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Shipman, 1874; Jacob Baker, 1875-1877; Augustus P. Rein, 1877-1881; Benjamin F. Eaton, 1883-1885; Cephas B. Lynn, 1887; Rev. S. H. R. Biggs, 1888-1891; Melvin S. Nash, 1891-1900; Charles I. Burroughs, 1900-1903; H. Gertrude Roscoe, 1905-07.
Among the great names with which South Scituate has been so fortunate as to be connected, is that of Rev. John Stetson Barry, who preached here for three years. He was the author of the "History of the Stetson Family" of the "History of Hanover," and more than that, of the "History of Massachusetts." Says the more recent his- tory of Hanover of this fine figure in local life, "His History of Hanover is still the model for town histories everywhere and his history of Massachusetts opened to the eyes of the world the riches of the manuscript of Bradford History." (It was due to a note in Mr. Barry's book and to some conclusions drawn there-from, that the existence of the long-lost American document was dis- covered in the library of the Bishop of London. It was returned to America and is now in the Massachusetts State library.)
The service of Rev. Melvin S. Nash, who left a promis- ing career as a school teacher to take up the work of this small parish, was characterized by great self-sacrifice and earnest work on the part of both pastor and people. It was a happy era in the life of the church and a great build-up came at this time. The old church, built in 1832, was burned on June 21, 1893, but a new structure, the present, was built and dedicated in less than a year, the actual date being, May 20, 1894.
Rev. William D. Veazie, had a meteoric career in the leadership of this parish during 1922-25. His was the im- petuous energy which visualized a big Community House on the hill beside the church and the men of the church united as rarely before in helping their pastor to carry out his plans, which finally came to naught.
For some years Rev. Clarence L. Eaton, of Weymouth, served this church in connection with his .other duties
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near home. A very small group of the faithful kept the society alive during some very quiet years.
A new element came into the old church in 1933 with the coming of Rev. Milton S. Dawes, a student who at- tracted both young and old to his congregation and in- fused a spirit of animation into the society. With some fellow students from Gordon college, he conducted a re- vival of some force and response during the winter of 1934-5.
Rev. E. Hartwell Daley worked hard here for two years and built up a system of parish calls and manifested an apostolic faithfulness which might well serve as a model in other places. His pastorate covered the years of 1935-7. Rev. Albert Q. Perry succeeded him.
This last trio of pastors has been composed of young men and the society has taken on new life. The church has been a community center and many pleasant social occasions have been featured. The devotional services have also been of a high order and the church interior has been beautifully restored and decorated, while the ex- terior has also been cared for. The Universalist parish has shown its innate vitality and is destined to survive.
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CHAPTER X SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
D. Willard Robinson Relief Corps
THE D. Willard Robinson Relief Corps No. 13, Aux- iliary of Post 112, G. A. R., was organized May 6, 1885, at Assinippi Hall. They continued to meet there for a time, later at the home of Mrs. Frank Alger and other members. Still later they were at the Town Hall.
In 1891 they met in the hall, which the Post had just acquired, until it was lost in 1897. In 1900 it was voted to build a hall. The Webster Cushing shop on High Street, was purchased of Mrs. Cushing and made over by Fred H. Curtis, into a hall and meeting place for the Post. It has been their home ever since.
In every way the Corps has been of great help and has borne the full expense of the hall. For years it was their custom to furnish dinners at the annual town meetings also to entertain the Post and their guests on Memorial Days.
Now that the last member of the Post is dead, the Frederic H. Curtis Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, The American Legion and the Boy Scouts are, as it were, the guests of the Relief Corps who are still carrying on. A special corporation, The D. Willard Robinson Hall Associ- ation, has been set up to care for the property.
Arts and Crafts Society
Back in 1907 the ladies of the village formed a society which they called the Norwell Arts and Crafts Society. Mrs. Mary L. F. Power was the first president and Rev. Chester A. Drummond, Instructor.
The purpose of the society was to do handicraft work,
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weaving raffia and painting china. They purchased the building belonging to Harry S. Merritt on Main Street, which they enlarged, and for several years the society was very prosperous and added to the social life of the community.
