National Polio Poster Boy, 5-year-old Tommy Woodward of Baltimore, takes a heaping spoonful of baked beans the Massachusetts State Grange will serve in a statewide series of baked bean suppers for the March of Dimes Jan. 14. All 310 Granges are expected to take part, serving 15,000 pounds--or 30 million--beans. One of the largest dinners will be in Stoneham at 5 p.m. with 1000 attending. Herschel Newsome of Washington, D.C., national master of the Grange, will be a guest.
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National Polio Poster Boy, 5-year-old Tommy Woodward of Baltimore, takes a heaping spoonful of baked beans the Massachusetts State Grange will serve in a statewide series of baked bean suppers for the March of Dimes Jan. 14. All 310 Granges are expected to take part, serving 15,000 pounds--or 30 million--beans. One of the largest dinners will be in Stoneham at 5 p.m. with 1000 attending. Herschel Newsome of Washington, D.C., national master of the Grange, will be a guest.

[ca. January 1956]

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Infantile: Paralysis: Misc.

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