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2024

September – Volume XXXVII No. 1

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum Open Houses
Bank of America Volunteers
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Onna Moniz-John’s “The Past Can Guide the Future” Collection of Historical Black Artifacts
Pump House

Getting a “Grip” on History by Devon Kurtz (event announcement)

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

Wine and Weeding!

June – Volume XXXVI No. 7

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum Open House

A Day in the Life of a Child in 1751

“The Past Can Guide the Future” with Onna Moniz-John (exhibit announcement)

Love at the Indoor Court

Thrive Grant

Hunt’s Mills Weir Report – Army Corps of Engineers

Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens

The Curious Curator Asks: WPA Walls? Member Input, Please!

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

Wine and Weeding!

May – Volume XXXVI No. 6

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum Open House
Wine and Weeding!
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Community Garden Seed Starters

Preservation Update: Metacomet Development

Member Meeting: “Green Jacket Shoal: Another Dive 10 Years On”

A Rematch with the Washington Bridge: “Second Serve” with Tom Brun of the Indoor Court (announcement)

Cemetery Awareness

“Historical Architectural Landscapes and the Wildlife that Surrounds Them” at the May Open House (announcement)

“Long May It Wave!” by Jeff Faria

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

April – Volume XXXVI No. 5

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum Open House
Member Meeting – “Men on the Move”
Heavy Rains!
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Community Garden Seed Starters

Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks (announcement)

Exhibit: “Bits and Pieces”

Members’ Meeting: “Green Jacket Shoal: Another Dive 10 Years On” with David Robinson

Events to Note for Your Calendar (announcements)

Rescheduled: “Second Serve” with Tom Brun
Rescheduled: “Pirates and Pirate Hunters of RI”
Blue Herring and Great Blue Herons
Historical Architectural Landscapes and the Wildlife that Surrounds Them

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

March – Volume XXXVI No. 4

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum Open Houses
State Preservation Grant
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Tour
“Big Picture” Board Meeting

David O’Connell presents $58,000 gift from Len Iannacone estate

In memory of Jean Kesner

John Hunt House Museum Clean Out

“Men on the Move: Walking Hunt’s and the Local Area” with John Kostrzewa and Ernie Germani (announcement)

Spring Exhibit: “Bits and Pieces”

The Concordance

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

Community Garden Seed Sorting Session

2023

November/December – Volume XXXVI No. 3

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

Union Primary Tour
Visit by Paine and Sabin Descendants
John Hunt House Museum
East Providence Cultural Center
Headstones and History Bus Tour

Pleasant Street Bridge

Union Primary Tour Recap

General Meeting: Tom Brun Presents – “Love” at the Indoor Court (announcement)

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

Community Gardens and Garden Center Clean Up

October – Volume XXXVI No. 2

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Painting the Education Center
Weaver Library’s Block Party
A Mill at Hunt’s Mills?

ON-SITE Tour of Union Primary School Property! (announcement)

Note from Dave Sisson, Union Primary architect

Member Meeting (announcement)

Father and Son Share a Love for Crescent Park

Photo of Ten Mile River overflowing at Agawam Ball Field

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

September – Volume XXXVI No. 1

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Member Meeting: Tour of the Union Primary School (announcement)
Community Gardens

Gardening Tips from Jeff Faria, URI Master Gardener

Arts in the Village Concert Series 21st Season Preview 2023-2024 (announcement)

All Gazettes and an index of articles are now available on our web site

Green Jacket Shoal

In memory of… Virginia Neves Gonsalves, Mona L. Breault

June – Volume XXXV No. 7

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

Thank you to our Long-Time Volunteers
John Hunt House Museum
Seeding Give-Away to the Community Gardeners

The India Point Railroad Bridge is no more!

Slate of Candidates for June Election (announcement)

The 90th Anniversary of the CCC & Its Work in RI by Marty Podskoch (announcement)

Learn More about EP Veterans Who Have War Memorials contributed by Susan Cady

Pomham Tours (announcement)

The Enchanted Cottage

An Invitation from the Sowam’s Heritage Area Group (announcement)

Strawberry Moon Thanksgiving (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

May – Volume XXXV No. 6

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Unveiling of the New Welcome Sign
Opening the Community Gardens
The Garden Center

Some More Scenes of the Unveiling Of The New Welcome Sign (photos)

Changing of the Guard: Our Gazette Gets New Leadership

Slate of Candidates for June Election (announcement)

Newman and Littleneck Cemetery Cleanup and Stone Restoration

Thoughts on the Barrington/Veterans’ Parkway by Nancy Moore

2nd Annual EPHS Student Art Show (announcement)

Historical Architectural Landscapes and the Wildlife that Surrounds Them (announcement)

The 90th Anniversary of the CCC & Its Work in RI by Marty Podskoch

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

April – Volume XXXV No. 5

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
New Welcome Sign
Americana Corner Grant
State Preservation Grant

In Memory of Caroline Chick

Walking down Memory Lane by Reinhard Wohlgemuth

Rumford Center
The Star Diner Aka Keenan’s Diner – China Star – Star Diner – Persy’s Place

Star Diner Preservation Project reprinted from November 2009

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Volume XXXV No. 4

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Awards
State Preservation Grant
Strategic Plan

Sadly we lost our longtime member Lowell Anness

Preservation News

Union Primary
Green Jacket Shoal
The HDC Needs You!

RI Audubon Society continues to spotlight birding at Hunt’s Mills: Reserve your “spot” now!

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2022

November/December – Volume XXXV No. 3

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
MET High School Visit
State Preservation Grant
Strategic Plan

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Bruce Remick Visit

“A True Riverside Soap Opera!”, A Jeff Howe Presentation

“Finding Your Roots” at the EPHS Education Center

A Legacy Well Placed (Len Iannacone’s artwork disposition)

Newman Church Service/Sowams 17th Century Marker: A Blessed Event

October – Volume XXXV No. 2

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Len Iannacone Art sale
Legislative Grant
RI Rebounds Grant
URI Garden Foundation Grant

ART SALE! Spaces and Places in Rhode Island (ad)

Art Sale Update: “Spaces and Places” – the Works of Len Iannacone

Bird Walk at Hunts Mills Park

Barrington Parkway Update

Some Art Sale Glimpses … (photos)

Presentations Are Back! (Jeffrey Howe on a Riverside genealogical mystery)

“Headstones and History”: Weaver Library Cemetery Tours are Back!

“Finding Your Roots” at the EPHS Education Center

Which East Providence Neighborhood Do You Live in?

Newman, UCC to Dedicate and Bless a Historical Marker To Acknowledge the Land of the Pokanoket Native American Tribe

Ring of the Green and settlement in the 17th Century (poster)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXXV No. 1

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Community Gardens
Ken Rix Dedication
Heritage Gardens

ONCE IN A LIFETIME ART SALE: “Spaces and Places in RI”

ART SALE! Spaces and Places in Rhode Island (ad)

ART SALE! (in case you missed the first two full-page announcements)

Preservation News since June

A Call for Your Memories and Photos! The Rexall Drugstore: Corner of Centre and N. Broadway
Squantum Association Tour
Pomham Lighthouse
Looff Art Fest
Friends of Newman Cemetery

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Bird Walk at Hunts Mills Park

The Pleasant St. Bridge May Be OUT but We Are IN (photo)

June – Volume XXXIV No. 7

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Community Gardens
Heritage Gardens

The “Back Door” Trolley

Exhibit (EP High School art show)

One of the Reasons to Build The “Back Door” Trolley (newspaper article)

Coming Attractions: “Ding, Ding, Ding Goes the Trolley”

Rumford Junction Band

Sightseeing at Squantum!

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Plant Giveaway

Ten Mile River Waltz (song lyrics)

May – Volume XXXIV No. 6

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Pat Henry Award
Community Gardens
Seed Starters
Heritage Gardens
Home School Group

Historical Architectural Landscapes (EP High School art show announcement)

Barrington Parkway – Part 2

Excerpts from the Second Annual Report of the Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Map of Proposed Barrington Parkway Improvements

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Preservation News

EP Council Resolution (part of Sowams)

April – Volume XXXIV No. 5

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
RICHARG Grant
Community Gardens
Heritage Gardens

“Happy 200th Birthday, Frederick Law Olmsted!” Barrington Parkway Designer

Frederick Law Olmsted’s Narrative of the Area
A few views along the new Barrington Parkway (photos)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Volume XXXIV No. 4

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Champlin Grant
RICHARG Grant
New State Preservation Grant!
Home School Group
Community Gardens

Dr. Ken Rix

In Memory Of Dr. Kenneth Rix, Cornelia Sturgis

EPVME Wrap-up by Nancy Moore

Scenes from City Hall Display Honoring East Providence Veterans (photos)

Preservation Updates

Historic District Commission
Barrington Parkway
Phillipsdale/Oceanstate Steel

Fish Count Reminder

New Exhibit: “Ding, Ding, Ding Went the Trolley”

2021

November/December – Volume XXXIV No. 3

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Children’s Day at the Museum
New Grant for Museum Self-Guidance!
Hunts Mills Community Gardens
East Providence and Seekonk Library Tours

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Little Neck Cemetery War Memorials by Gordon Hubbard

East Providence Honors Her Veterans (event announcements)

And the Winners Are!!!!!

1) Len Iannacone Legacy Fund
2) NPS Hartzog Award
3) Community Garden Certificate
4) Dave Kelleher Portrait

BRAVO! (to the Rumford Junction Band)

One Day Only (Ruth Major’s traveling library exhibit)

October – Volume XXXIV No. 2

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Hunts Mills Community Gardens

Preservation Updates

ProJo: Walking RI
Case Cemetery
Phillipsdale Man Wins Coveted Preservation Award
Historic District Commission
3 Sisters Garden
Sowams Art Exhibit at Weaver

EP Veterans Memorial Expressway Re-dedication (event announcements)

Historic Public School Survey (report)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXXIV No. 1

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Painting the Museum
The Len Iannacone Legacy Fund
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens

In Memory Of Twyler Boyce, Elizabeth “Bonnie” Warren

EP Veterans Honor Roll

Warren Town Council Proclamation

Passages: Elizabeth “Bonnie” Warren

Jesse Albright Collection

Some Samples of His Trolley and Train Collection
Riding in Style

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

June/July – Volume XXXIII No. 8

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Rumford Junction

Rhode Island, Living in Riverside: First 80 Years 1870-1950 by Bruce Remick

Slate of Officers

Not Hunt’s Mills, but … (photo)

!! ONE NIGHT ONLY !! Irene and Vernon Castle at Hunt’s Mills!

Docent Spotlight: Pat Henry

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

3 Sisters Garden: A Coordinated Effort

Len Iannacone Retrospective

May – Volume XXXIII No. 7

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens Grand Opening!

“2nd Sunday” Spring Open House: May 9 (announcement)

Raymond R. Medeiros Seaman First Class, WWII, U. S. Navy by Valerie Medeiros in August 2020

The East Providence Military Service Honor Roll (project announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Some Points of Interest … by Nancy Moore

The Friends of Pomham Light
Paul Bettencourt’s passing
Metacomet Update
Monroe Dairy opens The Sacred Cow

April – Volume XXXIII No. 6

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
The Great Rumford Bake-Off
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens

Covid Redoux (announcement)

Happy Birthday, Nancy (Stevens)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Pomham Rocks Celebrates its 150th by Dennis Tardiff, Chairman

Pomham Anniversary Events
Follow the Lighthouse

Metacomet Demolition: The End of an Era in East Providence

Come Back to the Future: The 35th RIHPC Preservation Conference (announcement)

March – Volume XXXIII No. 5

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

The Great Rumford Bake-Off

In Memory Of Florence Adams, Rachel Agren, Gladys Panzarella, Elizabeth F. Socha

Florence Adams, 1930-2021

The Civilian Conservation Corps by Leo Caisse

A Young Man’s Adventure
Go West, Young Man
Cowboys and Mountain Lions

Preservation Updates

1. Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
2. Fallen war hero sign replacement
3. Odd Fellows Hall
4. Metacomet Golf Course
5. Great Blues return to their roosts

January – Volume XXXIII No. 4

President’s Letter by Cheryl and Jeff Faria, Co-Presidents

John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
Looff on Tour
Touchless a Truck Day
Len Iannacone
Gazette and Website

2020

November/December – Volume XXXIII No. 3

President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

John Hunt House Museum
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens
“Touchless a Truck Day”

In Memory Of Leo Caisse

1st Lt Thomas J Tubman by Mary Lu Tubman McNulty

Fall Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Volume XXXIII No. 2

President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

Len Iannacone
Hunt House Front Door
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens

Silent Auction: A chance to own an Iannacone print!

Len Iannacone

Can Blue Herring be taught new tricks?

Ten Mile River

Ten Mile River Fish Ladders (map)

The Nick and Nancy DeShetler Rumford Collection

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXXIII No. 1

President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

John Hunt House Museum
Looff on Tour
The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)
Hunt House Front Door Damaged
Hunt’s Mills Community Gardens

In Memory Of Jean Henderson

Metacomet Country Club – A Brief History of the Area

Proposed Land Use after Re-zoning of the Metacomet Golf Course (chart)

Evolution of the Club House (photos)

Littleneck Cemetery – an Update

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

June – Volume XXXII No. 5

President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

John Hunt House Museum
The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)
A Day in the Life of a Child in 1751
June Picnic Postponed (announcement)
East Providence Community Gardening Project!

