Gold Key Awards Honor Hartford Sports Figures
The Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance named Frank Beauty McGowan, Frank D. Ross, and T. A. Dwight Jones as gold key recipients for distinguished services to Connecticut sports. The 15th annual banquet will be in Cheshire on January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connie Mack
Athletics
Toilwaukee
Baltimore
T. A. Dwight Jones
Yale
Elis
Jones
Walter Camp
Frank Ross
Connecticut
New England
U. S
Hartford Golf Club
Shennecasset
Wampanoag
Manchester
N. H
Apawamis
N. Y
Flying Santa Prepared for Annual Trip
Edward Rowe Snow plans a two week flight to deliver 245 gifts to lighthouse keepers along the Atlantic coast starting Saturday. He will visit Maine Bar Harbor and Grand Manan Island, with his daughter Dorothy aboard. Additional flights will reach the mid Atlantic coast and Florida before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Wade
U. P
Marshfield
Mass
New England
Flying Santa
Atlantic
Edward Rowe Snow
Snow
Maine
Grand Manian Island
Canada
Bar Harbor
Dorothy
Santa
Mid- Atlantic Coast
Florida
Teen Age Commandments From Sudbury Boston Schools
Grades seven through twelve in Sudbury and Boston schools publish a set of ten Teen Age Commandments. They urge respect for parents, careful choices about drinking, obedience, avoiding dirty thoughts, responsible driving, selecting good friends, choosing suitable dates, readiness for steady relationships, love for God and neighbors, and living carefully to save one’s soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Boston
Boston School Committee
Bedford Man in Big Maneuver
Bedford Pfc. David Hayford, former Concord High athlete, joins Exercise Sage Brush in Louisiana the largest joint Army Air Force maneuver since World War II. Stationed at Fort Bragg he joined the Army in October 1953 after basic at Fort Dix. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arnold D Hayford of 49 Dudley Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
David Hayford
Concord High School
Louisiana
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
U. S. Army
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Arnold D. Hayford
Dudley Road
Author Helps Keep Christmas Lights Bright Abroad
The speaker discusses funding a Santa program with about $1,300 and personal donations including $45 plus gifts like cigarettes and tobacco. He reflects on flying along the coast in December and writing books about the sea and New England storms, feeling indebted to lighthouse keepers and remembering the golden rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow
New England
Christmas Not Much Mentioned in 1850 Advertisements
Harman W. Nichols notes 1850 Washington papers focused on scientific descriptions of the windpipe rather than Christmas. Ads showed frugal, do it yourself culture with gingerbread, rag dolls, sleds, and small holiday gifts. Some lines hinted at Christmas while most commerce kept a plain tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman W. Nichols
U. P
Washington
Congress
Washington Evening Star
Franklin Pierce
J. H. Green
7Th Street Stower
W. F. Seymour
Washington Daily Union
Downden
New Jersey
Wedded To Sister Of Divorced Wife In New York
Miss Marlene Bauer a top golfer, age 21, and Robert Hagge age 28 from Saugatuck Michigan were married December 1 in Geneva New York. They work off season promoting a new chain grocery market. Hagge had divorced Bauer’s sister Alice, also a top golfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
N. Y
Marlene Bauer
Robert Hagge
Saugatuck
Mich
Geneva
Miss Bauer
Hagge
Marlene
Alice
Deer statue destroyed after car hits lawn display
In New Britain Connecticut Mrs. Omer Guilmette says a car rammed her 400 pound metal deer on the lawn, breaking it into pieces. In Plymouth Indiana the Hlavacek women- Gladys Carol Connie and Diane- each have had a hurricane named for them, while Darlene 9 remains the lone unlisted female.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Omer Guilmette
Plymouth
Ind
Clarence Hlavacek
Gladys
Carol
Connie
Diane
Darlene
Cousy denies hoop strike amid Celtics win
