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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1954
Page
1
Disjointed notes show election talk nearing as town eyes crucial town manager issue and a light plant sale. Meetings, chamber reps, Red Cross and cancer drives, 1954 plans, and a 150th anniversary event stir civic activity while questions arise about venue capacity for voters.
Constables have posted a warrant for Joseph Barbosa Jr a Ford inmate in a May incident at the penal institution where guard Fred Taylor was attacked during a transfer Barbosa faces charges linked to July escape and removal from security.
Concord plans a non partisan Town Affairs Night on February 18 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. Bruce S. Old will moderate with a panel including George R. Walker George S. Lawton Robert A. Rodday Donald B. Sinclair Charles W. Allen Franklin R. Johnson and others. Items include the town manager form of government articles for March 1, the 1954 town budget and road and sewer plans.
William A. Hagerty of West Concord argues against adopting a town manager system. He says the form concentrates power, lowers citizen control, and questions the talent pool, urging continued traditional town elections and accountability.
Freshmen announce the Freshman Fling for tomorrow evening in Wells A Hall Auditorium with Dick Steele as DJ. A small admission charge will apply and refreshments will be served.
West Concord Rev. Lewis F. Kearn starts duties as pastor at Our Lady Help of Christians Church after vacancy due to Rev. John Sool’s death on January 30. Ordained 1929, 52, he has 25 years as a priest with assignments in Roxbury Everett Medfield West Quincy East Boston and Malden.
Concord resident Edward P. Chase, born March 4, 1908, a Northeastern Law and Harvard Business graduate, announced his bid for selectman. He lives at 90 Main Street with his wife and three children, two in Concord schools, and works as secretary of the United Shoe Machinery Corp. He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII. The paper discusses town manager charter debates and attitudes toward restructuring town government.
At a Concord League of Women Voters meeting Prof. William Roger Greeley of MIT outlined how decentralization and highways affect suburban town planning. Local officials noted central crowding and the Veterans' Building as urgent concerns with need for more parking and possible zoning or tax measures.
Continued on page four the Concord manager issue requires a simple majority at the March 1 election. Although some say two thirds are needed, officials emphasize any single vote can decide the result, underscoring the importance of every vote.
The Concord board of selectmen says Patrick Palmer of Old Road to Nine Acre Corner is appointed dog officer for the town. Morgan K. Smith Jr of Wood Street is reappointed to the personnel board for a three year term.
In a public hearing the finance committee chair announced an estimated tax rate around 59 per thousand, up slightly from last year. The town expects a $16 million valuation and about $972,000 in taxes. free cash of $321,000 plus $100,000 in warrants would help defray levies.
Frances B. Walker of 93 Monument Street and Amelia Emerson of Estabrook Road were drawn for traverse jury duty at East Cambridge Superior Court for March 15 during a Concord Board of Selectmen meeting.
Mr and Mrs David G Hayes and their two children have moved into a new residence at 514 Main Street West Concord Rosemary Muscafo is Mrs Hayes former name.
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