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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1952
Page
19
A sprawling local column notes Concord voters show little enthusiasm for the citizens caucus with fewer than 150 of about 4,600 turnout. It highlights a $60 tax rate, default town officers, and calls for reforms such as a change to a nominating system used by Acton Lexington and Lin.
A Bedford Progress Association installation event was held at the clubhouse with a dinner program. Frank C. White presided during the exercises. A business meeting was planned for the 12th.
A hundred residents form a vigilante group to monitor traffic in Bh Ind after a six year old boy is killed by a motorist. They plan to block streets and escort cars, aiming to curb reckless driving.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an examination for male veterans for an indefinite Custodian Laborer post in the Boston Quincy Hingham labor markets with salaries from 2420 to 2840 annually. No written test. applicants rated on experience including at least three months janitorial or related custodial work or active military service. Applications due by February 18 1952 to the Executive Secretary Boston MA.
Illinois state police weighed a truck carrying a power shovel and found the combined weight to be 173 400 pounds, exceeding the maximum limit by 41 000 pounds.
Nearly 100 men and women attended the Sudbury Men's Club Ladies Night banquet at the Sudbury Inn. President William F. Hellman introduced guests and charter members before Mr. Leslie C. Hall presented speaker John Rice of Marlboro, who recalled Sudbury’s early days from 1630 onward, noting settlers, town rules, and local life. Sociability and dancing closed a lively evening.
Funeral services were held for Fred J. Kennedy 34 of 245 Glenroad Weston a former Concord resident who died Sunday at Cushing General Hospital Framingham. He is survived by wife Martha Mayer Kennedy a son Fred Jr and a daughter Gail at home his mother Mrs John B Kennedy of Weston and sisters Mrs Donald E Legrow of Lexington and Mrs Clayton B Bailey of Brookline.
Bedford Grangers join Littleton Grange P. of H. gathering in Littleton on Monday night. Rev. John Balcolm of Chelmsford spoke on Life in Alaska as part of the program led by the educational aid committee with other Granges from Annursnac West Concord Concord and Carlisle invited.
Taxpayers invited to hear Blanchard of New York speak at Weston Town Hall at 8 p m on Monday January 28 The event is arranged by the Weston Taxpayers Association Concord taxpayers may attend by contacting F DeHart Houston or Gordon Ogilvie Membership open to all Concord taxpayers with new members welcomed now
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Burk announce the engagement of their daughter Constance Mae Burk of Concord to Walter Trachim of Maynard. Burk, a Concord High School graduate and past Rainbow Assembly officer, works at First National Super Market. Trachim attended Maynard schools. Spring wedding planned.
Whist party at St Elizabeth's hall West Acton under Mrs Beatrice and Mrs Lucy Sweeney awarded prizes to a long list of players including A Murphy James Mack Annie McCarthy D Garlick A Januskiewiz Lena Wetherbed Wm Wall Annie Mack Catherine Hanslip S Johnson Jennie Dittrich Thomas V Carney John Walsh E Playart Mrs J Goulding Wm P Quinn Mrs J Fitzgerald Anna Peterson Daniel Shea Mrs Tibbetts Mrs Pond Russ Parsons G Sandstrom M Boothroyd Ethel Blodzett Helen Mullin F Carney I Seder Elizabeth Reid Elliott Piper Jeanette Oksa A Scully Mrs Helga Hanley Mary Connors Margaret Curley W C ee Mrs L Gagne G B Hatch M Lynch and Helen Parsons Next week's party will be conducted by Holy Name Society members.
Whitesburg Kentucky reports Dora Meade 79 titled champion grandmother of the Kentucky Virginia border area. She is mother to 16 children with 82 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
A weekly listing of local activities in Concord. Events include Wildey Night by Concord Lodge at Odd Fellows Hall, DeMolay and Rainbow Assembly meetings, Lions Club conference, Scouts ski outing, citizen voter registration, Boy and Girl Scout meetings, Royal Arch Chapter, selectmen meeting, choral rehearsal, hospital auxiliary meeting, and various charity events. Seattle-style confusion avoided.
Bedford faces a planned expressway linking Boston and Lowell with two 24 foot lanes. Construction begins later this year and ends by June 1953. Bridges will span the Shawsheen River and Vine Brook. gaps will remain at Burlington Crest and Old Billerica Roads for future interchanges.
Florence L. Gormley of Thoreau Street hosted a simple party for Elizabeth Horne four years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Frederick Horne, on Saturday January 19 marking her fourth birthday.
Herbert G. Luther of Pfizer labs announces Terralac a synthetic sow's milk from tetramycin. Trials on 500 piglets at Pfizer and 3,000 on farm test show infant mortality cut to 5 percent from 21 to 33 percent. Proper care and temp control required for success.
The 1940 to 1950 census shows a decline of 713,000 farms and a rise in average farm size from 174 to 210.5 acres. Farms drop from 6.097 million in 1940 to 5.384 million in 1950, with the sharpest fall, 475,000, from 1945 to 1950.
One of the newest aids to farmers is the power curve tire by B F Goodrich engineers. It provides maximum traction and prevents bogging down of heavy tractors and combines in sticky mud or sandy soil of rice fields. Reported to be first suitable for use in all soil types used for growing rice.
A national network of defense emergency committees has been formed by the veterinary medical profession to protect livestock health and food production during war. The AVMA reports the committees will aid defense measures in events of biological or atomic warfare and other wartime emergencies affecting the animal population.
Concord Taxpayers Association presents Massachusetts data on 1951 and 1941 tax rates with comparisons to nearby towns including Cambridge Lexington Lincoln Westwood and others. It notes rising costs and outlines the town manager plan debate and legislative hurdles ahead of March town meeting.
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