Rehoboth Town (part 6 of 6)

Referee Hawkes had his glasses with him and every foul was called. Soon after the second half got under way, Chompton, Dartmouth's left guard was sent out of the game with four fouls. He was soon followed by Provost, Bristol's center. Then one after another, Knowlton, Rogers, and Haracz followed. It was anybody's game until the final whistle blew. Ellsworth S. Phillips, '37.

Basketball Game And Dance

The B. C. A. S. Basketball Quintet will meet the Norfolk Aggie Team at Bristol, February 23, at 7 o'clock. Having won a hard fought victory over this team already this season, a real treat is in store for the supporters of the team. After the game there will be a dance in the Auditorium, w'hich we hope will be in celebration of a victory.

B. C. A. S. Social Notes

The first Social event in March is to be a double header. On Saturday evening, March 22, the Annual Father and Son Banquet will be held at the dining hall at 6.30 o'clock.

Following the Banquet the B. C. A. S. Glee Club will present their second annual concei-t. Mr. Norman Bailey and the boys have worked hard to make this concert as good or better than the one presented last year, and everyone who attended that one agreed that it was excellent.

Senior Reception

The class of 1934 is holding its reception Friday evening, March 16, at eight o'clock. Follov^dng the reception there will be dancing until midnight.

This is always one of the most enjoyable events of the school year and we are expecting as large a crowd as usual. Make your plans early and don't miss seeing the boys of 1934 at their last party.

Miss Pozzi To Hold Leaders'

So many times the person who is responsible for the recreational part of an organization's program approaches her task with very little experience. Even those who have had years of experience in successful leadership in this field often feel the need of new ideas to spur them on.

To encourage and help the beginner, and to bring nevi' interests and methods to the more experienced leader of club activities is the purpose of the meetings in Program Planning which are to be conducted by Miss JVIary Pozzi, State Specialist in Recreation.

Educational programs, dramatics and shadow pictures will receive due attention as well as games and stunts that bring merriment to the meetings. Actual practice will accompany instruction.

Perhaps not the least value of these meetings will be the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and experiences with leaders from other organizations.

Although any organization is entitled to send two representatives to either of these series of meetings, membership is necessarily somewhat limited and the first to apply will be enrolled. Enrolment may be made through the local Extension Representative or by writing directly to Miss B. W. Eames, Home Demonstration Agent, Segreganset, Mass.

These meetings will be held in New Bedford on March 7, April 6, May 3, and May 31; in Mansfield on March 13, April 5, May 1 and May 29; and in Taunton on March 14, April 11, May 2 and June 1.

Tea Rooms And Wayside

Perhaps "Pleasing the Public" would be a good title to give the meetings which are to be conducted by IMrs. Harriet J. Haynes from the State College in Amherst, for the benefit of operators of tea rooms and wayside stands where cooked food is sold.

Everyone knows of a few people who have made a real success of selling food to the public in spite of hard times and other discouraging factors. These people know how to make their establishments attractive, how to serve food which the public likes at prices which are acceptable and how to keep accounts so that the operator may know his financial condition at all times, and so know what is profitable and

All of these features will be included in Mrs. Haynes' meetings which are to to be held at the Agricultural School in Segreganset on March 30 and April 13. Mrs. Haynes' experience with her own successful tea room and also her experience in helping many other Massachusetts tea rooms and wayside stand operators to increase their profits, make her unusually well equipped to give valuable assistance in this field.

Family Finance

That people appreciate the value of analyzing their expenditures in order that they may be certain they are using their money to the best possible advantage is evidenced by the number who enrolled in Miss Grace B. Gerard's Home Account group. These people are planning to keep accounts for a year, using a simple but very satisfactory method which Miss Gerard will explain. The picture presented at the end of the year will give a clear cut vision of the finances of the home and should be invaluable in planning better use of family funds in the following years.

Enrolment in this group is now closed, but in order to help those wlio were unable to participate this year the program will be repeated next year, centering the meetings in Segreganset or Taunton.

Child Development

The final meetings of the leaders in the Child Development study groups were held late last month. Although the number enrolled in this series has not been as large as in some other subjects those who completed the course have found it keenly interesting. We are so^ry that it is necessary to interrupt these classes now. However, severa) have asked that a course on Adolescence might be given and we are hoping to have Mrs. Morley present this subject next year.

On Making Cake

Answer - A dry cake may be caused by too little shortening, too little liquid, over-beaten egg whites, addition of chocolate without addition of more liquid, or addition of cocoa without addition of more fat.

Answ'er - Too much shortening or too much leavening, removal of cake from pan too soon, or removal of cake carelessly may be the difficulty.

Answer - Yes, simply add one-half teaspoon of soda to the flour, for each cup of milk. This counteracts the acidity of the liquid and leavens one cup of flour. Baking powder should be used to leaven the remainder of the flour. Sweet milk can be substituted for sour by omitting the soda, and using as much baking powder per cup of flour as directions call for.

Answer - Allow 4 level tablespoons or Vi cup of cocoa and V2 tablespoon of additional fat for each square of chocolate. For chocolate flavor in cakes, with no shortening, such as sponge and angel food, cocoa is preferred. Sift cocoa with flour in such mixtures.

Others close to these winners were Lionel Margarida, Westport; Ralph Doran, Raymond Harrington, North Dartmouth; George Souza and Alban Vincent of Rehoboth. All of the above had an average yield of over 15 eggs per bird for the month.

There w'ere 38 records turned in for December, quite a distinct gain over the preceding month. Don't forget the free trip to the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield in September to the club sending in the most complete records for the year.

Handicraft Club Notes

It may be a little early to announce it but there is no harm to mention the fact that the second annual County Handicraft Contest will be held on Saturday, April 7th, in the Taunton High School Manual Training Department. It would be well to start now to plan for it. A later issue of the Bulletin will give more details concerning the contest.

The Handicraft Clubs of the County Street School, Taunton, and the Mason- Burt School, East Freetown, are making bookcases for their schoolroom.

Forestry Club Notes

Bristol County has the distinction of having the outstanding Forestry Club member in the State this year. It is Lawrence Philla of Acushnet. Lawrence will receive a gold medal from the Massachusetts Forestry Association and will be rewarded with a free trip to lOounty Camp in June.

Camp Committee: - Mrs. Doris Johnson, Mr. Wilfred Vincent and Miss Christina Schobel of Rehoboth; Mr. Aldo Fasolo of Taunton and Mr. William McConville of North Dartmouth.

Mrs. E. R. Wyeth will probably be the Camp Cook this year at County Camp. She is used to preparing meals for hungry folks so ought to be qualified for this position at the Camp.

To date the following are all "lined up" for County Camp: Louise Collins, New Bedford; Alden Howland, Berkley; Camp Spirits of 1933; Barbara Williams, Easton, Canning Winner; Sheldon Davis of Fall River, Garden winner, and Lawrence Philla of Acushnet, Forestry w'inner.

Make your application before it gets too late. Don't forget the Camp fee this year is to be $5.00, but the time will be increased by at least one day.

