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SPRING ACTIVITIES— 1971
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The Braintree area was first settled in 1625 by those pioneers who came from Braintree, Eng- land. In 1708, Braintree separated into these three precincts: North, South, and Middle. Then, in 1727, the southern precinct further separated into two more precincts. In 1792, the northern precinct was incorporated as the town of Ran- dolph. The section now known as Holbrook was then called East Randolph. Early in the nineteenth century, eighty (80) in- habitants of East Randolph, having already ac- quired land for a church, petitioned the state to become incorporated as a separate parish from Randolph. The reason for this was that the churches and meeting houses in Randolph were too far away. The residents of Randolph and Braintree objected, saying, “We are now threat- ened with a new Baptist meeting house . . . which is calculated ... to cut off and decoy away anoth- er numerous and respectable branch of our so- ciety.” Despite this, however, on February 15, 1818. East Randolph was incorporated as a sepa- rate parish, called the East Parish. The movement for separation consisted of the residents of East Randolph complaining about the distance to the meeting house, and the diffi- culty of attending town meetings. A meeting was held in East Randolph on December 5, 1871. “It is the sense of this meeting that that portion of Randolph lying east of the Old Colony Railroad, should be set off from the old town and in- corporated as a new town.” A formal petition was later successfully circulated for this separa- tion. and Mr. E. N. Holbrook, the town’s wealthiest citizen, offered as his gift to the new town (if it were incorporated) fifty thousand dol- lars ($50,000.00). A battle of petitions started as the citizens of East Randolph and Randolph began to favor or op- pose the split. A hearing was held in the General Court on January 24, 1872. The arguments for the separation, that East Randolph had become a self-sufficient community and that the wide val- ley with the railway running through was a natu- ral division, were presented. They wanted better schools and roads, and they wanted to lower the tax rate from two percent (2%) to one percent (1%). Out of more than three hundred towns, East Randolph rated 139th in population and 172nd in taxable valuation. The arguments against the split, that the only reason for the sep- aration was that the Randolph communities had grown around the area of what is now called Main Street, and those of East Randolph, around what is presently Franklin Street, were offered as purposeless. This distance, 1.75 milrfs, could be easily traveled. Figures on roads and schools were also offered as proof against the need of a separate community. Then, on February 8. 1872, the bill was passed to the Senate, despite lobbying and a six-hour de- bate. On February 24, 1872, this bill was passed and Holbrook was incorporated as a new town, and the charter was signed by Governer Wash- burn on February 29, 1872. Holbrook received four (4) school houses, two (2) fire houses, all completely furnished, and owed Randolph $14,988.94. A town meeting was held to decide the division of the available funds, to
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