Hi All: I didn't find out where Beards/Bairds/Tavern is/was, but I did find a nice site that tells you about haunted places in MA. I took the ones for Worcester Co., off and also the url for any of you who wish to visit the site yourselves. Enjoy, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association Haunted Places in Worcester Co., MA. http://onlyidol.com/index.php/2006/03/02/haunted-places-in-massachusetts-2/ Athol - Lucky Lanes Bowling - The Rotundra - This bowling alley that is still open used to be a movie theatre. It used to be called The York Theatre. A long time ago someone planted a bomb in the theatre, which blew up and killed a lot of people. At night when closing the bowling alley you can hear the children that were killed laughing. You can also hear footsteps upstairs where the old theatres were. Athol - The Rotunda Bowling Ally - This was once a theater, Then converted to a bowling ally and bar. At night when everyone is gone. Closing you can hear people moving upstairs where the old theater was. It was said a woman hung herself up there. Auburn - Hope Cemetery - Around this huge cemetery there are many other smaller cemeteries. Ghosts have been sighted at the statue of Jesus being held up by an angel. Sounds of children laughing and other ghostly sounds. Auburn - Stone Tavern - is haunted by the ghost of an unknown child. Clinton - Abandoned train tunnel - Tunnel is located in the middle of the woods. On some night temperature drops several degrees and if you walk into the tunnel a train can be heard coming from within. Clinton - George hill - You must go up the hill to the top. Typically if you come down the hill you will be chased by some mad man with and axe. When you look back the guy typically will disappear. Or in some cases you will only hear some kids screaming and the sound of and axe. Also if you go onto the Road George Hill Rd. on the right on the side of the road you will see a Stone with a Massacre written on the stone. Fitchburg - "The Rev" - It's a revolutionary cemetery hence "the rev". It's on a dead end dirt road in west Fitchburg. Driving by there one can here loud screams, especially at night, and eerie feelings when in the cemetery itself, it's a creepy place surrounded by stone a stone wall, rumors of devil worshipping in the woods surrounding the place. There have been numerous deaths there, a man in his 20's killed and burned on that rd and a girl died after hitting a tree with her car. Stay out of the woods behind the cemetery, marked with no trespassing signs, there are houses around and police do patrol from time to time. Gardner - Bridge Road - This is a very haunted location. If you are coming off of rte 68 the mark is on the left side of bridge Road. A red X on a tree marks where a woman died in a car accident in 1995 do to an icy road. a white figure appeared gliding down the road. She is said to follow people back down the roa until past the second cemetery on Rte 68 headed into Baldinville. Gardner - Dunn Pond State Park - A small island on Dunn Pond is said to be haunted. Occasionally bright lights are seen over the island. It is rumored that an Indian was buried on this small island that was his favorite fishing spot. Gardner - East Gardner Mental Hospital - Very Heavily Guarded because its right next to the prison. NO TRESSPASSING - It is an area where a Mental Hospital used to be. Large area with several empty buildings and remains of buildings. Strange noises and sights have been reported by people who dared to enter. Gardner - The Old Gardner Cinemas (on Parker St.) - When the building was a play theater, there was a girl named Alice who died by having a sand bag fall on her. She has been seen roaming the lobby of the theater late at night by patrol officers and also have been seen sitting on the staircase that connects the theater to the other building next to it. This has been the ghost story of the Cinema employees for years.some of the employees that have seen traces of her still work at the new Cinema location. Gardner - The Victorian - The former mansion (circa 1875) of chair manufacturer, S.K. Pierce in South Gardner has been "certified" haunted by six mediums and paranormal researchers. The spirits of a nineteen year old female servant from the late 19th Century, a man who perished in a fire at the house in 1963 and a little boy who often visited the mansion, but did not live there. Footsteps, Orbs, and Spirits in Shadow can often be heard and seen throughout the house's 26 rooms; and they seem to be there to protect the property. Unlike many other haunted places who's owners prefer privacy. The Victorian is open for tours Most of the spirit activity takes place on the third floor; the former servants' quarters. Lancaster - Blood forest - old man blood killed many families and hung there bodies from the trees in this forest. Police eventually caught him but he escaped from a mental hospital some years later and was killed when he was found hanging more bodies. Late in the evening to early morning hours if you visit the stone entering Blood forest you can see images of bodies hanging from the trees. Shadows all around and even screams from old man blood?s victims. There have only been a few sightings of old man blood but his spirit is known to run when approached. Lancaster - Dr. Franklin Perkin's School - This place is a private residential school for DSS and DYS children. There are several buildings on it's campus, but the building is called The Manor. It is over a hundred years old and is the size of a mansion. There is a girl about the age of 6 who runs out of one of the bedrooms at nighttime. She is in a long nightgown and wearing a nightcap. There is another girl downstairs who roams one of the units for the older girls. She just passes through.always at the same time of night. Up on the third floor, furniture is moved around, windows are opened, you can hear footsteps, and in one certain spot on the second floor, right above you, it sounds like somebody dropping something. Outside, only on certain nights.not all the time, on the third floor in one of the windows is a faint blue glow. Leicester - Becker College Lane House - 3 little kids turn heat up and down, play with lights, move things around, bother guests, some say they have had sightings. Ghosts don?t seem to like some guests and weird things happen. stuff flies across room. Leicester - Spider Gates cemetery - It is said that this cemetery leads through the gates of hell. The cemetery got its name because of the spider like web patterns on the gates. There is supposedly a tree there called "The Hanging Tree" where someone had committed suicide by hanging themselves to this tree. There is a river located in the far end of the cemetery that is called "The River Stix" quoted from the bible. There is on tree near the cemetery that if you put a certain type of stone upon it you will be able to see the devil