Building the Lodge (part 2)
New Ipswich Historical Society
Marion Davis Audio-Tape Transcriptions
Sometime before her death in 1986, Marion Davis recorded her memories at the encouragement of her brother, Walter Buck. The recordings were transcribed by a secretary.
The Friends of Wapack have made these available to the Historical Society. Marion was born on February 8, 1894 in Fitchburg, MA.
Cutting Timber
With 2 horses and a tipcart from the farm we cleaned out the cellar--2 tipcarts full of dirt and debris we took out of that old cellar--the old Brown place. Then we went to work, layed the sills and so forth, got a framework up for a house. We didn't board the first floor at all; just got the framework up for a bungalow. That was 30' wide by 40' long. I forgot to say before that the year before we had had Emil Koski, who lived down below us, and relay stonework in that cellar--on the south side. There was a big flat stone that had apparently been the doorstep had slid in. He had to break it up and lay it into the wall. Then there was a big centerpiece in the middle of that cellar that was filled with stone and had been built up. All the old houses had that for a foundation for a fireplaces. Apparently there had been a fireplace on one section of that. Anyway, we moved some of the flat stone across onto the north side of the wall for a foundation for a fireplace which we planned to have there. The east side of the wall was in pretty good shape and had some granite strips along the top edge. The west side had fallen in some; that had to be relocated. We went ahead and got the bungalow up.
Photo Archives
Lodge foundation June 1, 2013
James Roger diary entry - Pullets 13
3rdJanuary 1913
Rainy forenoon, windy afternoon, wind variable from NE to SE to S. David choring round; went to help Lonie Willard in forenoon and for the Mail. Got p.c. from Walter Hardy from New York. Service in Church this afternoon preparatory to the Communion; only 4 present: Mr. Lord, Mr. Travis, Arthur Wheeler, and myself. Men’s Club meeting in the vestry tonight, Mr. Loveland of Ashby to speak on how to light New Ipswich by electricity. Mother not feeling very well today. I am a good deal better. Mr. Lord and the three present had a talk about the date for the Roll Call (not fixed), also about the raising of Mission funds during the year, and about Jay Philips’ application for his lines of membership. Mr. Loveland of Ashby spoke on good roads, good fellowship, and the desirability of lighting our village by electricity with draft of probable cost. Closed at 11 p.m. Pullets13.
A day without the pullet count is like a day without sunshine.
I found that on Sept 4, 1946, Marion married Frank Robbins and on Dec 1, 1947, she married Lawrence Davis. I also found that Frank had a serious heart attack in 1936. I think Frank was born in 1880 and thus would have been 67 in 1947. I think he died in 1947.