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Our Goodly Heritage
girls in high school and college; or who has noted with pride the thrift, industry, and eager cooperation in town interests of men of once foreign names, realizes the wealth, material and spiritual, which our more recent citizens have brought to their new home, now the equal possession of us all.
Twenty-five years ago in my home on Paradise Road I wrote a book called A Goodly Heritage, which dealt with the traditions of New England as shown in Maine, for 200 years of its long his- tory a part of Massachusetts. Its title may well be repeated in the final essay of this book of Northampton. For we, too, in this old New England town, whether our forefathers stemmed from Mas- sachusetts Bay or from the countries along or above the Mediter- ranean, have surely received a heritage as goodly, and the lines have, indeed, fallen unto us also "in pleasant places."
Appendix I
Chronology of the Northampton Tercentenary Celebration
1951 May 9 Tercentenary Executive Committee appointed by Mayor Luke F. Ryan.
June 19
First meeting of Tercentenary Executive Committee. Common Council Room, City Hall.
1954
January 6 First "Northamptonian of the Month" exhibit opened at Forbes Library by Mayor James Cahillane and Frederick D. Meehan, General Chairman of the Tercentenary.
February 18 6:30 P.M.
Northampton Historical Society's Tercentenary Banquet. Miss Marine Leland, speaker: "John Stoddard's Journal (1713-1714) on his Mission to Canada to Redeem New England Captives." Hotel Northampton.
March 16 7:30 P.M.
First of series of semi-weekly radio interviews conducted by Mrs. William E. Dwyer, Secretary of the Tercente- nary Committee. Interview with Frederick D. Meehan. Subsequent interviews by Mrs. Dwyer were:
Marion De Ronde (Concert), Conrad Thibault (Con- cert), Lewis Newman and J. Wallace Winborne (Conces- sions), John Hurley and Raymond Murphy (Antique Show), Mrs. Thomas Shepherd (City Seal), Lawrence Wikander (History), Donald Martin (Pageant), Frank LaMontagne (Novelties), Major Albert Beckmann (Pa- rade), Frank H. Hankins (Brochure), John Hurley and Dr. Glade Hall (Antique Automobiles), Roger O'Brien (Birthday Cake), C. Edgar Maynard (Finances), Lewis Gustafson and W. Briceland Nash (Parade), Ernest Graves (Indian Purchase), Tony Tenanes, Angelo Yacuz- zo, and John Bombard (Beard Contest), Beatrice Fitts and Isabel Coughlin (Public School Concert), Mrs. Kenneth Childs, Mrs. Victor Christenson and Maurice Carlson (Queen's Contest), Mrs. Stephen Brown and Arthur Locke (Music), Alexander Milne (Program), Lawrence Wikander, George Dowell, and Mrs. Day Tuttle (Pag-
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eant), John Q. Berry (Children's Day), Mrs. Carroll Dolan, Mrs. John McCannon, and Miss Helen Kiely (Open Houses), Miss Helen Kiely, Mrs. Leo Stramese, Mrs. Victor Fitch, and Mrs. Harold Alden (Hostesses), and Mrs. Sidney Bailey (Presidential Banquet).
March 19 8:00 P.M.
Concert at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, officially opening Tercentenary. Smith College Symphony Orches- tra, Marion De Ronde, Conductor. Conrad Thibault, baritone; Ralph Conz, trumpet; and Alvin Etler, English horn; soloists.
April 2 8:00 P.M.
Concert by Northampton High School Band, Alfred T. Purseglove, Conductor. High School Auditorium.
April 18 8:00 P.M.
Concert of American Music, featuring music composed or published in Northampton. Members of Smith College Department of Music, Smith College and Amherst Col- lege Choral Singers. Sage Hall, Smith College.
May 2 2:30 P.M.
Re-enactment of purchase of land from the Indians. Rep- resentatives of the New England Council of Improved Order of Redmen sell Nonotuck to members of Michael F. Curtin Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, representing John Pynchon, Elizur Holyoke, and Samuel Chapin. Childs' Park.
