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Some Schools Canceled; Some Delayed on Friday (Updated Friday Morning)
The snowstorm that swept through the area Wednesday night and Thursday morning continues to affect the area's school systems.
On Friday, February 27, Burke County schools will operate on a three-hour delay. Caldwell County Schools will be closed Friday for students and staff. Caldwell's WrapAround Program will also be closed. Catawba County Schools will be closed with an optional teacher workday. Hickory Public Schools will operate on a three-hour delay for students and staff. Newton-Conover City Schools will also be on a three-hour delay for students. Staff should report when they can safely do so.
Alexander County Schools were already scheduled to have a teacher workday. Staff should report at 10 a.m.
Lenoir-Rhyne University is on a two-hour delay Friday. CVCC will open at 11 a.m. Friday. Caldwell Community College's Hudson and Watauga campuses are on a regular schedule. Western Piedmont Community College is also on a regular schedule.
Trooper Involved in Wednesday Afternoon Crash; No Injuries
At about 1:45 yesterday afternoon (February 25), a Trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper traveling northbound on Lenoir-Rhyne Boulevard near Interstate 40 attempted to make a left turn from L-R Boulevard onto the I-40 westbound access ramp. As he did so, the Trooper failed to yield the right-of-way and pulled into the path of a 1995 Honda Accord that was traveling south. There were no injuries as a result of the collision. No further details are available.
Second Dog Attack Victim Released from Hospital
The six-year-old boy attacked by dogs on North Gaither Avenue in Newton Sunday (February 22) has been released from the Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte. According to Major Tim Hayes with Newton Police Department, the boy's condition has improved. He is back at home with his family. The 10-year-old boy who was injured in the same incident was treated and released from Catawba Valley Medical Center Sunday night, as reported previously on WHKY.
At last report, the dogs were being held at the Catawba County Animal Shelter. Investigators confirmed that the dogs are up to date on their vaccinations.
The investigation is ongoing.
Mooresville Man Arrested in Hickory on Felony Assault & Firearms Charges
22-year-old Tevin Jerome Davis of Lansing Circle in Mooresville was arrested yesterday (February 25) by Hickory Police on warrants out of Iredell County for felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a firearm into occupied property. The warrants for his arrest were issued Monday (February 23). Davis was taken into custody at about 10:30 a.m. at the Frye Creek Apartments on 2nd Avenue N.W. in Hickory. He was placed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility under a $14,000 secured bond. He has since been released. A first appearance in District Court was set for March 6 in Mooresville.
Hickory Woman Faces Felony Meth Charge
38-year-old Kristi Dawn Bolick of 21st Avenue N.E. in Hickory was arrested by Hickory Police at about 11:15 yesterday morning (February 25) on one felony count of possession of methamphetamine and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was taken into custody without incident at the Probation & Parole offices on 26th Street S.E. in Hickory. Following her arrest, Bolick was taken to the Catawba Co. Detention Facility with bond set at $5,000, secured. She has since been released. A first appearance in District Court was scheduled for March 2 in Newton.
Boy Hit by School Bus Improving; Remains Hospitalized
As of yesterday afternoon (February 25), the eight-year-old male victim who was hit by a Catawba County school bus Monday (February 23) remained at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. According to a release from the Maiden Police Department, the boy has regained consciousness and his condition is improving.
The incident occurred just before 7 a.m. Monday on the 500 block of East Main Street in the town of Maiden. As the bus slowed with amber warning lights flashing, the child ran into Main Street's eastbound lane where he was struck by an eastbound passenger vehicle. Witness statements and school bus mounted video confirmed that neither the red "stop" lights nor the "stop arm" had been activated prior to the collision.
The driver of the passenger vehicle was not injured.
Maiden Police are continuing to investigate the incident. Police have not released the names of those involved.
Schools Again Feel Effect of Winter Weather (Updated 5:20 a.m. Thursday)
A Winter Weather Warning is in effect until 7 a.m. Thursday (February 26).
Catawba County Schools, Hickory Public Schools and Newton-Conover City Schools will all be closed Thursday for students and staff.
Alexander County Schools, Burke County Schools, Caldwell County Schools are also closed.
All day and evening classes at CVCC cancelled for Thursday, a decision on Friday will be made by 6 a.m. Friday
All day and evening classes at the Caldwell campus of CCC & TI are cancelled today, the Watauga campus is on a regular schedule
Western Piedmont Community College is closed Thursday
All day classes at Lenoir-Rhyne University are cancelled, the University will open at 11 a.m.
Snowy Weather Suggestions from AAA Carolinas
With heavy snow expected tonight and a state of emergency declared in North Carolina, AAA of the Carolinas reminds motorists to stay off the roadways, whenever possible.
For those who must travel, AAA Carolinas offers these tips...
- See and be seen: clean ALL snow and ice from entire vehicle.
- Always wear a seatbelt.
- Fill up on windshield washer fluid: salt brine and sand from treated roadways can build up on windshields. Use a windshield washer fluid with a low freezing point to help keep ice and snow from sticking to the glass.
- Keep a safe distance: allow more space between vehicles.
- Brake slowly: if a vehicle begins to skid, ease off the brake or gas and try to regain traction. Always look and steer in the desired direction of travel.
- Avoid passing plows unless necessary.
- Avoid driving in packs: allow an escape route while driving.
- Use major routes that have been cleared or salted, whenever possible.
- Don't use cruise control.
- Keep headlights on.
