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John S. Clark, enlisted in 28th Co. 7th Battery, Depot Brigade. Stationed at Camp Devens.
George. Stone, enlisted in the Artillery, 39th Co. 10th Battery, 151st. Reg. Stationed at Camp Devens.
Percy E. Hall, enlisted in 12th. Co. 152nd. Depot Bri- gade. Stationed at Camp Upton, N. Y.
Louis Demers, enlisted in Infantry, Co. E. 2nd. Battery. Stationed at Durham College, N. H. C. S. A. T. C.
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Harold J. Tripp, enlisted in Infantry Co. H. N. H. C. S. A. T. C. stationed at Durham.
Ferdinand Zinn, Jr., Stationed at Fort Constitution, then with army of occupation in Germany.
Lester B. Young, enlisted in Medical Corp., stationed with Motors Ambulance Co. 36, Transferred to Post Hospital Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland.
Four of these saw service in France.
Fred Laurence Bulfinch, enlisted in Medical S. A. T. C. Co. E. 2nd. Battery. Stationed at Boston, Mass.
Stores. .
During the last two-hundred years there have been many different stores in town. One of the first, perhaps, was at the home of Maj. Andrew McClary. Another old store was at Epsom Old Center and was kept by Thomas D. Merrill for nearly half a century. It was said to have been a long low building, and was the center of trade for this vicinity. It is said that he came into town with his wordly goods tied in a handkerchief. He was one of the old school-masters of the town before going into business. After he moved to Concord, Griffin and Knowles kept store and the building was burned while occupied by them.
One of the first stores, at what is now known as Short Falls, was kept by a Mr. Whitney. The store was near where Almon Worth's house now is. After this a Mr. Jenness had a store where Mr. Lombard now is doing business, and for many years that corner was called Jen- ness Corner. Cram Bros. had this store for a while and then the building was moved to Allenstown and used as a store by Mr. Russ until it was burned. Several people kept store on the same corner only in a large house, until Arthur Tennant, father of James Tennant, bought the spot and the building now occupied as a store and dwell- ing house was erected.
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One of the first stores in what is now called Gossville, was kept by Silver and Robinson. The building was for- merly the first church built by the Free Baptists. When they built their new church the old one was moved to its present location. It has been enlarged since. In the back part of the store can be seen upon the floor the divi- sion marks of the old pews. This store is now owned by Silver and Young.
The building now used by W. H. Knowles for a store was at one time a tavern. Gen. Benjamin Locke, who was one of the men licensed by the town to keep a tav- ern, did a thriving business at this place. He also had a store and he got his goods from Durham, bringing them over the road with horses. The stage driver used to stay here overnight.
Mr. and Mrs. Locke were the parents of seventeen children.
One morning when Mrs. Locke was sweeping the steps she saw her brood of chickens. There were several black ones and only one white one. They were about ready for broilers. As she was looking at them a gentleman stopped at the door and asked Mrs. Locke how soon he could have that white chicken for his breakfast. She said. "In about twenty minutes." She called her son James and told him to cut off the chicken's. head. He did so and she prepared the bird and the gentleman was eating his white chicken inside of twenty minutes. This man was afterwards governor of Massachusetts.
Mr. Henry Knox kept store after Mr. Locke and then Mr. Henry Knowles bought the place in 1876. He was the storekeeper at this place for over thirty years. The business is now carried on by his son Mr. W. H. Knowles and Grandson George W. Knowles.
Minerals.
It is said that the Indians in one of their visits to Sergeant Blake's asked him to give them some lead for
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making bullets. He told them he had no lead but that he had a mould for running balls. They went away and returned in a short time with some ore from which they extracted quite a bit of lead. They seemed to have all of this mineral they needed, and Blake used to buy it of them, but they never would tell exactly where they got it. They said they found it in Wallace's brook near which they had some wigwams.
Some one has said that one time after a freshet, a quan- tity of silver was found, near Deer Brook. A man by the name of Simonds found the silver and had it made into a spoon. But we have no record of any being found since.
During Mr. Jonathan Curtis' pastorate there was a Social Library in Epsom. At least one of the books of this library is in town at the present time. There were about 100 volumes in it. But Mr. Curtis says it did not contain the writings of any very late authors or any of the useful periodical publications upon religion and agri- culture which are very desirable to such associations.
