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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
15
Fragmentary OCR text mentions glass and wood with unclear phrases and scattered letters, lacking coherent events, names, dates, or context to form a meaningful news summary. The readable bits suggest nothing definite beyond material terms and garbled formatting.
Fragmented prose recalls a rural scene where British soldiers halt traffic as oxen and drivers clash. Farmers armed with muskets and cider barrels gather, drink, and reload, turning a roadside dispute into a charged display before barrels run dry.
A reflective poem laments changes near the Assabet river and Concords farming lore. It recalls cherry orchards and cider mills faded by time, praising local figures once part of the scene while pleading for the return of old stone jugs.
Mrs Charles F Murray of 36 Great Road has returned home after illness at Symnes Hospital in Arlington. Mrs Thomas Poleo Jr of 6 School Way returned home after weeks with her parents in South Carolina. J C Rogers Lord of 43 Great Road spent a few days with his father in Ipswich after an operation at Emerson Hospital in Concord.
The piece warns housewives in rural areas to avoid gasoline as a solvent due to fire risk and to use refined petroleum cleaners instead. For small indoor tasks, use outdoors for large jobs, keep ignition sources away, and ensure items dry before indoors. Wash hands and apply lanolin cream after handling solvents.
Miss Nancy Agrillo of 6 First Street celebrated with a surprise party and shower at the Bedford Progressive Association in her honor before her May 7 wedding to Alden Roberts of Sudbury. Over 100 relatives and friends attended. Emma Lucille and Dorothy Agrillo planned the event with music by Joanne Cappelo of Dedham and dancing after refreshments.
The article reports that Brahman cattle imported from India may compete with established beef breeds. Experts across the corn belt from Nebraska to Ohio test Brahman crosses on regular herds to answer if Brahman calves gain more weight and dress heavier, and if they offer economical feedlot and pasture gains and better disease and insect resilience.
Freddie M Allen celebrated his second birthday at home in Bedford with family and friends. Guests included Betty Genetti Sally Ann Coolidge Nancy Riessle David Atwood Johnny Grant Susan Grant and Allen Olsen. Grandparents and other relatives attended.
Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co reduced bus service on the Concord Bedford and Billerica Bedford routes from every two hours to three daily trips after a final hearing by the State Utilities Commission. Residents and commuters protested prior to the ruling.
The Bedford Blood Donor Committee presents a two hour entertainment on Friday evening April 14 at the Air Base Recreation Hall. All Bedford residents and armed forces are invited. The program features a musical review and variety show led by William Walsh junior chairman, with John J. Goddy and Mrs. Warren K. Lewellyan assisting.
Fifteen candidates were joined at the Concord Lodge of Elks initiation. Louis Pfeiffer and Kelly, both of South Road, and K H at 29 Elm Street were listed among those made members.
Gilbert Blakenship 20 of Yorkville Illinois was named national 4-H Club achievement champion at the International Livestock Show in Chicago.
Columbus Ohio report notes a donation of 100006 dollars to Ohio State University. The gift supports the university store and related campus programs, backing student services and campus commerce initiatives. The source highlights the sizable contribution and its impact on university operations.
A Duluth Minnesota farmer Leon Massey boosts potato yields by as much as 300 bushels per acre using red clover as a green manure. He harvests 230 to 400 bushels per acre, far above the county average of 120, and rotates soil with a yearly clover cover crop every fourth year to combat crop rot.
Sudbury hosts describe April Wayside Inn Chapter D A R gathering at the Colonial home of the McLeans in Bedford with guests from Walpole Sudbury and Weston. A May 6 annual meeting and officer election for the next three years is noted to be held at Wayland’s Congregational church.
A requiem Mass for Michael Henry Duffy 27 of Lancaster PA was held at Ward’s Church Concord. Burial followed in St Bernard’s Cemetery. Duffy born in Ireland was a station engineer and is survived by wife Ellen and two daughters Mary Thornton and Mary Mack.
Announcement lists Miss Alix Appleton of Concord and New York engaged to Bernard J. Hasson Jr. of Washington D C. Miss Appleton is a Concord Academy and Baldwin School alumna and a Vassar graduate. Hasson attended Yale and is at Georgetown Law as a Delta Theta Psi member.
The Woman's Union of Trinitarian Congregational Church hosts a Guest Night after dinner at 6 30 tonight in the parish house. Guest speaker is Dr Emory Bucke, noted author and lecturer.
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