himself and he will talk to you. Children have been heard laughing in the cemetery at night and howling has been heard as well as spirits and mysterious fog. Milford - Middle School - Reports of people seeing a person behind them and then turning your head and they are gone. Also bright lights by the gymnasium. Oxford - Oxford Public Library - Books thrown off shelves, can hear an organ being played at night Oxford - Quobaug Ave - When you are alone in the house footsteps can be heard walking across the upper floors. Footsteps also can be heard coming down the stairs from the uppers floors. Thuds, like someone has dropped something upstairs, slams, bangs and crashes can be heard in the middle of the night, windy or not. Knocking on the cellar door when there is nobody on the other side. Faint screams of a woman. The feeling of a presence, that you are not alone. Neighbors say that every person who has ever lived there has complained of the same thing. Families have been forced to move because of the things heard. Paxton - Anna Maria College - The ghost of a young woman is said to haunt the theater here. A human skeleton was found under the stage, presumably hers. Plays with the lights, lets a few people see her sitting in the seats, and seems to have a fascination with modern technology. Paxton - Anna Maria College - Music Building - There are doors that open and close on their own, curtains move on their own as well. The grand piano in the performance hall will sometimes play even when locked. People have also said they saw the two lowest notes played on some of the pianos in the practice rooms. Paxton - First Congregational Church -During the mid 1800's, the minister of this church died during a sermon. His ghost has haunted the church ever since. Sightings range from candles lighting spontaneously in the chapel to footsteps going up stairs that have been removed. Paxton - Moore State Park - People have reported seeing ghostly figures that supposedly committed suicide in the millhouse down from the millpond. The sightings include a young man and young woman hanging together, and the original owner of the mill, who is also hanging in the millhouse. Royalston - The Old Royalston Cemetery - Very old and very small cemetery. Surrounded by a short stoned wall. Only one way in and one way out. Feelings arrive as soon as you enter such as cold spots, light touching sensations, and that "I?m not alone" feeling. Its a very old cemetery with a stone table like gravestone not too far in. Next to it, his one wife and his three concubines. Reported seeing a black like figure moving about the cemetery really fast. Then a fog like woman with a long white dress with blonde hair swaying around the back brick wall in the cemetery towards the old shack. Most believe that the stone table is the black shadow's gravestone since he?s usually seen right there. Note: All four (4) women's deaths have the same date, and the table gravestone's date is only a few short days later. Most of the inscription on the table cant be read anymore. Rutland - Rutland heights hospital - noises heard in halls. areas in hallway where there are unexplained "cold spots" employees that fell to there death off the water tower at Rutland Heights. The 88 acres was closed in 1991, leaving 17 buildings (which are full of asbestos and lead paint). Last time the submitter ventured here was on Halloween, they report human feces on the stairs (each of about 10 steps had a pile of human feces on it.) One of their fellow explorers fell about knee deep through the 4th floor. Overall, not a very safe place to go to. Shrewsbury - Southgate Retirement community - objects thrown by invisible forces. sightings of former residents voices and lights flickering have all been reported by both employees and residents Spencer - Pine Grove Cemetery - This is haunting grounds for one who is known to some as the Dark Hunter, his ghostly form abides it's time there, waiting and watching as people wander past. Sutton - Prouty Mansion - Maria Prouty was murdered here by her husband. The murder was ruled a suicide. The reason was found out years later. The story is long and complex with more twists and turns than most works of fiction. Read the book 'Deliver us From Evil' by two local couples who researched the crime for more details. Uxbridge - Blackstone St. - There was sightings in the early 70s of a headless biker. Would bike up and down Blackstone St. and anybody driving down the road that saw him somehow disappeared. Uxbridge - Montville House - house is 350 years old and many people have died in it. People have seen figures of an old woman and things tend to turn on and off by themselves. There is an old family burial ground in the back yard. Tenants often move in and out of this house frequently. The house is currently occupied. Uxbridge - The Old Taft Tavern - sometimes in the middle of the night people would see ghost like features standing at the foot of there bed dressed in colonial clothing. You will hear girls, laughing very distinctively coming from the forbidden living room. Uxbridge - Woods along Blackstone River -There have been several reports of a "Ghost Mill" that appears during the night. Several how have encountered the mill have reported seeing the mill on fire and a young child in a window. Some have run into the burning mill to find no child and then the mill disappears. Webster - High School - In the auditorium, if you look up near the rafters late at night, you can see a little man with a grin wearing black clothes staring at you. He disappears a few seconds after you look at him. People have had things being thrown down at them, and having no explanation. Westminster - Bourgeois Terrace - There has been reports of people walking in the sandpit late at night all alone with motorcycle helmets on. It has also been said that they moan when someone calls to them. Then they disappear Winchendon - Lake Dennison Camp Grounds - Old Cemetery within - It is said that if you drive your car into the old cemetery and shine your back lights on a certain tree that you can see "Willy", a ghost, hanging from a long branch. He is said to be a very angry ghost. Worcester - Spider Gates Cemetery - NO TRESSPASSING - A very dangerous cemetery. There is a spider looking design on the gate to the cemetery, hence the name, Spider Gates Cemetery. It is said that sightings of wandering ghosts the sensations of someone brushing against them have been reported. Fainting often occurs as the images and sensations become too strong to bear. It is said that some have died from massive heart attacks when they were over come with fear. Update - There are warning signs the further you get in, no one is permitted in since September 11th. Worcester - The Old Worcester State Hospital - Has blood stains on the walls and now remains all boarded up. People have supposedly heard the screams of the patients who died there.

