Fragmentary State News and Civic Notes From Unknown Page
Disjointed OCR text mentions registration, public notices, a library lawn, a police wall display of Eisenhower, massachusetts plans in May, a hold up at a filling station, a chamber of commerce proposal named West London, Carter back on air, soup price 1.35, a dog named Tom, a bid amount 1 520 837 for Greater h and Con de, and March deadlines for schools and Powder out in March.
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Dave Litap
Chamber of Mind
West Londer
West Cony
Post
Carter
School Play Programs for Harvey Event At 2 P.M.
Students advised on schedule for school play with programs available at the Vet at 2:45 PM. Faculty directing the event notes films about teen life and welcomes attendees.
Heart Sunday Drive Names Officers for 1957 Campaign
Concord announces Dr Thomas W Griffin general chairman for the 1957 Heart Fund drive. Richard E Wilson is treasurer and Mrs Gordon Smith and Mrs Richard F Wood lead special gifts and clubs. Miss Mary L Arena is Heart Sunday chairman for February 24 outreach to homes. A four week drive backs a national heart disease effort at Medical Center with a free heart film and case histories available from Heart headquarters at Copley 7 4400.
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Concord
Thomas W. Griffin
Main Street
Richard E. Wilson
Gordon Smith
Sudbury Road
Richard F. Wood
Devens Street
Mary L. Arena
K. Martin
Fairhaven Road
Heart
Asen
Heart Headquarters
Copley 7
Yankee Ingenuity Aids Police and Saves Town Funds
Concord residents benefited from a police speed timer conversion to a traffic counter. Chief Robert E. Kelley led the effort with Ralph A. Macone Dalton Robinson Concord Hardware Pete Cleveland General Radio and Macone Brothers. The improvised device cost about $50, versus a $600 commercial unit, saving the town over $550.
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Concord
Robert E. Kelley
Ralph A. Macone
Dalton & Robinson
Concord Hardware
Pete Cleveland
General Radio
Macone Brothers
Snow Flies To Chicago Conference Leader
Concord Miss Elmina L. Snow administrator of Emerson Hospital leaves by plane to attend a conference of the board of regents of the American College Hospital Administrators in Chicago. She serves as vice president of the group and participates in national and regional committee work. She is helping organize the New England section seminar for next November.
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Concord
Elmina L. Snow
Emerson Hospital
Board of Regents
American College Hospital
Chicago
Concord Police Reports Show 1956 Activity, Budget
Concord police filed 687 complaints in the past year, up from 661. Of these 535 led to investigations and arrests, down from 626 in 1955. Fines collected totaled 6,235 dollars, below 7,529 in 1955, while stolen goods value dropped to 8,129.95 dollars from 13,697.17. Recovered goods were 5,922 versus 7,156.50. Traffic warnings netted 193.98 less than 1955. Arrestees included 124 men and eight women. motor vehicle violations included 133 for drunken driving, 49 for reckless driving, 35 for operating after license suspension, five hit and run, and a total of 406. Miscellaneous work yielded 235 summonses, 527 parking tickets, and 1,301 buildings found open and secured. The department salary complement remained 17 for three years. The 1956 budget stood at 78,171 dollars, up from 77,465.72 in 1955.
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Concord
Robert E. Kelley
Frecm
Fingold Sues Concord Over Zoning Before Supreme Court
The dispute between Attorney General George Fingold and Concord's board of selectmen has reached the Supreme Court after Judge Edward A. Counihan Jr. sent the case to the full bench. A ruling on the zoning issue may be delayed. Fingold disapproved a town by law converting Mill Dam area from residential to business to allow a supermarket nearby.
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Concord
George Fingold
Board of Selectmen
Supreme Court
Edward A. Counihan
Fingold
Mill
Only 10 Building Permits In Month
Concord reports a quiet month with only 10 building permits issued. One permit was for a new dwelling at Sterling Building Corporation on Coburn Hill Road, valued at 14 000. Total construction reached 34 800, including 15 000 for new work, compared with 53 000 in January and 98 000 last year.
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Concord
Sterling. Building Corporation
Coburn Hill Road
Concord Woman's Club Plans American Home Day Event
The Concord Woman's Club will observe American Home Day Monday at the Unitarian Church. Luncheon starts at noon with President Mrs Harold J Ames presiding over business. hostesses are ladies from the American Home and Ways and Means committees and the social committee. Guest will be Vivian. The program includes Woman on Passport to Beauty.
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Concord
Concord Woman’s Club
Unitarian Church
Harold J. Ames
Sion
Tee
The
Ways and Means
Sone Tee
Vivian
Concord Chamber of Commerce Opens New Member Drive Tuesday
A one day drive for new members starts Tuesday February 32 with a breakfast program at Howard Johnsons. Twenty one officers and members will call on prospects and report at day end.
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Concord
Concord Chamber. of Commerce
Howard Johnson’s
Chamber
Lawrence N. Blanchard
Fred T. Boyd
Robert ‘L. “Bumford
Robert L. Carter
James M. Condon
John K. ‘Damon
James H. Dee
Ruth Helsher
Alvin Hitchcock
Mildred W. Howe
Casper J. Jenney,,Jr
Harold Keizer
William D. Locke
John J. McWalter
Leon J. Moreau
Edward S&s. Oe
John T. O’brien
David W. Pilkington
Roland W. Priest
Richard P. Sullivan
William K. Walters
Concord Free Public Library Hosts Brooks School Royal Court Art Show
The Concord gallery becomes a royal court as Brooks School students from three years old to third grade display student created art. Pear life size king and queen carvings hang with circus painting, tropical fish, smiling sun and potato prints. Felts, paints, chalk, scissors and imagination fill the displays as masks and art cover the walls. The exhibit opened last Saturday and runs until February 15 before a Concord Public Schools display.
