Cancer Society opens drive with twenty four million goal
The American Cancer Society launches a national drive aiming for 24 million dollars to fund education, research, and patient support. Massachusetts and Boston area teams highlight heavy investment in research, with emphasis on early diagnosis and the Seven Danger Signals to prompt medical consultation.
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ACS
Massachusetts
National Society
Bay State
Boston Area
American Cancer Society
Readers Concert for Scholarships at University of Massachusetts
A concert program at the University of Massachusetts features band music and solos. Acts include Little Leaden A Sailing in and Trumpet Trio with Carl Jordan and Harold Gould, plus pieces like Carnival of the Animals and Frankie and Johnnie Over ture, with Leonard Lizak and others.
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Eilenberg
Dolle Cése
Saint-Saens
Fossils
Cray
d’Hardelot
Harold Gould
Frankie and
Johnnie
Whitney
Dizzey Fingers
Constoy
Leonard Lizak
Klein
Anderson
Chicago Tribune
Chambers
ORE EMEN ARLISLE Expresses Thanks to Fire Department
A damaged OCR note thanks the fire department for rapid response to a chimney fire. The writer notes water supply difficulties and credits the fire team for controlling the blaze in minutes despite limited help.
Two Acton Pupils Earn Spelling Bee Merit Certificates
Acton pupils Janice Hill and Peter Caton won grade level prelims for the Greater Lowell Spelling Bee. Pete Caton will represent Acton Junior High in the Big Bee at Lowell Auditorium on May 6 after defeating Janice Hill.
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Acton
Janice Hill
Peter Caton
Lowell
Greater Lowell
Janice
Pete
Boxborough
Acton Junior High
Lowell Auditorium
Father Son Rivalry Over Presidents List At State College
Starkville report notes Calvin Hull Sr. and Calvin Hull Jr. both made the presidents list at Mississippi State College. The father joined the list with high grades while his son in the same class edged him by a small margin.
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Starkville
Iiss
Calvin Hull, Sr
Mississippi State College
Hull
Calvin, Jr
Community thanks workers for their good work
The statement expresses gratitude and congratulations to a group of workers for their solid performance and positive contributions. It emphasizes appreciation for their efforts and the impact of their results.
Program Numbers for Glee Club Lions Concert April 13
The Glee Club will render works including Laudamus, The Happy Wanderer, Old King Cole, Give Me Your Tired Your Poor, A Roving, The Creation, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Dry Bones, Ole Uncle Moon and more. Directors Stuart Dewey and Donald Bradshaw lead with Ann Tierney as soprano soloist.
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Glee Club
Laudamus
Bryn
Alfaria
Welch Chorale
Owen Protharoe
Franz Schubert
DeAnimals
Negro Spirtual
Marshall Bartholomiew
Whitney Kramer
Fredrich Moller
Medelssohn
Old King Cole
Cecil Forsyth
Miss Liberty
Irving Berlin
Hugh Robertson
Hugh
Stuart Dewey
Donald Bradshaw
Mass FHA records show surge in home modernization in 1954
Massachusetts saw a surge in home modernization with 35,329 FHA insured property improvement loans in 1954, totaling 19.998 million dollars and averaging about 565 dollars per loan for kitchen and laundry upgrades and major appliance replacements. The trend is aided by finance firms and retailers, with gas ranges a major demand driver as the nationwide kitchen renovation accelerates. The Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association notes continued production growth and a booming demand for gas ranges, water heaters, and other home comfort equipment amid expanding natural gas pipelines and advancing LPG distribution.
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Massachusetts
Fendreai Housing Administration
GAMA
Army buys dogs by mu be from one to two years old
The Army procurement notes specify dogs to be purchased aged one to two years, standing 2 to 28 inches tall at the shoulder and weighing at least 60 pounds.
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Army Mu
Local police chiefs attend Massachusetts State Police Chiefs Association meeting
Acton Police Chief Michael J Foley and Concord Police Chief Robert E Kelley were among the local chiefs at the Massachusetts State Police Chiefs Association gathering held Thursday in Westminster. The annual Good Friday Protestant service will be held tomorrow night at 7:45 at West Acton Baptist Church with Rev. Robert H Barber of Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, as guest preacher.
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Michael J. Foley
Acton
Roert E. Kelley
Concord
Massachusetts State Police Chiefs Association
Westminster
West Acton
Robert H Barber
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Easter observances at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
Holy Thursday is observed at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church West Acton with all night adoration. Tomorrow is Good Friday and Sunday April 16 is Easter.
