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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1955
Page
13
A tense moment unfolds as Don, now a successful lawyer, proposes to Karen after a past filled with art and ambition. He seeks a wedding gift of status rather than love, while Karen grapples with the meaning of success beyond money and titles. They revisit a beach where dreams collided with reality.
Eddie Finnigan, director at West University, sprinted barefoot to a theatre after a late-night call. He arrived to find the three-minute stage time had already ended, signaling a hurried, unexpected moment during a live event.
In Jamestown New York a stray cat rode the rods of a car for 84 miles without harm. Mr and Mrs Theodore Baker found the stowaway on the frame upon returning from Clarence to Jamestown. The cat belonged to Mrs Bakers sister whom they had visited. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
Reinforced plastics emerge as a fast growing industry with more than 50 California firms producing over 100 million dollars worth yearly. The SPI notes about 150 U S. companies total, half in the West, spurring the upcoming tenth annual conference in Los Angeles February 8 to 10 with over 1000 attendees.
A unique set of 27 volumes by Louisa May Alcott, bound in blue morocco, has been donated to the Concord Public Library by Mrs. Margaret French Cresson, lifelong friend of the Alcott family. The display begins February 18, with a poem in Alcott's handwriting pasted in a flyleaf.
The West Coast dominates reinforced plastics use with early 1951 California built plastic car body. Now several firms make plastic car bodies and truck trailers. Studios also model costly objects with reinforced plastics for scenes and props, including life like trees and knight armor.
Washington reports the United States aircraft industry is producing 91 airplane models excluding pilots. The Aircraft Industries Association notes 28 airframe makers have 65 military models in production and 26 civil aircraft models for world markets. Jet engine production leads piston engines for the first time.
Dr. Robert W. White, noted psychologist, will speak on The Dangers of Social Adjustment at 8 p.m. on February 28 in the Girl Scout House. The Concord Friendly Aid Society and the Concord Country Council sponsor the free public lecture series on Community Mental Health.
Ash Wednesday service at the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord marks the start of Lent. The service on February 23 at 8 p.m. includes Holy Communion and new member reception with Rev. Robert H. Barber presiding, Whitredge Clark at organ, and the senior choir performing.
Concord Mrs Stephen P Baldwin of 18 Lexington Road has been named chairman for Concord in the American Cancer Society Massachusetts Division Cancer Crusade to be held in April 1955. Dr John W Spellman president announced the appointment. Mrs Baldwin previously served on the special gift committee in 1953 and is active with Trinity Church and Emerson Hospital Auxiliary.
A $20 000 fire damaged the Grange Hall in Cheshire Connecticut after a person reportedly placed a penny in a fuse box starting the blaze. Local fire crews battled the flames as the building suffered extensive damage.
Concord notes Company H shifts its dance to the eve of the holiday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The event will precede sunrise firing by the Cord Independent Battery. An orchestra is to be chosen this week with Lt. Paul Dee and M Sgt Jack Clayton as co chairs for decorations SFC Frank Gooding publicity Sgt William Bovey sound equipment SPC Charles House Ad Book M Sgt Philip Dee Sgt Chester Rapson ticket sales WOJG Joseph McBreen.
North America's first two-language parking meters have been installed in Montreal on an experimental basis. The meters support French and English, as reported by the National Institute of Municipal Clerks. The Navy is converting heavy cruisers USS Boston and USS Canberra into guided missile cruisers.
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