Esex Soil Conservation District Names Nine Annual Supervisors
The Esex Soil Conservation District announced its ninth annual supervisors selection during a meeting at Carlisle on January. Sweet of Pep was elected for a five district supervisor term. New York speaker urged focus on watersheds and group cooperation to tackle flood and watershed protection problems. L Roy Hawes of Sudbury, Massachusetts agriculture commissioner, detailed progress in watershed work and the value of teamwork across the Suasco basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esex Soil
Arlisle
P. Sweet
Pepe
New York
Unitarian Church
Assoria
York State
Soil ‘Conservation Service
Hyatt
L. Roy Hawes
Sudbury
Massachusetts
Hawes
Suasco
Assabet
Concord
Public Works To Discuss Peterson Vacation Absence
At a meeting of officers and selectmen they voted to hold up for Peterson the position he led and his 21 day vacation in Florida. The chairman noted the session and said the group, like children, was making a noise as they prepared to meet with Public Works to discuss the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor Peterson
Public Works
Pet
Acation
Florida
Ieved
Probate petition for cat in Acton names Tuttle as petitioner
A fragmentary probate notice references a pet cat allegedly belonging to the deceased and the petitioner Tuttle of Acton seeking court action with bond surety. The sparse text mentions an objection procedure and a filing date in February in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuttle
Acton
Local Scout Wins Adulteri ed Honor in Concord
Concord scout Robert McLaughlin, 13, of Troop 89 sponsored by St Bernard’s parish, earns the Adulteri ed scout honor from the Catholic archdiocese of Boston. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing will present the award on Scout Sunday February 12 at the Cathedral in Boston after an oral exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Robert McLaughlin
Treop
St.Bernard’s
Archdiocese of
Boston
Richard J. Cushing
Cathedral
Robert
Scout
Peter Bulkeley
Thoreau S‘reet
Cathedral Grammar School
Heart Fund Volunteers Named for West Concord Drive
West Concord Heart Fund workers announced by Elmer D Wetherbee list captains at Elmwood Hilltop Hillside and other streets. The door to door collection centers on Heart Sunday February 26 with a city wide drive led by designated captains and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
West Concord Heart
Elmer D. Wetherbee
Robert Brackett
Wood Road
Cyril Pe
Hillside Avenue
Vincent Rice
Main-street
John H. Micdhall
Central- Street
Carl G. Sproul
Derby Street
Laurence R. Hervey
Upland. Road
Edward F
Blodgett Couple to Celebrate 52nd Anniversary
Concord residents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Percy Blodgett of Malden mark their 52nd wedding anniversary on February 6. They wed in West Concord in 1904 at West Concord Union Church by Rev. Walter W. Coll. Mrs. Blodgett, formerly Emma V. Wollerscheid of Maynard, the couple have three daughters and five sons. Mr. Blodgett is a World War I veteran and past commander of P. Hesmer Camp, USW.V. 55 at Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Walter Percy Blodgett
West Concord
Malden
Walter W. Coll
West Conte Union Church
Blodgett
Emma V. Wollerscheid
Maynard
Corp
Rainbow Assembly Postponed Meeting in Mesonic Temple
This week the Concord Rainbow Assembly No. 53 moves its gathering to Saturday afternoon at 1 30 in Mesonic Temple due to a high school play. The change shifts from night to day to accommodate the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Rainbow “Assembly
Mesonic Temple
Gordon Stone Died Sudden in Trip at 49
Expressions of sympathy go to Mr and Mrs Walter Stone on the death of their son Gordon M Stone who died Saturday January 28 while traveling to his summer home on the Cape. He was born in Ashmont Mass and lived in Sudbury and Watertown where he worked with Coombs Motor Company. He was a 32nd Degree Shriner active at St John’s Methodist church in Watertown. Calling hours and funeral details followed with an interment at Mt Pleasant Cemetery Sudbury. He leaves his wife Leota a daughter Gloria and son Gordon Jr. plus his parents and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Walter’ Stone
Gordon M. Stone
Cape
Gordon Stone
Ashmont
Mass
Watertown
Coombs Motor Company
Walter’c. Stone
Gertrude Anderson
Springfield
Sally Jones
Walter J. Stone
Arlington
Edmund Stone
Donald Stone
East Longmeadow
Bedford Women Host 1940 Club Dessert Bridge
