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Baptist Young People's Union, 224
Baptist Youth Fellowship, 224
Barbara Jane Baker Memorial Laboratory, 134 Barbiers, Florence J., 228
Barker, Llewellys, 145
Barnett, Mavis Clare, poem by, 189 ff.
Barrett, Gaius H., 101, 179, 199, note 8
Barrett, Marie, 113 Barrett, Mary C., 117, 193 Barselle Nursing Home, 139 Bartlett, Thelma, 204
Barton, Almina C., (Mrs. Orra A. Smith), 53
Baseball teams, 154 ff.
Bates, Katharine L., 145 Beall, William M., 157, note 1 Bee-keeping, 108
Bell, W. J., quoted, 93 Berry, Earl R., 117 Best, Samuel M., 169, 177, 187, 191
Beston, Henry, quoted, 216
Bickford, Arthur, 108, 113
Bickford, Florence M., 17
Bickford, Leon W., 37 Biggert, Vaughan, 107 Billingsley, Howard P., 112
Blake, Robert H., 111 Blood, Robert M., 177 Blue Cross, in New London, 138
Bolster, Vernon L., 72, note 8
Book Fairs, 202, note 38
Bool, Charles H., 113 Boston Post cane, 47, note 29 Boy Scouts, Troop No. 71, 223 ff. Boys Club of New London, 156
Bridges, Styles, 191, 249, note 18 Briggs, Sarah W., quoted, 176 Brocklebank, 16
Brown, Alston, 221, 230, note 22 Brown, Marion D., (Mrs. Bradford Newcomb), 188, 200, note 18
Browning, Rear Admiral Miles R., 246
Bucklin, Walter S., 106
Budget Committee, 38
Buker, The Rev. Harold W., 41, 43, 77, 122, 163; poem by, 167; 217 Buker, Harold W., Jr., 96, 124, 152 Bullen, The Rev. George, 163, 168, 173, note 2 Burpee, Hattie, 152, 166
Burpee, Wilfred, 187 Burpee Hall, 197
Burton, Justice Harold B., 191
Business people, in 1900, 13
Butler, Frank, 213 Butler, Lura K., (Mrs. Frank), 131, 133, 135, 241
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Caldwell, Murray, 106 Call, Francis P., 108 Call, W. S., 35 Camp Kearsarge, 147 Camp Sunapee, 147
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Camp Tonawandah, 147 Camp Wallula, 147 Campfire Girls, 224
Camping movement in New Lon- don, 146 ff. Carder, Eugene C., 177
Cary, Jane. quoted, 185
Cemetery Commission, 34
Census, New London figures since 1790, 23
Chadwick, Walter, 119
Chadwick, Walton, 120
Chandler, Lloyd, 145
Chard, Louise, 212
Chase, Bessie A., 17
Cheyney, Frederick, 219
Christian Science Society of New London, 171
Church of Our Lady of Fatima, 170
Civic organizations, 217 ff.
Civil Defense Organization 1941-
1945, 238 ff.
Civilian Defense Organization 1950, 246 Clark, Amelia E., 186
Clark and Boynton Store, in 1900, 13
Clarke, Frederick N., 211
Clemons, Eliot G., 113, 154
Cleveland, James C., 42, 118
Cleveland, Susan Colgate Mather), 199, note 4; 215, note 24 Clough, Clarence E., 187, 338
(Mrs.
Clough, General Joseph, 12
Clough, Joseph M., 130, 141, note 5
Clough, Mary S., (Mrs. Clarence E.), 182
Clough, William P., Jr., 37, 109, 124, 130, 140, note 5
Clough, William P., Sr., 51, 130, 140, note 5
Colburn, Helen R. (Mrs. William A.), 118, 166, 213
Colburn, Naomi (Mrs. Joseph B. Walker), 122
Colburn, William A., 75, note 35; 166
Colby Academy, The: conditions in 1900, 18; buildings in 1900, 19; 176 ff.
Colby Academy Voice, 120
Colby, Anita, 224 Colby, Anthony, 34
Colby, Emma L. (Mrs. N. W.), 33, 53, 54, 76, 120, 131, 236 Colby Hall, 196
Colby Junior College: begins, 180; traditional events, 181; student life, 182 ff .; teaching and adminis- tration, 185 ff .; centennial pro- gram in 1937, 188 ff .; 25th anni- versary of H. Leslie Sawyer, 101 ff .; outreach of, 192 ff .; names of buildings, 196 ff.
