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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
1
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About 150 members attended the Thoreau Society annual meeting at First Parish Church in Concord. Dr. Raymond Adams presided. Prof. Harold W. Blodgett spoke on Thoreau and Whitman. New president Herbert Faulkner West and vice president Mrs. Herbert B. Hosmer, Sr were elected. A luncheon at Old Manse followed and tours of local Thoreau shrines were conducted.
Concord School Committee selects Wendell Warren of West Springfield as principal of Alcott School in Concord. Warren, 40s, has served as supervising principal and led a 1952 elementary project. Will move to Concord in summer. Re elected chairman Winthrop Lee and secretary Mrs Spinney also noted.
Concord police report a 15 year old juvenile arrested for breaking into three homes. One break occurred in West Concord and two in Concord within the last two weeks. He was brought to Concord District Court and given a probation term. Very little damage was done.
A group of four boys and four girls from Concord join 439 children and mothers departing July 15 for 12 days at Wonderland Camp, The Salvation Army’s 115 acre fresh air camp on Lake Massapong in Sharon. The 31st season will host four groups of about 400 each. Over 30 seasons more than 50,000 people have enjoyed body-building vacations at this summer paradise with beaches and woods.
The Pentagon, the world’s largest office building, was completed in 16 months at a total cost of 83 million dollars. It stands as a monumental U.S. defense facility with rapid completion and substantial investment.
Authoress Miss Ritchell of New York attended the National Thoreau Society annual meeting in Concord and returned home after a pleasant stay at the Colonial Inn. The writer of Scars has sold widely with notable buyers including ex President Truman and Gen. Omar Bradley, and has long supported the Concord Thoreau Society since its 1941 charter.
Concord Max G Fultz of Walden Street served as guest speaker on a Boston radio station Farm Hour aired yesterday at 6:05 AM. He is an agent of the Middlesex County Extension Service office.
The school expansion committee met in the superintendent’s office with Winthrop H. Lee presiding to advise on building programs for elementary enrollments over the next decade and to issue a September recommendation. Plans discussed include a new central or neighborhood schools with K 2 and intermediate grades, plus cooperation with the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commission.
The board of appeals will hold its next regular meeting on September 14 with John H. Kennedy as chairman. Three hearings are announced for Wednesday July 20 in the Town House selectmen's room to act on three petitions. The petitions appear in ads in this week’s Concord Enterprise.
Starting at 4 a m on Saturday Charles Comeau and his crew dumped 1000 tons of beach sand at Walden pond main beach. The new beach measures 12 feet by 300 feet extending left of the raft, built from 600 cubic yards hauled from the reservation. About 26 000 to 35 000 bathers visited over the weekend appreciating the effort. Robert L Carter of West Concord vacationing at the beach.
Job ad seeks male applicants for mechanic roles to train as fixers and setup staff. Three shifts with opportunities for advancement at a growing company. Apply at Corp. Trompson St. Maynard.
Margaret Jane Peggy Flynn of Concord joined 95 other graduates at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston as she earned a degree from the institution.
Conard William Capone, Boston contractor, finishes Monument street extension resurfacing under Chapter 90 this week. Town will gain a solid macadam surface from the center to the Minute-Man parking area used by tourists.
Weather records show an average tornado path width of 1,200 feet and a path length of about 16 miles, indicating typical storm scales observed in recent reports.
Concord hospitality extends to 23 young people from eight countries arriving Saturday under The Experiment in International Living. Mrs. F. Woolsey Pratt of Concord and Mrs. C. B. Creeman III of Lincoln will host in their homes in Cataumet and elsewhere for a month.
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