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(’anaan, N.Y.HI I B»X« I SEntertain \ets AI Leeds HospitalCANAAN, N.Y. — Eight boxersjand eight membeis of the tum-jbllhg team of the Berkshire Indus-;trial Farm furnished entertainment for patients at Leeds Veter-1 ans Hospital, Northampton, Mass.,j Friday night. ’^.V;Among the boxers taking partwas Louis Murray, honor boy atthe farm who was chosen at the;June commencement as the boybest representing the ideals of the farm. Several others who had won their gloves in Golden Gloves competition also participated.Fifty-one Farm graduates arenow in the armed forces, two ha\elost their lives in the Korean fighting and another has been twice wounded.The American flag now flying over the school grounds was donated by a 16-year-old Massachusetts boy. It had draped the casket of h;s father who was killed in World; War II.The farm is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. It attained international status in June when 30 delegates from all over the w?orld attended a conference on ju-jvpnile delinquency.
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The Berkshire Evening Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Sep 24, 1951
Page 4
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Paul M.
MD, USA 25 Aug 2020
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