Middleboro Gazette Index: 1930 - 1934 Introduction: 2) Issue 01/31/30: This issue does not begin with the masthead page rather the first page to appear follows The Middleboro Gazette Index, 1930 – 1934 is a guide to the page 8 of the 01/24/30 issue. Please begin numbering information contained within the Middleboro Gazette during the 01/31/30 issue with the page containing the Wenham the period January 1930 through December 1934. The Garage advertisement in the upper left hand corner. This information is as it appears in the newspaper. No attempt has would put the masthead as page 5. Disregard any been made to verify that the information given in the duplicate pages and references to page numbers within newspaper is accurate or to reconcile alternate spellings of articles, and continue numbering the pages consecutively family names. through 10. The focus of the index is on the communities of Middleboro 3) Issue 05/23/30: Following the first four pages of this and Lakeville, Massachusetts. News from outside these issue are pages 5 through 8 from the 11/21/30 issue. geographic areas is included only if there is a direct link to Following those are pages 5 through 8 of the 05/23/30 these towns, i.e., Phineas T. Barnum and the Little People. issue. Special notations are used within the index to designate 4) Issue 06/13/30: Beginning with the masthead, six letters (l), tables (t), photographs (p) and illustrations (i). pages of this issue are in the following order, page 1, 2, Authors of letters are cited either within the headline or in 7, 8, 9, and 10. Following these are four pages from the parentheses immediately following (l). 6/20/30 issue. And following these are page 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the 06/13/30 issue, in that order. The often informal nature of reporting presents special challenges to researchers. Additional information about 5) Issue 06/20/30: This is the issue containing the specific businesses, town departments or other concerns can information from the annual high school be found under general headines, i.e., Railroads, Streets, etc. commencement. The pages for this issue can be found when specific information is not provided. in three places. 1) Beginning with the masthead are pages 1, 2, 9, and 10, in that order. Pages 3, 4, 5, and 6 Names are a particular challenge in a compilation of this of this issue can be found following page 8 of the kind. Multiple spellings, misspellings and incomplete names 10/17/30 issue. And finally, pages 7 and 8 can be found are just a few of the hurdles that must be overcome in order following the first four pages of the 11/21/30 issue. to glean every bit of information contained within the pages of the Gazette. For example, although there are both Pierce 6) Issue 10/17/1930: Following page 10 of the 10/10/30 and Peirce families in Middleboro, inversion of the “i” and issue are two pages which are duplicates of others found “e” is a common mistake. Sometimes the letter “n” is elsewhere, please ignore these. Following the first eight flipped and becomes a “u.” Because of the word-by-word pages of the 10/17/30 issue are four pages from the alphabetization used in this index, names with prefixes, like 06/20/30 issue. These are then followed by the last two De Moranville, do not fall in the same place in the index as pages of the 10/17/30 issue. when the name is spelled without a space, DeMoranville. There are countless examples of how easily names get lost in 7) Issue 11/21/30: The first four pages of this issue are in an index because of spelling errors, so it is advantageous for the correct location on the microfilm. The two the researcher to take a broad view when conducting additional pages following these four belong to the research on individuals and families. 06/20/30 issue (pages 7 and 8). The missing four pages (5 through 9) of the 11/21/30 issue can be found between It is my hope that the Middleboro Gazette Index, 1930 – pages 4 and 5 of the 05/23/30 issue. 1934 will provide a lasting resource for people researching the history of Middleboro and Lakeville, Massachusetts. 8) Issue 03/04/1932: Pages 9 and 10 precede pages 1 through 8. Important Notes on Page Numbering: 1) Issue 01/24/30: The masthead indicates that this issue Mary Pelletier-Hunyadi should have 10 pages. Pages 9 and 10 can found on the Indexer microfilm following the first eight pages of the 01/25/29 issue. Pages 1 through 8 can be found on the microfilm in the proper position following the 01/17/30 issue. Be aware that there are some duplicate pages on the microfilm for the 01/24/30 issue. 