The Covid Story Project – 2020

Aunt Vic by Nancy Moore

Mother’s Day at the Hunt House

Also at Hunt’s Mills … (“quiet contemplation” and photos by Mark Fisher)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Volume XXXII No. 4

President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

John Hunt House Museum
The Great Rumford Bake Off – Saturday, May 16, 2020!! (announcement)
A Day in the Life of a Child in 1751

Volunteers-In-Parks Skills Workshop Series Fish Counting (announcement)

In Memory Of Clarissa Porter

Count Rumford to Sell Hunt House! Financing Available

November Open House Was a Rare Opportunity to See the Pump House

Something for Everyone at the December Open House

Always Popular Hay Ride
Thanks for the Help
Who says a visit to the museum is boring?

General Meeting (announcement)

“Your Chance to Volunteer in a National Park Setting!” by Suzanne Buchanan

East Providence High School Art Club (announcement)

The Curious Curator (Collection Harbor)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2019

November/December – Volume XXXII No. 3

President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

Strategic Plan Update
A Day in the Life of a Child in 1751

Historic House Marker

Pump House Viewing on November 10!! (announcement)

Walker Descendant Visits

Hayride Sunday! (announcement)

Special Visitors to the Hunt House!

General Meeting (announcement)

“The Civilian Conservation Corps; A Guide to their Works in Rhode Island” by Leo Caisse

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Volume XXXII No. 2

Public Meeting (announcement)

Roger Williams Revisited by US Park Ranger John McNiff

Thomas Willett/Viall Homestead

Another Wonderful Gift to EPHS

A 40 Year Mystery Solved! by Nancy Moore

Newsflash! 2019 RI Preservation Awards

Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXXII No. 1

President’s Letter by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

The Bake-Off / Family Fun Day / Ed Center Dedication

Memories of Wayside Furniture Company Inc. by Mike Fink

Thanks for the Help at the Family Fun Day

Public Meeting (announcement)

“A Lighthouse is Much More than a Beacon” by Jeremy D’Entrement

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Summer – Volume XXXI No. 6

Conference Wrap-up by Nancy Moore

Old Fashioned Family Fun Day / The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, Co-President

General Meeting (announcement)

“East Providence’s Sabin Point: Its Importance in the History of Narragansett Bay” by Jeffrey Howe

Picnic (announcement)

Strategic Plan Six Month Report by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

We are Invited! (announcement)

Conference Visitors at the Library Tour (photos)

Slate of Candidates for Election (announcement)

April – Volume XXXI No. 5

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, Co-President

April 2019 Conference Update

Old Fashioned Family Fun Day / The Great Rumford Bake Off (announcement)

America’s original Magic Kingdom by Daniel F. Harrington

In Memory Of V. Ruth Pierce

April Public Meeting (announcement)

Some More Scenes from Vanity Fair

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Preservation, Recreation and Sport (announcement)

March – Volume XXXI No. 4

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, Co-President

April 2019 Conference Update

A Neighborhood Gas Station by Bill McWeeney

Public Meeting (announcement)

Larry Oliver and Marc Paiva, Army Corps of Engineers

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Preservation, Recreation and Sport (announcement)

2018

November/December – Volume XXXI No. 3

President’s Notes by Nancy Moore, President

2019 Conference Update: October 21st – the Rhody Awards
Presidents’ Friendly Reminder
Kayak Photos

Public Meeting

“Shadowboxing the Apocalypse: The WW1 Correspondence of Dr. Theo Hascall, 103 Field artillery, 26th Yankee Division”, Author Shawn Pease

FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)

Shadowboxing the Apocalypse – the WW1 Correspondence of Dr. Theo Hascall, 103rd F.A. 26th Yankee Division by Shawn Pease

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Volume XXXI No. 2

Three-Year Strategic Plan!! by Cheryl Faria, Co-President

How You Can Get Involved

2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)

The Great Gale of 1938 by Leo Caisse

Fall Open Houses

Sowams Lunch

Public Meeting (announcement)

“Crossing to Sowams”, Dr. David Weed of the Warren Preservation Society

“How the Rumford Company “barreled” its Baking Powder” by Reinhard Wohlgemuth

2019 Conference Update

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXXI No. 1

Presidents’ Letter by Nancy Moore

Sowams Heritage Area to Be Launched on September 9th

Public Meeting (announcement)

“How the Rumford Company “barreled” its Baking Powder” with master cooper Tom Kelleher of Old Sturbridge Village (announcement)

APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE!

NEMA Publications Competition Award for “All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight”

Green Jacket Shoal Update

FREE – FREE – FREE Smithsonian Day

2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)

Montesorri Field Day at Hunt’s (photos)

Annual Picnic and Election Vignettes (photos)

The Pear Tree by Andy Valerio

Easy Walks and Paddles in the Ten Mile River Watershed (advertisement)

Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)

“Crossing to Sowams”

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Summer – Volume XXX No. 6

Presidents’ Letter by Nancy Moore

Award Photos (Sandra Turgeon)

General Meeting (announcement)

“Welcome to the USS Rumford”: The Rumford Rifle Range by Leo Caisse (announcement)

Remembering Private First Class Eugene A. Fontes by Susan Cady

Picnic (announcement)

Election (announcement)

Issues for Discussion at Picnic

Museum Exhibit

“It’s Back! The Rumford Baking Powder Company Original Museum Collection”
“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt

The Curious Curator

PayPal Button

John Hunt House Heritage Gardens

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

April – Volume XXX No. 5

Presidents’ Letter by Nancy Moore

Thank you from Susan Cady for Andrews Brothers exit sign

Exhibit

“It’s Back! The Rumford Baking Powder Company Original Museum Collection”
“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt

General Meeting (announcement)

“Made It” by Bernie Mulligan

2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)

In Memory Of Bruce B. Chick, Frances M. Gross

The First Providence Airport in Seekonk by Leo Caisse

Green Jacket Shoal Update

Hat Trick for “All Quiet”?

Master Gardeners’ 2018 “Walks and Talks” (announcement)

Wine and Weeding 2018 Schedule

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

February – Volume XXX No. 4

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

Museum Exhibit

“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt
“It’s Back! The Rumford Baking Powder Company Original Museum Collection”

Historical House Markers

2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)

March 26 Meeting (announcement)

Tour of Building #11

Newman Church 375th Anniversary. (announcement)

Celebrating Rehoboth through Genealogy at Carpenter Museum (announcement poster)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2017

November/December – Volume XXX No. 3

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

General Meeting (announcement)

“The Hunts of Hunt’s Mills Send a Son to War – 1861-1864” Part 3

Current Museum Exhibit

“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt

Ed Center Update

2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)

An Old World Christmas by Reinhard Wohlgemuth

Bank of America Volunteer Day

October – Volume XXX No. 2

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

Current Museum Exhibit

“All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Service of Lt. Peter Hunt

WORK DAYS! WE NEED YOU! (announcement)

2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)

Ed Center Update

Trading Places by Leo Caisse

Providence in the Time of Roger Williams (map)

General Meeting (announcement)

“The Hunts of Hunt’s Mills Send a Son to War – 1861-1864”

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXX No. 1

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

4 part Cable TV series based in part on “All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Letters of Lt. Peter Hunt”

Wonderful Special News about the Ed Center Heating System

Our New Ed Center Update

General Meeting (announcement)

“The Hunts of Hunt’s Mills Send a Son to War 1861-1864”

In Memory Of Joseph Andrews, Gustave (Gus) Mills

Smithsonian National “Free Museum” Day (announcement)

Exhibit: “All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: the Civil War Letters of Peter Hunt”

7th Annual WSD (announcement)

2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)

Looking at … Our Last Season … And Hoping You Didn’t Miss Anything (photos)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Summer – Volume XXIX No. 6

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

Picnic (announcement)
Elinora St. Marker

2nd Sunday Summer Open Houses (announcement)

Exhibit: HUNT’S MILLS – A PHOTOGRAPHY RETROSPECTIVE – 1905-2016

In Memory Of Cecilia Beckett

Welcome Aboard the USS Rumford by Leo Caisse

Members Meeting (announcement)

Blackstone National Park, Head Ranger Kevin Klyberg

Plant of the Month by Jeff Faria, master gardener

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

April – Volume XXIX No. 5

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)

Exhibit: Hunt’s Mills: A 100 Year Retrospective Through the Lens of a Camera

Master Gardeners “Walks & Talks”

Life in the 1930s of an A. P. Hoyt Grammar School Student Recalled by Joseph F. Andrews, Jr. to Susan Cady [2017]

Slate of Candidates for June Election (announcement)

Members Meetings (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Volume XXIX No. 4

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses (announcement)

Exhibit: Hunt’s Mills: A 100 Year Retrospective Through the Lens of a Camera

Members Meeting (announcement)

Birds of the Blackstone by Rosanne Sherry

Hikes at Hunts (announcement)

Atwater/Donnely Duo (announcement)

What Cheer Airport by Leo Caisse

Public Utilities Commission Hearings

Current Museum Exhibit: Hunt’s Mills – a Photography Retrospective 1905-2016

In Memory Of Sophie Frederick, Albert Lee

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2016

November/December – Volume XXIX No. 3

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)

Open House Exhibit: East Providence Early Fire Department: 1880-1930

November Members’ Meeting (announcement)

East Providence Fire Department

“Green Jacket Shoal: The Case for National Register Status” by David Robinson

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Volume XXIX No. 2

President’s Notes by Nancy Moore

Early Days in the EP Volunteer/Paid Fire Dept 1880s-1930s
Watchemoket Square Day
“Keep Me Warm One Night” – a Fond Farewell (announcement)
David Kelleher Gets Honored by the City Council and EP Citizens (announcement)

Moments in Time by Andy Valerio

The Ragman (Part II)

In Honor of Dave Kelleher by Sarah Zurier (HPHC)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXIX No. 1

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

Members Meeting (announcement)

In Memory Of Joan Hanlon

Moments in Time by Andy Valerio

The Ragman (Part I)

Quilt Show (announcement poster)

Smithsonian National “Free Museum” Day

“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique Quilts

2nd Sunday Fall Open Houses (announcement)

Early Days in the EP Volunteer/Paid Fire Dept

Plant of the Month by Jeff Faria, master gardener

Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)

Summer – Volume XXVIII No. 6

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore

2nd SUNDAY SUMMER OPEN HOUSES (announcement)

“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique and New Quilts”

Rotors Over Rumford? Will this idea “fly?”

In Memory Of John W. McBride, Sr.

National Trails Day (announcement)

Picnic and Elections (announcement)

Slate of Candidates

Arts Festival at Hunt’s Mills (announcement)

Pump House Windows: We Need You!

The Curious Curator by Deb Omerod

May Public Meeting (announcement)

“Laff in the Dark”: The Spooky Spaces of Crescent Park

Remembering the VFW Post # 5385 and Veterans of East Providence, RI by Mary Mello and Susan Cady

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

April – Volume XXVIII No. 5

“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique and New Quilts

Historic Homes Bus Tour “Ring of the Green” (announcement poster)

Historic Homes Bus Tour Ring of the Green

March General Meeting (announcement)

Quilting: the Art Which Never Fails to Warm our Hearts

April General Meeting (announcement)

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse “We Got the Grant – Now What?”

Education Center Coming to Life!!!

Education Center Update

EP Historical Society 2nd Sunday Spring Open Houses and Special Events (announcements)

More Quilts Currently on Display at the Hunt House Museum (photos)

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Volume XXVIII No. 4

Ginny Berwick Keeping Room

Education Center Coming to Life!!!

In Memory Of Gwendolynne Johnston, Diana McLean, Daniel Wood

EP Historical Society Spring Open Houses and Special Events (announcements)

“Keep Me Warm One Night” An Exhibit of Antique and New Quilts at Hunt House

Financial Update by Dot Thornly, Treasurer

“Ring of the Green” Coach Bus Tours

March General Meeting (announcement)

Quilting: the Art Which Never Fails to Warm our Hearts

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2015

November – Volume XXVIII No. 3

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Jesse Albright

FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)

Open House Exhibit: Early School Days in East Providence

Education Center Challenge for You All!

Leadership RI Strengths Convention

In Memory Of Jesse H. Albright, Marilynn R. Brewer, Suzanne L. Dearnley

On the Road: Indianapolis and the Rumford/Hulman Companies by Nancy Moore

Rumford Collection Background by Todd Stockwell

The Curious Curator by Deb Omerod, Curator

Sea Grant Talk

November Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Inside a Postcard Souvenir Folder of Riverside

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Volume XXVIII No. 2

Weather Wreaks Havoc with Watchemoket Square Day

October Members’ Meeting (announcement)

What Lies Beneath?

WSD (Watchemoket Square Day) Thank Yous

RI SCF (State Cultural Facilities) Grant Update

A Challenge for You All!

In Memory Of Keith Costa, Mary McManus

November members’ Meeting (announcement)

Inside a Postcard Souvenir Folder of Riverside

Queries: Can You Help with Answers?

