Waterbury, Vermont, chartered June 7, 1763 : bicentennial celebration, 1763-1963, Sunday, June 30th to Saturday, July 6th inclusive, Part 4

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Publication date: 1963
Publisher: Waterbury, Vt. : Waterbury Bicentennial Association
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Herbert H. Smith (elected 1948)


Waitsfield


Robert E. Luce (elected 1959)


Waterbury


Edward R. McMahon (elected 1962)


Stowe


Present Officers:


President


Ralph S. Meaker Ernest R. Brisbin


Vice President & Clerk


Roy W. Demeritt


Vice President


Stanley R. Chase


Treasurer & Trust Officer


Paul H. Graves


Minnie A. Quinn


Assistant Treasurer Assistant Trust Officer


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Bank Location Prior To 1900


CHARLES B. ADAMS Grand Master Grand Lodge of Vermont 1932-1934


Abrams, William H., Jr. *Adams, Charles J. Akey, Earl T. Allan, James N. Allen, Burton J.


Allen, Charles N.


Arkley, Floyd J.


*Ashley, Forrest H. Ashley, Richard E. Ather, Stanley Stewart *Ayers, Gleason W.


*Ayers, Max G. Bacheler, Theodore Backels, Victor A. Badger, Glenn A. Bailey, Arthur Leon Bailey, Louis Bailey, Maurice A. Bailey, Max A. Barnes, Converse L. Barney, Friend E. Bassett, Leander L. Bassett, Lucius H. Battles, Cbester A. A. Becker, Arthur Louis Bellville, Raymond W. Bemis, Carl E. Bessette, Edward W. Biebel, Anthony V. Blicht, Morris J. Blood, Edwin S. Bockus, Arthur L. Bohannon, Elwin J. Boyce, James P. Boyce, Robert S. Briggs, Donald A. Brisbin, Ernest R. Brisbin, J. Willsie Brown, Andrew J. Brown, Lester O. Burroughs, Samuel Campbell, Lawrence N. Canerdy, Charles A. Cary, Cloyd W. Cary, Elwood W. Castle, Richard H. Chamberlin, Philip D. Clement, Jobn A. Clifton, Earle A. Clifton, Ernest F., Jr. *Clifton, James E. Clough, Lawrence F. Conrad, Churchill P. *Coolbeth, Clarence D. Cooley, Earl C. Cooley, Franklin C. Cooley, Stephen W. Cowles, Max A. Crespo, Jesus Davison, Charles A. Davison, Julius E. Deal, Harry W. Deal, Walter K. Deal, Walter, Jr. Demeritt, Roy W.


WINOOSKI LODGE


#49 - F. & A. M. Chartered January 12, 1860


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ALTON G. WHEELER Grand Master Grand Lodge of Vermont 1956-1958


ROSTER OF WINOOSKI LODGE


Dole, Philip E.


Donovan, Glenn J. Donovan, Vaney D.


Dow, George L.


Duffy, Richard W.


Dunham, Edson B.


Kingsbury, Lawrence


*Dunn, James A. Eaton, Ralph Avery Eldredge, James E. Eldredge, Robert B. Evans, Earl W.


Lambert, Gordon R. LaMarche, Jesse L. Lease, Harold B. Lewis, Clair M. Lewis, Lynn G.


*Sabin, Kenneth E. Sabin, Raymond H. Sabin, Richard W. Sandretto, Gelsomino Sandretto, Thomas L. Scott, Arthur J.


Farr, John David Farr, Roger K. Farr, Sumner F.


Fisher, Barney J.


Fisher, Eugene D.


Fisher, Cornelius C.


Fiske, Freemont W.


Flanders, Donald R.


Forbes, Charles E.


Gagnon, Joseph W. R.


Gates, Maurice E.


Luce, Robert E.


Gillam, Walter Herbert


Mann, Elliott M.


*Gilman, Albion E. Gilman, Roger M. Goodheart, Cecil L.


Marsball, Ralph Henry


Goodridge, Basil G.


