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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
5
Fragmentary text mentions pounds and dairy related terms tied to Holstein cattle and American farming. Names and places are incomplete, but hints at a dairy trade or livestock context and possible regional reference.
Community announcements include a Grange gathering at Grange Hall on Stearns Street with Mrs. Swan and Mr. Carl P. along with other residents attending a series of local church services. A separate social security advisory warns residents to protect and properly use their social security cards and lists district office visit times in Marlborough, Concord, and Maynard.
Anthony Maganeno, 36, of 656 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, was hit on Route 2A near Fritz's Cider Mill close to the Concord line at 12 20 a m. He was taken to Emerson Hospital then moved to Veterans Hospital Jamaica Plain. The driver was Dr Richard A Montague of 6 Wingate Avenue Lexington, a former Concord resident and local doctor. It was a heavy snowstorm at the time.
F. F. Kellogg aged 62 of Simon Willard Road died early Tuesday after a long illness. A World War I veteran and former telegraph editor, he leaves a widow Harriette Bliss a sister and a brother. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church with burial in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Sudbury lights up for Christmas with candles trees and decorated doorways. The First Parish Church glows with a candle in every window and the Living Christmas Tree on the Common sparkles with lights. Nearby lantern street lamps and a colorful Stones display add color to the snowy scene with carol singers at the Framingham Trust Company lawn.
Acton Lions Club held a Christmas party with gift exchange after its latest meeting at the new region home in South Acton. President Richard F. Deane presided. Rev. William T. Keech attended as the new West Acton Baptist Church minister. William Monson of Concord catered the dinner. Next meeting date and site will be announced. Acton will join the coming zone meeting in Concord next month.
Bedford announces the birth of William Henry Waite Jr on December 20 at Emerson Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Waite of 3 Orchard Road. The First Parish Unitarian Adult Discussion Group meets tonight at 3 Parker Road hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Awtrey to discuss The Questioning Child. Cathy Ann Bonecut ter, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bonecut ter (formerly Priscilla Murray), was born December 16 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. they reside at Great Road.
Sudbury Goodnow Library in South Sudbury has purchased numerous new titles including Roman Candle by Baldridge This Hallowed Ground by Cotton Night Passage by Levin and Lincoln As They Saw Him by Mitgang among others. The acquisitions cover fiction history travel and biography reflecting broad reader interest.
Sudbury Miss Florence Hartwelt of Hudson Road left on Monday for a Christmas vacation trip of a week or ten days at Daytona Beach Florida where she was on her brother Paul R Hart.
A list of Edna St Vincent Millay poems and juvenile reads including works by Lenski Wooley and Seuss plus titles by Farley Moore and others. It mentions The Black Stallion series and various short works like A Room for Cathy and If I Ran the Circus.
West Acton Massachusetts Herbert R Harrington 63 of 75 Willow Street died Sunday at Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge. The Lexington native was a World War I veteran and former commander of Everett Mingan Post 96 U L Lan caster. Survived by wife Agnes Kelley daughter Elizabeth Tolman four sisters. Burial St Bernard Cemetery Concord.
Mr and Mrs Thomas A Morse Jr announce the birth of their son Thomas Robeson Morse III on December 16 at Emerson Hospital Boxborough with grandparents Randolph P Rice Weston and Thomas R Morse Lincoln and great grandparents Russell Sears Weston Charles Rice Pittsburgh and Elisha Flagg Boston. The family asks readers to support cancer research with a donation and a check-up.
Concord native Frank Dee 48 a former undertaker died after an 11 year illness. Born November 19 1908 he lived in Arlington Heights for a decade with wife Josephine Lennon survived by six brothers and one sister. Funeral from his Arlington Heights home Friday followed by requiem high mass at St. Camiles Church Arlington Heights.
Indianapolis officials prepared a birthday cake for city clerk Teresa Laffey but she could not attend the council session because of illness. The cake was stored in a deep freeze until her return to work.
Mrs dna Thoresen 72 of Highland Park died Saturday at Emerson Hospital after a short illness. Born in Lowell July 19, 1884 she lived in Concord for many years and was the widow of Carl M Thoresen. She had a son Russell Thoresen and a daughter Mrs Thelma Johnson plus two grandsons. Funeral services were held Monday at the Evangelical Free Church with Rev Hyland T Richmond officiating. Interment was in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
The Enterprise notes a card from Richard F. Deane of Acton Club and filling station. It mentions diaries for 18 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sevenson of Central Street Acton visiting relatives in Manchester Connecticut over the holiday. Youth Fellowship at West Acton Baptist Church meets Sunday night at 6 30. Charles Ballantine is president. Sgt Edward J Collins of Acton police is 36 not 31 per last week. The Purple Heart order dates to 1782.
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