- Avoid distractions, such as cell phones or loud music. Focus on driving.
- If stuck in the snow, remain in the vehicle for shelter.
- Approach bridges and overpasses with caution. They freeze because they are exposed to air on all of their surfaces.
- Carry a kit equipped for winter weather. Kit should include:
- Flashlight with extra batteries
- Cell phone and car charger
- First aid kit
- Non-perishable snacks for both human and pet passengers
- Medications
- Bag of brine salt or cat litter
- Snow shovel
- Blankets
- Extra hats, gloves, scarves, socks
- Ice scraper with brush
- Jumper cables
- Warning devices (flares or triangles)
- Three tea light candles (six hours of light)
- Box of waterproof matches
- Hand warmers
- Emergency whistle
During winter weather conditions, AAA's emergency road service may be slower than usual or limited to circumstances where someone is in imminent danger. Drivers are advised to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary.
Connect with AAA Carolinas on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AAACarolinas or follow AAA on Twitter at @AAACarolinas.
Hickory Teen Faces Felony Marijuana Charge
16-year-old Darren Kisean Izard of 17th Avenue N.E. in Hickory was arrested by Hickory Police at about eight o'clock last night (February 24) on one felony count of possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a schedule VI controlled substance.
He was arrested as Officers on foot patrol at the Terrance Hills Apartment complex on 11th Avenue Drive S.E. smelled marijuana. A black male approached the Officers and was identified as Darren Izard. A search of Izard's person turned up 9.6 grams of marijuana and $87 in cash.
Izard was arrested without incident and released into his mother's custody under a $3,000 unsecured bond. A first appearance in District Court was set for today in Newton.
Fugitive from California Held on $1 Million Bond in Iredell County
49-year-old Eyilade Alexander Sogbesan has been arrested in Mooresville on a felony warrant on a felony fugitive warrant from California for absconding as a sex offender.
Events leading to the arrest began when Sogbesan was stopped in Arizona for a traffic violation a few weeks ago. The suspect provided a false name to authorities there. During a search of the suspect's car, a receipt was located. The receipt indicated the suspect had shipped a package from California to an address in Mooresville, on the edge of Rowan County. When questioned about the package, the suspect admitted he had shipped a quantity of marijuana. The package was intercepted and the marijuana was seized.
The suspect was released before authorities realized Sogbesan had given a false name. Through information forwarded to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office, an investigation into the matter revealed the suspect's true identity. After reviewing several databases, Investigators learned that Sogbesan was a fugitive out of California, wanted for absconding from probation as a sex offender. He was said to be armed and dangerous.
After conducting surveillance, Detectives identified a residence on Shinnville Road in Mooresville where the suspect was living. Officers with the Iredell County Sheriff's Narcotics Investigation Unit, along with members of the Rowan County Sheriff's Office, executed a search warrant yesterday morning (February 24) at the residence where the suspect was located and taken into custody. Drugs and paraphernalia were also found. In addition, Officers seized numerous documents including checks, credit cards, gift cards and several drivers' licenses bearing the suspect's photo and different names.
Sogbesan was placed in the Iredell County Detention Center where he was held under a $1 million secured bond. A first appearance in District Court was set for today.
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(October 28, 2011: Valencia, CA 91381) In Friday's non-league contest, the La Canada Spartans (La Canada, CA) volleyball squad were winner over the host West Ranch Wildcats (Valencia, CA), by a margin of 2-0.
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In "Let's Go for a Drive!", Mo Willems employs his classic Elephant and Piggie formula: perfectly placed speech bubbles, effective use of white space, endearing facial expressions, phonetic play and just plain silliness.
When Gerald proposes that he and Piggie go for a drive, Piggie enthusiastically agrees and the two chant: "Drive! Drive! Drivey-drive-drive!" Gerald, a master planner, insists that they bring a map, sunglasses, umbrellas, bags and, of course, a car. But wait: Piggie doesn't have one ("[a] pig with a car would be silly") and neither does Gerald. Whatever will they do?
The pair's chorus becomes both playful and educational; after "Map! Map! Mappy-map-map!", children will attempt to fit sunglasses, umbrellas etc into the same pattern. And, in the end, Gerald and Piggie come up with a charming solution that satisfies all Willems fans.
What a funny book. Love it!
Another great Elephant and Piggie adventure! As they prepare all of the things they might need to go for a drive: sunglasses, map, umbrellas in case it rains, and suitcases, they realize they are missing one crucial thing: a car!! Funny as usual!!
Funniest Elephant and Piggie book yet!
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The administration is facing pressure to confront Iran's use of proxy militant groups across the Middle East.
New airstrikes in Iraq and a freeze on troop withdrawals in Afghanistan are at odds with his long-term approach.
The president agreed to keep about 9,800 troops in the country through the end of this year.
The dinner is an effort to "get everyone on the same page," said an organizer.
The president is expected to keep as many as 5,000 more U.S. troops there over the next year.
The White House, rejecting the reversal, suggested that it might shift U.S. policy toward Israel.
"The politics of it got tough and people got scared by the rhetoric around it," the president said. "Once that set in, the path of least resistance was to leave it open even though it is not who we are as a country."
Josh Earnest said the administration was "deeply concerned" about the Israeli leader's pre-election rhetoric seeking "to marginalize Arab-Israeli citizens."
The president has been accused of not being engaged enough on problems at Veterans Affairs.
Phoenix visit was an opportunity to offer condolences to Carl and Marsha Mueller, whose daughter was killed last month, the White House said.