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Concord
Concord Free Public Library
Royal Court
Brooks School
Concord Public Schools
Joseppine Cole
First Child Born to Concord Parents
Mr and Mrs James Zografos of Waltham announce the birth of their first child, a son named Michael, at Waltham Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Michael Zographos of Waltham and Mrs Felia Kakes of Concord.
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Concord
James Zografos
Waltham
Dorothy Kakes
Michael Stony
Waltham Hos
Michael Zographos
Felia Kakes
Local Publisher Admitted for Surgery at Law-Ge Memorial
Concord resident Samuel G. Kent of 10 Middle Street is listed as a patient at Law-Ge Memorial Hospital in New nden Connecticut. He underwent an opera tion on a day not fully recorded, with details incomplete in the notice.
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Concord
Samuel G. Kent
Middle Street
Law- Ge. Memorial Hospital
Newnden
Connecticut
Ogilvie Seeks Concord Selectman Seat
Concord endorses Gordon H. Ogilvie for selectman. A 35 year banker, 20 years at Wellesley National Bank, 15 years in Concord as treasurer and executive VP of Concord Co operative Bank. He has served on finance, development and industrial commissions and led Nuclear Metals to locate in Concord. Widely active in community groups and war bond efforts.
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Concord
Gordon H. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Wellesley National Bank
Concord Co-operative Bank
Quilvie
Concord Taxpayers Association
Concord Community Chest
Rotary Club of Concord
Chamber of Commerce
Concord Salvage Committee
March of Dimes
Comprehensive Town Plans Committee
Edward. B. Caiger
Hubbard Street
New Arrivals at Concord Births Reported This Week
Emerson Hospital records show ten newborns in Concord area during late January and early February. Entries include seven sons and two daughters born to families on Southfield, Holdenwood, Laws Brook, Dana, Simon Willard, Fern, Sudbury, Nashoba, and Grove streets, with dates January 28 through February 1. One more son born to Fireman and Mrs. Carl Anderson.
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Concord
Emerson Hospital
John Sears
Southfield Road
Kenneth Martin
Holdenwood Road
Warren Payne
Laws Brook Road
Harold Leary
Dana Road
Sinclair Weeks, Jr
Simon Willard Road
Sam Hazard Seen as Ideal Concord School Panel Choice
A Concord voter urges trust in Samuel Hazard for the town school committee. The letter lauds his decade long shift from industry to teaching, administrative duties, Concord Schools advocacy, and active roles with Alcot Teachers Parents Group and local civic groups.
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Concord
Samuel Hazard
Sam Hazard
Alcott Teachers - Parents Group
Erdeeth
Concord Players
Parking Meters and Light Plant Stir Concord Budget Talk
Concord townspeople packed a Monday finance committee hearing at Wells A. Hall Memorial Auditorium to hear about an $80.92 tax rate based on a $20 million valuation. Meters and a proposed West Concord light plant substation dominated debate with cautions over sidewalk snow clearing and promised self support, while officials hinted at broader road and sidewalk studies and a potential town engineer position.
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Concord
Finance Committee
Wells
A. Hall
Harold C. Smith
D. Edward Cleary, Jr
Robert G. Brown
Archibald H. Ferran
Cleary
Board of Selectmen
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ndot
West Concord
John McCarron
Winthrop Sargent
Walden Street
A. D. Little
Thomas W. Flint
Department of Public Works
Survey Booklets On New Assessments To Be Mailed
Concord notices that survey booklets detailing new property appraisals will be mailed to local households next week. Printed by a West Concord plant, the booklets invite residents to attend hearings where figures can be challenged. hearing dates will be announced.
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Concord
New England Survey
West Concord
Concord Players stage The Drunkard at mid winter gambol
Concord Players present a moving drama The Drunkard for the annual mid winter gambol at the Veterans Building Friday night February 15 at 8 30. Prospective members invited to attend and join the group.
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Concord
Concord Players
Music therapy class at Trinitarian Church urged by Mrs Kelley
Since 1 October Mrs Robert E Kelley teaches music for children using a fan player and moving it between rooms. The group meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:36 at Trinitarian Congregational Church. Charles M Styron of Lincoln will spend one hour weekly on speech therapy with the children. The church provides the room.
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Robert E. Kelley
Anc
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Rede
Charles M. Styron
Lincol
Concord-Tuesday Finalizes Docal Voter Registration Totals
The final registration date for new voters occurred Tuesday with only 10 registrations. The Concord town meeting was paused until March 4, with no new voters on January 29 in the first session. Concord now has more than 5,600 registered voters.
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Concord
Polling Hours Set for Town Election
The board of men sets February 25 polling hours for all three precincts from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Local voters are reminded of the annual town election schedule across Concord.
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Board of Men
Towns Per Capita Debt Peaks At $262.36 in Concord
George A. Coleman of Walnut street told a Monday night meeting that Concord's per capita debt stands at $262.36, higher than 34 comparable towns averaging $151, highlighting a mounting local burden.
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Concord
George A. Coleman
Walnut Street
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