William Davis Obituary
Had an "educated" trick dog
1930
William Davis, a former resident, who has made his home in Santa Cruz, Calif., for several years, died of meningitis in a hospital there. He lived for years in Davis Village, New Ipswich, with his wife and they used to travel, giving theatrical shows through the country. They had an 'educated" trick dog. Mrs. Davis died in California and Mr. Davis afterwards married a resident of California, who is now dead. He owned a house in Davis Village, and it was bought by the grandson, Foster Stearns.
New Ipswich WW2 Veterans
Memorial Day will be observed in New Ipswich on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
James Roger diary entry
3rd May 1913
Fair and warm wind northerly. David painting at Gordons’; finished there today. Mother had fairly good night and fairly good day. Got letter from Hamish. Mr. Hughes called for 2 1/2 doz. eggs for setting.
Saturday – Native History in New Hampshire
Presenter: Robert Goodby
Saturday, May 4, 2024
1:30 PM - New Ipswich Library
Abenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, and a strategy of self-preservation that required many Abenaki to go “underground,” concealing their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution. Robert Goodby reveals archaeological evidence that shows their deep presence here, inches below the earth’s surface.
About the Presenter
Robert Goodby is a professor of Anthropology at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brown University and has spent more than thirty years studying Native American archaeological sites in New England. He is a past president of the New Hampshire Archeological Society, a former Trustee of the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner, and served on the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. In 2010, he directed the excavations of four 12,000-year-old Paleoindian dwellings at the Tenant Swamp site in Keene, and his book A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History, was published in 2021 by Peter E. Randall Publisher.
One day as a young teenager I was walking to work as a lady’s companion to Mrs. Norris, who summered in an old house near the Congregational Church. On the way, I encountered the Big Bad Wolf, Atso Lehtola, also on foot along the dirt road and drunk as the proverbial skunk. I wasn’t too afraid as he was so hammered I knew I could outrun him; but I was carrying an orange for a snack and he fixated on that orange. He wanted it but couldn’t seem to remember the name of the fruit, and started talking about it like it was an imaginary friend, so I booked it out of there.
In the summer of 1959, I worked as Atso's helper in building Mack's Snack Bar at the top of Highbridge Hill. Actually, I was hired by Mack to first clear the site of trees and then became Atso's helper.