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Hermann Hagedorn, Chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee, was the presiding genius and un- der his leadership, the meeting reached a high pitch of enthusiasm.
Among the speakers of the evening who stirred the audience with tales of the courage and heroism of the men of the Front, and appeals for patriotic support from those at home were Mrs. Marie Cov- erdale, who told of the work of the army huts in England, Judge John S. Pullman, who made a tell- ing appeal for the Liberty loan, and finally, Private Douglas Drew, an invalided Canadian Soldier who was wounded at Vimy Ridge, where the American Flag last went "over the top" in the great war.
When Drew appeared on the dias in his khaki uniform, the assemblage jumped to its feet and gave him three rousing cheers. His story, while free from oratorical fireworks was startling and convincing and drove home the need for tireless cooperation on the part of every man, woman and child at home, that the mcn "over there" may be loyally supported in their heroic sacrifice.
The meeting was enlivened with the singing of patriotic songs by the Liberty Chorus of Greenfield Hill and one of the solemn features was the reading of the roll of honor-Greenfield Hill's sons who are serving their Country. One of them-Frederick Godfrey-has just been "gassed" by the Germans on the plains of Picardy. Another-Clayton Nichols -has died in camp. The honor roll included: John H. Banks, George P. Brett, Jr., Willard Bulkley, Timothy Fallon, Frederick Godfrey, Fred Hoyt, Preston Merwin, Clayton Nichols, Samuel Ogden and Samuel Prentice.
After the meeting there was a big sale of Liberty Bonds, and every purchaser was given a potted
geranium plant from the greenhouses of Frederick Sturges. The crowd moving away looked like an ambulatory flower show.
Cartoonist Bill Steinke of the Standard American was there and gave the audience a patriotic "Chalk Talk" and then sketched his impressions of the high spots. (Bill Steinke's "impressions" are included in the picture section of this book.)
There were Gasless Sundays when Old Dob- bin once again came into his own. My Dad told of one such Sunday when John E. Boyle of the Pharmacy and Hezekiah R. Elwood, Constable for the Town, took chairs out into the middle of the Post Road and sat for awhile. The road was deserted on those days. There were also "Heat- less Mondays" to conserve fuel.
All of those activities were under the direct leadership and supervision of the War Bureau as they were the only recognized body of the Town.
The Town Meeting gave them three hundred dollars in March 1918 to help them carry out their assignments.
Town Meeting Minutes
March 18, 1918
After explanation by the Chairman of the War Bureau, Bacon Wakeman; the following resolution was offered:
Resolved that the sum of three hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the use of the War Bureau of the Town, to be paid to the War Bureau on the order of the Selectmen, upon requis- ition in writing signed by the Chairman of the Fi- nance Committee of the War Bureau and by the Chairman of the War Bureau. The War Bureau shall render an itemized account to the Selectmen of all money so requisitioned.
Amendment:
Provided and only upon the agreement that the records of the War Bureau as soon as their activi- ties end, shall be deposited in the Town vault as a part of the records of the Town.
The original resolution as amended passed.
Other references to the War which were in the Town Meeting records follow.
October 1918
Moved that a suitable honor roll be erected with the names of all soldiers and sailors in some suit- able place and that such sum of money as may be necessary be appropriated.
It was moved that the sum of three hundred dol- lars previously appropriated or at present time not used for the use of the War Bureau be reappropri- ated.
June 2, 1920
Voted that a Committee consisting of Bacon Wakeman and the Selectmen be and they hereby are appointed to procure definite designs and esti- mates of cost for a bronze tablet in memory of the Town's dead in the World War, and present the
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Christmas Play 1894
Southport Congregational Church Richard A. Perry, sitting on chair Harry B. Disbrow, sitting on plat- form Richard S. Sherwood, Samuel C. Henshaw, standing.