Colby Lodge, 197
Colby, Nathaniel H., 101
Colby Nature Sanctuary, 203, note 45
Colby, N. W., 19, 26, note 26; 98, 118
Colby Summer Forums, 203, note 42
Colby, Susan, 199, note 2
Colbytown Camp, 184, 195
Colbytown Carnivals, 123
Colgate Hall, 196
Colgate, James B., 177
Colgate, Mary C., 178; quoted, 198
College Inn, 113
Concord (N.H.) Evening Monitor, cited, 338 Contractors, 119
Converse, E. W., 205
Cooper, Mrs. Solon, 225
Cordtmeyer, Frank, 60, 171
Corey, George, 108
Council of Towns of New Hamp- shire, 44, 48, note 35
Countaway, Carolyn D. (Mrs.), 165 Cragin, Joseph, 111
Crane, Allen O., 96, 97
Cricenti, Joseph, 107, 108, 112, 125, note 2
Crockett, Dorothy C., (Mrs.), 135 Crockett, Dura P., 53, 54, 106, 133, 166, 228 Crockett, Oren D., 41, 72, note 5; 214, note 13; 280
Crockett, Oscar C., 13
Crystal Rebekah Lodge No. 68, I.O.O.F., 220
Cutting, Joseph, 27, note 39; 36, 65, 95,109
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Dairies, 106 Dale, Charles M., 64 Daniels, Nancy Lord (Mrs. Robert), 41, Appendix by, 342 ff. Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region, 44, 48, note 33
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Davis, Ozora S., quoted, 175, note 33
Davis, Robert, 119
Dayton, John, 119
Dean, E. A., 119
Dean, G. Winchester, 96
Dean, Irene (Mrs.), 137
Dean, S. J., 119
Dean, Victor J., 220
Deer hunting, 47, note 20
Dennis, Mary C., 145
Densmore, Harold, 60, 220
Dewey, Bradley, 157, note 1; 191
Dewey, Davis R., 145
Dewey, Marguerite (Mrs. Bradley), 136
Displaced Persons, - "D.P.'s" - in New London, 250, note 29
Douglas, William O. quoted, 259
Draper, George O, 212
Drug store, 13, 112
Duffett, Carl, 62
Duffett, Isabelle (Mrs. Carl), 165, 166, 250, note 24
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Eastman, Hiram, 14, 113 Eberle, Helen, 118, 213
Echoes from the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region, 122 Edmunds, Edwin F., 96, 97, 154
Edmunds, Ervin P., 111, 115, 241
Edmunds, John, 119
Electricians and related experts, 101 Electricity, reaches New London, 99 Elkins, John P., 4
Elkins Chapel, 169
Elkins Fish and Game Club, 226
Elkins, Sarah J. (Mrs. John P.), 219, 220
Ellingwood, Edward R., 212 Emery, Mason, 97
Emery, Roy E., 114
Engelhardt, Fred, quoted 157
Everett, Frederic E., 42, 57, 219 Eydent, Frank, 120
F
Farmers, in 1900, 11 Farming in New London, 105 ff. Farwell, Fred, 51, 107, 119, 121 Fast Day, 175, note 33
Federal aid, 40 Fernald, J. E., 187 Fernald Library, 198 Fifield, George, 119 Fire protection: development of, 60; Fire Company, 61; Fire Station, 61
Firemen's Ball, 61
Fires, in New London, 62, 74, note 29 First Union Religious Society of Otterville, 17, 167
Fish planting in Lake Sunapee, 336 Fisher, Alberta (Mrs. Clayton E), 118,166
Fisher, Clayton E., 242, 249, note 21; 250, note 31 Fitz-Wilson, James E., 235 Fleming, Philip B., quoted, 129 Flint, Gordon B., 72, note 3 Flower Shows, 155
Ford, Henry, 14 Forest fire wardens, 62 Fosburgh, D. L., letter from, 340 ff.
