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We have the following statement from the Adj. Gen. Schouler's History of Massachusetts in the Rebellion: "Berlin furnished 130 men for the war-a surplus of nine over demands. The whole amount of money appropriated by the town, on account of the war, was $14,013.22."
These Berlin Civil War Service Men were listed as follows:
23 died in service 14 in Co. I, 36th Reg.
4 died soon after discharge
3 in Co. K, 53rd Reg.
22 in Co. I, 5th Reg.
2 Naval Service
13 in Co. F, 13th Reg.
4 Mass. 3rd Cavalry
4 in Co. D, 22nd Reg.
6 Mass. Hvy. Artillery
5 in Co. I, 25th Reg.
7 Various other reg.
2 in Co. H, 29th Reg.
27 in other branches
The ladies of Berlin formed a soldiers' aid society and did soldiers' work for the Sanitary Commission. They also collected over $7,000 to purchase material to be made into clothing for the soldiers.
The graves of four of these veterans of the Civil War are in the Old Cemetery, and seventy-five others rest in the Pleasant Street Cemetery. Captain C. S. Hastings headed the death roll of soldiers, having died on September 8, 1863, at Mound City, Ill., while on his homeward journey. The last of these Berlin Civil War Veterans to answer the summons to abide with the im- mortals was John L. Day, who died on July 20, 1928.
List of Civil War Veterans whose graves are in the
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OLD CEMETERY
Ezra K. Bartlett, Hollis Johnson
John N. P. Johnson John A. Merrill
SOUTH CEMETERY
Allen, Nathan M.
Fuller, Samuel
Rathburn, James F.
Andrews, George H.
Goddard, Silas
Rathburn, Thomas F.
Andrews, Samuel E.
Gott, Lemuel
Rice, Thomas
Ball, Thomas B.
Hadlock, Everett
Rich, Charles S.
Babcock, Francis
Hale, Charles F.
Rich, Henry P.
Babcock, Harrison T.
Hartshorn, Augustus
Robbins, John
Babcock, William T.
Hartshorn, Edward H. Rose, John F.
Barnard, Edward
Harper, Augustus A.
Sawyer, David Sumner
Bickford, Charles J.
Hastings, Augustus
Sawyer, Eli
Bigelow, Edwin J.
Hastings, Capt. C. S.
Sawyer, Oliver
Bigelow, George E.
Hebard, Everett A.
Sawyer, Rufus C.
Bliss, Charles H.
Holder, Henry R.
Snow, Charles H.
Bruce, John L.
Howe, Alanson S.
Staples, Joseph
Bruce, Willard G.
Howe, George L.
Starkey, Charles D.
Bryant, Edward S.
Hunting, Joseph W.
Stetson, Warren I.
Bullard, James M.
Jones, John A.
Snow, Ansel L.
Burgess, Wood J.
Keyes, John F.
Stone, Homer E.
Carter, Calvin
Knight, George W.
Upham, Otis K.
Carter, Isreal F.
Lewis, Marshall J.
Walker, Benjamin S.
Chamberlain, Spencer C.
Maynard, Charles H.
Wheeler, George C.
Coburn, William H.
Merrill, Sewall H.
Wheeler, Oliver P.
Dailey, Ebenezer W.
Moore, John A.
White, Daniel A.
Day, John L.
Morse, Charles
Woodbury, Zoheth B.
Fry, Samson W.
Osgood, William
Wright, Charles C.
Miller, Frederick
Webber, Andrew P.
In order to preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress the late Rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead, the Grand Army of the Republic was organized. Post 54, G.A.R., was organized in Berlin, on June 23, 1868, with ten charter members. On September 25, they adopted the name of the John B. Gough, Post 54, which they retained until February 1, 1881, when they chose and adopted the name of the Captain C. S. Hastings, Post 54. Their enrollment increased to sixty-nine members. Charles H. Staples, a former
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member of Post 54, removed to Leominster Post 53 in 1896. He died on June 11, 1944; his portrait is in Memorial Hall.
Associated with the G.A.R., as an auxiliary, was the Women's Relief Corps. Later their place was filled by the Daughters of Veterans, whose membership consisted of female descendents of soldiers, sailors, or Marines of the War of the Rebellion.
