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Forty Fourth Week, Sunday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.

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Ralph Wheelock School on Pleasant Street, rear view from Miller Street​
Ralph Wheelock School on Pleasant Street, rear view from Miller Street​ (Courtesy of Medfield Historical Society)

A Medfield Historical Minute...

This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.

"In 1922 a school lunch program was established in Medfield schools for the first time by the Parent-Teacher Association. Sandwiches, cocoa, milk and soup were purchased by an average of 70 children a day. Before this time, students brought their lunch or went home for lunch."

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