Local Holiday Plans Highlight Weekend and Traffic
Labor Day weekend brings 12 000 officers on duty while tolls reduce for travel. Massachusetts reports a fatal car crash as forecasts point to busy autumn events. Officials urge caution amid hazy forecasts and ongoing community gatherings across Framingham Sudbury Westford Acton and Concord with fairs routes and festival dates posted.
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Igar
Massachusetts
Council
Sudbury
Alma
Nason
Framingham
Soon- W.Y
Bdy
Fence Curtis
Esbury
Lord’s Acre
Fes
Westford
Kimball
Mac
Acton Way
al’ Stewart
I Bennie
Maynard
Whit
Concord
Ten Months Old Wm Perkins Is Mr America
Ten month old Wm Perkins of Lindsey Pond Road captured first place in a Sudbury Stop & Shop baby contest. Winners include Laura Bry nine months, Keven Foster three months, Laurie Martell two years, Robert Hayes four years, and Ellen Walen twenty months. Each winner will receive a hand colored enlargement of their prize photo.
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Concord
America
William Perking
Sudbury Road
Perkins
Lindsey Pond Road
Laura Bry
Francis Bry
West Acton
Keven Foster
John Foster
Central Street
Laurie Martell
Stan Martell
Peter Spring Road
Robert Hayes
Tom Hayes
Williams Road
Ellen Walen
Robert Walen
Thoreau Street
Figure Cost of Growing A Boy
Washington report from UPI notes teen boys 16 to 19 consume the largest share of a family’s weekly food budget. USDA estimates a growing male’s weekly food cost at 8.20 on a low plan, 11.20 on a moderate plan, and 12.60 on a liberal plan.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
S Research Service
Concord Nursing Addition to Get 39 Beds at Deaconess Home
Concord plans a 39 bed nursing addition to the New England Deaconess Association rest home on Old Road to Nine Acre corner. Cost about 585000 with 232000 federal grant approved. The $232000 comes from HEW via Under-Burton to aid elderly care. Construction to start this fall with plans by Harold Knight Associates.
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Concord
New England Deaconess Association
Nine Acre Corner
William H. Duvall
F. Bradford Morse
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Association
Harold Knight
Under-Burton Pe
Duvall
Huabeintion
Gloucester
T I C Strike Nears Resolution Amid Management Uncertainty
A Boston law firm said no official word from the union on a possible settlement of the T I C strike. J Howard Mann, new Bowmar T I C manager in Fort Wayne, reported no picketing since 1961 and noted union requests to set aside NL R B elections while the plant, in electronics making patientometers, currently employs about 132 people.
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Allan A. Tepper
Snyder & Tepper
Tremont Street
Boston
J. Howard Mann
Bowmar Instrument Corp
Fort Wayne
Ind
Agricultural Implement Workers of America
UAW
Afl-Cio
Mann
National Labor Reations Board
School timetable announced by Dr. Ireland
Concord lists the local school schedule with openings on September 6 and holidays including October 12 and November 12. Schools close for a teacher institute on October 25 and the Thanksgiving recess runs November 21 through 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Robert S. Ireland
Police Probe Weekend Breaks in Bedford Area
Bedford police investigate a series of weekend burglaries. Donald Miskowski reports thieves entered his service station on Great Road and stole cash and an electric drill. A shed at Ford Savage also had two locks broken and a drill head damaged.
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Bedford
Donald Miskowski
Walsh Road
Great Road
Drls Head
Greatroad
Page School
Seeing's Believing: Doctors Face Information Overload
New York reports that physicians must choose among 6000 medical journals to read today versus 850 in 1879. They also contend with Patterns a publication for doctors and 3000 books in medical sciences vying for attention to stay current.
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New York
UPI
Unitarian Church Plans Fall and Winter Services
The Acton Acton Summer discussion series ends with tonight’s meeting at the South Acton parsonage and choir practice with new director Grace Sallone and organist George Coin. Parish plans include Sunday School teachers needed, a Sept 9 service at 9 30 am with nursery, youth group meetings, and a Sept 16 Sunday School opening.