Schools of the Last Century

FALL “2nd SUNDAY” Open House (announcement)

Open House Exhibit: Early School Days in East Providence

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXVIII No. 1

Open House Exhibit: Early School Days in East Providence

September Members’ Meeting (announcement)

What Hung in the Hunt Family Closets?

October Members’ Meeting (announcement)

What Lies Beneath?

Congratulations!!

In Memory Of Donald A. Bowden, Robert F. Poyton, Ernest M. Socha

Fall 2nd Sundays (announcement)

National Smithsonian “Free Museum Day” (announcement)

Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)

On the Plate

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Memories of Walking in 1940s to Grove Ave. School by Marilyn (Sinclair) Lewis

“Tommy’s Wife” by Marion B. Horton from the 1912 Crimson

Summer – Volume XXVII No. 6

Summer Notes by Nancy Moore, President

Library, 1st Baptist Tour

PICNIC ALERT (announcement)

Nominating Committee Report

Proposed Slate of Officers

The Curious Curator

“2nd Sunday” Summer Open Houses (announcement)

Hunt House and Grounds Will Be Open Three More Days in June (announcement)

Fish Tale 2015

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

We Are Sorry … (photo correction)

April – Volume XXVII No. 5

Spring Notes by Nancy Moore, President

New Education Center

“2nd Sunday” Spring Open Houses (announcement)

Genealogy Workshops (announcement)

2015 Fish Story Update: A Herring of a Tale Part III

May Members Meeting (announcement)

April Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Church of the Epiphany Hall

Civil War Buff Alert! Exhibit at the RI State Archives

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Join the Master Gardeners This Spring (announcement)

March – Volume XXVII No. 4

Spring Notes by Nancy Moore, President

March Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Tracking Your Elusive Ancestors

Spring “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)

The Curious Curator by Deb Omerod, Curator

Visit the new EPHS web site at www.ephist.org

April Members’ Meeting

Tour of the Old Rumford Library and the 1st Baptist Church

May Members’ Meeting

Ed Serowik on OTHER amusement parks in East Providence

2014

November – Volume XXVII No. 3

SPECIAL DELIVERY! Lions Club Ornament: Rumford Building 38!

Attention All EPHS Gardeners!

November Members’ Meeting (announcement)

A Case History: A Grave Matter

December Members’ Meeting (announcement)

“Cakes and Concerts”

“NOTEWORTHY” To Perform at “Cakes and Concerts”

Coming up December 14: Last of the Fall 2nd Sundays

Fall Notes

October Recap: Tockwotten on the Waterfront
Completed since 2004
In Permitting Process
In the “Dream” stage

We Want You!

Queries: Can You Help with Answers?

Heaps of Praise from Our Visitors

East Providence’s Early History up for Sale!

The Daggett House
The Jacobs House

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Volume XXVII No. 2

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September – Volume XXVII No. 1

Meet Your New Officers and Board Members

Smithsonian National Free Museum Day (announcement)

September Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Crescent Park on the Ten Mile: “On the Road”

Markers Committee

Life Member Visit (Pat McGrail)

The Curious Curator

Summer Notes by Nancy Moore, President

Picnic Poll
Slater Mill Board Trip
Carpenter Museum Board Visit
Board Thanks
Wow! What a Wonderful Exhibit! (Crescent Park on the Ten Mile)
Watchemoket Square Day Volunteer Opportunity – This Could Mean YOU

Memories of Walking to James Street School by Marilyn (Sinclair) Lewis

EPHS at WHATCHAMACALLIT Square Day (announcement)

In case you missed the picnic… (photos)

June – Volume XXV No. 7

End of Year by Nancy Moore

Proposed Bylaw Change (dues)

many Thanks! (for treats)

Errata

Farmer’s Market (announcement)

Jewelie, the full size carousel horse on display at Hunt House (photo)

New Exhibit: Crescent Park on the Ten Mile

Which color scheme is correct?

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

May – Volume XXV No. 6

Herring of a Tale – Part III by Nancy Moore

Nominating Committee Report: Proposed Slate of Officers

April Speaker Recap

Summer “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)

New Exhibit: Crescent Park on the Ten Mile

Thank You, Pat Henry!

Help Wanted

Remembering Five Valued Members and Friends

Virginia Berwick: One in a Million by Nancy Moore

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Bylaws Change Proposed

May Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Crescent Park: Fun in the Sun With Ed Serowik

Queries: Can You Help with Answers?

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

April – Volume XXVI No. 5

Edna Anness: EPHS Forever in Her Debt by Nancy Moore

Prints Available for Sale (announcement)

“bird’s eye” view of Riverside
1799 map of Providence

Bylaws Change Proposed (dues)

Help wanted!

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

A Surprise Visit

Attention All Fish Counters (You Know Who You Are!)

Curating News: The Curator Is Looking for Help!!

Summer “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)

Ed Serowik/EPHS collection showcasing Crescent Park/Looff Carousel

April Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Chip Bishop, author of “The Lion and the Journalist”

May Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Ed “Mr. Carousel” Serowik presenting a comprehensive history of Crescent Park

Queries: Can You Help with Answers?

March – Volume XXVI No. 4

A New Home at the Rumford for The Count by Nancy Moore

Dues Change Proposal!

For Sale: 1799 Providence/East Providence Map

Spring “2nd Sunday” Open House (announcement)

In Memory Of: Gloria Peterson

Queries: Can You Help with Answers?

Members meeting and annual potluck. (announcement)

Pomham Rock – How Did It Get Its Name?

Teddy Bears at the Freezing Point – A Very Cool Idea!

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2013

November/December – Volume XXV No. 3

Rededication of Count Rumford: Back to Square One! by Nancy Moore

2nd Sunday Open House – Dec. 8 (announcement)

The “Teddy” (Roosevelt) Bear Hunt

Dinner “With Bells On”: EPHS Presents the Wheeler School Ringers (announcement)

Three New Historic Districts Proposed for East Providence

November EPHS General Meeting (announcement)

“King Philip’s War Sites”

A Midwinter night by George Kent

Treasurer’s Report for October 2012 through September 2013

EPHS Fall “2nd Sunday” Open Houses at John Hunt House (announcement)

Ring in the Holidays with family, friends, a delicious turkey dinner and the Concert Handbell Ringers of Wheeler School (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Volume XXVI No. 2

The Life and Times of Count Rumford Born Benjamin Thompson by Nancy Moore

Count Rumford Dialogue

Smithsonian Day and Evening by Nancy Moore

EPHS Fall “2nd Sunday” Open Houses John Hunt House Museum (announcement)

October members’ meeting (announcement)

“Watchemoket – Commercial Gateway to East Providence”

EPHS at Watchemoket Square Day

November December Meetings (announcement)

King Philip’s War

!!Newsflash!! Free Boat Tours on Watchemoket Square Day

Holiday Dinner and Concert (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Native Plant Highlight by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Volume XXVI No. 1

“The Rumford” Smithsonian Evening by Nancy Moore (announcement)

Smithsonian Magazine National Free Museum Day (announcement)

Wanted: New Webmaster

Watchemoket Square Day at Tockwotten (announcement)

Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Watchemoket Square History With Ned Connors

Call for Member Volunteers for Smithsonian Day and Watchemoket Square Day!!!!

EPHS Fall “2nd Sunday” Open Houses John Hunt House Museum (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

June – Volume XXV No. 7

President’s Letter, Maggie Dooley, President

A Huge Thank You! from Mona

A Herring Tale: Part III

Master Gardener Tour (announcement)

The Rumford Rifle Range

Hunt House Museum Is Open This Summer …

Odd Fellows Hall

Don’t Miss the Annual Picnic And Elections (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

May – Volume XXV No. 6

A Cemetery at Uncle Tony’s?

Nominating Committee Report / Proposed Slate of Officers (announcement)

May / June Open Houses (announcement)

May Members’ Meeting

Rolling on U. S. Route 6

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

A Herring of a Tale: Part II by Nancy Moore

Gone Fishing by John Agren (reprinted from the September 2006 Gazette)

Wanted: New Webmaster

In Memory Of: George Chalko, Helen Smith, Virginia Williams

Mona Breault Steps Down as Membership Chair

April – Volume XXV No. 5

Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley, President

May Open House (announcement)

A Thank You for the Telephone Committee from Pat Henry

April Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Once around the Bogs: Tracing the History of the Edaville Railroad with Postcards, Pictures and Other Ephemera

Once around the Bogs: Tracing the History of the Edaville Railroad by Reinhard Wohlgemuth

May Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Old Route 6: Where Did the Road Originally Run?

A Herring of a Tale: From the Seekonk to the Turner Reservoir by Nancy Moore

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Volume XXV No. 4

Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley, President

Newsflash!!! (herring will run at Hunts Mills Dam)

Museum News by Deb Omerod

In Memory Of: Hope Yeau

‘Footsteps in History’ Quilt by Rose Marie Sirenski

East Providence Hall of Famer: Our Own Dave Kelleher

March Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Potluck and ‘Fish’

Down Memory Lane in East Providence: McCormick QUARRY

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2012

November/December – Vol. XXV No. 3

Watchemoket Square Day 2012 by Nancy Moore

Sneak Peek for WSD 2013
Where Did All That Dirt Go?

November Members’ Meeting (announcement)

The Antiques Roadshow – Books

Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley, President

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Fresh Greenery, Fresh Butter and Fresh Biscuits!

Holiday Party (announcement)

October – Vol. XXV No. 2

East Providence’s “Big Dig”

Notes from the President’s Desk … by Maggie Dooley

An Invitation

November Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Ray Rickman: Rare Books

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

September – Vol. XXV No. 1

Smithsonian Day “Show and Tell” At Weaver Memorial Library (announcement)

Museum News

Second Annual Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)

Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live At Hunt House (announcement)

June – Vol. XXIV No. 7

President’s letter, Nancy Moore, President

What’s in Your Reading Pile for This Summer? A History Book?
Other Thoughts

Anyone Home? by Dot Thornley

Slate of Candidates for the Year 2012/2013 (announcement)

‘Wet Archeology’ by Reinhard Wohlgemuth

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

May – Vol. XXIV No. 6

President’s letter, Nancy Moore, President

Fish Ladder update

Museum News by Edna Anness, Acting Curator

Museum Committee Meeting

Some First Settlers of Wannamoisett by Jeffrey Howe (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

April – Vol. XXIV No. 5

President’s Letter, Nancy Moore, President

A Few News Items
Museum Open House

Museum News by Edna Anness

Museum Committee Meeting

In Memory Of: Sophie Allen, Anne Britton, Helen Dorr

General von Steuben – The Ship (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Vol. XXIV No. 4

President’s letter, Nancy Moore, President

501C3 Update
Other Thoughts

Thanks (for November & December dinner meetings)

March Program (announcement)

Vanity Fair – A Scrapbook Rises from the Ashes!

A Farewell and Great Thanks to Our Gazette Gal Friday

In Memory Of: Dorothy Midgley, Thomas Stringfellow

Museum Committee Members (list)

Museum News by Edna Anness

Hunt House Museum closed until May!

Proposed Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

2011

November/December – Vol. XXIV No. 3

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

November Program: Book Discussion With Chip Bishop

December Program: Patricia Perry

October – Vol. XXIV No. 2

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)

Fall Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Watchemoket Square Day (announcement)

Gone But Not Forgotten: Victorian Funeral and Mourning Customs (announcement)

A Midwinter Night by G. E. Kent

The CRIMSON: East Providence High School Yearbook (announcement)

September – Vol. XXIV No. 1

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Board Change

Great Thanks To

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Carousel Corner

June – Vol. XXIII No. 7

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, President

Slate of Officers for 2011-2012

Museum News

General Meeting and Picnic (announcement)

Fish Ladder Update

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

May – Vol. XXIII No. 6

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Museum News by Edna Anness

The Lost Films Recovered! (Rumford Company)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

What is the NATIONAL REGISTER? by Dwight Young (from the May-June 2011 issue of PRESERVATION magazine)

“In” or “On”?
Go to the Source

SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR 2011-2012

April – Vol. XXIII No. 5

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Museum News

One Year By-Law Amendment

Experience the Cape Verdean Museum

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Fish Ladder Progress

March – Vol. XXIII No. 4

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Why Create a Local Historic District?

In Memory Of: June Brewster, Robert Radway

Where is Virginia Yuro now? by Virginia (Yuro) Walker and Susan Cady

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Election of Officers

2010

November/December – Vol. XXIII No. 3

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Roger Williams – The Man and RI’s National Memorial

Member Spotlight: Mary McManus

November Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Florence Adams – Resignation

Holiday Party (announcement)

Hunt House Decorating

Remember when … you booked your Holiday party at the Glenlyon Club? (postcard)

October – Vol. XXIII No. 2

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Museum News

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Members’ Meeting (announcement)

Diners: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

1720 Farnum House For Sale

September – Vol. XXIII No. 1

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, President

Telephone Committee by Florence Adams, Facilitator

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Members’ Meeting (announcement)

What’s So Special About The Blackstone Valley?

