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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1951
Page
5
A detailed look at the hospital’s new third floor wing highlights the operating rooms central supply, autoclaves and sterilization areas, and a convalescent roof view. The project features modern lighting, humidity control, and a streamlined central supply that consolidates sterile tools and dressings for all wards.
Concord Miss Elmina L. Snow, Emerson hospital administrator, reports January 1951 totals: Medical 34, surgical 65, obstetrical 63, infants 31 female 29 male. total admissions 222, discharges 204, in hospital 132, in hospital January 31 days 45, deaths within 48 hours 2, over 48 hours 3, major operations 40, minor 51, nursery 15, X rays 312, lab exams 1029, path exams 26, auto accidents 7, other 25. Daily average 1951 49.8 vs 1950 39.06. Largest patient load 62, smallest 32. Male 75, female 147, adults 147, under 14 years 15, infants 60. Patients by towns list various towns with totals. overall totals 222 patients and 215 days.
Bedford notices show Richard B Herling and Warren H Dutton families confined to home by illness or injuries. Charles J Race moves to Orchard road. Barbara Clifford a Massachusetts Winter Carnival sophomore active in multiple campus groups. Alpha Phi Beta Sigma Phi supper at Ellen Swallow home. Theodore Currier Jr hosted schoolmates party. Laurel Odegaard celebrated second birthday on February 7.
The project grew beyond expectations and now stands as a hospital reflecting the humanitarian service and pride of the community, an institution shaped by local people’s efforts and spirit.
Italian officials foresee a substantial improvement in Italo Yugoslav relations as a barter style trade pact progresses. Belgrade invited Italy’s Lombardo to Zagreb Fair with Tito present, signaling renewed cooperation. Talks include copper ore timber for tractors and equipment, aided by Western moderating influence. Trieste and Cominform tensions loom, but Rome hopes to resolve old disputes and advance Western defense cooperation.
Concord New Hampshire National Guard Company H 182nd Infantry received commendations at their annual regimental inspection. Inspectors Major Abert Ricci Captain William Hunt and others praised their appearance and training. Recruit opportunities listed with vacancies for cooks mechanics radiomen and truck drivers. call Concord 168 or visit the State Armory on Monday or Thursday evenings.
Logan Utah report of W K Seaver twins learning to start an automobile ended with the car leaping from the curb smashing a parking meter and heading toward an excavation hidden by a signboard. Police Captain R J Hadfield leapt aboard and killed the ignition just as the car touched the sign.
European corn borer caused an estimated 6.05 million dollars of damage to Nebraska corn in 1950, compared with 11.46 million dollars in 1949, according to agricultural reports.
Concord owner Farnham W. Smith reports his registered Holstein Friesian cow B M Jewel Albess produced 786 pounds of butterfat and 22 068 pounds of milk during a 365 day production test supervised by the University of Massachusetts and the Holstein Friesian Association of America.
John W. Agnew manager of the Municipal division of the First National Bank and vice president of the National Municipal League spoke at the Concord Rotary luncheon at Howard Johnsons on You and Your Local Government. Makeups were noted from several members and the March program committee was named.
Sudbury men attend instruction at the State Teachers College at Fitchburg this week. Firemen and policemen receive training in bomb reconnaissance chemical warfare warden instruction and civilian defense leadership. Six Sudbury men participate including firemen Davison Séfay Hriniak and Lockhart and police Chief McGovern air raid warden Theodore Harding and instructor Albert Tallant.
Sudbury private Ann M. Roos of the WACS has been home from Fort Monmouth New Jersey on leave for a week. She will return to Monmouth to be assigned to Fort Benning Georgia for overseas service. Roos recently completed a photography course and looks forward to serving in that field. Friends greeted her at a basketball game and she joined a senior poverty ball dance Saturday night.
The May 14 1775 clash at Buzzards Bay Massachusetts marked the first naval engagement of the American Revolution as colonial forces met British vessels in open water.
Bedford Planning Board hired James L. Harris to study the town center and propose shopping area locations and rezoning. The report argues for a concentrated retail center to keep commerce in Bedford and notes expected traffic shifts with a relocated Route 3 corridor.
Sudbury group led by Red Cross instructor Robert G Ling enrolled 23 police and five departments along with one school teacher in a first aid course. Classes will be held at the Town hall for 18 hours with sessions at intervals. Plans for further courses and civilian defense outreach are under consideration.
A survey reports that about seven in ten American households own a car. The figure reflects rising mobility and shifts in consumer patterns across regions and income levels.
BEDFORD February 4 Mr and Mrs Carroll H Dunham 15 Seba avenue celebrated their twelfth mortgage anniversary Grace Winifred Martin former daughter Sophie Martin 8 School avenue Their son Allen and daughter Lorraine also noted Blaise Lee McArdle son of Mr and Mrs M P McArd III 199 Great Road marked his eighth birthday on Tuesday February 6
The family of the late Walter J. Avéry thanks friends and associates for kind expressions of sympathy during their bereavement.
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