Word: thetford
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...town of Thetford, Norfolk, England, gave America one of her greatest citizens, Thomas Paine. Not only has he been described as the Friend of Mankind, but as America's Godfather. There is no need for us to tell you what he achieved for the United States of America, which phrase he coined, since America's indebtedness to Paine has been proclaimed by many of your Presidents, including Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt...
...piratical Sweyn Forkbeard I, King of Denmark, made his third invasion of England, 930 years ago, he arrived on the River Humber with his son Canute, conquered the country and was accepted as king. Before he could be crowned, according to one legend, Sweyn was stabbed to death at Thetford, Norfolk, by patriots of the ancient Anglo-Saxon "underground." Canute* got the throne...
Thirty-five years ago a sarcophagus weighing 3½ tons was found buried in the old chapel of St. Edmund at Thetford. The sarcophagus lay around until two weeks ago when a Mrs. Jameson, archeologist wife of a local doctor, convinced that it contained Sweyn's bones, agitated for recommitment. Rev. Ronald Cooling, Vicar of St. Mary's, Thetford was about to conduct the ceremony last week when Bishop Herbert of Norwich intervened. Experts, he decreed, must first study the bones...
...Franconia; floor manager, H. C. Cummings, Concord; chorister, L. S. Cox, Manchester; prophet, Preston Shirley, Andover; chronicles, N. L. Foster, Concord; introductory address, G. A. Andrews, Providence; orator, F. B. Eaton, Hanover; odist, I. J. Cox, Philadelphia; poet, W. B. Plummer, Wolfboro; address to old pine, C. A. Jaquith, Thetford; address to old chapel, J. W. Edgerly, Pittsfield; executive committee, J. A. Cox, Conneaut, O.; B. W. Couch, Concord; L. S. Cox, Manchester; C. C. Adams, Bellows Falls; T. C. Ham, Barrington; secretary and treasurer, G. B. Frost, Bellows Falls...