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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1956
Page
12
About 200 fashion writers from the United States and Canada are to attend a week of shows sponsored by the New York Dress Institute. The main controversy centers on waistlines with drop-waisted styles fading and rib encircling waists taking over.
Ris Elsworth of Mizpah Re named in Milton C Dipple of New York and one other survivor. She died after a long illness last Thursday in hospital in Oxford Maine. Burial at W A Home cemetery with Reverend Robert K of the Methodist denomination officiating.
The entered fragment notes a student leader at Concord College winning a Pre-Medical career award. It mentions affiliations with schools agencies hospitals and related post in healthcare fields. The text is garbled but points to academic achievement and leadership in medical career pathways.
Fragmentary notice mentions woolen sweaters, burns rewoy and mended, with unclear context. No identifiable persons or organizations are readable. The readable fragment suggests a repair or inventory note from a clothing or relief item listing.
Eleven boys and one girl attended the first session of an experimental traffic school at Farmington High School. The six week course is organized by eight towns to curb careless driving and is voluntary. Upon completion, charges are dropped. backed by Gov. Ribicoff and the Connecticut Safety Commission plus the towns of Avon Newington Farmington Plainville Sambury West Hartford Bloomfield and Windsor.
Committal services were held at St Bernard's cemetery for Richard A Glendon age 86 former U S Naval Academy and Columbia University crew coach He lived in West Harwich and died July 9 at Cape Cod Hospital A solemn high mass was celebrated at Holy Trinity Church He leaves two sons and another daughter.
Concord boy David Naparstek won the United Co operative Farmers Chicken of Tomorrow Contest at the Leominster Dressing Plant. Middlesex 4-H members, including Wayne Brocel and Gary Crowell, placed in the top 10. Seventy five 4-Hers from four counties competed, with fall Egg Laying Contest entries to follow.
Max Kuba holds a subscription to a Duesseldorf newspaper. The copies arrive promptly addressed to Max Kuba at Milwaukee Number 5 in North Africa, illustrating a curious mailing route and misdirected delivery.
A kaleidoscope of Washington notes covers oddities from a Michigan motorist who makes a mid street U turn to a Commerce Building elevator for Secretary Weeks staffers, a girl knits sweaters during slow moments, Kerr Kernel quips, and jokes about cooking and cheese sandwiches. Rep. Wright notes mild summer heat and early rising habits.
Lincoln Grange members gathered at the Town House last Wednesday for a mystery ride to unspecified destinations. They joined neighboring Granges from Acton Concord Carlisle and visited Lanc anor Reed's Fergy New Hampshire for a banquet and social evening.
The Beardsell and Smith families express sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness during their bereavement. Concord Adv.
Harvey Kravetz of West Hartford unveils an atom powered lamp claimed to run 12 years without external power and a newer snooperscope device that can trace thieves. He markets dwarf transistors and tiny batteries from a bedroom workshop and notes prior inventions like a track-gap indicator for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
In Brockton Massachusetts Judge Anthony Kupka acquits Gordon H. Scully Jr. on charges related to shooting a raccoon after explaining the animal could bite his children and urging that skinning it for a hat shows a misguided readiness to harm.
The Italian freighter Etrusco grounded near Scituate during a March blizzard, drawing thousands of sightseers to the town. Police report cars backed up on beaches as visitors from many states flooded the area while shopkeepers profit from the wreckage as insurers plan dismantling for scrap.
An old favorite gets a twist as the batter uses finely ground salted peanuts mixed into flour. Reduce usual salt as the coating prepares for frying. the approach suggests a crunchier, nutty crust for fried chicken.
Donald J. Sweenie of West Acton has been appointed national sales promotion manager for West Acton-Nott Manufacturing Company Inc Mount Vernon New York. Sweenie a Dale Carnegie Institute graduate and former merchandising and sales promotions director brings experience in small packaged products especially in horticultural and hardware trades. He previously worked with O E Linck Co Clifton New Jersey and was manager of Nashoba Drive-In Theatre Boxboro.
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 age 45 in West Haven Connecticut on July 8. The funeral was held in West Haven last Wednesday. An FBI man he was a Providence College graduate and held a master's degree from Boston College. Surviving are his wife and two other brothers.
In Hartford Connecticut police report a stolen stash recovered by Donald Bennon included a stove refrigerator washing machine and television set. Bennon said the thief took more than expected and the items were valued at a substantial total.
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