August 11, 2019
~ Building East Bridgewater Community One Positive Story at a Time
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EB BASE Travelling Skatepark has had a busy summer.
July 24 they were at Central School with a visit from goats. August 3 they were at the Commercial Club with a night of riding , games, crafts , food. They collected drinking water and men’s sneakers for Support the Soup-man to help the homeless. It was a great afternoon, topped off by the movie Secret Life of Pets.
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Bring your own skateboard, scooter, or bike or borrow one from EB Base!
Next SkatePark appearance? Monday August 19th at EB Public Library 12:00-5:00p
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Historical Tidbit: War Ration Book
Back of booklet: "Rationing is a vital part of your country's war effort. Any attempt to violate the rules is an effort to deny someone his share and will create hardship and help the enemy.
This book is your Government's assurance of your right to buy your fair share of certain goods made scarce by war. Price ceilings have also been established for your protection. Dealers must post these prices conspicuously. Don't pay more.
Give your whole support to rationing and thereby conserve our vital goods. Be guided by the rule: If you don't need it, DON'T BUY IT."
Items were rationed because of shortages in the rubber and metal industries. Because trucks using rubber tires delivered processed goods, anything processed was rationed. As of February 1942, all metal work was converted to producing tanks, aircraft, weapons, and other military products. The United States government was the only customer and so there was no longer available: metal
office furniture, typewriters, radios, phonographs, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and sewing machines.
Civilians first received ration books, War Ration Book Number One: 4 May 1942, through more than 100,000 school teachers, PTA groups, and other volunteers. A national speed limit of 35 miles per hour was imposed to save fuel and rubber for tires. Each person in a household received a ration book, including babies and small children who qualified for canned milk not available to others. To receive a gasoline ration, a person had to prove they owned no more than 5 tires, the extras would be confiscated.
April 1, 1942, anyone wishing to purchase a new toothpaste tube, then made from metal, had to turn in an empty one. On May 5, the US was rationed to 1/2 pound of sugar per person per week. Coffee was rationed nationally on November 29, 1942 to one pound every five weeks. By the end of 1942, rationing was in place for typewriters, gasoline, bicycles, footwear, silk, nylon, fuel oil, stoves, meat, lard, shortening and oils, cheese, butter, margarine, processed foods, (canned, bottled, and frozen), dried fruits, canned milk, firewood, coal, jams, jellies, and fruit butter.
War Ration Booklet shared by Margaret Alexander
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Town Hall
175 Central St 508-378-1601
Mon 8:30a - 8p
Tues - Thurs 8:30a - 4:30p; Fri 8:30a - noon
EB Public Library
32 Union St 508-378-1616
Mon & Tues 9 - 8 ; Wed, Thurs, Fri 9 - 5
Saturday 9 - 2
Council on Aging
355 Plymouth St 508-378-1610
Mon 8a - 6p
Tues - Thurs 8a - 4p
Fri 8a - noon
Food Pantries
Union Congregational Church
105 Pleasant St
2nd Wednesday from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm and last Saturday from 9:30 am - 11:00 am
St Vincent dePaul Food Pantry
St. John's Catholic Church
210 Center St EB
(508) 378-3760
Distribution 1st & 3rd Monday of Each Month
Community Meal
Wednesdays
5:30 - 6:30pm open to all.
A donation is appreciated.
United Methodist Church 54 N. Central St EB
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Congratulations!
Diane Elfman
won a
$15 gift certificate to
Pinches & Pounds Candy Store
Rt 18, Whitman, MA!
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
12" Big Flowering Hibiscus Pot
($21 value)
from Nessralla Farm Rt 106 Halifax
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Margaret Orr (Nutter) Alexander, 92, of East Bridgewater, died peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on Monday, August 5.
We, at the Buzz, greatly appreciated Margaret's support as we started our Historical Tidbits. She was our first local historian contributor.
Margaret was born in East Bridgewater in 1927 to Samuel Keen and Marion G. (Jordan) Nutter. Predeceased by her husband, Richard Wentworth Alexander and daughter, Jane Alexander Haines, she is survived by four grandchildren, John Haines and his wife Rachel, Samuel Haines and his wife Annie, Margaret Boyd and her husband Brian, and Abigail Smith and her husband Geoffrey; eight great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Yvonne, Maxwell, Jack, Eliza, Bryson, Alexander, and Jacob; son-in-law, Theodore Haines and his wife Mary; dear friends, Patti and Harry Ferrell-Locke; the ladies of The Club; and her Breakfast Crew.
