Special Town Meeting in Acton on 11 Articles
Acton voters will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in Blanchard Auditorium to decide 11 articles. Items include funding for Julia McCarthy School expansion and additional classroom space, zoning updates, conservation commission expansion, appeals limits, street acceptances, and easement transfers shown on file plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Blanchard Auditorium
Julia McCarthy
State Assistance Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
Board of Appeals
Planning Board
Ethan Allen Drive
Summer Street
Paul Revere Road
Betsy Ross Cirle
Beverly Road
Main Street
Duggan Road
Birch Ridge Road
Massachusetts Avenue
Cherry Ridge Road
Juniper Ridge Road
Spencer Road
Prospect Street
Cherokee Road
Nash
Obe Road
Oneida Road
Christmas Eve Public Events Amid Local Notices
The item notes 10 days to Christmas plans including a Saturday Emerson Playground appearance and a 2:30 concert at a local institution. It mentions figures like Georg Sallett and Police Chief James Finan Jr. and references to Santa visits, patrol enhancements, town meetings, and local civic notes including school officials and state figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Playground
X Institution
Georg Sallett
James ‘Finan, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Pete Dam Barber
Santa Claus
Ord
Saud
Concord
At & Gun Club
Acton Carlisle
M. Eaton
Spe
John Sheehan
Glenn
John
Io of
Tom’s Food World
Med
Burma Road
F. Bradford
John A. Volpe
Meeting Monday on town issues at Riverside School
Voters will meet Monday at 8 o clock in Riverside School for a special town meeting. Moderator Guy W. Clark will preside. Six articles will be discussed including acceptance of five streets and funding for a community group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Guy W. Clark
Acton Selectmen Discuss Budget and Bid Highlights
Acton board met Tuesday evening receiving an enlarged ceremonial photo from the Enterprise and approving a joint petition for seven Hayward road poles. Budget discussions included 1962 items with veterans agent sealer of weights and measures and other officials present. Printing bids for town reports were opened with Murphy and Snyder and Northeast Offset Inc. submitting proposals. bids referred to planning board for Route 2 sign on Armstrong property. The warrant deadline for the annual town meeting was set for January 2 at 4 pm and Acton Lions Club gained a traffic entrance sign license with 1962 package store license set at 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Board of Selectmen
Enterprise
South Acton
Boston Edison Co
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Hayward Road
Ian Mott
Veterans
George Hayward
Frank Charter
Leslie Parke
Albert Foster
John F
Concordian Motel
Armstrong
Acton Lions Club
Holy Name Men Welcome Rancri and Honor Curate
Members of the Holy Name Society at St. Elizabeth's Church met after the 8:30 Mass with their wives as guests. Francis Ranieri of Hingham spoke on the society’s importance and role in members' lives, and Rev. Edward J. McLaughlin received a pin as spiritual director, presented by George H. Allen. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Holy Name Society
St. Elizabeth's Church
Francis Ranieri
Hingham
Archdiocesan
Edward J. McLaughlin
George H. Allen
Mrs William Smith Admitted To Mass General Hospital
Mrs William Smith of 11 Grant Street, daughter of Mr and Mrs Enrico Venti, is listed as a patient at Mass General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Smith
Grant Street
Enrico Venti
Mass. General Hospital
Santa Expected At Concord Elks Party
Concord Elks sponsor a Christmas party for children at 3 p.m. Sunday at Elks Home on Concord turnpike. Santa Claus will greet all the children.
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Concord
Concord Elks
Elks
Concord Turnpike
Santa Claus
West Acton Ladies Circle Christmas Party Planned
The West Acton Baptist Church ladies circle schedules an afternoon Christmas party with Mrs. Warren A. Silva heading the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Acton
Concord Chamber Adopts Shop At Home Motto
The Concord Chamber endorses the slogan Do Not Roam Shop At Home And We Will All Have A Very Merry Christmas carried by William Towler on his taxi. Local stores stay open evenings the week before Christmas to encourage shopping at home. Residents learn they can find high quality merchandise with courteous service in Concord and West Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Commercial Committee of
Chamber of Chamber
William Towler
West Concord
Acton Postoffices Open Extra Hours Over Weekend
Post offices in Acton will extend hours this weekend for public convenience. South Acton and Acton Center open Saturday December 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday December 17 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. West Acton post office now has John D. Foley as acting postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
South Acton
Acton Center
John D. Foley
Willow Street
West Acton
Concord appoints Loch to housing authority vacancy
Hayward Mill Road resident William B. Loch has been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Arthur W. Hughes Jr on the housing authority until the annual town election. Hughes left office when his family moved to Marblehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
William B. Lochman
Hayward Mill Road
Arthur W. Hughes, Jr
Hughes
Marblehead
Concord Band Christmas Concert Saturday
The Concord Band will stage its Christmas concert Saturday at 2 30 p m in front of the Middlesex Institution for Savings. Dick Vanderuippe conducts the band in the joy big event with Santa Claus expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Middlesex Institution
Dick Vanderuippe
Santa Claus
Damon And Finigan Seek Re Election For Selectmen
Two Concord selectmen John K. Damon and John B. Finigan announce re election bids for three year terms. Damon lists heritage guided policies and low tax goals, cites veteran service, business roles, and community leadership. Finigan cites past finance committee chairmanship, town experience, and effort to control expenditures to keep taxes stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
John K. Damon
John B. Finigan
Damon
General Building Committee
Veterans Services
University of New Hampshire
U. S. Army
Omar Bradley
Concord Woodworking Company
Harvard Trust Company
Concord Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
West Concord
Elizabeth
Jack and
Jil
Board of Selectmen
Finigan
Concord Public
Boston College
University of Michigan
Massachusetts
New England Furniture Association
J. E. Finigan, Inc
General Contractors
St. Elizabeth's Church
Acton
Everett Street
Eleanor
Town Meeting Deliberates School Bonding and Shelter Plans
Warrant highlights include acquisition of Tom's Market for a community center, a $65,000 sewer bond, junior high addition and civil defense upgrades. Town employees seek about 3 percent raises. planning and conservation push density zoning and zoning by laws for fallout shelters. Sidewalks and street restorations along Old Bedford and Bedford streets feature, with multiple conservation articles funding Sudbury Concord river estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom's Market
Civil Defense
Conservation and Planning Board
Mill Dam
Main Street
Ask
White Pond
Tom's Food World
Lowell Road
Housing Authority
Everett Street
Walden Street
Planning Board
Rye
Harrington Avenue
Old Bedford Road
Bedford Street
Stedman Buttrick
Sudbury Concord Rivers
Old North Bridge
Gaetano Taranto
Post office hours expanded before Christmas
Concord and West Concord post offices announce extended hours from December 18 to 22. Concord opens 8 30 a m to 6 p m on weekdays and 1 to 5 p m Sunday, while West Concord is 8 a m to 5 p m Saturday and noon to 5 p m Sunday. Folks urged to use extra service to receive mail before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord Post Office
West Concord
Also Mentioned on This Page
John J. Flannery
Mass
O, Manning
Holy Name
Rancri
Notar’s Package Store
Santa
Concord Lions Club
George W. Wilkinson
Arthur L. Carr, Jr
Fire Department
Thomas Tombeno
Theodore M. Nelson
Tombeno
Frederick J. Robbins
Herbert P. Wilkins
Wilkinson
Robert E. Sheehan
Lochman
P. O
Paul's
Concord - Carlisle Adult Education
Thoreau St
Betty’s
Sui
Beauty Maynard
Crowell Farm
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