8 20 8497 https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/32f3d95a4b4b9eeddc1ba8c8b32f637e.jpg 7a39c305e58572a57651fd0f3123a9a3 https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/2a2c09214aaadeef09fea82926ab5afc.jpg 9d641f66e9df9d50b125cc2c2b8684bc https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/413fbc7936809925eba92ce719d708c7.jpg 9887034b0d7a278eddfe3988838a52a5 https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/79fa2c4b7739fcb6d46b3ec5718f4508.jpg 6035244f33327acfb4c51b65f2bbfa8b Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper, 4.5 x 6 in., 2 pgs. Storage Location in the archive VF110 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1999.1598 Title A name given to the resource Mental Nuts ~ Can You Crack 'em? Description An account of the resource A booklet of 100 Catch or Trick Problems. This book served both entertainment and advertisement purposes for Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass, 1904. This is a revised edition of the original 1897 publication. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Pearl D. McAuslin, from the Estate of Cora Doret Edwards. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Berry-Ritchie Co., Park Street, Port Arthur, Ontario. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1904 booklet https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/a2b62aeecf93eb130dd6034af587f701.pdf c2c3710047de76499a9b9db334063dfe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Excerpt: The first Maynard clubs we come across in our reading of the old newspapers are the Roli-Boli Club organized in l895 and the A.T. Cycle Club (Associated Templars). Here are a few excerpts from the Maynard News: Sept. 22, 1899 A number of members of the A.T. & Roli-Boli Cycle Clubs enjoyed a run to Sterling on Sunday. A large number of Maynard riders are planning to attend the Union Run of the Hudson Cycle Club two weeks hence. The following participated in the run to Sterling: Walter Priest, Fred Binns, George Lawton, Lyman Priest, John Denniston, Fred Hayward, William Parkinson, Samuel Harding and Bob Denniston. ... Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typewritten page. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Bicycle Clubs Description An account of the resource A history of bicycle clubs in Maynard. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.172 bicycle monograph https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/3c9d948ed7b1d51bc02bc874a9e1441f.pdf eb0872fd98e6c7cc011e9cf26dcbe008 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Excerpt: An interesting sidelight into memorabilia of half a century ago was the travels of the BOSTON POST CANE. Apparently this newspaper thought it would increase its circulation by presenting a cane to the Selectmen of all the towns in Massachusetts, who in turn would present it to the oldest inhabitant to use until death, or removal elsewhere, then it would pass on to the next oldest. ... Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Boston Post Cane Description An account of the resource A brief history of the Boston Post Cane in Maynard Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.173 cane monograph https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/e870c42dc953a2750ef182f4072695c2.pdf c863e1a7fc48cc2ca6151533183d0ce1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Full text: The Finnish Workers' Federation Club was organized in 1920-21 as an off-shoot of the Finnish Workingmen's Society. Both groups were oriented from the old country, but with the Russian Revolution of 1917-18, the society split into two parts. The Federation Club built a hall on Waltham Street in 1923 which burned to the ground in 1932. The hall was in the vicinity of Russo's Market, now restaurant. After 1932 the club rented the Russian hall (now owned by Maynard Lodge of Elks) on Powdermill Road. With the advance of years, the club disappeared, as the off-spring of the original founders became assimilated into American life, and went their individual ways. During the heyday of the club various sports were engaged in, including track, basketball, gymnastics and wrestling. Many fine Finnish athletes came from this club to compete in High School athletics during the twenties and thirties. The political aspects of the club were divided into old arguments of old country politics, the pros and cons of the Russian revolution, and the participation in union affairs to better their economlc lot in this country. B.R. Koskl- April meeting of the Maynard Historical Society Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Finnish Workers' Federation Club Description An account of the resource A short history of the Finnish Workers' Federation Club. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca 1966 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.174 https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/39908a0012dc8d7daa52ba338dedf1f1.pdf 7545a7d737e7659af5b11eb5a84542bd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Henry Wilson Post #86, G.A.R. The first post of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in Decatur, Illinois, April 6, 1866. The purpose of the organization was to maintain comradeship and fraternity among its members; to perpetuate the memory of their deeds; and to aid needy soldiers, their widows and orphans. The society grew by I89O to 408,489; but gradually decreased in enrollment so that by 1920 it was under 100,000. The Henry Wilson Post #86 was chartered three years later (May 26, l869) in the village of Assabet. We have no record as to how the name was reached. Meetings were held twice a month in the basement rooms of the Riverside Hall Building. The first Commander was D.G. Hemenway, 1869-70. George Babcock followed in I87I; H.W. Martin, 1873; Elias E. Haynes, 1877; A.D. Holt, 1878; George Flood, 1881; W. C. Pomeroy. 1882. The enrollment figures are not available to us but by 1881 Memorial Day only ten members showed up for the parade and decorating of the graves of deceased members. (Concord Freeman) A report of the Journals, Department of Mass., G.A.R., December 31, 1881, shows 21 members in good standing, With such a small membership it was decided to relinquish the charter July 13, 1882, and to join individually the Isaac Davis Post #138 of Acton. Isaac Davis Post organized the parade and decorated the graves of departed comrades until 1921 Memorial Day when the American Legion Frank J. Demars Post #235 took charge. The last remaining Maynard Veteran of the Civil Was passed on (remainder of monograph currently missing) Prepared by Birger R. Koski All dates up through 1882 are from the Journals, Dept. of Mass., G. A. R. Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Henry Wilson Post #86, G.A.R. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.179 Description An account of the resource After the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in 1866 with the purpose of maintaining comradeship and fraternity among its members; perpetuating the memory of their deeds; and aiding needy soldiers, their widows and orphans. In 1869, in the village of Assabet, the Henry Wilson Post #86 was chartered. Meetings were held twice a month in the basement rooms of the Riverside Hall Building. GAR monograph veterans https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/708d875919eb954a1fe5db7dc997103f.pdf e1659cbcfa12cebdeb2b05cb066828bd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Excerpt: From the earliest times, man has engaged in various forms of more or less highly organized play activity. Athletic contests, whether for amusement and recreation, or as a means of training for the serious pursuits of life, have always been highly valued. Of recent vintage comparatively, is the need of sedentary man in a technologically advanced society to get exercise physically for purposes of health. In our fair town, athletes and sports have always played a big part, much more so than in the farming communities adjacent to us, for the simple reason that we have been concentrated in a tiny geographical area centered around one industrial plant. Rubbing shoulders constantly with our neighbors, the natural desire for contests, games and feats of physical made Maynard a Mecca of sports and athletes that compared favorably with towns and cities manifold larger than itself . Another major reason for the diversity of sports was the diversity of our people - twenty-one different nationalities by 1905 were gathered within our confines with their multifarious sports from the old country. Just to skim through a listing of sports and games played in Maynard Town since I87I is fascinating reading for it traces back our anthropological background very neatly. Billiards, ancient, but brought here by the English - Bowling. ancient. English &Scotch - Cards, ancient, English et al - Checkers, ancient, English - Cricket, English - Golf, originated in Holland and Belgium, played by both English and Scotch - Hockey, ancestry is Irish game of 'Shinty', and Scottish game 'Hurley' - Polo, Persian, brought here by English (we had Roller-Polo) ~ Tennis, English - Baseball, American, Cooperstown, N.Y., I839 - Basketball, American, I892 - Track & Field, Ancient Greeks, brought here by the Finns - Gymnastics, Ancient Greeks, Finnish -Checkers, Ancient, called draughts in England and Les Dames (the women) in France, English - Football, Ancient, our American form derived from the English in two forms, Soccer and Rugby Football -Calisthenics, Ancient Greek, Middle European and brought here by the Finns - Skating, French, English. This monograph will exclude mention of Billiards, Bowling, Cards, Cricket, Golf, Checkers and Soccer, for separate papers have been written on these sports. We must also mention that factual information of Nineteenth Century Maynard sports is not handily at our finger-tips. We use information gleaned from the Maynard News up to 1930 - recollections of old timers which could be derelict. ... Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Athletes and Sports in Maynard Town Description An account of the resource A historical review of all manner of sports and games in Maynard Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.181 monograph sport sports https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/d027242a2fecb81ab26a9505c9fe9f81.pdf 595096993ebc992c003b8164698f6607 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Excerpt: A community is a total of the individual members of that community. Consequently, it has many faces and wears many hats. It has its vices, as last month's monograph on the liquor traffic revealed. It has its virtues. as so many papers, including this one will show. The history of any community is the history of the individuals living there -- individuals wearing many hats in the course of their lifetime - individuals living, loving, working, singing, crying, dancing, making music, doing the things that have been done from time immemorial. Our paper tonight is concerned with singing, dancing and malting music of all kinds - a happy time. This chronicle again is incomplete as we have very few sources of knowledge prior to 1899. Of church choirs and quartets we will not speak as these would necessarily be apart of the church ritual. Music as a cultural aspect of Maynard*s history is our concern. Our title would indicate three separate groupings which actually is not so, as individuals in this cultural field would move in all directions, depending on circumstance. Our town, small in population, 4500 in 1905 and not more than 7000 until after World War II, has spawned an exceptionally rich musical heritage, unknown to towns of comparable size, because of one reason, that reason being the heterogeneous character of our population -- a population of twenty-one nationalities rich in their old country musical culture. Dance orchestras prior to 1900, we would venture to suggest, played music beamed to the English, Scottish and Irish, who comprised the major portion of the population, so Irish Jigs, Scottish Reels, English Square Dance, American Country Dances, polkas, schottisches, and cotillion was the order of the day. With the advent of (the) American Woolen Company in 1899, the population explosion of Eastern and Southern European nationalities was the result. Three and four piece orchestras at regular dances, and eight to ten pieces for lodge masquerade balls were the rule. A listing of the orchestras we have come across is as follows: (1) Gridiron Band (before 1900) Thomas Farrell, accordion; James Riley, violin; Warren Ball, piano; William Pierce, banjo and harmonica; George Lemon, singer and dancer; Edward Sheridan, cornet; (2) Charles Sweeney's Orchestra (piano) (June 30, 1899) (3) Farrell's Moonlight Serenaders (July 28, 1899) played at the opening of Farrell's Clam and Oyster Cafe, comer Summer and Glendale Street (possibly apart of the Gridiron Band mentioned above); (4) Lawton's Orchestra (April 27, 1900) new good young musicians; (5) Higgins and Booth's Orchestra (Jan. 25, 1907); (6) Ray Hamblen's Orchestra (trumpet) (July 22, 1910); (7) Ed White's Orchestra (Nov, 18, 1910); (8) Imperial Orchestra (Mar. 31, 1911), Mrs, Joseph Donahue, violin; Nina Woolerschied, piano; Waino Kauppi, cornet; Grace Hull, reader (Nov. 14, 1913); (9) Schubert Orchestra (Oct.4, 1912); (10) Metropolitan Orchestra (Aug. 7, 1911; (11) Colonial Orchestra, Frank Sheridan (Jan. 28, 1916); (12) Samoset Orchestra, John Gallagher, Director (May 26, 1916); (13) Sheridan's Orchestra (Pastime Hall, Oct. 31, 1919); (14) Elite Novelty Orchestra, Burton Coughian (July 22, 1921); (15) Black & White Orchestra, Hughie Connors, violin; A1 Murphy, piano; Garcia (Marlboro) drums; Art Autio, sax; Louis Sullivan, banjo (July 3, 1925); (l6) Long Lake Orchestra, Robert Sheridan, broadcast over WLEX, Lexington (June 7,1929); (17) Melodeers, Carlo Seura, Hawaiian Guitar; Forrest Nelson, Spanish guitar; Coxie O'Neil, banjo - WLEX, Lexington (May 11, 1933); (18) Frank Case Orchestra (April 5, 1935); (19) Joseph Schnair's Orchestra (Mid '30s). Two of these orchestras gained New England-wide fame - Sheridan's and Connors Orchestras. Frank Sheridan started in 1919 and continued until 1932. He played eveiy ballroom and lakeshore pavillion in these five New England States, including Nuttings on the Charles and Norumbega Park, high school and college Proms, you name the place, he played it. The author of this paper being a two-bit music man out of the thirties, tried out Frank about three years ago, asking him if he had played little-known Lake Baboosic in Milford, N. H., thinking to catch him, but he had played there also. Battles of music were popular in those years, wherein two bands competed at the same ballroom the same evening - one-half hour stints for each band with the dancers at the end of the evening casting ballots for their favorite. Frank has a $100 loving cup which he won at Clinton, Mass. at a battle of music with Sullivan's Orchestra of Milford, Mass. Back on April 15, 1921, Frank recorded for Grey Gull Records, Vocallon Phonograph Company on Huntington Avenue, Boston for a six month period starting in February 11, 1921, with a six-piece orchestra; Frank on drums. Unfortunately we have been unable to find any of these records up to now. Hughie Connor's Orchestra beginning in 1925, covered New England including the Black and White Inn, now known as Marlboro Country Club, Station WEEI, hotels in Worcester, and Hampton Beach in 1932. As an aside, around 1925, with the Charleston hitting the ballrooms, the Selectmen in Maynard put a stop to this dance as it shook the floor timbers and foundations, and there was danger of the hall caving in (Oct. 30, 1925). In another aside, the dance marathons of the thirties brought Eddie Murphy of Maynard into the twenty-fourth day of a marathon in Clinton, dancing with a broomstick, as he had worn out two partners and was waiting for some man to drop so he could have his partner (June 8, 1933). The three brass bands that Maynard had for many years, also played at dances with a reduced personnel. Maynard has had a few fife, drum and bugle corps. The first one that we know of is The Maynard Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps, sponsored by the Temperance Society, Good Templars (June 23, 1899). We do not know when it was organized and when it vanished, but a wonderfully clear picture of it is in our possession. February 21, 1913 - William Stokes, one of the members of the defunct Good Templars Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps organized a fife and drura corps of ten members, meeting every other Monday Eve; planning to hold (a) dance to raise funds for uniforms. March 28, 1913 finds the Fife and Drum Corps parading around town for practice. The Corps rents room in Cannon*s Block (Nov. 7, 1913). Albert Axford leads the Corps at Memorial Day Exercises in Stow (May 7, 1915). That is the last date we have for this musical organization. Boy Scouts, Troop I, Snare Drum and Bugle Corps was organised in 1921 at St. George's Church. Fred Scott was the Scout Master. This group, composed of about a dozen scouts, existed for about four years, playing at all occasions. The short army-type bugle was used. Mr. Allen Webster, one of the members, when contacted recently, remembered his brother John, Novello Cuttell, and the Sickle Brothers as some of the other members. A news note of May 15, 1925 informs us that the St. Bridget's Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps will appear at the Memorial Day Parade, continuing that this group was organized about six months ago. This would place it back in 1924. It was a large organization, about 200 members, and continued in existence into the thirties. It was set up in two companies. Leo Kelly was Battalion Major; Walter Carbone, Battalion Adjutant, and John Horan, Sergeant Major. Company A had John Moore as Captain; William O'Toole, First Lieutenant; Charles Sweeney, 2nd Lieutenant; Andrew Fardy, Top Sergeant; John Lanigan, Leo Mullin, Hillary Kane, Gerald Tierney, Line Sergeants; Edward Murphy, Thomas Chidley, John Veleno, Richard Thane, Charles Kelly as Corporals. Company B - Captain Delmar Kilkenny; Paul Allen 1st Lieutenant; George Sullivan, 2nd Lieutenant; Richard Murphy, Top Sergeant; John Tobin, Mark Kelley, Edmund Duggan, Ralph Thane, Line Sergeants; and Walter Brayden, Kevin Spratt, Raymond Paul, James Duggan, Henry Fairbanks as Corporals. Color Sergeants were John Bakun and Maurice O^Connor, and for Drum Major, Joseph Wardzala. Rev. Charles Donahue was in charge of the Cadets with Harold Sheridan and John Gallagher helping in the training. Frank Sheridan trained the Drum Group, while William Coughlin of Concord Junction, aided with the Fife and Bugle Squad. For Choral and Glee Clubs our first date is May 20, 1904 when the Maynard and Hudson Choral Clubs give concert in Cooperative Hall. January 13, 1905 finds the Maynard Glee Club organized for season with Pres. R. W. Carter; Secretary Hiram Parkin; Treasurer George Salisbury; Librarian George Lawton. Notes in the papers appear for some years as to the existence of the Club. The next group is some years in appearing but July 22, 1921 we find the Colonial Quartet appearing at the Waltham K. of C. at which they made a great hit, with James B. Farrell as Manager. I took the liberty of calling up Jim for further particulars of this group and this is the way the conversation went in part (nostalgia took over): Author: "Who were the members of this quartet?" Jim; "When Irish Eyes are smiling, shure it"˜s like a mom in spring, with a lilt of Irish laughter, you could hear the Angels sing", and he sings it to the end. Author: "Good, Jim, but --" Jim: "You want to hear another one - 'The Bowery, The Bowery', and he sings that to the end. Author: "Jim, wait - who -?" Jim : "Here's another one - Moonlight and Roses" and so to the end. Author: "Jim, but, but who -?" Jim: "Wait, I remember another one - There'll Never be another Mary* - and so