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Rows of multihued lockers outside a patient washroom at belchertown state school in massachusetts. Page 2 department of public health baltimore, md december 2011 present personal data. Comprehending a period of seven hundred and sixtyfive years, with particular reference to the descendants of adam belcher of. Robert hornick recounts the story of the belchertown state school in belchertown, massachusetts, from its beginnings. Youll like it here is the story of the resiliency of donald vitkus and a reminder of the horrors he overcame at belchertown state school.
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