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The Rules and Restrictions of a Fund established to provide quarters for the Frank J. Demers Post, American Legion.

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A program for the service held at the Mission Evangelical Church recognizing Vietnam Veterans and other military personnel.

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A list of men in the Stow militia compiled by Yael Walcott, Town Clerk. See pdf for handwritten list.

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A carriage lantern manufactured by Dietz. The company started in 1840 when its founder, 22-year-old Robert Edwin Dietz purchased a lamp and oil business in Brooklyn, New York. Though famous for well built indoor and outdoor kerosene lanterns, the…

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Five stencils used to mark cases and bundles at the American Powder Mills.

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A box labeled American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp. Powder Division, Maynard Mass. It contained dangerous high explosives and ammonia dynamite.

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Used mostly around the barns. Could be hung from a nail or hook during milking or other chores.

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A Union Crayon Co. crayon box that held one grosss dustless school crayons, manufactured in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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A piece of a wooden box with the label "American Cyanamid and Chemical Corp. - American Powder Division - Maynard, Mass, U.S.A." Mr. & Mrs. Worsley Fardy were traveling in New Hampshire and saw this piece of a box at a flea market.

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Two wood marking gauges. A marking gauge is used in woodworking and metalworking to mark out lines for cutting or other operations. The purpose of the gauge is to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge or surface.

The third tool is…

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Eight Christmas tree lights of various colors in the shape of candles. The fluid inside the plastic candle would heat up and ripple.

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A hand-painted glass lampshade and a carnival glass-like lampshade. They were typically used on ceiling fixtures. These were popular in the 1920s.

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Seated: PC Donald Marchant, Executive Board; PC J. Foster Toohey, Commander; Russell Rogers, JVC; PC Howard Schreiber, Executive Board

Standing: ___ Bolger, ___Sgt. -at- Arms; PC Alfred Dentino, Finance Officer; PC Robert Murray,…

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Presentation of the 50 Year Award
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Seated: Past Commander James V. Sweeney, Past Commander Joseph P. Dineen

Standing: Daniel F. Connors, Commander Stewart T. Campbell, William A. Sweeney

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Uniformed Legion members marching in a parade.
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Peter Hogan, Guy Ianuzzo, Swede Johnson, Joe Thomas

Selectman on left: Albert Alexanian

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Standing: John Tobin, William Baron, Howard Schreiber, John Walsh, Walter Adams, Emile Dumas

Seated: Joseph Dineen, Angus Hanson, Harold Sheridan, Thomas Smith

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A collection of School Registers for the Green Meadow Elementary School. Each Register is for a grade (1-6), year and school. They contain names, date of birth, attendance, address, parent name, nationality, information about teacher and…

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Front: Catherine E. Sheridan Coughlin ( 1858-1940), James Sheridan ( 1851-1937 ), Mary "Lena" Sheridan ( 1887-1963 )

Back: John Henry Sheridan ( 1878-1960 ), Francis "Frank" Sheridan ( 1893-1973 ), James W. Sheridan, Jr. ( 1880-1952 ),…

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John and Julia were married on 11-16-1904.
Julia and John had three children, Raymond, Margaret, and Dorothy, 7 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 22 second great-grandchildren.

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Raymond was born April 20, 1909, at 40 Parker Street in Maynard to John H. and Julia L. (Barry) Sheridan. He had two sisters, Margaret (b. 1906) and Dorothy (b. 1912). He married Mary N. Grigas in 1928. They had five children: Raymond Jr. (b. 1929),…