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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1959
Page
1
The text outlines a string of upcoming dates and events with mentions of court days, holidays, plays, and parades. It references a reformatory inmate case, a court session described as white gloves day, planning for July and winter, and local civic notes including a remediar effort and publicist legacy.
The Concord Chamber of Commerce board voted Tuesday to back rezoning on Walden Street for a new supermarket by First National Stores. The release notes Walden Street as the prime expansion site with low traffic impact and proximity to the fire and police station, post office, banks, and Mill Dam shopping district.
Israel Blaisdell, a resident formerly of Boston, died aged 76. He was born in West and was a retired store clerk. Surviving are two sons, one in Boston and another in Mont. Committal services were held at the grave on Friday.
Concord town manager Theodore M. Nelson appointed a council for aging per the annual March town meeting. The panel must include seven to eleven members with four from town boards. chair to be selected by the manager. Members include Mrs Helen B Shaw, J Richard F Wood, Dr Earl B Wheeler, Mrs Ann R McGrath, Mrs Samuel G Kent, Mrs Mary Volkmann, Samuel Melisi. Meeting set for Wednesday June 24 at 8 p.m. in the town hall court room. Responsibilities: coordinate aging programs with the Massachusetts Council on Aging under general laws. Created by Article 21 of the 1965 town meeting with a $500 maintenance appropriation.
Concord High School class of 1944 held its 15th reunion at the Lexington Inn with William Parker presiding in Frank Parker’s absence. Prizes went to Robert Meade Long Beach California for longest distance Edith Graulich precursor Berlin Connecticut for longest married and Mrs. Graulich as oldest child G Sherman Blair Jr Concord for most recently married Albert Valderhoof West Acton for newest baby. Five members with five children each included Muriel Hollenkamp Katherine Taylor David Meade Anderson Dorothy Donnelly Abbott. Star Lighters provided music for dancing. Committee in charge included Joan Collins Eleanor McPhillips Marian Wilson Jean Lord Blair Frank Parker Albert Coffey Jr Calvert Wilson Anderson Secondo Sablone Walter Macone.
Due to rain the Congregational Church picnic was delayed from last Sunday and moved to Sunday June 21 at the Fenn School on Monument Street. Kenneth L. Creighton leads the arrangements with a program of races and ball games planned.
A fifth anniversary Mass for the late Selectman Edward Waldo Sheehan will be held next Saturday morning June 20 at 8 30 o clock at Our Lady Help of Christians Church. Relatives and friends are welcome.
A historical note states that the average life expectancy for American women was 51 years in 1900 and has risen to about 74 years in the period described. This marks a significant increase in longevity over the century.
Concord invites bids for a new police and fire station. Eight firms submitted bids last Friday with listed restrictions. No awards were made pending opening of the general bids Friday at 8 o clock in the Town House court room. Town Manager Theodore M. Nelson announces proceedings.
Concord planning board will hold a public hearing at Wells Av Hall Memorial Auditorium on Monday night at 7 30 to discuss zoning articles for the June 29 special town meeting. Two articles may spark controversy including rezoning 30 acres off Virginia road for Allied Research Associates plant and rezoning First National Stores on Walden Street for a supermarket. Chairman Herbert P Wilkins will preside and all voters are welcome. The town meeting lists 15 articles and will be at the State Armory.
A special summer group returns Monday at 9 a.m. for three hours daily through Friday at Alcott School. Director is Miss Joan Barry, Perry Normal School graduate, with assistants Polly Mattison Williams and Marilyn Lawrence. Parents can contact Mrs. Ralph T. Howe for details or transportation.
Concord Our Lady Help of Christians Church sponsors a food sale on June 26 at 10 a.m. The sale runs at Gail Mark Shop and Larry's Nine Shop, with proceeds aiding boys and girls team expenses.
Concord Rotary Club noon meeting at Howard Johnsons featured Sergt Charles F Boardman and Patrolman William J Costello as guest speakers. Boardman was to speak on police topics while Costello attended as a guest.
Concord board and advisory map committee meet with Lincoln selectmen to review a town tax map and discuss industrial park zoning on Virginia Road and its impact on Lincoln traffic. The session, labeled exploratory, touched historic Battle Road park and silent poor matters.
Concord area births report three newborns. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sears of 35 Elsinore Street on June 9. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Dawes of Farrar Road Lincoln on June 11. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brooks of 17 Ark Lane on June 14.
United States government asks General Radio Company to train Sanjoto, an Indonesian student, in American industry and management techniques. Program blends classroom instruction with visits to selected American manufacturers. Concord manager Calpena oversees arrangements.
Members of the Ladies Sodality of St Bernard's Church met at the rectory Monday night and traveled by car to the Lancaster area for a retreat at the Senacle Retreat House. About 50 attended led by Miss Mary J. Tobin prefect. There they had supper conferences benediction and discussions. Last meeting until fall.
Concord Band concert moved to Monday June 22 at 7 30 p m with a rain site on library steps if weather permits. The event was originally scheduled at cott School and will proceed at the new time and venue if conditions allow.
Concord town manager Nelson announces Chapter 90 projects on Sudbury road from Main Street to the railroad crossing and 800 additional feet on Cambridge Turnpike. About $4 500 is allotted, divided among town county and state. Three bidders submitted figures for the Scasliny road job and a Lowell road project from Monument Square to Liberty Street, with the Robert Wood Company awarded the contract.
Theodore M. Nelson appoints Warren F. Daniell of 14 Adams Road to Concord building committee to fill the vacancy left by Roger F. Duntan who resigned after election to the school committee. Daniell will serve until March 31, 1960 and is a graduate civil engineer.
Concord selectmen approve notes totaling 200000 for anticipated taxes with Harvard Trust Company the low bidder at 2.077 percent while others bid 2.09 and 2.32 percent. Sums borrowed run from January 120 to January 26 at a cost of the notes. Town Manager Theodore M Nelson reports 252943.64 in available cash with warrants for Monday night signed for 107794.54 and interest and notes due at 97857.
The Concord building committee reviews renovation costs for the old high school on Stow street and plans for groups to relocate when the Veterans Building is demolished next year. Selectmen urge a formal report from the committee.
Concord police chief Robert E Kelley urges teenagers and parents to report all attempts by pornographic advertisers to solicit youths. He notes two ads seen last week urging blunt material and warns such literature harms morals. Authorities say the merchants may use stolen mailing lists, and local cooperation with police and postal officials is essential.
About 110 voters attended the special meeting at the new school auditorium. Moderator Guy W. Clark led as the town approved 1400 for fog spraying of mosquitoes and 600 for moth control from surplus revenue. The session also accepted an intersection at Acton and Westford streets and lasted one hour marking the third vote on the mosquito issue.
Concord native Harold F. Smith departs for Santa Monica California to join Douglas Aircraft on July 1. A 1955 Concord High School graduate and Society of Aerospace Engineers member, Smith plans visits with relatives en route through Michigan and Colorado on his way to California.
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