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One fellow flung himself in the
hammock, another tackled the job
of husking the oorn , and sooner
or later all of them took the
canoe or ,motor-boat out onto the
lake. They preferred to save the
swimming fur the afternoon. Just
before the gang was called in for
"chow," Joyce, and Priscilla Hier
proudly displayed to their guests
their prize possessions-"Pett:nia" the pig, and "Rascal," the
four-year-old family cat. These
pets have become a "mustsee" now lo each visilo:ir in khak i.
A long picnic table on a screened-in porch overlooking the quiet
water, set for as many as 16 persons, allows the boys to prove that
the country air ha]"whelled their
appetites. The table is always cov-
(By MA RJORI E DILLON)
There's a Utopia not so far
from here in the outskirts of
Granville, where convalescing
soldiers from Westover Field find
all the things that go to spell
home- an attractive house ovrrlooking a peaceful Jake, a cat, a
hammock swinging from a shady
tree, the smell of homemade roll
in the oven, and • he wa1,m ho~t
pitality of a mother, father, and
two sisters.
Every Thursday
during the summer months, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Hier open their
home and their hearts to as many
as eight or nine boys, and since
June 22 they have given 38 soldiers a whole day of recreation
and relaxation. Mrs. Hier, a Gr!'y
Lady in the Westfield unit of the
Red Cross, works in the hospital
332 APPLETO N, CORNER CHESTNUT
durina Lhe winter and when Jun e
rolls around she dons the role of
.hostess to her unilormed guest.s .
will b e closed next Mon•
Mr. Hier is the owner of the
Noble-Cooley factory in Granville,
day, Tuesday, Wednes•
a one-time producer of toy drums
and now busy making war goods.
day to give our clerks a
It all started two years ago
when the Hier family, through
much needed REST..
the medium of the Service clubs,
invited lonely servicemen from
Conte in and stock up to•
Westover to their home for sev_
eral hours of cheer and fun. Now
morr ow or Saturday .
they take from the wards at the
base hospital, roldiers recuperati ng from rheumatic fever,
hernia, and appendicitis, and let
them enjoy a day in the open .
Occasionally
a
battle-scarred
youth is among the group, like
the gunner last week who had
completed 64 missions over enemy
territory.
With the Red Cross beach- c-.-.....- -..........................
Foley's ,J._ffarket
Re-opening Next
Thursday at 8 A. )ff.
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�~ ranvi~le Couple Hold Open House For
Convalescing Westover Field Soldiers
ered with the kind of food a fellow on furlough asks his mother
for-homemade pies, cakes, and a
heaping plate of sweet corn. Mrs.
Joseph Dickinson of Granville, another Urey Lady, conlribules generously to lhe goodies on lhe table each week.
Arter dinner the boys relax at
the piano, in lhe hammock, laugh
at lhe cuckoo in the porch clock,
or wander about in lhe woods. H
it rains, they all go next door lo
the home of Herb Hier and pass
the hours quickly wilh a game of
ping-pong, pool or sbufflebo.a1:d,
not to forget the elaborate, m1malure train sels. The soldiers get a
big kick oul of playing with that.
Mr. and Mrs. Hier have a guest
Jog in which each soldier writes
his name and address and il
seems that practically every part
of the country is represented. T~e
five soldiers who signed the11·
names lhis Thursday were Gamon
Lamar, Marianna, Florid~; Harry
Schwartz, Chicago; _
Edwrn ~all ,
Newport, N. H.; Jim Cunningham, Greenwood, Mississippi ; and
Clifford Lee, Newark, Delaware.
Some of the boys who spend the
day at the Hier home are married,
some are under 21 and olbers are
over 30 Married or single, young
or old, ·the house on the hill near
the lake is a bit of home to each
soldier who visits it. ll's something to wrile " back home" aboul!
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BABY SHOW
ON PLAYGROUNDS
A baby show was held al Avery
Sgt. Gamon Lamar of Marianna, Florida , plays a favorite song Ior bis eager audience who are, left Field under the di rec lion of Mis~
Harry Schwartz, Chicago, Ill. ; Joyce Hier, Irene Banks, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Hier; Priscilla Helen Dziadzio, director, and Mi s
Hier and Edwin Hall, Newport, N. H.
Janice Wisley, girl's supervisor of
arts and crafts. Prizes were award·
ed to Marie Sullivan for thl"
cutest baby, to Carol Lyons for
the curliest hair, and to Mary E
O'Connor Ior the baby with the
biggest eyes.
Prize winners in the Wednesday
baby show held al Springdalo
playground were: chubbiest, Linda Goeldoer; cutest smile, Connie Urban; youngest, Kathleen ,
Thaule ; prettiest eyes, Gail Sullivan; curliest hair, Mary Ano
Desorcy; blondest hair, Johnny
Flynn; biggest, Theresa Desorcy;
smallest. Dorothy Tourangeau;
culest, Eleanor Tourangeau.
Judges for the event were: Miss
Irene Dugroo, Miss Marie Keane,
Miss Janice Wisley, Miss Janel
J{)licour, Miss Barbara Scott and
Billy Irwin
w righl:
Mrs. Emma Soper, resident of
Miller Falls for 40 years, is
healthy and active al 95.
NOTICE
MONEY-
SAVING
SALE
Three soldiers and a girl enjoy a boat r ide on the calm. invi 1 in!! 1:ike in front of the Hier borne.
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Hiers Open House, Summer 1944
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Newspaper article describing the open houses hosted every Thursday during the summer of 1944 by the Hiers family at their home in Granville, for convalescing soldiers at nearby Westover Field.
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Summer, 1944
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From the collection of Muriel Dickinson Leslie.
Generously loaned to the Granville Library Historical Room for digitizing by Darcy and Julie Clifford.
Granville
Hiers
Massachusetts
World War II