Parkhurst Scrapbooks

Volume 1: 1902-1948

1946/06/13

 Aerial photo of Boxford village center


1914

Y.W.C.A.

Clark, Lella A.

 

1919

Y.W.C.A.

Banks, Jane C.

 

No date

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Attends “Y” banquet


1912

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Membership drive/car race cross country


1941/12/22

Deaths/Funerals

Averill, Elvira T.; Averill, George L.

Elvira T./deceased; maiden name Towne


1945/09

Deaths/Funerals

McLean, C. Garfield; McLean, Elsa (Parkhurst)

C. Garfield/deceased


1948

Boxford Historical Society

Price, Rosamond (Ingalls); Herrick, Mary A.; Chadwick, George; Parkhurst, John W.; Haynes, Winthrop P.; Manny, Annette (Sawyer); Manny, Frank A.; Nason, Ruby; Colby, E. Laurence; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Norris, C. Maude; Lord, Milton E.; Perley, Raymond; Cole, Harry L.; Trask, Harry E.; Chadwick, Mrs. J. Warren; Anderson, Mrs. Donald; Haynes, Anna (Morse); Ingalls, Walter, R.; Lane, Margaret; Nason, Beulah; Perley, Esther K.

Officers elected


1902/10/30

First Congregational Church

Snell, Laird W.

Program for installation of Rev. Snell


No Date

Awards/Honors/Testimonials

Chadwick, Sophronia (Day)

Award certificate


1888/06/05

Marriages/Weddings

Parkhurst, John W.; Chadwick, Gertrude F.; Parke, C. E.; Chadwick, George W.

John W./groom; Gertrude F./bride


No Date

Poetry

Palmer, Alice (Freeman)

 

No Date

Photo of unidentified man and woman


No Date

Parkhurst, John W.

Remembers his school number was 316


1907

Georgetown

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Perley, Raymond; Greenler, William J.

High school seniors perform musical and dramatic pieces


1945/07/21

Births

Nason, James H.; Nason, Henry W.; Nason, Ruth (Covell); Nason, Clinton B.; Blanche G. (Whitman)

James H./baby


1907

Georgetown; Graduations (High School)

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Perley, Raymond; Greenler, William J.

Graduation program


1945

Boxford Village Garden Club

 Long list of winners


1945

Real Estate

Symonds, Mary A. (Perley); Chaplin, Charles H.; Phillips, Arthur P.; Phillips, Frances L. (Sagan)

Transfers of land from Symonds to Chaplin and Phillips


No date

First Congregational Church

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Ladies Missionary Society/lunch/auction


1948/03/23

Boxford Community Store

 Installation of first soda fountain


No date

Georgetown

 Photo of Perley High School


1911

Y.W.C.A.

 Camp in New York/photos/brochure


1945/09/01

World War II

 Japan surrenders


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Sinclair, Edward O.

North Attleboro; related to the Wymans and Mrs. Harry Chapman


No date

Poetry

Sawyer, Mary

 

1945/04/23

Births

Phillips, Frances L. (Sagan); Phillips, Arthur P.; Luscomb, Katharine (Perley)

Katherine/baby


1945

Engagements

French, Bessie M.; Carr, Russell S.

 

1942

Deaths/Funerals

Chandler, John N.

 

No date

Deaths/Funerals

Day, Mary L.

New Hampshire


1928

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Resigns from Nashua office


1928

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Resigns from Nashua office


1928

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Resigns from Nashua office


1928

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Resigns from Nashua office


1924/02

Parkhust, Winnifrid C.

Trip to Quebec


06/05

Rea, Jeanette

Photo only; related to Perleys


1944/01/28

Deaths/Funerals

Cutter, Roland N.

West Roxbury


1890/01/31

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, Louisa M.; Parkhurst, Frank L.; Parkhurst, Lucy E.

Louisa M./deceased at age 5 years


1945/01

Farmers/Farming

Killam, Chester

Age 82 and still farming 400-acre farm


1944/02/21

Deaths/Funerals

Perley, Abbie N. (Chaplin); Perley, Henry

Abbie N./deceased


1926/07

Tourist literature for England


1945

Military

Gage, Nathaniel A., Jr.

Promotion in rank/brief biography/photo


1944/01/11

Deaths/Funerals

Holt, Helen (Russell); Parkhurst, George B.; Parkhurst, Edith (Holt); Parkhurst, Laurinda

Helen/deceased


1944/01

Deaths/Funerals

Robinson, Robert F.

 

1928/06

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Resigns from Nashua office


1944/05

Marriages/Weddings

MacPherson, Donald S.; Compton, Mary; MacPherson, William E.; MacPherson, Gladys E. (Murray); MacPherson, Jean

Donald S./groom; Mary/bride


1941/12

Engagements

Swan, Rosabel L.; Bannon, Francis L.

 

1929/11/26

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, Sophronia (Day); Chadwick, George W.; Chadwick, Walter

Sophronia (Day)/deceased


1945

Accidents

Roys, Edville A.

Former Boxford minister/First Congregational Church/auto accident


1939

Wedding Anniversaries

Charlebois, John, Jr.; Charlebois, Mary Jane (LeBeau)

25th anniversary; photo


1945/12/29

Marriages/Weddings

Chase, Dorothy; Waters, David S.; Waters, Marion (Sanders)

Dorothy/bride; David S./groom


1945/04/25

Deaths/Funerals

Killam, Minnie I.; Killam, Chester

Minnie I./deceased


1936

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Business card


1945

Probate

Farnum, Benjamin W.; Doucette, Helen (Farnum)

Benjamin Farnum’s will attempts to save farm


1945/10/02

Deaths/Funerals

Frost, George B.

In Andover


08/23

Deaths/Funerals

Snell, Alice C.

In Hingham; wife of former Boxford minister


01/29

Deaths/Funerals

Shirley, Charles F.

In Topsfield


1945/05/08

Deaths/Funerals

Morse, Ednah R.; Morse, Lewis K.; Haynes, Anna (Morse); Morse, Arthur W.

Ednah R./deceased


1892/07/01

First Congregational Church

Bradford, Emery L.

Ordination ceremony program


1944/11/17

Military

Pearbody, Charlotte; Peabody, Archibald; Peabody, Betsy (Lewis); Peabody, Phyllis

Charlotte completes Naval training


1942/02/11

Boxford Historical Society

Austin, Mrs. Charles; Morse, Sylvester; Cole, Harry L.; Chadwick, Mrs. Everett; Weatherbee, Mrs. Robert; Pearl, Elizabeth (Sanborn); Mooers, Evelyn; Nelson, R. Eleanor (Brown); Fowler, Priscilla, Weatherbee, Robert; Pearl, Simeon S.; Sweet, Mrs. M. F.; Lord, Milton E.; Abbott, Mrs. W.C.; Abbott, Harriet; Kelsey, Anne; Savage, Nancy; Abbott, Jeannette; Power, Sally; Perley, Esther K.; Perley, Raymond; Little, E. Robert; Parkhurst, Robert P.; Kunhle, Brent; Wadleigh, Alden; Adams, Richard, Jr.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; French, Gertrude; Nason, Jennie; Perkins, Mrs. Belmont; Wilmarth, Arthur; Ayers, S. Arthur; Case, Esther C. (Draper)

Fourth annual costume party


1944/06

Military

Hills, John T.; Hills, Stanley B.; Hills, Esther L. (Tenney)

John completes naval training course


1939/11/26

Churches

Penner, Albert J.

Congregational Church/Holyoke, MA


1903/06/17

First Congregational Church

Bicentennial Exercises program


1936/09/04

Second Congregational Church

Bicentennial Anniversary program


1944/10

Deaths/Funerals

Smith, Alfred, E.

New York politician


No date

Postcards; Houses

Postcards of West Boxford house interiors at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts


10/10

Deaths/Funerals

Hale, Harris G.

Marblehead


12/08

Music/Musicians

Childs, Coralie

Member Wheaton College choir


1944

Military

Austin, Charlotte; Austin, Mr./Mrs. Charles

Charlotte, a WAC, promoted/photo


1944

Boxford Town Libraries

Whittier, Fred; Gamens, Julia; Meade, Augie; McGregor, Celia; Pearl, Elizabeth (Sanborn); Nelson, Caroline; Morin, Ruth (Chadwick)

Card party at library


1944

 Burgson, Barbara

Home on school break


1944/02/12

Births

McGregor, Henry; McGregor, Gertrude (Donovan)

Daughter born


1944

Cole, Elinor

Has mumps


No date

Authors

Chase, Mary Ellen

Photo


No date

Letters

Earhart, Amelia; Charlebois, John

Article/letter to Charlebois from Amelia Earhart regarding the mechanics class she took with him in 1918


1936/09

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Her replacement as secretary named


1931/03/27

Y.W.C.A.

Program of girls’ conference in western Mass.


No date

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Photo


No date

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

 

1929/08/21

Topsfield

Parson Capen House/ flyer/photo


1945/12

Christmas Cards

Lord, Milton E.; Lord, Rosamond (Lane)

 

1928

Women’s business group meeting; NH


1941/12/11

Deaths/Funerals

Matthews, Edith (Mortimer); Matthews, Joseph B.; Mortimer, Mr./Mrs. Galeb; Mortimer, Edward

Edith/deceased


1945

 Coolidge, Mrs. Calvin

 

1944/05/30

Births

Noyes, John W.; Noyes, Alerson E.; Noyes, Katherine I. (Gamble); Noyes, John F.; Noyes, Lucretia (Richardson); Gamble, William H.; Gamble, Mary L.

John William/baby


1944/06

Illness

Gamble, William H.; Gamble, Mary L.; Gamble, William

Visit son William who is in wheelchair


No date

Illness

Chaplin, Charles H.; Rollins, Charles; Perley, Abbie (Chaplin)

Charles Chaplin suffers broken leg


No date

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Photo


No date

Y.W.C.A.

 

1940

Haverhill

Photo/Kimball tavern where Bradford Academy was founded


No date

Y.W.C.A.

Connecticut Y.W.C.A.


No date

Line drawing of Academy Hall


June

Graduations(Other)

Brownlee, Elizabeth H.

