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Hopedale center - Community House block inside red lines. Click here for building identifications. |
What was being built here? Click for the answer. |
Thanks to Doug Scott for a page with loads of photos of the old woodies |
New words in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 1921. |
Manhattan, 1887. Just a few years after the first phones were installed, it looks like everyone wanted one. Every business, anyway. |
William H. Barney, manager of Hopedale Coal & Ice in the mid- twentieth century would have been very upset if he ever saw the ice on Hopedale Pond looking like this at the beginning of the year. |
some familiar names in the 1935 article. H. Draper would have been Hubert Draper, one of the "other Drapers." L. Draper was Lyman Draper, who was the scoutmaster when I was in Scouts.. H. Spadoni was the father of my classmate, Brenda Spadoni Duprey. F. Cembruck was Frank Cembruck, brother of John Cembruck whose memories of years growing up in the Seven Sisters are on this site. Most of the Milford names are familiar, also. |
C'mon in. The water's fine. Hopedale Pond, January 7. |
Parklands forestry project. This is at the part of the Parklands near Overdale Parkway. Pictures from January 2012. Click here to see more. |
Above - Foreground - The hose house, Hopedale's fire station before the station on Dutcher Street was built. Behind the hose house is the Draper "tin shop." Past that are houses that were moved at least a century ago; their space being replaced with the shop that has stood there since them. On the right - The location at the south end of the Hopedale Street side of the Draper plant where the buildings in the post card view above once stood. |
Gibson's store was probably in the building where the police station is now. In 1922, it became the American Legion home, and in 1982, was sold, moved and added to the Mallard family home behind the post office. As to George Draper being postmaster, as it says at the bottom, whiie he evidenlty held that position, I very much doubt that he was there doing the job every day. He would have had employees doing the work of the post office. He had bigger fish to fry. |
From a list of 229 communities in Massachusetts with the highest covid rates for the first two weeks of 2021. |
The Blackstone Gorge on January 17. The state line is a short distance from the parking lot for the trail beside the gorge. Click here to see more. |
Hey, Mabel, Black Label. The premium beer at the popular price. What's going on here? A beer delivery directly to a Hopedale school bus? Just leave it off and save the kids the hassle of fake id's and all that. |
Click here for an old Carling's ad. |
Hopedale Pond - January 20. |
Spindleville Pond - January 24 |
So in this article titled, JUST DON'T CALL IT A MILL, we read that Al Sparling was a former Draper Mill employee, the editor's note refers to the Draper Mill, and the little logo for the series says DRAPER MILL. Somewhere it should say, JUST DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO OUR HEADLINES. Click here to read the entire article. |
Heart Church) has been closed since last spring due to the pandemic. In the meantime, we are holding “Pop-up” sales to help with parish income.The quality of merchandise is superb! Many designer labels including J. Crew, Calvin Klein, Polo, Izod, Old Navy and more. |
From the Hopedale Bulletin Board page on Facebook Karen Rose Mazzarelli The Hopedale High School Alumni Association will be offering scholarships to members of the 2021 graduating class! The information is available from the high school Guidance Office, as well as on our website, www.hopedale-alumni.org. There are also scholarships available for 2020 graduates who will be continuing their education. If you are a 2020 graduate, you can apply for one of these scholarships, even if you did not receive one when you graduated. If you have any questions, please email us at hopedalealumni@gmail.com |
Click here to go to the article. It's at the bottom of the page about the G&U/Parklands issue. |
Click here to go to the article. |
Uncommonplace Condominiums. |
Jan 13, 1970 |
Finally, on Janary 30, ice safe for skaters, fishermen and a bike rider. |
January 31. Click here for more of Hopedale Pond on January 31 and 31. |