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Vol. 2, No. 3, 1 September 2000. Circulation: 100 and growing!
(C) 1999 Boylston Historical Society and Museum
7 Central St., PO Box 459, Boylston, MA 01505
boyhisoc@ma.ultranet.com 508-869-2720
Editors: Betty L. Thomas and Judith Haynes
Boylston Historical Society and Museum Web Page:
http://www.ultranet.com/~boyhisoc/index.shtml
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to submit information to be included in the PotpourrEmail,
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CONTENTS. Welcome; What's in a name?; Tidbits;
From Our Readers; Book of the Month; BHS NEWS;
On The Web; Humor
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Welcome to our email newsletter! For those of you who are not
members of BHS and don't receive the snailmail newsletter, it is called
The Potpourri. Sooooo, we thought the appropriate name for this version
would be PotpourrEMAIL. This email version is not meant to repeat or
copy the snailmail version, but to complement it, with the addition of
topics of interest to those with computer and web capabilities. If you
have a story to tell, information to impart, a good genealogy joke, computer
or web genealogy info, a Boylston genealogy Query, or anything that would
be of interest to our readers--please email us at:
boyhisoc@ma.ultranet.com
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What's In a Name??
"Names of Places" by G.L. Wright
Volume I in the Historical Series
Stiles Hill
The section around the four corners near the George H. Prouty, Joseph P.
Garfield, and William H. Hastings farms was long known as "Dock Square,"
While the high hill upon which the summer place of John E. Smith is
located, was known for years as "Stiles Hill."
The prospect from this hill is extensive and beautiful reaching from Mt.
Asnebunskit, in Paxton, and showing the _____pipe at the Slate Mountains,
the majestic trees which mark the geographical centre of Massachusetts
in Rutland, the Wachusett Mountain and village of Princeton clear to the
Mondnuc Mountain in New Hampshire. It is said that upon a
remarkably clear day even some of the peaks of the White Mountains
can be discerned.
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Tidbits
>From Our Correspondence Files
Feb. 20, 1976
To Mrs. Wirt from Arthur W. Knight
"....Just a quickie re BHS - Boylston Police Dept. Suggest your ask Marian
Newall what her recollections are. I have just rec'd a delightful book -
The Massachusetts Central, put out by the B&M RR Historical Society.
Did you know that Boylston once had a railroad and a railroad station?
It is my recollection that Boylston Station was at or near Sawyers Mills.
There was a Six Nation school house some where near there and my 5-6 grade
teacher, Miss Mary Doyle, once taught there. Incidentally of all the
teachers, professors, et al to whom I was educational exposed - Mary Doyle
was the most outstanding. She was a diminutive fire ball with a huge
walnut ruler[which I never saw her use other than its intended purpose
except when the class became unruly]. She would stand in front of the
class with that ruler up raised like Queen Elizabeth's mace and d--n
soon silence and chagrined concentration would REIGN !!! This was all at
the Boylston Constipation School, now torn down. ....
I've digressed! Re: Police in Boylston.
I suspect that each town meeting since Hector was a pup elected one or more
constables. I am not certain when my father first came to Boylston. I do
know that he attended Bryant & Strattan Business College in Boston. My
grand father Knight, George Weston, had a coal-wood etc. business in
Roxbury.
He came to Berlin in the late 1880s or early 1890s. Had a large farm in
West
Berlin and part in Northboro. GWK was originally from Maine and served
twice in the Civil War from Maine. Grandfather GWK was a member of the
Roxbury Horse Guards. I have his cavalry sabre.
He died in 1895 and I know that my father [born 1872] ran the farm for a
time afterwards. When he came to Boylston is not clear in my mind.
He apparently went to work for the Metropolitan Water Works about 1900,
in charge of police work in the Boylston section of the Wachusett
construction.
He probably came to 'Board' with Mrs. Margaret Lane in the center about
that time.
From letter found he was apparently courting my mother, Anna E. Rice
[1880-1955].
They were married in 1902 and I came on the scene in 1906 [judging from
numerous snaps etc. - Dad was a B-W shutterbug.] I was a cutie pie!
You should see me now! I would hazard a guess that he probably became a
constable in Boylston about 1901 or 1902 - Old town reports would verify.
