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April, 1950

April 2, 1950

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Mrs. Harold Wyman, Red Cross, Luna Cooley, Mrs. Prosper Montivani, Mrs. Harold Gibbs, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Mrs. John McConnell, Mrs. Ralph Weed, Mrs. Howard Wyman, Mrs. Irving Wood, Mrs. Arthur Wyman, Mrs. Harold Shepard, Mrs. Erwin Shepard
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Irving Wood, Mrs. Percy Rhicard, Edward Morse, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Richard Morse, Hayden Road, Laura Turner, Chapel, Lawrence Winquist, Mrs. Elmer Hart

April 3, 1950

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Deane Hall, School Building Survey Committee, Lee Wyman, Allen Wyman, Howard Wyman, Herbert Wyman, First Congregational Church, Fred Knittel, Lawrence Winquist, Blandford Choral Club, Chapel, Edwin Anderson, Margaret Lamson, Albert Thomas, Eleanor Anderson, Prosper Montovani, Alta Robbins, Franklin County Hospital, Mrs. Philip Robbins, Mrs. Warren Wyman

April 4, 1950

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Military Whist, Community Club, Chapel, Howard Wyman, Carl Ripley, Lee Wyman, Mrs. Elwin Wyman, Mrs. Munroe Haight, Red Cross, Forest Deane, Glasgow Road

April 5, 1950

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Deane Hall, School Building Survey Committee, Dana Webber, Luna Cooley, Grange, Whist Party, Pomona Grange, George Pyne, Consolidated School, Hilton Hart, Elmer Hart, Firemen

April 7, 1950

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Town Meeting, Leonard Mason, Selectmen, Deane Hall, Public Works, 
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Choral Club, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Blandford Choral Club, Mrs. Curtis Lane, Mrs. John McConnell, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Chapel, Grange, Grange Hall, Military Whist, Community Club, Merrill Mason, Harold Wyman, Henry Cole, Mrs. Carl Ripley, Mrs. Howard Wyman, Wallace Hart

April 9, 1950

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Sven A. Anderson, Jr., Selectmen, Leonard Mason, Department of Public Works, School Building Survey Committee, Deane Hall
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PTU, Parent Teacher Union, Deane Hall, Progressive Whist, Mrs. William Hepsley

April 10, 1950

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Community Club, Ladies Benevolent Society, Gordon Cady, Selectmen, School Building Survey Committee

April 11, 1950

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Alicia Romaszko, Steve Antonyk, Dana Wyman Hayden, Ralph Hayden, Grange, Setback, Firemen, Elwin Wyman, Birch Hill Road, Mrs. Richard Puffer, Order of Eastern Star, Eva Carlson, Mrs. Horace Coash
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Darwin Stanhope, Clinton Smith, Main Street, Community Club, Chapel, ​Alicia Romaszko, Steve Antonyk, Dana Wyman Hayden, Ralph Hayden, Young People's Club, Deane Hall

April 12, 1950

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Hampden County Improvement League, Grange Hall, Mrs. Horace Coash, David Mason, Merrill Mason, Bruce Webber, Douglas Hart, John Peebles, Jr., Roy Warfield, Fire Chief, David Ripley, Fred Knittell, Young People's Club, Chapel
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4-H, Musical Crafters, Leah Palmer, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Future Craftsmen, Magic Sewing Club, Mrs. Horace Coash, Philip Stebbins, Mrs. Wilbur Litchfield, Mrs. Addison O'Brien, Mountain View House, Rev. John Wallace, Parent Teacher Union

April 16, 1950

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School Building Survey Committee, Parent Teacher Union, Deane Hall, Whist, Mrs. Robert Robbins, Mrs. Louis Herrick, Gladys Allen, Mrs. Ralph Cram, Fred Knittel, Percy Rhicard, Mrs. Leonard Mason, Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Lee Wyman, William Smith, Elmer Hart, Mrs. John McConnell, Elwin Wyman, Jack Lathrop, Elizabeth Peebles
Chapel, Ladies Benevolent Society, Community Club, Gordon Cady, Grange Hall, Irwin Anderson, C. R. Ripley, Ernest Wyman, Edmund Nye, Consolidated School, Mrs. Ralph Slater, Russell Road, John S. Puffer, Millard Road