on. After a while, believe it or not, we were harmonizing, it was too infectious. And, so far, far into the night, we sang over the phone but at the end I did get the names. James B. Farrell, First Tenor; Willian B. Scully, Second Tenor; G, Edward White, Bass; Anthony B. Hilferty, Bass. Happy Birthday, you octogenarian, you. In the living memory of most Maynard people out of the 1930's, the name Anchor and Ark Glee Club strikes areal musical bell (no pun intended). This aggregation of musical talent brought attention from all of musical New England to Maynard, Massachusetts for a dozen years. As a member of the New England Federation of Mens Glee Clubs, in its span of life, it won four first prizes and three second prizes in Group Three, Small Glee Clubs Contests. The origin of the Club has an interesting history. Back in late 1929, Mrs. Grace (Parkin) Salloway, under the aegis of The Methodist Church, put on a Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta, "H.M.S. Pinafore". Mrs. Salloway is mentioned later in this paper under individual artists. Comments by many in the audience to the effect that most of the cast were members of the Masonic Order prompted the organization to set up a Glee Club immediately. It was named the Anchor and Ark, representing Masonic Symbols. Five months later, according to a news article of May 9, 1930, the Anchor and Ark Glee Club gave its first Annual Concert with solo work and quartet singing in addition to the Glee Club. Gavin Taylor, Jr. was Director and Mrs. Hazel Hooper, Pianist, along with twenty-two voices. Frank Holland was President; William Jones, Librarian; Merton Merrick, Secretary; Tenors: Edward Carleton, Jr., Harlan Cook, Gustav Ey, George Jamieson, Ralph Jones, William Jones, Wilder X. Macurda, William Merriam, Hiram Parkin, Lindsey Smith, David Walker; Basso: Elmer Cook, Harvey Fairbank, Frank Goettler, Frank Holland, William Johnston, George Lawton, Harold Merriam, Merton Merrick, Mark Newton, Al Tallant, Gavin Taylor. Starting with 1930, through 1942, the Club held an outing nearly every year either in Maine or New Hampshire, in addition to concerts given locally, Concord, West Acton, Stow, Waltham, Rochester, N.H., Fitzwilliam, NH, Somerville, Hudson, Watertown, Natick, Lexington, Sterling, Belmont, Brookline, Leominster, Harvard, Woburn, Winchendon, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Sudbury and Arlington. April 28, 1931 the Club gives its Annual Concert with Walter Smith, Trumpet Soloist and leader of the Aleppo Temple Band, Additional voices by May 20, 1932 in the Glee Club are as follows: Alan Palmer, Walter Larkin, James Beckwith, Theron Lowden, Harry E. Holt and William Brennan. May 20, 1932 news article tells us the Club has competed for the Governor Winant Trophy against twenty clubs (all large in numbers) at Portsmouth, N.H., and receives favorable mention. April 8, 1933 it wins first prize at Synphony Hall in the Small Club Contest sponsored by the New England Federation of Mens' Glee Clubs; First prize at Hartford, May 11, 1935; Second prize. Fall River, I936; Second prize. Fall River, 1937; Second prize, Springfield, 1933; First prize, New Haven, 1939; First prize, Melrose, 1940. The Annual Concert for the '33-'39 season had Walter Smith, Trumpet Soloist. February 3, 1939 the Club, augmented by The Andover Male Choir, and led by Frank T. Holland, held its concert at the High School Auditorium. April 19, 1940 the Club without any outside aid, led by Frank T. Holland and accompanied on piano by Mrs. Harlan Cook, held its Annual Concert at the same auditorium. The highlight of the evening was the rendition of Amy Sherman Bridgman's words to Sibelius' "Finlandia". She, being in the audience, was highly thrilled and pleased. The editor's feeling was that the Glee Club sounded simpler but better without outside help. October 4, 1940 the Club held its 10th Anniversary Banquet at Howard Johnson's in Concord. February 28, 1941 news note offers associate membership for men from all towns in the area. This would be a non-singing, financially contributing membership so outside artists could be hired in advance. April 10, 1941 the Annual Concert at the High School Auditorium had an audience of 300. Frank Holland was Director and Mrs. Harlan Cook, accompanist. Andover Mens' Glee Club augmented the local club. May 7, 1942 - The Annual Concert again at the Auditorium had Everett Collins as guest conductor and the Andover Club included. Due to the Second World War, the Club had to disband for lack of personnel. All in all, the record shows that the Anchor and Ark Mens' Glee Club made a real contribution to the musical culture of the community. May 11, 1933 finds a three night production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" with fifty voices, Mrs. Grace Salloway directing, apparently was extraordinary for a town the size of Maynard to find such talent within its confines, and an event long to be remembered. October 26, 1934 ~ News report tells us of the Sunshine Singers, with Alan Palmer, broadcasting weekly over WLLH, Lowell. Among the nationalities that settled in Maynard starting in the 1890's, choral groups were a must in their organizations. The author of this paper being of Finnish descent, is particularly cognizant of the role that music, vocal and otherwise, played in the life of the Finnish Clubs and Societies. We turn next to individual artists that gained prominence in their respective musical areas. First of all must be mentioned the Woolerschied family - Theodore, Ernest, Albert and John, four brothers and their offspring. This family group unquestionably was the most prolific musical family in the History of Maynard. ... (12 pages) Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Musicians, Orchestras and Bands Description An account of the resource A chronology of music makers in Maynard from the 1900s through the late 1940s. (At the time of its writing, the centennial authors planned to update it through the 1960s). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.192 band Bugle choral chorus club dance drum fife Glee Club monograph music musician orchestra Pastime Hall https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/74b6d4d8c20f831e8abd9d3bb11aae7c.pdf c0ea6dbd0cfe107d748a3ec8691eecf9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. This cooperative vas organized by the Polish people in Maynard with a sprinkling of Lithuanians and Russians. A census taken by Rev. Jablonski (Dec. 6, 1912) indicated that about 600 Polish people resided in town - a size-able group. Most could not speak English well so it was only natural that a store catering to their needs, in their own language, was in order. A Dec. 23, 1910 newsnote informs us that the Polish people are to set up a Coop store. Jan. 6, 1911 The International Cooperative Association opened its doors in Higgin's Block, Main Street near the Methodist Church. Presently we have no knowledge of a Higgin's Block in town. Our understanding is the store opened up in the building housing the present United Coop Hardware Section. With little business practice the coop floundered the first year, for a Feb. 9, 1912 newsnote informs us that there is trouble at the Polish coop - has been closed for several days. However, by Apr. 2, 1915 the Annual Meeting was told that everything was ship-shape. In 1918 the coop moved to the Masonic block comer of Main and Walnut streets. In the early 1920's it added a bakery to its business. This was located in the building bearing number 120 Great Road. This building is presently a home. An enormous oven was in there up to recent times - maybe still is. The bakery closed its doors in the latter 1920's. At the height of the Great Depression the coop went under - over extended in credit. An auction was held and Jacob Sawutz, an employee there for two years bought the business and continued it under private management (Mar. 27, 1931). Our knowledge is very sparse, as you note. Membership is surmised to have been between 250-400 people. The life span of the coop was twenty years, All dates are from the Maynard News. I am indebted to Jacob Sawutz for additional information B.R. Koski - Read at the 1969 meeting of the Maynard Historical Society. Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: International Cooperative Association Description An account of the resource A short summary of the 20 year history of this Polish cooperative in Maynard from about 1910 to 1931. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.193 cooperative Polish https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/3636e33dd37ebfa9efaafc1b54c73947.pdf 475ec6eb9437b5e9667f326a554a3fb7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. The Scots along with the English were the original settlers of Assabet Village (incorporated as Maynard In 1871), starting In the seventeenth century. Many Scottish names appear among the seventy-one incorporators of the town. Being English-speaking, the Scots apparently did not have any need for clubs or organizations basically Scottish, unless one of the two Odd Fellows Lodges Instituted in 1884 might have been. Besides that, ties with the old country were weakened by many generations of living in a foreign clime, America, as was not the case with the later immigrants. However, a national pride did assert Itself for a short period as a Maynard and Concord Robert Burn's Club was organized in February 1917. This became known simply as the Caledonian Club. We do not know where the club had its quarters, but a Hallowe'en party was held at Masonic Hall with one hundred and fifty in attendance on November 3, 1911. Names mentioned at that affair were James Dunlop, Chief, and a committee of Mungo Bain, Roderick McIver, Robert Alexander, George McInnes, Alexander Bailey, John McKenzie, Mrs. Ann Bell, Mrs. George Stockwell, Charles Higgins and Gordon Wilson. A second anniversary concert and ball was held at Music Hall on February 9, 1912 with over 800 people in attendance. The Club officers in 1914 were Chief Alexander Balllle, Vice-Chief Edward Miller, Secretary J.C. Pringle, Treasurer Mungo Bain, Trustee 1 year James Baxter, Chaplain J.R, McKenzie. A football team known as the Caledonian Foot Ball Club of Maynard was organized around this time from the club members. This was soccer football, not our American brand. The games must have been played at the Maynard Cricket Club grounds (present location of the Green Meadow School) for we have no record of another soccer field in town. No record of the demise of the Caledonian Club exists, so it is our assumption that the first World War, 1917-16, dealt a death blow to its existence, as to so many others. I am sure that much could be written of individual Scots and their descendants in reference to the political, social and economic life of Maynard, but that will be left to some person of Scottish descent. I will remain thrifty with my words! All dates from the Maynard News Read at April 1969 meeting of the Maynard Historical Society B.R. Koskl Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: The Scottish People in Maynard Description An account of the resource A short account of Scottish influence and social clubs in Maynard. