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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1952
Page
19
Court proceedings list interested parties in estates and administrations. Citations call for filing objections or accounts by specified dates in June or July 1952. Names include C Leggat Esq Butler Register and Edward O Bryan with references to county and court actions.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the Registrar of Motor Vehicles announce a joint public hearing at 10:00 A M on June 27 1952 at 100 Nashua Street Boston to revise Special Speed Regulation No 39 for Route 2A in Concord and Lexington and to review proposed mileage and speed changes. The plan seeks to adjust eastbound and westbound speed limits on Route 2A in Concord and Lexington and to alter total distance figures. Copies of the plan are available at 100 Nashua Street Boston and 130 Third Street East Cambridge for public inspection prior to the hearing.
Acton Civil Defense Committee chaired by Dewey E Boatman schedules a town wide blood typing event at Acton Center Town Hall Friday June 20 1 5 PM and 6 9 PM and Saturday June 21 9 12 AM 1 5 PM. Residents 12 and older urged to participate for ID and emergency use.
Mrs. Horace D. H. Williams of Nashawtuc road left Monday with a friend for a trip to California and will be away all summer. Sunday school classes at St. Bernard's church and Our Lady Help of Christians church in West Concord are suspended for the summer. The arena service on Tuesdays at St. Bernard's has also been suspended, per Rev. Michael J. Burke.
Edward Alexander of the U S Air Force, stationed at Sheppard Field Texas, is due home this week for a furlough. Afterward he will likely receive a new assignment, possibly in California. He lives at 208 Commonwealth avenue, West Concord.
Brooks Stevens 3rd and Patricia Knox wed in Olympia Washington. Stevens, son of Mr and Mrs Brooks Stevens Jr of Concord, is a UW student. After a brief northwest honeymoon the couple will live in Seattle Washington.
The plan would spend 85,444,000,000 in fiscal 1953 averaging about 551 per person nationwide. Public opinion from Maine to California shows 71 percent oppose cutting government expenses, 18 percent favor, and 11 percent undecided.
Niagara Falls Ontario goaltender Finley McDonell reflects on 11 years of fear and injuries, noting how night-time worry affected his play. After choosing to focus on effort and communication with coaches, he stopped fearing games, improved sleep, and now enjoys life with reduced anxiety.
Robert Barnhart leaves for Alaska for a summer job after graduating to enter his junior year at Harvard. Rev and mrs Grimshaw of Acton Center attend a church convention. The Markells of Richmond Virginia visit Acton Center with their children Kathie and Stephen. Invitations go out for the June 28 marriage of June Post to Robert Bristow at St Elizabeths West Acton with a reception at Stow Country Club. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Post of East Acton.
Wilmington reports a cellulose sponge by DuPont promising faster ironing. The artificial sponge holds twenty times its weight in water and can be pressed onto fabric or used to sprinkle clothes, aiding moisture for easier pressing.
For sale a small house in Maynard with 4 acres of land and a chicken house. The property is described as nice with good land. Listed under P.O. Box 1183 Maynard.
Mrs E Osgood Jr presides as Sudbury club members meet at Mrs George Walker Jr home for business and refreshments. They tour Charles Ways Garden and discuss schedules for continuous bloom in perennials. Next meeting set for Thursday July 10.
A Sudbury family gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Charles A Spiller home on Concord Road included Wilfred A Spiller William Spiller Warren Hall William Scott Robert Spiller and Mrs Albert N Young and their children. Albert the youngest son was killed in Germany in World War 2.
Bedford residents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Santapaul of 419 Davis Road welcome a son born Thursday July 12 at Emerson Hospital in Bedford.
Concord's 1912 graduates gathered at Domine Manse Bedford on June 14 to mark the 40th reunion. Sixty attendees from four states shared a group photo, lamp lighting, and a 16 dinner choice, agreeing to another reunion in five years.
Sudbury Town Hall hosts a benefit dancing event Thursday June 19 led by Mrs. George S. McElwain and Mrs. Douglas Ray Lewis with the Sudbury Civic Association. Up stairs Dave Bentley's Orchestra plays and a whist party is held in the lower hall to help Gus Sharkey, a longtime community helper, who is seriously ill. Contributions may be left with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Quinn.
Sudbury club met at Mrs Harold Johnson home with Egbert Hans as speaker. He presented an engaging talk on Conservation and noted his work on floral displays at the Spring Flower Show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
In Cambridge court on June 12, Carl Sheridan defended the town of Sudbury in a suit by Paul Dusossoit and Elizabeth for 25000 dollars over an alleged injury in the town hall. The town expresses appreciation for Mr. Sheridan’s work.
A historical quote attributed to Woodrow Wilson underscores that centralizing government authority often leads to the erosion or end of liberty, warning against unchecked power and its consequences. The remark frames liberty as fragile under expanding state control.
A wartime op ed argues that constant repetition can shift minds better than lies proposing to use truthful messaging to spark Slavic revolts. It cites Voice of America broadcasts and the fear regime under Soviet control, urging mass awakening and citizen resilience to overthrow oppression.
Mr and Mrs Philip Goldthwaite of West Acton vacationing in New York and Washington. Mrs Richard Shaw Marguerite Goldthwaite leaves for Camp Lincoln Hill Foxboro where she is riflery counselor and bugler. Her husband stationed in Germany with the U S Army. Police in Muncie Indiana traced a so called joke theft as a safe carrying $712 found in the trunk of a couple's car after they admitted stealing it for a prank.
The Gonyeau family thanks relatives and friends for kindnesses shown during their recent bereavement in West Concord. Henry F. Gonyeau.
Mrs. Vincenzo Perrazzo and family express gratitude for flowers spiritual bouquets and many kindnesses sent during the death of their husband and father.
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