt.
John Langrl r, n nnd Capt. Thomas
New caslle rcsidenls ha,·c ol- Pi cltering s nrroundeu the Corl and
ways been proud of the part whi c h demanded !ho surrender of. Capt.
the lo\\'n,
once l<uown as Great John Cochwne nnd his small group
Island, played in the ca rly history or men.
o! the country. Some yen.rs og-o the
The fort wns s11rrrndered and more
!';oclet of the Colonial wars in the than 100 barrels of gunpowder was
~_,~L:s!.!e~i.;z;,ed~,!a;!;n~d!_!<'~a~r~rieu on gundelows up
Residents Eager to Ex~
lain Part Played
P
by Town
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Special lo The Union.
CONCORD,
April 9.-Whatever
may be the opinion of Sol Bloom, p·,,- ,,.-:.,,m
representative in Congress and a
reputed doubter of many so-called
historical facts, there can be no
question that battles of Concord and
Lexington, on April 19, 1775, were
of great importance in determining
the future course of history, Probably the shots fired at Concord by
the rebellious Massachusetts colonists actually were "heard 'round the
world." but it does seem to be true
that they did not begin the American Revolution.
"There is · no doubt that the first
overt act by American colonists
against the Mother Country was a.t
Fort ,vmiam and Mary at New
Ca,stle, near Portsmouth, on the
night of Dec. H, 1774," it. was said
today by Major Otis G. Hammond,
director of the New Hampshire His.
torical society.
"The capture of
that fort by 'a group of, hastily as.
semblrd men Crom Portsmouth and
vicinity Is well known but there have
been st orles that the garrison gave
up without attempting any resistance.
"I h:i.ve in the collections of the
New Hampshire Historical society
the report of Captain Cochrane,
commander of the tort, that he Jmew
of the attack and that he fired •three
guns• (evidently cannon) and a discharge of mllsketry,
He did no
harm by his hostile acts, however,
for he sent his charges in the direction from which I.he enemy was
supposed to be approaching and the
colonists .actually came Into the fort
by another way.
"Th e fort actually was taken over
without loss and arms and powder
were taken 'away.
The munitions
of war were hidden a few miles up
country and most, if not all, th'.l
powder was 11seu about six months
later o g-alnst the Brillsh at the bat• 1H.. 'fP~,,"'-:-.~
Lie o[ Bunker hill.
"lt i.~ ridiculous Lo try now
l.hrow discredit upon the exploit of
Paul Revere in his famous midnight
ride, but it ls true that the ride lo
Middl esex villag e and farm was not
his Cirst important duty as a messengPr.
In truth, he rode to Portsmoul h, re~ching- there Dec. 13, 1774,
Rn<l bringing new:, that Jeu Lo the attack Pn Fort William and Mary. Before this openly hosllle act, there
had been some outbreaks in the
colonirs but the seizing of the New
CastlP fort actually started the
Revol11llon on its way."
Joh n Sullivan, afterward a Revolutionary general with much experience, was the leader of the attacking
forc e and with him was John Langdon 'who later largely financed Gen.
John Stark's expedition against the
Corces of Burgoyne.
Also said to
have been in the company was Ale&ander scammel, who became one of
Washington's aides and was mortally wounded at the Siege of Yorktown.
�Records Of First Overt Act
Of evol'ution At New Castle
..
HISTORY TELLS. OF STIRRING .EVENT OF PECEMBER 14, t'774, FOLLOWING VISIT OF
'
PAUL REVERE
I
I
••
The people In this section do not as long as he could but having Qnly
seem to be. very much disturbed o'\ler) the assistance ot five men. thel:r
the recPnt. controversy as to where numbers overpowered him. After they
the first. shot. o! the Revolution was entered the Fort they seized upon
fired. Perhaps the reason· is because the captain and triumphantly _ gave
there are so many outstanding events ihree bazz:i.s and hauled down the
which have occurred here that have king's colours. They then put the
been somewhat neglected by histor-,,· captain and men under confinement,
lans.
brok~ open the Gunpowder ruagaIt doesn'k seem to, be possible, to zine and carried of! about 100 barthose who are familiar with the hls-1 rels of Gunpowder, but discharged
tory of this section, that there can I the Captain and men from their conbe any, doubt but what the first !!nement before- theill departure."
overt act ot the revolution did ecCapt John Cochran, in his o!ficur at Fort. William and Mary-now cial report says:
Fort Constitution-at NeWt Castle on
"I prepa1·ed to make the best deDec. 14, 1774.
fence 1 could, (having been warned
. Let's look, at the record and whab by Gov. Wentworth of the possibllitY.
better record can be asked\ than re- of an attack) and pointed some guns
ports and letters written at that to those places where l expected
time.
they would enter. About 3 o'clock the
The Royal Governor was
John Fort was beset on all sides by upwards
Wentworth, and In a letter to, the. ot !OUl' hundred men. I told them at
Earl ol Dartmouth, dated Dec. 20, their peril not to enter. They replied
1774 he wrote~
they would. I immediately ordered
"On TUesday the 13th instant, in three. !our-pounders to be fired on
the afternoon, one Paul Revere ar- them, and then the. small arms, and
rived with letters from some- of the before we could' be ready to flre
leaders in Boston to Mr. Samuel -CUtts, again we were· stormed on all quarmerchant, o! this town. RepolitS; were te,·s. and they immediately liiecured
soon circulated that. the Fort at m8i and my men and kept us prisRhode- Island had beelli dismantled oners about. one hour and' a half,
and· the Gunpowder· a.nd other· mill\.. during- which time they broke open
taryr stores. removed up to Prov!-- the: powder house and took all the
dence~ - - - These rumors. soon 1 powder· except, one barrel and having
raised aD alarm in the town; andl put into, boats and sent it o!f, they
although I did not. expect that; the released me !ram my confinement.
peop.le, would be so audacious: a,5, to
The Granite state Monthly pubmake any; attack on the castle, yet l! llshed 30 years ago an article by
sent order& to the captain at the fort Samual Copp Worthen, president
to be upon his guard'.
of the Genealogical' Society o! New
"On Wednesday news was brought Jersey, which gives a complete story
to me that a drum was beating about, of the capture o! the fort. He writes
the town to collect the populace to- I in this article that Paul Revere
gether 1n order to go and' take· the brought the news that the King had
gunpowder· and dismantle the Fort. forbade the exportations of arms and
I immediately sent the Chief Jus- munitions of war to America, and
tice of the Province to wam them also that two regiments were about
from engaging. in such an attempt.. to be sent to re-in!orce the gan·ison
He went to them where they were I of Fort William and Mary.
collected 1n. the centre- of the town
Revere's ride was :followed by a
near the. townhouse, explained to I meeting with the "Sons o! Liberty"
them the nature of the offense they I parading the streets. The guiding
proposed! to commit, told them it was;I spirit of this assembly and the atnot short ot Rebellion and intreated . tack upon the fort was Maj. John
them to desist from it and, to• dis- Langdon and Capt. Thomas Pisckerperse-. But all to no. purpose. They 1Ing.
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went to the island and, being joined
According to the records, the powby the inhabitants of the toV{ns 0 1 der was taken to. Durham with a
Newr Castle, and Rye, formed in a;1 letter addressed to John, Sullivan.
body of about. !our hundred men and Sullivan arrived' with a company of
the · castle being- too. weak a. condi- men the next day from Durham and
tion .f{)r defence (as I have in former j he led a second expedition against
letters explained to your lordship) the fort. His· party again took posthey forced' the.Ir entrance- in spite session of the tort and earned away
of Capt-. Cochran whn defend~d it. lll light cannon and' removed 60
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of small arms and other m111tary stores. These were also shipped
up the river.
In a letter written at that time,
which has been preserved, the places
and number of barrels of powder
~tored are given. Kingston, Epping,
Poplin, Nottingham, Brentwood, Londonderry, _Exeter and Portsmouth are
given as places where the powder
was stored.
Governor V\Tentworth, in another
letter, written to General Gage who
was ln Boston states that the fort
was taken "by violence."
A third expedition was planned, to
th9 fort, or as it was called Castle,
(for His Majesty's Castle,) William
and Mary. A group came from Exeter on the morning following Sullivan's expedition, and rumors were
rife about the town. Gov. Wentworth
was In a panic and feared the seizure of the Custom House and the
Provincial Treasurer. His appeal to
General Gage finally brought rel!e!
as the armed ship Oanceau anived
in Plscataqua Harbor on the 17th to
be followed by the Scarborough on
the 19th.
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In an address before the New
Hamp.,hire Historical Soclt:ty, Prof.
0. L. Parsons o! Durham, several
years ago, spoke on "The Capture of
Fort William and Mary, December
H a~d 15, 1774" and said "It has always been the tradition in southeastern New Hampshire, founded upon
statements of persons who claimed
to have the facts !rom the actors
themselves, that Major Demerit took
a cartload of powder, captured at
Portsmouth !rom the magazine of
his house to Cambridge, and reached
there Just in time for Its opportune
use at Bunker Hill."
That's the story o! the powder,
most o! the !acts are from tho records made at that time.
What an audacious move this was on
tha part of the Colonial patriots.
Their open de!lance of the King, and
attack upon his castle was, as Gov.
Wentworth described it "ln open
~ostillt! and direct Op;ugnatlon to
his MaJesty's Government and Jn the
most atrocious Contempt o! hl.s Crown
and dignity."
It was the same .spirit that nine
years before-Nov. 1, 1765 when the
stnmp act went into et!ect-protested the law by tolling bells, placing the. flaga at half mast, and during the afternoon a funeral procession wa:s formed, bearing the coffin
ot Liberty. On depositing ft In a
grave, signs of life appeared, and the
muffle drums beat up a lively air
th e bells Which ll short time betor~
had been tolling, began to rtng out
a challenge. enforcement . of
the f~.[.-~',:1>'·""
ata mp Act. Two months later, when
the iitamp master's commission arrived, the "Son., et Liberty" took the
commJssJ.on and bearing It on the
Point ot a. .sword mal'ched to the
Swing Bridge (known a.tter thai M
Liberty Bridge) and raised A _fl~o:.g
~1!!::ttt;:;,
�bearing- the motto 'Llbertr, Property,
and no stamp."
Now another outstanding move for
liberty which the -people apparently
,~_,,,,,~...._,,.~ have- forgotten. On June l, 1776, a
committee was appointed lo make a
draft of a Declaration of Independence o! the United Colonies o! Great
Britain, and four days later the report
o! . the committee calling for In,.._ .1~."'-'•:~.•.~.. , dependence from England was adop-
ted.
Paul Rcrerc'$ ritl(} has al~o been
neglected, by historians in general,
for his ride to Portsmouth resulted in
the first shots !or American liberty
being fired.
Longfellow in his tales o! a Wayside Inn, did write about Portsmouth
history, when he wrote o! the marriage o! Gov. Benning Wentworth to
Martha· Hilton, but the ride o! Paul
Revere, he ·immortalized, was the ride
which he took "To every Middlesex
Village and Farm." on the "Eighteenth
of Ap1il In Seventy-five."
�Shot Heard Round the Worl<I Is Heard Again
to the Mirtute Men on Lexington Common. Ccnter-Gatcw a.y to Fort \Villia.111 and l\Jary in Portsmouth
Co1nmon, l\'l arking the Linr. of the l\Iinutc 1\ten on April 19, 1;·75
N.H. Lays Claim
To·'First Shot'
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Curley Cites Seizure of
Portsmouth Fort on
Dec. 14, 1774
Others S,tand Fast
Lexington and Concord Still
Insist on Rights
to Fame
Some Differences
Except for a slight difference in
Sullivan's rank and the number of
barrels of powder-and the fact ~
that it might have been a man •
named John Langdon-the Governor's account tallied with material
assembled today by the Monitor,
following Bloom's tagging the stories
about Paul Revere and Betsy Ross
as "phoney" and suggesting someone find out where the first shot of
the Revolution really was fired.
The Governor assured the press
that Sullivan's prompt action and
capture of the powder served well ··
at Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill and
made possible the evacuation of
Boston - by the British. When the
British withdrew, the Governor said,
Sullivan was made a general.
"The password that day was St.
Patrick," said the Governor, ending
his lecture. "That's all for today,
gentlemen."
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By the date, Dec. 14, 1774, Portsmouth certainly takes precedence
over Lexin!,~on's Green or concord's •
rude bridge. Tl1is was the first armed
action · by the colonists , on land
against Great Britain,
Gov. James M. Curley -entered the
Another "First Shot''
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.Representative Sol Bloom controPaul Revere h ad ·a hand in even~s
versy on who was first to fire the ,
at Portsmbu'th.' Kn' oi·def had be'en:
shot "heard round the world" by
passed by the King in Council proconducting a history class for the
hibiting tne importation of powder,
press today. He went the Democratic
military stores and supplies to
Representative from New York ,one
America.
better in pushing. the date up a year
The news of t11is order-so history
earlier .than listed by most autho1;ibooks say-was brought to the Comties and frankly passed credit along
mittee of Safety at Portsmouth by
-not to Lexington or Concord-but
to the valiant colonists who stormed , Revere on Dec. 13, 1774, as messenger of the Committee of Safety at
anct captured ;Fort William and Mary
Boston_. This caused alarm, particuat Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 14, 1774.
larly smce it was also rumored that
Representative Bloom's offer in
ships of war would bring reinforceCongress this week · to take upon
ments to Fort William and Mary.
!,imself research work on where the
Situation Grave
first shot . was -flred , and on history
The situation was grave. The
as wi:itten , at.. Lexington and Concommittee met and it was decided
cord, ill>,US~i:i, ''Professor" Curley to
to attack the fort the following day
advise the press that Captain Sulliand seize the powder known to be
van rated historic mention as having
stored there. Drums were b-eaten,
fired ·the first shot by the attack on
fifes played and men marched in
th~ Portsmouth fort and the capture
the streets openly, proclaiming their
of 42 barrels of· powder, later used
ur ose.
in engagements at Boston.
Governor Wentworth, the Royal
Governor, was powerless. He ordered
the Chief Justice of the Province to
proclaim to the people that an attack on Fort William and Mary
would be an act of rebellon against
the king.
Fort Is stormed
The proclamation had little effect
for soon after it was posted 400 men
led by John Langdon made a sortie .
on tile fort at daylight anct were
fired on by the garrison. Lang·don's ~
men ,stormed the fort, made prisoners of its defenders and hauled down
the British colors. They took 103
barrels of powder back to Portsmouth and that evening sent them
to Major Sullivan in Durham for
safe keeping.
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On the next day, Dec. 15, as soon
as news of the assault on the fort
reached them, m~n from adjoining ,
towns hastened into Portsmouth.
Among the first to arrive was Major
Sullivan with two score men.
A meeting was held and a committee chosen, of which Major Sullivan was one, to visit the Governor
and ask if he had seht for reinforcement or whether he expected
any help or ships to arrive at Ports...., mouth. He said he could not promise pardon to any persons who ,took
part in the assault on the fort but
added that if the powder were returned that act would be regarded
as "an alleviation of the offense." He
ended by asserting that he knew of
neither ships nor troops coming to
· the province.
Fort Captur~d Again
The peo11le appeared to be satisfied and many returned to their ·
homes, but Sullivan with a number
of men remained and that night
again captured the fort and took
away 15 four -pounders and all the
small arms and a quantity of shot.
, Thi, next day the Governor ordered
the commanding officer of the militia
to enlist 30 men.
They reported that they had paraded the stree ts and beaten drums
but that no person appeared to enlist. On Friday, Dec. 16 the captured
�shot and arms were removed to a
pl.-ce of safety.
'l'he two 'New Uampshirc delegates to lhe Continental Congrc.ss,
Sullivan and Langdon. were connected in the capture of the military
stores from Fort William and Mary
and hence wcrC' the first of the delegates to actually bear arms agairlSt
the King. The assault and capture or
Fort William and Mary, hauling
down of the British flag and the removal of powder, cannon, shot and
arms was the first deliberate act
of hostility to the King in the Revolution.
Unlike Lexington and Concord,
this was not an act in defense of
an attack, but was it.self an attack
by men who did not shrink from
the consequences of their act.
Lexington's Claim
Bringing Mr. Bloom's historic uncertainty closer home, Miss Helen
E. Muzzey, Lexington librarian,
whose ancestors include several of
the participants In the battle on
April 19, 1775, unearthed old manuscripts today to support the fact
that the first shot was fired in Lexington.
"Merely poetic license on that
6tone in Concord," said Miss Muzzey,
referring to Emerson's flowing lines:
By the rude bridge thnt. arched tho
floo d,
Their flng to the April's breeze unfu rled.
Here once the cmbaltl'd farmers r;tood
And fired the Ehot hcnrd round the
world.
"There is really no controversy,"
continued Miss Muzzey. "It was settled long ago Lhat the first shot was
fired iu Lexington. It was merely
poetic license on that stone in Concord, the same that is present in
Longfellow's account of Paul Revere's ride. Revere never reached
Concord."
Did Provincials Fire
Elias Phinney·s "History of the
Battle of Lexington," published in
1825 when several of the Minutemen,
or spectators, were still alive, was
cited. Phinney's • account: "On receiving the fire of the first platoon,
the Provincials Imagined the regulars
h ad fired nothing but powder, and
did not ofier to return it; but on the
second discharge, seeing some of
their number fall, and others wounded, they no longer hesitated as to
their right to resist, and some of
them returned the fire."
Pendleton's picturlzation of the
Lexington affair, painted a few years
after it occurred, presented several
Minute-men, guns to their shoulders,
returning the fire of the British.
As conclusive proof of intent on
the part of the colonial revolutionaries are cited the words of
Capt. John Parker, leader of the
Minutemen, now engraved 1Jn a
stone on Lexington Common, "If
they want war let it begin here."
"Phoney" or not, in the event Mr.
Bloom hasn't settled the question,
the annual re-enactment of the historic rides of Revere and William
Dawes was arranged last night at a
meeting of the chairmen of the
Patriot's Day committees of eight
cities anct towns. The rides will take
place on April 20 this year, because
April 19 falls on Sunday, and Revere
will clatter away from North ·square
wh ile Dawes gallops from Eliot
Square, Roxbury.
Concord Invites Doubters
To Revolutionary Scene
CONCORD, Mass., April 8 (i'P)Selectmen of this town awaited today Representative Sol Bloom's answer to their invitation to see for
himself the spot where "the embntll'd farmers stood and fired the
shot heard round the world."
Concord was in a furor over
doubts expressed In Congress about
that "first shot" and the battle
which historians have said was the
first, of the American Revolution.
senator Robert Reynolds (D) of
North Carolina remarked in a Senate speech the Concord incident was
a legend. And Senator Alben Barklcv (D) of Kentucky proposed that
someone should decide just where
the shot. was fired.
moom Takes a Hand
At th<1t juncture Mr. Bloom, of
"Wa~hington didn't throw that dolla r across the Rappahannock" fame,
sLepped in with the assertion those
"stories about Paul Revere anct
Betsy Ross are phoneys."
As for that first shot, the New
y ork Democrat said someone did
have to fire it, "and at some place
up there in New England." And Mr.
Bloom assumed the task of ascertaining just where the Revolutionary War star ted.
With a celebration of Patriots'
Day-the day Revere made his
famous ride -In the offing, Concord
swung immediately to .the defense of
Its prized page in history.
Congress Is Invited
The town selectmen sent
telegram to Mr. Bloom:
"On April 20 concord will celebrate the 161st anniversary of the
first battle of the Revolution by appropriate exercises at the old North
Bridge in front of the monument
dedicated 100 years ago and immortalized at the time by the singing of Emerson's hymn.
"The town of Concord extends to
you and your colleagues a cordi~l
invi tation to be present on this
memorable occasion."
A ridin g school proprietor, Gordon Mercier, offered to show Mr.
Bloom from horseback the very spot
where the shot was fi:·ed.
Mr. Mercier on April 20 (the celebration should be on April 19, but
that Is on Sunday) will impersonate
Dr Samuel Prescott, who took up
Pa~l Revere's cry, "The British are
coming,'' after Revere stopped in
Lexington.
The Concord Board of Trade also
sent Mr. Bloom an invitation to
visit the battle scene.
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NEW CLAIMANT
FOR FIRST SHOT
Old Records Tell of Lone
Stand Made by Farmer
cnxco1 :n, :-.. H .. April 20-A WI'A L~·~li!C.,i/!',,r,~•
wriling project worker today brought
lo li,;ht nnother e lai m ant for the "shot
hearrl 'rr, u nd the world." Paul S.
Scruton of T-Iill~horo, a World war veteran, announred that Ebenezer Lock,
a farmer, look up arms against the
.13rilish all by himself a.a they marched
lipon LPxingtQ11 and Conrorcl, ~iass. ,
on that memnra ble April 19, 17io.
Lo(·k :i r1<l three son~, Sc-ruton said
rrc·ords pro\'e, fought throughout tlie
Hevolulionary w ar against J~ngland,
.\nd thP,\· lie hur'ierl Hl Ea~t DPerlng,
:-.: . JI., whPre I hr~· nm.tie l hPir h ome alter the war o! 111de11endence.
Scruto n quoted BenJalllin L. Ba rtl ett ,
late Deerin .~ a.tlorne;· and historian,
who wrole, in ]890, in an article which
lu1s been brought to light, as f oll ow .,:
"On the mcmora.ble !nth or April, Pitcairn (commall(Jing officer of the British forces) ha.,·ing gh·en the ~ignal or
war, the American~ flew to arn1s. In~IC"ad of joi11ing the party on the green,
l ~bcneze r Lock
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took po~ilion at once
in a1\ opP11 <'C"llar, and for some 10 min•
nip~ w11rke,l valiantly bri11ging down
.!--Pvrral C'n~mi~!--.''
�IN 45 YEARSO
DURHAM_RIVE
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Durham, May 4.-For the first time
in 45 ·years the old Durham River wlll
lay the setting for the sailing o! "
gundelow up and down its meandering path. This was made known here
recently by Capt. Edward H. Adami;.
who captained the last gundelow ever
to sa'n in these waters back in ·1889. ·
For the past · three
years Capt.
Adams, his son Kass and a friend,
Harry Mathas, have spent their odd
moments building this gundelow. Now
after much hard work, Capt. Adams
announces that he expects to launch
the gundelow in the early part of Au•
gust. The reason for taking so long to
build, Capt. Adams explained, ls thab
most of the wood in the boat ls handhewed.
The gundelow is a type of boat native to the Durham River, but which
has been extinct for the past 45 years.
From 1800 to 1880 this type of boat
was used almost exclusively for carry,ing freight from Portsmouth to Dover, Durham, Newmarket and Exeter.
The boat has a round bow and stern.
As it has only a two-foot draft, and
has •an exceptionally wide beam, It
makes .an ideal river boat. During thi11
period there were over 50 of these
boats traveling up and down Great
Bay, the Bellamy, the Exeter and the
Durham Rivers.
· Capt. Adams, who is a direct descendant of John Quincy Adams, lives
with his daughter, son and a friend
in the old Adams homestead on Durham Point. ·
The gundelow now under construction will be considerably smaller than
those used for carrying freight. It
will be 42 feet overall with a 13 foot 6
inch beam and a 2-foot draft. The
stem is an
8x10
Inch hand-sewed
beam. .The planking is three inches
thick. Capt. Adams stated that he may
rig the boat with, a schooner rig, but
at the· christening she will carry the
regular gundelow rig with the triangular sail supported by a mast and a
yard , arm that rests obliquely to the
mast.. The yard arm is lowered and
raised at bridges so that she can pass
under exceptionally low bridges without stepping the mast.
"Gundelow
traffic
around here
when I was a boy was as common a.s
delivery trucks are today. Practically
everyope used the gundelows for . moving all type& of freight. When I first
went on to the river with my own boat
I was 29 years old. One of my main
cargoes was taking coal from Portsmouth to
Durham, Dover, Exeter,
Newmarket and return with a load ot
bricks for Portsmouth," said the car,ta!n.
··_ . ER BOAT·
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.Port Of Many Vessels
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~.r the first time in many years a
boa,t owned in Dover has been documented at the Portsmouth U. S. Cus:
'toqi.s 'o'ft'ice. ' The 'boat is the Golden
Rod ~nd an 'oil screw sloop, and was
recently purchased by George Courteau oI· the Cocheeo City. The craft
was : formerly ., owned by Louis Grenier
of Saco, , Me., and wlll be used for
fishing and pleasure parties. It is 40
feet in length and 10 feet deep.
Her documentation here brings to
mind the days when many sailing
ves~els, tugs and other, craft owned by
companies and -· individuals or the
COCheco City were numerous on the
P~cataqua .and the Atlantic. Some
o~ i the ft nest ships that came in and
w~nt out or Portsmouth Harbor for
m.any years were engaged along the ·
coast in command or Dover ski) ers.
Being in such close contact with York County, Portsmouth is greatly interested in the tercentenary celebration
now under way. The communities of York county point with
justifiable pride to their great historical background and their
many outstanding citizens who down through three centuries
have established a record of which the York county people
of today may well feel proud. In this section of New England
we have a neighborly expression which folks tell us is quaint.
lt's our word of welcome "come over." York county is observing its 300th birthday and its residents want all its own boys
and girls who have gone to live in the cities to visit the old
home and neighbors and to summer visitors and everyone far
and near, they issue the invitation "come over" to York
county. Wherever you go you will find something of great
interest. If you did not see the presentation of "As The Earth
.Turns" at_South Berwick this week, you may go to York next
,Thursday for its "First City In America Day." You may go to
.Kennebunkport for the water carnival, and you may see "The
01d Peabody Pew" preseniect at Bar Mills. Then at Alfred you
may see the pageant depicting the reception to Maine's first
United States Senator, John Holmes in '1820, or a week from
today you may see at Kittery a parade of historical floats.
1T~1ese are only a few of the events on the program. Whereever you go in York county there will be something to interest
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ANNaYrER$A!RY
OIF R
GlER VCSIT
In Pageant Clca1·ccl
Benedict Arnold can now properly
march beside Ethan Allen, in pageamr~·, at the exercises commemorating the 161st anniversary of the
capture of Fort Ticonderoga by the
Green Mountain Boys.
Whether this could be done In
view of Arnold's turning traitor
bl'ought about a teapot tempest
situation at Ticonderoga where the
committee arranging the exercises
finally put the issue up to Kenneth
L . Roberts, author and protagonist
of Benedict Arnold.
Radio was called into play and
Mr. Roberts, a passenger on the incoming Italia n liner, Vulcania, was
asked to decide. He did. His ruling:
"Even though Arnold later was a
traitor to his country, there is no
question that at the time of the assault a~ Ticonderoga, Arnold was a
fervent patriot, and took an active
part in the captme of the fort. The
fact that he ' subsequently became
a traito1· does not detract from his
earlier achievement:' Result: Tension at Ticonderoga was relieved torlay and committee pushing ahead
plans for the exercises.
TO 'ENGLAND
Portsmouth has always been very
proud of the ship Ranger which was
captained by John PaJI Jones durir)g
the War of Independence. Wednesday
was a most import.an t anniversary , fo~
two of the Ranger's eJCploits.
Under
John Paul Jones the Ranger went into
the harbor of Whitehaven, England,
nnd destroyed the !ih.lpplng there., This
()CCUrred on April 22, 1778. The follow~
ing year, on April 22, the Ranger, ,ca.me
into this hnrbor convoying two prlm,
the schooner "Ch:tnee" and a brlg.
Capt. Thomas Simpson, who .succeeded
Captain Jones In command e! the
Ranger, was in comm:md of the .ship.
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·'ENEMY' ATTACKS
PEIRCE ISLAND
The "enemy" attacked this city
day, and defending it from the advances of this theoretical enemy are the
Marine Reservists, who are now at their
n.r.nual encampment at the Navy Yard.
Peirce Island is the scene of the attack
end as The Herald goes to press the
battle is raging fiercely between the
small detachment of Marine now at old
Fort Washington and a small force of
the enemy's troop which is holding the
southeastern tip o! the island.
One of the small garrison holding the
fort succeeded in getting out of the fort,
across the narrow neck o! land and
finally across the bridge to the malnh\nd. At once word was flashed to the
Navy Yard, where the Marines were
drilling, and they ·were on their way to
the assistance of the men defending the
Icrt.
The re-enforcements cautiously arl,·anced onto the Island and across the
neck of land beyond the
•h;.v,,~~Jl!lil,c:1,1i.,ool. From there the advance was a
problem for the men to work out, how
to advance up the embankments and
over the top into the fort being a feature of their training.
The battle began at 2 o'clock and is
f:Xpected to end about 4, when the ref;nforcement.s have had time to reach
tr.eir fellow members who are holding
the fort.
Japanese Peace G.i ft Buys Shoes
For Needy New flanipshire Pupils
SprC"i<1l lo Tllr Chri.~J,an Scicnr.c l\foui/or
PORTSMOUTH, N. IT., May 21Although Japan and Russia sometimes are reported these days as
behaving as though thry had forgotten the peace treaty signed here
in 1905, there arc a number of New
Hampshire school children who still
romp to ~chool in sturd y new shoes
just beca use of that treaty signing.
Grateful for the courtesies show n
their remesentatives at Portsmouth
during 'the Russo-Japanese p?ace
negotiations, the two nations estab-
lished a permanent ('harity fund.
each nation contrlbutlng a band
worth approximately $10,000, interest
only to be used. Japan has continued
to back her bond, but Russia has de•
faulted. Today the interest amounts
to approximately $550, annually.
For some years the income was
divided among charitable institutions, but demands for relief were
piling up so high when John G.
Winant became Govetnor for the
second time, that he directed the
money be given individuals rather
1m,.....,_...,...,...__________-,.i than institutions.
The State Board of Education
furnishes names of children needing
clothing and shoes, while the state
Welfare Departmrnt contributes
names of needy families who need
an occasional lift but who will not
go on rrllef. The monry ls distributed In small amounts, going to
practically every section of the State.
The fund is held in the office of
Charles T. Patten, State Treasurer,
who administers it with Enoch D .. ,,,.....,,.,,_,,
Fuller, secretary of State. and Jay
H. Corliss, Director of Welfare.
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.lmpre~sive Exercises Held This
··After:noon-New Dean
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s ·peaks On Educational Goal
For:Girls
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CURRIER
of Stonclciglt College
Poole said in part:
"One assumes the obligations of a
new office most humbly and a bit fearfully, particularly if the field Is rather
an untried one. To me, it ·seems there
- In the, presence . of_ more . than 200 almost as vital a part in our co'i'fuih•s is a· dual obligation in the office of
men. and women, prominent in secon- development today. To earn one's liv- Dean of Women. In this day and age
dary ; school and .college ·education, ing is a necessary anq. laudable objec- one must not only
try to lead the
leaders in ·women's club circles, stud- tive, but to be an active, vital citizen young women who may come under
in
'the
community
of
which
one
is
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ents and ·faculty, Mrs. Grace· Morrison
one's supervision efficiently, but proPoole, of Brockton, Mass., 'former pres- part; is just 1i-S important. I am anx- blems of our complex civilization must
ident of the General • Federation · of ious that Stoneleigh be noted for her also be considered. It is not only necWomen's Clubs, was invested with the ability to so . 'train the young women essary to think of one's vocational fudeanship
of · Stoneleigh College by who are privileged to come here that ture, important as that may be, but
Richard D. ·cu.n-ier, president, follow.: they will be singled out as peculiarly one must think also of avocations, for
Ing , a luncheon' in ·:her -honor at Rye fitted for today's living.
they play almost as vital a part in our
"Om; girls .must <ievelop stability _of country's development today. To earn
Beach today. , ·
purpose.They
must
have
a
tolerance
:, She· was· presente_d by T. Lawrence
. one's living is a necessary and laudaof all ideas and peoples. They must . ble objective, but to be an active, vi£?av.i~, •deaji:. oi: !hll:'.:-$?E~i::e'
~ra~t!;'
• ~-;:.l\r.l:s a.ndr;.J;,et15&ts· at :Boston Uni• realize that sane nationalism is abso- tal citizen in the community of which
verslti;. trpo.n;a·acceptirig' ? the college lutely necessary in this world today. one is a part, is just as important. I
register, wl).ich ·1s..symbolic of -ner--of:-, They · must be earnest as they face am anxious that Stoneleigh be noted
'flee, from Mr. Currier; Mrs. Pob1e' saicj. life's ·problems,. but ;I want them to for her abili ty to so train the young
).µ part: "It is,. not.,-only._.necessar..y.-to- take an interest in everything that women who are pr ivileged to come
think of one's vocatlonaL future, ·•'im-.; pertains to living that they may de- here that they will be singled out as
Portant as that;, may be, but. -one niust velop a normal internationalism.''
peculiarly fitted for today's living.
Mrs. Poole was welcomed to the
think also of .,_\vocations, for
'.they
p1ay'
"Our girls must develop stability of
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State of New Hampshire by Jay H .
Corliss, . state welfare directoi·, r epre- purpose. They must have a tolerance
senting' Gov. H. styles Bridges, who of all ideas and peoples, and an openwas unable to be present. Mrs. Bridges, e.ss of mind as they hear these ideas
however, was among the guests of and meet these peo ples. They must
honor, as were others who spoke in realize that sane nationalism is absolutely necessary in this world today .
.;;_,;lco~e: th;; b~ing Ja~es N. Pt:ingl~. It goes without saying that they must
commissioner of education; Mrs. LOUIS be efficient, and they must have a
P. Elk.Ins,' representing the women love of life in its fullness and richness.
members of the board of education; They must be earnest as they face
Rear Admiral Douglas E. E>ismukes, life's problems but I want them to take
USN, retired, ·representing Mayor Mar- an interest in everything that pervin of Portsmouth; Mrs. Mary I. Wood tains to living that they may develop
broughf a ~essage from the women a normal internationalism. A generoof Portsmouth; Shirley S. Philbrick of sity in judgment sweetens one's whole
the Rye Beach precinct; Dr. H. Leslie outlook on life, and of course we want
sawyer, · president of Colby Junior them to be happy in the largest sense
College; Mrs. John F. Heck of Berlin, of the word. If you should take all of
president ,of the State Federatiot'1. of these criteria in the order outlined,
Women's Clubs, and the Rt. Rev. John you would find that they spelled the
T. Dallas, bishop of New Hampshire, word "Stoneleigh." I am hoping that I
who spoke f-or the overseers of Stone- may have a small share in making
ie!gh College;
these ideals live and breathe in the
In .·accepting the deanship of Stone- life of Stoneleigh."
!e~h College for young women from
=:mc-'."n";""'"'T:'~
President Richard D. Currier, Mrs.
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Welcoming Mrs. Poole in behaH of
"I feel that the greatest honor
the State of New Hampshire, Jay M. have ever had is the opportunity which
Corliss, state welfare director, said in Governor Bridges has given me to be
part:
the one to o!Iicial!y welcome her to the
"The task that I have of represent- State o! New
Hampshire. May I,
ing his excellency the governor, Hon- therefore, say-Mrs. Grace Morrison
orable H. Styles Bridges, is not an Poole, New Hampshire welcomes you."
easy one, and those who know him will
In welcoming Mrs. Poole in behalf of
realize how true my statement is. It the women members of the state board
is gratifying, however, to know that of education, Mrs. Louis P. Elkins of
the first lady of our state, Mrs. H. Concord, said in part:
''Some years ago our own Daniel
Styles Br1dges, is with us today and I
am sure that it will afford us all real Webster made the statement that In
New Hampshire we hang out a man
pleasure to meet with lier,
"Stoneleigh College is bound to play as a sign that in this state we raise
a heavy part in aiding the young life men. But we raise women too, wi th
those characteristics
of poise and
of our state. Its location is unsurpassed
because of its close proximity to tl1e stamina that come . from association
sea, with our mountain and lake re- with mountai n
peaks
and silent
gions and the diversiflccl amusements streams. Representing the women who
of our neighboring state of Massachu- guide the educational policies of thM;
setts within rca~onable distance.
state. the women who are teaching in
"Every effort has been made in the the schools of our cities and the little
selection of the proper personnel to· teachers from the hill tops, I come toguide the Stoncleigh student and we day Lo welcome back a woman of New
are meeting here t.oday for the offl- Hampshire. From us she went, trained
cial installation of a dean who nation- by our public schools, to serve another
' wide or world-wide hardly needs an state and finally the womanhood o!
introduction. She is one who was born our nation. To us she comes back to
and reared nearby. She is one whose bring to our new Stoneleigh College
name is easilv found in the "Who's her charm and her Inherent capabi i1
Who In Amerlca•· and in that famous t.ies.
book we learn that she was educated
"W<'. as ,,·omen educators of New
nearby and has macle her home in this Hamp~hire are thrilled to have a new
vicinity 11early all her life. She h as college for women within our state.
served the National Federation of We arc proud to have Rye chosen as
Women's Clubs as president; she has the seat of such an institution. The
become a world-known lecturer on
world affairs and current events; she •
has given us many articles on civic
12roblems and travel.
thrill becomes a super-thrill when you
add to an accredited institution Mrs.
Poole as Dean of Women. We are glad
because she is ours; we are delighted~
because she will give to_ t-h~- cQlle~e
prestige born of a long association •· ..•..,,,,,,,_.,
with international experiences; but we
are quietly holding close to our hearts
another reason for our happiness of
today.
"Few women in public li!e have had
the courage to do more than scratch
the surface of human living and relationships. Mrs. Poole has dared · t-o
plumb the very depths of the woman'11
heart and soul. In education, today,
we need the spi,r_ltual lij:e. we_:seek the
consciousness
that each person ~
made in the form of a divine miage. or·•·c""'''"··
we cr:.ve the awareness that eaeb lifebecomes rich, not alone through fo:rmal educational background but also by
the enrichment of
the
intangib?elovely and gracious attributes of human living. Mrs. Poole will arouse m:
young womanhood the need of splrltual life, She will so point the way
that the 'high. road' will seem the best ;road to take in the great adventure of
living.
"A woman who is in the educational
field must ever cany a 'lantern in heir
hand.' Mrs. Poole has one In her handl
I have watched its beautiful and fal'
reaching light for many years. For this.
task which she has taken up, I do
know that she will hold her lantern
high that it may make a bright path
for those young women who have the
great fortune to follow her lP.adership."
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1935 -
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�Elaborate Plans Ma e For
•St. John's·Ce ebrat·on
OBSERVANCE OF ~200th ANNIVERSARY WILL OPEN
ON JUNE 21 AND CONTINUE FOR FIVE DAYS
Plans fot the observance of the 200th The speaker of the evening will be
anniversary of the . founding of Saint M. W. Arthur Prince of Lowell, Mass.,
John"s Lodge, No. 1, A. F, & A. M., ! Past Grand Master of Masons in
tl)e oldes~ lodge of Freemasons iri Massachusetts. .
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continuous existence in United States; I On Tuesday evening the Felloware now being completed. This ob-· craft degree will be worked at 7.30
servance . wm, be made during the by the _regular officers of ~he _lodge.
week of JJune · 21, and wm contlm,te They too will be 11!, · colonial dress.
for 11ve days and an elaborate pro- "Old Home Night" · wlll be observed
gram 1s· ,being planned.
,, at this meeting, and members from
. ,Th~ , OJi>ening . observance . will ~e : a~l over the c~untry, , who are planon •Sunday ,morning, June 21st, when I mng , to ·attend the ci:lebratloq,, .y.,111
the usual Masonic service will , be 1 make an effort to be present on this
held at Saint John's Church, in con- 1 date.
jttnctlon "with the · other · Mason'tc
Wednesday is ' designated as Grand
bodies of ·Portsmouth and vicinity. Lodge Day. This is open ,. only' to
, This. seryice.. will JnlJ,rk _the .181st .at).- me~ber~ of Saint ~ohn's :Lodge and
niversary .9f the · first· ·. service held its specially invited guests.·· Every
on this spot, .vwhich was started in members of the Most Wor. Grand
·1'755 ang, Rev. Percy · T. · Edrop. Dean .. LQdge of New Hampshire, including
•d~- Christ · Church Catp.edral, Sprin~- 1 all , past" ,grand ·master~,; and "· present
'field, Mass; and · prominimt in ' Ma- ' district grand masters are 1to be p1;essonic circles ·, in · Massachusetts ,' will ent, together with the Grand Mas: be . tlje . spe_
aker. In the evening at ters_ of ' all New England jurisdictions.
7.30 o'clock a religious service will be Invitations have also been extended
held In tl,le lodge rooin at the I to all St. John's Lodges In New EngMasonic. Temple for masons and their I, land to be represented by their rriasIadles. The· service wlll be conducted ters. The ·exercises wilt ·start at 2 p.
'.by Rev. E . . Robert Newton, who will m. and continue throughout the af- ,.~-·-:r.,•~·."'c.i,··r"
' be assisted by • Rev William P. Niles . ternon and evening.
of Nashua. Rev. Arthur M. Dunstan, i Thursday evening, a roast beef
.of -Dover will .preach ·the sermon. · , banquet will start the festivities. The
On Monday_· evening, . a _turkey ban- Master Mason d~gree wlll be worked
quet will be served in the auditorium. 1 by the ', Past District ' Deputy Grand
:Due to the expecteq · large .attendance. Masters ' of the First Masonic District,
all banquets, • and ther~
b~ , four under the directlon of Rt. Wor. w11~
of them, will be •served in · two sit- \ liam B. Randall, ' who was master of
.tings. The hour~ :wm be 5· and 6:30) Saint _John's Lodge ·when the lodge
each evening. The Entered Appren- . celebrated its 175th anniversary. The
tice degree is to be worked in · the speaker .or the evening will be Allan
lodge room under· the direction or I M. Wilson of Manchester, past grand
Rt. Wor. Chauncey C. Hodgdon. These master of Masons in New Hampshire.
,officers will 'appear in · colonial cos- The officers will be attired in millt?me, representing· the first · meeting ta~ uniforms of the Revolutlonary
·or Saint John's Lodge, 200 years ago. penod and other features will make
the evening one long to be
bered.
The concluding session of the anniversary I observance will be Ladles'
Day and agin this is restrfcted to
members of the . lodge observing Its
anniversary and· their ladies. Two
sessions will be held to accomodaLe
the hundreds who. wlll attend, ono
in the - afternoon at 3 o'clock ·: and
the other in tb.e evening. The afternoon session will end · with a banquet at 5 o'clock, while the evening
session ' Wlll start with a . banquet at
6.45 o'clock.
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Day parade, and this was a~cepted and
placed on flle.
A claim was received from ·. James
Yesseck !or 15 chickens kllled by dogs.
These were valued at lti cents eac
After a brle! discussion the claim w
referred to th:i committee on claims. ·
The petition of Jullua Applebaum fw.
a permlt to store and ·sell gasoline and
il!lltall pump., 'in front of ~ store at
173 Islington street was recelved and
referred to the coirtmlttee for iI\vestiga:..
tlon.
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A petition from Philip Duffr and
Melvin D,uffy asking for a sewer exten.lY \n •\';,0 .
slon on Woodbury avenue wb referr~
to the Board o! Street Oommissloner$,
A letter from ' Jerome T. Harriman,
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a6king for a permit ' tor Downey Broo.'
Cirou.s to show in thts .olty on Saturday,
June 13, was gran~d.
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A oommunicatlon .from the flrm,-of
Dennett & McOartb,y asking for. , 1 an,
abatement 'of taxes 1'was received. · The
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letter stated that the firm ,had been in
business for; 48 ·years and' had pald',its
, taxea for 45 years, ,and asked tor
abatement of the past three year. Thia
was discussed and referred to the clt;t
S()l!cltor for recommendation. ·.,
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There was a. discussion <>f a. Fo-.irth or
COMlil'i RATNYE SUMMARY S~Hlr:: I\JILE OIF
July celebration, with the . couno11 . auAPP:P.lOl?liUATION IULL OF 1935 AIND 19316
thorizing the signing of a contraot with
1936
1936
the Providence Fireworks Company -for
Classification
1936
1935
Increase Decrease the display on the evening · · of ' the·
Appraisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 5,400.00
5,200.011
200.00
Fourth. Permission was also asked of
100.01)
Elections and Jury ... . ; . . . . 4,500.00
4.400.00
the Boat;d of Street Oommlsstonerit ·for
Salaries . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 12,800.0ll
12,800.00
General Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,5G5.0(l
200.00
4.36'>.011
the use o! the Playgrounc!S on.that day.
Debt Payments . . . .. . . • . . . . . . 65,500.00
6•l.500 Oil
1,000.00
The oouncll transferred $300 from tM
Debt Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 24,712.50
24.546.25
166.25
. 14'7.78 contingent fund to be ·used · to :i>ar the
Discount on Notes . . . . . . . . . .
600.00
747.711
Discount on Taxes . . . . . . . . . 12.000.00
lG,000.00
4.000.00 cost of the fireworks:
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23.032.8()
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Fire Department . . . . . . . . . . .. 22,582.20
Councilman Atwell reported for the
1.400.0()
Fir<r Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.400.00
special filling station committee and'
Health Department . . . . . . . . . 2.600.0()
2.600 Oil
rf.commended that the Tidewater 011
Municipal Court . . . . . . . . . . . • 2;500.00
2,500.011
Police Department . . .. . . . . . . • 41,719.50
41.31l .25
408.25
Co. be given permission to erect a sta7,486 .24
Public Bldg. & Places . . . . • 7,508.'18
22.54
· tion.m its property on Islington stree-;.
Library-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 6,872.00
6.549 00
323.00
82,725.01)
Highway Division . . . . . . . . . . • 95.689.19
12.964.19
This was seconded by Councilman
Parks and Playground, . . . . . . 4,581.00
4.375.00
206.00
Griffin. Mr. Atwell asked for furthet·
205,462.95
School - net ... .. ... .. .... 211,650.00
6,187.05
time on the petition from the Vaughao.
Weights -and Measures . . . . . .
500.00
500.00
Street Garage Co. and this was granted.
Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200.00
200.00
Contingent .. .... . .... . . . :. . 6,000.00
1,000.00
5.000.00
Paul Gobbi was present and expialnoo.
Street Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,500.00
21.000.fJO
1,500.00
that the building where the A. & P.
Poor Dep·t ...... 4l.675 .00
store is localied Is to be removed; and
Old Age . . . . . . . 9,000.00
50,675.00
12,175.00
38.i>DO.OO
that the pumps would be , located in
607,055 .17
570,901.27
40,752.28
4.!i98 ·38 t ~om the sidewalk.
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5 l.37!;.00
, State Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,800.00
Councilman Dismukes reported for
County Tax ..... ... .. , • .. . • 77.379.46
58.903 15
18.476.31
the claims committee and recommendTOTAL APPROPRCAT[ON 739,234.63
681,lW.42
62,653.59
4,598.:m eel that the claim of Fr-eel .L. Noyes and
LESS: Estimated rncome . . . 71.250.00
G7 .fl, G.00
3·275 ·011 that of Thomas B. Williams be not al()13.2()1 A:J.
7,873.3~ lcwed, and this was accepted.
BALANCE BY TAXES . 667,984.63
62.653.59
Co.incilman . Loughlin presented !1Net Ii1crease . ..... . .
54·780·2l
petition from residents , ,or Dennett
6 ~ street and vicinity referring to sewerage along Stark street and Maplewood
'1·he highway d-cpa.,....,r,...m_e_n..,.t_w_a_s_i:-n..c-re• as-ed'!"tra avenue and claiming that it was floodIng cellars. This was rref-erred to thi,
The City Council last l}Vening pas.1~d $12,964.19 and the school departmeut
street commissioners for a report to tM
the annual appropriation bi.II. which $6,187.05, st1·eet llghtl.ng added an tnrc-uncil.
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amounts. to $739,234.63 and Is the high- crease amounting to $1,500, while the
+. communication from the fire deest in the history or the city. · This contingent fund received $1,000 addipartment. chief relative to the install~,.
omount is an increase of $62,653.59 over tlonal over t'.:.e preceding years. The
tlon of a fire alarm box was received.
last year's appropriation. The sum or poor department and old age relief in$71,250 I& to be raised from estimated creased $12.175. The state tax had o.ri This would cost. $175 arid the mone1
income, leaving a balance to be raised Increase of $3,425 and the county tax was transferred from the contingent
$18,474.
: fund. The box is to be placed between
by taxes or $667,984.63.
Mayo1· Marvin called the meeting to Union street and Ward's corner
There are increases lt1 several o! the
dtpartments, but 1'te main itema were order and all the co.incllmen were I South street.
1ncrea.,es in state and county tax, poor present. ·The reading of the minutes af I Councilman Goldsmith started
department, highway department and the last meeting were •dispensed with. discussion ' regarding the fire departThe mayor read an invitation from the ment and its response to calls, and it
school!J.
was moved that the committee on 'flt'e
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�report. The mayor b ate
ls was the
ciepartment ma e an nves a on of
biggest problem of the traffic question
· the department in this respect ·and reand said that according to a survey nn
port at the next meeting.
i,verage of 15,000 vehicles pass through
The appropriation bill was fntroduoed.
the clty every day.
The !ientlment
by Oouncilman GrU!in, chairman of the
seemed to be favorable to making Danfinance·commlttee. Councilman Golditls· street one way !rom Wright aven11e
smith 'requested time to ' look over tM
to Market Square and State street from
bill and the mayor stated ,that it wa.si
Pleasant to Wright aven.ie.
urgent that the .bill be 'pas.sed as
Adjournmc::it was at the call of
u poasible and asked for any questlonri
chair.
regarding the budget. ' Councilman
Goldsmith spoke of the Incinerator an<I
Councilman Griffin stated that he un••
derstood that the dump was to be
moved from South street to Lafayette
rqad, and · that the Incinerator waa to
remain~ He stated that very lfilfe garbage was collected by the city now and H(lfW......&..-~..:.a...:...a:~.;i;iii.:a..W"'--i...:.i.~~,
that it-was bleieved that the little collected could be taken- care of at the
(i-Jmp.
On the motion t-0 pass the blll Councilman Dismukes voted "yes" and tht>n
explained his vote, stating that he voted.
in the affirmative due to the condition
of the streets, and did not wish his vote
tc, be construed as approving as big a~l
appropriation in the future.
The regular meeting of the Board o!
Councilman Goldsmith asked beveral
Education was held on Tuesday evening
questions regarding the school departat 7.30, with Fayor Robert Marvin prement. He inquh:ed regarding the cost
siding. Members present were Miss
of administration and
City Auditor
Priscilla Boynton, Mrs. Pearl S. Gray,
Robert M. Bruce brought up the school
Maj. Chauncey B. Hoyt, Rev. William
department payroll. At the request <lf
s. Jones, John L. Mitchell, Edward seyCouncilman Goldsmith the mayor anbolt, Henry B. Tilton and Mrs. Gladys
no_unced that the pay of the headmasWarren ..
!Ri;- of the High School was $4,000 a
Bills to the amount of $1,00l.62 were
year. councilman Goldsmith stated he
presented
and ordered paid when
t'lought "the pay was In excess of .serproperly vouched.
vice rendered." There was a general
discussion and the council went into a
the High
committee of the whole to taik over the
School, Elcme11tary and Schoolhouse
budget bill.
committees; also the special committee
On the vote Coancilmen Griffin, Badon the use of the Junior High School
ger, Dismukes, Thurston, Durell, Golda .Jditorium. These reporLs were acsmith and Atwell voted "yes", and
ct-pted and their recommendations
Councilman Loughlin "no."
•lidopted.
Councilman Durell :read a communiThe special committee delegated to
cation from the street commissioners
consider the matter of use or the Junior
e11king for the purchase of trucks at
High School auditorium was composecj.
$6,500. Councilman Goldsmith wanted
of John L. Mitchell, ~, ,' 1 .' ~ .' ,}. Peyser
the commissioners to ask !or bids and
i:.r.d Henry B. Tilton. The committee·s
then submit the exact amount needed
recommendations, which were adopted
b~!ore. the money was asked foom the
by the board, are- as follows:
council, and telling what kind of trucks
1. That applications be divided into
were to be purchased.
Councilman
two classes, commer9ial and non-comLoughlin inqul,red regarding the bond
merclaL The former to Include enteru,sue. The purchase of the tr.icks wns
tainments, plays, musicals, lectures, etc.,
iwthorlzed.
at which admission charge is made or
· · Councllman Atwell stated he thought
collections taken; also sectarian or pothe 500 dogs which were unlicensed
litical gatherings. Charges shall be $40
were 1n hls neighborhood, and ths
for the production, $10 for an afternoon
n,ayor stated ti.at within 48 hours a
rehearsal and $15 !or an evening r~dog catcher would be appointed.
hearsal. Said charges to cover light,
Councilman Goldsmith created anbeat and services of janitors and stage
other discussion by suggesting
that
manager, but not to cover police duty
Daniels and State streets, from Pleasor any charge that may be Im.posed by
s.nt street to 'Wright avenue, be made
governmental licenses or regulations.
one way streets. There was consider2. The 11on-commerclaJ applications
able talk about this and a-committee
to include parent-teacher meetings,
consisting of councllmen Thurston,
teacher meetings and class or alumni
Badger and. Goldsmith was appointed
gro.ips at which no admission charge ls
tO" investigate conditions and make a
made or collections taken. For these
tr.ere would be no fee.
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SCHOOL BOARD
RULES ON·USE
.OF AUDITORIUM
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Another non-commercial group
to Include Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
who would i>e permitted to use the
srhool facilities free· up to three times
r:er year each, for occasions at which nc,
e.dmission charge Is made or collections
taken.
4. Also another
non-commercial
g1oup to include entertainments, leolures, musicals, plays, at which no admission charge is made or collectlorui
taken. This group to be subject to a fee
of $5 to cover janitor service.
5. That decision on fees !or use of
the gymnasium be deterred for further
consideratlon as far as such use applies to the Alumni Association. Fees
charged to all others to be the same as
those ror the ·.ise <it the attditorlum.
RANGER CHAPTER
D. A. R. MEETS
The June meeting of Ranger Chapter, DAR, was held at the home ot
Mrs. F. W. Hartford, Mille1· Ave., with
a large number present.
The Regent, Mrs. Wuller F. Lane,
presided and
routine business was
transacted. An invltaUon to vlslt the
DAR Hillside School for Boys at.
Marlboro, Mass., was accepted. . Mrs.
Edith Hayes and Mrs. Sam, Dickey
Simpson were appointed to the board
of management. Two interesting
events are schedult:d for the summer
months. In July
the annual Cai·d
Party with Mrs. Harr)' Philbrook us
chairman, and in August the chapter
will hold an all day picnic at t.he summer home of Mrs. Margaret Clark,
L-0vell's Lake.
The roll call, "The Star and Stripes"
brought out many iutere,ting facts.
The program, one of the best or the
year, was opened with a group of
songs delightfully given by Mrs. Beatrice H. Scarborough. Miss Hannah
Fernald, the guest speaker, then gave
a splendid talk on "Summer Reading." Twenty books, suggesting a great
variety of interest, were commented
upon by Miss F'ernald in a clear cut
and often humorous manner and the
inte1·est of her listeners never flagged
throughout her highly appreciated
talk. Refreshments were servt:d by the
hostesses, Mrs. F. W. Hartford, Mrs.
T. O. Marvin, Mrs. W. A Ne1son
Mrs. A. W. Sc"tborou h.
�t-,ce.\;i,r ·\\i.-s.t<)'f'\~0.
~c.i&.ty
EXETER SOCIETY
TO MEET AT
KITTERY POINT.
':rhe Ex-e ter Historical Society will
hold its anuuat field meeting in thla
city and Kittery Point, Tuesday. June
23. 'I'he meeting place wlll be at the
Howl Pc(lpcrrell, Kittery Point, a·t 2.30
l11 the afternoon, daylight Ume, aft.er
which _visits wlll be 'mad-o to the his- .
which vlsll,s wlll be made to the histhe Bray House, the Sit: William Pep perrell Mansion, the pepperrnll Tomb',
the Sp!!-rhawk Mansion, the William
Dean Howells Library, the Browning
Stone to Levi Lincoln Thaxter and
other point.~. Some of these houses·
ha_ve not been qpened for the s ummer, but permission has beett granted
to gather on the grouncLs, an~ many
of the details ot interest wlll be d.lJ~
scrlbed
th8 brief stay.~ at each. .,
After an Inspection of the places a~
K!Uery Point, visits will be made · to
the Warner Hous-e and, MoITatt-Ladti
House and possibly pther places In
Portsmouth, which have beett opern~rt.
w!Lh supper in the Town Hall, New
Castle, at 6 o'clock, daylight time,
Mrs. Mitchell of the Sparhawk Manr
slon, and Mr, and Mrs. John Mead
Howells will open Lhelr resldenc-es to
the visitors, although Mr. and Mt\S, .
Howells wlll be in New York. It is expected that a favorable reply may be
received from M~. Josiah H. Low of
bhe Bray House who ls in Chicago, a.nd
'that the custodian, Mr. Blake, may
open the house !or th& day.
The arrangement.~ for the field day
for , the society am in charge or Pro fessor Joh11 Maher, secretary of !,he
Department or HL~tory, Phillip~ Exe-ter Academy, who will be as, lst-ed in
the Kittery Point arrangements by
· .Ron. James W. Remick, president of
the Kittei;y Historical SoclE•ty, Judge
Ju.~tln Henry Shaw of Kittery and the.
Rev. Wllllam Safford Jones, dh-ector11
of the Pl~a,taqua Pioneers.
At the Hotel ~ppe,rrf'- ll, Judg-e Remick will extend a. welcome to the vls-ltors, oti ~ha.If of th 13 Kittery Hls-torlcal Society, and Judge Shaw will
aocompany the visitors to the place.i
of lnter,est and as.~lst ln the ir enter••
talnment, and · the Rev. Mr, Jones will
direct the visitors In Portsmouth.
The Klng'.s Daughters of New Castle
will provide the
in ~he Town
Hall.
for
H~S'TORIC
OUSE
. The fo!"mer Earl o! H 1!Uax and Wilapartment
house, at the corner of Court and Atkinson streets, ls ·Jndcrf(o lug eKtenslv.i
repaira and irepalntlng, whloh makes a
cteclded improvement In t.he appearance
of this historic bulldl!l . rt 18 now
iiwned by Fred O. Smalley & Bon.s Oo.
liam Pitt Tavern, _now a n
STJlART PLANS FOR
CONSTITUTION
CELEBRATION ~~:e~:;~il i: :_: : ::::-:
1
Pageants-;Mrs. Burns P. Hodgman,
er.airman; Mrs. Charles T. Patten, Mrs.
Easil Atwoo<l, Fred W. Friend.
Publicity-Wendell McIntire, chair.man; James H. Gerlach, Mrs. Ernest. L.
Patten, chairman;
Ralph Woodman
. '
Educatibn-Edward J. Rossiter, chalrman; Mrs. ~eclerlch Lundberg, Mrs .
William E. Birtwell, George C. _Chase,
Mrs. Ernest- L. Putnam.
·
Members of the commission
were
guests of the governor at luncheon a.t
the Eagle Hotel, and after luncheon •
meetings of the subcommittees
l1eld.
_For the .speakers . bureau,
Ralph
Woodman was given the· task of
tactlng heads of colleges and preparatory .schools anct Mrs. Abl:>le- c. Sargent
was asked to communicate with publte
school heads in an ettort to make
spl!akers avallaable tor local celebrat-ions. It is intended to glve promlnenoe '
t-0 native sons and daughters of New
Hampshire.
· The committee on pageants annmmced that it will attempt to secJre
the interest of the State Department of
Eciucation ~,nd to induce high .school
pupils to write original historical plays,
lwsed on- the adoption of the Constitution, U this contest takes place, it ls ·• •
hoped to give the writer or the best play
a free trip to Washington.
For the use o! the · Constitutional
Commission the sum of $500 has ber.n
t"'"~;;.;o;;.;v..,;l<~l.~e;:.:;d:;.·-~~"'":"'.~:--"'l'">-...;,,.,.:;_.....J
IMrs. Abbie C. Sargent.
Concord, Jun e 20-Mcellng yesterday
ir. Concord, th!' commission appointed
by G<>v. H. Styles Bridges
discussed
plans for a celebration in this slate or
the sesquicentennial of the
Feder.,l
Constltut10n. The commi.5sion was appointed last winter by the governor m
response to a request from the united
State~ Constitution
Sesquicentennial
Commission, and the pla.n ls to cooperate wlth the natlonal body, as well as ~o
:irrange Jor a proper bservance In this
state.
.
James IL Gerlach of. Franklin ls
cbalrman of the New Hampshire bO<ly,
nnd other members are: Windsor u.
Go~now, KeenP; Mrs. Basil Atwood,
Barrmgton; Fn•d w. Friend, Belmont·
Mrs. WlJliam R BertweU Whitefield'.
Wllllam T. Rose, Por~mouth; Mrs'.
Abbie C. Sargent,
Bedford;
Ralph
Woodman, Mil!ord; Edward J . Rossiter, Claremon t: E11.rl s. Hewitt, Hanovfr; George G . Cha$e, warner; Wend·~ll
McIntire, Manrhester; Mrs. Frederich
Lundberg, Exeter; Mrs. Ernest L. Putnam, Mr.s. Charles T. Patten and Mrs.
Burns P. Hodgman, Concord; Edward
0. Coughlin, West Os5ipee.
New Hampshire's particular interest
1n the Uni Led States Constitution is well
known, slnce this state was the ninth o!
the original 13 to ratify lt, and the New
Hampshire actlon made the Constitution l\ll dfectlve lnstrument.
Thi.s
action occ,1rred on June 21, 1788.
Under the plan of the United States
Commission, the celebration 1s to be
Ja.rgely educatlonal ln character, with
J)artlcular progra.m.s for days of .special
1Jlgnl!lcancl'. It l.'I !'xpccted that June
t
21, 1938, will be a diiy of particular slgLI I}
nlfica.nce ln the New Hampshire obAncient Mile-Post Standing
servance and tentative plans were ·conIn 1938 this town will celebrate its
sidered at the meeting yesterday.
200th anniversary of H.s separation
The commission plans events o! dif- from Hampton and the founding of
ferent kinds in 1937 11.nd 1938, and at what was then known as "The North
the morning meeting In the Council . Hill Parish in Hampton.''
Already
Chamber Governor Bridges introduced people are looking forward to this biMr. Gerlach and Earl H. Hewitt, who centennial ~lebration and many, of
will act ns secretary-treasurer o! the the hlst(jrical landmark:.s are
being
1, commission. ./\I! members of the com- brought to public notioo. Among the
m±sslon, except Mr. Coughlin,
were famous old land:mark:.s o! this town ts
p!·esent.
the Post Roa'd mile-post.
Of many
Mr. H ewiLt ln a talk emphasized U1r mile-posts erected on the colonial Post
value of an hist.oricRl bc!>klet, in which road, which extendied from Portland,
he hoped lo make use of the editorial Me., 1o
~orgia, which Benjamin
and writing talent of the state, and ne Fran~lin, while postmaster general for
called p::nticulnr attention to the edn- the colonies while they were still uncational value of such a publication. lt der the British crown, ordered to be
;.as unanimous!y voted to make plans placed along this road at certain interfor the printing ol such a booklet.
vals, this mile-post in this town 1s
Sub-commll-l-ces were named as fol- one of the very fi:w that ls still stand!<'ws:
1n •
F~--,-,-....------.-__l
Histori cal
booklet-Earl S. HewiU,
chairman; Windsor H. Goodnow, Mrs.
BJrns P. Hod gn2__a__
n..,
. -------"'"'
oon-
-t" ..
il
�Celebrate 100th ·An,iiversary· of
Birth of 11uthor at Portsmouth
'1'~, r<'o ir e u e rn tiou s o f th e fa mil y or ~l'h omas llai h-;v A ld ri (' h wf"r<' 1,rcsc·11 t yr~tl' l'lla y at P o l't s m o 11 th
Settted, lt' l't to ri~·h t-l\ l l's. L . A . "\ \ ' i11 d 1es t,• r , Ho~to 11 ; :'\ l rs.
Balley Ald ric h. Hoston : C h a rl es Aldridl ,vin c h es t e r, J3osto 11 , ~-,·pat g·rantl s ou uf th e n uthor; .I\l rs. 1.\f~ wi s :P t· r· r· y,
J~xete1· ; il[rs. 'J 'alhot A ldri c h, Hoston , and 1\-l rs. ,,·a lli s n . , Vallier, H ye B ca c-11 . S t an ll i 11 ,1:" In 1h t• n•ar n 1\\' un•: n ·.-.
"\;\'allls D . )Valker , 1lr. L e wi s I 1 e rr y ot :t; x e tc r ; Uall cy A. ltlr i<' h o( Jl osl un , an d J\laj , ~l'huuw s Altl rit· h , lhn, to u , so u
re ntennl al cel e br ation or lh e n otell a uthot·'s h irth .
ot the note ,l write r.
Speci_a l to The U ni on . .
PORTSMO UT H , Ju n e , 10.- T hrne
g ene r ations
or
· d,:iscendan ts
or
T h om as Bail ey Aldrich,. Portsmo u th's
n oted author, took part today i n the
o bs e rvance of t h e ' 100th :tnniversa r-y
of Mi·. Aldrich's bir t h. 'l'he obser,,, _
a nce-took place ii;, tlte Aldrich house
on Court street, the selling of the
author's famous "Story of a Bad
B oy. "
Besides Major Talbot Aldric h or
B oston, son of the -:tuthor, oth ~r
m e m bers of the A ld:·i•~h family pre.s ent i ncluded Bailey Aldrich of Bos to n , ·a gran dso n , and C h arles Aldric h Winchester, alsa of Boston , a
g r e at g r andsbn of the author.
T he , observanc,:i opened with a
l uncheon . in the attra.cti,e garden .,f
the h on1e. E ·::s ides 1nemb,~rs or the
f a mil y t he in vited guests included lite rary associates of Mr . .Aldrich, Pres .
and Mrs. Richard D. •~urrier of
S to n e l eigh coll0ge at Rye, Mayo,·
Ro b ert Marv in of Portsmouth and
othe r s .
Com1uemorn tiv ~ S f'rvl cc .
F ollow ing the- luuch ~on a coI ,1m e morative serv ice w as held in the
museum, which contains the colle c ti ons of Mr . Aldrich's ow'l;l man11 sc ript, photograp h s a n d other so1wen i rs . D r . Lew is Perry, princ ipal of
Phillips Exeter· acad~my, presided .
S everal ap p Nciations , of M r . Ald rich were read at the service. T hes e
in cluded a t r i bute, fro m Prof. Charles
Townsend Co•)elan d , read b y :M r s.'
.
Jos iah B. Mi l! Pt nf Cambridge and
another by :Mark A. De Wolfe How e .
wh ich w as r ead by }~erlr-<1m Little <_•f
Brookli ne. A
lett e r Jrom
F e n ·1s
G r eenslet was al s o :•pa u by Haro ld
T . Pulsifer, author '.l f Brun s w i<,k, M e.
Dr. Perry al~o 1·ead a Je tte r /Ir tri bi , te to the memory or 111 r. Aldrkh
fron1 Hen ry Munroe Rog e r s , 97 , nf
Boston. Mr. Rogers , the oldes t li ,._
ing gr aduate o.f I{arva r·d coll ege, ~ ·t, s
a c1ose frie n d M th e author. A ·l e tter of regret was rec ei vetl from Prut'.
B lis s Perry ·wh il e
ane cdotes
of
1
•· .rhornas
Bailey 1\.lrlrkh ~A·as "·ritlc n
after his deat h by his wife ' s broth e ,·in-I a,v, Williarn S. Ri c h·.1 ed s on, " 'e re
read hy Dr. Perry . T 11e progr~ ,n
ca.m e to an ,md with the r eading "[
poem s 0 wr- ill e a by I.fr. .'\ ldri c· h by
Jo l,n Ho lm es of the .!~11 g·li s l1 clcpa, ·1m e11t at. Tuft s <' ol teg-e .
]£um e Otfl •:<•1· s. J,: l,••·tt•ll.
'l'he annu1l ' n1c e lin..; c,[ 1h e A ldd, ·h
hom e was )1e ld anrt Major 'J'atb r,t
Aldrich of Bos t.o n wa.i 1·edec t ecl pt'es jde11L
01 h e r
olfi ee r s
c:h o.':i Cll
·w er e :
·Wil liam W. How ,' 118 ot: Ca mbridg-e ,
vice p r·esicl ent; Mi·~. L u ey Jli sc W a li\-
cr of Rye Bea c h, sec retary ; and D,· .
Wallace D . Wal l<r,r of R y e Bea ~h,
tr<?;Rs ure r .
The Thom a s Bailey Aldri ch horne
was dedicated June 30, 1908 and w as
the occas ion of one ot t h e bigges t
gatheri ngs of literary n o t a b leR al
one si n gle occasion in the his tory uf
the state.
These, inclu ded Sam ,1el L. Clemens
(Mark T wain ), Ha mil ton Vv. Mahi" ,
Ri c har d Vl' a• s n Gild e r, the
O•' t,
'l'homas Vl' e nlwol"lh Hi gg in s on,
!al e Go v . C ur ti s (;11il <l M .\1n ss a e lrni- c l l . -; , " ·ho w ,1s chit•( PXCi'll li vc of the
B a v Stal e ul Ill e ti11i:', Thoma s N~l~0 1~ Pn g-C', ~ u lli o r :Ht 1~ ·v l10 cturin ~ 11 ,l~
"\'Vorltl " ' iJJ' ::, c rv0 tl ,1.-;; .1111Uu.~sc.ttlur tu
J tal y , Willi a 111 D ean Jlo w,: ll s, f a m o 11s
author, and Mr. H owe ll "'
\\' 8S
re pre-
se nted tod ay b y hi .; ~o n, .John t read
Howe l ls , New Y,i rk :ireh ilr c-l , Rob r ,t Bridges, til e :1oet. All of I th e
above dignita ri es v:e re s p ea ke r,c; nt
th e
d e dicat io n
r.ogc lher
,vith
Con-
gressman Li t llefi e lcl of l\lain e.
J n the hou s e tod ay a1·e hou s ed t he
pri celess itcra ry and •Jlh er 1 reas t1 res
g a li1ered during M r . Alcl:-i c h 's life time together w ith a b ea11li[11 ! por1rait of th e uuth o r . The pla ce is one
of' the points of hi ~to, ic· interes t of
old Ports111011lh a net ; ,-3 v i ":3 il ed each
:ill1Tin1 er by thou saiHI~ of tourists.
�Bnilt•y Altlri,•h 1111•murial 110111<' nt Por
nlny n"' rt•lntl,r"' of 1ht• 11ot••tl ~""' Jlnm
air th<- lUOth n11nh rrlinry n( hi-, birth.
associates and admirers of Mr. . •
doh. Among those preseJ\~ were ¥1',
and Mrs. Talbob Aldrich, Ml\ a.rt4 Mrs.
Balley Alcl.rloll Wlnches_wr, a.nd.
bha.rles A).drlch Wi~oheatQl'-1. Dr. a1\!
Mr,. Wallis D. Walkel', Mr&. Bo.~t
Wendell, Mr. and ,Mrs. Joht). Howell
Mr. and M;r!J, Wllllan\ W. Howe_U t
Mayor Roberb Marvit\. Dr. and Ml'1f,
Ourrler of Slionel.e l~h Op118$e, and
e.tid Mrs. LewlS Parry of Phillips Exe•
tor Aoadeniy, Frlends ft'OUl
Ma~.. and o'tMr parti, ol Nevr . ·,
land were inolucfed in the pa1ty whl h
eon
1?~
100th .Anniversary Of The
Birth Of Thomas Bailey
Aldrich Being ObservedThis Year
A commemorative luncheon and
meeting was held today o.b tho Thoma.s
Balley Aldrich Memorial on Oourb
breeb with a. numl)er of dl,tlngulshed
guests present. Thls occasion was l
observance of tho 100th o.n11lver11ary of
th& blrth of New Hampshlre'a ta.mo\13
poet a.nd a.uthol\ whloh oC0).11'8 tb.13
year, the exao~ date o! his birth beln!J
Nov. 11. 1836.
'IU:l& party which meb at Mr. Ald•
rloh'a childhood homo here th.13 noot\
-was composed of old friends, 1ltera.rf
Bolio1
numbered about ft!tY f>ersohs.
oluslon a ~uinb&r of ~. 41¾! ••~
poell13 were read by Herold ~ Pu!.s~.:.
fer ot Bowdolµ O,.Oll~g~. · and Joh~
Holmes of Tufts Oolloge, both poets in
their own right.
The commemort1otlve observance Wa.!
ln charge o! the Board. of Dirootors or
the Aldrich Memorial, Mr. and M;rs,
Oharles E. Noble of Yol'k catered for
the iuncheon.
The Thomas B~Uoy '\Jdrl!M} ~JJ1;:.
01:ial will be ope.i:ie~ t;o ~~ p1,1j>llo for
the season on Monday, ~\ih& ~.
abtrl
t.unchoon WM served in the
tlve garc;len of thG old ma1;&t2il1
b
tablM being pl(lj\Slngly d~M~~(l wit
arrangem1tnts oJ sar<!,~~ flower~.
Dr. PerTY, headinast&r ot PhHl!ps
EKeLer Academy, and a. member ot Tu~
'Board of Trusfues of
the Alddon
Memorl'll, presided ab the meeting I,,,,,.,..,,,._,
whlch followed. This took place in th~'
Memorial room, its walls hung wlth
rare ol<l manuscrlpta and aubogr1,1,phs.
Trlb1..1tes to Tl\oinas Balley Aldrich
from
Pro!esoor
Bl~
Perw1
Mark
Aldrich,
DeWolle
~owe,
Prof.
Charles
Townsend
Dope"
land, and Ferris Oreanslet, ~. IJ.cl•
lch's blo ra he were read. In c9n..
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�·oBSERVE' I00TH ·
;i:· ~ .ANNIVERSARY
t
'·•
I
,-
..,_
,
t , ';
[tiraffoit:~- cI~b:
. ,Regrets were received by the · . club
.f,rom ;Mr. a~d · Mrs. : Bailey Al~ch of
Boston with 'an expression of their in' terest.' Mr. Aldrich ;is 'the ~n of 'the
late Talbot Aldrfch, and grand.son ·of
the :poet. ·, · • f . ' · · ' · · ·,.
, Mention
also!: ntad~· of th~ dedication of the Aldrich Memorial over a ·
quarter of a century ,ago, at which-Mark
Twain, William D. ·Howells and, others
of note in the world, of literature were
in attendance.
· At the close of .i~.El.. commemoratiye
e~ercises .t~ ·;as served by· members of
the the Girl Scouts.
I
Depj:·., Pay~·
i :Jrib~t,e/ Jo . MemotY-~- 0f.,
I: Thomas Bailey_A.ld~ich_·
1
r ~.;:.he\ii~rature ;depart~e~·t: ~~:~
'.Gjl!-ff9;-t::c1tib· ~eld a:; SJ?~!~~ --~~~~g
l911 ·wed11esda,y '!!,ftern?On at_,th,e ,"f :.-Vf·
1
0,· A., ·to observe the 100th anniversary'
1c;>f_the bJrth ~f ,Tho~as B~i]~Y Ald:!c~.
' :In the' abse11ce -of,fth.~ :t1,h)tir.m.an. o.f
,~tf.e L~tera~ure depa.,rfm~t;•.n}s.s-,Ec!na_ll:
.~he; µrs.' Wll\iam, ~- Fa;rr_ing1fn, flS~.
1sijtant-c;hairmap., y.ras, i,n .cha'rge. ·
'"
~-i!wv. Wllliam Safford Jones · gave a
:sketch of the poet's life, extolling the
fsiniple. virtues ,and--~etic 'achievemen~,
iof. this distinguished, son:, . of ; Portskii'i>utn. · !'.Mr.. Jones _called·'. at~entfon . _t.6
'tb'e fa.c t:that in the Aldrich M
. -. emon~l
~w:p street, Jn . a •..sm,ii,1,1 ,.,· burea~
dta.wer is to be seen· the l!ttle.·baptismal
lrobe -worn by Aldrich when lie·was bap:.t12;~ by R~ -D,r, •Andrew}'.l:.a~dy_ of
it:tje•'. l:)outh•,P!l,i'ish': ·, ,Mr ..,Jqniis. reQ.\i .~!).fl
[poem: ):>y . Aldrich, '. "Plscataqua _ RJver"
]and ~.HeI}ry Van Dy~e•~ ~. splendid
!tribute written for the 70th birthday of
[the poet, anp fl .se\e.ctlon .fr,?m. tne .con;"
rclµd1ng, !l_hapre.r ·of , Ferris, 1,Greenset s
•"Life ·of Th.omas Bailey.. Aldz:icl?,." , . ·, ·
I· D,r.'.Benjainln Collins Wpodbw·y ,; of
:Bos~; a former , rest<lerit ot,this city,
:gave,an abrid~ed i,en4~.:ing ff ,Aldrich'~
· ~11).\tabJ,e p;rose, ~<!:fl,,,,. F'-1aqgr_te, Daw,~ ..
cll;¥1g ,seyeral),nter~ti?~ a,n~c_dotei. !l}
the life .of. the ,l)O~t, ;Vi~h ~~~rn_pl_es , ,pt
flt 1as ~,.) ,a?\'.'IJ.~~:ur, : .~r-.
Y{oodbury rear;t ..,among othet p~~s,
•:'rjl;.e Flight ,of th(,Podd~s.,s.•" .,"I~5f~;e
the ~a!n," "bressing~ th!!.;;1?.r1de, .. A
Shadow· of the Night''. .and '"Memory."
He dalled to mind the' intimate friendship that ~xi~ted ¥,fw~en· ~dr!ch,_!l~~
tke r~~qwne?,,,~~ag141ant
'' :... ~:-Y~ ~s~h,,
and ' read the ' poet's' ribute . on ·
argent's
<tCF4win ·:sp~th, "'1'.he
Players" · and ··the . well" love·d-quartrams
\Jritten ·on °the'· a·ctof's '.~i,ea,th, ' toge~her
·with ·the letter to" Will!am :Winer-· on
the death of Booth, later published _jn
Wlner's "The Lif~ and Art ' ?f Edwin
Boolli,''.,.concluding with Aldrich's.'. exquisite sonnet, ' "I"yex•M_e 'Not_With
Brooding on the Years~• D.r. _Woodb~~y
·al.so -i:ead a persOD:!!,l ~ribute· t.o '!'hOrilas_
,Balley Aldrich from his v~lume, ."Portsmouth and . Other Poems." ~. . . .. .
Frederick 'H, D~lano re'ad so~e
unpub).i.shed l~tters' . , from
Thomas
Bailey. Aldrich to her late father, Albert. Laighton, the poet, written while
the• Al'd iich family w'a.s temporarily OC'cupying Elmwood, the home of James
Russell I.pwelli in Gall).bridge, ,.M~ . . , It
was.in :tlie Laight-9:n· l),ouse ~t' 61 Cou~t
strret, in this city, that Aldrich was
born · the family later moving to No. 45
:COu~' a1;t.eet; ,nowi-t~ ,4\ldrkh :M~mor,·1a1. ._ Through the C(?urtesr of Mts.
J?eano _a n excellerit _daguerrotype of the
p:C,et in hls youthful : ~11,ys w~ s_howrl to
the members of the club An excellen_t
likeness of the poet's mother·was-shown
,by Miss .Annie Moe : Varren; whos~
lgl'andmother · and tne poefs · moth~):',
. 'er cousins.
,- ': • . '·•. ·t. ,,...,.~.
lon
J:if~.rea..dy~,
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LIST OF HISTORIC
qLD HOUSES
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PUBLISHED
~
Bo$t<)n, Aug,
5,-Tlle .first comprehensive list of famQus and historic old
houses open tQ the public throughout
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massru,husetts, Jl,hode Island, and
Connecticut has now been publlshed
by the New England Council, A total
of 205 historic houses are listed, repre$enting- a combined age of 41,144 years.
Thi.!:I Is almost ten times the antiquity
of the largest of the Egyptian pyramids, that of Gheops nt Giza which
dates from 2900 B. C. Massachusetts
leads among the six states with 132
historic houses; Connecticut is next
with 27; Maine is third with 18; Rhode
Island is' fourth with 13; New Hampshire ls fifth with 10; Vermont is
sixth with five. Copies of this publication are being sent by the Council to
all chambers of commerce and tourist
information bureaus to be of assistance
In answering the inquiries of the thou- l
sands of summer visitors and vacationing
residents throughout New
England.
I
The honor of being the oldest structure in the Council's New England list
goes to Fort William Henry at Pemaquiq Beach, Maine, which dates from
1630. Three houses share the honor of
belng the oldest in Massachusetts; the
Rebecca Nurs Home In Danvers, owned
by the Society for the Preservation of
New England Antiquities; the Fairbanks House in Dedham, owned by
the Fairbanks Family in America, Inc.,
and the Quincy Homestead in Quincy,
owned by the Massachusetts Society
of the Colonial Dames.
Connecticut's oldest ls . the Old Stone
Hou.s,e, known also a.-; the Henry Whitfield House, at Guilford, Conn., dating
from 1638 and owned by the Henry
Whitfield State Historical Mu~eum.
Rhode Island's fir'st ·bullt was the Daggett House in Slater Park, Pawtucket, ,
dating from 1644 and maintained by
the Pawtucket Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. New
Hampshire's oldest is the Richard
Jackson House at Portsmouth, built
in 1664 and owned by the Society for
the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Vermont's longest-built is the
Old Constitution House at Windsor,
erected fn 1768 and moved to its pres-
ent .site in 1914. It is owned by
Windsor Historical Society. In it the.
Vermont Constitution was drawn up. v,,-,.ff,"'"·
and signed in 1777, and it was used for
the first session o! Vermont's Legislature,
There are seven houses on the list
over 300 years old, fifty-nine over 250,
and ninety-four over 200 years old.
In addition to the list o! historic
houses, the New England Council's
publication also lists 43 art museums
and special collections of interet to the
public: 8 in Maine, 6 in New Hampshire, 6 in Vermont, 16 ln Massachusetts, 4 in Rhode Island, and ' ln Oonnecticut.
The compilation was prepn1·ed for
the New England Council by the Art
Committee of the New England Conference or the State Federations of
Women's Clubs under the cnairmanship of Mrs. Harold A. May!orth of
Vermont, assistel by the following
women: Mrs. Edith Pratt Brown of
Maine; Mrs. Robert Dole of New
Hampshire; Mrs. Herbert Stephen of ,
Massachusetts; Miss Grace MacAuslan "! Rhode Island; and Mrs. Frederick Card of Connectiiut.
Inrluded in the list are the following
from Portsmouth : Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, John Paul Jones House,
Moffat-Ladd House, Richard Jackson
House, Warner House and the Portsmouth Athenaeum.
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Towns throughout York County are
I1ilar
ob.~erving the tercentenary with .slmcelebrations and the U. 8. Congress
has authorized the issuing of a special
tercentenary coin In hal!-dollar deqom- P.!'~liiK'.'1.,.,·a·~
!nation, with a design commemorative
or York County's proud 300th anniversary. n is confidently expected that
Klttery's observance o! the occasion
will prove a real credit to this histoclc
old town, the
oldest
incorporated
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HISTORICAL SOC.
gean s, His- OF KITTERY HAS
Ce rate ANNUAL MEETI G
II
f
rk
Judge .James W. Remick
~e=elected As President
Th.e Kittery Historical Society held
--=~-----=--~::-:----:--,--=--..,,....-Hit., annual meeting list evening at
The I.own or Kittery ls to celebnt,ri
The parade will march to Howells
the 300t,h ani1·ersary o! the rounding S1uare, where it will come to rest for
of York County, Maine, with an inter- impection until noon.
The !amow
e.,ting. and pleasurable observance on cll:iracter of George Wa.shington wlll
S,iturday, Aug. 29. The Kittery His- h: <'nacled, calling at the Lady Peptorical Society is sponsoring the ar- p 'rrell Mansion and at the parsonage
rangements for what promises to be an or Rev. Benjamin Stevens, pastor or a
outstanding day in Kittery's history, lnn!l -gone day, now the Kittery Point
with Lhe coopr ralion of other local or- C,)mmtmily House.
g .nizations, of I.he navy yard, and the
i\lso following I.he parade there will
Women's City Club of this city. Hon. b~ various historical tableaux presentJ:J.mes W. Remick, president. of
I.he ed at many historic points alon 00 the
KiUe.ry His lorical Society, is in gen- way, including the home of William
eral char~(' of I.he arrangem ents.
Whipple, a signer of the Declaralion of
The clay·s nbscrva11c will open on lnclependencc; Sparhawk Hall,
t.he
S 11.urday, i\ug. 29, at. 10 a. m., when a Lady Pepperrell Mansion, L11e
birthI 1r~e and colorful hislorical parade will place of Sir William Pepperrell,
the
form in fronL of St. Raphael's Church. Bray House; the home of Cella ThaxTh procession will be headed
by a ter, the old church
and
cemetery,
lnnd, wilh local o:·ganizalions in line, Champernowne's grave, and other inanc1 with several floats. The Womcn'g t.eresting places associated with
the
Ci ly Club will en ter a float bea rin~ a early days in Kittery.
t 1 bl~au reDresrnt.ing I.he wom en of t.hL~
A most outstanding feature of
the
vi cini ty
dmin Revnlut.ionary
War day's observance will be a remarkable
dl}'s enr,agecl in ma king a flag,
tht> collect.ion of ancient and rare a·ellcs to
s t.a.rs and s lrip"s whi ch floated proudly be on public display at lhe Commun01·er lh z U. S. S . R 'l. nger, I.he first flo g ily House at Kittery Polnt throughout
l float. oYe.r a. Unit.ed SLaLes ship of the afternoon.
war.
Anolhcr feature of int.erc.,;t to visitors
The P or t.511rnu th Navy Yard is to en- will be I.he opening of the Portsmouth
ti r t.h : c~ lli.sloric al flont.s. The · ftr.~t Nwy Yard for public inspectiotl from
wlll be a mini a ture rrplica or the U. S. lO a. 111. Lo 4 p. m. on that day. Visitors
S. n a nger, John Paul Jones'
famous will be given Lhc opportunily or seeing
Ii~ht.ing crafL, which was built at Kit- I. he S[)OL where I.he Russo-Japanese
t.ery, on TI:ict<sr r's Island. The doughty Peace T1ienty was signed , ending a war,
C:l[)I. John P:111! Jon r s himself will he ~11d lo S" C sulminrinrs it1 procC' ...'! or
nhoard, lo;:ct.h r r wlt,h hL5 ship's car- : conslruct.ion and compleled.
P nlcr, a nri the float will be drawn by
The arrang ements for (.he parade are
bluccoats in I.he uniform of Lhe days of in gene ral charge of Miss A. Lillian
th e Ran ge r.
Walker. The historical exhibit.Ion at
The seco nd floa t from I.he navy yard I Lhe Community House is in charge of a
will bear a. r r produclion of the K e~ r- commit.tee headed by George A. Tresargc. warship of I.he Civil War period, [c t.h en a:5 chairman
and
Including
which wa.5 also built here. She will be Charles Gerrish and Miss Mabel Jendrawn by a crew of bluecoals in the kins. Stephen Decalur is cooperating
uniform or the Civil War navy.
with I.his commit.tee. Hon. James W.
The third float 11·ill bring the spect.a- R emick ha.5 made arrangements
to
tors to I.h e modern day, displaying a have several of Klttery's hlstorio old
model of the latest type submarines house.~ and places of interest thrown
built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and 1Jpen to I.he public for t.hls tei;oentendrawn by a crew in Lhe naval uniforms a ry observa;...n..;;c..;;e.;..._ _ __ _ _ _ _ __
of today.
I
Kittery Point, wlth about 40 members
in attendano?. The president, Judge
Jat11es W' Remick, presided, and gave
a report of his stewardi.ship for the
past year. The annual election of officers was h Eld with Jud,ge Remick
being unanimously re-elected as p~esident. J1.1dge Remick has taken a Leading part in the society's affairs since
ils inception and its succ-E.ss is due in
great measure to his deep i111teir-est and
capable activity.
Rev. Edward H. Newcomb was elecJed to the offlc,e of vic,e ·president an4
Horace Mitchell was re-elected as
secretary. Both hae been active in the
.society's organization and growth.
Mrs. Mary Safford Wildes, the sociely's treamrer, had tend>ered heir
1•c:,slgnation from that office and Mrs.
Jus tin H. Shaw was elected in her
place.
John Adams, Ralph De•nnett
Szlectman
Charles Williams were
elect,e•d to the Board ·or Trustees· and
Judge Justin.Henry Shaw, Mrs. Thomas Jenkins and .lohn
Adams were
named as a nominating committee.
Plans for Kittery's ob3ervanoe of
the anniversary of the founding of
York county we·l'e d~cussed and: it was
d>eclded to hold a public meeting at
the Kittery Grange hall on next Monday evening at 7 o'clock to make further plans and to arrange to l'aise the
necessary rund:s !or the ob!ervance.
The question o! charging member~hip dues of 50 cents annually was
brought up for discu.!sion .and will be
voled upon at a lat-er meeting.
Dr. M. 'Victor Safford o! Jamaica
Plal..ri, Mas5., an official of the Massachusetts Department o! Health, will
be the guest speake-r at a mooting o!
the society to be h€ld at the Ki t.ery
Point Community House next Wednesciay evening, beginning at 7.30. Dr.
Sa!Iord wrn take a.s his subject, "Klttel'y's Hi&tori<:al Background.''
�Commemorate 200th
~ _
Anniv·ersary Of St.
i• :: John's Masonic Lodge
the Earl o! Halifax
visitors: Henry Plice
and
J;;~~ .., . , .,. ,.,.,. "
:~~;~~~o:~g~as!c~::t~~1
Jenkins, past masters o! Saint John's
Lodge o! Boston.
Through the kindness or the Portsmouth Athenaeum a model of the
ship America will be exhibited In the
Temple. The America was built at
J>ROGRAM WILL ·OPEN JUNE 21ST AND MANY Portsmouth by order or ihe British
Government. While she was being
EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE WILL BE
outfitted Saint John's Lodge held
FEATURED
three meetings aboard· her.
--/'-;:::::::::::_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~ - ,.,..Friday will be Ladles' Day. There
The two-hundredth anniversary the expedition which e!!ected the wlll be entertainment at 3 o'clock
celebration ' of the lnst!tutlon of Saint capture or Louisburg In 1745, will be In the afternoon and a banquet In
Jol:m's Lodge, No. 1, Ancient Free and represented: ~olonel Samuel Moore, the auditorium at 5 o'clock, It being
Accepted Masons, of this city, 1s to who commanded the regiment; Cap- necessary to have two sessions to
be commemorated in fitting manner ta.In John Turton Mason; Captain accommodate the large number to
during the period of June 21 to 26 Henry Sherburne; · Captain Joseph attend. The evening session wlll start
inclusive. Saint John's ls the Olde.et Sherburne; Lieutenant Thomas New- with a banquet at 6.45 p. m. !olMasonic lodge in America, having a march; Captain Nathaniel Fellows; lowed by an entertainment. The proeontlnuous existence! since 1736, with and Adjutant John Eyre. Brother I grams of these two sessions will be
all )'s records still intact. Its roster John Co)lcapat, heir apparent of the identical.
,
e>f officers during its early
in- sachem of the Oneida tribe of InAll sessions, with the exception o!
eludes the name, of many who d~- dlans and Brother Okah TUbbee, an Grand Lodge Day, Wednesday, and
tlngulshed themselves a& ..ofticers· 1n Indian of the Choctaw tribe, who were Ladies Day, Friday, will be open to
the Continental Army .dµring the also members of Saint John's Lodge, all masons. Owing to accommodations
Revolutionary War, several · having will also be represented in costume. the Wednesday session will be for
been killed In pattle.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock members of Saint John's and their
In arranging the program · to · com- the Grand Lodge Day observance will specially Invited guests, whlle the Frimemorate the 200th anniversary of open in the lodge room, with selec- day sessions will be strictly for mem'lhe lodge, the chief thought· In mind tions by the Schubert Quartette of bers of Saint Jthn's and their ladies.
was to make It interesting, enjoyable, Boston, a reception to distinguished The Executiv ! Committee in charg~
and historically lnstructlve. The com- guests, including the Grand Masters of the 200th' ar;t1iversai:y observance
memoration opens one week from next of the New England grand jurisdlc- is composed of Wor. George B. w ard,
Sunday, the 21st, with a Special com- tlons, the Saint John's Lodges In the chairman; Rt. Wor. Wllliam B. Ranmunlcatlon, the 3,721st, at. the Ma- various states of New England, ad- dall, Rt. Wor. Chauncey c. Hodgdon,
l!Onlc Temple at 9.45 a. m. The lodge dress of welcome by the Worshipful William French Tilton, Rufw; W. Ferwill attend the 181st . annual Ma.sonic Master of. Saint John's, response by guson, Harry H. Foote and Clarence
1ervlce at Saint John's Church, 1n Most Worshipful Halsey C. Edgerton, F. P earson. Fifteen sub-committees
eompany with the other Masonic grand master of New Hampshire, are · working hard to make th is event
bodies of Po~mouth apd · Vicinity, addresses by Wor. Frederick S. Beals a real success. Although the program
with Rev. Percy T, Edrop, . dean of repre~entlng Saint Andrew's Lodge, is a departure in many ways from
Ohrlst Church cathedral, Springfield, and by Right Wor. Chauncey Cheever the exercises usually .connected with
¥a5,s.,-as the speaker."'"In the evening Hodgdon representli;ig the First Ma- events of this kind, the lodge feels
. a religious service will be held in the sonic District, and an address by con!ldent that the celebration wlll
Masonic Temple, In charge of Rev. Most Worshipful Harry M. Cheney, bring pleasure and instruction to all
Elvin ·Robert Newton, with Rev. Ar- on the subject, . "The Background of who. attend, and serve to refreshen
thur M. Dunstan as the special preach- Old Saint John's."
the memories of Its brethren and ocer.
B_an_quets will follow . at 5:30 and currences in the life of the lodge
On Monday -evening, June 22, at 6:4a .m the auditorium, and In the which might otherwise be forgotten.
5 and 8:3~ o'clock a roast · turkey evening, beginning at 7.45, a program
,balltlqet, ..'\ffll~ be served . in the audi- will be presented in the lodge room,
"toriui:i,:ot,. t)le Temple, followed by lncludlµg musical selections, historical
an"·addr ess· ,by R. W. Charles I. Pet- tableau in charge of Wor. Reginald
♦ 1""ell
f • ·Am b
M
jn th
E. Goldsmith, remark.s by the Grand
._e , 0 : • ea ury,
as.,.,
e Masters of the New England states,
lodge room, the subject of which ~l
be "Masonry, 'Coming or Going?" The and an address by Most Worshipful
Entend Ai,prentice Degree will then William Moseley Brown, past grand
be, worked by a group of past om- JP,aster of :Virginia, ' ,
cers, ea<;h f)f whom w,111 be in colonial
on · Thursday ,evening a roast beef
dress, representing ·the first officers }?anquet will be r;erve(l In the auditorwho served the lodge 1n 1736. Gov- tum of the temple at 5 and 6:30. The
emor Benning Wentworth, a· royal lodge will assemble In the- lodge room
governor, and hla two brothers, who at 7:30, where an · address will be
were members of Saint John's will J:>e delivered by Most Worshipful Allan
represented,. a.s well as R. w. Robex:t M. Wllson of Manchester, past grand
Thomlinson, who was commissioned master. FolloW\ng_ this there will be
Provincial Grand Master o! _New Eng- an exemplification of the work of the
land on April 20, 17~7.
Master Mason degree by the past disOn , Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock trlct deputy grand masters of the
the Fellow craft Degree will be First Masonic District. This also will
-worl~ed by the regular o!flcers of the be conductc:<I in historic costumes,
1odge, each 1n colonial costume rep- mlUtary ·uniforms ·or.· the colonial per.resenting officers or members or a lat- lod. This same evening, a representai!r· period 1n the lodge's history than tion of '"The Portsmouth Flying stage
those_ '. represented on tbe preceding Coach" will appear on the streets of
night; The • following officers, who this city, with Bartholomew stavers
were· 1n the: regiment of New Hamp- as driver, a~d . bringing from Boston
shire troops which were a part o! by · way of the Lafayette Road and
years
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Ann· versary
hP. Jiomr of lff'urv ~hrrhurnt nt ·rorfsmouth, " ' hPre ~I. ,Tol11t"H lotlgP, N
c in •·onli1111011i.: r·xi.~fP1H'f' Ju the U 11ltcc.l Statf's, ftrsL 1u<'t. 'J'hc J>lcturo
S. Jl:1rlow o( Puds1no11fh.
Present Degree Following
Banquet at Portsmouth
District Deputy Grand Master 'Hodgdon
Represenb George Mitchell, First Grand
Master of Lodge
�Special to The Union,
PORTSMOUTH, June ,22. - st.
John's lodge, No. 1, A, F. an~ A. M.,
tonight continued its obser".'ance in
honor of the 200th anniversary of the
iodge receiving its charter from ihe
Ma.!!sachusetts Provincial Lodge ot
Masons.
·
·.
There was a turkey banquet with
two sittings of approximately :::oo
at each, Afterwards Judge Charles
'I. Pettingell of Amesbury, a. past
district deputy i;rand master of Massachusetts, gave an .1ddress on "Masonry, Coming or Going;'
Followlng the address the past officers of the lodge, -attired in Colonial
costume, exemplified the t>ntered '!-Pprentice degree.
District Depuly
Grand Master Chauncey C. Hodgdon
represented George :t..titchell, first
grand master of the lodge while ,the
·candidate
represented • Nathaniel
Adams, past grand master and flrRt
president
p!
th e
Portsmouth
Athenaeum.
Others Taking Part.
· •Others taklng'part and who th_ey
represented were as follows: Senior
warden, put Master Edward H.
Riley, who represented Nathanil!!
Fellows, first i;enior warden of the
lodge; . junior warden, past Master
Maurice O. Richards, who represented Robert Hart, who held the office
of Junior wardP.n in 1739; treasurer,
Francis p, Tucker, who was Henry
Sherburne, first treasurer of_ _the
lodge; l!\lcretary, Rt. Wor. W1lham
B, Randall, who was John Loggin,
8 ecretary In 1739 and among the
New Hampshire troops at the capture o! Louisburg; chapialn, Eugene
E. Lamson, who represented Re~.
Arthur Brown, rector of Queens
chapel in 1755 when the Masonic
brethren .of Portsmouth attended ~!vine services on old Strawberry Hill
for the• first time; . senior deacon,
Walter W. Clark, wh,o represen~ed
John Mills, signer of the Henry Price
ietter sent in 1735 to the Massachu8etts Provincial lodge petitioning for
a. charter; junior, deacon, past Master Harold Vl, Hodgdon, who reprel!ented Robert Brough, a.lso a. signer
of the Henry Price lett~r; marshal,
Benjamin H. Roberts o! Claremont,
-who took the part of Jonathan Nailer another signer of the Price letter;
se~lor steward, Frederick W. Bridle
8.8 Thomas Colman, another signer
-of the Price letter; junior steward,
Raymond E. Bemis, who was William
Canterbury, a. signer of the Price
letter; organist, past Master Leon h.
Robinson as William Grogn-n, apother
signer ,of I the Price letter,1 tyler,
Willis F. Pinder, who was Joseph
Moses, tyJer in' 1739.
•The letter which the Portsmouth
brethren sent to Henry Price In 1735
is still In the possession of the Maa8achusetts Grand , lodge :tnd Is on&
of the oldest Masonic documents stlll
in existence.
· Judge Petting-ell tonight in his a.djiress presented a vivid picture of the
changes In the home today which the
automobile, ' movies and radio have
brought from two decades· ago.
"What the world needs today ls
thrift, honesty, a right mind and the
wllllngness to face the facts and
make fl.rm decisions on morallty. The
time Is coming when Masonry must
in.s!st upon the brethren standin~ for
what . the .fraternity teaches.
We
cannot hope to bol~ter up Ma.sonry
except by~ the,. adherence to morality
and those · things for which Masonry
has always stood.
The strength
of Masonry Is not in numbers or
properties but •in the fidelity or the
individual - Mason to the lesson11 he
has been taught."
Ju ge Pe
nge
111
his talk also
criticized I.he automobile of today as
e. mlxod blessing and scored tho.se
who aid In graft and corruption ln
public !lfe, He declared that often
when a respondent is arrested for
drunken driving the first move the
indlvldual makes is to endeavor to
find somebody with a. pull who will
endeavor to get him off,
Worshipful Master George B. Ward
at tonight's meeting also read a. telegram from Gov. H. Styles Bridges,
a member of the fraternity, congratulating the lodge on Its 200th
anniversary.
Franklin Block
On the
S\o~
of this block
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---11~,:c
dwellings, built by Langley Boardman.
They we~·a converted into a
tavern
known a9_the Port.<imouth Hotel and
Stage 'louse.
Tha part on the cornet·
stroot (now Fleet street)
was
n moved and the brick structure known
as Franklin Hall erected, containing a
. ball for assemblies. St. John'a Lodge
met here in tlie upper rooms from 18201859.
Fire a.nd Marine Insurauce
Building, now tho Athenaeuna
MASONI€
WINDOW .
DISPLAY
This bulldlng was erected in 1803 by
Jehu Peirce, for the use of the New
Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance
Co., and was purchased by the Athenaeum corporation ill 1817,
St. John's Lodge of Maso113
meetings in tht;; building from
1820.
Congress Block
Thi;; building was built on the site of
l,he Richard Billings house, wh.ich was
torn down in 1846. In 1864 Congress
B:ock WM damaged by fire and rebuilt,
the upper stories being the home or S!,.
John's Lodge or Masons from 1850-
- - - -_ - - - - - The New. Hampshire Gas & Electric
Company has an · interesting display
in it.<i show window on Congresa street
in obse,·vance of. the 200th anniversary
of the founding of St. John's Lodge, No. 1924
1, A. F: & A. M., o! this city, which ls bo.
ing observed throughout this week. TM
mu·I of Halifax '1\tvcrn
'clisplay lnclucl~s elglit ·palnt!ngs and on tl1e north slde or Queen street, alsketches by H. M. f:l. Harlow of Den- mos t oppos ite Washingt,on street, a
·nett Street. One of these If a · fine por- two-story gambrel-roof wooden build:t!·ait of George Mitchell,-first master of ,il,g was commenced by Joshua Pike, a
·s~. John's Lodge, and the other seven "barber and peruke wig maker," but
,are buildings in which St. John's Lodge was completed by Mr. John Stavers of
llas met during past years.·
mall stage renown. rt was occ,1ple<l by
, The display Is attractively arranged llls son, Willi'am, and afterwards by his
_upon a black -cloth, with background sc,n-ln-law, Capt. John H. Seawards.
'curtains of blue. In tpe front of the 11 Oct. 10, 1755, St. John's Lodge of
·o,splay are five Masoni~ aprons ·used in Masons met ot "Brother John Stavers"
the ritual of St. John's Lodge betwe en and the records state that they "dined
1775 and 1820. Two gavels are also dis- upon an elegant dinner."
Meetings
-played, ·one being of olive wood from J e- were held here from 1755-1766.
r ,1s alein and the other of wood from the
Earl of Halifax Tavern.
A progra m
Henry Sherburne Houso,
she-et used .in the. celebration of the On the corner of Water and Queen
.lQQth anniversary of the lodge, in the streets was erected the first brick restyear 1836, is also on display.
dence built in Portsniouth, the builder
. A description of the old houses which e.:Jd owner being Hon. Samuel Benhal.cnce served as meeting places of t~1 e l<,;w·. Henry Sherburne purchased the
~odge and .Which were the subjects for house and resided here in magntrlcent
)','Ir. Harlow's talented s~etches follows; style for many years and, he being a
Dr. George _Mitche!l
i;:rominent Mason, the lodge often n,et
First master of St. John's Lodge.
here. Thls house was destr6yed in the
great fire o" 1813.
.State House on Parade
Situated on the square, opposite High
street. Was erected In 1758 and was a
large two-story wood-e n building, 80 feet
iong and 30 feet wide.
· Many noted events took place here.
St. John's Lodge met in .this_' bttilding
jor a short period of ~!me in 1795.
.
William Pitt Tavern
, · John Stavers purcpased a -lot of land
from the Hon. Theodoi·e Atkin&on . Jn
P65. Mr. Stavers built the second
Earl of Halifax Tavern and in
latPr
years called it the \villiam Pitt Tavern.
Many noted people visited this tavern,
.such as the Marquis ·de Lafayet~, John
;Hancock, Elbridge Gerry, Louis Phll!Ppe and . George Wash~g~on.
.
In the upper room of the tavern werti
l,eld meetings of st. John's Lodge from
1768 to 1791.
.
�S . JOHN'S 10 GL
CELEBR TING:-' 00th:
NIV:E SAR
-Phot,os by Kingsbury
Top: Masonic Temple, corner of Middle st. and Miller Ave., where the celebrat~on of the 200th anniversary of St. John's lodge, No. l, A. F. & A. M., is being
held this week.
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Below: Officers of St. Jolt11'11 lodge, No. 1 A. F. & A. M. Front row,'le!t to
right-John H, Yeaton, chaplain: Harry H. Foote, treasurer; Willlam F. •Tilton,
senior warden; George Bradford Ward, worshipful mast,cr; .Rufus W. Ferguson,
junior warden; Rt. Wor. Willinm fl. Randall, secretary; Rev. Elvin Robert Newton,
chaplain. Standing- Willis F. Pludcr, senior tyler; Harold A. Marston, marshall;
. Walter R. .Harvey, senior steward; Ralph H. Atwell, senior deacon; William E.
Dennett, junior deacon; Raymond E. Bemis, junior steward; Fred ·windle, Jr,.
organist and Chester L. Clough, Junior tyler.
TO ISSUE
-SOUVE
Tomorrow the souvenir cachet commemorating the 200th anniversary of'" ''Y•~.,,.,,u•
st: John's Lodge of Masons, wm be
Issued. This cachet carries a reproduc- 1•.,_ .. ,..,,, •.,,
tion of the Masonic Home and temple
as well M a seal of the lodge. · · The
~achet is also autographed · by the
master o! the lodge.
This is the first cachet to be lssued from this city since the issuance of a cachet 1n commemoration
of the launching of one of the submarines several years ago. Ralph H.
Atwell, a senior deacon of St. John's
Lodge, is chairman of t.he committee
in charge of the cachet. He Is a well
known st.amp collector.'
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Betwee. n 700 and. BOO Masons atIn h'D Edr
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Wednesday will be Grand Lodge
D:\y with a program in U1e afternoon
o.nd evening, with many distinguished
masons att.endlng.
Thursday evening there will be a
ronst beet banquet and afterwards
there will be a representation of
"The Portsmouth Flying Stage Coach"
which will come by the way of Lafayette Road and will couvey special
guests. The master mason degree will
follow, by the past district deputy
'"'rand master of the first district, unb
der the direction of Wllllam B. Randall, who was mast.er 25 yel\l·s ago.
The.,e o!Ilcers will represent soldiers
of the Revolutionary war who were
members of Saint John's Lodge. Mr.
Randall will represent Maj. Gen. John
Sulllvan or Durham, hero of the
"' sermon r.
9P spo e o
the Ideals of Masonry saying that
/ theso Ideals may bring about peace on
, earth. Ho said:
i "Such anniversaries as these help 113
: to determine how to make use of the
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years that are ahead of us and are a
:· challenge to the years that remain."
, i La.st evening a religious service wa.s
· held at the Masonic Temple with Rev.
E. Robert Newton, chaplain of the
lodge in charge. The invocation waa
given by J;tev. William Porter Niles,
grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge
of New Hampshire, while John H.
Yeaton, chaplain of St. John's Lodge,
gave the lesson.
Rev. Arthur M. Dunstan of st. Thomaa Ohurch at Dover, grand chaplain
of the Grand .council of New Hampshire, gave the address of the evening,
sa:vl_l:lg in partt
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"Fri,!) 1'4asonry ..!eoognlzed labor a,
a supreme duty and a divine law. It
i,peaks of Ood ns the Grand Architect
and the Master Workman. Brethren,
the pres.ent 1s the doorway through
which , the past goes out into the future. No nation nor fraternity can live
<ln its past laurels any more than a
man of today can hope t.o climb to a
fame ancf exalted usefulness on the
record of his father. The only coin
that pass~s today ls that of individual
Chief · Marshal and Member of
merit."
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Executive· Committee
There W!!re also selections by the
Portsmouth Masonic Singers of 22
!lnniv·e rsary o~ st. Jopn's ~~. No. voices under the direction of Ernest
1,, ·~ P. & A. Mt, whioh will ooh~ue P. Bilbruck.
through the week.
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The bodies participating in the ser'11he Mason.a ma.robed from the ~- -vice yesterday were DeWitt Cll_n ton
sonlo' Temple to the church· with Commandery, Knights Templer, PortsHarr, · H. FootQ as marshal and De- mout-h Chapter, Order of DeMolay,
Olinton OoinmandeJ'y, Knights Naval Lodge, No. 184 of Kittery, St.
~mpl~, ' illS-118 ~rt. M~~.lo
Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, and St. John's
turliisiied b the band.a of Fra.nk Ji!, Lodge, No. 1,
Booma Post, .Ainer can I.legion, an
The anniversary celebration will be
,•Ensign Emerson Hovey. Po.st,' Veteran& oontinued this evening when a turkey
. . · banquet will be served after which
.1of.Fo:el_g n Wars. .. , , , :.! . .
·Featured ,in the parade was an a.n- there will be an ·address on "Masonry
~l~nt altar ,w ith three . ll.g_hts burning . Ooming and
Going"
by Rt. wor.
-~µ!ch w;as carried by f9ur ,members Qf Charles I. Pettlngell of Amesbury,
st., John'~ °Lodge, Fred G. Ward, q. Mass. This will be followed by the
_ Connors Pilgrim, _ V~I~ntine .C. · Lear working of the Enter!!d' Apprentice dean~. ~est We'.ntworth. _ ·
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,ree under the direction of Rt. wor.
cOn the\r arrival at · the ch~cl;l . the Ohauncey C, Hodgdon, and a group or
Masons -~ere welcomed by th~ rector, J)a6t officers who wm represent the
'Rev. Maxwell . Ganter, who conducted first officers of the lodge and will be
'the service; with Rev. E. 'Robert New- costumed in colonial attire.
.:toIJ. reading the Jes.son. Tqe sermon Tuesday evening the Fellowcraft
:·was by Dr. Percy T. Edrop,_dea~ of degree will be exemplified and the
. C}lrist Church Cathedral at ~prm~.11 re resent
1field, Mass.,1 and grand cha'plain of th~. officers of th e l~ge wi
P were
Orand• Lodge of Ma.sons of Massachu- officers of st- Johns lodge who
setts· iHe al&o brouglit the greetings of In the regiment of . New Hampshire
the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts troops which wer? a part of th e Iler
·and St . John's Lodge of , Boston of peditlon led by Sir Wm. Pepper~e n
I which he is a. member. . · ·
1745, when th e capture of Louisburg
.tended; on· Sunday -morning: at St.
Jolin's. church, the 181st annual ; service which WWI flrst '·held In ·Queen's
Chapel · on the site of the . Pf(ISent
chufch 1ft 1755, and to open the ·2ooth
wttt
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LEON A. ROBINSON
Chairman J\[11sle Committee
.eizure or the powder, at Fort wmiam
and Mary.
The observance will come t.o an end
F1:iday with an entertainment and
banquet in honor of the ladies. There
will be two sessions, one In the afternoon and one in the evening in order
to accommodate those desiring t-0 attend.
Committl;es for Celebration
The following are the various commlttees in general charge or the blcentennial celebration:
Executive - Wor George B. Ward,
chairman, Rt. Wor. W1lllam B. Randall, n.t. Wor. Chauncey o. Hodgdon,
William F. Tilton, Rufus W. Ferguson, Harry H. Foote and Clarence
F. Pearson.
General-Officers of the Lodge
Finance-Chairman Harry H. Foote,
Frank D. Butler, Clarence F. PearBOil, Robert M. Bruce, George B.
Lord, Percival C. Sides.
Music-Chairman Wor. Leon
Robinson, Ernest L. Cook, Fred Windie, Jr., Ernest P. Bilbruck, John S.
Mitchell, Chauncey B. Hoyt, John \V.
Mitchell.
Souvenirs - Chairman Chester L.
Clough, J. Wallace Lear, Lewis E.
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' .Ji~i~~ii.~i!~J~~::--:-,-, Pendleton,
Thomas
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H. Eldredge.
C. Taylor, Hugh l'1-,~,,;1~,·:ir.-:~,.~i:,
�ERNEST P. BILilRUCK
Dlre.ctor of J\IasO'llic Choir
JOHN JI. YEATON
CHAPLAIN
Printing - Clrnlrm::in Rt. Wor. William B. Randall, Wor. George V.
Boss, Ralph H. Atwall.
Banquets Chairman Rufus W.
Ferguson, John H. Yeaton, Wllllam E.
Dennett, Thomas B. Ruxton, Walter
R. Harvey, Hugh H. Eldrcclge, Alvah
, C. Card, Raymond E. Bemis.
Costumes-Chairman Wor. narolcl
Marston, Wor. Harold W. Hodgdon ,
Raymond E. Bemis, Wilfred E. Young,
W. Coleman Pearson, G. Clifton Seavey.
. Decorations-Chairman William F.
Tilton, Wor. Edward H. Riley, A1·lhur
F. Wood.sum, William W. Seaward.
Harold Weston, Roland A. Sukeforth,
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Willis P. Gray.
els P. Tu cker.
Officers 1736
Wor. Mast.er-George Mitchell
Senior W:ucten-Nathaniel Fellows
Junior Warden-Robert Hart
Treasurer-Henry Sherburne
Secret.ary-Jonnthan Loggjn
Tyler_'._Joseph Moses
Officers 1936
Entertainment-The Executive Committee.
Press-Chairman.
Wor
George
B.
War\l, . Philip Sanderson.
Cachet-Chairman Ralph H. Atwell
Properties -
D. Grace, 'Albert 0. Hunt, Frederick
E. Harmon, Howard R. Smith, C.
Waldo Pickett, Thomas ·w. Luce, Arthur F. Cook, Byron C. Howard,
Ralph T. Wood, Frederick D. Gardner, ,
Charles L. Beaton, Israel H. W~shburn, Clarence deRochemont,
Chairman Rob~rt M.
Wor. Master-George B • Ward
Senior Warden William F. Tilton
Junior Warden-Rufus W. Ferguson
Treasurer-Harry H. Foote
Secretary-R. W. William B. Randall
Chaplain-John H. Yeaton
Chaplain-Elvin Robert Newton
Senior Deacon-Ralph H. Atwell
Junior Deacon-William E. Dennett
Marshal-Wor. Harold A. Marston
Senior Steward-Walter R. Harvey.
Junior Steward-Raymond E, Bemis
Organist-Fred Windle, Jr.
Senlor Tyler-Willis F. Pinder
Junior Tyler-Chester L. Clough
Rep. to Grand Loclge-Wor. Harold
A. M~.rston
Standing Commlttee-R. W. ChaunCE'y C. Hodgdon, Wor. G. Victor
Boss.
Herrick
Aids-Chairman Walter R. Harvey,
Frank D. Gillespie, A. Roland Hinkley, Lewis M. McNeil, C. LaRoy Fullford, Justin 0. Worton, Ralph F. Ham,
Edward H. Paterson, Chnuncey M.
Smith, Howard J. Blake.
Corresponding Secretary-Gernld D.
Foss.
Reception - Wor. George B. Ward,
chairman, Rt. Wor. Albert R. Junkins, Rt. Wor. William B. Ranclall,
Rt. Wor. Chauncey C. Hodgdon, Wor.
Frederick Watkins; Wor. Fred I.
Brown, Wor. Scott Somerville, Wor·.----========-----Reglr'lald E. Goldsmith, Wor. Charles
H. A. Amhoff, Wor. John C. Durgin,
Wor. Allen C. deRochemont, Wor.
Edward H. Riley, Wor. Maurice 0.
Richards, Wor. Harold W. Hodgdon, ,'.he ~aS-OJllo Temple prese~ts t\ baauWor. O. Victor Boss, Wor. Leon A. tlful filottii.•e at night when elactrlRoblnson, Wor. ·Harold A. Mar st on, daJiy tiiumina.ted by large flood lights ·
Wor. John Squire, Wor. Charles H.
Brackett, Sr., Henry L. Green, Amon ai'i•anged ln conneotlon with the bl~
oentcnnlal oelebratlon of Saint John's
• o. Benfield, Benjamin Green; Fred .-·~d
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A. Gray, Arthur M. Clark, Richman '.J\I lll, 0 1' : •
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P. Margeson, George Para.s. •Arthur f:, ·.dlton, supe1lntend.ent of dlstiibu-:
B. Duncan, William Craig, Charles E. t!P;} for the ~ew . Itamp~hlre Gaa &
Lewis, Frederick ·H. Delano, Rev. E. ~UiJtrl\) C<;>mpany and Wllllam Seawton Asa c. Craig WIiliam Wl\r,\1 are in oharge ot t~e ~ame, ~sji,ii!i~,-,~~~;.;,;:•~9~.J .slsted by an able oommlttee.
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Appre~tic·e Degree - Judge
~c·hatles;J~ Pe·ttingell Gives Ad. ~res~
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by Klngsbury
CHAUNCEY . C. HODGDON
who represented Geo1·ge Mitchell,
First Master
Jet us hope that at the· end of that
period Saint John's lodge will cele1•
brate its tercentenary. It will still
have its Revolutionary heroes to be
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-th_.a_n_ru_·:-v-e-rs;..a_r_y"
' ~mm"no:;:;n-;;:g~~e:-'T.a:":r:;;g::e-g;a~t1h:::e:;:rii':·n;":;g-;---;:w;;;a~s1'l proud of. But what of the hundred
'~bservit'n~e. ,of ~Saint ' john's Lodge ' of Rufus M<;:Lellan ' of I Glouceste.r, Mass., years from now until then? Wlll the
M ·· last evening
the exem- who was made a mason in September, lodge, will Masonry, have an enviable
' p•11.~~oc:i~n elf° the ,.entered ,appre_ntlce 1864 and , ls 95 years old. During the history to look back upon? The ansWer ls in our hands, ,b rethren; hisi:1
, ~gree by past :Officers: o! . the lo~ge_ 71 years .l n _masonry ,· l1e h as b een aswho . w.ere· attired -in Colonial costume soclated ·\yith Ashier Lodge o! Glou- tory 1s still to be made and the op, .. '
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portunity ls · -ours to make it.
a~d •r~l)rtes:ntmg ,e e,a:rlf offl:er~,
• The ,·events
of . the evening· opened
"And when that time comes and
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Those -, taking :- part t in the degre~ .with · a turkey banquet followed , by the brethren of those days recite
last-·,evening as ~hose they represe?,t ed an address by Judge Charles I. the events of the past, may they liRY
are as, follows: • ' ·· ,
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, Pett!ngell of Amesbury, Mass., a · past of us, that · at a time when there
R. , vi.- ch'auncey Hodgdon; ,:.' .Master_ district deputy grand master of Mas- was a weakening of moral fibre, when
George Mitchell, Master, ;1736 · sachusett.s who took for ):li8 subject, the foundations of society were
,Yvor. 'E'ciward Rile.y .'. ,Sen'iiir W~rqen "Masonry, .Coming and Going.:'
: threatened because of the abandon.,. Nath~niel Fellows, S. W., 1736,. . . ; Judge . Pettingell ,presented a vivid m.ent of the principles of honesty and
wor. Maurice Richards .. Junior -w:arcten ·picture . of the - c):langes in the homEt decency, these brethren led the fight
R.obert H9:r~i J,_. W; 1736. ,
to.dar ·. bro,u ght ~bout , _by the auto- to maintain standards and to restore
Francis Tucker . . . . . . . . ._. Treasurer mobile, . movie . and radio. ·
decency and morality. And how did
Henry" Sherburne, Trflas·. 1736
· ,"What the wQrld needs today," he they clo It? By practicing out o! the
·R. W. V{Jii ..B. Rand~ll ' :·:.- _--; Secretary said Is Ahrift, ,honesty, a right mind lodge the lessons lnculcat.ed in It. By
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: J'ohn Loggin, ' Sec.: 1736. ·.
arid· the .willlngriess to face thEt . facts being Masons, in principle a.s well as
At capture of Louisburg, , 1745 ·
and ' make flrm decisions on morality. In name, by r emembering that the
Eugene E. Lamson . : .. :: . .: ·one.plain Th8 ' time ls 'coming when Masonry duty we owe to <;iod, to country, to
Rev. Arthur Browne, Queens -C,h apel must . insist upon the brethren stand- neighbor . and to self requires us to
Ralph 'Af:.veI(_,, '." -;::- senior , Deacon i~g ,!or what ' the· fraternity teaches. be above i;elfish conslcieratlons and
· ' .John Mills, · signer,·· of Pnc?
we·' cannot hope to bolster up Ma•• matters of expediency,
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. letter, ,· 1735 · ·
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sonry except by the adherence to
"A few .hundred Masons actuated by_
Wor. ·HaroJct · Hodgdon ...Junior Deacon morality and those things . for which such a sense of duty, and living in
i Robert Brough, si~ner,: _
of, ;'rice , . Mason,ry has always stood. ThEI accordance with !ts dictates, would
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letter, : } . .(' · '. . strength · of Masonry is not in nu~~ uert In this or any similar cornmun-.
BenJam!\1 _•: H. · ~obert_s ·' ...,. · · · ._Mar~h~l bars or properties but in the fidelity ity an ltreslstible moral force.
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· , Joriathii,n Nailer, sigIJ,er :. of Pr.ice ·• of the Individual Mason to the lessons
"While we may not be able to
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.le~ter,; ' '.7 · , · . ' he has been taught." ' . .
· return to the conditions of the ear.Frederi91¼.W. : Bndle ...-s,en'ior:..steward , Judge _. Pettingell also criticized the lier days, we can, by insisting upon
-,., Thom¥ Colman, signer - of Price
automobile of today as a mixed the practice of what we know ls
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blessing and _ sc:>rod those who ftid right, help in the creation ,of new
Ra,ym~ 'El .. Be_mis .:: .Jun~or S t eiya,rd In gr:J,ft and cv...--t·uption In public l!fo. conditions, •even better than those of
'fwmi ly~bterbury; _}lgner
.. ,oJ -~ rice,,, He declared that often when a re- ol<t. holding more of decency, more of
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{ •.:,: · ·.letter_, · 17,3~ ~ · , ·. :st: 8pondent • ls arrested for drunken justice, more of hope. To accomplish
,Wor. Le~n_: A.· ~qbi~son ... · · -~ _rg~m driving tho first move ths individual this we need thrift, honesty, clean. Wllll~p:i Grogan, ,s igner of Pnce • makes ls to endeavor to find some- thinking, right living, and cletermlna.
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lett!!r,. 1736
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body with a pull who wlll endeavor tlon to end lmmoral conditions of
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every nature and wherever they may
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In closing Judge Pettingell said: be found. In what other secular in. Dur1P:g the meetl,qg the Wor .. Mas:- Let us look ahead one hundred yearn; stitutlon can you find lessons taught
ter of ~St, John's, '; read a teJegram
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from H.LStylifs Bi;Jdges,' .a member o!
these -same qualities; what the world
the fraternity, ,, <;ongratulat41g the
needs today Is just what Masonry
lodge •o.n . its ., 200th annlversary,. ~ -has to give.
wa,s.
unsettled
�Rcproducl,lon of home o! Henry Sherburne, ;hll're St. ·John's Lodge first met,
!rem photo by Wal ter Staples of painting by H. M. s. Harlow.
Wee, The unde1 nnmed persons o than a copy of the "Old Oharges' GEORGE MITCHEl,L
the holy nml Exquisite Lodge o:f St. RS well as lmprlnt, the evidence is
.First Master of St. John's Lodge
John do request a deputation and consistent with the belief, that whUe
Masonry nas B great oportu:11ty. Its power to hold n Lodge According to as the date named the lodge mu.st
future ls in our hands. WhRt, are we order ns Is and has been granted to have been some years in ,existencefaithful Brothers in all parts of the its origin may have reached back -even
golpg to do about lt?"'
World; wee have our Constitutions to the 17th century.
named ln print and manuscript as
Mackey, ln his "Histor-j of Freema-,
l\lodel of 'America'
Through the kindness -of the omcers good and as ancient, as any that Eng- sonry," says: "I think the petition 'to
Henry Price may be taken as fair
or the Portsmouth AthenR.eum, St. land ran nffordWorthy Sir-wee request ye above evldence that 1n . •1736 there were
John's lodge 1s exhibiting with a. great
-deAl ot interest, a mode1 of the ship as a fnvour hearing that there Is A brethren 1n New Hampshire (meeting
Masons ln a lodge) who · possessed
Amerlca., which was built ln Ports- Superior Lod!!e held in Boston, and
mouth by order or the British gov- If Granted, it will encourage us, to .a copy (or print) of the English Conernment. The contract for constructing keep a Constant correspondance, by stltutlons, published 1n 1723, 'ltS well
this vesJSel wns given to Co!onel Na- communicating our brotherly a!fec• '11.S a ··erslon of an older set' o:f laws in'
thaniel Meserve of Portsmouth. She · tlons, one to another once a Quarter, M. s., thus pointing to the passlble
which Concludes us as we -Ought existence or the lodge at :even an -earllwas of forty-four guns and was the
! er period that the Graz1d Lodge era·
third ,ghl.p of war· bullt· at this port. Gentn. Your Obedient -Servants! of 1716-17."
Thia i mo<lel 1s a bcauLiful piece or ye 5 Dny 1735.
Robt Brough
workmanship, p1anked up as the vesTho: COleman
sel would be, except that the planks
John F. Mills
of the upper deck, 11s well, r.s of the
Jonathan Nailer
f.orecastle 1md quarter-deck, are le!t
W!llm Canterbury
<1ff Lo show the -1~r1or construction.
Willm Grogan
The -. America was·. launched on May
The original manuscript of the
-4, 17t9. She was sent to London un-der convoy ,11,S soon as completed, hav- .above Is preserved in the archives of .
dng only one tier of guns mounted. the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Whlle ahe was belng outfitted St. · and a frnmed photograph of it can
John's Lodge held three meetings I be seen in the social quarters of Saint
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on board of her: October 26, 1749, John's Lodge, No. 1.
when Mr. Farr was made nnd passed,
Prevlous to 1752 the calendar year
and Mr. Kipling made; December 4, began in l\hrch :rnd ended 1n Febru1Ti9, w~~ Brothers Smith, Pascal, .ary; thus February 5, 1735, on the
above mentioned document was realWallace, Jenness and Cnmpble, were
ly the fifth day of the la.st month of
"made Masters by a vote of ;e lodge,"
· that year. The request of these brethand on December 11, 1749, another ren was granted and on the 24th of
the tollowlng June (1796) Saint John's
meellng was held on bonrd.
Lodge No. l. became a regular body
working under the warrant petitioned
The Beginning of Masonry in
for and granted by Right Worshipful
Portsmouth
Henry Price. It.s records are pr&crved
On February 5, 1735, the following dating from 1739 to the present tlme,
letter was sent to Right Worshipful and- are the most complete possessed
Henry Price, Provincial Grand Mas- by any Masonic body in the country.
ter of New England:
As the brethren who had l\.fflxed
To the Right Worshipful & Wor- their signP t ures to this letter stated
shlpful-Henry Price, Grand master
they possessed "Constitutions" In 1---------------.,-""'.'""'!·
o! the society of Free and Accepted that
manuscript-which it 1s hardly posMason's held in Boston, and to ye sible could have been anything else
rest of the Brothers Greeting-
as
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�-if,or.tsmouth. ·.N. H. '.was' ·:aettled 1n'
1629. 'T.be early comers to 'these ~
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wel'e • ehe!lly from 'EQg18.nil. -:It ·:is. nat-'
urai that .the - fo1lowhlg .'Bhaulil be'
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'the same qourrtry, .and it'·is ()b-j
v'ious that .amo1:1g tho.se who ,cariie to,
tlµs. localitN ·. e~lY . in . 1700 :shotild
,SQme who .had .r¢elv.e~ 'the :Masar.Jc;
<deal'ees '1n. 'EDg1aDd .at1d Scotland, ·anti,
bf&trgnt .with them .co 'ie8 ·o ! ·the 0111'
be:
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PAST MASTERS OF
ST. JOHN'S LODGE
FOR 200 YEARS
HAROLD W. HODGDON
The following is the list of Wor$,ipful Masters who have . Berved
-Ch~rges. What would be' the· inevitable! Saint · John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F.
result cl a number of these -b rethren & A. ~- during the past two lmnmeeting ,o.[\othese distant ·s hores? The dred years:
answer ls: the forming of a Mason1736-1742-~orge Mitchell.
10 lodge for ~he ·mak1ng of masons of
1743-1745-John Wentworth
those •inclined to seek for .Ma;sonic
1746-1755-~rge .Mitchell.
knowledge, and to enjoy the •good fel1755-1756-Nathaniel Peirce
lowship 'that has ,a bounded from time
1757-1763-Willlam Peari;on.
immemorial wherever Masons met.
1764-1766-Hugh Hall Wentworth
From iglimpses we have had of the
1767-1768-Samuel 'Wa_rner
records ,, of tJ:tls old lodge, · we can
1769-1771-Hall Jackson
draw a picture of . -0ne of these · :1772-177~amuel Llv.e rmore
a,ncient gatherings, and in,> fancy .see · ;1774-1177-Samuel 'Sherburne ·
:those :·· oonvivial· .spirlts
gatb~red
1778-.1789-Hall Jackson .:
around- the.:i.Junior Warden's ·st~ion
1790-John Sull!van
d
during .the hour -of. refreshments, aD · ,, 1791.;'.,,'.,ffall Jackson
enjoying tbe ' mivture, ,p repared by him
1792-1795-Nathaniel AdamB
in. the ''.J.ignumvitae" punch _bowl; ~e
1796 _1797-element storer ,
believe that · the compound was ex1798-Edward st. Loe , Li,vermor6
trem'e1y .satisfying ·and 'we .a!so believe ·. 1799_:_John Mcclintock"' ·
-t hat the ,b rethren who lived in th-OS e
1soo-samuel: ·Larkin
days .and -enjoyed ,the •customs <>f th at
-1 801-Thoma.s Thompso:n- .
period, ·never .Jost ·s ight ot _the mean- · '1802-1803-Edward J. Long.
ing ,of the . first cardinal . virtue.
1804-Samuel Larkin 1 ,, ,
·S a.int John's Lodge, No. 1, has :th e
1805-Lyman Spaulding . .
written ,ew.dence , that ;gives .its birtll ' 1solJ'.:.-Joseph wmard 1<R1v.)
as J.une · '24, · 1736, .and . .an uninter1807-Benjaroin Brierly
lSOB-'lS09-George F. Richards (Rev)
411ptea exlStence to the _present day.
By tradition, ·s urmise, conjecture, or
1810-:.-Benjamin Brierly
b_ellet, .it might be said that •it was
1811-Daniel D. Akerman
bom .. many years before. We ·th~k ,1812-1814-Samuel Larkin
that ,but ·one other lodge in America,
1815-1816-John Davenpqr\
working under :a lawful wan.ant, :ante- ' 1817-1818-Samuel Larkin
dates,,us--Saint John's _Lodge ·of Bos1819-John Locke .
ton, Mass., ;recognized a.s our Mo ther
1820-1821-Samuel Larkin
lodge.
·
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1822-1824-James Ladd.
A journey through the Masonic his1825-1826-Sylvester Melcher
tory 1>f this 'old lodge is :an enter1827-Joseph Warren Whlt-e
ta.ining one .and brings t-0 vie~ the
.1828-John s. Davis .
_glorious ~life of , this •orga~izat!on, .on , 1829-Robert Gray
,whose rolls are written ,the names of · 1830-Samuel Cushma.n
not only many of the. •p rominent men
lllal-Robert Smith
'Of the community, bu~ a1so many who
have distinguished themselves through
the· life of ()ur Re ubllc. ·
·~ho ·repr<esented _Robert _B rough_,
1832-Robert Morrison
1833-1837-John Christle
1840-1841-Josiah G. Hadley
1842-Thomas Clapham
1843-George W. Towle
1844-John Knowlton
1845-1847-Albert R. Hakh
1848-Henry F. Wendell.
1849-1852-John Dame
1853-John Trundy
1854-1855-David Philbrook
1856-Horace Webster
1857-David Philbrook
1858-1859-John R. Holbrook.
1860-1861-0liver G. Fernald
1862-1863-Washington , Fretm:m
1864-1865-Benjamin 1F. Webster
.1866-1867-Thomas E. o. Marvin
1868-1869-Samuel S. Fletcher
1870-1871-John H. Cheever
1872-1873-Willlam B. Grogan
1874-1876-John W. Dame
1877-1879-Thomas J. Mitchtll
1880-1881-Willlam H. Lovell
1882-1883-Howe Call
1884-1885-W!lliam G. Billings
1886-1887-Edward W. Riley
1888-1889-Alllert R.. Junkins.
1890-1892-John D. Randall
1893-1895-Frank J. Philbrick
1896-1897-John · F. Magraw
1898-Fred L. Smart
1899-1900--Albert H. Sides
1901-1902-Frederick Wa tkins
1903-1905-Fred I. Brown.
1839-Robert Smith
1906-Allen · H. Knapp
1907-1908-Fred c. Tucker
1909-1911-William B. Raml all
1912-1913-Fred E. Peckham
1914-1915-George I. Googin,s
1916-Alblon T. Parker
1917-1918-Scott Somerville
1919-Reginald E. Goldsmith
1920-Charles H. A. Amholf
1921-1922-John W. Durgin
1923-Allen O. deRochemont
1924-Chauncey C. Hodgdon
1925-Edward H. Riley
1926-Maurice O'N Richards
1927-1928-Harold W. Hodgdon
1929-Arthur _w. Muche1!1ore
1930-1931-~orge V. Boss
1932-Leon A. Robinson
1933-1934-Harold A. Marston
1935-James R. Baird.
1936-George B. Ward
�011tstanclln&"
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Speaker
William ·Moseley Brown, who will
give the principal address of the b!centenial 1s one of the most prominent educato
.and writers · in the
country. He was born In Lynchburg,
Va., educated In the public z;chool of
Danville, Va~ graduated with the degre or A. B. from Washington and
Lee In 1914; A. M. in 1915. He became
1mtrucor or German and Biology at
Washington and Lee; and .left there
to serve in the war a.a 2nd Lt 1n the
Air Service. He later was at Columbia
University and later returned as
Professor or Psychology and Eaucatlon
at Wa.shlngton and Lee. In 1929 he
became President or A tlanUc - University.
He ha.s also been , connected with
George Washington University, Uni-·
versity of Virginia; University of
Guadalajara, Mexico; president of the
Virginia Academy ot Sclence; :a:tember of the as.50Clation for advance-
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200 h NN VE SARY
Distinguished Visitors·, Here Today-Cos 1:1med fficers Conferre
Fello craft egree I
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Last ven1ng
ment or acience;
life membe; o1
National Education Asoclation and
11nstitut Hitorique et Heralldque (Paris)
and the Author's Club of London. be
sides numerous other asroclations of
research, etc. Ma.sonically he was been
th<> n-r>,'rlinit officer of every grand
Ill
Today is being observed M
Grand--=--=--==--=:--:----:::--=-=,---,----=-.....,,.., body in bolh the York and Scottish
l-0dge Day by &t-. John's Lodge, No. l,
M. W. Halsey C. Edgerton, Gran 11w,,,._., and in 1934-1935 .5ervec1 as grand
A. F. & A. M., in connection wit,h
the
Ma~ler nnd member of ~rand \ ma~ter of the Grand Lodge of Vir:toth nnnlversary o~n-ance.
Lodge.'
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glnia .•
Han-y M. Cheney of Concord, gr:intl Wor. Willis S. _Solley, ._t. Johns L.o<lge,
secretary of the Grnnd Lodge of New
Soulh Berwick.
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Have Laid Followinr Cornerstones
Hampshire "'Ill give ?.n ddr ~
_ Wor ErncsL rt. Brookinrs, SL Johns
It is Interesting and timely to know
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e~' en
Lodge, Springfield, Yt.
that saint John's Lodge, No. 1, which
Wor. Robert C. Lawton, t. ohn's is observing its bi-centennial this
Lod~e. Newport, R. I.
week, has participated 1n the Jaylng
Wor. George Werner, St. John's or the cornerstones or the following
Lodge, Newark, N. J.
Portsmouth buildings:
Wor. Winthrop E. Nightingale, St.
st. John's Church.on June 24, 1807,
John's Lodge, Boston, Mass.
by M. w. Thomas Thompson, grand
M. W. William Moseley Brown,
master; the former Methodist Church,
Clarenden, Virginia.
~ituated on State street, Ma.y 21, 1827,
M. w. Henry R. Gillis, Grand Master o! Maine.
l\:I. W. William J. B?.Jlou, Grand
Master of Vermont.
M. W. Albert Knight, Grand Mast r
of Rhode Island.
M. W. Claude L. Allen, Grnnd Master of Massachusetts.
Invoc11tion • . . . • . • Grl\Dd Chaplain
I
Lord's Prayer . . . . . . • , . . . Quartette
Addr&s of Welcome
• . . Wor Master St. John's Lodge
Respon.•e . . • I. W. Halsey Edgerton
Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quartette
St. Anclrew's Lodge, No. 56
........... Wor. Frederick Beals
Our First Masonic District,
. . . • • R. W. Chauncey Hodgdon
nemarks .. Masters st. John's Lodges
Address-"The Background of Old St.
\V1LLIAJII Il. RAJ\"DJ\LL
John's Lodge" .. M W Harry Cheney
Master nt 175th Annivu-sary
Banquets-5 .30 and 6.45 p. m.
C~lebratlon, 1!111
1:uslcal Selections at 7.45 ..•. Quartette
t!tled "The Background Qf Old
Historical Tableau
Wor. Reginald Goldsmith
John's," at the afternoon session, while
thl.1! evening there will be an historical . lar Spangled Banner
tableau, followed by an address or Mo.st Remnrks ..... Grand Master of N. E.
Wor. William Moseley Brown of Clar- Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Quartette
erdon, Vt., grand master of the Grand Address
by R. W. Samuel Cushman, depu
. . . . M. W. William Moseley Brown
L-0dge or Virginia.
grand master, acting for M.
Toast....
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.Officers
The program for today ~ being obJames F. Dana, grand master; Custo
or
Officers,
1911
urved a.s follows:
ouse building and post.office, May
Selection Schubert Q~tt-e, Boston
, by M. W. George H. Bubb
Reception
master·
urch
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�McKean, grand master: Church ot
Christ <Unlversalist), Oct 23, 1896, by
M. w.·Henry A. Marsh, grand master.'
Masonic Temple, June 6, 1928, .M:. w.
Melvin Dresser, grand . master. The
lodge also participated 1n the laying of the cornerstone of the House
of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders, at Manchester, by M.
1W. Alfred Greeley, grand master on
j July 4, 1856, and that of the M;tho1
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cm, w ere the Grand Lodge o! New
Hampshire was formed; Organist, Pa.st
Master Leon A. Robinson
as Capt.
John Cochran, who commanded the
historic Fort William and Mary at New
Cs.stle; Tyler Willis s. Pinder as Robert Traill, who was comptroller of the
i;ort under the British.
Rufus McLellan, 95, of Gloucester
and a member o! the Masonic !ratemlt;
for 71 years, was present and was inl !ted by Worshipful Master George B.
v:ard to ma1:e a few remarks.
•flYBNG STAGE'
HERE .TONIGHT
Member Reception Committee
dist church, in Rochester, by M.
W. John H. Rowell, grand master,
-OD
Aug. 1, 1867,
La.st evening the offlce."'.S ot the lodge,
in co.stume, representing officers of the
lodge who were among those 1n the
1
regiment of New Hampshire troops, a
part o! the expedition which etfecte1
tl..e capture of Louisburg in 1745,
worked the Fellowcraft Degree on twJ
can{llcates under the dlrecUon of Worffiip!ul Master George· B. Ward, who
represented Nathaniel Peirce, who
served as master in 1756. The ca.ndica.tes, also 1n . costume, represented
ThQmaa West ancr . Joµn . Ma.dgbshon,
g m ~ of the sloop o! war ·Beaver.
<>then to take pa,;t and who th~y
. npresented were: Senior Warden William F. Tilton as-William Pearson; J,in!01 Warden Ru!tis W. Ferguson 113 John
Coultas; 'T.reasu.--er Harry H. Foote ~s
Sa~uel Solly; secretary Rt. W-0r.-Williain B. Randall Ill! Thomwi Durant;
C:t>aola:n John H. Yeaton a.s Rev. Ar-·
thur Brown, who served as rect-0r or
ma.st.er -0f the lodge from 1763 to 1766;
Senior Deae-0n Ralph H. Atwell, who
l'epresented . Hugh Hall Wentworth,
maaster o! the lodge from 1763 to 1766;
Jt;nlor Deacon Wi111am E. Dennett • as
Wyseman Clagett,
king's attorney;
Marsh'al, Past Master Harold A. Marston as Maj. Robert Rogers, who commanded a company of Rangers in 1756;
Senior13teward Walter R. Harvey as Jo' .seph Tyler, initiated Aug. 1, 1755 and
first master o! Massachusetts Lodge,
Boston; Junior Steward Raymond .I!'.
~ as John Stavers, proprietor or
the. Earl -0! Hali!ax-Wllliam Pitt Tav-
''The Portsmouth Flying Stag.?
Coach" will appear on the streets o!
Portsmouth this evening in COilllection
\\'lth the 200th.-anniversary celebratlon
of St. John's Lodge or M11.Sons. Bartholomew Stavers will be ·th.e driver Md the
.s-t;ge will recall the journey from Bos•
t-On. by way of Lafayette road and the
Earl ot Halifax Tavern, of four dlstin•
gulshed vi.sit.ors, who yisite<l St. John's
l,uclge lfe.arly 200 years ag-0.
. .The visitors to be represented are
Hem':i Price, provincial grand master,
w:t:o ~anted the charter to St. John's,
ll.lld Robert Thoml!nsqn, who succeeded
Frlce as grand master in 1739 and Hugh
¥cPaniei and
Robert Jenkins, past
m.asters o.f St. John's Lodge of Boston.
Tbe 'FlYing' stage, with !ts four
torre5 will pass the Masonic Temple :it
i.30 p. m., and proceed to the Earl cf
Hallfax Tavern on Court street, form~r
meeting place of St. John's Lodge. Following the v!sit to the tavern, they wm
proceed through to
State -street, up
Daniels, to Congress, to Middle stre(!t
m:,d the Temple, where the guests wm
r~ive a royal welcome. Following the
1 eception the Master Mason degree will
te worked by past district deputy grand
masters of this district, representing
P...evolutl.on
F'a;;.,;t;;;.ri..;·o;;;ts;;::._ _ _ __ ..:i.
SPECIAL CACHET
ISSUED TODAY
The special cachet, sponsored by the
St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. and A.
M. of thls city, appeared today-St.
John's Day. There was a demand from
all parts of the country !or this spec!Al cachet. Most of the orders were
from out-of-town, but several of the
stamp collectors, and cachet collectons
locally .gave their orders for the envelope when issue<!,
The cachet contains an illustration
of the Masonic Temple 11.nd Masonic
Home printed In blue.' Above, set in the
frame of the picture is a seal and on
one .side of the seal is a trowel and
on the other an hour glass. Below the
picture is the -name of the lodge and
number with the address. The final
two lln~ of the cachet states that
the cachet is issued "Commemorating
Its Two Hundredth Anniversary,'' June
24, 1936. The signature o! George B.
Ward, master of th e lodge, ls also
on the envelope.
A small number of the cachets were
franked with the
Sullivan stamp,
which Wa.!l issued in 1929, John Sullivan, who was a general in Revolutionary days, was at one time mast.er
of the lodge .
The. cachet ls the work of Ralph Atwell, an officer ln the lodge, and a
stamp collector. He, with his committee, spent a great deal o! time and
etfort in arranging for the issuance of
this .special cachd, one of the very
few ever ~sued from Portsmouth.
�Attend
eef' gs n Co,mnec·t~
ith
ra~
200th A inive1rsa1ry Cel~b_
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Photo by, ,Kingsbury
IP'•• PEA'RSOM'
)Executive Commltti)e
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Lewis E. Pendleton M Wiseman C'lag-~c,..:.:.,, ....... .,,,....c,"'•"' ,.!~"ft,;:;}.Jt~
gett, the king's attorney; Everett L.
Marston as Ca.pt. John Cochrane, who
commanded the British troops at Fort
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banquets
:v~s
.~el'Ved
ln
two
sessions
William
~ew Castle; J.
Tl1~ Grand ""'dg, o,iy progrAitL
Wallace and
Lear Mary,
as William Whipple,
held in connection w1f.l1 t.110 20,0th to accommo<111.te th e gath ering:
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the
Declaration
or InFruit Cup
a s gner 0
nniversary ,of Saint Tolm'::i Lodga,
st 1
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Fried Chickrn, Southern
Ye
dependence; Lewis M. McNe
as
No. l. A. F. & A. M, Wl.l-~ concludert Olives
Radishes Elijah Hall; Edward H. Paterson as
last evening with n lnr~cly flttcndcrt
CC'lt>ry
Nathaniel
McCllntock;
Frederick
meeting at the Masonic Temple wm1
Cranberry sauce
Rolls
Bridle as Thomas Thompson; R. L.&-::'lfl'l~l!lt~
grand masters of fi'I New Engla.nd
PeRs
String Beans
Sukeforth a.s Jeremy Cross; Benja•"ll'll.-'"'•si.•·•·"~,tatc~ attending.
Delmonico potatoes
min F. Beane as George Richards; ~:'2i:·i.;;,i•:~•'f,,
Tile activities of the day opened· at
Lobster Salad
Morrison w. Weston as Thomas Gay
2.30 o'clock • when a reception Wa.'J
Banana Fritters, cherry sauce
and John Pearson as Thomas R.
tendered the visit!n~ dignitarleg,
Parker House rolls
Holbrook. Rt. Wor William B. Randall
, Following invocation by Rev. Wit:~
Bnllrd nuts
Bon bons
and DJ.strict Deputy Grand Master
il!\m Porter Niles of Nnsliua, grand
Frozen Pudcllng
Harlequin
Chauncey c. Hodgdon also took part
chaplain of the Grmid Lodge of New
Sherberts
1n last night's tableau 1n their reHampshire, . Wor. Master Ward of _St.
A1;.•orted cookies
spective c-a.padties. Mr. Randall reJohn's Lodge extended tha nddres~
Coffee
Cigars
celvea a tremendous ovation which
of welcome. The response was by
lasted sevel'1ol minutes as he entered,
Grand Master Halsey C, Edgerton of
Tablf'att D,-picted
a pleasing :feature t.o one who hu
Hanover.
Afterwards fhere was an historical done so much for old St. John's lodge
Greetings were . extended from _St. tableau presented under the direction during his me.
Andrew's lodge, No. 56, who present_cd of Reginald E. Goldsmith. Nearly 30
After the singing of "Star - Spanthe lodge wltli a · new Blbl~, tho g,l ft took part ln the tableau, with Chester gled Banner," remarks were, made
()f St. Andrew's Lodge. DLstrlct Dep•• L. C. Clough representing General by the Visiting grand mast.el'll of
uty Grand Master Chauncey O. John Sullivan, first grand master of New England. 'nle!e including Gcand
Hodgdon, a past mnster of St, John'.~ New Hampshire and Rev. Elvin Rob- l\Caster Halsey o. Edgerton of New
lodge, brought greetlng:i from the ert Newton portraying Rev. Arthur Hampshire, Grand Mastel' Claude L.
l"!rst Masonic dlstrlct.
Browne, rector of Queen's chapel on Allen of Massachusetts, Grand Mas~
Afterwards there were greetings Old strawberry Bank from 17~6-1773 ter Albert Knight of Rhode Island.
by the worshipful masters of the inclusive.
Grand Master ·Henry R. Gillis of
varlou., St. John's lodges in the East. Others taking part and who they Maine and Grand Master William. J.
Those to bring felicitations were represented 'l\'ere Benjamin Roberts Ballou of Vermont. The address o:f
Winthrop E. Nightingale or St. John',1 or Claremont as Henry Price lo the evening was given by past grand
todgo or Boston, Mass: Wlllls Solley whom ns grand master of the Pro- Master of Vlrgin1a, Willi.am Moseley
of St. John's Lodge, South Brnil'lck, vlncial Grand lodge of New England Brown or Clarenden, Va. which was
l),Je., Emest R. Brookings of St. the brethren of St. John's lodge acl- one of the most out~tandlng Ma.John's lodge of Springfield, Vt., l-'f,Qb- dressed its letter Feb. 5th, 1735 pet!- sonic addre.sses ever heard in this city.
erj; C. Lawton of St John's Lodge of tlonlng !or 11. charter which was re- Mr. Brown has a wonderful personal-....,·•,•-=~·~
l'fewport, R. I., nnd George W. Werner Iceived 200 year ag0 yesterday; past ity, together with his interestin&
of St. Jo11n•9 Lodge ,)f New:r.rk:, N---:-J'.JMe.ster SCOtt Somerville as Robert stories and wit, surely proves a hlallThe principal l\ddrcs~ of the aft- Tomlinson; Francis P. -Tucker as light of the meeting.
ernoon session was ''The Background Hug McDan!els; past Master Allen de-1--~-~~--.i""""~..,...'"":"~"""'~-:,"li~''~'•::-; ,.'l'/.-""'ili.C'"l":
of Old St. John's" by Harry M. Rochemont as Robert Jenkins;. Eu.
Irene E. Lamson as George Mitchell,
Oheney · of Concord,. grand secretary\ttrst ma.ster or the lodge; past Master
ot New- Hamp.1hlre.
Edward H. Riley as Nathaniel Fel1-'ollowln!l the 'addre.'3.S the !ollowlng lows; past Ma..ster Maurice o. Richards as Robert Hart; Clarence F.
Pearson u Gov. Benning Wentworth;
on
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�Mr J 0 hn
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Greenleaf about !bring a.
room for the lodge.
by the Schubert quart.et of Bo.ston.
While these preparations were being
Where St. .John's Locl(e Bas Convened made the lodge met 1n the senate
In Its 200 Years of Extsunce
i:hamber <>f th State Bouse, located
■•-Wfflifl.lPNi-bilN <>n the Parade, untJl March 30 179!1
January iT,7139, on wliicli occasion when the room at Bother Gree~leaf•~
the lodge met at the house of Henry was ready.
Sherburne, until the year 1755, the
Here the lodge met until December
communications of the lodge were 5, 1803, when it was "Voted that St.
held at the homes of the following: John's Lodge will In company with
Capt. Stephen Greenleafe, John Eyres, the Grand Lodge o! New Hampi;hlre
,John Peacock,
Jonathan Nailer, rent the two chambers over the Fire
Nathaniel Shannon, Charles Gorwood, and Marine Insurance office !or
Thomas Durant, Capt Sherburne at lodge rooms" (now the Athenaeum
the Plains, John King and on several building.)
occasions 1n 1749 on board the ship
This was the home of Saint John's
America, then under construction for lodge until September 15, 1820, when a
the Royal Navy. On January 16, 1765, new Masonic hall, erecred by Langley
the records state that 'On the 15th of Boardman, was dedicated. This buildthis instant Brothers George Mitchell, ing stood where Freeman's block Is
Nathaniel Pier~e. William Pearson and now located and was called Franklin
Clement Jackrnn, according to a for- block, imd wa.s destroyed by fire in
mer vote of the lodge agreed with 1879 - Pythagoraa lodge and WashingJohn King for the hire o! his Jong ton Royal Arch Chapter, No 5, joined
chambers up two pairs of stairs In the with Saint John's In leasing the hall.
house where he now dwelleth, for the Later, DeWitt Clinton Commandery,
full term of three years, at twenty Knights Templar, and St. Andrew's
pounds old tenor per annum, and took Lodge, No. 56, occupied the 11parta lease of said King for the same." ment.s.
This Is the first mention in the recThe fraternity met here until July
ords of the lodge voting to lease an lll,l859, when a new hall, coru.tructed
apartment wherein it might meet reg- and fitted In Congress block, was dediularly. But the stay with John King cated by M. W. Moses Paul of Dover,
was not for long duration, for on Sep- Grand Master. It was not the fate o!
tember 4, 1755, we find the following th is hall to be the home of the !rain the records: "The lodge having met tern!ty for lo1;1g, as Congress block
with some affronts and insults from wa., de 5t royed by fire, December 1,
John King determined unanimously to 18 65. On December 6, 1865, the lodge
remove their lodge room in his house met in the Common Council chamaccordlngly removed from theme on ber, and thereafter in the United
the 15th day of October, 1755 to the states Court room until March 28,
house of Mr. John stavers, in Ports- 1867 , when a new hall was dedicated
mouth, In the Province of New Hamp- In Congress block, erected on the site
shire."
of the one destroyed by fire.
This bouse of Mr. stavers was
Saint John's Lodge met In this block
located on "Quee»s" street, now state in conjunction with the other Masonic
street, nearly opposite the head of bodies o! this city until June 4, 1924,
Washington street, before which hung (a period of !ifty-seven years) until
a sign bearing the portr&it of the It moved to a remporary lodge room
"Earl of Halifax,"' and from which tt fitted up in the building at 351 Midtook its name. Here the lodge met dle Street, acquired by the lodge
from October 16th, 1755, up to and In- through tbe generosity c,! its members.
eluding July 10, 1768, when the lodge
took the following vote:
"That the
Here it met until the present ternlodge should be moved to the house ple was oompleted by the lodge and<
of Isaac Williams, and said lodge was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of
accordingly moved."
New Hampshire. Melvin Dresser ot
They met here until March 31, 1768, Berlin, as grand master. Wednesday,
when the records state that it wa.s November 28, l928, in which beaut!tu1
"Voted unanimously that the lodge be place it has since remained and will
removed to the house of Bro. John Ull doubtedly be an abiding Jl]ace tor
Stavers at the Earl of Hall!ax tavern." r g_en_ e_r:-'a"".
.' tio
---,:
nsmto
~,,;c:.:o.:;
m~e.~.....- The tavern referred to here Is now
standing, though somewhat remodeled, on the corner of Atkinson and
Court streets. It was erected by John
Stavers in 1767 on & plot of ground
pu1chased from Theodore Atkinson,
and on a high post on the northeast
comer was put up the §..!gn o! the
"Earl of Halifax," whlch had been so
conspicuous in front of the former
hotel on State Street. During the
throes of the Revolution the sign was
retouched and the name of William
Pitt, the English commoner and defender of the colonists' rights, took
the place of the "Earl of Halifax."
The lodge room in this tavern was
the meeting place of the lodae until
October 31, 1781, when 1t met at
Brother Brewster'.s tavern. On March
1:5,1792, at Oreenleaf'a tavern, a committ:ee was appointed "to confer with
At both the afternoon and evening
programs special music was rendered
ALBERT G. HUNT
Receptlon_Committee
Distinguished Masons
~ong other Masonic cL.\illitaries &t
the ,meeting were: M. ~- Halsey
C. Edgerton:, grand mast.er; R. W.
-"''""'"'-" Alexander MacIntosh, deputy grand
ma.ster o! Berlin; R. W. Warren C.
Tucker o! Kingston; M. w. Bela.
Kingman, grand treasurer, o! New
market; M. W. Harry M. Cheney of
concord; , ~- W. Harry Noyes, past
grand master of Gorham; M. W. Allan M. Wilson of Manchester; M. W.
Frederick Sawyer of Franklin; M. W.
,Charles Wiggin of Malden, Ma.ss; M .
W. Orville E. Caln of Keene; Wor
Robert Laing of Manchesrer, 1L F.
Lovejoy of Bristol; Rev William P.
Niles of Nashua, grand chaplain, Rev
Chatles MacGregor o! Penecock,
grand chaplain; Wor Ben O. Aldrich
of Keene, grand sword bearer; Wor.
Luther Holt of Exeter; Fred W.
Philbrick of Concord, grand marshal;
and many other state grand officers.
Among the past masters o! Saint
John's lodge present were R. W. Al
bert R. Junkins; Wor. Frederick Watkln.s; Wor. Fred I. Brown; Wor. Scott
Somerville; Rt Wor William B. Randall; Wor. Reginald E. Goldsmith;
War. Charles H. A. Amhof!; War. I
John Durgin, Wor. Allen C. deRochemont, Rt- Wor Chauncey C. Hodgdon, Wor. Edward H. Riley; Wor.
Maurice 0. Richards; Wor. Harold
W. Hodgdon; Wor. George V. Boss;
Wor. I.eon A. Robinson; Wor. Harold
A. Marston.
Another feature and very impressive
ceremony was tbe drinking of the
toast to the .memory of the officers
of the yea.r.s 1911 from glasses used
every 25 , years by the officers for
this ]>urpose. R.W. William B. Randall, who served 25 years, ago as
master was the only one remaining
last evening to drink the toast. In conc1uslon a tea.st WB5 given in honor
of the officers who will served the
lodge in 1961, the occasion o! the
225th anniversary.
A feature -0f la.st night's o~rvance
wu the presence of Clarence M. deRochemont of Newington, William
R. Hyde of Lynn, Charles Howard
of Lynn and Rt. Wor. Albert R.
Junkins, .all who attended the 150th
amnvesaey celebmtlon in 1886.
�lUniqu_ ve1n·t I ar as· IEYetm•·
,Jolh1m's
ing's , r gra1m· In
Lodg
''The Flying Stage COAdl of Port-.r;~..9uth'' which two centuries ago r an
~tween this city and Bo.~t,on, again
appeared on the streets of the city last
evening t,o \.he delight of n va.-;t number of people who viewed it~ triumphl\l progress ns a part of the 200th aniliversa ry celebration of th st,. John's
J'.;odge, No. 1, A. F. and A. M ,
The coach was dr awn hy four handsome horsoo and driven by J. o. Wood ,
went from the city stable.; on L,lington street to Portsmouth Plain.'! and
t.hen returned bv wnv of Ls1favette
road and Middle stn-et,, x~i.s::mt; the
Ma11onlc Temple. It then. went l;o the
site of the hlstorlo Enrl of Halifax
Tavern at the corner of 11.tkin~on and
Court streets, where the St. ~ohn'.~
Lodgo met during its early yen.n.
The occupant., of the co,Jch.
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rsa1ry
Who Rc11res1' nled taj. Henry Dea.rbont
NEWTON
In Charge o! Rellgloug Ob!tervanccs
dressed 1n oolonlal co.stuma and rep-
iesen.ted tour past grand masteu of
st.
John's Lodge of Booton, who made
the local lod e 200 ears ago,
a visit to
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The address of the evening was given by Allan M. Wilson, or Manchester,
past grand master of the Grand lodge
or New Hampshire. The lodge room
wa.s filled to capacity with upwards of
500 Masons representing nearly 100
blue lodges present.
An interesting feature carried out
~ - --1 was the drinking of a toast to the of-·
travelling by stage coach,
ftcers of the lodge 25 years hence. This
Mr. Wood, the driver, represent,ed reature was inaugurated In 1911 when
Bartholomew Stavors,
stage coach the officers at the 175th anniversary
driver In the colonial days, and riding offered a toast to the present orftcers.
wlth him were
four distinguished The toast or grape jute& was drank
guests, past Master Scott Somerville from precious wine glasses which have
represen ting Henry Price or Boston, been kept since the 1911 observance·
first provincial grnnd master or Mas- in a safety vault in a local bank until
sachusotts; Robert M. Herrick as Rob- taken out !or the solemn toast lo the
ert Thomlinson who succeeded Price officers who will be serving the lodge
as grand master in 1739; Treasurer in 1961.
Harry H. Foole and past Master Allen . ~:.;.;;;;...----..---C. deRochemont,
who repre.se ntul
Hugh McD:rnicl and Robert J enkins,
past mnstl'rs or St. John's lodge of
2 0h
bse va1 ce
lodgo
the Portsmouth
lodge. The "guests" were then escorted
into the lodge room for the work o! the
evening.
The Master Mason degr~ was por trayed by, past district deputy grand
masters of the First Masonic di.strict
under the direction of Rt. Wor. Wllliam Bates Randall, 33rd degree, of
this city. Mr Randall, who was worshipful master In 1911 at the 175th
anniversary, repre-sented last night
Gen. John Sullivan, hero of the seizure of powdei: at Fort William and
Mary 1n Decmeber 1774 and who was
the first grand master of New Hampshire. All of the past officers taking
part were attired in military uniforms
of the colonial period and represented
officers and soldler,1 of the Revolutionary war, who were members of or received their degree\ in st. John's
Boston. Past Ma.<;tcr Harold
ston was the tally-ho man on
coach.
Returning to the Masonic Tem ple
from the tav orn
the distinguished
"guests" were greeted by Worshipful
Master George B. ward o! s t. John's
lodge, No. 1, of this city and by Worshlp!ui Masll'r Winthrop E. Nigh t.I ngale of st. John's lodge or Boston, the
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A..M., Closes Week_Of ·lnter'.esting Observan~es
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·t of the 200th anniver•
The afternoon ev•ent opened at
's Lodge, No. 1, A. F . ..s, o·clock with an entertainment in
a...<:0n!c lodge in point Tt:mple, followed by a banqu•et from
• to 6.30.
The evening session followed the
, canquet, opening at 6.45. Worshipful
Master George B. W.i.rd gave the ad~
dress of weloome and the invocation
was by the chaplain, John H. Yeaton.
Mr, ,-Ward stated that th& lodge, In
ad(lltion fu reoeiving letters .and telegrama from .all over the United States,
had also ;received ·Cablegrams
:r:rom
lodges · and· members of the fraternity
:r.-Engi1md,· Scotland, Gibraltar, :Malta
r-'r~d -S~mtq, Afrlca•
. ·Somit of :tha· _greetings ·were . from
members of tlle English Navy, who wero
attached to.•the H. M. S. Capetown when
it was. at the .Navy Yard here in August,
:::929,. At .thltt time St. John's Lodge
tfnterta!ned the English brethren at the
biggest single Masonlo gathering ever
lield In· New. Hampshire.
The entertainment consisted or Boston talent and baritone solos by WHliam Elllot. Following the evening program the observance came to . an end,
w;th the officers closlng the 3,721st
dc,mmunlcatlon of the lodge, which was
dpened last Sunday morning, when the
annlversa'ry program began.
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WILLJ.AM B. RANDALL
Gen. John S11,llivan At Degree
~ Thursdal' Evening ,
o:t continuous exislence in the United
States, ·was . held Rriday, when Ladl~s•
Day was observed during' both afternoon ·and ev.enlng :with a program of
much interest.
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Lear
House
WILL CONDUCT
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HISTORIC CHURCH
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(From N. Y. Herald-Tribune)
Had Tobias Lear done nothing more
than write the account of the death
"Old Meeting House," erected in the
of George Washington, which he witnessed, he would be entitled to a
closing· years of the 18th century and
place of honor In American history.
opened for public wors111p In the yeai·
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1800, will be the scene of a ·series of four
·
'· But this was merely the culmination
This afternoon at 3.30 o'clock the
' of seven years' devoted service to the
services, possibly five, commencing next
_submarine "Plunger'' . will be launched
first President as personal secretary.
Su nd ay at l0.4 5 o'clock, st a nd a rd time,
at the Navy'Yard. '. This submarine was
•-; •·. It was foll0wed by a distinguished ·: aa d contin,iing every Su nd ay th ereafauthorized to be built under· the ·Erner~·
career as a diplomatic representative .' ter th roughout th e mon th of AuguS t ·
gency Appropriation , Act for the fiscal
abroad. Tobias Lear negotiated peace
No arrangements have been made for
ytar 1935 and the order for · it.s '"· conwith the Barbary states In 1805, and, " th e fif th Sull d ay as yet, but it is hoped
struction . was placed by ,Secretary of
th
after the War of 1812, he was deleto secure a Speaker for at day.
the Navy Claude Swanson on A-.ig. 22,
gated to negotiate the exchange of ·
This year's liS t of speakers includ~s
1934. Lacking _a llttl:e less than a year
prisoners with Gre·a t Britain.
'•., several prominent Univ-e rsalist dergyfrom the time the keel was laid, the
But It ls because of his association • men from sou th ern New Engla nd a nd
submarine has been rushed to ' comple~
with Washington that he will longest · , Philadelphia. Rev. Harry Adams Hertion· and will be -the 23rd. underwater
be remembered. And it is because of .- · :5 ey · of Danbury, Conn., will deliver th e
lmat built at the ·. Portsmouth Navy
this a.srociation that a group of per- ·., opening sermon next Sunday.
R ev. '
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sons interes:ed in American history /. Hersey has spoken there before a nd
· The 'spoasor will be ~st ; ·:>:..::i
are now seeking to raise money to , been very favorably r-eceived. On Aug. . . Greenlee, ,daughter of· ·: Capt. : I{. ,~purchase the Tobias Lear house in . .- 9, Rev. Arthur A. Blair of Nashua, rec ~ qr__~~lI.~j), _
ind~tr,I~J~~n,a~~{, ,.o,1'.,~~l:_1$l,
Port.smouth, New Hampshire. This J, r;awrd as one or the a bl-est preachers in ,. _·. J·ard, and
,Qreenree. <: ,., ';" .:
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·. group includes Mrs. Theodore Roose- . : the Ullirrrsalis~ church, will occupy the !f:., , Lieut . o· ;·' L . R usse
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,. velt, widow of the President; Mr. j ptilpit. Aug. 16 will bring Rev. Herbert::,
the first commanding o!ficer ·of ·the
·, Charles Francis Adams, former Secre- :x E. Bmton of Philadelphia to the old .
3 ubmarin~. Ha is already at\ the ,yard;
~"'- ·-~ tary of_ the Navy and great-gm nelson . ) meeting house. Rev. Benton, who has .'_-__ , where ha has ·been watchln,g' the . com~
• ·· , of President John Quincy Adams and ' · a s.imm cr place Rt Contoocook, attamed
;· pletlon· or his c·o mmand. · ·..-~;
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, :·· ., Senator Harry Floyd Byrd, of Vlr- -,~ prominence in this part of the country ,; . . · The submarine 1,s .. expected to • be
ili.. ginla. They have pointed out that .-: by his marriage to the sister of Rev. , oompleted about the first of F,ebruary.o'f
· ', probably no man in the country was : Levi Powers, Haverhill, Mass., widely- kl.
next year.
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cl?5er ~o :Va_shington o~· so hono:ed ;.-· known Universalist. The fourth Sun- 1'
with his mt1mate confidence dunng , _. day, Aug. 23, will see Rev. Harold H. , .
long years as Tobias Lear. In addition, , NiJeg of Bridgeport, Conn,, c!fering the ,<;
Colonel Lear married in succession · discourse. Rev. Mr. Nlles, formerly o.f ~ ~
two nieces of M'artha Washington.
" Concord, was chapl,i.in of the New ,
The Lear house was built in 1740
Hampshir,e Legislature durlJ}g the ses- •' '
by the grandfather of Washington's
sions of 1919 and 1921. For a number · . ·
secretary-another Tobias Lear. It
of years he was located in Colorado re- -~ '
adjoins the Wentworth-Gardner house
turnlnr~ E;isL three 1years a{:lo
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in Portsmouth 11.nd Is a fine example
Special music is bclng arranged
of the middle period or New Enga ll the meeLmgs. On Aug. 2 it will l:>e
land Georgian architecture. It is 1n
furnished by local talent, whHe the folneed of repairs, but ls still in good
lowing week there will be a men's
9tamp collectors and esp~o~lly th?se;
interested in cachet cqvers v.;111; ~ : ltl·•j ,
enough condition to make its salva- • choms, under the direction of Albert G.
terested In the cachet from · the, sub:[
tion possible at a reasonable cost.
Fuller. The group will include Roscoe
m::irine Cuttlefish · now at the local/
Fortunately, the Society for the PresHolmes, Walter Blye, Ralph Holmes,
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has agreed to take title to the build- ~ Kenneth Rowe, Arthur Davies, Forres
, navy
yard. 'rhe cachet was prepared·
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Mel e1
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fir·st Washingto
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ing and to administer it as soon as • Ra · · ·
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the necessary funds are· raised.
Stevenson,
Lyman Hooke and John
Birthday aboai·d that sub. On a white
· 110pe d to
e·11velope in a blue bordered space 1s a
There are many houses In which · . . Robb 1·11s• It 1s
· secure th,e ser, the first President passed a night or
vices of Charles Goldsmith, well known ,, ! blue picture of Washington and in red
. t , f or t wo sun d ays. p re- · , . .Ie'ters
"Ou1· First Washington's ·Blr_th Chestel
two, and a number in which he made
· · so lo is
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S··1d1·11g a. t tl ie organ wi·111Je M rs. Ed
his mllitary headquarters. But the Lear
' war d '""'
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"' ' us· s , Cuttlefish, · February
house Is in a special category, Its
Ahearn.
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J:935." TJ:ie' cachet was sponsored by'., interest lies not so much in the fact ;'
These meeLings wer-e made possible r
c!,era\d T. Milan and Louis G. Nix.
that General Washington stayed there <l by Miss Sarah Chase, who left a legacy
Two ,' different
Christmas
Day
· in 1789 as in the part that Lear
of $1.000 .ipon her death in !;he 1870's, ". ~achets were issued . and ,, an Easte,r
played ln Washington's life. What •. the ilJcmne of which is to be forever J cachet is also to be issued: A. limit of
more fitting, under the circumstances, t spent for Univ,er-,alist preaching
in •. ~lu·ee covers and on!)' cent forwarding
than that this house should be preFremont. A .~oc1cty was formed for the ~
postage . has been set and the dead
served
historic
· carry mg out of !,he provisions of the 'r. J;ine Is Mar.c h 23. The design of the
t'f ~:
will, of wluch only four active members ,
Easter cachet is . unique · and sure to
·:1,
1cmain and still retain' an interest in c. ~e worth iiaving, . ·
the work. They are Eug,ene Dana San'-1,l
··· born, A.ndr-ew J. Brown, Henry A. Cooke ·'
and George Sall.·
Cache& ~ Iiiy~ Sub
A cachet !or collectors : qf stamps
and first day covers~ was' issued on the
holiday from the .submarine cuttlefish.
The issuance was in honor of .the fu;st
Washington's rurthda.y ' aboard the
• sub. Gerald T. Milan,' ieoman, second
class, USN, with Louis G. Nix o1
Washington, D. c., are co-sponsors of
'the cachet.
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Peterborough:
"Edward Arlington Robinson spent
'Hence gifted bards
much · time -in New Hampshire. · This
Have ever foved the
story 1s told In conneotlon with his
shade;
s<'arch for word3 wlth •a sinister .sound.
For them there was an
When writing 'Cavendar's House' he
voice in all
.
r.appened to ride into the small station
The sylvan pomp
woods.'
by that name. This sta°tlon wa.s just
•· 'Tenting Tonight on Lhc Old CampThe following interesting article ls outside or Peterborough. The sound or ground' was wriUen by Walter Kitfrom the Franklin Journal Transcript the name Cavendar seemed to reveal t1edge, 28, youth of· Reed's Ferry, N.
n_nd was written by Miss Margaret Cor- the atmosphere he was .striving for. H., who had been re,i.ated for service m
Robinson selected It for the name of hi~ the Civil War.
bin or Gilford:
book.
·" Just to feel that • •e author
"Many ·distinguished artist.,
have
"Have you a-ead 'Th,a Real Diary o! a 'Snowbound' must ha\!\! waded
wandered through New Hampshire's Real Boy?' The stories o! 'Plupy' and Winnipesaukee many times makes us
lea!y glades 'and climbed her rugged 'Hea ny' were act..ial experiences or a know · him more intimalcly. Whittier
hills to w.i,tch a p..irple sunset.
~roup of boys living In Exeter, N. H., loved the Sandwich country, Chocor.ia
. "Did you know that Robert Frost about 1850. If you were to stroll with and Holderness. The author or this :i.r•ftugh't at Plymou'h Normal School? It Judge Sh:.ite along th e st reets of Exe- t:cle has a story from a 1[)06 Youth's
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ter, YoU would become bewildered for Cpmpanlon, whic!1 tells how, some years
was Frost who said he was no, farmer, he would take you in and •out or the bE:rore, Whittier and Lucy Larcom were
giving for his reason-that New Hamp- rooks he has written.
suddenly overtaken by a panther while
shire was 'too "stony.' America h as
"Mary Baker Eddy may have led a they were strolling near , the base of
always regretted that England recog- checkered career, but her denomina- Mount Chocorua. The Piper fam,ly
nlzed Robert Frost as a great poet be- ton founded in 1876 has grown to 111- cc.uld never forget the picture or the
fvre she did.
elude the Mother Church, The First bard of Amesbury and Miss Iprcom
"The city of Franklin claims · many Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, 1 taming down the mountain slope and
distinguished people as resident sum- and over 2,250 branches or this church. making Lhe ravines r)ng with wild yells.
mer guests. Tte author of '.The Pueblo Concord, Groton and Tilton,
N, fl.,
" 'Let Me Live In a House By Lhe Side
Boy' and 'Pueblo Girl' lives on the knew Mary Baker Eddy.
of the Road' was writLen by the New
:New Boston Toad. Mrs. Cannon has
"Ir you should visit
the Thomas Hampshire poet, Sam Walter Foss, w!10
spent part of her ll!e in the Mid-West Ealley Aldrich ho.ise In Portsmouth lircd in Til~on when young and worked
r.nd tells o! it in 'Red Rust." •Cannon 'Iorn's bedroom would attract your at- his way Lo secure a seminary: educaMountain in Glacier National Park ls tention. There are 268 birds on those tion.
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named for ~ll:rs. Cannon,
walls, not counting those split In the
"Were you to enumerate the people
"'Should you ever drive to Cornish, N. middle.
of genius wl}o find in New Hampshire a
H:, visit th'! home· of the great sculp"It was not Captain Nutter's original r€treat that affords the best environtor, Augustus St, Gaudens, whose name intent that his sister should head the nient for work New Hampshire would
is spoken in the art galleries or Europe Nutter house, but she 'swooped' down indeed have a Hall of Fame of her own;
it Is In America. In front or our own on him one day with a bandbox. The for here they seem to come_:_and after
Congregational Ch..irch here In Fran:c- gentleman who shows you about the they leave I.IS, It they do, the world
Ji11 we may marvel at the work of Dan- I1ouse informs you that she stayed 17 kr,ows them better."
i~ Chester French. Should you visit years and would have stayed longer, but
Washington, D. C., don't fall to see his ~he died.
Thoma.s Balley Aldrich
g.reatest work, 1.he 'Lincoln Memorial,' wrote much that we enjoy reading. Po.3"In Sanbornton lives the
author, sibly the most :nterestlng story ls 'The
Lynn Montross. The following lines ap- Story or a Bad Boy,' in which the setpear~ in a magazine: 'We have found ting Is Portsmo1,1th.
t•uth in Robert Frost's assertion that
"Maxrteld Parrish's beautiful home In
'something thertt ls that doesn't love a. Cornish was built dodging oak trees and
wall'-COws don't! She continued to rocks. He says ~o..i go upstairs and
sa.y, 'we a.re continually rushing out of come out on the ground floor. Parrish
the house llke'Davld Copper!leld's aunt 'biue' ls famlllar to all o! us. Mr. Parto chase cows, goats and chickens out of rlsh tells us that the garden, house and
the asparagus bed.' .
family will all grow old together In
... "Ernest Harold Baynes has been seen Cornish, N. H. He has burled himself
y many or you-the naturalist who among our hills. He says that one of
trnmped 0 ver our hills and did muoh to hlS proudest achl~vement.s la that he
create bird sanctuaries In New Hamp- bas bunt a- home to which his thrlle
e'hire.
grown sons and his daughters love to
"Did you know 'that not so many years return. 'Daybreak' la one of his most
ago .Cella Lalghton Thaxter,
whose popular pictures.
'Sandpiper'
never die, lived at Ap"Many o! us do not .know that the
pledore at the Isles o! Shoals. • It was author of 'The Blacksmith or Vllno' and
r.ere that the intellectual Laighton 'The Trumpeter or Krakow• Is Erlo P
family contacted famo.is , 1!1-en and Kelley, professor o! jo.irnalisrn
at
women who came' for the summer to the Dar~mouth College.
big hotel. How' much ..we would delight
"Helen Nicolay, who wrote 'a Boy's
to sifl upon t-hose spacious verandas Life of Lincoln,' summers in our state.
end exchange storle.!I with Hawthorne, She was P1·esldent Lincoln's private
Lowell, Whittler, Ellzabetq Whittler, secretary.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucy Larcom
"Edward MacDowell'a grave ls in his
and many1 other~ whose slant on Amer- beloved l?eterborough.
It was hero
lean ll!e. wo..ild entertain us for hom-s, that he could escape the boredom of
Cella Thaxter went abroad · once: she society and produce for the world some
· 1 · I' Robe Brown\n on one •occir of h1a masterpieces; He· wrote abou,
HAMPSHIRE
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�25 h Anniversary 0
Memorial Library At ye
oBe servedO J ne25 h
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Alfred C. Philbrick and Edward S.
Sawyer served the town as Trusteeswo-sc,,,.,v...,
for the next few years and were
succeeded by - William H. Locke 1n
1915 and Mrs. Shirley S. Philbrick
in 1916. The personnel of the Board
remained unchanged from that time
until the death or Charles Remick
In November, 1931, after a. service of
twenty years as treasurer. John E. La,·- -,-w,,.,,,.,,
Anthes ls his ~uccessor.
Through the years the town has
consistently voted the necessary appropriation for the maintenance and
operation of this institution; and many
valuable g!!ts of money, books, and
equipment have been presented by
organizations and individuals. ·
From time to time Trust Funds
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: have been establlshed by public
spirited citizens. These funds now
amount to over $8,000. One fund
In memory of Miss Rand was created
in 1916.
Durif\g the past twenty-five years
great advances have been made in
the field of Library Science. In 1911,
the State Library Commission was
not functioning, but today every library in the State has the benefit
of It.a help. The Rye Lbrary ·has belonged to the State Lbrary A~oclatlon for fifteen years and now benefits nlso by membership · in the
American Library Association. The
resources of the State Library 1n
,C-Oncor? are now easlly available to
any Library patron. It ls the hope
of the friends of the Rye Library that
It may. constantly enlarge its scope
of service so that every citizen o!
th e town may ~Ind refreshment and
Inspiration wlthm !ts walls and ao
fulfl)l the dearest wish of its founder.
In the words of Dr. Parsons' decllcatory add:ess, ''1'.et us dedicate this
public Library building to every department or llterature _and science •
a nd art • • • and to the public weal
in whatever way ~.uch a structure can
serve th e people.
In commemoration of this anniversary the Trustees and Miss Drake
wlll hold "Open House" at the LIbrary on the afte~noon or Mondal',
June 22nd ' from 2 to 5, D. 8. T. AJl
are cordially invited.
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Monday, June 22nd marks the twenty called "The Rye Library Assoc a
fifth anniversary or one of the most WM formed by Charles P. Brown and
lmpo~tant events In the history of the others. The present Library organlzatown of Rye. On the afternoon of June tlon began with the formation of a
22nd, 1911, the Public Library building Board of Trustees on March 27 th,
was formally presented to the Town 1909, composed o! Dr. Charles F.
by Miss Hary Tuck Rand, "In memory Patterson, chairman. Frederick p_
of Capt John Tuck Rand, Betsey Dow, Parsons, clerk and William c. Walker,
hls wife, and their children, to whose treasurer. The first small collection
industry and !rugallty the donor owes Clf books was kept in the home of Mr.
her ability to give."
I Walker. on March 8th, 1910, the
The dedication service was held at Board reorganized, Charles M. Rentlck
the Rye Congregational Church. Of 15ucceeclin g Dr. Patterson. It was ln
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tho·e who took active part In these I n large me;isure due to Dr. Patterson's
exercises only two are now living, Rev. wise and sympathetic assistance that
Henry A. Barber (then pa.<:tor of the Miss Rand was able to bring her
Church) who opened the service wit,h ideas to fruition.
prayer; nnd Rev. John Fenwick, (pason March 16th, 1910, Miss Hand
tor of the Christian Church) who made conveyed to the town a lot of land
the closing petition. Rev. William Rand for n library site-a historic spot, for
of Seabrook gave a memorial talk . '1ere once stood the first parsonage,
which was followed by the dedicatory ; ')ullt In 1738 and occupied by Rev.
addre s by Dr. John W. Parsons of Samuel P;irsons.
Portsmouth, in which he paid high ! The Trustees chose c. Howard Waltribute to the generosity and publJc lter of Boston as architect and Char15plrlt of Miss Rand. •
I Jes M. Rand, bullder. Work was beImportant as were these prellmlnnry l gun on the building on August, aist,
fiPeeches, most touching nnd impres- :1910, and on August 17th of the next
r;lve was the presentation by Miss year, the few volumes which then
Rand. In this her first experience comprised the Library were moved
as a public speaker, the frail little Jnto the new building. Mlss Helen C.
black-clad lady, almoot eighty years Drake was appointed Llbrnrlan and
of age, spoke to her neighbors and has ably filled this po.si to the presfrlends ln a low earnest volcJ whose ent clay, never falling In her gracious
trembling tones were yet audible to wrlcome and her willingness to serve.
all In the church. She expressed her
On Sept. 6th, the Library was ready
gratitude that she had been nble for scrvicP, with 500 volumes on the
t.o see the compleUon of her memorial iihelves. During the first year there
to her family. "I wlll raise a monu- WIJ.ti an avernga clrculntion of 150
ment to their worth and goodness," books each week. Now, after twenty
ahe said-and In closing, "I wish It flve years, there are approximately
to do good. and be of much benefit, 9,500 volumes anrl the average weekly
a 11tore-house for books, for lnforma- circulation is 400 books. At the betlon and knowledge, a foundation of ginning lh<'re werr a few maga7.ines
help, lasting."
present<'<! by friends. Today the re:irlAcceptance of the gift was made Ing tables offer magazlnes to ~nllsby John E. Locke, Chairman of the fy all tastes.
Board of Selectmen.
In 1911, Chauncey Woodman sueLooking back. over the history of ceecled William Walker; and in 1912
t.he Library we find that more than Frederick Parsons retired from the
a hundred years ago, a ''Social Libr- Board. He has continued his active
ary of Rye," was In e:i1lstmce ln Interest In the Library to this day,
charge of the Postmaster; and later, however.
1n 1862, a small circulating library
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ifWENTY-THREE YOUNG WOMEN RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT. EXERCISES AT ST. ANDREW'S BY
J'HE SEA, RYE BEACH, THIS MORNING .
Twenty-three young women, mem-
Eugenia Savage, '37, of Bllllgor, Me.,
govOollege, were awarded dlploma.s at the ernment, marshalled the academic profirst Commencement to be held at St. cession, including faculty and staff, and
1 r..eaded by Governor Bridges and Pre.slAndrews-by-the-Sea, Rye Beach, this c,ent Currier. Dorothy Sellars, '37, of
morning at 10.30 o'clock. Oov. H. Lawrence, Mass., president ot the InStyles Bridges gave
the Com- coming senior class, marshalled the
mencement address. Mrs. Grace Mor- freshmen, and the graduates who were
rlson Poole, dean of the college, gave led by Rosamond Rivinius, Winchester,
the address of welcome to parents of Mass., senior president; Josephine Bograduates a.nd invited guests.
<line of Jamestown, N. Y., vice preslPres. Rich.a.rd D. Currier awarded cent; Virginia Roberts of North Adams,
the first diploma to Virginia ,Roberts Mass., secretary, and Louise Dancause,
of North Adams, Mass., who was the Lc,well, Mass., treasurer.
first student ·to register at stonelelgh
Continuing hl~ address, In which he
when the college was opened In Sep. emphasized truth as an Important goal
tember, 1934.
:for the youth ot today,
Governor
'.that "the world needs the constantly Bridges said, "This ls a
changh1g
3enewed leaven or youth, young men ;world. Conditions change. Customs
and women, challenging and inspiring <'hange. Problems change. Education
their elder~ ana thus assuring a pro- changes. There is ever a new world tor
gre.,g that would otherwise stall on dit- YOJth, but there 1s one thing constant,
11cult grades and hesitate at every ob- now and foreve1", throughout the ag~
11tacle" was tho belief expressell by and that is truth.
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Gov. H. Style~ Bridges In h1s address to
~•Freedom to search for truth, to seek
the graduates.
it in the service of God and man; to
The governor pointed out the danger .seek It in thought; to seek it in speech·
ct becoming "set" In one'.s ways. What- j to set:k it in llfe; this freedom should b;
ever the paths you are called upon to · cu1· first duty to support as individuals
pursue do not let them become ruts. Do I i.nd as citizens. One of its expressions
not stop thlnldng. Mental indolence J.s and one of the great needs of the day 1.3
M bad a.s physical laziness. Be willing ]!Ubllo mindedness, a broad conception
and desirous to know the facts, to be o! the issues o! lite in the community
:fclly informed. Reason clearly and and the nation and a patriotic devotion
reach intell!gent opinions before de- to the promotion ot the best as we see
clarlng them to the world."
it.
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, dean of
"Even in your comparatively sheltered
the college, welcomed the assembled llte within the walls of Stonelelgh you
guests.
have known of the depths of economic
Following the governor's address, Dr. depression and of individual privation
Eleanor Tupper, dean of faculty, pre- and suffering which this nation and the
eer,ted to President Richard ]). Currl~r world have experienced in the pa.st few
the candidates for diplomas, all
of years and from which there Is but the
'l\'hom were members of the original en- :first appearance of recovery.
The
1 horizon Is .still black wlt-h clouds behind
tnln class.
· '.7hicb boom the muftled thJnders of
bers ot the class of 1936 at Stonelelgh next year's president of student
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tt.reatened wars. It is not a pleasan
, world you are about to enter. It is not
typified by this beautiful June day in
' New Hampshire.
"But the world's distress is not hopelt>s.s. The world's discontent is not aim, less. There l.s world-wide desire and
I er,plratlon for a new life on a higher
' J1!ane. You and I and all of us can aid
Iln its fulfillment."
I The governor oftlclally wtlcomed
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Stonelelgh into the educational family
j of New Hampshire and commended the
i founders, President· Currier and Dean
T. Lawrence Lavis or Boston Univermty, In establishing a colltge t.ha.t "J·epresents a comparatively modern development In education, a development
needed to meet the new.demands of a
changing world. It was fitting that
Swnelelgh should come to New Hamn:;!'lire and to Rye; not only because here
you have unsurpassed beauty ot sJrroundlngs and the lnspifation of three
crnturles of American history; but al.;;o
because the spilit of the New Hampsl1lre of today Is alive, ambitious, aware
of modern need and desirous of dolng
Its part to meet them.
"The aim of the found er.s of Stoneldgh, as I understand it, was to establish a modern college for modern young
y1omen, an institution which would prepr,re Its .students for the lives they must
Jim In these times, not the times oi their
mothers and grandmothers, ·.,nder t.ht'
crndltlons and meeting the problems of
today and tomonow, not of yeslH<lay
nnd the day before yesterday.
Its
course of study, its woi-k proi;ram
n cognizes the fact that women more
than ever before are seeking for themi,elve.s economic Independence, are demanding the right and the training for
earning their own living, achieving full
1,uccess in business and professional
cureers as well as In the great flelds (lf
crt, l!terature, music, paJntlng
and
sculpture.
''But I am glad to note that Stonelelgh, In all its plans, its purposes, its
processes, recognizes the undiminished
slgnl.!ance and Importance of woman's
piace 1n the home. Its program is positive and practical, I see, but it also
provides and emphasizes those cultural
titudles which contribute to the enrichment of lite and the understanding of
its right relations."
A buffet luncheon for faculty, stuc.'ent.-1 and guest.; was held at the college
after the exercises closing Commencerr-ent festivities.
Those who graduated with the pioneer class are:
Josephine W. Bodine, Jamestown, N.
Y.; Mary O. Burrill, Dennis, Mass.;
~atri~ G. Carmen, Salem, M.a.ss.;
Elizabeth C<>ok. Leominster, Mass.;
Evelyn L. Dancause, Lowell, Mass.;
Persis Gilbert, Hartland, Vt.; Virginia
Haseltine, Haverhill, Mass.; Lavinia
Hume, Amesbury, Mass.; Alyce Isaacsen, Montclair, N. J .; Myrtle ~- Johnston, Attleboro, Mass.; Jane Kirby,
Newton Center, Mass.; Muriel R. Ma.son, Westboro, Mass.; Martha P.
Mossman, Flt.chburg, Mass.; Helen G.
Murray, Wollaston, Mass.; Marhea
~)'~eeffe, Haverhlll, Mass.; Jean Pat-
�terson, Westfield, Mass.; Rosamond
Ravlnius, Winchester, Ma s.; Vlrg1D1a
Roberts, North Adams, Mass.; Jane
Sampson, Worcester, Mass.; Hannah
W. Sheppard, Dover, N. H.; Eleanor
Shumway, Arlington, Mass.; Dorothy
E. Stearns, Washington; Patricia Tll•
ton, Newburyport, MaS6.; Jenhette L.
Watson Manchester.
HALEY FA IL rt'l"
AS REUNIO
The 11th annual reunion o( Lhe Haley
Family Associalion was held al
lhe
Isles of Shoals on Wedneday, with Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo F. Staples o( KtlLery as hosls. Lunch was served at Lhc
hole! and visils wcrr lllade lo places o(
hlslorical inlercst, i11d11cli11g a Lrlp by
launch io lhe Haley graves on £mullynose Island, formerly known as IIaley·s
Island, where
"Kin~" Capl. Sa.muel
Haley Jiv ed and was buried in
1811.
(Feb. 7>.
Caplain Haley built a sea wall at Lhe
island, making a safe harbor for seamen in Lhal clan~r:·ous localion. There
is a legend of silver bars found buried
there furnishin~ part o[ lhe expense.
It is said lhat he krpl a warnin::; light
burning in a window o[ his home before the lighthouse was built.
This was lhe fir,;L visit o( lhr Haley
Family Assoc:alion lo Lhe ishnds and
It was grcally rnjoyrcl. Tho branch of
the family at Lhe c·\an<ls lived there
over 200 years ago,
Members attcndin~ were from Maine,
New Hampshire and Massa.chusells.
Col nial Dames H Id
Annual Garden Party
HISTORIC MOFFATT.LADD MANSION AND GARDEN
SCENE OF PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT
Tho proud old Mo(fa.tl-Ladd Mansion the quilts dated back. to 1800.
Mrs.
on Market slreet wa.5 visited by large Warren's interesting hobby proved of
of much interest to all. ·
numbe rs of gueSt.s from all parls
In the"old coach house, recently reno•
New Hampshire and nearby summer re- va.ted by the soc1ety, was displayed a
sorts yeslerda.y afternoon, the occasion rare and valuable collection of old pew·
being' the annual garden party of the ter by Mrs. John B. Jameson of ConNew Hampshire
Society,
colonial cord. The collection was made up or
Dames or America, who own the his• early American, French and English
Lorie old cstale. The parly opened at pieces, many o! them very old and
3 o'clock and conlinued until 6, the time rare specimens. This exhibit was most
passing all too quickly. The many !as- fascinating. Mrs. Jameson lias , one of
cinalinr: fealures of Lhe fine old man- the finesl collections of pewter in New
sion, two especially inlercsting displays Hampshire and has exhibited at the
arranged for Lhis party, Lhe beautiful J Currier Art Gallery and at other pubold-fa:;hioned garden, Lhe rare antique · Ile displays.
furnilure In Lhe house, and the cha.rmAssisting Mrs. Jameson at the pewter
h1•:ly fri<'nclly and social atmosphere display were Miss Pauline Bradford and
combined Lo make the n(ternoon thor- Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce of Portsmouth,
ou~hly enjoyable for everyone.
Miss Ethel Ranlet and
Mrs. Robert
In the receiving line as the members·, Manning of Rye.
and guesl.s arrived were lhe president
Mrs. O. Lane Goss of
of Lhe socicly, Mrs. Charles Carpenter Mass .. and Dover and Mrs.
Goss or Uovrr; Mm. ,John G. M. Glcss-l Jen Higgins. 3rd, of Dover were
ncr of Liltleton, honorary vice presi- charge of admission.
dent; Mrs. Winthrop E. Fiske of Exeter,
Mrs. Charles Batchelder of Portsvice prC',ldenl; Mrs. Charles B. Man-\ mouth acted as chairman of the garden
ning of Manchester,
vice president; commiltee and Mrs. Wallis Walker or
Mrs. ,T. 1',ranklin Robinson of Manches- \ Rye as chainnan of Lhe house committer, Mrs.
Stacy L. Hanson o( Dover, tee.
Miss Annie L. Wallace or Rochester, 1 Mrs. Elenora Jackson, wife of Deputy
chairman of the enterlainment com-' Secretary of State Harry Jackson of
mitlc", and Mrs. Albertus T. Dttdlcy or Manchester, presided at the
punch
Exeter.
table. while the Misses Alice Decatur of
Thr old mansion never looked more j Garden Cily, L. I., and Susan Stewart
channin•: Lhan ycslrrday a[lernoon. In assisled in serving. Mrs. Emma B. Lyeach room were atlraclively arranged man of Exeter presided at the coffee
floral decorations, including giant sweet urn and at Lhe refreshment table were
peas. somo arranged in pastel shades Mrs. Charles E. Manning, Mrs. H. Ellis
and some in bouquets of pure white, Straw, Miss Rosamond Davis and Miss
with gypsophila or maiden-hair fem. Frances Parker, all of Manchester. The
These especially beautiful flowers were Misses Rulh Higgins, Mary Fuller,
from lhe garden of Mrs. John G. M. ElizabeLh Warren, Mary Warren and
Gles.~ner. Lhe society's honorary vice Mary Parker of Manchester also aspresident. There were also
flowers sisted in serving.
from the gardens or Mrs. Charles B.
During Lhe afternoon music was furMannin~. vice presidenl, and Mrs. Carl nished by the Boston Symphony plays. Fuller or Little Boar's Head. Mrs. \ ers, at the Hotel Wentworth this sumEmma :Brown Lyman of ExeLcr
had mer under the direction pf Robert Guncharge of arranging Lbe decorations.
dersen.
In thr ofnce of Lhe mansion was a
Miss Wallace, chairman of the enterchoice collection of old quilts, exhibited Lalnment committee, was in charge of
by Mrs. CTeorge H. Warren of Manchcs- arrangements, assisted by Miss Esther
Lcr, a summer resident of New Cast\e. 1 Jackson of Peterborough, Mrs. Emma
The inlercstlng old quilts, hand-made 1B. Lyman of Exeter, Mrs. Robert P.
with so much r.are many, many years j Burroughs, Mrs. H. Ellis Straw
and
al{o. in inlrlcale alld pleasing patterns Mrs. Frederick Preston o! Manchester,
and varions color schemes, were hun~ 'I Miss J osephine Rice of Portsmouth and
around lhe walls of lhe room. One of Mrs. Horace Morrison of Boston.
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Tercentenary Qf
Old.Maine _(}Q~µt;y·
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Speclttl to The Christian Sc!encs ll{onltor,
' . KENNEBUNK, Maine, June 30~
A . series.•. of_ pagea~ts, p)ays __ ~11ci.
· other social events in August, to J;>e
cl!rpax~d by Malne-,~·-lannual ·summer-,Vlsitor!s -Day, are some · of · the
attractions · being planned fot the
hundreds of ·visitors who wlll help
• York Coun(y commemorate its 300th
anniversary and the "founding: of
:what is" claimed as the ·:tlrst organ'ized city· on the North :American
' Continent: this . · year t ·>(7eorge . ,1.
l Wentworth ' of
Kenneb,unk} chair1man of the Tercentenary; Committee revealed ·today. ',.. \ ·· •.\ ' '
. World-famcius ; figures ,'in the
realms of literature, the stage, music statecraft, . art and the church
as 'well as distinguished persons in. terested in· the ' unusual early history of York County will contribute
their time and .talents to make the
·tercen~enary one of the outstanding
historical' and socfal events ·in the
history of Maine.
· Every city • and . town in York
County . will .'be given an .. bpportunity to: participate in the · anniversary, the region being . so rich in
historic lore and ,scenic beauties.
· Throughout the month,· succeed.ing days .Will i>e devoted · to each ·of
the · modern towns and villages of
'today, which; in· Colonial days, cradled 'American independence. Pa·geants and plays in which descendants of early New England patriots
will take le~ding roles under the
direction of leading American historians, playwrights, authors and
stage managers will be features of
the Tercentenary.
With Maine literature in the foreground at the present time, added
interest will be given to the anniversary by the presentation of "As
the Earth Turns" as a play by the
author, Gladys Hasty Carroll. The
presentation will be at S~uth Berwick, the writer's home.
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Another famous Maine
/'The Peabody Pew,''. by Kate
Dougle.ss Wiggin, will also be presented in play form at Buxton, a
few miles from the author's old
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lPLACES WILL OPEN TODAY AND CONT!NUJE
THROUGH AUGUST 30 Cl v0, "3,,(;,
JE~CENTENARY '. OlBSlElRV ANCES
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Thousand of former -~esidents and 1 1' Bicj. efo'rd and Saco-9 a. m., pa.rflde
friends commenced pouring into the of hprr!bles over prmcipal stree!.s of_
27 towns and cities in York county both! cities ; 10 a. ·m. runnin1r rac~
today to join in the Tercenteua~·y and a general progrum or sports con1
celebration which opened today. 'l'hc I tlnu~ng at intervals; 3 p . m, parad~
complete program of the .York Coun- ; of pe1:5,: /3 p. m. block dance in City
ty. observance was relea.,ed . by :Prof s(l .. ~iddeford, band concert.~ tn hoth
Harry Scott of Sanford today. 1 ,
cities.
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Today-South Berwick, Rural festiF~iday-Kennebunkport, 0 p, rn. 1-lia-val, play "As the Earth Turns," dl- ·ter carnival on" the Kermebuuk River,
rected by Gladys Hasty , Carrnll its band concett.
.
11uthor. Presented ·at Emery's B;idge
Buxtor!--8 p .. m. The, Dow11,1 Society
Community, the author's: home/ \
of · Holll,;. ~ntl .Buxton will pcc.~1mt. •at
Friday-South Berwick, 3 p. m.. ·rory ~fall mee~inr; Hou~e, 'The Olci
presentation of "As the Earth Turns." P~!lbody Pew."
Saturday-South ·Berwick, 3 p . m .,
Holli.\l--9 ·fl. m . l;o
presentation of "As the Earth Turns." C01rnt:5r F ai·rn .Bureuu
Sunday-York, 10.45 a. m. presenta- farm of Vvllliain B
tlon of old t~me church service, First Holli~ center.
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Parish church, York Village, Rev ..-WilSJturda.y, /Wg, 29-Kitt.ery, ~O a. nt.
11am H. Millinger, • preacher.
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panule forms oppositt1 GaU1olic church.
Buxton-11 a. m ., 100th anniversary
Sanford-1.30 ll, m , p11ru.de; :l p , m.
of the dedication of the Free ' Bill,>- historical p,\geanl; \11 · Cent.rnl sq; f
tlst Church at West Buxton; address [l. tll , {)0t1C:Dl'i;'; IU!O 'fl !ll. Olli,(loor lllllll7
by Rev. M. Joseph Twomey, ,Singing u:fJ.l pro 1;ram and flri:wodc:;
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by Portland Men's Singing Club.
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El!ohll:xercise.s on Ute W.tlli,Hu Fogg
· Monday-Old Orchard Beach, s1un- Lilmi.ry grounds; ,sporr.s, band co.ncerit
·mer Visitors' Day
antl picnic . luncq ; , adclre.~s· hy R ~lpµ
:·• i p. · m. to 2 p. m·. ~~ the · beach,' S. narUett.: 2.:10 to• 4 p . m. tallleaux. I
·a µnual internation·a1_• beauty contest
Lebanon-a p . m . address by Hon
to · select "Miss North America."
Ral11ti T. P arlcer or H.umfortl. Falls ;
4 p. m.-Pageant otl Old Orcha.rd brn11 concert..
HOU.5e grounds.
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CornL~l1-2.:10 fl , m. eK,!l'GJ..,~, 'under ·
7-8 p. m.-Band concert; 8 1 p , m. the direction o't t.li,1 Corm~h School
Summer Visitors' .. Day .. exercis~ -on tile assot:iation ,at l?;ik11 , l\t(eruorial Hull.
grounds · of the Old Orchard I-t<iuse,
Newfield_:_lO •a'. xn water sport:; and
presi(led over by Oov, Brann..
hand cotwert. R.ocklw.vcm Lake; 1.30
- 10.30-F!reworks . .
fl, rn. aµt,1mtol}ile para1k h:lll game,
· Tuesday-south Berwick, "Old Be\r.. supper, daiic;! ih Slta<l,v Niiolc Hall.
wick Day,''. Towns of Berwick,
Nort;li.
P:irsonst'ielll-E,mwises
al;
Kezar
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and .south Berwick uniting in a Joint P ,i!L,, 10 o. tu . parall t!; historical o.d~
cle~bration; 2 p; m. parade, band con- dre.,8; float rm.radii and bu~e!Jall gum:!.
Buxtori-:l:io
'cer , baseball game, historical addreS.11.
• , \ ..,. in.· p;-esenliation of
,· ,13'!>'. irfri.-Pres~ntation . ."As the Earth the "0111 PealJCHly P ew". r1.\;, 'tdry, Hill
Tutns(! at South , Berwick.
Meeti.J.,g .. Hou~e.
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, ,9.30/ ,.>: 1):1..-Dancing in Central Sq.
S,md1i.v,'· Av1~ust' 30. will IJe observed
: •Linl.!rtg~n-3 p. m. Old Home Day as Count.v.. wide ceM1i·1tf.ion .ot' ''Village
l\nd llllstor,c exercises on the grounds Clrnrch D ay," dmiuf.: wlnell services
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will he' hel<.J irl Ule olcl-•ffl81 tlune(I way
0 ~ 1il~lngton Academy, Address by
\n iiicl ·chm:chi{,.' , • . ·
Juctgi;/ Lauren M. Sanborn ; band con.. · Kit_,ter.,\...:,_/1,\; '.iilH~ i::>Jcl. Clmrnlt _ cernecert. .; / " j
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0 ·p'. ,m.~Town Hall musical progr1tm
\he· njiiv'.~· g.rM>t!! of . 'H,t!l• . ·John
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ewrri.iir.eh
·1i-ii,l l_._ he dedlcat.etl ,
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Lfrrl,erlclc-+-Old Home Day, 12.45 p.m.
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band donc~rt; reunion and reception
af Town ,Hil.H; 8 p, m. historical pag ..
eant'.
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DaytJn and Lyman-Good win's .Mtlls
Village, 8 p. m., hi.~torical n.ddre.~s ancl
band concert.
J -Wednerctay-;-Acton
and Sha.plelgh,
Exercl§es ·at the Acton Fair Grounds,
band concert.
Thursday-York, "First City· Itn
America . Day;•• 3 p. m. hL5torical ad •·
dress ,in rear of Town Hall ; 3.30 pag••
'eant in' rear of Town Hall ; band. con ..
cert :apd ,_ s,ports at Y ork· Beach ;, fire ..
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Historic\Tobias ar House
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The Portsmouth Home Industries , at
the Peirce barn on Haymarket Square
ls featuring an exhibition
o!' ~water
colors by Gladys Brannigan, well known
artist. Mrs. Brannigan during ·the
winter of 1933 and 1934 resided in thls
city and during her stay here painted
some historical murals at the Livermore
house on Livermore street. This summer she has worked on. some murals
pertaining to the early history of the
city.
The exhibit contains a number
scenes in the vicinity of Rye and Portsmouth. The paintings are exceptionally fine. In addition to the water colors
are some pen and ink sketches !or reproduction for -museum work.
Mrs. Brannigan studied at the Cor~
coran Art School, the National Academy of Design and the Arts Studio
League of New York and has traveled
and studied abroad. She studied mural
painting under Kennison Cox and
George Maynard.
She is a member of the major professional societies, including the New York
Society of Artists and the New York
Water Color Club, being a former treasTOBIAS LEAR HOUSE
urer and a member of the board of conA group or persons inlcresLetrin Am- lt js a splendiµ tri)?11-te -tp . Colonel
trol of Lhe society. Among the public
e,rican hlstory is now seeking to ralse J,€ar tjlat ne ,slwuld hav~ bad t,he comcollectors is included the American Mumoney to purchase the hlstoric olcl To- t,Jete .\rus~ of, both .Wiishington · and • seum of Natural History, the Congresbias Lear House on Hunking street, this veHerson.. Upon , the inauguration of
sional Library, George Washington
rit.y, The group includes Mrs. Theo- the la.(.t,er as PYe$1dent, he selected Lear
University, Wesleyan College and the
dore Roo..scvelt, widow of the late Presi- tor ~pe~ial 1UplQmatio missions, sending
Portsmouth Public Library. She has
dent; Charles Francis Adams, !orml.'r hl.m to HaltlN1d ·later appointing him
participated in several one artist shows
~cret.ary of the navy :i.ncl great-grand- "°nsul-general to the Barbary States.
and exhibits annually at the water
11011 of President John Quincy Adams; '1111th Commodore Preble he 11ailed !or ·
color shows of the American Water
.
Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia; $}1e Mediterranean on the frtsate "ConColor,
New Yor_k _Wate,r C~lor and other
Theodo~e Roosevelt, former Gov. Hunt- ,61,itntlon" ln 1803 and aa 11pecial comaquarelle organizations. '
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ley N. Spaulding, Thomas Washington, ~ssioner mgotfa,te<l the treaty
or
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The"
exhibit
win
be
on
ctlsplay
for two
ll . S. N., and George L. Washington.
iJeaee with Tripoli 1n 190!}. After the
weeks at the shop of the Port.smouth
Because of Tobias Lear's close assocl- 1War of 181~ Fr~lden, Madison apH';)me Industries. · ; ·
v.tion with President George Washing- ,Olnted him NJ comml.~sioner to arran~
ton an effort ls being made t-0 preser;e f()r the exchange ~ prisoners with
nnd maintain for posterity this old Ltreat Britain, tear died in 1816.
mansion which deserves to become a!l . II'he tea:, lio,1-~e, adjolnllig_the 1'am1mp6rLant national shrine. An oppo:- &Wentworth-Gardner House · ln
tuity has recently arisen to acquire am.I
mouth, wa built bout 1740 by the
11reserve this house, which was the ird 'J'oblas tear, grandfather of ColbJrthplace Rnd boyhood home or Tobi!!.'! · l Lear, ,wd ~ A tine ·example of New
l..ear. Aarter graduating from Harvard . glnng Qf)Qrgl(\~ &.rchlteoture ot the
College In 1783, Lear became private lilddle perlod, r.i\ t-hl$ h~u.;& Lear was
,iecretary to General Washington, later bc-rn in 1762, R-nd here in 1789 WashlngtPe President's chief secretary,
and ton vii;ited Mad;ime Lear, who later be1mally military secretary, with the title came a frequent visitor at Mo.mt Ver«>! colonel. Dunng fourteen years of non. No structure now
standing in
1J1is period Lear resided almost contln~ New England ls more nearly assoclat?.d
uously with the Washington family. with the clo.siug years of our llrst
Frobably no other man in the count.ry Fresident and his wlfe.
was so close to WRShington or .so honIt is proposed to purchase, preserve
ued with his intimate con!ldence dur- and endow thi.s his toric old house by
1ng these years.
n:eans o! private contributions.
Tl1e
Colonel Lear married a famous Ports- p,Ice ls $4-000 and a minimum endowmout.h bea1.ty, Mary Long, who died I::! ment of $20,000 is being sought.
No
1793 of yellow fever. A few years later commission is being paid anyone. for
lie took for his wife, Frances Bassett contributions received. The State Street
Washington, niece or Martha Wa.~hing- Trust Company or 53 State street, Boston and widow o! the Pr~siclent's !~v- ton, ha.s consented to act as cleposito1y
nite nephew, Maj. George AJgust,ne !or the fund, and checks made payable
Washington. She lived : but a short to Lear House Fund, C. R. Richmond,
tlme. His third wife was Frances Dan- trtasurer, may be sent there.
c!Jldge Henley, · a.not.her niece of Mrs.
The Boclety for the Preservation tif
:WastJlngt.on.
New England Antiquities, incorporated
In 1910 !or the purpose of pre.sening- old
buildings and already controlling over
thirty, has consented t-0 take title to the
property an1 administer It a.s soon a.s
~he mone ls raised.
.
�Historical Portsm.outh .Homes
·opene4 ·ta ·Public For Se~son
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PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 9;Al} t}ie .Ioca~. old_ i;r+ansions which
, have-<' been preserved by, lovers , of
early Americana are open for the
season. In the '.JisC-w!ll be noted the
, John .Paul Jones- house, the Peirce
,mansion, , the : W-entw,orth •·Gatdner
mansion, .; the ·, Warper house,. the
,Mofiatt-'Ladd ·<estate, the Thomas
-Balley · Aldrich: home, the Jackson
.house and. the Tobias Lear house.
The Tobias Lear house : was acquired last year, by U1e Society for
. the, Preservation of American Anltiquities.• The society ·. al$o has taken
over., the ,Wentworth•Gardner man. sion, -'located · adjacently:. The first
. named is being carefully repaired
· and··set up with , colonial. reproduc'. tions. ·The room ,- which George·
Washi11gton used is being preserved
w!.thout . change. ;All ·, the original
fittings ·are in place':
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Secretary
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.. ;1:ooias Lear . was ._ secretary to
George Washington during the first
years . of the. republic. The room in
whi\ih · . George ·. : Y,/,!i.shington slept,
,during . nis ma!ly, ,vJsits '. tp Portsmouth,'has always been kept undisturbed. It 'is the 'intention of the
Sqcie.t y ,for the .. Preservation of
_.\meric:i,ri Antiquities to ·make , both
t.he ·wentworth 0 Gardner and Tobias
Lear. hou~es perfect.examples of the
highest ·,. type of . colonial . architecture'.· ·
· ·
The ·v1ei1tworth:dai'dner house
was erected in,' ·1760. I~ is a perfect
Georgian type · at the · height of the
colpnial• period. At the .east side of
the ''front door .. s.tands ·one of the
finest Linctrn trees in New Hampshire:; Plantings "fcir this · tree were
brought 'in a mustard box from England•· itr' 1760. The · vessel which
brought this box dock'ed at the very
.door- of -the house.,, . ; · ·
. The carvln!)'s ar~ all hand tooled ;
1iavlng taken thiee•·· workmen 14
_'m on.'ths 1' to ··'c9mp1ete. ,· Vfsltors riote
the ' rich cforriicf! '• wrth •arched modil•
.llons, th_e arch and ' doorways, while
upstairs the coving · of the entire
ce!Hng -ls noteworthy together with
thEt,returns
·the -~iilctows.
;
1 ,1 :, ,,
,i-Ia~d ,Too·i_i~g .
,•·...'!'h!l stair.·_ spaitar_els . are perfect
examples of ._ha,nd .too~in'g. At the
. curve _of the _hall . stairs the. great
oval,,· panel., is .. made .. from black
·cherrY,1-.Cd.rve¢1 ;;from one piece of
,solid wood. The UJ?per hall has been
mentioned: .a~ the best - American
at
hall of its date. Tr.e key
window arch is carved as a face,,
said to be tha t of the English
Queen.
.
The newel post ls ln one piece,
the spiral being carved froin the
outside by a marine workman,
whose specialty '\vas this kind of
work. The rail is made from painted
pine, mahogany not coming into
· general usage until after this period. The_spiudles, in sets of three,
are hand tooled from old black
cherry, taken from the forest near
Portsmouth.
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The kitchen is particularly interesting, especially the fireplace. This
is remarkable for the windmill spit,
one , like it being found at Mount
Vernon. In the flue is attached a
small windmill, ·which revolved the
iron bar, projecting through the
panel. Through this , was attached
the chain of the spit rope. The fire,
place has also a trammel, a lug
rope, used .in early American
houses before cranes came into the
household picture. The oven is at
the back, there, being a · separate
flue. After heating, the ashes were
raked ou,t and a board placed
the door during the _cooking.
.
Huge Drcss~r
A huge dresser occupies the wall
space opposite the oven, This
reaches up to the ceiling and is filled
with an old · fashioned set of blue
Delft ware. Over the staircase, leading to the at(.ic, is a window set, consisting of four leaded panes, set so
the light from the kitchen illuminates the stairway.
Over the front door is a carved
pineapple, which in Colonia l days
was the emblem of hospitality. Altogether this house is typical of
Colonial marine architecture, ns
many o( the carvings are the same
as would be found on some of the
old square-rigged ships sailing in
anct· out of Portsmouth 150 years or
more ago.
In the John Paul Jones house is
a perfect model of the gondola,
which in Colonial days was seen
very often in Portsmouth Harbor,
being used to transport provisions
from up country to the city by way
of the Piscataqua River. It had a
body like a scow, and a single short
mast post to which was swiveled a
long, overhanging lateen sail. Some
.of these boats were capable of carrying 30 passengers together with
provisions of all kinds.
PEPPERRELL ';f3~
REUNION AT
KITTERY PT.
Franklin Frisbee Of Saint _·
Johnsbury, Vt., Elected
President
•
The 40th annual reunion o! the Pe .
perrell Family -Association was held ~t
the Community House at Kittery Point
yesterday, with a g·ood attendance and
most int11resting and enjoyable
program. An addre5s was given by George
P. Frose on "The Boyhood of Sir William Peppe;rell." . .
.
..
A plcnlo lunch was eaten at noon and ··
coffee was served.
O!flcers were e,Iected, as foi1~;s,
President, .Franklin s. Frisbee
JohnsbJry, .Vt.
'
Vice president, Capt. John H. Rruet,t.
Secretary, George P. Fro.st,
North
Hampton.
Treasurer, Mrs: Agrie., Rogers, Yoi·k.
Chaplain, Mrs. Annie Hayes, Portland, Me.
.
Historian, Mrs. Lllllan Norris, · South
Eliot.
Necrologlst, Mrs. Annie M. Shapleigh,
Eliot.
Reunion committee, George l?epperrell Frost, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Randall
and Mrs. Mark Wentworth.
Membership and flag committee, Mn!.
Rogers, Mrs. Randall, Mr. Froot.
Tomb and lot committee, Capt. J; H.
Pruett, George P. Frost.
�AVY
Impressive Siigh·t As T
lunger
Slides S1mooth!y From Ways
-Miss IEdi·tlh !Elizabeth Greenlee Is Sponsor
.
.
Tht! 23rd PorLsmouLh-built .~ubma-- rival of Rear Acimi.ral Cyrus Cole he
rine moved smoothly down the WA-YS at suved as acLing commanrt~nt.
the ForLsmouuth Navy Yard before a
Previous ~o the launching ceremony!
vtry large number of spectator.~ at 3.50 l\iiss Greenlee was presented a beautiful!
o clock yesterday afternoon. This new- gold wrisLwatch in a handsome case, the
<'St submarine was prepared for launch- gift of Lhe yard workmen. The presenl ng In record time, the keel having been t,llion W(lS made by Reginald E. Hall uf
la Id on July 17, 1935, a little less that! a t.he sh.)ei, meLal shoo. Mr. Hall Is a dlyear ago.
Hct descendant of- Reynolds Fernald,
The building ways W· re attired, In wh'o at one time owned the Islands on
holiday dress in honor of the occasion which the navy yard Is now situated.
and the submarine was gay in Its disPrayer was o[[ered by Comdr. M. H.
Sponsor ot Submarine Plunger
play of flags. The la cmchiug stand WR-S Prt.zold of the Chaplain Corps.
I and a longer radius o! action. She will
decorated in red, white and blue bunt-•
The Phmrrer
..,
, which was constructed II carry a 3-inch anti-aircraft "wet" gun
ing and on Lhis were tha dlgnltarie.s, or_ the same ways as the Porpoise, whioh , In addition to her armament of torpedo
reaped by
Gov. Louis J. Brann or was launched on June 20 of last year, I tubes. Upon completion she wlll make
Maine and Hon. Charles M. Dale, pres!-- 1was authorized to be built under tha : a "shakedown" cruise to test all her
c!ent of the New Hampshire Senate, and Emergency Appropriat10n Act for the eciuipment in service, and upon acceptMrs. Dale. Mr. Dale represented Gov. fiscal year of 1935 and Secret::iry of the ! ance by the government will take her
Ii. Styles Bridge.s, who was unable to be Nuvy Claude Swanson placed the order p;ac,e In the fleet.
presenL. Among the others on
the for its consLru(' Lion with the Ports- J The craft ls 301 feet in length and has
~Land were Congressman Wllllam N. 11 :ouLh N:ivy Y1rd on Aug. 22, 1934.
I\ standard displacement of 1290 tons.
Rogers, Rear Admiral Paul B. Duncan, As M:ss Grr,~nlce brolce a silver-en- The sh ip has a breadth of 24 feet 11 1-16
1t·spector of machinery at
the Fore cn.1ed bottle or champagne over the bow ' ir.ches.
. ·
Rlvcr plant of the Bethlehem Shlp- the boat tha orart began to slide down I Lieut. Comdr. G. L. Russell has been
tulldlng Co.; Capt. C. M. Summers, su- fJJ.e ways and into Lhe Plscataqua. River, assigned by the Navy Department as
)){'rintendent of constructlon at
the As the latest underseas craft to be,j the first commanding officer of the
Bethlehem plant; Mrs.
Ft
Styles la.unched starte<i down the ways the · Plunger, and has already reported for
Bridges, wife of tha New Efampshlre whistles at the navy yard and on boats cuty at the yard fiere'--'.---~--:.-,i,.,.
governor, her son David and Mayor on the river sounded loudly. · The While the crowd was dispersing the
Robert Mnrvin.
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Plunger gained s1>eed as she
glided two boats were bringing the Plung9! to
The launching was a n Impressive down th<'! incllne and plowed gracefully the dock and a large number o! spectasl~ht. Lining every available spot at through the water. Waiting for her to tors remained to-see the- docking of the
1he navy yard were the vi.5itors and come to 3. standstill were the Sight.-le~ r.ewly launched submarine.
many of the yard workmP.n who had. ar.d th tug John o. Chandler, so th
This submarine~ known by letter as
bten closely connected with ~he con- crews could get a line aboard in orde P. 3, is a product of the skill of work-.,...,,,__.,,.,.,.,
!;[ruction of the submarine, along the to bring the submarine to the dock.
men of this city and vicinity and they
;.remorlal bl'ldge and the Portsmouth
AJJ the Pluur,r.r struck the water tho may well f~l proud of her. 'l'he men
side of the river, espect,llv nn Peirce Is- F·rank E. Booma Post American Leglot have established a widespread. reputa.~
land, where Lhere were hundreds of : Hand played "Tile Star Spangled Ban- tJon for Portsmouth-built submarines
'· ~µectutors.
uer" whlch was followed by the favor- ,and there is every. indication that the
Promptly at 3.50 the boat w;ls chrLS·· . lte 'or navy people, "Anchors Aweigh." ' P!unger will be a fitting addition to.-thetened by Miss Edith Ellz;ibet.l1 Green•- 1 The band also gave a 25-minute concert bUbmarines constructed here since the
lee, da..ighter of Capt. and Mrs. H. R-. :if popular marches before the launch- L- w launched on A · 23. 1917.
Greenlee. Captain Greenlee is indus- I 1ng, as the crowd was gathering,
trial manager of the yard and during \ The new s.ibmarlne wlll have about
the interim between th deparLure of I the same spree[ as previous submarines
Rrar Admiral C. P. Sn ·der and the ar- - - - - - -
�OCI
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as .Interesting Meeti
n1>me Foreside :i.s applied to Kittery
Village and of how It was once-known
n.~ Cranesville as late as 1843. Wentworth ~treet, P eppe;rell road, Whipple
road, Government street, Newmarch
st:·eet and commercial Alreel. abo Wt're
taken up, Jud ge Shaw ti-;pl~nin~g~th~e:J'~'.:';i',c>.':~l:•~~
origin c,f tach name ln nn lnleNcstlng
JUDGE JUSTIN H. SHAW GIVES ADDRESS ON "J'HE
FASCINATION OF PLACE NAMES"
·The Kittery Historical Sodety held end historic old houses and poil}ts of
interest wm be thrown open to the pubits firi;t regular meeting of the current J'. c, with a committee composed of
ee.r lMt evening at the hlstorlc old James walker and Charles Hart ar7
Congregational Church at Kittery ranging for this. Kittery's observance
Point, 1ounded in 1730.
Following will come on Saturday, Aug. 29, wil.h
,..ra.yer by Rev, Edward H. Newcomb, special services 1n the churches on Snn,,..
cay, the following day, it is planned_.
Hon. James W, ~mlcll, president of
The principal speaker of the evening
the society, welcomed the small ,at.her- was Judge Justin Henry Shaw, hi:;
mg to the initial meeting of the year topic being, •'The Fascination of Place
and gave a.n interesting talk upon ac- Names." Judge Shaw presented I.ht
complishments and plans which have ?esults of deep research into the origin
bt•en made since last season.
~f the name, Kittery, and also explained
There was the largest attendance in
He told of the preservation of the the origin of several sectional and
K1tte1 y Historical
fOCiety's records, of the project to sup- street names of that town. The first the history of the
ply a. more fitting burial place for ?ne use of the name of Kittery in connec- Society at the Community House Wedo! Kittery's outstanding historical tlon with the settlement in York county nesday evening to hear Dr. Victor Safcharacters, Rev. John Newmarch, and first appears in a mortgage deed datGd [ord speak upon tl1e subJect ot "Kitslated that John Mead Howell had do- · ~c. 20, 1635, given by Sir Arth .1r Lery's Historical Backgro und," and the
nated the necessary sum to put th e Champernowne and his son, Henry arge audience was richly repaid by an
Newmarch lot in order in the cemete~y Champernowne. Alexander Shapleigh 1ddress which insplred all who heard it
orpos!te the Congregational C~urcn. who built the first house at Kittery 1,nd made eveiy K1tteryite [)resent
A committee from the Kittery Historl- Point a.bout 1635, and Arthur Cham - proud of his ancesLOrs and their
cal Society was instramenta.1 In restor- pernowne, another early settler, cnml· .1chicvemc nLs.
Dr. Safford was born in Kittery, the
ing the Newmarch grave from neglect. from the vicinity of a place called Kit.Be read a letter of thanks from the tery Point 1n Klngswear, near Dart.- on of Moses Safford, a distinguished
Exeter Historical Society, wh~ch was mouth, England, and without doubt one lawye r in that town for mvre than 30
the guest of the Kittery society re- of these gave the name to the pJact· ears, and a remarkable man in peace
centlY, about 100 members visiting the vihere they settled. Kittery Point wa:; .tnd wa:·. Dr. S1fford spmt his youth
Pepperrell Mansion and other ~lstoric 50 called before the name Kittery wns in Kittery, prepared ior colh!ge in
spot.s .in Kittery under the guidance of given to the township, in all probab!l- PorLsmoul.h, gradu::iJcd rrom Dart- •.,,.......... ,,.,=•..,., •...,
mouth College, studied medicine
at
Judge Justin Henry Shaw and Hon. it-y.
James W. ~mick.
Delving deeper into the origin of the Pennsylvania. Univer~ity and other
a
The annual business meeting of the 11 ame Kittery, Judge shaw disclosed medical institutions .ind has had
lOClety will be held on Frld~y, .Aug. 1, tr.at the Engllbh Kittery Point ll~1- varic<l life in Lhe Co:1.-;L Survey, ImmlJudge Remick announced, with the an- doubtedly was c'.erived from the family graLion and Public fl •alLII ctcp:1rLµ1cnts
nual election of officers taking place at nsme V!ttery. The Vittery famlly ap- of public acLtvity. He 1s at present
tha.t time. He also read a letter from parently lived for a long time on some deputy commissioner oi public health
I
Dr. Victor SaffGrd, one of the heirs of part of the champernowne propertie;, in the cit.y of Bo.,ton and acLing comHe has
the Pepperrell Mansion; accepting 9 n In England. The names of Kittery and mi,;.sioner much of Lile time.
invitation to nddress the society• . A vittei·y, as written In t.he English J1an,l, wriLte n a text bool< on the subject of
specl.al meeting will be called during are almost identical, for In this respect. immigration and has contril)ULed 111:i.ny
the middle of Acgust, when Dr, Safford the first of the capital K 1s made m papers of note upon mcd1c:i.l and hiswill be the speaker.
. precisely the same way that the san:i; torical subJects. Hi:; adctre:;:; on ••KitJudge Remick told of plans for Kit- hand makes the full capital letter . \ • tery's Historical Bac\qround" will take
tery's observan~ of the 300th annlver- 'l'he finishing strokes in the Engllsn a high place in the h Ler:i.Lure or I.his
sa.ry of the founding of York County band are invariably separated from the region. H~ has giv~n tile manuscript
through a. grant from the king of Eng- first formation of the Jetter, or fr om o! the addr2,is to the society and it will
be published for its archives as, soon
land to Ferdinando Gorges. A meeting the v-shaped beginning.
v,as held on Friday night of last week
Judge Shnw brought forward detailed a;; Lhe means are at innd to do so .
at the Kittery Point community Ho.ise e\ldence in support o! this origin ol
for action upon this matter. The Kit- the name, citing old deeds and otlv.ir
tery Historical society will sponsor tbe <Jocuments connecting the ancient set~
anniversary observance there, All com- t.Jement of Kittery Point in England
munlties •In York County are to take with the Vittery family residing there,
similar action, Ronald P. Bridges of wlth the Champernowne family holdln.g
Sanford being in general charge of ar- property in that vicinity, with the m1rangements. Tne U:, S. congr~ has gratlon of the Champernownes lo the
a~thorlzed the coining of commemora- New world, and the establishment of
t1ve silver so-cent pieces.
.
the present town of
Kittery, Me.
It has been decided to hold an anni- He credited captain Francis ChampervE:rsary paracie in Kittery, with various nc,wne with giving the town of Greencrganlza.tions of the town 1n llne and land !ts name, taken from the namE: ol
with historical floats. Miss A. Lillian a hamlet or parish in England.
Walker has been_!nvlted to take charge
'The speaker also explained the origin
o!the para.de a,"!:l'a.ngements, Mrs. Mary o! the name Intervene as applied to 11.
Safford Wildes will head a committee
!
of Kitter and spoke of the
to arrange a.n blstorlca.l exhibition at
the Kitte
Po!nt Communlt House.
GIVES ADDRESS
ON HIST \y
OFI{ITTERY
�HOME INDUSTRIES
GETS GOOD START
The Portsmouth Home Industries,
whlch opened their shop for the second year at the Peirce barn, at Haymarket Square, last month, ls away _to
a good start. There has been qmte
an Increase in the number o! people
who send articles to the shop to be
sold, and there ls a wider variety of
articles this year than last. Dorothy
Sturges Harding, who Is in charge
o! the shop, has the place arranged
most artistically.
The merchandise contains many
articles novel and unique.
John P. Benson of Kittery Point, a
brother of Frank Benson, a well
known artist, h ns a group of his
paintings on dlspln v. He has the unusual ablllty o! painting water most
reallstic. Among the paintings is one
of Whalesback light, and some old
fashioned square riggers.
There are several articles carved of
wood. The ships carpenters In the
olden days, used to do a great cleal
of wood carving, and many of the
homes In this section at one time
hnd the golden headed eagle carved
over the door. This has become
nearly a lost art, but thne are
many articles of such nature, which
are carved by a local man.
Ship models, pottery made by local
people, toy tables, leather work, crocheting, hankerchlefs, English Cruelle
work, old prints mounte d on portfolios and scrnp book covers, and
many other things are all on display.
Some of the tercentenary coins of
Rhode Island, which were minted
this year ln obsr rvnnce o! Roger WllJlam's 300th annlvc rsary, are among
the articles availabl e. There Rre but
a few of these on display, and so
great has been the demand from the
collectors, t hat the prlre has advanced several t imes their original
worth .
In one section of th e barn ls the
Junior corner. Here work made by
th e boys and gi rls 11.t the Junior
High School last year ls on display.
Some or the work l.s o! an exceptionally high ch :n:icter, 11nd I.!! an Indication that t ho future contributors
to the Home Industries of New Hampshire, are learning wood working,
metal working, tooling and other
thl.ngs, through the public schools.
EA LY INTER
. :r IN HAR
· Rev. William Safford Jones ls
tending tlie Harvard · University Tercentenary. The September calendar
of the South Church (Unitarian) in
referring to this .notable tercentenary
states:
. "From a Puritan college on
edge of the wilderness Harvard University has grown to be ' one of ' the
mightiest institutions . of learning in
the modern world, · and th!.s month
thousands of her sons from all part,s
o! the ·world will throng to her jubilee.
The mlnlster will be one of the thousands returning to Fair Harvard. ' . .
The south wall
or the Johnston
Gate (1890), standing at what has
been the main entrance to the Harvard Yard since the end of. the 17th
Century, has a quotation from "New
England's Firs t
Fruit.s," • (London,
1643), the earliest printed accou11t of
the College :
'
"After God had carried, us sa.fe
New England, and wee _had bullded
our houses, pmvided · necessaries for
our livelihood, rear'd convenient
places for Gods worship, and setled
the Civil Government; one o! the'next
things we longed for, and looked after
was t!> a dvance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave
an llliterate Mlnistery to the Churches, when our present Ministers shall
lie in the dust."
In his recent book, "Three Centuries of Harvard," Samuel Eliot Morison,
the official his torian or tho Tercentenary, brings out th!.s I interesting
fact: "On
extraordinary .' oc<iasioru
community subscriptions were made;
a group of ten merchants o! Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ·guaranl;et>d
the College £60 a year for seven years,
in 1669, and made good with . lumber
producbs that the College Treasurer
sold."
Let u.s never forget that one o! the
honored ministers, Dr. Andrew Preston Peabody; was Aotlng President of
Harvard from 1868-1869; and it is not
without significance that all our nine
ministers ·except Rev. Job Strong, our
third minister, a Yale graduate, have
been educated at Harvard, either in
U1e College or in the Divinity School
or in both.
MEM .
·MAJa LON
llfarkers To Be Placed On
.6rave In This City Aug. 8
The National Society United ·states..,,., . .,.,.._._, ..
Daughters of 181.l, through the ·members of the New York County Andrew Jackson chapter, are honoring
the memory of , Major Edward Jennings Long, who served this country
in the War of 1812 as Major tn
command of a Detachment of Artillery New Hampshire Militia, in
defense of the Town and Harbor of
Portsmouth, by placing markers on
his grave at North Cemetery, Portsmouth,
on
Saturday
afternoon,
August 8th. Mrs. Wllliam H. Pouch,
President of Andrew Jackson Chapter will conduct the ceremonies. Major
Long was also a prominent member
of the Masonic fraternity, serving as
Worshipful Master of Saint John's
Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M. of this
city during the years 1802 and 1803;
also as Gt1and Master of the Grand
Lodge of the State o! New Hampshire
from 1812 to 1815. A delegation will
al.so be present from Saint John's
Lodge at the ceremonies . .
The War Department is also - expecte d to furnish a suitable ·marker.
For the descendants of Major Edward
Jennings. Long, M··s. Hugh H . Rainey
of Andrew Jackson Chapter, will accept these• tributes to the bravery of
this soldier of • the War of 1812:· · · ·
Many · . notable Patriotic Society
leaders Will be present. Among them
Mrs. William H. Pouqh, president,
Mrs.· Myrtle M:· Lewis; vice pre.!;ident;
Mrs. Hugh H. Rainey, registrar, • and
Miss Agnes L. Peabody, chairman o!
Mai·kers of Andrew Jackson ·Chapter, Daugll~e~s of 1812. l.Y,[iss: Jean.
l\!Iiller, New Y9rk City, Mrs. Edward
Balch StearnS; New Hampshire. State
President U. S. Daughters of 1812;
Mts . Milton. A. Bridges, Regent of
Manhattan Chapter; D. A. R. New
Ycirk; Mrs. Radcliffe _B. Lockwood,
member Binghamton, <.r,i:ew . ~ork>
Chapter, D. A. R; Mrs. Walter F.
Lane. Regent of Ranger Chapter, D.
A. R. Portsmouth; Mrs. Charles E.
Norris, Regent. S.1lly Plumer Chapter, D. A. R., Portsmouth; Mrs. George
M. Pendergast, Regent, Granite Chapter, D. A. R., Newmarket, N. H.; Mrs.
Harry R. Hill, Regent Margery Sullivan Chapter, D. A. R.. Dqver, N. H.,
Mrs. Charles H. Carroll, Ex-Vice
President General, D. A. R. Concord. N. H., and President, Daugqters :
of Colonial Wars, Mrs. Wendell• B.
Folsom, N. H. State Governor, Sooiety
Mayflower Descendant
and Mrs.
Charles .C. Goss, President Colonial
Dames of New Hampshire; Miss Min•
nie B. Wade, New York Seate. Pre.~ident. N. S. U. S. D., 1812; Mr~. Louis
s. Leonard. N. Y. state (:naplatp,,
N. S. U. S. D._1;;,:8;.:1;:2·,.....- - ~- ~
�.AJ petition asking for the removal of
• building situated nea·r· the Joe Lamb
J)l'operty was received, and this was referred to the city solicitor and the attentlon of the Board o! Health called to
1t
A permit was granted O. H. Beaudette
Authorize $10,000 For Ceres
Street And Nob1e's Island
Jobs
The City Council met on Friday
~vening, with Mayor Robert Marvin
presiding and all members present, with
the exception of Councilman Kennal'd
Goldsmith, :and authorized the f1Jl!ng
in of ,the Noble's Toland brldgir and
Ct'mpletlon of the ·Ceres street job, apyroprlattng $10,000 !or the task. Thls
work ls already under way. The $10,·ooo w!ll be transferred from the bond
issue for the p.ir~ose.
John _W. , McCann was
appointed
manager o! the municipal swimming
11001 at Peirce Island and the
mayor
stated he had been called ·.ipon by a man
connected with the
National Youth
Administration and thought some assl~tance could be obtained there, and
also state that two men had volunteered
their services.
. .. A communi ·-1t1on from the city auditor, ls.sued 1n connection with the new
--i etup of munjclpal water departments
,ol!et the valuation o! the local department at $656,559.09.
A letter from Paul L. Kane offering
t.he :ium of $125 for the lot of land near
Sagamore bridge, containing 1.9 acres
was recelv~ and laid on the table after
a discussion.
Five pole locations were asked by the
New Haml)l!hlre Gas & Electric Co. and
the!e were rderred to the committee.
A petition from Don Palmer for a
permit to conduct an outdoor per!ormu .ce in this city was granted, as was
a!so a petition from Walter A. Badger
for a perm.it to show moving plctur'?s
ai; Pelrce·Hall. A permit was also given
the U, 8. Marine Research League to
exhibit in this city the week of July 19.
• W. L. Scott asked for a permit to store
~asollne at· 218 Isilngton street and this
was referred to. the special committee
which has been investigating the· pern;lt., in the past.
Several merchants had
protested
qalnst the council making a restrlctlon on parking on Daniels street, llmitlng to one side only, and the mayor
,;poke of the protest.
The committee
bE'aded by John Thuri,ton did not have
a complete report to make, but Mr.
Thurston spoke briefly regarding the
iuatter and also .stated that the committee :favored a resolution making the
1treets, Scott and Dutton avenues, one
way streets. Regarding the plan to
limlt park.Ing to one .side of Daniels
1treet he stated he understood that the
man who was the main opponent was
the mayor. ·
·
.
0ouncllman Loughlin for the committee on public places announced
that the old P. D. & Y. building on
Ceres Street had been removed and
reported for the committee on street
lights on various requests.
The claim ot James Yastek
., $2 -25 for the loss of 15 chickens
· killed by dogs was ordered paid.
Councilman Atwell reported !or the
special committee investigating the location of filling stations, and recommended that no permit be given
Jullus Applebaum at 173 Lslington St.,
and th is was so voted. He also re- ·
ported on the petition for Paul G<>bbi
to erect tanks on Vaughn Street and
th ls was granted.
Councilman Griffin brought up the
old claims of Clarence Tilley and Fred
L. Noyes. Both claims had been before th e council before a11d the former had been given permission to
wi th draw, while the latter's had been
referred to th e city solicitor with the
report that the city was not liable
The council voted that these claims
be paid.
Adjournment was ·at the call of the
chair, wi th Councilman Griffin
Ing th e motion.
to hold boxing exhibltions at Peirce
Hall.
George Puette of Fl.ishing, L. J.,
submitted a claim for $4 for damage
cnused by running over a
manhole
cover and this was referred to the city
iiollcitor. A claim from Mrs. Frank s.
Lester !or $12 for hens killed by dogs
was referred to ihe committee on claims.
'There was considerable discussion on
the report of the city solicitor regarding
the request for abatement of taxes on
t.t.e Dennett & McCarthy store.
T:10
taxes amount to $1,871.68, and a special
committee, consisting of Rear Admiral
Dlsmukes,
Thomas Loughlin
and
Ctarles T. Durell, was appointed to
make a study and report at the next
meeting.
The council voted to abate taxes
amounting to 30 cents for the ;,ear 1933
to Margaret Rafey. The taxes have been
paid, with that exception, and In order
t;Q clear all accounts the abatement was
made.
The sum of $265.50 was transferred
from the contingent fund to the street
department to cover the cost of the
sewer on Woodbury avenue. A report
from the street commissioners was received In relation to the sewer on Dennett street and this wa.s accepted and
placed on file.
·
Arthur O. Pickering and Russell L.
Davis were appointed welghers by
Mayor Marvin and conflrmed by the
co·Jncll.
Mrs. Fay 0. Ganter and Miss Emma
J. W. Magraw were reappointed trustees of the Public Library·.
Councilman Griffin, chairman of
the finance committee, presented a
The annual m£etlng of the :rorts1·e,olution,- appropriating $76,000 to
maintain the Water Department. This , mouth ffstorlcal· Association. . was- held·
in its building, the John Paull Jones
Is the annual appropriation bill for
House, situated,, at,'the corner of.'. Midthat department. The budget calls
dle· and State streets this morn,lng;1 El~
tor a cost of $35,000 as the total
F. Borthwick presided at the· meef!ng,
operating expense divided into opera.tlon account $33,100, and maintenance · which· opened· at 11, a. m. Ati, the meet-•
lng the reports of the tr<"!asurer and
$1,900. For the distribution of water
secretary were r ead' and approved~
the cost Is estimated at $23,825, operAt the election of officers, fna. foJ:.:
ating being $2,700, maintenance $6,fowlng were chosen:
300, commercial $5,000, general $6,. Presldent-D. F'. Borthwick.
475 and miscellaneous $3,350. Other
V:ce
president-Mrs. Woodi:Y11ey,
expenses such as uncollected accounts,
Langdon.
$2,000. Interest on debt $382.50, bond
Treasurer-G. Ralph Laighton.
payments_ $2.000 and p·:rchases of
Secrctary-F'. "VV'. Har1Jord,
additions to assets, $12,792,50, making
Trustees..:_l\lirs. Woodbury, Langdon;
a total of $76,000. The bill passed all
F; W. Hartford, J". Templeman Coolidge;
three readings, to become engrossed.
Ralph May, George B. Lord, MI:s, Bai• ...
A bill from M. J. Griffin & Son
Miss
for righting and resetting headstones · rett w ·endell, Horace M-0rrison,
Martha s. Kimball, John K . Bates;
at North and Cotton cemeteries, and
Judge Thomas H. .Simes, Frapk D. But'...
Point o! Graves was received and
ler and Mrs. W. E. Marvjn.~ ~..,.,..,,,,.,,.,
$100. was transferred from the
tlngent fund for that purpose.
The Mayor reported on the Deer
street outfall that had been authorized
saying that work will begin very
shortly.
�ro EXHIBIT
pecially the Wentwor
Gardmer · am
·w a,ner houses. is well recognized; Mr~.
George Warren of N°w Castle, and Miss
Elizabeth P erkins, connected with the
Old Gao_! Museu m at York, and o t.hers,
'J ho are wi llin r; lo lwlp, but all
must,
Towards the rnd of July ~here wlll be !~ave malr1fal lo llJ'lp with, and for t,h::it
an added attraction at the
Warn!,r 1easo n this appeal is made to house
House, Portsmouth .
In those rooms owne rs who lrnvP, put, away somewher e,
where muse ums have loaned period fur- 5ome article usrd two centuries ago,
11ilure th ere will soon be seen groups or ,__.,...______________.J
p eople dressed ln appropriate costumes
rnd bringing to life some or the acUvltl rs of lhe 18th century.
A committee of ladles in te rested In
stagin g scen~s of dom esUc life Is asking for the aid of others who havo an
t1: tcrr~t, In prcscrvlt11r the hl.~to ry of t,hc
1•r.s t.
1
Clothes of 200 years ago a re h a rd to
fird , and lhis exhibition aims lo be an
Ranger Chapter, D. A. R., held tts
0ccurale one, t,!:lerefore all costumes or monthly meeting Monday evening at
accessories dat,ing from 1725 lo 1775 are the home of Mrs. J . L. Brownell on
requested as loans for a few weeks.
Little H arbor road, 25 members
and
The house is a.~ fir eproof as any place guests being present. At the business
i:l Por tsmo,1th and the loan exhibit will meeting Mrs. Brownell was
elected
be protected from damage or
t,heft. delegate to the 35th state eonventlon to
Clothes of hi storic
in terC'st
should be held at L isbon in October.
hi;ve a ncle attache<l to t,he m, glvlnR
After the business session Mrs. John
thelr date and former use. Accessories Driscoll of Til ton, state chairman
of
or Rll kind.s, bags, hats, .shoes. utensils historical research , gave a very interin th e house hold, from candle- moulds esting account of some of her work and
~"' fact-stoves, books, pictures, papers, read epi taphs copied from headstones
rnl:stands, rngs, medicine bottles, a n y- on Revolu tlonnry soldiers graves.
1hing used 200 years ngo will be most
Refreshments were served during the
nc.ceplabl c, and wlll be arrang ed In the .social hour that followed, Mrs. Brown11i:;ccial rocm a nd for t,he special use
ell, Mrs. Crockett, Mrs. Sheppard and
t!lcy were originally intended for ,
Mrs. Norton being hostesses.
i\i1y loan for the exhibition may
be
,, "'?~ VY\
1,cnt any day lo the Warner House and
r,ivcn into the custoLl~· of Mis~ Grace,
wl~o locks it in one or t,he unusrd rooms
where- it 1Yill await lhc insncclion of lh;
committee on exhibition, a nd
tr too
many or a kind are sent in, or those that
~re out of cla te, will bo returned to the
owner before t,he opening.
Antique dealers will be give n credit
for any part llu•y take in the ex hibition,
but it is to the individual who has an
:.ttio that this appeal Is
particularly
made, for t,,ckerl away under rafters or
'I'he W:uner House on Daniels street
packed in moth balls some things may · .will hold a loan exhibit of early colonial
be found whlch have no modern use: and historic rostumes, opening Monday,
but whloh will doubtless be or great in- Aug. 3, at 3 p m. Among the heirlooms
terest as a relic of what the colonists that have be en loaned is Lady Pepper11red when Por tsmouth wa~ the h ome i;f n~ll's wedding gown. The costumes are
c.olonial governors, ~nd lhe
Warner to be displ aye d on lifelike wax models,
House was con~ider d the handsomest which were shown in Boston last win11 lvate building in the city or vicinity,
tfr.
Members of rhe Warner Honse comMiss Mart.ha Boutwell of Portsmouth
.mittee Include Mrs. Miles White or Bal- will piny the harp.
Miss Boutwell
t,imore, whose coll~clion of
kilchen studied at U1e Conservatory of Music 1n
utenslls are now housed in Willlams- Boston and :1.lso at t.he Mozarteum in
turg, except for those she has loaned Austria.
to the Warner House; Mrs. Gordon P at Among t.llP p1tt.r0n!'SS('S are Mrs .•John
terson of Boston, an expert on
the Mead Howells,
frs. Edward Savage
furnishing or colonial houses and now Crocker, :/.nd.
Mrs. Wllllam Marston
engaged in restoring lhe Gora House; S<>abury of Kittery Point, Mrs. John
Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont.. act tvP work- Breckenrltlge, ·Mrs. John Cadwaladcr,
er for the exhibitions held at tllP Colon- Mrs. Ancl,.<'W Mn:-ray Wllliams, Mrs.
iai Dames House in New Y0.rk: Miss F ergus Rt>ld. Mrs. George F. Cheney
Sophie Cndwalader. mPmbcr of lhe His - and Mrs. Lewis L. Sargent of
York
torical Society of Philnclclphla; Mr.,. Harbor. Mr.s. Harry C. ]l{udd, Mrs. Pa·.11
Henry Vaughan of
So 1th
Berwick, E. Bonner and Mn. Clinton L. Whltt.ewhose work at lhe Sarnh Orne Jewr1t
House has made thrt n permanent muse um of national
int.crest;
Mrs. J.
Winslow Peirce of Portsmoulh, whose
interest In pre~ervlng old house~.
es-
COSTU !ES OF
18th CENTURY
EETl N
EXHIBIT OF ~
COLONIAL
COSTUMES
0
arklongGra
. Mombers of the Andrew Jacl<&<•II
Chapter of New York of the Na•
tional Society Daughters of 181.! last
week hononlil U1ii' ' rne·inory of i\Iajor
Edward Jennings Long at services
held in the North Cemetery where
Major Long is buried,
Mia \Vil\'am H. Pouch of ' ew
\ork, preside;nt . of tho chapter, preR1d1•<l ttml invocation wne by llcv.
Arthur Acy Rauner of the North
Congregatllonal Church; Major Long
married Dc,rothy· A. Rogers of Newburyport, who was a descendant of
Rev. Nat.hn.1\iel Rogers, second min.ist cr of the North Church in Ports•
mouth from 1090-1723.
The P,:edge of alleg'ance was led
by Mi ss · Agnes L, Peabody. Mrs.
Pouch then presented an officin•l
marker of the Daughtars of 1812
which wae accepted for the de'.
sccndants by Mrs. Hugh H. Ra,ine,y
of New York, a grea.t-grcat-granddaughter of Major Long.
The mnrkrr was unveikd by Miss
M;nnio B. Wade, New York state
president of the Daughters of 1812.
The program came o an end with
a Masonic servic'.i conducted by Worshfpful Master ·George B. Ward· and
Ch11,plai11 John H, Yaaton of St
Johns Lodge, .A, F. and A. :M. of
. which Major Long was the 17th wor- l!t1TM"'-.~.:t:\.
shipful master.
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�144th Anniv•ersary Of
Dea·th O·f ·John Paul Jones
CAREER OF NOTED NAVAL HERO CLOSELY ALLIED
WITH HISTORY OF PORTSMOUTH AND
. THE UNITED ST ATES
· Portsmouth honors the
that gallant fighter, who, during the
days the Ranger was being built dwelt
in this city in the house now owned by
the Portsmouth Historical Society and
known as the John Pa.11 Jona, Housa.
The sibe of the construction or the Ranger is marked with a granite stone, with
a bronze tablet, but John Paul Jones
has become more than a hero of Portsmouth, .e ven more than a national hero .
That flgu1"8 which stalloed the quarterdeck now belongs Lo the world. It may
hav•e taken a Frenchman to see bhe man
behind the trappings, who w;rote, "Such
men ra,ely present th emselves,
but
when heaven sends them we should
profit by them"; but the bright flame o!
John Baul Jon es' courage is accepted
today as a beacon for many who would
pursue their lodestar unafraid.
· Today is the 144th anniversary of the · ican battleship." There Is ·a conflicting
death of John Paul Jones; American '. report about the first part of his statenaval hero, who died in Pairis at the age ment, but there can be no doubt but
I
of 45 years. The career of Jones
is what the latter part is correct, and it
closely allied with the history of the ; was that flag which was saluLed in Quecountry, and also of this city. Called : beron Bay by the French commander,
by many the father of the American I the famous LaMotte Piquet.
Navy, he and Capt. John Barry share i There wen, many da,ring capLurce of
that honor. The memory of the heroes enemy vessels by Captain Jones. In
is to be further honored next month, · 1775, before coming to this city, he was
when the Postoffice Department of the named as the first of the first Jie utenUnilied States will issue a single stamp ants in the service. Station~i on the
b_earing. th1:ir portraits. .
.. : fla gship Alfred, . he took many import- The remains of Capt. • John Pata , ant prizes, but was rewarded for his
Jones were discovered in a tiny ceme- , brilliant seamanship by having
.tery for foreign-born Protestants in · seniority in the service set aside.
Paris, after revolJtion, riot, catastrophe,
on his way across the Atlantic in the
the slow encroachment o! a
res tless Ranger, proudly flying the Stars and
city had passed ovier it. In 1905 ms re- · Stripes, with the important news o! the
mains were removed to Annapolis, 113 surrender of General Burgoyne ha capyears after their interment.
·
\ bred a brigantine and a London ship
As the years pass his daring feats and '. off the coast of Ireland; was deten,ed
exploits are becoming more and more from various bold adventures on the
recognized. N:<> flction is needed to be : Irish coast only by contrary winds and
added to the true facts of the story o! tides ; set fire to a merchantman
at
John Paul Jones. He was witty and Whitehaven and held the whole town
loved to write letters, which is, per•• I at bay while he made his escape; made
haps, why he is so well known after so ' a foray on the Earl of Selkirk's s•eat
many years, why his fame grows bright- ; near Kirkcudbright and then writing
er each year.
; in exceedingly florid terms of Lady Sel•• ·
"Do I understand that you
have kirk apologized for taking the lord's ·
struck?" a.sked the captain
of
the plate; met His Majesty's sloop-of-war
captain of the Serapis, which had bat- Drake, that was putting out Lo caplure
ter.ed the Bon Homme Richard to a the Ranger, and ended by bringing the
sinking condition. "No," re-echoed the Drake as a prize of war into the harbor
reply, "I have just begun to fight," is at Brest.
credit to John Paul Jones.
Then
came numerous
ex[)loits
"I will not have anything to do with in the Bon Homme Richard
in
ships which do not sail fast, for I in- European waliers, ending with the captend to go in harm's way," he said, ture of the Serapis and a triumphant
and prov•e d this when he came to Ports- return to France, after having been
mouth to tak!e command or the Ranger. forced to seek sanctuary for his prizes
On June 14, 1777, the day the Stars in Holland.
and Stripes were designated as the of- ' Jones came back to America in 1780,
flcial flag of the nation, Capt. John but seven years later r,e turned to France
Paul Jones wa.s appointed to command with the intention of serving
under
t.he ,Ranger. This ship had originally King Louis. He was met, however, with .
been designabed as the Hampshire and a proposal to enter the service of the
was being built at Langdon's shipyard Empr,ess Catherine of Russia. This was
at Badger's Island by Capt.
Tobias' not a happy adventure and 15 months
Lear, father of Toblas Lear, who served : later he was back in Paris.
Before a
as secretary to George
Washington. ' commission from America could reach
Capt: John Roach had first been ap- him authorizing him to ransom Amerpointed to command the ship but had ican sailors imprisoned · at Algiers he
J?een s4spended under charges.
died at what is now No. 19 Rue de Tour-Ar.riving at Portsmouth, Jones wa.5 non in Paris. Clutched in his hand was
disappointed with the sailing qualities a little watch, the gift of the Duchesse
cit the vessel and made several changes de Chartres. This French lady was of
in the original plans, which resulted in royal blood, the blood of the Bourbons.
making her sail v•e ry ·ra s t.
· Her son, Louis Philippe, later was king
· 'It · was in Portsmouth that
Helen of France and through her aid Jones
Seavey's quilting party made a flag and 1-eceived a great deal of help from
preset1ted 1~ to the gallant captain. Cap- France during the Revolution.
tain Jones Is qJoted as having said that
Jones was born in Scotland on July 6,
"in Philadelphia, on th·e Alfred, I had 1757, and his name then was John Paul.
the honor to unfurl the first Union flag His career led him to many lands and
ever flown on··a regularly commissioned during his many adventures he adopted
w·a rship of the Colon:es. · Today, in· the name of Jones. Various reasons are
Portsmouth, on ·the ·Ranger, I am ·to given for this, but the most common
have'the ·even.. greater-honor or unfurl- one is that in 1773 while in Virginia he 1r
tng ·the first :stats ,'and Stripes ,· ever was be.f riended by .a man named Jones
flown from the :ma.sthead of. an Amer~ and he took his name.
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YACHT SEWANNA
HAS RETURNED TO
i~ LITTLE HARJ.l 0R
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The yacht Sewanna, ii·
dent Roosevelt last monLh ....lde his vacation cruise, arrived back
yesterday
afternoon at Little Ha1'bor. ·
Returning with the boat, in addition
to Capt. Elden C. Oolbeth and crew of
one, we1,a Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
and John Roosevelt and two Harva.rd
Colleg·e fr[.ends, John Lyman of Boston
and Drexel Paul of Philadelphia, Both
Lyman and Paul are passing the summer at Dark Harbor, Me.
·
The Sewanna will remain here . until
soon after Labor Day, when it la expected that Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt will probably close their summer ·
home at Little Boar's Head.
James
Roosevelt, who accompanied his father
on the trip to Canada to visit Lord
Tweedsmuir and continued to
Hyde
Park, ,N. Y., arrived last nlght at Lhe
Little Boar's Head summer home.
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House at Portsmouth, N. H., Built in 17
Antiquarians Open Drive for
Fund to Save Lear House
Distinguished Group Assume Task of Appealing to Thousands of Small Collectors to Aid Work
To reach this end an honorary com- the stairway, marked by a soundness of
By " ' iJliam Germain Dooley
mittee consisting of Mrs. Theodore Roose- proportion rather than ornate pilasters
A distingulshed group of antiquarians velt, Charles F. Adams, Harry Flood and leading. It has been said that some
have begun a drive to insure the preser- Dvrd. Theodore Roosevelt, Huntley N. of the wall paper now to be seen survives •
vation of the famous Tobias Lear house Spaulfllng, Thomas Washington, U. S. N., from the time of Washington's visit.
at Portsmouth, N. H., and today an- and George L. Washington have invited The entire house has suffered very little
nounced their plans for public subscrlp- antiquarians throughout the country to from nineteenth century alterations, and
lion to endow this mansion. It h as per- join with them In their effort to preserve a few minor changes in the last year
haps the m ost close assoc iations with and maintain this worthy example of mid- have brought back much of its original
George and l\Iartha ,vnsh lngton o! any eighteenth century architecture.
appearance.
edifice in New England, Tobias Lear, a
Transitional in Architecture
There were originally slave quarters In
grandson of the builder, having been
Of simple lines and solid p~oport!ons, the attic and a small rear staircase has
General ·washinglon 's privRte secretary the L('ar House represents a very early been constructed. Some o! the early
after his graduallon from Harvard Col- example of the square ground plan. It ·small paned windows were found, and
Jege in 1783. The house itself was erected JR tt\·o full stories In height, with a dis- from them there were reconstructed the
In 1740 and was erroneously reported tinclivc hipped roof, simple window open- present · window frames to replace the
last year as having hecn acquired by the ings regu larly distributed on the facade, "improved" large paned openings. Blinds
Society for the Preservation of New Eng- and placed with regard to interior plans that were obviously; of later date were
land Antiquities.
removed and the hous~• now appears In
on the side elevations. A pedimented its authentic and somen•hat austere con;
Tl le t rue ! ac t s o r tlle case were, th a t a t central
doorway ls · the only bold deco- dit!on.
"
that time a private collector had pur- rative acce nt, outside o! alternating
chased the ho use, learning that it was arched and peaked pediments over the
,vorldng Committee Active
In Imminent dange t· of de 5t ruction. A dormer windows. The exterior represents
A Lear House committee composed of
member of th e society, h e has now of- the micldl<1 periorl of worl, between the Step hen Decatur, Kittery; Mrs. Louis L.
th is wor th Y early gambrel roof and the Oat type with Green, Cambridge and Newcastle, N. H .;
fered
to th em,
hut
organization ls now burdened with galler :,·.
Miss Emma Hawkridge, John Mead Howmany old houses for which proper
There Is preserved muC11 interior ells, Portsmouth, N . H.; Harland G. Litmainten ance <' n clowmenl ha s not heen panelling of a simple sort matching the tie, Salem; and William Sumner Appleton,
provided it could not accept. It has agreed, exterior, the moldings of the mantels Boston, have a.lready begun to lay plans ~
however, to ta l<c title to the properly and
administer lt ag soo n as a sufficient fund being noticeably full and bold in pro• by which an appeal for assistance would
!or upke:lp cc,uld be raised.
jectlon. There Is an elementary type of reach the thousand'S o! small collectors
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preserve 'this historic shrine.
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Washington visited the house In' 1789
to see Madame _Lear, the mother of his
companion and secretary. Later Madame
Lear visited Mount Vernon, and became
Intimatemany
with gifts
the being
entireexchanged
Washington
!amlly,
between_ her and Madame Washington.
Some ot these, a sampler, a coverlet,
a tea-set and other articles are still preserved in V!!,rlous public and private collections. Tobias Lear seems to have been
on most confidential terms with Washington, carrying the routine burden of
administering his arralrs until the time
ot his death, his apparent reliability and
restra{nt of Imagination fitting him particularly !or this arduous task, which
often rose to the point of diplomatic adviser.
His title at first was private secretary,
this after his graduation from Harvard
with honors In 1783. He became later the
Pi:esldent's chief secretary, and finally
military secretary, with the title of
Colonel, During fourteen years of this
period Lear resided almost continuously
with the Washington family. Probably
no other man In the country was so
close to Washington or so honored with
his Intimate confidence , during these
years.
Colonel Lear married a famous Portsmouth beauty, Mary Long, who dlfld In
1793 of yellow fever. A few years later
he took for his wife, Frances Bassett
Washington, niece of Martha Washington and widow of the President's favorite
nephew, Major George Augustine Washington. She lived but a ·short time, His
third wife was Frances Dandridge Henl"<!:.~;li~;b,,~•t;1 ley, another niece of Mrs. Washington.