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I guess the weather has been so good for so long around here that the morons in the Philadelphia area forgot how to drive in the rain. It has rained for the last two days and Boobus Americanus have lost their minds. They are crashing into each other, driving off the road and generally acting like idiots. It took me 75 minutes to get home last night, just in time to drive my son to his driver's ed class. I hope he didn't learn anything from me on the trip to the class.
Then this morning topped it off. I heard that the Schuylkill Expressway was jammed due to flooding (we wouldn't want government drones to clear debris from the storm drains in advance of a storm), but there was an accident on the Blue Route, so I couldn't take my alternate route through the 30 Blocks of Squalor. I proceeded to spend an hour and forty five minutes crawling at 3 mph on the Schuylkill. Only one man knows how I was feeling.
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Once again Chevrolet has chosen "The World's Greatest Collector Car Auction", Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale flagship event to offer their first retail production 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible. Over the last several years Barrett-Jackson has been Chevrolet's choice to showcase the crown jewel of their model line-up by offering VIN 001 of a new model Corvette to benefit various charities. According to Gary Bennett, vice president of consignments at Barrett Jackson, the beneficiary of the 2015 Z06 Convertible proceeds will be the United Way of Michigan.
We've been telling you for months about the impressive Hennessey upgrades available for the C7 Corvette.
Now you have a chance to buy a 2014 Stingray Hennessey HPE650 Supercharged Serial #001.
That's right, the Texas tuning shop is offering the very first HPE650 for sale right now on eBay at a "Buy It Now" price of $107,950. So far, no bids have been placed, but 13 people are watching the action that continues for three more days.
Should you hear that the "Green Slime" is coming to Chicago, don't be alarmed—this "Green Slime" is not the villain of the eponymous 1968 sci-fi horror flick. No, the "Green Slime" headed to Chicago refers to the 1997 Corvette that was the first of the breed to be modified by racing performance gurus Mallett Motorsports into a fire-breathing monster in its own right that will be one of the star attractions at Mecum's Chicago auction on Saturday, October 11, 2014.
It's the first of the month and that means we have the latest Corvette sales report from General Motors. According to report, General Motors sold a total of 2,467 Corvettes in September 2014. That compares to just 831 Corvettes sold in September 2013 for an increase of 196.9%.
Year to date sales (January-September) totals 25,950 Corvettes, which beats the 2013 YTD Sales of 7,830 Corvettes by 231.4%.
There's no doubt that the wide body of the upcoming Z06 adds dramatic features to the seventh-generation Corvette.
If you don't want the factory wide body, then you might want to check out Progressive Motorsports' custom widebody package for the Stingray.
We already recapped the auction of the VIN 001 2015 Corvette Stingray equipped with an 8-Speed Automatic transmission that was sold on Friday night at the Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas sale. Chevy dealer and Corvette collector Dave Ressler spent $400,000 to own the car and the proceeds of the sale went to CARE House of Oakland County.
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The first retail 2015 Corvette Stingray with VIN 001 crossed the auction block Friday night at Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas sale inside the Mandalay Bay Casino. The Arctic White Corvette, which comes equipped with the all new 8-speed automatic transmission, saw steady bidding throughout the sale which was broadcast nationwide on FoxSports2. The hammer dropped with the high bid of $400,000 and winning the car was Chevrolet dealer and Corvette collector Dave Ressler.
If you're looking for a wide body C7, the folks at Forgiato have a couple of 2014 widebody Stingrays ready for you – a blue coupe and a yellow convertible.
You can even buy the convertible now on eBay but get prepared to open your wallet. This very special Stingray will set you back $150,000 at the "Buy It Now" price.
First Production 2004 Z06 Le Mans Commemorative Edition to Cross the Block at Mecum's Chicago Auction
The first production 2004 Le Mans Commemorative Edition Z06 will cross the block at Mecum's Chicago auction on Saturday October 11, 2014. The 405 horsepower Z06 bears the special Le Mans blue paint with silver and red striping, along with special badging commemorating Corvette Racing's consecutive 1-2 finishes in its class at the 2001 and 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans.


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Outside my house this morning I heard the gleeful song of a male cardinal. Despite the heaps and mounds of snow everywhere, his song held the promise that we'll be seeing bare ground someday soon. Well, maybe not soon, but certainly some day. As we yearn for that currently rarest of sights to make its […]
(Another) Goody Cole Story Surfaces at the Museum
In the archives of the Hampton Historical Society reside the yearbooks and associated records of the now-defunct Hampton Monday Club (1907-2007). Produced by a group of civic-minded women who took their record keeping seriously, it is an impressive historical collection that spans nearly the entire 20th century. There are lists of club officers and members, reports, letters, activities, and photographs, as well as original member-written essays which were presented orally at club meetings.
Among the more interesting artifacts is an undated script for a radio play titled "A Haunted Town," written for the club by an unknown author. In 1937, according to a history printed in the club's 100th Anniversary program (2007), "…Five Club members assisted in a broadcast on the local radio station WHEB. They presented the History of the Hampton Monday Club, told a NH Folk Tale, and special music was provided by the Musical Committee." A handwritten note in the script's margin reads: "Monday Club Broadcast over Portsmouth Radio Station Tuesday [morning?] 11 o'clock".
