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All these changes in the daily life of New London people between 1900 and 1950 were significant. Nevertheless, as indi-
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cated at the beginning of this chapter, equally important were the forces of continuity and permanence in Town affairs. For one thing, there was a considerable group of men and women who remained active in local developments throughout the entire five decades. Their influence, their ideas, and their leadership provided an indispensable hand on the tiller in the stormy seas of the twentieth century. The Town under- stood and appreciated that fact.8 Similarly the vital in- fluence of a way of life based on the fertility of the land provided roots of permanence deeper even than the roots of the stately elms which graced the roads and farms of the community. The enduring march of the seasons becomes a part of life in a town like New London more easily than it ever can in a metropolis. New London people could understand the basic steadfastness of the universe so well de- scribed by Merrick:9
"The springtimes come, when the maple leaves unroll, 'big as a mouse's ear'; the wild roses bloom; the blackberries ripen; and these things will go on, as the old New England deeds phrase it, 'as long as grass grows and water runs.' It is good to know all this. .
The silent influence of hills and mountains on human character has been a familiar theme for reflection since the immortal words of the Psalmist. The fact that New London is surrounded by high hills and famous mountains has had an unmeasured effect on the stability of its people. In the words of Mr. Justice Douglas of the U. S. Supreme Court:10
"Mountains have a decent influence on men. . . When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with the Creator . . . He comes to know himself. He becomes meek and humble before the Lord that made heaven and earth ... The struggle of man against man produces jealousy, deceit, frustration, bitterness, and hate. The struggle of man against mountains is different. Man then bows before something that is bigger than he. When he does that, he finds serenity, and humility, and dignity too."
For the past fifty years, amid all the tumultuous changes of modern life, New London people have known the soothing and calming influence of mountains. Might it not be that
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what seems to be taciturnity among some is in reality "serenity, and humility, and dignity too"? Well and truly did one of the Town's beloved citizens write:11
New Hampshire hills, my spirit thrills, At sight of thee, at sight of thee. Scarred with the ice and streams of time; Green with verdure, or white with rime; Wild or tamed, never ashamed To rear thy might in mortal sight;
Teaching our restless spirits peace, And to wait for the time when strife shall cease. For the purpose of God we may find some day, When we scale thy heights and look away
Into the reaches that lie beyond. Thou shalt lift us nearer our goal of quest; Thou shalt calm our fevered and vain unrest, As we breathe a prayer in thy purer air, - O, beauteous and fair New Hampshire hills.
It has been wisely said of modern Americans that too many are interested in "know-how," and not enough in "know- what." The people of New London, while plentifully endowed with the first attribute, have not been lacking in the second. Their history and development in the half century between 1900 and 1950 amply vindicate the saying of the noted French- man, de Tocqueville, "Local institutions constitute the strength of free nations." On the basis of their history and from the generations which had gone before, they understood the truth of the principles set forth in "The Boston Declara- tion" of May, 1950.12 They realized that it is square people and not square miles that make a nation great. They knew that the individual and his God-given qualities of character account for all human progress. They sought to be wisely progressive, and sanely conservative, and they achieved a synthesis that was the admiration of all who knew the Town. In that synthesis lay their understanding of New London's history and their hopes for New London's future.
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NOTES FOR CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The quotation at the head of this chapter is from a letter from Elmer Munson Hunt, Director of the New Hampshire Historical Society, to the writer, August 18, 1950.
1Lewis Gannett, Cream Hill: Discoveries of a Weekend Countryman, New York, 1949, p. 125. The entire book, describing the author's ex- periences in a Connecticut town about the size of New London, is worth reading as a parallel to local affairs in the past half century. See also an analysis of rural New England conditions since 1900 entitled "Old Entity Wanes in New England," New York Times, July 23, 1950.
2This was the title of the fiftieth anniversary history of the Rumford Press, New Hampshire's largest printing plant, published at Concord in 1948.
3It was one of the wonders of television that details of sporting events, political gatherings, and musical programs were more clearly seen in New London than in the rearward portions of the auditoriums or stadia where they were actually held. On the importance of air lane beacons in modern America, see B. R. Littin, "They Light the Skies," Steelways, September, 1949.