Diplomatic Extraordinary
It l.s a. splendid tribute to Colonel Lear
that he should have had the complete
trust of both WMhlngton and Jefferson.
Upon the Inauguration of the latter as
President, he selected Lear for special
diplomatic missions, senqlng him to Haiti
and later appointing him consul-general
to the Barbary States. With Commodore
Preble he sailed for the Mediterranean
on the frigate Constitution In 1803 and
8.6 special commissioner negotiated the
treaty of peace with Tripoli In 1805.
After the War of 1812 President Madison
appointed him as commissioner to arrange for the exchange of prisoners V.:1th
Gr,eat BrltalrJ. Lear died In 1816. _
The Lear House, adjoining the famous
Wentworth-Gardn8if House In Ports•
mouth, was built about 1740 by the third
Tobias Lear, grandfather of Colonel Lear,
and Is a fine example of New England
Georgian architecture of the middle
period. In this house Lear was 1born In
1762, and here In 1789 Washington visited
M'adame Lear, who later became a frequent visitor at Mount Vernon. No structure now standing ln New England ls
more nearly associated with the closing
years of our first President and his wife.
It ls pr.opooed to purchase, preserve
and endow _this historic old house by
means of private contributions. The
price Is $4000 and a mlnlmuhi en·dowment
of $20,000 Is being sought. No commission Is being paid anyone for contributions received. The Stat~ Street Trust
Company of 53 State street, Boston, has
-consented to a.ct as depository for the
fund, and checl~s made payable to Lear
House Fund, C. R. Richmond, treasurer
may be sent there.
,
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'f).\\ •leA.ctu~
o~
N.ew Hampshire ;Arts And
Cra ts n_1nua"\I Falll1r Open·s
III
-
:WllLL BE HELD THROUGHOUT \1/EEK AT ESTATE
OF EX-GOV. ALVAN 1\ FULLER AT LITTLE
BOAR'S HEAD
Concord, Aug. 3-The New
Hamp- servance they lay e.speciat stress upon
shire Old Horne Week Association has the Old Home Sunday services and· upthe assistance this year of the State on the opportunity which the Old Home
Planning and Development Commission I Day programs orrer for calling attl\nin promoting the continued . general tion. to the resources and attr,ictlons I ot
observance of this unique festival, es- the state and its units, the towns and
tablished by Gov. Frank W. Rollins In cities.
1
1899 and made permanent by an -act of
Not all the Old Home
observances
the Legislature in 1913, setting aside the are confirted to the week set aslde by
thlrd week in August of every year for the Legislature for that purpose. The
this celebration.
The Development, White Mountain town or" Gorham alCommission has furnished the
Old readv has celf'brated it~ centmnial with
Home Week Association with thousands a week's program
very successfully
of copies of a seal giving the dates of t:.:i •• _ ., c u,. '-'•.ier am,,v ersari cs howthis year's observance, Aug. 15-22, with ever which will be in the official Old
a picture of the Daniel Webster birth- Home Week are Salisbury's 200th and
piace, owned and maintained by the Marlow's 173th. At Salisbury Daniel
state, as the center of the design.
Webster's native town George _Bernard
Col. Charles B. Hoyt of Sandwich, Shaw's play . "The DevU's Disciple"
who has been an officer of the state which has a New Hampshire setting ls
association since its formation, is now to be given by local talent. So 'tar some
serving hl~ond term as Its pres!- 50 cities and towns have been heard
dent, and Andrew L; ,Felker, state com- from as planning some sort of · Old
missioner of agriculture, ls continuing Home obs-ervance and it is probable th
his long occupa11cy of the office or sec- this number wlll be found
to h
retary. In their call !or this year's ob-
I
I
I
York Girl Scout ounc
PUBLIC GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW VALUABLE
OLD TREASURES AT HISTORIC HOMESTEAD
I
. York, Me., Aug.
3-Through
the t
C?urtesy o! Miss Theodosia Barrell and
her brother, William B'arrell, the hist.orlc Barrell homestead built in 1760 at
Barrell's Grove, was opened to the pub··
lie today from 11 a. m. to 6 p. m.
The proceeds will be given
to the
York Girl Scout Council. The Barrell
homestead was given by Judge Sayward
to his daughter Sally, whose marriage
to Nathaniel Barrell of Portsmollth occurred 1n 1758. In the home were born
10 children· to the couple the oldest of
whom, Sally Sayward Ba,rrell, became
Maine's first woman novelist
or duitlnctlon.
Within the house are many treasures
of early days. According to tradition
Nathaniel Barrell was a favored friend
of George III. of England. As a repr-e sentatlve or the Ma.ssachL1setts Bay
Colony Barrell at,lended the coronation
of George III. His admission ticket to
the ceremony is among t.he valued poosessions in the mansion.
On his return from
brought with him souvenlrs o! his trip.
These. included a. sword and mkror belonging to the monarch. Later he acquired a priceless pier glasa in the
"Chinese taste" whlcl1 wa.s also the gift
of his friend, the Klng.
This mirror placed about 1760
Is
carved in walnut and has never been
stained or glided. It represents
the
character designa _of that time.
frame ls irlchly carved ln scrolls dripping water and seven pagoda roofs. In
a scroll at the bottom sits a tiny monkey. When George III. was Prince of
Wale..~ it adorned the walls of one o! his
home.s.
Mrs. Gilman L. Moulton,
commissioner of the York Council, Is chairman
of the fe te, and tea wlll be set·ved in
connection with the event.
___,___
�old cradle. Opened upon tho table is
s
_._..,.,_.:,;;.;;::.li:::....-::.. .•~i.;...;........:i.:.....-.......:.:.....~ .;.;..;,J the doctor's old-time instrument bag,
with a saw for amputations and other
crude devices, as compe.red with mod•
ern, humane methods, !or the treatment of injury and sickness. More
than one visitor felt thankful that
sickness today holds no such terrors.
Upon the sick bed ls an especially
lovely spread.
UNIQUE EXHIBITION OF EARLY COLONIAL . COS- In the parlor on the first floor ls
spread a valuable old Aubus.son carTUMES ATTRACTS LARGE NUMBER
pet, upon which stands the wedding
'l'hls most successful display is in party, with Lady Pepperrell, and the
A ln.rge number of Interested persons visited the historic old Warner general c:trnrge of Mrs. Barrett Wen- figure of a slave in attendance. In the
House on Daniels street hero yester- dell, the t>fiiclent chairman of the dlnlng room four ladles gowned 1n the
day afternoon to see the "Ancestors At ·warner House Association. The war- height of fashion o! Revolutionary
Home." This ls a unique exhibition ner House w11s bunt between the years days arc seated around a dlnlng table
of early Colonial and historical cos- l '118 and 1723 from brick imported set with rare, old china. On display ls
tumes, Ideally displayed on llfe-llke from Holland. It ls located on the cor- several yards o! yellow brocade once
1lgures to reproduce as nearly as pos- ner of Daniels and Chapel .streets. the property of the Sherburne family,
sible the appearance o! !n.mlly and Among Jt..s many cl11,lms to fame ls the among the first occupants of the old
guests in the early years of this old fllct that it bears the original llghtn- mansion. Some o! the costumes discolonial mansion.
Many pl'()mlnent Ing rod erected by Benjamin Franklin played date from as long ago as 1786.
Miss Martha Boutwell, tbe harpist,
persons visited the exhibit yesterday, in 1762, the first ln New Hampshire.
The house ls of beautiful construe- was beautifully gowned, .in keepin~
Jncluding groups from this city, York
tion throughout. The wido front door with the spirit of the ancient times 1n
Harbor, Rye Beach, t.he North Shore ' opens on a wide hallway, with large a dress which was once worn by lvil:s.
and beyond.
squn.re rooms on either side. Minutely Barrett Wendell's gri).ndmother, Mrs.
The "Ancestors" were "At Home" carved paneling ln the various rooms William Greenough of Boston, Ma.s.s.
between the hours of 3 nnd 6 p. m., is of much beauty. The landing on
The Warner House Association is
yesterday. The exhlbltlon wlll con- the stairway is particularly beautiful organized to preserve the hou.se !or
tinue through August 15th, the war- and a fine upper hallway opens on the benefit of· the public as a monuner House being open to the publlc four large rooms and a smaller one. ment o! the early architecture, llfe,
between the hours o! 10 ·and 5 p. m., There are al ~o several rooms on the and history of Portsmouth and as a
each week-day. Any person, young or third :floor with a narrow winding repository for furniture and other obold, who would 11.ppreclate a greater stairway. Thrrc are five dormer win- Jecls typifying the life and manners
insight into the mode of llving, the dows on the third floor front and back. o! the people in the early day.s o!
customs and the costumes of our an- In the back of the house ls a huge America. To tell of all the interesting
cestors, and who delights In the beauty Dutch oven with great open fireplace things to be discovered in this old
of rare old furniture, paintings, and capable
or holding ten-foot logs. mansion would take much more space
furnishings of
the
distant past, There is a gambrel roof with false than can be devoted here. Suffice it
tshould not fall f,0 visit the warner ends.
to say that every visitor to this old
House, one of old Portsmouth's most
Among the mo.st Interesting heir- seaport city and every resident of this
interesting historic shrines.
looms loaned !or the occasion are the vicinity .snould be sure to visit the
A felicitous feature o! the afternoon wedding gown worn by Lady Pepper- Warner House and see for themselves.
which A.dded greatly to the success and rel!, a gown worn by Dorothy Quincy An ideal time to do so la during this
pleasure of the event, wns the harp Hancock, wife o! John Hancock, sign- loan exhibit o! old colonial costumes,
music by Miss Martha Boutwell o! er of t.he Declaration of Independence, which continues through August 15th.
this city, a student of the conserva- a gown ln which Mrs. Campbell Rob- One leaves the old mansion with a
tory of Music ln Boston
and the inson or Kittery was presented to the deeper understanding and a heightMozarteum In Austria. The beautiful Grnnd Duke Alexis at the Russian ened appreciation of the strong · men
and charming strains of music from Court in 1904, the costume of a Qua- and beautiful women who aided in esher harp whispered through the an- ker lady o! the period 1825-1840, gen- tablishing the
traditions o! Portscient roorn.s of the old mansion as if tleman's costume o! 1750 of uncut vel- mou th and in beginning • the building
to pleasure the stately fi gures Jn for- vet, a genUeman's costume from a of the proud city with ita countless
mal white wigs, flowin g gowns of sa- museum in Baltimore, the go·, m worn advantages which we enjoy today.
tin, tarreta or brocade, with bustles or by Mrs. Jacob Wendell at the wedding
The patronesses · tor the exhibition
ln tight-flt.ting breeches, rumes ~nd of her son, Barrett Wendell, in
, are as follows:
1880
colored coats. The haunting melody and the gown worn by the bride's
Mrs. John Cadwalader, Mrs. John c.
greatly enhanced the iJluslon o! one's mother, Mrn. w. w. Greenough.
Breckenridge, Mrs.
Sidney
Keith,
having been magically transported to
Many more costumed figures are Mrs. Lewis L. Sargent, Mrs. Andrew
a long-gone day of Colonial times. , especially noteworthy and deserving of Murray Williams of York Harbor, Me.,
There a.re more than thirty costum- detalled study. The big, old-fashioned Mrs. Harvey 0. Mudd, : Mrs. Paul E.
ed figures ln the display, arranged kitchen was especially interesting, with Bonner, Mrs. Clinton L. Wbl.ttemore,
8ingly and 1n groups throughout the its huge fireplace, its big wooden bowl, Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs. Charles B.
old mansion, both upstairs and down. iron implements, candle molds, an Manning and Miss Isabel Paul of Rye,,-:......~ ..,.,.,
The cootumes were kindly loaned for early American gateleg table, and an Mrs. John Mead Howells, Mrs. Wilthe display by members or old-time old American table o! pre-Revolution- llam Marston Seabury, and Mrs. Edfamllle.s or this city and vicinity. The ary days which came from the Earl ward S. Crocker, 2d, of Kittery, Me~
figures were dressed by Miss Ellza.beth of Halifax and William Pitt Tavern and from Kennebunk, Me., Mrs. EdPerkins and Mrs. Myles White, both which was erected in 1770. Washing- ward E. Dwight, Miss Llewellyn Paro! York HA.rbor, a high degree or art ton, Lafayette, and Louis Philippe o! sons; Samue2 Dennl.s Warren or
and ingenuity being displayed in their France once sat at this latter table.
"Rocky Hill Farm," Essex; Miss Frannrrangement as well a.s a remarkable
Tho wide window scats and bcn.utiful ces G. Curtis o! "Sharksmouth," Manknowledge of colonlal costuming.
old furniture throughout the house are chester; Mrs. Francis Randall AppleTea was served ln the old-fashioned thoroughly charming, and the frescoes ton o! "Appleton F'arnlll," Ipswich,
garden of the Warnt>r House, with by an unknown• artist are also worth a nd her daughter, Mrs. William G.
Mrs. William N. Kremer and Mrs. Ar- coming far to see.
Wendell; Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane o!
thur Hill ln charge of arrangements,
In one or the upstairs rooms is a "The Chimneys," Manchester; Mrs.
assisted in i;ervlng by Miss Vera Rich- sick bed scene, with the doctor stand- Frederic Sprague Goodwin of Wenard, Mlss Francrs Hunt, Miss Frances Ing at the bedside o! his patient, a ham,· Miss Ellen T. Bullard of Prides
Stone, Miss Edith Park, all or York nurse In attendance, a chlld in an Crossing, Mrs. Boylston A. Beal of
Harbor, and the Misses Neilson of early toddle-car, and an interesting "Cllpston," Manchester; Mrs. P. Gordon Patter.son, Mrs. Horace H. Soule
LltUe Harbor.
Jr., of Hamllton, Mrs. Leavett Hod~
"l'~~~'Y{An.~&. ~
ges and Mrs. Ch~les ~- Carroll.
ouse
istoric
-c- -- - ----~'
·t\ .t~:.
~
�eauthfl: UJ11a.wa1e, have Jlot yet ekUg-
gT.ec to their feet.
-COMP
Panels Ot ~toiit
Seen On Wall~ Of.Jr.
High Au~tQriu '
~
~
The mura~
th.e ,walls l
11be:
'Junior High scllooI. auditonnm are
now in place ed uc m-!)£t a.ttbadh~
'Tllis wori:: wu done bJ1: Mn.. Giad]s
B:rahnigan. a. wen l'moWll art~!., u-.
S'isted by- Mn.. Ali0e ~ e of Ccln.-'
cord, The. m'Ctt'llls are in f ~ , Jl)m'lefa.
mid. consut oi a ~ at :Bl:eakfast
Hill, the.. ~ or I.afaJdte to ~
mouth in li%"7 th'e Wuhmgfon vWt
in, 1789 ima the Hag or the- Ranger.
Plans are- bdm,; mMfe few a. public
dedication. of iliae beauWul munI.s..
This will take-~ on. Mou4fa,- evening, September· 23. begmmrag a.t. 'l.30
orclock. Mait)!:' Robert. )l,famn anii
SUpt. of ScnQo-1:s, ~ L ~ Maol!e- are
Jn charge Gt anamgements wr , this
notti,ble occasroa. The- pu,bli~ ill' mvfteo
t.o attend. and a. !8Jl'p: gathering- 5s
hoped for: , ,.
. The ,work
u. . r;pcI154)J'ed by tlile
Federal Arl. PJ'olat. , . Gf thee works
Prooress.
Adl:n.iJllfstntkm and · clwrfirg
0
the
ihe- two hll..~e- 51,\lOli• II).
great · deal d trme :m:.ot o.ruy i:n wtl'll)
pe.inting or' ih'e- ImWIJ$, 1,nlt ill ·hfsttmcal study ct the uene.s,.' c~mn,. e~c.,
in order. ti) have an htstOJ'klll acteuntle
·scene. '
' · •
.summer'
Mrs. Brannigan i$ V6Y welil known
for her· pamUmis,. · She bas st~"1i
under many -ollts.talll.cllilg tea.chen in
this country and abroad, .. and her
works ll,re a favorite among man:t
people. She has several J)Ublica]b'cwned ~l.ntfng,s-1 oxre .of which. is in
the Portsmouth Pubifc Library. lt is
entitled "Portsmouth From New Castle-.'~ Many private coffectors naive'
some- ot her- WOltk&.
.
During th'e' winter of 1933.. a.nd ,l4s11e resfd'ed on Ll'vermore stt'eet. a.ir<!
wlul'e there pa!ntieci re...-enia' l:rm-ra;Ts in
the llfstoru:: ir.tve:rni.o:c-e M'a,n5:on • nii.w
e>ccupred f1Y," 'Rear:_ A~l-r al and Mr:s.
Dougl1ts E°- Dfsmuke.s1,. .:rt .was in tlns
with' hel" hu,s-
.house..,flia'.t: ~ resfaeti'
pa,:ad, who() Wlf.'I' In: fau1mg_Jiealth at. tlile•
tfme, and since 1~
p ~, a\}'ay. 1~
The pa.fnttmgi ailre-. a5, foJ1c;w>5, the
I
,
' ,
J!.ata.:,ette l'a.ilel
,' Lafayette mlted UM! llnit.ed Staie&
in 1824; landing in New York Au'gust
fous -~ ~ ~ ai.s, d'e:;aibed b.eI&w-:
'1;' I ' ~•; :8i-ealtfast: lilJn,"aqd_.'
.'': ,·'
I'. wno~ ha4:
·Jmre l ~, a
fl, IndialfS',
ma~ ~-rar~ _amL.~~ SGme·
gmap,_
prt.til>nen, ':&>ct tow-a.m Rye-. a.n'd t!hfi:I~
.~ tlf~~ ,Pfe) ,.f:lrom . ~.s~
.stopped' i;(i. ~ find ?lrea:kf~t. OD ·111
:.l'.ick ever slm.:e !Gnown aa. "Bireakfast
Hill". 'Here·- tl':rleyl' ·'lll!e'ff- surprl~ The
neu .weir.e.,.J:~d 'fsut. aie- · ~
~ns ,~
,'ne-ired men iu~ !!h&wn
at. t h e ! • ~ or,tlle .tmupected,. at~ ·
tact; One> 6JJm'l!lf to. •hfs. ''•feet an'd
pa.pples- with- s ,whfte-· ,man; .another •
Jm.stil'y,draws-: Ms;, ~ . whiil~ et!Wn,.
15th, and visiting Portsmouth September 5th. 1
He · wa.s received
with great ac"laim,
m tt$~, •~;~ ' Pf~'Vid~ tes,, ·~, --~~. 1,and
~~Uor iilin;
the ~streets
through which
ne' J)a&ed
wue erowned. wttb. azches. ckcil:rated
with wreaths and evergreens. An addr~ of ·welcome- was
read, a11d
.school children In' white t.ook part ln
'the eeremonies. Samuel Mene had
been commissioned. to paint his po,;-1:ni't w.heu La!ayeUe :reached New
Yt>:c-1!:. wd this bis.tone: ltkeness ba.s
l>een !olkllwed_ As, the 'lflsit. was al:awst. :50i :iear.s. a.1ter the Revolut:.ion,
Lafa.yeille'So dark · aub= hair would
.sum tG be dyed or a wig. Tht
.Mknaeum, u
it, was. at. tha.t. time,
with the two gnce!uJ wtng.s and tbl!'
baluskade al'ong the c~ir:oice. is. in
the \,ackgrotm~ and both the French
'and the American ffags appear; the
'1alttr a.t.. that. Ume ltad 24 itar.s. The
lllfarquiJI. is. standi'Ilg east~y and ~ i th
digniity. Jfstenmg; to- . the addre.s& that
is'. bei:ng liead. 'Tile Ia:rge hat c.n the
Jad'J' at. the- left ls i.denUcali with one
by · Ml'S.. Da.llJid. Webst,er that
Washington l'aneJ
George Wasbillgton vis:lted P{)rt.6mo'lllth in the !al'l c,t 1789. aniving tl-n
Oct{iber :ns-t. and sfajing four nays.
Be wa.s, ueceived with gn-&t, even
eial!>e:rate, ce:remo,n,y. A mi,litary escorl
met: Mm at. the State Line and accompanied. him. • to the city, where
public exercise.s: were held, including
the · reading
of
laudarory peems
couch-ed. tn the m-0st extreme tenns o!
Jll!a.ise.
O:n the. very fir~t aftern= o! his
vi.st he caIIed' at. the Langdon Man.sion,' ,vhe:c-e as; he recorded in his
dtial!y, he· ••m-amk tea." This call is. the
'SlJbject sclerled fo, the Washington
pameL Washiin~on b.a.d :re:;ig.n,~d h;s
1mi.litaMy oommission
and bad been
' elected President. of the United States,
. anal,. it i& m thi:.s. l'Ole: tlila:t. he is p,:;r' tniyed. The accompam,-ying: offi€er is
in> the uniform o:r a: Major General,
,a.nd the. lady' in a fashionable costume
' of the tim~.
.
Washington is:' shoiWn entel'ing the
gat~s of I tl;l.~ Langdon, gnund~; ·th es€
'gate., are the, onfginail eme3\ th{)Se n o:w
in existence (1936) being the third! sen
' e11ected since the mansion was buil t.
The incident 0-ll the children t)resenting flowers. is fmaginMy, but in keep'iilg ,vith 'p'ioba.l!>ility ancll with 'a traditional custom still ob.served at t.:h e
,present t!1rn-~. The oc&asion is bn~ of
fo_rmality and dignity and this tone
~ ~ai,t.~ meq- ~ the de3rgn and · colo:r
of tthl~·psmel
· Ranger l"and
P&rtainduth ,. Ha:c-bo!r, on the
Fll>urth of July, 1777, the new flag of
SM.rs !rtlild Strip.es, adopted by -Congl!ess June 14 of that year, wa5 flown
for the, fint. 1 ti.me by .an American
was:rwp. 'lbfs.. wa..s .Jo::ti:n · PliuI
R;l,pger, which had been. launched at
Ba.dgu's. Wand in May. The ffq WM
)ll'a.d'e: by the young la.die$ of l'Ol"tamouth and presented
to Captain
Jones.~ the stars weire cur. t'n>m Hellen
:·seav,iy's, WeQding gown. This ffag- was
: taken with him by Cap '. a'.n J•o:'!e.'J
when he a.,sume:l c~mr.1~,n::I or tl·e
~n
Romine Richard, and it went
1
cl~wi1 with that .";'.lip after the v!ctori1Sus battle with the Serapi.s:, Septem!Mr 23·, '1779. Wh en the fla·g was made
it.. was not kn:i:wn, on account or the
1slow means of communication at the
i time. whether or not Geoi:gia. bao
joined the Union, and so the flag, had
TWELVE stars instead of TmRTEEN•. C~tizens are sho,w n in the
paner watchmg the Rangei:: as, we
, files the new, rebellious, flag. A PJ.scataqua gundabw is sailing past, between. the ship and the shore.
*NOTE: For the twelve star flag see
Til'. S. Naval
Institute ~oce=<ifings,
June 1936, and Col. W. H. Wald:ron;,s
. Flags of America.
IN MEMORY OF
HER ANCESTORS
-S\. ').<l
The secona story corner room towards Porter street' of the John Paul
Jones House ha.s been .s.et asicbe as a
tribute ~-Judge and Mrs. Woodbury
Langdon by thelr ·great-great granddaughter, Mrs. Harriett Langdon Pyne
Rice of Alban)' (Mrs. William Graham
Rice).
·
The room has been :furnished with
many articles which were used
by
Judge and Mrs. Langdon, who at one
time resided where the Rockingham
Hotel now stands. The- room has bttn
refinished an.d the !urnishings are the
gl!t or Mrs. Rice.
·
Among the articles in the room ~e
portraits or the first Woodbury Langdon and Mrs. Langdon.
These
situated on a stand placed on the
table dating back to the middle of ·the
18th cen,tury. In a large case · in the
room are many piece.s o! china which
were given ·b y -the Langdon's to thdr
daughter, who married Edmund. Roberts of Portsmouth. These arUcles are
well worth .&eelng and a. place in the
historical building will insure tnc!r
continued exhibition to people who are
lntere.sted.
There are some i nteresting documents contalning t~aties made with
the Sultan o! Turkey and other countries.
The room is a fitting tribute to the
early Langdon's who .did so much toward the development o! Portsmouth.
�•
Memories of the 17th Century Miscreants Rest Her~
The Old Jail al York, l\laiue
A N cw I<:ngland Albmn-XIII
The Old Juil at York, Maine, built in 1653, ls said to be the first publlc
building of the English Colonies in America-a not too flattering reflection on sc-mc of the early settlers. Besides confining the miscreants of the
region, , t.his ga mbrel-roofcd frame building also provided a habitation
·,.. for the jailer and his fa.mlly.
Two of the rooms on the second floor are di vided by a swin:;ing panel
part.ltion, making it possible Lo open up one large room for festal occasions. 'l'his gave the prisoners the vicarious :f questionable pleasure of
li§iening to the more or le&~ ligl1t and fantastic feet on the floor above
them, when the jailer's daughter gave a dancing pnrty.
The Church of England settled Maine by sendin out colonists whose
emigration in some cases was slightly less beneficial to America t11an to
England. Th!! section was governed by aristocracy and had it not been
for the narrow miuded jealousy of the Ma.ssachusetts Bay Colony in revoking the charter of Gorgeana (as York was once called), America's first
city might have equaled Jamestown in social prestige.
'
The Old Jail, the grimness of which ha,s mellowed into a :,tern sort of
beauty throu gh the years, served as a prison for the whole ten-itoi•y of
what is now M~,!ne until 1760. It has long since been dlscarq~d as a regular place of confinement. At the suggestions Of Wllllam Dean Howell~. the
Old Jail was turned into a Colonial museum and ls 110w vislted,-annuli~
by thousands of tourists.
It.,
·
�ALS TONIGH
AT JR:. HIG
I
·AT JUNIOR HI
Oedication of f<>ur l~e .mureJs <iepioti.Qg hl!ltl:ic e\•ents \'Which occurred
in this vic.inity will itaJr,e plaoe .at the
JUllior Hlgh Sohool Audl.tor.ium illhls
E'l/,&llllg at 7.30 ,o'.clook with the 1 ,gener.a.J. public invited to .attend as well
as members of .tj:le JJ.l.tl.ior 1,l\gla .Schol
Parent-Teacher
.
Interesting Exercises Held Last
.- Even·ing· Witli Good Attend-
Ass:iciatil>n, parents
.a.od f.riends. .
Toe murals .are tlJ.e wonk of· Mts:
-GJ.acU7s A. Br.arui~n cl .this clcy, .as-
sisted. by Mrs, Allee Co&gwve or Conoor.d, and were produced under the
.supervishm af Omer La·s sonde of Oonoord .state Vv!?A 11.rts supervisor.
~ pr-ogram f-ar the dedication ,ex.
ercises 'Will be 1l'S ~-oTiows:
Piano S01o
Miss Winnifred ~us
:In<Vocalt!on Rev. ·wm. Sa!l'Ioro. Jones
·"Pa'inting of tbe M:ttra.16" ·
.
Sponsored by fille WPt.. .
-:-
.
Omer T. Lessonde
Autbor!Zed by the Board ,of Eclu- ·
,oa,iiion
Efr,ec.l;ed
May.or Robert MM'vln
by the Ar.t..i.st
'lnfiuenf)e
Mrs. Gladys Brannigan
Oll ,tihe
.
Scb.oo1
IP.r.ineipall .Ra,ymond I. Beal
All
..
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-
;:- ...
,. • -•• <"-'¥_,, ....
\ Interesting exercises of dedication dlnary pictur~ In that there are oerwere held last' ·evening at· the Junior taln technicalities which enter Into the
High school auditorium, marking the painting of mural., which differenth1.te
first public showing of a series of !our them from easel pictures.
Murals
large mural , palnt1ngs adorning the must not be too reallsllc, he said, an<l
wall panels of the hall. A gratifyingly Mrs. Bra.nnlgan's are not.
In th!.&
large number of citizens were pre&· case the murals are historical and,
ent, .attesting to their interest in our educational In character. Mura.Ls must
schoo1s and in the art so wonderful- be autheri.tlo In every . detail, which
Iy demonstrated by the painter of these are. "I think they, are above •
these murals, Mr.s. G,lad;y11 A. Bran- criticism," he stated .They are painted .,•., ~,,,.,-,, ..., .., . ..-.....-··
n!gan of th!.! city,.
on canvas, rather than directly on the
The eioerclsea of the evening were wall, In order that they, may be rebrl.ef, intere.stlng
and ' appropriate. moved from the wall should it become i'"~i~~";,;*';f"'.'··
Seated upon the platform M the pro• necessary to make alteratlo!l.$ in the
gram opened at 7.30 ,p. m., were Rev. building. Using oil paints on canvas,
William Safford Jones, Mayor Robert I Mrs. . Brannigan
ha.s
effectively
·Marvin, chairman of the. Boa.rd of achieved the appearance of fresco, he
Education; Superintendent of Schools ~~:__ '
,
Harry L. Moore, Principal Raymond I.
Mayor Robert Marvin was next InBeal of the Junior High school; Omer troduoed as chairman of the Board
T. Lessonde, of Concord, state director of Education.
Mayor Marvin. exof art In the Federal Works Progress ' pressed his gratification that the long .. ,.,,~ ••.• _,.•·,.:
Administration, and the artist herself, bare space.5 on the auditorium wall
Mrs. Gladys A. Brannigan.
had been filled so beautifully, stating
Ml.s.s Wlnnlfre.d Claus presented an that he had realized the need. !or
excellent piano solo 'to open the pro- .some such . mural paintings in th~e
gram, after which Supt. Moore intro- spaces when he first entered the newly
'duced Rev, William Safford Jones, who completed building. "When we found
gave tpe invocation.
that under the auspices of the Works
Mr. Lessonde WI!,' then ln~duced. Progress Administration we could ~eAs dtr,ector o! the art projects under cure funds for the painting of these
the WPA In New Hampshire, Mr. Les- wall murals· we wondered who could
sonde was In general charge of this paint them. Fortunate-ly we were able
fine a.ccompll.shment here.
"I think to secure the services of a talented lo' the murals were beautifully painted cal woman. Mrs. Brannigan submitted
and ·· 1 am thoroughlr ·satisfied," he five sketches of scenes from the hissaid. He stated that; the painting of tory of Portsmouth, the Board o! Eduthese murals ls a part o! a Federal ar,t cation chose four of her desig~, and
project which l.s nation-wide, promot- ,upon May 12 Ia.st, the Board authorIng the appreciation of a.rt and the . !zed the approval of the project." He
growth of culture. In Ne,w Hampshire told o! how the use of the Senior High
thez:e has been arranged' a sche°dule school auditorium was loaned for the·
w~ich Include,$ all o! the counties, painting of the murals and of how the
with travel~ng exhlbltlon.s o! art and work wa.s transferred to the attic o!
other project.s designed to bring to the Junior High school after the open.
the people tht highest ty,pe of art. Ing of the fall term. "The School Board
"We are very proud of this accom- has approved the murals, and I think
pll.shment here and I feel that the you all will approve them," Mayor
people of Portsmouth . will be," he Marvin said.
said.
·
Mrs. Gladys Brannigan was .intro;Mr, Lessonde went on to explain the duced by supt. Moore as a lady who
requirements of mural p_alntlng, stat- is au artist as well a.s a painter. ''Thl.s
Ing -that mural.s are quite unlike or- task has been a most Interesting one
j
I
�she said.
"This city is an
historic one and I think -there are but
few places as rich in storied past. It
would have been possible to select as
subjects for these murals from an aln{O:St infinite number o! themes. In
making selection o! my subjects I
chose things whicl1 would commemorate the glamorous past o! this cny,
I wanted them to be commemorative
rather than anecdotal in character. As
_with the Washington panel, I would llke
to think that it would serve as a reminder to tile youn g
p eople that
Wa.shington w,1Jked th e .:;rre-ets -0f this
city .and was en te rrn ined here. I ·would
wi., h that t-h ~se panels might ,emind
the children of this school that th ?se
things ar-e a part of th eir own herit-age in this city.''
"One of th ~ essent-ial things about
a .mural," ~he said, "is that it must
be .architectonic in quali'.y. It must
not open vistas into wll ich one looks.
It .must not c~nt1r th" at1ention upon .o:ie particular spot on the cam·as
as a portrn.it does upon the face. A
. mural has more the qua lity -0f .a tapf'.st.ry in that it mus t be equally plea.sing in quality over i:.s {'ll tire surface,
wjtiJ colors picked up here and the.re
and ,repeal-ed .as tl1ough it, were .a woven thing. The mural must hav-e .a basic
' i;tructur-e with moH m-tn t, color and
line •by mean,s ,of which the -de&ign is
carried out.
It m\L~t be sufficiently,,
emtripftal to keep the 'fyes from
wandning out- ,ide t.J,e edges of I-he
mutal."
'Mrs. Brannigan ·went on t-0 -explain ·
llOille vn-y in teresting details .a s to the
great amom1t of research canied ,out
' in ,order that the murals might be
absolutely .authrntic in e"ery smallest
point. She ~la ted I.bat the !a~ of La1ay,ett.e •a.s appenrjng on one ,of the pan~1s was authentic in ti1aL it was copied from :a port.r ait paint,e d br -Samuel
Mou;-e, inv-entor of the t elegraph, a t
toe ti.me -of Lafayette•,~ vlslt here as
an ,old man almost fifty years after
the Revolutionary ·war. From a famlly
letter in the- posse-,sion -Of a Portsmouth family, v:hlch <1 escril:>e6 Lafayttte's costum~ a t the time of his vi.sit bere, it was !lefinit-ely ascertaimd
that Lmy.ett.e wore the costume In
which he was painte-d .b y Morse and
which 1is ;1;hown on the mm:al. .Mrs.
:Brannigan went on to explain that the
gate, of the old Langdon mansion
shown In .the Wa, hlngton panel were
originally as shOV\'n In the mural and
Utat the -pr,esent gates ,ire the third
to be erected on thR.t site.
She told
of how the .design of Washington's
ah~ bucl!J.-s wa.s nscerta1ned !rom a
Cllb: rt Stua rt pain :ing of 1789 as wa.s
Ute design of a 4iress sword, worn by
Washington•.~ .aide. The 1Woman·s dre.s.!' ·
~hown in the Laf.ayett.e panel is a replica of a drel:s worn by m. D.ani:t'l
Webster, ;1;he said.
Mr.:. Brannigan told of her research
t
~
to find what kind of feather head<lresrns t h r Eastern Algonquin .lndi.a:i s r epresent-ed in the B1•eak'f.ast llill
p an el wor<'. and of how she at 'last
,definit~ly ascertained that the feathers a.; worn by e-evry cigar-~tore Indian were nfl er all, to hn- surpri~e, histori cally correc t.
Mr-,. Bra nnigan r eceived hea.rty -applause in appnciation of. her wonderful w_ork .
P rin: ipnl Raymond J. B~al of the.,,,,,-""-"~·-·
Junior High school ;vds introduced
an d expressed hi.; appr eciation that
this school has once more bern placed
, :firi t among the schools of the entil'e
state.
He stated that Portsmouth's
Junior High \\·as the nrst to have -a
b, au tiful building to house 800 boys
a n d girl ; t he first to ba\'e a public
ad dr ess , ystsm; the nrst to own a
talking mo t.ion pictus-e machine, :and
one of the "first in N-ew England to
broadcast its school activities over a
ra:lio .sta tion. Now Port,smouth ,Junior
High school ls t.he fir~t in New Hamp_
.~hire to have beautiful mural paintlng.5 adorning its auclitorium. Terming
I th-r murals a wo:i.derful _piece of cre.ath·e painting, Mr. B?al expI'essed his
appreciation to .all ,those ,who :aided in
ma ki ng them po,sible.
Superint-end-rnt of Schools ·H. 'L.
Moore brought the exercises to a close
with the followin_g lmpre.s.sive dedicatory remark.5:
"Let t-h ese murals .be dedicated to
the spirit or art •in ,our city as an outstRnding evfdenoe
that beauty of
form and color l.s ·still rescognized .and
finds a -rightful place in ,our modern
Uvlng.
"And as they call to mind the farl'!'aching soen-es in ·Portsmouth's past
Ji-t. them be -cleclicate<l to Portsmouth's
I prrsent t.hat we, the men and -women
of t oday, may read :t-he.ir message and
.'O act that h-er present, like her past,
mil y be ·strong .:and .enduring.
''And finally let them be ,dedicated
to th e bors and girls passing steadily
from year to year th.rough this room,
\lrn.t. t.hey, the men -and women to
come, ma), eXJ'.}aience a keener appreciation . .of their heritage ...and lltn
, increasing -sense «>f their obl\gation to
I su taln the idea1s and honor the sacrifices that ma.de this city and this
n11.eon ~ Ible."
One of tJ1e seen-es depicts the ,visit
O: Washington to Portsmouth in 17:89
n.nd the Father ,of the
C<>cuntry ls
.!'hown as he is ,enter..l:ng the .gate-s .of
the histo,ric Gov. .John Langdon 'Ho.use
-011 Pl~~ant street.
Ano ther scene shows
General Lafayette
to
I
I
Sept.. 5, 1-824.
Th-e third .depicts -the ·Ship Ranger
on 'Ba,dg-er:.S l ~land -at Kittery,
JyL'-1g at anchor July -4, 1777, in Portsmout h hai-bor.
The fourth
Ibuilt
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At Is es
oals Clos
DELEGATES FROM ABROAD REACH THIS CITY THIS
.MORNING ON RETURN TO EUROPE
The delegates from thls country, Among the resplutions adopted were
Canada, England, Denmark,
Wal~s. he three following:
Czechoslovakia, and Holland arrived 1n 1. That this conference of free re'thb city today on their way to their ligious youth, cherishing a heritage of
homes, following .the closing of the In- spiritual liberty and humanitarian
tern~tional .Conference of the Leyden hope, expresses itself as opposed to the
Bureau. This conference, the first ever establishment of the totalitarian state,
t.o be held in ·America, was held at Star wherever this form of authoritatrianIsland, I.sles of Shoals, the entire week lsm threatens the democratic ideal.
and came to· a close la.st night with a 2. That this conference of free rebanquet in. th~ dining · room of the Jlgious youth expresses itself as favorOceanic Hotel.
ing the cultivation of international un- .
The week has be1!n a busy one from derstanding and friendship by the most
the standpoint of all the delegates. realistic strategy that is possible under
Recreation and conferences have kept existing circumstances and with full
them "on their toes."
recognition of differing states of lndlSports ranged from deck tennis ping vidual conscience. .
pong to a world series baseball game. 3. That this conference of free reIn the final playoff of the baseball llglous youth expresses Itself M realgame England lost to Czechoslovakia izing that the economic factors ln the "
by the score of 6 to 2. In the men's present world order often operate to
tennis · singles George Pflug of Fair- precipitate national and class warfare,
haven, Mass.,· defeated Robert Taylor and therefore that we tw·n our enerof Stoneham,_ Mass., in two straight gies to the task of establishing a
sets, 6-1 . and 6-1.
England placed world order• more in harmony with the
well in the other sports. Elizabeth spiritual teachings of Christianity."
Birks of Mansfield winning first in the Gudrun Kierkegaard of Copenhagen,
women's singles. In the mixed doublesj Denmark, dellvered an address at the
she and Rev. Martin Hall of Sheffield morning session. Dr.
Clarence R.
won the honors. She also captured the Skinner, who has been delivering a
championship of the ladies ping pong series of five lectures, all dealing with
tournament.· in the
deck · tennis .the conference theme, concluded his
doubles Bernard Lewis of Providence, addresses, speaking on "What Can a
R. I., and Rosalind Smith of Beach Liberal Believe?" He gave a number of
Bluff, Mass., were the victors. Robert things which liberals could believe,
Taylor of Stoneham won the men's ping : stating that there was no wish to make
pong tournament.
a hard and fast rule that one could beAt the . closing banquet Rev. Max lieve in.
:Kapp of Fitchburg introduced Rev.
"We are not liberals unless we can go
Joseph Barth of Newton as toastmas- beyond the borders of na,tions, if we
ter. Oscar Laighton asked the invoca- cannot grasp the hands of other nation. · Mr, Barth's talk as toastmaster tlons. If we can't go beyond the borwas entirely futuristic, dealing with an ders of our particular philosophy or
Imaginary conference of the L. I. B. school of thought or have any nan·ow
being held here in 1946, and all the limitations, then we are not liberals."
speeches were in keeping with tl:iat idea. liberals believe in consecration. We go
Speakers included Carl Weatherell of liberals believe in • oonsecation. We go
Booton, Rev. Stewart Ca,rter, president to the altar not only to receive but to
of the Leyden International Bureau; give."
M!Ss Jo :van Duyn of Rotterdam, HolThe morning chapel was led by Rev.
land; Frit.z La.nkamp of Amsterdam, Max A. Kapp of Fitchburg and Rev.
Holland; Dr. Miroslav Novak of Praha, Stewart Carter of London led
the
Czechoslovakia; Miss Gudrun Kierke- . final candlelight service in the
old
.gaard _ of · Copenhagen, Denmark; Dr. stone church.
Clarence R. Skinner of Tufts College;
John -Brigham, president of the Yd'Ung
People's Religious Union of the Unitarian Church, and Rev. Ben Hersey . of
Portland, Me.~ president of the Yoll.!Jg
People's Christian Union ·or the Universalist Church.
ln the photo cont.Est, Allan Slocume
of Lync1iburg, Va., won . all
three
prlze.s.
During the afternoon a session was
held, with the Fmdlng committee mak& report of the activities of the oonentlon: givin~ a.· resume of the papers
and· discussions taking place.
John
Russell <>f New York City read the re-
rt.
�ers f e
ational oc·e y,
f"·· 8 -2 ,~ An-t.
lodg , o d Exe
Members of the A11drc•.v Jackson rnand of a
d!'Lachment of New
chapter o! New York of the National Hampshire troops assigned to defend
Society Daughters o! 1812, Saturday · the Lown and harbor or Portsmouth.
afternoon, honored the memory or He also served as quartermaster genMaj. Edward Jennings Long at special era! of New Hampshire and at the
dedicatory services held In the North · time of his deulh Feb. 27, 1824, was
cemetery where Major Long ls bur- ' secretary of the New Hampshire Fire
led.
i and Marine Insurance company an
Mrs. William H. Pouch of New general or the First Brigade of New
York, president or the Andrew Jack- · Hampshire militia.
son chapter, presided and invocation
Many notable patriotic society leadby Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner of ers we1·e present. Among them were:
North Congrc-gationnl church, Mrs. William H. Pouch, president, Mrs.
city. Major Long married Doro- Myrtle M. Lewis, vice president, Mrs.
A. Rogers or Newburyport, who Hugh H. Rainey, registrar, and Miss
was a descendant o! Rev. Nathaniel Agnes L. Peabody, chairman o! markRogers. second minister of the North · ers, of Andrew
Jackson
Ohapter,
church here from 1699-1723.
i Daughters of 1812; Miss Jean Miller,
Following invocation the pledge of New York City; Mrs. Eldward Balch
allegiance wa.~ led by Miss Agnes L. ' Stearns of New Hampshire, state preslPeabody· o! the Andrew Jackson I dent or the United States Daughters of
chapter. Mrs. Pouch then presented ' 1812; MTS. Milton A. Bridges, regent of
an official marker of the Daughters : Manhattan Chapter, D. A. R., of New
o! 1812 and the marker wos accepted , York; Mrs. Radcliffe B. Lockwood,
I
tor the descendants by Mrs. Hugh member of the Binghamton, N. Y.,
H. Rainey of New York, a great ; Chapt,er, D . A. R.; Mrs. Walter F. Lane,
granddaughter of Major Long. The regent or Ranger Chapter, D. A. R., of
marker was unv eiled by Miss Min-/ FortsmouLh; Mrs. Charles E. Norris, 1~nle B. Wade, New York state pres!- gent of Sally Plumer Chapter, D. A. R.,
dent o! Daughters of 1812.
! of Epping; Mrs. George M. Pendergast,
The program came to an end with , regent of Granite Chapter, D. A. R., of
Masonic .services conducted by Wor- '. Newmarket; Mrs. Harry R. Hill, r egent
I
shlpful Master George B . Wnrd and o! Margery Sulllvan Chapter. D. A. R.,
Chaplain John H. Yea Lon of Saint' of Dove r;
Mrs. Wendell B. Folsom,
John's Lodge, No. 1, A. :r. & A. M.' state governor of the Society of Mayo! which MRjor Long was the 17th flower Descendants; Mrs. Charles C.
worshipful master of the 200-year- '. Goss, president of the Colonial Dames
old lodge. He also served from 1813- l of New Ha mp.shire; Miss Minnie B.
15 as grand master o! New Hampshire. , Wade, New York state president of the
Major Long wa.s born July 24, 1271, . national society, United States Daughin Newburyport and was a descend- wrs of 1812. and Mrs. Louis s. Leonard,
ant of Robert Long, who settled In New York state chaplain o! the naNewbury in 1684. During the war of tlonal soclet.y, United States Daughter
1812 he served as a major in com- o! 1812.
, /
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is a gala affair
.
In
launching stand was decorated
red,
Whits and blue ,bunting.
Upon the
launching ,stand wera
the
guests .
Among the naval offlclals from outside
the yard to be present at the launch- L~ •.,,•.,,,,,.
Ing were Capt. C. C. Soule and Comdr.
Kildorl ot the First Naval District,
and Capt. Newton H. Whittt or WashlngLon.
A launching Is always an Impressive
sight, and the launching o! the Pollack
was in keeping with the custom o! past
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A NAVY YA
launchings. Every available advantaIgeous
spot was taken, long before the
/ .sc~eduled hour !or the launching. Not
navy }'lard waterfront,
1 but across the river 01. Pelr-'8 Island,
I alon~ the M_emorial bridge and ·obher
I plaus where the launching could be
seen, people had gathered to witness
the new ship taking to the water. The
yard workmen who had watched the
progress o! the craft from its beginning, .taw with pride the product of
their brains. am! hands, I-like to the
water.
Exactly al' 12.45 p. m. , the submarine
-was chri.5t-ened with Mis.s Anne Carter
-----:----r="""'-"""'----------'■.'.-Lauman,
daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
been laid a year ago the first er OcP.
G.
Lauman,
(C. C.) is
U. prod,uction
S. N., a.s
th
Another Port~mouth-built subma- taber. A sister ship to
e Plunger, ::ponsor. Capt. Lauman
8• of th is 11!1icer of the yard.
rine-th,e
24th-slipped
quietly
into
the
which
was
launched
on
July
Previous
to the
Waters Of th
.~ Pis' catanua River, n• .,..A year, the Pollack was also authoriz·ed 'lo
hi
M' ·
L uman ,,,~-· pre
"
" " ' W~v
.,.unc
Dg-,
~S
a
Pollack was christened this llfternoon to be built uucter th e Emergency Ap- ~nted with a wri,t watch a ilft from
at 12.45 with a large number of people proprlatlon .Act for _th ~ :fiscal ye~r 1935 :the yard employees. The pr,, sentatlon.
witnessing this event.
It was a tri- a nd th e 0rder for the · construction o! •~ made by Ernest H. Chapman ' of
umph for Yankee craftemen and the the Pollack was . placed, with the local ihe yard e~clrical shop.
work which they have done ln past y.a rd by ·s::c. of th e Navy Claude .SwanCom dr. M. H. Petzold of the Chap.
years at the Port.~mouth Navy 'l{ard son /on Aug. 22, 1934. she Ls ·expecbed 11,in's Corps delivered the prayer.
has made this locality famous for ·1ts to _be c<!mpleted abou,t the firS t ,ot May,,
As Mls.s Lauman· broke a ~iJrer en1937
workmanship on undetz.eas craf.t.
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a,ed bottle of champagne over the
4
The launching creates a new record I The submarine she~ , were g;a!ly at- iiow
of the boat the craft began to slid£
for quick tfme _work,_ the keel_ having~;_d_in honor of th is launching, which Jtown the bt1ildi.ng ways 11.nd into the
,
1only along the
1'we~ty-Fourth ·Portsmouth·Built Under-Seas Craft Slides
Into The.Pisc~taqua At 12:45
P. W,. Today
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J>i ·. ca tl\qua Riv·n As the Pollack start#d to move, the whlstlfs of the Navy
-Yarci and- on ihe boats sounded wrul-e
ihe crheers ot the crowd add<d to the£ •~-t-;•;•t;•·..,r .
clin. As t.h-e Pollack went down the
' Ancline she galnecl speed ancL plunged
.-race1'ully into th~ waiel'.
As she l!':'•~~~~·"••~NP•,-JI'.. "'<Al
ttruck the water, the American LeJion b-and of thJ.s city pla,yed '•The Star
J,pang!ed Banner."
The band also
fla:r,ed for a concert previous to the
1Runching, while the crowd to wit11ess the launching was gathering.
As the submarine sped into th-e waflr from the building ways, :\ml slowed
4lowu somewhat,
the
line,s , ,v,ere
thrown ! 0 her from th ;; two tugs waittrig to bring her l-0 her buth. These
tugs wue the John G. Chandler and
t,he yard tug, Penacook. A:; t-he li1,2.s ~,·,,-~, .... -.,.
._,ue made fast, the two tugs ,drew
the boat to the berth and no~ed hi:r
fnfo plac.e. Here also was a large numt>~r of people, waiting to .' ee th ~ dock. tn~ of the new addition to the nar~•:
The Pollack is about the same size
, the pr,evious submarin es wit.h about
fhe same cruising speed. Upon compl·e1Jon, which will not be for at least
t<Ven months, :•#~ will make a' "'shakeJown" cruise to t{2.t, all her equipfrl~nt in s-ervice, and only then, will
111h e officially become- a: me m b~r Qf the ,-·~.z-,o, "'••
!
Pe-et.
�'Fhc commanding oflicer- will be
f,feut C. E: Al'dricb, P. na.th• e of New.
H:amp~bire. ltt was born In Cl'liche.!!l:er,
and receiv~dl hi.s education th-ere. Be
received an appointment to the.· Na."Val
,tcad'iemy at Annapolis from Vermont,
fLDci graduate-d: in 1921. Since 1924 he
~as. be,en in .sul)marine rervice, and
fer two year,;., 192'T t0 I92!P <?omma.ndtld thf!c U. 5. S. submarine R-lfr. ©n
)11:,, la.!!t sea duty he served' as eXJl!cu-Live Mflcer 0 r me U. 5. S. Argonaut.
The' Argonaut was formerly known as
the- V-4 and wa,s builtt at thi.'¼ yard,
being raunched in 1927.
· Dlll'ing the- spving _the command.er
e>r the new submarine was selected, for
)leutenant-eommand~r. Fbr t-he pa.st
few years Li-mt. Aldrich ha.~ been
c>ne' or the aid es to the commandant
at the Navy Yard·, and he has be€n
'Very efficien,t and popular in lliit dutie:!!. His ne-w orcfiers will ngain take
him to sea duty, upon the compTetion
e>f the v•e~sel neJEt year.
This 24th. Portsmoutn built ship is
bu: another product of the skill of the
workmen in this section of Maine and
New Hamp,hjre, and they,
are all
proud of her. With the incr-ea.sed' force
11,t the Navy Yard, she wa:, complet.ed
for launching in record time. amt de6pite the rmh. no effort was .<:.par.eel,
to make her as efficient a.s oth~rs
buiH during the pa,<t 20 )'ears in the
)li.2tory of submarine building at the
Navy Yard. It is a. splendid craft and
JJOt only those who had a pint in conetruct.ing her, but everyon'! may well
be proud of this new product el the
Portsmouth Navy Ya.rd.
RAFFIC COUN
REVEALS HUGE
.\\:-: VOLUME ff-, RE
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The Stat;e Highway DepartmPnt has
conducted a traffic count of all cars
passing
over the Memorial bridge
here during the 24 hours beginning at
8 a. m., yesterday and ending at 8 a.
m., today. The results announced by·
Mayor Robert Marvin reveal a surprisingly large volume or Lraffic passing
through our business sect.Ion on its way
to and from the state of Maine over U.
S. RouLe 1. Porl.5moulh is well called
the City o! the Open Door.
The total number o! motor vehicles
passinp; over the Memorial bridge dur~
Ing the 24-lfour period was 17,807.
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O! these 16,140 were passenger cars,
1,437 were trucks and 230 were bus.ses.
During the half-hour or peak tramc,
which came between 4. and 4.30 p. m.,
the total number o! all motor vehicles
passing over the brldge was 892.
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The officers on the Scammel were
the captain and three ·mates. After
Captain Yeaton retired in 1811, wibh lus
second wife he went to live •.on a farm
In Saga<lahoo county, M11,ine. He left
no sons. His picture hall' a prominent
place in the library o,! the Coast Guard
Oollege at New Lonp.on, -Conn. ~ ;Ills
grandfather, Richard Yeaton, Uved in
New Castle In 1633.
The Scammel was the first
revenue cutter and Wf\i ~cceeded by _the
New Hampshire.
THE COAST GUARD A NIVERSARY
Edi l.-Or o[ The Herald:
coast
The display or flags at the
on
GJard stat.Ion on Wood Island
Tuesday, wh\ch caused many inquiries L..,.,__..,....-._~'""'_.~,..r,~ii,"c:~
from visitors, was in celebration or the
anniversnry of the establishment of the
service. P rhaps the story would be ini,ercstl11g.
JC>Sf'[)h Whipple was callector o[ customs at Portsmouth. Alexander Hamilton, secret, ry of the Treasury, having
supervision o[ customs, wrote Whipple
Sept. 20, 1789, concerning proper boats
for the use of the customs depart1uent
in the harbor. In reply Whipple wrote
The New Hampshire society of the
him Oct. 29, 178'9, in part, as follows:
Colonial Dames of America will hold
"1 am borrowing or hireing as occa- a garden party Jn the old fashioned
sion requires two boats or yawl con- English garden on the grounds of
struction, with four or six oars for the Moffat-Ladd house in Portsuse in the river. Beside these a vessel mouth, Friday, August 14, from 3
of a different construction will be nee~ o'clock to 6 o'clock (DST). Duressary in the s .muner to ply on the bay · ing the afternoon the Boston Symbetween C pe Elizabeth and Cape Cod phony Players will furnish the musie
to e xamine fishing vessel.~ and co:1.stcrs. and coffee, cakes and ices will be
"Such a vessel might
extend its served.
cruises from Nantucket to the easter11
This party Ls given nearly every
extremities of the United States, and year for the upkeep and fum1slrlng
there is no place in which one could be fund of the society's home, the MofconstrucLed better or at less expense fat-Ladd house. At this time the
thin this. Our harbour is as well cal- historical house with it.ii 'rare anculated for navigation and the river tiques Is open to the public. This
for ship building as any in the United year an interesting collection of old
the
States, which the genius of our people pewter will be exlliblted · in
Coach hou.se adjoining"· the pounds
also favors."
Aflcr some [urther correspondence by Mrs. John B. · Jameson of Concord
Whippie wrote Hammon as
follows: who wm arrange her hand~fasbloned •
"Date Feb. 15, 1791, Tours of the 23d plates along the wall and have a
ultmo. 1 have received and in per- table set in pewter.
Mrs. George Warren· w111
fonnance Qf your directions have agreed
for the hull of a vessel for a cutter for her valuable collection or
th L~ sl,aLirm 0f 44ft. keel, 15 fh. beam, quilts in the office.
The Moffat-Ladd house, one of
6 1-3 ft. hold at 9 dollars pr ton. The
vess el is In b d livered the 10th or May Portsmouth's oldest dwellings, was
built in 1763 by Capt. John Moffat,
next"
On June 28 Whipple writes Hamilton commander of the king's ship carrying masts from Kittery Point to Engas follows:
"The carp nter who undertook the land. Later the house became the
hull o[ the revenJe cutter building in home of Gen. William Whipple, a
this port having been sick several weeks son-In-law and famous New Hampthe work was delayed.
Shall
be shire man who was a member of
launched in 10 days." The rigging and the Conl!nental Congress of 1775 and
equipment wa..'l lef t to the judgment or a signer of the Declaration of In- ,.
,
Capt. H•Jpley Yeaton, who received hl.3 dependence.
The garden party Is under the dicommission March 21, 1791. His employment on the boat commenced Oct, rection of the entertainment com6, 1790. The first name selected for the mittee, Miss Annie Walker, Rochescutter was "Ferret," bnt as an English ter, chairman; Miss ~ther Jackson,
boat i'l Nova Scotia had the same Peterborough; Mrs. Robert P. Burroughs, Mrs. Harry Ellis Straw, <Mrs.
name it wa.s called "Scammel."
Fred B. Preston · of Manchester;
Whipple to Hamilton Sept. 9, 1791:
Miss Josephine R. Rice Portsmouth,
"The cutter sailed Aug. 28th, 1791, Mrs.
Horace Morrison, Peterborough,,..,..,..,,......"~
having on board a few borrowed small
and Mrs. Emma Brown Lyman, Exarms and other mUltary accoutre- eter.
ments."
GA~D
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FRIDA
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Annual Musi~ Festival
~ Held Satur_day And Sunday
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"CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA" PRESENTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON - OTHER OUTSTAND. . ING EVENTS ON PROGRAM.
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The foJrth annual music festival was
held Saturday and · Sunday at North
Eampton and Hampton .Beach. Originally scheduled for presentation at the
<Jpera field on the Hobson estate at Little B<Jar's Head, the damp · weather
caused the opening event on Saturday
~ternoon to be held at Centennial Hall,
North Hampton. The Serenade Concert was also held there.
The opera,
"Caveller!a , Rusticana," was presentt.d at the opera field and the f!no.l
event,_the Symphony Concert, was held
at the Casino Ballroom at Hampton
Beach.
During the rntire four presentations
the audiences numbered thousands and
all enjoyed the opportunity to attend
JM'rformances of the calibre presented.
For four years Mrs. Arthur L. Ho!Ji:on has sponsored these festivals. She
!s the founder and president of the l(.
H Music Festival and mainly .through
her influence Is the festival presented
each year. The first year~ the Fabien
Sevitzky Ensemble and th~ Young Musicians' Symphony was presented. The
MARY _SHAW McMAHON
Soprano Soloist
second · year 't~e cozn'bined ensembles
present, t Cle opera which was presentec this year. Last year dJring
the
Garden Festival excerpts
from the
opera "Alda" were presented.
At th e opening event, the choral concert, Mrs. Hobson extended a welcome
and told of the_plans for the future
She said: "The purpose of this and fu~
ture ;music festivals here at Little
Eoar s Head especially, is to bring together on a., ground <J:f common understandllfg·~groifps Of ar£Lst.s
mu.sic
!overs,_ with a definite mission _to fo.st,el"
the love of good music throughout the
nation and world.
ana
"In visualizing the success of these
music festivals in New Hampshire a pict~e comes to mind of allied groups, all
w;th a dei nite purpose onward, ewr
01!ward, toward eternal harmony. Emerson in his immortal essay on Art says
•true art is never fixed, but alway~
flowing. The sweetest music is not In
the oratorio, but in the human voice
when it speaks from the instant -m~
tones or tenderness, truth or courage.
'l'he oratorio has already lo.st its relation to the morning, to the sun and to
ihe earth, but that persuading voice ls
in tune with these.' We might almost
~-dd that here today we are in touch
with the Infinite.
"In line with the above thought it ls
well to remember that 'music belongs to
!ou-do~•t try to live without !t-you'11
oe underno.:irished and something w!ll
be gone from your face that a face was
meant to have. Music speaks a tongu~.
I think, th.it once in the beginning ·11e
spoke, .and will speak again, but now
we have seemingly forgotten.
"With your help and cooperation our
efforts wlll be Inspired by the thought
tl:>at we are bringing Into your lives
something that you crave. Help us to
make this New Hampshire Music Festival one of the outstanding musical
events of the entire year."
Mrs. Hobson was :!allowed by Fabien
Sevltzky, ,:ho thanked
everyone for
their cooperation in making these music festivals possible.
The opening event of the festival was
the choral concert which, due to weatht-r conditions, was held at Centennial
Rall. The United Choral Groups were
wider · the direction of Norman M
L-eav!tt and In this group was the Ports~
r.iouth Choral Society which presented
Rossini's "[tabat Mater" on Palm Sunday in this city. Featuring In the concert were excerpts from "Stabat Mater."
Mary Shaw McMahon sang in her beautiful soprano voice the stirring "Jnflrunatus." Then, with
Mrs.
Sara
r:!ckey Simpson sang a duet.
Mrn.
Simpson has developed a richness m
ttme which distinguishes her among
other .singers. · These two, with Olarcr. ce Schirmer, tenor, and Rev. Gerald
0. McpJlloh, baritone, composed the
quartet which sang the tribulation,
"Lord Mo.st Holy."
The final selection was the Inspiring
·number ..To Him Be Glory Evermore,"
b~· the entire company of singers.
Amos Moody played the piano accompan!ment for the entire program and a
1 great deal of credit should go to him
for the smooth performance. A fine
accompanist helps- to make a fine performance.
Three songs by the vocal ensem b'.e
and the united choruses were the next
numbers on ·the program. These wern
J•Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire" by Bach, accompanied by the full orchestra; "Ret:uiem" i'>y .Ba~ok, with Mr. Leavitt ,it
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the organ, and finally a Negro spiritual
•·neep River," also accompanied by the
orchestra. The latter was the outst_a~ding selection and was very moving,
r,:vmg the chorus an opportunity to renal the fine quality of their tone production. Wave after wave of applause
g:eeted the conclusion or this number
after an im. ressive moment of silence.
~ext on the program re-appeared
M1.ss Kou.ssevltszky, who sang an aria
from the opera "PiqJe Da~e"
!)y
'l"schalkow.:;ky. Once more she pleased
the large audience which had gathered
to hear the concert. Again and again
she was forced to appear in acknowledgment of the applause.
The final number on the program
was the overture, "1812," by Tschaikow.!iky. This is perhaps one of the most
famous of his works. It 1s a dramaUc
:;e:ect!on, portraying in musical form
~.:1e fatal year of 1812. In this selection
:.1re Included many folk songs and martial airs of different countries. It opened
with a Russian choral and in the finale
was heard the strains of the '"Ma~·stilles."
·
Mr. Sevitzky presented this overtu;:-e
in an entirely new form. He included
the chorus in the finale, which was a
fitting close for this inspirational work.
The opera
"Cavalleria Rustlcana"
'"as presented at the opera field on the
Hobson estate at Little Boar's Head on
Sr.turday afternoon at 5.30. Thls w,15
the only event held at the opera field,
olthough it had been planned to present
&ll the events there. Excessive dampnrss was the cause of the change in
schedule. Fabien Sevitzky presented
the same opera two years ago and rn
popular was it that he was requested
to repeat the fam!liar opera by Piefro
Mascagni this year.
Several hundred were in attendance
to witness the second performance and
many who witness the first presentation two years ago expressed themselves
as believing this year's production sur0
vassed the former one.
As Mr. Sevvitzky appeared he was
g•eeted with hearty applause. Picking
·Jp his baton, the strains of the Introduction or "Cavalleria" were
heard
then the curtains parted and the sln 6 ~
ers appeared. Frances Madden took
1.1:e part of .. Santuzza" and scored a hit
in her i;olo parts. Howard Harrington
appeared in the roll or "Turiddu" and
hl:: duet with Miss Madden was outstanding. Others ln the principal rol1:-s
were Louise Murray, who enacted the
part of "Lola", Ann Novins ns the
"Girl," Edna Merritt as '"Lucia" and
Tom Thomas, who played the role of
'.'~lfio." Peasants and villages comJ:'le ted the cast.
Probably the most beautiful selection
in the en tire opera ls the orchestral selection "Intermezzo." The soloists were
vi:-ry good and their voices were cler
nnd blended well. The amplifying sy~tc-m which had been installed at the
f.dd aided in the p resentation. Everything was amplified so that all could
hear what was going on. The scenery
\':a~; a great addition to the performance.
Here, too, Mr. Sevitzky had the g;eatest coordination between the singers
and the orchestra. To watch Fabien
Sevitzky in action ls a treat. He not
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only directs the orchestra and singers,
. but also brings out hls artistry by :ilruost playing or singing with the artist.
Nothing escapes his eye and ns a result '
each member o! the cast always gives
the best possible performance.
It was sheer magnetism that brought
OJt such singing in the teeth o! a damp,
. , C<>ld easterly mist. It took courage on
' the part o! the sln~rs to risk their
voices in such weather. Yet they all
; st,ng, and sang dellghtfully.
Enn
I though s<>me of the large audience were
1becoming chllled they sat fascinated
, under the sheer artistry of this colorful
opera.
! Fabien Sevitzky may be called upon
· to face more inclement weather to give
r.n outdoor
performance.
Frnnc~s
Madden, Edna Merritt, Louise Murray,
: Aun Novlns, Howard Harrington, Tom
Thomas and the chorus members o! the
Fabien Sevltzky Ensembles may sing
better than they did on Saturday, but 1t
ls doubtful. It was well done and det.erves prals~ which we feel free to give.
Tl:ese words are brought to mind
" 'twould seem impossible untll 'twere
done."
The opera was presented 1n Engllsh.
Wllllam Franck and Al Payette served
a.~ assistant stage manager and Norman
M. Leavitt was the organist in
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The symphony
concert
Mrs. Charles M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs.
Fabien Sevitzky, conductor;
Marla Gordon Dow, Gordon P. Eager, Mrs.
Koussevlt.zky, soprano; the Fabien Se- W11llam Arms Fisher, Mr. and Mrs.
vitzky Ensembles and the United New Arthur Foote, Hon. and Mrs. Alvan T.
Eampshire Choruses. In this program Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gibby, Mrs.
were presented works by the great mas- Hel€'Il S. Gilman, Maj. and Mrs. A.
ters, Including Wagner, Puccini, Grieg, Erland Goyette, Mr, and Mrs, John K,
Bach, Bantok nnd Tschalkowsky. The Gowen, Jr., Edit~ ~Y~ _ Gr~~
t'rogram opened with Wagner's march
from the opera "Tannhauser.'' This Charles Greenman, Mr. and Mrs. Ed•
was presented by the symphony nnd ward R. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
the combined choruses and brought out G. Hall, Mrs. Fuller Halsey, Mr. and
Mr. Sevitzky's fine conducting and con- Mrs. F. W. Hartford, Ewing Hill, MT.
trol or the choms o! over 100 voices and and Mrs. Robert S. Hoffman John Ii.
orchestra o! nearly 200.
Hobson.
Next on the program was also a seMiss He1en Hood, Hon. Hemy W.
ltction by Wagner, from "Melstersing- Keye.s, M~.s Martha S. Kimball, Col.
ers", lncluding the Jntroductlon to the and Mrs. Frank Knox, Arthur A. Lanthird act, Dance of the Prentlces, nnd ders, Albert P. Langtry, Mr. and Mrs.
Melsterslngers Procession.
Maria George B. Lor<l, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph
Koussevltzky made her first appear- M. Lucier, Mrs. Edward . MacDowell,
snce and sang 3-'l her selection an Arla Mrs. Charles B. Maoo,!ny, Hon. Ro~
from the opera "Madam Butterfly," oy €'ft Marvin, Anne Carroll Moore,
Puccini. This brot1ght out the full of George H. Moses, Mr. and Mrs. Shll'tone, great range and beautiful quality ley Philbrick, Mr, and Mn. ll'rederick
or the young lady's voice. She received B. Pre.ston, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam N.
a great deal of applause and made sev- Rogers, Mrs, Alfred Rosser, Mrs. Eliza,.
eral nppearances ln acknowledgment, beth Rowan, Mrs. Sarah Simpson, Mrs.
bJt dlcl 11 ot respond with nn encore, Robe·rt Southworth, Hon. and Mr.s.
much to the disappointment of the au- Huntley N, Spaulding,
Addde Ji1.
rlience.
Towne, Dr. and Mrs. Wallis D. WalkThe next selection brought out the e·r, Mrs. Abby 0. Wilder, Mrs. Josephine
ent-l re ability and taxed tho musicians Wiltbank, Mrs. Margaret Wingate, Mr~
to the utmost, and also brought out Mt·. Mary I. Wood.
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preler of music. The selection was the
first suite to "Peer Gynt" by Grieg. It
was In four parts,
"The Morning,"
"Asa's Death,'' ''Anlstras's Dance" and
'ln the Hall of the Mountain King.''
Thie United New Hampshlre chorus
was composed o! the following: Bcbty
Pearsall, Doris Bailey, Ethel Anderson, Jennie Marston, Evelyn Drake,
Lucille McPhcte,rs, Marion Knowli(\.~,
Gertrud<' lloboo, Ruth Wood, Edith
Harris, Harriet R!chard1Son, Nellle Ingram, Ethel B. And,e•rson, Erruestine
Hayes, Edna Claus, Mlldired, Goodwin,
June Goodwin, Geneva Ross, Ediith
Bartholic, Hattie Spinney, Eula Parshley, Mildred Hu~ey, Gertrude Moody,
Gladiys Chick, Bertha Rumford, Mary
Llving.<ilon, Florence Paisley, Laura
Proctor, May Davis, Florence Whlve,
Ida Smith, Ed,i th Warren, Anna 0111more, BcJle Perkins, Stella Glldiden,
Doris Trafton, Emma Fo.ss, Hazel SealcCULLOH
Barlt-0ne
vey,
Bnnloe
Spackman,
Ethel
church scene.
Knowles, EtJ1el Hlll, Sara Simpson,
Sunday morning at 10 _30 a special Mary McMahon, Muriel Bridle, Marlon
serenade concert was presented, which Hersey, Betty Gobbi, Isobel King,
featured Fabien Sevltzky cond.icting ' Louise Teague, Mattie Perkins, Edith
the Young ~uslclans Orchestra, includ- Shannon, Mary Perkins, Ruth Leavitt,
ing the Brass Ensemble and Chamber Grace Vickery, Loui..<-e Benoit, Martha
Tuscmble, with Phebe Davison soprano. Boutwe-JI, Sylvia K_nlght, Josephine
The concert opmed with fanfares of Moulton, Brandon Knowles, Norman
brass and the program lncludecl the Witham, Danid Smith, John Pearson,
works of many favorite composers, such Evans Goodwin, John Barnard, Ge·r n.s Schubert, Gluck, Purcell and Busch. ald McCulloh, Orlgen Teague, 0, A.
Special mention should be made of Meredith, Ec1'ward Seavey Sr., Lewis
Phebe Davison and of her wonderful Clapp,
Kenneth
Caswell,
Oscar
coloratura soprano voice. She has a Vaughan, Raymond Dyer, Roger Wood,
beautiful tone quality and easlly reach- James Le.avltt, Clarence Schirmer,
es the high notes.
Wllliam Page.
The final presentation o! the festival
The patrons nnd patronesses were:
was the symphony concert, which 1\11\S Gov. and Mrs. F. Styles Bridges, Miss
given in the Casino Ballroom at Ham,- Doroth y Annable, Col, and Mrs. Wilton Beach due to weather conditions. Ham A. Barron, :Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Although It was not raining the air was Beckwi th, Mr. and Mrs. Everett. Braddem and chilly.
ley, Alfred Brinkler, MI£s Jane c. Bur~~~:;:.:.:;:::..:;,;;.;,;;;.::.:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.J! ley, Harold Cheney, Arthur J. Connor,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Currier Mr. and
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N'E W. STORY BY
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MISS BOYLSTON :.
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.NNUAL BENEFIT
Miss Helen D. Boylston, a native
Portsmouth, is the autho.- of
Barton, Studen't -Nurse."
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Helen Dore Boylston
h as
been
· throug~ three Balkan r evolu tions. She
.
is still ,scared out of h er wits by bomb.s,
though she "did not mind shells after
the first time." She was only 20, just
gradua ted from one of the foremost •.
training schools fo r nu rses in
the
Eastern United States, when she went
ove:seas to serv e as a nu:·se in
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Wcrl d War. When it was over sh e
joined the Red Cross for two more years
work abroad, in Italy, Poland,
Germany, Russia and the Balkans.
She returned to America to become
head nurse and anaesthetist in
the
throat and nose department of
th e
hcspital where she h ad been
Then she came in to a small income,
gave up nu:sing and went, with her
frien d, Rose Wilder Lane, to Missouri,
wherf she _prepared her "Diary of a
,The annual ben'e fit for the Greater Hackney, both ·scout leaders; ·
War Nurse" fo r publication in the At- ,
P~rtsmouth Council ~f Girl Scouts was sisted.
lan tic Monthly.
held ~esterday afternoon at the beauHomemade sandwiches and tea was
The n ext two an d a-half years Miss
tl.ful est' ate' of former Gov. and Mr.!!. served in the garden by a committee .. Boylston spent in Europe, living in Alheaded by 'Mrs. Frank P. Roweli. As- · bani;i. among other co,.mtries. She reAlvan T. Fuller at Little Boar's He>:td :~!sting Mrs. Rowell were Mrs. Laurence . turned to America sud_denl y, drawn by
and the grounds were thronged· with G. Peyser, Mrs. ·Peter Toennesen, Mrs.
the ir.esistib1e lure of a baked pota to
r esidents· of this section and members ,Harold •Blake, Mrs. Elmer McAllister, · which glorified
a Saturday Evening
of the summer colonies along the Nort~1 Mrs. Earl Web.ster, Mrs. Wl!llam A. Dor- · - Post adver tisem erit for paprika.
She ·
Shore and Maine, York Harbor and ney, Miss Eleanor Griffin and Miss . • spent several :years in Missouri, "most
Ogunquit being well represented.
Helen Geary.
ly riding . horseback over the. Ozark
Through t he courtesy of former Gov:
The following Girl Scouts acte<I as
Hills, bringing up Scotties in the way
and Mr's. Fuller those who wished were waitresses: Betty Badger,
Winnifred
they should go," and publishing an ocgiven an· opportunity to enter the Ful- Eand, Frances Rand, Jean Brown, Mary
casio.nal sho'r t story or article.
ler home and view ·the valuable art col- Nona Bennett, Helen Wendell, Louise
Losing h er 'i n come in tbe Wall Street ·
lection obtained by Mr. Fuller in this McGill, Pauline Rowe, Dorothy Flan!crash, Miss Boylston .we nt to New York,
country and abroad. This was greatly ' gan, Shirley Blake, Virginia Griffin, ~ where she worked briefly as a psychiaenjoyed by over 200 people who visited Justine Hartford, Eleanor Craig, Joyce
tr ic nu rse befo r,e settling down fin all y
th,e house. In each room waii a host- Craig, Helen Johnson, Muriel Bennett,
to a career of writing. Her stor ies and
ess, · the group being in charge of Mrs. Ann Decatur and Ruth Corey.
ar ticles have . appeared in the Atlan tic,
Charles H. Batchelder and Mrs. JoMrs. Josephine Jones told fortunes in
Harper's, Forum', the Country Gentleseph.P. Conner. •
an attractive setting und er the trees in ' man, McCall's and Liber ty.
• It ·is 1·eported that
approximately the garden. Another interesting ! eaOn all .her numerous wanderings odd
$800 was netted for the Greater .Ports- t..irn was the exhibit entitled "Grandadventures· have pursued Miss Boylmouth Council from the fete.
mother's Cupboard," which was in
ston. She_·once made the Albanian
The hQstesses included Mrs. John B. charge of Miss Pauline Bradford.
prime minJster carry her trunk off the
Mooney, Mrs. Richman R. Ma'rgeson,
Flowers were sold throughout the atbq~.t and .tried to tip him, no t knowing
,l\t,Irs. :a;arold B. Wood, 'Mrs. Stowe Wil- ternoon. Mrs. Harold M. Smith headwho ?!'! W!\S, She "was shot a_t for t"{o
der, Mrs. Wyman P. Boynton,
Mrs. ed t he flower comm\ttee, assisted by
hours in
ditch 1ri .southern Albania
'Harry G. Marvin, Mrs. Marjorie Hart- Mrs. Charles H. Amhoff, Mrs. Harry H.
owing t<jl ,.i .~ !stake in identity." s:qe
{ord, ••Miss Priscilla ·• Boynton, Mrs. Davis of ¥anchestcr and New Ca.<1tle,
"b~~k;e _tw~ ribs in France during the
;Kathleen· Connell, Mrs. Albert Hislop, Mrs. Robert P. Hadley, Miss · Sylvia
war py sliding down hlll on an army
Phillips B. Badger, Mrs. John Toennesen, Miss Priscilla Warren, Miss
tea-tray. ''Kicked by h~rse in Albanian
uirin, Mrs. George H. Warren, Miss Anna Baum, Miss Priscilla Paul a nd • mo intains . and , broke
collar-bone.
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J!!ljzabeth Warren, Miss Rosalie Davis, Miss Mary Ellen Ganter. Graba were ·- Poli.sh ' pea,sa11t once set la'rge dog 'on
1,111ss· y1rginia Peyser;' Mrs. Herbert in charge or ths Misses Helen a nd
m~. Was torced to shoot it to save my
Seltzewitz and .Mrs. Charles E. Batch- Betty Zacharias, with Betty Junkins,
own li fe. . The cjog, I mean, not the
;1der...- ·i, ·,
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Norma -Rowell, Lydia Sawyer, Susan
pea$an t.'·;; w ~s lost for iii day in Italian
' Mrs.
• · AIvin
· · R . R edden h ad ch a r'"'
Girl .' AlP,1\· :W!l:•\ pnc;e, pursued by ~roaninB:
,,~ of S tewart and Alice Decatur, all
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the admission to the estate, assisted by S couts, assiStlng in selling the grabs.
pillow-case
. in an Albanian garden at
Mrs. Ralph W. Eafoh, Mrs. William E.
During the afternoon selections on
midnight."
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ward;· Mrs. Remick H. Lalghton, Mrs. the harp were rendered by Miss Martha ,,·
:0oert G. Rowe and Wllliam F. Page. Boutwell, talented young Portsmouth .;
s.; Philip H. Sanderson had cha,rge harpist. Serving as pages · during the :·:
:of the admissions to the Fuller home, arternoon were the following scouts, · ·
with M,rs. George A. Tredick, Mrs. John F1·ances Trerethen,
F elicia Webs te r
fa~l Benne_tt and Mrs. Geo~ge _A.. Tr-a- and Shirley Sanderson.
fethen as- assistants.
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Other committee chairmen
: •'Mrs". Morris C. Foye, 2nd, was chair- successful benefit were -Mis.s
Louise
man of the general committee, assisted Grant, advertising;
Mrs. Albert H.
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QY, the commission.er, . Miss. Rosamond Woolfson and Miss Helen Kelley, pub- • • .•
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Thaxter· o! Kittery Point, Mrs. Ralph ·ilcity: Mrs. Arth.ir L. Hobson,. muslci '~ r - ~
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vi. Junkins amf Mrs. N'ormali E. Rand. Mrs.' William P'. Page, tablesJ :Mrs. ~ ' .
Mrs. Margaret Harding and Mrs. Alio& R alph w; Junkins, waitres.sea.
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L·arge A~tendance
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Afternoon
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Of Continuous Service
()~ In The Country
In 1754 th-e Massachusetts
Representative·s called before its bar a
·«-.c,,,.,.,,,,_, c-e rtain printer of the town of Boston
who was suspected of -the heinous
.•crime of printing a pamphlet which
preached doctrines which were consider,e d subversive to the status quo.
The Monster of Monsters, written
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~:g_~\;:::s~:d~~y:n~~t!~ml~~~::~
that the recen tly pas,ed exci&e act
was a deathblow to freedom in Massachucetts; indeed, the author of this
·document went so far as to criticize the
m embers of the House of Representattv' s. Informa tion had reached the
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augus.t governi1:g body of Massachusetts that the perpetrator of this crime
was ·the owner of a
bookshop and
printing
establishment on Queen
·str-zet, one Daniel Fowle.
On being called before the_ court,
Dani-el Fowle · freely confe,sed · that he
had sold this pamphl~t but he ctenied
the authorship. Hls denial, however,
bore little weight because of the implausi bility of hfa alibi and he
iound himself keeping company
a notorious th1Ef in a common jail.
Three days rater the House of RepretentaLives relen ted and advised the
frisoner that he was now a free man.
ft;.·,le at first r efused his freedom and
demanded that the authorities give
him an unconditional pardon, but the
1l!ness of his wife caused him to accept the reprieve after three days of
voluntarY' impri.wnment, Not long .after his release-apparently to prove
his independence-he printed a scathlng indictment of Massachusetts jus:tioe and put his name in bold letters
on the -title page. Hi.,-tory . doeis , not
record the reception which The Total
EclipStl of Liberty received at the
hands of the authorities but the
ithat -the printer moved from the
onies soon after is significant.
, Like many of his contemporaries In
the printing trade, Fowle found the
conditions which then prevailed in
Massachw:,e tts unbearable and decided
that he would move ,to a. more cong.inial place. In 1756, arter having r.iceiv,ed assurances from t he cltirens of
Portsmouth that he would be welcome, Daniel Fowle closed up his book-'
store and printing establishment in
B05ton and moved his presses and all
his belongings to the capltal of . th.i
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become the oldest
wspaper in the
United States in poin~ of ,continuollil
publication, was fl.rat printed in a
·wooden hou.se which was then situated at the junoture of Ple·a sant, Howard and Washington streets. Volume 1,
No. 1, of the Ga2lebte appeared with a
cut of the Crow and th.i Fox . on the
" masthead a d,ecoratlon which the ed,l tor had previously used in an edition
of Aesop';~ Fables. In his initial editorial, F1ow1e m!!lde it plain •that he was
,, a firm believer in the princip1e o! the
freedom of the press and that he as._
· sumed that most o! his read,er& were
of th,e same opinion.
Whe n the American .Colonists· first
began ,to rebel, some of the more' ardent disciples of liberty' thouglit"' that
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connection with , the
tli an, .niversary or' the publication:".iof the
first copy of ,the · Gazette, th&re hs
,. v,ery intei:,esting display 111 the '. window
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of The _PoI'l:.s1!1,0Uth ,,Hexald a°ill(?N,
H.
Gazete office.
T)lls d1splay1:,1s the
work of Garla.nd W. Patch, who wLtli
his l>rother, L. J . .Patch, has dohe considerable research work
on ; early
printing in thts city. "in thls ~~isplay
are sev-eiral of the old coples 1,o! ·the•
Gazette, and also several books; published many years ago.
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J~DCENTENARY.
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the Coloni.;,ts' cau.s.e in general, but he ; ,
di!d not .believe that complete inde- , ,\\-V< I.
pe:ndenoe from England was prao\\Jl '
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: Revolution was under way, however,
· 1 Fowlit support"'d the Amer1·can• as
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York's day in Lhe Tercentenary cele· stl'ongly as any edHor in the Provinces.
bration will he Thursday, Aug. 271 the
·· As early as 1765, during the agitatlon
morning of which will be devoted tp
ovier the St,amp Tax, The New Hamptaking visitors to the var!.ous historic
shire Gazette came out with a black
places.
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bord,er in mourning for lost liberty,
The Old Gaol will_ be ppen as usual
anid during the Revolutionary wa.r :the
all day and the Town· Hall will be the
I paper constantlY' espoused the cause headquarters for information, ,with
· 1 of thP. Devolutioni.sts.
Mrs. Edward c. Cook and John L. ·Em,
In 1785 Fowle relinquished ,the edieroon in charge.
; , tor1Ship of the Gal!lettt?, and, handed
At 3 o'clock it is expected that Charles
, : over the reins of power to his apprenJ. Dunn, chief justice o! the Supreme
tioo, John Melcher, who continued to
Court of the state of Maine, will give a
publish the paper until 1802 when he
brief historl'cal address.
· sold out to Nathaniel and, WashingA pageant will be presented at
ton Pierce. The brothers carried on the · o'clock in · the rear of the Town Hall
trndiUons of the paper, although they . and the First Parish Church, depleting
t <lid change the. polttlo.!1 of the Gazette . ~ the'hlstory of York from 1620 to 1745, or
. from FederalJ.st :to Republican.
:· about the time that York sepa~ated
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In 1856 the 100th anniversary o! ,the , from Massachu&etts.
publication of The New Hampshire •c.:
The audience will find familiar figGaz;ett.e was held under the ·au.spices
ures of Ii>ng ago in · tliis presentation,
of The New Hampshire Historical So- ; among whom wllf be Sir Ferdin~ndo
ciety. Edward F'uller, then publisher o! , , Gorges in an English scene; also Edthe paper, brought out a pamphlet of · ,w ard Godfrey, ·' John
Wheelwright,
.f sixty pages giving a compl-e·te account •.'' Thomas Gorges and Thomas Morton.
of the Ct)lebratlon.
Three o! Port.,_ . · King Charles and h,is queen · figure
mouth'IS well-known poets-Thomas
in the pageant, as does Oliver CromBaUey Aldrich, Benjamin
Slllllaber
well. ·
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and Albert La.ighton-participated in
There will also be a .Sco.ttish episode
the celebration and wrote odes tn honand the Indians, headed by Madockaor of th even't which were set to muwando, will play a prominent pa.rt.'
sic an,d. sung bY' a select choir.
The
Sir- William Pepperrell, Rev. Sa,muel
original press of -the GazeUe was par- ~ Moody and Handkerchief Moody will
aded -through the streets on a hayrack ·, be portrayed in roles taken from their
and copies of the original paper were , own lives.
., struck of! as mementoes.
The pageant was written and is being
The New Hampshire Gazette,'riow fn ..' directed by Mrs. Hazel Albertson of
lt;s 180th volume, is ®till beln:g pub- ' West Newb,ury, Mass.
llshed by the owner o! ~he Por\smouth ·
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Herald, Hon. F. W. Har.tford. Although .,,
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,· the publication o! The New Ha111pshire ·:' ,.,. · ·:~·~;~)('v\
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•torlc old paper· so that PorU;mouth ' ·. ~
may have the distinctlon o! being the ,;
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�York·County To Celebrate
Tercentenary This
COLORFUL PAGEANTS WILL DEIPlCT EARLY HISTORY
ELABORATE PROGRAM PLANN~D
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ON THURSDA
Historical Address And Pa= ·
geants In Afternoon==•
Band Concert And Fire•
works In Evening
York County, which is to observe its latter became the ruler instead
300th anniversary Aug. 24-30 with a the ruled it immediately demoted
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Gorgeana to a common town, changed
series of events of International in- its , name to York and stripped it of
terests,' hB.3' haa a notable history.
its power.
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It was in 1636 that Sir Ferdinando
York County, however,
Gorges, who had been granted a new settled and had played an active part
patent ' to the land between Pis- in early American history long before
cataqua River-now the boundary be- its establishment as New Hampshire.
A display of fireworks at York Beach
tween southern New Hamp.shire and ! As early as 1602 it had been visited
York County, In Maine, and the Saga- ' by Capt. Gosnold in his exploration of , on Thur~day evening ls pron;iised to
be one of the
most spe-ctacular in
dahoc River, now the Kennebec River, the No-rth Atlantic Coast. In 16Q6 it
many years. Preceding the fireworks
many miles east of the present boun- had been granted as. a small part of a
display the Frank
E. Boonia Post,
dry · o_f York County-sent his nephew, charter to the Plymouth Company. In
American Legion BancL, of this city
William Gorges, from England to or- 1614 the renowned Capt. John Smith
will render a concert from the band
gan!ze ahd govern it. Sir Ferdinando had spent several weeks exploring and
stancL at Short Sands. These activities
named the territory New Somerset- mapping its coast line.
at the beach will conclude the ob>:e1·shire and iJ-.s seat of government was
In 1616, it was officially settled by
vance of First American City Day, the
set up at ·what Is now the city of Saco Dr. Richard Vines, trusted friend or
Town of York's
part in the York
and an official court for the region Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 'f ho had sent
County Tercentenary program.
was established there. ,
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the doctor, at the head of a grnup of
Other activiti-ecl taking place in the
It was the plan of Sir Ferdinando to men, to spend the winter on the Maine
Town of York tomorrow w111 include
come over a-t an early date and govern Coast and test the severity or New
an historical addres.s at 3 p. m. by
the territory in person. ·He had been England winters.
Charles J. Dunn, chief justice of the
created Governor General of an New
Dr. Vines settled at what he names
England by King Charles, who had Winter Harbor,
but
what is now Supreme Court of lhe S tate of Maine.
At 4 p. m. a pageant will be presented
made what are now the six New Eng- land projecting into the ocean, wiU1!11
land states a royal province and the the limits of the present city of Bid- on the lawns in the rear of the Town
capital was to be _in_what is now York deford. Dr. Vines was deeply impres- Hall and First Parish Church, cLepicting the history of York from 1620 to
County. This
vast area
stretching sed with the· healthful climate of the
from ea.stern Maine to what is now territory· and reported to his superior 1745, with Sir Ferdinando Gorges, EdJohn Wheelwright,
eastern New York state had been di- that "Not one of them ever felt their ward Godfrey,,
vided into eight grants, each with its head to ache· while they stayed there." Thomas Gorges, and Thoma.~ Morton
individual proprietor, and Sir Fer- It was on the strength of this report being lmp-e rrnnated in costume as well
dimindo had been given the Maine that the latter permanent colonization as King Charles and! hls que en, Oliver
Cromwell, and other important perdistrict as previously stated. Ho-wever, of New 'England was begun. Thus the
he had been selected by King Charles Biddeford Pool trial settlemcnL was sonages of the early days. There will
as "the Royal Governor over all 'the an epoch-marking event in American also be a Scottish epi>:o die, a-nd the ,Ingrari ts.
history.
· dians, h eaded by Chief Madockawando,
Characteristic delays on the part of
In 1622 the coast was visited by, will play a part. Sir Wliliam PepperKing Charles and the fact that the Capt. Christopher Levett and th~ rell, Rev. Samuel Moody and Handship which had been especially built same year the partnership of GorgeJ • kerchief Mood,y will all be there.
This interesting historical pageant
to bring· Sir Fernandino to America and Mason was established as pro__;
was written by Mrs. Hazel Albert.son
had been damag•ed beyond repair in prietors of the land from the Merrimac
launching, so held up the plans of the River, at what is now Newburyportj of W,e•st Newbury, Mass who_wil~ pernew proprietor of the province that he Mass., to the Kennebec River, in the sonally di1-ect its production. ·
never reached the great domain which vicinity · of what is now the city oC
York was originally an Indian
Lleme,rxt called Ag·amentlcus. Io,
he had been chosen to rule over.
Bath, Me., approximately r;o mile~
Representatives of Sir Ferdinando, east of the present ea.stern boundari year 1630 the first English house was
however, carried -on ·his affairs in Am- of York County.
built there. Sir
Ferdinando Gorges
erica and in 1639 he rec~ived a new
In 1623, Kittery, across the PiscaLa 7
chartered it as the first English city in
charter which established the name qua River from what is now PorLs~
America in the year 1641 under the
of ~he province as Maine, the name mouth, N. H., and the most western
name of Gorgeana,
with Thomas
it has 4ad ever since.
· town in both York County, anct Lhc Gorges as its first ma yor.
In 1641 another notable chapter in ' present state of Maine, was settled. I~
The Old Gaol, at York Village, built
American history was written when was also the first town to be org·anized
in 1653, and now open to the public
he moved his capital to what was then · in Maine.
daily is one of York's moot inter-estl-ng
the "settlement of Agamenticus and es- ·
In 1629, Mason and Gorges divided attraction.~, it being a museum filled!
tabl!shed the city Gorgeana, the first ' their ·territory and the latter took th~
with countless relics of the early day-s.
incorporated city in America. Its lo- , section which now comprises York .
Visitors will also be interested in
cation and area _was almost exactly i Coun_ty ?,nd southwestern Maine. It viewing the Village Gr,een near ' the
the same as ,,that of ·the present · town , was Just-previous to this date that Dr! Old Gaol, frorn whence the firs t troops
of York in York County. It was plan- Vines and John Oldham received ti_:
to leave the District of Maine to volunned to develop this city into a great tie to Biddeford and Thomas Lewi.5
teer in the Revolutionary W!j,r marchNew World metropolis, but with the and Richard Bonython to Saco. IU:
ed on A ril 21, 1775.
,
crumbling of the reign of King Charles 1630 the first house was built in what
it became part of Massachus-etts, the is now the town of York. This area'
very,_colony, it was designed to rule.
was officially settled by Col. Walter
Massachusetts had so hated the Norton in 1632.
city · because of its . domination
Ba State colonies that when
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Staff. Owing To esignations
nd etirements
A. Gardner.
\Voodbury School
Carolyn M. Furber.
Plains School ,
Gertrude H. Corey. ·
Lafayette Raad School
Josie R. Rand. '
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Director or music-Ernest P .
bruck.
Director of drawing-Eleanor
Deshon.
Director or physica.l
Ralph D. Brackett.
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Th e .,chools of Portsmouth opened gin, Eli.~neth. O. Burnham, Louise
th zir door.; for the fall term today Tobey1 Ruth M. Ashton, Eugene F.
with everything in readiness for get- Johnson, Franci.s T. Malloy, Helen 0.
Gearyi, William E. Travis, Marie J.
ting down to the business or assimllat- McGrall, Na thalie M. Moulton, Louisa
ing education. A slight increa.s-e in M. Talbot, Lillian O. Trombly, Rolfe
r egL,tration over the total of last year G. Banlst,er, Beatrice M. ArMrnr, Barls anticipated. Septemner or 1935 saw hara 8 . Wright, Elwin W. Avery, Ruth
2,90 I pupils enrolled/ in the public V. Johnson assistant; Ralph A. Llzlo
schools, including th-e Junior and sen- Harold. F . Currier, Estelle T. Winkley.
!or high ~chools.
Junior High School
There ape a number o! changes in
Raymond C. Bea.I, principal; Cleoru
th leaching lafis this term, with E. Healcli, A. Ruth Shapley, Helen
.seventeen resignations andl transfers. F'. Dohe.rly, Beatrice E. DesOnneaux,
Two of lhe' e are retirements from ao- Pauline Putnam, A. Pearl Hoitt, Ediith
tivc l-eaching and twelve by reason of J. Mo, pan, John L. Phelp.s, Angellna
marriag·e. In fact the local School A. Ralno, Keith O. Bickford, Herbert
de,1artment los t the smprlslng total R. Hagstrom, Ruth E. Sloan, Adolf
of 11 % of its enti re leaching personnel G. Volkman. Mary L. Wilmot, Irene P.
by marriage la, t June.
Blake, Inez D. Bray, Edith McKenna,
The Senior High school ha., Jost Lorna T . Bartlett, Edna, L. Johnson,
lour t eachers of Ja • t ter m. They are ' Grace M. Whit,, ·Bernice M. Burnham,
Eleanor F. Griffin, Ruth M. Langley, William J . Volkman, Dorothy V. BoutCharlo tte M. Math ews and Jos eph B. well, Francl.~ 0 . Tate, Ruth M. Lango. Welch.
le}'!. Felicia Gray Vivian H. Brown,
The Junior High school has lost six ; Vera B. Tlbbett.s.
t,eachers. They a.re Olive H. Allard:,
F rragut School
Beatrice M. Allard, Ruth E. Conant,
Edith M. Austin, principal; Madeline
Marion T. Ordwa),, Estelle T. Pray • E. Burpee, Loul<;e E. Musgrove, Jean
and Ida M. Swan.
F . Bickford, Priscilla E. Morrill, EsThe Elementary schools have lost ther F. John.son, Dorothy P. Webber,
seve n t ~achers who served last term. Esther Graham.
They are Felicia Oray, J ennie E. GupWhi111>le School
tlll, Alice S. Mildram, G er frude M.
Julia F. But.lM, µrlncipal; Nina
Moran. Alice L. Mullaly, Mary C. Raf- Truemah, E Louise Pra}'I, Irma
!erty alld Dorothy E. D. Woods.
Rintz, K aU,r,y,n El. Riley, Mary
Joseph Welch and Mi' s Alice S . Leary, Ell:..~heth E. McDonough, MaMildram have retired from teaching, zie B. Lewis.
Miss Mildram with a pension from the
Haven School
city, having taught here for more than
Mary I!:. DeOro,s, principal; Anne
the required thirty years. Miss Mil- L. McDonough, Christine B. O'Brien,
dram entered upon her teaching ser- S. Louls.e Grant, Marga.r-et J. Cronin,
vice here in September, 1899, and. has Agnes M. McCarthy, Vesta 8. Thomptaught for 37 con,ecnllve years in th!.~ son, Paullmi F . Seaman, Marjorie F.
city. She has serv<'d a.> principal or P-1:ay,.
the Farragut school and or the forLaf yetf.e School
m erly-.conduct d Training School For
Annie L. Morrison principal; El.~ie
Teachers here. Mr. Welch has taught B. Dixon, Annte E. Knight, J. Agnes
here during a period or 17 years.
Connors, Mary L. Griffin, Emma L.
It ls interesting to note that not one Poss, Mary L. P 1mdergast, Bertha M.
or the t-eachers who resigned this year Bennett.
did so in order lo go to some other city
New Fr, nklin School
or town to teach.
Fanni
C. Chapman, prlncl,pal;
'I'he list or teachers is as !ol\ows:
Madalene B. P aul, Mary E. Wal.sh,
Senior High School
Marguerite G. J enn.ess, Irene F. JohnClarence C. Sanborn, headmaster; \ son, Avis V. Noble, Elizabeth M. FerE. Bliss Marriner, Fforenoa H. Hewitt, rin, Mar,lor4, W . Herrin.
Jennie M. Shannon, Marion 0. SanAtlautlo Heights School
d,ers, Margaret M. Ballard, Katherine
Ethel K . Rhodes, principal; Agnes
P. Flanagan,
Charles A.
Tolman, F. Ronan, Margaret A. Buckley, Nona
Ka tharine E. Brady, M. Fran es Wig- V. Hayn•es, Muriel E. Morrow, Marlon
I
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TO BE SHOWN IN
MARCH OF Tl·ME
Portsmouth will l:>e dieplcteci in tM
"March of Time." T.he 'movie cameramen we.re visitors to this city earlier
in the wek, and took -plcture.s df the
old Woodbury school, which was erected in the early 185D's. Severa.I. pupils
from the school.s W€Te -,elected. · to be
filmed and an old-time l!ichool
o.~
�TELLS OF LOCAL
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Headmaster C. C. Sanborn
Is Rotary Club Speaker
the business section.
promptly Installed, one in front of
f'<)ye's store, the other near
tompany's office.
City authorities, afler careful con~deration of both, chose the sotaled Better Than Daylight lamps o!
the General Electric Co.
In the meantime light.ing systems
lJad been Inspected in other cities.
put nothing better suiled to the
local situation was found than the
one finally adopted.
Jr. the new lights a 4.00-watt merJury vapor light is supplemented
~~,5-,J,C.C~dl...l py a 2OO-watt mazda bulb. Both are
lighted during the period of heavy
traffic In the earlier evening hours.
At 11 o'clock the mercury light is automatically turned off and the other
1mpplementary light carries on until
uaylight.
Because' of the greater intensity of
,tie new lights they are mounted on
higher poles, 2?. feet as against the
12 foot height or the old lights.
'I'hese new poles are also more widely
,paced at 100 feet as against 50 feet
formerly.
The increase in illumination ls 280%
and this is achieved at an increased
cost of but 7.3%
Adequate lighting should mean added
•mine.~s !or the city, greater safety
both for motorists and pedestrians,
1md vastly lessened possibility of acPortsmouth became the first city 1ldents.
The new lights are a Joni,: step
'11 the country to have !is business
~ctlon lighted with mercury vapor J;n the right direction.
tamps when, at 9:15 last evening feeding on some scraps of fat t,hat were
Mayor Robert Marvin in the presence floating on tht water. The shark swam
Mr.
of members of the city government up to within' ten feet of the boat,
and officials of th~ New i,ampshire Faarnsworth said, but he struck at It
Ga.s and Electric Co., turned the with an oar and it disappea red. Sharks
~itch on Fleet Street, near Congress such as this are seen at. frequent intertl'hich put the new street i lighting in vals In New England waters, but those
of the man-eating variety are extreme40peration.
In a brief statement before the, ly rare.
,dghts were turned on R. C. L. Greer,
general manager of the company,
outlined the attention that had been
fiven the matter of adequate llghtJng for the business section both by
•he city and the company. He pointed
9ut that this matter had first been
,,onsidered in 1931 during the administration of Mayor F. W. Hartford
f,nd that the first surveys were made
at that time. The unusua! width of
'1le area to be lighted properly at
t,,:arket Square presented a serious
l)rQflem, and the former lights were
c:ontinued at that time because no'hing more efficient was offered at
• reasonable increase In outlay.
Shortly after Mayor Marvin's first
tlectlon the matter was again contldered. The old plans were
checked and a survey made,
again it was found that there
little change in the situation
)Ssure greater elticlency at reasonIble increase of cost.
With the later improvements and
Jiider use of the mercury vaJ}or
lamp, however, a solution o! the exlstfng problem was seen. At the request
«>f the city government a new sur'fey was made, and two companies
•ho made this type of lamp were
authorized to place sample lights in
speaker.
During the meeting the matt.er of
assisting financially in the ca.se of a
crippled chiLd. was taken up,
This
child, a local lad, will be operated
upf?n in Manchester, with the surgeon
giving his services, and the club members favored the club
underwriting
the expense of the hospital during the
pe1iod the child Ls there. Members of
the club are also to ~lst ~ other
Headmaster C. C. Sanborn of the local High school and a past president
o! the Rotary club was ,its speaker at
today's meeting held ar the Rockingham Hotel. Mr. Sanbor}l open,d · his
talk bY. telling of an incid,mt fu the
club where people jumped at -conclusions, and iaid "let's be open minded enough to listen to all o! the evidenoe before we pass judgement." ,He
asked how many people
do·. pass
Judgement on the school• system when
it may be- on the basis of one thing
that is reported. "Thfl facts should J;>e
known," lie stated, and spoke of a petition circulated ln a western' college
that the signers l:ia.d not read wMr&
they . promised
to l:iahg themselves
before .mndown.
· ·~
;:, ,
"How much do you know about the
schcol system?" he asked, and stated
that six years ago there' were 730 pupils enrolled in the
Senior . High
school with four classe~, and that the
next year, with teh thr~e-three plan
in exL~tence there · wa.s ample room,
but now thi:re are 787, or 57 more, than
there was the last year and there
were four classes.
·
The speaker told about tne · change
in the studies, speaking of the full
sociology · where the
and welfare of the
community are taken up; the courses
in economics, psychology and electricity.
"We are not trying to teach subjects,
but we are trying to teach pupils," he
explai.ruc:d and added that the concern
of the teachers was no.t in teaching a
courze as much as it was in giving
kno\1{1edg,e to the . boys
and girls.
"There is no teaching without learning. Until learning t~kes place on the
part of the pupil there is no teaching,". he added.
In concluding he spoke of teaching
the pupil.s to become citizens c;ompetent to govern them~elv-es. He spoke
of the school as a democracy and told
of pupils being ,taught to· think of
the welfare of · the whole and not of
themselv·zs alone,. and he added that
the school was ·not the moot important
pla02 for .this to be taught, but, he
said, "the . church, lf you plea~e, the
Christian church, i.s the outstanding
organization which is conce.r,ned with
the training people to think in terms
of 1,ervice and he}ping othie•rs.
'
Phillips B, Badger. was chairman ot
the meeting
and •"introduced · tM
SYSTEM IN
OPERATION
lercury Vapor Lamps Now
Illuminate Business
Section
�SAYS CITY ·HAS·
DISTI CTIVE ~~.
BACKGRO.ND
One Of Finest HarborS::. "In
World === Brilliant Record
In Revolutionary War
Portsmouth is a city with a distinct
background.
P erhaps its greatest
charm lies in the fact that h ere the
oldest and ihe newest are combined in
alluring proporLions; for ln this \'city
of the open door" a structure of tnodern p1"Dgress has been reared upon the
solid foundation of· worthwhile history
and h onorable trl.ic!ition.
The hundred yea rs from 1720 - !lo
1820 form the mosL picturesque pe;lod ,
in Portsniouth's history. All the great
colonial houses were built in the yeans
between 1720 and 1780; and all · · the
square, three-story mansions be1y.re;e n
1800 and 1820. They we1-e colorful
years-a time when iwealth. accumulated rapidly and soc:a,1 life flourished
on · a most elaboraLe scale.
In the middle of this period came
the revolution and the sLirrmg events
immediately
preceding
it. PorbsmouLh's record during these times is
a brilliant one. One of the first blows
,for American libe1,ty was s,truck 1n
·11'74 when powder ana arms were ca,p.turecl at Fort Will'iam and Mary; tho
Declaration o! Independence was read
in ·1776 from the baicony of the St,ato
House, then standing In Market
Square; the name uf King street was
changed to Congress street the same
year; Paul Jones built_at Badger's Lsland the sloop of war Ranger fo 1777,
and it was upon this craft that the
American flag re<:eived lbs first of!iclat'
recognition; . Washington, then the
first President of the country, Visited
. the city in 17'89.
Portsmouth is situa.ted on the Plscataqua river three miles froin the
mouth. lt is on the direct route, bqth
rail and motor, from Boston to Portland ' and resorts in Maine, and Booton to the WhiLe Moun tai ns.
It has one or the fluesL harbors In
the world with 80 feet of wa.ter and
strong tides which while they in no
way interfere wiLh navigaLion, make
a ha.rbor which is never frozen over.
With the splendid 1U1 Lural facilities
the harbor offers, it is llkely that its
many advantages will he utilized in
Lhe near future .
At Hampton FalL<;, N . H .. is located
Lhe Applecrcst Farm which ls one or
the largest,
apple orchards in the
world w'here f r•Hn 41),000 Lo 50,000 boxes are annually harvested. These apples are sold Lhroughout thls country
and exported to many countries.Boston H erald.
of facilities to handle crowds ·,o f excursionists quickly and efficiently caused
these excuslons to be discontinued.
Some years ago, when the beach first
• began to be revived as a summer resort
by the Lovell Interests the railroad of.=
BE REMOV
Jlcials were very favorable to building
I\ connecting branch to this beach, but
at that time the directors and the comThe old dwelling house connected
mittee o! railroad men sent here to see
with the Boston & Maine depot here,
what the beach had to offer were not
once known as the Anable house, and
favoably impessed and, although belater used as living quarters for the
Jleving that there was a real demand lor
staff of the Armstrong Restaurant untransportation, they shelved the project
til 1930. is to be torn down. Signs notifor the time being. Since that ·ume
fying that the building is !or sale to be
railroad traffic has declined, but this
remov:ed were posted yesterday under
year it has started to grow again and
direction of the Boston & Maine Railmany things point to a continued imroad's Real Estate Bureau. It ls
provement. With this in mind, many
planned to fill 1n and grade the site to
of the Jong time property owners
and
allow additional parklµg space.
business men are putting forward
a
This old dwelling was built many
years before the construction o! the
plan which they hope the railroad may
remainder o! the railroad station, and
consider favorably.
is believed to date from about 1800. The
This is to buid a branch line from a·
railroad station was built 1n 1863 and
point on Marsh avenue; somewhere
later, upon the Armstrong Restaurant
near the Casino Garage, ttirectly across
being established here,
the Anable
the marsh to the Hampton Falls stahouse was purchased for accommodation, where a connection would be
tion of the restaurant staff and the two
made with the main tracks. For regubuildings were joined together. The
lar service, a motor-operated car wo:ild
Armstrong's first 'manager wa.s the late
give shuttle service back and fortlt
William K. Hill, later manager of the
across this less than two miles direct
Rockingham Hotel a,nd tha Wentworth
line, with no roads to cross or anything
Hotel. The last Armstrong manager
to hinder quick service. Whenever an
to re,<;Jde 1n the building was the late
excursion train might be sent to th~
Hamilton H. Burton, who pas.,ed away
beach it coud be switched from the
Deo. 15, 1929.
main line and continue to the beach
During its early days the Armstrong
wlthout transfer or loss of time. Those
Restaurant at the local depot was one
who favor this plan point out that the
o! the finest 1n the city, with rows of
great improvement In handing passentables occupying the floor spaoo of the
gers and the doing away of the present
preoont waiting room arrd with waitress
necessity of making reservations if goservice and the finest of menus.
ing by bus, would tend to increase the
The Anable house was so called fi:om
number of people using the train serthe day8 of it.s occupancy by Charles
vice.
Anable, depob master of the old Easrern
Furthermore, officials of the Canadian
F!,nllrond, now part o! the Portland n1-· Pacific Rallway, who have been spendvlslotl of the B. & M., and Robert W.
ing their vacations here this summer,
Anable, o. conductor on the same railhave stated · that they would like 'to
road,
see their daily excursion train, which
now leaves Montreal in the morning
and runs to Old Orchard Beach as its
terminus, continued to Hampton Beach
\'
~-~WOL
lf there wer:e any facilities for bringing
©<:Jr.~ .
lt here.. At present these are lacking,
but this short stretch of less than t\y6
miles of new construction would make
Hampton Beach a ·regular terminal.
There is ample land and no ·difficult
engineering problems to contend with
so, that in the near future, a conference may be held by a delegation of local p eople and the railroad authoriti~s
to consider the matter.
,
There l1as been more new ·construction and remodeling at this beach than
Hampton Beach, Aug. 24-As a very
11uccessful season nears its close beach · at many other beaches where conditions
have been normal.
Already
new
people, particularly property
owners
buildings a·re being planned for next
and realtors, are reviewing the year and
season.
Chief Homer B. Whiting,
looking forward to the year to come.
awake to the needs which this increase
While the number of Canadian visialready made and in prospect, ;is plaqt-Ors i.-s increasing in a remarkable way,
ning better protection against fire ;hazn great volume or hotel and boarding
suds by making available a large water
honse vacationists come from around
aupply. Beach people say that trans- tlil-"/..ll::,/!,;,,;;:J
BosLon. Mnny of these come by r11ilportation facilities should be improved.
10ad, but perhaps the larger number
noute 1 ls congested on every Sunday
come by bus, but either way they h11ve
and holiday, but the proposed short . · .
to transfer at Hampton Vlllage to reach
branch acoss the marsh would enable
the beach. For several years the Bo.~the railroad to handle thousands o! exton & Main e Rallroad ran special Suncursionists ,without any
hindrance
cay excursions from Boston and way
rom congested highways, and would
stations to this beach, bu\ the fa.ct tllat
Ive this beach a service which has Jong,
this transfer had to be made and leek
en felt to be a real need.
OLD HOUSE
AT DEPOT TO
BRANCH RR__.. . _. . . . . . . .
BEING URGED FOR
HAMPTON BEACH
�..
�Portsmouth busir.e:s men. They also
visited the various shops on the yard.
Among those making. the .. . vi;it were
Frank w. Randall pres~d~t of the
Council, F'rank C. Remick, John E •
Seybolt,
Marland
Knowl-es,' John
Greenaway, Stowe Wilder, Alv!,n Red·
d,en ar.,d Forme.r Mayor F ..w. Hartford.
.
The Portsmouth Naval pri.::on and
the Naval ·hospital wzre attractions
for the viiitors, and .~lso was the
Pea-ce building, in which the trea,ty of
Port·-mouth, ending the Russian,.-Japan-ese war, w:i.s ~igned.
The open house of the NavY Yard
bi:ga.n at 10 a. m. and from 10 u[IJ!;ll 4
tlu-re were a· 1e.rge number of visitors..
All were ,favorably impresse_d . with
the Navy Yard and its work which 1-'
being turned out.'
But it ,,,.as not' a.lone in
Yard - that· intel'e.:t -wa.s
Navy Day. ·
,
,
Throughout the state there was a
. general observance. In Concord, 8$
well as in o'.her· cities, th~ scnools b,eld
special exercises. marking. the .. - event.
gave a talk on the submarine and then
Here in Portsmouth mention was made
The 78lh birthday Of Theodore the craft moved, with the drncription
of the -d:ay in many of the. schools with
Roo~evelt today found a wide observ- or the trip 1:>e,ing made during the
the Navy- Day
proclamation being
'ance throughout the nati~n of Navy progre.,.s of the dive. The broadcas,t
read in, some. In order to permit the
the Portsmouth
Sr. High rehool students. to v~:-}t the ...,. ·•·"·''" . '"
Day, and in Portsmou th and at the was ,-ponsored by
branch
of
the
Auxiliary
Floot
Naval
Navy Yard, if they desired, -tha-~ was
N·avy Yard there were ir,:e re.:ting . proR&ierve Association. 0th-er d,ivea were
no session in the afternoon. for tho:e
grams.
who have work to make up.
·The big attraction for the people of ~cheduled at 1.30 and 3, by th-e subVarious organizations of.· the city
N() W Hampshire and southwestern marine.
ob:erved the day. The Fle(,t Naval Re·Main-e wa.s the Portsmouth Navy Yard The information booth at the end
s,erve are to told a Navy Day banquet
and many took advantage of the op- or the Navy Yard bridge WM busy
this evening, •Which ·wlll ,• be follow~d
portunity to visit this government during the day, an-d here guides -were
b; a dance. Rear Adm. Douglas E. Dis.
reservation which -1,ince its purcha.,e staUomd to ese-0rt visitors about the
muk,es, USN., (r(•t.) a forrmr com·
in the early lB00's has developed in to reservation. At the variou.s shops
mandant of the local -s,ard will be the Yfr:-,~~•
the most outstandir.,g naval submarine guides were also available to take the
visitors through and explain the work
guest of-hor.or. The Spanish War V-ctcoMtruction yard in the country.
·
eran.s ' hav-e invited other war ve,ter- ·
I Throughout the d,ay people came to in each build,ing.
At Port.;imouth Square, models
ans to join with th-Em at an, informal
the Navy Yard, many coming in aume-E:ting which will be . held at the G.
tomobiles while others who lived with. seve1ral .,hips which wue built at
A. A. halt this evening
in ihorter d-istan.ce.,; walked to the local }"ard were exhibited. The list or
sloop of war
The movement 1:E•tting asid_e 11 specireservation.
Included in the visitors modeL5 includ,ed the
Range.r,
the
USS
Boxer,
Kearsarge
and
fie
d-ay throughout the coun,t.ry for
were a number who had lived in this
special coru.ideralion was . in.:•tltuted
vicin,ity all of their liv •s, but had nev- the submarine Purpoi&e.
Spcci'tl exhibits of work which had
by the Navy League. TM Navy League .r,,1;:,_~;~
er visited on a Navy Day and they
still con.'t!nues in its effort to stimulate
were well re.paid and re.;:olv-e·d not to been made at the yard in.eluded exh.ibits in the Ship.fitters, Smith,' Elec~
interest in the navy. On Oct. 27, 1922,
miss the opportun ~ty again.
Inside Machi11te, · Electrical
the 64th birthday anniversary of
The noon hour wu a particularly trical,
Manufacturing, Joiners, . Patwrn and
Thi:odore Roosevelt, one of •the lead- r2,;c.-r~>f'.l:,,:'.~tmlfi?N
busy p E·riod, and a big attraction wa.s
ers in building up an adequate navy
the broadcast from
the submll,rine Rigg-$rs shops. A <pecial" exhibit; o! apthe flr~1t Navy Day was held.
This
Shark which is now a t the yard for prentice work was displayed in Bullding 79.
.
was three y.ears after the death or t,he
overhaul. The submarine m:ide an exA display of infantry weapons an.g.
iormer President, anti since that time
hibition dive an,d while on the dive a
equipment of the Marine corps • •was
the movement had gair.ed momentum
broadcast was mad,e.
and practically na.tlon-wicie.
111,11£,.,•W~fil'
People who vi9it the Navy Yard on shown in front or the Marine Barand tllLs was visited by · a large
The interest has oeen increasing
Navy Day each yrnr found it a busy rack~
numbe-r.
_
.
yiear by year · and ·this year,'not only M~l'i':t:·~~f/'".liplace. Five submaTine.,; are at the yard
At
the
ctrydo.:k,
whWt
two
submain the <ectlon near the <Navy Yard in
and two more ot1 the buildjng W'\Y•' ·
The five includ ed the USS Plun!;er rinc.s arc being overhauled, wn.s an New Hamp.:.hir-e, but all ov-er t.he state,..,.._. .,.....,..,
and the USS Pol!D,Ck which are tied exhihition of d,iving equipment. · and a.s well; special men,tion· 'was ·made of
at u o'cloclc and 2 o'clock a diver the day . . Forrne.r Mayor F. W• .Ha.rt'-'!1 at the 'Flatiron Pie,r and wlll be
Al.!.o n-ear the ,ford, Navy Day chairman for Newplaced in 'commission within a short madc <i-e Ep sEa dives.
drydock was a real_ periscope ~hlch Hamp.shire, worked to make· the entime.
.
The USS Pike, the USS Tarpon and, wa.,; a big attraction. The per~eope tire state of New Hamsphlre conscious
the USS Shark are at . the yard for wa, mount,d and visitors were per- ·bf the value or the 'NavY and the
overhaul. The Pike. was launched a mitt-ed to look through it. A subma• .,..P,..o,.r..,ts.m_,ou_t,_,h.....,.N..,a,,,v,.Y.,.,.,Y_ a,r_d..·.....,....,._...-..1=_..,
libtle over a year ago at th& Ports- rine es-cape dlevue kr.own as the Monmouth yard, and the Plunger . and san Lung and a watertight door _ were
Pollack were launched duria,g the past als1> di ~played.
·
Durin•g the morning a delegation
summer. The other sub;narines were
from the Port,mouth Civic Council &
not constructed here.
The wbmarine Shark made it.~ first Chombzr of Commerce called on Addive at 12.45 o'clock and this was the miral C. W. Cole, the commandant.
trip in which the broadicast was made. and exl,md,eid the greetings or the
Lieut. C. J. Cater of the submarine,
.
R
_y
Pr gra
sen e
ay
G ea I res
s rv~~n :.Pe of
�c o
ay s 1ore o
or s 10n ,
.
.,
s the home also of his son and grandson of
g the secretary to President Washington.
pictured at the left, this house; at the right
these the main stairway and the kitchen firepla
aneled room, and at the right the well desig
�-
there Is a historical society
or an antiquarian group In· the city
or town, a building of this sort
would be most suitable for its headquarters. When used for such purBy Carl Greenleaf Beede
poses, it naturally becomes the re- ---,.--,-----,-,--11 pository of records and objects that
FTER graduating from Har- the revolutionary clays, he was the have to do with local history and
vnrd In 1783, Tobins Lear of manager of thr shipyard of his with families who became promiPortsmouth, N. H., became cousin, John L:i ngdon. There were nent in its founding and In its
secretary to Gen. George washing- const,ructed t,hr frigate Ranger, the growth.
-,
h
first ship the Paul Jones, and the
Sometimes the location of such an
t on; · 1 a,er,
1• f
_,,
- e was cue secretary br·i·gadeer- Poi•tr,·' mott'l
., 1 . Under- hi·s old residence Is so unfavorable that
/tl'lt, then military secretary, with direction was also built the 74-gun it does not seem worth while to attitle of colonel. For 14 years of th is 'America,' the largest vessel built In te mpt to preserve it where it stands.
time his home was almost cont,inu- t,his country up to that time.
The surrounding section may have
ously wit,h the Washington family.
So the occupants of the Tobias been an aristocratic one a century
In his highly confirlent.ial relations Lear house made their effective con- and a half ago, but has possibly
with the first President, he wns closer tribut,ion to the Revolutionary cause changed CO!lJ,llletely in character. So
to Washington than any other man, while that struggle was in progress. there might be very few visitors to
during these years.
It is not a surprising sequence that one of its older buildings, renovated
Colonel Lear's birthp,-.~e in Ports- the youngest of this name should and furnished on its old site, In the
mouth, N. H., Is the latest of some become lhe honored confidant of manner of its early days.
While the financing. of a commu3 o houses to become objects of •at- Washingtoil himself. And now there
t t'
! th
S . t
f . tl Is opportunity to purchase for a nity project of this sorC may seem
en !On ~
e
ocic Y 01
le nominal a.mo1mt this interesting old the most weighty feature, the first
!'.reservation of New. England_ ~n- home, which is of not merely local matter to be decided is the use
tiquitres. Here Washmgton VISlted interest but of national significance.
Mme. Lear in 1789,. anrl la.ler shr The society in Boston will gladly which will be made of th·e building.
became a frequent v1s1t,or lo Mount supply fmther information.
If it is both a fine piece of archlVernon. This house, bmlt about 1740 The desire of the citizens of any tecture and has associations with
by the third Tobias, who was the community lo preserve its old build- important citizens and events,- , Its
grandfather of the Colonel. stands
near the famous Wentworth-Gard- lngs because of their historical as- appearance inside and out should
ner house, property of lhe Metro- sociatlons or their architectural in- be kept close to the original forms.
politan Museum of Arts, ~nd now tere st bring-s up numerous prob- To do so might restrict in a measlems that are sometimes difficult to
administered by the society just solve.
ure the uses to which it might be
mentioned.
put, but great effort should be
· 1Y mo d es t·
If the building is a residence, it
Wh 1·1 c It·IS a comparn t 1vr
made to r etain all those old ashome, as fine residences of thr mid- may be loca.ted in a neighborhood
which is either zoned for business, pects, for once lost It might be imi 7oo•s go, Lear house is a plea_sing or else is too sha.bby for desirable possible to recover them.
example of the hip-roof arclutec- residence. To ctevote the building
A good old house that has IJ.ll.Ver
ture of its day, and
is in excellent t o •pu bl'IC use Is
· a na t ura1 course, been n1ade over 111I'ght be thought
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oriainal
condition. Its builder was a 1·r 'I
·• 1s
· of b u t f air
· is1ze.
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of as an aI1'I'que
m· or1·gtnal cond1· b·
"1e commun1.,y
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sea captain, following the t rad itions This may be done by arranging it tion. It is well known that altering
of his father a nd gra n clfa th er. So for use of one or more of many a piece of antique furniture, or realso was his son, who was also ship community groups, from the Boy pairing it by the addition of new
builder and may have operated a or Girl Scouts, lo the Woman's club, portions, may reduce its value by as
yard on the shore which is now only standing for the range of interests much as two thirds. House market
a few rods from the home. Active in which might be acccmmodated . ...,.,.J_v-:,a~lu!".'e'-7"c_o_u_ldMb~erv,.e_r.,,Y_ la.,r~g~e"ly~ll'.::o,.st.....b..;y-.,,-
Home of the Fifth Tobias Lear
A
�changes and "improvemen ." I is
that old condit!on-"just at it was
when so-and-so lived here"-which
is the real ba'Sis of sentimental
value.
The importance of having the
proposed use of the house clearly
known in advance wlll be quickly
understood as soon as .appeal for
funds is begun. That is the "practic!ll'' consideration that most business men will look for-and very
wisely cautiously lending ballast to
plans that might otherwise be called
visionary, When both these types of
citizens join In pushing such a plan,
it is pretty certain to succeed.
~~Pageant"o·1 !Brides" Features.I
Event ·.· Sponsored By New1
:· ~-Hanipshire·Federation of Gar-den Clubs
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;\~i~asure cars . . . .. . . . . . . .iG,083
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231
Buses . ...... t••··••••••·•
•:r;uc)cs ...... 1 . . . . . . . . . . ; 1,450
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Largest half hour 596
' The' beautiful
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and spacious 'estate' of Mrs.
w. B. Carpenter of Portsmouth,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson· at Lit- Mrs. Hazel McKay of the Haven Hill
tle Boar's Head was a scene of splen- Garden Club, M;s. Cora Marshall of
dqr yesterday at the flower show and Manchester, ·Mrs. James Hutchins of
!Pagea~1t of Brides held by the New Hampton, Helen Colprit of the Pion-~
Hampshire Federation
of · Garden .er darden Club; Mrs. Miles Dustin of
Clubs.
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Rochester, Mrs. Myrtle Snow of the
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There was, a wealth of striJ<ing ex- Haven Hill Garden Club, the Com'.ql~lts arranged in a most attractive munity Garden Club of Salmon Falls,
manner; with the green lawns
and Mrs. Rosalie Hatch of the Portsmouth
background o! beautiful ·tree.s, making Ga~·dcn Club, Mrs. A. L. Hobson of
a 1perfect setting for an outstanding Little Boar's Head, Mrs. Fred Sanborn
dl.splay•of flowers.
or Hampton, Mrs. Flora Seavey o!
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· The crowd enjoyed strolling
about .aochester, E. Coburn o! Milford and
the picturesque ·g rounds of the .Hobson Bertha J. Richardson of the Hav,m Hill
elltate, which is one o! the show placea Garden Club.
of this beautiful bit of the New HampMembers of tha Portsmo11tll. Garden
shtre seacoast.
Club presided at the tables of fruit
: _T he flower show ·brought forth many punch, cookies and cake which were
varieties· of entries, largely by the gar- located in the opera field m the afterden club members from the southern noon. those presiding being Mrs. F: w,
part ~f the Granite State. Mrs. Edna Hartford, Mrs. George B. Lord. Mrs.
Cutter of Dracut, Mass., and Mrs. J. 0. Eme3t L. Guptill, Mrs. Frank D. ButTonkin of Durham acted as judges of 1er, Mrs. Harold M.
Smith.
Mrs.
the flower show, while Professor Mac,- /\. J. Duncan, Miss Gl"ace Brnwn, Miss
Farland· of the . University · of New Helen Harvey and Mrs. A. w. Lau h~a,nps}llre judged · the . horticultmj~.. tou.
The most blue ribbons were taken by I In the afternoon Edna Cutter wa.s
Mrs. Helen P. ·champlln of Rochester, i the speaker, her subject belp.g the arwho had the outstanding exhibit of rangement of flowers. She told
of.
mixed ·flowers. . Mrs. Carrol Coburn of various and Interesting ways or arMilford was awarded the ribbon in the ranglng them to harmonliie.
miniature class, Mrs. Robert Doe of the
Mrs. Charles Amhoff rui chairman af
'Pioneer Club was given the blue ribbon the general committee welcomed the
tor her exhibit of zlnnlas, and Mrs. gue.5ts of the afternoon to enjoy the
Cora Marshall of Manchester received Brides' Revue. 4 pageant, beautlfullf
the blue ribbon in the qahlla class. Mrs. written by, Miss Ethel Tukesbury of, '
Fx:ederick Rlsing of Franklin was giver). Andover, Mass., was read and direoted
the rlbboh for white flower arrange- by Mrs. H. B. Carpenter of PQrtsmouth.
ment and Mrs. Jennie. Carpenter oC Noi;man M. Leavitt of NorLll Hampton
Durham ,~as awarded a blue ribbon for sang several approp1ial,e selections as
he; specimen of detra.
' the brides of all period~ from the 18th
, The morning show was in charge of century 011 .passed In review.
Amos
Mrs. Carroll Coburn, Miss Cora Mar- Moo,dy accompanied Mr. Leavitt and
shall and Mrs. Caroline Wtilte of played famou.~ old wedding marches
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throughout the . pageant. Mrs. G. F.
: Other entrants in the flower · show Boutwell gave the history of . eac):!.
Robert Fornes of the gowu as the bride.5 posed. Mrs. Mattie
Club of Roche~ter, C. B. Perklns and Mrs. Margaret Win-
�· gate assisted 1n the placing of brides.
The gown of a June bride of 1905
The "brides" . displayed their gowns wa., worn by Lhc bride, Mrs. Annie EdI by walkh!G' from the west entrance of gerly Tllo.yer, who was married at
1-the Hobson residence along the edge of Piumington.
/ the opera field tllrough a rustle, vineMi,~.q Ari.a Caddora married Nathan
1 covereq. at'bor to a
summer house. P. Tol)ey of Hampton in 1009 and ~~I'
J:'illally .tltey all gathered·· on· the, etnge gown W'.ls worn by her daughter-inthe southern end -of the field while law, Mrs. Alton P. Tobey.
' everyoqe present congregated nearby
A year later Miss Jessie
Merrill
and pieces 0! a large wedding cake were man-led Chrfotopher Toppan at Hamp· sold., The cake was made for this occa- ton and their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
sion by Mrs. Charles Craven of North Toppan, wore the dress at the revue.
Tlte gown of Miss
Agnes Moon,
Hampton, one of the "brides."
The oldest dress in the revue date.d married in 1907 to Charles Craven at
back to 1780. This old gown of the clos- Beverly, Mass., was worn by Mrs. Cravi ng years of the 18Lh century was the en, now of North Hampton.
wed'ctiug gown of tlle mother of Capt.
Ill 1907 when Miss Mabel Wi~ham
John Adams of Newington.
It
marrlcd Victor E. Amee of
Kittery
loaned by Mrs . .Howard Knox o! New- Point shi> wore a gown which adorned
Amee,
ington and worn by ML5s Fl6rence her daur~htcr, Miss ,Lorraine
yesterday.
.
O'Ke&fe.
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A gown represented the · 1905 period,
The second gown·of U1e perlod 'before
1810 Wa.5 loaned by Mrs. Edith Trout of first worn hy Mrs. Carlton ,Thresher of
' Sandwich and worn by :Mrs. Marjorie Milford, was worn ,y esterday by her
daughter,. Mi1lS Nancy -Thresher.
Hewitt of Portsmouth.
The gown worn by Jacqueline Mc- . Ml.'l.s Nathalie Pendergast of Exeter
Lain of Portsµiouth was loa:::ied by Mrs. wore a gown which was fil"_st worn in
Henry L. Green of Rye Beach and was 1911 at a wedding ju Ashland.
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worn 1n 1835 by Mrs. Green's grand- . A .1929 gown of Mr~. Alton .Tobey
modeled by Miss Margaretta Car},.
mothe1·, Mrs. Sarah Farmer.
: The second period wa.e, represented son of liampton, . and ,Eleanor Palmer
by a gown first worn by Mrs. Durgin as of North Hampton wore a. gown of tne
a 'bride ht Kittery about 1842 and was 1!)14 Wo\"ld War period.
loaned by Mrs. S. F. A. Pickering of
A more recent bride, Mrs. Jame.<; Ed-Portsmouth. It was worn by Anna gerly Tttayer of Farmington, wore thn
O'Keefe of PorLsmouth.
gown in which she was married
In 1842 ·Ann Drake became the bride June 14 last year. ··
Tlte closing feature of the pageant
of John A. Towle at !\ home wedding
and her gown was given Lo her daugh- was a tableau of the !brides of all ages,
ter, Mrs. Pickering. Ti1e gown was ,with Mrs, Annie Edgerly Thayer wearworn by Mrs. William J. Holland of ing her own w.e dding gown, Miss Mar-•tha Boutwell a gown , of 1876 and the
P.ortsmouLh.
Ma,ry Lyon Perkin~ of Dover wore a daughter or Mrs. Thayer · a gown of
gown loaned by Mrs. Albert Hodgdon '1935, -with the flower girls at. either
side. Tho daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
of Newington from the Willey family.
Tllo gown o[ l?c 10, whlrh was worn in ;Frank now"ll, Norn\.a' and Joyce, wero
tb.e marriage of Sarah C . Lewis to Rob- charming tts flower girls.
Several lovely gowns, to,o delicate to
ert F. Gerrish of Kittery Point just 60
years ago today wa., worn by their ,be w'orn, were exl1ibited on models,
~reat grand-cl'aughter, Miss
Marion among them .a gown of blue taffeta
which was worn by the mother of Mrs.
SLeelman Gerrish of Kittery Point.
Miss Martha Boutwell of Portsmouth Arthur Robson. A gown made entirely
wore a gown worn in 1876 at West ;by lwnd . J.n Ireland, worn by Martha
Chelmsford, Mass., and loaned by the I H11ppr.r In_ 190_6 !n ·Lynn, Mas5., ,W!l.'l
LltL!eton Garden Club.
exhibited, as was also the
wedding
The next gown was worn by Abbie i go\vn worn by Emily Campbell Hutch-Brown at a. home wedding in Stratham I ins, who was married In Lynn in 1908,
,; tn 1869, when she became Mrs. SanThe committee in charge of the·fet,e
born. Yesterday the dre:i.,; WM worn wa.~ Mrs. Charles H. Amhoff, p1•esldent
by Miss Mlril!,nt DavL5 or Portsmouth.
of the P0t'tsmouth Garden Club; Mri,,
Th-e year 1864 wa.1 represented by a 1Mary Lane Bickford and Mrs. Rosf!lie
gown loaned by Mrs. Richard Shelton Hatch of Portsmouth, Mrs. Carroll Co••
qr Cambridge, formerly or thl1 city, bum of Milford, Mrs. James E. Thayer
wllich was first worn by Mr. Shelton's of Farmington, Mrs. Charles Bisbee ·Of
' mother when she wa.1
married
at Durham and Mrs. Mattie C. B. Perkms
~ampton.,,and worn ye)lterday by Mrs. of Dover.
Host1:ss at th~ white holL5e where the
~the! Cami)bell of Portsmoulth, •
Margaret Richardson of Greenland , brides dre3.<;ed were Mrs. Bickford· and
wore an 1894 gown from the Milford sevcrnl ladies from Hampton. Tf10se
who ll.'~5L5ted tn dressing the brides were
Garden Club.
A Civil War period gown of blue taf- the .l\ili.~ses Lucie and Catherine Pray of
feta w~ loaned ,by Mrs. George Warren Porl;.~mouth and Mrs. Nprnw.n Richand worn by ML~s Ruth Hussey o! ardsou of Evanston, Ill.
TIH• day's program is well considered
Greenland.
A wedding gown of 1862 from Salem, a ca.5e of succe.~sful cooperation for the
Mass., was worn by Miss Peggy Win- assembling of hath flower show specigate of Hampton.
mens and brides costumes ov r a stateMrs. Fred E. Perkins of Hampt,on, wide area with a pleasing unity is
who was married in 1898, w-01•!) her small lece of work.
wedding gown and. represented the
Hampton Monday Club.
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A ~otlceable feature of t\}e day wa.q
the l:leautlful •atmosphere, the friendly
spirit_ and-~a.dy, ~ooperatlonf The ge'n~
eral committee, with,Mrs. Amhoff '!l.!l
chairman, p.e~~rve,<3 hearty', apprecia-·
tlon. '
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lolmlng her beautiful grounds and
worklnir •with tpe committee for the
sn<:cess was the subject of
ple~illg
comment bi ,visitors from, ,many l!eq..:
tions. , Among the noted gµests , wli4
Fabien Sevitzky o! the l)4etropolltan
Theatre, Boston, who took ·q<>lored·
tion pictur-ed bf the, brides.
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FINAL FESTiVAL
AT LANIER CAM
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On Monday, Aug. 24, weather permit
ting, the final festival of the sea.so
will be held at Lanier, the harvest home
festival, celebrating the gathering o
the harvest.
The summer opens with the haying
festival, preliminary to which is a night
in haycock beds under the stars. Unforgettable ls the scene and the experience. Preparations for this night have
become a ritual throughout the 30 years
of Lanler's existence. Dull ears are
sharpened to summer sounds as soon
i4 the family has gathered and settled
ori the old farm acres. The following
lines from Dallas Lore Sharp's "Summer" have come to be the bugle call:
"You ought to hear the lively chatter
of a mowing machlne. It is hot out of
doors; the roads are beginning to look
dusty; the insects are tuning up 1n the
grass, nnd, like their chorus all
together, and marching round and roun
the meadow, moves the mower's whirr
Ing blade. I love the sound. Haying
hard, sweet work. The farmer who d
not love his haying ought to be ma
to keep a country store and sell ker
sene oil and lumps of , dead salt pork
out of a barrel. He could not appreciate a live friendly pig.
"Down the long swath sing
knives, the cogs click above the square
cotner.s, and the big, loud thing sings
on again,-the song of 'first fruits,' the
first great ingathering of the season,-a
song to touch the heart with Joy and
sweet solemnity."
A certain portion of the field, where
the poorest hay grows, Is set aside to
sleep in, and the following morning,
when a perfect day comes over the horizon, a quiet excitement runs across the
field among the hay beds.
Next in order comes the :first com.
Great steaming platters are born aloft
by the !arm boys, who boast a · week's
advance over la.st
year's
harvest.
Stalwn.r t com ranks 1n .sight o:f the
d!nlng
their green blade
�and as eld pastorates in Ipswich and
Lynn, Ma~:; Providence, R. I.; New
Britain, Conn. ; Pittsburgh and Erie,
Pa., Baltimore, Md., and Marlboro,
Mass.
.He is an orator of ability and .in recent yea.rs much of his time has been
i,pent as editor and exe:utive head o!
the New England Greek religious and
literaJ·y magazine, a monthly publication called "Pharos," published in Bo.st-On.
The first Cabot. stre-e t school was a
litt.Je brick building, which had grown
antiquated at the time of tJ1e erect:.oln
of the present building,
but
hau
berved its purpo.s.e for a long period of
time. In 18.50 the school oommitt-ee of
district No. 2 made the first move for
the construction of a new building to
replace . the old brick sti:ucture. For
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six ~ars efforts wer,e made t-0 t.hat end,
but it was 1859 before it was officially
decided to erect a n ew building. When
May-0r J.ohn R. Redding was in_a ugurated he mentioned there being on depo.sit $4,500 for erection of t.lu; Cabot
St. Nicholas Gree·k · Orthodox Church,--I-n-19_3_2-th_e_G
- re-'e-k-'-co-mm
- -uru-·-ty--p-ur--"'" street schoolhouse. In 'the fall of 1860
at th. e corner of State and Cabo·t _streets, chased the fOr!J!er C~bot Street School the new school was opened and Miss
was dedicated on Sunday morning, with building. This was lj,Sed for many years M. M. Ham, who conducte.:l U1e primary
.archbishop Athena.gora.s Of -New York, as a school, but' was closed .rlth the gra<les in tl;le old brick building, WI!.'!
head of the Greek Orthodox Church of opening of the new Juntor High School the first principal. The school cohtin~orth and Sou!h America., conducting building and the change of the Whipple ued until : 129, when
1.he Whipple
the mass.
.
School from junior high to graide pu- School tool: care of the pupils which
. The archbishop arrived Saturday a(~ _pils. Immediately after the· building formerly attended it.
ternoon and a service was held Sa.tur- was p.urchased the task· of renovating it
In 1933 Andrew Jarvis, who
Is now
day evening. Sunday morniqg at 9 began. The building as if ls today i~ president of. !Jle G!.'eek community, ap·o'clock a ma.&s of dedication-was .. held, not a.s compLete as it Is hoped to have it peare<I before Mayor Pickering and the
which was conducted by Archbishop In the near future, but it has a. fine city council a.nd made a bid for the
Ath-ena.goras; who
represenbed · the · ch~ch- auditorium on the second fioor. building for Its use as a church. The
Patriarch of Constantinople. At
11 The lower floor 'o f the building, which is mayor and council took the matter uno'clocic• a service was he1d out of doors:• now used a.s a Sunday school room for der consideration and favored selling
Led by th~ acolytes and ,choir,
the the children o! the parish, la expected the property. The mon,ey was soon
clergy formed a. t:>~cesssion which to· be im_prove:ct later.
raised and work. begun of converting
marched around the church three times
The first o! the Greek fa.mllle.l
to the bullding into a church. The comAssisting in. the service · were Rev. come to thl.s city started in busine&t In mittee consisted of Andrew Jarvis,
Polyca.rp Marinakis, pastor.. of
the a. small wa.y, but many are now among George Sotero.s, Christ Sagrls, George
church, l¼nd priests from Dover, Som- the outstanding storekeepers here. Sclir1s, Christ Roylos, Paul Chu)iaris
er.sworth, and Newburyport and Salem, Among them were the Jarvi.!! fam1ly, and Pet.er Sta brow, - - - , =~~~
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the Zacharias family, th.a Para.a fa.m'- The dedic'ation _was attended.not onlv ily, the Sta.brow family, the coussoule
by members of th~ church but by many family a.nd the Dedes family. The first
· others who were interested in the · ser~ to settle here was Peter Zacharias, who
vice. Ralph Newton of this city pre- stopped overnight on his wa.y from
s\mte<I two American flags, one to the Lowe11, Mass., to :Augusta, Me., and waa
church and one to the church c school. so impressed with the city that he deMr. Newton has presented' : several clded to make his home here and began
schools with flags the pa.st few ' yead In a small way to sell fruit. He died in
and his. gift' was greatly appreciated.
1927 and his passing wa.s a loas not
The history o! the Greek religfo1:1 In only ,to the Greek commun!ty, but to
, this city goes back nearly 50, ; years, the city. His children, who, with one'
. wl\en the first family !rom1Gr~~c_,e ,ar- exception, all reside 1n this city, were
1'lved. The _Greek race 1s ·a very1ancient the first o! Greek descent to be born In
, one a.nd, follovrlhg in the wa_ke of the Portsmouth.
HLs~ daughter,
Mrs.
many Gree,k families· who ·ca.me' to· this 'Leonidas Sophlos or Medford, · Mass.,
~untry, the Greek religion wa.s brought wa., the fir.st to be marrl.ed In the
-~. _!11 1890 the first greek 1f,l,~les church which was dedicated yesterday.
came ~ Portsmouth. 1:'<>r many ,years Riev. Polyca.rp Ma.rlnakis was assigned
the services of worship were held in the to this Church. in September, 1933. He
homes of the families; b;t in 1917 the came here from Bang-Or, Me., a.11d sueGreek church was .founded and· the ceeded R ev. SJ)?r06 Kasa.rl.s, · who was
Greek pop,ulatlon congregated in hall transferred to Keene, after a year as
they lea.&ed for_the purpose. ~ con-, pastor o! st."Nicholas. Rev. Marinakls
,tlnued for niaiy years,, until the Greek was born in Smy.:na, Asia Minor, and
families in_ci;eased and were in' a better received l1is classical education at the
financial posit.loµ to. concentrate on ,the _Theological Seminary of Athens, hav'purchiµ;e of •!I- bulldfng iri .which _
ttte:v Ing been. a pri~ in Greece for five
could permanently establish
them- years· and in· Jerusalem two years.
selves.
to· An}erica nearly 40 yea.rs
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•. . : .: EDICATED
M~ss C~lebrated:• By '\r~hbishop
~thenagoras, Of N~w York,
Head Of Church·Of·,North and
S_outh America
��C urch Service Of Olden Days
►~.1~Held At Historic York Church
EDIFICE FILLED TO THE DOORS AS A SABBATH OF
1710 IS AUTHENTICALLY RE-ENACTED WITH
PARTICIPANTS IN COLONIAL COSTUME
The wraith of Rev. Samuel Moody 1'8- _. Carlton
Nowell
and
Raymond
visited the scene of his earlyJabors yes- staples, attired as Continental soldiers
terday to mount the pulpit of the his- In uniforms of blue and buff, with mustorio old First Parish Church at York kets powder horns, shot cases and a
:V111age once again to "warn ye sinnzrs dru~ were on duty to guard against an
of the hell-fire which awaits them 1f Indian ~ttack.
they do not speedily amend their ways."
Upon the altar a
single . candle
The church, oldest religious society in burned beside the open Bible and at the
Maine, was filled to the very doors, with left of the platform stood a British flag,
the hall crowded with extra chalro and to remind those present that York was
persons standing to fill every inch of formerly a British possession.
space and the crowd extending out into
The service opened with the singing
the vestibule, The occasion for
this of a psaJm, ·"All People 011 Earth Who
Interesting eve~t was the observance of Dwell," with Mr. Moody, the tithing.t he 300th anmversary of the founding man, gl'(ing the . tone on his pitch-pipe.
of York C~unty.
As books were scarce and expensive in
A church service of colonial days, the old days there were no hymn books
!When residents of the town · of York, for the congregation.
The precenter,
then a part of the Massachusetts Bay Mr. Morrison, would read a line, which
Colony, stood ever in fear of Indian at- would then be sung, and the next line
tacks,. was.. re-en~9ted as nearly as, pos- read and repeated in song, and so .on.
alble in the manner of the olden times.
Throughout the service the tithing'l'ownspeople had been invited to attend man was .kept busy with his tickler of
1n. ~stume o! colonial days and the men rabbit's hair to prevent any o!
the
to bring ffintlock muskets, as was the congregation from going to sleep·. Some
custom, to be ready in case of a raid on who gossiped during the service he obthe village by some roving band o! llged to change their seats from the
fierce warriors. '
women's side of the church to the men's
Between forty and fifty persons, men, side, or vice versa. Mr. Moody created
women and children, Including summer a great deal of amusement by his carryresidents, came dressed in the costumes Ing out of his duties in the most sober,
worn before the Revolutionary War; stern and dour manner imaginable,
many of them rare and authentic. so' tickling the noses of supposedly nodgreat was the interest in the service ding singers, much to their surprise and
that people arrived as early as 9 o'clock,• the amusement o! their friends.
and .soon after 11 a. m., more than 600
Miss Florence dressey was punished
persons filled every point of vantage for cl,oslng her eyes and
Miss Ruth
within and around the door.
Nowell was admonished for laughing.
Rev. William H. Mlllinger, pastor of Both were taken from their pews and
the church, lmper,onated
"Father" given a seat in the front of the church.
Samuel Moody, famo1.1s historical per- Miss Florence A. Paul was caught whlssonage of the early days of southern pering during the service and was
Maine, a respected parson of the First "punished" by being made to sit on the
Parish Church for many years. Rev. other side o! the church with · those of
· Mllllnger was ·co.,tumed as Father the opposite sex. Miss Paul was attired
Moody In lmee breeches, a long . black in a giddy colonial costume topped with
robe, white stock and black skull-cap. a bonnet with pink ribbons and flowers.
:As· the service· opened he marched iqto
The sermon -was a portion of the disthe church follo;-ed by two deii:oo.ns;, course delivered by Rev. Samuel Moody
impersonated by William Grant and on Sunday, Aug. 24, rho, 226 years ago.
Wlllls Staples, who wore breeches, long It was upon the subject, · "The Doleful
black and brown coats, colo1"€d waist- ~tate of the Damned;:·· ah.~ U;i\l 'text was
coats, white stocks and carried muskets. from Luke 13 , 28 th verse, ~·egarding
Behind them cam& the precenter,. or "There shall be weeping and gnashing
singing master, ena cted by James Mor- of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and
rison, Jr., of this city, and the tit)ling Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets
man, enacted by Howard Moody of in the kingdom or God and you yourFargo, N. D., a des<.: endant of the fam- selves thrust outside."
ous old-time parson, both in similar auThe service, although serious, had its
thentio costumes and with muskets. amusing incidents.
From the pulpit
•The tithing man, an Important pei'son- came the surprising
announcement
age in the church o! the early days, car- "And here comes Madam Ingraham
ried the traditional rod of of!!ce, tipped with her ungodly strut."
with a rabbit's foot, with w~lch it was
Before the collection Mr. Millinger
his duty to tickle the nose or smartly rap as.sured the congregation that there
the head· of any sinner who went to would not be any come-on money. He
sleep during the interm!na.ble service of told o! Thomas Withers, a resident or
olden days.
York, ' of the 'corresponding time 226
ears ago, being In the lllor that day
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for putting a large swn in the collection box to induce hls neighbors to be
generous. However, according to Mr.
Mlllinger, Withers was caught wlhen
attempting to take back his contribution.
During the service Mr. Mlllinger read
some of the old and strict regulations
or lhe days or our forefathers and instructed the tithing-man to see that
no strangers went through the town on
the Sabbath, that parents did not kiss
their children, that no cooking be done
or beds made on the Sabbath, that th·e
children not sit on fences, and that he
especially see to the g,ood behavior of
bachelors. He asked i! there were any
special prayers wished by the congrega~
tlon and ~mon~ those who were prayed
for were the King and Her Royal Majesty, Queen Anne. A special prayer
also was offered for fair weather on
Thursday, when a pageant depleting
the birU~ and devek>pment of New Somersetshlre, as York County was originally called, will be presented.
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In the olden days the ' Sabbath service., lasted practically all day, With an
intermission !or dinner. Yesterday only
a par~ ot the original sermon was given
in order to permit the congregation to
be released by the guards in time to eat
dinner at their homes.
A.1 Mr. Mlllinger ibrought the sermon
to a close Deacon Staples rose to reprlmand hlm for not having preached a
longer sermon. The pastor replied that.
"The spil'lt Is wllllng, but the flesh ls
weak," and explained that he had a
fowl cooking on the spit at home and
that the needs o! the inner man must be
satisfied. Only a part o! Father Moody's
old sermon was delivered. It was an
interesting and educational example of
the old-time conception o!
religion,
Father Moody llkenln1i hell to 11, huge
vat of bolling tar such as was used at
York's shipyards for sealing the hulls
of vessels. The awful state of the
damned therein was graphically deplcted, with the wer.plng,
walling and
gnashing of teeth from the sinners consigned to that dread fate.
Tha Bible used yesterda7 was once
. the possession of Rev. Tsaao Lyman
successor to Mr. Moody.
The tithing
stick and collection box used were both
priceless and were loaneii by the Old
York Gaol, built in 1653. Mrs. Harry
Hungerford of Boston loaned the hourglass.
, Among those in costume were descendants o! many early families of
York. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Emerson,
summer residents, of
Tilusville, Pa.,
headeii the summer colony group. Mr.
Emel'SOn ls a descendant of Samuel
fy'[oody. Miss Theodosia L. Barrell and
Mrs. George E. Blaisdell, Ll ~scendanls or
Sarah Barrell Wood, Maine's first nov~ ·
~list, also .took part.
Mrs. D. W. Cressey wore a striking
qostume, consisting of an old bonnet bzlonging to Mrs. Barrett Wendell
of
Portsmouth, and a shawl and dress or
the 18th century.
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divine worship,
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The service itself will be patterned .
after tho: : of a century ago. No organ
will be used. as Elder Fernald consid- ered .the organ as the "devil's instrument." The choir leader will lead the
_ singing in. the oldtime way, hymn books
of course, being too expensive ·to fur' nish the audience.
Howard
Paul
dre.s.sed in an appropriate cootume, will
b:') . ·hn CDl!lpetent choir leader, "llneing
out" the old-timehymns,
The sermon will be one ·written more
than a century ago on the subjeot'"The_'-' Duty of a People to Stand· in Awe of
God, and· not Sin, when under His
Terrible Judgments."
Many of Elder
Mark Fernald's quotations will be in. . serted. The modem note, however, will
· · creep in as it ls shortened to the time
_. allotted to our church services today.
Deacon Peletiah, who in ,the early
days of the church would sit in the
corner of the building near the speaker
and cover his head with a bandana.
handkerchief a.,; he peacefully · slept
-:: through the long sermon, will be- im:·· personated. by J. Fred Dorr. The DeaOld York oliscrved the 300th annl- ,Chief Justice Charles J. Dunn o! the ·_·_. con was the one man who :W&$ · freeversary o! the settlement of
York Malne Supreme Court gav•e a hlstolfrom the ministrations of the "t!thCounty with a pageant, address, sports, cal addess. Judge Dun said:
ing-man," who will be present a.t , this.
band oonoert and fireworks yesterday. "The giants of today are not the same
.service in the person or Percy Amee.
Large numbers or people,
including a9 those o! three centuries ago, but ·• ., Children who laugh and men and.
summer visitors from practically every they are a.s forml~able . antagonists . .- <;, women who sleep can be sure he wm:
state in the Union, were greatly pleased The problems of the pre.~ent tlme, al~ "·' see them and ac~ accordingly.
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by the beautiful pageant held 011 the th0 ugh varying from the past, _ are ' · Mrs. Edith Honsberger will give a.
lawns in the rear of the First Parish yet sufficient to dare abillty and deter- · . brief and Interesting history of
the
Church and the Town Hall during the · mi.uatlon. The.se days of(er viotory and ' church as a prologue to th& servlefl~
afternoon.
honor to thooo who accept their chalThis is written In a way to be of special
The hisLorical pageant was written lenge.''
interest to children.
and directed by Mrs. Ha:uel Arbertson
Afterward& the11e were
sports at
Many will wear old-time- costumes
of West Ne w,bury and the various epl- York Beach.
The observance ended
and everyone is invited to weu, clothsodes were enacted 111 costume by a la.s~ night with a band concert by the
ing of this early time. Those who do
cast or 75 persol1.'l. In the prelude ex- ' Frank E. Booma Po.st American Legion
not wish to com~ In costume, however,
County ALty. Ralph W. Hawkes repre- Band of Portsmouth, followed by fireare cordially invited to attend the lie!'•
se·n ted Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Judge works at Short Sands.
vice. It will be of historic value and
Lesber M. Bragdon impersonated MasHundt,ed<J o! cars filled every avallinterest.
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sachu.setts, because the early history o! able parking spaoe, one of the largest
Following tbe "pa.r.son'' will, unhitch
York and York County \vas closely in~ crowds in. the history o! the beach en- , the horse which will be tied in a place
terwov-en with the Bay 'State.
MlS.!1 Joying · the excellent band muslo and . reserved among the parked automoAnne Sewall, daughter o! Mr.
and the fireworks display.
·bile.!!, climb Into the old shay and_
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Mrs. Arthur E. Sewall,
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to Locke's Cove, when the antlque ·vecus, which was the early name of York.
hlcle will be stored in the barn where It:
Mrs. E. M. Cook represented Georgehas been for ao long.
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anna, under which name' York was in- ·.
The service will begin at ll.111 •a. m..
corporated as the first city in America. · , t
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and everyone ls given a hearty invitaRev. Ambler Garnett or Boston was ·
·' tlon to attend. ·
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,Slr Oliver Cromwell, while Rev. Wll,
!lam H. Mlllinger of the First Parish
Church Impersonated Edward Godfrey.
Tho.~e ntten(ting the First Christian
'Samuel H. Junkins was' John Wheel- · Church at Kittery Point on Stmday
wright.
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morning wlll feel that time has bei!n
In the fourth episod-e s .. s. Thompson turned back, 11-'1 they flnd themselves at
was Slr Wllllnm Pcppem~ll. while Rev. a .service patterned a!t~r those of more
Samuel Moody was portrayed by .Rev. than n century ago.
Ambler . Garnett. · ., Handkerchief
Today the old one-horse .may whloh
Moody was Roger K. Lucas. · Select- was used by Elder Mark Fernald ls one
man Jack La Plante _ wiui "Thomas • of the antiques on_dl.splay in the TerGorges, _while Selectman
Nelson . centenary celebration at K1ttery. ToHutchll1.'l was st Asplnquld.
J. P. morrow morning a horse will again be
Bragdon represented T.tl.omas Morton · hitched to it and, as in days gone byf the
and James LL\CM and ,Mrs.
Hazel Pltl'son Will ride in it to the service at
Woodward were King Charles and his ' the church on Haley road. In
the
queen, 11espectlvely.
early history of the church It carried
The prolog ue was read by Miss Ruth ' Elder Mark Fernald; tomorrow, the
Nowell. There WM all5o a program of present pastor, Rev. Basil Harris, will
dancing. A feature wa~ a sword dance · dress as Elder Fernald used to do and
lven by M~. Graham o!-Boston.
drive a horse instead of an automobile,
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as the old shay again carries the "par-
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of the' f~uiiding of ' York county are
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·lnplete an~ the program wiµ open
t 10 a.- m; . with sports and•. froin
then· : on there will be a very inter•.
ting · -lliit of events. The program
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• l(T,30 ► a. 1m.:-$ports at ;Library
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12· to ·l! p. ; m.-Band concert. PicnJc
unch ari~ •community slrigln·g. Rereshments for .sale on the •grounds.
2 p. m.~Address, Ralph Bartlett~
2.30 p. m:-Introductory poem, "Our
Eliot," written by .Miss
· Arabella Hammo1}d.
Tableau: Submission
of
'Maine to Massachusetts'.'
Community singing. ·
• Sketch: "The Captivity of
Major Hammond," written
. and directed by Mrs. Wintfred Dyer.
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· Community singing.
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Tableau , "The Mass~re ; at
-Ambush Rock." ..
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Community singla;;.
At the picnic lunch it · ts expected
thaii families and friends will sit
down 'in the grove on the Library
grounds· f.or a .socla.l hour while the
Sa,!lford band .of 21 plecesi presents
a musical. program. The refreshment
committee•· assisted by the · 4-H clubs
will . be in , attendance. An 'address by
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a scion of an old Eliot family and
a poem written by· Eliot','J talented
poetess will comprise the literary part
of the .. program.
The tableau, "Submission of Maine
oo Massachusetts;• . will· depict that
historic event that •
enacted at
William E11eret•a Tavern Nov. 16, 1662,
where now· stands "Laughing Waters
camp." A bronze slab marks the site.
The tableau, ''The Massacre at Ambush Rock" . portray,q the ambtuhed
attack · of Indiana on ·Maj. Charles
Frost, the Heards and Do)'lnings as
they' were returning from church one
Sabbath ,day.
A -bronze marker 1Fl
in evidence here. , .
· The slcetch writ~en and presented
under the direction of a talented
.Eliot girl wlll prove- lnterestiIJ,g and
perha.ps ,thrilling. , Commu11lty singin~ .wlll be interspersed.
The .;ports committee has prepared
.a list of varied and dignified sports
that wlll ·amuse and lnteres~ old and
young.
..(1.11. the people of the town are urged
to attend the exercises and thereby
add ,to the interest of the occasion.
All friends ·wll1 'be · cordially
welcorned. Why not make this a, genuine
Old Home Day where good fellowship and frlendlines.~ shall abound?
Guides . wlll be provided for -those who
desire to visit historic spots.
•rhe commttees would like for this
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a,- ~ala day for Ellot.
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Observance Of 300th Anniver-i.,,
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F1rom Today ·
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hisLoricai
Church of Christ in Kittery, 1727." Mr, ~·
Whipple was °the. father o! a signer o!
the peclaration •-o! Independence .and
his remains lie ju.st across the road
•from the old church; -in the parish cemetery. Nos. 2, 3 and 4 ar.e cµps inscribed thus : !'The Gift of. the: Hoonble.
William Pepperrell, Esqr,. to the ,First
Church of Christ in Klttery •,1733..'' No.
5, another cup, "The BeqUest"'o-j,'.,, Mrs ..
Jane °Turrell ·to the First Church of
Christ in Kittery.' 1 No. 6 is a .wide and
deep silver plate or dish, u~ed to hold
b1,oke1} · brea.d or baptisma,~ ,;water, 1.s
beauU/fully ,_ inscribed all around 11;.s
edge ·with these words, '!Th~ om ot
the Honble . Wl,l llain , PeJi;>etreU, ~qr.,
Baronet, Lieut. General of.: Hls Majes~
ty's Forces, & of the Province o! Mass.,
&c, &c, to th_e First Church in. Kittery,"
and the Pepperrell coat of arms. No. 7, ·
a large silver sprlnking foj:it, is inscribed, "This peice of plate is present.ed to ye First Church in Kittery by an
U n k nown H an d"
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is said to be that o! Lady, Pepperrell.
No. 8 ls a high tankard, silver plated,
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·to give a com-
parade, tableaux, hibition at Howell'>' Square.
exhibition planned mimes and tableaux at historio spots .,
Kittery throughout along the parade route presented in .1,,.
. observance
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today in
of
the York costumes.
. Oounty Tercentenary were d efinitely
11.45 a. m., parade
from Howells' Square to Navy Yard,
.•; pos t poaed this morning, because of where f\oal:3 will be on display until 4
•-' ~, , ~ the prospect.s of a rainy day, until o'clock and the Yard open to visitors.
1 p. m. to 3 p. m., concert by the "
M onday. On that day the program as
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· orlglna.lly planned will be presented Tralp Academy :Band at the Commuplete list of all · the articles in the exat the previously scheduled times. The nlty Houso, Kittery Point.
hlbit the following will give some idea
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o! the variety, which were for the most
8.30 a. m., band concert near spot
part genuine
American
antiques:
where Ranger was bullt.
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---·---Sparhawk chairs o! 1750 circa,: Gov.
8.45 a. m., band concert at John ' ings, Bowen, Clark,
Wentworth china bowl o! 1750; silver
r Paul Jones Park, near bronze tablet Dimick Duncan, Gerrish,
Good\\
mug or Tobias Lear, who wa.s !riend
, ommemoratlng early Colonial grants . . Hodge, Howells,
Jackson,
Jenki
and secr-etary o! George Washlrigton,
9.15 a. m., parade of hl.storlc floats, :, Locke, Lutts, Mead, Moore,
Newso
o. 1770; sword presented by Oongress
ands, eto., from Government street P arsons, PcpperreU, Remick,
Sparto Stephen Decatur in 1806;
Gov.
Howells' Square at Locke's cove. · hawk stevens, TenEyck, Thaxter, Tre-·
Goodwin fire buckets o! 1789; silver
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10 a. m., to ll.45 a. m., floats on ex- · fethen, Walker, Wentworth, Wild and ,.
porringers of o. 1750; Sheffield plate
Woods. The oldest thing present was
candlestick captured from the French
a chair, Jacobean period, brought to
ln ..1796 by the !rlgate "Delaware".: a
Kittery from England in 1631 by
g1•eat silver spoon of TenEyck, c. 1720;
Thomas Withers, an original settler,
pair of pistols uhed by Pepperrell at
and af\°ent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges.
·Louisburg in 1745; .old guns; Lowestoft
The latest piec,es had to do with pres- .
pitchers and china ware; oopper and
ent day history. Two hundred items
silver lustre ware; ship picture c. 1805;
were placed for convenient Inspection
Indian stone implement; Timothy Gerwith explanatory placards in the large
rish chairs of the first settler on Gerhall room and 120 more were arrish Island in 1796; handmade baby
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rangec.J. in the old living room, which '
clothes of 1815 and later; handmade
'l,0
was iq charge of Miss Jenkins.
lace and embroidery;
copper· plate
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The latter was a splendid oollection,
quilt; old blue ware tureen and platoomposed mostly of books,
drawings
ter; two bannister-back chairs; neeand manuscripts. A score
of
the
, die point pillows; Bilbao looking glass
book.~ were old and rare, many more , c. 1770; very old iron plate . wamrer;
were those of authors whose residence
wa~·ming pans; a great many
fine
has been in Kittery.
Of the Kittery '
pe\Yter specimens; rare .straight handle
writers these 20 names appear: A11en,
teapot; samplers reaching back to 1764
Maria Bowen, Jane C. Brown, S. Decaof the great-great-great-grandmother
The exhibit of KiLtcry relics
and tur, Oharles Dutton, J. Dutton, Mark
period; valuable Dimick silver tankantiques at the Community HoLlse at Fernald, Dr. Walter Fernald, William
ard; large beakers of Stiegel glass·
Kittery Point yesterday proved to be Dean .Howells, Mildred Howells, Mat- , 'Sheritan stand; spinning wheel; an:
so generally liked that it may soon be- thiessen, Hor::i~e Mit:::hell, Lieut. Oliver, '
cient cradle; 1799 decanter; 13-star
come a regular custom.
Some 2000 Martha Rcmlck, Dr. V. Safford, Judge
flag letters of Sir William Pepperrell
persons viewed the interes ting
dis- Justin H. Shaw, Celia Thaxter, George
dated 1739 and later; cuff...J.inks and
play, there being at times 200 · people Wasson, Mildred Wasson a·n d Thomas
chafing dish taken from Burgoyne's
moving through the rooms at
once. Wilson. Among the artists'
names
tent at Saratoga in 1777; Delft bowl;
Some of Kittery's historical
zealots were Benson, Bowen and :a;owells.
Uncle Tobey beer tankard; coffee pot
have resolved that the next time such
As
was
appropriate
the
best
and
of
1684; General Knox sword; 1798
a function is held a registration book
·painting; sugar bowl and teaspoon
will be provided for all guests to sig1'r'. most pri celess single set on exhibition
was the old church silver, which held
holder of 1780; Bellamy eagles o, 187~,
The exhibition was free the commitetc.; a huge Moro brong knife with
tee in charge being Gco;·ge L. Trel:eth-· the main show pla,ce in the stage center in· charge of
Jar"les H. Walker.
pols_oncd blade; American empire chair;
en, Miss Mabel Jenkins and Charles
These precious pieces are rarely seen
ancient Dover oompass;
old earth
S. Gerrish.
and
deserve
individual
description.
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globe;
an
iron
bow
of
the
William
Tell
The articles loaneq were from
the,
patter, and other items that were much
homes of some 30 Kittery families and There are eight pieces, usua)ly reposing
by the crowds whose
were relics of early or late history of . · within a fine chest which is placed for 0, appreciated
aroused interest was well satisfied.
Kittery and York County, being an in- safe keeping in a bank vault. The No.
cideih in the observance and ' celebra- · 1 piece is a drinking cup such was used
tion of the 300-year life of .York .·. in comm.on at the old communion sert~ county. Among the names repr~sent- l vices, ,rnd bears this inscription,
; ed were Bellamy, Benson, Berry, Bill- { Gift of Mr. Wm. Whipple to the
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AT KITTERY PT·
SUCCESSFUL
Wonderful Collection Dis=
played In Connection
With Tercentenary
�nowne, son o! Sir Arthur and nephew
Sir F'erdinando Gorges, bound for
'1 America.
1647-Towri of KiU,ery incorporated.
The Seledmen outllne th eir plans !or
\ the coming year.
1665-Captaln
Franci.3 Champernowne at Dartlngton receivEl.i the Roy.
I al Commi<,i,ioner..i who have been sent
by Klng Charles 211d to definitely establish the boundaries o[ Maine and
Massachlls,€Jtt,s,
1676-Wllliam Pepperrell, fuhennan
and owner of boats at the Isles of
Shoals, wooo Marjorie Bray.
1700-Captain Teach leaves his jewels
wHh the Gray Lady at the Lsles of
2.
Shoals.
1731-Captaln Whippie and Madam
Whipple depart
for
church with
y,oung Wllllam to be christened. Thw
child, William Whipple, became a
signer or the Declaration or Independtence.
1745-Lieul:,e!nant-General Sir William Pepperrell departs with troops
!or Louisburg.
1749-Sir William Pepperrell is received at t,ha Court or King George
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model will be John Paul Jones him1775-Mary Sparhawk charms Capself, enact-e,d, by Chief Boatswain F. E. ; taln Mowat and disSuades him from
Webber. The shipbuilder who had ! bw,ning Portsmouth.
charge or the Ranger's construction
1776-The Spirit o! '76.
wlll be represented by Mr. Penny, a
1789---Goorg.e Washington,
quarterman of the civilian• force. The I Buckmins~er andi aidieii, call.I on Rev.
Kearsarge nnd the subm_a rlne modets j De.njamlu Steveii.:t, D. D., and al.so
were constructed in previous years, but pays his respects to Lady• Pepperrell.
the model of the Ranger, 12 fe-eit in
1917-Amerlcan Leglon
Auxiliary
length, has been made recently in pre- depict., patriotlo aotlvities of women
paration for thl.s event.
during the World War.· The D!Btrict
The Women's City Club i~ to enter , Nursing .A.ssoclatlon or Kittery pore. float depicting the Helen Seavey trays its activities.
Quiltln,g Party, at which a group of
These groups will be placed Ln, front
women of this vidnit}' mad.e a flag for o! varloll3 hlstorio oldi mansions and
Jolm Paul Jones to fly proudJy from i[I) convenlent11 located flelt!.i where
the mast of the Ranger, the first ship they may, be readily observed by passto ever fly the stars and stripes.
ing motorists.
The parade wlll be led by a band , At the Communicy, 1'1:ous.e at Kittery
and will include several local organ!- Point will be an historical exhibition
zations in line. The float-s will leave or Interesting olcli relics.
the· Navy Yard at 9.15 a. m., according
SaturdaJ next promises to be a
to present plans, to be joined by th~ thoroughly Lnter.astlng one in 'the old
float from this city on Government town or Kittery, Visitor11 to Kittery
Street and
proceeding
to Howell will find a great. deal or picturesque
Square, where the floats will remain charm, scenlo beauty, hl.!itorical Interon exhibition until !!'.>On, then pro- est and a warm welcome._ _ _ _-4
ceedlng ~o the Navy Yard, where they
will 'be on d~play throughout the afternoon, with visitors welcome to inspect the Navy Yard until 4 p. m.
There will be at least three bands in
line, it ls planned, with the San!ordl,
Me. Band, of 21 pieces, the Vet,erans of
Forelg,n, Wars Band or Portsmouth,
and the Traip Academy Band or Kit-
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The early daYIS of an ancient old
town by the sea will be reenacted n,eoct
Saturday at Kit~ry with f~cinating
episodes showin} the highlights of hts-torlcal events down through the years.
The occasion l.s the ob.zarvance or the
300th anniversary of the settlement or
York OOunty,.
• Kittery has been the scene of more
evenits of world, importance -t han any
othi:r town in Maine, an<l. few similar
communities in America can boa.st a
more distinguished record, It was settled in 1623 and incorporated as the
first town in Maine in 1647. It is the
purl)O!:,e of the Kittery H istorical Society, with the cooperation, of many
local .organiza tions and the townspeople in g-eneral,
to present for the
pleasure and instruction o! summer
vtsitors and re,,i dents a compr>€ib.ensive
summary, of Kittei-y.'s long and initeresting history by means of pantomimes
and tabl~aux depleting the highlights
down through the years.
The observance will open ne?Ct t,aturday morning, August 29, with a historical parade. The Portsmouth Navy
Yard, located within the boundaries
of the Town of Kitberyi, is cooperating
to the fullest extent in thl.s historical
ob~srvance and ls entering three historical floats showing
the progress
which ha.9 been madte in naval consfruotlon. A 1iepl!ca of the USS Ranger,. which was built on Badger's Islanc1J. Kitt.ei·y, an,di which, undter the
command of Captain John Paul Jones, tery.
Leaving the floats at Howell Square
g'alned undying fame for the American
Navy, will be on one o! the floats, the parade will continue as far as the
drawn by twelve sailors in the uniform · Thaxl;,er House at Kittery Point., then
o! the Revolutionary War period. An- turning will countel'march, pausing at
other model will be of the Kearsarge, the Peppen-eli Hou,ie, the Sparhawk
House, and
built at the local Navy Yard,, whose Mansion, th6 Whipple
battle with the Alabama duri,ng the other historic spots, where tableaux
Clvil War is one of the most thrilling and pantomimes wlil be enacted. These
pages of American hwtory. This will wlll be as follows:
1614-Captain John Smith, explorer,
be mounted on a float
drawn by
twelve sa.!lors in Civil War days uni- and group.
1636-Slr Ferdinando Gol'ge~ sells
forms. The third float will Bear a model of a. modern submarine such as i, Dartlngtoll (Cutk! and Gerrish Isconstructed at the Navy Yard in the;ie lands) to Sir Arthur Champernowne.
days, with . crew of twelve sailors in Alexander Shapleigh, joint own,er or
the ship Benediction, leaves Devonmodern, uniform.
shire, England, with F1·ancis Chamoer- a.-.......... : - - -.............:.................._..._........_.._..._....,...,............,.....,._.
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Anniversary Celebration
Unique and out stan<.iing features oi
the York County Tercentenary celebrat,ion at Kittery were the tableaux
11.t historic polnt.s or interest in Kittery and Kittery Point. The.<e tableaux and those taking pa1·t were M .
follows:
Locke Field
Group of young oolonlal lad ies-Arlene Ooulter,
Olive Riley,
Eleanor
Lan gdon, Rita Tibbetts, Mary Curran,
Ruth Walsh.
Rice Public Library Gmund.<;
Pnblic Nursin g Association 2roup
portraying activities.
Mrs. Marlon Dutton , n. N. Public
Health Nurse; Mrs. Doris Pike, R. N.,
substitute nurse; Miss Phyllis Binney
as a student nurse.
Library Lawn
1614
CRpt . J ohn Smith, noted explori>1·.
Arthur 0 . Gooch•. in
Mate
W. B. Scott
P ettigr ew Fleld-1647
Town of Kittery incorporated. The
Selectmen outline their work for the
coming yt'ar. Carroll H. Sterling, O.
Sumner Paul, Chas. S. Williams, Burnell Fri.<;lne
Ilowcll Square
Helen Seavey Quilting Party 11ml
floats of Navy Yard.
Spanish American War Vcter~•1s,
John G. Edwards, Wm. Hurley, Jvnh
W. Spinney, Edward N. BowkE'r, ChM.
A. Myer, Mr. Blomberg, Louis Colburn
Benson Field-1665
Capt. Francis Ohampernowne receives Royal Commls.~ioners ~ent by
Chas. JI to definitely establish. the
boundaries o! Maine and Mas.sachusett,'>.
Capt. Fran~is Champemowne
................ Wallace Chick
Royal Oommissioners: Raymond Pett,igrew, Walter
Hamm,
Franklin
Wil son.
Whipple Garrison-17'.ll
Oapt. Wm. and Madam Whipple depart with young William to be christened.
Capt. Wm. Whipple ..... ... ... .. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claude W11Jlams
Madam Whipple . . . . . . . . Ml~s Lewis
Master Wm. Whipple .Shirley Hooper
Benson Fleld-1749
Sir Wm. PepperrelI ls received at
court of George Il In England.
OffiTge JI ............ James Barnett
Queen Caroline . . . . . . Mabyn Bru:nett
Courtiers-a. Bartlett, Stephen Grant
Lll.dies-ln-Wa.itlng .. ........... .
• . . . . Mamie Hurley, Mrs. Bouffard
Sir Wm. Pepperrell .. Howard Langdon
Goss Field-1636
Sir Ferdinando GorgeS' sends <'olonii:.ts to Plscataqua.
Sir Ferdinando Gorges ............ .
Sir Arthur Champernow11e -:-.-:-.:..:-:.-:.-:-.'."'.1rJf~e~~~~~W~L~-!:,l~.k.-",
. . .......... ..... . Fred Abrams
Wohran at crn.d.le . . Mrs. E. E: Sanders
Francis Ohampernowne .•. Fred Perry
Boy with kite ., • ,.,,. •• Paul Amee
Lady Champernowne .. Lillian Sml t'h
. Those in chaxge were as follows:
Master Alexander Shapleigh • • . • • •
Director of tableaux and pantomime
............ E. E. Shapleigh, Jr. -A. LlDla.n Walker.
C-0lomst'>: John Paisley, Joseph On,
Oontact committee-Judge james
Mrs. Harvey
Wilson·,
Mrs. Pearl
W. Remick,. Elmer J. Butnha,ttr,. E. E.
Pettigrew Ohick, Dorothea Chick
Shapleigh Jr., Reginald Berry, Mrs.
Potter Field-1'700
Harvey Wilson, Mrs. Willa.rd Chick
The Gray
Lady
of the Isles of
and Mrs.' James P. Oolman.
Shoa,l s.
Advisory committee-Mrs. James w.
The Gray Lady ....... Anita Stewrut
Remick, Garrol!l Sterling, O. Sumner
Capt. Teach . . . . . . . . . Lrungdon Mead Paul, Charlee, S. Wllli:a~ Roland O.
Parsonage Lawn-1789'
Bedell',. J. C~ster cutt;a. Judg-e- Justin
Gl!l()rge Washington and his secreH. Shaw, Mrs. H • .A. Yerkes and
tn.ry, Tobias Lear, with Rev. Joseph
James H. Walker.
Buckminster call on the Rev. Benj.
Costume committee-Wallace- Chick
Stevens, D. D.
Walter Hamm.
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Pres. George Washington Leo Young
Ma.ke tJ'p-William McDonough
Rev. Benj. Stevens, D. D. . . . . . . . .
Propertles.--Memben &! the varf&u1
. ......... Rev. E. H. Newcomb
groups.
Rev. Joseph Buckmlnstier, D. D.
· · · · · · · • • · • . . . • Reginald Berry 1
TobiM Lear . . . . . . . . . Robert Billings ,
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Mrs: Joseph Buckmfnster Allee Patey
Sambo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edwin Sanders
La.diy Pepperrell Manslon-1789George Washington and group pay
their respects to Lady PepperreH and
gnests.
Lady Pepperrell Mrs. Grorgia Mitcllell
M:wame ~parhawk Mrs. Anna Ymmg
MISS Renuck . . . . . . . . . . . Hope Wilson
Two old churcJ,..es o! Kittery Point
Sparhawk Mamion-1775
are observing the York County terMary Sparhawk charms Capt, Mocentenary on Sunday with
services
wat and dissuades him from burning
which recall the ancient ' days
of
Portsmouth.
Kittery. In addition to the historic
Madam Sparhawk . .. ..... .. ..... .
service at the First Christian church
...... Mrs. M. Gertrude Mitchell
conducted by Rev. Basil Harris and
Lady Pepperrell, Mrs. Katherine Stacy
mentioned elsewhere in this newllSarah Stevens ....... Martha Wilson
paper, there wlll be an appropri~ie
Mary Sparhawk • . . . . . . . . . Myra Cole
observanoe e.t the Fil,st CongregaCapt. Mowat . . . . . . . . . • Edward Oha.se
tional church, conducted by Rev. EdFort McClary-1776
ward H. Newcomb.
The Spirit o! '76.
This service opens at 10 a. m., wit»
Drummer . . . . . . . . . . Frank Hutohins
many of the members of the cnurcl!.
Fifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Wentworth
to appear i11 costumes of the pa.st.
Young Drummer .Ea.rland Wentworth
Rev. Newcomb will preach from aJil
Pepperrell Manslon-1745
historic old high pulpit. A portion
Lieut. Gen. Wm. Pepperrell and
of the sermon will tie. taken from
Lildy Peppe1Tell with group prior to
the funeral sermon delivered by Dr.
hl.'I departure for Louisburg.
Benjamin Stevens, an early pastflr
Lieut. Gen. Wm. Pepperrell ...... .
of this historic church, on the oc................. 0. L , M-0rr!.son
casion of the death of Andrew PepLady Pepperrell ... Mrs. Freda Draper
perrell, Esq., at the age of 25 ye rs
Parson Whitefield . . . . . . . Allan Wiley
:in the ye3.r 1751
Parson Moody . ... ..... F. J . Murphy
Following this service the remains
Andrew Pepperrell •... Melvin Vining
of Rev. John Newmarch and his
Drummer Boy . . . . . . Richard Dra;per
family will be reinterred with approBray House-1676
priate cei-emonies In the old cemetflJ
Wm. PepperreU, enterprising young
CIPPO.Oite the church. A restored stone
fisherman from the lsles of Shoals
woos Marjorie Bray.
' will be unveiled by James H. Walk~
el'. This .reihterment was
Master John Bray- .. .. Wendell Tobey
by John M. Howells and
Marjorie Bray . . . . . . . . . . . . Inez Bray
Howells.
Wm. Pepperrell . . . . . . . . John Nesbit
Upham Lawn-L750
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SERVICES AT.
KITTERY PT.
Activities of a colonial family.
Woman at spinning wheel ........ .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs: Mabel Amee
Woman 11.t chmn . . . . Lorraine Amee
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Rear Admiral C. W. ·c ale, Comman-
Yor the pa.st 'two :'lear.s. · the Girl'
Shouts· ot: Porl.smouth h~v~~ ooen. mu~-: .
;eying, ODl & 's ervice to ,• t;he ·, oommunity1
, ahout; wlli.ch very little·ha.s · been, kno.wn.,
' Jh th.e-fall oJ. ,lll34 two book' routes were:
s utafillshedl bet.ween. the ,Home for Aged ; .
l!omelll alld_ the ;Wentwot,th, Home: and. , ..
. the Rublic Lih11an1,f ~
1 week: : ~
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sou&.wpuld l!llp&nt at, the·~
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bag of book.!!·whteh, w~ :c.w.e.<L th
Homes; ..anw eooli. w.eek ~ womtll:rot&ur~tt>ilhe ~a,.,ha;g~! book.s ~
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t.he ~;vi;eel!:•. -~
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· · fiJn: _oft iit:M~a&;~2aal' bookm were· seiµJ. ta.
tbe ·Homes. b:i ·tne.. Gir.l· Scoubs: . &mong:
'U:le scouts.. Wlm · cal.Tied: the. books__durhig_,..tMJ.- pe.rfud, were,: ~ettY.-,B~var-d,
~tf,' mrd~r;/ ~l}ff,0,hak~s14, !Bl;!vhl~,
the
Bowelll;;JVlnib;ed . mm.~, · ~aret
l,Qcklini;
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~ill, _'0~ss1e:'-~
DooothNT
FJ..imy.,,
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f.:hand!Jm' an-ii : Hazel: ~,e~.. F_m;' i mt'
· w~~ If, .st~!,c'llt ea:chi girl\~~&1£,::...'i,e.
Sl)Onsibie for t'he, book l'OUte t;o which•.
she·'waa,~gned: andt in, spite-· of.: wind_j ,. ·
rm.n,;, iae-'.G.r'.snow. the 'be'.oks; w,e~•-deli,
emd/, ~~ T U ~· lt!ten· scliO!ili. • Tm,;
book:r-sen'tl'to the Homes:meant-. manr.i,·
~ur$...ofi »ieasure; -~ iJi.e: eldei.tlY., Jiru)pl~· ,
w,ho,-0.ould· not, hav~:.-enj$)1,1e.d, the; lib.Dary;: .
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· ther.e..~ e,ver;w w.eeliz: ¢;. the: y,ear,;, , Fromi
~ r ;, l9..35i, tw Oclloliel';, 19.36, ,. 50J\.
. be9k$ .w.eref. sent ;'.o;ver tbe1 book rout.es·'
and• tal.e;gjr,l.s; wbo,carried1DI11durih,g; thls'i
Jpe;lodi w~' EinilW. 0.sgf!Odl,· Eleanor-' ,
1Qtaig;, ~ m ' An<iersoni,
Miii:!redl,.
Beronn~ ,. MU.)'! E, . ~ n i .· F1Qances1 ~
Nannis,, ,!41).v:ena:. Ftwel'.•. Helen, M:.: DA~ '
vii!, Jram: ¢1'ai.t;, Prt11ciila' 01rick; A'nt'ieil1ett,e, Sip1, Elva, ·0lllil; · Mudanu ,JJ>aw.&;
Rat.ni:ci& lfllilJ,J£;; while • tlhe;.~
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now· in cha~ llllte: Mar:y( RAllh~lllfs,. an<ll
Edit]{: Salcien.,·
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tlha.· Gir.l: Soo11ts; off. ·Tuoop:i
z,,·havei b,een,.•;gi.ven• permission• tiO , dtJ , .,.
wJmt; t:1'iQ cam·fu:, l.tlqp.,av-ll:! thedibrary ·of
the e Portsmouth. Hospital. ' The .• girlp
!llrrel,:W,O~ G.u.t, J,l~ W.hich\ 'Wll;L J.n•
. '®llia. ,1Jl:lpah>!na; -a.nW, renovating, ll.ooks
' : ;~ d.y1,, w -~ hos1>1.t:al,,, libratw and 11e,-,
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1D]acing;
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. j'mle; troop.• :woul4:. a~pr.ecia.te: git.tis;
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. lmp.l)ook&; '!oJ:· 'thai"allildi'en•s .w.ar!IL
·to _:~:,-~bute' :,anilr
•, Ibo&~/ fim•tbis, war:i:hE ~ject. maii aal.ll,
lSd' . ~ , ,,, Raa.dqµa,ci':&rs;
nb.G.~e
lnuin.J¥in; 2282,i: ~d: 1e.ii..v.e. i , message, :f.Q).l.
.~; sc.oi.iiit;.&t.Tmow,'2j, who; . will, be
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dan~ of the local nav,y yard, has• Written the following letter which is of
mucll interest. .The Jetter appeared '
the Army and Navy Register:
Selection and Fitness in l 825
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U. S. Navy Yard, P,-0rt,sm0utl1, N. H.
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Sir: This na,iy yarµ ' ,vas 'i; 9,t a'!:>1\shecl
in 1800. From time fo Ume· I run
~ across . old ' rec9rds
ni1blic~ttons
,. that a,re , of, some i11~1~st. , The. otJ1er
,d ay, In looking over an old volume
containil1;g pen copies,, of · ~fficlal iet- •
te1:s received -"Front'' Secretary ah'ci
Commissioners, ' from ':i'a ·A.pl.' '1823 'to
9th Feby. 1827," I rah across the endosed '"Circular." W. M'. Crai1e, · Esq.,
was at that time .comma1ul.ant of this
navy yard and Sam ·L . 'Soi.1tharo. was
Secretary of tl1e Navy.
In ·these days, when so miich is ' snia
and written about "selection'; a.ncl "reports on fitliless of officers," etc., ' this
"circular" might be of interest to 'y dur
. readers, ·
. So far as I know., this is the origin . ,
of our prese11t-day fitness reports. Of
course, "selection to perform specific
,duties" is as . old as human
hons.
Very truly, yours,
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C. W. Cole,
Rear Adm~:al, U. S. Navy,
CO!}unano.ant.
Circular
Navy Dept.
12th March
W. M. Crane Esqr.,
!Portsmouth .
Sir: It is necessary that llle Execu- ,
tive should possess particular and ac- ;
CUl'.ate
jnformation · 1'espectir1g the ' ··
character & conduct of each officer, in
order that justice may be
dmie to
merit, ,proper selections made lo p er- 4
form specific duties & the general interests of the sei·vice promoted . To secure such infonnatioh,. · it is hereby
directed, that, on tbe fu·st of July next
&' semi -annually thereafler, the 'Commanders of Navy Yards, Stations &
public vessels make ·to the Department ,.
detailed reports, on the character and
conduct
lhe officers under tneir respective commands embracing p:i.rticulady, moral deport1i1ent, professional skill and talent as seamen, naviga - '·
tors & officers & general & scicnLif1::
attainments .
Officers 11.aving sepa'.ratie command!;
will report directly to the Department,
-Commanders of vessels ac.ting under
the ofrlers of others · will make their .
reports th1·u' their commanding · ·off i- ·
cers 1vho will forward them accompanied by reports of. ,their own respecting such as fall , ,w ithin their own
observation.
Care, faitbiul.ness & impartiality in
the Rei:ior,ts will be _demanded , by jus·t ice to infer.ior officers, by the interests of the service, and •bY t,he honor
of the ,Pilicers makin,g them.
>0.ou will communicl),te the conte1\.ts
of this_[etter to all tfle officers under
,YOUJ' CG>lnmand.
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LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE.
25th Anniversary Of Organization Is Observed
R,E:GARDING OLD CEMETERY
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Edit.or Of The Herald:
A few days ago while passing the an-
The annual meeting o.nd 25th annlversary of the Mark H. Wentworth
Home for Chronic Invalids C9rporation
was held yesterday afternoon at the
home and the event was one of. much
interest,
The president, Dr. C. W. Han11aford,
presided. The reports of the previous
meeting were read by the secretary,
James A. Borthwick.
The treasurer,
Charles H, Wallcer, made his . annual
report, as 'did t he matron, Miss Jessie
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clent cemetery on Pleasant street, where
for rome time the gate has been hanglng on one hinge and in a dllapldated
· con.rlitlon, and the weeds therein are
higher than the wall which separates it
from the !ltreet, the writer met an elder- ·
Jy citizen and during the •r estiltan't conversatlon, the trend of which was the
lack of care given this resting place of
the dead by the city council or superlntendent of burying grounds, or who- ·
ever is supposed to care for this spot,
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t.he gentleman told the followjng story ~
Postmaster Joseph P. Conner and
in relation to this old-time burial plot : .
former~Mayor F. W. Hartford of this
,;The site of this cemetery was deeded
·city and Shirley s. Philbrick o! Rye
to the town of Portsmouth by one Capt.
were named as a committee to bring in · John Pickering for a place to bury the
a list of officers.
Their report was
rlead. It was a beautiful spot, gradually
accepted and the following officers re- ' sloping toward the water, now called
elected:
the South Pond.
The majority of
President-Dr. C. W. Hannaford.
those who are buried there were inVice president-Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell, · t,erred previous to 1800.
Those whose
Lewis Ill. Staples, Miss Stella C. Webster. . grn.vt>s are marked with stones aire
· Treasurer-Charles H . Walker.
chiefly the Mannings, Ooue.s, Salters
Trustees-Dt·. c. W.
Hannaford,
and Wendells, although there are many
Thomas H. Simes, Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell,
wl:J.o sleep their last .sleep there whose
Miss Stella C. Webster, James A.
graves are unmarked. This hallowed
Borthwick, Miss S. F. Wentworth,
piece of ground was intended to be used
Lewis S, Staples, J. T. Davis, Charles , tor no other purpose than a place for
H. Walker, Dr. Mark H. Wentworth,
the dead. But the selectmen ,o f the
Clerk-James A. Borthwick.
town, with a thought of better protecExecutiv_e , co111mit.teo-Dr.
O, w., - tlon from fire for the resident.a o! that
:;:;annaford, · Franlc E. ·Brooks , Miss
section, decided to locate one -0! its
Stella"O, Wehster, Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell,
fire engi~es (handtubs) in that locam,y
Mrs. F; w: ·Hartfot·d, Mrs. Alice PauL •· and placed a t emporary building on the
Finance cmhmittee-Presldent ' eicsoutheasterly section of the plot 'to '
'officio; Dr. C. W. Hannaford, Henry B.
house the engine. It had no foun-daTilton, ·c11arles H. Walker, ' Willis E.
tion and the intent was to use lt, for no
:Underhill and James A. Borthwick.
other purpose. Later a rt".servolr was
In a brief address Rev. William Saflocated n ear-by on Pleasant street,
ford Jones paid tribute to the courage, , which is still there, but now oovered
vision and faith which founded such a
with the street paving. This re·servolr •·
beneficlent non-secta rian Christian in- , wns last use-cl at
the
Unlver.salist
stitution and to the men and women ' Church fire, When the han dtubs were
who upheld the hands of the founder '( replaced ~Y ·s team fire engines this
~ in dark and discouraging days. He said ~, h~nd-engme was disposed of, and the
that the home opened on Jan. 15, 1912,
buildlug which housed it became vawith one patient and not a dollar of · cnnt. Later the structure was oocuendowment and that today it possesses • pied as a grocery store at dfferent times
a highly efficient staff, well-equipped
by Jooeph R. Curtis,
Wesley Rand,
buildings and vested ftmds and has a ' Howard s. Laskey and a number of
waiting list of patients, o.nd through alt
others, but no additions were made to .
these years has enlisted the loyalty
the building, or any foundation placed ·, ' and cooperation of many deeply interunder it, as it wa-s well known to t,h:e
ested person.~.
citizens that its use and occupancy was '
Following the meeting a luncheon : but an accommodation as, according to
was enjoyed.
..,..........,_,...., the deed of gift of the land, it ~;s oo
be used only as a burial place.
"Later still, an unwise, or some other
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. kind of a eity government, sold and
• gave a quit c1aim rleed to the building
to the late Josiah F. Adams. The store
was let from ·time to time after this to
· various partl.es, and later was obtained
from the Adams heirs and used for a11tomobile purposes. One of the more
recent owners proceeded to dig a cellar under the building and put in R
foundation on this spot of land which
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: w.as a gift t.o the 'town .f or ~ :ospeciflo
J)ur~. No 'l!OUbt the bodies ot zome
of the Revolut1onitty soldiers or -'our
' 'New Hampshire' ·n1n1ute men, :who
: aided ln creating our .. Republic ' lle
, buried there. In !a?t, in .e~cava ting'
I for this cellar :some ·of the· anens ·who ,
• were d!,gging out the soil and loading it'
lnto carts to be ·carred away, ca.me upon some bonel!, whlch ·were th.rown in'to
the _
cart ~t?.!e_~rt, 11.pd_at ~ ' ·.reconsbrance
of a
passerby-ag-airu;t
such a sacrilege gave lthe answer,. "O;
those are nothing bu:t the bones of a
'
r., .. 1:-""
dog.'"
Le't us bope, especia1ly -during
:season of the year, when w
many
tourist.s are passing througlJ. -our b'istorlc city, that this spot, which 'has
been a sacred resting place for nearly
200 years, wil receive 'tlre
a't'bention
from those in autlhority whioh will ,et
least ·make it look .respectable · and
worthy of a cl.ty which prides it.self on
its history. Let us hope, also, 'that our
city councilmen will not · again d~ose
of any pa-rt of a 'deed of gift donated bY.
citizens who in.
gone by ' th~ht'
well on the community an w blch· tlley _
l!ved.
years
�IOT ·oBSERVES
00TH ANNIVERSAR
OF-YORK COUNTY
.
'
P.t( ,~Jt,.3~
ain Causes Cancellation
Scheduled Outdoor Events
But Interesting Exercises Are
Held In Grange Hall
I
Although the rain did not ca:ise a lett was well versed in his .subjed an d
pcstponement of Eliot's ob.servance of his delivery was excellent.
the York County Tercentenary, a few
Community singing was
enjoyed,
Charles Anderson, chairman of the
events on the anniversary celebration I committee, being in charge of Lhls, and
were cancelled. However, . the main I he deserves a great deal of cre<lit for hi
part of the program was presented be- efforts In making this part of the profore a much larger audience than had I gram such an outstanding event. The
been expected.
response was immediate and all enThe exercises were held in Grange J joyed singing the songs selecte<l.
Hall because of the rain and were most
The program, opening at 2.30, conlnterestlng.
sisted of the introductory poem, "Our
The morning program, which was to Eliot," by
Miss Arabella Hammond.
have been devote<l to sports, was not This was followed by the tableau, "Subcarried out and the tablea·1, "The mission of Maine to Massachusetts."
Massacre at Ambush Rock" was also A sketch, "The Captivity o! Major
not presented. It Is hoped that shortly Hammond," followed the community
these events may be presented,
but singing. The sketch was written and
nothing definite has been decided as directed by Mrs. Winifred Dyer.
yet: The tableau was to portray the
A great many :Eliot people had
ambush attack of Indians on Maj. worked faithfully in planning the 300th
Charles Frost, the Heards and
the anniversary observance and to them
Downings on their return from chuch. the success of the affair is largely due.
The first event on the program was a I The chairman WM W. H. Falconer,
band concert from 12 until_ 2 o'clock the vice chairman W. O. Kennard, and
presente<l by Painchaud's Band o! Bid- I the secretary Mrs. Everett Dyer. The
deford. Comp06ed of 35 pieces
the subcommittee chairmen were as folband gave a very fine concert, lasting lows: program, F. R. Drake; · music,
two hours.
Charles Anderson; sports, B. H. CrowRalph Bartlett, a descendant of one ell; tableaux, Miss Maude Adlington;
o! the old famlles of Eliot, gave the refreshments, Roy Augustine; grounds,
address of the day, which was greatly R. A. Goodwin; traffic; M. s. Leach;
enjoyed by those attending. Mr. Bart- publlclty, Dr. H. I. Durgin.
I
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�the foot, al
.
th tall masts and rigging compl
Every detatl was faithfully work
out.
On the Ranger float
doughty Scotchman, Captaln
Faul' Jones hlmsel!, impersonate<f. 1)Y
Chief Boatswain F: B. Webber; aide
to the captain of the- yard! The- mlnl' . ·
who had charge of the Ranger's construction, Chief Carpenter Hanscom,
was impersonated by George Penny,
of the civilian force.
Captain Alfred W. Brown, captain
of the yard, was in command of the
naval contingent.
The U. S: 8. K'enrsarge, builtJ at
the Portsmouth. Navy Yard. in. 1862,
a warship of 1,550 tons displacement,
214 feet in length and 33-foot beam,
was reproduced on a scale or one-half
inch to the foot. This ship carried .
,31 I
a crew of 22 officers- a.ud.. 140 men,
('
gaining undying fame through her
victory over and sinking- of' the Confederate cruisei: Ala.lJama·. off!.,.Cherbourg, France, tn, 1864'.
Sh~ was
Old KiUery enterlained large num- · veitotKlllery. These men were in wrecked on Roncondoi: Reef in 1894.
bers or interested visitors,
former uniforms and carded rifles of that
The third float was a scale model,.,,-,·:r,,...,..
residents and townspeople today, in war. Those taking part wrre Louis one-quarter inch to the- foot, of the
a most pleasing manner,
bringing B. Colburn. U. S. M. C., 1888-1898;
U. s. s. Porpoise, a modem submaback the days of the Jong-ago. His- Edward N. Bowker. 1st Maine Reglrine constructed at the. local Navy P'f''..-7<1~..-lll
toric occurrences scattered througl1- ment, 18911-18!19; John Regan, U. S. Yard. All three floats, proved! of
out Kittery's proud and distinguished M. C., 189'!-1901; Adolph Blomberg, great interrst to the spectators. and
~~cord down through the years, cpl- U. S. N., U. S. S. New York, 1896gave a brtt.er understanding or the
.:-,1des which shaped an infant nation's 1899; Cha.rlc5 Meyer, U. S. M. C., three phnse.s of ship, const'rucUon,
growth. were presented at many his- 1890-1900; John G. Edwards, U. S. which this old port has experienced
toric spots along the highway lead- M. O.. 1889-1915 and 1918-1919; John . The float entered, by the Womell'S
ing to KiUery Point. Interesting man- H. Griffitt, U. S. M. C., 1897-1902; City club was very attractive. It. was•
sions of the ancient days
opened Ivah v.r. Spinney, U. S. N., 1898-1004; mounted on a wagon, drawll' by two
their doors to vi.5ltors. Band concerts Willlam W. Hnrley, mate, U: S. N., horses and was attractively decorated
added to the enjoyment, and Kittery's 1887-1921.
with wisteria and asparagus.. 'Ithi., '
observance of the 300th anniverThe Goodall-Sanford
Indusl'rles
depleted the historic Helen Sea.-veYi
sary of York County proved one band of Sanford, Me., rendered a
thoroughly appropriate anrl fitting to concert at Howells' Square while the Qutltlng Party, an episode of undl,llng..
interest in the early- polonia.11 hisher proud boast of bring the old- floats were being inspect.eel.
esl lncorpornlccl township In Ute
Th<' Nnvy Yard's t.J1rec f1oats c1c- 1tory or our naUon Among thoo looa1
slate o[ Maine.
plcte<l t.Jnr<' phases or war~hip con- ladles in costume who toolll. pai:t
The observance had been post- .strucllon through scale models of in the ta bleam depicting- this- gatmer.paned from Saturday because or in- fighting ships actually built
here. ing at which was- made· the: fin.,tt, baliclement weather. Today was ideal, These were very interesting.
Each \ tle flag of the· United, states- were
with light, drifting clouds obscuring was mounted on a cart drawn by a Mrs, Marjorie• Hewitt,. presid-enn, ofi
the sun at times throughout the crew of twelve men for each float, I the Women's City club, Mrs.. Editbl
morning and keeping the temperature memlJf'rs of the crew of the U. S. s. 1 Boutwell, Miss Betty Remick; Mr.111
cool and comfortable.
Lam.5011 which is now under con- Marjorie Tarbell! Miss Martha' BoutAt 8.30 a. m., the d11,y's actlvltles struction at Balh, Me. The crew well, Mrs. Emma. Nelson; andl Missopened with a. concert by the Erner- of each float was in the uniform Estl\er Johnson. They renactedl the
son Hovey Post, V. F. W. bnnd, near of the period represented by that scene of the long ago when Gapthe spot whera the Ranger wa.s built. particular ship.
The famous
old tain John Paul Jones called upon
At 8.45 11,. m., the hl\nd played at Ran ger was manned by sailors ln the ladles of old Portsmouth to make
to the
John Paul Jones P ntk
near
the striped shirts and with black brim- for him a flag, according
he
brought,
which
bronze tablet comm<'moratlng early med hats tied i·nder the chin. sev- plan which
colonlal grants.
eraJ were adorned wilh full beard.•. should fly proudly from the mastCrowds lined Government street a., The old Kearsarge of Civil War clnys head of the U. S. S. Ranger, ready
the V. F. W. band, followed by three had n crew unlformed not greatly and waiting 1n the local harbor. How
historic naval floats. marched from dlfferent from the men of today. ex- the new flag or: the Ullite<L States
tho Navy Yard up Government street cept that they wore tlie flat-topped was made from portioff5. oi dresses
to Commercial
street, where they I dark blue sailo:· hat and some were supplied by the young women· and the
were joined by a beautiful float en- bearded. The submarine model flont's first battle-flag of our nation was
tered by the Women's City Club or crew represented the modern day and presented to Captain John Paul Jones
was interestingly, DOrtrayed.
Mr.s.
Portsmouth. Shortly afl,.r 9.15 a. m., were white-capped.
the parade marched through Kit- While llle models_ or the Kearsarge Edith· Boutwell read' a. poem of her
tery's buslneM
sf'ction,
Wa111ng- and the submarine have been pre- owrr composition during: the portrayal
the
ford Square. to Howell~' Square at lvlou sly seen in publlc parades, that which In charming verse told
Locke's CovFJ on the rond to Kittery of the U. S. S. Ranger was con- f asclnatlng stor,y,..
At the commUJ1ity House at
Point. coming to rest there for in- strucled especially for the occasion
spection, band concert and
tableau by Arthur Clark, a master jolner, nt i tery Point was an• lhterest-l ng
I by the group from the Women's City Building 60, the Boat Shop, on t11e play of hlsoric. ob1ecfu. which was
club.
local Navy Yard. She was rigged visited by large- numbers. throughout
\ Lined up for inspection at Howells' by Harry Macomber of the Rig- \, the day. There• were, old samplers,
\ Square were local veterans of the gers' department.
The U'. s: S. I chinaware, laces, antique· .furniture,
1Spanish-American War, members of Ranger was built on Badger's Island, ' Including an, old! CDadlil,. spinning
Camp Schley, U. s. W. V., of Ports- Kittery, in tl1e year 1777. She was 116 wheel and chair.c;;, and! ship models,
mouth and Camp Theodl)re Roose- feet" In length and 28 feet in breadth. paintings, old1 documents. and
The benutlfully-construct'ed'
mod- other: fascmating- oldi exhibits.
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;
Parade
standi g ea re
County
bra ion
Ou -
Y rk
ercen e ary Ce el+
I
I
�~ tableaUJ
ur.esellU!di along the
road! tm K.itten:w Eoin.lt wex:6" very lntcre!!lil.n~. A1D of talll' gDoup were In
nppropnlate• oastumes, many of them
' bein~ <JJ>follfillJ andl rltJh, These ex. tcndad! all almii;; the> wa:{I
down
•tltrouglb W.e! oldl v.llrage_• otl Kittery
·Poi.n11;, wltJn eaolil enaotmentt of the
partiblllut hlllt:ollibar enisodeo representedl ~eing_ wibn.e.lmtldl by large
'l!TOUWII ofl lnter.eated! sp.eol:arors who
would then proceed to the next tableaw a short dl.stan9e flUrtiher along
the- WR!
Am. In all! the day's obse1·vance was
an 1nt.ere&Mng and Informative one,
histomcaJ.i ®.talle· beln1t faithfully followedl and1 all, taking pantl. displaying
s a ~ a-billty In rolling back the
yeats:. tb> 11.J'ei once again a character- of' tfil!' loni< ago.
Hfstone, Servloe
at P1nt Chrlstla.n
Ch:arclh at K!Ua:yv Polnil
®ltlll.'8lll7 1;Q} belier;_ the wheels of
time- ?es!lerd~ turned back.ward In.stead' of' :l'brward and the, days of 125
years II@ were. again. enacted by the
people' o:t' the· First. enrtstiaIL Church
at: Kittery,- Rolnt: B!lltandel-S looked,
rubl)ed" thelr eyes, t-hen; lboked. again,
hardly• l)ellevlng: what. tney· i;aw;, as the
ancient one--ho~ shay, originally belonging. to .Elder Mark Fernald, was
~Jlllll dlliv.llll4 f):om · t1:l.m bl1J1ll near , bis
oldl hmne- and alon~ tile country road
to the "meeting house" on the blll,
when the Elden; imper..ronated b~• ltev.
Basil Harris, again conducted service
,in. the ma.nner. oA dll.Y.S; 8'9n~ bi•.
' Oil entering the !>Ulpit' the Elder
gr~d his people and thanked them
for en!tbling
him to purchase the
:o ~ with the alcl o! which he hoped
to be or great.ex: sei:vice tA th.am. He
t:ti!;!n demanded' to. know. If tna~ "de- '
1
•vil',s Instrument".; th Ji organ,, wo.s: to. be
used, and on being assured• that it
would, nQt,. r~uested the choir master
~ •lead' tit., singing.
A!tes- sounding
1the, ·note on h~ pltxllr..yl)le;, the! choir
ma.ster (Howard' E!aulb: l]JXlelC.ci4'dl to
1
"llne ;•out" the h:tnm!ri, fir.sit raiding a
line; then leadL,g ttie uholr ln Rinr,lnir
it, then the next, line, !·epeato<l and
·sung\ !llld•ao on,
: 'l'hs, Eldlll'!!l> text was talr.rm ~u
IPilalin-s, 4';,A-. andtcthe sonmou was on
""Ilb.e. mutp;o! aJ?eople to· St'and in Aw
;oft'~ and, no.t, Sin when und01: His·
,'l!el'.labllrt ~nil.nus;"' andi oons!sted
'otr exttraatai fr.om. 11.l. semnoru wcitten
over 220 yea.ra as-o, interspersed: with
quotations from K~der Mark Fernald's
own story of his life, Jn this the
people were exho.:-tert t., take heed lest
they aln a.nd Incur the aw!lll wrath of
G<Jq. -,
!th~
During- the> service> the• tithing-man•
t (~rcy Amee) passed up and down the·
a!sles, busily tapping'. the· heads or
, tJ.'cltl1ng the-noses, of' those who-noddedi
or. o1rended. in• any• way.
I .r.. Fred'. JJ>orn as• :c>eaoom OOetial\l
\WBS".the> only ·one:' allowed• 1tJ'I nod.I in•
chutch. After bearing the Elder safely,
1ni.um:hed' Oll' his. sermon1 tJhe, :mea.con
louvered bisi l)aJ'd• l\eadl with\ ai. redl ban,.
ld'lma' lrandkerehtet. to• k-eep • otr· the
files: andi. sleptl, peacef\111'9,r om
'llfi Eltfell' announced! that he- did'
lno1; approve of the· style being sett, bY.
'c,1lher churohes, orr having. thl!l long
ra er com& before- the, semnon,. and
l
that hereafter. ha woulli.J resume his
former custom, and have, the prayer
follow the sermon. The modem touch
was brought inbo, the service bY, having the sermon cut down to about 20
minutes instead of the usual. two or
three hour sermons of the past.
The choir and, a great . many of the
congregation
were attired. in. old~
fashioned· costumes, many of them,
dating. back to. the time represented.
Th&- costume worn by Mr. Ha.ins was
an exact, counterpart of. that worn by,
EldOI: Fei:n.ald, ib being copied, from.
the picture which now hangs in the
churc.11!
, .•
,
Ab, tha conclusion o the servlce. U1&
Elden unhitched his horse, entered
hl.s shay and returned to his star-ting
point. The lone horse. and, shay looked
strange Indeed among tlle many, automobiles which filled the church ya.rd
and lined the road for some distance
each way.
Just before the arriva.l of the Elder
at the church and the opening of. the
service, a very interesting article w~
read by Mrs. Edith Honsberger, giving
the early history of. the church. and
relating some amusing incident/ In
connection with the. same.
· Al Kittery, Pt.. Congregational
Church
The. old church at Kittery Point,
the Flrs.t CongregaLlonal church, was
scene of an Interesting, and unique
service on Sunday in. connection
with the Tercentenary o! York CountY.. Rev. Edward H, Newcomb, pastor
of the church1 appeared in historic
costume, and, many members of the
congregation. were dressedJ to repr.esent individuals. who , were prominent
in the history, of, the early_ settlement
of the county.
Preaching• from. the high, yulpit, a-.
portion, o.t the. sermon- waa. from the
fimerali sermon dellllered by, Dr; Benj)l,mln ·Stevem,. an early1 pastor: o.f; the
church,, on the occasion of the, d.eat:h.
of Andrew. I1epperrell\, at bhe age of
2li who, diedi tn 1751.
FollowJng_ the .service, the rematns
of Rev,, JohIL NcwmarclL and! his fam~
lly wer.e: re.-lnter.re<h with ap)}roprlate
ceremonies lru the old, cemeter.y oppo.site the, church. James, H: Walk-en
unveiled! the- stone: marken fon the
�The above pictures are of floats construced at the Porl<;mouth Na
Kittery this morning in observance of the 300th anniversary of the foundi
model of the U.S. S. Kearsarge of Civil War days built at the local navy
the Portsmouth-built submarine Porpoise. The sailors drawing the two
they reprrscnt., showing but little change in that of the 'GO's and today.
�-.
·
Photo By Stables
: Reproduction of U. S. S. Ranger, built at Portsmouth, Badger's Island In
1'7'7'7 for John Paul Jones, and which :(11'rticlpated in parade at Kittery thli morn•
tng. George Penny representing tifo builder of the Ranger.
- • •·
New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth,
Fir~t Went to Press 180 Years Ago
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Oct. 12In 1785, Daniel Fowle turned over
Th·e New Hampshire Gazette, the New Hampshire Gazette to his
credited' with being the oldest con- apprentice, John Melcher, who continued to publish this newspaper untlnuously published newspaper in the til 1802, when he sold his interests
United States, Is 180 years old, being to Nathaniel and Washington Pierce.
first set up by Daniel Fowle, in Toe brothers carried on the tradiPortsmouth, In 1756. It Is now Issued tions of the paper. changing the
weekly, by · Fernando Hartford, pol~tics or ·the publication from Fededitor- and publisher of the Ports- eralist to Repubilcan.
mouth Herald.
In 1856, during the 100th anniAt the junction of Pleasant, How- versary of the first publication of the
ard and Washington streets, in New Hampshire Gazette, held under .
Portsmouth, the first number of the the auspices of the New Hampshire
New Hampshire Gazette made Its Historical Society, Edward Fuller,
appearance'. On the masthead was then publisher of the paper, brought
an illustration depicting the Fox and out a pamphlet of 60 pages, giving
the Crow, a decoration previously an account of the celebration.
used by Daniel Fowle in an edition
Three of Portsmouth 's well-known
of Aesop's Fables.
poets-Thomas Bailey Aldrich, BenIn· the first number Daniel Fowle jamin Shillaber and Albert Laighton
emphasized the fact that he was a -participated in the celebration and
firm believer in the freedom of the wrote odes, in honor of the event. ·,._press and assumed that the majority These were set to music and sung · '·
of.his readers were of the same opin- by a choir of selected voices. The ion. At the time of the American original press of the New Hampshire
Revolution, the Gazette was against J Gazette was paraded through the
freedom from England, but when the streets of Portsmouth on a hayrack
citizens of Portsmouth criticized this and copies of the paper struck off
policy,.this newspaper became a very In transit and distributed as meardent supporter of the colonists. In mentoes.
1765, during the agitation about the
In the window of the Portsmouth
Stamp Tax, the .Gazette was printed He1:ald there can be seeh some old
with a. deep black border signifying copies of the New Hampshire Galost l!bert .
zette, together with several books,
ublished by Daniel Fowle and his
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�·rMPORTANT .EV·ENTS IN.
January 1
Mrs. Mary Ann \ Junkins of Kittery
cites at the age of 103.
Janua1·y 2
City Council votes to remove members of ·Street Commission and • appoint new board.
January 2
New board o! Street Commissioners,
consisting of Dr. P. J. Kittredge, Robert King and Donald Yeaton meet.
January 6 .
. Petition for injunction against the
newly appointed members o! the
Street Commission denied by Judge
Francis Johnston.
JanuMy T
. Wilder Quint, Boston Post Editorial
writer burled in this city. .. •
. Announcement made that Charles
F. Thompson o! this cit1 will be a
candidate for Congress favoring the
Townsend Plan and the National Union of Social Justice.
Word received . here o! the death
(alleged murder) or Mrs. Mildred
(Durham) Tyree, formerly of Portsin Calif.
W. Toner dies.
January 9
City Council makes but minor
changes in re-appolutlng city off1clals. ·
George· Boardman, retfred druggist
dies.
January 29
Capt. Wllllam Powell, former local
boy, receives distinguished service
award presented •by Junior Chamber
of Commerce of Raleigh, N. C.
Governor and Council favor Rye
Harbor project.
January 30
Temperatures drop from 4 to 16
below zero.
Sub Tarpon makes test dlvss o!!
Isles or Shoals.
January 31
Publlo school enrollment now 2939.
February 1
Announcement mnde of the forming
of a new Boy Scout troop spol18ored
by the American Legion.
February 6 .
Portsmouth Chapter, Order o! De•
Molay observes . 14th anniversary.
February '1
Fire damages diner on Vaughan St.
:-.lld ·. spreads to Franklin Block. Loss
estimated at· $12,000.
Oscar Olson o! Kittery Injured
when struck by a truck.
February 8
Col. Henry s. Culver, former Counsel to Ireland, · dies at his home in
Eliot.
February 9
March 2
. U. 8. Customs Department moves
to larger quarters on opposite side
of second story o! • Post Office Bldg.
Remick H. Lalghton begins duties
as Deputy State Treasurer.
March 3
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Callahan
serves sliver wedding anniversary.
,
March 4
' Richard H. Burt, senior at P. H .. s.
wins second annual essay contest con•
ducted by u. or N. H.
l\farch 5
John Sise Co., observes 100th anniversary.
March 6
P. H. S. defeats Keene In opening
round or 15Lh inLerschoh\sL!o basketball tournament at Durham.
March 7 ,
I Rear Adm. C. W. Cqle, U. S. N.,
,appointed as commandant or local
navy yard.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanson W. Seavey of
Richards Ave., observe golden
ding anniversary.
Berlin defeats P. H. S. in semifinal round of basketball tournament.
Ernest G. Cole of Hampton dies:
!\'larch 10
Franklin Shiphouse at Navy Yard
u. s. S. Quincy, built o.t Bethlehem burns.
Shipbuilding Corporation arrlves at
"Connie" Driscoll chosen captain of
Navy Yard for · drydocklng.
P. H. S. basketball team for 1937.
January 13
Mrs. Fannie Woods observes 83rd
Damon Lodge observes 65th anni--.Wllliam E. Drury, a resident of birthday.
versary.
Portsmouth for the past 40 years,
February 11
March 11
dies after a brief illness: .
Rotarians defeat Kiwanis in basOuellette's Cardinals win
. Dalley Circle of New . Castle · and ket game at YMCA by score of 26 Baslcetbalt lea[:·uc.
Golden Rule Circle of this city hold to 3.
March lZ
Joint observance :of 60th anniversary
February l:!
First Electrical storm of
of King's Daughters organization.
Kennard Goldsmith named head o!
.
March 14.
.
·. Ja~iuary 15
Young Republicans.
Word received here today of the
. Mr. and ).VIrlf. Charles H. Kent · of
Fire damages garage and store- death, in Honolulu, o! Howard A.
Spat,:hawk Street, Portsmouth, observe house of Eldredge Inn.
Crossman or Hampton Falls.
64th wedding anniversary. February 14
January 16
Hoyt famlly, consisting or Mr. and
Mrs. Warren N. Davis dies suddenly Mrs. Benjamin Hoyt and six children,
at her home on Rogers St.
aroused by dog, as fire sweeps their
January 18
home on Boyd Road .
.- About seven Inches of snow ·fell 111
Leslie Norman, one of the few sura·· storm which·. lasted all day.
vlving members of Storer Post, o. A.
January 19
R., dies in South Berwick.
Another storm follows closely on
City council names Gerald Woods
the heels of Saturday's storm y,lth 13 a member of Boll.rd or Registrars of
inches of snow, hampering traffic.
voters.
· January 21
.
Februar, 11
Mrs. Nellie .West installed as Most " Plrates of Penzance" presented at
Excellent Chief- of Crystal Temple, Junior High Audltorltlftl under the
'PytlliarCS!sters and her son, Leon A. auspices of Rotary Citi'b.
West . installed ' as Chancellor ComFebruary 18
mander of Damon Lodge, K. or P., in · Loula Shapiro killed In automobile
joint installation ceremony,
accident ln Saugus, Mnss.
January 22
Union Rebekah Lodge observes 64th
Rear Adm. C: . W. Cole assigned to anniversary.
local Navy Yard as commandant .
February :es
January 24
Mr. o.ud Mrs. John Scully or Rye
·. Edward H. Voudy, well known res- observe their silver wedding a.nnl•
't aurant· proprietor dies.
versary.
'
. January 25'
'•
March l
Fred T. Hartson, former tax colleo- . Helen Snook picked as P. ·H. S.
l..to~r:..,..;d.;:.le.:.:s:.;.·..,.....,..,.,..,.,,..-~~~~""""'.:'!'7~-;;I Representative for N. H. Good CitlHARRY HAYNES
11en selection.
Awarded Stowo Wilder Plaque
Police Officer Alfred J. Weston dies.
Portsmouth High School
�THIS VICINITY FOR YEAR
March Ill
ay n
ADril 8
George W. Gillespie named to PoGov.
James
M.
Curley speaker at
Helen
Dedes
and
Edward
Hopley
lice force, to take up duties April l.
awarded medals for essays by D. A. Women's Democratic Banquet.
March 1'7
May 18
Body o! Thomas Wilson o! Newing- , R.
E.
O.
Matthews
chosen District
April 13
ton, missing since Monday, !ow1d on
New piece of apparatus added to Govemor of 38th District of Rotary.
shores o! Great Bay.
Fannie A. Gardner Rebekah lodge
the fire department.
March 19
observes 36th anniversary.
.
April
14
Cornelius F. Dowd, a resident o! this
May 19
April term of Rockingham County
city !or over 40 years, dies at hl.s
OoV!
H.
Styles
Bridges speaks beSuperior Court opens.
J1ome on Highland St.
fore joint meeting o! · Dover and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wilfred
Chevalier
of
l\larch !l
Portsmouth Kiwanis and Rotary Olub.
Bau on sale o! gasoline placed by North Hampton observe G6Lh wedCity Council adopts budget calltnga:.. -......,,~v:-,w,_
ding
am1lversary.
Gov. Bridges.
an increase o! $54,780.21 over last
Avril 16
Flood waters prevent travel in all
year's appropriation bill.
John E. Seybolt named president
directions from thl.s city.
May 20
o! Rotary Club.
March 22
Announced that James A. Roosevelt,
Portsmouth sent three truck loads , Lee Bwmell re-elected head of son o! the President would spend the
o! food and clothing into flood di.s- State N. E. 0. P.
swnmer at Little Boar's Head,
trict.
April 18
May 26
Gas ban lifted.
Edward H. Young chosen as Boy Mrs. Martha Brewster chosen PresLocal committee organized to ral.se Scout Field Executive with head- ident or North Church Women's
quarters in this city.
money !or flood relle!.
Guild.
. April 21
March 24
Percival o. Sides heads Piscataqua
Peter Schiot, retired navy man dies Stamp Club.
Four more truck loads o! food and
clothing sent to flood sufterer1 in at Naval hospital.
Dorl.s Ferguson and Ralph Morang
Nashua.
Constitution Circle, No. 294, Com- receive American Legion medal.a at
p:mlons of the Forest, observes 41st Jr. Higti School.
March 28
George T. Blalkle found dead and anniversary.
May !T
April 25
wl!e ill, in summer home in Rye.
Rockingham Republican Olub hold.a
Mr. and Mrs. James Lomas observes banquet in this city with Judge W.
March 2T
R. Pattangall as speaker.
Mary E. B. Miller obse1·ves 915th 61st wedding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert O. Lane of
blrt,hday anniversary.
May SO
Stratham observe 60th anniversary o!
n1arch 28
Memorial Day observed by parade r..._;1;-~;tr.~
their
wedding.
·
Elmer Beauchamps dies as · result
o.nd ceremony at ~l!_th. C!:_me~7"'Mrs. Susan L. Young observes 91st
of being hit by hit-and-run driver.
May 31
birthday anniversary.
March •29
Albert Billings of Kittery Point dies
May 1
Frank H. Ellis, one o! York's best
A. o. H. observes 10th anniversary following auto accld~nt, in York.
known citizens, dies.
o!
tho national organization.
June 2
March 3l
Walter O. Chandler dies at the
May i
Gov. Bridges names Harry W. PeyH." Burleigh Woods, dies as result home o! h1a daughter on South St.
ser to be associate justice o! Municipal Court.
of accident In Greenland on Sw1day.
...: June S
Angelo J. MusareUo resigns posiAprll 1
Annual District rally of Boy Scouts
2631 automobiles registered in this tion as water Inspector. Timothy J. held at Jr. High Gym. Two Eagle
Buckley, Jr., appointed to that posi- Scout awards made at Court of Honcity compared .with 2481 last year.
· Mrs. John F. Heck, President of N. tion.
or to Wilfred Stires and George Medcall.
H. Federation o! Women's Clubs vlsita
Mar 8
P. H, S. ' baseball team
oraf!ort Club.
Mrs. Mabel M. Boylston chosen as
Aprll 3
president ot Graf!ort . Olub , at annual tied for first place in
league.
·
Word received , here or the death meeting. ·
o! George B. Greenwood, a former
May T
,
June 8
resident o! thl.s city, who wu killed
Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt re-eleotecl
Athletic field in Durham dedlcated
in an auto accident in Weissport, N, head of Women's Olty Olub,
in honor or the late William H.
Y.
Ma7 9
Brackett of , Greenland.
Navy Yard employes and personnel
Fred Parsons, Janitor at La!ayette
June 1
contribute $1,616.83 to Red CroSIJ and School observes his 80th birthday.
Rev. Maxwell Ganter obsencs
Flood Relle! Fund,
May 11
annivcl'sary o! his ordination.
Walter L. Costello, well known loMr. and Mrs. Horace W. Gray obPeople's Baptist Church observes
cal young man dies. ·
serve 66th wedding anniversary.
21st am1lversary.
April 15
Mrs. Walter F. Lane re-elected ReJune 8
Body identUled a11 that of James gent of Ranger Chapter, D. A. R.
Portsmouth High School baseball
Wilbur, missing since Dec. 26, found
·
team defeat.'! Dover 18-5 lrl playof!
12
May
for championship
or Trl-Coiµity
on shores o! Little Bay,
Hon. and Mrs.
Charles H. Brackett , league.
.
,
Stabat Mater presented before a observe golden wedding anniversary
large audience by Portsmoutll Com- at Greenland:
June 10
mwllty Chorus.
Special session of Legislature passCommemorative Luncheon held at
Avril 8
ing Bridge Enabling Bill.
Thomas Balley Aldrich home in honor
Mrs . Ruth A. Wendell observes 94th
Board o! Education aproves W. P. o! 100th anniversary of his birth.
birthday.
A. project o! mural paintings for
June 11
Little Bowery, A. C., wl111 Senior Junior High Auditoriwn.
Comdr. Donald B. MecMillan visits
Basketball League title.
11_._ _ _......:,_ _._ _ , . ~ - - ~ ~ ~ - , this city and addresses Rotary Club.
Charles Cook announced wiruler of
Decathlon.
�June U
July 1<I
Frank W. Randall presented Meritorious 'service Award at U. of N. H.
Mrs. Mildred s. Fleming named
acting postmaster at Kittery Point.
Wyman P. Boynton of this city admitted to the New Hampshire bar.
Jul:r l8
Frederickson Farm bums. LOSS estimated at $10,000.
June 14
.,
Class of 49 gtaduo.te from st. Po.trick's School.
Rev. P'. B. Chatterton delivers baccalaureate sermon at North Church
to P. H, S. graduating class.
Wesley Powell .announces resignation as pastor of Christian Church ln
North Hampton.
June 15
Fourteea Portsmouth students receive degrees at U. of N. H.
Adm, Cole assumes dutles as commanda,nt of navy • yard,
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June 16
Mr. and Mrs. Ira O. Keene honored ·on golden wedding anniversary.
June 1T
Mrs. Martha Rhodes observes
birthday.
Mrs. Mary Spinney reaches
birthday.
June 18
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Silverman observes silver wedding anniversary.
P. H. s. graduates largest class,
numbering 1'81.
·
Harry L. · Haynes ii.warded Wilder
plaque.
June 20
Two hundredth anniversary of St.
John's LOdge, No. 1, A, F. & A, M.
opens for slle-day observance.
Rev. and.' Mrs. Roy Dinsmore of
Kittery observe 42nd anniversary of
their marriage,
·
June 24
· Many Masonio_ dignitaries attend
Grand LOdge day celebration on birthday observance of St. John's Lodge.
June !5
.
Library· observes 25th annlver.-
July 20
Work begins of replacing the street
lights In the business section.
July 21
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Boerge and
husband, Capt. Boerge, arrive 1n this
city 'on their wedding trip,
July 23
.
Keel of Snapper laid at Navy Yard.
Rev. James J. Rice of Kittery dies.
Jul:, H
Lawrence man drowned as boat
upsets at Little Harbor.
July 25
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Simpson observe silver wedding anniversary,
July 26
Wesley Powell concludes his pas, torate at Little River Christian Church
In North Hampton.
July 2'1
N. H. Junior Gol! Championship
tourney opens at Country Club.
Jul:, 28
Dick Leonard of Nashua wins Jr.
Gol! Championship.
1000 children from this city hold
outing at Wallis Sands.
Robert McDonough mets death In
accident In West Vlrglnla,
July ·30
Mrs. Hannah F. · Carter observes
93rd birthday.
.
J~l:, 31
Wildcat Sunset League Baseball
team of Durham wins championship
of first half of the schedule,
u,us, 1'1
George Stark of Hill Street rescued
after being completely burled 1n soft
coal,
Auftllt 111
,
Mrs. Sarah D~lano RooseYelt, mother of President Roosevelt arrives at
Little -Boar'• Head to YI.It• James.
Roosevea.
August 22
International Conference at Shoals
closes with European delegates sailing for England from Boston.
August 26
Local Navy Yard awa;·ded contrncts
for two submarines.
Mrs. Melinda Randall reaches 85th
birthday.
Col. Frank .Knox, Republican candidate for President speaks at annual
outing of Roel.Ingham County Republican Club.
Eddie Cooper of Exeter sets new
record for Abenaqnl Golf course at
61.
August 2'1
York observes Tercentenary of
County.
August 29
Eliot observes 300th anniversary of
York County.
/. ugust 31
Kittery celebrates county's tercentenary with parade and pageant.
Sc11tcmber 1
National Gypsum Co., purchases
local plant of Atlantic Gypsum Co.
September 5
Rev. Patrick F. Flanagan named
rector of St. Raphael's church ln
Kittery succeeding the late James J.
Rice.
Miss Mary Ellen Gammon dies.
September 9
Local schools reopen for the year.
First day registration totals 2885.
New Hampshire National Guard
st. Patrick's school has 460 pupils
arrives at Rye Beach for annual enregistered.
campment.
September 11
Annual Coleman Reunion held at
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Weeks
Newington.
serve golden wedding day:
August 3
Miss Maude Drowne dies suddenly
Hon. and Mrs. A. H. Langtry of
while fishing off New Castle.
New Castle and Waltham, Mass., ob' serve golden wedding anniversary.
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August 4.
Mrs. Lucy E. Hurst of Tenny HUI
Road at Kittery Point observes 93rd
birthday anniversary.
August 1
June 26
Ladles· · Day · marks final event of
200th anniversary celebration of St.
John's Lodge, No. 1.
june 28
Charles E. Perry, postmaster at Kittery Point and a former head of the
National 40 and' 8, dies· suddenly.
Dr, Charles E. Johnston dies.
'June 30
.
· .·- ··
Osc~r Lalghton reaches 9'1th blrtl1~~
~ ~;
. -Hary H. Foote retires after 43 years
tis letter carrier.
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July 1
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August '1
McDowell concert held at Stonelelgh
•Rooklngham County Anlnlal Resoue Collego for benefit or McDowell ColLeague organized at Greenland. '
: ony of Peterboro and Portsmouth
Harry. L; . Staples of South Eliot Home Industries.
conclude1 his dutle1 u postmaster.
August 8
Suoceedec!. ~1 Mn. _Allee Carpenter. .
Daughters of 1812 and St. John's
July 3
Lodge, No. 1, A. F. &. A. M. honor
Mrs. A. Elizabeth Marden dies.
memory of Maj. Edward J, Long In
Fire destroys Oxford home and exercises at North Cemetery.
Borthwick barn on Greenland road,
August 10
Governor's Day observed at National
July 8
Yacht Sewanna ·1n which_ President Guard camp.
Mrs Mary J. Rackham reaches 93rd
Roosevelt will cruise along the Maine
1
birthday anniversary,
·
coast, · sails from Little Harbor.
August 14
' .
, July 9
.
National Guard ..ieave Rye camp
, · Submarine Plunger launohed at
!or
concord ·!or "defense" or the city.
Navy Yard.
August 15
July 11
Delegates to Star Island for Ley. Annual Music Festival at Little
den International Bureau Oonference
Boar's Head opens.
arrive 1n this city on way to Shoal
REAR ADM. CYRUS
Commandant of
In 1936
�October 28
September 12
December
Bishop John E. Peterson visits local
Gov. AI!. Landon, Republican canMiss Flora s. Keeney assumes dudidate !or President stops in this church and confirms class of 217.
ties as General Secretary o! the Y, ·
'
October ' 30
city on his way back to Boston to
W. C. A.
Annual meeting of New Hampshire
board his special train.
. December -I ·
Seacoast Regional Ass'n held at RockSeptember 15
Alfred H. . Rand, local merchant,
ingham Hotel.
Mrs. M. P. Alkon passes away.
killed · in auto accident at York.
October 31
U. S. S. Pollack launched.
December 8 ,
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph F. Anderson .
Adm. Henry T. Mayo, U. S. N.,(ret)
September 1'1
' married 50 years.
observes 80th birthday at home ot
N. H. King's · Daughters meet at
November Z
his son, Capt. Chester Mayo, 186 MilNew Castle.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Chas~ • ler Ave.
September 21!
observe golden wedding arutiversary.
Mr. and ' Mrs. Charles Locke of
, Kiwanis Club members elect SamNovembc1· 3
North Hampton observe · 54th weddinl
uel D. Eastham, vice president to !Ill
Willls P. Vennard dies at his homo
anniversary.
1
vac11,ncy.
in Cambridge, Mass.
Kennard E. Goldsmith elected maSeptember 24
I Portsmouth gives President Rooseyor in biennial election which gives
Local Squadron, Soni of the ' velt majority in national election..
Republicans control o! the city governAmerican Legion organize.
,
November 4
ment.
·
1
James Harmon loses appeal to the
December 11
September 25
Mr. and Mrs. Edward s. Downs Supreme Court, must serve two to
Dr. Thomas .W. Luce dies.
observe 40th wedding anniversary,
three years in State Prison, a sen,·December 16
tence given him two years ago.
I Recount o! ballots cast in Ward 3_
28
September
News received of the death of . for Representative to •the legislature ,.,,._.,, .•,.,,.,,. .•_• .,.,..., ...".,,.
Miss Margaret L. Pearson, R. N., · Harry. G. Marvin.
in election Nov. 7 shows no change. 11
1
, joins staff o! local hospital in charge ,
November 6
December 1'1
I of x-ray department.
• Mr. and Mrs. Leslie ·F. Bickford ,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sterllng of
Junlor High Murals dedicated,
\ o! Kittery tendered surprise_ reception . Rye observe 35th -anniversary.
\
September 29
in honor of golden wedding anniverFred H. Marden receives : DeMo!aY
Warren W. Manary o! Washington sary,
crol!IJ o! Honor.
, Street arraigned on charge o! asMiss Priscilla Boynton ·becomea
December 19
sault upon his wife and held with- bride o! Melrose man.
. Raymond E. ·Morrow named Town
out ball !or Grand Jury,
Harry L. Moore elected President
Clerk ·ot 'Kittery. ·
·
October 1
of New E11gland Association of School
December 20
Clyde M. Robinson heads Frank E. Superintendents. ..
· D. P .. •Borthwick, well known
Booma Post, American Legion.
November 10
chant dle8.
October 4
Robert. E. May of Marblehead, ¥11.S8,;
Dr. John D. Carty diea, .
Mr. and Mrs. Leon o. Young o! killed in auto crash In Kittery.
December 23
Lincoln Ave., observe golden wedding
November 11
Mr. and Mrs. Frank ,W. Watson obJ. Graffort Club llteraturr department
'"'rve
golden wedding anniversary. ·
anniversary.
,..
:,ays tribute to Thomas Balley Ald·
December · 26
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Local Catholic Daughters of Amer- \ich's memory · on 100th amtlversarr '.
i Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. · Mills or
ica celebrate first anniversary.
.
f
l.
biltl
.
Clttery
observe
44th
wedding
annl
..
? us ' 1.
.
October 'J
1ersary,
,
November 12
·
Bea Soout Ship Ranger given picket j Capt. and Mr~. Willi~m Locke of
1. Lewis E. Pendleton dies.
I boat.
,Kittery observh1g 55th wedding an·
December 2'1
N. H. Gazet_te reaches 180th birth- 'niversary.
Rev. H. B. Harris marries Ca~brldge
day.
Rev. Polycarpos N. Marinakls, pas- · girl. ·
October 13
tor o! Greek Church dies.
Two men die - when · fire
• Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hill die
·November 13
shack on the waterfront. ·
withlu a few minutes o! each o ther.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Frost of
·
December 30 ·
October H
North Hampton reach 58th wedding_
Frank L. Pryor, tormel" local bus{..
st. John's Lodge of Masons of Bos- anniversary.
.
ness · inan dies' at his home in Cam•
ton visits St. John's Lodge, No. 1 of
James Arrington, Civil War Veteran,
bridge, Mass,
•· ·
Portsmouth.
observes 92nd birthday.
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October 15
November 16
EarlY mo,rnlng fire damages Ham's
Priscilla Emery awarded Golden
care.
Eaglet at annual Father's and DaughMra. Ohester P. McGlll dies.
ter's Girl Scout banquet.
October l'J
November 2l
N. H. conclave of DeMolay held h1
' Simon P. Harmon die.~.
November 22
this olty,
News received here today !rom
18
October
Bridgeport, Conn., of the death of ,
Walter F. Nutting of Claremont William Kershaw, formerly o! this
drown.I when boat swarr.ps in Llttle
Harbor. Three companions · rescued.
city.
November 23
st. Nicholas Greek C111.irch dediNearly 50 candidates for
cated.
basketball team . report for practice. '
October !l
November 2-l
John w. Hopley ··awarded Silver
Lieut Edward Sweeney, U. S. N.,
Beaver at ammal meeting ·of Daniel
Webater Oounoll, Boy Soout.l of (ret.) dies at his · home on Rlcharda
.
Ave.
_America,
November 25
October 26
City Auditor Robert M. Bruce an-.
New England Auxiliary or Nationo.l nounces resignation to take effect
council of Episcopal churches and 011 January 1.
New England Synod opens o.t st•
November 30
John's Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Philbrick
October 2'l'
serve 52nd anniversary o! their wedNavy Day observed o.t local yard.
ding.
c. E. Hodgdon observer: 88th bir th•
Frank w. Randall named tn t.he
day. ,
· Board o! Trustees ·-Of U. of N, H, .DJ ,
, warren Manary indicted for man•
and Council.
slaughter and murder of his wife, by r--.:-----~....,,....~~~='!'!:':!'Ja7;;'J,?t!"f,...,
Rockingham County Grand Jury.
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�The Medical institution of Yale college at New Haven also announces its
annual series or lectures, as It calls
them, to commence on October 11 and
to continue, without vacation, until
the first of April, Fifty dollars was the
sum required ns n tuition fee for the
four courses whlle room rent was
Northwood, Dec. 10.-"Wanted, ca- available at $5 per person and board
pable, attentive woman in a small $2,50 a week._ The advertisement was
family where there is other help and signed by Nathan Smith, professor of
Lft:•l':':',v>.~but little to do," reads an advertise- i,.i.;;5-u...:
rg;;,;e;,;.r=.y;..
.
ment in an Issue of the Portsmouth
Oracle for Oct. 7, 1815, one lone page
of which ls In the possession of Daniel
h Miner of this town. It Is almost entirely devoted to similar ads and legal
notices. Current prices of staple commodities, also listed, furnish an Inter•-·-,,'-".•·.- est!ng comparison with the cost of
presentday articles.
Brandy is quoted at $2 and $3 a
gallon; gin, 95 cents; rum, $1 to $1.45;
cider $4 a barrel; butter, 19 1-2 cents
pound; coffee, 22 and 24 cents; flour,
$5 and $8.50 a barrel; mackerel, $10 a
barrel; pork, $28; molasses, 75 and 80
cents a gallon; potatoes, 25 and 30
cents per bushel; loaf sugar, 40 cents
a pound; tea, $1.10 to· $1.80; and tobacco, 20 to 22 cents a pound.
John Bell, Jr., 3 Market street,
makes known that he has just received a fresh supply of imported dry
goods to be sold at very low prices.
Items include 1·ed, yellow, green, black
and white flannels, "rattinets", "shal- lc'~5 !h~!i:.
loons," British and colerain cottons,
English cotton slacks, "ferrets" and
"galloons."
.,.,-i=:,.... Another dry goods
that of Lemuel Draper, 5 Market ci::~,.~,r,-;:.;P.,•/e.~t',~'ji,;·';'/,(~',
.street, offers a wide variety of wearlag ., .. ,~.• .. ,-._,..,,.,,.,,.
ap_parel with equally._ .. mysterious 1
sounding _names: Scotch plaids, "ker- H'~rrt:,~·
H
RACLE OF 1815
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seys," "dufflls," "wlldbores,"
ets, colored florences, "lustrings,"
"sarsnets" Russian diapers and twilled
"bombazeenes.''
ki!'."J:'"l',11;r..~.,;~:,;.,
A cut ls shown of the Lake Champlain .steam boat, "Phoenix", with the
statement that excursions are run
every Wednesday . with stops at Whitehall, N. Y., St. Johns and Burlington,
Vt. For a purpose not specified John
Abbot seeks 15 tons of early-piked
sumac.
Handsome rewards will be paid for
Information leading to the recovery of
a number of strayed or stolen catt.le
from pastures in Epsom and Pittsfield
by the owners, Obadiah Marston of
Pittsfield, Samuel Dearborn of Kensington, Willard Emery of Hampton
and Asa Dearborn of Portsmouth, according to one notice.
The exhibition of a lrnge, trained
female elephant, said to be the only
one then in America-long before the
days of the familiar circuses of today
-at Treadwell's tavern, Portsmouth,
on October 11 to 14, inclusive, is an- 1,:,'..·-•;~;,•.:_,....,.._
nounced elsewhere on one side of the
much-yellowed page. The animal was
described as 15 years of age, eight feet r,,;.;,h!f,:.~~: .l.,,.,(!;::O:,~l;~;,•.,.,in height and
weighing more than
three tons .
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�OlD NElVSPAP.ERS
FOUND IN HOLE
I.N RR!Ci{ WVAll
In renovatng t11e second story of the
Exchange Butldmg t 21-49 Pleasant
street, Johu Noel the contractor, ma.d0
an Interesting diHcovery. Upon remov-ing tho oltl Wfl,llpupt:r ho ci,ime -u·pou a
!tole in the brick wall and U1ereln were
copies of two local newspapers dated
May 22, 185'1, and Oct. 2, 18'18.
The
earll•r of the two 18 the Morning
Chronicle, published by Frank W. Miller. 'l'he second slleet is entitled the
Port.smouth D1uly Chronicle, pub\.ished
1Jy the Chron cle & Qc17,ette Publishing
Company.
, Th Exch uge . ~ullcting, oppo.,ite the
Po.stoftlct:, where the.'le papern were
carefully hdden away, wa.~ ·once ·· the
~tome of the .Chronicle and Gazette -and
also of The Portsmouth Herald.
The Chnmlcle of Oct. 2, 18'18, bears
the following ccount of. tlie original
finding or the 185'1 news11a.per:
"In tearing off the wallpaper tn the
Ohroulcle counting room
Tuesd~y.
preparatory to renewing It, th 'workmen found ln hole drilled in the brick
wall a. Mornirig Chronicle o! May ~2.
1857, on the margln or which is written
in penoU in t\1e well-known chirography
or the former ectH.or, Hon. Frank w.
Miller, 'Bulldlng painted and papered
hy J. M. Loclto and ,J, I-1. Gardiner, thL1
date.' 1 Tho poncllllng la dhtluot · M
though but a cfo.y old, and thtl writing
far plainer than wh!it the compositors
on the Portl mquth Weekly now get In
the ,shapo o! od~torlEil 'copy.' The
per was .~tuclc hack in its hole, with another one for compa,ny, and a.gain pa.pered over."
· Mr. Noel 13 to return these two old
newspaper/I to tl1eir hiding place, together with a copy of thl.s Issue o! tho
Portsmouth Herald with tllL~ article
marked, a.nu a copy of tho recent election special of Tl1e Herald. · The hole
In the brick wa.U wlll then ho covered
with new wallpa.per to lie hidden for an
unknown number of years to come,
What will the times !:>a like wh u
these faded sheets once again llOO the
them yet born What wlll be tM appearanc of the clty at that future day?
light? Tu t,ho peraon who will next see
Wilen t he newspaper,'! were first hidden
awa.:, there were, horses a.nd carriages
to be seen everywhere.
Today · the
streets a.re fllled with automobile.~
whlzzlng ln all directiorui. ·. What
.~c 110 wlll l,he i;treel:,11 o! Ull\t day to
como prcHcnVf Will they hav0 solved
tho unemployment problem, the old
pa.-
a.go pension problem, the bala.nc g of
the national budget by thA.t time? No r-:::=.:=~ii.;;if.::..;:~~:.;,!
one knows.
IITIILIIIIEmm1TnmmT111n1mmEnRnn111smmmmnnF11nnR1mno~llllmM1mntml!II
Theso ·old newspapers contain some
interesting fea.ture11 recalllng to mind
t.he old days. In the issue of 1857, prior
to the Civil 'Nar, the editorial column
ia taken up by a d~cussion of the historlo court decision in the Dred Scott
=
case, concerning the right to freerlom or
llllnlllll,IIUlllllllllll:IIIIUlllllilll!liWilllllll.Jlllilllll!UUIIIIIUJllllfillllrl
n escaped Negro slave.
The Chronicle attempts to disprove the smtements
THE BOMBARDMENT 01<' PEST
or Jud~e Taney In his opinion, taking a
ISLAND
strong stand against the institution of Editor of The Herald:sliwery. In words which were soon to
writer has been Rsked concerning
prove trne pxophecy tl1e editor con- theThe
tragedy which happc11ed tci a party
cludes his remarks on the question with
o! people who went to the island for
the8e words: "Indeed there may come
berries in the fall of 1863. Fort Sulllch1mges,-a.11d wo trust there wlll come
van
was on the highest part of Seavey'&
which will weep such law and logic'.
Island adjoining the Naval Prison, on
such history and such moral.s, into the
same recepta'blo where now
repose the site or the water tower. An artillery company was having a drill in the
"the tria.l by ba.ttel'', the hanging of
witches, and th1 burning o! heretics, handling of guns and by some misunall under the forms of la.w,-but
all derstanding solid 4-inch shells were put
ag1iinst Ju.~tioe, Mercy, and Common Into the guns and several thrown in the N'-'ir!l,:l_'A,illr~.. ;:~
direction of the present Hotel WentSeuse."
worth and were later found there. One l!!l:!li:f~'.;;.'il,..i.~"
The a<lvertlsements are no less intershot
was fired just as a boat loaded with
ei,tmg than ·the new.~ items of those
times, with
"Dr. Larooka.h's tndia.n young people and their parents, some
Vegetable, Pulmonio Syrup," "wa,rra.nt- eight in number, had pushed off to go •="'•'•'c,.,.....~,--,
ed to cure coughs, coltl.!I, whooping home to New Castle. The boat was
cough, asthma, t>ronchltls, croup, con- smashed and sunk, 01'le young boy was
sumption, catarrh, and disease o! the badly mangled and his brother was In: ~
throat and lungs." Professor Wood's jured and his face filled with splinters ~-illt.~,ii,<•~~,
Hair Restorative Is
advertl.sed
as of wood. The balance of the party es"without doubt the only remedy tha.t caped with a bad scare and a wetting.
The report of the inquiry board was
ca.n re.store the hair to its prlstlne quality." The Kittery Point stage is ad- never published, but it ls known that a
vertised. tho ooa.oh leaving
Kittery large sum was offered ln settlement,
Pont at 6 a.. m.. dally, a.net returning but the parents had been persuaded
leaving Portsmouth at 11 a.. m. Andrew that money received for such .a damage
A111co 111 the proprlctor. An advertise- would be a curse mther thRn a blessing.
ment signed A. Gregory
tates "I As a compromise the father was given
would respectfully inform my friends a position on the navy yard !or life and
and the community. generally that 1 included any member of his famlly. The
am now prepared to make the new and only surviving member of the party ls
desirable likeness on paper, ca.Heel Pho- living in New Oastlc.
IVAN L. MELOON.
tographs."
The copy of 18'18 lists . Port.smoubh
wholesale prices on produce, with butter 20 to 30 cents a pound. anthracite
coal at $5.50 per ton, eggs 18 cents a
cloien, potatoes 'lO cents a bushel, soap
'l and 8 cent.s a pound, and sugar at 9
3-4 cents a pound.
The editorial column of the 18'76 la- •
.sue discusses "greenbacklsm," a burnIng political issue of the tl~e. A death
list of more than 8,000 persons through7
out the CQtµitry ln_An e1M~mlc o! yellow fever is reported.
_91_1 the,~argll! ot this 1878 issue
wr.ltten the . folio.wing . 0,scrlptlon:
"Compositors on the Chronicle · a.t the
time this _was put in, John·
Randall,
Albert E . Wood. Tommy Brook..!, Tony
Broderick, Willie Drake." .
THE PEOPLE !
i~;ji;~i~;~·
o:
�Old Maine House'
'My S~air Carpet'-~ Maine Story
How a Itookecl Rug Records Days Along the Coast
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Special to The Chri,tian Sc ience Monitor
Ogunquit, Maine
.UNLESS one has lived with
·
hooked rugs all her life she
· cannot fully appreciate the
spell the short winter days of New
England cast over those who
cherish this homely art. These rugs
have a fascination ror me, for when
I · was a little girl there were no
movies in Portsmouth, no automobiles to take us away from home, and
all the thrifty women of Ogunquit
made rugs while the snow drifted
outside.
The prepa.rations for rug making
na·=•·"•.. began in the fall. Mother and
sister Annie took stock of worn
rtlcles of woolen clothing and
those that could not possibly be
patched and used for wearing apparel were salvaged, washed and
cut Into narrow strips about onefourth of an inch in width for
woolens of average weight. If new
colors · were needed, the rags were
.dyed before cutting. Cup moss
-which grew on the pasture rocks
colored the material a pretty brown.
Sometimes a well-known, commercial brand was used.
And So They Gt·ew
Father was pressed into service to
find his best burlap grain bags,
These were freed from dust by vigorous shakings and when the size of
the rug was determined, i~ was
bound with heavy material (probably father's cast-off pants), sewed
into wooden frames, stretched, and
l',·i,!l--.:;;lll'.1111 a homemade design was sketched
upon it. We secretly coveted the
wooden horses Aunt Martha had to
hold her rug fran\'t in place, but got
!!,long the best we could with chairs,
stands, etc., as father was no carpenter.
Sister Annie armed with rug hook
In right hand above the pattern, and
narrow strip of material in left, below the pattern, worked early and
late to complete the job, and turned
out excellent work. Mother hooked
1n a more leisurely manner and
thoroughly enjoyed it. I have one of
her rugs beautifully done in patterns her clever fl~ers cut out of
paper and transferred to the burlap. It was late spring when she
finished this rug. Outside a. bluebl
was sitting on a branch of
horse on the place, standing looking
over the fence-and one would never
guess the "outs" he once had in his
bag of tricks nor that he was the
toughest piece of horse flesl1 ever
seen in these parts. On the second,
one sees Aunt Lucy Goodwin (father
always pronounced it Goodin) in h er
sleigh driving a black steed through
the woods of Witch Trot and followed
by a s trange animal resembling a
dog. The legend goes that this yelping creature pursued her until her r eligious training came to the rescue
and she cried, "Get thee behind me,
Satan," whereupon he vanished. The
third riser shows Great-GreatGrandfather John Perkins with his
oxen; and the fourth, a plump
speckled hen and her lordly mate.
The second landing' has the same
"hit and miss" design as the first and
the three risers that complete the
stairs have scenes that tell of the
.!:ea, for the men folks of the Perkins
family were all seafarers. One riser
shows Boon Island lighthouse, built
during the war of 1812 to guard one
of the most dangerous shoals on U1e
coast of Maine. This outpost has
saved the lives of many fi shermen
who were caught off shore in storms
by guiding them lo a safe harbor.
The waters around the island are
good fishing grounds, however, liO
the next riser shows boats near the
lighthouse. The last one exhibits a
small weather-beaten fish house at
our oivn Perkins' Cove. Here memory
pictures fath er and Uncle J ackson m
"sou'westers" and oilskins coming in
with a good eat,ch. They have finished their day's fishing-and I h ave
finished my carpet.
E. P. L.
the cherry tree. Mother quickly
sketched the little fellow in the
space remaining and hooked it in
just the right colors.
• I have the good fortune to live in
the old house by the sea which has
sheltered my paternal forebears for
several generations. Its yellowpainted floors are pretty well coverect with hooked and braided mats;
some old, some made in recent years.
The stairs in the front hall now display the runner that tells in a crude
way the history of the Olde Perkins
Place.
One Wintry Night
•. One winter night when a. mig!:'lty
::northeaster" was raging and gusts
of wind made such rumblings
in the big chimney and rattled the
door of the brick oven with such
persistence that I couldn't sleep, I
planned my stair carpet. I was
thinking of different designs I might
use when the thought came, "Why
not let the carpet tell the history
of the place?" The next day Husband's services were enlisted and
soon we had accurate measureme,1ts
of the stairs. He consented to draw
the scenes as I needed them, for he
realized my limitations along that
line. We decided to make the runner
16 1,~ inches wide with a border of
little red diamonds on a black back- 1:---_.,.,..,._ _ _ _ __ _ _ __
ground. (A legacy of red flannel
shirts a dear friend found in her
mother's attic makes this border gay
and unchanging.)
The first riser has the hooked picture of the house and willow tr~e as
lt looks torlny. The second: the old
~tory-and-a-half h\>Use which was
raised up to form the second story
nnd attic of the present-day structure. This remodeling was done by
Great-Grandfather Jedediah Perkins between 1790 and 1800. The third
riser: the log cabin built about 1717
by Jacob, the first Perkins to leave
Ipswich and settle in York. The
fourth is an Indian scene, for the
place is rich in tales about the
savages.
Animals, Too
The first landing is hooked in a
'"hit and miss" pattern; the treads
and upper hall runner are done m
the same design. The four risPrs
which lead to the second landing
have pictur~ of animals on each.
Number one displays Fred, the first
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Her Stair Carpet-Hooked Rugs Had Always Held a Fascination for
the 1\Iistress of This House Beside the Sea, for When She Was a
Litt.le Girl aml There ·were Neither Movies Nor Automobiles to Call
Them Away, All the Thrifty ·women of Ogum1uit Made Rugs While ,
tho Snow Drifted Outside. o When lier Stairs ,vere in Need of a
Runner, She l'lnnncd-.:.niul Executed-a Carpet That ,vould Relate
to All Who Trend It t.l1e Story of the Olde Perkins Pince. In tho
Section Pic·turcd llc1·c the First Riser, ns You Cu!1 Plainly See, Is
the Hooked Lik<ine~.~ of t.l1e llous<i ns Jt Stands Today by the Great
WiJiow Tree, Then tep by Step the Carpet Takes You Dack Into
the Past of This House Beside the Sea .
�·oenig Digs
into Records for
Early Historr
Special to The Union.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 19.-Restors.tlon of the gravestone marking the
burial ' plot of Thomas and Temperance Fernald, original owners of
Seavey's Island at the Portsmouth
Navy Yard, as well as erection of
bronze markers to enumerate hbtoric points of interest during the
period ,following the Spanish-American war when the prisoners of Admiral Cevera were confined on the
island,
had
been
accomplished
through the historical research work
conducted recently by Col. Robert
L. Denlg, USMC, commandant of the
Portsmouth Navy Yard .
The project, which will meR.n much 1
to those in the future who visit the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, was accomplished by .Colonel Denlg after the
unearthing of five tombstones In a
' '"'·'""''" '., small private cemetery located nn
•·•·'"-"'"'"J''a the southeastern point of the Na.val
Prison grounds, led Colonel Denlg
and local historians to believe that
the tombstones ma.riced thn resting
place of the original owners of the
Island.
Find Skull, Crossbone8,
Four of the stones were only slabs
of rocks evidently replacing the
original stones. They had no Inscriptions but the fifth stone, al- .
though
somewhat
chipped
and
broken, was larger and resembled
the form of a conventlal tombstone.
When the temporary prison buildings
were erected during the World wa.r,
they were placed so as not to disturb the graves but the identity of
who was buried there, remained a
mystery to the government.
In an · effort to solve the mystery;
Tombstone 11t the 'PnTtsmoulh Nnv_v 'Ynr,I of l~llznhPt h }:nstwl<'lrn,
Colonel Denig had the stones removed and cleaned with lye and wire dnughtcr ot Thomas n11cl Tcn,pernnce ~·er11nld, "·ho wc1·0 1 ho orlglnnl 1>robrushes. They were found to he In- prfetor of SPavPy's Jsh11ul.
crusted with nearly a half Inch of
'T'hP fir~
me n rccor s
surmounted by a. skuiI,
paint, whitewash and cement. Be- scrtpllon,
cro5s bones
and
hour-glass
and Island was called Scavt>y's
neath this coating on the Ja.rgPr fla.nl<ed
by a conventional
deslgn a conveyance o( land Nov. 14. 17P6
slate was found the following Inby Stephen Seavey, Jr., to Josiah
with a weeping willow tree motlf:
the conditions being that
"Here Lyes Ye Body of Elizabeth Davis,
Eastwicke Wife of Stephen East- "said Davis should furnish him wit!·
wlcke, Aged 31 years, 2 months and meat, drlnlc, lodging and apparel
etc., during life."
20 days. Died April •Ye 16th, 1714."
Lt was in H\00 that the United
By a.n intensive research In "Fernald's Genealogy" Colonel Denlg dis- Slates g-overnment. for t.h~ sum o!.
the other lsland
covered that Elizabeth
Easlwlcke $5,500 acriulred
was the youngest
daughter of known as Dennelt's Island, whtcl:.
today
with
Seavey's
lslanci comprises
Thomas and Temperance Fernald,
Activoriginal owners o( the islanci, F,ltz11.- the Portsmouth Navy Y~rd.
beth married Capt. Stephen East- ities o( the Navy ·Yard increased
wicke, a shlpmaster. ~l1e Innerlted to such an extent that ln 1855 it was
that part of the island where the considered advisable to purchase SeaPortsmouth Na.val hospital Is lo- vey's Island. However, it was not
cated and
the adjacent Jamaica until the Civil war that Congress approved the purchase of tne Island for
r island.
S105.000 which was at a cost of ~1,000
Began Disposal of Island,
an acre.
Accordlni; to the gen ea logy, the
l'rlsoners lnterne<l,
grandchildren of Thomas and TemSeavey's Island achieved national
pera.nee Fernald in 1721 began th•. attention when following t.he terminadisposal of the Island and In that tion of the Spantsl1-American w11r
ye8r Stephen Seavey, first of his the prisoners of Adrptral Cevera. were
family to own land on the island,
here and lnterned until (ol now known as Seavey's island, pur- brought
lowlng the settlement terms they
chased 32½ acres. Jn 1730 John Hen- were returned to Spaln on the City
derson, son of Sarah Fernald, conRome.
veyed 17 acres more and thl~ ln- of During
his pxtensive hlstortcal 1-.:cluded' the part of the Island known search work Colonel Dentg discovered
as . ri:enct,erson's Point where In July that there were no markers on 1he
1905 the government with the use Island· to commemorate the historic
of 50 tons of dynamite blew 11p part pla.cea when th~ 2,000 prisoners were
of tlie point In order lo make the confined here, Bronze ta hlels
river · more navigable for boats
ut u to show where Camp
In up t.o the Navy Yard.
�DESCENDANTS oF·
EARLY SETTLERS
-\ · IN KITTERY
I I
Cnfnpton, March 26.-The restoration 'of gravestones mnrking the burial
ground of Thomas and Temperance
Fernald, original owners of Seavey's
Island at the Portsmouth Navy Yard,
1J1rough the work and historical
mearoh conducted recently by Col.
Robert L. Denlg, USMC, commandant
of the Portsmouth. Navy Yard, hns
caused considerable intetest' in Campton as there are residents here who
claim to be descendants · of
ance , Fernald.
High up on a hill in the western
))art •of the t-0wn, near the Ellsworth
town1 line, is a set of farm buildings
\hat command a splendid view of the
White Mountain region to the north.
On ~his farm lives an elderly man,
l!ose~ ,Spokesfield, a descendant o! one
John Spokesfleld of Kittery. He has
nved , on thls picturesquely located little farm practically all hiS life, but
has kept in touch with the outside
world.
Joan Spokesfield, his great
father, lived to be 104 years old. He
was a resident of Kittery and had ~
thrilling war. record. During the Re•
Yolutionary war he was taken as a
prisoner of war by the British to England. Some time later, however, he retw·ned to this country and sailed to
the West Indies. He married one Temperance Fernald, it is reported, and
the couple came to this section from
Kittery after the Revolution and settled near East Stinson Lake in Rumney. Several valuable relics of John's
Revolutionary war dars were destroyed by fire some years ago.
Fred Spokesfield, who lives on the
Daniel Webster highway ln Campton,
Is n. great, great grambon of Johu
Spokcsfield, and Rufus Coolc of the
snme town, ls nlso r. desccnd::mt.
�SON AT LITTL
BOA :s HEA
North Hampton, Jan.- 26-Dr. William Pitt Mason, for more than 30
years pr!rfessor
of
chemistry
at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, died
Monday afternoon at his home at Little Boar's Head. He had be'e n In a coma since ·l ast Wednesday. Death was
due to cerebral hemorrhage.· .
Dr. Mason was born Oct. 12, 1853, In
New York, the son of Dr. James and
Emma Wheatley Mason. He was grad1 .....>,,..,,_.... uated In 1874
from Rensselaer with
the degree of civil engineering. Three
years later he received his B. S. degree from the same institution and
continued the study · of medicine at
Union college where he received his
M. D. in 1881.
He then went abroad and studied at
Pasteur Institute In Paris. Returning
to this country he taught at Lafayette
college before going to Rensselaer as
an assistant proftssor of chemistry. In
1893 he was made a full professor an'cl
,.,,....,,.,.,...... continued In that capacity until retiring 12 years ago o.s professor emeritus.
