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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1952
Page
2
James King and Medville Clark take two week breaks from Town House and Middlesex County Bank duties. Families and friends visit beaches in Hamp ton Ogunquit and Camp Lejeune homes. James Leagard attends the Sugar Ray Robinson fight in New York as veterans plan social events and weddings.
Former resident Ethel Burgess of Duart California visits Mrs. Hugh Miller at 9 DeMars Street. She leaves today for Nova Scotia to visit her grandfather and will return to join her husband who arrives July 8 to visit Mr and Mrs Morgan Lydon on Chandler Street.
Pfc Eddie Olsen returns to Camp Kilmer New Jersey after a 30 day furlough due to his mother’s death. He will soon depart for Germany to rejoin his outfit the 20th Division Band now entertaining troops in Western Allied Camps with the Broadway musical On the Town in which Olsen is a vocalist.
Mrs Maynard announces the engagement of her daughter Bertha to Antoine Rioux. The wedding is set for Saturday September 6. Bert ha and Antoine will wed at 190 Main Street and 151 Walnut Street respectively.
In Effingham Illinois eight year old Dallas Coats punched the front door window and slashed his left arm while rushing outside. He then sliced his right arm on broken glass in the door while heading to school. A doctor advised a solid wood door to replace the damaged one.
We express sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors for floral tributes cards of sympathy and many acts of kindness extended us during our bereavement Herbert E Howard and Family.
The Great Dismal spans half a million acres in seven counties across two states. It remains a wild, swampy refuge 40 miles from Roanoke Island and Jamestown with a perilous history of escaped slaves and moonshiners. The heart of the basin holds a natural plant community and wildlife including raccoons otters snakes and bears. The lake Drummond sits in Virginia while most swamp lies in North Carolina and U.S. Route 17 now skirts its eastern edge.
Baltimore report details a storied silver watch given by Abraham Lincoln to conductor John Eckert after a 1868 Hanover Branch Railroad trip to Gettysburg. The watch vanished after 1947 when Eckert's widow last saw it during a Freedom Train stop in Baltimore.
Pianist Joep Hofmann after becoming American presented a program of American music in New York to a dull reception. In other cities the audience clapped. he then swapped titles and composers on the program substituting European names for the original American works. Critics did not notice the switch and praised the altered program. He enjoyed a private laugh at their credulity.
Enio Barata accuses his wife Julia of dipping into his bank for horse betting. She was jailed in Mineola awaiting grand jury after failing to post 1000 dollars bail. Barata says she cashed at least 66 checks signed in the name of a former partner using a joint account.
The fourth annual Co op Day Camp runs July 21 25 and July 28 August 1 at Fort Pond West Acton. Director Charles Manty leads staff teaching swimming games and crafts. Buses transport youngsters from Maynard to Fort Pond with 9 a m check in and 4 p m return. Lunch not provided but milk and refreshments served. Registration at 56 62 Main Street Maynard with a small fee. Organizers include Herbert Ruotsala Roy Helander Marion Ledgard Edwin Helander and Impi Rivers.
The annual Strawberry Festival sponsored by the Alliance was held Tuesday evening June 24 at 6 PM and praised for strong financial and social success. A sewing meeting at the Unitarian Vestry is planned for Thursday July 10. Marguerite Smith of Great Road is summering at Camp Cowasset No. Falmouth. The 4F Group of the Union church meets again at 4:30 PM Sunday June 29 at the Union Church Parsonage. attendees are asked to bring picnics and bathing suits.
Cpl Paul Smith of Great Road is discharged from the Army and living at home. Miss Alice Wetherbee of Boxboro formerly of Stow is home from Ayer Hospital.
Donald Smith of Great Read remains in recovery following a special operation at Lowell General Hospital. Details on the procedure are not disclosed.
Philip Rattie of Pawtucket Rhode Island believes he owns the only remaining Cameron automobile. The early 1900s car, the 28th of about 13,800 built between 1902 and 1906, was originally purchased by Rattie’s father. It features a canopy top with side curtains, a fluted hood with cooling louvres, and flat wooden fenders.
Mrs. Adelaide Sims presents an annual vocal recital with pupils Nancy Silvio Gladys Heron Abraham Kaufman Peggy Jones Sally Murphy Diane Horstkotte Barbara Krysieniel Edwina Oksa Helen King and others performing solos duets and group numbers. Contest winners named Betty Jarmulowicz Peggy Jones Barbara Krysieniel Sally Murphy Nancy Silvio Diane Horstkotte.
The notice lists four pairs seeking marriage. Francis J. Mallin a wireman of Vernon street Waltham and Amelia A Kuleisus of Lewis street Maynard appear as first couple. Gordon H Greenlaw of Arlington road Waltham and Virginia J Russel of Walden Pond Lincoln ride instructor appear as second.
The Automobile Club of New York notes a 300 percent increase in pedestrian fatalities during darkness despite fewer cars on the roads.
The Maynard Democratic Town Committee hosted Middlesex Democratic Association officers at the Millstream club for an informative evening. Leo F. Mullin introduced the speakers as discussions covered current issues and campaign input. An invitation to meet candidates for the upcoming primary was extended for June 25 at Pepperell.
The Maynard The Bow Girls met for their final gathering last Monday. Betty Chapman joined the membership as Mrs Phi sided.
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