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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
3
Fragmentary news notes discuss Pasteur’s pasteurization and inoculation breakthroughs, a brief note on early vaccines, and quirky kitchen tips for cranberry pie. The text blends historical science with home experiment ideas and holiday reference.
United Press report quotes Dr. Joseph Lee Hollander saying prednisone and prednisolone are beneficial but not miraculous. These steroids relieve symptoms at lower doses with fewer side effects but are not cures. Caution urged in patient selection and minimal effective dosing. Prospects for more potent steroids keep chemists hopeful.
Concord and West Concord youths in the James J. Mansfield Post 158 annual party are invited with parents or guardians. The event on Sunday, December 18 at 1 30 PM in the Veterans Building features movies candy refreshments and likely the arrival of St Nick.
Chrysler reports a strong rise in 1955 sales for new Chryslers and Imperials. From January 1 to November 20, 1955 sales reached 148,292, up 75.8 percent from 1954. Ten day period ending November 20 showed a 9.6 percent gain. PowerStyle Chryslers and Imperials set regional records amid new features.
Lieut John Brauckman a former Concord resident is back in the area stationed with the U S Air Force at Hanscom Field Bedford A supper meeting for the Senior Young People will be held at the vestry of the First Parish Unitarian church on Sunday December 11 at 6 30 p m Next Sunday church school will be held at Trinity Episcopal church with a Christmas pageant at 3 30 p m and 5 p m
Concord couple Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hall announce the birth of their third child and first son Christopher Allen on December 5 at the Richardson House. Grandmother is Mrs. Burleigh L. Pratt of Elm Street, Concord.
The Knights of Columbus plan a testimonial banquet to honor Michael Zapareski of 14 Brown Street Maynard who became chief of the Maynard Police Department on a Sunday morning. Zapareski is a 19 year veteran of the force.
The local police department history records a year long appointment by the Board of Selectmen during November.
The Concord Grange P of H No 150 invites the public to a whist party at 257 Main Street, the home of Marion Clark, master, next Tuesday evening December 13 at 3 o’clock.
The Police Chief reported a Dec 5 8 30 am pickup crash near the Ammunition Depot in South Sudbury with no injuries. A 1 15 pm Dec 5 car crash on Harvard Rd in Stow left all passengers, including two minor girls and John Kopp, for Emerson Hospital. Five year old Thomas Follett was hospitalized after a fall from a tree with a suspected kidney injury.
The Service Club of Union Evangelical Church held a Christmas party at Mrs Margaret Lewis home. Gifts were exchanged and Christmas carols were sung. Mrs Garland Hall participated in the event.
Maynard leaders named to run the Heart Fund drive include Treasurer James V. King town clerk at 122 Great Road and Heart Sunday chair Miss Jennie Girdziewski of 8 High Street. Girdziewski previously led Heart Sunday in 1955 and served as Heart Neighbor in 1954. The February drive aims to raise funds for heart disease research education and community service programs. The report notes the automobile industry uses about 300 imported items from abrasives to tin.
The passage notes the wife of Reverend Hall accompanied the singers on the accordion and that refreshments were served by Mrs Janet Derby Mrs Alice Dudley Mrs Dorothy Hardy and Mrs Olive Hekkala.
The Unity Club will hold a Christmas party at its next meeting on Thursday December 15. Boy Scout Troop 36 in Carlisle continues weekly meetings at the brick schoolhouse at 7 30 with Scoutmaster Robert F Lauder in charge. Open house at the new ranch home of Mrs Edna Sleeper on Brook Street drew about 100 doctors lawyers nurses and friends. Mrs Sleeper runs the Sunnyside Nursing Home. Rev Robert B Dempsey of the Carlisle Congregational Church will lead a Bible study on Deity of Christ at the mid week service at 7 45 tonight.
Reverend Albert N. Kaucher of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) delivered the Sunday morning sermon titled Safety First or Last. Music was led by Donald Lapham.
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