North Carolina


1936/01

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

 

1945/09/03

Churches

Thornton, W. Randolph

Appointed to Methodist Church/NH


No date

Birthdays

Parkhurst, Frank L.

Celebrates 88th birthday/photo


No date

Chapel of the Little Gate to the City of Gladness; postcard


1944/02

Churches

Thornton, W. Randolph

Methodist Church/Lynn


1944

Boxford Historical Society

Porter, Rufus

Talk on Porter


1942/01/20

Deaths/Funerals

French, Gertrude B.

 

1945

World War II

Dyer, Lora G.

Missionary captured by Japanese; photo


1933

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

 

1937

Y.W.C.A.

 

No date

Andover

 American missionary movement began; photos


1935/07/31

Y.W.C.A.

 

Program for a fair

1935

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

 

1782

Houses

Chadwick, James; Gilligan, Lillian R.

Line drawing of Chadwick’s house/Jones’ Plantation in Mass.


No date

Y.W.C.A.

 

12/27

Engagements

Peabody, Phyllis; Ross, Grant T.; Peabody, Archibald, Sr.; Peabody, Gertrude (Donovan)

Phyllis/fiancée; Grant T./fiancé


No date

Peabody, Archibald, Sr.; Peabody, Gertrude (Donovan); Peabody, Roger; Peabody, Archibald, Jr.; Peabody, Doris; Peabody, Charlotte; Peabody, Phyllis; Peabody, Helen; Peabody, Katherine

Together for holidays


1945

Deaths/Funerals

Clark, Harriet, E.

Leader of Christian Endeavor


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Priest, Mary E.

Ward Hill


1946/10/08

Deaths/Funerals

Hunt, Charles W.

Littleton, MA


1937/08/04

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Photo


1940

Carver, George W.

Photo/scientist


1940/10/26

Wedding Anniversaries

Greenler, William J., Sr.; Greenler, Mabel L. (Hill)

25th wedding anniversary


1945

Haverhill

Thomas Dustin house/photo


1942/02/07

Deaths/Funerals

Batchelder, Samuel P.; Batchelder, John Q.; Batchelder, Melissa (Peabody)

Samuel P./deceased; Georgetown; born in Boxford


1946

Trask, Harry E.

Re-elected president of Warren National Bank; photo


1945/10

Sherrill, Henry K.

Celebrates 15th anniversary as bishop


1945

World War II

Photos/signatories of German surrender


01/17

Churches

 Rocky Hill meeting house in Amesbury


1935

Y.W.C.A.

 

1939

First Congregational Church

Bond, Frederick; Parkhurst, Lucy J. (Killam); Parkhurst, Robert B.; Killam, Paul; Peabody, Lucie; Waters, Marion (Sanders); Mortimer, Martha E. (Stearns); Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Ayers, Pauline; Parkhurst, Lucy J. (Killam); Roberts, Beatrice M. (Dunleigh); Hills, Esther L. (Tenney); Wolfe, R. Emerson; Paul, Mary (Averill); Howe, Martha J. (Gould)

Annual meeting and election of officers


No date

Y.W.C.A.

 

No date

Lincoln, Abraham

Text of Abraham Lincoln’s letter to Massachusetts mother who lost five sons


1945/08/07

Article on Atomic Bomb


1942/01/13

Deaths/Funerals

Hojdys, Mary

Died in fire in North Andover


1945/04/28

Deaths/Funerals

Killam, Minnie (Tidd); Curtis, Thomas; Killam, Paul; Killam, Dwight;

Minnie/deceased


No date

Rea, Jeanette

Photo; related to Boxford Perleys


No date

Killam, Horace N.

Choir director in Bradford; photo


1944/09/21

World War II

Adams, Richard E.

Completes Army flight training; photo


1934

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, George B.; Chadwick, George W.; Chadwick, Sophronia (Day); Chadwick, Clara L.; Chadwick, Blanche; Parkhurst, Gertrude; Parkhurst, Amy G.

George B./deceased; from NH


1934

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, George B.

 

1934/12/21

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, George B.

 

1945

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, Carrie (Carlton); Chadwick, George C.

Carrie (Carlton)/deceased


1939/12/26

Deaths/Funerals

Perley, Eliza E. (Howe); Perley, E. Horace; Killam, Dwight

Eliza E. (Howe)/deceased


1939/12/25

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, Lucy (Towne); Parkhurst, Frank L.; Towne, Hiram; Parkhurst, Robert B.

Lucy (Towne)/deceased


1939/12/21

Probate

Howe, Martha J.(Gould); Gerst, Sarah H.

Martha J. Howe’s estate


1939/12/12

Deaths/Funerals

Howe, Martha J. (Gould); Howe, William B.; Gerst, Sarah H.

Martha J./deceased


1934/12/24

Poetry

Chadwick, Clara I.; Craig, Francis J.

 

No date

Patton, George

Photo


No date

Cutter, M.

Photo


1946/04/22

Wedding Anniversaries

Chadwick, John T., Sr.; Chadwick, Bessie A. (Poor); Chadwick, Everett H.; Chadwick, J. Warren; Chadwick, John T., Jr.; Chadwick, Richard; Morin, Ruth (Chadwick)

50th anniversary of John and Bessie Chadwick; photo


1946

Engagements

Chadwick, Joyce; Greene, John T., Jr.; Chadwick, William W.

Joyce/fiancée; John T./fiancé; photo of Joyce


No date

Killam, Horace N.

Goes to Andover church from Bradford


No date

First Congregational Church

Brown, Jeannette (Perley)

Missionary Society


1938/08/13

Plays/Pageants/Musicals; First Congregational Church; Anniversaries

Program for Centennial celebration of the First Congregational Church


No date

First Congregational Church

Sherrill, Henry K.

Bishop Sherrill at First Church service


1938

First Congregational Church; Anniversaries

Program for 100th anniversary of the First Church building


1935

Boxford; Anniversaries

Bradford, Emery L.; Dorman, William E.; Austin, Mrs. Charles; Cleaveland, Bessie; Wolfe, Rolland E.

250th anniversary of town; Old Home Service at First Church


1945

Churches

History/photos/North Parish Church in  Andover


No date

Lord, Milton E.

Photo


No date

Graduations (Others)

Cobban, Barbara A.

In Maine; Myra Frost’s daughter


1939/08/13

First Congregational Church

Wolfe, Roland E.; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Killam, George W.; Lane, Margaret; Perley, Esther K.; Case, Ralph B.; Swann, Harvey

Old Home service


No date

Marriages/Weddings

Henderson, Clair I.; Titus, Gerald A.; Titus, Henry, Sr.; Titus, Edna M. (Hicks)

Clair/bride; Gerald/groom


No date

Births

Godfrey, William C.

William C./baby; NH


1939/08

First Congregational Church

Wolfe, Rolland E.; Killam, George W.

Old Home service; photo of George Killam


No date

Sherrill, Henry K.

Photo only


No date

Churches

Congregational leaders in Madras; photo


1946

Graduations (Others)

Parkhurst, Gertrude H.

Graduation program, UNH


1946/06/09

Graduations (Others)

Parkhurst, Gertrude H.; Parkhurst, John W.; Parkhurst, Gertrude F. (Chadwick)

Gertrude H. graduated  UNH; granddaughter of John W. Parkhurst of Boxford


No date

Graduations (Other)

Hitchcock, Crosby; Hitchcock, John; Hitchcock, Margaret G. (Jenkins)

Crosby from Harvard University


1946/06/22

Topsfield; Graduations (High School)

Kelsey, Anne; Parkhurst, Ada M.; Killam, Clara J.; Savage, Jean

From Topsfield High School


1946/06/19

Topsfield; Graduations (High School)

Program from 1946 Topsfield High School graduation


08/23

Reynolds, Ruth

South Hadley, MA; photo


No date

Marriages/Weddings

Cheney, Winnifrid; Fowler, Malcolm P.; Chadwick, Gerrold

Winnifrid/bride; Malcolm P./groom


1928/06

First Congregational Church

Towne, Hiram N.; Killam, Paul L.; Parkhurst, Robert B.

Appeal for funds flyer with photo of church with carriage sheds


No date

Y.W.C.A.

Parkhurst, Winnifrid  C.

 

No date

Y.W.C.A.

Coolidge, Mrs. Calvin

Photo


1947

Boxford Historical Society

Parkhurst, John W.; Lane, Bertha (Palmer); Lord, Rosamond (Lane); Parkhurst, Amy G.; Perley, Raymond; Bond, Marguerite; Chadwick, George W.; Janes, Joseph

Tour of Boxford historic sites


1947/01/22

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, George B.; Parkhurst, Edith M. (Holt); Parkhurst, Laurinda; Parkhurst, John W.

George B./deceased


1940/12

Clark, Harriet A.

“Mother” Clark/Christian Endeavor/photo


1948/02/22

Deaths/Funerals

Day, Nathaniel, Jr.

In Newton


1948/02

Engagements

Hall, Anne C.; Utter, George H.

Not Boxford


1943

Poetry

Bryant, William C.

Origin of poem “To A Waterfowl”


1939/08/26

Boxford Town Libraries

Rolfe, Mr./Mrs. William A.; Herrick, Mary A.; Haynes, Anna (Morse)

Hobby show held to benefit library


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Perley, Eliza E. (Howe); Perley, E. Horace; Edward E.; Howe, Lydia (Leavitt)

Eliza E.(Howe)/deceased


1923/07/23

Probate

Parkhurst, John W.


1936

Fletcher Farm in Vermont


No date

West Newbury

Poore, Ben Perley

Indian Hill Farm given to Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities


1940

Doll Collections

Chadwick, Blanche

About 400 dolls; brief mention


1938

Wedding Anniversaries

Parkhurst, John W.; Parkhurst, Gertrude C.; Parkhurst, Amy G.; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

50th wedding anniversary


No date

West Newbury

Poore, Ben Perley

Gift of Indian Hill to preservation society


01/04

Military

Higgins, Edward

Massachusetts National Guard goes on ski maneuvers


1944/05/07

UNH music fest flyer


08/17

Houses

Calder, Bill; Calder, Belle

Names given to various Boxford houses


03/22

Essex Agricultural School

Love, Nathaniel N., Jr.; Parkhurst, Robert P.