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Acton
Friends
Unitarian- Universalist Church
Prospect Street
South Acton
Grace Sallone
George Co
Robert Copeland
West Acton
Peg” Rodgers
Deane Starr
Princi to Speak to Acton Lions Tuesday Night
Acton Lions Club hosts Princi, chief customs lector for the commonwealth, for the first fall meeting and supper at Acton Center Women’s Clubhouse. President Julian J. DAgostino will preside at 6 30 p.m. Princi, named to the post in 1961, formerly served on the Winthrop Finance Committee town counsel and the board of selectmen chair. He was special assistant district attorney for Suffolk County in 1961 and is a Northeastern University Law School graduate active in Boston civic life.
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Acton
Peter W. Princi
The
Commonwealth
Acton Lions 'Club
Acton Center Woman’s Clubhouse
Julian J. D’agostino
Princi
Winthrop Finance Committee
Board of Selectmen
Suffolk County
Northeastern University Law School
Boston
Carlisle Board of Selectmen Meet Friday at Gleason Library
The Carlisle Board of Selectmen will hold a regular meeting Friday night at 7 30 at the Gleason Public Library rooms with Chairman Herbert D Bates presiding. Regular meetings will resume in September.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Board of Selectmen
Gleason Public Library
Herbert D. Bates
Carlisle Garden Club Plans Discussed At Coffee Hour
The Carlisle Ways and Means Committee met at Mrs William E. Toth's West Street home for a morning coffee hour to discuss plans for the upcoming club season.
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Carlisle — Ways and Means
Carlisle Garden Club
William E. Toth
West Street
European Autos in Europe Face Moment of Truth
According to American Machinist, Europe’s auto industry confronts a moment of truth as 1961 U S sales decline and rising Common Market competition threaten its ability to match U S production capacity.
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European Autos
New York
UPI
Europe
American Machinist
United States
Maynard Whit ney named Concord judge in Inside Stuff
Political campaign trails continue as town issues and local appointments unfold. Selectmen decide on a successor to the resigned Tuttle in Acton Tuesday. Weddings occur in Maynard and Concord as civic events and a football season opens with local sports updates.
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Maynard
Otis Whitney
Concord
St. Casimir’s
Bill” Gallagher
Pittsburgh
Tuttle
Acton
Waltham
Wiliam Mays
Atta- Williams
Dave Beisel
Sarah Faversham
Franklin Johnson
Redcaps
West Concord
Annual Grange Fair Set for Sept 8 in Boxborough
Boxborough Grange hosts a town hall fair on Saturday September 8 with entries due by Friday evening September 7. Exhibits set up Saturday morning before 9 and cannot be removed until 7 pm except livestock at 5 pm. Events include a ham supper auction minstrel show 4 H snacks doll carriage parade races and games. Morse of Roxborough is fair chair with premium books available.
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Boxborough
Boxborough Grange
Whalom Park
Lunenburg
Alfred Cobleigh
Grange Arthritis Research
Boxborough Historical Society
4-H
Albion W. Morse
Hill Road
Roxborough
Morse
Gene Barry Buys The Fix for Film Adaptation
Actor Gene Barry of Bat Masterson fame buys Jack Usher best seller The Fix and will star in its film adaptation under Barbery Production Co. He aims to cast Simone Signoret and Yvette Mimi Munich as costars.
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Hollywood
UPI
Gene Barry
Bat Masterson
Jack Usher
the Fix
Barbery
Barry
Simone Signoret
Yvette Mimeux
Wilson Elected to Head Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
Cambridge business leader Daniel B. Wilson was chosen for a one-year term as president of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. Wilson, a director and treasurer of the A. Wilson Company, works from Independence Road and was described as a longtime local figure in business circles.
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Wilson
Concord
Donald B. Wilson
Independence Road
A. ©. Wilson
Madsens Visit Area Relatives
West Concord resident Robert Madsen a Mobil executive and Northeastern University alumnus visited area relatives in Maynard and Concord after traveling in Europe He is remembered by friends in Concord and Maynard where he once served as a school committee member and teacher.
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West Concord
Robert Madsen
Mobil and His Co
Nowa
Mount Sinaii
Long Island
N. Y
Concord
Maynard
Europe
Madsen
Northeastern University Alumni Corporation
Smethurst Hurt As Bike Hits Car
Smethurst 48, a Fairhaven road automobile dealer and auxiliary police sergeant, was injured Tuesday when his motor bike collided with a car on Middle street. He suffered multiple fractures and other injuries, was taken to Emerson Hospital by town ambulance, and underwent surgery following the crash.
