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PAGE 14 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 201 ( Beelines ) A poem to treasure found while sorting through old memories By MARYBELLE BEIGH CURRENT WESTFIELD HISTORIAN As mariy readers know. your Westfield Hi~torian is blessed to have her 94-year-old mother nearby. and she i~ still \as sharp as a tack.\ As 94-year-old mothers who are abo great-grandmothers are wont to do. Fran Ander~on i~ busily sorting through her :collections of memorabilia, discarding as much a~ possible, giving away items that may he of interest to the younger fami- 1} members and still holding on to few ttcms or \ephemera\ that are too precious to yet let go. One of the items located recently was a photocopy of a poem that was written by Billie Dibble. which she had given to my rnuther with the following note: \I wrote thi' when I couldn't find anything suitable fur 'Toast to Daughters' for Mother 4 . Daughter Banquet.\ It was signed Billie Dibble. but there is no date anywhere on the sheet of paper, which appears to have been photocopied fmm three note-sheets la.id side by side and numbered I, 2, 3. Mother gave the poem to me, and we agreed that it would be another bit of histo- ry to share with the readers of both Dibble's Dabbls::s and BeeLines. So please enJOY. Home ~With Young Folks, Feminine Gender Noise Toys Eventually- boys Wiggles Giggles Odd mittens Stray kittens Puppies Guppies Screen doors banging Clothes ~ not hanging Building blocks Lines full of socks Collections of rocks Mending Unending Immunization shots In package lots Measles, chicken-pox and !Bumps Cuts, bruises, egg-shaped bumps A thousand nightly trips up-stairs For tuck-in kisses and good-night prayers Many an excited shout When a tooth comes in or a tooth comes out Nursery rhymes' Tooth-fairy dimes Lucy Locket Dave} Cn.- kctt PiLktll):, P· »tes Ring-around-rosies Rub-a-dub-dub Ring around tub Trips to the zoo Captain Kangaroo Finger paints-modeling clay Me,sy mud pies- paper mache' Butterflies caught and butterflies freed Shoes enough for a centipede Kiddy-cars, skates, tricycles Graduating into bicycles (My Stars! Soon they'll ~ant cars) Shampooed and braided tresses Playtime jeans and Sunday dresses Dolls, balls, tops, boats Lots of crinoline petticoats Christmas and birthday celebrations Always shared with our relations Golden Rule Sunday Sehoul Si;terly bouts Girl Scouts Home work ~- wrong answers by dad '·Report cards good ~ report cards bad Learning music and other skills And hills and bills and bills and bills Squeaking clarinet - high school band Parents too ancient to under~tand !\ve mentioned only an occasional item Thi' thing could go on ad infinitum Though we just can't find words to suit 1 you, Our darling daughters, we s~lute you! Marybe/le Beigh i.1· the current Public Historian for the Town and Village of Westfield. Her office ·is located at 3 East Main Street in Westfield, N.Y. 14787 - inside Parhiew Ice Cream Parlor. Her scheduled office hours are Monday through Fridav 9 ro I I a.m.: other hours bv appointmelll. Beigh can he reached at westfieldhisto- rian@fairpoint.net or hv mlling 326-2457 (office), 326-6171 (home) or 397-9254 I cell). ( Dibbles Dabbles ) ~--~~----~--~~------~~~~~========~~~~~~ School history found in copper box buried in 190 1 By (the late) BILLIE DIBBLE FORMER WESTFIELD HISTORIAN, 1975-2006 First published ]!.me 4, 1987: I keep dtgging up bits and pieces of history con- cerning the schools of Westfield, probably because the Sesqui-centennial is rapidly approaching. I recemtly read witll inter- est the story of the laying of the cornerstone of the high school building which many of my contemporaries attended. The Westfield Republican carried the long and colorful story. November 2. !901 was a perfect day weatherwise. No event in the history of the public buildings in Westfield had ever been attended with more impres- sive and colorful cere- monies. \From the moment the ranb of the parade swung into sight at the head of Mam St~eet up to the last earnest words of the bene- diction there was no inci- dent. no error of omission or commission that marred the dtgnity and appropriate- ness of the service.\ The cornerstone was laid 1n accordance with the an.:tent and honorable cus~ toms of the Masonic frater- nity. More than 300 marched to the sound of triumphal music down Main St. Near the head, with the glitter of swords, shining ornaments, and snowy plumes came the Knight Templars of the Dunkirk commandery, forming the official escort of the grand lodge of the state of New York. Major H.P. Ri?ius of Westfield was marshal of the day. \Just as the head of the line reached the junction of Pearl and Main streets, the most appropriate incident of the day took place, for a sold phalanx of nearly five hu nd'red school children stood at attention in front of the Union School (south side of Main St.) in order to witness the passage of the grand master, his brilliantly uniformed escort and the long line of the parade.\ A plat(erm had been erected upon which were seated the Board of Education, the Villa.ge Board of Trustees, invited guests and the Citizens' Band, together with Masonic officials. \The address by the Rev. G .L. Mac Clelland (Presbyterian minister) was a most scholarly, finished and inspiring production and received high praise from all who heard it.\ In his address Rev. MacClelland said, \History is one essential round of repetitions. Repetitions not to do over again that which our predecessors have done so well, but to take that which has come to us and to enrich it for those who shall come after. This is the duty and purpose for the hollr.