131 20 8497 https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/7a4e0adf5eb8a56b7bf3aaf22c085343.jpg 12f7c10c143b0a5b0b3bdcd72c476483 Artifact A physical object that is not a document, photograph, or other media. Materials Cloth and plastic Condition An assessment of the condition of the artifact. Excellent Storage Location in the archive AB60 SU3-4 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 Jockey Helmet and Goggles Description An account of the resource Worn by James Allan when he was a professional jockey. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca 1960 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020.368 2020.369 horse race rider https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/f31dbe44489b540583df90a0a4af3bb6.jpg 7901f37b8e035a53baf4aef32a05b923 https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/24b4fd6bf240ce49adf43990c32f57fd.jpg 8d587d1bb960a7718dae799265fb3515 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 Schools Description An account of the resource All about education in Maynard: schools, yearbooks, sports. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society) Artifact A physical object that is not a document, photograph, or other media. Materials Cloth Condition An assessment of the condition of the artifact. Good Storage Location in the archive AB52 SU3-2 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 Maynard Tigers Cap Maynard High School Football Description An account of the resource White cap with Maynard Tigers and a football embossed on front, 1997 on back. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020.372 cap CO1997 football hat High School https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/dfd6123801b93c08c7a74b95c4227516.jpg 47cdc9164e26680b8c1be96f9c9fce9d Artifact A physical object that is not a document, photograph, or other media. Materials Metal, 24 x 30" Condition An assessment of the condition of the artifact. Good Storage Location in the archive Small Artifact Room 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 Classic Properties Century 21 Sign Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020.363 Description An account of the resource A yard sign used to identify properties for sale by Paul Boothroyd's Classic Properties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca 1990's Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Paul Boothroyd placard real estate realtor sign yard sign 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/. 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Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Soft covered bound book, 6 x 9 in., 190 pages Two copies Text Any textual data included in the document. The Sesquicentennial Steering Committee: Lisa Dahill, Charles Caragianes, Paula Copley, Ellen Duggan, Dave Griffin, Donald James, David A. Mark, Lindsey McConchie, Jen Picorelli Storage Location in the archive SU9-3 VF85 Reference Shelf 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 Maynard Massachusetts A Brief History Description An account of the resource A book highlighting Maynard's history published at the time of Maynard's 150th commemoration. (see introduction) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Town of Maynard Sesquicentennial Steering Committee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maynard Historical Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020.366 2020.367 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The History Press Charleston, SC book history https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/2b8a40437ac34f41dfca304505b48e0a.pdf 1b561dbba863740ab7e8066fdd8b2d26 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. At a town meeting held April 6, 1914 a committee was appointed which read as follows: To see if the town would vote to appoint a committee to investigate installation of a sewerage system and that a sum of $1,000 be appropriated for expenses. On motion of Albert Batley, it was voted that a committee be appointed to investigate. The following committee was appointed: William Naylor, John H. Murray, Albert Batley, Bartholomew J. Coughlan and Orrin S. Fowler, Howard Hamblin, M. D., and Joshua Edwards of the board of health. The sum of $1,000 (one-thousand) dollars was appropriated for use of the committee. They met on April 15, 1914 and were organized. Several engineers were called in and bids submitted. From among these bids, Mr. F. A. Barbour was accepted. At a meeting held 12/24/14 it was agreed there was no need to change the design of the sewer system nor of the disposal plant. This was later approved by the State Department of Health, except that in the case of the disposal plant it was also agreed to raise the Imhoff tanks and increase the area of the sledge beds. By Chapter 340, Acts of 1916, the town obtained legislative authority to construct a sewerage system and to expend not more than $150,000.00. There was no prospect of lower construction prices and in view of Chapter 655, Acts of 1914, requiring State Department of Health to prohibit the discharge of sewerage into the Assabet River without treatment, it was evident that the town could not long post pone action in relation to disposal work. This report was from F. A. Babour, Engineer, and the Sewerage Committee was appointed as follows: Otto Fonsell, James A. Coughlan, Orrin S. Fowler, Albert Batley, John S. Driscoll, William F. Litchfield and Hartwell W. Flood. In the construction of the sewerage system all the pipe sewers contemplated in the undertaking included a pumping station on the south bank of the Assabet River, and three-fifths of a mile from Waltham Street, through Powder Mill Road, Waltham Street and Main Street, to Walnut Street, lateral sewers in Acton Street, Pleasant Street, Summer Street, Nason Street, River Street, Railroad Street, Main Street, Florida Road, and the disposal tank, consisting of Imhoff tanks, sludge beds, dosing tank, trickling filter and secondary tank, located about 200 feet north of the Assabet River, and adjacent to the Acton town line. In 1925 at a Town Meeting held March 9, it was voted that a committee be appointed by the moderator. This committee was appointed with Mr. Orrin S. Fowler as Chairman. On the death of Mr. Fowler in June 1927, Mr. Albert Batley was chosen to fill this important office. In 1928 it was voted to increase the committee to nine members, the committee being composed of: Albert Batley, Chairman; Hartwell W. Flood, Secretary; James A. Coughlan, John J. Driscoll, William F. Litchfield, Otto Fonsell, William 0. Strout, Edwin Carlton and P. J. Schnalr. Over one-hundred sewers wore laid that season as the applications came in and at this time at least fifty actually In use. Under those present commissioners up to 1930, two-hundred and fourteen had applied for sewerage and about 80% were connected up. Because of poor business conditions in the town it was impossible for the townspeople to have this work done. In 1931, the commissioners were advised by the finance commissioners that in order to keep the tax rate down no sewer extension work would be done only in cases of emergency. The total connections during the year was twenty-eight. During 1932 twenty-nine connections were made. In April of 1934 Superintendent Edwin Carlton resigned, and at a joint meeting with the Water Commissioners it was decided that Mr. William Naylor, Superintendent of the Water Department should manage both departments. It was agreed that the Sewer Department pay a portion of the Superintendent's salary: $42.00 a month and the Water Department would pay the remainder $116.00 a month. Mr, Harold Lyons resigned from the Board of Commissioners in April, and Mr, Fred Elson was appointed to take his place. Fifty-five additional houses wore connected. The remainder of the extensions were put under WPA and forty-one more houses were connected. Toward the end of 1936 there were not enough funds and the Finance Committee transferred $120.00 to the account of the Sewer Department. By the end of 1937, 651 houses were connected, In 1938 the Commissioners were authorized to sell the lot of land at the corner of Waltham Street and Hayes Street, and received 400.00. All of the Sewer Extensions this year were done with WPA labor. There are now 11.8 miles of Sewer connected, including New Village. This brings the total of 727 to date. During the winter and early spring of 1940 considerable trouble was experienced with the Imhoff Tank and expenses arose. It was discovered that boys in the vicinity of the Disposal Plant had broken 80 spindles of the Spray nozzles. In November of 1942 Fred Elson resigned. In the Spring of 1942 all labor under WPA was taken off and projects could not be continued. In 1946, Mr. Naylor was forced to retire on his 70th birthday. At a meeting held December 14, Mr. Peter Peterson was appointed as Superintendent as Mr. Naylor retired at this time. As time went on more and more applications were submitted for connections. So far, 13.4 miles of Common Sewers have been laid. On retirement from the position of Superintendent of the Sewer Department the following facts will be of interest. Appointment was made April 10, 1934 by the Sewer Commissioners, who were Thomas Tierney, Alex J. Burke and Harold Lyons. Of the present board, Mr. Tierney, during my term of office, Walter R. Denniston was elected in 1936 and Robert R. Hatch in 1943. Since my appointment 19,979 feet of Common Sewers have been constructed, 474 House Connections have been made; the Sewerage system, owned and operated by the American Woolen Company has been connected to the town system and the domestic sewage from the Assabet Mills has been taken into the system. Thomas H. Tierney died on May 29, 1952. He was elected to the Board in March of 1931 and served the town until the time of his death. No sewer extensions made this year. The voters of the Town voted to place the Sewer Department under Public Works, effective March 2, 1953. Vincent Crotty has served on the Board as Secretary since 1948 and Gerald P. Tierney also since 1948. As of December 1949 there were 1073 connections in use. The Imhof tank at the disposal plant has given excellent results, Eight thousand five-year-old white pine seedlings were set out around the plant. On November 24, 1949(?) Sprinkler heads on the trickling filter were broken. Again in 1950 another 5,000 five-year-old spruce seedlings were set out around the disposal plant. At a Town Meeting, March 14, 1949 the question of sewer assessments came up but it was voted to lay this article on the table. In 1953 the Board of Public Works went into effect. At that time Albert Raitanen was elected as Superintendent from a list of 15 applicants. There were 15,954 miles of mains; 1,202 house connections accomplished and again 23 sprinkler heads were stolen and had to be replaced. Because of continuous breakage, the windows at the secondary tank pump house were boarded over. In the Superintendent's report of 1954 Mr. Raitanen said, (quote) "The excellent record of Public Works is due mainly to the efforts of its foremen and employees, for which I am grateful." More and more house connections were made. New houses were being built and at this time, 1955, there are 1,272 houses connected. Mr, Raymond Sheridan resigned in 1956. He accepted a position with the Army Engineers and was requested to resign from the board. The State Board of Sanitary Engineers Investigated the sewage disposal plant and notified the Public Works Commissioners that it was inadequate and must be enlarged. In line with this, an article was placed on the Town Warrant authorizing the Public Works Commissioners to charge a rental fee for using the town's sewage system. In 1960 the new 650 gallon pump was not delivered by the contractor. Trouble was experienced with the present 400 gallon pump when the motor burned out and the pump was out of commission for three days. This pump was installed in the year 1963 however, and in 1964 was working to perfection. A booster pump was installed at Winter Street. In 1962 the water search with Stow produced nothing as far as Maynard was concerned and it was decided to discontinue. We have had meetings with the Town of Sudbury Water District Commissioners to see what could be worked out with them for obtaining water. The results are not very encouraging. 