Christmas Town Gathers And Resolutions For New Year
Local town circles reflect on Christmas traditions and year ahead as churches display nativity scenes and residents anticipate political shifts. Inaugural talk from officials hints at changes while many businesses remain closed for the holiday period.
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Ted Cribs
Christian A. Sr
Otis M. Whitney
David B. S
House of Reatives
George
Concord
Janie” Churchill
Wahington
Monument Square
Getanda
Woman Announces Daughter’s Wedding in Concord
Mrs Michael of 1383 Main Street announces the marriage of her daughter Nica Ann Dee to Earl, son of Mrs Sidney Hyde Park and the late Dee. Nica Ann Dee is a graduate of a junior college and a veteran of World War II. The summer wedding is planned.
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Michael
Main Street
Nica Ann Dee
Earl
Sidney Hyde Park
Concord Voters to Debate Town Issue Thursday Night
The Teague of Voters of Concord plans a debate on the town issue this Thursday night at 8 o clock in the town building. Speakers will argue for and against a forthcoming measure with details promised next week. The Men’s Club of Congregational will meet Friday January 9 with Elmer H. Cutts presenting.
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Lrd
Teague of Voters of
Concord
Tans
Ers
Elmer H. Cutts O
Pine
Veterans feted by Concord Rotary on Sunday
Twenty five European enlist soldiers seeking U S citizenship were guests of the Concord Rotary Club. They train at Fort Devens and received welcome dinners before returning by bus carrying gifts. Local hosts included Robert D. Parks Gordon H. Ogilvie and Ernest Zuretti with several Rotary members assisting.
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Concord
U. S
Concord Rotary Club
Fort Devens
Robert D. Parks
Gordon H. Ogilvie
International Service Committee
Ernest Zuretti
Commonwealth Avenue
West Concord
Devens
Perks
Ogilvie
Harold N., Clarke
John H. Kennedy
Edard W. Sheehan
Alden Russell
Harold
As of Nichols
Rene DuBerger
Eliot R. Howard
D. Edward Cleary, Jr
Floyd Verr'll
Charles R. Voigt
Loring Grimes
Concord Couple Announces Engagement of Air Force Pair
Mr and Mrs John H Kennedy of 11 Prairie Street announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Loring Kennedy U S Air Force to Peter P Roach also of the U S Air Force son of Mr and Mrs Peter G Roach Scranton Pennsylvania Both Kennedy and Roach have military and academic backgrounds and are stationed at Fort Myer Virginia awaiting a March wedding
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West Concord
John H. Kennedy
Prairie Street
Helen Loring Kennedy
U. S. Air Force
Peter P. Roach
Peter G. Roach
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Mss Kennedy
Concord
Washington State College
Aviation Training School of
Boston
Reach
University of Scranton
Miss Kennedy
Mr. Reach
Fort Myer
Virginia
Pentagon
Oil Burner Fire At Van Etten Residence
Firemen answered Box 59 at 9 15 Sunday morning for an oil burner fire at the Van Etten residence on Garfield road. It was the 245th alarm of the current year. Firemen were out about an hour before the all out was sounded.
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Concord
van Etten
Garfield, Road
Discharged Air Force airman returns home to Vanderhoof firm
West Concord Parker Van derhoof of the U S Air Force received his discharge after over a year of duty in North Africa and England. He earned his final papers on December 26 and resumes civilian duties at the Vanderhoof Hardware Company on the Mill Dam, owned by his father Philip W Vanderhoof Sr of 35 Barretts Mill Road.
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West Concord
Parker Vanderhoof
U.S. Air Force
North Africa
England
Vanderhoof-Hardware Company
Philip W. Vanderhoof
Barretts Mill Road
Local family notes from Concord area
The text references Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hil Jr of Hanvard and their child with Emerson Hospital involved. It mentions Mr. Hil formerly of Concord, a West Concord business, and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Hill of Elm Street.
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Concord
George A. Hil, Jr
Hanvard
Emerson Hospital
Bih
West Concord
George
Hill, Se
Elm Street
Town
Paper Collection Here Next Sunday
Concord residents are reminded of a waste paper drive next Sunday at 9 a.m. led by the Boys Scouts Sponsors Inc. Units guided by Charles W. Allen will assist. residents should place bundled paper at the curb. Proceeds benefit the troop’s activities.
