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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1955
Page
11
Retail ads announce price cuts across meats and beverages with 16 cent beef reductions and lower ad costs. National brands and regional chains plan broader discounts on jamb pork chops sirloin steak and other items including haddock and shrimp in New York metro and Boston areas.
Carlisle Anthony Chulada of Littleton, vice-president of the Greater Lowell Heart Association, urges Acton Acton Bedford Boxboro Carlisle Groton Littleton Pepperell residents to give to the Heart Fund on February 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. No solicitation at workplaces. residents asked to give at home.
The Acton-The Acton School Committee unanimously elected William L. O Connell as superintendent to fill the Pearson vacancy effective February 1. O Connell has led the Acton schools since August as acting superintendent and has been with the system since 1945 starting as a teacher coach and later as high school principal.
The mother of four year old Jimmy Gormley notes she told him boys should not push girls. He replies with a blunt question asking where pushing is allowed.
A Hartford housewife left a 12 pound ham to cool in a pan in the yard. A dog ran off with the dinner, surprising the cook.
President Eisenhower commends the Medford Daily Mercury for serving communities and notes its 75th anniversary. The letter dated February 4 1955 highlights local reporting and civic watchdog roles as the Mercury plans a landmark June edition. The paper founded December 8 1880, with an anniversary history issue planned.
Concord dramatic and glee clubs stage the operetta Kathleen on March 13 at 8 p.m. Lily Strickland and Sarah Grames Clark wrote it, directed by Dorothy Shofffer with Florence Peachey as student director. Cast includes Anne Nordberg Ann Colahan Claire Lawton Carol Brayden and others with Irish setting and lively chorus. Proceeds go to the Heart Fund.
A 150 mile test area from Coopers town New York to Leominster Massachusetts will be used this week in a crusade for freedom experiment. Hundred seven foot balloons will be released at Lockport New York and travel 400 to 450 miles at night. Leaflets retrieved by residents will be mailed to Free Europe Committee New York City.
W R Sharp of Muncie Ind told police two front wheels and tires were taken from his car while it was parked beside a hotel in Indianapolis. Thieves later replaced them with a pair of old wheels.
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