Rose Hawthorne High School to Admit Girls Only
Concord residents attended a reception for Archbishop Richard J. Cushing at the Powers residence. He announced that Rose Hawthorne will add 16 elementary rooms and will establish a girls only high school from September 1953 due to demand. The event drew about 500 people from Concord and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Richard J. Cushing
D.D
Boston
James W. Powers
Squaw Sachem Road
Rose Hawthorne School
Powers
Madeline W. Ryan
West Concord
Thige
Sch
Teady
The
Appeals Board Hearing on 24 Crescent Avenue Change
Bedford board of appeals will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall Selectmen's Room on Wednesday July 16 at 8 p m. to consider William J Coulter and Evelyn B Coulter petition to convert their single family dwelling at 24 Crescent Avenue corner of Bacon Road to two families. Change not permissible until the board decides after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Board of Appeals
Selectmen
William J. Coulter
Evelyn B. Coulter
Crescent Avenue
Bacon Road
Bedford Grange invites visitors for Monday meeting
The Bedford Grange will hold a Monday night meeting on July 14 at 8 at the Town hall. Master Mrs J Ridgeway Comley will preside. Four Granges Sudbury Burlington Medford and Maynard were invited to join. The Bedford Grange annual fair is set for Saturday September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bedford Grange
Town Hall
Concord Board of Selectmen
Franklin R. Johnson
Bra ownership gaps between America and other nations
The Corset and Brassiere Association of America reports that American women own about three brassieres on average for support and figure enhancement, while in many other countries the average is one bra for every 50 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brassiere Association of America
New Library Additions List Unveiled by Concord Librarian
Concord librarian Sarah R. Bartlett announces the latest library acquisitions. Fiction includes Buck The Hidden Flower Dowdey Jasmine Street Reilly The Double Man Spring The Houses in Between. Non-Fiction features The Monongahela Burns The Last King of Paradise Chester Embattled Maiden Comstock American Lithographs of the 19th Century Corbett My India and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Sarah R. Bartlett
Buck
Dowdey
Jasmine
Street. Reilly
the Double Man
Spring
Bissell
Burns
Chester
Comstock
Corbett
Daniels & Allgood
du Maurier
George du Maurier
Forster & Epstein
Howe & Chamberlain
Moss
Peattie
Readers Digest
Long and Short of It In Oregon Housing Duplex
Phillip W. Long and Clarence E. Short share a duplex in a government housing area in McNary Oregon. Short is taller than Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNary
Ore
U.P
Phillip W. Long
Clarence E. Short
Short
Long
Concord notables and events from Carlisle to Cambridge
Concord residents honor Casper Nelson on 40th anniversary at Carlisle home. Judith Piper sails for summer with Experiment in International Living. Major Lloyd Booth visits Ohio after Army discharge. Leon and M Rosa Moreau open Thrift Cleaners in Cambridge. Edgar F. Clark returns from Lowell General Hospital after surgery. OGrady family notes and town board schedule upcoming meetings and Rotary luncheon chair. Robert O Grady returned from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar F. Clark
Main Street
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell Hospital
Emerson
Pee Wee Reese Stars In Mutual Radio Show For Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers captain Pee Wee Reese hosts the new Pee Wee Reese Show on Mutual Saturdays 5 45 to 6 00 p m. taped for nationwide broadcast with Frank Singiser and Paul Jonas producing. Reese, 19 when he joined in 1940, is famed shortstop and war veteran sharing sliding and safety tips for young fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Connelly
Wee Reese
Colonel
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pee Wee Reese
Mutual
New York
Pee Wee
MBC News
Frank Singiser
Reese
Harold
Brooklyn
U. S. Navy
MBC Sports
Paul Jonas
Air Force Captain Returns From Leave At Camp Dix
Capt Alfred H D Perkins Jr of 278 Main Street West Concord returns to U S Air Force duties at Camp Dix New Jersey after a two week leave with wife and four children. He plans to move his family to New Jersey around August 1 and has rented his home to an officer from Hanscom Field Bedford Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. D. Perkins, Jr
Main_street
West Concord
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Perkins
Hanscom
Bedford
4-H Dairy Club Plans Field Day and Show
Concord 4-H dairy members are advised of a field day and show at Green Meadow Farm Littleton on Saturday July 26 at 10 30. The event features fitting and showmanship contests judging and a farm tour with local entries expected. The Middlesex County 4-H club fair runs August 21 23 at Groton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Green Meadow Farm
Littleton
Middlesex County
Groton
Government income rights quote in Norwalk Hour
A Norwalk Hour editorial asserts government can reap most income without seizing private property or demanding owners take risks or manage investments, arguing public revenue outpaces stockholders’ gains without similar responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Wool workers urge action to curb South American wool tops
The Combers Group and NAWM pressed Treasury Secretary Snyder to impose countervailing duties on wool tops from Uruguay and Argentina, arguing subsidies distort trade and displace American workers. They cited March imports of 12,000,000 pounds and asked Senator OMahoney to back enforcement of the Tariff Act of 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Snyder
the Treasury
NAWM
Secretary of the Treasury
Uruguay
Argentina