Four-H Club, 110
Fraternal societies, 218
French, Fannie Keil (Mrs.), 118
Fuess, Claude M., quoted, 3 Funeral home, 120
G
Gardner, The Rev. George W., 120 Garages and filling stations, 95 ft. Gardner, Guy H., 130, 140, note 5 Gannett, Lewis, quoted, 254 Gay, Agnes D. (Mrs. Fred B.), poems by, 5, 21, 100; 212 Gay, Beatrice (Mrs. Paul B.), 139 Gay, Burt C., 231, note 33; 243, 250, note 28 Gay, Charles E., 101, 106
Gay, Fred B., 58, 65, 109
Gay, Julia M., 199, note 5
Gay, Merle C., 62, 101, 119, 213, 219, 227
Gay, Paul B., 37, 42, 67, 109, 127, note 39 Gay, Ralph, 63, 114 Gay, Walter E., 37, 108 Gazley, John, 209
Genealogical Data, Appendix VII, 342 ff. Gift shops, 117 Gile, The Rev. George W., 120
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Goings, Dorothy (Mrs. Leonard Hubbard), 40
Goings, George M., 96
Golf, in New London, 148 ff.
Gordon, Edith Graham (Mrs. Charles), 131, 135, 241 Gordon Research Conferences, 155, 195 Gould, Arthur, 7, 103, note 6; 114
Gould, Emma S. (Mrs. Arthur), 250, note 27 Grace, Tyler, 117, 118 Grand Army of the Republic, 22, 221 Grand Levee, 21
Grand Trunk Railway project of 1912, Appendix V, 337 ff.
Granger, Archibald G., 181
Granger, Clarence, 119
Graves, George D., Jr., 122
Graves, Margaret (Mrs. George D., Jr.), 121 Graves, Edna (Mrs. Joseph), 228
Greenaway, Emerson, 281
Greenaway, Helen Kidder (Mrs. Emerson), quoted 233; Appendix by, 265 ff .; 281
Greenhouses, 108 Griffin, Florence (Mrs. Nathan L.), 131, 139, 152 Griffin, Nathan L., 130, 140, note 5 Grosvenor, Melville B., 101 Guest Nights, 211
H
Hall, Henry J., 113, 199, note 5; 215, note 18; quoted, 260 Hall, Jean H., 106 Hall, Robert, 155 Ham, Roswell G., 191 Hastings, 9 Hawkes, Franklin P., quoted, 49 Hay, John, 22, 27, note 40 Hayes, Herbert, 117, 119 Hayes, James F., 107 Hayes, Theresa D., (Mrs. Herbert), 225
Hays, Charles Melville, railroad dreams of, 337 ff. Hayward, Oliver S., 130, 140, note 5 Heald, David, 211 Heald, Walter P., 116 Hearse house, 46, note 8
Heidelberg Lodge No. 92, I.O.O.F., 220
Heidelberg Prize Speaking Contest, 52 Hemmings, Shirley, 108
Highlander, The, 121
Hill, Charles, 119 Hill, William A., 187
"Hills Against the Sky," 80-89 Hoban, B. A., 25 note 9; 37, 103, note 7; 123, 147, 210, 217 Hobbs, Wendell N., 36, 64, 113, 217
Hodge, F. Eldred, data from, 334
Hodge, Helen (Mrs. F. Eldred), 213 Holman, Carl, 96
Holmes, Josephine E. (Mrs.), 151 Homan, Beth (Mrs. Henry J.), 250, note 33
Homan, Henry J., 108, 151
"Hominy Pot," 4
Hopkins, Ernest M., 191 Horse shows, 156
Hospital Days, 136 ff. Hotels and lodging places, 113
House, Edward M., 145
Houston, William P., 4
Howard, Mrs. Paul, 212
Howland Brothers, 112 Hughes, Charles E., 145
Humphrey, James, 74, note 33
Hunt, Elmer M., quoted, 253 Hunter, Berkeley, 119
I
"I Am an American Day," 166, 183, 200, note 14 Ice break-up on Lake Sunapee, Appendix IV, 334 Income, in 1900, 10 Information Booth, 48, note 32
Jameson, J. F., 145 Jardine, Mrs. Tom, 157, note 1 Jehovah's Witnesses, 172 Jobes, Charles, 152 Johnson, Ellen (Mrs. John D.), 121 Johnson, Joseph, 119 Jones, Byron T., 111 Junior college, historical back- grounds, 180 ff.