Mrs. Walter F Fitch hosted the 1940 Club at Pine Hill road with prize winners Mrs. Edwin F Qua and Mr. Henry S Baxter. Rev David C Pohl preached on Christianizing Our Civic Life at First Parish Church. A church supper followed with films Hurricane Sisters and Wings Over England. St Michael's Couples Club met at Legion Hall with Paul Johnson presenting on the Far East. Youth Sunday noted at Church of Christ Congregational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Fitch
Pine Hill Road
Edwin F. Qua
Henry S. Baxter
David C. Pohl
St. Michael’s
Legion Hall
Paul Johnson
Far East
United Workers Meet in Vestry of Local Church
The United Workers gathered yesterday in the vestry of Church of Christ Congregational for a luncheon and business meeting led by Wires. Brierly Preston. Miss Julia E Laws presented entertainment. The L A rom met Sunday and attended the North Middlesex Federation meeting in Littleton where Rev Gas ton Carrier spoke on a Catholic topic titled Prot in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Workers
Yes‘terday
Church of Christ, Congregational
Brierly Preston
Julia E. Laws
L. A
Rom
North Middlesex
Littleton
Candidacy Filed For Town Posts Prompt Three March Contests
Nomination papers lodged with Town Clerk Harlan Tuttle set three contests for the March 5 election. Four candidates seek the five year planning board seat left by Robert Stow, while three vie for the three year school committee term and one faces a challenger for the library trustee post. Incumbents Wetherbee and Mrs. MacLean seek re election on the schools committee, opposed by George Allen and Raymond Letts. Mrs. Vesta Thormrp son runs again for library trustee, challenged by William Cawley Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Harlan €. Tuttle
Planning Board
Werrén
Brooks School Exhibit Brightens Concord Gallery Scene
Concord Free Public Library hosts Brooks School student artworks as part of the annual mid winter series. Brooks children aged three to eight create finger paints crayon and wash drawings block prints and cut and paste designs under Miss Josephine Cole guidance. The third grade collaborates on a group gift and Noahs Ark theme decorates the wall while mobiles hang from the skylight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concord Free Public ‘Library
Brooks School
Nder
Josephine Cole
Brooks
Galle
Surprise Baby Shower Hosted by Spinelli Family
Mrs. Margaret Spinelli of Warrington Avenue received a surprise baby shower last Thursday at her parents home at 144 Main Street. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Mary Giles and Miss Eileen Florio. The gathering drew 25 relatives and friends and presented practical gifts for the expected child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord
Margaret Spinelli
Warrington Avenue
Feto Florio
Main Street
Istére
Mary ‘Giles
Eileen Florio
Again Chosen Potentate of Aleppo Temple
Herman C. McStay of Swampscott was reelected Potentate of Aleppo Temple before 5000 members at the annual business meeting in Mechanics Building. The report shows Aleppo as the fourth largest Shrine Temple in North America with 15,644 members as of December 31, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. McStay
Swampscott
Aleppo
Mechanics ‘Building
McStay
North America
George A. Weeks
Melrose
Rabban
Edgar L. Turner
Welles
Om Broderic
Duncan
Witt
Cis ‘R. Sagle
Newton Flighlands
Oriental Guide
Justin A. Dimncan
Winthrop
Preasurer
Harvey ‘B. Leggee
Boston
Recorder
Dense claim on U.S. restaurant count at lunch time
The snippet asserts there are more than 200000 restaurants in the United States and adds an aside that this figure seems to be trending or observed around lunchtime. The text provides no source or context for the statistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boy Scout Week Proclaimed in Mass February 6 12
Sudbury marks Boy Scout Week as Governor Herter proclaims the period to honor the Boy Scouts of America. The celebration notes the movement has influenced 24.5 million Americans since 1910 and highlights the four year Onward for Go and My Country program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Herter
Massachusetts
Boy Scouts ‘of America
Goa
Local Police Chief Named to Annual Concert Board
Patrolman Ralph H. Thileen of Conant Street has been named chairman of the policeman's annual concert and ball, succeeding Robert B. Anderson who resigned. The Junior Fellowship of Trinity Congregational Church plans a February 11 swimming party at Waltham, and the church will host its Laymen's Sunday service in February. William R. Callahan, formerly of Lexington Road and now of Belmont, has become president of the newly formed St. Francis de Sales Society in Boston. Earlier times saw tolls on ships passing the Suez Canal high enough to prompt passenger transfers overland by rail before reboarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph ‘H. Thileen