Celtics star Bob Cousy rejected reports of a sit down strike at Boston Garden while NBA head Maurice Podoloff warned players. Boston defeated the St Louis Hawks 122 to 99 in a double header with Ed Macauley and Bill Sharman scoring half the team’s points in front of his hometown crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posten
Boston Celtics
Bob Cousy
Boston Garden
Cousy
Grievante
NBA
Maurice Podoloff
St. Louis
Podoleff
New York
Celts
Boston
St. Louis Hawks
Celt
Ed Macauley
Bill Sharman
Cold Rookie Heinrich Warms Bruins With Icebound Skills
Boston rookie Lionel Heinrich from Churchbridge Saskatchewan thrives in cold. He learned hockey outdoors in temperatures as low as 35 degrees below zero and credits his parents for support. He was called up from Hershey to bring speed to the team, and recalls his parents’ elated reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Bruins
Lionel Heinrich
Heinrich
Churchbridge
Hershey
Bruins
William Carter Co. Gives Annual Underwear to Employees
From the years ago column the William Carter Co. distributed underwear to employees this week, a custom appreciated by recipients and by those concerned with employer employee relations. The Upper Peninsula was ceded to Michigan by the federal government in 1837 after the Toledo War between Michigan and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needham, Mass
William Carter Co
Michigan
Ohio
Toledo
Maynard Town Team Edged By Leominster In Opener
Leominster Rec Center defeated Maynard Town Team 62 to 58 in the season opener. Leominster led 31 24 at halftime as Bob Brown paced the Rec Center with support from Grasso. Maynard rallied late but fell short led by Ben Tomys Edi Gallagher and Roy Weaving. Both teams had 26 floor goals as Maynard schedules home games at the Concord Armory and away games in two leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Arthur
Maynard Town
Leominster
New England A. A. U
Bob Brown
Alex Kulevich
Bill Howe
Rec
Ben Tomys
Edi Gallagher
Roy Weaving
Brown
Grasso
Rec Center
Arthur’s Furniture and Jeweltry Company
Middlesex Town
Paul Kivikoski
Stags Schedule Shows Winter Middlesex Games
Middlesex Town League games list venues and dates for the Stags season. Matches include Leominster Natick Townsend Marlboro Groton Ipswich Acton Hudson and Marlboro with a sequence of midweek and weekend fixtures from December through February.
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STAGS
Leominster
Natick
Townsend
Marlboro
Groton
Cleaners
Ipswich
Ig Vminniee
Weg
Hudson
Acton
Middlesex
Maynard High Students Explore College Programs and Awards
Maynard High School hosted visits from Barbara Eaton of Northeastern University Wen dell Forbes of Norwich University and D H Stevens of Franklin Technical Institute to inform juniors and seniors about programs. Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow tested senior girls on December 6 with state wide scholarships and tours. Maynard seniors Carol Seura and Regina Sokolowski received partial Pierce Secretarial School scholarships. The Eastern Massachusetts Association of Student Councils convened at Melrose High School on December 3 with Maynard participants Richard Bernier James Luker Sandra Spratt and Jean Zanelli accompanied by Acting Principal Frediano Mattioli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Barbara Eaton
Northeastern University
Wendell Forbes
Norwich University
D. H. Stevens
Franklin Technical Institute
Maynard High School
Betty Crocker
M.hls
Maynard High
Carol Seura
Regina Sokolowski
Pierce Secretarial School
Althea Archibald
Pierce
Eastern Massachusetts Association of Student Councils
Melrose H.S
Richard Bernier
James Luker
Sandra Spratt
Jean Zanelli
Maynard H.S
Frediano Mattioli
Coolidge School Library Certificates Awarded
Certificates are given to Grade 5 students Billy Martino Larry Nelson Charles Sokolowski and John Rutkowski and to Grade 6 students Billy Keto Rosemarie Melora with Frank Angelosanto Grade 5 and Billy Larson Grade 6 earning second Library certificates after reading five books and presenting reports. Snelling Bee winners Rodney Hytonen Grade 5 and John Latva Grade 6. Mrs Holt testing eye vision. parents will be notified if any child fails screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge School Library
