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Edgar Melanson 1904 - 1974

Edgar Melanson of Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA was born on September 30, 1904, and died at age 69 years old in June 1974.
Edgar Melanson
Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA 01420
September 30, 1904
June 1974
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    1904

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    September 30, 1904
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  • 06/dd
    1974

    Death

    June 1974
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    Edgar Melanson lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1904, in the year that Edgar Melanson was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1910, at the age of only 6 years old, Edgar was alive when the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. U.S. publisher W.D. Boyce was visiting England when he became lost in the London fog. An unknown Boy Scout helped him find his way out, declining a tip (he said that he was a Boy Scout and was doing his good deed for the day). Boyce was so impressed that he incorporated the Boy Scouts of America when he returned home. Its purpose was "to teach boys patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred values."
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