This has to be one of my favorite pictures so far. Marcy sent it, Jessie has the original hanging on her wall, and provided the ids.
Left to right Eva Woodwell, William H. Woodwell, Uncle Will (seated - author of the 1910 book), Uncle Ernest (Julian Ernest), Grandma Woodwell (Martha Haskell b. 1843 d. 1916), Archer Roscoe Woodwell (Grandpa)
FRANK LANE, of Ercoupe, describes his flight in what he believes to be the lirst licensed Laister-Kauffmann TG-4A. “As a glider pilot of the old “strut and wire” days, you may be interested in my reactions to a super duper model of the surplus glider variety, In the first place I had never flown a sailplane before nor a glider in years.
“I auto-towed four hops, getting high enough to circle the field. The lirst re.lCtion was quietness, no whistle of struts and wires, the next was flatness of glide (what was holding me up?), The next was the ruggedness of this ship when she stalled a bit faster than anticipated and she hit fairly hard. It didn’t even scratch the paint off the skid,
“On the last hop I used full spoilers coming in. DOlI’t do it! Just thinking you are going to use spoilers is enough, pulling it is like running off a cliff in an automobile, only quicker. I dropped five feet vertically, but again she seemed to like it.
“Everything worked OK and I got more fun in a three minute hop than in three hours of airplane flying.
“Those that aren’t pilots better take it easy, There is plenty at the bottom end of the stick, The Laister-Kauffmann is a sweet ship,”
Notes: This article appeared on a Soaring archive site, see the entire article here Frank Lane (1900-1976) was the husband of Martha Woodwell, father of Myron (Charles) and Diane. More of his writing on the Lane pages here .
Martha Woodwell Hurley
After a brief illness, Martha Hurley died on the morning of January 7, 2010. She is survived by her son, Charles Lane, two beautiful granddaughters Nina and Sandra Lane, a beloved sister, Jessie Bush, a devoted son-in-law, Jim Bulger, loving nieces and nephews, and a large number of good friends who will always cherish their memories of a remarkable lady with an ever-present zest for life.
In accordance with her wishes, no funeral was held. Instead, a fully catered memorial party was held at her home in Sun City Center on January 17. Hosted bar. Martha picked up the tab, again according to her wishes. Relatives from California, Texas and points east attended, as well as friends, neighbors, and a contingent of her metaphysical group companions. Anne Gehlsen and Steven Bush, her neice and nephew, worked tirelessly to plan and stage this memorable event.
Charlie,
When we were at Mom’s earlier this month, we watched a video taken at Mom & Dad’s 50th anniversary. Hearing again the toast my brother had written for them was a wonderful moment. Later as we were looking through the scrap book Mary made for them, there was a copy of the toast, as he had sent it to them. I got it copied and brought it home, so I could send it to you. I wondered if you would consider adding it to Mom and Dad’s page on the Woodwell web site? (He printed it in Old English Text, so I copied it that way.)
FIFTY YEARS OF LOVE
A toast to celebrate
Fifty wonderful years of life
Together as one….
So fill the glass beyond the brim,
Overflowed with sparkling champagne.
Feel the bubbles of life….
Inhale the fragrance of life’s nectar.
Draw a mouthful….
Close your eyes and see,
See the past as it was the present….
Rich with joy & filled with children’s laughter.
Smile and hear the song….
The music of love, the music of life,
Past, present, and future….
Embrace again together
The joy of having one another.
Sent with love and appreciation to Mom and Dad
From Dennis, Gloria, Ali and Amanda
February 17, 1995
Marie Woodwell
Hattie Brainerd, wife of Henry Braainerd (brother of Harvey B) and son, Wilson Gillette Brainerd.
Born abt 1876. If read correctly, the baby is Wilson Gillette Brainerd who appears in the 1920 census, Hartford Conn. with his mother “Harriet M.” His military registration card shows birthday of Oct. 6, 1899. That places this picture around the turn of the century.
