New Year's Eve Ball in Sudbury Town Hall
Sudbury residents plan a New Year's Eve celebration at the town hall hosted by the Public Health Nursing Association. The 9 p.m. dance features Ken Reeves' band with decorations by Mrs. George Walker. Prizes donated by local businesses can be won without dancing. Refreshments will be sold throughout the evening.
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Sudbury Public Health Nursing Association
George Walker
Ken Reeves
K of C Plans Two Degree Ceremonies in January
Concord Council of the Knights of Columbus plans a second degree ceremony Friday January 11 at Monument Hall under Past Grand Knight Paul B. LeSage and a major degree Sunday January 13. The events are led by Grand Knight Hugh E. Kilmartin with weekly Wednesday whist parties at 8 p.m. led by Deputy Grand Knight Leonard B. Wetherbee.
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K. of C
Monument Hall
Paul B. LeSage
Uder
Hugh E. Kilmartin
T. Frederick
Puty
Leonard B. Wetherbee
Local Telephone Facilities Are Severely Taxed
Local exchanges faced unprecedented demand with significant call handling delays. Acton Concord Maynard Sudbury showed sharp increases in traffic. Service praised for quality amid strains during a holiday period remembered by the local telephone personnel.
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Acton
Concord
Maynard
Sudbury
Rotary Club Names January February Committees
Concord Rotary Club announces its January program committee led by chairman Bernard E. Megin Sr with Harold N. Clarke James H. Dee Edward K. True past president Albert M. Coffee and Dr D Edward Cleary Jr Also Ralph A Macone named February chairman for the coming month.
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Concord
Concord Rotary Club
Bernard E. Megin, Sr
Harold N. Clarke
James H. Dee
Edward K. True
Albert M. Coffee
D. Edward Cleary, Jr
Ralph. A. Macone
Sudbury Center Bright With Holiday Decorations
Sudbury’s town hall and streets glow with festive decor as the Sudbury Garden Club hangs decorations and candles brighten windows. Cornell University reports a record 410 foreign students from 66 countries, a notable milestone in its international enrollment.
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Sudbury
Cornell University
Mass Registry reports 1952 auto stickers issued to over 26000
Framingham office of the Registry of Motor Vehicles notes over 26 000 motorists already received 1952 registrations and windshield stickers, with many Marlboro residents traveling to Framingham. John Adams says a surge is expected as more vehicles hit the road this year. New E series plates for first time registrants and revised plate prefixes E K H J will be issued, and industrial equipment moved on highways must carry trailer registrations based on weight.
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Registry of Motor Vehicles
John Adams
Marlboro
Adams
Commonwealth
Card of Thanks for Mary Moynihan
The family thanks relatives neighbors and friends for kindness tributes and sympathy in the loss of their sister Mary Moynihan.
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Mary Moynihan
Walker Family Reunion at Walker Farm Christmas gathering
The Walker family of Carl ton B. Walker held a Christmas reunion at the Walker Farm on Goodman's Hill road. Attending were Mrs. W. B. Chamberlin of Framingham, Carlton B. Walker and his wife with sons Frederick Carl ton and Richard of Concord, and Carl ton Walker's immediate family Elizabeth Marjorie Robert and Roger.
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Sudbury
Carlton B. Walker
Walker Farm
Goodman’s Hill Road
W. B. Chamberlin
Framingham
Sudbury Residents Take Part in Yale Christmas Program
Sudbury residents Mrs Irving Priest and Mrs John D Copp appeared in a Yale program at Weston Town Hall with Chester W Williams directing the chorus. The scene set in Louisburg Square Boston featured an 1870s costume pageant with lanterns mufflers and shawls as carolers gathered around a Christmas tree.
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Weston Town Hall
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Weston
Chester W. Williams
Mirs
Raymond W. Coburn
George Butler
Brookline Unitarian Church
Louisburg Square
Boston
Irving Priest
John D. Copp
Thank you note from Nellie Puffer to kind supporters
Nellie Puffer expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards and gifts received during her illness, noting the thoughtful gestures brought comfort and strength in her recovery.
Giant 400 Million Year Old Sea Scorpions Found in Ohio Fossil Beds
Dr. Kenneth Caster of the University of Cincinnati reported at the Paleontological Society meeting that giant eurypterids or sea scorpions, unearthed over ten years in a volcanic ash outcrop near Manchester, Ohio, are the largest best preserved complete individuals. The fossils, up to six feet long with three pointed pincers, display honey colored segments and black ends, with excreta hints suggesting courtship behaviors.
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University of Cincinnati
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Okla
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Earth
Cincinnati
Dr. Caster
North American
Marines Fix Up Odd Russian Jeep No. 0000 in Korea
Three Marines of a regimental communications section found a battered Russian jeep in a rice paddy near Hoengsong. Sergeant Buell and Corporals McAnally and Nevitt repaired it, discovering a Ford Model A like engine. They fitted a serial number and claim it handles Korean roads well despite its width and rough lines.
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Korea
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Hoengsong
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Houston
Texas
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McAllister
Oklahoma
David R. Nevitt
Marine Trio
U.S.A
Nevitt
Spretty
Michael Palaima Dies at 63 in Maynard
Michael Palaima 63 of 2 Sherman Street died yesterday leaving six survivors. Wife Julia. three sons Stanley Peter of Maynard and John of Marlboro. two daughters Mrs Helen Murphy of Clinton and Julia of Maynard. Funeral services at Martin's Funeral Home Saturday morning. Requiem Mass at St Bridget's at 9. Burial in parish cemetery.
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Michael Palaima
Sherman Street
Julia
Stanley
Peter
John
Marlboro
Helen Murphy
Clinton
Martin’s Funeral
St. Bridget’s Church
Reds Report Prisoners and Escapees Amid Armistice Talks
Communists disclose 571 Allied war prisoners mostly Americans and 152 others that escaped captivity. Talks on armistice progress stalled with a midnight Thursday deadline and little prospect of an agreement. In Burlington Vermont a mother and two children died in a house fire. In Boston a car accident involved an infant en route to hospital. Hooded robbers held up a Fairhaven Vermont bank, escaping with several thousand dollars.
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United Nation
Fairhaven
Rhaven
Passersby Rescue Five Children From Burning Natick Apartment
Two passersby saved four children from a fire in a Natick apartment building. A one month old girl and her siblings Joyce five, Mary nine, Joy nine, and Richard nine were pulled from a third floor window as the blaze spread. Fire crews arrived as authorities investigated the cause.
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Natick
Thomas Chaimente
Spagnolo
Ashland
Donna Marie Lééne
Mary
Joyce
Joy
Richard
Call for Independent Commission to Audit Federal Govt
Washington report notes Senators Kefauver and Doe urging Congress to form an independent commission to ferret out inefficiencies in the federal government. Everett Massachusetts parents mourn a five year old leukemia patient Dorothy as they hope for a cure to save others while striving to fulfill every Christmas wish.
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Washington
Kefauver
Ke * Everett
Mass
Maybi
Dorothy
Truman Taft Hartley action eyed over steel strike
Washington reports say wage stabilization measures may be sought if CIO Steelworkers persist in canceling the January 1 strike. A Senate subcommittee accuses the army of waste and mismanagement while hopes rise for a steel dispute breakthrough through presidential intervention.
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Truman
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