4In the decades after 1900 an increasing number of urbanites, follow- ing retirement, came to New London to settle down for the remainder of their days. Thus, at last, came the reversal of the nineteenth century trend toward a depopulation of rural New England. The story of this earlier movement has been sketched by Stewart H. Holbrook, The Yankee Exodus, New York, 1950; while the return to the countryside in the twentieth century has been discussed by many observers, e.g., Henry Lee, "Escape from the City," Coronet, August, 1950, pp. 138-147, and R. W. Poston, Small Town Renaissance, New York, 1950.
5D. K. Sieburg to the writer, July 28, 1950.
6Consider such titles as "Watch the Yankees," Fortune, March, 1950; S. A. Spiller, "Can We Have Little Industries in our Small Towns?" Neighborhood Exchange, March 14, 1950; and Laurence F. Whittemore, Yankee Ingenuity Then and Now, Princeton University Press, 1947, pp. 21-22.
7Hoffman's convictions were well set forth in the New York Times, June 8, 1950. The Davis thesis is the subject of a delightful book, The Age of Indiscretion, Philadelphia, 1950. A pertinent commentary on the local scene with regard to changes for the better is that by Cyrus Durgin in a series of articles in the Boston Daily Globe, August 4 and 5, 1950.
8On the significance of old-time families as a stabilizing influence in local affairs in the Granite State, see the data assembled in Historical New Hampshire, December, 1946, pp. 3-78.
9Elliott Merrick, Green Mountain Farm, New York, 1948, p. 209.
10William O. Douglas, Of Men and Mountains, New York, 1950, p. 344.
11Henry Jewett Hall, "New Hampshire Hills," Original Poems, New
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London, N. H., 1940, p. 91. The sole existing copy of this volume is in the collections of the Fernald Library of Colby Junior College.
12Formulated by fifty-one of the nation's outstanding business leaders at historic Faneuil Hall in Boston on May 18, 1950, this declaration of American principles was printed in full in the Boston Herald, May 19, 1950.
The robust faith in the persistence of the best in American achieve- ment as set forth in this declaration is also the theme of a notable book published almost simultaneously with it: Henry S. Commager, The Ameri- can Mind, Yale University Press, 1950.
Appendices
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APPENDIX ONE
Tables of Officials Elected by the Town, 1900- 1950, not Previously Listed in the Text
by Helen Kidder Greenaway
1. Selectmen
1900 James F. Hayes Frank W. Knowlton
Evarts W. Messer
1910 William A. Messer, Frank H. Mastin Howard E. Todd
1901 James F. Hayes
Frank W. Knowlton Evarts W. Messer
1911 Fred B. Gay Herbert B. Swett Edward A. Todd
1902 James F. Hayes Frank W. Knowlton Evarts W. Messer
1912 Fred B. Gay Herbert B. Swett Edward A. Todd
1903 James F. Hayes Evarts W. Messer Fred B. Gay
1913 Fred B. Gay Roy E. Emery Benjamin S. Davis
1904 Frank W. Todd Fred B. Gay Herman P. Messer
1914 Herman P. Messer Edward A. Todd Evarts W. Messer
1905 Frank W. Todd Fred B. Gay Herman P. Messer
1915 Herman P. Messer Evarts W. Messer James M. Lull
1906 Arthur J. Gould John K. Law William A. Messer
1916 Herman P. Messer Evarts W. Messer James M. Lull
1907 William A. Messer George Philbrick Horace C. Stanley
1917 Joseph Cutting Fred A. Todd Horace C. Stanley