7:00 P.M.
Smith College Vesper Service in recognition of the North- ampton Tercentenary. Rev. William F. May preached on Jonathan Edwards. Music by Hampshire Choral Society. John M. Greene Hall.
May 11-14 8:00 P.M.
"Covenant," a play presented by the Smith College De- partment of the Theatre in honor of the Tercentenary of Northampton. Students' Building, Smith College.
May 13 7:00 P.M.
Tercentenary Birthday Cake, built by students at Smith's Vocational School, lighted on Court House lawn by Mayor James Cahillane. Music by Junior High School Chorus.
May 14 2: 30 P.M.
Judging of contest for official Tercentenary Cake, Roger S. O'Brien, Chairman. Northampton Electric Lighting Company and Northampton Gas Light Company.
May 19 8:15 P.M.
Tercentenary Concert by Hampshire Choral Society, Henry G. Mishkin, Director. High School Auditorium.
May 2I 8:00 P.M.
Tercentenary Concert by the Public Schools, Miss Bea- trice V. Fitts, Supervisor of Music. High School Audi- torium and Gymnasium.
May 23 3:00 P.M.
Memorial Service, Hampshire County Voiture 40 and 8, No. 474, under direction of Gordon P. Trowbridge. High School.
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May 29 5:00 P.M.
Northampton School for Girls Pageant expressing his- tory of the school.
June 1-2 8:00 P.M.
"Tercentenary Tune Time," musical variety show pre- sented by students of St. Michael's High School. St. Mi- chael's High School Auditorium.
June 9
7: 15 P.M.
Television show: Frederick D. Meehan; candidates for Tercentenary Queen; and Minuet Scene from Tercente- nary Pageant. Station WWLP.
June 11 6:15 P.M.
Television show: Judy Splinters' Show with Frederick D. Meehan; George B. Dowell; Ballet and Jenny Lind Waltz from Tercentenary Pageant. Station WHYN.
Tercentenary Week
EXHIBITS
June 13-19 2-5 P.M.
Open House. Betty Allen Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
June 14-19 10-12 A.M. 2-5 P.M.
Memorial Hall Museum; Cornet Joseph Parsons House; and Isaac Damons House. Northampton Historical So- ciety.
8:00 A.M .- "Smith College in Northampton History." William Allen 6:00 P.M. Neilson Library, Smith College.
9:00 A.M .-
9:00 P.M.
"The Family Album of Calvin Coolidge" and "Coolidge Cartoons from the Frank W. Stearns Collection." Forbes Library.
June 14-18 6-10 P.M.
Moving Pictures: "It Happened in Northampton" (1938); "Yesterday and Today," and short of Northampton Play- ers of 1915. Lobby display: congratulatory messages from stage and screen stars. Academy of Music.
June 19-20 I-IO P.M.
Historical Window Displays in Northampton Stores.
June 14-19 I-10 P.M.
Antique Show and Antique Automobiles Show. Fair- grounds.
CIVIC DAY
June 13 10:45 A.M.
Parade of Generations-costumed parishioners re-enacted 300 years of church attendance. Sermon: "Jonathan Ed- wards," Professor Perry Miller, Harvard University, Guest Preacher. First Church of Christ, Congregational.
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II:00 A.M. Pontifical High Mass. Bishop T. Leo Parker, of North- ampton, England, Celebrant. St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Roman Catholic. (Special Services were held in several other Churches.)
1:00 P.M. American Legion Band Concert. Pines Theatre, Look Park.
2:00 P.M. Dedication of Memorial to Northampton Firemen. North- ampton Firemen's Relief Association. Trinity Row Park.
3:00 P.M. Civic Program: Mayor James Cahillane, Rev. Elliott Fleckles, Rabbi Samuel Price, and Rev. Leonard F. Smith. Tercentenary Chorus, John Duke, Conductor. Pines Theatre, Look Park.
