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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
9
The Farm Bureau Federation argues that milk price wars damage farmers and threaten supply if producers quit. It cites distribution costs, unfair trade practices, and delayed or incomplete payments as harms. The piece discusses how price-cutting impacts retailers, drivers, and established businesses.
Lincoln residents celebrate 32 graduates from New Preparatory School in Co ridge Thursday. Palmer Jr. of Lincoln and John Meadien Jr. of Sudlou are named among the graduates. Sheila Dougherty, Concord High School alumna, tours BU Sargent Camp in New Hampshire for five weeks and is a BU freshman daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Dougherty. Staff Sgt. Robert L. Boyd enjoys a 15 day furlough with Mrs. Boyd, Elsie Rose MacLeod and her parents, as he plans to return to a southern base with their four month old son Robby.
Sympathy extends to Fireman Erling Knudsen of 20 Riverside Avenue West Concord on his mother's death in Norway and funeral attendance abroad. Exeter Academy's 174th graduating class includes Daniel Cabot Samuel Putnam James Elmstead and others from Concord. Appalachian Trail described as a long scenic path 2050 miles from Mount Oslethorpe Georgia to Mount Katahdin Maine.
James B. Callanan of 165 Central Street West Acton son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Callanan was among about 580 graduates in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 149th commencement receiving a bachelor of management engineering. Dr Lewis A Wilson NYS education commissioner and SUNY president delivered the address. Gotlanan Was elected president at the Society for Advancement of Management.
Concord Lodge and allied bodies greet touring high school students en route to New York for United Nations sessions. Five buses originate across Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, D C, Virginia, California, Nevada, Utah, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. Stops include Roosevelt estate Hyde Park and Cambridge. Concord lodge 212 and Wulow Rebekah 109 will distribute mementos. About 1,500,000 members in 134 year old fraternal group invite all Concord youths to participate.
A fragmented reminiscence describes a return from a rushed vacation of cooking washing and chasing two wild Indians as the author jokes about the daily grind of chores and the sympathy of a wife while noting highway fatalities in wartime years and a shift to civilian duties.
The First Religious Society Unitarian plans its annual strawberry festival next Friday June 24 from 6 30 to 7 49 at the church grounds. Karl V Struss chairs the affair open to the public. Carlisle Congregational church held a buffet supper on the church lawn Tuesday evening. Rev. Robert B Dempsey preached on Atomic Power and the Word of God at Sunday services. A Children s Day program was held in the morning. Douglas Reilly will host a lobster bake for the Trinity Adult Group of Concord Friday at 6. A member honored at her 80th birthday was Mrs Charles B Hastings at the home of her daughter Mrs Mildred Lapham. The seventh annual camp at Camp Middlesex Ashby for homemakers and women leaders will be June 16 19 Extension Service notes.
A brief, incomplete OCR fragment from a Connecticut story reports that two armed bandits confronted a person in Weterbury and claimed some outcome. Details are missing, including names, exact location, and timeline. The readable portion indicates a robbery attempt with threats, but the full facts remain unclear.
Walter G. Davis marked his 1000th birth day and joked that his children rarely visit his third floor apartment. He can climb the stairs but they cannot.
Miss Mary Davis Howe High School teacher, to wed Richard T. Hayes of Concord next month, was surprised at a bridal shower hosted at the Gradeski home on Sandy Pond Road. Forty guests from Lexington, Concord, Bedford, Weston and Lincoln attended, gifting bright keepsakes as colorfully arranged pink fuchsia and green decorations complemented a central cake.
Sudbury resident Richard A. Schmaltz of Goodman Hill road earned a Bachelor of Law Magna Cum Laude from Suffolk University at June 14 exercises. An evening division student, he ranked first in his class for four years and graduates with an A average in the combined 1955 class. A Yale University AB with honors graduate in 1940, he pursues a distinguished record.
David H. Rimbach of 420 Main Street received a diploma from Wentworth Institute at commencement exercises last Friday. He majored in steam and diesel engineering. The Twentieth Century Fund estimates the average housewife spends about one third to one half of her working day on food preparation and related tasks.
The article touts a new color film promising faster exposure and richer color for 35mm cameras. It claims three times faster speed than prior films, better performance in outdoor lighting, and improved motion capture for sports and action scenes.
Robert M Edger will assume the role of vice president at the Middlesex County National Bank. The announcement also notes Oliver Bergstrom as president and Sidney Exgat, formerly a vice president at Boston and Wardone Main Railroad, will take a new position starting July 1. Edger, a Dartmouth graduate class of 1026, is currently a member of the college alumni.
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