Concord Civil Defense conducts Tornado Simulated drill
Col John E Mutty led a Concord Civil Defense test incident simulating a Bedford side tornado. Wardens 60 to 70 operated with mobile radio units, reporting 18 to 20 incidents of devastation and injuries, to practice rapid fire police and medical responses and communications. Rexford Daniels James H Volkmann C Waldo MacWilliams William M Calder Jr were thanked for active participation.
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Concord
John E. Mutty
Concord Civil Defense
Bedford
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
State Armory
Bedford Road
Lexington Road
Route 2
Fairhaven Hill
Col
Mutty
Rexford Daniels
James H. Volkmann
Wardens
C. Waldo MacWilliams
William M. Calder, Jr
Concord Community Notes on Meetings and Moves
Concord Scout Troop 43 will sponsor the rosary on the Archbishop Cushing radio program this Sunday February 28 with Scoutmaster John H Duston. Sidney Brown leads next Sunday's Junior Youth Fellowship at 430 pm in the Trinitarian Congregational church. Senior Youth Fellowship plans a 730 pm Boston trip. Mrs John W Clarkson and Mrs Harold Dole hosted the King's Daughters at First Parish church vestry Tuesday afternoon. Concord Garden Club met at Mrs Harding Newman’s home with a Citizens Council speaker on schools. The Mulcahy family of 6 Main Street moved to Belknap Street. Rev Robert H Barber of Trinitarian Congregational church flew to Florida Sunday night to join Mrs Barber for a few days.
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Boy Scouts of
John H. Duston
Archbishop Cushing
Sidney Brown
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Boston
John W. Clarkson
Harold Dole
King’s Daughters
Concord Garden Club
Harding Newman
Citizens Council
Robert H. Barber
Florida
Craftettes Hold Meeting in Concord Rood
The local 4 H Craftettes gathered at leader Mrs. Arnold T Lapham’s home on Monday. The group cut stencils and painted handkerchiefs and scarfs while officers Whitman president Gail House vice president Betty Philbrook secretary Judy Lapham treasurer were listed.
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Carlisle
Arnold T. Lapham
Concord
and Whitman
Gail House
Bety Philbrook
Judy Lapham
Caution for taxpayers on filing 1953 returns
Taxpayers were urged by Thomas E. Scanlon District Director of Internal Revenue to take care when preparing 1953 income tax returns. He warned that refunds must be entered in the correct spaces on Form 1040 to ensure overpayments are properly credited or refunded.
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Thomas E. Scanlon
Internal Revenue
Scanlon
May Sarton Guest in Lincoln at St. Anne’s Lunch
Poet and novelist May Sarton spoke on the design of her latest novel A Shower of Summer Days at a luncheon in St. Anne's Church Lincoln. More than 100 women attended with head table guests including Miss Sarton Mrs. John Barnaby president of the Guild and Mrs. Henry Warner president of the Altar Guild.
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Lincoln
May Sarton
St. Anne’s Church
Miss Sarton
John Barnaby
Guild
Henry Warner
Altar Guild
Parking meeting canceled by Norwich Chamber board
Norwich Connecticut United Press report says the Chamber of Commerce board of directors postponed a parking problem meeting due to lack of a quorum as directors could not find a place to park.
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Norwich
Warn Public of "Bushier" Car Trade-In Scam T:
Maynard area car dealers warn readers about a deceptive trade-in tactic called the bushing or would you take method. The scheme uses windshield cards offering inflated trade-ins to lure buyers into rushed deals then lowers offers after management reviews.
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Maynard
Better Business Bureaus
Saleman
Worcester
Better Business Bureau
C Yg
Adv
Dius
Gepelinabie Automobil
Vas.s
Hudson-Marlboro
Hudson and Marlboro
Unu
Signs of spring appear in a Connecticut garden
Subfreezing temperatures did not stop spring signs in New Britain as Fran Filanowicz reports crocus buds emerging in December. The item notes Vatican City as Europe’s smallest independent state and Monaco as nearly three times its size.
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Britain
Conn
U.P
Fran Filanowicz
Vatican City
Europe
Monaco
Acton Community Notes and Births and Events
The bulletin records births Penny Sjos and Lawrence Glenn Damon with parents Mr and Mrs Arthur S Sjos and Mrs Erma Roby Damon. It notes Forty Hours devotion at Maryvale Seminary and Blessed Sacrament exposure, Scout guest J Edgar Edwards at Church of Christ Congregational, Mrs Carrie Franklin’s 86th birthday on St Valentine’s Day, Lincoln birthday sermon by Rev Eric Grimshaw, Acton junior high tour of the State House led by Rep Edward J DeSaulnier, Red Cross branch planning by H Stadford Sturtevant, and Mrs Jack Onslow injures at home needing hospital care.
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Maryvale Seminary
Bedford
Carrie Franklin
Windsor Avenue
West Acton
Acton
State House
Edward J. DeSaulnier
Chelmsford
Joseph ‘N. Moynahan
Assumption College Announces Two Memorial Scholarships
Worcester Assumption College will award two John F. Tinsley Memorial Scholarships covering half tuition for four years to incoming freshmen. Applicants must compete via SAT and three CLEP tests, with deadlines for March exam by Feb 20 and May 1 for May 22 exam.
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Worcester
Massachusetts
Assumption College
John F. Tinsley
Tinsley
Assumption
College Entrance Examination Board
Post Office
Princeton
New Jersey
Flash Fire At Phi Company In Su Sparks Evacuations
Firemen rush to a flash fire at the Phi Company near the post road as gas seeps through the building. Evacuations cover surrounding houses and industrial sites while crews fight a tank fire and assess a possible gas leak.
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Phi Company
Marlboro
Fire Department
Local Grange Hosts Middlesex Pomona Meeting in Waltham
At a Middlesex Central Pomona gathering in Waltham on Monday evening, Local Grange members attended the monthly session. The master was fi laide W. Sims. Frank Palmer hosted discussions and movies at a Stow Road home. Acton Girl Scout rummage sale took place after church on Saturday with public interest noted.
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Frank Palmer
Stow Road
Waltham
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