1908 William A. Messer Frederic E. Everett Elmer F. Messer
1918 Joseph Cutting Fred A. Todd Horace C. Stanley
1909 William A. Messer Hubert J. M'Farland Elmer F. Messer
1919 Horace C. Stanley Howard E. Todd Charles A. Gordon
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Selectmen - Continued
1920 Joseph Cutting
Howard E. Todd
1936 Walter E. Gay
Harold E. Messer
1937 Fred A. Pressey
1921 Howard E. Todd
1938 Howard E. Todd
Harold E. Messer
1939 Walter E. Gay
Fred A. Todd
Leon Bickford
1922 Willie M. Knowlton
1940 Leon Bickford
1923 Herman P. Messer
1941 Howard E. Todd
1924
George Fifield
1942
Walter E. Gay
1925 Willie M. Knowlton
1943 Leon Bickford
1926 Herman P. Messer
1944
Howard E. Todd
1927 Joseph Cutting
1946 George S. Cricenti
1929
Howard E. Todd
1948 Walter E. Gay
1930
Joseph Cutting
Forest W. Kimball
1932 Howard E. Todd
1949
George S. Cricenti
1933
Joseph Cutting
1950
Ervin P. Edmunds
1934
Fred A. Pressey
2. Town Clerks
1900-1906 H. S. Adams
1920-1925
Walter E. Gay
1907-1910
Alfred B. Stimson
1926-1940
Fred S. Lovely
1911-1912
C. E. Glover
1941-1942
William F. Kidder
1912
William M. Kidder
1943-1945 William M. Kidder
1913-1919
William M. Pilsbury
1946 -
William F. Kidder
3. Town Treasurers
1900-1904
George Thurston
1924-1926 Joseph Cutting
1905-1911
Nathaniel W. Colby
1927-1934 Elmer E. Adams
1911-1912
George Hayes
1935-1943
Charles H. Bool
1913
Alfred G. Sargent
1944
Walter T. Moreland
1914-1923
George Hayes
4. Moderators
1900-1908
John K. Law
1936-1943 Paul B. Gay
1909-1911 Charles W. Gay
1944-1948
Fred A. Todd
1912-1916
Almond H. Smith
1949 M. Roy London
1917-1935
Fred B. Gay
5. Tax Collectors
1900-1906 Baxter Gay
1921-1935 Calvin E. Sargent
1907-1917 Asa N. Todd
1936-1943
Herman P. Messer
1918-1919
Grace T. Hall
1944 Dorris M. Smith
1920 Fred W. Goings
1945
Walter E. Gay
1928 Percy M. Thurston
1947 Ervin P. Edmunds
1931 Fred A. Pressey
1935 Howard E. Todd
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6. Auditors
1900-1901 Ira S. Littlefield
1920
Calvin E. Sargent
1902 James Eli Shepard
1921
Emma L. Colby
1903 Oren D. Crockett
1922-1923
Joseph Cutting
1904-1905 Ralph H. Keil
1924-1926 Benjamin H. Yerxa
1906-1908 Fred E. Farwell
1927
Charles E. Gay
1909
Charles W. Gordon
1928-1946 Ira S. Littlefield
1910-1912
Justin O. Wellman
1947
Ira S. Littlefield
1913-1914
Calvin E. Sargent
Eliot G. Clemons
1915-1916
Henry J. Hall
1948-1949
Eliot G. Clemons
1919
Henry J. Hall
7. Representatives to the General Court
1900
Charles W. Gordon
1926 Fred A. Todd
1902 Edwin F. Messer
1928
Fred B. Gay
1904 William A. Messer
1930
Albert H. Lamson
1906
Baxter Gay
1932 Charles E. Shepard
1908 James E. Shepard
1934
Charles E. Shepard
1910
Asa N. Todd
1936
Fred S. Lovely
1912
Evarts W. Messer
1938
Herbert D. Swift
1914 John D. Pingree
1940
Herbert D. Swift
1916
Elmer E. Adams
1942
Stanley A. Spiller
1918 Fred B. Gay
1944 Stanley A. Spiller
1920 Allen O. Crane
1946
Stanley A. Spiller
1922 Joseph Cutting
1948
Stanley A. Spiller
1924
Herbert B. Swett
1950
Seth A. Lamson
8. Road Agents
1900-1902
Allen O. Crane
1911-1912
Fred Prescott
1903-1904
Arthur J. Gould
1912
George Fifield
1903-1905 Ai Worthen
1913
James E. Shepard
1903
Edward A. Todd
1914-1916 Fred B. Gay
1905
Melville Robbins
1919-1927
Fred O. Prescott
1906
Warren Bickford
1928
Walter Heman
Fred B. Gay
1929-1931 Henry M. Stanley
1909
Charles W. Gay
1933-1934
Henry M. Stanley