The new Town Hall was dedicated with appropriate exercises on March 2, 1870. In connection with this, Memorial Hall, a room on the first floor of said Town Hall, was dedicated as the Town's memorial to "those of Berlin who had served in the late Civil War." The marble tablets were located in the walls, and, further- more, the walls are bedecked with the portraits of seventy-eight (78) late Civil War Veterans. With the many war relics, this makes a museum of worthy public notice.
In 1870 Memorial Day was established by the National En- campment of the G.A.R. for the purpose of commemorating the deeds and memory of the fallen comrades. Each year thereafter, on May thirtieth, Berlin has observed this order with appropriate exercises in the Town Hall, at the graves, and at memorials. Flags and flowers are placed upon the graves of all servicemen, and each year there is an article in the Town Warrant-"to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Memorial Day." This sum has increased from $50.00 in 1894 to $400 in the year 1955.
The E. H. Hartshorn Camp No. 43, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, was organized on March 26, 1888, with twelve (12) charter members. The prime object of the organization was "to keep green the memories of our fathers and their sacrifice for the maintenance of the Union."
Under date of March 13, 1922, the C. H. Hastings Post No. 54, G.A.R., made an affidavit to surrender all rights and title of the furnishings of Memorial Hall to E. H. Hartshorn Camp No. 43, S.U.V. of C.W. These furnishings included the chairs, tables, desks, altar with Bible, tablets and framed portraits on the walls, and all relics stored therein.
Camp No. 43 assumed full charge of the services and program for Memorial Day. Around the year 1938 it became the practice for the American Legion (H. Wallace Woodward Post No. 162) to co-operate and share with Camp No. 43 in the proper observ- ance of Memorial Day. Finally, after the passing of Walter J.
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Allen (December 20, 1945), the Camp surrendered the Memorial Day Program to the American Legion.
Appropriate recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of E. H. Hartshorn Camp No. 43 was observed in the Town Hall on the evening of April 18, 1938. Members of all of the local patriotic orders and visiting patriots participated in the exercises.
A pitch party was held on February 12, 1942, to raise funds to procure grave-markers for the soldiers of the Revolutionary War who rest in the Old Cemetery. In co-operation with the Art & Historical Society these markers were procured, and on Me- morial Day (May 30, 1957) the markers with flags were placed at the graves during the impressive exercises conducted by the H. Wallace Woodward Post No. 162 of the American Legion.
Camp No. 43 is credited (October 8, 1955) with the contribu- tion of $100.00 toward the "Building for Youth Campaign" of the First Parish Church of Berlin.
The "high day" of the Camp No. 43 was around their an- niversary date (1938) when their roster showed a membership of seventy-four (74). Their membership has been gradually re- duced by death and withdrawal of members of the American Legion who felt that they did not care to belong to two patriotic orders, and chose the "modern" Veterans' organization. Thus, the ranks of the Camp No. 43 has been reduced to ten (10) non- service men.
James E. Andrews, who died on May 17, 1954, was the last one of the Charter Members. At the conclusive meeting of Camp No. 43, held on January 12, 1958, it was voted "to disband as per date of April 23, 1958 (this being their seventieth birthday), that the rights and title of their furnishings and property in Memorial Hall be bequeathed to the Berlin Art & Historical Society for their preservation, that the residue of their funds ($162.65) be bequeathed to the Town of Berlin to establish a Trust Fund to provide for the maintenance of grave-markers of G.A.R. and S.U.V. members."
LIST OF CHARTER MEMBERS E. H. HARTSHORN CAMP No. 43
Member
Son of
Born
Died
Elmer E. Allen
Nathan M. Allen
2-6-1862
9-27-1937
James E. Andrews
George H. Andrews
9-12-1865
5-17-1954
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Arthur K. Andrews
Samuel E. Andrews
5-19-1867
8-19-1916
George E. Andrews Spencer C.
Samuel E. Andrews
2-14-1870
7-16-1929
S. C. Chamberlin
6-21-1862
6-7-1917
Chamberlin, Jr.