4:00 P.M. Concert. Welch Chorale, James Welch, Conductor. Pines Theatre, Look Park.
7:00 P.M. Tercentenary Banquet, Knights of Columbus, Northamp- ton Council 480. Guests of Honor: The Most Reverend T. Leo Parker, Bishop of Northampton, England; The Most Reverend Christopher J. Weldon, Bishop of Spring- field; The Most Reverend John J. Wright, Bishop of Worcester; and The Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas F. Cummings. Hotel Northampton.
FLAG DAY
June 14 I-5 P.M.
Tour of Open Houses, Florence and Leeds. Hill Institute (Mr. Rollo Purrington), Ross Farm (Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blauvelt), the Salt Box (Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Ryder), Dimock House (Mr. and Mrs. Philip Villone), and Smith College Alumnae House (Miss Sebring).
6:30 P.M. Flag Day Exercises. Northampton Lodge 997, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Edwin Rennison, Exalted Ruler. John F. Murphy, Chairman of Exercises; J. Paul Mather, President, University of Massachusetts, Speaker. High School Auditorium.
7:45 P.M. Television Show: Ministers' scene from Tercentenary Pageant. Station WHYN.
June 15 9:00 A.M .- 6:00 P.M. 10:00 A.M .- 5:00 P.M.
CHILDREN'S DAY
Open House, Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company. (Repeated on Wednesday.)
Open House. Northampton State Hospital.
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3: 15 P.M.
I : 15 P.M. Howdy Doody Show with Clarabell and Buffalo Vic. John Joyce, Songleader; Edward Reidy, Accompanist; Dances by pupils of Matt Mooney. John M. Greene Hall.
MAYOR'S DAY
June 16
12:00 M.
Luncheon for Wives of Mayors, Mrs. James Cahillane, Hostess. Northampton Country Club.
9:00 A.M.
Open House. Leeds School, Jackson Street School, and Hill Institute.
3:00 P.M.
I-5 P.M.
Open Houses. The Beeches (Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bailey), the Round House (Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Conz), 36 Conz Street (Mr. and Mrs. Angelo B. Tonet), 21 Massasoit Street (Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Olander), Clark-Cable House (Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Cavanagh), Burnham School (Mrs. G. W. Emerson), Smith College Alumnae House.
2:00 P.M.
Tercentenary Exercises, Sacred Heart School.
7:30 P.M.
Concert, Pizzitola's Plectro-Accordion Orchestra. Pines Theatre, Look Park.
7:15 P.M.
Parade from Old High School to Fairgrounds by partici- pants of beard growing contest. Award of Prizes. Fair- grounds.
8: 15 P.M. Crowning of Tercentenary Queen, Miss Patricia For- sander, by former Mayor Edwin Olander. Fairgrounds.
8:30 P.M.
Tercentenary Pageant "Name It Northampton!" Fair- grounds. (Continued nightly through Saturday.)
COUNTY DAY
June 17 12:15 P.M.
Luncheon Meeting: Massachusetts Association of Sheriffs and County Commissioners; Massachusetts Association of County Treasurers; and Massachusetts Association of Registrars of Probate. Hiram Brownell, Chairman, Hamp- shire County Commissioners; Howard Banner, County Treasurer, and Frank Tuit, Registrar of Probate.
2 and 4 P.M.
Mayors' Association of Massachusetts Dinner. Mayor James Cahillane, presiding. Rahar's Inn.
Open Gardens. Smith College, College Lane and Presi- dent's House; 88 Bancroft Road (Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Watrous), 20 Langworthy Road (Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dwyer), 330 Elm Street (Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey But- ler); Childs' Park; 448 Bridge Road (Mr. and Mrs. Francis Root); 169 Chestnut Street (Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Judge); 42 Warner Street (Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Cote); 78 Pomeroy Terrace (Northampton School for Girls).
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Other Open Gardens (not in tour): 48 Chapel Street (Mr. and Mrs. H. Reuther); Look Park; Capen Gardens and Faculty Club (Smith College); and Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary.
