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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1954
Page
6
Dublin reports the Irish peat board pursues a five year plan to convert milled peat into power for electricity stations. Governments build three plants due by 1959 to run on milled peat with aim to replace coal imports. Milled peat, pressed into brickets for homes, promises lower costs and mechanized extraction for industry.
Sudbury lieutenant governor Sumner G Whittier will speak at Middlesex Central Pomona Grange 23 at the Harvey Wheeler School in West Concord on Wednesday April 21 after a brief 8 p m meeting. State officers and local dignitaries will attend including E Gerry Mansfield Arthur Thomason Marion Johnson and John E Johnson among others. A group of 16 Polish children will perform national songs and dances.
The Sudbury chapter of the American Red Cross announces it has met its 1954 fund drive quota. The achievement reflects the generosity of Sudbury residents and the hard work of Red Cross solicitors and area captains, ensuring continued town service and assistance.
Sudbury reports state wide Easter Seal contributions totaling 166 342 toward a 320 000 goal. The Bay State Society urges urgent fundraising to aid crippled children and adults. aid recipients rose from 487 in 1947 to over 2 000 last year.
Sudbury couple Mr and Mrs Yale M Rachlin of South Sudbury report the birth of their first child David Alan Rachlin on March 22 at Newton Wellesley Hospital. Grandparents are Samuel Rachlin of Brookline and Max Bortman of Waban with great grandmother Mrs Sarah Brand of Brookline. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
Trinity College Choir of Chicago conducts a Good Friday concert at Union Evangelical Church Great Road Stow on April 7 1954 at 7 30 p m. The 40 mixed voices under Gunner Urang perform sacred classics hymn anthems gospel songs negro spirituals and instrumental selections. Rev Robert Dempsey pastor. Admission free.
Acton forms a cancer fund drive led by chairman John Goddard with John Crighton as treasurer. Other members include Anthony W. Horn William R. Owen Harold Y. Banquer William L. Chipman H Calvin Gaebel and Martin S. Menigs.
Pfc John Stewart new Linz Austria station with Fourth Armored Division. Lieut Alfred Stewart in Korea met Pvt Frank Martines. Mrs Warren W Morris hosted a Channel 2 and 14 coffee. Anthony Lentine and Frank Martines moved to new Acton and Dunelm Road homes. Evening Alliance at First Parish Church met at Mrs George Goulding’s home. Three Bedford board of appeal hearings next week. Stat for fatal poisoning mostly in homes and children under four affected. Illinois health educator urges separate poisons from bathroom medicines.
Sudbury unit of the American Cancer Society appeals for funds to support education and research programs. The drive contrasts cures achieved with potential gains if people seek timely treatment. Donations to the April Cancer Crusade can be sent to Mrs. Stuart Edgerly on Maynard Road.
The Woman's Guild of St Elizabeth's Episcopal Church Sudbury will hold a bake sale on Saturday April 24 at 10 a.m. at the Sudbury Drugstore in the Sudbury Shopping Center. Mrs Peter Debye and Mrs a Mea will be in charge.
Morning worship at 11 o clock with a sermon by the minister. The junior and senior choirs will provide service music led by organist Philip W Trumbull and choir director Mrs Gordon T Roberts. Easter plants to be distributed in the vestry after the morning service.
Concord Antiquarian Society opens its house at the junction of Cambridge Turnpike and Lexington Road for the season Saturday at 10 o'clock. Annual Patriots Day tea will be held Monday from 3 to 5. Mrs. C. Lloyd Thomas chairs the committee. Exhibits include Robbins' relics from Thoreau hut and Dr. James S. Goodwin's powder flasks. Open 10 am to 5 pm weekdays and 2 to 5 pm Sundays until fall.
The King's Daughters gather in the vestry of First Parish Church on Tuesday April 20 at 2 o'clock with Lucy W. Honebon and Miss Sarah R. Bartlett hosting.
A Middlesex County report notes farmers blamed wet weather and seed quality for poor rye stands in late plantings. At Gulbankian farm Marlboro Charles tested two rye strips between trellis tomatoes with irrigation. the well established rye thrived while the other failed. He plans wider use in late crops and potentially other vegetables, citing irrigation as key.
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