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Much of the plating was "hard chrome" which was in great demand for many small parts. Also produced were "bright chrome" which left the shop buffed and polished, and the extremely difficult "satin chrome" finish was also produced.
At the cessation of hostilities orders dropped off and a few years later the business closed its doors, leaving few, if any, signs that thousands of parts essential for the war had been processed here.
HICKS MACHINE, INC.
Hicks Machine, Inc., was started in 1951 by S. Trafford Hicks, Jr., and Ernest L. Mitchell. The factory building with 4,000 sq. ft. of floor space
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is located on a four-acre plot on the Bellows Falls Road (#488). Current employment is about twenty.
Equipped with precision metal working machines of many kinds and precise inspection instruments, the company carries on a variety of sub- contract machine work, fabrication, design and engineering. Most of the subcontract parts find their way into machine tools manufactured in the vicinity, as well as into missiles and ordnance.
The company also produces the Hicks Coordinator, a precision, opti- cally controlled, template layout machine for use in the electronic and sheet metal industries. This machine, known as the "poor man's jig- borer," is said to do the work that machines selling for five times as much are designed to do.
BRENNAN WELDMENT CO., INC.
In 1955 the Brennan Weldment Co., Inc., moved to the old Whiting Creamery building in North Walpole from Bellows Falls where it had been operating since around 1948. About ten people are employed at this location.
This company does industrial welding, steel and aluminum fabrication, producing under subcontract a wide variety of components for machines and mechanical installations. The term "weldment" applies to parts formed from heavy gauge metal and welded into shapes which could otherwise be obtained only by the more costly method of casting.
TECHROMATIC, INC.
Techromatic, Inc., came to North Walpole from Bellows Falls in 1953, having been burned out there in November 1952. At that time it was known as Saratoga Plastics, the name taken from Saratoga Springs, New York, where the company was formed in 1946. In December 1959 the company merged with Glide Control Corporation and became Techro- matic, Inc.
Mr. Warren L. Rand, a resident of Walpole, is president of the com- pany; Mr. Theodore F. King of Bellows Falls, vice-president and treas- urer.
Thirty or forty people were employed in 1953 shortly after moving to North Walpole. Now the employees number 80 to 100.
A variety of plastic molding is carried on in the plant; injection, trans- fer and vacuum forming. Most of the products are of industrial utility and are encountered by the public only as part of some machine or
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assembled product. Techromatic has a cord setting line which makes the spring-like coil in telephone or appliance cords, thereby keeping the cords compact and out of the way, yet readily extendable.
UNITED MURRAY WOOD HEEL COMPANY
In June 1949 the United Murray Wood Heel Company moved from Brattleboro into the new building erected for them by E. P. Cray on a lease-purchase plan. Built of cinder block and cement and located in North Walpole west of the Vermont Packing Plant, the main building is 250 ft. x 60 ft., the second 76 ft. x 60 ft., with a third building for the boiler plant. The company made about 25,000 pairs of heels per day, supplying about 35 shoe manufacturers. They used about 11/2 million feet of maple per year. This arrived green and was dried in kilns. The plant employed about 100 people but by 1959 it had given up its opera- tion here in North Walpole.
WHITELIGHT INDUSTRIES
In October 1959 the Whitelight Industries, Division of the White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, moved into the then vacant wood heel plant and began production of magnesium ladders. From an employment of three at that time it has grown so that now 45 people are employed on a steady level of work.
The principal products of the company are magnesium and aluminum ladders of many kinds, including large extension ladders. Mr. Earl Rec- ords, the Plant Manager, says that this company is the largest manufac- turer of metal ladders in the world. In addition some other metal prod- ucts are made, such as rakes, including a leaf rake with teeth so formed that leaves cannot collect on them. Currently the extruded metal shapes are brought from other plants to this one for cutting, shaping and as- sembly. Dies for such work are made at this location. It is expected that extrusion of the metal into the shapes now brought in will be carried on in North Walpole in the not too distant future.
