Holyoke, Mass

[Adapted from the Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent, 12 February 1929.]

NEENAH.—Charles M. Nelson, 58, former resident here and at one time superintendent of the Neenah Paper company’s mill, died last Thursday at Holyoke, Mass., according to word received here Monday.  He was born at Copenhagen, Denmark, and came to Neenah when he was three years of age.  He started as a papermaker when 13 years of age and advanced until he had held the position of superintendent of some of the larger mills in the country.  Surviving are the widow; one son, John Nelson; and one brother, Chris Nelson, formerly og Neenah, now of Manitowoc.  Burial was at Holyoke.

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[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, February 6, 1922.]

Mrs. Emily A. Will

Mrs. Emily A. Will, widow of Anton Will, died Saturday that the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helen Weber, 8 Grant street.  She was born in Germany and came to Holyoke with her husband about 45 years ago.  She leaves three daughters, Mrs. A. Weber, Mrs. George Giguere, and Mrs. William Achlichting, all of Holyoke, and two sons, Charles in California and Emil G., of Cleveland, Ohio.  The funeral will be held Monday afternoon.  Ref. August Brunn will officiate and burial will be in Forestdale. 

John Brick

John Brick, a charter member of the stone masons and for many years president of that body, died Saturday at this home 1 Center street.  He was a foreman on the stone work at the time that the city hall was built and also on the canal wall.  Besides his widow he leave a son, Timothy.  The funeral will be held at Dillon’s funeral parlors, Monday morning at 8:30, followed by high requiem mass at 9 at the Rosary church.

Mrs. Arthur Nolin

The funeral of Mrs. Arthur Nolin was held Saturday morning at the home, 33 Samosett street at 9, followed by solemn high mass at the Immaculate Conception church at 9:30.  Rev. John Gunet was celebrant, Rev. Pierre Roix, deacon, and Rev. F. LeClair, subdeacon.  Burial was in Notre Dame Cemetery.

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Perhaps where you are the weather is somewhat better, but here in New York City metro, the high today is somewhere in the 20 F range, so dressing warm is important.  The ad to the left is from the February 4th Springfield Republican, advertising coats for Albert Steiger & Co.  Naturally I remember Steiger’s from the High Street location and shopped there often over the years.  I always think of the wonderful old elevator and the elevator operator.

Anyway, this ad respresents a sale on coats, “Handsome Tailored Coats at $55.00 (regular values up to $87.50).  Finely tailored coats of Pollyanna, Ermine and Bolivia with throw collars and stitching.  Brown, navy and black with beautiful silk linings.  In 1922 that was quite a lot of money for a coat.

Is there anyone out there who is able to define “pollyanna” and “Bolivia” in the context of fabric?

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[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, Jan. 1, 1922.]

Mrs. Leon Berube of Holyoke Shot by Roomer Who Kills Self — No Motive for Deed Known.

Holyoke, Dec, 31, 1921.—Mrs. Leon Berube of 41 Newton street lies unconscious at the House of Providence hospital tonight, critically wounded, and the body fo Frank A. Bedard, 38, of the same address, lies in a local morgue, as the result of a shooting affray as inexplicable as it was tragic.  Shortly after 8 this morning, Bedard, who had been a roomer at the Berube house eight years, followed Mrs. Berube into her kitchen, shot her three times, wounding her in the breast and in both arms, and then fired a bullet into his own temple, dying immediately.

No motive for the tragedy is known.  It had no witnesses.  So far as known, no altercation preceded it.  Edna Berube, 14, daughter of the stricken woman, who was in another room at the time, heard no conversation before the shooting began.  Neither did Mrs. Laura Clark, who lives in the apartment above that occupied by the Berubes.

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[In part from the Appleton (Wisconsin) Post Crescent, 12 March 1923, “Ambitious.”]

Leo McNulty

Holyoke, Mass.—Leo McNulty, attending Rosary high, a small local parochial school has ambitions.  He wants to become an athletic star at Notre Dame, where he becomes a freshman next fall.

Meantime, McNulty is practicing up for such a time.  The results to date are promising to say the least.

McNulty is serving his second year as captain of the school basketball team, which has won more than 30 straight victories.  Last season he threw 209 floor baskets, leading 30 high school and academy teams.

He was rated the best scholastic quarterback in New England last fall. As an outfielder and slugger he’s a big part of Rosary high’s baseball team, too.

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