6:30 P.M. Hampshire County Selectmen's Association Dinner. Fred- erick A. Colby, President. Hotel Northampton.
8:00 P.M. Color slides of Northampton Gardens. W. I. P. Campbell and Merton E. Gladden. Unitarian Church Parlors.
8:30 P.M. Square Dance Festival. City Hall Plaza.
HOMECOMING DAY
June 18 12:00 M.
Chamber of Commerce 35th Anniversary Luncheon. Guests of Honor: W. T. C. Smeathers, President, North- ampton, England, Board of Trade; and Tercentenary Executive Committee. Hotel Northampton.
I-5 P.M. Open Houses. Old Clark House (Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hankins); Sessions House (Smith College); Dewey House (Smith College); Old Parsons House (Mr. and Mrs. F. Day Tuttle); Northampton School for Girls; Smith Col- lege Alumnae House.
4:30 P.M. Reception for Christian Herter, Governor of Massachu- setts, by Tercentenary Hostesses. Hotel Northampton.
5:00 P.M. Tea for hostesses, Mrs. Sidney Bailey, Chairman. Hotel Northampton.
7:00 P.M. Dinner in honor of the Governor, Charles Walker, Chair- man. Hotel Northampton.
8:00 P.M. Golden Anniversary Service. Speakers: Rabbi Myer Fink- elstein, Rev. Benjamin R. Andrews, Jr., and Mayor James Cahillane. B'nai Israel Synagogue.
Concert, Pioneer Valley Barbershop Singers. Pines Thea- tre, Look Park.
8: 15 P.M.
Greeting to Northampton, Governor Herter. Fair- grounds.
PRESIDENT'S DAY
Antique Auction, George Bean, Auctioneer. Fairgrounds.
June 19 10:00 A.M. 6:30 P.M. Public dinner for Philip Young, Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Personal Representative of President Eisenhower, Benjamin F. Wright, Toastmaster; Mrs. Sidney Bailey, Chairman. Hotel Northampton.
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TERCENTENARY DAY
June 20
1:30-5:30 P.M.
Tercentenary Parade, Major Albert Beckmann, Grand Marshal. Childs' Park to Fairgrounds.
5:00 P.M. Dedication of Sheldon Playground, Theodore Sheldon, Donor; Mrs. Gordon Potter, Chairman.
5:30 P.M. Fife and Drum Corps Competition. Leeds Fife and Drum Corps, Host. Fairgrounds.
Appendix II
The Tercentenary Committee
EXECUTIVE Frederick D. Meehan, General Chairman
Mrs. William E. Dwyer, Secretary
Romeo E. Fortier
William R. Barry
Dr. Charles A. Gleason
Major Albert G. Beckmann
Judge Harry J. Jekanowski
Charles A. Brambilla
C. Edgar Maynard
Maurice J. Carlson
Roger S. O'Brien
Thomas J. Doyle
Albert F. Eyre
Mrs. Thomas M. Shepherd Lawrence E. Wikander
Ex-OFFICIO
James Cahillane, Mayor 1954-1955 Pierre Drewsen, Mayor 1952-1953 Luke F. Ryan, Mayor 1950-1951
Frederick Adams Dr. Glade P. Hall
ANTIQUES AND ANTIQUE AUTO SHOWS John N. Hurley, Chairman Raymond F. Murphy Mrs. Thomas M. Shepherd
Miss Ruth Agnew
Mrs. George B. Ford
BOOK PUBLICATION Miss Cynthia S. Walsh, Chairman Mrs. Margaret S. Grierson Miss Edith N. Hill Lawrence E. Wikander
BROCHURE Frank H. Hankins, Chairman Oliver W. Larkin
Frank Kiley
CIVIC DAY EXERCISES COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS SERVICE Rev. Leonard H. Smith, Chairman Rev. Elliott Fleckles
Rabbi Samuel Price
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Charles S. Borowski
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS FOR SERVICEMEN Edward Morin, Chairman Miss Helen Griffin Mrs. Lewis Newman
John L. Banner
Mrs. Leonard Day
CONCESSIONS Lewis Newman, Chairman Milton Tarshus J. Wallace Winborne, Jr.
