Maynard Community Happenings And Local Notices
Mid week devotional at Fin nish Ev. Church. Maynard groups meet and plan events including Girl Scout Week March 6 12. New church members listed. VFW to host whist for cystic fibrosis drive. Reports include convalescence of Lucy Wilder and dance band concert at Walter E Fernald School. Two new births announced and prayers for local churches and organizations.
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Ev. Congregational Church
Ladies Martha Society
Maynard High School
Walter E. Fernald
Waverly
Maynard Girl Scout Committee
Methodist Church
May 1959 Can Co Sales Rise Despite Steel Strike
Maynard, sales of American Can Company reached a record 1.107 billion dollars in 1959, a 6.8 percent rise from 1958, with divisions including Can Co Dixie Cup Marathon contributing. Earnings fell to 40.89 million after taxes from 46.43 million in 1958, due to steel strike costs estimated at about 15 million.
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Maynard
American Can Company
Ch Am. C
Stolk
Bradley Sun
Canco
Dixie
Cup
Marathon
Missionary from Japan to speak at Union Church
Reverend Frank Carey, a Congregational Christian missionary in Japan for over 40 years with the American Board, will speak at Union Congregational Church Sunday at 11 a.m. His family includes aunts Otis Carey and wife, and his son Otis, a current ABR representative in Kyoto. He was born in Foxboro and educated at Newton High School and Amherst College.
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Maynard
Frank Carey
Japan
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Wills
Union Congregational Church
Will Ake
Bis
Otis Carey
American Board ‘Missionaries
Cary
Alice Carey
Otis
American Board
Kyoto
Foxboro
Mr. Carey
Newton High School
Amherst College
First horse drawn street cars arrive in New York 1832
New York City introduces its first horse drawn street cars in 1832. They ran on granite supported rails along Fourth Avenue from Prince Street to 14th Street, marking an early transit milestone.
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New York City
Fourth Avenue
Prince
14Th Streets
Calendar Play Brings Children of Troop 1 to Stage
Girl Scouts from Troop No. 1 staged a one act play titled Children of the Calendar. Cheryl Anderson played Father Time and January through December roles were filled by girls including Linda Ms as January, Marjorie Pekkala as lead February, and Nancy Richardson as Patriotic July. August and October were by Troop 4 with Kathy Lowe as August Day. Leaders Ethel Pekilla and Mire Albert Iskian praised the cast after the performance.
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Maynard
Girl Scouts
Brownies
Troon
Rat Girls
Cheryl Anderson
Scythe
Linda Ms
Marjorie Pekkala
Helenius
Linda
Lorraine
Daryl Bradbury
Judy Brown
Nancy Richardson
Ann Beauregard
Nancy Tompkins
Carole Iskian
Kathy Lowe
Carolyn
Ethel Pekilla
Mire
Albert Iskian
Card of Thanks for Arthur D. Blanchette Maynard
The family extends gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for kindnesses shown during their recent bereavement following the passing of Arthur D Blanchette Maynard.
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Arthur, D. Blanchette
High School Student Wins Rochester Scholarship for TV Film
James Andrew Fardy of Middleboro, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew J Fardy Jr, earned a $2000 scholarship to the University of Rochester. The highlight of a day filming an educational program on Channel 2 featured the teen who will pursue a combined degree at Eastman College of Music and a bachelor of applied arts. The project will air nationally this week and be distributed to Europe.
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Mynard
Middleboro
University of ‘Rochester
James Andrew Fardy
Andrew J. Fardy
Cherry Street
Andrew 7. Fardy
Concord Street
Jimmy
Oni 'T.V
Channel 2
Boston
United States
Europe
James
University of Rochester
Eastman College of ‘Music
Rotary Meeting Hears Meron Medzini on The Near East
Rotary club heard Meron Medzini a Jerusalem native and Harvard student discuss The Near East at a Monday supper. Past President Feltus announced a Valentine party and Russo's ladies night. Colombo won the door prize. Secretary Cornwall to chair the On-To-Marlborough district conference for March 30.
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Ps Se Rast
Joseph Crach
Meron Medzini
Jerusalem
Beall High School
Haife
Rotary
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Israel Embassy
City College
Frank A. Colombo
Paul Cornwall
Maynard High Hosts Insurance Agent Guest Speaker
Maynard High School general business classes welcomed Thomas A. Cocco, a local insurance agent, as guest speaker. He discussed insurance basics and topics of interest, focusing on automobile coverage for drivers under 25 and types of insurance for young homemakers.
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Maynard
Maynard High School
Thomas A. Cocco
Cocco
Maynard selectmen receive invitations and notices
Maynard selectmen received Gov. Foster Furcolo invitation for a Feb 22 reception at Hall of Flags Boston. They also got notices from the Massachusetts Civil War Centennial Commission and St Anthony di Padova Society about events. The board voted to attend. A jury duty draw for Charles Russo was announced, and finance committee letters supported quarterly joint town board meetings and appropriations for halls and school welfare programs.
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Maynard
Foster Furcolo
Hall of Flags
State
Higuse
Boston
Charles W. Hedges
Massachusetts
Italian Socially Club
William G. O’hare, Jr
Bureau of Government and Research
Charles Russo
Waltham Street
Superior ‘Court
East Cambridge
Finance Committee
Public Welfare
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Aero Club
Acton
Dewey & Almy Chemical Co
Westford
Lucy Wilder
Summer Street
Miss Ethel Butterworth
Winchester
The
John Brathwaite
Albert Hodges, Jr
Ralph Landry
Robert Fardy
Matthew Fouratt, Jr
Alexandra Frazier
Carl ‘Fryatt
George Luoto
Alber
Manty
Kenneth Merrian
Edward F. Ledgard
Panen
Maynard Council K
Joseph P. Cotter
St George’ 'S
Albert E. Gairiel
Enterprise
Maynard-Stow Garden Clubs
George Murphy
Albert Jeanere
Arthur Coughlin
William .E. Brown
Stow
Methodist
Matthew Fouratt
Anita Davis
Clifford Whitney
Fred Taylor
St. Casimir’s
St. Bridget’s
Nashoba
St. Gabriel’s Monastery
Brighton
Francis S$. Miaskiewicz
D.C.L
Kenneth van Fossen
DeMars Street
Thomas. McAleer
O’moore Avenue
Emerson’ Hospital
Maynard V.F.W. Post
ONE Hour Cleaners
Main St. Maynard
CAN CO
Carey
Orient
Rev
Frank Cary
Adv
Salamone’s Super Market
Hopfman
la Regina
Virginia
Hes
Salamone
Main, St
Iboard
Mass
John E. Finnegan
Masachusetts Selectme Association
State House
Salon de Beaute
J. Janericco
Nason St. Mayni
Mens & Boys
Chino Pants
Wrangler Cowboy
Dickie Ranch
Maynard Army & Navy Store
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