Hampton in the 1930s was defined largely by the Depression and the town's 300th anniversary; as a result, it seemed that everyone took a giant, collective step into the past to remember the "good old days." Yet those days were not so good for all involved, and in the 1930s, as now, you could not talk about Hampton's past without acknowledging the lone historical figure whose wretched life story is a wart on the nose of our generally benevolent history: Goodwife Unise Cole, the Witch of Hampton.
And so it is with "A Haunted Town." At first accusatory, then finally sympathetic, the play depicts some of the better-known tales about the reputed 17th century witch. Significant probably only to myself, there is no mention of her magic well or witch's hovel at the beach, lending support for my finding that those story elements were created in 1938 by Haverhill newspaperman William D. Cram to promote his newly-formed Goody Cole Society. In the play, Mother explains to daughter Betty that Goody Cole "lived in a little hut in the rear of the Academy near the Meeting House Green" – completely ignoring John Greenleaf Whittier and seeming to draw from Edmund Willoughby Toppan's then-unpublished history (it was published in 2009 by his descendant, Hampton Academy teacher Lori White Cotter).
The play's two actors, Bernice Palmer (1899-1985) and Emma Young (1860-1952), were both long-time members of the Hampton Monday Club. Bernice was an artist and some of her watercolors are on display at the Tuck Museum. It's said that she preferred to pronounce her name "Bur-nis," with emphasis on the first syllable. Emma contributed to the club in a writerly way, and she may have written the script. In another posting I'll share her c.1926 composition of a Folk Tale of Hampton, N.H. in 1836. Meanwhile, if anyone can confirm the script's authorship, please let us know.
The Mark of Goody Cole, my 2014 biography of Goodwife Cole, is available for purchase through the Hampton Historical Society.
Here's the script, reprinted in its entirety~
A Haunted Town
Scene: Living Room
Time: Evening
Characters: Mrs. Waldron [played by Emma Young] and her daughter Betty [played by Bernice Palmer]
Betty: Mother, is it true that once upon a time there were ghosts in Hampton?
Mother: well dear, my great grandmother used to tell me some very interesting stories about it.
Betty: Tell them to me, won't you? I would love to hear all about ghosts.
Mother: She told that Hampton was called "A Spirit Haunted Town." Ghosts and witches, and even the evil one himself often appeared to its inhabitants.
Betty: I should have though they would have been terrified.
Mother: By what she told me, I should think they were. One could not lie down in bed at night with peaceful certainty that no alarming spectre would stalk through his rooms to trouble his slumbers. Nor could one jog along the country lanes without the disturbing possibility that some broom stick rider might be hard upon his track.
Betty: Don't you think Mother, that the Hampton people were over superstitious?
Mother: I understand that the good people of Hampton were no more superstitious than men and women usually were who lived in rural communities in Colonial days, and especially those living near the sea, but it is certain that they peopled the quiet village with personages our modern eyes do not see. However it might be with ghosts, witches were tangible enough and the Hampton authorities made short shrift of them. The delusion found its chief victim in the person of Goody Cole, widow of the late William Cole.
Betty: I never knew much about witches. I know this will be interesting.
Mother: The evil powers were ascribed to her by the people of Hampton.
Betty: Did she ever do any harm through her evil spirits?
Mother: It is related that at one time some young people looked into her window and saw her busily engaged turning a bowl, they said it was in the shape of a boat. At last she turned it over and exclaimed, "The devil has got the imps now." That night news came that Peter Johnson and James Philbrick were drowned at that hour. It was believed that the boat overturned through her agency and this greatly increased the fear and hatred of the old woman.
Betty: Where were they drowned?
Mother: They were drowned near a Creek, now known as Cole's Creek.
Betty: What a terrible thing for her to do. Did anyone ever see the evil one?
Mother: The children reported having seen him. They too, used to indulge in the fearless pleasure of peeping into her windows, and the story they told was that the evil one was in the shape of a little black dwarf with a red cap on his head. He sat at the table and frequently she cuffed his ears to keep him in order. There was another story that was common at the time and it was that Goody Cole turned Goodwife Marston's child into an ape.
Betty: Was there no way to stop her from doing such awful things?
Mother: In 1656 she was tried before the County Court of Norfolk. At the trial Thomas Philbrick testified that she had said that if any of his calves should eat her grass, she wished it would poison or choke them. Immediately after one of the calves disappeared. The other one came home and died about a week later.
Betty: Were there any others to testify against her?
Mother: Yes. Goodwife Sobriety Moulton and Goodwife Sleeper testified that while talking about Goodwife Cole and Goodwife Marston's child, they heard on a sudden a scrape against the boards of the window but after they had gone out and looked around they could see nothing. They went into the house and began to talk as before. The noise was repeated so loud that if a dog or cat had done it they should have seen the marks in the boards and such evidence was conclusive.
Betty: On, this is really spooky. Just like a Halloween story. What happened then?
Mother: The poor woman was sentence to be whipped and imprisoned for life.
Betty: Did she really have to stay for life?
Mother: No. She remained there in prison for fifteen years and was then released. The Town was ordered to contribute to her support.
Betty: Well, I suppose she lived happily ever after, didn't she?
Mother: Oh, no. Shortly after she was arrested again on a new charge of witchcraft but after a few more months of confinement she was discharged. The Court rendered this remarkable decision, "In ye case of Unis Cole, now prisoner at ye bar, is legally guilty according to indictment, by just ground of vehement suspicion of her having familiarity with the Devil."
Betty: She certainly was familiar alright. I am glad she is not living now. Did she still continue the evil work?
