George A. Parkhurst Newspaper Columns
1970-03-24 "The Naming of the Streets and of a Pond"
1971-03-10 "Town Meeting 1954-1971"
1971-03-17 "Education in Chelmsford"
1971-08-12 "A bit of 'Common' knowledge"
1980-03-29 "Chelmsford Historical Commissioin"
1980-04-26 "Indians, incorporation, celebration"
1980-05-24 "325 Years then"
1980-06-14 "Profile - Dr. John Call Dalton"
1980-06-28 "Fourth of July in bygone days"
1980-07-12 "Profile, Mark Reed - Chelmsford to Broadway to Hollywood"
1980-08-02 "Chelmsford Library - 186 years young"
1980-08-09 "Are you a history buff?"
1980-08-23 "Diversification personified"
1980-08-39 "Dr. Willard Parker - Pioneer in surgery"
1980-09-27 "Autum - a time for fresh apples and sweet cider"
1980-10-25 "Did Chelmsford really have witches?"
1980-11-29 "Nettie Maria Stevens, Ph.D"
1980-12-06 "When Christmas was illegal"
1980-12-21 "Christmas in Chelmsford half a century ago"
1981-01-03 "The great ice storm of '21"
1981-08-30 "Local residents in visit to Chelmsford, England"
1985-04-18 "Barrett-Byam Museum welcomes striker"
1985-05-30 "Rain not a newcomer to apple Blossom days"
1985-08-07 "All the world is a stage - in Chelmsford"
1985-11-28 "Thanksgiving, 1885; Dancing was the key"
1985-12-05 "Much more pomp and circumstance"
1985-12-12 "Over 100 years old and still in the making"
1985-12-19 "Yesterday's Christmases - more yuletide spirit"
1985-12-26 "Crimes scarce, much publicized"
1986-01-02 "OK history buffs, get out your pencils"
1986-01-09 "One hundred years ago, the iceman did 'cometh'"
1986-01-16 "100 years ago, sleighs made it through drifts"
1986-01-23 "In 1886, hotels made room for everything"
1986-01-30 "A street by any other name spells danger"
1986-02-06 "Our government is not a new one"
1986-02-13 "Early medicine had some modern ideas"
1986-02-27 "Park yourself, and look back to 1886"
1986-03-13 "Garrison House makes room for many visitors"
1986-03-20 "In 1936, still waters ran... and ran, and..."
1986-03-27 "Chelmsford-Lowell bond tightly knit"
1986-04-03 "Match factory lit up South Chelmsford"
1986-04-10 "Yesterday's theaters 'reeled' viewers in"
1986-04-17 "Chelmsford minutemen play active role"
1986-04-24 "Catholicism in Chelmsford"
1986-05-01 "The 'Road to the Summit'- in 1885"
1986-05-08 "Town changes, government stays the same"
1986-05-15 "Robin's Hill Tower has mighty history"
1986-05-22 "Chelmsford's first Memorial Day, 1888"
1986-05-29 "A revolutionary tribute to our veterans"
1986-06-05 "Early Fire Department far cry from today's"
1986-06-12 "'Popping' the lid on early soda business"
1986-06-19 "Pomp, circumstance of graduations past"
1986-06-26 "'Let's begin the merrymaking in June'"
1986-07-03 "Chelmsford, July 4, 1886 Test your history power"
1986-07-03 "'If you knew Susie, like I knew Susie ...'"
1986-07-16 "Marching through town's musical past"
1986-07-17 "Almshouses span many generations"
1986-07-24 "A town, once divided, now united"
1986-07-31 "Water, water everywhere, ecept for fire"
1986-08-14 "The need that prompted Westford"
1986-08-21 "A smoother trip than Route 3 can offer"
1986-09-11 "Chelmsford's gift: Town of Westford"
1986-09-18 "Fore! The tradition of golf in Chelmsford"
1986-09-29 "The 'hard' and the 'soft' of cider"
1986-10-02 "Historic District Commission"
1986-10-09 "The right of autumn in a simpler time"
1986-10-16 "Hearing a need - and fulfilling it"
1986-10-23 "Uncovering a bit of buried history"
1986-10-30 "The ghosts and goblins of yesteryear"
1986-11-06 "Remembering the war to end all wars"
1986-11-13 "When is September not September"
1986-11-20 "Soon after the snow came the sleds"
1986-11-26 "From school dames to house deans"
1986-12-04 "Entertainment wore a different face"
1986-12-11 "Library growing pains are nothing new"
1986-12-18 "When $2 bought a library membership"
1986-12-24 "A definitive Chelmsford landmark"
1987-01-01 "A little granite goes a long way"
1987-01-08 "Making Moore of Chelmsford mills"
1987-01-15 "An unlikely place for prospectimg"
1987-01-22 "Extra - read all about Chelmsford"
1987-01-29 "The uncommon past of our common"
1987-02-05 "The contribution of Wilson Waters"
1987-02-12 "Tracing history with the Hildreths"
1987-02-19 "The Adams famiy started when ..."
1987-02-26 "Traffic problems? What else is new"
1987-03-05 "Celebrating 75 years of Girl Scouts"
1987-03-12 "When bloomers and hay were the rule"
1987-03-19 "What's in a (street) name anyway"
1987-03-26 "Newfield, Crystal - one in the same"
1987-04-02 "A far cry from our 'Chicken Corner'"
1987-04-09 "The annual bloom of local politicians"
1987-04-16 "Farwell Village? No, West Chelmsford"
1987-04-23 "A four-hour Town Meeting? In 1937 ..."
1987-04-30 "Finding the town founding fathers"
1987-05-07 "That so young a man be successful"
1987-05-14 "Linking fife and basketball? Well..."