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James Cavanaugh Fred Odell James Kieley Alec Hull Clinton Hull Harry Smith
Edward Murphy John Delaney Edward Flanagan Robert Allen
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Greenfield Country Club rair The quarter mile racetrack and the grandstand at the Greenfield Country Club in 1903 were the envy of Newtown, Greens Farms and all of the surrounding dis- tricts and could well have been matched with the early days of Danbury Fair or the beginning of county fairs in New York state. The fair grew from a one day fair in 1901 to a four-day fair in 1906.
€ David Armstrong drives tandem.
Republican Clambake at Simeon Pease's-about 1912. Among those in the picture:
Simeon Pease Joseph I. Flint Andrew B. Wakeman Judge John H. Perry William Wilson Morris Wilson Charles Lacey Judge Elmore S. Banks Frederick C. Banks
John C. Lobdell William Fallon Clitus H. King Alfred Whittaker Frank Warren Oliver H. Meeker Warner Ogden Benjamin F. Pease Perry Beers George McCarthy
David Osborn William H. Gould Rufus Jennings Bradley Jennings Henry Whittaker John Osborn Horace Burr Robert FitzRoy Herbert B. Sherwood Jesse Pratt
Alfred Wyrtzen Frank E. Perry Clifford S. Banks Matthew Clark Henry Greenstien Henry Crawford George H. Smith Eugene Burr Edgar Banks
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Wow! Greenfield Hill Can Give the Cities Cards and Spades in Staging a Patriotic Meeting!
THE TRENCHES KUN RIGHT ACROSS YOUR FRONT
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JUDGE PULLMAN SAID: "BUY YOUR LIBERTY BONDS TO. MORROW BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN -/ AU. RIGHT,
JUDGE
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DR.M. VANB. DUNHAM - LEADER OF GREEN FIELD'S LIBERTY CHORUS -
LIBERTY BONDS ARE AWFULLY GOOD
OH. ICAN STAND ANOTHER ONE OR TWO
FOR RAINY DAYS
YES SIR - I'LL CALL UP ALL MY NEIGHBORS AND ASK THEM DID THEY BUY LIBERTY BONDS
HERMANN HAGEDORN, THE FAMOUS POET AND AUTHOR, WAS CHAIRMAN.
CHAS. ARMSTRONG AND J.M. WILSON, TWO GRAND OLD LIBERTY BOND BUYERS.
MRS. MARIE COVERDALE - SHE NEVER FAILS TO THRILL HER AUDIENCE WITH HER VIVID DESCRIPTION OF. SCENES IN FRANCE
FRED BURR UP IN THE BALCONY
SHERIFF " HEZ" ELWOOD AND HIS EDUCATED FLIVVER =
DOUGLAS DREW- THAT DARING CANADIAN SOLDIER WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE MILL.
THIS WAY. LADIES
KEEP THE HOME GUARD ROLLING
ROBERT SHACKLETON AND DWIGHT BANKS == TWO OLD TIME GREENFIELDER
THE Boy SCOUTS ARE ALWAYS ON The JOB -- THIS IS HAROLD BANKS AND HAROLD CASEY
FAIRFIELD
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FRED BANKS - LADIES' CHOICE FOR MAYOR OF GREENFIELD
THE ADVANCE ON GREENFIELD CHURCH OF CAPTAIN W. E. SMITH AND HIS GALLANT HOME GUARDS -
GREENFIELD ALLES,
The Bridgeport Daily Standard American-Tuesday, April 23, 1918
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FAIRFIELD HOOK & LADDER CR. NO. 1 1893
First Hose Wagon Fairfield Hook and Ladder Co. #1
Liberty Chorus-Performance at the Greenfield Hill Country Club-World War I "Sylvia"-1917
First Row-l. to r. Harold Banks, Oliver Meeker, Royal Banks, Clarence Godfrey, Ted Fallon, Harvey Taylor, John Wade, Dr. M. V. B. Dunham, leader. Second Row- Ruby Jennings, Charlotte Hull, Beatrice Belden, Helen Pease, Beth Perry, Dorothy Banks, Olive Hull, Gretchen Barrett, Grace Burr, Ruth Van Ness, Dorothy Perry, Blanche Wade, Anna Gray, Ethel Merwin, Bessie Burr. Third Row- Estella Benedict, Mabel Smith, Dorothy Benedict, Elva Banks, Grace Daly, Jack Dunham, Etta Brothwell, Luella Burr, Lois Brothwell, Carl , Eleanor Smith, Alice Hill, Louisa Meeker, Georgia Banks.