Historic District Commission

July/August – Vol. XXII No. 9

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

A Special Note From One Of Our Long Distance Members

Request From Susan Cady

2009-2010 GRATEFUL LIST

Canoeing at Hunts Mills (postcard)

June – Vol. XXII No. 8

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)

Then And Now …

Union Primary School
The Dam At Hunt’s Mills

Museum News by Edna Anness, Curator

May – Vol. XXII No. 7

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Restoration of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

Candidates for Office (announcement)

Museum News by Edna Anness, Curator

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Newman Church Spire Octagonal Base

April – Vol. XXII No. 6

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Members Meeting (announcement)

Roger Williams National Memorial Park

Museum News by Edna Anness, Curator

March – Vol. XXII No. 5

President’s Letter by Nancy Moore, President

Hunt House Museum Wish List

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Members Meeting (announcement)

Growing Up In The Lesser Known Germany – Part II

Gardening Tips by Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Union Primary School (photos)

February – Vol. XXII No. 4

President’s letter by Nancy Moore, President

From the Museum by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Growing Up In The Lesser Known Germany – Part II

Rumford center after a storm (photo)

2009

November – Vol. XXII No. 3

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Footsteps In History

Rumford Center

Star Diner

Gluhwein (recipe)

German Cheese Pie (recipe)

Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

October – Vol. XXII No. 2

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Growing Up In The Lesser Known Germany – Part I

In Memory Of: Earl Berwick, Sr.

Wightman’s Diner postcard

September – Vol. XXII No. 1

President’s letter / Nancy Moore, President

Hurricane of 1938 (announcement)

Weaver Library News Flash: Free Seminar for Homeowners!! (announcement)

East Bay Bike Path Documentary (announcement)

Gardening Tips / Jeff and Cheryl Faria, Master Gardeners

In Memory Of: Austin Butterworth, Joe MacDougald, Gordon Wolfe

Museum Training / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Rumford Cookbooks (list of ones we do not have)

Boyden Heights postcard

July/August – Vol. XXI No. 9

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Garden Tour Update / Jeff and Cheryl Faria

Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Need scrap wood for kindling? (announcement)

June – Vol. XXI No. 8

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)

Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Museum News

May – Vol. XXI No. 7

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

“The Convict Ship ‘Success’ – Fact or Fiction?” by Reinhard Wohlgemuth (announcement)

Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

April – Vol. XXI No. 6

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Composting and Recycling by Jeff and Cheryl Faria (announcement)

“Step over the Threshold Day” – Statewide Open Houses of Historical Interest (announcement)

Heritage Gardens Update / Cheryl Faria, Master Gardener

Hunts Mills Dam Report / Nancy Moore, Historical Society Preservation

‘Scoop Day’ at Omega Pond (announcement)

Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

March – Vol. XXI No. 5

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Pot Luck Supper / Yankee Swap / Members Meeting (announcement)

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Twentieth Anniversary of the Museum

Gardening Tips / Jeff Faria, Master Gardener

Holiday pictures from the Hunt House

2008

December – Vol. XXI No. 4

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Holiday Party (announcement)

November – Vol. XXI No. 3

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

RI Public Broadcasting System presents “THE RUMFORD”

PRESERVATION NEWS FLASHING

Caleb Williams House & Rumford Complex

Dinner Meeting

Wheeler School Concert Handbell Ringers

Master Gardeners, Jeff and Cheryl Faria

October – Vol. XXI No. 2

Members Meeting (announcement)

Viall/Farnum House Tour

Footsteps around Turner Reservoir (announcement)

In Memory Of: Ethyl Coyle

Thank You Letter from Virginia Berwick

September – Vol. XXI No. 1

Members Meeting (announcement)

Tours of “The Rumford” and Fire House #3 plus Pot Luck Picnic

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Preservation News

Caleb Williams Cottage

Union Primary School Micro Memories / Joe MacDougald, Society Member

Master Gardeners, Jeff and Cheryl Faria

July/August – Vol. XX No. 9

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

In Memory Of: Lois Driscoll, Ernest Tuckerman, Elmer Yeaw

“New England Portrait – The Rumford (Baking Powder Company) Story” DVD Available

August Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria

June – Vol. XX No. 8

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)

Current Exhibit

“Historic Houses of East Providence: Those Still Standing – Those Gone Forever”

Roger Williams Paddle (announcement)

Background on the Ten Mile River Watershed Council

May – Vol. XX No. 7

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

Walker House/Rumford Center Tour

Current Exhibit

“Historic Houses of East Providence: Those Still Standing – Those Gone Forever”

Cape Verdean Museum

Candidates for Office (announcement)

Preserve American Grant

Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria

April – Vol. XX No. 6

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

History of Old Barrington Road

Nominating Committee (announcement)

May is Historic Preservation Month

Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)

Heritage Gardens Project (announcement)

Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria

March – Vol. XX No. 5

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Cape Verdean Heritage Hall of Fame Banquet and Awards Ceremony (announcement)

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Hunt House Museum News

Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)

Gardening Tips / Master Gardener, Jeff Faria

2007

December – Vol. XX No. 4

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Christmas Dinner Party (announcement)

Meeting (announcement)

Roger Williams: his life on Omega Cove and the East Bay, National Park Ranger John McNiff

Ide House Alert

“Colonial Christmas” / Yankee Volunteer Fife and Drum Corp by Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

November – Vol. XX No. 3

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

“This Old (Weaver) House”

Tribute to Donald Brothers Memory

A Significant Event by John Agren

In Memory of: Donald Brothers, Hazel Johnston

Holiday Party (announcement)

October – Vol. XX No. 2

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

The Indoor Tennis Court, East Providence

A Short Story about Gertrude Fiske

Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor (photos)

“Footprints in History” Celebration (photos)

September – Volume XX No. 1

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June – Vol. XIX No. 8

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Annual Meeting / Election of Officers / Picnic (announcement)

A Matching Grant Opportunity for Us All

May – Vol. XIX No. 7

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

The Hearthstone House: Up Close and Personal (announcement)

Rhode Island Clam Bake (announcement)

Oakland Beach Carousel Foundation (thank you letter)

The White Rock Spring by George Kent

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Find Your Family (announcement)

April – Vol. XIX No. 6

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

History of Scituate Reservoir / “Ice Cream Social”

Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Merry-Go-Round by Joe MacDougald

Rhode Island Clam Bake (announcement)

March – Vol. XIX No. 5

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

March Members Meeting (announcement)

Pot Luck Supper / Carousel Carver

Hunts Mills Gains Local Historic District Status

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Industrial-Strength East Providence Bus Tour (announcement)

January – Vol. XIX No. 4

East Providence City Council Meeting Alert for EPHS Members

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Oral History Project (announcement)

Thanks! (Christmas party)

2006

November – Vol. XIX No. 3

Members Meeting (announcement)

“Tea for More Than Two”

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

In Memory of… Melora Allen

Holiday Party (announcement)

Happenings (announcements)

October – Vol. XIX No. 2

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

Hidden History of Rhode Island

Community Programs (announcement)

September – Volume XIX No. 1

[This issue is not available. If you have a copy, please e-mail the Society.]

July/August – Vol. XVIII No. 9

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

American Chemical Society Award Ceremony

June – Vol. XVIII No. 8

Annual Meeting/Picnic (announcement)

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse: Re-lighting (announcement)

Acknowledgment of the June 12th American Chemical Society Award from Clarissa Penny Porter and George Wilson Penny III

Congratulations on becoming a National Chemical Historic Landmark from Richard Marshall

May – Vol. XVIII No. 7

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

Rumford Baking Powder Revisited

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Wish List for 2006

Rumford Chemical Works Award Ceremony (announcement)

Historic East Providence Bus Tour (announcement)

American Chemical Society and East Providence Historical Society invitation to award ceremony

Rumford Baking Powder building postcard

April – Vol. XVIII No. 6

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

“State of Mine”: Armchair Adventure into Massachusetts

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Cape Verdean Museum (announcement)

Wish List for 2006: Short Term

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

Rumford Chemical Works Award: Congratulatory Page (announcement)

Rumford Chemical Works Plaque / Edna Anness, Acting Curator

Annual Historic East Providence Bus Tour (announcement)

March – Vol. XVIII No. 5

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

Bayside Tap Company / Pot Luck Supper

In Memory of: Marian Craven

Source of $1,000.00 Gift (correction)

Wish List for 2006: Short Term

Important News (announcement about the award to the Rumford Chemical Works)

January – Vol. XVIII No. 4

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Preservation Committee / Dave Kelleher, Chairman

In Memory of: Alice Benson & Maude Fulton

Marker Committee / Kris Rose, Chairman

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
Free Masons Hall

Emergency at the Library (bookshelf collapse)

Lunch Stand on Knowlton Street in 1892 (photo)

Holiday Tea, Hunt House Museum (photo)

2005

November – Vol. XVIII No. 3

Members Meeting (announcement)

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

Preserve RI Honors Edna Anness

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

“Deck the Halls with Fruit and Veggies…”

In Memory of: George Murdock and Robert Tefft, MD

Grounds Committee / Jeff Faria, Chairman

Holiday Tea (announcement)

Holiday Party (announcement)

Preservation Committee / Dave Kelleher, Chairman

Museum Face Lift

October – Vol. XVIII No. 2

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

The Rumford Center

Rumford Chemical Mill Site to be Designated “National Chemical Historic Landmark”

Holiday Tea (announcement)

Holiday Party (announcement)

Birthday Party (Rumford Library 100th)

Babcock & Dolly by Robert Tetreault

September – Vol. XVIII No. 1

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

Members Meeting (announcement)

History and Tour of the Masonic Temple

Hunt House Memory by Sister Mary McManus, S.S.C.

July/August – Vol. XVII No. 10

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore, President

“This Old House” for Sale

Farnum House and Lyceum Hall

Planned Walk of Phillipsdale (announcement)

Wilson Grammar School by John Agren

Preservation Report / David Kelleher, Chairman

June – Vol. XVII No. 9

Annual Meeting/Picnic (announcement)

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Rumford Memory by James Robinson

Photos From The Hunt House Museum Colonial Tea

May – Vol. XVII No. 8

Members Meeting (announcement)

East Providence Post Cards: Bookmarks in the Pages of Time (Part II)

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

Hunt House Museum Colonial Tea (announcement)

April – Vol. XVII No. 7

Members Meeting (announcement)

Ham and Bean Supper/Brown Bag Auction

Nominating Committee (announcement)

Memories of Riverside transcribed by Jeffrey Howe from his father, Gordon Howe

A Humorous Incident by Frances Miller

March – Vol. XVII No. 6

Members Meeting (announcement)

East Providence Post Cards: Bookmarks in the Pages of Time (Part I)

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

Nominating Committee (announcement)

In Memory of: Jewel Drickamer

Mondo and “Col-leej” by Doreen Bonney

Third Annual Bus Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)

February – Vol. XVII No. 5

February Members Meeting (announcement)

Pot Luck Supper/Brown Bag Auction

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

Hunt House Museum News Contributed by Edna Anness

The Snow Storm by George E. Kent

The Third Annual Bus Tour of Historic East Providence (announcement)

January – Vol. XVII No. 4

January Members Meeting (announcement)

Pot Luck Supper/Brown Bag Auction

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

The Slide Rule by John Agren

In Memory of: Lewis Brewer, Arlene Hauk, Robert McCarthy

2004

November – Vol. XVII No. 3

Members Meeting (announcement)

Rhode Island Girls’ Lives in 1799: Diaries as Historical Records

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Holiday Party (announcement)

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

Rainbow Girl by Doreen Bonney

October – Vol. XVII No. 2

Members Meeting (announcement)

Providence Journal History: 175 Years

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

The Ball Point Pen by John Agren

Vote ‘Yes’ on #11 for Preservation and Heritage in Rhode Island (announcement)

Hunt House Museum Harvest Tea (announcement)

September – Vol. XVII No. 1

Members Meeting (announcement)

Rochambeau/Washington Revolutionary War March (exhibit by David R. Wagner)

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

In Memory of: Hazel Ward

Hunt House Museum Harvest Tea (announcement)

July/August – Vol. XVI No. 10

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Preservation Report / David Kelleher, Chairman

A Bulova Watch by John Agren

Program Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

June – Vol. XVI No. 9

Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)

Preservation Report / David Kelleher, Chairman

A Great Little Car by John Agren

May – Vol. XVI No. 8

Members Meeting (announcement)

The Rehoboth Minute Company 13th Continental Regiment

Nominating Committee Report

April – Vol. XVI No. 7

Alhambra Cabaret (announcement)

Nominating Committee

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

East Providence Historic Sites Bus Tour (announcement)

Tag Sale Fundraiser (announcement)

March – Vol. XVI No. 6

March Members Meeting (announcement)

Early New England Clockmakers

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

East Providence Historic Sites Bus Tour (announcement)

Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

February – Vol. XVI No. 5

February Members Meeting (announcement)

Shadows of Providence

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

Preserve Rhode Island (Winter 2003)

PRI’s Philip Walker House Becomes a Center for Preservation Education
Dendrochronology Study Helps Shed Light on the Philip Walker House

Did You Know… (Roger Williams)

The Ice Man by John Agren (part 2)

January – Vol. XVI No. 4

January Members Meeting (announcement)

The Rehoboth Minute Company 13th Continental Regiment

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

George Newman Bliss by Edna Anness

The Ice Man by John Agren (part 1)

2003

November – Vol. XVI No. 3

November Members Meeting (announcement)

Cooking – 1790-1850

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

Holiday Party (announcement)

