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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1955
Page
12
Washing and caring for sheer curtains of nylon Orion Daeron or Saran keeps them bright. Wash at first soil, use lukewarm suds, avoid twisting or spinning, machine or hand wash, dry on low heat or drip dry, finger press hems when damp, iron only when dry.
Mary Fenn's collection features dolls from Germany Iceland Scotland China and India displayed at Concord High. Principal John Anovan supports hobbies. Morgan Memorial truck recycles worn books for underprivileged students. The first half of the year ends next Friday with report marks due Wednesday and the school play Years Ago gains a period look under Parker Dexter and a student crew.
A seven year old girl visited a bank teller and requested all nickels for a one dollar bill. She counted the coins at the table, then asked for dimes and later quarters after returning to the teller.
Acton elementary principals Mrs. Berry Miss Merriam and Mrs. Douglas traveled with Superintendent William OConnell to Lowell State Teachers College to interview seniors for student teaching beginning February 7. January 25 meetings featured Dr. Mary O Rourke on phonics teaching.
In Saranac Lake New York Mr and Mrs Joseph Purdy kept their head for an emergency as three carloads of game protectors searched their home finding fresh meat in the refrigerator The protectors misidentified a yearling calf as venison Mrs Purdy offered to show head and skin to confirm the animal. The officials reported the Purdy family for butchering a doe.
From Newark Courier Gazette to Harvard Herald and Webster Times. Editors discuss expanded federal grants and tax duplication since the 1920s, urging renewed state local authority. They note health and education funding, and praise self reliance against Washington handouts amid 1955 economic expectations.
The State Teachers College at Framingham announces a second semester Extension Courses program. Courses run after school and evenings with undergraduate or graduate credit. Eligibility includes veterans. bulletins available from the Director of Extension Study.
Mrs. Walter Luby found a television in her house that did not belong to her. Police traced the set to a family that had moved without notifying their repairman, revealing an accidental mixup. Britain adds self-service dining cars with 25 hot and cold dishes and tea trolleys to speed meals and save money.
A vintage style guide describes clothing for girls aged four to fourteen focusing on pastel coats with matching leggings and versatile sweaters. It promotes practical washability, minimal ironing, and simple care using fabrics like nylon orlon and sanforian wool, emphasizing growing with fashion and easy mess handling.
In a remote night drive I helped a young mechanic who had just started a school by watching him attempt repairs on a stubborn 53 model. After hours of trial and error the car finally started but valve trouble remained, later fixed at a local garage. I was tired and frustrated yet glad to aid his early career.
A Germin police dog borrowed by Yakima County sheriff's officers to help track a fugitive jumped from a patrol car window and ran away, ending the pursuit.
The text discusses visibility at 60 mph, suggesting a car cannot be seen clearly at twice the distance, with a mention of an additional 12 feet. It reads as a cautionary note about reaction time and stopping distance.
The article notes cranberries carried aboard clipper ships from Gloucester and New Bedford to prevent scurvy. It then gives cranberry based dessert recipes including a cranberry orange dish and an apple cranberry pie, with preparation steps and ingredient lists. It also briefly mentions the Masai in Kenya and Tanganyika lacking a written language and the donkey as transport.
New Hampshire liquor commission reports a 1954 calendar year profit of 3 949 798 dollars, up four percent from 1953, driven by visitors and lower state store prices. Christmas week sales reached 817 000 dollars, compared with 742 000 a year earlier, with non residents and tourists boosting receipts in 44 state stores.
In a letter from Sidney Ohio William R Smith recalls Jackson Kentucky telegraph history with Ben Wells Jimmie Clark and long messages between Jackson Lexing ton and other cities. He notes retirement fits with digging the garden growing vegetables and writing to friends while praising his oddlin birds and enemies-free life. The piece ends with a baffling sentence about the Confederate president's six-year term.
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