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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1954
Page
1
The piece notes Kelley and Witherell in line for court officer roles as Concord District Court serves 6000 area residents. It urges support for the March campaign, urges caucus reform, and mentions local fundraising amid tributes to a retiring chief and ongoing chamber efforts.
West Concord massachusetts inmates Kenneth Parker 21 Somerville and Robert Savage 22 Roxbury were captured Saturday after six inmates plotted a mass escape at the state reformatory. Four braved the escape Wednesday but three days without food followed. Escaped prisoners seized Petro Veres 34 Lowell and locked him in a refrigerator while others were asked to join but refused.
Warrant closing is set for Monday January 25 at the board of selectmen office for local voters to insert articles. Town report deadline is Friday January 15. Samuel Lever and his daughter departed by plane this week for Florida.
Robert Horton, 4 or 5, son of Mr and Mrs William Horton of 50 Elm street, remained improved at Emerson Hospital after a streetcar struck him. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken femur and was listed as critically hurt. Concord police investigated the incident and traffic officers assisted at the scene. The Horton family recently moved to town and includes siblings Sarah Susan and John.
West Concord Cub Pack 33 held its annual holiday party with Wohn Spanner leading the pledge. Cubmaster John Varley inducted Ralph Delfino Vincent Janiszewski Peter Kilmartin and Stanley Broadbent as Bobcats. Spariier Blanchard Perry Lawton Allen Allen Dalton Fleether Woodruff earned iron and bear badges with arrows for Dalton Rogers Snow and Gray.
West Concord P T A invites all to a military whist evening on Thursday January 14 at 8 p.m. in the Harvey Wheeler school auditorium. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served. Tickets available at Richardsons Drug Store Swett's Drug Store or from P T A officers.
Concord residents hear Alfred W Carl address the Middlesex County Extension as county agent and farm speaker. He outlined extension programs and the role of county agents in local farm support and education.
Pvt. Roger E. Hamilton 21 son of Mr and Mrs Charles M Hamilton of 208 Commonwealth Ave West Concord was evaluated from the Ordinance 3 course at Aberdeen Maryland as a vehicle repairman. The 12 week program teaches basic motor mechanics with emphasis on track vehicles and amphibious machines. Graduates are assigned to units worldwide to use their training.
The Concord board of selectmen re appoints Miss Anna M Hunt town accountant for three years. They also name John F Donovan to the public ceremonies and celebrations committee for five years and Arthur Wood as its chairman for 1954.
In last week's street listings, Mrs Barbar Lee was misnamed as assistant registrar. The correct appointee is Mrs Howard Kent. The remaining five names are Charles T Flannery, Mary Burton, Helen Brooks, Luella Moore, and Marion.
Mr and Mrs Samuel E Cut Gertrude School have named their first born child and son according to a brief society notice. The item lists the couple and the birth as a social highlight in the local column.
Inmates at the Massachusetts Reformatory collected 178 pints of blood during recent holidays. The Red Cross bloodmobile organized the drive through the Concord Chapter and Superintendent Edward E Grennan led the effort.
A. L. Post No. 158 launches a large membership drive among local veterans slated to run from mid month to mid February under Commander Michael B. Gormely. Details will be given at the next meeting at the Veterans Building next Wednesday at 8 o clock. Senior Vice Commander Thomas Meehan leads the drive with a post-meeting movie program by John F. Donovan the high school principal.
At the 36th annual New England Agricultural meeting in Worcester on Tuesday Mrs. William A. Mattison of Williams Road was elected president of the Massachusetts Ayrshire Club. C. Judd Farley of Acton was elected president of the Massachusetts Council of Goat Breeders, and Farnham W. Smith of Concord, a Carlisle Holstein Friesian breeder and Concord selectman, was named to the executive committee of the Massachusetts Holstein Breeders Association.
Sergt Fred Nolan of Harrington Avenue was promoted last Saturday and now serves in his 32nd year with the Concord police. He began New Year’s Day and becomes the senior officer by years of service, having previously held the rank years ago before taking the day shift.
The Couples Club of the Trinitarian Congregational Church meets Friday January 15 at 7:30 pm with a box lunch supper and coffee. Square dancing will follow with Dick Steel of Lexington as caller.
Mrs Caroline Wright Hitchcock, widow of Samuel Hitchcock and mother of Dr James P Hitchcock, died Monday night. Born in Lowell on September 30, 1863 she was a distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks. Funeral services were held at Bigelow Chapel Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge with Rev J Graydon Brown officiating.
Concord veterans eligible under the Korean G I Bill must begin schooling or on the job training by August 20 1954 if separated before August 20 1952. Those separated after that date have two years from separation to start education or training. Inquiries at Department of Veterans' Services Stow Street Concord.
Concord firemen announce a record year with 294 fire alarms in 1953, up from 245 in 1952, surpassing the previous high of 262. Ambulance calls also reached a new peak at 182 in 1953, compared with 149 in 1952.
The Concord board of assessors led by Chairman Bernard W. McGrath along with Ivan D. Servais and George E. Jones is visiting property holders to appraise real estate for evaluating the 1954 tax rate.
Concord Lions Club begins the new year with its first meeting after the regular supper at Howard Johnson's. The session on Tuesday evening January 12 at 6 30 will be led by President Leonard E Rae with a movie program to follow by Past President Rothwell N MacRae.
Concord board of selectmen creates a lieutenant post and names Sergt. Robert E. Kelley acting chief. Marshall J. Witherell is promoted to lieutenant, both effective immediately. Kelley, nearly 31, plans to continue Chief Ryan’s work with support from the force.
Concord DeMolay Chapter to install new officers at the Masonic temple on Friday night. Supper at 3 30 pm in banquet hall followed by installation exercises at 8 pm. George Hodgman, a local graduate, to become master councillor succeeding Richard Bowen. Stanley Marson and state officers will conduct the installation.
The Concord-Hawthorne Chapter Order of Eastern Star holds its regular monthly meeting at the Masonic temple on Wednesday evening January 13 at 7 30. Mrs Sue Jackson worthy matron will preside and the program is to be announced.
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