In Memory of: Len Erickson

“We Thought You’d like to Know”

Charles Bullock, Veteran of the Civil War by Clinton Sellew

Preservation Committee / David Kelleher, Chairman

Fish Ladder Meeting report by Ray Anderson

Tea Cup Collection

Holiday High Tea (announcement)

Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

October – Vol. XVI No. 2

October Members Meeting (announcement)

History of Funeral Practices in the United States

President’s Letter / Kris Rose, President

In Memory of: George Rodrigues

Letters from Our Readers

Luella Holmes (Clifton) Mountain, re: genealogy (continued from September Gazette)
Jeffrey Howe, re: Thomas Manchester Reed
Jean F. Barnett, re: Paine family tour of Hunt House

Upcoming Programs (announcements)

Letters of Interest from the East Providence Post

Edna Anness, re: Freedom Green Park
David J. Kelleher, re: response to letter concerning Freedom Green Park

September – Vol. XVI No. 1

September Members Meeting (announcement)

Making ‘WAVES’ (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service): Women in World War Two

Lura Sellew Mayflower Medal (announcement)

President’s Letter and Board Briefs / Kris Rose, President

Grounds Committee Report
Markers Committee Report
Museum Committee Report
Program Committee Report
Publicity Committee Report
Membership Committee Report

East Providence Historic Preservation Study Commission / David Kelleher, Chairman

Museum Visitors (Paine and Abell descendants)

RI Treasures Exhibit Volunteers

Eastside Marketplace Old Time Almanack doing story about Historical Society & Hunt House

Letters from Our Readers

Luella Holmes (Clifton) Mountain, re: genealogy

July/August – Vol. XV No. 10

President’s Letter / Kris Rose

Members Meeting (announcement)

Making ‘WAVES’ (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service): Women in World War Two

Are You a Writer or a Wannabee? / Richard Wohlgemuth, Society Webmaster

‘COOL’ Thought for a HOT Day: Christmas Party (announcement)

June – Vol. XV No. 8

Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)

In Memory of: Lura Sellew

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Grounds Chairman / Ray Anderson

May – Vol. XV No. 8

May Members Meeting (announcement)

Miss Lucy and the Bandits

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Nominating Committee (announcement)

In Memory of: Norman Williams

Rhode Island Treasures Exhibition (announcement)

“Mad Hatter in Our Midst (tea party for the Red Hats)

April – Vol. XV No. 7

April Members Meeting (announcement)

Alhambra Cabaret

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Nominating Committee (announcement)

In Memory of: Ray Johnston

Rhode Island Treasures Exhibition (announcement)

March – Vol. XV No. 6

March Members Meeting (announcement)

The Life of Billy Yank of East Providence in the Civil War

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Praises for Appraisal Day Volunteers

February – Vol. XV No. 5

February Members Meeting (announcement)

Flags of the United States and the Important Role They Have Played in the Nation’s History

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Appraisal Day Update

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Antique Appraisal Day (poster)

Programs for 2003 (announcements)

January – Vol. XV No. 4

January Members Meeting (announcement)

Crescent Park

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Antique Appraisal Day (announcement)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

In Memory of: Virginia Sollitto

2002

November – Vol. XV No. 3

November Members Meeting (announcement)

Historical Society Plaque Houses

Christmas Party (announcement)

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Thank you note from family of George Adams

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

In Memory of: George Adams

October – Vol. XV No. 2

October Members Meeting (announcement)

Coca Cola Company from a Collector’s Viewpoint

RI Historic Preservation Bond Issue (announcement)

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Upcoming Programs (announcements)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

September – Vol. XV No. 1

September Members Meeting (announcement)

Squantum Association Tour and History

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Open House celebrating the completion of the Restoration (announcement)

Upcoming Programs (announcements)

July/August – Vol. XIV No. 11

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Save this Date: Squantum Club Tour and History

June – Vol. XIV No. 10

Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Nominating Committee Report / Florence Adams, Chairman

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

May – Vol. XIV No. 9

Members Meeting

Recreating 18th Century Slate Gravestones

The Pleasant Gardens of Rumford (tour announcement)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Nominating Committee Report / Florence Adams, Chairman

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

April – Vol. XIV No. 8

Annual Ballroom Memories Swing Dance and Concert (announcement)

In Memory of… Edward Adams

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

March – Vol. XIV No. 7

Members Meeting

“WW II Memories Roundtable” Structured Discussion (announcement)

Annual Ballroom Memories Swing Dance and Concert (announcement)

Nominating Committee (announcement)

The Philip Walker House / Edna Anness

Antoinette Downing tribute

Old Fashioned Annual Meeting and Family Picnic (announcement)

WW II miscellaneous items

February – Vol. XIV No. 6

Members Meeting

Recycle and Recover / David Goldberg, RI Resource Recovery Corporation (announcement)

“WW II Memories Roundtable” (announcement)

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

In Memory of… Lois Duckworth

Annual Ballroom Memories Swing Dance and Concert (announcement)

January – Vol. XIV No. 5

Members Meeting

“Take the Trolley to the Shore” / Everett A. Chapman, Collector/Historian

Recycle and Recover / David Goldberg, RI Resource Recovery Corporation (announcement)

“WW II Memories Roundtable” (announcement)

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

In Memory of… Barbara Haywood

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Photos of bygone places

2001

December – Vol. XIV No. 4

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

In Memory of… Frances Collins, Betty Davis, Sarah Gray, Helen King, Fales Peirce, Virginia Ripley

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Take the Trolley to the Shore (announcement)

November – Vol. XIV No. 3

Members Meeting

“Lifestyles of the Narragansett People” / Ella Sekatau, DHL, Guest Speaker

Friends of Pomham Rocks (announcement)

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Annual Holiday Party (announcement)

October – Vol. XIV No. 2

Members Meeting

“Lighthouses … and Why We Need to Save Them” / Timothy Harrison, president, American Lighthouse Foundation, guest speaker

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

Pictures of the bridge that once led to the Hunts Mills Amusement Park and Dance Hall

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

Donation made by Anna Britton in memory of Bruce Britton

September – Vol. XIV No. 1

Members Meeting

“The Early History of East Providence” / John G. Erhardt, PhD

The Blackstone River Valley Greenway Challenge (announcement)

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

BEST … Les (RI Monthly award to Atlantic Flag and Banner)

Museum News / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

From the Attic

July/August – Vol. XII No. 10

New Officers Installed – Historical Markers Awarded at Annual Meeting/Family Picnic

David J. Kelleher Installed as President for 2001-2002
Three Historical Markers Awarded

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

The Walker Reunion

Gardens with a View (tour)

In Memory of… Audrey Partridge, Myrtle Veno, Madeline Vincent

… and Another Thing / the Editor

June – Vol. XII No. 9

Dave Kelleher to Be Installed as President of East Providence Historical Society at Annual Meeting/Family Picnic June 19

Walker Descendants Will Meet on June 3 to Help Dedicate the Historic Philip Walker Room … Public Invited

Nominating Committee / Florence Adams, Chairman

President’s Letter / David Kelleher

In Memory of… Howard Mersereau

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

A Letter from the President-Elect

Gardens with a View (tour announcement)

Ballroom Memories / Florence Adams

May – Vol. XII No. 8

May is Museum Month 2001

62 Years! (Earl and Virginia Berwick anniversary)

Philip Walker Room dedication and Bridgham Farm walking tours (announcement)

Around the House

Report of the Nominating Committee

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

62 Years Together: Earl and Virginia Berwick

Garden Tour: “Yards with a View” (announcement)

Members Meeting

“Experience Architecture” / Jim Barnes

Meet the Volunteers

Preservation Awards (announcement for 3 historic properties)

“Save Our Lights” (announcement of City Hall display)

Family Picnic/Annual Meeting (announcement)

April – Vol. XII No. 7

April Members Meeting

Annual Ballroom Memories Concert and Dance

Photo of Alhambra Ballroom Band in 1950

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Members’ Memories

Babcock’s Department Store in Riverside Square / Ned Clark
Counting Sheep / Luella Mountain

One Picture is Worth … / G. Adams, photo curator

Wood’s Service Station in 1925

March – Vol. XII No. 6

Members Meeting

“What’s on Our Minds?” / Hon. Bruce Sundlun, speaker

You call THAT snow? (photo of Taunton Avenue at Watchemoket Square)

Board Briefs

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

National Preservation Conference (announcement)

In Memory of… William Saunders

Members’ Memories

Saturday Afternoon Fun (Lyric Theatre) / Ned Clark

Double Take: A 3D View of 19th Century Rhode Island (announcement)

February – Vol. XII No. 4(5?)

February Members Meeting

“Senior Project” and Pot Luck Encore

Who ARE Those Others? (photo of Town Hall staff ca. 1930)

Board Briefs

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Members’ Memories

The St. Mary’s Bayview Fire / Mona Breault, Class of ’48
The Riverside Canal / Ned Clark (originally attributed to Ned Connors)

February 2001 … 35th Anniversary of East Providence Historical Society

Who … Are … They? (cropped Town Hall staff photo of Orlo Hobbes, tax assessor)

January – Vol. XII No. 4

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Eighteenth Century Revisited (Philip Walker bedroom)

Members Meeting

“Ring of the Green” / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Reminiscences and Reflections / Ned Clark

In Memory of… Louis Ferreira, Ron Peirce

Back to the 18th… (another Philip Walker bedroom photo)

2000

December – Vol. XII No. 3

Board Briefs

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

The Old General Store / Ned Clark

Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

Program Committee / Ray Anderson/Dave Kelleher, Co-Chairmen

November – Vol. XII No. 2

Members Meeting

“Life Styles of the Narragansett People” / Ella Sekatau, DHL, Guest Speaker

Board Briefs

Christmas Decorating Contest (announcement)

Around the House … Museum Activity

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Curator

October – Vol. XII No. 1

Members Meeting

Heritage Harbor Museum Program

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Curator

The Day St. James School Caught Fire by Mrs. Earle Mountain, Hanover, PA

Board Briefs

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Members’ Memories

East Street School by Dorothy Duane
The Carlson Block by Ned Clark

Program Committee by Dave Kelleher and Ray Anderson, Co-Chairmen

August – Vol. XI No. 11

Members Meeting

Nicholas Brown will Discuss Plans for Phillip Walker House

Convergence Displays, RI (Looff Carousel viewing)

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Curator

Board Briefs

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Members’ Memories by Ray Anderson

Riverside Mom & Pop Store by Dorothy Duane

Public Auction ad for A. E. Allen Company Pharmacy from George Rodericks

June – Vol. XI No. 10

Annual Meeting/Election of Officers/Picnic (announcement)

Nominating Committee

Runen’s River School House by George Amaral published in the Providence Evening Bulletin on March 23, 1925

Board Briefs

Dave Kelleher Honored at Luncheon

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Ring Found at Oakland Beach, EPHS Class of 1957 w/ initials REM (in case someone is still looking for it)

Museum Committee by Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Buildings Committee by Earl Berwick, Chairman

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Photos of Boy Scouts and EP High School students helping out at the Hunt House

Members’ Memories by Ray Anderson

Six Corners Experience by Bill McWeeney, Amarillo, Texas

Listen and Learn submitted by Ned Clark, Riverside

May – Vol. XI No. 9

Members Meeting

Monroe Dairy

First Hope Congregational Church photo

Hunt House Gets a Much Needed Cleaning!

Board Briefs

Marker Committee by Kris Rose, Chairman

East Providence Historical Properties Study Commission Annual Preservation Awards (3 historic houses)

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

The Growth of Religion in 20th Century East Providence as Indicated by New Church Construction

Members’ Memories

Six Corners by Michael and Virginia Sollitto w/ photo of tradesmen

April – Vol. XI No. 8

Sixth Annual Ballroom Memories Event (announcement)

Members’ Memories

“What I Remember about Six Corners” by Paul L. Sincero w/ photo of Six Corners Shoe Repair Shop ca. 1927
Miscellaneous memories by Dorothy Sampson Duane

Board Briefs

In Memory of… Olga Rowland, Florence Sharpe, and Edward Taylor

Nominating Committee

Museum Committee by Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Millennium 2000 – May is Millennium Month (announcement)

By-Laws Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

March – Vol. XI No. 7

From the Attic by Edna Anness

Photo of Bishop’s Tavern

Board Briefs

In Memory of… Doris Mitchell Andrews

Members’ Memories

The Traffic Lights at Six Corners by Raymond Germerhausen

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson

Millennium 2000 – May is Millennium Month (announcement)

Report on Coffee Hour with Descendants of “The Original 58”

February – Vol. XI No. 6

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Schools of the Last Century w/ 1912 photo of “new” high school (became Central Junior High School, now senior citizen apartments)

Board Briefs

In Memory of… Phyllis Kirkman

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Members Memories by Ray Anderson

More “Memorable Local Residents of this Century”

The Original “58” Gathering (announcement) and list

Photo of Riverside Girl Scout House, originally called “PS No. 6”

Photo of East Providence High School built in 1875, originally named Grove Avenue Elementary

January – Vol. XI No. 5

Members Meeting

Pot Luck Supper/Brown Bag Auction/Business Meeting

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Memorable Local Residents of this Century

Board Briefs

In Memory of… Philomena Bucci

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

The Original “58” list and gathering (announcement)

The Christmas Party

1999

December – Vol. XI No. 4

Fish Ladders on the Ten Mile River / Dave Kelleher, Preservation Committee

Members and Friends Christmas Party (announcement)

From the Attic by Edna Anness

What Price Progress

Board Briefs

Crocker’s Spa by Ray Anderson

Report on the Philip Walker House Auction

Photos of Six Corners, the Old “Red Bridge” (1895), and Potter Street School

In memory of… Barbara Brainard, Past President of the Society

November – Vol. XI No. 3

Members Meeting

Riverside 2000: What Will Be New?

