Shoe Show Plans in Boston Market Week
The association confirms a Will Sponsor Show in Boston with exhibitors from multiple shoe companies and no hotel room assignments due to limited space. Directors say the Advanced Market Week aims to aid manufacturers serving volume trades without planning additional shows or market weeks, and will not conflict with the Popular Price Shoe Show of America in New York City.
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Boston
Field
National Association of Shoe Chain Stores
New York City
Mr. Field
Visit Highlights From Glimpse Of Mrs Adams To California
Gertrude Cir made a pleasant visit to Los Angeles and Concord while accompanying Mrs Maud Heald and Rita Hutchinson from North Road. The group attended university events and met with international scholars, sharing greetings with local residents.
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Gertrude Cirmed
Los Angel
Maud
Rita Heald
Hutchinson
Concord
Acton Grange to Host Middlesex Central Pomona June Meeting
Acton Grange was scheduled to host the June meeting of Middlesex Central Pomona, with plans set for delegates to gather last evening.
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Acton Grange
Middlesex Central
Pomona
Berkshire Music Barn 1959 concert lineup announced
Owners Stephanie and Philips Barber unveiled the 1959 Music Barn season beginning June 28 with Lou Armstrong and his group. The schedule includes Mahalia Jackson, Odetta, George Shearing Quintet, Count Basie, Martha Schlamme, Stan Kenton, the Four Freshmen, Dave Brubeck, Sarah Vaughan, the Kingston Trio, Ahmad Jamal Quartet, Geoffrey Holder, Modern Jazz Quartet, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Jimmy Giuffre Three, and other jazz and folk acts through September 6.
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Louis Armstrong
Berkshire Music Barn
Stephanie
Philips Barber
Mahalia Jackson
Odetta
George Shearing
Count Basie
Joe Williams
Martha Schlamme
Stan, Kenton
Music Barn
Richard Dyer- Bennet
Dave Brubeck
Sarah Vaughan
Tom Lehrer
Ahmad Jamal
Kingston Trio
Tom Dooley
Geoffrey Holder
West Indies
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Time Magazine
McCall’s
Peter Seeger
Miles Davis
Ray Charles
Jimmy Giuffre
School of Jazz
Modern Jazz
Dukes of Dixieland
Sonny Rollins
Queensberry Rules Debut In Boxing Tournament
London report notes the Marquis of Queensberry proposed rules in 1865 and a 1872 tournament adopted gloves a 24 foot ring three minute rounds with one minute rests and proscribed wrestling hugging and biting marking a shift to formalized boxing.
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Queensberry's Rules London
UPI
Marquis of Queensberry
Arts and Crafts of Old Japan at Concord Bank Display
An exhibition in Concord Co-operative Bank windows features early Japanese arts and crafts with Western influences. Highlights include two Daikoku wooden carvings, Chinese writing influence, lacquerware, prints, and a unique mustache lifter from Hokkaido, plus a late 19th century U.S. Navy song book. The display runs through month end.
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Concord Co-operative Bank
Concord
Japan
Korea
China
India
Commodore Perry
Daikoku
Yero
Hokkaido
Lieutenant Bostwich
U.S.N
Tokyo
Nashoba Amaranths Hold Monthly Meeting at Concord Temple
Nashoba Valley Court of Amaranths members meet Friday at Masonic Temple in Concord for the last season gathering. Local attendees include Bob and Grace French of West Acton as they gain attention on a weekly Channel 9 show. A 40 hour devotion concluded with a solemn high mass at St Elizabeth's led by Rev Charles B Kerans.
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Nashoba Valley Court of Amaranths
Masonic Temple
Concord
Bob and
Grace French
West Acton
Channel 9
St. Elizabeth’s
Charles B. Kerans
Bedford Parents Discuss School Music Program
A Bedford meeting with Keith Phinney and William Tolland covered the town music system plan including a fall tag day an exchange trip with Somerset High and a band tour. They reviewed proposed by laws which were unanimously adopted and nominated officers for 1959 60 led by Presidents Frederick Whitley and spouse.
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Bedford
Keith Phinney
Bedford Public Schools
William Tolland
Music Department
Somerset High
John Devereux
Frank Joslin
Hallam T. Ring
Melvin Dill
Frederick Whitley
Clarence Comeau
John S. B. Sullivan, Jr
Alden Hooper
Paul Groves
Pipe cleaners aid quiet children in church
In a quiet church setting pipe cleaners are used to calm small children. The child bends the cleaners into figures, creating silent play as the pieces drop to the floor without making noise.
LaHiffs Return After Week With McAuleys
Mr and Mrs William LaHiff and their son returned home Friday after a week with Mrs LaHiffs parents Mr and Mrs Robert McAuley 1 Prairie Street The McAuley family then saw them back to Takawanda for a few weeks stay Local folks are asked to support the Boston Symphony Orchestra which opens its 31st season at Hatch Memorial Shell on Sunday June 28 Fred T Boyd Seven Star Lane well known local realtor is making progress at his home after illness at Emerson Hospital He had been confined there a few weeks The top is a slippery place A company that loses its ability to compete is soon finished and all the human hopes the family plans and personal security rest on its success are doomed to fail.
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Wiliam LaHiff
Robert McAuley
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Hatch Memorial Shell
Fred T. Boyd
Star Lane
Emerson Hospital
Robert Paxton
General Electric Company
Bedford Unit Elects New Legion Officers
New officers for the Anthony Hunt Hamilton Ladies Unit were elected for installation in the fall. Winners include President Barbara Arnold, first vice Virginia Atwood, second vice Alice Thompson, Secretary Winnie Joy, Treasurer Mary Sutherland, Sergeant-at-Arms Marjorie Riessle, Chaplain Viola Webster, Historian Catherine McGrath, Executive Board Catherine Thresher, Junior Past President Katherine Isner, Loretta Poleo, Margaret Collins, Sadie Fraser, Sally Converse, and Elizabeth Cloutier as tellers.
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Barbara Arnold
Virginia Atwood
Alice Thompson
Winnie Joy
Mary Sutherland
Marjorie Riessle
Viola Webster
Catherine McGrath
Catherine Thresher
Katherine Isner
Loretta Poleo
Margaret Collins
Sadie Fraser
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A.M
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South Acton Congregational Church
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