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: Sewer Department Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eva V. Fidanza Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.206 Description An account of the resource A description of the Maynard Sewer system's personnel and growth from its inception in 1914 through the mid 1960s. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca 1965 Department of Public Works DPW monograph New Deal sewer sewer treatment WPA https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/d9bb6498584df30e0436d9d4e141483e.pdf d77b33d12e524252a59548662caf95c9 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. On November 19, 1909, Maynard was treated to a showing of moving pictures by a concern called the American Moving Picture Company at what was then called Music Hall, or the "Rink", and some first class pictures were shown here for the first time, and were well received by the people. A former resident of Maynard, who is now deceased, Mr. Henry Gilroy, was associated with a man named Sherman who was showing pictures in other towns. Gilroy severed his connection with Sherman and started to operate in Cooperative Hall, Maynard, and also in Association Hall, Concord Junction, now West Concord, and stated he would have the latest talking device which had just come on the market and also stated he would have only the best. Jan. 20, 1910 he brought the pictures of the Nelson-Wolgast fight and on Wednesday night January 28, 1910 showed the pictures of the Johnson-Ketchel fight. These were at Cooperative Hall. John H. Murray was showing pictures at Music Hall and Gilroy was showing them at Cooperative Hall. An agreement was reached between Messrs. Murray and Gilroy to each take a night showing. One would show pictures on Friday night and the other on Saturday night. May 23, 1913 new chairs were put in at Cooperative hall to replace the old settees which had been in use for many years. Gilroy also procured two brass signs 30x40 inches with glass fronts to use them in the advertisement of his theatre. Sept. 5, 1913 - Edison's latest and greatest achievement, a talking picture was shown at Cooperative Hall, including Raymond Hitchcock - singing his famous song "What's the Use". This was the first time that a town the size of Maynard had been offered talking pictures. These being confined to the Keith Circuit and larger cities. Prices for the show were children 10¢, adults 25¢, and this same picture cost 50¢ at Keith's Theatre. Feb. 20, 1914, B.J. Coughlin and George Creighton commenced to install booths and fixtures in the new Naylor Hall, which had just been completed. The fixtures arrived and were being installed to be ready for the opening of Colonial Hall. Their first show was the "Battle of Shiloh" of four reels and James B. Farrell, Maynard's popular tenor, had been engaged to sing at the opening. The operator of the pictures was Leonard Smith and the piano player was Bert Lawton. Chief of Police John Connors was to be present to preserve order. This new picture theatre was to be open on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings, with a matinee for children on Saturday afternoons. March 20, 1914 - Last week Lerer's store advertised 100 tickets to the movies (free) for the first 100 children who came into his store after 1:00 P.M. on Saturday. Mr. Lerer had over 500 children seeking the tickets. March 22, 1914, the Colonial Theatre had a singer from Boston. On Thursday evening, Thomas King was the singer; Saturday evening, James Farrell and Arthur Sullivan were the soloists. On Saturday afternoon a $2.50 gold piece was given away and a $5.00 gold piece in the evening. Henry Gilroy the movie man claimed that on Saturday afternoon he had the largest attendance at a matinee since he began to show movies. On May 15, 1914 - a good attendance was present at Cooperative Hall to see a show called "Ten Nights in a Barroom", a fine production. A bicycle was won by Harold Lyons at the picture show at the matinee in the afternoon. October 9, 1914 - work was commenced to change the hall in Haynes Block (Riverside Hall) so that it could be used for a moving picture theatre conducted by Samuel Lerer. May 7, 1915 - Maynard Brass Band gave a concert and a moving picture show at the Colonial Hall. On May 15, Hugh Connors was the soloist. August 13 to 15th, with the approval of the selectmen. Riverside Hall was allowed to open as a movie theatre on September 1st under the management of B.J, Coughlin. March 26, 1920 - two show houses projected. Stock on sale for Peoples' Theatre Company. Ground was broken by a Mutual Development Company for foundation on a lot fronting the store of B.F. Townsend. Price of shares in Peoples' Theatre, $25 pr share. Asking business men participation. To be built beside P.H. DeLee's Drug Store, Attorney Howard A. Wilson is preparing a charter for Mutual Incorporaters (John Murray, B.J. Coughlin, William and Joshua Naylor.) Colonial Hall property on which B.F. Townsend stands conveyed to Mutual. Ad announcing organization of Peoples' Theatre Company signed by James Coughlan, Hector Roberts and James J. Ledgard. April 9, 1920 - Peoples Theatre Stock Selling - Mutual has decided corner of Main and Nason Streets better for their theatre site, 47' front and 120' depth. House occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Coulter to be moved down as far as Post Office - entrance to be on Main Street. April 16, 1920 - Peoples Theatre Co. purchased lot of land from P.H.DeLee between drugstores of Macurda and DeLee. The rival theatre acquired the lot on the corner of Main St. and Nason St. Both parties busy with plansand architects. September 24, 1920 - both parties finally decided to merge. Mutual decides to purchase shares in the Peoples Theatre, six directors were elected, which included three from each group, and about 35% was held by both groups. May 6, 1921 - Peoples Theatre opened last Saturday with large attendance. Seating capacity 700 - balcony 250. March 17, 1922 - Sam Lerer has offered to help Maynard High School Athletic Assn, by allowing them all the profits from candy sold at his new moving picture theatre, which opened Wednesday evening, called the Riverside Theatre with 400 seating capacity. Started off with three piece orchestra and hopes to continue their services. April 7, 1922 - Ad at the Riverside Theatre: "Hell Divers" (Wallace Reid) "The Country Fair" (Wesley Barry, Helen Eddy) and 2 reel Western "Man from Lost River" - 2 reel comedy. Three piece orchestra now at Peoples Theatre. By Frank C. Sheridan 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: Moving Pictures in Maynard Description An account of the resource An account of how motion pictures (movies) came to Maynard: from the silent picture shows of the early 1900s to the arrival of talking motion pictures in 1913 to multiple theaters in Maynard during the 1920s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frank C. Sheridan 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 2019.205 Colonial Hall Cooperative Hall monograph movie movie theater People's Theater https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/02b417a7eaa9185e981e94476ef4f841.pdf e5bc274102314f8443e498c7a5252526 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 POST, No. 1812 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States MAYNARD. MASSACHUSETTS 01754 HISTORY OF MAYNARD POST V.F.W. 1812 By James Boothroyd (past commander, historian) I wish to thank members and all those who have assisted me in compiling this history. Information for history obtained from minutes of VFW Post 1812, Constitution, and by-laws, National and State Department. Maynard Post 1812 Veterans Of Foreign Wars was instituted April 16, 1930 at a meeting held at Masonic Hall, Maynard. This was the result of the work of the first Commander, Charles Luker, with the help of the Marlboro Post , Sgt. John P. Colleary, and the Hudson Post, Ralph and John Manning, Post officers and the officers of the Middlesex and Suffolk Counties. This was the outcome of two prior meetings held at Cooperative Hall, Maynard . Officers of the new Maynard Post were: Charles Luker - Commander Maglione LeSage - Senior Vice Commander Harold Hanson - Junior Vice Commander Elmer Mattson - Quartermaster David K. Hubbard - Adjutant Michael Towle - Officer of the Day John T. O'Brien - Chaplain Edward Johnston - Trustee James Cheney - Trustee Joseph Boothroyd - Guard The officers, along with the following, are charter members of Post 1812: John Luhsink Michael Lynch Joseph Chidley Cornelius Moynihan John M. Peterson Frank P. Wilder Charles Christianson Charles Comeau Charter was left open for 60-90 days. The Post's next few meetings were held at Moose Hall, which at that time was located next door to our present Post Office. In October 1930, Charles Luker was re-elected Commander of V.F.W., Maynard for the following year. The only change in officers was John Peterson, who was Chaplain in place of John T. O'Brien. Early in 1931, a membership drive was conducted and plans made to organize an auxilliary. On Feb. 13, 1931, Maynard V.F.W. Auxillary was instituted. The Post and Auxillary members held their meetings in their quarters over what is now United Cooperative Society. They started a series of whist parties in order to obtain funds to purchase their flags and rifles, and other necessary materials to run their post. Since the purpose of this organization is "To care for Him who shall have borne the the battle, and his widow, and orphan.", Maynard V.F.W. Post joined the "Buddy Poppies", which helps support the National