MASHPEE - A child of diversity from the start, Betty Peck was born on a farm in tiny Brooklyn, Pa., but grew up in the city of Scranton, so she was at home whether she had her hands in the dirt or dancing in bright city lights. It was brighter lights and higher education that drew her to Philadelphia to study at the University of Pennsylvania in the early years of World War II. Destiny, romance and military orders curtailed her college career when she met and married Leonard Peck. At first [...]
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