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Concord Enterprise

Location

Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1955

Page

3

Soil Conservation District News Highlights Local Drainage Work

Concord area projects improve drainage on several acres of land. Wilming ton and Boxboro residents clear drains and construct ponds for fire protection and flood control. The effort, led by Wilfred Wheeler and Natalie Are, shows neighbors collaborating to benefit nearby woodland and prevent flooding along Route 117.

Wilfredrick Wheeler D Natalie Boxboro Lincoln DeNormandie

Bedford Church Hosts Him Sing With Noted Evangelical Leader

A Him Sing at the Methodist Church in Chelmsford Sunday night featured Myron Ferrin of Bedford as guest speaker and treasurer of the New England Fellowship of Evangelicals. Linwood Stoddard of Graniteville led songs and Arthur Worthley of Chelmsford played the organ. Buy U S Savings Bonds.

Methodist Church Chelmsford Myron Ferrin Bedford New England Fellowship of Evangelicals Linwood Stoddard Graniteville Arthur Worthley

Sudbury High Stage Show Supports Heart Fund

Sudbury High School presented The Hilltop Hillbillies a three act performance directed by Gertrude L Hirsch. Students from Donald Howell to Barbara Allen performed songs and dances to raise 100 for the Heart Fund, with a full cast and crew acknowledged for a successful Friday evening event.

Sudbury Sudbury High School Gertrude L. Hirsch Heart Robert Holmes Donald Howell Sandra Roos Red River Valley Sandra Foean Ruth Peterson Buttons Patricia Sestito Louis Casella Walter Baldwin John Moulton Judith Fredey Joanne Parks Deborah Dunsford Dorothy Farrell Mary Fellows Carol Clippinger Sheila Moynihan Christine Nelson Rebecca Dodge Susan Heath Betsy Racke Beatrice Richardson Gertrude White Bernard Lupien John Dexter Betsy Davis Doris Lupien Carol Anderson Hester Lewis Helen Lelecas Loring Coleman Augustus Sharkey Hilltop Hillbillies Heart Fund Gertrude Hirsch Barbara Lewis

Women's club to hold luncheon and officer elections

The Women’s club will hold its annual luncheon on April 26 at the Old Mill in Westminster with election of new officers for the coming year. Third and fourth degrees were worked at the Grange meeting on Tuesday evening April 19.

Women’s Club Old Mill Westminster The Grange

4-H Dairy Club Meets at North Acton Residence

The 4-H Dairy club held its meeting Wednesday evening April 20 at the Carl Schontag residence in North Acton.

4-H Dairy Club Carl Schontag North Acton

Smiths Return Home From California Trip

Mr and Mrs William F Smith are back home after a trip to California.

Mrs William F. Smith California

Cancer drive in Stow to canvass homes Tuesday evening

The Stow Cancer drive plans a house to house canvass Tuesday April 26 from 7 to 9 pm. Mrs John Coleman chairs the effort listing a long committee including Mrs Waclaw Pyszka Miss Kathleen Law and several others. Police Chief Winthrop W Addy warns about trash on roads posing a fire hazard and urges citizen vigilance due to no full time police force.

Stow John Coleman Waclaw Pyszka Kathleen Law George Schultz Sandra Herrick Mary Crowley William Burbidge Dudley Tod William Clark Ira E. CreeRean Lloyd Cowen Reginald Winthrop W. Addy

Acton Parish To Hold Spring Waste Paper Drive

St Elizabeth of Hungary parish in West Acton plans an annual spring waste paper collection next Sunday. Householders should place neatly tied bundles of papers and magazines out before 12 o clock. A Memorial Day committee meeting was held yesterday with plans to be announced.

St. Elizabeth of Hungary West Acton Memorial Day Committee Acton

Sudbury Grange Welcomes Eight New Members

At a Sudbury Grange meeting eight new members received the first and second degrees. The first degree was by officers, the second by a men’s degree team led by Michael Hriniak. New candidates included Peggy Clark James Mercury Edward Kahlinen Barbara Allen George Brooks Elizabeth Peckham and Mr and Mrs Frank Waldron. A Home and Community Service drive raised 82.53 for eye assistance for local schoolchildren.

Sudbury Sudbury Grange Michael Hriniak Peggy Clark James Mercury Edward Kahlinen Barbara Allen George Brooks Elizabeth Peckham Frank Waldron L. Roy Hawes Home and Community Service Committee The Grange

Spring concert in Wayland May 1 at Wayland High

The Community Chorus of Wayland Sudbury and Weston presents its annual spring concert in Wayland High School auditorium on Sunday afternoon May 1. The program features Fritz Schubert Mass in E performed with the Community Orchestra conducted by Chester W. Williams. Proceeds support the concerts.

Sudbury Wayland Weston Wayland High School Fritz Schubert Chester W. Williams

Invited to Spring Meet in Holliston

Sudbury The Women s Association of Memorial Congregational Church invites members to the Spring Meeting of the Department of Woman s Work Middlesex Mendon District on April 27 at 10 am at the Holliston Congregational Church Holliston Reservations with Miss Elizabeth M Walker by April 24. Speaker Miss Ione Catton will discuss I Take My Stand and carries an honorary Doctor of Religious Education from Olivet College. Sudbury women are urged to attend this all day event.

Sudhbury Women’s Association of Memorial Congregationial Department of Woman’s Work Middlesex

Illiteracy rate cited by Population Reference Bureau

The Population Reference Bureau in Washington reports that about half of the world’s population older than ten is illiterate. The finding highlights widespread educational gaps and calls for targeted literacy programs and policy action.

Washington

Sudbury High Selects Delegates for Girls State

Delegates to Girls State were elected with Gertrude Davison chosen as Sudbury high school representative and Dee Ann Hairston and Sally Cutler named as alternates.

Gertrude Davison Sudbury High School Dee Ann Hairston Sally Cutler

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