Concord News Roundup Feb 1952 Local Notes and Obituaries
February items from Concord and surrounding towns cover church observances and holidays, civic events, tax talk, fund drives, school exchanges, and local deaths. Notables include Rev Bradford Hastings in St Paul, Rev James Walsh death, Boy Scout links to Korea, March of Dimes drive, Maynard mills reopening, and local police chatter. Also mentions Emmerson land donation, Concord Civil Defense, and hospital wing plans.
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Dab Ieee
Bradford Hastings
Trinity Episcopal Church
St. Paul
Minnesota
James J. Walsh
St. Michael's Church
Bedford
Orice
Malden
Korea
Concord
Alfred Perkins
Main Street
John H. Diston
Concord’ Business Service
Lowell
Henry Cabot Lodge
Januery
Maynard Mills
Goncord-on
William G. Ryan
Ryan
Belgium
Rose (Raymond) Swanson
Carlisle
George F. Devereaux
Lexington
Harriet
Concord High
Hyattsville
Anthony Doherty
Lincoln
Concord Council
K. of C
Knights
Altham Council
Noxa Concord
Carriing
Laotice
Rudy Valleyne
B. U
W. Emerton Forbes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Norwood
Acton High
Ralph D. Stetson
Hotely
Charter Dent
W. Stuart Allen
Civil Defense Agency
Botton
Emerson Hospital
Arpotg
Lions
Rotary
Peter Larsen
Stow
Concord District Court
Acton
Weltham
Waltham Lions Club
Conford
Melyndrd
Bill” Wright
Ayer District
Karl K. Johnson
Dee Road
Thomas W. McGrath
Ethel Davis
St. Joseph's
Morel Lush
St. Anine’s
Donald McAnaud
Earlita (Porter) Daniels
New Hampshire
Edward P. Daniels
Heart Drive Seeks Support for Fight Against Disease
Urgent appeal outlines heart disease as leading killer after five major illnesses. It stresses research education and unity service by the Heart Association and urges donations to fund the campaign in Concord.
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Concord Heart
Stow Street
Con
11 Year Old Cow Pulls Wagon Milk Hay
Allmio nd section reports Albanyton's cow, 11 years old, can pull a wagon haul a plow and give milk. Harrington says someday she will be beef.
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Mass
Alleyington
Harrington
Touring vandals blast Salt Lake street lights
Salt Lake City reports touring vandals in souped-up hot-rods using 22 caliber rifles to darken streets. Alfred P. Ball of Utah Power and Light says outer globes are in short supply and may not be replaced during the emergency as about 25 lights darkened and some 50 lights lack outer globes due to vandalism.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
Salt Lake
Public Safety Department
Alfred P. Ball
Utah Power, & Light Company
Theft of keys and materials from parked car noted
A motorist reported to police that while he was in a tavern for a quick beer, someone stole from his parked car a set of keys a box of 16 gauge wire and some electric wire. The blotter notes this incident as a theft discovered upon return.
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Urbana
Tyrone Power May Extend Europe Stay After Mr Roberts
London reports Tyrone Power may remain abroad after Neфishes stage production Mr Roberts. Talks suggest another European film project will keep the actor overseas for longer.
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London
Ins
Tyrone Power
Mr. Roberts
Vet Wins Prizes in National Home Builders Contest
A 30 year old Navy veteran from Cambridge Massachusetts Ernest Wright won first prize money in the New England regional design contest and earned honorable mention in the national judging out of 2727 submissions in the National Association of Home Builders Architectural Forum competition. Wright a Harvard Design School graduate received awards at the 77th annual convention in Chicago. National top prize went to Bruce Walker of Spokane Washington, also a Navy veteran and Harvard architectural student. Five other Massachusetts entrants took two awards each.
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Chicago
Cambridge
Mass
Ernest Wright
National Association of Home Builders
Architectural Forum
Magazine of Building
Wright
New England
Harvard School of Design
Thomas’ P. Coogan
Per Preritice
Architctural Forum
Home Builders
Bruce: Walker
Spokane
Washington
Harvard University
Maassachusetts
Home Design Contest Awards Total $100000 in Prizes
The competition awarded 78 prizes including national regional and special honors. Winners from Cambridge and Lexington Mass shared regional prizes and honorable mentions while a Lexington trio earned regional and third place in a glass use contest. Designs focused on a 1000 square foot three bedroom home with no basement using standard materials for public acceptance. The contest aimed to boost moderate income housing and support young architects.
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Hugh Stebbins, Jr
Mario Pfaff
S. T
Home Builders
Architectural Magazine
State House Turmoil Over Foxboro Racing Dates
Rep Howard S Russell reports a heated week at the State House as Harold Putnam pushes to summon the State Racing Commission to explain racing day allotments for Foxboro. The effort fell short of the two thirds needed. Gov budget talk dominated, with anti vivisection letters against the dog pound bill. Fruit growers report deer nibbling buds and poultrymen complain about capo depredations.