1910
Fred B. Goings
1935-1937
Fred A. Todd
1911
Charles E. Shepard
1938 -
Henry M. Stanley
1917-1918
Justin O. Wellman
1950
Wayne K. Wheeler
1907-1909 Fred Prescott
1932 Harold E. Messer
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9. Public Library Trustees
1900 Nathaniel W. Colby
1927 Mary B. Macomber
1901 Ira S. Littlefield
1928 John D. Pingree
1902 John D. Quackenbos
1929 Jane A. Tracy
1903 Mary B. Macomber
Martha Cutting
1904 Ira S. Littlefield
1930 Mary B. Macomber
1905 John D. Quackenbos
1931 Martha Cutting
1906
Mary B. Macomber
1932 Jane A. Tracy
1907 Baxter Gay
1933
Mary B. Macomber
1908 John D. Quackenbos
1934
Martha Cutting
1909 Jane A. Tracy
1936
M. Roy London
1910
Charles Burpee
1938 Jane A. Tracy
1912
Mary B. Macomber
1939 M. Roy London
1913
John D. Pingree
1940 Catherine T. Wallace
1914
Jane A. Tracy
1941 Catherine T. Wallace
1916 John D. Pingree
1943
Edna F. Kidder
1917
Jane A. Tracy
1944 Catherine T. Wallace
1918
Mary B. Macomber
1945
M. Roy London
1919 John D. Pingree
1920
Jane A. Tracy
1946
Maude F. Swift
1921
Mary B. Macomber
1947
Frances T. Sawyer
1922
John D. Pingree
1948 Earl Pardy
1923 Jane A. Tracy
1949 Maude F. Swift
1924 Mary B. Macomber
1950 Frances T. Sawyer
1925
John D. Pingree
1951
J. Duane Squires
1926
Jane A. Tracy
10. Supervisors of Checklist
1900 Allen O. Crane, Joseph M. Clough, Nathaniel W. Colby
1902 Frank P. Messer, Nathaniel W. Colby, Baxter Gay
1904 Frank P. Messer, Nathaniel W. Colby, Baxter Gay
1906 Nathaniel W. Colby, Sidney M. Pedrick, Burt E. Hunting
1908 Nathaniel W. Colby, Sidney M. Pedrick, Burt E. Hunting
1910 Mason Emery, Evarts W. Messer, Eugene Wheeler
1912 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Pilsbury
1914 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, Chester Morgan
1916 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, Chester Morgan
1918 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Kidder
1920 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Kidder
1922 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Kidder
1935
Jane A. Tracy
Mary B. Macomber
1937 Martha Cutting
1911 Jane A. Tracy
Edna F. Kidder
1915 Mary B. Macomber
1942
M. Roy London
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1924 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Kidder
1926 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Kidder
1928 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Kidder
1930 Allen O. Crane, Elmer F. Messer, William M. Kidder
1932 Evarts Messer, Elmer F. Messer, Stanley A. Spiller
1934 Evarts Messer, Sidney M. Pedrick, Stanley A. Spiller
1936
Wallace L. Lull, Sidney M. Pedrick, Stanley A. Spiller
1938
Wallace L. Lull, Sidney M. Pedrick, Stanley A. Spiller
1940
Sidney M. Pedrick, Stanley A. Spiller, Naomi Colburn
1942
Sidney M. Pedrick, Helen Nelson, Ira S. Littlefield
1944
Edwin F. Edmunds, Ira S. Littlefield, Helen Nelson
1946
Ira S. Littlefield, Helen S. Nelson, Edwin F. Edmunds
1947
Ira S. Littlefield, Helen S. Nelson, Edwin F. Edmunds
1948
Ira S. Littlefield, Helen S. Nelson, Edwin F. Edmunds
1949 Ira S. Littlefield, Helen S. Nelson, Edwin F. Sdmunds
1950 Ira S. Littlefield, Helen S. Nelson, Edwin F. Edmunds
11. Supt. of Cemeteries
1909 Jacob N. Todd
Cemetery Commissioners
1910 Oren D. Crockett
1930 Harold E. Messer
Charles W. Gordon
1931 George E. Fifield
John D. Pingree
1932 Charles A. Gordon
