“REPORT.

Without Hon. George Sheldon and without C. Alice Baker the annual meeting of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association must suffer in interest and in value. But the absence of these two, its chief pillars, did not prevent the session of members in the comfortable ancient kitchen, Tuesday afternoon, February 27, nor the transaction of the usual round of business, nor the public addresses on local history in the early evening. Mr. Sheldon is in Boston trying to recover the strength lost in an extended illness and his guiding hand was seriously missed.

The president’s duties were performed by Samuel O. Lamb of Greenfield, and the secretary and treasurer, Nathaniel Hitchcock, was ready with his painstaking annual reports. His report as secretary showed that the association had gone through the year with its usual faithful work. The Field day at Bernardston in September commemorated the origin of Falls Fight Township and added the valuable paper of Mrs. Lucy Cutler Kellogg to the association’s proceedings. The members who have died during the year are Mrs. C. W. Hoyt and Miss Fannie S. Ware, both of Deerfield,…”

Reference Data:

History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Vol. 3, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1901, page 116