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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
2
Maynard residents enjoy vacations and community events as a barber shop closes for summer and Grange meetings resume in September. Local clergy note Feast of the Assumption services and parish cookouts fund Jubilee efforts while public schools reopen September 7 and new births are announced at Waltham Hospital.
Walter M. Lowe Robert M. Frazier and Harold W Bouffard of Maynard Mass. completed nine weeks of recruit training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Ill Aug 6. The graduation featured a full dress parade and review before military and civilian officials as the raw recruits became Navy Bluejackets ready for fleet duty.
Maynard board notes cover requests to notify before hearings on poles in town and abatters P W D. state bill on flood prevention cited. Boston Edison transmission line review for multiple towns. request to assessors on progress report by E M Brooks. permit issued for enclosed porch at 10 Maple Street to Mrs Thomas Marsden.
Stow Nineteen members of Troop 1 Boy Scouts of America spent a week at Camp Resolute near Bolton six miles west of Stow and returned home with merit badges in swimming boating fishing first aid and nature studies. Girl Scouts led by Mrs Frank Schmelzer joined for a day hike activity week.
West Concord Middlesex won two straight in the West Concord Softball League playoff then Maynard Redcaps rallied to tie 6 6 in the last inning. Fourth game set for Rideout Playground at 6 30 with Middlesex’s Sweeney Regan on the mound and Maynard’s Duggan at the plate.
The Enterprise corrects earlier birth information for Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Bemis of 39 Brown Street. Their grandson Donald E. Bemis Jr. reports a baby girl named Doris Ann, the second girl in the Bemis line in about a century, with great grandmother Mrs. Irvine Astwood Maynard. The paper regrets the gender error.
West Yellowstone and Ennis leaders report slow business and cautionary lessons from the Hebgen Lake quake aftermath. Sheriff Don Skerritt notes many false loss claims amid ongoing investigations, while genuine victims receive attention from a dedicated staff. Traffic to the Madison Canyon slide area remains heavy, with access improvements planned for next year.
Max Hess of Allentown Pennsylvania invites manufacturers designers and inventors to enter the Hess Versatility in Design and Use Contest open to double duty garments and products. Entrants may submit brand new or established items that serve multiple purposes with a free entry blank available from Hess Awards Committee Suite 1019 527 Madison Avenue New York NY 10016.
Former Maynard pastor Rev Eino Vehanen now serves as a foreign missionary to Japan and preached at St John s Church over the weekend. He and his family toured the east for the Foreign Mission Board of the Suomi Synod, arriving in Maynard for a church lawn picnic hosted by Mr and Mrs John Paakki. Vehanen spoke from Omari near Tokyo and his sons demonstrated a sumo ceremony before slides of mission work in Japan. He preached at both services on Make Friends For Yourselves. The Vehanens and their children Martin Leena George and James will visit Minnesota churches this week after previous engagements in Gardner Quincy and Pem Zoom. He previously lived in Maynard for about four years.
Maynard The Enterprise corrects last week's entry about Harry Manuel a registered Republican and Republican Town Committee member who did not appear Aug 9. The note now states a letter about campaign signs on public buildings and poles was sent to police for action.
Maynard residents gathered at Fort Dix New Jersey for a Maynard Day reunion with Fred Mattioli and Pvt John Bundalawicz meeting 1st Lt Alex Kulevich in the chapel. A district audience heard Jehovahs Witnesses emphasize urgent faith Armageddon and the need for religious education in the home. A mass baptism morning saw 714 symbolizing obedience to God.
Stow Nashoba Regional School District officials move to Mass Street Bolton and begin plans for building specifications and bids. The district recruits staff including teachers and custodians and organizes curriculum tests student registration for Bolton Lancaster and Stow.
Cole appeared with a state civil service letter showing he passed the police examination and is eligible for appointment as a regular officer in the town police department which currently has an opening. The board voted to meet with Police Chief Zaporeski next Tuesday at 8 p.m. to discuss department needs.
United Press reports an estimated 690000 scholarships exist with an average value of about $145. These awards cover a portion of students' annual higher education costs and vary by program and institution.
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