May 1960 |
Nat. Register Nomination
Below - Photo taken in 2001 by Kathleen Kelly Broomer for the Hopedale HIstoric Village National Register Nomination. |
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Music from the past - Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning - described on one site as "cheesy '80s music," but the commenters on YouTube don't see it that way. |
Hopedale in May 2019 Ezine for May - Chapel and Church Hopedale in May 2018 Hopedale in April 2019 Recent Pictures Menu for 2019 HOME . |
One of many items on display at the Milford History Museum, Memorial Hall. |
May Day in the park. |
Thanks to Joan Szemethy for this photo of the Hopedale Manufacturing Company. It was located on Sumner Street in Milford and was formed after General Draper's brothers, Eben and George Albert, booted him out of his job as president of the Draper Company. I usually refer to the HMC as the family feud company. Click here if you'd like to know more about the company, and here for the feud. |
This ebay item must have belonged to one of the people on the list of Hopedale High grads in 1941. |
May 3. Site where house burned in February 2018. |
The Little Red Schoolhouse at 120 Dutcher Street. I think it's safe to say not all those kids were in there at the same time. |
From a Sacred Heart Women's Guild cookbook published decades ago. |
Gannett family members and Hopedale Community House Trustees at the dedication of the bench and garden in memory of Bill Gannett at the Community House on May 4. |
Peter Ellis, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. |
May 1960
Here's a 2:36 minute history of Hopedale narrated by the cardboard box lady above, with a little help from her friend. |
From Hopedale Senior News, the monthly newsletter of the Council on Aging, Tribute to Claudette written by Council director, Carole Mullen. |
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On Saturday, May 11, DJ and I paddled along the Blackstone River from the village of Manville to the city of Woonsocket. Near the river in Manville we saw a neighborhood of row houses. You can see in the Google Earth view that there are eight rows of them. Here's a bit about Manville from Widipedia. The village is known for the former Manville-Jenkes mill that burned down in 1956. The mill was a popular place to work in the village. Several row houses were constructed by mill owners to house their workers in the early 1900s. These rowhouses are known by the residents of Manville as "the Brick Blocks", as well as the "Murnighan Mile". |
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May 13 - a cool and, before the games were over, rainy day. |
Mouseover the picture to see this Inman Street house in the 1920s. |
Hopedale Post Office workers, probably in the 1960s. Here's my guess at some names. Postmaster John Bresciani, second from left, shaking hands with Ralph Holt. (Hey, Uncle Ralph, get rid of the cigarette.) Then Shirley Stewart. A responder who wishes to remain anonymous added Fred Lescoe, Bob Weaver (assistant postmaster) and Bill O'Reilley. I think that's Bill on the right end. Click here to see several more additions to the Now and Then at the Post Office page. Thanks, Kate. |
Thanks to Ryan Newfell for this photo of the well-named Water Street in Milford during the flood of 1955. Here's what he wrote about it. This is from Water Street in Milford (it looks to me to be taken from in front of the Verizon building, looking towards the corner of Thayer and Water Street) - the 4 decker is still there, but the house to the left of the image looks to be gone. |
From Facebook - Don Howes to Hopedale MA Bulletin Board It is official. The Hopdale Board of Health has signed a contract with a new trash-recycling hauler. E.L. Harvey will begin handling the town as of 7/1/19. There will be many changes, some will have their pickup day changed. Trash and recycling will be picked up on the same day, (every week) by the same truck, it is a split body truck. This will reduce by 1/2 the trash truck traffic on your streets. The biggest change will be the major improvement in service. There will be some initial glitches we are sure, but Harvey and the Hopedale Board of Health are committed to this positive change.
info on the Town of Hopedale website, on FB, mailings, and in the local papers.
The previous contract allowed for bulk items to be picked up curbside and the homeowner did not pay for that service. The town however did, and this of course had the effect of raising the total contract costs in a slightly unpredictable fashion. The new method will be; you call Harvey, pay for the item with a card (a list of items/prices will be forthcoming) on the appointed day you put the item out curbside. There are other options. When you buy a new item, you arrange for them to remove the old one. You can bring most items to the recycling center, (a cost appies).You sell or give it away, Freecycle, FB marketplace, donate, etc. This is a more realistic and equitable approach. |
An osprey ( I think) over the Qunsigamond River in South Grafton. |
"Uncommon" according to an Audubon book. We see lots of painted turtles sunning themselves along the ponds and rivers in the area, but today in the Parklands we had the rare luck to spot a spotted turtle. In the picture above, it was on the Parklands road. I moved it in the direction it was headed so it wouldn't get run over by a bike. Click here for an Audubon page with info on turtles in Massachusetts. |
Months of work at 75 Dutcher Street has been completed and it's now for sale. |
The gentleman on the left has been coming to Hopedale from Marblehead twice a year since 2001 to set up and take down the winter covering on the Statue of Hope. He has decided to retire from doing that, and is showing the gentleman on the right how it's done so that he can take over the job. A new cover had to be made this year and there were some difficulties in the project so it wasn't completed in time to use, but it will be ready for next winter.
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Hopedale Pond - May 22 - Seven swans a-swimming. |
Kitchen fire on Inman Street - May 31. |