1987-05-21 "Commemorating our 100th Memorial Day"
1987-05-27 "Whitney Playground results from one wonan's generosity"
1987-05-28 "1901" 'A murder of the most brutal kind'"
1987-06-04 "The South Chelmsford village of 1883"
1987-06-11 "Veteran's Day in June? Well, in 1919 ..."
1987-06-18 "No hot air in this Glidden balloon"
1987-06-18 "View from above - Glidden balloon ride"
1987-06-25 "Westford Academy's Chelmsford ties"
1987-07-02 "Over a century of July 4th celebrations"
1987-07-09 "From Silesia Mills to Southwell Field"
1987-07-16 "And... they're off at Golden Cove Park"
1987-07-23 "What is it that's put Chelmsford on the map?"
1987-07-30 "You can lead a horse to water ..."
1987-08-06 "Chugging through rail-trail history"
1987-08-13 "Beaver Brook flows through our history"
1987-08-20 "Clearing the way for glass production"
1987-08-27 "The 'Venice of America,' so to speak"
1987-09-03 "Remembering inventor Edwin R. Clark"
1987-09-10 "An officer's murder rocked the town"
1987-09-10 "Historian finds fault with accepted Map of Westford in 1730"
1987-10-01 "Cajun predecessors here in Chelmsford"
1987-10-15 "When gypsies colored the local scene"
1987-10-22 "Tracing Emersons through the years"
1987-10-29 "How witchcraft touched Chelmsford"
1987-11-26 "Humble beginnings of a classic game"
1987-12-03 "Paving the way for planning the town"
1987-12-17 "Town's Police Department is almost 60"
1987-12-17 "Not always the 'season'"
1987-12-24 "Christmas now not what it once was"
1987-12-31 "New Year's, 1946: when tragedy struck"
1988-01-07 "Fire destroyed piece of Center history"
1988-01-17 "George Parkhurst - Chelmsford settler"
1988-01-21 "Chelmsford a scientific hotbed? Well..."
1988-02-04 "Town's longest continuous business"
1988-02-18 "Postal cutbacks are not all that new"
1988-02-18 "Susie McFarlin - an outstanding educator"
1988-02-20 "Town's churches have early beginnings"
1988-02-25 "Indeed, a town of 'primary' importance"
1988-03-03 "Indians and artifacts in the Westlands"
1988-03-08 "Hildreth family makes history"
1988-04-10 "Stevens pioneers genetics"
1988-04-14 "If Chelmsford has a historical shrine ..."
1988-04-21 "Tracing the historic Wison Block hotel"
1988-04-24 "Mark Reed - talented Broadway playwright"
1988-05-01 "Charles J. Glidden - pioneer in 3 fields"
1988-05-22 "Byam's 'locofocus' lit convention"
1988-05-26 "In memory of Chelmsford soldiers"
1988-06-30 "Some firsts for the Fourth of July"
1988-07-07 "Longing to return to my little town"
1988-09-22 "Remember the great Hurricane of '38?"
1988-12-03 "Herb rugg - local harness racing legend"
1989-02-26 "First friction matchis made in area"
1989-05-11 "Reviewing the tradition of Arbor Days past"
1989-05-18 "A history of 'Chelmsford's medical building'"
1989-10-26 "Society hears talk on Mark Reed"
1989-11-01 "Historical Society opens fall season" (with talk on Mark Reed)
1990-04-23 "The village blacksmith shop: A relic of the past"
1990-07-19 "One large hotel and a post offece later..."
1990-08-02 "Ginger ale and matches put Chelmsford on the map"
1991-01-03 "Historical perspective on having a heart"
1991-01-03 "Actually, its Heart Pond"
1991-07-29 "Author recalls Chelmsford life as 'Small Town Kid'"
1991-09-19 "Bicentennial previewed with look back at WA"
1991-09-26 "Old-time state aid had northern exposure"
1991-10-10 "Stellar Westford Academy grads leave a bright trail"
1992-10-15 "Recollections of a most uncivil war"
1994-10-27 "First 'town meeting' marker stands unappreciated for lack of ..."
1995-01-26 "Watering troughs: refreshing pauses"
1995-06-08 "Balloon caused local scare 50 years ago"
1995-06-29 "Independence Day '95 marks 100 years ..."
1995-08-17 "Pond was named after its heart shape"
1995-10-26 "The ghost of Halloween past"
1995-11-09 "A square by any other name"
1995-11-23 "If not for a glacier, Stedman Street might have been riverfront ..."
1995-11-30 "Chelmsford honored its WWI veterans ... local medal"
1995-12-14 "Cows were a familiar sight on the street ... Wilson's dairy farm"
1996-01-04 "Have winters become milder, or do modern conveniences just ..."
1996-02-22 "Town Hall - hosting community events"
1996-03-06 "'Shedding light' on Chelmsford's V.I.A."
1996-03-14 "Central Square traffic problems date back more than 100 years"
1996-04-18 "The great flood of 1936 still stirs memories of its devastation"
1996-04-25 "First town cleanup held 100 years ago"
1996-05-02 "Memorial Days of old attracted hundreds of residents to parade ..."
1996-06-20 "Cannon explosion caused Independence Day tragedy in 1889"
1996-07-11 "Restored banners will preserve history"
19xx-xx-xx "Emotions mixed on Ginger Ale razing"
19xx-xx-xx "Looking at final resting places ..."
19xx-xx-xx "Spalding roots trace to pre-Mayflower days"
19xx-xx-xx "Playwright finds fame and notoriety on Broadway"
19xx-xx-xx "Jessica Tandy appeared in play by CHS graduate"

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