Dr. Mason came here as a summer
resident more than 25 years ago and ·
after retiring made it his legal home.
Until this winter he has gone to war~er climates. He was considered an
authority on water and had written a
number of textbooks which are in use
in the schools.
He was a member of the Amel'ican
Philosophical society, the American
Chemical society, American Society of
•"·''"':.:,-:.•Civil Engineers, Franklin Institute,
American Water Works association,
American Public Health association,
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Royal Sanitary Institute of
Great Britain and the General Association of Hygienists and Municipal
Technicians of Paris.
Dr, Mason was twice married. ·Besides his widow, Mrs. Margaret Betts
Mason, he is survived by a son, Wil~ ..~•:,;.•~,;,.,1Jiam Pitt Mason, Jr., a New York lawyer. Prayers were held from the
home this forenoon and the body was
taken to "Troy, N. Y., for services Wednesday afternoon in St, John's church
there.
'. i)J[D'ON SUNDAY
,
:Highly Esteemed Citizen
·Passes A.way A.t His
Home
Daniel F. Borthwick, one of the be.st
!mown and most highly respecbed and
esteemed clt.1.zens of this section, dJ.ed
Sunday morning at his home a,t 613
Union -,tr-eet, aged 78 years.
' Mr. Borthwick, was born in Portsmouth, Sept. 23, 1858, the son of
James and Clara {Whidden) Borthwick. In 1879 he established the D, F.
Borthwick dry goods store which he
continued to conduct up to the time
or his death.
He took an active part In all civic
affay:-.s and was deeply ·in.t-ere&ted In
th work of the North church of
which he had been a dleacon. for
many y,ears.
He did many deeds of
charity and · his
gr-eat;es.t ;pleasure
throughout his entu-e life call¼, In
doing good to others, and many !)-re
the people of this community who are
deeply tndebt-e.d to h\m for his many
acts of kindness in times of need or
distt'&.5.. He dlid everything in his
power to make others happy,· , but
would take no credtit for
hl!I fine
work and was always desirous that no
publicity be attached to hifl many
charlta·ble acts. No man In the history
of Portsmouth will probably be m~.!,ed
to a greater extent than will Mr.
Borthwick.
For nearly 50 y,e.ars he had served as
treasurer o! the Howard Benevolent
Society and was a trustee in the
Portsmouth hospital, Chase
Home
For Children, Portsmouth Y. M. C. A.,
and the DemeITltt fund whtch provid:es scholarships for worthy college
stud:e.nts here. He was g1,eatly interested in everything pertaining
to
Portsmouth and was president of the
Portsmouth Historical Society and a
divoctor of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. He terved t•everal terms as
pollc-e commissioner of Port~mouth.
For the past 42 years h11 had been
a trustee of the Portsmouth Savings
Bank.
Hl.s wife, Mary
E.
Borthwick,
died last Sept. 13. Mr. Borthwick ls
survived by one brother, James A.
Borthwick, one si;ter, Mrs. Ora. M.
Drummond and thr-ee nlec1!s, . Mrs.
Susan Borthwick Hunt, Mrs. Eloise
Borthwick Wilkes and Mls.s Florence
Cleav~.
Funeral services
North Congregational church Tuesday at 2.30 p. m. Pleas.e omit flowers.
Richard Irving Walden, for over 60
years In the printing business in Portsmouth, and one of the best known and
most highly respected residents of this
city, died Sunday morning at his home
nt 151 Lafayette road· after a very brief
illness. Mr. Walden would have been
,7!) years old next month.
I He was born in this city on April 17,
,1858,' the son or Richard and Sarah
!(Foss) Walden. He received his education in the public schools of Portsmouth
,nnd then learned. the printers' trade in
ithe office of the Portsmouth Journal,
remaining wit"1 that paper after his apprenticeship was completed
for
a
period br 18 years.
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He then went to Dover for two years,
retuming to this city to engage in the
printing business .for himself, which he
had .conducted successfully throughout
this long period, being active in the
business until his illness. His success
was well merited and was due to the
excellence of his worlcmansllip and integrity ln his business dealings.
He
held a very high place in the esteem of
his business as5ocia.tes as well as a large
cil'cle of. friends throughout this section. He was possessed of a ve1·y fine
personality which endeared him to all
who were intimate with him.
Mr. Walden was greatly interested in
the welfare of Portsmouth and its people and was always willing to aid in
the advancement of any civic· project
which he considered was for the good
of the city. He served on the board of
education for a number of years ..
Mr. Walden was a member of
the
board or dlrc~lors or the Porlsmoulh
Trust & Guaranlee Co.
He was the
oldest memlier of the Portsmoulh High
School Alumni ancl one or the oldest
members of the Hnven School ParentTeacher Association, in which he took
a great interest. He was a member of
St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A.
M., Washington Royal Arch Chapter,
M., Davenport Council, No. 5, R. & S.
No. 3, DeWitt Clington Commandery,
Knights Templar, the Mechanics Fire
Society r.nd the Portsmouth Athenaeum.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Alton Walden. two daughter, Mrs.
G. C. Humphreys and Mrs. Claude Wilson, both or this city, and two grandsons, Richard and William Wilson.
Funeral service:; wlll be held at the
home at 151 Lar~yelte road on Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Friends Invited.
�oungest Mayor in--U.
In Winner, 23, at
POR"rSMOUTH, N. H., Dec. 9
(JP)-This city of 15,000 persons
claims the youngest mayor-elect
in the United States in Kennard E.
Goldsmith,.
23-year-old
college
graduate. Mr. Goldsmith, who recently told the Republican City
Committee, "I think I am too
young to be mayor" went into
office in yesterday·s election by a
margin of 3012 votes over the Democratic incumbent, Mayor Robert
Martin.
The Mayor-elect, a bachelor, was
graduated only Inst June from the
University of New Hampshire where
he studied to be an educator. He became a candidate for Mayor on a
platform. of lower taxes.
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He became a member of the city
council two years ago and, despite
his youth. plunged into the city's
a!Iairs "with both feet" to quote a ·
political observer.
When the Republican City Committee called prospective candidates before It recently to hear
their views on municipal matters,
Mr. Goldsmith, a member of one of
Portsmouth's oldest families, asserted: "I think I am too young
to be mayor and if there ui anyone
older or more experienced who desires it, I shall withdraw and support him."
rNo one accepted the offer.
Mr. · Goldsmith• will have a
strongly Republican City Council.
The new Mayor's maternal grandfather was Thomas Entwistle,
former state senator, member of
the Governor's Council and city
marshal for several years. The ·
Mayor-elect's paternal grandfather
was Oliver J. Goldsmith, a Boston
and Maine Railroad locomotive
engineer
The Mayor-elect resides with •
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald
Goldsmith. The Mayor is elected
for a two-year term, with an annual salar of $1000.
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· !I(iennag:-d IE. Goldsmith, r 726 962 ·494 '560 · · 270--3012
lRobert Marvin, d ..... 653 783 . 627 201 178--2442
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lBoynton, r •••••• ·•••• 677 1023 500 '511- 252-2963
Downs, r ...••••.••• ; 690 1012· · 480 ,··491 247-2920
Durell, r ; ; ... :,-·.••••. ·670 996 496 ." .488 247--2897
ll:lerridc, r ....... ~-. : • 717 1022 497 'lsoo · 255-2991
lF. A:· Gr1ffin, d ;, •·••. 634 ·703 ·, 587 ·231 ' 184-2339
S.F.Griffin,d· .. .- .. ; .. 635 701 598 232 -183-2349
Maddock, d ..• : .. ~ .. ~ 625 716 598 238 , 172--2349
Thuraton, d •••... ·.\;. 612 632 576 215 169-2204
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WARD COUNCILMEN 1
Mrs. Mary C. Dond_ero, d 630
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Roland A. Sukeforth, r . 6~6
lEdgar A. Blanchard.,r..
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Charles H. Kehoe, d · .· , . . , 698
John J. Leary, Jr., d
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·Harold S. _Woo.ds,"1<:. _.. ,
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Frank W. Badger, ·d ·:. ~ · ·
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:f rederick Schlegel, ·r . • • 459 ·
lFrederick Finnigan, d
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Morrill, d ... ·... ·••.•• 690 '- 882 ·,(,90 '. 313
Whalley, d .......... ~ ·670 859 · 687' < Z80
Whitman, d ••.• ~ .••.• 676 · 846 · 691 , _281 186-2680
!Brown, r . ; .. ·••.••••• ·640 802 .· 399 425 · 232-2498 ·:,.-,:..,~,i~••-~"'·'
Downs, r ..• ,' . • • . . • • • 642 .848 396 457 234-~2577
Newton, r ......•...• 660 904 424 · 459 244-2691
BOARD OF STREET COMMISS{ONERS
Call, d ............. , 669 728 610 238 . 189-2434
Horan, d ............ 624 · . 678 594 212 172-2280
ioughlin, d ~ •• , •• ~ • • . 643 680 626 211 176--2336
Atwell, r ...•..•••.•• 684 1018 466 519 255-:2942'
Cranin, r •••••.•.•••• 686 969 472 ,..·511 : 255-2893
'P,ic__kering, r ....... : •• ,, • 684 .1051 _481 1?12 _~51-?~7~,.r ...
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Mrs. Katherine Woods 1272 1550 1028 685 408--4953
William 0. Flanagan t'270 1557 1027 677 411-4942
Mrs. Pearl S. Gray ... 1272 1579 1025 691 412-~4979
Maj. Chauncey B. Hoyt 1277 1577 1028 701 413--4996
Ralph G. McCarthy .•• 1267 1552 1026 675 413-4933
John E. Seybolt ..•... 1266 1567 1027 695 414--4969
Mrs. Gladys G. Warren 1263 1569 -1026 700 414--4972
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ble~~lal, city election ye.st~rday Kennar~ Es Gold.smith, , Republican, was elected mayor over · Mayor
- .....-,,._,..,,.a Robert Marvin, Democrat, by .a major-,
ity of 570 votes. Gold.smith received" a
total of 30121 while Mayo~. Marvln',1 _tQ'--'."'•-·•·-·"" tal was 2442, The City Council will be'
Republican, there being but one Democratic member, elected, John J. Leary,
Jr., in' Ward
The Board ,o!' Street
:.,.~;"•~,,,.~·~~-°""''··~~'1',,.1>>1! ,Commlssioners will also b& Republican,
James E, Whalley and · Joseph H.
Morrill, Democrats, were re-elected to
the Board o~ Appr~l.sers and Serman P,
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for mayor ,a ,margin o! 73, but supp<)rt·ed the three Democratic members of
the Board of Appraiser.5, who were candidates for re-election. The Republican councilman -In this ward was also
eieoted. Ward 2 also divided Its votes
somewhat. A number , of complimentary votes for Rear Admiral Douglas E.
Dl.smuke.s were written In In this ward.
,Ward 3 _went Democratic thro,ugbou~,
electing , the ,only Democratic 'councilman. Thls ward was the last to 1report,
the tabulation being completed about
9.30 o'clock.
Ward 4, the home ward of the Republican candidate for mayor, gave him a
majority of 359 and the ward was
strongly ' Republican
throughout, a.s
was Ward 5. This was the first ward
to report and gave Goldsmith, a majority of 92.
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. The Republicans elected' all three of
their. candidates for the Board of Street
Commissioners, with Dr. s. F. A. Pickering high with 2979.
The councilmen-at-large elected were Wyman P.
Boynton, Thomas J, Downs, Charle.~
T, Durell and Robert M. Herrick, all
Republlcans. Herrick led with 2991.
The ward councilmen are Roland A..
Sukeforth, Rep., from Ward l; Edgar
A. Blanchard, Rep.,
from Ward 2;
John J, Leary, Jr., Dem., from Ward 3;
Frederick Schlegel, Rep., from Ward 4,
' and John Burkhardt, Rep., from Ward
5.
There was no contest for the Board
of Education, with Mrs., Katherine
Woods being elected to fill the unexKENNARD E. GOLDSMITH ..
plred term of the late John W. Toner.
Photo by Kln~bury. : New members of the board are Wllllam
0. Flannagan and Atty. Ralph G. McRepublican, completes · ~he earthy, Those re-elected yesterday
board,
were Mrs. Pearl S. Gray, Maj. ChaunWard 1, frequently
a Democra~lo cey B. Hoyt, John E. Seybolt and Mrs.
ward, gave the Republican candidate Gladrs ?· Warren.
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The Kidnaplng of Nathaniel _B artlett
Edit.or of The Herald:This is the true st.ory of U1e kidnapIng of Nathaniel Bartlett at New
Castle, once told ln whispers and later
a legend. In 1840 Nathaniel Bartlett
was In possession of a tract of land on
the Wentworth Road, for many years
known as Shaw's Hlll, where he built
a shack near what Is now the summer
home of Mrs. John Berry. He was a
quiet, studious mnn, a lo.wycr by pro!c:;slon from up state, seeking to regain his health. He was retiring and
shy, seldom went about among the
people, never i;pent his time at the
village store, and people began to call
him a hermit; children fled at sight
of him, having heard the suspicions
of their elders-stories of witches,
black cats and dogs that howled st
night, attributed to him all the evils
that happened to anyone In the community. I! a pet cat or dog did not
come home promptly Old Bartlett
nnist have It, would be the immediate
conclusion, and the stories multlpJled
until ·one day ln his absence a selfappointed committee visited his Bhack
and reported finding i;evernl barrels o!
cat and dog bodies sk1Dned and salted,
which they claimed he was using for
food, when It was well known that for
a pastime he trapped mink and
muskrat. Rumors were spread by parties who wished to get title to the
property about which there was some
question.
Three well-known men
formed a vigilante committee and one
night In the early part o! 1843 went to
Bartlett's shack, handled him roughly,
- and took him across the fields to
Clark's Neck, recently known as
Locke's Point, on the Cape. They tore
off o. part of his clothes and gave him,
instead a coat of tar and feathers,
and rowed him across to Seavey's Island, warning him not to return.
Nearly dead he found his way to the
house of Tom Abrams, now a part o!
the Prison Cnmp
near the water.
They o.idcd him to recovery and removed the tar. As a further warning
the shack was burned. Bartlett sued
the abductors-one was not mentioned
in the court proceedings-the others
settled out of court. The attorneys
were two very prominent Portsmouth
la.wyers. Bartlett did not return and
the land was sold to a prominenL New
Castle Trader for a nominal sum.
IVAN L. MELOON.
LETTER:
s~:FROM
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I have often been· asked ·the location
of any ferry that may ·have· been operated between Kittery and· New Castle.
The following letter from Gov. Dudley,
dated 1712, gives the ·lnformatioI\ desired:
"By His ' Excellency, Joseph Dudley,
Esq., Governor and . .. Commandei:-lnChiefe, In and Over Her Majties province of New Hampshire . .in .. _.America
and Vice ·Admiral- of. the. same. '
' "Whereas, John Frost of the "J;:own of
New Castle in the · province . of New
Hampshire in New England, Marriner,
hath made Application Unto me that
there has been noe Ferry Settled, Stated
or Appointed in the ·said ·town of New
Castle over the River ·of plscata.qua to
Kittery, In the ·province· · · of Maine,
whereby 'Her Majesties · subjects
are
m.uch Hindered and · Impeded Jn the
Journeys or Traveling. And Especially in
the time · of Warr, Danger and Difficulties. ,
"I think it therefor Highly Necessary
that there be a Ferry appointed and
Kept in the said town o! New Castle
over the Riv!lr of piscataqua to Kittery
above said to land at or near a place
called Warehouse Point. And there be- E~:~:;;,.";l:!:\!!;i,~
ing noe place in the -said Town of New
Castle Soe Suitable and - Accomodated
for nearness of handling -and Convieniency in all respects for• Keeper of the
Said Ferry o.s at Haskins ·Point near to
the Said John Frosts Wharfe Adjacent
to his Dwe!li.ng House in New Castle
aforesaid I doe hereby by Virtue of the
Power and Authority in and !>Y Hert;:(J:M:,,!Jil'~
Majesties Royal Comm.lssjon . to me
Granted, Grant and . cpnfj.rm unto the
Said John Frost his heir:, a:nd ~signes
for Ever the Liberty. of . Keeping . the
Ferry -above expressed, as alsoe priviledge and liberty with the GundaloesBoats or cannoes belongl.ng to the said
Ferry ' to Transport Man Horse Cattle ,
&c from Crafts point In Kittery aforesaid over to Mr. Gunnlsons point soe
called In the Said Town of Kittery et.c.
"Given under our ·hand and Seal o!
Her Majesties prov~ce · ~fores~ld the
7th day of May In th!l.El~V!mth, Year o!
Her Majestie Queeq Ann's. Relgne that
now ls over Great Brlttalne, France and
Ireland Defender of .t he Fait_h & C Anno Domini 1712."
On the New 'Castle side the then residence of John Frost· was ·on the exact
location of the house· built"by the late
John Amazeen, Jr., direct descendant
of the John of 1660.
Point was
.-· directly in front on .the .w.ater-side adjoining Frost. ,
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�. John Tarlton, e ec man.
Rec'd. in full.
Thomas Bell.
Town or New Ca,stle
· To John Tarlton, D'r.
1796 To Expense Killing the Bull $1.00
• Ct·, '
By one qr, or Dee! 93 lbs. @ 2 2-3 cts.
$3.44'
Today Is the 9!;th birthday anniver. 70 lb . .pr ·II!de
sary
of Mrs. Ruth A. Wendell, She Is
10 1-2 , !~. of, Tallow
$·1.05
Alas Poor •.ranrus
one of the oldest rt>sidents of the South
New
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Castle,
Mar.
6th,
179'/
To U1e Editor of U1e Herald:End section of the city and, although
In the early days or tile Settlement Town of .New ·castle
unable to ge'. out of doors very much
To
Henr'.Y
Prei;coLt,
Dr.
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of New Castle Ulere were very :few
i~ in good health
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To
confining
the
Bull,
Sep.
1795
2
shll.
cows; they had pigs, goats and oxen;
The
observance
today
took
the
form
Cr.
1there was a very p1·evalent idea that
. of a family galhrring, as has been the
By 380 lbs. Bull, Beef @ 2 2-3 cts. lb.
.farrow . cows gave l'icher m!lk..:.and
custom in past years. One daughter
A
little
later
an
association
was
Over a.. longer pnlod, . n,ltho ·1ess 1n
Miss Ruth C. Wrnde I, lives with he;.
:formed
to.
buy
a
pedigreed
calf
for
the
quanti~·. They •were · (lareless about
mother, and the olher, Mrs. William
benefit
of
the
community,
and
their
f.~eshening. At a town meeting held In
Lamson, cam.:) from Brooklyn, N. Y., for
efforts
have
been
told
in
story
and
Maren 1705, ~fter a lengU1y .discussion
song. Their attempts to teach it to the occ'.\sion. Du:·mg the day a numjt was voted , 'that tile Selectmen .prodrink had the usual results-a thor- ber of friends cailed to express their
cure a ~ufficient Bull, on tb!l · town's
ouch sprinkling and much profaniLy !Jest wishes and ·11,r,ny cards were reaccount:'' They,, journe~cd to Rye· nnd
ceived. Flowers, 1 emembrances
and
and ended thu~evidently founct, 0110 to th'eh· lilting, as
several birthday cakes were among the
Geo.
White
bought
a
calf
per the following b!1l:
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gifl~ rcccivcrl . :
Wash White owned hnlf
Town of New Castle \
Mrs . Wendell was hom on April II,
Old
Tuttle
owned
the
head,To Joseph An1:i.zee11, Dr.
,
18-h1. Her husllancl wn~
Andrew P.
Ring
the
bell
.
the
calf
is
dead.
Aug. 1795, to cas11 paid Jos.' Seavey for
Wendell. former \\'Cl! known
There
is
no
record
o!
any
flll'Lher
:it Bull, and my time· going and bringattempt to Improve the Island Bo- man, whose cleatl1 occurred
.......,•.,.....• ing Bull, 5 lb. n .ohP, \.
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\\To 3.7 lbs. of ponaek ~ man to aid
with Bull, 6 shit_ .
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Tl)Vm of New, Castle . \ 1~
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To John Tarlton, Dr. , ,
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Aug. 1705, going to Rye to bring Bull
3 sh!l. .
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Town o! New Castle · ' · '
.To Sampr.on Bell,
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To wintering the Bull hi ·1795, 1 2 lbs.
fl shll. . .
One can lmagL"le tb~re.· was not much
excitement for a youncr feller among
the Rocks and Bushes of the Mill Islanct ·or Bells Farm. One evening .in
September he stoocr on ·a: ledge whe1·e
the wi~d ,\':ould keep the flies away.
First Foreign Cargo Sent To
It was, and still · ls, a lonesome place.
Since
At the annual meetlna of the Chase
The tide was low and the wind from
Home for Children held on Wednesthe northwest. Suddenly there came
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mos eag O.
day the following officers were elected
to his ears . a joyous sound-his cars
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for the ensuing year:
ca'me forward and he gazed fnr in the
I Un~le · Sam. will shortly collect quite
President-Dr. c. w. Hannaford.
,,-.,.,,..~•.•-. distance. From Capt. Shapleigh's isbit · of · money · through the PortsSecretary o.nd treasurer-William c.
land came the voice of · his kin-folks.
outh customs House · when the Col~ Walt1::m;
Down over the ·rocks he went thru
ctor, George A. Nelson, makes his
Board oC tmstecs-Charlcs II. Batthe mudflats to Pest Island to
Leaoh's, wading and swimming, sidrt- r1ext collection on a foreign shipment. chelder, William J .. Cater, Rev. Max/A?he shipment includes 202 bales of well Ganter, Benjamin Green, Dr. c.
ing_ the pool to Shap!elgh's. There he
~ustrallan wool for the Hillsborough w. Hannaford, Fred w. Lydstou, Rev.
met many acquaintances and relatives. His arrival unannounced created 1 ills a~ Wilton. The wool left Sydney, Arthur A. Rouner, Charles H. Walker
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quite a stir and . disturbance 1n the !Australia, on Dec. 15, 1936, and has William c. Walton.
Board of managers-Honorary mem-'
household as no arrangements had !since been tied . up by the maritime
1strlke· in San Francisco, Calif. This is b
er; Miss Annah L. P.illow; president,
been made for his entertainment, but
he was finally given a small • &Ingle ,the first foreign wool shipment into Mrs. Wallis D. Walker; vice presithe Gr:;i.nite state since the busy days dent, Mrs. J. Verne wood; secretary,
1-.;,1•. i.;.:.~iil(H room near the horses. Capt. Shapleigh
of
the
Amoskeag •Manufacturing Mrs. Charles H. Batchelder; treasurwas quite sure he had left home withCompany at MancheS t er. The duty on er of current expenses, Mrs. Norman E.
out ·permission,
so early
the next
the wool
will probably amount to
morning he sent word to Bell advisabout-29 cents per pound.
Rand ; auditor, Mrs. H. Clinton Taylor;
ing him of Taunts' whereabouts. It
It will be shipped direct from the Mrs. Phillips B; Bad ger, MTS. G; B.
was a sad trip, To the tune of "The
we'st ·coa·s t to Wilton where the cus- Chadwick, Mrs. Jo3 eph P. Conner,
Poor Qld
Soldier" from a muffled
toms officials will weigh It In and Mrs. W. A. Dorney, Mrs. Albert Hisdrum Taurus was forced onto a scow
make up the total amount of duty J~n. Mrs. AllJt>,t G. Hunt, Mrs. R. Clyde
i,..,t,-..c..i~r.a and the sequel . followed swiftly, the charge for the consignees to remit. Margeson, Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews,
record continues:
1.. :._,..~~--.........-~,..,,.;:;....,.....- - - - - ~ l\!lr:;. Boardman M.
itanclall,
Mrs.
Town of New Castle
John E. ,Seybolt, l\Irs. Jeremy R. ,WalTo ' Thoirias ' Bell, nr: -, __
dron, Mrs. Charles H. Walker.
To helping ge't' tlie Bull belonging
Matron-Mrs. Florence Hill:
said town from . Capt. Shapleigh's
Assistant matron-'-Miss Florence
land, 34 cts.
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Hill.
Mr, Foxwell ' Curtis (Collector).
matron-ML~
Sir please to pay in behal!· of the
town and it shall be allowed for the
ear 1796.
OBSERVES HER
'. 95TH BIRTHDAY
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THE PEOPLE
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LOCAL CUSTOMS ··.
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CHENEY EXHIBIT
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Miss Mary Emily B~ewster Miller, one
of the oldest womer. ip the city, is today
observing her 96\h plrthday anniversary at the Wentworlh Home.
Miss
Mlller is in good health for one of her
years and is up and about, although she
has not been out thiJ winter. She enjoys reading and dr,es some painting.
She was born l..11 this city on March
27, 18·11, the daughter of Rev. T. H.
Miller and Mrs. Mary (Moses) Miller,
and at an early age began a musical
career. At 14 she became the leading
soprano in the chtlr of the Univcrsallst
Church. An attack or scarlet fever
left her voice weak and she turned her
talents toward playing the organ, and
for many years wo.s au organist, not
only in that cnu:·ch, but also in the
Methodist and Baptist churches.
She is a talented painter and for
many years conctucted classes in painting on chlnn and work in olls in Lowell
and also in Boston. ~he llns dono many
fine portraits in oils. Among
her
work is the portrait or the late Mayor
Frank W. Miller, a brolher, which now ·
hangs at City Hall, and ~hree life-size
religious paintings and other smaller
paintings .at Christ Church.
Miss Miller received a broken right
thigh when struck by an automobile in
1919 and that terminated her duties as
organist. She was confined to
her
room for some time, and later fell,
breaking her thigh again. She recovered and is able to g~t around with the
ale\ of a cane.
Her birthday anniversary
did not
pass unnoticed by her many
Callers, gifts, best wishe~ and many
other remembrances of the anniversary
were received by her~at the Wentworth
Home, where she has made her home
for the ast 23 earsi 1
An exhibition of photographs of several pa1ntings by Russe11 c ·heney, na- '
tionally 'known artist of Kittery, 1s now
on display at the Portsmouth Library_
The paintings are of· Portsmouth and
Kittery scenes and ar~ of especial interest to local people. Those who appreciate th . art d.i.~played in their composition will receive especial pleasure •;;;.c•~'li<Z\:1~~
from this display of Mr. Cheney's work.
The originals are now <;m exhibition ati,:....·,,-,,:•.:-.;;,_,,,•.•
the Gnce Horne Galleries; '71 Newbury
street, Boston, ·wl;lei:e they may be seen
ill " ·u~ 1.1 Feb. 27.
A review of Mr . .Cheney's ,exhibition
in Boston, written by Irma Whitney
and •, piwlished fa 1~~t Sunday's Boston
Herald, pays the following tribute to the
a:r:t of. this Kittery .a rtist.
"Russell Cheney has received· wide
attention for the sympathetic interpretation his oils bring to New England
houses and watetftonts .and for the
pearly color with which he endows
them, His very :Jpecial co1or {luality is
fu,thrir developed among the new can- ,
vases at Grace I Hbine's, where he has
views of Portsmouth, Kittery. some
por.trif.t.~ --and -still-life, A tour of the
g;illery prings one llack to tbe landscapes_! They express so much of the
personality_of Nqrt.Q,ern villages, with
their ' block-shaped houses set at such
fantastically irregular relations to one
another along meandering streets under the ubiquitous church steeple. This
Mr. Cheney likes best when .it all impinges on the docks where lobstennen
gather on .sunny days. But best of all
for this artlst'.s -cool -pallette, on days
wheJ the sun ls behlnd . a .cloud, leaving
the acades o! wetther-n:iellowed ?Id
hous s with their ro'\','s (lf s1ghtJess wmdow eyes to sing theh- quiet melodies -0r
color unwarmed by yellow light."
Among the several art ,galleries where
Russell Chen~y•s WOf¥ have been~
t:la1med are the 'Babcock ·Gall~ries and
the Mont.toss GallecyJ both in iNew YDrk,
City, the Wadsworth Aibeneum ~t
Rn.rt.ford, Conn., and the Addison Gallery o! .Art at 'P hillips Andover Aca<h
emy.
' Al; another ·.art critic has said, "Those ,
who know New England '1'.ill .feel the
wintry chill, the threatening skies, ·the
ionelirtess· •Of old roads, the tranquil
beauty of Mr. Cheney's pictures."
�PUBLIC LIBRARY
.TRUSTEES HOLD ·REGIONAL· ASS'N.
ANNUAL MEETING Dl~CTORS MEET
The trustees of tlie Portsmouth Publlc Library held their annual business
meeting yesterday 1n the trustees room
at the library building. Mayor Kennard E, Goldsmith presided and
the
truatees present were W. A. Hodgdon,
Miss Emma J. W. Magraw, Mrs. Fay
Ganter, Rev. William Safford Jones
and Rev. James H. Brennan.
The annual reports were read and ~cepted, M1S3 Hannah G. Fernald's report as librarian being read by Miss
Magraw. Tbts report showed that
Portsmouth's library registered l,Q76
new borrowers durlng the past year and
broke nll records !or circulation, the
total gain in circulation over the previous year being 1,776.
The library staff for the ensuing year
was elected, with Miss Hannah G. Fernald being chosen as librarian, and assistant llbrarlam named being Miss
Dorothy M. Vaughn, Miss Elinor Hanscom and Miss Frances Anderson.
The report of the librarian for the
year 1936 1s as follows:
Number of volumes In the library
Jan. 1, 1936
.. .-.............. 47,128
A meeting o! the board o! directQrs
o! the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association was
held last night. at the
Rocldngham
The following committee
appointments announced by President Fmnk
W. Randall were approved by the board
of directors:
Ways and Means committee-Abbott
B. Drake, chairman; Hon. Charles H.
Brackett, Frank C. Remick,
George
Ashworth, Hon, Kennard E. Goldsmith,
Percy H. Burrowes, Fmnk A. Batchelder." ·
Legl.slative-Hon. 0. V. Henderson
chairman; Charles F. Greenman, Ellh~
T. Adams, Walter G. Marston, Hon.
Charles M. Dale, Harold Syphers, Forrest E, Knowles.
Booklet
committee -Charles . E.
Hotel. Supper was served at 6.30 p. Ih.,
after which the business session convened., with Frank W. Randall, pres!- Greenman, chairman; Pro!. Arthur W,
dent of tp.e association, presiding.
Johnson, James P. Smith, Edmw1d A,
A - committee composed
of
Hon, Tarbell, Gordon S. Dow, W. George
Charles H. Brackett, Abbott B. Drake Nixon, Frank H. Pearson, L, E. Baer.
and Alvin F. Redden, secretary9f the
Planning committee-Hon. F. W.
Portsmouth Chamber of
Commerce, Hartfo rd ' chairman; Shirley S. Phllrende.red its report upon a recent visit brick, P!).ilip N. Hobson, Wlllard , H.
to Concord in the interest of this Drake, Simes Frink, Arthur W. Brown,
region.
John E. Elliot.
James W. Tucker, secretary of the
Projects for 1937-Frank W. Randall,
Hampton Beach Chamber of com- chairman: Jomes W. Tucker, Hon. o.
mei'ce, presented an interesting explan- V. He nd erson, Hon. Charles H. Brackation of the proposed Hampton Harbor t-et_t_,_A_b_b_ot~t_B_._D_ra.,.k_e_.- ----.:...........J
toll bridge approach. Mr. Tucker explained that this plan would eliminate
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traffic congestion which makes access
to the beach almost impossible on sum-.
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mer Sundays and holidays. Other advantages, he explained, were \he aiding
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o! sanitation by automatically draln!nglr.:D:-:'l'::::S'::1:=R:-:l,-=-e~u:-, T..;::E.,..,·""'r""'r_R_S_T.-_
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large sections of marshland, thereby
1,
helping to eliminate the mosquito and
bug nui.sance, the making available of
t,
U
Added by purchase ............ .. 764
badly needed parking area near the
beach center, the making available o!
'i'.he firS t eensus cards fn the census
Added by gift , , . , , , . , •.... , .•••
78
building 1,ites which are now difficult taking- au.thorizecl.' by t.he city eouncil
Added by rental •..........•.•. , • 236
to obtain, the providing o! a splendid were, diSf;ributed· yesterday, and• the
Added by binding .. , , ........ ..
14
inland ~waterway from Hampton Har- remni~der wm be distribut.ed as soon
1,092 , bor northward and the increasing of as possible: For 3ome time· the board
the toll bridge revenue. He explained ot. assessors: has Ileen making out, the
Wornout or obsolete volumes disthat the project is necessMy if Hamp- cavds: which wJlll be, left itt every occarded-329.
ton ·'Beach is to continue normal cupiedt residence il11 the· city and, yesNumber of volumes In library Jan. 1,
~rowth' 11,5 the state's largest recreation~ tei·cta;1r police. officers made. the first
1937-47,891.
al cen~At_tatlng that It will be used. delivex,y..
'New borrowers registered in
and appreciated by all residents of the The. card: calls for the name of each
-1,076, Previous year-951.
state and the state's summer guests.
occupant,, the. sex, date of l>il:th, citlMagazines subscribed to-67.
. The matter of parking along
the zeru 011 • alien,, status. in. house, married
Magazines presented-13.
waterfront and the
consequent ob- or single; color, occupation, aucii place
Volumes issued !or home use-97,412.
· struction of the sea view along
the of. business:. All: bhese· :u:e. to be. filled· in
Previous year-95,636.
shore was , brought up for discussion b;w those residintt in, each, house.
Fictlon-53,439. Previous year-53,000.
and the possibility of restricting parkThe. board! of. assessors wns authorAdult non-fiction-24,252.
Previous
Ing was considered.
lzedt to, make: this: census with the 1,oyear-23,699.
Juvenile-19,721.
Previous year-18,Traf!ic conditions and parking prob- lice department by the city council
9:J'?,
lems 1n the cities of Portsmouth and and is, asking the. cooperation ot ev.ei:yMounted pictw·es circulated-2,231.
Dover were discussed and It was felt one, in the ci~ In, filling in. the• cards
Pre,•;ou.:; year-2,948.
that these matters should be studied as soon as possible and return them.
further and be brought to the attention This, is an effort to obtain the correct:
Gain Los
Periodicals and general
of the business interests.
census of the· city. All cards will be
literature
........ 4,322 5'19
. The Seacoast Regional Development left and called for by uniformed po-.
Philosophy •and ethics . . 960 • 189
Association is giving much attention to l!cemen.
I3 3
Religion and mythology 399
the industrial and agricultural prob'
.Social science
•• , .•. 2,102- . _
lems which confront the various sections of this· region, it was brought out'.
Philology
........... 124 10
A discussion o! mosquito and midge
Science
• .. .. .. .. .. . 953 19
1
•·''"'' """"""' Useful arts
• , ..·.... , , 2,126 62
eradication plans took place, SuccessFine arts·
, .... , . , .... 1,865 28
fu\ work 1n thi.s lin~ has been done during the past year at North Hampton,
Lirerature
• , •••• , , .. 2,988 86
Rye Beach and Little Boar's Head by
Travel
............. 3,406 23
the towns, it Ls reported.
Biography
· ......... 2,'115 10
., The ·possibility that the
proposed
1<;'./>fAll~,,'$iJ History
•...• , • , .... 2,292
Total non-fiction. .. .. 24;252
Hampton. Harbor highway project may
Juyenlle
, ... , , •. .-19,'121 784
be . extended beyond Hampton toward
Piction
...• , ... , .,53,439
Little Boar's Head at some time in the
future was discussed. ,
Total clrculatlon-97,412.
The next meeting of the association's
Increase in non-flction-553:
.,..tt,..,,,,-.-.... Increase 1n fiction-439.
board of directors wm be held at Durg,_ifs~g.JJ Increase in juvemle-784.
ham on Feb. 19.
Total aln. 1n circulat!on-1,776.
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CENSUS "ARnis
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January nine marks the 171st anniversary o! that historic event
When Heaven-sent patriots to Parliament sent
The Stamp
Masters' Commission,
wrapped in their flag,
Pierced by swords of Sons of Liberty
who cournge had.
They dared to do, even sacrifice their
all,
Standing first and foremost when
liberty called.
Pledging life without liberty they
would not - endure.
A cow·ageous stand
that
brought
freedom to our shore.
Their sacred standard, that · emblem
of martyrs of old,
Now just o. chaos of neglect surrounds
the LlberLy Pole.
Pride alone should prompt an appreciative state
To dedlcaLe a befitting memorial to
heroes of our state,
Where nine years before the Revolution they made history.
Heroes whose courage kindled the
sacred fire of Liberty.
On every battle front honorably our
state heroes stood;
Now it's time we honored their memory as an appreciative state should.
They bled for sacred principles-appreciate the sacrifice !they made.
They gave their lives like martyrs so
Old Glory could wave.
Unselfishly they cndw·ed and served
for us all.
A bit of sacrifice would
for the souls of us all.
Grant Portsmouth a State Park ·
Where history was made over four
years before the Boston Massacre,
seven years before the Boston Tea
Party, over nine years before the BatUe o! Concord and Lexington, nearly
nine and a half years before the Battle of Bunker Hill, eight years before
the First Continental Congress convened, ten years before the Declaration of Independence was signed and
eleven years before the Ranger sailed
from our shore with that historic flag
that received the first salute from
any foreign power, made from dresses
of Portsmouth lassies. Here assembled
patriots that parLlclpatcd In the capture of powder o.nd arms at Fort William and Mary over six months before
the Battle of Bunker Hill. Was it not
the efforts of local Sons of Liberty
that actually made
the
Battle of
Bunker Hill possible? Sister states
preserve, pcrpcLuate
nnd
beautify
their historic shrlnes,-shrines appreciated, admired nnd prnlscd by visiting millions on pilgrimages to our
beautiful historic East. Thousands annually visit this neglected area and
here voice their condemnation for a
state that has far too long for its own
good neglected her sacred shrinesshrines made famous by heroes that
figured so prominently in the Birth of
ow· Nation.
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DIES :rN:CAUFORNI
Charles. Johll ·McDonald, 76, Marc
Island shlpbuiltler; · · and · · ··a
retired
boatswain's mate · 1n·t11e·mwy died re~ently at the Mare Island · hospital 1n
alifornla following a · long 1llness.
He was born · in ·Portsmouth, the son
of Neil and Mary-McDonald and lived
in the South End 'district. · He attended the · Haven school and graduated
rom the old high school with the
class of 1878. After / graduating he
studied navigation with the late .Capt.
Daniel Marcy, later· going to the west "...,.");S,•..r-:..;coast and was for ·several years a
member of the San Frnncisco fire department and · also· spent some time
in the Alaska salmon canneries. ·
He later joined the navy and in
1897 was in Kobe, Japan, ·on the U. S.
S. Boston and' from there took part
in the battle or Manila · · under Admiral George Dewey. · · Following his
The Liberty Shield, one silent triretirement from the navy he I
employed at the Mare Island navy _,,._.,., •.. ~ •. .,.
bute deeded to us over a century ago
by those who realized and appreciayard and had resided in Valejo for "'"·.,,r-·a-•,:,
ted the true value of Liberty.
about 40 years.
ARTHUR I. HARRIMAN
Mr. McDonald will be remembered
'January 1, 1937.
by many of the olde1· residents. He
was a brother of the late Mrs. Wil~11<-.1l.1r.lliam B, Randall and Mrs . ., Francis
Hersel', Mrs. Chandler Spkney of
Eliot is a niece, and George L. Hersey;
"'"''"''..,.L''·''"'Frank w. Hersey and Perley D. Hersey are nephews.
Mr. McDonald re-entered the navy
during the World war and made a
visit to Portsmouth some few yeal's
ago. He leaves a widow and foul' stepchildren.
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LAMBERT MADE
.PUBLISHER
The Assocla ted
Press
this afternoon that .iohn T: Lambert
a native and former well known resl- L:.~·....,(,~,;m
dent~ of Portsmouth had been appointed publisher of the Washington
Times, a Hearst publication.
Mr.
Lambert did his first newspaper work
on The Portsmouth Herald. He graduated from Portsmouth High school
with the cla.s5 of 1904 and 1n recent ..-.,,,..,...,"".·"
years ha.s -become one of the best
known newspaper men In ·the country.
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�make u brief notice.
In the spring of 1934 a project was
developed 1rt conjunction with the
Publfc Works Administration of the
.
'
Federal Government. In this project I
! .
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endeavored to interest the Federal
Government in the eradication of
certain slum areas on our waterfront
district. The project was more than a
mere eradication of slums; it included
the rehabilitation or that area and Its
;
I
restoration by preserving many hist
torically valuable houses and structures in that district. It is an income
producing project which will tend to
offset any loss of taxes ' due the city
from lands or buildings which may be
taken off the tax list. The Federal
Government still has that project under consideration.
"Another thing which to my mind
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I is of the utmost importance in the fu11
ture growth and development of our
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city is the creation of a City Planning
Board. Enabling legislation has been
passed and it has been my earnest deFollowing the calling of the roll sire to create such a board. That,
Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith and
the members of the city council were Mayor Marvin gave the following ex- however, has not been accomplished.
I sincerely hope that within the cominaugurated on New Year's day at :i. augural address:
"We are met here today to inau- \ ing two years such a board can be es· -meeting of the council held at 10
o'clock. The oath of office was ad- gurate a new clty government. It Is tablished by proper vote of the city
ministered by the retiring Mayor, Ro- my function. in relinquishing my of- council accepting that act.
"Last year at our request the Nafice to ~ay a few words by way of a
Fire Underwriters
''swan-song" for my administration. I tional Board of
do not propose to talk about things caused a survey of the city to be madci
that are done; rather should I prefer from the point of vfcw of adequate
to let them speak for themselves. It fl.re protection. At that time I urged
has been my proud duty to be the again the construction or a mlll1on
chief executive of this city for three gallon elevated tower for the storage
years. For the most part the work has of water and for the construction of
been pleasant and the people of Ports- fire mains therefrom to the congested
mouth most sympathetic and cooper- business areas downtown, ,That is a
da}' - must be
ative. Nevertheless, the work in some project which some
instances has been arduous for the done.
•
"Mr. Goldsmith and members of the
reason that during these past three
years new problems had to be met, new city government, in the name of
problems which hitherto had never those who have so well served their
presented themselves to any city gov- city during these past years I take
ernment. During this time the City pleasure in turning over to you a city
Council has been singularly free from in financial standing second to none
poliLical division in the debate and in the United States, a city In which
every department is now adequately
decisions upon municipal problems.
equipped to do its
"We have invited criticism and have and efficiently
acted upon it when we felt it was work, a city whose streets are in exbased upon actual knowledge and in- cellent condition, whose sewer system
. tell!gent appreciation of the problem is improved and modernized, funcat hand. When, however, we were tioning ,without menace to health. I
confronted with carping
criticism turn it over to you with the assurance
that you will continue to administer
i\1AYOR KENNARD E. GOLDSMITH from those who stand to condemn for
the sole reason that they are not con- it as a public trust. Yours is the opbert Marvin, to Mr. Goldsmith, who cerned in it, or because they are portunity to pass on to the taxpayer
in 'turn administered the oath of of- afraid someone else will receive ere- the benefit o! this rehabilitation of
flee to the members of his council. .
dlt for doing something constructive the several departments.
"In closing I wish to o.dd a po.raTh~ meeting was called to order at we Ignored tllem, and quite properly
10 o'clock by Mayor Robert Marvin. so. The tendency in this city o! some graph which I read In this room two
City Clerk Peter. J. Hickey read the of our citizens to condemn the public years ago today.
" 'It will not be possible to deternames of the councilmen-elect .as fol- spiritedness of others merely because
l 1i: Charles T .. Durell, Wyman P. they are not on the same side of the mine whether we are doing a good
Bo:v.nton, Thomas Joh~ Downs, Ro- political fence is the one great obsta- job or not until the job is completed,
bert Herrick, Roland E. Sukeforth, cle, to my mind, to the better ad- We must be open to all the informaEdgar A. Blanchard, John •Leary Jr., vancement of the health, happiness tion and o.dvice we can get, but in the
Frederick Schlegal and John K. Burk- and prosperity of our city. On this end we must make up our own minds,
hardt.
point I should like to express a word pass our own resolutions, and stand
Prayer was offered by Rev. Wm. of appreciation for the helpru1 cooper- on our own record. If •at the end of
Safford Jones.
,atlon which my city government has the year we have decided among ourThere was a large attendance at enjoyed during the past three years selves that we have done a good an
the inauguration ceremonies, with with the, Portsmouth Civic Council conscientious job, that is all we may
many standing In the adjoining room and Chamber of Commerce and other ask!"
He then administered the oath to
and the halls. The Mayor's parents, community organizations. ·
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Goldsmith,
"Many things have been done and the incoming Mayor, and following
and his brother Lawrence were among some things, due to various reasons the swearing In of the council Mayor
those in attendance.
or inexpediency, have not been done; Goldsmith gave the following inauFlowers from many well-wishers things, however, which I and my gural address:
decorated the desk and front of the council .wanted · to see accomplished.
~~;:...~i.).,,~co~u~n:;ic~ll?".c7h~a~m7b:.:e;;r.;.·~~~T"7'".":"~7'~l,..;;T~oi!.,..!a~f~e~w'.,..!io!if_.Jt~h~e~se~I:...::s~h~o~ul~d~l!!ik::,e:.,......to~
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NAO.GU.RAIED
NeW .City Counci,;.Sw,~rn In On
New·Year's Morning~ Sever- ~l:Appointments·. Made .Jo: ill
Vacancies
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�"Members o! the City Council, and
Friends and· Fellow Citizens:
· "This occasion which brings us together today in this Council Chamber
follows a custom that has prevailed
since the incorporation of Portsmouth
as a city in 1849.
"The simple yet significant ceremonial which marks the inauguration
of a new city government elected by
the free suffrage or free citizens, conforms to the democratic ideals o! our
representative form or government.
"Such a ceremony, with its simple,
sincere formality carries with lt deep
impressions and plain implications.
"We have here in a single municipal unit a vital illustration o! a government or the people, !or the people
and by the people. Surely there is im, pressed upon each or Ull a solemn
!sense ot the responsiblllties which
1
now devolve upon us. We are the
, cl;losen representatives o! the people
· to conduct honestly, economically and
efficiently the peoples' government. In
our hands they have placed official
authority. In our hearts and consciences they have kindled both a desire and a determination to serve in
fair~css and in good faith.
"We have the experience of eventful years to guide · us. We have the
dream o! a fairer and better city to
encourage and lusplre US:- Om· pride
in wha.t Portsmouth has nccompllsh1ed in the past should be a challengeto us tA build the greater city of the
future.
"To this service our- duty- aalls us.
To a faithful performnnce every instinct o! manhood commits us.
"One of your first, duties will be to
choose officials to manage the various departments of this city. Make
your choice wlsely and you may then
feel that you, have handled' one of
your responsibilities, to the best Interests of the people of Portsmouth.
"As your Chairman, I, do not propose at, th.is time to make any promises which will obligate you in the
performance of your official duties,
But rather I remind you tl:lat all politiClal Institutions are man-made, and;
all political machinery works for society ouly w1dcr the direction of human Intelligence. Being man-made
and man-opcrnted no goveming body,
no m:it.ter how. ingeniously contrlved,
cru1 work perfectly. There· have always
been cli!Iercnces- of opinion and there
nlwnys will be. The coll upon your lntelligcncc and your moral integrity
will be continuous, if this Council is
lo perform satisfactorily the !unct.lons
for which it. was crt>nted,
''This Council, like other institutions, hns been ostabli~hecl for the
purpose of sallisfying a basic need of
mankind, that is, orderly i;ovemment,
and its existence mu~t be justified by
its. ability to fulfill Its purpose. Our
first question-that of serving the
people of this community-is, therefore, our fundamental problem, to
which all other problems are supplementary.
"Your natw·al
question then. is,
what is our responsibility? My answer ls this: The function
of thia
Council-like any
other legislative
body-should be based on practical
considerations involving you and your
:•rn
two years, we look back and see- thatr
conclusion, let it be kep;t: tn.
we, have spent money extravagantly nund that. this Council 1s. one o! the
and unwisely, if we--have loaded upon general n&encies through which the
the taxpayers a financial burden fa.i:. Welfare or our citizens· can. be promoin excess, to, that. whlcli they: would ted and tbe pro~ess or our city- dJ:ordil1arily assume, or if' we act irra- rected. This Councill is not all-_power.
tionally upon legislation which will ful, nor can it wander far afield 1n it&
not do the greatest good to the great- activities. But it is one ot the powerest number, then, and only then, have ful organized agencies having supervi"-'C failed, Therefore, strict adherence
sion. of practically the entlre field of
to that one fundamental problem ls civia activities. within thJs eonunun1-om· one a5surance that cannot fail. ty. If Jt is conti:olled b:ir a, few tar the:
This principle appears· simple enough, development of , the!r o.vm sel&h inbut the overcoming of the numerous terests, it cannot: serve the purpose,
difficulties will require all the- efl'm:t to~ Whlc_h Jt exl~t-s.. ~ the other hand!
that we can devote to the we_lfare of
'if it is directed by a real .sensec or
this city,
.public dutY1 for the betterment o! so"We will be unable to pa.5s our anciety as a whole, it will\ serve a worthy
nual appropriation bill this' year until plll'pose. ,
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the adjournment of our- State Legis"The complexity of the problems Ev.,;.:+;t;,iw-:-r·•:,
la tnrc when the State and Cow1t.y confro11tin& us, call for all the. in.tellit.nxcs are fixed. Howel'er, I shall ask ·genee and integrity that the. commuthe members of tlle Finance- Commit- nity, can marshal. It, is, therefore,
tee to start work inuncdiatell' on the ver:r, imp.o rtant. that those. persons
appropriation for our v::irious local de- who, because
o!
their experience,
partments. Give to ea.ch department training, or ability,
are more able
a thorough examination, and with the than, others: to, deal' with these probrepresentatives of these individual de- lems should'. take. an active interest in
partments, determine where substl),ll- our work. U the1r do not sei:ve directlial reduction <;an be made without ly as, officials. oc- municipal emplo:y;ees,
impni.r!ng t.he efficiency which must they should be read$ to cooperate
be maintained.
,with. us. by,- giving: adv:ice- and inform"Subject to your confirmation, gen- ation, or by criticism and political actlemen, I shall apJ?0int a Board of tivity- of tile- higher type where tlmt
Adjustment which will be composed is· deemed! necessary-. Criticism., howof a representative group of men, The ever, should be direct and' open:.
decisions of this Board are essential
"W1tl1,
a continuing_ sense- of i::eto the enforcement of tl1e zoning or- spollBiblllty- and an ellduriug appueclil1ances of the city. We fiave reached ;ciation of our duty to, the people of
a situation where such action ls im- . this historic. city, let, us set, oursel't(eS
perative. Portsmouth ls a city which to the accompllshmenb of the task b.eis rich· in natural beauty and historic fore- us. Gentlemen, let. us proceed to
associations, but if we continue the business.
practice of allowh1g gasoline pumps
The mayor, following the completo be· erected in every- block in our tion of his. address read two letters
city, om·· one- big asset, namely, our of' resignation, one- from City 1'11'essennaturar attractions
and
historical ger George Knowles; and the other
shrines; will' be ruined:
!tom Di•. I·faven T: Paul, as membel'
"Our School Department should
of the Board! of Health-. These were..
have our careful and generous- conand' successors
chosen. ~...,,;mi~-.,.,,.-~,•
sideration for here we are molding om· accepted
boys and girls- o! today into our citi- Charles R. Qttinn \'las selected a.s city r.-·"~"''~'...,_-;,
messenger to fill the unexpired te:cm
zens of tomorrow and preparing them
of
Mr. Kno,vJes .. Dr. Philip, White was
to take their place in the life of the
community. No investment. is sa.fel' the choice or. the council in filling the
and none pays larger- dividends than vacancy on. I.he Board of Health. Both
that expended to maintain the per- selections were unanimous. Robert. M.
sonnel of our staf! of teachers and the Bruce had. submitted hls i:esigna.t.ion El~·.~?.;~•
equipment. of our schools,
to the 1036 aounc!l as ' city, auditor, •:➔1.-ls·:::tr,~;'."1
"Om· highways should be kept UP to and t11e 193'7, council' unanimously .~
the standards which our tratric re,- named Rcmicl!.: LaighLon. as. his: suecessor. •
quires. New sidewalks are needed in
The report off Dr. Haven, '17, Paul assn:=•·"".~.;-;?,,;
some instances and in others t11eyshould be improved or relaid. Winter meat il1specto1· was read and• ordered
placed ou, fife:
travel on sidewalks. ancr streets must
·Councilmalll Durell introduced a
be safe.
"Our water system should receive resolution autllorizing a .tempora.cy
our careful attention with particular. loan of $250,000 In anticipation or taxreference to the maintenance of an es, and thls passed its three readin«s
to become engrossed.
adequate supply in case of fire.
Councilman Herrick
''Provision must be made !or those resolution authorizing
in need and distress-. They should be to renew licenses.
cared for intelligently and symp:i.thecouncilman Leary presented a resotically. In recent years the expend!- lution authorizing the m::cyor to draw
tures o! this department have in- his. warrant for such sums of money
creased very greatly. With a continu- as- nece.ssary to meet payrolls-.
ance of the present improvement Jn
councilman Downs offered. ru resobusiness and the cooperation, of our lution adopting the rules. and orders
business men, it. ls hoped that some ; o.f the city, CQWlcil as pru1ted.
now on relief may find permanent
Councilman Schlegel moved the
and profitable employment_ To ac- passiige or· a
resolution makfuir
complish this abject. ~e ask the ad- funds available: All of the- resolutions
vice and assistance or all ·employCl's. wei:e- passed unanimously-.
o! labor.
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Thae rrui,yor next nnmed nhe- com-
rmitteesc of tile- ~~ councU as follows:
I'
F'lnance>-Durell1, DownS', Boynton\
Herrick, Sukeforth.
I Clty Land3' and· Buildings ...:. Downs;
i Schlegef, Burkhardt.
I Fire Department - Schie~!, Rerrlck, Leary.
Street Llghts-Du.rcU,
and Herrick.
Printing - Herrick,
Blanchard,
1:.eary.
I Claims-Boyntoll',
Schlegel, Burk: J:i.ardt.
Elections-Duren, Downs, Leary.
' · P\1blic- Llbrary--Sultefortl1, Blanch. arcf and Burkhardt.
B!lls on Second Rea.ding - Blanchard, Boynton, Leary.
Accounts and Orctin:l.Ilces-Boynton,
Burkhardt, Downs.
Engrossing Bllls-Burkha.rdt,
chard and ILea.ry Adjournment was
r . . .~ · ' " " " ·
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OTARYClUB
HEARS MAYO.
-::Pcxi:tsmouth ls
historic beauty. We
heritage which our ancestors
here. This city is unique in the manner in which our streets are laid out;
we have only one main artery leading
from Massachusetts to Maiue through
Ma.yor Kennard E. Goldsmith w:u this city and with the increased trafthe speaker at. the weekly meeting- of fic of tile past few years aud the difthe Portsmouth. Rotary club at the- ficulties we have in moving through
Hotel Rocking)lam thl-3 noon.
John traffic, it will be necessary in the
Seybolt p1·esided: and Dr. William. M. near future to relieve this situ:ition.
Fan:ington acted as chairman and. Wl1etl1er this will be advisable
by
introduced the mayor.
buildin~ another bridge be tween • 'ew
Mayor Goldsmith spoke as !allows:
Hampshire and Maine remains to be
''Re!e!ience was; made by yoUl! chair- seen. H not, I personally would favo'r'
man and several: weeks: ago by- the a. plan waking Court street· l'n t>nnewspapei,s. in this part. o! the coun- tra.IMe to this bridge we now h.ne.
tr:ir to the !act that Portsmouth. had
We should, however, plan R. 1,y~tein
elected as mayor a man o! twenty- whereby our merchants will not b?
three years. o! age. probably- the endangered by loss of summer busiypungest. mayor in the country.
ness: as was the case in our neighbor"U the history of Portsmouth. 1! onring city o! Newburyport.
ly ~a.s.ually examined it will be found
"To get back to our hi5toricnl surthat. young men were often enlisted'
roundings o.nd beauty in our
in its service.
dentlal dlslricl.s or PortsmouU1, om·
"In, Mr. May;'s. 'Early History oi
Portsmouth,' it is related1. that the home ai·cas ha\'O been clnni:; rously
first description of the New Hamp- impR.ired of late- years by the erecshire shore- of whicfi there is record tion o! Innumerable gasoline slatlons
was the result of. an expedition headed and gasoline pumps throughout the
by Martin Pring_ in. 1603. It is said city.
"We have now a Zoning Boanl :llld
that Martin Pring- was twenty-three
years. old: when he was given eom- will in the next few months try to i11You
mand o! the 'Speedwell' and led the eorporate a Planning Board.
tl1e
expedition which gave to
the
old are · all famillar with
world the first description of the Pis- Boarct, but I :,hould like to
cataqua. river and the coastline- of liitTe something about this Planning
Board. This board is composed of the
New Hampshire.
the coun::il,
"So we can find some consolation niayor, a member of
in the. fact that. a young man. only elected by the council, and one adtwenty-three- years old accomplished ministrative official o! the cit~•, presomething- of value right here where ferably the superintendent of streets,
who is appointed by the mayor. Tbe
we now are.
,
''Martin Pring- did not. alone and te1·m of office of these three memthe
remamm •
unaided chart this: coast and
tile · bers is two years,
Pl3cataqua river. He had the assist- n1e1mbers, avpointed by the ma:,·or, ar
ance of. a. capable crew of thirty men ·six In numbel' and their term of o!making a
and boys and of the bark 'Discoverer' tlce Ls s.lx :years, in all
manned by thirteen skillful mariners. board or nine members. Their duty i:,,
NNo man, young or old, can man- .dtst ci! an, to in re~ity plan a city of
age the affairs of this city alone. For the future and to preserve th hls('Cficlent administration
he
must t-0rlc slu-lues o! the lJast.
have the cooperation of all municipal
From here on the Zoning Board
departments, officials and employees. and Planning Board work in conThey must be a capable. well organ- junctiQn with each other. Thev deized
crew, working
harmoniously cide in case of a. new road, a. ~-k, a
among themselves and with loyalty to g~oline r.tation and so forth, whether
the citr, Just as the crew o! the these matters will be an asset
·speedwell' worked manfully togeth- detriment to the people of
er and with loyalty to the sponsors or mouth.
the expedition.
, "AF. you see by this plan, we h:i.vt"
"The sponsors of Martin Prlng's citizens with a civic pride and tax·voyage to. our coast were the leading payers-, .,,.orking together with your
merchants of Bristol, England, and city government for a. more pro perall the people of that town showed 't ou.s Md more beauti!ul city o! thE'
Interest in it and toolc pride in It.
future.
"The sponsors of the new municipal
''It a. man lh·ed a solitarr exi tence
government of this city are the busihis one great prnillem would be the
ness men and taxpayers of Port.5elemental problem o! self preservamout h. The people of Portsmouth
tion, The ollject.s of
his
are backing us for honest, economi<'<>l
would be food, ~helter
and efficient government.
Life, indeed, would be exceedingly
"What ·we need is your continued simple. He would have no need o!
interest, support
and
cooperation. language, no problems or social adW~thout it, little can be achieved. justment, no concern Ior a cultural
With it, we cannot. fail.
heritage. He would Jive wholly in the
Hwm1; these things in mind, I , present. Introduce him suddenly, as
should like to explam to you a few ot an adult, Into organized social lite-,
the things; which we should try to do particularly o.f an advanced civilizain order. to make Port.5mouth a. bet- tion, and l'le would be utterly Jost
ter city in. tfle future.
he! less. He would be like a de-
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SEND $6627 TO
WASHINGTON
FOR ELIEF
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�men
person; the
continuance
his physical existence would be pos-
sible only as a public charge.
His
adjustment to the complicated pattern o! life about him would be impossible.
I
"But man does not live a solitary
existence; he Is born Into a comf munity and has his being as one of
'a community. He finds himself con. stantly In more 01· less intimate relationships with others. It is through
these relationships that he acquires
cerlo.in tro.its nnd as his nssocl.atlon.s
broaden he Is brought Into contact
with a widening range or , organ!)-.ed
groups and institutions. It Is out of
this situation that man, not alone,
but only in conjunction with his !eli'>wmcn in g·:ru!'l '
,,· ·· · ·~··,
raise the st11r ·1~r .
Requests for the use of the Junior
High School auditorium were received
from the Rotary Club 'for a lecture to be
given by Dr. William Beebe on Feb. 24
and from Mrs. Sara Dickey Simpson
for a vocal recital to be given on the
afternoon of Feb. 7.
These requests
were granted subject to the revised
regulations.
It was voted to authorize the superintendent to attend the annual meeting
or the N. E. A. at New Orleans at the
expense of the city.
The Mayor then announced
standing committees of the board
the year 1937:
Committee on High Schools: Harry
W. Peyser, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Rev. W.
S. Jones and Mrs. Pearl S. Gray.
Committee on Elementary Schools:
John E. Scybolt, Ralph G. McCarthy,
Mrs. Gladys Warren and Mrs. Ko.thcrine G. Woods.
Committee on Schoolhouses: Henry
B. Tilton, Maj. C. B. Hoyt, John L.
Mitchell and W. 0. Flanagan.
Committee on Finance: Mayor K. E.
Goldsmith, Harry W. Peyser, John E.
Seybolt and Henry B. Tilton.
It was voted that these appointments
be confirmed, after which the meeting
adjourned.
FLOOD RELIEF.
PROCLAMATION
Mayor Kennard :E. Goldsmith has is-,
sued the following .flood relief proclamatton:
Thi) cltiens of Ports~outh, as well as
throughout the country, have been
asked to assist in 1·elief of the flood sufferers. The flooded areas of the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys have resulted in
hundreds of thousands of people being
made homeless and an· immense property Joss. The American Red Cross for
many years has been one of the means
for alleviating suffering and once again
this organization has come to the front
1n relief work, It has issued an appeal
to ra.u,e several million dollars.
The
first amount set was $.2,000,000 for the
entire nation, but as the flood crest
continues to rise, the disaster has been
far greater than at first estimated.
The Portsmouth Chapter was asked
to raise $400 as its quota and the re· sponse when thi'l announcement was
made from the citizens was prompt. A
telegram received yesterday calls attention to the .!act that, due to the continuance of the flood and the increased
number of persons made homeless, it is
asked that Portsmouth . increase its•'•~·.;;-.;""'·~'
quota to $800.
When the call came to assist in the
flood disaster in- New Hampshire last
March, the response was prompt and
generous on the part of the rest of the
nation.
We in Portsmouth, safe and ~-.a,.,.,,,,,.;~•'"'f;" .
secure from such a disaster, can hardly """.;.-.;,·;,e';:-=,··,.
realize what it means to people .forced
to flee from their homes as the waters
rise inch by inch. Prompt action is
nece55ary, and I urge ·that you continue
to assist in any wat possible.
Portsmouth has always responded In the
past to distress calls from other a.reas
and I urge that we may prompt and
generous oontributlons.
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Reports Made And Various
Committees Appointed _
Th!l regular meeting of the Board of
Education wns held ou Tuesday evening at 7.30, with Mayor Kennard Oold•
smith p1-esidlng. ...Members
present
were William O. Flanagan, Mrs. Pearl
s. Gray, Rev. William Safford Jones,
Ralph G. McCarthy, John L . Mitchell,
Harry W. Peyser, John E. Seybolt,
. Henry B. Tilton, Mrs. Gladys Warren,
Mrs. Mary I. Wood and Mrs. Katherine
O. Woods.
The records o! the preceding meeting were read and approved.
Bills
amounting to $939 .65 were presented
and ordered paid when properly
vouched. The monthly report or the
Finance committee was presented and
accepted.
At this time Richard D. McDonough
and Alvin F . Redden, appearing for the
Alumni Assoclntlon, mado a comprehensive presentation o! the association's plans for a series of basketball
games to be held in the school gymnasium. On their . withdrawal a petition> was read by the Mayor, addressed
to tho City C_ouncil by tho Rotary Club,
requesting a su!tlcient approprintion to
enable the board to open up the gymnasium for community recreation pur•
poses. At tho request of the Mayor an
expression ,Vas called for as to the
board's attitude 1n case or favorable
action by the council. This resulted in
the following vote: "In case special
funds a.re provided by the City Council
the board favors a wider use of the
gymnasium as suggested above leaving with the Finance committee of the
board full power to act 1n the matter."
The superintendent's report was then
presented, which included the annual
report of the secretary and the dental
clinic. It was voted that this report be
acce ted.
~ FUND
,., ,1,•.
DRIVE
OPENS HE
The cil'ive to' raise money for the relief of the afflicted people in the
flooded districts of the nation opened
in this ' city this morning, when the
KENNARD E . GOLDSMITH,
Portsmouth Chapter, American Red
Mayor.
Cross, opened headquarters at the of.flee of •the New Hampshire Gas &L~::6._.,-..~"'."":"""""'."'~'!"!""""'."'~:"';".'.'""'.::'.":;7"":3':
Electric dompany on Congress street.
'1Vfrs: '.' Fiazel Steady, the chapter's executive s~cretary, c1,nd Mrs. S. S. True11\ian,,,a ~~lunteer worker, are receiving
contributions today at that office, and
Miss Dorothy F. Lear, treasurer of the
Portsmouth Chapter, ls receiving contributions at the Portsmouth Savings
Bank . ....~...
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'';(:Portsn\outh's quota is $400.
Croas wprkers will b'e at the Electri9
JCompan'y,'s office all day, continuing .......,,""'·
·until · the ' quota has been subscribed. It
is hoped that this city's share of the
f\l,llds so badly needed by the homeless1
destitute and hungry people of th!:
.flooded areas of the Mississippi Valley li.:'~c·ti:t.;~~·
may be raised quickly.
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No appeal for clothing or supplies
fl~& ,~\:f,I}}~~ued 'as ~·rt and facilit_les _\or
theµ- , for,)Varding to •the flood d1s~1cts
have not .alj yet been. set up. Contributions . ol,money, however, are sorely
;ne/dect' ,with small sums being of asslstin1c~ :as·well as large amounts.
�dred 1M'tlollru:s wl).en put together: .He
call d'~tent~on_ to the fact that to'
We '?stln:y,·r,norning contributions had
be 1ti'i' f'air)y,Jar,gc Individual contrlbutlo s]~\He str~ssed the need of getting
th smhl!Icv,,portributlons o.s well as the
efle,"tnoiu)ts,
,
,
·1~~d~J bi the use of a map
wti''On · a ,blackbcard· outlined , the
d i~itef';hib f\reas, then told of ,, the
,posed 'p).ans for the raising of funds.
·The Red Cross fund contributed by
'C~l!BtE!d that high pressure i;olicltathe people of Portsmouth and workCrews From Portsmouth Hnrtl ft\vas mcit: necessary, adding · that
ers on the Navy Ye.rd has now reached
bor, Hampton Beach And
, ey('#tfre llqt asklnp for sollcltati?n on
the grand, total of $6,219.46. The.Navy
t l{'pS:tt·,,o t ,t)lose present · but wa.nted
Yard contributed $2754.20 and o! th,la
Shoals •To Engage In · 1
_t 1Afl·,,to·,.rct,urn to their groups 1 . and
amount $80 was contributed by a group
ffC'\9'h~-was .wanted. He spok!' , . of
Rescue Work
ot Marines and sent to the National
il.1+lrl~,.ta!l,lo appeals 'by varloua ,lndlRed Cross headquarters in WashingTwelve men from the U. S. Coast
ldtlal~ ~t ~p.tervals during· the day .•
ton, being ra1sed by the Marines even
1·~at11;;;1A:. W. Brown, representing the
Guard stations on the ' New Hampshire
before the appeal for assistance came
a'vjW'!Carq,• told of the activities there
coast are on their way with 26-foot
from National Headquarters.
self-bailing motor surfboats to the
tn'Jbh~ 1t;i.1$\ng 9f funds during last
The appeal. or the Red Cross ls
~irtg'B• .flood: during 'which ·he said '
flooded district to assist in the rescue
slowing up somewhat, but until the
!>,boa't ,$\700t was raised 'a'nd divided
work at Cairo; Ill., and other places.
disaster comes to end;' it wilt be imThis morning the following men
~tr!t>hg .Reg pross groups in Maine, ,New
possible to determine
the amount
H,li.)'npsh\re;, and Vermont. He said tlw
from the Portsmouth Harbor and
needed. As the situation stands today
snmo•syst~ of coilectloI). would be used
Isles of Shoals stations left for Portthere is still danger 1n the flood ter!l'ntf,that as Thursday was pay1 day, on
lan'd at 7.30 o'clock where. their boats
ritory o! more havoc being wrought
F~16ay a 'fairly complete checkup could w.ill }:ie, loaded on, cars and they will
and until · the tl.odd, waters subside, the
proceed :bY .. specjal train with men
t:fif~de:
amount necessary can not be deter'•J'oavld,· Qu'!ric' spoke ot the posslbll!'ty
from stations on the Maine· coast, also
mined. Contriliutlons are still rieeded.
'O!i 1•1lecurL,ng money through organizaa
ordered ·to the . flooded area. The
·~.....,.~~~~~~~~~~'=-~,:"4·lfojii' Comdr. John ·E. Thrunk~f ' the
S:10als; crew comprised Boatswain C.
'Vetcl,ans of Foreign· Wars told of plans
H. Calder in charge, Master Mach.
tor' ai .whist;, party,to be held at V, F. W,
¥afe Christian Doughty:, Surfmen IrHoh!O'on Fridny night, w1t1, all tho rewin Wass nncl WJlllam Buswell. ,
cet'pts to b·e turned over to the Red
· .':{'he . crew from Portsmoulh Harbo~
Cpb~s.:1 r,'. .
is; .. made , up of Howard , 'J!'ender1
• Mrs) f;teady spoke of the possibility
son, Boatswain's Mate, in charge,
of ··oth(!r .groups · holding moner ,raising
Surfmen William
Ramsey, Joseph
events. , 4>he also expressed appreclaMessier and Roger Knight .
•• ,
tlcni for j;he interest of the group atThe crew from Hampton Beach
1
" ,. , -;·J. '. WJ, Pi', 1· --~-- ·
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t'ending the meeting,
station left on, Sunday afternoon with
\" i·~·~, f, :,nrr-,
.
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the same kind of a boat and equipTl1e Red .c toss flood relief committee ·"·'Dr.-W. A. Dorney, vice commander of
ment. This crew is in charge of
II\ee.ti'!}1;$j hcl,rf on Wednesday afternoon 'Franlc,E. Booma Post, American Legion,
Boatswain's Mate Clarence D. Beal
at 2 o'clOc1r'it the Chamber of Com- stated that the 'Leglon had already conwith Surfmen Charles H. Faulkingmerce rooi
· brought out 1representa- tributed to thJ local and state fund,
ham, Leo St. Marie and Maynard
tives of ir-n 'r:/er
organizations. The· . btJ.t. th?,t tt would continue to make
O'Brien.
•
meeting wa' t1'ie result of .a ·meeting £note contributions as the disaster grew.
They were joined in Boston by
es).rUei;, tn .e day of the 'disaster relief Rev. H. J.' Wilson promised the coopercm:r.ini.etl?f d a true· picture or· the atlon of the radio station, and Samuel Massachusetts crews from the Merrimac River station, Straltsmouth Staflood '¢olri ·1ons was ·grv·eii . and plans D,! •E astham,· president of the Kiwanis
tion, Rockpbrt, Gloucester, Point Alm
. adi (b,f'. ·r Ising money in this city to <l:lub, .sald his organization was ready to
lerton, North Scituate, Brant Rock
11,llevul.tf'I/!: e s.uffering iri. · the flooded g-o to work where anything was needed
and Manomet.
to be done.
The boats of the Hampton Beach
Mooney, c~airrn;-i.n. of the ·'.'. Edward :'o~~• fi~ld ?~~cutlve of the
and
Massachusetts
stations were
Reclr/Jf9~ ,call~~-t:1:e ;neetlng .to 0rd ~r. Danie1' Webster Couhcll,' Boy Scouts of loaded on cars at the Charlestown
AtllOt}II,~tl 9se prasent ..y;ere Joht} Sey~ , America, stated, tl).il,t µi anticipation of
Navy Yard and crews transferred to
bolt, Har~y W. Peysci:,. 'Edgar Blanch- the next caU -ljcJ.ng for 'clothlng he had
.'>\,"~~~;::-'.~.~:~ a11'1,,-~/:1nvb Wilder, . 'Pr,, ,W. A. Dorney, contacteq the scoOtrtla~ters of the varl- scene or flood by special train,
Charles . Gray, R!)V, -~- ;J. Wllson, ous trroop.~ to J>C ,r\!adf should such a
Harry ·ncb~urn. ,Dennis Long, Sam- call •come . .. John, Sc¥polt called attenuol D. E th::un.'. , Morris Silverman, 'tion to tha .need fpr contact with busiCharles ·. Griffin, Capt. A. W. Brown, :ness houses . to readt the employes:
U.,S.,~ . thur M. Clark, Alvin F. Red- . Mr. Randall .na~ed' C:harles W. Gray
~e~•'f;i.& . John Mooney, Mrs, Florence as' heatl of ·the (1,'omµi.{ttee to· . . arrange
Wic1iier·, J\~:, -~enneth Steady, Mrs. broadcasts. Mrs, Steady w,as· named to
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·""' .,.., ..•• .,,morenc ! Cummings,
Edward Young, be in charge of getting volunteers to asJ:ia~dall and Mayor Kennard. slst at the offices where the money Is
E,JdM mitn:· ~
·
being collected, these bem1l : at tlle
May
dordsmith was cane~ upon
and ~ ed that the .citlzeps !)f Ports~ Portsmouth Gjj.S c;o. and the N . H. GM·
fuout o tt(el'r ·pn.rt 1n raising money to & Electric C(J,
assist hose who are 'in wo.nt i_n ; , tJ;i.e J.-_____;_..;;...,_~"."!':':=::::;:~~,..flood
areas of the Mississippi and
The Red Cross flood relief fund
~hto / alll>Y&, , ,,
raised 1n this city and at the Navy Yard
Mrt ]!.lfu()nay_, brour,ht out: that some
amounts to $6,383.46, according to an
:pesw 'were u.wa.ble . ~o contribute more
announcement made by John B.
.,..,,••,...,~,.·.• .., ttta, . Cquatter o~ ·~half-dollar, . but
Mooney of Portsmouth Chapter, Am~e Ill 'the ;,;i.ped , o~ getting , the ,small
rl .a
·:::•·..,,11.:..-ul!'>A,.QI am
ctor,,p~ i;aid, the 'quartcrs. all?
hal s"'fital;e tpe dolfars and the . hun-
up
12 SENT FROM:
-COASTGUA D
:ON N. H. COAST
NOW $62
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o!
areas.... ,.,.• , ,_
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�board on motion of Wyman Boynton.
The report of the city physician, Dr.
L. R. Hazzard, was next · ' rea'd ' and
showed much activity on ,the part · of•
the city physifian. The report was· as
follows:
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"House calls-hospital calls, 876. -. :; t;,.1~~'.il'Jf/:
Office calls-467.
Operations-Major 21, minor 12.- .. ,.
As chairman of the Board ,of Health,
licenses granted: milk ,. licenses, •'68;,
victualler's licenses, 13. , · ,
Diseases reported to the Board -of
Health and houses placarded · when
necessary:
Scarlet fever-16.
Measles-179.
Whooping cough-1.
Paliomsrllit!s-11
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Clt!cken pox-11,
M:umps-1.
Tuberculosis-11,
Diphtheria-1 •. !
Pneumonia-2. ·.
Samples of water taken from wells
·and.sent to Concord for analysis--6, .·
,Samples of milk sent to Concord for
-analysi'l-48.
.
yvith few exceptions ' tlie millc · that
was: below standard was from ' 'tho
smaller dairies. 'The pasteurized milk
always conformed to standard, and we
would recq_mmend the pa.stei.J.rized milk.
Mahy_dumps and nuisances were inspected and conditions improved so far
l\.t U1e meeting of tl1e City· Countur--:M:-:-e---,-mb_e_r_o....,f:--,-b-o-a-rd.,.....o~f~-e-x-a~m-1~·n-e..:.r,-s-o-f-1
_ r as the power of ~he Board of , Health
ou , 'Tl1ursday
evenuig,
the plumbers-Dr. Philip H. White, D. c. . would allow.
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:11a.rlous city officio.I.~ were clwsen f-or Trustee of Trust Funds -tor three
'TI1ere is; however;- 'at present a practhe next two years, and althougl1· the years-William L. Conlon• .;;,;~' .. ; .·. tlci~lly open sewer which runs from the
lineup politically is 8 to 1 fa favor of • The meeting convened at' 8.11 o'clock, Pond Laundry to the North· Mill Pond.
the Republfcans, every official ,chosen with Mayor Kennard Goldsmith pre~. ·Any day in the summer a sewer ··odor
received the unanimous endorsement siding, and with Councilmen ·· Charles can be detected. · The condition is un.;_
or the council. Practically all·the lead- T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton, ,T,hom,~ ·sightly "and unsanitary and ·shoajd be
ing officials were changed.' · ·
as J. Downs, Robert M. Herrlclc, Roland corrected. Your chairII).ati .. of the
An . ordinance was presented, chang-- /1.. Sukeforth,
Edgar A. · Blanchard, Board of Health and meuu~;...,;.ai;i..gi:llil-i :,;,_:,:
lng the office of city physician, city ,John Leary, Frederick Schlegel and ,su~ge,st .and .ft is. the power of ~h~ -: 01~
in.~pcctor and bacteriologist, which was ,!')hn Burkhardt present. ,,
Council' to correct this <londltion.'.!.r., ·.
combine!l. four years a.go, Into two dif-· City Clerk Peter J. Hickey 1·ead .the
Councilman Durell, in commetlda-·
ferent offices, and thls :passed it.q first· report of the meeting held ...on.. Jan., l 'tlon, .said "I think that is 'a .wondei;ful
1:eading.
·.·
and it was accepted.
A petlt~n from report from a mp.µ who certa.UllY pas
1r11e complete; list of officers elected Charles M. Dale, asking permission to
done his job well. · I trust and hope as
Lg aH follows ;
,
.
build a seawall along the Piscataqua the ·years go on the other. city, physlcOlty clerk-John J. Henson.
· River and to permit dredging to a ians
do their work as well."
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City auditor-Remick H. LalglLton. depth or six feet was received , and I Councilman, Boynton presented
a
. Olty solicitor-Leo Llber.~on.
arantcd. A petition asking for relief change of ordinance, which called for
Buflcllng · inspector--Cl1arles .W. from smoke conditions from the burn-· the appointment of the first assµ;tant
:(-Iumphreys.
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· ing or rubber tires in the 'vicinity : . ·of engineer from the permanent firemen,
Ctt.r Messenger--Charl_es R. ~uinn, Washington and Court streets, ··signed :11,n~ tho second assistant. from the , call
City treasurer-Frank P. Hunt..
by Garland Patch · and 20 others, was · ,[!1EJn. .The salary of the forip.er would
Collector of taxes-Philip r-r. Sander- referred to the Board of Health. .
. :be $1,800 and the latter $200, On moson. 1
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Permission was asked by Ralph Wes- tlon of Councilman Herrick this passed
Citf physician-Dr. George ,(\.-Tred.,,, ton of the Union Street Garage :· to ,its ' first reading.
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ick. .
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erect a sign at the corner of Union and
Councilman Boynton next . Introduced ·
Inspector of meat-Dr. I-Iavetl • T. Middle streets and this was referred to a resolution repealing the - ordinance
Paul, V. M. D.
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the superintendent of the Board of i:elatlng to the combining of 'the .office
Overseer of poor-Jame.q O. · Petti- Street Commissioners.
cit 'city physician, city Inspector , , and
crrew.
Several requests for street lights were bacteriologist, and adding a new _chaP,Supt. of burying grouni;l s-Jam,es p ; received and all were referred to the te~, calling for a city physlc\an to atGrlffin.
Committee on street Lights,
Two t;end all cases _of city patlen~~ ·and anChief of fire department-William P. were requests for replacement of lights other calling for a sanitary: Inspector
Woods.
. which had been discontinued, one on and bacteriologist, as the agent of the
Pirst asst. engineer of fire deut.- Cabot street, betv/een Isllngton . and Board of Health. For the salary of .the
George T. Cogan.
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. State streets and, the other on Albany city physic!!\!! the sum of $1,200. was
Second asst. engineer of fire dept.,. street. Appl!cation was also. made for set and for the latter $600, Th~ passed
l?ranlc E. Amazeen.
.. , the continuation of 's treet lights · on its first reading. .
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Inspector of wires ~nd . poles al'.\dJSherburne road.
' The Mayor offered the following ap• •~--~.,.,,...,.....~.
supt\ of fire alarm-William r. Ramlall. An application for permission
to polntments, which were approved by
Member of Board of Health for threo store gasoline at Freeman's Point · by ;the council:
years-William 0. Cleary, .
the Seacoast Petroleum Corporation, '. Board of Adjustment ,under • ' the
Inspector of plumblng--Cl~ment R. signed by Paul L. Gobbi, •was • received zoning law: Ex-Mayor F. W. HartMoulton.
.. . and this
referred to the zoning -ford, Ex-Mayor • Charles 'M, · Dale,
George B. Lord, Frank :b,: Butler and
Ex-Mayor Orel A. Dexter. •
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[E~ec·tii@1i11s ~l(m~lilijid~ 4.111 raoJHg O·tlhers
-JohH J11.l~~e1~_
so1Jm As .City Clerk,
F1rank IP~··.IH~·1n,t As City T1re,as~
iWlr 1r A1 id.lPlhiHil1p 1~11:San erson
lis Ta~ ColHec·to1r ·
will
0
�, Sealer · o weights and
:
William T. Rose.
Inspector of petroleum-Charles A.
_.,,..,"!':~~.;r,:i
Pike.
of Education.
Councilman Herrick
made a motion that the Finance committee be given power to confer with
the finance committee of the School
Department and see what can be dc;no E•'-;.gcwr.;,::.,·~.,,.
about this matter.
The collector" or taxes was chosen as
rent collector.
Adjournment was at the call of the
chair.
Harbor master-Shirley Holt, Jr,
Port wardens-Richard I. Walden,
E. Curtis Matthews, John E. Seybolt.
Lot layer-John W. Durgin, Jr.
Keeper o! powder magazine-Leon
W! Smart.
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Fence viewers-Harry W. .Peyser,
Leon K. Fennerty, Laurence .Shorey.
• Weighers-Frank H. Grace Walter Alvey, Edward McMulkln, John C. Shaw,
Albert Bauer, Herbert W. Pope, William
0. Flanagan, Harry Bryce, Thomas
•:-..,u,.,J!". 1 Critchley, John Kellenbeck,
William
Llnchey, Helen Quinn, William Park,.,.__.=~..~""-'
Anna E. Scott, Catherine Connell, Harvey Manary, Horace Haynes; ·C. E. 0sporn, A. Rafferty, S. D. Eastham, M. E.
Anderson, Paul C. Badger, Peter Curran, Thomas Harvey, John Cass, Elen.·-::i~:.~~~'~: ora Regan, John Walsh, Arthut S. Teeson, Jeremiah Regan, Brndley Ii. Moody,
c.'. E. Batchelder, Russell L. Davis, Arthur 0. Pickering, Charles Moody, 0r~,.,,-~~;L:'.II vllle o. Bndger and Patrick Healy.
Measurers of wood-John Walsh,
Jeremiah Regan, Wllliam M. Bridle and ,
W. A. Parks.
Surveyors of lumber-Elmer J, P.
Littlefield, Ha(old A. Littlefield, Rlch-..c,•...,...,.:.•., ar'd Weston, R. M. Fowler, Robert King,
Joseph Soule nnd ICenncLh Llttleflnld.
Inspectors of flour-H. B. •Yeaton, ,J.
True Davis, Frank Hersey, ' Roland I.
Noyes, Bessie M. v~_rrell and•· Stephen
H. Goodwin.
Councilman Durell made a motion
that a census of the inhabitants··of the
city of Portsmouth would be of value
and that the chair appoint a committee
of three to confer with the
Police Commissioners and the
of Assessors to get a list of the people
who live in the city. This committee
was given power to act. The Mayor
appointed Councilmen purell
and
Downs and himselr.
Councilman Downs patd· a tribute to
City Clerk Peter J. Hickey and suggested a rising vote of thanks. The
Mayor and councilman Durell, both of
whom served ln the council last year
and had close contact with Mr. Hickey,
joined in paying a tribute and the
councilmen expressed their than~s.
At the ·suggestion or Councilman
Boynton the Mayor appointed a committee consisting of Councilmen
Blanchard, Boynton and Herrick to
confer with the Board of Street Commissioners and report back · to the
council regarding any changes which
·~!'"'iii:~~~~~ might be contemplated as a result of ·
the report of the Board of Fire Under,,_;it:,llll:'!'•1 writers made last y,e ar.
Councilman Blanchard presented a
1,-,..J.~kltl"..I petition from the Kiwanis Qlub, asking
that funds be appropriated to keep the
gymnasium of the Junior High School
open evenings and Saturdays.
The
mayor said he had ll similar petition
from the Rotary Club and that- he had
talked the matter over with th~ Board
�a poem to, Washington, "Gone East,"
and a. lovely one to tho memory of Rupert Brooks. During the celebration of
the tercentenary of Portsmouth Dr.
Woodbury wrote a vivid poem describing tho pageant which was presented
In conjunction with the 300th anniversary. Again pertaining to Portsmouth
he .read a descriptive poem on the East
and West India commerce.
In commemoration of Albert Lalghton a beautl!ul poem by Dr. Woodbury
brought out the character of this beloved local personage. Arter reading
Celia Thaxter's ;>oem to a "Sandpiper"
Dr. Woodbury explained how he was
inspired to write also on these fascinating creatures of the sand.
Among Ws collection he read a sonnet to John Keats and one on Phllbrims. While living in the John Paul
Jones House Dr. Woodbury paid a
tribute to the beautiful violets which
bloom on the lawn.
He read from his collection or poems
on the tercentenary o! Salem, Mass.,
and from another collection he read
short amusing poems on "Brownstone
Facts,'' "Cows" and "Chores."
Tea was served under the direction
o! Mrs. William M. Farrington, assistant chairman of the department, who
was assisted by a group o! Girl Scouts.
-At St. John's church Christmas, the
· feast of th~ Nativity, was celebrated
il_1a _a manner befitting the religious
s1g111ficance o! th1! day, starting at
midnight p11ec1!ded by Evensong at
11.30 p, m.
The interior of the ancient church
had the usual
graceful Chrl.stma.s
adornings and at tho midnight Eucharist was lighted only by the candle-5
qn the altar and th lighted star.
A large numoer o!
communicants
and . vl.si~r8_ atten@ this 1.tm>res,$1Ve
and beautifuI midnight
musical portion o! this
rendered by the vested choir
the direction ot Choir Master Ernest
P. Bilbruck, and Miss Ruth R. Jarvis,
organist.
The Literary department o! the Graffort Club held its second meeting of the
seaso_n at the Y. W. C. A. Friday_afternoon, under the direction o! Miss
Ednah Ashe, chairman o! the department, and was well attended.
Miss Ruth Sloan sang two musical
numbers, with Mrs. Sara D. Simpson as
her accompanist.
· Miss Hannah Fernald, librarian oi
th:) Portsmouth Public Library, gave a
review of the new books o! the year and
her talk was most interesting. She diThere was· a celebration o! the Holy
vided the books into three groups, bioCommunion
on Chrl.stma3 morning
graphy, light and amusing, and fiction.
at 9.30 o'clock. ,
In disCIL'\Sing the recent book by Carl
Van Doren, "Three Worlds," she read
a vivid description of the church Van
Doren attended in his childhood, located at Hope, Ill. She stated, "The
church at Hope was a sober club !or the
encouragement of good behavior. The
motto painted in bold letters on the wall
behind the pulpit, 'Christian character
is the test o! fellowship,' made up the
whole creed. To be honest and decent
in daily affairs was all that was required of any member, and that was required rather by the community than
by the church alone.
"And yet tile church meant more to
Hope than any club. It had a kind o!
music that wound itself in the memory
-not the wheezing organ, not the dry
Chri5tmas, tho feast of the Nativity,
hymns-but the music o! rich, proud
will be w;hered In at Saint John's
words from the Bible falling upon ears
Church tomorrow evening with serthat had heard them again and again
vices starting at mldulgllt, p:eccedod
and now heard them chime . with old
by Evenwng at 11.30 , p. m.
recollections." She spoke o! a number
The midnig-ht Eucharist will be held
of books, making interesting comments
as in the· pa;;t with the church cl,arkon each.
enedi, save only for the cand1es on the
Under tho group characterized
as
altar and the lighted star.
light and amusing were the following:
A celcbraLion of the Holy CommunE. H. Abbott's "Being Little in Cam- ,
ion
will be held on Christmas morni~
bridge,'' "All the Dogs In My Life,'' by
at 9.30 a. m.
·
"Elizabeth,'' "Maxim's,'' "A Genius in
The musical portion o-f the service
tho Family," "Live Alone and Like It"
at midnight will ba by the vested
by Marjorlo Hillis, Mary .Ellen Chase's
choir under the direction of Ernest P.
"Thls England,'' Ishbel Ross's "Ladies
Bilb:ucl;;, Miss Ruth Jarvis as organist.
of the , Press,"
"American :Ooctor's
The music will be as follows:
Odyssey" by Victor Helser, "Heads and
Prelude, "Two Christmas Carols,
Tales" by Malvina Hoffman, "Flower• • • • •
• , • • • 1 • ~ - • • •• • • • •
Gullwar-t
ing of New England" by Van Wyck
ProcessLonal, "O, Come All Y~ .FaithBrooks.
ful," .
In the group or fiction she reviewed
Kyrle • . . . . . . , .. . , . •• . • . . • Agutter
"Gone Wlth the Wind" by Mitchell, the
Sequence, \'Tllo First ,Nowell"
latest best seller; "Yang and Ying" ·by
Gloria Tibi • I • • • • • • • • • • • •• l MaUl].crer
Hobart, and "Prayer for My Son" by
Gratia3 •.. . • • • •.•• , , . • , ... . JYI-a.under
Walpole.
Credo • .. .. • . .. • .. .. • •.• • • Agu~ter
The department was fortunate
In
O{f-ertory, "Christians ./\.wake"
obtaining Dr. Benjamin C. Woodbury
Sanctus, Benedict~ Est, and Agnus
to read his own poems to tho group. It
Del ... . . • • .·....... · .. Agutter
was the first time he had read them in
Adoration "Silent Night"
this city and his selections wern well
Glo~ia in Excelsis ••.. , , , MaundP.r
read -in his polished and entertaining
Recessional, "It Came Upon '1,'he Midstyle. His first attempt to write poetry
night Clear"
ls published in the · volume of "Poems
P~tludie, "Now , Let
on Portsmouth,'' and his next · was a
· Adore Thee" •
connet he wrote in Honolulu and which
was publish~,d In a volume of war sonnets.
�µR4_Tll TAKEs,:~-.: ·_ ~ LAST RITES FOR ·
words of appreciation,,
s.nld: •·our 1':iend•, whose services and
achievemen)s ·we commemorate today,
was such a mode.st ipirlt that high.sounding word& of eulogy, would have.
been abhorr-=nt to him. Nevertheless
it !ls fit.ting ,t hat we would speak ·of
The people or Pontsm.ou'th and surthe qual1'. ie., which e,i:deared Dr. Luce
rounding towns pau.::ed l.n their daily . to us all. The first and fundam{!ntal
tasks -today to _pay tribute to one o!
chara~ter1",tic o! 1-his life was Its enPortsmouth's outl!.tandin,g citizens-Dr. tir,e, .slnc-eriiy. He impre.ssed all -!:Orts
Thomas W. Luoe. The funexal; held In and cond!itions or men, women and
rt.he North (congregational) church chilli.ren,, with his
honesty a.n.d
wa.s att.ended by a large number o! frank11es,. He did not pr-etend fo be
people, many of whom came from other t.han he was.
points in Maine an;d Mas;,achusetts
. The second characteristic of our
as well a.s various· sections . of Ne; friend's nature was his cheer.fuln,essHamp.shire. Mowers banked the !ron•t his abounding cheer!ulne!:s, in home
o! the church, paying a .&ilent' -triba.nd, office, in sick room nn<l hospital
ute to the memory o! Dr. Luce.
ward, on the street and in the bank,
The .service was, held at 11 o'clock whel'evcr he .touch-~d human life wi.th
.flncb during the per.Jodi o! the servioe.s, Lhe il>lei;sec1 contagion o! good will. For
the Nem Ha.mpshirie Naitional Bank of a bu,:y physician and surgeon carryWhich Dr. . Luce _wil.s vice presi~n·t, ing grave respoui:i.bilil!es It is not alwas closed. Offlcens and -directors of wayis easy to be cheerful. TI1e very nathe banks in ~his city wei,e present, tw--e or his work w,e-1.ghe,d: him down.
and the flags .on the banks wea-e at He might be pa.rr.one:d i! at times he
half ma;;t during the morning.
sho\\·ed im_patlence an.di irritation.
The Portsmouth hospital doctors' But t.he out.standing feature of th!.s.
$'f;aff, of which Dr. Luce was smgeon- service spiri~ wa.~ an
attitude o!
in-chief and . the Porlsmouth Meddcal friendlhHss that disarmed suspicion
Soc:ety attemLed in a 'bodiy as dtd tt h-e an,d! lm,tility. He ~ega11r.ed his fellowentire nursir.g staff of the hClSpital, men, not as pawns to be moved about
an<l the P(Jrtsmouth Hospital Nurses' on the human, che.:~board, but as
Alumni.
fellow-workers, co-creators o! all that
The bearers we.re all physicians, Dr. was finest in humru1 charnct~r and
C. W. Hanna.ford, Dr. Davidt Parker of intellect. That maid,e him stand out
Manche.::,ter, Dr. Ed:ward cook, Sr., of from the crowd o! those who mer,eJy
York, Dr. Alfr6di Mitchell of Port- exist, but do - not live. No bitterne,~s
land, Moe., Dr. Henry D. Smith Qf cro,v:tted his s,pirit. EYen the greafost
Hudson and Dr. Samuel T. Ladd.
1 sorrow of his l;.J',e. was borne with a
The <lruooists ot it.he city were also ' n.obl~ an-di ch~erful courage. His was
1n, a,t.t mdance as wea:e
delegation.s , the'· k.nig]1Uy spirit 'that never
:from De Wi'lt Clinton Commanceryi, , that never falters~ that :puts
St. John's Lodge, No. 1, and the war- , heart into other rouls.
wick club, and the city ;gov-enu-nent.
·Th~ third qualtty or which
Phyisicians an,di f-urgeons from cities must say a few words is, faithfulness.
in Massachusett.s, Maine and New I am sm-e that Dr. Luce would rathe-r
Hampslre were also present.
hav·e: pas.s,e<l on as he did in the very
Rev. Aitthur A. Rouner, pastor or riclmess an.d rulnes, of his powErs
~ Nol"th church and Rev. William than to have ha-d his J.i.!e rust out in
Safford Jon,e,s., .pa.stor or the Unitarian useless inactivity. Th·~ glory of l!!e
church oonducted the service.
Mr. to him was the :d.ailY' batUe, the conRouner gav,e the mtroductory ·sen- stan,t ~-truggLe, wher~ he coul<li g~t in
tenc-e.s, the ·prayer or invocation. Thrue some telling blow.;; for better things,
l.n a.ttJem.danoo recited the Lordi';; Pray- in a world which challenged him to
er and the ttwenty-third Psalm. Mr. his best efforts. He carried his pa- t<,1~~1,ii-'tfil>~-'.fj~C
Rouner spoke of Dr. Luce a.nldJ or h1B t:euts on his h~rt, and from his sick
&el'Vil.ce ;to -·his fellow men.
He a.loo chamber i;.ent me,sages of encourag-e.r-ea:cl! ,the scripture passages,, these ment and sympat.hy to nil who need~
being !rom the First Corinthians, the ed, his wise understan<ling word.
13th -chapt.ers, and the 121 Psalm.
" 'Be thou faithful unto death, and I
M:r. Jones l'ead the first seoUon of · will give thee a crown of l.i!e,' so
the 38th chapter o! F.ccLes~ticus runs the andent -.scriptures. And what
from the Apooryipba which wa.s a.s !ol- would that crown
of
llf.e have
1o,ws:
meant to our dear> frien>CJ? Not an un•·Hon<mr a physician with the hon- real halo about his head, not a liftour due unto him for the uses which ing him abov>c the crowdt in f..e l!he may, have of him for the Lord hath righleousne,rn, not any glittering outcreated. him. For o! the most High ward prize, but just the opportunity
cometh healing ,andi he shall receive to build his life mor,e dec,ply into the
honour of 1h-e: king. The /skill or the life of humanity, here in these earthphy..:.ician shall lift up 'his h ead: and ly way& or there in _the erntrance into
In .the Eight o•f :gr,rat men he shall be the great light. .
in admiration. The. Lor.ct: has created
""To him that over~ometh will I
medicin,es out of the earth; and he give to eat of the . tNe of life whlch
that is wise will rot aibhor ,them. Was Is In the midst o! the , Paradise of
not the water made swee~ wi.th wood, God.' "
that the virme t~creof might
be
The benediiction was b:;, Rev.
known?
An-cL he hath given men Roqner.
tkill, that he might be hoour.ed in his
Before !.he ie.rvice began and
marvellous
m:idiately !fol1owing- ~he benediction,
Amos Mood- , the · church organist
_·.:pR::1t-W~
EUCE. · DR. T. W. LUCE
f,~ .__.:...__ ,.
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,rominent (o~al P_~ysi~ia~
·Dfos;At IUs tfome }· ,·,...
\
. J?r, . '.l'ho,!!la.s .W. Luce, widely. known
physician • and.· surgeon, passed nway
shortly after li.30 oclotk thl~ inomlng
at his ' heme'\ on Coul·t
street;· 1'aft-e'.r a
.
9rlef 1Mness.
Dr. Luce .was ,66 years
91ct.
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I The entfr-e communlty mourns a mun
!lio \v.M }llOlje th,an a compete~& .phy:;ipian, more than' an e-xperb · · surgeon.
U!s place in the h~art.~ o! countless
persons to· whom· he had proved o.
~'rue friend and. comforter as wel) as
healer ,will lo11g ,bP. bright. Rls los,<j wlll
deeply felt by all who knew Dr. Luce
s ;a man Ins well ~ a, let-.der in . the
edical ptofession; ~ • . '... i • • ;
Thomas ,Wa1;ren Luce, M. D, F. A. le :
~-• 1924, was born in Readfield. "Me., 9n
~eb. 15; 1870. His puents were Daniel
~nd Emily', Elizabeth (Lad,d) Lufe, ,both
of whom were \descentlant..s of ·old and
well known New England families. The
f~rm in · R"eadfleict' · ~W:\3 ~ Oflglnally'
q)eared by .the greatagreat'-grandfather of Dr. ,Luce,
: • - ·•
· •
Dr., Luce. gract~at~d fr;'m .Kent's
~e~lnarr in 1888._ He i:ntered . ,t_he
Medical· ~partme::it of Bowdoin Coll~ge and while 'a student was ,ass~tant~emonstfator· .of ana~omy,, graduatin~
}Vith honors, being secorid in a :class-of
-~~ ;in 18~5,1 .J.he fpllo\Vlng ·, year"; ,I:i~
·sjlrved 'as ' l:touse. doctor .in tpe•.·, iv,line
~e:nefi.1.r_f-tosJ>ltal at :Portland' and 'lat.er
~ntered_ in~o . partn~rsh'!p '. ,, w}Ui ;:_ '. ~r:
,~hett •young of; ;E~ ·~c11.~~er'.1·11r
, , On Dec. ·27;-~9001 Dr; Lu~e . was mar-.
'r~ed. to' Nett~e· May ;Lelght:on;· daughter
or 'the :,late, Hon:·.. Adaln , P. . .Le)ghtori? of.
~or~lanct; Me.,· and 1Jnimediate!y came
,to Portsmouth to continue; his ,.practice
med!cin'e. To this,union .were born
,.t~p,'. daugliters·, Isadore" Lelgli.t~n a.rid
:Smily• Elizabeth.
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Dr. Luce was a member·of the P6rts'tj1outh l ·Medical • Society,· Rockingham
:qoupty.-· So~i~_ty,. 'N/!W Ha~psh}re ~Medi-'
cal ·Society. 'arid ', the N'ew , Hampshire
Surgical Clul>.~having,;served •jl.S . Plie,sl~
'd ent' 6!_all -thes!! organlz:ttiorµ,.' ·· 1, l;le
\Vas ·a1~cna member . of the · American
Medlca,l A:s.~ooiatlon, of ·the· New England ·Surgical- Society- ttnd,' a Fallow of
the American College'.·o(Surgeons. :' 1He
was--lo'caJ · surgeon for .. the · Bo~ton &
.Mal.ne, Raii;oad- arid a 'nieinb.er of''the
~ew: :~{}rk ~nci .. Ne:wp,:i:;:ngla1!,<;I _A,.ss6cia- 1
tlori,of'Railway .Surgeons. For the 'past
tv:_o~· y~ars, _lie ~w.~ :Surg-eon-in-chlef · of
the -Portsmouth Hospital.. ·:: •·~ '., ' '
,.·or. Lucf! -~8..!!-•a:ii}eniber 'of ,st.:. Joh_n ~
.E6dge,fNo.. 1;' Free' & Accept.;-d .MB.$brui~
-~£:Witt o!J~tori _,C-O"~?Jl'a.lldery; ·' Knights
r,empl'ir;:: o~ i. i::or~m.olith :. '·/ BeJc,tMh
'Temple, .Ancien~ Aral;iic Order ' of No-'
bies \.or the Mystic ' shrine of -Coriiiord.
He
a 'niem)>er and ·past ·president-of
~he~\V'a,nv~c~ CIJ~:A. me~b~r.pf .' ..the
New . HampShlril"·, H1stor1cal '·, Society,
~ohn Langdon' dlu):i, : Federaf)'lre "Society and · Port~n1outh Country . Club. ·r
. Dr. iau~e ~l;iad 'peen a·ss<;>clated·· wUh
t~e N~\V l_Iamr.:;hir~!rationai' Bank .as
,...,...,a::.a..:d;.;:lrector and lately'' as vice pre;sldent . ...1......:.;;.=,.-iilii:,i:.;,•...,...:i..~.-..::~:.:;;::..--.i::':al""":i...._;.:,iJ;j.i..,;;;~i...,;-...i.,._ifllii.....;°:.:i.l.'ii......i.....:...~.....,.,;:lii.:,;;:.£;:;.:.::.~~U..i...,;j
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played several selections. Ushers were
E. Curtis Matthews, Wi.!!i.'Ull Walton,
Jr., John B. Mooney, Richmnn Margeson,and
William
Leslie W. Sargent
RolandCraig,
I. No:i,,e.s,
The body was ta~n to Portland
where burial was 1n the family lot
in 'Evergreen cemetery undiu the direct.ion o! .J. Verne Wood.
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FRANK ·[, PRYOR·•,
TAKEN BY DEATH
Hampshire Society o! Veteran Freemasons. He was also a member o! t1'e
Middle Street Baptist church.
Mr. Pryor ls survived by his widow,
Mrs. Helen Philbrook Pryor to whom
he was married 58 years ago last September, and
one daughter,
Mrs.
Louise I. Skilton o! Cambridge.
Funeral services will be held at the
Masonic Home, No. 351 Middle street,
this city, at two o'clock Saturday afternoon. Friends invited.
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Miss Adelle A. Curtis
Funeral services !or Miss Addie
Curtis were conducted at the Buckminste1· chapel at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. William Safford Jones,
pastor of the South Ohurch.
Tile interment was In the family lot
111 Sagamore cemetery under the direction or J. Verne Wood
Miss Curtis belonged to one of the
old families of Portsmouth and had
lived Jn the Curtis
homestead
on
State street about all her life. Her
father the late Dr. Benjamin W. Curtis ,v;s one of tne old-time physicians
of' Portsmouth. Miss Curtis, owing to
a defect of speech, was aways very retiring, but she had the devoted love
and sympathy of her parents
until
their death and they did everything
possible to make her h~ppy ..
Miss Curtis was a kmd friend and
neighbor and fc: the past 20 years had
been cared for by her housekeeper, Mrs.
Kate Baslm, and a deep attachme~t
hnd resulted between them. The rnd10
was [l. som·cc or'lntcr<.'St to Miss Curtis
and she was very fond o! iistening in to
the programs. She had been in impaired heath !or some time.
In this city Thursday afternoon occurred the dea u1 o! Elizabeth Furber
Hoyt o! Newington. She was born In
Newington, Nov. 10, 1865, the dimghter
of James Wllliam and Sophia Furber
Hoyt.
Miss Hoyt was a descendant o! one o!
the oldest pioneer families to settle In
Newington and the family home ls _on
land granted to Sergt. William Fil'·,,~,
about the middle of the 17th century.
She Is surviv.ecl by one sister, Sophia
0. Hoyt.
Funeral services will t- • 1• •
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I3uckmlnstcr chapel Sunday at 3 p. m.
Friends invited.
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FRANK L. PRYOR
Frank L. Pryor, many years a resident of this city, died on Wednesday
In Cambridge, Mass., where he has
been making his home for some time.
He was a native of Kittery, Me., and
was born Feb. 3, 1854. He was a descendant of Thomas Pryor who came
from England in 1634 and settled in
Duxbury, Mass. He was engaged for a
number of years
in
the hardware
business on Market street being associated with Edward C. Matthews under the firm name of Pryor & Mat- ·
thews. Following the dissolution of
partnership the late Warren N. Davis
became a member of the firm whlch
continued the business until it was
taken over by the L. L. Peavey Co.,
Inc. He was one of the city's most
active business men and served as · a
member of the Chamber . of Commerce in the busy days of that civic
organization.
He was a charter member and past
president of the Portsmouth Rotary
Club.
He was also, until his removal from
Portsmouth, very active in . Masonic
circles. He was· a member of St. Andrew's lodge, No. 56, AF & AM 1 and
served for many years as ,treasurer of
Washington Royal Arch Chapter, Davenport Council, No. 5, Royal and Select Masters, and
DeWitt
Clinton
Commandery, K. T., all of this city.
He retired last spring after serving a
number of years as treasurer of the
Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection,
Grand Council, PriI1ces of Jerusalem,
and tlle New Hampshire chapter of
Rose Croix.
He was also o.ITillaLcd with the New
Hampshire· consistory of Nashua, Supreme Counctl of 33d Degree Masons,
the New Hampshire Council of Deliberations, the Provincial Grand lodge,
Royal Order of Scotland and the New
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Interestink Article By Chas:
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Charles F. ~farden- cir Malden, Mass.1
formerly o! Rye; is ·the autnor of a' very
interesting se;rles of sketches o! Rye
folks, which l~ter are to be published In
book form. ¥r, Marden was born on
the Sandy Beach road in. Rye- !n 1864
and served at the Wallis Sands Litesaving station under Capt. s. F\ ·wells.
He is being as.slst~d ·In his work ·,by his
nephew, Prof. George,'" Raddln; professor .of English ,literature at Columbla
University. Mr, Marden 1s·wrlting urtder the name of "Cap\;. Truman Odiorne." The · following is one\ or his
sketches:
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By Capt. 'truenian· Ordiorne
This is the story of
George Bruce
Caswell and the last -wMrey -of Rye
,older, ahii .Henry
younger than Bruce.
'Both wentthrough the thick 'of the war •without a
scrat1h. Ren Butler abtJended
the
Center SchQol aft.er he was mustered
out. Charles Reuben was drowned.
1 • Bruce (nobody ever
called him
George) was a rather small man, stood
'bout five foot seven, shoulders rounded; he was ·sandy-haired, wore mustache and ehin whiskers, and toed 1n
like a Injun~ a hard worke'r and always
good-natured. I never heard him
swear. Although
most
fishermen
swore by note, I always maintained
that the swearing of the fishermen
; was not profanity. They were Godfearing men and some were church
members. It was just their manner of
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speech and my good friend, the Rev.
' Charles Joy, of the American Unitarian
1 SoclE-ty, agrees with me.
After the war, Bruoe goes back to his
flshin.' He buys a small cottage on
the Sandy Beach ro'd wlth an acre of
land in back. ,e tilled h1s land and
· kept a flock of hens. Sarah Liz Robinson, an elderly fisherman's widow, kept
house for him.
,
I stopped abreast that cottage ond
tlay l115t week. . It is all dolled up with
paint and .electric gadgets. . I heard a
t.elephone 'ring and a radio :going In the
house---some politician blattin' like a
goat,
.
One zero I wlnter day Br,uce and old
Cap'n Lear were out on the Neck
Grounds haulln' trawls. ' A sudden
squall struck and capsized their wherry.
Her loose ballast fell out when she
rolled over. Her . grapple !ell off her
bow, her rod ,llne paid out and , the
grapple held. Cap'n Lear was an old
man and helpless in h1s oilskins and
red Navy boots. Bruce could swim like
a seal. He managed to get Cap'n. Le9.r
on the wherry's bottom and hung on to
the keel with the icy seas washin' over
them. Cap'n Lear was weakening fast
but Bruce held him on.
The squa1l
passed over and the Mary Jane Marden,
stannin' in from the southeast, picked
up the two men and towed the when·y
to the · harbor. Cap'n Gilbert Randall
of the Mary Jane said Cap'n Lear WM
dead when they got him aboard, and
they pounded· the lee off of Bruce with
a mallet.
Bruce told me years after that he
was nipped a mlbe, but he didn't ci>.tch
cold.
"Bruce," I asks him, "wa'n't you
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Harbor.
The wherries11of the Ip'.swich 'Bay
fishermen wer~; built .o n the E;'ngllsh
model and proQably .sorp.e :of . the English wherrles · were. brought over on
some of the ea1y fishing '· vesse1s, They
were from 20 t? 30-foot long, . '.~e~my,
and most of th;em clinker· bullt. ~ ,· The
larger ones . were called · · wha1eboat.,,
They were all rigged the ' same~ They
were bluff bow'd, rounded' at the st ••-n
t) a square 'bout a food wide where the
rudder was hung. Thay. carriM .fore
and mains!!. The f-0remast was step'.i
well forrld and the fores'! spread more
carivas than the main. The sails were
rlgged wlth a -gaff a.rid sprite .but no
boom. Thls rig ena6Ieci the fishermen
to furl the saU 'round the masts, unstep
'em and stow them along the rail. The
b_alla.st was stow'd loose on the wherry's
bottom covered wlth racks, so If she
cap.sized the ballast would fall out and
the boat would not sink. They were
good sea boat,s. There was 'a cuddy in
the bow and stern large enough to stow
trawl tubs, oil clothes and odds and
ends. Some were built with :·center
scared when that wherry capsized?"
boards.
"Scared?" he says, "I was too allGeorge Bruce Caswell was. born on
fired busy bold.in' onto Cap'n Lear to
the Beach ro'd in 1844,., the son of a
think 'bout bein' scared!"
fisherman, one of eight children. ·He
Bruce made a good living with his
went to the Center School tm he was
pension, flshln' and carrying out sailold enough to go fishin,• He was 17
ing parties in the summer senson. His
when Lincoln carlect, and Bruce was
w.qerry never stunk. He took his pol!among the first to volunteer. He was
tics serious. Every Democrat to him
in the Army of the .:otomao, se:ve-d
was a darn old copperhead.
There
three years and· re-.enl!sted. He was
were plenty of copperheads in Rye.
1n that grand review, in . Washington
The only times Bruce ever indulged
and no. prouder soJdler marched down
In liquor was election
times
and
Pennsylvania that' day than Private
Fourth of July. In presidential camGeorge Bruoe Caswell. I have heard
paigns he would march in the Republihim say that he was In 50 battles and
can torchlight processions, rigged out
sklrm_!shes. He came home to Sandy
Beach sound as a nut, not a dent in I in his old Army blue coat with the cape
him. Bruce had two brothers in the I and that ridiculous cap the. Union soldiers wore. At such times Bruce would
Union Army--Oharles Reupen, 13 yeru;s
fire u n rq_m !l,nd hurrah and yell to
his heart's content. The night before
the Fou'rth he would fire up, lug out his
pld war muslvet, ram home a double
charge of powder with the iron ramrod,
walk out in the middle of the road,
p'int her to the ground and let her roar.
time and again he'd load and fire. How
that old gun stood the strain without
bustin', I don't know, but she did.
Then he'd wash her out and put her
away for another year.
Now Bruce gets appolnted keeper o!
tho Rye Beach Life-saving Station. No
better boatman ever bucked the surf,
but Bruce was too easy to handle that
crew of surfmen. They were fishermen
bred and discipline wa.s something they
could not understand. What
they
needed . was a bucko. Drllla were neglect.e~ ,so that the inspectors recommended .. ll change. That crew got a
skipper that whipped them into shape
when that o.ble seaman and gentleman,
Cap'n Albert Remick took the station
over,
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Cap'n Bruco g,oes back to his flshin'
and sailing parties, and one summer he
falls in love for the first time in his life.
It was an unusual match. They were
·both ,Pa,st middle age. Mary Maguire
was a typical Irish woman, born in Ireland on the shore of Dlnge. Bay. She
had a wide mouth, a homely face and
a dumpy form. But there was a charm
about Mary, With Mr smile and lilting
brogue: I knew her well. She was
cook in a family that had a summer
place up back of Great Oove.
Cap'n .Bruce, who had a quick wit as
well as Mary, made her acquaintance
when· delivering fish in the kitchen,
and that being that they fixed it up to
be married in the !all. Cap'n Bruce was
living alone His old housekeeper had
died long betor,e. They were marrled
by a priest.
Now, Cap'n Bruce paid pew tax and
went regular to the Congregational
Church, but difference In religion never
caused troube between Bruce and Ma.ry,
One Sunday Bruce would hitch up his
little sorrel mare and take his Mary to
Father O'Callahan's church in Portsmouth. The next Sunday you · would
see Cap'n Bruce, with hymn book undier his arm, on his way to listen to the
long sermon of the Rev. Jeremiah
Knight Aldrlch. They lived together a
happy couple, As Cap'n Bruce told me,
the happy yeo.rs seemed to fly by, and
then the blow fell. The Lord called his
Mary home and left him a lonesome
wreck.
For ~ears I never saw Cap'n Bruce
except when I was at Rye Harbor for
the fall gunning. He was getting old,
but always turned out with h1s - comrades on Memorial Day and did his
share In decorating the soldiers' graves.
Every Sunday .he went to Mary's grave.
Fishermen were now working their
gear with power boats, but Cap'n Bruce
still stuck .to his old wherry.
Like
him, she w~ getting old and shaky.
Pleasant days in summer and fall you'd
see him of! .on Little Cove Ledge or the
Neck Grounds sawlng away on a hand
line. Cap'n Albert Remick told him to
keep off, the water in that old wherry,
she WII.!! not safe. The harbor fishermen all warned hm he'd be lost in her
�some day. Al they got out o! Cap'n
Bruce was that the wherry was - the
last one 'long shore and she'd last
Jong's he did,
I saw the passing of the la.st wherry
'long shore and I shall never forg,et it.
It was late in September. I was layin'
off Raggy Neck, toilers out, watching
for coot.
Of! on Little Cove Ledge I
made out Cap'n Bruce in his old
wherry, sawin' away hand-linin' !or
cod. He had a boy aboard the wherry
with him, · ·
It had ,been moderate all day, but
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'bout 3 o'clock It come one o! . them
'.Regardless of the , plea of Governor
smoky southerlies, · and it breezed up
:r,,i;urphy · special road .. bills carryjng
right smart. Then I sees Cap'n Bruce
state ' appropriation
o!
more than'
h'lst both sails and p'int up for the
$373;000 over the next two · years have ·
harbor. I wondered If that rickety old
been filed in the legislature. Against
boat could carry both sails in that
this local communities, under .. the
breeze. As I looked, over the side they
terms of the resolutions would conboth went, and when the masts went
tribute about $7·8,000 to the same prothey split the old wherry like a mackjects. ,, , ·
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erel. The ballast fell out and she kept
· The principle
of tapping
state
afloat.
funds for special highway jobs in' the,
I hove over my buoy and started
has been under attack for isev,(
rowin' towards the ledge. I was hal! a
e,·al
ye.
a~·~. , The state highway depart:
mile nearer than the life-saving station
1v,1:mt ha's 'repeatedly 'wa1·ned that the
and I might get there first. I knew the
seepage ,of. funds was resulting in·:" a
tower watch at the station had the
seriol:'5 -~urtailment, .C?.f work O!], , &ta,te
glass on that wherry ever since she put
llrtenes. Recent governors have plead-·
out o! the harbor. It happened Cap'n
ed in '•.lain with legislatures to · restrain
Albert Remick was at the harbor landthe practice.
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ing and had his eye on the old boat
Every session, however, brings its
when the sails went over the side. In
flood of local road bills. ..
jig time his son Walter's brute o! a
Governor Francis P. Murphy: aspower Jouster boat was roaring out of
suming office for his administration
the harbor, with Walter at the throttle
told both branches of the legislature
Cap'n Albert steerin'. (There was
he disapproved the practice.
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no power boat at. the station). I
"In view of the critical financial sitshipped my oars and watched.
uation which prevails in the state
They run 'long side the wherry, cut
highway department," warned Goverthe sails and spar clear, took the boy
nor Murphy, "and the apparent need
of!, but Cap'n Bruce wouldn't leave her,
for adopting a less extensive program
so Cap'n Albert takes her in tow for the
I shall be obliged to regard with dis~
harbor.· They run by me within 20
favor the introduction of special highyards. Calin Bruce is settln'. on the
way bills. In the 'most earnest and
wind'ard rail, head up, feet and legs in ' serious way, I urge the General Court
the cold water.
to support · me in this resolution." .
I halls: "Are y,ou all right, Cap'n?"
In spite .of Governor Murphy's , ferHis lips move but no sound comes.
vent appeal 2~ separate special highHe ls crying like a child.
way appropriation , bills have been'
Not long after that Cap'n Bruce went
flied in the ·first three weeks · of ,the
out with the tide one night to whe1ie a
1937 Ge1ieral Court with another full
robe · o! white was given !or his -faded
w.eek remaining for introduction of
coat o! blue. · With his passing went fl.
bllls by individuals. ·
brave soldLer, ·an able seaman and a
The largest ·amo.unt requested
gentleman.
the special appropriations is for the
construction of a new highway of the
most modern type from Portsmouth
to the Sullivan Memorial bridge ; in
Newington .. The cost o! this highway
ls estimated 11t $175,000. No local funds
would be_ contributed to the project ,
which is on a trunk line highway.
ASKFORHIGHW.Y WILL HAVE . .. "'~_::
-FROM THIS CITY
RESIDENCE ~·.: ;
iTO TOLL BRIDGE
FOR NURSF.S
'Yould -Speo d $l 7S,OOO ·0 ~·
./:· · T~unk .Lipe Project · ,·
towns
·trustees Of. >wentworth
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.~om~ Re~o~eljng ·For~~r'
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The Mark H. Wen_tworth Home for
Chron!o Invalids on Pleasant street '!.s '
to have a new separate residence for its .,.~~-,.,;.!'-,.Ji~::>,
nurses, allowing the use o! the !ormer
nurses' quarters in the main building of
accommodate additional patients. The
trustees .- or the Home have purchase·d ,
the residence o! the late Mrs. Elizabeth·
1H. Colcord, widow o! John E. ·Colcord,'
which is located at •337 Pleasant street,
about opposite th& Wentworth Home.
.-T he building is being completely reno~
vated, with the aid o! a fund donated
by an anonymoru !riend of the Hom&,
and when completed about the middle
o! February will accommodate twelve
.nurses.
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• Additional partitions are to be put In
th& former Colcord residence to make
more rooms and the building Is to be
completely modernized. There will be
new and modern plumbing, heating
system and lighting installed and the
house completely redecorated.
At present the Homo has 44 members in its "family," with seven nurses,
under the direction o! Miss Jessie McFarlane, R. N., the superintendent. The
use o! the nurses' former quarters for
Home members will allow an increase in
the Home's "family" to 50. This will
require the services of a few additional
nurses.
The Wenbvorth Home was founded
In November, 1911, by Miss Susan J.
Wentworth and named in honor of her
father. It opened its doors to the publio in the historic building on Jan. 15,
1912. The manslon_was built in 1767 as
the residence of Gov. John Wentworth,
the last o! the royal governors of New
Hampshire.
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Pll.oto By Che~ter Davis
Meeting of workers of Pol'lsmouth Cooperative Conco rt Association at Hotel Rockingham.
-,The 'workers !or the Portsmouth Co- , zatlons to complete satisfaction and tlon are perm!Ued to attend, except
operative Concert association are most predicted that Portsmouth's organiza- in instances of .house guests from
enthusiastic over the reports , and tion would prove as popular.
some other town or city, when due
memberships being received l).t the
With the forming of the Pi1rtsmouth allowance •i~ made. But this is not a
headquarters located in the office of Cooperative Concert association, many sale of tickets. It is securing memthe N. H. Gas & Electric Co. Every- questions have arisen . as to its pur- berships to an association which prothing points to a far larger number pose. An explanation of the organi, vldes these concerts for its members.
of . memberships than had been ex- zatlori and its plans is most apropos.
The question of what artists are to
pected. Not only is Portsmouth getting The organization operates on a non- be booked is usually asked first. This
into its stride in the matter of se- proflt;non-loss basis.
Unlike the old is impossible ' to answer at once Irecuring memberships, but surrounding Chautauqua idea, when backers often cause the amount to be expended is
communities of North Hampton, times were required to come across not known until the campaign for
Hampton, Exeter, Newington, ' Eliot, with a sizeable amount at the end of membership is over. The artists are
Kittery, Greenland, York, Stratham the season, nothing like
that
can selected by the local committee and
and New• Castle and Rye are sending happen. The campaign for members often through the facL that an outin genuinely enthusiastic reports.
lasts, for one week (which is this week standing artist is playing in the viThe campaign for memberships in in this city and vicinity). At the con- cinity, it is possible to secure the serthis association closes at 7 o'clock clusion o! the week the campaign- is vices or that artist with much less
Saturday evening and after that time over, and the amowit or money on , expense attached. Special membership
no more memberships wlll be avail- hand is the amount of money to be · fees have been made for students, enable. John Kuneau,
representative expended· for the
three
concerts. titling them to the same privileges
from the Columbia Concerts Corpora- Sometimes if there has been a very the adult memberships.
.
tlon, declared the cooperative concert fine response to the campaign, a larg- · The more memb~rs jCYlnlng the asmovement ls sweeping the country, er number of concerts are held, but · soclation, w!U assure finer concerts and
stating that there a:i;e over 120 new the minimum is three concerts. At the the local .c ommittee i~ busily at work
cities forming such groups during the conclusion of the week's drive for In securing as large a
number
of
pa.at year. He said that already Con- membership, the list is closed and no members ,a.s 1,>osslble.
Anyone who
cord, Nashua, Manchester,
Laconia, one may join !or another year.
~o wlshes may call tlle . office, Tel. 1683
Lowell and many others in this vie!- -single admissions are sold for any or get in touch v,rith the various worknity have been operating such organ!- concert. Only members of the assocla1
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�rs. M. E.
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from the. Ports· I?Puth Navy' Yard. : ... ' · .. , " ' .
nepresentatives ' 'friim' 'towns in ,this
vioinity were . a's",· follows·:· Mrs.' . Ar-·
thµr L. ·Hobson,' 'Mrs.' ·Roy Gilmore,
Miss Katherine.' ·B; 'Richards;: Jamea
Leavitt . of Hampton arid' North HampCONCERT SEASON OF HIGH CULTURAL VALUE IS PLAN- ton, Mrs. Richard · ·currier, Mr . . and
Mrs. Rlissell Sawyer of Rye; Mra.
NED FOR PORTSMOUTH AND VICINITY
Florence ·weeks; · Mrs. Rita Bragdon;
A winter's concert season of high ~1.-n--,P""o-r~ts-1_n_o_u""th...,'-s--=d-ev_e..,.lo_p_1_n_e_n.,-t_i,..s_g_oo__,.d-1 ~rs. Rosalie Hate h , Mrs. Lena, W.
cultural value to Port.~mouU1 and musfc, with which the name of the Brock, Mrs. Robert Sweetser of Greenvicinity was virtually assured through Portsmouth Cooperative Concert As- lau d ;· Mrs. Martin W. · Souders, Mrs.
the medium of the Portsmouth Co- soclation is synonymous. This- organ!- Evelyn Smi th of Exeter; ste rllng
operative Concert Association last zatlon will bring some of the · greatest ier of Eliot; Mrs. · Marjorie Tarbell
night wit-h · the launching of "Good artists · in the world of music to of New CaSt1e.
Music Week" and the contagious Portsmouth, and it plans to establish
spirit of enthusiasm which ·charac- a permar:ent atidienc~ for the .~o_ntJmf _
terized the campaign dinner served ation of such musical enjoyment. To
aproximatcly< 90 team workers and carry 011 this work the Asociation will
captains ' in the bal1 room of the devote the entire week of Jan. ll
Hotel Rockingham.
to its membership campaign.
Frederick D. Gardner, p1'esident of
"I, Kennard E. Goldsmith, Mayor mt;;::i,,ii;...:..,::.loj~""""~
the Association presided and intro- of Portsmouth, do hereby designate
duced John Kuncau, organization di- this week as Cooperative Concert
rector of the .Columbia, Concerts ,Corp- Week and urge that during that peroration who will have charge of the iod the fullest possible measure of cocampaign in cooperation with the · operation be cxtend~d to increase the
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membership chairman and co-chair- association . mem_bership, and to enman-Mrs .. Marjorie w. Hewitt . and courage good musi\: whicl\ is essen:.·c
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Mrs. Frank Randall.
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tial to . the cultm:al.. Ill> w~ll as the
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Good music, pointed · out· 'Mr. Kun- material progress . q( our city.'
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cau, ls a necessary factor in the
Tile Ei:ccutlve,. Q911rn,ittee is as folV
g'rowlh and development o{ any city lows; '
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Presideut:-,-Frederick Gardner.
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famous 'artists add ' prestige ' and dis1st V. Presidents-Mrs. ' Beatrice
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tlnctlon to nny city regardless of size. Scarborough, Rev. Arthur A. Rouucr,
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The purpose of , the Cooperative Con- Mrs. Mabel Boylston, John Scybolt,
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cert Association is to make these Snmuel Eastham, Howard R. Smith,
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concerts possible on a basis which I Nelson W~ight, Mrs. Jeremy Waldrou,
m11,n· at .217 Mar)cet . st~eet, has been
eliminates all financial risk on the' Rev. James J. Brennan, ;or. Kcmu~th
purchased by ,thtY Oohsolidat;lon Ooal
pai·t of any person, group or organ!- Steady, Ernest Bilbi:uck, Norman LeaCozp?a;}Y• C<?mmg ~n.J~/i.5~µ o!;
zation. It is a voluntary, cooperative, vitt and n ·avid Kushious. ,
.this .: Pi:opert1· wlu· give- ttie \ Oonaoll.;
non-profit-making enterprise with the , Secretary..:.._Alvin Reddell.
dat!ot_l - q~mpany wa;ter7
1 ~ron~ t:'tjgh_ti.
cultural ideal of bringing the world's
Treasurer-:--B.e,n jalllin Hartshorn.
fr()m ' 'if.a ' present", coaf ' 'dock.$ r. ·1;o · ·th~
finest artists to Po.rtsmouth.
Membership Co - Chairman-Mrs.
L'Udd •pro~rty · neat,",;~ Thomer>~'flsh
Mr. Kuneau explained the plan of Marjory Hewitt and Mrs. Vida W.
i:n,1?-J'k~t1 ,~t)~ lln<;l,~st~ the ~ale\va.<J,
the CooP.erative Concert · Association Randall. .
.m ade irt ()r~ei.'1that, th\'t coaJ company
stating that at the end of the weeks'
Headquarters Secy.-Mrs. Charlotte
could. make impt~':'e.~ex>;~; 1n ; the· ~ay
drive for membership in the associa- Moore.
of wharf extension which may be un-.
tion the money 111· the bank on SaturAppointments Chairman-Miss Ruth
~ertaken ,in 'the SPring ' of. 193'.f!;_
day night _is counted and "you know Keeney.
· Mr. Coleman· will continue' bUS1•
hqw much you have to spend. It is
Transportation-Miss Dorothy Philne.ss in·; the •fro'nt ' part of .the -f:>uUding
entirely up to you who you are going brick.
h~ ' has occupied' for years. --•·: ' -' ·
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Publicity-Rev. A. A. Rouner and
"You have absolutely nolhing to lose, Laurence Shorey.
it nll depends upon that word, coPortsmouth people who attended
opcrntlon. It is •absolutely a. ' fifty- lhe dinner at the Hotel Rockingham
fifty proposition," he stated.
last night were as follows:
· Mr. Kuneau told that three years
Mrs. Lilllan .Gamble, Mrs. Ethel
ago Nelson Eddy, star of stage, rndio Wlnn, Mr. and Mrs. John Dolan, Lt.
and screen was a member o! the and l\'.[rs. C. R. Moss, Mrs. Ellen Bangroup furnishing concerts for these nister, Mrs. C. C. Sanborn, Mrs.' E.
cooperative concert associations. At Bliss Marriner, Mrs. Victor Boss, M1·s.
thnt time he was receiving $350 for Agnes Harmon; Mrs'. · ·Edith · Hayes,
au apearance and ue to the demand Mrs. Kenneth .' Steady, · Mrs. Mary
for his appearance he was signed up Warner, Mrs. Ma.rion · Griffin, Mrs.
in Hollywood, and his reputation was Morris Foye, Mrs: Katlieririe Parring.:
established.
ton, Mrs. Grace · ·:s·auin, Mrs. Blan-·
Others who spoke · briefly included chard Robbins, Mrs. · Irene· Parks, Mrs.
Lew Da Foe or the Columbia Con- Margaret Junkli1s; · Mrs. Ethel Gardcerts Corporation, who will assist dur- ner, Miss Edlth· Shannon, Miss Ro-:
ing the campaign work this week; Dr. berta Ford, Mrs: . ·a. Mayo, Mrs:
Kenneth R. Steady, Mrs. Marjory Carollne Seybolt", · ·Mrs: Benjamin
Hewitt, Mrs. Frank W. Randall and Hartshorn, Mrs.· Ma,'rion Rugg, Mrs.
Ernest P. Bilbruck.
Etta. B. Carpenter,' Mrs. · ·Alice SukeTowns represented included Rye, forth, Mrs. Katherine Hill, · Mrs. AuHnmpton, Exeter, Newington, Eliot, dr.ey Johnson, Miss Ruth Sloan, Mrs.
Kittery, Greenland, · York, Stratham Pauline Swasey, Mrs. Sara Dickey
and New Castle.
•Simpson. o. H.· Richardson, Mrs. R:
Mr. Gardner read the · following C. L. Greer, Haywood· Burton, Morrla
proclarnatlon issued by Mayor Ken- Silverman,. Frank · w: Randall, · Louia
nard E. Goldsmith: "One of the real Tober, Philip Borwick; Miss Helen
cultural and constructive influences Zacharias.
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Purchase Mnde Fo·r·P rpo·s'e
Of Wharf· n on ' '
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�Auto dr v g, s a pleasure o him and
after a long ride with members of his
family he rarely' complains of being
tired.
Mr. Weston ls an Episcopalian and a
communicant of Christ Church.
He
has been faithful attendant until recently as his hearing has been more impaired of late.
In conversation with a member of
the Herald staff Mr. Weston recalled
facts about his early life. He was born
in England and as a boy worked on a
farm, having come to Portsmouth
about 43 years ago. For over 20 years
he was employed at the plants of the
Frank Jones and the Eldredge Brewing
companies.· The married life of Mr.
and Mrs. Weston was a happy one. Mrs.
Weston passed away about 17 years ago.
There are two sons, William R. Weston
and Richard Weston. · A third son, Police Officer Weston, died last year.
There are also five grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Mr. Weston belonged to a long-lived
fo.m!ly, having been one of nine sons,
one brother being older than he . There
ls riow one other brother living In England, also a sister, who is over 80 years
of age. A broth~r, Daniel Weston, a
resident of England, died a few months
ago.
An industrious, home-loving
Mr, Weston has lived I!- g_
oo_d_ ll_fe_ _ __,
has a serene old age and the respect of
all who .know him.
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Samuel Weston, one of Portsmouth's
oldest and most, re~pected residents, today attained his 97th birthday 'anniversary and with -remarkable health for
one so advanced in.years. .
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The day ·was quietly passed at
the
home of his ,son,.- William R. Weston,
and family oh ' Willard, avenue, with
whom he resides. A birthday cake with
candles graced, the ,dining tab)e and he
received numerous· callers· \8.nd conL
gratulatory·· niessag~s' throughout •:·, th~
day.
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fected with colds tlils winter he has
"kept well iui.d' able to be about the
house 'every day( He'. Is ve'!Y, active for ,
his age· a~d ·qne . cf · his recr~atlons . is.
sawing and 'piling UP wood In the cellar
of , his pome, q9in_g this for : exercise
..:.""/',};"',;;."",.j-,0·';",-·:,, 1 alone, even tho\tgh It ls
unnecessary,
and his family warn him not to everexert himself. His disposition is ... ~
happy one and he has always looked on
the brighter side or life.
He has been much lnterest~d in gardening in past years but of late, with
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TO APPEAR HERE
Three concerts by world famous
artists will be presented In Portsmouth
during this winter season under the
auspices of the Portsmouth Cooperative Concert Association. John Kuneau, organization director o! the
Columbia Concerts Corporation,. has
been in Portsmouth the past few
days assisting the many local groups
in organizing the aetails for the membership campaign the week of Jan.
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SAMUEi, WESTON
failing eyesight, he found difficulty in
distinguishing young plants from weeds
so he gave up garden work, although a
J•~ii'i".t<ir:r-1 lover of flowers. He read much until
the 'last year or two, but now finds
difficulty in reading unless the . sun
shines Just right on the newspaper as
he holds it. He enjoys listening to band
music over the radio, as he can hear it
well. He goes.about the house dally and
~..-~~1<.!lil often in good weather walks par't of the
way down town and enjoys the outing.
The Portsmouth association Is organized, just as some 400 other 'cities
in the United States, on a membership basis and ill a non-profit, nonloss community enterprise with the
cultural ideal of bringjng the world's
finest artists to Portsmouth. · The
membership is secured in a one week
campaign beginning January 11th. At
the end of the campaign the ;membership !!st ls closed and no one may
join for another ,year.
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The members, upon payment of the
annual dues of three dollars for
adults and one dollar •and a half
for students arc entitled to attend
au · concerts . which are presented by
the association each season, without
any adltional expense. No single admissions are sold for any concert.
ELECTION BY
ATHENAEUM
The annual meeting of the Portsmouth Athenaeum was held Wednesday afternoon and the following officers chosen:
President-Rev. William Safford
Jones ..
Secretary-treasurer -Norman E.
Rand.
Directors-G. Ralph Lalghton, William C. Walton, Wlllis E. Underhtll, Col.
H. Clinton Taylor and Frank D. Butler.
obtained hrough the
collection of membership dues ls
deposited in a local bank under the
jurisdiction of the association's -treasurer. The money is spent only for
the artists and the attendent local expenses such as rental of an audllorlum. The artists arc chosen at the
end of the campaign week-when the
exact amount of money to be available has been ascertained-from a list
of more than 135 world-famous artists. The artists are chosen by a local
committee and the choice depends
on the number of memberships that
have been procured.
This practical concert plan, it
was ·explained, assures an · audience
before engaging the arLlsts and eliminates risks of random ticket selling
and resultant possibility of deficits
at the close of the concert season.
Plans are now underway for a gala
opening dinner at the Hotel Rockingham, Monday evening o! over 75
people from Portsmouth
rounq!ng viglnities.,.,_._ _ __ _~-·~-~
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last year at $10 a week, and the counCouhcilrnan~Blanchard •· asked that
cil voted to continue to do the same the special committee on the water dethis year.
partment be increased by adding the'
Councilman Downs reported that the member· o! the · council from Ward 1,
parking committee of the council and and this was so voted. He also stated
the parking committee o! the Cham- that the committee expected· to have
ber of Commerce were to hold a meet- a report at the next meeting.
ing shortly. The council's committee
On motion o! Councilman Downs,
was increased to five and Councilmen the superintendent of streets was auLeary, Herrick and
Schlegel were thorized to place a warning to auto
named to the committee.
drivers that they were in the school
Councilman Downs of
the City zone at the corner of Middle, Richards
Lands and Buildings committee read and Austin streets, and at the suggesa list o! 13 insurance agents, among tion o! Councilman Blanchard at
which the insurance should be dls- Middle, Miller and · Summer.
trlbutcd, and this report was acceptCouncilman Schlegel moved that the
ed on motion of Councilman Durell. council go on record as favoring that
The 13 agents are as follows: Gard- the amber light at the corner of State
ner Agency, Kennard Agency, Mrs. and Pleasant streets be changed from
John W. Towner, Charles R. Kimball, 3 secondll as it now ls, to a longer peri- ,,.~,•.-........,.....,·
W. T. Griffin, George K. Sanborn, od. He stated that there was only
Trafton Agency, Harry I. Caswell, time for a pedestrian to take but sevKendall Agency; John SiseCo., Charles en steps before the light changec\
F. Tucker, Frank D. Butler and Hobbs from amber. The cow1cil voted to ask
Agency. This is the same number as the police department to change tho
last year, the name o! Schwartz be- amber light to a suitable length o!
lng dropped, and of Kennard added.
time.
The Italian Cooperative store which
Cow1cilman Durell spoke of a light.has a lease for a store on Market Ing system survey of the business disstreet, asked for the same period as trict that ls not lighted with mercury
that granted the N. H. Provision Co. vapor lamps that. has been made, so
City Solicitor Leo Llberson explained that when the time comes to add more
that they asked for a 10-year lease. lights 'a systematic plan will be availCouncilman Durell, who made the mo- able and they won't be placed haption giving the N. H. Provision· Oo., & hazard.
10-year lease, stated that there was
The mayor called attention to the
the provision if the city- "'so!d- -th-; cleanliness o! the council chamber, and
property the lease would be cancelled. the City Hall building, complimenting
Councilman Schlegel presented an City Messenger Charles R. Quinn for
ordinance defining the duties o! ln- his tine work.
spector o! petroleum and fixing hi:! r,,-,~~~=~..,...-.':'!!'l!":"~=~~~~~:,''·:
compensation. There was quite a discussion which started as soon as the
proposed ordit1ance passed its first
reading. Councilman Schlegel moved
that the rules be so far .suspended as .
to permit -!LR · passage.
Councilman
Boynton stated he did not think that
was legal. Argwnents wree advanced
that it had been done before. On the
question of suspension o! rules, Councilman Boynton and Blanchard voted
"no", and the , others voted "yes."
Councilman BoyJ1ton explained that he
thought that in the passage of an ordinance the members should be glven
ample time to study It.
An amendment was added by Councilman Blanchard to ihe proposed ordiance calling for annual reports to be
filed, and the amendment passed, and
then a second amendment, calling for.
the compensation to be 32c per thousand gallons, inspected with minimum
charge o! $1 and a flat rate of $2.50 per
tank car and $5 per tanker. This
charge will be paid by the company
whose 1>etrolewn is being inspected.
The amendment passed and the bill
passed its second reading and on the
roll call for the third reading to be engrossed
councllmen voted in, favor.
Councilman Leary inquired about the
junk pile at the comer o! Cass and
Albany streets, and ihis was answered
by the city solicitor. The councilman
also presented a petition regarding
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BUSY.SESSION:
Committee Named · To Study
Plan Of Anniversary Of
Constitution
The city council transacted routine
business at its meeting held on Thur3day e\·ening. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presided, and the followln(f
members were present: Charles T.
Durell, Wyman P. Boynton, Thomas J,
Downs, Robert M. Renick, Roland
E. Sukeforth, Edgar A. Blanchard,
John Leary, Frederick Schlegel and
John Burkhardt.
A communication from the Board of
Street Commissioners regarding the
Soldiers and Sailors
monument at
Goodwin Park was received, requesting
:m appropriation of
approximately
$1,000 to repair this monwnent. This
wns rcfcncd to the finance commlltce.
A letter from Rep. Sol Bloom, regarding Portsmouth's celebration of the
150th anniversary o! the adoption or
the United States Constitution was
read, and the cow1cll named the following committee to make a study or
the plan, Arthur I. Harriman, Former Mayor F. W. Hartford, Dorothy
Vaughan, Former Mayor Robert Marvln and Rev. William Safford Jones.
A communication from residents o!
l\Iarne _ avenue and their neighbors,
. ask.Ing that this street be accepted, was
' I read and on motion of Councilmau
· Boynton was referred to the Board of
Street Commissioners for a report.
Councilman Boynton then inguircd i[
there was a list of streets that had been
accepted and moved that the Board
of street commissioners be asked to
compile a list o! streets that are or
should be accepted. This was passed.
A request of merchants along Danicls street !or' two mercury vapor lights
between Pcnhallow street and Market
Square was received ~nd referred to
the committee on street lighls !or a
report.
A communication from Frank Reed
o! the Rivers and Harbors Conference
was received urging that Portsmouth
send representatives to the conference
which \\'ill be held shortly in washington. It was the opinion that Portsmouth should be represented and a
motion was mnd~ that the mayor and
chairman o! the finance conunlttce
bo sent to this conference. There was
a discussion as to this and the measure passed.
Councilman Herrick introduced an ordinance fixing the salary of the Overseer of the Poor for its third reading
lo be engrossed nntl th! nlso pnsscd.
The mayor brought up the subject of
tree work that has been done In this
city nud stated thnt for tho oullylng
sections a request had been made for
the city to
furnish transportation
to the distance. This was done
all
�Drawing ·of building L\merlcan . Legion 1,lans to erect on Coul't atrect
The. p'r ogram o! the American Legion actlvltlcs, especially as they pertaln._to be adequate for its neccl.~ nncl hus purhas . expandeu to such an extent that the boy programs, have been seriously chasecl a building site on Cqurt street,
the Post 1s forced to seek larger quarters for the 1ver-increasing -community program which . is sponsored• nationally by the Legion.
For- the past several years the
hampered by the lack.of suitable quarters.
Being faced with the necessity or obtaining ac_commodations, the Post has
made'I)lans to t'rect a building that will
opposite Rogers street, for t.his purpose.
Plans have been comp!. .... ·•~i: the
building and the Post is to in- , ,
a
building campaign to raise the •. . ·:lssary funds.
�SHOWS MOTION i
PICTURES AT<
ROTARY CLUB
The membe1'8 or the Rotary club
were given a treat at their meeting
today as they viewed themse·lves and
friends on the silver 'gcreen. Dr. Frederick ;' S. Gray was chairman et the
meeting 11nd he devoted the meeting
to his hobby-moving pictures. These·
included 1n addition to the clam-bake,
held at the Pannaway club !Mt summer, scenes In this vicinity which
were very Interesting.
Dr. Gray ha., been Interested
In
amateur movies !or 11ome time, and
his work ls excellent. The pictures, not
only were interesting from the standpoint ot the audience but they were a
credit to the photographer.
Two reels were shown, the first
starting In with scenes taken In the
lower harbor, showing the lobster Industry at Jameson's wharf.
Then
the Rotary clambake was shown, with
the bnseball and horseshoe pitching
contests. A trip from Beverly, Mru.s.,
by air, showing Newburyport, Hampton Beach, Rye Harbor, NewcasUe and
Portsmout.h proved most interesting.
The second reel showed more scenez
In the lower harbor, the first burlnl
at the Isles qf Shoals in 40 years, autumn foliage at Lake Winnipesnukee,
nnd finally storm scenes along the
coastline. The films were in · colors,
which addecl to their beauty.
Mention was made at the meeting
of the Ladies' night of the Rotary
club which will be .observed on Feb. 10.
John Seybolt, president of the club,
spoke o! the Red Cross appeal for
funds.
Judge J. R. Waldron and Phillips
Badger were welcomed back. Judge
Waldron has been absent clue to
Badger has been
REPAIRING
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FOR -AGED co~·f~ES·
!' Ahorn~ f9r' agep co~ples: ·f~ nde~:i'~-,
der the' provisions ·Qf t_h e will of Anna,h·
_'l.. Dodge, Is now almost readyfror 'oc'cupancy at 258 Maplewooct'·•avenue, this
city. '.;I'he new estabishmeht '· ·khown
# the John Howard Dodge 8.Ij,d ,~.imati·
R. Dodge Home. Vnder the. wlll, .Judge
Edward H. Adal,llS .was m·a..c1e' trustee of
the propei:ty and a: fund provided to ah
~OW tl:te necessarY. alteratiqnsf a.nd.'ln!~
provemen_ts· to be made for ,the ··estab,lishment of a home for :aged COUI#S.
Throughout the suffiII).er. months "\Ork
has been progressing,- transforming the
fo:mer Dodge resldenc~ into ..lmo.st1at:1'
_t~act~ve and convenient house. ?.f ;owapartments, two on each 'floor'. ·
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An addition has been built on
the
rear of the building and large bay windows added on the front. An automatle hot-w~ter, oil-burning heating , systern to heat the entire· building' has '
been installed and each .apartment Ls
equpped with a -gas range: Each aparf·m ent consists o! a living room, bedroom,
kitchen-and bathroom, all entirely
. ern and converiient. The entire ~uilcling has been completely renovated and
redecorate(f.' An ,attractive sign ovei: .th~
'front door bears the name o! ' ~he home
'and· the date of founding, i936: ',. ·
John Howard Dodge was •a · well
known merchant of Po,rtsmouth, hav:
'ing conducted a furniture · store'.' 'on
Market street· for many years.
'His
widow survlv,ed him for a number of
years and on her death her will left the
property in trust for the establishment
of this home for aged men and their
wives, an institution which is gteatly
needed in this city.
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It :ls planned to incorporate · the
home after the project_ls in.ac_t~al ,op-,
eration.
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This afternoon, between the hours o.f
2 and 4 o'clock, ·the home was open for
inspection. ,.,. ·· · ·, ··
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DATE OF FAST -.-;
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Holt"day
~ move is be-ing made to have tha
FAst Day holiday 'changed - from the
last Thursday in April to the last
Mpnday.
trhe p~·oposed change is sponsored
b,Y. the Manchester Chamber of Commbrce which is asking the support of I:'.,:.:~,.;:"•·--,,~,-,
other org_anizations throughout the
state to bring this about.
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(I'he authority to p~oclaim Fast Day
isl placed in the hands of the Govern~r ami Council .
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:A similar sugg,estion was. made this
year but Governor Bridges declined
to! act, asserting that an organized eff~t should be · made by the chambers
tliroughout the state, sufrlciently earl:,1 enough to-make it pronounced that
Thursday ls not a satlsfactoi·y time.
Tj-ie chief executive could find no precedence for him to follow.
:Acting upon thi.s advice, the MancqeS t er Chaml>er of Commerce has
all'eady' communicated· with Concord,
Rochester, Nashua, Littleton, Peterbdrough and Portsmouth asking their
crper~tion in this endeavor.,"Immediately after the fl!·st of the
year we are going to make a real effdrt to 1bring ~bout this much desired
cl}ange." the loe!a.l ·organization· states.
,A majority of the cities have "open
5 oores" ' otl
Thursday evenings and
Fa.st Day, comin~ on tn/lt_date,_deL.:.i~~~~-")'..,.....,.,'l"!"'"""!~..,..,~11'!:"~~~~1 prives them of an opportunity ·, for
night shopping. A Monday holiday, it
la suggested, would glve the store employes a lengthy · week-end: vacation
which would begin Sunday and
tinua until Tuew.ay.
mod-
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EM·BERSHIP ~
'o IVE UNDER WAY
(D)p ortunity •For/ Everyone
To Aid In
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Alth'ough ,• only a fev; team captains many other community services are
have reported up to da.te the- efforts done. Without a Chamber of Com•
ot those engaged in ,securing merp.ber• merce these things would not be done.
Jilltips to the Portsmouth Civic- CouncU I! there were more private in!!iviMq Chamber of Commerce have been duals who were members of the Civic
fiery successful. A number ot former Council they would -have more of R
members have increased their · mem• voice in the administration of its poli•
bership subscription over past years cles during the year and many pro•
and all so far have agreed that -the blems which do not come to its attenambit!ous program which has been tlon at the present time would , bo
tnappen out for the year should J)eiu• dealt with.
definite results.
·
.. Those within the organization would
·Many people have the idea that the welcome the opinions of individuals
Civic Council- and -Chamber of Coij'.1...- .who are not at the present time
nierce 1s an organization made up members of the chamber. Many insolely of the · business .men of thci teresting subjects would undoubtedly
community and ·designed to . benefit be brought up for discussion. Those
them alone. This Idea 18 erroneous for interested in becoming members may
it is ,,a,. community organization; based do so by communicating with Stow,!
on the prli1clpal that that-. -, wh1ol!' .Wilder, chairman of the membership
benefits any part of. the city benefits committee.
t[1e whole.
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It Is an organization which, ..indirectly or directly as the case may be,
.makes its influence felt in every
llranch of our civic life and thereby
does some good to every ()itlzen•. That
l.s why more private indlvidunls
ah6uld be members.
.
The Merchants Bureau, an organl7.:fl.tlon within the Chamber of Commerce, is composed of merchants only
and it deals directly with the problems
ot those in business. The Civic Council Is much wider in scope and does
it.<1 bit toward the betterment of ·tti.e
community as a whole. New industries
are brought here, traffic problems are
dealt tilith, historic snrines are pre- :
served, historical facts and other facts
abou,t 1 our city ar!' ,given , to humlrQds,
ot-Ps!Ople thrpugbout the '-eountcy -1md
�n'\oU."' C.\)""~ 'be.v--
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Renders Valuable Service At All Times Needs ProperF,•o::ir.,:t,,'!'tfilil
Support And Adequate Membershiµ To Care For
Vital Problems
The Port., mouth Civic Council and ever, what you may expect depends
Chamber of Commerce ls the Clear- ·entirely upon yom· wholehearted parIng House !or every conccivnblc mat- tlcipn.tion.
tcr of lntcrcst fo Portsmouth and the
With civic pride, let
territory for which it ls the logicn.l together.
center.
While mistnkrs have been
Executive committee
mndc, tlic fnct remains that, notwiU1- Dlrectors-Marlo.nd D. Knowles, John l"-IC·l!i,-.,"
st;mding any impressions to the con- J. Hassett, Frank C. Remick.
trn.ry, nnd in spite o! enforced curDirectors-One year: · F. E. Brooks,
tnilmcnt of acllvlties because of lack F. D. Gardner, R. C. L. Greer, F. W.
of financial and other support, it has Randall, E. C. Matthews, J. E. Seybolt.
nt ::11 times rendered valuable service Two .- years: A. H. Clark, J. H. Greennnd met in a fashion to lts credit sit- away, J. J. Hassett, M. D. Knowles, F.
nations which might otherwise have C. Remick, Stowe Wilder.
been detrimental in results to the
Secretary, Alvin F. Redden.
commw1ily and parllcuJarly t-0 lrnsiTrc;i,surer, E. Curtis M:atU1ews.
nt•ss.
Committees
Uuforfunnlely,
many
lmportant
Finance-J. E. Seybolt, Chairman;
f1mctlons of this civic organization IP. B. Badger, Benjamln Hartshorn, o.
nrc never rrmerally l:nown, parlly be- A. D::xter, C. B. Hoyt, \V. C. \Val ton
ca use it is iH1possible
to publicize Jr., F. D. Butler, J. Verne Wood.
cve!·y detail :mcl partly because there
Work ' Program-F. W. Randall,
:tre many of us who seldom visit the Chairman; Mayor Kem1arcl E. GoldoJiice. Throughout the year and par- smith, M. D. Knowles, J. J. Hassett,
ticulnrly during the recreallonal sea- F. C. Remick, F. D. Gardner, A. M.
ron. when three persons could enslly Clark.
b.e l:c>pt busy, calls or every kind come
Membcrshlp-Stowe Wilder, Chairto the o!Iice
by mn!J, telephone or man; Franlc E. Brooks, Sherman P.
visitors, and any service the Chamber Newton, Wyman P. Boynton, Orel A.
ls able to render contributes, elt!).er Dexter, Richman S. Margeson, An- P.'.~•:::rr.t.;;l'~~i!"i
1li rcctly or indirectly, to your indivi- drew J;i.rvis.
1
dual and Institutional interests.
Mercantile Activities-J. J. Hassett,
· With proper support of an adequate Cha1r1ian; J. E. Swanson, E. E. Cole,
membership nnd ..1. willingnc:;:; or U1e J. H. Grccnn.way, L. M. Alkon, L. W.
mrrnbcrs to rrnticr service through Tyler, ·
conunittee assignments and otherwise,
Publicily-C, W. Gray, Chail'man;
JJropeL· functio11l11g can be carried on A. P. Redden, T. H. Sykes.
1mccessfully. There is no other way.
Industrial
and
Housing-A.
, No citizen can afford to pass 'lightly Brown, Chairman; John Leary, R. M.
over the vital problems which must Bnice, Thomas Neal, W. C. Walton Jr.
be faced; problems of p..1.rking, trafAgricultural-P. W. Hobbs, Chau·- L;·.,,.,,~:.._,,,!'r:1
fie, transportation, housing, legisla- man; C. H. Brackett, Simes Frink.
t.fon; employment, recreational, indu.sRecreaLlonal-1\lrs. F. W. Randall,
trial and ngrlcultural development, Chairman; (Committee to be comple- IL.r•:~,oi:--.~,; .,
Jlltblieity, ]Jreservnlion o! our valua- ted) .
blc hlstoric shrines, nnd countless othPublic Affairs-F. E. Brooks, Chau·cr matters which can only be studied man; J. J. Hassett, E. A. Blanchard, S ,~•.:r.:,ll:<i,~,••~i~<'lB':
intelll"ently
nnd
constructively IP. Newton, R. S. Margeson, R. H. Atthrnugh the facilities or thls civic or- well, R. I. Noyes, Dr. s. F. A. Plckerganization.
Ing.
Committees
are now
active and
Harbo1· Development and Transporworklng hnrd.
The orgnnimtion ls tatlon-F. W. Hartford, Chairman; H.
wide ' open. Offer what you wlll. How- L. Moore, Rev. Wm. s. Jones, A. I. "'~'-•· 0 '"•·•,.,,,..
_,,_ _ _ ..,..._ _ _ _~_...,_ _ __,.,Harriman, l\frs. Katherine S. Hlll, C.
I
H. Magraw, H. M. S. Harlow.
Women's Activities-Mrs. Mary I.
Wood, Chairman . . (Committee not
completed) .
Navy Yard-P. C. Remick, Chairman; F. E. Cushman, M. J. Barrett,
I;. H. Crowell, F. O. Trefethen.
, Conventions and Celebrations-Andrew Jarvis, Chairman; C. W. Smith,
A. E. Richardson, S. B. Simpson, A. G.
Hunt, D. H. McIntosh, L. A. Robin- Jf~•il).;'~~-'i•t-t
.son, A. H. Woolfson.
Traffic and Parklng-A. M. Clark,
Chairman; Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, 0. A. Dexter,· F. D. Butler, L.
G. Peyser.
�Thayer with his gentle, scholarly race
and q~let 'voice, with his kindness ·imd•
under~tandlng .
_"'Portsmouth has many such people.
'.They live · out. their unobtrusive • lives
here thinking, no doubt, that they arc
·
·
·
UI),im.portant'. But they are . mistaken.
Miss Helen ,Boylst~n And Mrs . . Margaret Ayer Cobb Speak The ' ·'tradltlo1i. of graciousness which
·- Before Large Gathering
they have 'kepe alive is in the very faces
1
.
\
, . :.-, : '- · · · ·,. '. · · · · ·
,. ' _;___ _----::-c-::-- -- - - - - 1 of 'their l\ouses-for anyone to see. It5
The Graffort cltlb
Wednesday Her . l~ffc ·was as follows:
influerlce is more far-reaching than
held orie 'of u;e pl~as'ant~st 'meetings •of
"About a year and half ago I came they have ever dreamed.
the year: atlcf ·ther!l was an • eiccep- home for a brief visit, and I brought
"Yol). were bl'Ought up in that tratlonall)'. ' large att~n~ai1~e! including a a friend with me. It was her first visit dition. 1Your children are absorbing it.
number of visitors, Th~ return to to Portsmouth and so, with consid- If, they think it old-fashioned now they
Portsmouth ' of one/ 10! its daughters erti.ble pride, I drove . h'e'r around. WB will not think so later. They will be
whose talents has · wori for her, recog~ didn't miss a street, an old door, a grateful. For they will find when they
nition ni the lite1'ary ,world, Miss Helen lovely house. Theri I took ·her to call go away ,from home that they have
Dore Boylston, brough't out a large on one or two old friends, that she taken with them· higher standards and
number to welcome her: In addition; might have a sampler of Po.rtsmouth'a . a, finer sense of values than they will
Mrs.' Margaret Aye~·•cobb, wife of the hospitality.
find elsewhere in this greedy indusIate Frank. Cobb ·of ' the • •New York
"When we were
returning homo trial era-standards which are a barWorld, was ·also present as · a guest·. along Middle street she said suddenly, rier against cheapness and ostentation,
speaker. , ; 1 ,. ',.
, 'Y.ou were born here. You can come and all the olhcr ennnnrJ,s o! the sec,Mrs~Mabel· Boyishm, president of the Into ·this town and talk with these ond-rate.
club opened the·meetlng and extended people as one of them.'
"Only .a few evenings agd Constance
a welcome to the, visitors and member:;.
"I hadn't expected that kind of com- Noyes spoke of this very thing,
She spoke of the 1uture -meetings · and ment.
·
''.We were sitting In the livi!lg room
theri introduced Mrs: .Cobb. Mrs. C,obb,
"Why, yes,'' I said. "Why?
of her apartment looking out across
who In hei' earlier life attained . a place
'.'She was sllent for a moment. Then Morningside Park at the lights of
in the music w·orltl, still retains the she said slowly:
Manhattan. Her children had long
graciousness and perso11ality which was
" 'What a lovely heritage.'
since gone to bed, and we had been
so outstanding then. Taking for· her
"I hadn't thought of Portsmouth like remm1scmg for hours. We had begun
subject "Music in Every Day Life,'' that. I saw it only in the light of in- with the sunny, first-grade room in
Mrs. Cobb spoke of the music of the tensely personal-and sentimental- the Farragut school-with its smell of
human voice and the difference in·-the memories. I hadn't considered It in any chalk and geraniums and pickled limes.
sounds o! different ' v-0ices. She told broader sense. My perception vanished And we had come on up . the years to
how the difference in -sounds was ap- before the fact that I
had played ~he daf that eighteen jum?r~ and senpalling and sometimes PlJ.inful to for- marbles and hop-scotch and hare- 1ors from the Portsmouth High school
eigners-especially the people from dif- and-hounds In these , old , streets-'that had played truant en masse, and then,
ferent sections of this country.
Mrs: just there was the place on Rlcha-r ds overcome by their own temerity, spent
. Cobb stated that Milton . wrote that avenue where I had fallerii off my bl- a nerve-racked morning thinking up
the English In ,the North closed .their cycle riding no-hands. I thought o! explanations for their parents and Mr.
mouths against the cold north .wi11<l Portsmouth and r heard the sound o! Hobl>s, and fleeing to the woods behind
and those were' the people that came chuch bells In the rain-the sqeak of the Country club at the approach or
l'l.ll<r,,•;;i:-~ over here to settle. Then she showed sled runnners on
snow-the
fire every cur.
how those who chewed gum were apt alarms that woke me to terror In
"It was strange, after this orgy o!
to talk as they chewed. A German poet the night, and brought my father's being young again, to find ourselves
sald "voice is man," quoted the speak- soothing voice and · tender,
steady still, in New York. And Connie said,
er, ' adding that it Is true and that a hands. I passed .:the Sinclair Inn and unexpectedly wistful, "I wonder it I
beautiful voice is in all of us and rep- saw it, not as an Inn and bustling Mo- oughtn't to go back and live in Portsresents the sounct' of; each one.
She to!' Mart, but as a ghostly place a[ mouth-for the boys' sake, if for no
said that David
Belasco said that shrouded furniture, with green lawns other ,reason.
Portsmouth gave
us
everyone talks differently and that you warm in the sun · anct· t ·. remembered something I would like them to have.'
want to talk like yourself.
·
that Caroline Ye;ton an.d •I had played
"She added that she came home us
Mrs. Cobb toid of many interesting store on its veranda, and how ·Dor- often: as she could,
but it wasn't
things about how to. use the voice and othy had assul'ed me · that something enough-the boys were never in Portsspoke o! the· pre:;,ent day fash'i on of lived in the upstairs rooms, and that ~nouth long enough to absorb its qualclothes and how_it _is neces,sa,r y _for the the harness in the stable was plated 1ty permanently.
'You have to live
women to stand erect, adding that it is with solid gold.
there,' she said. "Aren't you glad wo
a fine thing for . th~ , voice .. ~h/1 gave
"Portsmouth was a smell 'of the sea.· did?'
several voice · exerci~~s ,a.pd told how
"Once, in Gibraltar\ at midday, when
"What I said to Connie then I
the English talk with ·a n 'opcn throat as a hot wind . from the Saliara, bJ,owJng would like to say to you now, in conwhen one yawns and this gave a hot over the Mediterranean, b'rought' tne cluslon-that when I look back over my
potato' ;sound to their voices. Declar- that salt smell, I
heard , suddenly life I am more thankful than I can say
ing that most Americans have ·voices across the years the moan .of the fog- that the formative years of my childthat are flat and lack overtone, . she horn on Whajesback and the faint hood were spent in this old _town; that
staterd that one· should speak with roar or surf at ,Odlorne .'s ,Polnt. Once, it was my privilege to know its people,
sincerity She told of her work with among the burning brown ·, hills or and I am glad of the opportunity
children and how she applied psycholo- California, I had an ,achiHgly . viyid to say so."
gy to her teaching.
memory of Lafayette road in, a _blue
Following her talk, Mrs. Boylston InIn closing she said: "In the begin- winter twilight, with' the ' lights·. or vited the audience to ask any questions
nJng was the word" and and the word Portsmouth sharply cl~ar ip ~he co)d. and an informal discussion followed.
was creative. People everywhere were
"These things were Portsmouth to During this discussion Edward Robinworking for good will and good will me. I didn't think beyond them.
I son was introduced. Mr. Robinson remust come to all the world before
"But Portsmouth has something el~e cently had a story appear in the Satpeace. "Practice · o! Individual harm- -and it was that , which ' my fdcnd urday Evening Post and he stated that
lessness 1s the way war will cease," she meant.
he had worked 10 years as a writer. He
said.
,
.
.
"It has a tradition of gracious liv- added that It is hard to get articles
. Mis! Boylston was not presented, and ing, an atmosphere of goo~l-bl'eedinr:. accepted by the Atlantic Monthly, she
her audience listened with rapt at- , It has . dignity. and tranquility of spir•• finds it so because she is so talented.
tentlon to this daughter or Ports- it. I think that Mr. Th:iyer is the mo.%
mouth . and what they
to her. pllrfect example of what I mean-Mt·.
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�At the opening -of the meeting Nelson
Ward played two delightful seu~ctions
on tho clarinet, which were very well
rendered.
Tea was served by the hospitality
committee. The hostesses were Mis&
Helen Harvey, Mrs. Grnnvllle Burns,
Mrs. William Walton and Mrs. Robert
Boyd.
;;,,;-,t'""'";!"'·
p
lectlon. A visit to the shopping dlstrlc
wlll convince all that this Is true.
The business district Is beautifully
decorated this year with colored lights
outlining the shape of a Christmas tree
atop every street light and with Christmas greens f~toon1ng the pales.
A
sign on each bears a. personal Christmas greeting to every beholder.
At
Haymarkot Square, at the Memorial
bridge approach and at Liberty bridge
large Christmas trees have been erected
.,.• ,,,,.,._,~,·;:':c'I."-=,, which will gleam with
varl-colored
lights sparkling the Christmas mess.age.
It Is going to be a very happy Christmas, with everyone doing their share to
make this a better world by brightening
their own particular corner of It. Santa
Claus wants that friendly cheer of
Chrlstmn.s to enter every heart, to
gleam through every darkened
life,
and to remain with its blessing of peace
and happiness, not alone !or one happy
day but for always.
Santa Claus, a living, breathing personage more famous with the children
than any MUS.50llni, · Hitler; · · Stalin or
even Babe Ruth; arrived in"Poi'tsmouth
on Saturday, to be welcomed by 1.hrongs
of chlldren wherever he· went throughout the busines.s district. He is to be
mot with every day· and through the
evenings of next week as well, until tho
great day at last arrives. Kindly old
Santa, forever young, wants to greet all
the good kiddies of this city and from
all the surrounding towns.
Santa
ClaUs is the children's best friend
next to "Mom" and "Dad."
The statement that Santa Claus · Is
more powerful than any dlotator can.not be denied. What ruler could possibly bring all of the happiness and
joy to his people that Santa does?
Even if one so desired he couldn't possibly give to every boy and girl,
and woman In his nation the
the happiness of giving and serving,
the mlllng faces and warm handclasps,
the toys and gifts, the unselfish love
which Santa Claus gives so freely to
nearly all the world at Christmas time.
Santa Claus unites everyone in a
mutual bond of Christmas fellowship.
He opens tight-shut hearts to let tl,le
sunshine of good-wlll, forbearance, forgiveness, peace,
unsel!lshness
l!,nd
love pour In . . To the l,lttle folks he
brings those joy.q which nre ,never forgotten In after ll!e.
Santa Claus loves be.,t or all the little
children. He blesses thoso o! older
ycars ,a.s well, though. Even though he
doesn't bring the grown-ups shiny
toys and dolls and picture books he has
gifts of the heart to brighten and
strengthen and cheer which are more
precious than rubles.
The local business
establishments
are every one helping Santa this year.
They have decorated their stores 1n
bright and cheery array In his honor
and have assembled the very finest selections of merchandise ever seen here,
with the values f)qual to or better than
those to be found in the larger cities.
As their part In the observance of the
Christmas season our local busines,
men have resolved to make every purchaser happy and satls!led with his se-
~M
WELL ATTENDE
For Cancer Pre-·
vention Study Held At
Women's City Club
"With all the facilities supplled
care of cancer, the only thing lacking
ls the education to spread this· information," said Dr. George Wilkins of
Manchester, chairman of the state
cancer commission, at the
Ing held at the Women's City club.
"The state, hospitals and medical profession will take care of these cases if
they will only go to the hospitals.
This is one of the things that we depend upon the women to do," said Dr.
Wilkins. "Women are
the
health
guardians of the family, they hold
amilies together and have an oppartunity to save human llfe.
"Cancer is not contagious. It is not
revented by good health. Cancer is
urable, but to be curable, must be
seen at the early stages of the disease." Dr. Wilkins gave a very com.
prehensive talk on how to recognize
early 'symptoms and' stressed ·· early
treatment. The three treatments advised are: survery, x-ray and radium.
It was brought out that cancer Is the
second cause of death In the country,
145,000 die each year. New Hampshire
Is a healthy state to live In, but unfortunately, In proportion to Its population, has the highest death rate from
cancer of any state in the Union. We
must remember, however,
that we
have a population including 30 percent over 45 years of age, than have
other states; and while ,cancer may
attack any age, it is found most commonly among those 1n the middle and
late years. The death rate can on y
be !owered by educating the people of
the facts of signs and symptoms.
In the care of the I indigent patient,
he or she can be treated and taken
care of even to the extent of a nurse
at home if necessary. The town or
county pays 50% and the cancer commission pays the other 50%,
Dr. Herbert L. Taylor, dean of cancer work 1n this city, spoke of the
clinic held the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Portsmouth
hospital. Dr. Taylor took charge of
the meeting and introduced Dr. Wilkins. A discussicm period followed.
Dr. Wilkins spoke about a new and
important factor, a war to save human life. It is the Women's Field
Anny of the American Society !or the
Control of Cancer.
Dr. Taylor introduced Mrs.
W. Smith of Durham, past
dent of the N. H. State Federation of
women's clubs, and commander of the
Women's Field Army in New Hampshire. Mrs. Smith spoke about the
worlc, that it ls purely educational.
She stated that 39 states in the Union
are already organized with Mrs. Grace
Morrison Poole, past president of the
General Federation of Women's clubs,
now dean of Stoneleigh College, chief
adviser. Mrs. Marjorie B. Illig, chail·man of the National Health Division
of the General Federation of Women's
clubs, field representative. The Women's Field Army 1s marching on with
the slogan "early cancer is curable.
Fight it with knowledge."
A drive for enlistments in the Army
will be held during the week of March
21st to March 27th. The enlistment
fee is one dollar. It ls planned that for
the present the following distribution
of funds will be made: 70 % to the
state to be spent locally; 20% to the
state for field work; 10% to the national society for a contingent :fund.
The Women's City club is to be the
headquarters for the Women's Field
Army here in Portsmouth. Mrs. Marjory Hewitt and Mrs. Nora Greeley
Wendell are co-captains.
There was a. large attendance at the
meeting and among those present were
representatives :from
the
Hospital
Guild, Catholic Daughters o! America,
Hadassah, Council of Jewish Women, Parent-Teacher associations of the_
Lafayette,
Whipple
and
Haven
schools, Professional Women's club, Altar Society of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ladies' Auxlllary
to the K. of C., Odd Ladies, Strawberry Bank Grange, Graffort club, Women's Community Council, League of
Women Voters, Women's Alliance of
the South church.
�lffi ·WORK:
THISCITY
l
Local , Postoffice Force
Faced With Bigger Task
lhan Distributing
Bonus.
Tn~ big l.ask of setting up t11-e,:Federal
Government's new Social Security pr;igram in this city ls now underway. The
Federal Old Age Benefit Syst,em proVides for benefits from the Fe<ler.ll
Government to qualified persons at the
age of 65 or at death.
It was established by the Social Security Act and
goe:1; into effect on Jan. 1, 1937., Its
principal · purpose ls to bring to those
persons employed in the broad fields of
commerce and industry increased '>S, .......~.•·.••.. ,-.,.,.,. i;urance of an independent old age. The
system is administe~d by the Soci11.l
Security Board, Washington, D. C.
The Postofflce
Department
has
agreed to distribute to employers the
necessary application blanks, these to
be distributed in turn to Individual employes in order that they niay supply
eertain basic identifying information
1egarding each employe.
The big task of distribution to 1,700,000 workers !n New England alone will
commence on Monday, Nov. 16, and Ile
completed before Jan. 1.
The clerical and delivery task, by
comparison with which the distribution
of the soldiers' bonus was mere "child's
play," was too big !or any government
department to handle except the Postoffice Department. Nearly 26.000,000
pieces of mail · wlll be
delivered
throughout' •the country to employ-es
'!'.··'",.,·,;'Ja'-.:.i and hundreds of. thOU5\\Ilds to employ1
ers.
,
address, name of the employer, the
dress of the .employer, age,
fa.ther·.s
name, mother's name and other similar
data.
"The Identification card bearing the
employ.e's 11Ccount number, issued a:fter
return of form SS-5, will constitute a
.permanent record establishing the
identity of the employe in ihe accounts
of the social security board and will be
the medium through which all payments will be credited to the employe·s
account and UPon which his annuit,y
-will be based,
"Beginning Nov. 24, the forms for
employes will be distributed throiuih
the ~mployers and these must be returned by Dec. II. Then the social security ·boara wm send out tl1e employes'
identification cards, each stamped wlt-11
a number, such as 530-10-1775.
''The first part ls a.n 'area. number,'
eACh state being divided Into areas for
clasm!ication purpo.ses.
The second
part l.s a 'group number' similar to the
first pa.rt of a New York automobile license ;number, and the .last four figures represent the serial number." ·
"Although the 1dentlf1catlon card is
of small size. convenient !01· .insertion m
a cal'd case, it ls in no sense a 'tag' <'r
'disc,' · postoff1ce officials said.
The procedure will result in the issuance of an ldentlf~catlon number to
each employer and an identification
card with a number to each employe.
Collections of the old age benefit contributions will begin Jan. 1.
Employers must furnish on theif
.forms such material as the number of
employ,es and the nature of the business. No information of any affiliation of the employe, whether
trade
union, religious, civic, or fraternal, will
be required. Larg,e employers of labo:·
will be asked to conf,er w1th the postoffice in preparing ihe required dafa
in 'acivance of sending the form in order to simplify the procedure. D~tailed information will be printed on
the back o! the forms.
The persons excluded from the act
are' persons who are self-employed, employes of the railroad industry who are
subject to the ca.rrie:s' taxing act, agricultural labor, domestic employes in
private homes, casual laborers not :n
the course of an employer's
regular
trade. or business, officers or members
of cruiser vessels documented und~r
the laws of the Unlred States or . any
foreign , ~untry, Federal Government,
city and state empl-oyes and the employes of certain non-profit organizations, chiefly religious, charitable, literary or educat:onal.
Postmaster Joseph P. Conner and
Supt. of Mails Ernest L. Cook attended
·•"':'.'"';r,-.,ir.,.:",.~ a meetlnt at the' Boston P-ostofflce on
w'ednes<lay,• the details of the procedure being explained· by an official from
Washington, D. C.
It wlll be as follows:
"On Nov. 16 a fo:m 'known
will be furnished to each employer by
the letter-ca.1Tier on his route, or in Lhe
case of large organizations, by arrangements otherwise made through
the postoffice. Thls form, which is entitled 'Employers' Application foi;. Identification Number,' will describe the
number of employes employed and · the
1!1,,,.-,r'!.i,li'lS~-tnature of the business, together with
the address at which the ,business is
,oonductEd. Such forms should be returned to the postmaster not later than
Nov. 21.
"On No •. 24, and !n accordance witl:
the information fum!shed on SS-4.
form SS-5 wlll be dlstr!bt1ted. Thi:;
form is the lncUv!dual !onn applying. to t;::_j•:r,_--..
each emi:>loye and provides a. descrip-· .,
t!ve form by which he may be identified, the form soowln his full nam8\
I
rt~r~~l',:.i..-J~tl,'.'<;
· C. R. Norman, field representative
of the Social Security Board, has been
assigned temporarily to take charge of
the Portsmouth office of the Bureau
of Federal Old-Age Benefits, it was
announced at the board's office today.
Mr. Norman has
been associated
with the Social Security Board since
September and has been attached to
the Field Service Division of the Bureau of Old-Age Benefits on duty in
Washington and on special assignments 1n other clt~es. While uncertain
as to the length ot his stay in Portsmouth, Mr. Norman mndc tt clenr
thnt ho ls hero only on n temporary
basis, pending the nsslgnment of the
permanent appointee.
In addition to administrative activities in preparation for the malnten-·
ance of old-n!Je benefit records, the
Portsmouth ofl'lce wm handle cln!ms
from workers who become ellg!ble for
old-nao beneflts.
While monthly retirement Income ts
first J)l\yable in 1942, lump-smn settlements are now payable to workers who
reach the age of 65 after employment
in n covered occupation subsequent to
January 1 o! this year. Similarly, settlements are paid to the estates of
workers covered by this Jaw who die
before their 65th birthdays. Lump~
sum settlements are nt the rnte of
3% percent of total · earnings since
January 1, as defined in the law. Mr.
Norman will explain to Interested employees and employers the procedure
to be followed in the filing of those
claims.
Whlle in Portsmouth, Mr. Norman
will cooperate with 'the Postofflce DeparLment which wlll continue for some
time to handle new: nppllcatlons of
employees for nccotmt number cards
or requests for the replacement or
correction of cards •previously issued.
�irit Of <;ood Will And Chkrity
Marks :Observance· In :This
Com nity
poun<li turk.err while
Chrlstma.s goodlll,S for
Thu ls the real spirit o! Christmas,
and ,thb.Ee who assisted, 1n anr , way,
will be satisfied that they hav.e helped
strangers to have Christmas cheer.
The desire to help others has been
in evidence all along. The conversation between people as they walk along
the street was evidence of this, their
donations to charity, anc:L the desire
to take part in
helping prepare
Christmas bMkebs, all proved that the
real meaning of Clu:.istmas has not
been lost in t he maid whirl or Christmas shopping.
At other times some o! these people
may be cold and hard, but tocl,a,y and
tomorrow, it ls all hearts In tune with
the hollday~peace on earth, good-will
town.rd men.
AT ST. JOHN'S
und.1-eds of people
thronged the &tores,
and sidewalks all
diuring the d, a y,
making t he las t
minu te preparations
for t he day of days
tomorrow. C hi l d•r en down town to
s:e Santa cl a u s.
Others older, still
others home from
school, doing the
'-'=---_.;__..,. last minu te shopping.
Not only
people from this clly but from nearby
cities and towns in York and Strafford, count.tes, as well as Rockingham
county were here . to buy Ohrlstmas
gilts from the fine assortment which
Portsmouth merchants have ha.d during the entire season. Stock.s which
were get ting low earlier In the week
were replenished.
1n some of the stores, it wa.s a
crush, and impossible to make much
progress but the crowd wais a Christ~
mas crowd. They were willing to wait,
they we:re good-natured an<li happy,
The sales -people allso had a busy day,
ancl, before the closing of the 4oors
tonight, will probably feel as th9ugh
they will drop !rom exhaustion, but
they wlll not, They will keep going
and the spirit of :the crowd will reflect upon thenuelves.
It was a spending crowd. The clink
or silver and the ru.stle o! currency,
the jingle of cash registers, the thud
o! coin in the charity boxes, in th&
Salvation Army kettles, harmonized,
with the holiday spirit.
Tonight wlll be just the same, bu~
the crowd ls expected to be bigger.
The
transportation !acllltlea were
taxed to the utmost. Tho trains on
the Boston and Maine were obliged
to run in more than one section. At
their stops in thb city there were a
larg,e number getting of!, and many,
1nore getting on U1e train, all going
home for Christmas.
Bu~ es found a big demand, for seats,
and where there ls usually, one bus,
several were obliged to be put in 11.&e
to take care of the demand.
Some carriecl bundles of all sizes
and shapes, while others went empty-
handed, but they al
0
CH ISTMAS
contentment which
so
Ohrismrus time. Many were
going
At S t.' John's church ' Christmas
home for the first time in weeks or
months, and some af ter years · away Day will be celebrated in a manner
. oefitting the religious significance of
from the families and firesides.
The spil'lt caught and held :them i the day. The midnight ~ervice which
alL In t he crowded trains or bw;ses, ls preceded by everuong at 11.30 p. H',iil)~,"i_:~•'li ..:,
imin s tores and on the sti-eet.s, the m. will be, as usual most
youngsters forgot they were tired, when pressive and beautiful and at tended .__"'"'''"",,... ~.
by many communicants and visiting
they ~aw Santa Claus.
Tonight in homes,
parents and church people. There will also be a
children will wait in excited expectan- celebration of Holy Communion at
'
cy for the coming o! the night, Santa 9,30 a. Ill.
Claus and the !east on the morrow.
Enger hands wlll be at work' d,ecornting the' tree, and undoubtedJy there
wlll be many a package, which is
marked "Do Not Open Until ChristAt the Home For Aged Women on
mas" given an extra rattle and shake Deer street a Christmas tree party
in an effort to guess what the con- will be given for the Ho,,11e family by
tenl:6 are.
the advisory board . of t'ne institution.
Tired business men, women who From a prettily decorated tree glftl>
have been working all day in prepa- will be dis tributed an<£ re!reshmenl:G
ration for the holiday,, will tie the .servea.
last bundles a,n<L place them on the
tree, and wait expectantly for a step
on _the porch waiting to greet the~
wandering boy or girl who just arrived for the holiday after an absence o! some tin1e.
All during the day the
have been delivering baskets of to>'l$
to many famili~ who otherwise
would, not have such - a merry
Christmas. These men since summer
have been preparing for this day. Old 1<·,,-~•-· 1:.:.:•• ,. ,.,
toys which ha,d been crust aside, were
repa1!ed and made practically new.
New spokes to a wheel, a fre1h coat or
paint, new clothes for the dolls, and
many other toys which hacl, been
tos.!:ecl, aside a,s worthless have been
rejuvena ted and, tomorrow wm delight the heart..s of many chHdren.
The women who meet each week to
sew for the Red: Cross, devoted their
meeting a week ago tocl,a,y, to making
the diolLs' clothes and more than 50
dolls were d~~d.
'l'.he 'Famlly Wel!iire . assoclatJon, U1e
Salvation Army, · the . Kiwanis · club,
tM· Elks, :the various church groups,
the .Boy Scouts; nurses at the hos-·
pita.I, the Hospital Guild ancl, others
have all been. busy preparing basket., and delivering them during the
day, Some of tl\ese contained, a comlete Christma,s dinner even to a 10-
AT HOME FOR
AGED WOMEN
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BSERVANCE
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Outdoor Singing Of Carols
At Little Boar's Head, As
Shepherds Watch Their.
Sheep·
very beauU!ul . and'
appealing obs er vance of ChrLi,tmll.3
took plaoe. last evening under a moon:~
lit sky a t t h e A rth ur L. HobZon estate at Little Boar's
Head. All who af.l
tended will not soon'
forget this . night
which !brought ,so
vividly to mind, that
'---......:~..,.__.,..., holy night · of mor,e
than nineteen cezi:..
ago when a heavenly light
shone over the hills of Judea.
For
Mr.s. Hobson ha-d created for her first
i...~;;:.-"'.i~~annual winter music festival the very
setting of that nrst Christmas, the
birthday of the Christ-child. On the
level
wldie-spreading
opera field
sheep were grazing beneath the winter moon, watched by three shepherds with erooks in their hands and
wearing th,e robes of Jong ago. On the
'""''•r,-•¥-·:wlarge stage set against the back-~='.,,.""1 ;:~::e:fa t::O~Pat:;~:~ut:: si;;:
ers, including membem of the Portsl;tio11th Community choru.s and the
'North Hampton Choral society. The
stage was a'tt:ractlvely decorated with
1,-.,."IJ!llN><;! green boughs- and colored
lights to
,,._•«•a-:,.-~ make a beautiful spectacle.
In its
oenter stood & Jowly cra,dle,
over
which Mary watched with loving
care.
The broad expanse of the Opera
field was lit by, a number of burning
red flarEn tet in the ground, their
[;:~~;;~~~ light adding to the impressiveness of
the scene. Th,e Hobson mansion was
beautifully decorated with Christmas
lights and' upon its roof a brilliant
white istar, representing the star of
Bethlehem gleamed forth toward the
cradle when the Christ-child lay.
An imprasslve feature- o! the program was the arrival of the three wise
men, kings of the world, in their long
flowing robes, to do honor to the king
of men's hearts.
Norman Moulton Leavitt, talented
musical director and leader of the
Portsmouth Community chorus, Jed
the gathering In singing a program of
Christmas carols known and, loved by
~~~~i:~ all. The group of about fifty chorlsr.ters on the stage were joined by the
friendly and cheery crowd o! more
than one hund11ed gathered about the
stage In singing most of the numbers all sin n and giving praise in
song in the true spirit
Midnight Clear
love. The 't>eauLl!ul strains of
Scars
Christma.s carols never sounded more Joy To The world
Isaac ,Watts
sublime than as rendered, last evening The First :1oi l
Traditional
by the chorlsMrs gatherep under the
(Special feature)
night isky beside the cradle' of the Away In A Manger
M:.rt.ln Luther
Christ-child.
Silent Night ................. ................ Grnbcr
The special feature OI tne festival, Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
the enactment o! the birth of Christ,
Mendelswhn
came as a pleasant surprise to mariy.
Tho next large musical evrnt
On the stage at one end o! the sche:;.uJed to take place on the Opera
Opera field there was a cradle which field is the fifth anr.ual music f:s ,.val
represented the manger in Bethlehem. which will take plr.ce Saturday and
The cradle ls an heirloom ,or Mrs. Sunday, July 10 and 11, 1937.
Robson's family and ls over 150 years,""'-...-------- - - - - - - . - • : , ,
old, Dressed in white and benolng over
the Christ-child in the manger was
the Virgin Mary, mother o! Chrlst,
portrayed by Mrs. Bertha Storm of
North Hampton, and beside her holdIng the guiding light o! faith was the 1,•~'"""~:;,l.c;..........:.:..-....,.;_.....__.....__.._._-..
angel, enacted, by
Miss Ernestine
Hayes or -Portsmouth. Then as the
•
choral group sn.ng strains of · "The
Flmt Noel,'' the three wise men slowly journeyed from the far end of the
Opera field to the manger, being
guided by the star in the east. They
J:iore gifts to the Christ baby of gold,
Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson of
r,ayrrh and frankincense. The Wl.ie Boar's Head, North Hampton, served
men were played by Albert Locke, a luncheon to several workers interJame.s F. Leavitt of North Hampton ested In the plan of the cooperative
and Ralph Perkins of Hampton.
concerts that will be given in PortsAfter the king's visit to the man- mouth, The workers at the luncheon
ger, came the trad-.ltlonal 6hepherds were from' the towns of Hampton and
with their flock of sheep to Bethle- North Hampton and one guest was
hem, they being guided· by the star of present.
Those present at the luncheon were
Bethlehem. Before their arrival there
wu a recording transmitted to the Mrs. Roy Gilmore or Hampton, Miss
field. It was Gounod's "Ave Maria." Beth Richards of North Hampton,
After the arrival of the shepherds, Mrs. Sara Simpson of Portsmouth,
play,ed by R:_og,er Lovett, John Hobbs Norman Leavitt of North Hampton,
of North Hampton, and Russell Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hobson of Little
of Rye, the ,..·musical groups sang Boar's Head and Mrs. Hobson.
The workers In this district report
ther, which was followed by "Silent
Night." During this time the Nativity that much progress has already been
some wa.:: stlll on the stage with t11e shown In the number of new memVirgin Mary bendir.g over the man- bers that have joined since the start
ger and the angel keep:ng watch over of the campaign in Hampton and
the mothEr and new-born babe. The North Hampton_._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....,,
festival concluded with the singing of
"Hark, The Herald Ang,els Sing."
After the festival those par'liclpating
in the nucleus of the tinging group
were served refreshments in one of
the nearby residence.::, after
which
many of. them at '. ended the pageant
given by the Gilbert ar.<l Sullivan club
at the Cen:ennlal hall.
So much was the festival enjoyed
t11at many people thought it wa.s nltogzther too thort a prog1am.
This
fes.ival, which wa, made possible by
the efforts of. Mrs. Arthur L. Hobrnn, carried the true spirit of Christmas and accomplishej its purpose to
'l, surprising deg1 ee la: t even:ng. So
pleas: d was Mrs. Hobson with the result of th e fir: I f&tival that she alrea:'.,y plans :o have ar.other such festival during the next Christmas season If possible, ~he said. During the
fe . tlval last tVening an autographed
collection of Chri: tmas carols was
given to the people by Mrs. Hobson.
The order of th e mu, ic sung by 1J1e
Choral groups is as follows;
-0 Come All Yoe Faithful
Oakley,
O Little Town Of Be,:hlehem
Pi1illlps
HOSTESS TO
MUSIG WORKER
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to
t he
FIRST
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�FLAMES DESTROY
FORMER SUMMER
HOT A EXETER
e·g Bu·lding On Ha---- on Road
Totally·Destroyed This orning With ea L ss
ne old Exeler House, once a popu- teen firemen.
A fire-chief
summer hostelry, located on the warr tng for the group
to
Exeter-Hampton road in Exeter, about quickly. A, he shouted a
four miles from the town's business came crashing down upon the spot
section, was totally destroyed by fire where they had been standing, sevthis morning.
eral of the firemen being struck glancFlame were discovered shooting from' ing blows by the falling bricks as they
the building at 9.30 a. m., by an un- jumped to safety. Fortunately none
identified grocery salesman who was received a direct hit on the head or
passing by. He immediately sent in a were seriously hurt.
call to the Exeter and Hampton Flre
The old Exeter House was operated
departments, returning to the burn·ummer hotel until recent timea
ing building, where he succeeded in by the late William Stone. The proprescuing an Airedale dog, "Joe" from erty is now owned by Mr. and Mrs.
the flames .
Harry Groetz, who purchased the
Inspector James Brown of the State place in October, 1935. Mr. nd Mrs.
Motor Vehicle department, was one of Groetz nd their four children made
the first to arrive on the scene. He their home there, Mr. Groetz engaging
wasted no time in driving fifteen cows in f rmmg on the 175-acre property.
and two horses from the nearby barn The f mlly was away at the time the
to safety in a pasture Officer Brown, fire occurred, visiting relatives
in
together with Inspector Joseph De- · Stratham. Thery were notified by telemasky, also of the Motor Vehicle de- Iphone and sped homeward to find
partment, and officers of the Exeter !their home completely enveloped in
1
I
""·'·"''"'"""' Police departn1ent under the direction flame:s.
of Chief Thomas Chrysler directed
traffic at the scene, and detoured
through traffic for five miles to the
south through Hampton Falls
Within one hour the highly inflammable building was practically destroyed despite the efforts of the combincd Exeter and Hampton departments. The nearest water supply was
located one mile from the building, o.
large water-hole prepared for fireprotection. One of the Hampton department fire-trucks was stationed
one-half mile from this supply and
acted as a booster in pumping the wa.....~.,..,......, ter to the fire.
Firemen mounted the roof of a shed
adjoining the house and from that
point succeeded in stopping the flames
whlch threatened to march through
the shed and destroy the large barn.
These escaped damage.
A dangerous and dramatic episode
occurred, endangering the lives ot flf-
The large wooden-frame building of
fifteen rooms was quickly demolished.
The building is valued at $20,000, and
wa completely furni hed, all of the
furniture, together with jewelrY, money nd valuable papers, being destroyed at an estimated value of $5,000,
according to Mrs. Groetz.
The fire
1started around a defective chimney,
authorities stated.
I From the house the flame.
through flying embers.ta. t e .Ji..1.;ii..:;;U.""'ran into the woods, where it was
still buming early this afternoon The
fire was headed toward swampland
and marsh where it was expected to
burn itself out following the burning
of two or three acres of timber. A
cross-arm was burned from a telephone pole, disrupting telephone service for time in parts of the ExeterHampton section.
The fire was the most serious
the Exeter district in many mont
1
�The• New Hampshire Slate Highway I and Massachusetts until the Mitchell
Department is mo.king plans to estab-1 line was run in 1741. The struggle belL5h this spring a permanent memor- tween South Hampton, Seabrook and
ial at Bound Rock, Seabrook Beach. Salisbury for the possession of the
Severn! years ngo Feclernl engineers beach Jnncl now known as Seabrook
makmg n sul'vey or II:unplon River Dench, wllh Dountl Rock ns U1e pivot
and beach discovered the exact Joca- point, makes an interesting story all
tlon of Bound Rocle, the central figure its own. As late as 1893 the Supreme
in many disputes between towns and Court of New Hampshire rendered a
states in the 17th and 18th centuries. decision that Seabrook Beach belongAt that time the rock was unearthed ed to the inland town of South Hampand plans made to preserve the spot\ ton, rather than to Seabrook.
as a memorial. The project was de- 1 Although the town of Seabrook was
!erred, however, and since then the\ chartered in 1768, the original charter
spot has been burled under about six\ for South Hampton gave it land exfeet of sand at the northern end o! tending easterly to the ocean. Until
Seabrook Beach.
early in the present century South
Once in the middle o! Hampton Hnmpton could collect taxes from the
Harbor as the dividing mark between beach land though the residents voted
Salisbury and Hampton, the rock be- In Seabrook. On the face of Bound
came burled under sand as the mouth Rock appear the date A. D. 1657 and
of the river shifted 100 rods north. the letters S. H. for South Hampton.
Shapley's line, drawn in 1657, took the . It Is now planned to again unear th
boundary line from Bound Rock west the rock nnd to construct a cement
to Angle _Pond In Hampstead as the 1Ibulwark around it In order to preserve
boundary between New Ham >Shira it ns l\ memorlnl.
�A1nM]'R•-i HEN)RY J MAYO '
0 SIL1R.VJE~ OnJH BR HDAY
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taken by Admiral Mayo, who -acted, ' ' l
J1.J1
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r.
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without asking for advice lroni Washington, at once to save and enhance
the prestige of our nation.
L,
iJ) OU
. After the finish of the t exic:m campaign the occupation and evacuati6n or
Vera· Cruz, Admtr~l May was directed
HAD OUTST N:Oi G CAlRElEIR llN UNITED STATES NAVY to take command of o.ll the battleships
In the At.lantlc Fleet wit.ii the rank of
- NOW RESllDING AT HIS HOME, 186 MILLER
ho.d been given.since the denth of Vice
AVE UlE,?ORTS OUTH
had been given since the death of Viv'e
Admiral Rowan of Civil War fame, and
Admiral Henry 'Thomas Mayo, U. S. • and most efficient in the Navy. There nine months later, In the spring of 1916,
I
N~vy, retired, today Is celebrating hla were trophies for everything, sport.G, .aa he became commander-in-ch le! of the
80th birthday at his home, 186 Miller well !l.i! breaking all the world's records Atlantic Fleet, wlttt the rank or admlravenue, · Portsmouth, having recently !br big gun shooting, when they made al.
moved from his birthplace, Burlington, nine bull's eyes out of ten shots in ten
Since the sinking of the Lu.5itanla
Vt. The Admiral's wife, who was Miss minutes with big 13-inch turret guns. mo, t naval officers had con.51dered InMary Ca.roline Wing of Burllngto'l, ls The Admiral was on duty in San Fran- evitable a conflict with Germany soonalso living, and Admiral and Mrs. Mo.yo clsco during the period of the fire and er or later, although It was, of course.
early this spring celebrated their 55th earthquake there In 1906, and the ves- not their business to voice such opinion.
wedding anniversary.
The Admiral sels under his control were of great But thls opinion had Its effect.<; in the
had a c~reer of great interest In the service in restoring aids to navigation consistent and strenuou.'! efforts
to
Navy.
and in caring for refugees, as well as bring the ships to the highest point of
He 1s now making his home with his fighting fire.
battle efficiency In th~ ' efforts the
son, Chester 0. Mayo.
The great efficiency of the Admiral commander-in-chief led, battle efficlThe start of the Admiral's no.val co.- showed itself most markedly when he ency being Admiral Mayo's hobby and
reer was in 1872, when he and · nine o.ssumed command or the cruiser Al- constant theme. He wrui ably secondother boys took a competitive exam for'. bany, his flrst command of a fighting ed by the comr\tanders or the Destroyer
appointment to <the Naval Academy, ship. Although most o! tb.e service of Force and Mine Force and to these two
and although only 15 and the,youngest, this ship was along fever:laden coasts officers and the support and backing
'-"'""·,.-,.., he won and in June, 1872, he passed the or. Central Anierlca, Corhman_der Mayo and a~sistance they received from Adl\'li·itf:i.~¥,..:.4 academy examinations and · became, a built up the morale, health and efficl- miral Ma'yo, the commander-in-chief,
cadet midshipman.
·._
ency of his crew so that this vessel .won is principally due the credit for the
. . Four busy industrious years at .the the trophy for the entire cruiser class ability of our destroyers and mine layacademy and he was graduated near or vessels' lii the target' practice that ers to make the efficient showing that
the head of hl.1 ·class In 1876 and be- year, breaking au exlscting reoords in they did after our country became encame a passed midshipman. Of the 42 the Navy.
·
gaged in wal,',
y6ung men graduated at this time, only
Again a short tour of shore duty-!or
In July, 1917, Admlral Mayo
was
Admiral Mayo and four other.s are now the Admiral never stayed long from the directed to proceed with certain memllving. -· ·
sea-and he .was again given command bers of his staff to London for the purNext, came a two years cruise _in the of one of the crack ships of the Navy, pose of getting into personal touch with
Orient--On the old Kearsarge, on-the the armored cruiser California;
his the British naval officers with whom
,.. ,._.,.....,...,.. Monocacy and the flagship Terrnessee, sklll in navigation was well shown by he would be associated In ca.5e
the
up ·and down the China and. · Japan his taking the' huge cruiser into the fleets of the two •natlons should · be
coast..! and finally back to the U. S.1 harbor of San Diego-the first · time brought together for combined movethro~h the Suez Ca,nal,• and then I any officer had dared attempt·such a ments and also for a c01;1ferenc(l in
his first promotion in .t~e Nl!,VY to en- thing. .
London on naval matters. The confer,,.,,.,..,.,.,,."·'•slgn; and 1880 found him ~usily enUpon leaving Mare Island Captain ence idea was expanded to one which
gaged in the . work of sur"'.eying
the Mayo was ordered to Washington as embraced naval representatives of all
waters of Puget Sound In the Washing- aide to the secretary of the Navy, but allied nat.ions. After conferences with
ton Territory, work much . needed.In the love of the seas was
uppermost the re.;ident, secretary of the Navy
the, llttle known waters of this, large. and. after a year of this duty he applied and chief o( naval operations, Admiral
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for sea service, and upon proinotion to Mayo and his staff .,ailed from New:
Next came a cruise on the old Yantlc nag rank, rear admiral, in July, 1913. York on the steamer St. Louis on Aug.
- these old vessels were botli slieam-and he went to the Naval war College for a 19, 1917. Admiral Mayo and staff travsall, but coal had to be · preserved In short post-graduate course and then eled as civilians under assumed names
those days of economy of gove~nment hoisted his flag on the battleship Con- and the secret ·of their presence
on
and most of the off-shore cruising wa.9 necticut as commander of the Fourth board kept until their arrival In Llverunder·sail. · · It was-th.us- the Admiral DivJ.9 ion or the Atlantic Fleet, in the pool. Some 400 miles out the steamer
became a real "sailor man" who could harbor of Ve ra Cruz; Mexico.
W!l.l! met by a divJ.<;ion or U. S. destroyhandle any vessel from
a yawl to a · Shortly after thl9 event the Admiral ers and escorted to Liverpool. There
1,..,-;;./JaMc•J 3900-ton -man-of-war 1under full sail In took hi.'! division of ships to Tampico to the Admiral was met by representatives
any kind or weather. Few of the mod- watch condltions at that place A few of the British Admiralty, the U. S.
ern naval of!lcers know anything of months later occurred the
famoug naval attache, the u. S. consul general,
maneuvering a ship under sail.
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Tampico incident which arose from the the British and naval local commanclIt Is.not generally known' that while arrest by Mexicans of an officer and ers, the mayor of Liverpool,
heads of
Ensign Mayo was on the Yantic he took boat•3 crew from the u. s. s. Dolphin civil organizations, etc., and a guard of
part in the famous Greeley relief ex- while I,oadlng gasol!ne at the warehouse honor was drawn up on. the landing.
,:;>edition and this little ship, a 900-ton at that place.
The formal rec;;;;:ion over, the oartv
bark, (the Admiral's lo.st flagship wa.~
It was then that the entire nation proceeded in a special·car to London.
of 33,100-tons dJ.<;placement) took on a and Indeed the world was electrified
On arrival in London Admiral Mayo
deck load Qf. coal, had a little light by the dem~nd or Admiral Mayo that wa.s met by the U. S. an1bassador to
sheathing placed on her bows and with\ in view of the publlc\ty of the in, ult to England, Mr. Page, Admiral Sir John
no extra or special clothing fl)r the men the America flag and nation that pub- Jellico, first sea lord of the Admiralty,
forced her way up North ',o Little L~- lie reparation be made. by publishing and numerous others, and
Admiral
land and Smith !3ound. Th~ Prote~s, the apology, by punishing the Mexican Mayo was escorted by Admiral Jellicoe
her companion, was cru.~hed m the ice officer who was respomible and by to the Carlton Hotel, where quarters
and;.sunk, .
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ho!.~ting the United St:ites fla~ o.nd fir- hadbeen engaged for him and staff by
After ,shore duty In ,.San F~anci.:co Ing a national salue .of 21 guns. assuring the British Adminlty. During his stay
he joined the battleship
Wisconsin, the ,commandant that sucn salute in London, Admiral Mayo
received
then-the pride· of our Navy, as naviga- would b::! immediately and
formally many attentions, including dinners
tor, and soon was, made execupive ?ffi~ returned.
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with the American ambassador
and
cer. During the three years cruise on
Almosf en ma se the people of the with Admiral Jellicoe, etc., and wa.s rethe Wiscon.sln his. remarkable efficien- nlted Sw.tes gave their hearty Jpprov- celved for a private interview by the
cy made this vessel one of the happiest
atriotic and forceful stand King.
O th
�At the Naval Conrerence, which was shing, who tells in his
taken off and conveyed to the u. s. s.
presided over by Sir Eric Geddes, the miral Mayo came to the rescue when Pennsylvania at the Navy Yard, and
first lord of the Admiralty, ' Admiral the American Anny in France i1eeded the Admiral's flag hoisted. .
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Mayo Opened the conference with a coal.
on the morning of Dec. 4, the
statement or the purpose !or which the
Incidental to the return to England, miral on the Pennsylvania sailed · for
U. s. Govermnent had requested the engagement had been made to meet ·Brest, France, escorting the u. s. s.
conference. Many questions were Admiral Jellicoe at Dunkirk, and Ad- George Washington with· , President
taken up an'd understandings arrived mlral Mayo proceeded to that point, Wilson and party. on board; a division
al;--and the conference was considered 1itopping for the night at Calais and or destroyers was part. o! the escore.
to have· well served its purpose in bring- experiencing an air raid slmllat' t:.o After an uneventful voyage or ~ine '""''""''".....,,.
ii1g together the naval representatives some which had been experience while days the ships aMve\f of! Brest:'and
or Englo.nd, France Russia, It,aly, Japan In London,
were met by nine u. s. battleshlps, by
and the United States, and ha vin•g an · AL Dunkirk he I embarked on the I French and Italian war vessels and:' b;
interchange or 'views, etc .. and arriving British destroyer "Broke", with' Admlr-j a large number of U. s. destroyers, pa~
at certain understandings.
al Mayo's flag !lying with that of Vice trol vessels, aviators, etc.
Admiral
Incidental to the visit to England, Admiral Bacon, the commander-in- Mayo, as commander of the whole fleet,
Admiral Mayo took over the U. S. pro- chief of that section, and Admirals conducted the presidential shlp ~ into
ject for a mine .barrage in the North Jellicoe and Mayo went on board of a\ Brest Hal'bor. After the President had
Sea, u.~ing a newly Invented American British monitor of! Ostend and took/ departed fo,l' Paris 110 time was lost in
mine, ,the construction and working or part in the bombardment or that point I starL!ng 011 the return to the Unlted•~~--<(;·.i<r..,
which was to be kept secret. He took by par~ of the British fleet.
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up thfa matter wit.h the British AdmirAdmiral Mayo was the only Amert- ·
Amid wild rejoicing the fleet arrived
alty and found it decidedly opposed to can admiral under fire during the war: in New York the afternoon of Chnstthe project, being skeptical as to the The flre had hardly begun when the mas Day and after a huge review of th"!successful operation of the mine. Rear German batteries began firing tn re- fleet in New York Harbor the officers
Admiral Sims was also strongly op- tum and shells· fell all around the ship and men were given lea.ves and allow~
PoSed. The immediate result, how- -but the Germans made no · hlt.5. · to enjoy them.selves.·
ever, was- the dispatch of a British Aeroplane -photographs seen later indl- !
It having been decided that Admiral
I mining expert to the United States to cated important damage on shore byj Mayo should be relieved, he hauled
j further examine into this mining the monitor shells.
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down his flag at New York on June 30,
proposition and the British governIt should never be forgotten that J 1919, Admlral H. B. Wilson taking comment when finally informed as to the Admiral Mayo commanded the entire mand of the Atlantic Fleet on that
experimental success of the wine, and Atlan tic ]fleet all during the war_ and , date and Admiral Rodman of the Pa·as to the willingne5,5 of the United this command w~ defined as com- 1. · ciflc Fleet the following day. It wa.<1
State.~ to assume the providing and prising all ships 1n the Atlantic and in- l the desire of the fleet to render Adlaying of these mines,
accepted the eluded not only vessels in European1 miral Mayo every possible honor.
A
proposition and the great North ~ea wat<irs, ~ut even part of the Pacific reception in his honor on board the
barrage was the result. When the time Fleut which had come arpund to · the fleet flagship was held and was mad-e
ror laying the North Sea barrago was East Coast. In other words, practical- part of the ceremonie.s incident to
approaching and It became necessary ly our entire Navy afloat.
· .1 hauling down ·the flag, and when he
to purchase and flt out vc.;sels for this
Another trip to Europe by Admiral finally left the flagship he found eight
project, there was no hesitation in 'so Ma.yo to inspect tqe portion o(,hls fleet J admirals and captains in place, acting
!ltt.ing them and training their crews in European waters WM arranged for, · as side-boys.
that when they arrived in the North and on Aug. 31, Admiral Mayo and
So ended a cruise which had extendSea they were able to exhibit a rapidity staff sailed in the u. s. s. Utah for ed from December. 1913, during
and efficiency in mine laying which Bantry Bay, Ireland.
i three years of which he . had
WM a source of wonder to the British , It ls ha.rdly neces~ary to go , i.nto de·commander-in-chief, this period covwith whom they were working.
tails of the Admiral'/; 1918 trip. It wa:; erlng the entire time that the United
A visit to the British Grand
Fleet, primarily for the purpose or inspecting · States had been engaged in the war.
commanded by Sir David Beatty, fol- the European portion of his command,
When he handed down his flag as
lowed and Admiral Mayo was rooelved and with but one or two exceptions he ' commander-in-chief of the U. S. Fleet,
and _quartered on board the fleet flag- and his staff visited every point tn : Admiral Mayo had seen nearly 48
ship, t he Queen Elizabeth, when his England, Scotland, France o.ud Italy , years service since first entering the
four-starred flag or an American ad- where U:
naval activities were car- Naval Academy as a boy of 15. Of that
mlral wa.~ flown alongside of Admiral ried on. This included the · British ' time 28 years and nine month.'i had
Beatty·..
Grand Fleet, the mine depots, the \ been sea service, this Including over
·Be-~idc; in.~pecting the variou., types northem bombing grout> in France, 5 1-4 years afloat as a flag officer, first
or vessel, in the Grand Fleet, luspec- and all avlo.tion stations.
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as a rear admiral in command of th!}
tlon~ were made of the dockyard deBesides the inspections there were 4th Division of the Atlantic Fleet. then
stroyer depot, experiment station, and conferences in Londo·n at the Admiral- in October, 1914, commanding the 1st
patrol and trnwler headquarters, and ty, with Admiral Beatty in the Grand Division, the First Division being comscvcro.l o! the "mystery ships" were Fleet and with the French Minlstry of posed or tho best super-dreadnaughts
seen and thelt' work viewed.
Marl~e ·in Paris also the usual number in the fleet, and therefore the fleets
of functions and honors, including a more Important dlvL~lon; then in com1 Arter returning to London and ho.v1 Ing further conferences, Admirnl Mayo
stay at Windsor castle as the guest of mand of the then newly formed battleand staff proceeded to France.
King George, dinners given by the u. ship squadron with the r~nk of vice
· Conferences with. the naval chief or s. ambassadors to England, France and admiral, being the f_lrst officer to hold
.st::if! wei·e mosL interesting and valu- Italy, entertainments by officials of tl~a~ rank since Vice Admiral Rowan of
able o.nd Admii:al Mayo's staff was fur- the British ·Adm~alty an~ the Fre~ch I Civil War game. Finally on June 19.
nished with all information asked for. Ministry of Manne, and m Italy dm- 1 1916, he succeeded to the command of
Leaving Paris; the ports of Brest and ners with the king, the minister of ma- the Atlantic Fleet with the rank of adSt. Nazair~ were visited and the facili- rine General Diaz
commander-in- miral while holding that office, and he
ties for handling troop transports and chief o! the Italian 'Army, and dinners ·continued in command of the fleet
cargo . hips examined and nn idea re- or lunches at practically every point (the designation being Changed to U. S.
celvcd of the army plnns [or ha1 bor de;,. rlsited
Fleet about the first part of l919J until
vrlopment. etc. The u. s. naval acth'iSailing from Liverpool on the British he finally hauled down hi.~ flag on
tics at these points were o.lso in.spected. s .. s. Mauritania the Admiral
and June 30, 1919,• and was succeeded by two
Returning to Paris an interesting con- party arrived , in New York . Harbor officers of the rank or o.dmiral, the
held with General Per- about 9 p. m. on Dec. 1 and were at once flee_t being then divided Into the A~lan~;.:.!:~~~~~:.,..;::.:.:;.:.;...:;;.;;~;.::::._~~~,e.::~::,.;;.F.,~~~:if;,,;;.-.,~;.,.,l'\"":T';,~~I tic and Pacific fleet.5.
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honored by the degree of L. L. D'. from
thP. University of' ve'rmcint: and on' June
28 a representative of the French ~m~
bw.y in Washington presented to hi,m:
on the flagship, the decoration of
Grand Officer of the Leglon of Honor,
'and later Japan presented him with
its highest decoration, .the Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun.
After a tour of duty _on the Genernl I
Board of the ' Navy, Admiral Mayo
reached . the age . of 64 and was placed.
upon the retired list on Dec. 8, 1920, but
only for a short time wa.s he permitted
to stay In retirement, for in August,
1024; he was recalled to duty and for
four years he served ~ governor of the
U. S. Naval Home in Philadelphia, Thus
in 1928 he completed 53 years of actlve
service in the Navy,
IN 'roRTSMOUT
· A new historical novel has just
made its appearance In serial form In
the Saturday Evening Post and is being read with interest by local residents because of Its presentation of
events, scenes and characters o!
Portsmouth, Kittery, and vicinity in
the long ago. It ls written by that distinguished author and acknowledged
authority upon colonial days o! New
England, Kenneth Roberts, o! Kennebunkport, Maine.
Mr. Roberts holds a high place In
American literature through his delightful tales of adventure which present the scenes o! the early days with
scrupulous accuracy as to hlstor_lcal
detitils. His books bring to his readers
a deep insight and understanding of
the history o! our country and this
sectlot'l in particular which no mere
history book could ever teach. Perhaps the best . known of his works ls
Arundel, an intensely Interesting no:.
' vel of the Southern Maine section in
Revolutionary War times and of the
historic and valiant march on Quebec.
Another of his popular historical
stories is The Lively Lady, .which deals
with the privateers which sailed from
this coast, manned by stout Yankee
seamen, to harry the British lion.
Rogers' Rangers opens in June of
1759, with the hero, a Kittery . young
man, attending Harvard College at
Cambridge, Mass. His two friends introduced in the first installment, are
Hunk Marriner and Cap Huff, neither
of whom was held in high esteem in
Kittery and Portsmouth, according to
its author, Sent home from Harvard
under probation for an escapade, the
three paddlo jup the Plscataqua on the
long trail to , the headquarters o! Lord
Jeffrey Amherst's army at Crown
Point, on Lake Champlain, where it
faced the French and Indians in the
northern wilderness.
In the Flintlock Tavern at Dunbarton they were fortunate in falling in
with Sergeant McNott, o! Rogers'
Rangers, that famed hard-bitten body
of scouts and woodsmen serving under
Amherst. Through his guidance they
reach Crown Point and enroll in Major Rogers' command.
St. John's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of
this city, · is mentioned in the story
and several o! its early members take
an active part in the events. Stoodley's Tavern, mentioned in the book
' as the meeting place o! the lodge,
which had its hall on the third floor,
ls still standing on Daniels street here.
The adventures which the three
, friends encounter as the Rangers set
out to attack st. Francis near the St.
Lawrence, far off in the heart o! the
enemy country, the presentation of
facts concerning the olden days · In
Portsmouth and vicinity, the historical personages made to live · again In
this-story including the Royal Gover• nor, .Benning Wentworth, and the
success with which Kenneth Roberts ·
has reproduced the atmosphere o! this
section in the long ago, all combine to
make up . a story which will prove a
fascinating one to local people_. - ~-
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n New· En·gland1 Still -Is
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Photo By Chester Davis
Oiliest Gdst ;um At Skatham Opemlell By. George Jewell
'.rhc olclrst servicrablc grist mill in
New Hampshire and a probable record
lloldc1· of all of
the New England
into iho second pond, then start
second' mlll • and ' then the third.
I would walk along the banks from mill
1 to mill, attending to rach one. At that
states ls stlll opcrntcd nt Strnthnm by ihne tltern ,ircre clHht' nillls located on
.t ho prcsm~ owner,
George
Jewell; the Wlnnicut river.
representn.tn·e of that·_ tmvn in the
The mill' rights controlled water 200
sl_ate leglsln.ture. wJ10 is a descendant yards below t,he mill n.nd in the other
01 a1~, of the prevlons o_wn~rs. The J direction to the sources-: The somces
plctmesqne, ,but_ useful, null 1s located extend : to • North Hampton HamJton
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on the · :Vn:mcut road
where it! and Hmn ton Falls;
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shingled' bullding carries the name. of I Ir~' 1932 the sm,te put m a new dam
Winnlcut Mills. .
I an~ a n~w· road · above _the I~lls. The
Wi.lmlcut Mills dates - back to years : old road crossed the river oelow the
previous to t,he Amei·lc:m Revol~it!on , dam and in bn.ck or the mill.
of 1777. It wns built by the early set-I The old lurbine water wheel grinds
tiers of Strnlham, and the · mill wn.s I grain , for customers in many townir of
not alone in sharing the large water, this state, as well ns in Maine and
supply that flowed dally over Winni- I Massachusetts. Mr . .Tewell has ground
cut dam. There was also a saw mlll an average of 42 tons per year for. the
and ' a shingle mill.
The
saw mlll last fom·, years. The grinding includes
burned in 1890 and at the time en- corn, wheat, . oats, barley and rye .. On
dangered the grist mill but being Jo- the Jewell farm it furnished the procaled on the far side of the river did cess gnp that exists on many farms;
no clamoge to the now historic bulld- for lhcrc tho food can go from, the
lug. Thll shin~lc mill met t.11c !ale or land tc;> the · consumer wilhout leavln[r
many. olcl• New England buildings that the confines of ihe farm. The grain is
have· lost theil1 usefulness, as it col- grown on' the farm, harvested,. stored,
Jnpsed.
ground' nnd cooke<l' into home-made
The grist mill wns owned by the meals. Now George Jewell does, most,
present', owner's grandfather DeWitt: of his grinding on Monday and Sate. JcWC'lli who sold tlJC mill' t~ J\is · son 1 1 mday.
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E. B. J ewell, who · operated it successFor the past' 25 years· a French Blm·
fully for many yea1-s. George Jewell, t stone has been used for grinding and
the present: owner, bought the mill : the owner believes it will be good for
from: his father about 15 yea·rs ago many more years. Previous to the use
and' has operated it ever since:
of the hard type stone for. grinding
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DeWitt Jewell' was a bm;y mnn as granite stones were used but wore out
he operated two other mills beside rapidly. The granite was often· cut'
the present grist mill. He operated from boulders on the Jewell farm.
them all at the. same time and at-· i Mr. Jewell did not'- realize that, the
tended to them by· himselr with pro- mill was a record holder !or the years
bailly only his young
sou. tagging it has been iu use until. told. b~ U .. s,
along Uehi.11d' him; pausing- to throw, Engineer5, recently wli.en they, drafted
stones: into tl,e pond ol" to· ~iidu on. the : every.• piece· CJ!' machinery; and, photo'lce in the' winter' months. one. otr tli.e graphcdi much:< oD tlle· old' milt. 'llhe
three mills; was located! at, the. oldl dam 1' i.11foi:mat1on1which tlte.' engineers, made
and th~ other 500 ya:rdS':, bel0W/ the' pre-, hM, beelll flledl in:. the• ltli;tor;lcall re-COlldS
sent dam .. Mr. Jewel would! starti, the' in. Concord! the: wo:tllc. being: done: bii; ,
up-strc:nn dam, letting- the water fio'IW ,a Federal1 emerg0110;,\' Uut-eam.
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as the fundamental law of C.' '
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i-\~o,.;~i:-7 '/',.
l er;_J~~o\!~ ~~~:~nJ)r;ia;~w H~p. / !hire gave to the country, the great ,-. •
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; expounder of the Constltution-Daniel • .
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I : Webster. New Hampshire enrolled the ~e;~ .¢'~··:
name of one of its sons, Franklin '. t,.:·.~;..t:_., .r ·· ..;
Pierce, among the Presidents of the , Q~• ' ti\\~C,.,\ _::,,, ·
United States, and has given to the ,:t, .·!{),
,.$!,~t ::-;
Courts and to the Congress many
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notable men.
"Our State has contributed to cultural and humanitarian endeavors as
well as to military glory and state.s manship. It has brought forth leaders in journalism, education and med;··!
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· The Mitchell Memorial Hospital at 1· to the Federal .Government and said ical science.
•the County Farm ·at .Brentwood was the work was. done during the
time "It is in honor of one of those whose·
dedicated on Monday afternoon with I building costs were low, and that if the great purpose 1n life was to help his
fitting exercises. High tribute was paid same building was started now it would fellowmen that we have gathered here
_to the memory of the late Dr. Abram
cost. from 15 to 20 percent more than today.
Mitqhell, for over 40 years county farm the present one.
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"Al:!ram Whittemore Mitchell was
·Jlhysician, by a11 ·participating in the · He also paid nigh . tribute to Dr. born in 1862 and graduated from the
observance. · In addition to the mem- Mitchell, saying, "For over 40 years he New York Medical School in 1887.
bers o! the Rockingham County dele- considered the people of this institution After a brief time he entered upon
ration to the Legislature · there were in , on a par with any .of those on the out- th e practice of his profession in Eppattendance many others from all parts . side and his work will always be re- Ing. He was one of the family docof the county.
membered. The only thing we regret is tors of this section and he radiated
Mahlon o. Currier, chairman of the that he could not have lived to see the about him all the love and hope and
Rockingham County
Commissioners, building dedicated." Mention was also f.'.l,_ith which that term signifiPs.
acted as master of ceremonies and made of the passing of Supt. Wallace Truly, tht:'y were his people. To him
called upon Rev. Wallace Boardman Styles and his Interest in the lnstit\l- they looked for encouragement and
of the Brentwood Baptist Church .~ho t!on.
friendly counsel. For for ty· years he
delivered the invocation.
Mr. Frink brought out that should Jnbored mi1c:hllly mnong_ men .
. James D. Cash, first
assistant to the hospital be operated as a sur~ic.a l
"There were others who came under
Harold J. Lockwood, regional director one· instead of a lying-in hospital it the kindly and efficient care of Dr.
of the PWA in Maine,. New Hampshire ; would be necessary to install an X-ray Mitchell-those at the Rockingham
and Vermont, was the first , speaker. machine and estimated the cost would County Farm. For more than 40
The hospital was started by WPA and be $2500.
years he served as physician at this
finished by PWA, Mr. Cash stated, sayDr. Benjamin w. Baker, superintend-I institution. The facilities for . the care
ing that the entire cost was in
the ent of the state School at Laconja., of those in distress were poor indeed
vicinity of $60,000, and of that $26,500 I spoke on "Relations of a Modern Hos- and for years he dreamed o~ a new
will be a Federal grant. He told o! the pital to a county Institution." He pre- building where the sick might be
tine wdrk accomplished by the PWA in dieted that with this hospital the time properly cared for. That dream has
adding public hospitals .in the country the patients were under the care of the come true and we meet today to
a.nd also told what had _been done in county would be much shorter.
He dedicate t?is splendid structure. It
New Hampshire. In addition to thi,s stressed
the need for preventative is very fittmg that it has been named
building he said that a ·dormitory had medicine and told of the work being the Mitchell Hospital.
been built for employes at the . State done to overcome cancer, tuberculp"Greater than · the glory or war,
Hospital in Concord, an addition to the sis· and many other diseases. "Of all and above the honors of statesman- ,__
Tobey building, which will provide for i tne things that impede the progress of ship are the ac!Jie\'ements of those
100 beds, and a new laundry has been , the human race disease is the greatest,," who love and sene their fellowmen.
started at Laconia, In. all in New he stated.
"Greater love hath no man than this,
Hampshire, he said, 215 extra beds will
Hon. Charles M. Dale of this city, a that h e Jay down his life for his
be provided at a cost of $656,721, o! member of the Governor's Executive friend ." Greater honor can no man
which $265,732 will be in Federal grants council gave the dedicatory address, have than to serve his brother m an.
by the Public Works Administration.
speakin~ as follows:
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"It is the need of the world that
Ernest G. Swansburgh of the Swans''Since the days of Captain ' John ' inspires men to tht>ir best efforts. A ,/C
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burgh Construction Co., general con- Smith's discovery o! the Isles of 1 man reaches his fullest stature when_£,~
tractors, paid high tribute to the county Shoals which he named Smith's Isles, , he stoops to raise another wi10 1\as ·
commissioners as he turned the key this region that we call New Hamp- ! fallen in the· battle of life. Service
over to the architect, M. E. Witmer of shire has known and reared many I to our fellowmen is . the crowning
this city, who, in turn, turned the hos- famous men.
[ glory of . manhood. It is such service
pital over to Rockingham County. Mr.
"In colonial times Governors John : that made the name of the master
Witmer stated that for over a year and and Benning Wentworth drove their ! the brightest •that . there is in heaven
a. half he has been connected with the coaches from the seashore to our In- I or on earth.
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work of building the hospital, starting. land lakes and mdbnta!ns and ruled
"The path of such service· is open to ,,
from the time it was put on. paper until in something .of royal splendor in the every man. rt is not only those who h
the day It was turned over to the name of an. English King over men are favored in birth or fortune · to ...
county. Re paid tribute to the work of who were even then dimly dreaming whom· the opportunity ls given to ·;
Dr. Mitchell, for . whom the hospital is. of a larger freedom.
help, to aid and to serve. Each one
n.~med, and also to the building com- l "In the etruggle for our Nation's of us can do his part wherever. life
roittee· and· the commissioners_ as well liberty which soon followed, New may find ... us.· Everyone · can , prove
as the contractors-.
,·
. ·
.. Hampshire nobly did her part. From that some good ·can come out of
,..;:poun_t.y_,_ Comn:i,!.5-sioner· ,. Simes
farms .and fL'lheries, ·from town:; :.incl Galilee. A child · who was cradled ' in
bi·· accept!ng the ' bulldfhg fo~ ·Jr tbe _' villages the hardy men of New Hamp- • a manger 'has ii name and · fame far·
county,..stated that. the Mitchell Hospi- · shire sprang to arms to fight with I greater than that of any man who
tal ls the most modern one in the state Washington from Bunker Hill to I was born· in the palaces of kings.
of, New ,Hampshire apd one of the best 1' Yorktown and to help place on the I So long as need exists in the· world ,',
1n 'the country. He spoke of the cost o! 1Nation's roll of honor the names of j will. we · have the opportunity to r1s'? ·~·
the building and said the approprla- General Stark and General Sullivan. to the full height · of our manhood. ,
ti.o n, was exceeded by only $72'.7?.. He
"New Hampshire sent able men to So long as there is need for helpful- '"
told' of the total cost to the county and I Philadelphia to help draft the con- ness •and kindness · there will always be ,
•omPt.h lnl? for _ mi _ to_ do. _ _
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New Structure At .Brentwood Is Memorial To Late Dr•.
Abram W. Mitchell'- Hon. Charles M·. Dale Gives:
··Dedication. Address
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�-~-:~~':'::.'':T::'"":'::':l:"i'r.:""":':~~=:,r,1:".".a~n-=-ce:-':s-::p:-ac::':e:-::"a::n~d--:a:-;lar::;:g;:e:"'.a;;-;u;;-;to;;;;:;p;sy:;-;:r;;:oo~m:;;-.1wfiBoston and l'{ewburyport, Newburypor
we may e. •a
At the left o! the main entrance is the
and Portsi'flouth and Portsmouth and
to answer the summons to kin
waiting room. 'I11e south section o! the
Portland, adding also that the pony
to helpfulness and to servic
first floor is occupied · by the women's
express riders also stopped at the inns.
tour-bed medica.f and surgical wards,
The speaker stated that in 1748 the
Opportunity
and the north section contains the mabetter class tavern o! its time was the
By Walter Malone
ternity department and nursery.
Province Arms which
contained a
The second floor south section consmall ballroom. This was the scene o!
do me wrong who say I come
talns the men's wards, the north section
the meeting 1n protest against the
no more
Stamp Act and also the meeting place
' When once I knock and fall to fllid the operating suite, with nurses' work
,
you in;
room, sterlllzlng room, doctors' robing
of the Sons of LiQerty. This hotel was
, For every day I stand 011tslcie your and scrubup rooms.
sold in 1792 but was replaced and
I door
On the third fl<,or space is provided
called the City Hotel, being the first
establishment on record to be called
And bid you wake, and rise to fight for the nurses' quart~rs.
An electric service ele,·ator is located
the name hotel.
and win.
The spealcer called attention· to MaWait not for precious chances passed in the center of the building and oper1
away!
ates to all floors. A large general corcadam, inventor of the road by the
same name and stated that part of the
1Weep not for golden ages on the wane! ridor connects all rooms except the
highway between Portsmouth and BosEach night I burn the record1; or the maternity suite with dell,ery rooms,
claynursery and operntlon suite, which are
ton was macadam at the time.
"When you compare the present day
At sumlse every' soul is bom again ! isolated bv means o! M?parate lobbies.
Among ·the Portsmouth people preshotel," Mr. Smith said, "and thinlc
ent were Representatives Mary C. Donwhat the traveler had to put up with,
"As we dedicate this structure to dero, Andrew ~T. Barrett, Harry H.
it certainly is an appreciated fact that
the service of those who have fall- Foote and William Cogan, Mr. and Mrs. ,
the hotels have gone right up through
en aloug life's way-as we recall Peter J. Hickey, Councillor Charles M. , from the bottom of industry, to I
again the life nnd work of that great Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Simes Frink, Mayor , believe, eighth ptace 1n line." Mr. Smith
,md good mun for \\hom it i~ named, Kennard E Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. ! added that 1n 1928 , that industry
Jet us feel their inspiration, let us M.
E.
Witmber. Edmund R. '
ranked fourth but fell back to 17th or
heed their call to the service of Fay,
Alvin F. Redden
and
lSth place and now is returning tofcllow-mcn. In that service we will America Frnnzoso. Others fr.om nearby;
ward the top o! the list.
find true happiness and life's richest towns included Rep. Harold A. Syphers .
Turning to the subject of the Rockrewards."
of Greenland, Rep. Forrest Knowles or '
Ingham Hotel, Mr. Smith stated that
Following the de<licatory exercises NorU1 Hampton imd Town Clerk Blake '
it is only a small organization but in
there \\·as rm opportunity to inspect the Rand or Rye.
the organization efforts are made to
hospital and a buffet luncheon was
keep a high standard of hospitality.
served in the basement.
We try to train each individual to his
The l\litchell hospital was authorown job," he stated, and told o! the
ized by the 1935 Rockin gham County
science of pleasing a guest, telling or
delegation to 'the Legislature.
The
the points which must be satisfactory
building, exclusive of the foundation,
i.l.;_'iJ.~~~[;.).11 to the , guest. "To get a really 100%
was built at a cost of slightly under
success he must be satisfied with every$58,992.71, of which a Federal grant of tir~=~==--==-:-:"'::":;""""=:-;-;-- ~:;t thing. You llave got to be on the alert
1
$26,514 was received from the governand watch out that every guest is a
ment.
Rep. Elihu T. Adams of Seabrook
was chairman or a special building
committee from the 1935 county delcga.tionwith
to the Legislature
cooperated
the U1rcc which
Rockingham
Colln
'y' commissioners ln the erection
or tI~e building. Other members of
the committee
H. HepWorth
Or Derry.were
C)larlesOliver
C
. Russell of
Exeter. Lo\118
J~," nvrin o! Hampton
Falls' Wl·111·,,,·111 B.
Peaslee
of Plaistow,
'
Richard G. Pra.y and Dr. P. J . Kittredge
of Portsmouth.
Mrs. Wallncc H. Stiles was in charge
of the luncheon, during which music
was !w·nhhed by a .trio. At Uie conclusion of the luncheon, Rep. Oliver H.
H~pworth of Deny, chairman of the
Rockiugham County delegation in th e
present session o! the General Court, In
, a !cw fitting remarks paid tribute to Dr.
I Mitchell and also to the late superlni tendent, who died after a brief illness
th
last month, after more an nine year~
service in charge o! the comity buildings there.
_ '111e new hospit.'11, with P.. capacity of
I
35 beds, ls n two-st-0ry bulldlni; wiU1 a I
basement and is connected to the other i
buildings and boiler house by me nns o!
Rn undC'rground tunnel. The building
Is of concrete, steel and brick With hollow tile backing.
The basement ls provided with BJJace
for an X-ray room, central iet kltche.n,
service toilet rooms, storerooms, locker
room, pharmacy, linen room, ambu-
HOTEL HISTOR
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satisfied guest," he added.
Hou'. Charles H. Brackett spoke of
t
the early hotels, and mentioned tha
before the
road Boston
was constructed
theLafayette
road from
to
f th
Portsmouth went through Greenland
O
Ro~~:~~~a:·;it~t• ;:~lag~:s bee:
and ' there was a tavern there.
"mine host" to the Kiwanis club for
Samuel D. Eastham, president of the
th e gues t
club, presided. He spolce foftithet Boy
the past few years was
Scout campaign, and balso o 1e roop
spealcer of the club last evening t aliet
s onsored by the cu .
their reguJar meeting. He gave a a
1
011 hotels from their early beginning
in this country and traced the evol utlou o! the business up to the present i-r:,,,·_:c,~·•·-·
time where it ls the eighth ranlcing
business o! the country.
·
Mr. Smith began by telling that hotels were originally known as "ordinaries" and about 1600 dw·ing Pw·ltan
-ciayrit---mls difficuIHo· -get -Peol1Tll-e
conduct hotels or ordinaries. The taxes were heavy and due to the rules regardlng drinlcing, it was hard to get
people to go- into this business. FollowIng the ordinaries came the taverns
and !nus, which Mr.
Smith stated
were practically the same. These were,.."',,_ _.,,,,.
usua.lly situated 011 stage coach routes
running through towns. These, he said,
were 011 a larger sea.le tha.n the ordinarlcs, but never haa more than 10
rooms. Inns were used as stopping w.,~."'~~•;
places !or the stage coaches and where
they changed horses, he continued,
stating that they were the stopping
places between New Yorlc and B' oston,
�WAS
ED 35
YEARS' AGO
TODAY
The above picture of the H mpton River bridge was first printed in the Po1·tsmouth Herald 35 year11 ago today
In connection with the opening of the brid~g[,l:e::.,·.,---~~~~:-:--:;::-:"'".!~~~~....,...-,---~-...,..,...,.,__ _ _ __
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- At the exercises held at the Sea roo
Thirty-five years ago today the so- end or the bridge Hon. warren Brown
called Mlle bridge acr~ss the Hampton or Hampton Falls presided. Governor
Iver was opened. This made the conth
rlnclpal speaker
Jordan was
e p
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ecting link of electric roads, ~e t ween Others on the program Included Rallork Beach and Boston, with the ex- road Commissioner Henry M. Putney or
~eptlon of the break caused by · the Manchester, Insurance commissioner
Portsmouth-Kittery ferry ~cross
the John C. Linehan, Penacook, Dr. Charles
.P lscataqua River to Badgers Island.
S Murkland president of N. H. College;
The Portsmouth Herald of May 15, N J B tch;lder secretary of the State "-•""!!'~•,.·;y,',"'
1902, the day following the
opening, B. '.d a r Agrlc~lture and Hon. John
st~ted: "The new bridge was built by M~~aneo of Milford. '
the Lovell Electric Railway Co. and is
In the evening a ball was held at the
the longest bridge in New England, Casino at Hampton Beach.
measuring 4,823 feet. It ls 39 feet wide
Among the local people attending In
ad cost about $100,000. The bridge ~ the official party were the followlng: :
on the direct line of New Hampshl~e s Mayor John Pender, Sheriff Marcus M.
Ocean Boulevard now In process of I Collis;
Aldermen Thomas 0. Lester,
construction aµd It will become a part George A. wood, Fred L. Martin, Hero! it. Work on the sttucture was be- 1 man A. Clark, Frank W. Knight and
gun more than a year ago, and an Im- , Charles E. Balley, Councilmen S. F. A.
mense amount of material was con- Pickering, Edward A. Manent, E. 0.
sumed in Its building."
Hepworth, Fred L. Stackpole, Charles
The exercises connected with the a. Asay and Elisha B. Newman, County
dedication brought a number or people Commissioner Ceylon Spinney, Judge
to Hampton and Seabrook.
Wallace Calvin Page, Col. True L. Norris, Fred
D. Lovell, electric road promoter, who M. Sise, H. Fisher Eldredge, A. F. Howwas prominent in the building or the ard, E. Percy Stoddard, John Goodall,
bridge, sent out about 200 invitations president or the common council, ana
and nearly all those invited were pres- w. o. Meloon, general mana~er or the
ent. At noon a luncheon was served at Portsmouth,
Kittery & York Street
Hotel Whittler at Hampton.
At 2 Railway.
o'clock, following the luncheon, all went 1----~-,::-:::-:=:::--:-ll!""-=:mo'lr-::o:-;,,..il-.;
in special cars to the bridge, five miles
away. The Exeter Band was in the
first car. All specials ran across the
bridge, the exercises being held at the
Seabrook end, where more than 500
persons had gathered.
The first car
was run across the structure by Gov.
Chester B. Jordan or New Hampshire.
�The speaker told o! how the plan began
in the Rye Harbor section and later was
lRken up by the development assocla•
Uon and still later by the state Planning Board and finally the state, until
now work ls underway there.
'
He gave a description of the proposed
inland waterway from the Massachu~ctt.s line to Gre~ t Bay and said it might
be just a dream, but that without much
the waterway
could
be
RandaU Speaker ' difficulty
brought lo Hampton Harbor,
The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-is
At Meeting
Ynitarian
an inland wate.i·way 200 feet
Laymens League . · planning
wide ru:i.<L~-feet deep from the Merrimack Ri_ver back of the ·sallsburys to
The story of tl~~ ' Seacoast Regional the New Hampshire line, he said, and
Development Associapon was clearly the waterway would also extend back of
told at the meetin,g Qf the .James De Plum Island through Cape Ann. SeaNormanclie ChapLer, . Unitarian Lay- brook people became interested o.nd
men's League, Ja~t. evening by frnnk W. mo.de plans to continue the watel'\vay
Randall. Mr. Ranqall ls prcsi~lent of to Hampton- Harbor, he stated, and
the association nnu gn.vl! a very fine told of the various communities becomtalk, telling
various develo1;mcnts ing interested, and that now the prowhich are being studied in the seacoast posal ls to bring it to North Hampton,
region.
nnd then cut across, either to the ExeIn brglnning his talk: he staled that ter River 01· Great Bay. He stated that
all the towns in lhe association nre on the government ls interested because it
lidcwntrr nncl lhrrl'fore hn.ve murh ln would make nn inland water route berommon. He thrn told of enrly busi- tween U1e Boston nncl Portsmouth navy
nrss In New Hampshire, stn1ing that n.t yards.
first agriculture was the most importMr. Randall also spoke of the Hampant n.nd later industry came fu·st.
He ton highwar, the trailer camp at the
stat d tha~ in 1930 the income from in- General Sullivan bridge and finally of
dustry wns $3G5,000,000 and last year , the proposed park at Liberty bridge. He
lhe amount dropped to $175,000,000. spoke of the interest on the ,Part of the
"We hn.ve got to be alert and bring back Dlvi5ion of J'To.tional Parks.
Several
some of that Industry," he said. Re- questions were asked regarding the
garding recrealion, he said that the plans for development in the South End
Income for tbe entire i.t:1.te was $75,000,- section.
000 and of that amount 22
percent
In closing ,1c spoke of billboards, long
came to the seacoast 1egion.
range mosquito eradication and the
Answering the question, "why do we proposed bridge :.crosJ the Piscataqua.
need to do anythlng ln the seacoast
Previous to the talk a supper was
region If we have that much income?" r;erved, consisting of gr11.pefrult, mashed
he &tated t.hat there is great competi- potatoes, string beans, salad, beefsteak
tion among rccrPational sections and pie, squash pie and coffee.
llrn.t people i11 the seacoru;t region must
In the o.bscnC'e of the prl's1dcnt m1d
clo everything U1ey c11.n to o.tlrnct peo- vice president Laurence G. Peyser preple ro this part of the state, snying, "We sided and In trod ucecl the speaker. ,
<·1 n't stand still. We 11:1.ve got to presen·e the historical shrines and maintain tl cm i! we want t.he people to come
here."
Mr. R:mdall then told of the forming
of the dcvelopMent association, st11.t!ng
it would do more nncl go farther than a
m11nlclpnl!ty. The speakrr told of requei,ts Urnt cl\me int-0 the Chamber of
Commerce three years ago for booklets
about the New Hampshire seacoast, and
Governor Murphy, on behalf of
that out of those requests grew 11,n or- the State, is going to sponsor the
g:inizat!on of the seacoast town and publication of the WPA New Hampthis later gi-rw into the present Sea- shire Guide, on which a staff of
co:1st Reglonnl Association.
writers under the writers' project of
Mr. I!andl\11 had several maps to 11- the WPA has been at work for many
lnstrate his talk, one being a large map months. First, the information was
o! the region which made lt nry easy assembled for Individual communito follow his cll'scrlptlons as he to\d of ties, then assembled in a state guide.
different projects which are under con- All of the state guides eventually wlll
s!der:1.Uon by t!:e associaUon. He ex- be merged in a complete United
plained in detail the Rye Harbor pro- States guide. The New Hampshire
ject, telllng of the plan to build two section will be published by a Boston
j<.>tties to make a harbor o! refuge !or printer and the state through Govsailing cmft.
· ernor Murphy wlll buy all unsold
He told of lh,;i pian to clrecl~e to n~nlte copies at the encl of 18 months at
a depth of 15 feet at low water, the plan th e price of $1.16 a copy up to a total
of $2500 worth of books.
to e!l.mlnate the curve at Ragged Ncck,r---~----------..,.1.
a state pier, bathi.n..; beach, an aviation
field and camp for the National Guard.
TELLS OF WORK
,OF SEAC AST .\
.ASSOC ATION
Frank , Vf • .
of
?£ .
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JOHN LANGDON CLU
The men affiliated with the North
c~urch at their gatherinls last everung voted to reorganize the John
~ngdon club. This club, which at one
time was the largest men's club in the
city, was very important to the church,
~uring the pa.st few years, ha.s been
mi.ctive.
A cormnittee composed o!
Robert Boyd, Henry Reuther, Frank
Rhodes, Jr., Albion Warren and Raymond I. Beal are to make plans for
the reorganization. The committee will
report at a later .meeting plans and
policies.
_The get-to__gether meeting started of!
with a fine supper last evening. The
!1 committee consisted o! Wllliam, c.
Walton, John Mooney and E. Curtis
Matthews. Roland I. Noyes presided.
! A discussion on men's place in the
church and his responsibility to the
chm·ch and the community was carried on _for some length or time. There
was also considerable discussion re1
garding the re-organization. of the
1 John Langdon club, which was all favorable. Charles Beaton was
as acting treasurer.
Robert Boyd gave a history
John Langdon club.
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�LETTERS_FROM
THE PEOPLE
llDllllllllilllll:tllll:Jllll\lUlnllllnlllllll\l!JllllllillU(l(llliUIJIJliUDlll1
The Passing of Prof. Eliu Thomson
Editor of The Herald:·In 1885 the
writer
with a . man
named Breed of West Lynn were employed by the Boston Elec. Co., c~ntractors for such electrical work as
was known !Ii those days. Bells, burg,.. .,..,..,, ,.,,,..,,Jar alarms, annunciators, etc. A year
or two before this Prof. Thomson with
Prof. Houston, both of Philadelphia,
formed the Thomson-Houston Elec.
co. of New Britain, Conn. Some experiments
in Europe
had started
scientists on this side in a rush to produce a practical electric light. Edison
with hJs Bamboo filament in a vacuum, and Brush of Cleveland with his
high tension carbon
(arc)
lamp.
Tnomson severed his connection with
:t'<·,..,-i,.ril the school and gave his time to
the
new company. Houston, a mathematician, retained his position at Philadelphia.
The early generators were hand
controlled, required close attention.
Thomson was the first to make an automatic dynamo which at that time
were very small-3 to 10 llght capacity
-and an estimated candle power of
1200 to 1500 (measured from four directions and totaled). About this time
Frank Jones had bought the Hotel
Wentworth at New Castle, N. H., and
tl'le second machine made by the New
Britain Co. was a 3 llght capacity;
was purchased by Jones to light the
area in front of the hotel. A man by
the name of Leo Cutter of New Bria.;i1..,,..,P1"1<-,•',1 taln made
the installation on high
poles with an arm. Two yea.rs after
IIH-·"''-.:..,.~,.:.":!,.·::,-_;'..,:.1 the first installation of the 3 light ma.chine the writer installed a 25 llght
machine and the lights were extended
to the Sagamore road-the pioneer
electric llght.s in this section of the
country.
•-~-""".,"'' In the meantime Chas. F: Brush of
Cleveland had entered the llght!ng
field and bought control of the New
Britain Co., forcing out Prof. Thomson and closing the
plant. H. O.
Pevear and Chas. E. Coffin on the
lookout for new enterprises, induced
Thomson to come to Lynn-he had
retained in his own name what patents
were
of importance. Pevear
.... ~..,.... built Factory A on Western Avenue In
West Lynn and the race was on.
·.-·.~~'."'.,. Breed, mentioned above, obtained a
position the following year, and a year
'!'Z!t:,:r;,:ui after the
writer followed, and our
friendship and connection with the
company continued for many years,
until his death. To obtain and hold
the love and respect o! so many employes a man must possess qualities
far above the majority of h.tlffians. I
was in daily contact with him, in the
testing and development o! many of
his experiments and I never
heard
him utter an ' impatient word. I never
et angry,
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If your
work or efforts did not
please him, you never knew it. He was
about 5 ft. 8 In., well proportioned,
and a very pleasing personality, voice
low, his words were simple and delivered without emphasis or gesture. I
have heard him talk at Technology on
some new electrical development, anct
when he had finished there was little
need to ask questions. In the i·apid i
development o! electrical devices he
was always In the lead-he took up
those he thought would have the most
practical use. One day he called me t'l
his private work room where he had
two or more
skilled
workers, and
showed me the results of a test he had
Just made of a small generator. He
had welded pieces of copper, iron,
brass, Into rings and made a chain
about 12 in. long, using only a little
borax for a flux,
and from that
sprung almost over night the Thomson Welding Co. (a separate corporation from the Elec. Co.). From that he
and his assistants ma.de mlllions. The
management of the Electric Co. were
not very much Interested at first and
the holdings were scattered. Later,
after they had made machines capable of welding 9-in. girder rails for
street railway use
which took the
place of ''.Fish plates" they wasted
their time and much money experimenting on steamship shafts which
later proved impractical. For several
years ' the company stood still but
gradually developed
an
outlet of
greater diversity, and more profit and
universal benefit. As the Prof. told me
"a llttle experience Is worth a lot more
than a theory".
In the process of
manufacture special tools were devised
to shorten the time taken to put apparatus through the factory; there
were many skilled mechanics, but he
was first and foremost to see the difficulty and plan a remedy. He was the
paramount genius of the ThomsonHouston Co. All of this rapid development required financial management of
a high order, Pro!. Thomson himself
had no press agent, no ballahoo. It's
doubtful if ever any one obtained an
authorized interview on electrical matters· a word from him and stocks in
the ~ompany would go up or down. The
commercial end was left to Pres. Pevear and Coffin. At one time they hired
a man, a nntive of Lynn, as general
manager; he did the active sales promotion; there was talk of interviews,
etc., and the company's stock fluctu:i.ted. Soon he was ouL and Vice Pres.
Coffin dropped his shoe business and
took the active management.
During this period Prof. Thomson
saw the absorption of his former ad1·ersary-the Brush Elec. Co. of Clevel?.nd,
The Jenny Elec. Co. of Fort Wayne, the
Van Bepole Co., manufacturers or Ry.
equipment (very early type) and many
alleged infringers of pa tent rlgh ts,
leaving one principal competitor, The
Edison Co. This company had continued its one type ot. low voltage tor
strictly II)terior lighting. The development of the alternating current transformer system by the Thomson-Houston Co., and its subsidiaries were fast
limiting the output of the Edison Co.,
largely financed by Morgan & Co. ·It
had been the policy ·of the ThomsonHouston Co. to take part payment in
securities from the various utility companies to whom they sold apparatus.
About 1893 they found themselves very
much in need of cash. A close friend of I
mine was selected to negotlat.e a loan
from the Morgan Co. The negotiations '
resulted In 30 % in cash or the face
value of about 20 million of various
utlllty stocks, and an ag1·eement to consolldate wltl1 the Edison Co., forming
the Gen. Elec. Co., of which Mr. C. A.
Coffin was made president, and later
chairman of the board, when Mr. W.
E. Rice was made presldent a protege
o! Pro!. Thomson, and his close assistant from New Britain. Prof. Thomson
had developed a splendid estate In
Swampscott and continued to reside
there. In the consolidation of the vari0U6 properties many able men sk1lled
In the arts and sciences were among
the vast army of employees able to
continue the development of their particular lines. Press agents have written
the goings and
comings of various
members o! the technical staf! but the
dominant figure
was
always, Prof.
Thomson. I was present at a meeting in
New York when the Edison Medal for
outstanding electrical achievements in
electrical developments was presented
to him. The remarks of the various
eminent speakers, noted scientists, financial leaders, etc., were a benediction.
His reply In quiet, even tones, stating
the. abll!ty and achievements o! his
contemporary (the donor of the medal)
gave evidence of his sincerity. For
many years he has been interested in
astronomy; he studied lens making and
built himself a telescope and within a
few years was engaged In making a
much larger instrument. He came from
England at the age of 5, graduated from
high school at 17 and for 5 yea.rs he
was an assistant professor of chemistry
at the Central High School in Philadelphia; at twenty-three a full professor. Seven hundred patents are on flle
in his name.
It has been said of his inventions, If
you should take out of all electrical apparatus today the inventions and
principles first discovered by Thomson,
a majority of all things electrical from
mighty dynamos to electric fans; would
eiLher give up the ghost or limp
ehrough theirr daily tasks.Edison'& electric lights would go out, Marconi's radio would quit cold, street cars and 1>ubways would ~top, everything welded electrically from auto wheels to metal
beds, would fall apart and yom· milk
man would charge more for cream.
Nearly every practical instrument for
the creation, trani,mlssion and use o!
electricity commercially owes its proficiency to laws or controls first discovered by Thomson. Nearly 60 years ago
he invented the cream separator. Of
late years it ls said of him-he does not
drink tea, coffee or Intoxicants, or
smoke. It Is said of Edlson that he had
a talent for showmanship. Thomson
preferred to remain a scientist. He was
a tireless Investigator to the end.
"Here was a man." Prof. Ellu Thomson
died Saturday, March 12, age (near) 84.
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Postmaster - Joseph P. Conner
etires With Excel en Record
Peter J. Hickey .>ssumed his duties as ' James H. Perkins of Rye Beach. They
postmaster at tt , local postoI!ice at the ' have thl'ee children, two daughters and
close o! business last night. Mr. Hickey cne son.
was uotl!ied by a telegram from PostMr. Conner is a charter member ,md
master General James A. Farley that served as president o! the Portsmouth
his commission was on the way and !or ! Athletic Club, and has also been acth·e
l:im to assume ch ~rge at the close of in the Chamber of Commerce. He ls a
btislness on March 31.
Joseph P. Com:.E:r, ,\"ho retires from
the postmastershiµ has established nn
enviable record in that position.
He
has served o·:cr 2,i yenrs In the offh:e
:mcl during that ,ilne has won the esterm of all with whom he ha s come in
contact.
On Dec. 10, l!J07, Mr. Conner was first
appointed postma,,ter, the nominalion
being made by Theociore RooseYeli. J
Sine~ that time he has served under the
folJowing prcsicleni.s: William Howa.-d
Tafi, Woodrow W,lson, Warren G
Harcling,
Calvin Coolidge,
Herbert
Hoo\'er and Frankiin D. Roosevelt,, lmv-
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PETER J. HICKEY
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member of
toe
Church of Chl'ist,
Scientist, and has served as reader of
the church.
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Mr. Conner has ever been n. working
executive during his many years
as
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postmaster and hr..s always been pres, ent to lend a hand when there was n.
' rush. For the past 20 years he has been
in the office by 7 o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Hickey is a :. native and lifelong
tesident of this city. He Is 44 years of
age and has been active in the Democratic party for sc,me years. In Janu.JOS EI'H P. CONJI.Elt
11ry he retired after serving three years
as city cleric H~ married Miss Anna
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ing the distinction of serving from one· McEvoy on June 7, 1916. For some
Roose\'elt to the next. However, there! time he carried on the business estabv.as one lapse during these years. In Ilishment known a.; the Specialty Shop.
1915 he was sucecedcd by John Dowd, I He ls -a member of Portsmouth Lodge
who held the position for two years nnd • of Elks nnd or Portsmouth Council, K.
a hnlf, and then Frt>d C. Tucke1· was of C., of which heh n past grand knight.
named ncling po:tma~trr. Just four 1He served as ch.J.rman Of the Demoyears from the time Mr. Conner rclin- cratle Clty committee, chairmnn
of
qulshNl his clutles. he ngnln was np- Wnrcl Two Dcmocrntic committee. He
polntcci postmn.;te•:.
· l•ns sent out letter:; of resignation from
Mr. Conner wm, for 25 rears a clerk all political orgar.izations to which he
m the store of He1,ry Peyser & Son. At I belonged.
the time of his nppoiutment ns post- I During his service at City Hall as
master the first time he was in the ln-1 city clerk he was most efficient and
surance busine.ss. During the• Interim made many friends. Mr. Hickey is vel'y
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when ho wn~ not postmnstrr, cluri11g fond o! bnscba.11, which Is his favorite
the World War, he returned to tho in- sport. He wns active in getting a K. or
surance business :,;,d later was at the C. team orgamzerl !or
the
Sunset
Shattuck shipyar1 1u1 a government In-! League in past year~ and during 1933
spector, giving up his position there to when the team won Uw championship,
return to the post-Otflce.
and in 1934, when it wru; the runner-up,
Mr. Conner married Miss Elizabeth he and ,James Fnllam served as coPerkins, c'augh!Rr of Mr. and Mrs. mnnagers.
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J'udge Justin H. Sha.w gave a. very lnleresfl.ng talk last evening· on "Kittery
Epitaphs" at the meet.Ing of the Austin
Parent-1t'eacher As~ociation In Kfttery
last. evening; ·, , , · ·.,, i•. ,, '· , ··
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Judge Shaw selected and grouped together three of the so-called Chauncy'
epitaphs, two .in Kittery an~ one . in,
Portsmouth, and surrdlmded them with
a Jot ot facts' whfoh were l.ntenciecf to
explain some of Ui.e lines, !rom a. literary standpoint as · well as a. personal
and hlstoricar review.' Toe evident lnfiuence of the poetry of Alexande:r,Pope
at,that time 0:.1 the two eplJ;aphs in Kittery .was Indicated by comparisons.
1'Charles Chauncy was one or the lntellectuaf founders or' Kittery,, and , as
a. scholat' an·d 'abatriot was one of those
who prepared' the minds of the people
to the extent ~! his influence, !or the
American Revolution:• said
Judge
Shaw. "He stood with Thomas Paine,
before the da.ys at Valley Forge with
Washington; and with Jol'm. Hancock,
Adams and Revere in Massachusetts,
and with Pickering, Sullivan and Langdon in Portsmouth. I do not know
just how he may have been associated
with the Pqrtsmouth men, but he was
with them in the spirit. But this was
the standpoint of lhe Kittery committee of Parker, Cha.uncy and Bartlett on
Jan. 7, 1773: ·we shall be ready to Stand
by the Respectable Town of Boston in
every lawful undertaking. for the Recovery of many Ancient Privileges
which seem to be ,nested from us, and
we are willing to offer our lives as a
Sacrillce· in the Glorious cause of Libertl·, U there should ever be occasion.•
hit has been pointed out by Prof. E. C.
Huntington of the Univcl'sity of Nashville that this was two years before Lexington and Concord," .said Judge Shaw.
"The subject· of epitaphs is not so dry
as ene might imagine," he continued.
•·Many of them are ridiculous, of course.
Many of ther.1 are grand. The most of
them are of some interest at. least.
"Kittery, I think, is very rich in epitaphs. Very many of them are of much
interest and beauty. For instance, the
personal tribut~ to Levi Lincoln Thaxter by Robert Browning is perhaps the
best known, and make the great English poet and a great man quite a living
personality right here in Kittery. The
fact U1at some pers011s will make
a
special trip from New York City to visit
the grave of Levi Lincoln Thaxter on
nccount o! this epitaph, to me is ~n importnnt mntter of literary interest
alone.
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"Kittery Point is the epitaph center
for Kittery. I suppose' the inscription
on the tablet or slab over the Pepperrell , .,,........ ,
tomb shares in interest
with
the P., ... ,«,1.·,.,,.
Browning-Thaxter verse,
for
most.
visitors, It has become so well known.
I have so many of them in my notebook
of epitaphs. The Chauncyi,, the Cutts,
the Dennetts, the Femalds, the Stevens'. ,the •Weeks, the Badger slab, 'the
Whlpples, the Wilsons, the Rices, the
Saffords, the seawards, the Mitchells,
the Bellamys, the Hills, · Gerrlshes and
�Bernard Yoffee And Miss Justine Hartford Win Medals
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The awards for the best hlsto:rtcal
article on ''Old Forts and Fortifications Along the
Piscataqua"
were
made at the assembly held at the
Senior High
School this morning.
Bernard Yoffee. won first. prize. ' and
Miss Justine Hartford second. Honorabl~ mehtion was made for the essays
of Myron Rosen and Daniel Atwell.
Each year Ranger Chapter, Daugh~
ters of the American Revolution, pfier
two medals for
the best' essays on
some historical subject relating to
Portsmouth history. :rhe .cohtest ~1J
open to. seniors o_r the hlg~ school anq
ls a part of their History and English
coµ rses.
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Such articles· require a· great 'amom;t
of research on the part of the students
and a large number of the class members enter the contest. The essays are
submitted to a group o! judges selected by the Ranger Chapter and
the final awards are made by this
group.
The announcement of the awards
was made by Mrs. Walter F. Lane, Regent of Ranger Chapter.
The committee on the essays from
the D. A. R. included Mrs. Walter F.
Lane, regent; Mrs. Ancy Brownell,
and Mrs. Fred 0 . Procter.
The judges were
Miss
Dorothy
Vaughan, Mrs. Edith Badger Torrey,
Judge Justin H. Shaw. and Arthur I.
Harriman.
POPULATION OF
··CITY ·INCREASES
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Shows Growth -Of Over ,
1400 In ·Seven Years ·
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'J.::te population of Portsmouth • h as
inc~eased from 14,49~ in 1930 to 16,909
according to the census taken by the
Board, of Assessors with
the City
ln~rease' In the . p!!,st
seven years
is over 1400 .residents.
:The cens\18 which was taken earlier
·in the year was very: complete. , . ()f ! t he }inhabitants' ;of this city . be.;t
,t ~ eell_ -the 9:~~. p_f 2,- a~d_70. liable· !pr
pqll .t axes each ,year, there are .10,010.
·under ' 21 years' of age there are 4,20.4
per:_soflll, . ~nd · _over,- ,70 , the~e .-' art, 78:S;
Veterans, who ·are exempt from pay-·
tn a- II tax• n'umber ·910. , ,, .,. ,
An exhibition of oil paintings, water-colors, photographs of murals,
and of New Hampshire artists, is now
open to the public without charge at
the Whipple School on State street.
The •display is the
work ,of New
Hampshire people nnd accomplished
as a Federal Art Project of the Works
Progress Administration. Omer T. Lassonde of Manchester is the state
supervisor of the Federal Art Project.
The display will remain during this
week, at lea.st and 1s open to the public from 9 to 12 noon and from 1.30 ,to
4.30 p. m. In a room on the first floor
Is hung nineteen Interesting oil paintings, jncludlng portraits, New Hampshire ·scenery, st!ll-llfe, nnd other subjcct.s. Two _paintings of young ,girls by
Alice Cosgrove are outstanding and a
farm scene by Cleon Barton is also
unusually good.
Oil paintings displayed on the first
floor .are the following:
After The Storm-Margaret Masson
Flu.rr,.,..clcon Barton
New England Spinster-Louise
vis
Last of Winter-Louise Davis
Girl In Blue- Alice Cosgrove
Landscape-Louise Davis
Dr. Reed-Allee Cosgrove
Little Street-Louise Davis
·still Life-Qleon Barton
New England .Church- Cl~on
ton
The Garden-Cleon Barton
Color Study-Cleon Barton
Col. Corser-AJlce Cosgrove
Ploughi.ngWaterfall-Margaret Masson
Wood Carver-Alice Cosgrove
Arrangement-Cleon Barton
Girl In Costume-Alice Cosgrove
Early
Morn ing
Sunli gltlr-Cleon
Barton.
The second fl om· display includ••s
water colors by Herbert Waters, phoLographs of New Hampshire nrt ls(s
by L. M. A. Roy, a scale drawin g of a
mural for U1e Way School, Claremont, painted by Alice Cosgrove;
photos of murals installed in the
children's rooms of the Concord and
Nashua public libraries, pa inted by
Margaret Masson; photos ro1d color
study of the murals Installed a t the
Junior High School Audi torium h ere,
together " '.ith
clescriptlve notes by
Gladys Brannigan ; and photos of the
Pulaski Memor ial Statue to be erected at, the Pulaski Park, Manche:;ter,
Lucien H. Gosselin, , ;culptor.
