STAR ISLAND CHURCH
(Isles of Shoals)
Star Island old church, Isles of Shoals, N.H.; Detroit Publishing Company; 1910; Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
“GRAY as the fog-wreaths over it blown
When the surf beats high and the caves make moan,
Stained with lichens and stormy weather
The church and the scarred rocks rise together;
And you scarce may tell, if a shadow falls,
Which are the ledges and which the walls.”
Ensign Edward Blanchard Cloues, son of Alfred S. & Hattie (Blanchard) Cloues was born 25 December 1917 at Warner, New Hampshire He was aboard the USS. Arizona when it was sunk on 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack. His body remains with the ship and his shipmates. He was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously, which was sent to his mother in May 1942.
Edward Blanchard Cloues
Photograph from the United States Naval Academy
http://www.usna.com/NC/History/ClassOf1940/C.htm
“Eddie,” as he was known to his family and friends, had graduated from Simonds Free High School at the top of his class, had been active in sports, and a member of the school’s orchestra. He attended the University of New Hampshire for a year pending his appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he graduated in 1940.
A Storm of Snow has come and gone, leaving several feet of powdery, drifting snow behind. It seems that since last autumn The Weather Channel started naming winter storms, and they called the most recent one ‘Nemo.’ WFSB Channel 3 (New Haven CT), who apparently was one of the first news stations to name major winter storms, called it ‘Charlotte’ instead. No matter what they say, it was not the greatest snowfall New Hampshire has seen.
When I browsed
the files of the Merrimack Historical Society a year ago, I found a yellowed newspaper clipping describing a remarkable woman whom I had never heard of. The people I write about on this blog are interesting in their own way, but mostly they come from a fairly conservative mold. Maggie broke hers. She is a lovely role model–a bold woman who has pursued her dreams.
When textiles were King (or Queen depending on your view) in New Hampshire, the Bleachery served an important function–to whiten or clean fabric, and other materials which needed lightening. Back in the day when men wore straw hats and women wore ‘leghorns,’ there were milliners and others who offered a bleaching service. Continue reading
