Mirror to America : a history of New London, New Hampshire, 1900-1950, Part 62

Author: Squires, J. Duane (James Duane), 1904-
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: Concord, N.H. : Evans Print. Co.
Number of Pages: 632


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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


C


Caldwell, Murray, 106 Call, Francis P., 108 Call, W. S., 35 Camp Kearsarge, 147 Camp Sunapee, 147


540


541


INDEX


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


D


Dairies, 106 Dale, Charles M., 64 Daniels, Nancy Lord (Mrs. Robert), 41, Appendix by, 342 ff. Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region, 44, 48, note 33


542


INDEX


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


E


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


543


INDEX


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.


544


INDEX


K


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


545


INDEX


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


546


INDEX


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


R


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


547


INDEX


S


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


548


INDEX


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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INDEX


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


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HOSPITAL


SUMMER THEATER


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Bunker Hill


TOWN HALL


POST OFFICE


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CAMP TONAWANDA


Pleasant Lake


MASONIC HALL


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N.L. SKI TOW


ELKINS CHAPEL


To Potter Place


SEWAGE PLANT


AMERICAN LEGION


TRUSSELL HOUSE


Lyon


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