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Kearsarge Hiking Club, 224 Kearsarge Telephone Co., organized 1901, 10, 114 ff.
Keil, Florence G., 17
Kidder, Andrew J., 15, 109
Kidder, Henry W., 65, 94, 146, 150
Kidder, Bertha (Mrs. William R. Loney), 51, 225
Kidder, William F., 37, 46, note 15; 96, 103, note 8
Kidder, William M., 25. note 9; 36, 39, 41, 60, 95, 98, 99, 101, 155, 166, 210, 223
Kimball, Forest W., 107
King, Major General Edward P., 245
King Solomon's Lodge, F. and A.M., 219
King's Daughters, 171 ff., 174, note 26
Kitchin, William, 120
Knight, Raymond, 101
Knight, Robert, 111
Knight, Palmer, and Chase, store in 1900, 12
Knowlton, Edgar C., 106
Knowlton, Eliza F., (Mrs.), 168
Knowlton, Fred, 107
Knowlton, Mrs. Fred W., data from, 331 ff. Knowlton, Wilbur C., 119
Kroutil, Louis, 106
Ku Klux Klan, 175, note 32
L
Ladies Benevolent Society of Elkins, 170
Lakeside, 9
Lake Sunapee Country Club, 149
Lamson, Charles A., 94, 130, 139, 140, note 5 Lamson, Rufus, 119
Lamson, Seth A., 120
Langley, Doris (Mrs. Maurice), 50
Langley, James M., 36 Lauridsen, Laurids, 119, 213
Lawler, Earl, 117
League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts, 227 ff.
Lenz, Helene (Mrs. George), 221
Leonard, William C., 13, 130 Liberty Hall, 222
Librarians, in New London, 214, note 7
Lindsey, Marion K., (Mrs. Frederick Smith), 135, 210
Lions Club, 218
Little, A. S., 60, 96, 249, note 21
Little, A. S., Jr., 96
Little, Winifred (Mrs. Herbert O. Williams), 213
Littlefield, Anna M., 130, 140, note 5; 207, 226
Littlefield, Ira S., 32, 35, 37, 38, 62, 106, 108
Livingston, Robert J., 72, note 8
London, M. Roy, 133, 181, 222, 223, 229, 249, note 21
Loney, Bertha (Mrs. William R.), 51, 225
Lord, Kenneth A., 121, 122, 210
Lord, Myra B., 26, note 27; 41, 280
Lorden, Eugene, 149
Lovely, Fred S., 64, 112, 155
Lovely, Robert M., 112, 250, note 27 Loverin, Forrest, 96
Lovering, Jane (Mrs. George), 121
Lull, Clarence, 112
Lull, Clifton J., 119
Lumbering, 109
Lyon Brook, 68, 69
M
MacDonald, Arthur, 111
MacDonald, George, 101
MacFarland, Lois, 194
McConnell, Robert, 8
McCracken, Henry N., 191
McCutchins Guards, 230, note 27
McFarland, Mrs. George R., 113
McGann, The Rev. John M., 169
Mckean, Horace G., 18, 177
Mckean, Elizabeth (Mrs. Horace G.), 152, 182 Mckean Hall, 196
McLane, John R., 209
McLeod, A. Jean, 134
Macomber, Mary B. (Mrs. Walter), 19, 76, 148, 152, 205, 213 Macurda, William H., 209
Maple sirup, 108 ff. Marshall, Roy, 97
Martha Chapter No. 34, O.E.S., 220
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Masons and bricklayers, 119 Mastin, Frank H., 112, 220 Mastin, Mrs. Frank, 228
Mayo, Lawrence Shaw, quoted, 105 Meinecke, Charlotte D., (Mrs.
Henry), 186, 200, note 13; 224 Memorial Athletic Field, 53, 218 Memorial Day observances, 22
Merrick, Elliott, quoted, 261, note 9 Merrimack County Farmers Associa- tion, 106
Messer, Anzel, 106
Messer, Charles S. and son, 106, 108
Messer, Mrs. Elmer, 165
Messer, Evarts W., 120
Messer, Harold, 109
Messer, James W., 106
Messer, Richard, 124, 244
Messer, Roy F., 74, note 33
Messer Rifles, 230, note 27
Millar, Genevieve, 117, 193, 242
Minor organizations in New Lon- don, 229, note 3
Moreland, Ruth W., (Mrs. Walter T.), 241
Moreland, Walter T., 54, 133, 136, 181
Morey, Marguerite H. (Mrs. Charles), 181, 249, note 16
Morey, Paul 119
Morgan, Charles, 108
Morgan family, 106
Morgan Hill, 4
Morgan Pond, 65 ff.
