Planting Trees on Dutcher Street, 1981    Maybe someone can add to my recollection of the planting of the trees on Dutcher Street and Jones Road, but here's what I can come up with for now.    A committee formed in 1980 or 1981 for the purpose of planting trees on the tree belts, probably because by that time just about all of the elms that had been growing along Dutcher Street had died. A committee was formed, I think chaired by a Mrs. Smith who lived on Dutcher Steet across from the park. My 1981 list of residents shows a Pamela Smith at 66 Dutcher. I think it must have been her. Bruce Lutz and several others were also members of the committee. They went to businesses in Hopedale and Milford and got donations to buy the trees. They had Mass Electric dig the holes. The Boy Scouts were requested to help and you cand see some of them in the photos. The pictures were taken by Hopedale historian, Winogene Noyes The six at the top of this page were probably shot looking west from the front yard of her home at 93 Dutcher Street. Bradford pears were planted on the west side of Dutcher, flowering crab on the east side, and, I think, linden on Jones Road. A few dogwoods were planted along Hopedale Pond. The last three pictures were taken on Hopedale Street in 1983.    The committee was active for about three years before it disbanded.                      Group Pictures Menu                         HOME