Winter safety tour on skidding hazards and driver training
National Safety Council speaker recounts a month on tour promoting winter driving safety. Based on Wisconsin road tests with 65 automotive engineers and officials, the campaign included 19 cities in 4 days with media events and a film Dont Skid Yourself. The tour featured safety awards, teen questions, and Driver Clinic reaction tests in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Speaking
Wisconsin
Council
New York
Greater New York Safety Council
Air Force
National Safety Council
San Francisco
Citrus Time Boosts Winter Fruit Remarkably
Citrus fruits dominate season menus as Soppers price trends show grapefruit oranges and tangerines remaining attractive at retail. Prices generally dip vs last year though some fall modestly, while freezing in the south scarcely affects fruit prices. The article also highlights Vitamin C and A benefits, serving ideas, and notes upcoming Middlesex County meat demonstrations with Andrew Ruf in February at Worcester and Lexington venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Carlisle town notes and religious service updates
The Carlisle board of selectmen meets at Gleason Public Library on Wednesday February 1 at 8 o clock. Town meeting plans set for March 5. Last chance for local voters to register before the February 27 town election is February 7 from 12 noon to 10 am at Gleason Library. The wedding of Miss Laura Larsen to Bobby Ordday night January 28 at 7 at Carlisle Congregational Church. Junior choir led services at Carlisle Congregational Church. Local women still wishing to register in Middlesex County Pension Service.
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Board of Selectmen
Gleason Public Library
Laura Larsen
Bellows Hill Road
Concord Rainbow Assembly
Concord High School
Bobby Orday
Carlisle Congregational Church
Marilyn Dutton
Jane Macdonald
Middlesex County Fetension Service
Ready Reserve enlistments opened under new selective service rules
Massachusetts State Director Colonel Chester A. Furbish announced new regulations for enlisting critical skill civilian workers into the Ready Reserve. Eligible registrants must join a Ready Reserve unit for eight years with an initial three to six months of active duty training and may be deferred from induction if they perform satisfactorily.
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Chester A. Furbish
Massachusetts
Selective Service
Mae
Armed Forces Reserve Act
Congress
Preece
Ector
Emt
Apeygar
Eee
Secretary of Labor
Ary of Labor
Secretary of Commerce
Office of Defense Mobilization
Secretary of Defense
Tyrbush
Army Reserve
Ner
Nautilus First Nuclear Powered Vessel Backs Grafen Date
The world’s first nuclear powered submarine the USS Nautilus was launched at Grafen Woeck, Connecticut, on January 2, 1955. The grand atomic craft the USS See Off has also been completed.
Riverview at Bedford Opens With New Homes
Bedfords James R. Doherty announces Riverview at Bedford Section 2 opening. Joan, local realtor, is exclusive sales agent. Built by Leland Construction, the community offers cape and ranch homes on 15,000 square foot lots off Davis road. Model home view available. Join the March of Dimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedfords
James R. Doherty
Concord
Joan
Riverview-at-Bedford
Leland Construction Company
Riverview
at-Bedford
Davis Road
Coming Events of The Week At Concord
A weekly listing of local meetings and activities includes dessert-bridge by West Concord Woman's Club on Thursday at 1 p.m. and drill at State Armory, Brotherhood meeting at Evangelical Free Church at 8 p.m. on the same day. Saturday features Our Lady's C Y O record party at Monument Hall 7 30 p.m. Sunday sees polio fundraiser marches 2 to 4 p.m. and Rose Hawthorne School Guild meeting 2 30 p.m. at the school auditorium. Monday has Selectmen meeting at Town House 7 30 p.m. and Troop 49 Boy Scouts at old high school 7 p.m. Tuesday lists Friendly Aid Society 10 a.m. and Boy Scout troops 31 43 33 at 7 a.m. with Concord Chorus rehearsal 7 45 at Wells A Hall Memorial Auditorium. Wednesday notes the third concert in the series at 7 30 p.m. Thursday features Rotary Club meeting and luncheon at Howard Johnsons 92 15 from 1 30 p.m.
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West Concord Woman’s Club
State Armory
P.m
Men’s Brotherhood
Evangelical Free Church
Our Lady’s C, Y. O
Monument Hall
Rose Hawthorne School Guild
Concord Board of Selectmen
Town House
Old Igh
Friendly Aid Society
Old High
Concord Chorus
Wells A. Hall Memorial
A. Wessday Concord
Ethursday Rotary Club
Howard Johnson's
Overdue 1932 Book Returned to Detroit Public Library
A book checked out March 14, 1932, titled Detective Memory, Absence and Their Treatment, was returned anonymously via a library drop box more than 23 years overdue to the Detroit Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Decline of Old Apple Trees Prompts Replanting in Massachusetts
County Agricultural Agent M Fults notes public interest in apple tree populations as McIntosh production remains steadier than orchard numbers. He warns many orchards face decadence and removal of nonperforming trees, urging more young plantings to replace aging stock and maintain a balanced variety mix with McIntosh around 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntosh
Massachusetts
New England Spring Flower Show Opens in Boston
The 85th New England Spring Flower Show titled Gardens on Parade opens at Mechanics Building in Boston. Seven acres of displays feature an Old Southern Mansion with azaleas and camellias, a garden devoted to lilies, waterfalls, and rare hardy azaleas, plus terrace and June flower gardens.