Mother: No. She returned to Hampton to die soon after in bitter poverty and distress.
Betty: Where did this wonderful Goody Cole live?
Mother: She lived in a little hut in the rear of the Academy near the Meeting House Green.
Betty: Mother, did you ever hear anything about her burial?
Mother: Yes, the malignant hatred of persecutors followed her to the grave. The tradition still lingers among the older people of the Town that the witch was denied a Christian burial and that her body was dragged and then thrown into a hastily dug trench in the ditch by the side of the road near her home, and that a stake was driven through her with a horseshoe attaché to drive away the evil spirit and prevent her from again troubling the good people of Hampton.
Betty: After all, I think the poor woman was a martyr, don't you?
Mother: Yes, I do. With her quarter of a century of persecution and suffering she was surely as much of a martyr as those to whom death came quickly on the scaffold of Witch's Hill. Now as the hour is getting late I must not talk any more about ghosts and witches. Some other time I will tell you what I have heard about the Quakers.
Betty: Thanks, Mother. It has all been very interesting and I expect I shall see ghosts and witches in my sleep. Good night.
© 2015 Cheryl Lassiter lassitergang.com
The Tuck Museum Turns 90 in 2015
Happy first day of 2015!
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Hampton Historical Society and Tuck Museum, founded in 1925 by Reverend Ira S. Jones and others. To celebrate this milestone the Society has planned several events throughout the year. Also, this summer museum visitors can experience our Retrospective exhibit, a decade-by-decade visual exploration of the museum's history set against a backdrop of important town, beach, and national events. And here at our blog we'll be highlighting the history of the Society, the museum, and the staff of dedicated volunteers who keep it all running.
On February 28, 1925, over 70 people signed Articles of Agreement to establish the corporation whose purpose was "to erect a suitable memorial to the founders of the first settlement in Hampton." The following week the Articles were approved by the New Hampshire Secretary of State and The Meeting House Green Memorial Association came into being.
Part of the "suitable memorial" included creating a repository for the town's historical treasures. For that purpose the Frank Fogg house, located adjacent to the historic meeting house green, was purchased for $4,000 and a small addition with fireplace was built at the rear of the house. The house was named in honor of Edward Tuck, the philanthropist who funded the project and whose mother was born and raised in Hampton (Tuck, who was born and raised in Exeter, also funded Stratham Hill Park, the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, the library at the New Hampshire Historical Society, and, of course, the Tuck playing fields in Hampton).
Donations of historical items were needed to furnish the new museum – which in the early years was called either "Tuck Hall" or "Tuck House." The museum still holds the original list of items donated in 1925. Most are still part of the collections.
–Caroline Campbell Lamprey Shea (1860-1933), a descendant of early Hampton settlers and the granddaughter of prominent local lawyer and political figure Uri Lamprey, was the Association's first secretary. She gave the museum one of its most historically significant donations: a walking cane that had been given to her grandfather by President Franklin Pierce.
–Mrs. Joshua James, whose house would be added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, gave a c. 1740 box pew chair that was used by generations of Jameses in their pew at the old meeting house.
–The Locke family gave a family-made quilt sewn from coats of both English army Redcoats and Continental army Yankees.
–Irene Trefethen Burnham gave the first organ used in the Hampton Methodist Church in the early 19th century.
–Mr. Frank Leavitt gave a late 19th century hair wreath that had belonged to Mrs. Abbie Leavitt Lamprey.
There are a few first items that are no longer in the collections (and won't be missed, either) – a set of stuffed, arsenic-laced Hampton marsh birds and a 100-year-old (in 1925) coconut. I always smile when I wonder who donated the old coconut and why, but I have an inkling that it was brought home as a souvenir from some exotic tropical locale by one of Hampton's intrepid seafaring men.
On October 14, 1925, the Association formally dedicated the Meeting House Green and Memorial Park, across the road from the Tuck House, as "a tribute to the heroism of the early settlers and a mark of respect to the Rev. Stephen Bachiler, the Father and Founder of the Congregational Church and the Town of Hampton."
After the dedication ceremonies and a banquet held at the Dance Carnival on Boar's Head ("the Prettiest and Coolest Spot on Hampton Beach"), the Association held its first annual meeting in the log cabin that had been built on the museum grounds as a "replica" of the first meeting house.* Caroline Shea's tart New England sense of humor shines through in this brief first record:
At the closing of the Celebration of the Meeting House Green Memorial Park Association which continued for two days exclusive of the Exercises in the Congregational Church on the preceding Sunday, a Meeting was held in the Log Cabin.
The Secretary's report was not read as there was no light in the room.
The Treasurer was not present and had sent no report.
A Committee for drawing up by-laws was appointed as follows: Mr. Barker, Mr. Chas. F. Adams with Mr. Jones.
Officers for the coming were elected as follows: Mr. Jones, President and Superintendent; Mrs. C. C. Shea, Secretary; Mr. Oliver Hobbs, Treasurer.
C. C. Shea, Secretary
*This was not a building style used by English colonists in America, and I am still trying to find out whose idea it was to build the log cabin as a supposed replica of the first Hampton meeting house. With a roof of bark-covered slats, it's amazing this building was still standing well into the 1940s. When it finally collapsed, it was never rebuilt. According to Harold Fernald's notes for a talk he gave at Lamie's Restaurant in 1970, the cabin was replaced in 1950 by the restored one-room district school house (which still inhabits the spot).