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-04 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.198 Caledonian Club club ethnic groups monograph Scottish Scotts https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/c9fa2961d44b8c179f73be541e5803aa.pdf 8959bd8912a4b622fbc6565e19f50f13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. The Lincoln Library of Essential Information imparts this knowledge to us of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows: "A secret, Fraternal, Beneficiary Society, founded in England sometime during the second quarter of the 18th Century. A Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows for England formed at London in 1803. In 1809 a subordinate Lodge at Manchester, successfully declared itself independent of the Grand Lodge, and, as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, constitutes today the largest English branch of the Order. Thomas Wildey is considered to have been the founder of the Society in America, although other Lodges are known to have existed before Wildey came to the United States. In 1819, Wildey and other English associates organized aLodge of Odd Fellows in Baltimore, which received a charter from the Manchester Uniity. In 1843, the American order declared its independence of the older society. Three degrees are conferred in Lodges of Odd Fellows. Those who have received the third degree are eligible to membership in an encampment, where three further degrees are conferred. A uniformed degree of the order, known as the Patriarchs Militant, is open only to those who have received the Royal Purple Degree of an encampment. The Rebekah degree for women members was established in 1851." As the above indicates, there were three distinct orders of Odd Fellows the original order in London, the Manchester Unity and the American. In Maynard we had two lodges, one affiliated with the Manchester Uniity and the other with the American Order. Gutteridge*s History informs us that Loyal Assabet Lodge, I.0.0.F. Manchester Unity was instituted January I7, 1834 and two and a half months later, on April 2, 1834 the Maynard Lodge, I.O.O.F. of the American Order was organized. The reasons are obscure why the need for two lodges. Possibly the people of English descent wanted the Manchester Unity and the Scotch and other nationalities wanted no part of it. June 23, 1899 news report shows the following officers as being installed: In Manchester Unity - Isac Binks, Fenton Rogers, H. 0xford, David Miller, Gavin Taylor, J.E. Phillips, William Whittaker, J.J. Morgan. July 14, 1899 news report shows the following officers being installed in the I.O.O.F. Lodge 131: Lewis Shaw, John Gerow, Henry Kimmel, Tom Carey, George Henderson, William Stewart, George Champion, Jr., Joseph Singleton, Clifford Cheney, George Robinson, Reid Lyons, John Marsden, Chaplain Charles Roberts, Lorenzo Clark. Both Lodges carried on social affairs of various kinds, pool, smoke-talks, dances. Balls on top of initiation of new members and meetings. We do not know the total membership of either Lodge but a February 6, 1914 news article of the Manchester Unity Lodge observing its thirtieth anniversary brings out that twenty-three members initiated this Lodge and one hundred and ninety-four were present at this particular anniversary program. On May 2, 1919, Lodge 131 observed the One Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of the American Order and the thirty-fifth of the local lodge at Cooperative Hall with four hundred in attendance. The Mizpah Rebekah Lodge for women members were part of this Lodge and participated in the observances. April 30, 1909 this same Lodge celebrated its twenty-fifth at Masonic Hall. The following individuals were on the celebrations committee at the two affairs: Mrs. Moses Chandler, James Eaton, J.A. McPherson, Fred Randell, L.E. Rodway, William Bishop, Clifford Cheney, A.M Howard, A.E. Randell, Robert Lester, Fred Archer, Tom Smith, Ralph Case, Arthur Champagne, Tom Denniston, Oliver Trees and additional Rebekahs were Rhoda Smith, Mary Leithead, Sadie Case, Jeannette Graham, Gertrude Keene and Lucy Case. March 11, 1921 an Odd Fellows Ball took place in Colonial Hall with Frank Sheridan's Orchestra playing. The news report does not indicate which order this was. November 9, 1934 officers were installed of the I.O.O.F, Manchester Unity at Odd Fellows Hall as follows: Tom Usher, Fred Brown, Isaac Binks, George Brown, William Newman, Al Billett, Louis Emerson, William Coulter, James Coulter, Charles Coulter and Fred Green. Note the above name - I.O.O.F, Manchester Unity. This would indicate that the two orders must have merged some time in the past. There is no record of it in newspapers and in conversation with Mr. Albert Hodges he maintains that the American Order was the one in existence in the 1930s. If there was a merger, possibly a compromise name, as the above would indicate was adopted. A curious note of August 20, 1915 in the paper bears quoting in full: "Movement afoot to organize an Odd Fellows Association with rooms in I.O.O.F. Block, Rooms open every evening. Papers, books, magazines, pool and card tables. All Odd Fellows Welcome." Possibly it was sometime after that there was a merger. It was Lodge 131 that had its headquarters in the I.O.O.F. Block on Nason Street. This building was originally built by Loew and the upstairs rented to the Lodge. The Rebekah's are still in existence in I966 but the Odd Fellows weakened in membership by the early fifties so that the lodge was disbanded. A paper will be prepared on the Rebekahs. All dates in this paper refer to the Maynard News. Read at March, I966 meeting of The Maynard Historical Society B.R. KOSKI Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Odd Fellows Description An account of the resource A history of the International Order of Odd Fellows, a secret, fraternal society. 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Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. The United Cooperative Society opened its doors in January 1907. The stock and fixtures of a private grocery store were purchased and set up in part of the building on Main Street which is now the main Co-Op building. At first it was known as the Kaleva Co-operative Association, "Kaleva" being the ancient name of the Finnish people. The first manager was Matti Eekkala. The first eight years were lean and uncertain. They started with 187 members, mostly weavers and other workers in the local woolen mill, who received small wages; yet they subscribed $1,600 for the Co-op's initial capital. Membership grew slowly, from 187 to 315, and annual sales fluctuated. In 1911, the Kaleva Co-op became a member of the Eastern Finnish Co-operative Educational League. In 1912, the present Co-op building on Main Street was purchased on a time payment plan for $16,000. In 1914 they purchased property on Powder Mill Road and erected a combination bakery and salesroom. Since then the Co-op has regularly baked Its own "democrat" rye bread. In 1915 the Co-operative League of the United States was established. with the Maynard Co-op as one of its charter members. In 1916, to meet the needs of its members, the Co-op added a meat department to the Main Store, and started a restaurant on the second floor of the Co-op building, During its peak years the restaurant served as many as 250 people a day. In 1917, the Maynard Co-operative Milk Association by a majority vote decided to become a part of the Kaleva Co-operative; thus the dairy department came into being, located originally on the Powder Mill Road property. Forty-two members of the Milk Association refused to follow the majority and started a rival co-operative, the First National Co-operative Association which continued until 1941. In 1919, six of the leading Finnish co-operatives In Massachusetts (Maynard, Fitchburg, Quincy, Norwood, Gardner and Worcester) pooled their capital and properties to create the so-called "Milllon-Dollar Co-operative". Incorporating under the name of the United Co-operative Society of New England, they set up a general office In Boston. This move caused the old familiar name of the Kaleva Co-operative Association to be discarded. But the "Milllon-Dollar Co-operative" experiment was doomed to fall, because the Individual co-ops had not learned to co-operate with each other. The joint co-operative liquidated in 1921. After the dissolution, the Maynard society was re-incorporated under Its present name of United Co-operative Society of Maynard. Since then expansion and improvement have been continuous. In 1921, the Bakery was moved from Powder Mill Bead to the rear of the Main Street Store; a new oven and machinery were installed. In 1923, the Co-op established its own coal yard. Land was bought at a railroad siding off Summer Street; a new siding and coal