Acton Students Win Scholarships and Academic Honors
Acton trustees offer a $100 scholarship fund to defray first year tuition for college or technical school attendees. Wilhelmina Knippel is accepted to U Mass Freshman class planning Medical Technology. Senior drive funds Washington trip and local clubs recognize student achievements and community support.
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Acton
Acpool
Wilhelmina Knippel
Ernest Knippel
Fletcher Road
M. O. Lanphear
University of Massachusetts
Miss Knippel
Acton Center
Terry Janericco
South School
West School
Center School
Red Cross
Marion Towne
Town Hall
Washington
Senior class funds cover Washington trip after fundraising
Senior advisor Albert Koch informs parents that the class treasury is now sufficient to finance the trip to Washington. He praises the students for teamwork and education gained beyond money making, and assures chaperones will ensure a pleasant journey for the group.
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Albert Koch
Washington
Academy Girls Present Bartered Bride Play Apr 20
Concord Academy Lower School stages The Bartered Bride an operetta by Bedrick Smetana directed by Mrs D Ripley Gage on Friday April 20 at 8 in the Academy Gymnasium. Mary Crocker Judy Olmsted Vicky Post Marna Hayden Molly Arnold Mary Geton Sue Flint Sue Harris Barbara Parks Abigail Senkler Harriet Daniels perform speaking roles. No admission charge.
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Concord
Bedrick Smetana
Concord Academy
Academy
D. Ripley Gage
Mary Crocker
Judy Olmsted
Vicky Post
Marna Hayden
Molly Arnold
Mary Geton
Sue Flint
Sue Harris
Barbara Parks
Abigail Senkler
Harriet Daniels
Acton church groups plan events and meetings
The Service League of the Center Congregational church met March 29 to discuss the October 27 fair. A morning cake sale and coffee hour is scheduled for April 18 at 10 a.m. in the church dining hall. The Ladies' Circle of the South Acton Universalist church held a monthly card party Monday evening with a committee including Mrs. Waldo Braman and several couples.
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Veteran's
Concord
Mass
Chelmsford
Philco
Service League of the Center Congregational Church
South Acton Universalist Church
Waldo Braman
Fletcher Hyde
Lloyd Priest
Alberta Tuttle
Arnold Woodard
Bedford Ladies Attend County Council Meeting
Bedford Mrs Dorothy S Hume president of the Anthony Hunt Hamilton Ladies Auxiliary attended the county council meeting at Lowell last Friday afternoon among local ladies present.
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Bedford
Dorothy S. Hume
Anthony Hunt-Hamilton Ladies Auxiliary
Lowell
Community Invitation for Parents and Friends
Friends, parents and townspeople are invited to attend a local event. The notice emphasizes community participation and welcomes residents and neighbors to join.
Pfc Joyce Crowell Promoted While Serving at Camp Stoneman
Stow resident Joyce M Crowell a WAC daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Crowell has been promoted to corporal now stationed at Camp Stoneman California. She is noted as the town's only girl in the armed forces from Stow. John Hunt of Lake Boon has left Whitney Rest Home after several weeks as a patient returning home Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Robert L Larsen and son Philip of Great Hill visited Mr and Mrs Whitney Caldwell and family in Boston on Sunday after moving from Rockville Connecticut to Beacon Hill Boston.
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Joyce M. Crowell
W.A.C
Ralph Crowell
Great Road
Camp Stoneman
California
Corp
Crowell
Stow
John Hunt
Lake Boon
Whitney Rest Home
Hunt
Robert L. Laursen
Philip of
Great A
Whitney B Caldwell
Boston
Rockville
Connecticut
Beacon Hill
Beaufort Cemetery Buries Pre Revolution Officer
In Beaufort North Carolina the 227 year old cemetery marks the grave of a pre Revolutionary officer who, dying, requested burial in full uniform with coffin placed upright as a final honor according to local tradition.
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Béaufort
N. C
Hale High School activities noted
The Stow P T A prize speaking semi finals cut contestants to ten with survivors named. Richard J Salmon chosen to lead Hale High School 1951 baseball team. he is a senior southpaw in his third season. The senior class plans a Boston New York trip with Topsfield and Millis seniors. A Hale foul shooting contest crowned William Johnson top scorer with eight of ten. Linda Thompson led girls with eight.
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Stow
Stow P. T. A
Stow Town Hall
Charles Crue
Jean Curtis
Elizabeth, Dudley
Allan
Hartley
Louise Lawrence
Norma Leard
Richard Salmon
Margaret Schmelzer
Robert Trumpett
Marjorie Warren
Richard J. Salmon
Hale High School
Salmon
Richard Bejune
Boston
New York
Topsfield
Millis
William Johnson
Donald Freeman
Allan Hartley
Edward Jensen
Linda Thompson
Johnson
Eleanor Peck
High School Graduates Plan Tea for Parents
President Harry Morse announced that the graduating class will hold a tea for parents at the high school Thursday afternoon April 12 at three o'clock. Miss Barbara Jeanne Holbrook and Miss Janet Wilson will serve as hosts. senior class advisor thanks contributors for making the trip possible.
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Harry Morse
Barbara Jeanne Holbrook
Janet Wilson
Ousleys Welcome Son David Alan at Marlboro Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jack M Ousley of Hilltop Farm Gleasondale celebrate the birth of a son named David Alan born April 3 at Marlboro Hospital. The baby’s older brother Douglas is three. Grandparents are Richard Lambert of Sterling and Ousley family from Kansas City. Great grandparents include Wallace Lambert and Mrs John Peck. Also notes a Twentieth Century Fund survey predicting about 700000 more women than men in the US by 1960.
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Jack M. Ousley
Hilltop Farm
Gleasondale
Nancy Lambert
Marlboro Hospital
David Alan
Douglas
Richard Lambert
Sterling, Mass
Ousley
Kansas City
Missouri
Wallace Lambert
Glenble
John Peck
Braden Castle
Florida
Twentieth Century Fund
United States
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