Special thanks to retired teacher and historian Harold Fernald, whose amazing personal stash of Hampton history contributed to this article.
–Wishing you a prosperous and magical 2015, Cheryl
The Leavitt Family Clock Finds a Home at the Tuck Museum
Visitors to the Tuck Museum are always impressed with our eclectic collection of period furniture. For example: a 1740 Hampton-made chair that was used by the James family in their meeting house pew and was one of the first donations to the museum at its opening in 1925; two 18th-century six board chests from the Hampton summer home of artist Charles Henry Turner; a c.1850 velvet armchair from the now-defunct Farragut Hotel; and a recently acquired 18th-century turned crest rail armchair attributed to southeastern New Hampshire. One of our most interesting acquisitions, however, is a beautiful 18th-century tall case clock, a 2013 gift from the Leavitt family whose roots go deep into the bedrock of Hampton history. At the 2014 annual meeting of the Hampton Historical Society, Betty Moore presented the following program on the clock.
I chose the grandfather clock as my item [to present at the annual meeting]. It is special to me because we have a documented history, the building it is associated with is still in existence, and the connections I have made with the donor.
The Leavitt family was among the original settlers in Exeter in 1638. They were listed in Hampton by 1644. Moses Leavitt, great-great-great grandson of Thomas, the original settler, was a tailor. Records show that he lived in central part of Hampton for a few years and in 1802, at the age of 28, he with his wife Sarah, according to Joseph Dow, "bought of John Elkins his new house on Nut Island, near the fish houses at the beach… moved thither and kept a house of entertainment to service the fishmongers who would travel down from Vermont and Canada among other places". Moses' father and grandfather had been tavern keepers, too.
Across the road from the tavern were the local fish houses; which at that point numbered around sixteen. Local families owned these small buildings where they kept their dories, sails, bait and equipment. Leavitt carried on fishing and farming, as well as owning and operating a nearby gristmill. Moses and Sarah had twelve children. Their son Amos carried on the operation of the building as a summer boarding house welcoming overnight guests in 1865, and after Amos, two of his sons, Jacob and Moses continued into the next generation.
During 2010 I was involved with the Leavitt Family reunion when they gathered in Hampton. It was then I met Laurence Leavitt and his family who ended up giving us the Leavitt Family cradle and later several other family items. Mr. Leavitt and I kept in contact and in 2013 he called and asked if we would like the grandfather clock that had stood in the Leavitt Homestead for generations. There was a catch….we needed to come to Maine to pick it up. No problem – from the photo you can see the clock had inches to spare in the back of the SUV.
And now this beautiful tall case (or grandfather) clock is back in Hampton. The clock is estimated to be from the late 1700s. The case of the clock is made out of maple which has been refinished over the years. The original clock face is enamel with a hand-painted floral design in the four corners and a group of three birds above the dial. The hour numerals also have regular numbers over the top. As would be expected with an item of this age, there is some wear and crazing of the enamel on the face.
The bonnet of the clock has carved and scrolled moldings accented with a center and two side brass finials. The glass in the door over the face of the clock is original showing lines and imperfections consistent with age. The weights, pendulum and skeleton key are all present. The waist of the clock has a rectangular door and the clock rests on ogee bracket feet. It is simple and graceful and best of all, in working condition.
I wonder how many people have stopped and looked at this clock to check the time over the years?
Moving through history – the original 1709 Tuck's Grist Mill was replaced by Moses Leavitt in 1815 with the current building. The homestead barn where horses were stabled became the Barn Theater in the 1930s, a restaurant and then Randy's Gay 90s. In the 1970s, the barn was torn down for condominiums. The homestead has been known as the Aqua Rama Motel, Bailey's Motel and today is called the Windjammer Hotel. It is located at 935 Ocean Blvd.
- presented by Betty Moore, Tuck Museum Executive Director, at the 2014 annual meeting of the Hampton Historical Society.
First Thanksgiving in Winnacunnet Plantation
In 1638 the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony designated the "last Thursday of the 8th month" (October 25) as a public day of thanksgiving in appreciation of the good spring weather, the ripening harvest, and the "safe coming of so many ships this year." Governor John Winthrop noted in his journal that 20 ships and at least 3,000 persons had arrived that year, "so that they were forced to look out to new plantations." Winnacunnet, or as Winthrop spelled it, "Winicowett," was one of those new plantations, settled by a group from Newbury led by Reverend Stephen Bachiler. According to Bachiler's letter to John Winthrop, Jr., Winnacunnet Plantation (later named Hampton) would be settled on October 14, 1638, making the October 25th day of thanksgiving Hampton's first.
Designated days of thanksgiving could come at any time during this early period, depending upon the event or circumstance being celebrated. For example, June 11, 1646 was set aside to give thanks for the Puritan victories in "our dear native country." Autumnal thanksgiving celebrations generally would not become customary in New England until mid-century.
Week in Review
Last week a group worked very hard to get our annual newsletter/membership mailing printed, assembled and out the door. This issue is a compilation of the reports from the annual meeting and summarizes all that has been accomplished throughout the year. Sitting at home and reading the newsletter as a regular member would, I was awestruck at what is accomplished by a dedicated group of volunteers. Sometimes when you are in the thick of it all you lose track of the larger scheme of things.
The big new of the week…year….(maybe decade) – is the Society's purchase of a building that will be dedicated to collection management and research. Proper collection space has been an issue for as long as I can remember – which is a loooong time! I have been on two building committees, a long-range plan and strategic plan where space was the number one priority.