Goodrich, Stewart L.


*Gough, Curtis H.


May, Homer P. McLean, Milton Douglas


Graves, Eric R.


Meaker, Ralph S.


Graves, Eric, Jr.


Merchant, Donald Earl


Graves, Paul H. Greene, Ross E.


Miles, Lawrence H.


Miller, Francis C.


Greenway, Maurice R.


Griffin, Frank J.


Griffin, Leon F.


Griffith, Kenneth Earl


Griffiths, Daniel J.


Griffiths, Edward E.


Millington, Lester T., Jr. Morse, Edward A. Moulton, Ancil Murray, Homer S. Myers, Hymen L. Naramore, Roswell Olin


Stewart, James H. Stickles, Melvin S. Stimson, Dwight W. Symons, Alan G. *Symons, William A. *Taft, Delbert R. Thayer, George W. Tibbitts, Ralph R. Tibbits, Stewart Claude Towne, Gerald L. Towne, Mark J.


Treat, Edward S.


Truax, Sheldon O. Tucker, Cedric O. Warren, Rodney E.


Guptil, Walter S.


Haines, Harley H.


Haggerty, Frederick


Hallock, Grant C.


Hardy, Pbillip H. Harvey, Ira Boutwell


Parmenter, Albert L.


Pelton, Clifford L., Jr.


Percy, Cecil C., Jr.


Perkins, Henry L.


Pervier, William H. Pierce, Burton B.


Pollander, Landon O.


Hills, Sidney R. Hoadley, Burt William Howes, Ralph N. Howland, George W.


*Porter, Artbur J. Putnam, Hiram S. Randall, Dan B. Reber, Forrest Nagle Reed, Howard A. Ridley, Ralph M.


Hunt, Herbert G., Jr. Hunter, Roy George Jenkins, Stearns R. Jewett, Donald Allen


*Jewett, Edgar A.


Robie, William D. *Roby, Warren A. Rogers, George D.


*Denotes Past Masters of Winooski Lodge WATERBURY CHAPTER #24 ROYAL ARCH MASONS QUEEN ESTHER CHAPTER #7 ORDER EASTERN STAR


Johnson, Ellis N. Joy, Benjamin H. Joy, Raymond C. Kelly, Wilfred R. Kennedy, Robert F.


Rumely, James B. Russell, John M. Russell, William G. Ryder, Daniel F. *Sabin, James T.


*Scott, John W. Severence, Erwin L. Shand, Douglas G. Shuttle, Clifton H. Simpson, William G. *Slack, Wayne B. Smith, Harley B. Smith, Verne L. Snow, Arthur W. Sollace, James Towner Spencer, Rupert J. Squier, Lloyd E. Squire, Horace H. Stapel, Oskar C. Steele, Edward Everett Steele, Edwin H. Stewart, Bernard G.


Luce, Burton C.


Luce, Richard F. Luce, Robert C.


Marshall, Harold C.


Martin, Rollie G. Maxson, John L.


*Grout, Harold M. Grout, Harold P. Guild, Frank W.


Nelson, Malcolm Adolph


Nichols, Stanley J.


Nicholson, William S. O'Brien, McAuliffe Z. Ocker, William John Oliver, Charles D. Ostis, James H. Parker, Charles S.


*Webster, Norman C. *Whalley, Edward R. Whalley, Harold P.


Haskins, Curtis F. Hayes, Leslie W. Hazen, Carroll, A. Hazen, Harold E. Heseltine, Robert Higgins, Cleland R.


** Wheeler, Alton G. Wheeler, Gordon B. Wheeler, Harold L. Wbitten, Harold E. Willard, Charles R. Williams, Albert A. Williams, Donald B.


*Wisell, Vernon H. Woodard, Bernard Woodruff, John H. Woods, Joseph C. Woods, William A. Woodward, Lyle S. Woodward, Richard J. Worster, Raymond G. Wright, John T. Wright, Marlon E. Young, William M.


Lewis, Lynn G., Jr.


Lewis, Paul B. Lewis, Wayne R.