When I was growing up I know he was listed a chief of police[ probably a
one man force!] He was such during the Prohibition Era and Ican relate
some interesting tales of Moonshine in Boylston and at one timewe had a
couple of confiscated copper stills at our house for court evidence. ...."
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>From Our Readers
>From Sylvia Temple Hartmann - S42yth@aol.com
I enjoyed reading all the info in the PotpourrEMAIL! well done!!!!!
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From Laura R. Scott, Program Manager
Yankee Magazine's Community Partners - lauras@yankeepub.com
Renewals
I know from looking at the subscription cards that come in each day that
many of your supporters are not remembering to subscribe on your
subscription card. If they use the generic Yankee form that comes in the
mail, you will not get the additional $10. I really cannot stress enough
how important it is.
It is not to early for your supporters and business friends to give Yankee
this year instead
of those calorie laden food gifts or ever so useful paper weights. Remind
them all how
much the Yankee donation means to your organization.
*** Yankee subscription cards were mailed out with our annual membership
renewal form
and events list. They are also available at BHS, Boylston Public library,
and Baystate
Auto.
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Book of the Month -
Images of America - Boylston
Captions by William O. Dupuis
The Book is a pictorial history of Boylston published by Arcadia Press as
part of their "Images of America"
series. This publication features close to 200 rare photos of Boylston in
the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of these photos have not been out
of the vault for years! You will marvel at the industry, be inspired by
the people at work and play, and be awed by the scenic vistas of "Old-Time
Boylston".
128 pages ORDER your copies NOW -
$18.99 (plus $3 shipping and handling).
You may also pick your book up at the
Historical Society and save the shipping cost.
For more info go here:
http://www.ultranet.com/~boyhisoc/gift.htm
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BHS NEWS -
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Program - Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000 at 7:30 pm.
Mel Simons presents a fun program, "The Golden Days of Radio." It is a
nostalgic trip down memory lane, with shows like Jack Benny, Fibber
McGee & Molly, Eddie Cantor, the Shadow, and many others. Mel was a regular
on WBZ's Larry Glick show for 14 years, Bob Raleigh show for 6 years,
and is now heard on WBZ's Steve LeVeille Show.
Admission - $5 Tickets are going fast...get your tickets now,
seating is limited!!!
Call BHS 508-869-2720
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Visit the gift shop
http://www.ultranet.com/~boyhisoc/gift.htm
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On The Web--
Pages of Volunteers doing lookups -
vital records, obituaries, city directories, cemeteries, etc.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~angels/ca.html
http://raogk.rootsweb.com/californ.htm
http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml
http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/volca.html
http://www.expage.com/page/genealogylookup
http://www.headstonehunter.com/hunterlist.asp
Daily Obituary Times (obituaries from 1995 on)
http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
URBAN LEGENDS (or ROO, ROO, ROO YOUR BOAT)
THE KANGAROO THIEF: Besotted tourists accidentally
run over a kangaroo, then decide to dress him up in one of their
jackets and take photographs of themselves standing beside the
poor critter. Unbeknownst to them, the kangaroo is not dead,
only stunned. [Note the two-line URL] http://
urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blroo.htm
U.S. AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II HISTORY. Data re those who served
in the 8th AAF, 2nd AD, 392nd BG. Mission summaries, MACR's,
oversea burials, casualties, aircraft dispositions, roll of
honor (POW-MIA-KIA), stories, maps, photos of crews, planes,
support, base, etc. 30+ megabytes of World War II history
compiled by researchers from the U.S.A., England, and Europe.
http://www.b24.net/
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Humor -
Two police officers saw an old woman staggering down the street.
They stopped her and decided she had had far too much to drink, so
instead of taking her to jail they offered to drive her home.
The cops loaded her into the police cruiser and one of the officers got
in the back seat with the drunk woman. As they drove through the streets
they kept asking the woman where she lived, but all she would say as she
stroked the officers arm is "You're Passionate."
They drove awhile longer and asked again, but again the same response as
she stroked his arm: "You're Passionate."
The officers were getting a little upset so they stopped the car and
said to the woman, "Look we have driven around this city for two hours
and you still haven't told us where you live."
The drunk lady replied, "I keep trying to tell you, "You're Passin' It!"
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