Good morning all - The on line search for the Registry of Deeds is great. The only problem is the indexes are not on line for the oldest land records. You need to search page by page (500+ pages in some volumes) unless you have the number of the deed. I went to the Court House for the first time this past week and did some work on old land records. It is an awesome place. The indexes for 1739 - 18?? are at least 12 thick books. I did try searching page by page on the computer and it can be done - but it is time consuming. The information these deed give can be very valuable - especially in establishing when a person actually lived in an area and how people were related. Sheryl

Hi: There was a Mary COOMEY who graduated from High School of Commerce, Worcester in June 1942. Does anyone know this family? I think she may be related to me, and chances are she married and changed her name. Thanks. Ruth

VITAL RECORDS of NORTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS To the end of the year 1849 BIRTHS - WARREN: WARREN Abel, s. Eliphalet and Miriam, July 25, 1729. Azubah, d. Eliphalet and Miriam, April 22, 1770. Calvin, s. Eliphalet and Miriam, Jan. 23, 1785. Catherine, d. Eliphalet and Miriam, Jan. 10, 1778. Caty, d. Eliphalet and Miriam, July 29, 1781. Elizabeth, d. Eliphalet and Miriam, Aug. 13, 1776. Elizabeth Miriam, d. Abel and Sally, Aug. 13, 1816. Elizabeth N., d. Timothy and Hannah, Oct. 18, 1811. Joel, s. Eliphalet and Miriam, Nov. 28, 1772. John, s. Eliphalet and Miriam, Nov. 28, 1772. Luke, s. Eliphalet and Miriam, Dec. 3, 1771. Luther, s. Eliphalet and Miriam, April---, 1783. Lydia, d. Eliphalet and Miriam, June 30, 1768. Oliver, s. Eliphalet and Miriam, Oct. 18, 1774. Polly, d. Eliphalet and Miriam, Aug. 8, 1786. Salle, d. Eliphalet and Miriam, Dec. 17, 1764. =============================== Researching son, CALVIN WARREN, b. Jan. 23, 1785, d. May 03, 1819. Descendants of CAROLINE CARTER Generation No. 1 1. CAROLINE1 CARTER was born Abt. 1796 in Massachusetts, and died January 20, 1875 in Massachusetts. She married (1) CALVIN WARREN December 11, 1814, son of ELIPHALET WARREN and MIRIAM RICE. He was born January 23, 1785 in Northboro, Worcester County, Massachusuetts, and died May 03, 1819 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She married (2) ETHAN ALLEN GREENWOOD February 11, 1821, son of MOSES GREENWOOD and BETSEY DUNLAP. He was born May 27, 1779 in Massachusetts, and died May 1856 in Massachusetts. Child of CAROLINE CARTER and CALVIN WARREN is: 2. i. MARY ANN2 WARREN, b. Abt. 1816, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1893, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Generation No. 2 2. MARY ANN2 WARREN (CAROLINE1 CARTER) was born Abt. 1816 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and died 1893 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She married WILLIAM LAMBERT RUSSELL June 02, 1836 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of JAMES RUSSELL and MARY BUTLER. He was born October 27, 1799 in Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died May 06, 1899 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of MARY WARREN and WILLIAM RUSSELL are: 3. i. CAROLINE GREENWOOD3 RUSSELL, b. March 03, 1838, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ii. WILLIAM CALVIN RUSSELL, b. May 10, 1848, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. May 21, 1876, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. iii. MARIANNE RUSSELL, b. March 21, 1850, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. JOHN CALVIN BARTHOLOMEW, June 21, 1880; b. March 1848, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Generation No. 3 3. CAROLINE GREENWOOD3 RUSSELL (MARY ANN2 WARREN, CAROLINE1 CARTER) was born March 03, 1838 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She married WILLIAM HOWLAND June 21, 1860, son of WILLIAM HOWLAND and HANNAH MORTON. He was born December 12, 1822 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, and died December 23, 1880 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children of CAROLINE RUSSELL and WILLIAM HOWLAND are: i. WILLIAM RUSSELL4 HOWLAND, b. February 19, 1863, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; d. June 27, 1893, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ii. BERTHA MORTON HOWLAND, b. January 30, 1867, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Hi Helen: I'm sorry to say that after checking my program, I can only come up with one Louisa Bartlett who was b. 11 Aug. 1759 in Rutland, MA. She was the dau. of Isaac Bartlett and his wife, Martha Warren. This Louisa was christened on 26 Aug. 1759 in Rutland, but beyond that I don't know what happened to her. Actually she was the fourth of 12 siblings in her family group. Her given name was Louicy, but I show her as 'aka Louisa.' Although she was born in Rutland, 8 of her siblings were born in Holden, an adjoining town (also adjacent to Worcester) to which her family subsequently moved. You mentioned that Louisa Bartlett came from Northbrook. Do you mean Northbrook, Illinois, or did you mean to type Northborough? In any event I'll keep my eyes open in case I run into any records of other Louisa Bartletts. Since you live in Hopkinton, you may run into my son, Philip or his wife Melanie. They live there, also, with two of my grandchildren. Bob Bartlett ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Ware To: Bob Bartlett Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass/WHO AM I/Online Deed Resource Hi Bob, I have seen your posts from time to time and now that you stated where you are from I will ask if you have any knowledge of a Louisa Bartlett from Northbrook she married an ancestor of mine William Dutton Hayward 5 Nov. 1836 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Ma. They had one child a daughter. Louisa died in May of 1838 and is buried in our family plot in Hopkinton. I never knew much about her, but I knew the Bartlett name was a part of Northboro's history. I was born and raised in Hopkinton and will be buried in the same plot as generations of my Hayward ancestors. Helen Ware

