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As cilizons of IfrookliMe, we an all ’ery i)rou(l to hoast of our fine parks, modern seliools, and tree-shaded streets. Dnrinfj; this j)ast year, onr town has been eele- l)rating its ' sJaOlli aimi ' ersary, and we of the M urirhut staff wonid like yon to forget the tensions of twentieth eentiiry living and travel baek to tlie eolonial days when Ifrookline, al)le to win its indei)endenee from Hoston, was named after the “Brookline Farm” of one of the town’s important men, ( ' hief Jnstiee Sewall. Prior to the year ITtW, eitizens of Boston knew Ifrookline as “the Muddy River Hamlet,” wliere the ground was good, the timber abundant,, and the mead- ows exeellent for grazing. In when a eart bridge was erected connecting Muddy River, Jamaica Rond, Ward’s Rond and .several other brooklets, the hamlet became a ceider of traffic for the whole area, and its Old Rnnch Bowl Tavern became a ])o])nlar meeting place for residents and resting j)lace for travelers. New roads were constaidly being opened and land gi’aids made faster than surveyors couhl lay them out. Men of the hamlet were already building the Brookline of the future, and leaving their mark in local histcu’y. The names of early Brookline families, such as Sewall, As- pinwall, and Devotion are still familiar to us today. ' Rlie town has grown in population from 484 people at the first cctisus in 1790, to almost 6(),0()0 j)eo])le to- day. The narrow dirt jjaths have become jaived thor- oughfares. Our town today is a gracious residential section, a jjrofitable business area, and an up-to-date civic minded community: yet, it retains an Old New England charm, the gift of our ancestors, the hard- working colonial men and women who establi.shed tlie Towne of Brookline, 250 years ago, in 17t)5. To the noteworthy history of our town and to tlie ecjually jiromising future, we of Brookline High School proudly dedicate ....
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