Click for more about the Draper Gym. Undefeated - Hopedale HIgh boys basketball, 1956-57 The Boston Celtics at the Draper Gym The anonymous donation of $350,000 to build the gym was eventually revealed as...Click to see. |
December 12, 2008 - Flood in Spindleville delays reopening of Mill Street. Click here for video. |
Above - 114-116 Mendon Street in 2014. Razed in 2017. Below - The same lot now. The clipping on the left refers to another building on that site, with an interesting history, that was razed in 1938. |
Since I've gone through all of Merriam-Webster's new words in their dictionary for 1920, here are a few from just 25 years ago. If you'd like to see more on one of the 1995 words, you can read a few bridezilla stories. Here's a page with some. |
Hopedale in December 2020 Hopedale in November Demolition of the Draper Plant G&U/Parklands Issue Ezine for November - Robert Allen Cook Ezine for December - The Ballou Monument Recent deaths Hopedale in 2020 Menu HOME |
Beginning early in the 20th century, and continuing up until 1977, there was a South Hopedale Branch Library. Over the years, it was operated out of six different homes. The Milford News picture above, shows it at its last location, Bess Thayer's home. Click here for the story of the South Hopedale Library. |
While checking on a visitor to this site a couple of days ago, I ended up on a page with photos of the Lynchburg, Virginia area. It included pictures of Thomas Jefferson's second home, Poplar Forest. The house, designed by Jefferson, was a brick octagon. Out behind the house were two brick octagonal outhouses. Could they be the origin of an old figure of speech? And what does this have to do with Hopedale? Nothing, but I'll use it as an excuse to put in a link to Octagon Houses in Hopedale.As far as I know, none of them had an octagon outhouse, brick or otherwise. |
To read the article, go to near the bottom of the Draper Demolition, August through December page. |
There's not much left of the rubble piles that were in this area a month ago. More |
Do you remember this? I don't. It was the backdrop at the Town Hall stage. This isn't all of it, but what you see here was big enough to pretty much fill my driveway. That's where it was when these pictures were taken. It would be great if a local artist had done it showing Hopedale buildings, but nothing here is jumping out at me as anything I recognize. Thanks to Bob Mallard for passing it on to me. It's a bit large for my living room. Would you like it? Let me know....Too late. It's been taken. |
Good thing we're not predicted to get the map max of 96 inches of snow. |
Cleaning up after a few inches of wet, icy snow on the night of December 5-6. |
(Route 16) It was long known as Patrick's Corner for Henry Patrick's Store where Stone Furniture is now. Click here to go to the 1888 birdseye view of Hopedale, and here for the building of Cumberland Farms. |
Dec 23, 1947 |
Hopedale Pond with a skim of ice - December 8. |
members, Almon and Sarah Thwing. Click here for the rest of Anna's Christmas in early Hopedale memories, plus those of several others. |
Santa tour of Hopedale, Sunday, December 13. He knows when you are sleeping. He knows how to wake you up. |
This house, 54 Freedom Street, was where a "first" for this area occurred in 1948, that was the subject of an article in the Milford News. It was just a brief article, but it must have been condidered to be interesting and significant event to many. Click here to read it. |
Prediction for December 16 - 17 |
If you've walked along Freedom Street by the shop, you'll probably recognize this. This photo shows a three-inch refrigerator magnet replica of the ones all along that section. They're being produced and sold by the Draper-Ballou Co. Their website says, Draper-Ballou is a family-owned company which focuses on high-quality, unique items serving a specific, albeit diverse, need. All of our products are designed and manufactured in Hopedale, MA. Individuals have expressed an interest in obtaining these stars to hold on to the memory of what Draper Corporation and this building represented for Hopedale's foundation and character. We have decided to manufacture replicas of this iconic star, with a portion of the proceeds to be donated to one of the Hopedale-based charities.
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Above - not in Hopedale On right - Draper service station.Dutcher Street O'Grady's Mobil Station, Mendon |
Cleaning up on Inman Street after about a foot of snow fell on the night of December 16-17. |
island of moderate risk, mostly surrounded by a sea of high risk. When the numbers came out for the period ending on December 26, Hopedale had moved into the high risk category. |
Dutcher Street, December 18. |
Demolition is now underway on the Freedom Street side of the Draper plant. |
become members of the Hopedale Community, became a successful illustrator of greeting cards. This above was one of her early ones. On the back of the original it says, " "This picture won for Miss Lizbeth B. Humphrey a prize of five hundred dollars in a competitive contest." Here's more about Lizzie. |
Here's another great drone video of Hopedale done by Doug Scott. This one shows Hopedale Pond and the watershed area upstream of it. Click here to view. |
Another view from Doug's video. |
Click here to go to the article. |