Hopedale History
February 2026
No. 448
Hopedale in 1926, Part 2
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Twenty-five years ago – February 2001 – The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros, a near-Earth object, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid
The Human Genome Project publishes the first draft of its human genome sequence
Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids to disable Iraq’s air defense network.
Fifty years ago – February 1976 – The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria.
Charles, Prince of Wales, a lieutenant in Britain’s Royal Navy, assumed command of a ship for the last 10 months of his naval career. The Prince was placed in charge of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington and its 39-member crew.
President Gerald Ford signed a proclamation formally rescinding President Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s Executive Order which had authorized the arrest and internment of U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
One-hundred years ago – February 1926 – The first U.S. Air Mail stamp specifically limited for air mail use was issued by the U.S. Department of the Post Office.
Germany’s Nazi Party held the Bamberg Conference, where the Party approved a motion by Adolf Hitler to establish his position as the sole, absolute and unquestioned ultimate authority within the party.
News items above are from Wikipedia. For Hopedale news from 25, 50 and 100 years ago, see below this text box.
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Hopedale in 1926, Part 2
Milford Gazette
May 7 – The Draper eleven was defeated by the Whittall team Wednesday at Worcester, 11 to 2. After a rough game with several fist fights between the players and spectators which called for action by the police. After three Hopedale players had been sent from the field the game became a runaway match.
May 14 – F.J. Dutcher was moderator of the special town meeting Monday and as a member of the of the school committee he outlined the need of a new high school building the estimated cost of which would be over $150,000. It was announced that Princess Margaret Draper Boncompagni has offered the Gen. W.F. Draper homestead on Adin Street as a site for the new school, provided the plans for the new building are acceptable to her. B.H.B. Draper spoke in favor of accepting the offer, which was done.
May 21 – Under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor society 30 persons from the North Cambridge Colored Community church gave a plantation revue in Town Hall Friday evening.
May 28 – The new Ahrens Fox pump for the fire department arrived Friday and was given an underwriter’s test at Spindleville that afternoon. The pump is a 1000-gallon triple combination and is equipped with a booster tank instead of a soda and chemical one. It carries 1200 feet of hose.
June 4 – The Memorial Day exercises at the cemetery Monday included prayer by Rev. V.H. Deming, (19 Union Street) music by the Framingham band, and a male quartet, the decoration of graves and the firing salute by a squad from Co. I.
June 11 – Charles Fairbank (24 Dutcher Street) was notified last Thursday of the death of his uncle, Daniel Knox, at Saugus. Mr. Knox was a Civil War veteran and was 98 years old.
June 18 – Senator Eben S. Draper (31 Adin Street) filed suit for divorce in Paris Saturday on grounds of desertion. Mrs. Draper will not contest the suit, and by agreement she will be given the custody of the child and alimony.
June 25 – Francis Hannigan (211 S. Main Street) has gone to Harwichport where he has a position as a telegraph operator for the summer.
July 2 – Mrs. E.A. Sherman (127 Dutcher Street) entertained friends at a Frankfurt roast Tuesday evening at Maroney’s grove, in honor of her nieces, Gladys and Kathleen Heard of Foo Chow, China, who are in the States for a six months’ visit.
July 9 – Boston counsel for Senator Eben S. Draper denies the Associate Press dispatch from Paris last month that Mr. Draper had filed suit for divorce, charging desertion. He states that Mrs. Draper has instituted divorce proceedings and that no question of alimony is raised in the suit.
July 16 – “Teddy,” the popular dog at the Central fire station, died of distemper Sunday.
Mrs. Eben S. Draper, formerly Ruth L. Carroll, was granted a divorce at Paris, Friday. The previous Associated Press report that Senator Draper had brought proceedings against his wife was due to confusion of the case of Ernest Draper of Brooklyn, who had filed suit against his wife at Paris.
July 23 – The Camp Fire Girls, with Mrs. G. Almond Draper (167 Dutcher Street) as guardian, will leave tomorrow for Camp Resolute where they will remain until Labor Day.
July 30 – While riding his bicycle on Water Street in Milford Saturday evening, Claude Snodgrass (65 Freedom Street) was hit by a stone thrown by a boy. He was attended by Dr. P.E. Joslin and was confined to the house for several days.
August 6 – Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sadler (108 Dutcher Street) are enjoying a vacation at Oak Bluffs.
August 13 – Nutall, Dion, (102 Freedom Street) and E.J. and E. W. Tetlow (102 and 104 Freedom Street) of the Draper soccer team are among the 26 players picked for the county eleven which is to play a series of games in Worcester with a picked team form Worcestershire, England.
August 27 – Mrs. Arthur W. Cushman of Winnetka, Illinois, who is spending the summer here with her father, Henry L. Patrick, (107 Hopedale Street) entertained friends Tuesday at a luncheon at the Wayside Inn at Sudbury.
Hopedale News – February 2001
Hopedale News – February 1976
Hopedale News – February 1926
