Compiled by Susan McKelliget
100 Years Ago Feb. 14, 1910
Andover Real Estate and Insurance Agency, W B. Rogers, Proprietor, advertises "Farms for Sale." Chestnut Street, not far from Square, a farm of 10 acres with house of eight rooms. Fine location, high and dry, Argilla road, a farm of 10 acres with house of five rooms and small barn. Prices ranging from $1,000 to $7,000.
The Indian Ridge Association was organized with the purpose of preserving Indian Ridge as a natural park. The agitation in regard to preserving the ridge began in the fall of 1896 when gravel pits were opened up there for the use of the town, and the felling of many of the noble trees seemed imminent.
"Have you seen the comet" is now replaced by "Are you going to the Town Hall next Tuesday evening?" That old auditorium has witnessed many wonderful scenes, but they will all fade into insignificance before the glories of the coming pageant "Apples." There are still a few reserved seats for one dollar, the gallery and remaining sittings being fifty cents.
75 Years Ago Feb. 1, 1935
Arthur Steinert Jr., eleven-year—old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Steinert of 1 Union street, Shawsheen Village was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when the sled on which he was coasting crashed into a Shawsheen laundry truck on Kenilworth street.
Extra precautions have been taken at the local schools to guard against the possibility of fire as the result of the discovery on Monday of a fire that had extinguished itself in a closet at John Dove, and the further discovery that most of the water had been removed from the three huge boilers in the central heating plant under the Samuel C. Jackson school. Both were believed to have been deliberate acts of a vandal.
Edward Downs, well-known local truckman and call fireman, suffered a severe fracture of the left leg last Friday afternoon when the ladder truck ran over him after he had helped free another fire truck from a snow bank on Salem street.
50 Years Ago Feb. 4, 1960
Two Andover High School students have won top honors in the national Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Robert L. Garrison, 15 Arcadia Road and Herbert E. Kempton, 55 Summer Street, were among 17 high school seniors chosen from throughout the state.
Marching Andover Mothers collected $4,037 for the National Foundation a week ago, during an evening that featured a freezing rain and sleet storm. Mrs. Frederick Nowell of Whittier Street was announced as winner of a prize, from among the mothers who marched.
Surplus cash amounting to well over $500,000 will be available to the town, according to Town Manager Thomas E. Duff. Duff said the surplus cash is somewhat more than last year at the same time.
