Julius was the son of William and Belinda (Sisson) Maine; his twin brother, George, is buried in Park Street Cemetery. Julius was a butcher at 16 North Maple Street, Florence. He was known for throwing pennies or candies to children as he walked down the street. He held the Marble Scramble each spring in the center of Florence; the date was "a secret" until the last minute. He would throw handfuls of marbles and pennies at the Post Office corner for the children to pick up. It was noted that the boys mostly went for the marbles and the girls mostly went for the pennies. The lamp in the middle of Florence center was provided by Mr Maine as a water fountain in memory of his brother, George, for horses and dogs. There was a high, wide trough for the horses and a lower, smaller one for dogs. On one July 4, he bought out the entire supply of sporting goods from Birds Store to hand out as prizes at the field day events. He funded a solarium for the Cooley Dickinson Hospital, donated to a Northampton home for aged women and established a $2000 endowment for Florence's annual Memorial Day Parade. He donated most of the funding for a cement sidewalk from Bridge Road to Spring Grove Cemetery, for the fountain, and the landscaping surrounding it. Before he died, he donated the land for what is now known as Maine's field to the City of Northampton for use as playing fields.
(Full obituary Daily Hampshire Gazette, Tuesday 5 December 1922, pp 1, 9)
Julius was the son of William and Belinda (Sisson) Maine; his twin brother, George, is buried in Park Street Cemetery. Julius was a butcher at 16 North Maple Street, Florence. He was known for throwing pennies or candies to children as he walked down the street. He held the Marble Scramble each spring in the center of Florence; the date was "a secret" until the last minute. He would throw handfuls of marbles and pennies at the Post Office corner for the children to pick up. It was noted that the boys mostly went for the marbles and the girls mostly went for the pennies. The lamp in the middle of Florence center was provided by Mr Maine as a water fountain in memory of his brother, George, for horses and dogs. There was a high, wide trough for the horses and a lower, smaller one for dogs. On one July 4, he bought out the entire supply of sporting goods from Birds Store to hand out as prizes at the field day events. He funded a solarium for the Cooley Dickinson Hospital, donated to a Northampton home for aged women and established a $2000 endowment for Florence's annual Memorial Day Parade. He donated most of the funding for a cement sidewalk from Bridge Road to Spring Grove Cemetery, for the fountain, and the landscaping surrounding it. Before he died, he donated the land for what is now known as Maine's field to the City of Northampton for use as playing fields.
(Full obituary Daily Hampshire Gazette, Tuesday 5 December 1922, pp 1, 9)
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Julius P. Maine/Dec. 3 1839 – Dec. 5 1922
Aurelia F. Orcutt his wife/July 20 1841 – Apr. 27 1910
Florence D. their daughter/May 19 1869 – May 26 1910
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