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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1954
Page
17
The Postmaster explains the 5800000000 pieces handled this season and outlines seven main steps from distribution to delivery. Readers should ensure legible addresses full names zone numbers and early mailing while avoiding delays at busy noon hours.
Massachusetts has the best labor record among industrial states this year according to the Massachusetts Department of Commerce. It reports total man-days lost to strikes averaged 1.44 days per 1000 workers in Massachusetts factories, with Wisconsin 1,444 days, Indiana 1,298, Michigan 1,255, New York 1,203, Pennsylvania 900, and Illinois 799. The report also notes January business counts for Massachusetts totaling 131,500 firms, including 12,300 manufacturing, 57,400 retail, 22,600 service, 13,700 construction, 9,300 wholesale, and 16,200 other. Weekly earnings in October averaged $56.13, up 45 cents from a year ago. Pittsfield led at $83.48 and Framingham at $76.91.
Acton James Fitzgerald 67 or 69? of Massachusetts died suddenly last Friday in Salem Massachusetts. He was a garageman on the Acton Water Department and longtime member of Charles A Welch Lodge Maynard. He leaves his wife Alma Daury Fitzgerald a daughter Ethel Davis six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral held Monday at West Acton Baptist Church with Rev Ronald H Noble officiating. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery Maynard. Fowler Funeral Service of Maynard in charge.
Middlesex health officials discuss 1955 casefinding at a Casevisory Committee meeting. Miss Koletta K N of Arlington notes TB remains a countywide public health threat and urges continued support for intensive casefinding efforts, including a holiday seal sale in progress.
South Acton Mr and Mrs Duane C Baker announce the birth of a daughter Paige Ellen on December 8 at Lowell General Hospital. She is the youngest of three. Grandparents include Mrs Clara Hankinson North Chelmsford Arthur Hankinson Chelsea and Mrs Lorenzo P Baker Columbus Ohio.
The Association's casefinding program is outlined with emphasis on chest X-ray screening for hospital admissions, expanding X-ray facilities in TB areas, and stronger follow-up to curb spread. Advisory committee members include Dr. David Paine, Middlesex County Sanatorium. Dr. Lawrence Anderson, Somerville. N Conant Faxon, Marlboro. Jean C. Avery, Framingham. Mrs. Guy E. Nicholas, Wilmington. Francis A. Kelley, Watertown.
Carlisle First Religious Society Unitarian rev Brandoch L Lovely preached on Herod and the Birth of a Child. Youth group met. church school pageant and music planned with Northeastern University Glee Club Friday 7 pm. family Sunday next week will replace sessions with Christmas program. primary choir to sing and sermon titled Star of Wonder.
The State Fire Marshal urges vigilance as oil burner fires rise with improper installations, unapproved equipment, and aging units. He warns rural homes with space heaters and kerosene stoves risk suffocation and explosions from lack of air and faulty maintenance. Ensure certified installation, annual servicing, and proper fuel storage permits to prevent losses.
Prof Francis X Guindon of Framingham State Teachers College spoke at Our Lady Help of Christians Church after the 8:30 mass on The Papal Encyclical on Education. He is a Notre Dame Harvard graduate who recently moved to 21 Hayward Road and joined Our Lady's parish.
Concord Red Cross announces a new first aid course starting Monday January 10 at 7 30 pm. The workshop in the old high school building will be led by Mrs Rodney E Pratt and interested residents should call Concord 259 to register. New residents or those not in the last blood typing program are asked to telephone Concord 700 to update blood type records.
South Acton annual meeting followed a spaghetti supper. Charles Davis elected chairman of the board. New officers include Clerk Mrs. Roger Myrick, Collector Mrs. Donald Robbins, Treasurer Mrs. F. H. Turner, Deacon C. H. Sweetser, Deaconesses Mrs John Campbell and Mrs Walter Hobson, with Bernard Harrison re-elected trustee and Harold Flood re-elected superintendent of the Sunday School.
Friday night Nashoba Valley Court of Amar Anths holds a meeting at Town Hall at 8 o clock. An initiation is scheduled as part of the proceedings.
The Sunday school classes of St Elizabeth of Hungary Church will hold a morning party after the 9 o clock mass. Next Sunday is Holy Communion Sunday for the women of the parish. Midnight mass is planned for Christmas Eve. Christmas seals, started in Denmark in 1904, are sold in over 40 countries to fund tuberculosis efforts.
Carlisle hosts a winter square dance at Carlisle Grange hall on Saturday December 18 at 8:00 PM with Richard Steele of Lexington as caller. A correction notes Calvin Hayes of Maine, son of the late George L. Hayes, was omitted from last week’s death notice. Calvin Hayes Jr. lives in Carlisle and is serving in the military. Members continue weekly drill for the mammoth degree, rehearsals Sundays at 7:30 PM.
Miss Pauline Ann Schoonover wed Lieut Walter E. Loomer Jr in St. Joseph's Church Athens Pennsylvania. The bride, a 1953 Athena High School graduate, received many parties before the ceremony and the couple later traveled to Mexico for their honeymoon.
Carlisle groups from the First Parish Unitarian Church raise a large amount from a smorgasbord supper and entertainment. Volunteers including Mrs. Ralph Gerow and David Foss are praised for their efforts, with entertainment by Maureen Redican, Betty Clark, and Tommy Kirstead and his orchestra.
Rev Ronald H Noble of West Acton Baptist Church preached Why Read the Bible at Sunday morning service. Acton Center Congregational Church hosted a carol festival. State auditors began a two month audit of Acton town books. A Christmas party at West Acton Baptist is set for Friday December 17 at 7 PM with The Greatest Gift film. Rev Eric W Grimshaw of Acton Center Evangelical Congregational Church preached The Bible God s Guide on Sunday morning.
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