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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
3
Announcements indicate the Sudbury Elementary fire bell will sound at 7 30 a.m. on February 7 marking a scheduled time change. Bartlett reports visiting Rosling Mills with family and notes recent events involving Schaeffer Denver and son James.
Acton Lions hold a Tuesday night regday meeting and supper at the Acton Center Woman's Clubhouse. New members inducted at the recent zone meeting at Concord to be welcomed include William Crowley Rev. Robert E. Burt James Baker Waldo J. Flint Ivan Wold and Galen McLaughlin.
A regular DeMolay chapter meeting was held Friday evening at the Masonic Temple. Charles L. Williamson of Ash Street was named master counselor to lead the new officers. Only routine business was conducted, with the next meeting set for February 8 and a program to be announced.
Nomination papers filed by Alvin M. Litchfield and Albert B. Dreschler Jr. for the Stow town election spot on the Board of Selectmen. Litchfield, a former Winchester selectman, businessman, and Zoning Board of Appeals member, seeks the post amid local ties and prior service. Dreschler, 27, a native son with agriculture training, works on the family orchard with his father and emphasizes town growth and loyalty.
Carlisle residents are reminded that the final chance to register for the annual town meeting and election is Tuesday February 5 at the Glen on Public Library from 12 noon to 10 p.m. The S A Friendly Appeal is issued.
The Stow Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. George Petersen on Great Road on Tuesday February 5 at 2 30 p m Hostesses for the day are Mrs Samuel Inesom and Mrs Winthrop Addy Mrs Dorothy Strong will speak on new Spring flowers Members are asked to bring seed catalogs for the question and answer period
The American Legion plans an Old Fashioned Dance at Town Hall on Saturday February 2 starting at 8 p m The French and Wilson Orchestra will play for the calling of Fred Hart. At the January 19 event the Legion raised 25 00 and donated it to the March of Dimes drive in Stow.
Mrs Addie Burke will celebrate her fourth birthday at the Whitty Homestead on February 4.
Joseph Lalli re-applies to the Board of Selectmen for a permit to establish a family nursery store on Great Road in Lower Common. The Selectmen deny the application citing the need for a zoning variance that would require Zoning Board of Appeals approval.
The Stow Grange will hold a meeting on February 5 at 6 45 PM in Stow Town Hall. Members should bring their own dish and silver for the pot luck supper.
Plafis for the 80th anniversary of Stew Grange No. 103 P of H set for Tuesday with a supper for 112 members and invited friends. Tickets and reservations are handled by Mrs. Hazel Stow and Mrs. Helen Cafity, deadline February 14. Henry Jencks, former State Grange Master, has died, and Mrs. Jencks is noted as his widow. The Union Evangelical Church Women’s Service Choir meets February 4 at 7 36 p m in the church vestry after prior election delays. News correspondent change announced: Mrs. Robert Johnson, living on the rural West Actor line, will begin reporting duties. her Twinoaks line phone is 7676.
Sudbury note: Webster Cutting, a UMass junior and Varsity Soccer Team member, named Honorable Mention on the All New England Soccer Team in December. Also listed are several UMass returnees from Rochester and MIT, plus a family reunion and local garden club officers and meeting date for February 14th.
The Stow schools band and glee club join Harvard groups for a joint concert directed by Anthony Carninthia. It will be Thursday February 7 in Center School auditorium Stow with proceeds to buy more instruments. Dorothy Spaulding handles tickets.
The Salk vaccine clinic for preschool children will be held at Stow Town Hall on Tuesday February 5 from 9 to 2. Those who missed the earlier session last week should attend.
Miss Villa Wetherbee a 4th grade teacher from Stow is convalescing at the James Titterington home in Gleasondale. She may receive visitors and will welcome friends during recovery.
Center School pupils sell flower and vegetable seeds to raise money for books records and other educational aids. Prizes will be awarded to the three students selling the most packages.
Readable text notes practice hours for the band and glee club, cafeteria workers staff, and a school concert described as sure to be enjoyed by all the family.
The fragment notes five high varieties of wheat including hard red winter and soft red winter types, alongside durum and white wheat. It reflects a classification of wheat forms referenced in a mid century agricultural context.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Flannery of West Concord on Old Marlboro road marked their 27th wedding anniversary on Saturday. They wed at Maynard and have since raised two sons, one daughter and two grandchildren. Mrs. Flannery is the former Vi Riley. Mr. Flannery is a well known general contractor.
Carlisle board of selectmen to meet Friday night February 1 at 8 at Gleason Public Library presided by Chairman Alonga B Reed. Warrant for March 4 meeting to be posted after review by Town Counsel Judge David B Williams. Town election date February and reports now with printers.
Archaeologists report discovery of ancient linen textile fragments in Switzerland believed to date back around ten thousand years. The find sheds light on early textile production and trade in prehistoric Europe.
Miss Stephanie Ethier daughter of Mrs. Harry B. Hollins of New York and Stephen M. Ethier of South Harpswell Maine married John Philip Doane son of Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Doane of Madison Wisconsin. The couple wed on a Saturday in New York and will live in Boston. The bride a Concord Academy alumna debuted in 1954. The groom a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate will resume studies in February.
Final registration time before Town Meeting set for Tuesday February 5 at Stow Town Hall. Registrars Mrs. Vendamae Herring and Philip Noonan will conduct procedures from 12 noon for residents living in town six months to qualify for registration.
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