Butterfield Park
Residents play a game of pick-up hockey at the new skating rink in Orange s Butterfield Park on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Recorder File Photo/Micky Bedell
Published: 3/1/2021 3:33:34 PM
Modified: 3/1/2021 3:33:32 PM
Butterfield Park is a community gem in the center of Orange. The park’s beginnings were centered around the ballfield, with the land originally owned by the Butterfield family. Pamela Almira Butterfield passed away on Jan. 13, 1894. The town was given the option of purchasing the field from the estate on Sept. 29, 1906. The purchase was made with the understanding the land would always remain a park.
The park throughout the years has provided a space for many activities for the town. These include providing the Orange Peals, an Orange semi-pro baseball league, with a field to play on.
A Page from North Quabbin History: Tepper’s sold ‘a little bit of everything’
Grace Roche and J. Chris Roche. Grace received five of these blue bowls that came from Tepper s 5&10, filled with an assortment of goodies ranging from lobster to candy, after telling each of her five grown children not to spend their money on her, but she had seen a blue bowl she liked at Tepper’s. Contributed photo
Christmas tree ornaments from Tepper s 5&10 store. Contributed photo
Christmas tree ornaments purchased at Tepper s 5&10, 1967. Maureen Riendeau recalls, The best part was that the boxes were marked .99 cents, crossed out and makred fown to 44 cents and then again crossed out and marked 33 cents! There were six ornaments in a box and I still have the 12 today. They are the first to go on my tree each year, right after the lights. Contributed photo/Maureen Riendeau