Fitchburg Sentinel (Newspaper) - October 17, 1959, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Quacks Mnt to prison art always by ether THE WEATHER Warm Oi Page 1) ESTABLISHED 1838 Vol. OCTOBER 17, PAGES Intend u CENTS i J Addition Of Precinct In Ward One Registrars Study 4th Voting Place To Match Growth A study aimed at providing additional voting precincts in the city as a of keeping each precinct total at a point where t can handled during elections is expected to be under- by the Board of Registrars of Voters following the 3 city A check Into the vote totals precincts has revealed that a total 1907 were eligible to vote in Ward LA in preliminary election this Siace that more voters lave been added at a session held on Under the when a voting precinct reaches the 2000 it s recommended that it be further Although there is no alty undec the law for failure to divide the officials have strongly contended throughout the state that large voting precincts only add to the difficulty in the counting and tabulation of the particularly during state and tional elections when the total cast is at its highest Figures released by City Clerk Daniel H. McLean prior to the pre- liminary election this week re- that not only Ward 1 but portions of Ward 2 and Ward 6 are growing indicating they will soon be reaching a point where GEN. i. C. MARSHALL Dies In Hospital Tribute Paid Gen. Marshall By Leaders Oct. 17 tfl World leaders paid tribute today to Gen. George C. who guided America's armed might in World War n and created the post war Marshall Plan to safeguard free nations against Marshall's death Friday at Wai ter Reed Army Hospital brough expressions of sorrow and los from all over the country anc many capitals of The gen eral had suffered a stroke last Jan 15 at his winter home in Pinehurst N. and was brought to Walte Reed March 11. Perhaps no man of his time ha been called great by so many o his countrymen as George CaUel Three presidents Truman and Eisenhower almost i Registrars are faced with a burg revered his awesome abilities as 6 the selection of precinct i throughout the length anu Aboard Two Prisoners Escape Local Police Chief In Crackdown further division would facilitate total registered work BUSINESSMEN OF Sentinel from Rene Para- dis 15 of 1128 Main Robert 15, of 44 Ryefield road and Joseph 14 of 308 Charles street pick up their daily quota of papers at The Sentinel building prior to starting on their routes to deliver this newspaper to homes throughout the The boys are among nearly carriers throughout the nation being honored on Newspaper Boy Day today as part of the nationwide observance of Newspaper Eisenhower Once Delivered Papers Newsboys Tomorrow Have you ever s I given much vote is listed at 1187 with 1C to vour door hundreds of carry copies of The Sentinel to homes in every section of Fitchburg and m towns throughout the in this ward for several years to a statesman and He led the gigantic war study 1131. Addition of another precinct i In fair or foul an army mg would probably solve the problem newspaper carriers trudges To these the delivery tn i j daily from home to home m B a means to assuming and other and gaining business experience Vat will aid them in 'd Me To it also is a means to J. Edgar head of th federal bureau of investigation an a himself as has cited figures Two prisoners escaped police custody here last night and early oday within an eight-hour period of from a jail Police Chief Joseph P. Darcy to order an immediate in- and disciplinary action officers One is still going to raise the roof about the chiel declared when informed of the escape of Louis J. Michaud 18, of 21 from his cell between the hours of 2 and 3 a.m. The escape of the 18-year-old charged with entering and larceny in the time and due to be served with a warrant for unarmed robbery came less than eight hours after another prisoner fled the station at about 6 last He had not been apprehended ny early Walks Out Edward C. 20. of 143 River charged with using a motor vehicle without authority after suspension of his license and assault and walked out ol the police station front office last night when an officer left him alone for a few In the first move of what he promised to be a series of Chief Darcy ordered all i on the third when to report to should have been kept on the who escaped last was recaptured at 5 a. m. today hiding a set of cellar stairs at 143 River was no excuse for his the chief thier was picked up with another man after crashing a stolen car into a fence on Rindge road at 4.35 p. m. Chief Darcy staled that Gauthier was left alone and unguarded by an officer for several When the officer Gauthier was The chief said he will definitely mete out punishment upon tion of his of- responsible for these escapes will not be placed on house duty he Michaud was arrested earlier this week and charged with entering and larceny of five cases of beer from 'a Boston i Maine Railroad car on a siding off Broad i Yesterday police interrogation of and ward N. 20, alias ward alias Edward mon of show the importance of the nf in the I CHIEF JOSEPH P. DARCY Promises Shakeup Foil Break Main PEPPER Oct. 17 A 22- Oct. 9. year-old N. H. man was Seek Warrants for grand jury action today In police they will in connection with an attempted and 24 Mt. Vernon street and charged both with the unarmed bery of Lyle 51, of Lake Leominster on of the newspaper carrier in visibly chine of the United States as The actual division paper and its content of history chief of staff throughout World War Then in the evening of his life he was recalled to duty as of state and during can be worked out more easily than the location of the polling Ward 2 has but two precincts un- the Korean as secretary of der 1000. Ward 2C wai listed at For his formulation of the shall which bolstered free nations of the West with massive economic aid from shall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. President Eisenhower called preliminary election time at 885. Ward 2A has 1173, 2B, 1312 and 2D, 1533. Ward 2E is the smallest with 767. In Ward 6 the totals have been growing during the last few years with Precinct A having 1251. 