Thumbing the files

Thursday, March 11, 2010

From the files of The Cabinet March 11-18

100 years ago: 1910

Miss Mary N. Chase, president of the New Hampshire Woman’s Suffrage Association, spoke at the Milford Unitarian Church.

The Cabinet announced that it would raise the price of a one-year subscription from $1 to $1.25.

Clemintine Lilly beat Fannie Averill for a position on the Milford School Board.

Mrs. Georgia Stickney entertained the members of the Rebekah sewing circle “with a dainty lunch.” From Merrimack the news that Mrs. L.E. Swett has a nice lot of chickens in a brooder, made by J.F. Taylor, who makes a home with her.

Mr. Agnes Griffith and her son, of Milford, visited her mother at W.S.N Tarbell’s in South Lyndeborough.

This item from Mont Vernon: “There never was a better or more harmonious town meeting and this of 1910 goes on record as looking toward the larger growth of our little community in all matters of civic interest.” George N. Bosworth of Boston was in Amherst.

Miss Bennett of New York spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. Fred Hanlon of Milford.

Vincenzo Gatto of Milford was the defendant in an assault case that came to trial in Nashua. He was acquitted. Antonio N. Drago was the interpreter.

From Wilton the news that Charles E. Putnam, popular clerk at Emerson’s clothing house, was able to to be out again after a two weeks illness.

More than 30 cars from Wilton were expected to take part in the auto show in Boston.

75 years ago: 1935

Mrs. Harris D. Daniels was elected to the Milford School Board.

Twenty-four members of the Milford Garden Club attended the meeting of the United Garden Club in Manchester. Mrs. Marion Robinson of Milford was one of the speakers.

The East Milford Improvement Society held its annual ball.

In Brookline, Guy Campell and Thomas Perrault moved to the house vacated by the Bethelmeny family.

Miss Elizabeth Hare was at home in Amherst after a successful operation for appendicitis and was expected to return to school.

Primo Marcucci of Milford was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua to be operated on for a broken bone in his foot received while walking on Amherst Street. He was able to walk around on crutches.

In Mont Vernon, the town voted to purchase a public dumping place, and Arthur F. Stearns was re-elected moderator.

Mrs. F.H. Creed of West Wilton was ill at her home.

David Tuttle of Wilton was driving a late model coupe.

50 years ago: 1960

Milford voters opted to increase police department funds to hire five “uniformed women” to direct traffic at times when youngsters were on their way to and from school.

Charles W. Ferguson defeated Mario J. Infanti for a post on the Milford School Board.

Two Brookline children – Ralph Bent Jr., 5, and Shari Bent, 4 – died when a fire swept through the trailer in which they lived.

Mrs. Charles Abbott entertained 12 members of the staff of the Crotched Mountain School for the Deaf at a pizza supper at her home at Abbot Hill Acres in Wilton.

Gov. Wesley Powell proclaimed March 14-18 School Lunch Week.

Richard Nixon received 328 votes in Amherst for the Republican presidential nomination. Nelson Rockefeller got 26 write-in votes. John F. Kennedy got 34 votes on the Democratic side.

25 years ago: 1985

Robert Milliard became Milford’s new building inspector.

Carl Holland was honored when he attended his 62nd Milford Town Meeting.

The Cabinet launched its first edition of the special Meet Your Merchants supplement.

Milford voters approved an 8,000-square-foot addition to the Wadleigh Memorial Library, 385-147.

Only 65 Wilton and Lyndeborough residents attended the cooperative school district meeting, and passed the district budget.

Teachers at the Wilton- Lyndeborough Cooperative High School got a new contract that included a 15 percent raise for the 1985-86 school year.