U. S
United States
Snyder
New England
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Colorado
Oregon
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Mrs Maggie Magill Rites Noted in Concord Notice
Sympathy is extended to Mrs Anna M Hurley of Old Bedford road Concord for the death of her mother Mrs Margaret Jennie Thompson Magill of Somerville who died July 4 at Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis. She is survived by two daughters and one son. The funeral was held Monday afternoon in Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. T. Magill
Concord
Anna M. Hurley
Old Bedford Road
Rgaret
Jennie Thompson) Magill
Somerville
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis
Malden
Deborah Veinott Returns From Girls State Delegation
Bedford student Deborah Veinott daughter of Mrs. Howard O Veinott attended Girls State at Bridgewater State Teachers College as a delegate of the Bedford Legion Ladies Auxiliary unit and returned home last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Deborah Veinott
Howard O. Veinott
Concord High School
Girls
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Bedford Legion Post
Dolan Retires After 27 Years as Massachusetts Reformatory Head
West Concord retiree John C. Dolan 56 of 222 Elm Street ends a 27 year career as superintendent of the Massachusetts Reformatory. A World War I veteran, Dolan rose from correction officer to deputy superintendent and later became superintendent in 1947. He plans a Sebago Maine vacation with wife Frances Powers and has two sons, John C. Dolan Jr. and William Dolan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord
John C. Dolan
Elm Street
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord
Robert F. Bradford
Thomas P. McCusker
Maurice Tobin
Dolan
Frances Powers
Sebago
Maine
John C. Dolan, Jr
Concord Police
William Dolan
Concord Force
Maxwell B. Grossman
Commissioner of
Correction
Funeral for West Concord Man Held
The funeral of Joseph Subick of Hill side avenue West Concord was held after a three week illness on his 49th wedding anniversary. The service at Our Lady Help of Christians church followed a high mass and committal prayers at St Bernard's cemetery. He died at Avery Nursing Home Sudbury and was a retired state and town highway employee. Surviving are his wife Mary and five children plus five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord
Joseph Subick
Hillside Avenue
Avery
Sudbury
Joseph Dee & Son
Bedford Street
Our Lady Help of Christians
John J. Sco Sn
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Subick
Austria
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Mary (Oberzal) Subick
Edward J. Subick
Anthony Subick
Maynard
Stephanie Janulewicz
Julia Bower
Shelburne
Nova Scotia
Sophie Adams
Marlboro
Stella Manlick
Fatal Turnpike Crash Report Details
A late information sketch describes a fatal turnpike crash near Malden. The car overturned and landed in wreckage with driver J Clarence Blane among the injured or deceased. Patrolman John Costello and Eugene from the Motor Vehicles office attended. the vehicle ended up in a garage with a Malden address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carly
Lexington
J. Clarence
Addr Road
Malden
Eugene Inspector Motor Vehicles
Ton Garage
Bedford Newsnotes and Life Events Summary
Mr and Mrs William E Perkins of the U S Veterans Hospital Bedford welcomed a son born June 22 at Emerson Hospital Concord. Mr and Mrs Edward Fuch sold their Pepperel farm and will build a new home on Pine Hill Road. Mrs Henry S Baxter hosted the 1940 Club dessert card party with Mrs George D Fraser and Mrs E Grove Smith as prize winners. Miss Thelma K Richter public health nurse in Bedford is on vacation in July and recommends contacting Mrs Josephine Genetti or Mrs Alice Herlihy for nursing care. The Bedford School Committee contracted Philip Tackney of Bedford for bus transportation within town and to Concord with routes published before September 3 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Perkins
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Bedford
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Edward Fuch
Pepperel
Pine Hill Road
Henry S. Baxter
Springs Road
George D. Fraser
E. Grove Smith
Thelma K. Richter
Ju'y
Josephine Genetti
Hancock Street
Alice Herlihy
Bedford School
Philip Tackney
Mother and child travel on a great road in a plane
A fragment notes a mother and child on a journey along a great road with access to a plane. The text hints at travel by air linked to the road path, suggesting a modern transport scene.
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Sepee
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Ree-Manning
Rose Hawthorne High School
Leo Mullin
Jerry Lynch
Arthur Parke
John J. Sheehan
Thomas F. Garrity, Jr
James E. Finan, Jr
Maurice McWalter
William G. Ryan
Bernard E. Megin
Alexander F. MacEachern
Edward J. McCaffrey
Terence McHugh
Fred Brown
Michael J. Burke
Edmund M. Higgins
St. Bernard’s Church
John York
St. Elizabeth's Church
West Acton
William O’brien
William Carter
St. Bridget’s Church
Edmund J. Rowan
St. Joseph's Church
South Lincoln
Bernard Sheridan
St. Ann’s Church
William E. Kerrigan
St. Michael’s Church
Grangers
Huttles Florist Shop
Brewster
Caldwell & Merrill
Decker
McGinley
Schneider
Twin Maple
Vsjr
Restaurant
Casper Nelson
Estabrook Road
Carlisle
Norway
Judith Piper
Concord Academy
Richard F. Piper
Lloyd Booth
Lincoln
U. S. Army
Ohio
Leon J. Moreau
Cambridge Turnpike
New Hampshire
Walden Street
John J. O’grady, Jr
Elm’ Street
England
Fort Worth
Texas
Concord Rotary Club
A. Glenn Simmbergt
Robert O'Grady
U. S. of Bedford
Thaddius
Reboin
Detroit
Zieger Hospital
America
N.Y
Library of Congress
Mr. Men
John Costello
Carlton Road
Sil of
Massachus
Loomis
Bete
Rogers
Tel. Holm
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