Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held on Saturday morning for the official opening of the Bay State Federal Savings & Loan Association bank in the Star Market block on Nahatan Street. Shown as Selectman Walter Dempsey cut the ribbon are, left to right—Acting Town Manager Jack McAuliffe, Warren L Eldridge, assistant treasurer and manager. H. Chester Webster, president, Selectman Dempsey, Ralph E. Ellis, chairman of the board of directors, and Lawrence Donovan, vice-president, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. (Eugene McLean Photo)