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Concord
Boys Scout Sponsors, Inc
Boys of All Troops
Charles W. Allen
Troon
Engagement Announcement for Elizabeh Lips and Paul Leslie
Concord announces the engagement of Elizabeth Mae Lips to Paul Maurice Leslie. Elizabeth is a Concord High School and Fitchburg State Teachers College alumna, former National Honor Society member, field hockey captain, and cheerleader. Paul is a Concord High School graduate, former class president, and varsity football player now working with his father. No wedding date set.
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Betty Lips
Lips
Concord High School
Fitchburg State Teachers College
Leslie
Concord High
Kelley Appointed A Police Officer Replaces O'Grady
Concord reporter notes Kelley 22 a Korean War veteran is named permanent police officer by Chief Ryan with board approval. He replaces Officer John W. O Grady who resigned and begins duties today January 1. He served with the U S Army during the Korean conflict and was discharged last year. He lives on Main Street West Concord, is married and father of one.
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Concord
Phillip J. Kelley
William G. Ryan
Board of Selectmen
Kelley
Main Street
West Concord
John W. O’grady
U. S. Army
Engagement of Local Girl at Tea in Concord
At a tea Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Frank J Googins of 66 Thoreau Street announced the engagement of their daughter Nancy Carol Googins to Harry M Sherman son of Dr and Mrs Maxwell M Sherman of West Medford Miss Googins is a Concord High School 1950 graduate and a Jackson College junior Sherman graduated Tufts in 1947 and expects to complete the Tufts School of Religion in June 1953 He is pursuing a master's degree at Harvard An August wedding is planned.
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Concord
Frank J. Googins
Thoreau ~ Street
Nancy Carol Googins
Harry M. Sherman
Maxwell M. Sherman
West Medford
Tufts
Harvard
King's Daughters Hold January Vestry Meeting
The next gathering of the King's Daughters will be held at the vestry of the First Parish on January 6 at 2 o'clock.
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King’s Daughters
Concord Youth Sgt Fran Trabucco Returns From Korea
Concord native Fran Trabucco 46 Spikad Street arrived home shortly after midnight after processing at Fort Devens. He led a 75 man Army delegation landed at Logan Airport East Boston on holiday leave from Korea. He holds a 30 day furlough before possible discharge and played basketball and captained baseball at Concord High School class of 1949.
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Concord
Fran Joseph Trabucco
Spcikad Street
Silvio Trabucco
Fort Devens
Trabucco
Logan
Boston
Korea
John J. Flannery
Bovey Presents Scout Benefit at Veterans Building Concord
Mr. Bovey screens colored wildlife pictures with sound to aid the Musketaquid Boy Scout District jamboree fund. Show starts Friday at 8 oclock in Concord Veterans Building. Public welcome, tickets from any scout or at door.
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Concord
Mar
K. Bovey
Veterans Building
Musketaquid Boy Scout District
Bovey
Holy Day Masses in Concord Catholic Parishes
Local Catholics observe the Feast of the Circumcision. St. Bernard's lists Masses at 7, 8:15, 10 and 11:30. Our Lady Help of Christians adds an 11:30 Mass after the standard 7, 8:30 and 10:30 o'clock services.
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St. Bernard’s Church
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Registrars Begin Annual Listing in Concord
Concord Board of Registrars will start the annual canvass Friday calling at homes in three precincts to list accidents ages 20 and over. Mrs Beatrice Nagle Mrs Margaret Brooks and Charles T Flannery named to work with assistant registrars to canvass the town.
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Concord
Concord Board of Registrars
Bolles
Beatrice Nagle
Margaret Brooks
West Concord
Charles T. Flannery
Court Lane
Manager Of Light Plant Receives $500 Raise In Concord
The Municipal Light Plant Board increases Russell I. Eldridge salary from 5 500 to 6 000 annually. Eldridge, of 18 Pine Street West Concord, has run the plant the past year succeeding Everett E. Pierce who retired about a year ago. The board praised his conduct and results.
