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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1955
Page
9
A boy runs away after overhearing plans of marriage to Albert. He returns with the matron’s help as Mom and Judge Grayson reveal they will marry. The boy accepts the new father figure and the family is made whole.
The report shows Judge Walter Com p confronted by a confusing exchange over the name Robert in a minor offense case involving Conway. The question and reply centered on the use of a middle name in identifying the defendant.
Parengo teacher Maynard Aynard is noted in a clipped item related to local schooling and organizational activity. The entry references O and ND organizations and Maynard Aynard in a brief community notice.
The state of Florida was named in 1513 by Ponce De Leon after arriving on Easter Sunday. He gave the Spanish name Pascua Florida meaning feast of flowers.
Washington reports the Weather Bureau defended using girls names for hurricanes amid criticism that the practice is in poor taste. Critics from Congress and the public urged focus on warnings rather than naming, while supporters argued names aid recognition. An official list of 1955 names includes Alice Brenda Connie Diane Edith Flora Gladys Hilda Ione Janet Katie Linda Martha Nelly Orva Peggy Queena Rosa Stella Trudy Ursa Verna Wilma Xenia Yvonne Zelda.
Fourteen year old James Ferree edits and prints a neighborhood weekly using a small commercial press in his home shop. He writes and typesets the paper, proofreads by his mother, and helps his sister. He also edits Webster school paper and delivers the Oskaloosa Herald earning a prized newspaper boy award. He prints cards, stationery, and event tickets as part of his non daily printing work.
Colonel Chester A. Furbish reminded students the final Selective Service College Qualification Test of the current year will be held on Thursday April 21 1955. Eligibility requires intent to request student deferment full time enrollment and no prior test. Applications must be mailed to Science Research Associates Chicago by March 7 with local boards not required to defer if criteria are met.
Wolcott New York UPI reports mailman W Carlyle Harper retires at 60 after delivering about 390000 miles across 19 cars on his rural route He gifted 270 regular customers photos of himself and his wife with poems on the back He now enjoys fishing and tinkering with little travel plans Also note: more than 40000 Americans mostly personnel inhabit southern Okinawa.
GE opened its laboratories to reveal scientists who created diamonds from scratch that are identical to nature made stones. The first man made gems are industrial scale in size and quality, costing about twice natural industrial diamonds, with potential gem use uncertain and costs likely to fall with improved methods. The team led by Fay Bundy and H. Tracy Hall developed two high pressure methods yielding diamond clusters and single gems, though initial sizes were small.
In Providence Rhode Island Governor Dennis J Roberts and Republican Chairman Herbert Carkin each have a license plate bearing a single character The governor's plate shows the state seal while the chairman's reads House for the state house of representatives Both plates carry the number 1 urging Buy U S Savings Bonds.
A reminiscence recalls childhood in Virginia with a mother using hickory ashes to make lye for corn bran removal and cooking grain, bacon grease as flavor, and lye soap from scraps. The narrator mentions antebellum times and ash use for baking soda during the Civil War era.
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