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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
11
Brookline Canton educators travel to Germany to help combat Nazi influence in education. A Boston Washburn Street team will join a service effort under official auspices to support teaching standards and child welfare during the project.
West Concord principal James V. Mc Mullen was chosen secretary treasurer of the junior high association of elementary school principals at its two day Framingham meeting. He resides at 67 Central Street with his wife and three children.
Concord rug buyer David J. Sheehan of Paine Furniture Co. was honored at a bachelor dinner last Thursday in the Parker House Boston. He is to wed Nora M. Wool of Dorchester on April 29 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The event was organized by fellow employees and drew about 100 guests.
A Lowell dinner gathering honored Miss Margaret O Sullivan and James Rivard of the Massachusetts Reformatory staff. Fritz Anderson served as toastmaster with Rev. John Riordan and Ralph Sheridan as speakers. Over 200 guests attended. The couple will wed May 7 in Lowell.
Concord talks by Rev Alfred Starrett of St Pauls Church Stockbridge after three years as missionary in China He returns six months under Communist rule and will speak May 7 at 8 p m at the Girl Scout house on The Church in Chinese Revolution He will share firsthand insights from Huachung University Hupeh and life under the Communists urging all Concord churches to attend.
The 212 Club plans a May 16 night game at 8 p m against the Reformatory officers. Players except the pitcher and catcher will ride donkeys. The match will be under flood lights with lineup details to come.
Concord May dates 11 12 13 present The Road To Rome by Robert E. Sherwood at Veterans Building Concord. The historical drama centers on Hannibal before Rome and a pivotal Roman dictator wife shaping events. Director Mrs Charles W Farnsworth leads a strong production lineup.
Concord local notice announces the engagement of Miss Margaret Kotel of New Canaan Connecticut to John Bryant Bisbee son of Mrs Elliott W Bisbee of Moreton Vermont and the late Mr Bisbee The Bisbees formerly lived on Lowell road in this town Miss Kotel a Radcliffe College graduate Mr Bisbee a Fenn and Middlesex School alumnus served in the U S Navy in the recent war and will graduate from Harvard College last February They are to marry later with no date set.
Local members of the Greater Boston Development committee met last week to kick off efforts for a second 100 million highway program in Massachusetts. Maynard L. Harris of Acton, formerly of Concord, and Charles Francis Adams, who maintains a Concord home, are among the participants.
The funeral for Turner Carlisle Kelley 61 formerly of Concord and Lexington was held in Lexington with burial Sunday. A Musketaquid Sportsmen's Club delegation attended. he died Thursday night suddenly in Pepperell. Survived by wife Laura Herrig Kelly.
The Archdeaconry of Lowell held its annual supper meeting at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Boston last Friday night with Bishop Norman B. Nash as principal speaker. Rev. Bradford Hastings, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord, attended among district chairmen. The archdeaconry comprises 82 parishes and missions north of the region.
Concord surpasses its Easter Seal drive goal in Massachusetts aiming to raise 275000 dollars. Arthur L. Lewis, 1950 campaign chairman, notes the drive extended beyond Easter to collect post campaign contributions for the Bay State Society for the Crippled and Handicapped Inc. Worcester headquarters. About 70 percent of the statewide total has been reached. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
West Concord George W Gerow 83 died suddenly Friday at his home 13 Conant Street He was born in Canaan New Hampshire August 21 1866 and moved to Concord as an infant He worked 30 years at the Concord Municipal Light Department 20 years at the Allen Chair Corporation Surviving wife four sons two daughters a brother and a sister Funeral services were held Sunday at his home with Rev Edwin B Nyl en of the West Concord Union Church officiating Burial was in Sleepy Hollow cemetery
Concord Brooks School will hold its annual spring sale at the Girl House this Saturday. Proceeds support the school bridge committee. Donations should be brought in by Friday.
The report states that Alaska’s total gold production since U S acquisition totals about 659 million dollars. It notes the long term mining impact and value of the territory’s mineral output to date.
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