Local Couple Plans August Wedding
Concord announces the engagement of Suzanne Marit Rizzitano of Bedford Court to Richard Michael O'Brien of Windsor Avenue West Acton. Miss Rizzitano works as a secretary at Raytheon. Mr. O'Brien is a transporter for Concord Oil. Both attended local schools. O'Brien is a World War II veteran. The couple plans an August wedding.
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Concord
Anthony Rizzitano
Bedford Court
Suzanne Marit
Richard Michael O'Brien
Daniel J. O’brien
Windsor Avenue
West Acton
Rizzitano
Raytheon Manufacturing Company
Waltham
O’brien
Concord Oil Company
O'Brien
Miss Burger Engaged to 2nd Lt Richard Noonan
Concord announces the engagement of Ann Mitchell Burger to 2nd Lt. Richard A. Noonan son of Mr and Mrs Michael J Noonan of Hartford Connecticut. No wedding date has been set. Richard Noonan is stationed at Marana Air Force Base in Tucson Arizona.
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Concord
Arthur T. Burger
Nashoba Road
Ann Mitchell Burger
Richard A. Noonan
Michael J. Noonan
Hartford
Connecticut
Miss Burger
Grace Fanning Burger
Concord Academy
Colby College
Acton News Briefs Highlight Church Events and Warrant Posting
At Acton Center Congregational Church Dr Olivia Pearl Stokes preached Evanston Echoes. Nashoba Valley Court of Amaranths meets Friday 8 pm at Town Hall with Doris Curtis presiding and officer elections. Acton Catholic Woman's Club hosts whist at St Elizabeths Hall Saturday 8 pm. Town warrant with 40 articles for March 14 posted by Police Chief Foley, copies limited. West Acton Baptist Church service Sunday featured Boy Scout attendance with Rev Charles Foresberg.
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Acton Center Congregational Church
Olivia Pearl Stokes
Evanston
Nashoba Valley Court of Amaranths
Doris Curtis
Acton Catholic Woman's Club
St. Elizabeth’s Church Hall
Acton
Michael J. Foley
Charles Foresberg
West Acton Baptist Church
Boy Scouts of
Young Acton Group Attends Fitchburg Baptists Meeting
A delegation from West Acton Baptist Church youth group travels to Fitchburg for the Wachusetts Baptist Association gathering on Sunday afternoon.
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Young People’s Group
West Acton
Dollar bill still a promissory note confirms value
Omaha columnist John Koffend declared the dollar remains good as he sent a silver dollar request to the U S Treasury and received a prompt response.
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Omaha, Neb
John Koffend
Omaha World-Herald
Koffend
U.S. Treasury
Traditional Art Versus Modern Art at Concord Club
A Concord Woman's Club panel discussion on Modern Art versus Traditional Art will be held at the Girl Scout House on February 28 at 38 o clock. Frederick D. Walkey of DeCordova and Dana Museum will speak for Modern Art, Ken Gorewel for Traditional Art, with Richard B. K. MacLanan of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as moderator. A general floor discussion follows. a small admission is charged to non members but guest tickets are honored. Concord residents are urged to attend this noteworthy program.
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Concord
Concord Woman's Club
Frederick D. Walkey
DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park
Lincoln
Ken Gorewel
Gloucester
Cape Ann
Richard B. K. McLanathan
Decorative Arts
Boston Museum of
Rainbow Observe 10th Anniversary in Concord
Concord Rainbow Assembly marks its tenth anniversary next Saturday February 19 at 7 PM. Past worthy advisors will be honored and Miss Dorothy Fiske of West Concord serves as current worthy advisor. The General Radio Glee club will perform, followed by refreshments.
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Concord
Concord Rainbow Assembly
Dorothy Fiske
West Concord
Radio’ Glee Club
Michael E McDonnell Rites Held For Local WWI Vet
Committal services at St Bernard Cemetery followed a solemn mass at Sacred Heart Church East Lexington for Michael E McDonnell 61 a World War I veteran of Lexington. He was a past grand knight of the Lexington K of C and is survived by his wife two daughters one brother and two sisters.
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Concord
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Michael E. McDonnell
Lexington
Sacred Heart Church
East Lexington
McDonnell
Lexington K. of
Walden Royal Arch Chapter Sets February Meeting
The Walden Royal Arch Chapter will hold its monthly meeting on Monday February 28 at 7 30 P M at the Masonic Temple Robert Condit of Lincoln will preside with the program to be announced.
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Concord
Walden Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Robert Condit
Lincoln
Lions Club leaders attend Pepperell meeting
Concord Lions Club past presidents Rothwell N. MacRae and Maxwell E. Lawrence attended last week's Pepperell Lions Club meeting. Ash Wednesday service at West Concord Union Church is set for 7 45 next Wednesday February 23 with gospel reading and choir music. No Pioneer Girls meeting at Evangelical Free Church next Monday nor Christian Service brigade for boys on Tuesday.
