Bicentennial Parade 4-H Boys Club

New Ipswich Historical Society

Dec 13, 2022

New Ipswich Bicentennial Parade - 4-H Boys Club. Driver Harold Suomala, Flag Bearer Patrick Matti, Baseball - Clifford Kivela, Heifer - Richard Putnam, Garden - Paul Ferguson, Poultry - Harry Nelson.

On these days - November 25 & 26, 1897

William Jurian Kaula diary

Two November entries for today, catching up. No entries for 22nd, 23rd and 24th.

25 & 26 Nov 1897

All the Americans that dine at Creuset's restaurant met a few days ago to decide upon our Thanksgiven [sic] dinner. Cartwright and I had expected to attend the dinner at the American Club but decided to go in with the boys. Monsieur Creuset was delighted with his commision and we ordered him to prepare two twelve-pound turkeys and reserve the whole restaurant for us for that night. Monsieur Creuset was also to produce some sweet potatoes which are comparatively unknown in Paris and we also wanted a lot of cranberries but he did not know what they were. The cranberry department was left to my care and Miss Lufkin purchased some for me at a store that keeps supplies for the American residents of the quarter. As I did not know how to cook them I readily accepted the opportunity to learn in Miss L's kitchen. I calculated on four quarts being sufficient for the fourteen men. They cost thirty-two cents a quart in Paris. Whenever I want advice in the art of housekeeping I rush over to 10 Rue Boissonade for directions. Stirring and cooking cranberries with a spoon was not such a difficult matter after all. Creuset had joined several of his small marble tables together and there was just room for the fourteen men. There was only one stranger - a writer named Cox, a long haired chap that poses for a poet and came as a friend of Bernard the other "poet" that I have mentioned before. Two of the deaf-and-dumb fellows were present and they sat opposite me and I could do but little to entertain them by my sign language. As the chief business of the evening consisted of mainly in eating they did not mind my silence. The other men Cartwright, Glover, Pitzonni, Delmué, Martinez, Kronberg, Wallace, Allingham, Rogers, and myself. It was not strictly an American crowd as there was a mixture of English, Chinese, Dutch, Swiss, Italian, and Mexican blood. All but two are from America though they were born elsewhere. I never saw the boys enjoy a meal more or make such hogs of themselves. Nothing remained, absolutely nothing but a few bones of the turkeys which were broken up and cast about. Glover had brought a roulette wheel with which to decide who should have the choice selections of the birds but there was so much that nobody wanted for any particular piece. One fellow filled two plates six inches high with turkey before he started and with all the rest of the mixture that followed I do not wonder that we had to establish a hospital service later in the night - or rather early the next morning. Creuset had provided a better wine than usual and the consumption was large. After dinner we spent Creuset's champagne of which he donated three bottles. That was not half enough for such appetites and so many more were produced. Then Cartwright was detailed to make a punch. I am unwilling to mention what the ingredients of that punch were as my memory will not fail me ever. About this time the little restaurant was a noisy place full of tobacco smoke. One after another the boys gave selections of song and wit that kept the place in a state of uproar. No one could equal Redmond the mute in furnishing amusement and entertainment for the crowd. He gave many pantomimes that were splendid and so well acted that it was unnecessary for explanations beyond the mere title of the burlesque. Redmond is a very clever fellow and the amount of observation these mutes possess is indeed remarkable as he burlesqued all types and nations with so much truth, caricature, and humor that we encouraged him to give his entire repertoire. At about half-past twelve the crowd broke up and most of them headed for the Café D'Harcourt on the "Boul Mich." The café was crowded as it is every night after midnight with students and women having a jolly time. There was not much going on to _______ the boys and as most of them had imbibed of too much punch and other drinks earlier in the evening, several of them were in danger of being sick. Everybody was indoors soon. Cartwright delivered a lecture to me from the balcony of our studio while I was in bed. I did not care about the condition of international troubles or the state of civilization in America as compared with the condition in France and blew out the lights.

On this day - December 12, 1908

James Roger diary entry

13th (Sunday)

Cloudy with snow flurries in afternoon. Lit both furnaces in Church today. Mr. Peacock preached from Timothy, “Husbands and Wives” S.S. after C.E. Topic “Books” I led. 10 present. Wrote to Hamish, Alice & May.

Who was Hamish?