Town Meeting Calls Loom Over Key Local Races
Dam news notes town election next Monday with selectman candidates pledging support. A town manager debate surfaces as voters await March 9 warrant releases and a planning board two acre zoning item. Also reports of a past town fire, local births, and veterans tax help events fill the week.
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England
Selectman
Damon
Concord
John Damon
John
Bob Sheehan
Selectmen
Sheehan
P. W.D. Od
Concord Town Reports Highlight 1958 Finance and Growth
Concord town reports distributed by police with help from youths detail the finance committee's recommendations for the March 9 meeting. The warrant has 53 articles including 15 on zoning, with taxes set at 2,106,725 and a tax rate about 88.73 dollars per thousand, up 5.33 from 1958. Public school enrollment reached 2,411, building permits totaled 1,256,675, and taxable assessments rose to 21,554,550.
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Concord
Finance Committee
Concord Grange to Host Past Masters Night
Concord Grange P H No 150 holds its next regular meeting on Tuesday the 3rd at Peter Bulkeley School Hall presided by Master John J Flannery. Visitors will participate in Past Masters Night and refreshments will be served.
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Concord
Concord Grange
P. of H
Peter Bulkeley
John J. Flannery
Couples Club Fellowship Supper at Evangelical Church
The Couples Club of the Evangelical Church will hold a fellowship supper on Saturday at 6 30 p m Rebecca Sewing Circle meets at the home of Mrs Edward Thorsen on Thursday March 5 at 8 p m
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Couples Club of
Evangelical Church
Rebecca Sewing Circle
Edward Thorsen
Births Rise in Concord While Marriages Slip in Year
Concord records show 1102 births last year, 242 to Concord residents, up 618 in eight years. Marriages fall to 99 with 88 Concord residents, down from 101, and deaths total 198 with 79 Concord residents, per town clerk Cornelia M Lawrence.
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Cornélia M. Lawrence
I Ian
Contorg
Concord
Concorg
Concord League opens with building codes and zoning review
Concord Chapter of the League of Women Voters hosts a double feature at Elks Hall with a morning session starting at 9 45. Coffee at 9 30. The town affairs committee covers six topics on building codes zoning safety and inspection procedures.
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Concord—League of Women Voters
Elks Hall
Office of
Eppanet
Lie Yrations Pai
Caine Town Plans Committee
Flint
Holy Name Meeting Reminder for Concord Groups
Members of Holy Name societies from St Bernard's and Our Lady Help of Christians are reminded of the district meeting at St John's Townsend on Tuesday evening. The meeting was postponed one day to avoid conflicts with local town meetings and the election. Our Lady's officers will meet at the rectory Friday night after stations.
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Concord
Holy Name Societies
St. Bernard’s Church
Our Lady Help of Christian Church
St. John’s
Townsend
Our Lady’s Officers
Virginia 1632 road law lays out convenient routes
The first road law in America, enacted in Virginia in 1632, ordered highways to be laid out at convenient places, shaping early colonial infrastructure.
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America
Virginia
Towler Named Chairman for Concord Garden Window Contest
William H Towler is named chairman of a Concord chamber project to revive last year’s window decorations and add a garden competition. Storekeepers will fund cash prizes up to 50 dollars for a summer contest encouraging homes and gardens. The aim is to boost local historic and literary interest and attract visitors.
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Concord — Chamber of Commerce
Concord
William H. Towler
Re-Elect Drinker Chest President Concord 1959
Concord Community Chest president Henry S. Drink er Jr was re-elected for 1959 at the annual meeting. New officers include Francis S. Moulton Jr vice president Mrs Daniel Bushnell clerk and John C Collins treasurer. Board members serving three year terms are Gilbert E. Bell Edward Motley Arthur Perry Jr Currier Smith Donald B. Wilson and Orrin G Wood Jr.
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Concord
Henry S. Drinker,Jr
Concord Community Chest
Francis S. Moulton
Daniel Bushnell
John C. Collins
Gilbert E. Bell
Edward Motley
Arthur Perry, Jr
Currier Smith
Donald B. Wilson
Orrin G. Wood, Jr
Combined Chest and Red Cross Drive Receives $98995.15
Concord Community Chest and Concord Red Cross raised 98995.15 in a unique joint campaign led by Henry S. Drinker Jr. and Edward Motley. The total exceeds goals by about 5000 and funds support 10 agencies and varied Red Cross efforts from blood banks to disaster relief and first aid. Co chairmen Currier Smith and George E. Hall oversaw the drive conducted mainly the week of October 17, 1958.
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Concord
Concord Community Chest
Concord Re Cross
Henry S. Drinker, Jr
Community Chest
Edward Motley
Red Cross
Community
Red SF Agaist
Emersontal
Concerg Family Service
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Visiting Nurse Association
Sachem Council
United Community Services of Boston
South Middlesex Association
Salvation Army
U.S.O. Red Cross
Currier Smith
George
Concord Election Looms With Two Major Contests
Town reports distributed as planning board recommendations run long. High school hoops see a loss after a late collapse at Gasden. Birth totals rise at the hospital. Letters from aspirants Bacon Larter Witherest. Mrs Sarah V McGann dies at 82. Woman's Club hosts Mock Trial and a Christian Science lecture is listed. Groton farmer wins.
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Concord — Chamber of Commerce
William Towler
Gasden
Jo Ion Ducbles Tar
Bacon, Larter
Concord
Sarah V.mcgann
Woman’s ‘Club
Groton Farmer
May Contest Sparks Voter Interest in Concord
Two contests for selectman and school committee draw multiple caucus nominees. Incumbent moderator Livingston Hall seeks a third one year term unopposed. Five candidates seek two selectman seats including John K Damon and four others. School committee contenders include Robert E Bacon Roger F Duncan and Michael J Guindon among caucus nominees. Voter turnout expected to surpass 1957 and 1956 highs.
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Selectman
Livingston Hall
Harvard Law School
Robert D. Parks
H. Whittemore Brown
John K. Damon
John B. Finigan
Charles B. Hall
Chester C. Larner
Marshall J. Witherell
Larner
Bruce S. Old
Eleanor Spinney
Robert E. Bacon
Roger F. Duncan
Michael J. A. Guindon
Dr. Guindon
Concord
Concord-Senior Youth Fellowship Visit Sunday
The Concord-Senior Youth Fellowship of the Trinitarian Congregational Church will meet at the church on Sunday March 1 to visit a women’s factory and stay for a fellowship event.
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Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Wom
Tory
Minor stove fire prompts West Concord fire call
Firemen from the West Concord station responded to an early evening stove fire on Winthrop Street. No injuries reported and the incident was contained to the kitchen.
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West Con
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Community Chest Drive
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