There were twenty-five members when it was finally voted to disband and sell the property. John H. Sparrell purchased the building in 1927, and for several years the post office has been located there and the law office of Herbert A. Lincoln.
Ladies Aid Societies
For many years there has been a Ladies Aid Society connected with the First Parish Church, which has been a great factor in the social welfare work of the commun- ity.
There is no good cause or worthy object concerning the church or the townspeople as a whole, to which they have not contributed very generously, both in service and money. For some years they have been associated with the National Ladies Aid Alliance and are still very active.
The Ladies Aid Society connected with the Methodist Church, is the same story repeated. While it is, we believe, not quite so old as the one on the "Hill," yet it has been fully as active and to it the church owes almost its very existence.
The Sewing Circle connected with the Universalist Church has, like the other two societies, been a great help to the church and neighborhood.
Boy Scouts
A Boy Scout Patrol was organized in 1917 with Rev. Howard Charles Gale as Scoutmaster. Their meetings were held in James Library hall. After a few years it was disbanded.
In 1930 another Troop was formed with Walter S. Crane, Scoutmaster. They met in the vestry of the Methodist Church.
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At the present writing there is a strong, well organized troop. The Town Committee is Herbert A. Lincoln, chairman; Irving Henderson, John Murphy, Horace Ross and Basil Neftel. The troop is recruited to thirty-five members. Basil Neftel is Scoutmaster and Henry Farr, Assistant Scoutmaster.
Woman's Republican Club of Norwell
This association was formed a dozen years ago, and is both political and social in its functions. It has a mem- bership of over two hundred and fifty women from this and neighboring towns and has been very active. At their monthly meetings many prominent speakers have been heard. It is one of the largest organizations of its kind in this section.
The Young Ladies' Union
On December 7, 1891, the young ladies of Norwell village organized a society called the Church Helpers. Miss Mattie W. Torrey was the first president. They met at the James Library Hall and helped in the social work of the church and village. October 12, 1892 the name was changed to The Young Ladies Union, the name by which it is best remembered today. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Otis became the next president, serving several years. She was followed by Miss Marion G. Merritt, who served six years, until the society disbanded. Mrs. Mary L. Pow- er, Mrs. Nellie M. Sparrell, Miss Sarah E. Merritt and Miss Winnie Tileston were the secretaries. Miss Mary Turner and Miss Effie Croning were the treasurers. During the life of the organization it was very active in the social life of the community. On December 24, 1902, it was voted to disband and that their piano and other property be turned over to the James Library for the use of the Parish.
Village Improvement Societies
About thirty-five years ago improvement societies were
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organized at both Norwell Center and Church Hill. Their object was to set out trees along the roadsides and to do what could be done to make the villages more attractive.
The one at the "Hill" disbanded some years ago, after doing much good work, but the Church Hill society is still very active. It has acquired the school building at Dist. No. 7 which the town had ceased to use for school pur- poses and its members have converted it into a hall with a very good stage. Many entertainments and social af- fairs are held there.
Coaching Parades
July 5th, 1897, Miss Jenny Cushing organized and car- ried out a coaching parade at Norwell that attracted a crowd such as the town had never before seen. It was such a success and the townspeople were so enthusiastic that another was staged the next year. This was like- wise very successful.
Visiting Nurse Association
The District Nursing Association of Norwell was or- ganized in 1920 as a volunteer association of the towns- people to work in conjunction with the school nurse and public health nurse in caring for the health of the com- munity. It has always paid toward the salary of the health nurse an amount in addition to what is paid by the town, and also something toward the expense of the den- tal clinic.
It has borne the burden of financing and caring for many cases that could not be readily handled otherwise. By this system of co-operation the town enjoys the priv- ilege of a very efficient health organization.
Mrs. Amy W. Sylvester was the first president and Mrs. Henry D. Atwater is the present. Mr. James H. Barnard is treasurer of the association. There have been three health nurses, Mrs. Marian Sauer, Mrs. Mary E. Bache and Miss Catherine Roe, who has served for fourteen years.