Margaret fondly recalled memories of growing up in East Bridgewater, vacationing at Newfound Lake in New Hampshire, and waitressing at the Toll House in Whitman. A 1944 graduate of East Bridgewater High School, she went on to graduate from Brockton Business College, and marry her childhood sweetheart, Dick, in 1946.
She worked as secretary to the superintendent of East Bridgewater schools for 22 years and was active in the Massachusetts Association of School Secretaries.
She served on countless town and local committees, including the Old Bridgewater Sesquicentennial, Civil War 100th Anniversary, 150th Anniversary of the Incorporation of East Bridgewater, Finance, Insurance Advisory, and Bannerman Property Ad-Hoc committees. She was also a long term member of the East Bridgewater Historical Commission, Old Bridgewater Historical Society, Women’s Club, Garden Club, and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). An avid historian and skilled genealogist, she was named Honorary Historian of the Town of East Bridgewater by the Board of Selectmen in 1998. She was honored as Grand Marshall in the Kiwanis Club’s Christmas parade, as the Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters, as a recipient of the Deborah Sampson Chapter and National DAR’s Community Citizens Award, and as a Legends & Legacies honoree of the Anne Hynes Memorial Scholarship Fund.
She was involved with the East Bridgewater Central Cemetery for over 50 years, serving as superintendent for 5 years, and took great pride in documenting historical graves and obtaining grave markers for 12 veterans of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War.
Margaret always said her greatest blessings were her daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and they will miss her dearly.
Visiting hours will be held Thursday, August 15 from 4pm to 8pm at the Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Plymouth Street (Rte. 58 at the rotary) Whitman, MA. Burial will be private.
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Passport Service
There will be no Passport Services at the East Bridgewater Town Hall until the 27th of August 2019. If you would like to schedule an appointment after the 27th please call the Veterans’ Service Officer at (508) 378-1603 or email at cbuckley@ebmass.com
The Whitman COA offers passport services (By Appointment Only) at 16 Hayden Ave., Whitman Phone: 781-447-7619.
Read more.
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License Your Dog Today
License effective today thru June 30th 2020.
For all additional information regarding licensing please click
here.
Licenses cannot be issued without a current rabies vaccination on file with the Town Clerk.
Late fees will be applied September 1st.
Photo by Michelle VanVoorhis
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Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers are needed for the committee boards:
Agricultural Commission, Agricultural Commission
Alternate, Council on Aging Associate, Arts Council, Finance Committee, Historical Commission Associate, Patriotic Activities Committee, Recreation Commission, Recreation Commission Alternate
Selectmen’s Office
175 Central Street
East Bridgewater, MA 02333
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Texas Roadhouse Venturing Crew 29 Fundraising Night
Tue, Aug 13th, 4-10p, at Texas Roadhouse on 124 Westgate Dr, Brockton
Support Venturing Crew 29 BSA by participating in this fundraiser! In order to participate present the invitation flyer at the Texas Roadhouse location and 10% of your total food purchase will go towards the fundraiser!
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Bridgewater Farm Supply – Your Complete Garden, Farm & Pet Store!
Great harvest this year?
Can your bounty and eat it all year long! We have a large selection of canning supplies.
Stop in and pick up yours today!
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1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104)
Bridgewater
(508) 697-0357
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Invitation to Bid
The Town of East Bridgewater will be accepting sealed bids in the Board of Selectmen’s Office,
Town Hall 175 Central Street East Bridgewater, MA 02333
Bid Deadline: August 7, 2019 through August 21, 2019 at 4:00p
for the following:
PROVISION of BUILDING MATERIALS
Bid packet/forms will be available/may be obtained from Board of Selectmen’s office August 7,2019 through August 21, 2019 at 4:00p,
Bidders shall include pricing for building materials to construct a 60 x 40 foot, 2-bay wooden garage structure that will be constructed in front of the East Bridgewater Police Station, located at #153 Central Street, E Bridgewater, MA.
The Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive all formalities.
The Board of Selectmen will be approving the contract.
Read more
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MOLD GUYS RESTORATION, LLC
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(781) 910-5029
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Accepting New Patients
CALL TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT!
