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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
9
The Boston area district announces the appointment of Ralph D. Me to replace the retiring superintendent. Me, currently at a New England college, will assume duties on July 1. He has a background in administration and education and is expected to bring a qualified leadership approach.
Fragmentary note appears to reference a local business listing or trade directory item with a telephone contact. Readable elements include center and phone number 4813, but key details are unclear.
The seventh annual Concord Choral festival at the State Armory featured 250 singers from Concord Academy Middlesex School and Concord High School with an orchestra. Conducted by Yeremian Lamb and Loring, the program included Haydn Miserere Solenis in D Flat and drew a welcoming audience with no admission fee.
Marlboro resident Kenneth C. J. Lundberg paid fines after a Saturday crash on Boston Post road near Oscar Sahagian's home. He pleaded guilty to operating a car under the influence and drunkenness. injuries included head abrasions and a knee wound.
Chicago report cites William S. Morgan claiming a 16 year record of reading 1,000,000 meters without error. He, 56, estimates about 90,000 miles walked and 2,000,000 meters read over nearly 30 years on the job.
Westboro resident Admiral Louis E. Denfeld USN ret, former Chief of Naval Operations, refused Governor Devers offer to run the Port of Boston Authority. In a letter he cited political interference and questioned the ports management. Denfeld said he would not accept without written guarantee of political independence. He denied current gubernatorial ambitions though rumors link him to a Republican bid this fall.
Mrs. Henry Pallota of Lincoln was chosen president of the Junior Mrs Club of Boston. Installation of officers is set for Sunday afternoon June 11 at 3 at the Hotel Somerset in Boston.
Fresh frozen dressed turkeys with thick breasts and clean, high quality. New York dressed weights up to 1722 pounds? delivered at 69 cents per pound and 65 cents at the farm, with a 50 cent per pound discount for weights above 18 pounds.
About 100 fruit growers met at the H. E. Hardy & Sons Farm in Hollis Village New Hampshire on May 31 for a twilight meeting co sponsored by Middlesex and Hillsboro Extension Services. Dr O M Boyd UMass outlined scab control noting lower current prevalence and quick action when it appears. Professor Rasmussen UNH spoke on orchard insects including curculio red banded leaf roller codling moth and bad moth. Virus X cited as peach threat with removal of alternate host choke cherry advised. Whitcomb of Waltham Field Station covered curculic control on apples and stressed timely spraying.
Col Otis M. Whitney of Concord announced his candidacy for reelection to Massachusetts Executive Council representing the Third Councillor District which includes Horn and 59 other towns. A Republican veteran, he has served since 1946 and holds posts in the party and state guard while practicing law.
Harvard zoologist Professor Henry B. Bigelow of Concord Sudbury Road announced plans to retire this summer after many years on the Harvard faculty. He has long been a resident of Concord and was a well known Harvard professor. BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS.
Mrs. Mary C Akers Finigan 72 widow of James H Finigan former Concord merchant died at a local rest home last Wednesday. Born in Halifax Nova Scotia she lived in Concord 50 years and worked as a nurse after her husband’s death. Survived by a daughter Mrs Joseph J Gillooly and four grandsons. Funeral from her daughter’s home followed by a requiem mass at St Bernard’s church. Interment in St Bernard’s Cemetery.
Concord attorney George Fingold of Lowell announced his candidacy for attorney general and joined speakers including Ayer Butterworth and Walsh at the Republican club meeting in Boston.
Concord Lincoln Carlisle Boy Scout district lists the annual field day at Smerson Playground Saturday afternoon from 2 o clock. Activities suit eight to ten year olds with den chiefs and cubmasters assisting. If rain arrives the event moves indoors with limited events and the prize presentation closes the day.
Concord Massachusetts Dr Sidney Cobb director of Nashoba Associated Boards of Health Ayer is among 75 health leaders who will address the joint Massachusetts Public Health Conference and New England Health Institute at the University of Amherst June 14 15 and 16 He will join a panel on Financing Public Health in Your Town June 14 and present A Critical Consideration of Well-Child Conferences June 15 in the maternal and child health section
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