State Canning Contest Winner

Louise Collins of New Bedford was one of the five girls in the State who will receive a free trip to Camp Gilbert next summer. This trip was awarded by the Ball Brothers' Company for the canning that was recently exhibited at the Union Agricultural Meetings at Worcester. Louise also received an attractive pin presented by Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company for her excellent work in canning.

Barbara Williams of Easton, County Canning Winner for this past season, received a cash prize of $5.00 for her canning exhibited at the Union Agricultural Meetings at Worcester.

Sion Service Papers

It is difficult to put into words my appreciation of the many kindnesses which have been extended during the w'eeks that have gone by. Some of these messages were so personal that they just could not be mentioned, but the many notes and cards which I have received moved me most deeply. I shall never be able in any way to repay you for these many expressions of kindly friendship. I can only hope that in the months and years to come it may be my privilege to serve in some small way, thus returning, in this inadequate way, the joy which came to me from the realization of the many friends that I have scattered throughout the state.

I think that you will agree with me that the club house having reached the point of construction where it can be used will mark a new era in 4-H Club work in Massachusetts. Our hope now is that things will continue until the building is completely finished, and furnished with the necessary equipment to make it one hundred per cent usable. Our hope is that uses may be found for it, including week end visits to the camps of club groups, using the building for headquarters.

My Trip To The National 4-H Club Congress

Each day's program was different, allowing us to make a complete round of points of interest, to visit various exhibits, and to enjoy the best of entertainment.

The Century of Progress exhibits were of course over, but we went in buses through the grounds and saw the many beautiful buildings. The Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, and Adler Planetarium v/ere open and we visited each. In the Planetarium the effect of night was produced, while a very intricate piece of mechanism pictured the sun, moon, and stars on the huge dome.

During the five days, our continuous round of action included visits to the International Live Stock Exposition, to the Chicago MaU Order House, Montgomery Ward & Co., and Marshall Field & Co. At the Museum of Science and Industry we took a trip down into a coal mine, and watched the process of mining.

Evening entertainments were varied, including on Monday the personal appearance of the Sinclair Minstrels, on Wednesday, a Merry-Go-Round Party, and on Thursday, a dinner and final party. The best event of the week was the Banquet and National Rally on Tuesday, with the dress revue and the awarding of trophies and scholarships to the national winners.

We left Chicago late Thursday night, coming home by way of Niagara Falls. It was bitter cold at Niagara, but just the same we walked around the falls, across the bridge, and into the Canadian side. It was splendid!

Ida Davis has been presented with a very attractive gold pin by the Montgomery Ward Company as County Winner in the Home Economics Record Contest. She also was State Winner in this contest and received her trip to Chicago.

Attention Of Hog Owners

The service is primarily professional - as professional as the law or medicine or engineerng. It is almost inconceivable that anyone without professional training would have the technical Icnowledge to give satisfactory service.

Even with the "cut" about $1,000.00 of the salary is paid from federal funds. These are in control of Director Willard A. Munson with headquarters at the State College at Amherst.

After deducting this item, half the remainder of salary and half the travel and other costs is paid from State funds in control of Director .R. O. Small at the State House.

Both Directors Munson and Small desire, so far as possible, that the local trustees function in this appointment, but it would be folly to assume they do not take their responsibility seriously. We should soon find they do. Therefore, the appointee must qualify for their approval. Director Small in decisions that have to do with the Extension Service, usually defers to Director Munson, whose special concern this is.

Unoflficially, local authority rests with the farmers of the county. A man must be selected who can largely gain and hold their confidence. Personal Qualifications

As yet Massachusetts dairymen are not "out of the woods". In the attempt by the federal administration and others working with them to lead us out they have found the dairy farmer's situation a jungle through which, to date, they have not been capable of finding their own way.

Just now the Massachusetts Dairymen's Association and the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture believe that a State Control Act will do more to safeguard the business interests of the dairymen of the State than can a code covering New England or any other unit. Perhaps they are right in this. The business interests of Massachusetts dairymen are not identical with those of Northern New England, certainly not identical with those of dairymen in the Mid-western States.

It may be that if Massachusetts Dairymen can work out a basis for safeguarding and furthering their owli business interests, their solution to their problem can be reconciled with the code that may best meet the needs of dairymen to the north of us, and also with a code that best meets the needs of the dairymen in the Mid-west.

qualifications that cannot be satisfactorily reduced to paper - ability as a leader, optimistic or pessimstic attitude toward farming, ability to carry responsibilities, to attend to business details, etc., etc. These can be guaged only by an intimate study of the candidate's fitness.

It cannot be expected that the seventeen years of experience and contacts acquired by Mr. Ide can be matched in any new' incumbent. This makes it so much the more important that one who has the best qualifications for the service be picked.

At this writing, March 13, the appointment of an agent has been "laid on the table" until April 17, because the candidates apparently best qualified for giving the service needed are not at present resident within the borders of Bristol County, which seems to some of the trustees an important consideration.

One important distinction between earlier attempts to aid the American farmer and the A. A. A. is the authority given in this later act to attempt to control production.

Among other efforts in this direction there is an effort to control pork production. The chief difficulty in enforcing this, says. Will Rogers, is to teach it to the old sows.

Be that as it may, there is at present a considerable bonus offered this year to hog-producers who have two breeding sows or more and will agree to re-i duce the amount of their production during the year.

The agreement required is based on records of production during the past two years, so it will be practically impossible to take advantage of this government offer unless one has reliable records of business done during the years of 1932 and 1933.

The special committee on this for Bristol County are Wilfred Entwistle of North Westport, Robert C. Halliday of North Attleboro, and George Ryan of Seekonk, so if you haven't yet been in touch with this and desire to learn about it, get in touch with one of these men or with your County Agent.

The whole procedure under the name of "codes" is an attempt to work out a decent system of business ethics. Under the old system of "dog eat dog", we are beginning to learn the interests of only a few relatively strong individuals were safeguarded. Some think it is time we found our way out of this "law of the jungle" and formulated rules under which the great game of getting a decent living can be played with fairness to all concerned.

The government does not undertake to play the game for us, does not even desire to formulate the rules under which the game shall be played, but will help with the formulating of iniles, and does propose to see that the game is (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1)

Butterfat Production

It is important that we see this purpose of our national government clearly, and lend ourselves to the working out of fair regulations for the control of the various farming industries in our county and state.

It is clear, is it not, that there is need of some accepted rules that safeguard the common good and at the same time secure to the individual the right to participate in the game so long as he will play it fairly.

Hens Versus Pullets For

flock records of fourteen Massachusetts poultrymen who had separate records on hens and pullets of the same breeding over a period of five years. Price changes of the last two years have not changed this conclusion which was based upon the following facts revealed by this study and further substantiated by a more recent study in New Hampshire (New Hampshire Experiment Station Bulletin No. 265).

1 Pullets lay a third more eggs than hens. The average production of the pullets was 169 eggs per bird while that of the hens was 126 eggs. This is 43 eggs more a year in favor of the pullets.

2. Pullets lay more large eggs when the entire year's production is considered. Eighty-six per cent of the eggs laid by the hens graded as "firsts" as compared with only 71 per cent of "firsts" from the pullets. These percentages applied to the total yearly production per bird gave 108 eggs of large size from the hens and 120 from the pullets.