DAILY COORDINATORS FOR CELEBRATION WEEK
Sunday: William E. Bailey
Thursday: Howard Banner
Monday: Edwin Rennison
Friday: Charles Walker
Tuesday: John Q. Berry
Saturday: Mrs. Sidney Bailey
Wednesday: Alonzo Haskell
Sunday: Aubrey B. Butler
FAIRGROUNDS BOX OFFICE AND ADMISSIONS Barney Carlson, Chairman
Wallace Kerr
William Sector
Samuel Lococo
Donald Simison
Ulysse Lussier
Arthur Smith
Donald Packard
Charles Stearns, Treasurer
FAIRGROUNDS COORDINATOR Henry L. Johnson
FIFE AND DRUM CORPS COMPETITION James Doyle, Chairman
William Morin
Joseph Purcell
Anthony E. Rigali
Maurice J. Carlson Albert F. Eyre
FINANCE C. Edgar Maynard, Chairman Dr. Charles A. Gleason Frederick D. Meehan
Robert Cohen Lionel Foucher
Gordon Harlow
Walter Johnston
HISTORICAL WINDOW DISPLAY Mrs. Arlene Spear, Chairman Francis P. Lyons Miss Grace Maloney Frank Rabideau Leonard Sigel
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HISTORIES OF CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS John J. O'Connell, Chairman
Mrs. James Wragg, Secretary Leonard I. Alberts David F. Keefe
Frederick D. Meehan Allan O'Brien Fred C. Tilley Lawrence E. Wikander
HISTORIES OF OLD HOUSES Miss Anna Gertrude Brewster, Chairman Miss Elizabeth Hazen Karl S. Putnam
HISTORY Lawrence E. Wikander, Chairman
Harold U. Faulkner Edwin C. Rozwenc Mrs. Thomas M. Shepherd
Mrs. George B. Ford
HOSTESSES Miss Helen Kiely, General Chairman
Sunday, June 13 Mrs. Wilbur Dunn, Chairman
Mrs. Sidney P. Bailey
Mrs. Harry Hopkins, Jr.
Mrs. LaRue Kemper
Mrs. Ward Rowbottom
Mrs. James Sanders
Mrs. Alexander Todd
Mrs. Roy Von Hofen
Monday, June 14 Mrs. Theodore Bender, Chairman
Mrs. Leroy Ames Mrs. Mario Gilardino
Mrs. Alexander August
Mrs. Samuel Lockshin
Mrs. Benjamin Carlson
Mrs. Gordon Morrison
Mrs. Maurice Carlson
Mrs. Abel Ross
Mrs. Harold Gelfman
Mrs. Edmund P. Sliz Mrs. Herman P. Wolfe
Tuesday, June 15 Mrs. William A. Bodden, Chairman
Mrs. John Finn Mrs. Philip Freedman Mrs. Paul Graham Mrs. Charles Hill
Mrs. Jean H. F. Longpre Mrs. Howard Patch Mrs. George Swift Mrs. Jerome Watrous Mrs. Sterling Whitbeck
Mrs. Roger Clapp Miss Lee Dunn Mrs. Charles Dutton
Mrs. Fred Grinnell
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Wednesday, June 16
Mrs. Charles D. Stark, Chairman
Mrs. Charles Blanchard
Mrs. Lionel Ives
Mrs. James Cahillane
Mrs. Thomas Kenney
Mrs. Elliott Fleckles
Mrs. H. Alfred Marchant
Mrs. Ambrose Gagnon
Mrs. Richard Munroe
Mrs. Barry Gray
Mrs. Thomas O'Donnell
Mrs. Wallace Howes
Mrs. C. Hobart Parsons
Thursday, June 17 Mrs. Victor Fitch, Chairman
Mrs. Colburn Bailey
Mrs. Harry Belden
Mrs. George Boucher
Mrs. Charles Gleason Mrs. William Gilbert Mrs. James Ross Mrs. Joseph Sattler
Friday, June 18 Mrs. Anthony Makofski, Chairman
Mrs. Alexander Bak
Mrs. Joseph Lococo
Mrs. John Blyda
Mrs. Louis Morini
Mrs. Stanley Golash
Mrs. Val Nietupski
Mrs. Adolf Kozak
Miss Charlotte Stempkowski
Mrs. Charles Kulikowski