Morse, Rowena, 121
Mount Kearsarge, 27, note 35
Mount Sunapee Chair Lift, 44, 124
Mountains, near New London, 5, 259 ff.
Moving pictures, beginnings in New London, 101 Murphy, Francis P., 64, 189 Murray, Marvin J., 113
N
Nash, Edwin E., 113 National mobilization of 1950, New London's part in, 245 ff. Neighborhood Exchange, 122 Nelson, Helen S. (Mrs.), 110 "New Deal" and New London, 40 New Hampshire Highway Depart- ment, letter from, 340 ff.
New Hampshire Planning and De- velopment Commission, 144
New London: population in 1900, 3; area, 4; boundaries, 4; drain- age, 6; Town officers in 1900, 6 New London Acetylene Gas Com- pany, 98
New London bands and band con- certs, 22, 154 ff.
New London Baptist Church, 163 ff .; sesquicentennial in 1938, 165; improvements in 1940's, 165 New London Civic Association, 217 New London Forum, 207 ff.
New London Garden Club, 226 New London Grange 95,
No. Patrons of Husbandry, 219 ff.
New London Hospital Aid, 135
New London Hospital and Nursing Association, 130 ff; presidents of, 133
New London Inn, 113
New London Locker Plant, 115
New London News, 121
New London Outing Club, 124
New London Players, 152 ff.
New London Post Office, 12, 13, 70- 71
New London Public Library: or- ganization of, 19, 204 ff.
New London Public Safety Com- mittee, 239
New London public schools: con- ditions in 1900, 17; relations with Colby Academy, 18; development of, 49 ff .; plans for a high school, 51; high school formed, 52; new building, 53, 72, note 10; high school headmasters, 72, note 8; health clinics, 138
New London Realty Association, 150
New London Republican Club, 228 New London Service Organization Inc., 218, 250, notes 26 and 33 New London Sesquicentennial:
committees for, 77-80; text of pageant, 80-89
New London Water System Pre- cinct, 64 ff.
New London Woman's Club, 225
Newport Guardian, 122 Nichols, Elizabeth, 117
Nolin, Francis, 135
Non-partisan ballot, 33
Norris, John L., 130, 140, note 5
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Northeast Ski Slopes, 124 Northern Railroad of New Hamp- shire, 73, note 15 Nurseries and greenhouses, 108 Nurses in New London, 131,133
Old Home Week, 22, 228, 232, note 44
Old houses, Appendix II, 280 ff.
Older Boys' Conferences, 231, note 33 Oliver, Albert I., 72, note 8
O'Neil, Marion (Mrs. Frederic), 226
Order of Rainbow for Girls, 224
Otter Pond, 6
P
Page Hall, 197 Painters, 119
Pardy, Ann F. (Mrs.), 53, 64, 120, 152
Parker, Mary A., 212
Parker, Philip, 106
Parker, T. O., 223
Parks, Lincoln, 113, 115
Patriotic organizations, 221 ff.
Paul Revere bell, 26, note 22
Peaslee, Mildred J., 205
Peattie, D. C., quoted, 76
Pedrick, Sidney, 117, 125, note 2; 166
Pellerin, Jules, 119
Perkins, Grafton B., 133
Peterson, J. D., 145
Philbrick, George W., 43, 119, 169 ff.
