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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1950
Page
11
Fragmentary OCR notes mention an annual theater event with veterans, dates including the 17th and 18th, and registration details. References to Statler place and Marlboro hint at locations or sponsors. The text is garbled but indicates an organized community program with a Browning line and a song element.
Berlin town to fill the unexpired term of late Selectman Brittan A. Jackson who was fatally injured in a gravel pit incident near his home. Nomination papers due by 6 p.m. July 17 for certification. Herbert G. Guild of Randall Road circulating papers as several candidates expected to enter the field.
Robert Boyle faced a $3 fine after a traffic incident but was granted probation five days before his wedding. Judge Eamund P. Mahoney advised saving spare money and noted probation as the outcome.
Michigan State agronomists report a soil prep method called once over reduces tillage steps and costs while preserving high yields. They found that traditional plowing packing and planting increased yields on stall grains sugar beets and corn on good soil, whereas conventional seedbed prep with double disking and spike tooth harrowing was less efficient, with the once over enabling quicker planting.
The ad copy describes shovels labeled as saving labor and tractor fuel for high production farming. It claims better water infiltration, maintained tilth, and stronger seedbed the roots can access nutrients air and moisture, reducing tillage damage.
A newly identified cattle illness called x-disease or scorgestone spreads through Illinois herds with varying impact. Reports note possible herd delimination and dispersion in some regions while southern states may face greater risk. young cattle show higher susceptibility and adults affected across dairy and beef types.
The New England Council reports a strong first half with rising employment and booming construction. Textile orders reach 18 million dollars with Pratt & Whitney East Hartford Navy engine contracts totaling 18 million. Building permits up 119.6 percent year over year. shoe and machine tool sectors show gains. Non agricultural employment climbs through spring with continued upward trend into June. The vacation industry profits also described as excellent.
Governor Paul A. Dever and Registrar Rudolph F. King praised law enforcement and public cooperation for Massachusetts recording its lowest highway fatality count during the Fourth of July weekend. They credited city town state and metropolitan police, motor vehicle inspectors, press and radio and outdoor advertisers for the successful cooperative program.
The public works office announced the Dorchester firm as the low bidder for Bedford drainage ditch channel calibrations and water pipe relocation work. Gainey's Construction News reported the bid results as of today.
Frank D. DiCenso Co. 24 Helena Jd Dorchester bid 6620. Dingley Construction Co. 22 Everett St Nutick bid 8190. Kitson Co. Cedar St Braintree bid 9000.
Three sets of twins arrived on three successive days at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston forming the first such series in the hospital's 50 year history.
Caroline Wilson, daughter of Rev. Charles Chase Wilson of Cohasset and a Concord Academy graduate, will marry Charles Edward Rogerson II of Brookline on Saturday August 5 at 4 PM. The ceremony will be officiated by the bride’s father with her uncle Ronald Cordinaly assisting, followed by a rectory reception.
Concord area report shows Shirley Srfiad of Bedford Street opening a studio at 21 Main Street upstairs over The Paint Pot. The exhibit runs daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring works by Joan Butrick of Ripley Hill Road and Mids Mart, a college junior and former curator at the Quit Art Association Barn Gallery in Maine.
A Wyoming ranch once owned by the man who inspired the sign that began the novel The Virginian has been sold. It was previously held by Vincil Rice, said to have been the prototype of Owen Wister's character.
A dispute on Pulip Street in Knoxville Tennessee ends with a complaint alleging a former girlfriend caused distress over a $250 peace. The case involves a breakup and claims of damaged trust and property.
The bridegroom to be graduated from a new preparatory school in Cambridge with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Their engagement, weighed last January, follows a departure from the Garland School and training at Bos.
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