1911 Oren D. Crockett for 3 yrs. 1933 Harold E. Messer
1912 Charles W. Gordon
1934 George E. Fifield
1913 John D. Pingree
1935 Charles A. Gordon
1914 Oren D. Crockett
1936 Harold E. Messer
1915 Charles W. Gordon
1937 George E. Fifield
1916 John D. Pingree
1938
Charles Gordon
1917 George E. Fifield
1939
Harold E. Messer
1919 John D. Pingree
1941
Edward Todd
1920 George E. Fifield
1942
Harold E. Messer
1921 Charles W. Gordon
1943
George Fifield
1922 George E. Fifield
1944
Charles R. E. Gay
1923 John D. Pingree
1945 Harold E. Messer
1924 Charles W. Gordon
1946
William A. Colburn
1925 George E. Fifield
1947 John Dayton
1926 John D. Pingree
1948 Harold E. Messer
1927 Charles W. Gordon
1949 William A. Colburn
1928 George E. Fifield
1950
John Dayton
1929 Charles W. Gordon
1940 George E. Fifield
1918 Charles W. Gordon
1945 Ira S. Littlefield, Helen S. Nelson, Edwin F. Edmunds
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12. Trust Fund Trustees
1916 Howard Todd, 1 y
1933 Sidney M. Pedrick
Sidney M. Pedrick, 2 y
1934 Willie M. Knowlton
Willie M. Knowlton, 3 y
1936 Sidney M. Pedrick
1917 Howard E. Todd
1937 Willie M. Knowlton
1918 Sidney M. Pedrick
1938 Howard E. Todd
1919
Willie M. Knowlton
1939
Sidney M. Pedrick
1921
Sidney M. Pedrick
1940
Willie M. Knowlton
1922
Willie M. Knowlton
1941
Marion K. Lindsey
1923
Howard E. Todd
1943
Howard E. Todd
1925
Willie M. Knowlton
1944 Marion K. Lindsey
1926
Howard E. Todd
1945
W. P. Clough, Sr.
1927
Sidney M. Pedrick
1946
Howard E. Todd
1928
Willie M. Knowlton
1947 Walter Heald
1929 Howard E. Todd
1948 W. P. Clough, Sr.
1930 Sidney M. Pedrick
1949
Rachel Sargent,
1931 Willie M. Knowlton
1950
Walter Heald
1932
Howard E. Todd
13. Constables
Edwin R. Ashby, Richard Morgan, Warren Bickford, Sidney M. Pedrick
1901
George H. Williams, Frank P. Jewett, Charles E. Shepard, Oscar F. Crockett
1902 Charles E. Shepard, F. W. Knowlton, Oscar F. Crockett
1903 Charles E. Shepard, F. W. Knowlton, Sidney M. Pedrick
1904 Sidney M. Pedrick, Frank S. Shepard, Melville H. Robbins
1905
Sidney M. Pedrick, William A. Messer, Charles E. Shepard, Melville H. Robbins
1906 Charles E. Shepard, Sidney M. Pedrick, Frank D. Andrews
1907 Sidney M. Pedrick, Arthur L. Bickford, Melville H. Robbins, Chester Morgan, Frank D. Andrews
1908 Sidney M. Pedrick, Arthur L. Bickford, Frank D. Andrews, Karl M. Sholes
1909 Frank D. Andrews, Arthur L. Bickford, Karl M. Sholes, Sidney M. Pedrick
1910 Frank D. Andrews, Arthur L. Bickford, Karl M. Sholes, Eben F. Messer, Henry E. Quimby, J. Howard Philbrick
1911 Frank D. Andrews, Arthur L. Bickford, Karl M. Sholes, Eben F. Messer
1912 Sidney M. Pedrick, Henry E. Quimby, Arthur L. Bickford
1900
1935 Howard E. Todd
1920 Howard E. Todd
1942 Sidney M. Pedrick
1924 Sidney M. Pedrick
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1913 Henry B. Quimby, Arthur L. Bickford, Karl M. Sholes
1914 Arthur L. Bickford, Wilbur C. Knowlton, Sidney M. Pedrick, Melville H. Robbins, Justin O. Wellman
1915 C. A. Lamson, Justin O. Wellman, Arthur Bickford, William M. Kidder
1916 Sidney M. Pedrick, Roy E. Emery, William M. Kidder, Fred B. Gay, Justin O. Wellman
(Between 1917 and 1933 the Constables were appointed by the Selectmen. In 1933 the Town Meeting began the practice of electing a Chief of Police, who, with the approval of the Selectmen, appointed constables as his assistants.).
