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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1955
Page
1
A garbled text fragment mentions a forthcoming question or prompt set for next week. The legible bits imply a French phrasing and a schedule tied to an upcoming assessment or activity.
Concord Red Cross sponsors an open forum at Red Cross Headquarters 2 Stow Street at 8 pm on Wednesday August 3 to discuss improving swimming instruction for area school children. Frank Holland will lead with officials from the selectmen school committee and recreation commission invited alongside Acton Carlisle and Lincoln representatives. The meeting follows cancellations of Walden Pond swimming classes and is open to all interested in a solution.
A list of 23 women named by the selectmen to serve for the coming year includes numerous residents from Sudbury and surrounding streets. The roster features artisans, housewives, professionals, and managers such as Krist Anderson, Cornelia Bedford, Edith Bailey, and Laurel street residents among others.
Concord Company H of the 182nd Infantry repeated as pistol and heavy machine gun champions at Fort Devens. The heavy MG team led by M Sgt Philip Dee and Sgt Charles House secured the victory with a late surge, while Pfc William McHugh posted the second high pistol score. Competing units included Maiden’s Company L and Headquarters Battery 212th Field Artillery.
Concord Eliot R Howard digs the first shovel at the ground breaking for the churchs new Christian Education wing. He commends the building council and church school workers as architect Frank Owen and main contractor Arthur Tibbetts are named. Rev Barber praises faithfulness and asks God to bless the project and future users.
The Concord board of selectmen says low bids for fuel oil came from Concord Oil Company and Whitney Coal & Oil Company. The fuel oil contract for the year will be divided equally, while Whitney won the coal contract as the lowest bidder.
Job notice seeking female applicants for three shifts from 7 AM to 3 PM, 3 PM to 11 PM, and 11 PM to 7 AM. No experience required. Apply at Bradley Container Corp. Thompson Street, Maynard.
Concord announces the engagement of Lynia Cynthia Bartkus daughter of Mr. and Mrs Theodore Bartkus of Lowell road to William J Dolan son of Col and Mrs John C Dolan of 233 Main street Concord Both graduates of Concord High School with Miss Bartkus a Fisher Junior College alum and Dolan a Boston College senior
Concord officials and friends joined a Plymouth deep sea fishing outing on Saturday. Lincoln's chief Leo J. Algeo copped the best fisherman honor with the largest catch, as 18 to 20 participants enjoyed abundant fish. Attendees included Concord police chief Robert E. Kelley and Sergt John T. Foster among others.
The first polio case in Concord involves a 33 year old U S Air Force pilot stationed at Hanscom Air Base Bedford. He was stricken late last week and confined to Murphy General Hospital Waltham. Diagnosis is non paralytic.
Martin W. Davis of 1110 Concord Road Bedford will become town welfare agent on Monday August 1 replacing Bradford Robinson who left for the probation office. He has served as acting agent for five years and awaits civil service confirmation. Davis is a Dartmouth AB and an MS SSH from Boston University in psychiatric social work. Madeline W. Ryan of 365 Main Street West Concord returns to work as secretary clerk at Concord District Court after a week at Magnolia.
Union summer services feature Rev. Robert H. Barber preaching on What Does Religion Have To Offer at 9 30 a m at the Trinitarian Congregational Church. Mrs William Tracy Smith will sing two solos The Lord Is My Light and Green Pastures with Whitredge Clark playing Benedictus and Grand Toccata.
Concord arter Robinson, 24 Hubbard Street, former welfare agent for Concord, takes over as probation officer for Concord District Court on August 1. He succeeds Donald Wilson of Lexington who retired after 15 years. Robinson, a Concord native and Bowdoin College graduate, served 3 years 7 months in the U S Army during World War II and is married with three children. Attorney John J. Sheehan has been substituting since Wilson retirement.
Emerson Hospital reported multiple Concord births in the past week. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Alan Chandler of 45 Thoreau street on July 20 a son to Mr and Mrs Hollis French of 6 Thoreau street on July 20 a son to Mr and Mrs James Hollenkamp of 228 Commonwealth avenue West Concord on July 23 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Laurence J Dwyer of 4 Ash street on July 25.
Male applicants seek training as fixers and setup staff with three shifts. Rapidly growing concern offers advancement opportunities. Apply Thompson Maynard.
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