Boston and Worcester Bus Lines Cut Twenty Trips
A total of twenty trips are discontinued affecting Hudson Fayville Marlboro routes and related services. Sunday schedules list 6 am 6:40 am Marlboro, 5:55 pm Marlboro Fayville and 11:40 pm Hudson to Marlboro. late night trips remain varying between Marlboro Worcester and Boston connections.
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de Boston & Worcester
Hudson- Ile
Iboro
Worcester
Marlboro
Boro - Fayville
Hudson
Fay
Udson
Marl
Boro
Boston
Reverend Ed Eaker to Speak at Bay State Parish
Reverend Ed Eaker will speak at the Meeting House in Bay State Parish this Saturday. He discusses "The Ice and Dust Parish in Con lives" and related topics linked to Coney’s parish history. Mrs. Mar Finglas of Finglas, Ireland, and locals note the talk as part of Boston’s 1655 era heritage.
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Edminister
Eaker
Bay State
Coney
Coney’s
Mar- Finglas
Acton School Notes Senior Tea Plans and MIT Meeting
Senior Advisor Raymond Grey and the Class of 1954 plan a senior tea for their parents in the new cafeteria this afternoon. Faculty members Grey O Connell Gannon Levy and Hers ey attend the Massachusetts Schoolmasters Club spring meeting at MIT on Saturday April 10 with MIT President Killian as speaker. Director Edward Waterhouse of the Perkins Institute and Mrs Waterhouse invite Acton students and faculty to the Open House at Watertown campus Sunday.
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Acton
Raymond Grey
Grey, O’connell
Gannon
Levy
Hersey
Massachusetts Schoolmasters Club
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T
Killian
Edward Waterhouse
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Repossession Goes Wrong as Stove Is Strapped Out Burning
South Bend Indiana man Edward Gordon 30 admitted he still owed 10 dollars on a second-hand coal stove. Three men who repossessed it wore gloves and carried the stove from his home with the fire burning, prompting a confrontation.
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South Bend
Ind
U.P
Edward Gordon
Concord Antiquarian Society Hosts Open Meeting
The Concord Antiquarian Society acts as host for an open meeting inviting all members and interested individuals to join. Buy U S Savings Bonds information appears in the notice.
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Concord: Antiquarian Society
Adult Center Display at Paint Pot in Concord
Cambridge Center for Adult Education displays student work at The Paint Pot 23 Main Street Concord through April 17. Oils watercolors casein sketches and crafts like clay modeling on show from the ten week winter term with a traveling exhibit network across Boston area.
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Concord
Cambridge Center For Adult Education
Paint Pot
Main Street
Cambridge Center
Brattle House
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Boston
Ex-Acton Student Now Navy Speaker At Acton High
Acton Center native Robert Frost, Class of 1949 acton high school student council president and yearbook editor, now serving in the U S Navy at the Naval War College Newport RI, spoke to Acton senior class on Tuesday. He has graduated from Burdett College and discussed post graduation plans, addressing higher education military service and job prospects for the class of 1954.
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Acton
Robert Frost
Acton Center
Acton High School
U. S. Navy
Naval War College
Newport
Rhode Island
Acton High
Frost
Burdett College
Acton Couple Announces Engagement of Linda Johnson
Mr and Mrs Reverdy Johnson of Westfield New Jersey announce the engagement of their daughter Linda Jane Johnson to Robert Arthur Barnhart son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Franklin Barnhart Great Road this town Linda is a Radcliffe junior and Barnhart a Harvard senior and member of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 The wedding is set for June.
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East Acton
Reverdy Johnson
Westfield
New Jersey
Linda Jane Johnson
Robert Arthur Barnhart
Leroy Franklin Barnhart
Great Road
Miss Johnson
Radcliffe College
Mr. Barnhart
Harvard College
Hasty Pudding Institute
High School Acquires New Electric Turn-In Machine
The Acton school department buys an electric adding machine to replace a 30 year old unit in the office. The old machine will move to the commercial department for Irene Weislik’s bookkeeping class as Priscilla Felt uses the new model.
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Acton
Charles M. MacRae
Irene Weislik
Priscilla Felt
John Winthrop and the austere chair gift
Boston report notes that John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, received a social chair as a gift but did not dare use it, deeming such comforts or travel too ritzy for the era's austere standards.
