09 Jul 1953
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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1953
Page
1
Bride Mary Idlegate wed J Edgar Peng in a Pi WE Wiig ceremony. Best led by officiant, with guests from local organizations. Details remain fragmentary in the clipped notice.
A garbled summary of local names, places, and activities. Mentions include a police station on Ellis, a town house visit, a program chair Rae and Mac, a summer session and classes, a family picnic, and a large event with decorated playstead.
A luncheon features Yoseph Bianco speaking on Tufts led laboratory work in advanced technology. Capt. Le of Tufts outlines projects and the lab’s role in PVs of active research.
A West Roxbury resident, formerly of Concord, recalls Dowd’s Bar era and the Fitchburg railroad station with trains through a shed, an engine house, a water tank, a turntable, an ice house for the milk car, and a three-car car barn. He mentions local residents, street names, and historic plots around Mill Pond and Hubbard Street.
Concord girl Peggy Nickerson 12 sails for Canada aboard the Yarmouth Steam Ship to spend the summer with grandparents Mr and Mrs William Nickerson formerly of Concord.
In Willimantic Connecticut police unveil a new payment method for parking tickets a stamp is placed on a self addressed envelope and mailed with the $1 fine. This system aims to simplify the process for violators and speed up payments.
In Knoxville Tennessee a United Press survey of local hospitals found patient costs about 85 cents per hour. The report notes cost levels across facilities and implies comparisons with regional rates. No specific hospital names are given in the readable text.
Over three months the Concord school committee general building committee and citizen council interviewed architects visited schools and debated prelim sketches for additions to Alcott and Thoreau schools. They voted to authorize chairmen to negotiate with S W Haynes and Associates Fitchburg and draft an agreement for ratification at a future joint meeting.
West Concord resident Edward S. Grennan longtime superintendent of the Massachusetts Reformatory is named district deputy for the Knights of Columbus for the third straight year. He will oversee four councils Franklin Uxbridge Milford and Westboro with reappointment announced Tuesday by State Deputy Daniel J. Fitzgerald. Grennan is a past grand knight of Walpole Council No 1319.
The second in a series of union Protestant summer services will be held at First Parish church on July 12 at 9 30. Rev Edward Perry Daniels will preach. Participating churches include Trinitarian Congregational W Concord Union and First Parish. Services move to Trinitarian on July 26. Public welcome.
Concord High School principal John F. Donovan released the list of students on the honor roll for the final quarter. Seniors Mildred Fultz Jane Isner Carole Jaques Mary Mansfield Margaret Nagle Lauraine Seavey Stanley Sinclair Deborah Venett Joan Watson Juniors John Kraetzer Barbara Pereira David Waite John Wheeler Sophomores Shirley Beharrell Joan Besco David Bouchard Robert Brown Judith Edwardson Beverly Englehardt Jean Fallon Barbara Fultz Robert Hoffman Henry Keyes Lester McDowell Barbara Nagle Mary Lou Perrin Janet Reed Richard Tandy Joyce Taylor Phyllis Trainor Frederick Walker George Watkins Meredith Woodbury Wancy Wright Freshmen Vesta Bearce Evelyn Berg Christopher Billings Barbara Carlson Alice Cooke Loretta Cronin Loretta Cullimine Rita Faieta Dorothy Fiske Theresa Fraticelli Ellen Friedman Kevin Grimman len Harvey Barbara Jordar Paul Lacombie Claire Lawton Janet Magoon Ellen Murray Beatrice Nagle Curtis Petersen Alice Place Elizabeth Rice Ann Ritchie Douglas Sinclair Martha Whitte Bruce Willard Nancy Woodruff
Concord final plans for the annual Knights of Columbus family picnic have been completed by Past Grand Knight Hugh E Kilmar tin and his committee. The event is scheduled for Sunday July 12 at the Tyngsboro Country Club starting at 1 o’clock with an afternoon and evening program for all ages. From 4 30 to 5 30 there will be a picnic buffet with Leo n White the Yankee chef as caterer. Sports contests games and refreshments will be available and the program is open to the public.
Concord firemen answered three calls Sunday including Box 52 for a Lake Walden woods fire in Lincoln. Reported to be set by picnickers, despite the area being closed, warranting out of town assistance.
Committal services were held Tuesday for Edward F. White 62 of Waltham who died in a freight train accident Sunday. Burial followed in the family lot at St Bernard's cemetery.
Six Concord Boy Scouts form part of the Greater Boston contingent heading to the international jamboree in California. George Watkins Alfred J Baptiste Jr Frederick Walker George Lamonakis Paul K Daley and Thomas Caldwell will attend with funds raised by the group and community support. They plan stops in New York Chicago Denver Seattle and visit landmarks before returning July 30.
Concord police officers Robert Anderson and James Finan Jr. were injured when a truck rear-ended their cruiser on Cambridge Turnpike. The duo, recovering at home after x rays, suffered facial and body bruises with no broken bones. The eggs scattered along the road as the poultryman Edward Hughes from Old Bedford Road drove away.
The Carlisle Branch of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday July 21 at the brick schoolhouse. Reports from the nominating committee will be presented and new directors will convene immediately after the gathering.
West Concord residents Mr and Mrs John W McDavitt announce the birth of their first child a son named John W McDavitt Jr born June 22 in Worcester Grand parents are Mr and Mrs W Harold O Connor and John F McDavitt Great grandparents include Mrs William O Connor of Paskoag RI and Mr and Mrs Harry Silvy of Millbury
A fragment praises John Langdon of Portsmouth New Hampshire as the first personett of the United States Senate and urges support for the hometown newspaper. The piece calls for honest conduct and dedication to the press.
West Concord Massachusetts Reformatory hosted the Red Cross bloodmobile last Friday collecting 186 pints from 225 inmate volunteers. The drive aids veterans hospitals and families with surplus plasma likely sent to Korea battlefront.
Concord reports farm superintendent Michael J. Ryan of Middlesex School remains seriously ill at his home on Lowell Road after several weeks of illness. He is 86 and is the father of Police Chief William G. Ryan of Concord.
Concord Tuesday marked the 66th anniversary of the Concord Home for aged at 32 Walden Street. The home has housed many notable residents including Ephraim Wales Bull founder of the Concord grape who died in 1865.
Ferndale Michigan police sergeant Tom Collins and his wife Jerry reportedly abstain from alcohol. Neighbors recall no drinking at home and colleagues note strict conduct standards.
Concords Company H M N G 182nd Infantry sails from State Armory at 6 30 am for a two week encampment at Camp Drum Watertown New York with 59 men and four officers led by Capt Maurice L Dee. They expect a vigorous training close to wartime routine and plan overnight stop in Voorheville before arriving at camp Sunday afternoon.
Ex star athlete Tompkins once of Concord High and son of Representative Harold Tompkins underwent a serious operation yesterday at Emerson Hospital. He resides on Lowell Road.
An Ohio man received a ten year sentence after placing an obstruction on a railroad track. The move caused a train to collide with the object, ending in the incident and legal action.
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