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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1957
Page
16
An elderly couple extols lazy contentment and self sufficiency in rural life. They contrast hard farming in earlier days with modern tourism and a fatal accident involving tourists in a trailer crash. They value health, books, and quiet routines over government aid or outside ambition.
The Gas Association and partner firms sponsor a national Mrs America contest with 49 candidates from across the United States. Local and state winners earn an expense paid trip to Fort Lauderdale for finals where the national winner receives prizes and a Europe trip. The event highlights homemaking skills and the American housewife role.
Frank J. Cavanagh of the IRS Massachusetts explains how pension and annuity payments are taxed for 1956. He outlines tax-free categories such as Social Security and military retirement pay, and shows how the taxable portion is determined by an exclusion ratio based on investment and expected return.
General Electric will spend eight million dollars this year on a large expansion at its medium steam turbine and gear department in Boston. Armand T. Chandonnet says the move doubles 1956 expenditures and signals strong future economic health. GE employs about 40,000 of Massachusetts' 280,000 workers.
Concord hosts a Middlesex County Sheep Breeders Association meeting featuring cutting of lamb carcasses into wholesale and retail cuts. Francis Mentzer Jr. and Elmer Luxton discussed carcass quality while Prof Verne Adams from the University of Massachusetts demonstrated cutting and explained care of home grown lamb.
New York AP reports a snack idea pairing fresh apple slices with a layer of cream cheese. The simple treat blends crisp sweetness with creamy tang for a quick bite.
A Father and Son banquet will be held at St. Anne's Church on Wednesday February 20 at 6 o'clock in observance of Scout Week. Following supper a film Our Mr. Son will be shown. Tickets available from David Light Franklin Bronson George Tarbell Jr Alfred Gledhill.
Mr and Mrs Dominik Lobkowicz announce the birth of their son Nicholas Henry on February 3 at the Christensen Rid dsen House in Boston. Grandparents include Mrs John L Saltonstall of Barnes Hill Road and Mr and Mrs Max Lobkowicz of Dover.
Robert E Sheehan residing at 10 Maple Street is convalescing at home after surgery at Emergon Hospital.
The parking committee of the Chamber of Commerce urged adoption of parking meters, voting to back the measure at the annual March 4 meeting and urging local approval at the Concord election.
A New York UP dispatch surveys Valentine history from the 1600s to the 19th century. It notes handmade early cards, 1812 puzzles, and 1830s comic valentines such as a bricklayer spoof. Modern collectors like Mark Finch of Hallmark value rare pieces, with prices reaching hundreds of dollars for antique tokens and writers’ books.
Farnham W. Smith of Great Brook Farms announced that his Holstein cow "Dunerest Benny Inka" No. 3387385 produced 17,163 pounds of milk and 648 pounds of butterfat as a five year old. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America announced the record at Brattleboro Vermont, from tests conducted in a University of Massachusetts run trial with milking twice daily for 300 days.
Easy chocolate dessert idea from New York suggests lining sherbet glasses with pieces of cake or lady fingers to form a chocolate Charlotte. The recipe notes layering pudding for a rich cold treat.
Acton fifth meeting at Julia L. McCarthy Cafeteria featured educator G. John Gregory as speaker. He urged parental and teacher understanding to guide children, noting four key contributors to successful schooling and stressing counseling and appropriate testing methods.
New York report lists lamb ham and beef products, frankfurters and bacon among top items. Prices show variety with an example price around 6.13 dollars, while a date line notes an earlier advance or sale figure. Personal names not clearly identifiable due to OCR errors.
Concord Emergon Hospital shows 45 percent admissions in January with a similar discharge rate and 165 operations 70 births 642 X rays 2821 laboratory exams 81 accident cages. Daily average 1957 at 66.1 vs 58.8 last year. Outpatients totaled 452 with regional counts for Concord Maynard Acton Bedford Lincoln Stow Carlisle Sudbury and others.
Alexander F. MacEachern and his brother Rev. John D. MacEachern of Concord return home after a three week Florida trip. James J. Mansfield Post A.L. hosts a weekly jamboree at the Veterans Building with Markham's Orchestra. Willow Rebekah Lodge plans a hat show February 18 at Mrs. Lucy Fiske's Prairie Street home. Seventeen Middlesex woodland owners win the Massachusetts Tree Farm Award covering nearly 3000 acres and placing the county second in tree farm numbers.
The annual performance or gathering was postponed due to unspecified reasons and will now be held on February 26 at the Carlisle Congregational Church.
A delegation of Grange members from Ford Grange aims to attend a program in South Chelemsford on the last day evening.
A meeting of the Carl Isle Pro will be held Monday February 28 at 8 o clock in the brickseheed with President Mark Brook in charge. The program will be announced.
In the 108th United States presidential election the turnout rate among voting age citizens reached a notable level, reflecting participation across multiple states and demographic groups. Election officials reported varying turnout by state, with turnout figures indicating broad engagement in the national contest.
Fragmentary notes describe a small craft incident at Hapstom Field with fire and multiple people nearby. The report mentions Harold F. DeCo and a 74 year old airman among those affected. Details are incomplete.
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