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CLASS OF 1908 GIVES FENCE TO LOWELL FOR CLASS REUNION

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A fence, given by the class of 1908, will replace the one on Quincy Street which has been torn down. The fence will be completed in 1933 for the twenty-fifth reunion of the class. At present the brick foundations will be installed so that it will be unnecessary later to tear up the new brick sidewalk, which is now being laid.

In the course of removing the old fence, an old ash tree had to be chopped down, four men taking eight hours to saw through the tree. It was found to be 300 years old by actual count of the seasonal rings.

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