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Home of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln at 181 North St., built prior to 1667 and lived in for more than 300 years by direct descendants of the same family for 12 generations. Lincoln, known as a citizen soldier, served in the Continental Army and later became a general as a member of Washington’s staff. The 1985 photo, taken the year of Hingham’s 350th anniversary, shows the historic homestead with its display of British memorabilia — musket, drums and the union jack. Guests arrived on Sept. 3, from Hingham and Norfolk, England, to join in the town’s yearlong commemoration, with their host families providing local tours and outings for the group. On Sept. 7, at a ceremony held for the townspeople, the English guests gifted a replica of their hand-carved town sign that still stands on a green by the library.
YESTERDAYS: Prohibitionists hold caucus at Good Templars Hall
Thu Sep 20, 2007, 01:53 PM EDT
Hingham -Hingham’s Yesterdays from the files of the Hingham Journal for the third week of September, 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
PROHIBITION CAUCUS – A caucus of the Prohibitionists of Hingham was held at Good Templars Hall last evening at 8 o’clock and the following delegates to the various conventions were chosen: William J. Leigh, Frank B. Young, Leonard Thompson, Henry S. Souther, Joseph T. Downey, Thos. G. Leigh, Harry W. Young, Edmund E. Cushing. Ensign B. Gardner, Harold G. Leavitt, and Frank B. Young.
TOWN TOPICS – Misses Ardra Soule and Florence Fowler left Hingham this week to enter upon their duties at Smith’s College.
Lieutenant White left Hingham on Saturday last and sailed from Newport News on Monday, the 16th, to join his regiment, the Fifth Infantry in Cuba.
An opening of fall and winter millinery, Saturday, Sept. 28, with trimmed and untrimmed hats, frames, velvets, feathers, flowers, and more. The latest leading styles. Mrs. B. W. Rich.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY – The annual fair of the Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week and it is hoped that the members and friends will be their exhibits enable the society to sustain the reputation that has been awarded it by the State delegates year after year, of having one of the best exhibitions in quality and tastefulness of arrangement to be found in the state.
Miss Carrie L. Stodder has returned from an extended visit with her uncle, Mr. George F. Stodder, of Elgin, Ill., and will soon resume her position as proofreader at the Norwood Press, Norwood.
FALL EXHIBITION – Fall exhibition of Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society, assisted by the Garden Club of Hingham, announce premiums awarded Sept. 17 and 18, for Green String Beans: first, John Connolly of Duxbury; Second, C. Vega of Cross Street, Hingham. Lima Bush Beans: first, John Connolly of Duxbury; Second Weir River Farm of East Street, Hingham. Lima Pole Beans: first, Charles E. Mason of Martin’s Lane, Hingham; Second R. F. Bolles of Jerusalem Road, Cohasset and Shell Beans: first, Mrs. Arthur G. Rix of High Street, Hingham; Second, Charles Pfaff of Main Street, Hingham.
FOOTBALL – The Hingham Town Football Team will open its 1932 season at the playground Sunday afternoon when they play the West Quincy Pirates. The team has again been fortunate in securing Frank Porter to coach. On the first practice session 28 men reported to coach Porter and are training diligently every Tuesday and Friday evenings and Sunday mornings. Quarterbacks are Chick Evans and Ash Hodgkins.
CHRISTMAS CARDS – Orders will be taken for hand-painted Christmas cards by calling Hingham 0126.
LOCAL ITEMS – Mr. John Shea of Leavitt Street left last Monday for South Bend, Ind., to enter the freshman class at Notre Dame.
Mr. Walter Wigmore of North Street has been ill and confined to his home for the past few days. Mr. John McKee of Water street is taking his place at Anderson’s store.
Mr. Walter Reynolds of Pleasant Street suffered a painful accident Wednesday when a fifteen-pound bar of iron dropped on his hand, crushing one finger. He was treated by Dr. Peterson and has resumed work at Bradford Weston’s.
Miss Nancy Whitman, formerly of South Street, Hingham, has signed a contract to sing for R.K.O. over the network of the National Broadcasting Company.
ASIAN FLU – The Hingham Board of Health voted at a recent meeting to follow the recommendations by the Special Conference on Influenza of the Surgeon General, Public Health Service and State and Territorial Health Officers. The Board of Health has ordered enough Asian flu vaccine to inoculate those persons in the top three priority groups.
SWEDISH SHIP – The possible revival of Hingham as a port of call for ocean-going ships is seen with the arrival tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock at the Hingham Shipyard of the M.S. Tristan of The Wallenius Line from Uddevalla, Sweden with a cargo of more than 400 SAAB sports cars for the SAAB Motors, Inc., of the United States.
FLORAL AWARDS – Seventeen girls, representing three different schools, participated in making bi-weekly flower arrangements at the Hingham Public Library during the recent summer under the direction of Mrs. Newton C. Trowbridge, Junior Gardening chairman of the Garden Club of Hingham. First prize: Debbie Dupee, Hingham High School; second prize: Barbara Anderson, Hingham High School, Third prize: Barbara Dana, Dana Hall, Wellesley. Honorable mention awards went to: Joanne Shrigley, Derby Academy; Ann Burgess, Hingham High School; and Wendy Wightman, Derby Academy.
ENGLAND – Miss Joan G. Whitman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester G. Whitman, South lane, sailed today on the S.S. United States to England. She will spend her junior year at Marymount International College in Surrey, England; and study at the University of London. During Christmas and Easter holidays, she will travel throughout France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Scotland and Ireland.
Gubernatorial candidate Michael Dukakis won the Democratic primary in Hingham by a vote of 2,338 to 1,990 for Gov. Edward J. King. Evelyn Murphy squeezed past John Kerry in Hingham in the contest for lieutenant governor by 32 percent to Kerry’s 31 percent.
SHIPYARD – A conceptual plant for the development of Hingham Shipyard was unveiled yesterday at a meeting between Shipyard Manager Paul Neelon and town officials. The plan features a mixed-use complex of commercial, residential and retail development, designed to make maximum used of the waterfront site.
ATTENDANCE – As a result of poor attendance in the high school, which Supt. Lewis Ernst terms as “the main day to day problem,” the School Administration and Committee have decided to tighten existing attendance rules within the school discipline code. More than eight days absence in one term will result in an “N” or no credit status on the report cars for that particular subject.
ARRESTS – For the second weekend in a row, Hingham police were kept busy with 26 arrests. Offenses ranged from operating under the influence to possession of stolen property. Two teenage girls were arrested for fighting in the harbor and one woman for disorderly conduct. Eight were arrested for drunk driving with being four repeat offenders.
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Old photographs for Hingham’s Yesterdays are organized and researched by Peg Charlton.
