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ENDICOTT PEABODY GOVERNOR
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
May 17, 1963
Dear Friends,
It is a great privilege to congratulate the citizens of Wilbraham on the occasion of your town's 200th Anniversary.
Since its incorporation in 1763, Wilbraham has been a town with many facets. Though generally a residential community, Wilbraham has a firm economic base in manufacturing and commerce. Wilbraham is noted for its sound financial position and lower than average tax rate as well as its excellent transportation facilities.
Wilbraham's citizens have well lived up to the exhortations of Rufus Stebbins when in delivering Wilbraham's first centennial message in 1863, he said, "Advance ye future generations. Take the heritage we bequeath you and not preserve but improve it."
Sincerely, Endis Rabody Governor
The Citizens of Wilbraham Wilbraham Massachusetts
CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ., CHAIRMAN
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA. ALLEN J. ELLENDER, LA.
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS.
MILTON R. YOUNG, N. DAK.
LISTER HILL, ALA. KARL E. MUNDT, S. DAK.
JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, ARK.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH, MAINE
THOMAS H. KUCHEL, CALIF.
A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, VA. WARREN G. MAGNUSON, WASH. SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, FLA. JOHN STENNIS, MISS. JOHN O. PASTORE, R.I. ESTES KEFAUVER, TENN.
A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, OKLA. ALAN BIBLE, NEV. ROBERT C. BYRD, W. VA. GALE W. MCGEE, WYO. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, MINN. MIKE MANSFIELD, MONT.
E. L. BARTLETT, ALASKA
EVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK THOMAS J. SCOTT, ASST. CLERK
April 18, 1963
The Citizens of Wilbraham Wilbraham Massachusetts
Dear Friends:
May I congratulate the citizens ot Wilbraham and their many friends on the 200th Anniversary of the Town. As a Massachusetts country town steeped in tradition, you have sent men and women on to help build the entire United States.
Since 1763, the year in which the seeds of the American Revolution were just beginning to sprout in the form of independent thinking, Wilbraham has taken part in the building of our democratic way of life.
May I congratulate you on your history and look forward with you to the years ahead.
Sincerely yours,
Leverett Saltonstall United States Senator
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ROMAN L. HRUSKA, NEBR. GORDON ALLOTT, COLO. NORRIS COTTON, N.H. CLIFFORD P. CASE, N.J.
United States Senate COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Edward M. Kennedy Massachusetts
United States Benate
April 8, 1963
To the Townspeople of Wilbraham:
It is a privilege to send greetings to the residents of the Town of Wilbraham on the occasion of the town's Two Hundredth Anni - versary.
From its first settlement in the midst of the wilderness, the Town of Wilbraham has been always in the forefront of the educa- tional and social development of Western Massachusetts. Its famous Academy is one of the finest in the nation. With its natural endowments and the hard work of its citizens over the years, the Town of Wilbraham has become a showplace for the best and most lasting values of New England life.
I wish the Town every success for pros- perity and growth in the future.
Sincerely,
Schod M Kenedy Edward M. Kennedy
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COMMITTEE APPROPRIATION·
EDWARD.P. BOLAND SECOND DISTRICT, MASSACHUSETTS
Congress of the United States House of Representatives ...!!!
Mashington
April 23, 1963
To The Townspeople Wilbraham, Massachusetts
My Fellow Americans :
Congratulations on the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Town of Wilbraham.
A bicentennial celebration is a deeply moving and significant event. It is, indeed, a magnificent milestone in the history of any com- munity. It offers the people of Wilbraham an un- usual opportunity to pause and reflect on the good- ness and the greatness of this wonderful, typical New England town. It occasions the thanks of the present inhabitants to a long line of devoted and dedicated town officials and residents, past and present, who helped to mold, build and preserve the character of Wilbraham.
The people of Wilbraham can take great pride in their community and give thanks for the fate that enabled them to be a part of this friendly, beautiful town.
As your Representative in the Congress of the United States, I am privileged to extend to the Town of Wilbraham on its Bicentennial the greetings of The United States of America.
Sincerely yours, Sword & Boland
Reward P. Boland Member of Congress
BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE Robert A. Edwards, Chairman
Irving H. Agard, Jr.
John S. Leary
Mrs. A. D. Becker
Albert W, Martin
J. Loring Brooks
Anthony G. Mascaro
Irving J. Cordner
Charles L. Merrick
Joseph S. Cotton
Frank G. Shannis
Frederick J. Cummings
William Sullivan, Jr.
Earl W. Decorie
Truman R. Swallow
Fred T. Googins
Albert H. Howes
Ralph E. Tupper Mrs. William Collins, Sec.
Roger T. Hintze, Chr., Board of Selectmen Jesse L. Rice, Selectman Sidney Low, Selectman
FINANCE
Frederick J. Cummings, Chr. Earle H. Paine Irving J. Cordner
PUBLICITY
Joseph S. Cotton, Chr.
