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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
4
Publication masthead and imprint details for the Concord Enterprise printed in Marlboro Massachusetts. Includes editor W Currier address and advertising disclaimer phrases and distribution notes.
President Eisenhower shows no health concerns according to Dr. Howard M. Snyder, his physician, who notes the 63 year old has good physical condition and ample outdoor activity. The piece compares past presidents and jokes about golf providing a lift, urging ordinary citizens to exercise when possible.
The piece notes a surge in congressional support for harsher anti communism bills including court martial for communists in the armed forces, immunity for congressional witnesses, and citizenship forfeiture for conspirators. It cites Rep. Carl Vinson pushing moves and critiques public misinformation, with digressions on pay, tobacco, and the H-bomb.
Mrs. Safford P. Sweatt becomes president of the West Acton Woman's Club after the annual luncheon at the clubhouse. New officers include Clarence Turner and John Joyce as vice presidents, recording and corresponding secretaries, treasurer Harold Banqueeur, and auditor Frank Turner. Directors are Baker and Meigs for two years, Christofferson and Ballantine for one year. The annual luncheon is set for Wednesday May 12 at the 1775 House in Lexington.
The 1954 Easter Seal Campaign in Sudbury aims to reach its $320 000 fall quota. The Easter Seals supply nearly all support for the society’s rehabilitation centers in Boston Worcester and Springfield. Residents urged to mail in contributions at once to push the drive over the top.
The Finance Committee states its stance on articles for the April 26 Special Town Meeting. They support a new elementary school and the gymnasium but suggest downsizing the all purpose room and delaying other municipal building plans until the school and gym issues are resolved. They emphasize using the gym for athletic education and equal opportunities, with spectator sports secondary. Edwin Carlton Jr., Secretary.
A Hastings garage mechanic followed an order to fetch a 1953 car and install a windshield. Police later recovered a stolen vehicle report. The worker had picked up an identical 1953 model with a broken windshield, but it was not the owner's car.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States states that industry seeds roughly $11,000 per worker to supply capital for plants tools and materials used to produce goods.
Massachusetts Department of Commerce at 334 Boylston Street Boston published a compiled reference in 16 Mass. This record notes the state’s commerce division and address for research material.
Massachusetts sees ongoing industrial expansion with 13 firms relocating or adding plants across Newton Needham Cambridge Norwood and Quincy plus 12 other expansions. Cabot Forbes lists 25 clients building or expanding plants in the state over six years. Weddings peak in June and September follows. Dighton adds three industries employing about 1300 with $4 million payroll. State holidays include New Year Washington's Birthday Patriots Day and others with specific Sunday laws in effect.
Editors cite Harvard and other towns praising patriotic street layouts that name nine presidents, urging quicker installation of legible signs to spare leaders from oblivion while noting playful quarrels over column items and public notices from scattered papers.
Medical men warn that florid complexions often signal illness not vigor. Fevers common to many diseases cause flushing that can be mistaken for vitality, potentially masking serious health issues.
The Boston Athenaeum holds 553 Washington portraits and engravings. It also preserves the Washington bust that hung in Monticello dining room until 1826. Massachusetts mobiles rose to 1,111,247 in early year, up 4.8 percent. Total motor vehicles reached 41,268,862, up 5 percent. Prime military contracts in Massachusetts from 1950 to 1953 totaled $2,622,514.
A column recalls stories from an aged Montana miner who joined the 1848 gold rush and later Bannack mining life with cats paid in gold dust. The piece also notes a young girl memory of milk during a low mood and a Massachusetts court foreclosure notice in Middlesex and Norfolk counties filed by Concord Co operative Bank with a May 17 deadline.
All local public schools and the Rose Hawthorne School will resume classes on Monday morning April 26 following the spring vacation. The King's Daughters met at First Parish Unitarian Church vestry hosted by Miss Sarah R Bartlett and Mrs Lucy W Honebon. Holy Communion and family service at Trinity Episcopal Church for Easter featured a sermon by Rev William H Clark.
Gordon H. Ogilvie of Lowell road, the manager and treasurer of the Concord Co-Operative Bank, states that he is not relocating his family to Bedford.
Concord families and parents of Troop 49 are invited to view the jamboree pictures at Peter Bulkeley School on Monday May 3 at 7 30 o clock. All interested attendees welcome.
A civic ad contrasts Wistful Wilbur and Prosperous Joe, urging regular Savings Bonds purchases. It claims Joe’s investments mature to four dollars for every three invested while Wilbur regrets not saving. It also cites 1953 federal spending vs state costs. A probate notice follows for Philip D. Sawyer of Acton.
Gilbert B. Bogart of Norwalk marked his 100th birthday by declaring he would never quit drinking or smoking. He said liquor and smoking never hurt anybody.
A Newington Newington Connecticut news brief reports a Polish-American Home dance in Newington being a big success with attendees enjoying the event and social gathering.
Weekend buyers report strong activity as Lyn handles calls and families seek income properties. Multiple towns including Marlboro Maynard Southboro Hudson Northboro hinge on affordable lots, two family homes, and brick cottages with garages and spacious yards on the Boston Post Road corridor. Listings promise sound values and steady demand.
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