Our new collection and research facility is two minutes away – just around the corner on US 1 in the center of Hampton Village. Over the winter the building will be retrofitted with an office/research area, collections work space and customized storage areas. No more crowded storeroom where we have to move three things to get to what we needed. When that is completed, the library/meeting area in the main museum building on Park Avenue will be given a face-lift and volunteer work space will be created in the former storage areas. We will get small luxuries like electrical outlets, good lighting and a place to keep work in progress. It will be a dream come true at a fraction what our new building addition was adding up to be.
The other "dream" part of this whole project is that we have a donor who is willing to match contributions made to the building fund dollar for dollar – so our affordable space alternative has become even more so! I want to thank the Building Committee and HHS Board who kept on the issue until a suitable alternative was found. By this summer, our 90th anniversary celebration will be going strong, and we should be ready to show off both locations. More on the building project can be found on our website.
I'd say it was a pretty good week!
Panning for Gold in Hampton's History
"There's gold in them thar hills," as the saying goes. So, too, with historical research, in which the paydirt is information. Like panning for gold, research requires the patience to scour objects for hours on end "looking for color" – a gold mining term for determining the presence of oro. Instead of bending over a swirling pan of dirt in an icy creek, researchers stare into computer screens and hunch over a miscellany of old documents. To extend the metaphor, these miners of information sometimes get dust, sometimes flecks, while other times they get lucky and score with a big, shiny nugget.
Right now I'm researching Hampton's "Argonauts" – those men who went to California during the Gold Rush of 1849 and the Klondike Gold Rush fifty years later. I expected at the outset to find one or two names, but the list is growing longer as details begin to accumulate. What I didn't expect to find, however, was a Hampton woman, one who had gone 'round the Horn to California to boot! Her letter, written from San Francisco to her parents in Hampton, was printed in a May 1849 issue of the Exeter Newsletter (reproduced below).
Thanks to the Internet, I was able to parlay this serendipitous find into a goldmine of information about her life, her historic journey to California, and the family she left behind in Hampton. Her name was Caroline Augusta Perkins Joyce Jackson, born in 1825 to John and Caroline Harriman Perkins. Caroline Sr.'s father was John Harriman, an early pastor of Hampton's Baptist Church, said to have been one-half Penobscot Indian and the founder of the New Light Christian Baptists.
Young Caroline, however, became enamored with the Church of Latter Day Saints – the Mormons – and against her parents' wishes was baptized into that faith. In Boston she was known as the "Mormon nightingale" for her singing talent. She married John Joyce of New Brunswick and in 1844 gave birth to a daughter, Augusta. In 1846 she and John paid $150 to sail from New York with other Mormons on the ship Brooklyn, headed for upper California.
The group planned to rendezvous there with the main body of Mormons traveling overland from Nauvoo, Illinois (the meet-up didn't go off as planned, but that's another story). The voyage of the Brooklyn is historically significant in that it is (as far as is known) the first colonist ship to carry women and children around the Horn to California.
Of the 234 passengers, about 60 were women and almost half were children. The six month voyage, which included a stop in Hawaii, was challenging—with all those kids, how could it be anything else?—storms, deaths, foul water, insect-infested food, days of sweltering heat with no wind to fill the sails.
The ship arrived at Yerba Buena (San Francisco) at the end of July 1846. The next year Caroline gave birth to Helen, her second and last child. The pioneering life in California was a hard one but the discovery of gold improved the Joyces' fortunes tremendously. Although he had grown wealthy, John Joyce's "apostasy" ruined the marriage and he and Caroline divorced.
At some point Caroline was visited by her father and brother John from Hampton. By 1860 she was living in San Bernardino where she married 52-year-old Colonel Alden Apollos Jackson, a lawyer and veteran of the Mexican War. By 1867 the Jacksons had settled in Utah Territory.
According to their shared headstone, Alden died that year and Caroline died in 1876, but Caroline's daughter Augusta wrote that they had died within five weeks of each other in 1876. They are buried in St. George, UT; their gravesite has been fitted with a modern headstone that features a round "Ship Brooklyn Pioneer" plague under Carolyn's name. Shortly before she died Caroline penned a memoir, which her daughter Augusta, a poet, writer, and plural wife, published in a book titled "The Representative Women of Deseret."
Caroline's letter, transcribed from the May 21, 1849 issue of the Exeter Newsletter San Francisco, Dec. 3, 1848 Dear Parents – We are comfortably situated in our far western home, although we should like to have you all with us, and I think the boys had better embrace the first opportunity to come out here, as there is every chance for them to make a fortune, and they are as safe to be trusted on a voyage as I was certainly.
My husband has been in the gold mines and in four months has dug out two thousand dollars' worth of gold which is but a small sum in comparison to the luck of some who have worked there. Any boy twelve years old can get from one to three ounces of gold – pure gold, in a day. And who would not leave home for a while and risk the ocean waves, rather than work for years?
The town of San Francisco is improving fast and looks quite like home. Lots of land which could be bought for fifteen dollars when we came here, two years ago, sell now from one to six thousand dollars. We shall try and buy a farm in the Country this coming year: so if you will come out you will have a home ready. This is to be a great farming country as produce is very high at present. Every man is busy digging gold and of course farming is neglected, so long as a man can make from fifty to a hundred dollars a day.
