Goodman Society Revives Civic Club Lantern Project
The Goodman Society in town awakens after years of inactivity. Former members respond to dues and a revival effort led by president Craig Wylie and officers Abel Cutting Forrest Bradshaw and LaMonte Greswold. The first project features lanterns on the Common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodman Society
Gleason
Richard Hill
Howard Emmons
Francis McGettigan
Craig Wylie
Abel Cutting
Forrest Bradshaw
LaMonte Greswold
New Families Move Into Sudbury Amid Growth
Sudbury welcomes a growing number of new residents as Priscilla Walton visits new households weekly. Notables include J S Edwards from California linked to Ludlow Manufacturing in Needham and the Dew family from Cohitiuate, Raytheon employee Mr Dew. Other newcomers include L H Peavey Jr with Sylvania Waltham and W A Waugh with Corcoran Motors Wellesley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Priscilla Walton
Sudbury Welcomer
J. S. Edwards
Dutton Road
California
Edwards
Ludlow Manufacturing Company
Needham
Wagon Wheel Road
Dews
Co.chituate
Dew
Raytheon
L. H. Peavey, Jr
Upton
Peavey
Sylvania
Waltham
W. A. Waugh
Saxonville
Waugh
Corcoran Motors
Wellesley
E. M. Mason
Mason
White Motors
Newton
G. L. Wyther
Dodger Lane
Mr. Wyther
Boston
G .G. Rowes
Peakham Road
Springfield
Mr. Rowe
Belmont
A. H. Rosenbaum
Lincoln Lane
Mr. Rosenbaum
I. L. Thompson Company
Fragmentary OCR Note with Names and Places
Incomplete text fragment mentions Nora Osmaid and Stow with unclear context and attendance. The item reads as a partial notice or note lacking full details of event or action.
Fragmentary Note on Airman Ukkinen and Fateful Blue Five
A partial record mentions Airman Ukkinen and Povueraue in a vague scene with a blue five vessel and gas context, leaving unclear details about the action, people, or outcomes. The readable fragments suggest a wartime or aircraft related reference, but concrete facts are unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukkinen
Povueraue
Relatives Visit Sudbury Family from Illinois and California
Sudbury residents Mr and Mrs Gordon Hunter hosted two weeks of family visits from Mrs Hunter's relatives. The Brockett couple from Illinois traveled with their daughter Leslie, while John Nichol and son from Los Angeles toured Washington and New York before meeting the Sudbury group. Alma Brockett from Illinois joined the reunion, the first in five years, planning to stay longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Gordon Hunter
Nantucket
Alma Brockett
Illinois
Mrs Davis Attends Institute of Education at Tufts Summer School
Mrs. Louise S. Davis of 328 Con Cord street attends the second annual Institute of Education and Citizenship held with Tufts University Summer School. Andrews died unexpectedly the other day. a search of his room uncovered bonds and securities totaling $34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise S. Davis
Con Cord Street
Institute of Education and Citizenship
Tufts University
Andrews Diew
Funeral for Littleton youth as airman held in fatal Elks club death
Funeral services for Charles F. Conville 22 of Littleton were held at St. Patrick's Church East Cambridge after he died at Emerson Hospital. Airman William F. Gilbert 26 of Littleton stationed at Otis Field Falmouth is jailed on $5,000 bail after a Groton Elks Club fight in which Conville died. Police report Gilbert admitted striking Conville. An autopsy by Dr. George Katsas will issue a finding later. Conville leaves parents a sister and was a member of local Elks Lodge and St Anne’s Holy Name Society.
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Littleton
St. Patrick’s Church
East Cambridge
Charles F. Conville
Emerson Hospital
Concord
William F. Gilbert
Otis Feld
Falmouth
Ayer District Court
Lyman K. Clark
Gilbert
Danville
Elks Club
Groton
Ralph Gilbert
Great Road
Clark
Conville
George Katsas
Charles L. Conville
Helen (Corcoran) Conville
Anne Conville
Littleton-Westford
New Director Named at Electronics Research Directorate
Dr Lowell M Hollingsworth of Lincoln has been appointed director of the Electronics Research Directorate at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center. The 48 year old scientist has led the lab for three months and has been with AFCRC since 1946. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and will oversee research and development in one of the center’s three large directorates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell M. Hollingsworth
Old Bedford Road
Lincoln
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Hollingsworth
Air Force General
AFCRC
USAF
Concord unit trains at Fort Devens with 60 men
The Concord National Guard Company I from Acton Maynard Bedford and Concord began a two week tour of duty at Fort Devens. The 60 men and four officers led by Captain Paul V. Dee began bivouac training on Sunday with Visitors Day planned for Sunday and Governors Day on Thursday July 21. Oldtimers Day will also be observed as former guard members renew acquaintances. This is the unit’s first Devens training in 21 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
182Nd Infantry
Fort Devens
Paul V. Dee
Guard
Acton
Maynard
Begford
Devens
National Guard
Pentagon Largest Office Building in the World
The Pentagon serves as the headquarters for the Department of Defense and is described as the largest office building in the world. Text notes its size and central role in U.S. military administration.
