Fragmented OCR notes on local events and names
Fragmentary text references repairs and plans in Concord including a block site and tidewalks. Mentions Korean truce, excise tax about 51.86, rent concerns, September primaries, and Emerson Field with names like Joseph and Howard Heggin. No clear single event or cohesive report.
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Chamingtoe
Acton
Concord
Howard Heggin
George House
Joseph
Pri
Swmmer
Highta Dten
Emerson Emerson Field
Memorial All- High School
Audimerang
Aviation Cadet Finan Assigned to Observer Training
Aviation Cadet Finan, 25, and formerly with Concord High KY, completed observer training at Harlington Air Texas. He has been assigned to Lieutenant James E. Finan and will be entering studies at the Massachusetts committee. Next meeting of the School Committee set for August 1 at the Office of Superintendent.
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Concord High
Harlington Air
Texas
Su- L
Radi
Olens
Drought Ends As Rain Aids Local Farm Crops
Concord reports a July 23 soaking rain ending a extended drought in Middlesex County. irrigation use rose with 100 farm ponds built with Soil Conservation help, 75 percent for irrigation. Farmers now plant and water earlier for multiple crops, risking aquifer drawdown while moisture conservation practices rise.
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Carlo
Clark Concord
Middlesex County
Soil Conservation Service
Middlesex Soil Conservation District
Concord
Pepperell
Funeral Attended by Fire Chiefs for Chief Clifford E Jacobs
Chief Harry E Tut tle of Concord Fire Department attended the funeral services for Chief Clifford E Jacobs in Wakefield. Jacobs served with the Wakefield department for 30 years.
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Concord
Clifford E. Jacobs
Wakefield
Harry E. Tuttle
Concord Fire Department
Jacobs
Guards Return From Summer Training At Camp Drum
Concord company H soldiers arrive home tired but proud after two weeks of summer training. Second Battalion earns a Superior rating from Army instructors, Pvt Walter Dow named best recruit, and Col Alfred DeQuoy praises Company H for meals at bivouac. Regimental band led by WOJG Helsher receives praise for performance.
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Concord
Mauric L. Dée
Camp Drum New York
Barnes Air Base
Westfield
Walter Dow
Alfred .W. DeQuoy
Brockton
Henry O. M. Helsher, Jr
Dr Willard Named New VA Psychiatrist at Providence
Concord announces Dr Raymond D Willard 92 Mein Street as staff psychiatrist at Providence Veterans Administration Hospital. He recently discharged from a second U S Navy tour in psychiatric service. A Concord High School and Tufts Medical College graduate, he interned at Springfield Hospital.
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Concord
Raymond D. Willard
Mein Street
Providence Veterans Administation Hospital
William J. Sullivan
Willard
U. S. Navy
Concord High School
Tufts Medical College
Springfield Hospital
Rain needed for second crops and DDT warning
John McMaster Middlesex Extension Service agent spoke on the New England farm hour at Concord station. He urged rain to aid second crops and warned against using DDT on corn fed to cattle as it could poison them and spoil milk.
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Concord
Boston
New England Farm Hour
John McMaster
Middlesex Sound Extension Service
Concord summer playground class instructor listed
Miss Daly, a Concord High School graduate and daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert H Daly of Independence Road, is an instructor in the annual summer playground classes in Concord now attending the Massachusetts School of Art.
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Concord
Miss Daly
Concord High School
Robert H. Daly
Independence Road End
Massachusetts School of Art
Talent Show This Friday at Tot Lot
West Concord mothers contributed to a lively Tot Lot program last Friday with crafts painting and a fashion show. This Friday features a talent show where children may sing recite dance or display other talents before the bus leaves at 1 15 p m and returns about 2 45 p m.
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Teau
Concord Businesses Join Parking Cooperators Plan
George E. Erickson asks all Mill Dam businesses to keep cars off Main and Walden during business hours to improve shopper parking. One hundred percent of those contacted agreed and received a Parking Cooperator card. Cooperating firms include Anderson's Market, Appleby 2 Wyman, Concord Journal, Middlesex Savings, Woolworth, Colonial Stores and many others.
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Concord
Mill Dam
George E. Erickson
Concord Board of Trade
Main
Walden
Appleby 2
Wyman
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Fred T. Boyd
D. Edward Cleary, Jr
Colonial Press
Colonial Stores
Concord Book Shop
Concord Clothing
Concord Fruit
Concord Hardware
Concord Journal
Concord Municipal Light Plant
Concord Music Shop
Kenneth Cook
Nellie Craig
Rudolph W. Currier
Concord Enterprise
the Dinner Bell
Duds Inc
Eaton & Hall
Lore
Nahigian
Nell Ann
J. P. Nourse Co
the Paint Pot
Pedinelli’s
Richardson Drug Store
Sally Ann Food Shop
Silhouette Beauty Shop
Snow’s Drug Store
the Telephone Company
Thrift Cleaners
Thorpe’s Fish Market
Toy Show
Tracy’s Beauty Shop
U. S. Post Office
Vanderhoof Hardaware
F. W. Woolworth Company
Whitney, Sheehan & Williams
Fourth Degree to Enroll New Members in Concord
The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus aims to recruit Concord Council No. 287 members led by Rudolph W. Currier. Charter members include Leslie L. Keese Daniel Hanlon and Rudolph W Currier with late Joseph M Appleby. A Bishop Wright Class will be exemplified November 8 at the Sheraton Worcester with possible admission limits.