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Concord
Municipal Light Plant Board
Russell I. Eldridge
Pine Street
West Concord
Eldridge
Everett E. Pierce
Local Schools to Renew Classes After Christmas Recess
Concord area public schools restart on Monday January 5 following the Christmas recess. Classes were suspended since December 19. Middlesex School resumes Tuesday and Rose Hawthorne along with other local private schools reopen next week.
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Concord
Middlesex School
Rose Hawthorne
Jury Draws Two Women for Service in Concord
At a town meeting the Concord board of selectmen drew two women for jury duty with the Travers Jury at Superior Court East Cambridge. Mrs. Mary W. Smith of Hosmer road and Mrs. Eleanor M. Jenney of 23 Everett street were selected. New appointees: John D. Briggs to the library committee and T Livingstone Hall to the planning board.
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Concord
Board of Selectmen
Town House
Travers
Superior Court
East Cambridge
Mary W. Smith
Hosmer Road
Eleanor M. Jenney
Everett Street
John D. Biggs
Middlesex School
David B. Little
T. Livingstone Hall
Main Street
Ralph C. Piper
Ralph C. Piper Who Resigned From the Planning Board
Briggs
Hall
Little
Veterans Building
Concord Board of Trade Opens Year With Meeting
The Concord Board of Trade will hold its first meeting of the year on Monday night January 5 at 6 45 p m with supper at Howard Johnsons. New president Rep David B Williams will preside and hopes to convene a bull session on future board activities possibly with a speaker.
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Concord
Home for Christmas for Mrs. Bregoli on leave
Mrs Mildrej Bregoli wife of Dalgo Bregoli 62 Belkan Street returned home for Christmas on a medical leave from the Veterans Administration Hospital Jamaica Plain where she has been a patient eight months She enjoyed gifts during her visit She was formerly a bookkeeper at Liese Smethurst Garage Sudbury Road Mr Bregoli works at the Concord post office.
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Concord
Mildrej Bregoli
Dalgo Bergoli
Belknan Street
Veterans Administration Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Bregoli
Liese & Smethurst
Sudbury Road
Concecrd
Concords violent year ends with drownings and deaths
The year featured a reformatory riot with officers held hostage and multiple trials, three drownings including Raymond C. Gongeau, Jesse Walker, and Martin J. Coyne, plus two fatal vehicle incidents. Concord celebrated the Rose Hawthorne School cornerstone blessing, Patriots Day events, and a record voter turnout in a year of town growth and budget actions.
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Reformatory
William F. McNally
West Concord
Perry O’leary
Marlboro
John’ C. Dolan
John, J. O’grady, Jr
State Prison
Hg Yone
Raymond C. Gongeau
Boston
Young Rothwell
N. MacRae, Jr
Thoreau Street
Antonio Sepe
Pond Street
East Arlington
Hawthorne School
Richard J. Cushing
D. D
Beste
Concord
F J. Philbin
Clinton
Senate Leverett P. Saltonstall
Dover
New South Orange
Cieneie
Othis M
Othis M.’ Whitney For ‘Governor's Council; David B. Williams
George F. Fingold
Whitney
Edward J. McCaffrey
Happy New Year Greeting Ad On Page Four
A festive New Year tribute appears on page four wishing readers a happy and prosperous year ahead. The brief greeting emphasizes goodwill and seasonal cheer to all subscribers and visitors.
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Europe
W. Concord Girl
Wes
van Etten’s
Stow Country Club
Hudson
Herman John Lins
Willow Street
Elizabeh Mae Lips
Paul Maurice Leslie
Maurice Leslie
Concord Turnpike
Lincoln
O’grady
Hall OF Fame
Enterprise “Hall of Fame
Bubbsy” Mara
Percy Rideout
Bobby Field
Rideout
Amal
Board of Trade
Alec Guinnes
Glynis I-h
Irene Jee Dunne
Dean Jagger
Abbott and Costello
Captain Kidd
Charles Laughton
Marge and Gower Champion
Cambridge
Common
Kirkland
MCNB
Middlesex County National Bank
Billerica
Cambridge Everett Lowell - Malden
Mayna Ees
Reading
Somerville
Ember of
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