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Parent Teachers Association
The Parent Teachers Association was organized in 1934 with Paul Molloy, president and Mrs. Fred R. Burnside, secretary. It has a good membership and is very active. James A. Liddell is president and Mrs. Sanford Luce is secretary.
Norwell Fire Department
The Norwell Fire Department really dates from the year 1921. Mr. Arthur Coombs, the Forest Warden at the time, took a very active interest in fire prevention and presented the town with a piece of motor driven fire apparatus, which for a while was housed in the shed con- nected with the town farm.
In a short time there were two volunteer fire compan- ies formed, and a fire house built next to the location of the new Memorial Town Hall and another on Washing- ton street. In the past few years these companies have been very active. A firemen's association was also or- ganized and the ladies have an auxiliary association.
From this small beginning, the town now has four pieces of motor apparatus including a large Maxim pumper.
The general supervision is under a board of engineers. The present Chief is John T. Osborn, and Frederick H. Hall, is Deputy Chief.
Board of Engineers: John T. Osborn, James A. Liddell, Chas. N. Williamson, Lionel D. Forkey, Edward B. Has- kins.
The Union Athletic Association
This association was formed as a social and athletic club. It owns and controls the old Ridge Hill Grove, which includes a ball field, dancing pavilion and club house.
This location has been used as an amusement park for the past forty years. During that time countless associa-
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CORNET STETSON PLANTATION NORWELL. MASC;
STETSON HOMESTEAD, off Stetson Road, Church Hill. This house, built about 1770, is owned by the Stetson Kindred of America, Inc.
ANCIENT CRADLE Stored at Stetson Homestead. In it were rocked two sets of Stetson twins, born 1761 and 1771. (Photo by Charles L. Gleason of Hanover)
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tions have held meetings and conventions there and many celebrated speakers have been hard. It is practically half way between Brockton and Nantasket and in the days of the electric cars was much frequented by the young people. In later times many famous ball teams have met on the diamond. The association usually has both a base ball and basketball team in their season. Mr. Charles H. Pike is president.
Norwell Historical Society
In the fall of 1935 a group of people who were inter- ested in the local history of Norwell met and organized the Norwell Historical Society. The society has held some very interesting meetings and has listened to a number of prominent speakers.
Its policies have been defined as follows :
The purpose of the Society is to promote knowledge, by discussion and research, of the locality now known as the Town of Norwell, and to encourage the preservation of documents or relics of local history.
The officers of the society have been: President, Jos- eph F. Merritt; vice president, Henry C. Ford ; secretary- treasurer, Miss Margaret Crowell; executive committee, Joseph F. Merritt, Henry C. Ford, Margaret Crowell, Grace F. Cole, Tenney L. Davis, I. Austin Lincoln, Mary L. F. Power, Herbert E. Robbins, Maria W. Tolman, George C. Turner, William Gould Vinal, Nellie L. Sparrell.
The publication committee has caused to be printed in pamphlet form several articles of special interest, by the members of the society, so that they may be preserv- ed, and eventually be published in book form.
The society had a part in the dedication of the Cush- ing Memorial Hall, Nov. 2, 1936.
Dr. L. Vernon Briggs gave an evening's talk on Ship- building; Dr. Tenney L. Davis has spoken on Count Rum- ford; Col. Charles W. Furlong has spoken on, Early Rec- ollections of Scituate and Professor Arthur S. Dewing
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gave an illustrated talk on Early Colonial Houses ; Dr. Wm. G. Vinal has talked on "Old Times at Mt. Blue."
At the time of Scituate's Ter-centenary celebration, in 1936, this society was given the honor of entertaining those who made the historical pilgrimage at the Chitten- den Shipyard on North River.
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CHAPTER XI CEMETERIES
Washington Street Cemetery
INTHE town cemetery was established by vote of the town 1 in 1892. It is located on Washington Street and is commonly known as the Washington Street Cemetery.
