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This would have been Pa's 78th birthday United States Branch Royal Exchange Assurance 95 Maiden Lane, New York GAYLE T. FORBUSH United States Manager ARTHUR WALLER Assistant Manager [[image logo]] BRITTON & BLAKE, AGENTS 9 FREEMAN ST. STOUGHTON, MASS. 3/23/30 Dear Sidney,- Read your letter a few days ago with check and glad to hear from you. Arthur was in last night and said the baby had an eye tooth so that is a report of progress. It has been pretty cold here for two or three days- down to 20 yesterday morning and a cold north wind blowing, and a grass fire started down in Porters field yesterday afternoon and the whole town was out either looking on or fighting the fire. It made a terrible smoke and gave one some idea of what a forest fire might be. Last night we had a fire alarm about 8 and then one about nine- the latter one from Box 52 in the square for a fire at Mrs. Greenbergs house on Freeman Street. It was a bad fire and the whole upper part of the house must