Sudbury Committee Recommends Executive Secretary Role
A Sudbury sub committee urges establishing an executive secretary to modernize town administration. The proposal outlines duties from public information to budget prep, names Weston as a model, and calls for a $6000 salary and $600 expenses, plus a complete town salary administration plan by spring 1957.
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Sudbury
Board of Selectmen
Massachusetts
Weston
Weston Selectmen
Wayland
Sudbury Town Administration Committee Reports on Finance and Public Works
The report outlines sub committees on Finance and Public Works addressing capital outlay, long term planning, and potential consolidation of public works. Members include John C. Powers as chair, with Clarence various others. The Future Program notes interest in streamlining Town Meeting and exploring a representative town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Marshall
Ralph Robins
Richard Schmalz
Robert Smith
Roy Reach
John Agnew
First National Bank of
Sudbury
Planning Board
Albert C. Merrill
Joseph H. Forest
Bertran Weinstein
Ernest Wilson
John Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Burches
Daniel Finn
Richard Venne
Public Works Department
Representative Town Meeting
John C. Powers
James L. Devoll J. Fleet Cowden
Whitman Kin Confirmed as Great-Great Grandnephews
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association researchers in Canton New York authenticated kinship linking Swertfager and his twin brother David to the poet Walt Whitman as great great grandnephews, descendants of Leaves of Grass author.
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Canton
N. Y
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
St. Lawrence University
Swertfager
David
Winter Carnival At Cushing Academy In Ashburnham
The thirty sixth annual Winter Carnival at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham Massachusetts took place the weekend of February 8. Sponsored by the Outing Club the event opened with a hockey game against Lawrence Academy. The tea dance followed in Alumni Hall Pine Room. A second feature was the play State Fair directed by Miss Lois Cann featuring Harold McAuliffe Nathaniel Lyon Alan Rogers Catherine Finnis Rosemary Hibbard George Wilkin Kenneth Wheeler Matthew Slobin Sally Bradley and oe Van Schaack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushing Academy
Asburnham
Massachusetts
Cushing
Outing Club
Henry Hunt
United States
Lawrence Academy
Donald Spinney
Lynn
Mass
Alumni Hall
Cowell Hall
Expressions Department
Lois Cann
Harold, McAuliffe
Hudson
John F. McAuliffe
Cherry Street
Marion Hill
Athol
What if it had hit me on the head note on branch bill
Wilfred Perreault sent a $42.97 bill to Lewiston's Board of Public Works after a tree branch fell on his new automobile. He attached the note asking what if it had hit him on the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston, Me
Wilfred Perreault
Lewiston
Board of Public Works
Boys Club Endorses Boy Scouts in Week Observance
National Director John M. Gleason cites common goals between the Boys Clubs of America and the Boy Scouts of America. He notes both are youth serving, chartered organizations over 45 years old, sharing aims to build moral, healthy American young men. Marlboro Boys' Club endorses the stance in a joint statement.
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Boy Scout Week
Boys’ Clubs of America
Boy Scouts of America
Marlboro Boys’ Club
John M. Gleason
Carlisle Historical Society Meeting Postponed Then Held
The Carlisle Historical Society held its monthly meeting at Gleason Public Library with Mrs. Jay Fisk presiding. Guests Robert F. Needham of Concord and Donald A. Lapham of Carlisle spoke on Ancient Boundaries Grants and Other Matters Relating to the Founding of Carlisle.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Historical Society
Gleason Public Library
Jay Fisk
Robert F. Needham
Concord
Donald A. Lapham
Middlesex Pomona Holds Meeting and Visitation
Carlisle members attended the Middlesex Central Pomona monthly meeting at Dunstable with Edward R Stephen Everett Keyes Carl Swanson Alice Lovering Edna Sleeper. A Pomona Officers Visitation was held in Burlington and a Past Org Association meeting is planned in Tyngsborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Middlesex Central
Pomona
Dunstable
Edward R. Stephen
Everett Keyes
Carl Swanson
Alice Lovering
Edna Sleeper
Brulington
Anti Segregation Law Passed in Minnesota in 1869
The first anti segregation law in Minnesota was enacted in 1869 without debate. It prohibited classifying children by color or social status and was approved 30 to 12 in the House. Governor William Marshall swiftly signed the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn St. Paul Minn
State House of Representatives
Senate
Gow William
Marshall
Algonquin Council Scouts Mark 47th Anniversary
The Boy Scouts of America Algonquin Council sends sincere well wishes as they celebrate 47 years of continued growth and service to youth with steady community involvement and program strength.
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Algonquin Council
Boy Scouts of America
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Fairbank
Goa
All-American
Valentine
Den
Ream
Gleasondale
Dial
General Contractors
Scraggs & Canty
Whitman
Concord, Carlisle
Grange
General Electric
PGI Aire
Westinghouse
Eureka
FORD
Avigmatic
RCA
Wbz-Tv
Maynard Edison Shop
Nason Street
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