Exhibit their circular saw at Farm Day


1946/07/17

Ladies Benevolent Society

Parkhurst, Amy G.; Peabody, Betsy (Lewis); Bond, Marguerite; Ray, Margaret; Weldon, Mrs. Arthur; Haynes, Anna (Morse); Hills, Esther L. (Tenney); Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); French, Etta M.(Frye); Eaton, Charlotte (French); Butler, Ethel J. (Mortimer); Parkhurst, Lucy J. (Killam); Sanders, Mrs.; Tansey, Mrs. Thomas; French, Cynthia; Butler, Frances; Eaton, Susan H.

Outing to Wallis Sands, NH


1946/08/03

Deaths/Funerals

Ropes, Mrs. Charles F.; Ropes, John S.

Mrs. Charles F./deceased in Salem; John S. of Boxford


1946

Bees/Beekeeping

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Won award for her bees’ honey


1946/07/28

Byfield

Program from Byfield Parish Old Home Sunday


1939

Biography; Cemeteries

Cummings, Julia A.; Howe, Emma (Blanchard); LaFollette, Robert M.; Gurley, Mrs. Augustus; Blanchard, Pliny; Blanchard, Lucinda; Pettingill, Abbie; Pettingill, David; Gale, David; Gale, Osgood; Hale, Mrs. Clarence; Ayers, Frank; Gurley, Foster; Gurley, Samuel; Bixby, Stephen; Buzzell, Mr./Mrs.

Biographical sketch of Julia Cummings


1938/08/13

First Congregational Church

Centennial Anniversary


1939

Boxford Oratorio Society

Blue “ribbon” from Society’s flower show


No date

Georgetown; Baldpate

Georgetown Literary and Social Club presents history of Baldpate Inn


1946/07

Second Congregational Church; Veterans

Photo of Church; veterans were feted


1946/11/21

Birthdays

Waters, Marion (Sanders); Sanders, Mary Ann (Davis); Waters, Karen; Waters, Albert C., Jr.; Calder, Mrs. James; Walsh, Ella M. (Gillis); Johnson, Jane; Childs, Edith

Mary Ann Sanders 90th birthday


1946/07/04

Veterans

Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Anderson, Mrs. Donald; Pearl, Elizabeth (Sanborn); Chadwick, Mrs. Everett; Cunnigham, Robert; Cole, Harry L.; Perley, Raymond; Gale, Albert; French, Clinton E.; Benson, John; Kelsey, Seth L.; Sanger, John; Nason, Beulah; Parkhurst, Amy G.; Peabody, Gertrude (Donovan)

Printed list of the committee for the Veterans’ Field Day


No date

Ladies Charitable Society

Rudkin, Mrs. Marion; Leighton, Evelyn V. (Mooers)

Speaker discusses books


1939/08/24

Rowley; Anniversaries

Lane, Bertha (Palmer); Killam, Chester; Killam, Dwight; Little, Marie; Hersey, Carol; Childs, Coralie; Millen, Janet; Wolfe, Homer

Rowley Tercentenary; photo of Boxford school children in period dress


1939/12/17

First Congregational Church

Eaton, Kenneth O.

Accepts call to First Congregational Church


1940/01/04

Deaths/Funerals

Kruschwitz, Paul H.

Of North Andover; father of Estelle French


1940

Art/Artists

Nason, Anna

Exhibits at Copley Society


1940/02

News brief on planetary alignment


1940/07/14

First Congregational Church

Johnson, Ernest

Black tenor to sing sermon at First Church


1946/07/04

Veterans

McGregor, Henry; Adams, Richard E.; Spofford, Richard A.; Pratt, William; Giovannacci, A.; Millen, Edward R.; Stopford, Frederic; Bain, A. Lawrence; Moore, Horace D.; Nason, Henry W.; Budnick, Joseph; Marshall, Norman; Paisley, William W., Sr.; Tansey, Chester; Kelsey, Harlan P.; Case, Ralph B.; Savage, Corwin R.; Trull, Archibald L.; Cotton, Charles L.; Adams, John; Roberts, Franklin C., Jr.; Sanger, John

Flyer advertising Veterans’ Field Day to welcome home Boxford’s veterans


1940

Churches

Hall, Basil

Florence, MA; Congregational Church


1940/03

Flower Shows

Kelsey, Harlan P.

Wins award for bog garden at show


1939/07/08

Boxford Historical Society; Plays/Pageants/Musicals

Cole, Harry L.; Lane, Bertha (Palmer); Matthews, Edith M. (Mortimer); Thompson, Harry D.; Haynes, Winthrop P.

More than 50 names in this article; pageant depicts the history of Boxford in twelve episodes


1944/06/18

Deaths/Funerals

Cross, Anson K.

In Florida


1946

Engagements

Sherrill, Henry W.; Weeks, Martha S.; Sherrill, Henry K.; Sherrill, Barbara (Harris)

Henry W./fiancée; Martha S./fiancée


12/25

Christmas Cards

Cutter, M. Gertrude

 

No date

Henschka, Carola S.

Pencil portrait drawing


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Andrew, Ada C.; Andrew, Isaac W.; Andrew, Eliza P.

Ada C./deceased; died in Bradford, born West Boxford


1946/09/14

Marriages/Weddings

Hebb, Eliza C.; Stark, Richard I.; Hebb, Robert B.; Hebb, Josephine (Carver)

Eliza C./bride; Richard I./groom


1946

Marriages/Weddings

Hammond, ?; Meigs, ?

Wedding photo only; no first names


1946

Birthdays

Parkhurst, Frank L.; Parkhurst, Robert B.

Frank’s 89th birthday; lists family members


1940

Charlebois, John

Curio collector/Northampton; photo


No date

Veterans

Hills, John T.

Discharged from Navy


1940

Probate

Ellis, W. Eugene

Haverhill resident


1940/04/01

Deaths/Funerals

Ellis, W. Eugene

Haverhill


1940/09/18

Travels/Trips

Phillips, Arthur P.; Phillips, Frances L. (Sagan); Perley, Esther K.; Parkhurst, Ruth

Phillips’ return from wedding trip; Esther Perley on Pacific coast; Ruth Parkhurst is nurse at summer camp, Kingston, NH


1940/01/31

Deaths/Funerals

Kittredge, Joseph

North Andover


1940/01/22

Deaths/Funerals

Johnson, Clifton

Hadley, MA


1940

Marriages/Weddings

Snell, Mr./Mrs. Laird W.

Married in Hingham; Mr. Laird former Boxford pastor


1940/02/16

Postal Service

First day issue/John Greenleaf Whittier


No date

Houses; Holyoke-French House

Price, Rosamond; Nason, Anna L.

Beautiful photo of Holyoke-French house (2 Elm Street)


1946/07/20

Boxford Historical Society

Nason, Anna L.; Hauk, William; Price, Rosamond; Colby , E. Laurence; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Nason, Ruby F.; Norris, C. Maude; Haynes, Anna (Morse)

Annual meeting


1946/09

Ladies Benevolent Society

Peabody, Betsy (Lewis); Parkhurst, Amy G.; Eaton, Charlotte (French); Hills, Nancy (Williams); French, Etta M. (Frye); Butler, Ethel J. (Mortimer); Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); Von Kamecke, Bettine (McGrath); Parkhurst, Mrs. Robert; Noyes, Lucretia (Richardson); Brown, Jeanette (Perley); Mortimer, Mrs. Edward; Haynes, Ana (Morse); Roberts, Alice G. (Moulton); Kelsey, Florence (Low); Roberts, Beatrice M. (Dunleigh); Ray, Margaret; Weldon, Mrs. Arthur; Lord, Rosamond (Lane); Herrick, Mary A.; Norris, C. Maude; Elliot, Mrs. Robert

Annual meeting; selection of officers and list of committees and members


1946/09

Births

Case, Ralph B.; Case, Esther C. (Draper); Case, Bradley W.

Bradley Weelden/baby


1946/09

Abbott, Mr./Mrs. William C.; Abbott, Jeanette; Abbott, Harriet

Abbotts visit Mr.’s sister, Mrs. Ring Lardner in CT


1946/09

First Congregational Church

Aeschlimax, Adrien R.

Guest preacher


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Wingate, Charles S.

Amesbury


June

Engagements

Walsh, William R., Sr.; Walsh, Ella M. (Gillis); Walsh, Natalie F.; Curtis, LeRoy E., Jr.

Natalie F./fiancée; LeRoy E./fiancé


01/19

Deaths/Funerals

Moxley, Mabel (Farnham)

Former resident of West Boxford


1946/09/24

Deaths/Funerals

Haynes, Lewis R.; Haynes, Winthrop P.; Haynes, Anna (Morse)

Died in California on way home from Japan


01/24

Legal Issues

Baer, Mary A.; Mortimer, Elizabeth; Baer, John F.

Auto accident suit settled


No date

Engagements

Savage, Marianne; Burns, William R., Jr.; Savage, Mr./Mrs. Corwin R.

Marianne/fiancée; William/fiancé


No date

Churches

Chadwick, George B.; Chadwick, Abbie (Hickey)

George B. donates parsonage to Methodist church in NH in memory of his wife


1940/12/02

Topsfield Grange; Fires

Topsfield Grange hall burns 


No date

Marriages/Weddings

Berry, Gertrude W.; Hardy, H. Sherwood

Andover


1940

Probate

Perley, Eliza E. (Howe); Killam, Dorothy D. (Perley)

Eliza’s estate


1940

First Congregational Church

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Killam, Paul L.; Parkhurst, George B.; Ayers, Pauline L.; Roberts, Mrs. Franklin C.; Killam, Dwight ; Little, Mrs. E. Robert; Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); Ayers, S. Arthur; Eaton, Kenneth O.; Roberts, Franklin C.; Gage, Herbert; Parkhurst, Lucy J. (Killam); Parkhurst, John W.; Parkhurst, Robert B.; Peabody, Lucie; Hills, Esther L. (Tenney); Bradford, Emery L.

