Local notices mix politics and town life in scattered items
A jumble of brief notes covers political endorsements and caucus matters, church and civic events, retirement acknowledgments, wedding anniversaries, a highway patrol fatality, and local business updates. It references Egbert S Newbury, H Whittemore, Robert D Parks, Ted Beal, Harvard Company leadership, and community happenings around Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert S. Newbury
West
Robbins
Margaret
H. Whittemoren
Robert D. Parks
Bruced
Eleanor Spin
Fitch
Joe Ward
Mothers March for Polio Opens With Alarm Test
Concord fires off an alarm at 2 p.m. Sunday to start the Mothers March for 1959. Over 250 local mothers will participate with Gordon H. Ogilvie donating time and space at Concord Co operative Bank for collecting and tabulating funds. Neighborhood captains will deliver donations after the march.
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Concord
Harry A. Patterson
Dean A. Powers
March of Dimes
Gordon H. Ogilvie
Concord Co-operative Bank
Douglas W. Slyvia
Couuntless
Arthus
West Concord
March
Edward S. Gren Nan
William Cassidy
Thomas Conlon
Joseph D'Ambrosio
Edward Madoe Ae Ee
Quale Melisi
Concord On Cookie Sale Aims To Match Record
Girl Scouts in Concord plan a week long cookie drive to match last year’s sales record. Five varieties available with deliveries set for mid February. funds support camping and year round activities led by Mrs Julian Tolman.
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Concord
Julian W. Tolman
Lions Club Zone Social Planned With Nearby Clubs
Concord Lions Club schedules a zone social with Bedford Acton and Lexington at Howard Johnsons Tuesday January 27 at 7 PM President Stanley M Howard to preside. A joint ladies night affair will be held at The Fairway on Monday February 9.
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Concord
Concord Lions Club
Howard Johnson’s
Stanley M. Howard
Concord Club
Bedford
Acton
Lexington
Local births announced in Concord at Emerson Hospital
The past week Emerson Hospital in Concord reported three newborn daughters. To Angela Arena of 21 Fairhaven Road on January 13, to George Crane of 85 Elsinore Street on January 17, and to Edward Mooney of 20 Fairhaven Road on January 18.
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Concord
Emerson Hospital
Angela Arena
Fairhaven Road
George Crane
Elsinore Street
Edward Mooney
New Polling Hours At Town Election
Voters are informed of new polling hours for the town election on March 2. Polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 p.m. instead of 7 a.m. This affects Precinct 1 State Armory Precinct 2 Harvey Wheeler Precinct 3 Veterans Building.
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Concord
State Armory
Harvey Wheeler
Veterans Building
West Concord Woman's Club holds January meeting at Thoreau School
The West Concord Woman's Club met January 15 at 2 30 pm in Thoreau School. Mrs John Mulhall welcomed two new members and announced Guest Night on February 19 with leaders from Concord Maynard and League of Women Voters attending. a mock trial by a district attorney staff was featured along with a talk by Dr Earl Wheeler of Bedford Veterans Hospital.
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West Concord
West Concord Woman’s Club
Thoreau School
Laurence Bascom
Richard Hatch
John Mulhall
Concord Woman's Club
Maynard Woman's Club
League of Women Voters
District Attorney's Office
Earl Wheeler
Bedford Veterans’ Hospital
Rome Talk Highlights CDA Meeting in West Concord
Pastor Lewis F Kearn of Our Lady Help of Christians Church spoke on his Rome consistitory trip at Court Our Lady Help of Christians CDA No 1116 meeting. Emma Tombeno led the session, Helen Donahue was refreshment chairman, and a February 10 birthday party date was announced with tickets from Tom Benno or Mrs Jen Melisi.
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West‘ Concord
Lewis F. Kearn
Our Lady Help of Christian’s Church
Rome
Our Lady Help of Christian’s
C.D.A
Emma Tombeno
Helen Donahue
Tombeno
Jen- Nie Melisi
Apathy Evident As Concord Voters Sit Out Caucuses
A table lists turnout figures from 1954 to 1959 showing declining participation in Concord town caucuses. The town with nearly 6,000 voters appears to exhibit widespread apathy in selecting town officials.
