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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
11
Elmina Snow reports Emerson hospital keeps pace with growth while maintaining high quality care. The hospital adds facilities and training, employs over 100, and plans to add about 25 beds to meet future demand. It remains an educational center and economic factor for the area.
Mrs Margar Kelley aged 76 died Sunday in West Concord. Funeral services held at the union church with burial in the family lot at the cemetery. Reverend R Kelley officiated at the West Concord rites attended by family and friends.
unreadable OCR fragment lists dates and places in Lexington and Concord with religious and civic references. Mentions minister meetings at Newton and at Our Church. no coherent event details or complete names available.
West Concord Court Our Lady Help of Christians CDA held a regular meeting in the church hall Tuesday night. Mrs Flora Clyne presided as grand regent and Dr Angela Duffy new pediatrician in Concord was guest speaker. An announcement was made of a rummage sale for Saturday April 23 and the court will hold its annual communion breakfast on Sunday May 15 with details to come.
Acton residents extend sympathy to Ron ald W. Johnston of West Acton on the death of his father William J. Johnston age 53 a former May nard resident.
Sympathy is extended to Mr and Mrs George F Liebfried of Maynard for the death of their son Frederick H Liebfried last week. The couple formerly lived in South Acton and they have another son.
A group from Winona Rebekah Lodge planned to attend the Rebekah Assembly meeting in Maynard after a turkey supper. Mizpah Lodge hosted the gathering last evening.
Rev. Ero W. Grimshaw of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Acton Center delivered a sermon on Easter Sunday morning titled The Third Day.
Members of the Acton Mothers Club of Rose Hawthorne School Guild plan a whist party for Saturday April 23 at St Elizabeths Church Hall.
Local residents are invited to Technical Products, Co., Inc. Open House at the firm in South Acton near West Concord on Tuesday April 19. The event commemorates the company’s 10 years in business and notes 65 employees, many from the area.
Local legion post plans another blood donor group to travel to the Veterans Hospital in Jamaica Plain. Veterans willing to donate should contact Commander Stanley A. Nedza.
Jacob Janericco of 1 Windsor Avenue West Acton was elected vice president of the Maynard Rotary Club. Ormal Laffin, also of West Acton, is named among the directors.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Corrigan of Lincoln move to Los Angeles where Mr Corrigan has found a new position. The Lincoln Players will present My Three Angels on April 15 and 16 at the Smith School Auditorium with Mary Alice Thomas of Concord directing the cast.
Carl deSuze a well known Boston radio entertainer will visit the school auditorium Thursday April 28 at 8 13 o clock. The event is sponsored by the Ushers Guild of St Anne s Church Tickets are now available.
Mr and Mrs Warren A Rice of Lexington formerly Lincoln purchased the Paul Revere Motel on Route 2A near Hartwell Farm. After extensive alterations they plan to reopen for the season about May 1.
Concord Rotary Club met at noon with guest Miss Elmina L. Snow administrator of Emerscen hospital. Julian W. Ballou introduced the speaker and announced new director Thomas J. Byron. Makeups listed include members from Groton Maynard Cambridge Boston and other cities.
Miss Mary Archibald Carmichael 80 of 110 Springs Road Bedford died at her home last week. A Halifax native she lived in Bedford 12 years, daughter of Edmund A. and Mary Crawford Carmichael. Survived by sister Mrs. Arthur E. Arnold and brother Arthur G. Rogers. Funeral at Gottschalk Chapel Bedford with Rev W Arthur Rice officiating. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery Boston.
Acton Mrs Florence Hamlin of Lexington announces engagement of her daughter Cynthia Hamlin to John David Engman son of Mr and Mrs J Henry Engman of East Action. Hamlin is a junior at Pembroke College Brown University. Engman a Tufts College engineering graduate serves in the U S Army. The couple plan a June wedding.
Louisville based railroad presented bells from 15 steam engines to churches across Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Virginia. Since 1951 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad has donated 349 bells to churches along its lines.
A reflective poem honoring Patriots who died for freedom at Concord Bridge. The piece links love of sacred earth, justice, and brotherhood across English and American sides. It recalls the April flood, the relics of the bridge, muskets, and the enduring message that love sustains humanity.
Bedford P T A holds its monthly meeting at the school auditorium tonight. The recreation committee will attend and discuss Bedford Recreation on Trial with refreshments served by the committee for Mrs. John Thompson.
Concord Lions Club held a Tuesday evening supper at Howard Johnsons where Past President Rothwell N MacRae showed films Manhattan Memories about the 1954 Lions International convention in New York and The Cache Valley. Inductees Robert Ramsey and Richard Halloran attended. A high school science fair report was praised and a June 14 Scout Island supper by Troop 33 was discussed.
