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V Vol. 3, No. 5- 1 November 2001. 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/
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CONTENTS. Welcome; What's in a name?; Tidbits;
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 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??
The following is from Vol.1 of the Historical Series.
The book is no longer available for sale, but there are
copies in the Boylston Public library, the Boylston Museum
research library and the Allen County Public Library
[Fort Wayne, IN.] You might want to take a look at
Volume I, as there are drawing, sketches and photos
in the book that I cannot include in this email.
"Boylston's Roads, 1720-1740" by William O. Dupuis
The Marlboro Road
Laid out in 1660, it began from a point on the old Bay Path,
a little below where the latter crossed Muddy Brook, then
proceeded northeasterly to Central Street, then down Central
to Dock Square, and down Stiles Road to the Northborough
town line.
The Old West Boylston Road
Laid out in the early 1720's, it entered town by the present
Temple Street, and at the Ezra Ball-George Flagg place
[the end of Diamond Hill Ave.] It turned notheasterly,
passed up over Diamond Hill, and when it reached the Centre
it ran around the north end of the Old Burial Ground, where it
swung around southeast to the Town Pound on School Street.
There it entered the woods [opposite 25 School St.,] and
emerged over the causeway in the west end of the Fuller
Pasture [junction of Sewall and School Streets.] It then
turned southeast at the Shattuck-Scott place [24 Sewall St.]
for almost 3/4 of a mile to the present day Temple Street
which it followed to Barlin Acres where it joined the
Old Bay Path.
Jonathan Keyes Lane
Laid out around 1727 by Jonathan Keyes, it connected
with the old West Boylston Road [Temple St.] by a short
distance west of the Barlin Acres by a private way.
Deacon John Keyes Road
Laid out in 1728/29, it began at John Keyes' place on
Cross Street, followed Cross Street southerly to the
Shrewsbury line, and eventually ended at the Shrewsbury
Meeting House.
Next Month: Jacob Hinds Road, Bush Lane, Maynard's Tavern,
Houghton Road, and Joseph Sawyer's Road
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Tidbits
from the BHS scrapbooks -
MAY 21, 1938
BOYLSTON TAX RATE UP TO $50
The assessors today announced the tax rate for the
year as $50, an increase of eight dollars over last
year. J. Fred Young, chairman of the assessors said
the jump was due to increased town appropriations and
overdrafts from last year.
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Friday, May 13, 1938
BOYLSTON BUYS CLUBHOUSE
Will Be Purchased from Clinton Savings Bank
Monday night the citizens of Boylston, in a special
town meeting, attended by 125 voters, adopted the
recommendation of the special committee appointed
at the annual meeting and voted to purchase the club
house of the Men's Club, of the town, consisting of
a two-story frame building with two and three-quarters
acres of land surrounding it and hence forth the structure
will be used for municipal purposes.
The vote was to the effect that a sum not exceeding
$5000 is to be paid for the property.
The building and land will be purchsed form the Clinton
Savings Bank which held a small mortgage on the
structure and land which it recently foreclosed.
Last night's town meeting was held in the club house
which had been rented for several years by the town
officials for approximately $400 per annum.
The vote, last night, ends a movement inaugurated
two years ago by citizens who felt the time had
arrived to abandon the old town hall, opposite the
Common, a stone building of great age and altogether
too small to take care of Boylston's increased voting
strength.
The club house has a seating capacity of 300, practically
double that offered in the old town hall. It was
suggested at last night's meeting that the building
be known as the "Boylston Community Hall."
Moderator Owen N. Kennedy will appoint a committee
to manage the hall.
It was voted to pay a salary of $100 a year to each of
the three selectmen and to the auditor, and $500
was appropriated for new fire hose.
It was voted to place on file the report of the water
system committee, and to raise and appropriate
$670 for the welfare board's unpaid bills and $132.32
for other unpaid bills.
***Editor's note - the old town hall referred to above is
now the Boylston Historical Society and Museum building.
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May 14, 1938
Postmistress of the Morningdale post office, Mrs. Mary A.
Anderson and postmaster of the Boylston center post office,
Frank B. Vinton are both ready with air mail stamps, cachet
stamps, and red, white, and blue bordered envelopes, for air
mail week which begins Sunday. On the special air mail trip
day from the Grafton Airport the mail is to leave the Center
office at 8:20 and the Morningdale office at 11:45, in the
morning of Thursday May 19.
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Book of the Month
There are a few books in our new "Clearance Basket."
Call the Museum for up to date info on clearance items.
Lives Thus Spent [ photos and bios of Boylston citizens]- $1.50
Manners and Morals of Long Ago - $2
Mail Order Fashions - $2
Boylston Bicentennial Commemoration Book -
[hard cover] full of photos - $2.50
Visit the gift shop for more info:
http://www.ultranet.com/~boyhisoc/gift.htm
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BHS News
2001 - 2002 PROGRAMS and EVENTS
All Programs open to the public and
held at the Society (unless otherwise noted).
7 Central St., Boylston
Donations at the door are gratefully accepted!