Mountains.
The surface of the town is quite uneven, often rising into quite high hills. Four of the highest ones are called mountains. McCoy's named after Chas. McCoy, one of the first settlers, is about a mile and one-half from the center of the town. Fort Mountain is the highest of the four. Jonathan Curtis in his early history of Epsom said that it probably was called Fort Mountain because of an eminence near the top resembling a fort. From the top of this mountain, on a clear day, the ocean can be seen.
Nat's Mountain about one-half mile from Fort Moun- tain was given that name because Nathaniel, one of the McCoy children, who had been lost in the wood while hunting for the cows, was found upon it. It is said that he
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was lost quite a while and lived on berries; and that when found he was afraid of those who discovered him.
Nottingham Mountain was named this because the old Nottingham (now Deerfield) line went across it ..
A few years ago a band of women formed a society at Epsom Center for their own enjoyment and instruc- tion and named it the Epsom Historic Club. Mrs. R. W. Heath was the president and Miss Mary Wallace the sec- retary. They were much interested in the history of their town and were instrumental in erecting the tablets that mark three historic spots in Epsom: The place where the first church was built, the spot where Mrs. McCoy was captured and the place where the garrison was lo- cated. The town should feel deeply grateful for this work.
Epsom Old Center that once was so active a place has now taken on a quiet, sleepy atmosphere. Here once was a meeting-house, block house, school house, store and tav- ern. Of these buildings only the school house and tav- ern remain. The latter being used as a dwelling house. Even the school is closed which has given to the place most too much quietness.
The locomotive now whistles in the valley below and, of course, business has moved that way, but the residents still have the beautiful elms and the wonderful. far-reach- ing scenery.
Throughout the town there are many wonderful old houses. But their history would fill books and take much time to write. Yet what interesting and inspiring reading it would make.
The writer feels that wonderful as Epsom's history is she has been negligent in at least one respect. She has failed to provide a suitable and lasting memorial to those heroic men and boys who offered (and many of them gave) their lives that she might have liberty and peace. It is for this reason, that the names of the heroes of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, War of the Rebel-
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lion and the World War have been written in this sketch, that we might show, ever. tho' in a very small way, our appreciation of their sacrifices.
The following items from the town records may be of interest.
March 17, 1779, "Raised $600. for the repair of High- ways in labor at three dollars per day." Aug. 23, 1779, it was "Voted to send a man to Concord, in this State, to meet in convention in order to regulate the prices of the Necessaries of Life; also Voted Lieut. Samuel Osgood be appointed for the purpose"
"State of New Hampshire,
This may certify that Amos Morrill has within twelve months past wrought in his own Blacksmith Shop in Epsom one Hundred Thousand of Ten penny Nails, and that he is Intittled to a bounty agreeable to a law of this State."
"Thomas Babb" )Selectmen "George Sanders")of Epsom.
"Epsom, 16th, March, 1791"
"March 16, 1791:
This May Certify that Amos Morrill has made it ap- pear to me that he has within twelve months past wrought one Hundred Thousand of Ten penny Nails in his own Blacksmith Shop in Epsom."
"Attest"
Michl McClary, J. P.
"August 12, 1791."
Received an order on the Treasurer for five pounds" "A. Morrill."
"Epsom, Oct. 2, 1783-Received of Micheal McClary the sum of five hard dollars for preaching one Sabbath." "By Me Oliver Noble."
"Epsom, March 13, 1789."
Received of Mr. Josiah Sanborn, Agent for the town of Epsom for ye year 1788, eight Bushels of Wheat, thirty-
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nine Bushels and one-fourth of Rye and thirty Bushels of Potatoes." Rec'd per me" "Ebenezer Hazeltine".
"March 1787, it was Voted, that the town of Epsom pur- chase a cow and lend her to Israel Clifford." A few years after the records show that the town voted to sell this cow and use the proceeds' towards paying the debts of the town.
The writer of this sketch wishes to thank the following people for their assistance:
Mrs. Annie M. Fowler.
Mrs. Sarah N. Holmes.