storage warehouse (was) constructed. In 1925, a large annex was added to the Main Store. The Dairy was moved to part of the new building, and new pasteurizing equipment enabled the Co-op to deliver the first pasteurized milk In town. The new structure also housed a repair garage for the growing fleet of trucks. In 1926, the Co-op purchased a small grocery store building (with its stock of merchandise) on the corner of Parker and Waltham Streets. This became the Co-op Branch Store. In 1926, (it) became a charter member of the Eastern Co-operative Wholesale, Inc. With the passing of time, the needs of the members have changed; some departments have been discontinued, others added. In 1930, the restaurant was closed. In 1931, a new service for its farmer members was started: grain, feeds, fertilizers, and other farm supplies were made available in a new warehouse built on the end of the coal sheds. In 1933 a fuel oil truck was purchased for the distribution of petroleum products. Ice delivery service was begun in the spring of 1934. The same year land on the corner of Parker and Waltham Streets was purchased (including the land on which the Branch Store was located), and a Gasoline Service Station was erected. Storage facilities for fuel and range oil were provided by the Installation of three 10,000 gallon tanks at the coal yard. The Main Store was remodeled in 1935, to provide better service, and a new fish department was started. In 1936, the old Branch Store building was tom down and anew completely modern structure erected. In 1936, membership passed the 1000 mark. On May 12, 1931, was organized the Young Co-operator's Club. In October 1932, the Co-operative Women's Guild was started. In 1932, Waldemar Niemela, manager since 1921, resigned and Arvo N. Rivers was appointed General Manager. In 1939, the first Children's Co-op Day Camp was held at Vose Park. In 1941, the Main Store was remodeled into a modem supermarket, the first in town to sell groceries on a self-service basis. In the same year, on October 30, a branch store was opened on Belmont Street in Worcester. In the fall of 1941, the United States entered World War II. A shortage of qualified employees began to cause difficulties, Rationing brought additional complications for both customers and employees. In 1946, the Co-op took another big step. A fire ruined a building next to the Main Store, The Co-op bought the building, reconstructed and modernized it, and moved the Appliance and Hardware Department from the second floor of the Main Store to this new location. In 1947, a Furniture Department was established on the second floor of the Main Store. In August 1948, the Maynard Consumers Credit Union was opened for business for members of the Co-op. October 1948, new Garage Building to house from 11 to 15 trucks was built. March 18, 1955, a completely renovated and remodeled Main Supermarket was opened. The alleyway between the Main Store and the Appliance Store was replaced by a corridor, with access from both Main Street and the rear parking lot. February 16, 1957 the Waltham Street Store was closed. ----- There have been 14 general managers - Arvo Rivers serving the longest. His tenure ran from 1932 to 1964. After him was Edward Misserian and presently Robert Bennion. As of January 1969 Clements C. Newman is Resident Manager. Some services have been discontinued since 1957. Coal and grain some time ago and mild deliveries as of this month, November 1968. Changing times and trends have placed in-town business as compared to shopping centers in a defensive position and the Coop is no exception. But after sixty-six years it is still with us -- a tribute to the tenacity of little people. I am indebted to the Maynard News - 50th Anniversary Booklet of the United Cooperative Society of Maynard and Mrs. Rachel Aho, longtime head of the office staff of the society. Read at the meeting of the Maynard Historical Society B.R. Koski. Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: United Cooperative Society Description An account of the resource A history of the United Cooperative Society from its inception through its state in the late 1960s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca 1968 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.203 co-operative Kaleva store United Co-operative Society https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/83595eb64cfedbb647140676537351eb.pdf f078f91425e9993078ad6b159b5eb06b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. The Sovereigns of Industry or The Riverside Cooperative Association The Sovereigns of Industry in Maynard was organized Dec. 21, 1875 by a small group of English and Scottish Textile workers. It was a cooperative venture based on the Rochdale principles, quite popular in a few communities. The Maynard Group bought in Boston wholesale and delivered in town by wheelbarrow to its members. So much interest was created by this venture that in September 1878 - three years later - The Riverside Cooperative Association was incorporated with capital stock of $1500. It opened in the basement of Darling's Block - corner of Nason and Summer Streets (The present abode of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.) From there it moved to (A.T. Haynes) The Riverside Hall Block on Main Street beside the River. Possibly that is the origin of the name Riverside Cooperative Association. In 1882 it bought the land on the comer of Nason and Summer Streets where the Knights of Columbus Building is now and erected a three story building for $15,000 with the store downstairs and rooms and halls upstairs. This became known as Cooperative Hall. Town meetings and other social functions were held here for many decades. The capital stock was increased to $5000. $12,000 was loaned by townspeople to build and stock the store. The 25th Anniversary program in 1903 divulged that this was the largest grocery business in town with 400 members - $1,250,000 sales in that period $60,000 paid out in rebates. The officers at that time were President, Albert Batley; Treasurer, Gavin Taylor; Clerk, F.W. Sims; Auditors, William Holt and T.A. Jones; Directors, Alex Pettigrew, James J. Morgan, John White, Fred Sims, Gavin Taylor. Rebates varied from year to year running from 2% to 8%. (July 26, 1901 - July I8, 1902 - July 17, 1903 - November 20, 1903). Dec. 23, 1904 report gives membership as over 600. Feb. 9, 1906 gives the Board of Directors as Alex Pettigrew, James J. Morgan, John White, Albert Batley, Fred Sims; Auditors William Holt and William Lord; Treasurer, Gavin Taylor. Meeting voted to purchase 100 rods of land from L.S. Brooks on Summer Street - to be used for stables - in which case Main Hall would be extended out over land now occupied by the barn. Remember in those days horses and wagons were used for home deliveries by the grocery stores. Jan. 11, 1907 report advertised a 10% rebate - the high point for all the years of the Coops existence. An interesting newsnote for May 13, 1910 tells us of a letter addressed to the Coop as Sovereigns of Modesty (not industry) with a $100 bill in a note saying "add this to the conscience fund." Someone apparently couldn't sleep nights! On June 16, 1911 the Directors, by a majority vote of three to two, called for the resignation of Manager James J. Hilfertyon, (on) sick leave at that time, who had been managing the store since 1894. The reasons are not clear in the newspaper accounts but possibly a clue might be gathered from the July 21, 1911 report indicating only a 2% rebate. George Morse was made manager. Feb. 11, 1916 reports a rebate with Gavin Taylor as Treasurer and the Board of Directors as James B. Lord, Albert Batley, George T. Murphy, William Scully and Charles Courtney. July 30, 1920 report shows a 6% rebate - also that as in 1908 under similar economic conditions in the mill the only money paid out in town was this rebate. Feb. 11, 1921, a 2% rebate only, reasons being losses owing to price re-adjustments and continued depression and fire on August 12, 1920. July 21, 1925, semi-annual meeting skips rebates altogether. July 22, 1927, meeting postponed action on dissolution of the coop. The store was cut to half its original size and the other half is ready to be rented. The last 6 months it was reported showed no loss. Officers were President, William Naylor; Secretary, James C. Mahoney; Treasurer, Harold Cuttell; Trustees, Edward Wooldridge and Charles Spence. Feb. 8, 1929 meeting empowered the Directors to carry on or dispose of the store. It is reported that achain store is endeavoring to purchase the business. Officers were elected with President, William Naylor; Treasurer, Harold Cuttell; Auditors, Charles Spence and Edward Wooldridge, Trustees Mark Newton, P.J. Schnair, James J. Ledgard, John Maley. Aug. 2, 1929, semi-annual meeting reported a 6 month profit of $660.28. The directors urged the meeting to use this money to paint the building and sell the store. Sept. 13, 1929, George Morse, Manager of the store for I8 years purchases the store. The Association will hold on to the business block. Aug. 3, 1933. Semi-annual meeting reports a 3% dividend. Feb. 8, 1935 meeting elects for officers President, Leslie Sims; Secretary, James Ledgard; Clerk, Harold Cuttell; Directors, John Maley, Joseph Schnair, Jeremiah Bradley. In Jan. 1936 a fire destroyed the upper sections of the building. The Association voted to sell the property to the Knights of Columbus and disband the Association. And so passed into Maynard history not only one of the oldest cooperative associations in the state (51 years as a store alone) but also a center of social, cultural and municipal affairs since 1882. I am indebted to the Maynard News for all dates and Ralph Sheridan for other additional information. B.R. Koski Read at the 1969 meeting of The Maynard Historical Society. Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: The Riverside Cooperative Association Description An account of the resource Originally organized as the "Sovereigns of Industry" in 1875, it created a grocery store and cultural center that served the town for over 50 years as a cooperative. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.207 Relation A related resource <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Principles">Rochdale Principles</a> (Wikipedia) cooperative Cooperative Hall monograph Riverside Block Riverside Co-operative Association Riverside Hall https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/dc8521914dd557ecc254a0173f51b570.pdf 9e137658fac9d68d3b0f8572ec29db23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. With the advent of the "horseless carriage" to Maynard in 1901 it did not take too many years for motorcycles to become somewhat popular with the younger element. With the dirt roads prevalent then the cyclist must have been in rather a dusty shape but that did not deter. Our first newsnote is of November 12, 1909 informing us that William Barter had purchased a motorcycle. By June 7, 1912 an informal club had been organized for the members took a run to Rockingham Park. April 25, 1913 a club was organized at the Maynard Cycle Company store with twenty-five members. (This store was owned by Walter R. Peterson, father of the present Governor of New Hampshire Walter R. Peterson.) The tourist club elected the following officers: President William Burke (Concord Junction), Vice-president Warren Robbins (Stow), Secretary and Treasurer Walter R. Peterson. The club was to have uniforms for all members and a pennant attached to the bike. This club lasted into the summer of 1914, but with a serious accident at some races in Acton at that time, the spirit went out of the members and the club disappeared. All dates from Maynard News Read at the April I969 meeting of the Maynard Historical Society B.R. Koski Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Maynard Motorcycle Club Description An account of the resource The story of a short-lived association of cycle riders in the early 1900s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-04 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.209 club monograph motorcycle https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/be2770bb975205fcf3c2d244a6b8d289.pdf 7895e5b0c9f41e9138ef3bb83037d2e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Since incorporation of the Town of Maynard in 1871 it has had thirteen representatives on Beacon Hill in General Court. Possibly as Assabet Village (part of Stow and Sudbury) we might have had some Representatives that we are not aware of presently. Up to the 1920's Representatives served for one year - after that for two years. The area Towns served by the Representatives has changed substantially from the early years to the present, as we will note later in this paper. Then, as now, the elections took place in November and the winner began duties the following January. The first Maynard Representative was John Hillis (I877) - 27th Middlesex District (Maynard. Wayland, Sudbury, Weston). He was an attorney, active in town affairs and helped to draw up the Town Charter. Alvin D. Russell (1835 & 1888) - 30th Middlesex (Maynard, Acton, Stow, Littleton, Boxboro, Carlisle) - Manager of the Riverside Cooperative Association James P. Sweeney (1894) - Attorney Charles H. Persons (I899 & 19OO) - 22nd Middlesex (Maynard, Hudson, Stow, Boxboro) - Piano Store owner; Town Clerk; Concord, Maynard, Hudson Street Railway Organizer. The Piano Store subsequently became Sanderson's (which is still with us). Patrick J. Sullivan (1905 & 19O6) - Tailor, Selectman. He ran as Republican for 1905 but as an Independent for 19O6. A compact made between the four towns in 1895 decreed that Hudson should name candidate four years, Maynard three years, Stow and Boxboro one year each - 10th year open for grabs. Sullivan wanted another year as a matter of courtesy but the Maynard Republicans did not want him so he ran as an Independent and won. [Maynard News - Aug. 18, 1905, Aug. 10, 1906, Sept. 14, 1906] Cornelius J. Lynch (1908) - 10th Middlesex (Maynard, Hudson, Stow, Boxboro) - Cigar Manufacturer and Newspaper Reporter. Ran as Democrat. Albert J. Batley (1910) - Florist. Batley's expenses itemized to Town Clerk: $55.18 [Maynard News, Nov. 12, 1903] Ran as Republican. Arthur J. Coughlan (1913) - Real Estate ?????, Tax ColJ.ector, Assessor, Fire Chief, Selectman. Ran as Democrat. Alfred E. McCleary (1914) - Attorney ??????? He was nominally a Republican but ran under Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Progressive Party Label. George H. Creighton (1915) Creightons Shoe Emporium (store to you), Selectman, President of Maynard Trust. Leslie W. Sims (1923 through 1932) - two year terms now. Attorney. Ran as Republican Frank C. Sheridan (1933-34 and 1935 to August 1935) - Smoke Shop Owner, Sheridan's Orchestra, Assessor. Resigned in August, 1935 to become Post Master. Ran as Democrat. William C. Stockwell. (Oct. 29, 1935 - 1936 and 1937 - 1938) - Hardware Store, Tax Collector, Selectman. Ran as Republican. We seem to have fallen on evil days for that year, 1938, was the last year one of our own was Representative. I am indebted to Ralph Sheridan and the Maynard News of the following dates: (dates not transcribed) Read at the September, I968 Meeting of the the Maynard Historical Society. B. R. KOSKI Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Maynard Representatives in General Court Description An account of the resource Many of the Maynard's early State Representatives were from Maynard. A list and backgrounds of those Representatives in the General Court. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968-09 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.221 monograph Representative https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/e38159cecddd4bdd6d1f38825fe6adaf.pdf 41bcefbe75b46bcdcda643ca0afed604 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Maynard town, nee Assabet Village, was a happy place for young people up to 1878, but that year dealt a mortal blow to those that were wont to wander arm in arm under a kindly moon or in total darkness whispering sweet nothings to each other. Another curse of civilization, in the form of oil lamps stuck on six to seven foot high posts lighted up the streets of Maynard, forever ruining the privacy so needed for that stolen hug and kiss. Twenty-five street lamps installed by J. M. Bruce at cost of of $259.65, another $11.75 to Joel Abbott for expenses about street lamps (quaint language), $187.50 to E. C. Charlton for care of the lamps, filling them with oil every evening and lighting them from his wagon, brought Maynard into the Nineteenth Century. E. C. Charlton held the contract from 1879 and 1880 at a cost of $254.59 and $324.03 respectively. Additional lamps must have been installed in 1880 for the cost increases that year, making Nason and Main streets literally the Great White Way. Robert Elliot takes over until 1884 when the name of Findley F. Robertson appears with his as the lamp lighters. Robertson continues through 1886 with Charles F. Cahill taking over the following year at a cost of $300.88. The Wheeler Reflector Company assumed responsibility in 1888, continuing through 1893, at an increased cost running between $665 and $937 yearly. Either inflation reared its ugly head during this period or more lamps were added. Charles F. Cahill is the lamplighter the following year with Fred Taylor coming in ??? after that to 1902. The era of the lamp-lighters came to an end then. Maybe it wasn't as unromantlc as I have pictured it, ???? during the 1950's there was a popular tune by the name of "The Lamplighter" and it was Love-Love-Love! Gaslight was used to some extent during part of this period for home lighting - we do not know how much. A news note of August 25, 1899 tells us that "Maynard's Block (which is still on the corner of Main and Walnut Streets) presents a brilliant appearance with new gaslight - far superior to those previous", We have been told that a large globe existed just on the other side of the river, owned by Assabet Manufacturing Company, so possibly both that block and the Congregational Church had their source of supply from there rather than their own cylindrical containers. But the days of the oil lamp and the gas lamp were numbered - electricity was here. A rash of news notes in 1902 heralded this: August 15, 1902 - electric lights to be installed in Nason Street School and the Engine House - electric lights to be installed in St. Bridgets Church - electric lights in barbershop of M, J. Crowley - electric lights in Arthur Sullivans Store, bought from 0. L. Prescott. Selectmen have authorized Fred Taylor to continue lighting streets although his contract has expired until town will be illuminated by electricity - 42 incandescent lamps were lighted at lower end of town Monday. There will be 85 lamps and 7 arc lamps. Contract with American Woolen Company is dated for September 1, 1902 - will last five years - can be renewed. Incandescent lights will cost $l6 yearly and the arc lights $75. April 5, 1912 - town meeting appropriated $300 to install 10 to 15 lights in New Village (the area with presidential names for streets off Parker Street) though still property of American Woolen Company, It still was newsworthy or status worthy in 1915 to have electricity installed in homes, for a date-line of May l4, 1915 tells us of Mrs. Julia May's new home on Summer Street being wired for electricity. An anecdote has been related to us concerning the above-mentioned arc lights. They gave much better Illumination than the incandescent lights but they flicked on and off continually because of their construction which was two carbon points not touching each other causing an arc between them. This continuous flickering at certain times of the summer would attract the gypsy moth to such a degree that the light was barely distinguishable. September 3 and 10, 1920 news notes tells us of a request by the town for all night lighting - up to now it has been eight hours per night - for all night the cost would be $22 per light - the cost last year was $4,300 - $1,354 more now for all night lighting. No romance left at all now - All Night Lighting! On June 14, I929 it is reported in the papers that Edison Light has bought out American Woolen electric circuits. Before this there was agitation on the part of a setment? of the town's population to buy them and set up a Municipal Lighting Department as the neighboring Town of Hudson has but curiously enough a sort of a coup-d'tat took place before anything of the sort could transpire, Could It possibly be said that we have been paying higher rates all through these decades because of curious doings at that time? A news note of November 30, 1934 bears out at least the contention of high rates, for the Board of Selectmen set up a special committee to investigate the rates but silence follows, we read nothing further in the papers - we know not why. A side effect of Edison's purchase was the change from 40 cycle to 60 cycle current. This took place December 5, 1930. At that time Maynard and Milford, New Hampshire were the only communities left in the country with the 40 cycle current. All electrical equipment was manufactured for 60 cycle current causing Maynard people to change something by converter to cut them to 40 cycles. And so ends the Saga of the Lamp-Lighter. He wasn't half bad, after all that was to follow! I am indebted to the following for information on this paper: Annual Reports I878-I894, Maynard News, James Farrell and Ralph Sheridan. Read at September, I967 meeting Maynard Historical Society. B.R.KOSKI Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Lighting in Maynard Town Description An account of the resource Subtitled "The Saga of the Lamplighter", this tells the story of how the streets of Maynard were lit by moonlight, oil lamps, gas and finally electricity: the benefits and a bit of what was lost... Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-09 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.222 electricity gas lamp lamp monograph night oil street light streets https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/d0990c8f7ba73c0d80840a958e716c0a.pdf fd23a4bd278fd3b2e6f26dd44ffc4075 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Birger Koski of the Maynard Historical Society submitted to our office this week a poem in tribute to William J. Salo. WILLIAM J. SALO 1903 -1968 In Maynard Town an age has passed. Age? This is endless? Nevertheless ... An age has passed. The age of nevermore .. Of field of rye, clover, farm, Born, stock ... of sleigh, wagon, plough and lumber. This was his age. Whose age? Brother Bill of course ... That's how we all knew him. For forty years he was known -- Strongest man in town -- Two hundred fifty pounds of muscle, Willing to swap muscle for Muscle in contest. And heart to heart in feeling He gave his wealth of knowledge and goods of olden days Memorabilia -- in full amount Brother Bill -- You sensed what You were doing for posterity. Birger Koski Maynard Historical Society Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William Salo Tribute Description An account of the resource A poem in tribute to William Salo. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca 1968 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.227 poem https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/66807a0ba18c55751e6acbea1928f952.pdf ef36442189f22c4d94e95d3263f10d16 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. The first we hear of the Lithuanians in Maynard is a newsnote of 1904 telling of a St. Elizabeth's Society meeting. This was a joint group with Hudson Lithuanians. This would place the first Lithuanians In Maynard in the latter 1890's. Apparently there was not enough of this ethnic group to organize any clubs or societies for we have no records of any such. For religious purposes St. Bridget's Church was used. A newsnote of March 23, 1917 tells us of Father Daugin, a Lithuanian priest, of Norwood was to hear confessions at St. Bridget's Church this Monday for the Lithuanian speaking people, The dearth of news about Lithuanians is possibly answered by their being asmall ethnic minority and belonging to Polish organizations in town. All dates from Maynard News For further information indebted to Mrs. Raymond (Mary) Sheridan. Read at the April 1969 meeting of the Maynard Historical Society - B.R. Koski Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: The Lithuanian People in Maynard Description An account of the resource A short summary of the small Lithuanian population in Maynard. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-04 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.229 ethnic groups Lithuanian monograph https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/2f0a350bf3b4fcb0f50b319b8b9e9698.pdf 6d0401be20a303aa5fa183f7e4e85a58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Possibly the first thirty years of the incorporation of the town of Maynard saw small groups of hunting and fishing enthusiasts get together for that purpose, but we have no record of this until 1902. That year in the June 20th issue of the Maynard News mention is made of the Maynard Gun Club holding a series of pigeon shoots on Wednesday afternoons. Nothing further is noted in the papers until August 27, 1909, that a Gun Club, with 35 members has been organized recently with Allan Howard, John Petersen and Robert Marsden as officers. April 14, 1911 new note publicizes the fact that this club is holding its Annual Sports Meet at Harvey Broadbent's Field on Waltham Street. This club was short-lived for on April 15, 1915 Maynard News reports that the new Maynard Gun Club at Brown's Pond has dug pits for traps and will be ready for a shoot on April 19th. Apparently, this group enlarged its horizon for on July I6, 1915 an article appears in the papers and speaks of a sportsmen's club to be organized - the committee being Charles E. Wheeler, Dr. Clifford L. King and Walter R. Peterson. The purpose of the club was to be the protection of game and fish. At a meeting at Peterson's store (on Nason Street, present location of Boston Edison) on August 20, 1915 the following officers were elected: President, Charles E. Wheeler; Vice-President, Dr. C. L. King; Secretary, William Collier; Treasurer, Walter R, Peterson; Committee on By-Laws was King, Collier and Peterson. Paid-up members were over 50 and weekly meetings were held at Peterson's store. The club received its charter in 1916. A news note of April 9, 1920 tells of Arthur J. Sullivan and and Glenn Swett liberating four pair of Mallard Ducks in the Assabet River for the local club, and meetings are being held in the High School building Wednesday evenings. January 21, 1921 was the date for the first Annual Banquet at Masonic Hall. Committee members for this affair were as follows: P.J. Schnair, William McGarry, Eugene Thompson, William Millington, Henry Ledgard, Joseph Marsden, George Stockwell and Henry Slyvert. Ninety members and friends were present. Mr. Peter Jensen, one of the venerable old timers, wrote reminiscences for me on May 10, 1966 which should prove interesting for us, as he was one of the originals in I915. Peter remembers huntIng fox with all the individuals so far named. In addition, he named the following as members of the club: Alex Marsden, George Stuart, Ed Billett, Jesse Billett, Alfred Annett, Walter Annett, William Annett and Carl Swanson. A news note of June 7, 1929 tells us of the opening of the new clubhouse at White Pond, Hudson, with 122 members listed as subscribers and shareholders. Also mentioned was the field day coming with the following committee:Frank Moran, William Brindley, George Carey, Thomas Smith, Ralph Barnes, John Moynihan, Eugene Thompson. The property on White Fond Road, Hudson, was purchased in 1928 by the club with the help of club member, Oswald C. Dreschler, former American Woolen Company Agent in Maynard, who was the mortgage holder, according to Pete Jensen in his memo. The following information is all gleaned from Pete's memoranda who gathered it from Rod and Gun Club sources and old members. In 1932. after several meetings at the home of O.C. Dreschler on Bent Avenue, a set of By-laws were drawn up and the club was incorporated. Attorney Leslie W. Sims was the club attorney at the time. Up to 1936 the club had a let-down in activity but at a re-organizational Meeting on January 4th Carl Swanson became President; Pete Jensen, Secretary; Vincent Malay, Treasurer. This meeting was held at the Elks Hall on Main Street, The club at that time had 42 members and $12.75 the treasury. The United States Government in 1942 issued orders that there could be no shooting events at the club grounds on White Pond Road on account of the Ammunition Depot adjacent. In 1943 the club moved to Parker Street into a small building near Parker Street Hall known as the Hessa Club house. Coming back into Maynard the club grew by leaps and bounds. One meeting accepted 40 new members. In 1944, Pete Jensen and Carl Swanson, representing the club, leased the White Pond Road clubhouse to the non-commissioned officers' clcub of the Ammunition Depot. The year 1944 also saw the consummation of the lease of the 26 acres American Woolen Company filter bed land on Odd Mill Road from the Town of Maynard to the club. Pete Jensen was appointed chairman of a committee to investigate the possibility of buying the above-mentioned land. The sewer committee which was composed of Thomas Tierney, Robert Hatch and Walter Denniston was very co-operative about the matter as was the Board of Selectmen, comprising William Stockwell, Walter Cheslak and Joseph F. Dineen. In 1944, twenty-six acres of land were purchased from the town of Maynard and recorded In 1946. 1945 - Charles Weckstrom, President; Harvey Shalsten, Secretary; P.N. Messier, Treasurer. The club moved their quarters from Parker Street to Eagles Building in 1945. 