Mrs. A. D. Becker, Co-Chr. Mrs. F. J. Bennett Fred B. Reidy Thomas A. Crawford
RECEPTION OF DIGNITARIES
Fred T. Googins, Chr.
J. Loring Brooks, Co-Chr. Robert A. Edwards
Frank G. Shannis
Roger T. Hintze
Jesse L. Rice
Sidney Low Irving H. Agard, Jr.
W. Gray Mattern, Jr. Hon. Raymond H. Beach
Oren K. Gilbert
Rev. Daniel B. Kunhardt
Rev. John J. Scanlon
Rev. C. Wendell Smith
Rev. Henry E. Green
Rev. Walter T. James
PROGRAM Frank G. Shannis, Chairman
Aldo Belli Bernard R. Krick J. Wesley Nowell Mrs. Bruce A. Stephens
George W. Maiocco
William Sullivan, Jr. Harold Swetland Mrs. Edward Szczebak
PAGEANT
Mr. & Mrs. P. O. Buddington, Chr.
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Knapp
Mrs. William H. Johnson
Mrs. Richard Goulding
Mrs. Armand R. Peltier
Charles L. Merrick Mrs. Wm. H. Rademaekers
Mrs. Raymond F. Gurney
Mrs. Frank J. Ball
Mrs. Van Pelt Brower
Mrs. Robert Brown
James Starkey
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Walter J. Freeley, Chr. Mrs. John J. Connor
QUEEN
Mrs. Wm. H. Rademaekers, Chr. Mrs. Philip H. Shaw, Jr. Mrs. Olin E. Potter Mrs. Gary Mayer
Mrs. William T. Rives
Miss Mikki Von Flatern
DANCE, ART AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Mrs. William H. Johnson, Chr.
Mrs. Henry Herter
Mrs. Calvin Gress
Mrs. Harold D. Morgan
Mrs. Raymond H. Beach, Jr.
Mrs. Gordon Cameron
Mrs. Giles G. Blodgett
Mrs. Burton W. Hall
Mrs. John R. Lyman
Mrs. H. S: Putnam, Jr.
Mrs. S. W. Randolph
Mrs. Everett W. Proctor
Mrs. Robert E. Wooster
Mrs. Marshall Roper
Mrs. Daniel B. Kunhardt
RECOGNITION
Mr. & Mrs. L. A. Dexter, Chr.
Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Fleming Mr. & Mrs. G. Walter Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Lak
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley W. Opalinski Mr. & Mrs. William R. Richmond Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Searles Mr. & Mrs. Vincent T. Sullivan Mrs. William C. Tupper
SPORTS
R. Truman Swallow, Chr. Stephen E. Lopata Bill Cote Everett B. Warner
Harry L. Hastings Gordon C. Mac Kay Herbert Sanborn
Mrs. David W. Benoit Lucien Riendeau Harry S. Wright
Mrs. Harry J. Dabagian Clifford R. Du Bray Steve Eisold
COMMUNITY SUPPER
Raymond H. Beach, Jr. Chr.
Vito S. Mack, Co-Chr.
William Sullivan, Jr.
Samuel Lovejoy
Frank Horacek
Phyllis Clark
Peggy Noyes
Jeffrey Buddington
Douglas Beach
Craig Buddington
Bruce Sigsbee assisted by all members of Wilbraham Lions Club
COMMUNITY SING
Anthony G. Mascaro, Chr. James F. Brophy Mrs. Gaylord D. Knapp
PARADE
Ernest W. Furnans, Chr.
Dudley N. Hartt, Vice Chr.
