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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 33

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The Boston Globei
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Boston, Massachusetts
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33
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Thirty-Three Plenty of Parking on MJl. A. Highland Branch 2500 Spaces Available Near End of the. Line; July 4 Debut Set for Service iMarking New Era in Transit Operation THE BOSTON DAILY GLOBE TUESDAY. JUNE 16, 1951 By A.

S. FLOTKIN About an' hour after sunrise crt I independence Day, July 4, the first crargs and ivory M.T.A. trolley cars will start a run of nearly 12 miles from Riverside, near Route 123 in Newton, to Park st. It will be a momentous trip, marking the start cf regular transit service on the M.TA's newest line usin for most of the distance the old Highland branch route of the Boston Albany Railroad. The M.T.A.

sees it as a significant advance in the development of handy, speedy, inexpensive public transportation for Greater Boston. is regarded as a prototype of other possible acquisi lions by the M.T.A. of faltering railroad commuter semce to the suburbs. Adding to the convenience for patrons will be more than 2500 parking spaces, most of them at or near the end of the line. Aerial photographs are by Glob staff photographer Harry Holbrook, in Wiggins Airways helicopter piloted by Jack Connelly.

I ibLLRoAD I 1 Ai 128 -1; rK -4 't. i 'f i f. 5 i 4 5 4 i If BIGGEST PARKING LOT IN STATE will be sprawling blacktopped area at Riverside, with space for nearly 2000 cars. In center is I new terminal station and waiting room, with turn-around tracks for trolley trains. Junction of Routes 128 and east-west toll road is JLi.

conveniently nearby. Running time from here to Park st. will be about 32 minutes. -V; '-vfV I mew bus sky 4 mAx 7t vL, WVsx 1 DOUBLE-DECK TROLLEY AND BUS STATION at "Reservoir" stop marks route of Highland Branch line near Cleveland Circle at Brookline-Brighton line. Fast trolley trains, making limited stops, will pass beneath widened Chestnut Hill av.

They also can switch to present Reservoir-Beacon line. PARKING FOR 350 CARS will be provided at this long, rectangular lot, east of Route 16 in the Waban section of Newton. It was carved out of a hill at the edge of the swanky Brae Burn Country Club land (right in photo) near access roads to Route 128. AIL SORTS loc Harrington gQ JQ KllOW ONE of the numerous An unknown quantity. them yfit aH.

them It fa easier to count they-u give suspect3 the saliva speakers at the recent meet- SPURT A drip under ing off Five years before out two deuces than four ones, test ing of the National Association pressure. there were 9 million more of hurrah for winter on Crime and Deliquency in them in New England. This The pleasant tim. Overheard on a North Swampscott modestly told the THE DEUCES On a trip deuce total used to run in the until the bugs get going, Shore commuter train: "We audience he up country on a recent week- 30t millions; now it's in the But when i slap ail night iometimei ha(j a little argument at the was supposea ena, we got a Dm in cnange i house to bi an ex- for a sawbuck at Joe Le- Kent said he didn think it JU A T. pert in his grenade's store in Troy, was.

superstition that made RPrt- kitty parsons, wife that maybe our boy was par ticular N.H., the first one we've had folks shun the $2 banknotes in the kind of a kid she teJls field. in months. We checked with New England. But in the New him not to play with." He then went the Federal Reserve Bank York district they'll have THE WHIRLING GLOBE on to give his and James R. Kent of Ded- none of them.

Some time back The officials of the national two-part deri- ham, assistant manager, said the New York bank unloaded athletic organizations have Ttie scissors grinder, mak- vation of the there were quite a few $2 a large surplus supply of agreed to ban from competi- ing his annual trip out our 4 iXjijJsoir word "ex- bills around; last year the them on Boston. But the tiort anyone using stimulating wav. savs that he's having the bank issued 22 million of people who make up payrolls drugs or pep pills. Wonder if est Spring season in years. I 9 He never saw things so dulL 'J John Tynan, a 4-year-old Pembroke boy, has his TV viewing pretty closely monitored.

His mother identified one program that she didn't want him watching and was surprised the other day when 1 John requested: "Can I go over to Billy's house and watch that AWFUL program?" In publishing circles they keep alive the anecdote about George Bernard Shaw receiving a request for the use of one of his plays in an anthology. The editor wrote: "I hope you'll forego your usual fee, as I am a very young man." Shaw replied: "111 wait for you to grow older." OUR TRADITIONAL INDIA MADRAS in handsome new designs and colorings interesting new adaptations Introduced in America by Brooks Brothers about 1900 in shirts and beachwear India Madras is more important today than ever before. Its uses and adaptations include: Men's India Madras jacket in new ederings, $39.50 In cur University Shop, Lightweight dinner jacket in. dark India Madras colorings, $38.50 Bermuda length shorts in India Madras stripes or plaids. Tor men $13.50 jor women, $12.50 Our own make neckwear, $2 Sport belts $3 Also boys' shirts and sport jackets, men's beachwear and rohes.

I 7j fit A miJiC 1 i vs NnM rwwiiffliiw-iiiTi f-1 1 Xll 1M You probably heard about the sailor who always bought a little wine every tim2 he took a girl out on a date. He was a nonconformist who wanted port in every sweetheart. An automobile supply dealer in California has a new distribution gimmick. Every morning his son drops off homing pigeons at the offices of his customers, who attach their orders to the birds' legs and release them. The way the wheel is turning, they'll soon be back to smoke signals.

Probably all the local music lovers know that they only have to think of the late C. Columbus to get the telephone number of Boston Symphony Hall 14D2. But you can't haye everything; the number is in the Commonwealth exchange, not Columbia. If you 'are' fortunate enough to handle much new money, you pro.bably know how treacherous it is. The brand new bills have a tendency to stick together and that raises hob with the count.

So the folks in banks who make up payrolls request slightly used bills iot their ESTABLISHED 1S13 FOR THE BEST BUYS INSIDE AND OUT STOP IN AT THE 01! USED CAR SIGN jSLOTHING- Hens furnishings, ff ats erSho.es Your local authorized Chevrolet dealer is now featuring a wide variety of OK used cars and used trucks. And when you buy at the OK sign you can be sure you're getting a car that has been expertly inspected, honestly described. Right now your Chevy dealer is offering a wide selection of all makes, models and colors at all prices. Why not pay him a visit real soon? 46 NEWBURY, COR. BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON 16, MASS.

KEW YORK CHICAGO LOS SAN FRANCISCO For the best used car buy, po where you tee (he OK sign See your local authorized Chevrolet dealer.

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