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Following this service, another was held on the summit of Huckle Hill at the site of the first church built in Bernardston, then called Fall Town. A marker had previously been placed there by the Laymen's League of the Unitarian Church. This celebration, commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the settling of Massachusetts Bay Colony, was held on August 24, 1930, and appropriate hymns were sung by the combined choirs of the Unitarian and Goodale United churches. A short history of the church was read by George Warner and a prayer was offered by Rev. Joseph C. Allen.
Another outstanding event celebrating the tercentenary was that of placing aluminum markers on, or near, the original fort
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sites, commemorating the building of the four houses, or forts, in what was then Fall Town. Through the efforts of the Community Club, the State Department of Public Works procured, erected, and will permanently maintain these monuments to our brave ancestors. The markers, in the order of their construction, read as follows:
BURKE FORT
Six rods easterly stood Burke Fort, the first and largest, and also the first building in Fall Town. Built in 1738-39 by John Burke it was six rods square and contained eight houses. Fifty persons took shelter here during the old French and Indian War.
(Route 5-Brattleboro Road)
CONNABLE FORT
Site of the second fort and building in Fall Town, erected in 1739 by Samuel Connable. Its original timbers are still in the house on a knoll to the northwest.
(Route 5-Brattleboro Road)
DEACON EBENEZER SHELDON'S FORT
The Lieutenant's son Ebenezer, later deacon of the church and first town treasurer, built a fort ten rods east of here in 1740-41. It was unsuccessfully attacked by Indians in 1746 during King George's War.
(Huckle Hill Road)
LIEUTENANT EBENEZER SHELDON'S FORT
Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls.
(Route 10-Northfield Road)
Also, in connection with the Tercentenary celebration in this state, Mr. Herman Bryant, Principal of Powers Institute, was asked to have the schools give proper exercises commemorating the early history of the town. As a result, an historic pageant was presented in the Town Hall on December 5, at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Joseph C. Allen wrote the original script depicting early history and events in Bernardston and it was presented in very dramatic form. High School students, and some underclassmen, portrayed
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the outstanding early settlers of this town in an educational and entertaining manner. Miss Dorothea Foster presented piano solos and accompanied the double quartet, in costume, singing old- time songs. The program was concluded by the group singing the traditional Powers Institute Song.
The evening's celebration was highlighted by an inspirational and enlightening address given by historian Mrs. Lucy Cutler Kellogg. In closing, she said, "Remember that no act, however small, is entirely without results."
Chapter XIII
HISTORICAL ANECDOTES
HAVE CATTLE, WILL TRAVEL
Ti HE story is told of "H. A." Perry, that when he was a farm hand in Kansas and somewhat "pinched" in finances, he adopted a shrewd method of returning to Bernardston to visit his sweetheart, Maveret Burrows. When cattle were sold and shipped East by his boss, "H. A." seized the opportunity (which his job of accompanying the cattle gave him) to ride along and at the same time made a stop at Bernardston.
EARLY COMMUNICATION
In the days of the first homemade telephone between the homes of Arthur Nelson and Erwin Streeter, Arthur tested the efficiency of the apparatus in this way: About midnight Erwin was awak- ened from sound sleep by strange noises. Hurrying to the new telephone, he heard Arthur's voice say, "I thought it was about time you turned over."
The following anecdotes are taken from the Gazette and Cou- rier.
The annual sleighride of the students of Powers Institute was taken January 18, 1901, South Deerfield being the destination. There was a barge, two-seated sleighs and yet there was not suffi- cient room. Many were forced to betake themselves to single teams. Merry voices strove to drown the tinkle, tinkle of the bells; the fine sleighing and excellent supper were equal sources of en- joyment.
February 1901-Telephone lines are being established on South Street, connection with several residences being already assured.
March 1901-The books at the Cushman Library were called in today for the semi-annual inspection. The library will be closed for a week.
April 1901-Considerable apprehension is felt by residents near the town hall concerning the vocal powers of the new town clock,
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for which the selectmen were authorized at the last town meeting to construct an aerial home of perhaps equal value.
1903-For several years during the early 1900's there was talk of the trolley running from Greenfield to Northfield through Bernardston. Mrs. Josie F. Merrifield wrote both words and music for the following jingle. "Oh wouldn't it be jolly, If we had the trolley, And could go to Greenfield for a five cent fare. We'd spend our every nickel, They'd from our pockets trickle, If we could go to Greenfield for a five cent fare."
When Bernardston was considering a change of name in 1905, one man said, "All Goose Lane is opposed to it," using the queer old name for the village street, "but up Huckle Hill way they say everybody favors it."
