Playground Olympics Bring Diverse Events To West Bed
Weekend activities at Payground featured an Olympic style program with girls from several countries competing in modified events such as dash relay and broad jump under Peter Thoreau supervision. Older boys joined in arts crafts and social games while a wheel parade showcased carriages tractors and plaques with numerous prize winners listed including Donna Fifield Eileen Myers and Stephen Hanley among others.
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Mits
Recreation plan for summer band program at Toland Center
Toland directs a summer recreation initiative for school age children in the town. The program runs for four Mondays using three activity pieces combined with warm up routines and a dance segment led by Daner to create an extended session.
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Toland
Tennis Lessons At Alcott Playground For Special Group
The fourth week of supervised tennis lessons runs at West Concord courts led by Judith Bowering with Robert Paul assisting. Jeanmarie Barry heads the program at Alcott Playground along with Polly Hopking and Susan Megin. Beginners learn terms and strokes while intermediate players prepare for a tournament and the final week. Certificates will be awarded after the four week course intended to promote recreation and future facility improvements.
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Jeanmarie Barry
Tennig
West Concord
Judith Bowering
Robert Paul
Concord
Austin Is Low In Golf Tourney At Concord Country Club
Concord Weekend golf scores in the handicap medal event list players and scores led by James M. Austin 78 68 and Jonathan Snelling 79 74. Other notable scores include George K. Whitney 93 73 Charles B. Johnson 86 74 and James R. Clarke 102 84.
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Austin
Concord
Concord Country Club
James M. Austin
Wilder Parks
George K. Whitney
Charles B. Johnson
Danforth W. Comins, Jr
Hubert M. Wardwell
A. Laurence Peirson, Jr
Jonathan Snelling
James O. Seemans
Horatio W. Bacon
Calvin B. Geary
Leonard Smith
John Adams
L. Buckgarber
James R. Clarke
Julian W. Holman
Newton City Club Tops Mass Correctional All Stars 9-4
West Concord lefty Dave Fox pitched for Newton City Club to a 9-4 victory over Mass Correctional All Stars at their diamond. Newton City Club had 18 hits led by Mason with four. Mass Correctional scored all four runs in the first inning on three hits.
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West Concord
Dave Fox
Newton City
Mass. Correctional
Mason
Bike safety contests to begin at Concord
During the week of August 14 in the evening bicycle skill riding contests will be held. Safety Officer Sergt. Hanley will visit recreation commission playgrounds to select finalists. exact contest dates for each ground will be announced later.
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Concord
Eee
F. Hanley
Sergt. Hanley
Recreation Commission
James E. Finan, Jr
Conantum Folks
James McDonough
Sergt
James F. Hanley
Concord Police
Morgan Show to Highlight Trick Horse at Northampton
BenJon C Smalley of 127 Great Road enters two Morgan horses Little Miss Pepper and Dannty Dot plus Lippman Hawk for the national Morgan horse show to run July 27 to 30 in Northampton. Highlight performs with black stallion Sllowana Jim in multiple sessions directed by David Cravatta, featuring more than 25 tricks. Entries come from Kansas Ohio Iowa Canada and across the eastern U S and New England. Sessions run July 27 and 28 at 9 am 1 pm 7 pm July 29 at 8:30 am 1 pm 7 pm closing July 30 at 1 pm.
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Benjon C. Smalley
Great Road
Morgan
Morgan Horse
Kansas
Ohio
Iowa
Canada
United States
New Englad
Helin Dee Lead Top Bowlers In Summer League
Maynard postponed matches of July 3 were rolled Monday evening at Tuttes Alleys with results to be announced. Plans are to culminate the season with a trip to Fenway Park on August 8 to see the Red Sox play the Nationals from Minnesota. High scorers last week include Jerry Dee 330 John Helin 351 Hoppy Cassidy 334 Sonny Lucia 318 Rickey Haley 315 Bert Gruber 314 Hannon 313. Dee had a 126 single.
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Maynard
Tutte’s
Fenway Park
Red Sox
Nationals
Minnesota
Jerry Dee
John Helin
Hoppy Cassidy
Sonny Lucia
Rickey Haley
Bert Gruber
Hannon
Dee
Mixed Foursomes Stage Weekend Event at Country Club
Concord clubs hosted mixed foursomes over the weekend with pairings and results. Samuel Cutler and Mrs. William T. Wyman defeated 88 to 63, Louis Buckgarber and Mrs. James M. Austin 87 to 68, J. Reddy and Mrs. William W. Anderson 87 to 70, Franklin R. Johnson and Mrs. Thomas Huckins 92 to 71, Bruce S Old and Mrs. James R. Clarke 88 to 72, William Wyman and Mrs. Martin Peterson 90 to 74, Walter Bush and Mrs. John F. Piavin 100 to 74.
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Concord
Country Club
Samuel Cutler
William T. Wyman
Louis Buckgarber
James M. Austin
J. Reddy
William W. Anderson
Franklin R. Johnson
Thomas Huckins
Bruce S Old
James R. Clarke
William Wyman
Martin Peterson
Walter Bush
John F. Piavin
Bedford Tennis Championship Opens With Mrs Healy Entry
Bedford entries closed for town tennis championships led by Mrs Healy of 22 Wildwood Road. Matches use best two out of three and play will begin this week at Play Way.
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Bedford
Mary Had a Little Lamb House Noted in Town Lore
A brown cottage with two dormers and a rosette in the gable is linked to town tradition as the shop where Mrs. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale taught and wrote the poem Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Maynard Sport-Lites With Al Cowles
The piece notes postwar sponsorships sustain local athletics in Maynard and surrounding towns. It cites businessmen and fraternal groups funding Little League and high school programs, contrasts with earlier fan-supported days, and mentions sponsors like Victory Market and the United Co-operative Society. It also covers Mets tryouts and local club success stories.
