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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
16
The League of Women Voters promotes political responsibility through informed citizen participation. It remains non partisan, does not back parties or candidates, but takes action on issues, supporting measures not people. Local and state opinions guide national actions.
Miss Janice Learmonth of West Concord performed in the Em manuel College glee club concert on December 11 directed by Dr Rudolf E Pepin. Mary Murray of West Concord listed in Who's Who in Batom Twirling and studying at Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing. Trinity Adult Group hosts a dessert and coffee party on December 16 with magician Ric é from Lincoln. Concord public schools close for holiday from December 23 to January 3 1956. Church events include a Christmas party by the Woman's Union and a bell ringers performance from Bedford. The annual Christmas pageant at Trinity Congregational on December 18 and a whist party hosted by Mrs George H Fenton Sr. Seats for Christmas continue locally with Mrs Edward K True the chair.
Annual Christmas party for Sunday school pupils at Carlisle Congregational church planned for Friday December 16 in Massachusetts. The Gleason Public Library remains open on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday afternoons and evenings with Mrs Helen Wilkie as librarian and Mrs Eva Dutton as assistant. Common table salt and its components sodium and chlorine have more than 14 000 uses in diet industry and agriculture.
Thomas A. Haggerty, editor of the Winsted Evening Citizen, who will be 82, says retirement is unlikely after 63 years in journalism. He led flood coverage from Winsted’s main street disaster last August and remains devoted to reporting local news and directing the paper’s six days of publishment.
Amesbury Mass residents rally to aid George Winters 32 crippled by polio five years ago. Under police officer Donat Pouliot leadership townsfolk held a benefit to raise funds and donated labor plus a lot to construct a fully furnished home for Winters his wife and two children ensuring a permanent residence.
Massachusetts 1955 4 H awards honor Doris Ritter of Westwood 17 wins 32 garments 22 sewing exhibits 14 knitted items plus accessories. She will attend Club Congress funded by Coats & Clark and earned a Germany exchange experience. Christopher Little of Marshfield 18 earns state Dairy honor and trip. Elizabeth Pool of Sherborn wins Home Improvement honors with Sears Roebuck funding. June Cooke of Reading 19 gains Recreation and Rural Arts trip. all under Cooperative Extension Service.
Acton High School held a student government election supervised by the Student Council and the National Honor Society. Voter procedures mirrored real elections with checks at entry and exit. Richard Harper, son of William C. Harper, won with 43 votes to Wesley Baker’s 40 in a 204 vote tally.
Lincoln-Robert Donaldson Jr of Trapelo Road was elected by the board to National Association of Cost Accountants membership. He is affiliated with Raytheon. The group has 124 chapters and over 36,000 members with Boston Chapter among its oldest.
UPI reports U.S. toy makers expect this Christmas to push sales past 1.25 billion dollars, a 20 percent rise from last year. Toys range from kitchen and sewing kits to building sets and dolls, with dolls remaining the top item as Ideal Toy projects 23 million dolls sold for girls under 14.
Roy Gish of McCook Nebraska appeared at a Marine recruiting station weighing 102 pounds, three pounds under minimum. He passed the physical after eating bananas, with car temperatures noted for a parked pair of vehicles in sun and shade.
The Bay Path Girl Scout Council holds its third annual banquet on January 11 at 7 PM in Sudbury elementary school. A pageant celebrating American history leading to the 1912 Savannah troop formation features scenes from Medway, Sudbury, Marlboro, Framingham and more. About 200 attendees expected. reservations due January 4 via the Framingham Girl Scout office or listed members.
Concord High School hosts college information sessions with Garland Junior College and Boston College representatives last Thursday and Monday. The Rainbow DeMolay Christ man Sno Ball dance occurs Tuesday night December 27 at the Scout House from 8 to 12 with music by Ken Reeves of Boston. The mixed chorus performs December 19 at 8 with director Charles K Yeremian. The student run art club meets Mondays and Thursdays with 23 members on Monday and 21 on Thursday featuring block prints Christmas cards and sculpture.
Basil OConnor said the Salk vaccine is safe and urged inoculations begin tomorrow if possible. He predicted polio could be extinct within nine to sixteen years and noted a report on Massachusetts polio may come this month.
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