Sudbury in the Revolution Highlighted by Wayland Talk
Wayland High history teacher Robert Scotland spoke on Sudbury’s role in the Revolution before the Wayland Historical Society. He detailed town records including a Declaration esque town meeting resolution and Hancock signed Continental Army commission, noting Sudbury as a major supply base and troop source for Concord and Bunker Hill. Students Claire Gregory Anne Pearson and John Howard assisted research.
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Wayland
Robert Scotland
Wayland High
Sudbury
Wayland Historical Society
John Hancock
Ehernemenhs
Concord
Bunker Hill
Scotland
Wayland High School
Claire Gregory
Anne Pearson
John Howard
New Additions at Library Sudbury Goodnow Shelf
New additions to Goodnow Library include Joy of Music by Bernstein and Mrs Arris Goes to New York by Gallico among many titles. The list features works on history travel biography and fiction such as The Man Who Is France Captain Sam Grant and India Today.
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Sudbury
Goodnow Library
Bernstein
Shute
France
Clark
Ambler
Mydays
Breslin
Collier
Ellsberg
Sam Grant
Lewis
Thayer
Hawaii
Michener
Rome
Bowen
Grant
Catton
Eagles Hall Maynard Wedding and Event Venue Availability
Eagles Hall Maynard offers weddings showers banquets and organization or club meetings with reasonable rates. Contact the steward at TW 7-9870 for details and bookings.
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Maynard
Choral Society to Present Free Concert in Acton
West Acton Choral Society conducts a free program Monday evening April 18 at 8 at Acton Community Center Clubhouse. Constantine Limberka kis directs the performance with no admission charged. West Acton Woman's Club sponsors the event.
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West Acton
Acton Community Center
Community Choral Society
Constantine Limberkakis
Home Forum Continues April 20 at Newton Center
Concord area home forum sessions discuss power use and safety with E. W. Colbert of the Boston Edison Co. A later April 20 talk by Curtis Johnson of UMass covers peeling paint and cellar dampness remedies. The forum is part of the Middlesex County Extension Service program.
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Ann Carey
Concord
iHousepower
Newton
E. W. Colbert
Boston Edison Company
Edison Company
Colbert
Haseen
Curtis Johnson
University of Massachusetts
Middlesex County Extension Service
Concord Extension Service Hosts Electrical Equipment Talk
Speaker topics include Small Electrical Equipment with Mrs Santina Curran on Tuesday April 26. Last week’s speakers were Judith Braskis and Joan Skinner, University of Massachusetts seniors. A film titled Home Economics A Career with a Double Feature screens next Tuesday at 12:30.
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Concord
Channel 5
Tuseday
Santina R. Curran
Judith E. Braskis
Monson
Joan B. Skinner
Swaiscott
University of Massachusetts
Bedford History Book Published For Town Residents
Bedford residents can buy a 52 page history of the town compiled from Abram English Brown’s 1890 work and updated with annual town reports. The project, by the Bedford Woman's Community Club, was led by the ways and means committee and co chairs.
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Bedford
Bedford Woman's Community Club
Abram English Brown
Ways and Means
John Giudici
Charles Kespert, Jr
G. Stanley Johnson
Kespert
Public Library
Bedford Schools
Lawrence W. Kimball
Louis i Anderson
John Berquist
James Colgan
I Bertram
Chute
Francis Durgin
Romance of a Sailing Ship at Concord
The 90 minute film Romance of a Sailing Ship depicting Capt. Irving Johnson’s Yankee voyage will screen Friday April 29 at 8 p m in Wells A Hall Memorial Auditorium Concord introduced by Mariner Scouts. Tom Keith provided footage and narration with highlights such as Mt Kilimanjaro a cyclone a Pitcairn Island Hong Kong Bali and the West Indies. Tickets from Mrs Ernest R Spinney Emerson 9 2926 or Mariners Scout House Concord.
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Concord
Irving Johnson
Wells A. Hall Memorial Auditorium
Mariner
Tom Keith
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Pitcairn Island
Hong Kong
Bali
West Indies
Ernest R. Spinney
Emerson
Scout House Concord
Carlisle Catholic Woman's Club Announces April Events
The Carlisle Monthly meeting will be held April 21 at 8 pm at Mrs Edward Lord's Maple Street home. A Dutch Auction will be featured. Plans for a whist party on April 28 at Monument Hall Concord will be outlined and a cake sale may be held next month.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Catholic Woman’s Club
Edward Lord
Maple Street
Monument Hall
Concord
Maynard Girl Is Honored In Pre Nuptial Shower
Miss Mary Lou Baudreau of 8 Tremont Street Maynard was honored with a pre nuptial shower at Mrs George Dickson s Harvard home. About 30 attended and gifts were exchanged. She is to wed H Stewart Dickson of South Acton on April 30.