Pullets are more profitable than hens for commercial egg production. This conclusion was reached tw'o years ago after making a careful study of the reception on March 16th, at 8.00 o'clock. This will be a gala event with all of the spirit of spring and exhuberance of youth. The Reception will be followed with dancing. Try to be with us on this evening.

Public Speaking Contest

The three County Agricultural Schools held their annual speaking contest March 7th to determine who should represent them in the State Speaking Contest in Amherst, iMarch 28rd. Bristol was fortunate in having one of its speakers chosen, Roland Ashley, of the class of 1936. We hope that next month it vnll be possible to announce that he has won a place in that contest.

Graduation Of The Class Of

The graduation of the Class of 1934 will take place in the school auditorium on the evening of April 2. The address vrill be delivered by President Hugh P. Baker of the Masachusetts State College. Two seniors, George Trefethen and Salvatore Ciaburri, were chosen by the faculty to bring short messages. The President of the Trustees, Mr. Allen P. Keith, Superintendent of the Schools of New Bedford, vrill present the diplomas. Rev. George Truman Carl will give the invocation. Rev. Carl was the English Instructor for this class four years ago, it being the last class in school that knew him as an instructor.

The largest class in the history of the school will graduate. We expect all of the friends and relatives of the graduates, together with the friends of the school, to be with us on this evening.

Glee Club Concert

The second annual Father and Son Banquet will be held Thursday evening, March 22, at 6.30 o'clock, at the Bristol County Agricultural School Dining Hall. The first event of this kind seemed to have such a fine social value that it seems advisable to continue this gathering of sons and fathers once a year.

Following the banquet, the B. C. A. S. Glee Club will present an evening of entertainment in the school auditorium. This evening of music and melody is open to anyone vdshing to take advantage c^ it with no cost for ad-

Tea Room Meetings Cancelled

It is with real regret that we announce the cancellation of the meetings for operators of Tea Rooms and Wayside Stands which were to be conducted by Mrs. Harriet J. Haynes at the Bristol County Agricultural School.

Program Planning Meetings

"Starting on time is one of the first rules of a successful meeting", says Miss Mary Pozzi, Recreation Specialist from the State College in Amherst. So the meeting of the Program Planning groups start promptly at 10.30 A. M., which is the scheduled hour.

The qualifications of a good leader were discussed to some extent, different members of the group contributing excellent ideas. Methods of advertising meetings, and securing a good attendance were discussed, as well as means of finding the interests of the organization members. What is the purpose of your organization?" asked Miss Pozzi. "Consider the purpose, and build your programs around that."

Following is a list of those represented at the New Bedford meeting. Similar meetings will have been held in Taunton and in Mansfield by the time this is published. Pilgfim Church

Home Accounts

Fifteen women braved sub-zero weather to attend Miss Gerard's Home Account meeting on February ninth, three of these traveling over thirty miles each way in order to get there. And that, we feel, is something w'orth talking about. Ten more women have sent in orders for record books, and are planning to keep accounts for a year, joining ttie group at the second meeting. By the time this article is printed the final meeting will have been held. During the next few months Miss Gerard will call on the women who are enrolled in order to help them with any personal difficulties they may run into in keeping their records.

Writing down the details of family expenditure may be somewhat of a nuisance, but what an interesting thing the completed record will be at the end of the year! First, there is the inventory of household possessions, canned goods on the preserve closet shelves, etc. - then the record of things purchased, and finally another inventory which will show the financial standing at the end of the year as compared with when the accounts were started.

Liver

Any kind of liver is good food, providing it is v/ell cooked. The difference in quality between calves' liver and other livers such as pig, lamb and beef, hardly justifies the difference in price All are rich in iron and copper.

Low heat and short cooking preserves the texture and flavor of liver. Scalding before cooking will improve the older and tougher kinds. Soup with RIced Liver (Hungarian) ^/i lb. beef liver 1 egg

Make a good beef soup; when nearly done, scrape liver very fine and mix it with beaten egg, butter, salt, and enough crumbs to mold. Strain soup and put the liver mixture through a fine colander into the soup. Boil 3 minutes and serve hot.

The Annual 4-H Round-Up Day will be held Saturday, April 21st, at the Bristol County Agricultural School. A particularly interesting program is being planned which will include several contests, moving pictures, exhibits, speaking by the State Leader, Mr. George L. Farley, and other features. Begin to plan now for your club to attend.

The next regular County 4-H Service Club meeting is to be held in the Norton Grange Hall on Friday evening, April 13th. Notices will be mailed out to the members, regular and prospective, at a later date.

The following hobbies are being considered for County Camp this year, wood carving, photography, silhouette work. Of course there will be nature and star study also. Some instruction and training will be given this year in club leadership work. It is hoped that several older club members will be present.

It is suggested that each Club arrange to raise money, by food sale or what not, to send one of their delegates, to be voted on later, to County Camp this June.

This does not look like camping weather but when spring does start it will come quickly, so I would advise you to get your application in early.

Taber, Jr., Assonet; Frank Young, Mansfield; James Frazer, Assonet; George and Frank Medeiros, Somerset; Leonard Doran and Ray Harrington, North Dartmouth; Ernest Ortelt, North Rehoboth. All of these had an average egg yield of over 15 eggs per bird, which is very good.

George Souza had an average yield for the month of 25 eggs per bird for his 56 birds, which is excellent. The other two boys were not far behind.

Forestry Club Notes

The Junior Woodsmen of the Smith Mills School spent a day thinning a wood lot belonging to the Acushnet Saw Mills Co., in New Bedford, near the Freetown line recently. Those who participated were the following: Bobby and Haldane E. Irwin Jr., Andrew Stupolski, James Neville, Irvin Perry, Charles Barney, Arnold Pacheco, Ralph Hawes and "Andy" Goodwin. Other members were sick and could not be present.

The boys thinned the wood lot in the morning and visited the Acushnet Saw Mills to see them handle logs, saw boards, etc. At noon time each boy made a fire and prepared his own dinner. They all had a fine time and did quite a little work.

Garden Notes

Although it still looks like winter at the present writing, spring, by the calendar is not far off. At any rate Garden Club members are now being enrolled.

County Awards Contest

Mr. Aldo Fasolo of Taunton, a Club member and past local leader of the Handicraft Clubs of the County Street School, recently made a number of sample articles which the Club Agent is using in the Clubs about the County. They are fine pieces of handicraft workmanship. Aldo is glad to do cabinet work for any one who wishes, at a reasonable charge.

Don't forget that your work should be all done by May, if you wish to get your pin this year. That means that there is only a little more than a month left to get everything done. All exhibits should be held during May.

The Lowly Grainbag

How many of us have things on hand that we might use to good advantage. Many homes in the county are making excellent use of grain, flour, and sugar bags. Last year there wex'e 150 articles made of grain bags by 4-H Club members. Already many articles for home and for club members have been made. Nearly every home where sewing is done has a scrap bag. Bits of brightly colored ginghams, percales, prints and bias pieces can be brought forth and combined effectively to make interesting kitchen curtains, luncheon sets, aprons, smocks, dresses for children and grownups and many other useful articles.