Annual business meeting


1940/03/18

First Congregational Church

Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Bradford, Emery L.; Hills, Esther L. (Tenney); Perley, Raymond; Killam, Paul L.; Killam, Dwight L.; Bradford, Emery L.; Killam, Chester; Case, Ralph B.; Parkhurst, Robert B.; Hills, Stanley B.; Childs, Vernon A.; Parkhurst, Lucy J. (Killam); Perley, Esther K.; Hills, Esther L. (Tenney); MacPherson, Gladys E. (Murray); Waters, Albert C.; Eaton, Kenneth O.; Killam, T. Perley; Waters, Marion (Sanders); Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Annual business meeting


1940

Ives, Hilda L.

Ordained minister/swam Bosphorus/photo


No date

Real Estate

Chadwick, Blanche A.; Parkhurst, Amy G.

Land transfer


No date

Churches

Sherrill, Henry K.

Episcopal bishop/photo


No date

Sherrill, Henry K.

Bishop Sherrill’s house in Boston; photo


No date

Boxford Village Garden Club

Currier, Judy; Currier, Mrs. Benjamin W.; Edwards, Sandra; Cotton, Janet; Millens, Mimi

Photos


No date

Topsfield-Boxford Community Club

Lockwood, Caroline S. (Sinkler); Livermore, Gwendolen (Young); Saltonstall, Mrs. John L.

Photo


1940

“Gone with the Wind”/miscellaneous fact


1940/08

Marriages/Weddings

Nason, Gladys I.; Lothrop, Quincy

Photo


1942/02

Engagements

Dodge, Nancy; Lambert, Horace D., Jr.; Vaughan, J. Frederick, Jr.; Vaughan, Eunice

Nancy/fiancée; Horace D./fiancé


1941/02

Deaths/Funerals

Dresser, Margaret E.; Dresser, Charles P.

Margaret E./deceased; Georgetown


March

Brownies/Girl Scouts

History of Danvers scouting troops


1940/08

Marriages/Weddings

Nason, Gladys I.; Lothrop, Quincy A., II; Nason, Alfred K.

Gladys/bride; Quincy/groom


1946

Fires

Hagan, Lester G.; Hagan, Grace M. (Bascom); Whittier, John; Cole, Harry L.; French, Archer N.; Hook, Roy B.

Hagan house burns; photo


1946/06/09

Fires; Deaths/Funerals

Taylor, Florence; Taylor, Robert E.; Ingalls, Helen (Taylor)

Victims of fire in Dubuque; photo; Ingalls of Boxford


No Date

Deaths/Funerals

Furber, Fred

Portsmouth, NH


No Date

Christian Endeavor headquarters/Ohio; photo


No Date

Deaths/Funerals

Stearns, George M., Jr.; Mortimer, Martha E. (Stearns)

George M./deceased


1940

World War II

Photos of ocean liners


1940

Deaths/Funerals

Bodwell, Eliza; Morse, Walter; Moulton, Charles M.; Perley, Raymond

Eliza/deceased


1940

Gardner Morse School

Architect’s drawing


1946/07/29

Marriages/Weddings

Reynolds, Marilyn J.; Gray, William F.

 

No date

Graduations (Other)

Chadwick, Richard P.

School of Military Government


No date

Barker School

Barker, J. Tyler; Bergstrom, Helen (Andrew)

Sale of Barker School


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Foster, Harry C.; Cole, Harry L.

Harry C./deceased; North Andover


No date

Sherrill, Henry K.; Sherrill, Barbara (Harris)

Photo


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Foster, Harry C.

North Andover


No date

Broad, Edward R.

American Mission to Lepers/photo


1946/10

Marriages/Weddings

Greenler, Margaret C.; Meader, Paul M.; Greenler, William J.; Greenler, Rita A. (O’Neill)

Margaret C./bride; Paul M./groom; photo of bride


No date

Thornton, Mr./Mrs. W. Randolph

 

1942/02

Marriages/Weddings

Mooers, Evelyn; Leighton, Chester; Mooers, Myra; Mooers, Harold; Nelson, R. Eleanor (Brown)

Evelyn/bride; Chester/groom


1940/04/19

Deaths/Funerals

Peabody, Lucie A.; Perley, Raymond

Lucie A./deceased


1940/05

First Congregational Church

Lane, Bertha (Palmer)

Listening devices for the hard of hearing


1940/05/17

Boxford Historical Society

Park, Charles; Park, Calvin E.

Lecture on clipper ships


1940/04/30

Deaths/Funerals

Bradford, Carrie L.; Bradford, Emery L.

Carrie L./deceased


1940/04/29

Probate

Bradford, Carrie L.

 

1940/04/07

Total eclipse of sun; photo


1940/04/30

Probate

Bradford, Carrie L.

 

1940

Deaths/Funerals

Whittier, Arthur G.

In Florida; former Ward Hill resident


1940/04/29

Deaths/Funerals

Hunt, Alice R.

In Concord, MA


1940/05/11

Marriages/Weddings

Andrew, Helen L.; Bergstrom, Eric H.; Andrew, John A.; Andrew, Charles L.

Helen L./bride; Eric H./groom


1946

Fires; Deaths/Funerals

Hale, Lewis D.

Lewis D. died in fire; born in Boxford; fire was in Lawrence or Haverhill


No Date

Fires

Photo only of old church in Essex


No Date

Deaths/Funerals

Stearns, George M.; Putnam, Richard; Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); Bernon, John; O’Rourke, Joseph; Riggs, Hamlin; French, Archer N.; French, Clinton E.; Bain, A. Lawrence

George M./deceased


No Date

Park, Charles E.

Photo only


1947/02/08

Honors/Awards/Testimonials

Walsh, Joan C.

Good citizenship award; photo


1940

Boxford Historical Society

Park, Charles E.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Nason, Ruby; Benson, Mr./Mrs. John; Gardner, Mr./Mrs. Charles; Hook, Mr./Mrs. Roy B.; Hook, Percy; Morss, Walter K.

Lecture on clipper ships


1940/05/17

Chadwick, Mrs. John T., Jr.; Pratt, Mrs. William; Paisley, Iva (Mullin); Chadwick, Mrs. Everett; Spooner, Mrs. Norman; Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); Perkins, Mrs. Belmont; Pearl, Clara (Killam); Hook, Mrs. Roy B.; Fowler, Mrs. Charles; Gemmell, A. Helene (Harris); Morin, Ruth (Chadwick)

Trip to Plum Island to Mrs. John Chadwick’s beach house


1938/07/05

Poetry

Parkhurst, Amy G.

 

1940/05/31

First Congregational Church

Eaton, Kenneth O.

Ordination and installation program


1940/05/31

First Congregational Church

Eaton, Kenneth O.; Wolfe, Rolland E.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Sherrill, Henry K.

Ordination and installation of Rev. Eaton


No Date

Real Estate

Lane, Bertha (Palmer); Lord, Milton E.; Lord, Rosamond (Lane)

Bertha Lane purchases Boxford house


No Date

Topsfield; Graduations (High School)

MacPherson, Donald S.; MacPherson, William E.; MacPherson, Gladys E. (Murray)

Donald graduates from Topsfield High School


No Date

Boxford Selectmen

Roberts. Franklin C., Sr.; Nason, Clinton B.

 

1945/11/11

Fires

Pratt, Mr./Mrs. William

House burns


1945/08

Deaths/Funerals

Roberts, William W.; Roberts, Alice M. (Day)

William W./deceased; Haverhill


1944/12/17

Stokes, Harold W.

University of New Hampshire


1940/06/15

Bradford Junior College

 Dance program


1945/07

Deaths/Funerals

Roys, Edville A., Sr.

Edville A./deceased; East Kingston, NH; former Boxford minister


1940/05/31

First Congregational Church

Eaton, Kenneth O.

Ordination and installation of Eaton


1940/06

First Congregational Church; Plays/Pageants/Musicals

Kelsey, Anne; Childs, Coralie; Millen, Barbara; Mello, Florence; Mortimer, Martha E.; Waters, Mary Lou; MacPherson, Jean; Adams, Richard E.; Mello, Joseph; Millen, Edward; Boyd, James; Little, Palmer; Titus, Henry; Killam, Chester; Gamble, George; Parkhurst, Ada; Savage, Marianne; Kuhnle, Sibyl; Bowen, Nancy; Peabody, Katherine; Walsh, Joan C.; Waters, Sally; Savage, Jean; Gillis, Elizabeth; Adams, Dorothy; Powers, Margaret; Gamble, Edith; Childs, Nancy; Gillis, Barbara; Little, Marie; Walsh, Marjorie; Titus, Eileen; Mello, Margaret; Gillis, Carol; Parkhurst, Edith M. (Holt); Mello, Theodora E. (Bonvie); MacPherson, Gladys E. (Murray); Eaton, Kenneth O.; Millen, Edward R.; Millen, Gladys (Ayers)

Junior choir performs in “The Maid and the Golden Slipper”


1940/06/15

Bradford Junior College

 Program for dedication of buildings


1940/11/13

Deaths/Funerals

Tenney, Alice (Potter); Tenney, John H.; Tenney, Esther L. (Tenney)

Alice/deceased in Rowley


No Date

Fairs

Photo/cattle/Cummington Fair


1940/07

Deaths/Funerals

Jenkins, Thomas L.

Crawford, ME and Topsfield, MA


1943

Boxford Town Clerk

Parkhurst, John W.

Notes Parkhurst’s 50 years as clerk


No Date

Graduations (Grammar School)

Chadwick, Mrs. Warren; Perley, Elaine R.; Killam, Paul C.; Baer, John F., Jr.; Lord, Mary W.; Shaw, Valerie A.; Ropes, John; Leman, Virginia A.; Morisette, Marcelle; Pearl, Jack R.; Brisbois, Marshall B.; Canterbury, Bradford; Case, Lawrence E.; Gamble, Jane E.; Kelsey, Peter L.; Merrow, Norman E.; Tagg, Thomas G.; Troop, James F.; Carver, Mrs. John

Gardner Morse School and Aaron Wood School graduates


No Date

Physicians

Jordan, Sarah M.

Of Marblehead and Lahey Clinic/photo


No Date

Cary, Alice E.

Foreign Mission in Japan


No Date

Veterans

Adams, Richard E.; MacMorran, Alexander; Nason, Alfred

New Post flag given to Boxford Post 379; photo


No Date

Deaths/Funerals

White, ?