\ The cornerstone was laid by M.W. Charles W. Mead, grand master of Masons in the state of New York. He was presented with an ivory handled silver trowel by W .H. Walker, master of Summit Lodge. In the cornerstone was placed a copper box, her- metically sealed, in which were placed many articles of historical significance. Placed in the stone by Summit Lodge, No. 219 were many items including the program of ceremonies attending the laying of the cornerstone, the invitation to the ceremonies and a photograph of R.W. William H. Thompson, dis- trict deputy 40th Masonic district. Among the artie les placed in the box by the Board of Education was a typewritten history of the Westfield high school from 1837 to the time of the lay- ing of the cornerstone. The history gave the names of all the principals and teach- ers who served during that period. The deposits of the Board of Education also included issues of The Westfield Photo courtesy Patterson Ubrary Four years after the laying of the cornerstone for the Westfield high school building which stood at the present site of Bells market (Editor's note - This is now the site of Tops Market), the olass of 1905 planted at cut leaf maple tree and buried its class mementoes beneath it. In the back row of the photo, left to right, are: Nellie Sawin; Ida Donavan of Stockton; Eolene Caldwell of Portland; ~race Johnson; Carlton Judd; president Clara Wratten; l,illian Boult; Marie Daley; Grace Galloway; Clara Kent; Frances Rood; Georgia Munger; and Hattie Johnson. In front, from left to right, are: Raymond Dibble; Carl Phlel; Henry Lockwood; Glenn McCruden; Harlow Whipple; George Minton; Charlie Jenks; and Alton Reed. ReplJblican containing acCOI;!nts of public meetings leading up to the decision to build the high school. the first catalogue of the Union School, 1869, the latest cat- alogue, 190 I, in which appeared the name of every child in the public schools of Westfield at the time of the laying of the corner- stone, photos of the old Academy, the new Academy and a watercolor of the new high school .about to be built. The Westfield Fire Department included in the box photos and lists of offi- cers and members of the department, and an account of the proceedings of trustees in regard to the fire alarm system. Westfield churches deposited histories and lists of officers and photographs in the copper box. . Many of the articles which were contained in the old copper box will be on display during July at Patterson Library for those who attend the !50th anniversary of the Westfield schools. Marvbelle Beigh is the current Public Historian for the Town and Village of Westfield. Her office is located at 3 East Main Street in Wes~field, N.Y. 14 787 ~ inside Parkview lee Cream Parlor. Her scheduled office hours are Monday through Friday 9 to 11 a.m.; other hours by appointment. Beigh can be reached at westfieldhistori- an@fairpoint !let or by call- ing 326-2457 (office), 326- 6171 (home) or 397-9254 (cell). (~ _______________ Lo_o_k_in_'B_a_c_k __ ~--~------~) Retyped by ELAINE G. COLE Reprinted from THE CHAU- T\'UQUA NEWS and SENTINEL NEWS To October 1918 Sherman area Wellington Bacon has been promoted to the office of Corporal In a recent let- ter to his mother. he said, \I am ~itting in a trench writ- ing this letter. I am sitting in a trench writing this letter. I am out on the range in charge of a detail. We come out every morning and go in at mght, carrying our lunch- es.\ Last night about eight o'clock. fire was discovered· in the large stock barn of Huge Howe on the Summerdale road. and the great building was soon a mass of flames. lt isn't a case of may, can. might. would or should when it comes to buying Liberty bonds. lt' s a case of mu~t if you are a wage earn- er. or else be classed as pro- German and a slacker. Mr. Pickard urges the saving of the apple crop, that people from the larger communities go out and pick their own apples, that they volunteer their help to harvest the crop have apple gathering parties, etc. Nearly every year, apples rot on the ground in the country. while city people pay exorbitant prices or go without. Saul Eades is probably the champion wheat grower in this vicinity. From five acres of spring wheat, he threshed 200 bushels of good grain. War News In an attack against the American outpost south of Archangel the Bolshevik sustained considerable loss- es. Three officers and 27 of the crew of the American steamer Buena Ventura have arrived at Coruna, Spain. The Vessel. was tor- pedoed last Monday. Three boats with 64 of the crew 'are missing. Domestic There are 4,500 cases of Spanish influenza. at the Great Lakes naval straining station, and thee have been more than a hundred deaths since Sept:9, according to a statement issued by Capt. William Moffett. He declared the situation is well in hand. National prohibition, effective next July 1 for the period of the war, was approved by the house, which adopted, 134 to 27, the senate prohibition rider to the Sll2,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill. The measure now will be sent to conference. President Wilson pro- claimed Saturday. Oct .12, the 426th anniversary of the discove;y of America as Liberty Day, and called upon all citizens to cele- brate it to simulate a gener- ous response to the fourth Liberty loan. To: October 1743 Sherman ·par~;nts who are worrying over their son's chances of returning from fighting fronts need only turn to a report of the national Safety Council report of last week to co111e to the conclusion that the battlefield is probably a safer place to be than in the normal American home life. · A three-pound potato thought to be about the l:argest grown in this vicini- ty, was displayed proudly t;b.is week by Harold Warner at his farm near Summerdale. The tuber Is white, %mooth-skinned and very well formed. J .J. Henry. Sr., Elmdale Farm, Sherman, is offering to sell some of his Guernsey bulls and accept Series B. War Bonds at full value in payment. Registration for ration book four will start on Tuesday. To: October 1968 Miss Edith Barney and Charles Stansbury. Jr. joined in marriage at 11 a.m. Sept. 28 in the Community Church. The Wildcats went down to their third defeat of the year at Pine Valley, 20-7. The Stanley Hose Co. of Sherman began laying blocks for their new fire hall, 'Saturday, Oct. 12. Eight hundred blocks were hiid in four hours. More work was done on Sunday to make a total of about 2.000 blocb laid. It's getting dangerous to housewives of Clymer to leav<t a wash out over night. Mrs. Jack Fair had four sheets stolen off her line on Monday night. Jack says if the thieves come back, they have the pillowcases to matcb. Want to get your business · noticed? Advertise with us! Contact Jim Saxton at 326·3163 or ads@westfieldrepublican.com ... 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