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Vol. 5, No.7 - 1 January 2004 Circulation: 250 and growing!
(C) 1999-2004 Boylston Historical Society and Museum
7 Central St., PO Box 459, Boylston, MA 01505
potpourremail@boylstonhistory.org 508-869-2720
Editors: Betty L. Thomas and Judith Haynes
Boylston Historical Society and Museum Web Page:
http:www.boylstonhistory.org

CONTENTS. Welcome; "The History of Boylston 1642-1741";
Tidbits; 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:
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"The History of Boylston 1642-1741"

The following is from Vol.II of the Historical Series.
This book is no longer available for sale, but there are bound
copies of all the Historical Series books in the Museum's Fuller
Research Library, the Boylston Public Library, the DAR Library and the
Allen County Public Library [Fort Wayne, IN.] There are drawings,
sketches and photos in the book that we cannot include
in this Email.

"The History of Boylston 1642-1741"
A Critical Edition of the Papers of George L. Wright
by William O. Dupuis
Volume II in the Boylston Historical Series
Revised edition 1978

CHAPTER 5

THREE LEGISLATIVE GRANTS IN BOYLSTON
George L. Wright

The Rocky Pond Grant

Another and smaller Legislative Grant of land within the present limits of Boylston was made to Thomas Eames of Framingham in 1677. This grant was unlocated, and consisted of 200 acres. The right to this grant on the death of said Thomas Eames, Descended to his son, John Eames, from whom it was purchased and laid out by John Brigham in 1686. The lay-out reads as follows:

Laid out 200 acres of land in the wilderness adjoining to Lancaster line, being their south-westerly bounds at an old Indian field, northerly of a pond commonly called Rocky Pond as it is signified in the plan and is bounded every way by the county land only as it adjoins the Lancaster line. The lines extended by marked trees. Surveyed by John Brigham.

The confirmation and allowance of this grant was made by the General Court June 2, 1715 on the petition of the said John Brigham, then of Sudbury. Thomas Eames,to whom this grant was originally made, was one of the earliest settlers of Framingham. His family was murderously assaulted by the Indians during the King Philip's War, Feb. 1,1675/76. While it is known that the Indians lurked around in this section, it is not known that the settlers upon this grant, or in any section of the present Town of Boylston ever suffered from their hostilities. The settlers, however, maintained garrisons for their defense in time of need, and the sites of the garrisons are still pointed out. The greater portion of the village of Morningdale, and all the present buildings, and land of the Worcester County Sanatorium came within the Malden Grant.

Next Month-
Chapter 6
The First Settlers of Boylston

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Tidbits

June 26 1921- Worcester Telegram
Automobile Driven By Worcester Barber Kills Little Girl at Boylston
As little Barbara Knight, youngest child of Charles S. Knight and Anna [Rice] Knight was going home today from the Center Sunday school, not far from her home, she was struck by an automobile and instantly killed. The chauffeur, who was Norman L. Jackson, a barber at 3 Chandler street, with a residence at Quobaug avenue, Oxford or 604 Main street, Worcester, said he was not going over 12 to 15 miles an hour and that the child ran in from of his auto. He said he blew his horn.
Mrs. Fred W. Bruso, who was standing on her piazza, saw the accident. With Barbara was Eugene Casey, about her age, also homeward bound. The child was struck by the fender of the car and her skull was fractured on the right side.
She was born here on June 23, 1914 and attended the Boylston Consolidated School one year and was to have entered the second grade in September. She was a member of the Boylston Sunday School.
The services are in charge of George Sessions Sons Co., Worcester, and will be Tuesday afternoon at the Boylston church. Pastor Emeritus Rev. George S. Dodge and Pastor George H. Reese will officiate.
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May 26, 1894
The many friends of Mrs. Nellie Whitcomb Bigelow, wife of Dr. William S. Bigelow formerly of Boylston, will be pained to learn of her death, which recently occurred at her home in Phillipsburg, Penn. Mrs. Bigelow was a niece of Mrs. John B. Gough, and until her marriage resided with Mr. and Mrs. Gough at their beautiful "Hillside." She was for some time a successful and popular teacher in the public schools, and was always active in the social, literary and church affairs of the town. She leaves besides her husband, four young children.
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Marriages - 1925
Segersten - Hazard
In Brooklyn, N.Y. Aug 31
Joseph E. Segersten and Miss Alice Maude Hazard, of Boylston by the assistant pastor of Central Congregational Church.
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1900
Died
Lane - In Boylston Center, Jan. 5, Benjamin C. Lane, aged 57 years. Funeral at his late residence, Tuesday, Jan 9 at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend without further notice.