*Littlejohn, Robert G. Littlejohn, Robert H. Loukes, Alson L. Lovely, Herbert F.


THE 1927 FLOOD


The 1927 flood was Waterbury's greatest disaster, and yet in spite of the loss of wealth and the tragic loss of friends, it was Waterbury's greatest triumph. To single out individual heroes would be an injus- tice to all who met the destructive onslaught of na- ture with such unbelievable courage. The surging waters made shambles of our houses, swept away our bridges and twisted miles of the steel of our railroads, but they could not break the proud heart of Waterbury. If such calamities are meant to try men's souls, God from his heaven must have looked down on this little town with a nod of approval.


There were 20 lives lost in the Waterbury area. The devastation was appalling. The new steel bridge at the south end was swept off its foundation and lay some distance down the river, other bridges and trestles suffered the same fate. Houses in many parts of the town were moved off their foundations, some were swept down the river, others were broken into piles of kindling wood. Slip Hill slipped into the raging torrent leaving several hundred feet of track dangling like a spider web. At Bolton Falls the dam and power house went and the river cut a new channel. When the water reached its crest, it was at the base of the telephone pole almost to the top of Bank Hill.


Havens of refuge were found in the upper floors of the Waterbury Inn, the Village Tavern and the high school which was out of the flooded area. Countless homes on higher ground were opened to


the wet, the cold and the hungry. Many waited out the long anxious hours in their own homes on second floors and in attics.


The receding waters left a scene of indescrib- able ruin. Waterbury badly needed help and Water- bury got it. Our good neighbors in Stowe gave in- valuable assistance during and after the flood. The army moved in over almost impassable mountain roads, the Red Cross took over to help the needy and other outside organizations lent a helping hand. College students from Norwich, Vermont, and Middlebury came and shoveled the slime out of the cellars. None can forget these splendid boys with the reassuring smiles and strong backs. Our own town and village governments operated with speed and efficiency. There was a big clean-up day and rich and poor, high and low donned dungarees and wielded a shovel. Waterbury was fighting back. Stores were soon in business as usual. There were hand powered printed daily bulletins from the Waterbury Record. As soon as power lines could be re-established, industries were in operation and employees returned to work on a backlog of orders which were trucked over the rough roads to the nearest rail connection. In spite of all the hard- ships and handicaps the town was again booming.


Out of it all came to each a new respect and love of his neighbor. To all came a deep and undy- ing faith in Waterbury and the firm conviction, that in spite of occasional rough spots in the road ahead, that faith will be justified.


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"WHEN THE WATER CAME TO WATERBURY"


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Flood Scenes Nov. 3 - 4, 1927


ST. ANDREW'S CATHOLIC CHURCH


Patrick Bryan, a tailor from Quebec, was the first Catholic to settle in Waterbury, coming about 1814 or 1815. He bought a farm near the Center, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland McNeil. Services were held there for the early Catholic settlers.


This mission, before it became a parish with a residing pastor, was attended occasionally, first by Father O'Callagan from Burlington, then succes- sively by Rev. J. Daley, Rev. Fr. Drolet, the Reverend Ablate Fathers from Burlington; Rev. Z. Druon and Rev. Joseph Duglue, the last two clergy then living at Montpelier.


It was in 1857 that the old church, dedicated to St. Vincent Ferrier, was built on the hill on the east side of the railroad, a little distance from the depot. It was enlarged about ten years afterward by Father Duglue. Rev. John Gallighan came to take charge in 1869 (from whom local K. of C. Council takes its name). Eight years later, Father Gallighan pur- chased a residential property on South Main Street and the Adventist Church property adjoining. This later was converted by him into a suitable place for Catholic purposes. The house adjoining was turned into the parochial residence.


The church was dedicated as St. Andrew's Catholic Church, November 30, 1876, and the church property valued at $25,000. The communicants and Catholic population in Waterbury in 1915 was 165 families.


