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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1950
Page
13
A small gathering titled Rangers nRoast activity met at a home in Burling with 30 members. Participants included Bulkeley and Mrs. Alice Englanders, and Mrs. John.
Concord board of selectmen announce a special town meeting at the Veterans Building in Concord on Monday night October 2 at 7 30 oclock. Moderator Hubert M Wardwell will preside. Finance items and civilian defense measures are to be discussed. The text notes West Virginia's average altitude as context.
Veterans Administration urges veterans to start GI Bill college courses by July 25 1951 with exceptions for those discharged after July 25 1947 and those already in training. A spring term may begin February but admission could be tight. The Illinois public health department notes over 95 percent of new mothers deliver in hospitals with advanced medical care.
The Concord 4 H chapter joined the Massachusetts Chick of Tomorrow contest with 100 members presenting 61 exhibits at the Brockton Egg Auction. Eleanor Mitchell of Saugus won with White Aces, claiming the top birds outshined five years ago’s champions. Ernest Durb Read ing placed second, Thomas Lyle Read ing third, Francis Warren Stow sixth, with Hans Van Leer Lincol Alfred Olsen and Daniel Clark Concord and Charles Petty Chelmsford also participating.
A 12 year old boy in Worcester Massachusetts untangles a tangle of string found across downtown streets. Michael Bertrand explains he lost his kite while tying it at night. The odd scene sparked a local mystery as investigators assess the source and scale of the string pile.
A pre harvest TWI light meeting is planned at Sul livan's in Concord with a tour of storage in Ayer at 7 30 pm on August 29 in cooperation with Worcester County. The program includes a tour of storage and a session on selling and marketing plus field harvest problems. Speakers include Brower and others known in the offer area. Attendees are urged to participate for insights on harvest and storage developments.
C Picket writes that wartime farm plans lack a clear agriculture focus, risking hardship for New England farmers as government actions affect prices. He cites Secretary Brannan’s June move on bran for grasshoppers, noting price increases in poultry milk and consumer costs as government business methods drive costs.
Roanoke, Va. Kitty, a black skunk joins the Garvin family with three baby skunks after being found nearby. The Garvins plan to deodorize and keep at least one as a pet despite objections.
Janet Lothian Buss of West Concord mother of two, received an MA from Boston University last Saturday. Formerly Janet Maclachlan of Melrose, she earned an AB from Tufts in 1939 and wrote a thesis on Concord’s literary past titled Concord As Seen Through Emerson Thoreau Alcott and Hawthorne. The degree was awarded with special permission due to a departmental shift requiring a comprehensive exam in place of a thesis.
Terry Baker of Concord was best man at the wedding of Miss Margaret Coulter Ayers and Linwood Mandeville Erkshine Jr in Worcester. The note adds that the first synthetic dyes in America were made in Albany in 1869.
Concord District Court heard that Thomas Zuppe a 25 year old unlicensed plumber from Hudson was fined $20 for violating Concord plumbing rules. Inspector Edward Wright testified two unsafe pressure boilers were installed without safety valves, creating burn risk.
Otis Degree of Stewart Minnesota will receive his degree from the College of St. Thomas at the end of the summer semester.
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