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Rothwell N. MacRae
Maxwell E. Lawrence
Concord Lions Club
Pepperell Lions Club
West Concord Union Church
Pioneer Girls
Evangelical Free Church
Christian Service Brigade
Service for Drowning Victim Richard W Sawyer Held
A funeral service was held at St. Bernard's Cemetery for three and a half year old Richard W Sawyer son of Mr and Mrs Richard C Sawyer of Chelmsford after a drowning accident near his dorm. Rev Lewis F Kearx of Our Lady Help of Christians Church West Concord led the committal prayers. The parents are former West Concord residents and the mother was Dorothy Bowie before marriage. The couple has one other child.
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Concord
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Richard W. Sawyer
Richard C. Sawyer
Chelmsford
Lewis F. Kearx
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
West Concord
Dorothy Bowie
Lewis F. Kearn
William S. Tobin
Littleton
Tobin
Watsons Welcome Birth of Daughter in Emerson Hospital
Mr and Mrs Sidney J Watson of Wal tham formerly West Concord announce the birth of their first child a daughter at Emerson hospital The father is a former Northeastern star captain and fullback from Andover Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Louis E Halloran of Laws Brook Road © town
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West
Concord
Sidney J. Watson
Henrietta Halloran
Waltham
West Concord
Emerson Hospital
Northeastern
Andover
Louis E. Halloran
Laws Brook Road
Local Births at Emerson Hospital Noted in Maynard and Stow
New arrivals at Emerson Hospital include a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Beauregard 229 Main Street Maynard a son to Mr and Mrs Bernard MacDonald Russell Street Littleton a son to Mr and Mrs Donald H Warren Old Harvard Road Stow and a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Malloy Old Marlboro Road Maynard
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Concord
Emerson Hospital
John Beauregard
Main Street
Maynard
Bernard MacDonald
Russell Street
Littleton
Donald H. Warren
Old Harvard Road
Stow
Robert Malloy
Old Marlboro Road
Bedford Births Report at Emerson Hospital
Bedford births recorded at Emerson hospital include a son to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Rockwell of 34 Neillian Street and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. McGovern of Wilson Road.
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Bedford
Emerson Hospital
Wallace F. Rockwell
Neillian Street
Philip W. McGovern
Wilson Road
Laymen's Sunday Observed at Trinitarian Church
Laymen's Sunday was observed at Trinitarian Congregational church with male participants in the full service directed by E Whittredge Clark of Bedford the church organist. Rev Dr Edward Perry Daniels of First Parish Unitarian preached on The Measurer and a junior youth meeting followed with Priscilla Blakely as guest speaker about Adventures With My Seeing Eye Dog. The Fenn School library display shifts to Brooks School art pupils after February 18.
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Trinitarian Congregational Church
E. Whittredge Clark
Bedford
Edward Perry Daniels
First Parish Unitarian Church
Beverly Englehardt
Mary Rogers
Jane Hailicka
Priscilla Blakely
West Medford
Fenn School
Concord
Brooks School
Funeral for L. C. Kennedy at Concord
Funeral services for Lewis C. Kennedy 70 were held Friday at MacRae funeral home Concord with Rev. Edwin B Nylen officiating. Burial followed in Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Born August 13 1884 in Pittsburgh he lived in Plympton 26 years served in World War I and was a Plymouth American Legion Post member. Surviving are his widow Margaret Anne Algeo and two sisters in Pittsburgh.
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Concord
Lewis C. Kennedy
County Road
Plympton
MacRae
Edwin B. Nylen
West Concord Union Church
Sleepy Hollow
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Plymouth American Legion Post
Margaret Anne Algeo
Pitts
Burgh
Folks May Enroll For Trip To U N
Local residents may enroll in a trip to the United Nations sponsored by the Middlesex County Extension Service on March 31 and April 1. Contact the Extension Office in Concord or Mrs Ida Hope in East Acton. A party of 30 is planned and 10 have registered.
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Carlisle
United Nations
Middlesex County Extension Service
Concord 845
Ida Hope
Pope Road
East Acton
King's Daughters Meet in vestry and plan February dinner
The King's Daughters met in the vestry of the First Parish Unitarian church Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Alden H. Russell and Mrs. Ransome Wells as hostesses. Plans continue for the "Past Presidents and Past Commanders Night" at the Veterans Building February 24 when Leo White will prepare dinner. Sympathy is extended to John F. Shea of Concord on the death of his mother Margaret A. Myers Shea in Worcester. Former Concord resident Daniel F. Viles, now of Weston, is a candidate for the Weston School Committee. Reverend Lewis F. Kearn assisted at the funeral of William S Tobin in Littleton. Attorney General George Fingold of Concord was a guest speaker at the Middlesex Club Lincoln Day dinner in Boston and spoke tonight at the New England regional meeting of the American Booksellers Association in Boston.