1 Middleboro Gazette Index: 1930 - 1934 __Carthy (sic), Francis Accidents cont. Son born, 03/06/1931:4 Shirley McDonald fractures ankle in jump over fence, 01/12/1934:1 Kilpatrick's arm fractured by flying snow shovel, 03/02/1934:1 A Herbert Hopkins bruises leg working in West Grove St gravel pit, 06/08/1934:1 Abbott, William Lee W.H. Harvey cuts off end of thumb at work, 06/22/1934:3 Scout executive's report (l), 11/10/1933:3 Baseball smashes West Bridgewater man's windshield, 06/29/1934:3 Abele, Mannert Charles Bassett thrown from frightened horse, 09/21/1934:3 Stationed in Honolulu, HI, 03/27/1931:1 Bagnell and LeBlanc suffer broken arms, 10/05/1934:5 Abele, Mrs Mannert Whitman Higgins breaks arm cranking auto, 10/05/1934:6 Resides in New London, CT, 04/18/1930:1 Actors and Acting Accidents Arlene Hackett resides in Worcester, 10/10/1930:1 see also Asphyxiation; Bicycles and Bicycling - Accidents; Boats and Mr and Mrs Albert Van Dekker enjoy some success on Broadway, Boating - Accidents; Burns and Scalds; Cave Ins; Drowning; 06/19/1931:1 Electrocution; Explosives and Explosions; Falls (accidents); Firearms Over the Hill Lands (poem by Arleen Hackett), 04/22/1932:7 Accidents; Industrial Accidents; Pedestrians - Accidents; Railroads - Mary Joy Crosier has lead in stock company production on Martha's Accidents; Sports - Accidents; Traffic Accidents - Automobiles; Vineyard, 09/08/1933:1 Traffic Accidents - Horse-Drawn Vehicles; Traffic Accidents - Mary Pickford stops at Orrall's filling station in North Lakeville, Motorcycles 02/02/1934:6 George Hopkins' finger severed while working on wagon, 01/03/1930:2 Adams, Albert Eugene F.A. Harlow's hand severely cut on zinc roll 55 years ago, 03/14/1930:6 Will in probate, 05/19/1933:5 Venus Snow fractures shoulder 55 years ago, 04/04/1930:8 Adams, Alice Isaac Clark injured by barrel of Japan 55 years ago, 04/18/1930:7 Wedding described, 11/27/1931:4 Alfred Dahl has double fracture of leg after run over by tractor, Adams, Alice Jeannette 05/30/1930:4 Engaged to Kenneth Warren Burgess, 04/03/1931:3 Spike driven through Harold Touhy's foot, 07/18/1930:7 Adams, Emily H. Little Winnie Griswold runs into scythe, cuts cheek, 08/01/1930:8 Wedding described, 04/24/1931:2 Seth Vickery breaks leg while working in the woods, 08/01/1930:8 Adams, Gene Strople's leg bruised when kicked by horse, 08/22/1930:3 Obituary, 05/05/1933:8 Big light in front of Town Hall drops to street, 11/21/1930:2 Adams, George Mail carrier Lawrence Wilbur cuts foot with axe, 12/19/1930:7 Obituary, 05/06/1932:2, 05/13/1932:6 Joseph Young's eye injured while at work with highway department, Adams, Jeanne 12/26/1930:1 Wedding described, 05/11/1934:1 Roger Hall's hand goes through glass door panel at high school, Adams, John D. 01/09/1931:1 Deceased Elk honored at memorial service, 12/12/1930:2 Passing auto throws stone through large window at Nemasket Auto, Adams, Nancy 01/16/1931:1 Wed to Francis E. Butler, 09/09/1932:4 MacAuley sprains ankle coming down fire pole, 01/16/1931:2 Adsit, Elsie Georgia Walker breaks jaw while sliding on ice, 02/06/1931:1 Begins studies at Bridgewater State, 09/14/1934:6 Peter Strojny breaks leg coasting, 02/13/1931:1 Africa Frank Arnold severely cuts hand while dressing turkey, 04/10/1931:1 Eliza Guerini enjoying Mediterranean cruise, 05/16/1930:1 A. Whitman Higgins bruises thumb chopping wood, amputation needed, Roger Vaughan returns from South America and the Mediterranean, 05/01/1931:3 06/06/1930:4 Higgins' new amputation makes three, 05/01/1931:3 Alwyn Jones reportedly in Algiers, 07/31/1931:1 Mrs Theodore Goodreau breaks wrist cranking auto, 05/15/1931:2 Alwyn Jones touches Gibraltar, 08/07/1931:6 Dorothy Horn injured when runs into side of delivery truck, African Americans 06/12/1931:1 Famous Peirce Academy grad, Dr. William H. Crogman, dies, Harold Caswell goes through Nemasket River flume, 06/26/1931:1 11/20/1931:4 Arthur Phinney injured while cranking engine, 07/10/1931:8 Aged Kermit Hojaboom catches foot in hay rake, 07/17/1931:4 see also Ganyer, Lucy; Montgomery Home for Aged People Auto crank kick-back breaks Harry Riggs' arm, 11/06/1931:1 Applications accepted for old age assistance, 02/27/1931:5 Charles Hunt struck by falling limb while at work in woods, Gayner to reopen convalescent home in North Middleboro, 03/04/1932:6 05/29/1931:1 Sam Goldman's face cut by window glass, 05/20/1932:1 Over 100 applications for assistance filed with local board, 07/03/1931:1 Armand Bessette has unlucky day on post office construction site, First check distributed for old age assistance, 07/10/1931:1 05/27/1932:1 First old age pension check given out in Lakeville, 07/17/1931:3 Lawrence Thayer breaks arm cranking auto, 07/22/1932:2 Head tax for old age assistance, 07/29/1932:1 Rodeo steer rider in hospital on danger list, 08/05/1932:1 Hannah Shaw's will provides generously for home for the aged, Mrs Herman Fuller injured by bat at ball game, 08/26/1932:1 08/18/1933:1 Youngster Southworth ropes Breivogel's auto truck, 09/30/1932:1 Proposed budget for 1934 (t), 02/02/1934:2 Genie Buckman catches arm in electric washer, 01/13/1933:2 Blue Spruce Rest Home run by Lucy Gayner, 06/29/1934:6 Three Bridgewater men go through ice in reservoir, 02/24/1933:4 Agriculture Charles Pillsbury injured in encounter with bull at sanatorium farm, Middleboro ideal for industry, 10/07/1932:3 05/05/1933:2 Aikins, Edith J.