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Forty Seventh Week, Friday'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.
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 1954, tree warden Ellis Allen reported that in the past year there was an increase in the Dutch Elm Disease to a record number of 135 trees killed with the dread disease. Even if the Moth Department had been granted the $4,000 originally recommended for the control of this disease instead of the $2,200 it received, it would not have been sufficient. It was necessary to return to a special town meeting late in the year for more money and as of December 31, 1956 there were still 59 dead Elms standing along our roadways. Allen stated, "We have sprayed all town elms with a dormant spray to try to control the Elm Bark Beetle, the carrier of the Dutch Elm Disease but more is needed." Allen recommended $9,200 be appropriated for 1957."