April Program Promises Local Speaker and Community Updates
The notice references an April program with State Senator Hays as speaker, invites Harold C. and others to cut a ribbon, and mentions local events including library drives, building plans, and aging infrastructure. It notes licensing, traffic rules, and police presence, with scattered mentions of area residents, addresses, and upcoming town activities.
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Ing
Sena Hays
Walbe
Harold C.en
Lewandos
Didja Och
Mar
TO MEET Senior Youth Fel hold its annual elec ts Sunday
The Italian Congregation will hold its annual election Sunday evening with President Ben presiding. Nominal will be Sally Ole Hemenway and Marion Bramhail.
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Itarian
Ben Preside
Sally Ole Hemenway
Marion Fd Bramhail
Patriots' Day Parade Named With Damon as Marshal
Concord selects Lt Col John K. Damon AUS as grand marshal for Patriots Day events to be held April 19 and 20. He is a new Concord selectman and veterans director since 1946, with past Legion command. The celebration includes sunrise salute, high school baseball, track meet, and a military ball.
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Concord
John K. Damon
Aus
Col Damon
Veterans’ Services
American Legion
Norman L. Scherer
MNG
John M. Eaton, Jr
Mncord
Col. Damon
Concord High
Rainbow Guests On Sunday at Trinitarian Church
Concords Rainbow Order of Rainbow Girls will be guests at the 11 a m service Sunday April 5 at Trinitarian Congregational Church. Miss Marion Brackett is worthy advisor and Mrs Richard D Elson is mother advisor. Rev Robert H Barber pastor will deliver sermon Are You Getting The Most Out Of Life.
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Concord
Order of Rainbow
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Marion Brackett
Richard D. Elson
Robert H. Barber
Airman Charles Doyle Home on East er Furlough
Airman Charles Doyle son of Mr and Mrs C Edward Doyle 29 Highland Street is spending a furlough with his parents. He recently finished basic training in Alabama and will report back to duty at Westover Field on April 20. This is his first furlough at home since last August. He was employed at Snows Pharmacy before joining the Air Force.
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West Concord
Charles Doyle
C. Edward Doyle
Highland Street
Alabama
Westover Field
Snow
Air Force
Rotary Club Ladies Night Set For April 16 In Lexington
The Rotary Club will host a ladies night program on April 16 at a Lexington road nightspot, inviting members and guests to a social evening with refreshments and door prizes.
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Rotary Club
Lexington Road
Well Known Dean Coburn to Speak at Trinity Church
The Very Rev John B Coburn dean of Episcopal Theological School will speak at Trinity Church on Thursday April 9 at 8 pm He will discuss worship liturgy and architecture Coburn taught at Robert College Istanbul served as Navy chaplain and led parish work at Grace Church Amherst and Trinity Cathedral Newark He holds degrees from Princeton and Union Theological Seminary and has honorary degrees Amherst Berkeley and others
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Concord
John B. Coburn
Episcopal Theological School
Trinity Church
Coburn
Theological School
Cambridge
Dean Coburn
Robert College
Istanbul
Turkey
Grace Church
Amherst
Trinity Cathedral
Newark
Princeton University
Union Theological Seminary
Amherst College
Berkeley Divinity School
James Pike
Chapel of St. James the Fisherman
Wellfleet
Concord groups announce April meeting and officer nomination
Concord Council K of C No 287 will meet in Monument Hall on April 7 with Grand Knight J Edward Finigan presiding. Louis J Venti from the council is nominated as faithful navigator of Gov David I Walsh Assembly Fourth Degree.
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Concord Council
K. of C
Monument Hall
J. Edward Finigan
Louis J. Venti
David I. Walsh
Conservation talk on open spaces at Concord C Of C dinner
Concord Chamber of Commerce hosts Allen H. Morgan as speaker at Howard Johnson’s on Tuesday April 7 at 6 30 p m. Morgan will discuss preservation of open spaces flood plan zoning and Sudbury Valley Trustees with slides and notes on Bowdoin studies and coastal history. He is noted for conservation work recognized by the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
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Concord
Conservation Commission
Concord Chamber of Commerce
Howard Johnson’s
Allen H. Morgan
Wayland
Wayland and
Coes
Sudbury
Bowdoin
Marine Corps
Pather
Massachusetts Ausdubon Society
Concord High Notes Of Interest Prom And Open House
Concord Junior prom set for April 4 titled Oriental Splendor with elaborate decorations. Seniors and juniors toured Wentworth Institute at a recent Open House. Mr Buckley of East Coast Aero Tech visited to interview students pursuing careers in the air industry.
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Concord
Fisofa
Wentworth Institute
Buckley
East Coast Aero Tech
Mrs West Becomes Towns Oldest Resident Cane Recipient
After the death of 98 year old Gertrude Miles Mrs Carrie West 32 Walden Street becomes the towns oldest resident and will receive the gold cane Harold C Smith chairman of selectmen will present the cane.
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Concord
Gertrude Miles
Carrie West
Walden Street
Harold C. Smith
Evening honoring state safety commissioner and Fingold widow
Maj Gen. Otis Mee ney and Mrs. Etheleyn Fingold of Concord attended a Tuesday evening event in Hota. Fingold was the widow of the late Attorney General George E. Fingold.
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Hota
Etheleyn E. Fingold
George E. Fingold
Concord
St Bernard C Y O Hop at Monument Hall Friday
St Bernard C Y O hosts a dance at Monument Hall on Friday evening April 10 with music by The Three D s.