The first settled priest in Waterbury was Father Gallighan. He remained here 18 years. After his de- parture there was a fifteen year interval when Water- bury again became a mission, attended in order by Reverends Brelivette, McConly, Father Donahue, Father Blais in 1895, Father Mclaughlin and Father Maillet, until January, 1903. Those following were: Reverend J. A. Lynch, Reverend J. A. Cahill in 1904- 1905; Rev. P. J. Doheney, 1905-1909; Rev. Daniel Coffey 1909-1913.


Rev. Robert Devoy was pastor from 1914 to 1935 when he was transferred to St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington, where he served as Chaplain until his death in the late 1950's.


He was succeeded by Rev. Lawrence R. Cain who served from 1935 to 1942. Rev. John M. Dwyer came to Waterbury in 1942 and is still serving as pastor assisted by Father Louis Logue and Father Joseph Campbell.


For many years the pastor of St. Andrews served the mission at Stowe until it became a sep- arate parish. St. Patrick's Mission in Moretown still remains a part of the parish. During the winter months mass is said at Mad River Glen, a ski area in Warren.


The lighted steeple of St. Andrew's can be seen by traveler's approaching the Village from almost every road. The light was placed there in 1961 by the Kenneth Longe family in memory of their son, Roger, who died in a hunting accident in 1958.


In 1948 the church was completely renovated and redecorated. The principal change was the in- stallation of new pews and making a center aisle in place of the two side aisles.


At that time the Alter Society presented two new holy water fonts in memory of the members of the parish who gave their lives for their country in World War II and the Korean conflict. These honored dead are Raymond Flannery, Earl Sevene, Thomas Flannery, Leon Collins and Paul Izor.


Following the receding waters of the flood of 1927, the parishioners were amazed to find that the Statue of the Blessed Virgin had been lifted from its pedestal and carried by the water to the exact center of the sanctuary where it directly faced the main altar as if she were pleading to her Son to halt the rising waters. Many noted that no Catholic lost his life in the flood.


Many made pilgrimages to Waterbury to pray at the shrine of "Our Lady of the Flood" and many re- ported favors granted. Of these perhaps the most famous was the healing of George Carty, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland F. Carty of Burlington. The lad suffered severe burns to his legs in an acci- dent and it was feared he would lose the use of them and after medical authorities gave the family little hope, the parents brought the boy to the shrine and prayed for his recovery.


On the second anniversary of the flood, George and his family attended Mass here and, offering a prayer of Thanksgiving, left his crutches at the shrine and walked away unassisted. His cure was considered by many as a miraculous healing by faith.


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Was instituted on January 4, 1920, named in memory of the first resident priest of Waterbury.


On January 6, 1926, a Building Association formed for the purpose of purchasing the three story block on Stowe St., now serving as a permanent home for the Council.


The Council has never failed to carry out its humanitarian acts to its church, members and the needy. Such as was manifested during the great flood, the renovation of the church and assistance to the many other organizations.


Since 1959 the Council has sponsored Fr. Logue rehabilitation project on behalf of the patients at our State Hospital. The rooms have been used by this project and to all parish activities. Thus exemplifying the great spirit of Fraternalism.


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Graves and Parks were pioneer men Who started this business way back when The turn of the century was just in sight, With Spain and America locked in fight.


And in '28 Bill Gilbert bought From Mr. Graves the agency stock. Since nineteen hundred and forty-three Dwight Stimson is the man to see.


We cherish the confidence and treasure All the friends we've made, the pleasure Of doing business in this town And surrounding villages around . . .


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WATERBURY CENTER COMMUNITY CHURCH


The early history of Methodism in Waterbury is the history of the circuit riders. In 1799 the New York Methodist Conference set off all of Vermont north of the Winooski River as the Essex Circuit with the eccentric but powerful evangelist Lorenzo Dow in charge. Then only 21, he became a legend and many tales are told of his preaching. It is pos- sible that Dow organized the first class in Waterbury before October, 1799, its members being Thomas Guptil, Timothy Parcher, John Henderson, David Straw, John Hudson, Joseph Fisk, Simeon Woolson and their wives to be joined the next year by Stephen Jones and wife, George Scagel and wife and Lemuel Lyon and wife. The "class meeting" held the group together between visits of the circuit preacher who traveled on horseback from settlement to settle- ment, preaching, baptising or marrying in barns, schoolhouses or open groves. When Dow left the circuit, Elijah Hedding, 19 years old, finished out the year. He was later to become a famous Bishop of the Methodist Church.