ENTERPRISE MACHINE COMPANY
The Enterprise Machine Company was started in 1951 by Myrton W. Edson at 107 Church Street in North Walpole. Mr. Edson is president of the company which specializes in precision machining of metals, making jigs and fixtures and special purpose machines. Most of the work comes as sub-contract from the larger machine tool and other manufacturers in the area. Normal employment is about 18.
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VERMONT PACKING PLANT
In 1908 the Vermont Packing Company (Davis of Cavendish, Vt., and Stephen Cray of North Walpole) erected a two-story brick building at the north end of Main Street in North Walpole, east of the northernmost underpass. Here they planned to slaughter hogs from the west and from New York State and cattle from northern New England, employing 25 men. At the height of its operation, 500 hogs a week were consumed in turning out sausage. When the United States entered the first World War, it is said the fifteen German sausage makers in the plant were interned by the F.B.I. for fear they would poison the sausage. That was the end of the sausage business.
The business continued until after the crash in 1929, although it had been in receiver's hands since February 1928.
In 1930 James Meany bid it off for $24,500 subject to a $15,000 mort- gage, the original cost $250,000. It was operated under lease to Alexander Shapiro of Laconia. In 1933 Eugene Cray foreclosed the mortgage. It was used for the slaughter of TB reactor cattle. In October Cray relinquished his interest to M. Jacobson and Sons of Worcester. In March 1935 Eli Jacobson, manager, was summoned to court charged with cruelty to animals, having failed to provide proper shelter for 400 animals. Cattle were coming in by freight in carloads faster than they could be slaugh- tered (75-100 slaughtered per day). The sheriff ordered the cattle loaded into freight cars where the railway employees fed and watered them. They had been penned in deep mud, some unable to walk. The super- intendent was fined $100 and costs of $131.40. Jacobson paid the costs of handling by the railroad, about $1000. He had been previously warned.
Idle since 1937, the business was sold in 1943 to a New York firm, but taken back later. In 1950 it was sold to the North Walpole Realty Com- pany, of which the officers were Frank M. Gysels, followed by F. August and Frank C. Gysels, all of Antwerp, Belgium. In recent years its busi- ness has been the slaughter of horses, most recently for the Quaker Oats Company. The plant is now closed.
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Chapter VI ORGANIZATIONS
THE WALPOLE SOCIETY FOR BRINGING TO JUSTICE HORSE THIEVES, PILFERERS OF GARDENS, FRUIT TREES AND CLOTHESLINES
A T A MEETING "of the within subscribers", eighty-nine in number, at Asher Southworth's Tavern on the 12th of October 1816 a constitution was adopted establishing the WALPOLE DETECTING SOCIETY. In 1821 the name was amended to WALPOLE SOCIETY FOR DETECT- ING AND PUNISHING HORSE THIEVES AND PILFERERS AND PLUNDERERS OF GARDENS AND FRUIT ORCHARDS, and an agent or attorney added to the roll of officers "the more effectively to carry into execution" the added function of the society. (Deleted 1909) By 1880 clotheslines and henroosts were added to the list of protected property.
On June 26, 1835 (Laws of N. H. Vol. 10, p. 674) a charter was granted to the WALPOLE SOCIETY FOR BRINGING TO JUSTICE HORSE THIEVES AND PILFERERS. In addition to the routine provisions the constitution contained the following articles; in substance:
1. The officers-Clerk, President, Treasurer, Committee of Three and Twelve Riders.
5. "It shall be the duty of the committee upon all applications made
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to them by any member of said Society from whom any horse or horses have been supposed to have been stolen, if in the opinion of the com- mittee the owner has made sufficient search, to direct such a rider or riders as they may judge expedient to pursue such horse or horses and thief or thieves, and shall have full power to substitute a rider or riders on special occasions and make drafts on the treasurer for such moneys as they judge necessary pay for said riders, and sign an advertisement or advertisements for said horse or horses or thief or thieves with a reward not exceeding fifty dollars for the thief or thieves and to make all regular drafts on the treasurer."