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Concord
Concord Town Meeting Sees $18 000 Surplus Backed by Warrant
A $18 000 unexpended balance would become surplus revenue if voted through one of 53 articles at the March town meeting. Items include parking funds, town plans committee, motor grader, vault doors and sidewalks. Committees to be discharged and new ones proposed include aged council and conservation. land mistakenly deeded to the town may be returned to Waldo Lapham.
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Concord
Comprehensive Town Plans Committee
Lowell Road
Bedford Street
Town Planning Board
Council For
Waldo Lapham
Walden Street
Calder New Assessor Named in Concord
Town Manager Theodore M. Nelson named William M. Calder Jr of Lowell Road to the Concord board of assessors. Calder will serve until March 31, replacing longtime member Benjamin Ark and bringing a background in real estate and banking from Brooklyn.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
William M. Calder, Jr
Lowell Road
Benjamin Ark
Lowell
Brooklyn
Patricia Delaney Wins Homemaker of Tomorrow
Concord High School honors Patricia B Delaney as 1959 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow after top score on a 50 minute written homemaking exam She will receive a Jostens homemaking pin and her paper will enter the state competition for the title.
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Concord
Concord High School
Betty Crocker
Patricia B. Delaney
Josten’s
Concord Dairy Wins Frontage Variance in Public Hearing
The Concord-Concord Board of Appeals granted a variance to Concord Dairy for frontage requirements at the corner of Thoreau Street and Sudbury Road. The decision followed a public hearing held last December 17 with stated restrictions on any actions.
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Concord
Concord Board of Appeals
Concord Dairy
Thoreau Street
Sudbury Road
Policy On Candidates Stated For Town Election
The Concord Enterprise notes a policy for candidates seeking town office requiring each candidate to have one free letter or endorsement. Additional letters must be paid advertisements about policy and town issues, limited to one page of copy and signed.
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Concord—Enterprise
Selectmen Negotiate Well in Writing. License Petition Made
Selectmen proceed with written negotiations on a gravel packed well under new Massachusetts Public Works laws affecting Laws Brook and Barretts Mill roads. John Nichols requests negotiations be conducted in writing as an abutter. Joseph Frazier Lexington appears for malt and wines package goods store license petition. no action taken.
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Massachusete
John Nichols
Walden Street
Joseph Frazier Lexington Read
Rotary Club invites senior girls to four meetings
High School Girls Guests of Rotary Concord. Senior boys have attended the Rotary Club meetings, two boys each Thursday. The invitation extends to senior girls to visit four meetings in January and February. Last Thursday’s attendees included Nancy Allen, Mary Eaton, Dorothy Janse, Ellen Lee, Jane Martin, Judy Martin, Polly Mattison, Anne McGrath, Freee Nickerson, Ann Phalon, Ann Redican, Nancy Sikirica, and Anne Wahlen.
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Concord
Rotary Club
Nancy Allen
Mary Eaton
Dorothy Janse
Ellen Lee
Jane Martin
Judy Martin
Polly Mattison
Anne McGrath
Freee Nickerson
Ann Phalon
Ann Redican
Nancy Sikirica
Anne Wahlen
Foreign Students At Carlisle P T A Meeting
Three Harvard Graduate School students were guests at Carlisle P T A in the new elementary school. Vice President Douglas Sloane presided in Mrs. Mark D. Elliott's absence. Miss Bridget Tancock of England Miss Tartarina of Chile and Joseph Meier of Germany compared elementary schools in their countries with those in America. George Clark was named chairman by the teachers. The meeting closed with a good program of counts and results.
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Carlisle
Harvard Graduate School
Carlisle P.T.A
Douglas Sloane
Mark D. Elliott
America
Bridget Tancock
England
Tartarina
Chile
Joseph Meier
Germany
George Clark
Obtainesa
Cnts
Marlboro Man sues Concord over fall at football game
Attorney Samuel Kunen of Marlboro informs Concord selectmen that he represents Robert Lyons and Andrew J. Cofelice of Marlboro in injuries from a fall during the Marlboro Concord football game last November at Emerson Playground.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Atty. Samuel
Kunen
Marlboro
Robert Lyons
Andrew J. Cofelice
Wny
Concord Two New Town Candidates Surfaced
Inside Stuff notes two new candidate dates for town offices after a recent caucus. Selectmen aspirants receive endorsements. March of Dimes mothers march set for next Sunday. West Concord man cited by Air Force. New voting hours and more names in Who’s Who. Bedford driver arraigned in local fatality. Town seeks to return land to Waldo D. Lapham. Impending suit against town by two Marlboro men.