Forrest E. Day
John L. Day
12-23-1866
12-2-1945
Lewis E. Day
John L. Day
7-3-1869
5-12-1933
Frank E. Knight
George W. Knight
1867
Transf. 1902
Charles L. Knight
George W. Knight
1870
11-2-1942
Walter E. Merrill
John A. Merrill
12-24-1870
2-15-1932
Robert M. Pratt
Wheelock Pratt
1863
Transf. 1912
Fred R. H. Stetson
Warren I. Stetson
1-20-1871
6-23-1914
The Auxiliary to E. H. Hartshorn Camp No. 43 was organized on March 3, 1934, with twenty-four charter members, their object being to assist the Sons in "keeping green the memories of the Soldiers of the Civil War." Membership includes wives and daughters of "Sons of Union Veterans" as well as daughters of Veterans. The order surrendered their charter on December 17, 1957.
Spanish-American War
Some of the basic causes of the Spanish-American War were:
(a) Humanitarianism. America's interest in Cuba's desire for independence.
(b) Economic interests. America's trade with Cuba amounted to about one hundred million dollars per year.
(c) Yellow journalism. The press published sensational news about Cuba's ill-treatment by the Spaniards.
(d) Sinking of the Maine on February 15, 1898. Hostilities lasted only 113 days, ending with the treaty of peace signed in Paris on December 10, 1898.
This war marked the emergence of the United States as a world power with colonial possessions in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. The Filipinos were dissatisfied with the form of self-government offered them, so they carried on an insurrection warfare against the American Government from February 22, 1899, to July 4, 1901. The cost to the United States for this sup-
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pressionary revolt was almost as great as that of the Spanish- American War proper.
There is no reference to the Spanish-American War in the town records; neither was there any native of Berlin known to have enlisted in the service from Berlin. There were, however, three persons who saw service in this war who came to Berlin later and while here participated in the exercises and programs of the military orders. These were William W. Jacobs, Robert E. Bryan, and Robert F. Keith.
World War I
In the years prior to 1914, the nations of Europe were divided into two hostile alliances, nearly equal in strength. These were the Central Powers and the Allies. These alliances provoked each other into a series of international incidents or crises.
When the war started in August of 1914, President Wilson is- sued a Proclamation of Neutrality urging the American people to be "neutral in fact as well as in name." Then, on April 6, 1917, he went before Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Germany. From thence the War covered a period of approxi- mately seventeen months. By the summer of 1918 the German High Command knew that it had lost the war. Germany sued for peace, and an armistice was signed on November 11, 1918.
On May 17 (1917) the Army Draft was passed and signed by the President on the next day; but already a large per cent of Berlin's eligibles had volunteered and enlisted in Company M, 5th Regiment, at Hudson. This body was later merged into the 101st Infantry.
Seventy-two citizens of Berlin volunteered their services for their country in World War I. Of this number, two brothers, H. Wallace and C. Sumner Woodward made the supreme sacrifice. Wallace was killed in action in France on October 23, 1918, and Sumner died of pneumonia at Camp Devens.
Early in 1919 the town began to give cognizance of this service, for it was voted in the Town Meeting of March (1919) to erect a Roll of Honor for the men and women who had served in World War I. Furthermore, in the March Meeting of 1920, they raised the question of naming some street Woodward Ave.
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in honor of the Woodward boys. They chose for this purpose that portion of Walnut Street which extends from the Woodward home northward, passing before the Town Hall, to the junction with Carter Street.
Less than a year after the signing of the Armistice, thirty-five of the World War Veterans became charter members of the H. Wallace Woodward Post No. 162 of the American Legion. This group organized on August 19, 1919, in Memorial Hall of the Berlin Town Hall. Benjamin Marble was elected Commander and Leland C. Maynard as Adjutant.
The body of H. Wallace Woodward was brought home and buried with military honors on October 23, 1921, just three years from the time of his death. The funeral service was held in the Town Hall, in charge of the H. Wallace Woodward Post No. 162, and interment was in the family lot at Pleasant Street Cemetery.
The action on the article of March 3, 1919, "to erect a Roll of Honor" was delayed for several years, due to the difficulty en- countered in finding a suitable marker and location. But, in the meeting of February 3, 1930, the town voted $1,000 and named a committee of three (Henry A. Wheeler, Walter Cole and Robert E. Taylor), with power to act. Consequently, on Armi- stice Day, November 11, 1930, a beautiful and fitting memorial monument of Milford granite, supporting a bronze tablet bear- ing the seventy-two names, was dedicated with appropriate ex- ercises. This was located in a conspicuous position on the Com- mon, facing Central Street.
