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TUE, 7 NOV 2000, DAILY ENTRIES |
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Uncle Adolph Pachosa's Four Wall Murals
I have spent a lot of time these past two days with this project
of my Uncle's pictures in the house at 75 W Baker Street, Manchester,
NH. It is interesting what can be done on the internet. I may
even get to see the mural pictures via the internet.
Adolph was born 1 Nov 06 and died 26 Oct 1992. He was 25 years old
when he painted the murals and dated them 9 Jan 1932. I just realized
that I was in the house visiting with Annette the first week of Oct
1992. I reasked her where the murals were and she pointed to the
room where they were wallpapered over.
Adolph's Granddaughter Rebecca lives in Fall River, MA, just 2 1/2
hours drive from the house and will visite it within the next month
she states.
I am still pursuing ways of getting copies of the four pictures on
the four walls. The murals are:
1. A woman reclining near a waterfall.
2. A Sunset over a mountain Lake.
3. A Hunter approaching his Canoe.
4. A Ship on a Storm-tossed Sea.
So we shall see what we shall see...Matt [8:18 am Tue, 7 Nov 00]
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MON, 6 NOV 2000, DAILY ENTRIES |
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http://www.theunionleader.com
Want more mural magic? We have to move to a small bedroom in a
home at 75 West Baker St. � just off South Elm � where, for the
past 68 years, our next works of art have been kept under wraps.
Actually, they�ve been kept under wallpaper.
�We were taking the wallpaper off so we could paint the room,�
said Don Duhamel, �and when we tore off one little section, we
could see a painting of this woman. I knew there was something
there, but I didn�t know what.�
For the record, Don was in the process of sprucing up a home �
billed as �Liberty House� � that was willed to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 8214 by to create a shelter for homeless
veterans. Much of his time has been spent battling with city
bureaucrats over the legalities of the proposed shelter, so much
so that uncovering the murals has been a welcome distraction for
him.
There are four of them, one for each wall. One shows a woman
reclining near a waterfall. There�s one of a sunset over a
mountain lake, another is a large pastoral showing a hunter
approaching his canoe, but it is the fourth mural that resonates
most.
That fourth mural shows a ship on a storm-tossed sea.
It is an image that is both haunting and prophetic, given that
the cousin of the artist � Pfc. Harold C. Paczosa � would die at
sea aboard the U.S.A.T. Dorchester, a troop ship carrying 900
soldiers, civilians and merchant seaman.
The mural was signed on Jan. 9, 1932.
The Dorchester went down on Feb. 3, 1943.
It was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the North Atlantic.
Only 230 survived the sinking of the vessel that has become
known as �the Chaplain Ship� in honor of four Army clergymen � a
Jewish rabbi, a Catholic priest and two Protestant ministers �
who surrendered their life jackets, then stood and prayed
together on the deck as the ship went down.
(One of the four, Clark Vandersall Poling, was a 32-year-old
Dutch Reformed minister from Deering whose father � Dr. Daniel
K. Poling � once presided at the Westminster Presbyterian Church
in Manchester).
When you know the story of Harold Paczosa, it is eerie to view
that fourth mural, which was papered over at the request of his
grief-stricken mother. Now Don has to determine if the value of
the murals somehow exceeds the thrill of their discovery. He
called the Manchester Historic Association.
�I took photographs,� said Mary Lou Ashooh from the MHA, �and
I hope to keep a file on them. They weren�t sure if they should
try and clean them or touch them up. The Currier really wasn�t
able to help them, but they�re in very good condition. Wallpaper
preserves things very well.�
The well of ideas isn�t dry yet, either.
Just last week, Don contacted the art department at Notre Dame
College. A team of teachers and students is expected to visit
the house next week to offer curatorial advice. Meanwhile, he�s
considering his options.
�Before I did anything,� Don said, �I wanted to see if they
were worth saving. We�ll clean and restore them. We�ll paint
around them. Whatever they think we should do, we�ll do.�
First of all, enjoy them. Then share them.
That�s what murals are for.
(Union Leader columnist John Clayton, named �Columnist of the
Year� by the Associated Press of New England, is also the host
of �New Hampshire Crossroads� on New Hampshire Public television.)
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SUN, 5 NOV 2000, DAILY ENTRIES |
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Thinks have settled down a little bit so will reorganize to go
at it again starting tomorrow. I haven't the foggiest idea why
the counter isn't showing if it still isn't showing but looked
up the count another way. More tomorrow...Matt 7:29 am
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SAT, 4 NOV 2000, DAILY ENTRIES |
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http://www.gorilla-theatre.com
I went to see Steve's Play last evening. He has done five in a
row at the above theatre and I have seen four of them. When
you go into the above site and go to "Theatre Hell" Steve is the
one in the lower right of the advertizing picture.
So today after breakfast meeting, and meeting at Seminole Library
five of us "Click and Drag Club" Members are going to tampa to
see the latest developements at "Microsoft Extreme" a show they
do live over Satalite TV onto the movie screen about once a
quarter. This will make the fourth one I have attended. I see
what they have come up with, but don't want to buy anything yet.
And so it will calm down after that and I can relax. Last night
I was amazed that I paid all six of my monthy bills for lights,
water, TV, phone, VISA, and Mobil gas by 4:30 and the mail is picked up at 4:40 pm.