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Fires That Changed Our City’s Landscape w/ photos of Liberty Furniture Store and Riverside Business District fires

Board Briefs

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Holiday Cafe ’99 / Florence Adams

Christmas at the Hunt House by Virginia Berwick w/ photos

October – Vol. X No. 13

October Members Meeting

Tour of Rehoboth’s Carpenter Museum

The “58 Proprietors” (announcement)

Board Briefs

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Great Natural Disasters w/ photo of Riverside shoreline after the great Hurricane of 1938

Christmas at the Hunt House (announcement)

Christmas at the Hunt House (poster)

September – Vol. X No. 12

September Program

“A Walk Through History: A School Tour Sampler”

Pomham Rocks Light dates back to 1871 by David Kelleher

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Board Briefs

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

In memory of… Elaine Serowik

July/August – Vol. X No. 11

Preservation Report by Dave Kelleher

Board Briefs

The Hammarlunds of Rumford by Anna Hammarlund Agren

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Renaissance of Riverside

June – Vol. X No. 10

Annual Family Picnic and Election of Officers (announcement)

Nominating Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman, Florence Adams, Billie Arden

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Photo of Rumford Receipt Book with Edith Kidd, the little Rumford Girl

Board Briefs

In memory of… Steve Panzarella

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

May – Vol. X No. 9

May Event … A Unique Program … and Important Business Meeting

Sharon Snape Presents Her Authentic Historic Dolls

Nominating Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

Preservation Report / Dave Kelleher w/ photo of Philip Walker House

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Riverside Businessmen’s Association w/ photo

Yard Sale Report / Virginia Berwick

Committee Reports

“Ballroom Memories” Report / Florence Adams
Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

April – Vol. X No. 8

Swing into Spring: Evening of Alhambra Ballroom Memories

More on the Streets

Board Briefs

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

James Varnum Turner w/ photos of him and reservoir dedication marker

James Dennis House example of Victorian Country Villa by David Kelleher (reprinted from the EP Post – August 27, 1998)

Rain or Shine Yard Sale (announcement)

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

East Providence Oddfellows Hall constructed in 1889 by David Kelleher

March – Vol. X No. 7

Members Meeting

“Rhode Island Education in the Nineteenth Century”

Rain or Shine Yard Sale (announcement)

Special Notice: Amendment to the Bylaws

Streets of the City Update

Board Briefs

From the Attic by Edna Anness

Happy Tenth Birthday to Our Museum! w/ photo of first exhibit in 1989

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Clara L. (Maxfield) Arnold 1879-1959 and John Nelson Arnold 1834-1909 by Clinton Sellew w/ photo of Clara Maxfield Arnold (excerpted from a 1973 article written by Clinton Sellew)

A Night of Ballroom Dancing & Listening (announcement)

February – Vol. X No. 6

February Members Meeting

Newman Hunt Cemetery Restoration Project / Daniel O’Connell

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

“The Streets of the City”

Roger Williams

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

Newman Church cited for historical significance by David Kelleher (reprinted from the EP Post – July 2, 1998)

January – Vol. X No. 5

Members Meeting

Robert Korkuk to speak about his uncle’s experiences in World War II

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Board Briefs

In memory of… Beverly Chalko

Sunday Afternoon and Off to the Farm by George Amaral w/ map and photos

View history of unique Looff Carousel in Riverside by David Kelleher w/ photo (first published in the EP Post – November 12, 1998)

A Night of Ballroom Dancing & Listening (announcement)

1998

December – Vol. X No. 4

Members Christmas Party (announcement)

Board Briefs

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Crescent Park Exhibition w/ photo

November – Vol. X No. 3

Crescent Park Revisited (announcement)

J. Irvin Chaffee (first principal of EP High School) by Irvin Chaffee Plough

Board Briefs

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

The Ray Building

Close-up of Historic Sites by David Kelleher

Whitcomb Farm House

October – Vol. X No. 2

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Kent Heights water tower scrapbook of daily photographs and news articles from Raymond Johnson

October Members’ Meeting

“History of Amusement Parks” by Prof. Don Wilmeth

Board Briefs

In memory of… Clare Sullivan

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

September – Vol. X No. 1

Exhibition: “Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” (announcement)

Board Briefs

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church by David Kelleher (reprinted from the East Providence Post, February 19, 1998)

June – Vol. IX No. 16

Annual Picnic (announcement)

Board Briefs

Election of Officers / Florence Adams, Chairman, Nominating Committee

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Poster of upcoming “Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East”-related events

Riverside Square by Althea Hall McAleer

School programs presented in May and June

May – Vol. IX No. 15

May Members Meeting

“Riverside: from Farmland to Coney Island” / Dave Kelleher and Edna Anness

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition

Nominating Committee / Florence Adams, Chairman

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

East Providence Historic Properties Study Commission / Dave Kelleher, Chairman (honoring 3 groups)

History of Crescent Park by Amelia Cabral

Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

Hakan Carlson Hammarlund by John W. Agren (with image of his Lincoln Farm Association certificate)

April – Vol. IX No. 14

Evening of Alhambra Ballroom Memories (announcement)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

The Rest of the Alhambra Story w/ photos

Sway and Swing … this Evening (announcement)

Board Briefs

George Byron Boyden by Amelia Cabral

In memory of… Isabel Rich

Close-up of Historic Sites by David Kelleher

The Philip Walker House

Grounds Committee by Ray Anderson, Chairman

The Long View: Special Exhibit of Panoramic Photographs (announcement)

March – Vol. IX No. 13

March Members Meeting

East Providence in the Blackstone Valley Tourism Bureau and Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor

“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition committee meeting (announcement)

Victorian Farmhouse Must Be Sold within 60 Days Due to Rezoning by Nancy Moore

Board Briefs

Call for Candidates (announcement)

Alhambra Ballroom Memories (announcement)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

The Alhambra w/ photos

Letters

Swedish Ancestry Research Association (SARA) by John Agren

February – Vol. IX No. 12

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition

Board Briefs

Buildings and Grounds / Ray Anderson, Grounds Chairman

January – Vol. IX No. 11

Members Meeting

Leslie O’Brien, owner of the Charles Pierce House

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

“Crescent Park: Coney Island of the East” exhibition

Board Briefs

Champlin Foundation grant for public school transportation to the Hunt House

The Nelson Family of Rumford

Buildings and Grounds / Ray Anderson, Grounds Chairman

1997

December – Vol. IX No. 10

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Board Briefs

The Long View: Special Exhibit of Panoramic Photographs (announcement)

Flint Library Dedicated

November – Vol. IX No. 9

November Members Meeting

Rhode Island Whitecap Flint Corn and Jonny Cakes

Tribute to Harold Norman Flint

Board Briefs

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Christmas Candlelight Tour of the Historic 1685 Daggett House (announcement)

October – Vol. IX No. 8

October Members Meeting

The History of Girl Scouting in East Providence

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

The Rumford Churning Company by John W. Agren

Board Briefs

In Memoriam: Lura Sellew

Markers by Kris Rose, Chairman

Grounds Committee / Ray Anderson, Chairman

Buildings & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman

Museum Committee by Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Photo of Looff Carousel

September – Vol. IX No. 7

September Members Meeting

Eva Poirier’s Quilting Party

Board Briefs

In Memoriam: Lewis Meservy and Reginald Whitcomb

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

East Providence Town Hall story related by Caroline Hirdis, former librarian for Weaver Library

Markers by Kris Rose, Chairman

More Quilts (announcement)

Autumn Community Programs (announcements)

June – Vol. IX No. 6

Hunts Mills Family Picnic / Annual Meeting / Providence Brigade Band

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Board Briefs

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Tribute to Lura Sellew

In Memoriam: Alice Valerio and Lura Sellew

May – Vol. IX No. 5

“Historical Gardens”

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Kronquist’s Store

More “Squares and Corners”

Board Briefs

Nominating Committee by Florence Adams, Chairman

Building & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman

The Rumford and the Depot Square Grocery Stores by John W. Agren et. al. (continued from April issue)

April – Vol. IX No. 4

Strictly Sentimental Swing Band 3rd Annual Appearance

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Intersections with proper names (squares and corners)

Board Briefs

Preservation News

In Memoriam: Clarke Rodman

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

The Rumford and the Depot Square Grocery Stores by John W. Agren et. al.

March – Vol. IX No. 3

Good old days in the kitchen (Barbara Sherman Stetson)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

3 historic posters donated by Richmond Day

Board Briefs

In Memoriam: Charlie Jackson

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Building & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman

February – Vol. IX No. 2

Members Meeting

“The Fifth Wheel of the Wagon”, 19th century medicine by Lisa Roy, Civil War reenactor

Historical Marker Presentation Scheduled for February 24 by Kris Rose, Chairman, Markers Committee

From the Attic by Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Town Halls of Rehoboth, Seekonk, and East Providence

Board Briefs

Correspondence from Brookes Porter, Rumford

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Building & Grounds Committee / Earl Berwick, Chairman

“Metacomet, better known as King Philip”, an excerpt from “Our Heritage: A History of East Providence” by Joseph Conforti

January – Vol. IX No. 1

Historic House Receives Marker (Charles Pierce House) by Kris Rose, Chairman, Markers Committee

More About the Railroads

Board Briefs

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Abell House and 18th century Windsor Chair from it donated to the Society

1996

December – Vol. VIII No. 10

The Civil War Memorial at the East Providence City Hall by Clint Sellew

Preservation News (Ide House)

Board Briefs

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Work Being Done for “Images of America: East Providence”

Correspondence from Kenneth Roberts, Bullocks Point

November – Vol. VIII No. 9

November Members Meeting

“It All Comes Out in the Wash”: How to Care for Your Antique Textiles by Edna Anness

Board Briefs

In Memoriam: Hiram Wood

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Getting Acquainted / Doreen Bonney, Newsletter

The Three Railroads of East Providence (Part 2) by Brookes Porter

Annual Christmas Party (announcement)

October – Vol. VIII No. 8

Historic Dyeing Techniques – How Our Ancestors Dyed Their Wool and Cotton Cloth by Helen King

Board Briefs

Christmas at the Hunt House

Building and Grounds

The Three Railroads of East Providence (Part 1) by Brookes Porter

September – Vol. VIII No. 7

Are You Old Enough to Remember… “Out Back: or, is this trip really necessary?” by Virginia Williams

Board News

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

New programs at the Hunt House

Building and Grounds / Earl Berwick, Chairman

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Photo of John Agren on tricycle on Newman Avenue in 1930

Virginia Williams outhouse photo

May – Vol. VIII No. 6

“Recollection” Exhibit Opened at Special Reception

Don’t Call Him a FIREMAN* (photo of retired fireFIGHTER Norman E. Gladding)

From the Editor: What’s in a name…

History of the East Providence Fire Alarm System / Norman E. Gladding

Report of the Nominating Committee

Recollection Memories Roundtable (announcement)

THEN … and NOW: Waterman Avenue at Six Corners (1930 & 1996 photos)

Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic (announcement)

March – Vol. ? No. ?

