This holiday season, we reflect on those who have kept our towns running smoothly, from Savoy to Sandisfield. Assessors, clerks, phone operators and Post Masters, some of these small town heroes had more than one hat to wear. And of course, as the towns' oldest voters show us, we all play our role in a functioning democracy. Enjoy!
Driving through Peru, 1940
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A Man in Monterey
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Warren Baxter, Monterey Town Clerk and Historian
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Selectman and Assessor and Constable of New Ashford, Oct. 31, 1936
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New Ashford Aerial Shot
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Benjamin Boyce, Town Committee Member of New Ashford
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Miss Helena Millima, New Ashford Teacher
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Mrs. Alfred S. Beach, Town Clerk of New Ashford
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Judge Clarence M. Smith's home in New Ashford
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New Ashford's oldest voter, sheepraiser, 1923
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Peru Man
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Peru's oldest voter casting his vote, 1951
Walter H. Pike, 81, casts his 60th consecutive ballot in the town election held Feb. 5, 1951. He never missed an election since the age of 21.
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Peru Man
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Another Man from Peru
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Peru's oldest voter, with Town Clerk and Treasurer, Constable and Moderator
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Peru Memorial Dedication, 1946
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Jason Sears, Sandisfield Town Clerk
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Herbert Fitzroy of Savoy, State Forest Superintendent and Fire Tower Caretaker
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Fred Haskins, member of Savoy School Board for 40 years
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Willliam Cain, Savoy Telephone Manager and Operator, 1931
Cain worked 24 hours a day, 7 days a week managing the telephones in Savoy in 1931.
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Savoy sign painter
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Miss Mary A. Fallon, West Stockbridge, Sept. 22, 1924
Fallon was the only Democratic Woman Postmaster in Western Massachusetts at the time.
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