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Savithes Nursery School

Dorothea (Savithes) Thompson had a small nursery school in Dover.
These photographs are from a visit to Three Rivers Farm in 1929.

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                From left to right:
Dorothea Savithes, Nancy Rollins, Mary Charlotte Ward, Bobby Stevens, Ruth Pratt, Betty Mathes, Catharine Lawlor, Mary Jane Manual, Philomena Flynn, Jimmy Horne

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