Home in Eaton Rapids, Michigan and also the Disabled Veterans, who make the "Buddy Poppy". The Maynard V.F.W. moved into the Municipal Building or "Town House" as it was called, located where our present Post Office is located. During this period they took part in observing our "Memorial Day" and "Armistice Day" (Veterans' Day) ceremonies. Raising funds to support the organization by various means, such as, carnivals, whist parties, dances, etc. Maynard Post became one of the members of the Maynard's Veterans Council", when organized in 1946. The purpose of the Council was to combine all Veteran' s activities in the town. Post #1812 was incorporated in May 15, 1951. In late 1951, Henry P. and Guy R. Fowler donated a piece of property on Powdermill Rd. next to Powdermill Hall (Elks Home) now. The land for the use of the V. F. W. members were going to build the quarters at this location and had proceeded with plans until they heard that the hall next door was for sale. They were unsuccessful in bidding for the Hall. It was sold to Maynard's Elks Lodge. The V.F.W. decided to sell their land to the same in 1960. When the new Municipal Building was built, Maynard Post moved into new quarters here they remained until they purchased their own Post Quarters at the corner of Harriman Court and Main Street, January 8, 1967. The first meeting in their own Post Quarters was a "District Tour" meeting. Maynard, being a member of District 4, which is composed of Northboro Post 498, Marlboro Post 638, Framingham Post 929, Hudson Post 1027, Natick Post 1274, Ashland Post 2331, Wayland Post 6260, Acton Post 7017, Holliston Post 8507. The first Post meeting was held the following evening. Once the building was purchased, renovations began to make the quarters while all members are proud of. This was the dream of of all the members since the Maynard Post 1812 was first instituted. These quarters are appreciated and used for social and business activities. Following is a list of Past Commanders and Dates: 1930 - Charles Luker 1931 - Charles Luker 1932 - Michael J. Towler 1933 - John Peterson 1934 - William Morrill 1935 - Joseph Boothroyd 1936 - George F. Outus 1937 - Edward E. Johnson Nov 1937 to Apr 1938 - William L. McCarthy 1938-39 - Elmer W. Mattson 1939-40 - Garl Anderson 1940-41 - Walter Coss 1941-42 - Walter Coss 1942-43 - John West Stewart 1943-44 - Marsh G . Purinton 1944-45 - David J. Foley 1945-46 - William F. Baron 1946-47 - Anthony T. Grigas 1947-48 - Anthony T. Grigas 1948-49 - Joseph Mancini 1949-50 - Frank J. Pazaricki 1950-51 - John M. French 1951-52 - Dominick Colombo 1952-53 - Dominick Colombo 1953-54 - Donald MacGlashing 1954-55 - Donald MacGlashing 1955-56 - Alphonse Januskewicz 1956-57 - Michael DeGrappo 1957-58 - Donald H. Brayden 1958-59 - Harold Cosgro 1959-60 - Russell C. Albee 1960-61 - Russell C. Albee 1961-62- Wesley S. Hirons 1962-63 - Edward A. Hatch 1963-64 - Edward A. Hatch 1964-65 - Edward A. Hatch 1965-66 - James H. Boothroyd 1966-67 - Thomas Brigham 1967-68 - Thomas Brigham 1968-69 - Alphonse Januskewicz 1969-70 - James Fava 1970 - Danial Norman Besides being a member of District Four, Post 1812 is also a member of the Middlesex County Council. The following members being past Commanders of County: Joseph Boothroyd George F. Outus The following are past Commanders of District Four: Joseph Boothroyd Donald H. 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Sabra Officers: Marilyn Fedele, Mary Jane Taylor, Mabel Cuttell, Elizabeth Audette, Gladys Peterson, Virginia Bonney, Ethel Haskell, Alice Boeske, Edith Woolley Membership Roster: Ann Atwood, Betty Audette, Alice Boeske, Ginny Bonney, Alice Casteline, Ida Carroll, Mabel Cuttell, Marilyn Fedele, Grace French, Lee French, Viola French, Minnie Greenleaf, Charlotte Grunwald, Ethel Haskel, Eleanor Johnson, Ruth Jones Maribeth Klobuchar, Liz MacIver, Ann Maglione, Irma McCarthy, Grace Nelson, Galdys Peterson, Laura Quinn, Pauline Saarinen, Grace Stokes, Mary Jane Taylor, Edith Underwood, Viola Walls, Louise Webster, Enid Wheeler, Edith Woolley, Del Loika In Memoriam; Grace Spence, Sarah Johnson 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 St. George's Church Sabra League Our Favorite Recipes Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nancy Duckworth Whiting Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020.364 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available North American Press of K. C., Inc. 615 E. 17th K. C., Mo. Description An account of the resource A cook book of the recipes contributed by the members of St. George's parish. 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Title A name given to the resource The Maynard Family Description An account of the resource Information and artifacts on the family which gave the town its name. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society) Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photo print Digital Copy Storage Location in the archive PB33 SU18-3 UNKNOWN 2020.365 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 2.5 x 3.5 in. 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 Lorenzo Maynard House - 2015 Description An account of the resource Lorenzo Maynard's house as seen on Dartmouth Street. Amory Maynard's house was up the hill west of Lorenzo's. ( Amory's house was destroyed by fire in 1965.) The black and white photo is Lorenzo's house in Winchester after he left Maynard. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Photos by David Mark Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020.365 2015.310 Relation A related resource See 1999.92 for Amory Maynard house house mansion Maynard Hill https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/bbfebb30975978fac83de6b567b63671.pdf 96237c8b9dcde3bd04083488794be161 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 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/4616066ab0af3d0c2b7fd0b066384adf.pdf 2181d976c7452a1047d44c06004c5c07 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. At the time the earliest colonists settled this territory, they had to adopt the modes of travel and ways of getting from place to place of their predecessors and new neighbors, the Indians. These were first -- and generally -- to walk on their own stout legs; second to go where-ever they could by water, in boats. The Indians had dim narrow moccasin paths in many places through the woods. These were quite often the trails of wild animals. Narrow streams could be crossed on natural ford-ways or on rude bridges of fallen trees. But, these Indian trails or animal paths would not long suffice for the practical needs of the people, Bridle paths were cut through the forest from one homestead to another, and connecting them all, more or less, by one great road, directly with the meeting house and the grist mills. Hay had to be drawn from the meadows, and for this a road must be made. Paths had to be opened to outlying lands. After the period of walking, nearly all Iand travel for a century was on horseback. Women and children usually rode on a pillion behind a man. A "pillion" was a padded cushion with straps which sometimes had on one side a sort of platform stirrup. The "horse-block", a large stone was used that the women might safely alight. One way of progress which would help four persons ride part of their journey was what was called the "ride-and-tie" system. Two of the four persons who were traveling started on their road on foot, two mounted on the saddle and pillion, rode about a mile, dismounted, tied the horse and walked on. When the two who had started on foot reached the waiting horse, they mounted, rode on past the other couple for a mile or so, dismounted, tied the horse and walked on. The inland transportation of freight was carried on by pack-horses. Long distant grists were brought to the mill in rude two-wheeled carts or on horseback. Later, ox-teams were used for heavy trucking and carting. The oxen were also used for plowing and rough hard work. Wood, heavy goods and lumber was often transported by floating rafts on the rivers. The settlers commonly rode horse-back, and later maybe the very fashionable had a chaise, but wagons had not appeared and the roads were not good enough for them. New roads were made by "all able-bodied males between sixteen and sixty years", who were required to give one (or more) day's labor on the town way, and another day's work, or more, toward a "King's Highway", or Great Road. Penalty for non-compliance was usually set at five shillings per day "”an enormous sum in those times. Just prior to the Revolutionary War, the means of transportation between towns and cities was by stage wagon. In 1783, the stage wagon operating on the Turnpikes was a rectangular box, mounted on springs, containing four seats to accommodate eleven passengers and the driver. It had a top with side curtains. There were no backs to the seats. There was no side entrance. One had to climb over the passengers in front. As time went on, they became known as stage-coaches. In 1827, the Traveller's Register reported eight hundred stage-coaches arriving and leaving Boston each week. One of the interesting and outstanding features of most old New England towns is the provision made for the entertainment of visitors and guests. It is stated that one could find a tavern or inn at a distance of not over one mile. These taverns were reached by stage-coach and could accommodate the stage-coach driver, as well as a change of horses. Every Inn had a name, usually painted on its swinging sign-board. The names were simply a repetition of old English tavern signs, until the Revolutionary days, when patriotic landlords eagerly invented and adopted new names and signs. The scarlet coat of King George became the blue and buff of George Washington; the eagle of the United States took the place of the British lion. A line of stage-coaches from Boston to Lancaster made regular stops at the Rice Tavern, located at the Junction of "New Lancaster Road" (now known as Puffer Road) and Old Marlboro and Concord Great Road (This property was purchased from Benjamin Crane of Stow in I685 and was used as a tavern until 1815. For many years it was used as a farmhouse by Jonathan Vose and his brother.) (The house was torn down by the United States Government during World War II, as it came within the boundary of the ammunition depot. The foundation is still there.) When the "Ben Smith" bridge was built in 1616, Great Road was opened to traffic and two stage-coaches going each way passed over the road daily. About 1816, Levi Smith ran a tavern at what was later known as the Aaron Thompson or William Eveleth house on Great Road now occupied by the Robert Mayes family). This was one of several along the "Great Road" for the accommodation of travelers between Boston and Fitchburg, and where the stage-coaches made regular stops. Another stage-coach made regular trips from Lowell to Framingham, passing through this territory. Communications