This bronze tablet was relocated in the new Memorial School building, so that on May 30, 1951, the American Legion held their memorial exercises there.
BERLIN HONOR ROLL 1917 WORLD WAR 1918
"Dedicated to those who answered their country's call" Ralph Bailey Roy L. Keizer Edward J. Seymour
Alfred J. Boyd
George L. Kriss Orison B. Sloat
Ralph S. Boyd
Wilbur E. Larkin
C. Gardner Small
Harry F. Bradley
Winfield O. Larkin
Leon A. Brewer John R. Lasselle
George E. Stone Robert E. Taylor
Harry W. Butler
Halsey B. Lewis
Arthur E. Turnbull
Henry W. Calkins
Benjamin Marble
George L. Carter
Carl Marble
Robert W. Turnbull Fred W. Ulrich
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Chester E. Cole
Ralph P. Marble
Benjamin H. Coolidge Elmer C. Matthews
A. Eason Coulson Cyril E. Coulson Ernest B. Coulson Kenneth W. Crossman W. Stanley Crossman A. Gorham Davis George E. Duggan Raymond M. Duggan Walter T. End
Howard H. Evers Fred H. Fosgate
Harry E. Hadlock
Ralph E. Hartshorn
Wesley S. Sawyer
Mary W. Dewson
Franklin O. Jacobs
Leland C. Maynard Harold D. Middleton John T. Nolan Arthur F. O'Keefe William O'Keefe J. William Parmenter Chester P. Randall Donald E. Ross Leroy E. Sargent Walter L. Sargent Frank Sargent Walter S. Sawtelle
William C. Ulrich Cecil B. Wheeler Lloyd L. Wheeler Raymond H. Wheeler Sidney W. Wheeler A. Eugene Wilder C. Sumner Woodward
H. Wallace Woodward
Y.M.C.A. J. Adams Puffer Raymond Ware Alfred Ware Willard Ware
RED CROSS
Everett W. Howe
William G. Sawyer Arthur J. Seymour
Mary G. Porter
World War II
The Second World War (1939-1945) lasted for a period of six years and ultimately involved most of the nations of the world. In the initial phase of the war, startling German victories seemed to doom the Allied cause. However, England grimly held on alone, and the Axis made two costly errors. Their first mistake was the attack upon Russia in June of 1941. The second mistake was the attack upon the United States.
The Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, occurred on December 7, 1941. The next day Congress voted for war and the President declared a state of war with Japan and the vote of Congress was 470 to 1 for the war. On the 11th of December, the German and Italian declarations of war on the United States brought quick response from Congress.
The anticipation of the possibility of the United States being drawn into this conflict caused the nation to launch a program of massive preparations for national defense. So, on January 3, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked for wartime powers and urged higher taxes for defense. On the 11th, he called for a five-year program for the Navy to build 150 ships; and on October 16 17,000,000 between the ages of 21 and 35 were regis- tered for selective service. On this date 94 Berlin men registered. Berlin fell into the Clinton Area No. 53.
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Early in the year of 1941 machinery was oiled and greased for Civilian Defense Organizations. Berlin, as has been her cus- tom, fell in line with the program, and when the clarion call went forth she was found among the ranks of willing workers. Due to his military training, Edward Crowley was chosen Direc- tor of Civilian Defense for the Town.
In July of 1940 he gave notice of his purpose to form a group of civilian defense workers. In response to this call, some 150 persons registered and were assigned to various positions. In order to qualify for efficient service, the chairmen of the various divisions attended schools of instruction in Boston and Worcester. In addition to these preparations, several defense meetings were held in the Town Hall, which were well attended. Instructions were received demonstrating the proper conduct in case of a "black-out" and the handling of the situation in case of a fire- bomb attack.
First aid classes were organized under efficient instructors and knitting was also done for the Red Cross. A drive for funds for the Red Cross in February 1942 resulted in raising $544.19.
When the second registration was held on February 15-16 of 1942 (which included all men between the ages of twenty and forty-four that had not entered the armed service or previously registered), Berlin added seventy-five men to the list. At the registration of April 26-27 (1942), including all men between forty-five and sixty-five, one hundred and twelve (112) men of Berlin filled out the cards.
