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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
9
A county agriculture column covers sweet corn readiness in midsummer Minnesota style with tips on cooking on the cob and choosing varieties like McIntosh and Puritan apples. It also includes a vacation care guide urging lawn mowing, weed control, mulching, watering, and insecticide use for gardens and shrubs before leaving.
Handful of readable words show a local ad offering rug and pet cleaning with an 80 percent discount on a light weight king rug cleaner. Maynard appears as a location or contact.
J. T. Brown argues that scare articles exaggerate dangers of fertilizers and pesticides. He notes chemicals are harmful only in improper doses and that proper use supports high quality food and a healthier nation.
Carlisle and firemen will meet and drill at Central Station at 7 p m with Chief Waldo D Wilson in charge Local 4 H Club members anticipate two upcoming fairs Westford August 26 27 28 and United Grange fair September 10 11 also at Westford. Holy Day masses marked the Feast of the Assumption at St Irene s. Gleason Public Library hours listed and staff named. Middlesex North Pomona Lecturers Circle guests plan to attend lecturers conference in Orono Maine starting Monday.
The fourth annual Tufts Northeast Regional Youth Citizenship Conference begins August 31 on the Tufts campus. Participants include students and teachers from 24 Massachusetts schools and observers from education departments of New England New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Top speakers are John Volpe and Joseph D Ward.
Miss Vivian E. Dutton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Warren E. Dutton of Fitchburg, has accepted a third grade teaching position at Shat tuck School in Pepperell. She graduated from Concord High and Fitchburg State Teachers College in June.
Concord area adult education offers a fall term course by Dr. Abigail Eliot on the psychology of the whole child from birth to age 12. The program emphasizes home school and community learning environments and notes Eliot's ties to Walden Clinic and Eliot Pearson School with a focus on early childhood education.
Local housing data shows June 1960 counts with Carlisle 0 15 for six months, Concord 4 24, Lincoln 3 10, Sudbury 11 compared with 39 in June 1959. Bedford and Maynard report minimal activity.
Concord Library gallery hosts Elek Tapolyi landscapes and still lifes from local scenes, painted with New England light. The exhibit includes his custom frames and runs through Aug. 26 at 17 Sudbury Road, with Tapolyi praised as a native Concordian.
Paul W. Deane, aviation machinist's mate airman USN of 8 Piper Road South Acton Massachusetts served with Helicopter Anti Submarine Squadron Eight in a joint Canadian American anti submarine warfare exercise off the west coast of the United States and Canada. Two American ASW groups led by two aircraft carriers joined six Royal Canadian destroyers escorts and supply ships with air units from Whidbey Island Alameda and North Island. The exercise trained both nations ASW forces and refined techniques in this warfare.
Concord District Governor Leslie Getchell lauded the Rotary Club for its work and world peace efforts during a Thursday visit to Howard Johnsons. The club announced its annual noon luncheon outing for August 25 with committee members listed.
Sudbury Regional and Sudbury School Committee announce the 1960 61 calendar. Staff preschool workshop on Sept 1 2 6. School opens Sept 7. Holidays include Oct 12 Columbus Day Nov 11 Veterans Day Nov 24 25 Thanksgiving recess Dec 23 1960 Jan 2 1961 Christmas vacation Feb 20 21 22 winter recess Apr 17 18 19 spring recess May 29 30 Memorial Day recess June 23 school closes June 26 30 staff workshop.
Concord Fireman William Olson and his wife Josephine Fraticelli Olson celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary on August 8. They reside at 5 Byron Street and have two children, a daughter and a son. Olson serves at the Central Fire Station.
Mr and Mrs Paul B Gilman and four daughters Gail Holly Susan and June of Concord road recently returned home after a week long camping vacation at Bear Brook State Park Allerstown New Hampshire Bedford Lions plan a second summer cookout at the Billerica House of Correction grounds on Wednesday August 24 at 7 pm The event features swimming and a cookout guests should bring their own silverware.
A well attended Galillean service was conducted Sunday evening by Carlisle Congregational Church at Swanson's Beach Baptist Pond in South Chelmsford. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
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