Thomas F. Gallagher
Joseph P. Mell
Edward J. Szustak
Robert A. Bjorkman
Robert J. Clark
C. Richard Searles
Mrs. Leslie J. Kitt
Mrs. Robert D. Bateson
A. Davis Baker Eric P. Cizek William E. Dion
Bruce A. Stephens
George C. Canney
William J. Miller Oren K. Gilbert
Homer C. Denniss
Glenford F. Lang
Andrew G. Duzsik Clayton Hammond James P. Saxe Everett W. Proctor
John S. Leary
Ralph E. Tupper
Robert J. La Broad
TICKET DISTRIBUTION
Mrs. Van Pelt Brower, Chr. Mrs. Matthew Gozdowski Miss Helen Boden
Mrs. R. P. Mahon III
Mrs. John Gurski
Mrs. Cornelius J. Donovan
Mrs. Robert L. Batchelder
FIREWORKS
Ralph E. Tupper, Chr. Philip H. Shaw, Jr. Robert Macaulay Roger G. Whitehill Bryant L. Carpenter
RELIGION
Ralph E. Keyes, Chr. Mrs. Milton R. Barnes
David L. Stone Patrick O'Connor Kenneth L. Landon Mrs. Gordon R. Long
TOWN SEAL
Mrs. Henry Herter, Chr. Mrs. Henry B. Prothero Robert F. Glidden
HISTORY COMMITTEE
Charles L. Merrick, Chr. Henry I. Edson Raymond F. Gurney Leslie Polk Harry R. Jeffrey Ralph M. Kilcourse Hugh S. Mc Donald Mrs. A. D. Becker
TRAFFIC & SAFETY
John S. Leary, Chr. John J. Chrzanowski Newton W. Goewey, Jr. Ralph E. Tupper
TOWN FLOAT
Richard Stevens, Chr. Mrs. A. D. Becker
Charles L. Merrick
Mrs. John E. Blauvelt
Miss Marion Brooks D. Robert Gleason
CONCESSIONS
Allan R. Kinney, Chr. John B. Phelon William H. Rademaekers
BICENTENNIAL PLATE
Mrs. William H. Tippett, Chr. Mrs. John Lawson Mrs. Raymond S. Lees Mrs. Chester D. Rhodes
Mrs. A. D. Becker
BUSINESS PARTICIPATION
Burton W. Hall, Chr. Allan A. Campbell Richard M. Francis Richard R. Hartman John C. Sevey
YOUTH
Frank Horacek, Chr. Skip Goodwin Trey Bonham Bill Mobley
Bryan Broskie
Carol Brown
Betty Penrose Corey Wade Jim Anderson
BROTHERS OF
THE BRUSH
Fred Albano, Chr.
LOCAL BUSINESS
PARTICIPATION
Dr. William G. Dale, Chr. John Murphy Robert W. Jones
Roland L. Sirois Patrick O'Connor Mrs. Wm. G. Dale James Guarnera
BICENTENNIAL BALL
Mr. & Mrs. H. S. Putnam, Jr. Chr. Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Crawford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Gebeau Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Riga
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Trombley
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Beach, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Rudy Miss Penny Ward
Mr. Darrel Lang
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Lyman
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Cohn
Mr. & Mrs. George J. Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Trenholm
Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Searles
Mrs. Edmund Knapp
Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Porter
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Lane Miss Mikki Von Flatern Miss Patricia Nassif Mr. & Mrs. Oren K. Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse L. Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph L. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Edward Szczebak Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Clifford A. Bradway Mr. & Mrs. Albert H. Howes Mr. & Mrs. Proctor H. Avon
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Miller Mr. & Mrs. John R. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Dudley N. Hartt, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Stacy
Mr. & Mrs. Allen J. Fritts
Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Duplissa Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Welch
SPECIAL SERVICES
Earl W. Decorie, Chairman
Mrs. Robert D. Bateson Mrs. William J. Long Gaylord Knapp Albert R. Gouvin
Edward Clark Herbert L. Butler
Edward P. Lindsay
Thomas W. Farnham
COMMUNICATIONS
Fred G. Boyce
PARKING
Gordon H. Long
SOUND
John J. Connor
DISPLAY
William E. Formwalt Jack Mykrantz
FIRST AID & HEALTH
Eugene H. Wessells Walter R. Howe, Jr.
SEATING
George Tacy Charles E. Durfee
ELECTRICAL
William E. Fitzgerald Karl Tupper
PHOTOGRAPHY
Howard Bogue Francis Bennett Raymond Babineau
TRANSPORTATION
Robert A. Hutchins Vic Archambault
PUBLIC COMFORT
Henry R. Baush
STANDS
Anthony G. Mascaro
PROGRAM PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
Hubert S. Mc Donald, Chr.
Mrs. A. D. Becker Dudley H. Cloud
Henry I. Edson
Richard W. Handel
Robert B. Handyside
Dr. Walter T. James
Raymond S. Lees
Charles L. Merrick
Mrs. E. H. Paine John Pinney
Frederick B. Reidy
Mrs. F. A. Wallace
The following students of the Minnechaug High School, under the direction of Miss Vivian Little, Chairman of the English Department, participated in the rewrite of material:
Frank Jordan
Carol Kicha
Nathan A. Randall
Andrea Stebbins
Sally Therien
Ludlow Savings Bank
JAMES P. CORMACK PRESIDENT
To the Townspeople of Wilbraham:
The Ludlow Savings Bank is privileged to sponsor this brochure detailing events of Wilbraham's Bicentennial obser- vance for indeed the Bank is part and parcel of a good portion of Wilbraham's history.
Seventy-five years ago, in 1888, Wilbraham men were among its founders, and today citizens of Wilbraham play im- portant roles in its operation.
The success and growth of Wilbraham have been parall- eled by that of the Ludlow Savings Bank in a striking illus- tration of the mutuality of benefit and advantage envisioned in the concept of truly mutual savings banking.
The officers and staff of the Ludlow Savings Bank are proud of the part it has played in Wilbraham's illustrious past, and pledge that they stand ready to help it to continue to contribute measurably to Wilbraham's future, as the Town confidently enters upon its third Century of Progress.
Sincerely,
LUDLOW SAVINGS BANK
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President
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