First name not given/town clerk/Georgetown


1940/05/15

Wilhemina, Queen

Flees to England


No Date

Ladies Benevolent Society

Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); Parkhurst, Edith M.(Holt); Peabody, Betsy (Lewis); Ayers, Georgina (Tomlinson); Matthews, Edith M. (Mortimer); French, Etta M. (Frye); Parkhurst, Amy G.; Eaton, Eveline (Bowen); Brown, Jeannette (Perley); Bond, Marguerite; Parkhurst, Mrs. Robert; Lane, Margaret; Lord, Rosamond (Lane); Roberts, Beatrice M. (Dunleigh); Childs, Edith; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Annual Christmas sale


1940/10/26

Births

French, Archer N.; French, Estelle M. (Kruschwitz); French, Judy C.

Judy C./baby


1940/06/13

Lahey, Frank H.

Of Lahey Clinic; photo


1940/08/03

Marriages/Weddings

Lockwood, C. Sidney; Poor, Charles L., 3rd; Lockwood, Dunbar; Lockwood, Caroline S. (Sinkler)

C. Sidney/bride; Charles L./groom


1940/08/03

Marriages/Weddings

Lockwood, C. Sidney; Poor, Charles L., 3rd

Photo only


1942

Deaths/Funerals

Roys, Maybelle F.

East Kingston, NH; wife of Rev. Edville A. Roys, former Boxford minister


1942/01

Marriages/Weddings

Moulton, Alice G.; Roberts, Franklin C., Jr.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Nason, Beulah; Pearl, Phyllis; Waters, David S.; Dodge, Julian; Tansey, Chester; Moore, Horace D.

Alice G./bride; Franklin C., Jr./groom


1940/06/14

Boxford Historical Society; Houses

Photo of Holyoke-French house


1940/08/03

Boxford Historical Society

Price, Rosamond (Ingalls); Colby, Marion (McGregor); Haynes, Anna (Morse); Nason, Ruby; Parkhurst, Amy G.; Norris, C. Maude; Morss, Walter K.; Cole, Harry L.; Lord, Milton E.; Herrick, Mary A.; Waters, Marion (Sanders); Austin, Mrs. Arthur; Trull, Archibald L.; Knowles, Paul; Manny, Frank A.; Manny, Annette (Sawyer); Paul, Charles W.; Averill, John; Averill, Betsey A.; Peabody, Doris; Peabody, Archibald; Peabody, Betsy (Lewis); Nason, Anna; Dorman, Moses, Jr.; Lane, Margaret; Savage, Mrs. Corwin; Abbott, Mrs. William

Annual business meeting with speaker


08/03

Birthdays

Von Kamecke, David; Von Kamecke, Henry, Jr.; Von Kamecke, Bettina (McGrath)

David’s fifth birthday


1947/07/24

Deaths/Funerals

Benson, John F.; Benson, Katherine (Perley); Benson, John R.; Benson, Robert

John F./deceased


1940/05/09

Ladies Charitable Society; Anniversaries

Chadwick, Mrs. John; Neese, J. Everett; Whittier, Mrs. Fred; Cole, Harry L.; Andrew, Mrs. Albion; Gemmell, Lena (Helgeson); Mooers, Evelyn V.; Austin, Mrs. Charles; Chadwick, Mrs. J. Warren; Nason, Jennie; Weatherbee, Mrs. Robert; Pratt, Mrs. William; Chadwick, Mrs. Everett; Rea, Sidney; Nelson, R. Eleanor (Brown); Neese, Mrs. J. Everett; Burgson, Ruth M. (Gemmell); Anderson, Mrs. Donald; Chadwick, Constance; Sperry, Herbert W.; Fowler, Mrs. Charles; Hook, Roy B.; Briggs, Dudley; Cole, Elinor

125th anniversary


1941

Weather

Extremely cold weather; year of no summer in 1816


1940/08/11

First Congregational Church

Program for Old Home Sunday


1940/12/15

Deaths/Funerals

Pace, Angie M.; Moore, Harry F.

Angie/deceased; from Rowley; sister of Harry Moore


1941

Granges

Crowell, Wilma; Crowell, Thelma

Rye Grange, NH


1941/09

Engagements

Perley, Eleanor F.; Metcalf, Robert F., Jr.; Perley, Henry C.; Perley, Florence (Batchelder)

Eleanor F./fiancée; Robert F., Jr./fiancé


1941/12/25

Christmas Cards

Lord, Milton F.; Lord, Rosamond (Lane)

 

1947/03/23

First Congregational Church

Putnam, Raymond G.

Recognition service


1947/06/25

Salem

Brochure for “Chestnut Street Day”


No Date

West Boxford Grange; Anniversaries

Frost, Nellie C.; Cole, Harry L.; Austin, George B.; Leighton, Joan; Leighton, Jane; Leighton, Chester; Hagen, Robert; Chadwick, Constance; Chadwick, Judith; Carver, George E.; Benson, John F.; Benson, Katharine (Perley); Austin, Charlotte; Fowler, Priscilla; Nelson, Caroline; Hebb, Josephine (Carver); Leighton, Evelyn V. (Mooers); Pearl, Elizabeth (Sanborn); Pearl, Raymond; Lewis, Merton; Chadwick, John T.; Anderson, David A.; Austin, Alice M.(Plummer); Andrew, Mary L.; Andrew, Mr./Mrs. John A.

60th anniversary of Grange


No Date

Hibard, Saisie A.

North Hadley, MA; photo only


No Date

Boxford Fire Department

Roberts, Franklin C., Jr.; Johnson, Harold D.; Moore, Harry F.; French, Archer N.

Photo of firemen with new fire truck


07/19

Probate

Howe, Sue Sawyer

 

1948

Deaths/Funerals

Elliott, John A.; Elliott, James A.; Elliott, Abbie L.

John A./deceased; Groveland; born in Boxford


1940/07/31

Fires

Camden, New Jersey; photo


1940

Groveland

Eaton, E. Perley; Perley, Mr. Mrs. Elbridge

Leaves Groveland schools; grandson of Elbridge and Fannie Perley of Boxford


1940/08

Awards/Honors/Testimonials

Kelsey, Harlan P., Sr.

American Assoc. of Nurserymen


01/23

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, George B.

 

1940/08/28

Boxford Town Libraries

Cummings; Julia A.; Childs, Coralie; Mello, Florence; Kelsey, Ruth H. (Driesbach); Moore, Margaret (McDonald); Bain, Mrs. A. Lawrence; Rolfe, Mrs. William A.; Adams, Mrs. John Q.; Herrick, Mary A.; Bond, Marguerite; Case, Esther C. (Draper); Currier, Mrs. Benjamin; Haynes, Anna (Morse); Howe, Natalie; Kelsey, Florence (Low); Killam, Mrs. Dwight; Lane, Margaret; Little, Elizabeth O. (Palmer); Manny, Annette (Sawyer); Matthews, Edith M. (Mortimer); Norris, C. Maude; Parkhurst, Mrs. Robert; Perley, Esther K.; Roberts, Beatrice M. (Dunleigh); Waters, Marion (Sanders); Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Unveiling of portraits of Julia Cummings and her mother in library


1940

Wedding Showers

Gamble, Katherine I. (Gamble); Noyes, Alerson

 

1941/02

Probate

Dresser, Margaret E.; Dresser, Rodney C.

Georgetown


1944/02/24

Deaths/Funerals

Perley, Abbie (Chaplin); Perley, Henry

Abbie C./deceased


1941

Davis, Elmer

Not Boxford; news analyst/photo


1942/07/23

Plays/Pageants/Musicals; Boxford Oratorio Society

Killam, Horace N.

Program for the oratorio “Elijah”


1940/05/31

First Congregational Church

Eaton, Kenneth O.

Program for ordination and installation


1941/08/03

First Congregational Church

Old Home service


1944/06/02

Engagements

Whitmore, Louise; Curtis, Thomas S.

Louise/fiancée; Thomas S./fiancé; Thomas was minister of first Cong. Church and brother of LeRoy Curtis, West Boxford


1944/04/09

Marriages/Weddings

Gould, Alice C.; Gray, Charles N.; Gould, George A., Sr.; Gould, Nettie H. (Conant)

Alice C./bride; Charles N./groom


No Date

Boxford Literary Society

Walsh, Ella M. (Gillis); Waters, Marion (Sanders); Gale, Marjorie C. (Newell)

 

1940/08/20

Flower Shows; Boxford Oratorio Society

Many, many names

Held at First Church; Oratorio Society performed


No Date

Ives, Hilda L.

Not Boxford


No Date

Amesbury

 

Meeting house at Rocky Hill; photo

1940/11/24

Deaths/Funerals

Mighill, David

 

1940/11/29

Ladies Missionary Society

Bond, Marguerite; Killam, Hazel; Gerst, Sarah H.

 

No Date

Deaths/Funerals

Webber, Iva B. (Clarke); Parkhurst, John; Noyes, Alfred; Dresser, Herman

Iva /deceased


1941/09/13

Deaths/Funerals

Bradford, Emery L.

 

No Date

Christmas Cards

Bond, Frederick; Bond, Marguerite

 

1941/02/12

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, Frank M., Jr.; Chadwick, Frank M., Sr.

Frank M., Jr./deceased


1941/02/12

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, Frank M., Jr.

 

1941/02/12

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, Frank M., Jr.

 

1941/02/13

Deaths/Funerals

Moscanto, Irving

Georgetown


1940

Doll Collections

Cutler, Ariel B.

Peterborough, NH


1943/08/07

Real Estate; Probate

Kimball, Grace H.; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.

Kimball estate; Haverhill


1941

Probate

Bradford, Emery L.

 

1940

Gardner Morse School; Music

Briggs, Dudley; Hook, Roy B.; Chadwick, Partricia; Chadwick, Mr./Mrs. Everett; Chadwick, J. Warren, Jr.; Chadwick, J. Warren, Sr.; Chadwick, Helen E. (Conant); Chadwick, Joel; Chadwick, Mr./Mrs. John; Weatherbee, Robert; Weatherbee, Mr/Mrs. Robert, Sr.; Greenler, John; Greenler, Mr./Mrs. William J.; Greenler, Philip; Greenler, James; Brown, Eleanor; Sperry, Herbert; Sperry, Mr./Mrs. Herbert W.; Blanchette, Ernest; Blanchette, Mr./Mrs. Ernest

School band at Gardner Morse School; photo of Dudley Briggs, school principal


1940/12/15

Deaths/Funerals

Pace, Angie F.; Moore, Harry F.