Hi Maureen & Fellow Listers: Maureen's question to me is susceptible to many answers. Since this is a genealogy-based forum, I will reply that I am a ninth generation descendant of Henry Bartlett and Mary Bush who resided in Marlboro, Massachusetts in the late 1600s. My paternal ancestors have farmed the land in Marlboro, Northboro, Shrewsbury and other area towns throughout the intervening years. My father Frederick Taft Bartlett broke the occupational chain of farming by choosing to become a carpenter. My mother, Regina O'Neill was a schoolteacher. Both of my parents resided in Worcester, where I grew up and where I have lived most of my life. I am an accountant in private practice and also a retired teacher of business education. I enjoy history and during the last 15 or so years have become a devotee of genealogy and family history, hence my subscription to this forum. I am happily married with a wife and three grown children. From time to time, I enjoy making a provocative response to something I've seen or heard. Earlier today I took the virtual tour of the mansion in Hopedale and it evoked from me the response you read in my earlier email. I would like to take this opportunity to acquaint the readers of this list with an additional research resource that I recently came upon. Until recently if you wanted to trace land records, such as deeds and mortgages, it was necessary to visit the Registry of Deeds which in Worcester is located at the Worcester Court House at No. 2 Main St. Earlier this week I had the need to perform a search of land records and while visiting the Registry of Deeds, I discovered that the entire operation has been computerized and is now online. Not only Worcester County (which is divided into Worcester South and Worcester North), but several other Massachusetts counties also have their records available online. The website addresses are: www.masslandrecords.com and www.worcesterdeeds.com These sites can provided an additional research resource to those who may be attempting to track down the descendants of some ancestors. ---- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass./ > WHO ARE YOU??? > Maureen > > >>From: "Bob Bartlett" <[email protected]> >>To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >>CC: "Bob_Swift" <[email protected]>,"Ann Marie Bartlett-Walsh" >><[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass./ >>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:47:24 -0500 >> >>Dear Fellow Listers: >> >>I feel quite inconsequential, now that I've completed the virtual tour of >>the mansion which is depicted at: >>http://www.105adin.com >> >>For some unexplained reason in viewing the especially long dining room >>table, I imagine myself being 14 or 15 years of age while standing at one >>end of this massive piece of furniture, while addressing a father-image at >>the far end of the table while pleading: "But Father, I need a one dollar >>increase in my allowance!" >> >>Then I try to imagine his reply. >> >>Bob Bartlett >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" >><[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:49 PM >>Subject: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass. >> >> >>>Dear fellow listers. >>> The was a very large factory in Hopedale Mass. It was called Draper >>> Corporation. The factory made cast iron. Hopedale and all the >>> surrounding towns worked in there. Some people coming from RI and NH. >>> Hopedale is a small town. But there are some large eststes here.There >>> is a beautiful estate that went up for sale about a month ago. I went on >>> line to see if it was sold yet and it wasn't BUT the new paperwork said >>> this estate is now zoned to be a bed and breakfast because it has 14 >>> bedrooms. >>>If you want to look at it you can go to 105Adin.com >>>It is a beautiful site. >>>Maureen >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's >>>FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >>> >>> >>>==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >>>Have you visited the ARCHIVES lately? >>>http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces/wo-gen.htm >>> >>> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > >

Hi Allison, Yes its true. The Newport Mansions ARE beautiful. I can even tell you how to get there. From Hopedale...You drive up ROUTE 16 to Uxbridge. Take a right turn at the Center...where the lights are. Then take a left turn onto Douglas Street=Route 16. Go up Douglas Street about 3 miles...Take a left turn onto ROUTE 146 South...You can travel Down Route 146 South quite a ways. I know there is another Route to get onto and you stay with the traffic and MERGE LEFT....You keep traveling on this road till you see MOUNT HOPE BRIDGE or a few miles later Jamestown Bridge...At the END of that exit...You will be on AMERICA"S CUP HIGHWAY....when you get to that turn...Take a right turn and it brings you into Newport....If you go down a few red lights you will see on your right....The Long Warf......I think it is the next left turn.....and then a right turn you are on THAMES STREET(pronounced James) Very Historic... You travel down Thames street and take a right turn AND this Street takes you to the MANSIONS in Newport.It goes all around the oceans view One of my gr. grand aunts got married on the beach in Newport... Maureen >From: "AGFranks" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass. >Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:04:40 -0700 > >Hi Maureen: > >Boy! $4million minus $5k? I don't think I will bite. It is gorgeous. >There are some beautiful mansions in Hopedale. Makes me think of the >Newport Summer Mansions, and the only thing missing in Hopedale is the >ocean! > >Alison > > > > > >==== 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/

