Evening star., 1926-03-19

educa tiOn. and | did all in nv power
to help him. As a hoy he always went
with me to the town meeting. town
caucus and such things. and ALWAYS
when we had a public examination for
school teachers. He was always in
terested in such things. The point Of
II IL. whatever he had to do he at.
tended to 1t and did II the best he
knew how. whether he liked II or not. a..
and / think that's what he has al.
ways done"
Had Many Interests.
Col. Coolidge. although primarily a
merchant during most Of the wears Of
his active life. was man Of many
interests. After his schooling at Black
River Academy at Ludlow, which his
son later attended. he worked for the
village whAelwrixht cutting timber
until he was % years OF age. Then
ne rented the general store at Ply
mouth and conducted IT until 1918,
when he sold the business to devote
his time to insurance interests and
his duties az an officer OF the Ludlow
Savings Bank and Trust Co. He was
one OF the organize OF the latter and
a charter member OF the board Of
directors.
At the age of 81 Col. Coolidge was
elected to the Vermont Legislature.
and was the youngest representative
In the session. He served six terms
as representative and one as State
senator In his home town he was
tax collector for SO years. a deputy
sheriff for more than 40 years and
school director for a long period. He
also served Az moderator for the town
meeting and was assistant postma st er
for ~ years. In the last.named posi-
tion II was said In the village that he
was the only person there who was
sufficiently familiar with the forms Of
the Post Once Department to make
out correctly the detailed reports re-
auired. His services also were IN de-
mand in: the settlement Of estates.
Even Made Cofins.
A visitor to Plymouth once re-
marked that the colonel appeared Ito
have been everything in this town
except the undertaken" To this he
replied that as a youth working in
the wheelwright's shop he assisted in
making collins. "And we thought"
he added. that 1t was cheating to use
anything but hardwood for collins in
those days"
Col. Coolidge In 1868 married Vie
toria Josephine Moor. They lived I'm
tenement in the rear Of the store,
where President Coolidge was born,
until 1878, when upon the death of
his father the colonel moved into the
latter's home. the present Coolidge
homestead. Mrs. Coolidge died when
Calvin was 12 years old. The colonels
SECOND wife was Carrie A. Brown,
who died in 1920.
Speaking OF the affection between
his second wife and his son, Col.
Coolidge once said:
Calvin was never SO busy but that
he wrote to his stepmother every
week and sometimes oftener. And
she could see more in him than
could. She took more stock In his
some day becoming President than
did,"
III. Never Had Auto.
Although thousands Of automobiles
visited his home after his son became
President, Col. Coolidge never had q
desire for this modern means OF con.
vevance. Making the trips which his
varied business interests demanded
he stuck to his buggy and old horse.
which, he remarked in 1924. was
about played out" He took kindly.
however, to the radio and in his later
wears aba ndoned his lifetime practice
of retiring early in order to listen In
especially when an address ny his
son was being broadcast. He was
greatly touched when President Cool
i1ke, 1T the close OF an address near
the end OF the 1924 campaign, said
public goodnight to his father.
son Of the President, greatly affected