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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
13
A Massachusetts speaker attacks the public payroll and a growing welfare state, arguing city and state officials must face high costs and limited fiscal control. He warns bureaucrats push big government, inflating budgets while labor drives wage scales in both state and local offices.
A Massachusetts bureaucrat boasts of growing staff and funds to hire more employees and improve pay security and benefits, claiming ongoing success while noting he and his peers employ more people than several towns combined.
Local ad for textile repair by C Lyons offering moth hole cigarette hole and tear mending services for suits coats skirts and blankets at 1 Harrison St Maynard Maynard 240 with phone contact.
In Hillsboro Texas the Charles Meeker family found an unsigned note on their parked car claiming a rear bumper was knocked off. The note said two dollars were left on the clip as payment.
The Douglas Shoe Co. stockholders voted 65 092 to 17 908 to abandon Brockton and consolidate activities at Scranton plant. 4426 shares not counted. Over 500 shoeworkers lose hope of returning. The company’s properties go to a three member committee for disposition. The board was reelected and an operating deficit of 783 321.87 was reported for the year ending December 31. Gross sales reached 5 277 741.57 with a net profit of 1 439 419.85.
Dr. Vlado A. Getting, state public health commissioner, warns that shoveling wet heavy snow can be fatal or cause permanent heart damage for those with weak or damaged hearts and the elderly. He urges frequent rests, avoiding exhaustion, and guarding against chilling.
The 1948 census reports that about 11,000,000 people in the United States aged 65 and over, excluding those in institutions, had no cash income.
Marlboro resident William F. Kane of 24 Greenwood Street is promoted to unit head at the Marlboro office of the Massachusetts Division of Employment Security Lamson Building. Kane joined in 1939 after Civil Service appointment and has held roles from examiner of Claims to counselor. He is a World War I veteran, holds Wentworth Institute credentials, and is married with four children.
William Reese finally receives 3500 from the U S government after a 31 year wait for injuries from a mule kick during military service. The incident occurred while both Reese and the mule were in the U S Army. President Truman signed the bill awarding the compensation.
Concord County opens tractor maintenance courses in five towns. Supervisors trained at the state 4 H maintenance school at the University of Massachusetts will lead sessions. Classes are free and aimed at boys 14 to 21, with any interested adults welcome. Instructors include Ernest Durb Reading James Pattison Burlington Alex Marin Paul Williams Marlboro and Eugene Gray Littleton contact George E. Erickson Concord for details.
The last of the present series of poultry disease meetings will be held at the local Middlesex County Extension Service office on Tuesday night February 28 at 8 o clock. All poultrymen of the area are welcome. Dr Carlton C Ellis Extension poultry pathologist will speak on Leukosis No 1 Cause of Laying House Mortality.
The President of the American Posture League extols good posture as a sign of breeding, mental health, self control, and innate pride, asserting its wide bearing on life.
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