Helen Merritt (1892 - 1967)

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Kay (Merritt) Ragsdale

Derek Leon Hamer

Geoffrey Wayne Merritt

Opal Merritt

Summer L. (Mcmurchy) Merritt

Harold Lloyd Cates

Merritt Gravestone [Hodgdon, Maine]

Byron Leroy Merritt [Hodgdon, Maine]

Eben William Harrison Merritt [Hodgdon, ME]

Four Generations [Merritt/Barton-Hodgdon, ME]

Dad and Uncle Fred Merritt

Aunt Lorna, Aunt Mildred, Uncle Stub[Elbridge] Merritts [Hodgdon, ME]

Aunt Cora Merritt Stilwell [Hodgdon, ME]

Bartons & Merritts [E.Hodgdon, ME]

Uncle James & Aunt Lettie Merritt [Hodgdon, ME]

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In 1892, in the year that Helen Merritt was born, on August 4th, the father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found murdered. Lizzie was accused of the crime and on June 20th of the next year, she was acquitted of murder by a jury. But she was never acquitted in the public mind.

In 1923, Helen was 31 years old when on November 8th and 9th, Adolf Hitler and his followers (the early Nazi party) staged the "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich in an attempt to take over Bavaria (a state in Germany). They failed. Hitler was charged with treason and convicted, receiving a sentence of 5 years. He served under 1 year in jail.

In 1933, Helen was 41 years old when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.

In 1955, when she was 63 years old, on September 30th, movie star James Dean, 24, died in a car accident. He was headed in his new Porsche 550 to a race in Salinas California when, traveling at 85 mph, he collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor, also speeding, driven by a 23 year old college student. Dean died, his passenger and the other driver survived.

In 1967, in the year of Helen Merritt's passing, between June 5th and 10th, Israeli and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria fought what came to be called the "Six-Day War". The hostilities began when Israel launched "preemptive" strikes against Egypt, destroying nearly its entire air force. It ended with Israel occupying the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and West Bank.