THE INDIVIDUALS (chronologically by date of birth)   FRED L. ADAMS November 3, 1856 - March 24, 1944   AUGUSTUS S. WENTWORTH  February 26, 1860 - January 19, 1927 CHARLES FRED GOWEN September 6, 1861 - June 3, 1914 FLORENCE “FANNIE” (JORDAN) (WENTWORTH) (BATCHELDER) (WALLACE) TIBBETTS  August 12, 1867 - 1953 HARVEY EARLE ADAMS May 21, 1881 - December 21, 1918 CHESTER ARTHUR EMMONS February 5, 1882 - January 10, 1965 NELLIE ARLETTA (WENTWORTH) (ADAMS) WELCH September 20, 1890 - September 23, 1988 VICTOR STANLEY GOWEN SR. November 15, 1897 - December 9, 1961 FRANKLIN KING HURD April 4, 1901 - July 23, 1965 GRACE MABEL (JONES) (GOWEN) HURD September 7, 1902 - December 1962 PIERRE L. BLUTEAU September 30, 1909 - (body found March 13, 1975) CHARLES AUGUSTUS ADAMS November 28, 1910 - January 26, 1987 ALMEDA FRANCES (ADAMS) (TREW) HURTEAU April 2, 1916 - March 13, 1997 EDMUND "PHILLIP" LADD BADGER September 28, 1917 -  December 1, 1951 LAURA MAY (ADAMS) (...

The directors of the Southwick Sandlot League held a meeting on July 3, 1961, at which they voted to purchase 13 acres of land off Powder Mill Road, known as the Gardner property, for $13,000 and officially incorporate the organization as Southwick Recreation Center, Inc. (At the time, the land had three baseball diamonds.) The new entity's officers and directors were J. Carl Maloney, William Stacy, Paul Hovey, William Sharpe, Charles Grimaldi, and Edward Connolly. They proposed a membership drive to raise enough money to cover the land purchase price and construct a small building to house sporting equipment and provide refreshments. Adult memberships would be one dollar each, and children's memberships fifty cents. A typical recreation program the directors were starting was estimated to cost $35,000 annually. The directors did not want the burden to fall on taxpayers, so they planned three annual fundraisers: Tag Day, held each May, a membership drive in August, and a card p...

Southwick Electric Company (rough draft) The newly incorporated Southwick Electric Company appeared before the Massachusetts State Board of Gas and Electric Light Commission in Boston on June 28, 1915, to gain approval to issue 600 shares of capital stock valued at $6,000. Southwick Electric planned to use the money generated from its stock offering to build a power station near the Westfield/Southwick town line, run lines to the town center, and purchase equipment to supply street lighting and electricity to Southwick businesses.  The new company negotiated with the Westfield Light Company, from which it would get either electricity or power. The company's officers were:  Raymond M. Fletcher, president Frank B. Gladwin, treasurer William Fletcher, director Harry B. Putnam, director During a special town meeting in August, Southwick voters approved installing street lights and authorized selectmen to contract with the Southwick Electric Light Company to provide electricity for...