Granville News, 1896, North Star Magazine
One page of Granville news, marked 1896 and "North Star Magazine." The sporting news included shooting and tennis events. Meanwhile someone slipped up at the drum shop. From the Historical Room collection.<br /><br />Also: Receipts from A.G. Spaulding & Brothers for tennis net, clay pigeons and other sporting supplies (from the Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation collection).
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Granville Public Library Historical Room
Independence Day: Recollections From 1896
Transcription of an article from the August 1896 issue of North Star Magazine written by Alfred Goodrich, recounting traditional Independence Day celebrations in Granville.
1896
Bodurtha: Samuel, Martha and Elmer, 1896
<div dir="ltr">Martha "Mattie" Morgan (Fenn) Bodurtha</div>
<div dir="ltr">Born: 3/13/1855, Wallingford, Conn.<br />Married: Samuel Salmon Bodurtha, 12/14/1877, West Granville, Mass.<br />Died: 8/24/1934, Agawam, Mass.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Children: Elmer Fenn Bodurtha, b. 12/19/1884, Agawam, Mass.; d. 8/21/1963, Agawam, Mass.<br /><br />Mattie taught at the West Granville school c. 1874-77. During this time she boarded with the Ripley family. After her marriage to Sam Bodurtha (a cousin of Eleanor (Bodurtha) Ripley), she moved to Agawam, Mass. From 1903 until the mid-1930s, the family owned the "Elm Shade Dairy" farm on Silver St., in Agawam.<br /><br />The photo of the family is dated 1896.<br /><br />The West Granville school is shown on the 1870 map at <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/34234/archive/files/28529c2a1025e03db5629902ede40465.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1659571200&Signature=pwYSgU9xyFLFPb1iMGW3qAkICLI%3D">THIS LINK</a>.<br /><br /></div>
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Stephen K. Bodurtha, Granville, MA
Robert Magovern, Agawam, MA
Digital Images: Copyright Stephen K. Bodurtha, 2022