111 Torrey St, Brockton (508) 588-1200
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1918 Global Pandemic of Spanish Influenza Presentation
Tues. Aug 13th, 10am at East Bridgewater Senior Center. Presented by Shellie Karol-Chik, the President of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society, this lecture will discuss this pandemic's effect on the Bridgewaters and the beginnings of this devastating event, from Patient Zero in Kansas, through the trenches of WWI, and back to Boston’s shores, where Wave Two began in Camp Devens. Information retrieved from the
East Bridgewater COA. Please call the COA at 508-378-1610 to sign up.
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Registration is Now Open!
Registration for Youth Baseball and Softball for the fall is now open.
Respectfully submitted, East Bridgewater Little League Board.
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Yoga for the rest of us!
Learn how to open your spine & find YOUR bliss…
New classes forming NOW!
Space is limited. Call & register today!
More movement, less stress!
484 Bedford St, E. Bridgewater
(508) 331-3564
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A Midsummer's Night in the
Garden II
Wed, Aug 14th, 5-7:30p
Queset Garden, behind Ames Free Library, 53 Main Street, North Easton.
Enjoy this free networking event with Metro South Chamber and Cresent Credit Union. This location offers a beautiful view of an Italianate style garden and a newly restored historic location that links the Ames Free Library to Queset House.This event is complimentary, but please RSVP in advance! For more information, contact Lexi Reinertson at (508) 586-0500 x 231 and
click here to register. Respectfully submitted, Metro South Chamber.
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Adult Mental Health First Aid Training
August 20th, 9a-5p, registration starting at 8:30a at 30 Reservoir Park Dr.,Rockland.
This FREE 8-hour course teaches how to help
someone who is developing a mental
health problem or experienced a
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Human Impact: Stories of the Opioid Epidemic
Fuller Art Museum Exhibit
September 28th 2019- May 3rd 2020
Open 10a-5p Tue-Sun & 10a-9p on Thursdays at 455 Oak St, Brockton.
This exhibit aims to broaden awareness of the opioid epidemic and its ruinous effect, while offering messages of hope, resiliency, and recovery. An inspiring outlook on a widespread heartbreaking issue. Artists involved include John Anderson, Roslindale, MA; Deborah Baronas, Warren, RI; David Bogus, Lexington, KY; Eva Camacho-Sanchez, Florence, MA; Jodi Colella, Somerville, MA; Merill Comeau, Concord, MA; Steve Loar, East Grand Rapids, MI; Natasha Morris, Miami, FL; Holly Roddenbery, Greenville, NC; Deborah Santoro, Groton, MA; and Jessica Skultety, Phillipsburg, NJ.
Respectfully submitted,Titilayo Ngwenya. Artist Pictured,Holly Roddenbery, A Few Drops of Compassion
Read More.
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6th Annual Run for Jess
Saturday, August 31, 2019, East Bridgewater Commercial Club 1 Nielsen Ave, East Bridgewater, Ma 10a-1p. 5k run or walk, 1 mile walk. BBQ, and more!
Read more
www.facebook.com
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What will you find at the farm today?
Native Cantaloupe! Only $1.99 each!
Stop by today!
318 Plymouth St. Halifax
(781) 294-1767
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Local Wild Life and Nature
Photos by Mary McDonough
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a
12" Big Flowering Hibiscus Pot
($21 value)
from Nessralla Farm Rt 106 Halifax
Historical Tidbit Question:
How much coffee was allowed as part of the 1942 ration?
Email us your answer at:
Please include your name, phone number with your answer.
By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's Buzz Around East Bridgewater
On August 14, 2019 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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So here we are... 10 years into this fabulous thought experiment
"What would happen if we congratulated, supported, and promoted every little bit of volunteerism and good - doing that we could find?
What would happen if we let everyone know about the good goings-on in their neighborhood?
After 10 years of listening and sharing, we know what happens:
people show up at events, they participate in fundraisers. Grassroots organizations find the volunteers they need. We see what a wonderful place our village is.
Our community bands together, and makes things happen. Ideas become real.
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Thanks for taking the time to read and to join in the fun.
We love to create a
buzz... because we all need good news! ~ Jacquie
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Tarah Gervais, Christina Montana, Theresa McNulty, Janice O'Brien, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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Copyright 2019 Buzz Around East Bridgewater. You have our permission to share and copy this issue in its entirety or as much as you like. If you take it in part, please give credit: ("Buzz Around East Bridgewater 8/11/19")
Disclaimer: At the Buzz Around, we promote community and family. Occasionally, there will be links to town committees and other non-profit groups, as a way of sharing local information. Individual groups are responsible for how they represent themselves on their websites and in their promotional materials.
The Buzz Around does not claim to support any particular view.
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