The Carlisle Historical Society held its annual meeting at the library with guests welcomed. Guest speaker J Sanger Attwill of Lynn, president of the Iron Works Association, presented illustrated remarks titled The Saugus Restoration of the Cradle of Industry.
Mr and Mrs Rus sell of Lexington announce the engagement of their daughter Virginia Arlene Cleversey to Ralph William Thompson Jr son of Mr and Mrs Ralph W Thompson of Bedford Houston Road The couple are in Lexington where Miss Cleversey works as a clerical typist and Mr Thompson a Korean War veteran studying at East Coast Aero Tech Hanscom Airport Bedford No wedding date has been set.
Dr James S Goodwin of Tay lor road Acton center will be a steward at the annual New England Letter Club trials in Carlisle next weekend He also plans to attend Saturday night’s banquet at the Colonial Inn The Countes Club of West Acton postpones its meeting to Saturday April 16 and a bowling party is planned at the Harvard Community Center followed by refreshments at Mrs Donald Thompsons West Acton home
A regular Ed wards-Quimby Post A L meeting convened at the South Acton Fire Station Monday night with Commander Stanley A Nedza presiding.
The Ladies Circle of the West Acton Baptist Church meets this afternoon. After the business meeting, Mrs. Robert Bond of Acton Center will give an illustrated talk on gardens. Hos tess will be Mrs. Gladys Webb and Mrs. Rachael Haynes will lead the devotions.
Hollywood reports say Mario Lanza battles ego and anxiety amid career woes spanning years. Laryngitis and stage fear jeopardize a Las Vegas engagement, while CBS TV and Warner Bros. projects linger. Friends describe his temper as childlike yet defend his talent and ongoing potential.
The United States Commissioner of Education certifies immediate payment to the Town of Harvard on project No. 55E4 for 10 384 dollars. A tentative entitlement of 212 70 dollars is set for the 1955 fiscal year, per Senator Leverett Saltonstall.
Bedford officials announce new officers for the Bedford Woman's Community Club. President is Mrs. Frank R. Joslin, vice president Mrs. Abbott R. Webber, recording secretary Mrs. R. Willard Hunt, corresponding secretary Mrs. Lawrence Kimball, treasurer Mr. Leonard H. Kieley, auditor Mrs. Earl C. Sparks, directors Mrs. Oscar R. Reed Mrs. John A. DeCamp and Mrs. Joseph P. Maloney.
The Middlesex County Soil Conservation District calls a public hearing for Thursday night April 21 at 8 00 to discuss water damage and use along the Concord Sudbury and Assabet rivers. Town officials of Concord and nearby communities are invited. The meeting will be held at the Extension Service office 19 Everett Street.
Acton center couple Mutty and Mrs Lewis Mutty formerly Wilhelmina Knippel welcomed their second child and first daughter born April 1 at Quonset Naval hospital. The baby’s father is stationed at Quonset in Concord. Grandparents are Col and Mrs John E Mutty of Concord and Mr and Mrs Ernst Knippel of Acton Center with great-grandparents in Acton and Concord.
Concord and area raise 1 446 toward the 320 000 state goal for 1955 as of April 8. John Ahern state chairman notes funds lag behind target while William K Walters Concord area treasurer reports local progress.
The Ever-Ready class will hold its next regular meeting at the Carlisle Congregational Church on Tuesday April 26 at 8 p m Mrs Mildred Lapham the new president will preside Hostesses include Charlotte Larsen Florence Philbrook Isabel Campbell and Janice Banwell.
Two youths aged 16 and 17 escaped from an institution the previous day and were found on B and M railroad tracks near the Bowser home on Main Street. Station agent John Beech locked them in, but they broke out and were later picked up by Patrolman Ralph H. Thileen of Concord and returned to Shirley authorities.
The first group of Auxiliary State Police, all former state troopers, will be sworn in at Framingham barracks on Saturday April 16 at 10 am. Seventy one men average 15 years service. more may join to form about 300 well trained officers for emergency duty.
Concord residents Mr and Mrs George A Moreau of 27 Hubbard Street announce the birth of their second child and first daughter on April 7 at Emerson Hospital. Mr Moreau is a Concord firefighter. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leon J Moreau Sr of Walden Street.
The Nashoba Fruit Producers' Association and Extension Services showcased airblast one-man sprayers at Marshall Brothers Orchards in Fitchburg. Demonstrations covered units from 50 trees upward, noting labor savings, shifting from hydraulic to airblast and the move toward larger, high-capacity outfits while reducing overall sprayer counts on big holdings.
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