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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Cabinet file photo Democratic and Republican partisans stand outside the Milford polling place at the middle school on primary election day in 2008.

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From the files of Jan. 12-19

99 years ago, 1913

Work was completed on the Ponemah bridge and the Cricket Corner bridge, both in Amherst. Also included was 2,000 feet of improved highway.

Fred Hartnoll, working on Federal Hill as a chopper for W.E. McKenzie, was killed when a large tree fell upon him. He was married to Mary Frost, whose brother had only shortly before met a violent death in one of the local quarries.

A stable belonging to W.J. Prince on Elm Street, Milford, was moved to West Street and carpenters remodeled it into a house.

Milford was planning for its poultry show with admission of 25 cents, 10 cents for children. School children and teachers were to be admitted one day after school hours until 6 p.m. for 5 cents.

A New York Supreme Court judge ruled that a mother-in-law could have “no say whatever regarding the management and control of the home” that she shares with her daughter-in-law and her son, who provide that home.

Frank Perham was “sporting” around Mont Vernon with a new cob bay horse from the Hub. The horse was said to be really quite “Bostonese” in appearance.

Mont Vernon’s new blacksmith, George Carpenter, the second in town, came from Norwood, Mass., and shoed seven horses his first day. He was boarding at George Coggin’s.

75 years ago, 1937

The Milford High boys’ and girls’ basketball teams lost to Peterborough, 27-19, and 31-16.

Fred T. Wadleigh was elected president of the Milford Educational Foundation.

In Mont Vernon, some disturbances in the henhouse of William Jenkins caused investigations. After losing three nice pullets, they found that a mink was the cause.

The Strand Theatre in Milford was showing “The Law in Her Hands” with Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Lyle Talbot and Warren Hull. The State in Nashua was showing “More than a Secretary” with Jean Arthur, George Brent and Lionell Stander.

An ad from New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. asked “How much are you missing for want of a telephone?” The ad said the phone could “run errands, connect you with friends and relatives, provide protection in emergencies, save money on bargains at stores you can’t visit ...” And more.

Kenneth McGrath sank a basket in the three-minute overtime to lead Wilton High School over Appleton in New Ipswich, 26-24.

50 years ago, 1962

Brenda Broderick of Wilton High School and Sherry Estey, referred to as an “attractive Milford High School senior,” were named DAR Good Citizens and would compete for the title of Good Citizen of New Hampshire.

Mont Vernon’s “spanking new white fire truck” was delivered. Photographed with it were Chief Joseph Carleton and firefighters Donald Cheever and Frank Dunnington.

The Souhegan National Bank in Milford was paying 4 percent interest on savings deposits.

In a big bowling challenge, the Milford All-Stars – Bob Chartier, Bob Conrad, Nick Maffee, Joe Heaps, Happy Webster, and Julio Santinelli – boasting a combined average of 109.3, would take on the Wilton All-Stars – Bud Hodgen, Ed Lamminen, Allan Jowders, Willie Leduc, John Hutchinson, and Barrett LaPonsie, who had a combined 108.2 average.

Ellen C. Doherty of Wilton retired after 50 years of teaching and being principal in Medford, Mass.

25 years ago, 1987

William Dyer resigned from the Milford Fire Department, and it was the first time since 1935 that there was no Dyer involved in firefighting in town.

Emery Landis opened the Say Cheese Two Go restaurant at the Meeting Place in Amherst.

Phillip Heald’s gift of 200 acres to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests was appraised at 1,358,000.

The average cost of a home in Mont Vernon in 1986 was $183,368, according to the Nashua Regional Planning Commission.

The Wilton-Lyndeborough girls’ basketball team won three straight games, beating Hinsdale, Thayer, and Sunapee, extending its streak to eight.

Al Neville resigned as Milford High School football coach after only one season.

The Milford Regional Counseling Services was offering a six-week course on assertiveness training.