SuAsCo Makes Progress in Flood Control
SuAsCo advances toward flood control in the Sudbury Assabet Concord watershed. President Farina leads a Boston conference with state officials as Senate leaders pledge to pass the Colonnal Warburton Water Resources bill. planning continues with MDC and Natural Resources liaisons alongside the U S Soil Conservation Service to coordinate eight upper watershed reservoirs. Detects 25 dam sites in Assabet River under survey while 25 small dam sites are checked for flood control potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury — Sucess
Sudbury-Assapet-Concord
Pres
Philip P. Farina
SuAsCo
Boston
State
Senate
Water Resources Commission
Massachusetts
Richard I. Furbush
Waltham
House of Representatives
House of Presentatives
Anthony M. Colonna
William I. Randall
Framingham
Colonna
Randall
James L. O'Dea
Lowell
House
Ways and Means Committee
O'Dea
Waterways Division
State Public Works Department
Soil Conservation Service
S.C.S
Robert Moyer
Assabet River
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Moyer
Farina
Rudolph Bessette
Public Works Department
Benjamin Isgur
Maynard Lions Meet With Rev Allom Presiding
Maynard Lions Club president Rev Orville D Allom returns from July vacation at Lake Winnipesaukee NH to preside at the next meeting. The gathering is set for Thursday August 9 at 6 30 pm at Carbone's Twin Trees Restaurant with Concord sponsoring club members expected to attend as they plan an active fall campaign.
The Soul of a Man and Gifts of Grace
Poem by Grace M Roscher celebrating a living shrine within a temple of rare gifts. It speaks of saving dawn and sunset, ocean blues, fine books, songs that sing in the heart, and daily gifts that accumulate.
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Grace M. Roscher
Cat Found Stuck Between Grill and Radiator
William Harris Jr. heard odd noises from his car after a 26 mile drive from Tappen New York. He opened the hood and discovered his pet cat wedged between the grill and radiator.
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New York
William Harris, Jr
Harris
Tappen
N.Y
Cambridge Man Held For Grand Jury In Beardsell Death
Cambridge resident William J Sullivan 42 of 86 Corcoran Park Cambridge is held for the Concord District Court grand jury on four complaints including two manslaughter counts and driving under the influence in the June 18 crash on the Concord turnpike that killed Mr and Mrs Arthur Beardsell. He appeared on crutches, pleaded not guilty, and was ordered held on $500 bail per manslaughter count with $100 personal recognizance on the other counts. Vehicles were badly damaged in the head on collision near Brooks Road Lincoln. The Beardsells lived on Old Road to Nine Acre Corner and left two daughters Patricia 12 and Constance 8 who later went to live with a sister in Maryland.
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Concord
William J.sullivan
Corcoran Park
Cambridge
Arthur H. Beardsell
Concord Turnpike
Concord District Court
Emerson Hospital
Brooks Road
Lincoln
Frederick Age Crafts
Waltham
East Cambridge
Sullivan
Beardsell
Helen E. Smith
Beardsells
Theill
Old Road
Nine Acre Corner
Patricia
Constance
Maryland
Winona Rebekah Lodge Meet In August Acton
Acton community notices report the Winona Rebekah Lodge plans an August 15 meeting. Confessions were heard at St Elizabeth Church in preparation for the First Friday mass tomorrow at 7. Acton selectmen meet August 14 at Town Hall led by Chairman Leo Cunningham. Community Universalist Church services suspended for summer resume September 9. Postmaster Edgar Peterson seeks a new building beside Dewey's Market. progress slow. Building permits now handled by the building inspector Albert Foster or John Nun, replacing former selectmen handling.
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St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
West Acton
Acton Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Leo C. Cunningham
Community Universalist Church
South Acton
Edgar Peterson
Acton Center
Dewey’s Market
Albert E. Foster
Conant Street
John E. Nun
Mohawk Drive
First statewide Republican convention held in Jackson in 1854
The article notes the first statewide convention of the Republican party met in Jackson Michigan in 1854. It highlights the event as a milestone in the party's early organization and regional political activity.
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Jackson, Mich
Local Towns Show Decrease In Deeds Six Months 1956
Concord records 122 deeds in the first half of 1956 at the Waltham office the Trends bulletin notes this 14 fewer than the same period in 1955. Nearly all local towns show a drop for six months of 1956 with Sudbury bucking the trend by 49 more deeds.
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Concord
Waltham
Sudbury
Carlisle Fire Drill in August Led by Chief Wilson
Carlisle firemen drill scheduled for Wednesday August 8 at 7 PM at the station with Chief Waldo D. Wilson in charge. Copies of new traffic rules from the selectmen are available at the town office and Gleason Public Library.
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Carlisle
Waldo D. Wilson
Board of Selectmen
Last Weke
Selectmen’s
Gleason Public Library
Taxpayers to Revolt Over Pension Costs
Norma MacDonald urged a legislative pension reform at a State House hearing. She warned costs will rise beyond 100 million in under a decade and criticized disability pensions that let retirees earn more through outside work than their former salaries.
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Norma
MacDonald
Taxpayers Federation
State House
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Boston
Legislative Research Bureau
Major Bills in 84th Congress Face Key Proposals
Washington reports summarize the 84th Congress actions opened in January 1955. Foreign Aid appropriations reach 3.77 billion, a cut from the President’s request but above last year, with no new military aid for Yugoslavia despite objections. Aimed at farm surpluses, an oil bank program was authorized and farm price supports veto override was accepted. A 50 billion highway program was approved with financing changes, while defense funds and a new flood control bill received emphasis.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Maher Files State Primary Papers For Middlesex DA
Reading resident Thomas F. Maher filed State Primary papers for the Republican nomination for Middlesex County District Attorney to fill the vacancy created by George Thompson’s appointment as Superior Court judge. Maher, a Harvard Law School 1941 graduate, practiced in Boston and Notre Dame 1938 alum, has served in public and charitable roles in Watertown and Reading. He urged the DA post requires vigor, fairness, and independence from political pressure to ensure justice for all.
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Thomas F. Maher
Reading
Republicam
Middlesex County
George Thompson
Superior Ri
Harvard Law School
Maher
Boston
University of Notre Dame
Watertown
Criminal Investigate Corps
Judge Advocate General Officers
Ale
Town of Watertown Public Library
Reading Children’s Hospital Fund
Reading Salvation Army
Ishail
Leaders of J Gordon Osgop Endeavor to New Office
Fragmentary notes mention Maher TM and Gertrude Pittsfield with names Edwit and Jeanne among a team seeking a new or enhanced office. No clear event date or location available.
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Maher
Gertrude Pittsfield
Edwit
Widd
Jeanne
Step
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Marlboro
Main St. Tel
Hudson
Main St
Maynard
Hanscom Field
Bedford
Air Force Camridge Research Center
Edward G. DeHart
Lexington
Peter M. Scalise
Harry R. Lewellyn
Donald Smith
Standing
Laurence B. Krogh
Natick
Air Force Aid Society
USAF
LIONS
Acton
Winona Rebekah Lodge
Westboro
RED Barn Theater
Z MR. Roberts
Carlisle Grangers
Middlesex North Pomona
Alice Lovering
Carlisle School Committee
First Religious Society (Unitarian
Gene Eisenho
Thomas Maher
Reading Man
J Gordon Osgop
Carleton
Gillsachusetts
Huff
Essfu'ly
New York and
Techni
Fred
Herfer Beef Road
Nancy Elizad
Mrs. Giles
Fosgate Road
E. Guy
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