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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
5
In Stow a special town meeting considered funding a police fire station, vetoing a $65,000 article and tabling a $5,000 building renovation. Voters defeated the overall station purchase and discussed land price cuts, tax impact worries, and delays on new construction while opinions urged prudence.
Police Chief Addy wins secret ballot on a 5000 remodel and police fire station article. The measure, tied to town offices and land bought, is debated by Selectmen led by Roland Wright, with attorneys Higgins Morse and others arguing legality and costs. The article is tabled.
Sophie Wood formerly of 45k road died on her 87th birthday at a Natick nursing home. Funeral services will be held at Sheehan & White Funeral Home then a 9 am requiem mass at St Bridget's with interment in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Julie Morse 91 died at New Manor Hall in Harvard after residing there three years. Wife of John G Morse she had lived in Concord 45 years and was active in First Parish Unitarian Church. Interment and memorial plans to be announced.
Voters approved the article funding a $10,000 tractor loader for the highway department while another article to authorize a building committee for the police-fire station and an $2,000 snow removal fund was left to comment. The final article passed nearly unanimously.
Mary Bennett Harlow 76 native of Lowell and widow of Albert Mason Harlow died Monday at Emerson Hospital after a period of illness. A resident of Concord for 45 years she was a member of First Parish Unitarian Church and active in community groups. She leaves a daughter Mrs Edward W Grew Dover a son A Mason Harlow Jr New Canaan six grandchildren and one
Mark Maynard and Eugen Er Nie Richards will perform a program of magic. Due to the holidays this year the civil defense agency will meet Wednesday December 26 and Wednesday.
Acton Choral Society and Fort Devens Chapel No 4 Choir presented Handel’s Messiah with Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. Dir Constantine Limberakis led the combined forces as the first full Messiah in the area. Soloists included Linda Noel Norrie Temple Constance Haeberle and Doris Attridge among others.
Police log details several incidents including a 1:50 p.m. hit near Hayes and Marlboro with minor injuries, a 2:39 p.m. two car collision on Singletary lane involving drivers from Wayland and Gardner with minor injuries, a 10:35 a.m. Maynard crash on Hudson road with tow and taxi transfer, a December 11 collision of scooter and bicycle with abrasions, and a December 12 4:20 a.m. head laceration sending the driver to Framingham Union Hospital.
Carlisle churches announce Holiday events with cantata Why the Chimes Rang at First Religious Society Unitarian on Sunday at 5 p.m. Children up to Grade 12 join in, followed by Santa and refreshments. St Irene’s Church offers Midnight, 9:30 a.m., and 11 a.m. Masses. Congregational Church premieres Night of Miracles cantata at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Choir also to perform at Fort Devens.
Members of the West Concord Union Church Guild held their monthly meeting at the church on Monday. The business portion preceded a Christmas party with carol singing. Betty Forsythe led devotions, secret pals of the year were revealed, and Mrs. Jean Pierce organized refreshments.
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