In order to carry out the program of Civil Defense, it was voted in the Town Meeting of February 1942 "to appropriate $1,000 to be used to cover expenses for purchasing three air raid sirens and materials for blacking out the Town Hall or any other emergencies."
Then, in order to get a line on what the Country could pro- duce for the cause of defense and victory, the government caused to be taken a survey among farmers, to determine what amount of foodstuff had been produced in 1941, and to get an estimate for 1942. Returns on this survey, held in December of 1941, showed that the farmers of Berlin had 308 cows that produced 2,070,747 lbs. of milk; 5,560 hens that laid 83,600 dozen eggs; and 2,685 turkeys. It was estimated that this production could be in-
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creased by seven per cent during the subsequent year-pro- vided the farms could be supplied with the necessary equipment, supplies, and fuel.
President Truman officially declared May 8, 1945 as V-E Day (day of thanksgiving for victory in Europe), but the United States still had much more cleaning up to do, until Japan sur- rendered unconditionally on August 14, 1945. Then President Truman officially declared September 2, 1945, as V-J Day since on that day the Japanese formally surrendered on board the United States Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
When the roll was called for Berlin, of those who had served their country's cause in World War II, the response was one hundred and fifty-five (155) men and women, whose names are inscribed on the Memorial Plaque placed in the hallway of the Berlin Memorial School building in 1951. Eleven of these have been awarded the Gold Star (*).
HONOR ROLL WORLD WAR II
Allen, John C.
Brown, Prescott E.
Allen, Ronald A.
Bryan, Robert T. K.
Allsobrooks, Arthur H.
Burke, Francis C.
Allsobrooks, Walter K.
Carter, Jonas E.
Andrews, Kendall E.
Ciesluk, Adolph
Ash, Charles E.
Ciesluk, John E.
Bacon, Silas H.
Clark, Richard B.
* Barter, Alfred W.
Clark, Wesley E.
Barter, Bruce M.
Coldwell, Robert B.
Barter, Carl A.
Collins, John E.
Barter, Paul G.
*Collins, Joseph L. Cooley, George L.
Bellarosa, James
Coulson, Henry E.
Bellarosa, Markey
Crossman, William J.
Betts, Eloi D.
Cummings, Herbert
Blenkhorn, Glendon H.
Dilling, Perley Diniz, Joseph F.
*Bosselman, Harry M.
Bostwick, Emerson A.
Dupont, Raymond E.
Bradley, John Braman, Merle V.
Estey, Vera E.
Evans, Richard R.
Braman, Roger E.
Falby, Chester E.
Brandt, Eric A.
Forhan, John H.
Bartlett, Everett E. Jr.
* Bartlett, Thomas R.
Coulson, Ann M.
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Foster, Lawrence R.
Patterson, Charles R.
Patterson, James H.
Grala, Frank S. Guild, Robert H. Haase, Roland A.
Peirce, Arthur W. Jr.
Peirce, Kenneth L.
*Hallett, Albion W.
Plamondon, Norbert W.
*Harper, Lawrence R. Harry, Angelo G. Harry, Nicholas G. Hill, Kenneth B.
Rand, James E. Jr.
Hobbs, Carlton R.
Rochon, Lucian W.
Holder, David F.
Rosen, Barney
Homan, Charles W. J.
Ross, Edward L.
Hopfmann, Ralph M. Hudson, Everett F. Jackson, Rachel M.
Ross, Everett G. Ross, Robert T.
Jacobs, Donald A.
Jacobs, Richard E.
Jewett, Frederick W.
*Sanborn, Charles G. Sanborn, Lloyd D. Sanborn, Walter H. Sargent, A. Roger
Jillson, Jenness A.
Johnson, David A.
Johnson, Phillip A.
Jones, Lawrence A.
Jones, Waldo B.
Joyce, Paul F.
Kavanaugh, John F.
Kavanaugh, Lee F.
Kingsbury, R. Sidney
Schwartz, Earl J. B.
Kent, Ruby E.
Sherman, Nelson T.
Knorr, Gordon C.
Krackhardt, Russell H.
Kreuzer, Frederick A.
Lackey, John Liberty, Hector A. Jr.
Smith, Dorothy F.
Liberty, Joseph A.
MacLean, Earle
Spaulding, Benjamin H. Jr.
