Nashoba Am Radio Club Holds Local Meeting in Littleton
Seton Local members formed Nashoba Am Radio Club for the year. Officers include les E. Stone of New Road as president, William ardin first vice president, 11 D. Munro second vice president, John Genbi secretary treasurer. Several local Harfs who died are named from Concord Acton and surrounding towns. Other members listed include Edwin A Acton, Edward Sibel Acton, and James T. Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Edwin A
Acton
Edward Sibel
Spencer B. Fitts
Rough
James T. Hanson
Ard
Former Local Girl Betrothed To Lexington Airman
Bedford couple Mr and Mrs Robert C Richardson of Lexington announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Carol Ann Richardson to A 3 C Allan M Howard son of Mr and Mrs Arnold E Howard of Lexington He is in the U S Air Force at Keesler Field Miss Richardson a Lexington High School graduate works for New England Telephone Howard also a Lexington High School graduate attended Stockbridge School of Agriculture No wedding date set Scientists say egg production per hen has risen from one every three days to one every two days over the past 20 years.
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Bedford
Robert, C. Richardson
Lexington
Carol Ann Richardson
Allan M. Howard
Arnold E. Howayd
Robbins Road
Richardson
Lexington High School
New England Telephone &Telegraph Company
Mr.Howard
Stockbridge School of Agriculture
U. S
Massachusetts Developments Highlight Growth and Pensions
Airports report 1953 ten month passenger total 1 120 089 with 42 097 international up 23 percent from 1952 Domestic air travel rose 19 percent and freight gains observed Total Massachusetts farm cash receipts exceed 200 million dollars 1953 wages rise across major centers with Pittsfield leading at 82 14 weekly Unemployment payments reach 59 133 000 Zoning changes in Acton set 20 000 sq ft lots and 150 ft frontage
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A. Logan Airport
Airport Management Board
Logan’ Airport
Boston
Air Express
Massachusetts
Dun & Bradstreet
U.s.dep. of Agriculture
Miss Anne Ballard Engaged to Vincent Murphy
The engagement of Miss Anne Lorraine Ballard daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter M Ballard of Main street to Vincent Francis Murphy son of Mr and Mrs Daniel P Murphy of Dorchester is announced. Miss Ballard graduates Fisher Junior College and no wedding date is yet set.
Coming Events Of The Week In Concord
A weekly listing of local activities in Concord with club meetings and social events. Highlights include Company H drill at State Armory, DeMolay installation, Rainbow Girls, Woman's Club, Boy Scout Troops 49 and 31, various lodge and grange sessions, Lions Club supper, chorus rehearsal, Elks meeting, Veterans event, rotary luncheon, and PTA whist at Harvey Wheeler School.
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State Armory
Concord
Masonic Temple
Concord Woman's Club
Scout House
Old High School
Board of Selectmen
Town House
Corinthian Lodge
Mesonic Temple
Annursnac ‘Grange
West Concord
Concord Lions Club
Howard Johnson’s
Concord Chorus
Concord Lodge of Elks
Concord Rotary Club
Harvey Wheeler School
Greenslade Skewes Wedding Trip Returns From Bermuda
Mr and Mrs John Greenslade Skewes have returned from their wedding trip to Bermuda. Holy Communion and Bible study at Trinity Episcopal church are set for Thursday January 14 at 10 am. Deputy Sheriff Arthur B Corey of Stow Street has resumed freedom after a weeks siege and major surgery at Baker Memorial Hospital and later Storrow House confinement.
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John Greenslade Skewes
Constance Conant Boyd
Bermuda
Holy Communion
Trinity Episcopal Church
Arthur B. Corey
Stow Street
Baker Memorial Hospital
Boston
Storrow House
Lincoln
State to Take Over Cushing Hospital in Framingham
Massachusetts plans rapid action to assume control of the Cushing Veterans Administration Hospital in Framingham once engineering studies finish. Mental Health Commissioner Ewalt would use the former federal property to house part of the state's 10,000 aging mental patients, though condition of the building for remodeling remains uncertain.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Jack R. Ewalt
Cushing Veterans Administration Hospital
Framingham
Herter
Ewalt
High School Band Hire Ends With Missing Instruments
East Haven Connecticut. After hiring Martin Cohen to organize a high school band he secured a classroom and lined up pupils but discovered the instruments had not been purchased.
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East Haven, Conn
Martin Cohen
Brink's Case Still in Dark After 4 Years
Boston report outlines the 1950 Brink's Inc robbery as a near four year mystery. FBI Director Hoover vows pursuit of culprits while Massachusetts courts hold two years to prosecute armed robbery. Reward totals 180000 and federal investigators recently questioned 65 witnesses.
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Brink
Boston
Brink's, Inc
North End
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Farflung
Massachusets
Defense Dept to survey textile plants in New England
Boston UP Defense Department may study the New England textile industry to decide if large mills should be kept in moth balls for war use. American Woolen Co plans to close nine mills subject to stockholders approval. Two large mills in Lawrence likely kept active if defense judged essential. There is no comment on a stockholders' move against closures.
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Boston
Defense Department
New England
Francis W. White
The
American Woolen Co
White
Ayer
Lawrence
William G. Smith
Trenton
N. J
New York State
Contempt, acquittal in midcentury gun raid case unfolds
Jury reports lack of complete identification of participants and six witnesses are jailed for contempt while seven enters appeal or is acquitted. O'Keefe returns to jail in Pennsylvania for gun carry as FBI pursues $60,000 loot no longer at home. four guns and a panel truck linked to the Brink's robbery found but yield nothing.
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Joseph J. Spees O’keefe
Boston
Pennsylvania
FBI
You Club
O’keefe
Stoughton
State Deputy Visits Acton Next Tuesday
Acton-Sherman Davis of Lincoln newly appointed deputy of the Massachusetts State Grange will visit the next regular meeting of Acton Grange P of H No 259 Tuesday evening January 12 at 8 o clock at the Town Hall Master Norman E Livermore will preside and invites all members to attend and greet the new deputy who is a past master of Middlesex Central Pomona and past master of Lincoln Grange On Friday night Acton Grange members with Boxborough Littleton Lincoln and Prescott will attend the Neighbor s Night program at Dunstable Grange Refreshments will be served.
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Acton
Sherman Davis
Lincoln
Massachusetts State Grange
Acton Grange
Town Hall
Norman E. Livermore
Middlesex Central
Pomona
Lincoln Grange
Boxborough
Littleton
Prescott
Dunstable Grange
Cotton Rugs Traced Back Before Roman Era
Researchers state cotton floor coverings have a long history in the eastern hemisphere, existing prior to the rise of the Roman empire. The finding highlights ancient textile use and the early spread of cotton goods.
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al Vale
Tye
March OF Dimes
Crame
O’berg
Direction of Research
Massachusetts Dept. of Commerce
Boylston Street
Dept of Labor and Industries
Pittsfield
West Springfield
Everett
Lynn
Beverly
Quincy
Gardner
Somerville
Worcester
Peabody
New Hampshire
Anne Ballard
the Thrift Shop
Main Street
Maynard
Children’s’ Knee Sox
Cpl
Edmund C. Sefton
Bolton
Vern Walbridge
Eta Jima
Japan
Sefton
Edmund Sefton
Berlin Road
Concord ‘Rainbow Girls
Masonic, Temple
Frank Duffy
Ee Byron
Davis Music Shop
Marlboro
Cushing Hospital
Joseph D. Phelan
U. P
Aonth
ROYAL
Meadowbrook
Great Road
Maynard. Mass
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