Guess that's why they installed a 65 foot swimming pool.... Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: AGFranks To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass. Hi Maureen: Boy! $4million minus $5k? I don't think I will bite. It is gorgeous. There are some beautiful mansions in Hopedale. Makes me think of the Newport Summer Mansions, and the only thing missing in Hopedale is the ocean! Alison

Working on the spouse of my 2 great granduncle DR. WILLIAM LAMBERT RUSSELL, of Barre, MA. His wife was MARY ANN WARREN, dau. of CALVIN WARREN and CAROLINE CARTER. In today's mail came new information from the Barre Historical Society on the WARREN-CARTER family. CAROLINE (CARTER) WARREN, m. 2) ETHAN ALLEN GREENWOOD ETHAN ALLEN GREENWOOD was a noted Portrait painter. His paintings are in museum collections including the Worcester Historical Museum and the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester. Looking for information on: CALVIN WARREN CAROLINE CARTER ETHAN ALLEN GREENWOOD (according to a family genealogy given to the Barre Historical Society) (Hubbardston Vital Records) GREENWOOD: MOSES - BETSY (DUNLOP) GREENWOOD m. Mar 22, 1779 BETSY, d. 1826 @ 70 yrs. MOSES, d. 1827 @ 75 yrs. (8) children: SALLY, b. May 6, 1783 m. ABEL WARREN 1805 both died Northboro ETHAN, b. May 27, 1779 d. 1856, Hubbardston (artist - 800 paintings - mostly portraits) see files G. CARROLL m. MRS. (CALVIN) CAROLINE CARTER WARREN of Roxbury, 2 June 18 ??, d. 1875. (He was 18 years older than WARREN) MRS. WARREN had (?) daughters by first husband. One was M_ _ _ _ m. WILLIAM RUSSELL, Barre. She d. 1875, Barre aged 75. Buried in Roxbury. DR. WILLIAM RUSSELL & MARY ANN (WARREN) RUSSELL WILLIAM CALVIN, b. March 10, 1848 died in childhood (it probably is his portrait that is hung in BARTHOLOMEW house d ??? 1977 sold to PAUL CARROLL) CAROLINE GREENWOOD, b. Mar 3, 1938 (should be 1838) married HOWLAND of (edge of paper cut off) 1860 MARY ANN, b. 1840 m. JOHN C. BARTHOLOMEW, continued to live in family home (Federal house tip of Summer St.) tree dealer 194...

Dear Fellow Listers: I feel quite inconsequential, now that I've completed the virtual tour of the mansion which is depicted at: http://www.105adin.com For some unexplained reason in viewing the especially long dining room table, I imagine myself being 14 or 15 years of age while standing at one end of this massive piece of furniture, while addressing a father-image at the far end of the table while pleading: "But Father, I need a one dollar increase in my allowance!" Then I try to imagine his reply. Bob Bartlett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:49 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass. > Dear fellow listers. > The was a very large factory in Hopedale Mass. It was called Draper > Corporation. The factory made cast iron. Hopedale and all the surrounding > towns worked in there. Some people coming from RI and NH. > Hopedale is a small town. But there are some large eststes here.There > is a beautiful estate that went up for sale about a month ago. I went on > line to see if it was sold yet and it wasn't BUT the new paperwork said > this estate is now zoned to be a bed and breakfast because it has 14 > bedrooms. > If you want to look at it you can go to 105Adin.com > It is a beautiful site. > Maureen > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the ARCHIVES lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces/wo-gen.htm > >

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

Dear fellow listers. The was a very large factory in Hopedale Mass. It was called Draper Corporation. The factory made cast iron. Hopedale and all the surrounding towns worked in there. Some people coming from RI and NH. Hopedale is a small town. But there are some large eststes here.There is a beautiful estate that went up for sale about a month ago. I went on line to see if it was sold yet and it wasn't BUT the new paperwork said this estate is now zoned to be a bed and breakfast because it has 14 bedrooms. If you want to look at it you can go to 105Adin.com It is a beautiful site. Maureen _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Hi Maureen: Boy! $4million minus $5k? I don't think I will bite. It is gorgeous. There are some beautiful mansions in Hopedale. Makes me think of the Newport Summer Mansions, and the only thing missing in Hopedale is the ocean! Alison

I'm pretty sure this is the ride my friend's brother broke his leg on. He was the ride operator there for a summer job. I think this was 1972-1974. I'll try to remember to find out when. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen Cooley Sheryl....Bob Pagnini is a Lawyer now...BUT also those Pagnin's owned THE MUSIC NOOK in Downtown MILFORD...I believe it is still there.....THE MUSIC NOOK where everyone bought all those 45's....THE GIANT SWING...I was really good at....THE CAGE....THey locked the door and you had to rock it OVER the top...It took momentum....it took linear momentum to move those cages. I do not know if I spelled that right....Linear Momentum.....Maureen >From: Sheryl Romasco <[email protected]> > >Hi Maureen, > >I have been at meetings every night this week so I am behind on all my >reading. Everyone seems to be remembering Mendon and it is interesting. > >I use to work as a Swim instructor at Nipmuc. There was a summer camp for >the kids run by a gym teacher (Bob Pagnini??? ) I worked one summer. I >loved it there - especially the amusement park. I use to love the boxes >you rocked back and forth and made go over the top like a giant swing. We >would go round and round and round. > >I only remember going to the one concert. I was from Uxbridge and my >group didn't usually go over to Mendon. I did the summer I worked there. > >There are 2 drive ins in the area. One in Mendon and one in North >Smithfield, RI about 20 minutes south of Mendon. Can't beat them! > >The Aerosmith guy still has a home in Hopedale. One of the Pointer Sisters >lives in Hopedale and her children attend public school. > >I haven't had a chance to ask my mom but I will. We had a good old Town >Meeting last night. 2 1/2 hours of talk but I wouldn't give up the >process. > >Sheryl