I would advise you to come by land in case you conclude to come, but by all means send all your furniture by water, well packed and marked; and do not leave home as I did, with nothing to keep house with. I think, however, you had better remain in the States and let the oldest boys come to California. The journey either way is tedious—and I shall either come home or send you money to make you comfortable without working any more, as you have been obliged to do all your life.
I can assure you it is very hard for me to see plenty of gold around and know that you are toiling every day for a scanty subsistence. I know my oldest brothers at home could earn in one year sufficient to enable you to live independent all your life; and I want the youngest boys to go to school, as there are no schools in this place, and no prospect of any so long as a man can get from fifty to an hundred dollars a day in the mines
I may take a start and come home in the spring, for I do not mind a journey now as I once did. My husband will stay here, as he intends going into the mines as soon as the rain is over. Your affectionate daughter, Caroline P.S. You will perceive that I have sent you a small specimen of the gold as dug from the mine.
Who knows? Maybe this letter inspired the Hampton '49ers, men like Charles M. Perkins, Edwin Johnson Hobbs, Nathaniel Johnson, and the Lamprey and Dearborn boys, to pack up their belongings and head to California. Gold, indeed!


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That's very difficult to answer without seeing the house. As one poster said, the prep is the most important part. On newer homes that don't have a lot of peeling paint, the prep can be very minimal even as low as a couple or a few hundred dollars for the prep labor.
On a 100 year old home with 12 coats of peeling paint on it, then the prep costs can be very high and can easily exceed 50% of the job's labor cost.
A 2100 sq ft two story home could easily cost $1000 just for the labor to prep for the paint job. That number could climb too. Throw in lots of caullking or window glazing, and you could be talking a couple or a few hundred dollars more for labor.
Painting that home with one coat of paint and a different color on the trim could run roughly $1000 or more just for labor. Add a second coat and that could cost close to another $1000 for labor.
For paint, you may need 20 gallons of paint. You can pay from $30-$70 for a gallon of good quality exterior paint. The manufacturer of the paint should be specified in any painting contract. Otherwise, the contractor could bid at a Sherwin-Williams $60 per gallon paint and then paint the house with $35 Valspar and pocket the difference. $25 dollars per gallon times 20 gallons? That's a pretty penny too.
That was the long answer to your question. The short answer is $2000 to $4000 and up, depending upon the amount of prep, the number of coats, the amount of trim, and the paint used.
Our companie's policy is to prime the area with any bonding primer. This will seal the hairspray in and not let it affect the next coat of paint. It would also be a good idea to lightly sand the area first.
Our recommendation for primer would be Zinsser's BIN Spray (red can) and can be bought at most paint stores or home improvement stores. Other than that, any thing that specifically says "bonding" for a primer should be adequate enough.
Some other 1 coat coverage paints you could use would be Sherwin Williams Duration, and Behr Ultra Premium Plus.
Hope this helps!
Remember, you not only have to remove the popcorn texture, but also redo the ceiling in some other texture.
Price will depend on several factors:
1) how much the contractor you choose hates removing popcorn or textured ceilings - some charge $1 or so/SF extra just because they hate it. There are even some who bid total drywall replacement cheaper than removing the popcorn, so you have to first find contractors who are happy to do that work, or your prices will be out of the realistic range
2) if the popcorn predates about 1990, then it could likely have asbestos in it, which doubles or triples the price, and in many cases uncapsulating it with a spray coating and then removing the drywall entirely is actually cheaper than all the protective measures necessary if it is scraped off.
3) whether the popcorn is primarily gypsum and vermiculite (comes off REAL easy) or was the plaster of paris variety, which takes a fair amount of soaking to soften it enough to scrape off
4) what type of finish you are replacing it with - if a textured ceiling, slapcoat, knockdown finish or paneling, not real problem. If you want to go with a perfectly smooth ceiling (generally a bad idea as any variations in the drywall on a ceiling surface really shows up dramatically), then it will demand a lot of care in preparing the scraped surface, and a complete surface drywall compound skim coat to smooth out the scrapes and gouges from the removal process.
5) what underlying conditions are - if there is a lot of furniture to move around (should go to adjacent rooms) or cover and work around, high-quality rug or hardwood floor to super-protect or such, will drive cost up.
I have seen costs run from as low as $0.60/SF to $1.25/SF (for removal only). Generally, remove and recoat with a surface texture of some kind (anything but smooth) and paint will run you about $2.50-3.50/SF.
Now the bad news - if asbestos containing, can run from $5-10/SF. Many homeowners in that situation go the other legal route - have it encapsulated with an asbestos-rated sealant by an asbestos contractor, then paint it and leave it for the next homeowner to decide what to do about it. Some contractors encapsulate it and then put a 1/4" thick drywall layer over it - this usually looks like a disaster unless it has a VERY rough textured finish on it, because putting drywall sheet over a rough surface like popcorn invariably means a wavy surface commonly looks like a gently rolling ocean surface.
I have a couple suggestions - My first would have been to contact the paint manufacturer - whether it's sherwin williams, benjamin moore, behr, etc. to see if they would send a rep out to give their recommendation. We have done this before starting a project to get the best possible recommendation for work to be done and have found them to be very helpful in diagnosing what is currently going on and the best way to fix it.
If that doesn't work, I would call either the better business bureau or maybe the local paper if your contractor isn't willing to work through the problem with you. Also, If your contractor warrantied the work I might re-read that to see what they cover if anything.
My guess is that there will have to be some sort of dispute resolution process.
Hope this helps!
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