THE 1st ANNUAL MHCA COW PLOP CONTEST IS ALMOST HERE!
Did you hear about the Cow Plop contest at Cider Days? It's going to be udderly awesome!
Miss Liberty will be waiting for you on Sat 9 Oct, 1 – 4 pm, walking the grid and munching on grass across from the Belmont Fire House on barn on Church Street. Buy a square (or 2 or 10!) for your chance to win and come cheer her on to try and convince her to plop in your sweet spot!
You'll find the Cow Plop grid at the Belmont General Store. Just tell one of the staff you want to play, put down $10 per square and they will give you the special pen to sign up. Each $10 donation gets a square with a chance to win a $100 and a FABULOUS gift basket of local merchandise. Not to mention you're investing in your community. Purchase as many squares as you'd like or gift some to your friends.
Thank you to Miss Liberty's sponsors, Jim and Millicent Johnson from Dairy Aire Farm. They look forward to seeing you on Sat between 1-4 pm as we all wait for the big plop!
Note: If you have a photo of Jenney or Coolidge, please run
Coolidge Historian Describes Coolidge Homestead to Ludlow Rotary
In a wide-ranging presentation, William Jenney, Historic Site administrator for the Calvin Coolidge Homestead, described the creation of the site plus some little known aspects of Coolidge's political life to the Ludlow Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon meeting.
Jenney first outlined how the various buildings now associated with the Coolidge Homestead site in Plymouth Notch were gradually absorbed into the historic site. Much of the location, visited by thousands of visitors each year, did not become part of the site until the middle of the 20th Century.
The latest structure added to the site is a modern new building housing many of the keepsakes associated with Coolidge as well as meeting facilities.
Perhaps the most interesting part of his discussion, however, focused on how Calvin Coolidge became involved in politics.
Jenney noted that upon his graduation from Amherst College, Coolidge sent letters to two law firms, one in Montpelier in his home state and a second to a firm in Northampton, Massachusetts. Due to the slow delivery of his letter to Montpelier, Coolidge received a letter from the Northampton firm offering him employment while not receiving any response from the Montpelier firm.
Pondering what might have happened in history had the Montpelier firm responded first, Jenney mused that Coolidge might never have become President of the United States.
However, Coolidge's political career began in Northampton as its Mayor followed by terms in the Massachusetts House and Senate, ultimately being elected that state's Governor. It was in this position that Coolidge gained national prominence in his handling of the Boston Police Strike of 1919 which gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action.
During the Republican Presidential Convention of 1920, the back-room pols, as was the convention at that time, named a candidate for Vice President to support Warren Harding, the nominee for President. When this nomination reached the floor of the convention, the delegates revolted against the back-room proposed nominee and, with the convention delegates yelling "Coolidge, Coolidge", effectively nominated Coolidge as the Veep candidate. He became President in 1923 when Harding died and won relection in 1924.