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There used to be bowling alley's everywhere, but so many of them are gone now. When I was about 10-12, we used to bowl on Saturdays in leagues, and kids had their birthday parties at the bowling alley. Even when I was in high school, there were quite a few, but the ones I went to in RI are all gone now. Both of my grandmothers bowled in women's leagues, and sometimes on a Sunday, they would take us kids. There is still a bowling alley in Millis, Fico's in Franklin, one in Woonsocket, and there is one in Whitinsville. There used to be one in Shrewsbury, on Rt 9, but I'm not sure if it's still there. One thing, though - I have never been candlepin bowling. That's a Massachusetts thing. In RI they all the bowling was either duckpins with big bowling balls, or duckpins with smaller bowling balls. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen Cooley To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon That was Ten Pins.(Huge balls)Where Papa Gino's is now. Daverons Pharcmacy is still Run by the Daveron family. They are now located inside Stop & Shop in Milford. That sounds good there would be a bowling alley near here again. Besides the one in Franklin you would have to go to Woonsocker R.I. The same pharmcist from Romiglio is now the pharmicist in Walgreens. >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> >To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 03:11:23 -0500 > >Romiglio's was still there when we moved here, as >well as Davoren's down the street. That was before >CVS & Walgreen's. > >There was a bowling alley further down towards Bellingham >that became the True Value Hardware store. Now, there is >a block of stores with Blockbuster Video, Papa Gino, then >the CVS & MacDonald's. > >Do you remember the Skate Palace on Depot Street? They >are putting in a bowling alley, video arcade, and a sports bar & >grille. Supposed to open in this spring. > >Lisa > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:42 PM >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > Lisa its true...I would want to forget that. The P. Eugene Casey >pool was > > originally at Fino Field in Milford. I rode my bicycle there for >years. The > > one that is near Shaws right now was built to replace it. ALSO where > > Iandoli's market was....It was originally built for MacCrackens >market. When > > they first opened....They had an attraction to get the shoppers >in...THE > > WORLDS TALLEST MAN= it was a man on very HIGH STILTS who walked >around the > > parking lot for the first week. ALSO there was a BOWLING alley >there. It was > > owned by the PAPELIANS. (She also brought bands in...listen to live >music > > while you bowled.)..IT was closed quite a few years ago but the name >of that > > whole shopping center was Pappelians Shopping center. They brought >it > > down(bowling) to make Shaws Larger and of cource they kept what is >now > > Walgreens.(That was called at the time Romiglio's Pharmancy. Because >the > > owner was a pharmicist and a Romiglio > > Maureen > > > > > > >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:02:44 -0500 > > > > > >Maureen - > > > > > >There's one memory you probably would want to > > >forget! The Casey pool is still there - just down from the > > >Shaw's supermarket which used to be Iandoli when I > > >first moved to Milford about 25 years ago. > > > > > >It would make sense that Lake Nipmuc is spring fed. > > >I'll try to remember to ask my co-workers. One lives > > >on the lake, and the other one's parents live there. > > > > > >One year, the Mendon children's librarian learned > > >about a cardboard boat race some University did > > >every year as part of a science course. Since then, > > >they've been having one every year at the lake. > > > > > >Lisa > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:24 PM > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > > > Lisa, > > > > I haven't thought about these things in YEARS. When I was >younger, > > >I took > > > > swimming lessons at P.Eugene Casey pool in Milford. I went as >far as > > >I could > > > > by 8th grade. So next would be a Lifesavers course.Of which at >the > > >time, > > > > they took you to Whites Beach in Mendon. They (testers) took you >out > > >in a > > > > row boat. You had to have your bathing suit on and A shirt over >it > > >with a > > > > sweatshirt and jeans and socks and sneakers on. Then you had to >jump > > >out of > > > > the rowboat and one of the testers would jump in the water and >you > > >had to > > > > take the person and turn them over and cuff your one arm UNDER >their > > >necks. > > > > And bring them into shore. > > > > So when I was in eigth grade I probably weighed about 70 >lbs...if > > >that...I > > > > was real thin. > > > > When I first jumped in the water...I was weighed down by the > > >clothes...Then > > > > I had the instructer fighting me...because when someone is > > >drowning...they > > > > fight you....I think I made it 2 times BUT on the 3rd try I went > > >UNDER the > > > > water...THAT is a TOTAL FAIL...They told me to come back when I >put > > >a few > > > > pounds on. > > > > I remember the names of the people that owned Lakeview >previously. > > >They > > > > owned a dance Studio in Milford. It was called Lucier's School >of > > >Dance. > > > > They were Luciers BUT when she died...they said her maiden name >was > > >Palmer. > > > > Two of my daughters took swimming lessons at White's Beach. > > > > The side where Lakeview was had to close because of all the >UNDER > > >CURRENTS.I > > > > think there are natural springs UNDER the lake in Mendon. > > > > On the Whites Beach side they have it roped off as far as you >can go > > >out. > > > > Which isn't very far unless you own property on that side. Of >which > > >you can > > > > go out further. > > > > They also had an arts and craft along with the swimming >lessons,in > > >Mendon. > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > > > > >To: [email protected]rootsweb.com > > > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:39:51 -0500 > > > > > > > > > >Maureen - > > > > > > > > > >I didn't know they had lifeguards up by the Lakeview end. > > > > > > > > > >The man who owned the amusement area was named > > > > >Shawn Green - his wife was Sheila, and someone told > > > > >me was a dancer. They don't seem to be around > > > > >this area now. If someone finds him, let me know - he > > > > >would be able to tell all the merry go round folks about > > > > >the carousel. It was sold to another defunct amusement > > > > >park - Pleasure Island in Wakefield. > > > > > > > > > >Millie Mitchells changed hands several times, but today > > > > >it is still a restaurant - Alicante Mediterranean Grill - very > > > > >good, but not a casual place like Millie's was. > > > > > > > > > >Lisa > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > > >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:45 PM > > > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lisa, > > > > > > That was my error. The Beach in Mendon that you took > > >swimming > > > > >lessons > > > > > > from is on Taft Street. > > > > > > That is called White's Beach. On the OTHER side of the lake >is > > >where > > > > >the > > > > > > MYRIAD or FORMER name of Lakeview.(There use to be life >gurads > > >and > > > > >swimming > > > > > > on BOTH sides) I forgot all bout that restaurant that buned >down > > >in > > > > >there. I > > > > > > think it was owned by some people in Milford that had a >dance > > > > >studio. > > > > > > Lakeview and that restaurant > > > > > > And Milly Mitchel'sRestaurant was at another angle of the >lake. > > > > >There are > > > > > > all small houses all around the Lake > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > > > > > > >To: [email protected] > > > > > > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > >Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 23:43:18 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Maureen - > > > > > > > > > > > > > >We do have a town beach in Mendon. It's a small area > > > > > > >off of Taft Ave on the Millville Rd end of the street. > > > > > > >It's got a small sandy beach area, a bath house, and > > > > > > >a snack stand. They've been giving swimming lessons > > > > > > >there for years - I thought everyone in Mendon learned > > > > > > >to swim there LOL > > > > > > > > > > > > > >The people who live on the lake do swim in it, but > > > > > > >I understand there is quite a drop off in the area of > > > > > > >the Ballroom - probably in other sections too - so > > > > > > >I'm sure it's not wise to swim anywhere other than > > > > > > >the beach area. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Where's White's Pond? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >There used to be a merry go round at Silver Lake > > > > > > >in Bellingham too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Lisa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > > > > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > > > > >Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:53 PM > > > > > > >Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes I do....MIscoe Springs SODA....There are all natural > > > > >underground > > > > > > >springs > > > > > > > > in Mendon. Miscoe Springs was a bottleing Company that >made > > > > >SODA= > > > > > > >ROOT > > > > > > > > BEER....LIME-ADE....COLA...GINGER-ALE AND ORANGE CRUSH >with > > >real > > > > > > >orange > > > > > > > > pieces in it...Occassioanly Sasperalla and 7-UP > > > > > > > > ALSO there was a drive in on ROUTE 16....which is still > > > > >there...the > > > > > > >ONLY one > > > > > > > > left in this area...They have a 56 CHEVY sticking OUT of > > >their > > > > > > >refreshment > > > > > > > > STAND > > > > > > > > MISCOE springs NOW offers water to Garelick Milk Company >of > > > > > > >Bellingham Mass. > > > > > > > > and ALSO local Shaws and Stop and Shop Supermarkets... >THats > > > > >where I > > > > > > >buy my > > > > > > > > water... > > > > > > > > THERE is NO more swimming in Mendon MAss. BOTH sides.... > > >Whites > > > > >Pond > > > > > > >and > > > > > > > > Lakeview because of the drowning AND also the >underground > > > > >currents > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: [email protected] (Marcia Payne) > > > > > > > > >To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > >Subject: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > > > > >Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:27:36 -0600 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Maureen I enjoyed your story. I too grew up in the >'60s, > > >but I > > > > > > >lived in > > > > > > > > >Florida. Almost every summer we visited my Dad's >parents in > > > > > > >Uxbridge and > > > > > > > > >our treat would be Milly Mitchell's, you remember that > > >place > > > > >don't > > > > > > >you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Fried clams & onion rings & Misco orange drink. We were >in > > > > >heaven. > > > > > > >It > > > > > > > > >usually was on Friday's because of Gramma's Catholic >faith > > >was > > > > > > >still > > > > > > > > >observing Fish for Fridays. At least that's what I was > > >told. > > > > >Even > > > > > > >though > > > > > > > > >those delicious clams were't fish, it was a nice change > > >from > > > > >her > > > > > > >salmon > > > > > > > > >patties :-))). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >How about the Drive-in movies, that was excellent too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Marcia > > > > > > >

