Farmer With Scythe
New Ipswich Historical Society
Isn’t this a great photo? Hopefully at some point we can identify who this is and where it was taken.
News Clippings
New Ipswich Items
A son, Christopher David, was born recently to Elizabeth Larrabee Chase in Ayer. Mrs. Chase is the niece of David Roger and her father and mother each lived in New Ipswich.
There are quite a few cases of grippe in town.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Boucher of Waltham have been stopping at their Bank Village home and over the week-end had as guests Mr. and Mrs. Emile Mettetal of Brookline, Mass., and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Simmons of Waltham. They enjoyed fishing through the ice while here. Mr. Boucher was three days in Canada on business last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Chase of Waltham opened their Bank Village home over the week-end. Their place was formerly the home of Mrs. Lee Lockwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gibbs entertained at their Davis Village home Wednesday night the "Meet and Mingle" Youth Extension club.
The S. B. C. held an all-day meeting in the church vestry January 9. A covered dish dinner was followed by the afternoon program, consisting of a hooked rug exhibit and talk. Hostesses at tea were Mrs. Mary Farrar and Mrs. Mary Marshall. Next meeting will be held in the church vestry January 23.
E. Norris Hall of Nashua installed the 1941 officers of Watatic Grange Thursday evening, January 9. They are: Master, Mary E. Knowlton; overseer, Merrill Smith; lecturer, Carrie L. Wheeler; steward, George Putnam; assistant steward, Agnes B. Toko; chaplain, Rev. Edward Clapp; treasurer, Edward R. Wheeler; secretary, Mary L. Balch; gate keeper, Frank Ober; Ceres, Clarinda F. Hardy; Pomona, Mary Fairfield; Flora, Florence E. Anttila; lady assistant steward, Bessie Katsiaficas; chorister, Mabel W. Livingston; executive committee, Ida Wheeler, three years, and Otto Weisman, two years. A supper was served at this meeting.
Tax Collector Fred A. Cushing has posted notices requesting all persons owing the town for taxes to make payment with interest, on or before January 30, 1941, as the same are subject to be advertised for sale without further notice; also that all taxes remaining unpaid January 31, 1941, will be published in the annual town report.
A bad chimney fire occurred at the home of Lauri G. Saini on Main street Monday night, with be- low zero weather and the wind blowing a gale.
There were 93 licenses issued in town during 1940, the fish and game agent reports.
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If you're like me, you didn't know that grippe is an old term for influenza until I googled it.
The store was in Highbridge. When not in the store my father was a loom fixer for the mill there. My mother who was a looper had a looping machine in the house set up by Tricnit Hosiery. A bell attached to the door of the store would alert her to a customer in the store. She had 4 kids at the time.