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Watertown Couple Brought Together By Box Of Cookies Celebrates 75th Anniversary
"It's been a beautiful life. It just becomes a thing of the day. It's the other part of you," said Ann Newbould.

WATERTOWN, MA — A note slipped into a cookie box led to a marriage that’s about to mark 75 years. Edward and Madeline “Ann” Newbould are both in their mid-90s. The couple will celebrate their wedding anniversary on January 22.
“It’s been a beautiful life. It just becomes a thing of the day. It’s the other part of you,” said Ann Newbould.
Ann worked at Golden Cookie Company on Grove Street during the mid-1940s. She and some of her co-workers were sending boxes of cookies to soldiers serving in World War II. Ann decided to slip a note into one of those boxes of cookies.
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