with Boston and larger places was slow and difficult. Merchandise had to be hauled by means of ox or horse teams. All Internal commerce between city and country necessitated stage-coaches and teams of every description, and on all main roads might be seen four and eight and ten horse drawn wagons conveying merchandise to and from the city. As a matter of necessity, the taverns and hostelries were numerous and generally well patronized. The building of the Marlboro Branch of the Fitchburg Railroad in 1849 marked an important era for Assabet Village. It also marked the beginning of the end for stage-coaches. Originally chartered as the Lancaster and Sterling Railroad, the land was acquired June 6, 1846, but construction was not started until after it was acquired by the Fitchburg Railroad, which had been chartered in 1843. Entering the village at the north side from Acton, and crossing through the village near the center at a southwesterly angle. The location of the railroad was a matter of considerable machinations of those who were straining to route it through their backyard, so to speak, and those who deemed it a dirty and noisy nuisance, filling the air with clamor and soot and scaring valuable horses. The operators of stage lines fought the new railroads. One man who had very large Interests in the stage-coach business, a man of great influence, a "General Holman", was bitterly opposed to the railroad. But the stage-coach was passing as all methods of transportation do, only to be replaced by some new method. And, so the Marlboro branch was laid from the main line in South Acton, through Assabet Village, Stow and Hudson and Marlboro. The ''Iron Horse" put the stage drivers out of business. The first station in town was near the Sudbury Street crossing. When a new station was built on Main Street (now the site of Gately's Service station) the first station became a freight house and remained so until a few years ago, when the property was sold and a gasoline station erected near the site. (Now the Humble Oil Company). Amory Maynard was one of the prime movers in securing the right of way, and was given a life pass over the railroad, He was appointed station agent, whlch position he held (in his name) for about forty years. As many as twenty-four trains per day ran through the town, and long freight trains hauling coal and materials to the woolen mills. Trains ran on an hourly schedule in each direction, to and from Boston, from early morning until late at night. Passenger and freight service was excellent until the 1920's. The automobiles and trucks were making serious inroads and the number of trains gradually reduced. Passenger service was discontinued beyond Maynard April 29, 1939. Freight service stopped shortly afterwards and the tracks removed from Maynard to Hudson. The last passenger train in and out of Maynard to South Acton was in the evening of May 16, 1958. It was a sad occasion for many who had lived with the train running in and out of Maynard every day of their lives, To them nothing quite equalled the excitement of a steam locomotive coming into the station. A diesel engine now makes daily hauls of freight to and from Maynard, to take care of the needs of the Maynard Industries (formerly the American Woolen Company mills.) As the horse and buggy age drew to a close -- while the automobile was still a novelty -- New England went through the electric car era. In August 1901, the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway company, with headquarters in Maynard, began operations. On August 18, 1901, the first electric car was seen on the streets of Maynard, when an open car was run from the carbarn on Great Road to the Boston and Maine Railroad crossing on Main Street, dragged across the railroad tracks and re-railed on the opposite side. The following morning temporary tracks were laid across the Assabet River bridge on Main Street, and the car was run across. At 1 P.M. on August 19, 1901, a trial trip was made to Concord Junction to connect with the part of the line operating between Concord Junction and Concord. By late August the road was completed between Hudson and Concord and on October 1, 1901 a regular schedule operating. The line connected at Wood Square, Hudson, with lines of the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway and the Boston and Worcester Street Railway. Also, at Monument Square, Concord, with the Lexington Street Railway. It was possible to ride almost any place in the country by "trolley car" on connecting lines. On May 8, 1900, the Lowell, Acton and Maynard Street Railway company was incorporated to build a line from Maynard through Acton, Westford, Carlisle and Chelmsford to connect with the Lowell city system. Nothing was done until late 1901 when the Lowell, Acton and Maynard Street railway, by then under the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street railway petitioned for an extension of its charter and right to build from Maynard through Sudbury to Framingham. In May 1903, the Lowell, Acton and Maynard began construction of a line from the Concord, Maynard and Hudson line in Maynard at Main and Nason Streets, extending up Nason, through Acton, Haynes and Brown Streets to the Boston and Maine Railroad crossing at South Acton. September 18, I903, the first car ran over this line. In 1909, a line was laid from South Acton to West Acton and the first car over the line was on September 2, 1909. For nearly a year the line between Maynard and West Acton was operated in two sections -- cars running between Maynard and the south end of the South Acton bridge -- and between the north end of the bridge and West Acton. Passengers had to travel the fifty yard gap on foot. On August 15, 1910 cars were running across the bridge. In 1911 the idea of completion of the line to Lowell was given up. United States mail was carried on the electric cars between Concord Junction and Gleasondale. Freight service was never used. Before World War years the ride between Concord and Hudson was a pleasant one, the cars running along what was then tree-lined roads. On warm summer nights the open cars were crowded and every car was out on the line. Everyone shopped on Saturday nights in those days. Maynard, known chiefly as a shopping center, was in the days before prohibition an "oasis of refreshment" in a desert of no license: Concord, Acton and Stow. Thus, while the men visited the emporiums the women shopped at the many stores in the center of the town; all returning home with their purchases on the last "trolley" for the day. In July 1902, the Board of Railroad Commissioners issued a permit to the Boston and Western Electric Railroad to construct a high speed electric line between Marlboro and Waltham, with a branch line from South Sudbury to Maynard to join up with the Concord, Maynard and Hudson line at Main and Walnut Streets. (The) Plan was dropped when the Selectmen would not go along with the proposal to enter Maynard by way of North Sudbury, coming down McKinley Street to Walnut Street to the Concord, Maynard and Hudson line at Main Street. The Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway prospered until 1917. They found it necessary to ask for financial help from the towns served by the line, but did not meet with success. On January 25, 1918, a disastrous fire destroyed the carbarn and practically all rolling stock, severely crippling the line. For more than a year they operated with borrowed equipment. The automobile was then becoming the major method of conveyance. The electric line hung on until 1921 when it was forced into the receiver's hands on December 20. They continued to run at a loss and on January l6, 1923 the Superior Court ordered the line to cease operating immediately. The rolling stock was sold in February 1923, and the tracks, poles and wires were sold on September 17, 1923, and dismantled. (Some of the tracks could be seen until quite recently at the corner of Nason and Acton Streets. It is my belief that the rails have been removed completely from the Main Street; but they still exist on Nason Street.) The power station on Great Road was sold to the Polish Catholics and is today St. Casimir's Church. The carbarn was used for several years by the Lovell Bus Lines, Inc. Later by the Raytheon Company and at present by the Atkins & Merrill, Inc. The house formerly occupied by the superintendent of the street railway is now a two family house at 67 and 67a Great Road, The Woburn and Reading Bus Company, John F. Lovell of Woburn the owner, moved right into the town on Friday, January 19, 1923 with a large bus and began irregular trips from Maynard to South Acton and return. On Monday, January 22, (they) began a regular schedule on an hourly basis. After permanent franchises had been obtained from the five towns Lovell started bus service over the old Concord, Maynard and Hudson line, following the present Route 62 the entire distance. Buses to Concord began on February 26, and to Hudson on March 23. This they later extended to Arlington Heights and to Clinton and Leominster. By 1954 the Lovell Bus Line was out of business and service between Maynard and Concord only taken over by the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway, which is now a part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. At the state election November 8, 1966, the citizens of Maynard voted two to one (1951 to 931) to join with the M.B.T.A, for which the town of Maynard is annually assessed a share of the operating costs with thirty-nine other cities and towns served by the M.B.T.A. Although the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway has been out of business for more than forty years many traces of the old lines, in addition to the power-house, carbarn and superintendent's house remain. Also, traces of the Boston and Maine Railroad from Great Road to the Stow line. Both the Boston and Main Railroad and the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway performed a vital transportation service in the towns for many many years. They failed because the lure of the private automobile was too great for the patrons who deserted these lines for their own cars. The "Iron Horse" and the "trolley cars" were no match for the "horseless carriage". And without financial support from the towns presently served the bus line may soon follow suit. Perhaps, I should add a postscript and say that for a number of years we also had motor boat service up and down the river from Maynard to Lake Boone. (This has been written in a separate monograph.) Credits: The Maynard Enterprise Hudson's "Annals of Sudbury, Wayland and Maynard Crowell's "History of Stow" Gutteridge's A Brief History of Maynard Birger Koski O.R, Cummings "Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway" W.P.Currier, Passenger Traffic Mgr., Boston and Maine R.R. Note: Unable to transcribe 3 handwritten notes. TBD. 