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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1954
Page
3
The comedy farce Up in the Red Barn plays nightly through August 10 with full houses. Shirley McClure and Robert Jay Woods star in residence roles as Dor and Tony Darryl with Arto DeMir McAleer also featuring in a principal part.
The Concord Board of Selectmen invites written bids for a damaged two door police sedan. Specifications require black color dual spotlight defroster directional signals and a 100 amp generator. Trade in of an old car may be offered. Bids due by 7 PM Monday. the board may reject any or all bids.
Concord reports births recorded at Emerson Hospital for Maynard and Stow. A daughter to Mr and Mrs George O Clair of 186 Main Street Maynard on August 4. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Martin Gruber of South Street Maynard on August 5. A son to Mr and Mrs Daniel Carew of 17 Elm Street Maynard on August 6. A son to Mr and Mrs Walter Soraka of Crescent Street Stow on August 6. Richard A Colleton of 812 Glendale Street Maynard added on August 7.
August 12 1954 update details listings across Middlesex Worcester and Suffolk counties with properties in Sudbury West Acton Maynard Littleton Harvard Boxboro Bolton Waltham Marlboro and South Acton plus a new part time agent Ralph Nordgren and family. Prices multiple homes listed including a 12 000 Cape Cod in South Acton five room trades and development land on the Ford estate with five acre lots.
Sudbury artist Sudbury Helets Blackimer Flynn on Spodman’s Hill Road displays watercolors of Martha’s Vineyard scenes including the Vine yar Harbor View Hotel and Edgartown houses. A separate show at Vineyard Haven Art Workers Guild features marine and rural views plus portraits.
The Redwood Library in Newport Rhode Island is the nation's oldest continuously used library. Built in 1747 it stands as a historic honor to early American scholarship and civic life.
Thomas J. Clark a 32 year old Woburn man drowned when his canoe overturned in Forge Pond also known as Lake Mattawanakee near Littleton. Clark could not swim and was found 18 feet deep after a speedboat backwash capsized him. His companion James Panetta tried to help until exhausted. The death was ruled an accidental drowning.
Sudbury candidate James DeNorman of the Lincoln district campaigns for a Weston rally on Tuesday August 17 at 6:30 PM. Governor and other state Republican candidates will attend. Local committee contacts for details are provided.
Concord deputy sheriff Arthur Bishop Corey, of 1 Stow Street, announces his candidacy for State Representative in the 13th Middlesex District covering Concord Carlisle Stow and Maynard. A longtime public servant and juvenile delinquency expert, Corey has served as deputy sheriff since 1930 and held roles in baseball administration and local clubs. He is married with two grown daughters.
A quirky report notes geysers in Iceland can be coaxed to erupt with a bar of soap causing surface tension to break. The tale, cited by the National Geographic Society, describes visitors triggering eruptions as a novelty.
Local calendar lists events across Concord including Rotary Club assembly at Colonial Inn at 6 30 p m and Army session at State Armory 8 p m on Thursday. Voter registration ends Friday at Town House from 9 a m to 10 p m. Saturday features a cake sale and whist party by Altar Society at Our Lady rec tory at 2 p m. Sunday union summer services continue at First Parish Unitarian Church at 9 30 a m. Thursday closes with summer playground classes at Rideout Playground 10 30 a m to 4 30 p m.
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