The exhibition ls both in tercsUni;:
and instructive. The art classes of the
Junior High School have visited the
exhibition in groups with the director
of drawing, Miss Eleanor R. Deshon,
r.onductin the visit ·
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The 136th Congregational-Christian
Conference ot N.:-w Hampsh1re continued throughout the day with sessions
held at the North ·church. The attendance is very 'large, it being one ot the
largest denominational
gaatherings
ever held in this city. The seating capacity of the downstairs portion of the
church auditorium is practically filled . ....,..,.,..,.~ ·"",.· ·"•""·,:.-.1:
The gallery is open to the public and
anyone wishing to attend any of the ~:~Ei~;~~.,.,-~::-_;·:,.,,.
sessions is welcome to do so.
The morning's program got under
way at 8 o'clock with a short business
session, followed by the New Hampshire
Hou1·. "The Larger Parish" was the
subject, with Rev. Benjamin F. Andrews of Dublin and G. G. Fox of Alstead giving talks.
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Mrs. Fred Busch1neycr presented the
awards for tho 1936 reading contest.
· Mrs. Buschmeyer formerly resided In
Durham and is well known throughout
the state. In making the awards she
prefaced her talk by saying that the
reading contest was carried on through
the -gift of the late Mrs. Lucius H.
Thayer. Mrs. Buschmeyer gave a list
of some of the books which will be on
the 1937 list and also gave some statistics, saying that the average American" •'-"'J-~·,,1,1.,,,
reads four or five books a year, 95 per
cent read the newspapers, . 75 percent
magazines, mostly ot the cheaper type,
and 30 percent books, and of that onethird are good books. She brought out
that 1,153 Congregational-Christian
readers read 18,009 books during the
year. People read the books they can
get, she said, and urged those connected
with the reading contests to have the
books available for people who wish to·
read them.
She then presented the awards. The
state ls divided Into four divisions, the
ffrst one including membership up to
75, and the winners were Union and
Greenfield. In the second division,
with a membership of from 76 to 150,
Peterborough won first and Plymouth
second. Winners in division 3, with a
membership of from 151 to 400, were
Wolfeboro and Durham, while in the
fourth division Portsmouth won, with
the First Church of Nashua taking second place. This division Is for churches
with a membership o! 401. or over.
There was an Increase in the number
o! churches participating In the contest. ~~J~~~::~;:
Last year 56 churches were entered and
this year 61. Despite this fact the number or re;d~s 'dec1·eased 10, but the
number of books read amounted to 1,600 i;·,• .:11-:,:wt
more.
In Portsmouth there were 205 readera
of whom 13 were young people and 111
men. 1,049 books were read.
Portsmouth received five points for having
the largest number o! readers, for the
largest numbc.r o! young people It received one point, another point for the
l:lrgest number of men readers, o.nr;t
three points for the largest number ot
books read, mak ing a total of 10 points;
�Rev. White Gives Lecture
Rev. Hugh Vernon White, who gave
the first of his three lectures at the service last night. gave the second lectme
near the close or the morning session.
His subject on the general theme or
"Reorienting Christianity in the
Orient" was devoted to "The Christian
Church."
' In opening his talk he told or some of
i-..;t..:~av.•A the problems which confront the forming of a church in the Orient. He told
of the difficulty in getting the people
together at a certain time and of get1 ting them to Join in a formal service.
r •.-.........,:i, But he said that one of the
greatest
, thin.gs the Christian religion has doM
is -to make the people social conscious.
· A congregation comes together, ,thus
beginning the idea of a community life.
I The ·speaker told of the three institutions which are doing a great deal for
' Christianity in the Orient, "the hospital,
w.~,,.-"'"""'""' the school· and the church. . "In every
country in the world there ill a Christian hospital," he stated, adding that
the hospital Is the most obvious expression of the desire to serve and called it
a tremendotL1 place of importance as a
Christian agency for the relief of hue.
man suffering.
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He said that the school wa.1 also im•
portant and tt had pupils under its
guidance for a longer time to deal with
them. He told of the Chrlstlo.n school11
and said the people attending them do
not have to be Christians, but that the
idea of Christianity Is spread through
the schools.
"While it is true that hospitals treai:'
'more·lndlvlduals than any other Chris~
tlan institution and while it is true that
Christlari sc11ools have been a far more
effective agency, It Is nevertheless trm,
that the most Influential, and the most
fundamental importance of Christian,
ity 1n the Orient 1.s the church itsell,"
he stated.
Discussing churches, he 1tated tat
they a.re very inadequately led and that.
one of the first p11oblems of the miM!ons
of the church 1.s to rai.se the atanda.rdl!.
He said that the people of China- are
very, ".ery J)OOI and that the relief allotment to a l)OOr :family 1n this coun~
try would Jte wealth to them. He stated,
that the reason. the churches are inadequately led Sa because they hav:e no
money to pay for eollege-trained leaders and that the reason wh;y the leaders
do not go w college is because they 1ee
no future for them, thUB makl:pg a
vicious circle.
rn comparing the church with the
school and hospital !or the work. being
done for Christianity, he :stated that
the hospital eontact was but !or &
short time, the school, while a big influence, has them only through the
earlier years, but that the church ls a
lifelong association.
In discussing the possibility o.t ~e
schools becomiDg nationalized, he said
the schools are the most ef!ecti.ve
Christianizing influence, but called attention to the fa.ct that the gove_rnments are getting control of education,
not only in, aountries that have dicta-
torships, but In others as we
a
very, very live issue in our own country," he stated, calling the Teachers'
Oath but a "straw in the wind." Only
Japanese can teach in Japanese schools.
Only Chinese can teach in
Chinese
schools, and in order to teach In Tur,key the teacher must be a citizen of
Turkey," he declared.
He called the
teaching of history the chief means of
stimulating natural patriotism and insisted that the governments were very
much interested in how history was
· taught in the schools throughout the
world. Mr. White called attention to
the fact there was the possibility of
schools becoming nationalized,
not
that it had been done in the countries
he was dlscussion.
The foreign missions have got to be
backed by an intelligent home church,
he stated, and told of the problem
which !aces the church In India. He
said that the problem there ls that it
will never be a real church until it is independent of western leadership and
western money, but that It cannot get
along without that leadership and support. He stated that this was true In
China, but less so in Japan.
The
churches must be independent,
but
that they cannot be Independent, and
this difficult problem will have to be
solved ln some way. The churches 1n
the Orient are at a crucial period, nt
the_ period of adolescense, he maintained, and rome solution must
be
found.
· Following
the period.
talk by Dr. White th ere
was
a question
' The eoncluding event on the program
was the worship service, which was 1n
charge or the chaplain, Rev. Allen
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Lorimer or Manche t.er.
Fellowship Supper
The Fellowship Supper was held at
the North Church Parish House at Cl
o'clock last evening, Wi th a large attendance. Conrad Snow of Rochester,
po.se o! Christianity must always e
realized 1n the Christian man. John
spoke more than once of the new man,
1n Christ Jesus," said the speaker and
quoted from Galatians and Romans.
"No Christian movement Is going to
accomplish Christian purposes It out or
'the nccomplishment there does
not
come an improvement in the lives of
Christian people," he said, and compa.red this with a health
campaign,
i;tatlng that no such campaign Is suecessful until the individual man, woman or child is healthier.
The issue of the moment is to be
found ln the lives of Individual men.
He told of his visit to the Orient, of his
first stop In Japan and or the various
clties he visited. In one he held a
meeting with seven men and told of the
six questions which were
discussed.
These concerned the Christian religion
and the Buddhist religion. In Buddhism,
he stated, religion ls not concerned
with morality. Salvation Is not n
change or character, but n change of
state according to that religion, he added. "Christianity comes to produce a
new man," he stated.
Dr. White spoke of the socialized man
which Christianity develops and of the
sacredness of personality. He told of
his visit to China and of Chiang Kai
Shek's declamation ot Christianity,
which recently appeared in the Christlan Century. "Let us thank God for
a Christian dictator in the Orient," he
said.
''In the early clays," declared
speaker, "religion was preoccupied with
tbe 81\Vlng or I.he soul, and wl th some
of the religions," he stated, "that still
t.s true," and added it should not cease
to be the concern of the liberal religion.
''But," he said, "it is also true that there
ta a very, very vital development today
and that ls, that the church has begun
to think of man not only as a ghost to
be saved for another world, but as a
man, as a personality.
moderator of the convention, presided
"The wholeness of man has begun to
and introductions of
new men concern the liberal Protestant church
in
the state were made by
never has been concerned before,"
the .secretary, Rev. Robert 0. Arm- as
he it
maintained.
strong. Rev. Richard F. Beyer of Man- ~"."'::'~~;,,-,,.,...~~~.-:---:-:-'-'!'7.-:c:7;'"-;-:~:;
chester extended a welcome nnd Rev.
Ray M. Miller responded.
Greetings
were brought by Rev. Earl F. Nauss of
Nashua, president of the conference,
and Mrs. Martha Kett:'lle of Manchesi:;;~--::h!ti~man of the Departm--e-n-:-t-::.c:_,-o-;t"tt'~~~-~;-J.i;~
Women's Work.
A service of worship was held at the
North Church at 7.45 which was conducted by the chaplain, Rev. Allen ~Lorimer of Manchester.
The worship
service was based on the Book of Jonah.
Moderator Snow presented the speaker,
Dr Hugh Vernon White, who recenLiy
returned from the Orient. His theme
during the three-day conference is "Reorienting Christianity In the Orient,"
with last evening's talk being devoted to
"The Christian Man."
In opening his talk he calJed attention to the scripture reading, stating
that Jonah was the first missionary of
whom there is any record. ''The pur-
�war college
George Washington with President
eourse and then hoisted his flag 011 Wilson and party on board. After arthe battleship Connecticut as com- riving in Brest, he lost no time in
mander of the Fourth Division of the starting for the United States, reAtlantic Fleet in the harbor of Vera turning the afternoon of Christmas
Cruz, Mexico.
Day for a huge review of the fleet
I It was while on duty in Mexican in New York Harbor.
,17aters that the famous Tampico inWhen he hauled down his flag at
r iant ava
ICer a .Jident took place, when the Ad- New York on June 30, 1919, the AtOutstanding Record Over miral took the forceful stand de- !antic fleet was divided into the
n1anding an apology for the insult to Atlantic and Pacific fleets, Admiral H
ears
the American flag. Following the B. Wilson taking command o! the
---Mexican campaign, Adm. Mayo was former and Admit·al Rodman of the
Admiral Henry Thomas Mayo, U. lirected . to take command of all the Pacific fleet. It was the desire of the
s. N. (retired) one o! the outstnnd- battleships in the Atlantic !leet with fleet to render the retiring admiral
·ing naval leaders of the World War, the rank of vice admiral, the fll•st every possible honor, and a reception
baving been commander of the At- time the rank had been given sincP. was h eld in his honor on board the
]antic fleet during that time, died at 1he death of Vice-Admiral Rowan o! fleet flagship. When ' he finally left
the home of his son, Capt. Chester Civil War fame. Nine months later the flagshlp, after the ceremonies
o. Mayo, nt 186 Miller Avenue, at 1 On the spring of 1916) he became incident to the hauling down the
o'clock this morning.
JQmmander-in-chief of the Atlantic admiral's flag, he found eight adAdmlrnl Mayo, one of the out- Fleet with the rank of admiral.
m!rals and captains in place, acting
litanding figures in naval circles for
With the sinking of the Lusitania, as side-boys. This ceremony brought
many years, retired on June 30, 1919 most naval officers were of the opin- to an end the cruise which extended
from rrea duty, and upon reaching ion that war was inevitable, and Adm. from December, 1919, during over
the age o! 64, was placed on the re- Mayo's constant endeavor was to ob- thre years of which he had been
tired 11st. However he was called ta.in battle efficiency. In July of the commander-in-chief. At this time he
back into active duty again after following year be was named to go had seen nearly 48 years service, of
four years of retirement and for four to London to confer with the British $ich 28 years and nine months had
years served as governor of the U. S. Naval head and on Aug. 19, 1917, set been sea service. This included over
Naval Home in Phil!l.delphia. In 1928, so.ii on the steamer St. Louis with five years afloat as flag officer, first
l1e was permitted to return to re- his staff. The conferences were of as a rear admiral in command -of the
tlrement after 53 years o! active ser- great value and the project o1 a mine Fourth Division of the Atlantic Fleet,
vice 1n the Navy.
barrage in the North Sea was dis- then, in Oct. 1914, commanding the
Admiral Mayo was born in Burling- cussed with Admiral Mayo. It was First Division, this division being comcon, Vt., Dec. 8, 1856. At the age of the Admiral's plan and he found posed of the best super-dreadnaughts
15, with nine other boys he took a the British skeptical as to the sue- in the fleet, and was therefore the
eompetit!ve examination for appoint- cessful operation of U1e mine which fleet's most important division; then
JnCnt to Allnapolls and in June 1872 was a newly invention of ·America. in command of the then newly formed
11assed tha examination and beca.111e The immediate result was the dis- battleship squadron with the rank of
,. cadet midshipman. After fov.!' years patch of a British mining expert to vice admiral, and finally on June 19,
In the Naval Acndemy he graduated the United states and upon his re- 1916 he succeeded to the command_or
pear the head of his class.
port the proposition was accepted. the Atlantic fleet with the rank of
A two years cruise on U1e old Kear- The admiral and his staff, following Admiral while holding that office and
,ll,rge, Ma.nacacy and Tennessee in the the London conferences went to he continued in command of the fleet
Orient followed the completion o! his France and plans were made at (the designation being changed to the
course at the Academy and then Paris, and the ports of Brest and St. U. s. Fleet about the first part o!
l>ack to the United States for his first Nazaire to look over the facilities 1919) until he finally hauled down his
promotion to ensign. Following some !or the handling of troop transports nag en June 30, 1919.
~lme spent in surveying the waters and cargo ships. Gen. John J. PershOn June 25, 1919, the Admiral was
,r Puget Sound in the Washington ing mentioned one of the Admiral's honored by the degree o! L. L. D.
rerritory, came a cruise on the old visits to Paris, stating that Admiral from the University of Vermont and
rantlc and while on this craft, En- Mayo came to the rescue when the on June 28th, a representative of the
1lgn Mayo became a real 'sailor man" American Army in France needed French Embassy 1n Washington prel'{hO could handle any vessel from a coal. ·
sented to him,-on the flagshipyawl to a 3900 ton man-of-war unReturning to England, the adl]liral the decoration of Grand Officer of
Iler full sail. While on the Yantic, he met Admiral Jellicoe at Dunkirk and the Legion of Honor-and later Japan
took part In the f::uuous Greely re- embarked on the British Destroyer presented him with their highest
Ucf expedition.
"Broke" with Admiral Mayo's flag decoration, the Grand Cordon of the
AfLer shore duty in San Francisco flying with that of Vice-Admiral Ba- Rising Sun.
ae joined the battleship Wisconsin con, the commander in chief of that
During his long service to
1,s
navigator and soon was made section. With Admiral Jelllcoe he went country he has been outstanding.
txecutive officer. He was on duty 1n aboard the British Monitor, off Os- The efficiency of the ships In his
San Frnncisco dw-ing the fire and tend and took part in bombardment command has ben well known. He
,nrthquake l.n 1906 and vessels ,m- of GermlID batteries. He was the was an ardent patriot and the love
~er hi.'> control were of great scr- only American admiral under fire of his country was first in every
,tee in restoring aids t.o navigation during the war. Admh·al Mayo was in instance. His service in Mexico and
~nd in caring for refugees as well as command of the entire Atlantic Fleet the Tampico incident made him a...,.....,,.,..,._,
lighLing fire. His first command of all during the war, and these in- national figure and the confidence
._ fighting ship was lhe cruiser Al- eluded not only all the vessels In Eu- placed in him always was regarded
bany. The California, one of lhe crack ropean waters, but even part of the by Admiral Mayo as another duty
1hips of the mn y was the next ship Pacific fleet which had come around to be carried out, which he always
lO come under his command, and he to the east coast. He was commander did in such a manner · to gain a
1Yas the first officer to take that h,1ge of practically all of the U. S. NavY gr_e at deal o! credit for those serving
Jhip into San Diego harbor, showing afloat.
I with him.
)lis skill ns a navigator.
He made several trips to France, j Fifty-six years ago this coming
Admiral Mayo's love of the sea and was received by high officials spring, he married Miss Mary Caro[cpt him consLantly on sea duty. He in all places he visited. On the return line Wing of Burlington, Vt., who surierved as aide t.o the Secretary o! from one of his trips to Europe, he vives him. He is also survived by two
the Navy, but after a year of this arrived in New York harbor on Dec. sons, Capt. Chester G. Mayo, U. S.
iuty he applied for sea duty and upon 1 and at once went aboard the Pen- N., of 186 Miller Avenue, with whom
promotion to flag rank-rear admiral, n°sylvania and three days later sailed he made his home and Maj. George
In July 1913, he
to the naval for Brest, escorting the U. S. S. Mayo, Engineers Corps, U. 8. Army
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Mayo of _186 Miller Avenue; two grand
sons, George Mayo, Jr., a cadet at
West Point and Henry T. Mayo, 2nd,
of New York and one grand-daughter, Mrs. Amanda Mayo Boyden.
The funeral services will be private.
Interment will be In Lakeview Cemetery In Burlington, Vt., in the late
s rin
At the meeting of the Exeter Historical Society which took place Tuesday evening, January 14, at .the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Pen-y, Mr. William G. Saltonstall presented a very
thorough and scholarly paper on
"Shipping and Shipbuilding on the
Exeter River." After a brief outline
of the earliest visits to the river by
foreigners and the rise of the shipbuilding business in New England, the
beginning of the industry in Dover,
Durham, and Exeter was discussed.
The presence of fine timber in the
neighborhood caused ihe cntcrpriso to
flourish . Many vessels of various
types and sizes-some weighing as
much as five hundred tons-were built
in Exeter and taken down the river,
often empty or even buoyed up with
floats, as they were too large for the
depth of the river. Seven or eight
wharves were located in Exeter where
the Swasey Parkway now is.
The shipl;,uilding trade was at its
height from 1750 to 1810, after which
time the effects of the War of 1812
and the coming of the railroad in
1840 caused the business practically
to cease. Commerce, both for export
and import, was carried on with g,eat
activity throughout all this pedod,
Exeter ships going far abroad wi Lh
their wa1·cs and bringing needed articles home in return.
An inte1·esting part of ihe paper
was the account of the smaller boats
which plied the river. One of these,
the gundalow, is thought to have been
indigenous to this region.
It was
about sixty feet long, five to ten tons
in weight, and carried freight and
passengers between Portsmouth and
inland towns. A unique feature of
the gundalow was the sail rigging
which allowed the sail to be raised
and lowered almost instantaneously.
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Concord, Feb. 25-Technlcal tletall/1 relieve a ''dangerous condition of trafflt>
of tho proposed new $230,000 Hampton congestion'' on the bench road and in
the business district o.t t.h'} b£;ach.
Beach roadway, embodied j.n House ,Bill Asked by the committee how he thought
251, were discussed at a.hearing of the the new road shoUld be financed, Mr.
Hol.!Se committee .on public improve• Tucker stated that it could easily be
ments yesterday morning by Danlel H. 1 taken care of out cf the regular appro•
Dickinson, chief eni;:ineer or the Sta);e priat!on of the Highway Department.
Highway Department, who said
he since o. number or large projects aro
could see ·no great engineering dlfflcul• / nearing complotlon and will leave the
ties In the construction o! the new by• , facJlltles or the cleparl menp frre for tho
pass.
work,
Mr. Dickinson estimated that land I "It might also bo financed by another
and property damage of the project · bond issue 011 the Hampton toll
would be about $65,000, which would 1n- j brictge,h ho added, indicating that th~
elude the rem:>val of only a few small i income from the bridge during s!x
camps at the southern end of the road,! months of last year was more than $43,at the entrance to the Hampton Beach j 000. Th lndebtedncs.i or the bridr:e is
toll bridge. The road, as proposed in, now more thnn $500.000, hi) reported,
the bill before the Legislature, will be i but the income from .tolls could be
two miles long, running about 1000 feet l bonded to take care of the new ro~d.
from' the shore antl cutting · out au I1 Homer Whiting, chief of tha recantl:v·
through traffic completely from the moi;lernized Hampton Beach Fire de•
beach road.
partment, tolcl the committee that, b1
The road, if approved, will connect the nature of beach dwellings, his dq•
the toll bridge, at the juncl.ion or Marsh . partment is constantly faced with the
avenue and tho boulevard, with the possiblllty of a general conflar,rntlon,
Winnlcummet road at the northern ex- ' due to the Impossibility of getting
tremlty of the beach, o.nd will include through traffic at the bench to
the
along its long length parking spaces scene or a fire. Ho added that the pro•
suitable to take care of 4000 automo- posed by-pass would cut this dani;cr
biles: Although the original drl\ft calls down considerably by getting cars of!
for only a two-lane highway, the right- the beach ro2.d.
of way 1s to be 200 feet in width, with
Atty. John w. Perkins, representing
provision for the eventual construction the town of Hampton, appeared in
o.r a four-lane roatl, when tram1: war- favor of the proposed thoroughfare,
rants the added expense, '
· ' an,d tntro..duced a number of speakerlf
Besides the road itself and the ;par1'- who. talked on benefits· expected from
Ing spaces, ttie plans of the·. Highway the road. Among the speakers were
Departme;nt call . for traftlc .circles at . George Ashworttt, chairman of the
each -end of tlle highway, and at least Hampton Beach Precinct Commission;
two transvers'.l roads connecting the; Fred R. Batchelder, a member of tho
road ,with the beach, propf;!r,
I commission; Harry D. Munsey, chair•
James W. Tucker, secretary or the man of the r-ampton buard of select-Hampton Beach Chamber •of Com-·• men; Ralph Ramsdell, Hampton agent
merce, told the committee that some of the Boston & Maine Transportation
provision should be made, through Company, and Fred Lorenz or Hamp•
construction of some such by-pas.1, to ton Beach,
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Road---Considerabie Other Business Transacte4l.
The City Council held a regular
meeting on Thurstlar evening and the
deputy city council also held a meeting
in connection wiLlt the city fathers.
The regulat· council met at 7.45, with
all members present and Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presiding.
The
reading of the mmutes of
the last
meeting were omitted on motion of
Councilman Wymun P. Boynton.
A letter from U1e New Hampshire
Seacoast Regional Association asking
for a contribution t.:iward the work beno- done by that organization was read.
The lctl!)r stated that all towns in ihe
community were ulso being asked to
make an appropriation at their annual meeting. This was referred to the
Finance committee.
A joint pole location was granted, and
a petition for the installation of a line
for proper lighting on Market street,
near Deer street, was referred to the
committee on street lights on motion of
Councilman Thomas J. Downs.
A report from the board of adjustment on the petltton of Paul Gobbi for
permission to store gasoline at Freeman's Point wa:; read. The board reported favorably on this petition, statIng that It was not detrimental nor injurious to the neighborhood. The report was accepted on motion of Councilman Robert M. Herrick and pennisslon gro.nled on motion of Councilman
Charles T. Durell, Another letter from
the board of adjustment regarding the
controversial filling station on Islington street, neat· Langdon street, reported that the c.;onducting of
business
there was in Yiolatlon or the zoning ordinance. The council referred the
matter to the city solicitor for action on
motion or Councilman Boynton.
The pl'oposed amendment to the city
ordinance prc:vldlng that the 1st assistant chief of th fire department be selected from the permament men, and
the salary of the second assistant chief
$200 a year was read, and on motion o!
Councilman Edgar A. Blanchard
passed its third rending to become engrossed.
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The ordinance separating the office
of city physician, inspector and bacteriologist into two offices was defeated in
Its third reading. The vole was 6 to 3
against passage, with Councllmen
Boynton, Blanchard and
Sukeforth
voting in favor, and Councilmen Durell,
Downs, Herrick, Lenrr. Schlegel and
Durkhnrdt voting ngnlnst.
Councilman Blanchard offered
a
resolution authorizing the city clerk lo
proceed with arrangements for a
special election as required by the State
Legislature on March 9, for the voters
o ac on 1e question as to whether
they wished the convention called
change the state constitution. Councilman Boynton suggested that the
council memorialize the Portsmouth
delegation to the Legislature, requestIng they sponsor a resolution to reimburse the city for the expense of the
special election, as, due to an oversight
on the part of the state, it was not on
the ballot in the December election. The
city solicitor was requested to draw up
the proper resolution and place it in
the hands of the members of the Ports•
mouth delegation.
Councilman Boynton offered a resolution making the sum or $3000 available for the Water Department, the
same to be made a part o! the annual
appropriation, and this was passed,
Councilman Downs spoke regarding
the appointment of a city forester, to
care for the trees of the city, and moved
that the council go 011 record as favoring such an appointment and referring
it to the Board of Street Commissioners
and the superintendent for such action
as they see fit.
Councilman Dul'ell, chairman of
street lights committee, reported
the following requests:
petition of
Smith Morrill and Winnifred Libbey
for restoration of a light on Albany
street, light very much needed, and
recommended a 60-watt light; petition
or Antone Scarponl and Gerald Pierce
for continuation of street lights on
Sherburne road, and recommended
five lights be placed there; petition of
residents of Cabot street for a light,
and recommended that light at corner ·
o! McDonougl t street be placed on a
six-foot arm; petition or property owners on Ladd and High streets for a
modern light, and recommended
a
light be placed at High street on an arm,
with a wattage of 100 or 120. Councilman Durell stated that the committee,
with Frank W. Randall or the N. H. Gas
& "Electric Co., had inspected the various places mentioned in the petitions.
On motion of Councilman Burkhardt
the report was accepted.
Councilman Blanchard or the committee on bills on second reading
recommended that the ordinance fixing
the salary of the overseer o! the poor
for 1937 pass, and It passed its· second
reading.
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Councilman Durell, reporting for the
committee in charge o! taking the census, reported that the work ls progressing and the.t it is expected that it
wlll be brought to a conclusion by
March 15.
Councilman Downs presented a letter
!tom the Department of
Commerce
in .regard to the installation of equipment at the airport.
Councilman Boynton asked that the
council give authority for the hiring or
such legal assistance as the city solicitor may recomm•md to help in cases
now pending agair:5t the city. He mentioned the Ham vs. City of Portsmouth
case, which is schrdulcd for trial sometime during the April term of court.
This was adopted.
On motion of Councilman Herrick a
vote of thanks was extended to the
deputy mayor, deputy councilmen and
other deputy city officials for their at~
tendance.
Councilman Boynton introduced a
resolutlop. granting "permission to _the
the office o! the city clerk for a reathe office o! the cihy clerk for a reasonable time 'Records of Ordinance of
the City o! Portsmouta' for the purpose
of making copies:· This was granted.
The mayor submitted a plan for doing some ·worlt on the Ocean i:oad,
whereby the Federal government
would allot 65 percent and the ci~y 35
percent, it being a PWA project, tl\e labor to be done by those on the :\'ellef
rolls of the city. After examination of
this plan by the councilmen, Councilman Durell introduced the plan whfoh
was accepted. The resolution calls for
the work "to eliminate a hazardous ,condition on Ocean road at the junctiqu of
the Banfield road by ·improving ; the
aligment and changing the grade."!The
total cost of the project ·is $5297.97, iWith
the Federal government's share ! as
$3385 and the city paying $1912.97. I
Adjournment was at the call of. the
chail'.
Oscar Laighton, grand old man of
the Isles of Shoals, formerly proprietor of the famed Appledore House,
has just been presented with an Amer-lean flag which he values very
highly. It is the banner which waved
over the Appledore House on Appledore Island that unfortw1ate day
when the hotel was destroyed by fire
in 1914. The flag was pulled down
and rescued from the flames. The gift
was made by Uncle Oscar's good
friend and former employee at the
Appledore House, Richard Poole of
New Castle, a local business man.
Mr. Poole has also presented Mr.
Laighton with highly-prized mementoes of Mr. Lalghton's sister, the talented poet and artist, Cella Thaxter.
One of these ls a dinner plate painted
by Mrs. Thaxter with ~ moonlight
scene including a pond and birds. This
beautiful work of art was painted in
1878 and clearly demonstrates that
Mrs. Thaxter was highly talented in
painting as well as in poetry. Two rare
editions of .Cella Thaxter's poems, one
dated 1872 and the other 1884, were
also presented to Mr. Lalghton by Mr.
Poole, much to Mr. Lalghton's surprise and delight as he had not believed copies of these to be still in
existence.
Mr. Laighton, or Uncle Oscar, as he
ls known to countless
friends and
visitors to the Isles o! Shoals, ls in
just as hale and hearty good health
and spirits as ever. He will observe
his 98th birthday on June 30th at the
Shoals, he planning to leave this city
!or his beloved Isles on June 20.
�15 YEARS AT
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Anniversary Of Rev. William
Safford Jones Observed
A great outpouring of pa.rlshioners,
the presence of many friends from
•.,,..,..__,.,_..,. other churches, including Rotarians
and their familles,-this marked the
15th anniversary of Rev. W1lliam
Safford Jones of the South Parish,
:,~i..Ofi,•~~' ◄ celebrated at the Sunday morning
service in · the South
Church. The
music was insplrlng, with Carroll . H,
Evans as organist, Mrs. Mary Whittier Priest as soloist, and the chorus
choir made up of Mrs. Wilfred P.
Hewitt, Miss Margaret Trueman, Miss
Mary Wood Hewitt, Miss Jessie Stacy,
sopranos; Miss Elizabeth Hewitt, Miss
Pr!sc11la Paul, altos. The music was as
follows: Prelude, "Nocturne," Josef
Hoffmann; solo, "How Beautiful Up-on the Mountains," Harker; Offertory,
"Berceuse," Spendiarov; Postlude, R.
S. Morrison:
Mr. Jones took for his subject, "The
stewardship of Faith," and for his
text, St. Luke 16:2-"Glve an account
of thy stewardship."
He prefaced his sermon by saying
that once before in the past 32 years
he had celebrated a 15th anniversary,
1n 1920 when be was settled over the
Channing Memorial Church in Newport, R. I. He was dean of the clergy
of the city of Newport when he was
called here; he is now dean of the
clergy of the city of Portsmouth. He
called attention to the fact that he js
only the third minister of the South
Parish since the Civil War, only the
sixth since the Revolutionary War,
only the ninth since 1714, a stretch of
223 years, with a continuous ministry.
The Alfred Gooding Guild, .the Young
People's Religious Unfon, in an epistle
of congratulation to the minister who
had baptized and confirmed so many
of the boys and girls of the church,
expressed the hope that they might be
able to commemorate with him the
next 15th anniversary 1n 1952 !
Mr. Jones said in part:
"My work 1s based on the conception that man 1s essentially religious;
that he is an heir of God, a joint-heir
with Christ; that he Is capable of responding to the .highest and noblest
calls to unselfish service and chivalrous action; that he is not a ruined
but an incomplete being; that he demands an immortal life to round out
his life here, to make it come full
circle.
"I hold that 110 matter how trying
the conditions under which we live,
how hard and bitter it may be to endure poverty or to face disappointment and failure and defeat or to ex:perlence loneliness and separation and
grief, we have within us and about us
and above us a Power which is always
making for
righteousness, a Lite
which is forever interlocked with
lite, a Soul which Is the gu e an dimmed. For God will not hold us,
stay of all saints and .an souls, a Fa- minister and congregation, guiltless, if
ther of spirits on whose great Heart we extingwsh the torch or fall to pass
we can pour out our hearts. In the it on in full flame.
midst of struggles within and trials
"Years ago, be.fore the World war,
without we can come through more r visited 1n old Chester, England, a
than
conquerors,
overcoming the church which the year before had
world as Jesus overcame it, by staking celebrated the 1000th anniversary of
our llves on the Eternal Goodness and its !ound1ng,-St. Peter's by the Marthe Life Everlasting.
ket Cross. Much of the original struc"In proportion as I have stressep ture, erected 1n 907, was still standing.
these great truths in my teaching and on the walls were tablets with the
preaching, my work has been of more names of all the rectors of st. Peter's
than passing value, In proportion as I Parish !or a. thousand years and there
h ave failed to emphasize them clearly were not very many o! th~m. either.
and positively my work has been like J Many a modern church has had as
that which the wind passeth over and many ministers in a hundred years as
it Is gone. As I look back over the st. Peter's had in a thousand. over
years I am
not conscious of .the the altar was an inscription, placed
achievements so much as I am of the there the year before: 'For a thousand
failures. I i-calize all too keenly how \ years In Thy sight nre but llll yesterfar short I have fallen of these high day when it is past.' A thousand years
ideals. My aspirations and my lnten- of common worship on that sacred
tlons ala.st have not always passed in- spot, but in the eyes of God as yesto fruitful action. How much more I terday when It 1s past, or as a. watch
could have done for you! How much in the night!
more I ought to have done for you!
"So with us, dear friends. our years
No man can come to a day like this are as nothing before God. our times
without a deep sense of humility, Any are In His Hand. Whether they be
jaunty self-confidence Is swallowed up long or brief, let us fill them w1t11 high
In the feeling: 'Who Is sufficient for thoughts and self-forgetting
deeds
these things?'
And yet in spite of and earnest service of the nation and
frequent lapses and many defeats I the world and a living faith that will
hope that my comrades and helpers not !all. Then the work of our hands
will feel that I tried to fight a good will be established, and we shall walk
fight and to keep the faith and to before God and in the sight of our ;felproclalm the good news of God.
lows in rectitude of purpose and gen"In my long ministry I have always eroslty of spirit and the faith that
striven to preach those aspects of makes faithful and the faithfulness
Christian truth which unite rather that makes faith."
than divide churches and sects, which
draw them together In that unity of
the spirit which is the bond of peace.
Having clear-cut definite convictions
of religion I have not hesitated to set forth points of difference from my
brethren of other creeds and faiths,
but I have ever laid the final emphasis upon the great fundamental ele- L, •. -,:::.,-,.,,,
ments of the religion of Jesus Christ,
the truly universal elemenL,, the love
we owe to God, our Father, and the
love we owe to man, our brother. The ''"'•·"'·=t•.~.,~• 0-::splrit of service and sel!-sacrlflce lifts
us above non-essentials.
"But, after all, the important thing
1s not the length of a. man's ministry,
but whether It has built you· up in
truth and rlghte-ousness, strengthened
and enriched your inner life, made
you aware of God, confirmed
faith in personal immortality. Only
God knows whether a man hns failed
or succeeded in the ministry of Christ.
All our earthly tests, tlnancial or social, are necessarily superficial. The
secrets of all hearts a.re known to the
Father of Lights, and all that any
man can do Is to commit his ministry
to the judgment of God. In all humil1ty I solemnly commit mine.
"I am only a. torch-bearer. The
torch .of truth has been handed on to
me, and I must run with It .swiftly and
surely till ln the Providence of God It
comes time to pMS It on to my successor, whoever he may be, wherever
he may be. Pray for me that I may
not run uncertainly, with laggard
steps, but that I may press on toward
the goal of the high calling of God 1n
Christ J .esus. Pray for me that I may
ass oil the torch with its flame un-
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RESCUE LEAGUE :AWARos·:·MADE
ANNUAL MEETI G Mary , Jane 'Hazzard And
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The first annual meetl.ng o! the Animal Rescue League o! Rockingham
County was held 1n the rooms o! the
Portsmouth Chamber o!
Commerce
':" esday evening.
Hon. Charles M.
Dale, president, presided, with a large
attendance o! members from Exeter
and Portsmouth, and much interest was
shown in this organization.
Chief o! Pollce Thomas R. Chrysler o!
Exeter was appointed as agent to represent the League 1n Exeter.
It was reported that the League's
membership had greatly inci;eased and
within a very short time a shelter will
be built, with a competent attendant In
charge, which will be a much-needed
humane accompiishment.
All former officers were unanimously
re-elected. Eben Wallace of Exeter
was elcLed on the board of directors and
Joseph H. Cullen of this city elected as
clerk.
The officers who will serve the comIng year are:
President--Hon. Charles M. Dale.
PortsmouLh.
Clerk-Joseph H. Cullen. Portsmouth.
Vice Presldent--Mrs. Frank A. Swallow, Exeter.
Treasurer-Earl R. Stockbridge, Exeter.
Vice Presidents-Miss Mignon B.
Green, Portsmouth; Dr. Lewis Perry, J ..
A. Purington, Judge Henry A. Shute,
Exeter.
Executir e01:~:~itt~c-ivirs . :\mdb. A.
Shute, Exeter; Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Dr.
George E. Pender, Portsmouth.
Directors-Dr. S. P. R.
Chadwick,
chairman, Exeter; Earl A. Barrett, secretary, Exeter; Laurence Craig, North
Hampton; Miss Mignon B. Green, Dr.
George E. Pender. Mrs. Mary I. Wood,
Portsmouth;
Mrs. Amelia A. Shute,
Eben Wallace, Exeter; Dr. Wl\llls D.
Walker, Rye.
This League was incorporntcd in the
state on Feb. 11, 1937. It seeks to befriend any lost or injured an!mo.l needing co.re or suffering from heedles. or
deliberate abuse. Where beyond mecllcal
help an 'animal shall be mercifully released from suffering. It alms to do o.ll
it can to sec that animals are treated
humanely and not abused.
rr you are a lover of animals why not
join this League and help this organization to do more effective work?
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the Coniederate women. There was no
discrimination, graves of soldiers of the
North and South were decorated with
flowers, and a reporter for the New
York Herald-Tribune who was in the
town, wrote a story for his paper. This
met with favorable comment. Orators
dJscussed It and ln 1868 General Logan
Issued an order designating May 30 ns
the flrst Memorial ~y which w~ ~w
of in which recognition was taken of
the soldier dead."
Mr. Robinson Ulen t-Old of his own
schoo],days, speaking; of. attending the
Haven School. He·sa!d there were no
organizations for children at that time,
but l¼\id they used to march In the Memorial Day parade, by schools, and t-Old
o! his visits t-0 the New Castle bridge,
where flowers were strewn on the
water .for the .sailor dead. He spoke of
the Civil War veterans who paraded at
that time and of the inspiration he received from them.
In closing he paid a high tribute to
Frank E. Booma, for whom the local
Legion post ls named, stating that he
was a •war buddy of Lieutenant Booma
and told o! the supreme sacrifice made
by the latter. "History ls full of such
heroic deed.s and Is it not proper at this
time that we humble ourselves in memory of the sacri!ices they made who
died with smiles on their faces
an ideal in I.heir minds," he said.
Mary Jane Hazz.a rd and Goi:clon H.
Wilson, eighth grad~ students, · were
presented with the Amei:ican Legion
award medals !or the outstanding boy
and girl in that grade at the Junior
High School at the Memorial exercises
at the school this morning. Th~ award
Is made to the boy with the highest total percentage on the foUowing basis :
honor, courage, scholarship, leadership
and service. .T he girl's award Is made
on the basis of col,U'age, scholarship,
service, character and companionship.
The w.inners are selected by the teachers and members of the · class, each
group ,counting 50 percent o! mie total.
Votes are counted by representatives o!
Frank E. Booma Post, which. sponsors
the awards.
Frank E. Booma Post was the first
Legion Post' In New Hampshire· t.o make
the awards Imel one of the first in the
country, The award .has beenrmade for
11 years and many of the students who
won the honor in the junior.high school
have 11:leen , outstanding , .leadeJls
in
school Ille. "
The awards were made at the assembly this morning, when the lollowing
program was given:
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Call to the colors,
Salute to the flag,
Star-Spangled Banner,
Reading of Gen. Logan's Orcler No. 11,
Carol Fogg
· Selection,
Junior High Orchestra
Reading of Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address,
Doris Ferguson
Selection,
Junior High Orchestra
Introduction of guests,
C. E. Heald
Presentatlon or A. L. awards by Clyde
Robinson, commander
Frank
E. ,,. ,w,.,,.""'Booma Post, A. L.
Song, "America," ,
Selection,
Junior High Orchestra
Clyde Robinson, commander of the
local American Legion Post, spoke on
"What Memorial Day Means to You
and What Memorlal Day Means to Me."
He gave a history of Memorial Day,
saying that it ls no new institution, and
told of the celebrations in early pagan
days and traced them through to the
Christian era, when flowers an,d plants
were substituted for the food placed on
graves. At that time, he stated, the
rose was the favorite, as it is today.
"After the Civil War," stated Mr.
Robinson, "another phase besides the
religious one was brought out, which
started in a small town in Misslssippl,
when graves were decorated by some of
�BUT 2 VETERANS
OF CIVIL[WAR NOW
IN- PORTSMOUTH
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·James' Arringt·on An'd-~- Cha~les
:, . ·_::._:.: Ke' nt-Only._ S!u··' r·v·1vor·s
· Now L;v
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'· .:. . ,_.: · ·, ng Here
For the second time the Memorial
Day •services In tlits clty ~were conducted without a member of the Grand
Army of· the Republic being present.
Two men who fought during the Civil
War now reside In this city but nelth-.
er ·wer<t able ·to be present at the
cemetery - to take part In the service
In honor of their , departed comrades.
These two are James Arrington of. 82
Langdon st.', and Charles K.e nt of 89
Sparhawk street. · .
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·· Mr.' Kent is the only resident of
this ··city who is a member of Storer
Post, GAR, Mr. Arrington . being a
member of the Phil Shei;idan Post,
No. 34 of Salem, Mass. Mr. Kent re-
.
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FROM-.WINDO
Mrs. Edw. F. Sise Was Prominent In Philanthropic
Work In Cattadian City
Relativeil' ilnd friends . in : this city
have been notified : of the death of
Mrs. Edward
H. ~lse . in Montreal,
Oan., which• occurred when she fell
~~:~~n~er~
~~~~oa:·a;~~~~~j;h;~~
tti::e
lief from the heat. Mrs. Sise was a
sister-In-law of C. F. Sise, president
l!I • of the Bell Telephone
Company of ·,
· Canada and the daughter of Captain
William Shackford 'a retired mariner
and sister
of
c ·a ptain Chapncey
,,.---::--::-:-,--,.,.._"'I..; Shackford, USN, retired, who was {or,
years ago. He joined the Phil Sher • · merly In command -of the President's
dan Post, GAR, In Salem, and served yac!1t Mayflower.,
.
as commander for a time. His service.
The Shackford family resided iFl a
In the army began when he was 19: summer home at Kittery
Pofnt for
years· of age. At that time he enlisted· several years, .Mrs. Sise was
in the Third Massachusettl! Heavy ent' In philanthropic
work .in
Artillery Regiment. He previously had Canadian city.
tried to enlist but his father had pre- t:--,.,...,,='!":"'·~-....,.~...-:""'"'."-_,,_._~~~~:,i•:
vented his remaining In the army. He
took part in several important battles
of the war, and was mustered out on
Sept. 29, 1865. For 12 years he was
President of the Third Massachusetts
Heavy Artillery Departmental Asso• ·
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CHAR.LES H. le.ENT
sides on Sparhawk st., and the first
o! the year he and Mrs. Kent obser'ved their 55th wedding anniversary.
Mr. Kent holds the title of comman~
der of Storer Post. He served with the ciation of which he was an active
68th Mass. regiment being a member member for a number o! years.
of co . . I, joining the service Feb. 26,
Another member of storer Post, No.
1864 when but 17 years of age. He was 1, GAR, Henry Morgan, Is living, but
mustered out a year from the follow.:. does not make his home in this city.
ing July. The Kents resided in thl.'S
resides in Atlantic City.
city from the time of their marriage ~ ~,,.;;,~~~~~~~-:-:'.':-:-'"?'.""":'.":".7'.";:":;::;~
in 1882 for about 25 years' and then
moved to White Plains, N. Y. Three
years ago they
returned to Ports- I
mouth .
.Mr. Arrington Is over 02 · years of.
age. He came here to reside with his
Charles." B. Arrington seventeen
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COUNCIL PASSES
~MENDMENT T
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received from J. Fred
the Central Veterans Council contained an invitation to participate in
the Memorial Day services. The lnvltation was accepted. ,
A -license for the Tom Mix Circus to show 1n Brackett's field June 10
was granted. Two performances will
be given. The motion for granting the
license was made
by
Councllman
Downs.
A communication from Frank M.
Dennett regarding back taxes was
received and on motion of Councilman
Herrick, the matter was left to the
mayor with power.
A petition for the right to install a
private gasoline pump on property at
the corner of Albany and Islington
street by the Rand-Perkins EKpress
was referred to the zoning board with
power.
The mayor appointed Francis E.
Fuller of Gutterson & Gould, as a
weigher and this was confirmed.
A request from the Central Veterans' Council for Memorial Day appropriation resulted in an appropriation o! $200, the motion being made
by Councilman Durell.
A petition from A.
J. Carmody,
manager of the Navy Yard baseball
team, was received, asking for permission for loco.I baseball games on Sunday. Councilman Downs sponsored the
motion favoring this petition stating
"I believe It ls a worthy thing and the
council should immediately give them
permission to have Sunday ball games
with the only provision
that
the
grounds be properly policed."
The
city solicitor spoke or the law passed
in 1931 and the petition was granted.
A request from Monroe J. Stevens
to purchase property at 298 Myrtle
avenue was referred to the city lands
and buildings committee
and
the
board or assessors, to establish a price.
Pole locations
were granted for
three poles on private property.
A petition from the Portsmouth
Potato Chip Co., for gasoline tanks
on their prc>.:;.~rty on Sagamore avenue, which would 1n no way obstruct
automobile tra!flc was read,
The
report o! the zoning board was also
read, which stated that the location
was not detrimental and approved.
This was granted.
A petition from George 0. Athorne
and many others was received regardIng the dump on Lafayette road. This
was referred to the board o! public
works for a report.
CouncUman Durell reported
the total census which was recently
taken under the supervision of a committee from the council and the board
ot a-'Sessors showed that the total
population of Portsmouth was 115,909.
O! these 10,010 areellglble forpoll-tax•
es, making an increase of around 1,00 new poll tax payers. Councilman
urell stated tha~ ~ great deal or
hanks was due the fine coouerlttJ.<M,
or James Whalley, Joseph Morrlll and
Sherman P. Newton for
the large
amount of extra ·work that they had
to do.
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Councilman Downs, reporting for the
· parking committee submitted a lease
from .the. YMCA for ,the property iI}
back .of the former Maplewood Gara e
W!lS
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Zoning Ordinance -Amended
--Vote To Permit Sunday
Baseball
The mayor and city councll, at a
regular meeting held on Thursday
evening at the Council chambers,
pussed to Its third reading an amendment to the zoning ordinance, 1n order to, permit the erect.ion of the proposed office building for the Railway
Mall Clerks association at Haymarket Square, and also passed to third
reading an amendment to the parkIng ordinance,
Parking is prohibited on both sides
of Vaughan street from Congress to
Hanover street; southerly
side
o!
Congress · street from Middle street to
Chestnut street, easterly
side
of
Pleasant street from Court street to
State street.
(Diagonal parking on
west side of Pleasant street between
the above mentioned Court and State
streets). Westerly side
o! MarkeL
street from Hanover street to Deer
street. (Diagonal parking on the easterly side of Market street from a point
25 feet from the corner o! Bow street
to a point made by
the northerly
boundary of the property occupied by
s. A. Schurman & Sons Co.) Both
sides or entranc~ to proposed municipal parking lot in rear of YMCA.
Both entrances to Memorial bridge.
Wright avenue from Daniels street to
Stale street. Northerly side o! State
street from Wright avenue to Chapel
street. Both sides o! Bridge street
from Islington street to a point 40
feet In a northerly direction.
One way streets: Scott avenue and
Dutton avenue.
These passed their first and second
readings and were laid on the table
with tho mayor given
nuthorlty to
have the measures printed, and set
a date for the hearings on each.
Mayor Kennard Goldsmith presided
and the following councilmen were
present: Charles T. Durell, Wyman P.
Boynton, Thomas J. Downs, Robert M.
Herrick, John Leary, Jr., Frederick
Schlegel and John Burkhardt.
The first matter to be brought up
was the amendment to the zoning ordinance. This was referred to the city
solicitor, and during a recess, a proposed ordinance was drawn up and
passed Its two readings. A letter from
the Railway Mall association, Rufus E.
Ross, .secretary, was read regarding
this proposed amendment, while another from Dr. M. I. Boger-Shattuck
opposed it. Both were placed on file.
The request or the Board of Education for control o! Alumni field was
received and ori motion of Councilman Burkhardt was granted. A letter
for the sum of $1 to be used as a
"~*•~-""~i>tr~~:~.~:;
parking plot. He ,1noved the ratlficatlon of the lease which was voted. Al- ,- ·.....,,,.,._....,
so reporting for ·· the committee he
submitted the following amendment to t">l:v,:~;.•
the parking ordinance:
"'!'hat the Zoning ordinance, regulating and restricting the location of
Trades, Industries, and other uses, the
use, location, height and bulk of
buildings and other structures, the
size of yards, courts and other open
places, and the density o! population
be hereby amended to include within
the commercial district the territory,
bounded by Haymarket Square on . the·
west; Court street on the south; the
property of Horace W. Pearson on the
east; and the Granite State Insurance Co. on the. north, as shown upon
the zoning map dated December 1927,
and flied in the office of the city
clerk."
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Councllman Leary brought • up the
subject o! the wardroom at , Ward 3
and stated that the ' Greek A. C. was
to be re-organized and called upon
Martin Quirk who spoke briefly regarding this. He stated that the· organization was to assume all responsl-.
blllty for repairs to the bullding. Oq
motion of Councllman Leary this was
referred to the committee on public
lands and buildings with power.
Councilman Burkhardt spoke of the
Fourth or July celebration and the
sum of $500 was appropriated for this.
The mayor was authorized to appoint
a committee o! three to be in charge o!
the affair and he named Councilmen
Burkhardt, Schlegel and Leary.
Councllman Downs moved that $250
be transferred from
the contingent
fund to be used for the purchase .of
material to be used to carry on the
work at the Peirce Island swimming
pool. The mayor stated that this was
a part o! the project which the NYA
Is undertaking there and would pay
for · the materials needed to complete
the work.
The committee on street llghts recommended that the petition for a
llght on Merrimac street between
Miller and Highland street be granted
and the report was accepted. There
were a few questions about acceptance
of streets, and then the council adjow·ned at the call of the chair
motion o! Councilman I?urell.
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. DEAD AT 8 <CAP-.
Capt. Silas H. Harding, for
years prominent in the former
Saving Service and the Coast Guard,
and one of the best known residents of
this vicinity, died today at the Wentworth Home.
Captain Harding was oorn In Chatham, Mass., May 7, 1851, and entered
the Life-Saving Service in 1888, remainIng until reaching the retirement age of
64 in 1914. Captain Harding wii.s superintendent of the First District, with
headquarters in this city, .for about 20
years and was one oC the most popular
and efficient officials In the service.
He had an outstanding record in the
Life-Saving Service and won special
recognition on many occasions.
He
was awarded a gold medal by the secretary of the treasury, under authority
of an act of Congress on Jan. 10, 1889,
in recognlsm of her heroism during the
rescue o! four men June 26, 1888, when
the schooner Oliver Dyer was wrecked
on the rocks near the Jeffrey's Point
station, to which he was attached at
the time.
For many years he had been a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1,'A. F. &
A. M., of this city.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
W. I. Hayward of New Castle, and one
son, Robert Harding of Boston.
Captain Harding observed his 86th
birthday anniversary on March 6, last.
He had been at the Wentworth Home
iNG
The family summer home was a
Chatham, Mass., and Captain Harding
In past years much enjoyed going be.ck
on visits to the town of his birth. He
was much· interested In Portsmouth and
the welfare of the community and
made hosts of friends here. His love
and devotion to his family, his Christian spirit, unswerving loyalty to his
friends and many fine characteristics
made him held in high regard by all.
During hi~ invalidism he was ever patient and met life's peaceful evening
with a smile and with Christian faith
w~s ready when called to the Great Beyond. A man or the finest type has
gone to his reward. It ls not death. It
is victory.
The death ff Silas Hatch Harding on
Thursday noon was heard with gen'uine
regret by many, but he has left behind
e. train of memories which those who
knew him best will tenaerly cherish.
Captain Harding was born in Chatham, Mass., March 6, 1851. From child•
hoqd he was fascinated by the sea and
wh~n a youth he had his first oppor•
tunlty for a seafaring trip.
In later
years he served under several paymas•
ter~ at the local Navy Yard, but when
Sunset and. evening star,
the Jeffrey's Point Lite-Saving station
And one clear call !or me:
was built he was appointed Its first
And may there be no moaning of the
keeper. He served there until his probar
motion to superintendent or the U. s.
When I put out to sea.
Life-Saving stations of the First District, which Included the stations on the
But such a tide as moving seems
Maine and New Hampshire coasts,
asleep,
su~ceedlng Supt. George Richardson,
Too full for sound and foam,
who had passed away. The vacancy was
When that which drew from out' the
!llled by a competitive examination and
boundless deep
Captain He.rdil'}g received his promo•
Turns again home.
tlon. At that time the office or the
First District headquarters was
In
Twilight and evening bell,
Portland, Me., but It was soon changed
And after that the dark I
to this city. Captain Harding held this
And may there be no sadness of
position until 1915, reaching the retirefarewell
ment age o! 64 years at that time. He
When I embark.
served under General Supt. Sumner I.
Kimball of the U. S. Life-Saving Service, which later was combined with For tho' from out our bourne of Time
and Place
the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service and
The flood may bear me far,
came .under one executive head,
the
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
commandant of the U. s. Coast Guard.
When I have crossed the bar.
CaptQ:ln Harding was !rom time to
-Tennyson.
time c01\sulted on many Important
matters pertaining to the service, as his ' - - - -0 ~-.---."""'...-...-------..1
judgment and executive ability
was
much appreciated. His acts of bravery
were varied and an outstanding one was
d4'lng the rescue of four men when
the schooner Oliver Dyer was wrecked
on the rocks near the Jeffrey's Point
station on the New Hampshire coast on
June 26, 1888.
In recognition of this
heroism he was awarded a gold medal
by the secretary of the treasury under
authority o! an act of Congress on Jan.
10, 1889. Captain Harding's heart was
bound up In the service and he was ever
looking to do anything possible for Its
betterment. To his subordinates he always proved a _true !riend and was especially keen to the sufferings of others.
In e. quiet way he did many a kindly
deed during his life and found pleasure
in helping to make life happier for
s11me of those with whom he came In
contact.
He was a devoted husband
and father and e. hospitable spirit pervaded his home In New Castle for years.
Many of his friends In the service were
entertained there by Captain and Mrs.
Harding when they visited this section.
The couple celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on Feb. 2, 1929, and
"''""'·''•·'·''. , the death of Mrs. Harding on April 18,
1929, brought much sorrow. Not long
after her passing Captain Harding J~ft
his home In New Castle to reside with
his son, Robert H. Harding, at Riverbank Court Hotel In Cambridge, Mass.,
returning to this city to live last Septem)ler.
�. THIRD SEACOAST
BOOKlEt OUT
The third booklet to be published by
the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional
Development Association has been released and Is even better than. that or
last year, which was regarded as one of
the most outstanding booklets ever
published in this section.
Of the same slza and style as last
year, the booklet is most attractive and
well worth keeplng as a souvenir, but
they are published to be distributed to
prospective visitors to the
seacoast
region of 'New Hampshire.
Owing to the large demand the local
dlstrllmtlon will necessarily be limited
to members.·
·
The cover Is most realistic and shows
Fort Point Light at New Castle. The
waves are rolling in and tlte picture ls ,a
beautiful piece of work.
The map on the inside cover Is an improvement over last year's, as
eac~
town Is represented by something particularly dlsL!nctlvc of the town. Portsmouth ls represented by the Warner
House doorway and Fort Constltutio'l,
showlng the old gateway o! Fort William and Mary, depicts New Castle. At
the Shoals, the old stone church sta1~ds
as a lone sentinel of the islands visited
by Capt. John Smith in the ear.ly 1600's.
The monument at Odiorne's Point portray Rye, while the Town Hall, featured by the Paul R.6</ere bell, represents North Hampton. Hampton h:.s
•Ithe deneral Moulton House, the scene
of Whittier's poem. "The New Wife o.nd
the Old," and Bound Rock at Seabrook
completes the towns on the coa~t.
Other places in the Tegion are repr~sented as follows:
Phillips
Exel,er
Academy at Exeter, the town hall at
Newington, the mills at Newmarket, T.
Hall, the oldest building at the Unlvei:slty of New Hampshire at Durham,
rose gardens at Madbury, the William
Dame garrison at Dover, Governor
Wentworth's house at Rollins!ord, the
old parsonage at Newington, the Weeks
house at Greenland, and farming in
Stratham.
The
General Sulllvan
bridge ls also portro.yed on the map.
The pictures are works ol art. Every
conuuunity In the region ls represented. Undoubtedly many from this city
who view the collection of pictures of
Portsmouth will become aware o! some
or the plcturesqu ness which they have
overlooked. First is a flagstone walk,
believed to have been laid In 1747. Another Is a scene from Peirce Island,
looking toward the Wentworth-Gardner house. One of Portsmouth's old
brick houses, a view of Portsmouth
Harbor and the Navy Yard !rom Little
Harbor, a river scene and a harbor
scene showing a five-master all will
have Its appeal to many who see the
booklet. The beautiful stairway or the
John Paul House wlll give an Indication o! what ls inside the wonderful old
mansions which people see as they pass
through the city.
Greenland ls represented by the Cen:1 tral School, the photo being taken at
J the time o! ear when the foliage and
~lowers wero at their. best. Great Bay while a tree-lined drlye
' ! l
in winter and sum,mer ls also portrayed. quaintness o! Madbury,
The old parsonage in
Newington,
Tho attractive white bfrches in the
foreground, with the .water .in the dis- , built in 1710, with its long .sloping room..
tance has an appeal, while . the smelt is an indication of what. to expect when
village ls also shown.
I visiting that little town~ The Lamprey
The back cover has a charm of its J River at Newmarket in .all its attract-· , .
own. Two pines, one short and rugged, / iveness is shown. . . . . :
tho other tall and straJght, ma,ke. up 1 A picture of a group of students comthe foreground, while in the1 bay a sail- ing from classes at Phillips Exeter
boat, in Imagination's eye, -~klms over Academy, with one ot the ivy-covered
the water in the center with the op- buildings, seen through an archway, 1n
the background, is representative or
. posite shore in the distance.
I
New. Castle has a conspicuous place the Academy town. Dover comes in for
on the front cover, and another picture its share of glory in the booklet showing
shows an airplane view of the Went- one of the mills there.
worth and the· upper harbor o! Portsmouth. Beach scenes at Rye include
the rugged rocks and ledges at Wallis
Sands, people playing on the beach at .,,.,.. ..,,,.-...::c,
the Beach Club, riding horseback on
,~(1-{':1'·~(\A~,i'ii2J
the beach, the rocks at Parsons Point
and bathing at Straw's Point and Jenness. Beach. A swnmer home at Rye,
Stoneleigh College, Union Chapel and
roadside beautification along the Ocean
. boulevard concludes Rye's contribu'tion
to the' booklet.
Au airplane view ' o! Little
Boar's '
Head, the old Post road, showing Centennial Hall and the Congregational
Church at North Hampton, a large elm
at Hampton, the Tuck Memorial field
and playground at Hampton are shown,
while at the beach are shown many of
the popular sp9rts, such as bathing, lk'<'·•·v,.,r.,
both in the water and in the sw1, pony
riding by youngsters, the White Memorlai Playgrnund, Children's Day and
the new i5eawall at Hampton North
Beach.
Hampton Falls' most distinguished
citizen is the subject for that section of
the booklet. The monument
the
square and the Weare
w•- -~ the first governor
r, ~ Jct, are depicted.
The fascination o! the fishermen's
houses, always an artist's delight, and
the rock marker on the site of the old
"Bound Tree," with the willows in the
background, give an indication, of the
fascination of Seabrook.
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Getting back inland, but stlll on the
tidewater, for all towns on the tidewater are included in the region, the
reader finds the peace and quiet of a
!arm scene, with blooded Ayrshire cattle grazing, while in the background 1s
Stratham dairy farm. · Stratham
Hill, with its observation tower, and the
old Kenniston Tavern add to the charm
o! the booklet.
An old-type homestead surrounded by
t' 1 white picket f~nce so common in
New England and a country scene
showing a stone wall give an indication
o! .what tl1e interesting old town ~ ot
Newfields is like, also showing a vlllage i,treet there.
· '
Durham, the seat o! the 'Universltf
1
I of New Hampshire, ,is charm\ngly por~
traycd. In addition to two . college
scenes there is an outstanding picture
of Jenklhs Mill. Another view at Durham is of the Oyster River.
/ . , FQund,l·y P?nd fro,m Rlcker's Inn.
· home of the late Charles Doe.R61iinsf6rd, chief justice o! New Hampshire•1n
1876, for 20 years, represents that town,
I
I
�t. \~~ I'\• \'hom,OJ~
Burial was In Lal{evlew cemt!tery, the
funeral cortege being made up of the
, following~ detachment of police, com~
ma.nder of escort and staff, Seventh
Field !Artlllery Ba,nd, First Squadron, '
""--'\ .'l-~ - - I
Third , Cavalry; Seventh 'Field ' 'Ai-tllThe funeral or the late Admiral
lery; Headquarters and Secontl BattalJ:tenry T. Mayo, USN., who died In thl.s
ion, 13th Infantry Battalion; 172nd In- ·
city on Feb. 23, will be held tomorfantJ.-y, Vermont
National
Guard;
row at his birthplace, Burlington, Vt.
clergy, caisson, ' actl<°e' pamiearers,
The body has been taken to Vermont
mourners, delegations, societies
'a nd
and is lying In state at the Burlington
civilians.
city hall from 2 this afternoon until
Th:ere was a very large attendance at
10 o'clock tomorrow mor.n lng, the hour
the services, with many from high ofof the funeral.
fices present. Flowers from high ofAdm. Mayo resided with his
ficials and ordina,ry citizens sho'l'{ed the
capt. Chester a .. Mayo at Miller
r~spect and esteem in
which
this
grand' old gentleman was hE:ld by all
who knew him.
Among the Immediate family present were the following~ Mrs. Henry T.
Mayo, · a son, Lfeut. Col. George, Mayo,
u. s. A., of New York; a grandson,
Henry Thomas Mayo, 2cf; a sister, Mlss
Lucy I!.. Mayo; a nephew, Capt. l',., H .
Mayo, anc\ Mrs. Mayo; a. brother, ,,Ed.-,
ward F. Mayo of .Burlington 1 and his son
with whom he made his home, 1 Capt, .
Chester G. 1\/fayo, U. S. N., and Mrs.
Mayo of this city.
The fnneraJo or the late Admiral
Representing the _ Unitecf States
Hem, T. Mayo, u. s. r;r., who ~ied in
Navy: Rear Admiral i'i.. B. Cook, Rear
this ,¢Uy on Feb. 23. w~ he)cl at BurAdmiral W. S. Pye, Capt. D .. C. Bingham
Jd'ngtoo,., Vt., this mcrmng at JO o'clock
and Capt. A, H, Mayo of Washington,
''a t the- mty HalL The boo.'y was ,taken: D. a.; ' Rear Admiral W. R i. Ohera~U,.
to Burlington and from 2 o'clook" yes"'· comma,ndant : pf _the- First NavaJ ,,Disterday · zfternoon nnlli the h0t1r of the
trict; Rear. Admiral C. W. Cole, ,, com~
funeral was. lying in state. The ,guard
mandant of the
Portsmouth - Navy
•~ hcmor ct:lil.Sisted of a
det:lchment
Yai;ctj , Capt. .Philip G. ,Lauman, Capt,
!rom the Portsmouth Navy Y:trd.'
A W Brown, Lieut.· Col: ;i: ..,B. Sebree.,
Admnal Ma.Yo was •one of the: i outC~mdr. J. J, .Brown and Comdr. Milton
staruling naval cmcers of the . •World
H. , lletzold, ,chaplain corps.
Wu. having been in ccmmand· of ·the'
u. s. fleet during that ti-ying period. He
;e:rved •in ~ Navy activtl'y f,<Jr 53 .y ears,
'rile ·•services at- Burlington were con'd-arlt'dt by CQ..mdr. Milton H. Petzold,,
u. s. N., chaplain at the : Portsmouth
Navy Yud. Tue s e ~ was under the "'"·'"'''""·''"
ampfces of Burllngtt>n Lodge, No. 100,' 1 ._ •.•. ,. n·~,,.,...
A.. P.·&:- A. M., and at. the. comr-1!t al :,•
the r,ave- Hon. William J. Ballou, grand
master of the- Grand Lodge or Vermon t,
FUNERAL .WEDNESDAY
OF ADMIRAL' MAYO
LAST RITES f(]R
ADfJ]IRAl fi1AYO
Jfil!IS Pw1@RNING
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spoke-.'
a,
,
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.Mtff the- service
City Hall as the
~e-t. was being taken to a caisson the
1:tih Infantry Band played, while at the_
gnYe- the Seventh Field Artlllery Band
JH!dued selections. Taps were sonndtd by; 11. bugler from the Ports!11outh •
NayY Yam. The firing sq1:1ad was from
the 13th Infantry.
Col. B. F. Miller of
Ul~ Seventh Field ·Art111ery, comm,a ndfng: Fort Ethan Allen, was In com~~m~
r.r.,,~=":lot the c:;cort.
1
H~nora ry paii bearer1, were: · _. Rear .
Ad!Dlral $. S. Robison, USN, ret.,,,Capt.
H,,,..,,,,,;,,i:a.11._ w. Browri, USN, Capt, P. B. ' Lauma.n, · USN., Lieut. Col. John Sebree,
USMC, Robert Roberts, former Mayor
or Burllngton, Fred S. Pease, Charles ,
P. ,Smith, ,Sr., . Harry, F. Howard and·
Frederick ,W. W11rd, . all of Burlington.
Chief supreme .ccurt Justice of :Vermont, George M. Powers, Arthur., G.
Crane. oL George J. Holden, Burlington, Brig. Gen. William H. · Wilson,
Rear. .Adm.l:ral Cyrus W. Cole, CommandaJ11t ,Portsmouth Navy Yard, and
cmdr: J. J .. Brown, aide to Rear Admiral Cole.
\..ca.n~ ~ o~
THOMAS L. ELWYN,
DESCENDANT Of OlD
PORTSMOUTH f AMIL Y
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Thomas Langdon Elwyn, a native or
Philadelphia
and
descendant or a
Colonial New England family, died
Thursday in the Abington Memorial
Hospital, Abington, Pa., after an illness of several months. He
was 69
years of age. During
the past few
years Mr. Elwyn made his home at
the Green Hill Farms Hotel, Overbrook, Pa.
Mr. Elwyn was a descenda nt of John
Langdon, member or the Continental
Congress from · New Hampshire, delegate to the Constitutional Convention,
one or the first United States Senators
from New Hampshire, and long-time
governor or that state, following the
Revolution. Mr. Elwyn Inherited, and
at tho time of
his
death owned
"Elwynhurst," the family estate at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
He was a partner !or the past 30
years of the investment banking firm
of Biddle, Whelen & Co. of Philadelphia, having become associated with
the firm shortly after his graduation
from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.,
in 1892.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society and one of
the oldest members of the Zoological
Society of
Philadelphia a~d
the·
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He was a
grandson of · Alfred L. Elwyn, one of
the founders of
the
Pennsylvania
Epileptic Hospital and Colony Farm
at Elwyn, Pa., and a founder of the
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His father,
Alfred L. Elwyn, was
an Episcopal
clergyman of Philadelphia.
Mr. Elwyn was a member of the
Philadelphia Club, Rittenhouse Club
of Philadelphia,
Racquet
Club or
Philadelphia Country Club, and the
Pohoquallne Club.
He ls survived by his wife, $arah
Nata.Ile Elwyn, and by 'three sisters,
Mrs. Wm. N. Kremer of New York
City and' Portsmouth, and Miss Emily
Naese Elwyn and
Mrs.
Woodbury
Langdon, both of Portsmouth.
Funeral services will be held at St.
David's Church, Bala, Pa., this afternoon at 2 p. m. Interment wlll be
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Organizations, Other Patriotic Bodies And Their
Auxiliaries Participate
A large congregation made up
or cracy, the fight for the right of all naparlshloners and, as honored guests, tlons, grea t or small, to live in peace
veterans and members of other patri- and safety, unmolested by brutal force
otlc societies, attended the service or and spiritual arrogance ..
commenoratlon at the South Church
"Jesus Christ was more than an in(Unltarlan) Sunday morning.
tense patriot, he was also a lover of all
The veterans organizations marched human-kind. In his thought and feelto tho church eescortcd by the band of ing there was apparently no antagonFrank E. Booma
Post,
American ism between his national consciousness
Legion. The organizations partlcipat- and his human consciousness.
The
lug included Camp Winfield Scott son of David loved to call himself the
Schley, United Spanish War Veterans, son of Man.
In his own person he
Frank E. Booma Post, A. L., Ensign reconciled the seemingly
conflicting
Emerson Hovey Post, Veterans or For- clalos of patriotism and world-brothelgn Wars, Sons or Union Veterans, erhood. He came unto his own, but he
Fleet Reserve, Storer Relief Corps and had a message for all mankind. A Jew
other auxiliary bodies and Battery D, to his very finger-tips, In heart and
197th Reg., N, II. N. G.
mind and soul; but more than a Jew,
Tho music or tho service or commem- else the nations all would not have
oration was as follows: Prelude, "Largo claimed him as Master and Lord. His
from New World Symphony," Dvorak; primary appeal was to the children of
solo, "There Is No Death,'' O'Hara; of- Israel, but from them when they defertory, "Mood," Remsen;
postlude, splsed and rejected him he turned to
"Largo,'' Handel. Carroll H. Evans was the nations that knew not the Law. In
the organist, Mrs. Mary Whittler Priest his parables and deeds he always spoke
was the soloist, and the chorus choir and acted as a Hebrew o.l' the Hebrews,
sang the chants and r esponses.
but In and through every word and
The minister, Rev. William Safford work shone the blazing love or humanJones, preached a special sermon Ol\ ity. In Jesus Christ patriotism and hu"Christianlty and Nationalism,'' taking man brotherhood meet and mingle and
fo r his text, Isaiah 51 :1.
unite.
He said in part:
" 'And wha t the world demands or
"The world-state, however desit:able us, cries Dr. Charles Edwards Park,
it may be in theory, has not yet arnved, 'ts' not a denial or out· Nationalism in.
and no better way has yet been foun~ of the Interests or Christianity, but
a
awakeni ng a love of freedom, a passion quickening and purification or our Nafor justice, a hunge r and thit'st after tlonallsm In the interests or Christianinternational righ teousness, than the ity. What Christ asks of us Is not that
way of appeal Lo loyalty to the great we should deny our flag in order that
Ideas and Ideals and principles
and we may become fuller disciples of his,
convictions that made the past of the but that we should fall on our knees
nation rich Jn spiritual traditions and before our flag and call to remembrance
that will make the future glorious in the tears of love that ha·ve dropped
the annals of human service. The best upon It, the lips that have kissed it, the
way Lo be a ciLlzcn or the world is not blood that has been shed for it, the
to see
1by !l?ntlng the obligations or citizen- many hearts that have lea,ped
ship m you r community and c~mmon- that meteor In the sky, and pray to the
wealth and nation, but by takmg up God or our fathers to make us worthy
seriously ~nd solcn'.nly tl~e duties_ of or that flag, faithful w1 to the holy
that part1cu_lar clt1zensh1p. Begm at things for which It stands, that it may
the bottom 111 humble tasks of neigh- wave over loyal hearts 11.nd true, and
borhood serviceableness and work up to may be unsullied by the passion and
1. the top of world-helpfulness through the pride of a false and an incomplete
city and stale loyalty. Don't jump to Patriotism.'
the top in airy contempt for lesser
"Heed the wise words of those who
duties and refuse to take over your hold that the way or solemn obligation
share of the general burde1;.,- The best for the nation ls the way to advance the
' preparation for becoming ll. citizen or Interests or the kingdom or God
the world In the highest\sense ls by throughout the earth. For when palearn ing to be a faithful citizen of your trlotlsm has free course and is nobly
own ward In the city of Portsmouth, in glorified brotherhood and justice and
the county of Ro~kin~llam, in the state liberty will most surely at last prevail
of New Hampsl11re, m
the
United In every land and under every flag. AmStates or America. Nationalism ls no erlca first but not In selfish and Ignoble
curse but a blessing when it Is used for Isolation, 'but America first, as the serthc highest ends, and it certainly can vant or mankind.''
!Jc so used by this country ln the !lght a.:.=:.:...::.;:..;~~--.,---,-~~-~'"':-:::":7'~
· for Intellectual and spit'ltual liberty into which we ought to throw our souls,
the fight of democracy against auto-
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Alfred, May
8.-The nrst of the
permanent markers
for
historical
spots in York County has arrived and
is now on exhibition at Biddeford.
The markers are being purchased by
the York County Tercentenary Commission and will be put up all over the
County. At least one of the 50 ordered
wm be placed In every town and city
and the remaining 22 will be erected
at points where some of the famous
York County events took place which
have made not only National, but
world history.
Each town and city
now has a committee searching out
its historical background
mending spots
which
marked.
The markers are or the new type
which have been so generally adopted
by great centers of history, such as
Virginia, Ma&Sachusetts, Connecticut,
and other 11tatea a.nd regions- all ovei:
the United States. They are made of
pure aluminum, a.re aoout 42 bJ 38
inches fn 117.e, and are erected on tall
iron posts so they may be ea.s.lly seen
by motorists passing along the highway,.
The first marker to be completed
perpetuates the fact that within the
York County Courthouse at Alfred are
the oldest continuous court records- In
the United States, dating back to IG3CI.
The markers are 11pecially designed
original colors of red and blue, on
with the old York County seal, ln Its
the t-0p. Each marktr also canles the
name of the town or city in which I~
Ia located.
It flJ boped to have all of the markers in place by the time the summer
tourist traffic reach~ It! maximum.
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Photo by Chester Davis
. . Members of the Portsmoµth Harbor and Isles of Shoals Coast Guard group who recently reLurned from Lhe Middle
West nood area. Left to right, Dana W. Armstroµg, Port.,mouth Harbor; Cltfton Doughty Floreston Alley Lynwood Beal
all from the Isles of Shoals; C. D. Tabbutt of Portsmouth Harbor, Milton H. Seavey of Isles of Shoals, and Donald Fend~
erson o! Portsmouth Harbor. · ·
·
to eat their meals in the three best From there the Coast Guardsmen
Coast Guardsmen of , this vicinity restaurants in the city. They were went • to Paducah, Ky., . where they
who retui:ned · recently !roni · the nood permitted to order what they wished •helped to rescue people from their
district brought a tale o! hardships and there was no limit on the amount. homes, At night time they were
and harrowing ...·experiences as weft Of Course, when they first arrived at .giveu-- quarters on a U. 13. Engineer..
as many events in- which they par- Evansville the city was without heat ing , boat.
.
ticipated:
·
as the result of the city power plant .. From Paducah the lifeboat crew
When the . magnitude of the · nood being out of commission.
went to Wycllff, Ky., by the way of
became apparent the First District
Seven others went from the Isles Cairo, m., and was statlo.ned tt\ere
headquarters office at Boston on of Shoals station, which in addition for one week. During that week the
Sunday, Jan, 24, issued an order sent tts lifeboat and surfboat Boat- men were most of the time hungry
sending as many men as could be swain's Mate Newton Seavey had and exposed to the damp most all
spared to the flood zone. From New charge of the llieboat and with him day and their sleeping quarters" were
England 204 Coast · Guardsmen re~ were the following fellow members on the narrow pews in a. chw;oh.
sponded, together · with equipment of the Appledore Island station: Many people were huddled together
of ll!e and surf boats, Of this con- Robert Murphy, Linwood Beal and in the church. Besides rescue work
tingent aproxlmately ,20 men 'were Floreston Alley, all surfmen.
Mo- in Wycllff the surfboat was used by
from the stations in the so-called tor Machinest Clifton C. Doughy had Postal Telegraph repairmen who had ·
Portsmouth area, such as Apple-· charge of the surfboat, with Surf- to keep tho telegraph service open
dore Island at the Isles of Shoals,
during the flood.
Portsmouth Harbor, Walll!I Sands and :men William Buswell and- Irwin H.
After leaving Wycllff the men went
Wass,'
as
crew.
Hampton Beach.
·
to Hickman, Ky., but the following
,
·
Tho
surfboat
from
the
Shoals
went
Boatswain A, H. Caldet' of the
day were ordered to Bar!leld in case
Appledore Island station and Motor Monday, January 25, to Portland, Me .., the levees should break During the
Machinist, · first class, Clifton D. , where it we.a loaded - on a flat· car week they stayed there they made
Tabbutt from the Portsmouth Har- I and taken to Mound City, Ill. Upon quarters aboard a government-owned
bor. station 'were among the first to · arrival there orders were received dredge. Following this they went to
depart • ?rom her~; and were 11,board ' to proceed by rail to Eldorado, Ill., Memphis, Tenn., where they stayed
the~ . Merrimac? River · -station picket 1 where the boats were floated into three days and then returned to
boat. Boatswain Calder was in charge the water as the flat cars in the· rail- Portsmouth.
At Memphis they
of the boat and was located during road yard were surrounded by wa- stayed in the Gayesee hotel, a leadthe height of the nood at Evansvm~. ter.
The first night at Eldorado lhe Ing hostelry.
Ind., wh:ere damage _of approximately
The lifeboat crew started Wednes1
men
suffered greatly from the ex$7~.ooo was caused · by the flood to
day, January 27, and arrived at East
treme
cold
as
they
had
to
sleep
1n
a
the Hotei Mccurdy, principal hotel
coal mine. Early the neKt morning St. Louis on Saturday morning. They
in the city.
the men were off to an Ohio town left there for the worst part of the
Boatswain Calder was loud in his that was partly inundated. It was flood area, but five miles south of
praise of the treatment rendered
necessary to leave Boatswain's Mate st. Louis had to "lay to" when a sehim and other Coast Guardsmen by
Howard Fenderson of the Ports~ vere storm struck. Rain and sleet conthe citizens of Evansv1lle. As soon as mouth Harbor Station who, when ad- tinued until they reached Cape Gerthey arrived they . were given sleeping fitted to a hospital, was found to ado, Mo.• The men "gassed up" there
accommodations and · were permitted have a
of pneumonia. and Monday arrived in Cairo. They
stoped there only a few minutes
�and then were of!
Hickman an
the next day had to return to Cairo.
The ll!eboat crew stayed there for
two weeks. They arrived in Boston
Saturday, February 20. At Cairo the
life boat was smashed by a larger
boat wheu a wave by a larger one
against . the lifeboat. The men escaped injuries.
Boatswain's Mate, !lrst class, Clarence D. Beal who with Surfmen Real
I S. Marie, Charles Faulklngl:tam and
Maynard O"Brien went from the
Hampton Beach station received an
J order on Sunday, Jan. 24, from the
Headquarters office in Boston to be
on their way to Boston by boat in the
short time of 30 minutes. The boat
was soon in the water and when
only two nules of! the coastline encountered a heavy blizzard which later tw·ned to rain Wh.:n, oft Annisquam tkey encountered· a strong
southwest wind which at times
reached gale intensity.
Beal and his fellow Coast Guardsmen reached the Charlestown Navy
Yard at 1.45 a. m. 011 the morning
of Monday, January 25. The boat was
soon loaded on a flat car and the
men wore rushed to the South Station 111 Boston where they were met
by other Coast Guardsmen from Mas' tions. Within U minutes both the
sachusetts and Rhode Island stamen and equipment were en route
to the flooded area.
The contingent arrived at Cairo,
Ill., at 4.30 on the morning of Jan.
27. Immediately upon their arrival
at Cairo orders were received to go
to Mound City, Ill., where it was
1 reported
that a levee had broken
and hundreds of people were endangered. The Coast Guardsmen found
that the city was inundated and ln
order to get to the people the crew
had to st.and on the levee and pull
the boa t over to t he city side o! the
wall. Nearly 1,000 persons were taken
from houses where they were marooned. As the persons were rescued
they were taken In U1e boat.s to tl1e
levee where a larger riverboat took
the refugees to a place o! safety.
OtJ1er Coast Guardsmen from tl1e
Portsmouth clistrlct who went to the
flood territory l11cludcd Snr!me1f Wll!Jnm Ramsey, Roger Knight and Joseph E. Messler of the Portsmouth
Harbor Station and Sur!men Stanley
W. Pridham of the Wallis Sands
Station. With the exception of Boatswain's Mate, first class, Howard
Frndcrson of the Portsmouth Hnrbor
station, who is still on sick leave,
all have returned to their posts.
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The year 1937 commemorates not
Before any troop could be registered
Miss Julia Carty served in the local
only the • 25th anniversary o!. Girl a local council had to be established. office !or the remainder o! the scout
Scouting In the United States, but also This was accomplished and the original year following Miss Cullen's reslgnathe 15th anniversary of Girl Scouting charter Issued on June 27, 1922. To tlon. And with the beginning o! the
in Greater Portsmouth. Even ' previous Mrs. Louis Ewald went the honor of 1936-37 program Mrs. William Pago was
to 1922 there had been 'a troop at At- being the first commissioner of this appointed field secretary. Mrs. Page; 1s
"'"""··•··'·-" lantlc Heights under the ·captaincy of newly-formed Greater Portsmouth Girl herself a first class scout and the mothMrs . . w. S. Woodhull, but the real be- Scout Council. Miss Priscilla He!!en- er of. the newest Golden Eaglet o! the
g~nlng o! the organization in this vi- ger was elected deputy commissioner, local -Council.
.
clrilty.was in the spring o! 1922.
:
Miss Cornella Mugridge secretary and
The Greater Portsmouth Councii°has
When the succ·ess of the Atlantio Miss Marie Cullen treasurer.
Mrs. an enviable reputation in the number of
Heights troop became apparent, anoth- Ewald served until 1925, when she was scouts who have been 'successful in ater ' troop was started · among .girls !).S• succeeded by Mrs. William P. Miskell, talning this highest
rank in \Girl
soclated with st. John's Church. This who for the next two years assumed Scouting-the Golden . Eaglet. When
troop, active but never registered at charge of Girl Scout activities In this In 192!) Anna McLean had this national
National Headquarters, was composed sect.Ion, Miss Frances Brooks, who, honor conferred u'pon her she was the
of the following members: Mrs. Louis with Mrs. Wendell, had done so much first Golden Eaglet not only in · the
w. Ewald, captain, and Scouts Alice to make scouting available to local girls, local council but 11, the state of New
Trefethen, Jeannette Gilker; · Mae was the next commissioner, and until Hampshire. Since that time th~ folClark,' Ros_lna Hutchings, Doris Ren- the fall o! 1929 she worked !or the con- lowing girls have also been dlstlnner, Geraldine Ward, Dorothy Vaughan tlnued development of the program·. guished as Golden Eaglets, an honor
and 1 Beatrice Wllllams.
Since 1929 the present commissioner conferred only upon those scouts who,
By this time it was evident that Girl has held office and under her leader- by their character, 1achievement and suScoutlng had a real appeal for the girls ship the Greater Portsmouth Council perlor knowledge-of scouting, have been
of Portsmouth, and largely through the has co·n slstently maintained a leading judged worthy of national recognition:
ef!orts of Mrs. Barrett ; Wendell, Miss position in community activity. .
Eleanor Batchelder, Anna Latham,
Alice Sandiford o! f.latlorial HeadquarWithin the first three years of its or~ Dorothea Knott, Edna Toennesen, Martera .;,,as induced to come to
Ports- gimlzatlon, Girl Scouting had become jorle Redden, ·sylvla Toennesen, Pr1smouth and conduct a course in scout so popular . In this section that It was cilia Warren, Louise Redden, Priscilla
lead~rshlp. Many women o! the com- decided to add to the staff an official Emery and Dorothy Page.
.
munlty, Interested' 1n becoming prop- local director, and In September, 1925,
From September untll June all . acerly trained leaders, enrolled for the Mrs. Maxwell Ganter was selected to t!vltles of local scouts are centered at
course and to them goes the credit for fulfill the duties of this position. Under headquarters on Daniels street. This ill
the adtual beginning o! Girl Scouting Mrs. Ganter's supervision the first real the starting place for hikes, the meetIn this vicinity. Especially significant organization of troops
was accom- ing place for troo'ps when the weather
ls the fact that many of the same worn- pllshed and a nationally approved does not permit an outdoor program.
en are still actively connected . with program adopted f?r troop work. Girl During the other two months of the
."t°;;.'~it..":;:~ scou~ing.
Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Scouting continued: to grow at an al- year the seen!) or' activity ls shifted .to
now commissioner; Miss Frances most unprecedented pace . during , the East Barrington, where Camp PiscataBroolcs, :honorary commissioner; Miss directorships of Miss Mary Benson and qua, the camp o! the Greater PortsMarie Cullen, until recently local di- Miss Doris Celley, who, in turn, sue- mouth Girl Scout Council, is located.
rector; Mrs. Harold M. Smith and Miss ceeded Mrs. Ganter. In fact, the pro- This camp, established In 1926, has been
Dorothy Vaughan, troop captains, were gram had such an appeal for local girls an otitstandlng success since the beginmembers of this original group, which that it became a real task to organize nlng. The enrollment now represents
also included Miss Priscilla Heffenger, troops fast enough to accommodate the girls from all parts of New England,
Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, Mrs. J. Winslow groups eager to become Girl Scouts. eager to combine a healthy vacation
Peirce,
Miss Marjorie Daniels, Mrs. Proo! of this is the fact that within five with approved scout training.
. .
wmiam,Miskell and Mrs. Louis Ewald. years the orlglnar enrollment of 10
Summer is also the time of the anShortly after the conclusion of the scouts in Troop 2 had increased to a nual Girl Scout benefit., one of the outcourse the first Girl Scout troop of membership of 158 girls, representing standing social events of the season.
Portsmouth, under national sponsor- eight troops.
·
Under the sponsorship of the local
'ship; was duly reglsteted at '. headquarFrom 1929 to 1931 Miss Edna Toen- council several of the historical houses
ters wlth Miss Rosamond Thaxter as nesen served as acting secretary. Miss In this. vicinity have been opened to the
·ca.otalri Miss Dorothy Vaughan, lieu- Toennesen, an active Girl Scout • of public,' througn tl\e .kindness o! their
tenant, 'ind scouts Geraldine Conner, Golden Eaglet rank, succeeded in In- owners. The Lady Pepperrell House In
Eleanor Batchelder, Lucia Elmer, Paul- stilling her own ei;thusiasm for scout- Kittery, the Fuller estate in North
lne Mccaffery, Katherine Buckley, Ing in the girls under her direction. Hampton, the Pierce, Rice, Boardman
Jessie Hutchings, Millicent Gunnison, When, In 1931, she resigned to continue and Wendell houses In Portsmouth, ·au
Doris Tilton and
Barbara Fernald. her studies abroad, Miss Marie Cullen private residences, are among them.
This troop was knoV:,n as Troop Two of was appointed local director, - serving Thia year in celebration of the 15th
Portsmouth to avoid con!lict with the from that date until February of last birthday of local scouting
the Girl
earlier Atlantic Heights troop. Since year, During the period of Miss Cul- Scout summer benefit 1>romlses to outthe date of their registration in Jan- Jen's directorship the 10th anniversary do even the successes of former years.
uary, · 1923, the troop has enjoyed un- of local Girl Scouting was celebrated,
The proceeds of this annual event are
interrupted activity and Is still under with 15 registered troops, representing used to maintain a complete Girl Scout
the leadership of · Miss Vaughan-a Portsmouth, Kittery,
Kittery Point, program for the 260 scouts now reglsrecord to be truly proud of and one York, New Castle, North Hampton, tered and an adequate training system
probably equalled In few places in the Newington and Greenland.
!or troop leaders. At present there are
United States,
i,;.:.;..;;.~::._~..--=---- - - -- - - - - - i 13 troops under direct supervision of the
loco.I office with the following volt1i1-
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~eer captains: 1'irs, William Page, Miss
Dorothy Vaughan, Mrs. William F&rrlngton, . Miss Betty Zacharias, Mrs.
Alvin R«1dden, Miss Helen · Zacharias,
Mrs. Harold M. Smith, Mrs. Charles H.
Batchelder, Mrs. Clarence Hackney of
· Klt~ry, Miss Rosamond Thaxtel'. of
Kittery Point and Mrs. Clare Fowler of
_R ye.
Theso lenders, with tho council, form
tho governing board o! the Girl Scout
,organiza tion. Tho commissionc1· scrve.t
as council h ead, the present member~
ship, In addition
to
Commissioner
Priscilla Emery
��h
y
Go! en Eaglet Awar s resented To S ,·rley Bale And oro· hy C rbin
Photo by Marden
MISS SHIRl,EY BLAKE
Golden Eaglet
son, Frances Trefethen~ Betty Evaiis~H•'•'-'•~,n-••,-,rt,.•\·
Virginia Littlefield, Marilyn Nelson,
Helen Marriner, Gertrude Parkhurst
and Barbara Pasternak with Mrs. William Farrington as captain; Scouts,
Helen Goodrich,
Eileen Donohue,
Marion Ewer, and Betty Stetson with
Mrs. Alvin Redden as · captain; Scouts
Pauline Dubois, Evelyn Prentiss, with
Mrs. Charles Batchelder as captain;
Scouts Barbara Wiley, Betty Wiley,
Ida Gerry, Charlotte Langton with
Mrs. Clarence Hackney as captain;
Scout Eleanor Mills with Miss Rosamond Thaxter, captain; Scouts Jean
Fernald, Muriel Kiley, Patricia Frink,
Photo by U:ingSbllrJ'
l\lembers of original Girl Scout organization who are still active and who
were presented with 15 year sti·ipes last evening-left to right, Mrs. Harold Smith,
troop captain; Miss Rosamond Thaxter, commissioner; Miss Marie Cullen, associate scout, Miss Dorothy Vaughan, troop captain.
Tho Greater Portsmouth Girl Scout li:-arers while U1e color guards
Council held It..1 15th birtl1day party Jr:in Fernald and Mary Jane
on Friday evening, by holding a court :mrcl.
of awards, which was largely attendFollowing the singlng o[ "America",
ed. Shirley Blake and Dorothy Corbin "The Game of Girl Scouting'' was pre- \
received the Golden Eaglet award, one sentcd under the direction of Louise ,
or the highest Girl Scout honors.
n.cdden. Miss Redden, one of the 13
The court was held at the Junior Golden Eaglets of the city, acted as '
High school auditorium, with a large reader. This began with awards to the 1
number of friends and relatives and Brownies, the various classes, pronothers interested in Girl Scouting in ciency badges, five year stripes and
attendance.
fin ally .the Golden Eaglet award.
The court began at 7.30 o'clock with
Brownies included Rosemary Segars,
assembly call by Eva Gerrish. Led by Alice Whitehurst and Virginia Peirce
Photo by Kingsbury.
the Drum and Bugle Corps the Girl with Mrs. Dorothy Meehrm as leader.
MISS
DOROTHY
CO&BIN
· Scouts entered with Mary Anna • Pey- The welcome into scouting was given
ser at the head and the large number by Mrs. Olive iJVIoore.
Golden Eaglet
th Hulme, • Virginia
Schurman,
Scouts Eml·1 Nelson, Ca1·olyn Proc- Ru
or girls in their uniforms made an
c aro!ine scI1urman, Be tty Schurman.
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tor, P rise a ars la11 an
Impressive scene.
a r ~ia Katherine Simonds and -Olive Frink
The color ceremony, always a sight Ripley
. took part In the tenderfoot mt d ,, w1·th Mlss D oro th y, Vaugh an cap t a 1n.·
to be remembered, was in charge of vest1tw·e.. Mrs. Florence Redden ac ted
e Depu t y Comm1ss1oner Ell za be th Foye
Capt. Katherine Farrington. Dorothy ac captain. The scouts were presen
in I
r ti1 l In tit
Rosamond Thaxter waNsex t came
c largethoe song8 ''Tvhes
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Page acted as bugler, giving the "Call by Commissioner
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to Colors." Dorothy Ricklefs, Constance au d Lieut. Frances Moody:
came to London Town" with all of the
Dennett and Mary Raynes were color
In the second class lnvest1ture Scouts
ts I In th! !
ite
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ap. gnes
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�t)me served as executive secretary. Miss Ricklefs, Olive Frink, Katherine SiFrances Brooks, honorary commis~ion- monds, Barbara Beal, Jane Ward, Mary
Fe1
er, was unable to be present.
The Ev elyn Dutton, Barbara Harve",
B
Mr
were
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Presentations
rett Wendell. Mrs. Wendell was introcla Webster, Felicia Allen, Norma
duced by Deputy Commissioner Eliza- Rowell, Elizabeth Hodgeklss,
beth C. Fole. Mrs. Wendell's aide was Trefethen, Helen Marriner,
Marilyn
Betty Badszer.
Nelson, Barbara Pasternack, Flora
Phelps, Pauline Pike, Helen Goodrich,
Following the singing of "The Golden ·Rosamond Raynes, Frances Marshall
Sun Sinks in the Golden West" "taps" Jane Hazzard, Victoria Paras, France~
were blown by Buglers Isabel Black and Nannis, Jean Keith, Mary Anna Peyser,
Virginia Yeaton.
MaryB. Brown, Jean Stephenson BarThe two new • Golden Eaglets bring bara Brackett, Shirley watt, 'Ethel
the number to 13 holding that honor ln Barnaby, Peggy Snyder, Dorothy
this city. Thls is but an indlcatlon of Abrams, Celia Abrams, Margaret
the fine work whlch has been done here Whitman, Alma Whitman, Barbara
during the past 15 years by the Girl Raynes, Mary Raynes, Alice Seaward,
Scout organization.
Elrlta Gunnison, Priscma Clark, Jean
Dorothy Corbln"ls a member of Troop Craig, Shirley Lalghton, Elva Ollis,
2 and has been interested
ln Girl Dorothy Smith.
Scouting for nine years. She was InSilver Stars-Louise McGill, Wlnnivected with her tenderfoot badge in fred Rand, Pauline Rowe, Althea Dame,
January, 1928, and since then has taken Nancy Frink, Althea Huntress, Muriel
an active part In all Girl Scout . work. Kiley, Adella Snfith, Betty Junkins, PaShe became a second class scout ln De- trlcla Thompson, Ruth
Berounsky,
cember, 1930, and .in June, 1934, became Caroline Peterson, Shirley Sanderson,
MISS FRANCES BROOICS
a first class :scout. Miss Corbin Is the Gert_rude Parkhurst,
Betty
Evans,
Honorary Commissioner
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W1lllam Marilyn Nelson, Jean Sullivan, Isabel
_ Awarded 15-Year Stripe
Corbin of Orchard street. She gra.du- Black, Barbara Burgess, Eileen Donoated from Portsmouth High School la.st hue, Katherin e J arvis, Olive Trueman,
proficiency, badges and
Miss Marie
June and has just completed her fresh- Betty Webber, Ida Goodell , Lucme
CUii.en awarded the five-year stripes.
man year at the University of New Sussman, Mary E. Griffin, Charlotte
Five-year :stripes were presented to
Hampshire.
McDonald, Norma Volkm:m, Edith
Marlon Anderson, Agnes Caswell, BarShirley Blake is the daughter of Mr. Salden, Mary Deiner, Elizabeth Downbara Seaward, Marjorie Lewis, Mary
Mrs. Harold Blake of 295 Dennett ing, Paultne Dubois, Sheila McGill ,
~ ...'..:~U,:\~NRaynes, Alice Seaward, Clarence Schir- and
street. She has been Interested In Constance Riley, Mnry Rlchnrds, Doris
mer and Shirley Sullivan.
scouting :since October, 1930, when she Chandler, Zelma Goodwin , Betty Wiley,
,,i,.,ft'.'\'!'AI
The first class badges
received her Tenderfoot badge.
The Barbara Wiley, Jean Remick, Eleanor
.,,•.~~·,:.<.1 ed by
Commissioner
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!ollowlng May she became a
second Emery, Caroline Fernald,
Meredith
5eouts receiving this
class scout and 1n November, 1935, be- Coffin, Evelyn Chapman, Eunice Lewis,
Marion Gerrish, Barbara Sea.ward
came a first class scout. She Is a mem- Elsie Mitchell , Carnline Silsby, ~velyn
Barbara Brackett, Isabel Black, Mar~
ber of Troop 1 and a junior at Ports- True, Mary True.
jorle Lewis and Betty Travis.
mouth High School. She is prominent
Badges
The Golden Eaglet award ls always
in the school, being vice president of
' Dorothy Abrams, ALhlet.e
a ceremony long . to be remembered.
her class and vice president of t.he NaBarbara Beal, Crnftsmfm
Thls award Is won only by ha.rd work
tlonal Honor Society.
Muriel Bennett, Canner, st~r Finder,
on the part of the Girl Scout and such
Awards were presented to the follow- Hostess, Dressmaker
-an achievement means a great deal.
ing during the evening:
Shirley Illnke, Scholarship, Child
Dorothy Corbin received her award
from Capt. Dorothy Vaughan and ShirSecond class girls-Jean Fernald, Nurse
Muriel Kiley, Patricia Frink, Ruth
Isabel Black,
Homemaker, Houseley Blake's Golden Eaglet was received
Hulme, Virginia Schurman, Caroline keeper, Laundress, Health Winner
from Miss Marie Cullen.
Schurman, Betty Schurman, Katherine
Jean Brown, Athlete
, This brought the
pageant,
"The
Simonds, Olive Frink, Mnrlon Ewer,
Barbara Brackett,
Canner,
Star
Game of Girl Scoutln," to an end, the
Betty Jean Evans, Virginia Littlefield, Finder, Hostess, Dressmaker, Cook
award making a fitting climax.
Mary Brown, Canner, Dressmaker
The Hymn of Scouting followed and Marilyn Nelsot'I, Helen Marriner, Gert'
then came the birthday celebration in rude Parkhurst, Barbara Pasternack Hostess, Star Finder
Barbara Burgess, Needlewoman
honor of the 15th anniversary of scout- Shirley Sanderson, Frances Trefethen'
Aura Clark,
Canner, Dressmaker,
ing in Portsmouth.
Flora Phelps Betty Stetson, Eileen Donohue, Hele1~
and Marilyn Nelson acted as cake Goodrich, Pauline Dubois, Evelyn Pren- Needlewoman, Laundress, Homemaker,
bearers and the first candle was lighted t!ss, Barbara W11ey, Betty Wiley, Ida Housekeeper
Charlotte Langton, Eleanor
Evelyn Chapman, Home Nurse, Neeby Rosemary Segars, a member of the Gerry,
Mills.
dlewoman, Dressmaker
Brownie troop. Other candles were
Tenderfoot
girls-Patricia Ripley,
Dorothy Corbin, Tree Finder, Pioneer,
lighted by Gertrude Parkhurst, Betty
Junkins, Victoria Paras, Barbar Harvey, Emily Nelson, Carolyn Proctor, Priscilla Rambler
Marshall.
Lois Craig, Canner, Needlewoman
Jean Craig, Louise Frink, Olive Frink
First
class
girls-Isabel
mack,
BarJean Cralg-Heo.lth
Winner, Girl
Margaret Whitman,
Peggy Snyder:
Norma Rowell, Elizabeth
Hodgekiss, bara Brackett, Marlon Gerrish, Betty Scout Aide, Athlete, Hostess
Barbara Seaward, Marjorie
Constance Dennett, Health Winner
Betty Evans, Mary Evelyn Dutton, Fe- Tro.vls,
Lewis.
Girl Scout Aide, 'Hostess
'
licia. Webster and Elrlta. Gunnison.
Five-year
stripe-Marion
Anderson,
Evelyn
Dockham
Needlewoman,
Next came another outstanding fea'
ture of the birthday party, the presen- Agnes Casw.ell, Barbara Seaward, Mar- Health Winner
Mary Evelyn Dutton, Observer
tation of 15-year stripes to four who Jorie Lewis, Mary Raynes, Alice Seaward, Alberta Furey.
Jean Fernald , Canner, Needlewoman
have been identified with scouting durFifteen-year
st.ripe-Miss
Frances
Kathryn Fernald, Canner, Needleing that length of time. These women
have been active and leaders In :scouting Brooks, Commissioner Thaxter, Cap- woman
Patricia Frink, Canner, Needlewoman
and their work has made the Girl tain Smith, Associate Cullen, Captain
Vaughan.
Rowena Furey, Canner
Scout organization in this city a strong
The
following
awards
were
made:
Helen Goodrich, Scholarship ,
and growing Toup.
Those receiving
Gold Stars-Betty Badger,
Shirley
Marlon Gerrish, Star Finder
15-year &tripes were Commissioner
Elrita Gunnison, Housekeeper
Rosamond Thaxter, Capt. Agnes Smith, Blake, Betty Bovard, Constance DenMary Jane Hazzard, Canner,
Ca.pt. Dorothy vaughan and Miss Marie nett, Dorothy Flannagan, Helen John•.'7'-a.~k:-:e;;rt, ,..;S;..ta~
r _;F;.;l;,;.n:.;;d::e::r:..,,,::C:.;;00;,;:;:k:..,._..-_ __.1
Cullen associatte scout, who for some son, Dorothy Page, Virginia Robinson, lb.:::-m
Edith Fernald, Louise Frink, Dorothy ..
�Katherine Jarvis,
Needlewoman,
Lillian Witham, Home Nurse, HouseHousekeeper, Laundress; Homemaker
keeper
•J~•'fli:J'·~;!hJ'lt~~ij[':'f'JJ1~.
Helen -Johnson, Hostess, Child Nurse
Norma
Volkman, . Homemaker, a;
Jean Keith, Hostess;• • Needlewoman, Housekeeper,
Laundress,
Canner,
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Woodcraft, Homemaker1 Health Win- Hostess, Star Finder, Needlewoman
ner
Barbara Yeaton, Girl Scout Aide
Prlsc!lla Chick, Athlete, Girl · Scout
Virginia Yeaton, Girl Scout Aide
Aide, Health Winner, Hostess
Helen Marriner acted as accompanist
Muriel Kiley, Scholarship, Observer
for the singing. Program were
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Shirley Lalghton, Rock Finder, Girl charge of Barbara Beal, Rosamond
Scout Aide, Athlete
Raynes and Frances Trefethen, while
Eunice Lewis, Needlewoman
Virginia Robinson, Shirley Watt, Almac: ,,:.:-;;.,,;:,;,;;.:·,
Marjorie Lewis, Home Nurse, Girl Whitman, Elva Ollis and
Prisema
Chick acted as ushers.
Mrs. Charles
Scout Aide
Margaret Loughlin, Health Winner
Batchelder was head usher and was asBeatrice Marden, Canner, Hostess
sisted by the following scout leaders:
Ray Marshall, Needlewoman
Mrs. Robert Whitman,
Mrs.
Olive
Charlotte McDonald, Canner
Moore, Mrs. Joseph P . Conner, Jr. The
Elsie Mitchell, Home Nurse, Needle- committee in charge was composed of
woman, Dressmaker, Scribe
Mrs. William Page, Mrs. Alvin Redden,
Frances N1rnnls, Canner, Dressm11ker, Miss Helen Kelley and Miss Rosamond
Star Finder
Thaxter.
Victorlll. Paras, Cook, Star Finder, L.------i:-:-".7="!"'.....,,.,...~,....,....,,...,_,.
· Dresmaker, Hostess, Canner
Mary Anna Peyser, Hostess, Canner,
St.'l.r Finder, Homemaker, Hou ekeeper,
Laundress, Craftsman,
Dressmaker,
Health Winner
Pauline Pike, Scholarship
Bernice Rand, Needlewoman, Canner
Frances Rand, Cook, Canner, Dressmaker
Winnifred Rand, Girl Scout Aide
Barbara
Raynes,
Needlewoman,
Dressmaker
Mary Raynes, Child Nurse
Rosamond Raynes,
Needlewoman,
Housekeeper, Homemaker, Laundress
Mary Richards, Scholarship, , Heal th
Winner
Dorothy Ricklefs,
Star Finder,
Housekeeper, Homemaker, Health Winner, Bird Finder, Craftsman, Canner,
Rambler, Pioneer
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Constance Riley, Host.es , Girl Scout
Aide, Athlete
Virginia Robinson,
maker
Pauline Rowe, Hostess
Barbara Seaward, Land
Finder
Alice Seaward, Child Nun,e,
Scout Aide
Carolyn Schurman, Needlewoman
Virginia Schurman, Canner, Needlewoman
Edith Salden, Star Finder,
maker, Canner, Health Winner
Caroline Silsby, Neecllewoman, Dress-
,
Kath erine Simonds,
Canner
Adella Smith, Electrician,
ship
Dorothy Smith, Health ~-Jn~_er, 011"1
Scout Aide, Athlete
Jean Stephenson, Canner, Hostess .
Jean Sullivan, Hou&~keeper, . _Homemaker, Laundress
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Shirley Su111van, Laundress, Housekeeper, Homemaker, Scholarship
Lucille Sussman, Star Finder, Dressmaker, Child Nurse, Canner, Hostess,
Needlewoman, Housekeeper, Laundress,
Homemaker
Elizabeth Travis, Gardener
Olive Trueman, Atf1Jete, Child Nurse,
Homemaker, Health Winner,
Housekeeper, Laundress
Barbara Warner, Canner,
�uone day while carrying a dispatch
from Fort Bascomb to Fort Sumnerall alone- I noticed Indians off to the
j left, a good ways up in the Sand Hills.
1 I was tJ1en abou t 50 miles from Fort
Bascomb. I stopped nt a little mnddy
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1 "crlk" to water my horse nnd just as
Charles Kent, Civil War Veteran, Saw Extensive Action In 1he pulled his head out of the water I
The West Against Indians
- · heard a swish-h-h! Looking down I
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. (By Dwight B. MacCormack)
I can remember my first uniform- landing about fifty yards beyond me.
my pants so Jong It was nece sary to I 6aw my pants were cut just back of
Charles Kent, 89 Sparhawk street, roll up the cuffs about three times my right knee cap and
the arrow
this city was 90 year11 old~r young- and my dress -coat was so Jong It was grazed my leg. I didn't stop longer, but
yesterday. He lives with his wife, the almost an overcoat.
put my spur to the horse, leaned over
I
· former Evelyn M. Hammond of Eliot '
"We joined our regiment in front of to the left side nnl! let her go.
Me., whom he married January 15,
never knew whether anyone followed
1882 and both lead a happy, active and Petersburg, Va., at the Crater.
My me. The ~nn was just going down
unexciting life. But, it was not always friends never came back although the
an unexciting life for Mr. Kent .. He Is war never affected me much physical- when I delivered my dispatch to
one of the. two surviving CivU war ly. I went through the Wilderness, Headquarters at Fort Sumner. My
veterans of this city and
a former Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. I was wound was dressed and I left on the
·member of the 3rd Cavalry which uw at Poplar Springs church
a nd
at return journey the next morning. I
action ln the West against the In- Farmsville when Lee surrendered. I don't know whether there were one or
dians.
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never got a s'cra tch · On July 14 , 1865 , a dozen Indians that day. I didn't
"Colonel Bill" as he .hi called by I was mustered out at Alexandria and have time to look back. Whoever ~ot
80me was born In Haverhill, Mass., returned to Lynn 600n after my 18th ii though was a Comanche.
June 14, 1847. His mother died when lr th day.
"In 1867 we moved Into Fort Sumner
he was about three ye0.I'8 old and his • "I became a shoe worker, but on near the Rio Grande River where I
father, a preacher and shoe worker, IMarch ,8, 1866, two of my friends Oak used to bathe. This was In the Navar.1 ·ved with the remaining members Partridge and George Parker, ca~e to ho country, The Navahos were more
of his family to Lynn.
the shop where I was working-in the or lel!S peaceful-as Indians went. Of
It ls very difficult to get Bill to ten blues of the Regular Army, ready to course, if you were out ·in the sand
of hls experiences-especially ln the go with the cavalry and blaze the trail to hllls alone and met up with a half doz~
Civil war, but being the father of two the West. 'Come on, Stulb, sllp that en Navnhoes, they might take your
of his great grandchildren I have seen I apron off and come on and enllst.' I hor6e, but you could . always round
him on numerous occasions and a few was just bull headed enough, 80 I them up afterwards.
These Indians
times have prevailed on him to tell of went to Boston and came back myself were not allowed to leave their resersome of the thin~ he saw and did with the blues on. Thia time the uni• vatlon except on a pass-to hunt for
during the 60'11 and early 70's of the forµi 11tted me a little better. My fath- example. Sometimes about 15 would be
last century. I don't suppose there are er ;wasn't pleased for I was only 19 given a pass to go hunting for about
many living· today who could ten of years old and 8t1u a boy."
10 days. If they didn't return in that
fighting through the Wilderness, or I "At. Carlisle, Penn., we became part time we'd go out and run them back.
going over the breastworks
of the , or· .the 3rd cavalry. we stayed there I never kllled any Navnhos.
~ter with fixed bayonets. I doubt i six weeks, drilling and
getting 1n
"'It was different In 1868 at Fort
very much If there are many today wllo 1 shape. Partridge became my bunk- Bea.rd where the Apaches lived. While
could ten of riding through the In- mate, but Parker went Into another grazing horses there
the
Apaches
dlan country of the South West, who company.
From there we went by would sometimes jump us and we'd
rode a Pony Express. who was wom1 d- train to Fort Smith in Arkansas and have a squabble. U we saw one close
ed by the arrow from an Indian"s bow, several weeks later, under Major Gen- by first we'd shoot him and ask no
.r..:,,.;:,·,.,_•·a, who saw and served under Custer, who eral Howe, went on to Fort Union in questions and they'l do the same.
saw Buffalo BUI, who worked for · K.!t Mexico. ; we built our own roads and Some times the lieutenant would take
bridges 'where necessary. we were held us out and give us all the fighting
up ; by talns and mud and it took us you'd want. Sgt. Sunday was always
about 5p days to go about 300 miles. with us on these excursions. He wa:5
There was no great excitement on the awfully strict to say the least.
One
way except one day in Indian terrl- day these Apaches jumped
an old
tory a Jierd of about 1000 buffaloes miner named Mastin. A conple of pro- '
stampeded across the sand hills, killing spectors had started out from the Set- i
a few or our mules and tipping over a tlers Store after Martin had. They j
few of pur covered army wagons. we heard shots down the road and came
killed about a dozen of them."
riding back to the store.
I wns ln
"Several hundred cavalrymen came there at the time, just loafin g aroundtogether at Fort Union, later separat- likely buying tobacco or something.
ing for other destinations in the West. About 2~ of us were ordered to sadAbout 200 of us all mounted set out dle up. We found Mastin stripped of
with about 12 prairie wagons on a new all but his stockings-with 17 arrows
route to Fort Bascomb, New Mexico. in him. When we got there h is mules
CHARLES KENT
· There were Comanche Indians in this were gone-and the Injuns too. Up in
who was held up by Jesse country. Later I was with a party one the hiJJs we fonnd one of the mules
,.:--=·-~...,,,..,.,.·",''·'"·""'.,,,,. ___ "'''·•··'.'1James Ellld who ~eturned east to marry day under General Miles and we rode dead on the ground with a hind leg
and raise a fam1_Jy. His experiences are , throug~ an Indian village, cleaning it pff. By the tracks there must h ave
;::any, but let him tell you of a few in out, shooting from - both sides as we been 25 or 30 Apaches, but we n ever
s own words.
rode along. We would never shoot 11. caught up with them.
"In May 1864 when I was not yet lsquaw, leaving them in their wigwams,
..I was discharged at Fort Beard with
reventeen and only five feet three in- but they'd shoot us, if they got a 16 others on March 3, 1869. There wns
ches ln height I enlisted in the 58th chance, as quick as a buck . But, on our J a frei ghter wagon at the Settlers store
Massachusetts Regiment of Infnhtry. way to Fort Bascomb th ere was little and all of us-at $5 n mnn-charOUt of 17 of us boys who hung around excitement.
j terc(\ It for the three days' Journey to
together only three of
taken.
Albuquerque. There wns still snow on
PORTSMOUTH VETERAN
HAD EXCITING · CAREER
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�· l!ground and it was cold. In those 25 stores;-,-;of~w::;h;:'.i,'.:c:;:::h--:m~a::y~b::e-l;-;O~o~!-th~e::se:;~1-;,...:.l....r...:....;..::.:.;.::..;.;;:.:..;..t..:.;;:..;.:.:;.;.llli;..;.,....::,;;ia51:~~
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and came out on the ranch only once
'4 ~ the Army would g1ve you !!.l were saloons; the four largest of these
much transportation money..:..and it havlng danoe halls. The music In these in a · While. He was n great scout tor
th
was up to you to get home. I had over dance halls usually came from Mex!e government, or for any train no
th
$100 in my pocket, but it meant I'd cans playing guitars or some • oth~r matter where
ey wanted
to
go
th
be broke on arriving in Lynn, so I de- strlnged Jnstrumenl I never saw a through e hills. He wu a great Inclded to get a job. So the morning af- piano while I WA.S in the west.
dian fighter. I never spoke to him othth
ter arriving at Allbuquerque the six"Early In 1870 1 went: to Trinldad
er an to say 'good day' or the like.
1874 th
teen set out for home and I remained Colorado, and worked about a yea; It was in
at soldiers, emJgrants,
Swedes, Poles and nil the rest came
behind. I saw Partridge 15 years later and n half for a blacksmith named
in Lynn.
Parker on the 0U1er hand John Osborne' until he sold out to an in great numbers to th e weS t and took
over homestead landis.
had re-enlisted and never did retw·n Englishman. I then went on a tt.ree"Well, that's the way things went
home. I bought some civilian clothes months' trip with John up into the
in the west. In 1876 I came home to
and gave my army outfit
to
the Sierra Nevadas about fifty miles out
Lynn. When I arrived at _night and
storeman-who would give me noth- of Trinidad where we prospected for
knocked on my father'8
door he
Ing for them. Albuquerque was a small gold and although we found some gold
wouldn't believe it was his son. 11; took ~.-_,,.:::.ec,~,.......
place in those days-probably there it was hot enough to make it pay.
some time to convince him and to do·
were three dance halls, a saloon anrl That was in June, 1871. In September
so It was necessary to tell him of some
one hotel. There was about 1000 In pop- we went back to Trinidad with about
of the things. that happened to me as
ulation-most of them Mexicans. It five dollars worth of gold. While in
a kid-things that only h~ ron could
was, of course, a Mexican town.
the mountains we killed our own meat
know. Finally he told me to go to bed."
"For three months I worked at a for jack rabbits and deer were plenMr. and Mrs. Kent, After their marswing station for a stage coach.
A tiful. In 1872 I was hired out by a mau
riage in 1882, lived 1n Portsmouth unswing station ls where they change named Wllson to drive cattle up from
til 1911 when they went to live with
horses along the route. After that I Texas. It was so hot 1n the summer
their daughter in Roselle, N. -I,, and 41_
moved on to Santa Fe where on one there that we did most of our riding
occasion I took a buck-board drawn at night, turning the horses out to White Plains, N. Y. They finally re- ,
by a mule and carried three sacks of graze in the day time. On our first turned to this city in 1933 nnd have
Their
mail back to Aubuquerque. I can see Itrip back from Texas we drove about lived here since.
that mule now-I could hardly get him 600 head or cattle. On arriving at some Kent, died here several
to do more than walk. The next day 1 ranch we'd turn our cattle out with Their daughter, Maybelle K. Fny nt
drove him back to ~nta Fe and in other owners and later at the round present lives in Long Island City, N. Y.
July 1869 went to driving a freight , ups there'd be about 4000 head, and. They have eight_grandchildren and five
train as a wagon boss with an eight once I remember there was over 5000. great grandi:hildren living.
mule team, used for freighting sup- It was quite a sight. We were jumped
plies for the Settlers stores. It was a two or three tlmes by the Apaches, but
large prairie schooner. My route was we were lucky. Once while in Wichita
along the Santa Fe trail, over the driving cattle I saw Buffalo Blll-,-an
rough and
sandy Apache country. imposing figure.
Mountain streams had worked out
"I remember in May 1972 I had a
the road bed in places and some- real thrlll. We had left Wichita about ,,,_____ _ --1,.,_.;..,;.....;;..,_;;a..iw;.;a;..;...,_;:..:::._,;1.,.:c
times we'd have to fill in five or six 100 miles behind and were riding along
feet and then four or five miles far- ! the Wichita Trail. It was night and lt
ther on we'd do the same thing over was raining hard. Suddenly someone
again.
says, 'Halt, who goes there?' Answer:
"One day on one of the trips I came •cattlemen'-'What outfit?' 'Wilson's'.
A~mural has been painted on the
to one of the .forts where I saw Par• 'Who's the boss?' 'Charlie Wilson.' front wall of Parker Hall at Keene
ker, then In the 7th Cavalry com- 'Where's Charlie?' It was one of Jesse Normal School depleting early scenes
mnnded by Custer. We talked over old James' men. Charlie, who had gone to in Keene. It ls the work o! Gladys
scores and one thing or another. I nev- school with Jesse James went up to the Brannigan of this city, who painted
er saw him again and have often sentinel and then to
the
outlaw's , the murals at the Junior HJgh school,
wondered if he died with Custer at the camp along the side of the road. It and also the historic set "Landmarks
fatal Battle of Little Big Horn In seems James had run his horse oul'r- of Portsmouth" which are in the Li1876. I had seen Custer at Fort Bas- and knowing James would take what. vermore House,. the home of Rear
comb in 1866 where I was under Gen- he wanted anyway Charlie told the Admiral and Mrs. D. E. Dismukes, on
eral Miles and Guster. I saw Custer outlaw to take his own pick. Each of Livermore street.
again later in 1873 riding along In us had three horses and Jesse James
The murals are in grays, white and
Trinidad nt the head of his troops- came down and took one of mine, n brown, conforming to the gez:ieral cola fine looking soldier with his mous- four-year-old chestnut mare-one of ors of the ·hall. They include such
tache anc1 chin whiskers, sitting on the best. No one dared say a word. scenes as the capture by Indians of
his horse as straight as an arrow-a James turned me back his horse-a Nathan Blake, and Capt. Isaac Wyreal man. By that time his reputation good one, which I rode until I quit the roan of Keene and his company of
as an Indian fighter bad been made.
outfit about a year later. As I say Jt hastily called local men leaving tor
"Speaking or Indians again, Uie was raining and at night, so all I saw the Battle of Lexington and also a
most peaceful and most civilized or of James wns about a shadow. He wor•~ painting . of the present Clifford L.
nll were the Pueblos who lived in the a slicker and a Texas hat.
Sturtevant residence, formerly tbe Wy
sand hills outside of Santa Fe
In
"Sometime in 1874 I went out to man tavern. Above- the stage is the
adobe houses. These adobe houses we:·e Denver and hired out
with
Jim sea.I of New Hampshire with sailor
built one on top o! the other, not un- Hines boss of Kit Carson's Ranch on and soldier figures on each s'ide ·and ,.·.··..,u,.",-.,
like apartment houses, nbout. three Ch~ creek. I only
stayed there a def.)lction of New. Hanwshire'11 comstories high, with lndders reachini; about two months, running cattle on blnatlon of aeaahore ~d mo\llltam.
trom one to the other. These Indians the ranch. The whole outfit would
Mrs. BrannJaan WU ~ted b7
had I.heir cl'iief and lived a !nmily IUe. just as soon shoot as look at you- Oleon Barton of Oonoord In the paint.
They grew corn and bearu:, although just to see you jump. They never did lnS of the mural■•
the squaws did all U1e work, such 1\S this to me, but I remember o_ne day a i,-....,...,...."""__~"'.'""~:"'!!l'"""""'"_..,.,...._._,.:i;;::,l~-c'..'.',:~~
planUng, tilling the soil and gather- fellow came Into the ranch nnd someIng crops. The men lnid around most one said: 'Look at that spider,' and
or the time. They macle U1eir own ahot at hia feet. They liked to see him
blankets and moccasins.
Many o! jump. They were too wild for me so one
them spoke Mexican and in t.ime I got day I went down to Denver and never
so I could understand t.hem.
went back. Carson, however, was as
"Santa Fe at this time had between nice a fellow as you ever met;--over s1X
two and three thousand people, most foot tall. big frame, raw-boned and as
of them Mexican. There were about strong ;,s a bull. He Jived in Denver
KE
EN E NORM
�Occasionally out of the dim mist of and the ratification celebration of a
time drifts
inklings o! the · Valley century and a half ago, let us do <>ur
Forge, o! Concord and Lexington, of part. Let lt not be said that the genTiconderoga, of the capture' ' of ~bw- ' eration of today were weighed In the
der o! Fort Wlllian'l and Mary, o! balance and found wanting.
Bunker Hill and the Battle of Bennington~ They flit before one's ,mind, The Revolutionary patriots have passed on;
vanishing as if into thin air, as a puff
Ti\e foliowing article on the Con- of smoke, once again to be forgotten, The tongue of the Liberty Bell Is
stilled.
stitutlonal Sesquicentenn!Al, written by slmpl;' taken !or granted. Could we
Arthur I. Ha.rriman of this city, ha.s of today only realize how much they In commemoration
Jet
a grateful
been sent to Hon. Sol• Bloom, di- gave and the sacrifice th ey made that
Nation
rector general of the United States the Stars and Stripes over America In reverence one obligation fulfill .
Sesquicentennial Commission at Wash- wave. Great should be our apprecla- So at the celebration of the
lngton.
'
tlon, for their deeds of valor meant
Uon
Just a century and· a half ago the far more .to us of today than we are Let us one and all Its blessings proconstitution of the United States of willing to admit.
claim,
America was adopted and as a naCornwallis surrendered October 19, From the silver sands of the western
tion:wlde celebration of that historic 1781 , yet the Treaty of Peace remainocean
event ls under way · it should carry to ed unsigned until September 3, ' 1783: To the· pine clad hills of Maine.
the heart o! each and every one, be With commerce destroyed by· the· war,
they foreign born or native son, that cities In ruin, war ·being the 'main J--..,....,,...,,.,"""'"lr.':"_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __,
sense · of duty, that appreciation, that business for years, trade, manufacture
obligation for the many blessings we and farms neglected
and currency
have received from that sacred docu- worthless. In those trying times 'oenment. Each and every word through era! Washington remarked, "We are
the centuries has proven a blessing to one nation today and thirteen t~r:normankind, the guiding 1Star and bal- row."
ance wheer' for the Grandest Nation
"Eight states, some of them by a
on Earth.
small majority, had given their assent
The Constitution of Our United States to the Constitution. The ninth ' only
Wr., the people of the United States, · was necessary for its ratification. At
in order to form a more perfect Union that criss, therefore, all eyes were diestablish
justice, · Insure domestic rected to New Hampshire upOn whose
:tranquility, provide for common de- decision the ' fate bf the Constitution
tense, promote the general welfare seemed in a great measure to depend.
and secure the blessings of liberty to Its assent on the one hand would setourselves and our posterity, do ordain tie the question In its favor; lts disand establish this Constitution for sent on the other, In the divided !tate
the ,United States of America.
of public opinion, might create a poSo let · us at this time linger a mo- pula.r impulse against it."
ment. In the sunshine and shadow!,! of
New Hampshire by a vote of 67 to
,;near forgotten history. For the very° 415 actually put the government of the
steps taken by the mother country to United States of North America Into
cripple the American Colonies were operation June 21, 1788. With a deselfishly
ordered
to
add to her gree of confidence that the new na'strength, but by leaving her subjects Uon held In store for all unity, prosin America to bear the burden of perity, peace
and
happiness laid
several wars practically unassisted, squarely on the foundation of liberty.
she- showed them they c<>uld not u- Let it be remembered that that scant
pect defense from her, while the ex- population near the rivers, close to the
pense of previous expeditions benetl- Atlantic seaboard, where the seeds of
cial to the mother country were to be liberty were planted by those patriots
defrayed by the colonies by a never- whose undaunted courage drove their
ending burden of taxation. Exper- enemies across the ocean and the Inience had taught them the necessity d1ans deeper Into the forests-to them
of relying on their own resources the nation as a whole owes a debt of which gave them the opportunity to gratitude for the privileges we all tolearn the art of war and to ascertain day enjoy. With the Constitution ratlthelr own strength. While the contln- fled they then turned to cultivate this
ued tests of Britls)l acts of oppression, garden of freedom.
devised to crush the colonies and to
Then from every clime beneath the
keep them
in , humble subjection, sun, every creed and race to America
-passed as they were in willful lgnor- came to share in the harvest, the
ance o! the feelings and power of the fruit of their toil and to accept the
colonists, awakened the spirit of the privileges of the grandest nation
Revolution. Truthfully
we can say earth.
that right here In Portsmouth, N. H.,
In-as-much as nine years
January 9, 1766, was kindled the sa- the Revolution, the sacred fire
cred fire of liberty, which smouldered berty was here kindled, no more beon until fanned into flames in 1775. fitting place could be found and · no
The following . year the Declaration of time could be more opportune for all
lndependence 'wa.5 signed ,
to pay one slight debt of gratitude
The Sons of Liberty struggled on than at a celebration in commemorawithout an army, without a navy, tlon of the adoption of the Constituwithout an established government, tton. So let us, sons and daughters of
without a revenue, yet they staked Ne.w Hampshire, either by birth or by
their lives and their fortunes for that adoption, with whole-hearted coopersacred cause of liberty, boldly step- atlon put over a celebration worthy of
ping forth to meet the veteran armies our predecessors. With the· same true
of a proud, powerful and vindictive &plrit of loyalty and appreciation, u
enemy.
'
did the Sons and Daughters of 1853,
�oches er, . ., rou
Of .2..Historic Hons
Above-The first parsonage built by the town of Rochester, N. H., i1t Below-Old Dame homestead, built in 1758,
the first frame J1ousc erected between Dover and the Canadian border. ·
1760, now a tourist home.
(/'11orial fo tho Trnwlrr)
~'r C p ace rema1ne 111 the famROCHESTER, N. H., June 10- ily until 1854, when it was sold, but
Tourists travelin" the E·1 -- t Sid it was repurchased in 186_6 by Charl~s
~
e W. Dame, who held 1t until his
boulevard on the main route from death in 1919. Then Miss Fannie
Boston to the White Mountains and A. Dame received the property.
lake regions are passing two historic
ELUDED INDIANS
house.; whose combined ages a:-e 356
Its broad boards twice saved the
years, and of which this place Is life of the builder, !or he could hide
proud. Our Is the old parsonage, behind them when Indlnns threntbullt In 17G0 b.v Roche:;ter for the rned. Once lhe tribesmen set !Irr
ministers of the Congregational J to the place while Jabez watched
church but now operated ns a tour- from the rafters. When they had
ist home by the owner, Mrs. Oliver gone, the settler climbed down,
O'Brien. The other is the first frame built a fire in the yard to make
house built between Dover and the smoke and then extinguished the
Canadian line, in 1758, nnd now blaze.
owned and occupied by Miss Fanni~
Today visitors inspect the excepA. Dame of the ninlh generation. tlonally wide floor boards, the old
brick oven in the wall, the wallWASHINGTON THERE
built boiler where the Dame famOnly a porch has been added to ily washing was done, hand-wrought
the parsonage where George Wash- hinges and latches.
ington i;; said w have stopped ove:-ni ght on his trip to New Hampshire.
The wall paper on the second floor
ls the original paper. Some of the
rooms contain the brass kerosene
lamps used In colonial times. There
ls an old-fashioned spool bed, a reed
chair more than 250 years old and a
towel rack and a table 150 years old.
The Dame house was built by
Jabez Dame, who fought with the
Rangers in the Indian wats. Jabez
died in 1813, leaving the homestead
to his unmarried son, Daniel.
0
•
..
�Historic Weare Mansion May i1
.; · · pass From P.rivate Hands
New England Landmark At Hampton Falls Ma}'i
Be Purchased By Group Associated With ; <~l
National Association Of Architects ·1• '• . . ~
One of New England's most historic J On September 1, 1824, the Marquis
1 dm ks
the
famou.s Governor of Lafayette stopped there and adan ar •
dressed the people of Hampton Falla
Weare Mansion at Hampton Falls, and surrounding towns !rom the commay pass from private ownership into mon that fronts the house.
the hands of a national organization
Ever since it was . constructed in
interested in preserving houses prom- 1737 the house has been in the posinent in early American history, it session of the Weare and Dow famllwas learned recently.
!es, and the room In which WashingThe house, home of the foremos·.; ton slept has continued to be known,
figure In New Hampshlre during and through _the years, as the ~ashlngton
preceding the War of the Revolution , Chamber, In his History of New
ls understood to have aroused the In- Hampshire, Frank B. Sanborn tells of
terest of a group connected with the visiting tn.e Washington .Chamber of
National Association of Architects.
the weard
Mansion
back In the
Built in 1737 as a wedding present 1840's, and even describes the bed In
from his father-In-law to Meshech which Washington
slept.
Sanborn
Weare, the young Harvard graduate, himself may be remembered as the
who later became war President . of man who later was arrested !or comthe colony and first post-war gover- pliclty In John Brown's raid on Har..
nor of the state, It became the visit- per's Ferry.
Ins place of several of the outstandThe old pine panelling in the Washing figures in the early history of the lngton Chamber and other rooms and
country.
halls of the house Is considered to be
Weare, · whom a later-day historian one of the best specimens in America,
described as a "New Hampshire Lin- chiefly because o! the fact that to
coin of Revolutionary times,'' was the this day it has never been marred by
'".-".,.,_,_......,recognized leader of New Hampshire's paints or other artlflclal finishes. The
people-despite the presence of a house has been thoroughly modernroyal governor - during the three tzed, but none of its old colonial !ea•
decades _preceding the Revolution, and tures have been marred In the prohit was its chief firebrand during the cess.-New York
Herald Tribune,
war.
April 14, 1937.
Histories Indicate that Washington
twice visited the Weare mansion, once
early in the summer of 1775, when he
consulted Weare •about the moblllzatlon of New Hampshire troops, and
once In the autumn of 1789, after the
war was over and Weare was dead.
Miss
Anne
Madison Washington,
great-great-grand-niece of Washington, flew over the house on her widely
publicized dawn-till-dusk flight with
Major James H. Doolittle on July 25,
.r:::...,~,t::;;-'?:",,..::;1932, when she was retracing the steps
~
of her Illustrious ancestor.
President Weare's daughter mar- ~
rled vi Revolutionary officer, Major
Joseph Dow, and on July 12, 1817,
~,.;,;:rq,!,<c~'.!IJames Monroe, then President of the
United States, called at. the house
and visited Major Dow, who had been
Monroe's superior officer on the battlefields of the Revolution. Dow had
the reputation of being somewhat of
a "wag" and some of his repartee with
Monroe is still record_e_d~·- - - - ~ -
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��I'nllc" ( ' h!Pf A . J\lnnnln,t l?t>n>h'k nr JI,\'<' He11d1 I• shnl1'n nhon1 •tnndln,1t ht>•id" nnP. or th<' two trnlln-,•nrrlrcl •nr/ hMf• 1111rc hnv,1 hy means or
n. fnncl r n lsr,I by thP. R)·e Beach polke force, which will •no1t )la,·P. to patrol the beach ,it WAilis :O.and• whPn th .. Wnlll• ~and• l'oa•t Goa.r d •latlon Is clo<rd. Thr Jl ,r<' Brarh pnllc~ al """ time patrolled thr •hore hut
when thP. f'oa•t Gunn! stAflon
,~n• opened the life gnnrds from that unit
took o,·f"r tho A~,i:f.a;-nmfl'nt. vnluntA:ril;r.
�WARNER HOUSE
ACCEPTS GIFT
OF CHIPPENDALE
Tne Board o! Trustees or the Warner House Association o! this city held
a business meeting this morning at 11
o'clock. General plans · for the season
were discussed and a valuable gift was
gratefully accepted on behal! of the
Association. This was the presentation o! five . Chippendale chairs, purchased by the New Hampshire Society
of the Daughters o! Colonial Wars to
be added to the fascinating display of
Colonial furnishings embodied 1n tho
old · Warner House ' on Daniels street.
This house, the delight
of visitors
from all parts o! the nation during the
summer months, was built !rom 1718
, to 1723 o! brick imported !rom Scotland and upon its . roof may stlll bo
seen the original lighthing rod erected
by Benjamin Franklin. The old house
contains original furnishings, unique
old frescoes by an eady unknown artist, and is open to the public throughout the summer months on payment
of a small admission fee.
�.O.'r\
~
~cJf
~ ~""'"
cial district the territory bounded by
At the hearing on the P,arking ordiHaymarket Square on the west, Court
nance the second reading· of the bill,
street on the south, the property of
. as presented by the commlitee on bills
I
Horace W. Pearson on the east and the
for second reading, Included
several
Granite state Insurance Co. on
the
amendments. R.
Clyde• Margeson
stated that he believed hourly parking
north.
should be permitted on o.ne side
of
Councilman Wyman Boynton introVaughan street In order to
permit
duced the parking ordinance and after
Result In Changing Of Zon- business houses to carry on their busi- It was read there was considerable disness. He stated that when his building
cussion regarding it, as there were cerParking
was erected it was placed back from the
tain sect'JJns which were controversial.
street about four feet, and also that
These were discussed at length and
Ordinances
when the Vaughan Street Garage was
after hearing the pros and cons the orerected that was placed back on a line
'ciinance passed Its third and final readThe City Council, at its meeting
even with his building.
Later the
called after holding two hearings last
ing.
street was widened, he said, by the curb
evening, changed the zoning ordinance
Among the changes in the traffic orbeing pulled in so that it is practically
to permit the erection of a building at
dinance are the following: angle parkon the edge of his property and the
Haymarl,et Square to house the na!lng on Market Square; Congress street
sidewalk entirely on his property.
tional office of the Railway Mail Asso'rrcim Market Square to Fleet· street; ·
As there were no others to speak for
ciation, and also changed the parking
Pleasant street from Market Square to
or against the proposed change
the
Jaws, prohibitiug p:u-klng on some of the
Stnte · street; westerly side of Pleasant
hearing adjourned and a 15-mlnute renarrower streets of the city.
street from State street to Court street; ,
Rufus E. Foss, secretary of the Railcess was called.
northern side of Bow street from Ceres
Upon the expiration of the recess the
way Mnll Association, spoke In fnvor of
street to easterly side of building No. 67; '.
Council assembled. Mayor Goldsmith
the change in the zoning ordinam:e,
southerly side of Bow street, from Linpresided and all members were present
stating that the association had voted
dell street to easterly side .of Chadwick
with the exception of Robert M. Her- !1 & Trefethen's machine shop; easterly
to build n home office instead of rentrick. The reading of the m inutes was I side of Market street from a point 25
Ing and then explained just what the
suspended on motion of Councilman
association was and its value to Portsfeet northerly from corner of
Bow
Durell. A Jetter from the
Board of\ street to northerly -side of
mouth, slat.tug that the nnnual payroll
building
Street Commisioners asking for
the
was npproximalely $40,000, half of
known as 137 Market street, occu_pied
money received from the sale of horses, \ by S, A. Schurman & Son.
1
which was paid to employes in this city,
.
harnesses and wagons at the city yard
He explained that the company was not,
Where parallel parking ls permitted
In April was read. ·ThJs. was allocated ~
doing business with people in this city,
no vehicle shall be parked so as to proto the street commissioners for
the
as most of the members of the associject more than 10 feet Jrom th~ curb
purchase of new equipment, including
ntion were in other sections and there
and where there is angle parkmg no
a power lawn mower.
would not be a large number of people
vehicle shall project more U1an 16 feet
Another Jetter from the street comcoming and going from the building. He
lntQ the street from the curb line, measmissioners contained a letter from the
stated a former postmaster told him
ured perpendicularly from the curb.
superintendent stating that some work
that at one time the local postoffice
The easterly side of Market street
would be necessary to prevent the water \ from a point 25 feet northerly from ~he
would have lost its first class standing
from flowing out of the Mill pond,
if it had not been for the postage of the
corner of Bow street to the north side
due to damage to the bridge. This was
Railway Mail Association.
of the premises now numbered 137 and
referred to the Finance committee.
Councilmen Blanchard and Boynton
occupied by S. A. Schurm~ ~o_n has
asked a few questions, one of which was
A petiUon for gasoline pumps at 68
-been designated as limited parking.
what plans had been made regarding
state street was re~eived from Ralph
. Parking Is prohibited on the followthe building at pres nt on the property,
Hnlnes. This was not for new pumps,
ing streets: Church street, from State
known ns the Orncle IIousc. Mr. Ross
but was Just a change In management. ' to ·congress, except that taxicabs may
stated that he believed there
was a
This was approved.
A petition for
park as provided in Article 7, Section 6;
movement on foot to have the building
street lights on Cass street, between
Scott avenue, from Wright avenue to
moved and preserved for its historical
Middle and Friend streets, was reMemorial bridge; Dutton avenue, from
value. He said that it would be sold for
ferred to the committee on street lights.
Memorial bridge to Wright avenue, In
a nominal price if it could be done, but
A petition for parking on one side of
front cif any church, hospital, funeral
otherwise it would have to be torn clown. , Vaughan street, headed by R. Clyde
parlor, theatre or hotel entrance and
Orel A. Dexter,
secretary of the
Nl'~'"r\crrn. ?ml a lari;e
number
of
all places where signs shall be erected
Granite State Fire Insw-ance Co. was
others, was accepted and placed on me.
and maintained designating the prothe next speaker and endorsed whnt Mr.
c uunc:lman John Leary, Jr., presentvisions of {his ordinance, Wright aveRoss said, and mentioned tlmt he berd a petition from the residents of Pine
nue from Daniels street to State street,
lieved if the Railway Mail Association
street asking for a curbing, stating that
both sides of Vaughan street from Conbuilt a home office here it would never
the street was 14 Inches higher than the
gress street to the Boston & Maine R. R.
move to another city.
He cited the
sidewalk and the water ran into cellar~.
traclrn.
15
Granite State Fire Insurance Co. as
On motion of councilman Durell th
Parking is also prohibited from the
having been involved in a plan to move.
was referred to the Board of street
followin g described locatlons,, in addiHe called the association one "we can't
commissioners for a report.
tion to those already in Section 10, Arafford to lose."
·
councilman Downs spoke on th e
ticle 5: the westerly side of Vaughan
R. Clyde 1\Ial'geson stat.eel that he felt
parking Jot Jn the rear of the Vaughan
st1·cet from Congress street to
the
it would be of benefit to the city or
Street Garage, saying that the Board of
tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad;
Portsmouth to make the chnnge.
Street comml~sioners hnd done a fine
the easterly side of Vaughan street
When those who opposed the change
Job In leveling, grading and fixing up
from Congress street to the tracks of the
Jn the ordinance were called Miss Edith
the entrance and that the power comBoston & Maine Railroad; U1e westerly
Harris rose to ask a question, · saying
pany has installed f1oodllghts.
He
slde of Bridge street from
Islington
she wished to know if it was necessary
called attention to the fact that there
street to Hill street; U1e easterly side
to make a change in the ordinance to
would be a slight expense in the operaof Bridge street, from Islington street
permit the com,Lruction of such a buildtion of the Jot.
to 50 feet northerly; the southerly side
ing. She stated i;ho was nfrnill other
Oounollml\n Durell tntzoduced
the of Congress street, from Middle• street
counclls; would use U1ls chahge ns a
zoning ord~e amendmen~ for it.~
to Chestnut street; the easterly side of
precede11t some other _time.
third and final reading ancl it received Pleasant street from Court street to
M. E. Witmer, U1e architect, showed
the unanlmous vote of the eight counState street; the westerly side of Marplans of the building, which he stated
cilmen present and was engrossed.
)!:et
street, from Hanover street to Deer
would be In keeping with the archltecThis amenoment
changes
from
street; the easterly side of Market
tute in that vicinity.
an apartment house zone to a commerstreet from Bow street to 25 feet north-
COUNCIL HOLDS
TWO HEARINGS
mg And
�~er~l~y~;~th~e~n_o_r~th-e•r~ly~s~id~e~o~f~S~ta~t~e- s~1~-e~e~
from Wright· avenue to Chapel street; .
the northerly side of Daniels street from I
Llnden street to Penhallow street.
.Parking is permitted for loading or
unloading from 10 p. m. 't o 8 a. m. in restricted area.s.
Dutton avenue and Scot t
avenue
were made one-way str eets.
Dutton
leads from Memorial bridge and Scott
to the bridge.
On roll call vote th is ordinance passed
unanimously.
Councilman
Roland E. Sukeforth
pTesentetl a. petition from residents of
,Atrantic Heights protesting against an
' alleged dust nuisance and called upon
f' '.·~\1'it't~·"Arthur Reinhart to speak. Mr. Rein"
hart stated he was a resident of that
section and that it was almost unbear"""·""'""•·., able there, with the dust sifting in
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getting into
everything, even the food. Peter Phillippi, a new resident at the Heights, also
told about the dust nuisance. Councilman Sukeforth moved that the mayor
appoint a committee to investigate and
asked that the mayor serve as chairman. The mayor appointed Councilman Sukeforth as
chairman,
and
Councilman Boynton and stated that
he would serve as a member.
Councilma,n Blanchard presented a
let~r from Mrs. Woodbury Langdon
calling attention. to the gravel pit on
Lafayette road, .
ttie .Elwyn property,
•1,t\,:';":JM and stating that the property was used
by the city to get gravel anu sand, and
now that it was not being taken from
the land she assumed it ·was not to be
·used by t~e_city. _she _.'.1-~~d if the
city had the right to cross that property to the city dump and i,iated that
. she believed part of the dump Is on the
Elwyn land.
John Thrunk, commander of Erner' son Hovey Post, V. F. W., stated that the
Post would like permission to construct,
!1 ~lntain and control a bandstand on
• ~ ........ " " ' city property
in front o fthe Veterans
j Home. The Council moved that the
I petition be submitted In writing and
referred to the committee on City Lands
and Buildings.
\I Councilman John Burkhardt spoke
, regarding the Fourth of July celebra1 tion and asked for the transfer of $100
from the contingent fund to pay for a
,,,.:•r::'.4~'\l'~I band concert at the Playgrounds
July 5 and this was granted.
Adjournment was at the call of
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JQHN ·PAUL JONES
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The Portsmouth Hlstnr!cal Society's
home-th!! John Paul JQnes House located at the corner of State and .Middle
streets opened today for the season.
This old house, built about the middle
of the 18th century, was occupied by
John Paul Jones when he came to this
city to be in charge of outfitting tl'le
Ranger, being built at the Langdon
shipyard on B_adger's Island.
Each year from June until October
the house is open to visitors from g:30
until ~ o'clock. Owned by the Portsmouth Historical Society, an organization formed to purchase and keep ui;i
the histo'ric landmark, a small admission tee is charged to those other
than members of the society who visit
the place. An effort is being made to increase membership in the organization.
The gai;tlen is very lovely at this time
of the year. The tulips in the front beds
have been most attractive but are now
out ,of blossom, but the iris in the rear
of the garden are now attracting much
attention from passers by. Ideally situated at this spot where thousands of
persons pass each day, visitors to our •
city are very much impressed a.s they
come upon a real old colonial garden.
There has been a slight change in the
arrangement of the garden, the arbor
seat has been moved to the extreme
rear.
A visit to thls house is always interesting, but there are many people in
thls city who have never quite got
around to make an Inspection trip into
this home .
Inside the house are many historic
articles. Some are owned by the association while others are loaned to the
organization. Excellent care is taken of
the articles and the society appreciates
having historic articles to exhibit.
Some people who have no descendants
who are interested In some or tho family heirlooms, give them outright to
the society. They are assured of excellent care, and of being preserved for the
coming generations.
Among the new articles at the house
this year are a rocker churn, saddle
bags, shoe makers awl used during the
Revolutionary wa.r; continental money,
.a new table, large mirror, a chair, a.n
old mirror whtch belonged to Al.mer
Greenleaf, first Mayor or Portsmouth.
Another large mirror has been received
and has yet to be put In place. A mortar
and pestle made by an early cabinet
make1· of this city, Is also a newly acquired piece on exhlbiLlon.
Late last fall the Misses Goodwin collection of laces, showing some of the
exquisite pieces made by the early lace
makers, was acquired by the Society and
ls displayed ln a case by Itself, including a piece wrough by Martha Washington.
�TOM MIX VISITS
NEW CASTLE I
Was Stationed At Fort Constitutio~ In 1898~1899
Not .since , Colo\1ial days, when .t11c
patriots from Portsmouth came down
Anqther incident he recalled, · ~as
the rivalry between the Marines at the
·Navy irard and the soldiers 'at the fort.
A boxing match was to ·be held, · 'artd
Tom Mix ·was the man slated to· ·e arl! ry the torch for the soldier~. A peri~
of training began, and finally the big
I event occuned, but only lasted tJ:1r~
or. lour rounds before
the
police
stopped the · big aifali::" . ·,, ' " . ' ,·
After spending nearly an' hour _a):>9ut
U1e town and ·the 'iott fare"Lells ' we~e
said and the former soldier drove back
to Portsmouth and the
lot. ; ·
to New Castle under the cover • of lL..,....,.....,..,.._"""'!""""...,.!!l!'!:'....~1"'11'~-.-,~~7''',]
darkness and captured Fort. William
. and Mary, have the youngsters of that
Island town had so· much to talk about
as U1ey . did this morning .when Tom
Mix drove up to the ·town hall and got
out of hls automobile and . greeted
them. Tom ll!ix is no stranger to New
castle havnig served at Fort Constitution · duril'ig ·the latter part of the
l!ltb. century. ' .
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It an · resulted from Chief · of Police
Fred Atnazeen telephoning
Mix iri
Concord where his circus, which
~bowing here today, was playing yesterday. MIX: ' 'was unal..-,e
be' reached by the New castle law enforcement of~
fleer, but one of 'the ' attaches of the circus relayed a message and ,vhen Tom'
Mix was told of the chle('s call, ' ht!
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· stated ' that 'he ha! alrer-.;:y · 'm ade ·, 11.i:-~
to
ra.ngements . to drl've down t'o see hfit.
About 10.15 'U1is morning, ·a '
from
the ciftus Jdt drove . up to the chiet•s
office· and within'. 'five or 10 'm h1utes
I.he white. supercharger driven by 1 Mix'
·· drove up and In it were Mix and Jetta
'Ernest of R,ye, who served at Fort
Constitution with ·1,nx. The· two met
'Rt the ' circus ' Jot 'a'.t Bt~kett's .field, and .
'upon Mix:s. -~~yitation Mr. )l;rnest had
riaden ·to New Castle to call upon , the
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· town : ha.11,' Chief
Police : Am8.Zel!,n
took Mr. Mix into the school, where·
the youngsters had the opportunity of
· meeting_ thi1j .well ki:i,own movie , actor
and circus ,. perforrnei:. In the me~time quite a ·crowd ,o f people .. had.
gathered ,and . they were
not , composed ·, ~I:)tif!!lY . of , youngsters either,
and these were also greeted by , the
clrcu~ owner and actor.
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· A visit was made· to Fort Constitution, :where .Mlx ...spent the period in
looking ov.er different sections and
reminiscing with the soldiers and his
friends. He recalled many interesting
things .which occurred during his · stay
'during the last part, of the year 1898
and the first of 1899. It was whlle he
was there that the Portland sank, and
people well • remember
that
storm
which harassed the, Atlantic coast for
hun~eds of ·miles · at iliat time.
l'He recalled the ships which put •into
Portsmouth •harbor, and· how some of
them had to cut their :• anchors and · the
,'crews\ were ·s aved by• a crew from ·the
j life snving station. Me was informed
that bapt. Silas N. Harding who receivetj n: medal for his heroic work
during that rescue, •had died only •a
few Vfeeks ago, and he expressed re·gret a't the passing of tl1at veteran life
saver Iand Coast · Guardsman.
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U~ S. COAST GUARD
TO BUILD STATION
AT NEW CASTLE
Ai
New Building
Fort Point
To Take Place Of One On
Wood Island ·
For sometime the United
Coast Guard has been ~onsidering
plans for the rebuilding of the Portsmouth Harbor station now on Wood
Island, and has now decided to go
ahead with
the work according to
Rear Admiral R. R. Weache, commandant, who has notified U. · S. Senator Fred H. Brown of the. government's decision. The change, he said,
is second on a list of · 30 building projects listed in order of priority. ·
The station was built through
f~rts of Congressman I Cyrus A. -Sulloway of Manchester while serving in
Washington.
The station is far, from b'e ing modern and according to the present plans
the Treasury Department inten_d s to
place the new •station · at Fort Point,
New Castle. The building will include
a dwelling, boathouse and launchwa
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He served as lieutenant on the Alfred
and Providence and on June 14, 1777,
the same date that the national flag
was adopted, another resolution appointed him to command ths ship
Ranger. The Ranger was being. constructed in Portsmouth, N. H., (In
reality at Badger's Island) and had
been 11amed the Hampshire. Later the
name was changed to Ranger. Capt.
Tobias Lear, father of Tobias Lear,
who later was to becoms the private
secretary to George Washington, was
In charge o! building this ship which
was built at Langdon's shipyard. A
stone with a bronze n!arker is located
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just across the Memorial Bridge, overlooking the site of the shipyard in
which the vessel was built.
Tine Il-leraUd presents
the first n-n. a serle:a of articles
When John Paul Jones arrived fn
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deaning with_ naval heroes who have been honored by the Portsmouth, he found that Capt. John
United Stat~s by their portraits ap'p earing on the issuance Roach had first been appointed to
command the Ranger, but had been
of commem6rative postage stamps known as the Naval suspended under charges.
Jones was disappointed tn th& sJ.llHeroes seriet The articles deal with th~ connection these
heroes have iNith Portsmouth: Others in the soeri.es wiU ap- ing qualities or the Ranger. "I will not
have anything to do witlt ships which
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do not safl fast, for I intend to go fn
harm's way," he stated. Ths Rang&r a11
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Portsmouth people may forget that quired by a group of public spirited 60 he made some changes. Her guna
Paul · Revere made as momentous a citizens who did not wish to see the were cut down from 24 to 18 and shortride· to this city on Dec. 13, 1774 as the place torn down. The old fashioned ened ma 11 ts replaced those first planride dramatized by Longfellow on that garde11 at the side or' the house ls the ried. This gave her rnore speed and in
18th of April in '75: They may not re- work of the· Portsmouth Garden club. 1 a dE:scrlptlon of the craft at the time,
call that the first actual resistance 'l'he house is known as the John Paul j "she was considered a beauty by the
to British authority occurred when a Jones . House.
. sallors.''. Among the 129 officers and
group of arII_led citizens attacked and
The story of John Paul Jones begins I men were 29 from Portsmouth, while
captured Fort Wllllam and Mary at when · he was about 28 years old. He I Kittery, York, Eliot, Dover and other
Newcastle, seized powder and , arms, was born July 6, 1747 In Kirkbean in towns in this section were represented.
the first ·overt act of the revolution; Scotland, the son of a gardener. His It was a Yankee crew. Capt. Jones said
but they will never forget the con- name ·was John Paul, and as John Paul It was the best crew he had ever seen.
nectlon that Portsmouth had with that he was apprenticed to a sailor. He en- , While the Ranger was being out!ltted
gl!,llant naval hero, John _Paul . Jones, joyed a brief career in the British Navy Jones resided in the Capt. Purcell
who came to this city to take command as a 111idshipman. He commanded mer- house, rowing across the PL~cataqua to
of the Ranger.
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The story o! . this outstanding hero, Whitehaven and the West Indies. He headed by Helen Seavey held a quilt""''-''·--... the father o! the American Navy donned actor's ·robes in Jamaica in n Ing party and made for the Ranger
(though don't cali him that · before· period unemployment. He engaged in a flag of the design adopted by Congress
any admirer of John Barry for whom the slave trade, legitimate.and illegitt- on June 14, 1777. Jones used to say,
the sams honor 1s· claimed) -is glamor- mate, · for at . that time there was a "The flag and I are twlna," Congress
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having proclaimed the official flag the
· The adventures of · this darlt1g or.:
Due to -the killing of a member of same time they passed the resolution
fleer, his dashing exploits around· the his ·crew ha left his ship and except ' appointing him to conunand the RangBritish Isles when England was the for one appearance at Martha's Vii-te- I er.
unchallenged mistress of the seas are yard in the same year where he touched
With the arrival of Burgoyne's surp·~,''ll<l'!l.'~-',,. vagu~ly known· throiighout the _world. as commander of a rather piratical
render came the orders to saU for
,,.·,-""..:i:-.a And yet few know the real truth as it crew, he ls not heard of until he went France and on the morning of Nov.
h~ been revealed by discoveries in re- to North Carolina and associated with 1, 1777 between the hours or 8 and 9
cent years. He was ridiculed and abused a planter by the name or Jones. The the Ranger sailed down the river and
1n England where they still refer to name Jones becomes added to his name I into the open sea, with the American
him as a pirate; in America he has sometime about;that time and the first · flag made from the gown.'I or the young
beerf distorted in legend and romance. historians can find or John Paul Jones ladles of this city !lying at the ml\stRecognltlon ·of hi3 achievements as 1s his appearance before the con tin- head. The Ranger bore dispatches to
one . or the outstanding men or the ental congress fn Phlladelphla.
Benjamin Franklln as well as news of
_navy comes with the recent Issuance While Washington, at Cambridge, I the surrender of Burgoyne.
•· · one· cen· t navy s tamp, one Of the was gathering together the unorganized
The voyage o! tl1e Ranger was one
o! t,1e
series of five such stamps to be issued. army of which ha had taken com- or the most thrilling records of the
However he Is not alone so honored, mand 011 . July 2, 1775 , Paul Jones stood navy. Jones knew the character of the
l'-",r<,;.i,1'i~l!l1 his companion on the adhesive being before the Naval Committee at Philnews he was conveying and the most
none other than his contemporary John adelphia and outlined his Ideas for a important effect its early delivery
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Navy. The committee, consisting of men would hav on th e fortunes of - the
Portsmouth claims John Paul Jones. old enough . to be his grandfather , we-re colonies. He was his own navigating ofThe house where he · resided 1s now unoractlcal 1,.,. children in meetlttfl: the fleer, keeping the deck 18 or 20 hours
owne d bY th a P or.•smouth Historical emergency of producing fighting ships. out or 24. He arrived in Nantes in" 32
society, and Is opened to the public. They favored a proposal to build ships days from the time he sailed out of
Situated at the corners of State and of the size of the monster vessels of Portsmouth. He al.so brought two ships,
Middle ·streets, thousands of persons England. Jones, then under 30 years of carrying fruit and wine which he had
pass it weekly.
• age convinced them of the folly of captured on thi, way. Castinir anchor
A fine type of Colonial architecture, such an attempt and pointed out the in the Loire, below Nantes, on Deo. 2,
the house in the earl 1920's was ac- advantages of light squadrons, swift 1777 he hurried by conch to Paris and
sailing vessels, that might operate placed his dispatches in. the hand& of
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surrender had - reached · Paris 12
ho_~ s ·be~ore. Jonathan ·Lor'Ai ~~th1'.
the Boston Mesaenier1 had oome on 11
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Jones wanted to obtain a small squadron to cruise 011 the British coasts "to
surprise them i;i.nd thereby divert their
attention froin our I coasts.'' He was
unable to obtain the squadron, so fitted
out the Ra1\ger to do the job. bn _Feb.
12, the Ranger sailed for Qulberon Bay
and there the flag made in Portsmouth
received the first salute any Ainerlcan
flag ever-received from a foreign power.
Thi.II took place on Feb. 14, 1778 and
was ordered by Admiral LaMotte Picquet "the same salute authorized by
, the Frenctj court to be given an Admiral
of Holland or o! any other republlc."
Thus was American independence first
acknowledged in France and by a foreign power. · ·
On April 10, 1778 he sailed from Brest
for the British coast and boldly along
the coastal waters seizing English merchant vessels. He landed at ·the town
of •Whitehaven, captured two little
forts, spiked the guns, set fire to some
of the shipping and sailed away-. There
had not been so much consternation in
England since the days of the Spanish
Armada. He . shattered the peaceful
drealllS of the complacent Britons that
the British sea power was invincible.
On the heels ·o r his harassing the
British shipping, the defeat or the H.
M. S. Drake caused a great deal of consternation in England, for in a battle
which lasted an hour and flve minutes,
the Drake lost most of her masts and
riggings as well as 42 meu killed or
wounded while the Ranger remained
almost unharmed. The Drake surrendered and an Amerlc n prize crew sailed her back to France, a prize of war.
By the capture of the Drake, a much
superior ship in every way than the
Ranger, Capt. Paul Jones had shown
to · the French and to the rest of the
world that an English ship, hereto belleved inconquerable, could -be compel.:
led to surrend to a ship of equal-or
even inferlor-force.
Jealousies developed as well as admiration, and the Ranger returned
home, with Jones remaining and undertaking the wearL5ome task o! getting another vessel. He probably ·would
never have got the · ship, despite
Franklin's help, if a French woman,
many years his · elder, l\ad not helped
hln1, She was a mother to him and a
patron saint. She was · the Duchess o!
Chartres, the daughter or one Frenoh
admiral and the granddaughter or au:
other. In her veins flowed · the blood
o! the Bourbons. Her soil was Louis
Phlllppe, later King o! France. It was
this Louis ·Philippe who visited this
city. Through her · Lnfluence he obtained from the King an old East India
armed troop ship the Duras. Jones made
thla ancient hulk-her . very timbers
were rotteu~ver into a man or war,
rechristened the Bonhomme ~ Richard
and the Duchess provided the money
when he couldn't· get it from the American congress. She wouldn't let him
repay her and at one time she gave
him 47 000. Jone.1 was ra turomi the
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*John JPaul Jones House, Home of Ports111outh Historical Socieiy,
:11av11l hero resided whilo the Ranger was_b~in~ built.
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gift and said, "Madame I shall lay an with the 'Richard · sinking under hla
Engllah frigate at your !eet." .
Ieet, . Jones was hailed by ·the British.
On Sopt. 23, 1770 with his lnftrlor and asked 1! ha would surrender. m,
East Indlama1i. he fought and captured made hla famous reply, "We have -just
the new British frigate Serapla or begun to fight." He· sent his men,up th()
twice his actual po.;er.- T·hi;-battlti
masts to drop hand grenades into th()
wo~ by the sheer personal force of hatches of the Serapls and this was· a
Jones jas a seaflghter. The ships lay'. shrewd move. It started a series of
side by side and Jones lashed them : explosions and tp.e British shlp ,surtogeth~r with his own hand8 amid e. rendered.
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hail o! shot. · The Serapls made .e. ·
_J ohn Paul Jones with his ·rotten old
1 clean breach through ·the hull or th() Indlaman had · beaten a. 'britlsh ship
Rlc~ard. The ship w~s settling from just off the . stocks. The spectacle ·waa
bad;1e4ks, was afire below'de_cks, and,200 one of the 'most r':markable lmo'i'/Il to
British, prisoners in her hold had es- sea, for as .the Richard wa.:t ·sinking.
cap~d ·, to the deck; ··Defeat seemed tn- Jo~1es stood on her deck and .commandevltable but Jones by his own courage- 1ed the ship th11,t had shot her to pieces.
ous ·actlons and personality instilled hlli This scene was witnessed by 1500 _peopl!J
indomitable will into·· his crew' and who had gathered on Flamborough
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defeat the , Yankee commander. Th<J
Bonhomme Richard went to the bot-tom, carryin·g ·the Stars and Stripes: <- •
. . . Jones was lionized in : Paris:' Th<J
French King gave him a gold sword
and , a . decoration; In 1781 he arrived
in · Philadelphia and he was placed ·at
I the .head of the navy. In l787 Congres.<J
:gave hlm ·a gola medal, No -other Nav!ll
offic~r· of the revolution ,was so honor( e~. H~ proce_eded to Portsm<??th .~ su. pervise a new ship, but peace interrupted-'th~ service. , ,.,• ,· ·
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'He felt the call· of the sea, and followlrig the end of the war went to England and Paris, with_ the intention or
serving under Louis. He was met wltb.
a proposal and went · to Russia as an
ai:lmiral for· Empress Catherine. It was
not ;a,.successful· enterprise and he returned to Parls after 15 months. HlB
last hope ·or honorable employment of
·his ,genius was fixed on ·an el).terprlso
·1~1,t"!!W-'II of ransoming American saflor,s : ·1mpris~;ie~ at Algiers. But . be!o~e • th<J
commission could reach him he ·died
at wnat is now No. 18 Rue de Totii"non
1ri .Paris. Cle.sped in his hand was a
little watch the gift of Duchesse de
Chartres. ·
· The body o! Johes 'long remained in
France, but 111 1905 it was located In
an abandoned cemetery. It
brought
to America by a squadron o! war. ves-,. ..., ... ,_ .. ;_. sets; and deposited · finally .In a Jjeautl!ul crypt' In the · chapel o! the Unlred
States - Naval Academy · at AnnapoUJj
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The -Herald presents the second in a series of articles
, dealing •with ' naval heroes· who. have been honored by the
{Jnited State~ by their portraits appearing on the issuance
of ~o~memor~ti;e postage · stamps . known as the Naval
1 Heroes series. The articles deal -with the connection these
heroes have 'with Portsmouth. Others in the series will app~ar s4~rtly. 1
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:Wh,lle s 'le1:lhen Decatur; who •ls _hon- lthe Commodore was about 30 years of
ofe'd :on '·the ' t\.Jo-cent stamp' of -the age. This ls a copy, the original being
Navy ·serid•with Thomas MacDon'ough; ln the possession of a cousin -in New
n~ver visited this city, his descendants York City. In the possession of the
a~e amon~ the best known residents of 1!amily is a medal presented by ConKittery Point, rri· trying 't o trace the 'gress to Commodore Decatur at' the
name Sl:-ph'cn ·Docatur, one finds that time he was given a sword. Both the
every gerlei-aL!on ' had .a·.' member by' medal and sword are in a bank vault.
name of Stephen and some ·moi'e', The· house at Kittery Point 1s a
tt,an , one, .,a11d practically all of the !museum. There are paintings, engravStephens ' have been In the United lings, medals, books, statues, busts, all
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Por-tsmduLh people well remember · the man ·!or whom Decatur, Ill. and a
Stephen Decatur, :who died Jan. 6, 1934 dozen other Decaturs lh the United
at' his hom'e at Kittery Point. Known States was named.
as1Bev to his friends, he •was originally -Much of the silver plate owned by
mimed William Beverly but by' an act the Commodore ls still In the family
of[ the Maine legislature the name was anci a number of pieces are in this
le~ally changed to Stephen. A brother house.
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who l)ore the name of Stephen died at
Commodore Stephen Decatur, third
the age of 6 and to continue that name. or his name, was a grandson of the
in : .the family the parents changed first Decatur (founder of the family
William's name to Stephen.
in -America). He was an officer in the
His son Stephen was born in this city French Navy and was attacked by yelA\}ril 10, 1886 and is a11 electrical en- low fever while in lhe West Indies.
gineer with his home in, Garden Ci_Ly, Peeling that a cooler climate would be
N. Y. He has a son Stephen about 10 beneficial he went Lo NewiJort, R. I.
years old. The family comes here each Here he fell In Jove and married Prissummer.
, cilia Hall. In 1752 he gave up his al'I'he Stephen Decatur who died a few !egiance Lo the French King. He moved
yell.rs ago was the best known of that to Philadelphia and spent the remaindfami!y in this section. His death occur- er of his life In Lhnt city.
red when he was nearing his 80th year' A son of this couple, named Stephen,
and he spent most of his life at the an- grew up in Philadelphia and went into
ce.s tral home at the Point. He, too, the U. S. Navy in 1798 and became
was In the · navy l)ut upon graduating commander of Lile ship Delaware. Durfrom the Nava:l academy resigned: When ing the unpleasantness wiLl1 France,
the' Spanish War broke out he enter·- serving as a captain, he captured a
ed the service as a lieutenant and· serv-- French ship and its name\vas changed
ed until after the war had closed. His to the "Retaliation." The French re, wife was Mabel Stbrer, a ·g rand daught- captured the ship later however.
er of Gov. Goodwin and a descendant
That Stephen had among his five
of Adm. Washington storer for whom ·sons.- Stephen and John Pine Decatur:
Storer Post G. A. R. is named and •also 'Both grew up in Philadelphia and hotl1
a descendant of Col. Tobias Lear, Wash- ·entered Lhe navy. Stephen was born
ington's secretary. ·
ill SinejJuxent, Mr!., on Jan. 5, 1779 anrt
In-the Decatur home at the Point are it, was this Stephen who became thom(my. relics of Commodore Stephen: famous commodore, whose · daring;- Tho house is beyond the church at hi;avery, and exploits on the sea were
K\ttery Point, and on the R. F. D. mall n1cognized, not onl-y by Congress but
box Is the name "S. Decatur."
bf his countrymen in naming so many
~t~:,.:_::;-,,~;i There ls a large picture, an oil·palnt- cities for l1in1. He ·\¢as considered the,
Ing , of the Commodore painted when greatest American naval figure in the·
century between John Paul Jon'es and·
Admiral David G. Farragut.
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Col. John Pine Decatur was appointed naval store keeper at lhc Porlsmoulh Navy Yard, Oct. 21, 1823, and.
on April · 8, 182!) was appoinled by
President Jackson as Collector of the
"District or Portsmouth." And it is
that Decatur from which the Decatu rs
o! Kiltcry are direct descendants. CoL
John' Pine's son was named Stephen,
and this son was. the .grandfather or
the Stephen Decatur .of . Garden City,
Long Island, who spend3 his summen
at the Decatur homestead at Kittery
Point:
It is also of interest to know that
, this Slcphen, who is now living-, and hls
brother served in the Navy during- the
World War.
To go back to the subj ~st of I j,p ,• . , , ' ,
-Comm. Decatur. who was honored on
the scrie. or slumps which arc now
being issued, his career, whil e :,hort
was most exdling. His mother had set
her heart upon his becoming a bbhop,
\ but he did no t care for studies and
entered tho employ of a Philadrlphi
! shipping firm . Through the efforts oC
Comm. John Barry, (who shares honors
on the one-cen t issue with John Paul
Jones), he received a midshipman's appointment and saw first action in t ho
West Indies during the French war.
For his bravery and ability, he b came a lieutenant a year later and in
the Tripolitan war captured the bom:i
ketch Mastlco, which was renamed lh
Intrepid. On this ship Decatur met atHl
destroyed the captured Philadelphia and
later captured two gunboats in what
is known as the "biggest lltlle fight
in history."
For the destruction of the Philadelphia he was made a captain, and later
in 180'1 was placed in command of the
frlgnte Constitution. When the war o!
1812 broke out, Decatur commanded
the United States. He led the slruggle
with the Macedonian, in which th
IBritish ship was captured, but in 18l5
, while commanding the frigate President
i he met a British squadron o! five
; heavy ·ships.
Seeking lo escape a batlle, Decatur
wns .forced to engage the Endymion,
and after a two-hour batlle silenced
her.' llowever, injuries to the President
' slowed the ship considerably, and It
was overtaken and Decatur reluclanl,ly
struck his flag.
For losing his ship Decatur was
court-martialed, but was acquitted with
the highest commendation for his gallantry. Later, he was sent to the Barbary States to exact, reparation for injuries and dnmagcs suffered and to enforco _penco trenUcs. His squadron captured an Algerian frigate Me1;houda,
and at cannon point extracted Indemnities from the rulers or Algiers, TunL'I
and· 'trlpoll.
Returning, Decatur was appointed
naval commissioner In 1816, and fou r
years later was killed in a duel with
Commodore James Barron. He ls buried
in St. Peter's church yard, Philadelphia.
The portrait 011 tho stamp is from
the original by G. R. Hall now In possession oC the lll>rary of the Navy Department. After his death, his wife
entered an institution near Washington and became a recluse.
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The Herald presents the third in a series of articles
dealing with naval heroes who have been honored by th~
United'States by their portraits appearing· on the issuance
of commemorative postage stamps known · as the · N~val
Heroes series, The articles deal with the connection these
heroes have with Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap~
pear shortly.
Thomas MacDonough, who is honored and was qulckly surrounded
with Stephen Decatur on the 2 cent boats. Bainbridge, who was
mand, with · his men were captured
stamp of the naval hero series, is also and quickly made slaves. When the tide
connected with Portsmouth. His ca- rose the vessel floated and the pirates
reer here was unevent!ul, as far as it had a fine vessel.
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is possible to discover, but from 1815
One night aHer that, Feb, 1804,
vessel drifted close to the Ph1ladelphia'..
to 1818, he was comma nd ant o! th e She was hailed and the answer given
Portsmouth Navy Yard. Biographies of was that she was a merchantman tba,
the naval captain telling o! his ex- had lost her anchor and therefore WM
perience with the Tripoli Pirates fail unable to control her movements. By
to mention 'a nything about his stay at this strategy · she approached near th(J
the local ' Navy Yard . .A study of the Philadelphia and made fast to the trlflles or the New Hampshire Gazette, gate.
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At the moment she did so .Lieut,
to ~e;eal any mention. not 01lly of Capt. Stephen Decatur and a num~r. o,t.
Macrionough being at the Navy Yard, volun~eers, including MacDonough let1P;l>ut no mention .o! the ·Navy Yard.
. ed up and climbed upon the deck o! t~,~
In the ·ust of Commandants of the Philadelphia. The Trlpolltal1S wer~ ter:Portsinouth Navy Yard, Capt. MacDon- rifled and d~lven from their decks. The
ough is second 0 'n the 11s't; followln"' frigate was .fired in several places and
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Portsmou~h. His salary was $lO_0. per This exploit is one o! the most darinfr
month with 8 rations per day. He came in• Naval Annals.
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mission as .captain. · ·
dlstlnction, He was ·assigned as fl.rs\
. He was born at Macdonough, Del. lieutenant to the U. a. Frigate Conon Dec. 23, 1783. He was a soldier for stitutlon: Later he was placed in coma short while and then Joined the navy, mand o! the AmericaI). fleet -on Late
entering the naval service in 1800.
Champlain. His · brilliant . victory on
- Hts outstanding achievements were Sept. 11, 1814 over•. the British · neet
accomplished during the War of 1812 under the command or Captain Downie
and also in tho war against Tripoll. In ls credited with,saving New,.York an~
1803 he served on the Phlladelphlf, and Vermont from invasion.· For this bravo
was placed in command o!
Moorish act he was promoted to -the . rank of
lze anci' because . o! this escaped ttie ·captain a nd received a gold medal and
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also -was granted estates.
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!ate or the vessel when she grou nd ed
In 1820 he was in command of tho
and was captured i_n the 1_1.arb_o~ o! Tri- Frigate· Ouerrlere. · For the · next two
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Bhort!Y !),fter Macponough w~ placed in 1824 was made commander of tho
In command o! the Moorish cruiser, Constitution on which he served u
the Phlladelphi~ wh~e pw-sugig a lieutenant during the early part -0! the
blockade runner, ran upon a reef In war. It was on board thl.s vessel tha,
the harbor o! Trlpoll. She was helpless he died at sea on Nov. 18, 1825.
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forts surrounding the bay were silenced.
His entrance to Mobile Bay was the
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The Herald ·presents the fourth in a series of articles crowning act of his arduous and pade~ling with _naval heroes ·,who have been honored by tho triotic service and as a result or this
he was promoted to admiral.
Umt~d States by their portraits appearing on the issuance
In 1867 he was ordered to command
oI commemorative postage ,stamps known as the Navat of the European squadron and received
1-13roes series. The articles deal with ·the conne~tion these great respect and homage from the
heads and nobility or Europe.
heroes have with Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap- crowned
After his return to America, and
pear shortly.
when his health began to fail, he came
to Portsmouth, and after a little more
than a month's illness passed away,
The last days or Admiral David Ola.<,- House In compliment to Admiral FarHis funeral was held at st. John's
gow Farragut, whose portrait appears ragut and another Levee was given on church, and the church was filled to ,
on the three-cent navy stamp, were Aug. 8. It is also believed that he at- ?verflowing. More than 1,000 men were
spent at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. tended a "Pie Nie" in Greenland. He m the procession by actual count and
He arrived In this city July 4, 1870 and came here and visited the Yard and all business was suspended whll; the
his death occurred Aug. 14, 1870.
also went aboard the Iron-clad ship, procession _passed on its route. Many
He came to this city, after a year's Dictator,
Agamenticus
and
the or the. public places or business as well
illness, feeling that the sea breezes steamer Vanderbilt. He also made a trip as private dwellings ,along the route
would be beneficial to hls health. to the Shoals, and on Aug. 14, left or the procession were draped in black
Comm. A. M. Pennock had recently aboard the Dictator for Portland. Ac- and white and among the inscrlpbeen attached to the Navy Yard as companying the Dictator was the Am- tlons were the following: · "To the memCommandant, and as he • was related erlcan-built Agamentlcus and a race ory of Adm. Farragut, the noble Pato Pennock, he came here arrivihg on developed, with the latter winning In trlot, the fearless Sailor, the Honest
the U. S. S. Tallapoosa. He had retlred 5 hours and 10 minutes, finishing about Man. The nation mourns the loss of
four years before from active duty.
3 or 4 miles ahead of the Dictator. The Its great Defender." and "He lived _
Death came after 60 years service to Dictator was built by Ericsson, who He died - but his name Is enshrined
the navy and his brilliant deeds during designed the Monitor and cost about In the heart of every loyal American."
the Civil war show him to be, not only $3,000,000. The Agamentlcus was built
His body was placed In the Marsh
the first officer of the American navy at the local yard and cost about ha!! ,tomb at St. John's church and on
but one of the very first naval cap- that sum and there was considerable Sept. 27 was placed aboard the Speedtalns of the world.
rivalry regarding these two ships. The well, transferred to the Guerriere in
Shortly after the close or ·the Civil Vtce Admiral returned from Portland th e harbor and embarked to New York.
war, he came to this city with hts the following day.
At Grand Point Rip at Nantucket the
wife and son, and stayed for some time ' During the time he was staying at boat went ashore and the body wns
at the Atlantic House (predecessor to the Atlantic House, many outstanding lnt1 d cd nt Hyannis by steamer "Islnncl
the Farragut House.) The Portsmouth people from all over the country came Home" and left for New York by train.
Morning Chronicle or Tuesday July to visit him.
The dedication o! the tablet at the
25, 1865, tells us that "on Monday · The Atlantic House, where he stayed Commandant's home on Aug. 26, 1908
1nornlng Vice Admiral Farragut and during his brier visit in 1864 was owned was an occasion at wh7ch more honor
family in company with Admiral Balley by John C. Philbrick. This building was paid to the memory or this great
and family, Mrs. A. Murray, construe- burned April 18, 1882 and the present · naval hero.
tor Pook and others left the Navy Ya.rd Farragut was erected on the same site.
The Farragut School is named !or
on the tug Portfire for Rye Beach Proprietor Lougee, who succeeded Phil- th1S man. On Sept. 25, 1890 In response
where Admiral Farragut, wife and so~ brick In charge o! the Atlantic House, to a request from Storer Post, G. A. R.
th at th e name of the school house at
will spend a short season. on his de- was host to the distinguished guest.
parture fro'm the Yard a salute or 15 ' He was born in Knoxville in eastern th e northwest corner or High and
guns was fired from the Vandalia (In Tenne see in 1801 or fighting stock. School streets should be named for
a most bungling manner, by the way, as His father was a cavalry major and his Admil'al David G. Farragut, the Board
it. sounded to us) and in the Yard all mother at one time during his child- or Mayor and Aldermen so voted. on
the workmen congregated on the wharf hood was compelled to defend her Nov.. 20 or the following year, the
st?rer Post presented a portrait of Gen.
to witness the departure of the greatest house against marauding Indians.
naval hero of the world." The hero was I He entered the naval service at the William Whipple to the Whipple ·
introduced to the crowd o! about 1500 age or nine and received a midship- Schoc,l, and a portrait or Farragut- to
workmen by Admii:al Balley and spoke man's commission in 1910. Fifteen years th e Farragut-' School. At the preseritaa few words of greeting. He came from later he was commissioned a lieutenant tlon, which took place In the Music
the White Mountains arriving July 20. and was captain commanding the U. s. Hall, th ere was ~ large attendance,
He came to this city on July 28 and Brooklyn at the Norfolk navy yard in a nd Joseph A. Smith, who paid a trlwas received by Mayor John H. 1860. At the time the Clvl! War broke bute to Farragut,_ called him the Nelson
Balley and President of the Common out he narrowly escaped imprisonment or America. Continuing Smith said "For
council. From the yard the party took by departing !or the north with his unrivalled nautical skill; daring entera carriage and dined at the Rocking- family the day before the navy yard prises, fearless, intrepid action, inexham. At the hotel he received many -was burned.
hauStlble fertility of resources in battle,
citizens who called during the afterHis record during the Clvll War Farragut and Nelson bear compnrlson.
noon. In the evening he again pro- achieved for him a great deal of fame. In reference, serenity, patience, huceeded to the Beach in a carriage.
i He was responsible for the capture of manlty, prudence, sagacity, fidelity, in
On Monday, :July 31, a Levee was the forts at the mouth of the Mississippi th e intricacies o! di lomac and the
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The photograph or Admiral Farragut
on the 3-cent stamp 13 from ll!e by
Brady, the civil war photographer, and
was furnished the Post Office Department by Capt. KnoK or the navy.
Sharing the honors on the stamp is
Capt. David Porter, Farragut's foster
brother.
Farragut has appeared on a United
States stamp before. In 1903 on June 5
when the $1. stamp was issued it contained a portrait o! the Admiral.
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connection wiith Portsmouth. ' .HfS
grandfather was Cap~. AleKander Poi;.
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of Farra.gut. When the
ex- Sherman and Commodore James Alden
brother, David Dixon Porter. Admiral pedition moved against the city the arrived on the Tallapoosa." The party
Porter came from a line or defenders following year Porter was commandinl? sailed on the 31st. According to the
of the nation. his father being D,wid the mortar flotilla. and second in com- Portsmouth . Dally Chronicle · while he
H. Porter. who ;;.ehicvcd distinction ma.nd to Farra.gut. In the bombardment was here he · gave a' ·ver~al order to
wheii.' he \~as on I\ cruise for the No.VY of ·Forts Jackson and Sa.Int Philip at discontinue work on the Pawnee. On
in the West Indies after pirates. David the entrance to the Mississippi _he the 31st he sailed for ~ortland, General
Dixon Porter was with him on this clircctccl · the fire silencing· the forts Sherman and daughter having gone
trip when his father got into difficul- and making it possible !or Farragut to ahead by · rail. When the Tallapo!)sa
ties for having compelled t11e Spanish take his ships past the forts and at- returned from Portland, Admiral ' Porauthorities at Cuba lo surrender for tack New Orleans. Four days later he ter returned , with the ship. His neKt
the arrest of an American officer sent captured the forts. In a similar way on visit came 'threll y~ars' later: coming
to pursue pirates. Capt. Porter, with his June 28, 1862, he assisted Farragut to on . Sep~. 17, 1872, · and h_is final visit
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son, went to the West Indies and later pass Vicksburg. He also assisted in was on Oct. 3, 1873.
Following the Civil War Rear Admiral
t,(•rvccl with lhc Mexican nnvy. Young the capture of the forts along tho
r ·u- l <'t' h CC;\1nf' I\ n1 l(l~hjpmnn ill tho Mississippi and in the siege of Vicks• Porter was inade supei·intendent or
U. S. Nnvy In 1829 and served In the burg he shared honors with Grant. the United States Naval Academy at
Mexican war as a lieutenant. In l!l61 After its capture on July 4, 1863, he was Annapoli;i, Mr., where .he· servi.e~ ,'for
when the Civil war broke out he was made rear admira.l._Jiis courageous and four years. While there he was made
lleutenant of the Powhatan. He wa. · distinctive service continued through- vice-admiral and four years later when
promoted to Commander, and at this out the remainder of the war, and he Farragut died he succeeded him · to
time· he urged an exp~dition against was thanked by congress and the the highest· naval rank in ·America:
Admiral Porter ·died on Feb. 14, 1891, ·
New Orleans with Farragut in charge. President. While his a.c;hievements were
in no way spectacular nor comp!lr!!,ble and the following ·day General Sherwith those of Farragut, they had ,de- man died. ·
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The ,great and near great were pres'.t
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President would attend but this he
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tribute to Capt. Schley, as well as to
The Herald presents the sixth in a series of articles G~eely and his survivors.
dealing with naval heroes who have been honored by the , In the parade, which was the largest
United States by their portraits appearing on the issuance ; land . naval display ever presented up
to that time, · Capt. Schley was •in the
of commemorative postage stamps known as the Nava't seventh carriage. Mrs. Schley was in
Heroes series. The articles deal with the connection these the revlewlng stand. At the exercises
heroes have with' Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap- held at Mimic Hall, · there was nothing
but the highest praise for Schley. Sec.
pear shortly.
Chandler and Senator Eugene · Hale of
.Maine · were among the speakers.
_ ________..,.,Greely also paid Schley and his men
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, whose lector Howard i and other Portsmouth a.. high . tribute In a leUer which ' was
portrait appears on the 4c naval hero gentlemen decided that it would be as read by his brother-in-law.
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stamp with two other rtaval heroes, had well to· bring in the ships without delay:
Schley spoke at this reception " and
a rather irregular career ln the Urilted The Alllance was ordered to steam out his modesty was much in evidence'. He
States Navy. At one time he was riding and escort the strangers to the inner gave all or the credit to his men. This
on the crest of the wave-during the waters of the United States . .The change expedition headed by Schley was ; the
weeks that followefi. the destruction of in the program dl~appou:ited many per- third expedition which was sent out in
Admiral Cervera's fleet at Santiago, sons both in and out.of• the -city, but it . search o! the lost expedition, and the
but following the war came charges of was agreed to hold the marine recep- rescue was not effected un til he cruised
Irregularity, and a court of inqulry tion at one o'clock. ,"Home · Again". in 1400 miles through lee and reached the
made an investigation. Although the plaintive tones played the magnificent band of men at Cape Sabine, Grinnell
report was a yes and no report, it band 1on board·-the Tennessee: The sail- Land.
recommended no- action be taken. · ors on · the ;,Tennessee, : the ·.-Vandalia,
Schley was born Oct. 9, 1839 at
• Adm. Schley was the main point of the . Portsmouth, ,, the , Swatara, the Rlchfields, Md. At the age or 17 he
controversy which lasted for several Yantlc, the ··Alllahce and the Jamestown entered the U. S. Naval Academy where
years with many people taking sides. ,sprang up ·the riggings and the cheers he graduated four years later. During
Charges were flung back and for th until echoed over the harbor. Flags and slg- j 18G0 and 1861 he was on duty in China
finally Schley himself asked for .t he nals made, a br1lllant ~ sight · and the and Japan. The next year, with the
..,..,bt,.,o""'court of inquiry.
welcome home was such as must , have rank • of • lieutenant, he took part in
Whatever may have been the opinion filled 't he _wanderers' hearts wit~ joy.
Farragut's Mississippi River campaign.
o! the people in general Portsmouth ., -"Soon after· the newly arrived ships In 1866 he was made a Lieut. Comdr.
will never forget or regret the acclaim '911i'!'O moored· the admiral :.S steam launch and for the ·next three years he taught
they gave to Capt. ·schley. Capt. Schley left the side of the Tennessee, Mrs. modern languages at the Naval Acawas the hero of the hour in the rescue Greely and the Immediate rclalivcs of dcmy. For the nexl three years he was
o! Adm. A. w. Greely . who was found : Lieut. Greely on board. As "the launch stationed in China and distinguished
in the Arctic after being lost · for four ' ploughed away to the The tis, Mrs. Gree- hlmsel.f in the capture or the Korean
years.
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' ly who is a tall brunette gazed earn- forts on the Salce river. He was made
On Aug.
the Thetis, -Alerf · estiy ahead at the ship containing her a commander following this service.
and Bear arrived off the- Isles of Shoals husband. At .the companionway she was ! Two years after the successful Greely
bearing the deatl •and .'living · or the met by Capt. Schley and taken to the expedition he was advanced to the
Greely expedition.' •It •was ·a· big event vicinity of Lieut. Greely's cabin. The rank of Captain. He was placed in
for Portsmouth. Due to the · rnslstance captain asked the wife of four year's various commands and while in comthat , the ,. official · recep~lon · to "Lleut. widowhood to wait tm he informed her ' ma.pd of the Baltimore at Valparaiso
Greely and the Greely' Relief Expect!~ husband of her arrival. At the sound · several members or his crew were kllltion up.dei- , the . command of , Schley, of a whistle she could then go to him. ed and he obtained an apology and an
be · held ' by a numl)er ·or cities, · w. E. A minute later she heard the signal I indemnity o! $75,000 from the Chilean
Chan.dler, then ·secretary ot. the · Navy, and rushed ahead. Captain Schley tried government.
Later he headed ' the
figuratively speaking, put his foot down to escape the meeting of husband and ' party conveying the body of John Erlc•~ <i.:;:;{..;:,~, and said Portsmouth would ·have it or
lfe after nearly four years of separa- sson, inventor o! the Monitor, to swedthere: wo·uldn't be a· reception:
,- tlon, sorrow and suspense. But he was en. (A 5c stamp issued in 1929 honors
The Chronicle or Aug. 2, 1884 ,con; not quick enough. The word "Dolph" the inventor of the "Yankee cheesetalns the following account or •the ar~ followed by many and womanly sobs, box on a rafl"). At Sweden, Schley· was
rival of the relief fleet: ..
fell upon his unwilling ears. He hastily presented with a medal by the king .
. . "The retu~ning Arctic fleet was spok~ closed the door and what followed Is
A short Lime after being made comeii •• early in the forenoon off the Isles known to two persons alone."
modore, war was declared against
of •S~oals . by . the Clty ,·or Portsmouth, \ "Capt. Schley 1s · coming aboard," Spali:i and Schley was given commando!
and , the · ncVys soon reached ·the , city cried a lieutenant from the Tennessee's the Flying Squadron. On May 13, 1898
and' navy. yard.' •At first it-was thought ' bridge. A smoky looking little tub, the he sa!led from Hampton Roads' to find
advisable to order -t~e''fleet :_1;o keep in \same which sounded its shrill whistle the Spanish fleet of Admiral Cerve~a
deep· water tl!l, next day;" the•tlrne •an: to tell seven men of the Arctic ice that (who was among the Spanish prisoners
nounced for Its' arrival -and ,for which 1 the long looked for help was at hand, brought here during the war) and the
all preparation's · had,fheen made. But . bore alongside the handsome Tennessee latter part or the mouth block~ded
Sec.Chandlera!tetcohferrlng ,w lth ·col- 'and a smart little bit o! a man sprang the fleet in the harbor of Santiago. A
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�few weeks later Rear Admiral Sampson (who is honored on the' same
sio.mp with Schley and Dewey) arrived with his ships and assumed command.
It was during a few hours absence
of Sampson on July 3 with Schley in
command, that Cervera made an attempt t,o escape. His fleet was completely destroyed in a running fight. Sampson hurrying back arrived in time to
command the last of ihe acUon. On
Aug, ·10 Schley was advanced to the
rank o! rear-admiral.
Following the close of the war
controversy !let.ween Schley and Sampson began. Some people declared Schley
was the real victor and others charged
him with "irregularities". For several
years this lasted until the discredited
hero asked for the inquiry which found
that while Schley's conduct in battle
showed great personal courage, his
tacUcal management of the engagement
was inefficient and unseamanUke.
He withdrew from active service in
1901, after commanding the south
Atlantic Squadron serving ' as one of
the commissioners to direct the evacuation of Porto Rico.
Adm. Schley mo.de another visit to
this city besides the time he returned
with the Greely survivors. It was on
May 30, 1902 when on his way to
Bangor, Me., to deliver a memorial
day address, that hl.3 train stopped
here. He was accompanied by Ex Gov.
Llewellyn Powers, ·of Maine, an\! others.
City Marshal Thomas . Entwistle entered the car and appeared at ihe
platform with the Admiral to whom
they had paid high honor on his previous visit. Marshal Entwistle introduced
him. There was a rush to shake his
hand. Tl\C train stopped but 10 minutes, but during that Ume the crowd
which numbered several hundred showed their enthusiasm for the man, and
demopstrated that he was still worthy
of their esteem.
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New York CILy.
�u.-.-.-. ,_,:um.HOW THIS CITY ·
CELEBRATED
RATIFICATION
New Hampshire figured prominently
the
ninth to ratify the Constitution, which
,._,.~,.-,.~~:• actually put the government or the
United states of North America into
operation June 21, 1788.
An interesting account of the Constitutional Convention and the celebration
that transpired within our historic city
•.•-.....,,.·.,., following las ratification, Is chronicled
by Hon, Nathaniel Adams In Adams'
:Annals or Portsmouth under date or
1788.
r-.r,(1':11~~.,. . In commemoration of that historic
~vent here Is reprinted a word picture
the past in which citizens and patriots alike, who staked their lives and
~r.-r;~;;;~~ their fortunes for freedom, participated.
The· convention, to whom the lm~ortant ··que~ion
. ' was committed,
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whether this state _should adopt or reject the Federal constitution, met at
Exet.er the 2d Wednesday of February.
The honorable John Langdon,
John
Pickering and Peirce Long were delegates from this town. After debating
on the subject nine or ten days, the
convention adjourned to the . second
Wednesday of June, then to meet at
Concord. At this meeting the debates
were continued until Saturday afternoon, when the question was taken by
yeas arid nays. Whilst the secretary
was calling over the members and recording their votes, a death-like silence
prevailed; · every bosom throbbed with
anxious expectation. When the votes
were counted there appeared 57 !or the
adoption and 46 against it, leaving a
majority o! 11 in its favour. This state
u.-.,r=>""L.!'H was the ninth that adopted the constitution, and, according to the provisions
made In it, the government was to be
put Into operation. This pleasing and
interesting intelllgence was received in
this town on Sunday morning. Mutual
waists, occupied; Riggers;
ers;
Ship-Joiners;
Block-makers;
Mathematical Instrument-makers with
an Azimuth Compass; Boat-builders at
work on a boat nearly completed; Carvers, Painters, Glaziers and Plumbers;
Cooper, trimming casks; Cullers
of
fish; steevedores;
Pllots with spyglasses and charts; the ship Union com~etelly rigged, armed and_manned, un-
would revive and !lourlsh. During the
procession several Federal songs, composed for the occasion, were sung, accompanied by lhe band.
A cold collation was prepared at
ADD CONSTITUTION . , •..••..•
Union-hill, o! which the company partook; and after the repast nine patriotic toasts were drunk, the artillery
fired a salute after each of them; and
the songs were again sung, accompanied
by the band. The procession then
formed in the same order, and was saluted by thirteen guns from the artlllery; whlch was called a Federal salute.
1 On their arrival at the Court-house a
salute was fired from the ship and the
company dispersed. The ship fired another salute as she passed the President's house .
In the evening the State-house was
beautifully lllumlnated,
with
nine
lights at each window, whlle a large
company o_f ladles and gcnllemen on lhe
parade were entertained with music
from the balcony. Joy sparkled in
every eye and pleasure was seated in
every breast. All seemed to anticipate
the happier days which they were to
enjoy under the Federal government.
The following year President Wash-
der an· easy sail, with colours !lying,
elevated on a carriage drawn by nine
horses, a tenth (emblematlcal of Virginia) completely harnessed, led and
ready to join the rest; Ship-Captains
with their quadrants; Seamen; Shoremen; Truckmen; Millers; Bakers, preceded by a flag, .dlsplaylng the baker's
arms; Butchers, Tanners, and Cprrlers;
Cordwalners with their lasts decorated;
Tallow-Chandlers; Taifors; Barbers;
Hatters; Housewrlghts; Masons; Cabinet-makers; Wheelwrights;
Saddlers
and Chalsetrlmmers1 Upholsterers;
Goldsmiths, Jewellers,
and
Silversmiths; Clock and Watch-makers; Coppersmiths; Whltesmlths; Brass founders; Tlnmen, with nine plllars and stars
on a pedestal; Potters, with a table and
wheel at work, nine pillars erected;
Brick-makers burning a klln, others ~ ~" ··. -··'
moulding bricks;
Leather-dressers; tngton on hl1 northern tour, sojourned
Card-makers with cards; Printers, pre- two days In Portsmouth.
"'Ille bells rang a joyous peel and rfh
ceded by two lads with open quires of
printed paper, followed with cases and peat.Gd shouts from grateful · thousands'
The·
apparatus decorated, and compositors hailed their deliverer weicome.
at work; Pressmen employed during the windows and doors of the houses which
whole procession, In striking off and he passed were crowded wllh ladles dedistributing among the surrounding sirous of beholding the man whom all
multitude, songs in celebration of the were delighted to honor. ·A Federal saratl!lcatlon of the Federal Constitution, lute was fired from the fort, the ships
by the state of New Hampshire:
were decorated with colours, and everything wore the face of joy."
MOTTO
"A government or freemen never knows
A tyrant's shackles, on the press t'lmMAY THEIR MEMORY LIVE ON
pose."
Consuls, Merchants and Traders; the Well they knew the price of Liberty,
boys of the different schools with the From bondage set America free.
insignia of their studies decorated; the Their determination and fldellty
Terrestrial Globe, rectified for
New Paved the pathway for you and me.
Hampshire, and decorated by a company or young ladles, who were studying They gave to us this land we love
geography, carried by two lads in uni- And the pathfinder to guide it by;
form. In the decorations each state The Constitution of our United States
was distinguished; New Hampshire in And the flag we proudly fly.
the zenith and Rhode Island on the
They gave to the world a noble race
western horizon In mourning.
Of
upright, stralghforward men,
The
Masters
of
the
schools:
c_o ngratulatlons took place and pu~llo
"Where the bright beams of Federal Who charted the course or our Ship of
th~~s were returned
In all
the
State
churches. Thursday, the 26th of June,
freedom glow,
With Washington at its helm.
was appointed !or the celebration o! The buds of science In full beauty blow."
this important event. About 11 o;clook
Clergy, Physicians and
Surgeons;
Our lliustrlous Langdon, Sulllvan and
a large concourse of the inhabitants as- Sheri!!, preceded by his deputle11;
Pickering,
sembled on the parade and moved 1n Judges of Common Law and Admiralty
Whipple, Bartlett and Thornton, too;
procession through the principal streets Courts; Clerks of Courts; Gentlemen of
Stark, McC!ary and Minute Men,
in the following order:
the bar supporting the Federal ConstiPaul Jones and the Ranger's crew.
A band o! music in an open coach and tution; the President of the State, and
six horses decorated; Husbandmen; a President of the Convention; SecretarMay we draft an object lesson from
plough drawn by nine yokes o! oxen; a ies of the State and Convention; Memout the mist of time
man sowing;
a harrow;
Reapers; bers of the Convention; Members of the As worthy patriots vision pass before
Threshers; Mowers; Haymakers, each • Legislature; Treasurer and Commisour mind.
with his appropriate implement; a man sary-General; Mllltia officers in unlBetter far we'd appreciate the blessings
form.
Every
profession
was
distinswlngling flax; a car for gathering harreceived today
vest; Blacksmiths and Nallers with guished by some insignia or badge pe- rt try we would to emulate the teachings
their tools; Caulkers; Ropemakers with 1culiar to It. All intended to represent
or patriots passed away.
innin wheel and hemp round their that In consequence of this union, comA. I. HARRIMAN.
and all the arts de endant on It,
In the birth of our nation, being
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The Herald presents the final article in a sericea
dealing with naval heroes who have been honored by the
United States by their portraits appearing on the issuance
of commemorative postage stamps known as the Naval
Heroes series. The articles deal with the connection these
heroes have with Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap•
pear shortly.
Miss
Hope Goodwin.
also made
two sisters,
Mrs. AbbieThey
R. Winter
and'
several calls, 01~e of theJn being at the \1
Herald Ofiicc. ':"hP. couple remained
they
lo ,mlil
New Sept.
York. 2,During
at
thereturned
Wentwo:·:,:1
when !
their stay they were fr equent visitors
in this city, am.I attended church at St.
John's a couple of Umes. Upon going ·
1
~r!~~:11°~; t~~e a~~::: :dotI~1:~;~'.;\~
vestigating the allegations made by
William T . sa:npson, against Winfield
Scott Schley. It is a coinc!dcr.ce that
these three men, who played ~such ao.
ilnpo~tant part ln that i~ulry.shOltld.
be porti::ayed on the same stamp.
·Admiral and Mrs. Dewey made a return visit · to Portsmouth, coming here
Aug. 25, 1008, when he arrived aboard
the Dolphin · to particip!',te 1n the unve1ling o! the Farragut Tablet at thB
commandant's home at the Navy Yard.
Admiral Dewey wrote this inscription
which eulogizes Farragut as "faith:.'·
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Rear Admiral George Dewey, who
urlng the war, while
In ,. description of the unveiling, tho
shares the honors with William T. side-wheeler, "Misslssipi;>i," ha was
Herald of Aug. 26, 1908 states "the un' Sampson and Win!ield Scott Schley brought into close contact wit):\ David \ veiling was by Admiral Dewey, the suron the four-cent navy stamp, at one G. Farra.gut, flag officer of the whole
vivor of America's three Admiralll,
time was a very familiar !lgure on the squadron maneuvering off New Orleam.
John Paul. Jones, David Glasgow Farstreets of Portsmouth. some of the He distinguished himself as executive
ragut, and George Dewey." _
·
older inhabitants of · this city remember omcer of · the "Mississippi." When the
/ .Admiral Dewey and hb wife made
him well -as he spent considerable time Civil War came to a close he was coma few · calls on old acquaintancea durhern during his early manhood. Hls mander ot the· "Kearsarge." ·· :
·
ing the forenoon j)efore the unveilllll
wife was a Portsmouth girl.
The Spanish War was the scene for
of the tablet: They 'declined 11.U invltaIn . the account of his death, the the daring exploits of Dewey: ·· At -the
tions, and' during' tthe afternoon,' folHerald menti.oned his being a lieutenant outbreak of the war in 1898 he assumed
lowing the' unve111.ng, remained aboard
at the time he was stationed here, but command of- the Asiatic · squadron. Arthe Dolphin, sailing later in the ·a!teradded he was a "seasoned omccr by riving at the Philippine Islands on Apr.
~oon.
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his experiences in the Civil war." It 3, he proceeded, at 011ce, 'through· danDewey died Jan. '16,' 1917, and was
was while he was stationed at the Navy gerous channels of Manila Bay. The
burled at Arlington Cemetery. Later
Yard here that he met Miss Susie shores were dotted with · !orts · and the
hill body was removed to the National
Goodwin, daughter of Ichabod Good- waters · thick with. mines, but he kept
cathedral in Washington where it •lielf
win, the war Governor of New Hamp- straight • on. Finally the presence o!
near the tomb of Woodrow Wilson.
shire. She afterwards became his wife, the American squadron was discovered
Dewey is honored by the Philippine
they having been married here on Oct. and the fort.s on land opened !Ire. The
Islands with a stamp of the 16c de:.
24, 1867, and for a time resided in the Spanish fleet and the · forls kept up a
nomination, issued in 1923, which bears
old Goodwin homestead on Islington fire .!or two days, and when the fleet
his p)lotograph.
street:Mrs. Goodwin died Dec. 28, 1872, of Spanish vessels were either sunk or
' With the above article the series of
and ls burled in the Goodwin lot in disabled the naval force took refuge on
naval heroes honored on the recentlJ
Proprietors Cemetery. Their son George shore, but surrendered a short time
issued stamps comes to a close. In adwas born here and after his mother's afterwards. Not a single American life
dltion to the seven naval heroes Portsdeath resided ~ere for a time. His nurse was lost with no man seriously injured
mouth has been visited by two of the
is still living in this dty, and many peo- and only six slightly wounded. None or
men honored on the Army series. George
plo who played with him ns children the American vessels received injuries
Washington came here Oct. 31, 1'189
recali him, and his father coming to beyond repair. The Spaniards lost 600
and remained a few days, on his trlvislt him.
. men in the conflict.
umphant tour or the newly . formed
George Dewey was born in Vermont,
There was great rejoicing when news . United States.
.
Dec. 26, 183'1. At the age of 14 he en- of the victory . reached America. He \
Oen.- William T. Sherman, of Sher- F'.1;if.;'i?.li}:~~~i.t,,,f1.Jt,r,
tered the old Military Academy at was the hero of the hour. Congress
man's march to the sea fame, also vlsitnll
" of 18"'
u, he presented . him with a sword and his\\ ed· here. He came on t he "T a11 apoosa ••.
r
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In
.Vt.U. S, Naval Academy and men with medals. He . was immediately
Norwicll'
entered tho
with Vice Admiral David D. Porter
graduated from there June 18, 1858, \ made a Rear Admiral and in 1899 he
and Comm. James' Alden and stayed
one of the Hi out of a class of 50, to fin- : was appoin ted an Admiral, the highest . a short tune, leaving for Portland bJ
!sh. He was not especially brilliant 1n \ possible rank. La ter he became Pres!- '1 rail. Hia death occurred Feb. 15,' 1891,
his studies, . except mathematics. After dent of the Naval General Board, rethe day after the death o! Ad,mlral
graduating he was . assigned to duty maining in active seryiee by ·special
Porter.
on the Wabash for two years practical government permission.
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cruising experience, a requirement beIn November 1899 he r emar!·ied, hls ,
!ore receiving his final commission. second wife ~eing Mrs. Mildred (Mc- \
In 1861, the "Pawnee", upon which he Lean) Hazen, of Washington. On Aug. 'I
had been · attached, returned after a 8, 1901, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey arcruise to the Caribbean. and as it steam- rived in lhis city · for a short vacation, I
ed into ' Charleston Harbor the Civil which w:is pas~cd at the Wentworth
War ~a~ on the:verge o! erupting. Many Ho tel. The:,- arrived from Boston and
aouthern of!lcers and sailors resigned a crowcl was on hand to greet ihe naval
from the navy to join the confederacy. hero. At lhe time the Admiral slated
He saw the possibility of a war and re- that Portsmouih looked natural. This
turned to the Academy and took hi.a was Mrs. Dewey's first visit to Ports- \
fi!lal examination.
mou th and ·the day after their arrival ·
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�HOME INDUSTRIES
READY FOR SEASON
Thursday morning the
Home Industries, the local branch.of the
New Hampshire Arts and Crafts, will
open for the season. During the past
two years this organization has grown
In popularity and while at the Peirce
barn the past two years has had some
very fine articles on display. A change
was made this year and the shop is now
located on State street, near the Y. W.
h"•··'-~--·>t.wc. A., In the store formerly occupied by
the Portsmouth Book Shop.
Mrs. Lester W. Harding is to be In
,_,,_,.-,_-.• charge again this summer and with her
r:::-,-wi...-:i committee has been at work for several weeks getting things, ready. There • .,,,,,,,_~Y-~-,.;-!r. ~:ll'N,.,,..,,,.,,
Is an unusually large amount of articles
and, ln addition to these, some from
other secilons of the st.ate will be received.
There is a touch of the sea alxmt the J·•·,,,·""••...,l•"'-"
shop. Ship models, seashells and other ·
marine articles give an
atmosphere I
which Is in keeping with the place. ,
Among the ship models is a fine piece of ,
work, portraying ~e U. S. frigate Constitution, also a model of a square rigF.;.,._t_,;.•, •J ger. Ships In bottles complete the list
of ships.
Handmade pine furniture, including
stools, benches, bowls and mirrors are
some of the outstanding articles in this
"""'..,.. ,-..,-.,~ wood. Choice lampshades, decorated
boxes, pottery, wrought iron standard
lamps, toasting forks and candlesticks
t•L•,;-.itN.,.'.1 are included among articles which were
unpacked yesterday, in readiness for
the opening day, The old-fashioned
hand-carved eagles, which In the olden days were very common, are now very
popular and several of · them are at the
shop.
Engagement calendars, writing pads,
all of beautiful Italian paper, French
prints, ornaments in flower pots, st.amp
holders made from seashells and sear::;:?>:<;;~1-it-11 weed cards are some of the novelties.
There is a large selection of bags,
knitted and crocheted articles and a
l<.:!~i'Ml~ display of patchwork quilts and hooked
rugs.
Paint.ings always prove popular and
there is a group of small ones in water1,i.t,~:,.:..-~"CI colors and oils of local interest. Scenes
depicting picturesque sections of the
coast are among them.
A group of paintings by Mrs. John
M. Howells of New York and Kittery
Point are on display and are extremely
interesting.
All articles for sale were made
hand and most of them were made
people in this vicinity. This gives an
opportunity for people who make unusual and novel articles to offer them
for sale, the association charging
a
percentage of the purchase price for
acting as the sales medium. Before an
article Is accepted it must pass a
tain standard set by a committee.
�the trip to Ule Shoals alone in his mo; torboat, as was his custom; a thick fog
came up and when he got to Whalesback Light he could see Jltue · ahead.
Having a good compass he kept on and
reached his destination safely, making
right in to the head of the wharf.
The
Oldest Resident Is Honored At The Isles Of folks at the island were astonished when
he arrived, as no one knew he had
Sl:ioals - Is In Good Health
started. He said when hiter he sold the
Oscar Laigbton Observes
is 98th Birthday Today
......
Today is an eventful one to Oscar hymns. A favorite with him ls the boat it broke his heart, but he felt unLnighton, Portsmoul.h's beloved son and theme song, "Evening Prayer," rendered able to continue to take out parties.
oldest resident, as it is his 98th birth- on the radio by a gospel singer. He reOscar Laigh on was but three months
clay anniversary.
At Hotel Oceanic, cently had a friend from camclen visit- old whPn his father, Hon. Thomas B.
Star Island, he is receiving many con- ing him who enjoyed gospel hymns and Laighton , a very brilliant man, WM apgratulations and good wishes
from at bedtime each night they joined in pointed keeper of White Islant1 Light.
summer guests and many other friends singing this selection:
The father ran for governor of New
from near and far.
I
Hampshire, but being
defeated
by
"Uncle Oscar," as he is
familiarly
Evening Pr:i.ycr
methcds be felt to be unfair, sold out
known, went to lhe Shoals last week a11d I•
' his businn:s in this city and secured the
on Saturday evening was given a pre- "Jf I have womided any soul toclay,
. position of light-keeper at White JsblrtJ1day celebration by the guests at If I have caused one foot to go astray,
land. He remained at the Shoals until
Hotel Ocea11ic, a large group of you11g Jf I have walked my own wilful way,
his death.
people arriving on that day to attend
Dear Lord forgiv ."
JV.u. Lnigh!,n's family consisted of his
the summer conference of the Young I
wife, two sons and a daughter. White
People's Religious Union. There was a I uncle Oscar retains the heart of Island was then a lonely place and the
mammoth birthday cak<', songs and youth and his face is as ruddy and jolly- only excitement of a long, stormy wini;pceches and it was a merry event.
\ looking as that of Santa Claus. Blessed ter, and the only communication with
A member of the Herald staff called • wilh a good constitution, the greater the mainland, was the occasional landon Uncle Oscar Inst week ancl found part of his life bein~ passed out of doors ing of a schooner with lighthouse suplllm as cheery as in past years and re- and much of that time on the sea un- plies, letters, books, papers and magamarkably well for his age, although less doubtedly aided in making him st~ong. zines. StiJJ they were very happy there
active than In former years. He passed He did not see a horse until at the age of and loved the rocky islands in midlhe winter nt Hobkirk Inn, Camden, s.
ocean. At one time Oscar and
C., as has been his custom for the past
...... ......
brother, the late
Cedric
Laighton,
20 years, wiLh the exception of two
owned all the Shoals but White Island.
years ago, when he remained
at his
In 1847 the iamily moved to Appledore
home here. Nearly every man, woman
I sland when the Appledore Hotel was
nnd child in Camden knows Uncle Osbullt. The Shoals resort held unusual
car. He was much saddened at
the
attractions for visitors from the cities
death last November of one of his good
and a number of noted physicians were
fri ends, Harry G. Marvin, proprietor of
sending patients there for rest and reHobkirk Inn, and a son of Port.5mouth,
creation.
whom he had known intimately for
.1 In the parlor of Celia Thaxter,
many years.
famous and dtstlnguished writer
Uncle Oscar arrived home from the
verse, whose birthday anniversary was
South the latter part of April and had
yesterday, there gathered on summer
been occupying his colonial home, 37
evenings cultured and talented people
Franklin street, for some weeks; it is
who enjoyed music, pictures, poetry and
most attractive and the living room is
conversation. Mrs. Thaxter was but
very inviting with its old-time
firefour years of age when her parents went
place, its books and pictures, showing I
I to the Shoals. She died in August, 1894,
tils· refined tastes. There are framed I
j and her death brought much grief to
pictw·es done by artists who visited the 1
, her relatives. Her life was full of fine
J,hoals many years ago, when Appledore
J things and she gave expression to the
JsJaml was a gathering pince for literdcpt.h and tenderness through
her
1u·y proplc and nrlisL~ of uote. Gooctpoems. She wns dearly loved by her
~17.cd fram ed photographs of his gifted
=====:.__.::::::==-..::!::!'::
brolhrrs, Oscnr nm! Cedric.
Fister, Celia Thaxter, and his brother,
As Uncle Oscar stnrts on his 98th
Cedric Laighton, adorn the walls. WellOSCAR LJ\IGJJTON
summer at the Shoals may he continue
piled bookcases with volumes worth.
. .
.
I to have good health and happiness and
r;hllc give evidence of his love of good 16 he n~_ade a tnp to this city. He 1s the , wear the same smile on his fl!,(:e. The
reading.
. m_ost !uendly of men and has endeared , Herald joins In extending
Uncle Oscar"s intellect is keen, his I hlinself t~ the ~oung people at the is- . tions on his anniversary.
,1cmory remarkable :rnd his pcnmnn-1 !a nd s. l~is stones of life on th~ rocky
Jhlp would do credit lo a young person. isles, which he loves, and llls gift of
~e reads without glasses and derives h_umo~ make him a pleasing eonversafllU Ch pleasure from books and maga-1 tional!st. From people in different parts
y;Jnes. He had just finished "Gone With\ of the world ~e receives letters. Only
the Wind," which he enjoyed, and found \ laS t wee_k In hrs mail was one from a
the June copy of "The Reader's Digest" young girl In Denmark, who was a guest
\hat he was reading most interesting. \ at Star I sland last summer, and another
-His book, "Ninety Years
at
the I from England, from a guest at the lsfhoals," which he wrote a few years ago, \ l~~ds 15 years_ ago, this con_taining
,till has a really sale as a gift book nncl bn lhday ~reetmgs, as she kept his name
11,Jl find it most enlertaininr;.
Two · In her birthday book.
fCnrs ago
hnd published ..rhe H eavFor many years Oscar Laighton ran ••:so.,,,._,,..,
1nly Guest" and other poems of his sis- his motorboat, ··Twilight," and during r~<,,!,,¥,·
~r, Cella Thaxter, which hacl never be- the season took out parties to Duck Is-1,,";:;_,,s...,,~~'•ioi
fore been published.
land, two miles fror 1 Appledore, to see
Uncle Oscar does not care for jazz on the gulls where thousands would conJibe radio but enjoys old-time songs and gregate. Two years ago when he made
I
I
he
�Blow Out 98 C
'Grand Old Man' Is Honored-Marley Reviews
Labor Struggle
By Dr. Rowlaml Gray-Smith
Starr: Cor r espon dent
or
th e 'J' rn nscrl 11 t
ISLES OF SHOALS, N. H., June
30-Speclal guests joined with
the Unitarian Young People's
Union here today to celebrate
the birthday of "Uncle" Oscar
Laighton, who, in 1930 published
his biography entitle'd "Ninety
Years at the Isles of Shoals." This
"grand old man of the isles," is
ninety-eight years old today.
Having never married his surviving kin are more closely relat·
ed to his late sister, Celia Thaxter, the poet. Among those pressent were Celia's great-grandchildren, Eliot, Celia and Jacl{
Hubbard of Cohasset, Mass., and
her greatnlece, Miss Rosamond
Thaxter.
Uncle Oscar blew out the
ninety-eight candles on his
birthday cake and made a brief
speech expressing his gratitude
•.,,.,....,..._-,,for the many messages of good·
1·,·.r:r.:-·,:,,.,t:~t w!ll he had received and his appreciation of the young folk.
J,ls,n_;.!%1.J In his third talk on the social
application of religion delivered
to the delegates assembled in the
t,,.,.<~•i~,.-1 natural auditorium among the
roclcs of Star Island, Rev. H.
P. Marley, whose ministry at the
l::.-''4-S~i:111.University Church, Ann Arbor,
Mich., has brought him in close
touch with the disputes in the
automobile industry, pointed out
1 that "the worker organizes because It is necessary under the
present large scale system of in'""'"--, .. ., dustry, and h!l uses the strike
as a non-violent method of
coercion to get his point when
all other means fail."
After defininr, the difference
between vertical and horizontal
unions. Mr. Marley showed why
he considered the rise of the
C. I. 0 inevitable. but warned
against a powerful labor movement which m!~ht not have the
necessary enlightenment to use
the new power constructivelv.
He suggested that college graduates interested in law, economics or sociology might enter the
labor movement and provide
leadership. "Americans believe
in fair play, and the contest between employer and employee
can only be on a fair plane after
the worker is organized, instead
·" ,.,.-.,,...,_•...• of being in a great chaotic mass,
,
Veteran at Isles of Shoals Unitarian Gatherings Nears the
Century Mark
as in the auto Industry
last winter."
Mr. Marley concluded by say·
ing that the struggle to divide
the returns of Industry never
would lead to anything con·
structive, but that a new order
of society eventually would
have to be reared on some other
motive than that of profit.
Speaking in Ell!ott Hall this
forenoon on "The Secret of
Triumphant Living," Rev. W. E.
Cole of Toledo, 0 ., told the
young people that personal trimnph is within the reach of
every one of them. "Faith," he
urged, "Is a great, creative
power. Why not utilize the re·
sources it can release in your
life? Have faith in yourself, in
your divine possibilities.
"Religion is not the denial of
life. It does not deny your
right for self-expression.
It
simply urges you to express
yourself at your very best."
In a song contest conducted
last night by Quentin. Gulliver
of Needham, Mass., the prize
went to E. T. Start of New York
for his "Just' a Song at Candle·
light," after which the candli!•
light service was conducted by
Donald Fiske of Dedham, Mass.
This morning's chapel was led
by . Hope Wescott of Buffalo,
N. Y.
�thing is to see that its kennel or ox
M:mber~hip chs.~ification-J. E. Seyis kept scrupulously clenn, as vermtn
bolt. S\owe Wilder, Leon Roi>lnson,
abound at this season and are likely
R. T . Hendrickson.
'to 'annoy dogs u; there "Ii; any, neglect
I ,l'nr!1Pon commiLtee- . B . Duncan,
tn this respect. While it ls absolutely
Robnd Noyes, E. L. Paterson, Joseph
necessary that a dog
has - exercise
Boulter.
dally, and
given . space to ruri, it
Child Welfare committee-Dr. Wllshould not be kept ln the hot sun too
llam F,trrlnr,-Lon, C. C.
Sanborn, .T.
long •at a time or left in an enclosure
:Vern<' Wood, Wa!Lcr Lane.
where there is no shade.
F cllol': hip-F.. P. Margeson,' Harry
At this time
of year
Moore, D. W . Bo.dger. Bert Janvrln.
careless people go off on vaca;tlons
and take their dog, but neglect their
Atlcnd~ nre - Frank Paterson, R.
One Hundrfd Pescenter Are Mari:~~on.
cat and leave it to hunt its living, or
James Sanders, Cecil Neal.
they vacate a cottage and leave beB o.vs· work-Ralph Brnckett, G. C.
Honored
~eeting
hind a cat. they have given a hcime for
Gou dv. Philip Badger, Rev. W. Sarthe summer to amuse little . children.
ford .lone:;.
Each summer
the
Animal Rescue
n.0 1 ~-- .. information-E. C .
League of a large city finds many of
!!WS,
R..
E.
rtoss,
Frank
Brooks,
One hundred pcrccnters rccclved
these homeless cats roaming about.
Or.-r:·.
recognition at the weekly meeting or
Give a little more thought to the
IIi•:t,,:·:r~l r.-storation-Capt. 0.
the Portsmouth Rotary club this noon
anim~ls during the heated season that
Mayo,
n.cv.
Wm.
Safford
Jones,
John
at the Rockinghant" Hotel.
John E.
they may not suITer.
seyoolt, l•'. W. Hart!ord, Judge Jere
Scybolt, past president of the club,
The Animal
Rescue
League
Waldron.
presented pins to members who had
Rockingham County seeks to befriend
Milk fund-Edgar
Wood,
had perfeot attendance for a year or
any lost or injured animal needing
Bruce, Fred A. Gray, James
longer up to June 1. The pins bore
care or suffering from needless or dewick.
the Rotary wheel, with a figure in the
liberate abuse. When beyond medical
student loan-William C.
cenlcr denoting the number of years
help an animal shall be mercifully reHenry
Tilton,
Harry
l.VIoora.
of perfect
attendance.
James
A.
leased from suffering.
Borthwick received a pin with the nu- r~~!l"'lft~R.'!!!~
The officers or the League are:
. meral 14, the largest or anyone. Dr. E.
President-Hon. Charles M. Dale,
0. Blo.lsdcll, one of the earliest memPortsmouth
bers, and now an honorary member,
Clerk-Joseph H.
Cullen,
received a pin for 13 years, Clarence
mouth
C. Sanbom and Rev. Wllllam Salford
Treasurer-Earle
R.
Jonrs for four years, Capt. Chester F.
Exeter
Mayo, tll"o ye~rs, and Edward PatVice Presidents-Mrs.
Frank
erson, Frank Paterson and John SeySwallow, Exeter;
Miss Mignon
bol t for a slnr;l year. l\lr. Seybolt also
Green, Portsmouth; Dr. Lewis Perry,
p;·rseuLed a Rotury pin, containing n
J. A. Purington,
Judge
Henry
d iamond in the center,
to
E.
C.
Shute, Exeter.
The Animal
Rescue "League
Mat•hcws. in apprecbtion for his work Rockingham County is planning to do
Executive Committee-Mrs. Amelia
A. Shute, Exeter; Mrs. Mary I. Wood,
as governor of the district.
some very active work and have this
Dr. George E. Pender, Portsmouth.
l\Ir. M(l.Llhews
responded
briefly organization grow steadily
Directors-Dr. S. P. R. Chadwick,
sLntinr, thnt the fast principle of Robership and strength. Plans are being
chairman, Exeter; Earl. A. Barrett,
ta,y \'.'::ts fricnd.;hip and th t he was
formed to have a garden party and
secretary, Exeter; Laurence R. Craig,
clisccverinr; Lhc re~l value
of true
possibly a pageant next month on the
North Hampton;
Miss Mignon B.
lawn of Mrs. C. G. Mayo on Miller
friends.
Green, Dr. George
E. Pender, Mrs.
Avenue. There is to be a membership
P::-nl Bad•: r 11residcd at th. mPctinoMary I. Wood, Portsmouth; Dr. Waldrive soon with Mrs. Mary I. Wood
for the first Lim•' as prcsld nt. He inlis D. Walker, Rye; Mrs. Amelia A.
troC.:u::cd James Welch a9 ch irmau of chairman of the committee.
Shute, Eben Wallace, Exewr.
It ls hoped many lovers of animals
the day. :rnd Mr. Welsh
presenled
will become members of this organiG eor~r T. Drnciy of Manchester,
n
zation and aid in working for their
m ember of that ciu'>, who pre:wnLed a
betterment.
movie "Comfort That Pay5 Fot· ItDuring the hot wenLhe'r, especially,
St'lf." Th,, :;lmy or home insulnlio n wns
dogs o[tcn have n hard Lime to find a
clearly lnlll in a novel
mnnnrr nml
place to get a drink of water and it
plctmr, of th1,; work was shown demis hoped lo hnve
something
done
onsl "'1linn; lhe manner in which n house
about this mntter later. In past years
ls lnsutat r <l.
there was a drinkl.ng fountain on the
Vir
President Paul Hobb9 nnParade where horses and dogs could
nom,~cd lh~ ch:i.irnv'n for the month
quench their thirst, but with changas follfl\\':;: July 8. E. C. Mallhcws,
ing conditions of the Limes and the
chn i1111nn :rnd speaker: July 15. P. \V .
heavy motor car traffic this ls now
Hartford. chairman; July ~2. W, S.
not possible. The League plans to
Wall'.ln, C'hrirmnn, a nti July 29, Gerald
build a shelter inter with n competent
Goutly, chairman.
attendant in charge.
Th" rcmmille'!s for lh year were
Dogs are apt to be the chief suffere.nncunC'cd a~ follows:
ers
during the hot weather. Owners of
Mayo,
Cl ui> 5cn Ice-Capt. C. G .
dogs should see that there is plenty of
chni.·p1:in: r::_v Greer, H ~nry Tilton.
fresh, clean water put out for the aniChar\ ;: W:il\:cr.
mal and that the receptacle is cleaned
Vcc:i ""n~ 1-John Chabot, rhairman;
out at least once a day. The next
Jud~~r .'c--c W.:\l·lron. Fred S. Gray, Orman P,1 ul.
Co•nprnn;::r scrv:c!!-Frcd Gardner,
Fran·: n··on\;s, F . \V. Hartford, Jamr,s
W elch, Curtis Matthews.
S c:v;~c lntcmaUonal-John Greenaway, F r~ii Cotton, R. E. Ross, William C. Walton.
NEW- OFFICERS
OF R(}TA.
PRES
0
At
Today
LEAGUE PLANNING
ACTIVE PROGRAM
0
�HAS -REUNIO
On June 27 the Noble and Cram Families Association held its 12th annua!
reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Black at Baldwin, Me. Despite
unfavorable weather, 60 or more -enthusiastic descendants of the
pioneers,
Christopher Noble, of the Plscataqua
Plantation, now Portsmouth, and "Good
Old John" Cram of Exeter and Hampton, gathered to celebrate the occasion.
or this number several were over 85
years of age, also, there was a
good
number or young people present.
Planned field sports were abandoned,
due to weather conditions, and all exercises and the y.mcheon we1'e held In-'
doors. The ample racllttles or
U11,
Black homestead provided abundantly
for thls emergency.
A paper, "The History of Noble's Is\and," was read by Miss .Ann Noble of
Portsmouth, who was born on the island
and continues to live
there.
Miss
Noble's grandfather.
Ca!"t.
Robert
Noble, and his .four brothers, Capt. Jo-.
seph. Mark, John and Jeremiah Noble,
bougl)t the Island in 1793, and establ!shed there an-extensive fishing and
fish exporting Industry, which contlnued until 1849. At one time the assoctates had 18 sea-going vessels afloat'.
several of which were built on the island. Elmer H . Cram of Wakefield,
Mnss., and Lee, who was to have had a,
paper on the children of "Good Old'
John" Cram, was unavoidably -absent.
At the business meeting . held after
the luncheon officers or the previous
year were re-elected and the lcinct Inv!tatlon or Mr. and Mrs. Black to hold the
1938 reunion at their home WM gladly
accepted. The date will be the · last
Sunday in June.
After the business
meeting there w·e re harmonica, violin
and vocal solos, follo,y.red by community
singing under the leadership of Mr. and
Mrs. Black's -gifted daughter. The program ,as enjoyed by all present.
Of Army_· Engineer
Corps xpec ed Soon On Proposed Structures Ov Spruce
Creek And Spin ey's Creek
The tov/n of Kittery is awaiting the tts shores for summer homes, with Ideal
decision of the corps of engineers of the conditions for canoeing, swimming and
U. S. War Department In regard to boating. It is believed that granite
permission for the construction of two from Fort Mcclary would be available
new bridges in that town, one being half for use In constructing such a dam. The
in Eliot.
The two are the Kittery cost to the town would be much greater
Point bridge, to span Spruce Creek, and than for the construction of a bridge
the Spinney's Creek bridge on the Eliot such as the foregoing plans call for,
line. The decision of the Army engi- however, and the opponents of the damneers as togranting or refusing permls- construction proposal estimate that the
slon for the construction is expected town would be forced to contribute a
within a few days.
sum ,in the vicinity of $15,000 to the
Public hearings on both these projects state appropriation. The Kittery Point
were held on Thursday afternoon of last bridge became a part of the state highweek at the Kittery selectmen's office, way system a few years ago,
with representatives of the State HighImmediately upon completion of the
way Commission, the boards of select- hearing on the Kittery Point project the
men of Eliot and Kittery,
interested application of the Maine State Highway
cltlzens and representatives of the Commission for approval of the plans
Army Corps ·of Engineers present. The for the reconstruction of the highway
hearing was in charge of Lieut. Col. bridge across the mouth of Splnney's
A. K. B. Lyman, district engineer.
Creek, between Kittery and Eliot, about
Plans were submitted for the con- 4.7 miles above the mouth of the Plscatstruction of a highway bridge across aqua River, was considered.
and near the mouth of Spruce Creek at
The plans submitted by the applicant
Kittery, about two miles above the show a causeway or dam of earth fill
mouth of the Piscataqua River, to re- with both slopes protected by rlprap up
place the existing pile trestle just up- to about 2.0 feet above mean high water,
stream from the proposed site.
The about 28 feet wide on top, with a fin~,i~~&~~..=.~:-:"""''.'""'.'~::'"'=":::::~::-~~-:r.:,,,....,,..(l plans submitted to the engineers show ished top grade 13 feet a bove mean low
a fixed bridge of five spans, supported water, continuous except for a wooden
by four double-pile bents or piers, with spillway 14.5 fee't wide, located about
solid fill approaches from both shores. midstream, with its floor at an elevation
The proposed easterly abutment 1s of 6.5 feet above mean low water, and
shown as approximately 160 feet chan- with a vertical clearance of 4.6 feet benelward of the old or existing abutment tween the floor and the underside of the
on the westerly, or right-hand, side of stringers carrying the roadway above.
the creek. The horizontal clearance in
The proposed causeway will block all
each span will be approximately 49 feet. navigation past this point, except by
The vertical clearance Is shown on the such small boats as can be floated or
plan as approximately 6.5 feet above dragged through the spillway or near
mean high water and 15.1 feet above high water "slack.''
mean low water.
It Is understood that the Maine State
For several years there has been a Highway Department wlll begin work
strong public sentiment .f or the con- upon the construction of this project
struction of a dam and sp!llway at thls upon the receipt of permission !rom the
point, surmounted by a modern high- War Department engineers.
way surface. The advocates of this
The towns of Kittery and Eliot are
alternative plan believe that the dam- each to contribute the sum of $5000,
ming of the waters of Spruce Creek with the state putting up the balance,
would create an inland lake which It Is understood.
would greatly increase property values
throughout the center of the township
and would foster the development of
�STATE POLICE
-· .- ~.t..
DEPARTMENT
o·RGANIZED
Of Motorcycle
Corps Sworn In With
Additional Powers
Dwight Comstock of
' John T. Conti of Milford, Stuart H.
, Currier of Plymouth, Joseph Demo.sky
of Exeter, Emile J. Dion o! Manchester, Andrew J. Ferguson of Lebanon,
Fletcher P. Forsyth of Bristol, Gale H.
French o! Hillsborough, Herbert F.
Gray of Portsmouth, Chester R. Hartwell o! Keene, Clifton E. Hildreth of
Hampton, Roger F. Hilton o! Antrim,
James A. Humphrey
of
Belmont,
George Hunt of Littleton, Harold B.
Johnson of Groveton, Homer C. Johnson· o! WoodsviJJe, Fred C. Lee, Jr., of
Littleton, Lucien E. Levesque of Dover, John F. Lockwood of Concord,
Thomas F. McGrevy of Manchester,
Frank D. Manning of Rochester, John
J. Marchand of Manchester, Ralph S.
March o! Conway, Boyd E. Mercer of
Nashua, Henry J. Parent of Derry,
Roger M. Perkins of Hampton, Delwyn
E. Philbrick of Newmarket, Norman A.
Savage of Manchester, John J. Scannell of Concord, WiJJlam r. Smith of
Manchester,
Ernest H.
Swift of
Wolfeboro, Edwin L. Waters of Pittsfield, Sherman Wilkins of
and Kenneth S. Woods of
town.
Forty-three of the motorcycle officers of the Department of Motor Vehicles are now membors of the new
state police force. They were sworn in
on Thursday
by
Superintendent
George A. Colbath In the State House
at Concord. He also took over State
Detective Ralph W. Caswell and his
three assistants.
Nothing was done about the ten
inspectors of the Motor Vehicle Department and they were not sworn in
by the head of the new department.
Supt. Colbath said no action would
be taken relative to the inspector until he has conferred with Motor Vehicle Commissioner John F. Griffin
and Governor Murphy. It is expected
some of them will be taken into the
State Police Department later on.
Meeting with the of!lcers for the
first . time the superintendent presented a note, prepared by his office, with
the assistance of the attorney general,
for each man and then briefly addressed them on the new setup. All of the
officers. will have additional powers
and wlll enforce the criminal laws as
well as the motor vehicle laws.
Motorcycle officers will come directly under the supervision of Mr. Colbath. Reports of all arrests wlll be
sent to him and in turn will be transmitted to Mr. Griffin.
The motor
vehicle commissioner
will have full charge of Issuing licenses and will handle all revocatlons. He
will suspend licenses and restore them.
Mr. Colbath used the following form
in the appointment of the men ln the
motorcycle corps: "With powers invested in me
by the enactment of
House bill 254, by the New Hampshire
Legislature, I hereby appoint you a
police employe for the state of New
Hampshire. You shall be ex-officio
constables through
the state, and
shall have general powers to enforce
all criminal law of the state and to
serve criminal processes and make arrests under proper warrants In all
counties."
The present personnel of the new
force is composed of the following:
Arthur E. Bergeron of Derry, Wllfred A. Boisvert of Berlin, Alfred A.
Bouchard of Claremont, Archie M.
Brown or Keene, James F. Brown, Jr.
of Epping, Fred S. Burleigh of Lebanon, Laurence Carpenter o! Laconia, Donald R. Carr of Manchester,
William E. Clayton
o! Goffstown,
Louis E. Clement or Pembroke T.
�Important Dates in First Church History.
The exact date of the buiiding of
the first Meetinrr House is unknown
but it was a small, roull'h structure
without heat.
1640. The Court imposed a fine
for violation of the Sabbath.
1650. Several were presented
at Court for absenting themselves
from religous services.
1669. The Committee of the Court
recommended that the New Meeting
House be built at the Point" where
now the Old Meeting House stands"
1695. It was reported at Court
that the Meeting House was much
out of repair •· soe yt it is very uncomfortable to meet ln." The Court
ordered that it be repaired.
John Newmarch graduated from
Harvard in 1690 at the age of 18,r
and came to Kittery within the next
five years as a School teacher and
Preacher. In 1695 a meeting was
called "in order to ye continuanco
of Mr. John New march in sd Town."
1714 - Nov. 4, The First Congregational Church in Kittery was
organized with 43 Members.
John Newmarch was Ordained as
Pastor and was named first of the
18 male Charter Members.
John Newmarch Samuel Skillin
William Pepperrell Samuel Hutchins
Elihu Gunnison
John Adams
John Dennet
James Fernald
Henry Barter
Dodavah Curtise
John Fernald
Thomas Rice
Ebenezer Emones George Jackson
Joseph Mitchell
John Ford
John Ingersol
Samuel Ford.
A Bell was installed. Stephen Eastwick paying half the expense.
In 1 '2'29 the ruined Bell was recast
in London, and again in l'2' 42.
--i:;27. A New Meeting House
was built on Lho silo of Lho Old one
between the present location and
the Cemetery.
It was struck by
Lightning in 1729 and Burned,
l 729. The First Parsonage was
built and is now used for Social
purposes .
1730. A New Meeting House on
th.e
site with Steeple facing
West. The High Pulpit was on the
Nort), side, between where the side
windows now are. The Front Door
was opposite, and facing the Cemetery. Galleries were on three sides
and the elaborate Pepperrell Pew
at Lhe Preacher's right.
William Whipple, Signer of the
Declaration of lndepen(l,ence, Born
Jan. 14, l '2'30. was one of the first
Children to be Christened in this
Meeting House.
i
...P.k\,
1840. One hundred years pass.
The Pulpit is moved from the side
to the Rear of the Meeting House;
the main door to tho Front end
and a Vestibule made under the
Gallery. The other two Galleries
are taken out.
1874. The Meeting House moved
back from the road and turned
one-quarter way round, thus facing
the S outh; and here it rem~ins today. The historic Pulpit taken out
and stored in a neighboring1 _barn
together with the enclosed side
pews.
1909. In the RemoaeJing of the
Meeting House. after a damaging
Fire, the Old Pulpit was put back
into place, and two of the beautiful
Old Side Pews restored.
J
I
,i
�dlnK With Porch Rcproduclnr That of Euly Struoturc. Lower
oadslde Sien Belnr Set Up by Tercentenary Commission
may be found on flle in the cour •
house in Alfred. Among the records of 1666 is the following proc•
iamation:
"Considering the sadness o! the
tyms in all respects ' at home and
abroad, this Court judgeth meete to
appoy't a day of humiliation to bee
Special to The Christian Science Monitor
ALFRED, Maine - The York reader that in the York County keept to afflict o'r souls before ye
Lord throughout the Western diviCounty Courthouse in Alfred will courthouse are to be found the old· sion of this province, on the last
presently receive the first of the est continuous court records in the day of- July next Insewing." Also:
"We present Julian Choyse wife to
historic markers for which ~he York United States. These go back to
Ccunty Tercentenary Commission i~ 1636 without a break, none ever hav- John Choyse, for a tale bearer from
paying. It ls one of over 70 which Ing been lost by fire or ~~herwise house to house sitting differences
between Neighbors Bond in 5 S for
tho cc:nmittec for the Tercentc:,ary destroyed, and include the patent good behavior,'' And in 1665:
of August, 1936, recommended to be conveying the territory between the
"Consented to by the people that
put on historic spots. Made of Kennebec and Merrimac Rivers from seaven men sha.11 bee a suffltlent
1 Jury for Tryalls in case no more can
nlumlnum, 42 by • 36 Inches in size,
It w!ll be erected at the top of a King Charles I of Englnnd to S r
be had."
tall iron pole and so placed that Ferdinando Gorges in 1636.
motorists may easHy see It.
It was in 1636 that the f}rst
The marker bears the York courts were held in So.co, and from
county seal in its original colors of that day to the present, every court
red and blue, and it i ..Iorms the proceeding has been recorded and
York County Historic Spot
Marked by Signpost Tablet
�Il'WEX '1'0 VOLUME fl
11
Alfred, 11 e.- Court house. p.110
:N orthwest Passage" p 49
American Legion medal awards p 64
Perkins' Cove, Ogunquit
pp 7-8
Animal Rescue Leaeue of hock. Co. p 64 Pest Island
p 6
Bartlett, Nathaniel
p 14
Porter, David Dixon p 98
Borthwick, l>aniel F. p 11
J:lortsmouth ,- 1906 pp 1-4
Boylston, Helen Dore p 09
Portsmouth.- Home Industries p 100
Brannigan, Gladys H. p 82
Portsmouth.- City council 1967 pp 24-5,64
Candlemass service p 26
Portsmouth.- Public Library p 17
Chase Home, report 1967 p 15
Portsmouth.- Election 1966 pp 12-16
Chamber of Conuµerce p 07-08
Portsmouth.- Flood relief drive pp 21-20
Cheney, hussell p 16
~o-74
Christmas in Portsmouth, 1966 pp 42-44 Portsmouth.- Naval heroes pp96-lOO, 102
Civil war veterans p 65, pp 81-82
Portsmouth.- Population, 1967 p 57
Coast Guard
pp 76-74
Portsmouth.- Soc. Security Office p 41
Congregational Christian Con. pp 58-59 Portsmouth.- Zoning laws p 66, 90-91
Conner, Joseph P.- Postmaster p 56
Pryor, Frank L. p 28
Cram family p 107
hochester, N. H.- Dame house p 84
Constitution.- ::iesqui-centennial p 101 Hochester, N. H.- Old parsonage p 84
Curtis, Miss Addie A
p 28
Hock. Co. Farm.- Mitchell hospital p 51
lJ. A.H.- Prize essays, 1967
p 57
hotary Club, 196? p.106
Decatur, :::;tephen pp 95-96
hye Harbor. - ;1vherry
pp 29-60
uenig, Col. Robert
pp 9-10
Schley, Winfield Scott pp 99-100
lJewey, Admiral George p 102
Shipbuilding.- Exeter
p 61
Dode;e Home
p 06
Si.se, Mrs. Edward F. p 65
Elwyn, Thomas Langdon p 69
South Church p 66
hxeter, N. H.- Exeter house pp 45-46
Stratham, N. H.- Grist mill p 50
Farragut, David G. pp 97-98
Thomson, Prof. Elihu p 55
l ew Castle.- Ferries p 14
Walden, Hichard I. p 11
Flood of 1967 pp 21-26
U. s.- Coast Guard p 92
Girl Jcouts.- History of pp 75-80
\of entworth,Home.- Nurses home p 60
Goldsmith, Kennard E., Mayor p 12, 19-2L'✓ eare mansion p 85
Good Music Week, 1967 pp 01-02
', 10ston, Samuel p 63
Hampton, N. H.- Hampton rt. Bridge p 53 :, endell, Mrs. Ruth p 15
Hampt on F'alls, N. H.- v1eare mansion p 85iiinter .Music festival, 1966 pp 46-44
Harding, Capt. Silas p 67
W. P.A. Guide to N. H. p 54
l.,angdon, John Club
p 54
York Co. Historical markers p 70
Jones, John Paul pp 90-95
Jones, John Paul, house pp $1
Jones, 'vl illiam Safford p 63
Kittery, Me.- Bridges p 107
Kittery lJt.- 1st Cong. Church p 109
Laightin, Uncle Oscar p 62, 104-105
Lambert, John T. p 18
Liberty Park p 18
Luce, Dr. Thomas w. pp 27-28
?,'1cDonald, Charles John p 18
McDonough , Thomas p $6
Macrheadris-Warner house p 89
Mas on, lJr. William P. p 11
N, ayo, Admiral Henry F. pp 47-9, 60-6, ~9
Mal oon, Ivan L. p 6, 14-15, 55
Miller, Iary E. B. p 16
11l1x , 'l'om , in Portsmouth p 92
fJa vy Yard ,- Fernald g raveyard pp 9-10
~ew Castle.- Ferries p 14
r . H. Cong. Conf e rence pp 58-59
N. II.- ::ieacoast Heg . Ass'n. p 17, 54
~. n.- State police p.108
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�Strawberry Banlr
Original Name of
Portsmouth,N.H.
City on Granite State's Short
Coast Is Full of Matters of
Historical Interest
By Ruth Cassidy
(Start Corre•pondent o! the Transcript)
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Oct. 8-I
find Portsmouth a city grown mellow
with age, yet exceedingly allve, like
a charming woman past her first
youth but st!ll filled with the joy of
.living.
The tide is out this morning and
there is the smell of salty, marsh
land drying under a warm sun. The
ocean is blue-green and quiet. Cati'.c.;,;~:,·,,::; ., ta!ls and goldenrod are growing
white-headed with age.
At the Chamber of Commerce office I meet Miss Eleanor Goodman,
who is acting head of that organiza=•-..a.a;,.a tion. During a few moments' chat
this alert young woman makes me
understand that Portsmouth is
thinking about the future, for itself
and for all New Hampshire.
A return of business to the State
..,.,...,._,,.,..,.during the summer gave added impetus to-a movement that has been in
the embryonic stage two years or
more. This is the Seacost Regional
Development Association made up of
the New Hampshire towns and cities
lying along the _coast line. .. ·
At the office of the Gardner Insurance· Agency I find Alvin F. Redden,
clerk and treasurer _of the organization. He tells me the association has
been incorporated recently and will
have its first annual meeting in October. "Its purpose is furthering
the interests of this section in regard
to recreation, educat~on, agriculture
and i,ndustry. The · towns represented are: Dover, D'llrham, Exeter,
Greenland, Hampton,• Madbury, New
Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton, Portsmouth,
Rollinsford, Rye, Seabrook. Stra:tham; also _H ampton Beach precinct,
Little Boar's Head · precinct, Rye
Beach precinct and Seabrook: Beach
precinct: '
Region Well ·Advertised
"During ·the summer the association distributed 30,000 booklets setLing forth the charms of the region.
It is working in harmony with the
State Planning and Development
Commission and the New England
Council. So far its principal work
has . .been publicity but it plans for
greater activity during the coming
year."
This seacoast region of New Hampshire, with eighteen miles of actual
coast. line where rockbound shores
,,
alternate with wide, sandy beaches,
offers a varied list of attractions,
including Great Bay and the Isles
of Shoals, only nine miles off the
coast and reached by steamer from
Portsmou',h.
Settled in 1623, Portsmouth originally was called Strawberry Bank
and petitioned to have its name
changed in 1653. It was under jurisdiction of Massachusetts until 1679
when it became a Royal province.
Today it is known as "The Gateway
to Vacationland."
The first armed blow for American independence was struck on
Portsmouth sol! at Ft. William and
Mary in Portsmouth harbor. Captain Garrison took away stores of
powder later to be used effectively
at Bunker Hill. ·
Among the historical spots pointed
out to visitors are the house where
John Paul Jones lived while he was
superintending the construction of
his ship, the Ranger, William Pitt
Tavern, where. Portsmouth Tories and
officers of the Crown once gathered,
the Wentworth•- Gardner House,
erected in 1760 by Madam Mark
by the Metropolitan Museum of Fine
Hunking Wentworth, and now owned
Arts, the Warner House, built in 1772
of bricks eighteen inches thick
brought from Holland. Each brick
was wrapped separately in straw.
The· house was built originally for
Captain Archibald MacPheadrls, a
rich iron merchant. It has a l!ghtning rod reputedly put up by Benjamin Franklin.
Where Washington Stopped
There is also the Tobias Lear House
where Washington visited in 1789.
St. John's Church has a bell brought
by Sir William Pepperell in 1745 as
part of the plunder from Louisburg.
It was recast by Paul Revere in
1806. In the church there is an
organ built In England in 1710 and
used in King's Chapel Boston, until
1836, when it was brought to Portsmouth.
. The New Hampshire Gazette,
claiming to be the oldest newspaper
in Americ·a, established Oct. 7, 1756,
is published here by the publishers
of the Portsmouth Dally Herald. At
present this paper ls a non-profit
making enterprise being published
entirely without advertising and carried on chiefly as a matter of sentiment. F. W. Hartford is editor and
publisher crf both papers.
Portsmouth has a button shop and
a shoe shop. There are fifteen privately owned and seven Government
owned wharves in its harbor.
Durham, a peaceful village and seat
of the University of New Hampshire,
will be the subject of tomorrow's article.
N. H. ,Uriivetsili
Dedicates Lewi
Fields Tomorrow·
Named for Former President,
Once a Star Pitcher on
Boston League Team
By _Ruth Cass:dy · ·
(S ta rt correspondent or the •rran,icrlpt)
DURHAM, N. H., Oct. 9-The University of New Hampshire will ·have
its annual "home coming" day tomorrow, features of · which will be
the football game with the University of Maine and dedication of·'X'he
Lewis Fields, the university's new
$2?0,000 recreational .-,lant. Appropriately enough the fields are being
named for the late Edward M. Lewis,
who was president.
·
•
When Horatio Alger wrote ·his
books glorifying the selfrnade American man, he talked particularly of
material success. . .'here is a courage
higher than that required for mere
money-getting and Edward M. Lewis
was the type of man who makes the
Alger books seem tame reading
Born in Machyl!eth, North Wales,
[ ·ec. 25, 1872, young Lewis immigrat.,d to this country with his parents
when at the age of nine years.
Largely through his own effortp he
obtained an excellent educatioi1,
graduating from Williams College.
Ted Lewis became' .a profes&~onal
; aseball player and was a star pitcher on the Boston National Le·a gue
team from 1896' to 1900 and of the
American League in 1901. He also
coached Harvard's baseball teams
for several years.
His teaching career in(!luded posts'
in Williarrs and Massachusetts. Agric.ultural College prior to coming to ,
the University of New Hampshire.
During his entire . teaching . life he
was keenly interested ·111 school ath.etics.
Monuments are erected to -many
distinguished citizens. · The Lewis
Fields ls a memorial to the man who
dn,amed a dream and provi.del• the
leadership needed 'to · make that
dream come true.
.
Included in the plant are six fields,
for football or soccer or-lacrosse, four
baseball diamonds, a: . quarter-mile
running track with twenty-two-yard
straightaway, and pits ·and runways
for jumping and vaulting, twenty
additional tennis courts, concrete
bleachers seating i 750 spectators at
baseball games, concrete· stands
seating 5000 spectators at football,
track and field contests.
The entire area is fenced.
The Alumni Association has pledged $15,000 as the graduates' contribution
~, warq. the project.
Large Enrollment Increase
At the office .J! 0. _v. Hendersop(
registrar, I learned that there has
been a large increase in the · enrol -
�Mount Washington is there, I
ment of the agricultural college this
I am attracted by the sign and by
year. On Oct. 1, last year, there know, far off along the skyline, and,
the net, white colonial home across
were 178 students. This year there while I watch, clouds blow apart and
the dri eway with its boxes of petuI glimpse the peak. Hills and valare 222.
nias a d a smooth lawn. So I go
Total enrollment of the university leys, as far as the eye can reach, are
across, knock and open the door
has grown from 1582 to 1627. There .scarlet ,md russet, wine and yellow.
upon a delightful exper.ience. The
are 496 women and 1131 men. Three
pretty cottage is the summer · home
women are taking courses in the colof Mrs. Elizabeth Gree11leaf, a
lege of agriculture. About four-fifths
charming and cultured woman. She
has traveled extensively I soon disof the students come from New
cover. Mrs. Greenleaf is a teacher
Hampshire and other New England
in the summer school which was._. __...,...,,..,,_..
States are well represented.
opened this year to teach the docThe university at this time has no
trines of the Persian philosopher,
president. Roy D. Hunter, presi'lent
Abdu'l Baha'i.
cf the trustees, is chief executive ofSimply and sincerely, her blue
ficer of the university and Edward Y.
eyes shining wlth earnestness; this
Blewett, executive secretary, is in
woman of mature years tells me of PY1<m>-•_,11-:~_-'t,c
charge 01 the executive office.
Eliot Has Baha'i Summer
the teachings she has followed durUniversity graduates, according to
ing most of her life and is now imSchool for Study of a New
Mr. Blewett, have an excellent
parting to others. ·
chance now of finding remunerative
World Order
Baha'lsts are preparing for the
~.nployment qf a high type soon afadvent
of a new civilization with
ter graduation.
By Ruth Cassidy .
religion as but one factor.
(Start Correspondent o! th& Transcript)
Of the 1067 graduates of the
Mrs. Greenleaf characterizes the
school's College of Technology only
KITTERY. Me., Oct. 6-Who live
movement as "A fine, workable type
twenty-nine are now unemployed. in the little one-room shacks so
of internationalism without the loss
Of those receiving degrees from the numerous In Maine especially near
of any element vital to the progress
College of Agriculture last June ap- the coast? I've always wanted to
of a people." Religion she says •"Is
proximately 100 per cent have jobs know. Today as I jog along toward
not static but is progressing and its
now and 52 per cent of the gradu- Eliot i1oting regretfully the ravages
aim should be the good of the whole
ates from the College of Liberal of the recent frost in field and
rather than of the individual."
Arts who registered with the uni- garden I see one of these tarpaper
Highly Ellucational Development
versity's placement bureau in June covered homes. One looks quite cozy
have reported that they are engaged being banked half-way up, as many
Founded by Sarah J. Farmer very
in remunerative work. It is likely farm homes are, with leaves covearly in the twentieth-century: as a
that a larger percentage is gainful- ered picturesquely with pine boughs.
school of comparative religion and
ly employed, for many fail to report
There is a sign above the door.
a lecture platform, Green Acre, since
their progress to the bureau.
"The Home of Truthful Henry," it
1932, has developed into an educaThirty-four students transferred says.
tional institution. About 3!>· memas undergraduates from twenty-nine
Made bold by curiosity I stop and,
bers of thr group live in Eliot and
other colleges and universities taking a copy of the Transcript for
the organization has extensive propthroughout the country to continue Introduction, I knock at the door.
erty holdings including Green Acre
their studies at the university.
Truthful Henry is quite old. I offer
Inn, five cottages, two dwelling
From Durham I drive over to New- him my paper. He Invites me in.
houses and a studio occupied this
market where I see, for the first There are a stove and a couch bed. a
season by Horace Holley of New
time, the tragedy of a town where table and a chair or two. The place
York City, secretary of the National
there has been labor trouble. Sev- is about as blg as a trailer-house.
Assemble. About 500 persons from
eral years ago labor agitation forced
"It Is cozy and warm all winter,"
all over the United States visited the
the removal of the town's principal says my host.
center. this season many staying to
industry. Now, in the great mills
I ask him what he does for a livattend classes.
A hall 35 by 50
in the heart of the town. half a ing.
feet will be built nex'. season overdozen small jndustries occupy rent<;:d
"Nothing," says he. "I expect to
looking the Piscataqua River adjaquarters. There are two silk con- get an old-age pension pretty soon."
cent to the inn and near the spot
•·How about the sign?" I inquire.
cerns, shoe shops and a paper box
where Indians. used to gather for
Henry chuckles.
factory .
their peace pow-wows. There Is also
"Some
of
my
friends
painted
that:.
Recovery ls Very Slow
the Fellowship House, a memorial to
Newmarket ls recovering slowly and put it up because I'm such an
Helen Ellis Coles, an . early member.
from what seemed for a time a death awful liar. They say I can't tell the
The group has no paid leaders or
blow. A new residential community truth.
clergy and takes no collections.
"It was there one day when I came
is being built up at the edge of the
From this center of a peace movetown but it will be a long while be- home and I just let It stay. It
ment I drive over the bridge into
fore the town is as lt was before it amuses the summer people. Why
Kittery and out to Ft. Mcclary. On
(olks from all over stop to se'e me.
a high promontory overlooking
lost its great Industry.
Thankfully I jog away toward
Portsmouth and Kittery Harbor this r··'ll!!tti~1r.,'ili
He Gives A Sample
Rochester. A red fox crosses the
historic fort was built by the Prov"Yes, I'm pretty old. My father
road at such a leisurely pace I think
ince of Massachusetts in 1715 and
e lived to be ninety-three. And my
for a moment he is a dog. A wild
named Fort William, in honor · ,of
duck wings high overhead. In a grandfather was 115 when he died. Sir Willfam Pepperell. It became a
don't
rightly
know
how
old
my
field I see a Rhode Island Red hen
United ·States military post and the
with fuzzy, yellow babies. She must great-grandfather was but they say name was changed to Fort McClary
he lost all his teeth and then they in honor of Major Andrew Mcclary
have stolen her nest.
The sun comes out. A cheerful had to take him out and shoot him. who lost his life at the Battle of
woman In a gay print dress ls hang- We're a long-lived family."
I admire what appears to be some Bunker Hill.
ing washing beside a bungalow. On bunches
Two Pepperell residences, the anbright red berries hangwindow ledges rows of tomatoes are ing on or
cient
Lord Pepperell mansion and
a string in the window.
ripening In the sun. Squashes and "Cherry tomatoes," says Henry and the Lady Pepperell house are lopumpkins are stacked In green and gives me a bag filled with them.
cated at Kittery. Both were built
yellow piles near the farmhouses.
As I drive on into Eliot I notice a early In the eighteenth century_
The road begins slowly to climb sign at the edire of a beautifully
and when I reacJ;l the top of the-hill-;" landscaped garden: "Baha'i Sumjust outside Rochester, I slrn - •)ff the mer School for the Study of the
engine and look out over miles or New World Order," it r..;;e.;;;a.;;;d.s.;__.,.,__.....J
untr side.
1fruthf11l Henry
f l{ittery, Maine,
Gives a Sample
�No~ Be:rwicl{, Me.,
Is Benefit.ed··by
R·ecreai~~n U,rg~
t\{anufacture. of ·Coa.t ings
. , Suitings. ·Giv.es ·Work to .
Force of 2~4 -·
Bf Ruth Cassidy
.• .CSt+ll: Correspondent or tho Transcript)
-NORTH BERWICK, Me., Oct.- 5Recreation-a -new business-is offering employment to more men
each year ln its various branches as
more people are finding time for
play, especiallY outdoor play. Here
at .. North Berwick there is a small
concern, the Hussey Manufacturing
Company, that- may be on its way· to
become a much bigger business because .of this new trend. of the times.
Philip . Hussey, manager, and · his
father; A. .J •. Hussey, are optimistic
ii.bout the future. They formerly
employed ten · men and now hire
twenty. Their'specialties are grandstands and .portable· bleachers, also
equipment 1or winter and water
sports. Just now Philip Hussey ls
engineering the big Belknap county
recreational'- center for summer- and
winter spbrts, being bll1lt in Gilford,
N. H.,. and he invites me to visit this
d~velopment soon. ·
· ·
·
The North. .B,e rwick Company, A.
T. Spaulding, agent . and treasl,lrer,
will celebrate its 100th anniversary
in 1937. , The ·original , wooden mill,
burned ·1n 1861,· was replaced in 1862
by• the present ·modem. !J'l"ick str~cture well lighted and adapted to 1ts
pur~ose",'·the manufacture of ladier
coatings and ·suitings · and mens
white flannels. ·
·
· Mill Employs 224 -
Frover, Wentworth, Hammond, Weymouth, Abbott, . Nowell and Billings
came from .Kittery.
• The town was set off from Kittery
in 'i713 .. Perhaps. ..half of the little
community was made up of Friends
or Quakers. -- Life in Berwick centered
in the kitchen whl~h also wa~ diriing
room and living room -in winter.
·In •the War of the Revolution this
part. of ·Maine furnished a farge
number· of men, · credited. to Massachusetts. At the battle ·of Saratoga,
Captain , Ichabod Goodwin commanded a company enlisted wholly
from Berwick. Berwick has some
small industries, the Prime Tanning
Company being. one.
Somersworth, N. H., very hard hit
during recent years, is better off now
than it · has been for some time.
Three shoe shops have had a good
season and a new business development of promise is the Collea Corporation, manufacturing a synthetic
leather. I talk t;o Harry Meader,
Rochester's mayor, who is president
of the new concern. The product ls
in the experimental stage, he says,
but has great possibilities for use in
luggage,: and in shoes.
·
Somersworth had its beginning in
1823 when Isaac Wendall, a· Dover
Quaker, made use of a waterfall on
Gershom Horne's farm. The origlnal
mill, a cotton mill, was called "Great
Falls ,Manufacturing Company." The
tragedy of Somerswor~h today · 1s
that the modern brick . ml1ls, built
in ·. 1919-20 to replace the . original
mm, starid idle.
Collection
Ille Paintings
.Th1s ·. mlll, '. 'always , .owned locally, York, Me'., Farmer Has a
eropl.oys 100 ·P.er_, c~nt local help and
Hobby of Picking Up Guns,
has an average force of 224. Work
was "fair here-even during depression
of Which He Has 175
years. This yea,r, it .has been excellent; 'Fol' ·• many years North BerBy Ruth C!ssidy
wick ..inllls belonged to D. A. Hurd.
(Starr Corresponde nt oC tho T ra nscript)
Mr. Hurd . presented to the town
OGUNQUIT, Me., Oct. 2-Followits excellent library, known as tI:e
D. ·A. Hurd memorial library. ~1s ing the tide of fashionable society
wff e . . Mrs .. Mary R. Hurd, who died In summer from Maine, to Califoronly a ·few years ago, built .the fine nia or Florida In winter, ls a common
firehouse. .The Willi~m .Hi}l fire
company ·and fire station are named practice among persons who are emfor -her father. , Mrs. Hurd also left ployed in hotels and amusement
$25 ooo· invested in a tr.ust fund, and houses.
sUC.: acres of land to the town for a
Some professional people and artnew school building wp.en one is
i,;ts follow this same practice and
needed.
•
f -probably one of the best-known ls
During ·the first ninety years o
the history of Maine; Berwick, North Nunzlo Vayana, che Spanish-Ameriand south Berwick were all parts can artist, who directs the Ogunquit
of the town of Kittery. Later they Art Center In summer and now ls
were known as -Berwick. Man~ resl- busy packing his canvases to go to
.dents ·of- the .new .town participated Palm Beach, Fl~ .• where he directs
the art center during the winter.
in the French and Indian wars.
Among early tamilles were Han- Mr. Vayana Is apologetic when I find
son, Hussey, Meader, Roberts, him busy na!llng up a packing case.
Nutter Quint and Ford who seem to "Many of the best things are gone,"
have c~m1Urom_Dover w):llle. hlstori- says he. "But I shall be glad to show
ns believe Plaisted Kni ht Grant
ou ·what ls left."
"What is left" includes several
paintings by Abbott Graves, noted
Kennebunkport artist who died recently. I like especially his "New
England Doorway" and I fancy I am
familiar with the original. Then
there is a still ll!e of an arrangement
of garden flowers and lusterware
which Interests me though I don't
usually care much for that sort of
thing.
Today I stand breathless before
Aldro Hubbard's "In Vermont," a
winter scene painted in tones of
blues and purples, violet, orchid and
lavender-such a scene I have enjoyed upon a few rare occasions up
in Limerick or Cornish ln late afternoon of a winter's day. Never had
I hoped to find that a painter could
record so faithfully the picture. It
makes me feel almost as does s·u ch
a picture in nature, awed, a little
bit afraid and yet amazingly upllfted.
When I mention this to
Vayana he tells me tha~ he, too,
has been moved profoundly by the
~cene and is tempted to buy the
picture for himself.
Entranced Before "The Lace Maker"
I stand a long while before Jeane
Freeman's "The Lace Maker of
Bruges" seeing in the fair-haired
figure, bent so patiently over her
task, all of the serene submission and
resignation of man's ideal of womanhood.
