As a small boy in .Lynn. Mass.. the name of Gallivan on my dear fathers lips was a great name to me. In the Connery honm many times I heard the story of JimEMY GALLIVAN. a son of hardworking Irish immigrant stock. to use his own words. of one of the early Cunard families in contradistinction to those who boast of Mayflower blood. of tile boy who made his start on the sandlots of South Boston. and who. when lie entered the famous Boston Latin School. had already made a local reputation as a baseball player. I heard the story of his being awarded the Franklin medal. an honor that in Boston means more to the young fellows in Boston schools that the Ph. D. grownup men work for over a period of years.
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