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St. Elizabeth of Hungary
West Acton
Maundy Thursday Service at West Acton Baptist Church
A Maundy Thursday Service is listed tonight at 7 45 o clock at West Acton Baptist Church with communion and reception of new members. Palm Sunday was observed last Sunday.
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West Acton Baptist Church
Dodgers Finish Second in 1954 NL Standings
Brooklyn Dodgers ended the 1954 season in second place in the National League, ranking second in batting and second in fielding. The season solidified their status as a strong contender with top finishes in core hitting and defense categories.
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Brooklyn
Dodgers
Christian Science: God as Health and Peace Provider
Marlboro audience hears Hooper insist God is the eternal Life Truth and Love behind health and success. He cites healing through prayer, including a car crash victim, a healed infant deformity, and the naval recruit who regained health and strength.
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Hooper
Christian Science Card
First Church of Christ
Congregational Church
Lilian Cadieux
Mr. Hooper
God
Aean
United States Naval Reserve
Mary Bakerddy
Hospital Assembly Reviews New England Projects At Annual Session
The 32nd annual meeting of the New England Hospital Assembly gathered in Boston at the Statler Hotel for two days of general sessions sections exhibits and conferences. Emerson Hospital administrator Elmina L Snow chaired the housekeeping conference with a panel of experts. Tufts University president Nils Y Wessell spoke on volunteer hospital work and public understanding. Representatives from Emerson Hospital Auxiliary included Mrs Gilbert Bell and others as the program emphasized recruiting volunteers through one-on-one outreach and promoting skilled teamwork over splashy campaigns.
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N. E. Hospital
Hotel Statler
Boston
Cagigre
Elmina L. Snow
Emerson Hospital
Nils Y. Wessell
Tufts University
Toto
Ernest
Gilbert Bell
W. Gray der Don
Aegl Rs. Prentice Blood
Dan Bushiel
C. F. Hed
Parish Association meeting and luncheon held in vestry
The Concord Women s Parish Association held its annual meeting and luncheon in the vestry Monday afternoon with reservations controlled by Mrs Lucy Honebon. Our Lady Help of Christians Court CDA announces a charity whist party at Monument Hall rooms on Wednesday April 13 at 8 o clock. The public is invited.
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Women’s Parish Association
Lucy Honebon
Our Lady Help of Christians
C.D.A
Knights of Columbus
Monument
Parish Waste Paper Drives Planned by Two Churches
St Bernard's church and Our Lady Help of Christians announce diocesan spring waste paper collections with dates to be announced.
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St. Bernard’s Church
Our ‘Lady Help of Christians Church
Scouts Plan 40th Anniversary Party at West Concord Union
Troop 33 scouts schedule a 40th anniversary party onThursday at West Concord Union Arch. Event begins at 6:30 p m Reservations are limited and should be made early.
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Troop
West
Concord Union Arch
Children Will Give Operetta At Next PTA Meeting Here
The PTA season texts a community show with a dawn start featuring James V. McMullen Jr on trumpet and Edward Woodin as a rooster. Cast includes Stephen Fletcher Dianne Bergstrom Stephen Churchill Richard Sproul Warren Sproul Barbara Good year Lois Bingebretson Betty Lou Adley Constance Goehring Judith Conron Joanne Gibson Lynne Belmont Diane Randell Mary Casassa Patricia O'Hare Pamela Webster Marcia Wetherbee Jacquelinne Demers Christine Conner Janie Mulhall Deborah Locke and many more across grades. The chorus and rhythm band practice songs preparing short scenes with numerous students from kindergarten to second grade. The operetta directed by Charles Yeremian James V McMullen Miss Anna T Macone Miss Helen E Fiske Miss Margery Webster and others with stage setting by Harvey Wheeler students under Lois T Belt.