The earliest burial place in town was at the top of Wilson Hill, near the location of the first church building of the Second Society of Scituate. This was used only a short time. There were only a few stones and there is now no way of telling just where they were. The Elder Thomas King stone was found by Mr. George C. Turner back in 1898. It was dated 1691. When the society moved to a new location, one half mile further west, an- other cemetery was laid out. This is still enclosed and is kept in good repair by the parish. The oldest stone is that of William Barrell 1689 and the families of Oakman, Turner, Foster, Hatch, James, Randall, Tilden, Stock- bridge and Sylvester were buried there.
First Parish Cemetery
In 1725 the Town of Scituate set aside a tract of land on "Herring Brook Hill," for the use of the Second Parish for a burying ground, a training field and other special uses. This burying ground has been in use since that time. It was incorporated in 1908 under the name of The First Parish Cemetery Association of Norwell.
At the same time the town set aside the land on "Her- ring Brook Hill" they set aside other land at "Church Hill" for practically the same purpose. A burying ground was established on the brow of the hill near where the Episcopal Church was located and early generations of people in that section of the town were buried there.
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Church Hill Cemetery Corp.
In 1921 the Town of Norwell voted to give a quitclaim deed of such portion of its land at "Church Hill" as was contained in a plan prepared by Harrison L. House C. E., to the Church Hill Cemetery Corporation. This corpora- tion was made up of people whose ancestors were buried on the hill and who were interested in preserving and caring for the spot. This included the site of the Episco- pal church.
Pinehurst Cemetery
Nearly one hundred years ago the people living in the "Church Hill" district procured a piece of land from the Howland property on the north side of Common Avenue, and established a burying ground. In recent years it has been incorporated and is now called Pinehurst Cem- etery. John W. Queen is now the president.
Other Cemeteries
The Stockbridge cemetery on Mount Blue Street at junction of School and Mt. Blue streets, was the burial place of the Stockbridge, Litchfield, Hyland and William- son families.
There is a small burial lot located on the old Collamore Estate on Washington Street, near Jacob's Pond.
Back in the woods off Grove Street near Prospect Street is a little burial plot where some of the early Damons, Sylvesters and Browns were buried. Tradition speaks of the graves of the Northey family near the corner of Grove and Prospect Streets.
Early generations of Bowkers and other families were buried on Bowker Street in a little forgotten burial lot near the Grove Street end.
On the old "Wanton Estate" off River Street, now the homestead of Dr. Marshall Bailey, there was in early times a little cemetery where the Wantons, Webbs, and Rogers were buried. This was always known as the "Old Quaker Burying Ground." Eighty years ago there
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is said to have been several stones standing, but today the only one which Dr. Bailey has been able to preserve is that of "Mary Webb, ye wife of Edward Webb of Boston, died ye 23d, 8 mo. 1708."
In early times it was a common custom for people to have burial lots and tombs on their own estates, where members of the family were buried. The Daniel Otis es- tate on Pleasant Street, the John Cushing tomb on Cen- tral Street, the Consider Merritt on Summer Street, the Church tomb at Church Hill, were some of them. This practice is no longer lawful and has been entirely done away with. In many instances the old tombs have been removed and the remains buried in public cemeteries.
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CHAPTER XII TOWN OFFICERS MEMBERS of the LEGISLATURE, PHYSICIANS
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YOUTH Scituate and Norwell men who have served in the Legislature:
James Southworth 1851-52
Samuel C. Cudworth
1853-54
A. E. Stetson 1855
Henry J. Curtis
1856
Horatio N. Gardner 1857
Henry A. Turner 1888
Thomas Barstow 1892
Lemuel C. Waterman 3rd District 1858
Lloyd F. Hammond 1896
Seth H. Vinal 1862
Samuel Tolman Jr.
1864
Joseph F. Merritt 1911
Edward Southworth
1866
William D. Turner 1912
Edward Stowell 1869
Ernest H. Sparrell
Thomas B. Waterman 1872
Constitutional Convention
George H. Torrey 1875
1917
Joseph T. Hartt
1876
Ernest H. Sparrell 1921-36
Mr. Sparrell enjoys the distinction of the longest term of service of any Representative in this part of the State and has served on many important committees.