6. "It shall be the duty of the riders to pursue at the shortest notice on such a route as the committee shall direct, and keep an account of their expenditures and present the same to the committee on their re- turn."
7. "Any inhabitant of Walpole may become a member of this Society by paying Two dollars to the Treasurer and signing the by laws."
10. An equal assessment may be made on the members to supply the treasury, such moneys to be used only for the purposes expressed in the by laws "and if the committee or riders apprehend any person as being a horse thief the expense shall be paid out of the treasury, but if anyone shall hire or borrow a horse and go away with it the case shall not come within the purview of this institution."
11. All premiums claimed by the riders in the service of the Society shall be put into the treasury of the Society.
12. Anyone moving from Walpole ceases to be a member; changed in 1927 to be allowed to remain a social member. Membership was usually confined to the gentlemen although for a time women were allowed to join: 1885 Mrs. James L. Mitchell, Miss Clara Gowing; 1887 Mrs. L. A. Ross, Mrs. John Nicholson, Mrs. Theodore Schultz; 1903 Mrs. F. M. Gilbert; 1959 Mrs. Mabel B. Leete.
In 1910 it was voted that each member could bring a guest to the ban- quet by paying for his meal. In 1914 voted to allow ladies to be invited on the same basis as other guests.
In 1924 a committee was set up to prepare an amendment on the steal- ing of automobiles. In 1926 the committee reported that such an amend- ment did not seem advisable and the matter was dropped.
Until 1954 the meetings were warned with as much formality as a town meeting.
According to a news item (Keene Sentinel Jan. 9, 1906) "during the long life of nearly ninety years (the Society) has never caught a horse thief
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and has recovered only two horses stolen from members." In 1906 people were stealing railroads rather than horses. To justify the existence of the society for other than social purposes we have searched the records and newspapers and have come up with the following.
In 1830 voted an agent be appointed to attend court in Plymouth, Mass., for the purpose of convicting the person who stole a horse from Josiah Bellows 3rd, each member to be assessed 50¢ to defray expenses (considerable trouble collecting).
In 1841 recovered Wm. Robinson's horse, paid $10 to Milton Carter of Peterboro.
In 1846 voted to borrow money necessary for recovery of Mr. Martin's horse, continuing through 1852 records. From a news item it appears this horse was never recovered.
During the summer of 1874 Orren Bunker's horse disappeared and the society posted a $25 reward for its return. It was later found dead in pasture.
In 1873 the following appeared in the N. H. Sentinel, written no doubt by Dr. George Blake: "The treasury has steadily increased for many years, there being no call for expenditures on account of horse theft or pilfering. The other day there was a nibble at the purse strings. The minds of some of its members have been perplexed with grave questions of law; animated discussions have been held in the committee room, post office, grocery. Webster & Webster have been quoted, Coke & Blackstone consulted. Just now there is a lull in the storm threatening to engulf us, and all this pow-wow was occasioned by the triple transfer of a $50 horse. Can anything be lost when you know where it is? Can anyone claim to suffer from a larceny when anything is removed from his possession in broad daylight, before his very eyes, and with his knowledge? Can any- thing be hid that is not concealed? The transaction may be briefly told thus: X purchased a horse of Y and put him in his barn. The following morning Z visits the premises of X and claiming ownership of the horse takes him from the barn in spite of the protestations of X, and driving him to his home puts him in his barn. Y has the money, Z has the horse, X has nothing. X is a member of the detective society and has been one of its riders. He calls upon the president of the society and claiming the privilege of membership represents that the horse has been stolen from his barn and requests that the society find and return same to him. The president looks over his spectacles and refers him to the executive com- mittee. The attorney is consulted who at once decides there is no case for action-nothing to detect, nothing to discover where everything is
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known. Not so the committee, the sentiment is divided, the subject gravely discussed in council, by-laws consulted; opinion prevailed that X must apply elsewhere for redress of his grievance. A requisition was then made on the wisdom and official power of the County Solicitor, but he failed to discover felony and was powerless to act."