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Howard S. Russell
10Th
Middlesex
State House
Harold Putnam
Needham
State Racing Commission
Foxboro
Putnam
Vaitses
Senate
Conservation
Fire safety tips urge careful LPG use and home wiring
Massachusetts committee members warn against unsafe rubber tubing in brooder gas lines and advise copper piping, solid foundations, and tight joints. They caution homeowners about using proper fuels in heaters, avoiding DIY electrical work, and preventing fire risks from waste paper and ice or match dangers to children.
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Concord
Massachusetts
Howard
S. Riax
Waltham
L. P
Weekly chorus rehearsals at Concord High School
Concord chorus continues weekly rehearsals on Tuesday nights in the Concord high school auditorium inviting singers to join.
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Concord Chorus
Concord High School
High home building rate in small Massachusetts towns
The state sees the highest two year growth in new homes in towns under 5,000, with 40.5 dwellings per 1,000 residents, while large cities exceed 100,000 population post smaller totals. Mass Taxpayers estimates Truman budget impact and shoe production data show broader state trends.
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Massachusetts
Truman
U.S
Out of Commerce
Ent “of Education
Ham
Hapi
First Aid Course in Concord Opens Feb 7 at High School
Concord residents are reminded of a first aid course to be inducted by the Red Cross Chapter starting Wednesday night February 7 at 7 30 at the old Concord high school. Interested persons may call Concord 77 or Concord 259. Mrs Rodney E Neibet is the program chair. The course runs weekly.
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Concord
Con
F Red Cross
Concord High School
Rodney E.neibet
Lem Wepter
One Track Mind Humboldt Fenn
Sara Jane Gulledge four years old smiles at a football announcer remark about defending the north goal noting Santa Claus lives there.
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Humboldt, Fenn
Sara Jane Gulledge
Santa Claus
Travel tale sparks quake talk and letter deadline
A traveler home from abroad describes an earthquake with dramatic flair noting a rocking hotel and flying cups. His quiet companion suddenly turns pale and blurts out he forgot to mail a letter his wife gave him two days earlier.
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Scott
Man in Shopping Rush Declares a Lady
In a busy department store during Christmas sales a middle aged man fights through a crowded rush. He proclaims he has acted like a gentleman for an hour and will now act like a lady after a sharp objection from a shopper.
Jumping Toward Opportunity Ends With Bold Decision
A young man asks a great merchant for the secret of success. The merchant says there is no easy secret and you must jump at your opportunity. When the youth asks how to know opportunity, the merchant replies you can't know and you just have to keep jumping.
Fragmented Musings on Thought and Progress
The piece muses that presence of mind is common but absence of thought is commoner. It notes the atom’s stature, jokes about liquid measure, and defines progress as slow alignment with minority schemes. It concludes that big shots are merely small shooters who persist.
Radio announcers and small hands joke on station IDs
A reader asks why radio announcers have small hands. The piece mocks station identification as a punchline about wee paws and timing.
Hat Floats Upstream Then Downstream Amid Floods
In a flood described as the worst on record, a dam burst and residents fled to higher ground. From a hill, onlookers saw a straw hat drift downstream then reverse and move upriver repeatedly, prompting a boy to recall a grandpa’s remark about mowing the lawn as conditions worsened.
Illness Doubts Plague Last Job Exit
A terse interview exchange reveals a claim about illness as the reason for leaving a previous job. The respondent cites an unspecified ailment while the supervisor counters with a remark about growing tired of the employee.
Emigrate Nay to Sports Car as Emphatic Refusal
A young man pleads for a new sports model in a motor salesroom near Piccadilly but an official dismisses him with the blunt command to emigrate. The showroom glitters with luxury cars and expansive floor space.
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Piccadilly
Reptile Experts Explain Mud Snakes Lack Stingers
Authorities clarify mud snakes also known as stinging snakes have no stinger in their bodies and pose no venomous threat.
Pocket Books plans sixth art book in a major series
Pocket Books schedules The Pocket Book of Great Drawings for March as sixth in its art book series. Paul J. Sachs edit prepares a survey from cave sketches to early 20th century movements, with six gravures from masters like Daumier Michelangelo Rembrandt Delacroix Degas.
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Pocket Books
Paul J. Sachs
Lascaux
France
Mr.Sachs
Daumier
Michelangelo
Rembrandt
Delacroix
Degas
How to Say It Right Full-Time Letter Writer in Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas reports M. P. Brown runs a large letter writing business. He composes millions of greeting and reminder letters yearly including unpaid bill notices. Brown highlights the craft of the "tight touch" and the heavy workload behind holiday correspondence.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
M. P. Brown
Brown
Hawes To a At Men's Concord Club Notice
Supper at 4 o clock at the Trinity National Church men’s club house after a meeting led by Roy Flawes of Sudbut, state Grange master. President Holt to preside at the event.
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Concord
House of Trinitarie
National Church
Roy Flawes
Sudbut
State Grange
Holt
Correction: Concord Civil Agency official named
A corrected notice clarifies that the assistant deputy in charge of formation is John Jr., not John J. Smith as printed last week. The agency involved is the Concord Civil Agency and the correction appears in the current issue.
Two Year Old Sally Macone Birthday
Concord notes celebrate Sally Macone daughter of Mr and Mrs Tas J Macone born January 23. She is described as an ace in the family and a local fireman says happy birthday.
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Concord
Sally
Tas J. Macone
Cone
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