Southport Firemen on Par- ade 1913. Rev. Richard D. Hatch-Trinity Church Rec- tor marching at the head of the parade-"Judge" Rus- sell, father of Ned Russell is at Mr. Hatch's left.
Greenfield Hill Grange Fair September 1936
GREENFIELD AILL GRANGE
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Grange Fair
First Grange Hall Hillside Road Greenfield Hill 1897
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Mill River Bridge-1900 -Boston Post Road.
Vegetable and Fruit Department Greenfield Hill Grange Fair-1941 left to right: William A. Lanterman Judge Ned E. Ostmark George Zink Mr. and Mrs. W . C. Welch
Greenfield Hill Grange Fair September 1939 "Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, Soda Pop"
Archery Booth-fun for all! Greenfield Hill Grange Fair September 1939
Mrs. Samuel H. Wheeler and Mrs. Henry C. Sturges in special dress for the Tercentenary Barbecue on the Town Green-1935
Fairfield Tercentenary Parade September 30, 1939 The author in the ox cart as a bride of 1640. Fred Candee owner and driv- er of the oxen.
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"Uncoway" by Henry Beale Spelman-a pageant given at Roger Lud- lowe High School by the students of Roger Ludlowe High School and the Fairfield Tercentenary Committee on October 3rd and 4th, 1935, as a part of town's celebration of the Connecticut Tercentenary.
L. to R .- Robert Dunning as Roger Ludlowe, Elizabeth Havey as Mrs. Roger Ludlowe, Ellwood McLevy as Chief Sequassen, Susan Treadwell as Mrs. Thomas Ludlowe, Stephen Homer as Captain John Mason.
Fairfield's Home Guard-1917
same with their recommendation to the next annual meeting. January 3, 1928
The following Resolution was offered:
Resolved :- That a committee of five be ap- pointed by the Board of Selectmen, only two of which shall be ex-servicemen, which committee shall ... and perfect The Honor Roll of the Soldiers and Sailors enlisted in the late World War, and shall make recommendations to the Town if deemed advisable, of a suitable permanent memorial to them.
Amendment to above resolution was passed as follows:
Resolved :- That the Town, recognizing with sin- cere gratitude and appreciation the services of Judge Wakeman in this particular matter, appoint as a Committee referred to in this motion himself with power to appoint four other citizens.
Meeting adjourned.
Clara M. Flint, Clerk
The following are appointed to correct and per- fect the Honor Roll of the Soldiers and Sailors en- listed in the late World War and to consider the advisability of a suitable permanent memorial for them:
Bacon Wakeman John Taylor Arms Howard A. Smith LeGrand Sturges Richard A. Perry
At length November 11, 1918 and the signing of the Armistice was a reality. There were bon- fires and the ringing of church bells and joy abounded. The bells never missed a stroke I'm told for two days after. As one grew weary from pulling the rope another stood right there ready to take his place and continue the rhythm.
There was a gala homecoming on November 8, 1919 for the four hundred and fifty returned heroes. The Town was dressed for a holiday as it welcomed the returning soldier and expressed sorrow for those who had given their lives. The celebration started with a parade from the South- port Water Fountain at four p.m. to Benson's Switch in Fairfield and then a countermarch to the Town Green. The streets were lined with thousands of people and each one wanted to personally welcome the returning men and women. At the Town Hall the gold starred flag -bearing twelve gold stars-was presented to the Town. From the Town Green the veterans marched to Sherman Hall where a bountiful re- past of turkey and all the fixins' from cider to pumpkin pie was laid before the men among profuse decorations.
The Southport and Greenfield Hill Liberty
Choruses sang throughout the dinner hour. Dancing closed the evening.
A copy of the invitation is included here.