The following week these corrections were published: "1) The horse was taken with more force and profanity than previously indicated, Z's father clubbing X's dog. The horse was taken in spite of X's protesta- tions. 2) The horse was not put into the barn, but driven off hitched to a sulky and has not been seen since. 3) The president only looked over his spectacles. A writ was issued for the arrest of Z, but the solicitor kept it to 'look over'. It was haying time and X needed his horse. A writ of replevin was issued, but there was trouble over the value, the horse seeming to be worth more than the $50 paid. Even then, as it is difficult to replevin something that cannot be found, the sheriff was unable to return the horse."
In May 1878 a horse was stolen from Thomas Bellows' barn, recovered by the society in Townshend two days later after advertising the theft.
It is remembered that less than sixty years ago a horse stolen from Russell Graves was recovered by the society, and a harnessed horse with carriage was returned to Wesley Foster.
In 1904 the society offered a reward for the return of a set of wheels and some horse blankets taken from Charles E. Angier's barn.
In 1926 Voted to take the expense ($28.44) of locating the (Harmon) Watkins horse out of the income, leaving the permanent fund Jan. 1, 1926, as $1819.18. Harmon Watkins' half-baked hired man had gone off with Harm's horse. When it was located down in Massachusetts the THIEVES went down after him and led him home behind a car. He wasn't worth the cost of bringing him home. This was the last profes- sional business performed by the society.
The original riders and other members must have enjoyed their associa- tion for after the conditions that brought about the association had all but disappeared, they still kept the society together, now content to hold a banquet once every two years. Through the years this was held at the old hotels which stood at the corner of Westminster and Main Streets. In more recent years it has been held at the town hall, usually with the Congregational Ladies' Aid serving. The program has included music (Bill Nye, Treva Stowell, etc.) and a speaker (Gov. Samuel D. Felker, Prof. Harold Bruce, Wm. J. English, C. L. Stickney, Judge Chester B. Jordan, George S. Harris, Donald Bodine, Sherman Adams, Douglas Scammon).
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An old entry shows 50¢ paid for keeping the speaker's horse (1910). In 1904 it was reported that the meeting night was very cold, but some had driven three to four miles to be present. The toasts, music and speeches seem to have warmed them sufficiently for the homeward trek.
At varying intervals posters were printed on which were listed the of- ficers and members. Originally a woodcut (see Chapter VI illustration) was used for the heading, but this was loaned when an article appeared in N. H. Profiles in 1959 and it has not as yet been recovered. These bills were printed on an old hand press.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The first meeting of Abigail Stearns Chapter was held October 31, 1907 at the house of Mrs. Josiah G. Bellows. Mrs. A. A. Gilson was elected Regent; Mrs. F. A. Spaulding, Vice Regent; Miss Mary Bellows, Secre- tary; Miss Annie M. Buffum, Treasurer. At the second meeting the fol- lowing names were considered for the Chapter: Walpole, Abenaque, Roger Wolcott, Hannah Kilburn, and Abigail Stearns, wife of Benjamin Bellows, the first person to be buried in the old Walpole Cemetery.
The charter members were the above officers and Miss Amy W. Jen- nings, Mrs. Everett E. Houghton, Mrs. Charles H. Barnes, Mrs. H. H. Sawyer, Mrs. L. R. Lincoln, Mrs. Josiah H. Graves, Mrs. Susie Jennings, Mrs. J. G. Bellows, Mrs. Ida Burt, Mrs. Lena Cobb, Mrs. Florence Dyer, Mrs. Warren D. Knowlton, Miss Grace Sherman and Mrs. George Sherman. Mrs. Letitia F. Vinal and Miss Helen A. Wotkyns soon became members, if not actually charter members. Mrs. Archie I. Davis was a very early member by transfer from Ashuelot Chapter.
The first year and subsequent years Christmas boxes were packed and sent to the Children's Home at Franklin.
Through the years there have been a colonial party, displays of heir- looms and of shawls, a pageant of pioneer women, a garden party.
