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February 1950 News

February 1, 1950

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Hearts Ease Circle of Kings Daughters, Deane Building, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Mrs. Vernon Merchant, Janice Binder, Choral Club, Mrs. Curtis Lane, Mrs. John McConnell, Earle Frisbie, Russell Road, Steve Antonyk, Mrs. Wallace Cota, Cecelia Cota.
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Blandford Choral Group, Duane Wyman

February 2, 1950

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Town Meeting, School Committee, Fire Department, Water Department, Russell Road, Edward Goodrich, Highway Department, Falls Road, John C. Connors
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Margaret Lamson, Edwin Anderson, Mrs. Ernest Wyman, Sven Anderson, Sr., Luna Cooley, Robert Robbins, Richard Robinson, Arthur Gary, Mrs. Leonard Mason, Mrs. Edward Morse, Sven Anderson, Jr., David Ripley, Wildcat, Herbert Hart, Walnut Hill, Kenneth Pierce, Community Club, Chapel

February 3, 1950

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Community Club, Edward Morse, Percy Rhicard, Elmer Foster
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Rev. Joel A. Scott, Chapel, Second Congregational Church, Janice Binder, Glasgow Road, Westfield High School, Whist Party, Mrs. John W. Peebles, Kenneth Pease, Charles Stone, Mrs. Edward Morse, Mrs. Merrill Mason, Mrs. Leonard Mason, Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Mrs. Bertha Huff, Forest Huff, Maggie McMahon, Mary Schlep, Community Club. 

February 5, 1950

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Grange, Mrs. Ernest Wyman, Mrs. Kenneth Palmer, Mrs. Charles Binder, Ralph Weed, Richard Barden, Arnold Ackley, Leah Palmer, Glenn Hart, Mrs. Claude LeBlanc, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Cafeteria, Westfield Beagle Club, Edmund R. Nye, Water Department, David Peebles, Earl Frisbie, Ira Bates, Dana Webber, J. Arnold Harris, Mrs. Elmer Foster, Mrs. Frank Cook, Percy Rhicard, School Committee

February 6, 1950

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Ernest Wyman, Westfield Beagle Club, Mrs. Ralph Slater, Russell Road, Sven Anderson, Jr., Bridge, Milton Ripley, Elmer Hart, Daniel Burritt, Gordon Cady
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Town Meeting, Water Department
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Consolidated School, Explosion, Herbert Dalton, Marguerite Hall

February 7, 1950

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Mrs. Wallace V. Karr, Mrs. Ralph N. Clark, Mrs. Sadie B. Knox, Mrs. Nye

February 8, 1950

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Community Club, Gordon Cady, Edward Morse, Percy Rhicard, Elmer Foster, Louis Herrick, Chapel, First Congregational Church, Ladies Benevolent Society, Blandford Choral Club, Young People's Club, Rev. Joel Scott.
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Young People's Club, Joan Shepard, Dick Smith, Bob Pierce, Leah Palmer, Joan Shepard, Deane Building, Choral Club, Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Parent Teacher Union, Mrs. Frank Cook, Mrs. William Hall, Mrs. John McConnell, Mrs. Merrill Mason, Mrs. Warfield, Hearts Ease Circle of Kings Daughters

February 9, 1950

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Lottie Eagan, Main Street, Adelphi Chapter OES, Ladies Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church, Mrs. Ralph Hayden, Mrs. Edward Morse, Mrs. Kenneth Pease, Mrs. John Smethurst, Mrs. Ernest Wyman, Mrs. William York, Mrs. Raymond Blair, Mrs. Frank Dunlap, Mrs. Elwin Wyman, Mrs. Edwin Anderson, Mrs. Ralph Richmond, Mrs. Kenneth Palmer, Mrs. Ralph Weed, Lee Wyman, Mrs. Elmer Foster, Mrs. Curtis Lane, Gordon Cady, Sven Anderson, Jr., Richard Robinson, Ralph Warfield, Hattie Smith, Noble Hospital

February 10, 1950

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Joseph Leavy, Mountain View House, Emily Kenney Leavy, Sarah Leavy, Mrs. Jerry Lynn, Firtion-Hollister Funeral Home, Mrs. Charles Gardner

February 12, 1950

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Joseph Leavy, Falls Road, Firtion-Hollister Funeral Home, Mrs. Charles Gardner, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Louis Herrick, Mrs. Hubert Hart, Mrs. Harold Shepard, Mrs. Erwin Shepard, Jacqueline Arcouette, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Chapel, Ladies Benevolent Society, Firemen, Selectmen, Leonard Mason, Sven Anderson, Jr., Elwin Wyman