Contests For Girls

Annual Round-Up Day is to be held on Saturday, April 21st, this year. The dress contest has been a feature for several years. It will again be held at this time. There will also be contests for those in the food and homecraft clubs.

Food Club members should be making their books as attractive as possible so they may enter the County contest. There will also be a table setting contest.

The homecraft members will have an opportunity to exhibit articles they have made and notebooks. Ten minute demonstrations by teams of two Club members each will be an interesting part of the program.

Service

Perhaps a word is in order bespeaking patience in connection with the appointment of a County Agricultural Agent to succeed Mr. Warren L. Ide, resigned, and in connection with the handling of the service while that appointment is pending.

The service will be continued as best we can during the interim by distribute ing the burden, so far as it can be carried, among other members of the School and Extension Staff. Some of the service will necessarily be curtailed.

The Federal Seed and Crop Loans are continued by the government this year, and will be handled for the present by Mr. Forrest R. Gilson, as intermediary. The committee on these loans this year is Mr. A. Laurence Brackett, Mr. J. C. Shaw, and Mr. William H. Connors.

Fortunately the Production Credit Asn sociation, Office at Taunton, Mass., has relieved us of the handling of any federal land bank loans and of the shorts term "Production" loans.

Someone has raised the question whether the County Agricultural Agent position could not be done away with - presumably in the interest of economy. To do away with the County Agricultural Agent would necessitate the adding of another man to the school staff in some capacity to carry the work. In making any such change we should be deprived of the federal funds toward the salary, of the franking privilege, and quite possibly of the State reimbursement for this work, which together cover considerably more than half the costs of the service.

Others have emphasized the desirability of selecting a candidate who is now a resident of Bristol County - presumably to give some worthy person a job. No one more than I would like to do a good turn for a neighbor; yet the fact that a candidate's home at present is on one side or the other of the County boundary line neither adds to nor detracts much from his qualifications for service. The spirit of narrow self-seeking in our people has played no small part in bringing this great, virile nation

Annual Garden Day Don'T Be Misled

Each year, for several years, one or more residents of the County have brought to our attention the fact that hucksters were using the name of the Bristol County Agricultural School to sell produce represented as coming from the School but which proved not to be School produce.

Sometimes fruit or vegetables or flow'- ers or plants are purchased from the School by those who sell these products again. On the other hand, in several cases, hucksters have sold decidedly inferior produce in the name of the School when neither the goods nor the man had any connection whatever with the School.

Inconvenient as delay in this appointment may be, delay is undoubtedly better than the appointment of a secondrate candidate. Good material is available, men whose age and experience well qualify them for the tasks, and who have specially trained for this type of work.

For twenty years the Board of Trustees of this School and others in authority have steadily built up a high quality of service by appointing the personnel solely on the basis of their qualifications. This fact in itself is an earnest that in this appointment, also, the interests of the County will be well taken care of.

George H. Gilbert

In the meantime direct all communications that Would ordinarily come to the County Agi-icultural Agent to the Bristol County Ag-ricultural School. GEORGE H. GILBERT,

To Safeguard Dairy Farm

No phase of the marketing of farm products, or of any other line of products, has been more perplexing and difficult than the marketing of dairy products. The Administration at Washington has frankly stated that this presented the most puzzling problem that confronts them.

Now the A. A. A. has come through with a proposal that Dairymen, in common with Hog-producers and others, cut down production by ten per cent, as one step toward raising prices. In return for this voluntary curtailment of production the government proposes to pay to the farmer what amounts to about $1.50 for each hundred pounds of milk that he shrinks his production from the average for the years 1932 and 1933.

Then it is proposed to recover this money that the government is to pay to the farmers who voluntarily reduce their dairy output by levying a tax on all dairy products, which tax everybody must pay. It is intended that this tax shall not be paid by the farmer but by the dealer or consumer, yet in practice the only way the farmer can prevent this processing tax from being deducted from his milk check is, perhaps, to come under the federal code and license system.

It seems to be true that those fanners around Fall River, New Bedford, Providence and Newport have insured their milk price at the farm through the federal code and license that went into effect April 1 in those areas.

In general the possible advantage to farmers in Bristol County that may come from the ten per cent reduction in dairy output will come, if it comes at all, through an improved market.

Judging Team Wins Honors

The Poultry Judging Contest in the State of Massachusetts begins with the annual contest at Amherst in the fall to select among the contestants, a state judging team. The scores from the Amherst contest are combined with those from Topsfield and the contestants with the twenty highest scores are placed in the running for the semi-final contest at Amherst the following March.

After having judged at all three of the contests, Victor Martin of Bristol ranks first, with Albert Haracz fifth, and Donald Peckham seventh.

The first six in rank wUl compete with one another at Brockton or Topsfield in September to represent Massachusetts at the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield in the fall.

Those receiving letters were: Adrian Vincent, Joseph Rogers, Milton Provost, Albert Haracz, Walter Fitzgerald, Mitchell Plonka and Howard Potter. Howard Potter was the manager for the season. Those receiving numerals were: Henry Urban '34, George Berry '35, Malcolm Brownell '35, Raymond Johnson '35, Theodore Kocon '35, Wocjiech Psyz '35, Walter Goff '36, Elmer Bryant '37, Alfred Santos '37.

Athletic Awards

The Bristol County Agricultural School quintet won the 1933-'34 Narragansett League Basketball Championship. The school boasted of one of the finest teams this year in the history of the school. Awards were given out by Mr. Pettey at the closing assembly.

Commencement Exercises

The Class of 1934 graduated Monday evening, April 2. A fine program was enjoyed by a crowd which packed the school assembly. The school Glee Cllib, in which were a number of the Seniors, sang several numbers. A band and a trumpet trio, both under the leadership of Mr. Mason, added a great variety to the music for the evening. Rev. George T. Carl of Winchester, New Hampshire, offered the invocation. Short addresses were given by two of the Seniors, George Trefethen on the subject "Life of an Aggie Boy" and

The address of the evening was given by Dr. Hugh P. Baker, President of Massachusetts State Ctollege, taking as his subject "What's Ahead of Agriculture in Massachusetts?"

The presentation of Diplomas was made by Mr. Allen P. Keith, President of the Board of Trustees. Those receiving diplomas were: Frank Brown, Joseph Ernest Brulotte, John Joseph Bryant, Rudolph Christian Christenson, Salvatore Ted Ciaburri, Carlton E. Cobb, Joseph Frank Cotrone, Gordon Westley Diggle, Walter James Fitzgerald, Albert H. J. Haracz, Clifford Edward Johnson, Wilfred Kay, John Francis Marcille, Victor Russell Martin, Howard C. Potter, Herbert L. Ripley, Walter A. Roberts, Joseph E. Rogers, John Joseph Rosis, Joseph Lawrence Silvia, Mason Vestal Smith, George Stanford Spencer, George Thomas Trefethen, Henry Peter Urban, Adrian M. Vincent.

The Alumni Honors were given out by Mr. H. Judson Robinson. These honors consist of a pennant of the School to one in each of the classes, who in the estimation of the entire staff seems to be the most representative all-ai'ound fellow, in his class work, in his field work and in his attitude toward life in general. Those receiving these were: Freshman, John Bartley; Sophomore, Omer Harrison; Junior, Gerald DeCosta; Senior, Wilfred Kay.