In 1911 the Chapter offered a prize for the best school essay on an historical subject, and work was started toward raising funds for a marker at the scene of the Kilburn fight with the Indians, dedicated June 28, 1915. Mrs. Nathan Williams (Annie Buffum), a descendant of John Kil- burn, unveiled the marker.
During 1916-18 a great deal of war relief work was done. A dance for returned soldiers was held at the Town Hall, and November 11, 1921 the Soldiers' Marker was unveiled at the Town Hall.
In 1915 a movement was begun toward marking the graves of Revolu- tionary soldiers. Bronze markers were placed in 1925, forty-one in Wal-
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pole; four in Westmoreland. In 1930 some were placed in Carpenter Hill Cemetery, more in 1941. Bronze tablets were placed on the then new bridge at Bellows Falls.
In 1935 the first Good Citizenship Girl was chosen.
Through the years contributions have been made to Kurn Hattin Homes, Ellis Island, American International College, Children's Aid Society, Crossmore, Kate Duncan Smith Project, Blood Plasma Bank, Continental Hall, Valley Forge, Hillside School, Leading Dog School, Blue Ridge.
The following have served as Regent: Mrs. A. A. Gilson 1907-9; Mrs. F. A. Spaulding 1909-11; Miss Mary H. Bellows 1911-14; Mrs. N. W. Hol- land 1914-16; Mrs. Everett E. Houghton 1916-18; Mrs. L. L. Sawyer 1918-20; Mrs. Charles H. Barnes 1920-22; Mrs. Arthur P. Davis 1922-24; Mrs. H. A. Slade 1924-26; Mrs. John P. Holmes 1926-28; Miss Emily Jennison 1928-30; Mrs. Cary F. Nims 1930-31; Mrs. Marion F. Cahalane 1931-33; Mrs. Jessie C. Dearborn 1933-35; Mrs. Alice H. Burton 1935-37; Mrs. Maud G. Plaisted 1937-39; Miss Fanny Jennison 1939-41; Mrs. Marion K. Bemis 1941-43; Mrs. Carroll Williams 1943-44; Mrs. Marion Weymouth 1944-48; Mrs. Carroll Williams 1948-50; Mrs. Colgate Gilbert 1950-52; Mrs. Harold Foster 1952-54; Mrs. Elmer Putnam 1954-59; Mrs. Ruth Churchill 1959-62; Mrs. Vera Houghton 1962-
AMERICAN LEGION
Post #77 was chartered March 8, 1920, with the following charter members: Burton H. Murray; Bayard T. Mousley, Martin W. Murray, Lawrence G. Cole, Homer Wallace, John H. Williams Jr., Galen Tiffany, Arthur H. Sawyer, Lewis W. Sanford, W. B. Craig, Theodore Cote, Louis J. Goodrich, Maxwell Smalley, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Peck. At first meetings were held irregularly in the homes of the members. The charter was cancelled 1936 due to lack of interest.
The Post was re-chartered August 26, 1940 with the following mem- bers: Albert Fletcher, Edward Houghton, Fred T. Stone, R. J. McKen- ven, Martin Murray, Dr. Niel Stevens, Mrs. E. V. Peck, M. J. Moroney, Colgate Gilbert, Richard C. Graves, Harry G. Russell, Wilfred Trombly, O. J. Hubbard, E. L. Mitchell, R. M. Peck, Homer Wallace, Louis Goodrich.
In 1941 they held their first Memorial Day Program, decorated the graves of veterans and placed a wreath on the Common. In 1942 they placed flag holders on the veterans' graves. Since 1951 they have furnished
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color bearers, color guard and speakers at the school program. Cub Scouts now assist in placing the flags on the graves.
They placed a wreath on the Common on Armistice Day during World War II.
On October 11, 1942, they dedicated the flag pole and eagle on the Common, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Copley Amory, now the property of the town.
In August 1941 they constructed a look-out station on the O'Brien place on Watkins Hill, furnishing lights, fuel and plane spotters. They later moved to the Hooper Building, remaining there until no longer needed.