Mr. Vayana teaches a limited
class in summer. This Is his fourteenth annual exhibition. Even more
interesting to me than the pictures
and other works of art are his account of his Thursday night forums.
For nine years these weekly forums
have gone on during July and
August. Prominent educators, writers, artists, scientists, philosophers,
lawyers and others have led the discussions and their talks are followed
by general discussion. The forum is
open to the public.
At York I call upon Mr. and Mrs .
Howard R, Bang~. Mr. Bangs, son of
John Kendrick Bangs, the late author, is owner,. publisher and editor
of the Old York Transcript and Mrs.
Bangs is his very able assistant and
declares she'd rather be married to .a
newspaper man than to a man In
any other profession.
When Mr. and Mrs. Bangs took
over the Transcript a few years ago
it was a dead paper. They have
brought it back to life, are running
·off 1500 papers a week on their old,
flat-bed press and Mr. Bangs, to my
way of thinking, is the outstanding
young Republican editorial writer o!
New England today. His paper, a
year round weekly visitor in homes
of summer residents, has an influence out of all proportion to its
modest size.
At the Transcript office I get a
tip that John B. Rogers, living on a
farm in York, has a large and unusual collection of guns. So I rattle
away. I .find Mr. Rogers surrounded
by turkeys, hundreds of plump birds
soon to be ready for the fall marke
"My wife has charge of the turkey
sa s Mr. Ro ers.
�He is a tall, sparse Yankee, well
along in years but with that ageless
quality that makes many quite old
men in this section seem like boys.
His hair ls white. His eyes are blue,
keen and overshadowed by bushy
brows. They twinkle when I menUon guns. We go into the house.
Veritable Arsenal
In the downstairs living quarters
I am shown half a dozen or so of
Historic Weare Mansion May
Pass From Private Han
New England Landmark At Hampton Falls May;
Be Purchased By Group Associated With . -·~
,
National Association Of Architects
.-.t;~1
modern guns, the old reliables Mr.
One of New England's most hlstorlo J On September 1, 1824, the Marquis
Rogers thinks he needs to have
to
d th
d
d
the
famous Governor of Lafayette s ppe
ere an
a handy for Pr otection of livestock and landmarks
'
dressed the people of Hampton Falls
property. His treasures are kept up- Weare Mansion at Hampton Falls, and surrounding towns from the comstalrs. Here he has a workship a nd may pass from private ownership into mon that fronts the house.
I learn that besides being an expert the hands or a national organization
Ever since it was constructed in
.at repairing guns he ls a_ sml thy of interested in preserving houses prom- 1737 the house has been in. the posunusual ability and, in his younger tnent in early American history, it session of the Weare and Dow famildays, made many hand forged steel was learned recently.
ies, and the room in which Washing...
hunting knives which he sold. But
The house, homo of the foremos;; ton slept has continued to be known.
his real loves are his guns. He has figure in New Hampshire during and through the years, as the Washington
175 of them and has been collecting preceding the War of the Revolution, Chamber. In hla History of New
since he was a schoolboy. He still ts understood to have aroused the in- Hampshire, Frank B. Sanborn tells oi
has the first pair of pistols he ever terest o! a group connected with the visiting the Washington Chamber ot
bought, pistols purchased for only National Association or Architects.
the Weare Mansion back in the
a few cents.
Built in 1737 as a wedding present 1840's, and even describes the bed in
He first shows me an Ingersoll life from his father-in-law to Meshech which Washington· slept. Sanborn
saving gun, the type of gun used to wearo, the young Harvard graduate, himsel! may be remembered as the
fire a charge that will carry a light who later became war President of man who later was arrested !or comcord or rope to which a heavier rope the colony and first post-war gover- pllclty in John Brown's raid on Harcan be attached.
These guns are nor or the state, It became the visit- per's Ferry.
useful during fires or marine dis- Ing place or several or the outstandThe old pine- panelling in the Wash•
asters.
Ing figures in the early history of the ington Chamber and other rooms and
Then there ls the musket his country.
halls of the house ls considered to be
great-grandfather, Joseph ThompWeare, whom a later-day historian one of the best specimens in America.,
son, carried during the Revolution- described as a "New , Hampshire Lin- chiefly because of the fact that - t.o
ary war and a French gun intro- coln or Revolutionary times," was the this day it has never been marred by
duced Jn this country by Lafayette. recognized leader or New Hampshire's paints or other artiflcial finishes. The
There are many guns of Civil War people-despite the presence of a house has been thoroughly modem•
period. Experts have said there are royal governor - during the three !zed, but none of its old colonial fe~
but two elevating breech types of decades preceding the Revolution, and tures have been marred in the pro•
confederate guns, but Mr. Roger!'. he was its chief firebrand during the cess.-New York
Herald Tribune,
has a third. He has an Evans rifle war.
April, ;,14;,;,'...;l;:;9;;;37~._:""'r.":iW.-::~'.:,":'.:T
of the same period that shoo~s
Histories indicate that Washington
twenty-:;ix crrtr!dges. Then there twice visited the Weare mansion, once
ls the 56-50 Spencer rifle, the gun early in the summer of 1775, when he
General Grant claimed was the be5t consulted Weare about the mobiliznused during the Civil War-a vicious tion of New Hampshire troops, and
gun that would nearly blow a man once in the autumn or 1789, arter the
to pieces.
war was over and Weare was dead.
There is a Kentucky rifle Of abo 11t Miss Anne Madison Washington,
the' samti period and most of the great-great-grand-niece of WashingSpringfield carbines, rifles and ton, flew over the house on her widely
muskets. ,There are: a sharpshooter's publlcized dawn-till-dusk flight with
gun wi\.h a set trigger, Colts• from Major James H. Doolittle on July 25,
45 to 31 a Little Alright Lawrence 1932, when she was retracing the steps
palm pistol dated 1876, a pair of of her illustrious ancestor.
I
Remington 44 powder and ball rePresident weare's daughter mar
volvers, a German Mauser, a hand- rled a Revolutionary ofClcer, Major
some tnodern rifle with a Circasslan Joseph Dow, and on July 12, 1817,
walnut stock, a Massachusetts rifle, James Mdnroe, then President or the
a harpoon gun used for tuna fishing. United states, called at the house
And besides there are English and and visited Major Dow, who had been
Ameri~Jl sporting guns and a fine Monroe's superior officer on the batcollection of swords including one tleflelds of .the Revolution. Dow . had
from the South Sea Island with the reputation of being somewhat of
shark's teeth on the blade.
a "wag" and some or his repartee with
Another interesting relic In the Monroe is still recorded.
collection ls the saddle from which,---~~--------~.,...._.
r:::1i~::1~~:::;i~;:::;~;;;s;;:i:::~~iji~iiiii
Daniel.
son,
Colonel
Fiet«.hN;... Webster's
Web~ter, colonel
of the F
Massachusetts 12th Cavalry, was shot
and killed at the battle o! Bull Run.
Tomorrow's article will be about the
Berwlcks, historical and manufacturln!]
towns.
�pp. 73
Adams, Rev. Joseph
Laighton, Oscar
74
Am. Legion Home
80, 96-97
Moffatt-Lnr1d Ilouse
38
Berwick, Me.
3
Navy Day, 1937
81-84
Book Vleek, 1937
92
No.vy Yard.-- Edison's visit
85
Bowen, Maria
23
lJew Castle.- VJalbach tower
24
City Council
21, 53-4, 79 New Castle.- 'vii tches
100
Civil War veterans
92
Crawford Notch
74
Dover, N.H.-Massacre
39-41
Ducker, George H.
75
Eliot, Me.-War memorial
42-13
Family Welfare Ass 1 n.
90
Federal Fire Society
90
Fire Co.- Col Sise
72
Fernald family
89
Folsom, Channing
34
Gosport Restoration
33
Griffin, Ichabod G.
72
Halliburton, Richard
102
Hewitt, Leonard
80
Isles of Shoals.- Smutty
Nose murder
25-2G
72
N. E.- Boundryrnarker
30
N. H.- Coast Guo.rd
48-19
..
F
t.T
J..&.. -
B'ed. of Garden Clubs
86-88
N. H.- Seacoast Music l•'estival, 1937
N. H.- State police
77, 88
Newington,1-'N. H.- Bloody Pt.
44
Oqun,q ui t
2-4
, Me •
Oracle house
37
Otis family
39-40
_Parent-Teacher's
Association
98
Piscataqua Pioneers
39-41
Portsr:wuth
69-71
Home
Industries
Portsmouth 1Iistorical Society
73
Portsmouth, England.- Visit of the
mayor of
51, 53
Railway Mail Association
Roberts, Kenneth
Jones, John Paul
78
Kittery, Me.
2
Rockingham Co. Animal Rescue
Lea~ue
94
Kittery, Me.- Colonial
Sunday
34
Hye, N. H.- Bethany Con£_;regational church
95
Kittery, Me.- Historic
houses
Rye, N. II.- Landing Field
36
15, 19-20
Schools. - V!oodbury
Kittery Hist. Society
56
16
Kittery, Me.- Spruce
Cr:eek Dam
Sise Company
32
23, 105
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~==:1.'l:mw~~~~~~~~==litl:Q:l-.a::m=.,...iawaf.1
�Lltecplcjacks
10
3torer Post. G. A. R. 91
Str8.tham, N. 11.Corn .tuni Ly Church
93-94
'l'havr, J\ lexanclcr B.
75
Tolstoy, Co ntess
09-90
u. s.
Constitution.-
Sesquicentennial
U.
s. s.
Sculpin
57,59-63
65-66
52
U. S. S. Snapper
45--0.G
U. S. S. Stincay
76
Tiarner hou3c
17
weo.'<' e..
mo.v-.sio'l'i.
L\
Wentworth, bert
64
~olfeboro- 0 entworth
House
106
Y. 1/. C. /\.
71, 73, 91
Yorl'::, rte.- 11 Parson
I•,, oody Sunday"
35
�THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST
MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
presents in concert
Saturday, July IO, I9J7, at 5 o'clock,
Mrss
YouNG
D.s.r.
LucREZIA BoRI, Guest Soloist
MusICIANS'
with the
ORCHESTRA, Fabien Seuitzky, Conductor
Sunday, July
II,
I9J7, at 5 o'clock,
D.s.r.
THE FABIEN SEVITZKY ENSEMBLES
under the direction of
FABIEN SEVITZKY
and the
NEW HAMPSHIRE UNITED CHOR US
NORMAN LEAVITT, Conductor
No admission charge to Members of the Association
Non-Membership admission for Miss Bori's Concert, $2.00
Non-Membership admission for other concerts, $I.OO
Boxes, each containing ten seats and admitting to all
performances, $50.00
Donations are solicited in order that the Association may build up a
fund with which it will be enabled from year to year to further its
aims for education and entertainment, and to engage other famous
guest artists.
ADMISSION TICKETS AND DETAILED ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE SENT
TO MEMBERS AT A LATER DATE
In case of rain on Saturday, 'July IO, the concert with Miss Bori will
be held on Sunday, 'July II, at 5 o'clock,D.S.'I'. on the Opera Field
(weather permitting) or in the Portsmouth 'I'heatre, Chestnut and Congress Streets, Portsmouth, N. H.
In case of rain on Saturday, the orchestral and choral concerts
scheduled for Sunday, 'July I I, will be held on Saturday, 'July IO,
in the Portsmouth 'I'heatre, at 5 o'clock, D.S.'!'.
�MRS. ARTHUR L. IIOBSON,
l• OUNDF.R
AND
FABIEN SEVITZKY, Music
DIRECTOR
OF THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST MU S IC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
(Inco rporated under the la ws or the Sta te of New Ha mpshire)
have the honor and pleas1t1"e to announce as guest artist
for the Fifth Annual Festival
MISS LUCREZIA BORl
PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO
Saturday, 'July
at 5
IO,
Nineteen Thi?·ty Seven
P. M., D. S. '(_
MISS BORI
will be //J(' soloist with !hi'
YO U N C J\1 U SI C I A N S ' 0 RC H E ST RA
under the direction of
FABIEN SEVITZKY
on the Opera Field of the
ARTHUR L. fl013SON ESTATE
LITTLE DOAR'S HEAD
NEW HAMPSIIIRE
�Fabien
Sevitzky
ABIEN SEVITZKY, internationally-known conductor, was born in Russia,
of a musically talented family. Starting his career in America as a double
bass player in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Mr. Sevitzky rose rapidly to leadership and has appeared as guest conductor of many distinguished orchestras
in this country and in Europe. One of his outstanding achievements was the
organization of the Philadelphia Sinfonietta, which he conducted for I I
years.
For the last five years conducting in Boston, Mr. Sevitzky now has
been engaged as conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the
next three years.
Coupled with Fabien Sevitzky's talented orchestral leadership is his
success in organizing and perpetuating groups of young musicians, giving
them the inspiration and benefit of his own rare musical ability. With the
Young Musicians' Orchestra and the Fabien Sevitzky Ensemble of Boston,
Mr. Sevitzky has directed a music festival each year for the last five years,
with performances given at Little Boar's Head, New Hampshire.
F
�Miss
Lucrezia Bori
a great singer, a great personality, Miss Bori was born on
Christmas D:i.y in Valencia, Spain. Coming from a musical family, it was
not unusual that she made her debut at an early age as l\licaeb in "Carmen." Two years as a schnlar in Milan and then a season in Buenos Aires
naturally led to an engagement with the Metropolitan Opera Company in
New York. With this company, she made her debut in "Manon." With
thunderous acclaim ringing in her ears, this marked the beginning of one of
the most illustrious careers in the history of opera in this country .
But for Miss Bari, most people will agree, the Metropolitan Opera
Company would not be in existence today. During depression years, realizing the impending collapse of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Miss Bari
devoted all of her time to person;il appe:i.rances and broadcasts in an untiring effort to interest the American public in supporting through popular
subscription the most famous musical shrine in America. With the generous
assistance of all members of the Metropolitan Opera Company and the
spontaneous philanthropy of Americ:111 music lovers, Miss Hori was successful. Miss Bori now is a member of the Bo:i.rd of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Exquisite charm, simple dignity, superb voice, make a recital by Miss
Lucrezia Bari a rare experience.
A
GREAT ARTIST,
�rou are cordially invited to become a member and sponsor of the
NEw HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST Music FESTIVAL AssocrATION
OBJECT:
To promote, cultivate, foster, encourage and stimulate
musical entertainment and festivals of every nature, kind
and description, with especial emphasis on providing facilities and opportunities for yozmg musicians, singers and
composers to demonstrate their talent and for all young
people to advance their interest and education in good music.
HISTORY:
Our festival began in 1933 with a musical picnic by a group
of young people who had formed a Young Musicians' Orchestra and a vocal ensemble, under the direction of Fabien
Sevitzky. Each year these two groups and their director
have returned to Little Boar's Head and presented their
music out of doors. In 1934 they gave Cavalleria Rusticana. In 1935 The New Hampshire Garden Clubs joined
with them in three days of pageants, dancing, pantomime,
and garden exhibitions, culminating in an open air performance of two acts of Verdi's Aida, by the Fabien Sevitzky
Ensembles under his leadership. An audience of four
thousand people attended the Opera.
By 1936 the Festival had grown to two days devoted
entirely to music. The varied program included the Fabien
Sevitzky Ensembles; the New Hampshire United Chorus;
Maria Koussevitzky, soprano soloist; and an open air opera
given by the Ensembles under Mr. Sevitzky's direction.
MEMBERSHIP:
To promote the object of the Association as set forth
above, any person may become a member upon the payment of one dollar ( 1.00); or may become a sponsor by
the contribution of such amount as he may wish.
��Orchestra
Aria from opera, La Boheme,
Mi Chiamano Mimi ........ Puccini
D Bacio
•...••....•.•••••••••. ArdlU
Mensaje
.. ........ .•.••.... . Footer
Miss Bori
Polovetzl.an Dances-from the opera
Prince Igor
.. ....... .... Borodlne
Chorus and Orchestra • • • ...
Sunday, 12 P. M.
L1JCREZIA BORI
The governors of three New England
states, Ma.ssachusetts,-New°Hampshin!
and I/Caine, have accepted invitations to
attend the New Hampshire Seacoast
Mmic Festival, opening at Little Boar's
Head tomorrow afternoon. Governors
Francis P. Murphy of New Hampshire,
Louis Barrows of Maine and Charles F.
Hurley of Ma.ssachwetts plan to attend
e Saturday session o! the festival.
Governor Barrows will arrive here by
f!, while Mrs. Barrows wm motor
om Bangor durinf the afternoon.
as.follows:
Saturday, 5 P. M.
Lucrezla. Ifori, guest artist;
8evitzky
Ensembles;
United New
a., ..,.,, 1,:.,.,11':.,iwHampshire Chorus,
Fabien sevltzky
conducting.
America
........... . .......... Bloch
Two Movements from the New World
Symphony
...... . ........ Dvorak
Orchestra
Giant Fugue-Wir Glauben All' an
. Einen Gott
....... .. ....... Bach
(Transcribed by Fabien sevitzky)
Air-Deh Vieni Non Tardar, from The
Marriage of Figaro
........... .
Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gavotte from the opera, Manon ....
• , . . ................ .. .. Massenet
••••...... .. .........• DeFalla
Miss Bori
Intermission
Tom sawyer
•.•.••••••.. DubenllltY
Eight Rwiaian songs, •• : ..•... ;L!adoff
Chant Rellgieux
Chant de Noel
Complainte
Chant Comique
'Legende ~es 01.soaux
l3erceuse
.Ronde
Cboeur et
·
Fanfares for brass, by A. Llador and A .
Glarounor
Written for 25th anniversary of N.
Rimsky-Korsakov
Bach-Suite for brnss ensemble,
(Arranged by P. Gordon)
a. March
b. Chorale
c. Minuet
d. Chorale
Mozart-serenade No. Cl in D major for
solo string quintet and string orchestra with timpani
Soloist.s-Theador Podnos, 1st violin;
T. Leutz, 2nd violin; J. Lipson, viola; I.
Coffin, cello; H . Portnol, doble bass; L .
Mayfield, timpani
Handel
............... Complainte
Liador, Scotch folksong .... complainte
(Transcribed by F. sevitzky)
Sunday, 5 P. M.
Soloists-Phebe Davison,
soprano;
Edna Merritt, mezzo-soprano; Howard
Harrington, tenor; Norman M. Leavitt,
baritone; Theador Podnos, violin
Fabien Sevitzky Ensembles
New Hampshire United Chorus
F'~blen Sevltzky conducting
Requiem
.. ... .....••..... . Mozart
Dies Irae
Tuba Mirum
Rex Tremendae
Recordare
Lacryme&a
Sanctus
..(",
Trombone solo-Tuba ~b:um by Rebert
Harper
I··~ ·~ for .V\olin .. ... Mendels.sohn
Concerto•
1st Movemern-..- · •
•
Theador PodnOll
Intermission
CoronaUon March ........ Meyerbeer
Enchanted Castle
........ .... Hadley
Voices of Spring <waltz) ...... Straru.s
o. Vermeland, Swedish folksong
(Transcribed by S. E. Davidoff)
The Nights O'Spring Frances McCol1ln
The Bells
................ .. Foote
Plnlandia
............. ... Sibelius
•.......•.•.... .. .. . Bloch
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New England Musical Festival Season Opens
On July 10th and 11th, the current summer festlval season in
New England was inaugurated with
the New Hampshire Seacoast Music
Festival Assoclatlon's fifth annual
music festival on the estate of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson at
Little Boar's Head, N. II. Three
concerts were given within the two
days, conducted by Fabien Sevitzky.
The assisting artist was Luorezia
Bori, l'.ate or the Metropolitan
Opera, and the orchestra was composed of the instrumental section
of the sevitzky Ensembles. The
choral portion of the program was
sung by the combined forces of the
Sevltzky Vocal Ensembles and the
United New Hampshire c:~orus, of
w!'lch Norman Leavitt ls conductor.
The program for the opening
concert comprised "America" by
Bloch.
Two
Movements
from
D·,otak's New World Symphony, "Wlr
Glauben All' an Einen Gott" by
Bach, transcribed for orchestra by
Fabien Sevitzky, "Deh vienl non
tardar" from "The Marriage of
Figaro" by Mozart, the Gavotte
from "Manon" by Massenet, DeFalla's "Jota," Dubensky"s "Tom
Sawyer," Eight Russlan Songs arranged by Lladoff, "Mlchlamano
Miml" from "La Boheme" by . Puccini Il baclo by Ardlti, Mensaje by
Foster and the Polovetzian Dances
from •'Prince Igor" by Borodine.
The second concert program listed
Fanfares for Brass by Llador and
Glarounor, a Suite for Brass Ensemble adapted from Bach by Gordon, Serenade No. 6 in D major
by Mozart, for solo string qulntette,
string orchestra and timpani, a
Sarabande by Handel and Comp lalnee by Liador.
The final concert brought forward Phebe Davison, soprano, Edna
Merritt, mezzo-soprano, Howard
Harrington, tenoJ.1 and Norman
Leavitt, baritone, as soloists, together with Theodor Podnos, violinist, the Sevltzky Ensembles and the
New Hampshire United Chorus.
This program opened with Mozart's
Requiem with trombone solo by
Robert Harper, and proceeded to one
movement of a violin Concerto by
Mendelssohn, the Coronation March
by Meyerbeer, Hadley's Enchanted
Castle, the Voices of Spring Waltzes
by Strauss and the Swedish Folk
Song O. Vermeland, transcribed for
chorus and orchestra by Davidoff.
Frances McColl!n's "Nights O'
Spring" together with works hy
Foote, Sibelius and Bloch were also
included, but an untimely shower
prevented their performance.
It has always been the hope or
Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, founder and
president of the New Hampshire
Seacoast Musical Festival Association that these festivals should emphasize the work of youthful musicians and t11at they might increasingly bring to notice not only
youthful performers of undeniable
talent, but also the works of youthful composers of unusual ab!llty.
Partially at least, this hope was
realized this ~ear, as both chorus
and orchestra were probably eighttenths young people, yet the actual
accomplishment of each group was
marked by distinctly seasoned characteristics. Under the sympathetic
�baton of Mr. Sevitzky, the orchestra played with a control which
was remarkable. Attacks and rc4eases were clean cut and decisive,
and while the power to build huge
climaxes is not yet fully developed,
the group plays with evident undersla nding of what is expected of it.
The various skills it has acquired
were especially noticeable In the accompaniments
which
supported
Miss Borl. Entire absence of fumbling
marked the work of the group at this
point. As for Miss Borl herself, she
was in the mood and gave her
listeners some moments of nue enjoyment.
The choral singing also gave pleasure, although the tonal balance 01
the four choirs is not as yet perfected. Artistically speaking, however one could find llLtle wit,h which
to q~arrel. Young Mr. Podnos, who is
concert master of the orchestra, received the acclaim of his audience
with becoming modesty. His tone is
excellent an-d his musicality evident.
Of the· vocal soloists, Mr. Leavitt
proved the most interesting. His
voice is of fine quality and Is well
used. Miss Merritt and Mr. Harrington also sang well, but Miss Davison
was unequal to the demands made
upon her.
No review of this festival should
close without a tribute to the engineer who set up the amplifying
system.
New Hampshire Seacoast Music Festival
At Opera Field at Arthur L. Hobson Estate,
Little Boar's Head
A~ B o'clock Thia Afternoon.
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Lucr,.:da Bori, guest artists Fabien Sevitzky Ensembles; United New Hampshire Chorus, Fabien Sevitzky
_ conducting. Miss Borl will sing "Jota" by DeFalla, aria
from opera "La Boheme", "Mi Chiamano Mimi" by
Puccini; "II Bado" by Arditti and "Mensaje" by FosAt 12 Noon On Sunday
Orchestral Serenade - soloists, Theador Podnos, first
violin1 T. Leutz, second violinJ J. Lipson, viola1 I. Co(·~ fin, cello1 H. Portnoi, double bass; L. Mayfield, timpani.
At 5 P. M. Sunday
Sevitzky Ensembles, New Hampshire
Chorus, Fabien Sevitzky, conductingJ soloists, Phebe
Davison, soprano; Edna Meritt, mezzo-soprano; Howard Harrington, tenor; Norman M. Leavitt, baritone;
Theador Podnos, violin.
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�Lu~rezia .Bori, Guest Star, Fa.b~en Sevitz y Ensembles And
u_.ited New Hampshire Chor.-
us Share Honors At Fifth An-
nual Event At Estate Of -Mr.
An Mrs.·Arthur Hobson At
Little oar.'s Head
from the opera "Prince Igor" by Borodlne,
The program was as follows:
America
.................... Bloch
Two Movements from the New World
Symphony
.............. . Dvorak
Orchestra
Giant Fugue-Wir Glaubcn All' an
Eh1en Gott
......... ....... Bach
(Transcribe by Fabien Sevltzky)
Orchestra
Arla, "Deh Vien! Non Tarar" from
"The Marriage of Figaro" .... ...•
• • • • • . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gavotte from the opera Manon ....
• . . . . . . . . . . . : ....... Massenet
Jota
•............. .. ..... . DeFalla
Miss Bori
Intermission
Tom SawYer .............. Dubensky
Eight Russian songs ..•........ Lladofl
Chant Rellgleux
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Chant de Noel
Complainte
Chant Comique
Legende de Olsoaux
Berceause
Ronde
Choeur et Danse
Orchestra
Aria, "Mlchiam:mo Mimi" from the
opera "La Boheme"
. . . . . Puccini
II Bacio
.................... Ardlti
Mensaje
Polovelzian Dances, from lhe opera,
"Prince Igor" ............ Borodine
Chorus and Orchestra
Reception for Opera Star
In the bright July sunshine
and
Gaturday Program
fanned by ocean breezes nearly 5000
Fabien Sevitzky, conducting, and his
persons from the eastern section of the 'Ensembles opened their part in the
United States enjoyed the fifth annual' afternoon program with the orchestraNew Hampshire Seacoast Music Festi- t.tion of "America" by Bloch, followed by
val ·at the spacious estate of Mrs. Arthur'. Two Movements from the New World
L. Hobson at Little Boar's H~ad Satur- ' Symphony by Dvorak and a transcrlpday and Sunday.
tlon of the conductor, Giant Fugue,
Miss Lucrezla Bori, f~med Metropoll- "Wir Glauben All' an Elnen Gott" by
tan Opera soprano, was the guest art-' Bach.
~t and sang two groups of solos and on I In her first outdoor concert Miss Bori
the program also were Fabien sevitzky' was acclaimed by music lovers as having
and his Ensembles and the United New given one of her most outstanding sueHampshire Chorus..- Sunday at noon cesses. Her first group of songs inthere .was a short orchestral serenade, eluded the aria, "Deh Vien! Non Tardar"
followed by. an orchestral and vocal con- from "The Marriage of Figaro" by Moce.t with Phebe Davison, soprano; Etlna zart, "Gavotte" from the opera "ManMerritt, mezzo-soprano; Howard Har- ' on" by Massenet, and "Jota" by Derington, tenor;
Norman M. Leavitt. Falla. Miss Bori was given an ovation
baritone, and Theodor Podnos, violinist, at the close of her group of songs and
as the soloists.
was recalled to the stage time and
The festlval was opened at 5 o'clock time again. Everyone was delighted
Saturday afternoon by the presentation with the brilliancy and charm of Miss
of flowers from the .State Federation Borl's voice and her sparking personalof Women's Clul:is to Mrs. Hobson, a ity.
member of the Federation and presiAfter an intermission the program
dent and founder of the festival by Mrs. was resumed, with the orchestra playLouis Elkins, president of the Federa- ing "Tom SawYer" by Dubensky, and a
tion, who said, "To me has come a great group of eight Russian Songs, Including
honor, that is, to represent the women "Chant de Noel," "Berceause," "Chant
of this beloved state of ours and open Comique,"
"Legende des Oisoaux,"
this music festival. From the moun- "Chant Religieux," by Lladoff.
ta.ins to the sea the women of the state _Miss Borl's second group Included the
are sending to Mrs. Hobson greetings aria "Mlchiamano Mimi" from the opthis day. God has given us music to era "La Boheme" by Puccini, "II Bacio"
clear our souls. God has given us now- by Arditi and "Mensaje" by Foster.
ers to give to those we love. You, Mrs. During both groups of the songs by the
Hobson, have brought us music and to, opera star Mr. Sevitzky conducted the
you we give these fl9wers to represent' Ensembles.
our love and apprectation.''
The United New H'.impshire Chorus
and orchestra concluded the Saturday
program with the "Polovetzian Dances"
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Miss Borl, the guest artist at
festival, was honored at a reception
given by Mr. and Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller
at palallal Runneymcde-hy-lhe-Sea.
Nearly 400 1!,t!,_ended_ the reception,
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which wa~ held at 9 o'clock Saturda~j'.
evenln~.: dl!ring ,which a }?u(fet lunch
was served. In the reception llne :was
Miss Borl, Mr. and. Mrs. Fullcr.' and Mrs.
Arthur L. Hobson. This was a brilliant
a-ttalr and one o! tho outstanding events
of the festlval.
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The Orchestral Serenade at . nooh
Sunday was listened to by an apprecia Uve audience and the program consisted of two beautlfµl and' difficult nuni~
)lers which brought out to perfection the
ability o! the musicians. The opening
11umber was the Sulte •for Brass Ensem~_.-.~"<-<,_,.
pie by Bach, arranged ·by P. Gordon,
11-nd consisted Q! th~ March, Chorale
a"nd Minuet.
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' The second n'umbe~- was
Mozart's
Serenade In D MaJo 7, for solo, string
qulntette and string orchestra, with
tympani and this was beautifully done.
The string qulntette was made up of
Theodor Podnos, 1st violin; J. Lipson,
vlolo; H. Portnoi, double
bass;
T.
Le,ntb, second violin; I. Cotrln, cell~.
Tbe tympani were played by L. Mayfielµ
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Sunday Afternoon Concert
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The final concert of the festival on
~he opera Field scored a 'succ~ss a~d
tjlo\lsands attended the performance,
whlt:h was shortened by four numbers
~c11,use of rain. . The soloists deserve
'much credit !or their very fine work in
this pNgram.
The vocalists rendered Mozart's "Requiem," w th the followtng movements:
�Dies Irae, Tuba Mirum,
Rex Tremendae, Recordare, Lacrymosa and
Sanctus. ·
Robert· Harper, tro~bonist In
the
Ensembles, gave a fine solo, "Tuba Mirum," while Theodor Podnos played the
first movement
of
Mendelssohn's
"Concerto for Violin."
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After . intermission a group of selections by the Ensembles nnd United New'
Hampshire Chorus, conducled by Mr.
Sevltzky, was given. The group included "Coronation March" by Meyerbeer,
"Enchanted Castle" by Hadley, "Voices
of Spring" by Strauss and
a transcription by S. E. Davidoff of "O Vermeland," a Swedish folksong.
The program as rendered was as
follows:
Requiem
.... , . . . . . . . . . . . . • Mozart
Dies Irae
Tuba Mirum
Rex Tremendae
Recordare
Lacrymosa
Snnctus
Trombone solo-"Tuba Mirum"
Robert Harper
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Concerto For Violin , . . . Mende1ssohn •
1st Movement
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Theodor Podnos .. ; , · . ,
INTERMISSION
Coronation March . . . . . . . . Meyerbeer
Enchanted Castle ........... ,. Hadley
Voices of Spring (Waltz) , .. Stt-o.uss ,
0. Vermeland-Swe<;llsh Folk Song ,
Photo by Portsmouth Herald Staff Photographer
(Transcribed by S. ]!:. , Davidoff) •
TWO FOltMl.m GOVERNORS ENJOYING FESTIVAL
At the conclusion of the
progr~m
Formc1· Gov. Huntley N. Spaulding of New Hampshire and former Gov
Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson ~resented the
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soloists o! the aftcrnoo\1 and members · Alvan T. Fuller of Massachuse tts at Musical l~estival.
Mrs.
Helen
Champlin
of
Rochester,
In
field,
Mrs.
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Mildred
Nye,
Mrs.
Ethel
L.
-.,,.,'1f::.fil.
of the Fabien Sevltzky Enseq1bl~l! and ;
Mr. Sev!tzky with muslc folios as a tok- , behalf of the New H~mpshire F edera- Nelson, Miss Bernice Remick and
en o! hei; friendship and appreciation, tion of Garden Clubs, of which Mrs. Mrs. ·, Arthur George.
for their interest and the work, .they Hobson is a member, presented Mrs. , Contralto~Miss Ethel Knowles Miss
had done to make the festival an . oµt- Hobson with a corsage Sunday after- Mildred Goodwin, Miss Ern'estine
noon and expressed the pleasure of the Hayes, Miss Harriet ' Spinney, Miss
standing success.
In presenting the folios Mr~. Hobson members Jn having her as one of !,hem Stella ' Glidden, Miss Doris rr. Trafand !,heir appreciation or Lhe music !,ho.I, ton, Miss June Goodwin, Miss 'Fransaid:
Miss : Ethel Bouvier
"This being the fifth annil(crsary of has been brought to the N. H. seacoas t ces DeWolfe
Miss Ethel AJ.1derson, 'M rs. Edith War~
the festival I want to present the mem- through her efforts.
The committee of hostc ~ses for the ren, ' Mrs. Gertrude Hobbs, Mrs. Jenber11 of the Fublen Sevltzky Ensembles,
who have been with us for the past five festival was Mrs. John P. Wingate of nie Marston, Mrs. Hazel Hayes, Mrs. •~n-•... ,
Mrs. Will!am Gladys Chick, Mrs. Edna Claus, Mrs.
years, wltl;l. a little girt as a remem- Hampton, chairman;
Champl!n of Rochester, Mrs. Ruth Gil- Louise Teague, Mrs. Fanny Fernald,
brance of these pleasant occasions.
"We hope that the festivals will con- man of Arlington, Mass .. Mrs. W!ll!am Mrs. Emma Muchmore, Mrs. Ruth
tinue and the members of the orchestra E. Marvin. Mrs. F. W . Hartford, Mrs. Brown, Mrs i Dorothy Knight
and chorus who are not mentioned to- John Mitchell and Mrs. Charles Amhoff Tenors-Edward Seavey, Albert Goodday w!!l I~ due time
recl'lve
their of Portsmouth. Mrs. Alfred Rosser of win, Charles Davis, · Clarence Schlrn,ye and Mrs. Harry Bailey of Rye mer, Louis ' , Nadreau, Charles . Thiawards.
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beault, Ha,:vlln Jordon, Louis: Na"I wish to thank everyone who has Brach.
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helped make this festival a success and
l\1:cmhc1·s of Chorus
the public for their generous and conBasses-Robert
Cieveland,- Daniel
The members of the Uniterl New
t1t1ued support."
Hampshire Chorus were as follows: Smith, Wllltam Page, Maynard' Douglas, Norman Witham, Origen Teague,
As a complete surprise Mr. Sevitzky
Norman Leavitt, Conductor.
Clifton Peterson,
gave Mrs. Hobson an
appreciation
Sopranos-Miss Evelyn Drake, Miss Oscar VaugJ'\an,
plaque from himself and members of his Doris Bailey, Miss Mary Lyon Per- James' Morrison, Dewey Vincent \ Ber-w.i:-·:~;:,:.,,;,
Ensembles.
On the right side of the kins, Miss Edith Harris, Miss Eula I nard Young, Mark Ricker, Rev. lawbo9k-shapcd plaque were the names of P.arahley, Miss Mary Brown, Miss rence Nye and James Morrison
Accompanlst-An'los Moody. . ·
the donors and a resume or the history Ladora Davis, Miss Marjorie Pray,
Secretary...:..Edlt.h Harris. ·
of 1the festivals held at Little Boar's Miss Edith Shannon, Miss Caroline
Head the past five years. On the left McKnight, Miss Rebecca Shedd, Miss
Patrons and Patronesses ,
side of the plaque was inscribed the fol- Marlon Hf~rsey, Miss Josephine MoulThe Patrons and Patronesses' were_,,,.,;.,!~,,.
lowing:
ton, Miss ,Neille ,Barnaby, ·Miss Mar- as follows-Governor and Mrs. ,FranTo
tha ·Boutwell, Mis.~ Grace Vickery; cis P. Murphy, Governor and Mrs.
Our Friend and President,
Miss · Constance Popoff, Mrs. Anna Lewis 0. Barrows, Governor and Mrs.
MRS. ARTHUR L. HOBSON,
Gillmore, Mrs. Mildred Hussey, Mrs. Charles F. Hurley, Senator and Mrs.
On the Fifth Annivf'rsary
Mattie Perkins, Mrs. Ruth Wood, Mrs. H. Styles. Bridges, Hon. and Mrs.
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Harriet Richardson, Mrs. Coni. Wit- Charles M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
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New Hampshire Music Festival
ham, Mrs. Edith Bartholic, · Mrs. Mary Amhof!, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Balley,
1933-1[17
Shaw MacMahon, Mrs. Mary Living- Mr. and Mrs. Roland Baker, Colonel
from
ston, Mrs. Marltta Davis, Mrs. Flo- and Mrs. William A. Barron, Mr. and
FABIEN SEVITZKY
l'ence White, Mrs. Betty Gobbi, Mrs. Mrs. Fred Batchelder, Mrs. H. Beach,
And his Ensembles
Ethel Seavey Hill, Mrs. Edith Little- C. 0. Birchard, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon
Young Musicians Orchestra
Vocal Ensemble
�• ;soeric~e, Miss_ 'rhelma Brackett, Mr.
, and Mrs. Everett _,Bradley, Mrs. John
'.Breckenridge, ! Alfred Brinkler Franz
E. Btirgstaller," Mr. and Mrs. 'William
· · Champlin: Mrs. William Chapman,
Mts. Margaret· · Cone, · Dr. and ·Mr!I'.
Richard Currier, · Mr. · and Mrs. Frederick Converse; . Royal Dadmun, Mrs.
Chester P; · Davis, Mrs: LaFell Dickinson, · Admiral · and Mrs. Douglas E.
Dismukes, · Joy · ·now, Mr. · and ·· Mrs.
Louis P. 'Elkins, Dr". and Mrs. Fred
Engelhardt, Mrs. E. C. · Evans, Arthur :F:iedler, Mr. e,nd ·Mrs. A: Lincoln. . Filene; Mrs. William Arms Fish.:
er: Mrs. Arthur Foote, Simes Frink,
Hon,. and Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, _Mr.
arid .Mrs. James A: Funkhouser, Mr.
and · Mrs. · Frederick Gibby, · ·Mr. and
Mrs: .Harry · Gibby, Mrs. Helen S.
Gilman; -Edwin Franko Goldman, Dr.
Edv/ard · Goodman, ·· Mr. and Mrs. F.
U. ·. Gowell, Mr. and Mrs. John K.
Gowen, 'Jr., Maj. _a nd Mrs. A. Erland
Goyette, · Edith Noyes Greene, Roy
Greene, Maj. Charles Greenman, Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Griffith, Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick G. Hall, Mrs. Fuller
Halsey, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hartfol'd, Mrs. ' Marjorie · Hewitt, Ewing
Hin; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hinckley,
Mr. ' and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, Jr.,
jiiHn L, Hobson, Mr. arid Mrs. Rob- '
ert Hoffman, Miss Helen Hood, . Mrs.
Jett~r Horton, Mrs. Mary Howe, Mr.
arid t Mrs. Frederick Johnson, Miss
Martha ~imball, '. Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Frank Knox,
Walter Kramer, Ar- •
thur A:-:r,anders-:-Mr. and Mrs: Howard
Lane,· Albert P: Langtry, Mr._ and
Mrs. Arthur G. Leacock, Patrick Lo~gan; ··Mr. and· Mrs. George B. !'ord,
Mr. and Mrs. ·Joseph M. Lucier, Mrs.
Edward MacDowell, Mrs. · Charles D.
Manning, _, Prof. Robert W. Manton,
Capt. and ·Mrs. -C. G. Mayo, Mrs.
Edward Garrett McColl!n, Miss Frances McCoffin, Mrs. Charles Merrlll,
Mr. and . Mrs. John· L. Mitch~ll,
Richard :Mooney, Anne Carroll Moore,
Miss Elizabeth O'Neil, Mr. . and Mrs.
Kilby .. P. - Osborn, Hon. Frederick G.
Payne, Mr. and - Mrs. John Perkins,
Mrs, ,Mattie , Perkins, Dr. ..and Mrs,
, Louis Perry, · Mr. and Mrs. S,hirl~y
Pilllbri~k. Mr; . and Mrs. Frank W.
Raridall, Mr. and ;Mrs. Alvin Redd_en;'
M11. and .Mrs. Alfred Rosser, Mrs. Elizabeth ROwan, Judge, and Mrs. Heriry
Ai Shute, Mrs. Sara Simpson, . Dr,
Nikolai Sokoloff, Mrs. Robert Southworth Hon. and Mrs.- Huntley N,
Spaulding, Hon. John W. Storrs, 'J?r.
and Mrs. Charles P. Sylvester, Miss
Lucy Taggart; Miss 'Addie 'E. Towne,
Mrs." Edgar ,Tregoning, Dr. and Mrs.
Wallis D.- Walker, Mrs. W; B. Whee7.
lock,• ·o. Bertrand Whitman, Harri
Wbittemore, Mr. an(! Mrs; Stowe
Wilde~, . Mrs. Josephine Wiltbank, , Mr;
al).d, Mrs. John Paine Wingate, _ 114,l,ss
Ellen Winsor and Mrs. Mary I. .Wood,
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FESTIVA
History of Festival
, Back in 1933 the music festival waa
conceived at Little Boar's Head under
the sponsorship of Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson,· It was first a musical picnic by ·a
group -of young people who had formed
a Young Musicians Orchestra, undeithe direction of Fabien Sevitzky, Each
year they presented their musi9 out of
doors on the opera field, In 1934 they
gave the opera "Cavalleria Rustlcana"
and in 1935 the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Cl~bs joined them In
three days of pageants, pantomime,
dancing and garden exhibitions.
In
that year the outstanding part of the
music festival will be recalled as the
opera "Aida" by Verdi. Last year there _
was another presentation of "Cavallerla Rustlcana."
At the music festival this summer
many outstanding critics attended and
all gave high praise to the event.
Tribute to Musicians
Conductor Sevitzky preved his youthful musicians to be well _trained and he
paid tribute to them by retiring to a corner of the stage during half the "Coronation March" by Meyerbeer and theJI
rendered the balanr.e of the difflcul~
number undirected.
In Receiving Line at Runneymed~
At the reception for Miss Lucrezia
Borl, guest artist at the festival, Saturday evening in Runneymede-by-theSea, Miss Borl, ex-Gov. and Mrs. Alvan
T, Fuller and Mr. and ·Mrs. Arthur L.
Hobson were in the receiving line.
Portsmouth Boy Scouts Assist
Boy Scouts of the troop sponsored· by
St. John's Episcopal Church assisted at
the festival in many ways. Some were
aides for the festival officials, some ·attendants at the first aid station ' and
others gave general assistance to the
spectators.
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Conductor at Indianapolis
Fabien Sevltzky, who for the past five
years has been conducting In Boston,
has been engaged as conductor of the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for
the next three years.
Authot· of Opera Present
Edith -Noyes Green of Framingham,
who was the first woman in America to
write an opera, was among the outstanding musicians present. She is -the
founder and past president of the Music
Lovers Club of Boston and founder of
the first MacDowell Club in the United
States.
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ART EXHIBITION~ATTRACTS MANY
Ogunquit, Me., July 13.-The 15th
exhibition of the Ogunquit Art Association attracted visitors from many
of the summer colonies along the
coas't Sunday. It is one of the best
exhibitions the association has held
and includes some notable portraits,
landscapes and marines
by wellknown artists, The portrait o! an old
lady by Gertrude Fiske or Concord,
Mass., is one of the outstanding pictures. "The Trio" by ·Ada Williamson,·
Is a distinctive group, and the portrait
of· a Mexican boy by Susan Ricker
Knox is attracting much attention.
TRAFFIC ALMOST
26,000 CARS
.IN 24-HOURS
The count o! all pleasure cars, trucks
nd' busses passing in both directions
~ver the Memorial bridge between New
Hampshire . and Maine reveals almost
26,000 motor vehicles passing over the
bridge during the 24 hours of Sunday.
The exact figure as recorded by_the New
Hampshire
Highway
Department
counters is 25,981. The traffic !or Saturday and -Si!nday is tabulated as follows:
Saturday, July 24
Cars-22,179.
Trucks-1,173, .
Busses -152.
Total-23,504.
Sunday, July 25
Cars-25,024.
·Trucks-814.
Busses-143.
Total-25,981
The count for. a given day begins at 8
o'clock that morning and ends at 8 on
the following morning.
WORK COULD BE PLAN HEARING
ONINLAND
·EASILY DONE
-·AT.LOCAL -YARD
WATERWAY
Hampton Beach, July 26-Plans for
a hearing on August 19 before the War
Department engineers on the proposed
inland waterway from the Merrimac
river harbor to Hampton harbor and
thence to Portsmouth harbor have
An Associated.Press dispatch . from • been made ·by a joint committee of New
Washington today stated· that PresiHampshl.re and· Massachusetts men.
dent Roosevelt says that · the navy is
Members of the New Hampshire
conducting a preliminary survey . to
Shore and Beach Preservation comdetermine whether navy shipbuilding
mission are cooperating with officials
yards can be enlarged to take care or
of the state reservation at Sallsbury
a possible shipbuilding boom. The
Beach In making plans and amassing
President reported at his press con- , material for the hearing. Following a
ference that he discussed the question
field inspection of the proposed wawith . Charles Edison, assistant secreterway, which ls to be a link in the
tary of ·the navy, in an effort to
Inland route connecting
the Portswork out .a 1:ilan of expansion to acmouth and Charlestown navy yards,
commodate · new
construction over
from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m . there will be
and. a.bqve · that possible in existing
luncheon at the Hotel Ashworth. The
private . ~l1ipbuildlng establishments.
offlclal heBring before the arnw enOne o! the ·questions to be answered
gineers from the Boston office will be
he said is whether additional ways
at The Barn, Salisbury Beach, In the
could be ihstalled on which to conafternoon and will be concluded with
struct non-armored vessels. In that
dinner.
category the President named merWorking for the success of the hearchant marine and
naval auxiliary
Ing are Representative Walter Marvessels, including
oil tankers, />Ubston of North Hampton, Representative
marine • tenders and 'other craft :. reElihu T. Adams of Seabrook, Prequired to' supply and· malntait1 fightcinct Commissioner George Ashworth
ing ships.
and Maj . Charles E. Greenman, all
The Portsmouth navy yard could be
members or the shore commission.
equipped to do any of this work with
Among !.lie speakers at the h earing
very little' expense,. and very efficiently
will be Gov. Francis P. Murphy, Chief
and with' economy in the matter of
Highway Engineer Daniel H. Dickinactual production. This matter has
son, Russell Hilliard, federal engineer
been brought 't o the attention of the
in charge of the Seabrook Beach airPresident · through a recent edltorlal
port 11lans; Frnnlc H. Randall or Portsin the Portsmouth Herald.
mouth, president of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional
association,
and Corning Benton, treasurer and
or the Phillips Exe-
President Says Survey
Being
.
.
Made ·Jn Regard To Navy
Shipbuilding Plants
�ART EXHIBIT AT ,
KITTERY POINT
Through U1e kindnc,ss of
Howells, v. ho oc·cupks the house summers, the stud:, c,f his father will be
open to t11 public :md the personal llrary nn1l ·nemt111.oe::, of the famous Rut hor be on display.
A1ter 1.he tour t•f hou~e is compteu,d
F or :!JC' fi1si time i" i • low ,,m~ 1,J ,the visitors will he sen•ed tea at ;he
An aoded attraction
to
the <>ld
hi•tor:v the old Sir W11l1n111 J l'l'[lCHCll home of Mi~s Rc,•nmond D. Wild. Miss '.houses shown on Tuesday !or the
Wild's home is :il~o one of the old hom;f.s
House nt Kittc1y Poin y; iJl l,c tnrn t
Girl Soout Benefit will be fill exhibit
the public on Tursdl'l.\'. J111:; 20, wilrn the of the town anrl it sitely location, adat the Oommunity House at Kittery
Pncl
Grenter Port-smouth Girl Srout Comi- jacent to historic Fort Mcclary
Point of some of the work .of .Jolm P.
i8 an itleal set~lng
cil ~p011,ors nn "cprn Jw, <e" in
tJiir overlooking the
Benson and Russell Cheney of .Kittery.
historic town. 111c Countil hn~ just !or the tea
Both these men are well known m
The general r<•mmittee in charge of
secured permission to :irhl thi~ 1Jr,11~c 1o
thek own line .and have exhibited- tn
the previously p11bli•hcd list., m;,l;ina it this year's Girl i::cout benefit is c'1rr- Boston and elsewhere. Mr. .Benson ts ~~lli..,1'.l'
possible for visitors to vie
sill
the posed of Miss Ro~amond Thaxter, Mrs. always known by his ma.r.ine paintings,
while many of Mr. Cbeney'.s works
houses c-nnnectetl , it.Ji
this famous
Ralph Junkins, Mrs. William Farringhave been done along the ,streets .and
Maine family.
ton, Mrs. Morris C. Foye, 2nd, aud Miss roads of Portsmouth and Kittery. To
The points of intne~t to which thr
Mrs.
Caroline
public will be lldmitt€d on July 20 from H elen Kelly. Miss Lois Green will 11.~nd add a western note
Pickard Cubert of Taos, New Mexico,
2 to 5.30 p. m. now consists of: the Bray the group of cignrctte girls and l'.'t ;ss
will show some of her work and will
House, oldest house in the state of J osephine Rice the flower girls. AsMaine and the home of t.he mother Cl! sisting on t.he Im co:mnittee nre Mrs. act as hostess for the afternoon. She
resident
of Kltt.ery
Sir William Pepperrell; the Sir Wllliam William Dornry, Mrs. Harold Carler, is a summer
Pepperrell House; the Sparhawk Man- Mrs. Grorge Trrfrthen, Mrs. Clarr nr·~ Point.
The Girl
Scout
sion, a wedding gift from Sir 'William Hackney, Mrs. All'in Redden and Miss
grateful
to
these
artists
Pepperrel to his daughtt-r, the bride of Doroth y Beesle:,:.
,
Mitchell, Mr. Gerrish, Mrs. Howells,
Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk; the gardm
The entire proccccls of ihr nlTRrnonn
Mrs. Law, and Mrs. M. S. Wlld for the
o! the Lady Pepperrell Hou5e, the home wlll be 11sccl for 1he ini 1C'~i.r of G;11
showing of their houses.
of the widow of Sir \1\'illinrn Prpperrcll ; Scouts c,f the local Council and iL i ·
the Gerrish House: t.he st.udy of William hoped t.Jrnt the response will be sufficiDean Howells and the old church aml ent to guanmte<' a full year's progr.1m,
Community Bouse.
of sco11t.i11r. for cir ls of this wmmu nThe house known As the Sir Willii>m ity.
Pepperrell House was built in 1C82. It
In c:a,r c•f min the affair wlll be hPld
beautiful hall and st:iirrasc still being the first. fair dny.
admired and copied by famous nrchl- P------,.,,-----,"""'-,.--."'l""P!'l!--~tects. The rooms with
their broad
paneling and fine rnryings look out over
Historic houses at Kittery Point are
the harbor and whanes where t.he flshopen Lo the public today for the beneing boat.s of the family u ed to enter
~ \~•\I\,
fit of the Greater Portsmouth Counport.
Kittery Point, July 19-0n Tuesday,
cil, Girl Scouts. This Is a rare opporTbe Bray House cl<>ri\'cs
its nnmc July 20, from 2 to 5..30 p. m., historic
tunity for all
who
delight in old
from the family of Mm gcry Bra:v, who houses l\t Kittery Point will be open to
Colonial architecture and fllrnishlngs.
became the w1!e of the <'lclC'r \ 'illinm U1e public, under the auspices of the
Tea will be served.
Pepperrell and the moth<>r of Slr W1l- Greater Poru,mouth Council
of Girl
In regard to the opening ..
the Sir
liam. This house dat es from 1662 and Scouts, including the Sparhawk ManWilliam Pepperrell House at Kittery
still has the origin:il paneling and un- tlon, old Bray House, Gerrish House,
Point to the public
today
for the
usual box window seats.
Lady Pepperrell Garden, the Howells
benefit of the Girl Scouts the Boston
The Sparhawk Mansion ha~ c,ne of house, the old church and Sir William
Post comments as follows: "The house D1111,>•c.;R~''li
the most bcautiful interiors of
Any Pepperrell's Mansion.
John Benson,
was built In 1682, and Its beautiful,.--....,...,..,,
hou e In the state. its Dutch tiled fire- marine artist, will have a number of his
hall and staircase are still being adplac-es, the paneling rnrvcd in imitation paintings on exhibition at the Commired and copied by architects. Tbe
o! shells and t.he original bullseye gl:iss munlty House. Olrl Scouts wlll act as
rooms with their broad paneling and
being especially noteworthy.
guides and Boy Scouts will take care of
fine carvings look out over the harbor fl.loiiiti~;~l'PThe Gurish Hou~e. like mc,st. of the traffic. Visiting the old houses will be
and whu.rves where the fishing boats
houses of Kittery f'c,int, facrs thl" :;ea, a rare treat, as a finer collection of hi.sor the family used to have their home
and 1em!lins of old wharves and ware- torlcal places so near together, will be
houses Indicate the rnmmerrial inter- hard to find. Tea will be served during
est.s of this family when tbe house wns 1i.:;th:.:.:;.e.;;a;;f;:.te::;:r:.:;n;;o;.;o..n_._,_...,......,.......,-,-..---:-----·~
built.
Both tJie First Pn rish Clrnrc·h
and
parsonage, the JattC'r now used as
n
community house, wne built in 1730.
On Oie day of the Girl .. coul ue11eflt
the Communlt.y House will have on display naintings of well known artist.~.
among them Russell Cherney and Joiln
P. Benson.
Vl~ltors wlJJ :;Jso be mtc·re~te<l in
old cemetery acros, t.he road from
church. This cemet.o-y lms many mtere, ting stones, proba bly the
most
famous being tile Robert Browning epitaph which marks the grA\
of Levi
Lincoln Thaxter.
The Howells house represent.s a different period and will be of especi::il interest to
those
of literary
trend.
H STORIC HOU
10 D 0
,rn.
a_"(
of
�.-..roY' ,c:.o.\ Soc ,.,,_'t_- /
GATHERING Of"),o
•MUCH INTEREST
Notable Meeting Held By
Kittery Historical Society
The meeting ot the Kittery Hlslorlcal
Society last evening at the Congregational Church at Kittery Point was notable. Because it was commemorative
or Rev. John Newmarch it was held in
the church of which he was pastor for
more than hair a century. The audience
was large and representative. The address or James H. Walker, !llustrated by
lantern slides or historic scenes and
personages connected with the life of
the great divine, was most impressive.
,Many leading eltlzcns of the town made
application for membership in the society, thus giving It renewed Impetus.
Notice was given that Miss Mabel
Jenkins, long a teacher at Dana Hall,
Wellesley College, would soon speak to
the society of her visit to Darlington
HoJI, England, whence came tho family
uf Champernownes, a name so celebr, ted in Kittery. Notice was also given that Miss Emma L. Coleman, a lifelong companion and fellow-worker of
the distinguished and lamented Mlss 0.
Alice Baker, and herself an author, his-•
torlan, traveler and artist or distinction,
would at an early date read a paper on
Joseph Fry, a Kittery lad. who In 171011 was taken captive by the
Indians
and carried to Canada, where he had an
interesting career.
Hopes were expressed that Martin Frost or the Frost
Garrison House, with its Interesting history going back many generations of
the Frost family to the time or Sir Ferdinand Gorges, might bo Induced
to
speak to the society sometime during
the present season.
Hope was also expressed that the 1-Iowclls, John M .. the
celebratl'd architect, and hL5 son, W!lliam, distinguished
anlhropologlst,
might be induced to spr.ak before the
society at some future date.
Notice was given that
the annual
meeting of lhe society for the election
of officers would be held at the Community House Aug. 6 at 7.30 p. m., and
Mrs. Pearl Pettigrew Chick, Miss Mabel
Jenkins and Stephen Decatur wrrc appointed a nomlnallng committee. The
members were reminded to be ready
with their annual dues at that meeting
and an appeal was made for new applications for mco1bcrshi J.
SOCIETY TO MEET
a,mual~;~~~~E:.:,~:
Tho
Historical Sorlct.y wlil be held at 7.30
p. m. on Pnrl,w. l\r1gust 6, at t.he
Community H)tJS~ o.t Kittery
I\ uew hoard if officers will be chosen
at that time n.nd Miss Emma L. Coleman will read an in[ormal paper concerning Joseph Fry, a Klttery lad who
was captured nd carried by Indians to
Canada in 1695. Mis11 Colem<\n's paper
111 ba.~ed upon an a.rtkle written by
Miss C. Alice llnker, an authority on
Canadinn cA.pt.lvltles.
Miss Coleman
wlll also speiilc of a few other captives. The public ls invited and a large
attendance i~ ltoped ror.
Burnt l Frisbee
ade Presi
dent Of Historical Society
At the annual meeting o! the Kittery Historical Society held last evenlnir. and which was largeiy attended, a
sign of the gro Ing interest in the soeiely was se n in the distinguished
list or new applicants for membership,
including the two Howells, father and
son, George Goodwin Dewey, son or
Admiral Dewl'y; Storer Goodwin Decatur, descendant of the naval hero of
that
name;
Rosamond
Thaxter,
grand-child of Celia Thaxter and high
in the Girl Scout circles; Miss Emma
C. Coleman, author, historian and artist; two selectmen of the town, Sterl.ing and Shapleigh, and other repre- •""'···"""'
sentative citizens.
Judge Rem ick, the president
association since
its organization,
asked to be relieved and Burnell E.
Frisbee, born and raised in Kittery
and for many years clerk or the town,
was chosen as hls successor and Judge
Remick was elected honorary p~'.!s1dent. Miss Esther Graham succeeded
Horace Mitchell as secretary. Reginald
Berry succeeded Mrs. Justin H. Shaw
as treasurer, and '\Vllliam Raynes sueceeded Mr. Frisbee as auditor. Two
new names were added to the Board
0f '1 rn~tees in place of Judge Remick
and John Aclams, James H. Walker
am! Mrs. Thomas Jenkins.
A much enlarged list of committees
was named but of outstanding importance and interest was the address
by Miss Coleman upon Joseph Frye,
the Quaker Kittery lad who was captured by the Indians in 1665 and carried to Canada. A rising
vote of
thanks wns extended t-0 the speaker
and she p1:esented to the Society valuecl historlcal works of her own and
others which
WPre
received with
hearty appreciat\on.
:l\'i'J.,t_··•
�the Warner House garden in the authentic arrangement and cl1olce of
flowers of the early 1700 period .
Among the most outstanding features of the Warner House season this
year is the projected reception to the
noted author, Kenneth Roberts of
Kennebunkport, Me., whose historical
novels or this terrltory are held in
high literary esteem. Mr. Roberls is
the author of the new best-seller,
"Northwest Passage," in which the
Kennet)i Roberts~ Noted Au- Warner House and other scenes of
Portsmouth are incorporated. It · 1s
thor, May Visit Historic old
hoped that Mr. Roberts may come here
' House Later
sometime during the first week in
August.
•
The Board of Governors of the
The Association is planning to hold
warner House Assocla.tion held its an- another historlcal exhibition similar
ual meeting on Wednesday at the to the most successful display of last
Warner House, electing officers to summer when old Colonial costumes
serve during the ensuing year and were loaned to the Association and
making plans for the conducting or were arranged on models throughout
the historic old mansion during the the old mansion.
current season. Mrs. Barrett Wendell,
The Warner House is almost comfor many years the efficient chairman pletely furnished as it was in the long
of the Warner House Assocla.tion, ten- ago. Every article of furniture dates
dered her resignation and was subse- prior to 1760, some of the valuable and
quently elected to the position of hon- rare old pieces having been loaned
ora.ry chairman in a.pprecla.tlon of her to the warner House Association by
great interest in and services to the the Metropollta.n Museum or New
Association. Mrs. Mary I. Wood, who York, the New England · Society For
has also been a leader in the affairs The Preservation Of Antiquities, and
of the Association, was elected to the local descendants or early residents of
office of honorary vice chatrman.
Portsmouth .
Mrs. William E. Marvin was elected
The Warner House Le; located on
as chairman . to succeed Mrs. Wen- Daniels street and la open to the pul>dell. Mrs. HenrY L. Green . as vice I Uc throughout the summer months on
cbatrman and Mrs. Seth Low Pierre- , payment or a small admission fee. It
pont as second vice chairman were re- was built between 1718 and 1723 or
elected for another term.
\ brick imported from Holland. Among
Mrs. Wallis p, Walker was re-elect- its countless attractions is
a lighted to the office of secretary and Mrs. n!ng rod erected by Beja.min Franklin
William N. Kremer was re-elected as himSelf in 1762. The frescoes by an
treasurer, with Mrs. John Prescott be- unknown artist are or great interest.
1ng named as assistant treasurer. Miss ~.,..,..,.,,..,....-._----,1-":,.-~"":;.-::,"!.,!','~C'.""..~
.- Helen souter was named corresponding
·•
secretary.
Plans were thoroughly discussed in
regard to the activities of the summer.
The importance of the Warner House
and the great public interest which 1s
taken in this shrine of early Colonial
history was proved by the report presented which showed that over 1,400 persons visited the house and inspected its fascinating interior last
ea.son.
Necessary repairs have been made to
the old mansion this year and plans
have been drawn up and a.re now being carried out for the restoration of
WARNER HOUSE
. ASS'N. HAS ITS·
ANNUAL SESSIO
1
�EEPLEJACKS BUSY AT NORTH C
Photo by Porlsmouth Herald Sta!! Photographer
w,i,·4.,.,....t
J\mrr!<'n's only. girl stc~plo jack and her partner shown
they work on
tho North Church s1me In this city. High on tho ~lceplo can be seen Mlss Marlon
Pl,unkctt, of Newburyport, while working only a few fee, below her t, Paul "Red"
O Leary, of Exeter, Insert shows a closeup of tho only woman tn the United
States that ls engaged In this risky work.
A panoramic view of Portsmouth struclure. "Cerlainly," he said reassur-
I
!rom the height or the North chuhch lngly, "It Is only one step to the ground
_ tower and swaying dizzily high above -but an awful long one."
ll..'l!:."-~'!t,;.r
the hard cement sidewalks In a boatsMlss Plunkett enjoys her thrilling
wain's chair are equally thrilling to work and says that she gained her.,.."._., . .,.,_...,
America's only girl steeple jack. At- 1
• early practice In cllmblng on fences,
tractive Marlon Plunkett or Newbury- house roofs and In trees at Newbw-yport and Paul H. O'Leary of Exeter port, which .Ls her home town. She
well known steeple jack team 1n th!~ turned professional when O'Leary's
vicinity, are now engaged In work on former partner fell 300 feet to his
the steeple of the North church as death from a chimney Job In New Orpart of the painting of the structure leans.
""'·''·"'·'..... " by F. A. Gray Co. or this clt.y.
Her courage and abllity In high
The 24-year-old brunette says she places, led herlnto much more danha.d rather swing about on some high gerous work than is her present trade.
steeple them to be merely one or tho While attending the Champion Valspecks that walk about on the side- ley ExposiLlon in Vermont she wagered ..,.,..-,,.;~
._,~,....,.,,, walks far below her.
However, the with the manager of the fair that she
1 spectators below think dlfYerently for , dared to 1nake a
parachute
jwnp
11
they say, "I wouldn't go up there for from an airplane. Soaring higher than
anything."
she had ever been before Miss Phtnl:Elther of the steeplejacks walk about ett jumped from the plane and drop•
the -outside surface or any high peak ping hunreds of feet toward the em Lit
as a house fly does on a kitchen wall. slowly counted ten
before
A Hera.Id photographer ascended the the rip cord. So impres.sed
by her
heights of the church spire to Inter-I first descent to ground from a plane
view the "Jacks" and to photograph under the white folds of a parachute
them. As he warily peered down to the I was the manager of the fair that he
hard-surfaced streets below he ques- lost no Lime In engaging her for the
tloned Mlss Plunkett as to her sensa- remainder of lhe exposltlo11.
tlons.
O'Leary,
former football star at
"I've never fallen yet ·• she rPplled Exeter High srhool, says the girl Is
I"and I feel safe as long' as the boats~ bet.ter than most men as she Is abso1wain's seat is secure. The first caution lutely wltho11t nerves.
She has · even
1of ascending such high places
ls fo ' rlSlted her llf on poles that have been
: make sure of ropes and fastenings."
nea:IY rotted through.
,
I As the photographer ventured on to \ Smee they started their work on the
the narrow ledge to photograph Miss '\ steeple hundreds of spectators have
Plunkett, he asked O'Leary If it was watched as they climb about staking
safe to walk on the small shelf-like th elr lives on the strength of a
- -_.,.:.fe:::.w~strands of manila rope.
I
l
I
---:_•. . .--_~--.
.
'. . .1:.c_=·
�era. The garden, wlth lts pastel shades
and multi-colored
arrangement
of
flowers lent a brilliancy to the pilgrimage through the historic places.
The ho~ts and hostesses at the historical houses · and exhibits were
follows:
H9wells house, Mrs. L. L. Green, Mrs.
Roger Pierce,
Mrs. Russell Cogswell
;ML5s Louise Grant, Mrs. Stephen Deca:
tur, Mni. Evan Corey, Mrs. Frank: Ran..
dall and Mrs. Harry Smith.
Gerrish House, Mlsses Marion Ger•
rL5h, Frances Wood, Edna and Sylvia
Tonnesen, Mrs.
Peter Toennesen,
KaUierlne T1Llbets, Mr. and Mrs,
Charle3 Gerrlsh, Mrs. Heni-y Moore,
Mrs. Charlott.a Philllps, Miss Marl\.
Frost, Mrs. Marjorie Hartford, Mrs,
0harles E. Batchelder, Miss Helen
Souter and Mrs. Albert Wilson.
Old Bray House, Mlsses Francl.s and
Ellzaueth Tabor, Judtth Lee Dismukes,
MElry Kelley, Helell Kelley, Mt·s. Clar...
ence Schirmer, Mrs. Tailot·, Mrs,
1 Charles Neshltt, Mrs. A. 0 . Warner, Mrij,
Floyd Bennett and Mrs. James Grlfi'-IIJ,,
Sparhawk: Mansion, Mrs. Haven Paul,
~:..::::::-::::::-:::..-:~::,-.,..,---..-U Mrn. Phlllips B. Badger, Mrs. Horace
at the wedding receptlon w
Mitchell, Miss Lois Green, Mrs. Morris
place 98 years ago ln August. Miss Ger- Foye, 2nd, Mlss Marion Gardner, Mrs.
rish held the attention o[ many as she Fred Hayes,
rs. Robert Rowe and
potnted out rare antiques 0.nd curios Mrn. I!'. H. Gardne1· .
dating back to the pre,~evolutlonary
Pepperrell Mansion, Miss Ruth Calen,
period that were on dtsplay in the hall. Mrs. Johnathan Sawyer, Mrs. George
The llouso is sittmted on the waterfront TuLtle, Mr:,, Mary Wllds, Mr. and MrJ.
and was the home of Robert F. Gerrish. Eugeno Wllllam:;,
Stephen Decatur,
The house is not usually open to the Mrs. Mary Safford Wlldes, Mrs. Norman
public, but Charles Gerrish was pleased R.and and Mrs. Arthur Craig.
to let the Glrl Scouts tnclude it in their
fi'Jrst Cougregatlonal Olmroh, Rev.
list of open houses yesterday.
and Mrs. Edward H. Newcomb
Mrs,
Th Lady Pepperrell House was opened James H. Walker and Miss Lllll~n wai-.
by Mrs. Mary Safford Wlldes
and leer.
proved to be outstanding on the list of
Lady Pepperrell garden, Mrs. Cl1arles
hlstorte houses vislted. It is an at•• H. Batchelder and Mrs. s. Halsey Lewis.
tractive colonial dwelling built for Lady
Art exhiuit, Mrs . .fi'. Knapp, Mrs.
Pepperrell about 1760, after her hus- James Culbert and Mrs. Wlllal-d Grant.
band's death, and she occupied lt until Tl1e ex:11.lb!tors were Mrs. J. Albert Taos
she passed away in 1789. Mrs. Johna- of New Mex:!co nd Kittery Point, John
than Sawyer or Kittery Polnt, who was Benson o! Kittel'y Point and Russell
one of the hostesses here, was dressed in Cl1eney or Kittery.
a colonial costume.
Tl1e flower g!rls at Lady Pepperrell's
Those who know the old Bray House garden were JusLLne Hartford,
Ruth
to be the oldest building in Kittery were Corey, Frances Peu·ce, Lydia Sawyer,
amazed at the flne condition it is in. Louise Cogswell, Emily Knapp and
The house was built in 1662. Mrs. Josi- Margaret Green.
ah Low of Cambridge, Mass., the owner,
Those selling gral.Js were
Carolyn
opened the house yesterday for the Girl and Marie deGrange, Ann and Alice DeScout benefit. On the porch the . vis!- catur and Margaret Perrell.
tors were greeted by John and Marjorie
The tea commitLee included Mrs. WilBray, lrnpersonated by Francis and liam Farrington, chairman; Mrs. wu ..
Elizabeth Tabor. They were dressed In l!am A. Dorney, Mrs. Harold s. Carter,
the sty!~ o! clothes the Bray chlldren Mrs. George Trefethen, Mrs. Alvin
probably wore as they played and Redden, Mrs. Clarence Hackney, Mrs.
roamed about-Kittery Point many years Phllip Bennett, Mrs. Robert Whitman,
ago.
·
Mrs. Lawson Harvey, Mrs. Allen Wiley
The study of William Dean Howells, Mt•:,. BenJamln Seaward. Mothers ot
dean of American letters, was a place Scouts who were on the sandwich com..
of great tnterest to visitors at the mlttee were Mrs. Earl Webster, Mr11,
Hoy,ells house. In the study, whero Stc11hen Pasternak, Mn. John Phelps,
such men as Mark Twain, Hamlin Gar- Mrs. Chick, Mrs. Ralph Bracl,eLt, Mt·s.
land and either noted authors or that Laurence G. Peyser, Mrs. Phlllp Peyser,
period were entertalned by Mr. Howells, Mrs. Leon A. Robinson, Mrs. Ralph See•
are seen the large ornate initials of the gar, Mrs. T. Fernald, Mrs. Davld Smit\t
author's name over the large mantel at and Mrs. William Travhl .
one end of the room.
The house is
Miss Rosamond Thaxter was chairfinely furnished, suggesting the gran- man or the general committee, other
deur that has always exlsted there.
members l>cing Mrs. Ralph Junktns,
The Lady Pepperrell garden was en- Mrs. Wllllam Farrington, Mrs. MorrL'i
joyed not only by those interested. in 0. 'Foye, 2nd, and Miss Helen Kelley,
history but the botanical-minded, who
Tickets were ln charge or Mrs. Jud~
know the rarety of old-fashioned flow- kins, Mrs. Orman Paul, Mrs. A. O. War~
ner and Mrs. J ames OrJ.ftln.
I HO S
A .KITlERY I
.OP IO PUBL C
'
Large Number .A'ttends Annual
1g · ~enefit For Greater Ports-
~-- mouth C_ouncil, Girl Scouts i.J\
,1mid Kittery Point"s historio man_ons a large number of people g.athered
esterday !l,S guests of the Greater
ortsmouth Girl Scout CouncU during
. he annual summer benefit. The hundreds that visited. the shrines of early
American history were fanned by a
cool ocean breeze that swept across the
,Point from the sparkling waters
o!
Portsmouth Harbor.
.
The first exhibit to be vlsited by many
was the art exhibition that revealed
many local scenes in oll colors, showing
the Maine coast being lashed by the
turf. Other painttngs were of landscapes and New Mexico scenes.
At the Sparhawk: Manston the specious
panelled · front hall and room where
President Taft 1md- Secretary Knox
were entertained many years ago was
opened to visitors. The house ls a
~tately old mansion and was built 10:
1782, being originally the residence of
Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk:, son-in-law of
Sir William Pepperrell, who presented
it to hl.s daughter on her marriage to
Colonel Sparhawk as a wedding gift.
· The place was opened yesterday by the
present owner, Mrs. Horace Mitchell.
One' of the hostesses here was Miss Lois
Green of Cambridge, Mass., and New
Castle, who was in costume as Mary
~parhawk, the fair maiden who saved
Portsmouth from being burned by the
;English troops and because of her
heroic deed the troops were turned away
from Portsmouth toward
Portland,
which they burned.
The First Parish Congregational
Church was opened to the visitors, wlth
Rev. Edward H. Newcomb and others
present to explain the history of the
church. The church soclety was organized 1n 1784 and the present church
was built 1n 1730 and is the third to
be erected on the same site.
. Marlon Gerrish, dressed as her greatgreat-grandmother was nearly a century ago on her wedding day, was at the
door of the Gerrish House to greet an
visitors with a cheery .word, as possibly
her ancestor did in the s:i.me doorway
r
�Photo by Portsmouth Hera.Id Sta.ff Photographer
Left to l'ight, Mrs. Gertrud C. Mitchell, on of U,e hostesses at her home, Sparhawk Hall, Miss 'Lois Green ot·llit-.l;a::"l:l'n-.;
Cambridge, !\lass., and New Castle, and Miss Ro~am n Thaxter, ch irnum. Picture was taken in front ot Sparhayy
Hall. l\liss Green Is in the costume of l}fary St• rh wk who Is said to have save{} the city of Portsmouth from being ·
bunted. Ca11t. 1\1:owalt of the English army aniv~d in Portsmouth Harbor on au English ship acconllug to the fa!llUT
t~gend, and came ashore at ICillery Point to vl.,lt som Tories there. He told of his orders rrom the King to burn Ports•
inouth to Mary as they walked ahout th g rden'I of 01 s, rh wk In tue twihgut. The Captain wa.OJ so bken by· her
charm and beauty that she prev. iled upon him to go to .!Fa!moutlt and he sailed the next .morning,
The cigarette glrl.1 were in charge of
Josephine Wright and lncluded Eliza-•
beth Warren, Rita Lockwood, F'ranceri
Fellows, Cathet•ine Poe, Katherine DU·•
bols and Oabrl lle Hw·ley.
Boy Scouts from Kittery and Kittery
Point were complimented on tho tlno
service they rendered in dl.rectlng tra.!u
fie and helplng in many other way11,
The scouts were under the dlrectlon ot
Scoutmaster Frederick .Balley.
Kittery aud Kittery Polnt Girl Scout.<J
acted as guide through , the hlstorlo
town,
Five of lhe historical houses al
Kittery Point were opened lo the
public last Tuesday afternoon for
the benefit of the Greater Portsmoulh Girl Scout. council. These
houses are among the oldest in the
country, one dating back to two
years after the !Anding of the Pilgrims. The hou ~es opened for visitors Included the Sparhawk mansion, built in 1742 as a wedding gift
from Sir William Pepperell to his
daughter, who married Nathaniel
Sparhawk; the Gerrish house, with
its old warehouses; the First Parish
Congregational Church and parsonage, built in 1730; and the Bray
House, built in 1622.
�I shall be pleased to consider o.ny
I had supposed that impression had
definitely disappeared, but this sum- suggestions that the city officials may
mer a similar situation developed wi~h have to correct the present situation
a different camper and I again had to and assure you of my complete cooperation and or my appreolatlon of your
take slm!lar necessary action.
In addition there have been numer- courtesy to me.
Yours very trul,r,
ous Instances of persons of both sexes
(Signed)
·
bathing in the nude from the island,
LOUIS L. GREEN',
making of l!quor there and frequent
27 state St.,
damage of trees and target shooting,
Boston.
which I have been informed are misdemeanors under the New Hampshire
laws. It was for this reason that I
The first petition to come before the
made up my mind that I must take meeting was fq:nn Downie Brothers'
some action and caused signs
to be Circus for permission
to show at
The city council met last evening to posted by Mr. Eaton at certain parts of Brackett's field on Aug. 2 and this was
consider routine business with Mayor the island.
granted.
The shore nearest my property is alA plumbing report from Aprll 1 to
Kennard IU. Goldsmith presiding and
Councilmen Charles T. Durell, Wy- most Inaccessible to boats and is heavily July 1 was accepted.
A group of Vaughan street business
man P. Boynton, Robert Herrick, Ro- wooded. It has been my wish that the
,land A. Sukeforth, Edgar A. Blanch- public not use that side. The further men were present to present their
side is • eas!ly accessible by boats and views in regard to the "no parking"
ard and John Burkhart present.
At the opening . the mayor read the much more convenient for walking, reslrictlon on that street. Several
follow\ng letter trom Louis L. Green berry-picking, bathing, etc. There Is stated that there had been a notice,of Boston in regard 'to . Pest Island, a handsome pine grove which has been able decrease !11 business since the Jaw
~hlch he purcha~ed ·tor .$4~0 in 1933: somewhat mutilated by unknown per- went Into effect and one or them resons.
ported that the loss amounted
to
'"· 'Let me thank you for the conference
I still have no objection to the reason- $125 per week. Councilman Roland
you were kind enough to arrange yester- able use o[ this island on
the side Sukeforth presented a petition that
day.
furthest from me by citizens of Ports- there be an amendment to the "no
I left with you. a photostatic copy of mouth, provided they commit no nui- parking" restrictions allowing cars to
my deed, which should clear.up the sit- sance or unlawful acts.
park on Vaughan street for 30 minuation in the mind. ·of. tb.e . city officials
The island is so close to my property utes.
as to the exact: agre.ement between the
borrow $250,000
that when the wind is right conversaIt was voted to
city and myself.
tlon on the shore nearest my house can temporarily because taxes cannot be
Just prior to . the purcbase of Pest
state legislature r,_,,,.,... ,c,rr.,.
be overheard without difficulty from collected unt!l the
!~land from the city in October, 1933, I
my
piazza.
adjourns.
indicated In writing to Mayor PickerI have made no attempt myself to suWyman Boynton Introduced a trafing that I had no objection to a pro- pervlse the landing or persons
and fie ordinance that limited parking to
vision in the deed that there should be rarely visit lhe i~lanct , as I am only one hour on Chestnut street from Con·n'O bulldlng erected on Pest Island, there week ends, but my family and grcss to State streets; and to make
and also that I had no objection to the guests have landed by canoe and have Wright avenue a one-way street from
public, particularly
the citizens
of found it embarrassing to do so week Daniels to State street.
This was
Portsmouth, using this island for all
ends.
passed.
reasonable purposes, as they had hereNaturally, I have no knowledge of the
The discount on ta,ses wlll be allowed
tofore done, it being my lntenti<m to identity of the persons who land. It is until Sept. 15 and the following orprotect my property on the New Castle not feasible to supervise the island or dinance was passed afte1· being inshore from any cheap development on to make complaints to the police de- traduced by
Councilman
Herrick:
'the island and to preserve the Island In partment, which I am naturally loathe to "Collector of Taxes ls authorized to
its natural and beautiful condition.
do and which I have never done.
notify all inhabitants of the City of
My feelings today are exactly
the
I suppose this matter would not have Portsmouth and non-residents whose
same as they were then, but unfort'.mcome to a head were it not for the theft laxes for 1937 are unpaid on Sept. 1,
ately conditions have arisen
which
of the signs I posted at some parls or 1037, or the amount of the same; prohave c'a used my family, my guests, mythe island and the scurrilous comm uni- [ vlded, however, that such Inhabitants
self and neighbors, considerable ancations, one sent to you, and one to me of the city, or
non-residents,
who
noyance, due to some extent to misap- through the mails, purporting to come shall make payment on their taxes for
prehension on· the part of some of the from your office.
the year 1937 to Collector or Taxes ""'"·· _.,...,,.
then city officials, who lncorrect.Iy adAs a former resident of the city and on or before September 15, 1937, shall
vised certain people that the:!,' were per1
one still deeply interested In it, and as be entitled to a discount of 1 , ~ permitted to camp indefinitely on the isa permanent summer resident, practi- cent on amount paid." There will be
land, and due in .part to frequent miscally of Portsmouth, I have been con- no discounts, however, on poll taxes.
chievous and lawless acts of persons
siderabl:,• disturbed by these recent
A resolution to make the salary or
landing on the island.
events.
the City Messenger $25 per week was
Two or three years ago a citizen ., of
I assure you and the City Council that presented Councilman Burkhardt and
Portsmouth, who was given to underI
wlll
cooperate entirely to the end that passed the flrst reading.
stand he had the privilege, erected two
The YWCA
or Portsmouth was
large tents, with permanent tent i;lat- decent use of the island may still be
open to lhe public, but I will not permit exempted from taxes to the city for the i..:r..• :,.;~.;il'-,
forms on the island and apparently
was living there all summer. The sani- the continuat10n of the practices which years 1934, 1935 and 1936, amounting
tary arrangements were crude in the have existed up to the present time. I to $1,344.19 and Interest or $5.1~, acextreme and constituted a deflnita nui- know there are many people who use cording to a resolution which was inthe !stand properly. I have :net them troduced by Councilman Blanchard.
sance. Target practice was indulged in
occasionally there and have expressJd
A Jetter from Chester Ripley, pro- ..-.-.,,~111:,.-.
trees were destroyed and the general
to E.~W ~Y pleasure that they are ma~- prletor of Ripley's Machine shop, was
condition in and about the camp was
not such as to warrant my family and iP1 use of it and noth_lng wou~d glv~ me brought before the meeting by Sukeguests to land there. There was even a inore satisfaction than their continued forth. The Jetter requested permission
use.
·::-" , :;_,;: ;',:-. ~,._
to paint "no parking" on a section of
pet kitten kept there.
I
wa~
amazed
tn:
other
day
to
have
cmblng near some
gasoline pumps.
When I explained the situation this
camper waa most courteous and cooper- you tell me that some boy had dug up This was referred to the parking comreiVui.ins from a graveyard tlwre. mlttee.
ative and the tents and other equtpmel1t
A representation or the Frank E.
were removed with the assistance of This graveyard I have made some etrort
Mr. Eaton, who llves on the New Cast.le t9 locate, in order to-p\lt It In prop~r Booma Post, American Legion, asked
shore near me, immediately opposite condition, but t have not been able to the counc!l to extend an invitation for
Pest Island, and who looks after my discover it on account of the excessive th state legion to be held in this city
over owth.
next year and to appropriate $500.
t
ANSACTS MUCH
ROUTINE WORK
, ,u~I
~
.., _,,_
•
I,
Voted T~ B~r;~w $25,000
,n Anticipation Of Taxes
some
�The delegation Included Commander
Clyde Robinson, Ray
P.
Kennard,
Nelson T. Wright and Alty. Ralph 0 .
McCarthy. Action on the request was
set aside untll the next council m~etlng when all members would be present.
Mayor Goldsmith appointed the following Council members to serve on
the Community Devclopm nt Commit.tee to confer with Civic Council : Co11ncilmen
Boynton,
Downs, Herrick,
Burkhardt and Blanchmd. The pur' pose of the comm!Uee was to ht>lp
promote
business
development of
Portsmou th.
Pictures Of Portsmouth
ses Exh.bited In
U. S. ·Capitol Display
Washington, July 28.-Drawings and
photographs of three historical New
Hampshire houses and the covered
bridge at Contoocook are Included in
an exhibition opened at the Interior
Department building
this week to
show landmarks In American architecture.
Tl1e New Hampshire houses pictured
are the Joshua Wentworth house at
Portsmouth, built about 1760, with fine
paneled in Lcriors and .elaborate mantels; the Captain Barnes' house at
·COUNTY REUEf .
C[]SlS [MUD? IN
THIS CITY
The cost ot necessary relief to iesidents of Portsmouth from the Rockingham county relief funds dropped
$762 for June below the sum ncces:;ary
the preceding month, it is reported today. This encouraging improvement
in the status of many local families
and individuals is due in part to seasonal employment nnct nlso to some
extent to less necessity for medical
aid during mid-summer.
The men who have been engnged in
working out their relief orders on n
wood-chopping project in the rear of
the County Court House hnve practically finished cutting up forty cords of
wood into stove lengths. The men are
now transferred to the County Farm,
working out their relief in farm work.
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READY SHORTL
A book describing New Hampshire
and points of interesL will soo n be
published nnd circulated in this state
by the WP/I.. The book is parL of the
project which
published a similar
book about Massachuse tts and which
was objectrd to by many in that state.
The book is supposed to carry a true
account of historical happenings in
New Hampshire and will contain information on points of interest. It
will also disclose m a ny interesting
facts that are not gcn<'rally known, as
federal researchers have been working
for several months gathering information from old records and accounts
of h istorical events.
Portsmouth, rich in history, has '
been given considerable space in the
book and is thoroughly described as
the historical and business center that
it Is.
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PortsmouLh, a typical late 18th century home, characteristic o! the north
New England seaports; the Gilman
ganison at Exeter, built as a :fortified
house in the mid-17th century during
the warfare with the Indians. The
latter was much added to in the 18th
century and ls considered an Important example of the styles of two periods.
The wooden bridge at Contoocook
is included to illustrate the type or
bridge once common, but now rapidly
disappearing.
�MISS BOWEN LAST
OF TALENTED FAMILY
This h ouse was sold and the Bowen
family built a stately home on top of
Bridge hill, where the view on all sides
was most sightly,
especially looking
toward the ocean, where one had a full
sweep of vision away out to the Isles of
Shoals, and, n arer shore, the warning
lights of Fort Point and Wlialesback.
It would almost seem that Tennyson
might have envisioned that scene wllen
he wrote,
•·Twilight and evening hlar,
And one clear call for me.
And may there be no moaning of the bar
Wh en I put out to sea."
Only last win ter Miss Bowen gave an
exh ibition of h er art and literature work
in Boston wh1ch was well attended by
her many friends. This was her lRst
public appearance, and so pn~es another of rottery's prominent summer fam-
TRADE COINS Of
LOCAL FIR n, 100
YEARS OLD FOUND
Miss Maria (Minnie) E . Bowen of
One hundred years ago this
Cambridge, Mass., and K ittery, wh o
nside from running
nu
in~urnnce
recently died at her home in Cambridge,
agency, E. F. Sise was known as a genwas tbe daughter of Professor Bowen of
eral commission and forwarding merHarVard College and Mrs. Arabella
chant. and known Jar and wi<le ns an
Stewart Bowen , wh ose mother, Miss
importer of crockery and glassware. It
Austin , was the f irst white woman to set
was apparently the custom in those days
foot on Mt. Washington, where she went
for the various commission merchants
on her wedding trip.
Lo issue copper coins as a means of ad. The Bowen family has been coming to
verlising their parliculur line or Lrnde.
Kittery for a great m any summers. Rev.
The coin issued uy E. F. Sise & Co.,
Daniel Austin, at one time pastor of the
slighlly larger than the present day 25un1ta.r1s.n Church of Portsmouth, was
cent. piece, bore lhis inscript.ion on one
an uncle of MisS Bowen. Mr. Austin
side, '·E. F. Sise & Co., General Commisonce owned the property now belongi?g
sion and Forwarding Merchants, Portsto John Benson, noted marine artist,
ilies.
mout.h, N. H.," ancl on lite oll1cr "Imand was greatly Interested in the eduporlers of Crockery and
cational development of Kittery,
Dealers in Conl, Hl37 ."
peciallY when the town was building
Many of Lhese coins were issuecl and
the schoolhouse which was named In
at various t.imes from different parts of
his honor and to which 11e gave the
the count.ry some one reports finding
bell. This was built In 1872.
one. This morning John Sise & Co.,
, MisS Bowen was the last of a family
successors to E. F. Sise & Co., received
of writers and scholars, highly educated
il1 the mail lhe following lelter from a
and talented, having spent manY seaCallt'ornia resident:
..
sons "1n Europe, traveling extensively
"Silver Valley Ranch,
with her famlly. She became interested
Daggett, Calif.,
in classical languages and had transAug. 4, 1937."
iated many Greek and Hebrew boOks
"E.
F.
Sise
&
Co.,
and was a remarkable linguist . She
Portsmouth, N. H.
alsO drew many pictures of places of inDear Sim:
terest which she visited in her travels
The will of Miss Marla Bowen, arIn my ranch in an olcl mining camp
and· many 's ketches of Kittery and Kitin the Calico Hills of the Mojave Desert
tery Point, scenes which she
dearly tist, who lived mucl1 of the time at
I round a t.rade coin lssuetl by your flrm,
loved, especially those of the Piscataqua Kittery Point, where slte made many
dat.ed 1831. If you are st!ll in existence
River in Its changing ; moods.
These of her sketches and paintings, was
and would care for this coin I will gladly
pictures sre of great interest to those of filed for probale yesterday in U1ddle•
.-end it to yon as it mrans nolhing to me
the older time, bringing back memories sex County Court a• Boslon.
Miss Bowen, who was the daughler
and its hislory may Lo you.
of youth, and to the younger generaof Prof. Francis Bowen, one-time ltead
Sincerely,
tion who have lived with the river as
HARRY B. MORSE ."
they know it today these 11cenes are al - of the department of philosophy al
Harvard, and who died in Caml>ridge
It is very 0vid1.:11t that the eoin was
most unbelievable.
on July 21 in her 87tl1 year, in he1 •rill
taken We:,t L>y some ~lurdy New EngMisS Bowen was greaUY interested in
created two funds 1t Harvard for a
land pioneer who w,•nt in search of gold
the Kittery District Nursing AsSociaUon memorial prize and 1 scholarship aud
durmg the gold rush ot '-19 and was lost
and one day each summer she 11et apart
also a bequest to the Cambridge Hisin the old mining camp which the gold
for the benefit of the association
bY
torical Society.
seeker
set up.
holding "open house" and serving a
To Harvard Miss Bowen left $2000
Very recently a California resident
"silver 'tea•;-t<iwhlc"'b ; ere invited m any the income from which is to be used discovered in a similar deserled mining
notable people, as were the townspeople. annually for the Francis Bowen Prize
camp the oil painling of an elderly lady
A literary program was a feature of the in honor o! her father, for the student and after publicizing his find learned
day. The guests wer~ delighted with the who writes the best essay on the sublhat the paint.ing was one of a Vermont
rare objects .of art, many of which were ject of moral philosophy or of civil resident who had trekked west in the
brough t from across the sea , and others polity. A bequest of $3500 is made for ever-alluring search for gold.
The
were the work of M1sS Bowen's own creation in memory of her brother of old E. F. Sise & Co., coin probabl',
band. .Another attraction was the ar- the Charles Stuart Bowen Scholarship reached ils recent r esting pluce in the
ticles of colonial furniture, most noted for ,;ome poo1· student of Harvard Law same fashion.
among them and which attrac~a the School of "good rank and character."
The in~urancc agency, which
Her home in Cambr idge she be- starled by E. F. Sise in 18:ltl, has conmost attention being the sleigh-be!iAt oBe time Miss Bowe~•s · fam ily queatl1ed to the Cambridge Historical linued on lhrough four generations or
the
notation that no the Sise family, Charles and John Sise
owned the old Allan Dale house on Old society with
Fem lan e, where the old · ferrym an apartment house is ever to be erected of thls city and New York and Stowe
lived.
This house was romantically on said land. One half of the residue Wilder of this city being parlners in Lhe
situa'ted in a valley between two :hills on becomes a permanent fund to main- cen tury- old agency.
which were the h1ghways, 'p ast ' and tain tl1e house and for general purpresent, one leading, to the ferry land- poses. The other half of the residue
Lane, in
ing near the Spruce Creek entrance goes to Helen Penhallow
-where people were ferried across to ~ charge of the Newton Free Library art
landing place near'the Gerrish land, and collection, who also receives an outthe more modern road leading to the right bequest of $4500. Other bequests
Kittery Point bridge which was b uilt include $2000 to Ellzabetl1 McTiernan,
heL' nurse; $1000 to Frank Parttidge,
later.
described as one who cared for her
brolher, and $1000 to Mabel T . Kitt.redge, a cousin.
Robert H. Gardiner of
Me. , and 10 P ostotrlce Sq.,
named as executor.
es-0,----------••---=~
Will Of Miss Maria Bowen,
Who Passed Much Time
At Kittery Pt., ls
Probated
�TO CONTAIN HISTORY
OF PORTSMOUTH
Boston, - July 28-The history
f
Portsmouth from the earliest times to
the present day wil l be included in the
publication which ls to be issued by the
Federal Historical Records Survey,
Workers on the staff of the Survey for
several weeks have been inventorying
varlous records and oLher unpubllshed
material In City Hall, the Court House
and other depositorles. In many cases
documents of great historical
value
have been uncovered in the unclassified
piles of manuscripts and records that
are occaslonally to be found In vaults
and oabinets. ·In some instances the
existence of these records was unknown
even to the custodian, for they had been
filed many years before he
a., sumed
charge of this valuable source material.
Manuscripts, yellow wlth a~e and
wrltten in the curious and almost undecipherable script that wa.s used hy 17th
century off!cials have been found in
heterogeneous heaps of
documents,
which recorded early cvenLs
in the
Lown's history. The value of such mo.terlal to the writer, the student and the
historian is incalculable, but heretofore
It has been practically inaccesslbl .
The HL,torical Records Survey, following the suggestion of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, who regarded the preservation and indexing of
the archlves of the nation, states and
municipalities as a duty to posterity,
entered on the work of preparing a
guide to all the documents, the depository in which they are housed and the
vault or cabinet that contains them. In
addition to this the check-list will contain a description of the records and
extracts from the matter the conLaln.
of the Comte
d-Artois, brother of Louis XVI. He
was present during the campaign in
1792 in advance of
the
Prussian
Army until it was disbanded in Jan.
' 'lll h ,1 0. Saltonstall of Exeter Is
1792, participating in the attack on
maklng 1111 lntcnslve search for materFrankfort and subsequently served
ial on tile m;,rltlme
history of the
during the campaign of 1793 in an atPort~mo11lh cllstrict and states that he
tack on the French Lines at Gerhas been ren.ding with great intei;est
mercheim and Weissenburg. !n Oct.
at the Portsmo11th Athenaeum the
1793 he accepted a Captaincy jn the
18th centmy files of the New HampHussars de Rohan in the German sershire Gazr.tte. But of course there arc
vice and took part in covering ths regaps whlch it is dlflicult to fill. If any
treat of the Duke of York upon Holreaders of the
Portsmouth Herald
land and Germany. In 1798 he obknow the whereabouts
of
tained a six months leave of absence
prjnted
or
with a view of visiting his father who
Portsmouth vessels, captains, merhad come to the United States at the
chants or shipwrights, it would be apopening of the French Revolution but
preciated if they would communicnte
the father had died in Philadelphia
with Mr. Saltonstall at Exeter. Many
and his estate had been sold bY the
old trunks hidden away in attics may
sheriff. Resigning his commission in
contain papers of invaluable historic
the Hussars de Rohan in April 1798,
interest.
he was appointed aide de camp and
~---'"7------~-...,.,.....,~,,.,,...J.it_:;:Ii later adjutant. On Jan. 10, 1799 was
aide de camp to Gen. Alexander Hamilton; in May was Asst. Adjutant General to Gen. Wm. North; in September and December was assigned to the
staff of Gen. Chas. C. Pinckney whom
Tlte nrirk
at New ~astle
he assisted in preparing reorganization of the cavalry. In Feb.· 1801 he
Edi tor of The Herald:
was made 1st Lieut. in the Regt. of
Our mnmer vi~it.ors are always intc1 ested in the brick tower near the
Artillerists and Engineers, and on Oct.
Fort n.t N<>w Casile-who built it, and
25th following_ he · was app0lnted Aide
why. As very few now living know the
de Camp to· Gen. James Wilkinson.
facLs the following may be of interest:
He was retained in Apz:il 1802 as 1st
Col. John B. Walbach (pronounced
Lieut. of Artillery and he became Adand spelled in official letters "Walback'') was appoinlecl Ircim Pennsyljutant Dec. 1, 1804. He was promoted
vania, ancl during his long service was
Captain Jan. 31, 1806, made Asst. Deputy Quartermaster General in March
localed or atlachcd to the local fort.
1812, Asst. Adjutant General with the
He had charge of all
rank o! Major in June 1813, and on
from Rhode Island to Eastport; he
August 6th, 1813 Adjutant General.
resided at New Cc1..~tle and had investHe took part in the Battle of Chrysments in frven1.J pieces of real estate,
ler's Field in Canada, Nov. 11th, 1813.
among th rm 1.hc Hopley Yrn.ton farm
On May 1st, 1815, he
received the
and Jerry's Fort; al o about three
Brevet of Lieut. Col. for meritorious
acres of the present Wentworth HoLel
service; he became Maj. of Artillery
site. During the War o! 1814 he built
Apr. 25, 1818, Brevet Col. for 10 years
the Walb:ich Tower, so called, to proof service, and several promotions latect the lilnd side of the fort. During
ter: In May, 1850, he received the Brethe raid cm Canacl:i. he was called 1.he
vet of Brig. General to date from 1823.
Hero of Chrysler's Field, an engageThe writer is indebted to Rep. Jas.
ment during which the U. S. forces
W. Pridham of New Castle for the
were repuJ~ccl. Gen. Geo. W. Cullen in
following notice which 'l'(aS printed in
his review of Engineers etc ., of the
the Baltimore Sun, J1me 11th, 1867 :
War of 1812, refers u0 Walbach as
follows: "Tlw enemy cliscovering ~r,me
General John B. Walbach, the oldest officer in the U. S. Army, died at
cli~orcler p1 rf;~rrl iorward am! endeahis residence on Mackson Street opvored by a flank movement to capt11re
posite St. Ignatius church, ln the 93d
our cannon. When Adj. General Walyear of his age.
barh, a Gr nrnm vr.tern.n in our nrmy,
He was buried from St. Ignatius
gavr the orllcr to cha1ge "mit <le dragoons" by this prompt act saved the
church at 10 o'clock on June 1:t with
guns.
lull military honors, conducted by
His son John was appointed to Wrfit
Maj. McDowell in command of Fort
Polnt Jrom Nrw Hampsl1irc, ant! dice!
McHenry. A salute was fired from the
before hf;; fatl1rr, ln 1853.
Fort at one o'clock. The Maryland
The following is the record of Col.
Militia look part in the parade. Hf
Walbach:
had one son, John B., a Ca,pt. in the
Jolm Bn.pListe · de Bartha-Baron de
Army, and another, Louis, in the NaWnlbacll, i-;okller. Born ir Munster,
vy, and three daughters.
Valley of Rt. Gregory, Upper Rhine,
Yours, I. L.
Germany, Oct. 3, 1766. Died in BalLI- ' New Castle, Aug. 20.
more, Mrl, June JOt\1, 1857. He was
the third son of Count Joseph de
Bartha nnd received
his military
training in Strasburg in 1786-92; he
was a lieutennnt in the Lanzen Jiuzzars. He returned to his native land
INTERES
�Smutty Nose Island Tragedy
By Francis Aubrey Goodall
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--'I
Duck Island's ledg-es, t e swmg of
the wave over Half-way Rock lhc
touch of the ripples on the beach
at Londoner's. the long- and lazy
breaker that is forever rolling- below the lighthouse at the While
I~land-all are farnilia1· and disLetters to the EP~TOR are ofti:n ct, and indicate to 'the Islander
ten ,i nteresting to many people in
I don't u nd ernta nd why anyone his preci:;e where bouts almost as
addition to the individual address- continues to say th at Wagner was cleaily as if the sun shone bright.
ed. This oni,, addressed to the Ed i- the criminal.
ly a:ncl no shrouding mi st st rivingtor of the ROCHESTER COUI think this is a true story.
to mock and mislead him."
R•JIER, appeared in tl1e issue of
A. S. B.
But it was left for Edmund
September 18, 1986. In it, the
Pearson, hi storian of Bl'i Lish deswriter thereof, a Farmington,
This let.te1· to the Editor o( the cent, to produce in a volume, cnNllW .Hampshire,' _lady of mature lWCHES'l'ER COUR11':R, so in- titkd "MURDER AT SMUTTY
years, calls attentw11. to the Smut- tl'igued thi:-1 writer, long eng-agcJ Nosg and other Murders" in
ty Nose Island t1'agedy of March in criminal investigation, while t!)2G, just fi:J years af'ter the Lrug-6, 1873.
serving the Associated Press and eclv the moti t authentic at:count 0 (
·she reveals that .she saw and mapy of the leading newspapers what happened <>'n Smutty Nose,
listened to Louis Wagner, charg- of the. country, that he determined Island in the early mornin g hours
ed with the double .murder- on the to p-et at the trutli of the so-called of Mart:h G, l 873. l'l is very com1
island named. Sne~·wa:s thus con- "SMUTTY
NOSE
lSLAND plete in detail and leaves no
vinced of the man's innocence, and TRAGEDY" which occurred on slightest doubt in the mind of the
could not undt-rsta'nd why anyone he morning of March (l, 1873, in t'eader. It was publi shed by Doushould consider him guilty. In the one lone inhabited house on uleday, Page & Company.
this she was by no means ·alone, the island that canies that rathe1'·
It may as well be stated right
for the controversv has prevailed amusingly des~ripHve title. Smut- here, that when the Farmington
throughout the past 64 "ears.
ty Nose is one of eight islands, woman, sig'ning her letter to the
-Even this writer had felt that four in Maine and the same mun- Editor of the COURIER with the
the State of Maine had convicted ber in New Hampshire.
initials A. S. B., gazell upon Louis
and executed an innocent man. It
What has been characterized as Wau-ner, so many years ago, ~he
so happens that Louis Wagner was the . Smutty Nose Island Tragedy was looking unon and li stening to
the first mm·derei: ;thiw write1·, a- and has resulted in controversy one of I he coldest blooded and
long with other men· and boys of for the past 64 Yf!ars, over guilt bt'utal killers in New J•:ngla nd'::;
a factory crew, had ever seen, for or innocence of the' convicted and enti re criminal hi storr. \Vhen he
he was then a boy, nearing his executed murderer, Louis Wagner, was with out work he had been
13th birthday,
took place on one of the Isles of ,akcn inlo the home of the JTonlBut some:how, the ' lFarmington Sh~als, off the coast of Portfl- vet,; and t reatPd as om• or LIH'
woman's letter aroused a doubt in mouth, New IIumpshire, but with- family. ln addil,ion thti wonw11
his mind and he decided to make a in the limits of Mai•nc, some time he killed, had nursed him through
determined effort t<i g-et at the ac- between the houi·s of eleven o'- ji lln~ss. Ile entered an unlocked
tual- truth. With that end in view, clock. March 5. and the dawn of •home, occupied on that parti cular
he communicated with the Gover- Murch 6, 1873.
\·night by three lone wome n whose
'nor of the State' of· Maine, who
The · Isles of · Shoals,' ten miles men folks, Wagner kn •w V:(•1·c degave him the heartiest coopera- out t~ sea _from Portsmouth,. num- taincd in Portsmouth, waiting for
tion, paving the , wa-y .for a most lber Just cigh~. _Anpledore 1s the bait coming- •by train from Boslon.
complete investiiration. records of largest, next 111 size and separal~d The boat he used to make th e Lri p
information in the archives of the only by a nanow channel, rn to Smutty Nose Island ten miles
Maine State Library, at the State Smutty Nose, once called Haley's . t
·
'
Capitol, Augusta.
Jsland. But it has been known as diS a.nt from rortsmouth,_ was i;toSmutty Nose since Hi84 when a l~n I ro_m a Portsmouth f1~lH.>r111a·n .
But first, let us grasp the views Court "fol" the Western' Island:;" 1 he h_n;t m11rdcrnus . blvw h~
of the Farmington lady, as set sat thei·e.
slruck_ 111 ~he daak, makrnv; use o[
11
1
forth
her letter to COURIER.
the Editor
of theinROCIIESTER
Smutty Nose is connected by av ~ I;a ·: <Iis I~c1 :c.l l . a '.,,a n.t e I cIoc Ic:
Here it is:breflkwaters with . Malaga, also ' h1~h
s\01>J!ed
as '.t. Ja_n'.led o~ the
•with Cedar and Star Island s . ~1° 0 !, mai IC1ng llw 111slant nf the
1
1
1
111
nearby is Londoner's Island, ~
~ ~ atla~k as SE;',1'~N MJNmere ledge while to the North- U 1 1',S P~S r ONE O CLOCK on
EDITOR'S MAIL
Farmington, N. H ., Sept. 12, 1936 east, Duck' Island, another rocky the mo_rmng of March G, 1873.
a·nd dangerous Jed~e, is still covLouis Wagner had found ~he
Editor of the Courier: ,
In the Sept. 4th issue I noted an ered by the only !faithful inhabi- door. unlat~hed, the women )1av111g
article relating to the crime said tan ts it has ever had: h·undreds left it so 111 order that then· men
to have bee'n· committed by Louis of fluttering gulls and other sea folks. mig]1t have no ~ifficulty in
Wagner. I saw 'Wag-nei· when he birds. Two miles southwest is enter111g-, 111 the dark, 111 case they
graceful were able t_o return from Portswas in Farmington anq heard him White Island, whose
lighthouse is, except for the old mo~th, earlier than t~e~ expcct~d .
tell his story.
· 1. •
He said he was innP.cent and he church on Star, tjle ·o nly evidence Th1_s ma:n who,. within a bncf
had strong hopes -of \ proving an that any . man who has prected a 11enod pnor to this despc1·ate vcnali'bi_ but because 1 ,9f a short space building- on the islands gave ture, had told five individua!s1 one
of time that he could not account thought to the difference betwce'1r of them John llontvct, cap tam of
ugliness and beauty.
the fi shing _craft, 1Clara Bella, that
for he <lid not succeed .
Each island has its individual- he was going- to get some money
He said that whe'n. he· was in Alfred jail they brought Mrs. Hont- it'y~-its geological ·formation is its \f he had to commit murder to g-et
vet in to identifYi h_im 1 When she own, while its position and the ac- it. The others were young Ing-crcame up to the -cell window he tion of the ocean currents about bredsen, James Lee, Lars Nelson
pointed his finl!"er at her and said each have caused variations in a and Charles Johnson. No one took •d••'"""~'·
to the sheriff, "There is the mm·- number of details. Of the sounds him seriously, but Wagoner meant
derer." Louis Wagner was con- of the sea amO'~ the islands con- what he said, and proved it.
victed on circumstantial evidence stitutinl! the Isle!=! of Shoals, Celia
Wai:rncr had been a member of,._,,,.....,,,"'"
Thaxter, who once lived tlH'rc, the crew o( the fo;hing- st:hooner
and hanged an innocent man.
I
Addison Gilbert, which had bce·n
A few years late1: Mrs. Hontvet wrote:
died and before she. died she con"Each island, every isolated wrecked . Since that time, Wag-fessed that she killed her siste1· rock, has it~ own peculiar note, ne11 had worked only at intervals,
herself in order tq11ret some prop- and ears made delicate by listen- sometimes for John Hontvet, baiterty that was owned by them ing, in great and frequent peril, ing trawls, etc. For seven months
111 '1 "
can distingui~ the bearings of he had been treated as a member
joinblv.
of the H ontvet family. Ile had
A:nd 'tho ·stat~ of Maine abolish- earh in a dense fog.
"The threate'ning
lived there, crippled with Theuma. ed capital punisbmeiit . when they
tism, and admitted that the wolearned the truth.
men had lbeen most kind to him.
�crawl out of the low window, on y
In 1872, there 11ad liv<>d, some- l'orlsm oulh, Wagner saw one
a few feet from the ground, and
times on SLar Island, bul chiefly James Burke, leav1• his dory. When
stood there, clad only in her nightwibh the llont.vets on Smutly Burke returned, the boal was missdress; her feet bare in the snow.
Nose, n man of twenty-eight, ing and Wagner was well on his
But she was paralyzed with fear
named Louis Wagner. Ile was a way Lo Smutty Nose faland. John
and could make no sound.
native of Uckermunde, in norlher11 HonLveL could do Lhe ten-mile
At this moment, the man came
Prussia. Ile was tall, powerful and row •with Lhe tide in three hours
around Lhe corner of th.e house and
dark, with a pecu liarly quiet man- and another half- hour would be
at last Lhey saw him clearly in the
ner, says one description. He \vas necessary if Lhe I ide WC're unfavormoonlight. Anethe shrieked his
a rosy-faced Prussian, says another able. Louis Wagner, also, was a
name:
writ.er, who saw him in hi s lale strong oarsman.
"Louis! Louis! Louis!"
Wagner tried the lalrh o! t.he
career and und er remarkable cirThere was no mistaking him for
cumslnnces . "His face was round door o[ Lhc 11 011Lvcl home and
and good-natured, hi s eyes mild," found ii unlocked. ~o.flly he open- John, now. Indoors, Karen had
ed it and stepped inside. The kitch- called him "John" merely because
says this observer. "lle was a fine,
she expected her brother-in-law,
tall, blond fellow," so 1 have been en was n c-a r Lhe entrance ; he crept John,
and could think of no one
told by one who seemt•d to re- across Lhe room and, wilh a slick,
member him with ~mclhing of barred the door leading inlo the else. But as Anethe called that
the enthusiasm wilh which she next room. This was an odd name, "Louis," Maren, looking out
the window, saw their enemy,
viewed him, when she wns a schoo l aclion, i[ he supposed, as it is of
who came so near Lhe window, as
girl of fourteen. "And all the thought he did, that the lower
rooms were unoccupied, and that she said, Lhat he could lay his elgirls were after him, she added.
bow again L it. '
W·agner had been in America for Lhe sleep ing women were upThe trap into which he had
about seven years; he had lived in stairs. But he Toused a sleeper; stepped was to be long in closing ;
Boston, in Poi-lsmouth, on Lhe Lhe dog, Ringe, barked, and Karen Lhere were tortuous paths for him;
Shoals, and aboard various ships. sat up on Lhe couch which had been sh iftings and evasions for· months
lie spoke English with the usual made up for her in the kitchen, and and years. But that moment was
difftcult.ies: God was slill "Got.t," cried oul:
a deadly one; Maren recognized
"John, is that you?"
and good was "goot," hi s shirt was
him Lhen, beyond all doubt, for
It
seemed
Lo
her
l
hat
the
fish"mein shirt." lie knew snnwLhing
none other than LOUIS WAGNER.
rrmen
hacl
rrlurn
ecl
ancl
t.hat
her
of life :dong the wal(•r-fronl in
Now, as soon as Anethe called
brother-in-law
had
just
cnlered
Lhe
these seaports; o[ sailors' and fi s hI
his
name, he returned to the door
ermen's boarding hou se's; o[ Lhe house. Mar<>n, who wa:, sleeping of the house and got an axe which
wilh Am•Lhe in the next room, was had been used Lhat day to break
wharves, clocks ·and saloons.
ll is private ventures as a !is her also rousl'd and call<'cl to her:
Lhe ice at the well. He returned
"Whal's the maLLer ?"
from Slat· IRiand had nol bC'en
Karen, still dc-c·c•iv,•d, ·a nswered: ! and confronted the poor girl, who
continued, in her terror, to call out
successfu l, and al Lhal period he
"John scared me!"
nothing but his name, over and
was ofLen ind ebted Lo Lhe llonlvcL
But she could hardly say it be- over again. If it was an appeal, it
family for food. Later when he fore the stranger picked up a chair,
was quilc useless. He brough~
joined llonlvet in fishing, he live•<!
at her, ancl in Lhe dark dealt down the axe on her head and she
wilh Lhe llon lvcts on SmuLLy Nose rushed
a hasty, avagc blow, which in- fell before him in the snow and
for seven months as one of the
family. In the only occupied house flicted so me injury, and also lay there al his feet. He struck her
on SmuLLy Nose Island in March knocked down a clock from the al least twice qiore, to make su re
of 1873 there lived J ohn llonLveL shelf ab ove her head. It was found of her death .
All of Lhis was seen, through the
and his wife, Maren . Five years there, next day, and it" had been
before, Lhey had come fr om Larvik, stopped by the blow at seven min- window, by the horrified Maren.
uLC's
past
one.
This
incident
was
The latter Lded to rouse her sister
a small seaport of Norway. Maren
is described as a Jillie woma11, gen- recalled later in ihe case, with a as she lny on the floor, with her
quolalion
o[
a
remark
by
Rufus
head against the bed. She knew
tle and courteous. The Il onlvels
Choate: "Though the dial spoke Lhat the butcher was finishing outImel been joined in t.he spring of
1871 by Maren's sister, Karen not, it gave mo:,t manifest sign, side; it would be their turn in a
Christensen, a wom c11 of Lhirly- and pointed Lo Lhe stroke of mur- few seconds. She urged Karen to
get up and run with her. The
eight. She was melancholy, from der ."
Surprised, if he was, t.o find the other, weak from her injuries, and
the loss of a Jover, and lonesome
women
downstairs,
he
must
have
spellbound in frigbt, ,could only
in a coun try where al first. she did
not understand the l.rnguage. l<'or expected to arouse them; his search say:
for
mon
ey
was
Lo
be
made
upstairs
"I am too tired," meaning, of
Lwo years she was a domestic servant on Appledore Isl and, but had and clown. But now he struck clum• course, "I haven't the strength to
sy blows al Karen, who began to move."
reccnlly returned to make her
home with her sister. Then these cry out in her horror and fright:
It was fort.unale that Mar en,
"John kills mr! John kills me!"
Norwegian folk were clouhled i11
lVlnrC'n was hl'al.ing on the fas- with the natural instinct for selfnumber by three arrivals from
preservation, should have twisted
their own Janel. John Ilonlvel's Lcnccl door and trying Lo come to a skirt around her shoulders for
her
sister's
Tescue.
Karen
had
risen
brother, MaLLhew, joi,wd him, and and staggered across Lhe room, protection from the cold, and
so did Maren's brnlher, l van when she fell again under the climbed out another window, probChristensen, arnl hi s bride, A1wlhc.
As she did so, she dislodged ably al Lhe rear. lier dog followed
She was a young wife, fair and blows.
the wo oden bar, by which the door her. She ran at first to the henmerry.
was fastened, and the door swung house, Lo hide in a cellar beneath
At four o'clock on Lhe a[Lernoon open. Maren entered and began to that, bul thought better of it. She
o! March 5, 187!1, th1· Clara J11'lh clrag her sister toward the bed- knew that Wagner would hunt for
was tied up at. the doc k in J'orl~- room. She was conscious of a tall her through the buildings, and that
mouth. Th l're the crew saw Wais- men, dimly outli ned against the the dog would bark and reveal her
ner. He asked seven! limes if window. ln slanlly he rushed at hiding place. In this, her reasonthey were going to SmuLLy Nose Lhe m both, and slruck at them with ing was correct; Wagner's footthat night. lle was assured Lhat Lhe awkward weapon, wounding steps in the snow were around all
they were noL, for Lht• bail for Lhe both, hul nol fatally. During all the buildings next day.
next day's fishing w,1s going Lo be Lhis Lime he never uLLered a word;
Maren then went to the cove to
late in n•aching 1'01 Lsmoulh by JJIS VOlC~ WOULD BETRAY look for a boat, but none was there.
train. llonlvet askl'd Wagn<'r Lo IllM.
Her final pl-an was to run to anhelp with bailing th<· t.rnwls and
Both women got into the other other part of the island and to
he agreed Lo do :,;o. They looked roo m anrl succeeded in closing the hide in the rocks near the water.
for him several time ~, hul were un- door. Their assailant had with- By Lhi:, time her condition was deable Lo find him. Noh ,dy could finu· drawn for a moment. Maren told plorable. Iler feet were bare, and
him; no one in Porl !- mouth was Lhe terrified AneLhe to climb out except for the skirt which she had
ever found who saw him Lhal night Lhe window and to shout for help; picked up, her only garment was 1'';...-:i11,-Y:
after haH-past seven, nor until a[- perhaps the foll\ on Star Isl.me! her ni hl own. And to add to her
ter day-break the 1wxt morning. mi hL hear. Andhe mana ed to
At the foot of Pil'kcring street,
I
�terrible misery, she looked back at , At last she heard the hammers
her house saw a light in it, and of the. workmen engaged in conheard the' screams JJf her sister. structi~g a hotel on Star Island.
Louis had returned to the house, She made her painful way, for her
lighted a lamp and was now feet were torn and frozen, to the
methodically slaughtering Karen.
nearest point and signalled while
That wretched woman finally she called for help, waving hcl'
"'"'"'~---..._~got upon her feet, fled into another skirt and shouting, but she failed
room and 'tried to escape through to get their attention, so she went
the window. He struck at her with to the rocks of Malaga, the nearest
the axe and smashed the sill. It point to the Ingerbrcdsen house on
was then that her screams were Appledore Island. Old Mt·. Ingerheard by Maren. Finally, after re- brcdsen came across the narrow
peated blows, the axe handle broke, channel in his boat and was aston...,."""'•'"' whereupon Wagner took ~ hand- ishcd to find Maren talking and
kerchief or scarf, wound it about shouting incoherently.
Karen's thro.at and strangled her.
Clad only in ·a nightdress, her
He took the same precaution wi th hair streaming, blood on her face
th
Anethe· then dragged her into e and on her garment. She was wildhouse by the fee.J;,.. and left her in eyed and pitiable.
the kitchen.
1
At two o'clock, the moon hurl
It is assumed that prior to this, been down for a quat'Ler of an
Wagner had made his frantic hour. Wagner still had a starlit
search for Maren among all the night and a snowy iandscape; inbuildings and hiding places near doors, he had boldly lighted a
by A witness had escaped and lamp, daring the possibility of inW~gner's safety was imperilled. terruption from another island.
He was a systematic man and so The night continued silent, the isfar his nerves had not been shaken land cold ancl deserted and if his
by the butchery in which he had in- courage had wavered, it returned.
dulgcd. His tracks-some ~f them
After the slaughter of the two
marked with the blood which be- women, and after he had finally
sprinkled the house, were found disposed of their bodies, he had the
in every direction. But he was tasks of the search- for Maren and
forced to give up and return for the hunt for money. In the first he
the money which 'had been the failed uttel'ly and knew that his
object of his expedition.
plan had begun to go to pieces;
In trunks, in bureau drawers and that henceforth he was in deadly
in boxes he hunted, upstairs and peril. In the second he came so
down. He broke open every trunk near to complete failure that he
_,_..,.._-Jin the house with a single excep- must have felt bitter indeed; to
tion one belonging to KarEl)l, work so hard, to take such risks, to
whi~h stood in the room which he plunge his hands so deep in blood,
had formerly occupied. A trunk and all for such a trifling sum. If
in John Hontvet's bedroom con- he could have found the five or six
tained the only large sum in the hundred dollars which he thought
house, $136, hidden between two was on the island, or even the asheets at the bottom.
mount which actually was there, it
He broke this trunk open and might have brought him 1_11eans of
· J ·
.._,
ts escape and temporary wealth.
- ~ · •.;;;r..;, fumbled t h erem, eavmg ,wo spo
For a while he lingered. He sat
of blood on the sheets, but missing down in the kitchen and ate; fragthe money. There were pocket- ments of food not cooked in the
boo)ts in pt her trunks or elsewhere·
b
t
t here was Karen's purse with a sil- kitchen. of the house, but roug11
1
with him from Portsmouth, were
ver half-dollar, two smaller si ver found on the table, together with
pieces some coppers, and probably
.
f'
d
b
a few' dollars in paper . money; ·al- km(~ , and or1c, a P1ate an cup eto ether these pocketbooks con- longmg t~ the I~ontvets. He made
ta~ed between $16 and $20. These tea· for himself, the handle of_ the
he found and rifled; one empty teapot on the stov~ wa.~ stamed
k tb k h I ft
the floor. He l'ed from the mu1derer s fingers.
~~n~ ~oth!r e piclcetb;ook • and The dead body of An~the lay nearby as he refreshed himself. Then
bro k.e open I·ts s t rap,. the. contents
.
he took a basin and towPls, went to
were corns, some :N_orwegian si 1ver, tie
well behind the house and
one Central American and a few 1
f th
bl d
00 Canadian copper pieces. These were wa~hed nway some O • e
dangerous to touch, as too easily s Lams.
·
.
identified; he left them behind. At . Wgg-ner was .e:cept1onal 1Y stut
· t
th following p1d. If, on leavmg Portsmouth, he
d~e or itwoJ>ao;n eisin to efollow the !iad taken a train for Port]and, Me.,
Y,k.
f th
· d of this cool- instead of returnmg to his Boston
wor mgs O • e mm
. haunts, he could have reached
~y ou°al~h~at~~~arda:f Ifse ni;~t'= Portland befo_re noon, fr?m which
p ·k d th doubl murder there- seaport he might have s~1pped un~~s p~obabl/ Jess . th~n $20. der_,a false na~e and d1sappem·ed
M
Hontvet reached some c!1tirely, or . at least for a con. . aren
.
s1derable penod.
h1dmg place m th e rocJcs, some
But luck which favored him up
nd
cove near the water's edge a
a_t a to the mom'ent of landing on Smutdistance from the house. IIoldmg
N
d
t d h 1·
th
d
cl Ose to her breast for ty
ose, utter IY : Qs~r e
1:11
e thog h
crouched and hid. thereafter.. And with his luck, his
warm , s e
wits left him He made the stuDay!ight was not due for four or pendous mistake of going from
five h-0urs. Wagner passed/~t
Smutty Nose Island back to Portsfrom her when he .returne O is mouth. Did he, in racially characboat.
e1·istic .manner des ise everybody
I
f
fu~~.
i~r
and trust in his ability Lo oo wink those whom he assumed to be
stupid because they were less cruel
than he?
Wagner's Wagging Tong-ue
Entra(lS Ilim
vV:ignel' made his way froJ11
SmuUy Nose Island Lo Purlsmnuth
not at all unobserved-and at
half-past seven was at 25 \Yater
!.lreet, his boarding place. His
sudden appearance at that hour in
the morning, his annarent fatigue
and disordered looks were instantly noted. WiLh physical \H'al'iness
hnd como also weakne::;s of spirit,
a revulsion had set in, and he was
in the most unusual condition of
the murderer whc makes damaging admission.:; which are always
troublesom e to explain, a;, a later
date, when the defence is seL up.
'T'o Mary J ohm;on, rlaui~hier of
the boarding housekeeper, he sairl:
"I have got my~elf into trouble,"
~nd wept.
One of the men in tho hou~e told
liim he looked like the devil, ancl
asked 1f he had been on an allnight tramp. Mary Johnson obLervcd scratches and ;,cars on hi s
knuckles ; she heard hi 111 say to her
rarents:
"I feel as if I was going to be
taken."
She told him that he looked as if
he had been without <;Jeep all
night, whereupon he starecl at her.
lie ate a little, went up to hi s
room, changed some of hi s clothes,
and soon set out from the house
:,gain.
He walked down-town,
bought some food, and shortly after nine o'clock, took a train for
Roston, where he arrived about
cl cven o'clock. Ile made one effort lo find a ship. This failed, and
he lacked the resolution and judgmer!t· to keep hidden.
At _ a barber shop he had hi s
three-weeks' growth of beard
shaved off, and his hair trimmed.
Next- he, went to a clothing store,
where he purcha~ed a new suit and
a new hat. His next call was a remarkable one, and furnished an inlident which resembles tho;:e in
the old tales of murder, in which
the guilty man fices from justice
and is haunted by the vision of his
crime.
At a boot and shoe shop of an
old acquaintance, Jacob Todtman,
at 39 Fleet street, Boston, he
called and purchased a pair of
shoes. Here, also, he took off the
overalls he was wearing·. and put
c,n his new clothes over his old
ones.
He asked permission to
leave the overalls and hi s old hat
behind him. Then Wag ner sat
down and watched Tocltman at his
work. When the cobbler had finished a boot and thrown it on the
floor, Wagner b1·oke the silence.
Pointing-, he said: "I have ~een a
woman lie as still as that boot!"
Puzzled by this cnigm'.1Lic re111a rk, Todtm!'\n, aftEr staring at ........_.
\Vagncr for a moment, replied:"That is nonsense. When my
wife is asleep, she lies as still as
lhat boot."
Wagner checked himself
nothing- more was said. This was
not remorse, but rather, the childi~h garrulty of a man who must
talk upon the t ic of his own
�He kept wandering into ·J 1e crowd sho uted, "Kill him.
familiar regions; into the com- "Hang him! " and showed ~uch a
pany of tho~e he knew. At about oi!'.pos ilion to interfere w1Lh the
4 o'clock in t hr, afternoon, he went courne of justice that they had _to
to a ~ailor's boarding house kept be kept back, not only by police
l,y Katharir,'.! Brown and her h ·11swilh drawn revolvers, but by a
baud at 295 North street. There <·ompany of marines from the
wa:; a barroorr. on Lhe first floor, Navy Yard, who slO'wly pressed
frequented by sailors.
Wagner Lack the m<'b wilh thcfr bayonets.
in, look a chair, and sat
· Wagner
at last safely put
dO'wn by Lhc window. Here he was in jail, but three days later there
1,resenlly greeted by u girl's voice, was another .,udd<•n and exlraorsaying:
oinary dcnwn slration,. when t~o
"Good afternoon, Louis."
hundred fishermen from the 1sThis was annoying, after all the Jan<ls and from the s hore towns
pains he ha<l .taken lo change his arrived :n Porlsmoulh, bent on a
.. ppea1 ance. He said=.
,,
lynching.
.
.
"I •g·ue.;;s yo u are mistaken.
A curious legal s1tuat1on had
But the -irl advanced into -the cevelopetl: it was round that New
1 oom-she ;as Miss Emma Miller·
Hampc;hire had jurisdiction over
-and r emarked :
the three southerly of the hles of
"Ii Louis is not your name. il is Shoal ~, but that the [our nol'lhern
the name you went by when you island,;, including Smutty No_se,
was here before: it was Louis -Lud- were within Lhe State of Mame
wig then."
r•nd the County of York . Wagner
Th is was >t fact, and Wagner must be tried in th e neighborning
dissembled no longer. Besides he i.,tate, and c, 11 March ,11th he was
considered • Miss Miller's status, taken lo th e train !for the transfe r
· M ·
Th
fi h
en
\\,hich was t hat of Anne of Austri
t'o Sac0 m ame.
e
s errn
in the ballad or Fnltah Fi~her, and were somehow prevented from
thong·h t that h ere was one in seizi ng the pri soner, but a furiou s ,
fl'<l!ilf,,,..w-, 1 whom he might confide, after a yelling mob of about a th0 usa nd
fashion. He admilled his identity. people follow ed th rough lbe st reets
al mid11io·hl as the officers conThe girl then observed:
clucletl ht'm. Lo the railroad station
"You iook awful bad! Whal
:nak<'s you look so?"
:.t
Port:;;rnou th ·
Slones
were
"Wagner 1·eplicd:
thrown , fre ely a nd -of cours'e
".I have just murde red two :;;ail - wou nd ed only th e officers.
<:rs, coming from New York. The
Waµ;ner trnmblc•d a nd hsh~ 1~!
1
. a b oa t ; l and was with diliicu 1ty.
us.
:nate put me 11s h ore m
M cu
i·an away an d c::.mc t o B os t on. I alon!.!
•• !Jy th e unhappy po1ice. any
!,ad my whiskers shaved off in will remcmucr th os~ ret1 s , /s
New York, so that the officers they will al ~o recall L e ou e uwould not know me . . . There is ncral o-f Karen a nd Ane th e, a nd
. I I wan L t o munIe r, an d the rirocess ion, with two h hearses,
anoth <'l' gn
h
Id
then I am ready to go."
.
t hat slowly wou nd th1~~ugT ht e
I
Miss Miller intimated that Loms town to he graveyaru.
ey ~re
was jesting; he laughed and the buried s ide by side, in di h e old
h
conversation ·e'r.ded.
Soul cem etery. Even to ay, an
'Debating with the landlady, occa sional s t rangcr comes to sec
Mrs. lll'Own, whdhrr he might lh;J,t<'.ibvo~~~lful manner which he
stay there for a Jew clays t111Lil he
found a ehip, he sat down by the r1clopll'd in 130s lon _was quit~ goi:e.
~tove in th<': kitchen and dozed.
W ag-ner was now 111 tear s , in V11"He h ad delayed too long, and un- luous grief th al he should bo
c!erestimaled the intelligence and charged wi th mu rd e r. He adopted
energy of those whom he had u manner of injured inn;.cin~,
w1·onged. The news of th e mur- · and professed a pie ty w .1c
c
clers had reach ed Ports mouth, was able so well to counterfeit th at
1•ews which on Thursday morning, its cffoct lingers lo th is day.
· mos t o f t I1c newspaThi s s ta le .o[ mind arose
from
was printed m
,
•
L ou1•s '"
this extiaord111arv
powers
pers o'f A mencu.
vv agner ,s
· mans
h
· 1
e Iexercisec
name was given ·111 L1H!Se repor Ls i:.s an aclor, · which
d d ·
O ge
10
'l
from
the
mc,ment
he
was
more accurate l y t l11.111 were • 1ose
•of his victims.
Ports mou th Jail. Continued pro, John Hontvet was able Lo tell fess ions of innocence, if accom,'f oe ·P ortsmouth police of Wagner's panier\ by a good pen;onal_ app?arcustomary haunts in Boston; !he ancc, a nd l,i,cked by sanct,momous
te1 egru11h was busy, and early in phrnscs, will convince m1:1ny perthe evening the lloslo11 police and ~ons that an accu!<cd man 1s s ufferdd.
office r s
were
at ing grievous wrong. If in a 1pottsrno ulh
Uon,
the
words
''ci
rcumstuntial
Brown's. Wag-nc r p-ave th em no evidence" enler into any part of
·trouble and ma<le no pa rlicular inq uiry 'us to th <.' reason for his the caRe, some of the public will
anest."
vote immediately to acquit a man
- -l\larch
------'!lof
all charges an<l give him a cerNext day, Friday.
7,_ he
tificate o[ hig-h moral character.
was t:lkcn hack lo Porls moulh by Of course, the strongest part of
train. He was followed to the sta- tpe evidence against Louis Wagner
Lion in Boston by a "hooting mob," was not circumslantial, but of the
<1.nd at all stations on Lhe route most direct kind, and it was cort here were other crowds gathered . roborated by an overwhelming
When the train ;. rrived in Ports- uumber of l!ircums tances. Luter,
mouth. 10,000 people, said Lhe it developed that Louis Wagner
1,ewspapers, awaited him,
and was obsessed with Lhe notion that
tri ed to rush the officers an<l seize unless he himself made a corufesth e prisone r for immediate ven- sion of guilt, he could not be legeance. The detail s of what had gally executed.
r.appened at Lh.e Shoals had
Wagner was confronted with
r eached the town, and Portsmouth :!\,faren ITonlvet and her husband,
was moved out of its usual calm. as he sat in his cell in the jail at
•.v,,,
0
°
°
Pol'tsmout .
al them for
remarked:
"I'm g lad Jesus loves me!"
To which utterance John Hontvet instantly replied:
"The devil loves you!"
There was a preliminary examination before a lower court !lt
South Berwick, Maine, at which
so111e of the State's witnesses gave
evidence. Wagner was held and
in May indicted for the murder of
Anethe. On June 9, 1873, he came
to trial in the town of Alfred,
County Seat for York, at a sitting
of the Supreme Judicial Court.
The presiding Justice was Hon.
William G. Banows. The Attorney
General, Harris M. Plaisted, Eiq.
(afterward Governor), and one of
the ablest prosecuting attorneys of
Maine, appeared for the people; he
was assisted by George C'. Yeaton,
Esq., County Attorney. "The Court
assigned as counsel for the defence
a learned lawyer and former
iudge, Rufus P. Ta12ley E~q. 1~9J
Saco and there a1so appeared in
the prisoner's behalf Max Fisch,,cher, E sq., of .]~oston, who was
brought into the case by somebody
in ordH that Wagner might have
b
fi
f
I f h"
the ene t o counse o
1s own
Prussian nationality.
On June 18th, the ninth day of
the trial, the jury went out. They
delibe1·ated for .fifty-five minutes,
and found the prisoner guilty of
•.11urdc1· i·n the fi•·st
• u·'ep1·ee.
Wacrner·
\Vas taken back to Al,.,
fred Jai l. and soon gave the people of Maine a fresh sensation .
The jail, stil l standing, was a new
cne, a •.~ hort d1'stance ft·om the
Court House, and supposedly
Btrong.
Or,e night a wa2k after
I he rlose of the trial, the two
µuard 3 who were watching Wag11er, found they were actually
guarding a well-constructed dummy. mncle of u variety of objects,
v.nd placed in the prirnner's bed.
'l'hat ingenious m a n had Picked
the locks with some wooden imple;nent, and walked out, followed by
two other prisoners.
He did not know what to do
with his liberty, but wandered
t•boul the countrv for four days,
subsi·.•t·
., 1nrr
., on be1·r·1·es. He slept in
the lii'gh r·oad for fear of wr'ld
leasts and 11a1·1·owly escaped be1·ng
r un over by deput"y sh er1·ffs di:1·ving madly about in search of him.
Finally, he was captaured near
Farmington, New Hampshire, and
returned to Alfred J~il.
Th ere is a romantic yarn about
Lhe escape, including one which in" •.
,
~olves a probably fictitious J::u 1er s
daughter." The people of Nciw
.
liamp~hire b<•lievcd that Mame
wi sh('d to avo:cl PUJ1ishing Wr.gner. I~ is a fac l that he announced
f
his i 11tention to escape roro the
Jail i,t All red, a week before he
r.ctually accomplished it.
Th ere is a La le to the effect that
.; ohn and Maren Hontvet separnl<'d, . the !alter returning to
Nor \\" ay. A bit of g-os~ip, typical
of 111:tuy murd e rs,'is thut years aftenn 1ni Maren made a "death-bed
c:onfesBion" of her own guilt of the
crim e. Few ha ve heard this, but
iL has b<!en in pr int. It is absolute
bosh, although perhaps _good enc,ugh Jor a yellow journalist,
had never
trial. - --~- ~~r-...,.i"i'l':'-:f
�me , or ii.en more years.
ree
i[n 'F'ebruacy, the Counci1, now
. f uver a case were proved up
to the hilt in a court of law, it was 'Jl'lain:t,y •of •diff.erent members from more murde1,ers were hanged. The
1hat aP-ainst Louis Wagner. The the preceding 'September. a•g ain last to pay the penalty was Daniel
Jury '\Vho saw him for nine days, considered an order to commute W~1kin son, w ho shot and killed a
and hea1·d him talk for hours, 'Wagner's sentence to impri son- illat..h, Mai ne, poli ceman. The exemade a prompt decision against ment for life. This was unanim- cution of Wilkinson t ook place on
him· a decision which his judge, ously rejected; not _even the Co1:1 n- Nov. 26, 1885.
and' ther judg-es, upheld. That cillor' who introduced the mot10n
Following Loui s Wagner , anti
fact and the failure of the few ef- seems to have voted in favor of it s Go1·dou, two othe r Maine murderfort'· to obtain executive clemency, -pnssu~e. Late in the same month, er s went to the gallows. Th ey were
show how feeble was the ar~1ment another r epl"ieve until March was Carmine Santos and Raffallo Cafor his innocence. Even without ordered for both Wagner and Gor- pone, convi cted of the sl aying of
the direct testimony of the eye- ic.loo;i.,, 'iI'h.e day now fixed :for the PasguaTle
Cascia, at Brewer,
witnesses, a woman whose eha1·ac• oeC'ntion was March 26, but on Th ey we1·e 'hanged in AprH of
ter was unimp~ached, the case :was March 24, the Council, who seems 1 885,
I
exceptionally strong.
Combmecl ito "½ra-ve determined to play this ----...-...-...-...-.-...-...-...-._
with Maren's story, the )llass of 'C'll,'£'..and-mouse game t o the very
drcumstunc~s led ~o an mos~ap:, ilumt,, ag-ain reprieved both conable conclus10n. It 1s prepostc1ous 'Vliets •lllltil June 25, 1876. 11.'he warthat so many persons, mostly of rant for their execution on that
good character, could be ib~nded date !Was .ihen issued, signed by the
together to s'fea1· away the life of G11>vernor, Nelson Dingley, Jr.,
Pn · innocent man. His own story .s ome twenty years '1ater oelebrated
of his doings on the night of the .as the a,uthor of a national tariff
murders is absurd.
.acL
Moreover Wagner was far from
Twenty-seven mon'ths -arfter his
the m~~ ~f tr~nsparent virtue that -crime, therefore. -and more than
he seemed in his days_, at _the State ,two :years after his conviction,
Prison in Thomasto:p. J;I1s profes- ILouis W.agner was a.gain to p1•e!;.ions of faith increased in fervour pare, and this time finally, for ,e..xand sppanmt sinc~rity -"as t!\ey ec.ution . W.a,gner still laid the .murseemed likely to prov€: advan~a- cders to Maren and John Hontvet.
geous · his attacks upon the w1t- Ue professed confidence that God
nesse; agairst him were often vcn- l,,\-'OU.1Gi mtel"Cere ,to save him.
'l'he 9ther ;eondcmned man, -Gorc mous. He accused two of them
of rourder, another of highway d@n, groaned and wept all night;
robbery. There is no traee of the Wagner slept soundly. The , warc:imple and unaffected piety until raint fixed the time otf the execul•e was un<lcr arrest and it could :t;i.on ,l>etwee.n eleven .and twelve jn
uccome of material help. It is c:,aid the morning. A few minutes bethat he had boasted of earlier !foa.le ,e:leven, i.t was d-iscovered that
crimes in 'his past, and tl:is is by ,Go.rdo.n had made .a nearly successno means unlikely. The islan_d ful attempt .at suicide. A shoemurders may not have been his maker's lrnife had been smuggled
.into the cell; he bad gashed his leg
first taste of human blood .
in an atticmpt to sever tbe f emo1'he escape from jail throws a
diffe1·ent light upon a man st\p- 1·nJ '.a\i·tery, ..a.nd had also stabbed
p_osed to be stupid and ehildlikc. b11mself 'in the side. He was bleedNot a few murderers walk the ing to death, and ,could 1ive but a
earth in full enjoyment of their few hours at the most.
The Sheriff was in -a quandary
freedom because of their innocent
and virtuous appearance; when whether to proceed with the execut•11e of these hone~t-looking f~llows tion o'f 1lhe wounded man -or to dis{s accused of crime, ithe evidence obey the ,v.an·ant. He 'l'esolved upl1as to be most overwhelming be- on obedieJJce to the law. Wagner
was Jed and Gordon was carried to
fore a jury will convict.
.
Many and many a murderer, h~s the plaoe of execution. The galhands dark with the blood of l11s lows was set up in a deep hole in
victims lu~s faced his last moment the earth 0f t'bc prisol'\ yard, an
,vith a ~ourageous smile a1~d P._tn·o- old ,disused 1ime1,ock, quarrr, _
As one stro0d, -and the -otner was
lcstati<,m ·of inno,cence wh 1 ch rang
with apparent sincerity, and bear sup_ported on. the !P1atform, the
in mind that Wagne1· fanried that murc'!ere1· of Anethe -and KaTen
without a .conifossion he could not looked pleasantly about and said
farewell to one · of the officers.
be legally executed.
.
As the year of confinement at With ..a pitying ,glan1oe tow.aa·d his ~:~·~f'~:i:•~
Thomaston came to an end, it be- companion, ne also_remarked:
i;ame imperative for the Governor
"Poor G9rdon, poor GQrdon, you
of Maine to commute Wagner's arc atlmi>st' g-Qne." · ·
, ·
sentence, to pardon him; o: ~o
Ask<ed if be had .anythiing furcause him to be executed w1t~1n ther 'tio" say, Wagner relied: ·
c,ne _year from the date of the ong"What I have to say I have reinal sentence. On September 7, corded in mein tru·e story. • I hope
1874 the Gov~rnor consulted his in l).elp ,of Gott . . . . . r peHeve an ·
Cou~cil in -the matter. A motion His lhc,,'ly Wort and his commandto advise him to commute the sen- mooil:s. • Dat is all I have to say."
tence to jjfe imprisonment was
'The trap WR$ sprung .and 'both
lost, 5 to 2. He was then arlvised n-.ec id'\ed.
•
i.:ri:mirnously to fix January 29,
But the hlundering wit'h Gor) 875 for tho execution, and issued don, and the circumstance ,of his
his ;.,arrant accoringly.
death, do not prove t he 4nnocence
· But by January 14th, howeve;, of. eitb·e r man. And ~n the light,
Wagner's 'case· had become comJ?h- not of emotion, but of reason,
catrd with that of another convict, the:re wa~ no cause to questi on
John True Gordon, awaiting exe- W~er's guilt.
. .
cution for the ·murder of three perThe execution at Thomaston had
sons. The Governor granted Wag- been a shocking spectacle. Many
ner a reprieve until February, believe it wa:s the last to take place
while the question of the commuta- in •Maline. It was not. The death
tion of Gordon's sentence should be pen:alty fo;r murder pre:vailed in
consiclerecl. If this was refused, it
was planned to hol~ both executions 11t the same time.
�n early 20 yea.rs.
Recently th e N . H .
Highway Department placed suffi cient
'protection around the ancient
landmark so it would never again be buried
by the sands.
On the top of the rock ls the mark.b_lg
"A. D. 1657."
Below this ls what was a cr oss and
crown L:it so wom by the elements as to
be hardly visible. On it ls also "H. B .
1850," for Hampton boundary, to show
the southern limit. l t is believed that
this '\'Ills made after the ledge was uncove1·ed. Also "S. H .", to show the
limits of South Hampton's pqssess1on. ·
hoto by
Ilmu11l! Rod,
Farlted A ll11undaJ'
s:aff
Jn 1(,57
One o1 HJe oldest bounrlRry mnrkers three milcf i1ort.hv.-nrd of the
Merrlgiven
John
Mn~on
for
New
Hampshire
exsouth of Hampton Rivn mcmt.h, where
1,he town of H11mptnn ml!l ~·<•nbrook trnded Jo 1,he Merrimack River. The
now joln. The 1nnrlu:~r. v.hkh ls lJeU.er t.wo wloni<•s,
t.h,,rcfcne,
known to hist-0rians :,• ound Rork, has t.hree mik. at this point.
been many t.imcs a mrans oI rettling
Probably t.he bClundary line had. not
boundl'lry line controver~ies that :t11we een marked out in 1040, for Salisbury
arisen between individuals towns and and Hampton soon commenced disput~
even colonies, namely New HAmpshire, ing its posit.ion, Hampton claiming a
and Ma • ;hmetts B:iy.
straight llne from t.he i-iver mouth t o
Until 1931 the rock ,,.as l-miHl in he the 11prer <•r ~e>uth or ~ou beast corner
sand for many years nnci lien Jocntcd o! the Borheldcr farm ond Salisbury
was left unprote:ctetl, "ilh t.he clnllgcr daimlng lhn.t the line ran to the near-•
threatening that it mi[lht nr:nin
be rr cornrr n.nd t.henc•p :ilong the bound-·
buried by the sh!f1 ini; <;mll. TJJ 11 tat MY of thP frrm t-0 the Bachelder t1:ee .
o! New Hampshire
}rns rrect.cd
a This p0r!ion o! the line, at least, 1e••
cement bulwark around t.lic ! orl~.
mained unmn ked until 1657.
The rock, which probal,Jy ls as large
A court-appo!nled commission ln
as a barn, :md not likely t0 move about.,! l<i56 fail ed 1-0 mrike a 1eturn aHa llttlP
has r e1Jeatcclly elude:cl ~elect.men of , investiga1!c>n, lmt in t.pril, 1057, anothf•l'
Hampton, !":alislmry, Srnbrnok, South I commission studied 1l1e mattrr
and
Hampton. The reason for v.hat ~ome i;aYe it.s tlcri~ion, which allowed 40
call it.s uncanny di~apprnrrncer. ls ncres of salt marnh :rorth o! the dislargely that \,he locat.ie>n is ln nn out-of- p11ted line to Salisbury. Later anol.her
the- way place and unt.il rPcently was not dispute nro[:p and 1.his time a commJs-,
visited by officials, unt.il rnme di~pule sion h eaded by Capt. Nicholas Shap-•
mo.se. When t.he officials t.'lt'lec1 to Jelgh of Chnrlestown la.Id out and
look for the rock it wn ~ ncm ly buried by marked tl1 houndary l,ctwcen HaJllpton
sand nnd because no t.recs or hon ·es and Salishn•jr,
,
were nearby it wns haHl to le>catc. Ji'orAlth01:gh BouncJ 1C'(k hns been thP
merly the J'(lrk w:i•· In JJnmp1on River rnlution 11f mn11y _<l_hp11tes 1,hcrc lw·1
lrnt. the cour~e of tl 1r 'l\'at, 1,,.;1y lias i been onl y one peci!1c reference to it iH
changed considerably in t.hc lak1, 280 public tlC1<>11r en' r, " 1 ich is ''Shapley':,;
years.
line rims to the l'ou1Hl Rock, so-called,
Colonial owner~hip of 11Jl!; sN !ion of at Hmnpten River's mouth."
the coast was d!spu!<'cl n:1 ~oon ~,s 1t
The- rnrk has tlisrrrrared fiom time
was settled be.cause Urn i/J'a,rnd n<r t.tts to time and its last <,i'.·appearnnce was
Eay Colony chart.er v·a~ givrn with the ln 1912, whrn it ehul( tl surveyors and
clause that the tract ~houl!l
extend h i~tori:ms of Hampton nnd Scab1·ook for
in Amerirnn history rnn be ~rcn jnst mnck Hh f•r, while t-h e charter
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�AT WARNER HOUS
Kenneth Roberts, noted author, is to
speak at the Warner House on Wednesday, Aug, 4. Mrs. Barrett Wendell,
honorary chairman o! the board of
the Warner House will introduce Mr.
Roberts, who will speak on his latest
book ''Northwest Passage." Tea will be
serevd after the lecture
with Mrs.
Arthur D. Hill in char e.
(Concord Monitor)
Kenneth Roberts, wl\ose historical
novels
northern New England have
caught the public fancy, brings back
to life a rich tradition of pioneering in
settings' today
familiar not only to
New England but also to the millions
of Americans who annually come to
New England for vacations.
Roberts repeatedly- uses great care
in determining the accuracy o! his
description of places and characters,
many of them historical, though now
and then antiquarians seek to dispute
the underlying facts about which he
weaves his tales. We believe our own
Major Hammond has in the past taken exception to Roberts' description
of John Stark.
To the ordinary citizen determination of where fact ends and fancy begins in · an historical :r1ovel is of course
di.liicult. Yet Roberts product has won
such general ·approval that apparentl,y
he has been reasonably successful In
not vjolatlng known historical background.
Certainly New
England provicl,es
great riches for such narrators. Its
pioneer characters provide as many
if not more examples of fortitude and
courage than do many of the better
known characters who pioneered 1n
opening up. the great western part of
the United States, a pioneering which
the exploits of New Englanders helped
make possible in due time. ·
Roberts makes his characters live
and he may well be adding to the
heroes of a nation and to the legends
which accumulate as a nation grows
older.
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ENJOY PRIVILEGE
OF MEETING
NOTE AUTHOR
Passage." Some lnLercstlng U1aLerial
had been loaned for the exhibition by
Doubleday, Doran Company, the publ!shers, il1cludlng a large picture of the
aut.Lor. An original manusc1ipt of a
section of "Northwest Passage," bearing
the author's il1serilons, co11cctions and
changes on its margins, was nn interestil1g part 01 the display.
Twenty-four portralt,s
of
Portsresidents of colo11lal times from
Kenneth
Here For mouth
the coDection of Miss Dornthy Vaughan
were on display, all b!)Jng contemporaneous with 1J1e tim s dcscrJlJed 1n
Warner House Ass'n.
"Nm thwcsi Passage," oncJ several of the
chaiactus pictured bL·rng· in lbe book.
Kenneth Roberts
of
Kennebunk Among tJ1ese was a po1-tniit ol Rev. ArBeach, accompanied by his niel:e and j thur Brown of Queen 's Chapel, who
secretary, Miss Marjorie Mosser, were figured in "NorLl1we:,t Pas~ag1..." Rev.
honored guests in P01·tsmou1J1 yester- Brown's daughter, El:LzaLt:lh, JJJarried
day. A large number of persons, resi- Major Rogers.
dents of this city and many milr::s
A pc,rlrait of Judge Sa!Jluel
around, enjoyed tile privilege of meet- more, who is nlso mentioned
Jn the
ing Mr. Roberts and securing
aubo- book, and of other COJJtrmpomries, ingraphed copies of his
latest
book, eluding Sir William Pcppunell, Lady
''Northwest Passage."
The proceeds Frances Wentworth, Sa John Wentfrom the sale of the autographed copies! worih, Johnathan Warner, who is in
.is entirely for the benefit of the Greater the book, Mrs. Archibald MacPheadrls,
Portsmouth Council, Girl Scouts.
wife of the buildtr
f the
Wainer
From 2 to 4 o'clock Mr. Roberts met House, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Atkinthe public at the home of Mrs. William son and their ::;on, Tl,codore Atkinson,
.Farrington, 30 Middle street, for the Jr., and others were .i.ncludul.
benefit of the Girl Scouts, later speakFour Girl Scouts a~slsted M1s. Faring at a tea at the Warner House for rington il1 ushering nd by handing
the benefit o! the Warner House As- books for autograph
to Mr. Roberts.
,soclation.
.
,
These w1:1·e Scouts
At the Farrington home about 75 per- Constance Dennett,
sons, many from out of town, including and Hazel Comeau .
.members of the .faculty of the UniverAt the Warner Bouse more than 200
-sity <>f Ne,, Hampshire, .residents of persons attended the tea, filllng the
Exeter and .other nearby towns
and rooms almost to capacity. Mr. Roberts
summer resorts, came to meet Mr. Rob- talked most amusingly and in1ormally,
er.ts and secure the autographed vol- answerlng (Jncstions nbout "Northwest
umes. Ao Army chaplain drove here Passage," about the characters he cref1:om Laconia for this _privilege.
Mr. akd and those who rue actual historical
.Roberts talked informally and cracked personages, and about the research
lokes, discussing his books and a variety which was ntc,essary in the book'·s c.on'llf subjects il1 a most entertaining man- struction to make it a \.rue picture
of
ller. This took place in the attractive tho:;e early times.
The Girl Scouts
colonial living room of the Farrington assisted here also.
residence, which .has some rare pieces
Mr. Robe1ts revealc<l in answer to a
of antique furnitwie. Mr. Roberts was i question that Langdon Towne, a leadmuch interested in these furnishings, ing character il1 "'Nm thwcsi Passage,"
some -of which were dated at the times was not actually a real character, but
llescribed in his novels.
stated that Robert Rogers, l1oader of
In .a reom .across t.be hall was an ex- Rogers' Rangers, was actually a living
:).ibitio~1 of .material pertaining to Mr. character. He .alee discussed wme of
Roberts' historical novels,
including his other books, including "Rebels In
the ,author's source books, U1e margins Arms."
bearing Mr. Roberts' notations . . There
Following 1J1e talk tho&e who wil!bed
was an interesting map of the Lake j remained to meet the author personally
Champlain region, with the lines of a I an<l shnke his han<l.
campaign Into lhe wilderness
traced
The tea was in c.hru ge o1 Ml s. Ar1J1ur
;upon it by Mr. Roberts while plaaning D . Hill, assisted
lly Mrs. Henry L.
the story of Captain Rogers' expedition Green. The pourers were Mis. Warren
against the French and Indians with , of New Castle, Mrs. Marjorie Hartford
his Rangers in the book, "Northwest I and Mrs. Hodson of Little Harbor road.
Roberts
Bfnefit Of Girl Scouts And
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KITTERY TO HAVE
SPECIAL TOWN
MEETING MONDAY
The citizens of Kiltery are to convene in special Town
Meeting
at
Armory hall next Monday evening at
7 o'clock for the purpose
o! taking
adion upon a proposed dam lo be
situated near the
present
Kittery
Point Bridge, SUl'lllOUllled by a hlt~hway. The meeting was called on petition of Harry 0. Remick and fifteen
other citizens, who propose that the
town raise the sum of $60,000 as its
share of the cost of a permanent fill.
The Slate Highway commission has
proposed to build a new
bridge at
that point. The proponents of the dam
plan would have the town raise the
diITerence between the cost of the
bridge from state funds and lhe cost
of the construction of a dam Lo make
an inland, salt-water lake.
The Maine Slate Highway Commission has a fund of five million dollars which it can use in lhe construction
and
maintenance of bridges
throughout the slale.
Qwing lo the
serious damages and clcslruction to
bridges rauscd by the floods, the Slate
Highway commission is unable lo allot
any money except for
briclgr construction. Otherwise it might be posb1ble to oblain additional funds from
Lile state for the construction o! a
dam instead.
The Slate Highway Commission estimates lhe cost of the bridge construction as $70,000 and the commission has set aside this sum for this
purpose. The commission is about to
ask_ for bids for the construcLion of
this Kitlcry Point bridge.
It
the
townspeople of KltLcry wish a dam
instead then the town must furnish
the difference in t.he cost between the
bridge and the dam, which ls estimated
at $60,000.
Some residents of the town believe
the advantages of the dam and increased valuallon of property wlll
warrant the expenditure or the money
on the town's part while others believe
that it will be an additional tax burden. The matter ls to he decided at the
meetin on Monday evening.
guided by the careful opinions of the
real estate men, the selectmen and the
voluntary finance committee upon
whose good ju~gment we depend with
confidence, and upon th-e merchants
who know our conditions.
"I shall want to know how those In
business feel about it. I shall also want
I t
to know •')W our valued summer residents feel about it, and the prospect of
The Lown of l{lt.tery Is much inter- any large summer colony on the creek.
estccl in the matu-r of a proposed dam
"Certainly I ought to have a deep inacro~s Uw cnLrnnrc to Spruce Creek Lo terest in the matter. There is no one
replace I-he olcl wooden bridge between In the whole town who loves old Spruce
the Inle1 vE'nt in Kittery and Kittery Creek more than we do, and just now
Point shore.
ties were to be doubled or trebled, be-,,.,... __ .~,
The town will hold a special meetin" loved shore lines. I would be 11t a disMonday evrning lo vote on the matte; advantage all my life il the money
of hiring $60,000, to be added to u1 c valuation of the Spruce Creek properconstruction cost above the price of re- ties were to be doubled or trbled, bebuilding a wooden bridge instead, as cause "bur lands were not acquired for
proposecl In a pending contract.
commercial purposes but for our own
The town is sharply and deflniteiv benefit and enjoyment summers durdivlded over the matter, inasmuch a·s ing our lives, and doubtless will be so
the interests of the whole town are in- held for our own lives, for
Spruce
volved. The questions are the old ones Creek ls one or the loveliest places in the
of burdensome taxation, and whether world that I know anything about.
there would
be
a corresponding!y
"I do not want to be selfish and to
healthy increase in valuations for the vote for a dam without information
. Spruce Creek properties to take care of without knowledge, even
though j
t.he increase, whatever it may be, and might increase the value of our land
whether there be any prospects of a as no doubt there would be a valuabl~
beneficial summer colony or colonies on increase. I shall not do so at the exthe creek on account of a great salL pense of the rest of the town. I wan!
water and beauliful lake about thn)e t.he dam, and have always been in favor
miles long in the exact center of the of it, and if it may be made clear that
town . There arc strong arguments on th e permanent dam be the better idea
both sides .
on the whole, then I think I ought ~
One of the owners of property on the vote for it and let the future take care
east sicle, where he has put up a sum- of the good consequences.
mer
log
cabin is J udge Jus"I shall want to know how my good
tin
H.
Shaw of
Old
Ann- friends, John Mead Howells, James H.
ory Way, KiLlery, with about 18 acres Walker, Frank E. Getchell, Charles F.
all on Spruce Creek, on the Haley road'. Hussey, a former selectman, Albert w.
The Shaws have three adjoining lots Linscott of the Pepperrell Hotel, and
surrounding the historic old
Goosr others feel nbout it. If they are in favCovc, and all of Cherry Tree Point in Lo or of the <"am I shall feel like approving
Lhe creek on the northwest. Some of their good judgment and their interests.
this land was acquired before the dam If they are against the proposed exwas ever seriously thought of and some pense I shall be with them in opposition
of it acquired this year, being a part of to it.
the old Wilson garrison lands, held by
"However I do not think the matter
the ancestors of Judge Shaw.
of a dam would be of any great arguIn speaking with a representative of ment in the matter of salt water bathThe Herald as to what the issues were Ing in the summer !or the summer resiand what the attitude of the people of dents. There are few good bathing
Kittery was Judge Shaw saicl he did not beaches on the creek. It is true that fe
know fully ln either respect. He said have such a good beach at our Cherry
he could only speak as an interested Tree Point land. We have the clean
person, but as one very ignorant of sweet tide twice a clay, and i! it was
what was best for the town, and as one only a question of bathing, the matter
having great respect Ior the good opln- of that has been neglected ln any prilons and good judgment o! others, whom vatc or commercial respect all these
he trusted fully to do what may be right years, and the proposed change is not
at the meeting. In this respect he said: obvious. We have four hours of every
"Personally, I think I would be In t-lde with enough water !or bathing
favor or the clnm, u the town might twice a day, now.
'
stand the burden of the additional cost
"If, ln my own case, our taxes were to
for such permanent construction. But be even doubled by the necessity of town
I doubt very much if the town as a whole expenses, I do not know how in my later L'l''J'2'•:-·"l-+•;.:
will be convinced that so much money years and upon retirement, I shall be
should be hired at interest, to add to able to meet such taxation.
the rebuilding of the
bridge, even
"Until we may have a decent road
though there were a fairly good pros- for the entire cllstance of the . Baley
pcct of a development of the Spruce road, from Hutchins Corner to
the
Creek properties for summer recreation SLate Highway, which Is now !or the
purposes and a betler summer busi- most part in very bad shape, I think we
ness.
should hesitate to take over a heavy in"We who arc not so well informed crease in town expenditures unless we
about the business affairs and the fi- may be sure that the increase will be of
nancial status of the to....
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~ED DAM
�whole town. Apparently there is to be
another year ot neglect on the completion of that project from a lack of funds.
"At t'1e coming town
meeting I
hope that those who wish to speak upon the subject may be prepared to be as
brief as possible and have a good summary so that as many as possible may
be h~ard. It should not be a :ime for
loose talk but our representative men,
such as .have suggested, should' ~st
be heard and what they maJ have _to
say should be carefully considered."
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ATTEND SERVICE
AT SANDO Mr~
A number from this
vicinity
Sunday attended the Old Home Day
Sandown's
famous old
meeting house, erected in 1773.
Among those
present
were Mrs.
Anita Babb, home demonstration
agent for Rockingham County University of New Hampshire Extension
Service;
Mr. and Mrs. Stillman A.
fackard, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rollinson and daughter, Ann, Mr. and
Mrs. Justin Rand, Mrs. Marion Prior,
Mrs. Annie Pickering, J. Adams deRochemont and Mrs.
John W. deRochemont of Newington.
After the morning service luncheon
was served in the Town Hall for ticket
holders, Percy Hicks being the caterer.
The services were of great interest
and those in attendance came from
far and near.
It is said the town of Sandown
refused an offer of $40,000 for
grand old building, believed to be one
of the oldest, unaltered church structures in the entire state. Its tall pulpit of goblet design
has a canopy
which is 30 feet above the floor and is
in
osport
Each summer Unitarian and Congregational conferences are held on
Star Island, controlled by the Star
Island Corporation, which also
owns another island in the Isles
of Shoals group called Appledore
Ishnd. This was once the site of an
old fishing village, Gosport. Edward
Tuck of P aris, benefactor of Dartmouth College and New Hampshire
Historical Society, has given an
initial gift toward restoring this village. The Isles of Shoals were once
popular as a rnmmer resort; a hotel
thrived there, and boats canted
many picnic parties from Portsmouth.
C. _ . ~n . C\ , 1~
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a.u.
It
TO CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY
The Episcopal <llocese of New Hampshire next year js to celebrate the tercentenary of the first services of the
Church of England, which were held
in Portsmouth in 1638 and that year
is the traditional and probable date of
the building of the first church.
The diocese of New Hampshire is to
celebrate the
tercentenary of thls
event at old Saint John's Church ln
collaboration with th e parish, established ln 1732 as Queen's Chapel and
incorporated as Salnt John 's Church
in 1791.
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COLONIAL
OBSERVANCE AT
KITTERY PO~NT
"Coloninl Sundny" ls to be observed
one week fro111 tomorrow, A11g11 't U\,
nt the hlstorlc old Fir~t Congregntlonal Church at KlUery Point. The
service will be at 10 a. rn. The. pastor will spr::ik from the old high
pulpit oI the long ago nnd the Pepperrell family, lllstorlc personngcs o!
old Kittery, will be in attendance.
The people are invited to attend in
costnmes of the early clnys.
All who attenLlell the ''Colonial
Sun,l::iy" observnnce of Inst sttmmcr
wlll be interested in once 0gnin entering into the historic past, the appealing dnys of our nnccstor~. This
observance, the service conllucted as
nea•·ly as po~slble in the style of the
olden days, wlll be of interest to all.
The First Parish Congregational
Chnrch is the oiliest of the existing
churches of Kittery, the firnt meeting house having bren built prior to
1700. The presrnt church edifice was
built about 1730.
Kittery
Point, Aug.
16-Colonial
Sunday was observed at the morning
service yesterday at 10 o'clock nt the
First Congregational Church. Rev. Edward H. Newcomb, the minister, dressed
In colonial costume, spoke from the oldtime high pulpit. The service was conducted as nenr!y as possi ble as in the
olden days, Mr. Newcomb reading a part
of one of Dr. St,evrns' srrmons, the lntLer being an enrly pastor of tbe
old
ch11rcr The Pepperrell family, historical peo·-Je of Kittery Point, were in attendance and the choir and many of the
congregation were attired in quaint old
costumes. An added fr a tnre of interest
was the use of the bap tismal bowl, a
part of the old silver communion service,
and seldo· t used. The two children of
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Evans, Louise and
David, were bapti:,;ed. .\t the rlose of
the church service a short service was
held in the old cemetery at Ihe grave of
Rev. John Ncwmarch i11 memory of the
early pastor of the hist..,ric cht11Th.
\A/RITE ARTWLE-ON-.............
Pl-\. C~~ -~ <: ;. ~G FOLSOM
The following inlresting article on
"Channin~ Folsom As I Knew Him "
was writlrn and rrar! by Judge Justi'n
JI. Shaw al Lhc recent meeting of the
Piscalaqua Pioneers:
The Honorable Channing Folsom
was the son of Dr. William and Irene
(Lamprey) Folsom. He was born in
Newmarket on June 1, 1848. He was
the owner of
t.he
ancestral home
Which his forcfathrr settled in 1674
and the last survivor of the male !in~
outliving both his sons.
He rereivcd hi., ed ucation in the
public srhools of Newmarket, and a
story he used to tell with the characteristic twinkle of his eye was about
attendance at
thP
Four Corners
School nt the age of four which became memorable lo him because of
his " physica l disa O reement with the
sc_hoolmaster. His order to study m et
with no response from me," he said
"whereupon he came up t.he aisle and
pinched my car; I came up to the
scratch jumping up and kicking him
m the shim;, t,he inning was a draw·
but my siste r rnrried home :in account
of Lhe fracas with the result thnt I
apolor,-izcd thr next mornin~. saying,
"Mr. Buzzell, my falhet· says that I
am very sorry for vhat I did vesterctay." This a!sl} shows the dry ·humor
and wit whiC"lt wer associated wilh
him throughout his ,ife. He also attended Exeter Academy where he prepared for Dartmouth College, He entered with the class of 1870 but left.
before gr1.cl11~tion because of p or
eyesight. Lal<'r an honorary A. M. ancl
t Ile rer,u!ar A. n. W<'re ronfcrrcd upon
him by Dartmouth. He was one of the
three oldest of his class ,vhen he died.
On November 12, 1870 he was married lo Ruth Sava(l'e of Newmark t
They were blessed vith five children:
two boys, Henry Herbert, a lawyer,
and Arthur Channing, in business in
Boston and later in California. Bo h
sons
\•:ere
Dnrtmouth graduatf'"'
There were al~o
three
girls, AI:r~
Irr 1n, F.mily & fary, Mr. C!nnning
was a loving fat her and a 1 devoted
hushnnd \\'ho w~s nxtre mely proud of
his family.
His r;rl'aL '1i m in life va.s to becorn
a good f.racher
:,nd
remnin
f.11e
learned schohr. At the early ag of 20
he rnlcr<'d t lie tr,1chil s'; profession
_ and tau~ht school nt Sandwich, Anv'sbury, Mass., and Por tsmouth. In 1874
he brrnme prinriw,l of the Belknap
grammar school in Dover, and then
received the position of sub-master of
the Eliot School in Boston. Finally he
~dv:mccd in his field to become Superint.enclent of Srlviols in Dorer 111d
Newmarket. and 1-,tcr bec:un .. Shte
Superintendent of publk inst ruction;
thus culminating ~ life-long nmbition.
He was a rare lr1cher and knew his
subjects thoroughly, easily interpreting them into trrm:; clearly understood by his pupils. He Impar ted that
intangible force which is the true essence of a teacher.
In fraternal and civic activities he
was popular and unselfish in his work
and his judgment in many matters
pertaining to town affairs was considered sound and pract!.cal. In August 1921 he joined the Plscataqua
Pioneers and in 1925 was chosen president. At the age of 21 he handed in
his application to become a member
of the Rising Star Lodge o:! Newmarket in which he held his membership
up to the time of his death. He was a
member of the Scottish Council of
I Masons at Po1-tsmouth being a 32nd
degree -Mason. He was also a member
of St.
Paul's
Commandery
and
Knights Templar . of Dover. He was
the father of the bill whereby all 1i-•;-:,m•."•P:r
. towns
not
having a high school
·, should pay the tuition of all scholars
in the town who attended high school
or an Academy.
This is merely a short summary of
the long and full life of Channing
Folsom as I knew him and I feel sure
that his memory will Jong be cherished by countless friends who
joyed his acquaintance.
�Of Aug. 24, 1710 To Be Reproduced At
First Parish Church
York Village's annual Moody Sunday bass viol, anLedating the melodcon and
will be observed on Aug. 22 at 10.45 a. m., pipe organ, gone is the sounding board
when at the ancient
First Parish and mahogany rails (used for kindling
Church, seat of the earliest organized wood by estimable deacons), but the
rell~ous society in Maine, in 1636, the architectural beauty of the early buildservice of Aug. 24, 1710, will be repro- ing remains. The spirit of the ancient
duced. Rev. Samuel Moody, know as church lives on. Each Sunday iLs bell.
"Father Moody," was pastor at · that summons to its walls the best in the
time.
community to "worship God in
the
Rev. William H. Millinger, pastor of beauty of holiness."
the church, will deliver a portion o! the
The setting of the present church is
1710 sermon, "The Doleful State of very beautiful. Nearby is the Town
the Damned," and the "tithing man" Hall, York's cradle of liberty, where in
will keep order at the service, using the 1776 the freeholders gathered to prooriginal tithing rod with its rabbit's foot. test against unjust taxation. In front is
The P,salms, lined and sung with no a tablet placed by the Maine D. A. R. ln
music but the pitch pipe, will be led by memory of those 63 soldiers, first from
the preceptor and members of the con- Maine, to start for the Battle of Lcxinggregation. Men and women, div'ided ton, June 21, 1775.
by the center aisle, will be garbed in
Across the green is the
Old Gaol,
clothes of the olden time. Among them date 1653, oldest public building o! the
will be many summer residents.
English colonies in
America, now
The beating of a drum will summon housing a valuable collection of early
tlie faithful, an old hour-glass will mark Americana. Manuscripts, books, furnithe time in the candle-lighte,l meeting: ture, costumes, farm implements
house, and soldiers in Continental uni- early York are grouped here in a loan
forms will guard the assembly against collection of supreme interest.
the Indians. ·
Opposite is the old Wilcox Tavern,
The committee in charge of the ser- where President Monroe and the Marvice includes Mrs. Sally Moody Cook, quis de LafayetLe enjoyed hospitality,
Miss Nellie M. Bemis, Miss Katherine its white shutters carrying now as then
E. Marshall and Mr. Millinger.
port holes for guns. Not far dislant is
The First Parish Meeting Hous_e in Coventry Hall, stately home of Judge
York, built in 1636, stood near the pres- David Sewall, whose beauLiful wainsent Emerson Inn at York Harbor and cotted rooms were done by
traveling
Route IA now passes over graves o! Old journeymen carpenters.
Gorgeana's pioneers. A second churc.:h
I! the 22nd of August is fair we advise
was built in 1667 on Meeting House the interested visitor to come early, as
Creek, now Lindsay road, on the way the church seats but 600.
to the Country Club.
The original collection box
May 15, 1710, the building being un- used in this service for a small offering
safe, the town fathers voted to built a for the benefit of
the
Community
new one, on the same location as the
present one, and it was finished in 1712.
In this church 'Father" Samuel Moody
preached and it is said that the fireless
meeting house never seerr.ed cold when
he spoke. For he had the "boldness of
Isaiah and the directness of Paul.''
A graduate of Harvard, he came
York in 1698 and in a pastorate of
years built up tl'\I? church to over 300
souls, the largest in the Province of•".uc.;,..,,,
Maine. In tltis old church Sir William
Pepperrell, high in His Majesty's favor
,(George II.) often appeared.
Col.
Jeremiah Moulton of Louisburg fame
was also a worshipper there.
This third meeting house, containing
timbers from the old one, was located on
the northeast side o! the highway, present York Village. It was used for public and religious meetings,
including
town meetings and sometimes court.
Somewhat dilapidated in 1747, at the
close of Father Moody's pastorate, it was
enlarged, a steeple added (Christopher
Wrenn style), the sides clapboarded,
dogs excluded, and a penalty for leaving
foot-stoves posted. In 1882 It was again
remodeled.
Gone are the box pews, gone is
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�Concord, Aug. 7-There should be a Seabrook but of the nearby Salisbury
site on the Seabrook marshes for land- Beach in Massachusetts. Construction
ing places for airplanes, both land ma- of such a field should be w1dertaken
chines and seaplanes, and there should wthei1 tbhe necess~ry ~Ill is available and
b
.
.
1 w 11 e economical 1f earth removed in
e a 1anc1m~ field on the marshes at Rye construction of an inland
waterway
Harbor, cluefly for military use, accord-I can be used."
il~g . to recommendations made by the
Hampton Harbor, inunNliatcly adjaaav1sory committee on airport transpor- cent to the proposed airport, offers
talion of the State Planning and D _ water area for the landing of seaplanes,
velopmrnt Commission. Frederick P. if some dredging is done.
Clark, planning direclor of the commlsIn conncrtion with a field at Rye
s_i0l}/!11t{l{~~i;e -\.--ecommendations pub- Harbor, milihry nc~ds for the camp of
Ile yesterday.
.
the National Guard should receive conThe advisory committee gave consid- slderatlon, though such a field would be
eration to possible relationship of air- available for local residents and also
port drvclopment 1o the proposed Jn- for some commercial nse, under Nationland w~ terway from Newburyport Har- al Guard direction. Rye Harbor h11.s no
bor to H::1.111pton ll:lrbor and Jn !ts re- facilities for se::iplane landing, though
port said. "Adequa11' facilities for com- seaplanes could h moored there, l.f
mercial or private flying operations are breakwater or jetties were erected.
lacking in the vicinity of the New
In the not distant future, airmall and
Hampshire beaches, now that Federal passenger service by air to leading sumand state authoritirs have forbidden the mer resorts may be developed and sites
dangerous practice of landing on the suitable for landing f!elds should be set
beaches, and it is belivecl that facilities aside. The Seabrook tleld, if it Is deof this sort should be provided."
vcloped, is located close to the BostonIt is the opinion of the committee that Bangor airline anri could be made a regthere are places snilablo Lo be devel- ular stntion for stops. More than this,
oped as landing fields at Rye and sea- it would furnish an emergency landing
brook, nnd it ls thought It would be field, should airpl~nes meet trouble.
economical to develop them together.
The advisory committee that made
There Is a municipal landing field at these recommendations was made up as
Portsmouth but it is felt that this is too follows:
far from the beaches to provide adeClaude H. Swain, public service comquate facilities and there is 110 place at missioner; Capt. Horton L. Chandler,
Portsmouth where seaplanes can land. aircraft pilot and accountant, !'ubllc
Hampton Beach is one of the largest Service Commission; Daniel H. Dlckrecreational areas in the state,
with inwn, chief enginerr of the State Highprobably more than a million visitors way Department; W. Russell Hllllard,
every year. Moreover, it ls developing airport engineer, Public Works divi~;i•rn;
rapidly, with the probable rrsult that Prof. Martin L. Lindahl, department of
in the near future the availabillt,y of the economics, Dartmouth College; Willis
Seabrook marshes for landing
fields D. Thompson, Jr., president cI the Conmay be lessened or destroyed by con- cord Airport Corporation; Frederick P.
struction of buildinr,s, telephone or elcc- Clark, planning director, State Planning
trlc lines or by private use for other pur- and Drvrlopmcnt Commission; Herbert
poses. For this reason, the
advisory C. Person, slate assistant, State Plancommittee believes the site on
the ning and Development Commission.
marshes should be reserved and protected, that aviation facilities may not
be lost.
In connection with the proposed inland waterway, the committee observes:
"This s!Le is adequate for development
of an airport to serve present and future needs not only of Hampton and
�Historical Building To Be
Taken To Marcy Street
The "Oracle" House at the northwest corner .<?i Court and Middle
streets, at No: 2 Court street, is being
,,.
mp_
~ a to a new location on Marcy
str'eet. Laurence Ellis, moving contractor for the
Marshall Const. Co.,
plans to have the house moved to the
new location in about four days. The
building is being moved from land recently acquired by the Railway Mall
Association.
The Oracle House has figured prominently in history of the Colonies and
of Portsmouth. The small gambrelroof building stood south of the North
Church within hearing distance- of
where the ' Declaration of Independence was read by Sheriff Packer.
From its first site near the North
Church the
historic
building was
moved to No. 2 Court street. It was in
this building that the Oracle of the
Day was printed by Charles Peirce.
The publication was in some respects
similar to Benjamin Franklin's original Saturday Evening Post. The first
number o! it was published in 1793.
.
ORACLE HOUSE
WELL ON WAY
.TO NEW SITE
The historic Oracle House, soon to
be placed in a new site on Marcy
street, has been started on its journey
from Haymarket Square along Court
street on wooden rollers. The house
will be just south of Pleasant street
tonight. I
A single horse is furnishing power
for pulling the house on its slow journey to .its new resting place. The
building is being drawn by cables and
the horse-powered windless, and in
the rear
of the
old gambrel-roof
structure js the ell in tow similar to
the modern trailers so frequently seen
on the highway.
Lawrence Ellis of York who
charge of the moving, said that
house and ell are traveling well and
thus far there has been no damage.
Electricians and telephone linemen
are busy clearing the wlres from the
two-story building.
�charge of the refreshments. Those presldlng at the tables in the garden were:
Mrs. Stacy L. Hanson, Mrs. Harold W.
Brown, of Dover; Mrs. John B. Jameson,
Mrs. Harold Owens, of Concord; Mrs. J.
Winslow Peirce, Mrs. Charles H. Batchelder and
Miss Pauline
Bradford,
Successful Gathering Yes erday Afternoon At Historic PortsmouU1; Mrs. Carl Fuller, the MissMoffatt-Ladd House On Market Street
es Frances and Mary Parker, Miss Constance Howe, Miss Gabrielle LaFlamme,
Tile br:1.uttfnl old homr o[ fhe New 125 clolls o[ fhr 18th and 19 c nturies Mrs. John Quirin, Miss Elizabeth WarHnlllpshlre Colonial Dnmrs, the Mof- Jn lhelt orh(i11:1I c•0sl11mcs. Mrs. Howe ren, Manchester; Miss Elizabeth Sawof
fntt-Ladd House, nnd Its chnrming olcl- 1 !1aR procurc<I lllese in different coun- yer and Mrs. Albertus T. Dudley
time garden was the mecca for many tries and coJJected them for 15 years, Exeter.
Assisting as servers were Mrs. Robert
guests on Wednesday afternoon from among them briJJg early and very rare
3 to 6 o·ctock, when the annual gardrn wooden dolls. There were also exhibit- Flanders, Mrs. Robert Bingham, Mrs.
party wns held at this dately colonial eel oldtimc to.YR, early trains, canopy Harry Jackson, Miss Mary Fuller of
mansim1 or. Market street. Many g11rft-s beds, a toy villnt:c, Noah's ark and doll~ Manchester, Mrs. Homer T. Sibley of
Newport and Miss Georgia Goss, Mrs.
from nenrby rrrnrt-s anc\ vlsi ~rs from 1!011 ·rs.
various places in the slnte were pre~ent,
The flor:.l rlL-corations of lhe house C. Lane Goss of Dover and Worcester,
over 300 people visiting the mansion I were murh nrlmiled and
comprised Mass., and Mrs. G. Allen Huggins, 3rd,
during the afternoon.
New Hnmp-1 choice aJHl brillinnt blossoms from the of Dover, had charge of the admission.
A good sum was cleared from the afshire's old colonial l1omcs nppcal
to: gardens of Mrs. Charles B. Manning and
visitors ancl I'ortsmouth iF enriched by· J\ rs. Carl S. Fnllrr at Little Boar's fair and each year money is raised in
the
such howrs, but none i~ more beautiful I Jlrad, M1 s. Art lrnr G. Leacock of Exe- this way toward the upkeep of
than the Moffatt-Ladd mamion, which I trr and R.yP. Bcfl.th and Miss Jane C. house and picturesque garden.
I
The Moffatt-Ladd House was built in
is lhe some of so delir,hlful a garclen Emley of Epping.
a rich
party each summer. During the sum-I The visitors rJJjoyed strolls about the 1763 by Capt.. John Moffatt,
mer it ls opened to the public and pco- r;~1den in the r ar of lhe house, with its merchant, and commander of OBe of the
f,!J from all sections o1 lhe
co11nt1y; flowers, 1<1Jrnbs, fruit trees and unique king's ships carrying masts from Kitvisit it, as is i;hown by its guest rcgi8ter.1 grassy steps whith lead to a set of ter- tery Point to England. He built it !or
Guests were received by the president, rnces. The ga1Clen is kept as it was in his son, Samuel, who failed in buslne'ss,
Mrn. Charles Goss of Dover, Mrs. colonial days and one may still see the and his father moved into the house
Charles B. Manning of Mnnchrstcr and i famous grnnclmolher's rosebush, which himself. It became the home of Gen.
Mrs. Winthrop Flske of Exel r,
vice' blooms prof11~Ply. Jt is said that it was William Whipple, a son-in-law, who
p1·esidents, in the spacio111< hall.
They j plfl.nted by thP firFt bride who lived in was elected a member of the Continmade the most of lhe opporlunit.y to I lhe mansion :rncl eight other brides ental Congress in 1775 and was a signer
view the be11utiful and spacious
hrill through the generations of the family of the Declaration of Independence. At
and stairway ancl the rooms with their hnve taken slip~ from it to their new the time the house was built it w11,s the
colonlal appointments. The rnrr n11cl hornrs. Tl1r giant horsechestnut tree wonder of the town. A beautiful wood
handsome scenic wallpaper in the lrnll, in the gm dens Lowr1 s above some of the carved mantel in the mansion was done
printed between 1815 and 1820,
was high brick buildings on the street. It by Grinling Gibbons, a celebrated Engmuch admired. Rare pieces 01' furni- 1s said the tree was planted by Gen. lish architect.
ture ancl china were 'viewed wilh inter- William Whipple who died in 1785.
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Cllt, especially by love1s ol anliqurs
Fen-in of ManrhPl'!Pr catered for the
Boston Symphony OrC'llr~lrn playrrs 1rf1c.-hmrnt.~ and clrlicious cake, ices,
ftm1ishcd music durin[~ lhe nfte1noo11 1 coffee and Jruil punch were served in
In the garcl n and the fine music added 'the garden.
much to the occasion. The mu~icians I Mrs. Robert P. Burroughs of Manwrre Robert Gunderson, He1 bert Saw- i ch ster wris c!Jairman of the committee
Jet t, Samuel Farber, Jacob Lfl.ud ndoen on a1 rnngcmenl.s, a.ssi. ted by Mrl'. Fredand Leo Litini.
crick B. P1r~ton, Mm. Charles B. ManConstance Smart Fi~kr of Manchrs- ning, M1 s. Hairy E. Jackson, Mi~s Mary
t.cr, pupil of Miriam Winslow, gave lwo S. Fuller nnd Mi:;:• Ruth Higgins
of
artistic dances in costume, .. Jn the Oar- Mnnchester, Mis:;: Annie B. Wallace
den" and "Galloping Sleighride," and Rochesler, Mi1<s ,lane C. Burley of EppU1 cse were liberally applA.udecl.
ing, Mis. G Allrn Huggins, 3rd, and
During thr nflernoon Mm. LeWiLt C. Mrs. anc Go~s of Dovrr.
Howe of M:l'1cheslcr displayed a rare Mm. F1eclerlck B. Prrston and
.,.,..
and most interesting collcclion of about JJai ry Jackson of 1\1fl.nchesler
RTY
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�sides his wife
Elizabeth,
Richard and three daughters,
Frances and Hannah.
Richard Otis, the son of Stephen and
grandson of lhe original Richard was
probably bom at the ancestral home
a~ Glastonbury about 1626. The records show that he was admitted an
inhabitant of Boston in May 1655 and
he is also recorded the same year in
The annual meeting or the Plscata- ter even as the Master had commanded Dover in a section of the town known
as Cochecko when ten acres or land
qua Pioneers was held yesterday at them while he was yet living. In this
was conveyed to him. He was a "Selthe Congregational Church in New- little band were Mary, Martha and
mgton with a large attendance and a Lazerus and several others. They set ectman'' of Dover in 1660 and he ls
again mentioned in the records of 1603
program or great interest.
sail in the Mediterranean Sea with no
when he was fined Three Pounds and
The meeting opened at 10 o'clock definlte destination. On account o( the
attend
with the business session which in- hardships of the voyage, Mary, Martha Five Shillings for failing to
cluded the election of officers, reading and the other women were landed on church for thirteen Sundays in that
or reports, reception of new members, an island in the Mediterranean there year. (I fear that his undistinguished
etc. The retiring president, Nestor W. ''To spread the Word," while Joseph , great, great, great great grand-son is
Davis of Winchester, Mass., presided and most of the men of the party jou- following his terrible example and it
at the meeting. The welcome to 'the rneyed on. After many days they came is most fortunate that the Puritan
visitors was extended by Rev. Louis to the Fair Isle of Avalon. There their Theocracy no longer rules New EngEllrns, pastor of the church.
land.)
journey ended. There Joseph of ArlmAt the election of officers Mrs. Bell athea built his church, there he "preaRichard Olis, The Pioneer was one
Me~rill Draper of Washington, D. 0., ched the word" there he lived and died of the most prominent men of Dover,
was named as president and the other and there he was buried within what and numerous tracts of land were conofficers chosen were as follows: Ed- afterwards was the stately and beautl- veyed to him. He was evidenlly a busy
gar H. Stone of New York; Mrs. _Wen-1 ful Glastonbury Abbey. Without a and successful blacksmith and he owndell B. Folsom of Exeter, Mrs. Alice K. shadow of a doubt, the church that ecj and occupied one of the largest and
Hill of Durham, Miss Lottie G. Woods ·Joseph of Arlmathea built on the Isle best fortltled houses in the town. His
of ~an Francisco, Cal., Dr. Frank A. of Avalon ~as the first Christian standing in the community was inDav15 of, Bost on, Ge~rge G. Towle or church in the British Isles
creased by his marriage to Rose StouDover, Mrs. Marguerite D. Stearns of
.
·
Manchester,· Harry K. Torrey of PortThe other b_eaut1ful legend i~ that ghton, a membe1· of the wealthy and
land and Harold C. Durrell of Kenne- of the _Good Kmg Arthur and l11s fab- prominent Stoughton family of Stoubunkport, vice presidents; Albert H. 'led K111ghts of the Round Table. Doubt- ghton, England and the onl)' sister of
Lamson of Elkins, secretary; Lawrence less much of ~he stones of Arthur are Sir Nicholas Stoughton who was made
I_t. Craig of North Hampton, treasur- !egendary but 1t has been proven defin- a Baronet in 1666.
It gives me great pleasure to come
er; Mrs. Mary Safford Wildes of Kit- 1tely that there was such a noble pet·tery, orator. Judg;e Justin H. Shaw of son as King_ Arthur and that King _Ar- again to a part of the old Dover ColKlttery, Albert H. Lamson of Elkins, thur ~nd hIB beautiful Queen, Gmne- ony. I am again standing amid the
Rev. William Safford Jones of Ports- vere llved and died in what ls now graves of my ancestors for here in the
mouth, Judge Charles r. Pettingell of Glastonbury and they were buried it\ Dover Colony six generations of my
Amesbury were named directors.
the one tomb in what was afterwards ancestors were born, seven generations
Mrs. Louis c. Beane gave a short the most noble of all of Great Britain's lived and six generntions are buried.
historical address and a paper .on the Abbeys.
1 ~ My heart goes out to tho e stalwart
Nelson Family of Newington was read
"Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with pioneers of Dovel'."Mcn and women whose lives glided
by the secretary, Albert H. Lamson of orchard lawns
Elkins.
And bowery hollows crowned with on like rivers that water the woodlands
Darkened by shadows of earth but
Ed,win F. Tuttle of Milford, Mass., summer seas"re11,d a very interesting paper on "Two
The mystical land of Avalon was the reflecting an image of Heaven.
Among those stalwart Pioneers of
Heroines or Dover, Judith Otis Tuttle ancestral home of the Otis Family.
and Elizabeth Hull Heard" which was Tradition has it that the Oti'> Family Dover, the blood of ten flow in my
in part as follows:
dwelt in Avalon back in the days or its veins and I am justly proud of the anTwo most 'beautfful legends hover historic past but the real authentic cestry of John Tuttle, Thomas Roberts
over the· Fair Isle of Avelon of yester- history traces the family back to Rlch- Hatevll Nutter, Thomas Wiggin, Darb;
The Reverend
day-the beautiful little town or Glas- ard Oattls Who was born at Glaston- Field, Richard Otis,
tonbury of today. The one is the legend bury about 1550 and who died in 1611 Joseph Hull, Capt.ain John Heard,
of $t. Joseph of Arlrrytthea, the other or 12, for his will was dated November James Nute and Daniel Jacobs. All of
Governor
of the Good King Arthur. There ls no 17, 1611 and was recorded at Wells, the these ten ancestors save
more beautiful legend of Christianity County seat of Somerset County. Ac- Thomas Wiggin were ancestors of my
than that of Joseph of Arimathea. co~dlng to the wm, Richard left three Paternal Grandfather, Levi Tuttle.
Joseph or Arima,thea was a powerful sons, Stephen, John and Thomas, a Governor Wiggin wus the ancestor of
my Paternal Grandfather, Abigail Wigand. wealthy meni°ber of the Jewish wife and two daughters.
Sanhedrin and a faithful follower or
John, the second son of Richard, gin Stokes Tuttle. I have not been able
the Master. After the crucifiction of came to America and settled in Hing- to trace her ancestry and am confident
the Master it was Joseph of Arimathea ham and Scituate and was the ancestor that IC I could trace her ancestry I
who begged His body of the Roman of that Illustrious Patriot, James Otis. could trace descent to at least as many
soldiers and burled it in his own tomb. The eldest son, Stephen never left more Pioneers of Dover.
Particularly dear to me is the little
After ,His resurrection, Joseph gath- England but lived at the ancestral
ered together a little band of the most home at Glastonbury where he died Historic Town of Durham where on
faithful followers of the Master and in 1667 and his will was recorded in the twenty-first of Jnly in 1828 my
set out for fore/gn lands wh~re they l the Conslstoral Episcopal Court at honored Father first breathed in the
might spread the teachings of the Mas- Wells and in this will he mentions be- pure New Hampshire air. Five years
----'
�the Baptist parsonage in the
South Hampton, my
Mother was born on October 17, 1833.
~-~...7.Jl_•,.. She was not of New Hrunpshire ancestry-her ancestors were among the
earliest pioneers of Boston, yet she
lived in her early life in Northwood,
Stratham and South HampLon.
I cannot let this opportunily pass to
pay tribute to the brave and strong
"'..,,..., .. _.,,.. hearted women who were the
early
plon<'rrs or U1c Dovrr Colony. 'l"hesc
women, as a rule were unus<'d Lo either
hardship or privation. Sev ral of them
were or the type of Rose Stoughton,
the talented mother or Judith Otis.
Rose was the daughter, grand daughter
1 ,.,....-,,.,.,, ..• and at least the great-grand daughter
or a weallhy and powrrf11l
F.11gllsh
Lord and had at least four cPnturies
or genUe breeding behind her. On account of the troubled limes in the mother counlry, her falher Sir Anthony
Stoughton sent her to An1rrica wilh
his distinguished kinsman , Captain Israel Stoughton of DorchrstPr. She met
and married a humble bln cksm ith who
took her to live in the liUIP srttlrment
at Dover. Here therr were 110 "Palace
Halls'' or cultivated rstatrs ns she and
generations or her ancestors had enjoyed at Stoughton. Here. at brst was
a rude habitation in the wilclrrnrss, her
life and the lives of lH'r lovcd our~ beset with the clanger 0f lhe savai::e foe
and the wild and ferocious brasls that
roamed the woodlands and there was
nothing with which to suslain lifr save
what was wrung from the vir :in soil
and by the prowess of the huntsman.
This tenderly prot<'rlPd and carefully
nurtured young woman, ab,;olutcly unused to hard manu~l labor or even the
care of a home must spin, weave, sew,
brew and bake and bear in rnpid succession a large numb<'r of rhilclrcn under the most trying circumstancrs. We
must fully realize how well thrse noble
women performed all of those mighty
tasks. They converted thrir rudP, habitations into real homrs whrrc they
reared large families of heal Ihy children. In prosperity and adversity, in
sunshine and in shadow, failhf11l, constant and true,
lhcse stout hearted
wives and mothers surmounted every
obstacle' and when rral danger threatened, took their phrPs beside their
husbands in clcfencr. of lhrir homes
and loved ones against lhe ravages of
savage foe and if their husbands fell
in the conflict carried on even as Judith Otis did when she was left a widow
with seven small children to care for.
All honor to the memory of the Pioneer Women of Dover I May their spirit
descend to illumine the path for the
feet of their children and may thelt
noble example be rmulnted by generations of their graml cla11ghtrrs still
unborn!
The Garrison House of Richard Otis
sLood on what is now Mt. Vernon st.
in Dover. The ruined cellar of this
garrison house was discovered in April
1911 when a resiqent of Dover was excavating for a cellar and articles found
in the ruins proved that it hnd been
that of Ricbard Otls. The excavations
showed that thr Richard Otis Garrison House must have been fifty by
forty feet with an enormous stone ch!m
ney in its center. This large house was
surrounded with a palisade of logs.
It was thought lo have been the best
fortified house in Dover yet it was the
first house to fall in the great massacre.
The evening hPforo the "Great Massacre of Dover" two Incllan women sought shPltrr In tills garrison house as
did other l11du111 women at other
houses in the town. During the night
these Indian womrn unfastened the
gale of ihe stockade and just before
daybreak the Indian~ made their attack. It is thou~ht that Richard Otts
was the first victim of the "Great Massacre" as hi~ garrison house was the
first attacked ancl he fell as he was
rising at the sounr\ of ihe noise of the
first atlack.
The Historian, William G. Otis on
Page 50 of the First Volume of the
Otis Genealogy s~ys:Few families in New Hampshire or
clsewhero, suffcrrcl more than the family of Rkhnrcl OLls. HP, himself with
one son and one daur:hter was killed
in •1689. His wife and child captured
and sold t-0 the French. At the same
time several or his childre n and grand
children were en pf ive and a few years
later some of his children and grand
children were killed and others made
prisoners by the Indians. In a word,
every one of his rhlldren alive in 1689
and many of his grauct children-what
few escaped wlth their lives-suffered
in person or property from the warfare of the savage foe. They lived in
constant peril and alarm; their houses
were fortified for defence against the
red men and in their acts of devotion
they carried their nrms in their hands."
At lhe Great Massacre of Dover,
Richard Otis was killed as was his son,
Stephen. Stephen's wife and children
" ere taken as captives lo Canada where
lhcy rrmn incd. Two or Stephen's sons
bccarno vrry prosprrous and prominrnt
men in Canada and they were the
founders of thosP, two prominent families in Canada known as the Hotesse
and the Otrsse families. Richard's wife,
it was his lhircl wife and her maiden
n:imc wns Grizrl Warren and their
little cta11ghtcr Jl,hrguerite were captured anrl can1<'cl to Canada. They
were soltl lo th,• French and treated
with grrat kindness. lu Canada Grizet
married a prominent Frenchman and
lived the rrmainclrr of her life in Canada. Thf' lit.lie clalt'~hler Marguerite
became one of t,he famous women in
New England Histo ry.
Also r npturecl l>v the same band of
Indians and carried to 01nada were
the t.wo <"hilclrrn of Richard Otis and
his src-mHI wifr. Thrse wrrr rechristened in Ca nnda and afterwards known
umlrr thc:- names of Jean Baptiste and
Francoise Rose Olis.
Captured hy another Band of Indians
at the Great M.1ssacre were the young
daughters of Richard Otis
and his
first Wife, Rose Judith, Ann and Rose.
These three endured great hardship
but fortunately were overtaken by the
Conway Company near the
Canada
line, retaken from the Indians and returned to Dover.
Richard's son Nicholas ahd Nicholas'
wife were killed by Indians while returning from Church on Sunday, July
26, 1696. At the same time, Richard's
daughter, Experience, then the wife of
Sannt<'l Heard, the son of Captain John
:111rl Etlznbrlh (Hull) Heard was shot,
srriously wounc!C'd and scalped by the
Indians. Her husband was kllled but
she slowly recovered from
wound.
Of the three daughters
Otis and his wife Rose who were capLmrd by the Indians and recaptured
:ind returned to Dover, Rose became
the wife of John Pinkhorn, Ann married Thomas Austin and Judith married John Tuttle 3rd. or Ensign John
Tuttle as he was commonly called.
John Tuttle 3rd. was a young man of
f\rent promise. Ha was the son of Judge
John Tuttle and his wife Mary. Judge
John Tuttle was Judge of the court of
Common Pleas of New Hampshire, corr esponding to our Superior Court.
John Tuttle, the Pioneer or John
Tuttle of Dover as he is known in
History, to distinguish him from that
other farl}Ol~ f.ioneer, Jo.hh '-FUttle of
Ipswl9~. 'WI\ t{1~ ancesto of nearly
all ot t11e uLtl<.?s in New H:i.mpshire
and Maine .. He was a wealthy man of
DPvon but he lost all of his wealth in
I hr ,;reek of thr Angel Gabriel of! the
coast of M,iine in August, 1635.
'P.'•!i,IIP.'r:O~l:-11.
John TuUle of ~ w a s descended
from a long line of the High Kings
of Ireland. The last of these Distin•
guished Line of Irish Monarchs was
Tuathal who after a prosperous reign
dled A. D. 950. He was one o! the greatest or the Monarchs of Ireland and .,~......,..a,,.·
traced his descent from Cath!re More
who reigned in the year 144 A. D. and
was the One Huncked and Ninth Monarch of Ireland. The families which
descended from Tuathal ~ere
the
O'Tooles, the Toohllls, the O'Tuathals
and the Tuthills. One of the most distinguished or the descendents or King
Tuathal was Saint Lawrence O'Thothill wi10 was one of the most noted
characters in Irish history.
He was f.",.-J!:i6-'i..'Pi'.,';i~-~
born in the year 1105 and became the
Abbot of Glendalough and afterwards
Archbishop of Dublin and after his "'''--="•~~
death he was canonized as a Saint.
The name on the family Coat of•
Arms is Tothill and the name o! our
family was originally Toth!ll,
later
Tuthiil and still late1· Tuttle.
While Ensign John Tuttle possessed
considerable property !or so young a
man he assisted his father in managing
I and operating his various properties.
While attending one of his father's
several grist m\lls he was shot and k!llcd by the Indians on May 12, 1712.
With him at he time was his oldest
son, Thomas and Thomas was serious- '"'"'"''"'"'"·
ly wounded but managed to crawl into
some brush and afterwards made his
�escape. Thus Judith Otis Tuttle was
left a widow 1n her forty-fi!th year
with seven small children to care for.
It was usually the custom in those days
for one left a widow or a widower to
marry again but Judith never again
married and devoted her entire time
in caring for and educating her la;·ge
family of fatherless children and she
lived and doubtless had the very great
pleasure of seeing each of them happily married and each possessing substantial homes of their own before she
passed on to join her martyred husband.
Elizabeth Hull, the talented and
heroic wife of Captain John Heard was
perhaps the most prominent of all · of
the Pioneer women of Dover. She was
the daughter of the Reverend Joseph
Hull and his first wife, Joanna, and
was born at Northleigh, in the diocese
of Exeter, England in 1628 and died
at Dover, Nov. 30, 1706.
Captain John Heard, the husband of
Elizabeth Hull was born in England
about 1610 and became a sailor. In
early manhood he became master of a
ship and followed the sea until -he w_as
about forty-five. He evidently became
a citizen of Dover prior to 1640. That
year the town of Dover granted to
John Heard "6 yeckers of land in Cochecho Marsh.'' At that time his house
or rather his abode was on what is
now High Street, Dover Neck, adjoining "Captain, afterward Major Richard
Walderne's lot.'' Evidently for quite a
few years he and Major Walderne did
business ·together. Later, some years
after his marriage he built his house at
Garrison Hill. In 1675 this house was
turned into a garrison house with a
strong stockade around it and it was
the only garrison house that was not
captured or destroyed in the
Great
Massacre of Dover.
Elizabeth Heard, the wife of Captain
John Heard was one of the leading
members of the First Church of Dover
bond was always very friendly with the
Indians and did them many a good
tUl'n or little klndness that they never
forgot.
Both the Hurd and the Hull genealogies as well as Bellmap's H~tort of
New ~p~hire states that Elizabeth
Heard concealed an Indian in
her
house and permitted him to escape. In
Richard Waldron Jr's letter on page 87
and 88 Vol. 21 New England Histol'ical
Genealogical Register he states:"At the time of the seizure at Dover
In 1676 Elizabeth Heard concealed an
Indian in her house and permitted him
to escape. This Indian, then a Chief,
was the one who was her salvation at
the "Massacre of Dover" thirteen years
afterwards."
According to the story of the escape
of Elizabeth Heard In the Massacre of
Dover found on Page 187 of Volume 5
of the New England Register:"Coming up the river from Portsmouth in a boat with her children and
some others on the very night of the
assault she was alarmed by a strange
uproar and made directly for Waldron's garrison where she hoped to find
safety. In so doing s e
rew herself
The committee on arrangement ininto the hands of the enemy who had
cluded Mrs. Hetty W. deRochemont
at that time possession of the house.
and Miss Sophia 0. Hoyt. The recepThey not only saved her life but perLlon committee was
Mrs.
Charles
mitted her to escape without molesSheppard, Miss Ethel Foss, Mrs. Bertation. The Indian she had befriended
tha Margeson, Mrs. Edilh Torrey of
was one of the party; he recognized his
Portsmouth, Mrs. Alice K . Hll l and
benefactress and his influence with Mrs. Grace T. Hayden of Dover.
the others procured her thL5 important
favor."
History does not record whelher the
garrison house of Elizabeth Heard was
attacked during the "Great Massacre"
but it does record the fact that it was
the only garrison house not captured
and destroyed. Perhaps it was not attacked because of the Indian's gratitude to its owner for at that time Elizabeth Heard was a widow.
After the death of her husband, like
Judith Otis Tuttle,
Elizabeth never
married again but lived on in his garrison house at Garrison Hill with some
of her children and grand children until her death.
The Reverend John Pike in his Journal speaks of her as follows <New England His. Gen. Register Page 47, Vol.'.1)
"Mrs. Elizabeth Heard, widow of Captain Johri Heard, a grave and pious
woman-ever the mother of virtue and
piety, Died November 30, 1706-Lhe
mother or thirteen children ."
Sleep on, O Judith Otis and Elizabeth Hull by the side of your loved
ones! Two centuries have elapsed since
you passed on to your reward. Your
little village has become a beaullful
busy and happy city, and your seltlement has become a Historic State. Yo11
helped to hew out of the rude wilderness two happy homes ·and sewed th!»
seed of a Mighty Nation. Your children
and their children have been called to
high positions 1n the State that you
helped found and one of your childretn's children has served that Stata
with honor and dlslinction as its Chief
Executive.
The Piscataqua still flows on in its
beauty and grandeur and on its banks
dwell a happy and contented people.
The · cares and trials of lire are before
them but you are at peace and at Rest.
Sleep on, sleep on, O Heroines! Never
again shall the cruel war-whoop
or
savage foe disturb your slumbers. They
too are at PEACE and at Rest-yet
, their blood flows in two generations or
I your children's children.The Stars shall fade awayThe Sun, himself grow dim with age
And Nature sink in years,
But Thou shall flourish in Eternal
Motherhood,
Unhurt amidst the War of Elements,
The wreck of Matter or the Crush of
Worlds.
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There were o ~ 5 members present a nd the day was one of much interest and enjoyment. The Langdon
Public Library at Newington was open
to Lhe visitors with the librari::w , Mrs.
Haltie Greenough, acting as hostess,
while a visit was also made to "Ye
Olde Parsona e" built in 1697.
�Marker In Memory Of Men
Of Eliot Who Served In
World War To Be
Unveiled
Next Saturday at 2 o'clock on the
Fogg library grounds the citizens of
Eliot will unveil and tlcdicnte n memorial marker to the memory of the
men of Eliot who served in the World
War. The American Legion will be
prominent in the exercises, while all
<>ther patriotic orders in this vicinity
have been invited to participate. Admiral C. W. Cole, comm:rndant of the
J?ortsmouth Navy Yard, has accepted
nn invitation to be pres<'nt and will
furni sh a color guard of bluejackets,
and a detachment of Marines for the
parade which will form at the ConJµ·egational Church at 1.30 p. m.
Gov. Louis 0. Barrows is to be prei;ent and will be the speaker of the
uay. Traip
Academy
Band, David
Kushious, director, will furnish music.
The program will be as follow~:
'Hall to the Chief"
Band
of Maine
U. S. Marines
Opening Prayer
Rev. Frnnk Kirkpatrick
Unveiling, Dr. Henry I. Durgin, assisted by Majorie A. Hoyt, Ruth M.
Drake
Dcclication. Remy W:illingfonl Post,
No. 89, American L<'e-ion, Kittery. Me
S lection
Band
Address, Hon. Lewis 0. B:irrowR, Governor of Maine
Remarks, Admirnl C. W. Cole, USN,
commandant. Port~mouth Navy Yard
Closing Prayer
RrY. l\t. A. Gordon
Volley and Taps
U. S. Marines
Star Spangled Banner
Band
Selection
Band
Disband
Marker committee: Dr. Hcmy I.
Durgin, chairman; Esthrr F . Drake,
secretary; William JI. F;ilconrr. John
S. Hoyt, marshall of the day; aides,
Harlan Liebman, Harry N. Goodwin,
Leslie R. Rowe.
el
at-
n Fogg LiWith impressive ex rcises and be- Dedication
Henry Wallingford Post
fore a large gathering of interested .
No. 89, American Legion, Kittery
townsfoiks anrl RUtmner residents, Placing of Flowers
Eliot on Saturday afternoon dedicated ·Selection
a mnrker in honor of those from the Address
Col. Ray
town who served in the World War. Remarks,
Admiral 0. W. Cole, USN
On the attrnctive grounds or tqe !- Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yd
Fog~ Library Lile tablet bearing the Closing Prayer . , Rev. M. A. Gordon
names of the town'11 heroes. Is afI!xed Volley and Taps· ·
U. S. Marines
to a large boulder and this was un- ' Star S1;>angled Banner
Band
veiled by Dr. Henry I. Durgin, chair- SelecUon
Band
man of lhe day, assisted by the Misses Disband
Marjory A. Hoyt and Ruth M. Drake.
Traip Academy Band,
A colorful parade preceded the de- lous, Director.
dicatlon being made up as follows:
Gov. Lewis o. Barrows of · Maine
Legion Commander and Aides
had intended to be present to deliver
Band
, the dedicatory aadress t>ut was unable
M rin~s with Color Guard
to do so, owing to an important FedLegion
era! committee meeting, so sent his
1
Veterans o( Foreign Wars
address by Col. Ray Rendell of AuSµauish War Veterans
gusta who read It for the governor.
Fleet Reserve
A large spray of white flowers was
Torm Veterans
placed on the
memorial by Mrs.
Lr~lon Auxiliary
l Frederick Fogg of the Eliot Garden
Vet,..rn ns of Foreign Wars Auxiliary I Club who said that the Eliot club WM
Spanish War Vet~rans Auxiliary
pleased to place the first floral offerFleet Reserve Auxiliary
Ing on the monument.
Woman'~ Relief Corps
A loud speaker system donated by
Sons of Veterans
Ernest Remick of Eliot added greatly
Boy Scou~
to the success of the occasion.
John F. Htll Grange
Eliot Firemen
Dr. Remy I. Durgin was chairman
The program was in charge of Hen- of the marker committee and Esther
ry Wnllingford Post, A. L. of Kittery, F. Drake, secretary.
1rnd .John s. Hnyt was marshal of the
Among those in attendance who
dny, his ::i ides being Harlem Liebman, had an especially poignant Interest In
Horry N.
Goodwin and Leslie R. the memorial
exercises
were the
Rowe. The dedication program was as mother and sister of the late Chester
rollov·~:
Shapleigh, an Eliot boy who r.ave his
"Hail to the Chief"
Band life for his country In Frnnce. His
Honor11 to Rear Adm. Oole, USN
mother Is Mrs. Mary Slmplelgh, who
tr. s. Marines resides with the sister In Rye. The
Opcnl.ng Prayet·
Ifather and three sisters · of another
Rev. Frimk Kirkpatrick : Eliot ooy who died duruig the World
U:nveillng
Dr. Henry I. Durgin I War in this country, ,H~1.;ry Mozart,
Assisted hy Marjorie A. Hoyt, Ruth were present. The father 1s Frank
M. Drake
Mozart of York.
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�COMPLETES·
SHIPPING
~,\I' \
HISTORY
Local Man Writes Book On
Piscataqua' s Ships And
Ocean Commerce
The record of more than a thousand
fine ships built at the mouth of the
Piscataqua River from the year 1789
onward is contained in a large volume
manuscript just completed by George
L. Nelson of this city. Mr. Nelson is the
United States Collector of Customs at
this port with offices in the Federal
Building and resides at 409 Lincoln
avenue.
· During the past five years Mr. Nelson has devoted practically all of his
spare time and vacations to research
into the history of
shipping
from
Portsmouth and other points along the
lower reaches of the Piscataqua. From
old customs records, from indefatigable
search through many flies of ancient
1· ewspapers, through study of the few
published volumes mentioning Portsmouth ships of
the
olden
through old letters and
documents,
ships papers, and many other diverse
soui'Ces Mr. Nelson slowly accumulated
the facts necessary to a complete history. Extreme care was used that every
date and detail of the work be completely authentic. This volume represents a history which, is of great importance as a reference work and a
permanent factual record for future
generations.
The work may roughly be divided
into five divisions. The first deals with
records of all commercial vessels built
here betwen the years 1789 and 1877,
totalling 911 vessels. The name of the
owner of each, changes of ownership,
the date when it was built, the tonnage,
dimensions, various trips,
and the
vessel's final disposition is recorded for
each. Public ships built here, including
armed fighting craft, are listed likewise. In addition to the' 911 ships built
here between 1789 and 1877, the work
contams a less complete record of 300
additional craft built here 'between
1690 and 1714.
The commerce by ships to foreign
lands from this port in the olden days
is ·rccord!!d in anolhcr secLion and a
fourth gives data about the local men,
importers, shipwrights, ship-owners and
ship-masters, who were responsible for
making the port of Portsmouth known
in the shipping marts of the seven
seas. Over 500 merchants and shipowners who were engaged in shipping
out of Portsmouth are listed.
Immigration through this port
tween the years 1827 and 1861 is
subject of a fifth section. In this is
listed the names of approximately 2,000 immigrants who landed at Portsmouth.
The work contains various old letters of importance in the history of
ll11s port. One wnlten in
the year
1809 estimates the number of seamen
in Portsmouth as 1,500 men.
This city's part in
the
whaling industry is covered
by the
mention of three whaling ships which
once sailed from lhis port before New
Bedford absorbed the entire industry.
POitsmouth's one slave ship is also
listed. Several pages recount the cxploi ts or privateers built here and
manned by local men. The few steam
vessels built here are also recorded.
\ While this work has not as yet been
published in book form, it is to be
1hoped that this may be done in the
interest of preserving and makin~ the
material available for
historians uf
New England and for all who are interested in the days of old when Portsmouth Harbor waters were filled with
ships riding at anchor, when its shores
resounded with the sound of busy
ship-building plants, and when Portsmouth ships and local crews ranged the
waters of the globe to fill the commercial needs of the
republic. f
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�ER CT TABLET
TO PIONEER AT
lEWI GTON
Bronze Slab Marks Site
Colonial Ferry
At the recent annunl meeting of
Piscataqua Pioneers, held at the Newington church,
announcement was
made that the descendants of the several families who opcrntcd the Bloody
Point Ferry in Colonial Limrs have
erected a boulder and bronze tablet Lo
perpetuate its site, just east of the
residence of J. Manning I-T~yt on his
farm at Lhe .Newinglnn encl of the
General John Sullivan bridge.
Thomas Trickey came to lhe Dover
settlement in the company of Captain
Thomas Wiggin. A part of the settlement was at Bloody Point, the ancient
name of Newington,
and . Thomas
Trickey was assigned a grant of land
there in 1640 with authorization to
operate a ferry to the Dover hare and
to Eliot, then a part of Kittery. The
farm and ferry descended in 1675 to
his son,
Zachariah
Trickey, who
owned it until 1705.
John Chevalier, who
mouth and changed his surname
Knight, bought the farm and operated
Lhe ferry from 1705 Io 1725. He then
sold the ferry to
Captain Howard
Henderson, senior, a prnminent sea
captain, whose home was at the point
on the Dover
side.
Thereafter for
more than a century, its operation was
cont!nned from
the
Dover rncl by
Capt.
Henderson,
senior. Captain
Howard Henderson, junior, and the
latter's son, Thomas Henderson srnior.
The ownership of land through
many generations is a distinclive New
England pride and n 11ncrous families
have held long tenure to the soil in
this Plscataqua region. J. Manning
Hoyt present owner of the Newington
landing site ls a dircC't drscendant of
Elizabeth, daughter of John Knight,
but the property passed lnlo the ownership of other families and was subsequently acquired by Mr. Hoyt for a
home on the acres of his ancestors of
two c!?nturies ago.
In the earliest days lhe residents of
Bloody Point passed back and forth
to religious services on Dover Neck by
means of the ferry and in later years
it served lhe
husinrss
needs of the people on both shores.
Rev. Joseph Adams is believed by
some lo ha vc served the longest pastorate in America, 68 years, at the
Newington church. IIis nephew, John
Adams, on occasion of visiting his
uncle lhHe, relates in his rcrords of
crossing lo Kittery wilh his horse long
before events eaUed him to fame in
the Revolution and the Presidency,
and the Quaker won'ien crossed on it
when lhey were scoW"ged from Dover
for heresy.
�OLD RECOR
PROGRES
Announcement has been made
in
Conco: 1 that the copying of the ancient
records of New Hampshire's cities and
town, those prior to 1825, are about 80
percent complete. A corps .of 52 WPA
workers have been doing the work under
the direction of Secretary of State
Enoch D. Fuller and Deputy Secretary
Harry Jackson. The object is to make
permanent copies of the records and
also to preserve the old town records
and compile a genealogical and subject
index of the records themselves.
The work of compiling and preserving
the records was initiated in 1913, but it
was not until Federal work program
funds became available that the job assumed the characteristics of a major
function of the secretary of state's office. Earliest of the records discovered
were those of the city of Dover, which
has original recards as far back as 1623.
Portsmouth ls in second place.
Records have been taken from this
city to Concord and this is the reason
why some people who have been to the
city clerk's office to secure data have
been unable to do so, finding that the
city council a few years ago gave authority to remove the records to Concord for copying.
It ls expected that· the project will be
completed during the current fisc al
year.
Records which have been preserved in
the process are returned to local communities when they have a satisfactory
place for safekeeping. If the town has
no available place the records
are
turned over f01; safekeeping to the New
Hampshire Historical Society, under the
law. .
In some cases the records were copied
in long-hand, while in others they have
been preserved by photostat!ng. Whatever the method used they have been
bound in large volumes and are filed in
the off' ·e of the secretary of state. They
are said to be of very great value in
many ways, particularly for genealogists. Since 1825 the state has kept
records of vital statistics,
including
births, deaths and marriages so that
local records since that time are of i1ot
sµch great value.
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·suBMARINE TO BE
LAUNCHED
.,, TUESDAY
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The submarine Snapper will
launched at 2.20 o'clock tomorrow
ternoon. Everything ls in readiness for
the launching o! the underseas craft,
which will sUp down the ways as Mrs.
Harold R. Stark of Washington, D. C.,
christens it.
T IS
AT AVY
The u.·s. S. nappe Is 5
N
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Un-
derseas Craf o · e Constructed At Local eserva
With whistles blowing, and amid the
cheers of a very large number of spectators, the U. S. Submarine Snapper
slid down the ways o! the Building
shed at the Navy Yard at 2.20 this afternoon. This Is the 25th submarine to
be built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard
since the inauguration o! submarine
building 1n that yard during the World
war.
It was a big day · at the yard, as
launchings are always a big event, but
being the 25th submarine to be constructed there during a little over to
years, this was a-special occasion. The
first submarine was launched on April
23, 1917, and since that time, the fame
of the Portsmouth Navy Yard as a
submarine building plant, has gained
wide-spread recognition. The U. S. S.
Snapper is a product of
the Portsmouth Jfavy Yard, and that, in itself,
speaks volumes in naval circles, who
recognize this yard for its workmanship.
All points of vantage were occupied
by the throngs who trooped Into the
yard, as. well as those whc
~J the
Memorial bridge, Peirce Islan _ and the
water front for an opportunity to witness the thrill of seeing the underseas craft slip down the ways into the
waters of the Plscataqua.
The ways and the visitors' stand
were decorated with bunting. The visitors' .stand was filled
to capacity.
The American Legion band of this city
presented a concert for hair a11 hour
before the launching, and as the ship
struck the water the band strnck up
the strains of the Star Spangled Banner.
Among the special guests were Capt.
C. C. Soule, U. s. N., chief or staff of
the first naval district representing
Rear Admiral Gehrardi, commandant of
the first district; Rear Admiral W.
Dubois, chief or the Bureau of Construction and Labor or Washington;
Rear Admiral P. B. Duncan, U. S. N .,
Inspector or engineering at the Fore
River Shipbuilding plant at Quincy,
Mass.; Comdr. E. P. Eldredge, U. S.
N., Bureau o! Operations of Washlngt.on, D. C., Maj. Gen. James F. McKinl ey, ret., of Washington; Jack Fenwick, representing the civilian force of
the yard, Mrs. F. O . Johnson, wife of
the commander of the new submarine.
Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Postmaster Peter J. Hickey, as well as a
number of others prominent in civic
and navy circles.
Mrs. H . R. Stark of Washington, D.
C., wife of Rear Admiral Harold R.
Stark, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance
in Washington, was the sponsor of the
Snapper and she broke a silver encased bottle o! champagne over the
bow of ·the vessel at exactly 2.20. As
she broke the bottle, the underseas
craft began to slide down the ways Into the water. Previous to
the ceremony, Mrs. Stark was presented with a
silver vase, the gift of the workmen
to the sponsor of the craft which they
built. The presentation was made by
Jack Fenwick.
There is a certain sentiment on the
part of the workmen,
toward every
submarine which they have bunt. It
is their product, designed
here, the
plans drawn by the
drafting room
force, anct everything connected with
the submarine has been made here.
Simple ceremonies marked the laying of the keel of the Snapper which , ••,-~•-
was laid on July 23, of last year. The
gang driving the first rivet was composed of the supervisory clerical force
of the Inclustrial department. A number of summer visitors were present at
the la in o! the keel as there were
�today at the launching. The American
Legion band, which plaved toclay, was
also pre1<ent and played for the laying
of the k el. The gang from the supervisory clerical force of \\'hich l:i.icl the
keel included the fotlowing:
Inspector, Thomas · . Marden, assistant to manager; rivrlcr, A. S. Phillips, recorder Labor beard: rivetrr,
Stephen Grnnt.
Malrrinl
srcllon:
holder on, III. \V. Oanlnrr. Drafting
Files srct Ion. rivet hcatrr, J ,. n. nowe,
Production clivislon; rlvrl. 1nsi:rr, Cl. W.
Fernald, Job Order section.
Prayer was delivered by Chaplain A.
E. Stone, who rec<'nlly cnmr lo thi,
yard, succeeding M. H. Prtzolcl.
As the Snapper slid down the w:ws,
she gained ~peed and plunf'Pd grarefully into the waler. The tugs, John
G. Ch:mdler of the Piscataqua Towing Co. and the yard t11f!' Penacook
wrre waiting to receive a Jinf' from the
submarine, to bring her to her berth.
As the lines were made fast, the two
tugs drew the boat to the
pier and
nosed her into place. Here also were a
large number of people, waiUng to see
the docking of the new addition to the
The task of launching a
rine r quires a great deal of work and
planning. The fixed or ground ways
upon which the vessrl slides are set
at an inclination of 1 to 16 and
lend 011lward and downward to
~ra wall to a depth of about 10
b low walrr.
The submarine is rel nserl by thr clropping or n. pair of
shorrs or strut: 1,rn<·ctl at an angle between lhr fixed and i:liding ways and
by lhe 1111l:i.f(•hing r n set of mechanical lrigge1 s plarrd under the nftcr-end
of the vessel. A whistle blown underneath the ve~~el serves as a warning
for the lmmrhing rrw to keep clear.
In order to pr vent tile Snapper from
getting adrift and possibly striking
the opposite bank of the river, a hawser from shore keeps the submarine
from going too far. The sliding ways
are salvagccl from nch launching arc!
stored for the next hig event. 01 ~ ',
The Snapper is the ~cventh boat to
be known by name, rather than by•
letter. Following the new syst,em of
naming and numbering, shr is the first
of the S boats to be built here, although three ot,hers are in the process
of constrnclion, the Stingray, Squalus
and Sculpin. The Snapprr is numbered S-4. The submarines arc being
named for fish. A snapper is a basslike marine fish. Some aUnin a length
of two feet or more.
The snappers
which inhabit deep waters are often
red or rose colored. The shore species
are often greenish above with various
markings. Mosl snapprn; are rstrrmed
as food amt to some extent, are !(:une
fl~h.
The latest submarinr was ant horized to be built nndcr Nnval Appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1936 and
the Srcretary of the Navy placed the
order for constrnction on Septembrr 9,
1935. The keel was Jnid on July 23, of
last ye:ir ancl the . hip is expcctrrl to be
completed about the first of Mnrch of
next yc:ir.
The comm~ncler will be Lieut. F.
Johnson, U. S. N. Lieut. Johnson is n
member of the class of 1921, Naval
Academy nml hns lrn.<1 a great clral of
I experience with submarines. For ~ome
time he was with the Winton Engine
Company in Cleveland as U. S. naval
inspector.
His last ~Pa duty wns In
comnrnnd of a submarinr In Asiatic
waters.
With the launching or thr Snapper,
lhe submarine is about, 75 P"rccnt complete. Upon completion she will make
a "shakedown" cruis<' lo trst all the
cquipm nt in service aml only then
will she officially brroml' n. mrmber
of the fleet.
The standard disphcement or the
~ubmarine will be 1435 tons. The length
is 299 f et and the maximum lY'am will
be 26 feet, and the drnrt also at standard displacement will be 14 feel 2 Inches. The Snapper is approximately the
same Jcnglh as the submarines which
have been built at the yard lately,
�SUB IARINE "SNAPPER" LAUNClUNG PARTJI'
In tho front row, left to right, a.re Commander J. J. Brown, altl to U,o com111,u1tlant; ltear Admirnl P. n. Dungan
inspector of engineering at Quincy, Mass.; Congressm.m Al'thur B. Jent<:;; ltcar Atlmlru.l Cyrns W. Cole, cu111ma1\tlanl
of Portsmouth Navy Yard; Mrs. II. R. Stark{ sponsor; Capt. n. ~- Grecule.:. y,ird macuger: aud Lieut. J. J. Curley, Jr:
aide to commandant. Others in the group nclude: Rear Admiral W. G. Duboil1, clti.:f of bureau o co113truclion a1111
repair at Washington, D. C.; Capt. A. W. Brown, Lieut-Commander J. W. P.ige, planning office,· ; Jack Fe1 wick, who
tepresented employees in presenting gift to sponsor; Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan, Mr. and Mrs. 'l'1·eadwig and Mr. and Mrs.
Rhodes, guests of the sponsor; Mrs. P. ~- Dungan, Mrs. C. W. Cole; Mrs. F. O. Johnson; l\'lr . J. J. Brown, tHrs. A. W.
Brown, Mrs. J. J. Curley, Mrs. P. G. Lanman, wife of Capt. La.uman, production su;1er!nf.emleut; Mrs. U. R. Greenlee,
Mrs. J. W. Page; Miss Eliza.beth Greenlee, who ts a former sponsor; and l\U,;s Anne La.uman.
r.>~m~~
�WALLIS SANDS LlFE SAVING CREW
Ca11t. Selden F. ,veils, Walter Rand, John Iler
n, William Odiorne and William Randall. 01
etts and William Rand:~11 at Rye Harbor. Ca
ed at the Jerry's Point station at Ne1v Castl
laced in commission.
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�the Wallis Sands and Rye Beach stations o! the United States Coast Guard
are officially closed. On Tuesday, the
final d<iy of August, the doors of these
two stations were shut tor the last time.
For more than sixty years their stalwart crews h ave guarded our coast,
Shrock to Hamp ton Beach station; Irving Buresch to Damiscove I sland station, and Harold 0 . Man ch ester to
Hampton Beach. Lawrence E. Harmon
was transferred fr om the station on
Aug. 5 to Quoddy Head station at Lubee, Me.
Transferred from the Rye Beach station today are Boatswain's Mate Hallie
Larrabee and Surfman Th urs ton
L.
Peabody to the Hampton Beacli. station.
saving many lives as well as craft of all
descriptions valued at thousands
of c....---..---...--~----,...,..--..-.JJ
dollars. From now on there will be no
Coast Guard station along our coast between Portsmouth Harbor station and
Hampton Beach station, a dis tance of
more than ten miles.
In the future the men of the Hampton Beach station will have the duty of
patrolling more than 18 miles of rocky
and varied coastline extending from
the north bank of the Merrimack River
tci the sou~h bank of the Piscataqua
River.
The Rye Beach station was the first
of tile New Hampshire stations to be hit
by the economy wave of tn is branch of
the government service.
On July 1,
1933, the Treasury Department ordered
it closed, along with 11 other stations.
Since that time a caretaker h as been in
charge there, the new order causing his
withdrawal on Tuesday.
The Rye
Beach station was one of the first to be
established on the New England coast,
having been erected and commissioned
in 1874. The original building still
stands, a short distance from the present station, which was built in ' 1890.
Active Coast Guard service was maintained at Rye Beach for a period of 59
years, although for the past few years
it has been on the inactive list with but
two men on duty.
The Wallis Sands station, also closed
by the new economy ruling, for approximately 50 years has been recognized as
outstanding for the entire New England
coast. Of late it has been manned by
Portsmou th Herald P h oto
a crew of eight men, they being kept
Shown her e is the I sles of Shoals Coast G ua rd cr ew. In fron t, left to r ight,
busy every day with necessary routine
is Officer in Charge William G. R ich, F'loreston G. Alley, Osc:u · (). Munro, and
work and emergency calls.
TwentyOtis K. Odior ne; and r ear, Cli f ton T. Doughty, Robert B. Mu rphy, Linwood H.
four hours a day the coast has been
Beal, and William Buswell. Milton Seavey, boat swain's mate, fir st class, was at
watched, ~ ~ well as the broad expanse
the Coast Guard r ifle range, therefore, n ot In the pict ure and Cha rles R Cll'on,
of ocean which can be seen from the
surfman, was en liberty a t th e time the picture was taken .
station lookout tower.
Several rescues have been made dur- ;l----,_-,--,-- - ...,.,.----;---;;--::- --:-,::::--¥-------- "1
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Commanding a view of Gosport HarThe boathouse is located many feet
ing the past year by the guardsmen of
bor and many miles of the .Atlantic above h jgh tide mark and there is a
this station. Lives have been safeguardOcean 1he Isles of Shoals Coast Guard trolley runway leading clown
to the
ed along the bathing beaches and the
countless persons who enjoy piloting station, erected on White I sland abou t small harbor. The large picket boat is
small craft along
New Hampshire's 30 years ago, serves as a sentry of pro- moored in Gosport !]arbor, while the
tection on the group of islands which other boa ts are kept, in the boathouse.
beautiful coastline have had the asare practically deserted in the win ter,
In atlclit,ion to the sta tion ancl boatsuranc~ of ready succor in time of need.
except for a few natives who inhabit house, the station leases a wharf in
It is with deep Tegret that local resithe place the year around . The sk-.tlon Portsmouth Hmbor, 11 miles from
dents and summer residents as well see
is located some distance from the shore Wh ile Island, which i£ uf._ed to store fuel
the services o! the Coast Guard here to
and is reached by a series of cat,walks arnl for leading supplies for the ~tation.
a great extent withdrawn.
that lead from the Coast, Guard boatDming the present, fiscal year, which
The following transfers - from the
h ouse over the rocky ground .
startut July l , the Shoals crew h as
Wallis Sands station are effective today: Officer in charge, J ames P.
The crew at present includes a bo:it- :m~wcrcd nine calls for assistance and
Sprague, boatswain's mate, first class,
swain's rnate, first class, a machinist's the total vahmtlon of ves~els assisted
to Fletcher's Neck station at Biddeford
mate, first class, and nine su~fmen. The or rc~cued amounts to $130,000.
Pool; . Gerald Robinson to I sles of
outside equipment of the st,ation inWllliam G. Rich, chief boatswain's
Shoals station; Donald 0. Coffin to
eludes a 46-foot picket boat, which was mate, is the officer in charge of the
Damlscove Island station at Boothbay
captured as a rum-runner during pro- Isles of Shoals sLation. He en tered the
Harbor; George W. Courtney to I sles of hibition, a modern type lifeboat,
a Coast Guar d Service in 1912 at City
Shoals station; Stanley W. Pridham to
motor surfboat and two pulling surf- Point, Boston, where he remained un til
Ham ton Beach station; Clarence M. boats.
after the World War. I n 1919 h e was
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�. at Hull , Mass., where he erved seven
years as a motor machinist, after which
he went lo Gloucester as boatswain's
mate for seven years. I .eaving Gloucester he was made offiri::r In rl~arge of
the Plum Island
station, following
which he wns in chari;r of the Portsmouth Harbor station for one nnd ahalf years. Jnne 15, 1937, hr 11as transferred to the Shoals stat ion as officer in
chnrge.
Millon H . Seavey, bnnts ~•nin's mnte,
first class, enlisted in thr fervicc Jn 1!127
at Cran berry Islancl, whrr he was lationed 11nUI three years ago, wl1en he
was trnnsf rred to U1r Shonls station.
For the pnst week he has IJcen cnl(agecl
in rifle prnrtire at thr Con.·t Guard
r:rnge In Wnkefirlcl, Ma,·~. nmint: nny
absenre of Boat wain's Mate Rlcli
I from the station Seavey is the officer ln
1 charge.
Clifton T Doughty, motor l'J;\C'hinisl's
mate, first class, stark<! H'J vice
ith
1he Coast Guard at CapP Elirnbrth, Me.,
In 1925, where he was stntion cl for one
year, at the end of whic-11 hr was transferred to the Merrimack talion for onr.
year. He spent his thii cl yr;ir 0f service
nt Salisbury Beach nncl 1hP foJlo ing
three at Plum Island.
Hr was tnmsfcrrcd to the Isles of ~· nnl~ ~t;i.tion lhl
year.
Oscar C. Munro, 1,11 'm:m, who Fnved
in the Marine Corps fer right. ycnrs, has
srrved the larger part. nf his t imr in the
Coast Guard fervirc at the Portimoulh
Harber station, flC'm hic'h hf'
was
transfrrrccl to thP Jf.lr~ nf Shm1ls In
Jt1ne, 1937. He is cli~l'n,::11i<hc-cl ns the
holder of nn out~ nmlinq r cord
for
New England Const1nrnnl•mrn at the
Wakcfirlcl Rifle ranrr. J minr: past
years he ha3 sen·rct ns n ronC'h there.
Robrrt 13. M11rphy, s111 Jn,~n, J1as
f·crvecl four years al thr I•lo· 1,r ~heals
talion.
Florcston G. Alley, 1<nrfm~11 has een
in the srrvice fnr stV< n yrnrs, !luring
which time he hns brC'n ~!aliened at
Hamp ~0n Bearh, Portsm 11th Harbor
and the Isles of Shcnls.
Llnwootl H. Bral, snrfman, is now
serving his ~eeoncl c-niistmf'nt at the
Shoals, or whlch he !ms re1 vul enc year.
Previous to bring itntlonc-tl
at the
Shoal5 hr se1vr!1 t1111 r )Tarr- ~• "~pc
Ellmbrtl1.
Will iam R. nm,··1 II. ~m fmnn, 1l11rinr::
: his srrvice hns bun }.t.ntinn( tl at Cape
I Elizabeth ancl nt Hahnnl. llc has been
stationed at t.he Shon ls fr,· two y nrs.
Charles E. Cilon, ~urfll,an, has not
yet Jmpleted a yenr <'f Coast Guarcl
' service. Four or the ciglJt months he
I
hM been a Const G11nrdsmnn he was at
Cape Elizabeth and the remainder o!
the time has been spent nt the Shoals.
Otis K . OdlornP, surfman, has served
the entlre time of his n1istment at the
Isles of Shoals station. He enlisted in
the U. S. Coast Guard fix months ago
anct was lmme1llniely srnt. to the Shoals.
PORTSMOUTH
HI STORY TO BE
PUBLISHED
ll)age, t To Be Pr sented At
Crawford ot h For Highway Ass'u. Wri ten By
Local Woman
Delegat.es to the 11.mn ·ican Associaf.ion 0r st~te Htghw y Offlr.ials convenlion In Ir held m Boston rly in Octollcr will m tkl' 1. bricC visit, to this city
while en rou from Bost1m to Portland,
while on a trill to New H~mp·hire and
a section of Mc, ine, whicl1. will he part
or th lr progrnm.
A Port.,mouH1 woman, Mrs. Harry
B. Ca.rp<.mtcr, i.~ wn ttng U1e pageant,
"Roa.els and Romane s," which will be
presented befor the d t gates on Saturday, Oct. 2, by U1c Feder1.tion of
Women's Cluln at Crawford Notch. In
t11e pfl.geant hlghw y development, from
the Ind i 1.n tr ll to the a11tomoblte road
of today will 11 traced. The setting will
include ell rming S1.co L1.ke, at the foot
of Eleph nt Rea cliff at the gateway
to Crawford Notclt.
Prof. James W.
Goldtl1 w1 tte of Dflrtmouth College and
Lawren Sh w Mayo, educator nd author, of Harvard University, a.re assisting in tlte hi,toricn.l details.
Th ~h inn. n of the enterl.ai.nmet1t,
dinner nd c rav1 n committee for the
vLsi~ to New H mp,hire is Frederick A.
Gardn"r or the i' w Ha.mpsl1i.J:e State
High .vo. v Department.
The 1t0rth"m tour of il1e highway offichls will '.ltart from Iloston early on
Frid'lY lltOtning. O•:t. 1, and will proceed a.!Jng he th. sltore highways of
Ma.,s1chusetts, N w Hampshire
and
Maiue, t,Q Port.5mouth, 1.nd then
Portl1nd, where lun,,heon will be served.
In tltr , rternoon U1ey will travel nortl1
throug Pol nd Springs to the Crawford Hous~. wh re dinner will he served.
Trips up Mount Wac.hington
and
visit., lo the Old Man or the Mountain
and In tl1 Flume in Franconia Noti:-h
arc .,clir:iul"l for tit morning of s~turday, 0"l l. wilh th pgeant In the
'.l.ftetw>on nd a. lnnquet in the evening.
On ~und v. Oct. 3. the highw y commissioners will l riv New Ha.mpshir ,
traveling tl1rnugh Vermont and visiting
th birtl1pl;i,,_ of Cal'tin Coolidge at
Plymouth. The party wil l reach Greenfield, M ss . at 6 p. m., whe re many will
take t rn ins for th
journey home.
Otllcrs will l.Je taken to
Springfield,
Mass., t I lee ro,ins there, while still
othern wi ll return to Boston.
In '\rrangements for the convention
New Hampshire men will take a prominent 111.rty. Fr ncis P. Murphy, us a
New Enghnd gov rnor, Is a member of
the hon'.lrary committee; Frederic E.
Everett, New Hamp,htre highway :ommissloner, Ls chairman of the reception
and executive commlttees and a member ot the finance and ladles entert.'linment committees, while Mr. Gardnet· is
chal.rman of the publicity committee
of the transportation
Boston, Sept. 22-The history
Portsmouth, from the earliest times to
the present day, will be Included In the
publication which is to be issued by the
Massachusetts Historical Records Survey. Workers on the-staff o! the Survey
for several weeks have been making an
inventory of the varlous records and
other unpublished material at I City
Hall, the Courthouse and other depositories. In many cases documents o!
great historical value have been uncovered in the unclassified piles o!
manu··•·lpls and records that are occasionaJJy to be found in vaults and
cabinet.s. In some instances, the existence of these records was unknown
even to the custodian, for they had
been flied many years before he assumed charge o! this valuable source
material.
Manuscripts, yeJJow with age, and
written Jn the curious and almost undecipherable script that ~as used by 17th
century officials have been found in
heterogeneous heaps of
documents,
which recorded early events in the
town's history. The value of such material to the writer, the student and the
historian is incalculable, but heretofore it has been practically Inaccessible.
The Historical Records Survey, following the suggestion of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, who regarded the preservation and Indexing of
the archives o! the nation, states and
municipalities as a dusty to posterity,
entered on the work of preparing a guide
to all the documents, the depository in
whlrh they were housed and the vault or
cabinet that contained them. In addition to this, the checklist will contain a
description o! the records and extracts
from the matter they contain.
Scholars and writers will ,hail •i;b!s
undertaking with gratification for it
will mean the opening up of a mine of
historical material, the surface of which'
has barely been scratched. The history
of the town itsel! will be thoroughly covered and a new light thrown on some of
I.he r!nci al events since Its founding.
�Former L
Englis
oday
J. E. Smith, former Lord Mayor of
Portsmouth~ England, is visiting Portsmouth, New Hampshire today. Arriv.
ing at 10.30 from Boston, Mr. Smith,
who is a member of the Porl,smouth
City Council, was taken on a tour of
the historic points of this vicinity, ending at the Rockingham Hotel at noon
MISS PRISCILLA GOUGH
The appointment of Miss Priscilla
Gough, for the past 10 years direc- ,
tor of publicity and college marshal at '
Radcliffe, as dean -of women
at
Stoneleigh College was announced today by Richard D. Currier, president.
She will take up her new duties at the
opening of college, Sept. 12.
• Miss Gough, whose home is in Cohasset, Mass., has served as executive
secretary of the Women's Municipal
League ot Boston, as vice president o!
the College Publicity Association, as
secretary of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters and as a council member of the Radcliffe Club of
Boston.
new ou oo on life. He entered buslness and today owns the biggest retail
coal concern in Portsmouth. He has
been in the Portsmouth City Council
for the last 27 years, four of which
were in the mayor's chair, he being
Lhe first chief magistrate
of that
English city to have the title of "Lord
Mayro." It was only nine yea rs ago that
this Litle ·was authorized by royal dewhere a reception and luncheon was · cree.
held for the distinguished guest. He
The former Lord Mayor expressed
was greeted at the Boston & Ma ine ' his delight at being able lo come to
station by a committee 'and guided by this namesake of his home city. His
Arthur I. Harriman, the party made a city also is a naval base, being the
tour of the various historical points of largest naval base of Great Britain.
The visitor is a retired band master
the city and the navy yard.
Mr. Smith has been touring Canada of the Salvation Army. On April 10 he
and the United States. He left Ports- observed this 50th anniversary of serand a
mouth, England the first of August, vice in the Salvation Army
sailing from Southampton on the Em- celebration was held which the Lord
press of Britain on Au~. Arriving in Mayor and council of Portsmouth ntQuebec on Aug. 13, he lias .had a busy tended. He was greeted here today
month on this side of the Atlantic.
by Brig. Edwin Perrett of Portland,
"The chief business of my trip, divisional officer of
~he
Salvation
which is my first to America," stated Army and Adjt. Herbert A. Martin
Alderman Smith, "is to call on the of the local corps.
mayor of Portsmouth, N.
H., and
The program at the Rockingham
among other things to present him was as follows:
with photographs of the King and Piano select.ion, "America"
Queen with the Lord Mayor of PortsHarry
mouth on the occasion of the Corona- Invocation
Rev. Maxwell
tion naval review and to convey greet- Presentation of chairman
ings from the Portsmouth, England
Adjt. H.
Rotary club to Portsmouth, N. H. Ro- Remarks by chairman
tarlans."
Brlg. E. J. Perrett
The former Lord Mayor of Ports- Remarks
Paul Badger
mouth has already visited the may(representing the Rotnry Club)
ors of Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg Remarks
A. H. Wool!son
and In the latter city and Windsor, he
(representing the Kiwanis Club)
met members of the Salvation Army Vocal solo
Rev. A. A. Rouner
band which he conducted for several Remarks
Charles Brackett
years in Portsmouth. He
was
also
(representing the Salvation Army)
commissioned by the Portsmouth,'Eng- Remarks
Alvin Redden
Iand Rotary club, to convey greetings
(representing the Chamber of
to the Portsmouth, N. H. Rotary club.
Commerce)
He was also commissioned by Genera Remarks
Rev. Arthur A. Rouner
I Evangeline Booth to convey her greet- (representing the Protestant ministers)
ings to Salvationlsts Jn Canada and the Piano selection, "Evening Chimes"
United States.
Harry Carroll
Alderman Smith has had a most re- Remarks
E. C. Matthews
markable career. Leaving the naval Presentation of Alderman J. E. Smith
service in his teens he ran into flnanforme1· Lord Mayo1· of Portsmouth,
cial difficulties, he
admitted quite
England
· frankly, and joined the Salvation At·- Remarks
my. He said thenceforth he obtained a
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�e 27 h
nstructed
tates avy
--------Another keel of a submarine to be
added to the fleet of United States undersea craft was laid shortly before noon
today at the Navy Yard. The keel of the
Sculpin was laid at 11.25 this morning
on the building ways which the latter
part of Au.gust provided the setting for
the launching of the submarine Snapper.
Witnessing the event was a large
number of workmen, officers, enlisted
personnel and a group of visitors and
yard residents.
The Frank E. Booma Post American
Legion Band gave a short concert before
the keel was laid. Rear Admiral C. W.
Cole, commandant of the yard, spoke
briefly and told of the fine work which
h a;; been done in the past by workmen
o.t the yard.
s Cr
nit
As everything was ready for the laying of the keel th-i hull superintendent
then signaled for the hoist and the keel
was placed in position. The first rivet
was dr;vcn by a hand riveting crew composed of the following officers: Inspect-_, .• ,.,,,.
or, Rc-r Arlmiral Cyrns W. Cole, commandant; riveter, Lieut. Comdr. Earl L.
Sackett; riveter, Lieut. Comdr. Arthur
F. Folz; holder-on, Lieut. Comdr. Joseph
W. Paige; rivet heater, Lieut. Comdr.
Albert L, Prosser; rivet passer, Lieut.
Comdr. J. A. Sweeton.
As lhe concluding number on
program the Leglorr Band played the
"Star Spangled Banner" and the layIng of the keel of Uncle Sam's 27th submarine built or uucler construction at
the Portsmouth Navy Yard was
pleted.
�PLEASED WITH
HIS VISIT TO
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PORTSMOUTH
The visit of Former Lord Mayor J.
E. Smifh of Portsmouth, England, to ,~ 0· - ~... a.VI
Portsmouth, N. H., on Saturday came
to an end when he boarded the 5 l,To-..'l'.'·c1
o'clock train for his return to Boston.
The Lord Mayor, wh:J ls still a member of the Portsmouth, England City
Council came to bring greetings to the
city, the Rotary Club and the Salvation Anny.
After the
noon luncheon at the
Rocklngham Hotel, during which the
following spoke, Maj. Frederic Delano,
Rev. Arthur A. Rouner, A. H . Woolfson, Paul Badger,
Alvin Redden,
Charles H. Brackett, Brig. E. J. Perrett of the Portland Salvation Army,
Councilman Charles T. Durell and
'.Adj. H. A. Martin of the local Salvation Army Corps, Mr. Smith presented Councllman Durell with a picture
of the present Lord Mayor of Ports'mouth, Eng., with
the
King and
Queen of Great Britain. This presentation Was for Mayor Kennard E.
._.,,._.,,_.,,,..., Goldsmith, and
was
accepted by
councilman Durell who represented
the mayor, who has been ill wJth a 1.:uow.~s,-r::
throat infection and was unable to attend. However during the afternoon
he did come to city hall and the former Lord Mayor called and paid his
respects.
A visit to Kittery Point to the old
Sparhawk house was made in the af.ternoon being
arranged
after the
1schedule had been completed. As he
left Portsmouth Mr. Smith expressed
his appreciation of the fine hospitality extended to him and said he was
greatly pleased with his visit here.
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The Board of Appraisers today announced the tax rate for this year.
The rate
as announced is $32. per
thousand, as compared with $34.40 a
year ago. This drop of $2.40 over 1936
is due. in part to the cut in the and
b
nual appropriation bill as passe
Y
the city council la:s;.t.,:n;l"g.g.:.:h::t·:_l!'-:l::r~~IF.;~.~
RAZING OLD HOUSE
ON VAUGHAN ST;·
The old house at the corner
Vaughan and Hanover streets I~ be1ng torn down. Arthur Marinos plan~
to erect a modern brlclt bulldlng on the
site or the old house.
ear
The City Council at ils meeting on
Police department,
decrease
Thursday evening passed the app10- $207.45.,
F'ire alarm, decrease tl77.48.
priatlon bill for th e yea r 1937 approFire deparLment, increase $1,291.20.
priating nearly $35,000 less than last
General expense, Increase $700.
year. T he total amount of the apElection a nd jury drawings,
propriation to be r aised by laxes this crease $2925.
t t
Appraisers, increase of $1,033.90.
year is $633 •389 ·62 · The O a I approSchools, increase $007.28.
th
st
priation before
e e imat,ed revenue
Salaries, health department and muis deducted calls for $721,389.62 which
ll
t
nic1pal
court were 1e same as 1as
compares with $739,234.63 a year ago,
a decrease of $17,845.01. This decrease year.
Following the reading of the records
will mean nearly $2 decrease in the lax
rate, Jt ls expected which will be wc l- by City Clerk Jolin J. Henson, Mayor
come news to the tax payers of lhis Golclsmilh announcccl Lhe appointment
of Richard S. Beane as a weigher and
city .
The finance committee of the city this wa - confirmed. A communication
council and various other departments from Fleet street merchants asking for
have been working for some time get- a modern lighL hetween Congress and
ting their budgets ready, and with the Porter streeLs was referred to the comclose of the legislature and the knowl- mittee on street lights, Councilman
edge of the amount due for slate and Robert M. Herrick making the motion.
coun ty taxes received earlier in the A claim for ctamages to the house at 466
week, the work was completed. The Dennett sf •·eet from water backing up
in the cellar during the spring rains of
state tax was increased $2432 over last
year and the .county tax $2691.96 more 1937 was refcrre I tu Lhe committee on
cl:ums on motion of Councilman Wythan a year ago. The total appropria- man Boynton .
tion for municipal purposes a year ago
A report from lhe Board of
amounted to $607,055.17 and this year Works enclosing a n estimate of $1100
was $22,958.97 Jess or $584,096.20 al to- from
Ute s11perintende nt regard ing
gether. There was an increase in es- work on Pine street was received and
timated Income of $16,750.
referred to the finance committee.
The a ppropriations for the various . The Board of Street Commissioners
departments were as follows:
~ubmitt,ed a report for the first half of
Highway decrease of $16,505.52 was
made, the total appropriation this year the yea r 1937, which was placed on file.
being $79,133.67, as
compared with The Mayor called it a good report a nd
staled " would give a good idea of what
$95,639.19 a year ago.
had been gomg on during the first half
P arks and playgrounds, a decrease of the year.
of $275 .
Cour ilman Herrick introduced
increase of resolution authoriz ing the assessment
Public buildings, an
$730.83.
.
of 20 cent., additional on all unpaid poll
Library, increase of $199.50.
taxes after Sept. 1, and this was \)assed.
P oor department, an increase of $11.Councilman Fredenck Schlegel in128.33.
troduced a re~olution authorizing the
Old age assistance, decrease of $1,000. Mavor to exlend an invitation to the
Ne1~· Hampshire StaLe Department of
the American Legion Lo hold Its 1938
convention in this city and appropriating a sum, not to exceed $500, for pubJiciLy puq:o,es, and this was po.ssed.
Thre was some discussion regarding this
after its passage. Atty. Ralph G. McCarthy, n former Slate Department
�ouncilman Downs spoke regarding
commander, was present and answered
a. the fire station and ClOO for repamn
the dock anrl fence at Atlantic Heights,
several questions, explaining the meth- the parking lot on Vaughan street, stating that th,.. atlendant had checked the
a total of $2 !75.
od of securing a convention for a city.
number of cars parked there and found
Arthur I. Harriman, secretary of the
Councilman Thomas J. Downs intro- the avet'age mu.:ber hnd been 275 da!ly,
Portsmou~'i. u. s. ' sesquicentennial
duced a resolution making funds avail- with a · •.rge number being turned away
committee, was present and told of the
able for the water department. This
because of lack of space. During the
pLms for the observance of the day in
was an additional $10,000 to increase eight-week period 15,125
cars have
this city, which will be on Sept. 17. Plans
the assets. Councilman Boynton asked parked then' ::ind the attendant has
call for the observance to be held at the
if this was buying the Frank · Jones been on duly from 10 a. m. to 11.30 p.
grave of John Langdon at the North
water-works.
m. A r•w improvement'\ were suggestcemetery. Langdon was the first signer
The Mayor replied that ir the reso- ed for the p~rldng space.
or the famous document and the only
lution there was no mention of
the
Adj ournment was at the call of
signer from this clty.
Mr. Har riman
Frank Jones plant and added that the
brought out that the grave of Willi.am
council had voted to purchase
the
Whipp! , a signer of the Declaration of
water-works at a previous
meeting.
Independence, is in the North cemetery,
Councllr.i .. : Boynton stated he would
and also the graves of 19 soldiers of the
continue to oppose the purchase.
A
Revolutionary War.
voice vote was taken and a roll call deMr. :iarriman suggested that
the
manded, with the vote being 6 to 3 In
program as outlined in the local comfavor of the purchase.
Councilmen
mittee's recommend'.1 tions be followed.
Durell, Drwns, Herrick, Sukeforth,
This
includes the ringing o! bells on the
Schlegel and Burkhardt favored
it,
morning of the observance, a display of
-=,-,.,. ·..•, while Boynton, Blanchard and Leary
f13,gs, l3 blasts of the !ire alarm, . a
opposed. In the suspension of rules and
par de from the playgrounds to the
,.,.,, ..,. .,.,_. the passage of the three readings the fav-oira1
Ad" 9. T:u.tn
cemetery and return and exercises at
lineup was the same, 6 to 3.
the cemetery. There was a short disCouncilman Charles T. Durell introcussion of other plans and the Mayor
duced the annual appropriation bill.
cenlen~
was authorized to draw his warrant for
This calls for an appropriation by taxes
the amount necessary to carry out the
'""•·-"''""' of $633,389.62, nearly $35,000
lower
proposed program.
than last year.
Mayor Goldsmith
Adjournment was at the call of the
prais d the committee for ils work and
Tltc 'Jit,y -:::,iuiv·il lLld J. short meeting
chair. FollGwing the adjournment the
also expressed his appreciation to the
tlu;; !ll/Jrtllll'~ ,.t 10 oclock. Councllcouncilmen remained for some time and
Board of Appraisers and the rily audi1w'tt Clnrl:; T. D11r,,11. T. John Downs,
heard Mr. Harriman tell about the contor for their cooperation. Hr called atRob•:rt r [ [[,:rrir:"•. Roland Suk••f.Jrth,
dition of the older cemeteries in thla
tention to the fact that lhe council was J')lm r., ,ry, Fr,,JeniJc Schlcg I and
city. He had pictures taken to_lllustrate
elected on an economy platform and Jolttt Bur[cl1 rdt w .r
present and
his point. At the conclusion he was
had carried out that pledge. The bill
MJyor K. I:!:. G<Jldsmitll presided and
given a vote of thankR.
passed its three readings lo hrcome enr·i'JrJt11lh~ v:tio n m·13 '1.ken ou tile pr~grossed, with all councilmen voling in
gr,"\m f r th, u. ,:,. Constitution Se,qu1favor.
cP,nt,..nni1 l obs rv(ln ., as recommet;ded
The committee on hills of second
by U1 ~ lo·" l committee.
.
reading reported favorably on the ordiA cJmmunic U<Jn from Gov. Franc1S
nance fixing the salary of the city mesP. Murphy, urging the celebration of the
senger :it $25 a week and tills passed
-, q'l11ii;r>nf;e11nin.l vC tlt U. S C n,tltuits sec~nd reading.
tt,in W'L'l l"'?,itl
Councilman Downs, chairman of lhc
I~yo:- Gold:mith appointed
iirs.
st1·eet lights committee, rep1Jrted that
M1.ry St.1w o.nd Dr. Alphon RaynP.s
the committee favored a street light on
a"> lrnstP. s of th Public Libr ry and
Cass street:.
Councilman Sukeforth
the 3.µµolntments were confirmed.
suggested that a road be built from
A C<Jtl\lltUllicatiOl\ from th ?o_lonlal
Kearsarge Way to the Allanlic Heights
Be con OU co asking for permission to
School and be continued lo Saratoga
rect '). hull, stor g tank anrl pier at
Among the list of New Hampshire
Way. An estimate for this amounted
Freeman' Point w1~ received '.Ind re- cities with commwlity names, based
to $1432. Mayor Goldsmith
told of
ferred
th zoning commissi n.
on history, compiled by the State
some of the plans for the year in doing
Councilm.J.n Durell offered :i. resolu- Planning and Development; Commiswork whir'1 was needed and suggested
tion transferring $1600 from the con- sion, Portsmouth's unique names inthat the councilmen bring in projects
tingent fun to the Board o_r Appnisers clude Atlantic Heights, Boynton Park,
to be discussed in this connection.
for the P ir .l1as, of mechamcai address- Brimstone HUI, Christian Shore,
Councilman Boynton inquired
relug equipmr,nt. This, it was brought Church Hill, Freeman's Point, Mason's
garding the incincrn tor and the Mayor
::>Ltt wou ld ,we rtbout $300 or $400 year- Hill, Noble's Island, Old Sebastopol,
said the Board of Health of Lile slate
ly
the l1lnng of persons to address PortsmouLh
Parade,
.Portsmouth
has co iemnecl the clump as a health
envelop s ml w,Juld pay for ~tself in Plains, Sagamore Hill,
Strn.wberry
menace and it must he abalrrl and an
nllout t.l\rc0 years. The reslliut1on was Bank, Tattle Point, The Creek and
incinerator be built. Thrre was some
-i.clopL.d.
The Lookout.
dl~c11ssion in regarcl Io th is.
Cn ml'ilm:111 I[ •rrid, introclucecl n.
What about Four Tree Island, PullThe :a:ror rrporLC'd that in contactr,•soluf!rJn fixlnr, Ille .'\nlnry oC t.l1 city and-be-Damned Point, Puddle Dock
ing lhe State Board of Hrallh regarding
m ,,~,~i1g"r nd
Councilm n ScltlP,gei and Spring Market?
the dust nuisance he found 1t was up to
lllll'!!ttlC•l thi; r !,/Jlution, wlllch l\'ld. aithe local Board of Heall h and that the
r ,1,,fy J'.t ,Cd two rc~dings :i.t µr•'VIOUS
local board had talkrd with the manacouncil meetings, to ma.Ice it retro1 ,tlve
ger of the National Gypsum Co., ~vho
t,> .Jin. t. This wa~ adopted, wltl1 the
reveled that the compm1y had decided 1 lllf'l\rllllr>l\t.
to abate not only the dust nuisanee but
Councilman Downs offer<>ll a resoluthe smoke nuisance as well.
tion tramf,~rring Crom the contingent
Councilman Downs sp:ike regarding a
f •ad ~l _ [otlo'Ving: $l000 for the conpiece of property • t the corner of Is5•1 t'"'i·m Qf t"nnis courts 'l t the playlington and Cass streets :md the comgrol'n<ls; ir;oo for a hot top roller for the
mittee oh city lands and buildings was
hlglp•ay d~p,rtm:mt; $700 for hot-topauthorized to draw a lease.
pin~ 'he playground at th<> Whipple
Sd1•J1JI; $175 for J'.l.intlng No. 1 ngine
iie
Re
·
For Co
0
SOME OF CITY'S ~, '1,
UNIQUE NAMES ARE NOT ON UST
for
1
�Ann u~ce·rea~hing Staff
. ~'\ _ lOr
15
ocal Pu lie Schools
The list of teachers of the Ports- Johnson, Priscilla A. MorrJll, Evelyn
mouth public schools as announced at K. Sawyer, Esther Graham.
the office of Supt. Harry L. Moore I
Whipple School
today ai:id to be effective on Sept. 8, 1 Julia F. Butler, Principal
l.aEllli-.~lilwhen the schools open, is as follows: !. Nina P. Trueman, E. Louise Pray,
•
·
Senior High School
ICarolyn M. Furber, Kathryn E. Riley,
Clarence C. Sanborn, .Headmaster. / Mary L. Leary, Elizabeth E. McDonE. Bliss Marriner, Florence H. Hew- ough, Mazie B. Lewis.
itt, Margaret M. Ballard, Charles A. i
Haven School
Tolman, Katharine
E.
Brady, M. [ Mary E. DeGro:;s, Principal
W. Avery, Marguerite E. Schaffer, ! Anne L. McDonough, Irene Craven
Jennie M. Shannon, William E. Tra- Francena A. Johnson, Margaret
vis, Louise Tobey, Eugene F. Johnson, Cronin, S. Louise
Grant, Agnes M.
Francis T.
Malloy,
Katharine . P. 'McCarthy, Vesta s. Thompson, Irma
Flanagap, Ralph A. Lizio, Helen G. · L. Rintz, Marjorie F. Pray.
Geary, Louisa M. Talbot, Nathalie M.
Lafayette School
Moulton, Beatrice M. Arthur, Lillian I Annie L. Morrison, Principal
0. Trombly, Rolfe G. Banister, Harold I Christine
B.
O'Brien,
Mary L.
G. Currier, Estelle E. Winkley,, Elwin Pendergast,
Annie
E.
Knight,
W. Avery,
Marguerite G. Schaffer, J. Agnes Connors, Mary L. Gri!Iin,
Ruth M. Langley, Virginia J. Lamson, Emma, L. Foss, Marion A. Gardner.
&,ij,lli~"'!illl A. Kenneth Day, Alice K. Long.
New Franklin School
Junior High School
J Fannie C. Chapman; Principal
Raymond I. Beal, Principal
I Mary R. Shea, Mary E. Walsh, MarCleon E. Heald, A. Ruth. Shapley, A. gt.Jerite G . Jenness, Irene F. J lmson,
Pearl Hoitt, Helen F. Doherty, Pauline · Avis V. Noble, Elizabeth M. Ferrin,
Putnam, Edith J. Mospan, John L. Marjorie W. Herrin.
Phelps, Angelina A. Raina,. Adolf G. I
: Atlantic Heights School
Volkman, Keith G. Bickford, Herbert i Ethel K. Rhodes, Principal
I
R. Hagstrom, Inez D. Bray, Fellcia
Nona V. Haynes, Agnes F. Ronnn,
Gray, Irene
P.
Blake, Bernice M. Margaret A. Buckley, Muriel E . MorBurnham, William J. Volkman, Doro- row, Jeanette E. Newhall
thy G. Boutwell, Francis G. Tate, Vi- !
Plains School
vian H. Brown, Vera B. Tibbetts, Ruth I Gertrude H. Corey
Chalmers, Edith C. Johnson, Ruth V. l
Lafayette Road Scho l
Johnson, Helen Maynard, Charlotte : Josie R. Rand
E.- Eowers, Edna L. Sheldon, Iva L.
Director of Music
Stiles, Minnie A. Swinnerton, Florence
Ernest P. Bilbruck
M. Tarr, William R. Rose.
Winnifred M. Claus, Assistant
Farragut School
Director of Drawing
Edith M. Austin, Principal
Eleanor R. Deshon
Dorothy P. Webber, Louise E. Mus- j
Director of Physical Education
grove, Rosmerld
Boyan, ' Esther
Ralph D. Brackett.
J'.
!