The Bernardston people are proud of their roads as they have a natural gravel that packs down into a solid road bed. Mud dries quickly, too. A Hinsdale man wrote to Bernardston, asking in- formation as to roads as he was much impressed with them. The reply was sent, that the Lord made the Bernardston roads for the most part and people had little to do with them.
July 1907-"A large auto, 'Reliance' by name, is making daily trips from Greenfield through this village to Northfield for the accommodation of passengers." The "Reliance" could not always be relied upon to make the steep hill west of the Connecticut River bridge, and the passengers sometimes got out and walked to lighten the load.
November 1907-C. S. Barber of Bernardston, after reading the constantly growing list of ancient specimens of preserved fruit, is satisfied that he has the record breaker of the entire bunch. He has a can of high bush blackberries put up in an old-fashioned jar, sealed with beeswax and resin, put up by his mother in 1858. This can was put up in Mendon and later was moved to Tyngs- boro, 50 miles away, and while in Tyngsboro was moved about to four different houses. It then was brought to Bernardston, and has been kept in four different houses in Bernardston.
If not the oldest in the county, it has probably seen the most travelling. It was put up after the old-fashioned manner with a glass stopper, which, while probably not as tight in the average can as the modern method, sometimes gets wedged in with a close-
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ness that the modern method scarcely equals. The fruit appears to be in perfect condition.
(This jar of blackberries was in the possession of C. S. Barber's daughter, Mrs. Theodore Cronyn, in 1961. It was moved from South Street to Center Street in 1951. Someday the Cronyns are going to open it.)
August 1908-George W. Grant and family went to Northfield last Sunday and upon going for their horse to return home, found that someone else had mistaken it for his and driven it away. It was recovered the next day.
November 1908-The selectmen have been setting bound stones to mark the jog in the town line between Greenfield and Bernard- ston, which was set off to Bernardston by an act of the Legislature in 1838. This was done to place the Hulbert mill in Bernardston. The state authorities have recently required the line to be better marked, and under the law the selectmen have to set stones a foot square and eight feet long. A woman, through whose yard the town line runs, has objected to placing one of these big stones in her yard, but the selectmen do not see how she can stop it. Two of the bounds are located in the middle of Fall River, and the stones have to be set on the bank.
1910-Dr. Pierce and Dr. Clark have each an automobile with which to visit patients.
MIDNIGHT INTRUDER STARTLES BERNARDSTON WOMAN
July 1915-Mrs. J. M. Stoddard, who lives on Depot Street, Ber- nardston, got up just at 12 o'clock Sunday night to see what time it was and was very much startled as her chamber door was open to see something or somebody on the stairs. On closer examination she found it was a man who was in a reclining position. She went to her bedroom and lighted a lamp. The man came right in and gave her one good choke and went out. He was well protected with clothing and only a small part of one cheek was visible. Mrs. Stoddard went to Mr. Foley's for help, and the house was thor- oughly searched by Officer Chapin and Mr. Foley, but the man was not to be found and nothing was taken. Doors and windows were all thoroughly fastened before dark and during the day, but the shed door was found open. The intruder did not speak at all.
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It was a very trying time for Mrs. Stoddard, who is in very poor health.
A VALUABLE HEN
August 1915-Mrs. Joseph Cummings of Bernardston recently obtained an egg laid by one of her Rhode Island Red hens, which has a plainly marked C at one end. This being Mrs. Cummings' initial, it will be seen that this hen was very thoughtful.
ANOTHER PROTEST
To the Editor of the Gazette and Courier :- (January 1916)
Please allow me to add my protest to that of "H" in last week's Gazette. We have had good R.F.D. service for more than 20 years, but by this new arrangement East Bernardston has been added to the Turners Falls R.F.D. carrier's route. He goes through Gill and East Bernardston to the Bernardston office, takes our mail, goes back to the Falls by another route, keeps the mail over night and delivers it to us the next day. Seventeen families are cut off in this way. A few of them nearest the village, by giving up R.F.D. and going from half to three-quarters of a mile to the office get their mail the same day, but the rest of us have to be content with mail 24 hours' old besides adding to the carrier's route so that it is practically impossible for him to cover it when it is bad travelling, all to save a few dollars and make it appear that the department is using economy. It may be right and just, but it "don't" look that way from EAST BERNARDSTON.
April 1916-FOR SALE
Small runabout automobile at your own price if sold before Monday noon.