Angie F./deceased; in Rowley; sister of Harry Moore of Boxford

1940/11/18


Deaths/Funerals

Flanders, Vernon F.

Georgetown


1941/04/18

Marriages/Weddings

Ayers, Pauline L.; Guppy, Raymond J.; Ayers, S. Arthur; Ayers, Georgina (Tomlinson)

Pauline L./bride; Raymond J./groom


1948/04/26

Birds

Maddock, Stephen J.; Maddock, Charlotte (Landis); Moore, Harry F.

Harris Sparrow visits Boxford


1947/08/13

Deaths/Funerals

Hill, Carrie F.

North Andover


No Date

Advertisements

Mills, Marjorie

Food editor/radio commentator; photo


No Date

Biography

Howe, Martha Jane (Gould); Howe, William B.; Kimball, Sam; Tenney, John H.

Biographical sketch of “Aunt Jennie”


1940

Music/Musicians

Tenney, J. Harrison

Linebrook, MA; father of Esther L. (Tenney) Hills of Boxford


1942/01/03

Marriages/Weddings

Hebb, Marcella A.; Rubchinuk, Fred; Hebb, Robert B.; Hebb, C. Josephine (Carver); Hebb, Eliza C.; Chadwick, Joyce; Hebb, Patricia; Hebb, Albert

Marcella A./bride; Fred/groom


1941/08/16

Births

Lord, Sarah P.

Birth Announcement


1940

Deaths/Funerals

Ellis, W. Eugene

Bradford native; photo


1940

Peabody

Joyce, John J.

Egyptian Lotus garden in Peabody; photos


1943/10/15

Deaths/Funerals

Dorman, John S.; Crawford, Mrs. Charles; Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); Moore, Harry F.; Perley, Raymond

John S./deceased


1941

Engagements

McGregor, Dorothy A.; Chadwick, John T. 3rd; McGregor, Celia G.; Chadwick, Mr./Mrs. John T., Jr.

Dorothy A./fiancée; John T. 3rd/fiancé


1942/08/01

Auctions; Holyoke-French House; Advertisements

French, Gertrude B.

Flyer for auction


1942

Boxford Historical Society; Holyoke-French House

Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Austin, Alice M. (Plummer); Cole, Harry L.; Sweet, Mr./Mrs. Milton; Hook, Roy B.; Weatherbee, Mr./Mrs. Robert; Mooers, Evelyn V.; Chadwick, Barbara (Picard); Nelson, R. Eleanor (Brown); Fowler, Mrs. Charles; Pearl, Simeon S.;  Pearl, Elizabeth (Sanborn); Lord, Milton E.; Abbott, Mr./Mrs. William C.; Abbott, Harriet; Kelsey, Anne; Savage, Nancy; Abbott, Jeanette; Power, Sally; Perley, Esther K.; Perley, Raymond; Little, E. Robert; Parkhurst, Robert; Kunle, Brent; Wadleigh, Alden; Adams, Richard E.; Nason, Jennie; Perkins, Elizabeth (Cole); Whittier, Mrs. Fred; Whittier, John

Renovation of Holyoke-French House


1942/08

Boxford Historical Society; Probate; Holyoke-French House

French, Gertrude B.; Cole, Harry L.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; French, Walter W.; Killam, Lillian L. (French)

Bequest to Boxford Historical Society of the Holyoke-French House


1942/08/01

Auctions; Boxford Historical Society; Holyoke-French House

Cole, Harry L.; Little, E. Robert; Little, Elizabeth O. (Palmer); Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Herrick, Mary A.; Parkhust, Robert; Nason, Ruby; Austin, Alice M. (Plummer); Haynes, Anna (Morse); Pearl, Simeon S.; Morss, Walter K.; Lord, Milton E.; Nason, Clinton B.; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Colby, E. Laurence; Cunningham, Robert; Butler, Howard F.; Perley, Raymond; Childs, Vernon

Auction of items from Gertrude B. French estate


No Date

Wedding  Anniversaries

Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Roberts, Beatrice M. (Dunleigh); Ayers, Gerogina (Tomlinson); Hills, Esther L. (Tenney); Moulton, Alice G.; Walsh, Natalie

25th anniversary of Prof. and Mrs. Roberts


1941

Farms/Farming

Chadwick, John T. 3rd; Chadwick, John T., 2nd; Chadwick, John T., Sr.

“Food for Freedom” Agricultural Conservation award; photo


1942

Deaths/Funerals

Brooks, Frederick K.

Not Boxford


1941

Churches

Central Congregational Church, Newburyport, Mass.; photo


1947/06/04

First Congregational Church

Merrow, Mrs. Wescott B.; Kelsey, Ruth H. (Dreisbach); Bond, Marguerite (Harriman); Ayers, Georgina (Tomlinson); Bain, Louise (Dresser); Parkhurst, Lucy (Killam); Godfrey, Elsie; Cotton, Mabel; Meeker, Mary; 21 additional names

Program for Massachusetts Congregational Conference and Missionary Society


07/05

Wedding Anniversaries

Parkhurst, John W.; Parkhurst, Gertrude F. (Chadwick)

59th anniversary


1945/10/07

Andover

Program for 300th anniversary of First Church of Christ, Andover


04/10

Boxford Literary Society

Case, Esther C. (Draper); Elliot, Mrs. Robert; Childs, Edith; Gale, Marjorie C. (Newell); Parkhurst, Amy G.; Ray, Margaret; Wilkins, Zora; Hitchcock, Charlotte; Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry)

 

1941/02

Fires; Danvers

Photo of barn fire at Danvers State Hospital


1943/12/11

Marriages/Weddings

Cochrane, Ruby W.; Benson, John R.; Benson, John F.; Benson, Katharine G. (Perley) ; Nelson, Clayton; Fowler, Mrs. Charles

Ruby W./bride; John R./groom


1943

Kai-Shek, S. Chiang

Photo only


No Date

Real Estate

Gould, Nettie C.; Gould, George A., Sr.; Gould, George A., Jr.

Transfer of land


No Date

Awards/Honors/Testimonials

Parkhurst, John W.

50 years of continuous service to the town


1940/11/13

Deaths/Funerals

Pearl, Catherine (Killam); Killam, Mr./Mrs. Oliver; Sawyer, Mrs. Charlie

Catherine (Killam)/deceased


No Date

Broad, Edward R.

Not Boxford; American mission to Lepers; photo


1947/06/19

Graduations (High School); Georgetown

Commencement exercises program for Perley High School


1947/06/18

Graduations (High School); Topsfield

Commencement exercises program for Topsfield High School


1947/01/22

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, George B.; Parkhurst, Edith M. (Holt); Parkhurst, Laurinda; Parkhurst, John W.

George B./deceased


No Date

Parkhurst, Frank L.

Missing in Methuen; police search for


1947/02/21

Engagements

Mortimer, Martha E.; Hamilton, Roger A.; Mortimer, Edward K.; Mortimer, Martha E. (Stearns)

Martha E./fiancée; Roger A./fiancé


No Date

Haynes, Winthrop P.

To lecture at Harvard University


1947

Libraries/Librarians

Lincoln, Abraham

Lincoln papers unsealed at Library of Congress


05/19

Topsfield; Police Department

Gamble, William T.

Resigns as police chief/photo


05/19

Deaths/Funerals

Curtis, John K.

Rowley


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Ellis, Mary (Perry)

Bradford


1940/11/13

Deaths/Funerals

Pearl, Catherine S.

Long list of floral tributes and donors


1941

Deaths/Funerals

Petrovich, William

Georgetown


1943/05

Deaths/Funerals

Gage, Alice

Arlington; formerly of Boxford


No date

Kai-Shek, Madame Chiang

Brief family history


1942

Probate; Boxford Historical Society

Kimball, Grace H.

Haverhill; small bequest to Boxford Historical Society


1943/05/31

Deaths/Funerals

Galaher, Charles T.

 

1943/08

First Congregational Church

Haynes, Winthrop P.; Hills, Stanley B.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry)

Old Home Sunday


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Farnum, Benjamin W.; Doucette, Helen

Benjamin W./deceased; North Andover


1941/09/02

Deaths/Funerals

Spofford, Nellie M.; Spofford, Frank

Nellie M./deceased


1941/09

Fairs; Topsfield

Cole, Harry L.; Killam, Dwight; Wadleigh, Paul; Rolfe, Mrs. William; Andrew, Mrs. John; Austin, Charlotte; Nason, Jennie; Killam, Paul; Killam, Chester H.; Killam, Paul C.; Killam, David; Parkhurst, John W.

Received awards (not specified) at Fair


1944

Advertisements

Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.

Political ad for State Rep contest; photo


1942/02/06

Boxford Historical Society

Austin, Alice P.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Pearl, Simeon S.; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Nason, Ruby F.; Parkhurst, Robert B.; Lord, Milton E.; Cole, Harry L.; Morss, Walter K.; Herrick, Mary A.; Haynes, Winthrop P.; Nason, Clinton B.

Colonial costume party


No date

Engagements

Gould, Evelyn E.; Lennox, Robert E.; Gould, Frank M.; Gould, Florence M. (Brown)

Evelyn/fiancée; Robert/fiancé; photo of Evelyn


1946/04/19

Fires

Millay, William; Millay, Lelia; Perley, Barbara C.; Chaplin, Charles H.

 

No date

Deaths/Funerals

Sias, Arthur G.

Reading; Boxford native


1947

Coolidge, Grace

Photo


1945/04

Deaths/Funerals

Killam, Minnie I.(Tidd); Killam, Chester; Killam, Paul L.; Killam, Dwight; Pearl, Clara E. (Killam); Killam, Hazel

Minnie I./deceased


1946/11/19

First Congregational Church

Putnam, Raymond G.