2900
u
Enrollme t On Second
le m s.1· h y - ess
Sam·e ay In 1936
, The second day enrollment or the 10At the Senior High school there are
cal public schools is 22 pupils less than only . eight post-graduates enrolled lh1s
that of a. year ago, but 400 more than year, whereas, there ls generally about
the same day ten years ago. The rea- 25. The probable reason tor this 1s the
son given for 'the sllght decrease un- fact that practically all of those who
d,er last year is that some students would ordinarily · return have secured
from the grammar schools .have en- rear-round jobs.
:i;olled 1n the Parochial school and there
Following is today's enrollment:
is a decrease in entries in the kinder- Sr, High ......................... '789
garten and elementary grades.
Jr. High
~,---IFarra ut
Whipple ••..• , •••...•......••••••
Haven
•••.•..•••••..•...••••.•••
Lafayette
...•.•.••. , ••.. , •.. , , •
New Franklin ••••.• , , .••• , , •• , , , •
At. Heights , , , , ••••••••• , •.. , , , . , 150
Plains
, .... .. , •. , • , ... , , .. , , , , , • 26
Lafayette
Total
The second day enrollment at
schools last year was as follow;;:
Sr. High •................. . ... . .
Jr. High •.........•............••
Parrugut , ..•. , . , , .. , , , .. , .••• , .. ,
\ hlpp\o
• , .. , , , , . , . , ..... , , •• , ••
Haven
, , ....•.•. , •. , . , , . , , , , •• ••
Lat'ayette
•••••••• , , .. , •••• , , •• ,
New Franklin , •• , , •.•• , , , ••• , •• ,
A~la.ntic Heights •..•..• , , , , , , , .. ,
Woodbury •.... , , ..•..•.. , .... , ••
Plan,li
........ , , .,., ..•.• ,,, • •••
Lafayet te Road , , .. , . , , ......... ,
Pollowlng is a list of totals
ond day enrollments in
th\!
schools since 1925 :
1025 , ... , ...... , , • , , . , • , , , , , , , , .
1926
•••• , .•. , , . , , , , , •• , , , •••••
1927
• , ... , , , . , ..• , ••. , ••••. , , ••
1928
•.•• , • , , •• , •• , ••• , • , • , , , • , ,
1929
, . , , , , • , • , . , .. , .. , . , •• , • , •
1930
1931
193'~
Hl3J
• , . , , •• , ••••••• , •• , ••••• , ••
• , , • , , , , • , • , , , , , , , , , , , , •• ,
lOH
1935
1930
193'7
Two hundred and thirty-three seniors re attending the Higlt school today while in the lower classes there
are 250 sophomores and 208 juniors. In
the kinclergartens there are 1'70 children and 216 are enrolled in the first
LOCAL LIBRARIAN
'\ ,. _,_,,;,AMONG SPEAKERS
~\
Miss Hannah G. Fernald of this city,
librarian at the Public Library, will be
one of ihe speakers at the 48th annual
meeting of the New Hampshire LI.-.
brary association to be held at Colby
Junior College in New London be-<
ginning Sept. 8. Among
ihe othS;l'
speakers will be Gladys Hasty Carroll,
author of several books pertaining ~
rural lire in southwestern Maine1 DJ,
Fred Engelhardt,
president ot th.I
Universlt-y
of New Hi.mpshlre1 an4
Mrs. Laurence J, Webster of Holdei't,
ncss, prominent in
women's olufii
work as well as several others,
�OLDEST LOCAL
SCHOOL CLOSED
The oldest public school in Portsmouth, and probably the oldest grade
school in New Hampshire, the Lafayette Road school, was closed today af•
ter mode than 100 years of activity,
because of the small numbe:r: of scholars enrolled. The nine students that
attended during the first few days of
the current school season are being
transported to the Lafayette school,
It is belleved that the school has not
been closed since its opening more than
a century ago. The exact date of the
school's opening was not known until
recently when "Miss Josie R. Rand, for
many years a teacher there, found
fairly authentic records that showed
the school was built about 1828
1829. The records indicated that
most probable date was 1829 ...,
The Lafayette Road school is
second "little red schoolhouse" to be
closed in Portsmouth this year, the
other being the Woodbury school. The
oldest school now in use here is the
Plains school, which was erected In
1845.
Th.- ,voodbury School
The Woodbury School, located on
Woodbury Avenue, will nnt open this
fall for the first time si nce 1853. The
building, Which March of Time chose
Lo film rccenlly as an cx:implc of "The
Little Red Schoolhouse," needs considerable repair work and the expense
of making the necessary improvements to meet the high standards of
.,..,,'!l'l"">·1other Portsmouth schools is considered unjustified, and them is adequate
room for the pupils in the New
Franklin school, where there are far
better educational facilities than oan
be found in a rural- type school.
The pupils will be transported by
bus which, will leave the corner of
11o,7,,;,,--,,.,.~.r'.IWoodbury Avenue and Gosllng road
at 8.30 a. m. and stop ahng the route
to pick up the children.
At the New Franklin :ichool the faculty will Inaugurate now facilities
for lunch hom·s an<l during the winter hot lunches wm bo sorvccl there.
The Woodbury
School, a t.ypical
rural school, has been in use most of
the years since 1853 and is oi1e of •the
oldest school buildings still standing
in New England. However, the Plains
school was erected In 1845 and the
old<'st of Porl.,mouth schools is the
Lafn.ycito Rond school. Ofilcials have
not been able to determine when it
was built. The former Cabot Street
school was built in 1860 and it was
used until 1931 when the New Junior
High School was opened .
According to records of the Portsmouth Chronicle the Woodbury School
was erected in the fall of 1853 at an
estimated cost of $25,000 and was
large enough to accommodate nearly
60 scholars. At the time it wo,s called
"the pride of Gravelly Ridge."
It was named in memory of Judge
Woodbury, father
of
Oharlei, Levt
Woodbury or Boston, who made tho
dedication speech.
At the dcdioatlon Rev, Mr. Lalll801l
gave an address and Rev. Samuol
Hoyt of Newington sang a song rather
than glvo a Lalk. Tho dedioailon took
placo ou Monuny, Nov, 21, 1853,
In the past years the enrollment at
the Lafayette Road school has been
about 15 or more but because the
number had dwindled to nine school
ofncials thought it more practical to
transport the children to the larger
schools At the closing of the school
there were three students in the first
grade, one in the third, four in the
fourth and one in the fifth.
The teacher o!
the six-grade
school, Miss Josie R. Rand, has been
transferred to the New Franklin school
to assist in teaching of the first grade
there. The first grade at the New
Franklin is reported by school officials
as being unusually large this year, the
total enrollment being 50. Miss Rand
has an outstanding . record, having
been the teacher a't the Lafayette Road
school for 36 years.
$. l
�GM Scouts,
City Government,
1·cprescntatives of the various schools,
the orator and ehap1ain oi the day
~,ml disabled veterans. •
·
Owing to the lack of ·1,a< e in tbe
cemetery · only a delrgation of sc'hool
cllJJcll'en ·will
ail.eml the exercises.
Rcprc:;cnta1,lvcs of the v::1lions g1•acles
wlll be p1esent to 1ia1 tkip• l.c in the
CXCI'Cll:;PS,
Bon. Charles M. D,Lle. a member of
the Executive Council, will be the orator of the day. He has bcen designated
lly Gov. F'nmcis P . Murphy to give the
nclrlress. Rev. Jirihm· A. RonnN :v\11
Ile chaplain of the rlay . At
the American Legion band
1,wo ::,elections.
R.eiuming to tile i;tru ting point the
1imade will IJlal'Ch vJa l\llaplewood
Ave., Vaughan ::it.., Congress l:lt., Middle St., Rieha1·d::s Ave., to Panott Ave .,
where the dJsmbsal wlll take place in
!"·
front of the Arwory. 011 the way to
I.he 1·emetery a salule will be made in
Jroui of the oov. Langdon liome on
l'Jcasant street. At the c1:111etcry a
A meeting of , the local U. S. Consti- to hoist all colors and that at 8.3\l
wreath wm be placed 011 t1,e grave of
tution Sesquicentennial committee ap- o'clock thirteen blasts be sounded on
W11liam Whipple, one of . tile signers
of the Declaration of Jndependence. A
pointe~ by Mayor K. E. Goldsmith at the fire alarm in hono:- of the thir .
teen original states. It was also rec•
stop wJH be
matle t,t Haymarket
the request of Sol Bloom, director ommended that a brief parade btl
&tum·c a"Jso where nnuther :,a]ute will
general for the celebration, was held held with services at the tomb of
lie given, this time for the men who
this morning at the office of Hon. F. John Langdon, one of the signers of
pn!'l,icipal.ecl in the World Wm'.
W. Hartford, with Mr. Hartford pre- the constitution at the North ceme-•
At the Plains dw ing the evening
siding and Arthur I. Harriman as tery, with delegations from all pa trio •
d 11c J"ecognil.lon wiH lie matle of the
clerk, The c9mmittee consists of Ar- tic arid military organizations, the
'.Ill states that cor,1pdse the United
thur I. Harriman, Miss Dorothy navy yard, the public schools, Boy
~tates of Amel'ica. At the 1.Jme of the
Vaughan, Hon. F. W. Hartford, Hon. Scouts · and Girl Scouts, etc., invited
celebration of tl1e -ratification of the
Robert Marvin ,and Rev. William Saf- to send delegations.
Constitution, 13 rockets were sent up
ford Jones. The celebration will · be
The exer.cises at the tomb of John
from the balcony of the Old Co1onial
held on Sept. 17, the 150th anniver- Langdon were recommended by Gov.
·tate Ho use. 'I'omonow 40 floral
sary of the signing of the United Francis P. Murphy who has delegated
IJomus will "be sent up from the
States constitution at Philadelphia . . Councilor Charles M. Dale to make
Plains, ancl the 9th will be the New
The committee at its meeting today an address at noon.
Hampshii'e salute, New Hampshit•e bevoted to recommend to the city govThe city government will have o.
Jug the ninth and deckling state to
ernment t11at the bells be rung at special meeting tomorrow at 10 o'cloclc
ca::;t its vote :for the raWication of the
6.30 a. m., opening the day as a signal to issue a program.
~..,,,.
Constitution which actually put the
(lovernment into opei·ation.
The American Leg"lon Banet wm g"lve
o. concert them previous to the fireEugltrs from the Girl Scouts will
works beginning at 7.30.
give a salute at noon. They wlll be
stationed at the North Church and at
'
.
various places on Congress, Middle
and state streets. At 12.05 until 12.15
the chmch bells will again ring.
'J'he feature of the day will b~ the
pnrade and exercises at the grave of
John Langdon, one of Portsmouth's
011tstanding patriots of Revolutlona1y
, l~s. 'J'he parade will form on Parrott.
Fine Pr@gr21m Arrange·d For Ave., right resting on the corner oi '
:Rogern st., and will go to ihc North
~- ~-~"'Sesquicentennial
ecmete1y via Panoit, Junl11ns Ave.,
Worlc has been started on the North
Pleasant St., Market Square, Congress
. ·
Observance
Burial Ground to make the place
St., Vaughan SL. · ncl Maplewood Ave.,
ready for the observance of Constitution Day on Friday. The exercises ·will
Tomorrow is Constitution 1 · day and to the cemetery and grave of Langdon.
be held at the grave of John Langdon,
Portsmouth will fittingly · honor the Major A1'thur l.i. Smith will be chief
New Hampshire patriot and signer of
memory of the signers who, 150 years mal'Shal.
'I'hc
parade
wm
be
composed
of
the
the Constitution, wbo is· burled In that
ago tomorrow, affixed their names to
oemete1·y,
that historic · document. The first. Platoon of Polkc, Amerkan Legion
;.;..-.--.......~-:-.:::---:thing in the morning, at 6.30, the Band, Detachment of Sailms, two Dctnchmcats
of
Marines,
Battery
D
oi
church bells will be rung. This will
·continue for 10 minutes. In commem- the National Guard, Amencan Legion,
oration of the 13 original states; 13 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish
blasts from the fire alarm whistle will War Veterans, Grand Anny of the Resound, instead of the usual · 6.30 public, Stm·er: Relief Corps, D. A. R.,
other patriotic organizations, Boy and
Local Committee Votes
n
Various Recommendatio s
Jo .Be Made To City Governmen
__....,-_,,_
TO CELEBRATE
SIGNING OF
CONSTITUTION
whistle.
START WORK
. ON CEMETERY
�population near the Atlantic seaboard
where the seeds
of
liberty
were
planted. They who
gave
to
us
the starry flag and to the world the
grandest nation on earth.
In
Portsmouth near thP head of
Creek in Der. 1739, was
born John
Langdon . HI: early life
differed little from that of any youth
of that period, trudging several miles
daily to attend the Latin school of
Major Hale. Records fail to show him
a genius. He entered later the counting house of Daniel Rindge, a prominent merchant or Portsmouth; here
young Langdon served his apprenticeship, then turning to sea for the allurement of India and Europe proved
a strong tempta tion for John Langdon. From seaman he Foon found himself in command of a small bilander
or smalI ship. For years he gradually
watched the approaching torm on the
horizon that soon terminated in the
Revolution. If tru thfully it could be
snid of any hero of the Revolution it
could be said of thir devoted patriot,
First in \V;u
Captain Langdon led that noble
band of patriots that captured the
powder at Fort William and Mary,
Dec. 14, 1774, which 6 months later
was used at the Battle of Bunker Hlll.
On the day followin g the capture of
powder, a~sisted by Gen. John Sullivan nnd others they removed the
cannon and Wl).r-like stores. The same
group of patriot~ later diFmantled the
fort at Jerry's Point. In 1775 he was
ent as a clel<'~?'<' to hr Con inental
CongreFs and rz;r-in in 1776. But his
name w;i~ not r-!Tix•,1 to the Dec!:uatlon or Imkpr1 ri ncr, crl11~ F<'nt home
to act as agent frr the Frcret committee for the c01:•' •·uction of vessels of
war of which ll:" Ranf(cr was one,
which he built r>nrl fltl Ptl out. The
Ranger, In command of John Paul
Jones, carried tl1P flag that received
the first salute
from
any foreign
power. In 1777 when the provincial
legislature wa~ in ,e~Fkn, after the
fall of Ticondrr0g.,. ]l,fajor Langdon
being speaker, findi"'; the public credit exhausted nncl hi'> co-pn triots discouraged, he aroFe nnrl pledred his all
for the cause he fel ~ms just. That
pledge showed the : r 1e devotion of a
real patriot. It is v·,,11
known that
from his noble ofI r sprang the galla'nt little army of Gen. John Stark's
that covered itself with glory at the
battle of Bennington. Maj. Langdon ,
as a volunteer, joined in this expedition, serving at Bennington and at the
capture of Gen. Burgoyne.
0
First in Peace
In those gloomy. foreboding days
that followed the Revolution his counsel was always sm1g-ht and heir! in the
highest esteem by Gen. Washin.gton,
Franklin, Madison, and
those that
held the highest offices within the
thirteen ori Ina! ~tates. That scant
JOUN' LANGDON
From The Concord Monitor
First in the llearh of His Countrymen
It is Umely, the production by
And on this, the 150th anniversary
Rumford Press of Lawrence- Shaw
of the sivning
of the Constitution,
Mayo's book on John Langdon. This
proud should New Hampshire and
monU1 there Is being celebrated tl're
1
Portsmo111 h hr, that here was born,
150th anniversary. of the signing o! the
rrrrerl :inrl livrd, John Langdon, who
Federal Constitution in Philadelphia
wa~ not r.nly a signer of the Constion SepteL1ber 17, 1787. He was John
t ut inn , hut his noble example was lo
Langdon from New Hampshire who
the nal ion in those trying times far
hnd a pru-t in writing that document
grcatrr than the tongue of eloquence.
nml who presided as .President over
"HP wns nei! hei· a soldier, orator or
tbe New Hampshire convention.. held
scholar; he was only a strong-willed,
in the old North meeting house in. C-onmodest man, highly endowed with
cord, which ratified the constitution
common sensP, systematic· in habits,
amt
the ninU1 state to do so made
anct of :i calm, unruffled disposition;
it I effective and brought into being
he wns honest, straight-forward, and
this nation.
courteous, and
men
always knew
The New Hampshire convention did
where to find him. For these charac11ot ratify by a very great margin, and
leristirs he was honored, trusted and
only after the original session llad
beloved." He was President of New
been adjourned because it '\Va5 found
H;,mpshire In 1788 and that same year
so many members had been instructed' llio''<l!!ll'a,,-.11~''~
the le~islature anticipating the or- ' by their towns to oppose ratification.
ganization of a general government,
Before reconvening a campaign o.l: edu.elected him as senator to Congress.
cation in which John Langdon played
He was the
first
president of the
a part altered the position. of the state..
United States Senate
and
in that
At that the state accepted the federal
ofiice Hon. John Langdon declared the
constitution with relative speed comvote of the nation that elected Gen.
pared to its adoption of a stl!,te const.rGeorge Washington president of the
t.utlon. That process :required submis,Unltrct States and John Adams vice
sion of four different constitutions in
president.
all. One of the prtnclpar objeetiollS to
Gov. John Langdon died on Srptemthe various coostltutioos tCJl! the 11Cde
wa.~ the Jiinite<J size ol the Heo.s~ ct'
ber 18, 11119. He left to the city and
Representatives for which they pro
state of his birth a noble example and
ed. Today many would wish that obthough he slumbers on, his deeds will
jection might not have been raised but
llve on as long as the Granite Hills
probably the majority would still stand
shall stand.
with the founding fathers in favor" ot 11:...:wca~-ii..
the large legislature.
John Langdon lived through the most
Important period in the history of his
state, from about the end of the
French-Incllnn wars to the end of the
differences which caused the war at
1812. He was repeatedly governor of
the state, was twice a United States
Senator, was a member of the Continental Congress, engaged in two Revolutionary campaigns, built. ships for
the original American navy, made a
fortune, owned and sought to develop
large tracts of land in the interior of
the state, operated a fleet o! vessels in
trade. and otherwise engaged in a life
so active that the present generation,
recalling the crude means of communication in his day, wonders how he
and his kind could possibly have lived
such full lives.
New Hampshire o, 1937 ought to
know more about John Langdon and
Mayo·s story of bis me provides an
excellent account not olllY of its central character but or .the times in
which he lived. It is neither the blindly
devotlonai sort of biography nor the
debunking type. It seeks 1n a. atitaight!orward, well-documented way, to ascertain the truth a.bout a. pe:iC New
Hamp11hire leader and: the beg!Eninp
o! the state and naCl:on.
as
�CONSTITUTION
DAY OBSERVANCE
NEXT FRIDAY
Fraternal Organizations Invited To
Take Part In Exercises
Plans are being enlarged to celebrate
Constitution Day in this city, which
will take place on Friday of this week.
First plans have been altered to permit a larger observance. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt has Issued an
executiv-e order, which permits the
Navy Yard to close at noon Friday,
giving the afternoon over to the observance.
The exercises will take place in the
afternoon at the grave of John Langdon, Portsmouth's famous , revolutionary statesman, at the North Cemetery.
The committee, appointed by Mayor K .
E. Goldsmith some time ago, have been
hard at work in arranging an outstanding celebration. The City Council
at Its meeting last week entered most
enthusiastically with the plans already
completed, and eevrything is going forward to make a celebration which will
be in keeping with Portsmouth's part
in the early history of the country.
Mayor Kena.rd E. Goldsmith and
Arthur I. Harriman, Chairman of the
committee have issued an invitation to
various organizations to participate in
the celebration. The Invitation Is as
follows:
''Throughout our great nation Friday, Sept. 17, 1937 we will observe the
150th anniversary of the signing of
the Constitution of the United States.
The director-general of the United
States Constitution Sesquicentennial
Commission and his committee have
arranged a national program.
The
Governors of all states where there
are graves of sigp.ers of the Constitut!on and those who attended the convention and did not sign, have been
asked to hold appropriate exercises at
the resting places of the fathers or
our nation.
~•At Mount Vernon it Is expected the
President of our United States w!ll deeorate the grave of President Washington.
"The Governor of our own Granite
State has asked that If possible appropriate services may be held at the restIng place of John Langdon. He has
asked Hon, Charles M. Dale, Executive
Councilor to deliver a short address at
this hallowed spot.
"His Excellency Hon. Francis P.
Murphy has suggested it would be well
if military aspect could be given on the
historic occasion through the services
of representatives of the National
Guard, the Grand Army of the Republic, The Spanish War Veterans, the
American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and relative fraternal
,-oups, ihe Sons and Daughters of the
Revolution, naval bodies, Boy and
Girl Scouts of America, and fraternal
organiza tions. Kindly accept this notice
as a personal invitation from the Sesquicentennial committee of Portsmouth
to attend. Send representatives or your
organization to participate in a short
parade with brief exercises at the restIng place of Patriot John Langdon."
Already some of the organizations
have signified a desire to participate
In the observance and more are expected.
The exercises will Include, in addition to flags and a bell salute in the
morning, a parade and speeches at the
resting place of John Langdon. Final
details have not as yet been completed.
CONSTITUTION
DAY EXERCISES
AT SCHOOL
'
I The !cilllowl.tlg prog1Ia.mi was given by
grades fi11e- and six 0! tbe Lafayette
,'lSchoal today:
Singing-America the Beautiful,
All
Ili'lay~Constitution Day, by pupils of
grade five, with the following cast:
1
'Fhe little girl ......... Phyllis Peterson
George Washington .... Rodney Moore
First delegate .......... Lionel Leavitt
Second :elegate ........ Dana Freeman
'.E'hird delegate •.•... Richard Simpson
Mr. Morris ......•...... Duane Nelson
Mr. Hamilton ...•..•. Robert Crothers
Mr. Frankliin. .......... Robert Procter
Mr. Madison ........ Robert Simpson
~eading-Our Country's Constitution,
Helen Marriner, grade 6
Singing--'.metica,,
All
Reading-'li'he New Union,
Margai:et Campbell , grade 6
Recital ionr--The PreamlJle to the Constitution,
Grade 6
Singing-C-0lumbia, the Gem of the
Ocean,
Grade 6
Recitation-A Patriotfc Creed,
Grade 6
'li'he- Pledge o~ Allegiance and the Star
Spangled Banner,
All
!
COLONIAL DAMES
CONSTITUTION
DAY OBSERVANCE
) . \'t,
The New Hampshire Society of
Ionia! Dames of America held a Constitution Day program at the MoffattLadd House in this city on Friday 1n
commemoration of the s~squi-centennlal of the signers of the Constitution.
The program was held in connection
with their regular fall meeting. The
forenoon was devoted to the regular
business session with
Mrs. Charles
Carpenter Goss of Dover, president. At
this meeting announcement was made
that the New Hampshire Society has
joined with the National society ln
presenting ·a bronze tablet with the
names of the signers of the Constitution. This tablet Is to be placed in Independence Hall at Ph1ladelph!a.
At l o'clock, luncheon was served for
approximately 100 guests, who included
President and Mrs. Engelhardt of the
University of New Hampshire, Atty.
Conrad Snow of Rochester, governor
of the New Hampshire Society of Descendants of the Mayflower, Albertus T.
Dudley, president of the Exeter Historical society, Alfred H. Lamson of
Elkins, secretary of
the P!scataqua
Pioneers and representatives of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,"'""-•'•~••as well as of the Sons of the Revolution.
Following the luncheon there was
an afternoon program in the Coach
house wilh William Yandell EIJlott of
the department of government at Harvard university as the guest speaker.
Mrs. Goss in her
introductory remarks paid tribute to John Langdon
and Nicholas G!lman and also to W!lliam Whipple,
another outstanding
New Hampshire statesman who was a
signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Whipple lived and died In
the Moffatt-Ladd house, which in now
occupied · by the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames as their home.
Prof. Elliott took for his subject
and Its Appl!-
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The order of march will be:
Friday will he observed as ConstituPlatoon of Police
tion Day in this city and will be ushered
Detachment of Sallors
in at 6.30 a. m. by the ringing of the
Detachment of Marines
church hells for 10 minutes.
Battery, B, N. H. N; G., under comAt 8.30 a. m. Jnst,cad of the usual
mand of Comdr. C. De Nichols
blasts on the fire alarm whistle there Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6, A, L., under
w!ll be 13 blast-~ In honnr
of the 13
comm:rnd of Comdr. C. G. Robinson
original states. Buglers from the Girl Emerson Hovey Post, V. F. W., under
comnrnnd of Comdr. J. W. Thrunlc
Scouts at 12 o'clock will be sto.Lioned
Camp Schley, S. W. V. under comat the North Church and at vo.r!ous
mand of Comdr. C. DeNlchols
places on Congres , Middle and State
streets and will give a salute. After a 1
Storer Post, G. A. R.
moment's meditation in mrmory or the I
Storer Relief Corps
signers of lhe Con~lit11t.ion nnd !.lie
R:1111-:cr ChaplC'r, D. A. R.
01,hrr patriotic organl,,;o.llons
founders of Lile 11aLio11, an echo will be
given as the buglers stationed along U1e
Boy Scouts
streets answer.
Girl Scouts
Again at 12.05, for 10 minutes, the Representatives of public schools
ringing of the churd1 bells in unison wlll
City Officials
be a reminder of the great event.
Orator and Chaplain of the Day
The parade will start at 2.15 on ParDisabled Veterans
rott aven °. Origina!!y p!~.nned for 2
At the cemetery Rev. A:·thur
o'clock the change wa~ made in order to
Rouner, pastor of the North (Congrer each the railroad crossing on Vaughan
ga.t.lonal) Church, of which John Langstreet when there would be no trains
don was a parishioner, will glve the inpassing. From P rrott avcmtc the parvocation.
ade will move over thr: follo ving route:
Hon. Charles M. Dale, a member of
Parrott aven•te to Junkins n "lllte, to
Pleasant ,street, where a s:i,lute will be the Governor's Council, will glve the
given in front of the John Langdon address of the day.
The American Legion Bnnd will play
House; to Mnrket Sqnnre, where stood
the old colonial Slnte House, where the "Tlie Star Spangled Banner'' and the
sacred fire or liberty was kindled in 1766 beneclictlon wlll be by Rev. Maxwell
and where many inspiring sc-,..nes oc- Ganter, rector of St. John's Church.
Willie at the cemetery the group will
curred which gave impetus
to
lhe
founding of the republic; up Congress paw;J and pay a tribute to William
street to Vauglrnn, to Maplewood ave- Whipple and a wreath will be placed on
nue to the North cemetery, where are his grave.
burird Gov. John Langdon, first signer
Following tbe closing selection of
Legion
or the Constitution. and Willi m Whip- "America" by the American
ple, one of the signers of the Declara- Band the parade will reform and pass
tion or Independrnce, ancl 19 known from Maplewood avenue to Vaughan
street, and past the old Meserve WebRevolutionary War patriols.
At the resting place of John Langdon sLcr House, where lived the stamp maswill be held the exercises in commemor- ter. The freestone steps of this house
ation of the sesqul-centennia! of the were originally in front of the old colonConstitution of the United States.
i?' State House and over them
have
passed some of the greatest statesmen
and patriots, Washington,
Langdon,
Lafayette, Whipple, John Paul Jones,
Gen. John Sullivan and Innumerable.
others who served their state and nation well. From Vaughan street the
parade will continue to Congress, to
Middle street, past the John Paul Jones
House to Haymarket Square, where
at the memorial to the World War
veterans a salute will be given as a
t~·lhute to those who participated in the
\mr. Continuing up Middle street the
parade will march down Richards avenue to P arrott avenue, where It will be
dismissed at the Armory.
In the evening at 7.'30
Legion Band wlll give a concert at
the Portsmouth Plains. rt was on these
grounds that the defenders of the nation trained for the war of a century or
more ago.
�I
HE
Various Even,ts, Fea·tured
Parade ·And xercises t
GraveO John armgd n, Held
don House, across from the Untversaldst chw·ch, a salute in memory of the
first signer of the Constitution was
given. Continuing the parade continued to Market square and turned down
Congress street to Vaughan,
down
1Vaughan to Maplewood avenue and to
the North cemetery. The parade was
oompoi;ed of the following:
Chief Marshal
American Legion Band
Detachment of Sallor::1
Detachment of Marines
Battery D, N. H. N. G., under comm~nd of Sapt. James Sylvester
Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6, A. L.,
Emerson Hovey Post, V. F. W., under
command of Comdr. J. W. Thrunlc
Ladiei;' Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Camp Schley, S. W. V., under command of Comdr. C. DeNlchols
st,orer Post, G . A. R.
Storer Relief Corps
Ranger Chapter, D. A. R.
Other patriotic organi,mUons
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Representatives of public schools
City Officials
Naval Officials
Orator and Chaplain of the Day
Disabled veterans
Rev. Arthur A. Rouner gave the in)'ocation and this was folowcd by the
iddrcss of the day, ch:livcrccl by Hon.
pharles M. Dale. Mr. Dale ;;poke ns
follows:
·
Mr. Dale spoke as follows:
"This day marks a notable milestone In the progress of America..
commemorates one hundred nnd fifty
yeara of government under the American Constitution.
"This Is Constitution Day.
It
America's Day. No other nation can
celebrate such an achievement.
No
other nation can present such a. record.
When throttled and
arhitrary power, when
representation
was
denied, when
ground down by onerous and unjust
taxation, our forefat.hers asserted their
inalienable 1·ight to life, liberty and the
John La.ngdon's Tomb At Nol!'th Cemetery, Scene of the SeRquicentcnial
pursuit o! happiness.
_
Exercises Today
It was not a. military hero, an overlord or a dictator who promulgated the
The people of this city were awak- American form of government or who
Portsmouth . paid a fitting tribute to
ened thls morning with. the ringing of drafted the American Constitution.
Qne of New Hampshire's greatest pathe church bells, which began at 6.30
It was "we, the people,"
who ortriots-,John Langdon, one o! the two and continued for 10 minutes. A. fur- dained and established the Constitumen from this state which signed the ther reminder of tlle signing of t11e tion for the Unlt.ed St.at.cs of America.
Constitution on September l '1, l '18'1 at Constitution by representatives o! 13
From the earllest settlement o! the
Philadelphia, From early morning, states was given at 8.30 when 13 blas!;,c; colonies to the adoption of our govwith the ringing o! the bells, until af- were sounded by the fire alarm whLqt,Jo, ernment, the people were under the
ter dark there was some observance be- At noon buglers from t11e Girl Scouts authority of a Royal Govemor, iming made in memory o! the signing of gave a salute. Stationed at the North posed upon them by the King o! Engthat memorable document just 150 church, at various points aloug Con- land and who governed in accordance
gress, Middle and State street their with the terms of Royal Charlers, New
years ago.
The day's observance was featured salute echoed over the buslnes.q sec- Hampshire being the only New Engby the parade a11d exercises at Lang- tion. At 12.05 the church bells again land Province not subject to such a
don's grave in the North Burial ground, peeled out joyful tones in meu101·y of chart.er. F'or long yenrs
which was participated in by the Navy, the day and of the men who c.lrew up struggled along under such conditions,
the Marines, the National Guard, Pa- the constitution.
until the breaking point finally came,
triotic and fraternal organizations, as
The parade started at 2.15 under the and t,he patriotic spirlt of the people
well as groups from various organiza- direction of Chief :Marshal MaJ . Ar- at last asserted itself.
tions in this city. Hon. Charles M. thur L, Smith. Starting from ParroLt
Eacl1 colony had its patriotic people
Dale, a member of
the Governor's avenue, at the comer of Rogers street, and !Ls 1,mt.riotlo !carters.
Foremost
the line of march was along ParroLt among the leaders in New Hampshire
council, gave the address of the day.
avenue to Junkins, turning up Pleas- was John Langdon, a. native of Ports_..,_,,...,, . -,... ant street. In front of the John Lang- mouth, a. shipbuilder, a
ro ay
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�merchant, statesman and patriot. CapIampshire, w1.~ six
times
tain Thomas Pickering, a valiant sea
Governor, um! decllned an invitation
cRptain, and Major Langdon W<'re the to a seat in .JeIT<'i·son's Cabinet as
lr, ders In the attack on Fort William Secretary of lhe Navy, and a request
and Mary n~ the moulh of lhc Piscata- that he accept a nomination for Vice
q11a river. The capture of the fort on President in 181 .
Dr-cember 14, 1774, by this aroused
It was men of his type in New Hampgr up of patriots has been recognized shire and the other colonies who reas the first overt act of the Revolu- volted against lhfl oppression of King
tion. One of its important military re- George, fought for our independence
sults wa,s the capture of a supply of and bequeathed to w1 the American
powder and cannon which aided ma- Government ancl tile American Conterially in the subborn
defense or stitution. They gave to us a just and
Bunker Hill by G eneral Warren and stable government o nd a constitution
his heroic men. In 1775 John Langdon to safeguard the rights o! the states
was a delegate to the ConUnental Con- and of the citizen.
gress and again in 1776.
Whrn the
Throughout one hundred and fifty
Declaration of Inclrpcndencc was years that Conslltutlon has endured
slr,ncd he was not present nl! he wns nnd lhat Government has functioned .
serving in New Hampshire ns agent of Through storm and stress, in war and
the Continental Congress in supervis- peace, the Conslitu lon has guided our
ing the building of vessels for use In destiny, and the Government has fosthe impending war. He built and fitted
tered our progres.~ and development.
out the Ranger on which John Paul
No experiment in nation-building
Jones won Immortal fame and which
has succeeded as ours has. No other
new the first American flag to receive
country hns dev<'loped so
high
a
a salul,e from a foreign nation.
standard of living or spread so broadHe was a volunteer ornccr in the
ly throughout the land opportunity, secampaign of Saratoga. He was S1)eo.ker
curity and prosprrlty.
of the House of Representatives for
When you comp:i.re the America of
several terms during the darkest days today with the America of ono hunor the Revolution. The llmltecl nuances dred and fifty years ago, you
are
of the state were nearly exhausted, its simply nstouncled at the progress that
credit was low, its revenue in'ldrriuate we 11'We made, 11rogress in material
to outfit and maintain the stale troops ways o.nrl. progress in the higher valwho under Genera l Stark were des- ues of life.
perately preparing to
defend • farms
True, we have not reached the goal.
and firesides from the
invasion o! We have not finished the task. There
Burgoyne.
The legislature was dis- still o.re problems to solve; dlificultles
couraged, despondent. Langdon aroused to surmount; height.s to cl1mb.
their drooping spirits and reawakened
I ask you, whose eyes are turned
their determination by declaring, "I toward the future,
whose
vision
have a thousand dollars In hard mon- searches the skies for signs
o!
o.
ey. I will pledge my plate for three brighter clay, if there is
any sound
thousnnd more. I have scvcnl.y hogs- reason Ill believo lhn t we co.n do bethead of tobago rum, which will be sold ter things by dlscnnling
the tools
for the most they will bring. They are tho.t we have learned how to use; that
a t the service of the state. I! we suc- we can make faster progress by abanceed in defending our firesides anrl our doning the instrumentalities that have
homes, I may be remunerated; ir we enabled us to rise to the pinnacle of
do not, then the properly will be of no national achievement?
value to me."
We all realize that many
of the
Thus with his fortune and also in countri es of the world are torn with
person he aided Gcncrnl Slark win dissension, jralo11s of their neighbors,
the battle o! Benninislon, and the uland In fear of revolt at home and agtimate defeat of Burgo ·ne, which was gression from abroad.
the turning point or the Revolution .
For centuries they have been subAlthough continuously elected Speaker ject to exploitation and oppression.
of the New Hampshire Honse until Peace has hcen but a prelude to an1782, his duties as Naval Agent for
other war. The substance of the people
New England forced him to devote his has been r,rouncl into munitions nnd
energies almost exclusively
to the they lhemselves have been taught that
building o! frigates, the enlistment or the were only cannon-fodder.
sailors, and the raising o! money to
Can you wonder that they rose in
prosecute the wo.r.
their sullen might and threw oil tlwlr
Lnngdon was one of Ihr two dele- old rulers n11d cnst o.slclo old laws a nd
gates from New Hampshire
to the customs?
Convention that o.dopled the ConstituThey have surrendered what libertion o! the United States, and was a ties they had for the allurement of a
member of the New Hampshire Con- false security. They have g,ven up one
vention that ratified the Consmution.
master for another that is more desNot only did he do his full part in potic. They have surrendered World
winning our war for Independence; In Peace lo the merciless
keeping
of
adopting our Constitution, and In es- armed camps. Old rivalries have been
tablishing the new government, but intensified, old animosities multiplied.
he also, till the infirmities or age preWhat excuse has America to follow
vented, took an active part ln politics their example? What
and statecraft. He served two terms as to abandon the old
United States Senator
from
New
Why turn from the paths of security
to those which the experience of the
world has proven to be the ways of
Insecurity?
Why abandon the American way for
the European way? Why surrender
government of the people, for
the
people, by the people, for government
o! bureaucrats for bureaucrats and by
bureaucrats?
Why surrender a government of liberty under the law for government by
a dictatorship?
These are the solemn questions ot
this day dedicated to one hundred and
fifty years of constitutional government. These are the questions America must meet and answer.
And that answer will determine
whether we shall go by the way of
wo.r-torn, bankrupt Europe, or continue along the American way o! progress, peace and prosperity.
The grave of William Whipple, also
one of New Hampshire's leading statesmen of Colon ial and early statehood
days, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, was decorated with a
wreath.
The American Legion band played
the National a nthem and "America."
The parade reassembled and marched
back to the playgrounds, going by way
of Vaughan, Congress
and
Middle
street to Hnymarkct square where a
slop was made in memory of the men
o! Portsmouth who participated ' · 'le
World war. Continuing the m r
pnracled up Middle street to R l
avenue to Parrott avenue to the
ory where the dismissal took plac
In the evening the celebration
como to a close. The American L·
band will give a concert at 7.30 at
Portsmouth Plains and as soon r
Is dark enough a display
of fl
bombs will be given. There will be J 1
floral bombs in honor of the 48 states
in the Union, and the ninth bomb will
bo that of New Hampshire.
The committee in charge of arrangements for the Sesquicentennial celebration was appointed by Mayor K. E,
Goldsmith. They were Arthur I. Harriman, Fonner Mayor F. W. Hartford,
Dorothy M. Vaughan, Rev. William
Safiord Jones and Former Mayor Robert Marvin.
1
�REST OF EVENTS FOUR NEW LAWS
WILL BE GIVEN• IN STATE ARE
NEXT FRIDAf. NOW IN EFFECT
Constitution Day Features
Postponed Yesterday Due
To Rain
Faw· new laws enacted by the lcglslature of 1937, three of them pl'o~idlng new and one of them dmstic
l'egulations, went into effect Sept, 1.
They were:
All
of the Constitution
Day
The automobile financle,l J'csl)onslprogram could not be carried out as
bllity act.
planned. While threatening skies did
The ne\'/ welfare 1·elief fo,w.
not prevent the parade and exercises at
The barbers registration ancl Uthe grave of John Langdon it did precensing act.
vent the band concert and fireworks
The hairdressers 1·cgistratlon and
from being held, However, these will 1·egulatio11 act.
be presented next week.
Of the fow· the one to most im-•
The service at the grave of New mediately bring direct effect against
Hampshire's outstanding patriot, John
the individual citizen was the auto ..
Langdon, was especially fitting,
A mobile financial responsibility net
large wreath was placed on his grave by providing drastlc penalties aga inst
Arthur I. Harriman of .the sesqui-centhe motor vehicle owner or operatennial commission. William Whipple, tor involved i.n an accident wllo has
a signer of the Declaration of Indenot secured financial 1·esponsibility
pendence, was not 'forgotten and his through some form, one of which is
grave, which Is near that of Langdon, insurance, and compelling the pel'son
was vlsited.-and Ranger Chapter, D. A. controlling a vehicle against which
R., placed a wreath there.
there Is a mortgage or a lien to 1'u1•..
Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presld- nish financial 1·esponslbility in ad-ed at the exercises.
The benediction Vance.
was by Rev. Maxwell Ganter, rector of
This net is being admln!stel'ecl by
st. 'John's Church.
•
the commissioner of motor vehicles.
On Friday of next week, the final part
The new xelief lioat·u met at 1.30 in
of the program will be presented. To- IMl--:t-:-h-'e-.::a~fternoon to be sworn ilito office
morrow the American Legion Band,
and to lay down initial policies which
which was to give the concert last night
will govern state supervision of rellef
at the Plains, will leave for New York activities until next June 30 when an
to take part in the American Legion
enth'ely 11ew policy wlJl be iuau~ura ..
National convention. It will return on
ted under a lloal'cl to be appointed at
Thursday an(l the band concert and
that time.
fireworks will be presented on the folBoth the barbers and hain..lre:;:;ers
lowing night. The fireworks will conboards ware in session at theiL' estah-•
slst of 48 floral bombs in honor of tho
lished headquarters proccelllng v,itlt
48 states of the Union.
the registering of shop owners anti
persons engaged in the respective operations.
The barbers board unnounced it was
extending the deadlJne for rcgi~Lrntion and license from Sept. J. until
Sept. 15 clue to a combination of
causes which had resulted in fai1111·c of
a lo.r"e number of shop owners to
register and barbers to securn U1cil·
l'iftJ volumes of early Portsmouth
Jlcenses. In announcing the extension
town records have been returned to
member:; of the board said th at i.mli-OltJ Hall from Concord where the hisvlduals failing to submit tllell' nppu ..
torical data from the books have been
cations in time to have prope1· certl ..
copied and recorded in the historical
flcates issued on Sept. 15 would be
subjected to the penalties lakl do1~n in
bureau. _ _ _ _ _ _ _0 -~()
the law. The barbel's registration
board was in official s·esslou tlul'iu15
the clay in its offices in the :;e.nate
stenogrnphers' room:;
In
the :;f,,1,te
house.
Acl'oss the street from the · caplloJ
bullrling at 13 Capitol stl'Cet mcnibern
of the hairdressers board were en ..
gaged in issuing registration and Ji ..
cense certificates under the new Jaw
1·equlrlng regulation. Only 'I'/ ccrtl-flcates had been issuetl the first day as
com1jarcu to an estimated (31)0 to 800
CITY RECORDS ARE
RETURNED· FROM
CONCORD
shops and an estimated
persolls subject to the licensing featw·es of the act. Slowness in 1·eglstration WHS charged against the short
time elapsing since adJoul'nment of
the legislature, appointment of the •
board, and the securing o! t1uar ters
and supplies essential lo Ute fitnc1ioning of tl1e board.
Both
barbers
a11tl
boards urgecl those eng..iged in these
occnpations to complete the
sary l'egistration requil'emenfa.
At ihc office of U1e motor vehicle
. co111mi~sioner there
wel'e inl erestlng
1 scene:; as the financial res11011sibility
1 acL went into effect.
Pel'sons registering
I cam or trncks for tl te fil'st lime 01·
mahing initial registratiom; on other
I1 vehicles were rettuirctl fol' tile flrs.t
time to answer this que:;tion ·
"h; thel'e any morlgnge or lieu upon
(automobile, truck, trailer, semi-trail1
e1·) or any sum ci1le on the lllll'ci1ase
, pl'ice tllel'eof'I"
If the answer was in the affirmative
the pel'son applying !01· the 1·egisi,ra- .
tion was informed that h e must prove
financial J'Csponsilliiity prior · to acceptance or his ~.pplico lion rer,isti-ation. In tile case of tho.-;e pre,;enting
insurance as a measure of financial
1·esponsibllity the 1>erson controlling
the vehicle was required to fumish a
certificate from the insurance com..
pany to the effect that illSUl':l.llCe !lad
been is:;ued and ls in force. The com- 1
1n.nics nl'e allowcrl 1u1ticr 1·cg11lations
Qf the insurance company to make a
charge of one dollar for issuance of
the certificate which must be in duplicate, one copy to l.Je flied with the
commissioner and the other io be retlU'necl by the state to the company,
In order to effectuate the terms of
the law the companies 'Here required
to furnish the s!gnatures which the
company approves as authentic certification of the fact that the insurance
is in force.
Several applicants for registration
presenLed insmance policies as they
asked for registration. The policies
were not accetJtecl . Instead each applicant was informed that Ile must secure the certificate required.
One applicant who sought to register a car had made a trip of several
miles to get signatures on transfer papers and on reuislraiion application
blanks but had failed to get the proper sicnatnrc on lhe form rcl:.iting to
mortgage.
Although he contended
vehicle had been purchased in a cash
transaction he was not permitted to
register the vehicle until h e had seemed the signature on the new financial responsibility form. As in the
case of applications for 1cglstratlon
the statement of the person controlling the motor vehicle was required to
take oalh as to the accuracy o! ~111swers . .
It was announcerl that under
terms of the new law dealers issuing
temporary license plates to purchasers of motor vehicles for use pending
completion o! permanent registration
did so at their own risk and on their
own responsibility.
I
�While the volume of busin ss was
small at the motor vehicle registry
during the first clay it was pointed out
that at th e time of re-regi~tration for
1938 all motor vehicle own rs will be
requilc1l to answer t.he qul'St,Jons : s to
financial responsibility.
In the case of tho:::e p1escn1.Jng Jn-·
surance as a means 1,f fin:m ci:i l re••
spon ·iblliLy the rrquilement , ms tha1.
the person contrnlling I.he vellicln fllr
I\ policy with
the t fi,000 m ul t,I0,000
coverage rang<'s. A bond in l qua!
amount wris acceptable :i.ti ass11 rn.nce
of financial 1e~ponsibiliLy but nt noon
no one had offer d bond in lir11 of insurance.
Administ.rato1s
of the
n e••1 Jaw
pointed out that its provis t011s will re••
quire I\ terrific
amC1ullt of detailed
work in connecLion with I q m: t,intlon
and crrt.ificatlon.
Bert Wentworth, Known
as One of World's Six
F orernost Men in this
Science
Dover, Oct. 4-Complr-trl:v rib, orbed
at the age of 81 in furth erin g his research in an obsc ure seiP1v·e. one of
the men termed the worlcl's six foremost criminologists, Jin'~ and
in this small city.
Only a few week~ a p;o. Bert Wentworth h ad little hope ti ;, t the system
of personal identification he h ncl perfected would eyer br ,iuslifi r cl nnd
tested by the slow a nd maj e~tic process of American law . Today he is content wilh what his s:,•.I cm of footprint and fin gerprin t icl,,ntificnlion has
accomplished, but he h::' '• n 't terminated
his work.
"Nature never repeal ~." Away b;i.ck
in 1901 this was a small clue for M'.r.
Wentworth to employ in his s t:irt of a
monumental life work that is known
by criminologists th e world 01•er. That
clue, however, has developed lnto an
astounding proof of nature's v;,rlabllity.
In Pretoria, South Africa, and at Cocession owners employ vast hordes of
bare-footed native labor, Mr. Wentworth's system of footprint identification is In use. Woolly-headed Kafflr
workmen are footprintccl as they sign
labor cont.rncls. Turb:rnncd Inclinns are
....., ........,,. footprinled as they are transported to
tea plantations In Crylon . The reason
why they are footprintccl nnd !Ingerprinted is that they live under conditions that make it more likely they
would leave a naked footprint at the
scene o! a crime.
Not until Oscar V. Bartolini was on
trial for the mur cl t r of Mrs. Grayce
Asauith did _footpri nt evidence become
''Human beings are prone to error,"
of import nnce In this country. In the
he said. "They make positive stateUnited Stntcs everyone is shod with
ments when they are not certain bestout foot wear. It Is more likely that
yond a doubt. A man might swear he
criminal otfenders wlll leave fingerhad seen his closest friend walking down
prints at the sccen of a crime. Consethe street ahead of him. Actultlly it
quently fin r;erprint systems are the
might only have been a. person whose
mains tay of modern criminal idenllappearance from the back resembled
ficati oµ ln the Unltccl States.
his closest friend. Only the ineradica-:
Back in l!l0l Mr. Wentworth, who
ble things about a human being can
has been n deputy UP.ited States marbe identified beyond dispute, and the
shal, a jus t.i r e, a police commissioner
ineradicable charact~ristics that are
nncl n sheriff. in nddltion to his presmost prominent happen to be the capent job M clerk of courts nt Dover,
illary ridges on the hands and feet.
began his study of footprints. He
"The d!fficul ty is that seldom does
struck out in a new field of classificaa human being leave a clear, complete
tion. Of one thing he was certain, natImpression of either hands or feet. Only
ure never r!'peats itself.
portions of the print are left behind
"The prbbles in a given square foot
on a chance impression. Therefore, a
of a brook'!. becl nre never duplicated.
system that Is capable of analyzing
Potatoes in a hill are never duplicated.
such a print beyond cavil, was essential~
You might photograph ocean waves
That has been the work that I have
until doomsday and never find two
carried out since 1902."
alike," he said.
Collins of Scotland Yard attempted
The goal he sought was an accurate,
such a system, but he did not make his
unassailable system that would take
investigations exhaustive enough. Mr.
anv oortion of the "friction" skin on
Wentworth has confined his work to
the palms of thr hands and inner side
patterns that can be covered by a strip
of the fingers and on the soles of the
of glass six millimetres wide. He is no
feet nnd under sides of the toes and
seeker for spmious fame. His appearclassify it beyond dispute by the conance on the stand at the trial of Bartotours of the so-called capillary ridges.
lini was the first time he had ever apHe has worked unremittingly in his
peared as an expert witness in such a
6pare time to pf'rfect his system, and
case.
his conclusions have been published in
And he only consen~ed to testify
a boo he prrpnrcd with the late Prowhen detectives convinced him that he
fessor H:irris Hawthorne Wilder of
was the only available authority on
Smith College. His work in clasificathe identification of footprints who
tlons of fin gerprin ts and footprints, accould give exhaustive evidence.
cording to the system that has been
The founder of the Wentworth sysn amed for him , won him enthusiastic
tem of identification, however, derecogni tion in Europe, but in the United
clares that It is not the ruling passion
States, the Wentworth f;ystem was not
of his life.
·
ndoplcd and, Jndeed, not even con"Actually," he said, "I am much more
sidered .
lnteresled in a summer camp !or chilThe famous Swedish criminologist,
dren that I know of. Tha.t's really
Soderm[).nn, ranks Mr. Wentworth
something to get enthusiastic about."
with Sclmcickrrt of Ber!Jn, Bertillon,
Locarcl, Gross and Russ, and selects
him as one of the six great criminologists of the world.
Mr. Wentworth lives simply here In
Doyer. His passion for his research ln
personal iden tification Is that of a
scientist, worl ing for tl,c sheer joy
of att ni ning the elusive fact in his
study of a precise though obscure science.
From the far t that Kafflr labor in
Africa was cl::> s,ified und er his system,
Mr. Wentwor th derived much satisfaction. The pr:i 'scs that he received from
London, Paris. Berlin, Prague, Vienna
and Rome on his achi cvrments were
also gratifying. But, at the age of 80,
he still hoped that his- system would,
before he g11.ve up his work forever, be
tested in the American courts.
Now that Bartolini has been convicted of the murder of Mrs. Asquith,
mainly on the footprint evidence that
Mr. Wentworth clinched, he feels no
elfttion, but he does feel gratified that
at last "the Wentworth system" has
undergone its ordeal by !ire in the heat
of an American murder trial.
He has a roomful of the results of his
work, stacked in envelopes and boxes.
Whenever and wherever he could obtain a footprint he would add it meticulously to his collection. The book he
wrote with Professor Wilder, the standard work on the subject, was revised
in 1931, by Mr. Wentworth.
�SPEAKS
.
. ON
SPIRIT OF THE
CONSTITUTIONt.
"
On Constitution Sunday Rev. Wllliam
Safford Jones preached on "The Spirit
o! the Constitution." This service ln
the South Church (Unitarian) was in
line with the recommendations of the
United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.
His text was from St. Matthew, 12:25:
"Every kingdom divided against itself
is brought to desolation; and every city
or house divided against itself shall not
stap.d."
.
He also read at 'the beginning' a sentence from Washington's "Farwell Address:"
"This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced
and unawed, adopted upQn full investigation ·and mature deliveration, com'pletely free in its· principles, in the distr~bution · of its powers uniting security
with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment,
has a J\lst claim to your confidence and
spport."
Mr. Jones said in part:
"The Preai:nble to the Constitution is
the charter of our liberties: 'We, the
people of the United States, in order to
form a inore perfect Union, establish
justice, insure . domestic tranquility,
provide for t~e common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United Sta,tes of
America.'
The summer of 1787, wnen the delegates to the Constitutional Convention
met in Philadelphia, was like this summer, .hot, humid, trying; yet they kept
on with their deliberations and conferences till .on the 17th of September
our Constitution was born. It was the
result, to be sure, of modifications and
compromises, but it was none the less a
great achievement of the human mind
in the field of political science. One of
the delegates was not indulging· in an
idle boast when he declared, 'The whole
human race will be affected by the proceedings of this convention.' That was
really a sentence with prophetic insight,
for through out the civilized world during the last century and a half repub0lics and democracies have
modelled
'their governments on this pattern.
Emerson was right , when he said, 'As
goes America, so goes the world.' And
'in spite of Fascism on the one hand and
Communism on the other we still believe
that in the long run this will prove to be
true,
·
"As has been well said, 'the statesmen
of that convention, . parochial in training but cosmopolitan in outlook, rooted
in tradition but thougthful for the future, ·harassed with immediate problems
of economy and politics but never unawa.{e of the larger problems of statecraft, drew up a Constitution which was
designed, as John Marshall, its. greatest
interpreter, later said, 'to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions cantions can approach it.
One
hundred and fifty years is a short time
in history but a long time in politics a nd
the American Constitution is today the
most venerable instrument of government in the world.'
"History is made by small groups. The
Christian faith was launched in the
world by twelve disciples (and one of
them a traitor). A few barons made
King Joh n accept Magna Charta: A
little company cathered in the cabin or
the Mayflower in Frovincetown Harbor
signed the famous compact, from which
all our political and spiri tual liberties
flow.
"There were only 38 out of the 55 delegates attending
the
Constitutional
Convention who actually signed that
documen t on that historic Sept. 17th.
One absent.delegate was allowed to sign
by, proxy. _- For four long and weary
months the delegates had debated momentous questions hotly and· . bitterly;
and what a relief to have it all over.
"Naturally Washington's name headed the list. 'President and Deputy from
Virginia,'-so he signed. He may not
have h ad much to do with drafting the
document, but his very presence was a
benediction. He who had been first in
war was now first in peace and first in
the hear ts of his countrymen.
"As the Constitution had to be 'done
by the unanimous consent of the States
present,' the delegates signed not as individual, but as representatives of their
states. Thus they welded togethe r the
colonies which had been associated in
the loose Confederation, now in the
Providence of God to give way to a
more perfect and lasting union of sovereign states, losing themselves to find
themselves.
"'The Father of the Constitution' was
James Madison of Virginia, the quiet
man in the background of all conferences but in the foreground also of all
debates. The only signer for New York
was Alexander Hamilton. He had no
part in the making of the making of the
Constitution, in fact had
no
high
opinion of it, but as a patriot he put his
personal feelings behind him and in the
New York convention called to ratify it
and in the Federalist essays defended
the Constitution. Benjamin Franklin,
then advanced in years, second only to
Washington in the eyes of the country,
saw with satisfaction the consummation
cf all his hopes for his beloved America.
"When Franklin took the quill to
sign his name to the Constitution he
waited a moment, and, with his eyes on
Washington's a rmchair, on wh ich was
a glided half-sun, said musingly, 'I have
often and often in the course of this
session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes
and fears as to its issues, looked at that
without being able to tell whether it was
rislni; Ol' setting ; but now at length I
have the happiness to know that It Is a
rising and not a settin~ sun.'
"And in the opening days of the convention Washington had so unded the
keynote when he said, 'Let us raise a
standard, to which the wise and honest
can repair; the event is in the hands of
God'
"And wherever the delegates met, in
homes or offices or taverns, in the midst
of fiery debates or hot disputes or exciting harangues, they remembered Madison's word 'that they were now to decide
the fate of republican government.'
" 'Th 1 American Constitution,' says a
modern scholar, 'embodied
new and
significant principles of politic~.! theory
and practice. Most of these principles
were subseque ntly accepted by European aad American nations, and most
of these practices belonged, until recently, to world politics. But all were original with Americans in the 18th century
-original, that is, in the sense that
Americans first incorporated them into
institutions. The first of these political institutions was the federal system,
the second the constitutiona l convention, the third the written constitution,
and the fourth a method whereby the
will of the people might be lranslated
into law.'
"Some delegates at that Const,iluLional Convention expressed fear that the
new document would not last for 20
years, Washington is said to have felt
that very soon cities would begin to see
flaws in it, and
then amendments
might, if rashly made, undermine its
structure.
''But in ::.n address given on Constitution Day before the Chicago Bar Association, Dr. Roscoe Pound, dean emeritus of the Harvard Law School, said
that the Constitution 'stood fast
through the era of expansion across the
continent, survived the struggles over
slavery and the Civil War, , nd has come
unimpaired through at least a good part
of the changes from a rnra l agricultural
Lo an urban industrial era.' 'I see nothing,' he said, 'to indicate that it will
prove less adaptable to the further development of that era.' Yet he conceded
that it was not adaptable to a Communist state or to a Fascist dictatorship.
I
I
I
"In a n illuminating address given on
Friday before the National Society of
the Colonial Dames of America in the
state of New Hampshire, which I was
privileged to hear, Prof. William Yandell Elliott of Harvard University called
attention to the fact that in America
\'le have no crown as the symbol of the
sovereignty of the nation and that we
do not regard our President, whoever he
may be, whatever his party may be, as
more than a political leader, to be displaced at any time by vote of the majority. The symbol of America's government and power and serv iceableness
to the world, according to Mr. Elliott, is
the Constitution, conceived by the wisest group of statesmen ever gathered together for political deliberation and
counsel. 'They builded better than they
knew,' to use a phrase of Emer~on's.
"In !'.1at liLtle band stood our New
Hampshire delegates, John Langdon of
Portsmouth and Nicholas Gilman of
Exeter, who with other far-sighted men
worked with might and main to swing
New Hampshire into line as the niuth
state lo ralify the Constitution, and that
action brought about the adoption of
that great charter of our liberties.
"The visitor to Washington stands
under the columns of the Lincoln Memorial and looks across the lagoon , ·
toward the Washington Monument and
the Capitol dome-all three chaste and
noble symbols of America's spiritual
power. It is a thrilling
perspective.
But above all three, Lincoln Memorial,
Wash ington Monument, Capitol dame,
broods the spirit of the Constitution, the
spirit of America, the spirit which
�merges independence and union. That
spirit speaks to us today and bids us to
be or good cheer and also to be watchful."
The music for the day was as follows:
Prelude in B flnt,' Rudolph Bibi; solo
"I Sought the Lord," Stevenson; offer~
tory, "Melodie," Franz; posLlude, "Recessional," Franz. Carroll H. Evans, organist; Mary Whittier Priest, soloist.,
assisted by the chorus choir.
PROGLAMATION
·OR PUL
Kl D Y
Gov. F·rancis P. Muxphy hi.s issued
the following proclamation !or General
Puln1;ki Day:
"J t. has been f·o.id that there is
a
hand of far-shining men for whom the
wllole ~,01ltl fa the tomb. In the list of
tllriL splcrnlld compaly the mun
of
Jllif'. UIII. Cnsi111ir Pulo.sl<i,
gnllo.nt
Ju1Jght of Polnnrl, must ever be included 1Jecm1sc of his great contribution to
the cam·e of liberty and the respect his
rncmo1 y commands In m:-iny lands. Son
of n p:i1 riotlc and do.ring fatlJC'r antl enclowcd Io 11 n cxtraonlinnry drgrec wit.ll
love of frccdom, with solctirrly couragf,
ancl militD-rY rkill, this gr at Pole devol<'rl h;s f'ntirc lif-:-tim t-0 the defense
o! nnl.lonnl indcp<'n<iern e.
'"The importo.nce of the servic.es hE'
1·r 1-dcrul General WashiJ1gton
as a
c nvnl!~ cornmandcr, at a time in the
hi•·lory of U1c Cont.inental Army when
1iio1mlnl I roops were only n 1lream, and
1, ;,., Jci 1rJ:i.tion of the famou'l
Legion,
hri>1 ing h:s nnmc, merit for Genernl
P11la~Jd :ind the land wllkh gave blm
1)11 t.h tl1e undying giat.itudP and ndm1r•
n1 Ion r the AmcriC':in peoplr.
··1n Tf10st of the st.at.es. and nationally
lly the Pre ·!dent of the United stat.es
1,hc elnrn1h oI October is :innually prorJ~,1mctl n•· General Pulaski's Comm<'m01a1ion D;,y, in honor of he day
on
whith •is great hero, whom two natlo ns :11 e proud 1o honor. rlled
from
onnd~ 1 rrehcd :it the Sici;:e of S.wan•
ll fl 11. ln New Hampshi e this action la
J·e,ruhwl hy n statute. I, therefore, apJ.m int Monday, the eleventh day of Oe·t ol>rr, :-s General Pulru;ki Commemoration J)ny nncl nsk thnt U1e flag of the
·'Hnltr<I Rt.atrs be displn.yed on all stat.e
\luil1Ji11g~ throughout I.hat clay,,
··it i,; my hope that this proclamation
will i::nve as o. reminder of great ser•
-vJ f'll un&elfifhly renderell, that in the
:<( hflol~ ~peci:i l rxercis s v.lll be conduct<'cl in rerognltlon of that patriotic devo•
tlon or the rnlish hero, nnt\ that all
cU!zens will 11.sslst in i,om manner in
th ob~ex-vance of the occrision by dlsplny of ··,e fl:lg on homps, nd plflces of
busln ss anti by c remonlc,; l!pproprial
to the clny,
'"Given at 1he Execut.ivc Chamb rs in
Conconl this fifth day of ctober in the
ycnr of our Lord, one th(111~:a.nct, niue
hundred nn(] thirty-seven, nntl or the
Jnclrncndt>nc of the Uni1 d Stnl(>s or
America tlie one hundrecl nnd
lxt.y~econd,
"F'HANOIS P , URPHY,
~Governor,
By His Excellency, the Governor:
At.t('st:
HAPRY E . JACKSON,
Deputy Secretary of 811\t('
•••
SS HIG ·
t TO Y
~-2-~
The graduating class of eort.,mouth
High School this year will number the
highest in the history of U1e school, it
i. announced by Supt. Harry L. Moore,
.Accorctfog to present high. school
records the class enrollment is 234.
In June 1937 there were 157 graduates; 1927, 120; and 1917, 85. The fig ures show that In 10 years tl:).ere was
an increase of 30.8% and in 20 years
an increase of 84.7% in enrollment.
Present membership in the schools
for the entire city Is 2920 pupils distributed as follows: Senior high, 798;
Junior high, 721; el~entary, 1220;
and kindergarten 181.
The local High School rates third in
comparison to other ·city high school
1936-37 records in thls state. Manchester, with two lligh schools, is first,
having an enrollment of 3171; Nashua,
1478; Portsmouth, 1001; Concord, 940;
and Dover, 775.
High percentage of high school at-tendance in Portsmouth is partly at-- ..,,:,:;-c._.....,,
tnbuted to the growing demand of
business on their employees that they1:-•r<;..;1.1.·...,,.,
have good education. Supt. Moore told
the Herald that one important element In the local high school's large
population was that home conditions
in this city are considerably higher r::3a,'<1r'•~.
than in many other cities of similar
size. A good home wlth a substantial ll:-'!lr-;>.~i~·
mcome, he asserted, will allow the
children to continue their education
longer than In homes where condl•
tlons are not so good.
According to t11e present budget approximately $79.13 is the average cost
of each pupil for the city fiscal year.
This figure is more than $1.50 lower
than last year's cost which was $80.84.
Cost for years previous Is: 1932, $80.41;
1933. $74.10; 1934, $76.94; and 1935,
$78.03. It was revealed in tl}e 1937
school budget that 72.3% is being paid
for teachers' salaries.
�Author of 'Arundel' finds
himself returned m
summer arnong folks of
Kennebunk and on
route of march of Arnold to Canada; Journal
kept of progress . on
manuscripts.
Spedfal to Tllo Cllrf,tfan Science Monitor
KENNEBUNK, Maine.,... Summer
in Kennebunk means that Kenneth
Roberts and Booth Tarkington are
there. They're more than mere
neighbors. Botµ are sufferers in the
cause of writing. You might think
each was sufficiently successful so
the suffering would be but · a hazy
memory. Nothing of the kind. When
one gets stuck he goes over to see ·
the other.
"How would you do this?" ·is tlie
usual question.
"Well, I'd do this with it. That is,
I think I would."
.
"Why you couldn't, because in
the next chapte1· ..."
This year Kenneth Roberts has
been talking on the radio, and he
participated in an autograph party.
He's had many adventures, but
probably nothing ha$ seemed so
strange to him as talking. on th!l.
radio, •or being the leading character In an autograph party. They
almost had to hog tie him to make
him do •either one.
History of Own Kin
Have you ever wondered why Mr.'
Roberts wrote /'Arundel,". and "Rabble in Arms" and "Northwest Passage"? Well, he was born, 1n 1885, in
Kennebunk. Kennebunk is an Indian
Kenneth Roberts
name, but before the v!llage had
that name, it was called· Arundel.
Writer 'Who Gave Up Certain Income or a Siar Reporter or World Events tor the
llard Work and Not-So-Certain J,lvelihood ot a ,vrlltr or J•' lcllon
Not far away, near Kittery, Maine,i---"'"":'---"'.'.""'=-"""'~=:~~=====;r-~==~~--;aa~~-----•
his ancestors had come in 1639, and
Favorite With Reader ..
about using two brothers, one a sea
for the two stormy centuries that"
And when he published "Arundel," captain; the other a spoiled and
followed, they · were ;a part of the he had for years been correspon- willflil youn~er brother.
· .
history of the State. They fought dent for the Saturday Evening Post,
Nov. 24. Wrote nrst . two pal'a- :
with Washin~on, they followed In Washington, D. C., throughout graphs, calling the book ternpor-.
Benedict Arnold to Quebec, they Europe and In the Orient. His hard- arily "T)1e Splendid Rabbi~." ..
manned privateers ·i n the War of bitten, accurate, often ' humorous
Dec. 26. Resumed work on page .
1812. And when one of thei.!: articles readers have come to look 5, mss. book; Jan. 2. Changed title
descendants wanted to write; they for as a highlight of any issue of the to ·'Rabble In Arms."
·
··
were material, ready to hand, ai•otmd Post. He could have gone on being
1932-Feb. 1. ·Quit on the book to
which to weave the epic tales that one of the best newspaper men in . write articles, our mon.ey haying
have made his novels.
America. Sometimes he expressed 1·un out. ,
.
In 1930, he published his first novel. the thought he was foolish to drop
Feh. 24. Resum ed work on
That was "Arundel.'-' He was already all that to become a novelist.
"Rabble" mss. page 32, worked
famous, but .not as a noveli'st. He
It took two years to write "Arnn- steadily till June, reaching mss. ·
had been educated ·at Cornell, where de!." The research , for . it · took even page 91. Sailed from Naples.
he sandwiched in among his studies fonger. Its subject was · one . of the
July-August. Revised ''Arnndel."
an editorship of the Cornell Widow. most. moving, but 0 ~1 e. of the least
Sept. 19. Started reading first
Someone has said that the day he \mown phases of the American Rev- 100,000 words of "Rabble" to Booth.
came into the office of a Boston olution:.....the march -of ,Benedict Read and revised almost daily
paper looking for a job as reporter Arnold -u p from ·Cambridge, Mass., through Oct. 1$.
'it made the staff want to weep, he past the little town· of Arundel,
Oct. 15-16. Laid out with Booth's
looked so scared. The spectacle evi- throughitrackless forsets of northern help, a tentative outline for the
dently was enhanced by his bulk. :tVJ;aine; to the ramparts of Quebec.
remainder of book. Technical diffiwhlch ls in the neighborhood or 225
As some persons still believe · •a cul ties whlcl1 book presents will, I
pounds, and something over six feet writer•~ life is an elysium, it may be fear, never be· understood by anyin height.
interesting to present Mr. Roberts ' one but Booth and myself.
But · the point ls he got the job, chronology of· :•Rabble, in Arms."
Parenthetically, it might be inand he stayed in it for eight years.
teresting to know what Prof. Chilson
On Va1entlne's Day in 1911 he was
Nov. · 7• 193 1. Finished "Captain H. Leonard of Phillips Exeter Acadafter endless labor and emy h as to say about the background
married. They say he celebrated by .cautious"
all-night sessions.
going to New York and getting a
Nov. 17. Made a tentative ouUine material.
' '
'
"ln the spring :or 1935," says Fro-·
job On °Puck· and, . later,· L1·fe.
,for .the new novel "Rabble in
The World War broke out. He was Artns" and discussed it with' Booth fessor Leonard , "I tried to get toa captain In the intelligence section Tarkington. Use new main char• . gether some old maps and prints
of the Siberian Expeditionary force.
acters, he said.
•
and other illustrative materials for
in contact with French, English,
the teaching of , Kenneth Roberts'
• Nov.· 22.' Discussed plot with
Canadian, Czech, }'tussian and
oth and· arrived· at the c1·eciSion 'Rabble in Arms.' I wrote to Mr.
,Japanese troops; with Gcrinan and
R9berts .... He responded very gen~
Austrian prisoners.
·
'
�erously; but he said (and this !'xplail1s what he_ meant In his chronology, when he noted that probably
no one ever would underslanc\ !he
t>.ti~•.-•YOJ techni cal difficulties or the book but
Mr. Tarkington and himself).
"'The source material for "Rabble"
ls overwhelmingly large. n is so
scaUered, and mo~t of It is so badly
done that it took me two yea rs of
the hardest sort of research to obtain a clear and comprehensive picture of all phases of the campaigns
of the norLhern :um.1· ... .' "
Mr. Leonard says further. "The
source materials for 'Tiabble,' I came
to learn, meant a library of aboul 100
books in addiUon 1,o many ollH'rs
which Mr. Roberts had examined."
Mr. Leonard found what Mr. Itohrrts
meant by saying the material was
badly done, and had l,o warn his
students lo be somewhat wary In
studying some of them. For inslnnce,
General Wilkinson said somewhere
that, at lhe Batlle of Saratoga, Arnold "neither rendered scrvlcr, nor
deserved credit," whereas Grnrral
Burgoyne said Arnold was responsible for lhe American victory.
Diary Continues
On Dec. 6, 1932, Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts sailed again for Italy. The
diary conlinues:
1933. Jan. 27, resumed work on
"Rabble" on Mss. page 93. Thereafter made at leasl 1000 words a
day till May 28 when I touched
.Mss. page 205. Sailed from Naples,
May 30.
June 20, start,ed reading the Mss.
to Boolh, revising heavily, Read
and revised daily. Condensed tile
Indian malerlal, throwing most of
it away.
July 22. Moved to Blue Roof
(The Roberts• residence in Krnnebunk Beach) for the remainder
of the summer. Rewrote, rrvisrd,
did rcsrarch nnd al the samr time
continued to go forward. Went on
a schedule of working from 9 :30
'a. m. to 1 p. m., from 3 p. m. to 8
p. m .. having <ilnnf'r and going to
the second movie show at the Port,
then writing from 11 :30 p. m. to
Z or 3 n. m .. depC'nding on how
long I can keep nw:ike.
Aug. 1. Finished Cha pl rr 63, and
Doubleday began lo sf't the first
62 chapters.
Sept. 4. Sent Dollhled:iy lhe last
122 Mss. pages.
Sept. 19-21. To Ticonderoga to
check up.
•
Sept. 22. Started revising pnge
proofs.
Oct. '7 . Finishrd lll~
Broke. and almost dead."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bas bought
the motion picture rights to Kenneth Roberts's "Northwest Passage" (Doubleday, Doran). This is
the author's first novel to be made
into a movie.
A new book by Robert Benchley,
"After 1903-What ?", with lllustrations by Gluyas Williams, wlll be
published on Dec. 1 by Harper.
�E. B. Marriner, submaster of Portsmouth High School, takes the part of
"Maxwell Dav~nport," an elderly and
distinguished gentleman. He took the
lead in "Dover Road" several years ago.
The others \n the cast are. Miss Betty
Greenlee, who played "Amelia" In the
Navy Yard's Cue and Queue production of "Murray Hill" last year; Miss
Dorothy Folz, a member of the Dramatic Club of Bates College, and Lts. William Roberson and William Piper.
Tickets are on sale at the Home Industries Shop.
The play is being directed by Mrs.
Carpenter, wife of Dr. H. B. Carpenter
of this city. She
directed
"Dover
Road" and "Broken Dishes" and is·nilw
writing a pageant, which she will also
direct, for the tr. H. Federation of Garden Clubs. This will be presented before the American Association of Roadway Commissioners at the Crawford
House !!t Crawford Notch.
Mrs. Mayo, wife of Capt. Chester G.
Mayo, U. S. N., will take the part
"Abby" a Yankee villager who works
for the Haggett family, in the Players
Club of Portsmouth's play, ·"The Late ""'~..,.......J.••·•··
Christopher Bean," a comedy in three
acts by Sidney Howard, which it Is presenting in the Junior High School auditorium at 8 p. m. on Friday, Sept. 17, for
the benefit of the Portsmouth Home Industries. Mrs. Mayo took the leading
role of "Jenny" in "Broken Dishes,"
presented for the benefit of the Portsmouth Garden Club last year, She has
always been interested ln
dramatics.
Dr. Benjamin C. Woodbury, who plays
the part of "Dr. Haggett," rural medical
man of 50, will be remembered for many
performances In the Players Club, and
recently for his characterization of "Cyrus Bumstead" in "Broken Dishes." He
has appeared in recent years in a nmn- IMiM,,~·ber of the productions of the Pasadena
Community Playhouse and of the Boston Stage Society in Boston. During
the past few winters while in California, he• has played at the Pasadena
Community Playhouse, where during
the past season he appeared in Ibsen's
"The Lady From the Sea" and \ in
Edith Wharton's Ethan Freme.
Mrs. Marjory Hewitt, who takes the
part of "Mrs. Haggett," a Yankee housewife who tries to rise above her rural
neighbors, was in a skit for the College
Club, "A Cup of ,Tea," given in the Ma- r.;-.c,c·c·o,,..,.,.,
sonic Auditorium. She was president of
the Women's City Club for two years
and has been active in the Cooperative Concerts and in, the Civic 'Orchestra,
I. H. Wasburn, who portrays "Rosen,"
a middle-aged Jewish gentleman, Is a
former president of the Players Club
and well known for his many excellent
performances in local productions. _ He E·!l'i.lP•:'!iil!lif.:.,
is an actor of exceptional a bill ty, taking
the . part of "Sam Green" in "Broken
Dishes."
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C
t
mo
DR. BENJAMIN C.
woonnu y
ean"
orts-
IHR.S. CIIESTE R G. l\'lAYO
"The Late Christopher Bean" was
The play H,5 If was one of the finpresented 011 Friday cvcnln~ 'lt lh') au- e:;t fast-moving
comedies to be
ditorium of Lhe Portsmoutll Junior presented her for the past few year~.
There was plen~y of comedy, as well as
Hio-h school before an audi!'nce which pathos.
gr;a.tly enjoyrd this play. A thr e-act
ThP sctLin"' of the play was in tJ:ie
comedy by Sidney Howard, it hos been dining room of the Huggett homestead
a hit on stage and srrcrn. An excel- In a tnwn not far from Boston. Mr.
lent cast, under the <lirPr.tion of Mrs. Haggett was a country doctor conEtta B. Carpenter, presented this play tent 11 t first with his lot, while his
to a Portsmouth audience hst evening. wife had ambitions, not only for herThe cast included some outstand- self, but for her daughter Ada. The
lng foca l actors, who hav~ ·1 ken part yoimgcst, d 11ghl,P,r, Susan, wasllke her
in many successful producl.ious before. f,if,her aml enjoyed her home and her
Many were favorites of loco.I play- smnll town friends, which were disgoers of past years while there were ta.5 tcful to her mother. The especial
several new faces in the cast as well. frl,,nd was 'V'lrren Creamer, a paintThere is no queslion but what the cast er, of both houses and pictures. The
assembled had a. great deal of tnlent, m:1in chrirnr'"r of the play was the
and under the dirrcllon of Mrs . Car- m"ld, Abby, who had been in the
pPnter, who has <lircclcd a ~rrat many honschold for 15 years and was leaving
plays in the past, they all did fine \ , - - - - - - - -- - - -- - work in their portra ·ri...,l."""'______.
to leave the Atlantic Monthly was
sued containing letters from the la
Christopher Bean, telling of his pain
ings and his life with the Hagge
family.
Several years before as a
young man he had 'Come to live with
the Haggett family. He was ill and the
doctor look care of him. He used the
barn as a studio and painted a number o! pictures, none o! which were
appreciatrd by the Haggett family.
Abby, however, had one in her room, a
portrait of herself scraping carrots. In
the meantime Bean's works had become famous. As a result of the article
appearing in the magazine, three men
descended upon the Haggett homestead in an attempt to obtain some
of these pictures. The first man, Tal-
!ant arrived and he got two paintings, one which had been used to stop .......,...,,.....
the chicken house from leaking, and
the other had been used to paint on
the reverse side. For $50 he had purchased the latter, and the other had
been given to him, out or his friendship !or the late Christopher Bean.
That was before the second man, Rosen apprared who offered $1,000 for all
the paintings that could be located.
By that time there was a great disturbance in the household for none or
the paintings could be found.
The
third man to arrive, an art critic,
Maxwell Davenport told the value of
thrse paintings which were around
$10,000 to $15,000. At that time Mrs.
Haggett remembered she had placed
the painti ngs on the bonfire.
Davenport also sees possibilities
the work of Creamer and Creamer and
Susan plan to elope, going on the same
train with Abby. As Abby is a.bout to
leave, they recall that she has one
portrait by Christopher Bean, that of
herself, and the climax of the plan
�e am y are
Ing to persuade her to leave the ·portrait with
them. Believing that she will do that,
they sell it to Rosen for $25,000, but
she decides to take it with her. As the
climax is reached, she announces that
she took the pictures from the bonfire and saved them.
She also announces that she was married to the
painter, making her the rightful owner of all the pictures.
There is plenty of drama
in this
play, and the cast made the most of
those dramatic scenes.
Dr. Woodbury Is not only a reader
of ability but has a great many fans
among playgoers.
He has appeared
here as. well as in Boston and Oallfornia in plays before, and his work
as Dr. Haggett last night was a fltting role for him to enact.
Mrs. Chester B. Ma o had the prin-
E. Bliss Marriner as Davenport the
art critic carried out his role to perfection. The ease and smooth poise of
the role was well acted.
The play was presented
for the
benefit of the Portsmouth Uome Industries, the local branch of the New
Hampshire Arts and Crafts. This organization is an outlet for handicraft
work, and other home-made articles
and for three years has established n
reputation for many novel and outstanding articles. People from all over
the country have visited the shop during the summer. In an effort to keep
the shop open through December, and
perhaps longer, this play was presented
the proceeds to be used for this purpose.
The play was presented through special arrangement with Samuel French
of New York.
Assisting in the presentation of the
play were a number of people who clicl
much to make the affair a success.
· The cast was as follows:
Dr. Haggett .. Benjamin C. Woodbury
Susan Haggett .... Elliabelh Greenlee
Abby ....... , • , • . • . . . . . . Aida Mayo
Mrs. Haggett ........ Marjory HewiU
Ada Haggett . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy Folz
Warren Creamer • . William Roberson
Tallant
•.....••••••.. William Piper
Rosen
. , •.•••••••••. I. H. Washburn
Davenport •••••••••• E. B. Marriner
New Hampshire Plans
To Complete Histoi·y
Special to Tlt.c Chri&tlRn Science Monitor
cipal part. Last year 6he won fame
as an actress before. the Portsmouth
footlightB. She has always be~n interested in dramatics. Her role as Abby
was the leading role of the play and
she did wonderful in her portrayal.
Elizabeth Greenlee, as Susan Haggett, am! Dorothy Folz, as Ada Haggett, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Haggett, were well fi_tted to their parts.
Of two distinct types, the young ladies
carried out their work in a: comrpendable manner.
Mrs. Marjory Hewitt portrayed the
part of Mr. Haggett, the lady who
wanted to rise above her friends in hP.r
smali town. This was indeed a difficult
part to play, but she showed some remarkable acting to fulfill that role.
Lieut. William Roberson was cast
for the part of. Warren Creamer, the
painter, and Lieut. William Piper of
Tallant. Both were fitted for the part
selected for them and they did well.
Maj. I. H. Washburn has appeared
for a number of years in Portsmouth
!l,mateur productions and he always
pleases. Last night as the art dealer
Rosen, he bad a different role than
in past years, but as usual he did a
fine job.
CONCORD, N. H.-A "humanized", history of New Hampshire, in
tended primarily as a text book for
state schools and indors~d by the
New Hampshire Department of Education, will be halted because of lack
of funds, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Elkins, or
the department states. ,
The work was begun under the
ERA and had been under direct supervision of Mrs. Ella Shannon
Bowles. Five of the 20 chapters have
)leen completed. The beginning of
the work contains four chapters of
documented historical narrative and
a chapter depicting the state seal.
Regret has been expressed by the
State Board of Education over
cessation of such a work, as officials
of that department long have recognized a great need of a history of
New Hampshire, written in the light
of recent research and brought up
to date.
TO OPEN 'Y' ON
LIMITED
o ,\
SCHEDULE
Part of Building to be
Ready for Use About
Oct. 18
The executive committee representIng the Board of Directors of the
Portsmouth Young Men's Christian
Association have decided to open the
local "Y" on a limited schedule about
Oct. 18.
Sections of the building Including
the lobby, office, clubroom, dressing
rooin and gym will be given a thorougll
cleaning. In addition a few minor repairs and improvements wm be made
by tho trustees.
The club r oom on the second floor
will bo conditioned, with some painting, the adclilion of cretonne curtains,
and the hanging of several beautiful
pictures now in the auditorium. Ping
pong tables and game equipment will
be ordered as fast as possible.
Tho dormilory and the auditorium
wlll not be opened. Tho bullcllng Hself
will only be opened on a limited schedule, especially when organized groups
are holdinir sessions with their leaders.
The facilities of the "Y" wlll be on a
membership basis only, :which would
include group affiliations Interested
in a specific phase of "Y" activity. The
club room in tho lobby would be available to groups in town for committee
•111::etings, etc.
' South-East District Secretary Reid
0. Besserer is in charge of the promotion and carrying on the programs.
Volunteers and part-time workers will
assist. Plans include clubs for boys 8
to 18 years with a four-fold program.
A Tri-HI club for girls as sister organization to HI-Y may be organized
among Senior High school girls with a
committee of three prominent ladies
in town as advisors. Mr. Besserer lives
at 464 Middle street, telephone 1149-J,
and can be reached between 8-9 a. m.
or between 6-7 p. m. dally.
�Passing of the Witches
Editor of The Hernld :Your readers may be lnterc, led to
know that the house recently burned
at New Castle was on property once
owned by Francis Williams, 1637, and
later by Geo. Walton. The house was
within a stone's throw of the Stone
Throwing (she) Devil hangout who
pulled the plug from Walton's boat
and cracked his skull with a stoneso he said. It was the home of ·Shadrach Walton of military fame, captain
of the Fort, etc., nncl
his
son,
George, 2d, who Inter became n leading citizen of Newington. The records
do not show that he was able to get
even with her,
because
the comt
made him pay for enrronching on her
Janel. While she pn sec! nwny first this
gave her a chance to prepare n warm
reception. Perhaps thi. last fire wns
the end of the feud.
I. L. MELOON.
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Ich:ibod Goodwin Griffin
Ichabod Goodwin Griffin, well known
Por,.smo11Li1 clUzen, who retired from
the local postoffice as a clerk four years
ago, passed away on Sunday evening at
the Frizzell Hospital. He was widely
known throughout the city and
his
chrerfuluess and kindly nature gained
fo1· him many friends. He was a loyal
friend and a kind husband and father
and his passtng will be greatly mourned'.
He was C'mployed in the postoffice for
40 years and at the time or his retlremeu t was the oldest clerk in point of
sNvice. Hr retired on Sept. 16, 1933,
under the 30-year service rule. He was
first appointed as substitute on Aug. 5,
1R!l3. A few years later he was appointed a regular clerk, being the first Civil
Service appointee in the Portsmouth
office. He served in many capacities
dui'inc- his 40 years in the office and
changl'S took place during that
time. During his work there he filled
the positions of stamp clerk, distributor,
assorter, money order clerk, post.'\l savings, clerk and registrar.
His last
duties were those of special delivery
and forwarding clerk. He was a member of the Civil Service board and for 12
years served as secretary.
He served
under five postmasters, beginning under John E. Leavitt.
Mr. Griffin was born in Portsmouth
Srpl. 5, 1870, the son o! the late Orwin
anti Mary M. Grirrln. He had always
resided In Portsmouth and was very
proud of his native city. He had a summer home at Wolfeboro.
Ile was an attendant at the Unitarian
Church and belonged to the James De
Normandie Chapter, Unitarian Laymen's League.
He Is survived by his wife, the former
Mt,~ Ada Lear; two sons, Albert L, Griffin of Los An1;cles, Ca.Ii!., and Lyman W.
Griffin of this city, and two brothers,
Lymon W., or Allston, Mass.,
and
George of Pea.body, Mass.
Funeral services will be held at the
Buckminster chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends Invited.
ELEB ~ERSARY~-~
Oldest Fire Company
In Country Organized
130 Years Ago
The company attached
of the Fire Deparlment celebrated the
130th anniversary of the organization
on Tuesday evening at the Court street
headquarters. This group known many
years as Col. Sise Engine Co., is the
oldest fire company in active service in
the country according to records
which show it has existed since 1,07.
The next oldest company of the
country is still active in Philadelphia
and \\ as organized a few months later than the Portsmouth company.
Sixty or more were present in'cludl
former members of the Col. Sise Company and City Council Including members of the committee on fire depar ment.
Caplaln James Scott presided and
introduced the following speakers:
Councilman Robert Herrick wh'o rep~
resen ted Mayor Kennard Goldsmith
who was unable to be present, Councilman Charles Durell, Chief Engineer
William F. Woods, Horace W. Gray,
former captain of the company, and
members of other fire companies. They
were highly entertained by five members of the Smith family of Limerick,
Me., known as the '"Singing Smiths"
who arc masters of several instruments. They did some fine singing and
dancing and proved a whole show in
themselves.
A tm key supper was served. The
commill.P.e in charge were Capt. James
Scott, Lieut. Perley
Hersey, Clerk
Frank Dyer, William Meehan.
�Editor of The Herald:
People in this vicinity are inclined to
regard the pastorate of Rev. Joseph
Adams at Newington as holding all
records for clerical tenure. I recently
learned that Rev. James W. Bixler of
Exeter possesses
information which,
at the writer's request, Dr. Bixler has
kindly published through the following
letter to the Exeter News-Letter which
will be of interest to Newington and
Portsmouth r eaders of The Herald!
"In his historical article on Bloody
Point Ferry, Newington, in The NewsLetter of ffept. 10, Charles Wesley
Thompson of Dover speaks of the 68
years r~ service of Rev. Joseph Adams,
uncle of Presiden t John Adams, as pastor ,of the Newington Church, and says
it ill believed by some to be the longest
pastorate: in 'America. But there ill at
Jeast one longer-that of Rev.
~ban
Ainsworth of Jaffrey, this state,
was pastor there for 76 years, from his
ordination In 1782, to his death in 1858.
He began his ministry at the age of 25
and continued in his first and only
pastorate until his death at the great
age of nearly 101 years. P arson Ainsworth was graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1778. He was an able preacher and a faithful shepherd of his flock.
He was also ::i leader in all town affairs.
In town meetings he was active in discussion and we are told that 'no one's
counsel carried greater weight.' Parson
/,insworth's grave is in the old cemetery
adjoining the meeting house in Jaffrey,
and the 'Ainsworth Manse,' which he
himself assisted in building, is still in
use by descendant.:; of his as their summer residence. The imprint of the
long-time parson, a pioneer of the town,
still remains upon Jaffrey and the surrounding country, and one may ask 1f it
might not be considered an argument in
favor of pastorates of length instead of
the shorter ministries with frequent
changes, which have since become the
fashion."
While Newington people would
proud to retain the exceptional service
of Mr. Adams as an unchallenged record
in the annals of their town, they are
doubless equally interested in all discussions to attain historical accuracy.
C. W. THOMPSON.
ANNUAL MEE ING ASSUME DUTIES
OCTOBER l ~.;
OF HISTORICAL
SOCIETY HELD
The a!U).ual meeting of the Portsmouth Historical Association was held
at 'the Portsmouth Athenaeum at 11
o'clock this morning, with the president, James A. Borthwick, presiding.
Records of the last meetin·g were read
by the secretary, F. W. Har tford , and
the report of the treasurer, G . .Ralph
Lalght,on, was read.
• It was brought out that termites have
done considerable damage to the historical buUding and a commi ttee consisting of J ames A. Borthwick, F . W.
Hartford and O. R alph Laighton was
appointed to have the termites destroyed and necessary repairs made.
At the election of officers the following were chosen:
President-James A. Borthwick.
Vice President-Mrs. Woodbury Langdon.
Treasurer-G. Ralph Laighton.
Secretary-F, W. Har tford.
Trustees-Mrs. Woodbury Langdon,
F. W. Hartford, J. Templeman Coolidge,
Ralph May, George B. Lord, Mrs. Barret Wendell, Horace Morrison. Miss
Martha S. Kimball, John K. Bates,
Judge Thomas H . Simes, Frank D. Butler and Mrs. W. E. Marvin.
Those present at the meeting were
Mrs. William E. Marvin, G. Ralph
Laighton, J ames A. Borthwick, F . W.
Hartford, Frank D. Butler, George B,
Lord and Rev. William Safford Jones.
PRINCE OF WALES HE1E
77 YEARS AGO
YESTERDAY
Seventy-seven years ago yesterday
the Prince of Wales visited Fort.smouth. Whi)e h e was passing o,·c:r
the Portsmouth and Kittery bridge in
a special train at 12 o'clock noon a
salute of 21 guns was fired from the
battery in the navy yard.
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BESSERER
0. Besserer, formerly Boys'
Work secretary ot' the Pittsfield, Mass.,
YMCA, wlll assume his dules on Oct.
1 as South East Di;;trict secretary or
the State YMCA of New Hampshire
with headquarter,, In this city where
he will live wittt his fam ily, consisting of his wife and th ree boys, at 46-1
Middle st.reet.
In additio n to serving the Pittsfield
YMCA as Boys' Worlc secretary, he also ser vecl as camp director of Camp
Calvin Sumner nd as county secretary for Berkshire cou nty, Mass.
Althougl1 Mr. Besserer will be on tho
state staff of tlte YMCA associated
with W. W. Hall, the state secretary,
whose headquarters is at Concord, hls
efforts will lie confined
largely
at
presen t lo working with
boys and
young men in Rockingham and Strafford coun ties and Portsmouth.
In
addition to organizing work with boys
and young men of these three areas,
he will cooperate with the Rockingham
and Strafford County YMCA committees in their operation or Camp Lincoln and Camp Foss. In addition to
and before go ing to Pittsfield, Mr.
B.:!sserer was Bovi;' Work secretary at
Holyolce, Mass. His experience In t hese
two fields covering a period of twe nty
years fit h im unusua ly well for the task
a t han d .
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l \VOMAN
0 BE GIVE
plo ls 1,loug its way toward Portsmouth
-['172
(c > Th Royal Governor John WentworLl1 -ind his lady ride northward to
tlti'ir cou ntry seo.t at Wolfeboro-1772.
(d) Tit·'
ox-cart. returns
from
Pnrt,111outh with rum and molasses-
IN GOOD HEALTH
IN 99TH YEAR
1'772
"Uncle Oscar" Laighton, the grand old 1
man of the Shoals, and a native of this
city, ls in remarkably good health for
one who ls in his 99th year, and has an
optimistic spirit to be marveled at.
A member of the Herald staff cal!ed
at his home · yesterday and ·while he 1s
Jess strong and actlve than in tj'le pa::.t
two years he ls bright of eye and keen
of mind and says that while he may not
reach the century mark he hopes to do
so by living the simple l!Ie and t.ak.ing
care of his health and trusting in
God.
Uncle Oscar passes much of the time
in reading while sitting in his
easy
chair. He reads the Portsmouth H<:!rald
and a Boston paper daily. He likes z•,me
of the "best sellers" and has recent.iy
read "Northwest Passage," "Gone With
the Wind" and is DOW hall through the
book, "Anthony Adverse."
His summer at the Shoals proved very
pleasant. He occupied Cottage C on
Star Island, the last one at the end of
the Hotel Oceanic piazza.
A
new
chimney and fireplace were bllilt this
summer and he has a bedroom and
studio in the cottage and goes in raptures over the beautiful view from his
windows. The young people and other
guesl.<; at Hotel Oceanic made him very
happy by little attentions, as he retains
a youthful heart and is a most likeable
friend.
He recalls to his visit.ors his pleasant
birthday celebration last June at Hotel
Oceanic. At the banquet, he was caned
on for rrmarkfi. His heart wai, very iun
at the tribute of love and regard paid
him and after words of greeting he ttpeated a verse from "My Evcn'.:1g
Prayer," by Charles H . Gabriel, this being Edward McCue's theme song over
lhe radio. Uncle Oscar listens to 1;; at
the broadcast daily ancl loves the sentiment.
"If I h ave wounded any soul today,
If I have caused one foot to go astray,
If I have walked in my own wilful wayG ood Lorcl, for give."
A lover of the water, while not near
lhe sea. Uncle Oscar at llls Franklin
slreet home looks acr oss the
South-M"-•l-'l~ ...
Pond all(! says it is the p1 cttiest view in
Portsmouth; that the pond someti1nes is
cle8r as a mirror. He admires the grand
old elm tree fronting the house, suggesting stu rdiness and beauty with Its
large l>rnncnes making inviting shade:
It is said the tree was planted at the
time the house was built, about
200
years ago.
Early next month Uncle Oscar leaves
for Camden, S. C., to pass the winter
at Hobkirk Inn, which has been his custom for some years. He hopes to return
in May to his Franklin street home to
remain until the opening of the Shoals
"Roads And Romance~
Portrays Highway
Progress
Before a mountain
foliage
background, now turning from
summer's
green to brilliant, gold and r ed, a pageant, "Roads and Romance," wriLLen
and directed by Mrs. Harry B. Carpenter of this city, will be presented a t
· Crawford Notch on Saturd ay afLernoon.
The pageant is being given as part of
the New Ham:·,hire Federat,ion of Garden Club's entertainment, for members
of the American Associat,ion of Highway
Officials of the United Slates, who are
climaxing a five-state tour of New
England at the While Mountain resort
The presentation on Saturc\ay aftrrnoott
at 2.30 o'clock is free to the public.
The pageant will be presented at the
foot of l,l1c mountains and faeing Saco
Lake, where the Slate Forestry Department has built a large stage. The highway is h edged from view there by a line
of trees recently planted by the Forestry Department.
From the time Inc\ians treked across
the country on lonesome mountain
trails and sought refuge inland from
early American settlers in the
1600's
until 1937, when moiori:.1ed American
city dwellers vacatio urcl in stunm r r and
wlnlrr r<'sort.~ far away frn111 ril,y limits, lhe pageant portrays lite progress
that has been made in ways of travel
during that lapse of timr. The a uthor
explai ns it as the "opening up of ways
for human f eet and human a:;pirntions
down which the pageant of human life
has sped and all the human wonder of
the years." And in further in troduction
Mrs. Carpen ter has written, "Romance
-which came out of the dim past unknown to history or lcgend1ry lore
whence came man . traveling with him
down the roads in every land a nd clime,
bringing joy and In ppm S'>. 'inl ing hill
youth wilh rain!Jo·•, hU"'> Jtt'I glinting
his age with gold.''
The seven scene., rif rrnd pro' relllJ o.s
shown In the page0nt re:
The In dian Trail.
(a) The unspoi!Nl child of Uvi forest
shoulders his cano•• at the
r: rrying
place-1600.
(b) The while m<Jt1 conw,: Joh tt
Wheelwright gets fQur sA.g~m0res at
Exeter to sign a df' ,d-1638
Thr Horseback Trriil
The pioneer sett.l,.r, Pct r Powers,
brings his wife, Ann, n::l U1e1r t;wo children to their new home tu tl1e wilderness of Hollis-1740 ,
The Province Road
(a) Co1onial surveyor., lay out a. road
through the wilderness-1769
(b) An ox-cart full of farm produce
Tl1e Turnpilce
Morning 1 t the Loll gate-1830.
of Horse-and-Buggy
D1.ys
(n)
Workmg 011t the road tax-1870.
lb) Tlte ronrnnc,:: of the buggy rlde-
Tit ,' Dirt RriJ.d
lfl 70
(vl The yQung folk5 have a hayraclc
ride-l8'70
<d) Suninu.•r bo~rders in the moun•
L'1\us enjoy a coaching P"rade-1870.
Tl1c Grnvel R ~11(1 (111d U1e' Twilight r
tlte HQrse
!3osLon automobiles invade
the
Wl1ii;c J1.ro,mtains-rn10.
The Highway of Today
(a) Snnuner-1937.
(hl WinLer-1917.
Following banquet "t the Crawford
H ousr t.ltr Pl,i.yers Club of Lhis city will
pr sent ~lt three-act comedy,
"The
r,,,t.e Chri'.t.oplter B"an," with the following C%t: Dr. Hogget,t, Benjamin
woodllllry:
S11snn Haggett, Ellzabeth
Gr,.rnlN•; /\hhy. /\irl,i. Mayo ; Mrs. Hn.ggct.t,, ~,i,rjorie rr,..witt; Ada Haggett,
D oro~lly Folz; w~.rren Creamer, Wllllam Robe~on: Tnll nt, Wlliiam Plper;
Ro:,en, I. H. Wasltlmrn, ,nd MaKw~ll
D avenport, E. B. J\'["rriner.
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N.. GAZETTE
I 1YEARS OLD
T odny the New Hampshire Gazette
celebrates its 181st anniversary. Starttd ~evrrn.l years before the Revolution,
the files of The Gazette are really a
historv of the nal,ion. The first copy
was published on Oct. 7, 1756, and the
newspaper is still being published by
the pnhlishers or The Portsmouth He~ald. Thf' New Hampshire Gazette 1s
th e olclrst paper in continuous publication in Americ~.
On the subscription list are
many
form er residents of this
cily
who
thrrugh the medium of the G a1.ette
keep in to11rh with their Porl.5mouth
! rir,11ls. Tlte list includes subscribers
froi:1 slates as far west as CaliJornia and
Oregon, as far ~')uth a..5 Florida R11'1 i'1
forr;1•n lands, the latter including n
sub~criber who Jives in Morocco.
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NHOSPITAL 0 ,b ·
(By Associated Press)
Boston, Oct. 6.-Dr. Alexander Blair
Thaw, 77, of Washington, poet and
philanthropist, is dead at Massachusetts General Hospital where he had
been a patient for a week. He had
spent his summers at North Hampton,
N. H. A graduate of Harvard ·medical
school he published his ftrst volume
of poems in 1900. He leaves his widow,
two daughters and 11 grandchildren.
MAKES PUBLIC0 ,~
BEQUESTS
DEATH ·TAKE
CITY MARSHAL "(
GEO GE DUCK
Popular Official Had
Been With Police Dept.
Nearly 35 Years ·
News o! the death of Clty Marsh al
George H. Ducker brough t sadness
to a great many people of P ortsmouth
today. Although he h a d been ill for
some time, the passing of th is well
liked and h ighly respected man who
.
, Local Institutions and
Charities Named ih Will o'f
Late City Marshal George
H. Ducker
Local institutions and charities benefit from the will of the late City Marshal Ge_o rge H. Ducker, just probated.
St. John's church is bequeathed the
sum of $5,000, together with his house
at 757 State street, in memory of his
wife, the late Mrs. E tta B . Ducker.
The sum of $2,000 is left to the
Portsmouth Lodge of Elks, the income
to be used for the Christmas Basket
fund.
The Mark H. Wentworth Home . for
Chronic Inv.a.lids is given $2,000 and
$1,000 each goes to Christ church and
Osgood Lodge o! Odd Fellows.
Thomas William Ducker, Marshal
pucker's brother, is bequeathed $10,000 and the residue bf the estate and
the sum of $10,000 is also left to his
niece, Mrs. Ella Lincoln .. Mrs. Lincoln's
two children received
$2,000 eacJ1.
There were some bequests to friends.
Mr. Ducker's great fondness for the
wa!1r and his feeling for his boat "The
Wit.cJl'' is shown in the following passage In the· will:
· "I bequeath my boat, "The Witch" to
my friend. Warren F. Robinson, upon
trust for his use and the use of those
of my friends known as "My Crew,"
and I direct that said boat shall never be sold for .commercial purposes,
but, when in the judgment of my
said trustees, the. use of said boat is not
practicable or further desired, the said
boat shall be taken to deep water and
sunk with all its .equipment."
CITY 1\.1/\.RSHAL G EO. 11. D UClrn~
had served as head of the police depar tmen t for the past 13 years came
as a shock. Mr. Ducker died at 11.25
o'clock Lhls forenoon at his home at
757 S tate street .
Mr. Ducker was born in P ortsmouth,
Nov. 17, 1872, the son of Robert Ducker and Eliza (Hutchins) D ucker. He
attended the public schools and graduated from the local h igh sch ool. For
a short · time he was employed by
t he P or tsmouth T imes in the job printing depar tment, and h e also was a
sign painter working for the firm of
Joseph E. Hoxie.
He was at one time a membe r of tho
Por tsmouth Fire depar tment, belng
connected wit h t he W. J. Sampson No
71, Hook and Ladder c o.
He was an athlete, playing foolliall ,
a nd was a n outs tand ing pl:i.ycr.
· His firs t p olice wad( was at Pi!1rc"
hall as a special officer. ·
He became identiffed w1Lh the
Portsmouth P olice department on Nov.
1, 1902 as a patrolman and s ince U1at
time had been connected wit11 that
department. Ability and fai thfulness
brou ht well merited promoLion. Af-
Ler serving fo r 10 years h c w.is made
ue[luty marshal, nssumin._: U1e duties
on J.:in. 1, 1013. In E•'ch. 1 nt, he was
promoted .to tl1e oft!c._ or ,.1Lv marshal
1.3suming that offic0 au ·M<1.rch
that ytar. He har, snvc·d 111 that cal ar1ty Ill a !110!>L l ilh l! Ill lll,,nncr
.. ncl c~t .. bl1;hccl a 11 .. 1,Jl• r, r 1Ji111scl f,
JJot only m this sl~Le, , ul 11,roughc.,ut New Engl~ncl.
Although III ill h· .. :. 1
fc: v ye:ars, he krpt a1 , dive inter, ~t in the Polkc c1cp,,r,n11·,,l (;·,e n
dur111;; the last I< ,•: 1ncJJ.tl ~ wi:en he
has b1·cn on a leave e,f ;,
11(·1 Wl,LJltvt,I' he felt able, he , cut to the
polire station. The ckalL ol J.i~ wHc
last February w, ~ a !>L,l I I: w ai1 l
his rtc:ove ry, whir-h hacl liu,1 h ope d
1or at that limt, \', as 1, t .. 1 tic t1 anti
during the past few \ 1 cks he h:u1
been foiling rapi dly.
H e wns a mcmbct· of
Hampshire ai1d th e
Associa lion of Fi1'e
P or tsmouth Yach t
lull, till' Rotary
Club, Portsmou th Loc1 6 e f'f Flks, No.
!17, ancl
of
the
O11cl
l'tl lows,
and an ho11ora1 y mc111l,c-r , l the
Scottish Clan. He was a cc.,mimmicant
of Sa int John 's
lrnrch r:nd lrom
early life took an active parl
work of the parish aml h: .,
as a member of the n s liy
number of years.
Chief Ducke r hacl alw;iys he rn
tereslecl in boats :.iHI was lone! of
water.
He was a cl,1ily visJlcr to the
Y:::cht club, where he l;cpl IJJS Lcat Uetl
up and during the summ(;r, either in
his small boat or lhtc sailing craft, he
usu ally took a dally trip clow11 river.
He lmew the a rt of M11 lm g and cnjoyerl
enter taining his friends al.,oarcl the
Witch, his sail boat. He freqw.:nlly en tertained the N. II. Police Chiefs' Asrn~ ... tion of which he was a past pre:sident. At the time at his death he was
a member of the Boar<! of Directors of
i he Yacht Club. He had htld that position for a good ma ny y~ars, and was
extremely interested in ihc club.
As a member of the Police clepa1Lmcnt he marched in tl,e Mc'mo rial Day
parade for 32 yea rs. A :, ear ago last
Memorial Day he wa s not, able to t ake
11art in the par ade ancl tlti s was th e
Iir:,L time since 190-1 (h,1 l he hacl not
bcrn with Lhe platoon of police.
In 1034 he
rcceh·ecl the
Un ited
St..!cs Flag Association's m clal for beiur~ th e per:;on in New Hamp,lli re who
ell(! tlw mo:;l to aclva11l'e
,t1lll
enc c ,.r .. • c !he enforccn,, 11t c.,f law in 1he
a:
by
cne
bro1hcr,
William D11 .. ker cf till~ city ;
Oil[ llit e,
Irs. w. I.. LJll(·ulll of WaL:111 , ~.l:>•.s .. and l l\'o
c·c,n- i11 ,, Davict
JI Ir, ·II nf !his l'i'y a.,li l . .i,:t ~ llnrt1 ~
h
survived
'1 lic.111.~s
' ,I to! /1.li>«ll.\', N.
1, 11J1c!.1I ~rn··· ·s \'. ;u Lr 1:rlcl at St.
J l.1 I), l ! . l, .. , l 1 ::- l •
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111 Lhc cL., ,·! 11 L111 S a. m .
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as 1•
Sp
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n,
sAs
sor t La n
erseasCra t
ng
A
mum beam of 26 feet and one inch.
The mean draft is .14 f!let, thfee inches.
The commander of the new boat
will be Lieut. Leon Blair, who has had
experience in submarine work. He has
been at the yard some time, dUl"ing
the construction of the vessel.
Included in the launching party were
Admiral and Mrs. C. W. Cole, · Mrs.
McLean, Capt. and Mrs. H. R. Greenlee, Capt. and Mrs. P . G. Lauman,
Capt. and Mrs. A. W. Brown, Lieut.
Comdr. and Mrs. A. W. Paige, Lieut.
Comdr. and Mrs. J . J. Curley, Mrs.
Leon Blair, Comdr. and Mrs. J . J.
Brown, W. E. Bird, Mrs. S. W. King,
wife of the delegate from Hawaii to
Congress, and daughter, Miss Charlotte
King, Rear Admiral W.---D. Gehrardl,
comandant of the First Naval District, and Mrs. Gehrardi,
L. McLean, Mrs. Overby, Miss Sullivan, Mrs,
Sewell, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, W. D.
Kilduff.
Following the posing of pictures in
front of the Administration building,
the sponsor·s party went to the building sheds for the ceremonies.
After the launching a luncheon and
reception was held at the Officers'
club. Ku shious' Orchestra furnished music for the occasion.
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The submarine Stingn1y was launched I As soon as the Stingray went into
today with II large crowd on hand to the river the tugs Penacook and John
witness the ceremony, which ls al- G. Chandler got lines aboard and beways a thrilling specLacle no matter gen the task of towing tlie newlyhow many times one may see it.
launched vessel to dock. The Penacook
In sharp contrast to the weather at I is Lite y~rd t 11g, and the Chandler is
the last launching on Aug. 23, when from tlw Piscataqua Towing Co. As
the sun shone brightly, today's launch- the linr,s were made fast,
the
ing was under overcast skies,
and tugs towed the submarine to the dock,
threatening rain, in :icldit.ion to scat- and here a l~rge number of spectators
tered showers during the day, However, were on hand to watch the process.
there was a large attcnchnce for lhe Two Con~t Guard boats were on duty
occasion and not only at the yard, but patroling the area in order to keep
at all places along
the
waterfront the small craft away.
where a good view contd be obtained.
The Stingray is the second of the
The launching occurred at 12.50 and S-boats to be built here. This is a new
promptly at that moment Lile sponsor, system o[ naming and
numbering.
Mrs. Ridley McLean of Washington, Other ships to be built here are the
D. C., broke a bottle o[ champagne Squalus aud the Sculpin. The Snapper,
over the bow o[ l-he Portsmouth-built the first of the series, wa5 launched
craft. As it· entered the water the in Augnst.
American Legion band, which had been
With the launching of the vessel, the
presenting a concert previous to the craft is about 75 % complete. The date
launching, played The Star Spangled of completion will probably be around
Banner. Whistles were blown, not only June 1, 1!)38.
on the reservation, but by the cro.rt in
The Stingray was authorized to be
the harbor, iu salute to \.he newest ad- built under the Naval Appropriation
dltion to the U. S. Navy,
Act for 1936 and the order for conThere is always something dramatic E:\.ructlon ";\'R S placed with the Navy
in watching the Navy Yn.rcl workmen Y11 rd by Secrclnry of the Navy, Claude
at a launching. This time the launching w. Swanson 011 Sept. 9, 1935. The keel
came at a time of the day when they was laid on Oct. 1, 1936, just a little
all could attend, and there were hun- over n year ago.
dreds in o.ttcndance.
They saw tho
At the lnying of the keel about. 100
result or theil· labors, both mental and person~ were In attendance, Including
physical, and the feeling toward the officers and civilian workmen.
The
ship, which is the culmination of a crew was composed of civilians from
great many people's labor ls 0110 of the public works division of the yard.
reverence, as the submarine glided The kerl laying crew was made up or
down the ways.
It.he following: Rivet inspector, Ralph
The building sheds, and the tern- Hnin, foreman in the public works de,....,,,...,.... -.,.• porary stands were gaily decorated partment; ·riveters, c . B. Stephenson,
with bunting of red, white and blue. foreman of tranfiportatlon, Henry F.
The visitors' stands were filled early, Dirks, draftsman; holder-on, Herbert
many people were linin~ the shore in 0. Little, lrading
man electrician;
the vicinity of the 1>111lcling wnys.
rlvrt hf'n1rr, Roy \V. Sturtevant, lnMrs. McLean, widow 'Jf the late Rear spect-0r In public works, and rivet passAdmiral Ridley McLran o[ Washington er, Charles A. Gerry, draftsman. Th::
was the sponsor. She was presented Amerirnn Legion band played for the
a wrist watch set with diamonds, by laying of the keel as
well as
the workmen, lhe prr~enta tion being launching.
made by W, E. Bird of the joiners'
The Stingray has a standard disshop, representing th,:, mployees at the plncement or _1445 tons. Its length at
yard.
the water-line is 298 feet, and a maxi-
I
�ment and in training other officers from
the sections of the country from which
students come.
Chief Gould told a Herald r epor ter
that/ "Jaw enforcement officers and the
press have much in common ."
"A criminal loves or hates publi.::ity,
as it either serves to defeat the law or
Special to Tile Chri stian Sriwce Monitor
·becdmes a factor in bringing about his
CONCORD, N. H., Sept. 30-A to determin~ possible suspects for
just punishment," Gould slatetl.
central police file is being estab- !'. particula! type of crime.
"Therefore a newspaper has a great rellshed by the State Police DepartThere will be a master file to
.
.
operate with the cross-file system
sponsibility in handling crime news."
ment as a fut lhe1 step towards c~- and the department in making its
Asked whether the amount ot crime
ordinating law enforcement act1v1- file conclusive will co-operate with
in the Uniled States was as appalling a ij
ties in New Hampshire.
other state law enforcement bodies
represented in many papers, Chief
The elaborate system is being in- as well as federal Jaw enforcement
Gould gave the
following
figures:
,"There are 4,300,000 persons who are enstalled by Capt. James H. Hayes of officers.
.
the New Hampshire force and CorA survey Is now bemg conducted
gaged day and night in the commission
po al William Armstrong head 0· f to determine whlc!1 of t(1e Massaof felonies, which happen at the rate of
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chusetts State Police rad10 stations
the teletype d v1s10n of the Massa- gives the ·best coverage of the state
one every 24 seconds. Last year 1,333,chusetts State Police. Corporal When this Is determined the rad!~
526 major crimes were committed in our
Armstrong has been lo~ned to th~ receivers being installed in the New
country,. a murder or manslaughter
New Hampshire depai tment for Hampshire police cruisers will be
every 40 minutes, a robbery every 10
this special work.
tuned to the wave of the selected
minutes, a burglary every two minutes
The varidus local units In New Massachusetts station. The New
and a case of larceny every 40 seconds.
H'.1-mpshire are being furnished Hampshire headquarters will then
The annual crime bill of this nation Is
with blanks f~r reporting stolen .send messages It wishes to transautomobiles, missing and wanted mit to its cruisers over its teletype
about 15 billion, or $10 for every man,
people, and other such information to the Massachusetts police who will
woman and child per month."
to the state department. A file also send it over thei1• radio to the New
"Every person is a potential victim of
will be kept of appr~hended Ind!- Hampshire cruisers.
criminal. These people comprise the
vidu~ls in ?rder that 1t may be deSince the Inception of the New
1·eaders of American newspapers and
termmed 1! they are wanted by Hampshire
depa:·tment,
several
they turn to the papers for Information,
other police besides those taking months ago the Massachusetts State
them into custody.
Police have been playing an imaid and guidance and for that r eason
Sections of the file will deal with portant part in the organization
cooperation between !11w enforcement
the registration and serial numbers work and many of the Massachusetts
ofrtccrs and newspapers Is necessary,"
of stolen automobiles, descriptions officials served as Instructors at the
Go uld stated.
of mental or physical defects of police academy conducted at the
In concluding the North Hampton
wanted people, and classifications University of New Hampshire sevpolice chief said , ''It Is through the help
of known criminals under crime era! weeks ago for the Granite State
and support of the public that the apclassifications. The latter will serve police.
prehension of cr.iminals Is often readily made"
Chief Gould is already scheduled to
talk before clubs, schools a nd other or- 1,.~,\:,;,,i·.:
ganlzatlons and welcome/I the oppor,, ~-' tunity to speak.
New Hamps~e State Police
Install Central .File System
WILL CONDUCT
SCHOOL FOR
POLICE
Chief of Police Ralph V. Goulll of
North Hampton, 26-year-old graduate
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Police Academy will soon start
a police training school for departments
•in this vicinity to pass on to law enforcement officers the valuable Information and trai.p.lng he received while attending the FBI academy. Members of
pollen departments and other law en~
forcing bodies will be Invited to attend
the course, which will include subjects
of jurisdiction of Federal, state, c~untf
and m'l.nicipal law enforcement organizations. firearms identification
and
firearms training, fingerprinting, crime
statistics, modus o erandl !11~ (m~re
large variety of other subjects berieflcial to enforcement officers.
Chief Gould Is one of 187 men who
have graduated from the FBI academy.
Forty-srven states and one territorial
possess ion are represented
In
that
number. Present plans of the FBI are
com1,1only known as "rogues gallery"),
to gtaduate 500 men.
organization of police forces, testimonTl)e actual cost of training each man
ials, complaints, persons under arrest,
at I.he academy is $4,400.
But the
Investigation work, accidents, confessions, traffic, rewards, publicity, court value of the men after training ls worth
procedure, raids, training method,s, ar- · seve~al times that figure in law enforceson, codes, ciphers, strikes, riots and a
Tllc radios of the Hew Ila npsMl'c
state police cruising ct.rs, which are
on the :,arnc leugl 11 as Urn cars of
Ma~:;. stale con:;t.al,nlary, will have
the cooperat.1011 of the Bay St.ate police in all future work. If the st.ate
police h eadquarteri: In Hew Bampshire
has a message for o. trooper. In a car
wllh::h cannot be .-eached ftom Con,·nnl Urn officer wlil send n message
lly l~let.ype to tile l\fa:;,;aclrnsctts state
police rad io st.allon nt Northampton,
from which the message will be sent
over the air to _ the New Hampshire
cruisers.
�.IJ,t~
H:Concord
l
•.. :_ ~:,
Whal is IJnlirved lo he
patent medicin•' botlle in
New Hampshire (nnd probably the
oldest in lhc United • t:1lcs) was
sl1own here rerenlly hy lh owner,
to a few friends who ate interested
in ancient things.
The boltle •,>;as made sometime
between 1750 and 1760, and that it
was preserved after its original contents had been used was because it
was of a handy size lo usr as an ink
container. Bottles were no t so common in New England in the 18th
century as they are no'! and they
were put to different uses after they
had been emptied. This particular
boltle was coated on lhc inside
with dried in': when it came into
the present owner's pnss,:-ssion and it
was only after It hnd heen cleaned
that its original pnrp".l,I) was discov-
benjamin
pound,
elemy seven pounds, cinnamon two
pounds,
gulacum
three
pounds,
cloves one pound, myrrh six pounds,
nuttmeggs eight ounces, araback
eight pounds, winter bark one pound,
pernc balsam five pounds, nettle seeds
one pound and half, tolue one pound.
juniper one pound, safron one pound,
mare four ounces, oyle eight pounds,
Saint John wort eight pounds, marsh
mallows four pounds. Distill and dig :; the sam with a quantity sufflriel'' of rec'iFycd :mirits in a glass
\'Ch Id<', until I h: same becom- a bal~:i n . on a :;n nd heat or slow flre,
whi,,h snid IJ~ls:1111 is to Je taken
in nny liquid, thirty or forty drops
at a tim e, arcording to the nature
of the pat ient's disorder, and to be
rep"ated as ofLn as occasiO\t require.,.''
Information rcga rding Turlington
and his medicine largely was secured
by Mr. Mead. who is a graduate of
St. Paul's scho0l, Concord, and a well
known sumtn<'r resident of New
H,,_ mpshire.
Blown into the hot' 1 • on 'he front
and back are the wo•·ds. •·=-1,· King's
Royal Patent grnnted •o Robl'rt Turlington for his invent,.(! Dalsom of
Life." On one side is he w0rd London and on
h
othl'r th e date,
"Jany. 26. 173-." The fina l figure is
almost illegible but it i, plain tha~
th e boltlc was r:1:;t so me time before 1760, so th•,t i' [<; nvire thnn
170 years old. It will !:old l ss than
two ounces.
In an attempt l'l l"'lrn s0me th:ng
about Robe rt Turlit'']l'ln . nd his
mcclidne, tlw O'.'lll"l' of lh() bottle
corresponded with ll":•·;n!'s 111 London and Frnnk R .• Irn<l g,,_i ned for
him the ~nforr1ali~n hat Turlin:;ton was given Bnt :~h p:i.'.ent
o.
096, for his Bll.l'illtn o•· Life, in 17 l l.
In the first placr h ' \'rt~ given the
rir,ht to sell it 111 En~! , ncl, 'Ile Commonwcalth of \Val"<; · •vi m he town
of Bcrwlck-upon-T·,1·" l.
Later he
was given a.n ext,.11s,1Jn of his p:i.rent that permit rd :um 0 market
his medicine In Ne·•: En~I;ind.
Great Britain was 'I!" first nation
to adopt a patent l;,'"I, :ind this took
place in 1698, durin~ the reign of
William and i\lary.
Turlington's
patent was grant"d in the 17th year
or the reign of Kin~ George II.
A copy of Turllm:ton's application, teprinted in u;:;r, '1.t the Great
Seal Patent Office, in England, gives
the formula for the Ba Isam o! Ll!e
and Indicates the W'.l.Y in which It
was supposrcl to b,.. taken. Apparently, all lhc ingredients are obtainable today hut no physician has
given any opinion as to their medicinal value when combined.
Turlington old what his remedy
contained and how it was to be
taken in the following words:
"Take of storaK five
pounds,
riander seeds one pound, aloes
o pounds and ha!! fennell ·
nd masllck
und and half,
and half,
0
~~
o&-:,1.
CE E,10NIE
PAUL JO ES fi O UMEN
0 NAVY DAY, OCT. 2
'The annual ceremonies at the John
Paul Jones Monument in Washington
ln commemoration of Navy Day will
be repeated 11galn this year on Wednc1:clay, Octobrr 27.
The exercise:< will
be under
auspices of t.he Military Order of the
World War and the advisory board of
the Masonic Clubs of the District of
Columbia. They will start promptly at
12.30 p. m. and extend one-half hour.
However, a band C1Jncert of 15 m1nutrs by the U. S. Marine Band, with
Capt. Taylor
Branson conducting,
will precede the ceremonies.
The committee in charge has reccive<l lhe arceptance of approximately 40 veteran and i:,atriotic organizations and clubs. Brig. Gen. Albert L.
Cox, Washington comdr. of Military
Order of the World War, will preside,
while Maj. Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr.,
pre~ident of the advisory board, will
act as ma ter of ceremonies. Rear
Aclmirnl Harry G. Hamlet. former
commandant of the
U.
S. Coa t
Gnartl, will cleliver :m arlclress.
The ceremonies will close by the
placing of wreaths and other tributes at thP base of the monument by
various organizations pP.rticlpating.
Monday, Oct. 25th, ·wm mark the
beginning of Portsmouth's second annual "Good
Music
Week," during
which period a limited number of
Por tsmouth people will have nn opportunity to become members of the
cooperative Concert Association !or
the season of 1937-38, according to
Mr. Frederick D. Gardner, President
of the organization.
The Association was
last January, and during the succeeding four months presented a series of
four concerts by sume of the country's leading artists, musicians, and
singers,
Including
Frederic Baer,
Carola Gitana, Dorothy Crawford, and
the Russian Imperial Singers. More
than seven hundrert members of the
Concert Association enjoyed the prlvllege of attending these concerts and
many have signlfled intentions of renewing their
memberships !or the
coming season. Membership is necessarily limited to the seating capacity
of the Junior High Auditorium, and
those wishing to obtain membership
may do so during next week only,
when headquarters will be set up at
the office of the
Portsmouth Gas
Company from Tuesday through Saturday.
Arrangements for the coming concert season are in the hands of the
officers and committees of the AssoclaUon, with the assistance of Mr.
Ben H. Lobdill
of
the Columbia
Broadcasting System
and Concert
Service.
Stonelelgh College ls lending its cooperation to the association, including the concert series as a ])art of the
cultural program of the institution.
Following a.re the officers and committees of the organization:
President, Frederick D. Gardner
Vice Presidents, Arthur Acy Rouner, Mrs. Mabel Boylston, John E. seybolt, Samuel Eastham, Mrs. Bee.trice
Scarborough, Howard Smith, Mrs.
Nelson Wright, Mrs Helen Walqron,
Fr. James H. Brennan, Dr. Kenneth
Steady, Ernest Bilbruck, Norman Leavitt, Mrs. Charlotte Moore, Mrs. C. C.
Sanborn.
Secretary, Alvin Redden
Treasurer, Ben Hartshorn
Membership
Co-chairmen,
Mrs.
Frank Randall, Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt
Headquarters Secretary, Miss Dorothy Philbrick
Appointments and Transportation,
Miss Eva Hofiecker
Publicity, Charles W. Gray,
Frederick D. Gardner.
�ill e rec ed n Pest
o se Field-Resolut·on
al s ·For Appro ration 0
$32,00
The City Council at its meeting on
Wednesday evening voted to authorize
the building of a new incinerator in the
pest house field and refused to enjoin
the Board of Street Commissioners and
the contractor painting the standpipe
from ·:mtinulng the job.
The resolution authorizing the building of a new incinerator called for $32,000 to be appropriated for tr 1 erection
of an· incinerator and that the .Mayor
be authorized to borrow that amount.
In introducing the resolution the committee appointed at a recent meeting of
th1t Council gave an unanimous report
which favored. the resolution. Various
locations that had been studied were
mentioned and the advantages of the
pest house field location were told. A
letter from Charles D. Howard stated
that the State Board of Health approved the location. The mayor stated
that the plans, as drawn by the Incinerator
Engineering
Associates
of
Boston,
call
for
$29,987,
the extra amount authorized, which will
not be expended unless· necessary, 1s for
anything which may arise. He also
stated that five bids were received, o!
whic::i this was the lowest.
Councilman Downs said he thought
tne c:QtJUnittee had done· a ood lece of
v•orl.: and that he wished to second the
resolution.
Councilman Boynton started a rath•
er hot discussion regarding this. He
called attention to the fact that anothel'
bid had been submitted which was
lower than the one selected, that the
committee had exceeded its power in
advertising for bids and
that
the
chairman of the committee asked for
bids without . calling a meeting of the
Mm:nittee. Mr. Boynton also stated
that he thought the committee was
asking the
council
to
go into
something blind and suggested a recess
whereby the councilmen could acquaint
themselves with the specifications and
plans, besides the drawing of the exterior which was shown.
Councilman Blanchard stated he had
read the plans of the Incinerator Engineering Associates, and also of the
Jarvis Co., and that in his opinion the
latter company's specifications were
much superior and also $5000 cheaper.
The Mayor stnted thnt the company
mentioned submitted bids which were
not of the same specifications and were
not considered adequate, as the city was
building to care for future increases.
The rules were suspended to permit
the passage of the bill to be engrossed.
On all readings and motions for suspension of rules Councilmen Blanchard
and Boynton voted "no," while the remaining councilmen voted in favor.
Councilman Boynton introduced a
resolution calling for legal action to
prevent the continuing of the painting
of the standpipe. He brought out that
the bid was awarded to John E. Boyle of
Dover, whose bid was $1,489.75, which
was next to the highest, and cited tho
law which requires the Board of StreeL
Commissioners to accept the lowest bid
submlttccl. The council gave the five
bids which were received, ranging from
$2,085 to as low as $850:
Mayor Goldsmith stated that he was
presiding at the meeting when the bids
were opened and that the superintendent was requested to call for bids and
that the specifications laid down were
not the ones the bonrd thought best,
and that as Mr. Boyle, who had tried
to obtain specUlcatlons from the sup•··' •.tendent and had been
refused,
had Inspected the standpipe and his
b::i specified just what he would do,
which was more than the other bidders
and included an extra coat or paint.
Councilman Blanchard stated it appeared· the board should have rejected
the bids and Councilman Boynton
reiterated his statement.
Councilman Boynton suggested the
app!)intment or a committee to Investigate the cp.arge.
On a resolution introduced by Councilman Boynton the council voted unfavorably, Boynton
Blanchard
voting In favor, and Downs, Herrick,
Sukeforth, Leary, Schlegel and Burkharc;lt voting against.
1' '' councilmen were present with the
exception of Charles T. Durell, who
missed his first meeLlng In his five
years on the City Council. 'l'he reading
of the records were suspended on mo•
tlon of Councilman Burkhardt.
The Mayor read a letter from William
Ducker to the Mayor nnd Oity Oouneil
in appreclntion or their expressions of
sympathy on the death o! Oity Marshal George H. Ducker.
A request from the Board of
Commissioners to transfer $200 from
tho sewer account to stable nccount
was granted on motion of Counc.ilman
Downs. 1'.nother transfer of $278 from
one depadment to anoLller was also
made, with Councilman Schlegel making the motion.
/'>. request from the Massasoit Trlbe_'ot
Red Men for the use or (.he upper hall
of the South Wardroom was received,
and Thornton Downs spoke in favor of
it, stating that the organization would
keep it In excellent shape. It was
brought out thnt Boy ScouLs were using
the hall also. This was referred to the
Committee on City Lands and Buildings
on 1notlon ~! Councilman Boynton.
A claim for damages to an automobtle received in nn nccldcnL on the AtlnnLic Heights bridge when the car hit
a bump in the center, skidded and hit a
tree. was received from Alfred L. Julian
of 1'.l:l Porpoise Way and on motion of
Councilman Burkhardt was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
Pe.titians for a light on Pinehurst
~trect and for one on Russell street were
received and referred to the Committee
on Street Lights.
4- perm\~ for a ga§?line Lt1nk on ~!:.el
street, in the rear of 123 Market street,
was requested by B. M. Vurrell and was
refr:-red to the Zoning Board.
A petition was received from business
men on Vaughan street. A delegation
of t '1em was present and various ones
spoke, Including R. Clyde Margeson,
Richman S. Margeson, Ralph Margeson
and Patsy 'Genestreti. Various problems of the merchnnts on Vaughan
street were brought up, due to lack o!
parking. The petition was referred to
the special committee on parking, with
the recommendation Lhat It report back
nt ihe next meeting, with a change in
the ordinance Jf they deem it expedient.
The quari,crly report of Acting City
Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt was read,
accepted ancl placed on me. The report
of Clement n.. Moulton, plumbing inspector, was also acceriLcd nnd placed
on file. The Mayor pointed out, as he
did in lhe last report, that the inspector of plumbing was doing a great deal of.
work and his report was ilven in detail.
Councilman Downs brought up the
subject or damage on (,he property of
Charles F. Tucker, where cars have b~en
going across his land to Humphrey~
court r~r several years, and ihis was
referred to the Commltlee on Claims."
�TO DEDICATE.
AMERICAN LEn ON
QUARTERS
George H.·
Dept.
rv
The new quarters of the Prank E.
Booma Post, American Legion, the former Portsmouth Athletic Club building
on Court street, will be formally dedlcated on Armistice night and an
elaborat~ program is being prepared.
Gov. Francis P. Murphy will be present
and will make an address and naval and
military officers and distinguished
guests from all parts of the state will be
invited to attend,
including
State
Comdr. John L. Sullivan and all the department officers of the Legion, and
Mrs. Feather, head of the Legion Auxillary.
There will be a private reception to
Governor Murphy from 5.30 to 6.30, and
from 6.30 to 7.30 the dedication exercises
wll! be held. The ceremonies will take
place outslda the buildl::-.g if l,he weather permits. They will be followed by a
,._.i,~,;,;··,..;,,i banquet and dance which, owing to the
large number of reservations, wlll be
held at the Armory. Early reservations
indicate a very large crowd at this portion of the program.
The building has been refinished
throughout and on Armistice
Je open for inspection.
LEONARD II. IIEn'IT't
Appointed City Marshal
The vncancy of Cil,y Marshal which P. O'Leary was appointed special ofhas ,..,isled in lhe Police Department ficer for duty at the Knights of Co-
sincc Ill~ death of the late Marshal
George II. Ducker, was filled on Monday nir,ht when the full board of
commissioners took action in promoting three officers and appointing another patrolman to fill another vacancy c-ausccl by moving three men up
the line.
Shurlly aflcr the meeting was called by Chairman Frank C. Remick
~he names of Deputy Marshal Leonard
H. Hewitt, and William J. Linchey,
former police comm1ss10ner, were
placed in nomination. Commissioner
Orel A. D"xtcr nominated Deputy
Hewitt and Commissioner Frank C.
Remick prc. rnled the name of Mr.
Lin<'h"Y- Commissioners Dexler and
WO<Jcl volnfi for Deputy IIewltt and
CommissionC'r Remick voted for Linche_v and Hewitt was elected.
Commissioner Wood then named
Capl. Frank Demars for Deputy Marshal and !he vote was unanimous.
For lhc position of captain, Commi~sionrr Remick p!aced the name o!
Patrolman Douglas McLean before
the boarci and he also was elected
unanimously.
For thr vac-ancy existing in the
ranks of patrolman, Commissioner
Dextrr named Joh11 W. McCann who
has srrved as a special oiiicer for
somr Lime and his appointment was
approver! by the f•ul board.
Thrsr appointments are all for a
pruhrLionary prriod of six months and
will become efiecUve Immediately.
Al the request of the Portsmouth
Council Knights of Columbus, Arthur
lumbus Hall on Friday evenings.
Marshal Hewitt is 54 and a native
of Fredericksburg, Va. Before entering the U. S. Army, where he served
three enlistments, he followed the·
trade of machinist. He became a
member of the Police Department in
1916, and during i;he World war left
the department to attend the Officers
Training school at Fortress Monroe,
Va., where he received his commission in the Coast Artillery.
Following the war he returned
the department and . in February,
1924, after the death of Marshal Michael A. Hurley was made deputy
marshal. He is a member of Camp
Schley, Spanish-American War Veterans.
Deputy Marshal Demars Is also a
veteran of the Spanish-American war
and as a member of the Army he
served In Havana, Cuba, and with the
Army of Occupation .in Santiago in
1898. He Is a member of Camp Schley
and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Captain
McLean
has been a
member of the force for over 21 years.
The list of candidates outside the
police department who made application for the position of marshal In•
eluded, William J. Linchey, Oliver P.
Philbrick, former patrolman and deputy sheriff; Ralph D. Gould, chief of
police of North Hampton, Fred V,
Hett, local business man, Howard E.
Tewksbury of Winthrop, Mass., and
Captain Edwin U.
Hakala,· U. S.
Marine Corps, who is eligible for retirement from ' that service.
�NAVY DAY PROGRAM
.
NAVY DAY
PROCLAMATION
I
.
WHEREAS t he inhabitants of tho
City of Portsmouth ap11reclate tho
need of adequate naval strength in
order to p resel'Ve t he Peace of the
wol'ld, our institu tion~ and for the
prntection of life and pro1>erty,
and
The following is the program for Navy Day at the
Portsmouth Navy Yardt
·
Visitors are cordially welcome between 9 :30 a.
m. and 3:30p. ni.
Entrance to Navy Yard by bridge from Kittery,
Maine.
Automobiles may be parked in the Navy Yard.
Routes to parking spaces indicated by traffic signs.
Information booth at Navy Yard end of bridge.
Guides will be stationed there to accompany visitors.
At various buildings and shops guides are stationed to escort visitors. Of special interest will be
the Apprentice exhibit in Building No. 76, 2n. floor,
and the exhibit of electrical equipment manufactured by this Yard in Building No. 79. Models of U.
S. S. RANGER, BOXER, KEARSARGE and Submar•
ine PORPOISE-ships which were built at this
Navy Yard will be on display in Portsmouth Square.
If. weather is inclement, these models will be placed
in the Electrical Shop.
SPECIAL NAVY DAY EVENTS
Berthed near the Dry Dock, the U. S. S. PLUNGER
and U.S. S. POLLACK, both built at this Navy Yard,
have completed their shake down cruises and will
leave' within a month to join the fleet on the West
Coast.
Berthed at the Flat Iron Pier, the -SNAPPER is
nearing completion. The keel for this vessel was laid
on 23 July 1936, the ship launched on 24 August
1937 and it will be commissioned about 15 November 1937.
·
In the Dry Dock, is the STINGRAY which was
launched on 6 October 1937. The keel for t his vessel was laid on 1 October 1936 and it will b e completed in May, 1938.
· In accordance with orders from t h e Navy De partment visitors are not permitted below deck on submarines.·
'
· A periscope, such as is installed on a submarine
will be mounted near the Dry-dock, so that visitors
may view the surroundings as seen from below the
surface of the water. A submarine escape · device
( Momsen Lung), such as is used for escaping from
a submarine, and a watertight door will also be on
display.
Display of various Infantry weapons and Marine
Corps equipment will be shown in front of the Marine Barracksi
There will ·be special exhibits in the following
shops: .Shipfitters, Smith, Electrical, Inside M achine, Electrical Manufacturing, Joiners, Pattern and
Riggers.
' \ Diving equipment will be on exhibition at t h e e n trance to the<Dry Dock, and at eleven a. m. and t w o
_p. ~. exhibitions of deep sea diving will be g iven.
many n ations o f the
world s till oppress the worlcl and
e nd:u ;gcr Urn 1>c,tcc th ereof by lnonl ina te a m b itions for na Uomil
aggrandizemen t, a nd
WHEREAS P ortsm outh h as always
pci·formed au important 1>ar t in
the . development of our Navy both
in t he const ruct ion of many ships
and the ti-aining of the men and
officers to u av igate them, a nd
,
WIIEREAS we are proud o f our
heritage and of the splendid 1>art
Portsmouth h as played in the de velo1nnent of the United States
Navy to its p resent high degree
of efficiency, a n d many of our
people arc at present actively engaged in the constm ction and
navigation of fine ships fot• the
United S tates Navy, doing honor
a nd glory to our traditions.
NOW T UElt lW OltE I, Ken na rd E.
Goldsm ith , Mayor of the City of
Portsmo uth, do p roclaim the t wenty-seven th day of October, 1937
as NAVY DAY, and urge that
the 1>eople of the City of Por ts mouth m a ke su ita lilc observance
of that da y, tha t t hey visit th e
Portsmouth Navy Yard in order
further t o a cquaint t hemselves of
tile g rea t work we do here; a nd
that t he schools in t his City de"clicate a po1·tion of t ha t day f or
llatdotie exercises and Instruction
to the pupils in t he glo1·y
ti·aditions of our n avy.
Given unde1· my h and and the
seal of said City of Portsm outh
at City H a ll this t wen ty-third
day of October in the year of our
Lord on e thousand n ine hundred
and thir ty-seven.
Kenna rd E. Goldsmith, Mayor
City of Portsm outh
�E
l,,.a g
G ve·
Obse
tion In
Da
,
nnt',1 house accompanied by Capt,
A. W. Brown, captain o! the yarci
and Commander J. J. Brown an<l1
Commander J. J. Curley, aides to the
command nt. After a pleasant visit the
governor returned to this city and then
left for Concord where he has a meet•
ing I tP, this afternoon. He has a speak•
Ing c 11g1g ment at Laconia this eventnrr
Tiu· ughout the day 111any peopl arrived t the y rel and all felt highly,
rep lrl for their visit as they sought
much of interest and educational value Wl1IL the r1 In m~.de it som~ •hat
unple 1.,nnt there was
warmth o.nd
llght m o U of the big shops and the
v rtous of.her building, nd the vi,' ton,
:.11<:!nt ·1 ;::rent deal of time in looking
ov0r 1,lt·: many exhibits .
Thrn' w,i.q particular intere~t in the
v uio11;
.·ubnl'\rlncs .
BPrtltell
t
f.11 , ch 1• fri•·lc wer" tltr USS Plung r
1 ud USS Pollack,
bot.h built at the
Pot tsnirJ1rl,l1 navy y rd.
which hrwe
comp! ,1,,,1 tlteir sh,ikedown cruises, nnd
will lt)n V'? shor tly to join the fleet on
the w~.~~ coast. The Snapper. which is
11cnritH~ completion , i.5 berthed at the
Fl~t tron {HPL'. The keel of this ves :;•)l w1; !1ict on July 23, 1936, an,[ f[te
Sll!LJ I' ;i:; l)•tnchecl on Aug. 21. of this
v ir. rt wil l be commi •s ioned abo 1.1t
rrov• Vi . The Stingray which ,,..,s
[,lilll<'ll•'· l on Aug. 24, co tld al,o IP in:;p••cLe• I Two others are in cour.s. of
CIJf 1.;l,r11,·f.1,Jn.
rlH' 1nfot nnLion booth at th. ~nct
of l.lt•: rr wy Yar,1 briclg was busy a.ll
dut Ill~ Liu clay anllwering que.sti:>as
Wh•!l•l r~rtJ 1tl
pl cc~ wer~ loc~l d.
wl1·•r,, u,, :;u1Jmori11e~ w re :i.nd Wt•
llt•'r HJ.: nl [1 •r inquirir~. At this booth
gutd•'.~ ·11~r, r,veillnhl to e,cort groups
-iJnuf; flt~ re,wrv11ion. At th
vari011.; ,;l10[H, guides w r
al ·o :i.vall:i.blo
to t 1tc,• l.h vi~tto rs through tit~ yard
nttrl c~pl11n 11 workmen.ch building.
L\.r. L[ ·c1ork n nct og'.lin nt 2 o'clock
'1 cJ tV•'r lit l'le .1 deep sc1, dive :md this
w·1 ~ w., t. ·11 d J,y many,
d splt
the
tlu·c~trntt ~ w"atl1n r. This r.vrn at th
•:?ntntt•·'
th cirydoclc, f.l:td diving
eqwpttt •n~ w.:i;, on cli'iplJ.y there durtng
J r,pite or the tnc!Pm nt w~ather
- In
large uwnber of people visited th<!
Port.~mouth Navy Y'lrr! toi:1!\y coming
from II part.~ or New Hmnpsh lr '.ltld
ya.rious sections of M une and Ma.~ •
sachu~ctts.
The attendan ,~ W'l', r~t11ark bly
lar~ . considering th,? \j"nth~r con-
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bit!on in PQrtsmouth square. These inelnded the Ranger, the USS- .Boxer,
Kearsa.rge .and the submarine :Aorpoise.
Examples of the wol'lc which h done
at the y.a.ro were on exhibition Iin the
various shops. These iinclude the Sh!pfitters, Smith, Electrical, Insii:1e Machine, Electrical Manufacturing, Joiners, Pattern and Riggers Shops. A special exhibit of :apprentice work was
displayed in Building 79. This :6howed
tl1e work that the yoUI\g men who air-e
learning the different trades are doing.
Infantry weapons and Marine COJ:1P.S
equipment were shown in front of the
Marine Ban-acks, and trus exhibit w.as
, iewed by a large number of those who
visited 1he yard.
In adclition to the diving equipment
ne,:i- l.he drydock a periscope, the same
as is used on a 6Ubmarine, was mounted and anyone could look through that
at the surrounclilW territory. This was a
big center of interest. A submanlne escape dcvice,-the Momsen Lung-and
a watertight door were also ·on exhibition.
Outstanding attractions weFe
Portsmouth Naval Prison, the Naval
hospit.al and the Peace building.
A committee from the Portsmouth
Civic Council and Chamber of Commerce, headed by Former Mayor F. W.
Hartford , Navy Day chairman :for the
.-late of New Hampshire, visited the
yard during the forenoon. Included
in the group were Secretary Alvin Redden, Ray C. L. Greer, Frank C. Remi~
Willia m W. Scott, John J. Hassett, John"'·•--·...-•
C. Shaw and Forrest Eaton.They visited the commandant's office and were
received by Admiral C. W. Cole, the
commanclant, and Capt. A. W . Brow11.
The gro11p made a tour of the yard
escorted Ly Captain Brown and on returning to the Admini&trntion building !.he Commandant spoke to them,
lclljng how pleased he was that _thet
had visit cl the yard and that he
a lso glad lo receive the
people
Portsmouth.
Various otl'ler groups
:vaid during the day.
At 1.30 Mayor
Kennard E. Goldsmith, acco!Jij)anied by
City Clerk John J. Henson mited the
Commandant's of.flee and paid their
respects to Aclmira1 <J. W. Cole.
An increased interest in Navy Day
has been no.ted this year due to. great
extent •to the Navy LP.ague of America
:: nd its Navy Day ,chairmen who in
rnch state have tried to make their
.,Late navy conscious.
Here in New
Hampshire the people throughout the
~tate have had the significance of the
Navy Day and the jmporlanoe of the·
United States Nnvy called to Hs at!t ntion by various means, Which have
made a deep impression.
amot ; f.tt~ yo•.111~ t 11·op •
vltv lt ' I
p1'urn.'d •,o vi.;1,, t.!1 • '.1,·J n; l.lt V weo
com .tt·~ in I.Ju;.;,,; 1· '' ,.Jt,1, 1rJlJtl:;
T'1 •r' w1-, a "Pc· tntrr•' ,•mt [Jl''l •
gram at ~h locn[ n i·,y iul Ht I Gvl
Frn.r- •i.; P. Murph,• .,, 1; t: ' ir '.1 ~ ht ·
tcre.; ,•·1 ·rnesL:;
G u·, rnor l\1ur:1l; ,· m.1 I • r ll• ! 1-~ P t,J
the 11wv \.',H·d •utt:i [fo tt I? V/ C+ut ford , t'h 'V DJ." :::it 1 trm 1t1
f•H
Ne,,,
Ha11"J,h:r m 'lL I 1tl!'t ; ~ H, HJ Ott
his 'lrr:"al wa, ~r• f 'C l '"• Ii 1 l) -gun Ute div
sal ' • "'1d nav,11 lt Jtl'H",
flt~ pa.ri;y
was " ,1 ·omed ,i • • e ,. H 1111 1wfaul.',-;
offlc ,Jy Rear Adm:r 1.l C,> • >ruutatvJ • r"l"~~~_,,""'l,,__ _.,..,,....,r""-.,!'.'"'l!':!'f~'""'!~~,
ant, n nd then wen~ • J tl1 ' ··Jmnnnd 0
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��llshment of which our citizens may
be. justly proud. Its immaculately- kept
stfeets lined wlth large and stately
elms, its wlde expanses of lawns, its
well designed buildings and shops, the
architecturally imposing Naval Prlson,llia!',ar'°'"''-.th,c 200-bed Naval hospital, the attrac•
uye Administration building, the big
drydoclc, all blend into a 'highly effl·
cient mdustrial establishment which at
the same time reflects the beauties of
an old New England seaport town. A naval establishment's reputation
rests, however, not upon its equipment
and facilities but upon Its personnel.
The fact that this yard ls rated as an
establi~hment of very high Industrial
efficiency ls due to the honest, reliable
aqd conscientious work of over 2,000
sk,illcd workers, good citizens of Portsmouth and its sister towns. Navy Day
will bring a greater public appreciation
of the accomplishments of these men.
To the officers and men of
the
United States Navy and to the civilian
personnel who work to keep our navy
at peak efficiency goes the appreciation
Wednesday of this week ls to be ob• Snapper is nearing completion. The of patriotic citizens the country over.
served as Navy Day throughout Uncle keel for this vessel was laid on July 23, Theodore Roosevelt, upon whose birthSam's fleets and naval stations.
In 1936, and she was law1ched on August day Navy Day is observed, made this
be
commissioned challenging statement: "There ls no
every part of the
nation
people's 24 last. She will
more patrlot1c duty before us as a
thoughts will tum to the guardians o! about Nov. 15 next.
In the drydock Is
the Stingray, people than to keep the Navy adequate
our shores, the great gray ships of war
which ever forrn a bulwark for peace whlch was launched on the sixth o! to the needs of this country's position."
around our peace-loving nation. The thfa month. The keel for this vessel
trained personnel who
man
these was lald on October 1, 1936, and she
ships and the shore staUons with their will be completed in May, 1938.
ln accordance with orders from the
expert workmen who keep the fleets
at topmost efficiency at all times will Navy department. visitors arc not peralso come in for public realization of mitted below deck on submarines. The
their service to their country.
This visitor will be ab1c to gain much interpublic realization o! the importance o! esting information on the subject,
the navy to every one of us and of the however, from close inspection of the
achievements attained In keeping it big boats. A periscope is to be mountstrong, up-to-date and efficient be- ed near the drydock so that visitors
comes greater through the
public's may view the sw·roundlngs as seen
Increase
3,373
day of Inspection or our naval estab- from below the surface or the water
Last
Year.
Autos
and there will be a display of the
lishments-Navy Dny.
Momsen
Lung,
submarine
escape
deThe Portsmouth Navy Yard wlll corReservation
dially welcome visitors on Wednesday vice. and or a submarine's watertight
Regardless of the inclement- we •
from 9.30 a. m ., to 3.30 p. m. Automo- door.
Exhibitions of deep-sea diving at the ther on Wednesday, Navy Day attrac
biles may be parked In the Yard and
routes to parking spaces wlll be indi· entrance to the drydock at 11 a. m. and ted more people to the Portsmouth
2 p. m., will be
another fascinating
cated by tramc sign~.
Navy Yard than on Navy Day of 1936
feature
of
the
day.
Probabfy tho l,ir,g, ,t atl~action -to
The many industrial
shops
and when clear weather prevailed.
the visitor unacquainted with naval
:gecords at the main gate taken b ·
buildings
welcome
visitors
activities hC'rP will bo those sleek,
throughout the day, with guides being the Marine Guard on duty there show
mysterious-appearing
crnft
which,
that during visiting hours 8,626 per-,
manned by intrepid men, would dart stationed to e~cort visitors and explain sons passed Into the reservation, of
the
interesting
details
of
manufacturseaward far below the surface of the
ing processes. There will be special ex- which 5123 entered in automobiles,
ocean on mi~slons o! deatl1 In time o!
hibits in the Shlpfitters, Smith, Elec- 3603 on foot, making a total of 8626.
war-the submarines. This Navy Day
trical, Inside Machine, Electrical Man- The count showed 1178 automoblles,
finds four o! these cm rt hero, two of
ufacturing, Joiners, Pattern and Rig- of which 57 per cent were from New
them being still In procrss or
congers shops. or special· interest will be Hampshire, 25 per cent from Maine,
struction. Berthed nC'nr the drydoek
and 14 per cent frcm Massachusetts.
w111 be found the USS Plunger and the the Apprentice Exhibit in Building No. Only 2 cars were observed bearing
76.
second
floor,
and
the
exhibit
of
USS Pollack, both or which were built
Vermont number plates.
at this Navy Yard. Both have com- electrical equipment manufactured by
In 1936 with clear weathel' prevail•
this
yard
In
Buildi11g
70:
Ii1 front of the
pleted their shake-clown cruises and
ing there were 5253 visitors and 777
Morine
B1.rracks
w111
.be.
displayed
vawill leave within a month to join the
cars.
fleet on the West coast. How many riow1 infantr:r weapons and Marine
In
Corps
equipment.
,
young Americans will look on these
These
special
displays
will
aid
in
giv•
~.;;;,.;;,,.;w,i..,;..;.;;,=;.;...,.;;
craft with longing eyes, envisioning
themselves as taking part In such ad- Ing the visitor•. au , Insight into just
what the P'ortsmouth Navy Y~rd ac•
venturous cruises and In thrilling deeds
compllshes, its purpose in the scheme
beneath the seas.
of national defens~. It ls a naval estab·
Berthed at the Flatiron
Fo
Se
Ya
Othe
rse s
e
rtsmou
e es y-
y
es
8,626 VISITOR
IN NAVY YARD
NAVY DAY
Of
Over
1, 178
In
will
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oc
YYA D
Makes·Complete lnspect·on
Tour Of Reservation-Says
Third Submarine· uitd·ng
Way-Needed
After an inspection tour of the PortsT'>e assist.ant secretary and his par~
mouth Navy Yard tod!!,Y Asst. Secretary arrived by automobile from Boston at
o! the Navy Charles Edison told
a the yard about 10.15 o'clock, at whiclt
Portsmouth Herald reporter that he time his official flag was flown over the
Administration building and a 17-gun
s~lute was fired. On arrival at the
building a full guard of marines Including bugle r and drummer, gr~elcd
Mr. F:dlson.
• The official inspection party included Asst. Secretary of Navy Edison, Rear
Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, commandan
of the navy yard; Capt. H. R. Greenlee,
Comdr. J. J. Brown; Comdr. Harold .l.
Nelson, naval aide to Mr Edison; Ca11!;.
Philip G. Lauman ; Capt. A. W. Brown;
Comdr. John Laycock, and Messrs.
Johnson and Compton, secretaries to
Mt·. Edison.
Included in the itinerary were the
industrial office, power plant, building
ways, outside machine shop, shipfltters
shop, smith shop, sheet metal shop
foundry, electrical shop, Naval Prisou
metallurgist laboratory,
boat shori,
joiners shop, boiler shop, pattern sho1i.
supply department, Naval Hospital and
marine barracks.
Mr. Edison and his party left the
yard shortly before 4 o'clock for Boston and he will inspect the Charlestowt
·Navy Yard tomorrow.
After thtt
inspection there he will go by train to
New York City and attend the laying
of the keel or the North Carolina on
Navy Day.
In : interview with a Portsmouth
Herald reporter Mr. Edison, who 13 a
son of the famous inventor, the late
Thomas A. Edison, said:
"I was very favorably Impressed with
the yard and there are a few improve_ments that can be made here, perhaps
some buildings and new equipment.
"I do thing there is great need for a
third submarine building ways at this
:,ard," Mr. Edison stated,
indicating
the local yard is to have an extensive
building p~ogram in the future.
Sper 1·ing of the civlltan employes at
the yard, he said, "The men are ccr•
tainly a first class group. Tho,1i;h I had
liLtle chance to speak to them th'! way
they went about their work ~rea ,ly impressed me."
·
Only a few minutes after his insi;ection of the Naval Prison Mr. Edison
said '-the prison is very immaculate and
it seems more like a hospital than
prison. It is certainly not a rasc of
kicking a man when he is down, lnslead
it appears to me that the prL01•ers are
uplifted. It is a perfect ex1unple o( rehabililation as it should be."
•·now does this yard comnare with
other yards you have vi;itej<••
Mr
Edison was asked and repiicrJ, ''It is
very near the top in every re~pcct."
The assistant secretary·~ vi51t
was
strictly for the business of inspection
and without any Ume to devote to personal contacts other than at the navy
yard. His desire was to effect a close
contact with the yard anj ail the officers and personncl.______
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ITS OF PRESIDEt T
Sunday was the 148th anmveri,ary of
U1e visit of Gcorge Washington to
Port:,mo11th. The fil·st prc:,idcnt was on
a tour of the country and was given
n big r1:ception upon the occ .. sion of his
visit Lo the city.
Sunday also was the anniver5ary of
the visit of another man who became
President. This was Franklin D. Roose'lielt., who was then governor of New
York, and the Democratic presidential
nominee, and on Oct. 31 , 1932 visited
here. Ile was on his way from Portland to Boston and stopped at Market
Square where a large group o1 1,cople
met him.
Nineteen years ago todny
Howard Taft visited this city dm·ing a
campaign. He add ressed a rally at the
Port:,mouth theatre.
�for which you have organized your•
1,elves and of the fine record of accomplishment which you ha-ve to your
credit.
The New Hampshire Fed,..ration of
Garden Clubs is holdinq Its nnnual
mee ting in this city todny. Beginning
at 10.30 this mornlnrI thr visitinr: de!egates were welcomed Lo the city on bf'hall or the Portsmouth Garden C'l11b hy
the president, Mrs: Charles Amltotr, ancl,
Mrs. Vvilliam Champlin of Roche~\rr,
first vice president of lhe Federation,
responded on behalf or the organizatlon. She spoke of lhe Portsmouth
Garden Club and its various activitirs
slating llwt lhe Portsmouth group hnd
al wayr, clone more than Its share of the
work whrnevcr called upon. She expressrd lite thanks of the Federation
for the welcome.
Mrs. l\mllolT i11l roclurctl Mayor Kennard K Goldsmith who said: '·It Is a
pleasure to welcome anr group to the
city of Portsmouth and on behalf of
the citizens of this city I welcome you
wl10 have come to our city for convention. We arc only too glad to do
anylhinr,- that we ean while you are
here,'' he slated and suggested if the
delegal'•s had any spare time that
they pay a visit to the Navy Yard, this
being Navr Day.
,
Mrs. Lillian Larnbee of Antrim, state
president, ls presld"ng at the convention.
Reports of Lile M'crrla ry, treasurer,
and varions committee chairmen were
presented during the morning session.
At 12 o·rtock the balloting for officers
opened last Ing for an hour with the
resulLs. lo be announced later In the
afternoon.
Gov. Fwncis P. Murphy was the
main spr1l·er and his address was as
follows:
Go,•cnwr 1Huq1hy's J\cldrcs5
"rt t·, with plrasure that I have
ac-n·ple I yQ ur r:rnciou~ invilallon to
on behalf of the ciLr by Hnror I(('•\- atl ,· 1:l ~nd :-pnk at this, the 5th an nard E. Goldsmith.
ni , I me i11g of you r federation.
Mrs. L\mhofT smlrd tl11t it is a
'•JL rd tnrclc, ntr an opportunity whirh
pleasure to have vi ~ito1~ from neigh- I lnvr • 1rat 1~, clr:;ircd fo speak p11•> bor state:; and that ,•·r •·tlll~t llwL yo11r lic Iv in comllH'nc!ation of the purposrs
stay with us will be one ot plc~:; •ne and
of lastiu~ benefLL."
"I am thinking of the g11eat influence which the two thousarn;i women
who comprise the membership of your
affiliated clubs have exerted m,on wayt-ide beautification in all· pants of the
state, and the interest you have gener•
11.ted in the floral and vegetable products of the garden. ·
"Particularly, I have in mind the
constructive work you have been doing
in your division of junior gardens.
Through well-planned programs, you
have been able to generate a great
interest among boys and girls ranging
from five to fourteen years of age,
"This activity of yours, whereby a
love for things which can be grown
Is fostered and a knowledge ls disseminated concerning the mysterious
life processes which operate in the
plant world during the Jong months
when gardens have gone to sleep under their blankets of snow and frost
l most wholesome and
structlve.
"I especially ·commend your efforts
ln this field of junior work. Believing
as you do that the stimulation of a
healthy interest in boys and girls in
hortlcultur ~ and In agriculture will repay you well as it will the public at
large when these knowledge-thirsty
children -whom you are guiding have
· eeome men and women.
"It ls a matter of great Interest to
me to note how closely you are cooperating with various public agencies
o.! the state, especially the extension
service, the Department of Horticulture and the Agricultural Experiment
~tations at The University of New
Hampshire.
"I a!ll sure that it has given the
faculty specialists at Durham much
pleasure to be of help to you and
you, for your part, have doubtless
profited greatly from the expert counsel and the extensive practical knowJenge which the University so freely
makes available to all.
"The Federation, on !ts part, has
been of material assistance to the ~~1 ~~~~•_;
state in various ways, the one which
impresses me most-possibly because
It ls the most recent-being your extremely instructive contribution to the
program at Crawford Notch when New
Hampshire entertained State HighwaJ
officials and their wives, from many
slates.
"The pageant, "Roads and Romance"
which your organization produced on
that occasion, in co-operation with
the state highway department was
most beautlfully done and I publicly
thank you for all the time, and energy,
and worry · it must have cost you.
"I heard from the representatives of
other states nothing but praise for
your fascinating visualization of the
progress in road building and the influence of roads upon civilization, .,..,.,,,:'"'"··
from the day of the primitive indian
trail to the multiple-lane highways
modern times.
�turned loose to wander at will and
without supervision-but, as soon as
they ci·oss their state line, will be
"Aside from your special devotion to taken under observation by the comthe interests of the garden and to all monwealth into which they enter.
"The possibilities for crime preventhings beautiful, and your constitutional antagonism to all that offends tion and law enforcement that are
the eye by needlessly desecrating nat- presented by this compact re very
ure's scenic loveliness, you have also great, in my opinion.
"Since I have been discussing the
made a great contribution, as an organization and as individuals, toward 'l)rogress that has been made in crime
prevention .and in the field of human
the cause of good government.
"Indeed, I will go so far as to say rehabilitation, you may be interested
that the enactment into law of many to hear what the state has been acgreat progressive measures designed to complishing by way of enforcing the
promote the public welfare would have statutes relating to the public protecbeen impossible had it not been for the' tion and the arrest and punhhment
effective and long continued educa- of criminal offenders.
tional campaigns conducted in their
behalf by the women and women's State Police
organizations.
,,
"As you know, since July first of
this year, New Hampshire has had a
Probation Department
depai,tment of State Police. Perhaps
"It must have been a great source you realize, also, that we have been
of satisfaction to you, who so well able to create this new .agency for law
understand the many dangers and the enforcement, without adding to the
:misfm:tunes which threaten young itax-payers bm:den. This accomplishlives in their progress to maturity, to ment was made possible by merging
Bee finally become law at . the last in a new department two existing
session of the legislature, bills intro- agencies-The Highway Motor Patrol
duced with my sponsorship, establish- and the Division of Criminal Investilllfll•••=--~Q'>t Ing a state department of probation, gation in the Attorney-general's office
-and giving this new unit adequate
and. broadening the powers of the
]uBges charged with the administra- .authority to operate.
"The need for a system of state
tion of laws relating to juvenile delinquency.
police has been agitated in New Hamp"Because of _x.ecent occurrences, the shire for many years.
"The inadequacy of public protecpersonal ba,ppiness which this action
tion in the rural ,1.nd recreational
a.fioroed me 1s tinged with regret ithat
these -exce1lent laws were :not 'Written areas was recognized generally but the
on tlo.e statute books long -ago, and remedies heretofore proposed were too
sweeping in their nature and involved
that lhe ,Power now .granted the Govcosts which the legislature would not
-ernor Mld which I exercised only a
approve.
short time agO-:-to enter into inter"The existing arrangement is simple,
mte compacts for the control· of parinvolves no increased costs, yet proolees and probationers, was not availvides a basis upon which New Hampable in the past.
shire may build a department of
"If New Hampshire had a probation
State Police which wlll prove of greatdepali!ment, uch as we are now orest value and of which the public
grorlzing, and if we had in effect here
may be proud.
an =gement for the reciprocal
"Because the department of state
su_pervision of those conclitionalyy liberated from the penal and correct- Police and the work of the state troopers is so new in New Hampshire, it
ional :Institutions of other states, we
wlll be interesting to you, I hope, ii
probably would have been spa.red the
I make use of the few minutes retragedy of a few weeks ago, at Gilmaining at my disposal to tell you
:lord, and perhaps other crimes.
something of the accomplishments to
~such .an interstate compact is now
the credit of the department thus :far
in effect between New' '.Hampshire ancl
and the progress that has been made
~enty-:five other states, including, in
In nlacing it upon an effective, workNew Ellgl.and~ Rhode Island, Vermont
ing basis.
.ruad .Massachusetts.
"One of the essential requirements
"It was signed by me and presented,
of modern police work Is a rnpld
1n mY name, to the national conferand adequate means of communicaence .held at Kansas city a short time
tion between the lleadquarters and
,ago -nnder tht' sponsorship of the inthe patrolmen.
ter-state comrn.i!:siC'n on crime, by Mrs.
"Great advances have been made
0
• ""=-'··•"·'""""'lBertha H. A,twood of iBarringbon, who
in short-wave ·radio equipment, makas ::i.p_poi.nted a ,m~cr of tln.t im lng It possible In many cities to esll!lo:rt.lnt ocmmissiOL an my recornencltab!lbh systems involving the use of
$tlon.
'
police cruiser cnrs constantly in com·•~ :i. .rc..'"Ult of this mu.t all• agreemunication by rndlo telephone with
ment, th:: paro1ees and the probationa dispatcher at police headquarters.
of t)1ose states will no longer be
"You have every reason to be proud
of that little chapter in the History
of your Federation.
ers .
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The Teletype
"The .teletype, which is a system of
interconnected automatic typewriters,
ls another means whereby the police
over a wlde area are able to transmit alarms and necess ry Information
quickly and accurately.
"The state has been 1irompt to recognize the need for adequate police
co~munication and has equipped its
cruiser cm s with rn< io. The headquarters t Concord is able to contact very quickly• the patrolmen in
!he lower half of the state, by makmg use of the Mas~achusetts State
Police rnd10 statiou~ 1or liroadcasting
the messa1,cs on their !,hori wave system.
"Unfortunately, the mountains in
the North rn part of New Hampshire
make it impossible to solve the problem of communications in the simple
fashion ln which we have been able
in the Southern portion which is comparatively 11at.
"To adopt present r, dio equipment
for use In the New H. mpshh·e north
country would require a very large
expenditun by the i.iate for the construction f broadcasting stations.
"Besides this practical use of the
radio, the state police now have direct teletype connection with the Massachusetts State Police, this permitting
contact within the space o!
twenty minutes with over nlne hundred police departments in the states
of Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvani~, New
Jersey and Deleware.
"In connection with teletype, there
is an Interesting story which I can
tell you showing how effectively this
system wns used only a few days ,ago
ln apprehending a man wanted 1ln a
charge of murder in the town of
Candia.
"The state t.ioopn engaged in patroling that particular part of the
state telephoned to headquarters at
the State House tl1at a woman had
been shot and he gave a description
of a car whi:h had been driven away
by a man suspected of having shot
her.
"Immediately this information, including a description of the car, was
transmitted by teletype to Manchester. The police department in that
city has a modern, two-way radio
system and it was only a matter of r,~ii•iS'l'li:J•
seconds after the teletype message
had been received before the patrolmen In every cruiser car were on the
alert for the wanted car and the
man.
You will be interested to know that
within twenty-five minutes of the
time when the crime was committed,
the officers In one of the Manchester
police cruiser cars apprehended the
man who was sought.
"A telephone communication system has also been worked out which
�will enable state police
to contact the trooper
in a very short space of time by
means of the teletype and the broadcasting of the Massachu~etts state police.
Valuable Service
"In passing, I wish t-0 invite your
attention to the valuable service bedng rendered the state of New Hampshire by its sister state wlthout
charge.
"It is my hope that before long
we may be in a position to show
our appreciation of thi excellent display of inter-state cooperation by being of service ourselves to the police
of Massachusetts.
"Troop areas are being developed,
so that people in the rural and recreational sections will be able to
contact in the shortest possible time
the man responsible for patroling
that area.
"This fall, for the first 1ime, summer homes are being chrrkrd with
·a view to seeing whether U1ry have
been disturbed by burglars or prowl·ers.
"From now on, and m1til tiie summer season returns, state troopers
will check these clo~ecl homes, leaving on each visit a printed slip giving the date of the call, the trooper's name and conditions on the
premises as he found them.
"I believe that this practise wlll
have the effect of minimizing the
operations of those who make a specialty of ransacking summer homes.
"The statute creating the department of state police requires it to
cooperate with all local police departments. In furtherance of this
legislative direction, the st.ate polire
are gradually making their hca-1quarters a clearing house for the
securing and dissemination of all
criminal records gathered in the
state.
"Sheriff, Deputy ShPriffs fllld Chief
of Police, all contribute in building
up this accumulation of criminal in formation and, in turn, they all participate ln utilizing it.
"In order that the new clepartm c r,
mjght make an early start in the direction of efficiency, a ~tale police
academy was institu(Pcl at Durham.
"As Instructors at this srhool, the
department secured the services of
outstanding attorneys ancl police experts, in Maine and Massachusetts,
11s well as New Hampshirr. ns lecturers on various subjects relating to
crime, criminal law ancl Jnw enforcement.
"Each trooper spent two \'Prks at the
academy and, from an insprcti0n of
what was done there, I am sati~:· d
that the taxpayers will profit. greatly
from the small amount of money spent
ln giving this sprcial im;tructlon and
intensive training.
"Without appearing in the newspaper
headlines, the state police have in the
short period of time that they have
een n existence, assisted other law
enforcement agencies in connection with
a good many major crimes.
"Since the department is required to
ttu"n over, to the sheriffs and county
solicitors, all investigations where a
felony is know or suspected to have
Hampton, Nov. 26-Capt. James
been committed, the operallons of the
Hayes of the state police said here last
state police have in such cases taken
evening that state tzoopers would probthe form of ef:l'ectlve assistance rather
nbiy be wearing their new uniforms
than leadership.
before the end o! next week, Their
"In 11, short. time, t.1,e enLlre departuniform will be colored dark green
ment will be outfittccl in new uniforms,
and they will wear a "IO-gallon hat
the design of which resulted from care:;imilar to the New York state police
ful study. When you see them, I am
except for the ribbon" which wrn · be
sure that you wilJ be greatly pleased.
green t-0 match the uni.Corms of tWs
The troopers have also been equipped
state. Besides the uniform, t~ree
with new Smith and Wesson Magnum
shirts, a necktie, shoes and puttees,
guns, the most powerful revolvers built.
Tile New Hampshire department is the
Capt. Hayes stated, troopers would be
only° police organization in the United
:furnished with an ovezcoat.
States, outside of the bureau of criminal identification at Washington, which
has equipped its men with these gw1s.
"In short, New Hampshire has already made rapid progTess in establishing and equipping its new depnrtment
of state police and as the months go
by the machinery which is just now being set up will function more and more
smoothly.
"And, now, in bringing these remarks
'A conference .will be held at Conto a conclusion, I wish to take advantage of this opportunity to say to you
cord on Dec. il to discuss the advisa•
how deeply I appreciate the Interest
blJ!ty of starting a permanent /ollce
the women of New Hampshire have
school at the University o New
taken in sponsoring and promoting
Hampshire.
man y forms of n eeded legislation.
state police officials, representatives
"Their influence has been of the
of t-Own and city police depa:r:tments
greatest importancr and
nnd cmmty she:rifis will be request~
growing steadily with the years.
to attend the n1et1ting.
"The public has come to realize that,
'I11e UnivP-rsity has expressed willbasically, the Interest of men and woingness to help in carrying on such a
men are idcntical;-that they each are
school through giving the use of its
actuated by the same nece:<.~ities;:raclliUes and by securing
sexfi{:e&
that l'Rch has much to contribute to
of competent instnictors.
the rommon effort to find solution · t.o
11!' !-,re:>! economic and social problems
of 1]-,c timcs,-and that if these ques- t;.,~/il.T,,,,....ri
ticn·· are to be answered in a manner
wh, 1 will lessen life's worries . and
fem f nnd sufferings that much clesirecl result will ha ue greatest prospect
cf rr:ilization if men and women work
it 11t together."
STATE TROOPERS TO
EAR NEW UNIFORMS
SOON
PERMANENT POLICE
SCHOOL AT N. H. U. -
PROPO ED
w
Luncheon At 12.30
At 12.30 a lu ncheon was served in the
ballroom of the Rockingham hotel
where the sessions are being held.
The afternoon session began at 2
o·elork and later E. D. Putnam of Petuborough gave an illustrated lecture.
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�FERNALD NIGHT
OBSERVANCE ·BY
KITTERY SOCIETY
There' is "to be a . meeting of the
Kittery /Historical ·society at · the
Community House· at Kittery Point
on Friday evening of this 'week, beginning a~ . 7.30 o'clock. This meeting wUl be known as "Fernald Night"
in recognition of the eminent surgeon
of the Gorges Colony whose coming
from Devonshire, England, to this
section of the country was celebrated at the York County Tercentenary observance of last year.
.,
Any descendants of Renald Fernald .are • cordially invited .to bring
some anecdote or article of historical
interest belonging to . the Fernald
family. Mrs. Carrie ,K . .. Hail, former
secretary to Lfrs. Julia Brown Keene,
who collected much of Fernald data,
will be the. principal. , speaker. The
meeting will l>e , open to the public.
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DULY
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BSERV~~EVVR~,i
At a meeting of the Kittery _Histori ·
Boclety a ''Fernald Night" program was
))resented in recognition of Renald (or
Reginald) Fernald, distinguished surgeon -of the Gorges-Mason . Colony
wh.ich ca.me to tbls vicinity in :Ml36
f:rom Devonshire, . England.
M:rs. Carrie K. HalI, guest speaker
CJf the evening and descendant qf Dr.
Renald Fernald, presented an excellent
J)aper on the FernaTd family, tracing
the genealogy back to the time of
Charles VIII of the · Valois line of
Prencb Kings.
Jean Francis Fernald, emment
physician and surgeon to Henry II, was
born in Clermont, France, April 26,
1497, His son, Francis Fernald, born
March 3, 1533, was also not only a noted physician, but a clergyman and prolific writer. He was chaplain to the
Prince of Orange, minister of Walloon
Church, Antwerp. He was a professor
at Neustedt and Heidelberg Universities visited France, and was a surgeon
in the• Royal Navy. Dr. John Fernald,
son of Rev. Francis Fernald, was born
March 5, 1556 and married Aninetta,
daughter of Gaspard! De Ciligny, Admiral of France. Their son, Capt. Sir
Wm. Fernald was born June 12, 1575.
One authority says he was an officer in
the British Navy, fought the Spanish
Armada when only 13 years of age, and
was commander of the "Garland" in
the Cadiz expedition, April 1596. He
was knighted Oct. 8, 1597 and created
a viscount in 1624. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Commander Amond
of the British Navy. Their oldest son
was Renald Fernald, who came to this
country in 1631, and was surgeon to the
Mason Gorges Colony.
To him, Sir
Wm. Fernald gave the :iword of Dr.
Jean Francis Fernald, which was a
Damascus blade, its hilt being 4percent
gold and made in Italy. (This sword
is now in the hands of a collect.or, valued at $25,000).
I
Sir Wm. Fernald, Ren ald Fernald's
father, in 1630 brought from Chester,
England to Virginia, on his ship, "King
Phillip," Temperance Wash ington and
her parents who were the ancestors of
George
Washington. Temperance
Washington later married Thomas
Fernald, a brother of Dr. Renald Fernald. Renald F ernald's mother, Elizabeth (Armand) Fernald, wife of Sir
Wm . Fernald , was named for Queen
Elizabeth o1 England, who gave her, in
remembrance, an anclent silver teapot.
made by Francis De Medici, Grand
Duke of Tuscany., about 1580. It was
brought to this coun try by Renald Fernald and is now in possession of a descendant.
Mention was also made of Gen. Geo.
Washington 's sword which was presented by him to his cousin, Capt. Tobias Fernald, to be hnnded down that
line.
Interesting anecdotes
concerning
prominent memberf. of the Fernald
Family of later generations were told
by various individuals in th e aud ience.
There were on display several articles
of historic interest pertaining to the
Fernald family .
At the conclusion of the program,
Mrn. Hall was given a rising ~ote of
thanks for her gracious and untiring
efforts in preparing an<1 prcsentin.; her
paper tor the Kittery liitito1i al Soeiet.Y.
EDVJARD T. VJENDELL
Edward T. Wendell, for many years
a prominent busi11ess man ol this city,
Jl:1~scl! away Saturday tvcning at his
Jiome on Thaxter road.
Mr. Wendell was a native ancl lifelong
1csiclen L of Portsmouth. He was .born
,Jnly 8, 1860, the wn of the late Frcder1ck S. and Mary Jane (Twombly) Wendell, and i8 survived by his wife, Mrs.
:Nora M. (Greeley) Wendell, formerly of
Merrimac, Mass.; one son , Harold B.
Wendell of nrooklyn, N. Y., and two
l:lJtilers, Mrs. Charles J. Edwards and
Mis. George B. Loni, both of this city.
Until last May, when lie retired, Mr.
Wendell conduct.cd a wholesale tobacco
bnslness at U1e corner of Market and
Deer streets. This business establlsh>i1ent was one of the oldest in the city,
having been established by Mr. Wendell's father in 1804. For many years Mr.
Wenclell was associate<] with his father
nnd at the latter's death Jn 1920 succeeded him.
Mr. Wendell was a member of St. Anrlrew's Lodge, No. 56, A. 1~. & A. M., and
Damon Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He
w:1s one for whom all heltl the highest
HSJll'c:l ancl his passing will he mourned
liy a large mun bu ut ii lends and nssocmles
Services will be h clcl at. his late home
on Thaxter road at ll o·c1ock Tuesday
for noon.
Friends inviter!.
Kindly omit flowus.
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COU NTESS TOLSTOY
GUEST OF HONOR
,.
ONATIONDAY
Friday of this week will be Donation
Day at the Home for Aged Women on
Deer street and It is hoped the people of
this community will contribute generously to this worthwhile ~stitutlon.
Gifts of money, fruit, vege tables, groceries, cannel goods, jellles, llnen, etc.,
will be appreciated.
The Home will be open from 2 to 5
o'clock in the afternoon and an entertaining program will be given at 2.30.
The Ambassador orchestra, undet· the
direction of Mrs. Robert Potter, wlll
open the program with a number of selections. A reading, outlining the history of the Home, will be given by Mrs.
Inez McIntire and there will be a saxophone solo by Mrs. Charles O'Harra and
vocal selections by Mrs. Mary W.- Priest
to complete an enjoyable afternoon.
n•1 1•31
Countess Alexandra Tobt~y who
was the speaket· at
the afternoon
meetmg of the Grafiorc Club on Wed•
nesday, was the guest of honor at a
dinner held at the Rcckingham· Hotel
in the evening. Those attending were
Countess Tolstoy, Mrs. Mabel Boyls~
ton, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Mrs. Edith
Hayes, Mrs. F. W. H.u-tford, Mrs. Les-•
ter Harding, Mrs. Harley Remick, Mr/3 .
Gustave Peyser. Mrs. Justm Hartford ,
. Mrs. Beutrice H. Scarborough, Mr,1.
Walter Lane and Mrs Edith Torrey.
The a.t1a!r was Informal and those
attending were privJlt'gcd to hear more
of the intlmate side of the cow1tesa'
ltfe. She entertained them with var1,ms inciden ts which wer!! or ;interest,
�,o\
A -_ _. , _ _
COUNTESS OLSTOY
CO ra G HERE
Wednesday afternoon. Nov . 17, will
afford the mem'Jers of the
Graffort
Club an exceptional µrogr:im
The
club will be entertained by
Countess
Alrxanclrn
Tolstoy.
the
youngest
daughter of Count Leo Tolstoy, the
great dramatist, idealist, and literary
genius of Russia.
ConntPss Tol ~toy
was her father·~ err<' ary nn<l
was
with him as long a• he Jivrd.
During the Russian revolution tl1e
bclshevists seized nll lier family pn5sessions, but the ountrss rl'mainell in
Russia. She "l\' a~ careful lo take no
part in the politir~ or pol it ic:il activities of the count ry. but she "was accused of counter-revolutionary
plotting" and as a resul t received a threeyear sentence in a prison camp. Here
she had to endure the same hardships
of squalor and drprivati<m as her fellow prisoners.
The Countess Tolstoy i~ not fond of
idleness. While in prison she started
a school for the 150 unfortunate prisoners. The success of the school was responsible for her prison rrlease. After
leaving the prison she w11s given the
funds lo increase the school and to establish a kindergarten . There were six
centers and about 000 stmlrnts connected with the school. When the government of Russia wished to use the influence of the school for the spreading
of anli-religiou~
propagnncla
the
Countess went to Japan where she remained until 1931.
Countess Alex:mdra
Tol toy
ha
come to America to live. Tn her two
books, "The Tragedy of Tolstoy" ancl
"I Worked For the Soviet.: • she h11s already arou~ed within h<'l' rcnrlry n deire to meet and hrar thl~ exceptionally
able and sincere person tell of her
father, "Count Leo Tolstoy and
the
Russian Revolution."
LEXANDRA TOLSTOY. '
~ ERE WEDt- E DAYil \\ .-~,
The regular m Fe-llnl! of 1hE Grnffo.rrt
Club on Wccln ucl:iy nftcrno0n
wlll
prnbably be cm{; of the ou'•· tr,r· <ling
nes 0f the year, :,~ t!1e ptc~:
q r:,.ke.r
will bt Alexond1a Tohtoy. clnnr.-htcr of
the In.l e Count Tclstry of R,n·i:l one
of the outstn.nclint; lite rm~· Jigmr~ o:£
. he r11Jd. T he com1 1c·•~ i~ th,• cmmt's
youngci-t clill'gh •<r :,nd Is C'H' •tfl'Hling
m h er
n r igh ! n• •··,-11 :\5 !Jci11i; t11c
daugh ter of :, rl ~ani;·1, he •l miin She
i in th is 5Erti0. cf r,r C'•tmtry ~iving
Jt rt11rer nnrl t ,r C:•,!lr:r· Ch• • r c11'J'e<1
0
C 1m ss Tolstoy Guest
"'peak r At GraHort Club
G th ring
Tl w npp••a1-. nc" of Countess Alexan-~n:r befor the Graflort cluu
on Weun.,sday afternoon brought a
huge nru 1bcr of members, as well ns
ninny ot,hcr~. and all WP.re enthusiastic
over h" r t Ilk.
The ml'etlng opened with the singing of ''America." Under the direction
of the Muste department, the club enjoyed o. hrlef musical period with Nelson Ramsdell, Jr., trumpetist, as guest
soiolst, nccompanled by Mrs. Ramsdell.
Mrs M, bel Boylston, president of the
club, introduced the distinguished guest.
The count ss opened her tslk by snyini; that it was 20 years slnre the Russian Revolution, but that now none
seem~ to know what is going on 1n
Rus.qln. Sta.ting that so many people
l'md sked h~r what Count Tolstoy
would think of the present day situation if he were living, she answered by
saying ' 'My father was certainly a religious man. We all know the Socialist
movemenf;-the Marxlsf;-is Atheistic.
Diqr.ussing the executions of people
in Sovillt Russia she stated that for
manv ye9-rs Russi h d 1 o capital
punir,hment o.t o.!l. She told of Nlcholns, the 1st, condemning to death a.
numb r of persons. Sh said that lh\s
upset her f ther and it was then he
wrot "I C nuot Be Silent." The countc, s spoke of th reactions which rer,ull,NI from this, one of which was the
rcceivmg of a rope with o. letter saying
h e ShOLlld hang himself.
In spPJ.king of the
evolution she
r,~ld t ho ~ th people
wer oppressed
under l,h mon rchy, but that
the
nrvolutio 1lqt.q used the so.me methodshatred, wickedness and force-to come
into pow r
'l'h se Lrrorist.~, she sa id,
11romtr:e<l ll 1111d to th peasants. Lrnin 11d h i, c mrades m de many promi,;er;, r.he st ted, but not one o( those
promh .., w:-is kept. As an x0mpl she
said tlto.t 2500 acre:, of 1 ud which belonged t ') Count Toi toy she gave to the
l)easant1, hut tl1ls was seized during
the evolution, o.nd she stfited it was
only through use of her f ther's no.me
tlmt Rhe succeeded in getttng some of
the 1 nd back for the pe ants.
Counte. s Alex ndr gave briefly the
history of th rise of the Rus., lnn leaders, telllng how Leuitl in eKlle was
r,pr ad!ng propaganda, and of the need
for money, Then she said Stalin appef\red and got the money. Then came
tt,e rise of Lenltt Into power o.nd Stalin
n.tso '.Nobody understands what is going on now It seems that there are no
old Bolsh vu ts left," she :it ted,
The apeaker told of one eKperirnce
in prLqon. Sh
in a Russian prL,011
f r eight months, o.nd she told of ~he
CCflelt lrs wluch existed there.
Returnin to the subject of execuUon11 slL s tated that 800 Communists
cim T oi
have been executed by Stalin from Jan.
1, to August 1, o.nct. that altogether he
rad killed 5,000 peo~le µi that time.
What is the matter that the,- are , 9 ,=i.;'I<-,
shootmg each otl:ler?" she asked. She
mentioned some of her father's phil·
osophy, "the more evil, the more evil it
creates"
•·wtth Stalin is thil mania for persecution.'' site said. "He Ls afraid ' that he
co.xmot h~ld th. vower," she continue(!'..
di~
Calling collective farms one of
greatest mistakes -of• Stalin, she told of
what happened as a result of this, and -·..,.~---~,,.
that many died in the famine and
some were even charged with canni•
ballsm. She stated that the census 1n
1929 revealed there were 25,800,000 and
in. 1935 the population was 20,900,000, • ::.r-,,,,.ec·, ,
brmging out that there is nearly 500,'000 less now than in 1929,
Countess Tolstoy told of the plan fo~
compulsory education for all which was
just being wcrked out prior to the rev• - ~ ~ .
olu~lon. ':fhen came a period of i;ontln•
ued illiteracy, she said, and recently
came the order for education and
schools and colleges opened. She said
that the schools are also used for pro•
paganda. She stated that she refused
to distribute pi-opaganda at the musewn where her father's manuscripts
are and as a 1·esult ls banished from
the cow1try.
Tw·ning to the question of religion
she said "Rellgion,.the belief 1n Christ,
ls spreading. We want to"be allowed to
go to church and this ls what the Bol•
shevlsts feel that they must conquer....;
religion."
She compared the Russians· turnin3'
toward religion to a plant turning toward the light. "If a shield 1s put up
the plant will grow w1tll it reaches tha
light," she said "and that 1s happening
right now to Russia ~nd that is why
I am hoping now for salvation."
Countess Tolstoy has a fine person•
allty and her manner in present!pg her in,,~lll,llrt.•
talk was most pleasing. She is a very
lnterestlng speaker and all greatly en•
j ~~•ed her talk,
Following the close of the talk an in•
fonno.l reception was held, to give all
who wished a chance to greet Countess
Tolstoy, In the receiving line were t-he
president, Mrs. Mabel M. Boylston --""'''""'
Countess Tolstoy, the vice president'.
Mr~. Edith Hayes, and the hostesses ot
the afternoon, Mrs. Edith w. ~dger,
Mrs. Chester G. Mayo, Mrs. Mabel M.
Walton and Mrs. Beatrice H. Matthews.
The ushers were :Mrs Alberta T.
Sweetser, Mrs. Florence E. Preble, Mrs.
Carolyn B. Seybolt and Mrs. poroth7 .... ,.~,..,_..._..,,.
Rand.
Special guests included local clergymen and thek wives, Dr. Benjamfn C,
Woodbury, students at the Universityof New Hampshire who are studying
the works of Count Tolstoy, and pupils
of the Po1-t.smouth High School.
The l '1.11 was decorated with ferns
and rubber plants.
�At the meeting of the Northern Colonists held at Dover on Monday
evening, Edgar A. Leighton of Somersworth . read a paper on "LandThe Bickford Men· orial Room at Club, the Hi-Y club, the Portsmouth
marks of' • Portsmouth, · Now Obliterthe Portsmouth YMCA was declicaled Hi-Club and the Pm-tzmoulll Chapter
ated." Mr. Leighton said there are
on Thursday evening at appropriate of DeMoly was represented by Master
records that the Basq\fes were whalexercises.
Councilor E. Everly Howe nnll a large
ing off the American coast as early
James II. Smlth, president of the number of ofnccrs of the lod~e as well
as 1504 and that in 1523 Varrazano,
YMCA, presided, and ' extended a wcl- as directors of the YMCA.
an Itall.an captain, who landed first
come to all present and spoke o! the
Flowers from the Jr. Hi-Y club were
at _Cape Hatteras, eventually came
openhlg of the YMCA.
presented to Mrs. Mary La ne Bickto the Piscataqua. It is well known
Reid 0. Besserer who came here re- forll for her conlinuecl loyalty and dethat Martin Pring entered the river
cently to do YMCA work gave a short volion to the youlh of the YMCA. A
1n 1603 and is believed to have landed
history of the late Winfield Clarkson flowering plant was received from
for sassafras a score of years beBickford, for whom the room was Miss J ean Bickford, a sister of Winfore the advent of Mason, Gorges
named. Bickford, one of the most po- Jleld Bickford, now at Keene. A letand Edward Hilton.
pular young men of the city, died on ter was read fn"n Leland Brigham, a
The Old Spring Market was long
Jan. 1, 1928 when a li ttle over 23 years former local young man, now at Newa landmark in Portsmouth and the
old. He was active in the YMCA, a port.
favorite landing place for boatmember of the Hi-Y Club, a charter
The dcclicallon of the room was by
men from Kittery and up river. It
member of the DeMolay, and the the President, Mr Smith, wh o in his
was so named from the spring of
youngest director of the "Y". Uc was <.lcclica tion sta'tc,rncnL said, " It Js om·
sparkling water that discharged close
a member of the North Church and hope that. as groups meet lj.cre the
to the edge of tidewater. The locaactive in the young people's society of spirit of this young man who lived
tion is just off Bow street and was
that church. At the time of his death among us so nobly may be kept alive
later the sl.te of the electric railway
he was employed at the National Mc- in the hearts of Jnr oncoming gcncraferry.
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chanlcs and Trader; Bank.
tio11."
The provincial state House was
There was n large number in nll:'roycr was hy Rev. '\,Villi,1m Ha!Tonl
built on resolution o! the Assemtendance a t Lho decllcatlon, inclttdlnft Jone~, a member o! the Iman! oI dlrccbly · in 1758 and stood in what t'.!';.;re~rll!es~e~n:1t~a,;;ti~v~es~f~r;.:,o:,;
m;,..:t::h,:;;e~J,:;:.un:.:,i:,:o:,:.r~H~i,:.-Y:,...,,;.to~1~·s:,:.,- ~ - is now the center of Market square,
then called King Street. The easterly room was occupied for the
council chamber, the middle room
for the House of Representatives, and
the westerly one for the Court of
Common Law.
The old State House wai, the
scene of stirring times when the
Monday was the 70th anniversary of
For the J)Ul'J)ose of istlmulat1ng in
Colonists were resisting the tyrannithe organization of Storer Post, Grand
terest in the proposed tercentcnar
cal acts of the mother country and
Army of the Republic. Pw a number of
among the people of Hamptm
the. day the . obnoxious
Stamp
y~ars this post was very active, but durand
sun·otmding
towns,
a
public
meet
Act was to take effect, November l, _
dng will be held in the Town Hall a ing- the last decade t.he members have
1765, .there was a mass meeting
l-Iampton, Nov. 23, under tho auspice
decreased, un til there ls only one living
of ·disapprov~. Wh'en the act was
of the tercentenary committee.
and he is not residh1g in this city. The
repealed in 1766 ·a joyous celebration
J udge John Perkins, chairman o
only member remaining is Henry Mor•
took place. It was also the scene
of a br1ll1ant state occasion when the general committee, will preside gan, who resides in Atlantic City, N. J.,
and the speaker will be Rev. Herbe1·b having left here several years ago. The
Governor John Wentworth was inducWalker, pastor of the Congregational r-ommander of the post, Charles Kent,
ted into office in 1767.
church and an active worker on sev- died a few weeks ago.
When the Declaration of Indepeneral important
committees for tho
The first public appearance of Storer
dence was read to the excited pop800th anniversary celebration.
Post was on Memorial Day 69 years ago,
ulace there, 'Thomas Manning mounted
Several reels of colored motion pic- when the graves of soldiers and sailors
the steps and proposed that King
tures taken dming tho pn.st season to were decoralccl at the North and South
street be at once changed to Conpublicize Hampton Bench ancl · tho
gress street. The proposal was carried
300th a.nniversary will be shown.
by accl/l,mation and the name still
Practically every event arranged for
remains. pi.e structure was removed
the season's program at Hampton
in 1836 and the site today is the
Beach in 193.8 wlll be of a commemortraffic center of a busy city.
·
~tiv~ natUJ·~ imd :inapy JI.P~\l~n_l $1YS-~t~
The old City or National Hotel
at Congress and Fleet streets was the
~re also planned. All of these celebracenter of activity in stage coach
tions wlll culminate with the official
days. Other landmarks named by
anniversary observance which ls now
the •writer · tha~ have passed from
planned for August 21 to 24. ~ t\• 1 'id•l
sight were the old town pump, near
.
the State ' House, that also served as
a whipping post; the old South
mill operated by tidewater; the Jail
on Islif!gton street and the printing
office of Daniel Fowle at Pleasant,
Washington and Howard streets,
where the oldest newspaper now pub'ished in America issued its first
OF HAMPTON WILL BE.
STORER POST
ORGANIZED 70 YEARS
ll}ELEBRATED IN 1938
AGO
300th ANNIVERSARY
iete
---
�figures from popular children's books:
Armer, L: A...:..:Trader's Children
Aile, M. H.-Great Tradition 1
Boylston, H. D.-Sue Barton:
""-~-.._..,
Nlll'$e
Braune, Anna-J-Ioney Chile •·
Bruce, M. G.-Clrcus Ring
Brnnhoff, Jean de-S.t ory of Babar ·
Buck, Frank-On Jungle Trai1s1
Bugbee, Emma-Peggy Covers I Washington
Chil<lrrn's Rnol, Wrek is being
Burgess T . .W.-TaleS from the Storysr•rvrd 11:ilimnlly t.l\i<; week nnd nt the
teller's House .
P~rlsmoulh Public Library there :ire to
Burglon, Nora-Gate Swings In
be found interesting displays to interBurt.on. V. L.-Choo-Choo; the Story of
c,t the children. Between 60 and 70 of
a Little Engine
the brst of the new books for boys and
Coatsworth,
Ellzabeth-Alice-all-by~iris hnve bern acquired in prcpnraiion
Herself
for Children's Book Week ancl these
Crowell, C. C.-Little House
fasdnnling stories will delight
Davis, Julia-No Other White Men
y )lll\f\:;t ('\'.
DcLeeuw, Adele-Place for Herself
Amonf\ the new books for young peoDoust, L. A.-Drawlng Lessons
ple aclclccl to the local library is a book
Children
by a fonnrr Portsmouth girl, Miss
DuBois, Theodora-Diana Can Do It
Helm Boylslon. Mi<;s Boylston will be
Eliot, Frances-Traveling Coat
remPmbcrccl as the aulhor of "Sue BarFenton, C. L.-Life Long Ago
ton. Rlmlrnt. Nurse.''
Her latest volFernald, H. C.-Smofe Blows West
mne is enlit.led ·•sue Barton,
Fitzpatrick, Kathleen-Weans of RowNurse," a f.equel lo the former.
allan
A ~pedal labltllnsbeen arrangeu in
Gaither, Frances-:-Little Mlss Cappo
the Fnhlic Library for the display of
G.nner, Eloira-Ezekiel
some or the interesting new books for
Gere, F. K.-Once Up'on a Time
chilclrcn. On display also are eight of
Egypt
the brst rcprocluelions of the covers or
Grodin, A. J.-All the Year Round
new books, the artistic work or ninth
~-iarlman,
Gertrude-Medieval Dayi;·
grndc i:tudents at the Junior High
and Ways
Schoo.I. The eight finest were su\JHess, Fjeril-Shanty Bi·ook Lodge ·
mit.1.rcl by Bernard Winebaum, Janet
Heylig··, William-Wildcat
. The only Civil War veteran residing Et,Jniclg<', Alex Marvin, Taylor Greer,
Hinkle, .J. C.-Crazy Dog Curley
m Portsmouth, James Arrington of 82 Norm:t Volkman, Barbara J:-.rkson,
Holland, R. S.-Plays of the American
''-'•·"···' ..,... L?.ngdon street, is today obsrrving his Cllarlrs Grossman and Mary Wood.
Colonies
93rd birthday an11ivet1sary and is quite
..
Hughes, E. L.-Little Shepherd's Trust
acllve and in good health. He gets out Ht'".'itt
There ::nt a number of most attrnctHyman, M. W. ed.-Find Out Book
of doors dally and only a short time iw ))!ctm·e book:; for JiLUe children now
James. Will-Cowboy in t)'le M{lklng
ago walked from Market Square to his al thr library. A display of int.c-rest to
Kelly, E. P .-Treasure Mountain
home, a distance of nearly three-quar- 1111' lit tlr folks is composed of a numKlssru, Rih-Chimncy-Sweep Tower
ters of a mllr.
Inlrrrslccl In all Lhat htr o[ st :rnd-111> fii;urcs or s\.(Jry book
Knox, R. B.-Footlights Afloat
goes on, he reads a lot and keeps up to rhnrnrtNs in color.
Such perpetual
Mathiews, F. K. ed.-Boy Scouts Year
date with current events. He has lived fnrnritcs of childhood as Heidi, Tom
Book of Patriots and Pioneers
In this city the past 17 yearr,, coming Sawyer,
Black Beauty,
Honk, The
Meader, S. W.-Who Rides in the Dark?
here to be with his son, C. B. Arrington.
fOOf'(', The Red Horse, Kim, Little Reel
Meadowcraft, E. LaM.-Gift of the RivWhen 17 years old he enlisted In the n,<ling Hood, Peter Rabbit, Lat!, Smoky,
er: a History of Ancient Egypt
Union Army against tho wishes of
hL~
kodc•mus :rnd His Dog and
Morgan, DeWdlfe-Messenger to
father, who succeeded in getting his
111ers :-re to be ~ccn.
Pharaoh
·
name taken from the nrmy roster.
P:n('llt.<; nre invited to bring
Morrison, Lucille-Lost Queen of Egypt
La~r, however, he enlisted, joining the
children to the Public Library
Nolen, E. W.-How the ' Government
Timd Mass. Heavy Artillery Regiment
t.'lis Children·s Book Week ancl to acServes lhe Nation
on Sept. 19, 1863. Du1'1ng his service In
quaint their boys and girls with
the
Orton, H. F.-Secret of the
the army he took part In the engagef"~cinating stories and picture books t.o
Box
ment, in .which General Early's raid on he secured there. An apprPciation oi
Pease, Howard-Foghorn
lhe fort.~ surrounding Washington, D.
good books, suited to each age, and a
PeaUie, D. C..-Child's Story of
C., in July, 1864, was repulsed.
ln~e of reaclinr may be planted in the
World
Although not a member of the local
child's mind :it an early age, impartir1~
Pen 1oyer, Sara-Polly Tl.!cker,
Grand Army Post he ls a past com:i lasting source of pleasure and
chnnt
,.
mander of Phil Sheridan Post, No. 24,
.:lrnction thro11ghout life. Doys :incl
Phillips, E. c.-Calico
of Salem, Mass. He was president of
gills arc welcome at Port.~mout.h's ft'er
Ransome, Arthur-Pigeon Post
the Third Mass. Heavy Artillery RegliJibrnry, ther<' being a specinl reading
Reed, W. M. and Lucas, J. M.-Anlmais
menlal Association for 12 yenrs.
IUOlll for c·hihlrrn.
on the March
Ross, M. I.-Greentree Downs
Sanford, E. P .-Vinny° Applegay
Seuss, Dr.-And to Think That I
It on Mulberry'street ·
Sill~lll!}Ster, Elsie-Loving Hee.rt
StcPn . 'E, K.-Red Jungle Boy
The following books have brcn arlded
Stoc ·ton, Frank-Reformed Pirate
to ll1e Public Library
through
the
Turngren, Annette...'...Flaxen Braids
~eneros ily of a friend and lovrr of chtlVilliers, Ala.n-Stormalong
drcn. They are on.display at lhe library
Webb, Etta-Yesterday's Girl
throu~hout Book Week; also book ~ackWhite, E. O.-Fa):m Beyond the Town
?ts designed by pupils of the
Jw1ior
Wilcler, L. T.-On the B11,nks of Plum
High School, and a ''book parade" of
Creek
.. CIVIL WAR
VETERAN IS 93
TODAY
om{S FOR CHILDREN
GIVF1~ TO LIBRARY "'·''M,
�nteresf·ng rogram
esented t Ga. hering e
ast Eveni g
and, as many o! the interesting incidents had not been officially recorded
in the 1·ecords o! the church, some of
those present suggested that the history
by Mrs. Scammon be incorporated In
the church records.
She explained that the observance
was of the dedication of the third bullding, which the society has used since
1717, ·.1hen it was incorporated.
The first section or he1· report was of
the second building which follows, in
part:
On March 26, 1767, a town meeting
vote provided that a new meeting house
be built where the first one stood and a
committee was appointed that planned
that the church be 63 feet by 45 feet,
with a steeple.
The church was built, serviceS' started
and a pastor settled. All was harmonious until the singers began objecting to
lining the songs.
Finally the dispute
was settled by the fathers of the church
by letting the pastor line half or the
time.
Included in the by-laws of the
REV. MARSHALL STEVENSON
The 100th anniversary observance of
the bu!1ding of the Community Church
in Stratham was held last evening in
the vestry, with a program, led by Rev.
Marshall Stevenson, the pastor, that
\ Included vocal solos by Norman M.
Leavitt of North Hampton and a reading o·f a historicl!l report of the society
by Mrs. Annie Scammon. · Upward o!
100 attended the observance.
Rev. Stevenson opened the meeting,
speaking briefly of celebrations of an-
niversaries and what they mean to any
person, organization or Institution, and
said that an anniversary was a ilme to
"take account of stock, giving a general
perspective of what has been done in
the way of advancement."
Norman M. Leavitt sang "Old Road,"
Old-Fashioned Town"
and
"Asleep in the Deep."
Mrs. Annie Scammon, a member of
the church, proved in the history that
she had spent many weeks in research
society 'was lhat latecomers Lo church
must clbse the door as they entered and
make ~s little noise as possible while
moving about during the service.
on April 3, 18•7, it was _voted to tear
down the building and erect a new one
for the Congregational church society.
At the town meeting a sum was voted
to build part of lhe church, with the
stipulation that the basement be 35 feet
by 36 feet ancl that Lown meetings could
be held there. The material, however,
would belong to the town when the
builcling was torn clown.
Caleb Wi:;cin, !) I. gave $500 to remoclel Jackson Hall and $250 was raised
to be added to that money and the hall
was remodeled inlo what is now the
church vestry. No record of the gift wa~
in the church records.
'.
Because she did not like the sound of
the bell Mrs. Charles Lane gave the
church a new bell in 1891. Before hanging it in the belfry it was taken to the
�tee was appointed to carry on the work
of building the church, which was to be
48 by 36 feet and in front of which would
be a public common. After considerablr discussions and disputes as to the
location of lhe church it was decided to
The County Animal Rescue League,
build it in the center of the tow!'!. The
which was organized last February, ls
site C'hosen was near the present locathe realization of its founder, Miss Migtion of the church. In 1717 the buildini;
non Green, whose ambition it has been
barded the bell with rock:, and it was
was completed and pews and seal.s sold
for many years to have a shelter for
practically impossible to hear the enteraccording to the rank of the people.
animals in Portsmouth. She is known
tainers in the hail.
as a staunch worker for the animal
,January, 1717, found the small band
After the cpisoclf' I he "fire
alarm"
cause. Her personal sacrifices have been
of pioneer farmers in Stratham looking
,,,..,.,..~•:.,t,•· .,.,,,. was stored in a ba111 but on the Fourth
many in the interest of animals.
for a minister to settle there. The man
of July it was mounted on a cart and
The league is conducting a series of
was found and he was to receive a salary
after being hauled about Stratham the
broadcasts to appeal for funds to build
or not more than 80 pounds a year and
pranksters went mto Newfields, where
a shelter for animals.
200 pounds with which to build a house.
everyone was kept awake until early
One talk has already been given by
However, by 1739 he had gained much
morning. Soon :, rv-r this the town
Mr. Sellar, the president of the· Animal
favor with Ille people and his
claimc<l the bell allll sol<l it, for junk.
Rescue League of Boston. The next talk
\Ins ra isccl Io 200 po mcls.
About 1890 a larg sum of money was
is scheduled for Nov. 10 and the speaker•-~,....,_.,..,""
The people of lhc town, after many
raised to change thr cl\Urch into its
will be Mrs. Mary J. Kendall, of Nashyears of the first pastor's preachine;.
present app~arancc. A pipe organ was
ua.
become scparnted and while some still
given the church in the 1880's and since
Mrs. Kendall is a charter member of
supported the pastor others wa.nted
then an electric blower hM been inthe Humane Society which was foundllPW one.
On Sunday the showdown
ed in 1895. She was president for twelve
stalled.
came when both pastors were lo preach
years and 1n 1906 was appointed deputy
At this point the clcdicaUon program
nnd the day was described in one of the
sheriff by Sheriff Nathaniel of Manwas read and Mr. L"avitt sang the invoearly scltlrrs' daiary as a "disiracefui
chester. She was the first woman sheriff
cation hymn used at siml time.
u1 .roar.''Famous Sheriff Thomas Packever appointed in New England. Later
The order of srnires for the dedier or Portsmouth intervened and reshe was obliged to resign on account
cation of the church 100 years ago,
stored order to the church, but the de of the illness of her husband. After
was as follows:
feated group Jen the church for some
his death the society made her a viceI-Anthenf
lime after that, until the trouble
president and she is still serving in
II-Reading or the Scriptures
ironed out.
that capacity. She is a director of the
III-Prayer
Mr. LeavitL closed the program vilh
Massachusetts Humane Society and
IV-Anthem
the singing of "Friend of Mine," "Love's
vice-president of the National Humane
V-Scrmon
Old Sweet Song'' and "Old Black Jor"
Society of Albany, New York, and
composed
VI-Invorfl.liOn
H }' lllll,
Arter the 1irogram refreshments were
Chairman of the Trustees of the Procfor the occasion:
served by a committee consisting of
tor Cemetery for Animals
Lillian Stockbridge, Mary H~lrh, "El"anShe is founder of th~ D~g Cemetery
Come to thy tempt mighty God,
or Granton, Ruth Parkman, Vera Gowin Nashua which is dedicated to the
Come, let thy prc,Pnre fill this place;
en and Florence Barker.
"Unknown Dog." At 6:30 every morning
0, make this church thr blest abode,
Mrs. Kendall may be seen feeding the
The committee which planned
Where thou wilt sherl thy richest
birds and pigeons in the park in front
event was made up of
Mrs. Annie
grnce.
or lhe apartment building in Nashua
Sranunon, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur CushA l\Obier tempi/" lhOll hast raised,
where she lives.
man, Mrs. /\ibcrt Rowe, Frank Gr'.lves,
The hills, the plains. the starry skies;
Iler automobile stands at the door
Ralph Parkman and Rev. Stevenson.
Yet thou art pleased to hPar thy prais
ready to respond to a call from an ani- ""~:_,..,_~....,.
Mr.
Stevenson
started
his
pastor-ite
Amid lhe tcnl.s of Jacob rise.
ma! in distress or to defend and proiu Stratham in September of last yerrr
tect some animal which bas been
and during the time he has served there
While in these aisles we lowly l')f)W,
cruelly treated. She is acknowledged to
the attendance has grown and activiAnd raise to thee the fervent prayer;
be the most prominent humane worker
ties
of
the
church
have
become
increas0 turn thine car and harken T 1ou.
in the state. She has ~iven her life to
ingly
inlrresting
under
his
guidance.
And o'er us sprend thy kindes earl'.
the animal cause.
Ile was born in Cambridge, Mass., in
l!J05,
lhc
son
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
W.
M.
from this desk 1hy gospel s
Slcvcnson. His father now practices in ~~:..--_.;:.:n;a:,:i
preached,
North Easton, Mass.
He has studied
0 give that gospel great success;
theology
extensively
and
has held sevGrant it the stubborn heart my reach,
rral pastorates. He received his B. A.
.'1.~':lT
Wi~h sovereign power lo save and
degree from Harvard in 1928 and was an
.__ bless.
Saturday's colunm "Gleanings from
instrnctor of English and history
at
the Past" contained a reference to the
Rumsey
Hall,
a
preparatory
school
in
these walks thy praise reship Sabin which was built in this port
Cornwall. Conn., from 1928 to 1931. He
sounds.
and sold in London on Nove)llber 20,
was
also
tennis
coach
and
led
the
glee
0 fill our hearts with purest love;
1862. 'The sMp was owned by Mesl)rS.
club there. During his four years at
And here attune our lips to sound,
J . .M. Tredick, A,
and G. W, Haven,
Harvard
h
e
was
a
member
of
the
glee
Thy richer, sweeter songs aoove.
and hell's of John B. Haley. Mrs. John
club amt on the varsity tennis squ ct. In
Lalghton, of th1s city, is a daughter of
i'JJ4-35 he taught English and Greek at
Then we'll ftrqucnt this holy shrine.
John B. Haley and in conversat1on with
thf)
Missionary
Training
Institute
in
When morn, or noon or evening's
The Herald today she spoke of the shtp,
Nyrrcl;, N. Y. He is now director of
nigh;
which was built in this city 86
muslr
:\t
Gordon
College:
I
Herc may we sec a li ,ht divine,
To guide our wandering souls on
high.
bedside of Mrs. Lane, who was seriously
111. Mr. Lane asked for Le old
bell,
which he hung in front of his store for
a fire alarm, after removing the clapper.
This proved unfortunnle because on
the first evening an entertainment was
held in lhc nearby town hall a group of
boys stood across the road and bom-
ST ART DRIVE FOR
A IMAL SHELTER
RECALLS OLD TIME
VESSEL
(')
w:
0
VII-Dedicatory Prayer
VIII-Anthem
IX-Benediction.
After covenug the last I wo periods of
the society Mrs. Scammon gave a l'f'sume of the first period. In the town of
Stratham charter it was stipulated that
a church must be built and a commit-
�BETH,\~Y CONGREGA.TIONAL CIIURCII AT RYE
Special sel'Vices were held at the
Bethany Congregational Church on
Sunday in commemoration of the
100th anni~ersary of
the
present
church edifice. The ceremonies included both morning and evening services
and the attendance was very large at
both services.
The present church was dedicated
1n December 1837 as a new house o!
orship for an organization which was
then over 100 years old, and for a century the edifice has served as the
eeting place for the Congregational
Society.
Rev. Robert G . Armstrong, general
ecrctary of the New Hampshire Conregat!onal-Christlan Conference, was
he guest speaker at both morning and
evening services. He is an outstanding
speaker, and hls talks were inspiring.
At the morning service the ladles
choir with Hope Wright, violinist, and
Helen Drake organist, furnished th
music. Their program was as follows;
"Kamenol Ostrow'' ......• Rubenstein
Helen Drake at the organ and Hope
Wright, violinist.
"Andante Cantabila" . . . Tchaikowski
Organ and Violin
"Jesus, JO}' o! Man's Desiring". , Bach
Ladles Choir
·" Peace !'Leave With You" •.......
• . . , ... , ..... : . . Varley Roberts
Ladles Choir
A musical featured the evening se1·vice. For nearly a half hour the congregation sang hymns, and then the
!ollowing musical program was presented:
"Trawnerei" ..• , .• , .... , . Schmuann
Hope Wright, violinist
' ·
''Largo" ....... . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . Handel
·
Hope Wright, violinist
"Hear My Prayer" ...... Mendelssohn
Helen Drake at the organ
"Ave Verum" .... , . ..... , .... 1\1:ozart
L!l.dles Choir
Faith"., .... B~!
"Ora Pro Nobis" ........... Palestrina
Rev. Bertram Crocker at the organ
•·o Lovely Zion·• ....... ... . , ... Foote
Rev. Bertram Crocker at the organ
"Requiem" •....... , .......... Davies
Rev. Bertram Crocker at the organ
The burning of the mortgage featured the ~vening service.
Rev. Bertram Crocker, the pastor or
the chmch, is an organist of great
ability. He has b~rn nt Rye since Nov.
1, 1936, and has become very popular
<luring his little more than a year as
pastor. He is well known in church
musical circles having compiled a
hynuml while studying at Oberlin. He
conducted a comse on hymnology in
this city last
�CLYDE ROBINSON
Con11nande1·, Booma Post
The governor eulogized the U. S. Ma•
rine Corps, calling attention to the fact
th.at Wednesday was the 62nd :mniver•
;ary of the corps and he paid tribute to
tht! "soldiers of the sea," who, he said,
"are related in so fnany ways · to this
poi·t, so much so that their history is a.
part o! the history of Portsmouth.''
Governo1· Murphy mentioned various
engagements in which Marines had ·
taken part, and in closing said, "'One
hundred and &ixty-two years, marked.by,
the exemplification o! soldierly virtue
and mllitary efficiency, have brought to
the U. S. Marines highest distinction and to their organization most glorloUS'
soldierly traditions. May the marvelous
spirit and pride of the corps which bas
ever animated the Marines flourish
eternnlly. May there never be an end
to the long line of illustrious men who,
throughout the history
our country
have gallantly served as 'soldiers of the
or
sea.' ..
AJI stood for a moment in
wh ich was followed by taps.
The local commander, Clyde Robin•
son, then dedicated the building in a.
brief b it impressive talk. '
0
The flng was then raised and
Jlaces i>l ille bandstand which
had band played the "Star Spangled Banieen erected i11 front of the Hom . ner."
Following the dedication a banquet
Gomtlr. CI.vcle Robinson called upon the
d 1aplain, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, who of- was held in the Armory. A large num•
ber was in attendance, Including many r-i~-...:~h:·i.:~,;,:
:erer! prnrer.
Com clr. John 1,. Sullivan in ltis tnJI· Legion officials from various posts in
Rev.
·inlet a high Lribnle Lo the laie Frank E. Maine and New Hampshire.
Boomn and gave an inspiring talk. He Thomas Cushing gave the invocation.
An excellent banquet was served by
PH' a brief hisLory of Lhe first PortsCaterer Andrew Jarvis, consisting of
.110 11 111 boy to Iosr his life in Lhe World
fruit cup, olives, pickles, mashed pota- =~·"·"'it'
WJ r. calling aLl r niion to the fact that
1n -I'l l~· 15, 1913, he was killrd
while toes, peas, banana fritters, salad, roast
beef with mushroom sauce, fancy cakes,
figlir 111:;: for hls country.
G overnor Murphy spoke ·1cxt
and ice cream, sherbet, coffee, mints and
ita ted tha t Armistice Day this rear in nuts.
The first speaker, following the wel·h!, city hnd nn ncltled and
imnortrom~ by Commander Robinson, was
J.nt mconing, as -the post was dedk~ting
Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith. Mayor
·-0 tile welfare of the American Legion
Goldsmith told of the coming of the
md to 1hr servic-c of God nnd country
state Convention to this city next Jw1e
'. his Legion home. He tolrt of the or:mcl of the fine work the Legion has
~anization doubling its membership in
done, not only in t his city, but in the
l'.l months. c:illing attention to the fact
~hat this rrq uirC'cl iniLio tlve and courstate and...:1:.:.1a~t::,:i;;:.o!.!n~._,.""'.',:,'"'~"".. ,"•:"'. ,.""...,,.;..":'i":\--~~~r~:\ti.
Frank E. Booma Post, Americ:in
Legion, formally dcclicated l[g new home
with impressive exercises Inst evening.
The dedication was participated in by
Gov. Francis P. Murphy and the
Jtate commander o! the Lcglon, John L.
'Sullivan or Manchester. Following U1e
de· licalory service n hnll<Jt tr l and dnnce
w;1s held at the "' lntc .Armory on Parrott a venue.
Armistice Day wns a mos t. event fnl
O!lc for Frnnk E. nooma Post. ll\l' mbr rs.
A t noon the hom was op 11rct to vlsilnrs
and during the r, fl ,..mer 1, mn ny m ntlc
a. tour of inspection.
The disUnguish rd guests of lhf' Pu, t
were tendered a rrccptirm ol- the Rork_ngham Hot.el from 5:30 to r,-1~. and
this was followed by the srrvic•• of dedication. which took place in fro nt of th
Leglon Home.
The .\merican Lr:~i,ill Dnutl ,we a
i>rief concert prior lo Lhc nrri•--11 of th'
;;overnor and party and then all took r-..;;,.~--- - - - -- -.....,-- -----'
0
0
�. Former State Commanders Ralph G. state. I refer to the Portsmouth Navy
McCarthy of this city and Harry Yard of which we are so justly proud,
Manson of Lebanon were introduced to The presence of this yard and its connection with the state or New Hampthe gathering.
l\,Irs. Leah O'Brien, president of ti1e shire Is, in my humble opinion, very
local unit o! the Ladles Auxiliary, spoke important.
"More than a century and a half ago,"
brlefly,"thanklng those who had helped
to make the dedication such a success, hfl said, "our fathers founded upon this
then addressed the women present, urg- continent a nation conceived in liberty,
dedicated to the proposition that all
0ing them to join the auxiliary.
To
Mrs. Emily Feather o{ Keene, presi- men are created free and equal.
, Tl1e unemployment census taken in
dent of the state Auxiliary, brought our shores we welcomed the oppressed
this city will be completed today and 1t
greetings from the State Department peoples of the world. Through these
Is
expected that tile Lolals will be sent
161
years
the
torch
of
democracy
has
and congratulated the post and auxllburned brightly, lighting a way !or
to Washington tonight. The final date
iary on having such a fine home.
for making the returns of the census
Hon. Charles M. Dale, a member of others to follow. Almost alone today, it
is on Friday but the local count should
the American Legion, and also of the is still a beacon for those who wlll to
be completed tonight.
Governor's Executive Council, was use, to guide them toward those princiThe cards were distributed on Nov.
next presented. He spoke of the 19 years ples we hold essential to a free people.
14, and the filled-in cards were rethat have passed since the signing ot We believe that the acceptance of these
turned immediately by many people.
the Armistice, telling of what it meant ideals by the world alone wouJd be sufto guarantee peace."
Later when all of the cards had been
when news came that the high com- ficient
Governor Murphy spoke of the signreturned the force had to check over
mands of the Allied and German armies ing of the Armistice 19 years ago and of
to sec that duplicates were put tohad met to consider the terms of an Its rec: ption not only in the trenches,
gether
and revise tile count.
armistice. "To the soldiers of France, but in the homes in all the countries of
rrules regarding this unemployment
Belgium and England, who fought the world. He mentioned the changes
cen us prohibit the making public of
through four years of mud, cold and which men had undergone during the
the number of uaemploycd or partly
carnage, and to the gallant American war and of the cond!tions which resultemployed. This infornrntion is to be
arpiy, whose irresistible attacks on au ed in the post-war years.
sent to Washington. , The work here
battle-fronts of France stopped the
"It almost seems that the world
was very successful.
German advance, smashed the Hinden- gained nothing at all by the war, or that
Postmaster Peter J. Hickey and his
burg line-and drove the invaders from it has lost, piecemeal, most of what it
force ct lei a fine job in getting the cards
the soil of, France, the end of the war did gain,'' he said.
returned and the figures compiled, and
c'\me like a benediction from on high,
"Despite hopes war has not been outthe commillce of loc,tl citizens, who
"No more muddy, rain-soaked lawed. It has t ken new and more
worb.!tl to a muse interest in the centrenches, 110 more shell holes and hateful forms. The field of baiile has
1-11.; ,d .11 cli,l c,c('l11·11t work. Tlw returns
.slaugl-,ter, no more wounds and death, been extended to include the peaceful
wcr.! made quicl;ly in most instances,
no more cold, starvation ana super- country behind the fighting lines by
and ·uus gave an opportunity to comhuman toll, but islons o! home. of wantonly spreading panic and destruc•
pil0 llte figures before the final deadhappy reunions and a world :forever tion among defenceless civilians.
lin .
consecrated to peace."
''In spite of their gloomyTecord, howToti.tr the carriers are checking up
Turning to the present day situation ever, these years have not been entireon s0 1,1c of lhe douhtful cards which
he decried the trend toward dictator- ly years of going backward. They have
they round \\'hen th ·r checked over
ships and asked whether the war to end r.onstltupted a period of unmasking,
thdr case lists yc~tcrclay. )) . 'l.."\. l "\
war might be but a skirmish in the bat- during which the illusions, the shams
tle for human liberty and the rights of and stupidities of early post-war days
:free men.
'
have been discovered and cast aside.
"Is it possible that the fight must still
"Beneath all this dross, great progo on, that still eternal vigilance is the gress- largely unrevealed as yet-has
price of liberty, that by chance we and been made. True, the great Ideals gf
our sons must again draw the sword in brotherhood among all men and federadefense of the rights and freedom won tion among nations have not been realfor us by the blood and sacrifice of our ized, but the people of the world have
rn..i:!li..-·'JIII comrades
and our forefathers?" he marched a Jong way."
asked. 'Continuing, he said, :•deeply
The remainder of the evening was
as w? deplore war and ,desire peace I am devoted to dancing, music being furconfident that the American people will nished by the Campus Orchestra.
never bow their necks to the yoke ot the
The affair was in charge of Comdr.
oppressor and will never surrender the Clyde Robinson and officers of the post
and auxiliary. working with
this
liberties of free America.
"An armistice is a suspension of hos- committee were other members of the
tilities. It is not necessarily an end of post, who lent valuable ru,sistance In
all war. I.! America is threatened by making the arrangeh1ents.
foes within or without the BPirit , of
WashlJ}gton, of Lincoln and of Grant,
and our solemn pledge to our heroic
dead who sleep in honored graves wlll
rouse a mighty and united nation to a
defence of our honor, our homes and our
native land."
Comdr. John L. Sullivan spoke of the
fine hospitality of Portsmouth and reminded his listeners that the state
convention will be held here in June.
stressing the need of national defence,
which Is one of the Legion's programs,
he stated that within a fe7 miles of the
spot where be was speaking the first
overt act of the Revolution occurred,
and also said that "we have right here
in our own state an institution which
should be the focal int of the entire
CENSUS
SUCCESSFU
�FAMILY WELFARE
ASSOCIATION IN NEW
LOCATION
Scvrn local firms s11hmillr<l bids f'lr
n ew lires for Fite lJl!parlmcnt ap ·
p aralus which wrr" ope-nee\ recentlv
by the rouncil co1nn1itlcc on Fire D •
p arlmrnt at City Hall. Tile bldd<'rn
and fl gures are llle fullow111rc
Dakc-r-Wri~h t :=:rrvire Rtn\inn, $3H.
Brooks Moto r S:1\rs $:1!10
Dryc\cn·s Tire nnr\ V11\l':u1i"111 1( Shot•
$3G5.82 antl olr\ li n•s.
Hislop Garn!!'e ~:n1.H
Frank D. P :- ·kins $3a!i .40
Task's Garn· :e ~:~~'>.!i2 nnd
Vaughnn f;l,rr c-t \ ;a.-" '\!' $374.23.
Only two birls '.'(' l'C r r cr ivcd for th e
proposnr\ booster IJr 1\· rr. which en ·n~
from Wood and Gobbi who wo11\<:I
provide the new ,,quipnr nt for $71:i !H
Thr bicl of 1,Jv Cit.y G ;1r~ ge \\"l!l
$5!ll.81.
The tire job ,Ms awnrclP<l
D ryden Tire ancl Vulr.nn; --ing Shop
and the booster nrnkes to Wood and.
Gobbi.
'rhA S .mi-'.l.l\t\11 d. m ~➔ f,tl.l~
'Jf Ut<,
Pedrr~l Plr_ Sod•''V, tl\P olll\s' rtr•~ /10 •
clety in \,h country, w.,., h eld o.t tll
B.ockl-.1glnm not. l on Tl1.11rwlfl.Y cver1.••
iug
.J11d~P. TJ,om'.l, H Slt>1P,R
wo.q
ch lnmrn nd a t t h , h11~iu ~~ me~ttog
two new mcmbcri:; WP.1'~ "lt>>'t ,1 C.h"tl 11
P. He[feng"I'. nd 'Lcst,'t M H 1rr!Lt1~
Th . menu was [l 1 fo llow:;•
cotults on U1P H~.lf-Sl, \l
-:c-•: :,--••~""' Olw ,;
S:i\t.,• l Nut:;
Cd !r \l
Cle-n · Or'•'!\ T11r tlt' ,, ,1,J[l
13rnok Tront, S11.•1 i:f' NUmtec,,
Pohto,' ., 8,'-rO.tiJ:p
P.0,1 .:t !/Jld D• 11;lc i\ 11,. T t• rft'Li
wJlP.d s weet P ·.1 ta t0P.;
Prr ,h Gt"-' •~ll. l?M,l
Poiu.,••tt.i, R ,11 ,1
F'\nh.;to· Fed r lf'
To1,t~r.l cr~ ~l:crrt fl,U!I C l.t. ,,l <]
Dcmi-l.J. s:; '
l'h•! t.a 'Jh w: s ow 1t1 t,te, J
hr
:lculpt;ured firemn.n. The lnker ot
Rockm~lnm l1 , ad l+!l>!d :;,Jme e -ccl•
lent -a r tL~ttr. d _r ,irat,ln11 ,1 ,;.nfl the ftre •
tn t P.'/~tth•i; Will! out,·
Rcprcsenl.alives or lhe local Pnrcnt•
T eacher /\ssociation5 met in the P ublic
Library Tucsdny evening for the purpose of organizi ng a Central Cou ncil in
Porls1,1ont.h.
navmond r. nral of th r.
Junior Ri gh School was rl eclcd presi<lrnl. Ohlr rr offirrrs c-1 cLcc\ nre a s;
follows : virr vrc-sirlrnl, M iss Juli:i. nutIrr of \he Whipple fit'hoot;
secretary,
tirs. ,1 :ihn C. Gnmble of the Lafayette
Srh ool; lrc-1 surcr. Miss Fannie Chap 111 ~ 11 of \hr Nrw Franklin School; e,c c,c ulivc c·omm illc>e, 1\.rlhur Reinhart o[
lhe /\1\anlk Heights School, Miss Edith
Austin of I 11,-. Farragut School and
Charles Blnrk of the Haven Schf)ol; au clilor, Thomas Marden , New F ranklin
S c-hool. wl o is slnte treasurer or t he N.
H . Con ~re•" of Parent.~ and T Pn.ch ers.
/\rllrnr R einhart acted as temporar:V
chairman, with Mrs. John Gamble
lempornry ~rcrclary.
It was voled lo invite Rev. II. R ay•
mond Phclls, slate chairman on Cha racler Education, to speak at the Juniol'
High School on Monday even ing, D ec.
6. to be sponsored by the local associnlions. Rev. P helts is a
native or
Georgia but n ow resides in Nerth Conway. H" is ::i splen did sp 0 aker and those
who he1rd him at the Piscataqua D i.~lrict mrct.ing want to h ear him again.
He hns a fine per ~onalily . It is hoped
lllat all parents in Portsmouth
wilt
:wail thcmsetvrs of this
opportunity
a nd mnke a specinl effort to be present
that evening. Members of P . T . associations of the P i~c:i.taqua District are
nlso invited to attend. also n earby a ~socialim1s who 1111.y be inte resl-ed . A
m usicfl l program 1·;ill br presented..
with Mis~ F:umic Chapman as chai rman.
The nominating committee consisl rtl of Miss Annie Morr ison. John B.
Mooney and Rn lph Junbns. The bylaws committee is compo:,ed of Lero,
Moore, Miss Uorrison and Mrs. Gambl<'.
Tl1rre was a good aLlendance at the
The Family Welfare Association
moving today from Its temporary location on Washington street to a permanent office at 3 Congress street. This
office was lately occupied l;>y Dr. Mcc ooey and before th at for many years
by Dr. J . D. Carty. T he office ls retaining the same telephone, 172, although
serv ice will be disrupted for a few days.
The monthly meeting of the associa,
t!on was held this week at the residence
of R ev. William Safford Jones. A busy
month was reported, 158 families hav•
ing come to the a ssociation for assistance and advice during the month.
There is a great need for baby clothes
an d cloth ing for small children and the
aassociation will be most grateful · for
contributions of this kind. There are
also ma ny calls for beds and bedding.
Man y families, especially WPA workers,
earn barely enough for food and rent
and have no possible way of buying
clo th ing or
household
furnishings.
Many things now stored o.way in attics
would be of great use to these people.
Y PLAN
ELEBRATION
:D. b,
Exelcr. Dec. 6.-· Exeter,
m id Newfields are ulanning elaborate
tercen tc-rn1ry cr::lebrations
for
next
·ear. The Newfleltls pl9.ns were tentat ively outlin ed a t a meP.ting of a newly ion ued commw1ity council.
When Exeter was se L'Jed in 1638, it
comprised the towns of Newmarket,
Ne vfielc1s an d D•.irham . History states
that Newmarket became a separate
pansh in 1727.
aud was clivided in
1840 when t h e prrscnt Newfields _be•
ame Sou th NPwm:irke >._ but chan gedllWll!illl•ii:i
to Newfields in 1895, that being t h e
ori 11 inal n ame when it was a part of
NL·, ·market.
Edward Hilt.:n, first white
r.;u ne up from Portsmouth in 1G30
and m ade a s Pttlement in the present
Newfields beforp it became a part of
F.·:eter.
�LIFE OF JOHN
LANGDON TOPIC
OF ADDRESS
~~J.J,
D~an Mayo ,Of Harvard
Graduate School ·Speaks ,
Before North Church Men
One of Portsmotlth's most historic
figures, John Langdon, was the . subject of an interesting talk by Dr. Lawrence Shaw Mayo, dean of Harvard
University Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences and author of several ' biographies of New England celebrities,
at the John Lanl!don club annual gettogether supper in the North Church
Parish house last evening.
,
At the election of officers Arthur B.
Duncan was elected president of the
club, Dr. William Fan-ington as vice
president and Donald Margeson
secretary-treasurer.
The meeting was opened with singing
led by E. Curtis Mat thews and Rev.
Arthur A. Rouner gave the invocation.
After a supper served by members of
the Women's Guild under the chairmanship of Mrs. Edward Johnson, John
Boyd gave a report of a recent meeting
at which plans for the reorganization
of the John Langdon club were di!!·
cussed and plans to hold meetings more
often were suggested.
Dr. Mayo's talk also included considerable. mention of Woodbury Langdon
and-was in part as follows:
"Let us go back to 1750 in Portsmouth, N. H. Now and then we see on
the street two boys who stand out from
the crowd. Both are good looking and
carry their _h eads with a distinguished
manner. Both are smart.
"Upon inquiring we flnd that the
older is Woodbury, who works in the
city for Henry Sherburne at his counting room, ,while the younger, John,
works on the farm of his father about
three miles from town, near Sagamore
Creek. John Langdon, Sr., -cared much
for his fann where most of his interests l~id but occasionally he was selectman which proved that he was
highly respected by the p~ople about
him. When John left ' the farm it was
.to enter the -employ o! Daniel Rindge.
"Woodbury, a grave and formal person,..generally wanted.hls,own.way and
was ·often disagreeable until he had it.
Like· bis brother, John wanted his war
but was ·agreeable and likeable.
-"John, who at'ls1tarted work for
Rindge, sailed the West Indies, London
and Portsmouth route for him.
At
that time Portsmouth sold white pine
lumber and barrel staves. These were
taken to the West Indies where sugar
alld money were taken In exchange.
The sugar was taken to London where
it was sold and I then the merchant
would buy articles to .be sold in Portsmouth. '
'1
·
"After a few years under Rindge
John Langdon started work for his
bro,ther, Woodbury, and Henry Sherburne.
"Woodbury, who was three years d1der · than his brother, had a paternal
love for John and many times advised
him. Generally his ad'l'ice was shrewd."
Dr. Mayo read a letter from Woodbury to John, written in April of 1786,
and another letter from Sara Sherburne, 17, daughter of Henry Sherbm-ne, who later married Woodbury.
The speaker explained that the English government started imposing the
high taxes on the colon ies and it became harder for sailing merchants to
make a profit.
"John Langdon," he said, "sailed until
1770 then settled in Boston to become a
residen t merchant. During th is time
it was h ard to make a profit but he
had prospered in good time and complained little about the British taxes.
"He had a fruit cargo on a hired
ship and the oHicials accused him of
owning the ship, which he did not. The
ship was libelled and the cargo ro tted
as it could not be moved until the
case was settled. In Portsmouth the
court adjudged against him and afl.cr
an appeal to Boston the decision remained unchanged. That was in 1773.
The incident made him bitter against
the British government.
"In December of 1774 Paul Revere
warned Portsmouth of
the British
move to take powder ' a't the fort h ere
John led men on the fort and sent the
powder up the Plscataqua for safekeeping. The next day General John
Sullivan i and some men from Durham
came down and did away with more.
"As a 1 result Gov. Wentworth ord~ed the sheriff to arrest anyone connected with it but knew full well that
there would be no arrest: . The order
was just to fulfill his duties,
"At Exeter the New Hampshire Congress elected Langdon and John SulliVan to go to th e Continental Congress
in Philadelphia. Langdon then became
a na tional figure.
"In the summer of 1775, Langdon
dropped out of the congress to become
a general in the army. J osiah Bartlett of Kingston took his. place.
"Congres$ voted to have 13 frigates
built, one in each colony, so Bartlett
was appointed to 'oversee the building
of the ship in Portsmouth , He did the
job well for in 60 days it was completed
byt after the launching It was about
a year before it could be equipped with
guns and alike. Dw·ing the building of
the ship,, New Hampsh ire made the
first state constitution. The people then
became a fr aid that British would punish them for being so independent.
In 1777 when Bw·goyne came down
New York and Vermont he pledged his
property to l;le cqnverted into money for
· fighting. It 1:::.id largely for the John
Stark expedition which figured in the
Battle of Bennington.
··
Mr. Langdon built his home
on Pleasant street. It was completed
in about , j;hree years. In 1785 he was
president o! New Hampshire and probably because· of his wealth he was de•
feated the following year 1:>y J ohn Sullivan:.
. - ~- - - - - - -
"In ~787, he went to Philadelphia to
help draw the Federal Constitution and
he assured the people there that New
H;u~1pshire . would ratify it. The people
decided to vote •·no·• but Langdon held
the, vote off long enough to change
t hen· minds. New Hampshire was the
1inth, and n~cessary, ~tat!l to ratify
the constitution.
"He was elected senator and for a
time was president pro tern of the' Senate. Not favor ing a strong central government he was elected to the Senate
in 1795 by a margin of 1 vote.
"Later John Langdon served in the
General Court of this state, and In
1805 was governor of New Hampshire
to 1809 when J eremiah Smith was
erected. In 1812 he refused to run for
governor and r efused to be U. S. Vice
Presidential n ominee because he was
over 70 years or age.
"In 1805 Woodbury Langdon died.
John Langdon's wife. the former Betsy
Sherburne, died in 1813. She was two
years younger than J ohn, who passed
away in 1817."
Dr. Mayo summed ul) the qualities ot
the man as being energetic, having determination and bemg a great leader.
The speaker quoted Jefferson as saying of Joh n Langdon: "I shall honor
his memory whlle memory remains to
me."
�Mrs. Dondero again spoke, th!s time
th P new lights on Daniels Street and
sw·•icsted that a vote of ap-,;;tciation laying before the Council the plan for
a playground at the . Atlantic Heights
be !vcn the N. H. Gas & El!-' .rlc Co
for it<; work, c11lllng atte\)tion that thr ~chool. She told of tlie work she h ad
done and of the plan for a playground
Il g! ts wrre gi ·rn by that comp:my.
.In that section of the city, First she
Thi: ,ya: pa.,;secl.
~tated she ent to t.he assessors office,
Co11 ncilman Downs, ('ha1rman
looking over the property near the
the
City
Lllnds
nnd
Buildings
Con,1,1Mostly Routine Mat lcrs
i:.chool. The property of Clarence Haiitl e<', • 11bmitted a list of tax deed proght
was suggested and she was in
Discussed At L ngthy
pnty anil the nmount of insur:rnce
commun ication with h im. Later, with
wll1• h sJ ,oulll be carried upon it H<'
the officials of the W. P. A. it was
Meeting
sur-1:r,;tc-il that it be divided betwrrn
rleclded thnt the city owned enough
The Jcgnlnr me-et inr,: of thr C'itY Alvin nr11<1cn and Rnlph J unl:ins. Jnnd there and it would be unneces•
council was held on , ' <tln r·:,d ny even- The-re wns a brir>f cli,cuss!on about, the bary to pur<.>hase any. She spoke of the
oth<>r insurance agent•; in the city, nnd
ing with Mayor Kenn:ird E. Gold- it wn'> brought ou. that the remain- work which the W. P. A. officials had
smith presiding and Co1111cil1m·n Dur- In~ apents hnd rccE'il·ed a proportionate done an d of the delay ·in getting the
Downa, Jlf'rrkk, Suke- slmre of the lni;ur:m ce on city p10- bo mdr!es .·toked out, which she stated is still n ot completed, although
d1leg,·l nlld Dnrkh11rdt pcrty earller in lhc ycr.r.
~11e said H had been promised six
reac!in•, 0 1 tl w rrcords
CC1unC'ilman , 111':eforth inquired rc- weeks ago by the Board of Street
meetit1,; was dispensed [;r.r(ling the Gypsum plant, whether Commissioners. She Introduced Richwith. A communication Jrom the Board nn:,·thing had bct'n done about, the nrd Dickinson of Danville, who r edu';~ nulnuwe, :1nd it was vot••d to presented Mr. -Hooper of the W. P . A.
of Education, ltm1ing hark U1e prop er ty of the Woodbury and Lafayette · h ave the Ch:ilnnan of lhe Bonni of office.
sch ools to the lty, wai:; re:;cl nnd on Rralth find out what provi!,ion ii; bellfr. Dickinson stated that) the · work
motion of , Councilnrnn T . ,T. Downs, lni; made to eliminate this.
ior t.his project h ad been started four
Cuuncilman Sukefort h prcsc1,ted a months ngo. He m ade it clear that he
the proper ty wns ac<'cptcd and placed
on th e city property ll ~t. On motion 1e~')lnt.ion authorizing the purchase of was pinch hitting for Mr. Hooper who
o! Councilman Wymnn P. Boynton, n pirce of property on Ke:trrnrge Way ls on a rncation. He ~poke of the athe city solicitor was im,tructed to 1Hl,io!ni11g the ~rhool house grow1ds at mount or money necessary, setting the
search the titles to cletcnnilH' wheU1l'r N1~nt i~ Heights, and providing for maximum price at $10,000 with the
the property could be sold l>y (.he city. the const.rn tion of n. r oadway there. city's share at $1500. Mr Dickinson
A communication fro,n the Board The rernlution called for $700 for the told first of the difficulty in interest;of Street comrnis~·on rs n~klng prr- purchri se of the land, and $500 for the ing the Federal people in a Portsm!ssion to acquire the Irving Brooks buildi1,g of the road. There was a mouth project, due to th e Maplewood
proper t.y on P ev('rly road was read and brief 11iscussion regarding the raising Ave. sewer project. He then spoke ot
grnn teil. Transfer of $50. from one of the money involved. Councilman the plans which call for a roadway
division to another was authorized on Boynton stated there was but $600. in 850 feet long, 21 feet wide, with a five
request of J ames O. Pettigrew on the cont.ingent fund, nnd the mayor foot side,..alk, U1e fill from t he road
motion of Councilm:m Fn•llcrlck Sch- sl.nt.ed that the1e was money enough to go toward grading the school
:w:iilable. Mrs. Mnry C. Dondero wa" grounds. He also spoke of the need
legel.
• Mayor Goldsmith 1eau a lctler from in troduced at this time and stated to know where the line ls and of the
hich they delay wh ich was caused by !allure to
Fmnk E. Booma Po t, ilwiting the 11,:st, }Ile hnd a project
council to a ttend the dedication exer- might c11re to hear. Councilman Boyn- have this measured. He challenged
cises o! the new home on Armistice t.on offered IU1 iimendment to the anyone to build a good road for less
rr~olulion ns lntro1luc d but it waG than $2. a r unning foot even though
Day.
Coun<'ilman J ohn l .<.ary , -l!. snh'.. not. :;reonclrcl, :ind the I esolution pass- it wns n. 16 foot road. Continuing the
mltted o. claim of ElmPr J\l>\Jott for ed.
~peaker stated that a special rnte had
Councilman Schfegr>I 1 rported on tha been mnde for the city to furnish
damage to h is automobile v;hen it hit
the railing of tlt r Al1 1;qt r Ilcight.s rtinipmPnt of the Fire Department and only 25% and th at the amount would
bridge. Ahbolt rh nn<'rt th" rii.y was :i.t ~1 1'.t<'d that an in&pect-0r of the motor not exceed $1500.
fault and the r h 11n , •. • 'I'('! Pned to w.i1lclrs Imel "Viewed the apparatus and
Ari opportunity was giyen for the
t he propC'r' 1<,1111,1i! tnc, r,p ml'tion t•f ,c:i·c-rnl thin -~ v;erc nre<lfd . Among
1.hese brr,k<>::1 on four trncks, new t ounc!lmc-n t-0 ask questions, but none
Councilman Cl1:,1 c•· 'l IJ1m•U.
\\'ere a~k<.>d, and Mrs. Dondero in-.
The report of the Dnn(\ o! Adju ~,t- 1lres P.nd tulles, two 11ores <ns requfr- <mired if she could ask the council
rd
by
law)
hen.dllght
lamps,
reflectors
ment on the requr st of th e ColC1nial
question~. She asked the Councilman
Bencon O il Co. tor pc:rmi ~sion to rrcct nncl o.lso the the fireme n mm,t. have lrc.m Wn ·d 1 if he 'did not think this
new
cloU1r~
:md
rubber
boot~.
He
rennd op~rate gasol il'e nn d 111cl oil Ft or, ·as a \J etter proposition than to purage tanks on proper!:,· m·:necl by th e 1111r. teil 1J1e C'ouncll to approp ·in.te th e chase the land as provided in his reNational Gypsum Co., whkh they in- ~11m of $!~00 or this, the money ·•to rolut!on and asked if he would with tend to purchase. wns 1<•(·riv1 d. 'l his 'tiP fmm<l by the Mayor''. There wn.s <lraw in favor of U1e n ew, and as she
report sta ed that it w :- s not drlrimrn- a h1 lef rcce~s called while tl1e Pln- thought, much better project . •·1 don't
tal or injuriou~. r,1nv id l11g suit:ible- :>nce committee went into a dl~u~~ion \ •ish to, my project has gone through."
di kes were consll uc:tr11 to provide n- to determine ~-here the money could he replird.
galnst overflow )nw th e river or nei~ll- he fonnr' nn1l upon reconvening i(.
Solic1tnr Llber son r ead a series or
boring property.
T h" rrq11rst , ·ng wns decl <l Pd th:i.t the mon<.>y could be letters he h ad written :111d received
m:ide
ni·~iloble
and:
Conncllmt1n
Le:i1y
gran ted ,mdC'r t1 H' , , ,urn ion~ spreifrom Mr Hnight regardin ' the purpre enl<·d I.hr rrsolutlon.
ficd by the \Joanl
City ,,ollcitor Leo Libuson n•ked chase c,f the prope1·ty.
Residents of l.i11c:c•11 s• ~t·nt in a for pennission to draw the <• eel for
Adjournment was at the
petition reque. ting mo1e Jir,!Jt on th:it tll!l propPI ty which U1e city will pur- c:h:i.ir.
street and this ,,·as rcfe11 cd t-0 t 11P- l llnse frc,m Cl:>J"f'llCe Haight at A tlnn- r-~~!"""--===;;;;;;;;;;;
commiitee on street Ji i;:ht~.
l!r Hclrh t~, nml this was grantn1. He
A request for tr:m~frr of ~1450 from 11 ·, : o brPnght up the question of n ine
one division to " .1thr1 in tl10 School VC111chers from U1e Boaid of f-'.treet
Depar tment was 1 •ei\·ed r,ncl gra•Jte<l. Gomi,ibsione1~ He had refn<rd t.o t;,ke
The quarterly rrport of tllr Board 1h r 1, spomibil ,y Ill approving th em,
of Street Commi<· loners ior 1he third c] n ·111 ;ng that the bids were not in
quarter of the l'('Rr w~s received :md J.ll"f'[lr:r form. Jt was n. question o!
lnt u pretation nncl he stated he did
placed on me.
not co.re to assume th_e_ respon~ibllity
Tl e C'O\mcll approved the vouchers.
0
�83; Exeter, -S ll ,663.3-l ; Gorham, $6,494.46: Hanover, $10,531.44; Hinsdale,
$6,537.06; Lisbon, $5,248.30; Littleton,
$10,172.26; Milford, $7,811.01; Monroe,
;21,492.72; Newport, $G,304.94; Pittsburg, $5,904.28; Rye, $5,084.82; Salem,
$7.488.55; Wolfeboro, $5,450.61.
ATE TAX
29,634
Increase Of $405.' Shown
Over 1936 .In State
Apportionment
The cities and towns of New Hamp•
shire will pay h l cash the
of
$877,810.06 on the basis or the state
t ax of $1,600,000 according to the an•
nouncement of .state Treasurer F , 0.
Kimball on Tues<lay.
The state will collect, and l'etaln,
t he insurance, railroad, savings bank
~-~tc,'iJ'l•:llll and building ,and loan taxes, but the
cities and towns will be given credits
for i.he •amow'lts · of these taxes t~at
a ctually belong to them.
Total credits of th.ls natlll'e, for this
year, are $704,739.92. and there will be
paid to eight . small towns the total
swn of <$2,549.91.
in -earlier ye!\rs the cities and many
·of 1the towns actually received pay.:
ments from the state, after credits
,--·•···~·-. '"" ·~• had been granted, but the increase of
t he state tax hA.S eliminated nearly all
of these pnym~nts.
• Credits to the towns .and cities were
as follows fol'. .this year and last: •
sum
'1~t~~
h9.l2,
,I, tf37
liETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE ·
T'b.e Spirit Of The 'Jl'heatre
F.clitor o! The Portsmouth Herald:
Your editorlol, 'Behind Portsmoutl1
Footlights" is of more tl;an passing
interest to n~e. 1nt1·oduclng, as it does,
a subject that has been very close to
my henrt for some time 110w. I have
reference · to the development of native drnmatlc and musical talent,
which you obviously impl:'/ in your
editorial, as well as the suggestion
that the
Port:;moutll
Music Hall
11kmds ready for the purpose, if anyone will take advantage of it.
•During my st,ay ln 11:uropc, over a
pc!'locl of years when I was nssoclatccl
with lhe Wfl•{ner FeslJvnl Jn Bayreu th, the Stactttheate:r (opem-house)
,
· 1936
1937 ' in Bl'eslau, Silesia and other musical
Insurance Tax . • , • . • . $33,264 $33,769 01·gani?.atlons, 1 became 'Imbued with
Railroad Tax . . . . • . • ... 222,540 :u8,734 the spirit of thA theatre.--part reliSavings Banlc Tax .... 469,033 451,269 gion, part · cultnre,-that prevailed alBuilding & Loan , • , •
1,823
96'1 most universally there. Upon my return to AmerlQa, 1 was determined to
Total Credits
$726,660 $704,740 do what I could for the cause, as I
The levies against the 11 cities felt there was a great need :fOl' Sl1C)1
.shows each one owed the state a education here. Althcugh "opera" 'lh,.J
balance after Its credits had been set uppermost in my mind, "drama" !<,:il1~_.,,,.,.,,:•!(•~~ aga inst its state tax assessments. The lowed it 1l. clo.~e second, as the Lwu
a mounts of the balances owed the should no\ be u:lru.ssociated where 01)state by the cities ·for 1936 and this era is concerned. The tendency to
over-estimate the impurtance o! "111,,-usic" ·111 opera at the expense oi tJ1c
1936
1931
$ 35,598
$ 36,772 dramatic i;.ctlon, in most operatic pti:' 19,745
33,411 :formances ts, to my mind, one 01' the
12,608
i 6,070 reasons for ' the Puhlic's lndH!erence
8,498
9,683 to them: With this object in mind, I
29,264
35,857 wrote ' an extensive article
"A New
. 20,666
23,359 Deal :for the
American Musician,"
145,681
132,083 published 1n . the Musical Courier of
71,925
69,833 February
lG~h '.
1935,' in which l
29,229
29,634 stressed America's need :for "at least
14,171
15,532 one opera-house,"
whe1·e cvcryoi1c
Somersworth . , • ,
6,210
5,993 concerned wiLh
the production of
Only eight ccmmunlties in the state opera: director. · conductors, singers,
received a stnte balance in the settle- stage-manager ·scenic arLlsLs, cLc.,
~ent. AU others paid a balance to Americans by birth, should be given
the state. The elght towns receiving the opportunity to acquire routine ancl
a balance and the anl()unt were:
function in their ~espective spheres.
Canaan, $95.64; Danbury, $601.33; Such an open,-house would be lnGrafton, $122 05; Lebanon, $805.31; tended for our native-bol'li exclusively,
Newfields, $25718; Wakefield, $74.80; to prepare them, as far as possible, to
Walpole, $318.58 ;
Hart's Location, meet the com~etition of foreign ar$274.98.
tists, runny of whom, armed ns AmerTov,-ns that will tum into the state ican citizens with naturalization patreasw-y amom1ts in exces.~- of $5,0()0 pers,' are l!tandlng ln their way. In
ar e:
this connection . I might also empha-,
Bethlehem, .$7,451.90; Derry, $9,813.- size 'the need :t'or r.ombattmg foreign
propaganda, detrimental to the lnternsts of
the
which
gen,irnlly
djssemlnated
throughout /th~
country 1or many
years has worked untold h"'rm to the
American cau% In quarters where it
should have b•\Cn leabt e:&)1ectecl, i. e.
among those wh<,se opportunities for
observatlon and whose .lnLclllgcnce in
other matters of Jmpol't should have
fitted them to rlJstingulsh the wheat
from the chaff. The relative mcl'its of
the American al'tisl. ancl his foreign
competitor wa':I not my concc1·n for
the time beinq I l1ad only in mind
the protection o.r an Jnfant industry
who8e vci y cxistClll!C wm.; threatened
by foreign labor.
Bearing Am1:l'ica s m:ed ln mind, I
con.~iderecl various -::1tics, where such
an opera-hou:;e might be possible, a
location sU1table for a Mozart festival
in summcr-anothct' desirable objective. In my quest, I remembered
Portsmouth ~nd Jt~ Music rlal!,1 -y,itl\
few changes an Jdeui autliLo!'Jum for
Mo;,.art, also '\ hOml:. for tile "Opera
Univcrmty," miuitiLt:d.ng Lo the needs
of lhe Community, the StnLe and the
Nation by pwv.\clu1 g enl,crtalnment,
c<lucation and cu!Lnrc fo1· Public and
A1List al1irn, · uno~hcr lm:Utution of
learning to a1W to New J-Iampsblre's
nlrcady i1,1posin1s litit. So impressecl
was I with 'p,u•t;;1il0uth's rtcslrnbility
ns a centre whil.hcl' ~ummer ·yilJitol'S
might floclt to llrnr lVl.izart In a Pl'Opcr scUintL ·y,-:10:a:. r;cngr,:q •hlpnl _locaLion wo11ld mnlrn iL pracLkal !of the
,:xpo!'tati~n o.f dra1,1aLlc and operatic
periormances by rn·>Loi' bu:i to :!cores
o! outside plau::; at oLhci· ti.mes, as
the custom is in rn:iny places in Europq, that I cli.;cu:;~el1 Lhc matter with
~,cvcral of my !rlcml:i whose opinion I
value. 'More intcu,~1: w~s si1own than
I had. anLiclpntc<I. fo'or persona~ rea1·011s l was fo rncd to nban,ton further
;1CL l~iLy for tl1,'l tlule bciJ.ig . \
Yu11r r~ccnL ,,dil.ul'l.i i makes me feel
the time Jrn::i rOlf\C Lo ;;Ji arn my itlcu
with the Public, 11opill(j thercl may be
among your reaciel'S 0Lhen1 °?J'.llO realize our budding aL't1sl.s' ncccl, , their
la"k of oppol'trn1iLy rind our ;own r esponsibility w11,)t'e Lhey ai:e c<incem cd.
I think it only fair t o Portsmouth,
ns well as to :11y;;eli. to lay atress up-:
on the fact
that I have not the
slightest idea th:.i t Po::tsmouth could
assume the :financial bw:den of such
an undel'taking which ougd to enlist
more than loc'lJ 1nteres t and suppor t;
but· for the revHons I have mentioned,
1 find Pod :imoqth
unus-11al1y wen
suited for a hnme !01· the 1itudy and
protluetlon of · d1·ama. operetta or
opcrn, or all t11 1•ce contcmpo!'ancously,
and eventuall y a:i U1e Mecca of dis-
cl'imin~ting summer vltiltOl'S.
I 'realize that, I have ot::Lllnecl rather
nn nmb!Llous prou1·am fo.t· you1• Music
nan, but I find you.r cl.\11 t o .(\.rt and
Bea\ltY, s-upplf'mcnUng as Jt docs. my
own reflcctiorni, too il'!'eslstJIJ:te to
jt5noro.
YOH1'8 -Lnily
vVE:S'I'ON
Rochingham H11tcl.
�NOTED WRITER TO
SPEAK HE E
An Incurable romnntlc, tt. fearlr.ss
explorer, seekJ11g color, glnmour and
adventure wherever it exists, Richnrd
H nllilmrton, one o( the most popular
wl'itcrs o! the day nnd ncknowledgcd
Rirhard Halliburton
S1 (' k At Be efit Event
At Junior High
AnJitorium
The nppearnnrr of Richard Halliburton, not.I'd autho r, and wor-ld traveller,
at thr> Junior High School auditorium
last e rning was greeted by a
large
number, who t.horoughly enjoyed his
slorirs. His lcrture wns r::reatly different ttwn the ordinary lecture and for
two hours he entertained with thrilling
stories of his travels. He has the ability
to move his audiences and, as he stated
in his informnl talk at the end of his
lr::turr, if he could make people feel
t lwt they had been Jransportrd from
th is cit.y to the places he was describing,
then he.had accomplished his desire. He
has that ability nnd his rapid-fire talk,
faci11 l expressions and gestures all add
to the stories he is telling.
He described three of his experiences,
t.he first being the almost incredible
story or his crossing of the Alps and hls
account was most amusing.
The second story kept the audience
spellbound from beginning to end. It
as one of the most <'aplivating speak·
was an account of what happened to the
era on the platform, comes to PortsRomnnoff family, being the actual
mouth the evening nf Dec. 14 to sprok
story of the men who killed the Czar of
for the benefit o! the District Nursing
Russia, the Czarina, their son and four
Association, under sponsorship o! the
daughters. Mr . Halliburt<>l1 ,told this
in a very gripping manner, ..,lvlng the
Rotary CJ:ub.
It is certain that hr wil\ lead his
various details of hL~ going to the town
audience into st.rangr 11laces--lnto
where thry were said to have been killed
)lllnrlous difiirultics--lnto new nppreand fimllng thelr executioner dying.
clo.tlons of lll~lory nnd romnuce. H i~
Ile rcpt·ated the story that the guard
enviable advr>ntmes told gaily and
told him in !J dramatic and breath-takdramatically ore sure to prove, fatal to
ing manner .
the contentment of tho ·c listeners who
Thr last st.ory left the audience In a
have not o.s yet achieved the realizahnppy mood. as he told or taking the
tion of theil' own t ·:-vel aml adventure
'Flying Carpet," his airplane, and flying to Bngdad and taking the Prince of
mcams.
An opporttn1ity v.:m be 11ffor<lr.<t to
Bagclad in fl. flight over Babylonia.
an who attend to travel to welrcl corPaul Badi::"r, president of the Rotary
ners o! the wo~lct-to live t.he thrill o!
Cluh, vhich sponsored the event, in
o.dventure wil h n'.llllhmton who 110 s
openi111: the program introduced Mrs.
journeyed o.ro11nd th~ ,.,orld on wing:--,
Arthur E. Baum, treasurer of the Dison foot, on clrpl\nnt.l", on carts-, by
trict Ni1rsing Associntion, for the bC>nenuto, swlmmin[( :,ncl fighting o.ncl
fit of whirh the lecture was given. Mrs.
laughing hi~ way through ma,;'s imBaum told briefly of the work the asmortal treasnnt lvm~c.
soc int ion ls doing and appealed for support. Shr expressed the thanks of the
associntion to the Rotary Club for its
assistnnce and support.
Capt. Chester G. Mayo was next int.ro<l11rr>rl. Captain Mayo was chairman
of the committee which arranged the
lectme anc! presented Mr. Halliburton
to the audience, calling him one of the
outstanclml:! lrcturers in the country.
_,._.---------_,;
Will Be Open For
Inspection By TI-if£ Public
The new building ereoted by the
Railway Mail Association at Haymar•
ket Square will be ded1cated on saturd:w n!ternoo.i o.t 4 o'clock. The e.ssocl. tion ho.s had its headquarters in
this city for !l number of years and
work of erectmg the building was
started last August.
Fron 12 to 4: tomorrow afternoon
tho doors will be open to anyone In·
tNcsted in visiting the building, which
!., of bricl::, co'onlo.l style and fits in
most harmoniously with the surroundings.
At 4 o'clock the dedkatory exercises
will be hehl. Among those in attend- nl'.Wi,,'.i'lll»-11'1
once will b•' tht. president of the e.sso•
ciation, J. F . :Ucnr~tt of Washington,
D. C., Industrhl Secr.:tary H. W.
Slricklnnd, W'lshington, ·n. C., and
Hon. J ames M. Mea.cl, chairman of the
committee on Fostoffices and Post
Ron.tis in the House of Rep1esentatives.
Insurance Commissioner A. J. Boulllm·d of Claremont,
and Secretary• W'lfi.•-,~
Treasurer Ruf•IS Ross of thu. city will
nlso b<.' in atteudance. ThP dedication
wi'l be by the offlr.ers of the association.
.
At 6.30 a banquet will be held at the
Pockingham Hrtel. . and will be at•
tenrled by merober.-1 u! the Railway
M'\ll Associo.t11m from Boston, Manchester, Concord, Port! nd, and Bangor, :Me.
�Congre·ss_ a
0 ewY.or
nc a
SpeakerAt a uet
Fol o ing Cer on •
Ill
NEW
HOME
OF
THE
RAILWAY
way back u
as done a wonThe new office of. the beneflci..iry derful work for the men in the
department ·or the Railway. Mall M - railway mall service and has dl:;tribsoc\ation was dedicated on · Saturday uted m benefits ove1· . $5,000 ,000 durafternoo~ shortly, after 4 o'clock v·tth ing the past 25 years and I asa large number • of people present. sure, Mr. President, that so long
This new building, whlch was erected as I am Secretary I she.II endeavor
during the summer . a1id early fall, to carry on the work in the same
will house the force of the Rallwar efrlcient manner in which it has been
Mall Departii'ient, which- for the past carried on dunng the past and wlll
aeveral . years have made its head- tum over the keys of the J.mllcling
quarters In the building in the rear to my . successor with a record o(
of the First .National Bank.
unsullied perfonrtance or mr duties
, The dedication ceremonies were for the association."
simple. Rufus E. Ross, of this city, secretary-treasurer of the association, in- Tho anquet
At 6.30 a banquet was served . it1
troduced J. Frank Bennett who spoke
briefly about the building and then the ball room of the Rocklngh.im
said, "In the name of the association, Hotel. Among those attending were
I dedicate this building for use by officials of the association, member,;
th,e force of the beneficiary depart- of the association from this section ot
ment of the railway mail association New England, with New Hampshire
and, Mr. Secretary, I take pleasure in being well represented, the enttre
handing you the keys which you in table in the center being made up
turn wtll hand on to yout successor. of New Hampshire members ; repreMr. Ross, in responding said, I sentative citizens, the clly council,
accept these keys In the spirit in which and the office slaff.
they are tendered. The Railway Mall Amoug those seated
Association since its organization L-_ _.....,,....,.,........- ~ - - - - -
table W.!l'C H. 0. D..1v1li Oh 0[
chester, Hon. Orel A. Dexter, Johu
Dimond of Bo~ton, cliv.t.~ton superlnt ndent or Ra.tl wuy M;.111 Service, Postma.;ter Peter J. Hickey, Peter Schardt,
assistant to the vice pre,micnt of the
Southern Railway aucl former president o! the R,ulway Hall Association. Mayor Kt'1rnard E, Goldsmith;
Willlam 'Tray, lHC>;l\.il!llt of the New
Ho.mpshtre Br 111,h or U1e Railway
Mall As.qociatlon; J, Frauk Bennett,
president o! the NaltOlll\l organization or Washington; Rufus E. Ross or
tins clt3,, executive secretary; Congrcssmau James M. Mead of Buffalo,
N. Y., chairman ot' the House Post
omce and Post Roads committee; F.
W. Strickland, industrial secretary of
the R. M. A.; A. J. Rouillard or
Clo.t·emont, insmance conuulssloner;
John J . Kennedy, tlt. trict president
of the REulwo.y Mail As oclation; Harry W. Pesrser, attorney for the local
office; Georg-e L. Bishop, auditor and
Alvin F . Redden, secretary or the
Civic Councli and Chambt:r or Com1erce.
