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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1954
Page
7
A driver sustained a lacerated scalp after a crash near Princeton Street involving a truck and a sedan. The incident required police and medical response with the injured person transported to a hospital by cruiser.
The week in Concord lists a State Armory drill by Company H M G at 8 p.m. Thursday. The Middlesex County 4 H fair opens exhibits at the State Armory Saturday at 10 30 a.m. Sunday features a Union Protestant service at Trinitarian Congregational Church at 9 30 a.m. and a Concord Rotary lunch and meeting with Howard Johnson at 12 15 p.m.
Acton parents welcomed new arrivals this week at Emerson Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert Major of West Acton welcomed a daughter at 88 Summer Street. August 19 saw Mr and Mrs Stenden Scribner of West Acton welcome a son at 9 School Street. August 19 also brought a daughter to Mr and Mrs David W Scribner of West Acton, 32 Kinsley Road. August 22 was the date for another Scribner birth.
On a Sunday morning an automobile crashed into a tree at a curve on Route 53 in Middlebury Vermont. The following Sunday morning another car was wrecked against the same tree.
Sen Charles W Olson proposes a state police barracks at Norfolk State Prison Colony after mass breaks on Aug 12 and May 25. Norfolk officials complain of tax and cooperation issues as guards prepare for transfer of hardened prisoners from Charlestown to the Norfolk site.
More than a quarter of a million motorists will travel Connecticut parkways over Labor Day weekend. State police post 30 large yellow signs along the Wilbur Cross Parkway urging drivers to think and slow down. Messages include slow down and live longer, Are you coming back, and Keep your distance.
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Odell retires after serving 17 years in infantry and 18 in the Quartermaster Corps at Natick where he was the first Commander of the Quartermaster Research Center. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Calloway succeeds him as Commanding General of the Quartermaster Research and Development Command. Odell is a West Point graduate with early posts at Fort Meade. Calloway also a West Point graduate and previously with the Caribbean Command in the Panama Canal Zone.
Milo Chapman told a judge he was tossing rocks into Big Canyon Creek near Rock Tackle Craigmont Idaho. The game warden testified Chapman aimed to hit fish and the judge fined him ten dollars.
A Bureau of Advertising report shows national advertisers bought 392,440,144 lines in the first six months, up 3 percent from 1953. Gasoline and lubricants led with 21,574,186 lines. groceries and cars also showed large gains across 110 U.S. cities.
On August 23 the Dennison Manufacturing Company directors declared a 5 percent stock dividend payable October 15 1954 to A Common and Voting Common stockholders of record September 7 1954. Cash will be paid in lieu of fractional shares at the rate of the last sale on the American Stock Exchange prior to the close of business on September 7 1954.
A man relays his wife’s gift rule to give items a recipient would like yet would not buy for themselves. He recalls longing for a portable outdoor grill, lawn chairs, and bright blue walking shorts, but questions practicality and family rules. He concludes his wife’s idea is smart since outdoor cooking would be dull without cooling shorts in hot weather.
Lincoln notices report the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln planning fall openings with a varied exhibition lineup and full details to be announced next week. Community events include Rev Sheridan Watson Bell preaching at First Parish Church and local residents traveling to the White Mountains and to Canada.
State Police arrested James H. Myers of Norfolk Virginia and Roland E. Taylor of Hillcrest Heights Maryland after a routine stop on Route 128 in Waltham. Myers faced multiple arraignments and waivers before being handed over to Maryland police while Ansley Washington DC officers prepared to take him for an attempted armed robbery charge.
Civilian employes of Fort Devens plan the annual end of summer Picnic and Outing at Saimi Park Fitchburg on Saturday August 28 sponsored by the Civilian Welfare Fund Committee. Events include swimming games and a beauty contest with dinner from 5 to 6 30 p m and dancing 7 to 11 p m. Beverages and soft drinks sold at minimum cost.
A breezy column notes Joan Lorring’s China upbringing and asks readers to share sprout tips. It highlights Carlton Morse’s One Man's Family radio rise, Martin-Lewis interview humor, and Capitol platter chatter featuring Les Baxter, Billy May, The Four Knights, Nelson Riddle, Texter Sisters, and Alvin Steller with revival titles and new releases.
Miss Luella Joan Betts, daughter of Mrs. Luella Syney Betts of 40 Thoreau Street, married Malcom Alexander Connor of West Scar bor and North Jay Maine at Trinity Congregational Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Robert M Barber with a reception at the church parlor. The bride wore an embroidered nylon gown over pale shell pink taffeta with a champagne veil and carried a bouquet of white rubrum lilies gladioli and stephanotis. Matron of honor Mrs. Robert S Read of Needham wore robin's egg blue taffeta. Best man was Mr. Read and ushers included Charles W Betts and Clayton R Betts. After a wedding trip to New York and Maine the couple will reside in Boston.
Sudbury family and Maine attendees join New England Lecturers Conference at the University of Maine Orono. Four days featured six state lecturers guiding Pomona and Subordinate Lecturers while Governor Cross attended, Roy Battles spoke at the banquet, and the event drew about 1,200 attendees. After sessions, visitors toured Mount Desert Island and the White Mountains Notches.
A small iron cooking pot is identified as possibly among the first castings from America's first successful ironworks at Saugus Massachusetts, dating back around three centuries.
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