 Phil
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fanfare please, Maestro…ta da! I have a list. Some of
my favorite people did a fine job on the folding for the April
issue. I had three meetings scheduled that evening, so I left
these people on their own, and they did a marvelous job. Paul
Berry (welcome, Paul), Isabel Fogwill, Marguerite Desmond, Pauline
Merrick, Barbara Clancy, Vern and Margaret Heipler, and Bill
Frangiamore did double-duty that evening, as a Special Town
Meeting in the Banquet Hall strained to get a quorum. Our hardy
helpers dove right in and became the finishing touches on the
quorum, all while still doing the newsletter assembly job. When
I finally got back to the Town Hall, everything was all done,
neatly packaged, and ready for shipment to the Post Office.
You all have my sincere gratitude, as always.
Seeds and trees
A.P.P.L.E. Seed, Inc. is the parent organization of
the Brookfield Citizen, and although we have accomplished much
in these past 10 years, there is still much to be done. I would
like to find some way to invigorate this group to perform the
types of things that we started out to do: “To make Brookfield
a better place to live and grow.” In the past, we have
been graced with some fine people who were great with ideas;
I am not an “idea” person. I do best at organizing
to accomplish the task. But, time and circumstances have reduced
our ranks considerably. By the time this issue hits the Post
Office, there will be a place in the vestibule of the Town Hall
where interested parties could read more about other projects,
as well as step up to the plate and offer to help. There will
be a sign for both, A.P.P.L.E. Seed and the Brookfield Citizen
on one of the magazine racks. Stop by and see if there’s
something you’d want to do.
I’d like to ask for donations toward replacement of some
of the trees that were planted along the George Washington Memorial
Highway a while back. We hope to plant at least three trees
this year to replace ones that highlight the entry to our Common
from Route 9. Donations can be made out to: A.P.P.L.E. Seed
and sent to P.O. Box 411, Brookfield, MA 01506.
Do your civic duty
Don’t forget to get out and vote on Monday and
attend and participate in the Annual Town Meeting on Friday,
May 6. Please note that the starting time for the Town Meeting
is 7 p.m., as there is no Special Town Meeting before the Annual,
as there has been in the past.
Call for help
And, another thing; a fellow from Brookfield who was
kind enough to call me and offer to help out with the Citizen
a month or so ago has not received a return call for only one
reason: I lost his cell phone number, and I don’t remember
his name. Now, I think it’s getting patently obvious that
I’m going to need some real help here pretty soon. So,
to that particular fellow, “Would you be so kind as to
call me again?”
Fold with us
Join us for the next Folding Party on June 1 in the
Town Hall. With any luck, I’ll remember your name long
enough to get it into this column.
Just for fun
A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and
were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament
victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the
office and asked them to disperse. “But why?” they
asked, as they moved off. “Because,” he said, “I
can’t stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.”
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