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Tolman, Newton F., editor, A History of Westminster, Massachusetts, 1893-1958, compiled by The Westminster Historical Society (Richard R. Smith Co., Inc., Peterborough, New Hampshire: 1961); Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 61-17914; New England Historic Genealogical Society Call No. F/74/W72/W72.
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TELEPHONES
The first telephone line in Westminster linked the homes of Dr. A. E. Mossman and Augustine (116) Whitney and was installed about 1893-95 (exact date uncertain). Crank-type box phones were put in each house and wires strung on trees by Dr. Mossman and Leon (137) Whitney, who was an electrical engineer.
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WORLD WAR I
During the quarter-century following the Spanish War, the town changed very little in population. Yet by the end of World War I, according to the local Honor Rolls, sixty-two Westminster men had joined their country's services.
Whitney, Joseph F.
Whitney, Richard A.WORLD WAR II
By the advent of World War II a very pronounced change had taken place in Westminster. Subsequent to recovery from the depression, there had been an influx of new families throughout the town. Some of these had reclaimed the old farms. Some engaged in various other local occupations, while probably the majority of the men commuted to nearby industrial centers. The following 221 names, taken from the Honor Roll of World War II, plainly show a large number of residents with north-European ancestry, together with many names of French, Italian and other derivations. Here as elsewhere in the nation, the new settlers hastened to the defense of their country.
Whitney, Gordon B.
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