Stow School bid totals prompt special town meeting
Stow officials reviewed eight bids for the school building with the lowest at 404 400. The project needs about 75 000 more than prior estimates and a special town meeting will be needed to proceed after a vague warrant article drew scrutiny from the Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation. An extra two weeks are expected before a decision.
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Stow
Board of Selectmen
Finance Committee
Planning Board
Co. R. Burns & Son
Leonard Rugo, Inc
Franchi Construction Co
John Tocci & Sons
Carol Construction Co
Jefferson Construction Co
E. R. Eisenberg, Inc
Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation
Catholic Daughters Celebrate 26th Birthday at Monument Hall
About 140 members and guests of Court Our Lady Help of Christians No. 1116 attended a 26th birthday party and program at Monument Hall on February 15. A roast beef dinner by Leo White preceded the program. Speakers included Very Rev. William McCarthy who spoke on Mary and blessed Virgin, with other clergy guests and court officers in attendance.
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Concord
Court Our Lady Help of Christians
Monument Hall
Leo White
South Acton
Frank Zawada
Henry Duston
William McCarthy
Ayer
Catholic Daughters
St. Bernard's Church
Lewis F. Kearn
Our Lady Help
C.D.A
Mary Cahill
Helen Nover
John J. Sheehan
Concord Council
Kvof C
William Horgan
Kathleen Dee
Helene Donahue
International Instittute
Requiem for William Doll at Concord
Funeral held for 83 year old William Doll who died at Avery Nursing Home Sudbury after a long illness. Requiem high mass at St Bernard's church followed by burial in St Bernard's cemetery. Born in Germany he worked 35 years at Bemis Associates Watertown before retiring. Survived by daughter Sally Napoli of Long Island son Fred Williams of Watertown two granddaughters and two great granddaughters.
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Concord
William Doll
Avery
Sudbury
Joseph Dee & Son
St. Bernard’s Church
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Germany
Doll
Bemis Associates
Watertown
Lillian Doll
Sally Napoli
Long Island
New York
Fred Williams
Edmund F. Hayes
Lilliam Nicola
Betty Ann
Service Held For Mrs Olive Foss At Her Late Home
Funeral services were held for Mrs Olive Foss at her late home in Sudbury on Saturday February 19 officiated by Rev Ernest Bodenweber. Mrs Foss widow of Fred N Foss died February 17 she was born in Concord Vermont and had lived in Sudbury 42 years survived by four daughters seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Interment was in Mt Wadsworth cemetery. Trailmobile built the first freight trailer for motor vehicles in 1912 with Lillian Hayes of Concord among survivors from Watertown.
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Sudbury
Olive
William§.) Foss
Maple Avenue
South Sudbury
Ernest Bodenweber
Foss
Fred N. Foss
Concord
Vermont
William Williams
Adelaide (Palmer) Williams
Dorothy Allen
Marlboro
Edith A. Hutchby
Eleanor W. Brown
Gladys Tighe
and & Son
Elwyn N. Foss
Mt. Wadsworth Cemetery
World Day of Prayer February 25 1955 Grace M Roscher
A brief World Day of Prayer message calls for unity and fervent prayer for worldwide peace. It emphasizes forgiveness, living by the Golden Rule, and love guiding actions. Faith and divine power are cited as bringing humanity closer to peace on earth.
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Grace M. Roscher
God
Earth
Lincoln Clerk at Hospital Receives Emergency Surgery
Lincoln town clerk William H. Davis of Codman Road was rushed to Baker Memorial Hospital in Boston after an early Monday illness and underwent an emergency appendectomy. Davis has served as town clerk since 1931 and tax collector since 1936 and was reported somewhat improved yesterday though to remain hospitalized for some time.
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Lincoln
William H. Davis
Codman Road
Baker Memorial Hospital
Boston
Davis
Stow News Highlights Local Politics And Community Events
A Stow candidate for Assessor, George Petersen, is profiled along with his family and long service at General Radio. Ralph I. Powell runs for Selectman as Stow's voter turnout rises. local groups plan a Grange whist and Garden Club meetings. Also notes Florida trip for residents, and a 76 year old drummer in Quincy, Mass.
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Stow
Maynard
Ralph I. Powell
Old Bolton
Read
Ex-Resident Dies Suddenly in Florida
Concord longtime resident Junie Allen died suddenly in Hollywood Florida at age 48. He starred as a Concord high school fullback in 1922 and 1923 and worked as a civilian Navy Yard worker during World War II. Surviving brothers H Vaughan Allen and Gifford Allen sister Mrs Ralph Adams and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at MacRae Funeral Home Concord with Rev Robert H Barber officiating and interment at Sheny Hollow Cemetery.
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Concord
Abbott Allen
Hollywood
Florida
Arthur Allen
Arlington
Junie
Navy Yard
H Vaughan Allen
Acton Center
Gifford Allen
Ralph Adams
Worcester
MacRae Funeral Home
Robert H. Barber
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Sheny Hollow
Ex Custodian at Middlesex Dies at 68
Concord Massachusetts native Concord resident Concord Murphy age 68 died in Boston on Monday. Born October 27 1886 he was a retired Middlesex School custodian after 20 years service and lived in Boston since retirement. Survived by two sisters Miss M Alice Murphy and Mrs Ethel Downey. Funeral services were held at Dee Funeral Home then St Bernard's Church and burial in Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
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Concord
Norman A. Murphy
Boston
Middlesex School
Christine Morse
M. Alice Murphy
Ethel Downey
Roxborough
Dee Funeral
St. Bernard’s Church
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Acton Scouts To Hold Rummage Sale Saturday
Acton Girl Scouts announce their annual rummage sale on Saturday March 5 at 10 30 a m in Acton Town Hall Donations are welcome at the Town Hall on Friday March 4 afternoon and evening or may be picked up by calling Mrs Richard Firth or Mrs Roger Myrick
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Acton
Acton Town Hall
Town Hall
Richard Firth
Roger Myrick
Trinity Church Women Meet with Dr Thaddeus Kirus Speaker
The Trinity Episcopal Church women's auxiliary in Concord will gather at 7 30 p m on Monday February 28 with Dr Thaddeus Kirus as guest speaker. The Y P F meets at 7 p m Sunday night at the church. Betty Radley, housekeeper at Our Lady Help of Christians Church Rectory, is at home in Watertown recovering from a broken left wrist after a fall outside the rectory.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Thaddeus Kirus
Betty Radley
Our Lady Help of Christians
Churen Rectory
Watertown
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Olive Foss
Lillian Hayes
Bearl’s
Nason Street
World Day OF Prayer
Isabelle Evans
Charles Punty
Wheeler Road
Grange
Reavls
Earle Crysler
William Peck
Selectman
Quincy, Mass
Usp
Sylvia Barry
Main
United Co- Op Societ
Powder Mill Corner
Maynard Co-op Supermarket
Starkist
COOP
Mls
Orange Juice ‘Co
Swift
Oriole
Baldwin
Saltines
Heinz Ketchup
Westinghouse
Philco
United Co-Op Society
Prime
Middlesex
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