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: Transportation Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ralph L. Sheridan Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.202 Description An account of the resource A review of various forms of transportation and how they conveyed residents of Maynard, including walking, horseback, stage-coaches, steam trains, electric trolleys, busses and, finally, the automobile. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca 1967 Amory Maynard Ben Smith Bridge Boston & Maine bridge bus horse horse and buggy Lovell Lovell Bus railroad railway stagecoach tavern train transportation trolley turnpike https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/e7aa72c3e9ccafcd11869de6bd6fa221.pdf 584233b24f3ae79d8c14a22fe95d8c03 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. Tonight's monograph is entitled Maynard Grange, however I am going take the liberty of going back to the year 1867 when the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry had its inception. This organization was formed primarily for the promotion of agricultural interests in the United States, Between that date and 1876, when the society reached its zenith, the number of lodges or Granges increased its number from 90 to 19,000. Grange means farm and the members of the society are known as Grangers. The discussion, of political matters was strictly forbidden at their meetings but as the organization grew in strength its members became a considerable force politically. The political phases of their activity soon passed to the Farmers Alliance and later to the Populist party. The Grange was then free to return to its original purpose of social, educational, and industrial influence. Now that we have learned of the history and background of the National Grange let us return to Maynard Grange history. A small group of men who were interested in the Grange movement met in Masonic Hall, Dec 5th, 1913, F.E. Richardson of Millis, county commissioner and Chester D. Williams of Cochituate gave a talk on the objectives of the Grange and later presented the charter with certain restrictions. The eleven people present signed the charter however, the charter was void until fifty names were added. Linwood White was made secretary of this meeting. The charter committee was composed of Albert Batley, and Mr. and Mrs. Linwood White; nominating committee Arthur Walker, Calvin Morse, and Alton White. On December 19, 1913 at Masonic Hall., the Grange Membership increased to 35 members and it was at this meeting that Maynard Grange elected its first set of officers: Linwood White was elected Master; Alton White, overseer; Mrs. O.S. Fowler, lecturer; William Coulter, steward; Timothy Moynihan, ass't steward; chaplain, O.S. Fowler; George Morse treasurer; Mrs. Linwood White, sec'y; James Farrell, gatekeeper, Pomona, Anita Walker; Ceres, Chloe Hobbs; Flora, Elizabeth Coleman; Lady Ass't Steward, Nellie Coughlin, Executive committee, Linwood White, Arthur Sullivan, Albert Batley. There has always been some discussion as to who was the prime mover in obtaining a Grange charter for Maynard. Personally I will always credit Mr. Walker with that distinction. He was postmaster at that time and I can recall him saying "We now have the charter, who will volunteer to take an office?" Tim Moynihan, Arthur Sullivan and I made up the office force at that time. We all selected an office. I chose the lowly gatekeeper. The Good Book says "he that humbleth himself shall be, exalted". I had no desire to become exalted, I was quite satisfied with my humble rank. You see many of the ladies could not recall the current password and they would implore me to divulge the magic words, otherwise they were greatly humiliated by being forced to advance to the altar or podium, where, after a few words of admonition, the Master allowed them to be seated. At this point, I would put on my little act. Sorry girls, I would say, but rules are rules, and continuing I would say, of course I could be bribed, at the same time placing my angelic face in such a position that they knew just what I meant. It worked every time. ! don't know if the girls on the outside heard about this routine, but I do know that in a comparatively short time our membership grew to 215 members. The membership consisted mostly of white collar workers, factory workers, and a few school teachers, and what we didn't know about farming would fill a good sized book. Nevertheless we continued to grow and at one time we boasted of a membership of 250. For many years Maynard Grange was the most active society in the community. There were the annual fairs held at Naylors or the Cooperative Hall, Fall exhibitions held at Naylor Hall, several dances, vegetable displays at different stores, and a minstrel show which was one of the best ever produced' in Maynard. Colonial Hall was filled to capacity for two nights. Halloween parties, New Year celebrations and mystery rides were also a part of the Grange socials. Like most all other organizations the Grange has suffered membership due to television, radio and the automobile. At the present time, the Grange has fifty members, however there are only fifteen or twenty active members. The Grange suffered an irreparable loss with the death of Mrs. Adelaide Sims last year. She was the very keystone of the society and it was mostly through her untiring effort that the Grange was able to weather many storms There are still a few stalwarts left and they vow that they will continue to carry on as long as life exists. The older members have seen the location of their Grange home changed many times. Masonic Hall, K of C Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Grange Hall, purchased from the Danish people. This hall was purchased in 1929, and is located at Lake Boon Road, Stow. The present meeting place is Elks Hall, Powder Mill Rd. Russell Naylor, until last year, held the office of Master for eleven years which must be considered somewhat of a record. Raymond Jones is the present Master. Mrs. Grace Tucker will receive a gold certificate at the March meeting representing fifty years membership. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Whitney are the only other two members I recall receiving this honor. Thus we have seen how the Grange, once Maynard's most flourishing society, reduced to almost skeleton proportions. Its members may be consoled in the fact that almost all other organizations have suffered the same fate. This monograph pertains to Maynard Grange only. The Grange in other communities continue to flourish for the simple reason that the members are farmers at heart. But this I know, as long as this small but dedicated group remain, there will always be a Maynard Grange. Read at the Maynard Historical Society Meeting, January 25, 1967 Jim Farrell 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 Grange No. 340 Description An account of the resource A history of the Maynard Grange, an organization for famers in a town filled with mill workers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Farrell Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-01-25 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.201 agriculture Grange monograph society 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. 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 1966-03 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.200 fraternal organization I.O.O.F. monograph Odd Fellows Odd Fellows Hall Rebekah https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/f01042fa5c69c9f67e5b9f0d7f3f8f48.pdf 775fe85c1646b5467c26ca5ff79b9c18 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 Danes to settle in Maynard came in the early l890's. By 1899 they were numerous enough to have organized a club and to hold a dance in their clubroom on Acton Street. That same year rellgious services were held in the Union Congregational Church. The following year a new pastor arrived and by 1901 the church had forty communicants. The young Danes organized a club in 1903 known as the young Danish Peoples' Social Club. Danish Brotherhood Society, Maynard Lodge No. 204, was instituted December 23, 1904. This was a fraternal benefit society which lasted until 1929. The society built a hall on Hastings Street, Stow, just over the town line in 1912. There is no record of the first officers, but Hans Erikson was on of the stalwarts in the latter years of the society. The Swedes started to settle in Maynard around the turn of the century. By 1904, a Sunday School was organized at the home of John Nordberg. Sometime just before 1913 the Hamer Lodge, No. 126, Scandinavian Brotherhood was organized. In its ranks were also Danes and Norwegians and at it peak had a membership of about one hundred and forty. In the latter 1930's it combined with the Lindberg Lodge of Waltham. Some of the early officers were Charles E. Ekstadt, Sanfrld Swanson, Carl Emanuelson, Mrs. Bemt Anderson, Mrs. Hudda McClean, Rlchard Swanson, Bemt Anderson, Ernest Johnson, Oscar Johnson. Religious services by 1913 were held by the Swedish Lutheran Congregation in the vestry of the Finnish Lutheran Church. Norwegians in limited numbers entered Maynard life about the same time as the Danes and the Swedes. They apparently joined in the soclal life of the above in their organizations as there is no record of any Norwegian societies. 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 Scandinavians: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.199 Description An account of the resource A brief account of how Scandinavian peoples came to Maynard. 