How Things Used to Be
People
Dave Bessom, Sr. & Gov. Sargent
Dave is shown grinding some coffee for former Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent.
Omer Chartrand
Omer was a Pharmacist who spent most of his time and talent giving back to the kids by MC-ing weekly Record Hops. (Dances)
Wilcox Brothers
Bob, Charlie, Lloyd, and Herb
Gaston & Red
July fourth parade staging area - Gaston Norgeot and “Red” Bissonnette (tongue extended) having some fun horsing around (rare for them) as German soldiers — ca 1947. The Ship Ahoy Restaurant was located in the Cummings Building on Rte. 6A where the Land Ho Restaurant is today.
Charley Wilcox Family
Clockwise; Charlie, Stan, Barry, "Buzzy", Florence, Bryan
Orleans Police Chiefs
Chiefs Jack Higgins, Chet Landers, Clarence Vanasse, Ray Anstess.
Birthday Party — ca 1947
Don’t know whose, but the cake is nearest to Nadine. L to R around the circle: Pat Reed, Joan Fulcher, Dottie Nickerson, Mrs. Elizabeth Mead, Suzanne Daniels, Donna Nickerson, Judy Collins, Jean Brooks, Nadine Reed.
Pat Poor - Owner, Ship Ahoy
Pat and his wife Jean bought the Ship Ahoy Restaurant from Ray Remillard around 1959. They changed the name to the Land Ho because, it is rumored, the seller wanted to be paid for using the name Ship Ahoy. Along with Herman Heidi they ran the restaurant until about 1966 when they bought the Lobster Pool in Eastham. Pat passed away in 1972 at age 62.
Roland "Mel" Mayo 1910-2001
Son of Roland Mayo, whose father was Roland Mayo. Oh, and just to make genealogy easier, Mel had a son named Roland. Thanks, Mel.
Wendell Collum
Well-known local artist who painted several murals in the Southward Inn. He was most famous for his oil paintings of sailing vessels framed in lobster pot frames.
John Crosman 1898 - 1970
John Crosman was a local Orleans artist whose works are still sought after. He had a son, John, Jr. ("Jackie") who was a local commercial fisherman.
Francis Brown et alii
Left to Right: Francis Brown, Bob Peno, Muriel Higgins, Gaston Norgeot, Art Fancy. Somebody is receiving/giving a check (It looks like a check.) for something. None of the survivors remember anything about it. Do you?
Donald Walsh and Bobby Orr
Around '78-'79, some of the Boston Bruins would come to the ice rink to give clinics and play in friendly exhibition game so here you see Bobby Orr getting Lt. Donald Walsh's autograph.
Ethel (Gibson) Mayo
Mother of Ralph, Fred, Roscoe, Harry, and Madeline. Sister of Roscoe Gibson, for whom Roscoe Mayo is named, and sister of Annie (Gibson) Raddin, wife of dentist Dr. Fred Raddin. What's wrong with the photo? She's milking the cow from the wrong side. She could have worked from the other side, but that wouldn't help the photo. Or, she could have turned the cow around.
Irving Higgins
Husband of Grace (Crowell), father of Francis and Kendall, "Eeling" through the ice on a pond in Orleans around 1950, We no longer have the ice, nor the eels, nor Irving.