Program - Thursday November 15, 2001 at 7:30 pm
"Shay's Rebellion, 1786-1787: Causes and the
Consequences" by Larry Lowenthal
A slide lecture on the basic causes of the Rebellion,
to explain why the Shays forces did so poorly.
Members - $2 Non-Members - $3
Event - Every Saturday, Nov. 10 to Dec. 15, 2001
from 10 am to noon
Every Saturday morning from Nov. 10th through Dec. 15th,
BHS will be open to supply all your holiday gift- giving needs
- Books, maps, stationery, postcards, holiday cards, photos,
jewelry, tea, Dog Jack mugs, and much more.
We also have gift certificates.
Event - Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002 at 7:30 pm
"Be Our Valentine" Exhibit -
Grand Opening Reception and Talk
Late 19th and Early 20th century valentines on
display and a talk by William Dupuis on the
History of Valentines. The exhibit will run through
September 2002 during normal open hours
and at regular museum admission.
Members - $2 Non-Members - $3
Program - Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 7:30 pm
"The Life and Times of John W. Partridge"
by William O. Dupuis - BHS Curator
A slide lecture on a Civil War soldier from Boylston
who left behind over 100 letters detailing his war experiences.
Members - $2 Non-Members - $3
Program - Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 7:30 pm
"Genealogy on the Internet"
by Betty Thomas - BHS Computer Services Dir.
Find out what you need to know about
doing genealogy on the internet.
Members - $2 Non-Members - $3
Event - Monday, May 29, 2002, 10am to 2pm
"Memorial Day Open House" Come and visit!!!
Free Museum admission
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C.A.P. CLUB
CAP [Cut and Paste] Club meets at BHSM EVERY Thursday
from 10am to noon to organize the photo copies of BHS
Scrapbooks into useable, indexed research tools.
Work involves cutting out each individual article, grouping
them, and pasting the groups onto pages, putting the pages into binders,
and then indexing the binders. You will have fun reminiscing, discovering,
and reading all the old newspaper articles. Coffee and tea will be served!
Everyone is welcome to join in the fun....no dues....no roll call... .
Just show up!!!!
9-5ers - Take a day off from work, join us and have some fun.
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Membership
Your annual memberships are due NOW. Memberships run
from September to August. Please take a moment to send
yours today.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 2001-2002 SEASON !!!!
The board and staff can't do it all...YOU the members have to
"step up to the plate" and serve YOUR museum so that it may
grow and prosper. People are needed to serve on and chair the
following committees/jobs for this year.
IF YOU CAN HELP...
Call BHS NOW - 508-869-2720
Refreshments - Dave Cole [chair] - provide refreshments for
programs and events
Fund Raising - grant writing, fund raising events, annual
appeal, etc.
Publicity - Betty Thomas [chair] - publicize all
programs and events
Program Planning - plan and confirm programs/ events
for next year
General Museum Help - Bill Dupuis [curator/chair] -work
on the collection, clean, set up for
programs etc.
Data Entry/ Computer work - Betty Thomas[chair] - always
loads to do on computer
Nominating Committee - Search for nominees for open
board positions for next year
Annual Meeting - We would like revive the Annual Meeting
- plan and execute all tasks to get
members to an Annual Meeting
Membership - The Society needs more "young" blood if
it is to grow and prosper -
plan & execute ways to attract new members
Personnel - Judy Haynes[chair] - create and maintain all
job descriptions
*All committee chairs report to the President.
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Visit the gift shop
http://www.ultranet.com/~boyhisoc/gift.htm
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On The Web
Andrew Thomas - music on the web
Andrew is Betty & Al Thomas' son and a former
Boylston resident and Tahanto graduate.
Listen to his original music online!
http://a_street.tripod.com/HTML/aquamarine/music.html
Bolton Historical Commission
http://www.historicalcommission.town.bolton.ma.us/
Boston Weekly Journal [late1800's]
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/8629/bostonwj.htm
1895 Map of Worcester county
http://www.livgenmi.com/worcesterMA.htm
Broad View Books in Hudson
local history books a specialty
http://broadviewbooks.com/
53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
http://www.intac.com/~blenderm/53rd_Mass_f/53rd_Mass.html
Hay-on-Wye - WALES
Used book capitol of the world - no kidding!
We stayed at Kilvert's- a lovely old pub.
http://www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/
http://www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/kilverts/index.htm
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Humor - from Bill Dupuis
Two elderly women were out driving in a large car, both barely
able to see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along,
they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red but they
just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought
to herself, I must be losing it, I could have sworn we just went
through a red light." After a few more minutes they came to
another intersection, the light was red, and again they went right
through. This time, the passenger was almost sure that the
light had been red, but was also concerned that she might
be seeing things. She was getting nervous and decided to pay
very close attention. At the next intersection, sure enough,
the light was definitely red and they went right through it. She
turned to the other woman and said, "Mildred! Did you know that
you ran through three red lights in a row? You could have killed us.
Mildred turned to her and said, "Oh Shit! Am I driving?"
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508-869-2720
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Boylston, MA 01505
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