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Maynard
Mary Lou Baudreau
Tremont Street
George Dickson
Harvard
Boudreau
H. Stewart Dickson
South Acton
Sudbury Actress Directs Sudbury Players Spring Play
Sudbury actress director Sudbury Barnett helms the spring production The Curious Savage for Sudbury Players. Barnett, a New York native educated at Columbia and Cornell, has broad theatre work in Boston and New York and will also teach, coach, and lecture between acting engagements.
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Sudbury
Josephine Barnett
Sudbury Players
Boston
Westport Country Playhouse
Churches and Synagogues Record US Membership in 1958
Churches and synagogues in the United States reached a record membership of 109,557,741 in 1958, comprising 63 percent of the population. This reflects broad religious participation across the nation.
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United States
12 Year Old General Radio Glee Club To Sing At Lions Concert
The General Radio Glee Club will perform at a Lions Concert on May 3 at Wells JA Hall Memorial Auditorium in Concord. Proceeds will support school projects. The club, now in its twelfth year, has 28 members with eight original and 82 employees having joined over time. Tickets are available from Lions members or at the General Radio Plant.
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General Radio Glee Club
West Concord
Concord Lion Club
Wells JA. Hall Memorial Auditorium
Lions
General Radio ‘Company
Cambridge
General Radio
B. U
Northeastern
Stuart J. Dewey
General Glee Club
New England ‘Federation of Men’s Glee’ Club
General
Sudbury Folks Pancake Menu and Patriot Day What’s Planned
Sudbury residents report a Florida vacation by Mr and Mrs Arthur E Fay Sr and Mrs William Brennan. They visited Daytona Beach Madeira Beach Sarasota and Fayettesville NC seeing friends and a hospital stay. Concord Lions Club will sponsor a Patriots Day pancake meal at the Veterans building from 7 30 am to 3 pm on April 19. More than 6000 plant species can be found in New Mexico including trees and shrubs unique to the state.
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Sudbury
Florida
Arthur E. Fay
William Brennan
Fays
Dodger Lane
Brennan
Fitzwilliam
N. H
Daytona Beach
Robert Hoopers
Madeira Beach
Treasure Island
St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Fayetteville
N. C
Cedric J. Duplissey
Duplissey
Memorial Congregational
Sudbury Friends
Calvin
Concord
Concord Lions Club
Lions
Veterans Building
New Mexico
Billy and Martha May in a Small Circle of Achievements
Billy and Martha May are described as married with one child. Calvin serves in the U S Navy, while Billy runs a local business. Martha May, age 14, is highlighted as a highly accomplished pianist.
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Billy
Calvin
U. S. Navy
Martha May
Antiquarian Society Opens This Saturday in Concord
The Concord Antiquarian Society announces a Saturday opening for the season with daily hours 10 am to 5 pm and Sundays holidays 2 to 5 pm. Admission is free for Concord children with an adult. The exhibit features 18th century figurines loaned by Mrs. Booth and Dan Troop Smith, plus Treen ware in the Crane Room and various heirlooms from local donors.
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Antiquarian Society
Concord
Concord Antiquarian Society
Robert Booth
Manchester
N. H
Dan Troop Smith
Bedford Births Report Large Emerson Hospital
Recent births to local parents at Emerson Hospital include a daughter to Mr and Mrs William T McMahan of 11 Dunster Road on March 28, a son to Mr and Mrs Francis J Moore of 11 Gray Terrace on March 29, and a son to Mr and Mrs Forman Williams of 25 Notre Dame Road on April 2.
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Bedford
Emerson Hospital
William T. McMahan
Dunster Road
Francis J. Moore
Gray Terrace
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Thomas McSorley
Richard Carlson
Stuaart Dewey
Donald Bradshaw
Warren Newell
Russell Hatch
Shelton Wicker
Warren Martin
Paul Lewis
Robert Mounce
Raymond Schofield
Carl Uhlendorff
James Lenihan
Robert Hatch
Lincoln Hatch
Wendell Jones
David Martin
Alton Jones
Jack Gittens
Donald Henrich
Harold Anderson
Raymond Dethers
Edward Linton
Alien Martin
Fred Chapman
Pcopr
Advertisers Exchange Inc
Pet Reee
Fatvran
Wills
Ella Given
Sarah Silver
Thoreau
Todd
Charles F. Bowers
Cath Te Gourgas
Leesburg
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Middlesex County National
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Everett
Lowell
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