Sheryl - My brother & I loved driving those cars. the last time I went to Rocky Point before they closed, the cars were not running, so my kids didn't get to go on them. We used to take our kids to Story Land in New Hampshire, every summer, and up until about 4 or 5 years ago, they had the original diesel cars. They have now been replaced by battery operated ones. These cars are a little different though, because they have a rail in the middle of the track. Another ride we loved at Roger Williams were the space ships that you could make go up and down. That carousel at crescent park is just the greatest. Everytime I go, I'm always surprised at how fast it runs. FYI - they are building a new carousel at Oakland Beach, Warwick, RI. It's supposed to open this year, I think. http://www.obcarousel.org/OaklandBeach.html Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheryl Romasco To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon The Carousel is still open at Crescent Park in Providence. My family goes there during the summer. The brass ring is there in all it's glory! My grand daughter had her first ride last summer when she was 17 months old! When I was growing up my aunt lived in Providence, My brother and I use to go for overnight visits. I can remember riding in some type of open go cart or car on a wooden track. It went up, down and around. You actually drove the car - no tracks to guide you. I can still remember to this day the wooden rails all around the track. They were rickety and I always wondered how it never fell down. I can also remember thinking about getting nasty slivers from the wood. Sheryl On Mar 14, 2006, at 11:31 AM, AGFranks wrote: > Hi Lisa: > > The Merry -go- round I think is in the Riverside part of Providence. I > recall my sister mentioning something about the old carousel horses > being > there. > > Alison

Helen, I do NOT think ANYONE.....had to live through AND witness what we saw.....The Snow was so HIGH that you could NOT drive.....Abondoned cars were EVERYWHERE.....ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE COULD DRIVE THEIR CARS.....Doctors...Nurses and POLICE were ALLOWED on the road....THEY would ANNOUNCE where to get MIlk and BREAD BUT when you got there IT was ALL SOLD OUT....I remember giving my 7 year old daughter a $10..00 bill to get a loaf of bread at a nearby market....When she came home...She had NO BREAD and NO CHANGE...I asked her what happened......She said she went to the counter and ordered a loaf of bread....She gave him the money and he took it....BUT he gave her NO CHANGE and NO BREAD.....He took advantage of a 7 year old child in the STORM.... I went back there 2 times to get OUR money back. Maureen >From: "Helen Ware" <[email protected]> >To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Cushing Hospital...... >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:49:46 -0500 > >I lived in Texas and didn't witness the blizzard of 1978 here, one of my >brothers was in a snow mobile club that went and rescued people from >stranded cars on the highways. >I can't even imagine how all survived this--my Mom and family tell us >about it and it is just hard to imagine being stranded and no fresh bread, >milk etc, being delivered to stores etc., but I never thought of nurses and >doctors being left at the hospital and their kids at home--how long were >people stranded for until things got back to normal? I bet babies were born >at home and all kinds of things went on! >Helen _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

I think this message came just to me, and not the list. Thanks Joyce - Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce & Bill Manuel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > I have a link here, that y'all might like. > Its has pictures of Woec and on the left side bar you can pick out where > you want to go... > Hope y'all enjoy. > http://www.worcestermass.com/places/index.shtml > Joyce

Dear Fellow Listers, I have in my possession an OBIT notice......I do NOT have a date.... Headlines say: DIED SUDDENLY FROM HEART DISEASE. Patrick Ryan, an old and well known resident of MIlford, died suddenely at the boarding house of Mrs. Mary Kirby, corner of South Bow and Main Streets, yesterday afternoon at 4pm...o'clock from heart disease....Deceased substained a fractured hip....two weeks ago by falling down the stairs at GILLION BLOCK and was attended by Dr. Curley....He was getting along nicely and expected to be able to sit up tomorrow. An hour prevous to his death he chatted with one of the boarders who stopped into his room and was apparently in fine spirits. About 4 O'Clock Mrs. Kirby went into the room to give the patient a glass of water and was startled to find him in a dying condition. Within a few minutes he passed away. Dr. Curley was immediately summoned and pronounced death due to heart disease. Mr. Ryan was unmarried and is thought to be about 72 years old. He has no know relatives in this country....The funeral will take place at 9am tomorrow at St.Mar'y Church. Maureen _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Dear Fellow Listers, I have found a certificate I have in my possesion....It says....Certificate of Surival... This certificate certifies that Maureen....Blah...Blah...Blah...Has overcome....surrmounted....and otherwise surrived what shall be known as THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1978.... 10:28 am February5,1987-6:20AM Feb8,1978....Presidendent Carter declares Federal Disatster area National Guard and U.S. ARMY called in Feb...7,1978... Records SET: WORST WINTER in 105 years..... RECORD SNOWFALL in a 24 hours period= 27.1 inches. RECORD SCHOOL CLOSINGS Fellow Listers....The National Guard used SNOWMOBILES to get me into Cushing Hospital DURING the GREAT BLIZZARD of 1978...I had to stay there for 3-4 days straight because other workers could NOT get in.... I had a family at this time and it was dis- regarded according to HOSPITAL WORKERS....DOCTORS AND NURSES....They picked me up on a snow mobile and I was NOT allowed to leave till all the roads were PLOWED and EVERYONE could get bACK TO WORK.... I HAD SMALL CHILDREN AT THE TIME.... BUT I did it.... Maureen _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Wow, Maureen, you have much to be proud of, I will think of you when I go by Cushing on my way to Framingham. I have gone that way for years because my Dr.'s were all near that end of town and the hospital also! My family has many wonderful servicemen going all the way back to the Indian Wars here in Mendon and all the way through. My grandfather was a prisoner of war in Germany in WW1 and shot through the temple, he had breathing problems from the "mustard gas" they were exposed to. My Uncle died in the Solomon's in WW2 but 2 others came back all in one piece. Another served in the Korean war and to many in Viet Nam. My Oldest son served in the U.S. Navy during peace time but saw overseas duty and the rescue of the Yacht Brilliantine from N. Korean waters. That is why I am so proud of our country and all who fight to keep us free, God bless all of our men who join the service to fight for all of us! Helen