Members Meeting

“The Next Ten Years Along the Blackstone” / Park Ranger Jack Whittaker

A Night of Ballroom Memories (announcement)

Recollection: Hunt House Museum Exhibition (announcement)

Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor: “The Next Ten Years” (announcement)

Grand Opening of “Recollection” (announcement)

February – Vol. VIII No. 5

1996 Marks 30th Anniversary of Historical Society

The “Island Connection” Viewed by Hundreds of Visitors Received National Attention

From the Editor: Reflections at Thirty … Pogo Was Right

Island Connection Scrapbook Selections

“A Written History is Their Goal (article about the beginning of the Historical Society reprinted from the EP Post in 1966)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

New Library/Reference Room

Annual Evening of Ballroom Memories (announcement)

1995

November – Vol. VIII No. 4

“The Island Connection: Cape Verde – Rhode Island”

If You Wanted a Cop … You Called “TAGGART”! (photo of patrolman Walter Taggart)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Wooden washing machine patented in 1890

Bridge Cop for 46 Years (Walter Taggart) published in the Providence Journal Magazine on December 29, 1929

THEN … and NOW: 809 Broadway (1925 Riley’s Market and 1995 Horton’s Seafood photos)

Members Meeting (announcement)

The Island Connection

October – Vol. VIII No. 3

Historical Society Begins Compilation of East Providence Photo Book

From the Editor … It’s about pictures …

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

“Lost East Providence”: Lost and Endangered Historical Sites in our City by Edna Anness (announcement)

Carousel photos

East Providence Scrapbook

Diary of a ten-year-old describes the 1938 hurricane / Marjorie Welt

THEN … and NOW: Carl Bulley (1945 High School Yearbook and 1995 Historical Society meeting photos)

The Island Connection: Cape Verde – Rhode Island (announcement)

September – Vol. VIII No. 2

Special Pictorial Issue

Looff Carousel Centennial: The Carousel and Old Crescent Park in Pictures

From the Editor: Devoting this issue to the Carousel Centennial

July/August – Vol. VIII No. 1

L. Diana McLean Elected President of Society

Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic Attended by More Than 200

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

About the Museum

The History of Watchemoket and Kent Heights by Edna Anness (announcement)

Look What We Found …

High School students discover stone foundations of bridge that led to Hunts Mills recreation area

The Emergency Botanical Team … A Quick Response

Cruise the Seekonk on the Blackstone River Valley Riverboat Explorer (announcement)

Society Members Featured on “Along the Blackstone” Cable TV Program

September will be Carousel Month (announcements)

Photo of Hunts Mills … Before the Grass got Too High

June – Vol. VII No. 11

Society Receives Third Preservation Award

“Reaching Your Goals” Benefactor Meets the Beneficiaries (Alan Shawn Feinstein visits Silver Spring School)

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Annual Meeting/Family Picnic (announcement)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Union Primary School hand bell

“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket”, Hunt House restoration group, and Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic posters

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

Reminiscences of the Shore reprinted from the Providence Evening Bulletin, July 21, 1886

Preservation Pride certificate presented by the City to the Historical Society

May – Vol. VII No. 10

“Ballroom Memories” Program Serves Nostalgia to Record Attendance

Nominating Committee Report / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Reminiscences & Reflections

The McManus Homestead / Patricia M. Henry

“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket”, Hunt House restoration group, and Annual Hunts Mills Family Picnic posters

How It Happens Part II (Gazette production)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Bowen’s Ice House and Pond

From Pilgrims to Pow Wows: A Look at Native American Life in Southern New England by Susan Esons (announcement)

April – Vol. VII No. 9

Society Wins Rhode Island State Historic Preservation Award

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Joseph Butterworth’s blacksmith shop

“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket” photograph exhibition (announcement)

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

The McManus Homestead

“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket”, Hunt House restoration group, and Ballroom Memories posters

Reminiscences & Reflections

The Town Hall Movies / Ruth Marsden MacDougald

How It Happens Part I (Gazette production)

John Hunt House Preservation Award Certificate

March – Vol. VII No. 8

March Members Meeting

“Whaling Expedition of the Mind” / Jim Plante, Model Shipwright

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Story of the Award Winning Hunt House Restoration / Virginia and Earl Berwick (announcement)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Anne Ide Fuller Library

“Jess Welt’s Watchemoket” photograph exhibition (announcement)

Ballroom Memories, Hunt House restoration group, and Pasta Supper posters

Babcock and Dolly

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

Ancient Boundary Marker (on Pawtucket Avenue at Silver Spring Golf Course)

Join Jim Plante on an 1850 Whaling Expedition out of New Bedford (announcement)

February – Vol. VII No. 7

1995 to Mark Carousel Centennial

Members Meeting

“From Pilgrims to Pow Wows”: A Look at Native American Life in Southern New England by Susan Esons

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Sadly Missed … Fondly Remembered: Charles Gross, Hope Ring

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

Roger Williams Spring

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Flax wheel and ladderback chair

The Hunt House Restoration / Virginia and Earl Berwick (announcement)

“From Pilgrims to Pow Wows” by Susan Esons (announcement)

January – Vol. VII No. 6

1994 Has Passed into History: Here is One More Peek at Some of the Images of a Great Year …

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Emma Judkins’ Meriden B. Company Teapot

Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

Washington Bridge

Certificate of Commendation for Hunt House Restoration from American Association for State and Local History

1994

December – Vol. VII No. 4(5?)

Plummer Collection Feature of Children’s Christmas Exhibition of Old Toys at the Hunt House

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

East Providence Standpipe (water tower)

From the Attic / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Miss Pagny’s earthenware jug

Annual Christmas Party (announcement)

January 1, 1995 … Out with the OLDE … In with the NEW … (newsletter name change)

Photo from the Children’s Christmas Exhibit

November – Vol. VII No. 4

Members Meeting

Fashioning the Past: Using Costume as an Interpretive Tool / Dan Romani, Educator, RI Historical Society

Christmas Exhibition Will Feature Plummer Doll House (announcement)

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Walt and Madeline Vincent Bring Home the Prize (AASLH Award for Hunt House Restoration)

The Feinstein Grant / Edna Anness

John Hunt and the History of Hunt’s Mills slide lecture by Edna Anness (announcement)

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

Red Bridge

Photo of the Historic East Providence Clock III at the Carousel parking lot

October – Vol. VII No. 3

Members Meeting

“A Walk Through History” …

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

East Providence Scrapbook / Clint Sellew

Runnins River School

From the President’s Desk … / Nancy Moore

Passage of Historic Preservation Bond Issue #6 Will Mean Jobs, Housing, and Rescue of Community Landmarks

Vote YES on #6: Preservation Works! sponsored by RI Historical Society

Photo of the Historic East Providence Clock II in Riverside Square

September – Vol. VII No. 2

42 Historical Society Volunteers Will Receive Prestigious AASLH Award

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

Feinstein Grant / Edna Anness, Museum Curator (announcement)

Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Buildings & Grounds Committee

The Blackstone Valley Explorer (boat tour announcement)

Members Meeting

Blackstone Valley National Heritage Park Corridor / National Park Ranger Suzanne Buchanan

Rumford Located in Maryland (Rumford Co. artifacts collected by Mike & Susan Rumford of Sykesville, Maryland)

Photo of the Historic East Providence Clock in front of Sullivan Brothers

July/August – Vol. VII No. 1

Society to receive AASLH Award for Hunt House Restoration / Edna Anness

E. P. Heritage Days …

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Feinstein Grant / Edna Anness (announcement)

Members Meeting

Blackstone Valley National Heritage Park Corridor / National Park Ranger Suzanne Buchanan

The Blackstone Valley Explorer (boat tour announcement)

Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

“Good Old Golden Rule Days”: the history of East Providence schools slide presentation by Edna Anness (announcement)

Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Buildings & Grounds Committee

Markers / Kristine Rose, Chairman, Marker Committee

Photo of Watchemoket Square in 1924

June – Vol. VI No. 11

1993/94 … Merely GREAT!

Annual Meeting & Old Fashioned Family Picnic (announcement)

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

Reminiscences & Recollections / Ruth Marsden MacDougald

Being a student at Brightridge School in the 1920s

The Rumford Project: 140 Years of Baking Powder History / Edna Anness, Project Director

Nominating Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Feinstein Grant Awarded

Photo of the American Band in Watchemoket Square on Fourth of July 1924

May – Vol. VI No. 10

Members Meeting

The Grand Movie Palaces of East Providence: Hollywood & Lyric featuring Joe Jarvis

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

140 Years of Baking Powder History … The Exhibit / Edna Anness, Project Director

Nominating Committee / Virginia Berwick, Chairman

Providence Evening Bulletin theatre page from March 20, 1940

April – Vol. VI No. 9

[This issue is not available. If you have a copy, please e-mail the Society.]

March – Vol. VI No. 8

Members Meeting

140 Years of Baking Powder History / Paul R. Jones, PhD

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Advertisement for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

Map of Rumford showing historical boundaries, sites, and property owned by Rumford Chemical Co. around 1895

Aerial photo of Rumford Chemical Works in 1942

February – Vol. VI No. 7

Members Meeting

Library Memories Roundtable: Once upon a time the Watchemoket Free Library Association / Caroline Bowen Hurdis and Valerie Toner

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Museum Report / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

The Rumford Story: The Lay of the Land / Edna Anness

Photo of East Providence Town Hall in 1928

January – Vol. VI No. 6

Society Awarded Grant from RI Committee for the Humanities (for “140 Years of Baking Powder History”)

…And More Help… (from the Rumford Company for that program)

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Museum Report / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee

Historical Society Lecture Series

Christmas at Hunt House

Photo of Watchemoket Square in Winter 1922

1993

December – Vol. VI No. 5

Come on over to Our House … Christmas at the Hunt House (announcement)

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Museum Update / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

November – Vol. VI No. 4

Members Meeting

Crescent Park Revisited / Ed Serowik, guest speaker

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

News Flash: Bridgham Farm is yours, East Providence!

Public Hearing: Roger Williams Avenue Reconstruction (announcement)

Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee

The Autumn Supper / Florence Adams, Pie Recruiter

Christmas at Hunt House (announcement)

Photo of Crescent Park Streetcar in 1903

October – Vol. VI No. 3

“Rumford Memories Roundtable” Launches Rumford Project

Members Meeting

An Evening with Joe MacDougald

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Museum Update / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

About the Museum (accessioning)

Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee

Photo of Railroad Station at Watchemoket Square in 1928

September – Vol. VI No. 2

Members Meeting

“Rumford Memories Roundtable”

The Rumford Story

President’s Letter / Nancy Moore

Advertisement for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

Reminiscences and Recollections from Joe MacDougald

Photo of Six Corners in 1930

July/August – Vol. VI No. 1

New Board for 93/94 Takes Office at Annual Meeting/Picnic

A Message from the President / Nancy Moore

Annual Meeting & Family Picnic: A New Tradition is Established

The Rumford Project / Edna Anness

The New Olde News

Museum News / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

A Short History of the Historical Society (by Lura Sellew, reprinted from Olde News, September, 1988)

Photo of Allens Drug Store in 1928

June – Vol. V No. 11

Annual Meeting

Nominating Committee nominations for officers

Preservation Update / Nancy Moore, Chairman, Preservation Committee

Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee

Family Picnic / Bill Simpson, Program Chairman (announcement)

About the Photo… (Watchemoket Square during the 1924 Fourth of July Parade, taken by Jess Welt)

Reminiscences and Recollections / Joe MacDougald

Photo of 4th of July 1924 in Watchemoket Square

May – Vol. V No. 10

Preservation Update / Nancy Moore, Chairman, Preservation Committee

Building Restoration / Walter Vincent, Chairman, Building Committee

Museum(?) / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

From the Curator … / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Hunt Gravestone / Lura Sellew, Governor, Rhode Island Mayflower Society

Markers / Katherine Rodman, Chairman, Markers Committee

April – Vol. V No. 9

From History Books to Cook Books (from “Sifting through History” in the Portsmouth Herald on March 31, 1993)

Roger Williams Avenue Update (announcement)

Markers (announcement)

Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

Preservation / Nancy Moore, Preservation Committee

Ban on Parking (on the marble terrace in front of the State House) request for help by Providence Preservation Society

March – Vol. V No. 8

The Future of Our History / Michael Charves

Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Comm. Chair

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Programs / Louise Healy

Events

Statewide Historic Preservation Conference

February – Vol. V No. 7

When History’s Fact Meets Fiction / Michael Charves

Publicity

News / Claudette Field

Museum / Virginia Berwick

Restoration / Walter Vincent

Preservation / Nancy Moore

January – Vol. V No. 6

They Just Don’t Get It / Michael Charves

Restoration / Walter Vincent

Museum / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairman

“Olde East Providence Businesses” museum display

Markers / Katherine Rodman, Marker Committee

Historical Markers Now Available

1992

December – Vol. V No. 5

Forgotten Memories / Michael Charves

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Museum / Virginia Berwick, Chairman, Museum Committee

Hunt House / Virginia Berwick

“A View from the Kitchen” or “Song of the Open House” by Florence Adams

November – Vol. V No. 4

Dark day for Historic Preservation / Michael Charves

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick

Trivia (Omega Pond alternate names)

October – Vol. V No. 3

Razing Ell / Michael Charves

Memo from RIHPC to EP Historical Society concerning the Hunt House and the brick ell

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Museum Committee / Virginia Berwick, Museum Chairperson

Curator’s Notes / Edna Anness, Museum Curator

Events

Golden Days: Narragansett Terrace 1920-1938
Save our Sites (tours of historic landmarks)

September – Vol. V No. 2

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Building Committee

Events

Beyond Warren Thresholds (tours of historic buildings in Warren’s waterfront historic district)
The Civil War: A Second Look

August – Vol. V No. 1

Axe Me No Questions: A report from the Lizzie Borden Conference / Michael Charves

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

A Day at the Races: Memories of Narragansett Race Track by John Agren

Goodbye (from departing editor George Field IV)

June – Vol. IV No. 10

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Hunt House Update

Nominations / Florence Adams, et.al.

May – Vol. IV No. 9

The Month’s News

Meeting

The History of Building Technology: Evaluation of Existing Buildings by Maxmillian Ferro, American Institute of Architects

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Nominations / Florence Adams

One House in Rumford / Hiram Wood

April – Vol. IV No. 8

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Meeting

Hunt House Restoration lecture and slides

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Thanks for the Memory (Board response to Society’s computer crash) / George Field

March – Vol. IV No. 7

Danger Editor and the Case of the Disappearing Newsletter

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Hunt House Update / Claudette Field

February – Vol. IV No. 6

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Hunt House Report / Claudette Field

January – Vol. IV No. 5

Notes from the Editor / George Field

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

The Rifle Range by John Agren

Danger Editor’s Last Case?