Hi Allison, What a horror story... I have one about Purgetory Chasm's...... We went there with a playground from the street I lived on at the time...I was ONLY 4....We went through all the ROCK chasm's and the next one we needed to jump from one rock to another to complete the journey....There was someone in back of me that was older and more PUSHY.... I told the person I was NOT ready to jump from one stone TO another yet...SO he said to me JUMP OR DIE!!! SO I said I would FREEZE....NOT to go ANY FURTHER. Soooooo what happened was they sent a POSSEY out to look for me....Since I did NOT make it to the other side..THEN the POSSEY came in and made EVERYONE FREEZE to where they were...SO they could bring EVERYONE INTO SAFETY!!!! THE FREEZE THING WAS ONLY TO MAKE SURE YOU MADE IT THROUGH THE CHASM'S.....Wasn't that an EMBARRISING STORY LISA????? >From: "AGFranks" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 18:55:10 -0700 > > > >Hi Marueen: > >Oh yes! I remember Nantasket Beach very well! In fact I will never forget >it. My stepgrandmother took ,y sister and I on the train from Springfield >to Boston, then over to the ferry to ride to Nantasket Beach for the day! >Ut was very foggy in Boston Harbor, and lo and behold, the ferry that left >ahead of us got stuck on a sandbar, and couldn't get loose. The boat kept >swing back and forth, and with all of that going on, our boat was all but >reluctant to go past the other one, but finally did! We had a wonderful >time at the beach with riding on the rides, and having time to swim and of >course a nice picnic lunch. The ferry personnel did tell us we would have >to return to Boston by trolly. What we didn't know was, that the stuck >ferry made the news and of course the plight of the boat was on the radio, >and my Uxbridge grandmother heard it, and went into a tizzy thinking we >were >drowned! My father was to pick us up from the train station, so he calmly >went about doing what he needed to do while the rest of the family was in >terrible distress thanks to my grandmother, Mary Imogene 9 (Rawson) Gordon. >My father kept telling her that until he went to the train station and >discovered we were not on the train, he wasn't going to panic, so she might >as well cease all the fuss too. The episode even made the paper! I >remember seeing the picture of the ferry on the front page of the >Springfield Paper. That had to have happened about 1948. > >I remember another time going to Purgatory Chasm, and my sister nearly got >herself lost. One minute she was there where we were having our picnic >lunch and the next minute poof! My grandmother was insistent that the bear >carried her off! I don't think there were any bears, but my grandmother >certainly thought that there were. My sister had seen a chipmunk and was >bent on capturing it, so wander off to do just that! > >When we would have out annual family reunions in Uxbridge in the fall, we'd >all go down into the Water Works to play ball after eating dinner. It was >great - all the kids got to get a turn to hit the ball. G-Uncle Jeff lived >across the road on Blackstone Street, way up on the hill, so we'd all walk >down to enjoy the open area with nice grass. Uncle Jeff had a crochet set >put up at one end, so those who didn't want to play (1 base -softball) >could >play crochet. I remember there just being 3 house up on the hill, across >from the water works, one being owned by Uncle Jeff, and then further down >Blackstone Street, nothing but woods all the way to Rte 122. Not anymore! >It too has built up. After Uncle Jeff died, Aunt Pearl had a little house >built on the road, and she sold the big house to her daughter Marcia >(Rawson) Cormier. Marcia sold the house and moved to Florida, and Aunt >Pearl having trouble seeing, went with Marcia. Marcia's son, Robert >Cormier >and his family live in the little house on the road, which he purchased >from >Aunt Pearl. One of the other second cousins lives in Milford. The rest of >us are all over the map. A few still are in the Harrisville, RI area, and >my sister in Providence. > >Alison > > > > > >==== 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