Meantime two other religious bodies had been organized in Waterbury-the Calvinist Baptists under their pastor, Ezra Butler, a convert at whose house the first sermon in town was preached in 1789, and the Congregationalists. Several attempts to build a union meeting house failed for lack of agreement. For a long time the big barn on the farm of Lemuel Lyon was the Methodist meeting place and its timbers were used in framing the present Waterbury Center church, begun in the early 1830's with George Scagel, Lemuel Lyon and Capt. Stephen Jones the building committee. It was of brick with slabs of native stone for underpinning. Quoting from Mary Moody's history "The church was built the same size as it now stands, with many paned windows and no basement. The interior was all one big room, with a gallery running around three sides reached by a short flight of stairs. The pews were of the old fashioned "box" type, with doors that buttoned shut. The pulpit was very high. The singers sat in the gallery, opposite the pulpit, and when they stood up to sing, the congregation turned around and faced the choir. Capt. Lemuel Lyon drove with an ox team to Boston to get the church bell." The building was dedicated in 1832 but not completed until 1833. In 1835 the Rev. Orris Pier, circuit pastor, began a protracted meeting in the new church which continued day and night for three months, five hundred converts resulting. Many of the new members lived at the Street, and in 1838 a parsonage was purchased there. Another revival at the Center in 1840-41 resulted in still more village converts who organized the Waterbury Chapel Association and built a church on Stowe Street in 1842. The two churches had the same pastor, but since 1856 have each been assigned a resident pastor. The first one at the Center was A. L. Cooper. In April, 1858, Lemuel Lyon deeded to the trustees the present parsonage. In this year the church was remodeled, the second floor built, the gallery on the sides removed, and the present pews installed. In early days there were short pews at each side of the pulpit, one of them occupied by "Uncle" Moses Nelson and known as


the "Amen" corner. In very early days each person was expected to bring his own candle to furnish light for evening services; later handlamps re- placed the candles. The church was heated by big box stoves in the lower part. In the early days a melodeon was the musical instrument used and Albert Lyon played the bass viol to accompany the singing.


The first church wedding was in 1850 when Al- bert Lyon and Matilda Jones were married by the Rev. Hawley Ransom.


There is no record of when the Sunday School began. Joseph Freeman served continuously as S. S. Supt. from 1869-1891. He also was accustomed


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to announce the "donation" parties held annually at the parsonage to supply the minister's needs. Other superintendents have been Mrs. Martha Jack- man, W. C. Norcross, L. A. Lyon, Homer Freeman, C. C. Moody, W. B. Slack, Marion Moulton and Gladys Wallace. Mrs. Oliver Davis long taught the infant class and there have been many other faithful teachers. Every year a Sunday School picnic was held, often in Morway's woods. Other memorable picnics were held at Moss Glen Falls and Little River and once the school went to Stowe Palisades on the electric cars. Musical entertainments were often held "at early candlelighting." Camp meet- ings were held in the early years in Lemuel Lyon's sugar place. James Gregg always brought the Christmas trees. Everybody brought presents to the church Christmas tree, which was a community affair.


The Ladies' Aid has labored to raise money for the church's upkeep. The lower part of the church was divided by semi-movable partitions, some of the boards from the old box pews being used, and a kitchen installed which has recently been re- modeled. The box stoves were replaced by a furnace. The memorial windows presented by Mrs. Marancy Lyon Hopkins commemorate her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Lyon, James Gregg, Silas May, Harvey Prescott, Isaac Merriam, George W. Moody, Charles and Eliakim Allen, James Wallace. These were dedicated in 1894, the address by Rev. Robert Chry- stie comprising a history of Methodism in Water- bury.


