This week, we've got a very special edition of the retro police log. While searching through the old log books at the police station, we discovered the same complaint over and over again. Between 1942 and 1945, Mrs. Howard Moore (she was never referred to by her full name in the logs) apparently called the police to complain about boys swimming and making noise – every day!
Moore complained that the boys were keeping her husband awake. It seems that Mr. Moore had to work nights and was trying to rest while those boys were cavorting on hot summer afternoons. So, she called at an amazing rate over the course of four years. No doubt Mrs. Moore would have gotten on famously with the Insider's resident curmudgeon, Estelle.
June 11, 1942: Mrs. Howard Moore, 5 Eden St., complains of boys swimming in the river by the bridge and making so much noise her husband can't sleep.
July 14, 1942: Mrs. Howard Moore phoned in, saying her husband could not sleep with the noise some boys were making underneath the Main St. bridge while swimming.
May 29, 1944: Complaint of boys making too much noise down by Ranney's, and keeping Mr. Moore awake, who has to sleep days.
May 31, 1944: Mrs. Moore on Elm St. call and said there were a lot of boys in back of Ranney's Printing shop swimming and making a noise. Taken care of by Morse.
July 1, 1944: Mrs. Moore, Elm St., complained about boys swimming in the rear of Ranny's and making too much noise. Drove them out.
July 6, 1944: Mrs. Moore complained about boys swimming in rear of Ranny's and making a lot of noise. OK.
June 12, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore, 5 Elm St. complains of boys swimming under Main St. Bridge. The noise keeping her husband awake. He works nights. Would like this stopped.
June 13, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore complains of kids swimming under the Main St. Bridge. Drove them out.
June 13, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore, 5 Elm St. complains of boys swimming under Main St. Bridge.
June 14, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore, 5 Elm St., complains of boys swimming under Main St. Bridge. Called headquarters and Capt. said to let them swim.
June 16, 1945: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moore, Elm St., complains of the boys swimming.
July 2, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore, 5 Elm St., complains about the boys swimming under the Main St. Bridge and making a lot of noise. Went down there and looked the situation over and found that these boys were not making any more noise than anyone else. There was no foundation for a complaint.
July 8, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore phoned in saying that the boys were in swimming and making too much noise.
July 8, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore complains of the noise the boys make swimming under the Main St. Bridge. Told her that our orders were to let them swim, and that until the noise got unreasonable, that was all that could be done about it.
July 9, 1945: Complaint from Mrs. Howard Moore, Elm St., that the boys in swimming are on their property and that their property is posted. Told to stay off from Moore's land.
July 10, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore complained of boys swimming in the river keeping her husband, said she would like to have them swim the other side of the bridge. Told her I would do what I could about it.
July 21, 1944: A complaint of noisy boys swimming at Main St. Bridge by Mrs. Moore of Elm St. Could not find them.
July 25, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore, 5 Elm St. complains of boys swimming in the river. Told her I would do what I could about it.
July 25, 1945: Ordered by the board of health to stop swimming in the Contocook River at the Main St. Bridge.
Aug. 3, 1945: Mr. Howard Moore, 5 Elm St., complains of swimming under the Main St. Bridge.
Aug. 5, 1945: Mrs. Howard Moore, Elm St. complains of boys swimming under the Main St. Bridge.
