Acton Memorial Announces Books Ready for People
The Acton Memorial lists dozens of titles available for readers including The Raid iness at Appomattox and The Golden Homespun. Other titles mention Civil War themes and children’s stories, with more expected to arrive soon.
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Acton Memorial
Jutland Cottage
Bridge
Appomattox
Connie
Roses
Freddy and
Hip
Laurie
Sprug
Hornets
Mr. I and I
Brighty
Dames Re
Golden Justice
Tenderfoot
Canyon
A-Smokin
Spur
Angel
Catholic Guild Holds Meeting at Church Hall
Acton Acton Catholic Guild held its monthly meeting at the Church Hall. Mrs. Alice Maynard presided, with William Ray conducting a humorous auction. Ladies attended, and committee work followed under Mrs. Ruth Kennedy.
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Acton
Acton ‘Catholic Guild
Hungary
Alice Maynarding
William Ray
Ruth Kennedy
Births at Hospital This Week
New arrivals at the hospital include a son born to Mr and Mrs John in Newton and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Campbell on East street Concord January 16. The notice lists parents and addresses with dates in January.
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John
Auburndale
Newton
Casey Tly
Concord
Jana
Marshall
Hubbard Oncord
Campbell
East Street
Sudbury Garden Club Hosts Notable January Meeting
Mrs. Plimpton welcomed members at Candy Hill Road for a January 13 gathering with speaker Mrs. Charles Allen of Concord from the American Begonia club. Plans were announced for a regional Sturbridge meeting next September and a call to oppose bills HR 1037 and HR 1038. The club prepared ninety corsages for Framingham Union Hospital patients and decorated Sudbury Town Hall. Mrs. Allen discussed house plants and care, with several specimens shared and questions answered, followed by tea.
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Sudbury
Sudbury Garden Club
Theodore B
Plimpton
Candy Hill Road
Charles Allen
Concord
American Begonia Club
Allen
Sturbridge
Paul Rhoades
Framingham Union Hospital
Sudbury Town Hall
Wildey Night Observed By Concord Lodge at 6:30
Concord Lodge 212 I O O F will observe Wildey Night tonight at 6 30 with supper and entertainment at the Masonic temple. The program is chaired by Vice Grand William P Cutler and features professional entertainment. The public is welcome.
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Concord
Masonic Temple
Concord Lodge
I.O.C.F
William P. Cutler
Funeral for Ex-Resident H L Cross
Concord H L Cross 60 formerly of 4 Walden Ter Somerville resident 30 years died last Wednesday in New England Deaconess Hospital Boston after brief illness. Born Cambridge January 17 1892 son of Charles H Cross and Claudia M Stanley Cross machinist by trade affiliated 30 years with Sub Marine Signal Somerville later with Raytheon. Survived by wife Flora M Quimby Cross son Richard L Cross Rahway NJ two daughters Eleanor C Ford Belmont and Phylis M Cross Belmont. Also brother Stanley Cross Miami sister May S Fitzgerald Somerville stepson Maurice A Elliott. Funeral at Gibbs Memorial Funeral Home Cochituate Route 30 Wayland Sunday with Rev G Earl Daniels officiating and Jenie Wright Schleicher at organ. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery Medford.
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Concord
Harley L. Cross
Walden Terrace
Somerville
New England Deaconness Hospital
Boston
North Main Street
Cochituate
Cambridge
Charles H
Claudia M. (Stanley) Cross
Sub-Marine
Oak Grove Cemetery
Medford
O Keefe Faces Robbery Charges in Smethport
Smethport Pennsylvania authorities set a trial date for O Keefe who is named by the FBI as a suspect in the Brink's Boston holdup. He was released on seventeen thousand dollars bail after a prison term for gun carving and had been jailed in Pennsylvania since February 14, 1950.
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Smethport
Seph Specs O'Keefe
Siough Eee Massis Dncé
FBI
Boston
O’keefe
Pennsylvania
Fellowship activities and church services in Concord
The Young People's Fellowship of the Trinitarian Congregational Church met with Jean Robbins leading worship and a quiz show. Trinity Episcopal Church held a Bible class after Holy Communion and the fellowship commission meets at 7 45 tonight. The Evangelical Free Church held its annual meeting Tuesday evening with refreshments served and officers to be announced. Buy U S Savings Bonds.
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Young People’s Fellowship of Trinitarian Congregational Church
Jean Robbins
Trinity Episcopal Church
Fellowship Commission
Evangelical Free Church
Regional School Favored in Sudbury PTA Meeting
The Sudbury and Lincoln regions debate a regional school plan with 300 attendees. Dr. Howard Emmons outlines history and union benefits while Rexford Souder explains Lincoln and Sudbury positions. A regional plan offers greater state aid and expansion potential. the public will vote at the upcoming Town Election.
