1925: In Manchester Center, Vermont, an intoxicated Edwin “Ebby” T.
[near right] >on his way home to Manchester, drove his “straight eight”
Packard
[left: a 1920 Packard]
across a large lot, onto the porch, through the door, and into the kitchen
of the house where Mrs. Kate Gilmore and and her daughter Elizabeth were
living. He struck a stove in the middle of the room, moving it about a foot
and scattering soot. A water pipe was also broken, necessitating an
immediate call for a plumber to shut off the water. The only damage to the
car was a broken fender.
Fortunately, neither Ebby, his two passengers, nor the Gilmores were injured. One passenger, realizing they were in a kitchen, “demanded a cup of hot coffee.” Ebby then backed the car onto the highway, went to Justice of the Peace Frank Regan in Manchester, and reported the accident. He hadn’t yet received his new driver’s license, and the car had a 1924 New York license plate. The following day, Saturday, he was fined $50 [~$926 in 2026] plus costs [far right: page one article in Vermont's The Bennington Herald, 12 January 1925].
1952: The first “Family Groups” office, known as the “Clearing-house Committee,” was established at the 24th Street Clubhouse in New York City.
[left: a 1920 Packard]
across a large lot, onto the porch, through the door, and into the kitchen
of the house where Mrs. Kate Gilmore and and her daughter Elizabeth were
living. He struck a stove in the middle of the room, moving it about a foot
and scattering soot. A water pipe was also broken, necessitating an
immediate call for a plumber to shut off the water. The only damage to the
car was a broken fender.Fortunately, neither Ebby, his two passengers, nor the Gilmores were injured. One passenger, realizing they were in a kitchen, “demanded a cup of hot coffee.” Ebby then backed the car onto the highway, went to Justice of the Peace Frank Regan in Manchester, and reported the accident. He hadn’t yet received his new driver’s license, and the car had a 1924 New York license plate. The following day, Saturday, he was fined $50 [~$926 in 2026] plus costs [far right: page one article in Vermont's The Bennington Herald, 12 January 1925].
1952: The first “Family Groups” office, known as the “Clearing-house Committee,” was established at the 24th Street Clubhouse in New York City.
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