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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
5
A conference notes that family life is endangered and endorses subsidies and housing support. Delegates call for more counseling, a new family court, and expanded housing to aid parents amid high costs and social pressures.
A fragmentary account notes an elderly spinster’s will or estate valued around $75,000 with references to real estate about $20,000 and a caretaker arrangement. The text is garbled but hints at a trust, diaries, and charges for living costs including food and care.
The program committee and department chairmen of the West Acton Woman's club met Wednesday evening at the president Mrs Louis Lew s home to discuss plans for the coming year.
The Daily reports the closing of a ten day Vacation Bible School at the Evangelical Free Church led by Miss Harriet Wetherbee and Miss Dinerah Aronson. Members of the Concord Legion band joined a Lincoln parade and band concert, followed by a ball game against the Mohawks.
Mr and Mrs William Hy Concord road celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary of marriage. Mrs McIntosh is Catherine Hynes of Somerville. They were married in that Siege. They have resided in the past seven years with four children Mary sister fendelin in Far Hills and in the convent. They have three other daughters Patricia Marjorie Jean and one son John.
West Acton last Wednesday at Fitchburg State Teachers College Miss Katherine Mary Kinsley heard Al Capp discuss cartoons in education. Capp said ten million comics published monthly, only two percent are bad, and warned fairy tales contain more horror than a year of Dick Tracy. Kinsley earned a certificate for attending a three day summer institute in Cambridge under the Massachusetts Department of Education.
On Wednesday at the Concord playground a zetball contest featured 18 boys. In finals Jack McBreen defeated Casey amid a bitter struggle and also beat Elmer Brooks. Casey defeated Manuel Lamonakis. Last Friday six prizes were given in the bicycle parade to Peter Adams Karen Spinney David Spinney Elmer Brooks Lorraine Barrett and Jack Hutchinson.
Stow Grange met Tuesday evening at the Town Hall with corresponding officers well represented. A tie score between Masters and Secretary led to the Master awarding the Secretary a prize of stationary, and William Dean, Master of Lincoln Grange, received a prize for traveling the longest distance. Refreshments followed, and the next meeting is set for Tuesday evening, August 3.
Concord hosts a weekend golf event with results showing handicap vs par outcomes for players including William G. O'Brien and Austin. Best nine holes scores were led by Austin 33 30 and Lovejoy 34 31, with other strong showings from Peters and Phillips.
West Concord residents Mr and Mrs John Olsen of 20 Riverside Avenue plan a Saturday celebration for their 48th wedding anniversary. They wed in Denmark on July 10, 1960. Olsen has long served in the Concord Fire Department and worked for Whitney Coal and Grain Company for many years.
Mr and Mrs John Stanton of Greatroad marked their 45th wedding anniversary on Monday July 5. The Stows, guests from West Acton, celebrated in Berlin. They wed at her Bolton home and have lived in Stow for 30 years. Stanton serves as chaplain for Borough Pomona Grange and has held office fifteen years. Both have long Grange affiliations with Stow Grange P of H 103 for about three decades.
Concord couple Mr and Mrs William A Nicol announce the engagement of their daughter Joan Louise to Donald Ellis Cahoon of Hyannis. An August wedding is planned.
A guide for beginners explains thinning as essential after sowing, noting many seedlings compete for space. It advises gradual thinning, keeping plants four inches apart, and selecting the best while allowing remaining growth for a richer harvest.
A crowded Memphis bus overheated and noisy with passengers. An elderly rider began to shout and then the quieted crowd searched for the dog causing the disturbance.
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