Acton School Committee Reports on Year 1954 Work
Acton School Committee reviews 1954 progress including funding requests for lighting and ventilation, staff changes, and expansion needs. Notes cooperation from town departments and Nagog Regional District, praises Supt. O Connell, and urges support for next phase amid housing shortages and plans for a new high school. Also mentions summer remedial reading and playground programs. A separate item: a man in Painesville, Ohio, shot by lawn mower blade exploded a .22 cartridge, injuring his foot.
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Acton
Acton School Board
Finance Board
Nagog
Blanchard Auditorium
Acton High School
Massachusetts Department of Education
Edmond J. McNiff
Dana
Hinckley
Frederick W. Abbt
Leo C. Cunningham
Craig E. Lundberg
Alvin R. Piper
Whitman Pearson
Air Force
Japan
William L. O’connell
Pearson
O’connell
Acton Center
Maureen Conlon
Doris Santamour
John Winton
Phyllis Morse
New England
Leonard A. Godfrey
Dana B. Hinckley
Thomas E. Wetherbee
Painesville
Nomination Papers Close In Concord This Monday
Concord town issues notice announcing nominations papers close at 5 p.m. next Monday January 31 at the town clerk office. First registration at Harvey Wheeler School on February 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. Last registration deadline is February 15 at the Town House.
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Concord
Harvey Wheeler School
Concord High Notes and Friday Play Attract Attention
Concord High announces school pins on sale in a limited window and previews a February 4 and 5 performance of Years Ago with scenes and props under construction. Report cards soon arrive, offering a chance to lift first period grades toward a B, as two marking periods remain. Portsmouth bridge repairs force two workers Eugene Faerber and Carl Marcus to swap cars, meeting in the middle to switch keys.
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Concord
Properties Committee
Portsmouth, R. I
Eugene Faerber
Newport
Fall River
Mass
Arl Marcus
Stone Bridge
Faeber
Marcus
Prevent mildew by storing damp clothes in refrigerators
The advice suggests dampened clothes be kept in the refrigerator until ready to iron, claiming this cold storage reduces mildew and makes ironing easier.
Birthday Dinner Draws Many Guests for CDA No 1116
West Concord guests will attend the Court Our Lady Help of Christians CDA No 1116 birthday dinner in Monument Hall on February 15. Rev William McCarthy state chaplain and Leo White of South Acton lead with co chairs Mrs Clara Zawada and Mrs Gladys Duston.
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West Concord
William McCarthy
Ayer
Our Lady Help of Christians
C.D.A
Monument Hall
Leo White
South Acton
Clara Zawada
Gladys Duston
East Acton
Ann Moran
H. K. Nover
John J. Sheehan
Concord Council
R. of C
Lewis F. Kearn
Our Lady Helr
Christians ‘Church
John A. York
Edmund M. Higgins
James H. Connolly
St. Bernard’s Parish
Williamd O’brien
St. Bridget’s Church
Maynard
F. S. Maskiewicz
St. Vasimir’s Church
Daniel F. Riordan
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
West Acton
Concord church sermons and community events in January
Rev Dr Edward P Daniels preached on Religion For What at First Parish UNitarian Church. Concord Emblem Club hosts whist and canasta January 31 at Elks Hall. Lions Club directors meet February 1 at the Co operative Bank. Trinitarian Church annual meeting held. Rev Robert H Barber preached The Hero in the Soul. American Legion Auxiliary whist at Veterans Building Saturday 8 30 pm. A West Berlin school named for Helen Kenner.
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Edward P. Daniels
First Parish Unitarian Church
Philip W. Trumbull
Concord Emblem Club
Elks Hall
Concord Lions Club
Concord Co-operative Bank Directors Room
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Robert H. Barber
American Legion
Veterans Building
Cubs and Scouts Launch Water Safety Project in Concord
A regional Cub and Boy Scout effort led by Clifford and Lemuel will survey water hazards in Lincoln Carlisle and Concord. Fifteen locations will receive water safety caches with cork rings ropes ladders hooks and perhaps small boats. Proceeds from tickets fund further Hazard Project work.
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Concord
Lincoln
Carlisle
Clifford
Lemuel
Pulis
Melville Never Visited Nantucket Island
Nantucket, Mass. The author of Moby Dick, Herman Melville, never visited Nantucket despite the novel’s Nantucket background.
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Nantucket
Mass
Herman Melville
Island
Local Free Church Youth Event Recap
A fragment notes a Sunday night gathering at the Free Church with Rev. Richmond and a youth group. It mentions a Bible class held on Saturday and references a Friday event, but details are incomplete and names are partially garbled.
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the Free Church
Richmond
East Lyme Weather Excerpt Echoes Confused Report
A fragmentary East Lyme item mentions high winds and damage to cottages and trees. The text is garbled with stray phrases about a ledman Clinton an orgi cal] and a bird bath, plus a traffic sign near an Ohio town and a shout to save pupils.
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East Lyme
Ledman Clinton
Ohio
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Supt. Pearson
U. S. ‘Navy
Nancy
Nanette
Liberia
John Larson
Hingham
Dawson’s
Savings Banky
Middlesex Institution For Savings
Fuel Oil Service
Mobilheat Socony
H.S
Helen KeNer
West Berlin
al Whitman
Avery, Lincoln
Ken Creighton, Jr
Ed Bartlett
Fred Soderman
Jack Concord
Evelyn Ay
Ephrata
Ensign Carl Sempier
Montclair
N. J
U. of Pennsylvania
Mark Activ
Concord Colonial
Boston
Co-Operative Bank
Walden Street
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