Putnam will be new minister; photo


1945/04/16

Deaths/Funerals

Killam, T. Perley; Parkhurst, Lucy J. (Killam); Killam, Chester

T. Perley/deceased


1947/06/17

Topsfield; Graduations (High School)

Childs, Coralie; Walsh, Joan;

High School graduation honors; photos of Joan and Coralie


1943/11/17

Park, J. Edgar

Wheaton College retirement; photo


1943

Military

Chadwick, Richard P.

To be commissioned 2nd lieutenant


1944/02

War Bonds

War bond drive in Boxford


1944/02

Deaths/Funerals

Symonds, Harlan E.; Symonds, Mary A. (Perley); Cheney, Marion (Symonds)

Harlan E./deceased


1942

Gardner Morse School

Briggs, Dudley; Greenler, William J., Cole, Harry L.; Chadwick, Patricia; Carver, Mrs. Eugene; Price, Rosamond (Ingalls); Place, Mrs. Alexander; Chadwick, Barbara (Picard); Colby, Marion (McGregor); Sperry, Herbert W.; Cunningham, E. Robert; Anderson, Mrs. Donald

Briggs leaving for Belmont


1946

Real Estate

Ryan, Anna C.; Simpson, John K.; Simpson, Miriam R.

Real estate transfer/land in Boxford


No date

Marriages/Weddings

Williams, Maude G; Garlinghouse, Arnet J.

Not Boxford


1940/10/26

Wedding Anniversaries

Matthews, Joseph; Matthews, Edith M. (Mortimer); Mortimer, Edward C.; Bradford, Emery L.; Walsh, Ella M. (Gillis); Butler, Howard; Mortimer, Martha

25th anniversary of the Matthews


1942

 

Killam, Chester, Killam, Minnie I. (Tidd); Killam, Hazel L.

Going to Florida for the winter


1942

World War II

Killam, Arthur; Killam, Chester; Killam, Minnie I. (Tidd)

Arthur reported safe after Pearl Harbor bombing


1943/12

Fires

Nason, George; Nason, Alfred, Pearl, Elizabeth S. (Sanborn)

Auto repair and paint shop burns


1947

Churches

Sherrill, Henry K.

Installation as Episcopal bishop; photo


No date

Wilder, Mr./Mrs. Edward W.

Photo of family


1948/07/05

Wedding Anniversaries

Parkhurst, John W.; Parkhurst, Gertrude F. (Chadwick); Park, Calvin E.; Chadwick, Mr./Mrs. George W.; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Parkhurst, Amy G.

60th wedding anniversary of John W. and Gertrude F.


1948/07/05

Turner, Mr./Mrs. Spurgeon; Eldridge, Mrs. Tom; Park, Caroline W.

Spurgeons move; Caroline visits sister in Colorado


1947/08/28

Putnam, Raymond G.

Obtains divinity degree


1948

Hitchcock, Charlotte; Sewall, Penny; Torrey, Diane

Doll carriage parade; photo of winners


No date

NH Seacoast Festival Award; photo


1944 

Photo of Egyptian pyramids


No date

Boxford Village Garden Club; Flower Shows

Adams, Mr./Mrs. John Q.; Killam, Dwight; Gale, Marjorie C. (Newell); Mello, Margaret; Maddock, James S., Jr.; Killam, Herbert E; (33 additional names of Boxford winners)

List of participants and winners in flower show; photo of Mrs. Adams


1944/02

Retirements

Parkhurst, John W.

Retires from town clerk’s position


1944/02

French, Bessie

Leaves Kelsey Nursery for Salem Bank


1943

Engagements

Gould, George A., Sr.; Gould, Nettie H. (Conant); Gould Alice; Gray, C. Norman

Alice/fiancée; C. Norman/fiance


No date

Boxford Historical Society

Kilbourne, Mr./Mrs. Hubert; Price, Rosamond (Ingalls); Lane, Margaret; Perley, Esther K.; Sawyer, Mary B.; Colby, Marion (McGregor); Cole, Ethel (Killam); Benson, Mrs. John; Nason, Beulah

Show and tell about family heirlooms


November

Music/Musicians

Pinkham, Daniel

Featured at concert; photo


No date

Deaconess Hospital; photos


No date

Probate

Bequest to Bradford church


1944/01

Fires

Merrill, Mr./Mrs. Warren

Not Boxford


1946/10/28

Deaths/Funerals

Cheney, Marion E.; Cheney, Hiram P.; Symonds, Frederick; Symonds, Charlotte A.

Marion/deceased


1944/02/03

Deaths/Funerals

Engelhardt, Fred

Durham, NH; photo


No date

Topsfield

Archer, Charles F.W.

Tells of tannery in Blubber Hollow


No date

Sherrill, Henry K.

10th anniversary of installation as Bishop


No date

Churches

Methodist Youth Fellowship; photo


1943

First Congregational Church

Eaton, Kenneth O.

Farewell sermon upon his leaving


1943

Deaths/Funerals

Butterfield, Lizzie (Frye); French, Etta M. (Frye)

Lizzie F./deceased; of South Weymouth, formerly of Boxford; sister to Etta


1943

Marriages/Weddings

Costa, Margaret B.; Blaisdell, Ralph W.; Piotrowski, Mr./Mrs. Kasimir; MacPherson, Gladys E. (Murray)

Margaret B./bride; Ralph W./groom


1943

Boxford Grange

Mortimer, Elizabeth (Gillis); Gerst, Sarah H.

To attend state grange session


1943

Marriages/Weddings

Perley, Eleanor F.; Metcalf, Robert F., Jr.; Perley, Esther K.;

Eleanor F./bride; Robert F./groom; article on wedding followed by article on bridal shower


1943

Deaths/Funerals

Gerst, Daniel G.; Gerst, Sarah H.

Daniel G./deceased


1943

Eaton, Kenneth O.

Farewell reception


1943

Marriages/Weddings

Carleton, Bertha; Chapman, Alfred; Neese, J. Everett

Bertha/bride; Alfred/groom


1943

Graduations (High School); North Andover

Hopping, Richard

Full page of North Andover High School graduating class photos


1943

Fires

Rea, George

North Andover barn fire


1943

Town Meetings; War Bonds; Honors/Awards/Testimonials

French, Archer N.; Greenler, William J.; Matthews, Joseph B.; Lockwood, Dimon; Cole, Harry L.; Killam, T. Perley; Pearl, Simeon S.; Perley, Raymond; Cunningham, B. Robert; Millen, Edward; Nason, Clinton B.; Parkhurst, John W.

Election of town officers; purchase of War Bonds; Parkhurst’s 50 years service to town recognized


1943

Deaths/Funerals

Butterfield, Lizzie F. (Frye)

South Weymouth; formerly Boxford


1943

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, George G.

North Andover; photo


1943

Marriages/Weddings

McGregor, Dorothy; Chadwick, John T., 3rd; MrGregor, Celia G.; Chadwick, Mr./Mrs. John T., Jr.; Colby, Marion (McGregor); Chadwick, Joyce; Chadwick, Joan; Fowler, Mrs. Charles A.; Corbin, Dorothy

Dorothy/bride; John T., 3rd/groom


1944/02

Deaths/Funerals

Harriman, William F.; Sweet, Milton F.

William F./deceased


1943

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, George G.

North Andover; photo


1943/09/22

Y.W.C.A.

Banks, Jane C.

 

1941/05/28

Thornton, W. Randolph

Parker Street Methodist Church


1943/06/17

New Hampshire

Commencement program/Portsmouth High School


1944

World War II; Military

Gamble, William T.; Gamble, Mr./Mrs. William

William T. suffered shrapnel wounds at Anzio


1946/01/29

Deaths/Funerals

Sutton, Mary O.

Andover


No date

Family Reunions

Swann, Mrs. William A.

 

No date

Real Estate

French, Walter W.; French, Etta M. (Frye); Eaton, Forrest G.; Eaton, Charlotte (French)

Land transfer to Eatons


1946/05

Deaths/Funerals

Sheldon, Mary L. (Cheney); Sheldon, Joseph

Mary/deceased


1947

Deaths/Funerals

Peabody, Ella F.; Sias, John; Sias, Mary E. (Gerry)

Ella F./deceased; Nashua, NH; Ella born in Boxford


1943/11

Second Congregational Church

Funding appeal pamphlet


1942

Hitler on list of worst people in history


1943

Deaths/Funerals

Berry, Mary A.

Andover; taught in Boxford schools


1944/02

Boxford Town Libraries

Rounds, Isabel

Ingalls Memorial Library membership drive


1943/12

Deaths/Funerals

Nason, James H.; Nason, Clinton B.

James H./deceased


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Frost, Helen E. (Day)

 

1941/05/28

Boxford Missionary Society; Ladies Charitable Society

Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Eaton, Eveline (Bowen)

 

1941/01

Deaths/Funerals

Day, Isabelle M.

 

02/24

Birthdays

William, Hannah J.

In Cochituate


April

Marriages/Weddings

Peabody, Archibald, Jr.; Ames, Alma; Peabody, Archibald, Sr.; Peabody, Betsy (Lewis)

Alma/bride; Archibald, Jr./groom


1943/11/21

Second Congregational Church; Anniversaries

Allen, Arthur W.; Chadwick, Mrs. John T., Jr.; Lorenz, Ellen J.; Sperry, Herbert W.; Weatherbee, Robert, Jr.; Austin, Mrs. Arthur; Eaton, Peter; Chadwick, Blanche A.; Chadwick, George W.; Henly, Alonzo; Foster, Sarah; Gardner, Emmeline K.; Fowler, Mrs. Charles

100th anniversary of church building


1944/02/02

Deaths/Funerals

Kimball, Edwin C.

Haverhill


1944/01/07

Deaths/Funerals

Hoover, Mrs. Herbert

President Hoover’s wife in New York; photo


No date

New Hampshire

Gage, Herbert E.

Elected president; NH Colonial Wars society


1943/04/08

New Hampshire

Parkhurst, Gertrude

National Honor Society


1944/02

Staffield, Mrs. John T.

Husband in Army


1944/01/19

Deaths/Funerals

Chase, C. Thurston, Sr.

Deerfield, MA


No date

Kenilworth Union Church, IL; photo only


12/25

Christmas Cards

Line drawing of unidentified church


1944/06/06

World War II

King George VI; message


No date

Marriages/Weddings

Curtis, Phillip E.; Stewart, Patricia

Photo


1943

Biography

Spofford, Ormon I.; Kimball, Abel; Spofford, Isaac; Spofford, Julia A.