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Sudbury
Parent-Teacher Association
Howard Emmons
Sudbury-Lincoln
Emmons
Rexford Souder
Lincoln
Wilard Foster
Wilfred Allen
Luther M. Child, Jr
Harvey N Fairbank
Charles H Smith Elected President of Friends of the Goodnow Library
At a January executive board meeting in Sudbury Margery Cahill retired and Charles H Smith was unanimously chosen to lead the group for the coming year He will select officers to replace Mary Sears as secretary and will appoint a secretary to succeed himself The group celebrates past gains like organizing the Friends of the Goodnow Library purchasing an Encyclopedia Americana and joining the Literary Guild Future plans include building shelves for donated books expanding the children's department and adding volumes from the World's Hundred Best Books list Subscriptions are one dollar per year with larger donations welcomed to fund memorial book plates contact any member or Elizabeth Atkinson at the library for participation
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Sudbury
The
Friends of the Goodnow Library
Margery G. Cahill
Charles H.smith
Literary Guild
Sudbury Players
Friends
Elizabeth Atkinson
77 New Homes Erected in Sudbury In 1953
Sudbury building inspector Albert St. Germaine reports 130 building permits issued in 1953 with an estimated value of 824,025 dollars. Seventy seven permits were for new dwellings, up over 50 percent from 1952.
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Sudbury
Albert St. Gremaine
Whiteneck resigns as Town Hall custodian in Acton
Alexander Whiteneck of Prospect street South Acton has quit his post as custodian of the Town Hall. He will stay on until a successor is found. Whiteneck also manages the town dump and took the hall job in October 1952 after Henry Johnson's death.
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Acton
Board of Select Men
Alexander Whiteneck
Prospect Street
South Acton
Whiteneck
Henry Johnson
Miss Jean Hawes Returns to Travel Bureau Office
Sudbury Miss Jean Hawes who recently returned from a trip abroad is working in the office of the Better Travel Bureau at Coolidge Corner Brookline.
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Jean Hawes
The
Better Travel Bureau
Coolidge Corner
Brookline
Doris Priest Relives Life in Europe Through Pictures
Sudbury group over 100 attends Woman's Association meeting at Memorial Congregational church. Doris Priest, who spent years in Weisbaden, shared vivid slides and stories of Holland, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, dressed in an Austrian dirndl.
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Sudbury
Woman’s Association of
Memorial Congregational Church
Robert Nims
South Sudbury
Richard Burches
Elizabeth Walker
Irving Priest
Doris Priest
Bedford P T A Hears Speaker At Meeting
At the Bedford P T A January meeting held last Thursday in the school auditorium H Norval Matthews presided. Mrs Kath len Currier of Lexington spoke about the children's play house in Lexington offering programs for children on Saturdays. Bonnie Sherburne announced a puppet show for February 6 at the cafeteria. A letter from the March of Dimes requested volunteers for the Mothers March for funds next Thursday. Principal speaker Mrs Gifford of Lesley College spoke on Educational Problems of Normal Children. A social hour followed with refreshments served by a sixth grade mothers committee led by Mrs Warren Morris chair.
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Bedford
Bedford P.T.A
H. Norval Matthews
Kathlen Currier
Lexington
Children’s Playhouse
Lexingoon
Bonnie Sherburne
March of Dimse
Gifford
Lesley College
Warren Morris
Man killed by own truck in Jefferson crash
Adler St Amant, 50, of West Warren was fatally struck by his own truck after it skidded on ice and hurled him from the vehicle in Jefferson New Hampshire.
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Jefferson, N.H
Adler St. Amant
West Warren
Thursday Club Met at Mrs Ritchie’s Sudbury Home
The Thursday Garden Club gathered at Mrs Kenneth Ritchie’s Sudbury residence for its annual business meeting. Plans for the coming year were discussed and a slate of new officers will be presented in February.
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Sudbury
Kenneth Ritchie
Fitchburg Youth Held for Grand Jury in Acton Fatality
Fitchburg youth Robert F. Brosseau, 22, charged with manslaughter and related offenses for driving the car in the December 17 Acton fatality on Route 2. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over for the Grand Jury on manslaughter. other charges were held in personal recognizance. The crash killed Paul J. Gadoury, 27, of Fitchburg. Brosseau and another occupant survived.
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Fitchburg
Grand Jury
Acton
Isaac Davis
Concord District Court
Robert F. Brosseau
Broadway
Council
Pierre «As Northrup
Northrup
Michael J. Foley
Edward Collins
Brosseau
Ed Paul J. Gadoury
River Street
Gadoury
Emerson Hospital
William Gammel
Card Party To Benefit Sudbury Family Returns
Following the generous response to the whist party on January 19 for a stricken Sudbury family, another whist party will be held Thursday January 28 in Grange Hall. All Sudbury folks are invited. BUY U S SAVINGS BONDS.
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Sudbury
Grange Hall
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Staples
Wealth of
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Orin H. Butcher
Someon
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Ion
Wilh Butcher
Concordiaty
Ohn J. Butler
Uncle Melty
National Safety Council
Mrs. Plimpton
Shepherd Pups
H.L. Cross
Raytheon
O'Keefe
U.S
Manny
Florida
American Express
Middlesex Institute For Savings
Your Mutual. Savings Bank
Charles Smith
Friends of Goodnow Library
Europe
Main St
Alina
Maynard
U. S
Central St. West Acton
M. W
Bill” Tobin
Monument Hall
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H. Kluber
Motorola
Limoges
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Sonsististion A Sewate
Concor
Oncor
Statler
Metcalf & Eddy
Water and Sewer Commissioners
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