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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1951
Page
16
Mrs Swain guest speaker to address the West Concord Woman's Club at Union Church Friday at 2 30 pm. President Mrs Edgar A Rohan will preside. After the business meeting, Mrs Ralph Swain will speak on A Woman's Viewpoint. Tea hostess is Mrs Charles E Comeau.
About 25 Troop 43 members plus guests attended a Scout Sunday breakfast at Monument Hall after an 8:30 mass at Our Lady Help of Christians Church. Awards included second and first class badges for several scouts and special Our Lady of Fatima medals.
The Stow Police Association holds its next monthly meeting on Wednesday evening February 21 at Stow Town Hall. The Stow School Committee closes all Stow schools including Gleasondale Pilot Grove and Hale from Friday February 16 with classes resuming Monday February 26. The Union Evangelical church service club met Monday at the parsonage with eighteen members present and plans for the year discussed under President Mrs. Clancey Hunter. The next meeting is Monday March 5 at Mrs. Marshall Lewis’s home. Civil Defense directors’ training occurred at Fitchburg State Teachers College with attendees Herbert H. Cooke James P. Lund Jr. from Stow on Monday and Herbert H. Cooke Winthrop Addy from Stow on Tuesday.
Stow Grange held a neighbors’ night at the town hall with a fine program led by Edward J. Sanzer. Attendees included guests from Granges in Southboro Hudson Berlin Bolton Boxboro Acton and Sudbury. A special program on February 20 marks Stow Grange’s 74th anniversary featuring the Hale high school glee club and other entertainment by Grange officers.
Over seven and a half billion public transit passengers in urban areas rely on motor buses for daily transportation, highlighting the central role of bus networks in city mobility.
The Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs sponsors several scholarships for 1951 1952. Schools include Academie Moderne Boston Carter Dramatic School for Young People Boston Endicott Junior College Beverly The Fisher School Boston Music Scholarship New England Conservatory of Music Boston Saturday Classes at Museum of Fine Arts Boston School of Practical Art Boston Vesper George School of Art Boston. Interested parties in Stow should contact Mrs. Wilfred Kitchell, president of the Stow Women’s Association.
Jean H. Woodhead argues that a regional high school would centralize power in a regional committee. He warns that local control evaporates, that the regional board faces pork barrel risk, and that state strings may accompany state funds.
William H. McBain of Malden, a Holy Cross graduate and Persian Belt Command veteran, spoke at St. Bernard's Church Monument Hall on Sunday about Russian Communism as he has seen it. Rev. John J. Foley introduced him as the speaker, with Martin J. Diskin leading mass and serving coffee and doughnuts in the hall beforehand.
Stow Little Betsy Schaal daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert A Schaal Jr of Great Road celebrated her seventh birthday at home Saturday afternoon. Guests included Glenn Witherbee Janet O Rey Ray Frost Teddy Howard Dorothy Seesay Betsy. The party featured a pink birthday cake center piece favors and balloons. Games were enjoyed and ice cream and cake were served. Betsy received many gifts and her schoolmates had a wonderful afternoon.
The Stow Garden Club held its regular meeting at Mrs. Fred Townsend’s Crescent Street home with a strong turnout. Mrs. Herbert H. Ke read on Plant Hobbies while Mrs. Earl Chrysler and Mrs. Herbert H. Cooke led plant and bird quizzes. The next meeting on March 6 at First Parish Unitarian Vestry will feature Professor Alfred W. Boicourt of UMass speaking on Community Improvement Program. Boicourt is an extension horticulture specialist. The article notes 582,000 farmers and ranchers in the Missouri River basin.
The text argues that regional school committees, though described as free, are bound by laws and answer to the Commissioner of Education who is appointed by the Governor. It suggests voters have no direct control, as replacements can be politically selected, leaving citizens without direct influence.
The Concord Red Cross outlines five home front measures Mobilize for Defense aims to expand the National Blood Program train more first aid instructors enlarge home nursing broaden canteen activities and train 100 000 nurse helpers This program seeks volunteers blood donations and skills to strengthen civilian defense and hospital support during crisis
Boxborough voters at the February 5 town meeting joined the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health. Dr Edward B Branigan welcomed Boxborough as the 14th member and announced surveys of Roxborough residents and expanded public health efforts to promote health and prevent disease.
Guest speaker Roland Wells Robbins, noted archaeologist from nearby Lincoln, gave an illustrated lecture titled Through the Covered Bridge to Rural New England at the Girl Scout House. Mrs. Clement S. Edwards presided and tea was served after the talk.
West Concord members of the Holy Name Society attended the 8 30 mass last Sunday morning led to Holy Communion by president Edward J. Hanley. After mass coffee and doughnuts were served in the church hall Rev. John J. Scol lan spoke to the men.
Fragmented text recalls the death of Hannah Mead five days before day and a funeral held Thursday. Mention appears of Rev Baldwin and Mr Wood, state legislator, with relatives including Mrs Wood, a son and brothers. Partial lines reference Gardner Wood and Peirce M Wood, executors or mourners in New York and San Francisco, with a funeral service at Green Ground.
Concord residents receive a condensed plea from Scout troops urging support for magazines and books in early April. The message thanks local friends in Concord and asks citizens to retain magazines from prior years to aid costs.
Firemen from Concord Fi Central Station Box 57 answered a call around noon when icy waters and a fall incident were reported on Lowell road. A man and a dog were affected, with one person assisted after emerging from the water. responders connected a line and checked the scene.
Concord Board members Grath Ivan De George E Jon evaluated town property as part of a civil defense exercise at Concord High on Wednesday night. Two fire units responded to early Friday incidents, with responders from Harvard Road and Old Reuben ington road assisting.
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