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11-born in Somerville, husband born in Lowell 13-came to Chelmsford in 1929, "right in the middle of the Depression" 17-wanted to get into the country, Belmont was growing fast and taxes were getting higher 24-population in Chelmsford when they moved was 5,000 26-grew to 8,000 by 1945, one serviceman for every eight people in Chelmsford 33-school children walked down Pine Hill Road to Rte. 110 for school bus; 42 children were transported to South Chelmsford; there students from South boarded the bus heading for McFarlin 45-there was only one bus 49-Pine Hill road was only a little narrow street it has since been widened three times 62-"Chelmsford grew awfully fast", from 1845 to 1975 the population increased by almost 30,000 66-Chelmaford was an attractive "nice town" 71-post WWII industry 77-"Chelmsford is the nicest town north of Boston" 81-effect of Depression on Chelmsford 84-entire county and world was hit, ordinary working people didn't lose so much as the wealthy people that did have money "And they weren't used to being ordinary, it was much harder for them" we sailed right through it in someway or another 95-the children were interested in 4-H, kept chickens 100-husband had no work when they first moved to Chelmsford; for five years the family did not have a pay envelope, "We came from a big house and we sold wedding presents, silver, insurance policies 108-his folks helped out some,"and we learned to be farmers" 110-"I love the outdoors,my husband was always a city man, but the boys loved it 114-they had a big garden, "We raised vegetables,we canned, we learned how" 127-Town Politics, very interesting when it was new 134-Town Meetings used to be on Saturday, "I remember taking my young son, going down there and fighting all day, everybody would bring their lunch 139-"It was like a picnic to me, from out of town. But it wasn't to the folks who lived here all their lives. It was really a serious matter" 143-there were the same issues that come up today,only on a bigger scale 150-traveled cross country, felt it was much better than a college education, values worth of a "trip through your own country 167-children associated with North people in school 186-after moving to Chelmsford, contacted Massachusetts Agricultural Bureau for information "we weren't farmers" 188-at the time the rest of the neighborhood was setting hens the McHugh's were the first to start an egg business 193-when the old ice houses in South Chelmsford were torn down, McHughs got the lumber to build a hen house 206-the schools were wonderful, "We always had Grade A schools 230-Chelmsford has changed so fast, you'd really have to take notes to keep up with it 233-street conditions, they were paved but very narrow 245-there were terrible snow storms, "We would be landlocked for days 251-during the Depression the WPA widened the street 256-historic Dutton House, corner of Pine Hill, near highway built during the 1700's, now owned by the Parlee Family. It is probably the oldest house in town 275-Fire Dept., back of Town Hall 209-Social life was connected with the school for the most part 292-the whole town turned out for occasions 296-the High School and Churches were really social centers 298-activities such as plays l band concerts, students night with dancing after 313-new arrivals in Chelmsford were young college people, starting out with small families 317-lakes, all people in town could go to any lake but as the town grew, neighborhood restrictions were imposed 339-outsiders used to leave too much litter behind End of interview |
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