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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/5718437c7b75ba41870164b34e50be5e.pdf f84ece0a435b9b29d3dbeed7799369ae 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. Old Marlborough Road, or as it was known in Colonial times, "The Old Marlborough and Concord Road", is one of the older roads in the Town of Maynard. As the name implies, it is a road that is not entirely confined within the boundaries of the Town of Maynard. Let us first look into the reason for the construction of the road. Travellers between the towns of Concord and Marlborough in colonial times used the Boston Post Road (U.S. Route 20) from Sudbury to Marlborough. A more direct route was desired by these early travelers. A direct highway from Concord to Marlborough was proposed. In order to have a new road constructed, a petition must be presented to the Court of Sessions. The Court of Sessions Records of 1759 state that a petition was brought forth in 1758 to build a road from Concord to Marlborough, A committee met in Concord on the first Tuesday of September 1756 to lay out a highway from Concord to begin at the country road at the house of Oliver Wood in Concord and to run through a part of Sudbury, a part of Stow to the county road In Marlborough, that is the road to Worcester. The Court of Sessions gave their approval at their meeting in 1759 and laid out the way the road would take. At a town meeting In Sudbury on March 5, 1759, Major Joseph Curtis was chosen to report to the committee on the laying out of the road and he was paid 50 shillings by the town of Sudbury as his salary. In 1760 Colonel John Noyes, Deacon Josiah Haynes and Ezra Graves were chosen to meet with the people whose land was taken for the laying out of the road and settling with them so that all would be justly paid for their land. At a town meeting on May 11, 1760 the town of Sudbury accepted the judgement of this three man committee that had met with the landowners and declared that all the inhabitants of the town of Sudbury should be assessed to pay for the cost of the land taking. At a Sudbury town meeting on October 20, 1760 the town voted to pay Major John Curtis, Deacon Josiah Haynes and Ezra Graves for their services in settling the claims for land taking with the landowners. Colonel John Noyes was not given compensation for his services. As he was town moderator this duty fell under his office as moderator. Old Marlborough Road has its start In Concord from Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, just across from the entrance to the Emerson Hospital, it proceeds on its westerly course to the Sudbury line where the name changes In Sudbury to Powers Road. When Powers Road enters North Road, our road follows North Road, or as it was known at that time, "The Fitchburg Turnpike" to the Maynard town line. Prior to the incorporation of the Town of Maynard on April 19, 1871 this portion was part of Sudbury. Shortly after entering the Town of Maynard our road leaves the "Fitchburg Turnplke" now known in Maynard as "The Great Road" and once again receives it's original name of Old Marlborough Road. At this intersection of Old Marlborough Road and Great Road a blacksmith's shop was run by Abijah Brigham from 1770 until 1880. Old Marlborough Road joins Parker Street in its journey westward. At this intersection a school was built. At a town meeting in Sudbury in 1779, $157.50 was voted to build a school In the North West District. It was used there for many years and then moved to the crossroads of Parker Street and Great Road and used there until 1881 (known as the Turnpike School) when it was moved to Acton Street to be used as a dwelling house. Many prominent figures of early Maynard received their education in this school. Old Marlborough Road follows Parker Street for a short distance and then leaves it to pass close by Vose Pond. It then crosses Puffer Road, or as it was known then "New Lancaster Road". New Lancaster Road was a stage coach route from Boston to Lancaster as was Old Marlborough Road a stage route between Concord and Marlborough. Close by this intersection was located Rice Tavern. Rice Tavern was used between 17OO and 1815 as a meeting place for all activities as well as a stop for travelers on the stage coach routes. After passing Puffer Road, Old Marlborough Road enters the Federal Military Reservation. This reservation was developed by the United States government In 1942 as an Ammunition Storage Depot and has been closed to all unauthorized personnel since that time. The road passes out of Maynard, through Stow and into Marlborough while in the Federal Reservation. On leaving the military area the road continues on under the name of Concord Road until it joins the Boston Post Road in Marlborough. On a map of 1794 it was referred to as The "Marlberry Road". On April 19, 1775 the Sudbury Minutemen travelled down Old Marlborough Road to join In the battle at Concord. With them was Deacon Josiah Haynes who was to fall In battle later that day. As Old Marlborough Road is located In that portion of Maynard that was once part of Sudbury it was assumed that all roads were accepted by Maynard on it's incorporation in 1871. In 1960 there was some doubt as whether Old Marlborough Road was accepted when the town was incorporated. On examining the old records of Sudbury we find that on November 9, 1758 Major Joseph Curtis, Colonel John Noyes, Deacon Josiah Haynes and Ezra Graves signed a paper with the list of names of the people who had land taken from them in the laying out of the road and this was received and accepted by the Court of Sessions and recorded to that end that Old Marlborough Road was to be known and used as a public highway. With this evidence the Town of Maynard accepted Old Marlborough Road at its town meeting in 1961, two hundred and three years after it was laid out. We now see that Old Marlborough Road's pleasant rural county road look belie its past. It has witnessed a great deal of history in its lifetime, both Maynard's and Our Country's. Elmer W. Matson 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: Old Marlborough Road Description An account of the resource The history of Old Marlborough Road, one of the oldest major roads in Maynard. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elmer W. Matson 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 2019.197 monograph Old Marlborough Road https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/7fd08b9a74b2e35b90897f63578ddfc2.pdf 4b5db33da9260347cb31526163cdf65e 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. Back in 1951 John Thompson and Edmund Hooper were instrumental in creating interest with the Maynard Lodge of Elks #1568 for the promotion of an Emblem Club in Maynard. They received helpful information from Mae Pluta, a Past President of the Webster Emblem Club, regarding steps necessary in forming such an organization. The late Albert Foster was the Exalted Ruler of Maynard Elks at that time. An Emblem Club was formed in Maynard during 1951 with 62 Charter Members with the assistance of the late Ruth Shedd of Milford. A charter was issued by Supreme President Hazele Garrety of Huntington Park, California designating that Maynard was the 205th Emblem Club instituted, Today there are over 450 clubs in 30 of the United States with clubs also in Alaska, Hawaii and Panama Canal Zone with a total membership over 50,000. The Supreme Emblem Clubs started in 1926 with Providence, Rhode Island as No. 1 and now is the seventh largest woman*s national organization. Fast Supreme President Helen McHugh of Watertown installed the first Officers on September 22, 1951 with Mrs. John (Agnes) Thompson as its first President. The Installation was held at the I.O.O.F. Hall, Nason Street. An Emblem Club is a group of women who have joined to promote sociability among members of the Elk's families and to do charitable work in the community and to assist the Elks Lodges (whenever called upon). Aims and purposes are patterned from those adopted by the Elks. Membership is open to ladies who can present proof of proper relationship and the payment of initiation fee and annual dues, the amounts of which are determined by the local Emblem Clubs. Proper relationship relates to having a father, husband, son or brother in the Elks. By serving communities in the manner similar to that of the Elks, the women gain a better understanding of the obligations, devotion and purposes of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Although the Emblem Club has its own governing rules and continually stresses that it is "not an auxiliary", community service and accomplishments gain respect constantly from the Elks. The Supreme Emblem is the flag of the United States of America. The insignia of the organization used on pins, stationery, etc., is derived from that of the Elks to show that the members are related to members of that organization and cooperate in their interests and endeavors. The Emblem Colors are Purple and Gold. The Emblem Motto is "Truth, Justice and Charity" and serves as a guide for all activities. A national scholarship fund; a national magazine (Emblem Topics) and national annual conventions are all advantages of the national affiliations. Besides our first President Agnes Thompson, Past Presidents include in order: Blanche Stansfield, Sadie Hoffman, Loretta Walsh, Adelaide Sims (deceased), Evelyn Petersen, Simone Iskian, Helen Mark Ketola, Agnes Rizzo, Katherine Colombo, Muriel Gilleney, Martha Barber, Theresa Quattrochi, "Bunny" Arsenault, Sadie Sluyski, Dorothy Alving, Margaret Mahoney and Ruth Mclaughlin. Meetings are held the third Monday of each month from September through June at the Elks Hall. Some of the noteworthy donations made by the Emblem Club include a Baby Grand Piano for the Green Meadow School; 4 large 50-Star American flags to the local school system; during the Emerson Hospital renovation $800 was donated to furnish a room and each year we pay for its upkeep; a contribution of 4 captain's chairs to the Emerson Hospital; donations to all National Fund Drives such as Heart, Cancer, etc., local donations as required; annual contributions to the National Elk's Foundation, Supreme Emblem Club Disaster Fund; Supreme Association Scholarships; local scholarships to Maynard High School; remembering the Old Folks at the Stow Nursing Home for their birthdays and at Christmas plus an annual subscription to the home of the Boston Globe; various donations to the Maynard Lodge of Elks, also many other donations too numerous to list. Maynard Emblem Club #205 is also affiliated with the Massachusetts State Association of Emblem Clubs which has 56 clubs within the State. The state association holds four quarterly meetings with a convention held in June. Delegates both to the Supreme Emblem Club and Mass. State Association include the President and last Presidents. Presently the membership of Maynard Emblem Club is 78 and during the 1958-1959 season it was the highest with a total membership over 125. Membership Chairman for the current year is Christine Molloy and persons interested should contact her for application blanks. Officers for I969-I97O include the following: President, Rose St. Hilaire; Jr. Past President, Ruth McLaughlin; Vice-President, Past President Agnes Rizzo; Financial-Secretary, Mary Kane; Treasurer, Past President Muriel Gilleney; Corresponding-Secretary, Sadie Sluyskl, PP; Recording-Secretary, Christine Molloy; Chairman of Trustees, Peg Quattrochi, PP; Trustees, Donna Playward and Sandra Scribner; Marshals Bunny Arsenault, PP; Betty Barilone and Lorraine Nickerson; Chaplain, Florence Jones; Organist and Press Correspondent, Helen Mark Ketola, PP; Historian, Martha Barber, PP; Guards, Anne Jarmulowicz and Ruth Passerello. Past Presidents of Maynard Emblem Club No.205 having held Supreme office include: Supreme District Deputies, Blanche Stansfield, Agnes Rizzo and Helen Mark Ketola; Supreme Press Correspondents, Evelyn Petersen, Agnes Rizzo and Helen Mark Ketola; and Supreme Assistant Chaplain for this year, Helen Mark Ketola. In the Massachusetts State Association of Emblem Clubs Helen Mark Ketola has held the office of 2nd and 1st Guard and for the past two years as the Press Correspondent for this district. The Installation of officers for Maynard is held the second Saturday after Labor Day and we have been fortunate for years to have had the Supreme President who is in office to perform the Installation. Past Presidents of other Emblem Clubs constitute the Installing Suite and again we are fortunate to have a large delegation present from our sister Emblem Clubs. In order to raise the necessary funds needed to carry on our charitable deeds we sell greeting cards, hold rummage sales and for the past three years have held a Browse and Buy Fair in November of each year plus selling many other items from which we can obtain a small profit. Until this past year ve have held a Charity Sweepstakes which has been one of our biggest money-making projects but had to cancel them because of the State laws prohibiting Raffles. We do plan to obtain a permit and hope to have a Sweepstakes drawing some time in the spring. The theme of the Supreme President Dorothy Babbitt of Compton, California for this year is: "Emblem Clubs like butterflies spreading the pollen of Truth, Justice, Charity" Last year's theme was "Harmony thru Friendship" . Submitted By: Helen Mark Ketola (Mrs. Eino) Past President 1958-1959 Maynard Emblem Club Historical Society Meeting January 30, 1970 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 Emblem Club No.205 Description An account of the resource The founding and activities of the Maynard Emblem Club. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helen Mark Ketola Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970-01-30 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019.196 club Elks Emblem Club monograph https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/9db7dbae1ae3fccb76dce5404cc37526.pdf 535593c048bdbfa9fedc167863fd759b 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. In order to present the story of the birth of the town of Maynard, it is necessary to learn the histories of the two parent towns from whom the land was taken for its formation in 1871. 1300 acres were taken from Stow and 1900 acres from Sudbury -- a total of five and seven tenths square miles. [Ref #1] Sudbury had its beginning in 1638. It extended from Weston [Ref #2] (then a part of Watertown) to the Assabet River. It was the 19th town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and only the second plantation settled away from the coastline. The settlers were Englishmen, some of whom migrated from Watertown and came to America from the ship "Arbella" a few years previously. But most of the settlers came directly from England, The Sudbury town records contain lists of the names of the settlers from Watertown and also the names of the first settlers who came from England on the "good ship Confidence" in April of 1638. The land awarded to the settlers was allowed to them three different grants, being preceded by three different petitions. The boundaries of the land of the first grant as established by a committee appointed by the Colony Court: are described on the Colony Records as: "A tract of land of about 5 miles square, bounded by Concord on the North, Watertown (now Weston) on the East, and on the South a line running a little to the East of Nobscot Hill along the present Framingham and Sudbury boundary to Weston, and on the West a line two miles East of the present western boundary." The following year an additional mile on the Southeast and Southwestern sides of the town was granted. Deeds registering purchase of the lands by the colonists from the Indians, bear the signatures of Cato and his brothers Cutchamokim and Jojenny, and were signed by Governor John Winthrop in 1648. The third grant was made in 1649 and is known as the two mile grant. The deed for the purchase of this land from the Indians to the Colony Courts is on record at the Middlesex Registry of Deeds in Cambridge, It is dated October 15, 1684 and is signed by Indians Jehojakim, John Magnus, John Musqua, Benjamin Bohue, John and James Speen, Dorothy Wemmotoo, Humphrey Bohue, Mary Neppanum, Abigail Harding, Peter Jethro, Peter Muskquamogru, John Boman, David Mannoon, "Ancient native and hereditary Indian proprietors of this two miles of land." The price paid was "12 pounds of current money of New England" (about $60.00) The Colony Record concerning this grant is "That Sudbury is granted two miles westward next adjoining to them for their further enlargement, provided it not prejudice William Brown in his 200 acres already granted." The land granted to Brown is described in the Colony Records as "200 acres of land to be layed out to him outside the west line of Sudbury, by Captain Simon Willard and Sergeant Wheeler, for 25 pounds. All this land was probably in that part of Sudbury which is now Maynard. It was 5 miles in length and 2 miles wide. The Act of Incorporation for the Sudbury Plantation was drawn up and signed September 4, 1639, when the Colony Court ordered that "the new plantation by Concord shall be called Sudbury." It is thought that the name "Sudbury" was given by Rev. Edmund Brown, first minister of Sudbury who figured prominently in its settlement and v/ho came from the vicinity of Sudbury, England. [Ref. #3] The territory of Stow as it was originally settled in 1650, was more than twice the size of its present area. It extended from the Assabet River to Lancaster and from Concord to Marlboro. From that tract of land parts of it were taken to form other towns as we now know them; These towns are Harvard, incorporated in 1733, Shirley in 1764, Boxboro in 1783, Hudson in 1866. In 1871, 1300 acres and 800 inhabitants from the easterly section was taken towards the formation of the Town of Maynard. Although Stow was one of the earliest Colonial towns it was difficult to assign settlers there. The first settlements were made by Matthew Boone in 1660 near the Sudbury lines and by John Kettle in 1663 near the Lancaster border. Much of the area, however, was woodland and the meadows were not as suitable for farming as were those rich and fertile fields in Concord and Sudbury. Moreover, the territory was isolated from the other two plantations by the river and the great fear of the Indians and their tomahawks contributed to the forfeiting of the Iands back to the Courts. [Ref. #4] Again, in 1678 a committee was chosen by the court "to to lay out in the most convenient places Twelve Lots, containing 50 acres of land, as near together as they may be". The petitioners were to cast lots for these homesteads, and the place be settled with no less than 10 families. This plan worked out and by October of 1681 the inhabitants had so increased in numbers that four men were appointed by the prudential committee to take charge of the plantation. These were Thomas Steves, Bo Brown, Thomas Gates and Stephen Hall and were invested with the powers of selectmen. By early 1683 the settlers, anxious to take their place among the Colony towns began proceedings for incorporation. In their petition to the General Court was included a list of names and a request "a suitable and comly name be given". Included in this list was the name "Stow". Governor Bradstreet had befriended a man named John Stow on the ship bearing them to the New World. When he came upon the name on the list he naturally thought of his friend and called the new town "Stow." This was May 16, 1683. Arrangements were made and deeds were drawn in 1684 to purchase formally the lands from the Indians. The signees of the deed are the same as on the deeds for the Sudbury land purchases. It will be noted that deeds for the lands were not given to the Indians for several years after the Court grants. This was probably because the settlers themselves became doubtful as time went on that their claim to the land was valid and formal steps were taken to award payments to the Indians. The colonies of Sudoury and Stow continued to grow and develop despite hardships incurred hy nature and conflicts with the Indians. The hub of communications in those early days were the meetinghouses for public worship. Stow's first meeting house was built in 1686 in the lower village east of the "Old Common" and was used for 30 years. As years passed, larger and more comfortable churches were built to accommodate the growing population. The lush valley by the Sudbury River was a natural magnet to the pioneers and thus the eastern section of the plantation was found most desirous and became the center of activity from the very beginning. It was not until 1650 that development of the west side began, and this only after investigations of the country and its native inhabitants, and a substantial roadway was built to this area. The portion of the land was called "The New Grant Lands" and was divided by the land court into squadrons: The south-east was the first squadron, the north-east the second, north-west the third, and south-west the fourth. Each squadron was divided into equal size of 140 acres and were awarded to the settlers by lot. Persons by the names of Howe, Parmenter, Woodward, Moore, Brown, Walker, Noyes, Balcolm and Rice were some of the first residents of this fine new territory and later came Fairbanks, Stone, Willis, Smith, Hayden, Maynard, Perry, Bowker, Vose, Brigham and others. From territory in the third squadron, 'known as the "North-West District" was taken 1900 acres to make up part of Maynard. This was the land awarded to Sudbury in 1649 which we have already described as the two-mile grant and for which about $60,00 was paid to the Indians. Its northerly boundary was a direct continuation of the Concord and Sudbury town line to the Assabet River. The river was a favorite abode of the Nipmuc Indians. Through the years, numerous Indian relics have been uncovered along the length of the river which lends credence to this bit of history. Near the Ben Smith Dam once were found the remains of 6 Indians buried side by side, and with the remains several Indian relics. Also, along the river have been found excavations which may have been store-houses for the Indian Corn. Tradition states that the Indians once held a consultation on top of Pompasiticut Hill, overlooking Concord and Sudbury, to decide which place to destroy. Because of fear of the influence of Rev. Edward Bulkley, Concord minister, with their Great Spirit, Sudbury suffered while Concord was spared. King Philips Indian War in April 1676 created great havoc to the Stow and Sudbury settlements and both districts were sparsely settled for a quarter of a century after this conflict. In 1723 the inhabitants of the North-West District were successful in petitioning the Court for a division of the town of Sudbury into an East and West Precinct. This action opened the gateway to much progress in building new meeting-houses, churches, schools, mills and roads. One of the earliest main highways in the new West Precinct was the New Lancaster Road which ran from Sudbury Center passing between Vose's Pond and the Old Rice Tavern into Stow. In 1716 the first bridge actually connecting the two towns was built over the Assabet River on the Lancaster Road and was known as the Dr. Wood's Bridge. We now know it as Russell's Bridge. Another