Water rates change for District since 1936
A fragment notes water rates and charges since 1936 with reference to bills of $18 per gallon. The legibility is limited but indicates ongoing rate discussions or adjustments by the district.
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1959
Page
9
A fragment notes water rates and charges since 1936 with reference to bills of $18 per gallon. The legibility is limited but indicates ongoing rate discussions or adjustments by the district.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a birth notice involving Mr and Mrs David Chandler and a baby named Stephan e Lynn Maine Gene. Readable parts indicate the child is 18 months old and spent time with a brother at some unspecified location.
About 90 members of the Fairchild and Currier families gathered Sunday for the third annual reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Caldwell on King Street. The event featured games and a family picnic with coffee and punch. Local attendees included Lynn, Swamp Scott, Pembroke, Waltham, Concord and others.
Mr and Mrs Walton E Greene of Horse Pond Road Sudbury announce the birth of their second daughter Linda Lou on July 19 at Waltham Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leslie Haskett of Waltham and Mr and Mrs William Greene of Waltham. The baby has a sister Logan Mae aged three.
A Concord group of Boy Scouts led by Robert Hale will travel 5,800 miles through 17 states and part of Canada to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. The trip includes 12 days at the 127000 acre site with stops at Colorado Springs Chicago and Pikes Peak on the return.
Lincoln selects Lincoln J Davis Jr executive secretary of the New England School Development Council as superintendent of schools. He follows James Gray who left for Cleveland. Davis is a Haverhill native educated at Tilton, UNH, and earned a 1949 education masters. He taught in Laconia and New Hampshire and served five years on UNH administrative staff.
A UPI report from New York advises letting dishes drain dry after rinsing with very hot water for better sanitation and time savings. The tip suggests using a towel only if necessary.
LGDR T C Omdrechen USN announces new age limits for the Naval Reserve Training Center Lowel extending eligibility from 17 through 18% to 26. The change aims to include men previously ineligible and billets in ms 1-18 and Britton at the center are prepared to accommodate. duration of policy is unclear.
Summer union services are planned Sunday at West Union Church in partnership with Trinitarian Church and First Parish Unitarian. Rev Edwin B. Nylen will lead the service and deliver the sermon titled Great Events in Our Time with Forrest Nelson as the abbot.
Carlisle and surrounding towns including Carlisle Concord Bedford Lincoln and Westford participate in committee meetings for the United Grange fair to be held in Westford next month. Mr and Mrs Francis J Roderick on Russell Street assist with 4 H fair details while firefighters plan a regular meeting and drill next Wednesday August 12 at 7 pm at the station led by Chief Waldo D Wilson.
Readable notes show a missing Sudbury woman returned by Marlboro police after family talk. July 28 a man walking unsteadily was aided home. July 29 a heat related dog water concern and hydrant tampering suspected. July 30 a 24 inch bicycle stolen and money and papers found near a local business. August 1 four Brigham men arrested for erratic driving and drunkenness.
Fragmentary notice from Bedford mentions a July date and a vanishing event with surviving individuals unnamed. The text is incomplete, limiting precise details or outcomes.
Parish house project receives time and labor from Methodist men with effort to finish a parsonage.
Mr and Mrs Joseph E Perry Jr name their daughter Susan Gail born July 21 at Emerson Hospital. Grandparents are Raymond Rovira and Joseph E Perry Sr. Kristofer Robert Sherman baptized at Poof Christ Congregation. Bedford Garden Club schedules meetings Aug 11 and Aug 25. Bedford Rotary Club to sponsor Hunt's circus at Page Weld with matinee and evening shows. tickets now available.
At Bedford board meeting, selectmen and the board of public welfare chose a member to fill the unexpired term of Donald W. Pfeiffer who resigned after appointment as president. Carl Wurzbacher and William F. Dalley were elected to serve until 1960.
Mrs Adeline Wetherbee retires as branch librarian at Fowler Memorial Library and takes a two month leave of absence. Marion Hayward succeeds her on August 1 as part of changes at the library system amid town events in Concord and Chelmsford.
The notice indicates confession times this afternoon and evening in preparation for Friday mass. Confession slots include morning and evening hours at designated parish times.
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