The Thrift prizes were awarded by Mr. Warren L. Ide. These are based on three things: (1) wise spending of money earned; (2) general work habits; (3) condition of the daily account books.

Three prizes are given to three members of each class. Those in the Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior classes, receive five, three and two dollars, while the Seniors receive ten, six and four dollars. The recipients of these awards were: Freshman, John Bartley, Robert Jones, Sewall Peckham; Sophomore, Omer Harrison, Norman LaBelle, Anthony Korkuc; Juniors, Mitchell Plonka, Wocjiech iPysz, PhiUip Therrien; Senior, Carllton Cobb, George Trefethen, Clifford Johnson.

Officers For The Student Organization

The Builders of America, which is the student organization of the School, elected its officers for the coming year: (Continued on Page 3, Continued 3)

Tomato Juice Cocktail

Mrs. Edward Parker of North Easton has worked out the proportions in this excellent cocktail recipe. Try it and see if it doesn't add new zest to your interest in tomatoes. Remember, tomatoes are an excellent "spring tonic. "

Mrs. Parker also suggests making up more than the amount required for immediate use and canning what is left. If processed for 20 minutes in the water bath, the cocktail will keep indefinitely.

Program Planning

The" Mansfield and Taunton meetings of the Program Planning group conducted by Miss Mary Pozzi, State Recreation Specialist, w'ere well attended.

After listing the essentials of a well planned meeting a discussion of the ways and means of reaching these goals was started. This will continue throughout the series until all the important points have been covered. Particular interest was shown in the simple outliine of parliamentary law which Miss Pozzi promised for the next meeting.

Source changes here: from A History of Bristol County, Massachusetts (Vol. 2), by Hutt, Frank Wolcott, published 1924; 4,994 words in this source stream.

Rehoboth Town

As one draws near to Rehoboth, the ancient Seekonk, by way of the open turnpike, and not the savage trails of the Separatist, Blackstone, one is prone to conjure up the goals of the wanderings of the three restless non-conformist clerics who, one after another, here sought asylum, or rather retreat, from both the "lords bishops and the lords brethren"; and we remark their courage, at least, as they sought suffrage, even then, in the broader places. His great distance from our times, and the few and meagre details that we have of his life, make William Blackstone an elusive wanderer in the mazes of Rehoboth history. For all purposes, it is enough to know (so far as the records assure us) that he was the first white man to retreat for settlement at Rehoboth; but we still remember how funda- mentally Separatist he was, whether in his non-conformity to the Church of England of his day, or in his non-sympathy with his Puritan neighbors. He was the first settler within the bounds of the present Boston, or Shawmut, as then known, where he was also earliest to take the freeman's oath; and there he planted his remembered orchard and garden.

Then came Blackstone's long journey from Shawmut to the former Seekonk, where he planted new orchards and gardens, read his books on Study Hill, wrote much that, so far as is known, was not preserved, and then passed on. He did nothing more than that for Rehoboth. And who should follow him, in 1636, but Roger Williams, "arch Separatist", to stop here only a little while, to make passing friendship with Blackstone, and then on, to the founding of his Providence.

Newman and His Co-workers. - And meantime, came Rev. Samuel Newman, and for a more specifically town-building purpose - that of founding a settlement; though another of the hard matters for us of our luxurious times to appreciate is the fact that the Indians, as well as the white men, appeared at the time to be satisfied with the purchase from Massasoit of this territory for "ten fathoms of wampum", which is said to have been equal to fifty shillings, "with a coat thrown in." Newman was the practical founder of a township, a man of piety, the John Harvard of his group. He brought with him a number of people from Weymouth, having originally removed from Dorchester, where he had known both Blackstone and Williams.

A strict disciplinarian, as well as co-worker with his people, he with men of the name of Palmer, Wheaton, Browne, Bullock, Blanding, Bliss and others, helped clear the wilderness. We do not wonder much that Samuel Newman chose "Rehoboth" for the name of his settlement. The new and open field for his chosen work, and the broad and expansive outlook of the rolling hills of this section, combined to inspire the significance of the "broad places,' which is what that Hebrew word intends to convey. Here, also, Samuel Newman completed the third Concordance of the English Bible ever in use - not the least of his labors; and it is stated that he worked far into the night, by light of a pine torch, at his task. The late Senator George Nelson Goff, a close follower of the Rehoboth history, once stated to the writer that Samuel Newman, man of affairs, had no peer in all New England as a town builder; all difficulties confronted him - a stubborn soil, the primeval forest, and a new race, the latter hard to understand and to win over. In an aside, Senator Goff remarked: "As to the 'colonial home', I have always contended that it was nothing more than the successor to the log-cabin. Long before the saw-millers or the house-framers brought out their plans, the colonists did the first and best thing they could do, and that was to cut down trees and build log huts. Then came the actual colonial homestead, like the homes of Henry T. Horton and John Henry Earle in this town - the house with the long roof sloping almost to the ground."

Rehoboth is another of those towns in this county like Freetown, from whose doors went forth a son who acquired a far greater fame than his parent. In the case of Freetown it was Fall River; in that of Rehoboth, it was Attleboro. In the first days of all, Rehoboth included what is now

Seekonk, East Providence, Pawtucket, Attleboro and North Attleboro, Cumberland, Rhode Island, and that part of old Swansea later known as Barrington, and that the Indians knew as Wannamoisett. Twenty-one years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the first purchase here was made of the Chief Massasoit, in 1641, the eight miles square tract which included what is now Rehoboth, Seekonk, East Providence, and Wards One and Two of Pawtucket. The second purchase was made in 1645, by John Browne and another of Rehoboth. This was the Indian Wannamoisett, and was part of Swansea at the time of that town's incorporation in 1667. In 1747 the larger part of it was annexed to Rehoboth, and part is known today as Bullock's Point. In 1661 the North Purchase was made, and that included the present Attleboro and North Attleboro, Massachusetts, and Cumberland, Rhode Island.

Rev. Samuel Newman, actual founder of Rehoboth, was born in May, 1603, at Banbury, Oxford county, England, son of Richard Newman, a glover. He graduated from Trinity College, October 17, 1620, with honors, and later was pastor of Midhope Chapel for about ten years, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The religious persecutions of Archbishop Laud were distasteful to him, as to many others, so that he emigrated to America. He resided four years at Dorchester, and from 1639 to 1643-4 he was pastor of the church at Weymouth. Then, with the majority of his church, and with others from Hingham, he proceeded to the Indian district called Seekonk, where, on the east bank of the Pawtucket river, he and his company made their home, calling it Rehoboth. Upon their arrival, but one other white man, namely, John Hazell, had taken up his residence on this tract, who continued to reside there, lands being granted him in 1669. It was in 1645 that the name Rehoboth was first used, the title "Seacunk" (as we find it spelled) having been in use theretofore, and the followingnamed were of those registered as proprietors: Mr. Alexander Winchester, Mr. Howard, Peter Hunt, William Cheesborough, Ralph Allin, John Holbrooke; John Peram, the Schoolmaster, Matthew Pratt, William Carpenter, Samuel Butterworth, Edward Patteson, James Browne, Richard Bowen, Mr. Samuel Newman, Mr. Peck, Abraham Marton, John Sutton, Robert Mortis, John Matthewes, John Fitch, Robert Titus, George Kendricke, Robert Sharpe, Thomas Bliss, the Pastor, Stephen Paine, Edward Smith, James Clarke, William Smith, the Governor, Edward Bennett, Obadiah Holmes, Mr. John Browne, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Holbrooke, Thomas Hett, John Allin, John Meggs, William Sabin, Henry Smith, Zachary Roades, Edward Gilman, Senior, Thomas Clifton, Joseph Torrey, Widow Walker, Richard Ingram, the Teacher, Thomas Loring, Ralph Shepherd, John Reade, John Miller, Richard Wright.

