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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., Medford young men's Christian Association. (search)
Medford young men's Christian Association. by Benjamin Pratt Hollis. [Read before the Medford Historical Society, April 7, 1906, by C. H. Loomis.] In the autumn of 1866, thirty-nine years ago, a movement was made in Medford to establish a Young Men's Christian Association. To that end, the various churches in town were requested to discontinue the evening worship on a certain Sunday and meet in a union service at Mystic Congregational Church. The meeting, which was well attended, was presided over by Mr. Baxter E. Perry, and the principal speaker was Mr. L. P. Rowland, secretary, at that time, of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association. A substantial collection, taken at the meeting, provided the embryo society with funds to commence its work. The first meeting of the Association was held December 31, 1866, when the following officers were elected:— President,Baxter E. Perry. Vice-president,Joseph L. Goldthwait,Methodist. Elisha B. Curtis,Baptist. Eleazer Boyn
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The Congregational Church of West Medford. (search)
Smith Estate, upon which there had previously been conducted a girls' boarding school, with dormitories at the Mansion House, on Canal street, and Mystic Hall for recitations. The churches then at Medford were the Unitarian, Universalist and Mystic, at present locations; Episcopal, near present site of the Armory; First Trinitarian, in the building where is now Page & Curtin's hardware business; Baptist, in the building since used as a livery stable, next to the Salem street cemetery; and t of these brought letters from the First Trinitarian Church of Medford, the other ten being from seven churches elsewhere. Public worship was held in Mystic Hall Sabbath morning and evening, and week-night prayer meeting on Saturday evening. The Mystic Church presented a communion service to the new church. On August 6, 1872, Mrs. Abbie S. Leonard passed away. At the November Communion Mr. Darius Bowers and his daughter were received by letter and Mrs. Bowers on confession. In December Rev.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., Medford's water supply. (search)
e board has been clear, sparkling, and of not unpleasant taste. Spot Pond water was very pure, compared with that of many public supplies, but we found there was much local pride back of the praise given it by our citizens when we compared it with many others in the State and saw the scientific analysis of it. Even for a pond water it was considerably colored, was rather hard, and not nearly as free from deleterious matter as we were proud to think it was. It was the contrast with that of Mystic and Cochituate, that we came in contact with so much, that made it seem so good by comparison. It was taken from a low level in the pond, and came through a main in shaded ground, giving us a very cool water in summer and making it very acceptable water to drink. In the early nineties Medford had grown to the size of a city, and most of its system of cement-lined sheetiron pipe had fufilled its purpose. Breaks in the older mains were frequent. Beside, the pipes were too small for a tow
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The Medford Historical Register (search)
The Medford Historical Register Vol. XIII., 1910 Zzz. published by the Medford Historical Society Medford, Mass. Medford J. C. Miller, Jr., Printer