>> TED SHARES A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITIES IN THE
WESTERN PART OF THE STATE AFTER
HIS VISIT TO A TOWN THAT GREW
ITS NAME FROM ONE WORD TO FOUR.
>> IN THE LAST CENTURY ONLY ONE
MASSACHUSETTS TOWN HAS GONE TO
THE TROUBLE OF ACTUALLY
CHANGING ITS NAME.
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE REAL
TROUBLE UP HERE BEGAN.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR FEELING ON IT?
>> I WAS AGAINST IT.
>> AGAINST IT.
>> I STILL AM.
>> THE FORMER MANCHESTER TOWN
CLERK TELLS US THE NAME CHANGE
PASSED BY ONLY TWO VOTES AT
TOWN MEETING IN 1989.
MANY STILL REFUSE TO UTTER THE
NEW NAME.
NEW NAME.
NEW NAME. >> MAINLY BECAUSE I THINK IT
SOUNDS A LITTLE SNOBBY.
>> DOES IT GET UNDER MY SKIN
>> INDEED, THE NAME SEEMS
PARTICULARLY TROUBLING TO OTHER
NORTH SHORE RESIDENTS LIKE PAUL
GIL BEGAN OF IPSWICH.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME
UP WITH THE NAME MANCHESTER BY
THE SEA BECAUSE I TELL PEOPLE I
LIVE IN IPSWICH BY THE TICKS.
>> WE DECIDE IT'S TIME TO CHECK
IN AT THE LOCAL PAPER OF
RECORD.
RECORD.
RECORD. >> NOW HERE IT IS NOT THE
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA CRICKET.
>> IT IS NOT THE MANCHESTER BY
THE SEA CRICKET.
IT IS STILL THE MANCHESTER
CRICKET.
CRICKET.
CRICKET. >> THE CRICKET OPPOSED THE NAME
CHANGE WHEN IT FIRST CAME UP
BUT PAT SLADE HAS SLOWLY COME
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. >> I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE NOW
ARE GETTING USED TO IT.
>> BUT SHE SAYS THERE IS
CONFUSION OVER HOW TO SPELL THE
DARNED THING.
DARNED THING. >> PEOPLE LEAVE OUT THE
HYPHENS, CAPITALIZE DIFFERENT
LETTERS.
LETTERS.
LETTERS. >> IT IS CHAOS.
>> IT IS CHAOS.
TED: EVEN TOWN SIGNS ARE MIXED
UP.
UP.
UP. COME FROM BEVERLY AND THERE ARE
HYPHENS.
HYPHENS.
HYPHENS. ENLTER FROM GLOUCESTER AND
THERE ARE NONE.
HOLLYWOOD CERTAINLY HASN'T
HELPED THINGS ANY.
EVEN THE LOCAL POST OFFICE HAS
IT ALL WRONG.
>> IT SHOULD BE HYPHENS BETWEEN
EACH WORD.
EACH WORD. BY AND THE SHOULD NOT BE
CAPITALIZED.
CAPITALIZED. >> IT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE LOCAL
HYPHENERS HYPERVENTILATE.
HYPHENERS HYPERVENTILATE. NOW MANY ARE FINDING ALEVE
YATION IN ABBREVIATION MAKING
SHORT WORK OF THIS, THE LONGEST
TOWN NAME IN THE STATE.
>> IT'S SO LONG IT IS LABOR OR
YOUSE -- LABORIOUS AND THEY'VE
TAKEN TO USING THE FIRST LETTER
OF EACH OF THE WORDS OF THE
NAME.
NAME.
NAME. MUCH EASIER.
MUCH EASIER. TED: TRAVEL WITH US NOW TO THE
HAPPY VALLEY AND THE TWIN TOWNS
OF HADLEY AND HATFIELD WHERE
THE OPERATIVE QUESTION HAS
ALWAYS BEEN, WHICH IS WHICH?
>> WE GET A LOT OF THAT WHERE
THE TWO SMALLEST DISTRICTS IN
MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL SYSTEMS,
WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
THEY SOUND THE SAME AS FAR AS
THAT GOES.
THAT GOES. >> JERRY DEVINE, A SELECTMAN IN
HADLEY, SAYS EACH, THOUGH,
DEFENDS ITS TURF.
>> YOU DO HEAR, WELL I'M NOT
FROM HATFIELD BUT HADLEY.
I'M NOT FROM HADLEY I'M FROM
HATFIELD.
HATFIELD.
HATFIELD. >> I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY HATFIELD IS HADLEY WITHOUT
ROUTE 9.
ROUTE 9.
ROUTE 9. >> BUT ONLY ONE OF THESE TOWNS
HAS ATTAINED ICONIC STATURE IN
THE WORLD OF AND TICKS.
>> THE BEST OF THEM CAN BE VERY
EXPENSIVE.
EXPENSIVE. >> HADLEY CHESTS AMONG THE MOST
DESIRED AMERICAN COLLECTIBLES.
WE VISIT HISTORIC DEERFIELD
VILLAGE TO FIND A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF THE HADLEY JUST ABOUT 300
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. >> THEY ARE OFTEN INITIALED.
IN THIS CASE H.D. IS NOT FOR
HISTORIC DEERFIELD BUT HER NAME
WAS HEPZIBAH DICKINSON.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF HISTORIC
DEERFIELD SHOWS US A SIMULATION
OF WHAT THIS HAND PAINTED
HADLEY CHEST MIGHT HAVE LOOKED
LIKE WHEN FIRST MADE.
>> WHEN THIS WAS BRAND NEW, IT
LOOKED LIKE A MIDDLE LINEBACKER
FOR THE DENVER BRONCOS.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE BRIGHT
COLORS, HADLEY CHESTS FEATURED
DECORATION THAT BORDERS ON THE
PSYCHEDELIC.
PSYCHEDELIC. >> PEOPLE 300 YEARS AGO ROCKED,
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. >> JUST ONE THING ABOUT THIS
HADLEY CHEST.
HADLEY CHEST. >> HEPSBA DICKINSON WAS FROM
HATFIELD.
HATFIELD.
HATFIELD. >> SO EVEN LEARNED SCHOLARS CAN
BE CONFUSED BY THE HADLEY
HATFIELD CONUNDRUM.
HATFIELD CONUNDRUM. >> I'M ALWAYS CONFUSED.
>> PERHAPS OUR STATE OF
CONFUSION IS NOTHING TO BE
ASHAMED ABOUT AFTER ALL.
MAYBE THERE'S JOY TO BE HAD IN
EMBRACING OUR GEOGRAPHICAL
BAFFLEMENTS.
BAFFLEMENTS. DAVID FROM THE WILLIAMSBURG NOT
WILLIAMSTOWN GENERAL STORE
THINKS GREAT ADVENTURES WAIT
THOSE WILLING TO LOSE
THEMSELVES IN THIS STATE OF
CONFUSION.
CONFUSION. >> GREAT FUN.
WHEN PEOPLE GET LOST IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.
SHAYNA: BACK TO THOSE HADLEY CHESTS THEY WERE QUITE COMMON
BACK IN THE DAY BUT THEY DON'T
COME ON THE MARKET VERY OFTEN
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. A FINE EXAMPLE WENT TO AUCTION
AT CHRIS 'TIS IN NEW YORK AND
COMMANDED CLOSE TO A MILLION
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. NO WORD ON WHETHER IT ACTUALLY
CAME FROM HATFIELD.
THAT IS CHRONICLE FOR TONIGHT.
I'M SHAYNA SEE-MILE-AN-HOUR.
THANKS FOR JOI