Hello, There is NO S in the name of Maureen....TYPO ERROR....Maureen >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:14:13 -0500 > >DON, Want to know what I had for breakfast this morning?? 2 pieces of 7 >grain light style PEPPERIDGE FARM bread toasted with ORANGE MARMELADE. ONE >EGG POACHED. A GLASS of CRANBERRY JUICE and a water to go.... >Masureen....BUT maybe next year I will not remember what I had to eat >EITHER!!!! > > >>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 >>> >> >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >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 > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >Worcester GenWeb has many Resources >Check it out!! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Hi Sheryle, That POINTER sister that lived in MENDON but now lives in HOPEDALE...I know EXACTLY where she lives BUT EVEN the HOPEDALE POLICE DEPT will NOT give out that INFO..... Maureen >From: Sheryl Romasco <[email protected]> >To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] About Mendon, Mass. >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 21:10:16 -0500 > >Hi Maureen, > >I have been at meetings every night this week so I am behind on all my >reading. Everyone seems to be remembering Mendon and it is interesting. > >I use to work as a Swim instructor at Nipmuc. There was a summer camp for >the kids run by a gym teacher (Bob Pagnini??? ) I worked one summer. I >loved it there - especially the amusement park. I use to love the boxes >you rocked back and forth and made go over the top like a giant swing. We >would go round and round and round. > >I only remember going to the one concert. I was from Uxbridge and my >group didn't usually go over to Mendon. I did the summer I worked there. > >There are 2 drive ins in the area. One in Mendon and one in North >Smithfield, RI about 20 minutes south of Mendon. Can't beat them! > >The Aerosmith guy still has a home in Hopedale. One of the Pointer Sisters >lives in Hopedale and her children attend public school. > >I haven't had a chance to ask my mom but I will. We had a good old Town >Meeting last night. 2 1/2 hours of talk but I wouldn't give up the >process. > >Sheryl _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

DON, Want to know what I had for breakfast this morning?? 2 pieces of 7 grain light style PEPPERIDGE FARM bread toasted with ORANGE MARMELADE. ONE EGG POACHED. A GLASS of CRANBERRY JUICE and a water to go.... Masureen....BUT maybe next year I will not remember what I had to eat EITHER!!!! >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 >> > > _________________________________________________________________ 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