Dear Fellow Listers, This is a message about Cushing Hospital....Framingham Mass. My grandfather was married May 16, 1917 in Holy Angels Church...Upton Mass. My grandfather Enlisted with the ARMY into WWI. My dad was born in 1922.My grandfather made it through WWI. and came home to a really good job on the railroad. My dad grew up through the Great Depression.... When WWII broke out my dad enlisted into the ARMY....My grandfather told me stories as I grew up....He said...Maureen...I have only one child AND only one son...My son ENLISTED into WWII and was ORDERED to the FRONT LINES(which usually meant you did NOT come back) SO my grandfather told me he had NOTHING to loose if my dad died in Germany....SO my grandfather...RE...Enlisted....THEY both made it through WWII.... When my grandfather came back from WWII he went into the VA Hospital in WEST ROXBURY....and became an RN....He then furthered his education and became a doctor....My grandfathers family BUILT CUSHING HOSPITAL in Framingham Ma....It was first BUILT to HOUSE the "BOYS" who came back from WWII without LIMBS....There were quite a few BARRACKS TYPE HOUSING... HOUSES BUILT with connecting UNDERGROUND TUNNELS.... These Tunnels were Built for the many soldiers that came back from WWII without LImbs.....They could visit each other using their wheelchairs through the tunnels that connected each house. My grandfather was a neurology surgeon there with expertise in the losing of limbs DUE to WAR....CUSHING HOSPITAL WAS first OPENED to VETERANS that LOST LIMBS IN WWII. I went to CUSHING HOSPITAL in Framingham AFTER it RE-OPENED for the ELDERLY or CANCER VICTUMS....I went through the State to be a NURSE of Geri-Actric NURSING.....I would walk those LONG hallway TUNNELS and be so PROUD KNOWING my GRANDFATHER was there BEFORE me and ALL THE GOOD he had done there. Maureen _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Lisa, Jolly Cholly's....North Attleboro.....I have not thought about that place in years....NICE MERRY GO ROUND....that was the first place I ever tried VINEGAR on my french fries....I guess alot of the FRENCH people from R.I. USE vinegar on their french fries....North Attleboro borders R.I. Maureen >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:18:40 -0500 > >Because I grew up in RI, I spent a lot of time at >Roger Williams Park - riding the merry go round >and seeing the animals. Alice the Elephant lived >there for many years. Sometime in the 1970's it >really hit rock bottom. There was an incident when >some boys? shot some animals through the fence >along Rt 95. After that, they really cleaned the place up. >It is a beautiful area, and the park is well kept now. >http://www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org/ > >They have a merry go round, but it is a new one. I >don't know where the old one went. > >The merry go round at Crescent Park has been >restored, as well as the one at Slater Park in Pawtucket. >They are beautiful works of art. Crescent Park has >a ring machine too. > >We never went to Nantasket or Revere beach - too >far away, but we did go to Rocky Point, Crescent Park, >Lincoln Park, and Jolly Cholly's, and Goddard Park. > >I didn't live out here when Lakeview was still operating, >so I never saw it when the amusement rides & carousel >were there. :-( > >Lisa > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:47 PM >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > John, > > I did get the brass ring in Mendon.. (about 8 times).I had to >graduate > > to the Horses to do it...Then after I got it I went to Roger >Williams Park > > in RI.( about 4 times I got the brass ring there)...They had all >animals and > > rides everywhere. > > BUT does ANYONE remember Nantasket BEACH???? Now there was an >Amusement > > Park. The Roller Coaster was called at the time "The world's >largest" I had > > to ride that by myself for the 1st time. Then with friends....I had >a > > babysitting job at that time...ANd I would get paid then take the >oldest > > daughter Dawnette MCCausland to Nantastic Beach to swim in the Ocean >and > > then to the rides across the street. There was a ride called "the >Human Fly" > > I would make her stand with the spectators and watch me take that >ride....It > > was a cylinder shape ride. You had to stand flat against the >walls...Then it > > would spin and spin till gravity took over...THEN they dropped the >floor out > > and you were STUCK against the walls like a fly...HENCE: The Human > > Fly.....Being stuck against the wall you could do just about >anything...SO I > > would slowly move upside down till my head faced the bottom that >dropped > > out...Then the would announce how much time you had to upright >yourself and > > I would start to do that......After the ride was over...I would put >her on > > all the kiddie rides and it was a good time...Nantasket Beach was >HULL. At > > Lakeview in Mendon they also had a similar ride....It was I think >the > > "swing"....There were 2 different ones....One was a swing that swung >out > > higher and higher while the music played BUT the other...you stood >against > > the wall and they straped you in...ANd it went round and round while >you > > were standing...(just dizzy)straped in with all the music playing in >the > > background. > > ANY WAY HULL is NOT Worcester County. > > Maureen > > > > > > >From: "John R. Tremblay" <[email protected]> > > >To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:28:53 -0500 > > > > > >Hello I would like to say Have been to Roger Williams Park all I >rember was > > >the Mote with the monkeys on it > > >John > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" > > ><[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:41 PM > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > >>Don, > > >>The treasured brass ring....I remember it well. I won it at Mendon >several > > >>times and ALSO at Rogers William Park in R.I. Actually when I was > > >>younger....