VA mails exemption statements to Massachusetts veterans
Nearly all disability statements for real estate tax exemptions are mailed today to eligible veterans in Massachusetts. Veterans who do not receive a certificate by April 15 should apply at a VA office. Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod veterans should contact the Providence Rhode Island VA office.
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Massachusetts
William J. Blake
Veterans Administration
Boston
Blake
Cape Cod
Providence
Rhode Island
Boston VA
Lincoln Teacher Attends National Business Teachers Convention
Miss Mary Davis of Howe High School travels from Lincoln to Philadelphia for the three day Business Teachers Association convention. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred M Davis. Lincoln Grange hosts a food sale at Town Hall Saturday at 2 pm with Marie Gradeski in charge. public invited.
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Mary Davis
Lincoln
Howe High School
Philadelphia
Business Teachers Association
Alfred M. Davis
Lincoln Grange
Marie Gradeski
Tailor John Askew refuses retirement at 90
Memphis on his 90th birthday the tailor John Askew was asked if he planned to retire. He replied no, he does not think it is time yet.
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Memphis
Tenn
John Askew
Askew
Family Plane Seen Reality in Five Years
Pageant Magazine predicts in its May issue that by 1960 American families will own safe consumer aircraft. Planes will take off from backyards at 45 mph, cruise at 200 mph, and feature auto pilots radar guidance and VOR beacons to aid navigation. Legal licensing and regulation will precede widespread use.
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Pageant Magazine
Pageant
Vaccine output could immunize 61 million under-21 by year end
Parke-Davis president Harry J. Loynd said the pharmaceutical industry can produce enough Salk polio vaccine to immunize all Americans under 21 by year end. He forecast global supply will cover all who need it within two years, in a CBS interview with Douglas Edwards.
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New York
Harry J. Loynd
Parke-Davis and Co
New England Roundup Highlights Expansion Projects
The New England Council reports a half million dollar Keene New Hampshire plant for Miniature Precision Bearings will triple capacity and create long term jobs. Taunton Massachusetts approves land sale for an aluminum extrusion factory with 40 initial jobs. Connecticut sees nylon liquid production under DuPont license by Belding Corti Cel l i. Heifetz Co plans a Clinton Connecticut plant with 35 workers. A Worcester machine developer unveils a high speed fish scaler, five units already in use in Boston and New Bedford, boosting efficiency.
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Keene
N. H
New England Council
Miniature Precision Bearings, Inc
Keene’ Regional Industrial Foundation
Buiding
Taunton Industrial Development Corp
Connecticut
duPont Co
Belding Corticelli Industries
Putnam, Conn
duPont
New York
Heifetz Co
New York City
Clinton
Conn
Boston
New Bedford
Worcester Automatic Machine Co
Leo E. Thib
Burlington To Host New Titanium Processing Plant
Burlington Vermont will welcome Pannier Metals Corp for a new operation in the coming month. The firm will begin processing titanium alloyed with other metals, as the New England Council reports the expansion in the regional metals industry.
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Burlington
Burlington, Vt
Wonder Metals
Pannier Metals Corp
New England Council
Carlisle Grange members attend Burlington Grange anniversary
A Carlisle delegation attended Burlington Grange's 40th anniversary party held last evening. Firemen responded to a minor grass fire near the Carlisle depot and Westford town line Sunday noon. Damage described as slight. A Grange square dance is planned for Saturday with Dick Steele of Lexington as caller. The whist party series resumes next Thursday.
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Burlington Grange
Carlisle
Westford
Grange Square
Hall
Dick Steele
Lexington
Women’s Wrestling Bouts Draw Local Crowds in Lowell
Local residents attend Tuesday women's wrestling matches in Lowell, with steady crowd interest and lively turnout reported by organizers and venues. Teams, wrestlers, and community supporters fill stands each week as competitions unfold.
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Lowell
Red Barn to Open 17th Season with The Fourposter
The Red Barn Theater of Westboro begins its 17th season Friday April 15 at 8 20 pm with The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog starring Dorothy Lee Tompkins and Tom Rosqui. Directed by James Dyas the production runs through Sunday April 24. The season extends drama comedy farce and musicals through October marking its longest season.
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Red Barn
Westboro
Fourposter
Sid Sawyer
Mr. Sawyer
Jan de Hartog
Dorothy Lee Tompkins
Tom Rosqui
Jessica Tandy
Hume Cronyn
James Dyas
Worcester County
Circle Theater Company
Hotel Bancroft
Worcester
New York
First formal employer pension plan initiated in 1875
The earliest known formal plan begun by an employer in the United States for pensioning workers after age 60 dates to 1875. It marks a pioneering effort in organized retirement programs, laying groundwork for later corporate pension schemes.
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United States
Paul Revere Ride Reenactment Tour Of New England
Boston hosts a week long tour for editors and reporters from across the nation April 18 to 22 to trace Paul Revere’s midnight ride. The visit includes sails on Vineyard Sound, tours of Plymouth Rock, the Old North Church and Concord battle sites, Vermont dinners, and a closing seafood lunch before departure.
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Boston
West Coast
Texas
New England
American Airlines
Paul Revere
Lexington
Concord
Greater Vermont Association
Vermont
Hugh Gregg
New England Council
South
Southwest
Far West
Midwest
Logan Airport
Revere
Concord Battleground
Concord River
Burlington
Stowe
Stowe Center
Wayside Inn
Treadway Inn
Coonamessett
Cape Cod
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Vineyard Sound
Oceanographic Institute
Woods Hole
Plymouth Rock
Cohasset
Dairy and Poultry Output Up Since 1925
The average dairy cow now yields 25 percent more milk than in 1925 and the typical hen lays an egg every two days compared with one every three days in 1935, signaling overall improvements in farm production.
Postmaster Exam Announced for Berlin Vacancy
The Civil Service Commission opened an examination for the Berlin postmaster job at 4162 dollars yearly. Applications close May 3, 1955. Required are a written test and final ratings based on test results, experience, ability, and character with a one year residence rule and age limits from 21 to under 63.
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Berlin
Unclear event listings at Union Church and area venues
Fragments show a choir event at Union Church at noon on April 20 and an operetta by pupils tonight. References to an annual meeting on May 12, a taxpayers card, building rehearsals, and a вас chorus with Mrs. Hope C are noted along with incomplete post office and application form instructions.
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Chapel of Union Church
The
Sun
Harvey Wireditorium
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Division of Disbursement
Treasury Department
Loynd
Douglas Edwards
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hudson
L A.G.V.A
Nwn
Nat Ch
Maynard, Massachusetts
Harold Lawson
L. G. Hanscom
Air Force Association
Bedford
Maj
Mark Treat
2234Th Air Reserve Flying Center
Thomas Stebbins
Northeast
Col. Shepler W. FitzGerald, Jr
L. G. Hanscom Field
J. G. Hanscom Field
Lawson
Stebbins
USAF
N. E. Business Roundup
Taunton
Mass
W. Holmes
Jordan Marsh Free Estimates
Tom Rosqui and
Dorothy L. Tompkins
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Sudbury
Priscilla Gebhardt
Bia Vaal
Hilari 'Jupitt
Darli Esther
Williams
Oper Champion
Kirk Douglas
Man Without A Star
National Church
Robert Leslie Jean McAllister
Bride
Chelmsford
Everett Sy
Mom
Hope C
Toronto
Walden
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