Local children plead for prizes in Enterprise Christmas contest
Read letters from Maynard sisters and other youngsters begging for prizes, expressing holiday wishes from a piano to a fire truck. The Enterprise will award two prizes, one to a girl and one to a boy, with winners announced the week after Christmas. Letters are due by Saturday noon at the Enterprise office in Sudbury.
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Maynard
Enterprise
Santa
P. S
Shim
Ton
Nason Reet
Taranto appeals denial of Christmas tree sale permit
Concord resident Gaetano Taranto contests a planning board decision denying a permit to market Christmas trees on his property. He argues the appeals board acted inconsistently with prior rulings and that local farmers have long sold trees in residential districts. Taranto says his farm and outdoor market would not harm the neighborhood and he applied for the permit on October 23.
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Gaetano Taranto
Concord
Turnpike
Appeals Board
Taranto
Lynn Loring Stars in Fair Exchange Marathon Run
Lynn Loring of CBS Television Network stars in Fair Exchange performing 1 000 plus roles during a 10 year period.
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Lynn Loring
CBS Television
Bids Opened for Acton 1962 Town Report Project
Acton officials opened bids for the 1962 town report and supplements. Northeast Offset and Murphy and Snyder submitted totals with per page rates. no award was made. The board ordered new bids for sand spreader and cruisers and sought gasoline storage approval.
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Acton
Northeast Offset, Inc
Murphy and Snyder, Inc
Highway Department
William Jones
Wachusett Drive
John Loring
David
Planning Board
the Conservation Commission
Isaac Davis Trail
Boston Edison Co
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Wetherbee Street
Anita Preston Named School Representative for Good Government Day
Anita Preston of Acton Roxborough Regional High School senior class of 1963 was elected by seniors as the school representative to Good Government Day exercises at the Massachusetts state house in Boston. She is daughter of Mrs Geraldine Preston and a National Honor Society member.
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Acton
Anita Preston
Acton-Roxborough Regional High School
State House
Boston
Anita
Geraldine Preston
Seminole Road
State College
Bridgewater
Finigan Elected County President
Concord selectman John B. Finigan of Acton was elected county president at the annual Christmas party in Arlington. The married father of six resides at 21 Everett Street and may meet the governor at his home in Concord next May.
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Concord
John B. Finigan
D. MacPherson
Acton
Arlington
Everett Street
Street listers named for annual listing start date
Concord street listers for the annual street listing to begin Wednesday January 2 are Mrs Alva H Ayer Jr Mrs John J Conley Mrs Walter L O'Neil Mrs Harold R Whitestone Mrs Charles H Mason and Ralph T Howe.
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Concord
Alva H. Ayer, Jr
John J. Conley
Walter L. O'Neil
Harold R. Whitestone
Charles H. Mason
Ralph. T. Howe
Friendship Party at West Acton Baptist Church
The West Acton Baptist Church Friendship Society held its annual Christmas party Monday at the church annex with Mrs Porter Jenks in charge. Members exchanged gifts and continued the tradition of giving presents to women at Fernald School in Waltham. Mrs William T Keech led the Christmas spiritual observance.
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West Acton
Friendship Society of the
Concord-Herbert P Wilkins Seeks Another Term as Selectman
Concord-Herbert P Wilkins 73 Main Street chairman of the selectmen announces candidacy for a three year re election. In a statement to the Enterprise he says he will run at the expiration of his present term to continue serving the town. Wilkins was elected nearly three years ago after leading the planning board of which he was chairman. He is the son of Chief Justice Raymond Wilkins of the superior court.
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Concord
Herbert P.wilkins
Main Street
Selectmen
Wilkins
Raymond Wilkins
Superior Court
Extended Hours For Post Offices In Christmas Rush
Concord post offices keep extended hours to handle Christmas mail. West Concord operates all week with Saturday 8 am to 6 pm and Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm. Olds office open all week from 8:30 am to 5 pm.
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Concord
West Concord
Acton Minister Receives Parting Gift at Church Christmas Party
The Acton minister and his wife joined church couples for a pot luck supper and Christmas party in the parish hall. A cross was presented as a parting gift to be worn with the minister’s vestment, marking his resignation.
Concord Faces Junior High Overcrowding Dilemma
Concord school committee held a regular meeting Monday focusing on overcrowded classrooms in grades seven and eight. The session largely avoided regional issues debated last week, with articles on junior high expansion expected at the annual town meeting.
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Concord
Bank Seeks By Law Change For Sewer Bond Bids
Merchants National Bank of Boston handled 16 bids for a 700000 sewer bond issue issuing at 2.7 to 2.90 percent with premiums 100.066 to 100.4799. W E Hutton and Co. led syndicate Lyons Hannahs and Lee Inc. The town faces a remaining 3990 debt. a court case by Marlborough men over a past football incident was moved to January 18. Selectmen discussed New England Tel poles on Keyes Road and Fitchburg Turnpike and debated excluding schooling purchases from the by law for bids, with town counsel to draft amendments. Public muster sign planned for Jan 12. Fairhaven Bay’s Mrs. Caleb Wheeler named again to the historic districts commission.
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Merchants National Bank of Boston
W. E. Hutton and Co
Lyons Hannahs and Lee, Inc
Federal Street
Boston
Selectmen
Marlborough
New England Tel
Tel. Co
Keyes Road
Fitchburg Turnpike
Robert S. Ireland
John Lindin
Ralph T. Haskell
John J. Sheehan
James P. Dunn
Highbe
Lowell Road
Concord River
Minutemen
Caleb Wheeler
Fairhaven Bay
Historic Districts Commission
Advent Services In South Acton Highlight The Optimism
The third Sunday in Advent featured Rev Deane Lan phear's sermon "The Optimism of Jesus." Greet ers were Mr and Mrs Hosie. Altar flowers were Winslow. Social hour followed Sunday School presenting "Why The Chimes Rang." A junior choir under Mrs William Spencer appeared.
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Acton
Deane Lanphear
Jesus
TASTY TREE New York
New York UPI notes Southern Italy uses fresh fruits for Christmas tree decorations. This custom stems from a 10th Century legend about forest trees blossoming and bearing fruit on the night before Christ was born.
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New York
Upi
Italy
Christ
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Russell Stover
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