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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1958
Page
16
Postmasters praise the early mailing campaign and urge wrapping securely using corrugated cartons, with careful addressing and return labels. They advise First Class for quicker delivery, note parcel size limits vary by destination, and set firm mailing deadlines: long distances before Dec 10 and local gifts by Dec 15.
On December 19 the community school hosts a Christmas party for parents and younger children with the possibility of Santa Claus. The event promises a happy time and marks the start of the Christmas season before the school reopens.
Dozens of wild ponies are driven from a nearby island and sold at an annual summer auction in Chincoteague Virginia attracting visitors and buyers from the region.
Norman A. Keyes of the Waltham Social Security District Office urges applicants to bring required documents to prove right to benefits. Acceptable proofs include W-2 forms or recent tax returns, and age can be shown by old documents rather than a birth certificate. Local representatives will be at Marlboro City Hall Concord Post Office and Maynard Town House on specified Fridays. The first rolling mill for copper sheet in America was erected by Paul Revere in Boston in 1801. The New England Council reports.
An inmate from Massachusetts Institute escaped for 24 hours from a piggery at 4 30 p m Tuesday. State Troopers George Robertson Thomas Maloney John Montgomery aided in recapture after he wandered woods and was found drenched hungry and tired. Reformatory officials say he is serving five to 20 years for armed robbery breaking and entering and larceny and will face the court on escape charges.
Funeral services were held for Frederick Winsor Jr. 58 of Weston a noted writer and architect and son of Middlesex founder Frederick Winsor Sr He attended Middlesex Harvard and MIT and served in World War II He was active in golf and clubs Burial followed at Weston with his mother Mrs Frederick Winsor of Boston and two sisters Mrs F Wolsey Pratt of Concord and Mrs Elliott W Bisbee of Boston.
Last week at Emerson Hospital Concord records several out-of-town births including a daughter to Mr and Mrs David Lawson Sudbury i 17 a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Gilroy Bedford 46 Roberts Drive a son to Mr and Mrs H John Rice Sudbury North Road a son to Mr and Mrs Paul Shields South Acton 62 Serner Street a daughter to Mr and Mrs Peter Tandy Moore Road Roxborough and a birth to George L Massachusetts Avenue Roxborough on Nov 20.
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