Nice write-up on Mildred. I enjoy these little mental escapes into New Ipswich's past. It's either because I'm old, or I now have time to spare, or both. I'm always amazed to learn how talented & interesting some NI residents were. I took them for granted and never knew their. I worked with WWI and WWII veterans for example and never knew their past. One of the them I knew only as Mack. Never knew his last. He was the night watchman at Tricnit. There are many NI residents that I came into contact with as a young man and never asked them about their past. What a missed opportunity!
So now I enjoy reading these NI Historical Society bio briefs of people that were part of my daily life in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
Ethel's cat reminds me of a cat I rescued in 1973. It was a 22 lb white male shorthair that had been donated to Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons for research. The name on the cage in the animal room was Skeeker. It had been an apartment cat. It became a NJ housecat and companion for my 2 children. I discovered it in the animal room because I had rabbits in that room that were part of my MG research, I never used cats in research.
Nice write-up on Mildred. I enjoy these little mental escapes into New Ipswich's past. It's either because I'm old, or I now have time to spare, or both. I'm always amazed to learn how talented & interesting some NI residents were. I took them for granted and never knew their. I worked with WWI and WWII veterans for example and never knew their past. One of the them I knew only as Mack. Never knew his last. He was the night watchman at Tricnit. There are many NI residents that I came into contact with as a young man and never asked them about their past. What a missed opportunity!
So now I enjoy reading these NI Historical Society bio briefs of people that were part of my daily life in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
Ethel's cat reminds me of a cat I rescued in 1973. It was a 22 lb white male shorthair that had been donated to Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons for research. The name on the cage in the animal room was Skeeker. It had been an apartment cat. It became a NJ housecat and companion for my 2 children. I discovered it in the animal room because I had rabbits in that room that were part of my MG research, I never used cats in research.