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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1954
Page
8
Extension notes by M G Fults discuss balancing weather, time, pest presence, and crop sensitivity to optimize sprays and dusts. Emergence and resting flies signal different threats. delaying action risks egg deposition and spread to later apples.
Concord Lions and their ladies meet at Ray L. Harris home Route 27 North Acton on Tuesday August 24 at 6 30 in the evening for a ladies night and cookout with Maxwell E. Lawrence as general chairman and Robert B. Lortz presiding. A deep sea fishing trip was enjoyed last Sunday and a return softball game is planned next Sunday against the Puerto Rican farmhands.
A Sudbury group stayed overnight at the Morgan Memorial Fresh Air Camp in South Athol on August 17. Attending were Mrs. M Granville Haley Mrs Judson He wit Mrs Rodney Hadley Mrs Ethan Davison Mrs Kenneth McMurtry and Mrs Webster Cutting. The 760 acre camp serves underprivileged children for eight weeks of health and body‑building activities in its 48th season.
A Herter Night picnic and rally drew Republican town committee members and workers from Wayland Weston Lincoln and Sudbury to the Charles Ford Estate. Governor Herter spoke at 8 PM after a car cavalcade, with multiple local officials and candidates urging voters to support the full party ticket.
A Crescent Street resident reports a dog struck by a grey car on Saturday evening in Staw. The owner urges the driver to stop and face responsibility, expressing frustration over the lack of decency.
Miss Helene Jacqueline Peter daughter of Mr and Mrs Jean Georges Peter of Bayport Long Island New York became the bride of Hollis French son of Mr and Mrs Alden French of Concord and Annisquam at the Village Church in Annisquam Rev W Brooke Stabler officiated The reception was at Rockholm Lodge The bride wore ivory satin with bouffant skirt and a train and carried white roses and stephanotis The couple will reside in Cambridge The wedding featured Radcliffe Harvard and Trinity College connections with family members from multiple cities.
Concord officer John C. Dolan Jr. of 269 Main Street is on sick leave after a Concord police cruiser overturned on Monument Street August 7 while answering a drowning emergency on the Concord River. He and his wife and daughter are in Rhode Island with X rays taken for a shoulder injury. initial reports said he was unhurt in the crash that destroyed the new 1954 model.
A regular Concord Council Knights of Columbus No. 287 meeting at Monument Hall Tuesday evening was presided over by Grand Knight John J. Sheehan. Plans were outlined for the upcoming September installation of officers.
Sudbury notes include Dr and Mrs David Hapgood visiting Center Harbor and Lake Winnepesaukee. Mr and Mrs Robert Hall and daughter Patricia, formerly of Sudbury, vacationing with Sudbury friends. Sudbury Grange Fair August 28 features a high pressure fog demonstration and youth activities. An oil burner was installed in Sudbury Town Hall. Harry Baldwin of Hartland Four Corners Vermont vacationed with his family on Maynard Road. Activities for young folks at the fair start 1 p.m. on August 28.
Bedford Fowers at the Church of Christ altar remembered the late Russell Gertson. Rev Mr Broeg served as substitute pastor and preached on Enduring Foundation. Mrs Alice Olson sang as soloist. Entomologists estimate two million insect species exist.
The 48 member Women in the Air Force Band will perform in Boston area concerts sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. The Hatch Music Shelf on the Charles River Esplanade hosts the first concert on August 24 at 8:30 p.m. Free to the public. The second concert for the public and Brockton Veterans Hospital patients is August 25 at 7 p.m. in the Brockton theater.
Acton local arrivals this past week at Emerson Hospital include a daughter to Sidney and Mrs Durkee Foster Street Littleton on August 9 a daughter to Weli R Kangas Concord Street South Acton on August 14 a son to Robert B Anderson Massachusetts Avenue West Acton on August 1 a daughter to John J Winton 71 Liberty Street South Acton on August 16 and a son to Bengt Fellman Gilson Road Littleton.
Mr and Mrs Paul Whitney Rhodes hosted nephew Henry L Pree from Paducah Ky and his family plus Harold Shoemaker landscape architect from Weisser Park Pa and others including the Baldwins with sons on recent travels. Sudbury people toured Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge NH and visited Ashiby Reservation for a picnic.
Concord residents Mr. and Mrs. W. Robert Pearmain announce the birth of their daughter Elissa Davy Pearmain on August 12 at the Richardson House in Boston. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Porter and Mrs. Pearmain. great grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Davy. The family plans to move to Lincoln in September.
Concord Patrolman Robert Anderson of 126 Commonwealth Avenue resumes duties after a week’s Cape vacation with his wife and family. Miss Catherine A. Martell of 8 Union Street, a secretary clerk at the town accountant’s office, is on her annual two week vacation. Police Sergt. Fred Nolan of Harrington Avenue has resumed duties following his annual vacation.
In field training West Acton Major Arthur Coleman of 5 Church Street is in the final week of annual Army Reserve summer field training at the Anti Aircraft and Guided Missiles School Fort Rodman New Bedford. The special course is directed by the 1030th Boston Army Reserve School under Colonel Joseph Schultz of Chelsea.
Readable text notes students from Cerin Pal leaving for the Ford Army Center and returning home by August 21.
Members of Concord Grange P. of H. No. 150 plan a cornroast for Tuesday evening led by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Macone. Local members are advised of the opening fall meeting of Middlesex Central Pomona at Acton Town Hall on September 15.
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