(YOU had to lean way to the right to get it) I was >scared of > > >>the HORSES that moved UP and DOWN....I had to sit in a seat that >did NOT > > >>move....like a deacons bench seat....BUT by the time I went to >Rogers and > > >>Williams I had graduated to a horse that moved UP and DOWN....ANd >the > > >>Carrasoul MUSIC was so fine. > > >>Maureen > > >> > > >> > > >>>From: Don Barnes <[email protected]> > > >>>To: [email protected] > > >>>Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > >>>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:21:18 -0500 > > >>> > > >>>How I remember old Mendon. > > >>> > > >>> I have not seen Nipmuck Part since I was ten years old when my >family > > >>>moved to Georgia with one of the first "Yankee" mills to move >south. I am > > >>>81 now so what I remember has been aged for 71 years. > > >>> > > >>>I remember my first airplane ride from the Mendon Airport. Yes, >Mendon > > >>>had an airport. Actually an air strip. Well, maybe a grass field >just off > > >>>the Uxbridge / Mendon road. > > >>> > > >>>I was five years old at the time because the barmstorm pilot >required > > >>>that all passengers must be five years old before they could go >up in his > > >>>open cockpit biplane. The flight schedule was simple - Saturdays >and > > >>>Sundays on warm dry days. Return trip was to where you took off >from. > > >>> > > >>>I remember when we climbed into the front cockpit and the pilot >got into > > >>>the rear seat, that I was afraid that the pilot would not be able >to see > > >>>when we was going. > > >>> > > >>>When we go aloft and looked down I asked my father, "Is God up >here?". > > >>>Or at least that is what he told later. Actually I don't remember >saying > > >>>anything. > > >>> > > >>>At Nipmuck Park the thing I remember best was the merry-go-round. >It had > > >>>a slotted arm that was loaded with metal rings. If you stood on >the edge > > >>>of the wheel and held on to one of the vertical poles (and you >were tall > > >>>enough) you could stick your hand and perhaps snag a ring. If >the ring > > >>>was brass you got the next ride free - a wonderful prize. If the >ring > > >>>was plain old metal, you were suppose to throw it into a bin that >had a > > >>>big mesh bag to catch it. Then the rings were loaded back into >the arm. > > >>>The brass rings were bright and shiny so grabbers and spectators >could > > >>>see when a winner was in the slot. > > >>> > > >>>I believe that the streetcars quit running to Mendon in the late >twenty's > > >>>or early thirties when a flood on the Blackstone River took out >the > > >>>bridge and tracks that were never replaced. > > >>> > > >>>Since I remember these things from seventy years ago so well, how >come I > > >>>can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. > > >>> > > >>>Don Barnes - Winston Salem, NC > > >>> > > >>>P.S. 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Hi Helen, AND I ALSO know that in the 20's and 30's DURING the GREAT DEPRESSION. Quite a few homeless peolpe went to live in the State Hospitals. AND at the time of GOV. WELD were many homeless people living in them. BUT there were MANY being treated with specials meds...THe IN HOUSE ones and OUT PATIENT. THERE is NO ONE to moniter these people that were let loose OR the OUT PATIENTS who did NOT take their MEDS. ACTUALLY at the time of GOV. WELD I worked in a STATE HOSPITAL. CUSHING HOSPITAL, FRAMINGHAM, MA. I graduated a NURSE from there. When I worked there it was a CANCER and OR ELDERLY. Which was my specialy I was a Geriactric Nurse.You know when Gov. WElD stole ALL that money from the STATE I had to work almost 3 months with NO pay...Till they could figure out where to get the money to pay US....It was during this time many of the workers quit and walked OUT on those ELDERLY...I couldn't do it....I stayed there till the end when they CLOSED CUSHING because of what WELD did. And I did alot of studying of the BOSTON Strangler. He was sent to BRIDGEWATER STATE HOSPITAL and that is ALSO where he died. Where Grafton State Hospital was is a YOUTH CORPS BUILDINGS. I went by there a year os so ago and they had it all set up for Culinary ARTS. My uncle from Madden Ave use to drive me up where the LYNAN school was and he always told me those kids were there BECAUSE they DID NOT listen to their PARENTS!! THere were probably many bad parents out there. There still are today....That is what I work with now...These troubled youths.... That thing my sister married was out here AND dangerous ALL these YEARS...amongst his many acts of wrong was IMPERSONATING....POLICE... STATE POLICE... and....CLERGY... VIOLENCE AGAINST women and CHILDREN....NOW....THAT is a DANGER to society...no mattter HOW you look at it... There are MANY good people in this world BUT there are still ONES with mental illness NOT be treated. You know it is a terrible thing BUT somehow they ALWAYS let the child molesters go.... EVen I cannot say for sure about 8 years or so(I think) The then GOV. Of TEXAS (Pres BUSH II) Had 2 people PLEA for there LIves.....One a child Molester and the other was at the time(of the offense) 11 or 12 year old female WHO admitted that a gang Broke her in and even though she resisted them...They overtook her as a child and was there when the older ones committed murder and it was a really horrible thing....Those 2 pleaded for there lives and he put to death the female and let the child molester back into society....I have studied on child molesters and they CANNOT be Re- Habilitated. Maureen >From: "Helen Ware" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Re: Lyman School >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:34:50 -0500 > >Hi Maureen, >As Ii told you in an other letter I lived in Westboro for many years and we >were very familiar with both Lyman School and Westboro State hospital. >My Mother in law worked at the hospital for years as did many friends. >But the Lyman School was a good thing for many of the homeless and kids >that were not bad but got no attention or guidance at home. >we used to take some of the boys in for holiday dinners and picnics etc. >because my husband and I were active in youth sports and activities. The >boys from Lyman school were allowed to partake in these things. We never >had a bad experience and these kids we met were not bad kids. They wanted >attention and love, to be recognized as who they were. Some had done no >more than refuse to go to school every day. >I think the state of Ma. did a pretty good job taking care of these kids, >God knows what would happen if they were left at home with so called >parents. >All state hospitals have nightmare stories, but way back Westboro took in >not only mentally ill but people terminally ill who had no money to go to >the hospital. My great grandmother had terminal cancer and she was mentally >fine, she was in Westboro state and died there in August of 1922. >When my older boys were teen's in the 70's one of the Lyman School >buildings was opened for the kids to go roller-skating every weekend and >the kids loved it, gave them all something to do with their friends. >When the Boston Strangler was put in there many in Westboro were afraid he >would escape and harm local women, but I never heard of any state hospital >escapees harming anyone in town. >Helen > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >Worcester GenWeb has many Resources >Check it out!! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces > _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement

I have a link here, that y'all might like. Its has pictures of Worc etc and on the left side bar you can pick out where you want to go... Hope y'all enjoy. http://www.worcestermass.com/places/index.shtml Joyce > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb list archiver: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > Southern Heart Ranch www.southernheartranch.com

The Carousel is still open at Crescent Park in Providence. My family goes there during the summer. The brass ring is there in all it's glory! My grand daughter had her first ride last summer when she was 17 months old! When I was growing up my aunt lived in Providence, My brother and I use to go for overnight visits. I can remember riding in some type of open go cart or car on a wooden track. It went up, down and around. You actually drove the car - no tracks to guide you. I can still remember to this day the wooden rails all around the track. They were rickety and I always wondered how it never fell down. I can also remember thinking about getting nasty slivers from the wood. Sheryl On Mar 14, 2006, at 11:31 AM, AGFranks wrote: > Hi Lisa: > > The Merry -go- round I think is in the Riverside part of Providence. I > recall my sister mentioning something about the old carousel horses > being > there. > > Alison > > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb list archiver: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >

Yes, the original carousel from Crescent Park in Riverside has been restored, and still operates from about may to October. It is absolutely gorgeous. The original one from Roger williams was sold - I don't remember when, but I think sometime in the the early 1970's. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "AGFranks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:31 AM Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > Hi Lisa: > > The Merry -go- round I think is in the Riverside part of Providence. I > recall my sister mentioning something about the old carousel horses being > there. > > Alison > > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb list archiver: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >

From:"History of Worcester County, MA with biographical sketches of many of its Pioneer & Prominent Men" Volume 1; pages 196, 197 ; D. Hamilton Hurd--compiler; J.W. Lewis & Co. publisher....1889 Ashburnham, alias Dorchester Canada incorporated Feb 22 1765. The first meeting house, erected 1739 or 1740, was not injured during the years the settlement was abandoned, and it silently invited occupacy 20 years before the organization of a church and the settlement of a minister. A considerable number of the settlers were members of the church in Lunenburg, and there many of the children born in Dorchester Canada previous to 1760 were baptized. A call for a minister was extended Nov 27 1759, and Mr. Jonathan WINCHESTER was ordained April 23 1760, the same day a church was organized. The covenant bears the signatures of Mr. WINCHESTER and of 12 male residents of th settlement, 6 of whom were Germans. The first church in Ashburnham remained in full relations with the Orthodox or Trinitarian Congregationalists The second meeting house, built in 1791, was located on the Old Common, and near the site of its primitive predecessor. The third and present church ediface was erected in Central Village, 1833, and dedicated Feb 19 1834. =================================== *** This is the only FISKE minister I found mentioned...Rev. Frederick A. FISKE, son of Rev. Elisha & Margaret (SHEPARD) FISKE, born Wrentham, MA, 15 Apr 1816; installed 30 Dec 1851; dismissed 17 Apr 1854; died at North Attleborough, MA, 15 Dec 1878 ================================== In the autumn of 1793 Rev. Jonathan HILL preached the first Methodist sermon in the town, and a society was gathered the following year. In 1831 the Ashburnham and Westminster Societies were united and constituted a station. A meeting house was built on Main Street, and dedicated July 4 1832. This building is now owned and occupied by the Catholic Society. The present commondious ediface was built 1870. Previous to 1832 sixty-five preachers were assiged to the station to which the Methodist Church in Ashburnham belnged, and since that date thirty-six appointments have been made by the conference. A accommodate families in that portion of he town, a meeting house was erected in North Ashburnham, 1842, and a church with Evangelical proclivities was emboded Feb 21 1843. At no time has the membership been large, and public ministrations have not been continuously sustained. In 1860 the church was disbanded, and the Second Congregational Church of Ashburnham with a amended creed was organized. The Catholics of Ashburnham held services in the town hall several years, and since 1871 have owned and occupied the ediface erected by the Methodists in 1832. The church is under the spiritual direction of Father John CONWAY, who is also in charge of the church in Winchendon.

http://www.cockenkettle.com/history.htm found this page with some history of the cocke n' kettle restaurant that I had mentioned was in the Taft family. Lisa

For all of you with Hopedale ties, check out this site. It has the yearbooks and lots of information about Hopedale High School graduates. It's a great page if you are looking for hopedale people. http://www.hopedale-high-blue-raiders.com/ Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Ware" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass. > I go by the drive into it daily, my son lives on Freedom St. it is a beautiful estate and most homes on Adin St. are lovely. > Hopedale is a very nice community, I have lots off family there. Since 1900, so long time knowing Hopedale. The police force is wonderful as is the fire department, schools also are very good. > When I was in high school 1955-59 they had a wonderful basketball team and were always at the top of the standings. > In the late 50 and 60's Drapers had looms that made fabric similar to heavy denim, a family member was a big boss there and used to give us lots of fabric. I made maternity clothes from it! > One of my uncles had his eye burned by steam from a broken boiler and lost his sight and eye and had a glass eye. > Most of my ancestors(male) all were employed by Drapers, I had two g.aunts in the 1915 -1922 time span that has lost their Mom and they were put to work at the Draper home as maids and learned lots of good things to prepare them for marriage. > I love the mansions on the left hand side of rte.16 as you are going into Hopedale from Milford, one was the Dow residence when I was a kid. Big and beautiful places and worth lots of money now! > Helen >