1991

December – Vol. IV No. 4

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Hunt House

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! (Champlin Foundations grant awarded) / Claudette Field

November – Vol. IV No. 3

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Special Meeting

“The Nobska – Last New England Steamboat” by Bill Ewen

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Hunt House Update

October – Vol. IV No. 2

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Union Primary 1933-34 / John Agren

Hunt House Report / Walter Vincent

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

September – Vol. IV No. 1

Notes and Comments / George Field

The View from the Other Side (Providence Journal article referring to the east side of the Seekonk River as the “Seekonk side”)
Grave Matters (Newman Church Cemetery)
Woodsman, Spare that Plank! (Hunts Mills tree uprooted by Hurricane Bob)

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Hunt House Update / George Field

Union Primary 1931-1932 / John Agren

July/August – Vol. III No. 11

President’s Letter / Scott Booth

Museum Committee Annual Report / Edna Anness, Chairman

Hunt House Update

Letters and Comments / Hiram L. Wood

Bayview Fire Company

June – Vol. III No. 10

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Tribute to former Society member Angela Heaton’s mother

Encounter in Norumbega (The Hidden Story of Early New England Maps)

Letters and Comments / Ruth Marsden MacDougald

Miss Pagny’s second grade class in the schoolhouse on the corner of Pawtucket and Vincent Avenues

The Annual E. P. Historical Society Picnic (announcement)

May – Vol. III No. 9

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation Committee

Nominating Committee

Letters and Comments / Hiram L. Wood

Another reminiscence of Miss Paganie’s School (Armington Corners School)

April – Vol. III No. 8

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Hunt House Update

Markers Committee / Kit Rodman

Program Committee / Bill Simpson

March – Vol. III No. 7

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Marker Committee / Kit Rodman

Grant Writing Committee / Jewel Drickamer

Ways and Means Committee

Stephen Mack, Our March Speaker

Hunt House Update

Union School Memories / Joseph J. MacDougald

February – Vol. III No. 6

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

George Donovan’s Bike Path video

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Grant Writing Committee / Jewel Drickamer

Hunt House Update / Walter Vincent

Markers Committee / Kit Rodman

January – Vol. III No. 6(5?)

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Restoration of the Philip Walker House by Mark Zelonis, Executive Director of the Heritage Trust of Rhode Island

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

The Christmas Caper: A Danger Editor True Adventure

Hunt House Update

Trip to Blithewold

1990

December – Vol. III No. 5(4?)

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Magical Mystery Tour, Part III (Blithewold)

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Peter Hunt letters

Mac Attack! (Society’s new Macintosh SE computer)

Hunt House Update

Christmas Open House
Taking the King’s Shilling

Lemuel Brown House

November – Vol. III No. 3

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

“Rhode Island, the Reluctant Signer, U. S. Constitution & Bill of Rights by Anita Flax, Esq.

A Victorian Christmas at Hunt House (announcement)

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Hunt House Update

Incredible, but True! (25-year lease signed)
Progress (painting)
More Gas (gas line from Hunt House to Caleb Williams house)
Bonus Points (grant for new heating system)

The Peter Hunt Letters by Jacqueline Damian

Christmas Giving

U. S. Bill of Rights by Anita Flax (announcement)

October – Vol. III No. 2

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Lura Sellew talk about tracing our roots

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

A Summer Haven as told to Jewel Drickamer by Elizabeth Gallup Myer

Hunt House Update

I Hear Ya Knockin, but Ya Can’t Come in (attempted break-in to Hunt House)
Gas at Last (gas line installed)
The Wall (dividing the parlor into 2 rooms)
We’re in the Money ($44,400 grant awarded from RI Historical Preservation Commission)

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Traffic Light Update
Bridgham Farm

September – Vol. III No. 1

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Slides of Coventry historical sites taken on our pilgrimage

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Return of the day Trippers (Second Magical Mystery Tour in South County)

“The Water Closet Caper”: Another Danger Editor Adventure

The Other Side of the Bay (Coventry)

July/August – Vol. II No. 11

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Day Trippers (tour of Coventry historical sites)

“The Kitchen from Hell!”: Danger Editor Returns! (His most perilous case yet!!)

Hunt House Update

Taking It to the Streets
Will Yoder (Public Building Authority member inspects Hunt House floor)
Exciting new Contest! (kitchen design w/ entry form)
The Backdoor Men Return (restoration of the backdoor)

June – Vol. II No. 10

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Annual Meeting/Election of Officers (announcement)

Annual Picnic (announcement)

Danger Editor!

Hunt House Update

Beehive of Activity (beehive oven arrives)
The Backdoor Men (restoration of the backdoor)
Adopt a Window
Love It or Lease It (lease approved by City Council but still being changed by City Solicitor)
Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Nominations for Office

May – Vol. II No. 9

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Rosalee Oakley, Association for Gravestone Studies, guest speaker

My Night as Deborah Grant Hunt / Claudette Field

Ways and Means / Claudette Field

Hunt House Update

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Spring Help for Homeowners / Jacqueline Connell, Roger Williams College & Providence Preservation Society (announcement)

April – Vol. II No. 8

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

A Hunt House History Lesson by Edna Anness

Tribute to late member Ann Bannister

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Great News – The Light Has Dawned at DOT! (traffic light replacement at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.)
Bridgham Farm
Union Primary

Ways and Means / Madeline and Walter Vincent

Hunt House Update

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Nominations

Safe at Last! (security system installed)

Determination Pays (IRS tax-exempt, non-profit letter received)

March – Vol. II No. 7

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Carousel Slides by David Kelleher

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Great Graffiti News! (removed from Weaver House)
Bridgham Farm Update
The “Not-So-Great Light of Our Life” (traffic light replacement at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.)

Ways and Means

Tax Credits (for preservation work of historic properties)

Who’s Who, What’s What (description of local historical societies/groups)

Hunt House Update

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

February – Vol. II No. 6

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Preservation / Nancy Moore

The Traffic Light Affair (replacement at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.)
The Moore Peterson Farms

Grant Writing / Jewel Drickamer

Ways and Means / Pat Millette

Hunt House Update

Heating System / Security System / Kitchen / Chimney Repairs / Exterior Paint / Clean-up Day

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

The Missing Meeting (January meeting canceled due to weather)

Adbook (for the Mystery Dinner)

Letters and Comments

Middletown Historical Society adding EP Historical Society to distribution list
RI Historical Preservation Commission’s preliminary consensus that Union Primary School does not meet NRHP criteria

January – Vol. II No. 5

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Carousel presentation by Dave Kelleher

Preservation

Moore/Peterson News
Light Dawns (Slowly) at the DOT

Ways and Means

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Union School

December’s meeting with speaker Michael Fink, RISD

1989

December – Vol. II No. 4

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Michael Fink, RISD, guest speaker

The Committee Monster Returns!

Hunt House Update / George Field

E. P. Phone Home (telephone installed)
Coming Events (work projects)
The Five Year Plan, and Beyond

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

It’s Official! (letter from Champlin Foundation approving grant for replacing Hunt House heating system)

November – Vol. II No. 3

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Meeting

Len Erickson, past president, guest speaker

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

The Moore Farm property
Traffic light at Pawtucket Ave. and Pleasant St.

Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent

Grant Writing / Jewel Drickamer

We’re in the Money (Champlin grant awarded for restoration of the Hunt House heating system)

Hunt House Update / George Field

Heat! (donor to buy 1-year oil service for Hunt House)
Miracle Workers (work on the Hunt House)
Piecing It Together (fireplace repairs)
Security Blanket (specifications for security system finalized)

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Moore Farm Visit (by Preservation committee)

October – Vol. II No. 2

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Nostalgia

EPFD came when the Red Bridge couldn’t close due to the metal expanding
Last Month’s Response
This Month’s Query

Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent

Annual Meeting / Claudette Field

Hunt House Update / George Field

Colors (original color of Hunt House)
Wampanoags! (GFWC Wampanoag Women’s Club meeting at Hunt House)
Safety & Security (fire extinguishers)
Outside (accelerated work schedule)

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

September – Vol. II No. 1

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Nostalgia / Ray Anderson

Last Month’s Answer
This Month’s Query

Preservation / Nancy Moore

Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent

Annual Meeting (announcement)

Hunt House Update

Lease Said the Better (lawyer hired to help with Hunt House lease)
Inside
Out (painting)
Signed on (new restoration project sign)
Company (East Providence Coalition Annual Picnic at Hunts Mills)

Museum Committee / Edna Anness

July/August – Vol. I No. 11

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Moore Farm

Nostalgia / Ray Anderson

Last Month’s Query and Answer
This Month’s Query

Hunt House Update

25 Years (Hunt House lease granted)
Scott (Booth) and Marvin (windows)
Contractual Obligations (specifications)
To Ell with It! (demolishing the ell) / George Field
Safety and Security
Outside Team Needs Help! / Ray Anderson
Museum Committee / Edna Anness
Inside Work Ongoing

Letters and Comments

Union Primary School NRHP preliminary eligibility

Slate of Nominees presented by Nominating Committee at June meeting

June – Vol. I No. 10

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Nostalgia / Ray Anderson

Last Month’s Query and Answer
This Month’s Question

Ways and Means

Hunt House Update / George Field

Longer lease proposed
Pump House roof collapse
Safety and Security Committee / Ray Anderson
Museum Committee / Edna Anness

Letters and Comments

Removal of the ell
Future of Union Elementary School

May – Vol. I No. 9

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Nostalgia / Ray Anderson

Answer to Last Month’s Query
This Month’s Question

Happy 50th Anniversary, Earl & Ginny Berwick

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

May Meeting

Anne Farber & Marijoan Bull, EP Planner, guest speakers

Hunt House Update / Ray Anderson & George Field

Safety and Security Committee / Ray Anderson
Museum Committee / Edna Anness

April – Vol. I No. 8

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Preservation Committee / Nancy Moore

Nostalgia

Last Month’s Query
This Month’s Question

Ways and Means / Madeline Vincent

Grant Writing / Ellen O’Hare

April Meeting

Charles O’Connell, history buff, guest speaker

Hunt House Update

Moore News about Pleasant Street / George Field

Museum Committee (end of article missing due to cut-out form on opposite side)

Letters and Comments

Newbay Corporation offer to speak about coal-fired cogeneration plant declined

Colonial Fair (announcement)

March – Vol. I No. 7

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

The Children’s Museum / George Field

Nostalgia

This Month’s Question

Historical Society cable TV programs (proposal) / George Donovan

Ways and Means / Ellen O’Hare

Grant Writing / Ellen O’Hare

March Meeting

John J. Finan, FTF Partnership, guest speaker

Hunt House Update

Safety and Security / Ray Anderson
To Ell and Back Again / George Field
Artifacts Committee / Edna Anness

Letters and Comments

FTF Partnership offer to speak about proposed Pleasant Street apartment complex
Newbay Corporation offer to speak about coal-fired cogeneration plant

February – Vol. I No. 6

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Our New Address (Post Office box)

Ways and Means / Madeline and Walter Vincent

Grant Writing Committee / Ellen O’Hare

February Meeting

Dan Horton and Anne Jenks, Seekonk Historic Commission, guest speakers

Hunt House Update

Safety and Security Committee Report / Ray Anderson
To Ell and Back / Claudette Field
Artifacts / Claudette Field
Potluck Rehash / Claudette Field

Concern over coal-fired generating plant / George Field

Further Unpleasantness (proposed apartment complex on Moore Farm) / George Field

January – Vol. I No. 5

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

Ways and Means / Madeline and Walter Vincent

Hunt House Update

The Securities Commission, Part II
A New Lease on Life (Hunt House) / Ray Anderson & George Field

December Meeting (report) / Lura Sellew

Unpleasant Development? (proposed apartment complex on Moore Farm)

December Speaker (more about Blithewold) / Florence Adams

1988

December – Vol. I No. 4

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

December Meeting

Mark Zelonis, Director of Heritage Trust of RI and Blithewold, guest speaker

Board Meeting (goals for Hunt House)

A New Lease on Life (Hunt House) / Claudette Field

Hunt House Update

Hunt House Restoration
The Securities Commission / George Field

November Meeting (report)

November – Vol. I No. 3

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

October Meeting (report)

Weaver House Update

Preservation Report / Nancy Moore

Hunt House Update

Hunt House Repairs
Vandalism

Ways and Means Committee / Madeline Vincent

George Reed / Clint Sellew

Remembrance for Dixwell Goff

October – Vol. I No. 2

President’s Letter / Claudette Field

October Meeting

Dr. Kevin Jordan, Director of Historic Preservation at Roger Williams College, guest speaker

Bank of New England’s Rumford office displaying East Providence historic prints / George Field

Weaver House Update / George Field

New Slate Elected

Ways and Means Committee / Madeline Vincent

November’s guest speaker to be Clifford Renshaw, restoration architect

Memorial for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Colt / Lura Sellew

Washington Bridge / Clint Sellew

September – Vol. I No. 1

“Olde News” Debut

A Short History of the Historical Society / Lura Sellew

Weaver House Update / Nancy Moore

Ways and Means Committee / Madeline Vincent

Nominating Committee Report

The Renshaw Report (survey of the Hunt House) / George Field

Hunt House Update