1946 - Same officers as 1945 1947 - F.W, Johnson elected president but retired after two months in favor of Alex Nelson; Harvey Shalsten, Secretary: P. N. Messier, Treasurer. 1948 - Alex Nelson, President; John McNamara, Vice-President; Harvey Shalsten, Secretary; P.N. Messier, Treasurer. 1949 - Peter Jensen, President; Carl Swanson,Vice-President; Eino Ketola, Secretary; P.N. Messier, Treasurer. 1950 - Harvey Shalsten, President; Carl Swanson, Vice-President; Eino Ketola, Secretary; P.N. Messier,Treasurer. 1951 - Stanley Sikorsky, President; Harvey Shalsten, Secretary; W, Johnson, Treasurer. 1952 - Stanley Sikorsky, President; Harvey Shalsten, Secretary; F.N. Johnson, Treasurer. 1953 - Bolis Sokolowski, President; Pete Jensen,Vice-President; Joseph Nastasi, Treasurer. 1954 - Bolis Sokolowski, President; William Mansfield, Vice- President; Harvey Shalsten, Secretary; Joseph Nastasi, Treasurer, 1955 - Bolis Sokolowski, President; W. Hazen Davis, Vice-President; William Mansfield, Secretary; Joseph Nastasi, Treasurer. 1956 - Same officers as in 1955. 1957 - Bolis Sokolowski, President; W. Hazen Davis, Vice-President; George Maker, Secretary; Joseph Nastasi, Treasurer. 1958 - Harold Tyler, President; W. Hazen Davis, Vice-President; George Maker, Secretary: Bolis Sokolowski, Treasurer, 1959 - same as 195S, 1960 - W. Hazen Davis, President; Pete Jensen, Vice-President; Bennie Sokolowski, Secretary; Bolis Sokolowski, Treasurer, 1961 - Stanley Sofka, President; Richard Hudson, Vice-President. 1962 - Stanley Sofka, President; Richard Hudson, Vice-President; David Higgins, Secretary and Treasurer. 1963 - Stanley Sofka, President; Lou Doucette, Vice-President; David Higgins, Secretary and Treasurer. 1964 - Stanley Sofka, President; Lou Doucette, Vice-President; Edward Lawton, Secretary; Richard Hudson, Treasurer, 1965 - Stanley Sofka, President; Walter Raisanen, Vice-President; Edward Lawton, Secretary: Richard Hudson, Treasurer. 1966 - Stanley Sofka, President; Wayne Glendenning, Vice-President; Robert Chandler, Secretary; Edward Lawton, Treasurer. The club built the present building in 1949 with no outside help and the dedication took place In 1950. It has grown into an organization of many hundred with the club grounds one of the finest in Massachusetts, All dates up to 1929 from the Maynard News. Read at September 1966 meeting Maynard Historical Society. Birger R. Koski Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Maynard Rod and Gun Club Description An account of the resource A history of one of the major clubs in Maynard whose origins stretch back to the turn of the 20th century. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966-09 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.230 club fishing gun hunting monograph Rod and Gun https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/6809d227776e5bc166c4c9811969d9cf.pdf 881006947a7150dc21afd628bc16ccbe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. A secret beneficiary, fraternal society founded in 1888 at Louisville, Kentucky by Dr, J. H. Wilson. The society aims to furnish the advantages of fraternal membership without the necessity of accepting life insurance or of pledging to any particular cause. The society maintains a home and vocational school for needy members and their orphans at Mooseheart, near Aurora, Illinois. The Loyal Order of Moose, Maynard Lodge 1023 was instituted May 17, 1915 at Masonic Hall with dignitaries from the Grand Lodge and surrounding communities. John Richard, Deputy National Director, was the organizer. News items of February 19, April 2 and 15, 1915 from the Maynard News indicated that entrance fees were $5.00 but after the charter closed they would be $25.00, Also that about 50 candidates were already secured. No names of the first officers were in the paper. An earlier attempt to organize a Lodge reported in the News of March 17, 1911 did not materialize. Meetings were held at first at Odd Fellows Hall, followed by (the) Hall over T. F. Parker's store on Main Street and rooms over the store on Main Street occupied by our Publicity Director, Elizabeth Schnair and the K of C Hall. A June 1915 news in the Maynard News shows the Lodge to have 100 members. A four night fair in Cooperative Hall was reported on December 22, I916. Dancing to the Colonial Orchestra was enjoyed by all. Booths were in charge of Misses Lottie Ryan, Edward Ryan, Henry Weir, William Hayward, Frank Prue, William Tobin, Percy Grady, Cornelius Murphy, Richard Kelsey, Frank Brayden, Fred King, Dennis White, Leonard Smith, Miles Tierney, and Miss Elizabeth Olson. Walter White was Treasurer at this time. April 6, 1917 news item reports the headquarters as being over T. F. Parker's Store. William Connly and P. J. Schnair were listed as in charge. Former members that were contacted for this paper include Alexander Bourque, Secretary for many years, Frank Brayden and Elmer Mattson. Mr. Mattson remembered that the benefits of this Fraternal Society were $7 weekly for sickness, $100 for death, the doctor was Dr. Flaherty, the membership at its highest was between 200 and 300 members. The organization flourished until about 1931 when it was dissolved. A surprising side-light on this organization was the lack of news publicity. We have only a half dozen dates up to 1917 in the Maynard News and after that for thirteen or fourteen years nothing. I am indebted to Frank Sheridan for aiding in my research. Read at the February, I966 Meeting of The Maynard Historical Society B.R.KOSKI Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Loyal Order of Moose Description An account of the resource Despite having over 200 members at its peak, there was surprisingly little information on this fraternal society that operated from 16 years in the early 20th century. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966-02 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.233 fraternal organization monograph Moose https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/38f3ec6e0caff5e080b658d5415b2e38.pdf 1aacf6fb02ca0c0ee1443a19e3492c9a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monographs Description An account of the resource The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic (places, people, events, etc.) Many of these monographs, especially by guest authors outside of the Society's research team, contain personal anecdotes and details of life in town during their lifetime. In the years preceding the 1971 Centennial of Maynard the rather new Maynard Historical Society gathered a series of monographs on a wide variety of topics. 96 papers, written by primarily by Birger Koski and Ralph Sheridan, plus a number of "guest" authors, many of these were read at Historical Society meetings in the late 1960's and then became source material for the 1871-1971 History of Maynard book written for the Centennial of the Town. Monographs from that project are titled as a "Centennial Monograph", Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Society, et. al. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1800-current Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. The purpose of this paper is not to reveal startling trends in our population growth but simply to have on record in our files this aspect of Maynard history. What is revealing is that we have had no growth comparable to our two immediate neighbors - Acton and Sudbury - where there has been phenomena! growth since the Second World War. Possibly our small size and loss of land to the government during the Second World War accounts for this. From a very small population base in 1847, the coming of Assabet Manufacturing Company in that year to the shores of the Assabet contributed to a growth to 1820 people (895 males and 925 females) by 1871 the year of our incorporation. We do not have any other figures prior to 1830 so, let us start there. 1880 - 2291 1895 - 3100 1901 - 3142: Native Born Male: 949; Native Born Female: 1OOO; Foreign Male: 590; Foreign Female: 603 1905 - 5700: A Newsnote of Feb. 5, 1904 tells us that the Foreign Population is about half of the total. 1910 - 6339 1915 - 6774 1920 - 7086 1925 - 7857: Male: 4090; Female 3767 1930 - 7156 1940 - 6812: 20 or over: 5153; The larger figure must include children 1945 - 7017: 20 or over: 5290 1949 - 7017: over 20: 5272 (Town Report, 1949) 1950 - 6978: over 20: 5239) (in 1950 General Laws, Chapter 51, Sect. 4, it was passed that all persons in the Commonwealth 20 or over would be listed every January.) 1955 - 7253 I960 - 7695 1965 - 9070 1970 - 9590 We have not been successful in acquiring any figures for 1971-72-73 from those in charge of the yearly census they are not available. However, it is understood that we are over the 10,000 mark. From 1895 to 191O we more than doubled our growth from 3100 to 6390, caused by the American Woolen Co. expansion starting in 1899. From 1910 to 1925 the growth was about 1400, more than the half of that between 1920 and 1925, caused by the boom after the First World War. From 1925 to 30 we lost about 700, no doubt caused by the Great Depression starting in 1929 and the boom and bust cycles of the Textile Industry. From 1930 to '55 we remained remarkably stable: 7156 in '30, 7253 in '55. If our population is over 10,000 as of now, since 1955 we have grown about a third larger. This doubtlessly has been created by people moving into Suburbia. As a neighbor of ours from Concord said in the middle I840's about his farming friends and others throughout America "People live lives of quiet desperation" - so we in a one-industry town. His name was Henry Thoreau. Read at the Sept. 1973 Meeting Maynard Historical Society B.R.Koski Storage Location in the archive SU9-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Centennial Monograph: Population Trends in Maynard Description An account of the resource A review of the population of Maynard from 1871 through 1973. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger Koski Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-09 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.237 monograph population