Men who served in the Legislature from Scituate be- fore the division of the town, who lived within the limits of the present town of Norwell:
John Cushing
Micah Stetson
Benjamin Stetson
Nathaniel Clapp
Samuel Tolman Jr. John Collamore Cushing Otis
Thomas Bryant
William C. Litchfield 1879 Ebenezer T. Fogg, Senator 1880-1881
Alpheus Thomas 1882
Charles A. Litchfield 1885
Isaac Totman Jr. 1860
Charles N. Gardner
1901-1902
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Caleb Torrey
Nathaniel Cushing
William Turner
Edward F. Jacobs
Samuel A. Turner William James Ebenezer Stetson
Paul Litchfield
Town Clerks
During the eighty-nine years of its existence as a sep- arate town there have been only five town clerks:
James Southworth 1849-50-56; Henry J. Curtis 1851- 54; Ebenezer T. Fogg, 1855 and 1857 and continuously to 1895, a total of forty years. Joseph C. Otis 1896-1902; Joseph F. Merritt, 1902, to the present time.
Ernest H. Sparrell, Henry J. Corthell and Alice C. Merritt have each served as assistant town clerks.
Treasurers
George H. Torrey
1849-1850
Ebenezer T. Fogg
1851-
Walter Foster
1852-1860
Ebenezer T. Fogg
1861-1897
Horace T. Fogg
1897-1909
Joseph F. Merritt
1909-1915
Herbert E. Robbins
1915 to the present time
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor and Public Welfare
Ebenezer T. Fogg
1830-50-58
Samuel Tolman
1849-50
Loring Jacobs
1849-50
Horatio N. Gardner
1851-57
Lemuel C. Waterman
1851-57
Alfred C. Litchfield
1851-56
James P. Briggs
1857
Luther Howland
1858
Nathaniel Clapp
1858-59
Samuel Tolman, Jr.
1859-67
James J. Farrar
1860
William Hatch
1859-60
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John Clapp
1863-64-65
Liba Litchfield
1864-68
Dexter M. Wilcutt
1865-67
George K. Cushing
1868
Edward Stowell
1867-71-74
William B. Pratt
1868-69
Charles A. Litchfield
1870-89
Thomas B. Waterman
1871-76
Fred H. Curtis
1876-81
William C. Litchfield
1877-78
Charles H. Merritt
1879-80
Henry A. Turner
1881-83-88
Richard P. Briggs
1882-87
Charles Simmons
1884-87
Charles C. Young
1888-89
Thomas Barstow
1889-99
George W. Griggs
1890-1904
Alpheus Thomas
1890-1908
Henry D. Smith
1900-03
Ezra E. Stetson
1904-1916
Ernest H. Sparrell
1905-07
William D. Turner
1908-15
Frank W. Jones
1909-19
Edward M. Sexton
1915-32
Lothrop E. Fessenden
1916-20
William J. Leonard
1919-35
George M. Currier
1920-22
Clifton S. Deane
1923-1930-1932 to present
Herbert A. Lincoln
1931 to present
Ralph H. Coleman
1935 to present
List of persons who have served as School Committee :
Rev. Caleb Stetson
1849-52-55-56-57
Perez Turner, 2nd
1849
Dr. A. Everett Stetson
1850-51-53
Ebenezer T. Fogg, Sr.
1850
Rev. Robinson Breare
1851-53
Lemuel C. Waterman
1849-52-54
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JACOBS HOMESTEAD, ASSINIPPI
Beside Jacobs Pond, House, barns, stone walls of estate, etc., constitute a very fine example of the old New England farm.
JACOBS MILL, ASSINIPPI
Built before 1727, by David Jacobs. This structure, remem- bered by many, was burned July 4, 1920, through the acts of careless celebrators
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James Southworth
1853-59-60
Seth H. Vinal
1853
Henry Barnes
1855
Mr. Record
1855-56
T. H. Dearing
1857-58-59
Daniel E. Damon
1857-58
Isaac Totman, Jr.