Welcome Home Invitation
To the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen who went from the Town of Fairfield, Connecticut, to serve in The Great War.
Greeting: Your neighbors and fellow citizens wish to do you honor. A WELCOME HOME has been arranged for Saturday afternoon and evening No- vember 8, 1919. There will be a parade in the after- noon, in which you are asked to march in uniform. In the evening there will be a dinner followed by a dance, to both of which you and your lady are in- vited as guests of the Town of Fairfield. Detailed program will be sent you later. Please reply at once on the enclosed card in order that the Committee may know for how many to provide.
The Welcome Home Committee
An oak tree was planted on the Town Green as a symbol of appreciation to the men who served their Country on May 2, 1919 by the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the D. A. R.
Twelve men from Fairfield gave their lives during the War. They were:
Henry S. Sherwood
Frank K. Snyder
David Thompson
William Combes Taylor
William Tirnady
David R. Wilson Bronson Hawley
Clayton W. Nichols
Joseph L. Kielar
John Buechler
Leonard Davis George Alfred Smith
The headlines from the Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Telegram give a good picture of the activity of the time.
HEADLINES: 1917 BRIDGEPORT POST AND BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM
"Red Cross Drive in Old Fairfield Best in County $8000 Quota-$17,438 Subscribed"
"Fairfield has quiet Fourth, Home Guard in Par- ade"
"Fairfield High School Displays its Patriotism- Pupils Subscribe $100 for Liberty Loan Bond" "Fairfield Boys in France"
"War Bureau to Make Up List of Service Men" "Heatless Monday"
"Food Demonstration"
"Company M Gets Praise for Fine Military Work -Major General Burpee Sends It Personally and Colonel Cowles Also Lauds"
"War Rally and Parade"
"Potato Campaign"
"War Bureau to Give Sanction for Benefits-Regu- lation Affecting Public Entertainments and Sub- scriptions Is Passed"
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"Red Cross Gets Good Start in Fairfield Town"
"Would Instruct Drafted Men in Leave Taking- Fairfield Red Cross Believes They Should Close Personal Business Affairs Properly"
"Register Tomorrow" (Those who have become 21 since June 5th last)
"Another Fairfield Hero"
"Mayor Rowe in Plea Calls for War Savings Stamp Buyers-First Selectmen of Fairfield Asks Peo- ple to Support Small U. S. Loans"
"1848 Pledge War Stamp Drive Total $21,851"
"War Rally Success"
"Fairfield Opens Canning Kitchen at Sherman School"
"Canning Kitchen at Fairfield is Most Successful- Over 1000 Jars Have Been Canned at Center- Many Donations Made"
"School Garden Exhibition at Sherman School- Under Auspices of National Defense-Exhibits Must Be in Friday, September 13th"
"Fairfield School Gardens Produce Bumper Crop"
"End of Gasless Sundays"
"Fairfield Is 'Over The Top' in 5th Loan"
"Fairfield Makes Holiday to Honor 450 War Heroes -Town Folks Cheer Men Who Fought"
It is amazing to see as the records show the even keel that was kept about the Town as these emergencies surrounded it. One could easily say that business at home went on as usual during all of these trying experiences. Perhaps in lesser degree but not once over the many years of the Town's existence has there been evidence of lack of continued progress which certainly stands Fairfield citizens in noble stead. A real challenge for those of us who remain here today.
In 1919 the thought of remodelling the Town Hall was being pressed and in May 1920 East- ern Standard Time was made the official time for the Town of Fairfield. The extermination of mosquitoes was a regular item in the budget. There was still hope of getting the trolley fare reduced to five cents again like "the good old days"-especially within the limits of Fairfield and steps were being taken to regain possession of the Fairfield Academy. More hydrants and street lights were a must!
On June 2, 1920, a second voting district was established to include the eastern section of Town. The vote taken was that:
That a voting district be and the same hereby is created to be known as District Number 2, consist- ing of all that part of the Town of Fairfield, bound- ed east and south by the City of Bridgeport, north by the Town of Easton, west by a line drawn through the center of the Black Rock Turnpike from the Easton Town line to the City of Bridge- port line, and the Selectmen are hereby directed to provide proper voting facilities in such location in the said district as may seem to them best, to
publish notice of the location of same at least thirty days prior to the next annual Town meeting.
