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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1956
Page
1
Local notices hint at schedules and incidents including daylight time changes and auctions. Mentions of police activity and town concerns reference lighting laws and public safety. References to political figures and tax or public works items appear amid fragmented phrases.
Concord presents Parade Quartets tonight at the Memorial Auditor. Last minute arrangements ease entry with some tickets available at the door to aid the concert effort.
Concord marked the 181st Patriots Day with a frostbitten sunrise salute by the Concord Independent Battery, a colorful parade with more bands and units, and notable honors. Brigadier General Otis M. Whitney spoke at the Old North Bridge as Gov. Herter’s proclamation was read, with photographer Louis Fabian Freedman cited for savings bonds work and a 40 & 8 dinner honoring Brig. Gen. Whitney at night.
Emerson Hospital reports multiple births in West Concord with a total of nine newborns including seven sons and two daughters born between April 16 and April 22 to local residents. James E. Finan Jr. promoted from patrolman to sergeant in Concord police, assuming a 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift last Wednesday.
Concord E Payson True 66 of 2 Laurel Street was thrown about 20 feet when his car collided with a Boston Gas Company truck on Stow and Hubbard streets. He was treated at Emerson Hospital and released. The truck driver was Carl A. Bumbaca 29 of Bedford. Officers Graham and Sweeney investigated.
The May Day Service of the First Unitarian Church will be held on Tuesday May 1 at 7 15 a m in the chapel with a breakfast to follow in the vestry under the Junior Young People’s auspices.
The Concord School Committee outlined several new hires for the 1956 1957 year including Hazel Maxine Fultz to replace Rita Coyne McClure as high school secretary Fultz is a 1954 Concord High School graduate and will assume duties after graduating from Fisher Junior College
The postponed waste paper collection, delayed by late season storms, will be held Sunday April 29 at 2 15. Residents should place bundles neatly wrapped in front of their homes by then. Sponsored by Boy Scouts Sponsors Inc with a large committee handling details.
Concord residents questioned why Concord's 23d Infantry Band was not hired for the Patriots Day parade. The band secretary learned the board of selectmen had no knowledge of the committee's action, and repeated requests for a meeting with the celebrations committee went unanswered.
Pursuant to the 1956 town meeting vote the temporary town manager named an eight member development and industrial commission. Named are Robert G. Brown consultant Arthur D Little Inc Stedman Buttrick partner Estabrook and Co Nicholas M Delaney general manager Technical Products Co John W Hutchinson Nashoba Road part.
In Concord and surrounding towns only 161 of 3780 voters cast ballots for the presidential primary. Republicans favor Eisenhower while Stevenson attracts Democrat support. Acton Roxborough and Maynard show mixed results with notable blanks and third-party tallies.
John E. Stedman county agent will discuss Merchandising Farm Products on the New England Farm Hour at 5:45 a.m. on May 2 over a Boston station. Alfred W. Carlson county agent will speak at 12:35 p.m. on another Boston station about a food program.
Concord and West Concord firemen report 83 alarms and 87 ambulance calls this year to date, a figure that exceeds last year's pace at this point. The tally reflects ongoing emergency responses handled by local fire and rescue crews.
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