Philbrick, Willis, 106
Philbrook, Anna L., 212
Phillips, Charles F., 191
Phillips, Edward I., quoted, 143
Phillips, Stephen, 157, note 1
Pingree, John D., 76 Pitkin, R. S., 52, 208
Planning Board, 37
Plays, home talent, 211
Pleasant Street Helpers, 225 Plumbers, 119 Plummer, Gula Graves (Mrs.), 148 Plumpton, Alfred E., 118, 206 "Pop Shop," 13 Poultry business, 107
Powell, Robert, 119 Prescott, Gerald, 119
Pressey, Frank, 8 Pressey, Fred A., 66, 110, 127, note 44; 166, 220 Pressey, Helen (Mrs. Eliot G. Clemons), 101 Preston, Ralph W., 13 Prew, Claude M., 101, 119 Prices, in 1900, 11 Prime, William C., quoted, 143 Professional people, in 1900, 13 Professional persons, 118 ff. "PWA" grant to water works, 67
Quackenbos, John D., 6, 19, 37, 46, note 13; 130, 145, 205
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Radios, first in New London, 101
Ray, Luther, 119
Ray, Marie P. (Mrs. Weston), 166
Ray, Weston, 8
Ray, Will S., 8, 166
Rayno, A. Louis, 96
Reid, Amelia O. (Mrs. John), 226
Rich, Anna G. (Mrs. Kenneth M.), 224 Rich, Kenneth M., 58, 223
Riddell, Henrietta, 117
Ripley, Elizabeth B. (Mrs.), 212
Roads: condition in 1900, 8; since 1900, 55 ff .; state aid, 58 federal aid, 59
Road agents, 56 ff.
Robbins, Eliza B. (Mrs. Melville H.), 131, 152, 166 Robbins, Henry T., 8, 119
Robbins, L. H., quoted, 31
Robbins, Melville H., 117, 166, 206
Roby, Abbie J., 17
Rollins, Eva (Mrs.), 115
Romeyn, The Rev. James K., 133, 163, 164, 223, 224
Roosevelt, Eleanor (Mrs. Franklin D.), 191, 200, note 15; 238, 249, note 17 Rosenwald, Lessing J., 191
Rowe, Earl, 97, 107 Rowe, Henry K., 188
Rowell, Una R., 17
Rural Free Delivery, begins in New London, 10
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Saint Andrews Chapel, 168 ff. Sampson, Forrest, 113 Sanborn, W. C., 119
Sargeant, Bessie R. (Mrs.), 212 Sargeant, Dorothy, 212
Sargent, Alfred G., 54, 112
Sargent, Captain A. J., 12
Sargent, Allie J. (Mrs. Alfred G.), 33, 205, 211 Sargent, Benjamin, 107, 111
Sargent, Calvin E., 39, 66, 120, 121, 152, 154, 217 Sargent, Mrs. Calvin E., 61 Sargent, Edgar, 119
Sargent, Florence G. (Mrs. Edgar), 17 Sargent Hotel, 10, 16, 113
Sargent, Rachel M. (Mrs. Murray), 134
Sargent, Ransom, 12, 107, 108
Sargent, Warren, 119
Sawyer, Emma B. (Mrs. H. Leslie), 165, 241 Sawyer, G. T., 106 Sawyer, Helen (Mrs.), 212
Sawyer, H. Leslie, 43, 152, 180, 183, 186, 188, 191, 242 Sawyer, Richard, 107
Sawyer, Robert G., 223 Scytheville, 9
Scytheville Park, 231, note 40
Scytheville Technical Society, 227 Seamans, The Rev. Job, 207 Sears, Alfred G., 135, 141, note 5 Sears, Mildred C. (Mrs. Alfred G.), 166
Service Roll of 1917-1918, 235-236 Service Roll of 1941-1945, 243-244 Service Roll of 1950, 247 Service trades, 116 ff.
Sewer system, 68; problems of, 69 ff. Shakers, 22 Shapley, Harlow, quoted, 204 Shear, Leslie, 145
Shepard, Charles E., 7, 36, 41, 64, 65, 77, 94, 97, 98, 114, 150, 156, 165, 166, 200, 229, 236, 338
Shepard Hall, 197
Shepard, James E., 9, 43, 249, note 14 Shepard, James E., II, 72, 114, 133, 217, 241
Shepard, Louise H. (Mrs. James E., II), 131, 135, 241 Shepard, Mark N., 150 Shepard, Maurice, 124
Sholes, Karl, 22, 97
Sidewalks, first installation, 10
Sieburg, Don K., 102, 117, 120; quoted, 256 Sill, The Rev. Thomas H., 16, 168 Simpson, Robert, 107
Skating rink, 41, 124
Ski-tows, in New London, 124
Sladen, Major General Fred, 146 Sloat, The Rev. Horace B., 163, 164
Smith, Alfred W., 72, note 3
Smith, Almina Barton (Mrs. Orra A.), 53, 134, 210 Smith, Luther W., 191 Smith, Marion Lindsey (Mrs.