Manter, Myrtle F.
Spaulding, Nathan I. Spofford, George R. Jr.
Matteus, Fleszberto
Stone, Hayward M.
Stone, Milton D.
Szewczyk, John F.
Morse, Donald H. Murphy, Augustine D.
Murphy, Daniel J.
Nelson, Ralph W. Nutting, Henry A.
O'Connor, Cornelius J. Parmenter, E. Carl
Szewczyk, Joseph E. ·Szewczyk, Stanley A. Tenney, Carl S. Tervo, Waino H. Jr.
Ulrich, H. Nelson Ulrich, Kenneth W.
Underwood, Francis E.
Sargent, Edwin W. L. Sargent, Henry W. Sargent, Walter L. Jr. Sarty, Lester F.
*Sawtelle, Harold A. Sawyer, Ellsworth G. Sawyer, I. Sidney
Sherman, William H. Sidelinger, Clyde R. Smith, Charles O.
Smith, Franklin H. Jr. Smith, Nelson C.
Martineit, Edward E.
Matteus, Romeo
Mears, Gerome L. Jr.
Potas, Julian A. Preston, Joseph A.
Reynolds, John W.
Rosen, Samuel
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Walker, Austin
Wheeler, Roger E.
Wheeler, Albert W.
Wheeler, Roger M.
Wheeler, Burton K.
Wheeler, Russell B.
Wheeler, Cecil B.
Wheeler, Willard H.
Wheeler, Cecil B. Jr.
Wilson, Earl S.
Wheeler, Clifford H. Jr.
Ziegler, Carl G.
Wheeler, Donald H.
Wheeler, Harold A.
*Zwicker, Maurice R.
Postwar Procedure
The Charter of the United Nations was completed, presented, and signed at their Conference in San Francisco on June 26, 1945. Its purpose was:
(1) To maintain international peace and security.
(2) To develop friendly relations among nations.
(3) To achieve international co-operation in solving interna- tional problems.
(4) To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.
The United States was the first to ratify this Charter, and the United Nations started to function early in 1946.
But, in 1948, Congress passed the Selective Service Act pro- viding for a peacetime draft of men for military service. Under its terms, men between the ages of nineteen and twenty-five might be drafted for a period of twenty-one months; eighteen- year-olds might volunteer for one year. Volunteer enlistments were so numerous that relatively few men were drafted. In July of 1950 Congress extended and strengthened this law in view of the threatening nature of international relations caused by the Communist invasion of South Korea.
At the present time there are thirty-four (34) names on BERLIN'S ROLL of HONOR of men who have and are serving their country in various capacities.
Korean Incident 1950-1955
Bacon, Orin G. Bartlett, Phillip W.
Bosselman, John Bradley, Roger L.
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Clemmer, Robert E.
Maxwell, Bruce A.
Clemmer, Harry
Mossman, Henry L. Mungean, Alan L.
Collins, James H.
Crossman, Francis
Perkins, Robert
Dinsmore, Charles E.
Fox, Lowell
Rebstadt, Emry O. Sherman, Nelson J. Taylor, Raymond E.
Fromm, George A.
Guerard, Richard W.
Taylor, Robert H.
Hatstat, Willis C.
Taylor, Stewart A.
Jillson, Harold K.
Terrio, Frederick J. Jr.
Johnson, Norman R.
Terrio, Robert F.
Kent, Arthur A.
Wheeler, Emerson W. Jr.
Laporte, Bristol P.
Wheeler, Joseph L.
Marble, Betty L.
Wheeler, Norman J.
Matthew, Andrew B. Jr.
Zwicker, Raymond O.
Likewise, the Town of Berlin instituted a Civil Defense Agency, which organized and classified the workers under a Civil Defense Director. Many meetings were held for the pur- pose of instructing the citizens in the proper method of pro- cedure in case of a "bombing." Under articles of the Town War- rant, $2,000 was appropriated in 1951 and $600 in 1952 for the use of the Civil Defense Agency.
CHAPTER V
CIVIC AFFAIRS
Organization
The civic life of Berlin really began with the organization of the South Parish of Bolton. This was a political unit, with speci- fied territory and boundaries as prescribed in the Act of Incor- poration passed by the General Court of the State of Massachu- setts Bay on April 13, 1778.
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