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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
5
A Concord Massachusetts initiative seeks pond improvements with support from the Conservation Service. Officials frame the plan as boosting irrigation efficiency and long term water management for local ecosystems.
Renan bias notes Ewell WERS and a Soil Conservation Service crew performing 15 test borings to seven feet in 102 degree heat to locate five pond sites. They press farmers to plan earlier next year so assistance is available when requested.
A car struck a utility pole on the Boston Post road in South Sudbury at about 4:30 a.m. injuring six people including four children. The driver, a Lowell man, said he fell asleep during a return trip. The impact knocked out a transformer. Wilfred Allen lit the scene with a home generator until Edison crews restored power and the Emerson Hospital treated all victims.
Mr and Mrs Edmund Stone of Hudson Road Hudson home with sons Channing and Gary after a week long vacation at Manomet end.
The Concord School Committee invites sealed bids for transporting town children using four buses. Information is at the Superintendent of Schools office from Aug 12 to Aug 22, with bids due by 4 PM on Aug 22, 1955, for public opening. The committee may reject any or all bids in the public interest.
Sudbury police urge motorists to obey No Parking signs on Concord Road near the Shopping Centre in South Sudbury. A traffic drive targets speeders after numerous complaints. Last week a truck hook damaged overhead wires during a lift at Len Pike’s building site. Wallet theft and small cash losses were reported on Old Lancaster Road. A Framingham man was arrested for drunkenness and traffic offenses after a 90 mile per hour chase on the Boston Post Road. Chief McGovern was informed of a man Raymond Buckley employed by the instance.
Nine Boy Scouts from the Algonquin Council returned to Framingham after a July 19 departure for a trip featuring Pike's Peak, Lowry Air Force Base, the Hall of Science, Cinerama Holiday, a Tigers game, Niagara Falls, and a welcome home by parents. Fire Chief St Germaine transported Earl Potter to hospital after a collapse. A Monday accident near Sudbury Wayland line involved two cars and a trailer truck with no injuries. Two locals were arrested for non support.
Allan MacKinnon Jr of the United States Coast Guard comes home from Cape Athol Newfoundland for a 45 day leave with wife Marian and their four children. After 12 years overseas duties he will be based permanently in Boston and will reside in Stow with the family.
Concord reports AnnaMary Currier daughter of Rudolph W. Currier returned home after a week with cousins in West Medford. Mr Vandiver Kennedy of Sudbury Road and Mimi Fraticelli niece of Mrs Kennedy are vacationing this week at Nantucket.
A Boy climbs a high tree on Peakham Road to build a playhouse and gets stuck above the ladder. Fire Chief Albert St Germaine arrives while neighbor Allan Clarke guides the child to safety. The boy is the son of the Gorenson family on Peakham Road.
Four West Concord youths were scheduled to report to Local Board No. 114 this morning for induction into the armed forces in Boston. They are William Lewis Cobleigh Jr of 184 Main St South Acton Harold Samuel Holappa of 9 Upland Rd West Concord formerly of Maynard Raymond George Connors of 5 Linden St Maynard John Bernard Mayo of Lewis St Lincoln formerly of Concord.
Concord resident J Marble Thayer of Ridge road displays a three foot long lake trout weighing 16 pounds 11.75 ounces caught in South Pond Lockes Mills Maine during vacation. Game wardens awarded a certificate for The One That Didn’t Get Away Club.
Suzanne Marie Rizzitano wed Richard Michael O'Brien at St Bernard's in Concord West Acton. Attended by Dorothy O'Brien and several siblings, the couple plans a trip to upstate New York before settling at 15 Bedford Court. Suzanne works as a secretary and Richard serves in the Concord Oil Company after a military career.
The Rev. Edward P. Daniels of the First Parish Universalist Church is on vacation in Maine until September. Mr and Mrs Joseph M Steinmann and their three sons of West Concord spent the weekend at Chatham on the Cape.
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