road was the Old Marlboro and Concord Road which did exactly as the name implies - connected Concord with Marlboro and intersected with the New Lancaster' Road at the Rice Tavern. The lives of the early settlers in the Maynard territory depended on the products of the soil. This was good farm country and the land on Pompasiticut Hill was excellent pasturage. The great forests in the area gave purpose to several saw and grist mills, and the lumber used for increasing growth and development of the area. For many years there was no commercial centre to the settlement of the North West District, but in due process of time inhabitants to up residences close to the Assabet River. Water power began to be used and a village was commenced. In 1821 James and William Rice purchased a saw and grain mill previously owned by Jewell and Asa Smith which was located on the Assabet River above the location of the present mill near Mill Street and Summer Hill Road. They were the first men to use water-power in this area for manufacturing and they made spindles and other factory machinery for Smith's mill in Peterboro, New Hampshire, and Waltham, Mass. Insufficient water pressure closed this mill. In 1846, Mr. Amory Maynard, with his ingenious foresight in seeing great potential in water-power by the use of dams, founded the Assabet Mill with a partner, Mr. William H. Knight of Saxonville. A dam was built across the Assabet, a canal dug channeling the water into a reservoir for power through the use of water-wheels. The mill was opened early in 1847 for the manufacture of carpets and carpet yarn. In the meantime new roads and bridges were being built affording shorter and more comfortable travel to and from the small hamlet. The Ben Smith Bridge, built in 1816, opened the Great Road and made travel from Sudbury to Stow more direct, The Paper Mill Bridge, crossing the Assabet on Lower Main Street was built in 1840. In 1848 was built the Main Street Bridge at "Mr. Knight's Factory". The organization of churches began not long after the place began to develop into a rapidly expanding factory village. In 1839 an Evangelical Church was founded in Stow. In 1850 a large number of the parishioners left to help organize the Union Congregational Church at Assabet Village. Services were first held in the railroad station until 1852 v/hen it was voted "to build a church on apiece of land on the south side of the road on the Stow side of the river " donated specifically for the church by Messrs, Knight and Maynard. The Methodists held meetings at the Uason Street School until 1868 when they leased Union Hall on Main Street. The present church was built in 1895, The Roman Catholic congregation built its first chapel in 1864 and was administered to by priests from Marlboro and Concord. The laying of the railroad was an important historical action. The Marlboro Branch of the Fitchburg Railroad was laid in 1849, extending from South Acton through Stow to Hudson and Marlboro. It was the introduction into the area of the first new method of transportation since the stage coaches. Also it did much to expedite the shipping of freight to and from the Assabet Mill Works. Thus it was --- a town was born. Assabet Village became the by-product of man's ingenuity and his natural inclination for continuous development. He used the virgin forests, the sloping pastures, the fertile fields, the strength of running streams, and harnessed these gifts of nature to his brain and brawn. The small village adopted the name "Assabet" from the river dividing the two parent towns. On documents dated about 1650 the river is spoken of as Asibeth, and also Isabaeth, derivations of the Indian word Assabet, which name has been in use on all maps and documents since 1850. It means, in Algonquin language, "the place where materials for making fishnets grows". Before 1870 it "became obvious that the small village should become an independent town, and legal procedures were instituted to make it one. The village had a population twice as large as either Stow or Sudbury. It had 500 registered voters who were forced to Journey several miles to a polling-place over rough country roads. It needed street lights, roads, sidewalks, police, and schools which the parent towns were wont to supply. Diversified interests also existed. Assabet village was given to manufacturing -- the others to agriculture. On January 26, 1871, Mr, Henry Fowler, and 70 other residents of the village submitted to the Legislature the following bill: To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: The undersigned citizens and legal voters of the Northern part of Sudbury and the Eastern part of Stow, being the parts of said town commonly called Assabet, unto your Honorable Body respectfully represent; that they are situated in the extreme part of the towns to which they belong; that they are at the distance of five miles from the center of Sudbury and three miles from the center of Stow; that there is no convenient intercourse by any regular mode of conveyance with these centres; that from all these causes. and from their variance with said towns in pursuits and interests, they are subject to great and injurious inconveniences in exercising their legal rights as voters and citizens; that they are deprived of their fair share of Educational Advantages and street improvements according to their taxation; that these evils are oppressive and can only be remedied by incorporating your petitioners into a distinct municipality; that the territory which they desire to have incorporated into a town contains above fifteen hundred inhabitants, more than three hundred families, and over two hundred legal voters; that it contains taxable property to the amount of eight hundred thousand dollars, included in which is a large and quickly growing woolen manufactory with a very important water-power, and a paper mill, and that the above liberal valuation is constantly increasing; that a branch of the Fitchburg Railroad passes through the center of said territory; that while it will be of great advantage to your petitioners that said territory be incorporated into a town it will not deprive the before mentioned towns of any considerable proportional part of their territory. Wherefore, your petitioners pray that the above named territory may he incorporated into a town bearing the name of MAYNARD, with all the powers, privileges, rights and liabilities of towns, and with substantially the following boundary lines: Beginning at the north-west corner of the farm of the late Daniel Whitney; thence running southerly to the road westerly of the house of Jonathan P. Bent; thence more easterly on a straight line to the town line separating Stow from Hudson; thence easterly on said town line to the South East corner of Stow ; thence North Easterly on a straight line crossing Bottomless and Willis Pond to the Concord town line, at or near the place familiarly known as Dungee Hole; then North Westerly on said town line of Concord on the town line of Acton to the point of beginning. Furthermore your petitioners pray that an equitable share of all funds, credits, and other public property, real and personal may be decreed to them, and that they may be required to assume and pay their just portion of the debts and liabilities of their respective towns, that is to say that that portion of said territory which belongs to Sudbury may be decreed to pay its just portion of the debts and liabilities of Sudbury, and that that portion which now belongs to Stow may be decreed to pay its just proportion of the debts and liabilities of Stow, such portions to he assessed when, and in what manner commissioners appointed by your Honorable Body may determine; and for all which your petitioners, as in duty bound will ever pray. The petition is signed by Henry Fowler and 70 others. Not unexpectedly, Mr. Fowler's petition triggered strong reaction from both Stow and Sudbury, ... (12 more pages) 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: A Town is Born Description An account of the resource The story of how the town of Maynard came to be. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elizabeth Schnair 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 2019.195 Assabet Assabet River Assabet Village Henry Fowler river Stow Sudbury https://collection.maynardhistory.org/files/original/a49976207b09d423aedee44722d7d6f3.pdf 0fc8b5f0ca286e1a4f6e09760379713a 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 Swedish people have been a minor part of the population in Maynard. We do not know when they first arrived in Maynard but assume that it was during the 1890's. The reason for this assumption is that our first news note in the Maynard News about swedes is dated April 1, 1904 telling us that a Sunday School has been organized at the home of John Nordberg. It takes a few years for any group to grow sufficiently to be able to organize, so the 1890's sounds like a good educated guess. Sometime Just before 1913 the Hamar Lodge #126 of Scandinavian Brotherhood was organized. It had in its membership also some Norwegians and Danes. The membership at its peak was about 140, includIng those from surrounding towns of Maynard. July 9, 1915 the lodge held its first semi-annual meeting. Officers were: President Charles E. Ekstadt, Vice-president Sanfrid Swanson, Overseer Carl Emanuelson, Marshall Mrs. Bernt Anderson, Assistant Marshall Mrs. Hulda McGlean, Recording Secretary Richard Swanson, Assistant Recording Secretary Esther Emanuelson, Financial Secretary Richard Johnson, Treasurer Bernt Anderson, Inside Guard Ernest Johnson, Outside Guard Oscar Johnson. The membership at this time was around 50. January 26, 1917 at Odd Fellows Hall they elected the following officers: Charles Ekstadt, Richard Swanson, Rindi Johnson, Elin Swanson, Ernest Johnson, Carl Emanuelson, Girard Johnson, Sanford Johnson, Richard Johnson, Bennett Anderson. Marlus Rocko and Claude Nelson. This fraternal benefit society weakened through the years so sometime in the latter 1930's it joined forces with the Lindberg Lodge of Waltham. Religious services were held by the Swedish Lutheran Congregation monthly in the vestry of the Finnish Lutheran Church In 1915. The Ladies' Sewing Circle of the congregation held a bazaar in the same church December 2, 1913. The mainstream of American life absorbed the energies of the sons and daughters of the immigrants, so as with all of the ethnic groups, the Swedes as a national distinct group has disappeared. All dates from the Maynard News, Hugo Emanuelson furnished the general information. Paper read at the April 1969 meeting of the Maynard Historical Society by Birger 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 Swedish People in Maynard Description An account of the resource A short account of Swedish people in Maynard. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Birger R. 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 2019.194 ethnic groups monograph Swedish