Bicentennial Dignitaries
New Ipswich Historical Society
August 26, 1950
Parade reviewing stand at the Apostolic Lutheran Church on Main Street.
Senator Charles Tobey on parade reviewing stand
New Hampshire Governor Sherman Adams at parade reviewing stand
William Jurian Kaula diary
Catching up with November entries
10 Nov 1897
Our studio is fast becoming more presentable. We hunted up some boards and made a book-case and shelves. It was not a skillful piece of work as we cannot handle tools. The shelves came in the corner where a beam projected a few inches and each board had to be cut and fit after a fashion. The ladder to the balcony must be repaired again as it is very unsafe. The amount of noise that we make in sawing, hammering and pounding must disturb the occupants of the other studioes [sic] as we heard poundings on the walls and under our floor that gives evidence of their displeasure. The interior of most French buildings are not a substantial in construction as the exterior and where plaster can be used instead of wood it is used. So the walls are but three inches or so in thickness of solid plaster between the studioes [sic].
11 Nov 1897
I will not get to work in the school until next week and shall spend the rest of the week in shopping and arranging our abode - I went across the city over the river last evening with Miss Lufkin and Miss Shuttleworth to visit an Englishman named Corey. Corey is a little man and a real nice fellow "you know" and his idea of entertaining us was to give us as much chartreuse and tea as we could stand. Mr. Corey is in the coal business - an English firm which ships that product to all the British Colonies. Cartwright and I were invited to dine at Miss Lufkin's studio this evening. We had a dinner such as would make most of the art students in Paris just green with envy.
On this day - December 7, 1908
James Roger diary entry
7th (Monday)
Principal Lewis called in afternoon. Rain wind N.E. to S.W. growing warmer clearing in afternoon. Threatening frost and slippery roads. David working at Lonie’s paint shop. I chored around filling boiler and making runs. Snow melting.
The Baptist Church on Main Street was the Apostolic Lutheran Church when I was a child in New Ipswich. I loved the interior, so simple but so beautiful.
For historical purposes, here is Martin Seppala's account of how the Baptist Church in town became the (Finnish) Apostolic Lutheran Church in 1936 from the October 2013 Christian Monthly: "The Baptist congregation had dwindled to three elderly women, and indeed, they were willing to sell their building, especially when they heard the buyers were believers in Jesus, too. Mom loved the clock in the steeple tower, and with a basement, a larger sanctuary and a roomy balcony upstairs, the Baptist church building had plenty of room for more children!" The next week the decision was made to purchase the Baptist church, and four Apostolic Lutheran men trouped off to pay three Baptist ladies for their church. They greeted the Finns politely and with grace. After the polite small talk, our representatives handed over the agreed upon price of $200, but the Baptists suddenly smiled and shook their heads. "I'm sorry, but $200 is quite difficult to divide between the three of us. Could you please just give us $50 each, to make it easier for us?" Our thrifty Finns happily agreed."