In May 1944 they leased the Firemen's Hall for 99 years, now the Post home on High Street. From 1945 to 1954 they owned what had been the Mousley property on Main Street and occupied it as a Legion Home.
In 1946 Alfred Hoyt, one of the founders of the American Legion in Paris in 1919, became a member of this Post. In 1948 he presented them with a flag flown over the Capitol in Washington.
In 1946 the Legion sponsored a Boy Scout Troop, later helped them fix up a clubhouse.
In 1948 they began sponsoring boys to Boys' State from Walpole and North Walpole, New Hampshire and Vermont.
In 1961 the name was changed to Bridge-Wilson Post #77.
The Post has received special recognition for membership 1947, 1953, 1960, 1961, Child Welfare Work 1955-6, 1958-9, Americanism 1947-8, War Bond Sales 1945.
The Commander is now James Burrows, the Adjutant Robert Davis.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY by Annie M. Goodrich, Secretary
The American Legion Auxiliary #77 of Walpole, N. H., was organized June 28, 1926, at the home of Mrs. Thomas Murray by Mrs. Robert Wal- bridge, Dept. President of Peterboro. Charter members were Mrs. Chester Alden, Mrs. Reginald Cahalane, Miss Easter Mousley, Mrs. Thomas Graves, Mrs. Martin Murray, Mrs. Raymond Phipps, Mrs. Leila L. Saw- yer and Mrs. William Slade Jr. The following officers: Mrs. Cahalane, President; Mrs. Martin Murray, First Vice President; Miss Easter Mous- ley, 2nd Vice President; Chaplain, Mrs. Thomas Murray; Historian, Mrs. William Slade; Secretary, Miss Grace Graves; Treasurer, Mrs. L. L. Saw- yer; and Sgt. at Arms, Mrs. Chester Alden.
Meetings were held twice monthly.
The Auxiliary disbanded June 5, 1929, and a new Charter was granted
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November 12, 1940, charter members being Mrs. Myra Tucker, Mrs. Emma Peck, Mrs. Geraldine Murray, Mrs. Lena Fletcher, Mrs. Edna Houghton, Mrs. Emma McKenven, Mrs. Gertrude Podwin, Mrs. Annie Goodrich, Mrs. Lillian Gilmet, Mrs. Jennie Murray, Mrs. Dorothy Houghton, Miss Lorine Houghton, Mrs. Gertrude Wallace, and Mrs. Celestine Hewitt. This was overseered by Mrs. Ray H. Rollins, District Director of Keene.
Meetings have been held at the various homes (and still are), the Fire- men's Hall on High Street, and the Legion Home on Main Street.
The Presidents of the Auxiliary have been Mrs. Marion Cahalane, Mrs. Gertrude Wallace, Mrs. Emma Peck, Mrs. Myra Tucker, Mrs. Annie Goodrich, Mrs. Edna Houghton, Mrs. Lena Fletcher, Mrs. Lila Barrett, Mrs. Mildred Fennessey, Mrs. Lottie Mathers, Mrs. June Hildreth and Miss Carmen Kenyon.
The Auxiliary has a poppy sale each year which is used for child wel- fare of veterans' families and rehabilitation of veterans.
They also are actively interested in Community Service, National Se- curity, Scholarships, Civil Defense, Education, Pan-American Study, and each year sponsor a delegate to Girls' State.
On March 29, 1961, a new Permanent Charter was issued under the name of Bridge-Wilson Post #77. The officers for 1962 are President Carmen Kenyon; Vice President Marilyn Blake; Secretary and Treasurer Annie Goodrich; Historian Lottie Mathers; Chaplain Frances Burrows; Sgt. at Arms Barbara Aldrich.
Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month.
WALPOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
It would seem surprising that in a town so mindful of its history no action was taken to form a historical society until 1930. Then it came about from force of circumstances. In August of that year the rumor spread that one of the prettiest corners in the town might be bought by an oil company for a filling station. This corner, in the "Y" between North Main and Turnpike Streets was occupied by the town's oldest gambrel roofed house and a picturesque little building that was once a boot and shoe shop.
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