Billy Martino
Larry Nelson
Charles Sokolowski
John Rutkowski
Billy Keto
Rosemarie Melora
Frank Angelosanto
Billy Larson
Snelling
Rodney Hytonen
John Latva
Holt, R.N
Sudbury Students Attend EMASC Convention at Melrose High
Eight Sudbury High delegates joined seniors Gertrude Davison Dee Ann Hairston and Baird Pittman juniors Peggy Clerk Sandra Dugan and Nicholas Mercury sophomores Sheila Moynihan and Jean Rosato with chaperones Mr Downing and Mr Merrill. The day, led by EMASC president Frank Carbone included business, conferences on funding student councils, lunch, and a keynote by Lt Governor Sumner Whittier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Massachusetts Association of Student Councils
Melrose High School
Sudbury
Gertrude Davison
Dee Ann Hairston
Baird Pittman
Peggy
Sandra’ Dugan
Nicholas Mercury
Sheila Moynihan
Jean Rosato
Downing
Merrill
Frank Carbone
E.M. A.s.c’s
Penny Martin
Framingham
E.m.a.s.c’s
Melrose
Sudbury High
Sandra Dugan
Grace
E.M.A.S.C
James Kelly
Watertown
Joyce Grant
Roxbury
Sumner Whittier
Careers Talk on Technical Fields At Local Assembly
A special assembly featured J Murray Hoy, Placement Director of the Industrial Technical Schools of Boston, discussing career opportunities in technical fields. He highlighted job outlook and earning power for graduates in refrigeration, air conditioning, power oil burners, industrial electricity, electronics, machine drafting, plastic mold and tool design, and motor repair. Students then took a mechanical aptitude test and a general educational development test.
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J. Murray Hoy
Industrial Technical Schools of
Boston
Hoy
New England
Massachusetts Vision Test Used for Child Screening
Children are screened by means of the Massachusetts Vision Test as part of a health assessment. The program aims to identify visual impairments early to ensure proper development and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Roosevelt School Acknowledges Safe Driving Certificates
Roosevelt School honors Muriel Thompson and Bernard Tarara for safe driving essays issued by the Department of Education. Pupils viewed the Bonnie Bell filmstrip by New England Tel and Tel, with Miss Gill and Miss Virginia presenting. Music supervision by Miss Colburn plus Community Choral Society attendance noted. Handel's Messiah in Framingham highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt School
Muriel Thompson
Miss Kinsley
Bernard Tarara
New England Tel and Tel Company
Bonnie Bell
Division of Customer Instruction
Mary Gill
Virgin
Migg
Eleaner Colburn
Ruby Hamlin
Community Choral Society
Framineham
Edward Cildar
Lowell State Teachers College
Novine
Hall
Frammineham
School basketball game ends in tie at Lexington
The report notes a boys varsity basketball game in Acton Lexington ending 44-all with a successful fourth quarter basket. Superintendent O Connell is mentioned along with donations to the fifth grade and a Tri County Association meeting involving Blackall Smith and Lexi ner.
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Acton
O’conne
Lexington
New Maria
Tri-County Association
Blackall Smith
Lexiner
Knights Play Concord Film Session in 1918 Clash
The Knights faced Concord in a 1918 game session with an assist heavy lineup. Notable players contributed to a tense contest as the teams balanced defense and offense in a historic matchup.
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Bermuda
Gombey
WWE
Ouns Ane
Co.o
Ie Tim
Company Underwear
Concord Armory
Weaving
Rf Kulevich
Gallagher
Kivikoski
Fomyl
Howes
Ng ' Rogers
Tata
Rf Mazzaferro Nixon
Lindsay
Cosgrove
C Crowley
Chester
Maynard School
Gram
Lloyd
Falmouth
Bemis Baye
School of Design
Stitute
Norwh
Dietitian Model Hospital
Plcof
Dee Ann
Meir Dee Ann
Nancy Custer
Dee Ann Pittman
Jean Tay Vana
Edison School
Jamaica Plain
Hunter
George Silva
Riley
O’connell
Charles D
Knick of Mar
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