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October 1950

October 3, 1950

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E. R. Nye, Water Department, L. N. Mason, Board of Assessor, Burden Bearers Circle of Kings Daughters, North Blandford Church, Mrs. Howard Waite, Ladies Benevolent Society, Chicken Pie Supper, Mrs. Herbert Hart, Russell Road, Luna Cooley, Main Street, Mrs. Charles Whitney

October 4, 1950

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Louis Warfield, North Blandford, Ralph Warfield, Janice Warfield, Roy Warfield, Deane Building, Rexford Smith, Pomona Grange, Mrs. Dudley Fife, Clayton Smith, Chapel, W. W. Clark, Woronoco Road, Noble Hospital, Hilton Hart, Birch Hill Road

October 6, 1950

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Farm Bureau, William M. Ripley, Beech Hill, Hubert Ripley, Eliza Peebles, Eliza Ripley, Jessie Peebles, Millie Strickland, Eva Strickland, First Congregational Church, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Hill Cemetery, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Chapel, Mrs. Carl Merideth, Russell Road, Noble Hospital, Firemen, Mrs. Norman Wyman, Mrs. Frank Cook, Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Mrs. Albert Shaw, Mrs. John McConnell
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Sally Bodurtha, Glasgow Road

October 8, 1950

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William R. Ripley, Beech Hill, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Leonard Mason, John W. Peebles, Clinton Smith, David Ripley, Hill Cemetery, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Ladies Benevolent Society, Chapel, Young People's Club

October 9, 1950

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Selectmen, Sven A. Anderson, Jr., Chapel, Young People's Club, Elmer Snow, Harold Wyman, Russell Road, Doris Peebles, Dorothy Peebles, Mrs. Andre Morse, Gladys Allen, Stanley Robinson, Main Street, Consolidated School

October 10, 1950

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Glenn Hart, Elmer Hart, Birch Hill Road, 4-H, Robert Marsh, Mrs. Claude LeBlanc, Hampden County Improvement League, Grange Hall, Bruce Wyman, Arlyn Wyman, Lee Wyman, Chapel, First Congregational Church, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Rev. Allen Lehman, Mrs. Alexander Stilson, Main Street, A. P. Hall

October 11, 1950

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Fred Knittel, Herbert Wyman, David Ripley, Gordon Cady, Lawrence Wyman, Falls Road, Sadie Herrick, Mrs. Ambrose Tilman, Carl Knittel, Genevieve Sharpe, Bertha Beauregard, Edythe Wallbank,Ruth Forish, Howard Wyman, Norman Wyman, Arthur Wyman, Lawrence Wyman, Charles Wyman, Oliver Wyman, Esther Hart, Harold Ripley, Stanley Ripley
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Dorothy McGrady, Gretchen Knittel, Sigrid Winquist, Scott Cady, Helen Babb, Fannie Wyman, Burden Bearers Circle of King's Daughters, North Blandford Church, Mary Lyman, Maria Waite, Lorinda Gibbs, Madeline Waite, Howard Waite, Mrs. Leonard Mason, Mrs. Milton Ripley

October 12, 1950

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Mrs. Ralph Weed, Ladies Benevolent Society, Mrs. Francis Buresh, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Mrs. John W. Peebles, Mrs. Ralph Hayden, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Vernon Merchant, Mrs. Philip Robinson, Mrs. Lee Wyman, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Mrs. Irwin Anderson, Mrs. John Lathrop, Mrs. Ernest Wyman, Mrs. Joel Scott, Mrs. Fred Knittel, Herbert Hart, Russell Road,

October 13, 1950

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Frank Cook, Woronoco Road, Ethel Blodgett, Mrs. Edward White, Horace Cook, Edward F. Cook, John McCnnell, Florence Blair, Marc McConnell, Grange, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, First Congregational Church, Thomas Ackley, Woronoco Road, Noble Hospital, Leonard Mason, Elwin Wyman, Sven Anderson, Jr., Selectmen

October 15, 1950

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Grange, Gordon Cady, Mrs. Fred Knittel, Falls Rd., Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Arthur Wyman, Russell Road, Alvin Fox, Sven A. Anderson, Jr., Birch Hill Road, Karen Shepard, Noble Hospital, Dr. Morris J. Richie

October 16, 1950

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Ladies Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church, Chicken Pie Supper, Mrs. William Hall, Mrs. John McConnell, Mrs. John A. Peebles, Mrs. Fred Knittel, Mrs. Dana Webber, Glasgow Road, Peggy Lamson, Edwin Anderson, Woronoco Road, Alfred Bourassa, Walter Bourassa, Elmer Hart, Alta Robbins, Philip Robbins, Main Street

October 18, 1950

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Selectmen, Mrs. Leonard Robbins, Mrs. John A. Peebles, Doris Peebles, Grange, David Ripley, Fire Chief, Elwin Wyman, Sven Anderson, Jr.

