This is part of a series of Hamilton and Wenham, Massachusetts, oral histories of the towns, produced by William Heitz and Edmund Josephs from 1986 through 1995. It was originally taped on August 16, 1990. It was uploaded to the Internet Archive by Sarah Lauderdale, Head of Reference at Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, on Monday, March 10, 2014. Our thanks to William Heitz for permission to upload this content to the Internet Archive. Our thanks also to volunteer John Brucker for his description of the interview, included below.
Summary:
A brief review of Part one, Funny story of how Ruth Whipple met her husband, Post office and business that occupied the Talbot building, Ruth Whipple’s experience driving early automobiles and how she obtained a drivers license, Ruth Whipple’s memories of her father and his working career, Ruth Whipple’s memories of her husband, Ruth Whipple’s working career, Ruth Whipple’s children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, Stories of Ruth Whipple’s employment at Wenham Ice, Ruth Whipple’s recollections of Hamilton “old timers”, The fire of 1910, Asbury Grove fire [1927], Ruth, Ann, and Wendell’s memories of Asbury Grove and Pleasant Pond (formerly Idlewood Lake), Vaughn L. Myer family stories.
Keywords:
The following names and terms were used in this interview: Talbot building, Louie Foote’s Diner, Wrestling, O. J. Kimball, United Shoe, Mr. Whittier, Wenham Lake Ice Co., Boston Ice Co, Douglas Nelton Postmaster, Revere Brooks, Dr. Corcoran, Barbara Corcoran, Bert Holland, Ed Hall, Gould’s Market, The Old Fire Station, Vaughn L. Myer family, Ray Sanford, John Mann, Asbury Post Office.