Frederick), 135, 210
Smith, Orra A., 107
Smith, Reverdy F., 35, 119
Smith, Victor H., 51, 133, 223
Snow, Harold E., 117
Snow plows, 56
Snow rollers, 8, 55
Social studies survey trips, 202, note 36
Sons of Union Veterans, 221
Soo-Nipi Park, 15; golf course, 149 Spaulding, Lawrence R., 222
Spaulding, Elizabeth R. (Mrs. Lawrence R.), 223 Spaulding, Russell, 69, 119 The Speaker, 122
Specialty shops, 117
Spiller, Della C., 137, 165
Spiller, Stanley A., 41, 42, 43, 44, 77, 121, 122; 250, note 24
Squires, Catherine T. (Mrs. J. Duane), 231, note 36 Squires, J. Duane, 41, 53, 122, 133 165, 201, note 29; 208, 241, 242 Stage coaches to and from New London, 8 Stanley, Benton B., 37 Stanley, Emma I., 17, 172 Stanley, Horace C., 35, 36, 53, 54, 60, 62, 119, 165 Stanley, Henry M., 57 "Stanley Steamers," 93 State Police, 63 Steamboats on Lake Sunapee, 9, 95
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SS SUSAN COLBY, 194, 203, note 41; 242
Sterling, William, 223
Stimson, A. B., 13, 112
Stimson, Robert C., 236
Stores, in 1900, 12, 110 ff.
Straton, George D., 165
Street lighting, 10, 98
"Strength of the Hills," 188 Stryker, Hope P. (Mrs.), 131 Sullivan, John L., 192
Summer homes, 16
Summer hotels, in 1900, 15
Summer Residents Committee, 136
Summer Rest, 120
Summer theater in New London, 151
Summer visitors and residents, 145 ff.
Sunapee Electric Light and Power Company, 104, note 15
Supervisory Union No. 43, 51; superintendents of, 72, note 3
Sutcliffe, Supt. F. S., 50
Swett, Herbert D., tinsmith, 14, 103, note 5
Swift, Herbert D., 36, 42, 43, 69, 106, 121, 133, 207, 218, 227, 228, 239, 246, 249, note 21
Swift, Maude F. (Mrs. Herbert D.), 177, 225
T
Taylor, A. Carmen, 186 Taylor, John, 14
Telephone, first installation in New London, 9 TV., reaches New London, 102
Tennyson, Alfred, quoted, 163
Thurston, George, 14, 107 Thurston, Percy M., 117, 218
Tobey, Charles W., 77, 191, 211
Tobey, Russell B., 212
Thompson, Julia C. (Mrs.), 27, note 39
Todd, Corrine F. (Mrs.), 220
Todd, Fred A., 36, 51, 69, 109, 119, 133, 165, 211 Todd, Howard E., 37
Todd, Jacob H., 12, 43
Todd, Julia E., 165
Town Hall, 35
Town History Committee, 41 Town Meetings, 31
Town Monument, built and dedi- cated, 34
Town Officers, in 1900, 6; since 1900, Appendix I, 265-279
Towne, Robert H., 244
Towne, Theodore J., 244
Tracy, Mr. and Mrs. James J., 16
Tracy, Jane A. (Mrs. James J.), 107, 108, 118, 125, note 2; 131, 133, 145, 149, 152, 205, 234 Tracy Memorial Building, 205 ff.
Tree Warden, 38 ff. Trudeau, Rene H., 114, 227 Truell, Harold, 72, note 8; 208 Trussell, Moses, 77
Tunis, Mildred Crockett Alford), Appendix by, 280 ff.
(Mrs.
Turf business, 151
Twin Lake Camp, 146
U
U.S. Post Office: in New London, 70; in Elkins, 71; personnel of, 70; mail carriers, 71; 75, note 51 U.S. Weather Bureau, in New Lon- don, 196, 203, note 47
V
Village Improvement Society, 217 Vose, William, 111
W
Walker, Morton E., 119 Wallace, Catherine T. (Mrs. Lind- say), 241
Warner, Jennie A., 116
Weather data for New London, Appendix III, 331 ff.
