Jim Bridgman

200 Years Ago

  • The Northampton Royal Arch Chapter will be installed in this town on Wednesday, the 9th of August next. The procession will commence at Masonic Hall precisely at eleven o’clock, A.M., and proceed to the First Congregational Meeting House, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. Titus Strong, of Greenfield, after which the installation of the officers of the chapter will take place in due form.
  • Auction! Will be sold at public auction, at the house of N.M. Hentz, on King Street, on Thursday, 17th inst., all his household furniture, consisting of beds & bedding, bureaus, chairs, tables, carpets, sofa, kitchen furniture, and various other articles. Also, one rifle. Sale to commence at 9 o’clock, by W. W. Partridge, auctioneer.

100 Years Ago

  • An eminent cast was gathered by First National in support of Anna Q. Nilsson, who has the featured feminine lead in “Miss Nobody,” which comes to the Calvin theater on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The featured supporting cast comprises Louise Fazenda, Walter Pidgeon, Mitchell Lewis, Clyde Cook and Arthur Stone.
  • Chief Bresnahan has received complaints from residents of Bridge Road as to the speeding of automobiles passing along the road. Although this highway has not been considered in the past as suitable for excessive speed, the police will investigate and prosecute motorists driving recklessly.

50 Years Ago

  • A Williamsburg woman who claims that she is being discriminated against for her feminist views is suing the Smith’s Vocational High School to keep a teaching job. Nancy Dyer, 29, yesterday filed a suit in Hampshire County Superior Court which alleges that Smith’s School is not rehiring her because she supported seven women students who initiated a complaint resulting in the school’s being found guilty of violating the state’s antidiscrimination law, Chapter 622.
  • In hopes of blocking the controversial TOPICS program, petitions are being circulated in Northampton. More than 600 persons have signed the lists so far. The document calls for the rejection of TOPICS (Traffic Operations Plan to Improve Capacity and Safety), as outlined by city officials. The program would replace angled parking with parallel parking downtown, establish several traffic islands on Main Street to regulate traffic flow, install new traffic lights, and make several streets one-way.