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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1954
Page
15
The 1904 Acton town report notes chronic teacher turnover and crowded classrooms at Acton High School and South Acton facilities. It cites past surveys from 1898 and 1904, concerns over coal use near public spaces, overcrowding, and calls for better sanitary and educational arrangements.
West Acton a class of 45 boys and girls will be confirmed at St Elizabeth of Hungary Church on Monday April 12 at 3 30 PM. Most Rev Eric W MacKenzie auxiliary bishop of the Boston Archdiocese will preside with assistant Rev Daniel F Riordan the church pastor.
Concord reports include the King's Daughters annual meeting at First Parish vestry and the Woman's Parish Association gathering. Miss Margaret R Hall plans a 12 day Caribbean cruise from Philadelphia aboard the Grace liner Santa Paula. Priscilla Blakely spoke at Trinity Church youth meeting. Concord schools plan Good Friday noon sessions. Brooks School clothing sale set for Saturday at Veterans Building. Trinity Young People's Fellowship visited Lexington. Suez Canal sees about 33 ships daily with a toll near 5 800 dollars. alternative voyage around the cape costs about 28 000 dollars.
The fragment notes that many boys and girls were well prepared for higher education for the business of life, indicating a focus on schooling fostering readiness for future work and civic roles.
The federal excise tax on telephone service is reduced to 10 percent for long distance calls and 15 percent for local service, applying to April bills. Massachusetts telephones will save about 12 million dollars annually, with residents and businesses benefiting from lower taxes and overall costs.
Brigadier General W. L. Bell Jr. announced Major Louis E. Hicks of the Ordnance Corps will assume command of the Maynard Ordnance Test Station on April 9, succeeding Captain Robert A. Walnes who sails overseas. Hicks, born 1914 in Paducah, has served at Picatinny since 1952, and will relocate with his wife and two children.
The South Acton Minstrels will present their show this Saturday April 10 at 8 o'clock at the West Acton Woman's club. Local Concord Rainbow Assembly members attended the meeting in Concord Saturday and also joined Rainbow Sunday services at Carlisle Congregational church.
Acton Post Auxiliary No 6258 hosts a whist party at Town Hall on Tuesday April 20 at 8 o clock. Public welcome. prizes to be awarded.
During the 1954 Michigan Legislature session more than 700 bills were presented for consideration as lawmakers reviewed measures across various topics. The volume highlights a busy agenda and extensive legislative action.
West Concord police chief Robert E. Kelley chased and captured inmate William A. Emery, 22, missing only an hour after leaving the Massachusetts reformatory's piggery. Emery, held on armed robbery revocation charges, was found with a detail of 15 men on Strawberry Hill Road and returned to the reform school. Superintendent Edward S. Grennan said Emery would be tried for escape.
Clark C. McElevin announces the 1954 1955 budget is oversubscribed the largest in church history. A trustees meeting was held Tuesday night and a prayer meeting is set at 8 o clock tonight at the Acton Center Congregational Church.
The X ray, discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, became a key medical tool for diagnosis and treatment. It enabled visualizing inside the body, aiding precise location of problems and guiding therapies, including cancer treatment and reducing certain pediatric risks.
Spring brings many children to outdoor play and riding bicycles. Police and Registry officials urge drivers to be vigilant and anticipate the unexpected in areas with kids at play. They stress caution when passing bicyclists and note preschoolers are especially at risk in vehicle crashes.
The 1st Provisional Marine Air-Ground Task Force at Kaneohe Bay marks one year of integrated air and ground training. Since February 1953 it has trained about 8,000 Marines, evolving from an experiment to a recognized asset under Brig. Gen. Riseley and Col. Batterson.
A Holland manufacturer sent five Amsterdam plant unionists to a Pennsylvania linoleum plant for three months to observe American production. They lived with American workers and earned the going pay. They returned to Holland praising the American work ethic and productivity.
Acton High School seniors depart April 10 on a five day trip arranged by Supt Whitman Pearson and Principal William O Connell with planning help from secretary Priscilla Felt. The journey features travel through New York Jersey Baltimore and Washington with ferries, a visit to Annapolis and the U S Capitol, plus tours of Mount Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery.
Washington reports unemployment held steady in March with 3,725,000 jobless, 54,000 higher than February. Officials called the small rise encouraging, saying the job market appears to have leveled off though the civilian labor force stands at 63.8 million with 60.1 million employed. Farm employment rose to 5.875 million while nonemployment fell to 54.225 million.
The article contrasts Dutch workers who see American unions growing large with the belief that U S unions were becoming big and distant, while Dutch unions are smaller and closer to the workers, amid pride in affordable American consumer goods and production.
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