Elmhurst Farm (I. B. Snow) Bernardston Road, Greenfield
LANDLORD MOAT PAYS ELECTION BET
November 1916-More than 200 gathered to witness the exploit of Landlord Moat of the Bernardston Inn, when he pushed a wheelbarrow around town Tuesday, carrying Fred Hale as pas- senger. The wheel was decorated with the national colors and Mr. Hale was resplendent in a silk hat. The procession was headed by George Parmenter, with his drum. He covered about two miles, but came in on the home stretch fresh and smiling.
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HAS THE FINAL LAUGH
September 1916-Several years ago Frank A. Cory set out a large number of peach trees on a practically worthless hillside and some of his friends predicted that he would never realize much good from them. This year they are four years old and are loaded with as handsome fruit as one seldom sees. He has already harvested 324 baskets of Carmens from 53 trees, and has a large number of Champions and Albertas yet to pick. This is a case of "He that laughs last laughs best."
HAS 350 PEACH TREES
September 1917-Frank Cory is beginning to harvest his peaches and plums. In the years since he has occupied the place he now owns, he has transformed it from a rather run-down place to a fine fruit farm. His berries in the season and his plums and peaches are the finest grown and nothing is sold that does not come up to the standard. He has six varieties of peaches, 350 trees in all, and they yield him about 800 baskets a season. He has one peculiarity which suits some people very well and others not at all. He absolutely refuses to sell on Sunday, and when he says "No" he has a trick of sticking to it.
THE POTTER-ALDRICH CASE
A FAMOUS murder trial in 1856 resulted from a killing in Ber- nardston in that year. Lyman W. and James P. Aldrich were charged respectively with murder, and with aiding and abetting the crime. The victim was Andrew Jackson ("Jack") Potter, brother of John Potter, tenant in a house owned by L. W. Aldrich. The trial was of particular interest because the prin- cipal defense attorney was Rufus Choate, a famous lawyer of the period. John Potter had not paid his rent for a long time and had been "warned out," without success. In his absence, the Aldrich brothers took possession, placed his furniture out- doors, and refused his wife admission. When Potter came home he was also denied entrance. He went away and returned with his brother, Andrew Jackson Potter; together they undertook a forci- ble entrance with axe and clubs. Lyman Aldrich, who was inside with his brother James, shot at the attacking party with a gun, killing Jack Potter instantly.
The lawyer Choate made a brilliant argument that the homi- cide was justifiable, holding that the Aldriches had the right to
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take Potter's life in self-defense. The jury rendered a "not guilty" verdict.
This murder was committed in the front hall of the house now owned by Miss Florence E. Birks on Center Street. At the time of the crime, however, it stood on Martindale Road; it was later bought by A. M. Stratton and moved to its present location. There is still on Martindale Road a gate called the "Jack Potter Gate," at the point where the roads branch to the north and to the east.
Chapter XIV
BERNARDSTON 1961-MAP AND PROPERTY OWNERS
KEY TO MAP SHOWING OWNERS OR TENANTS OF PROPERTY IN 1962
BALD MOUNTAIN ROAD North from Northfield Road
East Side
Harry Dean Earl Fairman, owner
Lea & Deane, Builders, owner Hal Atherton
Luman Barber, owner John Fogg Lloyd Norrish Winifred Townsend, off road
Albert Newton
Erwin Streeter
Delvy Field
Richard Tubbs
Guy Rayner
James Carson
Hulbert Denison
Francis Atherton Neil Churchill
Arthur Adams
James DeCarteret Edward Snow
Carl Hart
Maud Jillson
George Slocum, owner
David Messer-Inglewood Cabins, 4 buildings David Martin
Flora White
Henry Newton
Artel Bourbeau
West Side
Roy Herrick Cola Nelson Wendell Streeter
Frank Foster
Percy Deane
David Dwight
Russell Deane
Gaylord Gray
Walter Nelson Floyd Jackson
Harry Seager Lawrence Gale
W. Roy Newton
Harry Purrington
Harry Purrington, owner
Harry Purrington, owner
BRATTLEBORO ROAD North from Bernardston Inn
East Side
Bernardston Inn Ryther House Barn Clarence Jillson Claude Kenney
George Duprey Charles Page Edward Bunevick Earl Fairman
Hollywood Inn Clarence Forbes Carl Howe Clyde Leonard
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Harold Coates Alan Pratt Ralph Packard, owner
Earl Tucker, owner
Albert Olkowski Stanley Shearer Edward Davis
Gerald Grover Clifford Grover
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960
William Shores Paul Shores Dana Barber
Ruth Whitney James O'Leary, owner Norman Drew
Almon Hale
Edith Fuller
West Side
Warren Taylor Collin Hadley Kenneth Howard
John Senior Edith Newton
Lucius Stark
Bertha Dunham
Charles Curtis
Richard Kimmens
Franklin Richardson
Rodney Patten
Haskell's Sawmill, 4 build- ings Sunset Motor Court, 3
buildings Kenneth Drew
Sterling Nelson
Helen Ryan
Gustave Seil
Arthur Hodges
Merrill Crown Richard Herzig Philip Bourne Wayland Foss Ruth Warner Julia Lailer
Lyman Jennison
BURROWS TURNPIKE Northeast from Brattleboro Road
East Side
Ernest Wood Dora Burrows
Russell Hale
James Perry, owner
West Side
Richard Barrett
Fred Donaldson
CEMETERY STREET OR DEPOT STREET South from Church Street
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East Side Center Cemetery Baptist Church
Baptist Parsonage James Ryan
Grace Purrington Ralph Bogue
West Side
Congregational Parsonage Alfred Deane
Holman Whitaker Guy Bardwell
John Watson
Thomas Nettles Lowell Perry Eli Seney
Paul Keenan James Perry Perry Farm Barn Walter Grover, Sr. Rodney Grover Winifred Johnson Walter Chadwick, owner
Irving Haskell
Donald Haskell
Chase House Inn, Inc.
