Acton Playground Contests Feature Wide Range Of Activities
Sudbury Saturday marks the start of National Little League tournament play with Sudbury vs Wakefield at Phippard Field. District and regional games follow in August with finals for a World Series bid. Local exhibitions include Rawson’s vs DeGrave’s in a 5-4 win powered by Wes Littlefield.
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Sudbury
Wakefield
Phippard Field
Sta‘e
Braintree
Athol
Medford
New York
Pennsyvania
New England
Williamsport
S. Maurer
J. Mann
D.C. Durand
R. Kirshner
D. Cook
P. Gatti
G. Borgeson
S. Scogland
J. Caruso
D. Burke
C. Hughes
D. Pirrello
S. Blanchette
K. Schmalz
Rawson
DeGraeve
Bob Comey
South
Charter
West
Mike McGrath
Tom King
Ray Beaudoin
Bill Scribner
Rich McLeod
Steve Wall
Phil Osterhoudt
Rene Beaudoin
Paul Beaudoin
Mark Gray
Jeff Cuff
Dick Boyden
Acton Opens Red Cross Water Safety Classes At Walden Pond
The first session of Acton's Red Cross water safety program at Walden Pond ends tomorrow with a four week course culminating in an exhibition by students. A second session starts Monday with a 360 participant quota and four daily periods including junior and senior life saving instruction.
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Acton
Red Cross
Walden Pond
Barracks Playground Holds Miss and Mr Universe Contest
A busy Barracks Playground schedule featured a Miss Universe and Mr Universe contest with winners Susan Manning Ann Martinson Scott Bamford and Paul. Supervisors Miss Joan LeSage and assistant Donald DeRome led a productive summer of games crafts and swimming activities.
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Concord
Barracks Playground
Susan Manning
Ann Martinson
Scott Bamford
Paul
Joan LeSage
Donald de- Rome
Test tube forest experiment shows gains in Yacolt Burn
Seattle reports Weyerhaeuser Co says its test tube forest on 20 acre plots in the Yacolt Burn area of southwestern Washington succeeded. Fertilizing Douglas firs with initiates produced a 50 percent diameter gain and 40 percent height gain since 1956 with seed cone production up four fold.
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Seattle
UPS
Weyerhaeuser Co
Yacobt
Washington
Switches Help Polio Victim In Wisconsin Turn Pages
Kenneth Kingery of Stoughton Wisconsin paralyzed since 1951 uses a two switch hand device from Honey Switch to operate a page turner telephone dial a tape recorder and a respirator. He has completed a year of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin and is pursuing a career in writing for children and poetry.
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Freeport, Ill
Kenneth Kingery
Stoughton
Wis
Kingery
Honey
University of Wisconsin
Nashoba Women Hear Speaker at West Acton Meeting
Roxborough Nashoba Voice of Women will meet Tuesday at 8 PM at Mrs. John Barlow 294 Central Street West Acton. Reports from committees to be heard. Mats Arberg of Stockholm Sweden recently visiting Michigan spoke on comparisons between American and Swedish education.
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Roxborough
Nashoba Voice of Women
John Barlow
Central Street
West Acton
Mats Arberg
Stockholm
Sweden
Michigan
Wine consumption in U S lags behind France despite rise
New York UPI reports that American wine consumption remains low at about one gallon per person annually while France averages around 30 gallons. The wine industry faces a long road to turning Americans into true wine drinkers.
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New York
UPI
France
Saltonstall Urges Expanded U.S. Fruit Exports to Europe
Senator Leverett Saltonstall and 17 bipartisan colleagues urge the State Department to remove non-tariff barriers on U.S. fruit exports to Western Europe and seek reciprocal trading with the United Kingdom and other nations. The letter cites Massachusetts apple growers and a 2,761,000 bushel state crop, noting 10 percent shipped last year to the UK, Holland, Sweden, and Ireland.
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Washington
Staite W. Bail
Leverett Saltonsta
State Department
U.S
Great Britain
Bay State
Ball
Massachusetts
George W. Ball
State
Department of State
Europe
Union
United Kingdom
Holland
Sweden
Ireland
National Farmers Union
Western
Leverett Saltonstall
Flowers Given at Memorial Church in Memory of Frances Borden
Miss Helen Borden gave flowers at Memorial Congregational Church on Sunday in memory of her mother Frances Borden. Chicago based Gordon Baking Co reports using over 12 million quarts of pure whole milk annually to make its bread.
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Memorial Congregational Church
Helen Borden
Frances Borden
Chicago, Ill
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Campbell Soups
TEDAY
Brwoods
Maynard
Hamburg
Armours Star
Vac - Pac
Bnchs
Co-Op Citrus Wees
General Electric
Stuart‘s International
Nason Street
Spike - Cuban
Milack
Oberg's Shoe Store
Main St
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