Concord Taxpayers Eye Rising Rates and Pressure
Concord Taxpayers Association held a December meeting to discuss a projected tax rise in Massachusetts and Concord’s 37 percent three year increase. Members urged firmer action, study of town plans, and possible construction of low cost housing for seniors while weighing Route 2 relocation and industrial development.
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Concord
Concord Taxpayers Asociation
Concord Cooperative Bank
Mesers
Arnold
Bushnell
Wadsworth
Thomas
Boston
Bertram A. Druker
State Association of Real Estate Boards
Massachusetts
Druker
Concord Taxpayers Association
Ellis
North Andover
Brooks School
D.P.W
Messrs
Flint and Watries
Tee
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Association
Board of Directors
Messrs. Brown
Flint
Nordblom
General Court
Christmas Checks Sent Early For Korean Veterans
Boston VA official William J. Blake announced rapid processing will mail December checks to Korean veterans in training by December 16 arriving December 17. The “Training Checks For Christmas” drive asks schools and OT training sites to send November Certificates of Training to VA by December 8 to ensure timely delivery.
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Boston
William J. Blake
Blake
Massachusetts
Vautselesetts
Treasury
Concord gift to Odell church bells fund
Fred T. Boyd of Concord will attend Odell All Saints Church evensong to present a gift from Peter Junior High School. The town assists with the $3360 bell frame replacement after 50 years of forced silence. bells will ring again on December 20 after dedication by the bishop.
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Odell
England
UPI
All Saints Church
Concord
Maes
Peter Bulkeley
Bedfordshire
America
Bulkeley
Fred T. Boyd
Peter
Es-Old
Boyd
Salvation Army Friendly Appeal Half-Year Total Reaches $576
Stow residents donate $576.26 to the Salvation Army annual drive with $115.25 staying in the Service Fund to aid the needy. Thanksgiving turkey and chicken donations supported families, and organizers led by chairwoman Mrs. Cyrus Kendrick, Jr. thank numerous volunteers including Mrs. George Peterson and Mrs. John Vincent for their pivotal efforts.
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Stow
Salvation Army
Service
George Petersen
John Vincent
George Ojalehto
Cyrus Kendrick, Jr
Kendrick
Elton Robblee
James Lund
James Scraggs
R'chard Dudley
Samuel Ineson
Richard Herrick
Arthur Leombruno
Marshall White
Ralph Thorne
Earle Cummings
Wm. Pearse
Egon Teodorsen
Frederick Mitchell
Benjamin Dudley
George Wood
Vincent Greene
Delbert Hancock
Wm. Brown
Orrin Benjamin
Roger Tansey
Wm. Peake
Ruth Patterson
Walter Dunganson
Christine Hunter
Robert Tourville
George Peterson
Howard Lewis
Roy Flanagan
Philip Hanson
Robert Hodgdon
Jack Ousley
John Beattie
Beecher Washburn
Donald Dwinnells
Toys For Toys drive aids Christmas needy children
The Salvation Army Men’s Center Shell Oil and the U S Marine Corps Reserve sponsor a Toys For Toys collection in week two. Donors should leave new or good used toys at Shell stations for pickup by Salvation Army or Marines for distribution to disadvantaged children at Christmas.
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U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Salvation Army
Shell Oil CO
Salvation Army Men’s Center
Shell Oil Company
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Richard Baggs
Surge of activity forecast in 1959 steel industry
Cleveland based UPI reports a steel industry surge expected to push activity above general economy levels in 1959. Inventory trends point to rising demand as consumer stocks are low and production scales up, with forecasts of 14 million tons by year end and a 5 million ton gain in the first half of 1959.
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Cleveland Upi
Steel Magazine
Metalworking Weekly
Level Steel
Stow Gym Class Schedule Reopens for Saturday Mornings
Richard Bejune Center School principal announces return of Saturday morning gym classes. December 6 splits by grade with boys 8:30 to 10 and girls 10 to 11 30. December 13 covers grades five to two in sequential 8:30 to 11:30 slots. December 20 repeats. no classes December 27 or January 3. From January 10 lower grades start same pattern and alternate each Saturday thereafter.
Carl deSuze Shows Film at Stow P T A
Radio figure Carl deSuze presented his film Come To The Fair at Center School Stow drawing about 475 attendees. He narrated aboard with his son Jack. the event benefited the Stow PTA Scholarship Fund and featured a fund raising atmosphere.
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Carl D Esuze
Stow P.T. A
Stow
Center School
Carl deSuze
Radio Fame
Charles D. Childs
Stow P.T.A
deSuze
United Nations
Europe
Jack
Christmas greens demonstration in Framingham and Concord
Dried weeds and native evergreens form wreaths and swags for two Christmas greens demonstrations. Ber t Fordham Extension Specialist shows pruning and arrangement techniques at the Framingham Community Recreation Center and Concord Extension Service Schoolhouse. Public invited to attend.
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Framingham
Concord
Framigham
Concord Street
Everett Street
Home Department of Extension Service
Sierbert Fordham
Waltham Field Station
Dance at Dener School Sponsored by Junior High
The Dener School junior high members sponsor a school dance on Friday December 5 from 7 30 to 11 p m. Jeremy Howe is chairman and Ali High School students are invited. Parents may attend and refreshments will be served. The article also notes a hailstone weighing one and a half pounds found at Potter Ned on July 6 1928 by the U S Weather Bureau.