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New England
Mechanics Building
Boston
New
Grand Hall
Women’s Exhibitions Committee
Irving C. Wright
Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts
William C. Breed
University ‘ of _ Massachusetts
Wellesley College
Civil Service Tests For Procurement Officer In New England
The Executive Secretary of the Board of U S Civil Service Ex aminers Watertown Arsenal Massachusetts announces an examination for the position of Procurement Officer GS 13 with a $8990 annual salary. Applications accepted until February 23 1956 at Watertown Arsenal or via post offices in the region.
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Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Watertown Arsenal
Watertown
Massachusetts
New England
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Arsenal
First U. S. Civil Service Region
Postoffice
Boston
Bedford Parish Notes and Sympathy Extend to Local Families
Reverend William H. Clark from Canp as led a Holy Communion at the new Pisconal Mission. Sunday school met at 60 Wilson Road Blais dell home. Parish meeting held Tuesday. Sympathy extends to Mr and Mrs Pranuk Kirby of 11 Meillian Way Bedford on loss of their infant son at Emerson Hospital. Evening meeting at 7 at Bonnar Road with Fish Paso Unitarian Church.
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William H. Clark
Canpas
New Pisconal Mission
Ier
Blaisdell
Wilson Road
Pranuk. Kirby
Meillian ‘Way
Bedford
Emerson Hospital
A. Mee
Bonnar Road
Fish Paso Unitarian Church
Merch of Dimes Drive Urged in Arlington and Middlesex
Arlington Middlesex County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urges mothers and all residents to back the Merch of Dimes drive in the campaign’s final week. The appeal comes after the 1955 epidemic and notes local case counts in Acton Ayer Bedford Chelmsford Concord Framingham Hudson Lexington Lincoln Littleton Lowell Marlborough Maynard Stow Sudbury and Wayland with various totals.
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Arlington
Middlesex County
The
National Foundation For
Acton
Ayer
Bedford
Chelmsford
Concord
Framingham
Hudson
Lexington
Lincoln
Littleton
Lowell
Marlborough
Maynard
Stow
Sudbury
Wayland
Concord Church Mass for Leon Linday and Local Notices
A month mind Mass was sung for Leon B. Linday of West Concord at Our Lady Help of Christians Church. The Coburn Hill sale of a lot was to Continental Building Corporation through Christoopher J. Cox. Thomas Told of Concord was elected vice president of the Congregational Christian Historical Society in Boston. St Bernard's C Y O held a well attended second hop in Monument Hall instead of a skating party at Carlisle.
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Our Lady Help of Christians
Leon B. Linday
Riverside Avenue
West Concord
Concord
Coburn Hill
Em Street
Elbridge B. Rossby
Continental Building Corporation
Christoopher J. Cox
Bedford
Thomas Told
Mainstreet
Congregational Christian Historicalociety
Boston
C.Y.O
St. Bernard’s Parish
Monument Hall
Carlisle
St. Elizabeth of Hunsbary Church
West Adam
Robert White
Acton Catholic Woman's Guild Plans February Meeting
The Acton Catholic Woman's Guild will meet Tuesday evening February 7 at St Elizabeth of Hungary Church West Acton. The Edwards Quimby Post A L No 284 plans a smorgasbord supper mid February at the legion hall with details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Catholic Woman’s Guild
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
West Acton
Edwards- Quimby Post
A. L. No. 284
Legion Hall
Zamparelli Files for Middlesex District Attorney Post
State Representative Zamparelli of Medford Middlesex County announces his bid for District Attorney. He cites veteran service Navy officer status and four terms in the legislature while opposing organized crime and rackets.
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Zamparelli
Middlesex County
Ber
Atorney — Thompson
Ernor Herter
Thom
Tufts City
Notre Dame
Law School
U Navy
Medford
Zamna
Massachusetts Sion
Commonwealth
Ambiguous OCR Note Pertains to School Event
Fragmentary item mentions First Parish Trnita and Mrs Stanley Julin with a museum, noon gathering, and campaign donations. References Colby College and a high school glee club. Details unclear due to damaged text.
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Trnita
Museumeram
Stanley Julin
Jean Balfour
Ams
Cord High School
Colby College
Glee Club
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Betty Skelton
Dodge
Miss Skelton
Oakland
Calif
Fleet Safet
East Bay Safety Council
Satint
California
Texas
Cuba
Middlesex County Extension Service
Andrew Ruf
Pation, Livestock, and Meat Board
Chicago
Worcester Gas’ Co
Estabrook Hall
Ruf
Meat Board
Relal I
CAL
John Harvey Farbay
Ph.d
New Riverview
March OF Dimes
Bergen
Norway
Fults
Moys
Vee Cettiner
Buick
General Motors
Motorama
Harry Winston
Sae Reese Bees
Nashoba Valley
St M of
Atorney
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