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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
9
A disjointed OCR fragment references amounts around 1962, Concord West Concord and Boston center, mentions Stow and Tutto’s, and hints at events like a water washing bee and a trip to Pittsburgh. Names and places are unclear and distorted.
Middlesex County 4-H Center Westford hosts a three day fair starting Friday with grounds open at noon and official ceremonies at 1 p.m. Activities include dairy sheep dairy goat judging, horse shows, contests, a Rex Trailer show, style and square dance, and a chicken barbecue. The event runs through Sunday with the Woburn 4-H Band finale and special awards ceremony.
Concord appeals board rejected Berndt Realty’s request for an eight unit addition at Thoreau Gardens and denied Albert Rizzitano’s plan for an antique shop at 66 Lexington Road. Four petitions were approved including removal of fill and loam and Wheeler’s garage placement. Mandriok Real Estate Trust won approval to convert 36 Crest Street into a two family dwelling.
Roxborough Grangers remind members of a mystery ride tomorrow evening. Cars depart from the town hall at 7 p.m. Guests may accompany members. Mr and Mrs John Hammond are in charge.
Sudbury neighborhood families with children of school age should register at the superintendent of schools office, 420 Lincoln Road, on weekdays from 8 30 to 3 30. Birth and vaccination certificates are required for first grade entrants, and children need not accompany parents.
Concord Police Sergeant James F. Hanley urges qualified first aid instructors who are new residents in Acton Roxborough Carlisle Concord and Lincoln to join the Red Cross chapter. The goal is to expand standard and advanced first aid courses for adults and juniors with daytime and evening classes in all five communities.
The National Rocket Championship begins today at Hanscom Field Bedford, a four day event resembling Cape Canaveral. Fifty competitors from the National Association of Rocketry race for top altitude, payload, scale model, and endurance titles with about 1500 firings planned under strict official supervision.
Acton building statistics show increases for Jan 1 to July 1, 1963 over the same period in 1962. New homes rose from 69 to 65 including 11 duplexes, with estimated value dropping from 1.307 million to 1.173 million. miscellaneous structures and private garages also shifted, with 1963 counting nine garages and two swimming pools.
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindnesses shown during their bereavement following the death of Margaret T. Curley Maynard.
The Lincoln Enterprise welcomes Mr and Mrs Richard Moss and their two daughters aged three and one to Lincoln. The Moss family moved from Mohegan Lake New York and was greeted by Welcome Wagon hostess Betty Oleson. They now reside in a newly purchased home. Moss serves as an assistant to the vice president and director of research at Itek.
Carlisle registered Holsteins Fernhame Jewel Colantha 462-26105 and Preble Bobby Dean Jan 4254416, both from Great Brook Farms Farnham W. Smith, achieved top production figures in a national testing report. Jewel Colantha produced 23,429 pounds of milk and 931 pounds of butterfat in 365 days. Bobby Dean Jan produced 19,726 pounds of milk and 719 pounds of butterfat in 345 days.
Two Acton firemen suffered burns while tackling a large barn blaze that destroyed a renovated barn, a horse building, and a shed. The damage, estimated up to $65,000, covered stock, equipment, and supplies, with insurance set to cover the loss. Ten horses and hundreds of chickens were saved. Firefighters from Maynard and Concord assisted. Priest led the effort while Chief MacGregor was on vacation.
A note from Josephine Butler extends gratitude to friends and neighbors for kind deeds during her hospital stay, expressing appreciation for support and goodwill.
The Boxborough Enterprise greets Mr and Mrs Hubert Lay and their three daughters as new residents. They moved from Framingham and settled in a newly purchased home. Lay is an electrical engineer at Raytheon and the children are ages 9 7 and 6.
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