Athol Daily News - Times Past: Feb. 23, 2021
Times Past: Feb. 23, 2021 Published: 2/24/2021 2:42:28 PM Modified: 2/24/2021 2:42:26 PM 1996 Washington’s Birthday is renowned in the area for the hatchet hunt sponsored by the Athol Fire Department and the Athol Area YMCA. More than 350 area youth with many parents ventured into the Bearsden Woods in search of 50 prizes, the most coveted of which were two engraved hatchets. Winners of the hatchets in the 74th hunt were Adam Richard, 13, of Phillipston, who found the Washington Hatchet and Emily Webster, 5½, kindergarten student at Silver Lake School, who found the “Johnnie” Johnston...
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