Mrs. Estelle Hall.
Mrs. Emily G. Bickford.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bixby.
Mrs. Helen S. Barstow.
Mr. Fred W. Yeaton-deceased.
Mr. Albert D. Sherburne.
Mr. John W. Griffin.
Mr. Kenneth J. Yeaton.
Mr. Hollis Hall.
Mr. Gilbert Knowles.
Historical Committee for thé 200th anniversary of the settlement of Epsom.
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PROGRAM
.... of ....
EPSOM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
200th ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION OBSERVED
.... at the ....
MCCLARY HOMESTEAD
AUGUST 24, 1927
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20TH
8:00 P. M .- Bonfire on Fort Mt., ushering in Old Home Week.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21ST
10:30 A. M .- Sunday Service at Baptist Church. Spe- cial music. Historical sermon.
2:30 P. M .- Sunday Service at New Rye Church.
6:30 P. M .- Sunset Service at Epsom Center on site of first meeting house.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24TH at the McClary Homestead.
9:30 A. M .- Ball game.
11:30 A. M .- Band concert.
12:00 M .- Basket lunch.
2:30 P. M .- Historical Pageant. (Light refreshments will be on sale at the grounds.)
8:00 P. M .- Evening Program: at I. O. O. F. Hall, at Short Falls. Norman Arnold, of Boston, Soloist. Lillian F. Come, Reader, and Orchestra.
Through the courtesy of Mrs. Helen Barstow, the McClary House will be open to visitors on Wednesday from 11 A. M. to 1:30 P. M.
Walter H. Tripp Benjamin M. Towle Charles M. Steele
General Town Committee assisted by sub-committees composed of more than a hundred other citizens of Epsom. dates 1727-1927.
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A PAGEANT OF EPSOM, NEW HAMPSHIRE 1727-1927
Presented by two hundred of her citizens, not as a spectacle, but in commemoration of the worthy lives of their ancestors, under the direction of Mary E. Philbrick, Author of the Pageant.
PAGEANT COMMITTEE
George S. Yeaton, Chairman, Martha F. Dowst, Alice F. Tripp, Verna W. Hunt, Helen T. Rand, Mary E. Q. Philbrick, assisted by Mrs. W. H. Dunlap and Herbert W. Rainie of Concord.
PAGEANT OF EPSOM Sponsors: Alice F. Tripp, Helen T. Rand.
PROLOGUE
Heralds announce the coming of Epsom who is at- tended by Religion, Education, Courage and Industry.
She calls for History who comes, preceded by dancing Spirits of the Wilderness, and unrolls a scroll bearing the dates 1727-1927.
Heralds: Laura Y. Bickford, Lena S. Wells.
Epsom: Helen E. Steele.
Religion: Loella M. Bunker.
Education: Helen T. Rand.
Courage: Alice F. Tripp.
Industry: Chloe M. Atwood.
History: Annie M. Fowler.
SPIRITS OF THE WILDERNESS
Sponsor: Bessie H. Reid; Lucille R. Marden, Loretta R. Hall, Minta L. Batchelder, Doris M. Kimton, Eunice S. Philbrick, Genella E. Barton, Wilma L. Elliott, Mar- guerite Stanley, Hazel A. Philbrick, Ellen Zinn, Hattie Zinn, Evelyn O. Osborne, Hattie E. Ambrose, Edna V. Ambrose, Elinor E. Bartlett, Bessie H. Reid.
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EPISODE I Sponsor: George H. Haynes FRIENDLY DEALINGS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS WITH THE INDIANS SCENE I.
The first settler's home, that of Charles McCoy, has already been established, when, in 1733, Samuel Blake (later known as Sergeant Blake) a boy fifteen years old, son of John Blake of Hampton, buys from the Indians a tract of land, adjoining the McCoy place, for ten shill- ings, giving in payment nine shillings and a jack knife. Samuel Blake: Jackson R. Bickford.