1933-1936 Carl E. Duffett
1936-1950 William A. Colburn
1950 Myron R. Adams
14. Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
1900 George Thurston, Allen O. Crane, Horace Hurd, Frank P. Messer 1901 Edwin F. Goings, George Thurston, Charles Palmer, Charles Woodward, Frank W. Knowlton
1902 George Thurston, Charles Woodward, Karl M. Sholes, Edward A. Todd, Charles W. Gay
1903 George Thurston, E. F. Goings, James E. Shepard, N. A. Todd 1904 George Thurston, I. S. Littlefield, H. A. Eastman
1905 George Thurston, James F. Hayes, A. J. Sargent, H. A. Eastman, A. N. Todd
1906 George Thurston, Calvin E. Sargent, James F. Hayes
1907 Hiram A. Eastman, James F. Hayes, Sidney Pedrick, Melville Rob- bins, George Thurston, Ira S. Littlefield
1908 M. W. Emery, C. W. Gay, E. A. Todd, Hiram A. Eastman, James F. Hayes, C. E. Shepard, Ira S. Littlefield
1909 Calvin Sargent, James F. Hayes, Burt Hunting, Hiram A. Eastman, H. H. Chapman
1911
1910 James E. Shepard, Fred E. Everett, George Philbrick, James F. Hayes Calvin E. Sargent, Fred E. Everett, George Philbrick, Fred Farwell, H. A. Eastman, James Hayes
1912 No Record
1913 Calvin E. Sargent, Clarence W. Gay, James F. Hayes
1914 James F. Hayes, Calvin E. Sargent, William M. Pilsbury, George Thurston, Hiram A. Eastman, Clarence W. Gay
1915 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Calvin E. Sargent, William Pils- bury, George Thurston
1916 James F. Hayes, George Thurston, Hiram A. Eastman, Arthur J. Gould
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Surveyors of Wood and Lumber - Continued
1917 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Arthur J. Gould
1918 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1919 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1920 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1921 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1922 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1923 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1924 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1925 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1926 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1927 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1928 James F. Hayes, Hiram A. Eastman, Mason W. Emery
1929 Mason W. Emery, Hiram A. Eastman, Joseph Cutting
1930 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1931 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1932 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1933 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1934 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1935 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1936 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1937 Joseph Cutting, Hiram A. Eastman
1938 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman
1939 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman
1940 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1941 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1942 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1943 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1944 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1945 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1946 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1947 Joseph Cutting, Hiram E. Eastman, Roy E. Emery
1948 Joseph Cutting, Roy E. Emery
1949 Joseph Cutting, Roy E. Emery
1950 Joseph Cutting, Roy E. Emery
15. Commissioners of the New London Water System Precinct
1925 Joseph Cutting, Fred B. Gay, Charles E. Shepard 1926 Joseph Cutting, Fred B. Gay, Charles E. Shepard
1927 Joseph Cutting, Fred B. Gay, Charles E. Shepard
1928 Joseph Cutting, Fred B. Gay, Charles E. Shepard 1929 Henry W. Kidder, Charles E. Shepard, Fred B. Gay
1930 Henry W. Kidder, Charles E. Shepard, Fred B. Gay
Some of Those Active in New London's Affairs between 1900 and 1950
Elmer E. Adams Samuel M. Best
The Rev. Ira M. Baird The Rev. Harold W. Buker
Mrs. Mather Cleveland Mrs. Emma L. Colby
Dr. W. P. Clough, Sr. Oren D. Crockett
Dura P. Crockett
Roy E. Emery
Joseph Cutting Frederic E. Everett
Fred B. Gay Dr. Nathan L. Griffin
Paul B. Gay B. A. Hoban
Henry J. Homan Henry W. Kidder
Wendell N. Hobbs William M. Kidder
Willie M. Knowlton A. Stanley Little
Dr. Charles A. Lamson Dr. Anna M. Littlefield
Ira S. Littlefield Mrs. Mary B. Macomber
Fred S. Lovely Herman P. Messer
Fred A. Pressey Charles E. Shepard
Calvin E. Sargent James E. Shepard, 2nd
Stanley A. Spiller . Alfred B. Stimson
J. Duane Squires Herbert D. Swift
4.