On August 20, 1920, the right for women to vote in National and State elections became le- gal and Fairfield women had been very active in this cause-both for and against suffrage. There was an extremely active group who were working hard to defeat the privilege of women voting while an equally active group in Town was doing everything possible to obtain this right. Two announcements which I found at Pequot Library read as follows. This group was in favor.
VOTES FOR WOMEN MEETING FAIRFIELD LIBRARY HALL Monday, February 22nd, 8 p.m. Chairman Mrs. Samuel H. Wheeler Speakers Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn Hartford Mrs. Carlos F. Stoddard New Haven ADMISSION FREE Suffrage Souvenirs and Literature will be on sale
This group opposed:
REASONS FOR OUR PROTEST AGAINST THE PROPOSAL TO IMPOSE FURTHER SUFFRAGE UPON THE WOMEN IN THIS STATE
1. Because voting by women is to be regarded as a duty, not as a privilege.
2. Because hitherto, the women of this State have been free from this duty, except in connection with School questions (where it is practically never exercised) and no sufficient reason has been given for imposing it upon them.
3. Because conferring the power to vote at the request of the minority who ask for it, would force it upon the silent majority, who regard it neither as a privilege to be sought after, nor a duty to be unnecessarily assumed.
4. Because we believe the need of America is not an increased vote, but a more intelligent and incorrupted one; and there is no reason to be- lieve that universal Women Suffrage would help in this direction.
5. Because the energies of women are sufficiently taxed by their present duties and interests from which they cannot be adequately relieved.
6. Because the responsibilities imposed by the bal- lot will tend to deprive women of the special rights and privileges hitherto enjoyed by them.
7. Because voting ultimately involves the holding of public office, the performance of jury duty, and many other public tasks which would be inconsistent with the discharge of those duties which women now prefer; and believe to be- long to a higher sphere.
Fairfield Branch of the Connecticut League Opposed to Women Suffrage
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Miss A. B. Jennings, Chairman
Mrs. Wm. B. Glover, Sec. Miss Bessie L. Child, Treas.
Mrs. John H. Perry Mrs. Elmore S. Banks
Mrs. Valery Havard Miss Helen Le. R. Glover
After having read the enclosed circular, will you kindly state what are your views on the subject of 'Votes for Women' by signing your name below, under the class to which you belong, and return same in enclosed envelope.
I am OPPOSED to votes for women
I am in favor of votes for women
I have not made up my mind
I am Indifferent
Miss A. B. Jennings, Chairman Mrs. Wm. B. Glover, Secretary
July 1, 1922, the Fairfield News came to the people and some of the headlines of those first issues were:
"Shoot $2000 in Colors Out Over Harbor-Public Invited by Pequot Yacht Club to Fireworks Dis- play on Saturday"
"Greenfield Hill Country Club Opens Its Doors to Greenfield Hill Youth"
"Before You Tour Look At Your Battery"
"Popular Bathing Girl Contest-Shirley O'Conner -Nine Year Old Miss Is Acclaimed Most Pop- ular Girl At Beach"
"Over Eight Hundred Dogs Are Licensed"
"Aluminum Company of America Leases Alumi- num Casting Company for Twenty-Five Years -Effective July 1, 1922"
"Sewer System Needed"
"Porches from High School Taken to Beach-Used As A Dock"
"Need for Lights at Pine Creek-Poles Already in Place"
"Five classes to Be Taught at St. Thomas School in Fall"
August 26, 1922
A quantity of counterfeit silver half dollars are reported to be in circulation in Fairfield .. . One person was held up for several minutes on a west bound trolley yesterday while the conductor literally bit a piece out of the silver coin tendered for fare.
The trolley fare now had reached ten cents and there was loud agitation for an immediate reduction.