SCENE II
Ten years later Sergeant Blake's house has been built near a large flat rock where for a long time the cooking is done out of doors. Mrs! Blake with her baby near, is cooking the evening meal. Sergeant Blake is out building a fence for his cow when he is startled by the shadows of three Indians cast by the setting sun. He is about to run away when the Indians, Plausawa, Sabatis and Christi tell him not to be afraid for they will not hurt him. They pat him on the head and tell him that they only want occapee (rum) and something to eat. He tells them that he has no rum but to come to the house and he will feed . them. Mrs. Blake hurriedly takes the baby into the house while he gives them bear meat which they toss upon the fire whole and begin to eat before it is cooked.' He then broils for them pieces stuck on pointed sticks and they are pleased. Their request to remain for the night is granted.
Sergeant Blake. John G. Chesley; Mrs. Blake, Eleanora C. Nutter; Baby Blake, Edward H. Nutter; Plausawa, George H. Haynes; Sabatis, George W. Atwood; Christi, Clarence M. Libby; Young Indian, Guy Pike.
War Dance Indians: Earl Pike; Nelson Osborne; John Yeaton; Wendell Kimton; Verne Mckenzie; Robert Clogston; Richard Clogston; Harold Wing; Connell Stanley.
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SCENE III.
The next morning Sergeant Blake and the Indians prac- tice firing at a target. After Sergeant Blake has won in this shooting match, the Indians ask him to go with them and become their "Big Captain."
SCENE IV.
Sergeant Blake's cow is lost and he is hunting for her near the Sinclair Brook (now called the Mountain Brook) when he hears a shrill whistle which he knows comes from Plausawa. He runs for home as the old Indian-who had been fed the bear meat, expected him to, thus escaping the bullet of a young brave who had aimed at him.
FIRST INTERLUDE Sponsor: Walter J. Philbrick. .
School Children
It is a frosty October morning prior to 1747 when the bare-footed children of the McCoys, the McClarys, the Blakes, and the Wallaces are seen hunting for chestnuts to add to the store of food.
They pick burrs from their toes and sit on sun-warmed stones to cuddle their feet under them.
They begin to play "London Bridge is Falling Down" when a school master comes with a stick and drives them into school in a dwelling house as there is, as yet, no school house.
Schoolmaster: Walter J. Philbrick.
School children: John R. Brown, Patricia W. Fowler, Phyllis E. Hunt, Andrew J. Kyle, Jr., Clifford Osborne, Ethel Osborne, Olive Osborne, Myra Osborne, Riley Osborne, Priscilla E. Wells, Elwood O. Wells, Eugene Y. Wells, Virginia L. Wells.
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EPISODE II Sponsor: George H. Haynes SCENE I
THE CAPTURE OF ISABELLA McCOY
On August 20, 1747, Charles McCoy goes over to Pem- broke to find out if there are any Indians near and sees some, three of whom follow him home. Mrs. McCoy is watched by Indians while she goes to her neighbors' homes finding them deserted. They then decide to go to the block house at Nottingham where their younger child- ren and neighbors are already. Indians look in through the cracks in their house while they are at their evening meal. While the family sleeps the Indians keep silent vigil, but yet with thoughts of the war dance of their tribe.
Charles McCoy, Elbridge M. Bartlett; Isabella Mc- Coy, Mabel T. Bartlett; John McCoy, Macbeth G. Bart- lett.
SCENE II. THE CAPTURE OF ISABELLA MCCOY
The next morning, Mr. McCoy secures his house as best he can and he and his son John carrying guns, al- though without ammunition, lead the way to the block house followed by his wife Isabella, who cannot keep up with them. At the foot of Marden's Hill (now often call- ed the Carter Hill) Mrs. McCoy is snatched by one of the two Indians lying in ambush with Plausawa and her mouth is covered by his hand. Her plight is discovered by her husband and son, who, advised by her motions, run into the woods and escape. She is hidden and left in charge of an Indian boy. Loot from various homes in- cluding a trammel from the home of George Wallace is also left as well as all the apples from the only tree bear- ing in town. She thinks of atempting to kill the boy, with
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the trammel. Plausawa and the other Indians return with blackened faces after burning the McCoy house and Mrs. McCoy is started for servitude in Canada being fed apples on the way.
INTERLUDE II Sponsor: McClary Grange, Margaret D. Haynes, Chairman
Neighbors
Neighbors gather bringing their spinning wheels. Some spin, some knit, some quilt and finally some of the young people dance the minuet.