William Troy,
New Hampshire
Rufus ' . Ross ns toastmaster. After a
bnef welcome, Mr. Ross introduced
Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith. "You
have completed n task and It is well
done," he said and congratulated the
members of th'! Portsmouth Chamber
of Commerce and City Council for
their efforts in brmglng about this
new building. He expressed his appreciation to former Mayors F. W.
Hartford. Charles M. Dale and Orel
A. Dexter for their assistance. Among
the city councilmen attending were
Charles T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton. Rohert M. Hernck, T. John
Down , Roland A. :Sukeforth, Edgar
A. Blanchard and Joim Burkhardt,
and they were introduced to the
gathenng.
The next peaker was Alvin Red~
den, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, who paid a tribute to Mr.
Ros:1 statmg that in the 24 years that
Mr. Ro.-;; ha· bee11 here he had
been ready and willlng to do anything
which would be t<l the advantage
of the communlt .
�wlvm autQmobiles were not very plen- of the R. M. A. and the men who
C. J. Buckley and Joht\ Buckley,
tiful and of the results. He compared founded this association of ours away
Boston contractors, wcr then mlroMr. Ross and the association with the back m the distant past."
Frank C. Remick of th~ city was
duced.
prc1;cnt da)' automobile saying, "as
Po tm, ster Pc 't" J. Ht•·ker was the
long as he chauffeurs the Railway next presented, and this was followed
next speaker. He spoke first of the
Mall Association, as long as he sits by the office force being introduced
fin bullcilng whlrh had been erected
,,
behind the wheel, we need have no to he gathering.
and of his int.crest, st.n.l.ing that the
Hen ry W. Strickland, Industrial
fear of going inlo the ditch or getorgan!zatlott is his lH{.:g" t c11stomer
Secretary and editor of the Railway
ting off the road."
"Any good lm. lness m n wouldn't
Ernest L. Cook sang: "Take Thou Mail Post Office, the monthly magawant to 10~" ht~ IJ1~gest customer:·
This Rose." '·April Fool" and "The zine of the association, was the next
he s ated and ,.dried, 'th1s really and
Hand of You." He was accompanied speaker. He paid a tribute to Mr.
truly is th!' home f the Ro.ilway
Ross for his business sagacity, ab!lity
by Leon Robinson.
Mail AssoctnHon; ,;L ting lrnt he
Jack Dimond, president of the New and economy. He spoke of the orh~d macle ~om'! rcs<:!arch WQrlc reEngland division, paid a tribute to ganization of the Railway Mail a.ssogardmg the pos o.l SPrvice ::md tlvit
the officers of the association stating, ci:ilion 39 years ago, saying that on
ln May, 1691. the first postal roitte !rt "the el<'clion of lhe officers is some- Jnne 18. 1898, a llttle band of men
this country cvar; est.n bli,.hed het vr•'ll
thing to wh-ich the members give a conceived the idea of _!s;abllshing a
Portsmoul,11, N. H., ::i,llfJ Vh"ginia.
gre<1.t deal of thought."
beneficiary association and that 39
Former M yor P. ~' Hart[ord wn.,
J. Frank Bennett, National President years ago this month- the association
next introtluc,'cl. He pnul trll> ltc ti)
was next called upon, and spoke of was incorporated in this state. He
Mr. Ross :mying
ynu lu11 ~ nf?V"l
the selection of Mr. Ross as Secretary spoke of the opl)J)sltlon in the early
shirked your duty. v Ll have alw ys
at the 1913 convenlion in Cincinnati days as many were certain it would
beet\
loyal citi7,cn," n.nd then spok~
and said that he knew of no one more fall. In Aug. 1899, he said there was
'!':tl'W•,•"'!111 of the ability of Mr. n.o~s o., "II ora capable or anyone who could • fulfill a membership of '73'7 including 200
tor, wluch ltacl heen di .ro•:,,rcd
th" dutie~ and make good to the charter members. Dlscus,sing its growth
througlt his Rov, ry connectl1)t1s. U'!
dcr,rce that the present secretary has. he said, this was due to the integrity
I k repeated the sta lcment made at
of the men who were behind it.
urged his lislenc1.; 1( they wanted ·w
the ctcc\icalion that the association He discussed the makeup· of the asorator, to secure the secretary of the
c:in c through the clrpression without sociation calling it a democratic orRa!lway Mail Association to address
U1e loss of a single cent. Mr. Ben- ganization and compared this with
them.
nett spok of the foresight of Mr. other associations which are ruled
Hugh Davidso 11. a member of the
Rn·, in see ing thnl
the building "from· the top down instead of the
association, kno••, n for his writing of
CQ11ld lw ercctf'd wil.h the funds made bottom up."
poetry. which :rnpcnrs in the magaavn iinlilc [Qr a nH'morinl :ind exPeter Schardt paid a high tribute
zine of the asmciation. was intro)rr ,s"'l cQnfldcncc m his ability as to the men of the Railway Mail Asduced nnd rcwl a poem enlillcd,
a IJllsines. n an He told of the help sociation. He is a former member and
"Our R. J\IL A."
"hich h:.\d bren given by the people spoke from his experience. in the· orToastmaster no,s next introduced
of Portsmoutlt to make· it possible ganization. He told of the high type
lhc bankers pre•:nnt, 'William C. Walto creN the building which he added. of men employed in the' railway mail
ton, George B. Lord, Benjamin M.
"•\·ill he mf)re or less of a memorial
Hartshorn and Villis E . Unclcrhi!I.
service.
lo l\lr. Ross, even after he has rclinFormer Mnyor Orr! A. Dexlcr, s"cCongressman Mead gave a fine adq11lshr,l his office."
dress. He has a fine personality and
rctary of the Gr:i nile State Insurnncc
''Thi is the first gathering o[ any is a brilliant speaker. He opened his
Co., when rallcd upon stn t~d t 1 'lt
impf)r 'lnce that the Railway Mail As- talk with a discussion of the reprefor the past 12 years the pnopJ(!
sor ial ion hns ever stagrd in I'orts- sentative parllmentary system of· govof the Gninite Rlale hr,d often w<m1110111 h.'' he said."It is reallv lhc home ernment stating that there , was ·a
tlcrrcl whnl wns roinrr lo happnn
of th Railway Mail Association. we time when the human element had
to l Ile at1,1oi11 i1 ,,. lnl. •·r rrc:i.11 11,,1•1
:>r" charterrd under the iaws of this no responsibUlty in the making of
often the ]ale ,John W. Emcn· s:vil·e
state :ind our insurance affairs arc laws or its administration. "In those
about it PtlCl cxprr:;srrl lhc wish
supervised hr the insurance commis- clays, labor was a mere pawn" he
that the Rn ii ,·;,y Ma 11 As~ocia t ion
sioner of the Slate of New Hamp- said, something to be exploited. He
might build a IJllildinr,- on that lot:·
shire."
He extenclcc\ thP ~rrPtings of the
told of the situation in England.
Toastmn•;l<'r Ross i.pokr very briefly
company trJ thrir nc,,· n cir.hbor~.
"Labor was not free," he said, "nor
on the Railway Mail Association, say- was religion, but there came developContinuing Mr. TJrxl• r st:,led. "I
ing that he came here nearly 25 ment of a new philosophy that gave
amproud to l\;JVP hnd nn opportunitr
years ago when the Railway Mail man the right to break his bonds
to do what I could to help that
Association was going down hill. He and associate with his fellowmen
building along:·
said that the membership had in- to improve their lives. Next came
M. A. Wilmrr of this city, 1ho did
cre::ised since that time from 12,000 the development when· labor organized.
the architectural work on the buildto 22,000 and the assets from $9,000 Here in America we have collective
ing. was inlroclurrd.
to S-!00,000 and the · association had bargaining." He spoke of the need
A .J. Rouillard, Insurance Commisincren.sed in usefulness to the men of of collective effort and collective resioner for the Stntc of New Hampthe rnilway mail service.
sponsibility. "America has developed
shire, called the structure, "a fine inGMrge L. Bishop of the firm of that philosophy far greater than is
surance building'" adding "but to you
Storer and 'Bishop of Boston, spoke the case of any nation in the
members of this association it means
of Mr. Ross coming to him about 25 he stated.
more than that. It means a home.
years ago and r.sking that the firm
He tole\ of the situation in Europe
This building will stand as a memorsubmit plan<; for auditing the books where democracy, for which the
ial to your present officers and will
of thP Railway Mail Association, and world war w as fought, has been slipinspire the coming officers. These
that sine that time, they have al- ping ::ind rompared conditions there
present officers carried your organiways received the fullest cooperation with. this country, where "we. human
zation through the gloomy period of
whrn. ver they come to audit the be1ngs 'lre the most precious element
the depression and brought it through
hook•
within our land." "This is no time
ln excellent financial condillon. The
John J. Krnnedr of Boston, presi- to quibble," he said. "This is an era
Department of Insurance of this
dent of the New England division, of collective cooperation. The-bltterstate want~ to congratulate this asone of the 15 divisions of the coun- cnder in every walk of life must
sociation anrl extend~ lo it Lhc wish
try, ,\·as next presented and spoke of give way before progress, he said,
of continued cooperation and good
his pleasure at seeing such n fine praising the postal service for its
will.''
building erec ed. saying. "It is a spec- high standard.
w:is followed by Harial tribute io Mr. Ross and it will
"Thb is not a time
Mr. Peyser spoke or
renw
Ill as n memorial in years to
with the Secretary
come but also in a eneral wa it l'-lo~..;...:....=;i~ailil..~
will be
�portan~ . era in .our history. This
~ the .opportune time for capital .and
labor to get together · and to settle
their ·disputes around the common
conference table. This is · tl::ie . time
when . all · must recognize that. more·
important than all machines, more
imµortant · than _all money, more ,im 7
portant than . all wealth is the hwnan
element of our business and it must
be given a . d·l gnity . of power and ·ex~
pression -that you- of . the postal ser- .
vice _enjoy." .
·' ·
'
History . of the 'Association ,
The organization now known as · the
"Railway · Mall ' Association'! was -originally ·-:licensed under the , name
~ '.'I':l'ational. Assoc~atlon of Railway Pos 7
· tal · Clerks." · · ·
.
, ·· · .
The . organizatfon-~llad its birth fn
1891 and. the first · meeting held . for
organization of 1 men in ,the ·Railway
Mail Ser,vice was 'held in . Cincinnati,
Ohio, on . Julf i_5 th of that ·year. ·
The . object .of ·the association : whe11
first · organized, \'vas to promote ' the
interests of ·the men employed in the
United States , Railway Mail Service
and -to improve ttie ·Railway Mail
Service wherever· possible.' ·
· +n those .early ; days, insurance premium rates ,:were -very. high for accident insurance · carried by iuen in .
the Railway Mail Service, and in
1898 the . "National Association' of
nauway . Postal Cle1:ks" organized a
]Jeneficiary · department for the purpose of . furnishing . accident insurance to ' its members. The meeting
at which · .this action was t akeil was
held in the city of Omaha, Neb. Application .was made for a charter as
. a Fraternal · Beneficiary Association
;under the laws of the St~te of New
Hampshire. ·The charter was granted
and' the '. association began business in
Portsmo1rth, on Dec . .14, 1898 and has
continuefi · to do business in this city
from that date - on. ,._
. In, -1904, at .its convention held in
1;3oston, .- the name of the organization
:w~s ch~nged ·tc:> ."Railway Mail Association" and under that name it
has 'erected . its 'own building in the
city of Portsmouth,
, -.The association has more than 22,•
000 ..members .at th.e ,present time .and,
slnce·,the beneficiary. department was
organized in• 1898, it has distributed to
.its members " and> their beneficiaries
·more· than .:'five , million dollars in
benefits:
•·.
Iri' addition ·:. to .the home offfoe
locat~d in this city, the . association al'so· maintains an·· -office . in Washington, . D . .,c.,. and,·. were all of the
activities of · the association ·. under
·one ·roof;. it would · have been neces' sary: to· ·haV:e ~rected _a much larger
building than the one just completed. : .
Tb.e Railway. Mail,. Association has
·been · a -, good . asset .to the city of
ip'ortsmouth. It has given employ' ment; at a good rate ·_of pay, to
many . of Portsmouth's , deserving
-young ladies, and, in all probability,
it ... pays more into · ,the coffers of
Uncle Sam's Post Office than any
other · institution doing business in
'the cl
of Portsmouth. ,
1,p t
~
The present officers of the Assoelation are J . F. Bennett, president ; f.
C. · M: }!arvey, vice-president; H. w .
Strickland, Industrial Secretary a nd
R. E. Ross, secretary-treasurer, an d,
with the exception of Vice-President
Harvey, were present at the dedication of the new building on Saturday.
R. E. Ross, the present secretary
of the association, has been in charge
of the beneficiary department siuce
July 21, 1913, and during those 24 %
years, the membership of the association has increased approximately
83 percent, and the assets of the association have increased more than
400 percent. The Railway Mall Associ~tlon today occupies a unique
position in r egard to its finances, as
it h;ts weathered the depression without having a single sec urity in default as to · eit her principal or in tere?t .
T he new buildin g
Ma il Association is a modern firep;oof structure, bu t designed about
the period of bric!( colonial architec ture prevalent during th e latc t·
part of the eighteenth cen tury.
It is attractively situated, facing !
directly toward Haymarket Square
and the 1uain thoroughfare en ter ing
Portsmouth from · Boston; located upon
t he original site occupied by the .
"Oracle" House at the n orthwest cor- 1
n er of Court and Middle, in which
building · "The Oracle of The Day,"
a publica;t!on in many r espects s lmilar
t o Benj amin Franklin's original Saturday Evening Post, was printed by
Charl~s P ierce, the fir~t number of
which was published in 1793.
Upon entering the building one
comes d irectly into the m ain office
and. clerical space. Directly off this
space are the offices of the secretary and the bond department; a . firepro oC record · vault, · ladies powder
room: and toilet rooms.
Ali of the off ices on the first floor
are attractively decorated with light
cream walls and ivory tinted acoustical paneled ceilings.
Adequate light is furnish ed
• wall windows, also a large
celling light over the main cler ical
office. The electrical illumination being supplied by means of indirect
ceiling fixtures gives a shadowless
and · uniform flood of light t hrough-
t
S~SE CO. BUYS
""' .
GRfff~~l A[~B~rcr ~ '
Another chapter in a history dat ing back over a ccntmy was writ•
ten to day wl1en Atty. Charles J ,
Griffin announced tltai, the insuran ce
business which ho.s heen conducted
fo r the past ten years by the late
William T. Griffitt !tad been purch ased by John 81st) & Co., insurance
agen ts and brokel1! for over 100
years.
Abo ut 10 ye,,rs ago Mr. Gr iffin
purch ased the 111snra11l:e business of
the late John Pendct· am! since that
time h ad buill; it lLll to such an
exLent that it heltl. n.11 en viable place
in tile communil.y, WiLh lhe purchase of the husincau by John Sise
& Co., it now become:; a part of a
business which wus foLmdcd in 1821
and which came inLo tile Sise fam ily in 1838. Edwanl F. Slse: t he
fo under, was a commission merchant
who dealt in pol.L.;ry, hina and glassware. He first prf-:,0nLecl an insurance
company in 1816 and continued to
do so unt il hil; dc::,,t.l1. F'OL' about 50
yeai·s his son, John Sise, continued
t he busi11ess a.id he' was succeeded
by llis sou, the late Frederick M.
Sise. ;Fo1lowing the latter's death in
1933, the busi11ess went to his sons,
Charles c., and John Sise, who are
now par l.ncrs irt ti ,e business with ··
Stowe Wilder, managing par tner.
The acqulsltton of llte business of
the G r i ffin Agency is u fo rward step
for Mr. Griff!u enjoyPd tile association or a very high class clientele
and it is believed th a t a pleasant
r elationship will continue under the
new ownership.
�YMP-HONY
TABLET FOR GOV.
WENTWORTH HOME
))·\9
RCHESTRA
The first concert o·r the season given
by the People's Symp1.10ny orchestra
held _on Sunday
afternoon at the
Junior
High
School
Auditorium
brought out a large number of music
lovers to enjoy the fine program presented.
,
The group of musicians, composing
the orchestra come from Dover, Rochester, Kittery, Newburyport, as well
as Portsmouth, and the concert was
of a high calibre. The .program, varied
enouh to satisfy all, included compositions o! Wagner, Hayden, Bach, Ketelby, Beethoven, as well as others.
This orchestra was un1er the direction of James J. MorrL:;on, Jr., o! this
city, who org,mized the orchestra.
The orchestro. was assisted by Mrs.
Mary Shaw McMahon, soprano; Mrs.
Sara Dickey Simpson, contralto, and
Helen Gordon, violinist.
• The opening number was the march
fri5m ·"Tannhauser" by Wagner. This
was followed by Hayden's "The Heavens Are Telling." Helen Gordon next
played as ·a violin solo "Gypsy Airs"
by Sarasote.
The "Chorale" and "Fugue" in C
minor by Ba~h. transcribed for orchestra by Mr. Morrison was the next
number on th!! p1ogram.
Mrs. Sara Dickey
Simpson sang
"Gavotte" from Thomas' "Mignon",
and Mrs. Mary Shaw McMahon sang
as a soprano solo "I Will Extol Tl1ce,
0 I.,ord,'' from "Eli" by Costa. 'l'he
orchestra playPd "Monastery Gankn"
by Ketelby and the fl.no.I number was
the first
movement of Beetho ven's
Symphony No. 1.
The singers were exceptionally good,
both Mrs. McMahon and Mrs. Simpson
being well . known in this city, and
their solos are always enjoyable. Miss
Gordon, well known violinist of Dover,
is establishing a wide reputation in
this city, and her solo yesterday clearly showed her ability.
Mr. Morrison's ability as o. conductor was again clearly in c,·idence.
Wolfeboro, - Dea.n La.wrence s~aw
Mayo o! the Harva11d Graduate :;c11ool,
a summer resident. o! Wolfeboro, bas
recently p%ovlded a permanent marker for the site oI the ancient country
seat of John Wentworth, last Colonial
governor oJ New Hampshire. It will
be recalled that upon Governor Went.worth's choice- of Wolfeboro a.s n
eummer residence the town ba:;;:s. its
clo.lm to the title, "Oldest t:;wnme:r
Resort in America.."
Dean Mayo's own estate is near the
shore of tl~e lovely Jake which bears
Governor Wentworth's name.
The
marker wm consist o1 a bronze u,blet
attached to a huge boulder, plated
near the cellar hole of Wentwo1th
House, excavated In 1933.
The tablet was designed by F'. Palmer Clarke of New· Haven ancl Os~ipce.
It bears the 1ollowing ins I iptlon:
Here stood
1769
JU20
Wentworth House
Tlle Country Seat o!
John Wentworth
Last Royal Governor of New
Hampshire
Built in 1769 ; Destroyed by F'lre
ln 1820
This is rollowcll by a <1notat1on,
taken from a letter written by Governor Wentworth, while in cx1i liurlng the Revolution, addre.·:;ecl to Joshua Pierce. Its content. is supposed to
have been intended a.s a.n aclrnoni.tion
to Woodbury Langdon, who Wentworth fe:ued migllt get -pm;:;c::;sio11 o.r
the WoH<tlHi)J;O pnll)Crty. It. l'C!l.ds:
"Whoeve1· may ]l)Osses::. J1IJ/ se.1t at
WoHeboro, I e;harge llilu uot to di.;grnce its name by turnm;, the lu1gering feet 0.l! t11e children oJ i:alannty
uncomforteU: .llrom that 1h.>0r, who::;e
hinges will gladly extcud to receive
such friends of the founder." Beneath the quotation is a facsimile of
Wentworth's own signature, as of a
i:ecently-discovered Jetter. The Wentworth's coat-of-arms is also reproduced on the tablet.
Dean Mayo bas been always much
interested in the historical background
of his summer home, and has him....~,-,..,..seU written a "Lile o! John Went,...,..~c,i·.:ffl worth." It Is characteristic o! that
retiring and nltruu:Uc nalure that he
wished the mnrker placed without
ceremony of any kind.
.,
T DE
Japanese Will Continue
To Fish In Russian
Waters
Moscow, Dec. 22 <Ul'))-Sovlet Rmi•
sla lll.l!t night agreed to Jct Japan continue fl:;hlng in SovJet Pacific waters,
thus tcmpomrlly settling an issue that
gravely troubled Ru:;so-Japanese rela- '
Uons.
omcial announcement was made
prolonging for one year an old. agieement which woulcl have expired Dec,
31.
Japanese leaderi; had threatened
''lorcll.Jlc action" to conserve Japan's
important 11shing indu~cry ln Russian
water~, which employs 20,000 fishermen.
'I'J1e original rlgl1ts were awarded
Japan by the 'I'1·eaty of Portsmouth of
J905, part of the fruits o! her victory
over Russia in war.
TO ERECT THREE
BULLETIN SIGNS
The city of POI t~moutll will, in the
near 1·uturc, Jiavc t111·ec modernistic
DeLuxc type bulletln signs to be erected on the Dover, Lafayette and Exeter l'Oads.
The signi; hn.vc the approval of
Mayo Goldsmith, 'I'. J , Downs who is
on t11e publicity committee, F. C.
Remick, A. F . Redden and business
men who have 1.,cen the sketch and
tipeclflcaiions of ihe :;lgns, wbicb were
deislgned by Alan Taylor o! this city.
The sigru; aie to be 25 feet long by
10 :feet high IW<i w·e JJOW being built
and will be u cdcd in the near future.
The money nccel>SD.lY for building
and palnting .IS being donated by the
business men an<l merchants and over
half the amount neHlccl has already
been pledged .
To the tow i~t who c:omcs to Port.sroouU1 the :;lt:n:: car, y the mcs:,age
that Portsmouth extends a wrdial
welcome to visitor:; aml an invitation
t,o enJoy tJUl \.11)· to-dnte llllO~, ho\elll,
restaurants, theaters elc., and should
serve as an inducement to the tourist
to make a stop-over In Portsmouth
and enjoy a little time in a city rich in
historic Interest.
The first sign will be erected on the
property formerly owned by Samuel
Langdon and recently purchased by
T. J. Downs .
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�American Legion
District Nursi ng Ass'n.
24-5
Exeter, .N. H.- Oilman elm
c2
Animal Hescue League
71
Exeter,
N.
H.l•'ire
Co.
54
11
11
Cotton mill
55
11
Architectural heritage"
Public Lib.
56
Exeter,N.
H.- 'l'ercentenary
40,52,
63
Arundel-Kennebunkport
43
Family ~e lfare Ass'n.
6, 12
Fernald, Hannah G.
92
Boone Islnnd
38
Fires of Portsmouth
80
French, George B., Co.
71
Brackett, Charles H.
85-6
Garden Club
55
Granite btate Fi re Ins. Co. 46
Brackett, Ralph D.
19
Greenland, N. IT .- Cong. Ch. 88-99
Greenland,
N. II. - 'vJeeks house o7
Brannigan, Gladys
42
Hampton,
N. H.- Gooay Cole
90
11
11
• 'l'ercon
tonn.ry
~u
, '..1:V
11
Camera Club organizod
11
61
• 'l'horvold 's
grave
51
Candia, N. H.-Lang mansion 64-5
Heffenger, ~rs. Funny
12
Hodgdon, l1illiam A.
87
Catholic Book Week
60-1, 65 Houdini, Mrs. Harry
90
Howells, John IV1eaci
20
Chamber of Commerce
44,70
John Langdon Club
12
Kittery.- Hist. Soc.
59
Cheney·, liussell
37
Liberty poles
53
Lions' Club organized
86
Christmas, 1937
1-6
Lovell, hleanor
92
Maine.- 1:-'irates
26
Churches.- St. Johns
47,51, 72Maritime Commission.- Harbor
development
90-91
Churches.- St. Nicholas
47
May, Halph
68
68
~iller, Mary E. B.
87
City budget, 1938
10,11, 12Moulton, Alexander
65
New Castle, N. H.
68
City Council
58
Newfields, N. H.- Betty Shutes' well
N. H.- Hist. Soc.
71
City officials, 1938
18
Payne, .t.dward F.
'71
Pirates.- Maine
2o
Cole, Goody
93
Pirates.- .N. ~.
41
Portsmouth in 1967
28-05
Constitution Day, Mar.2
68
.fortrai ts, \·J ent worth
71
~resident's birthday, l9j0
lo,2 '1, 48,48
Dallas, Bishop John T.
8'7
.Privateering
67
Public Library
42, 61
Dame, HichA.rd
76
Remey, ~rs. George c.
72
Hicker, 1.werett, 11.
42
D. A. R.- Essay
44
Roberts, ~enne~1
7U
D. A.H.- York Chapter
15
Hye, N. H.- Christian C:.)urch '/c3-80
D. A. R.- H~nger Chapter 15
Hye, N. H.- Harbor develop. 81
Hye, N. H.- Tucker house
96
Demolay, 16 Anniversary
46
Seacoast Heg. .Uevelopment
0v, bu
Sesquicentennial celebration ,,1;:,, 50
Durgin, Dr. Henry I.
96
Shute, Judge Hen!'y A.
12
Smith, Capt. Ar chi bald •V.
62
English boy choristers
95
jpaulcting, Dr. James A.
oG
Tchow, Col. Thomas ra .
lY±-5
Exeter, N. H.- Davis Lib. 70
Thaxter, Hosamonct
94
'l'uclc, 1·,dward
II
97
"- Dudley house
75
U. 8. Navy yard
!)'/ , '/4
�./ebster, l>aniel
74
\rnntworth, i~ark H., home
6
1entVJOI'th, bamuel, house
7-8, H i-1'1
~entworth- Vaughan house
::iee
v✓ entworth,
Samuel ,house
11eston , Samue l
47
\',heclwric;ht, John
63
\ihi ttier, Obactiah
51
1ilson hichway
60
York, b!e •• - J\!clntire c;arrisdm
14
Y. ~. C. A.- Fire
2'7
Zimbalist, .r::rrem
15
��Christmas
Activities In
Portsmouth
Olbservance In This Comrau I ity
!liaxke By.Spiri · Of Goo,iWin.·
.And He p lness .
HE clay of days is
day the masses will be · at 7, 8, 9, 10
.and 11 o'clock.
At Christ Church the service will
be at 7 :30 a. m . Christmas morning.
Such well known, . a_n d !av<;>t'.iW 1 ~ro\s
;ci.s "O Come, ,All . Ye Faithfu,l,'' ''1HArk
the 'Herald 'Angels, ·sihg,'" · "It' Came
Upon the Midnight Clear," ••O, ·tittle
Town of Bethlehem" and "Angeis
fro:n the Realmr, of Glory·· will be
sung.
At 7 :30 p. m. on Christmas evening the People's BaptisL Church will
holct its annual Christmas tree and
entertainment.
DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T.
will hold a Teligious ·service for i~s
members at 12 o'clock nopn on Christ~
mas day, This service is held throughout the land wherever Conunanderies meet o.nd tlJe local commandery
day, tilled wilh people who were going
almosl here, ancl ,home for Clu·istmas to spend their
P o r ts mo u th has holidays wilh their loved ones. Some
made elaborale plans • were golng homo for the fll"st time
for Christmas day, in years, buck to the old homestead.
Religious services be- All were In n · holiday mood, thrilled
'"°'"o---"""'"' ginning at 11 :30 this with the thought or going home.
evening, family re- Bundles of all sizes and shapes were
uni o n s, informal visible on all sides.
gatherings,
various •The trains were being run in sec'parties· and Christ- tlons, so great was the demand for
mas programmes are . that popular method of transportabut a few of the act- tlon. The -regular busses were aug"il-J....,,1.1....i.....,_,J:,)'ivities. Christmas · mented by one, and even more than
day is usually the cll!iuix· U>" weeltS o! , one, additional bus to care for the
preparation nd it 1s no eKception here passengers desiring to travel over the
in thL~. city.
highways.
Tonight there i~ much to do. People
All methods of transportation felt
who have been busy with thell" shop- the increase. Many made the trip 111
ping for thell" out-of-town friends and private cars, and traffic on the highrelo.tives have that last-minute pack- ways was heavy for this time of the
age to wi·a.p, ::md possibly a present yeo.r. In addition to the through trafto huy, There is the tree to trim, and fic many people were dl"iving o.bout
tile youngsters to be put to bed so to vlew the flue Christmas decoro.they will b fast asleep when Santa tions,
·010.u~ arrives late in the evening.
The Christmo.s carol service at the Religious Service
North Church brought out the ChrisChristmas from a religious standtmas atmosphere on the streets, and point will be ushered in beginning at
the late shoppers heard the singing 11 :30 p. m. this evening. Historic
from inside the church , through the St. John's church, will continue its
neans of loud speakers. The late shop- impressive custom of holding a midpers made quite a crowd, as many night service by candlelight. At 11 :30
people came from some distance to the evensong, first vesper~ ~r Clu·istmake their purchases.
mas, will be held. At 12 o'clock the
Many people will take advantage of Holy Conuimnion will be partaken by
tl1e opportunity to drive about the the members. The vested choir will
city and see the fine illuminated de- take po.rt in the service. The second
coro.tlons. Some will go to Boston and celebration of Holy Comunion will
participate 11, tl1e ancient custom of take place at 9 :30.
carol singing at Beacon Hill, that
At the Universalist church the
charming English custom which has
become traditional with Christmas Young People':; Christian Union is
ond Beacon Hill. Some will' drive to also sponsoring a midnight service.
Newburyport to see the fine· dlsplo.y This is the first such service ever
of lndivlduo.l lights which 1R one of held by that group, and they are planthe outstanding displays in New Eng- ning au hour's musical service beginning at 11 :30. The program includes
la11d and attracts hundreds.
There ha.a ·been a great deal of. such instrumental solos as flute, corwork In leading up to Christmas. net, and organ; vocal solos and conEveryone ha.a had something to do gregational carol singing will also be
with 0hrlstmo.s o.nd the clay ls o.n featured in the service. This will also
important one in the calendar. Orgo.n- be a candlellght service and will last
one hour.
izations, tndlvlduo.ls and business
The first midnight Christmas mass
houses have been busy for some time
in several years wlll be sw1g at the
in spread.Lng the 0hrlstmns cheei·.
Church of the Immaculate Concep'll'raiwl and l!JU8!3eff Orowdod.
tion. This will begit1 at 12 o'clock: and
Busses and trains were loaded to I wlll be · a . high mass .. ·on Chrlstnras
ta))l).Citl' OCl their tdpis thr9ugl\QUt the
will be visited by the Concorde Male ~·"·"'"'·'•:-·"'·
quarteLLe or BosLon. James H. SmiLh.
0
Commander of ,the orgo.u;i~o.ti!)n, ·_ is in
cliargr of the s<;rvke.
'
f -'I·,' • I I -:!,. , '
'
\
t"ircmcn l\lake )'.".oungstej·,(ffiJtfY /
For weeks the ' ni.embe1-~ ' of tlie . Bire
I
<:~,-•.•.•••
Department have been ,repab.·h1~, r~-.
building and \ re_1ie,~•il:g , to.v\ f1-P~. otl1er
things so dear to the hea1-ts•: .oL . t).ie.
children. in prep,a ration for tbt~o1~!ow. , ...., ...,.........
Toys which had · been J:\roken; '. which
some youngster had gi;own ti.red of,
or toys which we.re po longer needed
were sent to the fir(! station during
the past few ·monllis ,a1id the. f\r.e1~1en
have been working on them~··. &'et~i11g
them in workable condition,:_. sol. that
many a boy's heart , ,yill b.e gladpened
tomorrow-moi·ning when he fi11ds toys
in his stocking or under the tree.
Many a girl will receive the thrill of
finding just _the, dollie she ~nted,
when she comes down stairs early
tomorrow morning· and looks at her
(
f
· , , •.
,
gifts.
Tl1ls is a ta:;k which the flremen
J1ave done over a period of tJne, and
they "do excellent work. They have
been spending the day getting the
articles delivered. This in itself is a
real job, and with the assistance or
others interested in the work they a,re
doing·. they have been able to leave
jllany packages in homes where they
will be appreciated , and where there
0Ll1crwisc migllL noL be sucl1 a happy
day tomorrow for the children.
The dolls. and there were a large
number of them . were dressed by the
women of the Red Cross, wllo for the
past t,yo weeks at their m eetings, have
been making all sorts o! clothes for
the dolls. Many a little girl"s hearL
niill be gladdened for months · to
by the work of the · firemen .a,nd
women.
What Somt' Oq;anizalio11s
Arc Ooing-.
Doing something for others just to
mal,e them happy. rather than because you .expect· so1netl)ing in. retur.o
-is the best. w~y of 'making ' yourself
happy. Many' ' people are happy toI
night because they 'have dohe just
tha~ ·· thing .' Ti1ere are himdreds or
unknown Christmas , sacrifices in this
· community. There 'ii.re many people
who do a great deal of charity work
· \Vhb have 110 desire
be known. Some
of these
done individuaHy anti
to
�Coming into the city from t.he Laa good busiothers ttrrough organizations. Mnny
fayette road one can get some idea
ness
this
season.
Many
people
from
org•mlzatlons do a great deal a't Chrisof what they are to see, for as they apbnas, giving to help others- less for- outside of the city ha1e come here Lo pronch the city, the lights in the hon1es
do
illcir
shopping.
People
have
been
tunate, the membrrs ,vorking togethrl·
nlong that strceL, and In the distance
ns a, group. Amons the groups nre thr spcnclln:; their mnne.1· more on u~rful are plainly vi~lble. South street hus
glfls
this
yenr.
lhu11
tor
several
yl'ar~
Elks, Emblem Club, American Legleu
some excellent decorations and ii, Is
and Auxiliary, The' Family ' Welfare pa. l. Pro.clical glfL~ \\'Cl't' ln gr<':.ll de- worth u drivr from one end of thal, lopg
mnnd.
aud
a grenl dcnl ol \1·e;1rln~ apAssociation, and the Kiwanis Club.
tilreet to lhe alt.her.
The Elks and Emblem club each year parel ll'as pmclwsed 1or giits . •
A visit to Myrtle avenue, Dennett
give several baskets. and this year
street and Thornton street will be ex•
S:.ill·alion
Anny
the Auxiliary of the Amel'ican Legion
For several-1\'ePks the Salvation Ann,\' ceptionally worth while and in a tour
gan·• gifts to under-privileged child-·
has been collecting pennies.
nick 1;. o! the Atlantic Heights one finds a
ren. ''I'he Family Welfare Associatimi
dunes.
quarters.
half-doJJars
and
bill~. great many homes decorated with
for · many years has taken care -0t
whatever
people
have
given.
in
their lights.
a nuinber of :ramllies. Several of the
'I'he large tree on the top of the NaBoy Scout troops sent' one basket or kettles which have been placed m con- val prison shows up from various parts
venient
places
along
the
side'l':nlks
in
more to J.11a,ces Wh~rti tqey knew it
of the city and is indeed an attraction.
was needtjj, ;Th.e members.
the Ki- U1e business session. T11e~· ha l'e als:, The two community trees, one at Hay•
made
other
appPals
to
obtain
funds
to
wanis Club ~ach tobk a youngster and
market Square and the other at the
outfitted it in clot.hing which was send Christmas baskets to families who Memorial bridge approach are most atneed
them
at
Christmas
time.
TllP~
needed •. The ·Murray Mission Gu!ld o(
tractive. Setting as the tree does, in the
the Universalist Church sent out se,- ha\'e al~o secured articles of clolhin~. grass plot at Haymarket square, com•
which
are
needed
by
some
families.
eral baskets. Other organizations alsG
The task of collecting fund is an a,·- Ing inlo the city from Middle street, the
exempli!ied the true spirit of Christd uous and monotonous one.
From ,Qrnnite State Fire Insuranc-e Co., with
mas by their gifts to others.
make8 a
momlng until night t:1e Salvr.tlon Army its arches o! colored llghls
Such things as these make one reallassie , and men also. are stationed 11eor very attractive setting.
ize that the real spirit of Chrlstmu
The Elks Home has an unusual decothe kettles waiting and hoplng the~·e
is still with us and that the people
will be some change coming thrir way. ration, its windows on the front or the
are not commercializing tlm holiest
They are not thinking of them;elves, for home being decorated with the letters
or holidays.
t,hey are giving their time. It is cold " B. P. 0. E., MERRY XMAS." The
. 'landing besidl! the kettles. but tl1ey art! home of the Knights of Coluri1btts i~
Out 'J'oda.r
cheerful, as they are doing ~omething. also nicely decorated.
"
Throughout the day the .stores hal'e for others, which is the tn1e ChristmR'>
The South End, in adrtition Lo the
been well patronized. The crowd of
memorial tree at the plot o! Jund neHl'
shoppers came out early and during spirit.
Small change mounts up Imo dollari.
the afternoon there were many people and no matter how small the donation the South M\11 bridge has many home~
on the streets and in the stores. Many it is welcome. The work which they decorated. At the West End various
people tmdoubtedly this evening wil'l do goes a great way toward makinlc( places might be named, but this would
also be out doing the last bit of shop- Christmas a merry and joyous day for entail too many names and too much
ping of the Christmas· season. House- many people, nnd through them aH hav~ space, it ls enough to Ray that a tour
of the city should include that section.
wives during the day came down town
A\drlch road, Middle road, Islington
to pick out their turkey, goose, -or a chance to help others .
Bl!ginning this morning mo1e than 50 street, in fact all sections· of the city
whatever is traditional 1·0t· the home
baskets were made up aud at 11 o'clock are decorated more than ever before
on Christmas day.
During the afternoor, people came the disttibut.ion began. Mayor Ken- and in a 11 sorts of styles. Tt rel\ \ly I~
from communities near nnd far t o nard E. Goldsmith brought tile se~ - worth an extendt.'d trip about Ille enth·t
complete their shopping. realizing that son's greetings and presented the fir,;! city and surroundmg communmes to
here in Portsmouth the store:. would basket. About 4 o·c1ock in the afler- view the decorations.
have a new stock of merchandise to uoon Santa Claus -will a:rnve and dis·
care for those who always shop late. tribute toys and clothing to 1,boL~t- 100 Carol Sini;ing 'fof1ight
Coniinning the cuslom inaugurated
People laden . with • bundles, people g<,- children.
The bn. kets conlalncd meat.~. Gl'Or- on' Christmas eve Inst year, there will
1t,g empty handed, and people just
lookint: for one particular gilt, were erles nnd all the nrtlcle!i nccP;:;~\lrY !or be· carol smglng at the NorU1 church
around all day, joining with hundreds a fine Christmas dinner .ind 1many a 'this evening at 7 o'clock. This I:. planof others, just like them, shopping for home would not be so hr.ppy tnmorrow ned to be a ve1 y fine service and is for
some special gift. This was a holiday if it were not for this work, which hi\~ everyone. The favorite carols, so dear to
the hearts of all, will be sung, and am·
cTowd. good natured and considerate. been going on here for many years.
pllflers will be arranged so U1at the
The tenseness of the rush
to get ('lu·istmas Deco1·atio11s
There a1e some excepuoul\11)' fin~ .sound of the singing v.ill resound
things done apparently was broken.
decorations throughout U1e busine5':I section for half
The end' was tn ~ighl and thaL meant il\umlnated Chrlstmus
rellrf. Relief. not only for the shop- about the cit~•. and it is well worLh an hour.'This will add to the Christpers, but for the clerks and ~hopkee11- anyone's time to take a dlive around af- mas atmosphere and shoppers, tired afers as well. Thf'Y too had been under a ter dark to see them. But it is not _only ter a busy afternoon of shopping, will
strain. the customer who is undecided, confined to Po1'lsmouth, as many find relaxation in slopping and listen•
or dissatisfied, is no easy person to homes are attractively decorated in ing to the singing. The singers will be
wait on. especially when the clerk has Kittery, Kittery Point, Eliot. Newing- made up of many singers in this city,
been rushed for
several
days. 13ut ton. Greenlanp, Rye and New Cnstle and everyone is invited to join In this
those things are expected as a part and a visit around last evening showed service. An orchrslra will assist.
of the days
work.
and-well it i, ~ome very unusunl type;:;.
The service lust yeo.r was handiChristmas timP nnd lhe Cilrhtmn~ nlIn Portsmoulh proper onr finds capped by cold weather, but the weathmosphere in t11is city is known lor a many differf'nt kine.is of decorations. er man promises much l>etter westhf'r
great many miles.
Probnbly the most outstanding would than the l.Jiite, cold of last year, anct
Shoppers llllect Lll,•
sid,•\\'fl II,~ 11 II be hard to Judge, due to the varions the service should be one which
during the afternoon. and it is ex\lec- styles. An effort to name all of the outted that the crowd ·.iill be bigger dur- standing would also be futile, for ;al- "-------_,;,________...,....-!
ing the evcninc. There are m-'!-· peo- though an efiort was made to view all
ple who enjoy th~ thrill of minglin~ of the lllumin.iLed houses,· there ,nre
with the Christmas ~hol)pers. nnd al- some very fine clecornt.ions on
sicle
though some lt111e thc·ir shopping don•• streets which were missrd.
they enjoy gclLin~
ouL
into llw
Christmas atmosphere.
o(
�Xmas PageanJ
At Little ·
Boar's Head
Throngs Sing Carois
By Beautiful Cathedral
Woo.ds
starlit sky
111 e . from
which• The Star of
DeLhlehem g u id Cd
three wise men to
the manger where
l,he O hr ls t-c h 11 d
was b o r n the
."N a ti v i t y" scene
was reenacted o n
the opera stage ot
the Hobson estate at
Little Boar's Head,
___........__...__,last evening, 3.11
nearly 100 spectators joined in singing
Christmas . carols.
Over the wide-spreading opera field,
representative . of the Hills of Judea
across which three kings bore gifts to
Virgin Mary's child more than ninehundred. years a11;0, the Chorus, siK
tnui1peters and three wise men pilgrimaged to the manger. A~ they
walked across the field they sang oldtime carols that wlll Ior ever bring
Yuletide spirit into the hearts of men.
Shepherds with a flock of real sheep
were in the field. They were dressed
simllar to the shepherds that tended.
their flocks many centuries ago as
the Hcrnld Angels touched their harps
of gold bidding peace on earth and
good will to men.
The broad expanse of the Opera
field and C[tthedral Woods were lighted with a number of burning color
flare.~ set in the ground, their light
adding to the impressiveness of tlw
scene. The stage was lighted by sev·•
1
ml strings of mulli-colorecl lir: ;1,
.bove the rusUcl}' conslrucLcct manger where the virgm mothei· bcni;
ove, the little Lord Jesus a large star
shone.
M:l.l'y wos portrayed by Mrs. Ha1rn
Storm of North Hampton. The Wisc
mc11, who, after following the yonder
1,l,11r ovrr
flcl1ls ::\l\d
IIIOUlll.t\ius,
l!rought gold, myrrh nutl frankincense
to the ba.be that lay in a manger,
slowly journeyed from the far end of
I.lie Opera Field :1s trumpr~tcrs pla:,'ed Christ.mas carols.
The pre-Christmas observance start·ed on the balcony of Uw hoine .o f Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur L. Hob~on. Edr;o.t"
Wallace,
well-known
Portsmoutlt
trumpeter. assisted by ftve others opened the Xmas observance with familiar
and ever-popular Yuletide selections.
Majestic pine trees of Cathcdra1
Woods, silhouetted ar;ainst a blackened
sky · tl_lat was set with hrilliant stars
-t h e s a
0
•
,
•
•
-the same that have guided ship
helmsmen and sheep herdsmen alike
to their .destinations for counthiss centuries-echoed back softly the music
that nearly a thousand voices joined
in singing. Songs included: 0 Come
All Ye Faithful by Oakley, 0 Little
Town of Bethlehem by Phillips Brooks,
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
by Sears. Joy to the World by Isaac
Watts. The First Noel, Away in a
Manger by Martin Luther,
Sllent
Night by Gruber and Hark the Herald
Angels Sing by Mendelssolun.
Norman Mouiton Leavitt, talented
Portsmouth musical director, led the
gathering in singing a program of
Christmas carols known and loved
by all. The beautiful strains of the
Christmas carol5 never sounded more
snJJ!lme than as rendered last evening by the choristers gatl1ered undcl'
the night sky beside ihe cradle of ihc
Christ-child.
· After the program of songs and the
Chrlstmas pageant-so realistically
acted and in such a natural settin~
that the many who attended last
evening are looking forward to another such pageant ·next year-the Sam1
Soucl house was opened to the public.
Hel'e hot coffee and doughnuts were
served.
The attraction at Sans Souci wa.'i
the exhibition of paintings by Adrian
Lubbers, famous Dutch artist, who,
following many years of practice in
foreign countries and United States,
fa now concentrating his talent. or.1
paintings of New York City.
Several of Mr. Lubber's oll paintings were explained by Mrs. Hobson.
Outstanding in the collection was ti·
picture of Brooklyn Bridge. Anothel'
po.luting • that , received considerable
comment was New York's famous skYsoraper sky lino.
COMMUNITY
3.).~
CAROll .SINGING
3
CHmSTMAS EVE
A half hour of carol singing will be
enjoyed starting at 7 o'clock on Christmas Eve, in tile North Church. This •
is a community project in which many
churches of the community are cooperattng t-J have a short service of carol
singing amidst the bust throng or
Christm:is shoppers. Singers aud an
orcllf',,tr.i made up from vnrious
cl\m:ch ~roups will lead, n11d everybody ts invited. It L~ hoped that .the
c:a.rols nmy be broadcast int;o the
1d_•..,s,.,p...
,_s_t-:,n•~
·P_t..,_h,_v-,,-lo-:-tea...k..,e..r..s..._..,~"'"'~~:""'.".i
XMAS PAGEANT
AND CAROL
SINGING
Public Invited To Attend
Festivities At }lobson
Estate
I
A Christmas pageant and carol sing-
_ing will be given on the estate of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson at Little
Bo[tr's Head in North Hampton, Thmsday e~ening at 8 o'clock and the public
is urged to attend this .pre-Christmas
observance on the large Opera field.
Edgar Wallace, well-known trwnpeter, assisted by five other trwnpeters
will play carols from the Balcony of the
Hobson house. They will also play for
the singing of carols in which the public is invited to join.
·
The pageant will include the "Nativity" scene, the traditional wise men,
and the shepherds tending a flock of
real sheep. A similar pageant was given
last year and was acclaimed as outstanding in
Christmas
events.
An unusual art exhibit by the famous
Dutch artist, Adrian Lubbers, will be
open to the public in the ''Sau Soucl"
house in connection with the Yuletide
program.
The entire production is m1der the ·
direction of Norman M. Leavitt. Those
attending · are asked t0 bring carol
books if they have ihem.
DECORATIONS
CONTEST ~-~3
The Christmas decoration
sponsored by the Portsmouth
Club resulted as follows : .
Trees, first prize, Mr . • and Mrs.
Verne Wood of South street.
Doors, first prize.
Houses, first prize, Mr. and Mr11. Harold Smith of Middle street.
Candle lighting, first prize. Mr.
Mrs. J. Verne Wood.
Electric lighting, first prize, Mr,
Mrs. Robert Boyd of New Castle. Dr.
F-red~1·ick Gray was given
honorary
mcnl,lon.
The judges were Prof. Henry S.
Clapp, instructor of ornamental horticulture of the department o! horticulture at the University o! New Hampshire, Mrs. J. Irene Tonkin, ·flower
show chairman of the N. H. Federation of Garden Clubs, and Victor Amee
o! Kittery Point. a member o! the Riverside Garden Club.
�Soloist, Will am Schmlgle
Anthem-Jesu Bambino .........• Yon
Soloist, James Morrison, Jr.
I
Sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • • . . . Adlam
Benedlctus
•...• , • • . • • • • • • Ag utter
Christmas at the Portsmouth HospiAgnus Del ................. AguUcr
tal was made as cheery as possible and
Soloist, Wendell Belmont
many relatives and friends of the paThe following carols were sung
tients called and brought gifts. A
the Adoration:
prettily lighted Christmas tree stood
0 Little Town of Bethlehem
in front of the hospital and Christmas
At old St. John's Church the beautiful
Silent Night
trees and greens were also in the sun and lmpre&sive midnight service uf
Hark. the Herald Angels Sing
parlors. Over the maternity building Christmas brought out worshippers, the Cloria m Excelsls ... . ........ Agutter
there was a lighted star.
number of which !11\ed all the pews of Rec-cssional-The First Noel
During the week groups from sevEvensong was at 11 :30 o'clock tJn
the church downstairs and there were
eral organizations visited the institualso others In the gnllery. The at- Christmas eve.
tion and sang carols. The Hospital tendance was the largest ever known at
A second cclcbrntlon of
the
Guild, as it has done for some years,
this annual midnight service at the Communion was held nt 0:30 a. m.
brought Christmas cheer. Mrs. Harry hlstorlc nnd imposing church, lncludSunclL\Y hrlni; St.. Stephen's Dnr tl\er"
W. Peyser was In general charge or
was Holy Communion nt 8 a. m. and
tng many who resided out of town.
the gifts and every person in the hosThe altar and chancel had decora- Solemn Procession and Holy Eucharist
pital including the superintendent, all
tions or Christmas greens and large at the 10:.\5 a. m. service.
employees and all patients received a poinsettias against a background
o! ..-.....- - - - - -----.,....-"""'...--.....,...
gift from the Guild. The gifts were
made as dainty as possible with fnnc}' green on the altar blended wltl1 the
Christmas greens and tall lighted cancrepe pape1· and colored ribbons to
dles flickered throughout the service,
give them the Christmas touch. Some
of the women patients were given Col- the electric lights In the church not beturned on until its conclusion.
gate's boxes containing four articles; ing
Laurel wreaths tied with scarlet ribbon...,,~---~--...,_._.......__~-'-"-.-...
men patients were given two initialed
handkerchiefs each; the mothers were gave a finishing touch to tl1e adotnlngs.
given baby blankets for their new lit- In !ront of the lecturn the crib waR artle ones; the nurses' gifts were dainty ranged.
The rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter,
coat hangers of flowered ribbon; two
The Salvation Army Sunday school
young nurses who are patients re- conducted the service and extended will hold Its Christmas tree and give a
ceived manicure sets and Miss O"Don- words of welcome to the la.rge congreg'.-l • variety concert tonight at 7 :30 at the
tlon present. ,He was assisted in the citadel. Adjutant Martin will be chaic,cll1c'i:l~;~ oghue, the superintendent, and Mrs.
service by Rev. Sheaf
Walker of man of the program and Mrs. Martin
Knowles were given boudoir pillows.
There were 43 patients in the hospi- Christ Church.
is In charge of arrangements, assisted
tal and all able to partake of it were
The vested choir of men nd boys ol' by the Sunday school teachers. some
served a roast tmkey dinner with alt St. John's Church, 34 in number, un- 200 toys are waiting for Santa Claus'
the fixings; others received delicacies der the direction of Choirmaster Ernest distribution.
P. Bllbruck, rendered the
musical
In their rooms.
The public Is invited to attend
program and Its singing wns a. feature concert and Sunday school tr:;c,;ee:,.:· :--..1
of the service. Some of the choir boys
were very young and all IJelong to the
church school or parish.
St. John's Guild each ye r presen:,s
two medals, one to a choir boy fo~·
There was a quiet celebration of musicianship, which was awarded ~o
,.,1!'~"'3,-..":l~IChristmas at the Wentworth Home on Garland Patch.
The medal wa.-1
1
Pleasant street. Carol singers cam award to Wendell Belmont for at~ndduring the week and the house was
nce.
prettily decorated with Christmas
A large number of
worshippers
l'?;~•:"':'i'coegreen. The Christmas dinner of roast walked In procession down thci middle
turkey and everything that makes Ut>
aisle to receive their communion, all
"".r•··~'"'""" such a holiday feast was served at returning to their pews by the side
noon. A number of visitors called and
aisles that there would be no confusion.
leff girts for relative~ or friends.
Many joined softly In the carols witt1
the choir as they came down U1ci aisle.
Nelson K. Wnrd, church organist-,
presided at the organ at the service, his
work being exceptionally good. The soloists were William Schmlgle, Wendrll
Belmont and James Morrt~on.
The following was the musleal program or the choir:
.
;_;;~t~~,/:;~,;·~ Hytnn 76, Introit--Chrlstlons Awake
Gradule-The Angel's Messa.gci
'-'·""'~·•·'-'-•' 11 Gloria Tlbi
CHRISTMAS DAY AT
HOSPl,TAL
MIDNIGHT
SERVICE AT
SAINT J N'S
TREE TONIGHT
CHRIST VIAS AT
WENTWORTH HOME
••••••••••••• •••••••••.• Adlt1t11
�RECORD SET AT
POS'iOFFICE
For !,he \""-St three days the number of
cancellations at the Portsmouth Post. office has broken rt:c<irds for any tlltee
days in the h isto ry of the office . over
60,000 letters and cards have been cancelled each day during the past three
days. The· highest day in the history
of the office was 76.500, whlch wa.s just
one year ago today.
Last year cancellations from Dec.
16 to Dec. 22, a mounted t.o lfl3.005 nd
this compares with 267.-tOO ror the same
period th is year. Receipt.s during the past three dtWs
have qeen over $1000. The r .cord for
all time was on Monday with $1.700.41.
On Tuesday it was $1,.115.02 :ind Wednesday $1 ,101. 8, making '.l. total of
$3 ,851.44 .
The force has been .hard , t work
hai1dl~1g thL~ increase in mail, and ll'ls
done remarkably we!!. • All tile mail I::
delivered during the day b fore
the
letter carrler concludes h is du tier. . Tltls
has prevented the piling up of greetin~
cards and permit.s a good start on the
following day.
Thr plan ma.ugurated this yet1., or
keeping the regular ca.rriers in tlte or-flee casing Ul> mall ho.s been o. llig r!l.C··
tor in keeping the deliveries up to the
minute. The auxiliary carriers are able
to take care of the deliveries, but tlte
big jol>'somes in sorting and casing U1e
mail.
The temporary force, o.s well o.s the
regular force, at the postofftce has
done an excellent job tlus_season. Pos~ ma.stoc Hickey paid high t ribute to the
n.ne work of the force and stated that
the coming of the temporary force to the
office for instruction was a great fact.or
in ma.king things run smoothly.
Total letter ' cancellntions since Deo.
1 amount to 474,846.
Broke Record LET -YOUR LETTER,
111· Deliverin·g IRA Et WITH
Yule Mail
YOUR GIFT
Want to send a Christmas letter
with yom· package so both will
a rrive at the same time?
There are two ways. One will cost
a lot of money, The other won't .
If you enclose the letter in your
package you'll have to pay first-class
Al though · the Portsmou th postofflcG rates on the whole package, That's
force at this ·C hristmas season brokl}
costlr.
recordR in the amouut of mall delivered
But if you attach the letter to
and receipts from the sale of stamps, tha
the outside of the parcel you'll only
biggest record broken was in the deliv~
have to pay first-class rates on tµe
ery of mnll . · Today, by the middle of
lette1·.
t he forenoon everyU1lng except a few
The package will go second, third
packages had been delivered, and these
or fourth class, depending on the con•
were being ta.ken to their destina.tiollfJ
tents.
as fast as five trucks could do so.
This is how to do it:
.
The people of this city, in response to
Buy a package of labels printed:.
the appeal to mall early, did just that
"This parcel contains merchan•
and as a result the ·postofflce force ill
dlse which may be opened for in•
returning to normal today. The temspection." You can't write or stamp
porary force, with the exception of the
those instruction on the package- I,, ::;~..;i11,;;-r,11,,li
carriers, has been dismissed and left
but the label fulfills postoffice re•
after doing very fine work.
quirements.
·Tonight brings- to a close the biggest
Wrap yow· package securely with.
Chrisimas season that has ever been
heavy cord. (Don't use tinsel twine.)
expericucod by the employes of the local
Put your own (return) address ,.--.,,-.,··,,,.,.,c
postoffice. All that remains now is the
in the uper left corner. The address
final ma.Us which come from other
of the person to whom the gift is
places, and, of course, there will b!3
going belongs in the lower half- In
some late mailing in this city.
the center if possible, otherwise In the.
All is quiet back of the scenes in the
right corner,
postoffic;e. Even this morning, half an
Then glue or tie the letter to the
hour after the mail arrived, it had all
package.
'
been sorted and ready for delivery. The
The address must be · on both lethum and clatter of the cancelling· mater and package.
chine is heard more infrequen~ly now·.
If your package - or greeting card
The incoming ma.ii ls larger than usual,
- is going to a woman:
·
but the outgoing has dropped to normal.
Address it "Miss" if she ls
Without the least doubt every piece or
ried-no matter how young
ma.ii that; arrived on the 2:l!j train th!8 she is.
aftemoon will be delivered and so will
Address it to "Mrs. Noel Yule•
a great po.rt of the 6:15 mall. This Is, tide''-if the woman is or has been
indeed, an achievement and one of married. Using the husband's first
which the city can well be proud, for name holds whether the husband is
ea.ch person who malled a package aR• alive, dead or divorced unless the ·hussisted in making it possible by mailing ba.nd has re-married a11d there's like•
early and thus 11crmittlng the force to ly to be n mix-up or the woman ls
use the time to take care of late lrn::om- known in business by her own nt1me,
ing mail.
Then you may use "Mrs. Martha
Since Dec . 16 there has been . can• Yuletide."
celled at the postofflce 449,969 letters
If the mail is intended for . an
and cards. This compares with 318,t>91i entire fa1i1~,-1aq[iress it "¥/·' :,.nd
during the same period a year ago, aml Mrs. Noel Yuletio.e'1til.d fa.mi~.1That
205 ,400 during that same length
of lets the children in on ~8(;::VU\ of
time In 193[1. ThL~ ls cm Increase o! o enin the ackn e.
~' '· .
131,374 over last year and o! 244,569
over two years ago.
The biggest day dld llQt exceed le.at
year's all-time high of 76,[100, but
· there were four days In which the cancellations amounted to over 60,000. The
total cancellations for the la.st \ four
days amounted to 253,022.
'
The Incoming mall has boen au increase over the po.st year, but the hee.yy
period was extended over several days.
Thi~ Is another indication that the
malling early campaign haB boon ei~
fectlve this year.
~T) .2~ ~
local Post Of'fice force
Did Fine Work During
Holiday· Season
�_POSTOf flCE ~USH
.OVER . . . - .
...,.....,.,.~,_ Nov/ th~t the la~t pickage has bee~
delivered, and tlw final cards sorted, the
force at the postortlce can relax and
feel that they have completed their
work of ta.king care of the Christmas
rush. ou·tgoing letters and cards during the period of the Christmas rush
was over 71,000 more than last year.
During the period from Dec. 1, to Dec.
24. inclusive, 552,339 cards and -1etters were cancelled. From the period
from Dec. 16 to 2-1, inclusive this.. year
the amount of letters and cards cancelled was $344,893, as compared with
271,095 during the same period a year
ago. The cancellations on the day be•
fore Christmas amounted to 14,924. The
biggest days came on the 20th, 21st,
2nd and 23rd when more·than 60,000
1;,.,,~;,,_•,q were cancelled. The outgoing packages
were more numerou.1 than in past years.
While no count ls kept of the incom·
ing mall thl3 also was a great deal
heavier.
The special deltvery mt\il also showed
an increase. On the 24th there were 135
pieces of mail, letters and packages to
be delivered. On the 23rd the number
was 128 as compared with 102 the prer;~l',f..llft.-a vlous date In 1936. All through the office there wa~ a stet\dy increase.
On Christmas Day 109 sacks of parcel
post were received, and two of the sub•
stltutes delivered the packages during
the day. Even today a few packages and
cards arrived but these were t-aken out
on the ftrst dellve
BRIDGE COMMISSION
TO MEET SOON IN . .~
CONCORD
i,pThe members of the New Hampshire
nnd Maine Bridge Commission will
meet at Concord wlthln the next ten
days for the purpose of. taking up the
mat~r of federal allottment ln connection with the proposed span aoros!J
the Plscataqua river and also to de~
clde whether or not the project can or
will be financed by New York banken.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF WENTWORTil
i!OME HEl~
The annual meet, •. ~ -' he M rk H.
\Ventworth Home for c .""Ille Invalids
was held on Mondoy afternoon at 4
o'clock with Dr. Charles W. Hannaford,
president of the Corporation, presiding.
The records of the last meeting were
read by Jam~s A. Borthwick, the clerk.
The treasurer's report \'.'as r ei\d by
Charles H. Walker. Both repor t.~ wc,e
approved. Miss Jessie MucFudane, supermtendent of the home, gave a statement of the operntion of the home,
~howing the number of residents, :md
the expenses of operating.
The report showed tlu~t tlle homo
hns been very prosperous 11,ud tile pubThe annual meeting of the . Ports• lie has come fonyard wlt!t gcnerou~ domouth Family Welfare Association was nations du.ring the year. Miss MacFarheld Monday afternoon at the rooms of lane has succeeded in building up n
the association on congress street. staff that iio s conUnued the upward
There was n large attendance and the Htcps that have been inaugurated under
president, Charles H. Walker, presided. lier o.tlmlnistrution.
Directors !or the two-year period
Hon. F. w. Hartrord, Col. H. 0. Taywere chosen as follows: Rev• William tor aud Willis E. Underhill were ap•
Safford Jones, Hon: Robert Marvin, pomted a committee to tiring ln a list
Harry w. Peyser, Richard D. McDon• of camilllJ.lcs ror various officers or tho
ough, Mrs. s. M. Cohen, Mrs. William corporat,!on. Upon their report and
Kremer, Mrs. F. W. Randall, Rev• recommendation the following offl.cers
Harold W. Curtis, Mrs. I. H. Wash· and committ<!es were elected:
burn, Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, Stowe WllPresident-Dr. C. E. Hannaford.
der and Mrs. Nora Greeley Wendell.
Vic presidents-Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell,
Miss Frances Brooks was made an hon- Lewlll E. S taples, Miss Stella C. Weborary director.
ster.
The nominating committee Included
Tre>1:,urer-Charles H. Walker.
Stowe Wilder, Rev. F. B. Chatterton
CI· rk-James A. Borthwick.
and Mrs. Frank W. Randall.
T rnst,.•,•s-Dr. c . w.
Hannaford,
Mrs. Dorothy Bovard gave a very In• Thoma.; H. Simes, Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell,
terestlng talk on the work of the assocl• Miss Stella C. Webster,
James A,
ation. Mrs. Bovard has done excellent Bortt1wick, l\Ilss E. P. Wentworth, Lewwork and the report showed the number i E . s taples, J. T. Davis, Charles H.
of families assisted during the year a nd Wo.llcer and Dr. Mark H. Wentworth.
the kind of assistance given. She gave
Execulm:i committee-Dr. Charles W.
illustrations of cert.a In types o! cases, Hannuforct , I•'runk E. nroolrn, Miss Stella
citing various incldent.s which oc- c. Wch~ter, Mr~. E. C. Illnlsdcll, Mrs,
curred during the year•
F. w. Hartford and Mrs. Alice Paul.
The directors wlll orgt\nlze at th c
Flt1,\11cc co111mittce-Prcsictent Ex-ofmonthly meeting which will be held on flcio, Dr. Clmrtcs W. Hannaford, Hen~:;JLF;.;.eb~-~7~-=-:::::~~C.:~7,":";;:-::'7-7.::-":-:'.·1 ry B Tilton. Cho.rles H. Walker, Wll·
Its E Underhill anu James A. Borth-
FAMILY WELFARE
ASS'N HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
The New Hampshire-Maine Bridge
authority held a meeting on Thursday afternoon at the Rockingham Hotel. Among those in attendance ~vere
Frank E. Broolcs of this city, Hollis B_Cole of Kittery, Paul C. Thurston of
Bethel, Me., William H. Hinman of
Skowhegan, ancl Dr. James., .E. Powers
of Manchestrr. all members of the
commission, and Engi_n eer R. H.
Tatlow of Washington. The men dbcussed at length with Engineer Tatlow
various matters pertaining to the pro•
gress o! the move to constl'Uct the
proposed bridge.
�Balu~trade From Local
House Featured by
Metropolitan Museum of
Art
(Special to The Herald)
New York City, Dec. 28-A larr,c secI ion 011 the top lloor of the Anl('rie1\11
Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art was opened to the p11blic today following a preview to museum members
which was held yesterdny.
The displays in this large section include a
fine old pine-paneled living room and
main staircase, remarkable
for its
unique balustrade from the historic
Wentworth-Gardner house at Portsmouth, N. H. Tl1e paneled room from
the Shaw house in Hampton, N. H.,
has been relocated.
All are recent acquisitions, Herbert
E. Winlock, the museum director, said,
and a large section on the top floor of
l11e American Wing has been rearranged during the last year to include
them in the scheme of seventeenth
and eighteenth century domestic interiors on display there. The rooms, purchased about a year ago, are among
the most important additions to the
wing, the director said, since its open-ing in 1924.
In addition to the main staircase of
the Wentworth house, which dates from
about 1710, an earller staircase, taken
from the considerably older framework of the house, also has been
quired and installed.
The room from Portsmouth ls
larger of two front rooms from
second floor of the Wentworth house,
which was rebuilt about the beginning of the eighteenth century by Samuel Wentworth, Colonial Lieutenant.Governor of New Hampshire. This ls
constructed of white
pine paneling
painted Indian red, and r~present_s a
more sophisticated architecture than
the parlor of the Hart House. There
Is a Colonial parlor froril the old Hart
house at Ipswich, Mass.,'complete with
fiel'<'nteeuth century pine pnneling,
nm~:;ive oak-benmed ceiling and commodious brick flreplace placed in the '
new section.
The main staircase from the Wentworth house, which is shown in an
ruclosed space acljciaing the room, is
remarkable for its rope-twist oak balusters, the . design, Joseph Downs, the
museum's specialist in America,· said,
being unique in early Ame1:ican architecture. The other of "the two staircases is in the style of the older house
built in 1671, and comes from the rear
of the first floor. Th1s is almost concealed by vertically sheathed boards
and flanked with batten doors, and
serred as a servants·. entry between the
first and second floors.
Both rooms are shown furnished In ""~·'"~-•,..,,..,
the • styles of the periods. The Hart
parlor, as was the contemporary custom, contains an oak bed, oak cupboard
and a pedestal center table.
A seventeenth-century carved oak chest from
New England and a child"s cradle arc
among the other objects included. The
Wentworth roo1;1, probably
a
bed
chamber originally, contains a caned r~•,""•••·'"-"••
daybed, a highboy and other furnishings mainly in the William and Mary
style.
The new rooms replace reproductions
of the parlor, kitchen and staircase
copied from originals in the Hart house
and the Capen house in Massachusetts.
The paneled room from the Shaw house
of Hampton, N. H.; a room end from
Newington, Conn ., and paneling from
Beile Meade, N. J., have been relocated.
,...---7 -::._:;.,:;:,~".',,..:;,r,:,_"f"",;::,i;:;r.~~~m~~:·~,
�. .,'".,. ,~.Early Rooms Are Installed
By Metropolitan Museum
Parlor From 1640 House, Chamber From
1671 Mansion, Early Staircase and One
With Rope-tur~ed J3alusters Shown.
.
By CHARLES MESSER STOW.
For a long time the p~esence of reproduction rooms in
the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has
irked a great many visitors. It has also irked the Metropolitan. There is rejoicing, therefore,. that two of these rooms
•.,...,....,. ...;:-,have now been replaced with originals which are open to
the public.
In New England, Is the boldness of
The more Important of these
the bolectlon moldings framing the
from the standpoint of antiquity Is panels. In tho outside corners arc
the parlor from tho Ha.rt houeo of gunstock posts, which aro cha~F!-".~"':"'.•-'llPSWICh, Mass., which WB.11 built In fercd, as are tho double summer
1640. Its length Is seventeen feet beams.
Another Item from the Wentseven Inches, Its width seventeen
feet three Inches and Its height worth house Is ·a. staircase which
five feet eight inches. The height was built when the house was erectIs measured from the :floor to the ed In 1671. Like most staircases of
huge summer beam, running from the time, this was almost entirely
the chimney to the outer wall. The concealed with vertical sheathing,
other portions of tho celling are at
Rope-turned Balusters,
lee.st twelve Inches higher. The
The crowning glory of th'e lnstal!
room Is inclosed In vertical Jjlne
sheathing with more elaborate lation Is the staircase from the enmoldings than are usually found. trance ha 11 of the Wentworth
The most Interesting feature, how- house, which extends from the first
ever, Is the double row of dentils floor to the attic. The rope-turned
cut into the fireplace lintel. .The balusters supporting the hand rail
exposed beams have chamfered are unique and are strongly reminiscent of Carolean England. The
corners.
The low ceiling of this room staircase was built Into the house
would seem to prove the contention
1710.
which has been advanced that the InAs
is the case with all the rooms
Inhabitants of America are grow- In the American Wing, the Metroing taller. Certainly five feet eight politan has furnished the new InInches Is not enough height to acstallation with furniture and accescommodate the average man of
sories of the period. Thus the parthlfday.
lor from the Hart house has obElaborate Room of 1671.
jects such as would ·have furnished
A later and more cultured room a New England parlor before 1675.
Is one from the second floor of the Because It was' the ' custom for the
old house In Portsmouth, N. H., best room to have ll. bed In it, one
known as tho Samuel Wentworth has been Included here, a low-post
house, now gone the way of the ol\k frame, which ls of the sevenwrecker. It measures twenty-nine teen th century.
feet four Inches in length and sevIn the more elaborate room from
enteen feet four Inches In width, the Wentworth house, although It.
with a height of seven feet. Of it was likely a bedchamber, no bed
Joseph Downs, curator of the has been put in, but there is a day
American Wing, says In tho latest bed and a japanned highboy, As
bulletl;i: "It Is a palace style, but Indicating the station of the origiIn the Wentworth room it is so- nal occupant, a silver Inkstand by
bered in the process of \ domestic John Coney and a tankard by Jereadaptation, while retaining much miah Dummer have been Included
of the grand manner in the robust- with the furnishings.
ness of its classic details. The
The new Installation makes the
large scale of the room justified Metropolitan's American Wing prethe employment of heavy moldings
and wide panels, which resulted In eminent among museums In showsharp contrasts of light and shade Ing how the people of America Jived
quite foreign to the refined ele- through the seventeenth and eightgance of the later forms of the eenth centuries. Both in the architectural parts of the wing and in
eighteenth century."
The Wentworth house was built the furnishing of the rooms the
in 1671, so this room represents the best scholarship available has been
best In New England architecture called on in the Interest of accuraat the end of the seventeenth cen- cy, . so that the object lessons in
tury. It has one feature which few early home furnishing may be
houses of the period had, a plas- rect.
r.m-·w.E:"'il tered celling to cover the joists of 11.,,--,--..,.......,...,,,,...,...--.-,...-,,...-.,.-.
the floor above. Also It has a shelf
on the mantel, which, If It was
put on when the house was hunt, Is
tho earliest mantel shelf I have
seen, Every appearance would Indicate that It was original, An•
(li'''.li~"'" other architectural feature, usually
.,..,.,,,~., ,.,,., expected{ In the South rather than
0
•
Lacy Sandwich Glau.
At the Metropolitan Museum of
Art Is a case containing a loan exhibition of lacy Sandwich glass
which Dr. and Mrs, Charles W.
Green havn lent. Tho cnso 1·oprosc1,ts a small part of their collcc•
tlon, which Is probably the largest
In tho country or that type of glnss
but it contains some of the rarest
pi_-ices the Quester has ever seen,
The !{rowing scarcity of this kind
of glass and the Increasing number of collectors who arc attracted
to It have warranted tho display,
and the Mell opolltan rightly gives
space to the most artistic product
of the Sandwich factory.
��COUNCIL ADOPTS
BUDGET FOR.
THREE MONT. s·
Long Session· Ma~ks
Opening of New, Year in
City Affairs
The first meeting of the Mayor
, .._ -,-.....--:-, ,,, and City Council for 1938 was held
nt 9 o'clock on New Year's Day and
lasted for an hour and a half, with
the voting not indicative of harmony.
of an
amendment, in an instance, and then
killed the resolution because it had
~,.;,~.-,....,L, . ,e1 the aimendment. The Mayor vetoed
~·••":,;;-,:;•.•s-:I one resolution Immediately.
The meeting opened with all councilmen in their chairs and . Mayor
Goldsmith presiding, A petition for
basketball games at the Roseland
•=.u•,..-,, was laid over until the., next meeting,
A claim of Samuel E, Perreault, Jr.,
for damage to his automobile on
r;h.;.~;_,:,;.;;,~_,.;i Nov. 11 was referred to the committee of claims, The report of the
Building Inspector and Inspector o!
.,,. .. ,.-,.c.... "Meats were received and placed on
!ile.
Councilman Charles Durell gave a
report for the committee on street
lights recommending that the lights
for Green St., and Essex Ave., be
granted and this was so voted.
Councilman Durell introduced ' a
resolution adopting the rules and ordinances of the City Council for the
year 1938. Councilman T. J. Downs
offered a resolution authorizing the
i:-i!f~;:,;.;:~t Mayor to draw his warrant. Councilman· Wyman P. Boynton presented a
resolution authorizing the City Clerk
to renew licenses. These three were
fr1~:·~.r;i:.".ll~TI passed.
The fourth resolution was presented
i..:.•l'"'lll!'6:!.l'-U by
Councilman Robert M. Herrick.
This called for a temporary loan, not
to exceed $400,000 in anticipation of
truces. Councilman Boynton inquired
U a year ago the resolution was not
for $250,000 and the Mayor answered
in the affirmative, stating that the
city had to borrow again. There was
some discussion on this, with City
Auditor Laighton being aske4 about
it. He stated that money was at a
very low rate of interest now and
that $400,oo'O would be needed during
the year, he thought.
Councllman Boynton amended the
resolution to read $250,000 and this
was seconded by Councilman Blanchard. On the roll call vote, those
in favor of the amendment were
Boynton, Herrick, Sukeforth, Blanchard .a nd Leary, while Durell, Downs,
Schlegel and ;Burkhardt, voted no. The
resolution passed as amended.
Councilman Durell Introduced the
tentative budget for the first three
months of the year. Councilman
Boynton called attention to the small
mount for snow removal
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with the conditions as they
were (a northeaster) that he did not
think $1500 was adequate for snow
removal. He suggested that the
o.motmt bo increased to $10,000. There
was quite a discussion regarding this.
An amendment was added, carrying
the $10,000 appropriation for snow
removal. The tentative budget was
adopted and the Mayor vetoed it and
declared a recess. As he declared a
recess he left the chamber and
Councilman Boynton questioned his
right to call a recess. Nothing came
of this.
Upon
reassembling,
Councilman
Boynton introduced the budget calling for the same appropriations as in
the one vetoed, except for the item
for mow removal which was set at
$5,000, of which $15000 would be made
available at the present time and
t3,500 as needed. Thill met with the
nproval of the council. Councilman
Boynton llU\ted that with the inuease In the amount for snow removal there should be a corresponding increase in gas and oil under
automotive equipment. He suggested
that the amount be cllanged from
$1,000 to $1500 and offered an amendment to that effect. On the roll call
vote, Councilman Durell, Boynton,
Herrick, Sukeforth and Blanchard
voted in favor and Downs, Leary,
Schlegal and Burkhardt voted against
and the change was made. The Mayor
announced that if the amendment
stood the bill would be vetoed and
on the adoption of the resolution as
amended it was killed. Councilman
Durell, Downs, Leary, Schlegal and
Burkhardt voted no, and Boynton,
Herrick, Sukeforth and Blanchard,
yes.
A motion to adjourn was offered
but not seconded.
A budget for the three months of
the year was again introduced and in
an attempt to retain the amount
for gas and oil at $1,000. The council voted in favor, Councilman Boynton, Herrick, Sukeforth and · Blanchard opposing. The budget was then
adopted with no dissenting vo,t e.
The budget is as follows for the first
tllree months of the year: ·
Appraisers, $1,449,
Elections, $1,000.
Jury drawlng, $25.
Salaries, $3,225.03.
General expenses, $1,965.
Financial expenses, $23,661.25.
F'ire department, $6,273.67.
F'ire alarm, $787.
Health department, $650.
Municipal court, $650.
Police department, $10,603.76.
Poor department, $11,533.
Old age assistance, $2,000, ' '
Public buildings and places, $1,568,
· Public Library, $2,085.50. ·
Highway division, $18,742.77.
Parks and playgrounds, $175.
School department, $60,072.
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Fl1.rPPt lll!hts. $5.700.
' Weight'! and measures, $175.
Miscellaneous, $700.
Total-$153,041 .96.
A budget for the Water Department was Introduced by Councilman
Boynton calling for the amount of
$24,118.33 for the first three months
of the year. The amount
ns :follows: Operation,
Maintainance, $243:75; making a total
operating expense of $16,316.25. Undc1· water dlstnbutlon expense, opcrn•tion was set at $772.50; Maintdlnance
at $3,502 .08, Commerclal, $1,543.75;
General, $1221.25; and Miscellaneous,
$762.50, making a total distribution
of. $7,802.08. This was passed.
Mayor Goldsmith then named the
committees for the New Year as
:follows:
Finance - Durell, Downs, Herrick
Sukeforth, Leary, Sc]1.legal and Burkhardt.
City Lands and Bulldlngs-Downs,
Schlegal and Burkhardt.
Fire-Schlegal, Burkhardt, Leary.
Street Lights - Sukeforth, Durell,
Herrick.
Printing-Herrick, Burkhardt, Leary
Claims-Leary, Schlegal and Burkhardt.
Elcctlons-Dmell, Downs, &hlcgnl,
Sukeforth.
Bills on second reading - Leary,
Boynton, Herrick.
Accounts and Ordlnnnces - Sukeforth; Burkhardt and Downs.
Engrossing Bills-Burkhardt, Blanchard and Leary.
Statistically speaking the copncll
members are on the following munbcr of commlttc<>s: Dmcll, 2; Downs,
5; Heniclc, 4; Sukeforth, 4; Dlo.nchard, 2; Leary 7; Schlegal, 5; Burkhardt, 8. Divided into chairmen the
numbers stands: Durell 2; Boynton,
0; Downs 1; Herrick, 1; Sukeforth,
Blanchard, o;· Leary, 2; Schlegal,
Burkhard t, 2.
Councilman Schkgal motioned to
adjourn, and this was seconded by
Councllman l3oynton. A motion was
made to confirm the appointment of
committees and Councilman Schlegal
tried to withdraw his motion, but
it had been seconded. Upon the vote
the council voted to adjourn.
There followed an jnformal discussion regarding the prospect of a
WPA propcct !ol' this city, the Mayor
stating that there was very good
prospects for one and it was llcedecl,
with the laying off of the project at
the Navy Yard. The council resumed
sessions, when it was decided that
a committee or three should be appointed to confer with WPA of!lclals
regarding a cemetery project. Councilman Downs, Schlegal and Herrick
with the latter as chairman, volunteered their services :>nd the Mayor
app;,inted them.
Carl E. Millette was appointed dog
officer for the year and this appointment was confirmed. The committee appointments were also confirmed.
Councilman Boynton inquired regarding the Incinerator, and there
was a short discussion on this S\,lbject.
Adjournment was until Jan. 13.
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COUNCIL·· VOTES :BUDGET·.. . >::'
TO SORROW
M)OPTED ·~ ",,.
~nley o. Holden of 209 Lafayette
road· asked pei::_mission for underground
tanks to store and sell gasoline on his
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p~operty. - ¥r ~ Holden ·was present and
stated he wished to develop' the propI
erty. Thl~ was referred to the Zoning
Board.
The qu!lrterly report or' Clement R.
Moulton, plumbing inspector, the quar•
.
/ wrly report of City Marshal Leonard H.
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:t'lewitt and the quarterly report of the
;Board of Street Commissioners were reThe O!ty Council held a meeting on
ceived and plac!;!d on file.
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Wednesday Afternoon at the Council
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A
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resolution
was
introduced
calling
Chambers with all councilmen present
.
umomg, · .-; ,
for an appropriatlo~ for the proposed
with the exception of Councilman j ,
f J
~ new l!gh~s on Parrott avenue and this
John Leary, Jr.
was pass~d. The rules were suspended
The quarterly report of the plumb- . The City Council' at a regular.1 meetih~ to enable it to pass all · three readings
ing inspector and the quarterly report 'last eve,i!ng . passed an ordinance per-; and on th~ final roll call all voted in
of the city marshal were received and ta!ntng·to the'practice of plumbing to t~.s favor.
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ordered placed on file.
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'first reading, passed the budget for the
The budget !or the next three months
The Mayor stated ·thnt it was his •quartkr alld trausatred ·othei4 · m!noi· was Introduced. This was for the city
desire to borrow in n11Uclpntlo11 or -lmslh'e.'ls, t 1 1 , ,: · • •' ~ · 1 ' 1 . 1 and Wat~r Department as well, The
to.xos,. the sum of $400,000. instead o! ', Mayor' ·KE:'imlird ' E.; 1®ldsm!th! pre~ total for tho city for the second quarter
the $150,000 as the resolution had been r,ldell lli1d I the' 'following .' '.• cbluic'Unielt o! the fiscal year amounts to $178,993.40,
amended. He stated his reasons, say- were pt-es~i1.•·as City clerk John _J. Hen- The total amount of the Water DepartIng that he wns sure that the rate of :ion i:ead t,lre roll:' Charles·T; 'Durelt, T: ment budget. is $27,508.75.
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interest would be less thnn one half John-I'.>oWns:Robert M'.. Herrick; Ro1an'd
The city budget includes the followof one percent. Last ycnr the amount A. SukefotU\, ;:toiin
ieary,
·ahd ing:
.
to be borrowed was $400,000 and it ·J ohti Burkhardt: Councllman ·Fredetick
Appraisers
$1,650 .01
would be cheaper for the city, he be- :Schlegel a1rived Inter during ·the ses.:
Salaries
3,224 .97 •
l!eved, to borrow it all at one tune.
·ston;
' · · ··
~neral expenses
· 1,450
There was a. little discussion over
The readmg of the minutes· of the last
Financial expenses
26,622.50
this, nnd the resolution was introduced nieetlng .W:J.S d!iipense<;l ~itµ }1POn moFire Department,
6,706.83
1
with an amendment restoring the or!- tion of Councilinan Dw ell. · · · I '
Fire alarm
242 . 50
g!nal amount o! $400,000. This passed · ·Mayor Goldsmith read a let~r from
Health Department
650
the second and third reading to be- the National Gypsum Co., sent to City
Municipal Court
650
come engrossed. ·
Solicitor Leo Llberson In answer to his
Police Department
10,650. !JO
The resolution making fu nds avail- request fOi' information as to what acPoor Department
9,271.25
able also passed its second and final
Old age assistance
2,000
readings, as did the appropriation b!ll tion was to be taken toward elimination
Public buildings and places 4,586.32
for the water department. All of the of the dust nuisance at the local plant at
Public Lil.Jrary
2,229
resolutions received a unanimous vote Freeman's Point. The letter was as
Highway Department
33,579.27
on the roll calls.
follows:
Parks and playgrounds
1,730 •
Councllman Herrick of the special
"In answer to your letter of April 1
School Department
64,873.75
committee endeavoring to arrange for regarding the dust nuisance caused by
Street light/,
5,926.50
a PWA project in this· city stated thnt our plant l,0 the people living at AtlanMiscellaneous
2,950
a conference with Mr. Hooper had tic Heights, we wish first to express our
been anangcd.
gratitude to you people for carrying
Total
$178,993.40
The Mayor spoke of the new road- along with us as well as you have and r,t.
The Water Department budget was
way at Atlantic Heights School, stat- the same time we are in a position l.o divided as follows: operation $7,305;
Ing that this was being used as a high- assure yon that this matter w!ll be maintenance, $370, making a total water
way by co.rs and trucks and he hnd taken ca~e of in the near future.
operating expense of $7,675;operation
instructed thnt wooden horses be
"It is 1&ther difficult to make the of water diftribut!on amounted to $1
placed there to insure the safety of ordinary layman believe how hard it is 215; maint~nance $5,506.25; comme
the children. This was c01istructcd as to eradicate this particular type of dust. clal, $1,',uO .. general, $1,277,50 a.
a road to the school, and not as _a However, at the present time we have miscellaneous · $837. 50, making a total
through way,
just compieted the installation of
a
distribution expense of $10,536.25. In•
Adjournment followed as there wns dust collecting system at our New York
terest on debt of $297. 50 and an increase
no other business.
City plant. From the preliminary reof assets of $9000 make the total funds
~,..........T.":,...,.......,.,....,..."'""'="""'--"."l'l;'J'WJ;,r,,1 suits obtainP.d we are quite positive that
made available by the resolution $27,·
this apparatus is going to prove satisfactory auJ we wlll take steps to make 6ll8.,J5. - - - - This resolution passed its third readthe same installation in the Portsmouth
Ing and received unanimous endorseplant :
"Mr. Roy Neher, our plant manager ment,
at Ports!llouth, wlll be able to keep you
An ordir.r.nce regulating the practice
informed of progress in this work If you of plumbing and relating to plumbing
care to contact him from time to time.'' and inspectors of plumbing was intro-The -letter was signed by J. J. Burns, duced ... Edgar L. Wood was present,
production manager of the National with other plumbers, and he acted as
Gypsum Co.
spokesman and explained the ordiA letter from John R. Wiggin, mana- nance. Tht" ordinance is rather lengthy
ger of the Portsmouth High School bas- and contains the complete laws relating
~'f"'..:..'f.:li!Jl"J~ ketball te~m was received, expressing to the plumbing trade. This i.s in line,
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the appreciation of the members for the he said, with regulations in adjoinln~
swenters ri>e;eivcd from the city,
states. The ordinance passed its first
A petition asking for the refusal of reading and went to the Committee qn
the Woodbta·y school building was re- B!lls on Second Reading, which will arceived from Sheriff Simes Frink. Th~ range to hold a public hearing.
school, which was originally part of his
The ordinance is divided into ,nearly
::~,:.~;i,',i:'.\,-Y.i.:;.f.'J present' pror,erty, has been closed and 25 sections. A few of the regulations
turned bad: to .the -city by the School
""·-.,.·,,..- Departmf'nt. The matter was left with ·fo!low: A i;:lumber must register the
name and place of business. A de.scripthe Mayor.
$400,000
0th~~ Business At City ., '.
Council Meeting Includes
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f Pl
'A option O ·
Qrdi.~~nce :·. . ' .•, l: :· . .
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~r:,
�Mrll, Fanny O. P. Heffenger
Died in this city January 11th, Fan•
ny Curtis Pickering Heffenger 1n her
04th year, widow of Dr. Arthur Cowton
Heffengcr and daughter of Commodore Charles Wllltam Whipple PickA meeting of the John Langdon Club erlng,
USN, and Mary Prescott
of the North Church was held lo.st Stearns.
night,, with 64 in attendance. An exServices o.t the South· (Unltarlo.n)
church Thursday at eleven o'clock.
cellent supper was strved and after the t::~.f./f."}7.,.7f;;;_:;;;:;;,.,;:.:...::.:::.:.::.:.~:..:;:~:__j
repast the entire group, led by Curtis
Matthews, joined in singing
was enjoyed 'by everyone.
Arthur· B .. Duncan, the · president,
presided at ·a short business meetmg,
after which he introduced the speaker•~~,._.~........__......,........;;.:..;.....;.;;...;..;.:...~..,.
JUDGE SHUTE- IS JOHN LANGDO
NOTED.CITIZEN j CLUB MEETS
OF.EXETER . -~- ·
Academy Town Lawyer
Widely Known as _Author
One ·of Exeter's most outstanding
citizens whose fame has reached far
beyond the confines of the Academy
town is Judge Henry A. Shute. Judge
Shute is a lawyer by profession, but
FAMILY WELFARE
BENEFIT
of the evening: Dr. Richard Lougee, a
geologist, and member of the faculty of
Colby Coliege at Waterville.
Dr. Lougee spoke on "An American
Geologist Sees Russia."
His introductory rem.a rks concerned a few details of the trip going to and co;ning
from Russia and \,he general 1m11rcsTomorrow afternoon many from
slon received during his stay In that this city and surrounding towns will .,, ... ~-~·vast country.
gather at the Rockingham Hotel to T-" .:>r-c1:-:'-·'s.:•
Then, with the aid of slides and mo- attend the annual benefit card party
tton pictures, some of which were col- of th~ Family Welfare association.
ored, Dr. Lougee took his audience on This is an event that Is enjoyed ·anthe trip. First to Moscow, then by nually by a -large number of persons.
train south to the Caucasian Moun- Not only do they enjoy the sociability
talus, through villages where people and the card playjng, but they have
had never seen an American.
Then the knowledge that they are aiding a
traveling thousands of miles north, be- yery worthy cause. In. addition to the
yond the Arctic Circle, to the Island of card playing there will be a sale o! f\'~ ..i;l;f;,""'''·'
Novaya Zemlya, a fascinattrlg
spot. cake and candy.
geologically speaking, which is
the ~ ~ --:;-,::~~7":..:-:~~---~:::'.'."~<'!>'!"'-..1:
northernmost point of the
Soviet Union.
In telling of and
Illustrating his
travels, Dr. Lougee gave his audience
a real Insight into the life and activities
of the average native, as well as an authoritative description of the
JUDGE IIENRY A, SHUTE
fascinating geologic formations
phenomena.
spector, the Master Plumbers Associahas won his greatest note as
After his talk Dr.• Lougee answered
tion of Portsmouth and a committee
author and there is hardly a city
many questions put to him by his enfrom Loc3.1 Union 453.
or town In the land in which hi!>
thusiastic audience.
Councilman Sukeforth reported ·for
books are not familiar, especially his
The committee in charge of the supthe Committee on Street Lights, recom"Real Diary of a Real Boy.''
mending thaL a 100-watt light be placed
Some of his better known works arc per consisted of Miss Harriet Duncan,
Oil Lafays?Lte road In front· or the resi"A Few Neighbors," "The Country Mrs. Ralph Junkins, Mrs. Fred Hayes,
dence or John w. Hopley.
Band,'' "Farming It," "The Country Mrs .. Raymond I. Beal, Mrs. Earl NelLawyer," "Plupy," "The Misadventures son and Mrs. Willis Underhill.
' Councilman Herrick spoke of the Inof Three Good, but Not Very Good
cinerator onci It was voted that after the
Boys," and he has written many
councilmen make their inspection the
others that are 'Widely known,
committe.? be empowered to turn it over
Henry A. Shute graduated from
to the Board of Street Commissioners .
Phillips Exeter Academy in 1876 and
The council will make an inspection oil
from Harvard University in 1879. on
Friday afternoon at 2 o'c.Jock .
his return to Exeter he entered the
Councilman Durell spoke about the
office of Judge Wllliam W. Stickney
sidewalks, str.Ung there were
as a student. He was admitted to the
New Hampshire Bar 1n 1882. In 1883
streets without sidewalks. He stated
-he--wu•-appoluted judge , of the Exehe had maae a tour of the city in comtion of w<.;rk must.,be filed with
board of iru.pectors of plumbing. A fee
ter police court, a position he held
pany with Supt. David R. Smith aud
looked the situation over.· He suggest- ~
until Augusll, 1913, when he retired
of 50 cents for each application Is reba vlng reached the age · limit.
quired. Plumbing of every building
ed the pOS!•ib1hty of a WPA project for
Among his other activities, he was
shall be St;parately and Independently
this.
also widely known as a musician
cohnected with a public sewer. PlumbCharles M. Dale, a member o! the
through his connection with. the Exeers shalt"rcport all leaks to water office.
Board of Adjustment, stated l.hat as he
ter Band. He was secretary of the
No house dram shall pass under anis counsel ·for l.he Flynn estate he would
Rockingham Farmers Mutual Fire
other house. The inspector of plumbprefer not to consider the application of ·
·Insurance Co., for a long period.
ing shall inspect all work done in the
the estate for a permit for a fllling . .
city. His 1.alary shall be $400.
All
station. Charles A. Allen was named
plumbers must be either master plumbin his stead to sit until l.hc application
ers or journeymen plumbers. Creation
is acted upon, after which Mr. Dale will
of a board of examination for plumbers,
resume his duties .
·
consisting of plumbing Inspector and
Adjournment was al. the call of
two llcensect plumbers. The ordinance
bears the approval of the plumbing In- chair.
�START.PLANS FOR
OBSERVANCE 4
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-.Local Organizations To
Aid In Fight Against
Infantile Paralysis
Masons; William Tilton, worshipful
master or St. John's Lodge of Masons;
Mrs, Mary C. Dondero, Emblem Club;
John Chabot, Rotary Club; - John
B. O'Brien,_vice president of the N. H,
State Federation of Labor and president of the Machinists' Union; Mril.
Irving Komisky, president of
the
Council or Jewish Women, and Mrs.
Joseph Levitt,yresident of the Chapter
of Hadassah, Others will be added as
soon as they can be contacted.·
auxiliary, the Elks and Emblem club,
Knl~hts or ColumbUG • and auxiliary,
Catholic Daughters of America, Temple
Israel and many .:..other organizations
arc pl;mning some kind of an evening's' program.
· This move ' m~t the·re11,dy,response· of
~he members ?f. organ1;,a.tlo.ns who are
anxious to do their~part"~ making
this national foundation 1,huge.,.auc:
cess. Th,e amount ·of money· ,raised In
this city depends upon each individuaL
person. Don't ·wait to be asked to buy a
ticket. The head of the · organization to
which you belong will tell you · where
tickets can be rocured.
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The first meeting to arrange for the
Pre$ident's Birthday celebration . to
raise money for a National Infantile
Paraly~il! ;Foundation was hel4 at ... thl'
American Legion Home Monday evening at 7:45. Preliminary plans were
made and, while only a few organiza- •
tlons have been oontacted, efforts arei,......;;...;.......,......~..-.;.......,......'-"'..,_'-',;.,.......:a.........
being made today to ask all organizations to participate in this observance.
A public lnv!Latlon ls extended to :,.11
organizaUons by the chairman of the
,,,.
committee, Rear Admiral Douglas E.
Dlismukcs, U. S, N., retl., to hold some
sort of a money raising event on Jan.
29 and also to send a representative to
the next mecUng of the committee on
Fi·lday evening at 7 :30 at tho Leglou
Home.
Portsmouth People Take
It was the opinion that every organiGreat · Interest· Battle
zation which desires to aid in
thls
cause would hold some sort of a party,
Against Infantile Paralysis
dance, card party or whatever it do·sh'es, the proceeds going to the
nuThe move to establish the National
tloual furi.d and that one ticket, costl.!1g Foundation to combat infantile paralys50 ceuts, would admit one to any or all is is well under way, and this will 'be
the parties.
on Saturday with various events in
Whlle no official action has • bee!1 given_ st ill fur th er impetus when on
this city. In issuing a proclamation
taken by the organizations it seems a Jan. 29various money raising events will
urging support of
the celebration,
foregone conclusion that parties wou:d be held throughout the nation. In adwhich has for its purpose the crea-·
be held by the American Legion, the V. dition to raising money it will provide
tion of a National Foundation 'to fight
F. w. and Auxiliary, Elks and Emblc1i1 an opportunity to make merry. The loinfantile paralysis, he S!l,id:
Club and the K. of c. These have not cal slogan adopted by the central com~
"This great nation
has
become
been definitely arranged as yet.
mittee is "let's dance and be merry that
known throughout the worni because
Th~ meeting was called to order 1>:: others may walk again." The idea beof the ingenuity of its people. Objec•
Clyde G. Robinson, commander of. the l1ind it ls to establish a fund by which
tivcs which seemed insurmountable
Frank E. Booma i;>ost, ~- L., who in- a national fight can be made against
have been achieved. Men have devottroduced the chair,
Rear
Admiral infantile paralysis. From researoh woAc
ed their lives to searching for the soDlsmukes, who spoke first of Lhc reason to discover the germ, its origin, etc., tile
lutlon to problems, and often times
for holding the celebrations, the work of the foundation wlll extend t.o
have died in obscurity, only to leave
stamping out of infantile paralysis. actual fighting. of epidemics of the
notes which have made it possible for
"We arc going to solve it," he said, in scourge.
others to continue the search .and
discussing the plan to create a national
Jan. 29th has been set as the
achieve what others had , dreamed
foundation to fight the scourge.
He for raising this money, as it is the day
about. !n inventions, in
discoveries
st.o.tcct Lhat he wanted to coordinate Ute before the President's· Birthday.
and in scientific research
we have
activities, to hold dances wherever U1cy
This ls not a polltical issue. It ls not
gone a great ways. Especially have we
cat\ be held and card pa1'Lies wherever a religious issue, but it is an act to help
whent it comes to the study of disease.
they were· wanted.
human lives by protecting them from
Today the one big job before us is
Capt . Chester G. Mayo, U. S. N., inlantile paralysis and there is no
the wiping out of infantile pa.i:alysis.
was named execuLive secretary of the home that may be exempt from having
"Consequently on the President's
central committee
and John B. this unfortunate disease appear.
Birthday, set aside for this purpose
~Ioornw. treasurer.
Men and women of all political bebecause the President is himself a
The central commiU..ee will consist , [ liefs and religious faiths are on the censufferer of infantile paralysis, the nathc heads of the various organizations tral committee, and many organizations
tlon will pay honor to the great ofpartlclng in any way. Those on the In this ciLy are planning to hold some
flee of the President of the United
committee include Mrs. Leah O'Brien, sort of an event. The Graffort • club
States as well as dance and be merry
pr\!Sidcnt of the Ladies Auxlliary of and _the Garden club are to join tothat others may walk again. This city,
Ute American Legion; Clyde G. Rob- gether to hold an open house in the
ln line with thousands of cities and
inson, commander of Frank E. Booma a!ternoon, and a general good time in
towns throughout· the nation, has arpost, A. L.; Morris Silverman, Temple the evening. The City club will hold
ranged a number of social events and
Israel; Mrs. Ella Garant, l.adics Aux- open house. Damon Lodge, K. of P., wiil
the money raised will go to the Nalllnry, v. F. w.; John W. Thrw1k, hold a special card party, prior to Jan.
tlonal Foundation.
commander Emerson Hovey Post, V, 29, the proceeds for thc ' cause and they
"While some or us may differ with
F, .w.; Philip Duffy of the Knights are also cooperp.ting 1n other ways.
others ln the solution of various probof Columbus; Allen Brigham, worshlll•
The American Legion and auxiliary,
!ems, I am sure we are all ·unanimous
ful master of St. Andrew's Lodge of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
in this movement to establish a Nai..::::.:...;::.:::;:;;;;;,:....:.::...;;;~~~;..,.,..':"""7'.'":..:,.,~'r~:T,!~~:";l"'!r;::~~~~~r-ti~miiifit10nal Foundation to wipe out ·infan•
tile paralysis, and so I urge that all
participate in helping in whatever
way they may do so."
MANY EVENTS
SCHEDULED FOR.
JANUARY 29
In
IRTHDAY ,
BSERVANC
�Building in Family 300 Years
Stands as Colonial Landmark
Special to The Christian Science Jlfonitor
YORK VILLAGE, Maine-The
McIntire Garrison in the "Scotland"
district here Is the only specimen
left of the garrisons that exis.ted in
the early days, when the Colonists
sought shelter Rgainst attacks of
hostile Indians. The garrison today
is a hobby of John R. McIntire, head
of one of York's oldest families.
Though a private museum, it is as
interesting to many visitors at the
Village as that other landmark of
tourist fame, "York Gaol." A metal
plate on the outside of the building
epitomizes its history:
Mc In Ire Ga rrlson
Built 1640-45
Restored 1909
BY
John R. McIntire
In 1630 to 1650, among the scattered buildings for two miles along
the, York River, stood five garrison
houses, expressly constructed as a
defense. These were known as Alcock's, Harmon's, Norton's, Mcintire's and Junkins'. All have gone
save Mcintire's. Next to this last
Junkin', which was
crumbling wreck, a
Micum Mcint.lre was the first of
his family to settle here. He dug the
cellar for the garrison house almost
300 years ago. John McIntire has
preserved the garlrson to posterity,
with furnishings and implements
that were originally used by Micum
and by succeeding Mcintires.
Mr. McIntire spends much time
there, never tiring of his an tlque
treawres. He gladly shows around
anyone who is genuinely interested.
There Is no charge and there are no
visitors' hours.
When the garrison was first built,
a stockade surrounded it. dlose by ls
a well of pure, cold water. The tlm•
bers of the building are all fastened
with wooden pins, and inside may be
sern pine boards 25 inches In width ,c.,,,.,..
and without a knot.
Micum McIntire started a small
vegetable ga~den close to· the garri- r. ,, •. ,.~.,,.._.,_,_;
son, and records show that every
succeeding year other Mclntires
have planted the plot to produce.
John McIntire has a garden there i;~,.,,•,.::;,,••-r.;
today, and he says there has never ~~or,;~~•~~·_,,,._,. . ,_
been a break.
0 ,.,.-"'''•·
�MBALIST ,
COMING TO-('
EXETER
....,.c,.,,, 7 " '
Efrem Zimbalist, distinguished violinist, will give a recital at Phillips
Exeter Academy chapel at 6.45 on
Sunday, Jan. 16. This recital 1s free
and open to the public.
Zimbalist was first h eard by an
American audience on Oct. 27, 1911
RANGER .CHAPTER
MEETING HELO
R anger · Chapter, Daugh ters of the
American Revolution, held the January meeting last n igh t at the home
of Mrs. Harry· P eyser on ·Mmer Ave-.
n ue. Several guests and members of
Old York Cl111pter were present .
T he subject-"The Daily Lile of an
Average Citizen of Portsmouth 111
177§.....a~ con1Parect_to __ the_ ~ife Q.L ~~
Av~rage Citizen of Portsmouth Today·~
- wos chosen for the Essay Contest.
Ranger . Chapter 11 to sponsor th~
Good Citizenship P ilgrimage ugalu.
th!~ ycal'.
At the· close of Ute hu,;ines., meet·
ing. Mr:· Jame~ Morrison p1·esen'te1i.
a group
Of
foll!" f,Qllg,, . '
The spe::tkCI" of t he evening. Mr.i,
Carl S. Hoskin~ oi Lisbon, New Hamp .
shire. Sta te Regeut of the New H::unp~
sh ire Daug1r!;ers of the Am~ric::tn Re ..
volution, was then pre:i?nted. Jl.'.lr ,i,
Ho,kius ~poke mo.,t iutcrestingly ot
D. A. R. worlc in the st.ltc and itt
the . nn tional orgnni:mUon.
In closing. Mr. Mor:·ison 1)rese11ced.
a no ther group of son~s wh!.:11 were
thorough ly enjoyed.
Refreslunents were serveri by t ltC!
hostesses Mrs. Peyr.er. Mrs. Bo.. rdm::m
nandall Mr~. II. N. R:lrdlng, ,h's. P .
B. Badger, Mis., Nellie Locl!lin, and
Mlsr, Ell,.a!J.c:th Bryant.
EFREM ZIMBALIST
when he appeared as guest soloist with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. On
that occasion he ·played the Glazounow
Concerto In A Minor for the first time
in America. He was. immediately hailed
as an artist of exceptional merit. In
the 26 years that have passed since
then, the name of Zlmballst has become synonymous with great violin
music. He has played In practically
every large city In the world.
In the period since his American debut, he has also established himself as
a composer and more recently as a
conductor. He Is the composer of n
symphonic poem
"Daplmls and
Chloe" which was recently performed
for tho first time by the Philadelphia
Orchestra with Leopold Stokowski
conducting. He is also the composer of
t.'.'tt.·:>lff.!f'U:'I an operet ta "Honeydew," a Sonata for
violin and piano In G Minor, Three
Slavic Dances and numernus short
violin compositions. Three years ago he
made h1s debut as a conductor, directing a performance of Tschalkowsky's
1'&'«·;-,,.:;:."EuJ.~ ''Eugen Onegin" which was presented
by the Art o! Musical Russia. More re...,..,, .,.•.. ,.,.,,.,. cently he conducted the Chicago Sym.,,·.;, .-.;,;~"""'11 phony Orchestra In a performance of
his most recent work "An American
Rhapsody."
ME
RS HEAR
REVIEW ~
Old York Chapter, DAR, met on Friday with Mrs. W1llard Howe of Lincoln Ave. After the usual routine of
business the afternoon was · given over
to the chairman of the entertainment
committee, Mrs. Mary Tolman, who
troduced Miss Fernald, who for 30
years in February has been associated
with the Public Library. She gave a
review of recent books such as "Tragedy of Tolstoy" and "I Worked for the
Soviet" by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy.
"Assignment in Utopia,'' . ' by Eugene
Lyon. "I Visit the"' SAViets"" by E. M.
Delafield. Two Chinese books, "Import ance of Living" by Lin Yu Tang, and
"Chinese Women Yesterday and Today" by Florence Ayscough; ·"American Memory" by Henry L. Beston,
Editor; "We Were New England" by
Banows Mussey; "John Langdon ·or
New Hampshire" by L. S . Mayo; "The
Ke1mebec," by R. P. T. Co1Iln; "When
I Lived In Salem" by Caroline King;
"Home Grown" by . Della. .- Lutes;
"Horseless Carriage Days" by Hiram P.
Maxim; "Island in the Sun" by Geoffry, and Kit Bret Harte; "On Gilbert
Head" by Elizabeth Etna; "Madam
Curle'' by Eva.. Curie; and "Ladles and
Gentlemen 1n Victorian Fiction" by
Delafield.
Miss Femald's synopsis on the new
books was very enlightening and given
in an informal and easy manner-as ·11
she were a part of each story, _.so understandingly had she grasped the import of the writers.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess assisted · by Mrs. Sarah R,
Gray and Mrs. Alice A. Paul.
- The meeting adjourned to meet 1n
February with Mrs. Lester Bragdon. A
covered-· dish luncheon is to p1·ecede
the regular m; etlng.
in-
�wo
Interior
i
·I
By Helen Johnson Keyes
NeW' York
Things of moment have been happening on •th'e third floor of the'.
American Wlng·-1n the Metropolitan
Museum of·Art.-,As a result'o! work
covering · more );ban a year, · there
are now 1n:itaf1'edr, in that gallery
1md ready . to gre,et the public, the
parlor from the- -~ rt house, built
In Ipswich, Mass>a.15-out 1640; a large
room from· the Samuel Wentworth
House, recteci in "157("Tn Portsm'c?uth, N. H.,; and two staircases
fr~ the Wentworth house, the hrst
temporary with its erection, the
se nd c\8,ting from· alterations. made
1710 )
•.,
•
~ These
'
,rooms and stairs re~
1
;i,lace in thf& ~aJlery some reproduc•
tions of early, New .England ...nouses,
as well as ~some original sections
which have now 1'een placed elsewhere ~ this wing .
•
,
The parlor of the Hart house ls one
of the oldest rooms In the United
States and the house one or , the
.most perfect survivals or .. tihe Pllgrim period. Its chamfered framing
is still intact and the chimney · wall
still covered by the molded sheathing which was put up in 1640.
·· This low room is divided by a mas·sive summer bean'- Buttressed with
corner· posts and girts of hewn oak,
its ceil!ng plasbered between the
floor timbers and J!ghted by small
leaded windows, the interior brings
to life the Tudor traditions of the
1500's in England. This noble style
is reiterated in the chamfers of the
framing and the molding of the pine
sheabhing p,nd the carving that travels horizontally across the lintel of
the fireplace.
Architecture and decoration remind us that the first settlers of
New England, most of them from
rural districts ot England, where
such houses can stm be seen, occupied a . transitional position In so.cial development between an almost
vanished· medieval!sm and ,the
swiftly approaching sophistication of
the e!ghteanth century, so abruptly
different in feel!ng.
The Museum has made a few
changes in entrances in order to provide for the circulation of visitors,
and wh:ere modern doors had replaced in this house the old ones,
batten doors made from original
sheath!hg from. the stair well, have
restored the ancient look. Similarly,
hardware of the period has supplanted later sorts, and the butter•~y, cj!Qk.'.§-head and QUtterfly _stra
1nges are a rare delight · to behold.
The , fire openmg copies exactly the
original one, and in its right-hand
corner has an oven 30 inches, deep
with recessed jambs.
Although correct for this period,
the furnishings were never in use
ln the Hart parlor. They irtclude a
Massachusetts court cupnoard, with
usual applied turnings, two turned
arm chairs, a. fine chair table, a
carved oak chest, and an oak bed
with molded rails. In the seven-
~ew
ecnth century a bed ~as a customary parlor piece. A T~rkey rug covering, a Bible box, various examples able gradually · to reconstruct
and
the
sta!rcas
of old metal and pottery, and~s·ome chamber
homespun woolen an~ contemporary G;reatly altered by modern l!v!
velvet, paint in the l details of Ml and moved from its original .si
the house was ln the hands
authentic in!erlo?;"
wreckers when these portio
jures up for us not. Only facts , but
e house
cmotiomt...
~.
..
; The Wentworth Chamber
'l'aken}trotrlt the second story of
ttle .~!lmUe~ wl ntworth house, built L~:r"'."I~~~-=·•;,,.-;
in 1671. in· Portsmouth, N. H., and
-altered in 1710, this chamber carus Into the periods of Charles
II, William and Mary and Queen
AnT\e, -When it· is entered a moment
after the •Hart parlor has been examined, the transition from medie•
vallsm:to elegance is startling, con- J,(l'l,~-~.'.~•;;:..•h
slderlng the short span of years that
•l;.;l'lll'..-!.::\if;i•~•-''"-~
d!vldeS'their building. But the one .Is
de1ived from rural architecture, the
other reflects the advancing culture t;;;J1~....,...,1J.
of the town.
In a number of features the Wentworth house was advanced for its
day and age: and in this chamber
the progress Of architectural refine- ~.o.-.:1t~ 'Is<
ments is apparent' ln such· features
as the bolectlori moldings which
frame the pant:.!$ of the wainscoting;
the mantel; th~ covered-in ce!l!ng;
the double-hling, sash· wlndQws. •
This intirlor is decidedly en·hanced by the painted woc>:_e!work,
now restored to I~ original Indianred, or sepia. The s;;pect of refinement is confirmed also by the furnishings, Because. no Inventories
appertaining to the Wentworth belongings are known to exist, . the
pieces have merely been chosen
from those styles which prevailed 1 ' ·--~•in the late 1600's and which are .,.,.,,.,,::.-,back (dated ' 1677); ' some ·dated
Engl!sh Delft; these furnishings
make the ~,;c;>om· as it may have
looked after it was altered In 1710.• ,.,0 .,,., •••...
Fringed draw · curtains made of
seventeenth centrury blue home- l\..1~~J.llW,,k•/N,:.fn,
spun silk have been copied from
an . engraved pattern by Daniel rw.illlt,·~•-•·1
Maret and hang against the top o!
the window In shirred drapery,,,,·:-.=·••·'~- ,
which Is ornamental and yet leaves
free access to the l!gh t.
onr whichccin-
ries
0
~-'
Two Staircases
Other structrural features of this
Wentworth house conserved by the
Museum are a staircase datini;
from ihe time of building and one • ,.,."':!':,.,r,,/'J:F;:.~\,7~·~J,,
that was · added· about 1710. The earlier one, from the rear o! the
first floor, is steep and has narrow, turning toreads, and is now
conceale.d as .It was in the house: L.,.,,,,,, ......... r,
by_. a partition or vertical sheath-""''''"""'
!olg. closed at bottom and , top
by a batten door. The second stair.:
way, which led up from the en•
trance to the attic, is remarkable
for its spiral oak balusters.
�Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum or Art
.
Two rooms and two stairways from early New England houses have been
installed In the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and
are now open to the public. From the Samuel Wentworth house erected
in Portsmouth, N. II., in 1671 came the large chamber, at the left, with its
excellent pine panelling and timbered ceiling. As re-erected, it contains
chairs, tables, and other items of its original century••.• Also from the
Samuel Wcn~worth house came this interesting stairway with its spiral
balusters. It 1s another portion of a fine old house rescued when it had
already reached the hands of wreckers.••• One of the earliest 1urviv.lD&'
New England homes is the llart House built in Jpswloh, M11,111., a))out
1640. From this building, the chief room shown at the rlrht, above, bu
been removed, re-erected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.;.Massive
oak beams in the ceilings, plaster between the floor timbers and nicely
grooved sheathing about the fireplace, make this a highly valuab~e
example of early American, practice. This view shows the bed corner,
for in those early days there was likely to be a bed in the parlor.
�6llY OFflCIALS
ELECTED AT
COUNCIL MEETING
.
.
()nlY. Contest Fot Office Of
City Solicito'r-Leo Liberson ·
Re-elected:~..· ~ ·~ _.
I
All of the city of!!c!als were returned · Harbor Master, Shirley H. Holt, Jr.
to office by the City Council at its Port wardens, John E. Seybolt, E.
meeting last evening, and with the ex- Curtis Matthews
ception of the city solicitor, all were Lot Layer, John W. Durgin, Jr.
unanimously chosen. For this office Keeper of Powder Magazine, Leon
the present solicitor, Leo Llberson, re- W, Smart
Fence Viewers, Pli:lllp M. Trafton,
ceived 6 votes, and 3 were cast for Os•
car Neukom. Counc!lmen Durell, Leary, Leon K. Fennerty, Laurence Shorey
T-rustee of Trust Fund, William O.
Downs, Schlegel, Sukeforth and Burk•
hardt supported Llberson, wh!le Coun• Walton, Jr.
Commissioners . of Airport, Mayor
oilmen Boynton, Herrick and Blanch•
Kennard E. Goldsmith, Carl Krleder,
ard supported Neu:;:om,
Fred Chevery, Frank E. Brooks, Frank
Mayor Kennard G.oldsmlth presided
W. Randall
and all councilmen were present.
Welghers, Frank H. Grace, Walter
The complete list ot officers chosen Alvey, Edward McMulkin, John O.
were as follows:
Shaw, Albert Bauer, Herbert W. Pope,
City Clerk, John J. Hensen
William o. Flanagan, Harry Bryce,
Oity Messenger, Charles R. Quinn
John Kellenbeck, William Linchey,
City Auditor, Remick H. La!ght-0n
Helen .Quinn, William Parks, Anna E,
City Solicitor, Leo Llberson
Scott, Catherin& Connell, Harvey
City Treasurer, Frank P. Hunt
Manary, Horace Haynes, C. E. Osborn,
Tax Collector, Philip H. Sanderson
City Physician, Inspector and Bac- A. Rafferty, S. D. Eastham, M, E. An•
derson, Paul o. Badger, Peter Curran,
terologist, Dr. George Tredlck
Inspector of Meats, Dr. Haven T. Thomas Harvey, John Case, Eleanor
Regan, John Walsh, Arthur S. Teeson,
Paul ·
Jeremiah
Regan, Bradley L. Moody, O.
Overseer of the Poor, James o. Pet•
E. Batchelder, Russell L. Davis, Arthur
t!grew
Supt. of the Burying Ground, James O. Pickering, Charles Moody, Orville
C. Badger, Patrick Healy.
P. Griffin
Building Inspector, Charles W. Measurers of Wood, John Walsh,
Jeremiah Regan, William M. Bridle,
Hwnphreys
William
W. A. Parks.
Chief of Fire Department,
Surveyors of Lumber, Elmer J, E.
1". Woods
First Assistant Engineer, George Littlefield, Harold A. Littlefield, Richard Weston, R. M. Fowler, Robert O.
Cogan..
·
Second Assistant Engineer, Frank E . King, Joseph Soule, Kenneth Little•
:field,
Amazeen
Supt. of Fire Alarms and Inspectol' Inspectors of Flour, H. B. Yeaton, J.
of Wires, w. I. Randall
·
True Davis, Frank Hersey, Roland I.
Inspector of Plumbing, Clement R . Noyes, Bessie M. Varrell, Stephen H.
Moulton
Goodwin,
Member of Board of Health, Di•, A short recess was decl\ued whllf!
George A. Tredlck
the committee on PWA proJects went
Mayor Kennard E. 'Goldsmith an• into a conference.
nounced the following - appointments:
Upon reassembling a petition was
Sealer · of Weights and Measures, received from residents at the Plains,
William T. Rose
asking that the city accept WoodInspector of Petroleum, Walter s. worth, Swett and Leavitt Avenues.
Abbott
·
This was referred to the Board of
Street Commissioners to investigate
and turn over to the cotmcil when the
Commissioners submit the list of accepted streets in the city.
A petition for basketball games at
the Roseland, beginning Sunday, Jan.
16, was received from the Portsmouth
Mariners and was granted on motion
of Councilman Downs.
�Memory Honored At One
of Largest Funerals Ever
Held Here
Ushers at the chw-ch were Dr. Ha•
ven T. Paul, Dr. William M. Farrington, William O. Walton, Jr., Ralph ,T.
Wood, Paul O. Badger, Ralph S. Fro•
bisher and William o. Flanagan. ·
Honorary bearers were Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Former Mayor
Robert Marvin,. E. Curtis Matthews,
Richard D. McDonough, Ralph Lizio,
Raymond I. Beal, E. Bliss Marrine1·
and Francis T. Malloy. Active bearers
were Leon Robinson, John E. Seybolt,
Nom1an E. Rand, James H. Welch,
George E. Jameson and William T.
Leary.
At the grave military rites
conducted by the officers o!
Frank E. Booma Post, American Le•
glon, assisted by a firing squad of u.
S. Marines, who fired a farewell vol•
ley, after which "taps" were sounded.
Burial was in the family lot in
Prospect Hill cemetery, Greenland,
under the direction of J. Verne Wood.
The funeral of Ralph D. Brackett
at the
North chw·ch and was the greatest
tribute ever paid a citizen of Portsmouth. Every seat in the church was
taken, nearly 300 · stood in the aisles,
and there was a large number out•
side the church unable to gain en•
trance. It was one of the largest funerals in the history of the city.
Friends-those who knew him as a
boy in Greenland, those who went to
school and college with him, those
who have played the sports under his
coaching, and many others who had
come 1n' contact with him-filled .the
church to capacity.
From l o'clock w1tll 2 o'clock, the
hour of the service, the body lay In
state, during which time several hundred people filed by the casket of
their friend. Organ selections we1·e
rendered by Leon A. Robinson, a very
olose pereona.l friend of Mr. Brackett.
Among the groups which were seat•
ed as a body in the church were
members of the Frank E. Booma Post,
American Legion,
o!
which Mr.
Brackett was a charter member; the
board or education, teachers of all of
the Portsmouth Public schools, the
High School Alumni Associlition, the
City Council, the Rotary club, the Kl•.,., ..,..,;.,."'
wanls club and members o! the 1035
PHS state championship basketball._-,,.,,_,:e...,
team.
Many state, county and city officials; athletic coaches :Crom various
part., o! the state; :former athletes in
U1e local schools, and pupilll from the
echools wel'e in attendance.
Rev. Arthur 1\, Rouner, pnstor of
the North chul'ch, conducted the service. In his eulogy he paid high tribute to Mr, Brackett, as a citizen, as
coach, a man of Integrity and ability,
a leader or the youth or Portsmouth,
and a ll\f\l\ who led Q life or Sel'vlco
:\bovc self. One outstanding phase of
Mr. Brnckett's activities
was his
Christ.inn life. Not only in athletics
but in everything he undertook how
the game was played was of the gl'eatest importance. The question of vic•
tory or defeat was not paramou\1t in
his mind, but rather, whether or not
true
sportsmanship
was
Thl'oughout his life, this had always
been true, and his sportsmanship has
been an example for others to follow.
Floral tributes, expressing silent
messages or sympathy and love, completely banked the front of the
church, the alLar, and even extended
to the balconies.
was held Sunday afternoon
�'
C0
TE A
Mrs. Robert Brown and the publlcity
committee by Arthur Penniman. Rev.
Edgnr Warren will supervise the his•
torical correctness o! U1c celebration
and Dean T. Menill 1a to direct the
beautification of the town.
Other members of the general com•
mlttee Include Selectman Elroy o.
Shaw, Precinct Commissioners George
Ashworth, Fred R. Batchelder and
Armas Guyon, Mrs. Willlam R. Hill
and Mr, and Mrs. Howard O. Lane.
ig Parade, Pageants, S or
Events And any-Act·vities
T e eld u 1ng ee
0 ugust21
With the start of Hampton's 300th
year as a town, the committee headed
by Judge John W. Perkins is pushing
ahead plans for the elaborate tercen•
tenary celebration, which Is to extend
over the week of Aug. 21.
·
In anticipation of the annual town
meeting in March, when funds to fl.
nance Ille historical observance will be
sought, the committee Is endeavoring
to complete the prellminuary details o!
the two-day pageant, whose eight episodes are to cover the history of the
town from the settlement to the 20th
century, the historical parade, the .Old
Home Day, the tercentenary ball, the
athletic day and church services. ·
pageant, the subsidiary· ·towns are to
have groups trained 1ri o11f-l.lme dances
!or the ball and are ·also . to . exhibit
relics of early settlement" days.'
Witches, ghosts
and
shipwrecks
played a part in the fascinating history
or Hampton and Hampton Beach,
which was first named "Winnacunnet"
!rom the Indian word meaning "beauti•
!ul place of pines" err "beautl!ul long
place." The early days of that section
were celebrated 1n poetry and 11ong,
chief among which are the sagas of
Norsemen and the poem.a of John
Greenleaf WhitUer.
First Town Meetln1
Special Service
.
Nicholas Easton, who wu governor ot
It is planned, to commence the ob• Rhode Island 1n 1672 and 1673, was the
servance with s1>eclal services in · the first, with a Mr. Oeotmy, to bulld 1n
Congregnt!onal Church, whlcl1 is t.lie Hampton early 1n the year 01 1638. Be
oldest religious center in the commun- WM ordered out by the magistrates of
ity, The ball will be held Monday Ipswich, however, and tho actual set•
evening In the Hampton Bench Casini}, tlemcnt was made Oct. 14 of that year
which has been donated by the casino by a little band from Newbury· under
associates for the occasion.
Rev. Bteven_Bachiler. By _the.. time_o!
No definite days in the week have the first town meeting on June 30, 1639,
been set as yet by the committee fo~· there were 60 fam.llies settled there.
the parade, athletic day and Old Home
Because of its location Hampton was
day, all of which are to be daytime the center of many boundary disputes
events The pageant is to be presented u\ its early days. Originally the town
on successive evenings, probably at the was a part of Massachusetts and the
Tuck Memorial o.thletlc field, or may be legal records of its growth are all found
given in part at the beach on the open in that state. · Trials o! the famous
air stage. For the conclµding feature- Hampton witch, Goody Cole, were held
of the week on Sunday , · a nationally 1n Ipswich and Boston. Many other
knovm speaker is to be present at the events were tied In wi~h Massachusetts
"church service.
1 history.
Groups are being orianized 1n the ' Assisting Judge Perkins on the gen•
towns or Kingston, ~ t Kingston, Dan• eral committee are Mrs. John W. R.
ville, Sandown, North H~mpton,, Brooks as secretary and Selectman Ed· ;.,;;.,~¼i;;tr.;,;•'-'·
Hampton Falls and Seabrook, . which ward Bat.chelder as treasurer.
Ma}.
were formed :!rom the mother town o! \ Oharles E. Greenman or the staff of i ..n:~#,.u.:?"Jc
Hampton, by Selectman Harry D. Mun• , Gov. Francis P. Murphy 1s In charge ol
sey !or participation In _the tercenten• ', the &0uvenlr program book. The his·
ary ~vents. In addltlon to their ap• torical parade wlll be directed by Town"'"''~,,--.;:·.,;
pearance in the spectacular parade and Clerk W1111am Brown and the pageant
by Miss Adeline Marston.
Mrs. Norman Coffin 1s arranging the
details of the ball, while Henry Hobbs
1s handling the athletic day plans. The
Old Home Day committee 1s headed by
�Erucsi Chick or Newfields drawing water from hisiorlo "Betty Shute's Spring''
which is still the source of waicl' su11ply to many families in that town.
_.
Newfields, Jan. 18 -A weathered gates open a band of 90 Indians enwooden well shelter marks the site of tered and took Fanny and her mother
seven eh!ldren.
a one-time famous hostelry-the Shute and
Later the child, at about 13 mouths
House-and is a monuinent to early of age, was taken by a Mme. St. Auge
Newfield pioneers besides being a place who found her ln rags in a shack. Laof water supply to many of the citizens ter the infant was brought to Trois
of that town. Many homes along the Rivieres by an Indian squaw. After
main street of the town are without many adventurous incidents she was
wells or public waler service so they re• restored to hei' father at the age o! 14
ly on "Betty Shute's Spring."
and later returned to Boston.
Soon
The spri11g, long ago dug into a well, after her return her father died and she
and rocked up for many years, was the went to Newbury, Mass., to live with
wnter source for the old Shute House a relative.
·
:which was a hostelry of many years
She was a teacher for a ti111e in
go; ltlllt -stood Oil the ~lte or the l'~Sl- Hamilton and married jonatha.n
dence or Fanny Shute who experienced ton in 1770 and he died 22 years fa.ter.
ndventure among· the Indians. . This In 1801', the third year· following her
structure, in later years the Newfields first husband's death; she married John
House, was destroyed by fire on Sept. Shute of Newfields, and lived there till
24, 1894, and only the cellar walls re• her death In 1810,
main and they are fast being blotted by
She died more than a century ago
plant growth and underbrush.
but her name will probably be rememLegend of the typical New England bered as long as the spring from which
town has it that Fanny Noble, who la- her household was furnished water does
ter married a Shute, was captured by not run dry. It seems that the well
the Ind~ns when a girl and carried ofI has an unlimited source even during
over mountains, through woods and the most severe droughts. A few of the
along moss-carpeted Indian tra.ils to older natives of Newfields recall stopCanada. She was the daughter of Laz- ping at "Betty Shute's Spring" for
arus Noble, a hardy laborer o! the Pine a cooling drink to quench their thirst•·'"...,_ .. ,,.,.,,,,
Tree state frontiersmen, who lived on on their way home from school. The
swans Island in the Kennebec river in property where the well is located is
Maine. One morning when two boys now owned by Mrs. Ellen G. Syverstcri
ent out of the garrison leaving the and Mrs. Charles Pike.
·Tu-
�I'orlsmoulh Herald Pholo.
Tree On The I,cft°Js The Gilman Elm On l,awn Of Residence Of Mr. and Mrs.
F, Everett 'Winslow On F1·ont St.. Exeter, Oldest Tree In The ToWJ\,
A New .Engl!lnd custom of the early Probably blight, wood-ticks or some
settlers was to plant elm trees in disease, killed the other tree l:int,
front of their pioneer homes and in nevertheless, another one was plantE.xeter the oldest monument to that ed and the two trees stand as partcust,om is the 207-year-old Gilman ner:; guarding the brick house. The
elm tree on the lawn of the reel brlclc massive elm barely missed certain
residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. Everett fate of most trcrs-thc woodchopper
Winislow, on Front Street. The silent ax-when one of the Gilm::ms, l°'i§.~,1M"~
sentinel of centuries towers high financially and needing t\ winter'
above the two story structure bPhind fuel supply, was slmrpening his nx t
it and, according to a former Durham cut the tree. But Deacon William
:minister's boyhoorl diary it was' plant- grandfather saved the tree \JY givil
ed on A1wll 3, 1730.
the would-be :ixmnn n load of fit•eIt would be appropriate thL'l year woo::l.
01
if part' of the tercrntcn11lal celebraA short t,ime nftrr he had ho11ghtli.<•t.'.',f l'J})·,'-/.fff~rlrtll~tzi·~1:-_;;-:;!i~::;i:~
tion in tho Academy town be drrllcat- the property, history quolcs Deacon..,.,,,....,..,.,~.
ed to the tree which is now starLing William:; nH saying, "I gave ~.!iOO fur
1t's third century of growth. The sap- the lot and I would not take that
Ung elm wa.s planted by Nicholi>s sum for the trees."
Gilman and his son, Nicholas, when The last Gilman to own the prothe family lived at wllnt is now the pe1-ty was ex-Governor and ex-ConWinslow residence.
tlnental Congressman John Taylor
As the sun sanlc on April 3, more Gilman. lie served as governor of
than two cenluries ago, tired from a New Hampshire.from 1794 to 1805 and
day's work o.nd looking forward to a again from 1813 to 1816 and previous
night's sleep, young Nichola.s penned to being governor was for two years
in his diary, "Set out elms before a member of the Continental Confather Gllman's house." In his twen- gress, 1782 and 1783. Whether or not
ty'S young Nicholas entered the min- the selling of the old family home!slTY an.:l held a l ~~torat~:.t Dm·lmu . stco.d effected his health
Of course it Is specul:itive us to corded, but he died a
bow old the saplings were, but chances afterwards.
o.re that they wcro at least three The present ovmer, F.
years or older. In thi~ case Exeter's purchnsecl the property in 1924 from
oldest elm Is probably 210 years old. ·F. Ruth Warner, who hnd purchased
According to Bell's History of Ex- it from the Flagg family in 1922
eter tpe two trees were In their prime Deacon Williams, who had bought
when the property was sold in lll2B the properLy from ex-Governor Gilto Deacon John J. Williams by one man and built the present structure
of Nicholas Gllman's descendants.
in 1829, sold it to Isaac Flagg.
�f,~.\d!?,:,.,.,
THE HERALD'S
OOK REVIE\V:,
Architectural Heritage Of
The Piscataq.ua Recorded
In Profusely Ulustrated
Volume By Kittery
Summer Resident
J ohn Mead Howells. a summer rcsl".,,...,.....-.. dent of Kittery Poin t, has just issued an
outstanding book entitled "The Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua."
Mr . Jl owclls is the son of \.he lntc Wll':!.;•~:;;.;..;,--;-~~1 limn Dea11 Howells, novelist, ancl is an
archltect of high reput.a tion . having
_done a great deal of work all over th·!
count,r~· . He is well qualified to act n
the historian of our local archit~cture,
b?th by reason of his high stan ding in
l11s profession ancl by
r ca5011 of
a
lhorou~h knowledge of the old l'Olonial mansions of Portsmouth,
Kittery
and vicinity.
Ti1e book . :s a beautifully bound volume measuring 9 1-2 by 12 1-2 inches.
prmted on heavy gloss paper and containing more than 300 la ge and most
artistic p!1o tograpils of t.he
interiors, garclen
plans,
measured
drawings, floor plans and many building details of our old mansions.
For
lovers of the trad; tions of old Portsmouth ~ml vicinit.y there are ~ountl ess
treasures lncluded in the charming and
authoritr,t.ive uotes prepared with the
able assistance
of
Miss
Dorothy
Vaughan, assist.a1\t librario.n of
the
Portsmouth Public Library.
Early New England was architecturally rich in her churches, mansions,
gardens and ancient tidewater cottages.
In Port.smouth, the absence of building
booms has permitted the unspoiled survival of her architectural heritage in
perhaps the best sequence of old period
buildings still standing.
John Mead
Howells knows and loves this district.
Four years ago he began collecting material for t.his book, to the encl that this
nrchitectural heritage of ours should
never be lost. To the work he brought
unbounded enthusiasm for these old
houses and for the life Jived in them as
well as the discriminating selection' of
a clistinguished architect.
In I\ foreword the author
dcWolf Howe: "When a town has a
personality of its own, is it not entitled
to a biography?" This book ls trnly a
biography of the Portsmouth district of
Maine and New Hampshire. It is a book
which will t.ake its permanent place as a
volume of reference, forever recording
the now-fading charm of old-time days
and old-time ,vays in this seaport city.
All the famous old mansions of Portsmouth and Kittery are included in the
book: with many fuJJ-page pictures.
The Governor Langdon House, 1784;
the Lady Pepperrell House, 1760: the
MacPheadris-Warner
e Governor John Wentworth House,
1769; the Peirce Mansion, 1799;
the
Mof!att•Ladd House, 1763; , Sparhawk
Hall, 1740; Colonel
John
Whipple
House, 1760; Hamilton House, South
Bt!rwick, 1770; Jacob Wendell House.
178!);
Langley
Boardman-Marvin
House, 1800; Larkin-Rice House, 1815:
Henry Sherburne House, 1725;
worth-Gardner House, 1760;
Jewett
Memorial, 1774 ; Cut!.€r-Langdon Mansion, 1750; Governor Benning Wentworth Mansion, 1695; ' Captain Samuel
Cl'l.auncey House, 18_o8 ; R1mdlet-May
House,' 1806 ; Livermore House, 173.5;
Levi Woodbury House,.. 1720 ; Re,•. Samuel Langdon House, · 1749; Toscan·s
bungalow. Greenland, 1800, and a great
many otJ.ers are shown and described.
How many of our rc:iclers could tell
the exact local.ion of any sizeable munber of these beautiful old mancions? A
perusal of this book leaves the readr1·
with an intense pride in the previously
undreamed-of value of our heritage m
colonial architecture here at the mouth
of the Piscataqua.
The volume is publi5hed by the Architectural Book Publishing
Compa:1y,
Inc., of 112 West 46th street, New York
City, IV!d is priced at $10 a copy.
INVITE N.H. POLICE TO
TRAFFIC SCHOOL AT
TROY, N. Y.
An opportunity will be
New Hampshire police officers to study latest methods of coping with tro.f•
fie problems which are ever more vex•
ing, according to information reach•
in~ state and Manchester police over
th ~ teletype yesterday.
The
announcement concerned a
traffic school to be conducted by the
New York state police in conjunction
with Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute
at Troy, N. Y., next April. State · and
municipal officers of New Hampshire
as well o.s other sto.tes wlll be permit.
ted to attend. The two-weeks' course
will open April 11, and will feature lectures by many widely known authori•
ties on traffic subjects.
· i
It was not stated 1ast night whether
the Manchester Police Department
plans to avail itself of the opportunity
to send an office1· to U1e school.
book about Portsmouth you should
your library.
JOHN MEAD HOWELLS'
"Arc itectnraE Heritage of the Piscataquan
Showing early houses and gardens of the
Portsmouth District.
0
SALE AT
.
THE ANCHORAGE191 <Congress St.
(Opposite th
ibrar
�idea. that something should and can
))e done about It, and thirdly suggest
IJ. wa:9' out or the difficulty. This may
&
mean simply Mvl-,l!!g the patient to
1,ee his family physician, oi' !t- lllflY
mean contacting official or social
agencies in order that the patient's
best interests may be sen-eel. Many of
these c.ontacts are made by telephone
and are not ::!eluded in the number of
visits made.
Interesting Event He1d
''Pre-natal visits made
past year t-0tal 324 and post-natal
Yesterday Afternoon At
visits tot.,! 240. We find that the care
Portsmouth Hospital
givei1 to our expectant mothers and to
mothers with new babies has a twoThe Portsmouth District Nursing Asfold value. First,, it helps"'t.o cut down
sociation held Its annual meeting at
the number of unncce~~ury mn.terna l
the Nurses Home of the Portsmouth
deaths, and secondly to reduce
Hospi tal on Wednesday afternoon with
high
Infant-mortality rnte which
a number or members in attendnnce..
exists among infants under one month
The meeting was called to orc\~r by Mrs.
old. The majority of our post-pnrtum
Wllllam Safford Jones and Mrs. Samvisits were made to mothers hmneduel F. Griffin read the report of the si~tan~ nur~e, lnre :::.1nn1n ·r, gnve 1h~ rP- iately after their return from the hospo:·,.
o,f
,
11,s
El'clyn
H,,l!·r.
aetini:\
clis
' last meeting, and also gave the 32nd anpital and consisted of dcmon~trn.tlon
nual report of the 11ctlvltles of the asso- t.i h. !llll''C. \•.il icll \\':1~ a·; Jo~lo\t :
baths and Instruction concerning U1e
••f'.s. y;p swnd up~ll tl:e thre:slloltl of
ciation.
health o! mother and baby. A !ew
a
11c,·.•:
yc:1r,
it
ic
intuu,Ung
to
look
_In the report Mrs. Griffin gave
\\
home maternity cnses were cared for
complete report of the activities of tho b:-:::}: o.c-r tl:c prc('c::ling months and but most of our moU1ers were fortun~
association. During the
year
the try to fl,1prniSP our r.tcomplislunnnts ate in having their babies arrive at the
board of directors held 12 regular and a~ w.?11 ns r.ur failm·es. Tile year of l!l37 Portsmouth Hospital.
one special meeting. The report told of lla•; n:it bc":1 an out~tanding YEflr in
"The Well-Baby Clinic
held on
tbe Increase In attendance at the baby v;e·.v of any new or s~unling chanl\eS Tuesday afternoons
at the Nurses'
clinics and pre-school roundups and the in o:1r pro;(ram. l.Jut a ~ car which we Home of the
Portsmoulll Hospital
excellent work in pre-natal care. Dur, hope Ila- llad its place in the li,1e of continues 1o play a very irnportnnt
st.c-:~dy
t
·owth
nm\
nd1iC
\
emc,1t.
\\·e
Jng June the nurses aided the school
part In our hen.1th edurnt.lonul pronurse slx afternoons· at the pre-school b t•licv c that our community is eon- gi:am. The total attendance of babies
clinics. Mention was made of a dona- t'inuin~ t.o become more awnre of the for the year was 1,098, or nn avC'rage
·uon by a friend who wished to remain ~en·icPs ;..,-hich the Nursing As~oti: tion of approximately 22 babies per clmic.
anonymous of a new car to replace the offf•rs and \,·e hope that these 1.e:·~ices There were 204 new br,bies registered
old one, and thanks were expressed to will be called upon wheneH'l" 11£"• <lc tl in by the nurses this year and 720 vi1;it.s
the coroing year.
were made to these babies nt their own
the unknown donor.
"Ti1c tot.al number of ,bits made by
The report mentioned the resignation
llon1~. :tfot !lll of the:e bnbics nttend
tJ1t> m:rslng staff during 1937 , ·as 4,of Miss Velma Pettlner, who had been
the clinic ah . on~· n-re under the regn560. Of this number, 2,861 were 111:i.de
supervising nurse since 1933, and tliat in order l-0 give bedside rare or treat- lllr care of their family physician. our
Miss Evelyn Haley stepped Into the po- ment. This shows nn lncrtase over the volunteer clinic workers have n ·?lcll'tsition temporarlly, with Mrs. -Noel ns :orcvious year and leads us to believe ed us a valued 1,ervlce which Is hl~hly
her assistant. The fine work of these that the community, as a whole, 1s appreciated.
•'Let us review some of the fent.ures
nurses was stressed in the report.
calling upon us more frequently to aid
During the year baby clothes were re- In caring for its sick, and is realizing cl' !~7 .. Two full-time nur. es have
ce1ved from st. John's Guild, two qullts that we are an organization \\ihich been emplof~ tnroughout the year.
from the Wednesday Club and one from serves all classes of people. There are The state ml'rt ings of 11m·£cs have been
tJ1e Dorcas Society. The funds of the so many instances when skilled nurs- attcndt•cl throughout the y~. r I.Jy one
nurse and usually by one or more
club were aid:"d by a benefit sponsored ing care could be so wen utilized for board mC'mbrrs. The J\cw Eni;l,.nd
perhaps one hour a <lay, yet when t11e
by the Rotary Club, at which $93. 75 was
services of a full-ti.me trained nurse meeting w:1s nttcnclcc\ by hli~s. Pc:t.t.incr
netted.
are not required. The Public Health In May.
"In June \he locnl S honl D ·partThe report cJo:;ec\ with appreciation nurse considers herself a teacher as
to those who hacl helped in any wa •, well as a nurse, and iru,tn1ct.s the ment \\'O S a~ istcil \\ it h 1Ile prt-~ ·hnol
and an appeal for memberships to help mother or some other re~oonsible uer- c-linic. Nindy-ninc c:liillln n
carry on the work of the organization ~on in the family how to give the pa- v:riglwcl and 1•x111,1ined' b~• a 11hy:,ieian.
tient adequate care bet.ween visits. As Those with clckcts -i\·c:re n•J <'rl cd 1.o
during the coming year.
Mrs. Grace D. Baum g!\ve the tre:is- soon as feftsible she turns the case tlwlr l'ami y phy.,icLrns.
"In October thr Joss of 011 · H111cnisurer's report for the year. This showed back to the family's care.
"We are grateful for the fact that a ory nm~e. Miss Velmn I'ett.incr, who
that the association is running llchind
resi~nl•cl to become cl ire dor f the
and need~ a large number of new mem- larger percentage of cases have been Po'rt land Distric t Nursing Ai;sociation,
reported
to
us
by
our
local
physicians
bers and more financial support. Two
was deeply felt by the nu•·sing slafJ.
bequests w,;-re received during the·year. and we trust that they will see fit to The trnit-0rial supervisor of the MctMrs. W. N. Davis left the sum of $3,300, continue to use the services we offer.
"During the past year 40 corrective ropoiit ::111 Life· Insurnnc,• Comp:.ny
while Susie Traslc bequeathed a sum
visits
11nd 123 visits in behalf of pa- visited Portsmouth chn•inu October a11d
of $10,000, the latter being a trust fund.
tients
were made. No general Public ns a result n contrart 11 ::..s IJcl'n matl('
A part of the former bequest was used
with the company when-by the local
to balance the budget this year. Re- Health 1:mrslng program ls complete in Melropolilan
omcc
will \Jc visited
ceipts amounted to $3,14.4.12, divided as its bedside nursing alone, although twice weekly in order to stimulate this
many,
many
times
this
is
the
avenue
follows: nursing fees, $743.51; memberbranch of our nursing ~er\'ice.
ship fees, $94; Metropolitan Life In- which leads to real educational work
"At the
Thanksgiving
being
done.
Through
dally
contact
surance Company fees, $952.80; John
chronic patients
were
rememl.Jerecl
Hancock Insurance Company, $222.45; with our families we are able to dis- with baske~ of fruit nnd goodies.
cover
their
health
and
material
procard party, $249.84; gifts, $543.75; in"In closing this report \\'~ wish lo
terest, $337. 77. Balance on hand at blems and aid by helping them to thank our many friends for \heir kind
overcome
their
difficulties.
First
we
the beginning of the year was $4.46. 85,
must di5cover tJ1e thing that is wrong, help throughout the
secondly win the family over to the are we indebtPd to
!STRICT
S{NG ASS'
$3,590.97
without the bequest of Mrs. Davis.
Expenses were as
follows:
salaries
$3,292.75; office expenses, $205. 64;
nurses supplies and laundry, $60.59;
automoblle, $365.22; National Organization of Public Health Nursing, $10,
malclng a total operating expense of
$3,934..20, plu5 a $50 coupon expense,
making total expenses of t3 ,984..20. TJ-ic
report of the audlt9r, Miss Maude F.
Sanborn, was read in connection with
this report.
l\lrs. Eaum, making a report for the
special committee, st:tted tlrn.t i;he hnd
t>x:.m:ned tile 1,upplies and found the
nm ',l's nceclecl aprons, ~mr,11 ba its, hag
Jhj11::s. h ::ll(] to•.\ ,•ls 1111;I r.lso layt•\.'.r~.
hLa'I;:; t!iot. hr-i-c wn s a chance for some
nc:tl:r.-01 ~~ by fno1d <; of the a~,ociat ion.
r·.:rs. Noel, who h:n br ,n :'\C'l-ing a~ 11s-
�Assoclatlon from which we have re
ceivcd help on many n :;oci::il proolem,
to the locnl ho.splt.nl , lo Dr. F'redprick
Grny \\ ho served ns the clinic physician, and to all of the local physicia ns
for their
splendid
coopcrn.t.ion. We
would also mention the several clubs,
the
telephone company employees,
and the many other print te individuals
who hal'c extended help to our families in limes of need .
"We look forward in to 1!'!38 !mowing
that the community will ttimd back of
the P. D. N . A. and will help us to
h elp oth er1-, in order Urn t Lli:; may be come n happier an d n hcnl1J1ier :i,enr
Jur ull.''
TllC l lport of the ll(Hl!l.l;, ting l' Olll·
m,~l~e 11·a~ n·atl b:, Miss 1-;r :en r, i erin,; and 1, commc ndrcl liH' rr - r,Jcrt.'on of
t he fo'Jr,11·m:s cli1 c ctor.,. 1·, i.••·\e tum has
t•:-:pirt'cl: , fo.;
·n,an J.
\'vent, ·1r,h,
T,!i s :--;tc-'J;, C. \'\"cl>~lPr, Mr~. Jo. eph J.
Co:mri.l•.::s. F. Cur~isri.i,.'ilc-,F,T',·~c.; . nin.!· D. \":id11m. ~-1,~. G, :I<'. Cid(·
J' I l'JI"! F1.•·.'.t L:un•o11.
Thc JP1•0l't
,,·as a~crnlccl :-111:I 11, r cli1 cc• ,ir, re-t'l ·ct.0
t l
•, ( ' 1
.I lt' J1(lll\ill~ ~jnrv l"(lti.lllt
\', , , (IJ(:•.,(11
}l a'(•Jl
H?Hl
}S :1
f'ki~t.\l'hll~. 1,1'1'!-.
, ~ P 10] f!(•X1 .
ic,11,
f\1i f•J t.
n .. :
1,-lic.;s
,l\ 1 11l,h 1~-.
:,11c, 1\11 ,. C:.!1·:11 J., :ir.
·rhr pll. il!~nr. :\Ir~. llt."' 't''\ l.1n1!::(· o
t lic plans: Jor the ~-e,, r , l''ll!L,l mrluric a
C"!'!rct party later in th e ~·e:ir :,IJ(l t he 11osi-i!JiliLy of some mone~· 1.,i,!11~
during th l" ~:t•,rn1er. s11r ~o;d c,1
the
W e'l l Bah.I' Clinic- nn c\ of 1:ir Jl rlfSillility
Ol ll olclLJ~ :\ C'lmic fo r l'l1i] •,•tll JJtJl ll l,\\' O
yea rs to school a ge .
Mi~$ Loretta Lamlr~•nmse for Rockingham nnd
countiPs, w s l!1L1oduced a 11d gav e a
b r iP. f storv of I.he wo,k wh ich is being
done by' t11at orga nilHL (,ii. She- exp lained the work of t.he cll!1 !~ wfl:~'h is
h eld each month at City Hall rmd nrgetl
tllai people be sent tllcre Jnr an eirn.mi.nat.ion.
!<!rs. Dorothy Bovard. ~ cr~tnry of
ihe Family Welfare Assor lat,ion, ex•
prrs~ed appredation to tl1e nm· ·es o!
I.he P. D. N. A. for the work they have
done for her organization.
Aft.ct· a rising vote o! t.hanks to Miss
Rosanna ◊'Donoghue, 1.upe1intrndent
of the ho1,pital, for her hosp!tality, the
mcel Ing ndJournect.
-
-
- - - - - - - - - -- ~ -
�"Two Maine men, Nathaniel Gordon
"M'.'anwhile the governor o! the Bar- of Portland and Samuel Baker Haynes
'badoes hi.!! been busy dispatching let- of O'resden were slavers and were so
In the
ters to British ports he thought Hard· engaged when participation
Ing might likely v~i;1t. In a !ew days slave trade became punishable ns pithe members or the Har'.'.:ling band found racy by statute. Gordon was hanged
themselves In jail, with the
colonial at New York nnc! Hnynes cllecl of gungovernor of Barbadoes denrnndhlg t-helr shot wo1mcls while running the blockade during the Civil War from Nasheads.
"Then came a variety of entangle- sau.
·'Many pirat.cs visit.eel the coast of
ments, hwolving the true home port of
the captured vessel,
which Harding Maine, largely moUrntecl by t-he same
claimed \\°as In Holland
(with whom desires that move our s11mm<'r vlsitors
England was then at war), and that the these years. In the winter the pirates
sailed the soulhrrn wa ters and sought
Holy Ghost was a la\\'ful prize.
sailed
"Became the British crown was en- rich prizes. In summer they
tilkct to a tenlh of any prize taken by a nor thward, t.o rnn'<'n their ships, carpri\•nl.eer, lhe Massachn~et.ts nu!,hori- ouse, nnd t-ake n. few prlzt>s If they apties decided that at any rate they had a peared on the horizon. By nnd large.
lawful action to recover the
crown's the shipping Maine had in those !lays
share. They charged Harding was at was not sufficient to attract pirates exfault in dbposing or his treasure wil,h- cept when these gcnLlemcn wblled to
out recognizing t,hE!ir right to a s!iare, while away a few weeks
waters.
and more legal difficulties ensued.
"But countless followers of the black
"UIUmawly Harcling and his
men
fla
g did sail these tlaine waters.
?re freed, lhe various- judicial
and
Twenty pirate captains left tlwfr mark
ircutlve bodies in tl1e Bay colony disin Maine hbtory, in court reconls or In
·~recing ns t,o the proper met.hod of
other document.s apparently
aulhen... , posing of l,he case. Only the gov, :nnr o( Barbaclot's appeared to !:now
\\h nt he wanted, and apparently Hnrd-r::---:-:"'.7':::"""'.'-::--'.;-::-7"'""--.,...,,........,._____ I
mt;'s lnflui•nce at Boston was sufficient
to ~ave him for 11 prop<•!' pirat,,·s ,1<-:,th
on tile gallows.
"'l\'ialnc 11:icl Its ~hnrr ol ptra trs in lhc
17Lh century nnd lat.er, the 1nosi ,, idcly "''"''"""''·.-•·
1~ Entir.'e Ba.nd
Hallon:ll, tte .-Probably the
t>st
authority on Maine pirat.es is Hiltlreth
G. Hawes of 3 Middle street.
Mr.
II:iweis-spent, years clt>lvin~ into the
records oi Maine aml Mai,sachu,ett.s for
authentic facts de:ilir,g with
pirates
that ,!~it.ed ::\iaine.
··r found," lle sail!, "liLt.le bloocl r,ml
thunder among the Mttine pirate~. except the slavers. They nppenr to have
been a fairly g~.nt.lemanlY breed, killing
when necessary · or expedient, but
frequently rekasing th.eir
prisoners
without much du:turba11ce beyond 1he
piracy of a :ew furs or 11. cargo -'! fish.
"The most cruel deed I encoun~ered
in my research was the marooning of a
pirate by an honest
Mai;snchusetts
fL~herman. The poor wretch was left
on the eastern Maine coast to· wander
around, his arms bound behind him.
After a couple of dn.ys he was found by
folks who later to. ~Pd hlm in jail. That
was In tJ1e clays· whPn therr was no 5ettlement between the Pt•nollsrot and st.
publicized of
Pirate Gol<l
th r-' 111
be::ing Dixey
nun,
·,·,,,,,...._:=.,,_,.,
who opernlecl at Pemnqnid. Jacl, Wclcll
and Brn<.lhh were both captured near
Piscataqua, or Portsmouth tq us. w1th
some doubt a5 to whet.brr they found
the soil nm! waters of what is now the L,,,.,,,,,.._..
state of :\1aine other than a \'ery
snti:;factory refuge .
•;sir Samuel J\l'gall, splashing
blcody fist across Uaine hist.or), undoubtedly qualified as n pirate when he
wip~d out t,hc Saint Sauveur colony at
Mount Desert, after first filching the
French co:rnnamlant's
commission
fr om his c:hcst of papers. England and
I•'rnncc \\' l' l"C llll'll nt. pcal'C, but Aq;all
saicl tllat lhe !iUlc group of Jc!>ulls n11d
aclvent11rcrs were pirates and that was
suf!icient for the Virginians.
"Probably the avemgf- person
derives any interest he mny have in pirates from stories of buri d treasure.
Not that he ever gets around to hunting
for pirate gold, even ii he had the opv or tunity, but because the thought of
Ji makes a good day dream.
"Considering !~aine pirates from t.hls
angle, to me the most fascinating tale
ls that of Capt. Robert Harding and
bis fellow pirates or the Roly Ghost, a
Spanish ship talcen at Barbadoes. With
some 30 fellow insolvents, beachcombers
nnd--what-h1we-you, Harding captured
the Holy Ghost, honrclln~ hrr as sh<' lay
in I.he harbor to takr 011 water and provisions .
"Abo::ircl. they found treasure worth
at that time. the middle of the 17th
~fade History
century, 30.000 pounds sterling .
It
"'Much early Maine history was mn.de
comprised several hogsheads of pieces,
by pirates.
Glo\·anni di Verrazano,
n seachesl, of gold du st n.nd a chest of
who sailed the con-st in 1526 and 80 gave
mall pearls.
They killed or
ma tte
the French their claim to Arcadia, was
prisoners seven seamen in the watch on
known In souLhern waters . as Juan
duty.
Florin, a notorious corsair chiefly en"Penaquid. Ue., was then the private
gaged In waging a private war on Spanproperty of two Englishmen , and so to
ish galleons for gold and other choice
Pemaquid the pirates sailed to dispose
plunder from U1e Indians of Mexico.
of their treasure .
"Castine, with Its four-flag history,
''Captain Harding had come to Amgained its Dutch era from the activities
erica originally with 110 Jess a person
or John Rhoade of Boston anu others
than Go\·ernor Winthrop and he had
who were later tried tor, a.nd
....~.c·,-,~d-•
some desire to return, now that he was
them convicted of piracy.
1n funds, to honorable society. So he
"The first execution under U1e laws
sailed the Holy Ghost into the harbor
of the then newly formed United States
at Pemaquld, in some mysterlou8 way
went to Maine's credit In 1790, when
disposed of his treasure and then casThomas Bird was hanged for piracy at •.,.,,_,~-,-~,,.,
ually dropped anchor In the waters of
Portland.
Massachusetts Bay.
0
�y
I
S ores On First Floor Suffer
Considerable loss-Firemen
t cene or Almost
hree urs
Patrolman Francis Hurley while on
Congress street made a timely discovery of a fire in the YMCA building on
Saturday night
which
seriously
threatened part of the business section.
The officer was attracted by smoke
coming from the shoe store of Willimn Hirshberg on the street. floor of
the YMCA building and turned in an
alnrm from Box 52.
The fire hart gained considerable
headway and the fire department was
somewhat delayed in getting at the
blaze, being forced to break the doors
In the entrance of two sLorcs and the
YMCA. Owing to volumes of thick
smoke and the odor of burning rubber and leather which was pouring
!rom the l..milding, the firemen met
much hard work in locating the sec-'
tlon of the building where the fire
started and was eating its way
through the entire lower floor.
Although handicapped by the dense
smoke the department succeeded in
stopping the blaze on the second floor
after three hours work ..
Much water was used
under control, and this with smoke,
caused considerable damage to the
Hirshberg store, and to Everybocty·s
Store, owned by Samuel M. Cohen.
The origin or the fire is unknown
but it is thought to have started in
the rear of the shoe store.
The damage to the building ls estimated at 510,000. although neit,her Mr.
Hirshberg nor Mr. Cohen were able to
give any figure r'!garding their loss,
but slated they were covered by partial insurance.
Although the fire caused some damage on the second floor of the YMCA
building, Secretary Reid Besserer expressed the belief that the winter program of· Lhe association would not be
disrupted. The gymnasium was not
damaged, other than a little water getting in.
Twenty years ago the 31st of last
month the same building was totally
destroyed by fire on one of the coldest
days on record. 18 degrees below zero.
President's Birthday To ~
Be Widely ObservedToday And This Evening
President's - Birthday
observance
events are being held this afternoon and
evening at the following places:
Temple Israel.
V. F. W. Home.
American Legion Home.
K. of C. Home and hall.
Y. W. C. A.
Masonic Auditorium.
Women's City Club.
The day for which a great many people have been working has arrived, the
date upon which various organizations
in Por tsmouth are sponsoring a number of events to raise money to help establish a national foundation to fight
Infantile paralysis.
The committees
have been hard at work for weeks to arrange a program of events which would
be of interest. This has been done and
consists of open house, teas, card parties
and dances. All this ls for the price of
a single ticket and anyone ls permitted
to go to one place, stny a short time and
then go on If they wish, using the same
admission ticket. Never before have so
many social events been going on at the
time to which one ticket would give admission.
This afternoon there arc card parties
at the Masonic Auditorium, sponsorecl
by the Graffort, Club and PortsmouU1
Garden Club; at the Women's City
Club, sponsored by that organization,
and at the K. of C. Home, sponsored by
the Catholic Daughters of America and
the Ladies Auxiliary of the K. of C.;
open house ls also being held at the
above mentioned places and also at the
Y. W. C. A. and American
Legion
Home. The former is from 2 to 5, while
the latter ls during the afternoon and
evening.
In the evening there will be card
parties at Temple Israel, the Elks Home,
American Legion Home and the three
places where afternoon card parties arc
being held.
Dances wlll be held this evening nt
the Elks Home, sponsored by the Elks
nnd Emblem Club; at the American
Legion Home, under the supervision o!
Frank E. Booma Post and the Ladles
Auxiliary ; at the Memorial Home,
sponsored by Emerson Hovey Post, V.
F. W., and auxiliary, and Knights o!
Columbus Hall, under 'the auspices ot
that organization.
Tickets for the dance ih Kittery will
be accepted in this city and Portsmouth
tickets are good in that town.
�January 11
February
City Basketball league opens.
Miss Helen G. MacDonald named
· Three local banks hold annual meet- to represent Portsmouth in the
ings.
Citizenship program of the
Hampshire G. A. R.
January 14 .
Buildipg Inspector· Edward L.' Scully February 17
Adj. and Mrs. Victor Dimond
announces new buildings and repairs
in this city amounted to $268,409 ferred from local Salvation
post.
during 1936,
0
January 15
Edward D. Smith of Dover, well
known in this city, dies.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kent ob1,erve 55th wedding anniversary.
January 18
Annual meeting of
Wentworth
Home held and 25th anniversary obi;erved.
George Howard resigns as Grand
Regent of the New Hampshire Grand
Council, Royal Arcanum to accept
the office of Grand Secretary.
Jllckey, assumes the duties of
Postmaster at the close of business on
March 31, succeeding Joseph P. Conner
who bad served under five Presidents.
January 20
GrafCort Club presents annual musknl with the Embassy Club Male
Quartette furnl~hlng the program.
Local Odd Fellows observe Wildey
Day.
Kennard E. Goldsmith, youngest
mayor in the country, inaugurated
Mayor of Portsmouth.
Board of Street Commissioners organize and elect officials. Strawberry Bank Grange and Dover
grange hold joint installation.
January 21
Mrs. Thelma Call, 19-year-old mother, and her two sons taken to hospi.
tal suffering from burns received in
n fire on Hill Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Parks ob~erve 60th wedding anniversary.
Chief W. F. Woods observes 25th
anniversary as chief of the Fire DeJ)artment.
February 18
Traip Academy Glee Club presents
operetta ''Pinafore."
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole speaks
at Universalist Parish gathering.
Dr. W. S. Manuel dies.
Ft>hrnary 19
Senior Clnss presents "Happy Days"
as annual class play.
February 20
Robert J. Gilker, ma~ter
the navy yard, dies.
February 23
Adm. Henry T. Mayo, U.S.N. (ret.)
one of the outstanding World War
leaders, dies at the home o! his son,
Capt. C. G . Mayo, U.SN.
Portsmouth
Community
Concert
Association presents first concert.
March 1
Mrs. Hazel Steady resigns
tary of the local Red
March 2
Newington
anniversary.
l\larch
Mrs.
N. H.
clubs,
Clubs.
Grange
observes
3
John F. Heck, President of the
State Federation of Women's
visits the Gra!fort and Clty
January 3
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Short, Sr.,
pf Kittery Point observe 53rd wedJanuary 24
ding lllliliversary.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Record of GreenRev. Rowland C. Adams assumes
land obsene 56th anniversary of their
duties as pastor of the New Castle
_ marrlni.:e.
Congregational Church.
January 25
January 4
Dr. William Pitt Mason, retired proMr. and Mr~. George Deering of fes sor o! Rensselaer Polytechnic InKittery observe 52nd wedding anni- stitute, dies at his North Hampton
home.
versary.
Charles M. Dale, President. of the
January 31
·state Senate, becomes acting goverA: Frederick Barutlo, for 33 yeaJ11
nor, following the resignation of H.
Styles Bridges, senator-elect. He will foreman of the Water Works, dies.
be the state's chief executive until February 3
Gov.-elect Francis P. Murphy is sworn
Samuel Weston attains 97th birthin on Tuesday.
day.
Frank H. Meioon dies.
February 5
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Wiggin obcelebrates l 7th anniver- serve 60th wedding anniversary.
::\larch 5
Charles D. Saurman, former rhief
boatswain's mate in the navy, dies at
his home on Rockinglwm St.
Seaside Council, Jr. O.U.A.M.
Rye, observes 40th annivt:r~ary.
February 8
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmore Twombly o!
Sparhawk St. observe Golden Wedding anniversary.
New Hampshire towns hold annual
meetings.
Portsmouth votes on the question of
calling a Constitutional Convention
169 against and 129 in favor.
January 8
,,,.,,,,--.c_F~ gen.~ral,!ire alarm of the year,
Flames amage N. 1I. Provision Store.
Loss e5timated -at $20,000.
Forty-five candidates Initiated at
Hovey Post, V. F. W . meeting.
Miss Alice Mlldram . guest of ·11onor
as local Parent-Teacher Associations
observe 40th allI'iversary of the founding of the P. T. A,
February 9
Boy Scouts, Fathers-Sons banquet
held. Richard S. · Pettigrew named
Boy Scout Mayor.
Camp Schley, Spanish War
ans, observe 39th anniversary
sinking of the Maine.
l\larch 4
Hollis B. Cole of Kittery, named
Inter-state bridge authority.
::\farrh 7
Richard I. Walden, one of the
est printers in the city, dit:s.
~larch 8
Kittery, Eliot and York hold
meetings.
J\Iarch 9
March 11
Col. Robert L. Denig, U.S.M.C. receives Nicaraguan Presidential Medal
of Merit.
�During The Year .193
April 10
Business Girls 'of New England hold
annual conference in th11! city.
April 11
Piscataqua Rille Olub wins
C~P!O~~ip. _______ _
Ap1·il · 12
Metl).od V. Sipp, retired chief signalman, Ui S. N. dies at Naval Hospital.
April 13
Rockingham Grand
55 indictments.
Jury
April 14 '
Lizzie H. Anderson, for 30
secretary of Union Rebekah
dies after a long illness.
Capt. Joseph Pruett dies
home in Kittery Point.
Thirty-eight become citizens in Sup"'.",
erior. Court Naturalization Day'..·
'
April 15
Robert. P. Tristam Coffin,
•;, U. S. Marine Corps celebrates 162nd anniversary of the founding of the J\'J[arines
' · on Nov. 10. Photo shows Mrs. C. W. Cole. wife of the commandant of the Navy
Yanl ('!J~tin~ cake. Standing at her left is Col R. I. Denig-i.n command ef the
Maine
poet, gives readings at the Women's
City · Club.
Nam! Pnscn.
April 16'
~l\til!J?aiiriic~
h~ l ~2iiiiic:ii!!!i:!!l!=15111:;aam""'...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ Junior Class play "New Fires"
Locnl teachers endorse proposed April 1
presented.
Teacher·s retirement act as drafted
Paul Badger named President of
April 18
in a bill before the legislature.
Rotary Club.
Mrs. Katherine T, McEvoy die&.
Peter J. Hickey assumei; duties as
poi;tmaster.
Portsmouth Chapter, Order oi DeSheriff Ceylon Spimiey retirl's es April 19
Daylight Savin·g poll reveals. 2403
Molay observes Devotional Day, at- sherl!f after '28 year~, being succeeded
417 in favor of adyanced tbne.
tending the Kittery Methodist cnurch. by Simes Frink.
Dr Fred Engelhardt assumes charge
J\Iarch 16
April 20
as President of the University of New
Airplane crashes , near Langdon
City Council votes to purchase the Hampshire.
creek, Injuring its pilot, Charles R.
Frank Jones Wat er Works.
Musgrove of North Billerica, Mass .
Ap.ril 2
.lllarch 17
Portsmouth Unit League of Coast
Railway Mall Association purchases
P. H. S. Alumni Ass'n. has annual
site
of
Oracle House at Haymarket Guard Women observes 12th annivermeeting preceded by a banquet. John
sary.
Maxwell given award as outstanding Square as a site for an office building.
Aprn ·· 21
player of the P. H. S. basketball team. April 3
Miss Helen Boylston, author o1 ~evMrs. Thomas 0 . Marvin dies.
Mrs. Mary Warner named Setreeral books and a native of this
tary of the Portsmouth Chapter, i'tro
speaks at the Graffort Club.
Camp Fire Girls observe 24th anni- Cross.
,April 25
versary o! local camp fire organiza- April 5
Mr_. ancl. Mrs. James Lomas
tion and the 25th of the founding of
Elks hold charity ball.
62nd .w edding annive;sary.
the national organization.
April 6
April 27
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson :foll atBernard Yoffee and Miss Justine
Page receives Golden Eag- tempt to holc.l up their ~tore in Rye.
Hartford, receive D. A. R. awards for
nwnrd at Girl Scout o.nmml
C<'lmt',tc.•..~•,rn Circle, 0. o! F. observe tJ1e best essays on "Old Forts and
!2nd enni\'ersary.
Fortifications along the Piscataqua."
26
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Poole of
Castle ob~erve 54th wedding
anniversary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lucker, wife of Lieut.
Nicholas Lucker, U. S. N. killed when
she falls from car in which she is
riding on t.he Boston Post road.
April 8
· Word received here of the death :ln
Florida of Rev. Elisha M. Lake, D. D .
former pastor of the Middle St. Baptist Church.
Henry Demarais installed exalted
ruler of Portsmouth Lodge of Elks,
April 9
Car crashes through railing of SagHenry F. McCarthy of this city '. amore Bridge into the creek. Two
named passenger traffic manager of passengers . were able to open the car
the B. & M. r ailroad and Maine Cen- door and escape uninjured.
tral Railroad.
Mrs. Gladys Hasty Carroll gives
1·eadings at Methodist church.
V. F. W. Band presents Dixie Min:strels at Portsmouth Theatre.
April 28
Bert White, well
New Castle, dies.
April 30
James Lomas uies at 84 years of
age.
Freighter strikes Portsmouth-Kittery railroad )Jridge, causing
able damage.
J\lay l
P. H. s. opens baseball season, defeating . Somerswo~th 9 ,to
�Portsmouth High
petes in state contest at Claremont.
Mrs. Pearl D. · Poole, well known
resilient of New Castle and a former
conespondent !or the
Portsmouth
Hernld, die~.
May _ 17
The N. R. -State conference of
Congregational - Christian churches
opelll! at the North Churr.h 1or a
three-t1ay• llt!SSlon. ·
May 19
Miss Clyde Spinney dies.
May 20
Members of state senate visit Dover
Point Bridge and Rye Harbor.
May 21
Christian J. Weber, chief electrici!in's mate, killed in accident on Lafayette road.
McCann,
.John
~ell Jinown for hill athletle ablllt:,, reeelved an appointment
to Ule police force, following the death
of George B, Ducker, when Ule promotion ln Ule aepan~nt Jett A vaeaJ\I~.
May 22
V.F.W. poppy sale nets $230 !or
local post.
June
Richard M. Jameson graduates from
Philadelphia College of Osteopathy.
samuel Weston, 97, injured in auto
accident.
Miss Helen Zacharias bride of Clemt'nt D. Pnppas of Egg Harbor, N. J.
David A. Marston of North Hrunpton, father o1 Irving W. Mar~ton, dies.
June 10
Tom Mix visits New Castle v;here
he was stationed in the Army at
Fort Constitution in 1898 and 1899.
Tralp Academy holds commencement
exercises .. Fifty young men and women,
the largest m the history of the
school.
.June 11
P .H .S. Seniors cor,riuct class day.
Girl Scouts of Portsmouth
birthd y party.
Nt'\\'S of 1hc clrnth
Stickney, . attomcy and inventor, n
native of this city, Is received. Death
occurred in Elizabeth, N. J.
June 12
Group of Congressmen on a
Mrs. Amy Josephine Varrell dies at,
the home o! her son, Forrest Varrell, of the New England coast, vislU>
Navy Yard.
In Rye.
opens.
Philip O. 'Lr.uman graduates from
Memorial Sunday observed by local
patriotic orders, attending Unitarian West Point.
May 5
Graifort Club re-elects of!lc,rs at
church.
June 13
annual meeting'.Baccalaurtate service
1\1.ay 26
lay Cl
Church
Funeral of Adm. Henry T. Mayo,
Mrs. o. C. Sanborn chosen President of the Women's City Club at U.S.N., ret. who died in this city June U
on Feb. 23, held at Burlington, Vt.
Arthur A. Hislop and Richard Watannual meeting.
Eugene J. sumvan, life-long resi- son graduate !rom Dartmouth.
Thirteen from this city receive dedent of this city, dies.
grees at the University or New
Ruth Jarvi1S dies at her home on
May 27
Hampshire.
Islington St.
Capt. Silas H. Harding of New CasLawrence C. Floyd of Ry
Rev. E. K. Amazeen: observes 90th
tle, dies.
·
from Bates collzge.
birthday anniversary.
City Council vote~ to permit Sunday
June 15
baseball.
Dr. Ambrose Swasey of Exeter
Thomas Langdon Elv,yn, son of the
New Hampshire Osteopathic Socielate Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Lang- at his home in that town.
ty holds annuru meeting here.
Traip Academy musical organiza- don Elwyn, dies at Philadelphia.
Jnne 16
tions win high honors in Western
Mrs. Mary A. Spinnt-y reache~
]\lay 28
Maine Music Festival.
Mary Jane Hazzard and Gordon H. birthday.
Wilson win American Legion awards J11ne 17
May 10
Miss Sally Crockett installed Regent at Junior High School.
One hundred fifty-seven graduate
,William Keck, Jr., o! New York, from Portsmouth High School.
o! Ranger Chapter, D. A. R.
fatally injured In triple-car crash
.Jnne 19
at North Hampton.
Nell Cnrtin, local business
Mrs. M. H. McEachern of Atlanta,
marrle~ Caroline M. Neilson.
Ga. National President of the Feder- 1\lay 31
Portsmouth pays tribute to honored
ated Church Women, speaks at spring
dead at Memorial Day exercises, held
meeting of local group.
June 20
Rev. H. B. Harris ordained minis- at South Cemetery.
Miss Beatrice Robinson, dies at
ter of the People's Baptist Church.
June 3
Portsmouth Hospital, following acciN. H. - Maine Bridge commission den~ 1n Kittery.
May 13
Diplomas awarded to
Chief Boats 1.'ains Mate
Herman meets at Rockingham Hotel and oro! St. Patrick's School.
Schwartz, officer in charge of the ganizes.
William R. Rose of this city wins
Wallis Sands Coast Guard station,
completes 30 years service with the Erskin Mason :Memorial Prize at U. June 21
of N. H., Alcten L. Winn, named for
Mrs. Gertrude F. Burke
Coast Guard.
Rev. Emerson G. Hangen, chaplain Phi Lambda Phi a't\'Rrd.
Portsmouth Business and Professional
o! the U. S. s. Wyoming and until
Women' Club.
June 4
recently attached to the local NaV)I
Census taken by assessors shows
Yard, given call to Durham communJune 23
increase of O\'er 1· · ' since last Federal
Gareth Coffin, 15, saves
ity Church.
.....,...,..._-,,._,,.....,,._..,....,.,....,......--'I Evans from drowning at Chauncey
Creek at Kittery Point.
May 23
�One of the outstanding events of the year in this vicinity is the New Hampshire·• Seacoast Music }'estlva.l which i~ held
on the Hobson Estate at Little Boar's Head. Photo shows two guest artists and the sponsor. Left to right, Lucntia. Bori,
grand 011era star, J\lrs. Adhur L. Hobso11, the sponsor, and Fabien Sevitzky, wf'll . known conductor.
Chitrles Heger, 10-months-old Seabrook child, killed when motorcycle
Postmaster General James A. Farstrikes baby carriage.
ley visits local postoffice.
Cont.mets for building two sub- . July 30
marines awai:ded to local yard.
Mrs. Hannah F. Carter of Eliot.
obs<?rves 94th birthday anniversary.
June M
New England Council opens 47th
quarterly meeting at the Farragut.
July
31
National Guard in Camp at Rye.
Jiugust 1
P. J. Kelly
presented with cane
Shoals season opens.
from President Manuel L. Quewn of
Frederick D. Gardner and Miss
· Cuba, as oldest veteran ()f Spanish
•· Lorna Bartlett married at Stoneham.
War in New Hampshire,
Commencement held at Stoneleigh
College.
Laighton
celebrates
98th
August 2
Col. William_ F. Hurley, a native of
this city, dies at Rockland, Me.
Kittery, in out-of-door town meeting, kills measure for dam at Kittery Point.
August i
Dnhni llnll dedicated at Green
Fifth Annual Seacoast Music Festia t Little Boar's Head.
Jnly 18
Capt. and Mrs. Warren N. Phinney of Eliot observe 50th wedding an-
Kenneth RobE>rt.s, noted author, of
Kennebunk. Dench, guest of honor at
Warner House and also o! Girl Scouts.
August 5
State Senator Charles A. Allen, is
named to State Racing Commission.
.&ugust 6
Dr. John J. Hurley, local · specialist,
o.les at his home in RYe.
August 7
President Roosevelt signs bill aut.horizlng building of bridge across
the Pi&cataqua River.
Dr. Charles P. Sylvester, chairman
of the State Board of registration of
medicine, dies at his summer home
at Rye Beach.
Wilmore Twombly dies.
Chester M. Belding dies.
August 8
Herman P. Dixon of South Eliot
drowned at Milton Three Ponds.
August 9
Local Yacht Club votes to move
New Castle.
August 10
Oracle House, being moved from
Haymarket Square location to l\4arcy
Street.
.
August 11
Lewis G. Dore of this city named
investigator for the Federal Railroad
Retirement Board.
James A. Hutchins killed in .8.(!Cident at- National GYPSlllil Co., wharf.
Miss Edith M~Kenna and - Heri:;rt
-Hagstrom, local teachers, marry.
August 12
Phyllis Bennett,
crash at Kittery.
August 13
Harry Reim, 21, a member of the
Corps at the Navy Y~<1-
l!· S. Ma~ine
killed .i n crash at Seabrook.
August 19
J. Verne Wood,
Commissioner.
August 21
World War Marker
Eliot.
August : '22 •
Rev. :Alexander Sloan, dies.
August ,'24
Miss i Priscilla
named , dean at Stoneleigh College.
U. sJ S. Sna,pper. 25th Portsmouth
built upderseas craft, 1a,uncbed.
�Capt. Dong"al McLean
City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt
llcputy l\larbhnl Frank D«-man,
With the death of City Marshal Geor,:e H. Ducker on Oct. 7, the police department saw a C'lrnnge in
Marshal Leonard IL Hewitt was promoted to Chief J\farshnl, Cnpt. Frank Demars to deputy mar~hal,
Dougal McLean to Captain.
August 25
M . .Leon Bracker o! Ipswich,
September 10
Fifty-first anniven.ary c,f the !onning of the Portbmouth Athletic Club
!Inds the club has !,Old its club house
to the American Legion and 1.11:,1,oJved.
seventh Nrw EngJ(lJJd Conference
of Young Republirnns nt-ld i-.t Wentworth Hotel.
Mass., !
Little Boar's Head.
. ,.,,,,.,,.,..,., .., August '26
Frank W. Randall, assls:ta.nt manager of the N. H. Gas and Electric
Co., made assistant to the Vice President of the N. E. Gas and Electric
Ass'n, in Cambridge.
City Council passes annual budget
amounting to $721,389.62, .a decrease
of $35,-000.
eptember 11
Delegates to the J..mfl'·can Legion
Convention belt:et Purtsmouth for
the n xt, convEntion.
eptember 12
August '29
Exeter Drum Corps ~ ·ins state championship for the. fifth wcctf>Sive year.
Stoneleigh College opens.
Mrs. Franlt Pryor dl€s In Cambridge,
Mas.
Miss Elsie B . Dixon, local school
teacher, dies.
Rev. Henry B. Harris, resigns as
'N,>1,~-,-,..,,. pastor of the . People's Church.
August 30
Thomas D . Quinn , of the Federal
r·,.,,'fi',,!1,,~,'I Bureau of Investigation, named to
position as administrator ai.'Sistant in
chnrge of Justice Department budb,~~,-../!,~111,1 getary matters.
,...,:,,.~:c,",i~,,•.:·J August
31
.
John s. Parker, for 38 rears clerk
at local post omce, re~.
September 1
Wall1.s Sands Coast Guard Station
• eptember 14
Mayor K. E. Goldsmith re-nam€d
Scrrdary of the New
Simes Frink, a former County Commissioner, succeeded Ceylon Spinney as
Sheriff of Rockingham County, on
April I. Sheriff Spinney retired due to
the age limit, after serving 28 years.
September 6
Gregory Winn, wins 1937 champion-
closed.
6hlp of the Portsmouth Country Club.
Portsmouth branch of N. H. State
Great Island Boat Club of New
Employment Service opens.
CRslle votes to consolidate with the
Portsmouth Yacht Club.
September 3
·Harry Burleigh of Exeter drowns
September 1
.:"'1•c!,:....,~,--,. in Piscataqua River.
Keel of U. S. S. Sculpin laid at
Navy Yard.
September 4
Flames level farm buildings of_Harry
J. E. Smith, former Lord Mayor of
Johnson of Greenland.
Portsmouth, England, visits this city.
U. S. Coast Guard rescues four in
disabled cabin cruiser.
.September 8
Mrs. Florence Rand, wife of Perley
P .H.S. Football candidate!! report
lt:!~!.li'~C1'','~J:l Rand dies at Rye.
1or practice.
Annual Rye Beach Horse Shpw held.
Schc,ols in this city open.
coastguardsmen rescue four when September 9
motor of c~bin cruiser becomes disEnrollment in Public Schools reachabled about 10 miles out between Boone es 2922 _
r,~~-'iiY';t'Jar}l,,~Is~l:::,a~n;;d..;a;:n,:d:,.;;th_;.:J.e.~s;.h~-,o~a~15:-:.:;r~'::""':""'.~-:,;~ Home of John Trimmer in Green"
land destroyed by fire.
) Inyors' Club.
High School footorJl
first. scrimmage.
~eptember 10
Dt-Molay opens Hlth !!€atOD,
.-ptember 17
Appropriate exercities held in );Or,or
of the u. s. Constitution. at ~avfl o:f
John Langdon, one of the New Hampshire signers.
Players' Club presents "The Late
Qhrisiopher Bean" for benefit o! the
Portsmouth Home Industries .
September 18
N. H. Federation of Labor holds
convention in this city.
September 21
Mrs. Cora Woods named as Grand
Chief ·o r P ythian Sist~rs of the i.tate.
September 27
The Lafayette road school, the oldest public school in Portsmouth, closed
due to the small number of pupils,
This is the second rural school to
close in this city, the
Woodbury
school not having been opened nt the
beginning of U1e rear.
�Philip G. Lauman, son
Mrs. Lanman at the Navy Yard,
was the only Portsmouth young man
graduated from the United States
Military Academy at n·est Point dlllring
1937.
by the
commissioners.
n',1inli,.1g the J-orth ('bur<'h steeple Is not only a tough job for the s1.f'eplejacks,
but ~<>.1 the 11ropll' on th<' ~trl'et. who ~uffered ~tiff urcl<s for wveral days after
n-at,·,11ni:- the two at work duri•1g the summl'r. P:1oto show~ the (\\Oat work on the
~(P!'IJI~. a nti al~:, a C'luseup of the i;irl ~teeplejark.
November 2
October 15
September 30
Consolidated National Shoe Co. of
Miss Velma V. Pettiner concludes Boston leases old Shapiro Shoe Co,
her duties as District 1:1ursc in this plant.
city, to accept position as supervising
nurse of the Portland District Nurs- October 18
Burt.on Caswell of Greenland. In•
ing Association,
stantly killC'd when the c.ar he waf!
Octobl'r 1
driving wns in Rn accident on the
One hundred and seventy members Greenland Road.
or the American Highway Associn,tlon
make brief visit to this city as they Ortober 19
Howard O. Nelson !es in Peabody,
tour the New Hampshire coast on
Mass., of injuries received !n ru1 11:uto
their way to Portland, Me.
accident there Oct. 8,
Gov. George H. Earl of Pennsyl
vania speaker at annual convent.io1
o! N. H. Democratic dub in t.his cil,y
Submarine Stingray launched.
October 7
City Marshal
ciles.
October 20
City Council authorl1.es 'lmllclmg o:I'
new incinerator.
October 21
October G
George
H.
Ducker
Wallace Nelson h1lCC€€dl! ll:18 fat'.htl'.i'
ll.fl etate asent ~if tbe N.E!.- SJ>,O.~
October .M
I. Goodwin Griffin, for many years
cleric at Post Office, dies.
Oc•1 •1 b,·1· .S
October 25
Unl\'ersulist Parish observes rn,rn
Charles Edison, assistant Secretary
anniversary of the founding of th ·
of the Navy, ,•isits local Navy Yar.d.
local church.
October 12
F. Roland Hoyt, U. S. l\/I, C.
ret., dies.
Wyman P. Boynton elect.cd chair-·
man of the Portsmouth DMric1., Boy
Scou!.s.
Maj.
14
Kent, only surviving
member of Storer Post, G. A. R. living In this city, dies.
October 27
Many visit Navy Yard on Navy Day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace Lear observe golden wedding anniversary.
William T. Griffin, well known
business man, dies.
November 1
Leonard He'll.itt
shal.
deputy
Frank
Mrs. COra S. Woods. Grand
of Pythian Sisters of New Hampshire,
tendered a reception by Crystal Temple, Pythian Sisters of this city.
Demars,
Edward Telarczyk pinned under a
3¾ ton boulder while digging a hole.
Ge.orge H. Ama.zeen, a well known
harness maker, a member of the firm
of Amazeen and Poole, c'lics at his
home in New Castle.
Nov.-mber 6
Patrick J. Flanign.n dies.
Lewis Billings of Kittery Point
tim of fatal auto a.rcident.
November :
Mr . and Mrs. l"red
observe golden wedding.
November 8
Stratham Community Church
serves cent.ennial.
John W. Hopley elected
of the Kiwanis Club.
ob-
November 11
Frank E. Booma
cat.es new home.
Novembe.r 12
Mrs. Eli.mbt'th P. Garrett re-elect,..
I'd President of tbe Federated Church
Women.
November 13
James AJ.Tington, Civil War Veteran,
reaches 93rd milestone.
November H
Edwaro T. Wendell, retired
man, oles.
Mi~'S Katherine E. Quinn, dies at
her
on .Miller Ave.
�Garrett, Jr. named first
alternate candidate for appointment
to Annapolis.
New Headquarters of Railway
Ass'n. dedicated,
December 15
Mrs. Simes Frink elected
-St.ate Gra1.ge session in Rochester.
Submarine Snapper placed in
.•··
g'
,, • · --~
f{~i,
Richard S. PetUgrew, selected by • fayor
Kennarcl E. Goldsmith as deputy Mayor
tluring Boy Scout Wl'ek In Fl'bruary.
t Club vo~d to move to New Castll'. The club has had its hc:ulbove building for a great many years . .'hortly aflcr movin r· to
Grf'at Island Boat Club ,•otl'd to C'onsolidaic with th1: or~a11i1:1- ,
0
J. Ahern speaks besponsored by Catholic
lhe North
McCarthy, Jocsl florist,
November 16
George
Post office force delivers unemploy- dies
ment census cards.
November 28
Micna.el Mccarthy dies.
Rev. Henry Benton ffi.rris, concludes
Fred B. Coleman, former local drug- his duties as pastor of PEople's church.
gist, dies.
Deeemberl
November 11
Rev. Basil Harris, who for the past
Harry Stackpole dies.
dght years has served as pastor or the
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy guest Kittery Point Christian Church, asspeaker at Graf!ort Club.
sumes pastorate of the Eliot Congregational Church.
John Frazier, last survior to come
to Rye Beach with the First cable
ship to cross the Atlantic, dies 1n
California.
November 21
Rye Congregational Church observes 100th anniversary of the dedication of the '1resent · edifice.
]December T
Rainbow Olrl!I ob.!oerve 12th 1mnlver-
1mry.
lOiecember 8
Pythifm Siswni observe llOtb fltlnive1·~"l'Y
1\layor Kennard E. Goldsmith, who was
lnau,gurakd Mayor for a two-year
tum, on Jan. 1, 1937, was tlJC youngest
mayor e,·cr to bl' inaugurated in this
city, but i~ belil',•ed to be the youngc~t
mayor in the l·ountry, being bu -'2 3
years old.
�duties u pastor of St. Nicholas Ortho•
doxChurch. ·
December28
Lewis •L. Clapp, v.,en known
dies rmddenly.
Dece.m ber 29
Work under way on skating rink
Playgrounds.
December 31
Coldest morning of the winter with
thermometer registering 5 degrees above·
zero.
J\lrs. Gra.<-e Morrison Poole, for the past two years Dea.n of Stoncleigh College,
concluded her duties there at the end of the school year, in view of her marriage
this fall to Dr. George Reynolds. Miss Priscilla Gough, for the past ten
years connected 1\•ith Radcliffe College, was appointed to succeed Mn;. Reynolds
as lh'an of Stoncleigh.
December 21
December 17
Mrs. RuU1 Wendell, one of the ol.d est
Armistead Dennett of Kittery named, women in this city, dies.
by Senator Frederick Hale as princiDr. Seabury Allen, a summer resident
pal for appointment to th~ U. S. Nava' at, K ~'ttery Point, dies at York ~arbor.
,
Academy.
Christmas mail shows increfl.lle ot Dee~mbt"r 23
Fourt.h successive day in which local
25 % over last year.
Jetter cancellation at Post office passes
December 19
Two auto bandit~ captured in this 60,000 mark.
city.
December 24
Archim, Tezekel Tsukolos
December 20
Post Office breaks record for receipts
taking in $1700.44 in single day ..
��EXHIBITION OF
CHENEY PAINTINGS
Russell Cheney, well known arli~t.
who has a , umm cr home at Ki tlrrv
Point, is to hold a n exhibi tion of his
paintings in Boston next week. On
Monday there will be a pri va te showing from 3 until G. and starting Tuesday until F eb. 5, they will be on public exhibition a t the G race Horne
galleries at 71 Newbury S treet.
Among those who will ass ist him at
the pri vate view on Monday a rc l\Irs.
Willia m Ellery Sedgwick, Mrs. Kenneth M . Murdock. Mrs. Dona ld S .
McLa ughlin , Mrs. Harold Shirtliff,
Mrs. Fra nk B. Crocker. Mrs. Ba rrett
Wendell and Mrs. Pa ul Bonner .
Grace Horne Galleries
Two exhibitors provide the current show at the Grace Horne Gallerlc ·: Russell Cheney, painter, and
Dudley Vaill Talcott, sculptor.
Because sculpture exhibitions run
so much Lo form, any departure from
conventional themes, proportions,
materials. style is of news in terest.
Mr. Talcott seems to possess boundless energy. He h'as achieved recogni tion as writer and illustrator. His
pictures in books show a particular
suitability to purpose, the drawings
are executed with sparing, telling
line which looks well alongside the
printed or lettered page. When he
turns to sculpture, Mr. Talcott has
the same gift of imagery in terms of
the material and within plastic
scope. Hls sculpture ls full and
round. The artist's visualization
borders on the architectural for he
seems to strive toward broad planes
whi ch culminate in what corresponds to walls and roofs in
buildings. He often prefers to conventionalize shapes of people and
animals, to bring the characlerii.tic
contours within the limits of a concise faceted pa ttern. His imagination
surges toward plastic extremes, but
sometimes the ultimate attainment
of an extreme is not so exciting as
the process of imagination which
has carried one there. Like other
sculptors of modern tendency Mr.
Talcott reaches nn impasse, and the
living, mobile sculptural design becomes hard and static in its eventual
conventionalized llmits.
However, the themes are engaging
and novel, especially when the artist
tries to arrest in lead a "Six Day
Bicycle Rider" or a "Girl in a Roadster." The pieces seem very close to
this a ge of technics, seem to have
some kinship (as so few sculptures
do) with the imagination which devises the shapes of motor cars, telephones, or pencil sharpeners.
Russell Cheney returns wi th a new
batch of oils which retain the traces
of his fine decorative sense and his
poetic feeling about Portsmou th and
its environs. Mr. Cheney manages to
avoid the solemnity and henviness
charncteristlc of so many pa inters
of his . technical tendency. He does
not let him.self be dominated by the
strokes of color. he puts them into
service to 11ls own ends. Sometimes
he leans toward the patterne sur- .....,,--.,""''"''
face, sometimes to the densely tex- S":/',l:ll"fqliet;i,:-r-.1
tu red. Sometimes spacial depth fas- .,....."""~•,va
cinates him and he gives us a
Utrillo-like vista, with Jess flatness
or f::ic;ade than the Frenchman. He
depicts stirringly that uttle spot in
New England where trees and
houses, boats and industry take on
meaning for 'the imaginative eye.
His comoosure and good taste are
At the recent meeting of the
very relaxing in an age when picgionai
advertising, publicity, and proture making ls a brow-wrinkling,
motion committee of the New Hamptense erformance.
·
D. A.
shire Seacoast Regional Development
Association preliminary plans were
made for the publication of a new edition of the booklet, "The Seacoast Region of New Hampshire," which while
of the same size and similar design as
previous editions, will be characterized
by improved features. In special consideration of tercentenart observances
to be celebrated by several towns within the region this year it was voted to
present in the new booklet the best
possible word and picture story of hisThe exhibit of paintings by Russell
torical points of interest throughout
Cheney of Kltt.ery now being'held at the
the region. and to properly accomplish
this the committee seeks necessary asGrace Horne Gallery in Boston shows a.
sistnncc from every community. The
score or more in oils which have bf.en
committee solicits the assistance of
done during recent months.
Among
everyone who is willing to aid in the
them one recognizes instantly
the
continuation of this important work
"Portsmouth Waterfront" and "Strawand the earlies t possible attention
berry Bank," which is the scene the artgiven to this will facilitate the work
ist sees when looking out of his s~udio
of the committee and will be greatly .... ,.,.,.,...,,.
windows. He has in many of his paintappreciated.
ings the weather-beaten coloring and
Chairmen
of the committees on
plain old buildings with a simple church
ways and means, planned development
tower looming In the background or anf recreation, m arking and maintencient roofs with stepped gable ends.
nce of scenic, historic and other sites.
"Pray Street," with its cottage houses
•ere present at the meeting.
behind white paled fences: "Swnmer,"
Arthur W. Johnson is chairman of
a stretch of velvety lawn with ~he sun
he regional advertising publicity and
shining on a small round pool and fine
iromo tion committee and the memold trees in the foreground, with a hn.y•
ers arc George Ash worth, Abbott B.
wagon in the distance, are s01p.e of the
Dra ke. W. George _Nixon, Charles H.
interesting pastorais.
"Boy's Boat,''
Brackett, Frank C. Remick, Charles
showing a small boy's treasured sailboat
•. Greenma n, T. J. Downs, R. B.
model resting on an old-fashioned chair
helton and Alvin F. Redden.
on a porch, with trees and river in the
background, and "The Cat," dozing on
sunny rocks amid slender youn~ sap•
lings with a widespread view before her
of sei and small island, are two of his
most delightful canvasses.
An o.rt critic, in speaking of the exhi•
News of the death or George o.
bltlon, said, "all are painted realistically
Wiggin, 73, a former Stratham resibut with a broad, free brush simply, s!.n•
dent and graduate fro11l Exeter High
school, which occurred in Buenos
cerely."
Aires, S. A., has been received here.
The exhibit will continue until
Mr. Wiggin was formerly with the Nalast of the week.
tional Astronomical Observatory of
Cordoda where he remained until May,
1903, when he resigned to become first
assistant astronomer, and joined the
stat:r of the National Meteorological
offlce. He was later named sub-director. In May, 1915, he was named dkector in which position he remained un~il 1924 after having competed 30 years
111 the South American government.
He was married to Elizabeth Hughes
of Exeter, who survives him.
EACOAST REGI
OOKLET
LOCAL SCENES IN
PAINTINGS BY
RUSSELL CHENEY
The Unity Club will meet on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dukeshire who
have been visiting Henry L. Jewell
have returned to their home in Melrose, Mass.
�Drew, The next morning t.wo of I.he
cheeses were found and a chest of carpenter's tools. The crew built a boat
from the old wreck, bnt, unfortunately,
this was dcmollshcd by lhc wnvcs when
they launched her, Starvation reduced
the 1:1umber of men from 14 to five, the
Ai a recent meeting of the Kitter
survt\'.ors eating the dead bodies of
Historical Society at the Community
their mates. The skeletons of theso
House at Kittery Point Lieut. CharJ.}·;
dead men later found there created the
S. Williams graphically described to an
name of Bone I sland. History tells u~
An ancient leather-bound ledger,
appreciative audience the history
of
the remaining five constructed a raft
dated March 7, 1794, Is owned by RoBoone I sland, the me of the keepen
10 feet long and four feet wide. The
land L. Severance of 74 Wlbird street,
and the wrecks which have occurred at
captain's brother and a Swedish sailor
The book was originally the possession
this isolated island off
the
Maine
vol~nteered to paddle the raft to the
of William Barker, presumably a resi•
coast.
ma1rtland, A Swedish sailor was fotmd
dent of this vicinity, The book records
Boone Island (or Bone I sland, as , it dead later on York Beach with a pad•
business transactions
in
English
was form erly called), Lieut. Williams dle In his hnnd. The body or the other
pounds, shillings and pence, with the
snld, Is a !edgy mountain in the sea
was never recovered.
credit side of the ledger being head700 feet long and 270 feet wide at th~
. Lieut. Williams' father, Willlnm Wlled as "contra." Apparently Mr, Barwidest point at low water, five milc-6 l1ams, was appointed second assistant
ker conducted a business in cloth,
from York Nubble Light and 10 mile~ light keeper on Aug. 2, 1885, taking his
such Items as this appearing: Debtfrom Whalesback Light. Boone Island family to the islnnd on the schoom r
or, William Walker of Portsmouth,
ledge Is three miles due cast
[ro ·u Golden Gate, Capt. James Amee. In
to dro.plng cloih, 8 yards, 6 sh1lllngs
Boone Tslnncl ltsC'lf.
l!l!lll Wllllnm Wl11111ms wns promoted to
and 10 pence. On tho conirn Ride or
The first llgllll1011~e lo he' !;11111. th,•n•
Ute 1)0$l tloll or kt'('lll'r. Tho ~l)('l\kl'r
the ledger appear such Items ns: "by
was 50 feet high anc\ wns erected \11 was but a lad of 12 ycnrs at I.hat time
two days work cutting bushes, 4 shil1812. A dwelling house for the two as•• r!\malnlnf.! U1erc untll he wn~ lfl. whei~
lings; by Indian corn, 11/J bushels, 4
slstant keepers was placed there at ti\
he went to sea.
shillings, 6 pence; by making sleigh
same time. Whale oil was burned In
. In the year 1806 Charles Williams was
harness, 2 pounds, 19 shillings;
by
the light and it was lighted by means of appomte~ secon~ assistant Jightkeeper,
pair of saddle bags, 1 pound, 6 pence;
a 1>mall oil lamp known as a buggy l!gh~. taking hts bonme bride to the wind-.,,.;.~-·
by 20 gallons of soap, 12 shillings, 6
The lower balcony was made entirely of swept isle two years later. The couple
pence; by one-quarter cow beef, 1
were there for a period of eight years,
soapstone.
.
pound, 8 shillings; by two days work
In 1855 the lighthouse was rebuilt
From an oil painting of Boone Island
digging pot.atoes, 5 shillings; by four
with stone from Saco, Me., and com- by Mrs. Blackwood, second assistant
oxen working one day, 4 sh!lllngs; by
pleted In two years. The new light w.1.s lig~1tkeeper's wife, Lieut.
Williams
new saddle, 3 pounds, 6 shillings; by
133 feet from base to center of burne•·, pomted out various places on the island
tapping pair of boots, 2 shillings, 6
with an additional 15 feet from there t.o where wrecks occurred. The most disthe top. The spiral stairway has 133 a~trous within the speaker's· memory
pence.
steps. Kerosene was the fuel burned without question, was that ' of
Enclosed within the pages of the
th~·
ledger was a small folder stitched in•
in this second light, which could
be schooner, Gold Hunter, ,of Clemensport,
to book form and labeled, "Ebenezer
seen for a distance of 18 miles on a N. S., with 140 cords ·or maple wood,
Doe's Highway List For 1793." It Is
Capt, James Rawding, when the craft
clear night.
hand-written and addressed "To Mr.
At present the lighthouse and other on a bitter winter night in 1898, wit!;
Ebenezer Doe, one of the surveyors of
buildings are lighted by
electricity. the thermometer three degrees below
highways in Durham for the year
The winch ls also electrically operated, zero and the vision obscured by thick
1793." In the name of the state of
There are three sets of panes enclosi!.1q frosty• vapors, struck Boone I sland
New Hampshire the said Doe is reBcfore the rra[t sank
the
the burner, about 60 panes In the oute:· Ledge.
quired to levy and collect from i;evset, with glass 1-4 inch thick. Tl1e crew escaped in a yawl boat. The keeperal persons named in a foregoing
Mrs.
water supply Is a big cistern, supple- er~ and the speaker's molher,
list, their respective proportions in
mented by tanks and b,u-rcls, Thero W1llmm Williams, flashccl lanterns as a
lawful money and to
expend
tho
are now, on the Island, aside from the guide to safety. Through megaphones
same or as much thereof as shall be
lighthouse, a keeper's house, a double they shouted ·yollow the lnnt1•rns . ·· As
thought necessary, upon the repairing
tenement building for the families o! th e yawl neared 'the southern side of
and maintaining of highways within
the two assistant keepers, a boathous-J, Boone Island itself, nfler a row of three
his district.
The bonndarles of • the
a battery house, where the electricity is . miles, the keeper's intelligent
Irish
highways are described and the algenerated, a coal shed and
an o!l setter, Prince, grabbed the painter of
lowance for the work is set down as
th~ boat in his mouth and pulled wit.h
house,
three shillings per day for hand labor
When the birds migrated north at' might ancl main along
with
the
on the roads and the same JJrice for
south, many would hit I.he light and fall anxious islanders. When the men were
/l yoke of oxen, two shillings per day to the ground dead. Sometimes five ordered to jump from the boat they
for a cart and
wheels,
and
two bushels of these feathered friends would were unable to respond, being fast frozTl1esc unfortunsh!lllngs for a plow. The document ls be gathered up I.he next morning. en to the thwart:;.
Ducks and geese killed in this manner ates were finally disengaged and carsigned by John Clough, William Balfurnished the Thanksgiving meal. A rl_ed to one of the houses, where salt
lard and Joseph Richardson, selectlarge 16-pound loon at one time shat- pickle was used to thaw out frozen
hands, feet and faces, with their great
tered the lens.
Lieut. Williams told of the wrecks gaping fissures.
At this place of
which occurred at the island, the first safety the sailors r emained for nine
recorded serious marine disaster of the days. Among the numbcr was a colMaine coast, Dec. 10, 1710, being that ored cabin boy, named Zippy,
or the schooner, Not.Lingham Galley, 120 lightly rind 011 that frigid night,
tons, crew of 14 men, armed with 10 expressed profound gratitude foi•
guns, loaded with cheeses, Capt. John care given him.
At the close of his address Lieut.
Williams exhibited and explained
a
most interesting assortment of marine
curios from his own and his father's
collections, after which it was voted to
give him a rising vote of thanks,
OLD LEDGER
PROPERTY OF
LOCAL M
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ST AR TING TIME 2.15 P. M.
CLASS A
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Wonalancet-Huhbard Kennels
Chinook Kenn eh,
.John Piscopo
Pinnacle Park Kennels
Volpe'!; Grill
Cold River Kennels No . 1
Hollis E. Richardson
,Jaffrey Outing- Club
Frederick JI. Lovejo_v
Eastern Slope Inn
Foxsland Kennel" No.
Elm :Mills
Ross Stannard
CL
Ad<lre,;s
W 011ala1~cet
Wona lancet
Laconia
Mere<lith
Pittsfield
Beverly Farm:-1
Franklin
East Jaffrey
Carlisle, Ma:-.s,
North Conway
W. Springfield
Tilton
Lancaster
ss
21 Kilkenny ircnnels
:t~ Alex. Rudzinski
2~ Di:-;card Kennel~
2G
leasant I<ennelR
2o O;;car OuillctLe
11 L . .J . Cartier
19 J ,. i\loo<l_v
.-\. E. Gray
~\I 1\li·:-;. R. I:owk.·
11 Gas Lou J nnlan
Vi :-{. Oemidoff
6 Foxstnncl Kennel,; No. ')
r s
Ill
Lancaster·
Laconia
Ayer, Ma~:..
Franklin
Lakeport
Laconia
Tamworth
Lanca:-;ter
\ Voua lancet
L3couia
Boston. Mass.
·w. S prjngfield
Drive1
E. Moody
l\irs. Seeley
Piscopo
Roberts
Lyman
lVIiss Turner
Richardson
l\Irs. Taylo1·
Lo,•ejoy
i\Ioulton
Shearer
Dow
Stannard·;
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H. C. Gray
,ndzinski
Harlow ;
Leone
Ouillette
Cartier
)Coody
Gray
:Mr~. Gray
Jordan
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Barnes
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v.
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C\a:-;s 'p, ,vill rnce ovt>r the full course of ~G -!-10 mile:. .
..\.l U:O. P. l\l.
Class A over the same course.'
While tl1e,;:e eYents .lre gviug on there will he races from the T!lompgu11 Gym
;·,1unre.
Sunday at 2 P. i\l.
Clas,;: A in the Recond half over the full cour;-ie.
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to
the
�Exeter To .Celebrate
Tercentenary June 30
Continuing To July 4
lect his committee on
vices.
Much assistance has been given
by the Exe:er Historical Society
bas been considerable bended by Mr. Albertus T. Dudley.
The Publicity Commlttc e Is conduring the past four
ducting
a poster design contest
by the General Committee
on the Exeter Tercen tenary Cele· open to pupils of the High School
bratlon headed by Samuel K. Bell. ancl Seminary with a $10. cash
The Committee has held eight prize for the design accepted for
meetings and has studied the vari- the official insignia' o[ th o celebraous methods of celebrating Exet- tion.
All business men are asked to
er's 300th anniversary In order to
cooperate
in helping to advertise
present a complete program from
historical, e.ducatlonal and enter· the celebration by having a line
to that effect printed on their stataining angles.
A ten tative program has been tionery.
An open meeting will be held In
ning of June 30 and continue for
prepared which will begin the f:Ve - th ~ Town Hall, 'l'uesday evening,
rour clays through Monday, July 4, February 8 at which time nil citithat ls worthy of the event and zens are Invited to hear the plans
may well be considered If the Com- of the General Committee and to
mi •.tee ls successful In financing present their Ideas.
The Committee desires the coit. This will be the most spectacu·
Jar ancl pretentious celebration that operation of everyone of the citihas even taken place in our 300 zens. Only throu~h this co-operation can our 300th anniversary
year-old town.
The General Committee consists celebration be n success so It Is
K. Dell, Chairman, suggested that although you may
Conner, ·Trcasuror not be on any particular commltteo
Pennell, Executive yuu coru1ider yourelr a committee
secretary with Mr. Corning Ben- or one to come forward with your
be3t ideas. Put your shoulder to
ton, Rev. Daniel J. Cotter, Mr.
WiJlie S. Day, Mrs. Harry Merrill, the wheel and help make Exeter's
Terccntellary Celebration
.,,.,..,,...,,Mr. Fred A. Moore, Miss Frances
E. Moulton, Mr. John Scammon, to be r,membered.
Mr. Richard E. Shute, Mr. Herman
L. Smith and Mrs. Alfred R. Wight·
man.
To date the following sub-committees have been appoin'.ed:
•· ---~--••,, Publicity Co1nmittee: Fred L.
Markey, Chairman, Ernest TempleA meeting of the Old Home Day
ton, William G. ·saltonstall, E'dwaril Commit,ee of the General IIamptun
r.,,.,.,,_...,,,. ., Sweeney nncl Edward Richards.
Tercentuiary Committee of which
Commit'.ee for the Ball: Eben Mrs. Robert Brown, Mill Road ls
Wallace, Mrs. Barbara Wallace and the chairman, helcl a well attended
meeting In the Town Hall on Mon.
others to_ be adclecl later.
Committee for Street Dancing: evening.
Tentative plans for the
J. W. McNnlty, Chairman, Chnrles Olcl Home Day which will be ob·
W. Caldwell Hnrold D. McBride, served on Aug 23, 1!!38 were made
I. M. Jette, Robert Bruc_e, and Paul at this time which are to be
brought before the general commilA. Bretschnelder.
Information Committee: Mr.
A. Pirnie Chairman and other
be added shortly.
De<:orations Commit:ee : Mr.
E. Meras, Chairman. Other members to be added shortly.
Mr. John W. A. Green, Chairman
of a committee to be chosen from
representatives from Brentwood,
Fremont, Epping, Newfields and..,., .. ~•,_-.,,,
Newmarket to plan -0n what part
these towns should take in the
Tercentenary Old
.tiome Day Committee
Has Tentative Plans
Mr. Herman Smith
asked to appoint
has
been
�come looked . upon Its ,. a ,protest
against unwarranted : duties. This
might have ; eased ..the minds of
those who were tempt~d occasionally to •do piratical deeds wheu all
else failed.
A captured vessel might yield
commodities other th~ gold, ., silver
and jewels would have to be smuggled. in and ,quietly ;disposed of.
Hence frequently it was necessary
to hide it or bury it wheM secrecy
a11d safety -;ere- assurcd. bt1Cw!1ere'
it coultl i:Je taken easily from th~
boa' s. 'fh.irefore sheltered coves,
By William D. Cram
anc inlets, · clear ·. of houses and
prying eyes were sought. ,and Ra~u_
Wrecked
vessels with great
!Io for J.mriecl treasure ancl plralo
tl.unes affordecl places wrere track8
gold! ·Not alone on the Spanish treasures of gold are reputed to
~ere quickly obliterated. lT,Jr th~
Main lingers the tales of caretnlly have been washed upon the shores
mvst · part, these •goods were .quick~
plunder and watching of these islands and since from
ly dispc,sed of and rarely ,was the
and grinning 'skeletons. time to time gold coins , have, been
l.1oo t)' so i:lrge that :he · owne~·.s_
actually
found.
It
.is
quite
probable
Num, rous papers reported the
iDllividually found it necessary •to
sto1:y a few weeks ago that the. ex- that other treasure may yet be
bury it in a lonely-sec!·r.t cache.
pedition seeking to salvage buried discovered there.
,;ncE; in a while thiR would happen.
Nearer at hand and without the
treasur e or pirate gold at the Isles
SO!J.1€times, too, an adye~terous
of Shoals had given up their task enticing accompanimo1t of ghostly craiL came upon lost tr~asure il\
until spring . .Those who have read watchers and .other ,traditions,
wrcc-kcd vessels as was the ,•casE\
Celia Thaxter's "Among the Isles many buried treasures reallJ exwHh Sir William Phirps . Many re-.
of Shoals," or Drake's legends will ist along our own sea shore. No u, 1:cls ha·,e come .down in history;
recall that the Isles were long re· tales are going the rounds •about and · even more in private ,:hronputed to have ·been the haunt of these for they are family secrets, il'if,s.
pirates, smugglc•r s and other out- carefully preserved and closely " During more than . a century:
laws. Of course Capt. Kidd is creel. guarded, .in the ..hopes that some many treasure hoard::: from priva;
ited with having buried immens~ day members of the families may · (1 Pring . and '\P.iracy wen• l>urled,
treasure here as well ·as in other L>:> able •to unearth some of the alting these "l;ores anci varying
plac: s and the story that the ghost 'wealth of many varieties hidden ei rru.ns tances- pre vented their ,ear 1y
of one of his men, dain to protect long .ago.
·removal. The locatioru; •wer~ ,known'
the , treasure, : has been •o ne of the
.How came these .s,t ories of gold .l>y cE rtain ; lan.clm!ii'ks :, tree&. rocks,
Islancl's classic .. stories. Nearly al~ and jewels to , be burled betwc en
tnc! the like, •but ·nawre is always
writers t c11 that at least one of the Cape Ann and the projecting point ~ stirring and nothing is absolutely,.
!sanders really , encountered the of ·strawl.Jerry Banks? Early in the DxPll.
Winds, . storme ·ancl time;
perambulating shacle on its solitary history of the Bay State Colony, ,i!teied the .tJ.,1p~arn11.;e: of things
'' virgil having an eerie and di~ Marblehead was · the known rend· ~- "" g:·eatly , that man/ times :when
luminous appearance.
ezvous of many pirates, Their boats
, i;l' .nen who !lad burlctl the treasAnother who is .credited . with though unmarked by , the Jolly ure or his , deseon<lants , e01.\ght ·to
having buried immense treasure . Roger or openly displayed gun
r(:'e •;,ver it, they WHP unab\e to
( no self-respecting pirate would ports, came and . went ,unmolested.
' Today, it is clai1u,l, 1 there arl'
pury anyth.ing !ms than immense Probably most of thr.se :were some- fomii,ies hereabout, wh•J J{ohl sec·
treasure) was Captain '!'each or where be tween privateers and pir- re: ., . of t1'.easures ,iJ.idd 1m by · thP-lr
Blackbearcl_. He with another pirate ates. They preyed ,only on certain et,rlier members, .se :rets which
'c hief is said to have brought loot kinds of shipping and left ' Colonial have t;ome ·, down trrough many
to these i slands along wil'1 a maid- and English boats alo~E. They came generations, clear and explicit as ,to
en, th e latter being left to guard fron,1 homes scattered along the locations . and ,marks, · save that. all
the treasure while the pirates made coast as well as -abroad, ,some from these ·marks . have vanished or·
another raid on wealthy merchant good families and others pure ad· change~l. Few of . these families will
vess cls. Unfor tu11ately they attack. ven~urcrs. And from other places tell of thrne legendary trea,mres
ed a King' s cntlser l.Jy mistake ancl than Marl.Jlthead went forth semi- or even admit their being such,
per!shetl in the encounter.
The comm€1'cial ancl privateering ves- hoping against jucl,gement, that
maiden helll to her trust until sels whose crews after , voyages some day in some way, the lost
death claimetl her, since when she with ·.poor success, so it is claimed may be discoverecl. Many of . these
by some took advantage of super· family traditions .of buried treai;ure ..
!las continued her guarclianship "A tall, shapely figure, wrapped in ior force and other favo;ring cir- are of doul.Jtful . probability, but
a long s ea cloak, her head ancl neck . cumstances when meeting traders there can be no .doubt that there
uncovered except l>y a profusion of of other nations and committed pi. are indeEd many hidden caches of
goiclc n hair. Her race is tles cribecl racy. Occasionally they even prey· •, various fonits of: wealth . wl1lcM will'
as exquisitely rountled, but pale c, ed . upon .their own countrymen, it remain intact regardless of maps
and still as marl.lie. Sile takes her is also charged. Since from an early and recorded directions . for i their
,~·. , stand on the verge of a low pro· period England hacl placed duties recovery ).mtil nature h erself. un· - ~ ·. . jecting point, gazinJ; fixedly out upon most imports into Am~rlca ·
someone by
--~:!:.;'. ·) upon the ocean in an attitude of inesp : cially .If brought in on the
t;..... tense expectation."
Colonists' boats, smuggling had be-
Ne\
�,But hunting for treasure
has ·,allnred mankind. To feel that
perhaps one is walking over a·
burled fortune of gold, silver or
jewels gives a thrill to most of us.
When a raging sea tears off a long
slice of sandy shore and then from
somewhere thereabouts pulls out
and scatters hundreds of dollars as
has happen< d right on this beach,
faith in the belief that buried treascannot help but be
TRUSTEES OF
LIBRARYMEET.-1;
At the annual meeting of the tmstees
of the Porl6mouLh Publlc Library held
Friday afternoon the present staff and
committees were re-elected to serve for
the ensuing -year.
The librarian's report- showed a total
of 48,478 volumes now In the library;
65 magazines are subscribed to, and 14
are presented regularly.
'
Volumes to the number of 97,276 were
issued for home tise in 1937, of which
54,817 were fiction, 24,141 adult ·nonfiction, and 18,318 were children's books.
One thousand and twenty new borrowers were registered during' the year.
From the mounted picture collection,
which is growing increasingly popular
with 'teachers, over 2000 pictures were
circulated.
OBITUARIESA 'V
Everett w. Ricker
'rhe death of Everett W. Rickel', for
the past 17 years a resident of this city,
occurred Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Ricker was born In Boston AUIJ,
21, 1862, the son of James and Sarah
(Fenno) Ricker, He attended the pub•
Uc schools of Boston and in 1886 gr~duated from the Lowell School of De•
sign, M. I. T. Mr. Ricker's father
served as tax collector for the city of
Boston and Mr. Ricker was connected
with the tax department from 1S87 un•
tll 1908.
After his removal to this
[':~~f,;~;.'.;;: city he conducted a book store on Mar•
L ..~-..,-•••,., ket street for four years, removing
to
Court street, where he continued In
business for 10 years, retiring In 1934.
He is survived by three cousins; Mrs,
Andrew Adle of Chestnut Hill, Mass,,
._~._._,,,,,m,, Mrs. Howard Fiske of
Winchester,
Mass., and Charles W. Ricker of Ha•
vana, Cuba.
LS AT
OVER
The Federal Art Project or the
Works Progress Administration for
New Hampshire hns recently completed
and installed a murnl In the new
Municipal Building of Dover.
This
historical mural,
which
lllust.rntes
"Early Days In Dover," Is 9 feet 6 inches
by 30 feet and was painted by Mrs.
Gladys Brannigan, one of the mural
painters on the project.
The mural commemorates the early
days of the settlement, which was
founded In 1623, and the recorded occupations and activities of the settlers
during the first few years-ship building, catching and drying fish, trading
for furs and cutting trees to send to
England for spars, for which they had
a contract. Significant things from old
i-ecords have been emphasized. Peaceful commercial relations were cst.ablished and maintained with the Indians, and the laUer never molested the
settlement even during fierce fighting
in other places, until many years later.
They found It a good meeting place to
trade for their furs, showed the settlers
where to get the best fish and oyster-i
and taught them the planting and use
of Indian corn. The settlement was
from the very first planned as a permanen~ one.
Starting at the left, the mural shows •
a white man handsomely dressed bargaining with a group of Indians for
pelts. The birch bark c{noes in which
they came Ile ln the' blue water and two
attendant Indians unwrao the bundles
of furs. Above are settlers ana young
apprentices working on a
pinnace,
showing incidentally the great cO!)-trast
between the two kinds of craft-the red
man's and the white. Cotton Mather
wrote that he marvelled that on a continent covered with forests the Indians
had never developed the use of timber
!or boats or any kind.
The next group shows settlers and
Indians In conversation, men laying out
!!sh on a flake, a great net swinging
boldly through the coinposition, and
three Indians coming Into the settlement w!Lh bundles. In spite of all the
cleared and open space they walk In
characteristic Indian file Intent
their own affairs.
The last group includes white women
(!or the settlers brought their wives and
children) being shown by Indian women the preparation of Indian corn, a
strong log cabin to remind one that the
settlement was a permanent one, and
an Indian explaining to a settler the
construction or an Indian fish trap.
This mural Involved a considerable
amount of research and is authentic m
every detail.
RETIRES AS
LETTE_ CARRIE!
Walter S. Woods In
Government Service
Since 1915
WALTEP. S. WOODS
Walter S. Woods of 41 Newcastle
Ave., well-known letter carrier, has retired after serving for over 20 years in
the government service. His last day
of service was on Dec. 31, 1937, but the
actual retirement papers did not come
through until this year.
He is one of the Woods
that athletic group which
became
known throughout the country. He is
perhaps the best known of the famil)'
in athletic circles, having had a record
of 21 yenrs Jn professional baseball,
during which time he played every position on the diamond and was wllh
several National League clubs.
His work as letter carrier has
brought him in close contact with the
people on his roulc and they miss him.
He was very faithful nnd errtclent In
the performance of his duties.
�Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc., will be asked
to participate. Celebrations will
be
both local and state-wide.
communities plans are already under
way for plays, pageants, dedication of
historic places nnd events, and memorials to celebrities.
A special sesquicentennial exhibit Is
also being planned.
. Radio stat.ions WFEA of Manchester,
W.HEB of Portsmouth and WLNH of
Key
Laconia have generously offered their
Elaborate Program
facilities for a weekly broadcast.
The · Sesquicentennial Commission
From now until J'tme 21 New Hampshire will commemorate one of the two has an office in the Phoenix Hotel,
Concord, and will gladly furnish
all
most significant events In American
available Information and help to those
history. The first was the achlevement who are interested in New .Hampshire·;;
of inclepenclence, Lhe second the estab- celebration of th;) Constitution.
A list of the commission members is
lishment of Lhe Const.itution .
Since New Hampshire was the ninth, as follows: 1\-lrs. Basil Atwood, Barnnd therefore ihe "enabling" state to rington; Fred W. Friend, Belmont;
rntify the Consl,ll,ut.ion , it is natural Mrs. William S. Bertwell,-Whitefleld;
that every citizen from PiU.5burg to Pel- Mrs. 'Abbie C. Sargent, Bedford; Ralph
J1am and from New Castle t.o Chester- S. Woodman, Milford; Mrs. Ernest L.
flelcl should wish Lo see the GnmiLe Putnam, l\irs. Charles T. Patten, FredState second to none in a cekbrn.t,ion of erick R. Gardner, Elwin L. Page, Concord; George C. Chase,- Warner; EdtJ1is event.
Such a commemoration, roming n~ it ward G. Coughlin, West Ossipee; Wendoes in the midst of world-wide political dell McIntire, Edward T. Mcshane
\ipheaval and wide-spread insidious at- Manchester; Earl S. Hewitt, Enfield;
F. Ear
tack upon constit,utional government, Herbert N. Nelson, Berlin;
Bixby
may well take on the nature of , rededi- Thayer, Woodsville; Kenneth
cation to liberal clemocracy . and the Littleton; Paul Sadler, Nashua; Mrs.
Oren V. Henderson, Durham;
Mrs.
purposes of American law.
'I'o conduct New Hampshire's part in Nell!e P. Edes, Newport.. Francis H.
this celebration ex-Governor Bridges, Buffum Dunbarton, chairman.
Jn June, 1936, appoinred a commission
21 members: In December, 1937
Governor Murphy named six members
to take the place of t,hose unable to
serve. By act of the Legislature, ap- •
proved Aug. 12, 1937, $5000 was appropriated for the celebration, and
the
commission was authorized to accept
• gifts in the name of the state for the
purpose.
Tile state celebration will begin with
KENNEBUNKPORT.
Ma In e,
contests in the schools, which will conMarch 7 W)-What's in a 11ame?
Linue through the next five months unThat's the question citizens of this
der the supervision of the State Board
coastal town are to air at length to. of Education, with the cooperation of
night at town meeting when a spethe Parochial schools under the supercial warrant is introduced to change
vision of Fr. William P. Clancy. SecIts 117-year-old name to the more
on<lary schools will Lake pnrt in n comromantic "Arundel," its original app<!tltive examination on the Constitution, the winners of which will appear
pellatlon.
at the formal rxercises in concord on
The question of changing the
town's name arose recently followJune 21, and the public grade schools,
ing 'the publicizing by· a summer
together with the Parochial schools,
resident, Kenneth .Roberts, of the
will join In a scmpbook contest on New · ancient name Arundel in his book
Hampshire's part ln the Constitution.
of the same name.
n 1e colleges are being asked to ·conduct objected
Many townspeople, l1owever,
to the change on the
-an oratorical contest, the winner
o!
grounds that Kennebunkport, taken
which will take part in the formal exfrom the Indian phrase meaning
ercises on June 21.
"green banks," is as romantic and
Tentative plans Include costume or
storied as Arundel, the town's inmilitary balls and dinners on the even- • corporated name in 1717.
Early colonists gave it this name
Ing of June 20, or previously, to be fol•
to honor the Earl of Arundel, a
lowed the next day by formal exercises
descendant of Thomas, Earl of
at Concord In 1-hc morning, nnd I\ pa- .., Arundel-one of the original pro-• gennt In the nfternoon. A special cele• · prlctors or New .England.
bratlon for the evening o! June 21 Is
under conslclernt.ion.
Each cit.y and town, together with the
churches, granges, women's clubs, fraternal and service organizations, Boy
TO CELEBRATE~y"
ANNIVERSARY OF
CONSTITUTION
N. H. As
State Plani
o!
KennebunkJJort
Or Arwidel?-
Town lVill Vote
VOTING TODAY ON ~
CHANGE OF NAME ~
AT KENNEBUNKPORT.
Today the voters of Kennebunkport
will decide on renaming the town to its
original name of Arundel, which it was
known by 117 years ago and publicized
in novels by Kenneth Roberts, a summer resident.
One faction, precipitated · by the
publicity the books gave the ancient
name, contends Arundel sounds "more
romantic" than Kennebunkport, which
is taken from an Indian word meaning
'"green banks."
When incorporated in 1717, the town
was named in honor of the Earl of
Arundel.
�WORKS PROGRAM
HAS MEETIN
OF INTE ES
Plans For Coming Year
Discussed By Chamber of
Commerce Group
Industrial and housing-A, F. Brown
News-Charles W. Gray,
Recreational-Mrs. F. W. Randall.
Agricultural-Charles H. Brackett.
Promotional and
publicity-Justin
D. Hartford,
Memberships-Harry Winebaum.
Historical
landmarks-Arthur J.
Harriman.
Navy Yard-Frank C. Remick.
Conventions and oelebrations-Andrew Jarvis.
Traffic and parking-A. M. Clark .
Mercantile-Samuel Maddock.
:Health and safety-Stowe Wilder.
A very active meeting of the Works
Program committee of the Chamber or r~-...,,.~..,.-.,,..,.,.,.-.....,..,....,.......,.......,...__~
Commerce was held this morning at
9 :30 o'clock at the Chamber or
Commerce rooms, with the following members present: Marland D. Knowles,
Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Justin
D. Hartford, Frank C. Remick, John J,
Hassett, Alvin Rccidcn, Frederick D,
Gardner and Arthur Brown.
Many plans for the coming year were
discussed and it was recommended that
the convention committee start activities right away in connection with the
Miss Margaret Ward
convention committee of the American
Honored At Local High
Legion and .the Ladies Auxiliary, and
that all the committees become more
School
active as soon as possible, particularly
Miss
Margaret Wilmot Ward, editorthe publicity, membership and navy
in-chief of the Portsmouth HI-Lightl!
yard committees, and, furthermore that
all committees work with the Mayor's
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
committee in all undertakings, Plans
Ward of 95 Monroe street, has been
were discussed for the cooperation
of
e1ected to represent Portsmouth High
the recreation committee, which ls
school In the annual D. A. R. Good
headed by Mrs. Frank W. Randall,
Citizenship Pilgrimage it was anwith the convention committee regardnounced today and she will go to Coning the American Legion convention.
cord some time during February where
It was definitely decided that
the
representatives from other high schools
program of activities be drawn up In
In the state will be en tcrtaincd l>y the
State D. A. R. The candidate Is chosadvance, -especially the activities duren by the senior class In collal>oratlon
ing the Christmas holiday season, arwith the faculty.
ranging the nights that the stores will
Final selection of the winner in the
be open and days throughout the year
state wlll be made in February under
when they will be closed.
the supervision or the State Committee
There was a great deal of enthusiasm
In cooperation with State Commissionamong the committee meml>ers and It
er of Education James N. Pringle of
was the general opinion that with the
Concord.
numerous conventions which wlll bo
Miss Ward has made an outstanding
held In this city this year there is much
record in Portsmouth High school. She
to be done.
has been secretary of the debating club
The committees of the Chamber or
for two years and won an award of a
Commerce are as follows:
debating emblem in 1937, She is a
Executive-John J. Hassett, Frank
member of the local chapter of the
O. Remick, Marland D. Knowles.
National Honor Society, which disBoard of directors--John H. Greentinction speaks for itself. She is the
away, Arthur M. Clark, Stowe Wilder, . vice president of the present senior
John J. Hassett, Frank C.
Remiclr,
class. She is one of the students in
Marland D. Knowles, Frederick D,
centrol of
building
traffic
this
Gardner, Charles H. Walker, Alvin F.
year. Her success as the editor-inRedden, Mayor Kennard E. Goldchief of the school paper is evidenced
smith, Frank E. Brooks and Arthur F'.
by the high standard of papers Issued
Brown.
·
this year.
Works Program-Forrest M. Eaton,
The candidate's selection was based
chairman; Mayor Kennard E. Gold- on the following: De11endabillty, punctuality, trnthfulncss, loyalty and selfsmith, Marland D. Knowles, Frank C.
Rem!clt, Frederick D. Gardner, John control; service, cooperation, courtesy
J, Hassett, Alvin F. Redden, Arthur and respect for proper authority and
M, Clark, Arthur F. Brown and Justin rights of others; leadership, personality, originality, ability to lead and hold
D. Hartford,
others, good sportsmanship and reen of other committees
sponsibility; and patriotism-interest
and pride in family, school and community and nation and wlllingnes, to
sacrlflce for them.
TO -REPRESENT
P. H. S. IN D. Ao R.
PILGRIMAGE ~ .nJ
·PORTSMOUTH'S
STATE TAX
$42,924
Assessment $14,308 Less
Than Last Year. Three
Towns Still Owe State On
1937 Levies
Portsmouth's state tax for 1938 ls
$42,924, which Is $14,308 less than the
assessment of l!l37, according to bills
sent out by State Treasurer F. Gordon
Kimball to 235 ' towns and cities on
Tuesday.
The amount of the state tnx authorized l>y the
t!l37 Legislature is
$100,000 less t,hnn I.he 1037 tax. The reduction was made possible by the policy of the Leglslatme In draining the
state's sinking fund to finance expeµses of state department.~.
As the 1938 bills went out, records
in the treasurer's office showed that
one city and two towns have not yet
paid their 1937 taxes. Somersworth
was the delinquent city, owing the
state $14,112 on its 1937 tax, while Salem owes lhe state $7,952 and Freedom
owes $1 ,376.
State assessments against cities of
the state for 1938 arc as follows, with
comparisons of 1937:
City
1938
1937
Manchester ....... . $196,548 $262 ,06
99,52(
74 ,640
Nashua ............ .
81,0-18
108,06
Concord ........... .
42 ,924
57,23°
Portsmouth ....... .
3fi,972
49,2!lf
Keene
34,932
46,57
Berlin ..... , , ...... .
45,968
34,476
Dover ...... , . , .... .
30,732
40,976
Laconia ... , ....... .
31,296
23,472
Rochester .........•
20,432
15 ,324
Franklin ... , . , ..•..
10,584
14,112
�SERMON OF
1779 IS
,; PRESERVED HERE
,
,.
•
J\. hand-written sermon delivered ln
Po1tsmouth on Dec. 7, 1779, is possessed
by Roland Severance of 74 Wibird
:itreet, 't his city. The pastor who wrote
:It l.s unknown, The sheets are .::overcd
with a neat, old-fashioned script and
;!Ire sewed together into a small booklet. , .
The first half of this sermon of
Revolutionary War times deals :;trlctly \
wlth religious concepts, giving mm1y .'.'•:
lnstances of divine providence.
The ..
text wa.s taken from the 97th Psalm,
! ·verses 1 and 2 : "The Lord reignet.h; let
the earth rejoice; let the multitud.e e>f
'.l8les be glad thereof.
Clouds and
clarlmess are round about him; right-•
-0usness and judgment are the •l'lablt.a•
tlon of his throne."
In opening his sermon the
·_prnposes: "1. To make some remarks
•m the
divine government.
To
'!.!Ike notice of some particular occur:t·e;nces of divine providence in which at
_present it becomes us to rejoice. ,
3
To oiler scveraql motives to rejoicing in
the cllvine government."
The pastor dealt with the first fet-• '
tJements in New Eng'land. "About one '
:tnmclred souls first arrived at Plymouth
on the llth day of November, 1620.
A rigorous winter for a third part of 1,he
year; not an house to live in; not a
Christian to see; none but heathen of
Ii strange and hard language to speak
, •with, and not a friend within three
thousand miles to help in any
'
gcncy.
"From these small beginnings, now
within about the space of 159 years we
.have increased to .a great nation. Virv,inia was settled a short time befcre.
Other important towns have since r.Pen
'h uilt and this new continent which ,now ·~.
contains more than thre,e million in- ··. 1
JJ nbitnnt.5 settled ."
<Population 1930
uvcr 122 million).
Mcnt.Joning ot,hrr OCC'lllT!'llCCS of tU·: vine providence ns exciting praise and
· '8rntltude he Tit.es the prosperity gn•nt1:d our arms by sea ::me! land. ·'At :,ea
Jn partic,1lar at Penobscot
we
t.aJnect a very great loss. This was a
(ifll'k d!,pcnsnt.ion of providence; yet it
l-Pcomes us w rejoice that God's wlll lo
or 1as c rnmed the hands of our ene- and cotton cloth in the Amer can.
mies so that they could not perform states; "now everything necessary, nl~
their enterprises. The conquest of •,he most, ls made in these states.
Tho
fort at Stony Point and another near plenty of money ciccasioned by tJ1e war
the mouth of the North River are occur- has also been favorable to the sett!erences of Providence which demand ment of uncultivated lands in the back
our thanks. The conquest of the Sav- ·parts."
ages by the troops under the command
"Now no whip, no scourge, no prison
of General Sullivan Is very Important
ls feared by the faithful ministers of
relative to the affairs of America. They the Lord ln these
laid waste a new town on the Su~que- States.
hanna River and put to the sword mariy
· "In kingdoms on earth, when
defenseless women and children. 'lhe government is disagreeable we may
lnhabit::mts of the adjacent country fly to another more to our minds. Many
were forced to flee from threatened de- have done this since the commencement
struction. But God ls gracious and
merciful. He has given deliveranc~ of of the present war. Some have gone
from America to Great Britain or . to
t f
par o . the land, Praise ye the Lord.
their dominions. ' And maiy
have
"God's goodness will appear ln sev-• come from them to us. But non~ 'Can.
era] other important occurrences
of fly from the government of Jehovah.
Providence.
The arrival of Count De Sinners murmur under the divine disStang to this continent, though attend- pensations; they cannot avoid it. Let
ed with disappointments, terrified the all the earth bow before Jehovan. Let
enemy, and instead of laying waste om every murmur and uneasy thought die'.
towns according to our fears, they fly 8hen, thus my friends, a way will be
from Newport to New York for shelter made for happiness . .
to make their defense, this last defense
"The Lord relgneth; let the earth refrom the united force of France and then, thus my friends, a way will be
America. Our towns In this part ot the glad t,hereof.
country are stlll secure from their rage;
praise ye th e Lord ·
"The conquests in the West Indies by
the French have also a favorable effcd
on the affairs of America. For which
let us prnlse the Lord. What has taken
place ln the English Channel is still
premature but I pray there may yet
eome clellverance Jn some way for 'Am-
Coas·ta'I Towns /
Aided ·Harvard
"An occurrence of divine providence
I shall mention to excite pralse and
thanksgiving is the earth has produced
her increase in abundance the year past.
In the last winter and spring, scarcity of
bread and famine threatened.
Much
more reason for all to fen.r it on account
of our grievous sins and provocations,
but the Lord remembered mercy for us .
He gave us early and later
The importance · of. education was
that the earth has brought forth by
not overlooked in New Hampshire
handfuls. God has filled some parts of
even in the very early days of the
America with the finest wheat, other
colony.
'
parts with corn ln abundance. Now the
The statutes of Portsmouth, for
instance, reveal that funds were
poor are supplied with bread antl th e
cont ributcd by the town toward the
widows to sing for joy.
The Lord
erection of . n building at Harvard
reigneth; let t.lie earth rejoice.
rnllcge in 166!) because of the need
"Another occurrence of providence
f perpetuating ''knowledge, both
shall mention to excite praise aud
·eligious nnd civil, -among us and
thanksgiving is the unusual measure of ' ur JJOSlerity after us."
1
"The premises considered," reads
health which has been enjoyed in our . the records, "we have made a colland the past year. In the first an1 r.'. lection in our town ·of 60 p_o unds
second years of \.he wnr we were o1Jllged
per annum (and hope to make it
to contend with enemies abroad and
more), which said sum is to be paid
tlon r .
sickness at home. But now for two
annually for these seven years en"At 1.his pnrtic11lnr t.ime the
years past a general degree of health
suing, to be improved at the dis1
·• were repnired by th.e capture of a mnn~
has been enjoyed, us far as I have been
~~:ti~~}1
1~;·e\~~:rri;stl~!
.· hrr of important prizes which within .:
informed, In all the American s~a[es. .
same and the advancement of good
,· the space of a few clays arrived at Hos- '-. It is the Lord who has sent health m onr
literature there, hoping withal that
t on . How often In the year past w:ien ,'.' dwellings, so for w_hich let. us
the example of ourselves will pro.famine was threatened in the ttadlng .
• voke the re~t of the country to j ealt owns has t.he Lord c;iused the propfrty ~
ousy ."
The pastor goes on to
01' <nrmics .1nd their stores to come for 1, .'
Evide11tly, Portsmouth's exainple
praise and gratit.ude to We Lorrl "for
did provoke jealousy, for Dover
011r 1·eJ!cf. This town nncl many others ·.
the preservation of the import::mt life of
added 32 pounds and Exeter 10
~hnrcc.l this Important blessing.
He ,J
our Commander-In-Chief;
also the
pounds to the fund for Harvard colJt'cllcth (.]Je hungry with good things. ·
lives of so many Important Patriots of
lege.
'l'hc Lord relgneth. Let the earth reLiberty In the American cause.''
He
joice .
brings
out
the
fact
that
the
war
had
t.he comse of the last year
stimulated the manufacture of woolen
Portsmouth, .Exeter,
Dover Contributed
Funds to ·Buildings
~!/ }~/1°f
�RANITE STATE f: ASKS MORE
NSURANCE CO~ · MONEY ESPE T
ELECTS OFFICERS f~ERE ON SUBS
1
•
leon A. Robinson is
Advanced 'fo Office Off
Secretary
. LEON A. ROBINSON
Advanced To One Of The Secreta117
Of The Granite St te
Bureau Chief Sar Work
Behind Owing To lack
Of Plans
Renr Admiral William G, Dubose,
construction corps, and chief of hureau
of ronstructlon and repnlr, appeared
l>cfore the Hou~e approprlat1ons committee in Washington on Wednesday
where he explained the need of nn increased -appropriation from $4,450,000
to SS,235,000 m connection with submnrlno coustructlon. 'l'lti:i money lte
::,luted muy be cxpenrled during the fiscal year of 1938 for draftsmen, clerks
and other civlllan employes during the
fisca 1 year of 1938.
The committee states th~ change
was also made necessary because of
the fact that since the original limitation or the approprlatlon for replacement of naval vessels was made, two
battleships are to be constructed in the
navy yarcls Instead of one. as WM originally contemplated.
In the Portsmouth navy yard the
construction of submarines had been
delayc·d due to preparation of plans,
the committee said.
Hearings of the appropriations committee, revealed for the first time,
,,how the following testimony given before the committee by the Rear Ad··
1111ml:
•·The navy yard .tt Portsmoutlt,
where submarines are built, has heen
behind in progress of work, due to lack
of plans. rt is necessary to increase the
number of draftsmen at that yard i11
order to get the plaus more quickly.''
To permit more expectlt101t const.ruc •
tiou "lllis is not :l reque~t for r..n adi.lillonal nppropriat11in Tit.- money has
1 tready been a1ipropriated. ~d tlti.l I$
The annual meeting of the Granite
State Fire Insurance Company was
held at Manchester yesterday, the di~
rectors electing the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, F.'rank
w. Sargeant; Vice President, James D,
Smart; Secretaries, Orel A. Dexter,
George W. Swallow, Helll'y F. Berry,
Montgomery J. Greenough, Victor E.
Stevens, Alfred D. Yeaton, Leon A.
Robinson, George A. Dewey, Harold O.
McAllister and Lester s. Harvey,
flimply a request to Increase the limit;..
The a:rectors of the company ore
fng amount from $4,!>70,000 to $6,23!3,~
John H. Bartlett, Fntnk P . Carpenter, r.-1,..o.,.o...on,"""""h~e,,...sa_1~d~.~..,,.~-:--:=~~"=l';'..,...~""--.r
Norwin S. Bean, Wll!Jam C. Walton,
Orel A. Dexter, Frauk W. Sargeant,
Arthur M. Heard, Norman F. Milne,
Fred H. Ward nnd George W. Sw11,llow.
The Portsmoulh
office contlnue.1
under the supervJHion of Secretarie:,
Orel A. Dexter and Leon A. Robinson.
Mr. Robinson, who has been Ass!st1mt
Secretary of the company since 1D3'.l,
was advanced to the position of Secre~
tary. The remaining oiflcers of the
company are in the Manchester office.
At the close o the :vear's business,
on December 31, 193'7, the asset.~ of the
company were $4,258,307.41, the capital
and surplus amounting to $2,767,076.61,
The company enjoyed a successful
year with an increase in business
amounting to more than 10%.
◄
NNIVERSARY <t~
Portsmouth DeMolav
Chapter Has Succes;fui
Gathering
Portsmouth Chapter, Orde •
Molay, observed its 16th anniversary on
Thursday evening in Masonio Temple,
wlth a large number of members and
frlends present and vo.dou1 fvatul'e,-.
Which 11\l\<le the nffn!t• I\ HUCC83S boyon
all ·cxpectatlmvt.
The event was obsen·ed
Night nnd the me111bers entt-rtalne(f,
theft• frlend~ In an enjoy ble manner
A buslt1es$ session was held in Maoonlo Temple at 6:15 o'clock, l>ofo1·e th1,
anniversary celebration, and a lars-~
)\Umbet· of appUcatlons were received.
Plans were made for visits to the DeMolay chapters at Portland, Me., and
Haverhill, Mass,, where the
degree
team of the local Chapter will work the
degree.
At 7:30 o'clock a publio DeMolay
meeting was held, Philip O', Hoyt, Robert Crnig, Richard Parnham, Robert
Johnson nnd Harold Piche l>eing in
charge, TI1e history of the order was
given in an Interesting . manner by
Richard Pamham and told of the good
progress and able work done hy the local Chapter. At this time roses were
presented to each of the young women
guests at the ga t11erlni:;.
An mformal dnnch1g party follol\'ed
in tht- Masonic Auditorium.
Haynes'
orchestra furnished music and
both
modern nnd old-time dances were enjoyed. Edward Ho1>ley was chairman
or the dance committee.
Paper hats.
confetti, whistles and other noise-makers ndded to the me1'l'lment oi tile evening .
The hall decorallons were es;>eciolly
prett.v and consistect of streamers of
crepe pn1>er and the lighted D.il\fola::,
emblem. A collation addect iutere5t to
the evening and all pres.~nt voted 1t one
o! the most ,mccessiul of the DeMolay
111m iversa Ty er le bra tions ,.
It 1u~ ex11ctly 16 ye11m
· 1?;1)
Portsmoutn Chnpter, Ordet o. .OeMolay, wns institnt ... d by Jame; E. Whalley, who h.:is ever heeu unt1nng ln hh
interest aud efforts iu the assocbtlon
and is still chain,1an of thd ~dviso,·y
counril. Fred H. Marden hs octed as
trea~urer ciurmg tilu past 16 rear. and
Hany H. Fl)ote has also s rved on the
actvisor.v council durin~ cllese yeat~.
�AMUEL ME
BSERVES .98
RTHDA
He was born in England and came
to Portsmouth about 41 rears ago.
For orer 20 years he wa employed at
the J)lants of the Frank Jones and the
Eldredge Brewln~ companies. His wife
pas;,ed away about 18 ~·ears ago. He, ·
ha, t\..-o sons, William R. Weston ancl
Richard Weston. A third son, Alfred
\Veslon, a former local police officer.
clicd over a year nr.o. Thrrt" Rl'e also
five g1anclchildren 11nd six grent grand::hildren.
Mr. Weslon was an industriou~ man
onci has lived a good l'fe and ls re ceil'ing
numerous
congratulallon~
from his friends.
IN CHARGE OF
GREEK CHURC
WINNING ESSAY 1EllS
STORY OF ST. JOHN'S
BELL
-x-~
Jackson Henry, a student at
~ochester High SChool, was the
prize winner In the essay cont.est, "Hist-0ric Bells of New Hampshire,'' sponsored by the N. H. Tuberculosis Association, the announcements being made
on Thursday.
The title of the student's winning essay was "Aut-Oblography
of
Bell,"
and tells the story of the historic bell of
olcl st, John's Church in this city.
The second prize in Group F
awarded to Patricia Plunkett of
Patrick's High School, whose essay was
a symposium of historic bells in Concord, Portsmouth, Walpole, Hopkinton,
Exeter, Pembroke and Hampton.
The first prize in grades 10, 11 and 12
s~muel Weston is today observing
was awarded to Muriel Turner of the
hi'l nlndy-eighth l>lrthday anniversary
:Hampstead High School, who told t.he
n11ci while less strong thnn Inst year
~t.ory of the Paul Revere bell In
the·
h~ i~ really remarkable for hl ngo,
steeple of the Hampstead Town hall,
1J,3il1g one of the oldest resldents of
11nd the second prize in this group was
thl city and one who holds the re.awarded to Rawson Calden of the La~ned of all who know him.
onia High School, who t-Old of the
~lr. Weston makes his home \\"ith hi'i
ta.mous bell In the old Ladd street
,c,c,n, William R. ·weston and fnmily of
i;choolhouse at Ha,•erhill .
Willard avenue. He i~ able t-0 hr up
The prJZes were ca.sh awards
and about the house each day; has not,
:for the best essays in each of the two
!ind rven n cold the past year EIUd ls
1',roups and $5 for the second best essays,
1w1·1,r lrm1bled with rhrumali:-m. or
'Th(• prl1.rs werr mndo possible by for111 tr he llrcs cnsil~ :rnd rnJo~" 11nps
mer Gov. Huntlry N. Spaulding of
llutlng the dnJ' but has a good !llJJlC•
Rochester, president of the N, H. Tutilr and still tunes in Clll tilt' radio.
bt>rculosis Association.
:;.-Ie Jhte11s· to the church music and
The conte~t aroused widespread in.,elections by hand. , ns his hearing bci.erest throughout the st.at.e and caused
111i; im11nlrc 1 he c:.11111ot hcnr many of
much st.udy of the historic bells of New
the other pror,r111ns . llr l'Cl\d much un•
lJampshire by hlr,11 school pupils and
t1i tl!r pnst two year~ bul w1lll fnil\ng
,otJ1ers as well.· Fifty-one es~ays were
er,•sii.:ht iL is 11ol now easy for him.
6t bmitled bY tJ1e associat.ion lo
the
He is lhc guest of his gro.nclson, Jack
t.at,e committee of judges for t.heir de-,:,•,lC1n, toda~- nl the l,,tter's home
d,.Jon.
on Summ"r street where a special din•
i, bring SCl'\'Cd and
the table
:1c•orncc\ v:itl! tlw birtllclny cake. Thi
:titernoon he expects to nsit thr Cenual 11rc station as has often llccn his
cn~lcm. He enjoyed an aulo 'drive
S•mclar. a fnroritc plc:isure of his in
p:i,t years.
1\lr. West.on is an· Episcopalian and
l rnmmunicant of Christ church and a
1. ithiul allcnclant until
hh hearm~ was so impaired. He occasionally
·and recei\•es com-
lit:\'
- - - - - - -----------
lEZEJ(EL 'tUSKJ\JLOS
ll"~slo1· oi the St. , Nlchola.<1 Gree
Orthodox Church Jin 'll'hla cur.·
Since the death of the late
:Marinakis, who was priest . o~
Nicholas' Greek ' Orthodox Church In
Portsmouth, the church was without a
prle~t for over a year.
Finally through the effort,., of George
Papageorge, the president at the time,
aL'lO his church conunlttee and Archbishop Arthengaras, Archlm
kc! Tsukalos was
secured.
arrived here Dec. 23 last from Patras,
Greece, and ho.s become very o.ctlve in
his work..
He is a native of Pntril., Pelaponi.so ,
w11 cducoted at AthenA College and is
a graduate of the Tlleolo lea.I College
C\t Athens. He speaks fluently the
French a ud La tin lan!;UO.gcs and some
English. He is Elll archlm, which is th&
next step to a bishop. H':' Is 30 yeai::a or
o.ge.
Since his arrival th" church has been
ftlled to capaclty with disciples o! the
Greek religion from thls city o.nd sur~
rounding communities.
He holds Greek cln.1se~ o.t 1 p. m. o.t
the church and at present 50 studP.nt.!
an, attending.
�a y_Peo
a •D u
hrough t
arties He
c· y On aturday
RE'AR ADM. D. E. DISMUKES,
U. S. N., Rct.,
General Chairman
Portsmouth fittingly observed
the
President's Birthday on Saturday; the
people turning out in large numbers lo
support the National Foundation !01"
Infantlle Paralysis which will be formed
with the proceeds raised by President's
Birthday celebrations throughout the
country.
Mai~y events we:·e scheduled in \ his
city and all were successful, even more
so than had been anticipated. It was
Portsmouth's answer to the call to aid
humanity and, as always, the response
was generous and enthusiastic.
For weeks in advance the committees
were busy making arrangements for the
various celebrations and may feel well
pleased with their success.
The first
meeting was called several weeks ago
by Rear Admiral D . E. Dismukes, U.S .
N., ret., chairman of the central executlve committee, at which time preliminary plans were made.
There was united action throughout
the city which indicated the desire or
all to assist in this great movement.
Various organizations worked together
to hold some event, and as a result
there were eight celebrations in this
sponsored by Ensign Emerson Hovey
Post, v. F . w., tile Ladles Auxiliary
and Camp
Winfield Scott Schley,
Spanish War Veterans,
The Emblem Club and Po1:tsmouth
Lodge of Elks were hosts to a large
number during the evening.
Woods
Orchestra furnished music here . The
people came and went for dancing and
there were a number playing cards.
Open house at the Masonic Auditorium continued throughout the evening.
This was under the direction of the
Portsmouth Garden Club and the Graffort Club.
The Women's City Club
also kept open house dmlng the afternoon and evening, Both of these places
were visited by a number of people and
many remained to play cards.
The Y. w. o. A. kept open house
from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
with a number coming in during that
period. Ten was served, with Mrs.
Knlherlne s. Hill, Mrs. I. H . Washburn and Miss Mary Harris poul'ing.
Temple Israel was the scene of a card
party . A number of tables were filled
and the evening was one of ple[!.sure to
all present.
Rear Admiral Dismukes, chairman of
the general committee, v sited each
place where a celebration was being
held and at several gave brief talks, expressing his appreciation for the fine
spirit of cooperation all had shown in
the celebration.
The success of Portsmouth's cooperation in this nation-wide movement was
due in great measure to the chairman's
efforts. Thoroughly imbued with ·the
spll'it himself or the occasion he in-.
stilled enthusiasm for the fine objective into all concerned and his commit•
tee worked with a wllll and arranged a
program suitable for the city-wide celebration.
The central executive committee
consisted of the heads of the various
organizations in the city, wll,h
Rear
Admiral Dismukes chairman,
Mayor
Kennard E. Goldsmith honorary chairman, John B". Mooney treasurer, and
Pete 1• J, Hickey assistant treasurer.
Hon. F. W. Hartforcl was in charge of
publicity and r.trs . Ma ry C. Dondero in
charge of radio.
The birthday cake was presented to
Mr5. Margaret Berry o[ Hanover street.
city dming the afternoon and evcnln~
Saturday afternoon the Women's Cit
Club, Y. W. C. A.,
Graffort Club,
Portsmouth Garden Club, Women's
Auxiliary, K. of C .. and the Catholic
Daughters of America held open hous3
and card parties, with tea being served.
The big events were during the evening with dances being held at t.he
Knights of Columbus Hall, American
Legion Home, Veterans of Foreign War~
Home and Elks Home, and all were
largely attended. At some places patrons came and went, whlle at others
there was always a big crowd. It was
a happy crowd, with all happy in the
knowledge that they were enjoying
themselves and at the same. time making it possible to establish a foundation which undoubtedly will hace fartlon which undoubtedly will have farmanlty.
At Knights of Columbus Hall there
was a very large crowd. The Knighl;kappers orchestra furnished music and
its selections were popular with the
dancers. The hall was gaily decorated.
So great was the crowd at times that It
was impossible to get inside the hall
and thr_pughout the evening the floor
was crowded with dancers.
Open house was held and tea wa<r
served at the K. of c.- Home, adjoining,
by the Catholic Daughters and Women's Auxiliary of the K. of C.
There was a large number at
the
American Legion Honh), where there
was dancing anc! canls .
Open house
was the rule throughout the day anct
the facilities of the
building were
placed at the disposal of the guests.
Sprague's Orchestra furnlslied music
for dancing on the third floor. There
was a large attendance during the evening. Many merry-makers, making the
rounds of the various dances, stopped
here for some time, enjoying both
cards, which were played ill a large
room on the second floor, and dancing.
This was the combined effort of Frank
E. Booma Post, A. L., Ladies Auxiliary,
Fleet Naval Reserve and its Auxiliary '
and League of Coast G~ard Women .
Throughout the evenmg at the Memorial H01~e- on :arrott avenue
·dance hall was filled . This dance was
�TO HOLD TERCENTENAIJ.Y · EXPOSITION AT HAMPTON·BEACH·.
Fac;icle Of 300lh Anniversary Exposition Building Planned For Ham11to11 Beach Next Summer
Tl1e Hampton Beach Chamber of
In ordinary seasons Hampton enCommerce is extending an invi tation to tertains over a million vacation and
the industrial, commercial, agricu!Lurnl transient visitors . During the coming
300th anniversary season it is expected
and recreational interests of all , New
that this number will be materially inEnglrrncl to participate in Hampton's creased.
3001,h Anniversary Exposit,ion, which
The north half of tile popular Cals to be staged at the beach next sum- sino will be transformed into a modern
mer as a fetaLure of U1e season-long exposition buiicling by the crec'tion of
celebration of Hampton's tercentenary. an entirely new facade, the
central
_The exposit.ion will open July 4 and ex- feature of which will be a domed tower
·• tend through Sept. 10, a period of 10 almost 60 feet in height. The interioi·
full weeks. During this time it is ex- of the exposition hall, which is 200 feet
pected that close to 200,000 people wi!l long and 50 feet wide, will be artistically
pass through the turnstiles of the ex- arranged and decorated.
·. position entrances.
The exposition plan is backed enthu-
AL REPORT
$800 RAISED IN
PORTS~AOUTH
O~l FUND MADE
TlJe activities o! the committees to
conect funds for the National Foundatlon for Infantile Paralysis have been
completed and the final report made to
IJie nn.tional treasurer, as follows:
Gross recelpt.s
••• , • , .•••• , .. $869. 75
Expenses
................ , ..
88. 00
Net prom .. . . .. .. . . . .. .. .. . 781. 75
All reports have been made by
scores of people who assisted and the
books have been closed.
It ls a flne
showing and compares well with other
cities In the state.
Th€ chairman, Rear Admiral D. E.
Dismukes, U. S, N., ret., in expressing
his appreciation, writes, "I take this opportunity to express my appreciation to
all who helped to further this gre'a t and
' worthy cause, either by donating their
~ervices or their money. The commlttw
ls hereby aissolved with t.he
warm
thanks o! tJ10 clmirmn.n for thell' woncerful cooperntion in I-he work,"
siastically by the entire community .
Staged w1der the auspices of the Hamp ton Beach Chamber of Commerce .an<l
Development Council, it has been made -part of the official program of the celcbration of the town's Tercentenary an'.l
heartily endorsed by many civic organizations and leaders in this community
a1i.d throughout the seacoast region.
And the exposition is only one of many
featu.res which have been arranged to
occur during the coming summer o!
celebration in commemoration of the ·
settlement of historic Hampton in 1638
by Rev . Steven Bachiler and his small
band of devoted followers.
,
Portsmouth's contribution to the National Foundation for Infantile Para·, lysis hp.s been further increased by
some lntc returns, making the grand
total ., over $800. The total amount
tak()n in, amounted to $897. from sale
of tickets, contributions, telegrams, and
incidentials. The expense was but $88.
: leaving a grand total for the National
Foundation of $809,
PORTSMOUTH
SECOND IN-- .
PARAtYSISv;'FtJNI>~
-Concord, March . 12 (AP)-Mrs.
Agnes Dunn, New. Hampshire chairman
of the President's birthday celebration,
today ·announced that ·more than $5000
was raised for infantile paralysis work.
Laconia was in first place in the amount
raised, with $1000 . Portsmouth was
.,..,"""'""""" 1 second with $810.
-..,or-==
¥
.,
�Prof. Arthur W. Johnson, chairman
The report of the industria deve.
publicity opment committee was given by For•
and promotion committee, spoke of the rest M. Eaton.
Among the plans for
plan for the regional booklet, saying it the year is a survey of the Industrial
would be more than a picture one !,his possibilities of the region and an attime. The theme running through the tempt to compile a list of all available
booklett will be In regard to over 300 space.
years of interesl,lng and Important hisCharles H. Brackett, reporting for
tory, rather then a collection of pie• the planned development of
recrea•
tures.
the tion committee, said that summer re•
Professor Johnson spoke
of
number of booklets which were printed creation was pretty well taken care of
last year, stating that the number was a nd th at th e committee was giving
20,000 and they could have taken care of th0 ught to winter sports, such as ski•
many more. He also mentioned, the ing, a nd mentioned posslblllties
at
stra th am Hill Park.
He spok;
.The directors of the New Hampshl~ plan for a general housing directory of
the area.
~melting and mentioned oysters
SeacoaBt Regional Assoclatlon
hetd
Professor
Johnson
told
of
the
need
for
Great
Bay, stating there are no small
thelr monthly ~eeting at the Common!I
money for this purpose and stated that ones and that !,he oyster beds are likely
at the. Unlversity of New Hi,.mpshire at if all the towns contributed their share to be exhausted. He also said that
the the number could be Increased.
clams had practically run out there,
The report of the marking and main- where there used to be a great many.
guests were selectmen of towns l.n the
region and ..the Mayor ,and City CouncU tenance of scenic, historic and other
Elihu T. Adams of Seabrook, in presites committee was given by the chair- sentlng the report of the natural re•
of Portsmouth.
,Frank W. Randall presided and after man, Arthur I. Harriman of Po~ts• sources, land use and population com•
extending a welcome to the guests and mouth, who also told of the activities of mittee, called upon various members of
appreciation to the loyal supporters, he the committee, telllng of the last meet- the committee to take a phase and
gave a brief history of the prga.nlzatlon Ing, when a committee was named to speak about it. He first called upon T.
for the benefit of those who were pres• study the question of having a state Guy Smart of Dover, who spoke or
ent for the first time. He told of the park at Odlorne's Point. He also men- plans for stocking salmon in the region
organizing of 15 towns, two cltles and. tloned the possiblllty of a WPA project and told of contacts with the Fish and
four incorporated precincts .into the in Portsmouth In connection with the Game Department. He spoke of the
'
oysters and clams in Great Bay and of
o.ssocia.tion and stated the objectlves of old cemeteries.
O. V. Henderson, chairman of the lob:,ter pot thefts. Mention was made
the organization. He explained how
the organization is supported, saying it ways and means committee, told of the of channel markings for the river and
receives '$2500 from the state, to be used flnanclng of work for the organization, bay, a ski trail at Stratham Hill nnd
entirely for personnel, salary of secre• and also of the enabling act passed by dredging of Little Harbor.
Thomas Brackett of Greenland spoke
tary and clerical work.
Cities and the Legislature which permits towns
towns are permitted to make appropria• and cities to approp;iate money 101· of stocking Great Bay with salmon and
tlons for publicity purposes and the re• publicity purposes. He explained how told of a visit to Commissioner Stobie of
malnder comes from dues from lndivid• the amount was reached, being a certain the Fish and Game Department, and
ual and business members and other ft-actlonal percent of the valuation, and that the department promised to send
activities.
He told of tlle financial that it meant that each town Is paying a man to survey the situation and see
situation in 1037, stating that there was Its just proportion.
what Is the most prncticnl thing to cto.
Frank Pearson of Stratham gave tho He mentioned the posslbllll,y of making
a balance of· $169. 71.
1
Alvin F. Redden, executive secretary, report of the urban relationship com- a map cir the community to show Its
read the report of the last meeting, mittee and told of the last meeting, at various advantages and of the posslbll•
which It was voted to contact the State ity of.it being a WPA project.
which was held in Durham on Dec. 14.
A communication from the Newfields Planning Board to make sure the seaDaniel R. Smith of Newfield spoke
Community CouncU calllng attention coast region was given recognition for about the skiing at Stratham, teJilng of
advantages
to the pollution of the squamscott its agricultural resources In the booklet the restrictions, and the
River was read and referred
to the which it is planning for agriculture !11 which would result from having them
committee on public health attd welfare. New Hampshire. He stated that since lifted and a ski trail macte there.
James Pridham called attention to
The directors voted to send greetings the meeting he had seen the layout !or
something which he said New Castle
to George Hughes of Dover, P rcy Btu·• the booklet and was satisfied.
The president then introduced Mayor needs. That is the return of property
rowes of Newmarket and Richard B.
Shelton of Cambridge, Mass., three Kennard E. Goldsmith of this city, who which was taken by the government
members of the association who were expressed his appreciation and that or : many years ago and is not used . He de•
prevented from attending the meeting the City Council for the invitation to scribed it as the best part of the water•
I front, snying thnt it is not
connected
by illness. It was also voted to send attend the meeting.
Dr .. Haven T. Paul of this city gave with either of the forts and never used .
greetings to the newly organized White
the report of the committee on public He mged that this be turned back to
Mountain region.
He told of the private owpership, which would In•
There was a brief discussion regard- health and welrare.
ing the tercentenaries which wlll be many problems which the committee crease the value or the town of New
The Castle by about $100,000.