October 19, 1950

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Chicken Pie Supper, Ladies Benevolent Society, Nancy Blair, Edmund Kuznicki, Sonja Anderson, Carol Anderson, Michael Arenstam, Sally Wyman, Joanne Hart, Sheila Lane, Sandra Allen, Sally Bodurtha, Joan Shepard, Janice Binder, Sylvia Webber, William Hall, Elwin Wyman, Edythe Wallbank, Main Street, Gladys Allen, Peebles Store, Mrs. Carl Merideth, Russell Road, Noble Hospital, Kenneth Pease, Gary Bartlett Pease, Kenneth Palmer, Herbert Palmer, Second Congregational Church, North Blandford, Mrs. Harold Gibbs, Mrs. Howard Waite, Stanley Johnson, Rev. A. Joel Scott

October 20, 1950

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Fox Club, Grange Hall, Ira Bates, David Ripley, Elwin Wyman, C. W. Bates, Birch Hill Road
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Consolidated School, Dr. J. J. Arenstam, Forest Deane, Rev. A. Joel Scott, Second Congregational Church, Chapel, 4-H
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Mrs. Horace Coash, Mary Sweeney, Gail Croteau, Carol Leavitt, Darlene Smith, Elizabeth Dubian, Dr. T. J. Abernathy, Parent Teacher Union, Consolidated School, Mrs. Percy Rhicard, Russell Road, Mrs. Albert Shaw, Mrs. Frank Cook, Mrs. Lily Haight, Mrs. Milton Ripley, Mrs. Leonard Mason, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., E. David Frenyea, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Sr.

October 22, 1950

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Town Meeting, Deane Hall
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Hampden County Improvement League

October 23, 1950

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Robert Binder, Charles Binder, Glasgow Road, Grace Burns, Virginia Binder, June Binder, Mrs. John McConnell, Ladies Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church, Young People's Club, Chapel, Maris J. Mason, Leonard Mason

October 24, 1950

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PTU, Parent Teacher Union, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Mrs. Horace Coash, Consolidated School, Dr. T. J. Abernathy, Grange, Mrs. Fred Knittel, Falls Rd., Helen Hinman, Molly Higgins, Doris Peebles

October 25, 1950

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White Church, Chapel, Consolidated School, Hampden County Improvement League, Emily Gill, James Glynn, Phyllis Arcouette, Philip Arcouette, Russell Road, C. R. Ripley, Harold Heath, Robert Binder, Glasgow Road
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Leonard Mason, Woronoco Road, Mrs. Harold Finlayson, Merrill Mason, Robert Mason, Maris Mason

October 26, 1950

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Fred C. Knittel, Mrs. Richard Puffer, Parent Teacher Union, Deane Hall, Mrs. Dana Webber, Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Mrs. Wesley Blair
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Young People's Club, Beagle Clubhouse, Joan Shepard, Tharon Leavitt, Elaine Hall, Glenn Hart, Dick Hart, Ladies Benevolent Society, Chapel, Mrs. John A. Peebles, Mrs. Alfred Hague, Mrs. Leonard Robbins, Grange Hall, Mrs. Joseph Dubian, Mrs. Dana Webber, Mrs. Joseph Kaneski, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr.

October 28, 1950

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Springfield Ski Club

October 29, 1950

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Grange, Setback, 4-H, Consolidated School, Cooking Club, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Robert Puffer, Donald Barnes, Carol Kaneski, David Bonci, Lynn Anderson, Aljitha Duval, Timothy Puffer, Gail Croteau, Craft Club, Mrs. Leonard Robbins, Carol Robbins, Bevery Trow, Sylvia Webber, Betty Ann Bailleul, Leah Bonci, Helen Green, Union Agricultural Society, Lee Wyman

October 30, 1950

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Fox Club, David Ripley, Herbert Hart, Grange Hall, Agricultural Hall, Kratochvil's Orchestra, 4-H Mrs. Dana Webber, Ethel Cross, Marilyn Webber, Roberta Justin, Judy Gilmore, Tharon Leavitt, Helen Kmiecek, Bob Pendleton, Young People's Club, Joan Shepard, Mrs. William Hall, Ella barber, Ethel Fiske, Angie Gibbs, North Street, Edmund Nye, Laurence Ripley

October 31, 1950

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Mrs. Carl Knittel, Mrs. Joel Scott, Ladies Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church, Mrs. Horace Coash, Mrs. Claude LeBlanc, Mrs. Cecil Duval, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Grange Hall, Doris Peebles, Dorothy Peebles, Jonathan Birnie
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        • p 2 Old Burying Ground
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        • Names and Grave Locations Old Burying Ground
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      • Edna (Wyman) Hart Stories >
        • My Memoirs
        • Old Fashioned Recipes For Common Ailments
        • Remembrances
      • 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
        • Lucelia Cook's Diary
        • Union Agricultural Society Beginnings
        • Woman Ahead Of Her Time?
        • Blandford Baptist Church
      • Wallace R. Heady
      • Charles Taggart
      • Louise Mason >
        • The Huckleberry Trolley
      • Joe Mullens
      • Esther (Hart) Ripley
      • 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
    • School Photos
    • 1865 Civil War Diary of Daniel Ware
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