Eugene Deneault Howard Grover Cornelius Walsh Darwin Scott
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960 CENTER STREET North from Church Street
East Side
Stratton House, town property Harry Taft
Lynn Wyatt William Prescott
Herman Wiemers Theodore Cronyn
West Side
Florence Birks Florence French
John Morgan
Clarence Deane
Frank Deane
CHAPIN ROAD East from Bald Mountain Road
North Side
Lawrence Quinlan, off road
Lawrence Gerrish
South Side
Alphonso Marshall
Harry Marshall, off road
William Underwood
CHURCH STREET East from South Street
North Side
Bernardston Inn Daniel Van Valkenburgh Powers Institute Cushman Library Caroline Denison Town Hall
Albert Berg Harris' Store
Deane's Cities Service
William Messer
Burton Whitney, off street Goodale Memorial United Church
Robert Parsons
Elmore Streeter, owner Elmore Streeter Blanch Atherton
Duane Bliss
South Side
Cushman Hall Apart- ments Telephone Building Hazel Cairns-Post Office
Lena Corkins Meldon Rice Apartments Unitarian Church William Obrey
Ethel Streeter Bernardston Auto Ex- change
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960 COUCH BROOK ROAD OR HAIGIS ROAD West from Brattleboro Road
North Side
Crawford Pease
Metelica Brothers
South Side
Miriam Minden, Bettie
Hildege Beaudoin Henry Dole
Baker
COUCH BROOK ROAD BRANCH North from Couch Brook Road
West Side Walter Humes
CROSS STREET East from South Street
North Side
Bryant Burrows
Charles Grant, owner Walter Read
South Side
Stefania Gruszkowski Herbert Nelson, off street
Everett Freyenhagen Kent Derry
Ora Martin Fred Miller
DEPOT ROAD West from River Street
North Side Russell Holmes, owner Russell Holmes
Ning Der
Lester Gagnon
DEWEY STREET South from Church Street
East Side Rice Apartments
Bertha Wilson
West Side Lena Corkins
Luther Gibson Florence Wright
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960 DR. WHITE ROAD South from Route 10
East Side Mt. Hermon Faculty House
FOX HILL ROAD North and west from Brattleboro Road
North Side
George Wilcox Calvin Clark
Evelyn Czerwonka Edgar Finch
West Side
Clarence Gray Earle Kemp Ralph Perry
Marjorie Warfield Alfred Black
Perry Barn William Joslyn
GILL ROAD Southeast from Northfield Road
North Side
Benton Hale Frank Felch
Ralph Deane Joseph Nebelski
Elbert Raymond, owner Winthrop Amidon
South Side
Hazel Hale
HARWOOD DRIVE North from Northfield Road
East Side
George Chase
Vernon Brown
George B. Davis
West Side
Reginald Dalrymple
Ronald Campbell Joseph Hickey
HOE SHOP ROAD East from River Street
North Side Esther Sullivan James Sedgley
Ralph Marcotte Leon Wood
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960
South Side
Timothy Sullivan Timothy Sullivan-Hoe Shop
Lowell Patch Harold Wood
Robert Mumblo
HUCKLE HILL ROAD Northeast from Bald Mountain Road
North Side
Frank Oakes Joseph Cummings Cyrus Hale
William Field, Sr.
