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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1960
Page
7
B L Ogilvie and J Maloney joined Carpenter Morton Co and California Spray Co reps at a dinner last evening at the Wayside Inn. Speakers discussed product failures causes and uses while Walter Ro and others attended. Francis Koppers, innkeeper, gave a talk on the inn’s history. Illustrated booklets were distributed.
A weather note compares ten inches of snow to about one inch of rain in moisture content. The piece quotes a call for business leaders to devote equal political effort to ensure their views are adequately represented.
Concord resident Ellis Jr. topped incumbent Hitchcock in the state committee race during Tuesday's primary. Ellis carried nine of eleven towns including Sudbury and Concord, tallying 1828 to 750 in the fifth senatorial district, with Hitchcock winning in Waltham and Sudbury.
Sudbury theatre fans await The Curious Savage opening April 29 as the Town Hall stage lights up at 8 30 p m. The cast features Helen Tilden Lettie Cowden Anne Bigelow and Larry Leone with Jeff Fletcher Jim Cannalonga John Cooke Pat Rice and others under Josephine Barnett direction. Tickets available by phone Hilltop 3 6703 or at the door.
Maynard High School announces the third term honor roll under Principal Mattioli. Seniors show high honors for Leo Mullin Arlene Pirkola Joyce Rawn with other seniors earning honors and honorable mention. Juniors sophomores and freshmen lists follow with multiple students named in high honors honors and honorable mention across classes.
The Concord Center Middlesex Odd Fellows Association sponsors its seventh annual banquet at the State Armory. Local committee members include C. Wendell Carter and Henry W. Harmon Jr. The Central Middlesex district covers Concord Hudson Marlborough Wayland Waltham Cambridge Pepperell and Lowell with post banquet acts and dancing to follow.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of Edwards Quimby Post attended the junior conference at Fort Devens with 1,400 attendees. A testimonial tea for Mrs. Ethel Murray was held in Waltham at Legion Hall, with Mrs. Alice Roberts, Mrs. Kay Nedza and Mrs. Joyce Feltus attending. A postponed lunch is set for Saturday in Cambridge, and the next local unit meeting is May 12.
Concord rummage pickup volunteers report active collection across town for the Emerson Hospital rummage sale set for Saturday May 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the State Armory. Call early for pickup. final deadline is Friday May 6 at 1 p.m. No more items will be accepted after then.
The Bedford segment lists Richard Hennessey and Robert O Connell Jr among local newsboys from 29 Middle Road and 196 South Road, with Mrs Henry S Baxter of 124 Springs Road hosting the 1940 Club desert card party and prizes. The report also notes Dr Norman N Lichtin of Newton Highlands receiving a renewal grant of 16184 from the U S Air Force Cambridge Research Center Hanscom Field for further study.
Acton senior class members who went to Washington D C last week returned home this past weekend after the times of their lives. Proceeds for the trip came from class projects. The Acton P T A monthly meeting is set for next Monday at the school cafeteria at 8 o clock with President John A Miner presiding. Miner is expected back from Maine to run the meeting but no program was announced.
St Elizabeths Guild Sudbury hosts a rummage sale on Saturday May 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Grange Hall Sudbury Center with a separate bake sale room offering coffee doughnuts and sandwiches. Clothing and small items may be dropped off Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Lincoln Grange P of H holds meeting at Town Hall on Tuesday May 3 labeled State Officers Night. Members gather for talks and reports from state leaders.
A list names Edward Carlton Don na Drechsler David Hutem Leo McDonnell Robert Staple Robert Whitney is shown with honorable mentions Frank Angelosanto Edward Duhey.
Hale High School Dramatic Club presents a Friday Variety Show at Center School Auditorium starting 8 p.m. with acts including a one act play Charge It Please and a Hawaiian dance. The Rockettes style Hale High Rockettes and a Broadway style finale are planned as proceeds fund a Boston theater trip for the group.
Postmaster Margaret Coughlin notes directory service was discontinued years ago yet letters arrive with Please Give Directory Service or incomplete addresses. First class mail undeliverable is opened and remailed by carriers, while directories are searched to locate addresses. Now only perishable items and certain categories get directory help. fully addressed mail reaches recipients, while incomplete mail is returned.
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