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Pentagon
Department of Defense
Ald
Florence Haskin Weds Anson Wood Belding at Sudbury Chapel
Miss Florence Haskin of Bridgeport Conn. married Anson Wood Belding of Watertown at Martha-Mary Chapel Sudbury. Rev John H Leamon officiated. Bride wore Dior blue peau de soie with feathered carnation Bible. reception at Wayside Inn. They will reside in Watertown.
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Sudbury
Martha-Mary Chapel
Florence Haskin
Bridgeport
Dana Haskins
Burlington
Viola Haskins
Worcester
John M. Belding
Lexington
Donald Ayers
Springfield
Edwin A. Collett
Providence
Rhode Island
Wayside Inn
Watertown
Carlisle Girl Betrothed to Army Man
Carlisle Mr. and Mrs. Kristen Larsen announce the engagement of their daughter Laura Kristene to Pfo. Bobby Gene Higginbotham son of Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Higginbotham of Greenwood South Carolina Miss Larsen a Carlisle grammar and Concord High School graduate attended Lowell Commercial College and works at Raytheon in Bedford Pfc Higginbotham a Greenwood graduate serves in the U S Army at Fort Devens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Kristen Larsen
Bellows Hill Road
Laura Kristene
Pfo
Bobby Gene Higginsbotham
Alwin C. Higginbotham
Columbia Street
Greenwood
South Carolina
Miss Larsen
Carlisle Grammar
Concord High School
Lowell Commercial College
Raytheon
Bedford
Pfc
Higginbotham
Greenwood Schools
U. S. Army
Fort Devens
Sudbury Graduate Wins BU Scholarship in Fall Term
Natalie Pierello, a Sudbury High School graduate, earns a $150 Boston University scholarship for the fall term. She is among 220 graduates receiving grants totaling $82,000. World soybean production hits a record 742.8 million bushels in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Pierello
Sudbury High School
Boston University
Miss Pierello
Reformatory Escapers Still Loose From Massachusetts Prison Farm
Two inmates from Massachusetts Reformatory in West Concord escaped from the farm rounds Sunday evening and remained missing yesterday morning. Identified are Wilfred J. Michaud and Leonard Wadman, both married, among 38 men on duty. Local and state police, plus extra guards, hunted intersections for clues after the 7:30 alert. Michaud had prior escapes and lengthy sentences for breaking and entering and larceny. Wadman faced four to six years for counts of unnatural acts and assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Concord
Massachusetts Reformatory
Wilfred J. Michaud
Spruce Street
Lawrence
Leonard Wadman
East Main Street
Ayer
Edward S. Grennan
Cambridge
Michaud
Norfolk and State Prison
Reformatory
Wadman
Parole Board
Bedford grad works as Camp Sesmaca counsellor
Jean Balfour a Concord High School graduate spends the summer as a counsellor at Camp Sesmaca in Raymond New Hampshire now entering her third year. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John S Balfour of North Road. Bedford Red Cross held a blood donor day at Hanscom Air Base with Mrs Robert E Pike as chairman. this was the third donor day for the year. A Red Cross note adds that enough cellophane is produced annually to wrap motor parts into a bag large enough to hold a city twice the size of Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Balfour
Concord High School
Camp Sesmaca
Raymond
New Hampshire
John S. Balfour
Northroad
Bedford
Detroit
Annual Roadeo Seeks Air Force Vehicle Drivers
Bedford event draws 100 plus military and civilian drivers from the Air Force Cambridge Research Center to compete in five vehicle classes. Writes test the driver’s knowledge and maneuvering skill with a serpentine course and strict stopping measurements. Winners advance to ARDC finals in Baltimore and then to the national Air Force Roadeo at Wright Patterson in August. Judges are from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles and New England Highway Safety Associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Roadeo
Air Force
Hanscom
Air Research and Development Command
Baltimore
ARDC
Hanscom Roadeo
William J. Kaiser
Thomas Kelly
Harold F. Britton
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
New England Highway Safety Associates
Bedford Births at Emerson Hospital Concord
Bedford residents welcomed new babies this week at Emerson Hospital Concord. A son to Mr and Mrs Gartano Falabella Jr of 23 Burlington Road on July 9 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Stanford McEwen of 4 Maple Street on July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Ana
Gerard Glennon
Page Road
Gartano Falabella, Jr
Burlington Road
Stanford McEwen
Maple Street
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Eskkinen
Bertha Jarvi
Ney
Wior Company
James E. Donahue
Center
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Mr. Donahue
Mr. Bishop
William J. McQuil
Walter A. Bishop
Wire C. Fred Millett
Guy E. Sargent Jr
William B. Mullen
Ian
Francis Boland
FT. Devens
Emerson
Connecticut
Ee Manise Marita
Mary
Laura Larsen
Singer Sewing Center
Wwe
Singer
Main St. Marl
Norfolk
N. E
den Board
The
Diamond Match Company
Florence St. Marlboro Tel
Marlboro
U. S
Summer Call
Hilltop
Nancy Polhamus
K &E
United States
U. S. Air Force
Justcall Civil Defense
Observer Corps
Advertising Council
Arthur F. March, JR
Optometrist
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