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00-born in 1891 30-moved to Chelmsford, May 1, 1893 37-Chelmsford was a good farming community at that time 47-father had a fruit and berry farm, with chickens and cows 56-drank raw milk 60-Paul Dutton came out from S.W. Parkhurst's Store once a week to take grocery order. He would deliver requested products that afternoon 65-took extra eggs from farm to sell 72-kerosene lamps 73-no phones 76-"berry pickers" 78-were paid two cents a box (quart boxes) 80-raspberries were put in pint boxes for 1.5 cents each 84-all day picking 92-temporary shack in berry patch for crating 100-berries were delivered on a Democrat wagon. It had two seats one of which could be removed for loading purposes 106-Goddard Buggy had one seat and a top. This was the "Go to Meeting Buggy" 111-the big blue wagon, larger than the others, was kept in the barn cellar l used for heavy loads 115-garden surplus was taken to Lowell to be sold 121-pickers had to be summoned by a person on horseback there were no phones, televisions or autimobiles 128-"everything was primitive" 131-sometimes pickers would come without lunch so mother would cook beans and bread to keep them from leaving. Once they left it was hard to get them back 141-Mr. Stanley was a clock fixer who visited occasionally 153-home made cottage cheese 159-hasty pudding, corn meal mush 172-walked to school and home to lunch 177-school on North Road 181-all the girls wore black cotton stockings and high laced shoes, long undies in winter and fleece lined leggings 189-there was a one horse snowplow for the sidewalks 192-all grades from one through high school were in the Center School 196-it was the same in North which was a much larger town with mills 198-the Center was mostly residential 201-a "roller" was used to flatten the ruts when the roads were muddy 206-gas lights, a man in a high seated wagon with a horse lit each light individually 218-school day was 9-12 and 1-3:30 224-high school was in the front two rooms of the building 228-there were nine grades and four years of high school 233-Miss Chase taught English, Miss Potter taught French 241-Susy McFarlin was "exceptional" 248-Herbie was a hired man who drove Miss McFarlin to and from school every day 257-"she knew a great deal for those days" 259-she maintained good discipline 267-Mr. Kendall was Superintendent of Schools 273-Miss MoFarlin had her own ideas about punishment 279-school mischief 291-spelling bees, two captains who chose sides 301-music teacher Marion Adams, taught once a week 306-outlying schools, North and South Row 308-Hazel Knowlton, graduate of Lowell Normal School received approximately $320.00 for the year; she always walked to school 314-Mrs. Stewart attended Massachusetts Normal Art School then worked in Chelmsford. Hired a wagon to drive to the schools 320-to get to North Chelmsford had to take a trolley to Lowell and then one to North. "It was the only way to get there" 330-Mrs. Stewart taught art 332-Bertha Bartlett 333-Susy McFarlin encouraged Jesse to attend art school 343-Mass. Art School was at the corner of Newbury and Exeter Streest 348-Elizabeth Warren also from Chelmsford went to Mass. Normal Art 350-working her way through school Jesse was a social worker at the North Bennet Street School evenings, this provided room and board 354-supervised recreation in the "all Italian" district, checked on truants 359-worked throughout the North End 363-winter recreation, often snowed in 367-Arthur Dutton's cows 372-snowshoed to Dutton farm for milk 376-sliding on streets 379-Bartlett Hill, slid from top of hill to middle of town on a double runner 383-sometimes they slid as far as Parkhurst's Store (Site of the bookstore today) 385-six people could ride on a double runner at a time flexible flyers were another type sled 388-no automobiles but sledders had to be careful of horses 390-good sledding from Robin's hill onto High Street 395-Mill Pond 403-ran off into Beaver Brook 407-favorite skating place, there were several benches around played "snap the Whip" 412-remembers activities and fun that "didn't require anything but your companions" 415-at school played on old pipe on the steps 423-played on the Common, opposite the High School 426-There was an Elm tree with a metal seat around it 430-the Chelmsford Band played on the Bandstand on the Common 434-Congregational Church 