Dairymen Attend Concord Winter Dairy Series
Over 100 county dairymen met at the Extension Office in Concord for the third winter dairy series meeting. Ralph Donaldson of UMass outlined how a farm can be reshaped to produce all feed plus extra for sale or more cattle. Roy Moser and W Harrington prepared to discuss labor output and equipment needs at the final session tonight.
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Concord
W. C. Thayer
Groton
Ralph Donaldson
Extension Agronomist
University of Massachusetts
Stanley N. Gaunt
Extension Dairyman
Everett Street
Roy E. Moser
W.€. Harrington
University
Miss Cullen Expected Home in June From Stuttgart
Concord notes Miss Virginia Cullen daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley H Cullen of South Great Road Lincoln is due home in June from Stuttgart Germany where she served two years as a secretary with a United States C I C detachment. She has traveled Europe widely and is well known locally. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
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Concord
Virginia Cullen
Stanley H. Cullen
South Great Road
Lincoln
Stuttgart
Germany
United States C. I. C
Cullen
Europe
Gardeners Hold Meeting At Lincoln On Marketing Plan
Middlesex County Market Gardeners advisory committee met at Hartwell Farm Lincoln on a February Tuesday to push a 1950 marketing plan. They stressed no subsidies for growers and aim to inform consumers about native vegetables, seasons and buying tips.
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Concord
Middlesex County Market Gardeners
Hartwell Farm
Lincoln
Walter Hopkins
Reading
Boston
Harold Dobbins
Woburn
Allister F. MacDougall
Direcor
Middlesex County Extension Service
Cecil L. Thomson
University of Massachusetts
M. G. Fultz
Middlesex County
Ray Koon
Waltham Field Station
Philip Kenney
Anatonio Busa
Lexington
Irwin S. Sheridan Littleton
Raymond DeVincent
B. Franklin Trull
Bishop appoints local curate as new secretary
Rev. F. Paul Griffin, curate at Immaculate Conception Church in Marlboro, named secretary to Worcester Bishop John J. Wright. Griffin, a native of Waltham, will assume the post March 1 after arriving from St. Angela’s Mattapan and being ordained last May.
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Waltham
St. Clement’s Seminary
Alan E Roche
Waste Paper Drive Here Next Sunday
Concord and West Concord Boy Scouts and Cubs will join a town-wide waste paper collection next Sunday February 26 starting at 9 AM. Residents should tie bundles neatly and place them in front of homes by 9. Volunteers and more trucks are needed.
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Concord
Boy Scouts and Cubs
West Concord
Boston Market Gardeners to Elect Officers at Waltham Field Station
The Boston Market Gardeners Association will meet at the new auditorium of the Waltham Field Station on Saturday afternoon March 4. Newly nominated officers from the Concord meeting will be elected.
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Concord
Boston Market Gardeners Association
Waltham Field Station
Virus Variants in Polio Infection Found
Researchers identify at least three virus types that can cause polio. Infection with one type does not guarantee immunity to the others, indicating multiple variants may circulate and affect immunity.
Special Dividends Soon For Deceased Veterans
The Veterans Administration will begin paying National Service Life Insurance special dividends for deceased veterans. If in force at death, payments go automatically to the beneficiary. if not, dividends go to the estate via executor. In lapse cases, VA will mail claims forms to those entitled, with no general distribution.
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Boston
National Service Life Insurance
Clarence R. Harbert
Insurance Service
Veterans Administration
New England
Harbert
Olsen Wins Amateur Singing Contest in Framingham
Concord Edgar Martin Olsen of Maynard won first place in an amateur singing contest in Framingham. He earned an all expenses paid trip to New York and an audition on Ted Mack's television program. The Havana Inn at Cohituate sponsored the contest, with Frank Laffin as manager.
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Concord
Edgar Martin Olsen
Pinestreet
Maynard
Martin Olsen
Framingham
New York
Ted Mack
Olsen
Havana Inn
Cochituate
Frank Laffin
Knights Hold Regular Concord Meeting Plans March April Parade
A Concord Knights of Columbus regular meeting at Monument hall was led by Grand Knight John B. Finigan. Plans for another social gathering next month and a float for the April 19 Concord celebration were announced. A Boston Chapter meeting was held last Monday night.
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Concord
Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Monument Hall
John B. Finigan
K.or C
Boston
Massachusetts Reaches 2000th Soil Conservation Plan
Dr A B Beaumont of the US Soil Conservation Service announces Massachusetts has completed its 2000th soil and moisture conservation farm plan as of January 1950. Last year 807 plans were prepared. the 1950 goal is 1000. Plans cover 236,841 acres with contour farming, strip cropping, terraces, drainage, irrigation, ponds and hedge rows.
