Dutch Elm Disease Report Finds 27 New Affected Towns
In Concord 1947, 27 Massachusetts towns reported elm trees infected by Dutch Elm Disease. Dr. Malcolm A. McKenzie urged sanitation to curb spread, noting no cure and stressing proper disposal of elm wood. Dr. Becker added slides on the beetle carrier and warned summer wood carries infestation. DDT at 1 pound per acre offers limited value for beetle control.
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Concord
Massachusetts
Malcolm A.mckenzie
Middlesex
Hinty Extension Service
McKenzie
University of Massachusetts
Becker
Elm disease meeting discusses control methods and research
The gathering covered sanitation practices and spray programs to curb Dutch Elm disease. Dr Becker warned against spraying living trees with DDT and urged full bark saturation on logs. Dr Wyman and Dr McKenzie noted Massachusetts researchers present and outlined sampling steps for state lab testing.
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Becker
J. A. Stewart
Quincy
Donald Wyman
Arnold Arboretum
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Becker and
McKenzie
Wynn
Scouters Prepare Weekend Campout In January Plan
Concord scouts arrange a midwinter roundup for January 17 and 18 at Camp Ted Waltham with winter sports as the theme. Registration starts 1 30 PM Saturday indoors or outdoors sleeping options offered rain or shine. The piece mentions sun perception from earth’s curvature per the Better Vision Institute.
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Concord
Camp Ted
Waltham
Mrs Hinton 77, Concord Resident, Dies After Illness
Mrs Eva Willotney Hinton widow of John K. Hinton died Friday morning at Emerson Hospital after a short illness. She was 77, born in Bellingham and had lived in Concord 25 years, previously in Washington DC. Funeral held at Trinitarian Congregational Church with Rev John Elmo Wallace officiating. burial in Sleepy Hollow vault pending spring family lot burial in Bellingham.
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Concord
Eva
Willotney) Hinton
John K. Hinton
Emerson Hospital
Charles H. Towle
Hubbard Street
John Elmo. Wallace
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Bellingham
Cosgrove Named Interim Concord Depot Station Agent
James Cosgrove, formerly of the West Concord Depot, will temporarily fill the Concord Depot duties on Thoreau Street replacing the late John J. Payne who died last month. He has long served the Boston and Maine Railroad and will be steadied by Charles F. Foreman of Walden Street.
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Concord
James Cosgrove
West Concord
Thoreau Street
John J. Payne
Cosgrove
Boston & Maine Railroad
Charles. F. Foreman
Walden Street
Funeral for Mrs. Hix 87 in Concord
Concord notes the funeral of Elizabeth Robbins Hix 87 widow of Anson Hix. She died December 30 at Emerson Hospital from a broken hip. Services led by Rev. John Elmo Wallace at Concord Home for the Aged. Burial Sleepy Hollow. Eve of 1940s era, she had Longtime local ties and DAR member.
Concord Harvard Club Will Again Give Scholarship
The Harvard Club in Concord will award a scholarship again this year to a freshman from Acton Bedford Carlisle Concord Lincoln Littleton or Sudbury. Principals may help assess eligibility and parents are informed early. Interested candidates should notify a committee member. committee members include W. J. R. Tay lor as chairman Lawrence Teboth of Concord and Paul Brooks of Lincoln.
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Concord
Harvard Club
Harvard
Acton
Lawrence Teboth
Paul Brooks
Lincoln
New Record of 238 Fire Alarms in 1947
Concord fire chief Harry E. Tuttle reports a total of 238 alarms answered by local firefighters in 1947, a new high four more than 1946. The 1946 total was 234, beating the earlier 226 alarms set in 1943, with no serious fires despite the record volume during the holidays.
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Concord
Harry E. Tuttle
Concbrd
Regent
Concord fires report two alarms at local sites in 1948
The first Concord fire alarm of 1948 occurred on New Year’s Day when Central Station crews answered Box 15 for a small fire at a Lexington Road filling station. The second alarm came Friday morning at the Corkum home on Bedford Court for a chimney fire.
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Concord
Central
Lexington Road
Corkum
Bedford
Court
Senator Furbush Leads Recess Committees in 1948 Prep
Senator Furbush handled private business during the summer and unpaid recess, chairing commissions on shellfisheries inland waterways and shore protection. Reports on Merrimac River Valley, Connecticut River navigation, and state power potential will be printed February 15.
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Asee
Richard J. Farbush
Saa
Great
Fener
Orly
Senate
Mary Allsign
Ernest. Barnes
A.numper
Commonwealth
Indae
Arthur
Divi Don
Department i Public
Regisa Commission
Gen. Hale
Department of “Pubic Works
Arthur. D. Weston
State Department of Public Health
Commission
River Valley “Authority
Furbush
Co Insurance
Regis
Wearislee
Concord Rotary Club Meeting Notes at Howard Johnson West Concord
The Concord Rotary Club held weekly meetings and luncheons at the Howard Johnson Restaurant in West Concord. President Frank B. Esau presided over the business session. D Parks ran the luncheon, and January speakers were arranged by Rev. Bradford Hastings.
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Concord
Concone
Rotary
Thie” Ray Ay
Attelonia Hoon
Howard
Scoutmaster Named for Concord District Scouts
Theodore C. Bartlett appointed as new scoutmaster of Concord Boy Scout District. Bartlett, former scoutmaster of Troop 2 Weston and former assistant scoutmaster at Lincoln, announced at a council meeting at Chairman Todd's home.
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Concord Pate
Todd
Conco
Uncete Boy
Theodore C. Bartlett
Froop 2
Weston
Lincoln
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New England
State Laboratory
Amherst
Middlesex County Extension Service
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Better Vision Institute
Hudson
Mickey Gravino
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Maynard, Massachusetts
Europe
Elizabeth (Robbins) Hix
Anson Hix
Massachusetts Reformatory
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Sleepy Hollow
Hix
New York City
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Marlboro
DOM Lombardi
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