Civil Defense To Hold Test Evacuation For State House
Civil Defense plans a four day nationwide staff exercise beginning July 20 with a test evacuation for State House personnel on July 19. Governor Herter authorizes General Maginnis to run the exercise Operation Beacon Hill moving many state departments and detouring traffic along a multi municipality evacuation route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
State House
Civil Defense Staff
Herter
John J. Maginnis
Framingham
Executive Department
Beacon Hill
Robert H. Marden
State Agency
Jeremiah D. Crowley
Boston
Stat
Civil Defense Exercise Plans Include Nationwide Attacks
New x.F. restaurant four area control centers in Topsfield Westboro Bridgewat er and Northampton plus twenty sector headquarters will run with full staff for the full period. Local Civic Defense directors in 351 towns notified to participate with staffs. The exercise assumes Worcester Springfield and Pittsfield face simulated bombers as do 67 other cities. Boston will not be bombed. The plan covers moving personnel equipment and supplies to reception centers and reoccupying Boston for use elsewhere while area and state centers exchange messages via Civil Defense system. General Maginnis notes the need to train a formal state Civil Defense staff and stresses the value of exercises at all levels.
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State Control Center
Topsfield
Westboro
Bridgewater
Northampton
Civic Defense
Worcester
Springfield
Pittsfield
Boston
Civil Defense
Maginnis
Army
Navy
Air Force
Otis
Westover Air Force
South Weymouth Naval Air Station
Fort Deve
California geese prove they travel far
Sacramento California geese prove migratory travelers as the State Department of Fish and Game dyed 859 birds in bright colors and released them in spring 1955. Since then the geese have been spotted as far as Banks Island in the Arctic Ocean off Canada Alberta along the MacKenzie River and Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territory.
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Sacramento
Calif
State Department of Fish and Game
Banks Island
Artic Ocean
Canada
Alberta
MacKenzie River
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territory
Civil Defense Prepares for Operation Alert in Massachusetts
Massachusetts gears up for Operation Alert with about 15 000 Civil Defense personnel to practice preparedness. The program emphasizes training and solving test exercises to meet real emergencies.
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Massachusetts
Cape Cod Beach Buggies Offer Unique Sand Dune Adventure
Tourists flock to Nauset Beach in Orleans and Provincetown for beach buggy rides over dunes and along sand flats. Operators report strong repeat patronage as tours along Route 6 connect to the Cape Cod Canal and Provincetown. The feature notes a forthcoming National Automobile Show in New York City December 8 to 16, 1956, marking a revival after 16 years.
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Cape Cod
Cape
Massachusetts Department of Commerce
Nauset Beach
Orleans
Provincetown
Cape Cod Canal
New York City
Acton Junior High honors 110 intramural participants
An Acton Junior High assembly last Friday awarded certificates to all intramural participants and bronze medals to members of the championship teams in field hockey basketball softball baseball and volleyball. The event marked the end of the junior high year as report cards were issued. Acton High School seniors staged a successful Class Day with a class will song and a gift to Supt. William L. O Connell prepared by class president Malcolm Langille.
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Acton
Acton Junior High
Acton High
Supt. of Schools
William L. O’connell
Malcolm Langille
Wright Becomes Bride of D A Scraggs in Union Church
Stow resident Judith Anne Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland Wright wed Airman Second Class Donald A Scraggs son of Mr and Mrs William Scraggs in a double ring ceremony at Union Evangelical Church. The couple will reside at the Wright home while Scraggs is stationed in Newfoundland.
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Stow
Judith Anne Wright
Roland Wright
Gleasondale Road
Donald A. Scraggs
William Scraggs
West Acton Road
Union Evangelical Church
Garland Hall
Patricia Wright
Walter Scraggs
Ronald A. Wayman
Lowell
Charles Ciaraldi
Lawrence
Hale High School
Acton Officials Schedule Reduced Meetings and Local News
July and August selectmen meet only on the second and fourth Tuesdays. Rev Eric W Grimshaw preached on A Twice Born Spirit at Evangelical Congregational Church with summer schedule 10 o'clock and 9 o'clock for young people. Fire department responded to a house fire at 81 Robbins Street South Acton with slight damage. Warrant Officer Carl Flint continues unlicensed dog roundup per selectmen orders. Acton has over 500 dogs. Rev Robert Burt new interim minister of South Acton Congregational Church and Protestant chaplain at Massachusetts Institution for Correction West Concord preached on Sunday morning.
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Eric W. Grimshaw
Evangelical Congregational Church
Robbins Street
South Acton
Carl Flint
Board of Selectmen
Acton
Robert Burt
Registration note for Acton families new in town
Acton families with children entering junior high or high school are invited to register at the high school building on Wednesday June 27 or Thursday June 28.
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Acton
Strawberry prospects improve after May freeze in local area
After a damaging May freeze many blossoms and buds were killed but patches show opening blossoms and setting berries. The season runs late with early varieties ripening in early June and a plentiful fourth of July expected. Feige types like Howard 17 or Premier are common with Catskill improving on Howard 17’s weaknesses.
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Catskill
Home Canning Bulletin Promotes Safe Preservation
Middlesex County extends explains the updated University of Massachusetts Home Canning bulletin. Authors Kirby Hayes William Esselen Jr and Carl R Fellers detail safe methods for water bath and pressure canning including pressure thresholds 240 degrees or higher for non acid vegetables and tips on seals and acidity. The bulletin offers pickle jam and marmalade recipes and is available free by mail.
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Acton
Ethel Veenendaal
Middlesex County Extension Service
University of Massachusetts
Department of Food Technology
Kirby Hayes
William Esselen Jr
Carl R. Fellers
Extensions
Everett Street
Concord
Fragmented OCR note on damages at local home site
Readable lines describe out lights in a residence on Va lerica road near Concord road with damage and tearing. The fragment mentions storage and service, but details and names are unclear.
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Charles
Valerica
Concord
Student Graduates at Principal College Exercises
A student graduates Cum Laude at the principal college ceremony held at noon on the 34 Field Chest campus. The event honored the liaison with Pleasant Street. The railway company retired the power from its long service and the community noted the passage of time.
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Youth Service Board
Mental Health
Metro
Jitan
Hanscom Field
Bedford
Air For Cambridge Research Center
Dorr E. Newton, Jr
AFCRC
Col
Newton
William Rothschild
Leonard Rooney
Lurton Abshire
USAF
Rome
Harry Truman
Romah Forum
California
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Monument Square
Concord, Mass
Pitan
PTT Ee Ee
Main St
Miss Wright
D. A. Scraggs
Ment and
Jaty
THOR
Hilltop Drive
North Road
Railw
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