Years ago, when we needed screws, nuts, or bolts, my dad didn’t go to the hardware store. The first trip would be “down cellar” to the pan of mixed hardware. Dad would look through the assortment and pick out what he wanted. On many occasions, he would turn to me saying “ find me some more just like this.” I would take a large bolt and rake through the pile until I found some that matched.
If something was being discarded and there were screws, nuts, or bolts that could be easily salvaged, the pan would be replenished. Today I drive to Oak Hill, where the fastener room at Ace Hardware stocks what seems to be every fastener imaginable.
This old pan has been sitting untouched for decades. It served us well at one time, and I hate to junk it. Today its only purpose is to provide me a pleasant memory of my childhood.
Do you have a memory you would like to share in the newsletter? If so, forward it to the editor at scarboroughhist@gmail.com.
The Pictures of the Week selections for 1.20.23 from the Scarborough Historical Society include one of the most unusual pictures in our collections. The picture is of a water wheel that was on the Rufus Carter farm located near the intersection of the Payne Road and Scottows Hill Road, the only picture of a water wheel I’ve ever seen recorded in Scarborough. Other images include those of the Carter farm home that burned in 1919 and some of the family members who lived there. Also included is a view of the intersection of Scottows Hill Road and Payne Road as it looked in 1909. We’d love to hear from anyone who has a broader knowledge of water wheels in early Scarborough.
Payment to inhabitants for part of Scarboro annex to Gorham by Act of Legislature of 1864.
This may certify that the Assessors of the town of Scarboro Have apportioned to the inhabitants Of that part of Scarboro set off And annexed to the town of Gorham by act of the legislature of 1864 the sums due them under Acts of 1868 and 1870 and Have committed the same to Cyrus F. Moulton Treasurer of Scarboro who will pay said inhabitants said sums the 26 day of Aug 1870 Scarboro Aug. 11 1870
Seth Scammon { Assessors { of Grandville McKinney { Scarboro
(Transcription by Betty McKown, Scarborough Historical Society)
From the Scarborough Historical Society’s digital collections come these pictures of an early Pine Point tourist destination, the Pillsbury House, that opened its doors for lodging and shore dinners in 1875. Included is a picture of the Pillsbury House staff circa 1890, a 1946 advertising card, and pictures taken during the razing of the building in 1985.
Adeline Frances Skillings - SHS Class 1942
Amy Virginia Nelson - Class 1942
Anna Marian Wright - Class 1942
Constance (Connie) Hayward - SHS Class 1942
Dorothea Agnes Booth, SHS Class 1942
Elizabeth Ruth Shaw - SHS Class 1942
Ella Louise Nelson - SHS Class 1942
Hazel-Ellen-Varney-SHS-Class-42-2023.02.04g
Laurene Eleanor Libby - SHS Class 1942
Margarite-22Maggie22-Lena-Skillings-SHS-Class-42-2023.02.04j
Marianina Valorey Bowens - SHS Class 1942
Myron "Chock" Manual Bowens - SHS Class 1942
