Massachusetts Manufacturing and Candy Sales in 1954 Report
The report outlines Massachusetts manufacturing by industry with cold weather impact and December anomalies. Candy sales reached 80.8 million pounds valued at 31.2 million dollars with per person consumption at 16.2 pounds. Industry plant sizes show 6 855 establishments, 6 641 firms, with most employing 8 to 25 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
U.S. Department of Commerce
United States
Directory of
Commonwealth
Orchard Pruning Methods Highlighted At Adams Meeting
An Adams area gathering reviews pruning tools and safety in trees for Fruit Acres. Dr Willim J. Lord and County Agents M. G. Fultz and William Goss lead demonstrations on top lowering, shoot selection, and training to balance old canopies with new growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willim J. Lord
University of Massachusetts
M. G. Fultz
Middlesex
William Goss
Worcester County
Surprise Wedding Honors Marry A is Married Couple
A surprise wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jr. was held Saturday at a church with about 60 guests. Hyland T. Rich, longtime figure in Concord, announced as guest of honor and many friends wished the couple success in New ventures.
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Wrence, Jr
T Church
Tung Couples Club
Tom Concord
Third Scout Troop Planned For Acton Discussed
At a meeting in West Acton representatives from Troops 1 and 2 outlined plans for a scout education program to inform Acton residents about scouting value and history. They proposed forming a third troop and a program for boys 14 and older known as the explorer program. The meeting named organizers and supporters from Troop 1 and Troop 2. Reykjavik’s January temperature is only one degree lower than New York City despite being 1700 miles closer to the pole due to Gulf Stream warming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Francis W. Seller
Orchard Drive
West Acton
National Scout Headquarters
Thomas Wetherbee
Richard Deane
Sellers
Howard Hollis
George Fawcett
Iceland
Reykjavik
North Pole
New York City
Plain Writing Necessary To Direct Letter
Washington report urges clear legible addresses and full state names to reduce dead letters. Post Office officials cite millions redirected to trash and millions more with money sent, urging proper return addresses, correct postal zones, and accurate postage. The piece notes street name confusions and misaddressed mail causing widespread delays. It closes with a March of Dimes appeal for 1955 funding to aid polio recovery through muscle transplants.
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Harman W. Nichols
U. P
Washington
Grandma
Arthur E. Summerfield
Louisiana
Iowa
N.C
N. C
N.H
Bellmawr
Belmar
New Jesey
Cullen
Crellin
Marchland
Elvaston
Evanston
Illinois
George Post
Minneapolis
Post
James Sheener
Pottsville
Mahantongo
Jim
John Whalen
Icard
Dime Store
Gulfport
Miss
Portlasee Ore
Sudbury Inn Restoration Drive Spreads to New England
Charlton High School's American History class has sent speakers to ten nearby high schools urging restoration of Sudbury's Wayside Inn. The effort asks each school to write Ford Motor Co to support preservation and to carry the drive to one more school, potentially reaching all New England states. Charlton speakers have already visited Oxford Ware Barre Hardwick Southbridge Warren and Spencer.
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Sudbury
Charlton ‘High School
Wayside Inn
Ford Motor Company
Charlton High School
New England
Apie Oxford
Ware
Barre
Hardwick
Southbridge
Warren and Spencer
Legionnaires Hold Blood Donor Day at Emerson Hospital
The James J. Mans field Post A L organized a donor day to mark the hospital blood bank opening at Emerson Hospital. Legionnaires were invited and a good delegation responded. Committee members included George McWilliams Dr D Edward Cleary Jr Commander Charles M Byron Bernard J Rushe Ira Keizer Philip L Smith Russell F Parsons Thomas Meehan Arthur Wood Michael B Gormely.
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James J. Mansfield
A. L
Emerson Hospital
George McWilliams
D. Edward Cleary, Jr
Charles M. Byron
Bernard J
Ninth Flitt sister wed by Rabbi Silverman in Hartford
The marriage of Ethel Flitt to William N. Frank was noted as more than a wedding by Rabbi Morris Silverman. The rabbi has married nine Flitt sisters in 21 years. The article also mentions Army civilian employment hubs like training camps research centers manufacturing plants and construction as major employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Ethel Flitt
William N. Frank
Morris Silverman
Flitt
Army
Cremens Announces Candidacy for Middlesex District Attorney
Representative John F. Cremens of Cambridge declares his bid for Middlesex County District Attorney. He pledges to mobilize Democratic voters, notes his 1952Legislature seat and World War II service, and highlights his legal career and family residence in Cambridge.
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John F. Cremens
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Cremens
Clemens
Beacon Street
Boston
Middlesex
Thomas P. O'Neil
House of Representatives
Cambridge School Committee
Cremer
Boston College
Boston College Law School
United States Treasury Department
Office of Naval Intelligence
Representaive Clemens
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Agnes Sullivan
Grazier Road
Apparel Production and Labor Trends in Massachusetts
The report notes 1210 apparel makers in Massachusetts with eight or more workers, 661 focused on women's wear and 301 on men's wear, plus smaller belts and outerwear firms. It highlights a low 1954 labor-strike loss rate of 6.75 per 10,000, outpacing other large states, and tracks 1954 bank debits where Boston and other cities show modest gains. It also details coal usage by utilities, mass coal origins, and sums up the 1955 Research Division activity of the Department of Commerce with thousands of town monographs and local planning boards reaching 245 cities and towns representing 96 percent of residents.
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Massachusetts
U S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York State
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Massachuse Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Princeton
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Department of Commerce
Maynard Soldier Wins Seventh Army Safe Driver Award
Pvt. Leonard F. O’Clair, 21, son of Mrs. Jennie V. O’Clair of Maynard, received the Seventh Army Safe Driver Award in Germany for 6,000 miles driven without an accident. He is a jeep driver with the 195th Transportation Company, joined January 1955, arrived overseas last July, and is a 1952 Maynard High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Army
Germany
Leonard F. O’clair
Jennie V. O’clair
Boeske Ave
Maynard
O'Clair
Transportation Car Company
O’clair
Maynard High School
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Neous
Division of Life
M. G. Fults
Concord
Adale
Hyland T. Richlf
Maxie
Promin
March of Dimes
Emerson
Sixth Armored Cavalry
Grafenwehr
Legionnaires
John Cremens
DIST
George Thompson
Re~ Prisal
Bay of Biscay
Lisbon
Pittsfield
Lowell
Brockton
Worcester
Holyoke
New Bedford
Lynn
Springfield
Fall River
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Panhandle
U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Research Service
Local Planning
North Acton
H.p
Great Road
Maynard, Mass
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