CCS Class of 1949
(missing some names) Front (left-to-right: Anthony Rubino, Ron Brogan, Bill Dame, Mary Ella Arnold, Eddie Arnold, Bob Durrin. Middle (left-to-right): Donald Watkins, Merrit Brundage, Dorothy Marra, Barbara Dorman, Mary Mulligan, …
Cambridge Lions Club c.1970
From the Washington County Post newspaper archives Back Row(l-to-r): Dr. Joe Pender, George Wilkie, Tom Dunn, Tom Dwyer, Walt Gann, Jerome Wright, Bob McWhorter, Front Row(l-to-r): ? , Bob Holbrook, …
The “COOL CATS” band, 1957
[ as told by Ed Cantwell, CCS 1958 ] Back around my Junior Year (1956-57) we formed a small combo called The Cats. The group included Neal Laverty, drums; Kerry …
HORSE-DRAWN POPCORN WAGON, 1907-1925
We all remember Albert Rich’s (and then Dorothy Rich Madison’s) motorized popcorn wagon. That started in 1925. But only our grandparents or great-grandparents remember Albert’s first popcorn wagon pulled by …
LAUDERDALE FAIR, 1883
Here are advertisements for Jackson businesses that appeared in the first catalog for the fair. In 1883 Volentine started the Lauderdale Fair on his farm at the southern end of …
Great Cambridge Fair 1890-1943
In the 1970’s Bob Raymond, Carleton Foster and Kerry McKernon put together a narrated slide show of the history of the Great Cambridge Fair. Ken Gottry converted the show to …
THE WHEELBARROW BET, 1954
Mayor Charles Ackley and the Rev Jack Wells made an agreement that, if the NY Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, they would push Ray Luke across Main Street in a …
CAMBRIDGE DISTRICT, THE EARLY YEARS
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I thought I’d talk about the beginning of the Cambridge District (today the towns of Jackson, White Creek, and …
CONTENT FARM
Content Farm was owned by the Law family (not sure if they built it), I think as far back as “Strong Oak” Law (I think I got nickname right) Around …
