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No. 17
PR•II, 11, 1930
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R. H. Si Team Opens Season
.;Board of Public Works Has
With Saugus Next Wed:
Done Fine. Job of Recon ,
Committee On Reforestation Sug-
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strticting'Field
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gests•Suitable'Recognition of „
As a. result of the work .on the rt
Arbor Day, April 26
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The first cut in the Reading
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baseball squad came on Tuesday when.
Coach Joseph Fitzgerald eliminated
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of men the baseball field on Washi g-
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about 10 boys and another decrease in
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practice this afternoon and the line-up
in solid with the members of. the High
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for the opener with Saugus next
Wednesday afternoon will then be fair-
School baseball squad.
The :grounds: have been cleared and
Reading Residents and Organizations
ly definite.
over to make a fairly level
smoothed.
. Invited to Assist in Setting Out
Captain ifiel d while Fran slated for
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playing surface, The-base paths have.
been put in. shape, and even the , area
of 20,000 Trees
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k Riley
Frank Riley are making a strong show -
outside of the playing, field has been
f ing in' the. -box. Leighton Wallace,
cared for..
A movement toward making the work
Clipi-les Iltlts and Robert Heselton are
The backstop now affords a solid
of reforestation now in progress a
making heavy bids for, the , receiving
barrier-and the bleachers have been re-
really civic affair was "started this week
end of the. battery. ' .
paired so that they. will hold a crowd
when '.the committee now. carrying ors
There are outfielders -galore with Cla-
of spectators without a collapse. The:
.'the., establishment of a town forest de-
d rence White and Richard Mansfield"
old benches along the foul lines have.
cided to ask that citizens and organi-
- from last year's team and some good
been removed and the bleachers are
:iatipns observe Arbor Day, on April
looking aspirants in Thomas Cullinane,
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now located at a point further back;
26;: by putting forth cooperative effort
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ll Merton Pomfret, Richard.Burhoe, Ed-
which improves the appearance'.:of the
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at..lIundred Acre Meadow.
will Tyler, Martin Menevitch, Bernard
field. One new players' bench has
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!'Community Plantnig Day"
Bailey, John l nger, Bart Carney
been built along the first-base line;and
,
; The committee which • will assign
and James Gallagher.
the other bench has been partially.. re-
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work to all who volunteer their ser-
Byron Doucette and Lawrence Ein- built. vices for the day consists of Fire
cry, with experience behind them have School officials together- with the Chief O. O. Ordway, Tree Warden
every indication of dividing honors on athletics'. coaches and_ members of the Henry M. Donegan and Leland W.
third base while first base is a little s Board of Public Works made a sur- Kingman, chairman.. of the Planning
better supplied with guardians just;'at vey of the grounds early in the week forest and your willingness to, serve
present with Thomas St. Louis, Allan and expressed great satisfaction with, committee is as follows:
Temple, Albert Skane and Joseph the results obtained. The members of • , "The • Town Forest is fast becoming
Cummings hovering about. George the High School baseball squad . are a reality. Every day brings forth rap-
Sardell and Fred Dayrwould each like enthusiastic about the coming season id progress in the clearing of land, and
to acquire a mortgage on second base. and the prospects of playing on a vastly the preparation of the hundred acre
After the cut this afternoon two improved field. . reserve for the planting of trees. -
,ight Co. teams will be formed. The game on The movement to develop. the "Believing Yhat quite a number of
ent Wednesday will be an experiment as
grounds had its real beginnings on Jan- the townspeople would like to have a
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most openers are, Saugus is also play- uary 6 at the testimonial banquet part in the program the committee ors
ing its first game of the season and will given under the auspices of the Ameri- Reforestation has set Arbor Day, Apr•
come to Reading an, unknown quantity. • can Legion to the members it was 26, as a community planting day.
Raymond Nelson has been. selected ( pointed out by Harold F. Parker that "Twenty thousand trees are to be
as manager for the team. the field was in very poor condition and
set in the ground this year, and with the
that very little had been done in the help which the various civic orgauiza-
° way of upkeep for the past 25 years:
1.101 TOUrnamenfis _ lions of the town can give the forest
Soon In Full Swing should be off to a wonderful start:
.7 i Tercentenary Group "fhe committee hopes that everyone
who with
can will help by working
i To Award Contract them on April .26. From 9.30 in the
Meadow Brook Club Announces morning until 5.00 o'clock in the af-
"Hit and Walk" Dates r,_-------- :d" At ternoon volunteer laborers will .>e_ we -
corned.
"It would be fine to have the fol}ow-
hc ing organizations send a group of their
the members to assist in the activities of
when April 26.
t ,.w~~► Reading Neighborhood Betterment .
~/`7 r~ 4 / ~7r ~/~N / Q At ;n B. Association
toria, Boy Scouts
page- Girl Scouts
*q f V dice Reading Schools (High and Junior
In►Td igh>
f P. a~v rR y ~.I?"nade HReading Grange
•s, to
tract - Board. of Grade
next And any other organization that is
I~ Q~r• 70 Gill e interested in this protect.
~I d o~j `eA A special section of the reservation
11 ;the "will be set aside for each organization
sigh ey may designate for all time
o be which th
as their contribution to the develop-
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s to ment of the • Town Forest.
ion- "A gala day . is in store for all who
The will enter into the spirit of the occasion
the and volunteer their services.
an- "Just let Fire Chief Ordway Tree
ere Warden Donegan or Leland W. King-
for man know about your interest in the
oorest' and your willingness to serve
and they will be glad to assign you
VV45 tlbu VOMU w bie:= the iercen-
S,G ;iV throueh the to some special .
n russzer tour- I ----_...M - ...,..,.task~. t.