Photo of Ormon I. Spofford


1941

Probate

Andrew, Ella J.; Morss, Walter K.; Andrew, John A.

Ella Andrew estate


1944

Deaths/Funerals

Day, Sarah F. (Steele)

Haverhill


1943/03/01

Awards/Honors/Testimonials

Parkhurst, John W.; Cole, Harry L.

Honoring Parkhurst’s 50 years as town clerk


No date

Taxes

List of 95+ names with tax bill for each


1944/02/01

Deaths/Funerals

Perley, Abbie C.; Perley, Raymond; Perley, Esther K.

Abbie C./deceased


1944/02

Births

Butler, Howard, Jr.; Butler, Ethel; Butler, Frances

Frances/baby


1944/01

Deaths/Funerals

Perley, Roscoe D.

Melrose


1941/06

Deaths/Funerals

Webster, Jennie D.

Haverhill


1941/10

Marriages/Weddings

Leake, Natalie; Hopley, Edward J.; Gardner, Mr./Mrs. Charles; Nason, Jennie; Nason, Ruby

Natalie/bride; Edward J./groom; in NH


1941/10

Boxford Missionary Society

Box Work Committee


1941/10

Boxford Village Garden Club

Herrick, Mary A.; Spring, Mrs. Romney

 

1942

Boxford Historical Society

Colby, E. Laurence; Cunningham, Robert; Cole, Harry L.; Nason, Clinton B.; Morss, Walter K.; Cunningham, Edward R.; Nason, Ruby; Nason, Anna

Auction


1944

Boxford School Committee

Chadwick, Mrs. J. Warren; Kelsey, Seth L.; Millen, Edward R.; Trask, Harry E.; Cole, Harry L.; Matthews, Joseph B.; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Greenler, William J., Jr.

 

1944

Awards/Honors/Testimonials

Parkhurst, John W.; Cole, Harry L.

Parkhurst 51 years as town clerk


1944/02

Deaths/Funerals

Perley, Abbie C.; Wolfe, Rolland E.; Rea, Warren; Rea, Perley; Metcalf, Robert F., Jr.

Abbie C./deceased


1944

Deaths/Funerals

Chadwick, Carrie C.; Whittier, Fred; Meade, Harley; Morrell, Thomas; Chadwick, Frank

Carrie C./deceased; North Andover


12/25

Christmas Cards

Photo of house; signed Isabel


1943/12/25

Christmas Cards

Driscoll, Edward; Driscoll, Eva

Photo of house in Florida


No date

Northampton

Drawing of 1838 street scene


No date

Houses

Unidentified drawing


1944/06/25

Marriages/Weddings

Curtis, Thomas; Smith, Louise

Photo of bride; Thomas, former Boxford pastor; brother of LeRoy Curtis


No date

Real Estate

Austin, Alice M.; Austin, Charlotte; Fowler, Priscilla (Austin); Bolton, Mrs. W.W.; Bolton, John G.

Transfer of part of Tyler Farm, West Boxford


1944/06/06

Wedding Anniversaries

Berry, Mr./Mrs. Samuel D.

50th anniversary; North Andover; Mrs. Berry was a Nason


1944

Accidents

Grobel, William

Injured in building collapse


1944/12/18

Deaths/Funerals

Parkhurst, Edith (Holt); Parkhurst, George B.; Parkhurst, Laurinda

Edith (Holt)/deceased


1945

Military

Dresser, Rodney C.

Photo; duties in England


1943

Deaths/Funerals

Speare, Florence

Nashua, NH


1944/05/17

Deaths/Funerals

Gross, Anson K.

Florida


1944/12

Probate

Perley, Abbie N. (Chaplin)

 

1944

Deaths/Funerals

Ewing, Sarah (Porter)

Connecticut


1944

Wolfe, Rolland E.

War council of churches


1944/06/01

Real Estate

Vaughan, John F.; Vaughan, Eunice L.; Knowles, Paul S.; Knowles, Josephine P.

 

1944

Baldpate

Schlomer, George

Head of Baldpate gets citizenship papers


1944

Elections

Greenler, William J.

Ran for House of Representatives


1946/04/20

Military

Hitchcock, John, Jr.

Discharged from Navy


1943/12/19

New Hampshire

Brochure for UNH Christmas concert


1946

Gilkey, Calama H.

Foster homes advocate; Springfield


1943/11/06

Birth Announcements

Thornton, Valerie J.; Thornton, Mr./Mrs. W. Randolph

Valerie J./baby


1944/06/29

Birth Announcements

Hooker, William P.

William P./baby


12/25

Christmas Cards

“Roys acres”; photo of house and message


No date

Deaths/Funerals

Roys, Mabel F.; Roys, Edville A., Sr.

Mabel F./deceased; East Kingston; Edville was Boxford pastor


No date

Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.

Speaks at program


No date

Art/Artists

Calder, James

Photo of Calder and poster he painted for Boxford war drive


1946/03/08

Deaths/Funerals

Emerson, Henry S.

Amherst, MA


1944/12

Libraries/Librarians

Lord, Milton E.

Director American Libraries in Paris


1944/12/20

Deaths/Funerals; Physicians

Sanborn, Byron

Doctor in Topsfield


1944/10/18

Deaths/Funerals

Heine, Ada

Northampton


1944/05/18

Debutantes

Kelsey, Anne

Photo


1946/04/02

Military

Adams, Richard E.

Discharged from Army; photo


1946/04/02

Awards/Honors/Testimonials

Kelsey, Anne

Daughters of the Republic


1946

Marriages/Weddings

Reid, Jesse; Speare, Sceva

Not Boxford


No date

Christmas Cards

Hooker

Photo of house; no first name (479 Lacy Street, North Andover)


No date

Physicians

Lahey, Frank

Boston


1947/04

Deaths/Funerals

Disbrow, Edward D.

Former Boxford minister


1947/04/1

Deaths/Funerals

Disbrow, Edward D.

Former Boxford minister


1947/04/11

Deaths/Funerals

Disbrow, Edward D.

Former Boxford minister


1944/09/10

Military

New Hampshire


No date

Military

Waters, Albert C., Jr.

Promoted to staff sergeant


1948/08/02

Topsfield

Dresser, Rodney C.

Made principal of high school


1944

Deaths/Funerals

Paisley, Mrs. James G; Paisley, William P., Sr.; Walker, William

Mrs. James G./deceased


1946/03/09

Topsfield; Basketball

Savage, Jean; Kelsey, Anne; Childs, Coralie; Gamble, Edith

High school basketball team; photo


1948/12

Boxford Village Garden Club

Parkhurst, Amy G.; Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); Peabody, Mrs. Archibald

 

1946/10

Marriages/Weddings

Walsh, Natalie F.; Curtis, LeRoy E., Jr.; Walsh, William R., Sr.; Walsh, Ella M. (Gillis); Hoogerzeil, Robert; Meeker, Martha J.

Natalie F./bride; LeRoy E./groom


1949

Deaths/Funerals

Killam, Sarah P.; Whittier, Francis; Whittier, Elizabeth P.

Sarah P./deceased


1947/12/28

Deaths/Funerals

Peabody, Ella F.

 

1946/03/27

Ladies Benevolent Society; Anniversaries

Banquet invitation to 100th anniversary of Ladies Benevolent


No date

Engagements

Pearl, Muriel; Caminati, Bruno

Muriel/fiancée; Bruno/fiancé; not Boxford


No date

Engagements

Jenkins, Jean W.; Marble, Leonard J.

Jean W./fiancée; Leonard J./fiance; not Boxford


1949/12/29

Deaths/Funerals

Cole, Lela A.; Cole, Morris L.

Lela A./deceased; New York


1948

Engagements

Williams, Doris B.; Spaulding, Everett A.

Doris B./fiancée; Everett A./fiancé; both of Georgetown


1946/04/06

Ladies Benevolent Society; Anniversaries

Peabody, Mrs. Archibald; Curtis, Thomas; Curtis, Louise (Smith); Parkhurst, Amy G.; Parkhurst, Winnifrid C.; Coggins, Mary; Atherton, George W.; Brown, Jeannette (Perley); Moore, Geraldine O. (Berry); MacPherson, Gladys E. (Murray); Ray, Margaret; Killam, Mrs. Dwight; Von Kameke, Mrs. Henry; Von Kameke, Bettina (McGrath); Gammell, Nancy E. (Weston); Cleaveland, Mary; Swann, Mrs. William; Cleaveland, Bessie; Twisden, Mrs. Thomas; Bradford, Carrie L.; Beane, Mrs. R. J.; Gage, Mrs. Abbe; Parkhurst, Edith (Holt); Bond, Marguerite (Harriman)

100th anniversary of Ladies Benevolent Society


1946/01/29

First Congregational Church

Parkhurst, Winnifird C.; Hills, Stanley B.; Lord, Milton E.; Killam, Paul L. Jr.; Waters, David S.; Parkhurst, Amy G.; Mortimer, Martha E.; Dodge, Mrs. Raymond; Von Kameke, Bettina (McGrath); Hitchcock, Margaret G. (Jenkins); Hoogerzeil, Norman; McMorran, Alexander; Lane, Margaret; Haynes, Anna (Morse); Godfrey, Warren; Roberts, Franklin C., Sr.; Killam, Dwight L., Jr.; Walsh, William R., Jr.; Merrow, Wescott M.; Kelsey, Harlan P., III

Church business and elections


1946/04

Retirements

Noyes, Alfred B.

Retired from fire dept.; not Boxford’s


No date

Music/Musicians

Missud, Jean

Salem Cadet Band


02/13

Deaths/Funerals

Neilson, William A.

Northampton, MA


1947/10/03

Deaths/Funerals

Barker, Thomas L.; Barker, Florence (Killam)

Thomas L./deceased; Beverly


1945/07/26

Deaths/Funerals

Marsh, Minnie E. (Brewster); Marsh, Edmund P.

Minnie E./deceased


1948/01/22

Deaths/Funerals

Hills, Stanley B.; Hills, Esther L. (Tenney); Hills, John T.