Maynard and Area Residents Spend Holiday Weekend
Bristol, Connecticut native Joseph DiGrappa visited Maynard over the holiday weekend. Taft's College students Harold Holappa Jack Perazzo and David Higgins returned home for summer vacation. Jeanne d Arc Academy graduates Judith Burdo and Jane Dockerty attended ceremonies with celebrations at Milton and University of Massachusetts respectively. Dockerty will work as a chemist for Du Pont in Gibbstown New Jersey. Memorial Day guests included William Fournier of Troy New York. Local church schedules and Finnish Congregational Church conference attendance are noted along with Scottish visitors Alice Fraser Bell and Mary Taylor and the McKenna family visiting Forest Hills New York.
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Harold Holappa
Jack Perazzo
David Higgins
Taft's College
Jane Dockerty
Harold Dockerty
Summer Street
University of Massachusetts
Dockerty
James Tobin
Miss Dockerty
Dupont Company
Gibbstown
New Jersey
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Bereavement
Family expresses sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors for floral tributes mass cards and acts of kindness during bereavement signed Mrs Thomas Tierney and Family
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Arthur
Daniel B. Bartholo
Senior Reception Set With Tideman Orchestra
Hale high school seniors plan a semi formal dance on Thursday June 12 at 8 in Stow Town Hall. Carl Tideman's Orchestra of Framingham will perform as the final social event for the class. President Ferdinand Johnson heads committees for orchestra refreshments decoration and clean up with students named.
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Stow
Hale High School
Carl Tideman
Orchestra
Framingham
Stow Town Hall
Ferdinand Johnson
Norma Léard
Isabelle Townsend
Deborah Sewall
Roger Nelson
Louise Lawrence
William Wickey
Robert Trumpett
Elizabeth Dudley
Frederick Urgatis
Alice Gouchér
Marjorie Warren
Constance Cosy
Charles Crue
Allan Hartley
Acton Square Dance to Aid Cancer Fund Set
Acton selectmen provide Acton Centre Town Hall for a cancer fund benefit on Saturday June 14 at 8 p.m. Caller Bob Treyz and Ralph Page's Recording Orchestra perform with local volunteers. Admission by donation.
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Acton
Acton Centre Town Hall
Cancer Fund
Bob Treyz
Ralph Page
George Neagle
Wentworth Prentiss
Engagement of Miss Joe Theresa Post to Robert Bristow
Acton Mr and Mrs Paul J Post announce the betrothal of their daughter Joe Theresa Post to Robert Lee Bristow of Weldon North Carolina. Miss Post is a Acton High School graduate who worked in Washington DC. Bristow studied at UNC and the Medical College of Virginia. The wedding is planned for later this month. A tuatara, a New Zealand lizard, has survived for millions of years with little change.
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Acton
Paul J. Post
East Acton
Joe Theresa Post
Robert Lee Bristow
Weldon
N. C
Garden Club Holds Annual Picnic At Poulson Home
Maynard garden club held its annual June picnic at Mrs. Paul Poulson’s home. At a business meeting, Mrs. James Ledgard and Mrs. Joseph Martin were assigned to arrange flowers for Bedford Veterans' Hospital on June 20 and July 18, with members urged to donate cut flowers. A nominating committee chosen officers for the next year.
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Maynard
Maynard Garden Club
Paul Poulson
James Ledgard
Joseph Martin
Bedford Veterans’ Hospital
Walter Carbone
William Ingham
George Kaler
James Ludgard
Benjamin Plume
Hundreds Attend New Nashoba Drive-In Opening
Hundreds braved heavy rain to view the Nashoba Drive-in Theater restaurant in Boxboro near Route 2, despite a Memorial Day postponement. Chairman Arthur H. Furbush welcomed the new enterprise to town as residents gathered at the Boxboro site near the West Acton and Littleton lines.
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Acton
Nashoba Drive-in
Arthur H. Furbush
Board of Selectmen of
Boxboro
West Acton
Littleton
Williams Delivers Stow Memorial Day Address
Stow Memorial Day exercises were held Friday at 10 a m. The parade led by the school band traveled from Town hall through Gleasondale road to Brookside Cemetery. Rep David B Williams was the principal speaker and his address was well received at Stow Common.
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Stow
Town Hall
Gleasondale Road
Brookside
Stow Common
David B
Williams
Rainbow Girls Meet On Monday At Masonic Temple
Maynard Rainbow Girls held their regular meeting Monday at the Masonic Temple with Patricia Dawson worthy advisor and Mrs. Phillis Croft mother advisor presiding. After the meeting a swap it party followed with refreshments served.
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Maynard
Maynard Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Patricia Dawson
Phillis Croft
Martin 25th Wedding Anniversary Thanks
We thank friends, neighbors and all who contributed to our 25th wedding anniversary celebration. Mr and Mrs Joseph P Martin Maynard.
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Joseph P. Martin Maynard
Maynard School Pupils Present Benefit Concert
Maynard pupils, directed by Eleanor S. Colburn, staged a benefit program at George Washington Auditorium to raise funds for the school band uniform. The program featured band and chorus performances, instrumental solos, duets, and a baton twirling exhibition, including selections by Sousa and Hale, and a finale by the school band.
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Maynard
Eleanor S. Colburn
George Washington Auditorium
Thunderer
Sousa
of Your Smile
Ray _ Leigh Robinson
Whispering Hope
Hawthorne
David Mullin
Larry Brooks
the Rainbow
Goldman
Stephen Carlton
Kent Robert
Whitehouse
Lyra” Vander Cook
Joan Manning
Loch Lomond
James Baudreau
Roy Januskiewicz
Raymond Weaving
Williams
Smith & Delmore
Veazie
Vernon
Coolidge
Paris
Dexter
Majorettes
Clarke James Brooks
Deep Purple
DeRose
John Hagerty
Trixie Valse
Clarke
Edward Troisi
Clarke Meldon Neimi
Smith
Thomas French
Lula
Donizetti
Nicholas Drozdowski
Beautiful Dreamer
Foster
Charles Wilson
Shortest Street in Memphis Is Long Eight Hundred Feet
Memphis Tennessee residents note Long Place is one of the city's shortest streets at just 800 feet in length. Local lore tallies its compact span amid the city grid. The tiny street earns a quirky distinction in urban trivia.
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Memphis, Tenn
U.P
Long Place
Memphis
Dance Recital By Miss McManus Pupils
The Maynard recital by Patricia D. McManus pupils filled Parker Street hall last Monday. The program opened with a dance diary and a spangled book, then a ballet in pink and red hues. The evening featured "Around the Town" with glittering backdrops, colorful costumes, and Miss Peggy Wood on piano. The pupils presented Miss McManus a bouquet.
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Maynard
Patricia D. McManus
Parker Street Hall
Peggy Wood
Miss McManus
Savings bonds fail to sway public on anti inflation effort
The Stamford Advocate reports that savings bonds have not impressed the public as an anti inflation tool, due to the Administration's failure to meet current financial realities.
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Stamford
Conn
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High Street
William Fournier
Troy
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