He urged
celebrated in the · region during
the has and listed five objectives.
summer. The towns which ' Will cele- first is the compilation of a list of ab• that the association go on record as
brate are Newfields, Exeter and Hamp- solute necessities in a community in favoring it and it was so voted. It was
case or disaster, such as llfeboais, fire brought out that all the town wants Is
ton.
the for the government to set n price and
Next came reports of various com- hose, ambulances and pulmotors,
Red let the town sell II, to private owners.
mittees. Frank C. Remick of Ports• second was to extend, through
In discussing the committee on cdu•
mouth chairman of the program of Cross assistance, first aid higlnvay sta•
Mr.
work ~ommittee, listed the committees tlons, the third, to check any prevail- cational and cultural facilities,
and told of what their work consisted. Ing hazards in summer resorts a nd Randall spoke of the three schools for
eradicate them, the fourth, cooperat(on higher learning
in
the district,
with proper authorities for the best m• stoneleigh College for Girls at Rye
terest and regulation .or overnight cab- Beach, Phlllips Exeter Academy and
ins, and the fifth, emphasize through- the University of New Hampshire. He
out the region on the use of Red Cross then introctuced Dr. Fred Engelhardt, ·
opportunities in regard to first aid or president of the University of
New
health hygiene classes.
Hampshire, who spoke for the commit.'
tee 1h the absence of the chairman, and
of the regional advertising,
S'N. MEETING
DURHAM
Much Of Interest Brought
Out At Well~Attended
Gathering
,:. \:~·-~.,.,_,
__
�also 1gave a prief taik. Dr: Ertgelhardt
said that possibility .o r education' for. ,
the young people in the malter or lhe
community in which they live would
mean much.
"The thing which disttll·bs me is that we do very little about
the things that are about us," he said.·
"The thing which Impresses me l1i the
rapidity with which time goes.
The
days grow into week, weeks into months,
months into years, and the year into
ten' years,"_he said. "How rapidly we
pass ·o ut of the picture. Here is a new··
group of young people who are stepping
into the positions which we held. If
~ they are not conscious of these' problems it is too bad. I do not believe that
we should wait until they are our age
before they begin to understand these
questions. He spoke of the many historic places in the region and the need
for knowing about them and keeping
them for the generations to come .
0. V. Henderson, vice president, represented the president at a meeting of
the Constitution . Sesquicentennial
committee at Concord and told of that
meeting and the plans for the celebration, which call for o. pageo.nt to be helcl
in Concord on June 21.
'
Adjournment was o.t 10 :30 a[ter "
most interesting meeting. 1
Previous to the business meeting an
excellent steak supper was served, witll
several students acting as waiters.
KAMBAN SAYS J2 V
THORV AtD DIED
-AT CHALEUR
Hampton Chamber of
Commerce Disagrees
Gudnrnndur Kamban, author in hL1
dramatic story of the Vikings' 'visit to
America in the book "I See a Wondrous Land," writes that Thorvald
Ericson was klllea at Chaleur Bay, in
the North AUautic," but yesterday
Secretary James Tucker of Hampton
Beach Chamber of Commerce, said
that any such notion was preposterous.
"It was in Hampton that Thorvald
was killed by Indians and proof oC
that is his grave that has been found
here," Mr. Tucker asserted. If the belief of the Hampton Beach Chamber
of Commerce is true it means that it
is in Hampton where the first grave
of a white man in America is and one
of the first places ever explored by
wllite men.
Anyway, both Mr. Kamban and Secretary Tucker agree that Thorvald is
dend.
DOVER MAY
HONOR EARLY
RESIDENT
<Jharacter. He said the world today
needs great faith and that If Christians
love the church for which lt stands
they should be prepared to stand up tor
:It, as what is happening in Europe
could happen here.
He dwelt on the need of the Christian
home and said a )arge percentage of
juvenile delinquency which we have toDover, Feb. 7.-An em long forgotten - clay is due to lack of family life, that the
present and future o! the church and
ln the annals of the city of Dover was
l'itate depend upon the family and fambrought to mind last week when resiily influence; that the habits, tastes, asdents of the Tolend section of Dover
piration and conscience of the young
entered a petition before the City Govare being determined by the family and
ermnent to change the name of an old·
that Is why the most important thing Is
street to honor an early 'resident.
in shaping the future in the family; it
The early resident is Obadiah Whittier, uncle of the poet John Greenleaf · Is important to be a good Christian but
home Christianity is needed.
Whittier, who came to this city in
The need of parents having a clear
1797, purchased land along · the upper
idea of what is right ln bringing up a
Cochecho, and started the first fulling
family was stressed, as if a Christ.Jan Is
and grist mills and cloth dressing
not a good Christian Jn his home he Is
buildings in this section.
not a good Christian.
The speaker
After WhiUier attained success in
closed his address by asking the congrethe flelcl, several other similar entei·gation to take away with them the picprises were inauguraled in the area,
ture of the Holy Family and of Nazareth
aud manufacl.uring was under way in
the ideal home.
this community, which at that tin1e'
The solemn procession was impressive
was a shipbuilding nnd trading center.
and beautiful. The candles were blest
Other industries followed later movand then ·passed by the acolytes to the
ing down the Cochecli.o t~ the scene
vested choir and all occupants of the
of the present great mills, which empews. Then from the altar they were
ployed several thousand workers.
lighted and then from one to another
Obadiah's mill and buildings were
in the pews until the church was lighted
burned to the ground in 1814, but his
entirely by candles, the electric lights
son, Moses, rebuilt a year later, and
not being turned on until the servlce,tt,fll'.,1:.~t;..;::,"·" I
the work carried on. The area is at
closed.
present deserted as far as industrial
The ~ested choir of 30 men and boys ...--s,::..••'·••·· ·.
output is concerned, but residents of
and the clergy each holding a lighted
the dlstrict, whtch was once such an
candle marched in procession through
important center in Dover, wish to
the aisles, the choir and congregation
honor the memory of Obadiah Whitsinging "From the Eastern Mountains."
tier. The long street threading its way
The musical portion of the service
among the sites of old mills is now
. was choice and in charge of Ernest P.
named Mineral street, from a mineral
Bilbruck,- cholr director.
Nelson K.
spring nearby. However, the petition
Ward, church organist, presided at the
will be passed, and a memorial to Mr.
organ. James J. Morrison, Jr., ren•
Whittier permanently established.
dered the bass solo, "Judge Me, O God,"
Whitcher's Falls, one of the famous
by Dudley Buck in an exceptionally
landmarks of Dover, was named after
fine manner.
Mr. Whittler, Whitcher being
traction or his family ·name.
Al ST. JOHN'S
A large congregation was present ·at
()}d St. John's Church Sunday evening
when the annual Candlemas service was
Jicld at 7 :30 o'clock. The rector,' Rev.
Maxwell Ganter, officiated and
the
HJ)eclal preacher was the Very Rev.
Howard R. Perkins, dean of St. Luke's
Cathedral, Portland, Me.
He chose
, : .. 1:::t from St. Lu'.c n::::'.J.
Be spoke of the great pleasure it was
to him to be at St. John's and to take
pnrt in the service; to see so large a
congregation and especially so many
children. He tolcl of t.he Feast of
Llght.H hnving ori~lnnlccl ln t.he early
«.lays oI tlle church when lighting was
<Jone by cnndlcs,
He told that we commemorated the
11nfancy of our Lord.
He dwelt on the
:faith of Mary, the mother of Jesus and
the need of all to have faith, as it ls
the ground of all greatness in human
MEMORIA~S AT
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
At St. John's Church on
morning the· rector, Rev. Maxwell
Ganter, blessed two handsome silver
vases of colonial design to be used for
flowers on the altar. The inscription
on them reads: "Given to St. John's
Church, Pcrtsmouth, N. H., by his fam- r~M,.,~·.•.t,
lly, in memory of MerrJll Spalding,"'·'-'"""'"'"'""'"·
1848-1937, a devoted parishioner." ·
Mr. Spalding, who died in Los Angeles. Calif., last year, was a brother of
the late Dr. James Spalding 'O! Port- i:c1·.,.,.,,._.,,..
land, Me.
He left a t'CQUCSt thnt
sltould be given to St. John's Church,
for which both brothers had a, great affection.
�Monday,
J,ily
4
esent xe er
e ce enary
lans Tonig t
12.01 A. M .. Bonfire, Chamber of
Comerce lot back of shoe shop.
9-12 A. M., Historical House
Places of Interest.
10 A. M. Grand Parade.
3 P. M., Principal Address, Governor,
Out-o f-town Speaker, National and
St a t e Notables, Plimpton Playing
Fields.
7.30-8.30 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand.
8.45 P. M., Pageant, last showing,
Plimpton Playing Fields.
8 P. M., Ball. Thompson Gymnasium.
8-9 P. M.. Dcmonstrat.ion oe Old
Dani::es.
9 P. M., Grand March.
11 P. M., Imermiss10n.
12-2 A. M., D:u1clng.
11 P. M., Fireworks, Pltmpton
Fields.
8 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand,
The General Tercentenary Committee
9.30 P. M., Fireworks, Parkway,
iR as follow.~:
Friday, July 1
Samuel K. Bell, chnlrman; Corning
9-12 A. M., Historical Houses and
Benton, Rev. Daniel J . Cotter, Wlllle
Places of Interest.
S. Day: Mrs. Harry Merrill, Fred A.
10 A. M., Celebration of Congregaoore. Miss .Prance:; E. Moulton, John
tional Church.
2-5 P. M., · Historical Houses and ~cammon, Richard E. Shute, Herman
L. Smith, Mrs. Alfred R. Wight.man.
Places of Interest.
3 P. M ., Historical Address, Town Arthur J, Conner, treasurer; Walter O.
Pennell. executive secretary.
Hall.
7.30-8.30 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand.
8.45 P. M., Pageant, Plimpton Playing
Fields.
9-11 P. M. Street Dancing
Important Meeting Of Citizens And
Committee To Be Held At Town Hall
At an important meeting to be held
this evening at the Exeter town hall,
the tentative program prepared by the
committee in charge of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of Exeter
will be presented to the citizens for
their approval and for them to decide
as to a pp r op r i a t in g the sum
of $5,000 from the taxpayers and $5,000
by other means to meet the expenses
of the tercentenary celebration.
It ls planned to have an extensive
program starting on the evening of
Thursday, June 30 and continuing for
fours days through Monday, July 4th.
It is planned to have three showings
of a pageant depicting notable events
in the history of Exeter, a big parade
with floats on the morning of the
Fourth, addresses by men of nationwide prominence in the afternoon and
fireworks in the evening; street dancing, band concerts In the square every
evening of the period except Sunday,
historical address in the town hall,
union services and a community sing
on the Parkway at sundown on Sunday, a ball in the academy gymnasium
and other athlet.ic events and other
features. Historic houses and places of
interest win be kept open.
The tentative schedule of events is
as follows:
Thw·sday, June lO
Saturday, .July 2
9-12 A. M., Historical Houses
Placea -of Intere'st
10 A. M., Athletic Events, Plimpton
Playing Fields.
9-12 A. M., Historical Houses and
Places of Interest.
2.30 P. M., Baseball Game, Plimpton
Playing Fields.
5 P. M., Girls' Field Hockey, Plimpton Playing Fields.
7.30-8.30 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand.
8.45 P. M., Pageant, second showing,
Plimpton Playing Fields.
9-11 P. M., Street Dancing.
Sunday, July 3
6 P. M., Start of Celebration, BandMorning, Usual Church Service.
stand, Ringing of Town Bell, Salute,
2-5 P. M., Historical House and
Reading o! Proclamation, Start of Mes- Places of Interest.
sengers to Towns originally a part o!
7 P. M., Union Services
Exeter.
munlty Sing, Parkway.
7 P. M., Pageant feature, arrival o!
Wheelwrl ht, Parkw.,.a.;;Y..·....,,....,.,_,...
HISTORICAL
SURVEY TO BE
MADE HERE
A general survey ls to be ,made by
the Works Progress Administration of
the historical depositories of manuscript material in this city and efforts
have been started to compile a record.
The work will be headed by Richard
G. Wood, state direct.or of historical
research, and a corps of men under
the direction of Mr. Wood wlll conduct the survey and prepare a report.
This will comprise a complete study of
the records and properties of the Portsmouth Historical Society, etc.
�GARDNER TO
DIRECT PAGEANT
Portsmouth Herald Photo
Old
Powder
House
The Old Powder House. a small
squ.tre brick structure almost hidden
from view amongst undergrowth on
Powder House point, across Squamscott river from Swazey Parkway, is
one or Lhe many historic structures in
piclurcsque Exeter and popular belief
is that. much of t.hc powder plundered
from Fort William and Mary 111
Dec. 1774, was stored here but a letLcr
dated in April of 1775, right after the
Concord-Lexington battle, indicates it
was hidden in eight diITerent towns of
Rockingha\n County.
·
Another tracllLion is that the powder
was hidden under Lile pulpit. of Rev.
Adams·s church in Durham and that
the next Sunday morning, unaware of
the hidden explosives, the
l\l
Exeter
tion sang for the first -hymn, "How
Firm The Foundation." Seventy-two
barrels of powder from the Portsmouth
fort was accounted for in the application for ammunition from the chairman or the Por tsmouth Committee of
Col"l'csponrlcncc as bclt1i; hidden in
homes at Exeter, Portsmouth, Kingston. Epping, NoLLinghnm, Brent.wood
and Londonderry. AL 11 Exeter homes
29 barrels of powder had been distributed .
Records show that the Old Powder
House was built in 1771 and used to
store the military supply of the Academy town. This building will be one
or I.he many historic shrines of Exeter
that will be visited by the thousa nds
of people that attend Exeter's Tercentenary celebration this year.
shire city, where the liberty pole is
still regarded as such. The Ports- ,
mouth pole is located on Water
street, not far from Liberty bridge.
A liberty pole has been defined
The Ilagpole on Merrimack com:15 n tnll flai::stan: surmounted by n I mon in Manchester was regarded as
liberty cap.
a liberty pole prior t~ the · World
war. The flagsta n: which lowered
By this definition it may be said above the trees on the common was
1hat the principal flagpole on a C'ily surmounted by the figure ot a [ire01· town common may be regarrlcd
man and in the days in which firea~ a liberty pole. In some sections mcn·s musters were popular Mero[ 1hc stale the banners stru ng up rim ack common was the scene of
during political campaigns were several playouls.
hung on what have been termed 1,.._ _ _ _ _..,..._.,-,,q!'I"'!~~~-...,.,~
liberty poles. but the general acceptance of the word indicates a
flagpole.
Portsmouth i~
Flagpoles Once Called
'Liberty Poles' in N. H.
Frederick A. Gardner, public relations engineer of the state Highway
Department, who has been appointed
chairman of the pagean~ committee o!
the New Hampshire Constitution Sesquice1ltenniaI corriffiission: was
first
connected with the State Highway Department in 1910.
The following
year he entered the United States Forest Service, where he was employed as
examiner of surveys in charge of
boundary surveys in the Southern Ap palachian
and
White
Mountain
Region. During the latter part of his
employment with the Federal service
he was connected with the Public Re lations Division of the Forest Service·
in planning and setting up Federal exhibits at various expositions and in assisting in the directing of several motion pictures covering forest activities .
Mr. Gardner rejoined
the
State
Highway Department in 1922 as public
relations engineer and each vear has c•~•:,:.•-·c-r·;i
helped to design and erect the ·state ex- ..._,,.... -,,.,,,.
hibits at Springfield and other places .
In 1920 and 1921, while
connected
with the U. S. Forest Service, he headed the first White Mountain .carnivals
and was responsible for the first dog
team race held in New England, The
motion pictures shown throughout the
United States of the first White
Mountain carnivals
without
doubtE' 01~1~!
started much of the present interest fn
winter sports in New Hampshire and
New England.
Last October Mr . Gardner managed
the pageant, "Roads and Romance,'' J''..:-::,tf.tk'li.,'
which was present.eel to the American
Association of State Highway Officials
at the Crawford House, and since that
time has received ' much favorable comment.
The proposed pageant parade for the
se_squicentennlal celebration on June 21,
, now headed by Mr. Gardner, should,
with the advice of Mr. Hungerford, ·nationally known expert in this field, be
the greatest event of its kind in the
history of the state,
�Old re E gin
Be Us d·In E
Buy New Police Car .. Pass
Up Purchase of City
Ambulance
'
Obse va ce
Was Purchased On A gust 4, 1873Will Be Driven By Harian L. Philbrook,
Oldest Member Of. Department
The police commissioners at a regular monthly meeting on Wednesday
evening decided on tl1e purchase of a
new police car after opening the bids
of two local dealers. The sate went to
the Brooks Motor Sales for a Ford
machine for the sum of $301 and the
old police car.
The firm of Coleman and Taccetta
also offered an exchange bid for a
Chevrolet for the sum of $370.
Dr. L. R. Hazzard and Rev. Maxwell
Ganter appeared bl!fore the board relative to the matter of purchasing a
city ambulance. The commissioners
stated that they had no power in such
a purchase and that it was beyond
their jurisdiction to appropriate money
for an ambulance. They recommended
the matter be taken up with the Mayor and Clty Council. There was a
engthy discussion over the ambulance
>roposal but the commlsslon took a 11t•~•~.,,.,,:_,,,i~
stand as being against it, simply be- .......,,..,.,...
cause they lacked power. Whether or
ot the City Council will be requested
~o consider the recommendation of the
wo petitioners has not been decided.
CHASE l{Ofi!E
E~JECTI@_ I ~LD
A 65-year-old steiJmer now in the
Water St. fire station at Exeter, fa one
of the historic relics that will be part
of the fire department's eKhibltlon in
the tercentenary celehratlon ill the
academy town this summer. It will be
driven by the oldest member or the
department, Harlan L. Philbrook, who
has been a memt>er of the Eiceter Fire
department !or more than ho.If a c·entury.
·
31, 1887 and l ter In March 1803, At tho
later fire Mr. Pl\ilhrool:: ctrov~ ti.lo
At the annu,,l meeting of the Ch:>~e
Home for Ch1ldrnn held on Wednesday
'Le ,oltowing officers wer elect .d fol'
'I ,. t·nsning Yt';ir
t;tem1tel'.
Pr,•~idcnt, Dr. G. Vol. lI,lllll.\ford; ;,t'C •
Much of tl1e ronumcfl in fire 11.ghttuB
has gono with the abandonment of tho .. ,,tan- and trr;1s11rcr, William C. Walllorst!-drawn apparutuse&.
"In t.l10 ioJn. Bon rd 01 I rn~tct'~; Ch.irie~ H.
good old dt ys" the flro horses wero B,1tchclcter, Wilham J. Cater, Rev.
aver anKiou to go to fires and Urn .\faxwell Gan lf'r, BenJamm Green, Dr.
moment a flro gong wa Rounded they C W. IIam1 M,ml, Ftwl w. Lvd~L<ltl,
were alert and would to.lea tl1eir plo.ce.1 • c'\'. Arlltur A rtount: ·, ChO.t'ls!, H .
in front of the steamer ·to whisk lt ,<!alker, Wllli,im C W.llton,
through congested streets to the flto,
"The Bells of St. Mary" and other
selections can be played on · the flyMr. hilbrook WU!! born itl NortJ1.
wheels of the engine a.o. the wheels are Hampton on Aug. 19, 1860 anll lived
molded from '·bell metal." The last in thttt town until the spring of 1082;
time a tune was played ou tho fly- when.J10 rooircd to )l.me.shtu-:v, Mi,M ,, to
wheels was by n repairman from Mo.n- ply his trade as
carpenter. Thti folchestr, who used a flat flle, Mt·. Phil- lowing spring he moved ~o E<ceter o,r1<1
brook says.
since that time ht\S bt!en fl. 1t\er.nber of
·Exeter bought tile second-claS/4 the E'Ceter fire department,
steamer, an Amoskeag, from ManA new ah- chambe was recently in~
chester, on Aug, 4, 1873. Twice since stalled in the truck when a pressur6
that time ha& the apparatus saved the of more than 500 pounrf1 h,m1t tll6
Exeter Mill !rom flame.~, once o:n:.,:Oc::.:t:.:,·..;o;;rl~g.::in~a;:;l~on~e~.·~"."'...:::.":.~-,.:.~,,~.'.r.--'-'~T-':~~~-;7'
00
'Goanl of i\la11.Lgc1·~
Honorary member,
l\,(t~~
1.
nn h L.
Pillow; president, Mrs. Wal!L~ D. Wal-
lcer; Yice-presirtent, Mn . J . Vern~
Wood; secretary, Mr.,. Charles H .
Batchelder; treasurer of current eict>o:: nses, Mrs. Norman E. Rand; auditor,
Mi·s. H. Clinton Taylor. Mrs. Philltps
B. Badger, Mrs. G. B. Chadwic!c, Mr11
Joseph P. Conner, Mrs. W. A, Dorney, •
Mrs. Albert Hislop, Mrs. Albert a.
Hunt, Mrs. R. Clyde Margeson, Mrs.
E. Curtis Matlhews, Mrs. Boardman M.
Randall, Mrs. John E. Seybolt, Mrs,
Jeremy R. Waldron, Mrs. Charles I-£.
Walker.
Matron, Mr . Florence Hill;
j1';:-r_;,'"'!·"--,.~''.0,..··.·-~1 assistant matrons, Miss Florene(} 3.
Htll and Miss Virginia Dolloff.
�GARDEN CLUB HAS ~
BUSY ·MEETING - ~ .'
Ext r
e.c r
lis
ent
Manufacturing Company Was Incorporated
Over 110 Years Ago .
Portsmouth Herald Photo
MILL OF THE EXETER MANUI•"ACTURING -, COMPANY
Enough cioth is manufacLurcd in one of $1000 each. Early Settlers were
year by the Exeter Manufacturing Co., among the incorporators of the mill,
so that if it was all cut into adhesive· including Nathaniel Gilman, John
Taylor Gilman, Bradbury Cilley, Stevtape it would encircle the globe four .en Hanson, John Rogers, Nathaniel
times at the equator. And' that is quite Gilman 3rd and Paine Wingate. ·
a record for one of the oldest incorFive thousand spindles, 175 Scotch
porated cotton mills in New England looms and preparatory machines conthat has more than doubled its equip- sisted the first equipment of the comment since it was founded in June, 1827, pany and at present the looms have
more than 110 years ago.
doubled and there are more than
Production In this mill remained un- twice as many spindles.
abated during the past few years
Company o!Iicials cite that condiwh!le in other manufacturing centers tions of the factory have been greatly
some mills were completely shut down improved since the time when the
by labor troubles and strikes but re- average working day for women and
cently the Exeter mill went on a two- girls was 123/, hours prior to 1847. All
shirt program. OITicials made the deci- female help had to live- within five
sion l,o omit the third :,hift temporari- minutes walk of the mill and they
Jy b ccl\UciC of U1c present volume of were obllgcd Lo work 2 ½ hours befortt
business.
breakfast and were paid $2.50 a week.
D'.lniel Webster was one of Uie early Raw and finished cotton products were
stockholders in Lile corporation that shipped from and to Portsmouth by
was divided into 150 shares of stock barge until the first railroad was built
which had a market value at the time through Exeter in 1842.
"Washington, 't1Jc City Beautiful,"
was the subject of Mrs.'George H. Warren's talk before the Portsmouth Garden Club members and their guests at -,.,,..:c,·,,~•-.:, ...
the meeting held Monday afternoon.
About 60 attended, including several
from the Eliot Garden Club.
During the business session it was
voted to appropriate money to buy a
ping pong table for the Y. M. C, A.,
and it was also voted to attend the Boston Flower Show in a group. A tentative date has been set for Saturday,
March 19, and Mrs. Charles Amhoff,
president of the club, is in charge of
arrangements.
•
The spring flower show of the club
was discussed and will be held during
the iris blooming time, about the latter
part of May. Mrs. Virginia Washburn
is chairman of the committee in charge
of the show.
Mrs. John Mitchell of the Eliot Garden Club told about the annual meet:. 1£tiit·-&.::"'~11.•:;V{
ing of the Massachusetts Audubon So•
clety in Boston last month.
Mrs. Harold M. Smith, who recently
attended a flower show judging school
in l3oston, explained to those present
the points which are noticed and judged
at a flower show, and al,so . gave many .... ~·....-"'~-•-•M.
helpful hints to those planning to enter
a flower show.
It was announced .that the Ports•
mouth Garden Club will hold a card
party at the home of Mrs. F. w. Hartford on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 r~it·,.,~•.,::~i;;,~
o'clock. ·
Two new members were admitted to
the club yesterday and a feature of the
meeting was a valentine roll call,
;Mrs. Warren, of New Castle ·and r,..:,,.~.,,,~c,;:-,,
Manchester, illustrated her interesting
talk with views in the Nation's capital.
During her talk she gave many interest•
ing sidelights of Washington and the
Presidents who have lived there.
sides many colorful slides showing
beauties of the parks in _that city,
famous buildings were shown and Mrs.
Warren told interesting stories about
them.
·
Afl,cr tho meeting a sllvcl' collection
was taken· for Lile benefit of the club
treasury.
�TELLS OF LI FE
OF MADAM CURIE
Portsmouth Herald Photo
ENTRANCE TO lEXIE'll'lEJR IPUBJLIC LIBRARY
One of the many attractive build- early Exeter citizens · re hung on the
lugs in Exeter, the llbrary, was built in walls.
1894 to house the increasing store of
Two large pictures of Exeter Cathe••
books which prior to that time had oral in Exeter, England , from wh!ch
been stored in the old town hall on the Academy town received its name,
Court street. The llbmry was estab- at· also to be found here. In the read•·
ltshed in 1853.
ing room there 1s a bust of the late
The building is of_ yellow brick con• "Henry_Flagg French," who was a cltl•
structlon. The entrance hall 1s floored zen of Exeter from 1832 to 1860, He WM
with mosaic tile and the interior wood• one of the founders of the library and
woi·lt is quo.r!ered pak, ,7cwo light and l1elped Improve the school11 of his time.
p ;,,:;-::;,~"l.n,·~• . read!iig rQomrloi· ~dults and .a . At the entrance uu~re are tablet.'!
alle1· one for children are fltted wlth ~earing the names of Exeter men wh(ll
. omfortable furnishings, Portro.i(;.~ of• ,qerved in the Civil W~,r.
Fannie Barnett Linsky gave the third
in a series of lectures for the Portsmouth Coun~il of Jewish Women at
Temple Israel last evening. She pre-·
sented the Biography of Madame Curie,
written by her daughter, Eve Curle, in
a most inspiring manner.
She said
that, born o! Polish parents on Nov. 7,
1867, the little girl was unknown to the
world, but at her death, in 1934, the
whole world mourned a woman genius.
In her girlhood, n lonely
governess,
she st.udlcd physics. Lat.er, after years
of privation, she graduated from the
Sorbonne at Paris. After her graduation she met Pierre Curie, already making his mark as a scientist. They married and together Isolated a declgram
of radium from a resldnc ton of pit.chblenclc. In an lnsnfflclcnt laboratory
they worked for four hard years. They .
presented the radium to the SOrbonne
to be used for experiments.
During the war Madame Curie built
200 radiological l'OOIDll behind the battlelines. After the death o! her lrnsband she was given the profes~orshlp
which he had held.
In addition to the review oi' the
Biography, Mrs. Linsky told fl personal
story connected with the coming of the
inventor to this country. Mrs. William
Maloney, editor of thP. Woman's Home
Companion, visited Madame Curie at
her home In France. Through her efforts many Americans became interested in the work o! the inventor in regard
to cancer research. Madame Ourie
came here first in 1921 and then in 1930,
when she was given an honornry degr-te .
at Columbia University.
The biography does 11ot. dwell alto•
£€ther on the invention of :radium, but
nlso tells with much .sympathy of the
fine spirit of sacrifice of Madame Marie
Ourle and Pierre Curie and of their <'levot1on to each other.
In spire of the many honors h-eaped
lll)On her, Madame ourie was a most
wassuming little woman and won the
admiration of all who saw h£:r.
1\/Il's, Linsky will talk on the · tJ'leai'1'e
~t:is) lfCtllrQ OJl M'fmh
m.~
14·
�Expenses Andi Operalioltll Of Portt:smoillltthl
And Mare Island Navan Prisons
'l'he expected inci case in the strength closed since 1933. Durlng the ·world
01 the enlisted pcn;onnel_of the Navy War all three prisons were filled be••
yond- tllel:r normal capacity, and :In
during the 1939 flspal year, which will
time o:f 11atlonal emergency this con-
1
f!]ve a correspondlng increase 1n the
rnm1ber of prisoners, is one. of tl1e rea:io.ns cited by naval authorities for tho
need of $2,500 addltional in 1939 funds
:fol' the expenses · oI prisons, prisoners,
' coul't-martial, etc. It is expected that
there will be a 12 per cent increase 1n
the number of enllsted men over 1937
1or the :fiscal year 1939, There will be
nn increase :from 11.2,000 1n 1937 to 126,00 in 1939, accordlng to present plans,
1n the total number of enlisted men
in the Navy and Marine Corps, and,
:ilnce these prisons house both the nava I nod marine pl'lsone1·s, a corres1iondlng increase .ln prisonern 1s cit••
JJectecl.
The most 1m11ort::mt incrl'nse L'I ln
the coMt o! cClnl, the prlce !or 1937 nt
the Portsmouth prl8on beh1g $4.83 a
ton. The Federal Coal Commission
l).rlce for l938 ls $5.02 a ton, an increase
o.f 13 per cent. 1\ssuming that this ls
t.he prospective contract price fm• 1939,
wl1ich ls doubtless the minimum, the
Increase ln the cost of coal due to tho
Jnc1case in price will be $1,740 to be
1inlcl by the 1930 appropriation at
PorLsmouU1 alone. Last year, duo to
l..hc unusually mlld winter, 400 tons
o.1 coal less than ··usual were used as
•~ompared to the average winter ot tho
.five m;;vlu;,;s yearn. Even i1 there l.s an
nverngc winter in 1939, the cost o:f coal
n.lone will be increased by $1,886.
The operation oI navr1l prisonB 16
ucs.cdbed as follows:
'l'h e Navy now maintains only two
prJsons----0ne at Portsmouth, N. H. ancl
one nt Marc Island, Calif. The naval
lll'i8on at Pai.Ti:; Js.tancl, S . C., has been
HAS 1815 COPY·Of1
N. H. REGISTER ~,\J
West NoLLingham, Feb . Hi-Amos B.
Dame, who recently uncovered two old
matl1ematical and penmanship
teKt·•
IJooks, used )JY his grundfathcr,
Da me, back in 1798, while rummaging
through an old desk, has since dlscov ered in the century nnd· one-half-old.
Dn me homestead a copy o! tile New
Hampshil·c Register for 1815, which
contains much inl,erestlng lnformo.tlon.
Among items in the old volume Is a.
list of all postoffices in the stat • Two
of t.lt<' Rockln ghnm County towns men•
Uoned ancl 0110 in liltlsborough Counl.1
would not bo recognized by thelt· theit
rlgl1tful names toclny.
They aN
Hawke, now Danville; Poplin, now ll'ro•
mont, and Notting West, now Hudson,
Court sittings, almanac data and other
useful facts are 1ucludeEl itt the book,
dJtion may be expected to attain again.
ConBequently, the maintenance o:!
these prisons ls neceS8al-y :for the national defense. At one time durin1(thc
World War 2,200 prisoners were incarcerated at the Portsmouth prison. Its
normal capacity Is 450.
In 19.28 there were a total of 1,041
prisoners in all naval prisons. This
number g:raclually reduced until in 1936
a low point of 150 was reached. These
:flgw•c5 have Blowly increased. At present thei·c 1B a total of 189 prisoners.
The low number of prisoners in late
years may be attributed partly to the
unusually high type of men lnductcc1
into the Navy during the clepression
years. It ls logical to expect that M
tho general cconomio 1,ltuatlon improves and as ihe personnel of tho
Navy ls increased, the numbe1· o:f prlooners will increase.
The marine detail at Portsmout.h
prison consists of 101 enlisted men and
8 omcers. In addition to guarding the
prison thJs detail has to keep up its
military drllls, rifle range practice, and
various other forms o:f military instruction and training. It is in the
Brune 6tatus as the marine detachment
at any other naval .station, in that it
is a.vailable 1n part 1or other duty on
call or in case of emergency in that.
area 01· elsewhere. The aepartment has
under conslderation whether it would
be advlsablo to station and barrack
part of thls detachment elsewhere.
In addition· to the marine detachment, thr.rc are 13 naval enlisted men
and one J1avo.l warrant, officer statlonc(l
the naval prison, Portsmouth, N. H,
There arc also five civilians employed
there, three fu·emen, one plpe1ltte1·, and
one t:\Bor.
All prisoners who are 1,ervlng sen- Ls~·r·•,,,.,,
tences in excess of three years are confined in the Portsmouth prison on account of its higher securit,-y, In addition to these, all from east of the Mississippi River are confined there.
During the fiscal year 1930 the cost
of heat and :fuel at Portsmouth was
$11,030 (a severe wlnter). During the
fiscal year 1937, due to the unusually
m1ld winter, lt dropped to $8,200. The
fuel blll at Portsmouth ls paid t:tiree:fourths by miscellaneous expenses,
Navy, and one-fourth by general~
penses, Marine Corps.
The naval prison at Mare Island,
Calif., built in 1891, is an older type 1:,:i,,1::,;<.,~,;,;;>·
of structure, less secure than that at
Portsmouth, even though its lnterior
has been modernized. Its normal cap- ~~~:"'°J,"if,".J~f,,~-!
acity ls 400 prisoners. At present there
are 93 confined. The marine guard consists o! tour oliicers and 84 enllstecl
men, whose duties are to guard the prlsoners and in aditlon maintain their
military efficiency, The heaL _nncl fuel
bill for the :fiscal year 1936 at Mare
Island was $2,111 and for 1937 · was
$2,706. Mare Island rr.celves heat from
the oil-1lred central heating plant in
the navy yard. The difference in the
expenditure :for heat and fuel between
Marc Island and Portsmouth ls due to
the difference in winter temperature11. P._'i'i.YJ..'\.l'•n~:,..,.:'"
-Army and Navy Regi8Ler
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0,
PLANS BlLL TO
·ENLARGE LOCAL
NAVY YARD
LL·
~
Washington. Feb. 26.-Congrcssman
Jenks said last night Ile intends· to introduce a bill asking for an appropriation of $1,090,000 for expansion of fa.
cilities at Porlsmouth Navy Yard. He
said naval ofTiclals have personally assured him Lhat the Navy Depnrtment
wlll npprove the measure. The bill will
provide one additional building ways,
wl1ich would increase the capacity of
submarines under construction at the
same time from two to three.
It will also provide for construction
of the shlpfltters' shop. Jenks has been
seeking funds for expanding the Portsmouth yard for some time and has
conferred with officials of the Navy
Department and with Chairman Carl
Vinson of the House naval affairs committee. Jenks Jg a member of this committee. Whether the appropriation will
be included as an amendment to the
$800,000,000 authorization bill now under discussion or whether it will be
presented as a special blll, Jenks was
1
unable to say.
He said he plans to confer with
Vinson on this point, adding that Jf it
is not included in any blanket appropriation, he will introduce a separate
�CITY COUNCIL :
ACTS ON ROUTI E
BUSINESS
think the parking committee should be
congratulated on taking care of the
parking question at such a low cost," he
stated., TI1e report was accepted.
The report of the city physician and
chairman of the Board of Health was
also accepted and placed on flle. This
showed the city physician had made Gl4
house calls and received 285 office calls,
among a number of other items.
Councilman Durell presented resolu•
tions covering the reports of the Board
of Street Commissioners.
The first
resolution was to make funds available
by the incinerator committee for the
installation of water and electric lines
and poles to the new incinerator, and
for the building of a cesspool and other
minor Items, as· may be required, The
The City Council held a regular meet•
Ing Thursday night at the Council
chamber, those present being Mayor
Kennard E. Goldsmith and Council•
men Charles T. Durell, T. J. Downs,
Robert M. Herrick, Roland Sukeforth,
Edgar A. Blanchard, John Leary, Jr.,
Frederick Schlegel and John Burk•
hardt ..
;~
i't I I \ I 11' I~ \ • ~, I \i "'t\.
. ., ,., •
:-The reading of the records of the resolution also specified that the bal•
last meeting was omitted.
nnce of the 1930 bond Issue for permanMayor Goldsmith read several com• ent improvement be transferred to the
munlcatlons to the Council • The su• lnclncrntor committee to he expencled
perlntendent of the Bon.rd of Slroet by the Board or Street Commissioners
Commissioners made a report on the for a road and grading to Lhe inciner•
cost of completing the tennis courts at ator.
the Playgrounds. The Board of Street
The second resolution appropriated
Commissioners gave an estlmat.e of the $7800 for the completion o! the tennis
cost of Improving Jones avenue and courts at the South Playgrounds, and
of building a road to the new inciner• the third was for an appropriation of
ator. The street commissioners stated $100 for the malnt.enance of the hockey
they had a tractor and
snow-plow and skating rinks at the South Play•
which were not nee~d and had an op• grounds, Each of the resolutions was
portunity to sell them and asked for passed.
·
permission to do so, which was grant•
City Soltcltor Leo Llberson spoke of a
,,,..=,,...,,,. ed.
previous council authorizing the sale
The annual report of the trustees of of land to Charles Gouse, but said it
the Public Library was received and was impossible to secure a waranty deed
placed on file. A communication from and a delay was caused because of this.
the Board of Street
Commissioners Now, he said, Mr. Gouse desires a quit
stated that the cost of snow removal to claim deed to the property and the sodate has been $4000 and that there was
licitor stated he would like to have the
$1000 on hand.
council go on record as authorizing
A communication from Ada N. Tuck•
this. This was done.
er of 458 Broad street regarding land
A report of the WP A committee
"-•,-:~,i.ll on Humphries Court was read.
Mayor
stated that as soon as the engineer
~-.,.,cu»••·" Goldsmith explained that the matter
staked out the work the project would
was still in the hands of the committee
be started. Mayor Goldsmith stated
.."'~",._,......, on claims.
A claim was received for damages to that this part would be completed by th!
middle of next week at Lhe In.test. The
1ff .,~<r.i,;i,•l".I the top of an automobile resulting from
proposed project of pninLing is being
a snowslide off the building on Market
held up, said Councilman Herrick in
Jl~•.~•l'l<l"i:.a street known as the Flynn
property,
making the report, but stated he hoped
!f;'J1.-...~Uil and this was referred to the committee
the Ocean road . project would come
on claims.
through. He also mentioned other
. A request for a street light on Mel•
projects as being considered.
bourn street, near Simes avenue, and
Adjournment was at the call of the
another request for a light on Ridge's
chair.
Court were referred to the committee
TI1e Boy Scout deputies appointed
on street lights.
earlier in the week were present as
The petition of Albert H. Belisle ask•
onlookers at the session and at the next
~•.:,,,,:~:.. ing for permission to purchase land and
meeting on Feb. 24 will hold a council
a building acquired by the city for non•
meeting of their own.
'''""'""~-...... payment of taxes, was read and the re•
turn of the property was authorized tL.......,,,.._.._.,...--:-'."-=-:::----.,,-;,:~l"':"'!~~"'0'/
upon payment of taxes and charges.
· H. J. Frostik of the National Gyp•
swn Company was appoil).ted a weigher
and this was confirmed.
~:;:~~~ Pole locations requested by the New
England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
"""'··"""':""" were granted.
The Mayor read a report on
municipal parking lot, stating that the
cost of putting the lot into shape was
$489. 07.
The number of vehicles
parked there _was 29,822 at a cost' o! ..,...,,.._,.,.,_/.£•
sixteen-thousan ths of a
cent.
l
BRIEF MEETING ~~
The mayor and clLy council ' held a
brl~f meeUng on Friday evening, and
then they went into session with -the
Finance committee and discussed the
annual budget.
Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presided and all were present, with the
exception of Councilman Edgar Blanehard. The reading of the records of
the meeting earlier in the week was
dispensed with.
A communication from the Board
of Adjustment, regarding the petition
of B. ·M. Varrell for a permit to store
gasoline and fuel oil on Ceres street
was received. Tile board's decision
was that it would not be c!ctrlmcnlnl
a1id Lhe council granted the desired
permission.
A resolution
transferring
funds
within the highway department was received, and as Commissioner Ralph
Atwell was present, Councilman Wyman Boynton asked that he explain
the l'esolullon, which he did.
The
transfer was authorized.
Commissioner Atwell also spoke regardhig the rcsolnUon which was referred to the Finance committee at
the last meeting, asking for $300 to
paint the Sherburne Springs pumping
station, and this was also authorized.
Councllman Downs presented a reso•
lution amending the ordinance prohibiting parking on the one side or
Daniels street from Market Square to
Bow. The ordinance passed its first
reading and -was referred to the parking committee. The parking committee consists of Councilman Downs,
chairman; Councilmen Schlegel, Burkhardt, Lea1'y and Herrick.
Councilman Downs presented blue
prints of another parking lot, which
were examined by the council members. The blue prints were by Engineer John W. Durgin.
The mayor spoke of the P. W: A.
projects staUng that the Atlantic
Heights project had been sent to the
federal authorities for approval, and
that the Ocean Road work can be
started shortly.
Councilman Durell spoke about the
plan for lighting Parrott avenue, giving a description .or the plan. The
plans calls for 15 250-watt lights running from Junkins avenue to Richards
avenue on the water side of Parrott
avenue. The total cost will be $1121
exclusive of the work which the city
wlll put in. This was referred to the
Finance committee for action.
Councilman Downs presented the
plans for Christmas lighting and explained them. This was also referred
to the Finance committee.
Mention
was also made that an effort is being
made to obLain the work of building
standards as a WPA project.
The council then adjourned to the
- call or the chah-, and Chairman Durell or the Finn.nee comm!Uee took over
the gavel. The group was in session for
some ti,;.,
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�HISTORICAL ·
SOCIETY 'MEETS
AT KITTERY
Harry M. Lake of Concord
Gives Talk On 'Intellectual
Life of Abraham Lincoln'
At a meeting of the Kittery Histori-ral Society at the Congregational
Church at Kittery Point on Saturday
evening, at which members of
the
Ports111ouU1 and Exeter historical societies were present as special guests,
HaJ'l'y M. Lake of Concord, the sµcaker
of the evening, gave a very interesting
talk on "The Intellectual Llfe of Abraham Lincoln."
. Mr. Lake brought out many polut.q
about Lincoln which are not generally
known to the public and held the attention of his audience throughout his
address, which ,Vas much different
than the usual rw1 of talks on this subject and presented in a way that
brought the facts home in a telling
manner and in an informal yet lmpres• sive style.
It was conceded by all
present that it was one of the most interesting talks on Abraham Lincoln
ever given in this section. ·
One of the interesting sidelights on
the life of Lincoln brought out by Mr.
Lake was that Lincoln prepared his
famous Gettysburg Address in Washington before leavihg that city by train
for Gettysburg and did not jot it down
on the back of an envelope en route to
tho dedication exercises, ns has been
U1c popular l>c!Jef. ·
The meeting was opened by Burnell
Frisbee, president of the Kittery Historical Society, who introduced Judge
James W. Remick.
Judge Remick,
honorary president of the association,
and a close friend of the speaker, introduced Mr. Lake as an outstanding au•
thority on the life of Lincoln, particularly on public speeches made by him.
In his talk Mr. Lake did not relate
any of the grammar school stories of
Lincoln as a rail splitter, etc., but
rather graphically illustrated Lincoln's
great intellectual power, which was
self-trained.
Compared wiLh the present cost of a
young In wycr·s education, Mr. Lake
said, the cost of Lincoln's education h1
law was very small, adding that at the
time he laid the foundation for his education he did not realize the treasure·
he was buying for only 50 cents.
It all came about as an
easterner,
Lraveling toward the West · Coast,
sLopped at the store where Lincoln
worked nnd offered to sell a barrel full
or knlckknn.clcs. Taking plLy on the
man Lincoln, llttlc realizing that he was
buying his first step toward the presldcncy of Urn UniLed States of America,
bought the barrel and its contents for
half a dollar • It was a short time later
that he found in the barrel four volumes
of Blackstone's books on law, Atty, Lake
said, and by studying these books month
after mont11, Lincoln finally was ready
to eo.ter the legal profession.
In due course of time young Lincoln
was admitted to the bar, but, like many
young lawyers establishing - a business,
Special to The Portsmouth He1·ald
found clients few. ln the face of this
Durham - An epidemic of unusual
adversity he went on a lecture tour that
proved to be a definite failure.
proportions spread by the antique
Whatever caused his early lecture to
"bug" has almost overwhelmed 'this
fall so flatly and pass into oblivion was
university town. Sotne nearby towns
overcome "Oy Lincoln for, in his debates
have been touclied slightly by its ravwith Douglas, Lincoln's speeches. have
ages. That is wl1at has happened in
been preserved, although much that
Durham, where the Fine Arts commitDouglas uttered In the debates has long
tee of the University of New Hampsince been forgotten, Mr. Lake said.
shh'e is arranging a public exhibition
Reporters were so interested in one ol
of antiques to be held on Feb. 19 and
his talks during a political campaign
20 from 2-10 p.m., in conjunction with
in 1856 that they neglected to write the
the opening of the new wings of the
speech down. It has since become
Ham.ilton Smith library. Every home in
known as the "Jost speech."
the town has IJeen ransacked In the
One o! the reasons Mr. Lake cited to
search for !umlly heirlooms or historic
confirm the belie! that Lincoln pre~
h1terest.
pared his Gettysburg Address
on a
To date this ~earch .nas unearthed
Lral.n was a talk with the latter's office
such items as: a chair of h,te 17th or
boy. Mr. Lincoln was very consclen~
early 18th century craftsmanship
tlous and revised his speeches until
which belonged to Governor John
they were just right, the now aged man Wentworth; two \interesting and rare
told Mr. Lake, In this talk Mr. Lake
highboys; a large and valuable 16th
gained much insight into the life of
century Flemish tapestr?; lJ. Quee11Abraham Lincoln.
Anne desk; a very rare grandmothe1
· The speaker said he rated Lincoln as clock; a pair of claw and ball fooL
one of the five greatest statesmen of the
Chippendale chairs, part of . a set, the
world and ,said he gained his first real rest of which is in the Philadelphia
foothold 0 n the presidential nomina,. 111useum.
tlon when he made his famous Coopeu
Among the pictures to
Union Hall speech.
will b e a Tenier which belonged to
One example Mr. Lake cited to shoV{ Sir Charles Pepperell; a ·series of 17th
the persistence Lincoln demonstrated century Dtitch portraits; and a series
against the most adverse conditions was of 18th cent'ury colonial paintings. The
when before a crowd of 1500 people, who number of pictures to be exhibited will
were booing and hissing him, he was be approximately forty.
able to utter only one sentence In the
It is at present planned to h!)ve _three
first hour and at the end of the second rnoms assembled in the exhibjtionhour was only finishing the first few one a European room of 16th-and· 17th
pnmgrnphs, but at Lhe end of the talk ccnlur,v !uml:;hi11&s: one an enrly
all tho people were listening eagerly New Hampshire l'oom, showing the: beand all were In his favor.
~innings of arts and c:afts _· i.11, New
Tho meotlng was one of the most in•
second New- Haiii.p-.
terest!ng held by· the Kittery Hlstori•
shire room· of about 1760, which will
~al Society.
iliustrate the "golden age'' of New
Hampshire and• coluuial arts and,
craits.
The various sections of the· exhibit
have l;leeu placC!d by thtl committee in
the luind~ of peo11le· unnsunlly quali,
fld. in special fields as follows: Mrs.
John S. Elliott, early glass; Mrs. ~llfford S. Parker, chiua; Mrs. Fred Engelhardt, press~d glass; Mrs. Harold'
R. Scudder, pewter; Mrs. Carroll S,
Towle and Professor Philip M. Marston,
books, · docunJents and manuscripts;
Mrs. Helen F, McLaughlin, luster ware;
.Mrs. Robert G. Webster, miniatures;
Professor• Paul P. Grigaut, paintings;
Professor William G. Hennessy, furniture; Professor Arthur W. Jones, siland Mrs. ,James Schoolcraft,
PLAN ANTIQU-_ES
EXHIBIJ Al
UNIV. OF N. H.
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�When exercises are held tomorrow at
n memorial tablet on the Henry Wilson
highway, about 9 miles north of Rochester, just across the Farmington line,
commemorating the 126th birthday anniversary of Henry Wilson, 18th vice
president of the United States tlllder
J>resident Ulysses s. Grant, those takblg part will realize that the $100 approf)riated last March at the annual town
tmeeting in Farmington to improve the
grounds around the marker on the site
o! the blrthplnce of the town's lllus1rlous citizen have been well spent.
Under the direction of Herbert
J3rowne a great change has been made
On conditions there. The gravel top
111urfnce has been removed to a depth of
n foot or more and t.he surface renewed
with good soil. The dead trees and
weed growths have been taken away
nnd the surface prepared for the planting of seeds, shrubbery and flowers.
Most of the work done thus far has been
1n the nature of a gratuitous contribution to the undertaking. Mr. Brow1)e
has contributed liberally of his spare
time, Mr. Baston resurfaced the panel_
for inscription, and Mr. Long covered
nll the lettering with gold foil.
Place Has Been Neglected
Three years before he died in 1875,
nnd while serving as United States
senator from Massachusetts, Henry
Wilson purchased the land on which the
boulder stands and marks the site of his
birthplace from his old friend, Martin
Luther Hayes of Farmington. Nearly
n year after Vice President Wilson died
1he executor of his estate conveyed the
land to the town of Farmington with
the understanding that "It shall be forever known, used and kept as the monumental grounds of the birthplace of the
Honorable Henry Wilson, late
president of the United states."
boulder was placed the same
largely through the generosity of Mr .
Hayes, as is Indicated on the back side
of the rock.
Although the spot, which is passed
,.,,,_-c..-,•-.,..., annually by · thousands of tourists en
route to the Jake regions, stands close to
l<>,.,.::11.-....llPI the state road, it had been neglected
unttr tourists began to remark about the ·
eon di tion.
Residents of Farmington
thought the land should be improved
nnd an article was lnser~d In the town
warrant last year calling for an approJ)rintlon of $100 to Improve the grounds.
A1though born In Farmington, the
t10n of Winthrop and Abigail Colbath
nnd christened Jeremiah Jones Colbath,
'Which he later had changed by the legislature to Henry W!lson, the ! town's
!ll ustrlous citizen wa.s
equally·
known in Rechester, due to his thirst
1-or knowledge. Writing In the history
of Rochester, Rev. F. W. Upham told
!how Hon. David Barker, who kept the
1.own library, was late for tea one day
1md when he did arrive he told h1s wife
!he hncl been with a boy who had walk.ed
clown from Farmington, some eight
miles, to consult with him on what to
read and how to improve his miud.
"Why did you not send him back In the
wagon?" Mrs. Barker asked, and there
was a depth of meaning In Mr. Barker's
answer, "He was not that kind of boy."
That boy lived to be senator and to die
vice president-Henry Wllson-RJJd 1.he
book select.eel for him ,;,;as Mar hnll't
"Life of Washington.•
Champion Against Slavery
At the end of ll years, when
ne had
snved his time, young WiJwn walked
to Rochester to find work, und being
1m~uccr::.~J11l contlmirrl on to Dovrr nnd
Haverhill and finally found employment In the home of n bhoemaker in
Natick, Mass. He snved his wages and
In 1835 walked back to New Hampshire
1o bee his folks. Strafford J,cademy,
now Austin· Cate Academy, at nearby
Strafford, was Just opening and young
Wllson enrolled. He was quick in debate and became a champion of the
anti-slavery cause. Wh!le at school ~
:friend, to whom he had entrusted his
l!avlngs, went bankrupt and Wilson lost
all his money, so he went back to Nat.Jck and again became a shoemaker .
His political career began about 1840 .
The abolition movement was in full
.!lWlng and Wilson advocated the elect.Ion of Harrison and Tyler. He spoke
at more than 40 meetings and was
elected to the Massachusetts legislature, serving for two years.
He was
then elected to the Massachusetts senate, serving, for three years and being
recognized as the Free Soll party leader. In 1845, accompanied by his friend,
John Greenleaf Whittler, the poet, he
presented a bill in Congress protesting
ngalnst the addition to t.he Uulon of
Texas as a slave state. He bolled the
national convention of the Whig party
ln 1848 because that body rejected his
Rnti-slavery resolution.
Wilson decided to enter the newspaper field and bought the Boston Republican, editing it for two years and
making it the organ of the Free Soil
party. Five years later, In 1855, he was
elected United States senator, holding
the office for 18 years, resigning when
he became vice president in 1872. He
died of apoplexy in 1875.
The state of New Hampshire
Tecognized the services and character
of Henry Wilson by placing a bronze
tablet in the rotunda of the State
House at Concord;
the Grange at
Farmington and the town band
nre
named in honor of their illustrious son,
and last spring the state . legislature
vot.ed to name that portion of Route 11,
from Rochester to Alton Bay, which
passes by t.he site of Mr.
Wil&on's
birthplace, the
Henry Wilson Highway. 1
Tomorrow the schools .of Farniington
will have a special program in honor of
the 126th anniversary of Vice President
Wilson·s birth, .
CATHOLIC BOOK
WEEK BEING
OBSERVED
This week is being observed as
Catholic Book Week at the Portsmouth
Public Library and there is on display
at the library a large number of books
of ·nterest to Catholics. These books
are of interest to the general public as
well, but are of particular interest to
Cathollcs. There are books by both
Catholics and P1·otestants, and include
fiction, non-fiction and books for young
people.
This display is sponsored by the local order of Catholic Daughters of
America nnd will be on exhibit Ion dm·tng lhc entire week. During that Umo
the hooks cannot be taken from the library, hut at the expiration of the
week, when people have had an opportunity to look at the display, they
can he taken out. Through the kindness of Miss Hannah Fernald, the librarian, the exhibit has been selected
from the books in the library, but they
have never been grouped before. A list
of the books hos hccn typed and contains the works of many well known
writers.
Included among the authors are the
following: Agnes Rupplies, Gilbert K_.
Chesterton, Hillaire Belloc, Alice Meynell, Alfred Noyes, Giovanni Papin!,
Joyce Kilmer, Maurice Baring, Lady
Clifford, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Maurice
Walsh, Loui:; Hemon, Mrs, BellocLowncles,
Willa
Cather,
Philip
Gibbs, Rose Wllder Lane, Ernest Oldmeadow and Helen White.
In connection with Catholic Book
Week, there will be a lecture at the
K. of C. hall at 8 o'clock Thursday
evening by Prof. John H. Walsh of
the University of New Hampshire.
Prof. Walsh wJII speak on "The Modern Trend of Literature.'' He is
nected with the Department of
guages at the
University of
Hampshire.
�FOREIGN AFFAIRS
BOOK DISPLAY . t4tt
AT THE UBRARY
O
Prof. John S. 'Wa1sh
Speak Under Spons0rsh1p
Of C. D. Of A.
The local court of Catholic Daughters
Pro.f. John S.
Walsh of t,J1e Liberal Art,s College, Univer~Hy of New Hampshi1·e, at It. o! C.
l1all last evening before a capacity autll~mcc.
In the abl;cncc o.f 1,h c grnn d regent,
Mm. Ryan, Mitii; JuliP. Butler, vice ,·eQ
gent, greeted tlic ai;,~mbly and
p1e11Cnted Mrs. Lee Scott, ch;:,,irman o! the
Study Group. Mrs. Scott spoke o! the
current Ca.Uiolic Book Week which is
being conducted llY the court at the
Publlc Llbracy.
It has been a succc:,;.~fu\ nchlcvement through the
,splendid coopcmtlon o! the . llbr:nlnn,
Misi; Hannah Fernald, who has worked
untiringly wlth U1e committee, M1·:i.
Scott a.nu Mrs. Thomas Flynn.
Mrs. Scott then introduced Professor
Walsh, who gave an inspp'ing talk on
"Modem '!'rends in
Catholic Literature." Professor Walsh attributes Uie
Increase in the reading of good literature to the lroulllcd condition of the
worlc1 today and the feeling of the people that, although the characteristics or
dependal:Jllity, honesty and tolerance
a.re lackl.ng in U1e world at large, people
reel they can cultivate these virtues in
themselves through good reading . He
rlefined Ill,ciature a:i a 1·ecord of human
expcrlenc~3 and good llteratw·e a.s worlt
which cxpresse3 a sort of sublime feeling
in an artistic way. Books which have a
catholJc splrlt are those in accord with
tbe principles of the teachl.ngs o! Chrj.st
wl1ere they 1·ecognlze the unmistakable
characterJStic.'l of the supremacy o! God,
ll!e everlasting, love of virtue, humanity
and truth. They llever appeal to the
lower Instincts.
In order to appreciate any of the arl3,
poetry, music or painting, people must
be trained to enjoy them. They mUl!t
be 11tud1ed to be appreciated.
Because of the 11.mlted time Professo1·
Walsh confl.ned hi.'! reading to poetry.
His readin :: were delightful and i1
ational. Among the poets wliose p
were 1-ead were G. K. Chesterton,
draic Colum, Joyce Kilmer, · :F'r
Tabb and T. A. Daley.
In closini bl.s lecture he gave ~
sage to anyone who has the train'
a child to provide him with a spil' ·
background and to guide him to s
the bn.rder subjects of history, for
languages :;.nd mathemattcs. which
give him a foundation to better app.1
ate Htcrature. He said, "There
enough 111.ero.turc for us to reacl tl
should live 5000 years. Let m1 lear
di.seem between the good and the
to find material for appreciation
make OW' lives happier."
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LUB STARTED~~
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A large number of camera enthusiasts met last eve_n!ng at the Yr-:1C~ to
take steps toward the organizatlen 1of a
Camera club. ~uyler Lakin, a ' former
member of the Hartford County Camera club, Hartford, Conn., who is ~ow
residing in this city, spoke o! the large
number of activities carried· on by.-that
club which were not only mutually
beneficial to Its members, but which
were also a means of-boosting thepar•'f,t~:!i,;.r,.:,
ent city to a high degree. From his experience he suggested a series of activities to be carried out immediately,
before the summer months, so that
every member who will join at once
will be privileged to attend lectures
which wlll give him basic instruction
in photography. In the Hartford club
Mr. Lakin has taught advanced work
classes of fifty to seventy-five members. Consequently the Portsmouth
club feels highly pleased that it can
present to its members a series of four
lectures by Mr. Lakin, beginning April
27th. The lectures scheduled are on
developing, printing and ealarglng,
composition and the use of filters.
Grant Kierstead of Boston, also gave
some very interesting experiences:
Actual organization of the club wlll
take place at the next meeting on April
27th, at which time the noml.nating committee will report and offlce1·s
will be elected. All those interested In
becoming charter members .of this
organization should notify Dr. F. 0.
Procter, Jr., at once, or leave their
name with the local YMCA of.flee. Interest in this new club is running very
high, and those interested are very
enthusiastic over its potentialities, stating that new names are coming 1n
every day.
A display of new books devoted to
foreign affairs is now featured at the
Por~n1outh Publlc Library. This dlsJ)lay is most timely with the world beilng shaken by startling unheavals from
the accepted 1orni.s of government, with
wars and th1·eats of further wars being
encountered all over the globe. Included are the latest and most authoritative volumes designed to bring an
derstanding of Just what is happening
in this world of ours.
The5e books are not_ ~ xt-books but
rather they are thrilling personal narratives of events shaping the governments, the maps, the living standards
and the lives of the people of many
nations. Adventures that are actual
happenings, descriptions of ways of
ll!e entirely strange to us, inside facts
that help us to interpret for ourselves
the meaning of the daily happenings
throughout the world, these are set
forth by some of the world's leading
writers in these books.
The volumes In this display are not
reserved, but rather are available for
loan at all times. The large selection
to choose from is most grattlying.
A display boa.rd bears colorful bookcovers mounted upon it, together with
pictures lllustrat-i ng various foreign
events. Among the large number of
fascinating volumes available a few are
as follows: A Mirror to Geneva, The
Ltle and Death of a Spanish Town,
The House That Hitler Built, Plot and
Counter Plot, In Central Europe, Behind the Spanish Barricades, Two
Wars and More to Come, Children of
the Risl.ng Sun, Japan Over Asia, Hotel 1n Spain, Asslgrune1it in Utopia,
Invertebrnte Spain, An Atlas of Current Affairs, Inside Europe, The Siege
of Alcazar, Europe Under the Terror,
The World Since 1917, Mussolini's It.aly, r»,•··-.c.~.,,
England Speaks, German Phoenix, Escape From the soviets, Nazi Dictatorship, Spanish Towns nnd People, If
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War Comes, I Speak For the Silent,
Zero Hour, The 158 Days, From Spanish Trenches, Looking Ben.Ind the CenThe Portsmouth Camera Club held
sorships, General Chiang Kai-Shek,
a meeting at tJ1e YMCA rooms on
Your Child Faces War, Red Star Over
Wednesday evening with 27 members
China, Communism; Fascism or Depresent. Officers elected at the meeting
mocracy, The
Third Reich and I
were: president, Cuyler Lakin; vice
Found No Peace.
presi!fent, Capt. Oliver Marvin; secre- ff>::~~,<;
tary, Wllliam Colbath and treasurer,
Samuel Kingsbury.
. Mr. Lakin demonstrated developing !..•~-~f;t•&,:'
and at · the next - meeting .to be held•·
May lL there will be a lecture
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PORTSMOUTH CAMERA :
CLUB ELECTS
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�Three Hundred Years
of a British.- Regitnent
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THE SWORD A D
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THE ROSE.
By A. W. Smith . • . .
Boston: Little, Brown
& Company . . ·. $2.50
Reviewed by
William Fox
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MAGNIFICENT undertaking, nobly executed, is
this story of a famous
British regiment which
has seen well over three hundred years of distinguished service. It ls scarcely credible that
one mind could control with
such perfect skill and convincing
accuracy so many dif!erent
points of view as does Captain
Smith in 'The Sword and - the
Rose." Whoever ls the subject o!
any chapter seems at that moment the leading figure in the
story. Himself a graduate ot
Sandhurst, with a record ot active service In the World War
until he was wounded on the
Somme In 1917, and subsequent
service in India until he resigned his commission in 1927,
the author has limitless sources
of knowledge of the subject at
his command, from which he
has created a story at once illuminating, authentic, and absorbing. Even so, it ls none the less
remarkable that he has been
A. W. SMITH
able to make this novel, covering
only two post-war years of The
Herefordshire Regiment, not Plant, looking down the long son for the existence of
only an epitome of all the pre- table. "To his eye there was British army is struck by Capvious centuries of its existence,
but also a forecast of its position something unfamiliar about tain Camac, sitting with his
these omcers of his. It was not wl!e on an oaken stile, taking
in time to come.
After a lapse of five years in merely that they were strangers a regretful farewell of the Engllsh countryside. Until Colothe old tradition, due to the war, fllll ng t h e emp tY P1aces. Th e nel
Plant made his staying a
the officers o-r "The Old Huntype
had
changed.
These
youngpoint of personal favor, carnac
dredth" are assembled for formal dinner prior to departure for sters appeared hardier and more had been planning to resign
two years' service in India. "Ex- sophisticated. They had had ex- and settle in the country a
of war and leadership. beautiful dream which Mary
actly the same as in the old perience
They were not the callow, meek knew in her heart was too good
days," ls the anticipatory agree- young
of the old days. And to be true. In answer to he1·
ment. But Major Vlvorl knew the oldmen
had gone. sighing expression of resentthat things could not be exactly Perhaps, distinctions
thought
Colonel
Plant, ment, Carnac says: "Isn't all
the same. "Four years of war it was just as well. In the
old this worth keeping intact?"
had thrust themselves into the days men like Clamp and Fled- The ensuing debate brings
interval. Four years, during gett, Mills and Voss, would never forth all the well-worn specious
which the silver statuettes of the have dreamed of being officers in arguments,
World
Court,
centre-piece, the tankards, the the Old Hundredth. They were League of Nations, arbitration
very knives and forks, had lain Rankers, though excellent fel- '-but the experienced soldier
to tarnish in their boxes In the lows and undP.niablv able."
knows better. "Arbitration is
store-rooms at the depot at
Following the dinner, at all right in a minor question,
Widemarsh Barracks in Here- which t,he reader is made ac· but when no concession is pas·
ford."
quainted with the various of- sible without danger to the life
· AH the accessories of the tra- flcers, of high rank and low, of the state then there can only ... ,___,,,,,,...
ditfonal ·r egimental mess were who comprise the First Batta!· be an appeal to force.''
In extreme contrast is the
present, as in days of old; but Ion The Herefordshire Reg!there was an inherent dlf!erence ment, occur a series of cinema- last night of young Lieutenant
In personnel. The scarlet she11- like episodes, enacted by ind!- Voss, enjoying himself at a box·
jackets, with the canary yellow victuals, which disclose the lng match with ''Pa," a retired
facings, the tight blue trousers widely variant personalities en- Sergeant-Major of the Here·
with a piped scarlet stripe, were closed within the regimental fords, who was wishing himself
worn with an ef!ect of masquer- uniform, as each in his own young enough to go again. says ~~;,.,~,•~:i?,:Ui;~t:,
ade by self-conscious officers. way takes leave of England young Horace, "I know, Pa. "
And so It appeared to Colonel Perhaps the keynote of the rea- But I was in France from •four· i..;:•....,,,.,,,.,._:
A
�teen, except !-Or five months at
the P. T. school. And now I
only just got home from the
Rhine. And ofI again . Eng·
land! . . . I want to stay, Pa.
The lights of London ... and
the girls .. ."
One by one the several ofr-lcers, senior and junior, flicker
across the screen Young Pr1·
bram, spending ihc night with
the girl Claire who was glad
to get him though he was only
a second-rater, because In t,hose
a.fter -war years young men
were scarce.
Neither could
foresee at this time that within
a. year the money which should
have paid Claire's passage to
India to be married would be
used in paying- Pribram's debts .
. . . Capiain Reyne and hi.~ wife,
Naiasha, the Russian princess
he had married during the war,
and Major Vivori; destined to
compose a triangular situation
very diiierent from the continental idea, because it involved
two Englishmen and a foreign 1
w01~1an .. .. Boykett, carryin~
a. silver plate in his skull but
having managed, nevertheless
to get himself passed as fit . .. '.
SLephen l\Iansflelr!, wh" had
been in training at Sandhurst
when the Armistice was signed.
India, he had thought, would
replace his lost opportunity;
but the routine of peace·tlme
seemed to cheat him of any
chance of profes.sional advancement. So we hear him
saying to Colonel Plant: "PlenLy
more wars? Like the last?"
To .wh ich the Colonel's rejoin·
der perhaps explains some or
the astounding n e w s p ape r
headlines that in 1915 electrl·
fled a breathless world: ,"No.
Not like the last. No war is
ever like the last. That's the
trouble with soldiers.
They
fight a war and then conclude
It's the last word in wars. We
train for the next war on the
basis of the last, instead of on
the basis of the next. Hence
we always start one war be·
hind, which is one reason why
the first few months of every
war is such a muddle. . Then
it takes on a pattern-and the
military mind assumes it ls the
pattern for all time."
And then, as if to prove the
Colonel's cont:mtion, occurred
an Indian uprising, of the sort
that has been duplicated many
Limes during the British occu·
patlon. bnt more care f u 11 y
planned than most. The mei1
who englnerred the attack had
workrct on the basis of t,he next
wa.r, wherea~ the commanding
officer of the regiment knew
only the tactics of the last one.
The story of the maneuvers is
a military chronicle or remark·
able quality, vivid and vera·
cious, of drcd pitiful and plLl less. The Takki Zam was at
last taken. bnt at what. a
price! Maj or Horder's tactical
error, though costing his own
life. cost the Old Hundredth in·
finitely more for some of Its
:uen, and brought to others dis·
tlnguished service awards. a
striking example o! that trite
phrase, "the fortunes of war."
John Wheelwright, Who Headed
First Settlers, to Be Honored
'
Small Band Quit Massachusetts in Search
of Relig io us Freedom in 1638; Samuel
Bell Heads Committee
Tnere were no more than 15 or
Special to The Union.
20 families at Exeter during lhe
EXETER, Jan. 23.-In July of this first year. They had to fell trees,
year lhe town of Exeter will ccle · clear land and build houses. raise
brale its 300th birthday and lhe crops ;,nd watch against Indian
committee. consisting o( Samuel K. raids. Some o( their names have
had a long 311d honornblc history in
Bell, chairman; J\rlhur J. Conner, the town, Edward Colcord, Godtreasurer; Waller 0. Pennell, exec- frey Dc-arborn, Henry Elkins, John
utive secretary, and Corning Ben- Crani, Edward Hilton, Francis Litton, ncv. Daniel J . Colter, Willie S. tlefield . Tiobert Seward and William Wentworth arc samples.
Day, Mrs. Harry Merrill. Fred A.
Moore. Miss Frances E. Moulton,
Town Grew S lowly.
.Tohn Scammon, Richard E. Shute,
From the dimcult first year on,
Herman L. Smith and Mrs. Alfr·1d Exeter (possibly the name was sui(R. Wightman, has been actively en- i::estcd by a former resident C'(
gaged for many months preparing Exeter, England), grew slowly. Jt
a program that will filli1Jgly co!l1- w;is soon evident that the most valmc-moratc the event.
uable sourer of income for the setExeter was founded In 1638 by llcrs was the seemingly cndlc$S
,Johr, Wheelwright and although it quantity o( !inc lumber. ThercforP,
has a population of only 4,800 it 1s 5awmills were built on the falls, tall
well known ;is ti,., home of the white pines were sliced into boards
Phillips Exeter academy, a pre- ;ind staves, and oak ribs were cut
paratory school o[ national impor- for the ships which were built here
lane<', lrnving ;::radualed such prom- I before 1650. Salmoa fishing was exincnl men ;is D,micl Webster, Roo- \ cellenl o_n the river at that time.
C'l't Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham , Trade with the Indians (except in
Linroln; Ul_ysscs S. Grant, ,Tr .. son the forbidden weapons, ammumo[ General Grant: William A. Ban- lion and strong waters) was pro!itnoft,
noted
historian: Edward able. Land was gradually divided,
Tuck, banker: Thomas W. Lamont, fences creeled and roads built.
George H . Moses, GiITorcl. Pinchot
Thus the little settlement began
and Henry Morgcnthau. J1·.
to grow. Town meetings were held,
A Contrast With Past.
political and religious organizations
ln conlt asl to the carl.Y ind us- were founded, mills of various
t ric-s of Exeter when lumber, bo;it kinds were built on the rapids
building, fishing and farming were along the fresh rivC'r, bo;it yards
ils chic( sources of revenue. Exeter were cslablisherl below lhc !alls
1oday is known for ils shoe and and the lown took 011 the aspect c,f
cotton industries ;is well as for a permanent scttlcmcnl.
being an educational and farming
The early days were dilTicult.
center.
Comforts were few. dangers many.
The old powder house where am- But in lhe century from 1650 to 1750
munition was stored for fighting In- Exeter grew steadily in importance
dian~ is still standing, one of the until it was, along with Portsmouth,
oldest garrison houses in New Eng- ready to assume its leadership cf
J;rnd, the building known as the the slate at the time of the Rc.volu·
Cincinnati House originally owned lion.
by the receiver general during the
It is jointly in honor with John
Revolul ion. •rnd the birthplace of Wheelwright and his small group •>f
Gen. Lewis E. Cass, early am bas- courageous scttle:s and the progi:;ador to FrGncc and governor u( 1ress made by. t_heir successors, th::it
Michigan arc a (cw o( lhe many \ the present c1llzens o! E~etcr will
hisloric;il places o( intcre;sl.
celebrate its tercentenary 111 July.
In 16~8 Whcelwl'ight and a sm;ii\
band o( loy.il followers, 110 Jon):f'l'
.ihlc to p11l up with lhc narrow
1cli!!ious thought of the Ma5sacllllFclls Bay Colnny, moved to a point
nrar tlw "falls o! P.iscalaquack"
1Grcal Falls' and planted a scltlcmcnt there. At Sidney college, Cambridge, England, Wheelwright had
bcrn a close friend of Oliver Cromwell. and il is said that Cromwell
lntcr paid tribute lo the vigor cf
Whrclwrighl by saying 1I.al he was
•·more a[raicl o[ meeting Wheel wright at foclball than he was lalcr
:if meeting an arn1y in the field. (or
'lC was
infallibly sure of being
tri111;cd up b'.' him.·•
Wheelwright probably pasFcd his
first winter in Edward Hilton·~
cabin near what is now Newfields.
ll was a notably severe season of
deep snow, bitter cold and high
winds.
I
�Fifth Generation of langs to Le~ve Ancestral Home
Benjamin, 81, Plans. to Sell 17 5-Year-Old Dwelling
in
Lang homestead on New Boston road, Cand ia, erected In pre-Revolutionary war days and now home of
Benjam in F. Lang, fifth generation of the Lang family to reside there. Twelve-room colonial house has two
Dutch ovens, several firepla ces and hand -hewn t imbe rs. Ell a11d piazza were added by succeeding {lencratlons.
on the New B oston road, but gives !l09 and l!ll 7. He is a Dcmocrnt,
'no further information, save names but not always in accord with poliof his descendants, Capt. Benjamin cies of the present. arlminislralion.
CANDIA, ,Jan. 19-Five genera- Lang, Jr., Deacon David Lang and
He was married in January, 1883,
tions of Benjamin Langs have re- Isaaih Samuel Lang, father of Ben- lo Nellie Maria Marden of Allenstown, whose death occurred in l!J35,
sided in the old Lang homestead jamin F.
on New Boston road, about one and
Mr. Lang has reason to believe about two years after abservance
that he is descend ed from English of their gold en wedding anniversone-half miles from Candia Village, .inceslry on the paternal side ,ind ary. l\fr. nnd Mrs. Lang were ch,1rerected back in pre-Revolutionary from' Scotch-Irish strain on hi s ler m embers of Candia grange, orwith Mr. Lang
war days, and sti ll occupied by a maternal side. His mother was ganized in 1892,
member of the Lang family, Ben- Martha Ann Ladd. He eom<'s from serving ns first. mnst<'r. Ile joined
jamin F. Lang of the fifth gencrn- a long-lived family, his father's Ilockingh,1111 lodge, A 1". :rnrl /\.. l\1.,
lion, now in his 81st year and re- death occuring in l!J04, at 82 years at 21 and filled all of the offices. Ile
marlrnbly active for one of his age. of age, and his mother 's 13 years is now the olrlest liv ing past. mast<'r
of the unit. He is :llso ;iffi li atrd with
Mr. Lang was born Nov. 19, 1857. later, at !JO.
All o[ lhe Langs
have been
The attractive colonial Lang Adah chapter, 0. E. S. Ile b!'lnngs
farmers, the present occupant homestead of 12 rooms, with built- lo the Methodist Episcopal church
proudly asserts, have always mnna- in ell, outwardly belles ifs age of al East Candia.
Bcsirles 1he daughter, l\Irs. Coraged to make a comfortable living 175 years but the inside of the
from the soi l, until now, when ris - structure tell s a diITerenl story. In son, who resides at lhe l10m c place,
ing farm wages, indisposition of the the attic may be seen the hand- Mr. Lang has two other ch ildrcn,
majority to accept such "labori- hewn limbers with woorlen 1wgs Mrs . .Tohn A. While of Manchester,
some" tasks when more congenia l while in sevN;-il o( the rooms, in- whose lnisb:mrl is a we ll known inand Clarence
ones are available, and poor prices eluding that of Mr. Lang himself, surance manager;
for farm products have all con- arc the exceptionally wine boards Benjamin Lang o[ Raymond; and
spired lo force the farmer out of so common in the
colonial era. one granddaughter, Carolyn Ruth
business. As a result, Mr. Lang is There are two Dutch ovens, used While.
The Manchester Union has been
pl:mning to sell the ancestral dwell- b~- every generation of Langs down
ing and retire to a smaller place on to and including the fourth, and coming to the Lang household as
the Chesler road owned by his two open fireplaces remaining o( long as 1hc present owner can redaughter and husban d, Chief o[ 1he five original ones, rest o( which mpmbct· .ind his fath<'r, Isaaih S.
Police an d Mrs. Fred L. Corson, have been closed up. The clay for L~ng look it before him.
who now reside with her father.
the la rge central
chimney was
Exact d.ite of the homestcarl's s<'currcl from the form pasture, , ·
erection is not known but it be- nearby. The cl l and piazza were
lieved to be some time previous to added by succeeding generations
the outbreak of hoslililies with the anrl help to set off the main dwellMother Country in 1775, less than ing lo advantage.
30 years after first settlement of the
town by William Turner in 1749.
Active in Town Affairs.
One of the town histories lists a
Mr. Lang has been active in town
Benjamin Lang as among the lax- I aITairs, serving as selectman for 1
,>,~·n-'n~i.-~.:1 payers in 1778. It also states that four years, on the School Board for
this Benjamin Lang came here nearly eight years, and representfrom Rye and built himself a home ing Candia in the Legislatures of
Special to The Union.
I
I
�enJam n F. Lang of Candia, in
jamii1 In the Lang family to occup
Boston road. er;cted In pre-Revolutio
In town affairs, being a former select
lature and was first master of Candi
News was l'ecelvcd here today of tho
death of Alexander Mouton, 84, of Lafayette, La., who was well known in
this city dul'i.ng an extended visit with
his grandson, Robert B. Mouton, in this
city several years ago. Mr. Mouton led
an interesting Jl[c and his career embraced noted service In varied fields of
activity in thr. United States and Mexico.
In his early life Mr. Mouton took up
mechanical engineering and was employed in the building of locomotives for
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the Mexican government
erected and supervised the mint at
Mexico CiLy, whel'e 190,000,000 pieces of
gold, silver and copper money were
coined under his direction.
Returning to this country, he became
chief engineer and master .mechanic of
the New Orleans branch mint, occupying that position, for four years.
He
then turned to the building of sugar
cane mills and syrup manufactured at
a plant he operated in Lafayette won
first honol's at the World's Fair ln St.
Louis.
TO SPONSOR
CATHOLIC
BOOK WEEK.
- The local organization
Daughters of America, with the cooperation of Miss Hannah Fernald, Librarian, will sponsor a Catholic Boolt
Week. Books of Interest to Catholics,
not necessarily written by Catholics,
but books which will be of · interest to
them, wm be on display at the library,
It Is hoped to have a lecture by Prof.
John P. Walsh of the University of
New Hampshire. ·
·
�A Story About Lincoln's
Picture
The location of my story, which
clings :in my memory like some mystic legend, is a small country town
nestling among New Hampshire's
hills and :fields. The exact place of
the legend is the attic •a nd the sitting-room of an ancient New England farmhouse, which was built
somewhere about the year 1703 nearly 75 years 'before even the Revolutionary War; but, in spite of that
- the old house is still standing today and is in use. The time of the
le~end is ,p robably the first week in
February; 1888. Grover Cleveland
was President of the United States.
Well, in that ancient farmhouse a
roaring log-fire is blazing, throwing
out its warmth and good cheer, in
the large fireplace in the sittingroom. In the iba·rn and out-buildings
are the horse, cattle, sheep and other
, ,..,,,_.,.,n,.,farm animals being attended to and
cared for, in the daily round of
farm chores, by the farmer (a former Union soldier and selectman of
the town) who owns the farmhouse
and the farm on which it is placed.
Deep snow covers the ground, and
the drifts which lhave had to be
..,~-,,,.,.,.,ii.,.. ~hovelled through by large crews of
men in or<ler to clear for travel the
roads, tower in some 'Places higher
than a person's hehd as one passes
along the 1highwayst
* .. *
across the rafter, thus ipasted, no
doubt, to cover some crack in the
roof through which the weather had
been seeping. Finally, the mother
manages to soak off those two pieces
of ,paper, which measure eat•h about
a foot and a ha! f in length and aboul
six inches in width. She carefully
places them on the altic floor and
she exactly :fits one into the other,
thus forming perfectly the fairly
large 'Picture of a man. That picture is an unu sual and famous one
of Abraham Lincoln; the ,woman is
my mother, Mrs. Hattie Almira
Rowe; I am the little ,son; and the
scene takes place in the attic of my
own birthplace farm home at Kensington.
GOULD BECOMES
S ATE.TROOPER
.f.J. "V
"He Belongs to the Ages No,v"
Once more n dny hnd ended and the
night wns dnrlc at hand,
\Vho~c murky dopthH, BO dC0J) and still,
had shrouded all tho land;
Alone within the room I love, I'd
watch the shadows fall,
And then I watched, lost lone In
thought, a picture on the wall.
It was the picture of a man with features bold and strong,
A kind and homely race well known to
all this country's thr ong;
It was a faded picture, but I prized It
just the same
As It It wero a 1mlntlng grand within
some costly framo!
The picture, front o! which I [;azed,
from my emotions weak,
Was great Abe Lincoln's picture and I
seemed to hear him spealc;
At Gettysburg that deathless speech of
his I seemed to hear,
tlFo·urscore and seven years ago"
and all the rest, camo cl ear!
... * ...
But wait! I seem to dream again! No!
No! It cannot be!
Yes! Yes! It Is the clenth-bed scene!
Ah! That Is what I sec!
In presence of the mighty dead, in
speechless grief I bow;
I hear these wonts uf Stnnton's: "He
belongs to the ages, now!"
,Now, lets go up in the attic of
that old farmhouse. We walk up the
winding stairs, coming first to the
STEWART EVERETT ROWE,
-~:j~:]~/;~ unfinished, familiar "back-chamber,"
where dried corn and smoked hams
Portsmouth, N. IL
are hanging f.rom the 'beams; -then
February 15, rn38.
we ,s.l()Wly climb the nanow flig,ht of
steps leading to the ,attic, the l~rge
rum and ,vholly unfinished top room
'f Exeter ·woman's Club
of the house, :filled with its array
· I(( · 3 {
-and mixture of gone-by furniture and 11.---------~-'•~-,.,-~"' what-not. In the very center of the
attic is the huge chimney as it rears
. ,.~,...,.,,...... itself through the ridge-'Pole of the
,-~••· ...••·•,_....i house. Afler OUJ.'I eyes have become
accuslomed to the dim light, we sec
:;.~:,:~~t.:'l a littl e ,b oy standing near tJhe chimney, watching this mother as she
stands on tip-toes, rather far out under the rafte1,s,, and seems to be trying to remove some-pieces of wrinkled
paper, whh:h .are n.rmly stuck t,o one
of the rafters and roofing,boards
nailed to it. Yes, she has a wringing-iwet cloth in her hands and she
is sopping it, with its dripping
water, again and again on the pieces
of paper, \\1hich evidently have been
pasted over and into the crevice
formed where ,a roo:fin .iboard passes
RALPH V. GOULD
Chief of Police Ralph V. Gould
North Hampton today assumed his duties ns a state trooper m Carroll coun~y covering the Wolfeboro area. Gould
replaced State Trooper Donald Carr,
who resigned his post, it was announced today by Supt. George A. Colbath of the state police.
,
Selectman Irving W. Marston told
The Portsmouth Herald today that
Gould still holds his post as cl1ief of
the North Hompton department, as he
has not tenct,,red his resignation. ·
Chief Gould, who will complete his
first year in police
experience
on
March 8 having been elected at the last
town meeting, has filed his name for
that office again, Town Clerk Ruth
K. Leavitt said today.
Eight o'clock
this evening will be the closing hour
of the filmg time fo1· registering for
town offices to have their names apµea r on the town ballot.
,
Gould graduated from the National
Police academy of the Federal Bureau
Jf Investigation at Washington, D. C.,
a,t.
�Newmarket' shares with Lee in the
fame of the privateer, General Sullivcm, and its enterprising commander,
Captain Robert 'Parker. He was born
ab Portsmouth August 15, 1735 .
When he was, 14 years of age he was
apprenticed to Mark Newmarch, a
shipbuilder of Portsmouth.
+ + +
When this ap,prenticeship of seven
years was ended 'he went to sea as
ship's carpenter. It was not long before he was in command of a brig.
In 1774 •h e brought from France a
cargo of powder. Escaping the vigilaince of :Brit ish ships he safely landed it at Portsmouth. Somehow, sailors tru nk they are born to end t heir
days on a farm. Captain Parker was
no exception.
+ + +
Before he was 40 he had acquired'
a small fortune ; and he very well
knew how to use it . He wanted a
good-sized farm , feeling quite competent to manage it. He was fami liar
with the good, sterile farms of Greenland and Stratham; but in traveling
Leeward he fou nd the farm he wanted. The fine old• oaks and pines
would make excellent ship t imber.
His services 1were accepted. Captain Parker assembled his crew ,and
sailed away. When he was next
L'b
•1• •
heard from he was at the dock at
I ra ry ac, ,hes
Portsmouth Lo deliver Ube cargo of m~I==============
WASHINGTON, March 3.the British ship. Then he and his
Public and school library faclllcrew took shore leave.
ties In New Hampshire are
N. H. Stands High
f
+ + +
In the farming community
the industry of shipbuilding again
revived. It was in the sp1·ing of
1777 t hat the building of the privateer, General Sullivan, was fairly begun in ihis shipyard five miles from
tidewawr. Ten men of Lee, including Captain Parker, worked on its
con slrudion, eaC'l~ man owning onetenth of ihe shi,p.
+ + +
When iL was completed and all timhers numbered, it was taken apart,
loaded on ox teams, hauled to Newmarket &hipyard, put together again
and launched there. It made its first
voyage from Portsmouth in 1778. On
.
its return ii came up tl,c river an<l
was again in ihe shipyard to be overhauled . 'I'he General Sullivan, with
Cap tain Parker, continued successful
privateering until the pTivateering
season closed.
among the best In the nat ion, Dr.
Studebaker, o\i lef of the U. S.
Bu reau of Education, told members of the subcommittee of the
House committee on appropria1
tions recently.
Dr. Studebaker, appearing before the committee at hearings
on the Inter ior Department approprlatlons, said that 45,000,000
people ranging all the way from
"a
few
with
theoretically
complete" coverage to 88 per
cent. New Hampshire 1tand1
near the top with only fourte nths of one per cent without
adequate library fac lllt les. Massachusetts and Delaware are
th e two st ates with "theoretically
complete
coverage,"
, wh ile Connecticut, In the New
England group, 111s0 stands h igh
w ith nine-tenths of one per ·
cent on ly not cared for.
The southe r n states and some
of t he mldd le western ones aro
most lack ing In such faclllt les,
he told tho committee,
+ + +
He bought 300 acres •of farm and
forest land on the west side of the
Mast Road in the town of Lee. H e
then considered enclosing his possessions. He had observed w ithout approval the stone walls everywhere to
be seen in this part of New England,
and he decided to build ·b etter a nd
slave ropairs. Under 11is direction
these acres were enclosed with stone
walls so closely built that a squirrel
could find· no place of shelter.
+ + +
Neig.hbors watched with admiration
these solid lines of wall ; but when
this sea-going farmer laid out a ship yard and his workmen were actually
fitting timber for a ship, curiosity
and interest extended to the neighboring towns, for in Lee sailing facilities
were lacking and even ducks languished for water.
+ + +
In thisi shipyard activities suddenly
cea , ed . Captain Robert Parker was
going to sea again ! He had offered
his service s to the committee of safety at Exeler, informing them that he
knew that a ship was to arrive at
:\-Iartinico to take on a cargo of powder and woolen goods for the British
army, and he wainted to be on the
spot to intercept it .
+
·e ks
D
·Y
e o__ _
ILarg\e Bani And Sma I Connecting Buiid1J111g
Destroyed By lFfames
Fl.re, originating from an unknown
cause ;,hortl~• before 2 o'cloclt
this
"
morning, caused $~000 damage to the
h istor1C"al Tl1ornton Weeks house 011
Port;,u1outtt avenue and destroyed a
larg1! ba.rn aud :;mall connecti111fbuildlng owned hy Mr. Weeks in Greenlaud. F lames shooting from one of
the buildings were discovered by Mt·,
Week.~ froru the wit1dow of his bedroom.
The f u-e evidently had been burning for
so ue time.
A call -to the Fire Department was
answered by Engine 1, which was out for
a bla:i:e on Hanover street,
North
Hampton firemen were o.tso called.
Wl\ter obto.ined by the firemen
from
thres nearb;r wells prevented the total
destructlou of the house.
'I'hkty-five tona of hay stored in the
bo rn o.ud owned by John J. Grady,
Jr . , a Greenland farmer, were bwued,
aL~o a n automobile and several valuable
!arm tools owned by Mr. Weeks.
The total loss i~ estimated at about
$:JOOO, partly coveretl by insurance .
TI1e Weeks house iti tlle oldest hOU!,S
In New Hampshire and the second oldest in New England. It was built itL
1638, four ·years after the nncient Craddock mansion in Med!ord, Mass. Tiu~
architectural design of the two ho~
and their chimneys are identical.
TI1e house is believed to have been
built, in addition to a home, as a garrlson house for protection against the
Indians. The walls are 18 inches thick,
In its architectural construction the
house is most interesting. some of the
timbers are of hardwood, 12 by 14, TI1e
floor beams. with the bark still a ttached,
are 10 it1ches square.- The roof is also or
lmrd wood,
�'With Gerrish Island 'cross the harbor ,
lane.
Cod Rock we pass, then, rougher shore
behind,
.J
'fy\A. 1\ \
·we tread New Castle beach, ,mtll we
find
always went down
•· Those long sands lead to
Avenue,
harbor town
· The following proclamation on ConThen through the cemetery
Behind Fort Point with
stitutional Government Day has been
happy view
Tower round;
Issued by Gov. Francis P. Murphy:
Of the back river waters at high tide,
The ruined tower that arose one night,
For a century and a half, the people
Fitting the old town's tiloughts that
Eighteen fourteen, for fear the British
of the United states have enjoyed the
here abide;
might
blessings of happiness and prosperity
Then along Sagamore Road with
Pass Constitution fort, to Portsmouth's
under a government wl1ich derives
lengthened stride,
plight.
sanction for its acts from a simple,
The ashes of my pipe now cast aside,
At what ia now Fort Constitution gat~,
strong and encJ,uring Cons1i!,~ution
Past Little Harbor turn, and down the
December, Beventeen seventy-tom·, t.he
whereunder the people, as the ultihill
date,
mate source of all authority, deliberateBeyond Love LIi.De, to Sagamore Creek,
The Revolutlonnry WRr begnn,
ly restrain themselves from too pre,which will
' Though at this time there
cipitate action and the powe1·s of their
Ever its banks with changing beauty
blood nor man.
.
representatives are expressly defined
fill,
Fort Point, with Walbach, long stone
and limitect.
'Twas on this creek a witch ln olden
fort and light,
On many occasions in past times, but
days
Makes harbor entrance a lovely sight.
more especially in our own when libLived, and •twas called Witch Creek,
Behind It curves the barbor westerty and freedom are being ass9,ulted
the dame to praise.
wardly,
by all the forces of intolerance and
Beyond tile bridge a short cut through
Between New Castle coves and Kittery,
oppression,, the naUon
has found
the wood
Capped by Its old block house, wUl1
Constitutional Government meeting
Gives glimpse of lower creek in
rough stone fort,
every test. · The
Constitution has
charming mood.
More picturesque than with. war power
proved, as President James Madison
O'er Wentworth Road we then tramp
fraught.
hoped and believed it would' prove, an
easterly,
.
'I'hroughont, Plscataqua's swift,, changimpenetrable bulwark against every
By friendly barking dogs, until the sea
ing tide
assumption of power in the legislative
Comes at us over tile breakwater grey,
Makes lovely harbor virile, deep and
or executive branches of the governBeyond the links and Little Harbor
wide.
ment. It has been an 'impregnable debay.
Towards all that we have at
fense against every encroachment upPerhaps some sail ls on the ocean blue,
length described
on the great personal rights which the
Or motor boat cuts Little Harbor
We now approach with due
founding fathers held to be inherent
through.
pride.
and inalienable.
Another world is here, as, past the
In New Castle the la1;t
The nation ls now celebrating the
bridge,
·
bloom,
sesquicentennial anniversary of the
We climb the hill, look
In New ,Ca11t.le
adoption of the Constitution. In New
from the ridge,
eoon.
Hampshire which, on June 21, 1788, beBee breaking waves on far
~et m!les ahead forbid us to delay, came the ninth state to ratify and
dore,
And nature cheers nnew the further
thus automatically made the ConstiAnd lines of foam 'long Odiome's
way,
tution effective, that particular day
Point shore.
As has been well described ln other
'will this year be made memorable by'
Should Isles of Shoals seem lifted tolines
special public observances. In order.
ward the sky,
.
That hold their virtue thrO\lgh
however, to provide an annual occaA storm Is making, as when gulls fly
changing times.
sion whereon might be recognized the
high,
U'hts river walk trom Portsmouth to
vital role of the Constitution in the
Or as, when sitting
the sea
progress of the United States, and Its
home, -··
Is beautifully told by John Albee.
profoundly beneficial bearing upon the
Sudden is heard the whistling buoy's
It would seem vain, even If words were
lives of the people of toctf\y and the
moan,
searched,
To nortil, we've seen still waters and
lives of their - ancestors before · them
To say more here unless to quote his
fair
isles,
the Gener?l 'Court of 1937 resolved
verse.
And Benning Wentworth's house
that the first Wednesday In the month
All walkers around New Castle should
ancient style.
of _Marcl1, which in 1789 was the day
know
O'er crest of Wentwortil hill
on which the
Constitution became
John Albee's charming lines before
maple
trees
operative, be set apart this year and
they go.
Drip sap in March, eye more
each year hereafter as a day on which
And so we come to Strawberry Bank
taste to please.
these advantages may be recalled and
again,
Here we must settle which way
The eight mile circle made in hours their importance emphasized.
shall go;
- By virtue of that authority, I hereby
twain,
If time permits, and legs do not say no
Or thereabouts in minutes and in miles
proclaim the second day of March as
It's pleasant scrambling down ~
Depending
on the walkers' vRried ,:,- -,-,-•:.·.-=
Constitutional Government Day for
styles.
Wentworth beach,
this year. On that day, let the national
To walk more sands, to skip a
Would that one could in 'fitting minscolors be displayed upon all public
to reach
buildings and wherever possible on prltrel's Jay
A bird-filled path that takes
Do justice to this walk, and on harp
va_te structures. Let us, by appropriate
Rose Lane,
play,
ceremonies in the schools, and else'Cross Jaffrey Point into the sea again.
Bringing to all who would attend their
where under the sponsorship of public
This
time
the
ocean
swells
break'
at
ears
officers and patriotic organizations,
our feet;
Fit melody like music of the spheres.
commemorate in a befi.tt.lng.-ina1mmPeace, beauty, till their slow insistent
In sun or storm, spring, winter, sumthe • annive1•sary"'cif the" day on which
beat.
mer, fall,
government under the Constitution beBut soon we must be on our rocky way,
Is ls a walk of walks that ne'er will
gan in the United States.
By outer harbor coast, a mile long bay.
pall.
PROCLAMATION FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL
GOVERNMENT DAY« -v
ON WALKING 'ROUND
NEWCASTLE
Whalesback and Fort . Point
bound this demesne,
Light
�WAS. MEMBER -OF .
.NOTABLE FAMILY ~ -
ery and diseases of the eye and ear.
~
Having Jost the hearing of his left ear as
a child, he began to be deaf in his right
ear while at the Harvard Medical
School. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dr. James A. Spalding Of Portland,
advised him, as a prosperous scholar, to
Me
.. who died on Sunday, and who was
give up everything leading toward medical practice at the bedside and to go a native of this city, came of a notable
abroad and study the eye and ear. Un- family. His grandfather, Dr. Lyman
der the guidance of the finest teachers Spalding, was it .celebrated physician,
abroad Dr. Spalding became very skill- who did much to introduce vaccination
Native_ Of Portsmouth,
into this country.
ful.
His father. Capt. Lyman Dyer SpaldWas Oldest Dartmouth
AfLcr two years of study abt'oad he returned and as a
skilled
specialist ing, for several years followed the sea
Alumnus
opened an office in Portland in 1813. He and was said to have been a wonderful
the navigator, never ·having Jost a ship or
Dr. James -A. Spalding, oldest alum- became a member of the staff of
a mast.
He• once rescued from an
Maine
General
Hospital
in
1881
and
nus of DarLmouth College, and a dL~served It for 33 years, doing some 400 ocean grave in the Atlantic, at much
tini;ulshed son of PortsmouLh, passed cataract operations with good results personal risk, the captain and crew of
nwu.y nL his home, 627 Congress street, and mnny mn&toid operations without the brig "Wlllinm Rufus," and on a secPortland, Mc., on Sunday, afLer a Jln- a single case of paralysis. He tested ond occasion many-from the brig "Wilpersonally the eyes of several thousand liam Osborne," from the Ice-fields and
(l't'rmg illness. ·
Captain
Dr. James Alfred Spalding was born children in the schools of Portland and icebergs off Newfoundland.
in this city Aug. 20, 18413, in the house lectured to teachers on the proper use Spalding retired from the sea soon attci:.
the loss of his brother, Alfred, at sea, he
on the corner of state and Chestnut of the eyes.
,,.
being also a sea captain. He later was
Dr.
Spalding
was
honored
by
the
streets, now the residence of Miss Elwyn. An eye and ear specialist since Clinical Club of Portland, the Cumber- in the iron, steel and coal business in
the Portsmouth. For many years he was
1873, he had gained national promin- land County Medical Club and
the secretary of the school committee
Maine
Medical
Association.
·He
alsQ
ence professionally as an author
of
of Portsmouth at a very meagre salary
medical articles. He gave up active had held the office of vice president of
compared with the salaries paid today.
practice some years ago. Dr. · Spalding the International Otological Congress
To his grandfather and father Dr.
was a son of Lyman D. and Susan Par- at Washington.
James A. Spalding felt he owed his Jove
He
had
hosts
of
friends
and
continued
ker Spalding. He married Miss Sarah
of history and the languages .
His
Shepley of Boston, whose deaU1 "oc- his interest in his profession to the end. mother. Susan Parker Parrott, belonged
curred some years ago. Their married
to the Parrotts who descended froll).
11f was one of devotion.
John Parrott, who came over with GenDr. Spalding wo.s well known In U1Lq
eral Wolfe to Quebec and then made his
cit,y In past years and hL~ old-time
way to Portsmouth. From Lhe Parrotts
friends were plenscd to welcome him
thL~ nrition has Lhe Parrott gun, famous
when hr cnme orcn~lonnlly for n brier
ln the history of artlilery and of war.
vu:it. He was a member of the Fedcrnl
Rear Admiral Parrott, uncle of
Dr.
Fire Socict,y nnd the PLscataqua PionSpalding. captured the
Confederate
eers for years and attended the meetprivateer "Savannah" in · the Civil War
ings up to a few years ago. He was a
in 1861, while in command of the United
dcvol,ed member of St. John"s Church.
Sta Les brig "Perry."
In that old historic edifice arc tablets in
In speaking of his home life
memory of members of hLs family and
Spalding said: "MY mother
was a
omc of his ancestors arc buried in the
model for what mothers should
be,
lombs in st-:- John"s churchyard.
He
Portland, Me., March 4.-The will of raising a family of five children, teachtook much intcresl in the colonial hisDr. James A. Spalding, 91, one of the ing us what home really was, as well as
tory and old mansions of Old Strawgiving us a love of music and the rudiberry Bank, as he liked to call his na- oldest alunuli of Dartmouth College,
ments of the ·French language."
tive Lown, and he regarded the Ports- :u~d a .llath·e of Portsmouth, N. IL,
Dr . Spalding was devoted to music all
mouth /\thenaeum and its library as who died here last Sunday, was filed his life. He has played many of the
something of which our old seaport ! or probate yesterday, leaving $2000 to best known pieces that ·were ever writtown might well be proud. He was a the Maine General Hospital and $1000
ten for an orchestra and arranged for
great reader, mentally alert and could to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke
the piano or -written originally for the
entertain his callers with much that was here. Value ot the estate is estimated piano. His knowledge or music, from
t not more than $85,000.
worth while. For about a year and f\
Among individual bequests is a gift being able to read almost everything
half he had been confined to his room.
of
$1000 to Dr. William P, Coues of from ;;lght, was backed up by a musical
Although very denf Dr. Spalding had
Jlbrarv of some 200 volumes on the lives
mnslcrcd 11 languages and had become Brookline, Mass. A nephew, Merrill T. of m~icians and a similar number of
a musician of nolc. while rarrying on B. Spalding ot Palo Alto, Calif., is givtheir works bound in usable shape. It
A i'ViOO. ~
his prnrtlrc and stucllrs. Prrslc\ent Erseemed to hltn something llke n miracle
01,ht-r
l>dque:sts
lucludc:
Dr.
WIiliam
nrsl M. Hopkins or Utu-lmoulil aL
that. In spite of being very deaf, he had
Le~limoulal dinner l-0 Dr.
Spalding H. Bradford and Stuyvesant T. B. somehow managed
to obtain
this
Jack
on,
both
of
Portland,
Annie
Clansome years ago c;illcd !um "one of th
knowledge of· what he considered the
er,
a
·
former
servant,
of
Ireland.
:md
most cultured gentlemen of New Enghighest realms of the human mind.
land." Dartmouth made him a doctor Effie A. Caswell of Greenland, N. H.,
$500 each; Mrs. Frances B. Bun·, Portof letters in 1928.
Dr. Spalding bega n his school life in land, $1000. and Grace A. Boonholll',
lhLs city and entered the local High Portland, $100.
School at a very early age.
He was
graduated as valedictorian of his class
at lhe age of 15 nnd delivered ;in oration
in Latin at that time. He was admitted
to Dartmouth College without conditton.s. /\fer leaving Dartmouth he attended lectures at
Harvard Medical
School and became inLcrcsted in surg-
4
R. SPALDING<i "'
DIED SUNDAY :
ATPORTLA D
- - - - - - - -- - - -- -- - - - - --
�Frank c. Remick, chairman of the
Navy Yard Committee, reported that
this week the various Senators and
Congressmen from Maine, New H~mphlre and Vermont were to be wntten
o with the suggestion that they
lher acquaint themselves with
Portsmouth Navy Yard with a view
Chairmen of C. of C.
toward making recommendations for
Committees Take Up
its complete modernization, which is
in line with the new Naval building
Various Plans
~\
program. Mr. Remlck also pointed out
A group of men, joined together by that some special ef!ort should be
a common interest, met. at the Rock- made to help acquaint the thousand~
Ingham Hotel last evening to meet a of visitors to Port~mouth on Navy Day
with Portsmouth stores.
challenge and judging from the enThe Conventions and Celebration·
thusiasm which ti1ey showed ther will comm\llee is lo have plenty or work
carry thelr interest ·beyond the ban- ahead of it this summer according to
quet table. The group comprised the Andrew Jarvis, chairman, and every
various committee chairmen of the e!Tort is being made, he reported, to
Chamber of Commerce and their com- make the visits of the thousands of
mo·n interest is Portsmouth. The chal- people who will be here this sum1I~er
lenge is the oft-repeated word that the pleasant and profitable. The comm1tChamber of Commerce doesn't do any- tcc was cmpowcrecl lo suggesl to the
thing but meet and promise.
New England Veteran Firemen's MusMarland D. Knowles, chairman of ter the most suitable dates for then·
the executive committee, preRlded at meeting here.
the meeting and he first introduced
Samuel B. Maddock of the MercanAlvin F. Redden, acting secretary-, who tile committee has plans under way for
read the minutes of the Feb. 3 meet- Lhe creation of a committee representIng at which Ume the various com- ing all of Lhr different !Ines of business
mittees were appointed. At this meet- in -the city to meet Lo discuss common
ing 'it was decided to work out a defi- problems, such as hours and dates for
nite plan of action to be taken dur- the opening and closing of stores, and
ing the American Legion convention, other factors which vlla\ly affect loco.I
the New England Firemen's Muster, business. This committee pledged its
the New England Federation of Wo- support to the membership, traffic and
men's Clubs convention, the Elks' Con- parking and conventions _committee.;;.
vention and the EKeter and Hampton
Harry Winebaum, chamnan of t.he
tercentennials . .
membership committee, introduced AlIt was voted last night to have month- bert F. Woolfson who outlined a comly meetings at the Rockingham Hotel so prehensive plan for sllmulating memthat interest in the current work may bership in the Chamber of Commerce
be continued and reports of progress and for the promotion of a method of
made regularly.
creating new interest in Portsmouth
Arthur M. Clark was called upon to products and Portsmouth stores. Mr.
report on the progress of the Traffic woolfson pointed out that when a
and Parking Committee and he man is approached bluntly for a contribrought out that several suitable bution to the Chamber of Commerce he
parking sites had been looked over and treats It as •·just. another contribution"
costs of putting them into shape had and his first questwn 1s, •· What an\ I
been figured. Mr. Clark called upo11 getting out. of it?" Mr. Woolfson·s pl~n
Councilman Thomas J. Downs to tell is to make the Chamber so worthwhile
of any action which had been taken that a person will want to be a memby ttie City Council. Mr. Downs state ber and to make him fe el that his memthat question of o. parking lot.. had ership Is really ·paying him divldend:l.
been brought up but ~hat no action
he plan, with a few changes, was
had been taken yet and would not be hcnrl!ly endo1·~ect and ls to he put mto
taken unlll the Finance Committee ef[ect reasonably soon. Thomas Sykes
had reported the annual budget. Mr. 'brought out an interesting angle of the
Downs suggested, however, that the reaction some might make lo the plan
Chamber of Commerce committee <:ir- and further discussion on this point
culate ·'II. paper or petition suggcstmg
cleared Lhis matter U\>.
that the City Council take dcfu1ite acAlvin F. Redden of the Promotional
Uon in the purchase of land in some Committee oullmed Lhe plans undercentral location for the creation of a
way for Lhe publication or a new ty~e
free municipal parking lot to ease the
booklet advertising Portsmouth and its
burden on the present site on Vaugpoints of interest.
han st., which &o far has parked over
Arthur L Harriman was called upon
30,000 cars. This was made in the form
to report on the work of the Historic
Landmarks committee and he told of
of a motion which was passed. ,
Mr. Knowles read the report of _the
the work which is being done to further acquaint the touring public about
Industrial and Housing Comnuttee
headed by Arthur F. Brown and it V:'as Odiorne's Point. Mr. Harriman also
brought out In the - report that m- spoke of his reaction as he walked down
uirles for sites had been received Middle Street on Washington's Birth-• ,.-,
rrom 11 Massachusetts cities, two New day and saw only four .American flags
York firms, thr~e Maine cities an~ ?ne flying on Middle Street and only four
more in the business district. He read a
New Hampshire city from nine differvcrv a 11ro ,rla
o m on the sub cct.
ent types of busmess. ·
LOCAL HARBOR ENTHUSIASTIC
DEVELOPMENT~.,~ MEETING HELD
NTCONFIRMED
A Boston newspaper on Sunday
stated that Portsmouth was to receive
a large Federal grant to be used for
the development of the harbor as a result of the naval expansion program
now pending before Congress, stating
that a building development program
had been agreed upon by Federal officers and needs only the official sanction
of President Roosevelt.
While it ,is sincerely hoped
something of the sort may come about
no confirmation could be found today.
At the request of
the Portsmouth
Herald the Associated Press office in
Washington made an investigation or
the matter this morning and sent b~ck
word that congressmen, army engmeers, WPA officials and other sources
had been contacted and that the project had not been heard of.
It was
stated from Manchester this morning
that Senator Bridges and Representative Tobey said they knew nothing or
any Portsmouth Harbor project now
pending and that the House, Rivers
and Harbor committee membens stated
they had no such project before them.
A survey made in 1937 under· the
sponsorship of the New
Hampshire
Seacoast Regional Development Associtttion points to the possibility of developing the local port and its re_sultl:I
were submitted to Federal
officials
some months ago. It shows the munerous natural advantages of the harbor,
the deepest In the world, open the year
round and nearer to Europe even than
Boston; its freed.om from silt, shoals
and sandbars, its proximity to large
industrial centers and its terminal faclllties for exports of inland products,._
Manuscripts Given
to Exeter Library
EXETER,
March
3.-The
Davis library at 1 the Phillips
Exeter academy has received
two original manuscripts . of
modern novels, one from Booth
Tarkington '89, "Harlequin and
Columbine" and the other from
Robert Nathan '12, "The En•;
chanted Voyage."
The Tarkington gift is the
original long hand manuscript
in pencil and also a number of
discarded pages and notes. For
"The Enchanted Voyage" Mr.
Nathan has sent his pencil notes
and manuscript and a first type•
script.
The library already has a col•
lection of Kenneth Roberts
manuscript and typescript ma·
terla!s of his novel "The Lively
Lady." It also has the coll 7c•
tlon of source books and or1g•(Jial manuscript of "Mutiny on
tire Bounty."
0 -.,~,-- ..
�Forrest 1\1. Eaton, chairman of the
Christmas lighting committee, told o!
the plans underway for a most unusual
display tlmlng lhe next ChrlsLlllas season. He described the decorations in detail. Briefly they are to be made up on
pyramldal latticework construction
with small Christmas tree and colored
lights. units to be spaced 20 feet apart
on all of the streets in Lhc business
section. He said that the questlon of financing such a display was an important one and that it was hoped I.hat the
City of Portsmouth would bear half of
the cost and he was informed bv Councilman Downs that the City ·council
had recommended favorable action to
the finance committee on the matter.
The meeting was closed with a general discussion and the next meeting was
called for March 28.
Those present included:
Knowles, Frank C. Remick. Alvin T.
Redden, Frederick Gardiner. Charles
W. Gray, Forrest Eaton. Arthur Harriman. Arthur Clark. A. H. Woolfson,
Thomas Sykes, J. D. Hartford, Harry
Winehaum. Thomas J. Downs. Joseph
Levitt, John Greenaway, Andrew Jarvis and Samuel Maddock.
Three ·Portraits
Given to Society
CONCORD, March 3.-Major
Otis G. Hammond, director of
the New Hampshire Historical
society, announced today
the
acquisition of three portraits
with historical significance to
the state.
· The paintings Included two of
Paul Wentworth and his wife,
Lydia
Cogswell
Wentworth,
which was a gift from the estate
of Roxanna Wentworth Bowen
of Ne'w York City.
Mr. Went•
worth was the son of "Long
John" Wentworth, native of
Sandwich, who later became the
first mayor of Chicago.
The othe rpainting,
trait of Josiah Bartlett, one of
the New Hampshire men who
signed the Declaration of I ndependence, was bequeathed to
the society by Miss Laura Hibbard of Laconia.
BENEFIT PARTY~\
WELL ATTENDED
Despite the adverse weather conditions a good-sized gathering attended
the benefit party !or the Animal Res•
cue League of Rocklngham County at
the hollle of Mrs. Chester G. Mayo on
Mlller avenue Monday afternoon._
Thirty-one or more tables had been
reserved for the party, but a number
who expected to be present were detained •at home by the storm. Those
present, however, had a very enjoyable
afternoon.
After Lhc card playing the prizes
were awarded as follows: first for auction bridge, Mrs. Katherine S. Hlll;
second, Mrs. Hanscom: first for coi,tract, Mrs. Roland Noyes: second, Mrs.
Irma Harding.
Tea and delicious
during the Informal
followed the play.
was in general charge of the refreshments and assisted in serving by the
Misses Betty Jean Lamont, Mary J.
Ferrell and Arlene Taylor.
The a!Iair was in general charge of
Mrs. Mayo, Mrs. Mary I. Wood. Miss
Mignon B. Green. Mrs. R. 0. Brock
and Miss Mary •Hanscom.
The gracious hospitality · of
Mayo in opening her home for
benefit event was much appreciated
by the committee in charge.
· Atl effort is being made to raise
funds for a shelter for animals and
the pl'oceeds from the party will be
used toward that end. There will later
be other activities to help raise funds.
The Animal Rescue League of Rockingham County is increasing in membership :rnd strength and the organi•
zatlon hopes to do lllUCh worth-while
work in the near future.
Its officers are:
Prrsident-Hon. Charles' M.
·· Portsmouth.
Clerl,-Joseph I{. cutien,
mouth.
Vice president-Mrs. Frank A. Swallow, Exeter.
Trcasurcr-Eati R. Stockbridge, Exeter.
Vice presidents-Miss Mignon
Po.rtsmouth; Dr. Lewis Perry,
Purington, Judge Henry A.
Shute. Exeter.
Executive commitlee-Mrs. Amelia
A. Shute, Exeter: Mrs. Mary I. Wood,
Dr. George E, Pender, Portsmouth.
Directors-Dr. S. P. R. Chadwick,
Exeter. chairman: · Earl A.
Barrett,
Exeter;
Laurence Craig.
North Hampton:
Miss Mignon B.
Green. Dr. George E. Pender, Mrs.
Mary I. Wood, Portsmouth; Mrs. Amelia A. Shute. Eben Wallace. Exeter: Dr.
Wallis A. Walker, Rye.
EDWARD F. PAYNE
Edward F. Payne, who is to give an
mustrated talk on Charles Dickens for
the benefit of the scholarship fund of
the Women's College club at the Masonic auditorium on Friday evening, 1s
an authority on his subject. He has
been for many years a
student of
Dickens and has published several
books about him, and -will include in
bis talk items of biographical interest
about the novelist. Each
year at
Christmas, Mr. Payne has read the
"Christmas Carol" at the Boston Public Library and has lectured widely,
giving readings from the various wellknown novels.
At the conclusion of the talk Mr,
Payne will draw the portraits o! two
prominent PortsmouU1 residents, nnd,
if time permits, will also sketch a few
other people who volunteer to act as
models for him.
OPENED LOCAL
STORE 78 YEARS AGO
Perhaps there are some who can recall George B. French when he came
back from the California gold strike
with the nuggets he had dug from the
western hills. He had the rugged nature of New England's men and, strong
in the faith of his fellow-men, counted
honesty and fair dealing among the
first o! his virtues. ·
Mr. French opened his dry
store in this city 78 years ago. He was
born in New Castle and when a young
lad his father moved to Nottingham,
Returning to this city he establisl1ed a
business of manufacturing slippers in
the building at the corner of :State and
Washington streets. He then went to
New Castle and opened a grocery and
provision store, which he
continued
until he opened the Portsmouth store in
1860.
�OBSEQUIES
l\lRS. MARY JOSEPHINE 1\11\SON REl.UEY
Word has been received of the death
on Tuesday of Mrs. Mary Josephine
Mason Remey, widow of the late Rea1·
Admiral George C. Remey, U. S. N .,
nt the home of her son, Charles Mason
Reme}', at 2440 Massachusetts avenue,
Washington, D. C.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Remey were
well known In Portsmouth, he having
served three tours of duty at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, one t-0ur as ca1>tnln
and two as commandant.
Mrs. Remey, who was in h er 93rd
year, was one of the oldc.~t residents o!
Washington. The daughter o! Charles
Mason, chief justice of Iowa, she went
to Washington in 1853, when her father
resigned his ortice in Io wa t-0 bacome
United States commissioner of patents,
appointed by President Pierce .
For the pnst few years, sine tlle death
of Rear Admiral Remey, Mrs. Remey
had made her home wllh her son,
Charles Mason Remey. She al.so leaves
two daughters, Miss Angelica G. Remey
of Washington and Mrs. Wadleigh,
widow of Lieut. Col. John Wlnthror>
Wadleigh of the United State Marine
Corps, now traveling in Europe, and
a son, John Terry Remeir, living ln
New York City, nncl two grandson.~, Ensign John Remey Wadleigh. attached
to the U . s. S. Brooklyn 1111d George
Remey WCldlelgh.
BLESS SILVER
OFFERING PLATES
At the 10 :45 a. m. service at
Jchn's Church Sunday morning two
beautiful offertory plate.; ·were blessed,
which were given in memory of Miss
Ruth R. Jarvis, late organist o! St.
John's Church.
The plates were handsomely engra voct
and inscribed In the cirole, "In memory
of Ruth R.. Jarvis, organist o! St,
John's Church, Portsmouth, 1917-1937."
..,....,,u,.,.,,.,,They were given to the· church through
St. John's Guild and parishioners and
friends alsc, contributed.
Mrs. George C. lr.emer
The funeral of Mrs. George C. Retney
(Mary Josephine M9,,lion Remey), who
wa9 the wlcJow of Rear Admiral George
0, Remey, U. S. N., wa.s held ti.t noon
today from the chapel in the home or
her son, Charles Ma;,on Remey,
on
Mo.ssachuseU. avenue, Wa.shington, D.
C., Rt. Rev.·Jaml:!s E Freeman, bisho1,
of Washington, officiatmg, assL~ted by
Rev. William S. B!Slrnp, as:,istant rector of St. Tlir,mn..~· Clturclt nr Wu~llin~;ton. with 11111;,k hv Ute on:,mbl "t !i hoy
choir of tht: Epi.;cop,1 l C,iLhc,lrul.
Tile honor~ry p,illbc,H·er; were:
t11e
cluet or Naval Openitwns, Aclmlrnl William D. Leahy' Lhe i;OlllllUllltfont or the
Mt1ri11c Cuq1s, M,11. Ct•n. Tltom'1,; Hnlcomh: Vll:i' Aclnurnl W1ll1,1m Li:rlyarct
liotl:;Cr!i, Vice Adm1t,1l. HH l l'Y P. Hll!~).
Rear Aclm1 ral :::;, B. W. KiLkll.c, Rrar
Admiral HeHry Hughes Hom;lt,
Rear
Admiral Tlto11111~ C. Hart, Bl'i:;. Gen.
Seth Wil11anL,, U, S. M. C.
Eight sa.tlors of the United
Navy bore tlie caslcet. 'Ihe mtcrmcnt
v,as in Arlington Natiollal cemetery,
where Mrs. Remey Wll.'J lnid be~lcie Rear
Admiral Ren11?y, who died 10 years ago.
Reur Admiral Rei 1cy, who gradusted
r'rom Lhe Nav.:.1 Acad~my in 1859. was
from Burlmgton. Ia. He was the first
officer born we~t or the Ml,~issippl to
receive a rf:ar admiral's commission ln
the U. s. Navv. He berved this country in four wa~·s. first as a Union officer during the Ctv1l \V,u, th 'll later m
command o( the Nrwl\l B!\se , t Key
West dnrmg the war between the United
Stat.cs and Spain rmcl lnmlly a:; com •
mauclcr-in-chief of the TJ. S. naval
forces In the Far East m 1900-1902, ctw·. ing Urn insurrection in the Philippines
;md the Boxer war in Chma.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Remey were
nell known in Portsmouth, he ltavlug
,r rvetl three tours or duty here at tile
orLsmouth Navy Yartl, one tonr o.s
ca italu and two as commandant.
'
:MEMORIAL
PRESENTED TO
CHRIST CHURCH
Christ Church has recently been enriched by a beautiful set of black eucharlstlc vestments,
consisting .o!
chasuble, stoic, maniple, burse, veil and
cope. The vestments were given by
Miss Frances All.en of Washington and
Rve Beach in memory of her mother,
Mrs. Lillie Allen, who died l~t summer
at her summer home at Rye Beach.
Miss All~n and ner mother have for
many years been devout worshippers at
ChrLst Cl~urch during the srnnmcr sea-
�Uncovers N. H. History of 1820
Warner Man Shows Copy of Old Book
Compiled by John Farmer
Special lo The Union.
CONCORD, March 3.-N. L. Whitford o! Warner, a. member o( the
executive stafI of the slate Highway Department, makes the collection of odd and curious items something of a hobby, and he is particularly interested in those that
have some relation to the history
o! New Ilamp~hirc.
Recently there came into hi s po~scssion the copy o! a small book,
"A Catechism of the History of New
Hampshire, from its First Selllement to the Present Period," that
period being the era around 1820 or
1825. The book was compiled by
· John Farmer and the copy in Mr.
Whitford's possession was printed
in Concord in 1830. According to
· the mark on the Lille page, the first
edition had been exhausted and a
second edition had been printed.
Questions and Answers.
The book contains 108 pages and
is divided into 18 chapters, with
considerable additional inCormation
embodied in an appendix. It was
int<'ndcd ror u~e in schools and Jor
(amily rc.idinl!, and divides its
summary of the history o( lhe state
into a series o( questions and answers.
According to John Farmer, New
Hampshire troops en gaged in th e
Revolution numbered 11,75'.l and of
these about 1,400 lost their lives.
Distinguished officers from this
state were John Sullivan, John
Slark, William Whipple, Enoch
Poor, Joseph Cilley, James Read,
Nathaniel Folsom, Alexander Scammell, Andrew McClary and Andrew
Colburn.
The census o[ 1820 gave New
Hampshire 2·H,1G6 people, something
like half the number that the slate
contains today, according to ofllcial
estimates.
In 1930, New Hampshire had a
population of 465,293, but it is believed that it now has gained io
nenrly or qllile 500.000 people.
In 1830, there were more than
1,700 school districts and about 1,600
schoolhouses in New Hampshire,
indicating that, · mor!l 'than· a hundred years ago, this state was deeply interested in education.
John Farmer believed that the
general health of the people was
better in New Hampshire than in
some other parts of the ·union; and
he observes that, in a century,
names of 97 persons who had
reached 100 years or more were
known. He adds that "this is probably not the whole number." Samuel Welch of Bow, who died on
April 5, 1823, had passed the age
of 112; and it is believed that he
was the oldest New Hampshire resident in all history.
'
Religious denominations in New
Hampshire, when John Farmer
wrote, included Congregationalists,
Calvinistic Baptists, Freewill Baptists.
Methodists,
Presbyterians,
Episcopalians, Quakers, Sandemanians, Universalists and Shakers,
with the Congregational and Calvinistic Baptist churches having
the largest membership.
Mr. Whitford is inclined to lhink
that il would be wrll i[ a book o(
this kind could be printed now,
bringing its information up to the
present time, and i[ il could be introduced into the public schools of
New Hampshire.
"I think it would be well il New
Hampshire children had more · of
a chance than is given them now to
learn something about the history
of their own state," he remarked.
1--~~~---------~---'
{·
It ls an lnt<'resling coincid e nce that
thi" Y<'nt· is th o seml•C<'lll<'nnlnl ot the
NCcllo11 hy th o f;tnlo or lho XO•Mllc,l
t'rls p11s Allu c k mo11u111 e11t on l:loslon
C.:on1111011.
.Now, there's nn odd lhlng ahont
lhnt 111011ume1it whi ch hns sorno bearing 011 the r e \"i\'al or the argument as
to where lite American Hevolutlon
really began.
Th e re wa~ :t news ~tory In Thursday's
Post this "· eek wilh rc(e rcnce to the
Fcd<'ral " "rit ers' J'ro.lect "Gnicle Book
to New 11:imp.c;:; hire/' in which the
honor of starlini: Urn n ovolnlion ls
cl:ilmecl (or lho Urnnllo Stale.
I'm not ari;ulni: that 11olnt.
But as I luok al the Crispus Attucks
memorial on B oston Common, dccllcatecl •
just 60 years o,:o, I find a quotation
from a native son or New Hampshire
named Daniel Webster, with reCerence
to tho Boston l\Iassacre, as follows:
"From that moment we may date
the
o! the Brillsh Empire."
EAR'S BUDGET
A general reduction in teachers' sal•
aries in this clty was not favored according to Mayor Kennard E. Gold• '
smith in his statement to the Board of
Education finance committee and the
City Council finance committee at a
meeting of the committees held in city
hall last evening when the committee
members passed on several_ important
proposed appropriations to be incorporated in. this year's budget which w111
be voted on at the next city councll
meeting.
While Mayor Goldsmith expressed
the feeling that some of the salaries
to the s tafI of the local schools were
too high there were others that should
be raised but he. said that he was not
in favor of a general cutting of teachers' salaries. His talk indicated that ,
his plans were to lower the maximum
and
make a slight increase in the
mlnlmwn of the salaries.
Members of the Board of Education
finance committee
attending were
Henry Tilton, John E. Seybolt and
Harry L. Moore. Charles C. Durell,
chairman of the Council finance committee, presided.
The school budget was passed tentatively at $230,025.18. Last year's budget ·
for that deparlment was $231,054.68.
Although $8,287 was asked for in the
library request the finance committee
recommended it after they had shaved
the figure to $7,987.
The committee recommended $23,945
for the fire department and $1,182.52.
for the fire alarm system.
Recommended for public buildings
a.nd places is $7,978 and for parking
$800. The police department budget has
been set at $42,117.25.
The committee recommended that
the Christmas tree project be continued ancl also passed their reeommend:;i.tion
on the installation of
street lights along Parrott
=~,,..-.~ ,.,,
�Tuming to Webster again, he spoke
of the four statues whirh are in front
of the state House. First, he said, ts a
statue o! stark and went on to ten otthe other three, which concenlec\ the
sto1·y he Wfl.'l to tell. Near the street, he
said, is a stntue of Fro.n\tlln Pierce,
whom ho called New Hnmpshire'!l con
tt·ll>ution to the presidency. He told of
PORTSMOUTH, March 3. - (A.
In case of disaster, an ascending
t11e reason for Pierce being chosen
P.)-Larger and eqilipped with far buoy with 300 feet of line would be
President., as there was a demand for
released to the surface, and the
more safely devices than her ill· men, in Momsen lungs, would go
someone who was well liked and would
not g-> either to one sldcJ 01· the other.
fated predecessor sunk in Province- up hand over hand and thus de•
.M that time, h11 ,,tated, Daniel Webster
to, •n harbor 10 years ago, the compress themselves on the way to
w:i.s lllentioned fur tile
presldencr."
navy's new submarine S-4 engaged the surface.
in builders trials off the coast today.
Two hatches on the craft are
•·.HcJ was r.ware of the fact. that h.i was
Named the Snapper, the under• filled so a rescue ship can secure a
nanltl Webster. He wr.s awfully awal·e
seas craft was completed officially diving bell. open up the hatch and
of it," ndtled Mt·. Babcock.
two days ago. She had been under go inside wilh divers.
Mt·. Babcock told of Dunlel Webster's
construction sine~ December, 1935.
To assist in raising the craft
desire to occupy the center of the stage
The cra!t al sea today under should it encounter the rate of its
and said: "Webster was mighty con
command of Lt. Cmdr. Franklin O. predecessor, rescue divers can al·
scious
of his worth nd there hcl stands
represented 10 years' lach air lines outside the craft's
in the center of Urn· grounds." He
ballast tanks ;rnd blow, them free
cnlled him the lilgge$t 1111,n in the
progress in safely devices since o[ walci·.
Uniled Stales 111 185:!, wilh the pos.,lhll'
the old S-4 plunged to the bottom
The Snapper lrn:; two engine
off Cape Cod on Dec. 17, 1927, after rooms, two battery rooms, two
exception of Henry Clay,
Continuing hi.~ discussion or the stat~
a collision with the Coast Guard stale rooms for officers and separate
.
eating compartments. In the old
ues, he stated that on the right as one
Destroyer Pauldmg.
, S-4, eating and sleeping was done
faces the state house:, is the statue of
Forty lives were lost in the acci- , in the same compartment.
John P. Hale. the candidate for the
d~L
~~~
Presidency that year for the Free Soil
Should the new S-4 ever become
Ticket. Mr. Hale WI\~ born 11\ Dove,·
disabled on the ocean lloor, each
and died In Rochester. He spoke about
compartment is fitted with special
the beginning of the liberty party on
salvage valves which can be opened
April
1, 1040. which poUed 8,000 votes
by divers after air or food lines
throughoul the country, saying that
have been attached.
people were inclined to faugh at the
The craft also has quick-action
.;muller parties. hut calleJ attention that
watertight door~ and hatches, and
the Liberty party was the forerunner
two escape trunks localed al each
end, from which men can escape
of the Free Soll party, which 111 1860
by using the Momsen lung. Each
became the Reptblica.n party and electis fitted with flood and vent valves,
ed Abraham Lincoln. This party, headand oxygen outlets so the lungs
ed by Hale, stat.eel that there was only
can be filled before the men ascend
one way to settle the question which
lo the surface.
was beginning to become the most
Rotary
controversial in the country and that
to face matters in the open.
Prof. Donald C. Bobcock of the his- was
So he s3id tJ1at New Hampshire not
tory department of the University of only fun1ished the succe·ssful candiNew Hampshire was the speaker <\t the date for the Presidency in 1852, but the
weekly meeting of the Portsmouth Ro• Granite State also furnbhed the biggest man and .1bo the 111:1n who w~,s
tary Club nt the Rockinr,ham Howl this
noon. He gnve n very interesting talk, ri~ht.
CapL. Che:;ler G . M,,yo, U. S. N., ncl•
devoting the main part to the place ed as chairman o[ the meeting.
Mention wns mode of the •·on to
New Hamp5hlre held m the national
Quebec" moverncnt. to attend the conspotlight in 1852.
veutton on Mny 28. The committee is
In opening his ta k he 1,poke oi the headed by John Seyb ,lt. Others on lhe
unique plarc which Portsmouth holds itt committee 1tre rtoh\lld I. Noye~. J. Verne
history and satd that it wa:, widely Wood, Riclnn" n l\1nr:,cson ll 1d Cecil
known. Himself n native of MinnesotR,
Neal.
he stat~d th:it Portsmouth i-; • mong tile
Rev. Wlllh1m Safford Jone~. a m mcities of the nation thnt are well known. ber of the club, Wll!! pre~1<1\ted with a
He spoke of it being the home o! birthday cake by E. C. Matthew:,, and
Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Bad Boy'' abo n poem wa~ read in hi· honor.
and also of John Paul Jones.
James A. Borthwick wa:, presented
He spoke of Daniel Webster, saying with n 15-year perfect attendance pin.
that he was once a citizen of Porui~ Mr. BorU1wlck is a charte1· member c,f
mouth, and he spoke of a recent article the club, and has not missed a Ingle
by Stephen Vincent Benet.
"Danlel meeting since the club was organl1.ed.
Webster and the Devil," also "Daniel
Webi,ter and the Sea Serpent," calling
both very clever. "Tile stories themselves are mighty fine, even though
they 1tre not historical," he snid. He
spolce of making a tradition of myths
and said that people had done that
with many famous men. l:le mentioned
Washington and Lincoln, stating that
stories concerning them were ho.IC true
and half fiction, but spiritually true of
them all the way through. "There is
no better way to enshrine them," l\e
added. _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __,;at.~~~;;.J.,..-..::....:....:;;.;::;___gw.l;.,;~..;;__~~~~]._;.d.~
Equip New Stibmarine Snapper
With All Known Safety Devices
4
4
NIELW
Prof. Donald C. Babcock
of U. of N. H. Speaks
Before
Club
�The Dudley or Wheelwright House? ct
-k_ ·'
Was the house on Newmarket Road
occupied by 1Rev. Samuel Dudley formerly the home of Rev. Mr. Wheel1wrig~1t?
The earliest mention of a house in
Exeter for the use of Rev. Mr. Dudley is contained in THE FIRST
RECORDS 0F TUE TOWN OF
EXE·TER (page 44, typed copy).
Town l\Ieeting, 13 ,M arch 1650.
"It is unanimously Agred upon by
i\Ir Samuell Dudly and the Towne of
Exeter. That Mr Dudly Is fourthwit11 so soone as Comfortable subsislance Can be made by the Towne
for him and his fameyle In the lwuse
wch wct.s purchased of Mr lVhelwrit.
'Dhat then the said Mr. Dudley Is to
Com to Inhabit att Exeter And to be
a minester of god's '\Vord unto us,
until! such time as god shall be
pleased to make '\Vay for Llie gathering of A Church And then he to be
ordained or Pastor or teacher According to ,t he ordinance of god: And
In Considei·ation of this p mise of Mr.
Dud!y: The Towne doth mutioally
Agree, to fitt uv the Aforesaicl house
And to fence In a yard and garden
for tJhe said Mr Duclly: And to Allow
fourtcy pounds A yearc towards the
maintenance of the said Mr Dudly
and his famil'.Y: And that the use and
solo Imvrovemont of the aforesaid
house bought of 11-Ir Whclwrit and All
the Lands and meddows there unlo
belonging shall be to Lhe propper use
of him the said •Mr Dudly: During
the time that he shall continew to be
A mi nester of the word Amongst us:
A ncl what Cost tho said Mr Dudly
shall bestowe About the said lwuse
and Lands In the time of his Im])rovernent, the Towne is to Allow
unto him or his so much as the said
house ot· lands are bettered by It att
the time of the saide Mr Dudlyes
lea veing of It eithe by death or by
som more than ordenary ·Call of god
olherwais: And It is further Agreed
upon that the ould Cow hoit.se which
was l\lr. 1Vholw1·ito shall by Lhe
Towne be fixed up filt for the setting
of Cattle In: And that t!he Aforesaid
P~'Y of £,10 A yeare Is to be made In
good pay everey halfe yearc in Corn
and English comodities att A price
·Currant as they goo ginerally In the
Cuntrey att the time or times of payment. . . ."
,Did the town immediately fix up
this house for Mr. Dudley's occupancy, or did he live in another 11ouse
while the necessary improvements
· made?
1
At a Town Meeting October 29,
1651 (p. 53) ... voted ... "to Consider About the maner of payments
for the minesters maintenance, and
for the exchanging of the land that
Is by the sciw mill belonging to Mr
D11dly his hoit.se . . . ."
Did Mr. Dudley live in "his hoit.se"
by the sawmill? Or, did he just own
it?
On April 18, 1G54 (Old Norfolk
County ·R ecords, Vol. 2, p. 148, Essex
Antiquarian), "'Sam: Dudley conveys
lo 1 icholas Lisson ye 2-acre 'house
lot that was formerly William Marston';; of Hampton, and the lwit.se by
the water side, with ½ aero of lancl
with it."
'Did Mr. Dudley at about this time,
or earlie1·, remove to the ,vheelwrite
hou,e?
The following vote and agreement
at the 'Town Meeting of 13th of April
1655, may indicate that such was the
case (p. 67).
"TL Is agred upon and votid that
the townesmen of Exeter have full
powe1· granted unto them to con/ erme
that covenent consarninge a decle or
sale of the house ancl lancl thcit was
swntimcs Mr IVhelcrighls unto Mr
8111111/ n11dl11 or make it g-ooclc to him
acconlinhe to a covencnt wich was
ncd Lo the Towne at a melting the
(13) 4th mon 66 Lhc covenante beinge
on Lhc leafe followinge (i. e. on
page GS)."
Page GS: "These '\Vilnesseth that
whereas the Inhabitants of the towne
of Exeter had called Mr Samuell
Dudley to 'be their minister, and for
his yeerly allowance had covenanted
to pay him forty pounds, but finding
every yeere more and more in respect
of the townes decreasing and other
inabilities, t'hat the burden wch they
took upon them ,was greater tlhan that
they could well beare, and alsoe the
said Sam: being not willing to urge
that from them which they could not
comfortably discharge, It is therefol'e mutually agreed betweene them
from this tilne forward the <lay of
the Date hereof to make a nullity of
that wch is recorded in t'he Towne
booke, and therefore the said Sam:
for his pte this Lyme doelh lay downe
his place of being a minister, and
what exercises he shall performe on
the Sabbath day, to doe them as a
private prnn for this p sent sommer
Mr. Dudly promise to p forme them
constantly, afterward he is to be at
•his liberty: But yet for so long as
he s'hall continue in the towne of
Exeter he doeth intend and promise
Lo ,be helpfull what he may with- conYenience, either in his owne house, or
some other wch shctlbe avpointed for
the Sabbath exercises: As for ,the Inhabitants of the towne of Exeter for
their pte by these I> sen ts' they have
bargained and solcl · unto the said
all that vurchase forrn,erly
bought of llfr Wheeleright: viz, that
dwelling howse wherein the said
Sam: lives, cowhowse, howse lot and
meadow, with the commonago and
1chat other appurtenances belong
thereunto, And for the consideration
of these primises the said Sam doeth
pay fifty pounds in manner as followeth: twenty pounds being halfe
the rate wch is this prsent yeare due
to the said Sam: fyfteene pounds or
thereabout wch the towne is behind
hand for former rates, and fifteene
pounds in respect of ,what labour
shalbe p formed this present sommer.
Furthermore the said Sam promiseth
that when he doeth remove with his
family from the towne to dispose of
himself elsewhere, to off er to the
towne his howse, his howse lot, r:<
meadow & what other accomodations
he hath bought of them at the same
prise of fifty pounds, to be paid in
corne and English goods as is expressed in a former covenant be-~""'u·,.,-,."
tweene them, or else in sound well
conditioned neat cattle indifferently
prized, provided that this pay be
~1ad-~ •within halfc a yeere af.ter the
afresaid, 1Sam: shall 11ave given warning- of his removeal!. 1And in case
the said Sam: shall decease they to
w1hom the aforesaid p misses shalbe
left shall have liberty to enioy lhei,n
a whol-e 'Yeare after & then the towne
to possesse them, provided that psent
pay as above expressed in kind be
then made •to them that shall have
power to receive it. Furlhermore
the said Sam doeth promise that
w1hat paincs he shall take in pform- ,,...,,...'"'. , ....
ing Sabaoth -exercises after this
somer to requiro nothing of the t&'l'ii',;.''•-.,
towne . Alsoe the Inhabitants of
Exeter doo promise that what cost or~-ci~.~-~f•j~
charge shall be bestowed and laid out
upon the howse, lot, meadow in building, repafring, fencing or other cost,
by the said Sa.ni: layd ont, shalbe ii:!~_~?'!:,~·.:
over and above paid to the said Sam•~
heirs, .. .''
•"''=•b'>•·
THAT Mr. Dudley continued' , ,to
live in tlhe Wheelwright house i~
denced ,b y the following:
Town Meeting, June 8, 1G57 (p.
:i(;li~fi.~i
71) :
'•~~W'.l,i-1
"It was ordered and agreed that 11,.,,,._=7 •••.,,,·,.
so long as Mr Sam: Dudley ,s hall. co'n-:
tinue to 'be a minister in the towne ,..;,,c:;.:.,,.~,:--··~
of Exeter, whic:'h shall be till there
~halbe some just cause :for him to remove whereof he is not ,to be judge
himself, but other indifferent understanding men, the fewness of,,· the
people or .greater maintenance to 'he
a cause are excepted, the 'towne of
Exeter is to pay to t'he said 1Sam: the
summe of fy:fty pounds yeerely in
merchantable pipe staves, both to be
merchanta,ble pine stav-es, both to be
delivered by the watersy<le' at the
towne of Exeter, at t'he currant pi;i~_E!,
as they shall goe at when they are
�delivered, if the boards and staves
Mr. Dudley's
doe not reach the said summe the rePasture" of sixty acres was
mainder to be paid in merchantable
on the east side of the road where
come.
are now the fields of Mrs. Littlefield
The tyme of payment is to be twice
and the Sawyer home.
in the yeere, by equal portions,, t:iic
Will those who have studied tJhe
first pay mt is to begin at the nync
Fir;: t Records of the Town of Exeter,
and twentyeth day of September next
if they have found proof in those
coming. the other paymt to be made
rec ords, or elsewhere, that the Wneelby the foure and twentyet~ daYi jof wright or Dudley house was not on
June next: and soe from, lyeere ib
or near this site, please print such
yeere: Furthermore it is ordered at proof, with ·references?
the same meeting ,t hat the dwelling
ELIZAilETH K. FOLSOM.
howse lot, and other lotts, an,d I t{te
u s cu by the wdter for
·meadow on the wcstsyde . of' Exeter J:!'",:-,...,-"-"i-,.,...--......,...,.....,.,.,...._ _ _ ____.
river, all formerly Mr Whcelerights
with all the rights and _privilcdges
belonging thereto, and what else was
"""...iti:A.i~~~~~wLQ....,...,..._
formerly Mr Wheelerights, shall be
confirmed to the said Sam: his heirs
and assigns froni this tyme for ever;
notwithstanding any pmise 'or en~ Richard 1\1, Dame
gagcment to the contrary, Excepting
Richard M. Dame, one of the oldest
thctt peice of me_adow wch lyes upon printers in the state, died late Friday
Mr Whee/rights Creeke, now · i.n. the afternoon at the Portsmouth hospital
!laid Sam: his possession, being pur- where he has been a patient for nearly
chased by him of the towne of Exeter, two months. He was a native of this
wch the said towne is again to have city and had spent practically his entire life here.
upon the said Sam: Dudley os, his reHe spent over 65 years in the printmoveall from the towne, or itpon hi.~. ing business being employed in this
decease, paying to him, his heires city during that time. He began on the
executors administrators or assigns, Portsmouth Journal and when this
the summe of seventeene pounds in newspaper suspended publication he
went to the Portsmouth Chronicle and
merchantable currant pay.... "
The above proves in the writer's had been connected with the Chronicle
mind that Mr. Wheelwright's !house and Herald ever since.
and lands were on the west side of
the ?-iver, and that Mr. Dudley occupied the Wheelwright premises, at
least from 1655 and probably until
his death in 1689.
,
Mr. Dudley <lied February 10, 1683.
The following October 29th, 1683,
Robert Tufton Mason, Esq., "?~o- ·
prietor of the ·P rovince of New
Hampshire," who had seized the
homestead part of Mr. Dudley's
~state, conveyed to Mr. Dudley's son~
in-law, Francis Lyford (he married
Rebecca Dudley, youngest child of
Mr. Dudley), "All that parcel of Pasture Land in Exeter, . . . commonly
called or knowne by the name of Samuel Dudley's great pas~ure containing
about Sixty Acres, alsoe fifteene
acres of Marsh Land or thereabouts
adjoyning to the said Pasture land,
Bounded Westerly by the Highway,
northerly by the Land of Co?·nelius
Lary, Easterly by the River, and
He was born on Oct. 1, 1858 in the
Southerly by Staniels brook, alsoe
Seven Acres of Land in tlhe Sheep -Tobias• Lear House on Hunking street,
t.he son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dame.
pasture lying on the West side of the
Hts parents died when he was a
Highway beginning at the Norther- youngster, and for a time he lived in
most e-nd 01· side of Samuel Dudley, Eliot with his two brothers and sisdeceased, his house. All whic'h prem- ter.
irns are now in the possession of the
He was a familiar figure to Portssaid ffrancis Leyford. . . . To have mouth people and until his last sickness
and to hold the said Land with the was seen on the streets daily. He wa~
well acquainted with Portsmouth hishouses Vhereto belonging. . . . "
The above ,places the house of Rev. tory and could tell many interesting
Samuel Dudley on the west side of accounts of events which occurred in
Newmarket Road· on or near the site
~
81
r·.-•o•-'
this city during his lifetime. He used
to enjoy the summer season and oft.en
took walks along the waterfront. He
had certain favorite spots that he
would visit frequently and during the
summer months would take a walk
to the cemetery or the Memorial bridge
and enjoy an afternoon in the out-ofdoors. He was fond of automobile riding. Mr. Dame enjoyed life and took
an interest, not only in this city, but
in the affairs of. the world.
As an ad setter in the newspaper
business he had seen a great many
changes in his chosen profession. He
had set newspaper captions on many of
the great events that, had happened
in the world dmlng his more thnn 65
years in the newspaper business.
Although nearly 80 years o! age he
retained his Interest in youth and his
sense of humor to the last. He was o.
friendly person and was known and
liked by a great many people. He had
a rnl'e dry sense of humol' und many o!
his co·mments will be remembered by
his associates for a long time.
He was a membet· of Typographical
Union, No. 684. •
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Clara
Munroe o! Everett, Mass., and a nephew, William Dame of this city.
Funeral services will be held from
Buckmlnster Chapel, 6 Islington street,
at 4 o'clock Monday aft,ernoon. Friends
invited.
THREE LOCAL?'\
INSTITUTIONS TO
GET $400,000
It is announced thaL the residue of
the will of the late Mrs. Susie E. Trask
who died at Erie, Penn., will amount
to between $1,200,000 and $1,400,000,
which means that.the Portsmouth hospital, Wentworth Home and Home for
Aged Women will receive upwards of
$400,000 each as, according to the will
of Mrs. Trask who died in 1936, the
residue is Lo be divided between Lhesc
institutions. The income ls to be used
only fo1· current expenses.
In the will there were bequests . of
$10,000 each to the local YMCA, the
YWCA and the Howard Benevolent Society. Mrs. Trask was a native
of Portsmouth.
�15. This would mean that the candidate who was elected to an office o!
responsibility at least was placed
there through the expression and approval of those who carry the burden
of the nation's expense, and that hls
majority was not ~upported by the
ted
States?
I\ " vole by mall" plan has been urged
voles of polltlcal campaigners, the un5.
This
voting
number
should
be
on President Roosevelt by l"rnnk Maremployed, and just plain bums.
geslJn of Portsmouth, son of Mr. and supported by a master tabulated card
16. Here a word might be said for
showing
hiii
or
her
name,
signature
Mrs. R . Clyde Margeson, now located
those who fail to keep the reglsLrar ••·•=·"•~
or
fingerprint,
age
when
card
was
isin Sr.. Louis, Mo. His recommendations
informed of any change In their adto the President are made known in sued, and mailing address.
dress, and by such negllgence lose
6.
A
new
ballot
card
would
be
used
the following letter;
their opportunit~• to vote. Any person
for
each
city;
county,
state,
or
governFebruary 2. 1938
who is not concerned or capable
ment
election,
the
card
stock
to
be
In Re: Voting Security
made of safety paper similar to that enough to let the post office know how
Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
used for bank checks, and always bear- to reach them certainly_ is not capaPresident of the United states,
ing the same voting number for the ble enough to make an intelligent deWa.;hington, D. C.
same voter throughout his or her life. cL5lon of who should be elected to a
Dear Mr. President:
7. Previous to all elections, respec- public office.
17. It ls my humble opinion that
There is an old proverb, "Many ideas tive tabulating cards bearing the
grow better when transplanted into names of ail candidates, with the nec- no nation can prosper' and be secure
another mind than in the one where essary printing for the voter to indi- except on the merit system: therefore,
t\)ey sprung up•· - 0. W. Holmes, cate his selections, should be mailed is not it only common sense that we
which combined with the common- to each registered voter with a self• should solicit the votes of those who
sense 'thought that the United States addressed return envelope enclosed, are carrying their burdens and make
it as easy as possible for them to vote? "-'"-~-t:...ii-Y·
Government is the only place to trans- the voter to pay the return postage.
18. The o!Ilce worker dlsllkes to ,u,-.,·.,.,...11lnnt such nn idea, prompts me to
8. Once a voter has been assigned
wri~c this letter io you .
a voting number, he or she is consid- mlss breakfast or have a later supper
to be able to vote. The laborer cannot
1 am one of millions of average citi- ered a registered voter during his or
zens, born in California (1898), her entire life without further regis- afiord to take a half-day off to vote,
and I! he gets a hollday he does not
schooled ln the South, and reared in tration.
.
New England. I read the newspapers,
9. The only obligation of the voter want to spend It standing in line to 1 .r,;;i\·.;;:,...r.;.,.
listen to the radio, attend the movies, to the registrar is to keep him advised vote. The farmer most assuredly disha vc a good job, work hard spending at all times of h!s or her correct mall- likes to crowd or lapse hls chores to
enable him · to go to town and vote,
the greater part of my time trying to ing address.
19. The only answer ls, "Mail their
solve problems for my employer, and
10. In this manner, voters can, in
I nctually solve one now and then.
the quiet of their own homes, and at ballot cards to them."
20. Expenses in connection
Thi) voting problem in this country, their convenience, fill in · and return
obviously, is becoming more and more their cards through the mails to the this new system of voting should not
exceed the present day method, as the
complex and unbalanced as the years proper authority.
personnel should be concentrated in
pass on, and to the average citizen t_he
11. No doubt the first objection
results do not reflect a complete p1c- voiced would be. "This is not a secret machine rooms rather than spread
tur.~ of the ovemll public's expression. ballot." In my experience, 0!>r present out over all counties and cities. It is
Therefore, let us review the facts methcd does not appear to be a secret granted that the volume of votes
9,nd see if a change of system or cor- ballot. I find that my wife and I are would greatly increase, but the faclll•
rective measur~ cannot improve the registered in a large book by precinct, ties for handllng them would be vastly
page number, and line number, and improved.
picture.
1. In July, 1936, the estimated to- the clerk asks you which ballot you
I am confident, Mr. President, that
tal number of eligible voters in the want. Republican, Democrat, etc., and you will accept this letter in the spirit
Uni ted states was 128,429 ,000, but the after you have filled in the ballot, in which it is written, being in my .,.,,,,.;.,•-,,_,,
tot1I number of actual votes cast in your number .is penciled on the back own meager way concerned about the
u,c last Presidential election was only of the ballot and dropped in the box. welfare of America, and knowing that,
45.650,821, which means 82,778,000 of
12. Why should anything that is
as time marches on, if American clti- ,.-»«••;""'·' .,·
our riti.!.ens did not vote at all.
zcns who pay the bills are not conhonorable be a secret?
2. There ls no dispute hut umt the
13. These tabulating bnllot cards
cerned nbout it, someone else will be.
while collar workers, the lnborcrs, and would then be punched according to
Most respectfully yours,
the farmers support the no.Lion with the voter·s markings; also, the regisFrank J. Margeson
tered voting number would tie punched 3701 Lindell Blvd.,
the laxes they pay.
3. Thus, they are the nation's pre- for every card, to insure no duplicaSt. Louis, Mo.
ferr ed customers, and it should be tion of numbers, and all completed
mnde easy nnd secure for them to cards placed in a tabulating machine
which would accurr.tely and qulc1.ly
vole.
4. Considering thnt Lile grcnler p1wt determine the results in detail.
of our population have now been as14. With careful study, I feel consigned Social Security numbers, why fident that the proper safeguards
not assign a permanent voting num- could easily be established to make
ber to every eligi\Jle citizen of the Uni- such a system "Fool-proof."
Port~mouth Man Urges "Vote-By-Mail''
Plan On President
��y
First Buildfog Of Cari tian Chun:~ estroye
By Fire 50 Years Ago-lnteriestnJng Service
Held Yesterday
Despite lhe rather inclement weath- night. their Hou. e of Worship was deer there was a large attendance at the stroyed by fire.
"Before we consider this event, let us
church 01\ Sunday
morning v•hc'!I r. sp c:~1 Rervice was
held ln observance of the 50ll1 anniversary of the destruction of the first
church by fire.
There was an exhibition of old pietures of the first church. both exterior
and interior, and of former pastors
which arou~ed much interest.
The ~pecial guest was Rev. John E.
Everingham. who was the first pastor
of the church afler it was rebuilt and
who gave some reminiscences of the
old days.
Special music was rendered by Miss
S. Minncttc Foss, organist. and a choir
consisting of Mrs. Elizabeth Marden,
Mrs. Fannie Millette, Mrs. Etta Peek,
Mrs. Florn Sen.vey and lhe Misses Eve•
lyn Brown, Marylyn Dodge, Lena Foss
and Mary Howe.
Present at the service were three
generations. descendants of a former
paslor, the late Rev. H.J. Rhodes, and
also three generations of the family of
Hanson Seavey, one of the prominent
members of the society of ma ny years
ago,
A very fine historical address was
given by lhe pastor of lhc church, Rev.
0. Edwin Woodman.
Mr. Woodman spoke in parl as follows:
"'And Moses came lo .the mountain
of God. And the angel of the Lord appcarrd unlo him in a Chm or fire out
of llw mid~t or a lrnsh: :ind he looked,
and, behold. the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was NOT consumed.'Ex. 3:1,2.
"In tile closing words or this quotation from lhe Dible. we ha\·e a picture
of the experience of this congregation
fifty years ago, when on Saturday
recall the background of church liie in
Rye. BY' nn tn ►,.,~,th•ll' e1•,i-,m,st:.tn0<>·
the sip:nificant ·dates arc easily remembered.
"In 1789 the United States of America became an independent· nation and
General George Washington became
the first President. Soon after his election to this high o!Iice he visited the
different states of tl\e Union. On his
way to Portsmouth President Washington passed through the Town of
Rye. This took place on the 31st day of
October. Fifty years from the time that
General George Washington became
President, in 1839, the Rye Christian
Church was dedicated. It was the 30th
day of October, almost the exact annivcrs:uy date of Washington's visit to
Rye. The congregatlon had been organlzed as a church she years before,
on August 10, 1833.
"From an honored member of the
church, Mrs. Flora B. Seavey, we learn
of the arrangements of the early
church. The platform and pulpit were
located in the front of the auditorium
between the entrances. The choir was
located in a gallery above and back of
the pulpit. The pew~ faced the entrances of the auditorium and there were
two aisles. Late comers entered in full
view of the whole congregation. This
arrangement obtained for thirty-six
years. Rev. A. H. Morrill was pastor at
t he time. He was man or action and
he set about raising money for the renovation of the church. The old pews
were taken out and new pews and pulpit Installed facing in the opposite direction. Other changes were made,
When all was complete the church
a
was re-dedicated on November 23, 1875.
"An lnter(!sting press report, by one ""'''-"'"'''"'"'
who signed his ·name ns 'Harry' is
worth quoting. After enumerating the
names of the visiting clergy from ~l'tile~.'-1•':'
Manchester, Portsmouth, North Hampton and Kittery, also from Fall River, i<t.•;~·r,.-,,,~
Mass., the reporter goes on to say:
"'The interior transformation of the
church has been so complete as to al- ..,..,..,,. ,_,.,.•.. ,,.
:nost defy recognition. It seems hardly
possible that the elegantly-paneled, i;ii,~;,,;~,
neatly-frescoed room, with its tasty
carpet and its handsome circular back
walnut pews, is the old, smoky, dingy
box where people sat shivering amid
the clouds of smoke and drippings o!
the funnel during their hours of worship. The house has been thoroughly
renovated from top to boUom, and the
work has been done in a masterly
manner, costing in the aggregate
about $3000. The dedicatory sermon
was by Rev. A. H. Morrill. To him,
more than anyone else, is the credit ""~'-:.o,,;:...:~,
due for improving the church.'
"During th e time these changes were
being made Mr. Morrill was caUed to
the prineipalship of the Proctor Acndemy of Andover. He did Pot, therefore,
remain in Rye to enjoy the beautified
place of worship. It was this church
building that after fifty years service
was burned ln 1888.
"The last two pastors of the old
church were Rev. Lewis Phillips and
his son, Rev. Lewis Walter Phillips.
The latter-was pastor at the time of the
firn and it was his activity that promated the building of the new church.
Our gu!!st of honor, Rev. John E.
Everingham, was associated with Mr.
Phillips.
"Beside the 'Ministry of the Word'
there wns also the 'Minlstry of Music'
in the old church. Mr. Harrison Seavey
was for several years the organist. He
was followed by Mrs. Flora B. Seavey
in the same service. There was a
young lady in the congregation who ~~~;,t.>r'"''~'
was much interested in music and after careful practice she was invited to
accompany her first hymn in the
church. As a substitute organist Miss
s. Minnette Foss led the congregation
in the hymn. At this point Miss Foss .a.~-'"'_;!'"n·,~
took her place at the organ and the l',,!~','7'':fu,l.
congregation sang the hymn, "In the
Cross of Christ I Glory."
Continuing, Mr. Woodman said:
"We do not know in how many instances Miss Foss has played 'God Be
With You Till We Meet Again' to retiring ministers but she has greeted
each new one with enthusiasm and the • '""'"'•'"' .•~,....
hymn has !Jccn 'In the Cross of Christ
I Glory.' The longest and most devoted
service as organist that I have ever 1<1~;;~,?--.;
known has been that of Miss Foss.
"Coming bark to our text: 'The bush
burned with fire? And the bush was
NOT consumed'. When fire destroys a 1 ··"""-'fjtr-0•,
church building lhe fellowship of believers that constitute the living ele-
I
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�ment in the church, is un uc
was true in the experience
church. The sympathy of the community was aroused.
Immediately the
Betha ny Con gregational Church offerA general reduction in teachers' saled its House of Worship as a place in
which the Christian Church could hold . arles in this city was not favored acdivine service. During the n ext sevencording to Mayor Kennard E. Ooldteen m on ths the church, under the
.'lmith in his statement to the Board o!
leadership of Rev. Lewis Walter PhilEducation finance committee and the
lips, was very busy building this buildOity Council finance committee at a
ing in which we are gath ered.
meeting of the committees held in city
"The work of God is continuous
hall last evening when the committee
through the ages. He admonishes us
members passed on several important
not to be weary in well doing. Christ
proposed appropriations to be incorsays 'The work tti at I do shall ye do
porated in this year's budget which will
and greater works th an these shall ye
be voted on at the next city council
do because I go to THE FATHER.'
meeting,
"In the fifty years tha t h ave elapsed
While Mayor Ooldsmlth expressed
since the burning of the old church
the feeling that some of the salaries
th ere have been such chan ges in the
to the statt of the local schools were
world that our lives are being spent in
too high there were others that should
an entirely diff:)rcnt environment.
be raised but he said that he was not
"There a re m a ny hum an interest
in favor of a general cutting of teachstories 1hn.t coul rl be told n.hout. U10
ers' salo.rle~. His tnllc indicated that
ministers anti leaders of this church
his plans were to lower the maximum
through the years, but time will not
and
make a slight increase in the
permit.
minimwn of the salaries.
"In the last par agraph of the dedicaMembers of the Board of Education
tory service conducted by Rev. Lewis
finance committee
attending were
Walter Phillips when this church was
Henry Tilton, John E. Seybolt and
completed, are these words 'We dediHarry L . Moore. Charles C. Durell,
cate ourselves to an increasing fervenchairman of the Council finance comcy of spiri tual life which shall cause
mittee, presided.
all Christia ns to seek
through the
The school budget was passed tentawilling consecration of every fac111ty
tively at $230,025.18. Last year's budget
the growth of Zion, and the conversion
for that department was $231,054.68.
o! souls.' To this the people said Amen
Although $8,287 was asked for in the
"Another fifty years has rolled
library request the finance committee
during which the voice of truth has
recommended it after they had shaved
gone out from this place. We · do not
the figure to $7,987.
have to build a new building but anThe committee recommended $23,945
other great leaf is being turned in the
for the fire department and $1,182 .52 .
history of this people. As we think of
for the fire alarm system.
the blessings that have come to us
Recommended for public buildings
here, shall we not dedicate ourselves
and places is $7,978 and for parking
to a building program of a ~~---•nhat
$800. The police department budget has
different, but as real a character?
been set at $42,117.25.
"Shall we not, together promuc.e, let
The committee recommended that
us say, a five-point program as fol the Christmas tree project be continlows:
ued and also passed their recommen"First-Build the sanctuary of 1he
tlntton
on \he ins\nlln1 ion of
heart and home.
street ligh\,s along Parrott
"Second-Build a wider knowledge of
the Bible.
''Third-Build a stronger corporate
DISCUSS THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET
or:
life of the church.
"Fourth-Build better social
and community service.
"Fifth-Build for the future by child
training in the home."
The anniversary opened with a supper at the Town Hall last Wednesday
evening under the auspices of the Ladies Social Union of the church, of
which Mrs. C. A. Howe is president.
The men of the church, at the request
of the pastor, formed a committee of
service for this supper, and the fol lowing were on the committee: Joseph
Becker, John Berry, Clinton G askell,
Arthur M. Gray, Carl A. Howe, Charles
H. Hurlburt, Andrew Mn.rston, George
Perry, Fred Philbrick, John Philbrick,
Russell Peirce, Charles Rawding, Hen •
ry Varrell and William Varrell.
T Iie :Hllllta l ind oor Pl<' lll C'
of
P orl slllOll lil Ua rcle n Cl11h
wa~
ll~lll
.Moncl a1· , beg 1nH 111g al 10 o'clock. wilh a
goocl atte:1clan<·<' ancl lilt:' prrsirlent. Mr,.
Ci~arle~ Amilotr. pre,ulin;;. /\11 111lt>rei,li11~ lra 1t1 re ol lilt' lllOl'lllllg \\ U S at.ilk
O il garcl n book, J>V Mt,: I!annuh r'rrna lcl., llbi .\r i,1 11 of, lll<> Public Lil,rar1.
l\li.-·s F'ernalrl lrnrl, a cl1spla.1 of books Oil
1-lli s subj ~i·I wluc·ll <"H ll he obt a mecl al
Lile Ii bran
Mrs. JOllll To11k111 (If D11rlla m. who
a Ltt•nctetl , i1e New York Jt1cl1;ing sl'hool.
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with t·,, :•llrl c·of1Pt' :.rrvt>cl b1· tll~ !'lllb.
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Mr.-;.
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p8~{'ap1 rilld \\'hif"ll will
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b~
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of
reuciin~
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Mrs. George H. Warren or N~\\ Casile• and M:,1 ,1·l1e:-.l-Pr liacl a clGp l~y ol
puss,v-w11)ow~ anci Mrs. To n km
table dt>C'Ol'allOl\.~ ol red ('lil'IW l H>\l~
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�Committee Recommends
$330,000 Fo I provements
At R e Harbor
Contained In Report.Made To
Congress On -Nation-Wide Six-Ye.ar
Program In Connection With Rivers
And Harbors· Project
Washington, D.
C., Murch 12-0n
Frlctnv Lh".) Nnllonnl ncsoLlrces commit~
tee recommended to Congress expendl~
tures of $12,708,000 fo1· New England
rivers nnd harbors projects ns pnrt or
a nation-wide six-year program.
In the rivers and harbors program for
New Hampshire the sum of $330,000 i~
included for conslruction of jetties and
dredgl.ng al Rye Harbor, al.so $100,000
for construction of a dam on Mad River,
White Mountain National Forest.
It also r.dvlsed Congress a total o!
$3,884,000 could be spent to
prevent
beach ero$lon in eastern Ma.5sachusetts.
�Overjoyed at the excellent showing
of the department in tonight's test,
Commander Sullivan issued the fol•
lowing statem!'nt lo newspapermen
upon Its eomplc~lon:
"Department Adjutant Frank N.
Sawyer, all of the Legion officials and
guests at the New Hampshire Depart•
ment headquarters in Concord and
myself were very much pleased and
frankly surprised at the overwhelming
response to the test emergency mob!l·
ization call tonight.
" With 77 of the state's 78 posts reponing within an hour after the ori•
glnal call went out, there could be no
que5tion of the extent to which the le·
gion in New Hamp~hire ls organized
for public service,"
Commander Sullivan stated that
without any ctoubl last evening's mobilization would r;how the various posts
ju~t what work h:ld to be clone to perII
fect their or11n11lmllo11H. Tl w11s fell
~=-:--:--;:-----:---:---:-:--------IQ at headquarter~ that the great enhour and five minutes they could mus- t husiasm for the moulli:,mlion plan
ter an impressive army of volunteei- evidenced thls evening gave prnmise of
relief workers co1nprising 5,808 men, continued and improved organization
2,087 women, 501 physicians and 32:! In the future.
nurses.
One of the more important points
upon which emphasis was placed by
Housing, Transportation
the demonstration was the fact that
Th ey showed, further, that they ..s a means or p1·ompt and dependable
provide, on such short notice-not a. communication the telephone 'must · be
·
p.os t or auxiliary
in the state knew rated above Uie short wave radio.
Thirty-eight short wave radios in
that they would receive the call to- various parts of the state were used to
night-facilities to house and feed 20.· send and receive messages. An hour
26 3 refugees; as well as 2,990 passenger and a half after the call went out
automobiles, 709 light trucks and 491 from state headquarters. only a hand·
heavy trucks for transportation pur• ful of posts had reported by radio
poses.
while more than two-thirds had flied
The test further disclosed that 73 reports by telephone.
short wave radio stations are avalla•
There were two centralized short
ble for commu,1 icatlon in the stato, wave ro.dlo information centers-one
and that 70! boats (including motor· at department headquarters, super•
boats and rowboats), 7~ ambulances, vised by Walter Lessard of Manchester,
and 11 airplanes could be pressed into who is in charge of \.VLGB and the
service.
army amateur radio system for New
Oscar G . Morehouse post, No. 61 , of .Hampshire, and the other operated
Milton, reported th at it had th e only by Carl Evans at 80 North State st.,
1>ortaule hc!lting and lighting l)lant Concord.
that might be uL!llzed, while Dewey
At 10 o'clock,•-three hours after the
Ingerson po st, No. 41 , of Whitefield, mobilization call, about 30 of the 41
sent in the interesti ng information posts which were Instructed to report
that it stood ready to th row 20 teams by radio had done so, however, an<l
of horses a nd four oxen into th e the remainder came in during the next
breach should th e need arise. Appar• half hour. All posts were Instructed to
ently believing in being prepared fot· report by telephone, regardless of
the worst, . the Whitefield post also whether they also sent in returns by
stated that it had ''100 coffins'' on radio.
ha nct,
T~lephoned returns were taken by
In addition to th e ollier facllities Det)artment Adjutant Sawyer, assisted
aa d equipment reported, a iwmber of by Past Department Commander,
P0st s made known th at th ey could
Wendell D . Crowell of Hancock, Lt.
avail th emsel\'.eS of 5tlch valuable aids Willtam' Cogswell of Warner and Maj.
nd
as oxygen tanks, inhalators a
a lib· George W. Morrill.
era! quantlly of dynamite.
As rapidly as the returns were reDirected by Sullivan
ceived. they were put clown on a
Tho test was planned and dit'ected blackboard by M1::.s Doris Woodward,
by Department commnndet· John L, secretory to Adjutant Sawyer and
Sulllvan and centnttized in the officos Warrant Ol11cc\· R11fus Wlllis of Manof department headquarters 011 Plea• che~ter post, No. 70. and later Labulafod.'
sant st., concord. It marked the 19th
Mrs. Emily Feather of Keene. deanniversary of the founding or the
pai:tment president of the auxiliary
American Legion as welt as the second w::, . unable Lo l>e J)resent, and Mis~
anivei·sary of the gi·ead flood of 1936, Hel ~n Saltmanlt, department secrein' which the heroic work of the New tary. dll'ected the uxlllary's part in
Hampshire ieparmcnt will long be re• the prngram.
membered.
Among the guc:;ls of tl1e dcpartment present were John T. Wlnterick
of
York _City , eti1lor of The Am-
n
Le .
ccess
5,808 Men, 2~087 Women, 301 Doctors And
323 Nurses Answer Call In New Hampshire
-Booma Post And Auxiliary Mobilized
Within 25 Minutes
Within 25 minutes from the call to
mobilize the Frank E. Booma Post,
American Legion, and Ladles' Auxiliary
of this city, in line with the posts and
auxiliaries throughout the state, responded to the call of Department
Commander John L. Sullivan.
The
call came at exactly 7, o'clock, and
there was a general rush to the American Legion Home on Court street where
the group was to mobilize. It was a fine
exhibition of what could be done In
case of emergency.
At the end of 25 minutes the ·report
was sent to the State department at
Concord by telephone and a short time
later was verified by short wave radio.
The report showed that 97 men, nnd
69 women reported. This included one
doctor and four nurses. In case of disaster 200 refugees could have been taken care of, 34 cars of five passenger
capacity were available for transportatlon of refugees or · post members to
the scene of disaster and two light
trucks and five trucks of two tons or
more. Two radio communication sets
were available for the use of the post,
one ambulance, pulmotor, Red Cross
first aid kit and an · airplane were
available as well as three boats mounted on tr;ilers. All this was clone within
25 minutes which seems a very short
time..
John L. Stlllivan, department cornmander, sent out the call to the dis•trlct conimanders. The district commanders got in touch with the district
vice commander and the two divided.
the district and notified the post.~.
Ralph W. Eaton, district vice commander, made the call to Clyde Rob•·
inson, commander of Frank E. Booma
Post. Mr, Robinson immediately called
Chier William F , , Woods, and the
American Legion call was sounded 011
the fire alarm system-nine blast.,
three thnes. That was the signal for
the Legionnaires and the members o!
the auxiliary to mobilize. At 7.25 the
report had been made by telephone
and later the report was verified by
short wave.
Seventy-seven posts and 70 auxillary units (out of 78 posts and 74 auxillary units ln the state) 'participating
in the test showed that within ona
0
�erlcan Legion Magazine; Miss Ruth
Kernodle of Concord, state field rcprcscntaUvc o( lhc Amedcau Red
Cross and Thoma5 Trixall. disaster
chairman of the Concord chapter, Amerlca!1 Red Cross.
Within four minutes after Commander Sullivan's mobilization order went.
out by telephone at 6 :55 p. m. to commanders of the eight legion districts
in the state, the following radio message was broadcast over commercial
stations in Manchester, Laconia. Portland, Me., and Springfield, Vt.
"Attention all New Hampshire members of the American Legion and auxHlary. Report t.o your respective headquarters at once. This ls a test emergency mobilization."
Commander Suillv1m issued his. orders over the telephone In two group
calls-speaking to four of the eight
commanders at a time. The district
commanders then notified their vicecommanders and between them they
proceeded to notify all post commanders In their respective districts. Post
commanders then had a mobillw.tlon
signal sounded, fire whistle!!
church bells being uUli1.ed.
Disll'ict Comnmnd1:rs
The district commanders are a$ follow;;: District 1, Peres,. Feathec,
Keene, husband of Mrs. Emily Feath•
er, president of the department auK•
lliary, who was the first commandec
to report back to headquarters, in ·
forming them that all po ts in his dL1trict had been notified; Distnct 2, Guy
Harwood, Hudson: Distnct 3. Edward
Jablonski, East Rochester: District 4,
Harold V. Tillson, Bedford: Diatrlct 5,
James W. Doone, Henniker: District 6.
Kenneth A. Lord, New London:
trlct 7, Carl D. Hayes, Wolieboro:
lrlct B, Hnrllc Cole, orovrlon.
District vice commander~. in th~
same order, arc: Guy Bailey. Keen.;
Earle Roberts, Amherst; Ralph W. E:1·
ton, Portsmouth; David W. Johnson,
Manchester; Albert J . Yeaton. Epsom;
Robert E. Hadley, Claremont: Stuart
McClellan, Redst.one; J. rthur Sullivan, Berlin.
Department vie co111nu1nden. wh'l
assL~tcd in th progra.m. are Leo E.
Ray o! Gorham, William D. MacPh r·
son o! Concord and Arthur J. Pim r
of Lebanon.
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ANCED ~
GE ARI. G
A hearing on the application of th!.\
Maine-New
Hampshire
Bridge Aut11orlty for approval of plan.,
o! a bridge across the Piscataqua river was held in the council chat}1ber at
City Hall on Thursday afternoon, with
large attendance. No opposition was
voiced to the construction of the pt·oposed bridge.
The hearing was conducted by the
War department sud Capt. Wayne s.
Moore, Engineer Cor 1s, acting district
engmeer, presided. He called tile meetIng to order shortly after 2 o'clock and
read the call of the hearing and this
was followed by the general bridge law
possed by the 59th Congress in 1906. Hu
also read the laws providing for tho
creation of the bridge authority which
says the authority expires within I\
year of the time of creation.
Capt. Moore then read a communication from the National Gypswn Co.'s
offices at Buffalo, N. Y., which spoke
ahout the location of the draw in the B.
& M. toll bridge which they said was
not located in the place that it should
be, but the letter stated the company
w1derstood the draw
in
the new
bridge would be iu the center in deeper
water. They als.o called attention that
something should be done · to provide
means of passing through the draws of
the two bridges, as one would be In the
center of the river and the other
I.he Mttine bllllk.
Johll Lyle Harrington. e11gincc1
Knnsas City, representing
Hampshirc-Muiue Bridge
spoke briefly, stating that
been &ome comment that
11ot provide enough clearance when
raised. permitting veasels of 100 feet
at high water, and 107.8 at mean low
waler.
reprc8cntativc of
Gypsum Co., when I\Sked if the Gypr,nm cmpany had any vessels that re•
quired more than 100 feet clearance,
replied in the negative.
There was no other person who
wished to speak and the meeting
journed within 20 minutes from the
time it started.
mong those in attendance were four
members o[ the Bridge Authority,
Frank E. Brooks of this city, Frederic
E. Everett of Concord, Hollis Cole of
Kittery and Engineer John Harrington.
Laurence F. Whittemore of the Bos•
ton & Maine Rallroil.d was also m at·
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COUNCIL HOLDS
BRIEF MEETING .
A meeting of the City Council was
held •today at City Hall, opening shortly after 12 o'clock and contJnulng untJl
1 o'clock, during which several
petitions wera read and other routine business trans!lc led.
Because of the recent check-up
Dover on filling stati<IDS operating
without peqnits, several gasoline station permit requests were flJed with the
council today.
Residents o! Newcastle avenue had a
request before the council conoernlng a
shop there which has Installed electrical machines. The matter was referred
to the zoi.)ng committee for investigation.
Following a reading o! a requrst by
H. Babklrk of this city to buy the La-fa.yette road schoolhouse, the council
voted to empower the mayor to sell the
property. A 5mall appropriation was
made ·for work on the pumping station
and the city clerk was given power to
bid on property to be sold at tax sales.
A communlca.tlon regarding the WP A
cemetery improvement project wu read.
An appropriation, not to exceed· $1500,
was approved for inst.allatlon of lights
on Parrott avenue.
·
Three councilmen, Boynt-0n, Schlegel
and Herrick, the city auditor and city
solicitor were appointed to investigate
and suggest terms to which the city of
Portsmouth could agree with the Susan
D. Flynn estate regarding the sale of
that property purchased by the city at a
tax sale several years ago. Atty. Ralph
G. McCarthy was present at the meetIng to represent the est.at~.
Three Disastrous Fires \w-.'l."""'·"=,
Have Swept Portsmouth
In the early 1800's, Portsmouth
suliered three disastrous fires. On·
Dec. 26, 1802, a fire broke out in
onP. of the banks and destroyed 120 ,
buildings, principally in Market
and Daniel streets.
On Dec. 24, 1806, another con•
flagration de~troyed about 20 build◄
ings, including St. John's churcJ-i.
but the worst fire tf'I hit Porst•
mouth was that o! Dec. 22, 1813,
when it swept over 15 acres an!l
dcslroyerl 173 buildings.
�countrr. he stated. Explalnlng these
School Auditorium last evening before
air raids, he claimed that when Japan300 persons at a gathering sponsored
by the Junior High School Pareut- ese started the war last summer
Tea:her Assn. He told the Chinese it wns the belief of theu· military stalls
side of the Oriental connict that is now that the conflict could be won before
raging and said, ··we believe the Jap- the end or the year by terrorism and
anese will never win this war," and he that these atroc1t1es would demoralize
explained in full some of the military the whole country into an inevitable
Col. M. Tchou, who is to be the
tactics the oldest nation of the •world submission to the tyranny of Japanese
speaker at the meeting of the Junior
rule. Ho1\ever, he said, its tactics have
Is using against its foes.
High School Parent-Teachers Assoreversed results in China as
The
meeting
was
opened
with
a
ciation this evening will arrive by
they apparently face the invading arnumber
of
selections
by
the
Junior
train at iii.02 o'clock this afternoon. Ha
High School orchestra under the di- mies with more determmation of vicwill be met at the railroad station by
rection of Ernest P. Bilbruck, director tory than before as was the case when
Ralph Junkins, president of the Parof music, the half-hour program air raids were made 011 London during
ent-Teachers Association. Principal
I c a t u r i n g a medley o f opera the World W:lr .
Raymond I. Beal, Asst. Principal Leon
While J,l[KlllC~C ur.:: ll"llllll~ only bepieces. Ralph Junkins, president of the
E. Heald of the Junior JI.lgh school and
cau.;c or military orcter:;, he stater!, the
association,
opened
the
meeting
then
Comdr. A. E. Stone, chaplain of the
introduced Cleon E. Heald. who in Chinese :ire \\'llling to g1\'c up their
Portsmouth Navy Yard, representing
turn mtroduced Col Tchou. who 1s a property and savmgs :tl\fl lay down
the Navy department.
former private secretary of General l11c1r lives tor their cotn:lry. Although it
He will visit city hall where he will
is lhc oldest nation in the worlcl. China
Chiang
Kal-Shek.
call on Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith
has remained vigorow; while other emHe
11sr.d
excellent
Enr;lish
and
and then. ro11owl11r; a raclio talk, will
tl1rou 1; l10ut his two-hour tl\lk ~n vc n tlln•:; have rbcn 1\lld fallt•n , Col. Tcllou
.,,_.,.~,,.., be tendered a dinner at the Rockinggripping picture or the conflict. Ile said, and it i~ c,nly In the pa ·t frw
ham.
spoke
or Americans as his friends and year5 that Chinese have started adoptHis talk on the Orient will be made
believed
the1'.n to be sympathizers with ing the Western modes of civilization.
at the Ju:1ior High School auditorium
his government. Accompanied with his China had to overthrow its old sys this evening at 8 o'clock.
explJ.nation of the situaUon of the tems to be replaced hr new schooling
Col. Tchou will remain at the RockSino-Japanese
war was a plea that to and modern ideas but such a change
fngham over night, leaving in the
help
his
p
e
op 1 e win the war was impossible overnight. he stated, so
morning to continue his brief tour or
Americans make a recession in buying the reformation that took place af•
the country.
fected politics, liberty and democracy.
Japanese manufactured products.
The boycotting of Japanese products And ns a re5ult of this industrial rewould mean the winning of the war volution there was the fear of "isms"
for China as Japan, he said, depends creeping In the government and the
on United States for much of her inevitable class segregation. China had
supplies as her allies. Germany and t.o go through complete metamorpho·
Italy, are not in a position to sell them sis, he said.
This grent transition in China, acto her. It is therefore imperative, he
pointed out, that Japan buy Its sup- cording to Col. Tchou, brout;ht about
Its unlf'lcnt1on m three ways, polit1 plle., from United States and to do
cally, military and 1\nanclally. One
this she must use United States currency because this nation does not give· government has existed there for five
credit to Japan, neither does it accept ycar5 now. while Its mllttnry chnni;c
their currency. Thus the solution to banished the war lords and brought
the vast army under one central con•
Japan's supply problem is In selling
trol. Financially the change abolished
manufactured products to Americans,
exploiting by taxe~ but brought forth a
Col. Tchou i.aid.
national budge~ and two years ago
In opening his talk th,e Chinese social and labor leader said that he felt currency was established 011 a managed
that as he was among friends he ,basis that has proved so successful
that, even during the war It has not
would first give greetings from his
fellow countrymen who charged him been necessary to inflate It. Previous
with that mission as he embarked !or to 1935 silver was continually being
taken from the country by Japanese
this country.
Col. Tchou recalled how Americans but government order stopped that, the
had fought for their liberty and inde• speaker disclosed, and It has been a
pendence and said that with the "sliver lining in China's black clouds."
There are now many thousands of
same dexterity in fighting that the
Chinese will maintain the libe-rty and roadW!).YS through China and railroad
independence that has been the pricle trunk lines besides a complete facility
of that Oriental race during the 4000 for communication throughout the
country. There has been a change
years of the country's existence.
He announced his subject, "The from hand production to the use of
Problem of the Orient-China, Japan, machinery in the larger centers which
Russia and World Peace," but devoted has brought about the problem of
most of his time to description of the unemployment, slums, labor and capiplundering and destruction Japan has tal. All of this, he explained·, has
wrought. "Men, women and children threatened that China would be a land
are being slaughtered," he asserted and of sweat-shops but the government has
It was with this appeal that he asked tried to improve these conditions. A
Americans to boycott Japan. The housing improvement commission was
small
but energetic author-speaker appointed and four areas of 1000 new
vividly described. war scenes that he houses each were built in Shanghai
claimed now exist in China but have witi1 social centers provided but three
become so common in occurrence that of the:,e have already been destroyed
description of the horror 1s no longer by Japanese air raids. Three of these
projects have been destroyed but not
printed in the newspapers.
,
To date there have been 3000 air raids the ideas and China will continue to
by Japanese air forces as they make progress, Col Tchou maintained.
their slow advance Into the :resisting
COL TCHOU TO
".RRIVE LATE THIS
.JTERNOO
TELLS OF CHINA'S
STRUGGLE
WITHJAPA
Colonel Tcho~ Speaks
Before Large Audience
At Junior High School
�China, realizing the army and a r
force was her real strength, added new
planes and knowlng that Chinese mlll•
tarism was growing, Japan felt that
last summer .was the time to strike, the
Chinese Colonel disclosed. Japan also
picked what Lt thought was the •psychological moment to war on Chlna
as the rest of the world's attention
was on the recent invasion of Itl\lY
into Ethiopia and civil war 1n Spain,
he . aid.
Many· wonder why China did not
let the invaders enter her country
as she has let other nations do In cen•
turles past and slowly assimilate them
until the land of Confucious was again
under Chinese rule, Col. Tchou said,
but the Japanese cannot be assimilated
as other races can. He pointed out the
Japanese problem ln California as an
,instance.
In strengthening his statement, "We
believe the Jap~nese will never win
this war," Col Tchou told of the war
tactics that 11;~ country is using
agai11st the invaders from Japan. The
battle front Is uow 1000 miles long
making the Japanese army so sparse in
sections that "Chinese guerilla bands"
can attack llnes of communication and
inter.:ept supplies.
The cause thaL Japan gives the rest
of the world for Its invasion Is because
of over-population but Col. Tchou
pointed out that she did not send vast
numbers of her population into Kore\l
during the lasL 43 years she has ruled
It nor more recently into Manchuria
after 33 years of control there.
Following his talk he answered several questions from the audience and
later many of the school children who
attended Lhe meeting wer.: given 11ui
by the speaker of the even-
Total Collection for N. H.
District Mar. 1 to r ar. 21,
$1,617,084.26
Incomo tnx collrclions f,1r the DL~l rlct or Nr1v Ilampshlrc from March
1 to March 21, incltL5i-Ce, were $1,617,8426 us announced by Collector Pe •
ter M. Ga~ne today. For the same per•
iod in 1937 the collections showed $1,472.332.44. The excess in 1938 over the
corresponding period of 193'f is $144,757 .82 or 11pproxlmately nine percent.
DEATH TAKES
HON. CHARLES
ff.BRACKETT ·
llON.· CHARLES U. BRACKETT
The death of Hon. Charles H. Brackett of Grecnluncl which occurred to•
d,\y at· Uie Portsmouth Hosp!Lal was
a· distinct shock to a vast number of
people oil over Lile state of New
Hampshire. He was Lakcn to the hosp!•
tal on Sunday suffering from bronchial pneumonia and his condition
ste:i.dily grew more senous.
His death removes a man who was
very well liked throughout the entire
state and he had hosts of friends. He
had a genial disposition and his friendlines. toward all won him general admiration and respect. His friends were
legion and he well deserved their
friendship.
Cl1arles Henry Brackett was born on
Nov. 1. 1865 in Greenland, the son of
William H. L. Brackett and Hemietta
A. deRochcmont. His father was a far•
mrr nnd millwright and at an early
1Jgc, the ~on rccclved n plot or 1nnd to
begin farming. Slnco that time he has
carried on a most successful farm, and
ls one of the best known agriculturists
ln southeastern New Hampshire. He
attended the Greenland public school
and then entered Brackett Academy,
from which he was graduo.Led Jw1
27, 1882. Four years later. May 12, 1886,
he mo.rried Miss Fannie M. Lamprey
of North Hampton who survives him.
Starting as a farmer in a small way,
he gradually expanded and the farm
uow covers 275 acres, although about
500 acres of land in all are operated
each year at the farm. He had a large
orchard of about 700 trees, and was
well known as an orchardlst as well
as an agriculturist.
In 1900 he added dairying to his
farmlng and established a milk route
which now covers Portsmouth and surrounding territory. He has been a hard
working man and winter and
would find him making the milk de11veries, and then he would return to
his farm and continue throughout the
day putting in long hours, but he enjoyed every minute of day and got his
greatest pleasure in his farm.
In his younger days he was well
known as a baseball player, playing
first bas~ on several leading semi-pro
nines in this section. He was a member of that famous Greenland Town
team, playing with four of his sons._
He retained his interest in sports, es• 11:aillii.:!~~•,~peclally baseball throughout his life.
Mr. Brackett had been active in 1.sJ:;,;F,-.;-,,.,;,c
grange circles, being a past master or
Gr~nland grange as well as a past •-"'""'0 -,.,-,
district state deputy. He also served
as past master or East Rockingham
Pomona grange. At the time of Mr. L,:,.-a.::::i,.-,'
Brackett's death he and Mrs. Brae•
kett were the only charter members
of Greenland grange. He was past
president of the Portsmouth Kiwanis
Club and a pa.st master of the Winnicut lodge of Masons, and when that
lodge gave up its charter, affiliated
with St. John's Lodge, of this city. He
served as a dir~clor of the Merri.mo.ck
Farmers· Exchange, and was a direc•
tor of the Portsmouth Civic Council
and Chamber of Commerce, serving as
vice president, and was influential in
the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional
Development association.
On numerous occasions he was called
upon to represent Governor Winant
and made appearance for the chic!
executive throughout the state. Only
two weeks ago, at the· town meeting he
was chosen as a delegate to the con•
stltutlonal convention to be held in
May.
At the age of 26 he was made moderator of tl1e Greenland town meeting
and has held that position ever since.
He served for some years as town treasurer ,_..,and on the board of selectmen.
He also served on the School Board.
In 1927 he represented Greenland in
the General Court and in 1929 and
1931 served as state senator from the
24th district. Following the conclusion
of his term as senator he was chosen
a member of the Governor's council ·
servltlg unde1' Gov. John G. Wlnant.
While there he was appointed to mo.ny
con11nlsslo1t!-I nnd hls WOl'k on nll o! ~,.,,...,.~- ·•
Lhem has been of o. high calibre.
He had served as chairman of
Home Service campaign of the Salva•
tlon Army for a number of years and
was alwo.ys Interested in the work of
UmL organlmtlon. He was a member
of the Greenland Square and Compass
Club.
Few men had a wider acquaintance
with state affairs and his integrity
and vision stamped him as a man
whom the voters realized would follow
the dictates of his conscience in what•
ever he did.
He served as a member of the Board •··"'·"-'·1'-'•'·
of Trustees of the State Industrial
School at Manchester, and was chair· au ...,,.,, .. ,.• ~,
man of the Hampton River Toll Bridge
Commission. He was influential in the ~r~~i,t'.~Senate at the ti.me the debate was
going on regarding the proposed- Lit•
tle Bay Bridge.
m;;,~·,,.._;,;;t1;.:
�Mr. Brackett undoubtedly would lfljii,M•liii
Manchester and Ben H. Orr of Conhave been honored further by the
able," and the pastoral prayer brought
cord; former Mayor F. W. Hartrord
voters, but he felt as though at his
the service to a close. In his prayer Mr,
and former Mayor S. F. A. Pickering
age he could not devote the efforts
Chatterton mentioned
the sterling
of Portsmouth, and Maj. Charles E.
required and contented himself with
qualities of Mr. Brackett telling of his
Greenman or Hampton.
standing on the sidelines, but his adservice, not only in town, county and
The Salvation Army was represented
vice was often sought.
state affairs, but to his fellow-men.
by Brig. Edwin Perrett and Mrs. PerHe was a man who made the world
C. Ho 11ghton Richardson sang two
rett of the divisional office at Portland,
a much better place in which to live,
selections, . '·Beautiful Isle ·of SomeMe., and Adjt, H. E. Martin of Port.~a m:1n who thought of his fellow men,
where" and "In the Garden," which.
mout.h. Mr. Brackett had been chairand helped th~m whenever he knew
were favorites of Mr. Brackett. Amos
man of the Home Service Appeal or the
there was anything he could do.
W. Moody played the
Portsmouth Corps_._ _ _ __
In addition to Mrs. Brackett, he is
and· rendered organ selections before
survived by two sons, Edwin H., and
and afte,· the service.
Charles H ., Jr., two daughters, Mrs.
The honorary bearers were members
Esther Beals, and Mrs. Constance Syof the Portsmouth Kiwanis Club, Preslphers, and 13 grandchildren, Howard,
dent Jolin W. Hopley, Secretary EdElizabeth, Annette and Jean, children
ward·S. &avey and the following charof Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brackett; Wilter members, Harry Wlnebaum, Sidney
11am, Elizabeth and Charles 3rd, childS. Trueman, Samuel D. Eastham, Wilren of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brackliam C. Philbrick, Fred Oldfield and
ett, Jr., and Barbara, Ralph, Nancy and
former M:iyor f[arry B. Yeaton. Active
John, . children of the late Ralph D.,
bearers were Greenland neighbors,
and Mrs. Ruth Brackett; Frances.
Postmaster ~rvlng · Rolston, Thornton
daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Frederick s.
Weelc.\i.,-· J'ame~ l:,-.· Miller, lwllliam • R.
(\t :i meding held ltlst evening at
Beals, and Nathalie, daughter of Mr.
Weeks, Arthur J. Sewall and Herbert
the Hotel Rockingham a group or
and Mrs. Harold Syphers. Two sons.
C, Maker. Ushers at the church wer11
y~1,1ng business and professional men
William H. L. Brackett, and Ralph D.
Thoma,5 J. Brackett, ,Clarence E.
voted to organize a Lions club o!
Brackett, died previously, the latter
Gowen, Russell A. Rolston, Charles F.
Portsmouth. Various steps in the propassing .away Jan. 7 of this year. He ls
Marden and Sheriff Simes Frink.
cess of organizing a service club of this
also survived by a sister, Mrs. Abbie
Burial took place In the family lot in
type were formulated.
Durell, of Lynn, Mass.
Prospect Hill cemetery under the direcThe following officers were elected:
The body will repose at the Methotlon of J. Verne wood. The commitPresident-Samuel B. Maddock.
dist Church in Greenland from 1 until
tal services were conducted by the folVice president-Gerald D. Foss.
2 o'clock Friday afternoon when serlowing officers of st. John's Lodge of
Secretary and treasurer-Charles
vli;es wlll be held. Friends Invited.
Masons:
William F, Tilton, master;
Griffin.
Rufus W. Ferguson, senior warden:
Lion tamer-Kennard Goldsmith.
Ralph H . . Atwell, junlor warden, and
Tail twister-William 0 . Flanagan.
John H. Yeaton, chaplain.
Directors-Ralph C. Margeson, John
The trusl~es of the New Hampshlre
J. Shea, William F. Tilton, Marland D.
Industrial School at Manchester attended in a body. Th!!y inclltlled Rep.
Knowles.
Although this club is new in the city
Charles H. Barnard o! Manchester,
of Portsmouth, it is international in
Henry C. Arwe of Keene, Mrs. Lillian
scope, having clubs in many countries.
Cox of.Nashua and Hubert B. McDonIn addition to
more
than three
ough of Manchester.
Supt. Alfred
exbtent in the United
Morgansten1 and Asst.
Supt. James
M. George were also present.
Mr.
Regular meetings will be held
Brackett was chairman of the board or
the second and fourth Thursdays
trustees at the Manchester institution.,
each month.
Hon. Charles H. Brackett was laid to
The Rockingham County delegation
A special meeting will be held on
to the General Court, together with
rest in his beloved town of Greenland
Thursday. April 7, 1938 in order to
present
and
former
county
officers,
the
on Friday afternoon. Funeral services
fuHill any unfinished business essenPortsmouth Kiwanis Club, of which
were held from the Methodist Church in
tial to the completion of the
Mr. Brackett was a past president and
that town, with which he had been
charter member, and St. John's Lodge,
No. 1, A. F. & A. M., or Portsmouth
Identified for many years, and were atattended in a body .
Among other ·prominent people in
wcmen who through their association
attendance were Commissioner of Labor ......,s...-:r.,"'"""'
had grown to love and respect him. The
John S. B. Davie and William Smith
church was filled and some were obliged
or the Unemployment Insurance Divisto stand in the v~stlbule during the ser·
ion, Department of Labor; Deputy Secretary of State Harry_E. Jackson of
Manchester; Stat:.e Senators Charles A.
Executi·te Councilors Charles M. Dale
Allen of Portsmouth and Philip Heald
of this city, Alvin Lucier of Nashua and
of Wilton; Adjt. Gen. CharlesW. HowGeorge H. Rolfe of Concord were in atard of cm1cord; George M. Putnam of
tendance, representing Gov. Francis P.
Concord, president of the New HampMurphy, who, with other members of
the council, was attending the funeral · shlre Farm Bureau; former Councilors
Fred T. Wadleigh of Milford, Han)'
of Dr. Charles H. Pet tee, dean emeriMerrill of Exeter, Daniel W. Badger of
tu.~· of the University of New Hampshire,
Portsmouth and Charles E. Carroll of
which was held at Durham at the same
Laconia, who served with Mr. Brackett
I1our.
on the council of Gov. John G . Wlnant;
The sen•1ces were conducted by Rev.
former Atty . Gen. Jet;emy R. Waldron
Frank B: Chatterton, pastor of the Unlof Portsmouth; former State Senators
versalist Church of this city.
Mr.
Eliot A. Carter of Nashua, William AlChatterton began the service by reading
len or Penacook, John J , Sheehan of
the first Psalm, called "The Rlght~ous
Man;·· followed by the 23rd and 139th
Psalms. This was followed by a poem
by Sir Knowles Dolton, "The Inevit-
LAST RITES FOR
CHARLES H;
BRACICETT lIELD
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\Vas Prominent In Public
Affairs In City And
County
Hon . \Villiam A. Rodgcton, widely
known ::i.rrhitect, contrnctor !lnd builder, died at. his home on Hit;hland
street this mornmg nt the age of 89.
He had been iu failing health for some
time. He was II native of Greenland,
having been bom in Llmt town on Dec.
9, 18'18, the son of Alexander H. and
Sarah (Walker> Hodr,don. ·
Mr. Hoclg<lou received hi8 e<lucaLiou
in the Grrcnlnnd rllst.rict school aml
at Brnckcl.t'8 1\c:1<lcrny th\ .-c. At the
age of 17 he started to learn the carpcnt er's. trade under the . lnsLrucllon o(
Mo~es Yeaton. After three and n hnl(
years he oblainCll a position as fore•
mnn in Nell' York City and while rmployed lhrre, 8tmllrtl nrchitcc-tmr uulll
hi/ henlth failed whr11 he returned to
Portsmouth . Regaining hi;; hralLh he
engaged iu lmsine:;:; !IS a contractor
and builder and did a great deal of
work in this community, ond some of
the finest homes were built under his
direction and clesit::nrd by him.
His first wife was Miss Currie Yeaton,
daughter of Mo~es Yeaton. hL~ first
employrr. His umn·iuge ocrnrred in
1875. She died died in 1388, lelwlug a
daughler, Ethel. Iu 1894 he manietl
Mi~s Chn a Randall, who died May 17
last year.
Mr. Hodgclon w H prominent. in the
Rl'pullllc-1\tl 11nrt,.v :111<1 lwid n numhcr
of public olflcc·s. lie r,Prvccl a~ ovrr r.cer of thr poor, '\:, i<upcrinleu<Jcn~ of
the Enard or Public Works, and as al~
dcrmu l iu the old city council. In 1009
he wns elected county commissioner,
which po0ition he hc1d for a munbe1
of yeu1s. He also served ::;evero.l terms
in the legislautre. For three years he
wo..~ in the Nc·.v Hampshire militia
serving na first lieuteunut. For mnny
years he ~ct vcd !\t, a libro r:,' tru: lea
and has alway been interested in the
welfare anti progress of the ·community. · .
He was a memlwr of St. Auclt·e\\''s
Lo,lgc of ··:i\1asons, DeWitt Clinton
commandery, IC. T ., 'Ind at ono time
was a mrmhrr r,f Phrl\\.:tq111\ L(Hli-:e, I.
o o. F. anct o! the Mecllaulcs Fire
sofict.1•.
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He j~ Slll'V!VC!I b,\" two rli\UE;hters.
Mi-;_~ Ell,cl Hodp.dl'I\ or thiq city, and
l\•Irs. Wlllls Q-. C . K!mboll of Woburn.
Ma~:1., a gran<idau 5llter, Mn;. Cinrk
ll.1cAciam Clifiord of St. Louis; 11 brother, P.c'I. T. Mannil.1g Hodgdon of West
IIo.rtford , Conn., l\llll one sister, Mr~ .
.l\11nlc G. Ram!.
Funernl r;er,lct'h will lw !trill from
the !ate home, 18G Highia11'1 ~trcet,
l\lonclny afternoon at 2 o'ck•clL Friends
lll\'lted.
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Biblical passages. Jie 11a d hat esua
Ohrist taught the giving of ourselves
,iithout' 10.ny !dca · of reward ., o.nd we
have the heart and·.courage to go.on
knowing that God ca.res .for • us. -We
heed Him in this Ufe of ours day • 1:!1
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At the close of .the service all in the
congregatjon were invited to the parish
house on State street to greet Bisllop
Dallas and he received -a most h~rty1r'"-~..,. ¥.,.,,..:
welcome.
OBSERVES 97TH
BIRTHDAY
Miss Mary E. B, Miller observed h ,}r
97th birthday anniversary on Sunday at
the Wentworth Home on Pleasant
street. She received numerous ca.Iler~,
floral tributes and cards. Among those
who came to greet her was her niece,
Mrs. Marlon Miller Drake, whose birth•
. day anniversary occurs on the
date.
Miss Miller is a remarkable woman,
having rare talents. She still reads
without glasses and does a little chln3.
painting, but ls less active than in the
past few years.
Mary Emily Brewste1· Miller was born
·The Rt. Rev. John T . DallM, bi.shop in Portsmouth on March 27, 1841, the
oC the Episcopal cliocese of New Ha.mp•
daughter of Rev. T. H . Mille1· and Mrs.
Rhlre, administered the r ite of confirm• Mary Moses Miller. Her father was a
EJ.tion to a cla s '>f 21 candidates at st . minister in the Orthodox church for
John'11 Church Wednesday evening. A
several years, later leaving hls pastorate
very large congregation was present a.t to join the Universallst church. Fe~
tho impressive
service, including a many years he held the position of asnumber from out of town. The vested sociate editor of the old Portsmouth
choir of men and boys numbering 30 Journal, later becoming editor of the
r enderell music uncler the direction of Portsmouth Chronicle, which was
Choir Ma.ster Ernest P. Bilhrnck. The founded by hls brother, Frnnk W. Mil·
large congregntion Joined lleartily f.n ler.
tile Ring ing of hymns.
Miss Miller i5 an accomplished musi,1~
Members of the conflnnation class ian. At the age of 13 she was a leadlnil'
wUl make their first communion at tlte soprano singer In church. She was a.
early Rerirlce on Palm Sunday.
church orga1,lst for 38 years, serving 'lt
In greeting the newly-confirmed arui
the Univer~alist, Unitarian and Middle
the congregation Bishop Dallas spoke street Bapt.ist churches dm·ing · that
of thi~ ancient rite o{ the church and time.
it.'l Rignlflcance. He paid a well deserMiss M11ler is a portrait painter
ved compliment to the reotor, Re-v, much ability, having studied undel'
Mfl.KWell Ganter, saying that down Ulysses D. Tenney, a famous painter Jn
through the twelve years it had been his day. At Christ Church in this city
J.1Lq privilege to come here the rector there are three life-size paintings of
had prepared such a clai:s and f.t gave "The s aviour," which are the work of
evidence of much painstaking work.
Miss Mlller, together with smaller piec~s
B!sh:>p Dallas referred to the com- of art. Shi? still does some china paint•
l.n.g tercentenary celebration of St. Ing, it being one of her hobbies.
John'll Church f.n May when tlte enShe has always been very fond
Uro tlloce o will join f.n the observance, l'eadlng anc even now does not·
of (,hat historic occasion.
glasses. A keen student always an;:1
rn ri.n impressive sermon B!sho1.1 in her youth she taught school for a
DallL','> spoke on the subject of God, time. While living in Boston she at•
a,9sortlng tllat love ls the word which tended the Epl.scopal church and wM ,.~•.,,•. ,...,_..,
descrJ.bes God tlle best and tt ts Olll' confirmed at st. John the Evangellst'a
defl.n1tlon of God. Not love in the sense Church 1n that city.
of anything cheap or tawdry: nothing
Mlss Miller has a cheerful disposltlo,1
Gentimental about it out tt shines be• and her friends much enjoy calllng on
£ore tho senllmcntnutir and L~ full oC her. She hopes to attaln the century
(framl hmrnm ex.pc11ences.
mark.
BL-,ltop Dallas aave ~ picture of Goct 1.1.;.:.:.:;.;.;;.;_ _,.....,......,...,..,_-r.-"!""'\l'T""':""!"......,....":""'
o.nd love through references to variou!J
�a e oy as
o fe se Set ·ng
reenlan Fires
County Authorities Believe Mystery 0(
Incendiary Fires Has Been Cleared Up
Herald Newsphoto
Ruins caused at Greenland yesteriay by a $12,000 blaze that razed the barn, ell
and shed on the old Judge Hatch place. A cat· and truck along with much valu able farm machinery was lost in the fire.
A juvenile warrant, charging "arson
and an a~tempt at arson" was served t.oday on a 14-year-old grammar school
)Joy or Greenland by Sheriff Simes
rink following an lnvestlgatlon into
the $12,000 blaze at the old Judge Hatch
estate In Greenland yesterday. · The
youth ts alleged to have confessed to
attempting to set the Cold Spring Farm
barn on fire at 6:45 o'clock Monday
evening ar.d the following morning
shortly before 8 o'clock set' fire to the
rear of the barn on the Hatch property.
Early yezterday morning Sheriff
Frink was called to Cold Spring Farm
when it was discovered that an attempt
to set a fire had been made there and
was conducting an investigation when
the fire in the nearby building was discovered by one of the occupants. Before the firemen -had the blaze under
control and while heavy winds still
threatened to spread the flames into the
front part or tbe house Sheriff Frink
had started to question the suspec:t, who,
he ~nld, finally signed a confession that
he set the fire by 7 o'clock Inst evening.
Assisting in the investigation
and
collecting state's evidence were Inspector Clifton Percy of
the
New
Hampshire State Police.
Inspector
David Rubino of the New England district of the National Fire Underwriters
Board, Chief of Police Caswell or
Greenland, State Trooper Dema.~ky,
and Deputy Sheriffs A. Munning Remick of Rye and Floyd Gale of Hampton.
The boy was held in rustody at
Greenland last night and lhc actual arrest was made today. The young defendant will be arraigned in Portsmouth
Juvenile Court later this week, accordIng to officials.
Officials are still investigating numerous other fires that h ave occurred in
Greenland during the last year . During 1937 the local fire department had
13 calls to Greenland and many of the
fires are believed to have been of incendiary origin. The major fires in
that town during the last year are:
Feb. 27, Herbert Powell residence.
March 27, Frank lfughes barn.
April 22. Thomas Ely residence .
Sept. 7, Harry Johnson barn.
Sept. !l, John Trimmer barn
house.
Dec. 5, Harry Hanson barn.
March 4, 1938, Thornton Weeks barn.
March 29, Wendell Peterson resldenc •
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arn And Part Of .
t Former Jud.ge
lace And Discove
ttempt To Start ·
old Spring rm
_vestigatio
Several houses at Greenland wer~
threatened by fire today as flames levelled a barn and ell of the old Judg~
Hatch place, cnusing an estimated dam~--~ nf :.12 000. Sheriff Simes Frink of
Portsmouth and Deputy Sheriff A.
Jo:
>11~ Ht mick of Rye started an investigation of the blaze after it was discovered an a ttEmpt also had been made
to start a fire in the large barn at Cold
Spring Farm during the night.
The house, owned by Mrs. Rosall.J
Hatch of Stratham, was saved by firemen from Porlsmo11th, North Hampton
and Exeter. although there wus considerable W?.ter damage.
The
fire
started in the rear of the large bal'll
and fanned by a heavy wind swept forward, enveloping the entire building ln
flames before firemen could be summoned. The arrival of the fire departments foun-1 the blaze already threatening to raze the house, but by turning
large streams of water onto the building where the ell joined it they were able
to save the front section.
The historic Congregational Church
wa.s damaged to the extent of n ear\/
$200 when the top of the steeple caugl1t
fire from flying sparks and during the
heigh th of the spectacular blaze burning
shingles lanrting on the roof were a
constant menace to the church building.
Kenneth Caswell of Portsmouth savrd
the attic of the church from catchlni;
on fire, :i.s he was the first person to f::,"l
up into the cupola, where he found :i
wooden shingle burning among the ctr?
beams. He plckcd up the burnlni; shingle and threw It irom an opening in th?
lower part of the steeple.
'The estimnlect loss or machinery nnrt
other chattels stored in the destroyed
buildings has not yet been made but th~
value will probably exceed $2300.
The house is occupied by Wende'.!
Peterson, painter, and his family, which
includes twn sons, Wendell, Jr., and Edwin and two daughters, Virginia, and
Margaret, the latter being only 15
months old. All the family's personal
belongings and furniture were carried
from the threatened building by volun•
teer workers.
The blaz,~ was discovered by Mr.
Peterson about 8 o'clock lhi~ momtn1;
when he though he heard watPr s11lash ·
ing In the rear of the barn. When he
opened the doors he found the 11tar.•,
filled with 5moke and flames and noti •
fied the Portsmouth Fire Dep~~ment.
�A p easure car and truck which were
parked in the barn were destroyed and
farming machinery in the rear of the
barn was lost. A shed in which Mr
Peterson l1r.d a quantity of paint n1
carpenter·~ tools wa.5 destroyed.
A
complete set of la\Jf books. valued at
several hundred dollar,<;, being
thos
used by the late Judge Hatch during hL~
law pra::tice and as a justice of tll'!
state Su;>reme Court, were destroyed •n
the ell of the hous~. where they wer
stored.
Firem,m drew their supply of watc··
from a large spring in the rear of Cold
Spring Fann, only a short
dlstan~.~
from the burning buildinr, . Scv~n.l
li1:e1; of nose were laid anti firemen
foui::ht lhc bl:izr for nearlr two hour.~
before il was completely unclrr control.
More I han a dozen volunlA'er. wc,e
called into a field aero~~ lhr road frOt\l
the burning building to fight
r;r:is:1
fire which had gained considerable
headwa;y and was sweeping toward several privnte residences on lhe Nortl\
Hampton road. One o( the resident.q
on that road wet his shed roof with fl.
garden hose V:·hen sparks were f ll!n~
near the building.
About 150 cars jammed lhat section
and Chief of Police Earl Ca.swell, Greenland. Chief of Police Oliver Henc'.cel of Norch Hampton and State Troop?r
Joseph Demasky were called on to helo
direct traf(ic.
O(ficials say that if the aUempt t.o
start a fire in Cold Spring Fann barn
had been successful it might have
caused grcai; damage. They stated tlt::i.t
some time during the nighL a fir~ had
been started in a pile of hay in the mlcldle of the barn floor and it was "little
short of Cl ntirncle" that it went ou~.
There were 15 cows. two horses and o.
lC\rge qua:1t1ty of hay in the barn,
ThL~ L~ the e1ghLh fire in GrccnlO.tHI
during the past few mouths believed by
offlclal.<1 to be of incendiary origin.
Historic Greenland
Church Saved From
estr-uctio
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Exeter Firemen Stop Spread Of Blaze In
Structure Erected In 1756
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Herald Newsphoto
l\ IExeler firemen made a spectacular effort that saved the spire of the historic
Greenland Congregational Churclt from being consumecl by flames during the
hi-ight of the fire at Grccnlaml yesterday. One of the fh'emen can be seen
crawling through a chopJ)ed hole J1igh up in the spire just before he extingui hell flames that were gaining headw y,
One of the oldest landmarks m
Greenland, the historic Congregational
Church, erected in 1756, was saved by
Exeter firemen yesterday as
flames
started to burn the top of the steeple,
Several attempts were made to extlnguL~h the flames, which were gaining
headway, but the pumper was unable lo
bulld up rnough pressure to throw a
stream of water to the top of the splre.
Flames were endangering the top of
the struc~ure and threatened to let the
,;wlnd-vaue fall to the ground untU one
of the firemen was -able to chop his way
out of the steeple only a few feet below
tlie bll\ze.
Tho Portsmouth Herald photo shows
the dramatic moment when the fireman
made his way through the opening and
extinguished the blaze. A cheer went
up from hundreds of persons who stood
on the common and roadway watching
the spec~acular feat.
Among the Exeter firemen
the succ~35ful att.empt were Captain
Sinclair, John Poggio, Cornelius Willard
Harold Brown and John Leary. The
met1 had to carry a 30-foot ladder into
the belfry and then, standing on the
top of it one of them chopped a hole
through the steep roof.
Earlier during the fire Kenneth Caswell of Portsmouth saved the attic of
the church from becoming a mass of
flames while he was on his way to the
roof and discovered a burning shingle
among the dry beams.
His prompt
aetlon in throwing the shingle through
an opening in the lower part o! the
steeple, it is said, saved the building
from extensive damage.
Much favorable comment has been
heard in ngard to the fine work o! the
Portsmouth Fire Department in saving
the Peter::;on residence as until the arrival of the local firemen it was believed
that the entire set of buildings was
�TO HOLD HEARING
ON HARBOR
DEVELOPMEN
The Federal Maritime Oommlssion
will hold a hearing on Harbor Develon Aprll 6 at the local City
LOCAL HARBOR
DEVELOPMENT
HEA ING APR. 6
To Be Conducted By
Federal Maritime Comm.
,,At Rockingham Hotel
A hearing on the ,feasllaility .of developing Portf,mouth Harbor into a fint
class port wlll be held by · the Federal
Maritime Comm~sion at the Rockingham Hotel, Portsmouth, Wednesd~ y
morning, April 6, at 10 o'clock.
Originally scheduled to be held In the
Counc!! Chamber at City Hall, It wa~
necessary, because of state-wide interest, to transfer this hearing to a place
of J:,.rger capacity.
Two meetings of a
representative
committee to prepare data and statistics
to be presented to the commission have
already been held at the headquarters
of the Seacoast Regional Development
Assoclatlon. and a final meeting of this
group ts called for next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
The possibility of developing the outstanding 1~atural facilities of a harbor
of unusual depth of water that never
fre eze;, even in the coldest winter, that
never reqmres any dredging to keep
open its . channels and docking areas,
has brought ready and eager support
from every portion of the state. This
is only natural, since such a project is
of vital Interest to every New Hampshire community, as well as to many
other sections outside the state. The
economic advantages of a developmc11t
of the nature at New Hampshire's only
seaport would be far-reaching, benefit.ting not only the whole state itself, but
a large portion of northern New England as well.
Representatives of the state, city,
.,-,,..;;.,..,,... ,,, railroads, regional associations, manufacturers and civic organizations will
present the story to the commission.
The hearing is open to the public
and all citizens of New Hampshire are
Invited and urged to attend.
·
ecbons ·of ew Ha shire And
Part Of Maine Represente -Local
Advantages Presented To Members
Of Federa Maritim.e Couunission
More than 300 attended the hearlnc- thls i.~ true for neven mileH and a hair
held on harbor development at the up stream when Gre t Bay an\i Litt!~
ock1ngham Hotel this morning, con- Bay also offers rare oportunltles.
In closing he mentioned the overducted by the Federal Maritime Comcrowded
condition:, of some of t.lle
nL<Jsion, and great enthusiasm was
Atlantic and called
hown. Originally Intended to be held ports on the
Portsrnouth the "most logical point on
tn the Council Chambers at City Hall
t hero was so much interest tlll\t a larg- the Atlantic coa..t for wide maritime
ctevclopmeul.''
r place was secured for the hearing.
Alvm F. Redden, secretary of lhe
Various organizations throughout the
.~tate were present, and representatives New Hampshire Seacoast Regional
from towns and cities · were In attend- Development nssocla.tlon ·presented o,
ance to lend their 1,;upport in a.id of de- report which had been prepiired foe
tli.e com.mission. Thia report was very
veloping the local h~rbor.
S. D . Schell, assistant to . the chair- comprehensive, including m.an.v of tho
man of the 1\/Iarltlme Commisslon !UH\ stn.!,cmeut.~ whlt:h WCl'tl maclo later in
J F . McArt, chief of Agreement.~ sec- U1e heariug, (;'ivlng facts !UHl :Ogun,._~
tion, Division of · negulailons, were of Ule pos~lbllllh:s o! Portsmo11t11 lturpresent from the commission, Mr. l>or. The report called atlcnLion thn.~
Schell presided and called the meet- this Ls Lhe most northerly port on tl111
Atlantic which ls open to navigation
Ing to order at 10.12,
In opening the meeting Mr. Schell the Yt·ar o.ro11nd and that "with no tco
stated that the Maritime Commission to tie up 0l..uppit1i;, no channels to be
has been conducting
the hearings opened ir1 wmt,er by the expens1ve proalong the Atlantic Coast arrd the Gulf ces~ of mo<lern ice breaking, no pos~
of Mexico stating that ·a similar meet-- s1hilit.y of sho11l or saurlbar formaLions,
Ing was held In Portland .qn Tuesday, no c.lreclgil1g Lo keep channels o.ml
and that other hearings would be held dockmg areo,s at proper depth, ancl
in Boston, F:>.11 River, PNvldence, New wiU1 navigable water of unusual depth
,=raven, New York, Philadelphia, Wil- extenctiug to the very shors itself
mingwn and Baltimore. He stated that Port.smouLl1 ofrcrs r..xccptlonal adva11~
Senator Brown o.skcd to hnve Port.<J- tn.r;es for tnai·itim& clcvdopment io1'
mouth Included among the list: He eic- e,run or miy lilt.C."
E. Curtit Matthews, president of Urn
pressed delight in the large· attendPlscu.tu.qmi Rlve;r 'rowing Co.. submit.
ance and the representative group.
Former Mayor Orel A. Dexter pre- ied facl.s rcll\tlve to tlrn f~tnro · (le..
harbor. "Port,s~
sided as chairman. He called upon va- velopmcnt of tho
rious representatives who gave their mouth is ti natural anu not an artifitestimony regarding the harbor and cial harbor,'' he said, and pointed out
that ihe c:utrn.uce at U10. narrowc:.;t
the possibilities of development.
The first speaker was Mayor Ken- point W!l..9 0111.>-fourth of a mllo and
nard E. Goldsmith. Mayor Goldsmith tha.t the, cnt.ruuco to wide and unob-told first of the advantages of the Pis- st-rucl.ect: tlmL (.ll() ·llrldgc-.s arc no ob-·
cataqua which were seen in the early strucL!on to navigation and that lhe
years of the settlement of New Hamp- ho.rbor hfls never 1'ro:t.e11 over. He spoke
shire with its fine harbor of 65 to 90 of the bad conchtions ot thti ctockll
feet of water. He spoke of Colonial _ stating illat tlley ohouhl l>s rebuilt.
days and Revolutionary war days a.ncl PolnUug ant the po~ibiltties of n..it~
trnce '1 briefly the history of the har- road Sl!l'Vlce, he , b.l.ed U1[~t I.Ile Bos•
bor. He cited some of the advantages ton & Mal.i1e could ea~Uy serve U1es.e
of the Portsmouth harbor, st.at.Ing th:i,t Iocat1on Em<l with LhelI' cooperation
no dredging is ·needed; and that th.ere all of 1,he coal and oil lu New B:umpno shoals or sandbars, and thn.t i;hil'c could h handled in U1eso points,
Mr. ,MI\LU1ews spoke of the up-rivl'r
pos1-;ibil!Uei! for d~velopm;.?_t,
�1912 when plaru were announced pub•
llcly for the closing o! the Navy Yard,
and that o! the subsequent election
and the visit o! Josepheu.s Daniels to
Portsmouth. "And the Portsmouth
Navy Yard still exists," he said. "There
,~,.,.,..,-,,;,..,..::"' is no better navy yard and no better
,]-~~~~:'l"'""!':".':■.:':'=~~~~~~~'IP!S:C~r;::::t.'..~~~2~2.~9,2~~~] harbor."
He spoke o! some o! the na•
Mr. Schell mqulred regarding I.he er could be brought to them. He added
tural resources 6.nd o! the possibilities
number of piers that could be used a.n<l that he believed development
her<! for development, sto.tlng. that it
ali:o n...<;\cC'd al.lout warehouses. These would start up closed plants.
would be o! distlnct advantage to New
q1wricx Wl'rC' l\nuw('rccl.
Frank W. Randall, representing the
England IC thL, cpuld come about.
Mr. MaUllcws presented Cho.rt 329 to New Hampshire Seacoast Development
Major Denni/I McDonough o! Dover,
t11c commission.
•
.Association, was next co.lied upon. He
added hill approval and that o! the
Fr('Ll :r. Clllrk, plnnni.ng director or spoke of the. mo.rltlme history of the
city o! Dover to any move for the
tile S~l.e f'la.rmlng nnd Dovelopmcnt city, stating that, once ranking as thB
develppment o! Portsmouth Harbor,
Commi:;.,lon, WI\S .next introduced and 12th city in the nation, the population
saying, "I believe that the Portsmouth
prc.<;entcd o. mup and chart showing t.lHl growth hac! failed to keep pace with
Harbor 13 a great port; that Ports•
loc11.Uon of Port.~mouUl in rclaUotl w other cities. He said that durlug the
mouth can be developed; thnt Ports0U1er m1mufo.cttu·inG ccnLom of ihe world War the natural advantages o!
mouth should be developed and that
r,t,atc.
Portsmouth Harbor were recognized and
it should be made a port o! call. I
Jolin J. Cmnmlnc!i, i;ecrel.l>.ry of ih, that both iteel and wooden ships were ' belleve thnt should be to.ken Into con•
New Hamp~llile Manufacturers A.<isoci• built here.
slderatlon that we need more than the
atlon spolcc next. Ile stated !,ha.I, lt t~
Former Mayor Charles .M. Dale, a
first line o! defense; wo need the soc•
illo> l\S~Orlli.iion'r; contention thl\t Ports·· member of the executive council of Gov.
ond and third lines of defense as well."
moutl1 Harbor should !Je r;lveu 1rcrlO!J/I Francis p. Murphy, represented the
In closlng he said, "-the Clty of :povor
consldeution· ill the question of port de. governor. '·The governor had hoped to
Wi!l be very enthusiastic over what can
velopmcnt.
be here himself," Mr. Dale said, but dua
be done in developing the port of
I. M. Payne. manage1· of the In • to pressing business In the state House
Portsmouth."
dustries Bnreau of the Boston & Main'! he was unable to attend and asked me
Mayor Alfred J. Boucher of Somer1•
Railroad. represented that organization to say a word on behalf of the state.
worth briefly added hls endorsemen~
at the hearing. He stated that the ral:"The governor ls vitally iniert!sted in
of the move to develop Portsmouth
road would be willing to cooperate with any development of Ports mouth Harbor
harbor. "We all know that this devel:.
any develcpment of the port. "It is bo- which wi\\ benefit our state and I believe
opment o! Portsmouth Harbor would
lieved th \t derelopment of the harbor that the development of Portsmouth help all the neighboring cities ln the
will bring i11dustries here," he stated,
Harbor would bo of bene!lt not only to states," he said. ·
Harold H. Hart of Wolfeboro, secre- this section bui to the entire state."
Thls concluded the llst o! speo.kera
tary of th New H::unpshlre Lake ReFranTc C. Remick represented t!;.. which had been planned, and Formergional As,oclatlon, rcprcscnling
thr Port.~moulh Civic Councll and Chatnber , Mayor Dexter turned the meeting bacll
New Ha111p~l1ire Division of tho New of comm~rcP. He bega11 by saying that to Mr. Schell. Mr. Schell stnted o.galn
England Council, so.Id, "We feel that tho in former days Portsmouth was one of the plan ln holding the hearings stat•
dcvelopnu,nt of Portsmouth Harbor 1s the import'\ntJlorts in the country. "WrJ Ing that "I bellcvo you have wonder•
a step in the right direction."
He have the same fa.cllltles today,"
he ful 11atural facilities, but some o! the
brought up tho 15ubject of national do• added. Mr. Remick spoke of it.s geothings you need are not within the
fonse and said this should be consld• graphical location near the big buslness scope of the commission, what we are
ered.
Ti1e lake region wishes to go centers. He told of the inadequate fa- concen1ed with i~ whethet· you have
on record i.n supportlng this meritorious cilities, of the neeu of a new bridge, new adequate steamship llnes to care for
subject," i1e sald.
piers, n~w warehouses and a large dry- your exports anti Imports."
Chairman Dexter stated · that the dock which might be of great benefit
"Wo, are interested essentially lu
slate of Maine wru; Interested ht the not only to commercial shipping but to American steamship services. Incident•
development of Portsmouth Harbor, fo1·
the Navy as well.
ally we are interested in the !acllltles.''·
it would undoubtedly mean develop•
Rear Admiral D. E. Dismukes U. S. he said.
ment
the Maine slde of the river as N.. ret ., was called upon and agreed
Mr. Schell asked a few more ques•
well a.<; lilew Hampshire.
He then
wlth the speakers who had spoken tlons and stated that briefs could bi,
called upon Jud~e Arthur E. Sewall of about the fine entrance to the harbor. flied within 30 days with the secretary,
York.
He stated he had commanded ships of of the commission, and wlll be incor•
"Anything that would be of ndvant- 30.000 tons and that a study or the µora ted In the records of tho hearlnQ',
age to the city of Portsmouth would be
chart would show that the largest ships The meeting then adjourned. ·
of advantage to Maine,'' Judge Sewall
"I feel that It is foolish to have a
In addition to the speakers, repre•
snld, and ()lso brought out the fact tht1t good harbor llke this without one pier sentatives of a large number o! r.om•
there ls ;, law in ' Mnlne which pre- where ships can dock,'' he said. "After munitles throughout the state were
vents the ci-:port of hydro-electric power you build one good pier undoubtedly present. Maine _wo.s represented by a
and said he believed If there should be a others wlll be bullt." He added that number interested in the harbor do•
move toward the development o! the such a pier should be near the rail- ,velopment. Among the group from
port of ?ortsmouth industries would road and near a highway, that p.eopl" Portsmouth were~many who have been
spring up on the Mnine side and that should be made commerce-minded and interested in the development o! the
the power could bo brought to U\Ose in- then the flow of commerce would come harbor and who have done a great deal
dustrles. The commissioners n.5ked a through Portsmou th .
of work along those , lines. Among the
few questions of Mt·. Sewell, who stated
Eugene Reed, of MancheS t er, a for- former mayors wern Harry B. Yea.ton,
he believed that Industries should bB mer Congressman, was next called F. W. Hartford, Dr. s, T. Ladd and
brought to tidewater and then the pow- upon by Mr. Dexter. Ho sto.ted th at J?r, S. F. A. Pickering. A number of
he had not intended to speak, but gave members of the present city council
a short talk telling o! hls contacts
were present and men and women
with Portsmouth. He mentioned the were in attendance from many towns
he
Congress in in Rocklngllam county.
on
�HAS BEEN
LIBRARIAN FOR
OVER 30 YEARS
Miss Eleanor Lovell Of
Kittery Has F-ine Record
MISS ELEANOR LOVELL
this to the fact that the public today
want to be entertained -and would rather
be told about a subject, simply and directly, than to take the tlme to read
about it. Miss Lovell is very fond of her
work and explained that there is much
satisfaction derived from finding ju.st
the right book for someone. She remarked, "I've gradually found myself
knowing the likes and dislikes of everyone in town."
For her own leisure hours Miss Lovell
chooses the stories of Henry Van Dyke
and she also likes historical novels, especially those relating to colonial times.
Her hobby is music and she enjoys traveling, but th is is only in her imagination . "I don't care for the water,'' ~he
admitted, "and I quite agree with the
Englishman who asked his American
friends why he traveled abroad when he
had .everything so ideal at home."
Miss Lovell Is a member of the Eastern Star, serves as secretary <l,nd third
vice president of the Nursing Association and is listed on the board of the
A'merican Red Cross .
She is also a
member 'of the Second Methodist
Church in Kittery, where she has taught
in the Sunday school since 1899,
LIBRARIAN AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY .
FOR30 YE_ARS
(By Justine Flint)
The Inscription at the entrance of the
elm-shaded red brick building reads:
"Rice Public Library." Wide
stone
steps lead into quiet, spacious rooms
lined with books, and the . sprightly
white-haired lady behind the desk In
the large circulation room Is Miss
Eleanor Lovell. Miss Lovell has been
Klttery's librarian for 30 yell.1"8.
Shew.as born 1n Portland, Me;, where
she spent ;1er childhood. When she was
14 lier family moved to Kittery and a
few years later.she went to Washington,
D. c ., where she remained for 15 years.
On her return to Kittery .she accepted
the position of assistant postmaster,
which she held for eight years, until she
made her application for l!brarian 1n
1907, She l'eplaced Mis.s Abbie Goodi;oe, who had been the library's custodian since it:; erection in 1874.
Miss Lovell disclosed that tastes
books havt! changed little in 30
and the most popular books, as pref erred by Kittery readers, are mystery
and Western stories.
"I'm often asked,'' she said, smiling,
MISS HANNAH FERNAl, O
"for a story to make the chills run up
(By Jus tine Flint)
and down their spine, and I often wonThe enjoyment derived from
der how anyone can sleep after reading
.such tales." Miss Lovell 1s cleverly sacontact witl1 books and peo ple explains
tirical , and phrases of sparkling humor
the reason Miss Hannah F ernald
appear throughout her conversations. ,
She stated that literature on pract1- ' r emained loyal . to her profession
ma.ny years.
cal arts and hobbies have a steady folAlthough sh~ was· born in Boston,
lowing, and that gardening is a favorite
MJss F~rnald's mother and father origwith Kittery people. There 1s little det.ually came from this locality .
Her
mand for the classics and she attributes
grandmother, Mrs . Sarah Wiggi11, made
I
h ~r home i11 Portsmouth, and her father's J)eopl-~ formerly owned a farm in
North Kittery on the Cutts road. She
attended the library school at · Pratt
Tn.~titutt:?. Brooklyn, N. Y., and for a
rcw yeai"s ,, as active in social service
work. On coming to Porlsmout-h she
succeeded Rc.brrt E. Rich, who was tl1e
flr;;t cur,toctian of the library.
MLss Ferr.ala has served
as Portsmouth~, librarian for 30 years and tells
ma.ny interesting and amusing stories
a.bout book~ and their readers.
She
atat ct !:hat there has been a decided
clla.nge in the public's choice of books
during her 30 years experience in Portsmouth . More solid reading and fl
gr~J.t deal more non-fiction is in evidence . This is o ttrlbuted to the fact
that non-ficlion is much more' interesting than it, used to be and is written in
a more entertaining style.
Factual
stories are produced like novels. There
is much going· on in the world today that
people wunt to know nbout nnd essnys
on lnternnlional affai rs are extremely
popular.
She expressed the opinion
that motion pictures and the r adio have
Increased the quantity and quality of
good reading instead of lessening it, as is
o ften b<Jiieved. Books on present economic ::liff.iculties h ave a la rge following
and trav<!I 5torlcs and biographies were
pronou:1cP-d the favorite books of Portsmouth readers by Miss Fernald.
We are informed that libraries are al- i
ways b:.13iest during the win ter months,
I.JUG that summer visitors keep Port.sm outh'-, library increasingly active
throughout vacation time.
Wo·1ld yo u guess that fewer
ccm ~o the library on windy days?
"R,1i11 make1; no difference," Miss Fer.na.ld said, '·but a high wind keeps people ::i.w1y, and it also makes children
u augllty in school," she added wilh a
smile. ":::t fills them full
o! high
,, spirits and makes them harder to manage ."
Miss Fernald is held in affectionate
regil rd by the youn ger r eaders of the
.lilm:1ry. Children of various ages, with
thei r hands recenLly washed "for fcr1r
Miss Fcraald might n otice" troop It\
and glance shyly through the rooms,
hoping to catch a glimpse of her.
'While she listens, h er kindly eyes smll:in[f un,izrsta1,dingly, they relate to her
30rnt: .:/JJry that they have just'flnlsh ed.
_1·As soon as they are able to sign their
first and la~t names satLsfactorlly in Ink
' they are al!owed to take out books. This
system rr.1;evEs small children of the
temptatio,1 to exaggerat,e a little when
•their ag·es are asked. There are four
standard encyclcpedlas in the chll-• f
dren's room and we are told that they
are there 1101: so much for the informa·•
tlon th~y contain, but for the purpose
of; teachinz the children how to look
things up.- ,
·,<\s ·you enter the library's large circu •
btlOlll: roo11:i .11crhaps ,thc first Llli11g that
.will attract your ,eye are the flowering
pl,rn~~ with- their lovely blooms or rare
and \Ji:illiant hues, _.. :rhey a.re the beau- .
trnus l''osult or Miss Fernald's hobby,
which s\1e laughingly calls· "a minor insanity." .: l'}hc plants. the bulbs in the
cellar of il)e cuilding and _t,_hrougho ut
�the fall, "inlcl' and sprit1gu11der her
watchful r.are the liberary is rewarded
wiU1 exqui~ite blossoms placed effect•
ivcly on ouh and tables.
A!Lhoush Miss Fernald has read ex•
tensivcly 5hc has no favorites in books
or author.-;. She described the modern
novel as bei,1g good, but apt tQ prove un~
stimu)!c\tit~g She will admit, however, a
prcfer~ncc Ipr travel stories and . ,dis-.
clo~cd t,ha\..it she was to tl'avcl she would
make Englai'lQ her first stoppir1g place.
Sl.10. S!\_i9, :•i 'vc r ead and loved ·so ma_n~•
E1iglsl1 bocks and poems that England
seems quit~. like another home to me."
The e:>.riy history of the Portsmouth
Public T~ib1:ary is very vague and indef'inilc. 1\ \\:ls reported in an a_rticle by
Robert E., Rich that the bu1ldmg was
creeled .fo ·!809 from· designs drawn by
Charl~s Bt;lfiech, architect of the Mas•
·sachusctt...{ state House,' as a private
school foi· boys. anc;l that it was conductetl as SU()h for a number of years.
In
March, 18~6, the city leased the "academy," with the privilege of purchasing
•the land/ and build~ng. in 190~. . Af_~r
being r1mcdtlled, 1t ISSUCd !ls
Inst
. books 011 nee. 5, 1896.
MRS. HOUDINI
TAKES UP CAUSE
Of GOODY COLE
'II .J1'111
1.
Ernest A. 'fucker Of Rye And l\'lodel Of Old New England Colonial
lfas Constructed.
-~,\
\ ['-i'-'
A model of the 250-year-old Ne1v
England colonial-built houses. familiar
in and aboat New Castle during the
early day.; of that town. has been comple ted in every detail by Ernest A.
Tucker of Rye. The small replica, that
.stands less than three and one-half feet
high, is an exact copy of one of the
houses. formerly an old tavern, now in
the part of Rye that was separated
from Ne ;v Castle.
The house is complete in every detail
and, acco:·cting to the builder, some parl.s
of it took longer to construct than
would the same part of an actual
house. 'i'he stairway in this miniature
building took nearly twice the time to
build as that of an ordinary stairway.
One of the most tedious tasks in the
constructiu!l was the shingling of the
roof. Th<'re are 4200 shingles, hand•
sawed from cedar wood and it is shin•
glerl in tl1e exact manner of an-ordinary
sized hou.~e.
The at~lc of the model is one of the
most int~resting parts of the house.
There some old furniture is stored 9.lld a
picture of Abraham Lincoln hangs on
the chlui.1cy.
Other rooms ln tht 'house are cleverly
built and .arranged in keeping with the
colonial architecture. There is a pantll
dado in the parlor and the upper part of
that room and the other rooms wlll ue
paper this .rnmmer by Mr. Tucker. who
intends to give the model to a New Yor\t
l ' \) .
Mrs. Beatrice Houdini, the widow of
the late Harry Houdini who achie.ved.
nation-wide prominence as an illus~
ionist and as the exposer of fake
spiritualism, is greatly interested in
~be recent action of the town· of
Hampton In restoring to citizenship
one Eunice (Goody) Cole, accused· and
convicted of witchcraft in the seventeenth century.
Mrs. Houdini, after listening in
Hollywood, California 011 last Sunday
evening to the National Broadcasting
Company's nationwide broadcast of- a
drnmatizatlon of the Hampton · towel.
meeting of March 8 and the life of
Eunice (Goody) Cole. sat down and.
wrote a communication to the "Mayor
of Hl\111pto11 Dench" which was ctell11ered to George Ashworth, chalcman
of the Hampton Beach P1·eclnct Commission, Mrs. Houdini wrote as follows :
"May r. In the - 1111.me of Houdini
ttiank you for the honest and clear.'.
sir.htcd cfTort the otllclnls of your
lovely town arc mnklng to clear the
1:a me or one of your fon.:cr citizens.
''For centuries the belief in witchcrn.ft has permeated the nation and
toclay, crime under t.l1e gµlse o! super•
titlon Is stlU rampant. Definite act_lon, such as yours, will go a long way
to tear tl1e veil from .superstitious reaction.
" Your town hall led the way; mor$
11owot· to you. With kindest regards,
"Sincerely,
(Signed) Mrs. Harry Houdlnl.''
0
Covering the outside of the house are
1600 hanc~-whittled clapboards. On
the east sicie. of the house is a small
cellar-case and a transformer will· be
placed tlwre to operate the lights in the
house.
In each of the four fireplaces a small
r ed bulb g-lowing through partly charred
timbers gives the effect that the interior
is cozily heated from the hearth. The F·••1;.tt::..'!.~>~~
kitchen fireplace, which covers about
half of one wall, is of the old Dutch
type, with Lhe oven on.the left side.
On the front door of the tiny house ls
a "Lincoln head'' door-knocker and a
latchkey lock. The large front door is
a ctouble-c1oss design, while the insidedoors are the typical old-fashioned
four-panel ones. All the doors in-tha
eight-room house have thumb latches.
The four,datlon of the house is o!
imitation granite and when completed
the house will set on a large table, and
a green '.awn, shrubbery and trees wlll
surround iL. wilh winding paths leadlng
to the doors.
Mr. Tucker started building the house
in November and after nearly 5 months
of almost rontlnuous work, has it almost
completed. It still has to be painted
white witit green blinds and Lhe shingles on the roof will be "weather
stained."
·
The house was built to 1 ¼ inch to a foot
scale. It measures 3 feet 7 inches wide,
3 feet. 4 inches high to the ridgepole, 1
foot, 11 inches to the eaves and 4 feet, S
inches in length.
I
�D. A:R. ESSAY· /
AWARDS MADE
will be presented by Ranger Chapter
to Miss Watson and Miss Davis at the
Senior Class Day exercises in June.
Refreshments were served by the
hostesses for the evening, Mrs. Brownell, Mrs. E. A. Tarbell, Mrs. Asa Craig,
and the Misses Ruth and Frances
Miss Dorothy Watson Win<~n,,.-.
First Prize And Miss
Miriam Davis Second
THAXTER HOME
IS RICH
IN HISTORY
(By Justine Flint)
tn her ancestral home overlooking the
sea lives Miss
Ro.samond Thaxter,
granddaughter of the beloved "poet of
the isles;• Cella Lalghton Thaxter, Miss
Thaxter Is probably best known In this
section o! New England for her service
as a leader of local Girl Scouts.
She has held the office of Girl Scout
commissioner for nine years, but has
announcer! that she is resigning from
the council next month. In the future
she will carry on with her two troops in
Kittery. She has been adlve in scout
work for a.bout 15 years and says "I am
deeply int,en.sted in scouting because it
MISS DOROTHY WATSON
is so worth while. I believe, however,
that it does even more good in a small
The April mee ting of Ranger Chap- Lown like Kittery than it does in the
ter, Daughters of the American Revo- larger cities where children have so
lution, was held last evening at the many diverlisements." Miss Thaxter
home of Mrs. Ancy Brownell on Little entered scouting when it was first
Harbor Road. The President General's started in 1923. She was asked to be
one of the original members of the
Message for April was read by Miss class and she was captain of one of the
Ethel Foss, anci Mrs. Inez McIntyre first troop5. She later became deputy
read an article on the 47th Continental commissioner when
Miss
Frances
Congress to be held In Washington Brooks wa, commissioner. Rye, New
next week.
Castle, K\t.tery and Eliot were formerly
The feature of the evening was the combined with Portsmouth as one orpresentation of the two winners of the ganization, but In the future they will
D.A .R. essay coatest, and the reading be separated, as it is believed they will
of their es.says. The first award was be better supported in their own indigiven to the essay of Miss Dorothy vidual communities. "Girl Scout life,"
Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
said Miss Thaxter, "encourages charMyles Standish Watson of Newington,
acter building for great.er interest in
and the second award went to the pacitizenship, home-making, health, out•
per written by Miss Miriam Davis,
of-doors, first aid an<;l nature, stressing
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. True
partlcularl:r the spirit of service to
Davis of Broad street.
others; to do good, and to have a good
The essay contest is sponsored antime doing it." She was one o! those
nually by Ranger Chapter, and Is open
instrument.al in establishing the Girl
to the membe1·s of the senior class.
Scout camp in Barrington, which ls
This year·s essay was entitled "The
maintained for all Girl Scouts in New
Daily Life of an Average Citizen o!
England,
Portsmouth in 1776 compared to the
Although she is enthusiastic about
life of an average Citizen of Ports- , the books of her grandmother, Mis&
mouth Today." The response to this
Thaxter admitted that she does very
contest has been splendid, and every
little wrltluc herself. "I enjoy writing
paper submitted showed the result of
and it ls very easy for me to put my
a great deal of research work concernthought-5 into words," she said, "but
Ing the customs of the city In Colotime does rot seem to permit me to atnial times and now.
tempt it seriously." One of her articles,
Honorable mention was given by the
however, appeared In a recent issue of
judges to the essays submitted by Edthe American Girl magazine. It is part
ward True Davis and Miss Eleanor
of
a reading she once gave to a. local
Gertrude Follansbee. History medals
garden cluo . .
"I have always been greatly prlviled wh~n it came to good reading,"
Miss Thaxter stated. "I was an on Y
chlld and mother, father and I spent almost every evening among books." She
explained that they would take turns
reading to one another and, because
their home was so far away from the
main part of town, it was more convenient to stay at home and read than to
travel In t"> entertainments.
Miss Thaxter is fond of knitting and
needlepoin~ and while her mother reads
aloud to her in the quiet winter evenings, she !s busily engaged in this hobby,
Travel and biography compose her favorite book list. She ls very well acquainted with the French language and
still recal!s the many hours spent in
reading to her father from the French
classics.
Miss Thaxter attended Traip Acad·emy until he:: sophomore year, when she
transferr'3ct to a private school in the
Berkshire Hills in Pittsfield, Mass,
From ther"? she went abroad to another
private school in Paris, .where she spent
many delightful and happy months in
study. WJ.tll a group of 16 American
girls she toured France, Italy and England. Flo..ence, Italy, appealed to her
particularly and she still longs to return
to this suuny land.
Miss Thr,xter was born a~r! has always lived. in the rambling, historic
estate on Cutts Island, which - was
bought by her father in 1880. The land
was granted by Sir Ferdinand Gorges
to Arthui· Champernowne around 1665.
The first house erected was burned but
Miss Thaxter stated that some of the
original timbers were used In rebuilding
the second. Nearby ls an old cemetery,
where Ca-µlain Champernowne's grave
is marked with a cairn of field stones
and a quaint and appealing stone with
a long verse on it.s moss-grown front
tells the t.nlc of a young n'iother and her
baby buried beneath it. The view, overlooking tirn ocean, is one or the most
1.>eautlful a.long the coast. A large and
ancient elm stands between the house
and the sett ana in the distance the clear
outline.;; of the Isles of Shoo.ls break the
Miss Thaxter related
that ·
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-when her father's mother, Cella Thax-.
ter, was living on the islands she would
stand on a certain rock at a specified
tnnc and wave a handkerchief. With
the aid of !\ telescope those on the Kittery Poit\t shore could see her and wave
back .
The storr of Celia Thaxter's life ls
well known in this section of New England, whe:·e she wrote many of her
fnmous poems. Her father, disgusted
with politic-a: life. transported his family
to the Isle!< of Shoals when Cella was
only a child of four. There she lived
•amid the wild, boisterous beauty of thl<J
lonely spot. •·swept by every wind that
blows," she wrote, "and beaten by the
bitter brine for unknown ages, well may
the Isles or :3hoals be barren, bleak and
bare."
. ML<;.5 Tiioxtcr·s home is filled witlt
rare antiques and many memoirs and
keepsakes of her beloved grandmother.
She showrd us in particular some exquisite china vases decorated in clever
designs of flowers and marine piece3
painted in water colors by Cella Thaxter. Sh~ also has many of Mrs. Thaxter's books in which the pages of some
o.re daintUy illustrated by her hand with
flowers o:· other forms taken from the
pastoral life she loved so much.
The Oity Council held a sl1ort meetln!f
at tho council chamber on Thursd '1
, evening,
Mayor Kennard E. Gold•
omith called the meeting to order, witit
tho following
councilmert l)rnsent:
Charle.~. T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton,
Thoma:i J. Downs, Robert M, Herrick,
Roland A, Sukefortll o.nd Frederick
Schleget. Cowicilmatt John Leary o.rril•ed later.
Tho mayo1• read n letter from Mrs. o.
O. Hobbs, eKpressln11 her o.ppreciatlon
fo1· the-action in rcsp01Lqe to her reque.st
fol' a 11treet light at Slmes avenue and
Mcll>out't\e skeet.
A nwnber of petttiou.q were road and
noted u1>0n. The first was trom E. R,
Bo.rUott ror o. permit to sell and atoro
gasoline, nnd thL1 was gro.ut.ed, A pe•
tltlon to inslall 1\1\ electric light on Sto.te
sireot 11 !\l' the Whlppl1~ Sch<}Ol WI\S I\l•
celvcd from ML'l.~ Cnrric Tn'1\1lwell nnd
1dcrrcd to tho committee on street
lights.
A 11otltlon to repo.ir E. ~c;c avenue WI\$
referred t.o tho Bo:ird of Street · Com•
missioners for Investigation o.ud report,.
Tho 1·cslgnation of Philip H, Sander•
5on M rent collector wo.s read and on
request of Councilman Sukeforth a roll
call wa~ to.ken on the votP. Ou tlll!
roll call -C0uncllme11 Duren, Boynton,
Sukeforth nnd Herrick voted no, o.nd
Councilmen Downs nnd Schlegel voted
yrR, 1u1d the resignation was not accept•
eel_ .
Councilman Boynton Introduced I\
resolution 1egnrdiug tile estate of Susan
D. Flynn. He made a re1>ort for thi,
s icclnl. cqmmittee · investtgo.tlng the
matter nnd explained that the comm •
tee, in talking with the lawyers for the
Flynn estate, had arrived at the prlce of
$10,000 to take ca.re of back tnxes nnd
rent and the resolution was passed.
The mayor stated that the WPA pl'O•
ject for the street light display at
Christmas W!l.5 signed and copies are
ready to be sent back for ncceptance hy
the Federal Government.
He also
spoko of the incinero.tor, which ls nearly
completed and suggested tho.t the coun•
cilmen Inspect the building.
Mayor Goldsmith mentioned a meet•
ing held at the Chamber of Commerce
which he was unable to attend, but sent
l\
reprcsentatl\·e. and called upon
Councilman Downs to give a report.
Mr. Downs said thnt the govenunent
hl\S npproprlated $250,000,000 for such
improvement ns harlJ01· development
and that this has lJeeu tumcd over to
the President to allocate a.1 he sees flt.
Wednesday of next week, he stated, a
hearing is to be held at tho Rockingham
Hotel at 10 A. M. by the Federal Mari•
time commission in regard to Ports•
mouth Harbor development, and urged
all to attend. He ~poke of the advan•
tages which would result to this section and the e11tire state if o.n allotment could be made for· Portsmouth.
Memberships in the New Hampshire
Seacoast Regional Development Association were presented to the membera
of the council by the o.ssociation.
There was a discussion regarding the
nppropriatlon bill and the statement
was ma.de that the county tax would
ba Increased substantlo.Ily.
Couucllmirn Lenry :,poke of the Pine
Street Playgrounds, 11tatlng that certnln improvements were needed and
on his motion this
referred to the
Board of Street Commissioners· for nu
investigation.
Councilman Herrick mentioned th
gypsum dust matter, and the city solic itor was Instructed lo wr,le to the home
office in Buffa.lo and also aeU<i a copy
to the local manager.
·
was
ENGLISH BOY ~(,_.
CHORISTERS COMING
The English Boy Choristers, a groµp
of ten choir boys chosen from tho
prominent churches of England,
brought together and especially trained
in the London Choir School who are
on a tour in America, will give a musl•
cal service at St. John's Church on
. Tuesday evening, May 31 and a rare
treat is nntlclpated by music lovers.
Previous to the service the choir boys
will be served a supper in the parlsh
house.
The present tour of the choristers
commenced in New York City and a.a
far west as Kansas City, visiting vo.rious other cities enroute. Their repertoire includes airs, duets, and anthems
in three and four-part hnrmony by
composers of ancient and modern
periods.
.
The ten - choristers were I selected
from 125 boys, ranging in age'! from 11
to 13 years. They include choristers
who sang in the choir at th~ Coronation of King George VI; also three
outstanding boy soloists, who lead their
own parish choirs. ·
The education of the choristers
while on tour ls under the instruction
of a qualified school-master and a certain portion of each day is alloted for
their studies.
The object of the tour is two-fold:
First, a desire to give practical expression to the feeling of amity and concord between the two great English
speaking nations of the world, England and the United States, and to do
all that lies in their power to strengthen that bond, allowing young England
to know America and America to know
young England; secondly, to present
in churches of America the traditional
choral even-song service, as sung each
Sunday in the cathedrals and church•
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o! England. first tour of the English ··Boy
PORTSMOUTH
COUNTY TAX
$102,570
The county tt\X for ihe city of Portsmouth this year amounts to $102,570.17,
which is nn increase of $22,508.75 over
la~t- rear. The total for 1937 was $80,·
061.42. There bas been a decref'.:ie in
the state tax this year, the st~.t~ taY.
amounting to $4~,1124, or $14,308
thnn last yPar.
This will make an increase in the
amount the city w•!l have to raise to
meet the st•te and county tax of $3,'.!G'l.75 1:iv1 c tr..~n Ir.st year,
Choristers was in 1933 and covered
Eastern Ca11ada and tho United States.
The receptlollS were so enthusiastic in
both countries that they returned the
following year.
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PHYSICIAN FOR
HALF CENTURY
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(By Justine Flint)
. Dr. Henry I . Durgin . of. Eliot, Maine
has spent fifty years of' his llfe as a
country doctor. For half a century he
has given his services at all hours, in
any weatl'ier, and his tall familiar fl·gure . with the little black bag has become so affectionately connected with
·every household that, after these many
years; his patients stlll refuse to allow'
him to retire, and h'e is stlll actively
contlnulng..Jl_ls practice.
Dr. Durgin will celebrate his 74th
birthday on April 21st. He was born in
the foothills of the White Mountains
in Freedom, N. H., in 1864. He attended
the villa'ge schools, prepared for college at the old .New Hampton Literary Institute, New Hampton, N. H.,
spent one. year in the University Medical College of Vermont, and graduatec;l
on March 12, 1889 from the Medical
School . of the University of the City
of New .York. He began his practice
at Newfield, Me., but a short time later
came to Eliot to assist the late Dr.
Joht1 L. Willis, who was then unable to
keep up his practice because of an
injured knee.
·
Upon his arrival in Eliot. Dr. Durgin
found a .rustic picturesque little community with the people chiefly engaged in farming and shipbuilding. He
tells us that · In those early days people travelled for the most part on foot,
or in light shallow boats called wherries. There was no bridge connecting
Eliot with Kittery and only one main
thoroughfare. Both men and women
'either walked to Portsmouth or manned their own r,mall skiffs arid "hitchhiking'' was an even .more , popular
mode o( travel than .It is toda . It wa .
. s,rng . on y .a pair. of scissors, a saw
and a sponge as h.is equipment. Anone of the town's mos~ respected
,Qth,e r instance . when the proper in•
housewives in her best apron. and
struments had not yet been made obshawl hiking to Portsmout)l and catchiaii;iablJ to: . the . medical world, . he
ing a ride from a passing peddler.
manufactured his own from a piece of
Horses were scarci: and . Dr. Durgin
cotton im'd . the wire on an old broqm
relates that there were only about fiv~
In, the patient's' lcitchen. Both _cases
good horses in the entire town.
resulted in complete recoveries. Chlo·. After the spring thaws, the roads
roform was ·substituted for ether as an
were practically impassable with mud
anesthetic, as ti1e ether is highly inand oftentimes a horse found himself
flammable and could. not be used with
mired to the knees. However, Dr. Dur..
gin says that he dreaded most the· , the kerosene lamp.'
winter snows. There were no snow
Dr.' Durgin's father offered him . a
plows and ·men from _the to-.yn ·would
care~r i1:i' either· teaching or medicine
shovel out the drifts, then an ox team
and. although he taught _for a very
was driven through to ~r~ak out . a
.few years, the latter wa~ his main obpath. Many times on a bitter winter
jectlve.
evening with the snow beating relentDr. and Mrs. Durgin have been marlessly against his riding cloak, I>r.
ried since December 3, 1890 and have
Durgin would find that he could go no
filled their ·home with invaluable anfarther · by team, and hitching his
tlques, rich In history and sentiment.
horse In the lee ' o! some barn or house,
The house in which they have Ilved
he ·.would travei the rest of the way
since the doctor 'inoved to Eliot is a
on foot, Often he was forced to lead
rare old ·structure dating back to 1841.
his . horse, while walking ahead to
Norie but physlds.ns have lived in it
make a track in front of the animal.
since the day It was built by a Dr.
_ Dr. Durgin took a great deal of pride
Stacey. After ltls death, Dr. Mark F.
in a spirited and intelligent horse. He
Wentworth of Kittery bought it. From
says, "I always had horses that were
him ·it passed to Dr. Calvin Guptill
hor 5es. They were as eager to start out
who owned it for 44 years. Dr. Durgin
as I and often in their haste and : exis the fourth ctGctor to make it his
citement would pass around the cor•
home.
··
ner of the drive too swiftly, and _depo•
Dr. and Mrs. Durgin have traveled
sit me neatly over the , fence into the
throughout the United States and '
front yard." He laughingly recalls that
Canada and consider San Diego, Callhis father-in-law ·warned him that he
fornla one o! the most ideal places,
didn't own any horses "fit for the
both in climate and surrounding coun.devll .to drive.''. . ·
.
,
try, that they have visited.
· Dr. 'Durgin stated that Eliot has h_a d
Mrs. Durgin is a descendant of the
many . serious . epidemics during , his
old and dlstinguis.hed Pepperrell and
practice and frequently . curious and
Gerrish families of Kittery. One o!
a1nuslng incidents were connec~ed with
her great grandmothers was a sister to
them. once during a fearful siege of
Sir. W!llian1 Pepperrell and was one of
whoopilllJ .cough, it was ,discovered
the first members of the historical
the majority ol. the pup11s at DI.strict
Congregational Cl1Urcl1 at Kittery
No, 4 School had come down with the
Point.
..,
disease, A meeting of the board of
D.r. Durgin 1s a member · of ·a"-great
health (then made up of Dr. Willis,
many local lodges and In most or these
'.Albert Lord, and Dr. Durgin) was held
organizations he has occupied the
and it was decided that those who had
leadir!g chair, Among the most well
whooplnlJ cough should go to school
known are the Ehot Grange, and the
Maso11ic Lodge. He is a Past Officer
and those whc, didn'fJ mmt stay at of the Knights of Pythias, Past Chief
home.
of the Local Order of Red Men, and
Almost every spring the dreaded ty... a Post Sovereign Prince · of the
phold fever appeared and Dr. Durgl.l) Crowned Princes of Jerusalem.
remembers that in one home · alone
"Oftentimes," he recalled, "I would
there were four people quarantined go without · any supper to attend a
wltl1 typhoid and a baby being born, meeting of one of the •lodges." At the
all at the same time.
close of the meeting, he would be off
"Dlptherla, however, was the bane Into the night · again, i·eturning home
of the countt·y doctor,'' says Dr, Dur• only for a few hours sleei) to enable
gin. "It could always be expected in him to continue · his · l>eloved work.
tl\e fall when water was low and con~ "Would I like iii all' over again?" he
tained germs. But little by little with queries with his quick warm smile. "I
' the· use of antitoxin it has been wiped ·couldn't do anything else .. I wish ·1
out, and inoculation now dispels the had ft!ty years more of it ·ahead of me.
fear of typhoid."
In the early days there was a different management or cases than takes
place today . . Only a cottage hospital
was available in Portsmouth and major
_operations which demanded the utmost
in surgical skill were- performed in the
patierit•s own house by the uncertain
light of a kerosene lamp held in the
trembling . hand of one of .his family,
In one case which required a serious
amputation, Dr. Durgin remembers
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�EDITORIAL COMMENT
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EDWARD T\JCK
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<&et-On Peri)
At his Rlvier1t residence at. Mont~
Carlo, Edward Tuck, who wa.'1 born at
Exe~r, N. H., , and became the dean
of the American colony In Ptance, has
died at the age of 95. He wu a graduate of Dartmouth. In a few years he
amassed a stupendous fortune as a New
York banker and industrialist. He first
'l'.ent to Prance as a vice-consul appointed by Abraham Lincoln. He was
intrigued by life there, and, in 1800, he
returned there to live. In the years
11lnce he became an honorary clti.:len of
Prance and was the recipient ot numerous honors from that nntlon. He
was callecl one of Frnnce's greatest foreign benefactors.
Monte Carlo, April 30 (AP)-Ed- --.- - - - -b_e_c-am_e_a_p_a_r_tn_e_r_l_n_th_e_b_an_-lJk : FlnanclaHy able to choose hia owii
1071
ward Tuck, d1!;tinguished Amcrico.n 111
..
·manner of Jiving, Mr. Tuck must h1we
of Munro & Co., a connection that
business man and philanthropist,
,enjoyed the long yeal'S in France, but
2
whose gifts to Dartmouth college to- lasted tor ten years. In l67 he mar- it ls true, too, .that he must havt
tall'.?d sevcrnl nullion dollars, died at :ded Julia Stell, who shared his career 't.hought many times ot the rugged
his Monte Carlo villa today after a tor the long span of over sixty years. ,old hills of New Hampshire where he
lingering ·1ung illness. He was 96 years They had no children.
;was rnised as a,: b-Oy, whe1·e he 1·eceived
old. Born r,t Exeter, N. H., and a gradWith James J. Hill, Tuck was one of hl11 education and where his !IISner
uate of D::u'Lmouth in 11162, Tuck came the directors of the Great Northern hall been before him. That 'he ()ffl no\
to Paris after his graduation and two Railway. He was a large owner of cop- forget was shown by his many phllanyears later became vice consul in Paris per stocks, .and Interested In several throples on behalf of Americans, both
undel' Abraham Lincoln. In 1932 the American industrial enterprises. He here aml in France, and by hls gener•
Paris Municipal Council bestowed on was one of the principal shareholders ous gilts to Dartmouth, amounting to "~~~-~'!<!".q,~'l.·•1.
Tuck the title of honorary citizen, an :in the Chase National Bank. Despite more t-han $1,000,000, together with his 1..,,~••·~·
honor confcnccl among Americans only hiB love for France and enthusiasm for act in founding at Hanover the Amos l.~~.Q•n;-..'.f:~~¢;.
on Woodrow Wilson.
things French, he never did any blg Tuck School of Admlnl.atratlon and tt.r.lr.1;,-.\i;.;ltiJ:::
Among his philanthropies at Dart- business with Frenchmen or invested Finance for post-gl'aduate work In ...,.-.:..·,..,.,.,_,~,..
mouth was the donation of the Tuck .In their companies.
memory ot his father who was l\lso a
Graduale School of Finance.
The Tucks •settled in Paris In 1690, graduate of Dartmouth.
Edward Tuck, born in Exeter, in 1842, )laving a town house at 82, Avenue des
sn of a distinguished statesman and Champs Elysees, and a country estate,
local leader Amos Tuck, was a man Vert-Mont in Malmalson.
who, according to the Jeffersonian dieThis he restored to the st.ate in which
tum, "had two fatherlands-his own, 1t had been during · the residence ot
and France."
Napoleon and Josephine and he anOne of the post-civil-war upbuilders nounced that on his death the chateau
of his own land in railroad, industrial, of Vert-Mont and, all land should be
mining and banking enterprises, he later bequeathed to the French state.
became one of the principal American · The Stell hospital, named for his
benefactors of latter-day France. He wile's family, he established at Ruell,
was the dean of , the American colony department of Seine-et-Oise, near
in Paris, having occupied the post of Paris. It was turned over to the French
clerk in th~ United States consulate army at the outbreak of hostilities In
there, under John Bigelow, in 1864.
1914. To it was later added a school
The then young Edward Tuck left o:f domestic economy.
Phillips-Exeter Academy in 1851! for
'l'uck'll philanthropy, however, was
Dartmouth College and was graduated mostly of the "behind the sc~nes" vain 1862. De;,pite his forty years and riety. Th~re are countless stories In
more of practically continuous rest- Farls of his 11llently bestowed charity.
dence in a foreign country he never E:iicept when, as in the case of hospital,
forgot his Aim:1 Mater. Among other publicity was unavoidable, he always
benefactors he founded the Amos Tuck l!bunne<i it.
school of administration and finance at
Jl'or hie benetncUons, the J.1lrench govHanover, a radical departure in Its wnment awarded the Grand Cross o!
day.
the Legion of Honor, making him one
He also endowed the New Hamp- o:f the rare American civilians to atshire Historical Society, and built its ~ that grade In the order. Mrs.
home in Concord.
Tuel!: was an officer of the Legion
His connection with Europe started Dartmouth bestowed its LL.D. on him
as far back as 1863, when he reached in 1903, and some years later the
the old continent on a sailing vessel. French Academy proclaimed him one
The year following he became a clerk 4)j ltll "Jaureahl."
in the American consulate, becoming i...;;.;;..;..;;....;.;,;..;;..;..;.~.....
a vice-consul in 1865. In 1866 he resigned and returned to I.he United
sta.es.
Then began the quarter-century of
the accwnulation of his fortune. After
a brief sojourn in New Hampshire and
in Boston, he went to New York, and
Distinguished Philantlhropist, Who Had Given
Several Millions To Dartmouth, Had Been
Highly Honored By French Nation
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Portsmouth Scrapbook 1937-38 V.11
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Scrapbooks
Portsmouth (N.H.)
Description
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A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1937-1938.
Creator
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Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.)
Source
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Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
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1938
Rights
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Format
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PDF
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Identifier
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i11079782