The record of the proceedings of the planters and proprietors, as set forth in elaborate and thorough detail in Tilton's "History of Rehoboth," and before him by Bliss, concern the viewing of the lands, the fencing in of the purchases, and of the village itself, the purchase of Wannamoisett, and the varied interests that affected the new colony in the settlement and laying out of lands, and the like. Within fifteen years two events occurred that were of vital interest to the young colony, namely, in 1649 the schism and departure of the Baptist Obadiah Holmes and his adherents; and in 1663, the arrival of Rev. John Myles and a part of his church from Swan- sea, in Wales, whence they had been ejected for non-conformity, and who in 1667 began the town of Swansea. 'There is a possibility that Rehoboth might have become the State capital in 1692. Said Hon. Edwin L. Barney in his address at the time of the observance of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of the town: "What effect it would have made upon the after growth of the town and vicinity, had the State House been built here when the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies united in 1692, can only be a matter of conjecture. Boston was the largest of the one, and Rehoboth the largest of the other colony. A spirited contest was made by the aspirants of each for the honor of being the State capital; it developed that Boston had a few votes the most, and won the prize."

Rehoboth in the Wars. - One of the most interesting statements of history in this part of the country is that which defines the beginning and the ending of the King Philip War, the war that signified the extinction of the red race in this portion of New England, as within the borders of old Rehoboth. The hostilities started June 24, 1675, in Swansea, on Rehoboth borders, and were brought to a close August 28, 1676, by the capture of Anawan, at Rehoboth. In the course of that conflict, there was a time when not a residence was left standing in Rehoboth, the garrisons only remaining. The story of the war is told in full in the introduction to this present work, and only the events of the war that attach to Rehoboth wil! be referred to here. On Fast Day, therefore, June 24, 1675, one man was killed and two were wounded by pillaging Indians, at Swansea, and later on in that day seven others met their death. That was the beginning, and from that time onwards the people began to barricade their homes and to retreat for greater safety to the garrison houses. Again, while a body of retreating Indians were crossing the Seekonk Plain, in Rehoboth, twelve oi them were killed by settlers and Indians.

Fifteen soldiers from Rehoboth were in the Narragansett fight; and it is stated that John Fitz, Jr., and John Miller, Jr., were slain in the fight at Seekonk Common, in Rehoboth, March 26, 1676, Captain Michael Pierce's force being outnumbered by many hundreds of Indians. A tablet at Central Falls, Rhode Island, marks the place of Pierce's fight. Two days afterward, on March 28, the Indians burned forty houses and thirty barns, the garrison house only being spared. Robert Beers, an Irish brickmaker, was killed. In June, 1676, Nehemiah Sabin was killed. Aiter the death of King Philip on August 12, 1676, and the inhuman treatment of that chief's body by Captain Benjamin Church, the final tragedy in the war took place at Anawan's Rock, ever famous in this town on that account, when on August 28, Anawan, commander of the last of Philip's forces, was taken. In spite of Church's promises of intercession, Anawan was executed by the English, at Plymouth, ''a dastardly act," says Francis Baylies, "which disgraced the government." 'Thus and here was brought to an end that pathetic war.

Patriotism had the true ring from the beginning and throughout the Revolution in this town, the Committee of Correspondence and Safety, including Ephraim Starkweather, Nathan Daggett, Thomas Carpenter 34d, John Lyon, Joseph Bridgham and William Cole, indicating to Captain Joseph Barney, the town's representative, an indubitable statement of the town's rights and privileges. Two companies were raised in the town; large quantities of saltpetre were manufactured here; soldiers' families were provided for; the town's quota of beef, amounting to 42,106 pounds, was raised. More than 1,400 Rehoboth soldiers took part in the Revolution, Rehoboth men most prominent in that war including the followingnamed: Ephraim Starkweather, confidential adviser of Governor John Hancock; Eliphalet Slack, lieutenant-colonel in the militia; James Bliss, surgeon in the Revolutionary army; Abiah Bliss, Thomas Bowen, Shubael Peck, Abraham Ormsbe, colonels in militia; Thomas Carpenter (3d), and Timothy Walker, colonels in the Revolution; Phanuel Bishop, Jesse Perin, Silvanus Martin, Joseph Wilmarth, captains in the Revolutionary army.

The proceedings of the town throughout the Civil War were in conformity with those of every widé-awake town in the North for the preservation of the Union. From May 1, 1861, and onwards, town meetings were held to secure the raising of quotas for army and supplies, and to pledge bounties for enlisting men. One hundred and sixty-three men from this town served in army and navy, and Rehoboth appropriated and expended on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, $31,032.26, and for State aid to soldiers, afterwards repaid by the State, $6,271.62. The women, tos, through the Home Circle and the Congregational Church Home Circle, were tireless in their task of contributing clothing for the need of the soldiers.

The Rehoboth Auxiliary of the Taunton Red Cross Chapter was organized May 12, 1917, and there were 31 men from this town in the national army in 1918.

Churches and Schools. - The story of the coming of the first minister, Rev. Samuel Newman, in 1643, is an essential portion of the narrative of the town's beginnings, and substantially we have recounted the features of the first settlement, and its religious and civic provision. The death of Rev. Noah Newman, second minister of the church here, took place April 16, 1678, and Samuel Angier was called to the office of minister. He was a graduate of Harvard College, and a member of the board of fellows of that institution. Thomas Greenwood succeeded him as minister in October of 1693, and he also taught school. A new meeting house was built in 1716, and in 1718 the Palmer's River community built a meeting house. The Rev. Thomas Greenwood died September 8, 1720, and his son, Rev. John Greenwood, became settled as pastor of the west part of the town. Upon the completion of the meeting house at Palmer's River, Rev. David Turner, of Scituate, was ordained the minister on November 29, 1721; he had also made some study of medicine. Mr. Greenwood died December 1, 1766, and he was succeeded by Rev. John Carnes, April 18, 1759. He was dismissed by request December 4, 1764. Rev. Ephraim Hyde was ordained pastor of the First Congregational Church May 14, 1766. He died October 11, 1783, and was succeeded by Rev. John Ellis, who had been in the American army as chaplain throughout the war. At his own request, he was dismissed as pastor of the church in 1796. Under this pastorate, a bitter controversy was started, owing to the failure of the precinct system of the time to raise money to pay the pastor, and the repudiation of the tax by religious bodies other than Congregationalists. Mr. Ellis was suc- ceeded by Rey. John Hill, from 1802 to 1816. June 23, 1782, the society had been incorporated as the Congregational Society of the first precinct of the town of Rehoboth, and the old act of 1762, incorporating the first precinct, was repealed. It was during Rev. Mr. Hill's pastorate that the town was divided (in 1812), when the Newman church narrative was no longer a part of Rehoboth's story.