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St. Bernard’s C.Y.O
Monument Hall
Rev Colbert to Talk Here on Thursday
Reverend James D. Colbert international director of missions for the Christian Anti Communism Crusade will speak Thursday April 9 at 7 45 P M in the Spalding School Auditorium Carlisle He will discuss the crisis Communism poses to Christianity missionary work and western civilization and explain the supposed motives behind Communist actions.
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Carlisle
James D. Colbert
Spalding School
Colbert
Mr. Colbert
Concord High School Car Wash Fundraiser Schedule
Concord High School exchange trip members will host a car wash to raise funds. The event runs Friday April 10 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and all day Saturday April 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. beside the shop building at the corner of Stow and Hubbard streets.
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Concord
West Concord
Minn
Concord High School
Stow and Hubbard Streets
Town faces legal suits over acre parcel and sidewalk injury
Town plans refer the acre dispute to the planning board as selectmen seek guidance on a rival land offer from Richard Eaton. Meanwhile Mrs Bartolomeo sues for injuries from an icy Main street sidewalk, with Goodwin Proctor representing the town. The Quinn gravel pit dispute gains momentum after a Superior Court ruling in favor of the town. The selectmen authorize relocation of 15 poles by N E Telephone and Telegraph Company on streets not yet accepted but later approved.
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Volved
Ritchard Eaton
Lincoln
Leith
Cornelia M. Lawrence
Leonard E. Rae
Superior Court
Quinn
Lexington Road
Lay
N.E. Telephone & Telegraph Company
Concord News Briefs From The Week’s End
Deaths reported for Mrs. Isabella Eaton H Robert Bygrave and Mrs. Gertrude Miles aged 98. Citizens committee to meet Friday. Rev Lewis Earn marks 30th ordination anniversary. Bogus check passer nabbed. No bids acted on for fire truck. Selectmen and town manager arrange appointments. Pulpit exchange Sunday at library with Miss Mary Abbott. C H S plans a play. Bowling league action described. New planning board member named.
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Concord
Isabella Eaton
Robert Bygrave
Gertrude Miles
Lewis Earn
Gamages West Concord
Bogus Chetk
Mary Abbott
C. H.S
McGrath Reappointed Town Clerk and Treasurer in Town Meeting
Bernard W. McGrath is re-appointed for a three year term as town assessor and is joined by re-appointments for other town posts. Nelson’s selections include Donald M. Smith and Edwin J. Fredenburgh among several three year terms, one year posts, and new appointee O Damon. Building needs gains two-year appointments for Bemis and Shaw.
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McGrath
CCE
Bernard W. McGrath
Board of Selectmen
Town-Manager-Selectman
Nelson
Donald M. Smith
Board of Public Welfare
Robert E. Kelley
James E. Finan, Jr
Frank J. Gower
Edwin J. Fredenburgh
Board of Health
Charles F. Myette
Charles W. Dee
Charles R. Voigt
Barrett Wood
Cemete
Smith
William ‘T Magoon
O. Damon
John F. Damon
John R. Bemis
Walter K. Shaw, Jr
Grade 2 Operetta Set for April 9 at Thoreau School
Pupils of Grade 2 at Thoreau School present an operetta titled Land of the Dreams Come True. The performance occurs at 7:30 PM during the Thoreau-Wheeler P T A monthly meeting and is directed by Mrs Priscilla March the music teacher.
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West Concord
Thoreau School
Thoreau-Wheeler P.T.A
Priscilla March
Land of
Fire damages home on Conant Street in West Concord
Chief Harry A. Patterson estimated $3,500 in damage after a Tuesday afternoon fire at Mr. and Mrs. Jerome F. Adley’s 23 Conant Street home. The blaze began under the cellar stairs and spread to the kitchen, with smoke and water damage. both fire stations responded and contained the fire to the interior of the two and a half story wooden house, leaving the family unable to sleep there.
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West Concord
Harry A. Patterson
Jerome F. Adley
Conant Street
Adley
Concord Selectmen name Philip H. Suter to Planning Board
Town Manager Theodore M. Nelson appoints Philip H. Suter to the Planning Board to fill vacancies created by retirement. Suter, a Yale graduate and practicing attorney, was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1951 and the Massachusetts bar in 1955, with prior service as town counsel at Dummerston in 1954 and leadership roles with Brattleboro Mutual Aid Associates.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Philip H. Suter
Lowell Read
Lyman Wiles
Yale
Harvard
Vermont
Massachusetts
Dumerston, VI
Brattleboro Mutual Aid Associates, Inc
Birth notices for three newborn daughters
A daughter was born on March 26 to Mr. and Mrs. David Bouchard of 4 Thoreaucourt. A daughter followed on March 27 to Mr. and Mrs Robert Kasabian of 9 Birth Drive.
Concord Bids Awarded For Vehicles And Equipment
Town of Concord awards multiple bids including two police cruisers to Middlesex Motors for 1876.20 net with trade, a passenger car for the Light Plant to Barber Chevrolet at 1250 after trade, and a two-ton cemetery vehicle to Laffin's Garage at 3439 with trade. Theodore M. Nelson has not acted yet on the ladder truck or sidewalk and tractor bids.
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Nelson
Public Works Department
Middlesex Motors
Concord
Ford
Chevrolet
Laffin’s
West Acton
Middlesex
Barber Chevrolet
Maynard
Liese & Smethurst
Barber
Stumip
Cutter
Hartney Spray Corp
Dedham
Abbott Spray & Farm Equipment Company
Wexington
Hartney
Ios
Low
Andersen
West Concord
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