Margaret D. Haynes, Emma J. Bickford, Ella M. Yea- ton, Mabel H. Cofran, Jean M. McGregor, Nora A. Mur- by, Sarah N. Holmes, Carrie V. Cass, Susie M. Butler, Verna W. Hunt, Emma Hall, Lena Sawyer, Florence L. Yeaton, Lizzie J. Bickford, M. Evelyn Yeaton, Annie L. Towle, Alice L. Kendall, Alida J. Cass, Nellie F. Sher- burne, Doris H. Butler, Laura H. Hunt, Charles E. But- ler, Keith F. Rand, Wayne B. MacGregor, Charles W. MacGregor, Grace E. Yeaton, Neal A. Wells, Marieta F. Yeaton, Ida M. Fowler.
MINUET
Orville Bickford and Dorothy T. Rand, Harry G. Hager Jr. and Lucille Demers, Charles D. Hager and Mary E. Fife, Hariett E. Hager and George F. Dowst.
EPISODE III
Sponsors: Walter H. Tripp, Karl F. Rand THE REVOLUTION SCENE I
Following a meeting of the Committee of Safety, the voters come to the McClary home and sign the "Associa- tion Test" in which they "solemnly engaged and promised that they would to the utmost of their power and at the
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risk of their lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hos- tile proceedings of the British fleets and armies against the United American Colonies."
Committee of Safety
Squire John McClary, Walter H. Tripp; Capt. Jere- miah Prescott, Blanchard H. Fowler; Nathan Marden, Benjamin M. Towle; Thomas Blake, William H. Knowles; Ensign McClary, James M. Steele.
SCENE II .
April 20; 1775, Major Andrew McClary is seen holding the plow behind a pair of oxen when a swift rider appears blowing a horn and telling the people of the battle of Concord and Lexington. He leaves his plow in the fur- row and runs to the house for his large iron-gray horse which he mounts, and rides away to join Stark's forces swearing that he will kill one of the devils before he comes home.
The farmers hastily come from their homes, thirty-four in all, and start on a run for Nottingham to join the other men and, on foot, make the journey to Medford that night, covering seventy miles in fourteen hours.
Symbolicaì figures of Death, Privation, and Disease are seen amongst them, marking them for their own.
Gen. Andrew McClary, Karl F. Rand; Messenger, Maurice C. Ford.
Revolutionary War Soldiers: John P. Yeaton, Grover T. Stevens, George Kelley, Albert H. Stevens, Jesse A. Hunt. Edwin R. Yeaton, Ralph L. Cass, William E. Yea- ton, Oliver C. Lombard, Everett O. Foss, John W. Murby, Walter B. Huckins. Frank W. Sawyer, George H. Knowles, Minot R. Yeaton, Harry G. Hager, Millard J. Yeaton, Lewis H. Nutter, Fred W. Yeaton, Richard G. Worth, Clarence Cox, Herbert S. Stanley, Harry Sher- burne, Moses Q. Burnham, Frank E. Hurd, Lorne E. Skinner, Ellery C. Straw, Olaf A. Ring, Guy T. Pike, Wesley J. Tallman, Albion Ambrose, Thomas A. Yeaton, Roscoe E. Kelley, Nathan J. Goss.
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INTERLUDE III ERECTION OF THE LIBERTY POLE A CELEBRATION Sponsor: The Men's Bible Class of the Baptist Chuck Chairman: John W. Cox
After peace is declared the people of the Suncook valley meet on the Muster Field at Major McClary's and erect a Liberty Pole.
John W. Cox, Emmett Russell, Bert D. Young, Frank E. Brown, Edwin L. Bunker, George H. Yeaton, Edward M. Keley, Gerald Marden, James B. Osborne, Chester Batchelder, Albert A. Ordway, Charles S. Bickford, Nor- man H. Munroe, Ernest L. Heath, George Pike, Eva Lau- rence Cox, Harriet Batchelder, Hilda Stevens, Ella Skin- ner, Rachel Pike, Nora Murby, Katie Bickford, Hazel Bickford, Alice Stevens, Grace Stone, Marion Stone, Bar- bara Skinner, Blanche Skinner, Harvey Batchelder, Car- roll Stevens.
