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News and Notes Out of the Ordinary President's Message The business of the Society over the past year involved a variety of activities: Events at the Old
Ordinary included the House Tour; the regular summer opening; and school tours and the ceramics display under the supervision of the Old Ordinary Committee, Gene Chamberlain, chairman.
Annual Meeting The Society's Annual Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 17, at the South Shore Country Club. The business of the meeting will include action of the Nominating Committee Report (see box
below). The program features a return presentation of the Bay Colony Educators (Tim Greene and Carol Neville-Greene). A dinner reservation form is included with the newsletter (page 3). Will Ertman
Report of the Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee of the Hingham Historical Society is pleased to recommend to the Board of Directors the following names as candidates for directors to be voted upon at
the Annual Meeting of the Society in September 2003. Directors Term Expiring 2006 Arthur T. Garrity, Jr.* Joyce Schreier* Avis M. Studley*
Alexander Macmillan William Salisbury *Re-election Respectfully
submitted by the Nominating Committee: Peter Hardy, Penni Hughes, Molly Manley, Joyce Schreier and Ellen Harvey, Chairman Old Derby - New (Grouping of) Paintings Visitors to Old Derby will see a new
grouping of paintings in the ballroom: the 1842 William Hudson, Jr. portraits of Lot and Lydia Marsh of Hingham and their homestead at the corner of North and Beal Streets. These paintings were given to the Society by
the late John Swett of Pittsford, New York in 1996 as a gift from the estate of Eben Francis Hersey. Lot and Lydia's daughter, Lydia (1787-1864) married George Hersey (1787-1871) of Hingham. Eben Francis Hersey (1877-?) was their
great, great grandson. Lot Marsh (1757-1843), according to the 1893 History of Hingham, was a shoemaker and a soldier of the Revolution, and his wife, Lydia French
(1761-1843), lived next door to William Hudson, Jr. The Marsh homestead and Hudson's home both stand today, Hudson's being on the rise just east of that of Lot Marsh, providing an excellent vantage point from which to capture the
19th- century scene of the landscape, house and its occupants. Appraisers and conservators of the paintings noted that the homestead landscape's depiction of early American life is rare in that not only does it depict
the owners of the house, said to be Lot and Lydia Marsh, but also is accompanied by their portraits. This triage of paintings remained with the descendants of the subjects. The homestead continues to be occupied by the family today.
Nancy Tiffin *Note: The Frederick Whiting Rogers winter landscape on loan from the town, which previously hung in the ballroom, has been temporarily removed for conservation and will be relocated upon completion. Out of the Ordinary Cookbook The Hingham Historical Society cookbook, Out of the Ordinary, was
presented to Tom Schiffer, the United States Ambassador to Australia, on July 4, 2003. It was brought to a traditional Independence Day celebration for the Embassy staff by a group of young people from Hingham on a
summer youth mission under the leadership of the Rev. Richard Chamberlain, youth pastor of the South Shore Baptist Church. This award-winning publication was initiated by a committee of Society members in 1995. It
includes not only delicious recipes from members in this town but contributions from residents of Hingham, England and communities bearing the Hingham name in Montana and Wisconsin. Readers will recall that the
cookbook was selected as the national winner of the Tabasco Community Cookbook Award in 1998. Copies have been known to also serve as gifts to friends and families across the country. Indeed, copies have gone to people
in Moscow and Tokyo! A salute is in order to the hard-working volunteers who made this historic publication such a success. It is now certainly a collector's item.* Gene Chamberlain
Hingham Historical Society Awards and Prizes to Hingham Students Hingham High School, Notre Dame Academy and Derby Academy Students Honored Three awards and two scholarships were awarded to Hingham students at the end of the 2002-2003 academic year. A framed map of Hingham in 1795, inscribed with the student's name, and awarded to the students
for their "excellence in history," were given to: Nicolette Hylan — Notre Dame Academy Allison Haas — Hingham High School Matthew Clark Ellison — Derby Academy (where it is called the
James Hall Award) Each student's name is also inscribed on perpetual plaques in their respective schools. Two scholarships - named in honor of Hingham artists - in the amount of $200 each were given to
Hingham students: The William A. Dwiggins Scholarship for Graphic Arts The Isaac Sprague Scholarship for Portfolio Art
The Society wishes to thank Joan Brancale, James Kirkcaldy and Lynn Rizzotto for their service as The Isaac Sprague Scholarship jurors and to Joyce Schreier for coordinating the Society's award program. |
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