The Congregational church at Palmer's River, with a membership of ten, was organized November 29, 1721, and as has been stated, Rev. David Turner was settled as the pastor. He graduated at Harvard College in 1718, and was pastor here thirty-six years, his annual salary averaging £85. The church and congregation were incorporated as the Second Precinct of Rehoboth in 1759. Mr. Turner died August 9, 1757, and Rev. Robert Rogerson was called as pastor February 29, 1759, £60 being his annual salary, in addition to a settlement of £70. The old meetinghouse was torn down in 1773, the site now being known as the Village Cemetery. The "Yellow Meetinghouse," as it was called, was built immediately ; it was fifty by forty feet in dimensions, was without steeple or bell, and stood next east of the graveyard, facing the south.

Other sects increasing in the town, by request of the society an act was passed in 1792 incorporating the Congregationalists as "The Catholic Congregational Church and Society in the Second Precinct in Rehoboth" ; though since that time the word "Catholic" has been stricken from the title. Rev. Mr. Rogerson, who received the M. A. degree from Harvard in 1765, was pastor of this Second Congregational Church forty years, or until his death, March 20, 1799. Rey. Otis Thompson was ordained minister here September 24, 1800, and so continued for twenty-five years. By reason of his arbitrary disposition and bitter controversies appertaining thereto, Mr. Thompson was dismissed from the pastorate October 30, 1832. He was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, who graduated in Brown University in 1816, and studied at Andover Theological Seminary. He was ordained over this church from September, 1826, while Mr. Thompson still held to the pastorate. The Sunday school was started during his ministry. He resigned in 1837, and he was succeeded in 1838 by Rev. John Chester Paine, and the new church building was dedicated in 1839, its cost having been $3,800. Meantime the "Yellow Meetinghouse" was purchased by Otis Goff, who reconstructed the building into a barn. Mr. Paine's successor was Rev. Charles P. Grosvenor, who was pastor here from. September, 1847, to September, 1856. The present parsonage was built in 1849. The pastors succeeding Mr. Grosvenor were as follows: Rev. Walter P. Doe, 1857-59; Rev. Alexander C. Childs, 1860-62; Rev. S. Y. Lum, 1862-64; Rev. Francis H. Boynton, 1864-67; Rev. Henry Johnson, 1868-69; Rey. Henry D. Woodworth, 1869-72; Rev. Isaac R. Prior, 1873-77 ; Rev. George Henry 'Tilton, 1877-91 (he was chairman of the school committee in 1885-86; founder of the Rehoboth Antiquarian Society, which was organized March 5, 1884; writer of the history of the church in the earlier history of the county, and of the "History of Rehoboth"); Rev. Cyrus D. Harp, 1892-95; Rev. Charles B. Wathen, 1896-1908 (it was during his ministry that the church was renovated at a cost of more than $2,000, in 1906, and the memorial windows placed in the church); Rev. Joseph W. Strout, 1909-15; Rev. Henry E. Oxnard, 1916 - . In 1900, Paschal Allen be- queathed the church a legacy of $1,500; and in 1909 Hon. Edmund E. Peck gave the church a beautifully carved chair in memory of his ancestors who had resided in Rehoboth.

Baptist organizations sprang up almost magically in less than a century after the town was founded, there being seven Baptist churches here by the year 1794, though it is recorded that there had been Baptists here since 1650. 'Vhe Oak Swamp Church that was adherent to the Six Principle Baptists, was gathered in 1732 by Rev. John Comer; he was succeeded by Nathaniel Millard, 1736-42; Elder Samuel Maxwell, 1745; Elder Richard Round to 1768. "In 1773 this church was reorganized under open communion principles, with Jacob Hix as pastor.

The first of the Oak Swamp meetinghouses stood at the junction of Chestnut and Pleasant streets. It was from the time of the ministry of Rev. Jacob Hix that his church was called the First Christian Church of Rehoboth. He was succeeded by Elder Childs Luther, 1812-41, and it was during his pastorate in 1834 that the present house was built by a joint stock company and dedicated. Other ministers in succession have been; Klders Matthias Kk. Gammons, 1842-45 (during whose pastorate the church organized itself as a Christian Union church); James L. Pierce, Otis Bliss, Waterman Pierce, J. W. Osborne, William Miller, Lester Howard (the meetinghouse being rededicated in 1889); T. S. Weeks, C. B. Wathen, Albert Loucks, Ernest Caswell, Frederick Dark.

The Hornbine Church - -the name being a phonetic change from hornbeam, a tree of smooth, gray wood and hard, white wood that grows in the neighborhood - then of the Six-Principle creed, was formed in 1753, the first pastor being Daniel Martin. Soon afterwards, Elder Nathan Pierce was ordained as his assistant, and he remained with this people forty years. 'Those who have followed have been: Elders Thomas Seamans, Preserved Pierce, William Manchester, Joseph Blackmar, Otis Potter, Kiders Warner and Morton, Samuel Knight, Waterman Pierce, Welcome G. Comstock, William Miller, George H. Horton, who secured the substitution of the Free Baptist creed, the ehurch then becoming affiliated with the Free Baptist Association of Rhode Island. Other. pastors have been as follows: Revs. L. B. Rose, B. A. Sherwood, R. I. Hudson, George E. Hathaway, S. H. McKean, W. A. Leonard, Walter Bartlett, John P. Rich-. ardson. It was at about the beginning of the Civil War that the Hornbine people formed the organization styled the First Baptist Church and Society, and established the famous clambakes at Baker's Grove, near the church. In 1886 the Antiquarian bake was begun near the village. The almost equally famous Columbus bake was started in 1911.

The Anawan Union Baptist Society was organized in the spring of 1840, the meetings being held at the Lewis Tavern. Caleb Blood was ordained as the first pastor, and he dedicated the new meetinghouse, November 25, 1840. 'Twenty or more pastors and acting pastors served this church. In 1908 the remaining members of the society donated their building to Anawan Grange.

The "Irons", or Free-Will Baptist Church, was organized October 2, 1777, with thirty-one members, in the north part of the town, and with Elder James Sheldon as the first pastor. He was succeeded by Elder Jeremiah Irons, the church then becoming known as the Irons church. About the year 1822, the church was denominated the First Free-Will Baptist Church in Rehoboth, becoming connected with the Rhode Island quarterly meeting. The second house of this church was dedicated July 4, 1837. In 1892, the church was permanently closed, and it was finally taken down.

The Methodist Episcopal church had its beginning here with the Six- Principle Baptist Church formed in this town near Stevens' corner, about 1740. In 1824 a new meetinghouse was built on the Norton road, where Rev. Lorenzo Dow Johnson and others preached for several years. The present church building was erected in 1843, and in 1849 the church entered the Methodist Episcopal order. The pastoral list is a long one, including S. W. Coggeshall and G. W. King, both authors and able preachers.

