Here’s some old news from the Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place, and Cilleyville “gossip” columns of the Franklin Journal Transcript, selected by Heather Makechnie.
February 4, 1965
Albert T. Boyd, 63, died suddenly in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from a coronary while enroute home from Connecticut. Mr. Boyd, who operated a silk screen studio in Andover with his wife, was born in Philadelphia, and for the last eight years has lived in Andover. Previously he resided in southern California.
He was an instructor at Proctor Academy and earlier had been employed by the New Hampshire League of Arts and Crafts. At the time of his death he was a member of the Council of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts.
He was educated in New Jersey and was a graduate of the Art Students League of New York City. Members of the family include his wife, Maxine (Heasley) Boyd; two daughters, Mrs. Ann A. Moser of Sunland, California and Miss Judith A. Boyd of Andover, a student at UNH; and a son, Max H. Boyd, who is attending school in Kenwood, California.
February 18, 1965
George W. Perreault, 85, of East Andover died on February 11 after a short illness. A native of North Danville, Vermont, he was born on November 18, 1879, the son of Hilaire and Marie (Champeau) Perreault. Mr. Perreault had lived in this community all his life and was a member of St. Paul’s Church. Before his retirement he was a carpenter. Members of the family include his wife, Hazel (Libby) Perreault of Bristol.
David Jewett spent the weekend with his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Jewett, who drove him to the airport in Boston to fly to Hawaii, where he will be cooking for the Army.
Folks, not only are Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death and his Castle of Blood both featured at the Regal Theatre this week, but to top that, next week Regal will hold the first area showing of Disney’s Those Calloways. As exciting as that may be, hold your breath: coming on March 6, the Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night!
February 25, 1965
Another fire visited the home of Leo A. Guptill on Wednesday, around 7 o’clock, which caused considerable damage but did not destroy the home.
A neighbor, Roger Henderson, reportedly spotted the fire at 7 AM and called the Guptills by telephone. The fire started in the fireplace, went up through the ceiling to the second floor, but did not go through the roof. East Andover and Andover Fire Departments responded to the call, and in turn called for a tank truck from Franklin.
The family had been using the fireplace, as the furnace was not in good working order in that section of the house. After the fire, they moved into the ell portion, where another furnace will provide the heat.
Back in 1957, the Guptills were burned out of house and home when a fire started in the chimney of their home in Tilton. Then last year, oil men passing by the Guptill farm in East Andover spotted a blaze in the barn in time to prevent major damage.
Correspondent Kathy Carpenter of the Andover Elementary School News reports that Winter Carnival King Gordon Lull and Queen Kathy Carpenter were crowned by Hans Jaeger of the Hans Jaeger Ski School at Ragged Mountain in Danbury. Mr. Jaeger presented the King and Queen with a free private lesson in the art of skiing.