There is a Harriet M Brainard house referenced in a real estate brochure, probably a different Harriet as the house was dated earlier.
Married to Henry F. Brainerd born 1872.
Wilson registered for the military in 1918.
Some Brainerd links: History
Also David Brainerd
Brainerd history timeline 1600-2000.
Matthew Woodwell, Of Salem, Mass., And His Descendants
This blatant knockoff of Uncle Will’s family history is being marketed by Flipkart and apparently Amazon as well. view here
The good news is it is being marketed only to the Indian market at 569 rupees. The bad news, there are one billion Indians, although copyright protection has probably long expired. I have always said, we have a shortage of good attorneys in the family. Sandra, are you listening????
I remember Grampa as a humble, strong man who’s love of family was boundless. When he stayed over in our house in Alexandria, he shared my bedroom and would fall asleep answering all the questions of a twelve year old. What was it like to ride the very first escalator? First airplane. Why does corn grow? How does a radio work?
I encourage the scores of surviving descendants to use the comments box below to share their personal accounts of this gentle, righteous man who, by his own account, “never found it necessary to lie, and I only hit a man once.” (Guess which story was most requested by us grandkids.)
He has left quite a legacy. The dozens of aunts, uncles, cousins and their far flung descendants will, if you even get to know them even slightly, show a reservoir of character. None of the Woodwells whom I have met seem to belong in jail, something you cannot say that of the general population. My own opinion is that there are more than a few drops of New England blood in all of us, and it has served well. Grandpa’s most recent progeny, little Charles, was born March 19 in Tonga. Visit the Archer R. Woodwell page here
This article was written by Liz King, staff writer for the Newbury Daily News
Originally published here November 11, 2009
“A letter from you is so welcome. You have the gift of expressing in words that make things feel so near that you could reach out and touch them. It seems as though your letters come at the right time to brighten the day up for me, to give me another smile, or to bring out some hidden thought that makes me think there is something worth fighting for. ”
— Cpl. Anthony Noon during World War II
AMESBURY — Former Amesbury High School English teacher Roland Woodwell taught hundreds of students from 1923 to 1966, wrote an acclaimed biography of John Greenleaf Whittier, penned numerous articles as a Harvard-educated scholar, and enjoyed boxing in his spare time.
But perhaps Woodwell is remembered best by locals as being a true friend to more than 80 of his former students who became soldiers during and after World War II, and with whom Woodwell maintained extensive correspondence.
“He knew how important it was to keep these men’s morale up — nothing says ‘I care’ more than a letter,” AHS English department Chairwoman Patty Hoyt said.
Decades later, a suitcase full of letters these soldiers had written to “Mr. Woodwell” has been given to AHS, where students have begun the process of identifying these men and tracking them down to honor them — and Woodwell.
At a reception and assembly on Nov. 17, at 10 a.m. in the AHS Lawlor Auditorium, some of the men and their families will be introduced, students will read excerpts of letters, and Russ Munroe will present a slide show featuring yearbook and war photographs of the letter writers, as the school begins to unveil its “Dear Mr. Woodwell” local history project.
The project and its assembly to honor alumni veterans also provides AHS a special opportunity to continue to honor the memory of AHS alumni Jordan Shay, who died in Iraq in September.
The school will also honor the memory of a man who served in another important way: making a difference in these soldiers’ lives.
While the letters reveal some of the soldiers’ experiences in Europe and in the Pacific, most of them simply talk about home, joke about the gym Woodwell had set up in his barn and share their memories of Woodwell’s extensive grammar lessons, Hoyt said.
One man asked for a copy of a book he had read in Woodwell’s class, because he couldn’t stop thinking about it. They asked his advice and thanked him for writing to them.
“It’s inspirational to know that these young men had such respect for him and that he kept that connection with students even after they left his classroom,” Hoyt said. “It shows that one person can truly touch many lives.”