Conant Street
Robert BE. Anderson
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Waltham
William ‘R. Callahan
Lexin Road
Belmont
Vrs Ssetted
St. Francis de £Ales Society
Boston
Massachusetts Women Club Action for Polio Fund Drive
The Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs with about 60 000 members urges Silver Teas before February 15 to support the final March of Dimes drive. Mrs. Wilfred A. Murray notes the 1955 polio toll and urges clubwomen to aid local National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis chapters in rehabilitation efforts and to finish the 1956 campaign strongly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs
Wilfred A. Murray
Northboro
Federation
Division of Public Health
Massachusetts
Murray
Allsclubs
National
Foundation For
KC Charter Member Dies at Concord
Michael Mullaney 82 a Concord resident for 60 years died Saturday after an eight day illness in a Sudbury nursing home He was a charter member of the Knights of Columbus organized here in 1897 a retired gardener and caretaker His wife Mary Jennings died in 1847 Surviving are two sons John and Joseph and several grandchildren Burial followed a funeral from Dee Funeral Home to St Bernard's Cemetery within the family lot He also belonged to the Hibernians and Holy Name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Michael Mullaney
Sudbury
Menacorn
Galway
Ireland
K. of C
Mary Jennings
Mullaney
Hibernians
Holy Name
John
Joseph
Dee Funeral
St. Bernard's
St. Bernards’s Cemetery
New Plant Moves 500 Tons of Coal per Hour
A newly completed station is equipped to move 500 tons of coal per hour from trackside to the point of consumption at the electric utility facility.
Women Voters Organize in Sudbury
The first meeting of the League of Woman Voters was held at Sudbury Town Hall with 65 attendees. Temporary officers were elected to organize and plan elections, with a February 20 meeting set for officer elections and business. The group is nonpartisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
League of Woman Voters
Alan Stott
Roger Fenny
Concord
League
Ralph Rabbins
Richard II
Illiaming
Freeman Patterson
Cyril Wynne
Ernest Osgood
Joseph Garland
William Warren
Wesley Teich
Willard Foster
Lawrence W. Tighe
R. F Cuppinger
George Mailly
David Bentley
Sudbury League
Ww Voters
Carlisle P.T.A. Holds Regular Meeting at Brick School
Carlisle P.T.A. met at the brick school house with President William H. Shumway presiding. Dexter T. Smallman spoke on newspaper work and works for a Boston paper. Refreshments were served and the 25th anniversary meeting was announced for February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Carlisle P.T.A
William H. Shumway
Dexter T. Smallman
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Esex Soil Conservation District News
Clark
Soil Conservation Serv
Ibles
Pin
F. Tuttle
Said County
John C. Leggat
Tj. Foley
Register
Concord Selectmen of Selectmen
Selectmen
Heart Fund Workers For
Rainbow Assembly
Emerton ‘Hospital
Alfred Poyser
Maynard Lodge of Elks
Robert L. Henderson
Lexington
David Manning
Jean Fagan
Keith Martin
G Sadbury
Bedford
Church of Christ Congregational
Aleppo Temple
Detroit
Michigan
Damascus Lodge
Lynn
St. Paul's
Royal ‘Arch
Sutton ‘Royal Arch
Boston Commandery No. 2
K. T
Boston ‘Council
Massachusette
Boston ‘Court
Royal Order of Jesters
North Shore Shrine
Chile
Order of Quetzalcoatl
Pyramids
San Juan
Teotihucan
Mexico
Kiwanis Club
East Lynn
American Legion
Sudbury Tower
Nast
Theodore Davison
Osborne Greenlaw
Joe Bisson
Donald Shay
George Dempster
John Petrolito
Peter Boughton
Reading
David Davidson
Walter Kilton
John ‘Tucker
Brian Youngs
Grant
Boughton
Bob Nims
Parmenter Reservation
Greenlaw
Curtis Garfield
David Devison
Robert Brenn
Ronald Brenn
Ralph Bennett
Grant Boughter
Paul Mahoney
Donald Barton
John Smakey
Mor‘s
Peter Bason
John Handishaw
Joe Cavicchio
Davison
Brenn
Imas
Grant Boughton
Per Boughton
Grant Bouehao
Joe Bleson
Tom ‘Cassella
W‘hiem Moulton
Peter ‘Bacon
Joe'Gallo
James St. Croix
Pemry Kelly
John Raeke
Hela
Scout Week
Walter MK
Suez Canal
Chrysler Products
International Trucks
Andersen's Service, Inc
Emerson Ny
Emerson
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Alan Scott
P.T.A
Thompson St. Maynard
Koke
Acton Motors Inc
West Acton
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