EPISODE IV A MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Sponsor: Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire.
Original members who are represented. Major Gener- al John Sullivan, Lynde Sullivan; Colonel Joseph Cilley, Henry D. Warren; General Michael McClary, Horace Morrison; Lieutenant Joseph Mills, William L. Willy.
A roll-call follows the calling of the meeting to order. The following governing principles of the Institutions of the Order are read:
"It having pleased the Supreme Governor of the Uni- verse, in the disposition of human affairs, to cause the separation of the Colonies of North America from the
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domination of Great Britain and, after a bloody conflict of eight years, to establish them free, independent and sov- ereign States, connected, by alliances founded on recipro- cal advantages, with some of the great princes and powers of the earth.
"To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and in many instances cemented by the blood of the parties, the officers of the American Army do hereby, in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute and combine them- selves into One Society of Friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and, in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and mem- bers.
"The officers of the American Army, having generally been taken from the citizens of America, possess high veneration for the character of that illustrious Roman, LUCIUS QUINTIUS CINCINNATUS; and being resolved to follow his example, by returning to their citizenship, they think they may with propriety denominate themselves.
THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
"The following principles shall be immutable and form the basis of the Society of the Cincinnati:
"An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing.
"An unalterable determination to promote and cherish, between the respective States, that union and national honor so essentially necessary to their happiness, and the future dignity of the American empire.
"To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers. This spirit will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the
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most substantial acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the Society, towards those officers and their families who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving it."
After an address by the president the meeting is ad- journed.
INTERLUDE IV
THE HOMAGE PAID TO LAFAYETTE 1825.
Sponsor: Horace W. Edmunds. .
Lafayette accompanied by his son, on his way from Concord to Portland passes through the town in a coach, over the turnpike which had been finished twenty-five years earlier and returns over the same route three days later. He is greeted along the entire route.
Marquis de Lafayette: Horace W. Edmunds.
EPISODE V.
AN EVENING AT THE GENERAL MCCLARY HOUSE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1840 and 1845. . Sponsor: Charles M. Steele
In the house are Mr. Jonathan Steele Esq., his wife Elizabeth Steele their four sons and a daughter. Daniel Webster is a guest for the night. Franklin Pierce and Jeremiah Mason are there also for a time and a game of whist is enjoyed.
Jonathan Steele, Esq., Charles M. Steele; Elizabeth H. (McClary) Steele, Blanche C. Philbrick; Charles A. Steele, Howard T. Ring; Michael M. Steele, Russell F.
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Tripp; John N. Steele, Maurice A. Yeaton; Thomas F. Steele, Robert M. Tripp; Elizabeth A. Steele, Katharine F. Berry; Daniel Webster, Alfred W. Burnham; Franklin Pierce, Kenneth J. Yeaton; Jeremiah Mason, Warren T. Fowler.
INTERLUDE V.
A SINGING SCHOOL
At the close of the school Virginia Reel is danced.
Sponsor: Ivygreen Rebekah Lodge
Committee: Sophronia Y. Wells, Leola I. Ring, Russell S. Yeaton.
Russell S. Yeaton, Singing Master
Inis W. Cass, Daisy W. Marden, Leola T. Ring, Mar- tha F. Dowst, Margaret L. Dowst, Gladys R. Fowler, Hester E. Bickford, Hattie L. Sherburne, Helen G. Yea- ton, Doris B. Stevens, Eva L. Cox, Ethel A. Pike, Lottie A. Wells, Ada L. Yeaton, Hattie M. Tallman, Mary P. . Philbrick, Amy D. Russell, Sophronia Y. Wells, Percy C. Batchelder, Henry L. Stevens, Harold S. Bickford, James T. Libby, Albert D. Sherburne, Maurice C. Philbrick, Ralph E. Towle, Robert H. Cass, Gerald L. Marden, Frank E. Brown, Noah M. Cofran.