The school received the letters from retired teacher Ralph Noon, whose father, Anthony Noon, one of the letter writers, helped care for Woodwell until his death. When his father passed, Noon found the suitcase and brought the letters to Hoyt, who has enlisted her classes, as well as the American Studies classes of Paul Jancewicz.
In addition to collecting information on the letter writers, including finding yearbook photos and current addresses, students have been studying the content of the letters, learning about the actual soldiers’ lives, rather than memorizing names and dates from a textbook.
“Even looking at their yearbooks, it lists all the different clubs and activities they were a part of, and you can connect that to students today,” project coordinator Steve Hanshaw said. “Mr. Jancewicz has said ‘history is mostly perspective,’ and it’s nice to be able to read firsthand perspectives.”
The classes received an Amesbury Education Foundation Inc. grant, which allows the students to purchase postage to correspond with the letter writers and send them invitations to the reception and assembly.
“It’s been a very slow, tedious process, and we have a long way to go,” Hoyt said. “We hope to generate interest in the project and find more of the letter writers.”
The grant also allows the school to photocopy the letters to use in future junior American Studies classes. Hoyt said she hopes to eventually put the photographs and stories together into a documentary to promote oral history.
“Students can look at these letters as real, primary history documents,” Hoyt said. “This is what true historical research is — a real day-by-day, paper-by-paper detailed analysis.”
Though the assembly is nearly a week after the Veterans Day holiday, Hoyt hopes it will remind people that any day is an important day to remember veterans, as exemplified by Woodwell, who took time to answer each of the hundreds of letters from the 80 men.
Any AHS veteran of the World War II era is invited to contact Hoyt at 978-388-4800, ext. 2340, Jancewicz, or veterans agent Kristen Larue, if they are interested in attending, or in sharing their memories with students.
Dr. George M. Woodwell receives the Heinz Award in the Environment for his pioneering research into the earth as a single biophysical system and his work in addressing the critical question of how to tailor human activities to save it.
I said I would write at some point about this end of the Woodwell family..and it is an end, for the name seems to have reached an end with us.
Our Woodwell branch, my grandfather for whom I was named, came from the north shore of Massachusetts, Wenham and Newburyport. He was a Dartmouth graduate and a Congregational minister with graduate studies at Union Theological Seminary. His mother was a Masters, another common name of the North Shore. His first wife died in York, Maine during his ministry in that church and he married a Harriat (if I have the name correctly) McIntire from the farm I now own and enjoy in that famous town. She had two children, my father, Philip McIntire, and Margaret Newell. She died in childbirth when Margaret was born. Margaret, a Smith graduate, went on for a PhD in biochemistry and worked for much of her life at the University of Michigan where she and her husband, medical doctor, Franklin Johnston, taught in the medical school. They had three children. Father was a scholar and teacher, author and poet, although he published little. I have a sister, Virginia, who lives in Newfield, Maine. She is not married.
Woods Hole Research Center Founder George M. Woodwell to Serve as Director Emeritus. July 2, 2004
We are Katharine R. Woodwell, a North Carolinian Reed College graduate whom I met in graduate school at Duke. From Duke we moved to the University of Maine in Orono for three years before moving to Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island for 14 years. We have four children, now scattered around the country: Caroline Alice, the eldest, works for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition in Bozeman but lives with her family in Spokane. She and Chris Deforest have two delightful young boys, John, five years, and Robert, nearly three. Marjorie Virignia lives with her husband, Woody Swan, in Arlington Massachusetts. Marjorie is involved in teaching teachers through research at TERC in Cambridge. Jane, our third daughter, lives in Malibu with her family, Chris Soper, a political scientist and professor at Pepperdine. They have two talented children, Katharine, 17, and David, 14, both outstanding students doing remarkable things. Jane is a teacher at High Point, a private school attended by her children. John, our son, is not married, has a PhD, lives in Washington where he teaches environmental studies to senior in Thomas Jefferson High School, a select school for advanced students.
Happy memories, Christmas with friends and family… I’d add a photo if I could figure out how!
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