Acton Beacon (Newspaper) - April 17, 1958, Acton, Massachusetts The 1958 PONY League Tryouts I 1fl son Prescott a student at Embry Riddle Aviation met with harrow ing experience laat of his high he was chosen to fly a new air from It has announced by the Valley Pony League that tryouts for the will b held Saturday April and day April 27 1 00 oclock and Sunday at oclock at Alumni Maynard Every ther he played last year for one of the teams or will have to fill out an application and all appli cations must be in or turned in at the field before the boy will be covered by Each boy will report to the grandstand be fore he will be allowed on the playing v Any between the age of thirteen and fourteen and within the of the Assa bet Valley NrY League franchise Sudbury and is eligible to try out for a position on any of the four The applications will be handled May Act on Fire D by the schools in each to Miami On the first day out began to happen be ginning with transmitter and receiver putting the all im portant radio device of com on the second plane caught reg having only one thing and that was to land Fortunately hewas able to make a safe landing in a field in Baking the Diner Changes Hands MAYNARD Salvatore Bus 1 Front and Charles Main became coowners of Messiers Diner last April The establish ment was purchased from Vernon and Robert who have owned the business for the past 10 Buscemi was formerly employed at while Smith is an Valley Little League Tryouts J v f V v ff above shows general view of the East Wall at Concord Reformatory where max imum fire fighting equipment was placed in battle of dollar fire that off by rioting There can also be seen several of the State Troopers that were called in from other barracks to maintain a vigile around the Photo by Wilson X X X a dollars damage was done to and equipment in a general alarm fire at Concord Reformatory last Monday blaze was part of a riot staged by 18 during which correction officers were Not x np sooner reached a height of ten feet than he discovered there was a leak in the gas supply tank caused by a tank vacuum in the connecting There was no alternative he must land Once more his guardian angel with his as he landed safely in a cow the vicinity of At the close of the third he finally landed safely at his home He was highly commended by liis superiors for undaunted courage and know how under the most hazardous by League president Raymond O O A o Age UT April 1 ages 8 and 3 ages 11 and 12 Satur April 1 Age 8 ages 8 and There are 142 boys who have registered for the two in addition to approximately 80 boys who are already assured of Little League berths as carryovers from last There will be four teams in the major and six in the making for ISO As boys are left from last year and are automatic ally on a little league team this there are only about 70 berths left for those who have was Maynard Rotes A permit granted to the Legion Auxiliary to have a Poppy Sale April 17 and to Voted to transfer the Messier Diner victuallers license to Salva tore Buscemi and Charles Smith doing business as the Maynard s Hearing heard on petition of Boston Edison to erect one steel guy pole on Summer Street 160 feet of Linden also a petition from the same pany to erect pole on Summer Hill 490 No objections to the above Permits The Selectmen and James Xing will attend a meeting of the Mid County Assn to ibe held at the Howard Johnson April Herman Director of Accounts for the Commonwealth will be the guest I Store Acton Center line of According to president chis emphasises the need for more personnel to run this If our minimum requirements are it is obvious that there still will be boys who will not be able to So far there are managers and coaches for the major leangue there are only three managers for the Minor Lea gue which is comprised of six teams and he It is here that the need for more help is particularly ac cording to Leach The Major League will play its game at the Little League as in the The Minor League will play some of its games on the site of the former Wilson on a field which has yet to be put into The other games will be played in Stow on the field used by the High School team for its games According to there is sufficient playing space to ac more if there were more interest from their up to the present there has not been sufficient in terest evidenced to guarantee enough personnel for the league as The in ad Master Electrician dition to managers and also needs and It is not necessary for or interested to give up four nights week to Little League Leach One night week would Ibe very much He ad that more help is urgently and drastically needed in order to assure the success of this years This is the first since the chartering of the league that Acton has not been in In the has al ways help from Acton Leach stated that money is definitely not the main We have for maintaining the he and for re seeding it after the season is The School Committee was very All we need is If 10 of the dads would only come we would be The season is scheduled to get under way on May Lions To Hold Safety Campaign MAYNARD The Maynard Lions conducted their regular din ner meeting April 9 with Paul Badger District gov ernor Nick Westwood club and Deputy District Gover nor James Wrentham were the visiting honored The club prepared plans for a Safety Campaign to be held Sun day All mem bers will participate distributing leaflets to passing motorists at convenient vantage points in Maynard between the hours of 14 school stu dents have been encouraged to enter an essay contest in conjunc tion with thf Campaign Harry White have decided ta sell White was recently in an which has her back has jeen advised by her doctors to cease This has necessitated the selling of the The luncheonette was rated with and is in the center of It has been a tig money maker from its White who is a carpenter by said he will return to his regular The couple came here from New Jersey but are formerly The store was owned oper ated for a number of years by Matti who is presently managing the Boy Boy Scouts To Hold Annual Whist MAYNARD Troop Scouts of America is holding its annual benefit whist party this Saturday evening April at the Maynard High School The money derived from this party helps to send the to summer cam pat the Boy Scout Camp in in the month of The public is in to a night of entertainment and Bracket Asked To Get Variance Bracketts Heat ing and currently on the move from its place of busi ness on Nason Street to Harriman and I this alarm the Concord including its new pumper and about 16 group worked inside the while the other sprayed water on the blaze from the top of the One piece of apparatus responded from and fought the blaze inside the rer i Among those injured was Wins ton 713 Main North a plumber in institution for the past six He was struck across the ribs by an inmate and suffered fractures of several of He was re leased after treatment at Emerson According to he had been asked to go to the Furniture shop to secure the sprinkler system after the fire was He did He ran up and noticed a convict break ing up some furniture and told him to cut it He was struck across the Newman is the owner of the Flower and has three and and 8 years old He was formerly a in Stone Others injured were Everett a correction of Main Westf ord and of Lexington who was removed to a Boston Hospital with a fractured His name has been removed from the danger Fire fighting equipment was summoned from several other towns including Sud and Armed with riot guns and placed at strategic ap has been notified by the proximately 35 State Troopers Board of Selectmen that this area from nearby barracks maintained is residential and therefore a var iance from the Board of Appeals must be granted before the com pany can dlo business for was made a vigile until the fire had been and order The 18 solitary convenient the v