In 1840 the Little River Baptist Church had been organized and in 1871 the Quarterly Meeting was asked "to grant letters to 15 of its members to organize into a new church to be connected with Green Mt. Seminary. There had been a brick church built by the Calvinist Baptists of which there is no record remaining. This was replaced by a white wooden church, now the Grange Hall. The Baptist parsonage was where Harold Marshall now lives. Pastors still remembered were Rev. O. Roys, Rev. L. W. Pease, Rev. Benjamin Parker. Dr. A. S. Wris- ley and Mrs. Estella Pike Moulton long served as clerks. This church continued until the first pas- torate of Rev. W. F. Hill, when the Baptists and Methodists decided to join forces. For some years, until the Baptist Church was sold in 1928 services were held in summer in that church and in winter in the Methodist Church. There was never, so far as can be determined, any legal federation, although the church has long been known as the Center Federated Church.


The list of preachers at the Center Church is a long one, many remaining for two years or less. The Rev. Glen Douglas instituted the Improvement So- ciety and was instrumental in having the church lawn graded and fenced. His successor, George C. Westcott began the planting of shade trees in front of the church. During Fred B. Sterling's pastorate a successful revival was held, resulting in many new members. Mr. W. F. Hill's first pastorate of five years was followed by J. Garfield Sallis, Francis Brown and W. L. Bradford. Then the church called Mr. Hill back for another three year term, and he re- mained in the Center after his retirement. Follow- ing him were G. L. Gilliard, Rev. Warren Waldo,


Ernest Sturtevant and Arthur Scott. The Rev. Myron Genter, pastor of Wesley Methodist Church, served the Center church the next three years, until Rev. Elizabeth Sanborn came in 1946 for a pastorate of fourteen years during which she endeared herself to the whole community. Many improvements were made to the church property and the M.Y.F. was particularly active during her pastorate. Reginald Illingworth followed her, to be replaced after his ordination in the Baptist Church by Rev. Kenneth Redfearn who is leaving in June for a pastorate in Kansas. During their pastorates the music of the church has been greatly enriched through the efforts of Mrs. Frances Stowe Havens, who has orga- nized a vested Junior choir. An electric organ has been installed and the choir once again sings from its original place in the gallery at the back of the church.


The church has sent several of its sons into the ministry: Chester and Arunah Lyon, Orrin Gregg, Calvin and Lewis Moody. In 1933 the church cele- brated its centennial. This spring the church has voted to become incorporated as the Waterbury Center Community Church.


C. C. WYMAN.


OLD STREET SCENES


Upper left: School House and Congregational Church.


Upper right: Stowe street


Lower left: Corner North Main and Stowe sts.


Lower right: Corner South Main and Stowe sts.


Early Bank Hill


INTRODUCING THE DIRECTOR


Our director and choreographer, Phillip R. Frable, is a native of Olean, New York, and is versed in all phases of drama and musicals. A graduate of St. Bonaventure University and the Television Workshop of New York, Mr. Frable has a broad background of theatrical experience. He has produced and di- rected productions for both the Jerome H. Cargill Producing Organization and the Rogers Company during the last nine years. Prior to this time, Phil spent several seasons stage managing in New York and serving as unit manager and di- rector for a number of films for television.


Phil directs, writes, choreographs, and designs settings and lightings for some of the nation's largest productions includ- ing those at Buffalo, New York; Waco, Texas; Evansville, Indi- ana; Lynbrook, New York; and the Civil War Commemoration, "The Man And The Hour"-the exciting story of Jefferson Davis- at Montgomery, Alabama, to name but a few.


Many local organizational shows are among those Phil has directed in over 25 states through the country during the time he has been associated with the Rogers Company. Some of these include productions in Reading, Pennsylvania; Steubenville, Ohio; Troy, Ohio; Covington, Virginia; Huntsville, Ala- bama; Jackson, Mississippi; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin; and many, many others.




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