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BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL GLASS OF 1940 56 ' rH REUNION It will be held on Thursday, September I9, I996 from Noon to ihree at The VILLAGE STEAK SEAI ' OOI) HOUSE, Route I8, South Weymouth just after the South Shore Hospitals coming from the Expressway. The luncheon menu includes three choices; 8 oz. Sirloin Steak, Baked Stuffed Haddock or Bake Stuffed Chicken with a salad, potato, vegetable, coffee and dessert all for $12.00 including tax and tip. We hope to have a cocktail hour to circulate and talk with all our old friends. We hope to have a few laughs and a Master of Ceremonies to bring us up to date. We plan to make this an annual event so any ideas will be helpfuL Fill in the form below, enclose your check and send it to Marge Hunt, and come and feel young again. We welcome your spouse or a guest. Committee: Russ Oliver, Eileen (Meaney) Engdahl, Marjorie Hunt, Corinne (Benson) Ladd, Arlene (Sullivan) Knott, John Knott
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300 Years 1640-1940 The Tereontenarv anniversary of the incor))oration of Braintree as the twenty-seventh town in the C ' onnnonwealtli of Massachusetts. Early Settlement The history of the town conunenced with tlie travels of John Smith south from the coast of Maine to sell furs, lie was attracted to these shores and ma) ' )ped this locality. Later came Capt. Wollaston, followed by the roystering Morton of INIerry iMount who was lat( r banished by our Puritan ancestors. After the departure of iNIorton and his band the land about Mt. Wollaston was g:iven out in rants: then came the relif :ious (piarrels caused by John Wheelwright and Anne Hutchinson whose plantations were in Wollaston. In 1640 Braintree was incorporated as a sejiarate town. The name seems to have been derived from the Anglo-Saxon Branchestre meaning “a town near a river.” The former territory of the town covered fifty .square miles but in 1792 Quincy withdrew, Randolph in 1793, Holbrook later on. Prior to this time the town had been divided into three jiarts according to its churches — north, middle, south. At the time of incorimration the town was re-divided, still holding to the three sections which persisted down to the present until recently six i)recincts were created to facilitate our present limited repre.sentative town system. Patriotism Braintree has always been a patriotic community. She sent forth the men chief in causing the Revolution and in all the battles of that wai- she was well re])resented. The jiart which the men of Braintree took in the C ' ivil War is commemorated by the Soldiers ' Monument which stands near the Town Hall. In the War of 1812 Braintree sons took an active part under ( ' ol. Clarke against the British in the harbor at Cohasset. In the Spanish American War Braintree sent her .share of citizens to }5articipate. Likewise for the last great struggle the Braintree role of honor contains the names of many who helped to fight a war to end war. Lieut. John P. Wood was the first Braintree High School graduate to sacrifice his life in this war for humanity. Industries Braintree is the birthplace of many of the nation ' s present-day growing industries. The first iron and glass works were situated here and the rude tramway, built to carry the granite for the Bunker Hill Monument, was the first in the country. Fish, shoes, and paper, among other industries, provided a livelihood for man} ' of our early residents. T I
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