Mrs. Edward Zujewski
Saturday, June 19 Mrs. Leo Stramese, Chairman
Mrs. William Finn
Mrs. John Foran
Mrs. Lewis Gustafson
Mrs. Harry Jekanowski Mrs. Thomas McGrath Mrs. Donald Sullivan
Mrs. Frederick Tilley
Sunday, June 20
Mrs. Harold Alden, Chairman
Mrs. Kenneth Atwater
Mrs. C. Edgar Maynard
Mrs. Herbert E. Hasenzahl
Mrs. James J. Meehan
Mrs. Edgar S. Hutchins
Mrs. Elliott Proctor
Mrs. Nelville B. Lord
Mrs. Norris Suprenant
Mrs. Edwin A. Mason
Mrs. Harry S. Whitbeck
Mrs. George W. Young
INDUSTRIAL OPEN HOUSE Gordon Swift
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INVITATIONS Mrs. William E. Dwyer, Chairman
Mrs. James Abbott
Miss Mabel Duval
Mrs. Sidney Bailey
Miss Helen Kiely
Mrs. Harold Y. Beastall
Mrs. Warner King
Mrs. Michael Boyle
Mrs. Anthony Makofski
Mrs. Louis Budgar
Mrs. John McCannon
Miss Annetta I. Clark
Mrs. Thomas O'Donnell
Miss M. Elizabeth Conway
Mrs. C. Hobart Parsons
Mrs. Arcangelo M. Conz
Mrs. Arthur Warner
Mrs. Robert T. Doyle
Mrs. James Wragg
Arthur W. Locke
MUSIC Mrs. Stephen Brown
Maurice J. Carlson
NOVELTIES Francis LaMontagne, Chairman Donald Powers OPEN GARDENS William I. P. Campbell, Chairman Miss Kate R. Koch Roy Seeley
Merton E. Gladden
Mrs. Alden L. Judge
OPEN HOUSES Mrs. Carroll Dolan, Chairman Mrs. C. Hobart Parsons
Mrs. John McCannon
PAGEANT MUSIC Arthur W. Locke, Mrs. Stephen Brown, Co-chairmen David M. Howland Miss Gertrude P. Smith Mrs. Lawrence E. Wikander
Mrs. George T. Pratt
PAGEANT PRODUCTION George B. Dowell, Chairman F. Day Tuttle Rev. Edmund F. Walsh Lawrence E. Wikander
PAGEANT SCRIPT Lawrence E. Wikander, Chairman Richard C. Garvey
George B. Dowell
PARADE
Major Albert G. Beckmann, Chairman
James Doyle Thomas J. Doyle Lewis H. Gustafson Colonel Leon J. Lavallee
W. Briceland Nash Allan O'Brien Roger S. O'Brien Major Cornelius F. O'Neill
Clifford Boyd Mrs. William F. May Denton Snyder
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POSTAGE METER IMPRINTS John F. Murphy, Chairman Roger S. O'Brien
Romeo E. Fortier
PROGRAM BOOK Eugene P. Mutti, Francis Cole, Jr., Co-chairmen
Alexander W. Milne Mrs. Alexander W. Milne
PUBLICITY F. Warren Wright, Chairman William O'Donnell Thomas F. O'Leary Miss Vera Sickels
RADIO Alexander W. Milne, Chairman Mrs. William E. Dwyer John McNamara
REGISTRATION Miss Annetta I. Clark, Chairman
Mrs. Theodore Behringer Miss Helen Kiely Mrs. Arthur Warner, and Members of the Quota Club of Northampton
ROOM RESERVATIONS
Mrs. Harold Y. Beastall
Mrs. James Wragg
SHELDON FIELD DEDICATION Mrs. Gordon B. Potter, Chairman
William H. Curtin
William F. McDonald
Mrs. Philip Fox
Glenn C. Prescott
Clinton Franklin
Bernard J. Ritter
Ernest A. Grolimund
Robert F. Ryan
Kenneth Sullivan
Honorary Members
George Adler
Carl W. Hewes
George P. Brown
David F. Keefe
William H. Brownell
Melvin LaFrance
Mayor James Cahillane Barney Carlson C. Victor Christenson
Lloyd Matthews
H. Jean Noel