Pauline Howard
William LaValley William LaValley, owner
South Side
Streeter's Sugarhouse Ernest Streeter Almon Flagg, 2 buildings, off road
William Field, Jr., off
road
William LaValley, owner Old District No. 5 School- house
Minor Carpenter, off road Kenneth Remillard, off
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KEETS BROOK ROAD West from Brattleboro Road
South Side John Manning
Claus Cederlund
KEETS BROOK ROAD BRANCH North from Keets Brook Road
East Side
William Wiegand, 2 build-
ings
LIBRARY STREET North from Church Street
East Side Oscar Woodard
Unitarian Parsonage Delmar Magoon
West Side Holman Whitaker, owner
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960 MARTINDALE ROAD North from Northfield Road
East Side
Leon Lenois
Alfred Lenois
West Side
Allan Shedd
MERRIFIELD ROAD North from Hoe Shop Road
East Side Paul Pearson, 2 Buildings
MERRIFIELD ROAD North from Northfield Road
East Side
Stanley Aldrich
West Side
Raymond Allen Donald Newhall
Edith Plympton
Beatrice McDonough
NORTHFIELD ROAD East from Fall River
North Side
Graydon Waycott Albert Deane Ida Hale Herman Streeter
Elmer Carey
Charles Stanclift
Elliott Hale
Clayton Fitzherbert
Alvin Cutter
Virginia Wilder
Frederic Johnson Raymond Crosier Stanley Stachelek
Rudolph Vlach
Albert LaValley Raymond Clark Sylvia Clark
Clarence Corbin
James Symington Viola Rubeor
Alvin Cutter, owner Harold Pratt
Charles Raymond Everett Hurlburt Schoolhouse
South Side
Elmore Streeter-Barber Shop State Garage
Lucie Herrick, off road John Butler Leo Derry
Arthur Nelson Leon Nelson Edwin Damon
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960
Joseph Kmiec Henrietta Clark Eugene Hastings Telesfor Milowski
Ralph Burdick Eric Temple Charles Kimplin Donald Vigneau
Western Mass. Electric- Transfer Station Lloyd Szulborski Harry Drew
PARMENTER ROAD East from Bald Mountain Road
North Side
Charles Herrick
Harland Clark
Robert Messer
South Side
Roger Bardwell Milton Deane Nathaniel Ireland, owner
Arthur Brown
Robert Greene
Francis Denison
Carl Whitaker, Jr. Carl Whitaker, Sr.
PURPLE MEADOW ROAD North from Northfield Road
East Side Clearwater Camping Center
RAILROAD STREET North from Cross Street
East Side Charles Grant, 2 buildings
RIVER STREET South from Church Street
East Side Old Blacksmith Shop- Streeter's Storage, 3 buildings Sawmill, off Street
Raymond Dunnell, owner Willis Hale, off street Truman Boardman Adrian Miller
Irah Snow James McCrea Allene Snow
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West Side
Raymond Bickford Harold Hale Russell Holmes, owner J. L. Dunnell & Son-Grist- mill
Merle Cranson
Esther Olsen
William Kocian
Truman Boardman, owner
Walter Read H. Judd Payne Theodore Aleksiewicz
SCHOOL ROAD West from South Street
South Side
Frank Macy David Williams
Elementary School
Harriet Warren, Mary Boyden, off road
SCHOOL STREET OR HARTWELL STREET North from Church Street
East Side
Robert Wessman
Elmore Streeter, owner Paul Donaldson
West Side
American Legion Home Ruth Wilder
Fred Eastman
Junior Wiemers
SHAW ROAD South from Northfield Road
East Side
Raymond Crosier, owner Alonzo Crosier
Herman Streeter, owner
Herman Streeter-Slaugh- ter House, off road
West Side Benjamin Shaw
Irene Park
SOUTH STREET South from Bernardston Inn
East Side
Bernardston Inn Myron Barber Lunch Box
Fritz Texaco Service Sta- tion Lawrence Tubbs
Preston Whitney, off road Etta Slate Lillian Richmond
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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960
Raymond Berthiaume Hazel Schaufus Frieda Nelson
Jane Greenwood Ellis Franklin
John Carlin Winnie Dunnell
Raymond Dunnell Ralph Livermore Karl Merz
Marilla Benjamin
Leonard Middleton
Richard Phelps Gulf Service Station
Ellen Hume Franklin Tree Expert Com- pany, Inc. Richard Phillips Chauncey Townsend
Frederick Gaines
West Side
Package Store Service Station
Richard Zehnter-Four Columns Leland Barber Grange Hall
Charles Skiathitis
Four Leaf Clover Carlie Scott Ernest LaPlante
Robert Chamberlin
Herbert Witherell, owner
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