An addition was proposed for the High School to avoid a two-session day. Sidewalks were planned for Fairfield Center and expenses were voted toward the Juvenile Court.
On November 13, 1922, in town meeting a vote was taken to the effect "That the taxes of any taxpayer of the Town which are paid in whole
or in part before they are due shall be abated to the extent and at the rate of three percent per annum on the amount so paid for the time be- tween its payment and the date when it would be due".
In 1923 two portables were used at the High School, a safety zone was planned in front of the Community Theatre and the Fairfield Gar- den Club was given permission to plant shrub- bery around the public fountain. The next year the Garden Club was asked to nominate the Tree Warden of the Town. A license was required that year for the selling of milk.
New sirens were ordered to be installed in perfect condition at headquarters of the Fair- field, Southport, and Stratfield firehouses and lengths of hose were purchased for all four Companies. The use of th Old Academy was given "To the Fairfield Historical Society and the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the D.A.R. for as long as they exist". A concrete roadway was also voted for Fairfield Center.
Sewage was a big issue in 1926 for it was feared that Bridgeport was going to dump sew- age into Ash Creek.
Sidewalks were still a burning need and it was voted that all peddlers had to be licensed.
In 1927 the trolleys were again in the news as there was considerable opposition to moving the trolley tracks from their present location- 'as the interests of the Town and the conveni- ence of its inhabitants will be best served by their remaining in their present location". The Building Code was revised that same year and the question of whether or not the Town should take over the Fire Protection for the Town was pursued. A complete report of the Committee appointed to investigate the advisability of this move was made at the Town Meeting on Novem- ber 3, 1927, and the recommendation was made that the "Town assume the obligation and ex- pense of the fire protection of the property of the citizens". The following spring-April 10, 1928, a Fire Commission was established.
On July 16, 1929, the Town accepted a gift -the land and building, then owned by George A. Smith, Post #74 of the American Legion- to be used "as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors who died in the Great War".
It was also planned to rent voting machines for the election in that fall and the Sewer Sur- vey was placed on file.
A Committee made up of A. V. Bodine, Miss Annie B. Jennings, Hezekiah R. Elwood, Miss
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Virginia B. Perry, William P. Hutchinson, Fred- erick Sturges, Bradford G. Warner was appoint- ed to plan for the remodelling and the enlarg- ing of the Town Hall.
In January of 1931 it was voted to prohibit fireworks within the limits of the Town. Traffic lights were planned for the Post Road and there were expressions of need for a Master Plan in Fairfield.
Those were Depression days with their accom- panying unemployment and costs were cut in the operations of the Town in every way possible.
On May 15, 1933, a committee was appointed to study the possibility of reorganization of the Town to make its workings more efficient.
The next year Miss Jennings gave the beach adjoining her property to the Town for its use and a new Post Office building was planned.
In February, 1935, there were six proposals made at the Town Meeting, all of which are very much a part of us today. Action was taken on all of them. The six proposals follow:
1. To create a central purchasing department
2. To create biennial Town elections (laid on the table)
3. To create a Representative Town Meeting (with- drawn)
4. To do away with the filing of tax lists and the ten percent penalty
5. To change the fiscal year and authorize a bond issue
6. To regulate hunting and shooting (laid on the table)
One sees again and gain the farsightedness of the Town. Often it took a good while to get the point established but at least the seed was plant- ed early which shows thinking throughout the three hundred and one years recorded here.
1935 was the tercentenary year of The State of Connecticut and about that time Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss offered the Town thirty thousand dollars toward the remodelling and refurnishing of the Town Hall and the Committee accepted the offer willingly, for through the refurbishing, something of permanence would mark the his- toric year for the State and Town.
Many other activities were carried out as a part of the celebration. The Ogden House at the entrance to Oaklawn Cemetery, just off Bronson Road and owned by Miss Mary Allis, was re- paired, furnished, and opened to visitors during the summer months. The Old Academy was opened with an exhibition of china, pewter, glassware, and utensils of the Colonial period. A tercentenary booklet-a guide book-was is- sued by the Town and on June 13, 1935, a large
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