1167 and 1361. Further division will also be given study by in the to an appreciative audience. There are nearly boys in the United ing to the International paper Circulation Assn. Very few persons have come to realize the scope of what seems to be a commonplace delivery of one's newspaper to the door every Tn light nn the 1U aiau 13 m iw gaining self-reliance and savings a face of the nation's growing j lem of juvenile i more According to the FBI fewer than one of every 200 this riers in the country gets his Mayor Hedley Bray and seek warrants charging the two safe break foiled by alert police angry the chief theft of six automobiles here last of these officers a truck used to haul the beer i Robert L Bonyman of Lowell interested are from their weekly earnings thai may help to pay for a college From the of the paper carriers have come many of the nation's leaden in field of High on the list of those who gained experience early in life as is President outside away from the railroad car was arraigned in ice lithe unarmed robbery of district court his up with George Dans 60 of Qn and enter Mayor oray and if I need Day street on Crescent m nighttime possession to will ask him to appoint Sept. The is a vital between the newspaper and His daily contacts with his tomers give him an early o w as m o Q us o men to take over the work of some the bureau of break f said the was not He was the after 9 a. m. Tampered With Door personal An understanding of the ance of these lessons learned i trly in life will hold the Police discovered that he had held for sled by police a an lock so that i the Mfc road After effecting his escape from Police said that The attempted break was dis- Robinson covered by Police Sgt. John while making a in good stead when he prepares to step out on his own and to to an- at 10 last lice door was partially open with the screws on pear on Sept. 4 on a charge of the Page 11 cause for found grief throughout the United He ordered the flag to be flown at half staff from all public buildings and military tions until after Marshall's funeral j Tuesday I Marshall had decreed that his funeral be a simple It will be held at Ft. Myer on the edge of the Arlington tional Cemetery in ment in the place of soldiers both and will be tion to the safeguarding ance of the newsboy in everyday j culation Assn. are Election officials throughout the i special emphasis is being ibert C. U. S. Rep. Joseph Weigh Offer To End Sf rike In Steel Mills NEW Oct. 17 Eisenhower's statement said leaders meet today to t. his unswerving weigh a compromise union offer today Boy on the role played by the carrier during the annual vance of Newspaper Week which began on W. Kentucky Gov. Albert B. Thomas E. the late Maurice J. Chief Justice Earl Walt Dis- Each day throughout the Bing Bob die Rickenbacker and a host of I Today the his place among the community when you see the newsboy trudging along this whiter through the depths of think of the importance of the task he has un- is curity and freedom of our for his wise counsel and action and driving determination in times of grave we are lastingly in his It was Marshall who recognized the ability of a very junior adier general named Dwight to a key post and later sent him on up the ladder to be- come supreme Allied commander for the European Until the day Eisenhower be- came in his correct almost cold addressed him only as Other tributes to Marshall poured ir. from statesmen and from his few surviving colleagues of highest rank in World War was one of the greatest Americans our try has ever said Gen. Omar Crash Sets Off 2-Hour Search For Hurt Driver A 20-year-old Fitchburg man who wandered dazedly through heavy woods for two hours after he serious injuries in an auto- mobile accident on at 3 a. m. was reported in fairly good condition at Lawrence 20, of 1157 Franklin the driver of the sustained a severe laceration the of the face and neck and abrasions of the neck in the Police said they notified that an occupant of was missing after being informed by the ambulance crew under the tion of Lt. Samuel J. Andrew M. who in- said that the fire de- crew picked up Ronald 22, of 55 Elmwood passenger in the car at 1157 Franklin the scene of the He told them his companion had walked They were to gather in a dorf Astoria Hotel suite to con- sider a union posal reported to call for about 21 cents an hour in gains over a two-year Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said in Washington he was optimistic that a settlement could be reached to avoid a ley Such a court unwanted by either the industry or the workers likely will be sought by the government next week barring a weekend peace parties are closer together than they have been since the Mitchell raid Friday The steel labor dis- pute has been going on for six There were that the although still wanting to avoid a labor pact that would force an inflationary boost in steel now considers that ending the strike is an equal if not over- riding The industry's negotiators are due to rush back to Washington this afternoon to give Union dent David M. McDonald their an- swer on his latest The reply could take the form of a counter It was noted that the union's new paring down prior money demands about a would do nothing toward meeting the agment demand for more dom in changing work practices to gain The probably will want some sion even a token into the woods off the road Joining in the of the 11 Farm Safety Plan Need Stressed Oct. 17 Wl Two state officials say they hope a stronger farm safety program re- fulti from of gallant 12-year-old The Christine Hays of died In a Salt Lake City Friday three dayi after a farm machine caught her hair tore the can 153 from her The accident happened Monday at the asserted that Mi- Sgt. Riley found a dynamite stealing a He then charge wired to the safe in the went to Florida and latec gram company office and notified the past and that a close watch Page 11 Officers Brooks Cited Promotion Of Two To Lieutenants Proposed lieutenant the police ment have been