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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows a club gathering at a home in Frederick with mentions of Mrs Thom- s Dexter and Thayer, referencing a meeting about an appointment and a program. Details are unclear due to text damage.
Regular Girl Scout Council meeting set for Monday at Parish house with a new chair to replace the resigned Mrs Hollis Praicn. The BA meeting moved from May 1 to May 8 at Fayville village hall 8 o clock. Also reports of a 5 year old Robert Reza hospitalization and a Fayville penny sale for the Baptist Church at Fayville Hall 7 30 with committee chair Mrs Avis Rossi among others.
Newton High School survey committee heard Dr Homer W Anderson from Harvard Graduate School of Education discuss needs costs heating and lighting for school buildings and compare wooden versus brick options. Next meeting May 3 at 7 30 will feature Charles Richter on evaluating the school plan with a Peters High School tour beforehand.
Hyattsville Maryland high school students and two faculty advisers spent a week in Concord Massachusetts engaging with historic sites such as North Bridge Minute Man Old Manse and the Martha Mary chapel. They toured Boston landmarks including Faneuil Hall the State House and the Public Library and joined Concord families for a student party at Musketaquid. The schedule included school activities track skating a career day tour of MIT and Harvard and a final dance before returning home on Saturday.
Members of the chocolate coating class at Mastbaum Vocational Technical School held a grand graduation mark by presenting one ton of chocolate candy for distribution to children and elderly homes.
A World War II era style notice explains Social Security funds, administrative costs, and survivor protection valued at over 75 billion in term life insurance. It urges safeguarding the Social Security card, reporting the number to employers, and having a retirement and survivors plan, with contact details for the Waltham office at 680 Main Street.
Massachusetts workers earned an average of 53.57 weekly in February, up 1.85 from a year earlier and the state’s highest level. The top wage centers included Framingham and Quincy, with several other cities near 60 per week. Other data show senior population growth, vehicle registrations up, potato planting down, tobacco acreage up, new housing starts mostly single family in Boston area, and Lancaster adopting a protective zoning bylaw.
Senior Girl Scouts held an overnight camp at Camp Virginia under Miss Pauline Groetz and Miss Ruth McCann. They will present a skit titled Camping on local radio at 10:45 a.m. with participants including Charlotte Grace and Margaret Lane. An annual meeting and officer elections are set for Monday in Fayville hall.
Mr and Mrs James J Hollenkamp announce the birth of their third son on April 23 at Emerson Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs James Alexander of West Concord and Leo Hollenkamp of Cincinnati Ohio. Mrs Hollenkamp was Muriel Alexander. The text notes Philip Sheridan as the first president of Washington Park race track in Chicago.
The regular monthly meeting of Concord Lodge Sons of Italy will be held next Wednesday at 8 o clock in the Elks upper hall. Donato Faieta will lead the program as venerable. The new secretary is Mrs Rose DiCicco.
In Northampton Massachusetts the Smith College museum showed a replica of an 1875 student room. Girls spotted familiar decorations including pennants from men's colleges hanging above the washstand and its towel embroidered morning dip.
The Stow Civic Club approved a $11 food sale next Saturday at Center Common to benefit the Troop’s camping program. Proceeds fund equipment purchases. Mrs. Arthur Trefry chairs. food must be ready by 2 p.m. Bags may be picked up by committee members if needed. Scouts will assist. In rain the sale moves to Town hall.
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