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Boston
John Winthrop
Massachusets Bay Colony
Easter Parade Photography Tips For Family Snapshots
The article encourages capturing Easter finery and festive scenes, noting the rotogravure glow for memorable family photos. It suggests photographing children with rabbits and chickens, and reminds adults to join in front of the camera with help from a friend or neighbor. Public figure John Van Guilder is referenced as the author.
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John van Guilder
Red Cross Aquatic School Seeks 18 Plus Attendees
Concord Boxboro Acton Carlisle Lincoln plan Cross Water Safety program under Mrs. Cleon Phelps of South Acton. Women and men over 18 who passed Red Cross senior life saving must contact her before April 10 to attend in June. Telephone Acton 3-4337.
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Cross Water Safety Program
Concord
Boxboro
Acton
Carlisle
Lincoln
Cleon Phelps
South Acton
Honors Given at Cub Pack Meeting
One of the year’s best attended Pack 49 gatherings met at the high school. Dens 9 10 11 12 led by 100 percent participation earned honors, Den 8 won the inspection award narrowly. Bernie Megin spoke on sportsmanship, two movies were shown, and many boys earned wolf bear and lion badges plus gold and silver arrows, with John Briggs and Terry Taylor receiving the top Cub award.
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Concord
Dens
Den 8
Bernie Megin
Elmers
John Briggs
Terry Taylor
Salt tastes like salt
A salt substitute from Co Salt U S Vitamin Corp imitates natural salt flavor without a physician's prescription. It is sold in large containers for cooking and table use and in small pocketable shakers for on the go.
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New York
Co-Salt
U. S. Vitamin Corp
Michigan births rise to 180000 in 1953 surpassing 1952
The state health department announced 180000 babies were born in Michigan in 1953, up from 177835 in 1952, marking a continued high birth rate context for public health observations.
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Michigan State Health Department
Cancer Crusade Donations Sought in Maynard
Maynard board of selectmen chairman Maynard Leo Mutlin spearheads the Cancer Crusade urging all citizens to contribute to the worthy cause and support local efforts in Maynard.
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Maynard
Leo Mutlin
Maynard Board of Selectmen
Unemployment Claims Drop After Large Last Week
Unemployment claims fell this week at the local Employment Security office from 1753 to 1591 for the week ending March 20. For the week ending March 27 initial claims totaled 130 versus 304 prior, with continued claims at 1461. The office noted 18 placements, 54 new applications, 44 counseling interviews for area high school seniors, and 10 new and 10 unfilled job openings.
Careers Talk Highlights Concord High School Event
Concord High hosted an occupational series with speakers William Lammers Spring field College Helen Kroepsch John Hancock Life Insurance and Rose Mullen Emmanuel College detailing careers in physical education social work and various office fields. Students expressed gratitude for the guidance.
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Concord
Concord High
William Lammers
Springfield College
Helen Kroepsch
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, Company
Rose Mullen
Emmanuel College
Seven Ways To Prevent Forest Fires From Dr Beaumont
Dr Arthur B Beaumont of the Soil Conservation Service urges Massachusetts residents to prevent grass fires with seven rules. Do not start fires, extinguish cigarettes, compost leaves, burn waste in controlled conditions, delay outdoor burning until May growth, and use closed incinerators. A free composting leaflet is available from the Massachusetts Extension Service Amherst.
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Arthur B. Beaumont
Soil Conservation Service
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Extension Sevice
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
New Additions at Concord Library Shelves
New additions at the Concord Library include fiction titles Rebel Heiress by Robert Neill One Way to Eldorado by Hollister Noble The Powder Heart by Eudora Welty non fiction Handbook of Tomorrows Antiques by Carl Drepperd and Marjorie Matthews Smith Academic Profession An Informal History of the American College 1636 to 1953 by Ernest Earnest Sopranino by Patrick Ellam and K Mudie Ceramic Sculpture by Pt B Kenny Aid and the tariff by Howard B Piquet Natural Golf by Sam Snead The Life and Music of Bela Bartok by Halsey Stevens.
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Cone
Concord Library
Robert ‘Neill
Hollister Noble
Eudora Welty
Carl Drepperd
Marjorie
Matthews Smith
The
American College
Ernest Earnest
Patrick Ellam
Kn. Mudie
Ce Pt B. Kenny
Howard 8. Piquet
Sam Snead
Bela, Bartok
Halsey Stevens
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Mount Desert Island
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Concord Players
the Snapshot Guild
Megin
Cancer Crusade
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J. H. van Roijen
State Dept
Proving Ground
Chevrolet
Barber Chevrolet, Inc
Acton Street
TEL
Maynard, Mass
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