recommended to Mayor Hedley Bray by Chief jseph P. the mayor said The mayor said he would give Joseph Sainato of a state police demolition was summoned to the scene through the Boston headquarters of the state police and the explosive device which had been set with a battery Bonyman was picked up near the scene by state and local police who had scoured the area of the attempted Police today also were searching for another man allegedly involved The mayor the attempted ever to confer Aiding Pepperell police in the ne iv j arc state Troopers first of the Sgt. Wade has been a detective I by a iHe collects match covers and luttons to mention a But Fitchburg toa an owl IHe although he would find the gift of a live owl to replicas of The collector is Ivan L. would submit the names to the City Council for confirmation He said he would immediately re- the civil service for an eligible list since the time has elapsed for filing of i peals from the marks released than two weeks i Sgt. 28, topped the list of the six sergeants who passed the examination with a mark of 94.62 per cent and Sgt. Brooks finished second with a 93.82 per cent. Mayor Bray said there are two vacancies at the present time in the He said he planned to confer at a later date with Chief Darcy relative to the possible motion of two more sergeants to the rank of lieutenant provided the need More than a week ago the mayor said he was considering naming four lieutenants but would confer with Chief Darcy before making any definite II run with isn't that The shadeless owl lamp sits on election no further the display case to be seep can be made except to and a patrolman on March He was promoted to sergeant on Nov. 18, 1952. He Is a Fitchburg High School graduate and was graduated from the federal bureau Fitted In Rindge Crash to The N. Oct. J. 18, of 437 Maple was fined in Cheshire superior I 111 of investigation herc yesterday after he is the father of three Brooks is a native of this city and a graduate of Fitchburg High He was appointed driving in a crash at Rindge on May 30; 1958, which re- in the death of William G. HOBBY OWt Ivan L. pastor of the First Methodist Church and Mrs. Erickson Showing a few of the 350 owls from the minister's col- Mrs. Nickerson holds a metal bank and Rev. Mr. Nickerson holds one of the bookends of wood which was the start of the collection when he was a small The lamp in the center is the prize piece of the collection found in a To the right of the lamp is a German the largest of three in the First Methodist Minister Pursues Hobby Of Collecting Not live Type a reserve officer on July 20, 1937 F. 16, of schools and private At all times the fire department offers to 24-hour a day protection from a ternal and the services of modern and up-to-date fire speakers and films relative to fire than the cost of a bottle of soda a package if gum and eight times less a package of Fitchburg residents get For slightly more than three cents a they have the service pastor Methodist of the First doesn't like just thinks her collection of China tea cups Is more Rev. Mr. Nickerson laid hit hobby started in a mild way when his parents gave him with owls carved of Then they owi not Many of the owls have been given to the clergyman but the majority lie hu Since the collection has grown into hundreds of brought him p of Halloween colo aper lors from the lived on an island in Bay in He was fascinated with the sym bol of wisdom and the collection grew He didn't reallie he was actually a collector his college years when he a 14-inch German porcelain owl lamp In an antique He had to have it. But It Wai expensive and col- lege don't have extra money for owl So he paid a little at a time for over a year until the lamp wai paid ft la His collection is housed hi enclosed bookcases in the ment of the 18 McKay but a few have found their way to his office at the church and the upper regions of the A cookie Jar and an vase art la the kitchen and one carved of wood is in the living Mrs. has her campaign to owls In the She felt the parsonage in WM of the Liberty tuch prin amr tan ttw he has been more He Delay Search For Plant Site more common variety of pepper pins and banks but the unusual owl will catch his eye In a collecting has also slowed down due to the lively collection of three Ross and Three choice owls are German One U a deep lavender color and 13 inches The other two are about nine Inches f olden brown and the The heads are the lids and the bottoms art as teal A cherished owl to of pins Fitchburg Paper Co. delay its search for a site for construe tion of a million plant for Its Division until time ae the special committee appointed by Mayor Hedley Bray George R. head of the Mr. Wallace qualified his state ment by that report should be submitted reasonable Two weeks ago Mayor Bray pointed a committee to study the feasibility of relocation of the airport as t means of the acreage there for future Pate Page 11 Mass. A Day department There were 256 individual by personnel of oil burner if 112 permanent five installations and other equipment engines three aerial one relative to the storage of iose a forest fire an mable ambulance and a rescue Based on t population figure of persons and the total ex- of the department m 1958 of the total cost to each person is cents a or per person each The ambulance made a total of 819 runs from January through September aiding persons injured Page 11 was for the purchase of a new Largest single expense last year was for 253.05 for maintenance of equip for maintenance of buildings and tor a total Of J fn addition to receiving protection of their lives and homes from the ment M. Fiechtner carries out a num her of other For firefighters last year made a total of of hos rooming Veteran To Be 117 Oct. 17 Confederate veteran Walter lams apparently will reach Ms 117th his doctor last of the Civil fell ill with monia last summer and was on the critical list for tors it that time said only a few days But he Is holding up well and will live beyond his 117th birthday 14) if his present condition Dr. Russell Wolfe said has said barbecued pork ribs