February 15, 1950

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Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Telephone Bridge, Parent-Teacher Union, Mrs. Gordon Cady, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Philip Stebbins, Noble Hospital, Chapel
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Lawrence Ripley, Herbert Palmer

February 19, 1950

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Mrs. Arthur Shepard, Grange, Mrs. Carl Knittel, Heart Campaign, Heart Fund, Mrs. Merrill Mason, Bridge, Telephone Bridge, PTA, Mrs. Lee Wyman, Gordon Cady, Mrs. Ralph Weed, Dr. J. Woodward Claris, Margaret Lamson, Edwin Anderson, Military Whist Party
​Lee Wyman, Elmer Hart, Kenneth Pease, William York

February 20, 1950

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Ladies Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church, Mrs. Vernon Merchant, Mrs. Fred Knittel, Mrs. Ernest Wyman, Mrs. Frank Little, John Lathrop, Laurel Hill Farm, Robert Robbins, George Bischoff, Linda Bischoff, Alta Robbins, Priscilla Case, Hattie Smith, Mrs. Joseph Leavey, Noble Hospital, Mrs. William Hall, Bridge, PYU, Telephone Bridge, Lee Wyman, Elwin Wyman, Mrs. Carl Knittel, Mrs. Ernest Wyman, Frank Dunlap, Chapel, Consolidated School.

February 21, 1950

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March of Dimes, Gladys Allen, Miss Hall, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Wallis, Grange, Leonard Robbins, Carol Robbins, Pizzitola's Plecto Symphony, Red Cross, Mrs. Ralph Warfield, Parent Teacher Union, Mrs. Lee Wyman, Mrs. Merrill Mason, Mrs. Elmer Hart, Elwin Wyman, Telephone Bridge, Firemen, Walter Fitch, Chimney Fire, Consolidated School, Dr. Herbert Toombs.
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Springfield Ski Club, Rescue Squadron, Westover Air Force Base

February 22, 1950

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First Congregational Church, Rev. Robert Tucker, Irwin Anderson, Raymond Blair, Sven Anderson, Jr.
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Westover Air Force Base, Springfield Ski Club, Lt. Fred Morgan

February 23, 1950

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Richard Mack Robinson, Ruth Mack Robinson, John Robert Chewning, John W. Chewning, Smith College, 
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Springfield Ski Club, Cal Conniff, Arthur Brodeur, Julia Joslyn, Ev Lingren, Ben Hazeltine, Sidney Taylor, Elsie Salli

February 24, 1950

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Rev. A. Joel Scott, Second Congregational Church, Chapel, Dorothy Brooks, Mrs. Alfred Hague, Sunday School, Ruth Robinson, Richard Robinson, Grange, Setback

February 26, 1950

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World Day Of Prayer, Chapel, Dr. Herbert R. Toombs, Parent Teacher Union, Mrs. Wesley Blair, Mrs. Forrest Deane, Mrs. Matthew Capelli, Mrs. Curtis Lane, Deane Building, Carl Knittel., Falls Road.

February 27, 1950

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Forest Huff, Young People's Club, Whist Party, Louis Herrick, Merrill Mason, Mrs. Elwin Wyman, Military Whist, Chapel, Elwin Wyman, Cobble Mountain Kennels, Beagle, Mrs. Harold Wyman, Red Cross, Mrs. Ralph Weed, Mrs. John McConnell, Luna Cooley, Mrs. Prosper Montavani, Mrs. Sven Anderson, Jr., Mrs. Haold Gibbs, Mrs. Erwin Shepard, Mrs. Arthur Wyman, Mrs. Harold Shepard, Mrs. Irving Wood, Mrs. Howard Wyman, David Schoales, Robert Schoales, Martha Schoales, Herbert Wyman, Russell Road, Percy Wyman, Mrs. Joseph Dubian, Main Street

February 28, 1950

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Merritt Taylor, Birch Hill Road, Mrs. Ira Bates
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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
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        • Moving Day
        • Two Of Us Are Left
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        • 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
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        • Fifty Years Ago
        • How Blandford Viewed The Railroad
      • Elsie Gibbs Hill >
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        • Irreverent Look At Our Forebears
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      • The Blandford Girls
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        • Basketry In Blandford
      • Susan B. Tiffany >
        • Quilting
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        • 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 >
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      • Gordon C. Rowley >
        • Musical Instruments 1st Cong Church
      • Hannah Gibbs Diary
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