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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1954
Page
20
Joe longs for a return to baseball and his pride after a fall from grace. Julie urges him to find a new path while secretly hoping for a shared comeback. A chance involved with coaching kids and a hopeful swing renews their bond and his resolve.
Van Wert, Ohio veteran pilot R L Bird Baker, retired from Capital Airlines in 1950 at age 55 to farm a 100 acre property. Baker says farming now beats flying after a 20,400 hour career with a final DC-6 flight log entry for a Cleveland trip with 60 passengers and four crew.
The record notes a 1929 Cleveland to Washington flight under LEG ECants. A Baker family member remarks on joy of driving a tractor while two daughters learned to fly with approval. Nathaniel Pope, a Congress delegate in 1818, secured Illinois northern boundary to 42 degrees 30 minutes, shaping Chicago's site.
Concord residents face a March 1 vote on a proposed selectman manager charter. George R. Walker argues the antiquated town structure hinders efficiency and costs, endorsing a charter aimed at streamlined, democratic governance and prompt policy execution. The piece highlights the charter’s approved status and calls for voter support.
The expression pan out traces to gold prospectors who washed sand in a pan with water. As lighter material washed away, heavier gold settled at the bottom, signaling a successful outcome.
Carlisle area Grange members attended Middlesex North Pomona visitation night at Billerica last Thursday. Mildred Lapham of Concord Road, 4-H town chair man, joined leaders at the Extension Service Office in Concord on Wednesday afternoon. Voice of Christian Youth members met at Union Evangelical Church in Stow on Saturday night. The film Oil Town U. S. A. by Billy Graham was shown.
Victor Green a 39 year old hammer helper at a Cleveland drop forge plant was summoned for jury duty and told to sit. Bailiffs could not find a chair for his 425 pounds and 60 inch frame so they sent him home noting he had no obligation to serve without a chair.
Funeral for Mrs Mary C Moore Coffey 45 Old Bedford Road Concord Massachusetts was held last Friday from Dee Funeral Home. A requiem high mass followed at St Bernard Church with burial in St Bernard cemetery. Mrs Coffey born Water town May 19 1908 lived in Concord five years previously Cambridge and Watertown. She worked as a saleslady at R H White in Boston and then Graver Cronin in Waltham. She is survived by sister Mrs Harold T Malcolm and her son Leonard H Coffey of Medford.
Bedford Old South road leading to Laurence G. Hanscom Airport will close this spring as plans advance to extend a new runway. U S Air Force and Corps of Engineers say the road closure underscores Hanscom Air Base role as it undergoes enlargement for flight test missions and Project Lincoln. Bids are out and contracts set to be awarded in about 60 days.
Special to This Newspaper reports that Middlesex County shows a lower heart disease death rate than many New England counties. For year 1950 the county had 5 757 heart disease deaths, 530 per 100 000 people, below the New England average of 593 and Massachusetts 603.
Last week Pack 35 posted an event titled Family Sunday at the home of Brandoch L. Lo road featuring a youth group night. The topic for the session was Relationships and the program included activities with George A. C. and the First Religious tarian.
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