23 Feb 1956
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1956
Page
1
Voter concerns mix with council talk in Concord as residents discuss extra classrooms and school funding. The note mentions tax rates rising from 25.50 to 29.50, potholes, utility costs, and planned town improvements amid a 1955 context.
Concord school leaders defend proposed housing plans to avert crowded classrooms by fall 1957. They warn alternatives include kindergarten cuts, double sessions, or church basements, and argue a new high school in 1958 won’t fully solve the problem. Committee members urge neighborhood location and stress public education strength.
Concord and West Concord observe Heart Sunday to climax the heart fund drive. General chairman Mrs Gordon Smith and West Concord chairman Elmer D Wetherbee report unprecedented enrollment as volunteers visit homes between 1 and 4 p m. Community urged to be generous. solicitors list to appear in the Enterprise.
Concord urges participation on February 27 with Have Your Say and Vote on Election Day. The League of Women Voters offers transportation and childcare services for voters. The note mentions labor force participation for men ages 65 to 74.
Concord and surrounding residents are reminded that the Red Cross bloodmobile will park at the First Parish Unitarian Church on Lexington Road on Wednesday February 29 from Keepham. Last minute appointments may be made by contacting the Red Cross Chapter at the old high school or by calling Emerson 9-2590. A quota of 150 pints is desired.
Concord residents are invited to attend Town Affairs Night tonight to hear a discussion on articles in the 1956 town warrant. Alexander Ellis Stry will moderate the event sponsored by the League of Women Voters the Chamber of Commerce and the Taxpayers Association.
Concord Eleven members including Maxwell E. Lawrence Rothwell Mac Rae Leon Moreau William Lawrence Warren Davis John Collins Leonard Rae Edwin Crosby John Sheehan William Kemp and Rudolph Currier attended the Newburyport Lions Club meeting held Monday evening in Salisbury.
The DeMolay Mothers Club meeting led by Mrs. Virginia Williamson on Union Street has been postponed from Monday February 27 to Tuesday March 6 to avoid conflicting with the town election and annual town meeting.
Concord families welcome two newborn sons in the past week. A son was born February 15 to Mr. and Mrs. William F. Read of 151A Commonwealth Avenue West Concord. A son followed February 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doig of Coolidge Road Concord.
A Concord reader criticizes the school committee for not projecting the long range plan’s tax impact. He cites 1955 figures showing 1960 tax rate at 99 dollars and compares two cheaper opposition plans, arguing for clearer cost projections before voters decide. William J. Smith appeals to taxpayers seeking transparency.
Concord Community Chest held its annual meeting electing Concord resident Hall to a new term as president. Kenneth Reynolds became vice president with Mrs. Daniel Bughnell as clerk and E Payson True as treasurer. Directors for three-year terms include Gilbert E. Bell John K. Damon Mrs C F Hedlund Mrs Frederick B Taylor Jr True and Donald B Wilson.
The Concord League of Women Voters announces unit meetings on February 29 to explain the town warrant. Morning sessions at 9 45 with hostesses and moderators listed for multiple neighborhoods. evening groups at 7 45 with designated leaders.
Congress authorized four iron ships in 1883 marking a formative Navy expansion. The vessels named Atlanta Boston Chicago and Dolphin were ordered as part of early fleet building. The year defined the dawn of a modern United States Navy and its maritime growth.
Concord voters head to the polls Monday February 27 for the first manager form election with 15 candidates for selectmen moderator and school committee. Polls open 730 am to 800 pm with three incumbent unopposed and a historic woman candidate for selectman Mrs Gladys E H Hosmer vies for one of two three year terms.
Voters are advised Concord polls will open 7 30 am to 8 pm Monday. Precinct 1 voters use the State Armory, Precinct 2 the Harvey Wheeler School, and Precinct 3 the Veterans Building.
Concord unit announces three officers Mark Crowell president Beth Goughns chaplain and Wayne Smith treasurer of the Senior Youth Fellowship will join 50 other Middlesex Union youths for a trip to New York. They will tour the United Nations and study Harlem Protestant parishes working in one of America's poorest areas.
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