— A Southwick Time Machine Original   Around 6 o’clock on the evening of Saturday, August 19, 1922, Mrs. Joseph Bouchard of West Springfield, Massachusetts, received a telephone message she would never forget. The caller was Mrs. Cora Root of Southwick, a member of the well-known Root family, which operated a large tobacco farm in town. She informed Mrs. Bouchard that her daughter, Zelia, had married Mrs. Root's son, Carleton E. Bigelow, that afternoon in Westfield, and that the newlyweds had left on their honeymoon in Northampton. She then hung up the receiver. Despite the telephone call, Mrs. Bouchard refused to believe the marriage had actually taken place. The following day, Zelia's parents traveled to Southwick. They went to the Root farm with the local deputy sheriff and then brought their daughter back to West Springfield. The events quickly erupted into a public dispute between the two families over the bride's age, her home life, and even who had purchased her cl...