While a young girl of 4½, Virginia was stricken with polio during the New England Hurricane of 1938. She was one of those kids you see the pictures of who were in an iron lung. She received one of this country’s first muscle transplants in her left leg. She was victorious over that first bout. Blessed with a tenacious attitude, this little girl worked her way out of the iron lung and endured thousands of hours of physical therapy at a time when the professionals were making the procedures up as they went along. She was able to shed her leg braces until the extra strain of carrying children forced her to resort to one full-length brace. Click on the picture to read more about Virginia.
On Dutcher Street years ago, you could buy eggs, shoes, tires, and groceries. There was also a gas station, a large pigeon coop, a restaurant and more. Click here to go to a page of pictures of Dutcher Street in the past.
The Boston Globe has a story (Feb. 7) about Snowmageddon, the winter of 2015. You can see in the picture of the Dutcher Street sidewalk above that we had quite a bit of snow by February 3, and a lot more fell after that. Click on the picture to see more on the Hopedale in February 2015 page.
Saturday morning, February 15. Judging by all those cars, it looks like the Blackstone Valley NPS Parklands hike was a success. The winter hike season for this year has ended.
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