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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1955
Page
9
Massachuset s convention focuses on teacher and administrator training at Bridgewater and Framingham venues. Attendees will discuss educational policies and school reform with a broad statewide agenda emphasizing curriculum and student outcomes.
Fragments show concerns at Curry School over student behavior and community engagement. References to assemblies, administration and possible youth guidance programs surface amid ongoing discussions about improving school climate and civic involvement.
Labor Secretary William P Mitchell urged Congress to raise the minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents and extend the Fair Labor Standards Act to about 2 million more workers, affecting 24 million total. He cited a 15 cent increase as aligning with President Eisenhower and noted potential "very serious adjustments" in some industries if larger increases occur. He warned a $1.25 rate from CIO AFL would boost pay for about half the South's manufacturing workers. Opposition is strongest in the South.
A regional group active in the New England area has completed a tour visiting colleges in Pennsylvania and New York to deliver lectures. The band currently continues its regional outreach as part of its educational program.
Concord Academy Lower School will stage Sleeping Beauty an operetta by Katherine Davis and Heddie Kent on April 22 at Academy Hall. Principal roles include Molly Duane and Joan Fahnstock with full cast from sixth and seventh grades. directed by Miss Ripley Gage with Mrs Kent assisting. Free admission, Friday at 8 p.m.
Concord couple Mr and Mrs George B Banfield 4 Elsinore Street welcomed their third child and second boy on April 11 at Emerson Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Banfield of Stow and Police Sergt and Mrs Thomas V Finan Concord Great grandparents include James E Finan Sr Concord and Mrs Margaret Cameron of Maynard
The Army Corps of Engineers marks its 180th anniversary on June 16 1955 with ceremonies acknowledging its long history and contributions to public works and national defense.
Millions of children become eligible for immediate polio vaccine under a switch from three shots to two shots. Officials warn shipments lag and timing before the polio season begins May 1. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced the change urged by Dr. Jonas Salk, with booster doses planned seven months later.
Carlisle Catholic Women's Club holds its monthly meeting tonight at 8 at Mrs. Frederick W. Macone’s Cross street home. President Mrs. Lawrence Donovan will preside. Guest speaker Mrs. Mirtha Pride, formerly of Carlisle, will present an illustrated talk on China. Refreshments will be served.
Patricia M. Diment, 13, representing Highland Elementary School, will compete in the annual Spelling Bee at Lowell on May 6. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Diment of South Street, she was last year’s seventh grade champion and now competes in Grade 8 with two brothers and two sisters.
Olive P. Rice dropped a letter in the Mediterranean Sea. A Longmeadow couple received the bottle four days later with a Torre, Italy postmark. No clue who found the missive.
In Norwich New York the coldest January temperatures left a feed store manager unable to pump molasses into his dairy cattle feed due to pipes freezing. The thermometer registered 22 below zero as the bitter spell tied up business.
The Army will spend about $4 million on the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program in fiscal 1955.
Acton-Maurice Nolan a commercial teacher at Acton High School returned from the Eastern Business Teachers Association annual convention in Philadelphia. The event featured conferences on remedial instruction in basic fundamentals for business subjects with panels on reading writing and arithmetic. Leaders noted handwriting peaks in sixth grade and predicted decline without continued junior and senior high school instruction.
Concord High this week highlights several seniors accepted to colleges. Maureen Redican will study business at Air Age Schools. William Hoyt pursues education at Hamilton College. Victor Palmucci majors in business at Norwich University. Arthur Duggan plans business administration at Brandeis University.
Minneapolis AP reports Municipal Judge Tom Bergin ordered Albert A Bergeron Anoka to spend 90 minutes in the jail bullpen after he angrily challenged a $30 speeding fine.
Middlesex County residents hold $1,067,784,000 in savings and commercial bank deposits, up 9.4 percent in two years to June 30. Per capita, $965 is on deposit, above the national average of $854. The rise mirrors wider gains in Massachusetts and the nation, signaling strong potential buying power and influence on production and employment.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Macone of Brookstreet announce the birth of their third child and second daughter, April 8 at Emerson Hospital. The baby is named Jean Suzanne. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John W. Harrison of Carlisle and Mrs. Nicholas Macone of Concord.
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