Donald J. O'Brien
Edwin Olander
William P. Donovan Mrs. John Evans Herman O. Hebert
Michael Reardon Francis X. Sullivan
Dr. Alan A. Vogel
Amico Barone
Miss Nora Flahive
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STREET AND BUILDING DECORATION Clifford Fardig, Chairman
Mrs. Leon Charbonneau
Mrs. Frank Doane
Mrs. Wallace J. Downhill Dr. Charles A. Gleason Mrs. Frank E. Tuit TICKET SALES Mrs. Kenneth Childs, Mrs. C. Victor Christenson, Co-chairmen Miss Albina Richards TREASURER Charles Stearns
Appendix III
The Tercentenary History articles listed below may be read in the files of the Daily Hampshire Gazette or consulted at Forbes Library.
The Agricultural History of Northampton by Allen Leland
Early Northampton Doctors by Frances Copeland
The Anti-Slavery Movement by Dorothy Porter
The Chamber of Commerce by Bernard J. Riley and Obed Rogers
The Origin of Street and Place Names by Robert Withington
My Six Best Teams by David S. Wright
The Growth of Northampton by Gilbert Cestre
Church Histories
Baptist-First Baptist Church by Anne P. Cochran Christian Science-First Church of Christ Scientist
by Mabel H. Thompson
Congregational-Edwards Church
by Emma H. Dieter
First Church of Christ in Northampton by Cara Louise Walker
Florence Congregational Church by H. Alfred Marchant
Episcopal-St. John's Episcopal Church
by Anna Gertrude Brewster
Jewish-Congregation B'nai Israel
by Rabbi Eric Lowenthal and Leonard Alberts
Methodist-First Methodist Church by Mary B. Fletchall National Catholic-St. Valentine's Polish National Catholic Church
by Rev. Francis H. Kaminski
Roman Catholic-Church of the Annunciation by Nora Flahive
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
by Rev. Francis J. Sullivan
St. John Cantius Church
Sacred Heart Church by Rev. Aloysius A. Budnik by L. M. Gregoire Church of St. Catherine the Martyr by Ruth K. Burke St. Mary of the Assumption Church by Richard C. Garvey Seventh Day Adventist-The Northampton Seventh-Day Adventist
Church by Rev. Walter G. Gibson Undenominational-The Early Religious History of Leeds by Ruth K. Burke Unitarian-The Unitarian Church of Northampton and Florence by Rev. Nathaniel Lauriat
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Index
Compiled by Nora Flahive
Academy of Music, 100, 158, 181-183, 241, 263, 264, 306, 317
Adam, William, 116, 117, 118
Adam, Mrs. William, 113
Barrett, Benjamin, 123, 246
Barry, Michael E., 194-195, 392
Adams, Samuel, 43, 44, 52
Agriculture, 8, 268-269
Alcott, Bronson, 346
Alcott, Louisa May, 346
Alexander, George, 4
Allen, Ethan, 8
Allen, Jonathan, 33, 34, 35, 37
Allen, Solomon, 39
Allen, William, 289
Allied Metalworkers Association, 261
American Colonization Society, 100
American Federation of Full Fash- ioned Hosiery Workers, 263, 264, 265
American House, 81
American Unitarian Association, 347 Ames, Fisher, 62 Amherst Academy, 188
Anderson, Robert B., 327