Another of the many small religious congregations of this town of many churches and creeds, was Elder Peck's church, that stood in the eastern part of Seekonk, and was taken down in 1815. Elder Samuel Peck, grandson of one of the first settlers of Rehoboth, was the minister.

Rehoboth, December 10, 1643, made the first provision that has been recorded for free public schools by taxation, and among the first teachers were the following named: Edward Howard, Robert Dickson, Rev. Thomas Greenwood. In 1789, when the districts were authorized by law, Rehoboth was divided into fifteen districts, the district system being abolished by the State in 1883. One of the most noted district school teachers in New England was Thomas W. Bicknell, who as teacher in the Red School of this town gave a new inspiration to school life here, that did not confine itself to the town but made its influence felt throughout this part of the State. In 1856 he inaugurated high school studies, and his pupils became some of the most prominent men in this part of the State. The Central School was started in September, 1885, in which the children of four districts were brought together in Antiquarian Hall. In June, 1922, there were 463 pupils enrolled in Rehoboth schools; seventeen pupils were attending high school in Attleboro; eighteen in Taunton, and thirty-eight in Fall River.

The Town and Officiary. - The "Fighting Town Meeting" of May, 1811, was the most pugnacious event that had ever taken place in the annals of the town, when blows were aimed and furniture broken, in the celebrated case of the remonstrance of Stephen Bullock and four hundred and three others against the election of Elkanah French, Caleb Abell, John Medbury Sebra Lawton and Timothy Walker, returned as members of the General Court from the town, the committee concluding in their report that the supposed election was "altogether void and of no effect."

The west part of the town was incorporated into a separate township in 1812, with the name of Seekonk, in token of the earlier name of the section, though the majority of the town was opposed to the division.

The town clerks from the beginning have been as follows: Peter Hunt was elected to the office in 1651, though William Carpenter was keeper of the town records from 1643 to 1649. In succession were the followingnamed: Richard Bowen, chosen in September, 1654; Richard Bullock, January, 1659; William Carpenter, Jr., May, 1668 to 1698; Stephen Paine supplying to March, 1703; Daniel Carpenter, 1703; Daniel Smith, 1706; Daniel Carpenter, March, 1708; Ezekiel Read in 1730 and to 1762, with the excep-

Institutes and Clubs - - The Rehoboth Institute for Mutual Improvement was formed November 19, 1846, with Jonathan Wheaton as president, and John C. Marvel as secretary. The Rehoboth Lyceum Association was organized December 20, 1882, with Rev. George H. Tilton as president and C. C. Viall as secretary.

The Rehoboth Antiquarian Society, a noted foundation for the preservation of relics and writings of this section was incorporated in 1885, the project having been started by Rev. George H. Tilton, and furthered and largely financed by George N. and Darius Goff. February 26, 1886, the Blanding Public Library of Rehoboth with 625 volumes was started by Hon. and Mrs. Thomas W. Bicknell. The first Goff Memorial building was dedicated May 10, 1886, and was destroyed by lightning July 7, 1911; the present building, the new Goff Memorial, was dedicated May 10, 1915, the gift of Darius and Lyman B. Goff, in honor of their father, Darius Goff; the building cost $35,000. The Antiquarian Society had its first clambake Tuesday, August 24, 1886|. The officers in 1923: President, Ellery L. Goff; vice-presidents: Henry T. Horton and Enoch A. Carpenter; secretary, Harold A. Goff; treasurer, George H. Browne; librarian, FE. G. Fuller.

A farmers' club was formed at Briggs' Corner February 11, 1874, with Julian Anness as the prime mover. 'The name chosen for the club was the Briggsville and North Rehoboth Farmers' Club, and the officers were: President, Francis A. Bliss; vice-president, Rev. Gardiner Clark; secretary, Julian Anness; treasurer, Ira Perry. After some years the name was changed to the Rehoboth Farmers' Club, with Thomas R. Salsbury as secretary, and J. F. Moulton as treasurer.

Anawan Grange was established February 22, 1898, the first officers being: Master, Fred U. Cory; overseer, Arthur C. Goff; lecturer, Amelia H. Carpenter; steward, Frank A. Goff; secretary, E. Gertrude Hobbs; treasurer, Joseph F. Earle; chaplain, Almon A. Reed. The Grange came into possession of the Baptist meetinghouse, April 28, 1908.

The Anawan Club owns two hundred acres including Anawan Lake. The location is near Hill Crest, the clubhouse standing on the edge of the lake. The club was chartered in September, 1898, by Rhode Island men.

Industries. - In 1809 the Rehoboth Union Manufacturing Company, manufacturing cotton yarn, built a cotton mill, equipped with 360 spindles. The company was formed August 24 that year by Richard Goff, Dexter Wheeler and Stephen, Thomas, James and Peter Wheeler. In November, 1835, the firm sold out to Nelson and Darius Goff, who began to manufacture cotton batting. A new firm was started in 1842, when E. A. Brown bought out the interest of Nelson Goff, Goff & Brown then adding the manufacture of ball and carpet twine. Like many another of the contemporary plants hereabouts, this one then frequently changed hands, thus: Goff & Brown in 1868 deeded the property to John D. Cranston. Then Darius Goff became owner, with John C. Marvel as partner. Goff and Marvel in 1870 deeded the privilege to William W. Johnston, but the plant being mortgaged back, the firm foreclosed in 1875. Goff & Marvel sold to Hargraves Heap. He sold in 1879 to William H. Bowen, and he to Charles F. Easton. In 1887 John C. Marvel became the owner, and in 1898 J. F. Shaw & Company bought the privilege for the Bay State Street Railway Company. The old mill was then demolished.

For.a century and a half a grist mill stood where the road crosses the upper end of the pond. On its site a cotton mill for the manufacture of yarn was erected in 1810, the company styling themselves the Palmer's River Manufacturing Company. In 1822 the property was sold to Nathaniel and Ebenezer Ide of Attleboro; and in 1824 it went into the hands of Abraham and Isaac Wilkinson of Pawtucket. David and A. and I. Wilkinson purchased the property in 1826. The Rehoboth Woolen Company was then formed, and arrangements were made to forward the business, but it was abandoned, and the same year the Orleans Manufacturing Company was formed, consisting of Benjamin Peck and David Wilkinson & Company. The firm used New Orleans cottons, hence the name. Crawford Allen leased the mill upon the assignment of the firm in 1829, and it was then sold to Benjamin Peck. The mill was destroyed by fire in November, 1831; but the following year it was rebuilt of stone. Mr. Peck operated the mill until 1861, but after the Civil War the company never resumed. In 1865, Nathaniel C. Guild manufactured print cloths, continuing until 1869, and from then until 1874 hosiery was manufactured here. The mill was idle until 1875, when it was purchased by the Cutler Manufacturing Company, making a specialty of hosiery yarn. The factory was burned March 5, 1884, with a loss of $25,000, only the walls being left standing. The Bristol and Warren Water Works bought the Orleans Mills property in March, 1911. At Perryville, Ezra Perry made the first bobbins for cotton factories in the country; and later his sons established turning shops and grist-mills. Members of the Peck family had an ironforging plant near Great Meadow before the middle of the eighteenth century.