Because I grew up in RI, I spent a lot of time at Roger Williams Park - riding the merry go round and seeing the animals. Alice the Elephant lived there for many years. Sometime in the 1970's it really hit rock bottom. There was an incident when some boys? shot some animals through the fence along Rt 95. After that, they really cleaned the place up. It is a beautiful area, and the park is well kept now. http://www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org/ They have a merry go round, but it is a new one. I don't know where the old one went. The merry go round at Crescent Park has been restored, as well as the one at Slater Park in Pawtucket. They are beautiful works of art. Crescent Park has a ring machine too. We never went to Nantasket or Revere beach - too far away, but we did go to Rocky Point, Crescent Park, Lincoln Park, and Jolly Cholly's, and Goddard Park. I didn't live out here when Lakeview was still operating, so I never saw it when the amusement rides & carousel were there. :-( Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > John, > I did get the brass ring in Mendon.. (about 8 times).I had to graduate > to the Horses to do it...Then after I got it I went to Roger Williams Park > in RI.( about 4 times I got the brass ring there)...They had all animals and > rides everywhere. > BUT does ANYONE remember Nantasket BEACH???? Now there was an Amusement > Park. The Roller Coaster was called at the time "The world's largest" I had > to ride that by myself for the 1st time. Then with friends....I had a > babysitting job at that time...ANd I would get paid then take the oldest > daughter Dawnette MCCausland to Nantastic Beach to swim in the Ocean and > then to the rides across the street. There was a ride called "the Human Fly" > I would make her stand with the spectators and watch me take that ride....It > was a cylinder shape ride. You had to stand flat against the walls...Then it > would spin and spin till gravity took over...THEN they dropped the floor out > and you were STUCK against the walls like a fly...HENCE: The Human > Fly.....Being stuck against the wall you could do just about anything...SO I > would slowly move upside down till my head faced the bottom that dropped > out...Then the would announce how much time you had to upright yourself and > I would start to do that......After the ride was over...I would put her on > all the kiddie rides and it was a good time...Nantasket Beach was HULL. At > Lakeview in Mendon they also had a similar ride....It was I think the > "swing"....There were 2 different ones....One was a swing that swung out > higher and higher while the music played BUT the other...you stood against > the wall and they straped you in...ANd it went round and round while you > were standing...(just dizzy)straped in with all the music playing in the > background. > ANY WAY HULL is NOT Worcester County. > Maureen > > > >From: "John R. Tremblay" <[email protected]> > >To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:28:53 -0500 > > > >Hello I would like to say Have been to Roger Williams Park all I rember was > >the Mote with the monkeys on it > >John > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" > ><[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:41 PM > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > >>Don, > >>The treasured brass ring....I remember it well. I won it at Mendon several > >>times and ALSO at Rogers William Park in R.I. Actually when I was > >>younger....(YOU had to lean way to the right to get it) I was scared of > >>the HORSES that moved UP and DOWN....I had to sit in a seat that did NOT > >>move....like a deacons bench seat....BUT by the time I went to Rogers and > >>Williams I had graduated to a horse that moved UP and DOWN....ANd the > >>Carrasoul MUSIC was so fine. > >>Maureen > >> > >> > >>>From: Don Barnes <[email protected]> > >>>To: [email protected] > >>>Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > >>>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:21:18 -0500 > >>> > >>>How I remember old Mendon. > >>> > >>> I have not seen Nipmuck Part since I was ten years old when my family > >>>moved to Georgia with one of the first "Yankee" mills to move south. I am > >>>81 now so what I remember has been aged for 71 years. > >>> > >>>I remember my first airplane ride from the Mendon Airport. Yes, Mendon > >>>had an airport. Actually an air strip. Well, maybe a grass field just off > >>>the Uxbridge / Mendon road. > >>> > >>>I was five years old at the time because the barmstorm pilot required > >>>that all passengers must be five years old before they could go up in his > >>>open cockpit biplane. The flight schedule was simple - Saturdays and > >>>Sundays on warm dry days. Return trip was to where you took off from. > >>> > >>>I remember when we climbed into the front cockpit and the pilot got into > >>>the rear seat, that I was afraid that the pilot would not be able to see > >>>when we was going. > >>> > >>>When we go aloft and looked down I asked my father, "Is God up here?". > >>>Or at least that is what he told later. Actually I don't remember saying > >>>anything. > >>> > >>>At Nipmuck Park the thing I remember best was the merry-go-round. It had > >>>a slotted arm that was loaded with metal rings. If you stood on the edge > >>>of the wheel and held on to one of the vertical poles (and you were tall > >>>enough) you could stick your hand and perhaps snag a ring. If the ring > >>>was brass you got the next ride free - a wonderful prize. If the ring > >>>was plain old metal, you were suppose to throw it into a bin that had a > >>>big mesh bag to catch it. Then the rings were loaded back into the arm. > >>>The brass rings were bright and shiny so grabbers and spectators could > >>>see when a winner was in the slot. > >>> > >>>I believe that the streetcars quit running to Mendon in the late twenty's > >>>or early thirties when a flood on the Blackstone River took out the > >>>bridge and tracks that were never replaced. > >>> > >>>Since I remember these things from seventy years ago so well, how come I > >>>can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. > >>> > >>>Don Barnes - Winston Salem, NC > >>> > >>>P.S. My grandmother was an Albee from Horse Corners > >>> > >>> > >>>==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > >>>To UNsub go here: > >>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >>> > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > >>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > >> > >> > >>==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > >>Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > >>Forget How to UN sub??? > >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >> > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >

Don - Your airplane message made me laugh. When my dad was about 6, my grandfather's brother took him up in one of those planes at the Lincoln RI airport. My grandmother is 87 and to this day, when she talks about it, she is still angry. She was absolutely furious to think her brother in law would do such a reckless thing with her child. The airstrip in Mendon is still there, sort of. When I first moved here, they used to have a flea market in the huts that were on the property. Now, there is a business there that sells granite and other stone - for counter tops and things like that. They built a strip mall there, along Rt 16. One of the businesses, Airport video, has some postcards and news clippings about the airport in their entry way. If you have a photo anywhere of that merry go round at Lakeview, let me know. There are all sorts of people in Mendon who would love to see it. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Barnes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > How I remember old Mendon. > > I have not seen Nipmuck Part since I was ten years old when my > family moved to Georgia with one of the first "Yankee" mills to move > south. I am 81 now so what I remember has been aged for 71 years. > > I remember my first airplane ride from the Mendon Airport. Yes, > Mendon had an airport. Actually an air strip. Well, maybe a grass > field just off the Uxbridge / Mendon road. > > I was five years old at the time because the barmstorm pilot required > that all passengers must be five years old before they could go up in > his open cockpit biplane. The flight schedule was simple - Saturdays > and Sundays on warm dry days. Return trip was to where you took off > from. > > I remember when we climbed into the front cockpit and the pilot got > into the rear seat, that I was afraid that the pilot would not be > able to see when we was going. > > When we go aloft and looked down I asked my father, "Is God up > here?". Or at least that is what he told later. Actually I don't > remember saying anything. > > At Nipmuck Park the thing I remember best was the merry-go-round. > It had a slotted arm that was loaded with metal rings. If you stood > on the edge of the wheel and held on to one of the vertical poles > (and you were tall enough) you could stick your hand and perhaps > snag a ring. If the ring was brass you got the next ride free - a > wonderful prize. If the ring was plain old metal, you were suppose > to throw it into a bin that had a big mesh bag to catch it. Then the > rings were loaded back into the arm. The brass rings were bright and > shiny so grabbers and spectators could see when a winner was in the > slot. > > I believe that the streetcars quit running to Mendon in the late > twenty's or early thirties when a flood on the Blackstone River took > out the bridge and tracks that were never replaced. > > Since I remember these things from seventy years ago so well, how > come I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. > > Don Barnes - Winston Salem, NC > > P.S. My grandmother was an Albee from Horse Corners > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > To UNsub go here: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >

Hi Lisa: The Merry -go- round I think is in the Riverside part of Providence. I recall my sister mentioning something about the old carousel horses being there. Alison