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Concord
David I. Walsh
Knights of Columbus
Concord Council
Leslie L. Keese
Daniel Hanlon
Rudolph W. Currier
Joseph M. Appleby
Blanks
Currier
Steet
Sheraton Hotel
Worcester
Bishop Wright
Holyoke
Local Scouts Return From California Jamboree
Six local Boy Scouts who attended an international jamboree in California are due home. The group includes Thomas Caldwell George Lamonakis Paul Daly George Watkins Frederick Walker and Alfred J Baptiste Jr. They reported having the time of their lives as the encampment ended last Friday with the train departing on the northern route.
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Concord
California
Thomas Caldwell
George Lamonakis
Paul Daly
George Watkins
Frederick Walker
Alfred J. Baptiste
Local couples mark 14th wedding anniversaries
West Concord observes 14th anniversaries for Mr. and Mrs. Warner H. Eldridge of 404 Main Street and Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Lind of 9 Shirley Street. Mrs. Eldridge is the former Reba E. Vail and Mrs. Lind the former Nina E. Ruble.
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West Concord
Warner H. Eldridge
Main Street
Albert G. Lind
Shirley Street
Jean couple marks 47th wedding anniversary
Wes and Mrs Pierre D Jean of 5 Frances Street Concord observed their 47th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, noting the event quietly in their town.
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Wes
Concord
Pierre D. Jean
Frances Street
Walden Pond Red Cross Swimming Classes End
The 1953 Red Cross swimming program at Walden pond ended with a public demonstration including a water ballet. About 600 boys and girls took part this year and certificates will be awarded later after approval from the Eastern Area Office.
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Concord
Red Cross
Walden Pond
Town awards fuel contracts to Whitney Coal and Cord Oil
The Concord board of selectmen announces that all coal and fuel oil supply contracts for town departments have been awarded to Whitney Coal and Oil Company and Cord Oil Company.
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Concord
Board of Select Men
Whitney Coal & Oil Company
Concord Oil Company
Ex Emerson Land In Concord Becomes Town Park Plan
Concord votes to convert a half acre on Lexington Road opposite Emerson House into a public stall park. The donor Ellen T. Emerson left the land for neighborhood children and visitors to enjoy shade, benches, a sand box, picnic table, waste barrel and drinking fountain pending funding and maintenance.
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Emerson
Lexington Road
Concord
Historc Emerson
Museum of the Concord Antiquarian Society
Ellen T. Emerson
Concord Recreation Commission
Roger C. Fenn
Concord Department
Museum
Commission
Ff Dike
To-Nee
Fenn
Beard E. Megin
Board of Selectmen
Concord Board of Trade to Send Secretary to Yale Session
The Concorde Board of Trade will send executive secretary Georgé Erickson to Yale University for a Northeastern Institute for Chamber of Commerce Personnel. The program runs August 2 to August and features an all day intensive course with leaders in the profession and coverage of major chamber activities.
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Concord
Concorde Board of Trade
Georgé ©. Erickson
Northeastern Institute For Chamber of Commerce
Yale
Chamber of Commerce
Washing machine fire prompts minor alarm at Gunn home
Concord firemen from the Central Station were summoned Tuesday afternoon for a washing machine fire at the home of Mrs Kenneth C. Gunn on Old Road to Nine Acre Corner. Damage was slight and it marked the 178th alarm of the year.
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Concord
Central Station
Kenneth C. Gunn
Old Road
Nine Acre Corner
Fellow May Have More Money Than Brain Yet
A brief Kanawha Iowa item notes a man with what appears to be more money than sense. The report hints at quick riches or naive finances in a small town context.
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Kanawha
Conway Concord Selectmen Prepare 1953 Jury List
The Concord board of selectmen prepared the new jury list for 1953 54. The list was too lengthy to print this week and will be published in next week's Ener prise.
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Concord
Board’ of Sélectmen
Guest preacher at Trinity Ep 1 church Sunday service
Rev Frederick Brooks of Fall River will deliver the sermon at 11 o clock Sunday morning at Trinity Ep 1 church. Holy Communion will be offered at both 8 o clock and 11 o clock services.
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Concord
Trinity Ep
Frederick Brooks
Fall River
Eee
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James W. Powers
John J. Flannery
William J. Dolan
Powers Real Estate
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Keith Martin
Lee Daly
Thoreau ‘‘Totlot
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Somerville Stoneham
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