Dedication

of fence at

Boxcar Museum

is Oct. 1

PUTNAM — A dedication of the new Welcoming Fence and Apple Tree at the Boxcar Museum in Putnam will be made at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 1.  

This will be immediately preceding the Walktober Tour by the Putnam Public Library titled “Walk in Gertrude Chandler Warner’s Footsteps.” The dedication is in memory of Millard John Alvord by his classmates in Miss Gertrude Warner’s first grade class in 1942, when “The Boxcar Children” was published, and members of his graduating class of 1953 at Putnam High School.  

Alvord was a staunch supporter of the Museum and participated in events honoring Miss Warner throughout the years.