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Blandford News from 1950

February 1950

January 1, 1950

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​Mrs. Robert Mason, Addison O’Brien, Rev. Joel Scott, Fred Smith, Carolyn Harris, Elwin Wyman, North Street, Hearts Ease Circle of King’s Daughters,, Main Street, Consolidated School

January 2, 1950

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William Coash, Leo Coash, Whippernon Club, Woronoco Road
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Angie L. Gibbs, George Gibbs, Angeline Gibbs, Ethel Fiske, North Street
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Addison O'Brien, Rev. Joel Scott, Mrs. Ralph Hayden, Mrs. Irwin Anderson, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Willis Johnson, Clifford Harris, Carolyn Harris, Elwin Wyman, North Street, Chester Road, Noble Hospital, town meeting

January 3, 1950

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Leonard Mason, Deane Hall, Lee Wyman, Edward Morse, C. R. Ripley, Harry Wyman, Kenneth Pierce, Percy Rhicard, Harold Balin, Harold Gibbs, Herbert Hart, Fred Knittel, David Peebles, Earl Frisbee, Louis Herrick, Wesley Blair, Elmer Foster, Elbert Hart

January 4, 1950

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​Mary Heilner, Hann Reichmuth, Mrs. A. Joel Scott, Mrs. Ralph Weed.
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Kenneth Pierce, Irving Wood, Merrill Mason, Edward Goodrich, Earl Beauregard, Terry Beauregard, Margaret Lamson, Sally Lamson, Sally Bodurtha, Nancy Richmond, Hilton Hart, First Congregational church, Chapel, Military Whist,

January 5, 1950

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Mrs. Arthur Shepard, Grange
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Harold Balin, Amos Loomis, Harold Gibbs, C. R. Ripley, Edward Morse, Maris Mason, Maureen Mason, Leonard Mason, Keith Leavittt, Ward Leavitt, Mrs. Charles Smith, Donna Kathleen Smith, Weston Green, North Blandford, Marshall Green, Springfield Infirmary, Fox Club, Grange Hall, Cemetery, Caucus

January 6, 1950

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Rev. A. Joel Scott, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Mrs. Alfred Hague, Herbert Hart, Sven A. Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Fred Smith, Second Congregational Church, Sunday School, Chapel, Hearts Ease Circle of Kings Daughters, Selectmen.

January 8, 1950

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First Congregational Church, Mrs. Francis Buresh, Ladies Benevolent Society, Firemen, 4-H Poultry Club, League Building, Robert Schoals, Future Craftsmen's 4-H Club

January 9, 1950

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Doris Peebles, Horace Coash, David Ripley, Kenneth Pease, Gordon Cady, Leah Palmer, Sven A. Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Irwin Anderson, Mrs. Francis Buresh, Fred Knittel, Joseph Kaneski, Henry Ferguson, Mrs. John Peebles, Byron Richards, Richard Barden, Charles Binder, Ralph Weed, Mrs. Benjamin Briggs, Mrs. Willard Pease, Mrs. Curtis Lane, Mrs. Irwin Anderson, Janice Binder, Robert Binder, Verna Duval, Hilton Hart, Glenn Hart, Robert Montovani, Grange
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Wildcat, Bobcat, Joseph Knowles, C. R. Ripley, Dana Webber, Mrs. Frank Cook, Mrs. Elmer Foster, Sven Anderson, Jr., Stanley Wright, John Lathrop, Elmer Foster, Union Agricultural Society

January 11, 1950

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Union Agricultural Society, Mrs. Blanche Marceau, Grange, Pomona, First Congregational Church

January 12, 1950

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Young People's Club, Knittel's Pond, Falls Road, Union Agricultural Society, Deane Hall, Sven Anderson, Jr., Erwin Shepard

January 13, 1950

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Rev. Joel Scott, John Lathrop, Lee Wyman, Carl Knittel, John A. Peebles, Ralph Weed, Sven Anderson, Jr., Susan Tiffany, Mrs. Irwin Anderson, John W. Peebles, Mrs. Vernon Merchant, Mrs. John McConnell, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Mrs. Charles Binder, Mrs. William Hall, Mrs. Ralph Weed, Mrs. Ernest Wyman, Mrs. John Lathrop, Howard Wyman, Kenneth Pease, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Alfred Hague, Ladies Benevolent Society, Janice Binder, Duane Wyman, First Congregational Church, Leonard Mason, Otis Road, Chapel

