150th Anniversary
New Ipswich Historical Society
August 26, 1900
The Celebration began with a church service at the New Ipswich Congregational Church. Note: This church was burned after a lightning strike.
Interior Shot
Decorations for the Anniversary
The corner store and Clark Hotel were draped in bunting for the 150th Anniversary
On this day - June 30, 1908
James Roger diary entry
30th (Tuesday)
Fair and warm. Wind W. to NW. David, H. Royce and C. Whittemore cut the grass in orchard in forenoon and went to Country Club in afternoon to cut the grass under apple trees and round the house as Ladies Club meets there tomorrow. I turned the grass in afternoon also put manure in garden for to plant some more Cabbage. I sent papers to Roslin last night. Dell Hudson cut grass behind the Preston house today.
On this day - June 30, 1897
William Jurian Kaula diary - no entry
Graveyard Tales
Notes from Kim Black
Center Cemetery
A bowed/warped marble stone. Per a member of the NH Old Graveyard Association, this is the explanation for stone changing shape.
"Thermal hysteresis occurs when the outside face (exposed face) of a stone panel is repeatedly heated and cooled at a dramatically different rate than the inside face.. When the calcite granules present in the marble expand, a bond is broken in the calcite binder - a bond that cannot be mended when the thermal cycle is completed. The result is a volumetric misconfiguration of the stone panel. The stone panel surface expands, but it does not fully contract after the warming cycle and the panel bows."
Porter Hill Cemetery
Kim writes - “first time ever seeing a price tag ($9.70) and potential serial # (76) on a gravestone. This stone is dated 1806”