Percy M. Thurston Fred A. Todd
Howard E. Todd Mrs. Jane A. Tracy
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1931 Henry W. Kidder, Charles E. Shepard, Fred B. Gay
1932 Henry W. Kidder, Charles E. Shepard, Fred B. Gay
1933 Henry W. Kidder, Charles E. Shepard, Fred B. Gay
1934 Henry W. Kidder, Charles E. Shepard, Fred B. Gay
1935 Charles E. Shepard, Henry W. Kidder, Fred A. Pressey
1936 Charles E. Shepard, Henry W. Kidder, Wendell N. Hobbs
1937 Charles E. Shepard, Henry W. Kidder, Wendell N. Hobbs
1938 Wendell N. Hobbs, Charles E. Shepard, A. Stanley Little
1939 Wendell N. Hobbs, Charles E. Shepard, A. Stanley Little
1940 Charles E. Shepard, A. Stanley Little, Wendell N. Hobbs
1941 A. Stanley Little, Wendell N. Hobbs, Charles E. Shepard
1942
Wendell N. Hobbs, Charles E. Shepard, A. Stanley Little
1943 Charles E. Shepard, A. Stanley Little, Wendell N. Hobbs
1944 A. Stanley Little, Wendell N. Hobbs, Charles E. Shepard
1945 Wendell N. Hobbs, Charles E. Shepard, A. Stanley Little
1946 Charles E. Shepard, A. Stanley Little, Wendell N. Hobbs
1947 A. Stanley Little, Wendell N. Hobbs, Charles E. Shepard
1948 Charles E. Shepard, Richard Kidder, Russell Spaulding
1949 Richard Kidder, Charles E. Shepard, Russell Spaulding
1950 Charles E. Shepard, Richard Kidder, Russell Spaulding
16. Budget Committee
(Regular term of appointment is for three years, except at the beginning)
1935 (Three-year appointment)
Harold E. Messer
Edgar C. Knowlton
Emma L. Colby
(Two-year appointment)
Mrs. Elmer Messer Roy E. Emery Paul B. Gay
(One-year appointment) Charles E. Shepard Wendell N. Hobbs Josie Messer 1936 M. Roy London Maitland Shepard Herbert D. Swift 1937 Wendell N. Hobbs Stanley A. Spiller Joseph Cutting
1938 Mrs. William A. Colburn Marion K. Lindsey Percy M. Thurston
1939 Wilbur C. Knowlton Clarence Granger Jean H. Hall
1940 Roy E. Emery Merle C. Gay Mrs. Wayne K. Wheeler
1941 Fred A. Todd Charles R. E. Gay Mrs. Carl E. Duffett
1942 Bernard A. Hoban William P. Clough, Jr. Helen S. Nelson
1943 Mrs. Guy F. Williams J. Duane Squires Wesley B. Woodward
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Budget Committee - Continued
1944 Charles S. Messer Clarence M. Lull
Maurice Shepard
1947 Howard E. Todd Murray W. Caldwell Frank H. Cordtmeyer
1945 Carl Holman Forest Kimball Paul B. Gay
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