EPISODE VI
WAR SCENES THE CIVIL WAR
Sponsor: Junior Order of American Mechanics
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bixby, widow of Sergeant George S. Bixby, Co. H. 4th N. H. Reg. Vols., calls upon Mrs. Nancy S. Brown, widow of J. Calvin Brown, Co. D. 15th
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Reg. N. H. Vols., in the latter's home. Mrs. Brown's granddaughter and great grandchildren are with her and tea is served to the guest. Memories of Civil War days are stirred by talk, pictures and old letters. The boys are seen leaving home and those that survive are seen coming back. After they go to their homes Uncle Sam puts his arms about the widows giving them his protective care.
Death, Starvation and Disease have been seen stalking amongst the men.
Mrs. Brown's granddaughter, Madeline E. Yeaton; Great-grand children, Theodore E. Yeaton, Charles B. Yeaton.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bixby, Mrs. Nancy S. Brown, wid- ows. Mrs. Madeleine E. Yeaton, Theodore F .. Yeaton, Charles B. Yeaton, Arthur A. Wells, (Uncle Sam).
Mrs. Nellie M. Burnham, Mrs. Bertha M. Haynes, Mrs. Nellie Lear, Mrs. Helen M. Hurd, Mrs. Alice B. Silver, Mrs. Jennie P. Elliott, Mrs. Flora N. Fife, Mrs. Josie S. Burnham, Mrs. Jennie Quimby, Mrs. Hattie A. Burnham, Mrs. Gladys M. Batchelder, Mrs. Lillian A. Eaton, Mrs. Anna P. Yeaton, Miss Blanche C. Philbrick, Mr. Burt D. Young, Mr. Moses Burnham, Mr. Maurice C. Philbrick, Mr. Walter H .Quimby, Mr. William C. Burnham, Gregory Hurd, Alton W. Yeaton, Alga E. Yea- ton. Arlene Batchelder.
Soldiers
Ernest G. Dowst, Walter B. Wells, Arthur H. Sullivan, Watson T. Ambrose, Clifton J. Fife, Winthrop H. Fife, Roscoe H. Fife, Adin D. Munroe, N. Scott Munroe, Walt- er A. Sawyer, Warren Hamilton, Harris Mason, Clayton Mason, G. Everett Haynes, Laurence C. Tallman, How- ard W. Tallman, Elmer H. Palmer, Harry Silver, Kenneth A. Reid, Fred Butler, Edward B. Demers, Edward Elliott, Percy Ellictt, Charles E. Emerson, Richard H. Hill, Ray F. Murby, George Stearns, Joseph J. MacGregor, Clay Hart, Fred K. Ames, William H. James, George H. Yea- ton.
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EPISODE VII SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR Sponsor: Albert J. Yeaton.
Forrest D. Ambrose, Frank E. Ambrose, John S. Clark, James A. Babkirk, Jr., Fred L. Bullfinch, Lewis A. Demers, Charles E. Emerson, Carl F. Fogg, Charles A. Frost, Milton C. Ford, Trescott Griffin, Percy E. Hall, Lewis Langlitz, Vevian L. Pickard, Lawrence Pickard, Henry L. Stevens, Henry Stone. George Stone, Harold J. Tripp, Arthur A. Wells, Leon Waterhouse, Albert J. Yea- ton, Aaron Osborne.
INTERLUDE VI
Sponsors: Alice F. Tripp, Helen T. Rand.
Civilization, accompanied by Science and Invention, places at the feet of Epsom the railroad, the telegraph, the telephone, the wireless, the gasoline motor, the automo- bile, the radio, the aeroplane and electric light and power.
Civilization, Mary G. Barton; Science, Flora H. Sulli- van; Invention, Catherine K. Marden.
EPISODE VIII THE END.
Sponsors: Alice F. Tripp, Helen T. Rand.
Imps of Darkness bring a war cloud and throw it over Epsom and Civilization but they are driven away by the soldiers of the World War. Behind the soldiers comes Progress who leads Epsom, still accompanied by Educa- tion, Religion, Courage, and Industry and also Civiliza- tion, Science and Invention, into the Future. The entire cast follows in reverse order, History bringing up the rear.
IMPS OF DARKNESS
Russell E. Tallman, Carroll J. Tallman, Roy C. Tall- man, Everett F. Lombard, Progress Eliza E. Sawyer.
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THE CONCORD PRESS
CONCORD, N. H.
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