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Dener School
Jeremy Howe
Ali Highh
U. S. Weather Bureau
Potter, Ned
Rebekahs Plan Dec 15 Visit and Christmas Party
Willow Rebekahs met at Union Church with Helen Engebretsen presiding. Plans were made to visit Rebekah Assembly President Angelina Vance and deputy staff, with a Christmas party at the church on December 15. The note mentions San Francisco's first underground rage beneath Union Square.
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West Concord
Willow Rebekahs
Union Church
Helen Engebretsen
Noble Grand
Rebekah
Angelina Vance
Ident
Union Square
San Francisco
Funeral for Judge Good Attended by Public Official
Maj. Gen. Otis M. Whitney of Concord, state public commissioner, attended the funeral for Judge Francis J. Good held at Cambridge.
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Otis M. Whitney
Concord
Francis J. Good
Cambridge
Concord Thirty Two Blood Drive Sees 89 Pints Collected
Concord volunteers and Red Cross staff collected 89 pints of blood during the bloodmobile visit on Monday. Despite a capacity of 150 pints, many appointments were missed and some donors were disqualified for health reasons.
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Concord
Red Criss Bloodmobile
H. Leroy Newbold
Red Cross Blood Program
Maureen
E. Cary Brown
John Lorsonniere
Anna Manon
CDA Seeks Holiday Gifts for Children at Christmas Party
West Concord court No. 1116 of the CDA meets at 8:30 PM in the Our Lady Help of Christians hall for the annual Christmas Party. The state choir directed by Mrs. Arthur Cunningham Everett will perform, with Santa InaPresent. The court plans gift donations for 90 children at the Italian Home in Jamaica Plain and asks members to deliver gifts to Grand Regent Emma Tombeno.
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West Concord
Court Our Lady Help
Chrstians
C.D.A
Arthur Cunningham
Everett
Jamaica Plain
Emma Tombeno
Commonwealth Avenue
Concord residents move. Tra vis family relocates to New Jersey
Dr and Mrs Raymond M Trav is now in Verona New Jersey new role as assistant to regional school superintendent in West Essex Caldwell Township Also Mrs Michelsz and former Barbara Brooks moved to 12 Warner Street West Concord Raymond Daniels relocated to Syracuse New York Rotary Club resumes luncheons at Howard Johnson s Christmas party set for Dec 30 Local debutante Sarah Dodd Sargent marked 18th birthday Threat of kitchen fire at Newbury home caused slight damage
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Raymond M. Travis
Thoreau Street
Verona
N.J
West Essex
Galdwell Township
Concord
Walter Michelsz
Barbara Brooks
Sudbury
Warner Street
West Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Howard Johnson
Chester D. Smethurst
Sarah Dodd Sargent
Winthrop W. Sargent
Monument Street
Sno Ball Plans At Maynard High School
Maynard Senior class completes Sno Ball preparations at George Washington Auditorium Friday evening. DeGrappo's Orchestra will provide dancing music. Committees list chairs and members for Decorating, Refreshment, Ticket Sales, Advertising, Door, and General committees with names such as Joan Nyholm Judith Rutkowski Nancy Charpentier Leena Saastamoinen Larry Colleton Dorothy Hatfield Raymond Mikkonen David Holt Lombard Brenda Mariani Karen Keto Hatfield Edward Mullin Cyril Spratt Norman Hannon Judith Kane John White Joseph Gracefila Heather Jenkins Karen Grandell Walter Crowther among others. Emerson Junior Football players and cheerleaders had photos taken by Sam Micciche. Frank Corroran substitutes for Cyril Spratt.
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Maynard
Maynard High School
George Washington Auditorium
DeGrappo
Joan Nyholm
Judith Rutkowski
Nancy Charpentier
Leena Saastamoinen
Larry Colleton
Dorothy Hatfield
Raymond Mikkonen
David Holt
Lombard
Brenda Marineni
Karen Keto
Hatfield
Edward Mullin
Cyril Spratt
Norman Hannon
Judith Kane
Brenda Mariani
John White
Joseph Gracefila
Heather Jenkins
Karen Grandell
Walter Crowther
Emerson
Sam Micciche
Samuel’s
Frank Corroran
Regional juniors hear John Powers on Sudbury history
Regional students heard John Powers assistant district attorney speak on Sudbury heritage including Musketaquid meaning grassy plains. He recounted early frontier life town governance and participation in the French War Revolutionary War and local struggles against wolves and Indians. The Massachusetts Bar Association sponsors the program each year and students enjoyed the event.
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Sudbury
John Powers
Powers
Massachusetts Bar Association
Pam” Blake
Forum Club
England
Yugoslavia
Harvard
M.I.T
Weston Sociables
Wayside Inn Assembly
Parents League
Lincoln
Hart Powell
New York City
Montreal
P.S
Local Students Prepare Annual Festival in Lexington
Local students in Lexington host the annual festival Saturday with Concord students and Charles K. Yo Cal School involved. Polly Anderson coordinates activities and performances.
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Lexington
Charles K. Yocal
Concord
Polly Anderson
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