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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1954
Page
1
Fragmentary local items list candidates and planning for a Selectman race with Ed Andrews as a key figure. Mentions of 4-H fair, summer events, and a store closure with a recovery from a recent operation. Notes on police chief retirement and vacation plans. many short community updates and upcoming meetings.
Six candidates from Concord Carlisle Stow and Maynard filed for the 13th Middlesex District state representative vacancy after nomination papers closed at the Secretary of State office. From Concord Attorney John M Eaton Jr and Deputy Sheriff Arthur B Corey enter the race. Maynard contenders include Attorney John Driscoll Democrat Michael Tomys and Howard L King. Carlisle candidate is Selectman George W Foss, police chief and deputy fire chief.
The Concord Board of Selectmen released the 1954 1955 jury roster listing 139 residents with 39 women. The compiled list from the Monday night meeting includes names such as Peter J. Albiani Frank Andruss Faith Appleby Marguerite Barrett Edward Bartlett John Beale and many others across professions and neighborhoods.
The notice lists a Union service at First Parish with Rev Dr Ed Daniels as minister and Philip W Trum- 8 of Trinitarian land. It states the subject will be announced and the West ion churches join in a cordial welcome. The service time is 9 30.
Trinity Church rector Reverend William H. Clark will attend the World Council of Churches second assembly as an accredited Episcopal visitor. The gathering runs August 15 to 31 on Northwestern University's Evanston campus, following prior ecumenical engagements in Amsterdam in 1939 and a 1947 study program near Geneva.
Rev. and Mrs. Edward Perry Daniels of 28 Walden Street marked their 39th wedding anniversary yesterday. They wed in Bellevue Pennsylvania on July 28, 1915, and have one son, two daughters, and several grandchildren. Daniels is in his 25th year as pastor of the First Parish Unitarian Church.
Clark rector of Trinity Episcopal Church announces that Rev. Frederick M. Brooks of Fall River will officiate during August while he and his family vacation. Sunday services include Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and Holy Communion and sermon at 11 a.m.
Richard J. Loughlin of West Concord was unanimously elected by the board of selectmen and recreation commission to fill the vacancy from Edward W. Sheehan’s death. The Harvard graduate and former Concord Little League and Notre Dame bowling league member will serve until the next annual town election. He is a World War II veteran and husband of Frances Moynihan with five children.
The Concord Board of Selectmen appoints John E Nickerson Jr to replace Edward P Chase as the legal member of the Board of Appeals. Nickerson attended University of Michigan Navy service four years in the Pacific aboard carriers and earned a law degree at Northeastern in 1952 joining Bond and Nickerson in Boston.
Local guides for the Monument Square area this season include Professor John Henry Lawton, Charles T. Flannery, William B.H. Burkherd, John Macone, George Arsenault, Bowman Sturtevant, and others assisting visitors.
At the selectmen's meeting on May evening bids were opened for fuel oil and coal for all gun departments for the 1954 65 season. Whitney Coal and Oil Co. and Concord Oil Co. were the low bidders and awarded the contracts.
Concord judge Maurice McWalter and Mrs. McWalter announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Margaret McWalter of Concord to John David Finan son of Patrolman and Mrs. James E. Finan Jr of Concord. Miss McWalter is a Concord High School 1952 graduate and Colby Junior College alumna. Mr. Finan is a Concord High School graduate and Norwich University junior. No wedding plans yet.
Concert Firemen from Central Station rushed to Box 7 at 9 05 Monday morning for a slight fire at Albert Soffriti’s home on Waden terrace. Damage was nil and men noted the blaze originated from a steamer used to remove paper from the wall. This marked the 155th alarm of the year.
New Concord locals and especially new voters are reminded they may register at the town clerk’s office any day until 5 p.m. A special all day session will be held Friday August 13 at the Town House from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
A meeting of the Willow Rebekah Lodge will be held at 9 Deroy Street the home of Mrs Leonard V Benson on Monday evening August 2 at 8 oclock. Mrs Benson serves as vice grand of the lodge a mystery ride will follow the gathering.
The special citizens caucus will meet August 4 at 8 p m in the Veterans Building to nominate and elect a successor to the late Selectman Edward W Sheehan who died last month Nominations close August 10 and several candidates are expected to run The caucus is open to all registered voters and a chairman and clerk must be chosen before nominations.
Mrs Thomas Ri Moi Js Riverdale Circle and Paul G Counihan Holden Wood Road Concord named co chairmen of the 1954 Concord United Nations Day observance committee. The observance will be held on Sunday October 24th.
West Concord George Mulcahy, railroad crossing tender at Commonwealth Avenue, has a neat garden by his shanty improving the landscape in the first section. He would like to paint the shanty which badly needs a coat of paint but union rules reportedly block him from doing so.
The 32nd annual Carter’s August sale is announced in this week’s Enterprise. Savings are highlighted and the store will stay open on Friday evenings until closing time.
Concord Edward J Bartlett, an outdoor enthusiast and Rotarian, spoke at the Concord Rotary Club luncheon last Thursday. He showed colored slides from a two week canoe trip he and two boy scouts made in Temagami Ontario Canada.
Assistant Register of Probate Warren J. Fitzgerald spoke at the Concord Rotary Club meeting and luncheon, introduced by Attorney John M. Eaton Jr. Tonight the directors meet at the home of President Benjamin F. Clark.
Tree warden Charles F Myette reports 51 elm trees in Concord infected with Dutch elm disease including one on Monument Square historic green. Samples sent to the University of Massachusetts. The crew also sprayed poison ivy at Rideout Playground in West Concord on Monday.
The town committee appointed to buy a new $18,000 pumper met with selectmen and Deputy Chief Harry Patterson but did not reach a definite decision. Members are Freeion Morris Moses Ware and Charles Hangon.
West Concord patrolmen Lieut. Robert E. Anderson and Lieut. John C. Dolan Jr. have returned to duty with the Concord police department after serving two weeks with National Guard units at Camp Drum New York.
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