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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
3
The piece notes hotels in Paris scarce for American travelers as agencies like American Express struggle to find 3000 spare pensions daily. Landlords prefer provincial or English visitors, forcing tourists to seek Atlantic City or Uncle Pike’s farm. Early bookings advised for next year.
Job announcement for a U S Cotton marketing department in Washington seeks applicants for cotton technology roles. Offers up to 6400 dollars yearly. Applicants need college or technical training, 1 to 3 years of relevant experience, and there is an age limit of 62. Details and eligibility to follow.
Mr and Mrs 184 Common celebrate their 59th anniversary on June with family and neighbors attending. The couple married in 1891 and have resided in town for 54 years. They have 12 daughters and two great grand children. The family plans a lunar moonlight gathering next Tuesday at the local hall.
Colorado College in Colorado Springs becomes the first Colorado institution and among a few nationwide to implement a universal honor system. President William H. Gill says faculty approved the plan unanimously, covering all courses starting in the fall term. Examinations will occur without professors or proctors, with students reporting violations and facing an all-student honor council for violations. Gill notes the move may expand to other school activities and expresses pride in student trust.
Concord confirms Robert J. Lawson, a Rhode Island State College graduate and World War II veteran, has joined Sears Roebuck in Fall River as a junior executive. He, his wife, and daughter will reside in Fall River.
The Harvard class of 1936 held its 14th reunion at Concord Country Club with golf tennis and softball followed by a dinner. About 120 members and guests attended from Greater Boston and included Arthur Perry of Woodstreet, a class marshal for Harvard commencement. Next year’s 15th reunion will be a two day event in York Maine.
A woman told E W Ruehs in Grand Rapids that she has bought all her milk at his store for 13 years after he gave her a rose on opening day. The gesture started lasting customer loyalty and a local legend about the shopmaker.
Concord farmers can bring home-grown wool to be processed into virgin wool blankets or sold at market. A pooling station opens at Middlesex County Extension Service Schoolhouse 19 Everett Street on Friday and Saturday June 23 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Weighing and recording help will be provided by Massachusetts Department of Agriculture dairy and animal husbandry staff.
Wayland Junior Town House sponsors a mammoth gambol on the green on June 24 from 8 to 12 behind Wayland High School. Concord residents will attend dinner parties in Wayland and hundreds of youths from other towns are expected to join the event.
A Sunday dinner feature from Sunday Americans promotes a nourishing Curried Lamb on Casserole dish. The recipe uses lamb shoulder meat curry powder tomatoes onion and butter with browned meat baked until tender yielding six servings, served with peas salad and apple meringue pie and coffee.
Six year old Bennie Ray Wagner Jr is the hero's son. He received the Silver Star awarded posthumously to his father killed in action on Luzon March 15 1945. Monthly government allotment checks go to Bennie and his grandmother as they buy U S Series E Savings Bonds to secure his financial future. Guardian Herbert M Gibson notes Bennie now owns 1000 in bonds under the Independence Bond Drive.
A listing of local happenings in Concord includes meetings of Concord Lodge 212 I O C F Odd Fellows Hall at 8 p m and M N G drill at State Armory. Red Cross at old Concord high 8 a m. events span enrollments, summer programs, Union services and club meetings through Friday to Thursday.
About 1300 parents relatives and friends attended the 19th annual commencement at Lincoln Technical Institute of Northeastern University in the Alumni Auditorium Student Center Building 360 Huntington Avenue Boston. A total of 207 received degrees and diplomas including Charles P Pleskowicz of 101 Great Road Maynard with an associate in engineering mechanical.
Leita Virginia Christian and Lieutenant David Blood wed at Our Lady Help of Christians in West Concord in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore heavy white satin with seed pearl coronet, and a reception for 150 followed at Odd Fellows hall. The couple will reside on Pond Street Osterville after a Canada trip. she is Concord High School graduate, he Hudson High School class of 1948 graduate and Air Force member at Otis Field. he served in the U S Navy in World War II.
New births reported at Emerson Hospital in Concord include a daughter for Julian W. Tolman and wife on June 13, a daughter for William O Hare and wife on June 14, a daughter for Stephen Wasiuk and wife on June 15, a son for Alan Slocombe and wife on June 15, and a daughter for Theophilius Cain and wife on June 16.
An appropriately named clerk at Suffolk Downs race track is Beatrice Furlong, praised in the U P report for fittingly matching the venue’s racing culture.
Emerson Hospital progresses on the second floor of a new wing to house mothers and newborns with 22 adult and 22 infant accommodations. The obstetrical suite includes central nurses station, soundproof delivery rooms, automatic climate controls, and modern equipment funded in part by the Concord Lions Club.
Concord announces a Twilight Judging School on Thursday June 29 open to all dairymen. It will be at Caleb H Wheeler’s Thoreau Farm Virginia Road Concord with Ralph W Donaldson from the University of Massachusetts assisting. The program highlights drainage land clearing and soil conservation.
Concord notes two local events. Burdett College’s 71st graduation had Alice A. Hutton of West Concord among the aids. Suzanne Rice of Wayland to wed Thomas R. Morse Jr. today with Jean Phillips of Concord as a bridesmaid.
Stow Mr and Mrs Albert sold their Great Road residence to Mr and Mrs Donald Row of New York State. Six children contract whooping cough. youngest, 11 months, isolated at Haines Memorial Hospital Brighton in serious condition. Harold Freeman of Center Place returned from Massachusetts General Hospital after a major operation on May 25 and shows daily improvement.
Stow-Robert Dwinells of Crescent Street son of Mr and Mrs Charles Dwinells hosted a stag party on a red day evening at Green's Worcester Turnpike with friends from Stow Mayford and Gleasondale. Arthur Gangne acted as master of ceremonies and presented a purse of money and good wishes.
Stow Mr and Mrs Albert B Drechsler of Walcott Street hosted twenty guests at a family celebration at their home on Sunday June 18 in honor of their daughter Elaine Drechsler who graduated from Hale High School this year. Attendees came from Stow Maynard South Acton Berlin Massachusetts and Norwich Connecticut.
T O Simmons from Corinth Mississippi visits the cinema daily and has not missed more than three showings in any year over the past decade. He avoids vacations for relaxation by watching movies every day except Sundays.
The Agriculture Department reports that in 1949 the average cigarette consumption fell by about one pack per person across the United States.
Concord Middlesex County hosts two farm youths in the Extension Service sponsored International Farm Youth Exchange. Nils Anderson from near Stockholm and Pamela Sheppard from Blandford Dorset join about 40 older 4H Club members for a six month international visit. Henry Senften, a former 4H Club boy and club agent, supervises the exchange. Anderson aids in a major Swedish nursery and plans studies in carnation culture with Arthur Peterson in Lexington. After five weeks in the United States Nils attends a national camp in Washington before a six month stay in Ohio. Sheppard, a market gardener and charter Young Farmers' Club member who served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service, will work at Alden Wheeler Farm in Concord after national camp.
Mr and Mrs Rene N Bourquin of Middlesex School Concord announce the engagement of their daughter Eve Marie Bourquin to Frank Benjamin Swan son of Rev and Mrs Harry J Swan of Scotia New York Miss Bourquin attended Concord Academy the MacDuffie School Springfield and Skidmore College Mr Swann graduated from Union University and served two years with the US Army Air Forces No date has been set for the wedding.
Two Concord students shared in Phillips Exeter Academy prize awards during commencement in Exeter New Hampshire. John Garfield won three prizes two firsts and a second while Charles W Pratt also received a prize. The 220 student graduating class had 112 prize recipients.
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