Cousin Susan Clough Bausch sent an Easter greeting saying: “This is the Life, Commuting to Nassau, Bahamas, every week.” Susan manages the gift shop on a steamship line.
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Another greeting from Leonora Herridge which says, “Hoping to get to the next meeting wherever it is.” Her daughter Marcia also wrote to learn the dates for the reunion and hopes to be present.
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A letter from Mrs. Florence Clough Abel of Port Orchard, Washington requested the coat-of-arms. Mrs. Ethel Clough also sent for copies and several other western cousins will frame them for their children. There are sufficient copies of this device for all of our clan to display in their homes.
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Mrs. J. C. Kennedy, niece of Cousin Jane S. Clough, wrote to the Editor that Cousin Jane died on May 4th in Oberlin, Ohio. A committal service was held in Merrimac, Mass., at the family burial lot on May 15th.
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Cousin Bess Pease of Plymouth had the misfortune to slip on the New Hampshire ice and sprain her ankle in February. She is about as usual now.
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Recently a trip to North Waterboro was enjoyed that included a conference with Ruth and Henry Knight about the reunion. Percy and Ina are grand hosts and their Rumpus Room with a fireplace burning is just the setting for a lobster feast. In this room, Ina entertains the community gatherings of the Ladies Aid of the church, or the Auxiliary for the Fire Department that was organized after the devastating forest fires a few years ago. The church fair was accommodated in this basement room which has a doorway from the outside and within are tables that can seat 40 people the requirements for this small village. Cupboards along the wall contain dishes and a range permits cooking. Cousin Ina and her sister, Laura Johnson, are vitally interested in the church and last fall installed a new oil heating plant in this Gothic church near their homes. They also published a cookbook that is selling Maine recipes rapidly. Percy’s green house has been filled with blossoms all winter. He keeps the lights burning throughout the evenings to the delight of passersby. We envied their camp, not far from their home on Little Ossipee Lake, where Percy owns considerable shore property. The camp has every modern convenience for living, is located on a point with pines for shade and offers vacation joys for son Roy and daughter Lucile and their families.
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President Ruth and husband Henry Knight have been doing good neighbor deeds all the past winter. Those who saw the slides at Kennebunkport that Henry showed of a farm that is owned by Cluff connections will appreciate the fact that every day, after and before his day’s employment in Sanford, Henry has gone to this farm to care for the dairy herd because of the serious illness of the son in this family. Fortunately, the nature of the illness has been discovered and an operation has restored the young man to health. Just before Easter, their son, David, surprised them with a short visit, from his air base in Kansas. Dave is still a mechanic for jet bombers, six engine type, and expects to attend an advanced training school on his return to his base. He has another year before his service is completed. The threat in Indo-China keeps Ruth awake nights.
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Should any members of the family be driving in the vicinity of Sutton, N. H., a call at Camp Penacook in North Sutton might find Mrs. Walter Cluff there. This camp is owned by Mr. C. R. Hubbard, son-in-law of Mrs. Cluff and her daughter Merle. Thirty girls and 35 boys are accommodated and an adjoining property, Pena-cook Lodge, is a part of the grounds.
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Clarence and Ethel have been hunting for Cloughs around Florida all winter. They planned to drive to The Keys to visit the wandering Frank and Farmer Fanny Williams. At Jacksonville, a delightful call was made on Captain Burnham Clough McCaffree, and others around Orlando. The last of April, Clarence started for Storm Lake and will be planning to fly East in August.
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Mrs. Isaiah W. Lincoln announced the engagement of her eldest daughter, Doris to Cecil Ames, both of Portland, Maine, at a party given at her home. The wedding was solemnized on April 3rd. Both young people are seniors in high school and are active in the Stevens Avenue Congregational church. They will live at 6 Waverley Street in Portland.
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While attending a D. A. R. meeting of the Exeter, N. H., Chapter in April, a delightful surprise visit was enjoyed with Cousin Ella Higgins Richards who has a new home on Great Bay, Greenland, N. H. She brought pictures of this beautiful place that looks out on this arm of the sea; also of her two sons, fine boys in school and the small daughter who was born about two years ago. Cousin Ella is a cousin in the same line as the editor and we searched long for her D. A. R. proofs through the John Cluff-5 line.
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A letter from Lilian Clough Reed in Yucaipa, Cal., was filled with good news of her family. All are in excellent health. She writes that she gets her greatest kick from cultivating her flowers in January, as one might expect from a New Englander. One of her diversions was the Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Year’s, “a gorgeous thing. What a mob! It took an hour and a half to return to the house, a trip that usually takes ten minutes. There were people spread out on the Main street where they spent the night to be sure that they occupied the best places to watch the parade.”
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Cousin Laura, treasurer, and the editor went ‘exploring recently in Laura’s Buick around Gilmanton. We met several citizens who expressed their hopes that they might meet Clarence while he is in their vicinity in August. Cousin Laura ‘possesses a wealth of knowledge about the Cloughs in Canterbury and can display pictures of groups that were taken at the former reunions and supply the names of many persons. We plan to exhibit these groups at Canterbury on August 21st and anticipate that we shall meet descendants who are now living in that vicinity.
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In Gilmanton, we found that the organizations of women are eager to add to their treasuries and will be glad to provide a picnic lunch for us on Sunday, the 22nd. Since we shall be required to give an estimated number of those who plan to be present, you will be doing a favor should you drop a card to Mrs. Henry M. Knight, Alfred, Maine, expressing your desire foe the luncheon on ‘Sunday noon in Gilmanton.
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Our Vice-President, Elizabeth M. Hannon, visited in Gilmanton at the old homestead of her ancestor, Daniel # 367, page 186, about ten years ago. She found the rural farmhouse a primitive contrast to her apartment in New York City and the racing of rats in the ceilings most disturbing. However, she enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Lane, who were living in the place. Mrs. Lane was the daughter of Mirum Seth Clough, No. 2420, page 407, Genealogy. She died in Pittsfield, N. H., on Sept. 7, 1953. She is buried at the Smith Meeting-house Cemetery in Gilmanton, N. H.