NIHS Newsletter - Week 25, 2025

Welcome to Summer

It is summer in New Ipswich, NH, A good time to enjoy the outdoors.

Boating (Canoeing)

Balch Pond - Oliver & Mattie Brooks, Albert & Abbie Howe, Dan & Clara Stetson, William & Bell Cortbett. Taken on Balch Pond in New Ipswich, NH.

Rowing the Watatic on a pond with Caroline Lowe (right).

Canoeing at Bank Village

Swimming

Swimming at the dam (Smithville?). Caroline Lowe on right

Bank Village Beach 1900. Country Club in background. C, Ralph Taylor second from left. Phillip Taylor center front. Picture taken by Myron Taylor given to the New Ipswich Historical Society by Sylvania T. Durfee in 1980.

Sports

Appleton dormitory visible in background

Appleton Baseball Club

Smithville Baseball Team only identified players are Charles Knowlton & Charles Wheeler

New Ipswich Giants. Carl Toko is wearing a jacket to keep his pitching arm ready for throwing a fast ball

New Ipswich and Brookline baseball teams - Photo posted by Matthew Kangas on Facebook

Baseball at Memorial Field in 2015

James Roger Diaries Entries - 1908

15^th June 1908 (Monday)

Cloudy and warm. But no rain I trimmed lots in forenoon and Jim and me put in a row of peas and cleaned up garden. David finished at Club House today. He took Hamish to Greenville in morning.

16^th June 1908 (Tuesday)

Rain commenced about 40 am and stopped in forenoon making everything look fresh and clean from dust. David went to Club House and finished the painting &c. Daniel and him went an auction in Rindge. David bought 3 pictures and a fretwork book case besides some small articles. I cleaned brooders and put up some perches for chickens. Got PC from Hamish all well. The children are enjoying themselves running around.

17^th June 1908 (Wednesday)

Fine day cool N.W. wind. David and I cultivated potatoes in incubator field. He also harrowed J.B. Davis field and carted out manure to Davis field and incubator field on turnip ground. I finished Corbin lot and raked other lots.

18^th June 1908 (Thursday)

Warm sunny day west to SW. David finished ploughing Davis field and harrowed it and incubator field. I hoed the fodder corn and staked the tomatoes. Mr. Barber & family here on visit at Buckman’s. Sewing Circle today. Jessie telephoned today.

19^th June 1908 (Friday)

Very warm day wind SW. David and Walter Hardy ploughing stones of J Davis field and took Jim to Greenville in route to Ayer and Oakdale. I cleaned the stones on “Corbin” lot and scrubbed the stone on Brooks lot. Also picked fowl for Mrs. Hopkins at Mrs. Huckins. Academy closed today for summer.

20^th June 1908 (Saturday)

Warm day wind west. David, Mother, May and Bairns went to Club House this morning and cleaned up. Mr. Ripley of Newton Center called about fixing the “Davis” lot in cemetery. David went to Lonie’s in afternoon. I went to mail in afternoon.

21^st June 1908 (Sunday)

Longest day and warm wind NW. David went to Lonie’s in morning. Also brought home ladders from Club House and went for Berkley in afternoon. Mr. Peacock preached text “ By what authority &v” S.S. after present 8. I led class. C.E. F. Whittemore leader. Topic getting a place &c. 12 present. Mr. Peacock spoke about being ordained to Mr. Wheeler and I.

22^nd June 1908 (Monday)

Warm and dusty, Wind varying NE to NW. David took Berkley, May and the Bairns to Depot brought some Hungarian seed. Then went to Lonie’s. I cut the Davis lot in morning. Fred Preston arrived today and the usual hilarious and silly demonstrations of the Gordons. I bug deathbed the potatoes today and went to assembly at the Academy in the evening. Got letter from Jim at Long Island.