January 15, 1950

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Mrs. Arthur Shepard, Grange, Angie Gibbs, Mrs. Irwin Anderson, David Ripley, Fred Knittel, John W. Peebles, Duane Wyman, Ellen Palmer, Forest Deane, Noble Hospital, Lynn Anderson, 4-H Poultry Club, Duane Wyman, Herbert Hart, First Congregational Church, Mrs. A. Joel Scott, Mrs. Howard Wyman, Mrs. Kenneth Pease

January 16, 1950

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Ladies Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church, Mrs. A. Joel Scott, Mrs. Carl Knittel, Mrs. Francis Buresh, Mrs. Ralph Hayden, Porter Memorial Library, Mrs. Elmer Hart, John McConnell, Alta Robbins, Doris Peebles, Grange

January 17, 1950

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School Committee, Consolidated School, Dana Webber, Deane Memorial Building, Taggart Funds
Robert G. Hampton, Woronoco Road, Elizabeth Hampton, Henry Boomama, Francis Buresh, Ladies Benevolent Society, Mrs. Lee Wyman, Mrs. John McConnell, Mrs. Wesley Blair, Mrs. Carl Ripley, Mrs. C. R. Ripley, Mrs. Richard Robinson, Mrs. Laurence Ripley, Mrs. Louis Herrick, Mrs. Elbert Hart, Mrs. John W. Peebles, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Howard Wyman, Mrs. William Hall, Kenneth Pierce, Community Club, Glenn Hart, Young People's Club, David Peebles, Kenneth Pease, Merrill Mason, Military Whist

January 18, 1950

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Town warrant, Consolidated School, Deane Hall, Mrs. Fred Knittel, School Committee, Water Department
Mrs. Arthur Shepard, Grange, Mrs. John W. Peebles, Mrs. Byron Richards, Miss Helen Kniecik, Barbara Lee Allen, Mrs. Edmond Nye, Ida Dowd Downey, Mrs. Kenneth Pease, Rosemarie Wyman, Sandra Allen, Joan Shepard, Doris Peebles, Bertha Shepard, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Thomas Allen, Mrs. Horace Coash, Mrs. Gordon Cady, Mrs. Arthur Wyman, Mrs. John A. Peebles, Mrs. Irwin Anderson, Deane Hall, Mrs. Warren Bodurtha, Main Street

January 19, 1950

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Willis Raymond Johnson, North Street, Noble Hospital, Robert Johnson, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Mrs. Elvina Wright, A. Salem Johnson, Walter S. Johnson, Healy Funeral Home, Rev. Frank Higgins, North Blandford Cemetery
Gladys Allen, Postmaster, March of Dimes, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Second Congregational Church, Chapel, North Blandford, Sunday School, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Alfred Hague, Ladies Benevolent Society, Community Club, Kenneth Pierce, E. R. Nye, Water Department, John Lathrop, Laurel Hill Farm, Warren V. Bodurtha, Union Agricultural Society, Eugene Boss, North Blandford Road, Addison O'Brien

January 20, 1950

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Willis Johnson, North Street, North Blandford Church, Rev. Frank Higgins, Ernest Wyman, Luna Cooley, Gladys Allen, Military Whist, Chapel, John W. Peebles, Mrs. Kenneth Pease, Mrs. Carl Ripley.

January 22, 1950

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Joseph Kvitsky, Elm Cycle Store, Parent Teacher Union, Deane Hall, Mrs. Wesley Blair, Erwin Shepard, Lee Wyman, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Warren V. Bodurtha, Edward Morse, Hayden Road,  

January 24, 1950

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Deane Hall, Town Warrant, Annual Meeting
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Grange, Grange Hall, Horace Coash, Kenneth Pease, David Ripley, Young People's Club, Deane Hall, Choral Club, Vernon Hawley, Woronoco Road, Oliver Wyman, Thomas Allen, Gladys Allen, Russell Road

January 26, 1950

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Mrs. John McConnell, Kings Daughters, Leah Palmer, Main Street, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Noble Hospital, Parent Teacher Union, Joseph Kvitsky, Edward Morse, Town Clerk, Ladies Benevolent Society, Chapel, Luna Cooley, Mrs. Prosper Montovani, Hattie Smith

January 27, 1950

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Rev. A. Joel Scott, Chapel, Second Congregational Church, Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Alfred Hague, Sunday School, Kenneth Pierce, Laurence Ripley, Wildcat, Curtis Lane, North Street, Margaret Lamson, Edwin Anderson