1859-60-61
David B. Ford
1855-59-60
Isaac Totman, Jr.
1861
Elisha Jacobs
1863
Samuel Waters
1868-69
Rev. William H. Fish
1869-70
Miss Lucy Turner
1870-79
James B. Tabor
1873-75
Charles A. Litchfield
1873-75
Mrs. Emily T. Jacobs
1875-76-81-87
Mrs. Helen L. Fogg
1875-78
Franklin Jacobs
1877-83
S. S. Knapp
1880-81
Miss Caroline C. Turner
1879
Joseph T. Hartt
1881
Ebenezer T. Fogg
1882-87
Miss Martha W. Brooks
1885
Samuel Tolman
1886-88-89-90
Mrs. Mary J. Turner
1887
Mrs. Mary E. Curtis
1888-92-1903-12
Miss Hattie R. Gardner
1888-91
Rev. S. R. H. Biggs
1890
Israel Hatch
1891-1902
Frederick Boyden Jacobs
1892-94
Dr. Harry J. Little
1893-95
Benjamin Loring
1895 to present
Miss Marion G. Merritt
1896-98
Mrs. Mary L. F. Power
1899-1902
George C. Turner
1903-14
Miss Carrie M. Ford
1913-14
Mrs. Amy W. Sylvester
1915-17
Mrs. Nellie L. Sparrell
1917 to present
Mrs. Grace B. V. Dinsmoor
1927-33
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Mrs. Gertrude L. Dyer
1933-36
John M. Lind 1936 to present
Tax Collectors
George H. Torrey
1849-50
Ebenezer T. Fogg
1851
Walter Foster 1852-60
Ebenezer T. Fogg
1861-64
James L. Litchfield
1885 elected but resigned
Andrew J. Litchfield
1885-1889
Edwin A. Turner
1890-1900
Andrew J. Litchfield
1901-09
Frank W. Jones
1909 by appointment
Walter T. Osborn
1910-11
William H. Spencer
1912-32
William H. Dunbar
1932-34
Lloyd S. West Nov. 24, 1934-March 9, 1935 by appointment
Alfred H. Prouty 1935 to present
Auditors
For a number of years it was the custom for the voters at the annual town meeting to choose a committee to set- tle with the treasurer and there was no auditor.
The following persons have held the office of Auditor:
Elisha Jacobs Elliott W. Crowell
Williams B. Brooks
Harry T. Fogg
Frank W. Jones
Francis J. Knowlton
Charles A. Litchfield
Lloyd S. West
George Cushing
Schuyler Dillon
James H. Pinkham
The office was abolished after January 1, 1936 and office of Town Accountant established. Schuyler Dillon and Kenneth Torrey have served as accountants.
Moderators
From early times to be the moderator of the annual
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SECOND TOWN HALL OF SOUTH SCITUATE Built in 1885, near the geographical center of the town. Burned December 20, 1935
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town meeting, has been considered a position of great honor requiring persons of special fitness.
Among the earliest moderators were:
Hon. William James, Albion Turner Esq., Ebenezer T. Fogg, Esq., Col. John Collamore, Nathaniel B. Clapp, Anson Robbins, Loring Jacobs, Lemuel C. Waterman, George H. Torrey.
The veteran, Samuel Tolman presided at the meetings for many years and Edward Stowell, Horatio N. Gardner, Thomas J. Tolman, William Hatch, John K. Nash, Willard Torrey and Joseph T. Hartt, Sylvanus Clapp, Frank W. Jones and John H. Crocker also served. Alpheus Thomas presided continuously for twenty-eight years and was succeeded by John Whalen who served for seventeen years, until his death in 1927.
The later moderators were Horace T. Fogg, Esq., James H. Barnard, Harry B. Pinson and Cecil E. Whitney, Esq.
In the old days the meetings were often stormy and the moderator had a difficult task to keep the voters within bounds. Vilification was indulged in to a greater or lesser degree, and he was often obliged to use all his power and diplomacy to keep the meeting on an even keel and to preserve a certain amount of decorum in the de- liberations.
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