THE MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGICAL COUNCIL Annual Meeting and Seminar Saturday, April 22, 2006 The Conference Center at Marlborough, Massachusetts http://www.massgencouncil.org General Information: Coffee, tea, soft drinks, and water will be available in the lobby all day at no charge. A coatroom is provided just beside the Auditorium. Vendors selling books and materials of genealogical interest will be open from about 8:00am to 3:30pm. Questions: contact Sharon Sergeant, Program Chair, [email protected] 781-209-8861 8:00am to 10:30am Registration Desk open. Continental breakfast (coffee, tea, juice, pastries, muffins, bagels) will be served and is included in the registration fee. 9:00am to 9:45am MGC Annual Meeting 10:00am to 11:00am Researching “Birds of a Feather”: How Prosopography, Cluster Studies, and Record Linkage Techniques Can Help Put New Leaves On Your Family Tree. Meldon J. Wolfgang introduces genealogists and family historians to several useful techniques developed and used by researchers in other academic disciplines—medieval historians, epidemiologists and sociologists, to name a few—that may help dismantle those “brick walls”. Learn the techniques that other professionals use to reconstruct historic communities, former neighborhoods and extended families and discover how uncovering the network of relationships and patterns in your ancestors' lives can breathe new life—and real results—into your research. http://www.jonathansheppardbooks.com [Prosopography is an independent science of social history embracing genealogy, onomastics and demography.] 11:15am to 12:15pm Federal and State Regulations Affecting Access to Records. Panel discussion concerning proposed federal and state regulations affecting access to birth, marriage and death records. As the result of the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, some state officials are under the impression that they are required to close vital records to researchers. This panel will discuss both the intent and scope of the Federal law, as well as the jurisdiction of the states. This is a very important issue and is a concern to all genealogists. Specific discussions will include not only New England states, but pending legislation in the midwest, New Jersey and other states that may fall into this area of legislative mishap. Legislators, as well as federal, local and state records officials are invited to answer questions about these issues. 12:15pm to 1:30pm Full Buffet Lunch included. Vendors Open. Join invited guests (legislators, local and state records officials) and members of the Association of Professional Genealogists for discussion topic tables at lunch. [Note: please indicate on your registration form if you need a special meal.] 1:30pm to 3:00pm Breakout Sessions. Participants can choose between two lectures, as well as genealogy society and vendor presentations. **Sleuthing in the Stacks: Using Uncommon Resources to Uncover Genealogical Clues. Meldon J. Wolfgang directs the researcher to reference tools and finding aids that can be used by genealogists who have come up against a “brick wall” in their research. References used by professionals in other research disciplines are explored, and suggestions given for conducting a secondary literature search and using resources not common to genealogists. www.jonathansheppardbooks.com **Beyond the Census: Local History in Federal Records. Horace Waters, National Archives, presents information for intermediate and advanced researchers on records available on Civil War taxes, bankruptcy, Customs, Corps of Engineers, Works Progress Administration and GSA Surplus Property Disposal. http://www.archives.gov/northeast SOCIETY AND VENDOR BREAKOUT SESSIONS - CONTACT PRESENTERS FOR DETAILED INFO *When and How to Hire a Professional: Greater Boston Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists www.apgen.org/localchapters/boston/index.html *So You Think You are Ready To Go To Ireland! The Irish Ancestral Research Association www.tiara.ie *French & Native North American Marriages, 1600-1800: Paul Bunnell www.bunnellgenealogybooks.citymaker.com/page/page/1005059.htm *Legacy Crafts Scrapbooking: Debbie Morehouse www.home.gwi.net/~legacycrafts *Publishing your Research into an Exciting Presentation using Passage Express Software: Theresa Dewhurst www.passageexpress.com *Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society New England chapter http://www.aahgs-ne.org/ *The Master Genealogist (TMG) The family history software that does it all! www.whollygenes.com 3:15pm to 4:15pm FGS Boston 2006: Preparing for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference - the genealogical opportunity of a decade. The FGS Conference comes to Boston from August 30 to September 2, 2006! This is expected to be one of the largest genealogical conferences ever held. There will be nearly 400 lectures from experts, and attendees and presenters will come from all over the world. Experienced conference goers will give you advice on what to expect, tips on choosing the best lecture topics for you, rules of etiquette for a large conference, making friends, transportation information and more. PLUS a great registration discount opportunity! At the end of the presentation you will feel not only comfortable about the conference, but excited about it! This event must not be missed. 4:15pm to 4:30pm Announcements, Door Prizes (ticket holder must be present to collect the item) SOCIETIES AND VENDORS CONTRIBUTING DOORPRIZES www.aahgs-ne.org Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society www.Ancestralmanor.com Ancestral Manor www.AncestryandGenealogy.com Ancestry and Genealogy www.apgen.org/localchapters/boston/index.html Greater Boston APG www.bunnellgenealogybooks.citymaker.com Paul J Bunnell, Books www.communityheritage.com Community Heritage Maps www.eneclann.ie Eneclann LTD www.forensicgenealogy.info Forensic Genealogy www.rootsweb.com/~mafsocna Friends of the Silvio Conte Archives www.Godfrey.org Godfrey Memorial Library www.gravestonestudies.org/ Association of Gravestone Studies www.jonathansheppardbooks.com Jonathan Sheppard Books www.home.gwi.net/~legacycrafts Legacy Crafts www.myancestorsfound.com My Ancestors Found www.NewEnglandAncestors.org NEHGS www.passageexpress.com Passage Express www.pasthomes.com Past Homes www.piperpublishing.com Piper Publishing www.tiara.ie The Irish Ancestral Research Association LOCATION The Conference Center at Marlborough, 280 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752 Phone: 508.263.5500 www.ahl-marlborough.com DIRECTIONS From Boston and Route 128: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike West (Rt. 90) to Route 495 North (Exit 11A). From Route 495 North, take Exit 24B onto Route 20 West. Follow directions below. From Logan International Airport, Boston: Follow signs to the Ted Williams Tunnel to Route 90 West (Mass Turnpike). Take Mass. Pike West (Route 90) to Route 495 North (Exit 11A). From Route 495 North, take Exit 24B onto Route 20 West. Follow directions below. From Worcester, Massachusetts: Take Route 290 East to Route 495 South. From Route 495 South, take Exit 24 B onto Route 20 West. Follow directions below. From Springfield and Western Massachusetts: Take Mass. Pike (Route 90) to Route 495 North (Exit 11A). From Route 495 North, take Exit 24B onto Route 20 West. Follow directions below. From Cape Cod: Take Route 495 North to Exit 24B onto Route 20 West. Follow directions below. “DIRECTIONS BELOW”: Take your first right onto Felton Street (just before the gas station). Follow Felton Street, and go through the set of lights. At this point, Felton Street becomes Locke Drive. Continue to the end of Locke Drive. The Conference Center at Marlborough entrance will be straight ahead. Parking: Turn left at the entrance and follow the road around the bend. OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION: Rooms are available in the conference center hotel for $94. For information on accommodations, see the conference center website at http://www.ahl-marlborough.com/ Call 508-263-5700 to make a reservation. Indicate that you are attending the MGC conference. DINNER ON FRIDAY: Please make a note on the registration form if you would like a join a group of genealogists for dinner on Friday night. We have done this before and it is very enjoyable. 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Registrations received by April 1th are entitled to a $10 discount: Members $50, Non-members $60. MGC membership is $10 annually. You may join or renew your membership now with a single check. Send completed form (with check payable to Massachusetts Genealogical Council) to: MGC, c/o Benjamin Woznick, Treasurer, 240 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA 02138-4628

When my son was in nurses training a few years ago he had to be assigned a patient, at Worcester State Hospital on Belmont Hill and it was a person who had done very bad things that was his patient and if he ever got out would have been a threat to women all over. So they still have dangerous mental patients in some building/buildings at the Belmont Hill site. This was in the past 5 years! Helen