440-amateur plays, Children's Sunday 447-after rehearsals a group rode the trolley into Lowell for a nickel 448-went to the Chinese Restaurant, bought a big plate of chop suey for twenty five cents 452-this was around 1910 457-home built in 1921(52 High Street) 460-it was important to pick berries as soon as they were ripe 469-spent summer at Grandma Davidson's in Stowe 472-drove hay rake 476-drove horse for hayfork operatopn 483-"people used to be quite self sufficient" 484-Billy Clinton stopped once a week with his fish wagon the cat always met the wagon 495-Ice man, chest was in the laundry, it held two one hundred pound cakes of ice 504-Gage Ice Houses on Baptist Pond (Here Mrs. Stawart refers to Marion Gage, but the Ice Company owner was Martina Gage) 507-men out the ice on the pond, assisted by big horses 515-ice was packed with hay and straw 518-Clarence Nicklaus (spelling?) was the ice delivery man, he lived in the center 520-train ran competition with the trolley trolley ran every half hour, there were two trains daily from Concord Junction to Lowell 526-some Chelmsford residents who worked in Lowell near the station took the train to work 534-Graduated from Normal School 1914, diploma 537-tuition was five dollars a semester,there were two semestars in one year 546-immediately employed in Chelmsford schools, stayed there four years 547-married in 1918 549-moved to Michigan for three years, then to Pennsylvania for a year 552-returned to Chelmsford 554-husband worked for Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Company after their return to Massachusetts he was a safety engineer 558-inspected company plants for safety 560-lived in copper country in Michigan 562-while traveling husband had worked for Atlas Powder Co. 564-Sanitary Civil Engineer 569-while in Michigan, tented on the shore of Lake Superior 574-learned to ski 598-back in Chelmsford in the early twenties 602-Chelmsford has changed tremendously over the years "it's not such a nice place anymore, it's too big" at that time people knew everyone in town 610-town politics "least of my problems" 615-Town Meetings were "red hot" there were always a few who monopolized 619-John Eaton for example 623-meetings didn't last as long as today 630-selectmen were always important men 640-E.T. Adams Grocery ran competition with S.W. Parkhurst story of sugar shortage 644-Chelmsford Bottling Works owned by C.G. Armstrong, used spring water pumped from Robbins Hill during the sugar shortage Armstrong had an abundance and Adams had none 653-Armstrong gave Adams a barrel so he could sell sugar to his customers 655-every home had a barrel of sugar, a barrel of pastry flour and a barrel of all purpose flour 659-Welcome Soap, a yellow soap kept in the attic 663-barrel of russet cider in the cellar 666-butter came in five pound wooden boxes 670-molasses could be purchased in gallon stone jugs from S.W. Parkhurst 677-North Chelmsford was quite different, mills owned strings of houses 681-there were woolen mills, the wool came in on the train 684-"Mill workers we felt, were different from we people who were farmers. Maybe their aesthetic values were a little different. I suppose it was the idea of everyone going to work with a lunch pail, working early, late and regular hours while we were footloose and fancy free in a certain sense." 695-East and West Chelmsford were small 698-there were always mills in the North SIDE TWO 29-memories must be passed on somehow 44-reference to High School Time Capsule project 54-didn't go to Lowell much 62-clothes were bought in Lowell, this was usually the only reason for going there 98-life was very primitive, horse & buggys and bikes 103-the house was heated by a steam boiler 105-coal deliveries were made to the Center Railroad station 118-first telephone in town was at Knowlton's, everyone was on the same line "very primitive" 131-Town Farm, Poor Farm, "don't know too much about it" 145-in place of Rest Home 146-most families cared for their own elderly 155-opening of Pine Ridge Cemetery 169-two hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of Chelmsford 172-Memorial Day Parades, school children 182-lemonade on the Common 200-Campfire girls 205-Scoboria family was active 214-two hundred and fiftieth Anniversary 221-Free Band Concerts, Tom Parkhurst played the Cornet End of interview |
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