MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
March 7, 1955: “We are having nice weather. No snow here now. Grandma”
Categories: Newton
Preservation in Mississippi
It ain't all moonlight and magnolias
MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
March 7, 1955: “We are having nice weather. No snow here now. Grandma”
Categories: Newton
Preservation in Mississippi 
Isn’t this acually Crystal Lake in Newton, Mass. and not Newton, Miss.?
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Being a native of Newton County, I am pretty sure that there is no Crystal Lake in Newton.
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This is Crystal Lake in Newton Centre, MA 02459
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It says “Mass.” right there on top of the card.
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Newton is a very posh suburb of Boston, with lots of beautiful homes. This bath house still stands at the south end of Crystal Lake. Many years ago I used to eat breakfast at “The Knotty Pine” just north of here every time I left Boston on the Mass Pike.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=newton+mass&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89e38209840725a5:0x5592087b9b70af7e,Newton,+MA&gl=us&ei=njTpTfSxA8K4twe8uMimAQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ8gEwAA
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Maybe Malvaney is in Boston?
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or maybe Malvaney wanted to test our observational skills . . . ?
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Or maybe Malvaney blew it?
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I was on vacation, that’s my excuse.
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