Webber, Gladys E., 200, note 17
Weber, Thomas B., 119
Welch, Ernest E., 99, 101
Weldon, N. Warren, 153
Wellman, Justin O., 35, 43, 177, 178 Wheeler, Charles, 117
Wheeler, The Rev. Charles H., 163, 164
Wheeler, Eugene, 112, 223
Wheeler, Evelyn, 116 Wheeler, Wayne K., 37, 53, 195, 249, note 21 Whipple, Amos H., 9, 13, 35, 205
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Whipple Memorial Hall, 36 Whipple, Sherman, 35, 205 Whitcomb, Arthur D., 146 Whitcomb, Ruel, 26, note 17 Wiggins, Gilbert, 119, 133, 223 Wiggins, Roland, 223 Williams, Ervine, 116
Williams, Fred G., 113, 119
Williams, Guy F., 195, 220, 223, 242 Williams, Herbert O., 96
Williams, Sara (Mrs. Guy F.), 136
Williams, Winifred L. (Mrs. Her- bert O.), 213
Willow Farm Golf Course, 149 Winant, John G., 64, 226
Winant, Mrs. John G., 182 Winter sports, 21
X
Wistar, Thomas E., Jr., 118, 137
Women's organizations, 225 ff.
Wood products, 108 ff.
Woodman, Melanie M. (Mrs.), 170
Woodruff, G. Bartram, 157, note 1; 212
Y
Woodsum Steamboat Co., 9, 25, note 9; 95 Woodward, Charles, 119
Woodward, Sumner, 154
Woodward, Waldo, 119
Woodward, Wesley, 119
Z
World War I; impact on New Lon- don, 233 ff .; honor roll of service in, 235 ff .; home efforts, 236
World War II; impact on New Lon- don, 237 ff .; New London Public Safety Committee, 239; ration books, 240; school children in, 241; home front efforts, 241 ff .; honor roll of service in, 243-244 Worthen, Ai, 12, 15 Wriston, Henry M., 192 Wry, The Rev. Arlington E., 163, 164
Zoning proposal, 36, 37
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LEGEND
CHURCH SCHOOL PUBLIC BUILDING
NUMBERED HIGHWAYS
OTHER ROADS
TRAILS
CEMETERY
BROOKS
HISTORIC LANDMARK YOUTH CAMP GOLF COURSE LIGHTHOUSE
SCALE
0
1/2
ONE MILE
SKI TOW
1
SPRINGFIELD
Bluberry Mt.
SUNAPEE
L
-
8
CAMP WALLULA
COLBY TOWN CAMPOS
Little Take Sunapee
CAMP SUNAPEE
OTTERVILLE CHAPEL
Bucklin ( W
To Newport
Preston Hill
Burpee Hill
Davis Hill
X
E
1
S
Lake Sunapee
ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Goings orner
King Hill
NEWBURY
To Newburyk
Ma
TWIN LAKE VILLA GOLF C SE
2
Knights Hill
WILMOT
HOSPITAL
SUMMER THEATER
CATHOLIC CHURCH
PUBLIC SCHOOL
I.D.O.F. VALL
9/1
FIRE HALL
orc
Bunker Hill
TOWN HALL
POST OFFICE
BAPTIST CHURCH
KBÀNG
INGE HALL
COLBY JR.
COLLEGE
TOWN GARAGE
ENLARGED MAP OF THE CENTER O
1
F NEW LONDON
ttle Brook
White
Kor
SZAMP KEARSAGE
CAMP TONAWANDA
Pleasant Lake
MASONIC HALL
O MILLSTONE
N.L. SKI TOW
ELKINS CHAPEL
To Potter Place
SEWAGE PLANT
AMERICAN LEGION
TRUSSELL HOUSE
Lyon
Brook
1 LAKE SUNAPEE GOLF COURSE
Crockett Corner,
Page Corner
114
OHOMINY POT
> To North Sutton
MAI P
SUTTON
DF NEW LONDON NEW HAMPSHIRE
19 50
ELIZABETH RIPLEY
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Red Brook
Broc
Great Brook
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