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Reveille
James V. McMullen Jr
Nature
Rooster
Edward Woodin
Stephen , Fletcher
Dianne Bergstrom
Stephen Churchill
Puff, the Breeze
Michael Buss
Richard Sproul
Warren Sproul
Barbara Goodyear
Lois Bingebretson
Betty Lou Adley
Constance Goehring
Judith Conron
Joanne Gibson
Lynne Belmont
Diane Randell
Mary Casassa
Patricia O’hare
Pamela Webster
Marcia Wetherbee
Jacquelinne Demers
Christine Conner
Janie Mulhall
Deborah Locke
Apples
Annamae Berns
Cheryl Cleaves
David King
David Cullinane
William Wilson
Katherine Sheehan
Joyce Sheehan
Edward Currier
Carol Creighton
Lois Hojem
Susan King
Lynne Krukanis
Victoria Redday
Kathleen Sheehan
Farmer
Robert Smith
Bo Peep
Barbara Smith
Elpers
Clarence Rosser
Pau Fitzgerald
Jack Pearce
Danie Locke
Robert Churchill
Barbara Erickson
Ann Iadonisi
Rosemary Sheehan
Khele Maridrioli
Margaret Iown
Mary
Marjorie Pearce
Pee
Nancey Isan
Kindergarten
William Rogers
Sally O'Neil
John Mazzeo
Marcia Cullinane
Richard Bartoldomeo
Nancy Gughins
Bruce Hiclie
Mark Eilty
Ingrid Bloomhardt
Carmella Ruggiero
Jimmy Sultan
Brian Demers
Christinia White
John Berliéd
Leo Gillis
Susan Fenton
John Oakiman
Patty Harmon
Sylvia Wheeler
Thomas Walsh
Martha Panga
Alice Wilkie
Stephen Weser
Germen
Charles Sheehan
David Eddy
David Hanna
Brian Muscato
Kevin Rapson
Timothy Warren
Judith Haynes
Becky Ferran
Bobby Perry
Eleanor Brigham
Joseph Lombardo
Karen Bangs
Péter Hanson
Leslie Delaney
Elizabeth McHugh
Jack King
Margaret Donovan
Bruce Boltoh
Sandra Welsh
William Cutler
Judith Lind
Martin Yauga
Joan Haynes
Russell McNamara
Maureen Lonergan
Dean Brackett
Theresa Ruggiero
Gloria Hojem
Sharon Bent
Richard Soderman
David Scherer
Robert Lawrence
Phillip Kesick
Thoreau School
Edmund Casassa
Kenneth Rapson
James Elson
Donna Jean Burton
Virginias
Lls
Blanthe Gibbs
Michabling
Pamela Snably
Donald Pietrowicz
Margaret O’hare
Dana Soberg
Joanne Prentiss
Peter Shompe
Michael McGrath
Robert Walsh
Dennis Condon
David Burton
Eric Bye
Teddy Shattuck
Howard Eison
Terry Eggleton
Carol Blow
Michael Belmont
Paul Bloomharat
Donald Prentiss
Marion Beede
Kareh Rogers
Linda Smith
Freddie Davis
James Condon
Kevin O'Neil
Charles Yeremian
James V. McMullen
Anna T. Macone
Helen E. Fiske
Margery Webster
Carol A. Scott
Yudah L. Hilsinger
Natalie S’ Varley
Harvey Wheeler
Lois T. Belt
Concord Emblem Club Awards and Meeting Highlights
Concord Emblem Club No. 206 awarded prizes at a recent Flks Hall card party with Whist won by Mrs Edward Kelley and Canasta led by Mrs Sophie Payhe. The club honored district deputy and past president Mrs Phyllis Guzzi Newton, initiated new members, and presented corsage gifts to past presidents. Fifteen members attended the New England dinner in Boston with President Mrs Mary Ellin Schlosser of Alabama.
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Concord
Flks Hall
Edward Kelley
Elen Cook
Sophie Payhe
Fleanor Sadler
Dorothy
Esther Bressetta
Angie Abe
Mill Concord Emblem Club No
Phyllis Guzzi
Newton
Edith O'Neil
Catherine Wardsen
Gertrude Sheehan
New England
Punterns
Maryellin Schlosser
Alabama
Hotel Velldone
Boston
Betty Ogilvie Leads Worship at Trinitarian Church Meeting
At the Senior Youth Fellowship gathering at Trinitarian Congregational Church on Sunday evening Betty Ogilvie served as the worship leader.
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Felowship
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Betty Ogilvie
Fatal Faithlessness sermon at Trinitarian Church
Rev. Robert H. Barber of the Trinitarian Congregational Church preached Sunday morning on the subject Fatal Faithlessness. Music was led by organist E. Whitledge Clark.
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Robert H. Barber
Trinitarian Congregationial Church
E. Whitledge Clark
Tenebrae Service at Trinitarian Church Tonight
The ancient service of lights and shadows will be held at Trinitarian Congregational Church tonight at 8 p m A reception of new members and Holy Communion will be observed.
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Trinitarian Congregational Church
Perfect Records: Six AL Outfielders 1,000 Chances in 1954
Six American League outfielders each played 1,000 chances in 1954, achieving a rare fielding milestone. The feat highlights durability and defensive skill across the league.
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Acton Fences Association
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Carl Jordan
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Yalta Furor
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
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Cal
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Guience
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Hospital Assembly
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Emblem Club
Cunningham Tower Road
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