Annunciation School, 194, 197 Anthony, Susan B., 346
Anti-slavery, 342, 343, 389
Apollo Club, 169
Arcadia Bird Sanctuary, 325-326
Architecture, 141-160
Armory, 306
Arms and Bardwell Manufacturing Company, 237
Arnold, Matthew, 218
Art, 161-165
Artists, 161-165
Blackpole Hill, 337
Blake, Francis, 92
Bliss, George, 391
Bliss, Mrs. George, 391
Bliss, Jonathan, 57, 58
Bliss, Joseph, 4
Blodgett, Benjamin, 170, 181
Bodman, Clara P., 309 Bodman, Luther, 163
Bates, Isaac Chapman, 162, 168, 240, 289, 379, 380 Bates, John L., 309
Bates, Lemuel, 35, 36, 38
Bay State Tool Company, 83, 236, 273
Bear Hill, 353
Beckmann, Albert G., 300, 320
Beckman's, 362
Beecher, Henry Ward, 178
Belding Brothers, 237, 255, 260, 261, 273, 308
Belding-Hemingway Silk Co., 274
Bell, Alexander Graham, 240
Benjamin, Asher, 145, 146, 147
Benson, George W., 114, 118, 119, 338
Bensonville, 338
Bensonville Manufacturing Company, 338 Betty Allen Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 309
Bicknell, Harry E., 297, 317
Billings, David, 162
Billings, Mrs. David, 162
Birge, Bailey, 119
Birley Folding-Box Company, 255-256
Bishop, F. W., 247
Ashmun, Eli P., 289, 290 Atkins, J. D., 237
Baker, Edward, 337 Baker, Osmyn, 99, 290, 291
Baker and Delano, 290 Baldwin, Ralph Lyman, 169, 309 Ball, Arthur N., 374, 375 Bancroft, George, 88, 149, 189
Bank Robbery, 248-254
Banks, 234, 245-254
Bark Wigwam, 4
Adams, John, 43, 44, 49, 62, 91
Barry, William R., 32 I
Bartlett, Cyrus K., 372
Bartlett, Robert, 4
Bartlett, William Henry, 163
Bascom, Thomas, 4, 337
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Bodman, Mrs. Luther, 163 Bodman, Luther (house), 153
Bond, Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, 345-346 Bond, Henry H., 346
Bonstelle, Jessie, 182, 312 Boston-Albany Stagecoach Route, 81 Boston and Maine Freight Yard, 362
Boston Police Strike, 298-299
Bowers, Henry G. (house), 148
Bowker, Charles H., 368
Boyden's, 315 Bradbury, Theophilus, 92
Bradley, Oliver B., 317
Braman, James, 131
Brainerd and Armstrong, 257
Breck, John, 162
Breck, Robert, 53, 54, 162, 289
Breck and Hunt, 33
Brewster, Anna Gertrude, 212
Brewster, Charles, 131
Brewster, Jonathan, 366-367
Bridge across Connecticut, 272
Bridge Street School, 253
Bridgeman, Herbert, 369
Bridgman, Laura, 202
Bridgman, Sarah, 8
British America, 333
Brooks, John, 72
Broughton, John, 4, 337
Broughton's Meadow, 110, 114, 338
Broughton's Meadow Plain, 338
Building Service Employees Interna- tional Union, 266
Bullock, Alexander H., 202, 203
Burke, Melville, 182, 312
Burleigh, Charles C. (1810-1878), 164
Burleigh, Charles C. (1848-1879), 164, 180, 345
Burnham School, 154, 156, 369
Burnell, Joseph, 348
Burr, George A., 237, 274, 344
Burr, Sarah M., 318
Burt, David, 4
Burt, Gaius, 338
Burton, Marion Leroy, 219-220, 312
Butler, Daniel, 379
Butler, David, 378
Butler, Jonathan Hunt, 246
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