Controversial Fall Style Preview Highlights Waistline Debate
The New York Dress Institute hosts a fall style preview with about 200 fashion writers from the United States and Canada. The era of waistline drama continues as drop waists cede to rib encircling waistbands inspired by the French Directoire and Edwardian fashions, with filmy panels and straight-fronted silhouettes noted.
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Couture
New York Dress Institute
United States
Canada
Paris
Doris Elsworth of Oxford Passes After Long Illness
Obituary notice states Doris Elsworth of Oxford Maine died after a long illness last Thursday at Trial Hospital. Survived by daughter Nancy Dipple of New York and a brother Milton C. Elsworth. Services held at the W A Home and at Mizpah Reformed church in the family lot. Rev. Robert K. of the Methodist church officiated.
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Doris (Elsworth
Oxford
Milton C
Nancy Dipple
N.Y
W. A
Robert K
Methodist
Wil ingfield College honors Pre Med student winner
The son of Mrs Ishiy Wil ingfield receives the scholar award for a Pre Medical track at the college. The award recognizes achievement in student leadership and the push toward careers in schools agencies hospitals and business in Concord.
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Malcolm E. Wilingfield
Gfield College
Ishiy
Woolen Sweaters Repaired By Maynard Hansen
Notice lists items described as ding and 1 woolen sweaters with burns rewoy and mended attributed to M Hansen Maynard Bones.
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Ding
M. Hansen Maynard Bones
Connecticut Traffic School Opens At Farmington High
Eleven boys and one girl attended the first session of a six week experimental traffic school at Farmington High School. The program, backed by Gov Ribicoff and the Connecticut Safety Commission, is voluntary and aims to drop charges upon completion.
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Farmington, Conn
Farmington High School
Newington
Farmington
Plainville
Samsbury
West Hartford
Bloomfield
Windsor
Richard A Glendon Laid to Rest From Cape Cod
Richard A. Glendon, 86, former U S Naval Academy and Columbia crew coach, was buried at St Bernard's cemetery after a solemn high mass at Holy Trinity Church West Harwich. He coached the 1920 Olympics and died July 9 at Cape Cod Hospital. He leaves two sons and a daughter. His daughter is Mrs Alice McKenna, wife of Bernard A McKenna of 5 Laurel Street.
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Richard A. Glendon
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
U.S. Naval Academy
Columbia University
Alice McKenna
Bernard A. McKenna
Laurel Street
Holy Trinity Church
West Harwich
Glendon
Cape Cod Hospital
Local County 4-H Contest Winners Announced
Concord area 4 H members share top honors at the United Co operative Farmers Chicken of Tomorrow contest held in Leominster. David Naparstek of Ayér led in his second year with top A bird, while Middlesex entrants and other counties placed in top ten and will compete in fall Egg Laying contests and the county fair.
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Concord
David Naparstek
Pleasant Street
Ayér
United Cooperative Farmers
Leominster
David
Cackel and Crow Poultry Club
Warren Hertach
Middlesex
Wayne Brocel
Ashby
Gary Crowell
Robert Jones
Westford
Worcester
Cheshire
New Hampshire
Hillsboro
Mary Lou Dolan
Carisle
Paul Fahey
Lexington
Jonathan Aldrich
Thomas Darrah
Ann
Mary Driscoll
East Acton
Lee Mikkola
Lola Mikkola
Lyle Evans
Secon
Charles Walter Rossback
Townsend
County
Max Kuba Receives Newspaper Delivery From Duesseldorf
Milwaukee based Max Kuba maintains a subscription to a Duesseldorf newspaper. His copies arrive promptly addressed to Max Kuba Milwaukee 5 North Africa.
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Milwaukee
Max Kuba
Duesseldorf
Germany
North Africa
Whims and Woes From The Nation’s Capital
Washington quirks and political quips mix with city life as tourists spend, a Michigan driver tests rules with a mid street U turn, elevator privacy for Secretary Weeks stands out, and lawmakers in Oklahoma Texas and New York cope with heat and daily errands in the capital.
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Harman W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
Michigan
Bob
Lincoln Grange Members Attend Mystery Ride
Members of the Lincoln Grange gathered at the Town House last Wednesday for a mystery ride. They joined other Granges from Acton Concord Carlisle and visited Lanc anor Reed's Ferry in New Hampshire where a banquet and social evening were enjoyed.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Grange
Acton
Concord
Carlisle
Lancanor
Reed’s Ferry
New Hampshire
Card of Thanks clears loss with thanks to friends
The Beardsell Family and The Smith Family thank friends and neighbors for kind acts during their bereavement in Concord.
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Beardsell
Smith
Concord
Hartford man unveils atomic powered lamp and snooperscope
Harvey Kravetz a Hartford area inventor touts an atomic powered lamp with a thorium based power source claiming 12 years of operation without external electricity. He previously created the snooperscope a hidden device that traces stolen money to deter crime. Kravetz notes high lamp cost but promises substantial energy savings and ranks his work alongside other tech ideas like radiostethoscope and a earsight aid.
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Kravetz
Kravez
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Judge Tells Acquitted Man to Skin Raccoon for Hat
In Brockton Judge Anthony Kupka instructed Gordon H. Scully Jr after an acquittal on shooting a raccoon. The judge explained he believed the animal might bite his children and told him to skin the animal and make a hat for himself.
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Brockton, Mass
Ulp
Anthony Kupka
Gordon H. Scully Jr
Wrecked Etrusco Draws Crowds To Scituate Seaside
The grounded Italian freighter Etrusco off Scituate has become a major tourist lure as thousands visit each weekend. Police report crowding on beaches, while shopkeepers praise business and residents fear summer disruption as dismantling plans loom.
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James S. Geggis
U. P
Scituate
Etrusco
Massachusetts
Plymouth Rock
Coast Guard
William F. Kane
California
Philip E. Brooks
Newport
R. I
Ebbets Field
New Style Fried Chicken Variation Report
New York advises a peanut flour coating for fried chicken. Grind salted peanuts fine and mix into the flour while reducing salt for frying.
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New York
West Acton Man Named National Sales Promotion Manager
Donnald J. Sweenie of West Acton Summer Street Mount Vernon New York has been appointed national sales promotion manager by West Acton Nott Manufacturing Company Inc He is a Dale Carnegie Institute graduate and former director with extensive merchandising and sales promotion experience in small packaged products particularly in horticultural and hardware trades He previously worked for O E Linck Co in Clifton New Jersey and was manager of Nashoba Drive-In Theatre in Boxboro New Jersey.
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West Acton
Nott Manufacturing Company, Inc
Mount Vernon
New York
Donnald J. Sweenie
Summer St
Sweenie
Dale Carnegie Institute
O. E. Linck Co
Clifton
N. J
Nashoba Drive-In
Boxboro
Francis D. O'Brien Dies at 45 in West Haven
Concord sympathy is extended to Joseph P. O'Brien high school science and chemistry teacher for the sudden death of his brother Francis D. O'Brien aged 45 in West Haven Connecticut July 8. The funeral was held there last Wednesday. He was an FBI man graduate of Providence College and held a master's from Boston College. Surviving are his wife and two brothers.
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Concord
Joseph P. O’brien
Francis D. O’brien
West Haven
Connecticut
Providence College
Boston College
Truth in a stove theft turns into a bigger loss
Hartford police report a burglary attributed to Donald Bennon involving a stove, refrigerator, washing machine and television set. Bennon claimed the stolen items were valued high and the thief faced unforeseen trouble.
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Hartford
Conn
Donald Bennon
Bennon
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