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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
2
Drumlin Farm in Lincoln becomes an Audubon sanctuary after a bequest from Louise Ayer Gatheway. The 177 acre estate along Route 117 includes main brick house from 1913, farms, ponds and gardens. It will train teachers in conservation and demonstrate soil water and forest stewardship. Public viewing begins summer 1956.
Two public hearings will be held by Sudbury's finance committee in the lower Town hall at 8 p.m. The first is set for Wednesday January 18 and the second for Thursday January 19. The events inform residents how town finances are managed.
Acton Lions Club postpones Tuesday evening gathering as members plan to attend a zone meeting in Concord. The January 24 event may include induction of several new members, with full details to be announced later. A board of directors meeting is listed tonight.
Sudbury Kiwanis Club held a dinner and officer installation at Marlboro Country Club on Tuesday January 10. Lt Governor William L. Papetti installed the officers with Keneth Robbins assisting. Delegates from Natick and Wayland attended. Officers include Leslie C. Hall president Donald Neesdn vice president Lawrence B. Tighe secretary Clarence W. Loud treasurer. Directors are Donald Atkins George Bell David Bentley Ernest Bodenweber George Brown Francis Raynor Lawrence Leone. Retiring president Donald Atkins.
The Community Chorus of Sudbury Weston and Wayland held its first rehearsal of the year at Wayland High School on Monday January 9. Singers must attend a majority of rehearsals to participate in the Spring Concert, with a varied program including Vaughan Williams Folk Songs Bartok Slovak arrangements and Randall Thompson Americana. A Chorus Cookbook Sing For Your Supper was published. remaining copies are available from Mrs Wesley W Teich Peakham Road Sudbury.
Unity Club members are informed the next meeting is moved to Friday January 20 at Union Hall with a 7 30 pm Family Night featuring an Indian family from Reading Co chairmen are Mrs Robert MacFarlane and Mrs Frank Berry All are invited A catered supper for the Middlesex County Soil Conservation District will be held next Wednesday January 18 at the hall.
Mr and Mrs Arthur St Michel of Marlboro marked 35 years of marriage on January 1 at Our Lady Help of Christians Church West Concord. The couple has two sons one daughter and one granddaughter and their son in law Paul Sweeney and daughter Mary Rogers reside on Main Street West Concord.
A fundraising meeting for the Sgt John M Horan Fund reported strong donations from Cambridge Maynard and neighboring towns. The list includes Richard Gallant Joseph Deecan Edward Duggan and many others plus a letter from a 92 year old Maynard native now in a rest home sending five dollars to the fund. Sympathy is extended to Carl R Johanson of Littleton on his father's death.
Sudbury reports two fire incidents with minimal damage. The first, January 7 at 8:54 p.m., involved hot ashes in a basement box igniting a trunk and chair at Walter Parfenuk’s home on Concord Road. a firefighter was overcome by smoke. Second, January 9 at 11:00 a.m., a fire at John Tassinari’s Singletary Lane residence resulted from a short circuit in an electric record player with no damage to the dwelling.
Sudbury events outline a January 12 meeting at Our Lady of Fatima Rectory to form social event committees. The 1640 Club hosts a January 14 supper and a later discussion on The Problems of Faith. St Elizabeth's Episcopal Church holds its annual dinner and meeting January 12. Bay Path Girl Scout Council expands waterfront land and a January 19 Recreational Leader's Training Course opens with limited capacity.
The Women's Society of the Fig Parish Church in Lincoln will host a minstrel show at Town Hall on Friday and Saturday, March 12. Last Tuesday’s Gentlemen's Night featured Mrs. Almon Huff as hospitality chair with her committee serving dessert and coffee, and guest speaker archeologist Roland Wells Robbins. The Crumlin farm near Lincoln, 177 acres of farm and woodland along Route 117, is willed to the Massachusetts Audubon Society as a wildlife sanctuary, a gift from Louise Ayers Hatheway, noted conservation supporter.
The Memorial Congregational church sets its annual meeting for Monday January 23 at 8 p.m. Originally planned for January 16. Sudbury notes list SUASCO Watershed Project reps Philp M Way and Edward A Plumsey.
St Bernard's CYO organizes a skating party at Carlisle on Saturday January 14. Members meet at Monument Hall at 7 30 p m with transportation provided. Co chairmen are Nancy Fitzpatrick and Karen Disken.
After a December 22 fire at the Inn in Sudbury, many workers, including dishwashers, waitresses, housemaids, and a bartender, face unemployment. Framingham Hudson Maynard and Sudbury church leaders organize aid to connect those families with new work. Sylvia Throckm retary of the Sudbury Council is coordinating calls at Hilltop 3.
Umberto P Fr, former proprietor of The D, has returned to service at the Concord Post Office. He previously ran The D and now resumes duties after a period away, with details of his new assignment not fully disclosed.
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