This picture was painted in the early 1920's by Neil Eckerson, the first president of the Marlborough Free Library. He painted four pictures of local women. Each group was set in one of the four seasons. The notes were taken from a document dated 1978.
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March
Grace Lockwood Manion
Then living at the present site of the Catholic Rectory on Bloom Street, she
married John Manion. They are the parents of Dr. James J. Manion, whose wife
was President of the Board of Trustees of the Marlboro Free Library in 1978
when the new Library building was dedicated.
April
Evelyn Tuthill Harcourt
She lived in the present home of the Tuthill-DiDonato Funeral Home. Her father
was an undertaker, and a member of the school board. She married Stanley Harcourt.
May
Alice Dubois Harrison
She lived on Hudson Terrace in Marlboro. Her father was custodian of the Marlborough
School, which was located at the site of the firehouse on Grand and Church
streets.
June
Helen Staples Smith
She lived on Birdsall Avenue in Marlboro with a widowed mother. Often
school teachers were happy to find a boarding place there.
July
Louise Dall Vechia
Signorelli
Louise is a sister of the late Joseph Dall Vechia, a former board member,
and aunt of Mrs. Daniel Martuscello, a former library trustee.
August
Helen Carpenter
Helen was the sister of Edmund Carpenter, president of the Marlborough
Bank (now Key Bank). She was a graduate of New Paltz Normal, a teacher
in Marlborough, and for years a secretary to the principal of the High
School in Summit, New Jersey.
September
Julia McMullen Hawkins
Julia was the daughter of Sidney McMullen. She was a school teacher in
Roseton, and later a nurse in Albany. She married Mr. Hawkins. Her brother
Ralph and her nephew Ralph, Jr. lived in Marlboro.
October
Arlene Hepworth Dunn
Arlene was the wife of Fred Dunn, a fruit farmer, and was the daughter
of Augustus Hepworth of Milton. After he retired from fruit farming he
was, for a time, president of the Marlborough Bank.
November
Virginia Baxter Postel
Virginia is the daughter of Howland Baxter. Her brother, Stanley and sister
Roberta resided in Marlboro. She married Wilfred Postel who operated a
harware store on the site of the Baxter Feed Store in the center of town.
December
Madolyn Hartshorn
Madolyn was the daughter of the owner of a local store who moved to Poughkeepsie,
where Madolyn eventually was in business with her brother Burton.
January
Sadie Brogan
Mrs. Brogan was not a native of Marlborough, but was welcomed as a friend
and neighbor. After the death of her husband and son, she became the housekeeper
for Father Simmons.
February
Sarah Clark Mackey
Sarah married Gedney Mackey, a Milton fruit farmer, who was at one time
the director of the Marlborough Bank. Her brother, Ralph Clark, also lived
in Marlboro.