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Maynard
Moonpeeeay
P. O
N. Y
Old Maynard Town
St. Bridget’s Holy Name Society
Alvin Fletcher
Stow
Assabet Valley
United Co-operative Society
Stags
Red Caps
Victory Market
New York Mets
Riverside Park
Hudson
Johnny Murphy
Yankee
Joe O'Connor
Twins
Milford
Babe Ruth
Little League
Tauno
O’connor
Maynard Country Club
Hunting and Fishing on the Connecticut River Highlights
Sherm Sebastian Maynard notes the Connecticut River’s salmon decline due to dams from Holyoke to Turners Falls. Access sites exist for anglers and fish species include white perch pickerel northern pike bass horned pout yellow perch and channel cats. Best bass fishing runs Turners Falls dam to the Vermont border with local ponds and lakes favored as brooks fall low. Striper fishing is fair with most catches near the sea.
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Maynard
Connecticut River
New
Holyoke
Turners Falls
Flavin Thomp son lose Clyde Cup opener at Brookline
Concord pair Dr. John F. Flavin and Henry S. Thompson suffer a 3 and 2 defeat in the first round at The Country Club Brookline to Joe Monahan Jr. and Eddie Martin of Winchester in the Clyde Cup championship.
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Concord
John F. Flavin
Henry S. Thompson
Maynard Banker
Brookline
Joe Monahan, Jr
Eddie Martin
Winchester
Concord Navy Man Trains With SWERVE Ahead of Return
Midshipman first class David P. Evans of Concord Massachusetts trains aboard the U S S Swerve an ocean minesweeper in the Caribbean He serves as junior officer of the deck watch and is a member of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Dartmouth College The unit is scheduled to return to Charleston homeport on July 28
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Caribbean
FHTNC
David P. Evans
Harland S. Evans
Cambridge Turnpike
Concord
Mass
U.S.S
Charleston
Mc Evang
Bedford Man With Cruise On U S S Beale
Midshipman third class Kenneth E. Graves of Bedford Massachusetts serves aboard the escort destroyer U S S Beale during annual summer training out of Norfolk Virginia. The Beale, now in a hunter killer task group, provides at sea experience for midshipmen preparing for naval commissions. The cruise will visit Boston and Quebec before ending.
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Norfolk
FHTNC
U.S.S. Beale
Kenneth E. Graves
Ernest F. Graves
Page Road
Bedford
Mass
Beale
Alfa
Naval Service
Boston
Quebec
Canada
Public Hearing Set in Sudbury on Three Petitions
Sudbury town hall hosts a public hearing Tuesday Aug 1 at 8 30 p m to consider three petitions including a grocery store at 40 Willig Lake Drive a light industrial activity by Fred Stanley Wilson Jr and a request by Elliot and Arlene Pollak to own and breed up to 10 dogs and sell puppies Edward E Kreitsek clerk of the board of appeals advertised the dates.
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Willig Lake Drive
Fred Stanley Wilson, Jr
Elliot
Arlene Pollak
Edward E. Kreitsek
Board of Appeals
Annual Youth Fair Opens in Sturbridge This Weekend
The eighth annual Youth Fair at Old Sturbridge Village runs Friday and Saturday at Village Fair Grounds behind the Governor Lincoln House. More than 500 youths from Worcester, Hampden, and Hampshire counties will exhibit cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, swine, rabbits, produce, flowers, crafts, and baked goods. Friday features dairy and goat shows plus rabbit judging. Saturday includes sheep and horse shows and poultry judging. Sixty judges and 34 donors are listed in the premium book, marking Sturbridge Fair’s 105th anniversary and a 1700 year link to Stourbridge, England.
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Sturbridge
Old Sturbridge
Vilage
Sturbridge Fair
Stourbridge
England
Marlborough Man Is Accented For L T L New Class
Lowell Technical Institute prepares for a large freshman class in September with 83 local students enrolled in a six week precollege refresher program. Courses include chemistry English mathematics physics and plane trigonometry with a four week session from July 31 to Aug 30.
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Lowell
Henry DeCoteau
Elm Street
Marlboro
Lowell Techoological Institute Nex
LTI
Ntow Seaman In Training On Angler
Raymond F. Cure electronics technician seaman US Navy is aboard the submarine USS Angler operating from New London Connecticut. The Angler conducts summer training cruises for midshipmen from Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps units to provide at sea experience in navigation engineering and gunnery for future commissioned officers.
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New London
Naval Reserve
New Director at Technical Bedford
Donald Schimelfenyg appointed associate director of operations research at Tech-Ops Inc. under Dr. Franklin C. Brooks. The shift places Schimelfenyg in planning and coordination of projects for operations research. He lives at 331 Old Billerica Road with his wife and two children. He joined Tech-Ops in January 1959 after earning a statistics BA from the University of Wisconsin in 1951.
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Bedford
Donald Schimelfenyg
Technical Operations, Inc
Schimelfenyg
Franklin C. Brooks
Tech-Ops
Old
Billerica Road
University of Wisconsin
Kenzel Schimelfenyg
Milwaukee
Vacation School at First Baptist July 31 to August 10
At Church of Christ, Congregational, Rev. Raymond S. Carmen interim minister preached. Living for Jesus will be the subject of the vacation school at the First Baptist Church with morning classes from 9 to 11 30.
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Church of Christ
Raymond S Carmen
Jesus
First Baptist Church
Buy U S Savings Bonds Invest In Your Country
An advocacy note encourages purchase of U S Savings Bonds as a patriotic investment in national prosperity and future security. It urges individuals to support government programs through small, regular purchases and highlights long term benefits.
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U.S
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