First Annual Chicken Swap

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from backyardchickens.com

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The Honorable Timothy Hinman

seen on Rt 5 near Derby Pond Veterinary Clinic

IN MEMORY OF HONORABLE TIMOTHY HINMAN

— 1762 - 1850 —

A captain in the American Revolution. Born in Southbury, Conn. and came to Vermont in 1790. On this lot overlooking Hinman Pond he built the first house in town in 1794. A log house, rough but solid, thatched with hemlock bark over plank floors. Timothy became a road builder, storekeeper, civic leader, legislator and county court judge. Here he established and led the first church services in Derby.

A true pioneer; an inspiration to his family and community.

Derby Historical Society
1988

from The Vermont Historical Society Community History Project:

Timothy Hinman was the man who built the Hinman Settler Road in the late 1700's. His road played a big part in the colonization of much of northern Vermont. It was also used in the Civil War by traders bringing supplies to men fighting in the war. Other than building the road, Hinman was a teacher, farmer, and a shop keeper. He had a wife and eleven children. He really was a great man.

• Timothy Hinman was the first permanent settler in Derby.
• Timothy was born in Woodbury, Connecticut. Woodbury is currently named Southbury.
• His parents were so religious they baptized him the day he was born.
• Timothy's ancestor, Edward Hinman, guarded King Charles 1 of England.
• Timothy married his wife Phebe Stoddard on December 10, 1786.
• Timothy's wife Phebe died in 1858, eight years after her husband did.

Click the Historical Society link above for more information on the Hinman Settler Road.

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Derby Academy

A sign marking the spot where the Academy (or high school) stood until 1957.

1840 DERBY ACADEMY 1967
THE OLDEST INCORPORATED SCHOOL IN ORLEANS COUNTY

On this site the Derby Literary and Theological Institute — a private boarding school — was founded by the Danville Baptist Association on one acre of land given by Lemuel Richmond and Benjamin Hinman. Colonel Chester Carpenter led a campaign for support as citizens readily came forth with money, labor and their produce to build a secondary school. Donated cattle were driven to a Brighton, Massachusetts market to help raise funds.

Counless numbers of students and this community have lived and prospered under the school motto

Qualis Non Quantus

A 1904 postcard of the Academy:

Jan 6
Dear Sister Mary we rec'd. your pkg. O.K. Many thanks for the jam (?). We are all well and hope this will find you all well. I wish it were s0(?) you could come out here. From your brother Will.

Behind the old Academy bell you can see the parking lot for the North Country Union Junior High School with a bit of the school beyond. You can also see a newer wooden sugarhouse with green roof that is an ice cream stand in the summer.

Presented June 2001
By The Derby Academy Alumni
DERBY ACADEMY BELL

Cast by George H Holbrook in Midway, Mass. in 1841. Moved from the old boarding house about 1869, it hung in the Academy building until the building was replaced by the present Junior High building in 1957.

Photos taken during the week of June 10 during inservice programs for district teachers at the junior high.

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Wal-Mart and the Battle of Vermont - The Boston Globe

A mask from the Bread and Puppet Museum, Glover.

Wal-Mart and the Battle of Vermont - The Boston Globe

Half the play is set in 2037, when only armed guerrillas from Vermont, led by dictators Ben and Jerry, are opposing the Wal-Martification of the United States. Instead of teaching children to watch television at School-Mart, a rebellious Vermont teacher instructs his charges how to make puppets, and so on.

I got a kick out of the reference to the Bread and Puppet. A few details of the history of Walmart in Vermont are wrong but it's interesting. Some folks are trying to get a Walmart into Derby so that we can get our underwear locally instead of in New Hampshire or Quebec.

It would be a crime for them to succeed. Why? Read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.

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Wingnut Jumps!

Turn up the volume and watch Wingnut jump 30 feet (9.144 meters)! Wingnut jumped for four hours this morning. I did not edit the length of each segment, so unless you are Wingnut's mom, aunt or uncle you may think this too long (3'55). That's OK. Enjoy the music!

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