January 29, 1950

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Harry Wyman, Kenneth Pierce, C. R. Ripley, Harold Balin, David Ripley, Earl Frisbie, Norman Wyman, Louis Herrick, Wesley Blair, Elmer Foster, Elbert Hart, Lee Wyman, Edward Morse, L. N. Mason, Percy Rhicard, Amos Loomis, Herbert Hart, Fred Knittel, Mrs. Kenneth Pease, Donald Binder, Gordon Cady, Down Homers, Deane Hall, Leah Palmer, Verna Duval, Peebles Store, Mrs. Leonard Robbins, Robert Dubian, Hank Lane, David Bonci, Donald Stebbins, Gladys Allen, Mrs. John W. Peebles, Mrs. Carl Ripley, Mrs. Irving Wood, Whist Party, 4-H

January 30, 1950

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Ethel Anderson, Mrs. Francis Buresh, Otis Road, Alta Robbins, Harriet Wethersby, Philip Robbins, William Blanchard, Mrs. Lee Wyman, John A. Peebles, Clyde Gregson, Francis Smith
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Anna M. Nye
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Warren V. Bodurtha, Union Agricultural Society, Community Club, Percy Rhicard, Elmer Hart, Ralph Warfield, Merrill Mason, Mrs. Elwin Wyman, Peebles Store, Iuratos Store, Edward Morse, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Deane Building
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        • I Remember
        • The Ashmuns of Blandford
        • Believe It Or Not
        • Blandford Postmasters
        • The Reverend Cushing Eells
        • Harvesting Ice
        • Hayden Pond
        • Kaolin Road in Blandford
        • Local Picture Writings
        • Mrs. Josephine Porter
        • Sunset Rock
        • How It Was Done
        • Weaving
        • Mari C. Gibbs
        • Obituary For A Law Office
        • Outlying Blandford Burial Places
        • Don't Wake Up Elizabeth
        • Hastings Family Reminiscences
        • Lucelia Cook's Diary
        • Union Agricultural Society Beginnings
        • Woman Ahead Of Her Time?
        • Blandford Baptist Church
      • Wallace R. Heady
      • Charles Taggart
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        • The Huckleberry Trolley
      • Joe Mullens
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      • Harold Ripley >
        • Blandford Fair Memories
        • Moving Day
        • Two Of Us Are Left
      • Percy Wyman Stories >
        • A Day In The Life Of A Boy
        • The Kaolin Mine
        • Mrs. Josephine Sheffield Porter
        • Percy Wyman's Younger Life
        • Shoeing Cattle
        • Breezy Hill Farm
        • North Blandford
        • Building A Stone Wall
        • Going To The Grist Mill
        • Chestnut Trees
        • Evening Star Of Life
        • Bygone Fourths
        • Troubles With Overland 83B
      • Blandford Monthly >
        • Harriet Maria Hinsdale
        • Old Meeting House Marker
      • Madeline Waite >
        • North Blandford's Older Industries
      • Harry Waite >
        • Good Old Days In North Blandford
      • Irene Merrill Mason >
        • 1829 Turnpike and Gatehouse
      • Robert F. Wood >
        • Reverend Sumner Gilbert Wood
      • Sumner G. Wood >
        • Fifty Years Ago
        • How Blandford Viewed The Railroad
      • Elsie Gibbs Hill >
        • Frank Nelson Gibbs
      • Springfield Republican >
        • The Mountain House
        • Blandford Hunt and Banquet
        • Dr. Wallace H. Deane
      • Barbara McCorkindale >
        • Irreverent Look At Our Forebears
        • Blandford's Lost Gold Mine
        • Springfield Ski Club
      • The Blandford Girls
      • Rev. Frank A. Higgins >
        • Basketry In Blandford
      • Susan B. Tiffany >
        • Quilting
      • Clarence Bates >
        • Tanning
      • Barbara Brainerd >
        • A Town's Special Treasure
      • Duane Wyman >
        • Blandford Cemeteries - A History of Time
      • Betsy (Cross) Brooks >
        • J. J. Cross
        • Cobble Mountain, The End Of An Era
      • Dr. Howard Gibbs >
        • A Visit To Aunt Hannah
        • Deacon's Son and Parson's Daughter
      • Henry B. Russell >
        • More Blandford Notes
      • Plumb Brown >
        • Cheese Making
      • Natalie Birrell >
        • Gerald Wise
      • Lorinda Loomis Gibbs >
        • White Church at North Blandford
      • Gordon C. Rowley >
        • Musical Instruments 1st Cong Church
      • Hannah Gibbs Diary
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