Hoosick Falls Teachers’ Training Class, Feb-1931
From the Will Thomas collection
Sunshine Schoolhouse
Jackson District #7 one-room schoolhouse was at the corner of Rt 313 and Plains Road. The design over the front looked like a sunrise. Student body photo is from the …
Happy 75th Birthday to the New School
Seventy Five years ago this fall, the CCS Class of 1952 entered the “New School” for their senior year at 1pm on Tuesday 4-Sep-1951. The first senior class in the …
1849 Gazetteer
This excerpt from 1849 Gazetteer on Washington County covers Cambridge, Jackson, and White Creek Click on the link below to read it online, or click downlaod
Cambridge_Historic_District
As part of the Bicentennial celebration, Cambridge submitted an application to have a portion of the village added to the National Register. It was accepted in 1978 In general, the …
1950, Building the New School
Lt John Fisher, USNR, a native of Cambridge, sent a letter to the CCS BOE on 18-Jan-1945. He offered the services of his architectural firm Hampton & Fisher. He presented …
Paula Griffith, one of the oldest people in the U.S
Paula’s someone I remember from my youth, the mother of my classmate Nancy. But I didn’t realize that Paula’s one of 50 in America to reach 111. Wow. Griffith is …
CCS Class of 1948 Remembers
The following article was originally printed in the Washington County Post on August 11, 1955. Class of 1948 Has Reunion Recently at Brick Hotel Twenty-one Members Attend – Enjoy Steak …
Company Announces Store Closings and Job Layoffs
OK, the company is Montgomery Ward and the year is 1985 but otherwise this sounds like something you’d read today Montgomery Ward was closing stores because of a new technology. No, …
Twin Tragedy, CCS Pine Trees
The twin pine trees on the CCS athletic fields were a feeling of pride. Then, in 1973 and 1976 vandals cut down the trees. Saturday evening 17-Nov-1973 the first of …