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King’s
First Parish Unitarian Church
Alden H. Russell
Ransome Wells
Veterans Building
Leo White
South Acton
John F. Shea
Lowell Road
Concord
Margaret A.myers Shea
Worcester
George Fingold
Middlesex Club
Boston
New England
American Booksellers Association
Hotel Sheraton Plaza
90 Cent Minimum Would Lift New England Factory Wages
The 90 cent minimum wage recommended by President Eisenhower would raise wages for about 55 000 factory workers in New England manufacturing, 4.6 percent of regional production workers. Regional earnings averaged 1.56 per hour in April 1954, with warnings that women earn considerably less than men at under 90 cents to under 1.25 dollars.
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Eisenhower
New England
Wendell W. Macdonald
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
United States
South
Far West
Middle
T REMEMBER BY THE OLD TIMERS
Reminiscences from Mrs Lottie May Brey fogel and Mrs Earl M Gossett recount Wyoming history 68 years ago. a wagon trip from Buffalo Gap South Dakota to Sundance and reflections on bull whips oxen teams and early autos and garages in a community column.
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Lottie May Breyfogel
Upton
Wyoming
Buffalo Gap
S. D
John Douglas
Sundance
Earl M. Gossett
Vallejo
California
Frankfert
Remtuckey
Velvet nap guidance for cutting patterns
When sewing velvet, align all pattern pieces so the fabric nap runs up. For velveteen, corduroy, and nace woolens, place pieces with the nap running down for proper texture and appearance.
Local Youths Benefit From Army Reserve For You Program
Marlboro area youths join the Army Reserve For You program offering over 100 technical courses before enlistment. Privates Raymond Jolie and Richard Venuti train at Fort Dix while Jolie studies machine accounting at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Venuti pursues drafting at Fort Belvoir.
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Hildreth Street
Pvt. Jolie
Adjutant General School
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Venuti
Engineer
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Fort Dix
Hudson Girl Engaged to Bernard J. FitzGerald
Mrs Helen S Manning of Lake Ontario Hudson announces the engagement of her daughter Claire to Bernard J FitzGerald of Freeport New York. Claire Manning is a graduate of St Michael s parochial school and St Paul s Academy and works as a secretary for Attorney Paul F Shaughnessy in Marlboro. Bernard FitzGerald is a graduate of New York schools and Hofstra University and is employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Hudson
Helen S. Manning
Lake Bosne
Claire
Bernard J. FitzGerald
Freeport
New York
Manning
St. Michael’s
St. Paul’s Academy
Washington, D. C
Paul F. Shaughnessy
Marlboro
FizGerald
Hofstra University
Longstand
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lions Club Plans Ladies Night Party at Framingham Venue
Concord Lions Club will skip Tuesday's meeting for a ladies night party at the Maridor in Framingham with dinner and dancing. Co chairmen are Dr. Edweard S. Nahigian and Arthur L. Carr. Regular meeting resumes Tuesday, March 8 at Howard Johnson's.
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Concord
Concord Lions Club
Maridor
Framingham
Coe
Edweard S. Nahigian
Arthur
L. Carr
Howard Johnson
Concord Council Knights of Columbus Postpones Meeting
The Concord Council Knights of Columbus No. 287 postpones its February 22 meeting at Monument Hall due to the Catholic Daughters birthday party. Grand Knight John J. Sheehan reports.
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Concord
Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Pp. m
Monument Hall
Catholic Daughters
John J. Sheehan
Eports
Joint meeting of Acton Gen and West clubs at the Center
A joint meeting of Acton General and West clubs was held at the Center with two foreign students among the speakers. Mrs Gerald of the Center and Mrs West Acton hosted. An announcement listed the next evening gathering for members with details to follow.
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Acton
Valenti AtR West Con Party Lodge Meeting
The lodge plans a February 2 meeting at Uniol with Hortense presenting. TM grand will conduct the business and greet members returning home for the event.
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Uniol
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Woman’s Club
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Fee
YALE
Maynard, Massachusetts
Pacific Isle
Lm A
Reg—Manning Se
Watsons
Paraguay
Federico Chavez
Alfredo Stroesner
Laymen’s League
First Parish
Benjamin L. Smith
Sudbury Road
A.G.V. A
L. C. Kennedy
U.N
Daniel F. Viles
Weston
Lyman Viles
Viles
N. E
Hoss
New Jersey
Miss Claire Manning
Lions Club
Valenti Atr
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