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Plantinn for Arbor Dav, April 26
$1500 Voted for Reforestation and Road-Side Work-Citizens
to Shoulder Spades, Shovels and Axes-20,000
Trees Already Purchased
With spades, hoes, shovels and axes
slung over determined shoulders, cru-
saders against ugliness will march
forth from ]leading, Mass., on Arbor
Day, April 26, to stage a unique
"Community Planting Day" its con-
tributlon to the efforts of state con-
Fervationists to build up a series of
town forests and extensive toad-side
planting throughout ttae State.
At the annual town meeting in
March heading citizens signified their
approval and support of the reforesta-
tion movement being advocated by
private and civic organizations of
Massachusetts, by voting $1500 for the
purpose of starting a town forest, and
the local committee on reforestation,
which includes the fire chief, the tm
warden slid the chairman of the
planning board, was authorized to be-
gin work at once.
Ground has been cleared, fire lanes
laid out, 20,000 trees purchased, and
already, in response to invitations of
the committee, various organizations
have promised to send delegations to
the "tree planting bee" to be staged
on the 85-acre reserve on Arbor Day.
Each group will be assigned to a sec-
tion of the tract.
The first group to volunteer was the
Board of Selectmen. The Boy Scouts
were invited to take part in the event
and readily accepted. The Girl Scout
ttoop, not yet completely organized,
will support the project as its first
civic activity. Those who have volun-
teered Intend to bring along their
tree-planting tools and spend the 6h-
tire day setting out trees under the
direction of expert foresters and
nurserymen.
A similar event took place here a
few years ago when a few hundred
citizens donned their working clothes
and assisted with the construction of
Memorial Park, the town's chief play-
ground.
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