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Concord
A. B. Beaumont
United States Soil Conservation Service
Amherst
Massachusetts
Beaumont
Soil Conservation Service
Carl Clark
Middlesex County
World Prayer Day Service Friday in Concord
On Friday February 24 at 11 AM the ladies of West Concord Union Trinity Episcopal Trinitarian Congregational and First Parish churches meet at Trinity Church Elm Street to observe World Day of Prayer. Guest speaker Mrs Elsie Oakes Barber wife of Rev Robert H Berber speaks on Faith For Our Time followed by a devotional service.
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Concord
Churches of West
Concord Schools Resume After Break
Concord public schools will resume classes next Monday February 27 at usual hours. Schools affected include Harvey Wheeler Peter Budekie and the high school with mid winter vacation ending.
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Concord
Harvey Wheeler
Peter Budkeley
Elm Scolytus Joins Dutch Elm Disease as Primary Killer
Boston reports Dr. Stanley W. Bromley of Bartlett Research Laboratories warns that the elm bark beetle Scolytus cooperates with Dutch elm disease to kill elms across New England. He urges integrated control through sanitation, spraying, pruning, and feeding along with disease treatment to save trees.
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Boston
Massachusetts Tree Wardens and Foresters Association
Stanley W. Bromley
Bartlett Research Laboratories
Stamford
Bromley
Americas
Iwerks Receives Coffin Award for Telechron Innovation
Philip E. Iwerks of Telechron Inc. Ashland has earned General Electric's Charles A. Coffin award for outstanding work this year. The Telechron employee designed laminated pinion dies boosting quality and cutting costs. He is married to Phyllis Robbins of Southboro and has one child.
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Philip E. Iwerks
Telechron Inc
Ashland
Charles A. Coffin
General Electric Company
Telechron
Iwerk
Phyllis Robbins
Southboro
Concord Garage Fire Destroys Two Cars
A garage at 10 Hubbard Street in Concord burned last Saturday afternoon destroying two 1940 cars. Fire origin undetermined, damage estimated at 3500 dollars. Fire Chief Tuttle led crews from Central Station as neighbors watched. nearby buildings were endangered but fire was confined to the wooden structure. Insurance covered the loss.
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Concord
Helen Mason
Hubbard Street
Central Station
Concord Center
Masons
Fred Bubier
Airplane ride offered to 74 year old patient in Bad Axe
Bad Axe Michigan records show 74 year old Will McGee visiting a doctor for the first time in his life when he was offered an airplane ride. McGee accepted and Dr W J Herrington found him in tip top shape.
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Mich
Will McGee
McGee
W. J. Herrington
Concord Labor Rally Promises March Drive
The Concord labor rally plans a February campaign inviting leaders including J Del Monte Commissioner of Industries and heads of the American Federation of Labor and related groups. The event will be held at Concord High School with officials from local industries and unions in attendance.
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Concord—Mbor
Mittee
Ant J. del Monte
Meeting of Union at Trinitarian Church Held Yesterday
A Union meeting convened at the Trinitarian Church with the Samuel Lavisco sect and Miss Blanche Middlesex County involved. Instructions class at Li class follows sessions on March 7 and March 14. Buy U. S. Savings.
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Trinitional Church
Blanche
Middlesex County
Vhce
Allen Elected to Head Concord Boy Scout Sponsors
Concord Charles W. Allen was elected president of the Concord Boy Scout Sponsors, Inc. succeeding Walter K. Shaw Jr. Other officers elected include Gordon Smith as vice president Lincoln T. Ravenscroft as treasurer and Lemuel Watkins as secretary. Potential unit chairmen noted: Horace P. Tirrell Troop 49 Joseph J. Ecker Jr Troop 31 Robert Douglas Pack 49 and W Winthrop Sargent Ship No 33.
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Concord
Charles W. Allen
Concord Boy Scout Sponsors, Inc
Walter K. Shaw, Jr
Gordon Smith
Lincoln T. Ravenscroft
Lemuel Watkins
Horace P. Tirrell
Joseph J. Ecker, Jr
Robert Douglas
W. Winthrop Sargent
Population of United States Reaches 150 Million Mark
The Census Bureau reports the national population including armed forces overseas totaled about 150,183,000 on November 1, 1949.
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United States
Census Bureau
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