April 17, 1950

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D. J. St. Germain, Community Club, Chapel
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Red Cross, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Mrs. Leonard Robbins, Mrs. Erwin Shepard, Mrs. Robert Robbins, Mrs. Vernon Bodurtha, Mrs. Harry Wyman, Mrs. Leonard Mason, Mrs. Percy Rhicard, Mrs. David Ripley, Mrs. Gladys Allen, Mrs. Earl Beauregard, Mrs. Dana Webber, Mrs. David Peebles, Mrs. Charles Priest, Edward Goodrich, Falls Road, Mrs. Edward Cook, Brian Cook, Milton Weed, Ralph Weed, Main Street, Bester Weed

April 18, 1950

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First Congregational Church, Chapel, Military Whist, Community Club, Merrill Mason, David Ripley, Kenneth Pease, Alta Robbins
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Philip Robbins, Main Street, Franklin County Hospital, Dana Webber, Crafty Crafters, 4-H, Mrs. Leonard Robbins, Future Chefs, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Edward Goodrich, Falls Road

April 19, 1950

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Fred Knittel
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Grange Hall, Molly Higgins, Lee Wyman, Birch Hill Road, Union Agricultural Society

April 20, 1950

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Community Club, D. J. St. Germain, Ladies Benevolent Society
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Fire Chief, David Ripley, Russell Road, Steve Antonyek, L. N. Mason, Howard Wyman, Mrs. irwon Anderson, C. R. Ripley, Chapel, Musical Crafters, 4-H, Mrs. Carleton Macy, North Blandford Road, Grange

April 21, 1950

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Town Meeting, Deane Hall, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Second Congregational Church, Chapel

April 23, 1950

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Parent Teacher Union, Consolidated School, First Congregational Church, Chapel, Floyd Hayden, Glenn Hart, Birch Hill Road

April 24, 1950

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Town Meeting, Mrs. Elmer Foster
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Lee Wyman, Blandford Agricultural Society, Deane Memorial Building

April 25, 1950

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4-H, Deane Hall, Ethel Cross, Robert Marsh, Betty McLaughlin, Musical Crafters, Leah Palmer, Future Craftsmen, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Magic Sewing Club, Mrs. Horace Coash, Future Chefs, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Crafty Crafters, Mrs. Leonard Robbins
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Union Agricultural Society, Lee Wyman, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Young People's Club, Merritt Taylor, Birch Hill Road

April 26, 1950

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First Congregational Church, Chapel, Mrs. Ralph Hayden, Carl Knittel, Irwin Anderson, Mrs. Kenneth Pease, Mrs. Joel Scott, Mrs. Vernon Merchant, Mrs. Carl Knittel, 
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Gladys Allen, Postmaster, Post Office, Kenneth Cooper, Ethel Fiske, Angie Gibbs, North Street, Ella Barber, Rev. Kenneth Brookes, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Chapel, Janice Warfield, North Blandford Road, 

April 27, 1950

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Olive Smith, PTU, Parent Teacher Union, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Mrs. Philip Stebbins, Mrs. Edwin Anderson, Consolidated School, Chapel, Lee Wyman

April 28, 1950

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Stanley Wright, Marguerite Hall, Consolidated School, Sandra Leavitt, Dana Webber, Amos Loomis
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David Billings, Hank Lane, Jack Lathrop, Betty McLaughlin, Beverly Trow,, Janice Warfield, Marilyn Webber, Sylvia Webber, Jacqueline Arcouette, Maxine Pierce, Sandra Leavitt, Audria Albro, Emily Gill, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Ralph Weed, Dr. J. Woodward Claris, Howard Wyman, Allen Wyman

April 30, 1950

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Leah Palmer, 4-H, Deane Hall, Joan Shepard, Jack Lathrop, Ethel Cross, Janice Warfield, Daniel Greene, Leah Bonci, Jacqueline Arcouette, Marilyn Webber, Chester Kuznicki, Beverly Trow, Carol Robbins, Bette Jo Buresh, Maxine Pierce, Darlene Smith, Gail Croteau, Mary Sweeney, David Bonci, Donald Stebbins, Lynn Anderson, Betty McLaughlin, Arthur Wyman, Carol Leavitt, Carol Kuznicki, Aljitha Duval, Betty Bailleul, Sylvia Webber, Edwin Hawley, Hank Lane, Robert Dubian, Robert Schoales, Janet Capilli
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Molly Higgins, Grange Hall, Millard Moore, North Street, Jasper Campbell, Union Agricultural Society, Deane Hall, Mrs. Ambrose Tilson, Fred Knittel, Falls Road, Fire Station
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      • Edna (Wyman) Hart Stories >
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      • Doris W. Hayden >
        • 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
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        • Woman Ahead Of Her Time?
        • Blandford Baptist Church
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        • 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 >
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