Doing well with Jet-Lag too...Matt
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Subject: Part 2: Mural in Annette's House
If you have a hotmail email account you will see the painting next
If not then go to this web site:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2575/PULASKI.JPG
As you can see Adolph painted this 30 by 40 inch painting on 11 Nov
1031 and he was at Annette's parents home at the time. Annette's
parents lived at 42 W Baker Street in Manchester NH forever [Now due
to city renumbering the house hasn't moved but it has a new street
address.]
The PACZOSA comes from Poland, but when they left it was part of
Astria. Four brother came to the states. Andrew thought it was his
patriot duty so returned to fight in WWI and was killed. The oldest
Paczosa brother who had stayed in Poland was also killed in the war.
The three brothers in the states were: Stanley in Davis, WV, Eddie
in Manchester, NH, and Roman in RI. Stanley (Matt's Grandfather)'s
two oldest sons Metz (My Father) and Adolph were carpenders and found
work all over the northeastern United States. So they were near 42 W
Baker Street or even lived there with their Aunt and Uncle while they
worked in the area.
Adolph was a self-taught artest and so he did the above pictured
painting and probably the wall painting at that time. I have known
about the wall painting for years and alwals wanted to see it, so
how did they find it this time, because the last time I was there the
wall paper was in good shape.
On with the story. Adolph and Harold were first cousins. When Harold
was being shipped to the War in Europe in 1943 [I think] his ship was
topedoed and he was lost at sea. After that his mother said that she
couldn't stand to look at the mural anymore so it was wall papered over.
But there is more to the story. Harold was on the USS Dorchester which
is the ship that the four chaplains were on and a known for giving away
there lifejackets while singing. [You can look up when that ship was
sank].
Annette being an only child with a brother killed in the war did much
to honor him. Her father rolled a big column home once and long agfter
he died she had it made into a memorial to Harold in the back yard.
One reason the house is with some military something now, I think.
Additionally at the Park in New York City where you leave to go to
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty there is a war memorial there and Harol Paczosa's Name is on the monument.
My Dad, two of his brothers, and one sister decided to change the spelling
of the last name so that it was pronouncable. So around 1933 they chaned
from Paczosa to Pachosa. When I do a Search on the internet for Pachosa
they are all related by birth or marriage or adoption to me except for a
Steve A. Pacholl who is from around Chicago and used the fist five of his
last name and his to initials to come up with an internet name which of
course comes out "pachosa".
Now, for some personal requests.
1. I was going to ask you to mail a copy of the paper to all the pachosa
relatives and there are 100. Only 12 doin't have email or live in a town
with a relative who has email. But you have solved that problem by the
web site to look at...Thanks.
2. How and why did the wall paper come off? Are you going to feature a
picture of the mural in your story?
3. I just started about three months ago to update the Pachosa address
and now email book, so this is a great way to get some family history to
them. I just realized that I am the only one left who know some of this
stuff.
4. The only living relative I know who has talked to Harold is my Uncle
Harry who visited with him and his parents and Annette in 1940 while he
and his wife were on their honeymoon [They just celebrated their 60th
anniversary]
5. There is probably more that will come up, but I will add it in Part 3
6. I am always interested in furnishing information to everybody I know
so this goes out to everyone I know one way or another...Matt 6:15 p.m.
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FRI, 3 NOV 2000, DAILY ENTRIES |
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Well, here I am with Jet-Lag again. It takes me about a week to 10
days to get over it. I had a great sleep last night, but I went to
bed at midnight and layed awake until now, so thought I would get up
and update the mattbazaar for today which is Friday, 1:20 AM 11/03/2000
I picked up my mail that the post office was holding for me and they
gave me a box of mail. Most I ever got after a month being gone. It
consisted of: 8 personal, 11 bills and taxes, 13 political (two from
Barbara Bush), 6 magazines, and 48 junk mail for a total of 66 pieces.
Got a postcard from http://www.gorilla-theatre.com and will go see my
cousin Steve Clark Pachosa's play tonight. Then there is the microsoft
extreme to go to on Saturday in Tampa from 1 to 3 in the afternoon. I
will furnish the web site later when I find it again.
So, I have decided this month of November to just put my email info for
anyone to read including those 12 Pachosa's who do not have email here in this site and
just see how many people are interested by the count showing daily.
So to put this on the interenet web and try to get some sleep. It is
now: 1:28 AM 11/03/2000...Matt
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THURS, 2 NOV 2000, DAILY ENTRIES |
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I'm finally getting to this at 3:40 pm today and nobody is looking
at this site to find out what has happened to me since I left
Grand Coulee...oh well.
Well, I picked up my mail held by the post office and I got a
role of film developed, and I was at the Seminole Library from
10 am until Noon:30 helping a new member of the Click and Drag
Club with his Hotmail email account. Here is a picture of the
Seattle Space Needle that we passed south of and then landed
North on Lake Union that you see to the left. I was sitting in
the co-pilots seat, but didn't touch any of the controls like
the lady pilot told me not to do. The last time I was up inside
the Space Needle was the Summer of 1962 at the World's Fair.
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WED, 1 NOV 2000, DAILY ENTRIES |
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I left my Home in Grand Coulee, Washington, at 4:35 am and have
arrived safely at my Home in Largo, Florida, at 7:19 pm. More
tomorrow. Two of my favorate TV Shows are on to watch now...Matt
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I looked at this and updated about 8 pm