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...from New York for a weekend at the out-of-the-way small town of Tunxis, Conn., it is to meet the family of Eben, a moody young fellow she has taken up with in the big city. What Hester and Eben have not been told is that Selectman Matthew Avered, Eben's father, has organized a two-day drive to rid the neighborhood of a plague of wood-chucks. Nothing will do but that they take their place in the beaters' line. Hester is no mental ball of fire, but a few things quickly become clear...
...Selectman Matthew, though they take his orders, 2) dynamic Matthew Avered is twice the man his sensitive son is, 3) she wants the older man, not the younger man, to make love...
Family Affair. In Warren, Conn., after a town election, the Tanner family discovered that its members had won the following posts: tax collector, tax assessor and justice of the peace, town deposit fund agent and town clerk treasurer, first selectman, town constable...
Reynolds, who has been assisting President Conant in the field for several months, came to Harvard from Washington, where he was Administrative Assistant to Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14. He is a former Selectman of the Town of Wenham and served as a Representative in the General Court of Massachusetts from 1640 and 1642 and Secretary to Mr. Saltonstall, both as Governor from 1942 to 1944 and later as Senator...
...activities. One of the C.I.O. leaders, a Communist, at last corners Canby, suggests that he make up his mind and join the Party. Before Canby can make up his mind (a matter of several chapters), the Berlin-Moscow pact is signed. Instead of becoming a Communist, Canby becomes a selectman...