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Concord
Chester D. Smethurst, Sr
Fairhaven Road
Emerson Hospital
Middle Street
Smethurst
Acton Garden Club Postpones Meeting to Sept 13
Acton Regular meeting set for Sept 13 due to holiday week and school opening. Mrs William H Kemp to host 1 30 tea at Acton Woman's Club before the business session. Guest speaker Alexander I Heimlich of Woburn will discuss Rock Gardens in the afternoon program.
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Acton
Acton Garden Club
William H. Kemp
Acton Woman's Club
Alexander I. ‘Heimlich
Woburn
Rock Gardens
Well Child Conference Set By Health Board
Concord board of health sponsors the Well Child Conference at Thoreau School. The meetings occur on the first Thursday of each month, starting next Thursday September 6, the opening day of the school term.
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Health Board
Concord — Board of Health
Thoreau School
Shish-Ka-Bob Supper Set by Concord Trinity TAGS
Concord Trinity adult group TAGS plans a shish-ka-bob supper on September 8 at 6 p.m. at Bruce Nelsons home 9 Monument Street. Reservations due by September 4 with Allan Fox EM 9 3723. Event to proceed rain or shine.
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Concord
Concord Couple Announces Daughter's Marriage in Idaho Ceremony
Concord residents Mr. and Mrs. T. Mott Shaw announce the marriage of their daughter Mrs. Sarah Q. Faver sham to Franklin Ridgway Johnson of Concord, son of Mrs. Spencer A. Wiltsie of Eustis Florida and the late Howard Franklin Johnson. The ceremony was held Monday at Sun Valley Idaho.
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Concord
T. Mott Shaw
Shea family welcomes second child Kimberly Shea
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Shea of West Acton announce the birth of their daughter Kimberly Sunday at Emerson Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Veleno and Daniel Shea, Roxborough. Great grandparents are Daniel Shea Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Patsy Veleno.
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West Acton
James D. Shea
Nashoba Rond
Joan Veleno
Kimberly
Emerson Hospital
Nicholas Veleno
Daniel Shea
Roxborough
Boxborough
Patsy Veleno
Maynard
Clambake Sunday At Club Grounds In Concord
Red and Gun Club hosts its annual clambake and field day at the club grounds off Strawberry Hill road on Sunday from 1 p m to 6 p m with a rain date Monday. Clams lobsters refreshments and various games are planned and the public is welcome for a family outing.
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Concord
Red & Gun Club
Strawberry Hill Road
Enterprise Hints at Two Front Pages This Week
Maynard Enterprise announces a two front page edition this week with special features on the second page and hints at a possible third front page if the new format succeeds. Readers are urged to call for more details.
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Enterprise
CCHS Student to Return Home After Jap Stay
Concord high school reports Robert Roy Clark, son of Mr and Mrs George Clark, Carlisle, is expected to fly home today after a stay in Hiroshima with a Shinto priest family. Maria Martinis Andina of Madrid and Kristen of unknown last name join Concord and Kristen High School students for the American Field Service exchange. Miss Andina will live with the William Faxon family at 98 Main Street. Miss Rohme with the Ralph P Webster Jr family on Independence Road. American Family Service local chapter will resume meetings and prepare the next student for abroad travel. Fabian Friedman of 97 Main Street coordinates between schools and the exchange program.
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Concord
Robert Roy Clark
George Clark
Lowell Road
Carlisle
Hiroshima
Japan
Orscar Cabes
Etatesee
Maria Sther Martinas-Andina
Madrid
Spain
Concord and
Kristen High School
Miss Martinas- Andina
William Faxon
Main Street
Rohme
Ralph P. Webster Jr
Independence Road
American Family Service
Clark
United States
Fabian Friedman
Leason
American Field Service
Concord Driver Held On Fatality
United Press International reported that 82 year old Newburyport laborer Charles Addison was fatally struck by a motorist while walking near Main Street in Salisbury. Police arrested 53 year old Concord resident Cornelius Breitenbach and charged him with driving so as to endanger.
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Concord
United Press International
Charles Addison
Newburyport
Main
Salisbury
Cornelius Breitenbach
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Acton League of Women
Acton League
Es Huebsch
Kenneth C
Wm. Perkins
William Perkins Roller
U. S
John F. Gray
Peter W. Princi Photo
Prendiville
Dale Case
Concord Library
Pic
Madsens
Smethurst Hurt
Sun Valley
Ida
Sheas
CCHS
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