History of the town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Volume II, 1900-1960, with genealogies, Part 15

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Publication date: 1962
Publisher: [Bernardston, Mass.] : [Trustees of the Cushman Library]
Number of Pages: 314


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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


road


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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HISTORY OF BERNARDSTON, 1900-1960


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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