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BHSM News

2004 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!
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ONGOING
"We Were There" exhibit
Exhibit focuses on the World War II military careers of three Boylston soldiers...
Victor Delnore, Fenton Bean, and Florence Swenson Tobiesen Smith.
The exhibit is open during normal open hours.

On our Web Site:
Share your memories of WW II ...whether you were in the service, at home, at school, or college.
Fill in the form and hit submit...it's as easy as that!
http://www.boylstonhistory.org/ww2form.htm

January
"Town Remembrances" - Starting in January 2004--until June 2004
Stories, thoughts, descriptions of places and people, family life or just rambling through the
"old days" - BHSM invites Boylston citizens of all ages to come in and have their "Town
Remembrances" recorded on Audio and /or Video tape. By appointment ONLY - Dates are going quickly so call BHSM NOW to reserve YOUR date.

"Saturday Work Days " January 17 & 24 - 1 - 4 pm
Your chance to HELP behind the scenes at BHSM. We need volunteers to help move,
relocate, and archivally store portions of our collection, and also do some much needed light cleaning. A job for everyone! Many hands will make light work.
Call BHSM NOW to pick your job!
Jobs are:
Jan 17 - Cleaning Crew [ Dusting, vacuum/ sweeping, and glass cleaning]
Work Station Crew [Labelers, wrapping/packing, accession card pullers, and photographers]
Jan 24 - Photographers, labelers, accession card entry, inventory entry, and wrapping/ packing

You will be instructed in how each job is done
Dusting involves dusting artifacts, framed art, and anything else that needs it!
Vacuum/sweeping will be just the floors [ hardwood, stone, carpet]
Glass cleaners will clean framed art and display cases mostly.
Labelers will be putting various types of labels on each artifact that needs one.
Wrapping/packing will be using archival tissue/boxes and other materials to wrap/pack artifacts.
Accession card pullers will take the cards from the file and enter the new locations of the artifact and then refile the card.
Accession card entry involves filling out a card with information about the artifact and giving the artifact an accession number.
Inventory entry involves writing the artifact information and accession number in the inventory book.
Photographers need to bring a 35mm [film will be provided] or digital camera and will be photographing each artifact.
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Visit the gift shop.
We have gift certificates.
Membership makes a great gift too!!
http://www.boylstonhistory.org/gift.htm

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On the Web ...for the month of January

12th - The second Monday in January is National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day
http://www.laurastack.com/articles/Turn%20Your%20Piles%20Into%20Smiles.htm
http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/01/10/p14s3.htm

16th - Newspaperman Harold Pullman Coffin created National Nothing Day in 1973 "to provide Americans with one national day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing, or honoring anything
http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/mss/nc1062.html
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/1001/2001/01/011601.html

19th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day [birthday is January 15th, 1929]
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
http://www.thekingcenter.org/

28th - National School Nurse Day, a day to recognize and honor the work of medical professionals in school settings. The event is held annually on the fourth Wednesday in January.
http://www.nasn.org/
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a39/press/p392003007.htm

24th -1908 the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, a general in the British Army.
http://www.pinetreeweb.com/B-P.htm
http://users.aol.com/randywoo/bsahis/b-p.htm

25th - [1984] Apple's Macintosh computer went on sale. Price tag: $2,495.
http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm
http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/1984.html

26th - [1875] the electric dental drill was patented by George Green of Kalamazoo, Mich.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldental.htm
http://www.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp/~jeffreyb/dental/history.html

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Humor -
Thank You to Carla Thomas - carla@astreetproductions.com

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the
way computers have enhanced our lives,read on. At a recent computer expo,
Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto
industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the
computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000
miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors
issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like
Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following
characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy
a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You
would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the
windows, shut off the car,restart it, and reopen the windows before you
could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause
your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have
to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable,
five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only
five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal
Operation" warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before
deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out
and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle,
turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how
to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the
same manner as the old car.

10.You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine
off.

Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their
computer!

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