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Concord
March of Dimes
Richard Cardinal Cushing
High Schio
West Concord
Air Force
Henry W. Harmon, Sr
Isc
T.M
Bedford
Waldo D. Lapham
Rose Hawthorne
Guindon and Larner Enter Town Elections for Board and Selectman
Two new candidates emerge for March township elections as Chester Larner and Dr Francis Guindon file for selectman and school committee respectively. Nomination papers due by January 26 at 5 p.m. Only 50 voter signatures needed to qualify, with five candidates running for each vacant seat after caucus results.
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Chester C. Larner
Elm Street
Francis X. Guindon
Hayward Mill Road
Marshall J. Witherell
John K. J. Fitlmorris
Frederick W. Mears
Robert E. Bacon
Roger F. Duncan
Dr. Guindon
Corfest
Weboo Committée
Registration Dates in Concord Public Sessions for Voter Registration
Concord town clerk Mrs. Cornelia M. Lawrence announces two public voter registration sessions before the town election. First on Thursday February 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Harvey Wheeler School. Second on Tuesday February 10 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Town House.
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Concord
Cornelia M. Lawrence
Harvey Wheeler
Only One Drive for Campaign This Sunday in Concord
Concord to host a single charity solicitation this year by March of Dimes led by Dean A Powers chairman with limited mailers already sent. Riverdale treasurer James R Foote notes residents away 2 pm to 4 pm Sunday may miss the Mothers March but can send donations by mail.
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Concord
Dean. A. Powers
Powers
Yea & Ee
Riverdale Circle
Wille
Macone Named New Call Man for Concord Town
Theodore M. Nelson appointed Walter J. Macone of 10 Everett Street as the new call man to sue the veteran Henry W. Harmon Sr. of 135 Commonwealth Avenue who retired Dec 31 after more than 30 years. Macone’s appointment, recommended by Chief Harry A. Patterson, completes the call men roster to 19.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Walter J. Macone
Everett Street
Henry W. Harmon
Commonwealth Avenue
Macone
Harry A. Patterson
Holy Name Officers Meet Friday Night at Church
Holy Name officers will meet at 8 o'clock Friday night at Our Lady Help of Christians Church.
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Holy Name
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Town Election Sees Single Contest After Filing Deadline
Carlisle reports no candidates filed nomination papers by closing. Only one contest remains for town election on February 24 for selectmen. Last day to register voters is February 4 at the Gleagdin Public Library from 12 noon to 10 p.m.
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Carlisle
Margaret Heald
Gleagdin
Fund Seeks Support for Trooper Burns Family
Community fundraisers organize for the family of the late Trooper Thomas E. Burns Jr. 26 fatally injured ten days ago in Cambridge. Burns resided in Westford and served in Framingham and Northampton. his wife Shirley and daughter Jane survive. Treasurer Deane C. Foster of Merchants National Bank Leominster oversees the drive at West Concord barracks and Leominster.
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West Concord
Thomas E. Burns, Jr
Cambridge
West Concord Barracks
Leominster
Deane C. “Foster
Merchants National Bank
Westford
Framingham
Northhampton
Shirley
Jane
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George “Drift
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Milogan
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Main, and Monwealth
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Richard Inal Cushing
Charlie
X Grimes
Sda
Cookie Sale
Lions Clubs
Woman's Club
W. Concord
Dr. Wheeler
Speaker
Town OF
John B. Finigan
LeBurion D. Webster
Sec
Calder
Patricia Delaney
Joseph I. Masters
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Lowell M. Hollingsworth
Lincoln
Electronic Research Directorate
Masters
Electronic Material Sciences Laboratory
Air Force Photo
Rotary
Concord Lodge
Ells
Sergt
Falae Eee Patie
P.E.R
James O'Neil
Edward Kelly
Lewis Hood
Vincent Rice
Concord Police
P.T. A
Board of Clients
Main Street
Ford Agency
Ellis Motor Co., Inc
Guindon
Larner Selectman
New ‘Call Man
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General Building Committee
Veterans’ Services
Veterans
Concord Chamber of Commerce
Concord Woodworking Co., Inc
Harvard Trust Company
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